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And then what? Dig a hole in your back yard and burn everything in it that challenges your vise-like grip on the IT market? Or file it away, with a very Blofeld-ish, "Quaint, quaint."
Perhaps he will. He purchased Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester at auction for $30 million and founded Corbis, which owns historically significant collections like the Bettmann Achieve.
Indeed. For penance, do 3 Gentoo stage 2 installs, and learn to send mail with Emacs.
A Nevian computer handed his chief a sheet of metal, bearing rows of symbols.
"Not exactly," the computer still stared. "I was going to set up an integral. I didn't want it, either-I could swear that somebody told me to set it up."
Just because you don't have the money doesn't mean quite a few people don't. I would expect historically interesting documents to fetch a decent price. Someone will want them, hopefully for a museum (A tech museum somewhere) - I could see Bill J, Scott M, Bill G, Steve J. putting bids on documents that particularly inspired them.
and i'm going out on a limb here
christie's employs people with experience in correctly valuing antiques and memorabilia. gee, i wonder who i should trust -- the experts, with years of proven experience in the field, or an anonymous coward?
Just kidding folks...no need to get your panties all in a bunch.
Isn't it interesting that in an era when digitization and electronic archival are increasingly important, memorabilia such as this is so highly valued?
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That's because it's all DRM free.
You laugh, but there's a grain of truth to it actually. Think of all of the patents which have been granted which cover some of the aspects held in this haul.
If someone who didn't play well with other children owned these, could they conveniently forget about all of the prior art
Are people happier now than they used to be?Also interesting is the potential that, if our society ever self destructs, a truly staggering body of knowledge will be lost.
The window of opportunity for getting at knowledge on various media is decreasing exponentionally. For example: books can still be accessed (ever since they were invented essentially). However, nowadays it is getting harder to g
...Which brings me to the annoyance factor. This collection is going to be scattered to the four winds. Looking at some of the pre-auction estimates, no one person, and very few institutions, will have the scratch that it would take to keep the collection together. Taken seperately, each of these items has a historical context, but taken together, they chart the idealistic, scientific, and technological foundations of the Internet.
Auctioning the library off in such a piecemeal fashion just seems wrong, IMNSHO.
Looking at some of the pre-auction estimates,
no one person, and very few institutions, will have the scratch that it would take to keep the collection together
What do you mean - I know people that this would be chump change for (ever go on a drinking spree with someone with more money than sense and get a sip of whiskey out of a multi-thousand dollar bottle ?)
Bill G easily has this kind of money - heck the brothers google do as well.
I could see Andy B from Sun, Steve Jobs from Apple, and maybe the Woz
Why? Most of these lots are just first edition printings of academic papers. There's nothing especially unique about the content of these copies, and in most cases the text is already available on the net. It's not like these are the only copies of the works.I agree it's a shame this material will become scattered all around, but the thing that bothers me the most is that much of this stuff will end up in a bunch of different private collections. Stuff like this should be kept together in a safe place after making digital copies and publishing them on the internet to be shared with everybody.
Christie's site always runs more slowly than molasses in a North Dakota winter.
On the other hand, if they had Turing's, I would definitly fork over the cash.
Given that some of these documents (including Turing's Proof of Computing) are just prints [christies.com] of some antique conference proceedings, I would think twice about cracking the piggy.
Now, if these were Turing's original manuscripts, I'd might even consider spilling the 20000 for them (of course, my wife would leave me if she found out what I bought for that price) =)
Alan Turning's original proof of universal computability?
I read that as compatibility. That would have helped my programming and explained his homosexuality [lambda.net] all at once! (Not that I have anything against that.)
This is where Bill Gates should step in and buy these things, thus preserving them for posterity.
It would be a shame if this collection is to be fragmented (although it is not by one author or decade) and sold to different people, and perhaps different countries.
Who else would be in the computer industry and have the money to buy all this. Unless it is Larry Ellison tried to one up Gates that is...
I agree with you that a public institution is far better than a private collection.
However, do they have the money? Do they have a chance to win the auction?
Bill G (or Larry E) is not my first choice, but rather a last resort, because he has the money.
i have no connection w/ christies whatsoever. But i suggest buying the catalog if this interests you. I had a friend a few years back who lent me his catalog for a very comprehensive auction of Soviet space program stuff. Like full suits. 1:1 models of lunar landers. Some very cool stuff. The catalog was well put together, with lots of large images. Definitely worth the 30 bones.
why did i ever give it back to him?
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Bring on the next bunch of disappointing, underachieving, gagging local athletes.
And so it goes with our Trojans, Lakers, Clippers and even the Bruins losing their last three.
So much promise, raised expectations and then a quick goodbye to all.
The Kings? The who?
Oh yeah, I hear they're down already, 2-0.
Thank heavens for the grandchildren. They are waiting at home, in for a visit from Arizona, and they don't give a lick about the power trip referee Joe Crawford is on, disturbed fans in Memphis or a visit with the Choking Dogs on Monday night.
BOX SCORE: Memphis 118, Clippers 105
They don't ever let you down, and I look forward to our 10 minutes together before needing a break.
As for the Clippers, what a waste, the best possible season ending with Chris Paul getting tossed in a Game 6 won by Memphis, 118-105.

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■ The Performing Arts Society proudly presents the Chugach Brass at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church. The ensemble features Linn Weeda on trumpet, Christopher Sweeney on trombone, and Cheryl Pierce on French horn, with Dean Epperson on piano. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $10 for students. They may be purchased at the door or in advance at River City Books and North Country Fair in Soldotna; and at Already Read and Country Liquor in Kenai. For more information, contact Barb Christian, 283-3219.
Events and Exhibits
■ The Kenai River Folk Dancers will host a contra dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, at K-Beach Elementary School featuring live music with the ContraBand. All dances are taught and called to live music. Families, singles, and beginners are welcome. Bring non-marking shoes. Potluck snacks are optional. Admission is $5 for adults and free for children under 16 when accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 262-5031.
■ Peninsula Community Health Services is having an "Employee Art Show" in the Cottonwood Gallery, 2nd floor at 230 East Marydale in Soldotna, for the months of February and March. This will be a mixed media show with the employees of the agency submitting their own artwork for display.
■ A three-person invitational, "Up and Coming," is on display at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. The exhibit features the work of Joel Isaak, Ben Hastings and Claire Rowley and will be on display through Friday.
■ The Kenai Performers present "South Pacific," directed by Teri Zopf-Schoessler, Feb. 22, 23, and 24 and March 1, 2, and 3 in the Renée C. Henderson Auditorium at Kenai Central High School. Shows are 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $18 for general admission, $12 for seniors and students, and are available at Curtain Call Consignments in Kenai, River City Books in Soldotna, at the door and online at www.kenaiperformers.org.
■ An all acoustic jam takes place Every Thursday. The jam is as Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest if the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m.
■ The 907 Band will play a third anniversary show (smoke-free) at Kenai Joe's Friday at 9:00 p.m.
■ Veronica's in Old Town Kenai has open mic Friday at 6:30 p.m. and live music with Elena and Jim Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
■ Odie's Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m.
■ The Studio Espresso Shop at Spur Highway and Nikiski Avenue in Nikiski hosts an open mic night on Saturdays starting at 7 p.m. Call 776-7655.
■ St. Elias Brewing Company has live music Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m.
■ AMVETS Post 4 in the Red Diamond Center holds steel-tip darts at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays; steak dinner from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday; and karaoke at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
■ The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays and Saturdays at 10 p.m.
■ Hooligans Saloon in Soldotna has poker Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. and live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
■ The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays.
■ Mykel's in Soldotna has live music Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. Robb Justice, and Fridays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with Bob Ramponi and Dave Unruh.
■ Caribou Family Restaurant in Soldotna has live music by Wally Hyde 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fridays and 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturdays.
■ Main Street Tap and Grill has Wednesday karaoke with Mark Gage, Thursday acoustic music with Dave Boyle and Dustin Aaronson. and live music with 9Spine Friday and Saturday.
■ Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for listings and times.
■ Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times.
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■ The Pratt Museum in Homer has winter hours, Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.prattmuseum.org.
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Family music group, Recess Monkey, has recorded its 10th studio CD, Desert Island Disc, set for release in October. The new album features acoustic instruments conveying the relaxed, sun-drenched pace of good friends exploring a strange new land together. Graced with elegant and colorful orchestrations by Jherek Bischoff, Desert Island Disc is like the calm exhale following a rampaging storm of summer excitement.
Guest artists on Desert Island Disc include Justin Lansing of the Grammy-winning Okee Dokee Brothers (banjo), Dean Jones of Dog on Fleas (vocals), and Johnny Bregar (B3 organ). The album was recorded on an island—Bainbridge Island, Wash.—in Johnny Bregar's Brickyard Studios.


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Release Notes: This release adds agent-based authentication for SSH, allows applications to set sockopt after the accept() call with CURLSOCKTYPE_ACCEPT for FTP's active connection, adds a curl_multi_wait() function, lets metalink use the Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI, makes libcurl treat "socks://x" as a socks4 proxy, and lets the socks proxy handler support IPv6 connections through SOCKSv5 proxies. At least 37 bugs have been fixed.
Release Notes: This release fixes two security problems, adds CURLOPT_DNS_SERVERS and CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, and fixes at least 54 documented bugs.
Release Notes: Several improvements and various bugfixes were made.
Release Notes: A security bug regarding inappropriate GSSAPI delegation was fixed. Other minor fixes were also done.
Release Notes: GOPHER support was added. 38 bugs were fixed, including a security vulnerability.
Release Notes: This release supports NTLM authentication when compiled with NSS. It has at least 37 documented bugfixes.
Release Notes: The --proto and -proto-redir options were added. The configure option --enable-threaded-resolver was added. PolarSSL, FTP wildcard matching, and RTMP are now supported. The options CURLINFO_PRIMARY_PORT, CURLINFO_LOCAL_IP, and CURLINFO_LOCAL_PORT were added. At least 17 bugs were fixed.
Release Notes: Support was added for RTSP, IMAP, POP3, and SMTP and a few new options related to those. The PRET ftp command is now supported. The curl tool understands -J/--remote-header-name for using a server-provided filename with -O. Almost 30 bugs were fixed. One security related flaw was corrected.
Release Notes: The -T option is now for non-blocking uploading from stdin. SYST handling is done on FTP for OS/400 FTP servers. libcurl refuses to read a single HTTP header longer than 100K. The --crlfile option was added to curl. 29 bugs were fixed.
Release Notes: The security problem denoted by CVE-2009-2417 was fixed. CURLOPT_SSH_KNOWNHOSTS, CURLOPT_SSH_KEYFUNCTION, and CURLOPT_SSH_KEYDATA were added, which makes libcurl support the openssh known_hosts files, and so does curl now. CURLOPT_FTPPORT (and curl's -P/--ftpport) was made to support port ranges. FTP quote operations are now optionally allowed to fail without causing a closed connection. Over 25 bugs were fixed.


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Bolton defender David Wheater is delighted to be back in action
Bolton defender David Wheater is delighted to be back in action following a lengthy knee injury absence.
Last Updated: 05/02/13 2:36pm
The 25-year-old played 65 minutes as an over-age player when Wanderers' Under-21 side played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Manchester City at Euan Fields.
Wheater ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament last May and has not featured in Bolton's Championship campaign this season.
"It's tremendous to be back," he told the club's official website. "It's great to get all of the running and getting fit out of the way so I could be back out on the pitch again.
"The game went really well for me, as good as I could expect. Obviously I'm not 100 percent as I only played 65 minutes, but I felt good. Hopefully I'll play more next time."
He added: "I think I'll need a bit more time to get sharp but I didn't feel any pain in my knee. It's more an issue of concentration and getting back to remembering where runners go. All I've been doing is running for the last month or so."


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What's Pope John Paul II's legacy?
U.S. Catholic wants to hear from you for the ocassion of Pope John Paul II's beatification. As you know, Pope John Paul II will be beatified this Sunday, May 1, which is also Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast day he inaugerated in 2000. Our question for you:
What one part of JPII's legacy is most significant to you?
You can send in your reflection (just one paragraph) to email@example.com, and we will post responses over the next week.
You can also keep the conversation going by commenting on our collection of articles remembering Pope John Paul II shortly after his death. Bryan Cones also wrote his May column reflecting not only JPII but also on our understanding of sainthood in "Blessed our you."


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…bad, as in "if you can't come up with something better than this, why bother?"
Adding useful data to the time-honored debate over whether police frequently lie under oath comes this decision from 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which reinstated a 6-year-old civil rights lawsuit filed by a Vietnam veteran and former pilot John Swartz, who contended that he was unconstitutionally stopped and arrested after expressing his displeasure by extending his middle finger to a cop.
After the stop, he and the officer, Richard Insogna, got in a headed argument that culminated in Swartz's arrest for disorderly conduct. Insogna said in a deposition that he regarded Swartz's gesture as an attempt to get his attention, not as an insult, and he that he only followed the car to ensure the safety of passenger and driver, who, he surmised, might be embroiled in a domestic dispute. The 2nd Circuit was, we are told, "skeptical of the explanation."
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BT to charge ISPs for lack of MACs
MAC code debacle
Posted in Networks, 14th November 2006 17:12 GMT
BT is to start charging ISPs which fail to provide departing customers with MAC codes - which help make moving provider seamless.
Many internet service providers are slow or unwilling to issue the Migration Authorisation Code (MAC) to rival providers and as a result BT has decided it will start imposing a penalty charge of £33.75 from May 2007.
It hopes that this will encourage ISPs to voluntarily issue the MAC numbers in order to avoid being charged.
"If service providers participate in the MAC code process the cessation charges will not apply", a BT spokesperson told The Register.
The MAC code should allow customers to switch easily between providers via BT's Openreach, which installs and maintains services for communication providers. But in many instances this is not happening and as a result Openreach has been footing the bill.
This has also led to lines being cut off because the code had not been issued in time causing a break in service and frustration for the user.
Mark Main, a senior broadband analyst at Ovum, said the lack of regulation means "there is no yardstick" and that "the industry needs to grow up".
He advised that one possible solution is a model similar to that applied to the mobile industry, whereby providers are required to issue a PAC(Porting Authorisation Code) code within 28 days to rival operators.
He also said that customers had to shoulder some of the blame and that a "buyer-beware" attitude was needed. "They should stop and ask the question:'what am I letting myself in for?'", he said.
Telecoms regulator Ofcom is expected to provide guidelines to ISPs early next year. But while issuing the code between ISPs remains voluntary it is unlikely that all will participate.
In related news, BT Wholesale Broadband is to cut its pricing structure once 1.5m lines have been unbundled, offering an alternative to Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) for service providers.
It is planning to reduce its main product – BT Ipstream – by nine per cent from May next year.
BT Wholesale head of strategy Cameron Rejali said: "These pricing proposals will help our ISP customers develop their business plans and compete effectively in the broadband market." ®


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Legislation would provide more money for bike infrastructure
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has introduced legislation to provide more than $135,000 to add new bike infrastructure to the city's 50 miles of riverfront trails and bike lanes and 500 bike racks – continuing efforts to make Pittsburgh an even more bike-friendly city.
Other efforts to be completed in 2013 include the installation of the city's first-ever green bike lane and the launch of a new, $100,000 educational campaign to encourage bike safety.
"Since introducing new bicycle and pedestrian initiatives in 2007, we have aggressively worked to make Pittsburgh a world-class, bike-friendly city by providing more bike lanes, more bike racks and more on-street bike corrals," said Mayor Ravenstahl. "As a result of these efforts, Pittsburgh has celebrated such milestones as being named a bronze-level, bike-friendly community and one of the top 30 most bike-friendly cities by Bicycling Magazine, as well as being chosen as the host city for the 2014 Pro Walk/Bike Conference - which will welcome nearly 1,000 bicycle and walking professionals to our City."
Bike commuting in the city has increased by 270 percent over the last decade – making Pittsburgh the 13th highest bicycle commuting rate in the country (American Community Survey, 2011). As Pittsburgh experiences an increase in cyclists, the city is expanding its bicycle infrastructure to tap into the economic development potential of bicycling.
Currently Pittsburgh boasts 500 bike racks, 50 miles of riverfront trails and bike lanes and two on-street bike corrals.
Projects scheduled for 2013 include the installation of the city's first green bike lane on Liberty Avenue thanks to a $23,000 grant from Bikes Belong. The lane will be painted green in an effort to increase the lane's visibility and improve safety.
Additionally, the city will contribute $25,000 this year toward a $100,000 educational campaign sponsored by the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) to help ensure that both drivers and bicyclists are lawful, cautions and respectful of one another. This campaign will provide information and tips to drivers on how to safely share City streets with pedestrians and cyclists in dense urban areas.
"Pittsburgh has come a long way in the last five years in improving bicycle safety and infrastructure to create a more flourishing urban environment," Mayor Ravenstahl said. "Our city's pedestrian and bicycle friendliness are key components to residents' quality of life and help us grow our city's population. As the city encourages walking and biking, we remind everyone that when driving, biking or walking, safety not only for yourself, but for your fellow street users, is paramount."


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Im sure BMR is great also, but i have no experience with them.
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I have bmr subframe connectors and tunnel brace which look to be excellent quality I'd expect thier other parts are as well. I like how thier sway bars are adjustable where as the zl1 bars are not which is one reason I was leaning that way. I checked out peddlers as I seen they have as good of reputation here as bmr and noticed their zl1 sways and do believe the newer design has an advantage over the older style. Ill most likely be buying parts right along cant afford everything at once but some parts here and there and hopefully by spring time ill have it all near completion. I may go one way or another yet depending on price and what I truly need but I apreciate any suggestions or info I can get.
The one thing I notice that my old 93 trans am has over the camaro is the suspension. The ta was lowered and had all poly bushings as well as upgraded sways etc the car handled the turns extremely well and I was thinking the newer technology and independent rear suspension of the newer camaros would surpass the 93 bone stock but I feel a little disappointed with this aspect of the car. And that lt1 was cammed built over 400hp at the crank. So power wise it's somewhat comparable to my ls3.
2010 camaro ss/rs, standard 6 speed, ls3 motor, bmr subframe connectors, jet skip shift eliminator, adm cold air intake, hurst short throw shifter, bo white ported tb, vitesse throttle controller.
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Previous generations of the Camaro benefited greatly from the addition of structural braces. The 5th Gen doesn't need any additional structure. All the structure the 5th needs was installed as it was built.
Is your 5th Gen structurally sound? Take a close look at these crash test videos.
Watch the engine move while the front sub-frame remains almost stationary at 14 Seconds
The front sub-frame mounts with six bolts and two locating pins. There are no rubber bushes. The front sub-frame connects well forward and well behind the front 'axle' for strength and stability. As you could see in the frontal impact video the engine was moving backwards from the impact (at roughly 14 seconds), but the front sub-frame remained well located. When GM designed the Camaro they built it well, very well. It was engineered to have an exceptionally strong monocoque. A solid monocoque translates into a higher perception of quality while enhancing performance and function. In the following series of pictures you can see how the 5th Gen Camaro has numerous 'chassis braces' built in at the factory using state-of the art design in the form of shape, construction and materials --
High-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel is a type of alloy steel that provides better mechanical properties or greater resistance to corrosion than carbon steel. HSLA steels vary from other steels in that they aren't made to meet a specific chemical composition, but rather to specific mechanical properties. They have a carbon content between 0.05–0.25% to retain formability and weldability. Other alloying elements include up to 2.0% manganese and small quantities of copper, nickel, niobium, nitrogen, vanadium, chromium, molybdenum, titanium, calcium, rare earth elements, or zirconium.[1][2] Copper, titanium, vanadium, and niobium are added for strengthening purposes.[2] These elements are intended to alter the microstructure of carbon steels, which is usually a ferrite-pearlite aggregate, to produce a very fine dispersion of alloy carbides in an almost pure ferrite matrix. This eliminates the toughness-reducing effect of a pearlitic volume fraction, yet maintains and increases the material's strength by refining the grain size, which in the case of ferrite increases yield strength by 50% for every halving of the mean grain diameter. Precipitation strengthening plays a minor role, too. Their yield strengths can be anywhere between 250–590 megapascals (36,000–86,000 psi). Due to their higher strength and toughness HSLA steels usually require 25 to 30% more power to form, as compared to carbon steels
Martensitic Ultra High Strength Steel Maraging steels (a portmanteau of martensitic and aging) are iron alloys which are known for possessing superior strength and toughness without losing malleability, although they cannot hold a good cutting edge. 'Aging' refers to the extended heat-treatment process. These steels are a special class of low-carbon ultra-high-strength steels which derive their strength not from carbon, but from precipitation of inter-metallic compounds. The principal alloying element is 15 to 25% nickel.[1] Secondary alloying elements are added to produce intermetallic precipitates, which include cobalt, molybdenum, and titanium.
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Do you need a strut tower bar? Many assume they do. The brace was and is necessary when the roof is cut off. That is why TEAM Camaro designed and install the brace installing the Vert. The brace installed on the ZL1 indirectly for NVH. The STB cleaned up some 'noise' on the sensors used to fine tune the MRC. The STB looks cool so it is part of the 1LE package.
It would deny the obvious to say the OE STB does nothing. It does add structure to an already robust monocoque. The is zero data available that documents any gain in handling or lap times. None.
What can be done to enhance the handling, stability and predictability of a 5th Gen starts with Foundational Bushings.Foundational 5th Gen Required Upgrades
There is a noticeable rear end step out in turns while applying power or brakes and dealing with bumps in the 5th Gen. This is due to the voids in the OEM Sub-frame bushes. It is not unique to the Camaro. It is typical of IRS systems installed with rubber bushes to isolate the passenger area from road noise. Sub-frame bushes are a foundational component of the IRS and the most important modification that can be made to a 5th Gen. If you add more power it will place more load on the sub-frame bushes and amplify rear end step out / rear end steer. Lower the Camaro's CG with lowering coils and rear end step will be more pronounced. The larger and stickier your rear tires the more pronounced the sub-frame movement becomes. If you set your fence posts in Jello the finished fence will wiggle like Jello. Your OE sub-frame bushes are nothing like Jello, but they are not as stable as an enthusiast would like as the foundation for 5th Gen performance.
When your 5th Gen is on an alignment rack, the technician adjusts Caster, Camber and Toe to within a 10th or 100th of a degree. The OEM sub-frame bushes allow a much larger range in dynamic alignment angles. These changes in dynamic alignment account for the loose rear end, rear end step out or rear end steer. Filling the voids in the OEM sub-frame bushes reduces the range of dynamic alignment and loose rear end, rear end steer, and rear end step out go away. The rear sub-frame complete with IRS uses four bolts to attach to the monocoque. There is a locating tapered pilot that passes through the larger rear sub-frame bush and positions the sub-frame to the monocoque. The larger sub-frame bush has a ferule that fits over the Locating Post. This not only centers the sub-frame, but anchors it much as a weld would to the monocoque. The movement in the rear sub-frame is relative to the voids in the OEM rubber bushes. If the voids are filled with urethane inserts or the OE bushes replaced with higher durometer full urethane, movement of the rear sub-frame is virtually eliminated.
Rear Sub-Frame Rear Bush / Bolt / Locating Post
Rear Sub-Frame Forward Bush / Bolt Area
The ZETA II Camaro features much larger sub-frame bushes than the ZETA I G8. These were improved to handle the higher loads created by larger wheels and tires with the high RWHP found in the Camaro. While they are an improvement, we do not feel they are stable enough for the way we drive a Camaro so we designed three solutions.
Pedders EP1200 Sub-Frame Inserts are good up to 550 RWHP. The inserts fill the OEM voids in the rubber sub-frame bushes from both the top and bottom. The control surfaces are dramatically increased. Since the OEM bushes remain in place, this is more than just a great upgrade. It is relatively easy to install the EP1200. These eight pieces transform your Camaro and are probably the single biggest bang for the buck modification you can make.
When Chevrolet introduced the Convertible they also made a change to the sub-frame bushes to address rear-end-step-out. If your Camaro was built in 2011 chances are it has the revised sub-frame bushes. The revised OE bushes have a bit more rubber in them and less NVH void space. They are an improvement over the earlier versions, but we at Pedders still feel they could be better and advise the 5th Gen owner to start with the foundation, to start with the sub-frame bush inserts or full bushes. On the left are the voids in the FE3 sub-frame bush. On the right you can see that the small voids have been filled, but there is a lot of empty space to be filled.
While Chevrolet engineering has improved the original 5th Gen sub-frame bush design starting with the first convertible, the smaller forward sub-frame bush in the FE3, FE4, FE5 and FE6 all have voided space and only the pencil wide shoulder of the bush for control. On the ZL1 the smaller front bush was made of a harder denser rubber to improve control. They still left a lot of 'room' for improvement. Pedders EP1200 sub-frame bush inserts fill the room, the empty space and dramatically increase the the upper and lower control surfaces in the front, small OE sub-frame area.
The rear sub-frame OE bushes had the voids filled starting with the Vert as well. The rear sub-frame bush is the same in the FE4, FE5 and FE6 5th Gens. Look at the control surfaces and you make the decision. Which will offer more control?
OE Sub-Frame Bush
Pedderised with EP1200 Sub-Frame Inserts
The best part of this foundational upgrade is that they is absolutely no change in ride quality. NONE. What you do gain is stability in the IRS. Your Pedderised IRS is more stable and more predictable.
Pedders EP1200 inserts will require a trim to fit in the revised sub-frame bushes. In this photo you see the fingers on the inserts that fill very thin voids in 5th Gens built prior to late March.
To fit a Pedders EP1200 Insert Kit on a 5th Gen (some 11s, all 12s and 13s) with the revised bushes, use a pair of scissors to trim the very thin fingers off the inserts. In this photo, we have covered the fingers with white paper. As you can see, what remains 96% of the urethane material by weight to fill the voids that remain in the revised OE bushes.
With the increased grip of the ZL1 specifically compounded tires and the increase in power with the LSA the ZL1 and the denser front sub-frame bush we find the inserts to be a perfect match and suitable for use to 650 RWHP. Btw, I wonder where GM got the idea to fill in at least part of the void in the sub-frame bushes
For those taking all Camaros, with the exception of the ZL1, beyond 550 RWHP, drag racers and hard core corner lovers the Pedders EP1201 full urethane Sub-Frame Bushes. With these robust bushes installed and well over 550 RWHP your Camaro will launch cleanly and track true under load. In these photos you can almost feel the improvement in performance. The OEM ferules are designed for ease of assembly on an assembly line. The OEM ferule has 3/4" holes for a 14mm bolt. Those loose fitting for ease of assembly OEM ferules are replaced with Pedders and holes suited to the 14mm bolts used to more securely attach the sub-frame to the monocoque. This change means there is no possible movement in the assembly under any load that doesn't bend or shear a sub-frame bolt. The increase in control surface is nothing short of MASSIVE. Your rear sub-frame will now follow your Camaro and not attempt to steer your Camaro. Switch backs are tamed. Drag launches are harder and crisper with a more efficient transfer of power.
For ultimate in IRS control Pedders has developed the EP1201HD. Racers use Delrin bushes machined from stock. These are hard plastic suitable ONLY to a race car. They place too much load on the small welds throughout the sub-frame. Aluminum bushes are no different. Delrin and Aluminum are great in a race car where the welds are checked after every race weekend and the entire car is seam welded. In a street driven automobile there has to be some forgiveness in the sub-frame bush material to protect the useful life of the sub-frame and monocoque. Pedders EP1201HD is a urethane of high dura that when captured by the Camaro sheet metal performs like Delrin or aluminum right up to the point of accidental impact when there is just enough forgiveness to protect the key components. These bushes do transmit more road noise than the EP1200 inserts or the EP1201 full bushes. In the Pedders USA, LLC Camaro we barely notice a difference because the aggressive tires we run. The EP1201HD is not a typical Pedders bit. It is designed for ONLY the most dedicated enthusiasts. In the video, you will see that there is NO visible sub-frame movement, even with a 3 2 downshift with wide open throttle.
While the Pedders bushes appear to be larger in height than the OEM bushes. That is an illusion. The Pedders bushes are designed to fill the space between the sub-frame and the monocoque just like the OEM bush with no change in the size of the gap. On the lower portion, the Pedders bushes fill the metal OEM plates. There is a pre-load on the bushes, but no change in the installed height. We wanted achieve both control and long term durability of the sub-frame and monocoque goals with minimal change in OEM NVH and no change in ride quality and that is what the EP1200, EP1201 and EP1201HD deliver.
We used a prototype tool to remove the sub-frame bushes on the car. A plastic piece of 5" PVC pipe. Gorilla tape on the outside just in case. An old bearing plate for the bottom with another round steel disc from the assortment we use at the hydraulic press. A 14mm Acmes threaded rod with nuts and washers completed the 'tool'. A strong rattle gun (Aussie slang for Impact Gun) applied pressure along with a little heat to separate the paint from the FRP jackets and the bushes were out in minutes..
A quick look at the increased control surface data illustrates the benefits of Pedders inserts and bushes for the 5th Gen. In addition to the increased stability of the the IRS the larger control surface spreads the increased load over a larger area to preserver the integrity of your sub-frame.
All bushings are not created equal.
User / Owner Video
Putnam Park Danny Popp driving the Pedderised L/28.
What does all this mean to a 5th Gen Camaro owner in terms of suspension performance?
Pedders Camaro Running Race Car Speeds on Track
It means YOU own a bad XXX automobile. It means you own more car than you probably thought you had purchased. It means your Camaro will remain tight and solid for many years and thousands of miles. It means your Camaro will respond exceptionally well to suspension modifications because it is such a robust and stable platform. It means you can drive your 5th gen with confidence knowing that it is built by Chevrolet to exceed your expectations. It means your suspension will work as designed when driven to the aggressively on track or down your city's streets.
The 5th Gen Camaro off the showroom floor is a very good driving experience. You will notice that the ride is supple over bumps. This is due to the advanced design of the ZETA II chassis along with the very large wheel and tire package. There is substantial lean and roll, yet the 5th Gen sticks in turns. The steering is a bit softer than we would like. The SS Brembo brakes are very good, but the pedal feel not as sharp as we would like. Drive past 7/10ths, you'll find the IRS has too much movement. The range of dynamic alignment changes allows rear end step out, rear wheel steer, a loose feeling in the rear. It undermines driver confidence. Having said this, a bone stock 5th Gen Camaro blistered the Nurburing. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being a perfect car, we rate the 5th Gen SS a 6.5. The SS 1LE is a 7.5. The ZL1 is an amazing 8.5 of the showroom floor.
Track Time
Nordschleife 7:41.27
Inde Motorsports 1:41.29
Ranch Config. 4 1:41.29
Laguna Seca 1:39.18
GingerMan 1:42.05
Grattan 1:27.95
As good as the ZL1 times are, and they are very good times, no street legal Camaro has matched the www.PeddersUSA.com Camaro's Gingerman lap time.
Pedderised NASCAR Pace Car
How could it be better? If the 5th Gen SS were not built to a market price-point it would be close to a 10 off the showroom floor. Price-points are critical to sales so that is not the case. One straight forward example is Urethane. Urethane is far more expensive than rubber. The low hanging fruit for the Camaro owner is in urethane inserts for the radius and sub-frame bushes. Installing EP1200 inserts EP1201 Full Replacement Bushes or Pedders EP1201HD tack bushes settles down the IRS virtually eliminating unwanted rear end steer, rear end step out and the feeling of a loose rear end. These inserts work with the OE parts to make your driving experience more confident. The most any driver can hope for is their race car is stable and predictable. Addressing the sub-frame bushes and the associated rear end step out created by a wide dynamic range of alignment angle changes increases the stability and predictability of the 5th Gen Camaro. This isn't an optional up-grade. This is your first foundational 5th Gen upgrade and the building block for all future upgrades.
GM redesigned the radius arm on the ZETA II Camaro. It uses a large hydraulically damped bush on one end and a ball joint on the other. The arm is more linear to deliver improved steering feel. Drivers that are tuned into their Camaro will notice slight softness in steering feel, the brake pedal and perhaps describe it as isolated or vague. Pedders started early on with the Camaro GS Prototype built at the Milford Proving Grounds and worked on a full urethane radius / brake tension rod bush. This was a very special project with GM – the 2010 Camaro GS Race Car Concept shown at SEMA 2010. This video walks you through the OE and Pedders bushes with Jason Debler from http://www.camaroz28.com/
Replacing the hydraulically damped OEM radius rod bushes will help with steering and pedal feel. While the NVH properties are excellent, they are too soft for performance driving in our opinion. Pedders offers three solutions for this. The first option is a direct replacement street-friendly urethane insert for the OEM rubber bit. The firmer urethane insert removes some of the compliance in the bush improving brake pedal and steering feel. The back-story on this bush is it is a GM designed part. One of the GS engineers wanted to test it for use in in sanctioned racing. We made twenty sets for him. Unfortunately that project was shut down during the GM adjustment period. The samples were sent back to www.PeddersUSA.com along with permission to take them to market. Using an EP6578 is as simple as removing two bolts, removing the soft OEM rubber insert, installing the Pedders urethane and bolting it back together. You may wonder if such a small part can make a difference in such a large automobile. You will be pleasantly surprised on their first test drive.
The full urethane bush replacement is Pedders EP6577 Camaro Urethane Steel Jacketed Radius Rod Bush. This is one robust bush with holes and voids designed to make our street friendly urethane mimic the NVH characteristics of the OEM bush with the performance of a urethane bush. If you track your car, the EP6577 will be the most durable solution. The inserts work to reduce motion, but the basic issue of the OEM bush remains -- it is hydraulically damped and can potentially fail on track. Pedders EP6577 is virtually indestructible on or off the track.
The third is an EP6579 full face Camaro Front Extreme Radius Rod Bush Insert replacing the soft OEM rubber insert with a very high durometer piece. It was designed as an alternative to the EP6578 for the GS Camaro project. The combination of bonded rubber ferrule steel jacketed bush with a full face high durometer urethane insert is outstanding. This solution is extremely firm and may lead to premature wear in the tie rod ends or the steering rack. This is the solution we have installed on the Pedders USA Camaro because we prefer the extra control. We have clients with over 100,000 miles driven with the EP6579 and no signs of premature wear. Because we are Pedders we error on the side of caution, but in this case it appears we will be lifting the cautionary wording soon. This is a hardcore option for the most demanding driver and my choice for my 5th Gen.
These two short videos show you how to install the inserts. It is so easy, even a caveman could do it.
Removing the OEM Rubber Snubber
Installing the EP6579 Full Face Urethane Insert
All three Pedders radius / brake tension arm solution accomplish the same goal in a different way. They reduce the range of caster change while driving. The direct result is a more on center feel to the steering. Combine that with a Pedders Tight Spec Alignment and you'll drive away thinking a new steering rack was installed. With the mission critical required foundational bushes in place your 5th Gen is ready to go or ready to grow.
Sway Bars
With these foundational elements (sub-frame inserts or full bushes and radius / tension inserts or bushes) in place your Camaro is ready for the final tuning element. Pedders Solution A 27mm front bar will reduce body lean and roll resulting in a more enjoyable drive for the vast majority of Camaro drivers. We call Solution A the Daily Driver. Driving down the highway and moderately sport speed turns there is less body lean and roll. Driven past 7/10s there is a noticeable increase in understeer. For the many Camaro owners upgrading the front bar with radius and sub-frame bush inserts are the ONLY modifications they will ever need or want.
For the more sporting Camaro driver a set of 27mm front and 32mm rear bars are the solution. This is our updated Solution B. Solution B creates a well balanced 5th Gen with a bias to oversteer. With the front bar set to full soft and the rear bar set to full hard your 5th Gen is track ready. You wanted oversteer. You got it now. In the rain, cold weather and snow these sway bar settings create a very loose car and must be driven with caution. Respect it. If your driving skills are not NASA or SCCA levels, tone the bars down. Set the front bar to full hard and the rear bar to full soft. As you grow comfortable with the new balance of your Camaro move the front bar a hole to the soft side. That is the beauty of Solution B. Solution B puts you in control of your setup from well balanced daily driver to track ready.
Pedders new Solution Z is the ultimate set of sways for a 5th Gen and that does include the ZL1 and 1LE.
We picked a photo of the ZL1 on track and matched to a photo in what we consider to be very similar conditions. At some point in time we'll get a ZL1, 1LE and a Fully Pedderised Camaro on track for direct comparisons with data. At this point, I can tell you from my personal driving experience in Z bar equipped ZL1s compared to OE ZL1s the picture is more accurate than you might think IMO.
The front bar is a 27mm three position adjustable bar and fits your 5th Gen with or without electric steering. The rear bar is 32mm FE4 / FE5 / FE6 style that mounts out board close to the knuckle with a drop link and is adjustable with three level of progressively harder bushes. In the hands of a professional driver a Solution Z set of bars on the 5th Gen Camaro is capable of performing like a race car, actually faster than many race cars – with a street friendly ride. A fully Pedderised 5th Gen, a Camaro like the Pedders USA, LLC Camaro, is thisclose to a Perfect 10 with the Z Bars installed.
If your Camaro is a ZL1 Solution Z is a bolt an go upgrade. Your OE endlink will work with Pedders Z bars because GM upgraded the links for the ZL1.
If you Camaro is equipped with FE4 suspension, you'll want to select Solution Z with endlinks and drop links.
If your Camaro is equipped with FE3 suspension, you'll want to select a Solution Z conversion kit. This kit includes new ZL1 RLCA and endlinks to update your Camaro with a turn key solution.
The OEM endlinks are designed for OEM anticipated driving and the load created by the OEM sway bars. The front endlink is 10mm and the rear is 10mm with modest sized ball joints. The front endlink is mounted high up on the strut or a high roll center mount. Connecting the sway bar high up on the strut increases the efficiency of the bar. It helps the car roll or lean less. On the 1LE and ZL1 the sway bar connects to the endlink with a 12mm ball stud. For Pedders, this is a back to the future moment. We shipped our very first sway bars out with.... 12mm ball studs.
The FE3 rear sway bar mount geometry is not as efficient as the front design. The endlinks mount well in board on the lower control arm making it far from ideal. This is arguably the weakest design feature of the ZETA and ZETA II architecture. The Camaro delivers with a staggered wheel and tire package and bars almost identical in size but not in function. This configuration creates a solid driving experience until the vehicle is pushed passed 7/10s. (When we say 7/10s what we are referencing is the absolute capacity of a car. Race cars are driven at 10/10s. Driving that hard causes failures. You may see a race car being pushed to 11/10s for the last few laps of a close race. Racers spend most track time running in the 9/10s range.) The first rule of racing is to finish 1st, First you have to finish. Most automobile testing is done at 7/10s by OEMs. Of course there are exceptions. A Camaro at 7/10s is a very fast automobile. Press on past 7/10s and at this level of aggressive driving understeer becomes dominant. Continue to press the range and you can plow the North 40!
FE4 moves the mounting points out board and close to the knuckle. This change is a HUGE plus for the 5th Gen. The FE5 and FE6 are even better using a 28mm solid bar from the factory. Well done Chevrolet! The move to the FE4, 4 & 6 suspensions allowed Pedders to develop the Z bar. It is a 32mm solid, just like the factory bar.
Old Style Inboard Mount
New FE4 / FE5 / FE6 Style
There are several solutions to this, but before we go there allow us to explain our philosophy on sway bars as the final tuning element to a suspension. Everything starts with foundational bushes. We have to have a stable foundation before we change or tweak anything in the suspension. That is why we always start with the weakest foundational bushes first. After the bushes come the coils and dampers. Now that the suspension is solid from the foundational level on up, we can tune with sway bars. Adding sway bars before any other key component is the same as placing a Band-Aid over a bleeding artery. It might look better. It might even feel better, but the foundational issues are still there.
Not all sway bars are created equal. At Pedders we expect a sway bar to be made of high quality spring steel. We expect the bars to be heat treated after they are bent to restore the spring in spring steel with maximum function. That means a Pedders bar made of the same diameter steel with many times be stronger than a brand-x bar made of the same material.
There is a fine line between R & D testing and having fun with our fleet. We cross it constantly because it is the best way to develop product for our enthusiast clients. It is one thing to test drive a vehicle for a day or two. It is a very different experience to live with a vehicle month after month. We believe it is the only way to understand your Camaro driving experience.
We have determined in our testing and daily driving that a 27mm front bar 428020-27A is correct for the Camaro in a variety of configurations. When a car starts to slide, the first action of most drivers will be to ease of the gas and / or get on the brakes. If you are in an understeer mode, as speed is reduced the slide will reduce. Lifting off the gas or hitting the brakes does not cause any dramatic reaction when in understeer mode. This is why mass produced vehicles are designed to understeer. It is what drivers are most accustomed too. It is the safe and conservative path. If you want to change your sway bars you have to ask yourself what you want to accomplish.
The vast majority of Camaro owners would be changing bars to reduce body lean and improve turn in. Keep in mind that driving a Camaro past 7/10s means you are making extremely high speed maneuvers. Many Camaro owners will never experience factory understeer -- because they don't push that hard when they drive. That doesn't mean they would not have a superior driving experience with a larger diameter front bar. A larger diameter front bar will greatly reduce the lean you feel on the highway or in a turn. It will improve turn in to a point, but when it goes into understeer, it will be worse than with the factory bar. Up to that point, it will provide a very rewarding driving experience. This 27mm front bar has three adjustment positions to allow you to vary your setup. Camaro Solution A Pedders 27mm front bar that ships with urethane D Bushes, Brackets and a Pair of OEM Quiet Adjustable Endlinks.
For the more aggressive enthusiast Camaro owners, those that want a rewarding driving experience and a reduction in actual understeer Pedders Solution B will be the answer. In this configuration, the front bar is 27mm 428020-27A and the rear bar is 32mm 429020-32A. The transition from slight understeer to slight oversteer will be predictable based on the velocity of the vehicle. The faster the vehicle travels, the faster the vehicle will enter oversteer in a turn. This setup requires the driver to know the difference between understeer and oversteer as well as how to react to both. You have to know when you can lift and when you cannot lift or things will get worse fast. Both bars are adjustable. Start out with the rear bar set to full soft and the front bar to full hard. Work through the adjustment range until you are comfortable with your setup. We encourage ALL Camaro owners to take a performance driving class to learn how to safely operate a high performance vehicle. Camaro Solution B includes 27mm front bar, 32mm rear bar, Urethane D bushes and OEM Quiet Adjustable endlinks.
Pedders has put together a track ready sway bar package. The front bar remains at 27mm, but the rear bar increases in diameter to 32mm and mounts out board close to the knuckle with a drop link. The larger rear bar and new mounting points allow you to adjust in the amount of oversteer you desire. Between the front and rear bar adjustments you can create a very loose and very fast track ready Camaro. Make no mistake about it; this is an aggressive setup that ships with a disclaimer. The disclaimer makes clear that while your Camaro feels glued to the road at stupid fast speeds and you think can deny the laws of physics you would be wrong and solely responsible for your own safety. We do want you to send us your Podium Finish Pictures. Pedders USA, LLC has no interest in your damaged Camaro from a stupid fast high-speed street incident. We told you before you bought the Z bars they would perform exceptionally well for SCCA and NASA qualified drivers for TRACK USE. You and you alone must know your driving limits. Camaro Solution Zs includes 27mm front bar, 32mm rear bar, D Bushes that use OEM Brackets for strength and depending on the year of you Camaro may also include OE ZL1 RLCA, Droplinks and OE Quiet Endlinks.
The first step in upgrading sway bar function is to improve the endlink. Pedders OEM Quiet Adjustable Endlinks are more robust than the OEM endlinks. They also use a ball bearing based high efficiency ball-joint that delivers OEM quiet with spherical efficiency. The solution is to increase the bar diameters. The question is how much should we increase them and for which type of driver?
Pedders sway bars are made of solid stock. We choose to use solid stock for consistency in production. In a hollow bar, the thickness of the wall determines the strength of the tube. Anything less than a perfect bend reduces the strength of a hollow bar more than the same imperfection would in a solid bar. Solid stock is far more forgiving of less than perfect bends consistently delivering superior strength. The weight savings of a hollow bar becomes less and less significant as you study the application of material. First the weight is not unsprung so five or ten pounds does not radically alter the function of the suspension. It is not spinning mass as would be a brake rotor or tire and wheel so the weight doesn't not radically alter the function of the brakes. It is weight placed very low in the vehicle creating a very slight shift in vertical CG, but that too is of little significance. In the end, a 27mm solid bar is stronger than a 27mm hollow bar with a slight weight disadvantage. (There is much confusion on the subject of solid vs. hollow bars. One of the best discussions from independent sources is available on the BMW forum. BMW Thread. The second post by Matt M. has the most comprehensive information.) It is our view that in volume production for a street enthusiast vehicle a solid sway bar will be the most consistent solution. Pedders provides the informed and educated Camaro owner with three sway bar solutions to match your driving skills and style that not only include the standard mounting hardware, but also include adjustable double ball joint endlinks to deliver the best possible driving experience.
With the foundational components are in place you will find Pedders Camaro adjustable bars to be a significant improvement to your OEM bars. The center adjustment position delivers 27mm front bar performance. Each position you move toward the firmer setting, toward the sway bar mounting D bush will increase the sway bar rate 1mm. The same is true moving away from the D bush toward the softest setting. With this range of adjustment built into both the front and rear bars and Pedders range of bars you should be able to adjust them to match your specific Camaro setup requirements. Keep in mind, that buying sway bars BEFORE you have installed EP1200 or 1201 Sub-Frame Inserts or Bushes along with at least the EP6578 Radius Bush Inserts is a mistake. You'll never enjoy the full benefit of the bars until you do. Many who follow this advice will find they don't need a sway bar upgrade. The weakest elements in the Camaro are the Sub-Frame and radius Bushes -- not sway bars. Build a solid foundation using Pedders bushes, dampers and coils and then use sway bars as the final tuning element.
2012 and On FE4 / FE5 Sway Bars
The Camaro SS FE4 suspension moves the rear sway bar endlink / drop link mounting close to the knuckle to increase efficiency. The stock bars are now solid 23mm front and 24mm rear. The ZL1 runs 25mm solid front bars and 28mm solid rear bars. Chevrolet moved from hollow to solid bars for strength and durability. They did well, very well
Pedders exists to take Modern Muscle to the next level and we have a particular affinity for the 5th Gen Camaro. Our FE4 / FE5 sway bars are solid. The front is 27mm and adjustable. The rears are 32mm. Our bar sets are sold with high efficiency OEM quiet front end-links and fixed position drop- links. How do they perform, do you really need to ask? The owner of this Camaro is a law enforcement professional with countless hours of driver training. His professional opinion -- 'Holy shit, man! The front HOOKED not even CLOSE to breaking traction and the back end stayed right with it. I mean....when the car turns, it TURNS.'
Our FE4 / 5 rear sway bars can be retro fit to any 5th Gen Camaro. The new Camaro rear lower control arms have the 'old' style close to the differential endlink mounting tabs and the 'new' close to the knuckle mounting hole. This is a smart choice by Chevrolet as one common part number can be used on all versions of the 5th Gen Camaro. The new OE lower rear control arms are inexpensive.
Why did Chevrolet make the change in rear sway bar geometry and size? To make the 5th Gen handle better. From day one of the 5th Gen the bias of the car has been heavy on understeer. This is a function of weight distribution, wheel base, track, wheel and tire size and of course sway bar strength. The FE4 addresses both with improved rear sway bar geometry and sway bar strength. The old bars were hollow. The new bars are solid, the material is stronger. The old bars were almost the same diameter (strength) front and rear. The new FE4 rear bar is 1mm larger than the front. It doesn't sound like much, but coupled with the increase in efficiency of the new outboard mounting position it is a big difference. The FE4 Camaro is far more balanced that the FE3 SS. It is more neutral and handles better in the corners.
The new FE5 ZL1 takes this all on steroids. The front bar goes up in size to 25mm and the rear bar a huge jump to 28mm. Talk about balance from the factory
At Pedders, even great isn't good enough. We set the rear camber to half the front camber or even less at -0.50 . The on track results were excellent. We feel we had a ZL1 two years ago with our Pedders USA Camaro. Now, there is a ZL1 so we have been hard at work with our partners at Lingenfelter on the L/28. The L/28 running Pedders new FE4 / FE5 / ZL1 sway bars is considerably faster than the ZL1 or a Z06 and we trailed a hioghly modified well driven ZR1 by just under a second at Eagle Canyon.
Here is the new rear bar complete with Pedders drop-link.
The new 32mm bar takes up space, but there are ZERO clearance issues.
Development is never ending at Peders. It is in our company DNA and our clients consistently ask for more. We are just like them. More is better.
#1 The efficiency of the rear droplink is dependent on the drop link orientation to the lower control arm. If the droplink is not straight up and down it impairs the efficiency of operation.
#2 The Pedders rear Z style bar is adjustable in function though the bushes on the droplinks. Inserting one softer bush per side to replace the supplied high durometer bushes softens the bar a bit. Two soften it more. If the change in pairs of bushes is too great you can change only one side.
#3 Pedders Z style drop links can be adjusted in height to account for variation in ride height due to corner weighting.
#4 We have sold pallets of our new style bars. We received some negative feedback from clients looking to run larger than 11" wide rear wheels or Corvette rear wheels with drag radials. We listen to our clients and swapped out a few of the Z bars to inboard 32mm bars and links. We have not revised the Pedders Z style bar to fit up to 11.5 wide rears and the Vette wheel and drag radial.
Clearance at full droop is the key. At normal ride height increases. This shows the clearance of the most popular drag rear wheel and tire setup.
#5 The only Z style rear sway bar that can accommodate Pedders Supercar Remote Reservoirs are Pedders Z style bars.
So where do you start?
First, you install sub-frame bushes.
Second, you install radius arm bushes.
Third, you install Z style sway bars.
Never underestimate the mission critical value of a tight spec alignment!
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'Kudos' to Don Kyte! "Vote all the women and none of the men!" as he stated in a recent beach paper.
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The Beach Library is absolutely awesome! A visit to the Grand Opening last Saturday was a real pleasure. It is already in operation, fully paid for, and under budget for next year! Dr. Leroy Hommerding, The Library Director, should be recognized with the "Citizen of the Year Award" for successfully completing this rigorous task that will serve the citizens of Fort Myers Beach for many years. He worked tirelessly with the architect, Harvard Phil Tressa; the Construction Manager, Jim Grant; along with the Library Board of Directors and other residents while the library remained in operation serving the public, school children, visitors - one and all.
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DENVER (AP) -- Some Colorado sheriffs are speaking out against any more gun control measures as President Barack Obama visits the state.
Sixteen sheriffs, including Larimer County's Justin Smith and John Cooke of Weld County, plan to hold a news conference Wednesday in Denver. They'll gather in a park near where the president will meet with law enforcement and community leaders to discuss the gun control package recently signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper.
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Balance Update 6/20/07
Balance Update 6/20/07
Balance changes have now been put in place.
Additional balance changes as of 6/24:
Nerfs: Shikamaru, Shodaime, Nidaime (more rework than nerf) Boosts: Cursed Seal Sasuke
Additional Balance changes as of 6/22:
Nerfs: Kyuubi Naruto, Zabuza, Kankuro Boosts: Cursed Seal Sasuke, Nidaime, Shodaime
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Cursed Seal Sasuke and Kyuubi Naruto's pics are in the process of being changed so if they do not match at first rest assured they will reflect the skill soon.
Adendum: Some skill costs for K Naruto, CS Sasuke, and Kurenai have changed slightly. We are aware of Katon: Goukakyuu... and its bug and are looking into the problem.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Greenville women's track and field team traveled to Washington University for a two day meet on Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29. Out of 28 teams the lady Panthers finished 20th for the weekend.
Among the top performers for Greenville was Chelsea Gilles, who had a 400 meter dash time of 1:01.72 that earned her 10th place. The Panthers came in 7th in the 4x100 meter relay with a time of 51.29. Gabby Perdue, Gilles, Iyeesha Deberry, and Alex Gregory represented Greenville in this event.
The women had nine points total for the meet. Greenville will host a track meet on Saturday, April 5.


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Nesel (second from left) overcame a tough situation to help Harvard defeat its top rivals.
Sophomore Tom Nesel of the Harvard lightweight crew is the COOP Athlete of the Week, for the week ending May 2. On May 1, the Crimson defeated No. 1 Princeton and No. 4 Yale to claim the Goldwaith Cup for the first time in four years with a time of 5:40.7, as well as the Vogel Cup for overall team supremacy. The varsity eight cruised to its first undefeated dual season since 1997, going 10-0 on the year. Nesel switched into the varsity eight midway through the week after a varsity rower got injured. With two practices between the switch and the HYP regatta - the biggest race of the dual season - Nesel had to adjust to a new crew and switch from port to the starboard side for the race.


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Village Examines Finances
NEW BREMEN — An area village took a look at its finances during a special meeting this weekend.
New Bremen Village Councilors met on Saturday morning to discuss capital projects to go ahead with this year.
To begin, Village Administrator Wayne York noted the village ended up spending approximately $400,000 more on capital projects in 2011 than it planned.
"That brought us down to an actual cash balance of the first year of $174,000 in the Income Tax Fund," York said, adding that amount already showed the encumbrances from carry-over projects.
York noted the village received its first income tax settlement on Jan. 31, bringing the village's balance to $620,000.
"Twice a year we have to send out operating transfers to help the General Fund, Street Fund, to the parks to the pool, to the Lockkeeper's House, we usually try to do those in May and in December," he said. "They're big numbers, so you immediately have to start thinking, 'OK, we have to cover this.'"
York gave councilors a projected amount for tax receipts per quarter based on 2011 receipts and an estimated number for transfers — with the village generating approximately $2.7 million, not including the transfers.
"By doing Bear and these other expenses of $400,000 last year, that ran our year-end cash balance down to a less-than-comfortable level, $174,000 is less than comfortable," York said. "So — I think a half a million is the target for year-end."
Councilors then went down the list of "wish list items" from the village departments — not including the electric fund because it is self-sustaining — discussing each project.
For 2012, councilors approved the following projects: Improvement to the Bremenfest parking lot, additional water test wells, improvements to the New Bremen Parks Department building, the purchase of a new parks department mower, the purchase of a 3/4 ton, four-wheel drive pickup truck, the purchase of a new fire department tanker, replacement of the South Main/Franklin Street sanitary sewer, asphalt resurfacing of East Second Street and other various locations, the purchase of an additional tornado siren for the Amsterdam Road area, replacement of the Lions Park storm sewer, driveway wingwalls at the Lockkeeper's House, replacement of the backhoe and preparing for lagoon dredging. Councilors decided to wait on three projects to not include in the 2012 budget pending income amounts: Replacement of the First Street sanitary sewer and water main, a sewer lift station stand-by generator and a water treatment plant stand-by generator.
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the New Bremen Village Council is at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at the municipal building.


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NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Adam Laats and Harvey Siegel's Teaching Evolution in a Creation Nation (University of Chicago Press, 2016).
NCSE is pleased to announce a new video welcome, featuring executive director Ann Reid explaining NCSE's mission to defend the integrity of science education against ideological interference.
NCSE is pleased to announce that Brad Hoge has joined the NCSE staff as Director of Teacher Support.
Seven in ten Americans think that global warming is happening, and almost three in five think that, if it is happening, it is mostly owing to human activity, but only about one in eight know that nearly all climate scientists agree that global warming is happening as a result of human activity. Those were among the key findings of Climate Change in the American Mind: May 2017 (PDF).
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UCSB Winter Invite
At Campus Pool and Recreation Center Pool
UCSB Winter Invite Tournament Website
Friday, January 25, 2013
At Campus Pool
No. 15 UCSB vs. Azusa Pacific, 9 a.m.
No. 15 UCSB vs. Concordia, 11:45 a.m.
No. 15 UCSB vs. No. 18 Cal Baptist, 4:45 a.m.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
At Campus Pool
No. 15 UCSB vs. Sonoma State, 11:20 a.m.
No. 15 UCSB vs. No. 5 Arizona State, 6:20 p.m.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
At Campus Pool
No. 15 UCSB vs. No. 3 UCLA, 8 a.m.
No. 15 UCSB vs. Pomona-Pitzer, 4:10 p.m.
• This Week in Water Polo
The No. 15 ranked UC Santa Barbara women's water polo opens its 2013 home schedule this weekend. The first of their seven games begin Friday when the Gauchos take on Azusa Pacific University at 9 am at Campus Pool. The team will remain at Campus Pool for the remainder of their games as they host the UCSB Winter Invite. The UCSB Winter Invite consists of 17 teams including Azusa Pacific, No. 18 Cal Baptist, No. 5 Arizona State, Concordia, No. 8 Loyola Marymount, No. 1 Stanford, Santa Clara, No. 19 UC San Diego, Sonoma State, No. 3 UCLA, No. 17 Cal State Northridge, No. 6 UC Irvine, Pomona-Pitzer, Cal State Bakersfield, Pacific and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
• Last Time Out
Last weekend the Gauchos began their season with two consecutive wins: Friday against Cal State Bakersfield, 13-10, and on Saturday against Cal State San Bernardino, 20-3
• For The Record
The Gauchos head into this weekend's games with a 2-0 overall record. For the second week straight, the Gauchos are ranked at No. 15 in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Poll.
• Follow the Leaders
Senior Rachel Nelson and freshman Samantha Murphy lead the team with five goals each and will certainly add to those numbers this weekend. Nelson kicked-off the season with four goals against Cal State Bakersfield and posted another goal against Cal State San Bernardino. Murphy started her college career with three goals against Cal State Bakersfield and added another two goals to the Gauchos' victory against Cal State San Bernardino.
• What's Coming Next
Following this long weekend of games, the Gauchos will have a short break before they travel to Redlands, Calif. to play against Redlands, then head down to San Diego, Calif. to participate in the UC San Diego Triton Invitational on February 9-10.
• Get Your Tickets!
To purchase tickets to this weekend's UCSB Winter Invite in advance, visit the Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus, call (805) 893-UCSB or click here to purchase online.


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'Spider-Man' musical hanging by a thin web?
Variety's Gordon Cox reports that your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is getting tangled up in a financing web as he makes his way to Broadway…
Rumors have spread among legiters that the production sked for incoming mega-musical "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark" may be threatened.
The extensive work being done to prep for the technically demanding show, both in the shop constructing the physical production and in the theater where "Spider-Man" is due to bow, is said to have stopped this week.
The halt is attributed to cash flow obstacles that producers — including David Garfinkle, Martin McCallum, Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment — are working to resolve, according to some in the industry affiliated with the show.
One explanation suggests the delay stems not from problems in raising the massive funds required for the tuner — said to be capitalized at north of $35 million — but from issues in mobilizing those great big chunks of coin.
A rep for the show would say only that the production remains on track to begin previews at the Hilton Theater Feb. 25, with an opening to follow some time in March…
Read the rest or check out the post at our sister blog, Culture Monster. Here's a video of Tony-winning director Julie Taymor talking about the production and her hopes for it…
–Geoff Boucher
Broadway-bound Bono: "I'm more of a Green Goblin"
Alan Cumming and Evan Rachel Wood join Broadway's Spidey show
"Spider-Man" show casts a wide net…or is that a web?
Dates set for "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark"
Pulitzer-winning playwright at work on fourth Spidey film?
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Joely Richardson to Join Ethan Hawke in CSC's Ivanov
Stage and screen star has joined the Classic Stage Company cast of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, to run October 17-November 25, with an opening on November 4. Austin Pendleton will direct.
As previously reported, Ethan Hawke stars in the title role, with the cast also featuring Glenn Fitzgerald (Borkin), Roberta Maxwell (Zinaida), George Morfogen (Shabelsky), Juliet Rylance (Sasha), Jonathan Marc Sherman (Lvov) and Louis Zorich (Lebedev).
Richardson, who will play Anna, received a Drama Desk nomination for her most recent Off-Broadway appearance, in Michael Weller's Side Effects. She received two Golden Globe nominations for her appearances on Nip/Tuck, and recent films include Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Red Lights, and Anonymous, with her latest feature Thanks For Sharing, to debut at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival.
Chekhovv's work will be seen in a translation by Carol Rocamora, and the production will feature scenic design by Santo Loquasto, costumes by Marco Piemontese , lighting by Keith Parham and original music and sound by Ryan Rumery.


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10-6-05 - A veterans group plans to hold protests Saturday of Montgomery County libraries in an effort to remove about 70 children's books the group says contain explicit material.
Jim Cabaniss, president of American Veterans in Domestic Defense, said the books contain pornographic pictures or promote homosexuality.
"Our purpose is to deal with the excessive smut and pornography in the children sections of the library," he said.
Some titles include "It's Perfectly Normal," "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "The Plastic Man."
Montgomery County Library director Jerilynn Williams said she is aware of the protests, but the veterans group has not contacted her.
"We respect their right to have an opinion about material in our libraries," Williams said. "We stand strongly on the right of individuals to access information and the right of individuals to choose material they deem appropriate for themselves or their dependent children."
Cabaniss said some resident have approached the Commissioners Court and the library board about removing the books, but no action was taken.
He said the group's goal is to replace members of the two boards with people who will vote to remove the books.
Children's books in Montgomery County have been targeted before. In 2002, the Republican Leadership Council, a conservative Christian group, asked that the Commissioners Court remove "It's Perfectly Normal" and "It's So Amazing," both by Robie H. Harris, from library shelves for the same reasons cited by the veterans group.
The books were removed for a few months, but returned following a recommendation by a library panel that reviewed the books. The Commissioners Court approved the recommendation.


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Policing of native disputes opens debate on use of court injunctions
Two senior police leaders have told Canadian courts they can stick their foolish injunctions where the sun doesn't shine.
Both Sarnia police Chief Phil Nelson and Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Chris Lewis, whose forces were sharply criticized earlier this week by Ontario Superior Court Judge David Brown for their "passivity" in refusing to enforce injunctions to end recent Idle No More rail blockades, have replied with unrepentant public remarks that make it clear they believe police know better than judges.
Lewis made his comments on a Toronto radio show Tuesday night (Newstalk 1010, where I'm a regular contributor) and Wednesday in a local tabloid, while Nelson was quoted Tuesday in the online Sarnia Observer.
Bewilderingly, as though the choice for police is always to go in with guns blazing or to do nothing, both Lewis and Nelson invoked the spectre of bloodshed as justification for their forces' failures to carry out Judge Brown's orders.
Lewis thundered that he wasn't going to "tell a young OPP widow that her deceased police husband gave his life to open the tracks," while Nelson, mentioning slain native protester Dudley George who died in an OPP raid at Ipperwash Provincial Park 17 years ago, told the Observer "I can sleep at night knowing it was resolved peacefully."
Nelson claimed to have been enforcing the injunction by negotiating with the protesters.
The OPP boss even purported to lecture Judge Brown, telling the Toronto Sun that "with all due respect to His Honour," it is better to be patient and negotiate than take "aggressive action, jeopardizing, taking or losing lives, over what amounts to trespassing or mischief and an inconvenience to others."
"Just because a judge, sitting somewhere …" orders an injunction doesn't mean an "operational commander on the ground" is going to jump, Lewis said. "That incident commander makes a decision … and that's just the way it is."
Last weekend, as about 15 protesters blocked the CN Rail main line between Toronto and Kingston, Ont., Judge Brown issued an emergency injunction to have them removed.
But when about 10:30 that night the local sheriff asked the local OPP for help, she was told by the commander on the scene that it was "too dangerous" to serve the order.
The protest ended about midnight when demonstrators voluntarily left, or as Judge Brown later put it, "not, as it turns out, because the police had assisted in enforcing the order."
The Sarnia blockade of a key industrial line serving the area's "Chemical Valley" lasted almost two weeks, ending Jan. 2 only after another Superior Court judge, John Desotti, ruled the blockade had to stop that day.
Amusingly, given that the police passivity was soon to spread eastward to the Belleville-area blockade and the provincial force, at the time, CN Rail lawyer Chris Bredt told Judge Desotti that if the Sarnia protesters didn't leave, he would try to have the Sarnia police, who by then already had ignored two separate court injunctions, ask the OPP to end it.
The Sarnia blockade wrapped up that day, though hours after Judge Desotti's deadline passed, with Nelson attending what were described as the celebratory closing ceremonies.
It was precisely this disconnect between the disparate arms of the law-and-order equation that so troubled Judge Brown.
After his first injunction in the Sarnia blockade, issued Dec. 21, was ignored by the local force — except for one staff-sergeant, who joined the protesters in a drumming circle while he was in uniform and on duty — and lawyers for CN Rail sought a continuance of the order, the force didn't even bother to send a representative to court.
Judge Brown was of course aware that on-scene police commanders have the discretion to decide how best and when to enforce a court order, and the language of his injunctions reflected that.
But, as he said on Dec. 27 when he essentially re-issued the injunction, "A court order is not one amongst several chips to be played in an ongoing contest between the police and transgressors of legal rights."
A key distinction in the Sarnia and eastern Ontario blockades — part of the Idle No More movement — is that there is no land claim underlying those protests.
In the two previous major aboriginal protests in Ontario — Ipperwash in 1995 and Caledonia in 2006 — local First Nations were making such assertions.
It was in these kinds of cases, where treaty rights or land claims are being made, that the Ontario Court of Appeal has found that the rule of law may be applied in a "highly textured" or "nuanced" fashion.
That approach, which has come to be translated by police as meaning they don't need to enforce injunctions in a hasty manner, doesn't apply in cases of pure political protest.
Idle No More may be about many issues — the Conservative government's bundling of issues that affect First Nations into an omnibus bill, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike, aboriginal pride — but it is not and hasn't been held out to be about land claims.
As Judge Brown said of the Belleville-area blockade, "it was straightforward political protest, pure and simple. Just as 15 persons from some other group would have no right to stand in the middle of the main line tracks blocking rail traffic in order to espouse a political cause close to their hearts, neither do 15 persons from a First Nation."
In his reasons issued this week in the main line blockade, Judge Brown wondered aloud if "a future exists in this province for the use of court injunctions" when the courts can no longer predict with any certainty if police will enforce their orders.
It appears, from out of the mouths of the boss of Ontario's largest police force and one of the smaller ones, that the answer is a resounding no.
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Aug. 31, 2010
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Sophomore midfielder Erin Ortega has been named UCSBgauchos.com Athlete of the Week after scoring two goals in the Gauchos 5-1 win over Saint Joseph's last week.
Ortega scored her first goal in the 36th minute of UCSB's win. The goal snapped a 1-1 tie. Less than six minutes later, the Santa Clarita, Calif., native scored her second goal to give the Gauchos a 3-1 lead.
The two goals scored by Ortega equal her total output for the 2009 season. Following her freshman campaign, she was named Honorable Mention All-Big West.


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When filmmaker Michal Goldman launched in 1989 what she thought would be a one-year event of Jewish films in Boston, her program included "a 30-minute film from a young Palestinian director that was critical of the Occupation."
"I got threats, direct and veiled. Many withdrew funding," Goldman recalls. But the purpose of the festival was to offer a comprehensive look at the entirety of the Jewish experience. "We are not all one stripe," says Goldman, insisting that "always, we have to look at [the Israel-Palestine conflict]. The festival provides a safe place to do that — and we must."
That artistic independence and commitment to diversity still drives the Boston Jewish Film Festival as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Running Wednesday through Nov. 18, the festival will screen 46 films — 40 are Boston-area premieres — from 13 countries. Subjects range from the little-known history of Jews in Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria to the LGBTQ Jewish experience. There are a pair of documentaries about women's history: Lilly Rivlin's "Esther Broner: A Weave of Women" and Michal Aviad's "Women Pioneers." And, yes, films that deal with relations between Israelis and Palestinians ("Bethlehem" and "Within In the Eye of the Storm").
"The initial intent was to be independent, and independently funded, and to program films that create the opportunity to engage, discuss, and provoke," says Amy Geller, who became the BJFF's artistic director last year. Over the course of the past quarter century, the BJFF has become one of the largest such festivals in the country and works with other fests to "uncover the best Jewish films out there," says Geller.
The excavating takes her to festivals from Berlin to Haifa in search of "hidden gems." She sees upward of 300 movies a year from around the world but is just as committed to work produced in her own backyard. "As a documentary filmmaker, I'm interested in the incredibly rich documentaries here in Boston. I've happily been able to find three or four films this year that reflect and promote strong films from Boston," she says.
These include "Unorthodox," about three American Orthodox teens (screens next Sunday at the Institute of Contemporary Art) from Boston directors Nadja Oertelt and Anna Wexler, who met as undergrads at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the mockumentary "Your Good Friend" (next Sunday at the Coolidge Corner), with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, formerly of Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley; and "The Dewey Stone Connection: From Exodus to Independence" (the closing night film, Nov. 17, at the Museum of Fine Arts) about a Zionist philanthropist in 1940s Brockton.
Like many successful ventures, the BJFF had an unassuming, grass-roots beginning. Goldman founded the Boston Filmmaker's Collaborative in 1987 after she made her first film, "A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden," about klezmer music. She wanted to follow up on an event she had put together in 1988 when she screened two classic Yiddish films at Boston University. "We had to put out extra chairs, so many people came. I was amazed at the appetite for this material," says Goldman, who had worked as a film editor in San Francisco, home of the oldest and largest Jewish film festival. She credits Bo Smith, then-curator of film at the Museum of Fine Arts, with helping her realize it was possible to curate an independent festival that examined how "Jewish identity is conceived in as many countries as possible."
As a filmmaker, Goldman's interest is in storytelling and point of view, which put a personal stamp on the festival that continued as she passed the reins after a few years to Kaj Wilson and Sara Rubin. Coming full circle, Geller became artistic director last year, returning to the BJFF, where she had worked fresh out of Bates College, in Maine.
"I hired her when she was young and gazelle-like, obviously bright and eager, and I've watched her develop. I am one of her many sounding boards," says Goldman, who also cites founding board member Shoshana Pakciarz and longtime trustee Barbara Resnek as other important influences on the BJFF's maturation. Both women will be honored at the festival's Silver Celebration this Sunday, at the Ritz-Carlton.
Geller's mission now is to honor tradition while building for the future. The BJFF boasts year-round programming with its Encores series and its ReelAbilities Boston Disabilities Film Festival. This year's BJFF aims to cultivate new audiences, with several family films and FreshFlix, a program aimed at 20- to 40-year-olds. FreshFlix includes the third annual short film competition (the audience picks the winning shorts by text voting). FreshFlix also features the first BJFF midnight movie: the hit Israeli thriller "Big Bad Wolves."
"Israel, in particular, is exploding with adventurous cinema; that's always been true but it's at a peak now and this represents an opportunity to show that," says Geller. "I'm also committed to films from Germany and France. . . . We consider ourselves discoverers and smaller festivals look to us for films. It's why people come back and believe in us." She cites the double feature of "Holocaust: Is That Wallpaper Paste?," from Russia, and "Judith and the Man From Schindler's List," from Germany, as films that "create a context and a framework for trying to understand the Holocaust for future generations."
Context and historic connection are also evident with the first BJFF Community Leadership Award this year, which recognizes Lisa Simmons, founder of the Color of Film Collaborative and co-producer of the Roxbury International Film Festival. Geller says it's significant that the inaugural award honors Simmons, who is "part of our film community — not Jewish, but as a community leader dedicated to social justice." The award presentation next Sunday at the Coolidge Corner will be followed by a screening of "The Last White Knight," Paul Saltzman's personal documentary about the civil rights movement in the South and reconciliation.
"The Boston Jewish Film Festival's commitment to screening impactful and high-quality films over the past 25 years sets a standard for all of us curating festivals here," says Simmons. "I am deeply honored to receive their first Community Leadership Award and look forward to participating in this celebratory year."
For this milestone festival, it's natural and useful to look back, but Goldman agrees that the festival must always look ahead too. "It's not my festival anymore. Amy really has brought great new energy. I think this year's programming is adventurous and that's what the festival needs," she says. "There's no point in doing it unless it opens your eyes, makes people curious and eager to think about who they are and their relationship to Jews in other parts of the world."
Go to www.bjff.org.Loren King can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled Kaj Wilson's name and the title of the film, "Within the Eye of the Storm."


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Mets Massacre Phils In 11-2 Spanking
On paper, the Phillies have the best team in baseball. But on the field today, they basically sucked. The Phillies took an 11-2 spanking from the Mets who played without four of their regular starters, three of whom are All-Star caliber players.
The massacre began in the first inning when a horrible mistake caused pitcher Cole Hamels to lose his cool. With two outs in the first inning, Hamels allowed a double but then coaxed an infield pop-up from David Murphy to get out of the inning…or so he thought. Ryan Howard apparently called Chase Utley off the pop-up and then had a brain freeze as the ball dropped between them with Howard looking confused.
Hamels was visibly upset and, if you can read lips, it looks like he yelled, "Oh come on!" and followed it up with a few indistinguishable unhappy words. You cannot blame Hamels for his annoyance, as a run scored and the pop-up was scored a single since no one touched the ball. However, after that incident, Hamels was just not the same pitcher.
Manager Charlie Manuel had to pull Hamels from the game after only 4.1 innings where he gave up a career-high seven runs on eight hits and four walks, including a walk to the opposing pitcher.
The Phillies had a chance to catch up in the seventh inning, but Jimmy Rollins coughed up a double play ball with no outs and the bases loaded to kill the rally. The Phillies scored only two runs despite the hits and multiple fielding flubs by the Mets.
And then Danys Baez put the nail in the coffin in the bottom of the seventh. Baez began the game with a 5.35 ERA but apparently, he did not feel that was horrible enough. After he gave up four runs on four hits, including a 3-run homer, Baez seemed more satisfied with the 6.25 ERA that followed. (Editor's note: The previous paragraph involved "sarcasm," in case anyone missed it.)
The Phillies still have a chance to win the series tomorrow, however, since Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee are getting some extra time off, they will have to win with Kyle Kendrick on the mound. Game time is 1:10pm.
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