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The install went very smooth for a set of long tube headers. I just had to fight my previous custom cat-back to fit length wise. (the cat-back system is pushed back 1-2 inches) The increase in mid-range torque and throttle response is noticable; even pulling harder in the high rpm range. After the system went through a heat cycle it has a very nice golden tint. The only down side was that I had to cut/splice my o2 sensor wires to lengthen them. The one supplied in the kit from dynatech was incorrect and the directions showed two possible connectors and how to modify, but the connector on my vehicle was neither of these. One of the passenger primary tubes is very close to the frame if not touching it at times under vibration and rotaional torque. But, overall I am very satisfied with the results!


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Owner Scott McNeal, alias Gus Macker, started the tournament in his parents' driveway in Lowell in 1974 and the event later moved to Ionia County in 1987.
This won't be any ordinary season for the Belding Gus Macker 3-on-3 tournament.
The 40th season of the event will be officially recognized at Belding, which has been the hometown focus of the Macker since the 1980s.
Owner Scott McNeal, alias Gus Macker, started the tournament in his parents' driveway in Lowell in 1974 and the event later moved to Ionia County in 1987.
Since then, the event has expanded into different Mackers across the country. The Belding Macker is one of 42, but it will be the showcase event in the county and town that hosts the Macker headquarters.
The event is scheduled for Aug. 3 to 4 in Belding, with an online deadline of July 25 to enter. For more information or to register, visit www.macker.com.
McNeal and his Macker staff have had special celebrations every five years starting with the 25th, when the Macker Hall of Fame has added new members. This tournament will take on special meaning with the 40th celebration, and is set to bring in new inductees again this year.
"We'll do a Hall of Fame week of stuff. We'll have a golf outing, a banquet and induction ceremony," McNeal said. "Obviously there will be a lot more teams playing in the event. We won't know until we get a little closer. We're planning a lot of stuff. A lot of details we have yet to have worked out."
For the 35th anniversary, Tom Crean, presently the coach of the Indiana Hoosiers and a one-time active Gus Macker participant, spoke at the celebration.
"We don't have an official speaker yet. We're trying to decide how much to include," McNeal said.
The banquet and Hall of Fame ceremonies are set for Aug. 2, with the golf outing tentatively scheduled for the previous day.
McNeal is planning on adding 10 new inductees into the hall and has already announced seven.
1. Mike Lavery. He's the organizer who brought the event to Quincy, Ill., one of the main Macker stops and which has hosted the event for more than 20 years.
2. Larry Wray of Ohio. He played in the tournament for many years and has coached some of the men's teams.
3. Judge Connors and his Ann Arbor Squad. "Every few times that we induct people, I have a fun group. There's a judge in Ann Arbor, Judge Connors, who has a group from Ann Arbor that has played in the tournament for years. He's a sitting judge and is hilarious," McNeal said. "He and his crew are going into the hall."
4. The late Ernie Cryer. The former Grand Rapids referee died a couple of years ago. "He was one of the guys who for 20 to 25 years traveled the country with me, announced the games and was a very entertaining guy," McNeal said.
5. Dean Wallin and Don Stabenow. The pair were professors with the recreation department at Central Michigan University in the 1970s and 1980s. Stabenow is retired, while Wallin is still an administrator there. "The two of them invented the Gus Busters system," McNeal said. "They're the ones that brought the first Gus Busters to Lowell. They were college students at Central."
6. Dick Parfitt, former coach at Central Michigan. "He was the coach during the times a lot of the great Macker players, especially from Grand Rapids, played in my driveway," NcNeal said. "He was a big supporter of our event."
7. Dream Kids. "I've taken a group of kids that play on my dream court," McNeal said. "I affectionately call them Dream Kids. It's four or five kids from the Grand Rapids and Cedar Springs area. They're 11, 12 or 13 years old. Because they're an example of what the event is about today with youth and family fun, we've decided to put them in, because they have great stories about Macker."

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Posted 05 April 2009 - 07:31 AM
I do not believe so. Luckily for me, the state I live in doesn't have "regions".
But, it doesn't take much longer to search each region. Although I do understand why it can be annoying...
But, it doesn't take much longer to search each region. Although I do understand why it can be annoying...
Posted 05 April 2009 - 08:17 AM
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For crazed list to work, you need to use firefox and disable send referer
Posted 06 April 2009 - 09:40 AM
wow...thanks for that fellas...i always wondered how that could be done...
Posted 06 April 2009 - 09:44 AM
Also don't try to search too much using crazed list at once. If you try do the whole country, craigslist will ban your IP. It slows down their servers.
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Thanks!! I always wondered that too!
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Wow this thread has been busy since I last posted not long ago. I know everyone is getting excited as I am to as yes I know I have the prototype but I'm waiting on a nice blue chassis setup and can't wait to get it installed and looking good.
Im soooo excited about this chassis. I was about to order the ssc chassis when i started reading about this chassis. Since i love my current strc parts i waited then when steve posted his design concept i was sold i decided to wait and get the strc chassis. Which says a lot because i hate waiting. Im looking forward to this chassis more then turkey day or christmas combined. After that ill prolly only buy more lipos or wheels and tires. Maybe some bumpers and proline body to make it into a short course truck again.
Rally GT8 4x4 in progress.
FLM Rustler
skynex, do you know of any local tracks around dallas besides mikes?
dirt fields, no, but mikes has an outdoor track...its really an 1/8th scale buggy track. ill look up wild bills and may take a trip out one day, thanks.
@wyd10... Just one question... Is there enough amount of space to place a lipo like this?
I´m asking because of the lipo-cables and the rear battery mount. Maybe the Lipo mount will stay in the way of the
Last edited by Beholder_74; 11-20-2012 at 12:15 PM.
Shouldn't be a problem to fit that battery in. Only thing you might need to go to a longer battery mount setup which the STRC chassis can do and then a small foam spacer to take up any extra space but you can get it to fit.
I might get some battery trays,I need some for my flm emaxx I got to stop checking this thread I hate ordering new things the suspense is killing me but I got a lot of Rc work do over the winter, 6 trucks to build/rebuild
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Ok guys I talked with Steve at STRC. The new LCG chassis's are on their way back the STRC. He is going to start sending out the new chassis starting on Monday or so as long as he gets them by the end of the week. Starting by the end of next week I expect to start seeing guys posting pics of their new STRC LCG setups.
I thought this would bring a smile to many of you guys and some tears to those that are going to start having Slashes beat them out their local tracks.
thanks wyd, you made my day.
ty wyd also have parts arriving for it today. ALSO this is ment to be lol got 3800 on the way on sale for 50$and some boca bearings among other things. my delima is which chassis to do first the blue or the orange lol
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I just put my STRC shocks together they seem to be very good and you just build them with parts of your old shocks, only thing I had to so was get an extra rebuild kit and put an extra o ring to seal the oil in the bottom. All I need is some 40wt oil. I also have rears on the front Eventually I may get some longer SC10 shocks for the rear.
happy, happy, joy, joy... I´m waiting for my toy, toy
To shorten the waiting period a little bit... watch the backflips at the end of the video.... http://www.myvideo.de/watch/6819094/..._mit_Bobby_Car
No... its not my car.
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I am assuming there will be instructions for the new chassis...anyway to get them before the chassis ships.
Happy Thanksgiving!
the work has started
the only reason i got them is i got a great deal on them. can't say how much but it wasn't close to the retail price that they sell for. all but one of my built slashes have mip's fr and rear. if i had to pay full retail i would have gone with the mip's or the tekno's ,but i wanted to try them mind you this build is straight racer, track only. no bashing didnt get them to bash, only to race
Last edited by Beholder_74; 11-25-2012 at 08:46 AM.
Steve got the chassis's back from the anodizer on Friday. He was doing some online directions this weekend as long as he don't get any sicker. The new chassis's will start shipping out Monday.
I´m excited too... best wishes for steve to get healthy again...
hopefully steve has someone else do the shipping and he get well soon ty again wyd for the up dates and will let you all know about the drive shafts yes the mips are heavy but i can say they hold up to my bashing which is not pretty all the time. but they hold up no issues since i put them on the truck. i planned 2 builds one a rally type one a track type will inter change parts if i have to as you see one has the traxxas shafts and the other i will go with teknos just to try them. dont know which will be the rally leaning towards the taxxas shaft for that one and teknos on the racer right now will see how they run and let you all know
has anyone on this forum bought and used the chassis if so tell me as im a bit of a basher but i would like a lower chassis for high speed turns so inform me please on pros n cons for racing and bashing
guess wyd has to answer that question or read this thread from the start or steve's articles on the strc site about the making of the lcg chassis might give u an idea of whats going on my guess is its for racing if u wanted to bash it you could i guess may not be the best chassis to bash just my 2cents mind you not trying to be rude or disrespectful
Have to go to hospital today for about 1-2 weeks... and its nice to know, that a piece of "hard artwork" will wait when I´m coming home. Oh yes, my girlfriend is waiting too I hope.
Last edited by Beholder_74; 11-26-2012 at 02:50 AM.
Anytime you lower the CG on any car it will be better in high speed corners just like touring cars or pan cars which all kill in the corners. They normally sit very low and all the motors, and batteries sit low on the chassis. Remember on the stock chassis 4wd and 2wd drive Slashes they sit high so in the corners they lean more and want to flip over easier. With the new LCG chassis it will still roll some in the corners but since the weight is sitting lower it will carry more speed and won't roll over in the corners near as easily as the stock chassis would. Also with the new STRC chassis you won't have any flex in the chassis since its 4mm thick so handling will be more precise.
Thanks for the update.
I too have began the process, lol.
there in the mail lol
mine are out for delivery as i write this who will be the first to post a pic ? would like to see all colors and mixes if u see yours (color) dont repeat it. Now im speaking of the chassis and fr and rear bulkheads,not your builds just chassis, really wanna see the green as that could have been my sec color if i had known they would go with the blue as standard but don't worry be happy.Again would like to thank wyd and steve for their effort on this project. i too was about to purchase one of the other brands till i read this thread and steve's articles felt like i was in the whole project. would it be possible to know the numbers that are out there how many of each color ? most popular blue and black. which had the least numbers of request? just curious
Wow I see some already have their trucks torn down and are ready for the new. Love it. Love to see your pics when you have them done. Its getting wild real soon.
can we expect to get a tracking number when it ships?
awesome, Mine is for christmas so i can't see it till then, I'll have to sneak around while the wife is at work.


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Clarke: Odemwingie reintegration is underway
West Brom boss Steve Clarke insists Peter Odemwingie is on the way to re-establishing himself as a part of the Baggies squad, though he refused to confirm if the controversial Nigerian would feature against Sunderland on Saturday.
Clarke says Odemwingie, 25, has impressed the West Brom camp since being told he must knuckle down in the wake of his extraordinary behaviour during the January transfer window.
"They are not a group of players who would tolerate players not working properly and I'm not a coach who would accept that," Clarke said.
"We demand high standards in training and then you have a much better chance of high standards at the weekend. Peter's attitude has been as good as it was before January. His fitness was good enough but I chose not to use him at Liverpool.
"I suppose us winning there bought us some breathing space and saw to it that everybody could calm down a little. It's important that clubs aren't too reliant on one individual."
Odemwingie, who drove himself to QPR on deadline day in preparation for transfer talks for which he had not been given permission, had already infuriated Albion with a host of critical tweets. He has since been linked with a loan move to Crystal Palace but Clarke added: "Come on, Peter isn't a Championship player. That's all I would say on that."
The club have been left to deny they are thinking of barring their players from using social media, although Clarke, who attended a supporters' question-and-answer night on Thursday, recognises that some fans will find it hard to let Odemwingie back into their affections.
"We try to treat all our players like adults and don't like to ban them from using Twitter," he said. "Ninety nine per cent of them use it very well. I've said before…..I understand some supporters will find it difficult to forgive him but we always ask the supporters to support the team.
"He has a big contribution to make and his ability is without question. We hope he still has a part to play in the coming matches. There's no problem with him. Everything's good here. They all have to make a contribution and we are trying to finish the season as high in the table as possible.
"They're an experienced group here, with strong characters. They know what's required and there will always be ups and downs. It's nice to have a connection with supporters and give and hear some honest opinions."
Odemwingie scored twice in last season's 4-0 home victory over Sunderland and hit the only goal in the previous season's Hawthorns clash. While Clarke has kept mum on whether he will disturb the 18 on duty for the outstanding win at Liverpool by finding a place for him, he has been delighted with the form of Chris Brunt.
The skipper found himself being booed when he was taken off in the New Year's Day home defeat against Fulham but has bounced back and made the side's opening goal at Anfield for Gareth McAuley. And the head coach believes fitness problems early in the season may have contributed to a loss of effectiveness.
"He finished last season with an injury and was desperate to get back," he explained. "He started too early and ended up re-injuring himself. In the first part of the season, he went from injury to injury and couldn't quite get his fitness. He likes to play game after game after game. He gets his fitness up and his form up that way.
"In the last few months, his contribution for the team has been good. He has a terrific record of assists. His dead-ball delivery is excellent and we have scored a lot of goals from Chris's deliveries. He is an important part of the team and the squad.
"He's a sensible lad. He wasn't happy with the reaction of the crowd that day against Fulham. None of us were. But it is an incident that is past - we have all moved on from it. He understood that the crowd were frustrated. He didn't take it too personally. He just knuckled down and continues to produce good performances at the club, as he has done over the last five or six years.
"I don't think you need to be really vocal or demonstrative to be a good captain. You have to be a good person. I think if you are a good person, people will respect you - and Chris is a good person."
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Nancy R. Greminger, 90, of Detroit Lakes, died Friday, February 15, 2008 at her home, with her family at her side.
Nancy Ruth Wickstrom was born to Ella Morris on Sept. 21, 1917 in Kensal, N.D. Six weeks later, she was adopted by Fred and Maud Wickstrom of Detroit Lakes. She was raised and educated in Detroit Lakes and graduated from Detroit Lakes High School in 1936. In 1941 she graduated from business college in Pasadena, Calif.
Nancy married Lavern J. Greminger June 29, 1944 in Ren-ton, Wash. She was an accom-plished pianist and organist. She liked gardening, crocheting, em-broidery, rock picking, puzzle books and was an avid reader of novels. In 1962, she and Lavern moved to Detroit Lakes, where they lived on a hobby farm five miles south of town. In 1968 they started Meadow Lake Camp Ground. Nancy and Lavern trav-eled throughout the United States, spending their winters in Califor-nia, Arizona, Texas and Washing-ton. Lavern died Feb. 18, 1997.
Nancy is survived by four daughters, Irene (James) Hazelton of Callaway, Kathy (Ron) Suttell of Tacoma, Wash., Jeanette (David) Hinjosa of Phoeniz, Ariz., Sharon and her pets, Taylor and Sadie of Detroit Lakes; nine grandchildren; two great grand-children; a sister, Marie Grosk-reutz of Salt Lake City, Utah; as well as several nieces and neph-ews.
In addition to her husband, Nancy was preceded in death a son, Frederick, her parents and a brother, Max Wickstrom.
Friends may call between 5-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Holy Ro-sary Church, Detroit Lakes; there will be a prayer service at 7:30 p.m.. The visitation continues at the church for one hour prior to the funeral on Saturday.
A mass of Christian burial is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, with the Rev. Jerry Rogers officiating. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO)-- As the saying goes, this Friday's game won't be Billy Dreher's first rodeo.
Friday night will be the first time, however, that Dreher will face the Grand Junction Tigers as the head coach of his alma mater, Fruita Monument.
The Tigers are heavy favorites heading into the weekend with a 12-3 overall record and a 4-0 league record. Meanwhile, Dreher's Wildcats are 7-10 record with a 1-3 showing in league.
As for the Lady Tigers and Lady Wildcats, both teams have high expectations in league play. Both teams are 3-1 in league play, but Grand Junction has the better overall record (13-2) compared to Fruita Monument (12-5).
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Two men who led their teams to undefeated seasons and Class 4-A championships are The Associated Press prep basketball coaches of the year in North Carolina.
Ty Baumgardner of Charlotte Olympic won the 2012-13 men's award Thursday and Chris East of Raleigh Millbrook earned the women's award.
Baumgardner received 15 of a possible 22 votes from sports writers across the state. Newton Foard's Rob Bliss was second with four votes after turning around a program that was 5-41 before his arrival two seasons ago, while first-year coach Perry Tyndall of 2-A champ Kinston was the only other coach listed on multiple ballots.
On the women's side, East had 10 votes to five for Kinston's Hubert Quinerly, a second-year coach whose team won a 2-A title in its first finals appearance.
Two former AP women's coach winners, Kernersville McGuinness' Brian Robinson and Charlotte Harding's Anthony Jones, also received multiple votes. McGuinness, the 2010 winner, had three votes after winning a record eighth-straight 1-A title. Jones, last year's winner, had two votes after leading his team to a second straight 3-A crown.
Baumgardner led Olympic to a 30-0 record, the first team from Mecklenburg County to go undefeated since West Charlotte did it in 1986.
He guided the Trojans to their first state championship in a major sport in 47 years. Olympic beat Raleigh Broughton in the final and was ranked as high as No. 4 in national polls.
"It didn't hit me until about a week later when we got back to school and it affected not just our school community but our community, period, around Olympic," Baumgardner said. "I had people coming up to me that graduated from Olympic in the 1970s, `Thank you so much," saying how much this means. ... It just verified how emotional it was right there when (winning the title) finally did happen."
Baumgardner said it was "like a dream team and a dream season" because of his players' unselfishness. Six players averaged double figures and Akron recruit B.J. Gladden willingly came off the bench.
That balance was "proof right there of how they shared the basketball, how none of them cared who shot, who scored," Baumgardner said. "They were all about one purpose, one goal, and that was winning."
East led Millbrook to a 33-0 finish and its second straight 4-A title by beating Greensboro Page 62-56 last month for the title.
"This year, maybe with all the expectations, it was a different kind of tough, if that makes sense," East said.
Eight Millbrook players will play college ball, including Syracuse-bound Briana and Bria Day, and Wake Forest-bound Mykia Jones.
"Because of our height (and) our speed, we can put a really big team on the floor (or) I could put a really small team on the floor. It was really a great luxury to have," East said. "We asked them to sacrifice minutes and shots, and kind of approached it as a team-first situation because any one of those kids could have gone to a different school."
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A few weeks ago I wrote about the phone call I got from a distant cousin who had letters and photos of the Albrechts. We arranged to meet at my lecture in Provo on March 1. Well, that was yesterday so I wanted to follow up.
By the time I got to the Provo City Library, Toni and Dave Walters were already there. Toni showed me two big, clear envelopes filled with papers and pictures. My heart started to thump as Toni began to pull out the contents. I have only begun to look at the things inside. I'm sure this will be a process that takes months. But, I have already discovered some treasures and I know there are many more. On the cover of The Journey Takers are pictures of Georg and Mina Albrecht. I had these remade from negatives that another distant cousin, Steve Taylor, sent me. Toni had the original. Here's Toni and Dave with that original picture.
A few of the photos are labeled, but most aren't. I'm super excited to post some of them here, but I will have to wait until I get home because I don't have a scanner here. I tried to take pictures of them with my camera, but it's not working out very well. It's going to take some serious detective work to track down who these people are! (A note to all genealogists: LABEL your pictures!)
Perhaps even more exciting is a stack of letters and documents written in beautiful German script. Some of the documents are dated before 1880 when the Albrechts came from Germany to Utah. I've already seen some letters dated post-1880 and labeled from places where I know the family lived before they immigrated. I am guessing these are letters sent across the ocean between the Albrechts in Utah and the Albrechts still in Germany. So, you may be thinking, don't I have the letters? Shouldn't I know what they say? The answer is: I will know what they say - eventually. But it will take me a while. They are written in the old script and my German is rusty. I feel like I have the hidden family story right here in my possession now and it's of course very frustrating that I can't just sit down and read it. But, genealogy requires patience sometimes, doesn't it?
A few of the letters are in English and are, of course, easier to read. One is a four page handwritten life history of Henry (Heinrich) Albrecht, the son of Georg and Mina Albrecht - the German journey takers. It tells a little about the family's life in Germany including a story of when Henry's little brother fell in an icy lake head first and Henry saved him by grabbing him by the feet and pulling him back out. There is also a letter that describes in detail the death of Sarah Harris (the daughter of the Edmond Harris and Karsti Nilsdotter - the other two journey takers).
I will report back in another week or so with more details – and some scanned images to share.
Tonight, I will speak to the Cache Valley Historical Society (and anyone else who would like to attend) at the Historical County Courthouse in Logan, UT. Then, tomorrow I have a signing at the Seagull Bookstore in Logan, a signing at the Seagull Bookstore near Ogden (in Harrisville) and then I'll give a lecture at the Ogden Regional Family History Center. It will be a busy day.
I am on day 6 of this 11 day trip. It has been fun, but I am really missing my three kids at home (Christian came with me). They put 11 envelopes in my suitcase before I left – one to open each day that I'm here. Isn't that cute? They have letters, pictures, and origami. Every time I open one, I just miss them more though!
Enough writing now though. I've got to go start trying to read those letters!
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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I had a not-so-singular experience the other day. Coming out of Waldbaums, head bent against a slanting cold drizzle and trying to right a bum cart heavy with groceries, I noticed two people in a white S.U.V. pointing at me. This is not the "not so singular" part.
Pulling out of their parking spot they continued to stare at me and then waved. I waved back and then checked myself for embarrassing things drawing their attention, like toilet paper streaming from under my skirt.
Satisfied that I wasn't presenting a spectacle to the world, I put my groceries in the car and started pulling out of the parking lot. I looked up to see the man from the white car running toward me and motioning for me to roll down the window.
I didn't know what to think. I couldn't imagine what this could be, but what happened next I should certainly have expected, for as I said this was not a singular experience. He offered his hand, now damp with rain, and said, "My wife told me that you are Barbara Bologna's daughter and I had to come back and tell you how much she meant to me."
He went on to extol mom from hoof to mouth and I listened, nodding, all too familiar with mom's accomplishments as a teacher, mentor, and friend. What I wasn't expecting was what he next said. "I drove your parents to the airport that year your mom didn't come back from Italy, so I guess other than your dad I'm the last person in East Hampton to have seen your mother alive."
I continued to stare at this man who I'd never seen before and he apologized for making me cry, for my eyes had begun to well, which I hadn't realized. And when a cab behind us honked its horn he pulled his hand from mine, as I was still holding it, which I also hadn't realized.
He ran back to his car where his wife waited and watched. I reparked the car for I was not shaken but quite stirred. Stirred by images and voices and notions. Yes, notions. Of how one human's life can intersect and change so many other lives and they in turn and they in turn.
I had a similar experience years ago in a shop in New York. I was paying for my purchase and the young clerk who took my credit card said, "How odd, you have the same name as the teacher that changed my life."
Without a doubt of whom she was speaking I answered, "I am her daughter." I have heard many people over the years tell me their Barbara Bologna stories but when this man felt compelled 11 years after her death to park his car and come tell me his story I began to feel the impact of what she had accomplished with her life.
It put me in mind of one of the stories my mom and aunts would tell us over and over again, stories that have gained the status of folklore among me and my cousins. We would sit around the kitchen table and ask to be told again the stories that would make us laugh, always in the same places, but they never grew less funny. The story I thought about the other day is this one: My young newlywed parents were quite poor and they would save change so they could be able to buy standing-room-only tickets to the Metropolitan Opera House. My mother, barely 20 years old and heavy with child, needed a maternity outfit to wear to the opera.
As I said, they were in dire straits financially and, possibly inspired by the gumption of Scarlett O'Hara, she tore down her dark brown barkcloth curtains and fashioned for herself a rather stylish opera-worthy outfit. Off they went to the opera. It was during intermission when mom and dad were mingling in the magnificent lobby that something went terribly wrong with her design and her skirt fell to her ankles in a brown puddle.
It would be at this point in the story that we would fall about with gasping laughter thinking of my mother standing in the Met in her slip. My father casually bent as mom stepped out of her skirt and he handed it to her and with all the dignity she could muster she walked across the lobby to the ladies room where she repaired the tie that binds, as it were.
What I found so hilarious as a child I find absolutely inspiring today. I don't know a 19-year-old today who would handle the same situation as my mom did. I think of my young parents saving their pennies to experience a life beyond what they knew. She never stopped striving to make a better life for herself and thus for everyone with whom she came in contact, including the students who strove for a better life because someone told them they could do it and indeed deserved it. And they in turn will inspire one person and on and on.
I think of generations from now, of a young person who has an acquired confidence and love of knowledge who has never heard my mother's name but in a sense is a descendant. This is how it happens; this is how we live on forever. The gift of a great teacher is truly the gift that keeps on giving. As Albert Pine said, "What we do for ourselves, dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."
Chucky Bologna grew up and lives in East Hampton, where her mother taught English in the East Hampton schools. She has written a number of memoirs about her life here, several of which have been published previously by The Star.


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Eat Out & Lose Weight
Restaurants Are Not The Enemy
Eating out doesnt have to do in your dieting efforts. Here, some smart strategies to eat out with out filling out:
Do your homework Many restaurants post their menus online; just search for the restaurants name followed by nutritional analysis or nutritional information. Take the time to read it, and decide ahead of time what youll order
Choose by food, not by restaurant Before you head out to a restaurant, go to HealthyDiningFinder.com, which recommends menu items that meet a set of criteria determined by a team of nutritionists and dietitians. Approximately 30,000 chain and independent establishments nationwide are listed. Once youre on the website, type in your zip code. The names of the participating restaurants in your area will come up along with a list of the healthy items they offer.
Decode the menu Words like battered or crispy usually mean the items are fried, while au gratin, creamed or scalloped indicate cream or cheese or both. Because it is so hard to gauge a restaurant menus calories, it is best to avoid grains and rice-based dishes as they probably contain too much butter, oil, or cream. And offer a firm no, thanks when the waiter offers to bring around the dessert tray or offers you the dessert menu.
Get cozy with your faves If you tend to frequent the same spots, get familiar with the menu and the manager or your favorite server. Dont hesitate to make special requests, such as whole-wheat pasta or brown rice, or ask if the chef will pan fry instead of deep fry to save you calories. Most chefs are happy to accommodate requests from their regular customers.
Order smartly Generally speaking, grilled chicken or fish, and even a lean cut of beef, such as sirloin or tenderloin, are good bets. If something is topped with a sauce, ask if it contains cream or oil. If so, pass on it or ask for it on the side. Skip the potato and request another veggie instead. Order a vinaigrette salad dressing on the side and say a polite no, thank you to any offers of the breadbasket.


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Simplicity is the examined life: making conscious choices about our behaviors in terms of the well-being of people and the planet. If we don't examine our lives, we'll be at the mercy of others' expectations.
There are powerful forces working to shape our behavior — advertising, politicians and religions are the obvious ones. Our behavior is also shaped by the expectations of our schools, our parents and our friends. And all of these share the same goal: They pressure us to focus on making lots of money.
But wealth is not the central ingredient of happiness, and happiness has been on the decline. What does bring real happiness? What truly benefits people and the planet?
'Hierarchy of needs'
Even though there's much new research on happiness, it's interesting to look at the work of Abraham Maslow, who, in 1943, explored what he called our "hierarchy of needs."
First is the need for survival: We need air, water, food and shelter.
Next comes safety needs: We need to feel safe and protected.
Next are the social needs. We need family, friends, community and the public good.
Then come esteem needs: We need others' respect, as well as our own self-respect. We need to use our own unique abilities for goals and a sense of challenge.
Finally, self-actualization — becoming the self you truly are. This involves a commitment to a higher purpose, finding a way of making the world a better place.
Maslow called these needs because if they are not fulfilled, there are negative consequences. Obviously, if a baby doesn't get food, it will die; but if it doesn't get love, it will grow into a violent, cruel person. If we don't have respect, we will lack faith in ourselves and treat others with disdain. If we don't find a purpose, our lives are diminished, and we become selfish and greedy, not caring about the common good.
But Maslow's pyramid is a little deceptive. Each of those levels have something in common: social ties. Without other people we can't survive, feel safe, feel respected or even feel actualized. It all involves people. But as I've said many times in this column, social cohesion has been severely undermined. Trust has declined dramatically; incivility haunts us.
There are many reasons — in particular, we work too many hours, and we don't have time to come together. But probably the most important reason we're so isolated is that we don't understand the great need for social connections. We have always been a culture that admired self-reliance and individuality.
And because we do not realize that true security lies in other people, we have turned to wealth and possessions for a false security.
A vicious circle
But we're caught in a vicious circle: The more we're concerned with money, the less time we have for others (making and managing money takes time). When we're mainly concerned with money, others are our adversaries — we're all competing for limited resources.
Research has found that the more we think about money, the worse our social skills are. We become narcissistic and selfish, causing our social skills to decline further. The myth of individualism is so deep that we don't understand how much we need each other.
At a fundamental level, we believe that being rich will make us happy, and since spending time with others brings no financial benefit, we neglect our friends and community.
We've got lots of problems in this country, and most of them come from a failure of a commitment to the common good. It's a failure to understand that we're all connected, that we need each other, that we're all in this together.
Simplicity is a philosophy that asks us to make conscious choices, to think through the consequences of our actions. In our frantic, frenetic lives we need to take time to reflect; we need to take time to talk with other people.
Opportunities for happiness
There are several opportunities in June to explore the topic of happiness further:Gross National Happiness: Green Festival panel, on Sunday, June 6, at 5 p.m.Gross National Happiness: Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of the Bhutan Gross National Happiness Commission, on Monday, June 7, 7:30 p.m. at St. John United Lutheran Church, North 55th Street and Phinney Avenue North (by donation)Happiness Series, on Mondays, June 21 through July 5, 7:30 p.m. at St. John United Lutheran Church, North 55th Street and Phinney Avenue North (free).
CECILE ANDREWS is the author of "Less is More," "Slow is Beautiful" and "Circle of Simplicity."
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goughy000 posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHi guys I hope you can help! I bought a 2004 (54 plate) 1.4 Fiesta Flame in March and have had no problems with it until the last few weeks. Every few days the car will not start on the first key turn. On holding the key in the ignition position I can hear it turning over but then it just stops turning over. If i then turn the key back and then forward to ignition again it will turn over and then fire up, although it does sound like it only just manages to do so. Most days I can just get in and turn the key and it fires up no problem first time! The car has full service history with certified Ford dealers and is not due another service till December. My average daily drive consists of setting off from my house near Wolverhampton, driving through Wolverhampton and then 2 junctions up the M54 motorway followed by another 10 minutes of 60mph urban driving. Time of day/weather does not seem to be relevant as sometimes it is in the morning and sometimes when leaving work and sometimes its cold sometimes its hot. Thankyou for any help!
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goughy000 replied to goughy000's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHi thanks for your help I've done some more investigation, the battery seems okay and looks fairly new too... I have noticed that the problem only occurs when the last time I used the car I charged my mobile phone.. So perhaps I have a faulty charger. I'm going to see if the same happens when I use a TomTom and if it does then get the alternator and battery checked again Cheers Jack
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Fulham Under-21s maintained their excellent start to the season with a 2-1 victory over Reading at their training ground on Monday afternoon.
Jake Taylor thought he'd earned the Royals a point in the windy conditions when he cancelled out Lasse Vigen Christensen's opener with time running out, only for substitute Muamer Tankovic to pop upwith a late winner.
Chris David had already won and missed a penalty by the time Stephen Arthurworrey nodded over from close range, before the centre-back saw another headed opportunity come and go before half-time.
Vigen Christensen then opened the scoring after the interval, although the home side squandered a great chance to equalise when they too failed to net from the penalty spot following a foul on Dominic Samuel. The Reading striker picked himself up to take the kick, butskied his effort over the bar.
Reading continued to attack the Fulham goal and were seemingly rewarded with Taylor's late effort, only for the Whites to immediately go up the other end to win it courtesy of Tankovic's strike, making it four wins and a draw from their opening five matches in the Barclays U21Premier League.
Following the match, Manager Kit Symons told the official website that although he was pleased to return with threepoints, he would have liked his side to have been more comfortable in doing so.
"It was a decent game, but probably a little bit too open again for my liking, to be perfectly honest," Kit said. "We played quite well and created a lot of chances but weren't clinical enough in the final third for me. But I felt we more than deserved to win the game and we got our just desserts in the end.
"We had quite a few opportunities but sometimes the end ball or the final product, the pass or the cross, wasn't quite the level we needed to be at which let us down a little bit, but then we scored a decent goal.
"Then, after the equaliser, we scored late on so it was a good, decent performance. There was a lot of good play and we created a lot of chances but we need to be more clinical to kill the game off."
The youngsters' heads could easily have dropped following Reading's late equaliser, so Kit was delighted with the response they showed and challenged them to replicate that mentality for longer periods of games.
"We kept going and you always felt that we could sort of up it another gear," he explained. "They equalised and then we upped it and went and got the winner. But that's the thing, you want to play at that tempo and intensity all the time rather than wait for something bad tohappen to suddenly up it a little bit.
"Overall we're very pleased – there were a lot of very good individual performances and it was also an all-round solidteam performance, and it's another win for the boys so it's good stuff."
Another positive from the game was the return of Mahamadou Diarra to fitness. The Mali international – whose contract with the Club expired in the summer – played the entire match as he looks to earn a new deal at Fulham.
"It was his first 90 minutes for a while," Kit said. "He worked hard and put in a good shift and got through the game with no problems, so it's all good."
Attendance: 48
Reading team: 1. Henly, 2. Long, 3. Griffin, 4. Tshibola, 5. Keown, 6. Cooper, 7. Obita, 8. D'Ath, 9. Ugwu, 10. Samuel, 11. Taylor
Subs: 12. Murombedzi, 13. Moore, 14. Partridge, 15. Kuhl, 16. Fosu-Henry
Fulham team: 1. Etheridge, 2. Passley, 3. Kavanagh, 4. Diarra, 5. Arthurworrey, 6. Grimmer, 7. Na Bangna, 8. Vigen Christensen, 9. Islamovic, 10. David, 11. Plumain
Subs: 12. Joronen, 14. Minkwitz, 15. Richards, 16. Buatu, 17. Tankovic


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Christina Ham workshopped her engrossing thriller, "The Hollow," at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, where a full production of it closed last weekend.
Now Ham and her directing partner, Hayley Finn, are developing another play at the center. "Scapegoat" is a two-act historical drama set in Elaine, Ark., in contemporary times and during the Red Summer of 1919, when African-Americans were killed in orgies of racial violence. It is one of three works in the annual PlayLabs festival.
"Elaine, Arkansas, is not as famous for its race riots as other places," Ham said, "but over 200 people were killed there. I was interested in seeing how something like that, where the blood's in the ground, affects people a hundred years later." Ham is a rising playwright, whose "Four Little Girls" was read in Washington, D.C., under Phylicia Rashad's direction.
The two other works-in-progress that audiences can see at PlayLabs are Trista Baldwin's "Angel Fat" and Mat Smart's "The Royal Society of Antarctica."
"Angel Fat," named for the way pregnant women look, is about surrogate motherhood, money and power. A hedge-fund executive and his wife who cannot conceive hire a woman to carry their child to term.
"I worked at a [New York] hedge for three years many years ago," said Baldwin, who was born in Northern California, grew up in Washington state and attended Evergreen State College and the University of Arizona. "That experience, plus one in India, got me interested in exploring how people with money can be detached from what we would consider the most intimate decisions. The hedge-fund chairman basically commissions a child."
"Angel Fat" also was influenced by the "Baby Manji" case in 2008, when an Indian surrogate gave birth to a Japanese couple's baby. The couple had broken up, and the baby became stateless.
Smart's "Antarctica" is centered on a search for roots. His play orbits a girl born in Antarctica whose mother disappeared shortly after her birth. She returns 24 years later to work as a janitor as she seeks information about her history and heritage.
Smart spent half a year working as a janitor at the research station in Antarctica in order to immerse himself in his character and her unique surroundings.
"All three playwrights in this year's festival have a really wonderful relationship between place and environment," said Finn, who is associate artistic director at Playwrights' Center and producer of PlayLabs. "They are dealing with complex, hot-button contemporary issues."
The Playwrights' Center has hired noteworthy talent for these plays.
Actors James A. Williams, Regina Marie Williams, Jennifer Blagen and Dan Hopman play a pair of interracial couples in Ham's "Scapegoat," with Michael Kinghorn as dramaturge and Dan Dukich doing sound design.
Performers Jamila Anderson, Christina Baldwin, John Middleton and Laura Esping will play the parts in "Angel Fat," which is being directed by Daniella Topol with Wendy Weckwerth as dramaturge and C. Andrew Mayer as sound designer.
Smart's "Antarctica" has the biggest cast of the three plays, including Pearce Bunting, Bruce Young, Annie Enneking, Ron Menzel, Cristina Castro, Ashley Montondo, Dustin Valenta and Neal Skoy. Meredith McDonough directs while Polly Carl, a former head of the Playwrights' Center, returns as dramaturge.
Plays developed at the center often go on to full stagings, here and elsewhere. Marcus Gardley's rewritten version of "Dance of the Holy Ghosts" is at opening soon at Baltimore's Center Stage under the direction of theater head Kwame Kwei-Armah, who saw the workshop production in Minneapolis.
"We used to fly artistic directors in from all over the country to see work here, but now they're coming on their own," said Jeremy Cohen, producing director at the Playwrights' Center. "This festival is a big part of what we do to support playwrights and connect them to producing partners."
It also is a way for curious audiences to see and influence works that could go on to glory and fortune.
"The Playwrights' Center gives me, as a writer, an invaluable opportunity to see ideas in the flesh," said Ham. "And it gives audiences, who react and comment, a chance to influence the making of plays."
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One lawmaker, Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, is calling for universal background checks and an assault weapons ban a month after the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings in Newtown, Ct.
Connie Alvarez, Sr., an Estherville gun dealer with a career in law enforcement, is in a position to see both sides of the issue.
Alvarez explained that under current federal law a person is legally entitled to buy a gun and give it as a present without the recipient having a background check. That contrasts with gun dealers who are required to run a background check on every person who buys a gun - even at a gun show. Alvarez said a private citizen, though, could rent a booth at a gun show and sell a gun without requiring that same background check.
That - and more - could all change if lawmakers like Schumer have their way.
Another issue that many gun owners fear is mandatory gun registration.
"They want to take away a private citizen's right to own a gun," Alvarez said Monday of lawmakers calling for gun registration. "Right now they don't have that ability because they don't know if you own a gun or not."
Another target of gun-control advocates is limiting magazine capacities, something Alvarez sees as an emotional reaction.
"The country is running on emotion," said Alvarez. "They want to do something. Hi-capacity magazines aren't going to make a difference. A law isn't going to make a difference."
Alvarez said posting gun bans on public buildings won't work either. Instead, he said the problem lies with a broken mental-health system and violence-ridden media.
"We haven't got broken gun laws. We have broken people. If gun laws worked, Chicago would be the safest city in the country," Alvarez said, speaking of the soaring crime rate in Chicago which has some of the strictest gun-control laws in the country. Alvarez noted similar situations for both Washington, D.C. and Mexico.
Alvarez said he believed Vice President Biden, who is heading up President Obama's call for gun-control legislation, is aiming for gun registration.
"I think that's the first thing that Vice President Biden wants," said Alvarez, adding that right now an ATF (Alcohol, Tax and Firearms) agent could come into his shop and demand the lineage of a gun.
Alvarez also noted that Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin on several occasions voted to outlaw semiautomatic shotguns, a favorite of Iowa goose hunters.
He said the answer isn't in adding more gun laws, but to enforce those already in effect.
"If you would prosecute gun laws, the ones that are on the books, then we'd have an impact on crime," Alvarez said. Alvarez, who worked for 21 years in Los Angeles County, Calif., in the fire, sheriff's and search and rescue department, said whenever he took a gun away from someone that gun was illegal.
"We don't have broken gun laws. We have broken people," Alvarez said. "Hollywood is the biggest offender," he added, noting gun violence in films starring actors who advocate gun control.
And Alvarez noted a lot of those gun-control efforts are backfiring. One case in point was a newspaper that published a list of persons with concealed weapon permits. "All that did was give burglars a list of what homes to stay away from," Alvarez said.
"In every state that passed a personal carry law, crime went down," Alvarez said. "He (Biden) had a hand in writing the original assault weapons ban."
Alvarez also said President Obama has his own gun-control agenda.
"He's made the comment that he's going to bypass Congress," Alvarez said.


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UW-Madison Writing Center Podcasts
Our podcasts cover three main areas.
- The entries in Writing in Practice offer advice about specific aspects of academic writing, such as writing application statements or using common documentation stystems.
- The entries in Theory and Research feature interviews with outstanding researchers in Writing Center Studies and in rhetoric and composition.
- The entries in The UW Madison Writing Center introduce the services offered by the UW Madison Writing Center.
An alphabetical list of our current podcasts:
- An Introduction to APA Documentation
- An Introduction to MLA Documentation
- "It's so convenient!" The UW-Madison Writing Center's Chat Conferencing
- Research Podcast: Deborah Brandt
- NEW!!—>Research Podcast: Katrin Girgensohn, How Contexts Shape Writing Center Work—Insights into Developments of Writing Instruction and a Writing Center in Germany
- Research Podcast: Michele Eodice
- Research Podcast: Neal Lerner, The Idea of a Writing Laboratory
- Research Podcast: New Directions in Writing Center Assessment; A Conversation with Lori Salem and Harry Denny
- Two Experts Talk Writing Center Assessment: A Conversation with Neal Lerner and Jason Mayland
- Write This Way to the J-School: An Interview with Robert Schwoch
- Write This Way to the Undergraduate Program in the Wisconsin School of Business: An Interview with Albert Muniz
Writing in Practice
- Write This Way to the Undergraduate Program in the Wisconsin School of Business: An Interview with Albert Muniz
- An Introduction to APA Documentation
- An Introduction to MLA Documentation
- Write This Way to the J-School: An Interview with Robert Schwoch
Write This Way to the Undergraduate Program in the Wisconsin School of Business: An Interview with Albert Muniz
If you're an undergraduate at UW-Madison applying for admission to the undergraduate program in the Wisconsin School of Business, you won't want to miss this podcast. In this 23-minute podcast, you'll hear Albert Muniz, the director of admissions for the undergraduate business program at UW-Madison, talk about the four short essays required as part of your application. Learn how the admissions process works, how to think about the audience for your essays, how to address the four different essay questions, how to reflect on your experiences within your essays, how to avoid common mistakes, and what makes for a great business student.
Podcast by Mike Shapiro, Nancy Linh Karls, and Brad Hughes
posted 10.01.09
An Introduction to APA Documentation
If you need an introduction to the American Psychological Association's documentation system, which is widely used in the social sciences, this five-minute podcast (with images) will give a quick orientation to the basics of citing sources within your paper and creating a reference list. For detailed information about citing particular kinds of sources, see our Writer's Handbook information on APA.
Podcast by Nancy Linh Karls, Mike Shapiro and Brad Hughes.
posted 2.20.09
An Introduction to MLA Documentation
This short podcast (with images) will help you get the basics of MLA documentation, and will be especially useful to students in introductory literature classes.
Podcast by Nancy Linh Karls, Mike Shapiro and Brad Hughes.
posted 6.9.08
Write This Way to the J-School: An Interview with Robert Schwoch
In this 16-minute podcast, you'll hear an engaging interview with Robert Schwoch, an adviser in the Undergraduate School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Learn how the undergraduate application process works, and how not to "be part of the crowd" in your application essay!
Interview and additional editing by Mike Shapiro.
posted 4.24.08
Theory and Research
- NEW!!—>Research Podcast: Katrin Girgensohn, How Contexts Shape Writing Center Work—Insights into Developments of Writing Instruction and a Writing Center in Germany
- Research Podcast: Neal Lerner, The Idea of a Writing Laboratory
- Research Podcast: New Directions in Writing Center Assessment; A Conversation with Lori Salem and Harry Denny
- Research Podcast: Michele Eodice
- Two Experts Talk Writing Center Assessment: A Conversation with Neal Lerner and Jason Mayland
- Research Podcast: Deborah Brandt
Research Podcast: Katrin Girgensohn, How Contexts Shape Writing Center Work—Insights into Developments of Writing Instruction and a Writing Center in Germany
This two-part podcast features Katrin Girgensohn, a faculty member and Director of the Writing Center at European University Viadrina in Germany and one of the leading writing center scholars in Europe. During 2011-12, Dr. Girgensohn is a visiting scholar at the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This presentation was taped during a meeting of the Madison Area Writing Center Colloquium on November 16, 2011.
These podcasts include some images, which you can view on your computer and on mp4 players as you listen to the audio, but the central content of the podcasts will be clear even if you have access only to the audio portion.
1.Writing Instruction in German Universities
In this 40-minute podcast, Katrin Girgensohn outlines the context for student writing at universities in Germany. She explains the goals and structure of primary and secondary education as well as universities in Germany; she discusses the effects of the reforms in European higher education called the "Bologna Process"; and she explains how writing assignments typically work in German research universities.
2.A Brief History of Writing Centers in German Universities and a History of Autonomous Writing Groups and the Writing Center at European University Viadrina
In this 25-minute podcast, Katrin Girgensohn outlines the history of writing centers in German universities, starting with the writing lab established by Andrea Frank at Bielefeld University in 1993. She traces the subsequent introduction of peer tutoring and the successes in making writing centers more integral parts of German universities. Katrin then describes her own innovative work establishing autonomous writing groups at European University Viadrina, groups which she studied for her dissertation research. Katrin then goes on to tell the history of establishing the writing center at her own university, and describes some of its many groundbreaking programs, including the very successful "long night against procrastination," which has drawn national media attention in Germany.
Editing by Brad Hughes
posted 06.11.12
Research Podcast: Neal Lerner, The Idea of a Writing Laboratory
This three-part podcast features Neal Lerner, Director of Training in Communication Instruction for the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT, a long-time writing center director and tutor, a former co-editor of The Writing Center Journal, an award-winning scholar and researcher, and the author of The Idea of a Writing Laboratory (Southern Illinois University Press, 2009). These interviews were recorded during the March 2010 Conference on College Composition and Communication in Louisville, KY.
1.Lerner's Writing Center Origins
In this nine-minute podcast, Neal Lerner discusses some of his history as a writing instructor--in writing centers, in composition classrooms, in the WAC program at MIT (where his students are multi-talented: one of his current students combines studying mechanical engineering with playing the cello and performing as a circus aerialist), and as a consultant with the Masdar institute of Science and Technology in the United Arab Emirates.
2. "If You Want to Understand Educational Reforms, You Have to Go to the Origins": Neal Lerner on His Book, The Idea of a Writing Laboratory
In this 31-minute podcast, Neal Lerner talks in depth about his new book, The Idea of a Writing Laboratory. Based on extensive archival research, this book tells the history of writing instruction and science instruction in American higher education from the 1890s through the present, and how writing and science instruction come together over the idea of laboratory methods of instruction. Among the many topics covered in this podcast: Lerner's search for the first formal, organized writing laboratory; what writing educators can learn from constructivist theories in science education and scientific rhetoric; case studies Neal did of writing within science education at Mt. Holyoke, MIT, Yale, and the University of Kansas; the histories of the Writing Laboratory in the General College at the University of Minnesota and the Writing Clinic at Dartmouth College; "Project English" in the 1960s, a federally funded effort to reform English teaching and whose curricular materials were rolled out at the Dartmouth Conference in 1966; and why this history is important for contemporary writing center, composition, and WAC scholars and practitioners.
3. Poking Around in Dusty Archives
In this 19-minute podcast, Neal Lerner explains his passion for archival research and for pursuing the origins of educational reforms; explains the process involved in writing and publishing his new book, The Idea of a Writing Laboratory; previews his next book project, which interweaves the story of Preston W. Search, an educational reformer in Holyoke, Massachusetts, who advocated laboratory approaches to schooling, with the story of an innovative contemporary high-school English teacher in Holyoke, and with the story of Neal's own journey learning to be a teacher in writing centers and classrooms; offers his perspective on current writing center scholarship; and argues for writing center scholars to reach broader audiences.
Interviews and Editing by Brad Hughes
posted 07.28.10
Research Podcast: New Directions in Writing Center Assessment; A Conversation with Lori Salem and Harry Denny
This three-part podcast features conversations with Lori Salem, the director of the Writing Center and assistant vice provost at Temple University in Philadelphia, and Harry Denny, the director of the Writing Centers at St. John's University in New York. These conversations were taped during the July 2009 IWCA Summer Institute, which was held at Temple University.
1. A Tutor-Led Assessment Project at St. John's University
In this 14-minute discussion with Lori Salem, Harry Denny explains how to get assessment to grow organically out of writing consultants' experiences and how to involve faculty and students in focus groups, which are led by consultants themselves. Harry explains how collaborating with tutors in doing assessment galvanizes the community within a writing center.
2. A New Approach to Student Surveys at Temple University
In this 16-minute discussion with Harry Denny, Lori Salem describes a new approach to overcome some of the common limitations of student-satisfaction surveys. Lori explains how she and her colleagues developed new attitudinal survey questions and used factor analysis and cluster analysis to uncover patterns in how students respond to sets of questions.
3. Assessing What We Really Value in Writing Centers: A Conversation with Lori Salem and Harry Denny
In this 13-minute podcast, Lori Salem and Harry Denny offer advice for writing center directors thinking about doing assessment. Their first principle: good assessment needs to start with clear goals and an understanding of audience and purpose.
Editing by Brad Hughes
posted 11.17.09
Research Podcast: Michele Eodice
This three-part podcast features interviews with Michele Eodice, the Director of Learning, Teaching, and Writing at the University of Oklahoma and the president of the International Writing Centers Association. These interviews were taped during the July 2009 IWCA Summer Institute, held at Temple University in Philadelphia.
1. "The Relationships We Create": An Interview with Michele Eodice about Her Writing Center Genealogy and Philosophy
In this 14-minute podcast Michele Eodice discusses the origins of her interest in writing center work, her writing center genealogy, her work with the writing center and WAC at the University of Oklahoma, her model for developing WAC programs and for developing relationships with WAC faculty, and her views about the role of humor and fun in writing centers.
2. "The Writing Center as an Extracurricular Way of Learning": Michele Eodice on Her Scholarship
In this 14-minute podcast Michele Eodice talks about the central ideas in The Everyday Writing Center (2007), which she co-authored with Anne Ellen Geller, Frankie Condon, Meg Carroll, and Elizabeth Boquet; about reactions to that book, including the chapter on "Everyday Racism"; about her chapter "Breathing Lessons" in The Center Will Hold (2003); about her work designing the program for the 2008 IWCA conference in Las Vegas; about books that have influenced her recently; and about what's on the horizon for her own research and scholarship.
3. "We Need a Continuing Flow of People to Serve the Organization and the Profession": Michele Eodice on the IWCA and the State of the Profession
In this 19-minute podcast Michele Eodice offers provocative views about the International Writing Centers Association, including its work around the world; about the state of the writing center profession and about some of the challenges faced by the field; about ways doctoral programs in composition and rhetoric could better prepare graduate students not only to become future writing center directors but also to become future leaders for their campuses; about writing center accreditation, assessment, and certification; about the past and the future of the IWCA Summer Institute; and about wonderful opportunities for listeners to enter the writing center profession and to make their concerns known and to become active in IWCA.
Interviews and editing by Brad Hughes
posted 9.15.09
Two Experts Talk Writing Center Assessment: A Conversation with Neal Lerner and Jason Mayland
In this 35-minute podcast, Jill Pennington, coordinator of the Writing Center at Lansing Community College in Michigan, interviews two experts on writing center assessment, Neal Lerner and Jason Mayland. Both were presenters at the 2008 International Writing Center Association Summer Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lerner and Mayland engage in a lively and smart conversation that ranges across many dimensions of assessment, a conversation that will be useful to writing center directors as well as those preparing for writing center careers. They define what assessment is, explore the imperatives for doing writing center assessment, unpack some of the complexities underlying seemingly clear-cut assessment questions, suggest possibilities for new kinds of writing center assessment, and discuss what to do if you get assessment results you don't like.
posted 10.6.08
Research Podcast: Deborah Brandt
This four-part podcast is the first of our series spotlighting current research on writing. In each of these four podcasts, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Deborah Brandt covers a different aspect of her fascinating research on writing and writers.
1. Deborah Brandt on Ghostwriting
In this 17-minute podcast, Professor Deborah Brandt--a renowned literacy scholar in the composition and rhetoric program in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison--discusses her fascinating recent research on ghostwriting and what ghostwriting signals about shifting values in literacy.
2."Writers Are Becoming Many": Deborah Brandt on Her Current Research
In this nine-minute podcast, Deborah Brandt discusses her current research project--on the rise of writing as a mass skill in the United States and on the roles that the workplace plays in stimulating literacy and changing the values around literacy in the new knowledge economy.
3. Deborah Brandt on Literacy in American Lives
In this 13-minute podcast, Deborah Brandt reflects on her award-winning and influential 2001 book about the changing conditions for literacy learning for ordinary people in the United States. She also discusses literacy studies more generally, her teaching, and some of the values that guide her scholarly writing.
4. Deborah Brandt on Graduate Study in Composition and Rhetoric
In this four-minute coda, Deborah Brandt discusses what an exciting time it is to do graduate study in composition and rhetoric.
Interviews and editing by Brad Hughes.
audio posted 5.28.08; transcripts posted 7.17.08
The UW Madison Writing Center
"It's so convenient!" The UW-Madison Writing Center's Chat Conferencing
This 6-minute podcast features two UW-Madison students who use the Writing Center's Chat Conferencing service. Listen, and you'll learn all you need to know about using this great and innovative service!
Interviews and editing by Annette Vee.
audio posted 5.05.08; transcript posted 7.17.08


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Redline Transmission Oil
Posted 25 September 2003 - 04:07 PM
Having only done about 6 miles with the new oil, I can't make any final conclusions but there is a slightly more soft/damped sensation to the way the gearstick slots home. Also, the whirring noise I had on the overrun in third has dissappeared, which speaks highly for the film strength of Redline.
The difference in shiftability is only slight, at this stage, but I expect that anyone making the change from a mineral oil to synthetic would be very impressed by Redline NS.
I have been through Castrol and Mobil, both mineral and synthetic, so I reckon I have experience enough to make a fair judgement.
Pianodirt, I would recommend forking out the extra money for Redline. You won't be disappointed.
Sprintman, my gearbox has 185K miles on it, so age shouldn't be important.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 07:19 PM
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Posted 26 September 2003 - 11:11 AM
Bear in mind that Subarus have always had a notchy 2nd to 3rd shift.
Not savvy on the older Subes: Do you have direct rod link to the 'box? Cables tend to mask notchiness, while a rod allows you to feel every synchro tooth mesh into the cogs, just the way I like it
Posted 26 September 2003 - 12:15 PM
absolutely love the stuff.
nobody's gonna convince me to swap to anything else.
Redline all the way.
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Posted 27 September 2003 - 02:45 AM
(I use the excess to "flush" the box before filling.)
SubieGal, have you tried NS? Can you "compare and contrast" NS and Shockproof?
Shift speed, cold performance, that sort of thing..
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Workers at the Farley nuclear power plant tried to restart one of these reactors twice over the weekend after shutting it down for routine refueling. Both times, the reactor shut itself back down.
"The plant functioned exactly as it was supposed to do. The reactor was shut down within a matter of seconds. No degradation of safety and no chance of release of radioactive materials to the public," says Don Grissitte, Farley General Manager.
Don Grissitte is the plant's general manager. He says so-called reactor trips are relatively common in the nuclear industry and actually a sign that safety features are working.
"That is the protective mechanism of a nuclear plant: to bring itself to safe condition if something should go wrong with the system," says Grissitte.
Word of anything unexpected at this nuclear plant may make some in the panhandle nervous, but Dothan and Houston County locals are generally not alarmed. In fact, Houston County Commissioners say they would welcome a third reactor or another plant.
"Another reactor out there would generate significant income for the county, not to mention the jobs and the economic impact it would have from that aspect," says Mark Culver, Houston County Chairman.
Commissioners' enthusiasm comes from word that the owner of the Farley plant, Southern Company and six other companies are jointly applying for a license to build new reactors or a new plant.
A Southern Company spokesperson confirms the license effort, but says the company has not yet committed itself to expanding its nuclear business.
The general manager at the Farley nuclear plant says the reactor's unexpected shutdown costs the company money, but he says it should be running again in another day or two.


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Dear Readers,
I've provided morning news links and stories for over two years now. I will be taking a break, indefinitely, from doing the Morning Links. My last story post was a running blog on the election last night. You can read it here.
Last night, Barack Obama was re-elected. I've fought the good fight day in and day out against media bias and this administration's attempts to fundamentally transform this nation. That fight was lost last night – temporarily. I'd be lying if I said I was any less than feeling lost and rather scared right now. I do not think I am alone. Having said that, we have an opportunity in two years to reclaim the Senate. There is still Obamacare to deal with and Benghazi is not going away, even though the administration and the media loyal to it will do everything in their power to quash it.
My job here blogging has been one of inspiration, courage and attempting to revive the core of what this nation was founded on. I believe that core is still there, however many in this nation are still unable to see the past for years for the failure they have been. Perhaps in the next four, more eyes will be opened. In the meantime, I would encourage everyone to take stock of their personal lives – everything from finances to personal and home protection. We saw what this President was capable of in the first four years and now he has nothing to stop him in the next four. May God have mercy on this nation.
I credit Governor Romney with presenting a campaign any candidate could be proud of. He ran it on the issues and not petty, divisive tactics and personal attacks. He should know that I still believe and that my eyes are still clear and my heart is still full. God bless him.
I will be taking a break from LL1885 for a while. There are personal considerations at work here that are unrelated to the turn of political events. My children have always been my prime concern and chief job — I am first and foremost a mom and wife. My duties there must be fulfilled first. I also have fiction writing that I have neglected over the last three years that I will be turning my attentions to as well. I hope my readers will embrace those efforts as much as they have this blog. I am not abandoning LL1885 and will still post on occasion. I thank everyone who has followed me thus far from the bottom of my heart. I am humbled by your attentions and honored you hold the opinions here in good esteem.
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God bless,
PS – I am not done. #WAR


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First, we see that the new look for fall is lots of thick, floppy, frumpy, grayish layers. And don't you know it's all a struggle "between clothes that truly attempt to reflect cultural diversity and those that submit to the aesthetic of money"?
Then, we see that eyebrows should be thick and bushy and actively mussed up with clear mascara so they stick up "like plumage" and give the face "a wild expression ... described as 'sauvage.'" But if you don't do it just so, you'll look like Groucho Marx.... a risk you're going to have to take.
Next, we learn that the shoes of the season are "muscle shoes":
The shoes in question are black, bulky and baffling. They have high wedges or cumbersome platforms. Some take the form of demiboots. One pair of leather and suede ankle boots from Balenciaga comes with a harness, a sole thick enough to look like an encyclopedia and a pointy upturned toe, which leaves the top of the shoe looking like a basin....Blame Bush!
If the current style has anything to say about sex, it is the suggestion that women suddenly possess little or no enthusiasm for it. Instead the shoes convey the tensions of combative times, said Suzanne Ferris, co-editor of "Footnotes,'' a scholarly anthology on the meaning of shoes. "This sense of war and fighting and the need to be tougher seems evident,'' she said.
And don't forget your hats.
The unusual stupidity of these styles makes it easier than usual to imagine the articles a year from now that will tell us why no one wants to wear that anymore. Or maybe it will take two years to grow out of this stuff. Since it's Bush's fault, we may need to torture you with this stuff until a Democrat is moved into the White House.


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Dewa launches staff skillls drive
Dubai, July 18, 2013
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has launched a club to hone skills of its 'excellence assessors' and optimise internal operations.
The 'Excellence Assessors Club' aims to further increase the ability of its employees and enable them to analyse and evaluate the internal functionings based on the Dubai Government Excellence Programme (DGEP) criteria.
The club will provide a platform for Dewa's excellence assessors to define areas of strength and explore potential opportunities for improvement. It aims to improve the capabilities of Dewa's 100 excellence assessors as of 2012 in the fields of organisational excellence and business development. In turn, the assessors will provide technical support across all organisational levels for various developmental projects by Dewa.
"Dewa implements best international practices and is committed to the highest quality and excellence standards. We aim to optimise our services and achieve our vision to become a sustainable world-class utility by promoting a culture of organisational excellence across all various divisions and operations," said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of Dewa.
"We will consistently promote organisational excellence by supporting our excellence assessors professionally and academically, and activating partnerships with local and international organisations in this field," added Al Tayer.
"Our efforts have positioned us as an international leader in the field of organisational excellence and internal audit, with Dewa surpassing leading American and European organisations in various fields in administration and services," concluded Al Tayer.
"Our commitment to adopting organisational excellence as a framework across our various operations has positioned Dewa as a model organisation, both locally and internationally. Our success has been attracting our partners and counterparts to visit Dewa to learn about process optimisation," said Yousef Al Akraf, EVP of business support, and VP of human resources.
The organisational excellence department at business support and human resources at Dewa has formed an elected committee to manage the club and develop the annual plans. The department is now exploring the possibility of expanding the club to include all excellence assessors in Dubai Government. - TradeArabia News Service


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There was something the Winter Queen needed to tell him. She fought for the strength to speak.
'The crystal mirror is a danger. It must be destroyed – '
He replied instantly. 'It will'.
Ashdown, Oxfordshire, present day:
Ben Ansell is researching his family tree when he disappears. As his sister Holly begins a desperate search, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to an ornate antique mirror and to the diary of Lavinia, a 19th century courtesan who was living at Ashdown House when it burned to the ground over 200 years ago.
Intrigued, and determined to find out more about the tragedy at Ashdown, Holly's only hope is that uncovering the truth about the past will lead her to Ben.
REVIEW: Queen Elizabeth is married to King Frederick who is a member of the Order of the Rosy Cross. From this group she was given a crystal mirror surrounded by diamonds plus a large pearl known as the Sistrin pearl. Both of these things are said to be powerful and while the force was once used for good, the power has now been corrupted by the greed of men. Thus begins the story of how this mirror and pearl have affected the lives of people from 1596 to the present day.
William Craven was a loyal courtier to Queen Elizabeth for many years. It is said that they had married after the death or King Frederick. Craven did the Queen's bidding in many different ways. Knowing that the mirror and pearl have now become symbols of evil, Craven thought he had destroyed them. But they resurfaced many years later.
Today, we find Holly whose brother, Ben, has gone missing from their vacation home called Ashdown Mill. The area was once part of a home that Craven had built for Elizabeth. Holly decides to move into the house while the search is on for Ben. When she starts researching the area and the history of Craven and Elizabeth, she uncovers information about the mirror and pearl. In addition, she finds an old diary written long ago with ties to this significant past.
This was an interesting book, but a bit too long and detailed for my taste. It goes back and forth from the 1600's to present day. History buffs will probably love it.
Connie for b2b
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