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best fuel pump re/re ever.
I was going to wait until I had some better pictures to start this thread, but I am in camp and bored so here we go.
Last camp shift I spotted a pair of GTS' for sale on Sunshine coast craigslist for $1600. I figured they would get snapped up before I could get to them but I emailed the owner anyways. He had been getting bombarded by emails but when people realized that to get to the cars from anywhere on the mainland required 2 ferries (and likely 2 trailers) their interest slipped. Thanks to the awkward location of the cars I was in luck when I got out of camp. Before I went to check the cars out the guy emailed me to say the the yellow car was no longer starting... bummer, and the clutch was not working... also bummer. When I got to the owners property he greeted me with the happy news that the car starts not thanks to a new battery, the 10 year old fuel in the tank was not helping, but it was still running. I gave the car a thorough going over and then fired it up. There was a bit of blue on fire-up, but no drama and sounded good. I got in to try to the clutch which had felt fine when it was not running. I tried a gear, and voila, motion! With the owners permission I took the car out to the rural road he lives on and took it for a spin. Again, no drama, shifted fine, brakes worked, steering steered, all the driving functions functioned. Biggest problem was that the headliner was sitting on my head and the seat was not bolted down. Considering the car seemed driveable I came up with a plan to get both home in one go. With the help of a friend, his truck, a rented trailer, and some tactics of questionable legality I got both cars home.
So what did I get?
For parts a complete red kouki GTS hatch:
-Blown up engine (not sure of the nature)
-Super rusty shell
-Never been hit, the rust is straight
Old racecar yellow zenki GTS hatch:
-Ex ProFormance racing car. Racecar since the early '90s.
-Previous owner cut the cage out in hopes of converting it to street...
-138xxxkms on the odometer.
-Original AC car. Still ha AC controls and evap HVAC setup in car. AC pump and lines gone.
Engine, drivetrain:
-Runs well, pulls strong (cams? decked for CR?)
-Stock intake with K&N drop in
-EGR removed
-Big racecar exhaust
-Spool in the diff I think. I know the proformance cars used to run LSDs, but feels like no give.
-Tokico Illuminas all around
-Front coilover conversion (unknown spring rate atm but look like eibach and should have markings)
-Rear TRD race I believe.. blue springs.
-Steel front camber plates
-Stock 5-links
-Stock bushings
-6 15x7 unknown brand/offset wheels with old cracked RA1s. If someone can figure out what they are that would be cool. The spokes are slightly angled like fan blades.
-Stock with stainless braided lines
-No rust in the usual AE86 places.
-Rust at the top of windshield from a poor windshield swap?
-Evidence of racing incidents
-Rad support has some kinks
-Front right rail in front of strut tower has a kink
-Left rear corner was punched hard at some point and fixed to a racecar standard.
-Some dummy wrecked the floor to get at the fuel pump.
The plan:
-Replace the front end forward of the shock tower with the clip off the parts car.
-Replace the left rear corner with the corner off the parts car.
-Replace the floor section above the fuel pump with parts car section.
-Straighten out the rockers that have seen bad jacking practices.
-Buy some new pieces from T3: New camber plates, adjustable LCAs, tension rods, tie rod ends, panhard.
-Put a cage back in it
-Paint it back to original red
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1JZ 1984 Celica GTS
1UZ 1981 Corolla sedan
? 1972 Celica race car
best fuel pump re/re ever.
Hey clay, let me know if your interested in selling the engine wiring harness and gas tank from the kouki car if you decide to part it out. The yellow car looks pretty good, those pic that were posted did not do it justice
85 Toyota Corolla AE86 GTS Coupe
98 Toyota 4Runner Limited
I'll let you know. I will definitely have a spare harness.
Oh, also I will be prepping it to SCCA ITA spec which allows for 1950lbs weight. Is that possible to achieve?
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1JZ 1984 Celica GTS
1UZ 1981 Corolla sedan
? 1972 Celica race car
great deal on the 2 cars! I think the yellow is growing on me...you should leave it
BUILD THREAD!!!Originally Posted by 4age
That red one still looks better than Ontario mint! That was a really good deal! I don't think the yellow is too bad either, and it looks like ok paint.
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Just ditching the american bumpers, hood webbing, and some of the glass will make leaps towards your 1950lb goal. There are some 1800lb corollas, but that can be tricky.
Spirit of the Street, King of Sport
This car uses JDM bumpers, so class legal? Lexan is not allowed. You can only remove door glass. You can also remove headlights and headlight motors. Aftermarket ECU is also allowed but AFM must remain in place as must stock ignition type. I have a MS2 I'll throw in eventually.
1JZ 1984 Celica GTS
1UZ 1981 Corolla sedan
? 1972 Celica race car
His doors are mucho-gutted too.
Spirit of the Street, King of Sport
Yeah my white ae86 coupe was 1930 lbs with plexi windows, gutted everything, side pipe, 14" wheels, no bumpers.
no markings on the insides of the wheels? i imagine the word "fin" is in their names. many wheels of that era had a fin/20 spoke wheel
Only markings i can find are 15JJ 6.5 Offset 20. Have JWL casting marks too, so something out of japan. I need to get a spare set of 15x7 wheels (max legal size). Something in a 0 offset. Might just pick up a set of rewinds. Or Scrotas.
I was pulling the parts car apart this weekend when I was kidnapped by my friends for a bachelor party in Vic. Managed to work on it yesterday though some of my hangover. Next steps will be to pull it's engine, trans, and driveshafts. I took the valve covers off and there is evidence of bottom end bearing material. The cams are not scored at all thought. Time will tell how much of the bearings got chewed and if the bottom end is a rebuildable core or if i have a garbage crank.
1JZ 1984 Celica GTS
1UZ 1981 Corolla sedan
? 1972 Celica race car
i miss the blue car too.
the shell is actually in good hands, its currently being built for track stuff...
I have managed to fit in a bit of frantic car thrashing between camp shifts. Rear quarter time. It is now fully welded and not just tacked as in the photos. Very happy with the results. I also had to replace the upper windshield frame. The last metal work will be some stuff on the floors where it has seen a lot of bad jacking practices at the racetrack which have crunched various supports and reinforcements. It is class legal to install some reinforced jacking points which shall be strategically placed. I swear this car was super solid and worth saving! I am just not leaving any stone unturned and because I had the spare sheet metal I am putting it to use. Turns out I am actually restoring the parts car using pieces from the yellow car. Call it a VIN-up restoration?
Once the floors are done I will do some refinishing on the diff and install with my new T3 heim links and panhard, paint the engine bay tremclad grey and refinish the front subframe, LCAs, struts, and install with T3 outter tie rod ends, RCAs, and manual rack, then I will have a roller again and it's cage time!
Unless you guys think i can fit the shell into a longbox truck bed.
Windshield frame rust
New quarter draped in place
Old and busted
New hotness
Buy my BMW! It is clogging up the driveway.
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1JZ 1984 Celica GTS
1UZ 1981 Corolla sedan
? 1972 Celica race car
Time to make floor fix
1JZ 1984 Celica GTS
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In an effort to encourage hacking the Boxee Box, as the company promoted as something they hoped for, a bounty was started on the forum. Originally separate to this campaign, a thread discussing its value was merged in. This distraction took away from the purpose of the thread (and might have even been a distraction technique employed by Boxee). In an effort to keep the thread clear and easy to understand, I posted this:
|After the above message, I had immediately posted a bunch of thank-yous that seemed to bury the message. Then, for clarity, it was copied and pasted later in the thread.
Notice the fact that it was edited by Marcel. I edited it a minute or two after I posted it, because I realized I had unfairly exchanged the 20 Euro for 35USD. I thought it was unfair to sign nickx up for more than he offered, so I corrected it. I commented on what I edited as a matter of good stewardship of what was going on in the post. But Marcel has edited the second last sentence to read "Please do not debate the value of this..." He ADDED "do not" and completely changed the meaning of my statement.
This is a complete abuse of moderator power. If I ran Boxee, this would be good reason to fire Mr. Hass. Not only is it embarassing to the company generally, but if Mr. Hass is willing to be this dishonest in public, one can only wonder how shady he is when he thinks or is sure to be in private. I wouldn't trust him. This reflects on Boxee specifically in this case; it reflects how they respond to criticism.

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Scott McDonald could be sidelined for a week or two after injuring his hamstring with Middlesbrough on Sunday.
The striker did not reappear after half-time of the 3-1 home win over Birmingham City and although Boro boss Tony Mowbray doesn't think the problem is too bad, he understands that his attacking options are threadbare.
"We're looking hard to try to find some competition in the forward areas of the pitch and there's an urgency to do that with Scott's injury," he said. "We had two fit strikers at the club and we've got one now.
"I don't think it's a bad one, I'm hoping it's only a slight strain and it was easy for me to make a tactical chance and match them in midfield."
He added: "If the right offer comes in for the right player and we can utilise the money to strengthen other areas of the pitch then we will look to do that for the benefit of the team.
"We're in a position where we don't have to sell anyone but there's no ready cash to, say, buy another striker."
The likely absence has put McDonald in doubt for Australia's opening 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Thailand and Saudi Arabia in Brisbane and Riyadh respectively in early September.
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New National Research Council study trumpets the safety of GMOs, but how much confidence can we have in these findings given the many conflicts of interest involved?
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NEW YORK, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Social media shows influence on regular viewers of television shows but has little impact on drawing new or infrequent viewers to a show, according to new findings by the Council for Research Excellence (CRE).
The effect of social media on regular viewers - or, "repeaters" - of a television show is much higher relative to the impact on people who infrequently sample a show, according to the findings. Infrequent viewers are mainly influenced by off-line word-of-mouth, which can be five to 10 times as effective as social media in reaching these potential viewers. Conversely, TV show promos were found potentially to be a distraction for repeaters of that show.
The findings are from the recently completed academic analysis of data from the extensive, multi-pronged study, "Talking Social TV," spearheaded by the CRE's Social Media Committee. The academic review was conducted by a team including Peter Fader of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Mitchell Lovett of the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester, and Renana Peres of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The team integrated complex, extensive data sets and applied statistical modeling to the primary research conducted on behalf of the CRE, in an effort to determine a causative effect of social media usage on TV viewing. Those results were announced on June 11 at the Advertising Research Foundation's (ARF) Audience Measurement 8.0 conference.
A second study into the relationship of social media and TV viewing, encompassing a lengthier survey of respondents using mobile apps as diaries, also has been approved by the CRE, and is expected to launch later this year.
"This academic review has helped us in numerous ways," said Beth Rockwood, senior vice president, market resources, of Discovery Communications, who chairs the CRE's Social Media Committee. "It's helped us to identify two distinct types of viewers - the 'repeaters' and the 'infrequents'; to understand the relative roles of demographics and program genre in determining the impact of social media; and to observe the effects of different forms of communication on viewers.
"While our 'Talking Social TV' study found social media incrementally influential in drawing viewers to new shows as opposed to existing shows," Rockwood noted, "these latest findings suggest social media may have a stronger role in building relationships with a show for existing viewers than in drawing newer viewers to that show. If programmers already have a regular viewer watching their show, they can engage them further."
Among the findings of the academic review:
-- For repeaters, the first encounters with offline word-of-mouth, or a one-to-one electronic communication such as an email or text, or a social-media communication, are related to higher viewing -- while subsequent communications can have diminishing returns. This suggests social media is one of the most effective ways to encourage on-going engagement with a show;
-- For repeaters, those receiving an initial social media message were found more likely to watch a show by one percentage point, with diminishing returns after each additional exposure to a social media message;
-- For infrequent viewers, social media and show promos were found to be less related to high viewing than offline word-of-mouth, which peaks at a four-percentage-point increase in the likelihood of sampling the show. More than five social media exposures are needed to obtain the same one-percentage-point lift as one offline word-of-mouth exposure for these infrequent viewers. This suggests social media plays a role in encouraging sampling, but a smaller one;
-- Demographics play a more important role than program genre in explaining the role of social media on TV viewing. Social media plays a stronger role for repeaters who are over 55 and white, and for infrequent viewers who are Hispanic, African American and male;
-- Social media plays a stronger role for genres such as reality (a nearly four-percentage-point increase in likelihood of watching), sports (more than a two-percentage-point increase) and talk shows (approximately a one-percentage-point increase).
"Talking Social TV" included a quantitative study by the Keller Fay Group, an ethnographic study by Nielsen Life360, and social media analyses by NM Incite and Bluefin Labs.
The presentations of the both the original findings and the academic review of "Talking Social TV" can be found on the Social Media Committee page of the CRE website, under "New Research."
The CRE will host a webinar later this summer addressing the findings in further detail; information on forthcoming webinars is available by sign-up at the CRE homepage.
About the Council for Research Excellence
The Council for Research Excellence (CRE) is an independent research group created (in 2005) and funded by Nielsen. The CRE is dedicated to advancing the knowledge and practice of audience measurement methodology and comprises senior-level industry researchers representing advertisers, agencies, broadcast networks, cable, syndicators, local stations, and industry associations.
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NSA Wiretapping Program Will Be Supervised
The controversial National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping program, which the Bush Administration has asserted did not need warrants to operate, has been changed. In an article published in today's Washington Post (registration required), the Attorney General has stated this program will be subject to judicial review through the court that administers the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. From the article:
Administration officials suggested that the move was aimed in part at quelling persistent objections to the NSA spying by Democrats who now control Congress and that it is intended to slow or even derail challenges making their way through the federal courts. The Justice Department immediately filed a notice with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit yesterday informing the panel of the new program and promising to file papers "addressing the implications of this development" on pending litigation.
Some Justice officials also said that receiving approval from the secret court will enable authorities to more easily use the information they obtain in future criminal prosecutions.
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The central government will ask the Medical Council of India (MCI) to ensure that the under-graduate and post-graduate medical curriculum includes autism, a development disorder in children, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said. During a discussion at a conference of the South Asian Autism Network here, Mr. Azad said he would also try to ensure that there is increased collaboration between ministries and different departments of the ministries in compiling data and training practices for professionals.
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Rear Facing or Forward Facing??
Its been a long time since I had a lil one, and I know carseat rules have changed. My oldest was forward facing at 7 months... What is the suggested age for babies now?
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The Tim Corrimal Show
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On episode 368 of The Tim Corrimal Show, I am joined at the round table by Joe (@Marnus3 on Twitter) from The Poorly Written Political Blog, Francie (@Francie57 on Twitter), Justice Putnam (@justiceputnam on Twitter) from NetrootsRadio.com and http://www.dailykos.com/user/justiceputnam and Ian Reifowitz (@IanReifowitz on Twitter) from The Huffington Post and his DailyKos Site who is also the author of the book Obama's America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity.
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- Occupy Wall Street seems to be here for the long run, says Nicolaus Mills
- It joins a list of movements that made their cause known by occupying public space, he says
- Mills: Examples go back to the 19th century and are as recent as Vietnam-era protests
- The difference: This movement refuses to limit itself to a single, concrete goal, Mills says
Spend any time with Occupy Wall Street, as I have during the last two weeks, and you come away believing the movement is here for the long run. In New York, where I live, they have made a home out of Zuccotti Park. The park, which is dominated by honey locust trees and a 70-foot-high, red-steel Mark di Suvero sculpture, is just one block square in size, but Occupy Wall Street has made inching through the park and its overflow crowds feel like being at an old-fashioned family picnic.
The challenge Occupy Wall Street offers to Washington politics has caught media observers by surprise. It defies their assumptions that a movement without formal leaders or lots of money to publicize itself can't make a difference. But it is a mistake to think Occupy Wall Street is without historical roots. It joins a long list of political movements that have made their cause known by occupying public space.
The best-known early example was Coxey's Army, which in 1894 marched down Pennsylvania Avenue and briefly occupied the Capitol grounds. Led by Jacob Coxey, a quarry owner from Massillon, Ohio, the men and women of Coxey's Army, who called themselves the "Commonweal of Christ," sought to get Congress to end unemployment with legislation authorizing road building and other internal improvements. Coxey was eventually arrested, his army dispersed, but they set a precedent for how to get the attention of Congress and the media.
More than three decades later, in the early years of the Great Depression, a group of World War I vets, the Bonus Marchers, adopted a similar strategy. In 1932, they came to Washington, asking to have immediate payment of their Adjusted Service Certificate -- their bonus, as they called it.
Unable to get Congress and President Herbert Hoover to act, the Bonus Marchers set up camp in downtown Washington and along the Anacostia River in the hope that their presence would change hearts.
The Bonus Army was unsuccessful in 1932. The U.S. Army, led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, routed them with tear gas, destroying the shantytowns they had set up. But in 1933, 1934 and 1935, when the Bonus Marchers came back to Washington, the Roosevelt administration let them stay at an Army post in Virginia and supplied them with tents and food. It was the start of a new day for the vets, and in 1936 Congress at last voted them their bonus.
By the '60s and '70s, when Vietnam War protests began bringing large numbers of demonstrators to Washington, the precedents established by Coxey's Army and the Bonus Marchers were a dim memory for most Americans, but the strategy of trying to change government policy by occupying Washington once again prevailed. The most dramatic attempt occurred in the spring of 1971 when May Day protesters sought to bring the city to a halt by blocking key bridges and streets.
The protesters failed to shut down Washington, but they made clear that the government could not wage war in Vietnam and have peace at home. Keeping traffic flowing in Washington came at a high price. On the first day of the protests, 7,000 were arrested, and before the protests were over, the D.C. police had so many in custody that they had no room for them in the city's jails. The only alternative for the police was to move those arrested to a fenced-in yard at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium.
For Occupy Wall Street, the good news is the political tradition to which it is linked is not one that requires imitation. There is every reason for Occupy Wall Street to continue to make its particular focus a state of mind rather than the kind of specific goal for which the Bonus Marchers and the May Day protesters strived.
For orthodox politicians that strategy is, to be sure, maddening. They are left with no clear grounds for calling an end to Occupy Wall Street. Walking through Zuccotti Park on Sunday, I thought of my own involvement in the 1971 May Day protests and recalled being shocked that after getting pepper sprayed, I was unable to continue blocking the small section of Dupont Circle the group I was with had been assigned.
How much more flexible Occupy Wall Street is from the way we were. Our chief poster consisted of a stylized drawing of Gandhi sitting cross-legged with his right fist in the air. Occupy Wall Street has no equivalent poster. Its prevailing motif may be "We Are the 99%"-- a reference to the richest 1% of the country, but the highly personal combination of wit and politics of the Occupy Wall Street posters is their distinguishing feature.
From an ironic Ronald Reagan reference, "Mr. Obama, Tear Down this Wall," to a police-friendly "Every cop is one of the 99%," the posters reflect a movement that refuses to limit itself to a single, concrete goal, even when its elders say it cannot remain fluid indefinitely.


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The Friday 56 is hosted by Tonya at Storytime With Tonya and Friends.
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
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* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
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- Tonya said...
I love that!
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Good quote.
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Good words for anyone to say or hear!!
- June 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM
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That's a really good one!
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A combination of Nashville's arts community members and public officials have been named to the Music City Center's Public Art Committee.
The seven-person committee is charged with holding public forums to determine themes and locations for public art in and around the new convention center, as well as recruiting a pool of artists and approving an art selection committee. The budget for the public art program is $2.75 million, with 27 spaces targeted for public art both inside and outside the MCC.
Committee members include the following: Rich Boyd, executive director of the Tennessee Arts Commission; Lanie Gannon, artist; Elisa Putman, assistant director, Nashville Convention Center; Paula Roberts, executive director, Museum of African American Music, Art, & Culture; Mark Scala, chief curator, Frist Center for Visual Arts; Ronnie Steine, councilman-at-large, Metro Council; and Mona Lisa Warren, secretary/treasurer, Convention Center Authority.
Mayor Karl Dean, the Convention Center Authority and the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission appointed the committee members, whose names were released Monday.
"Mayor Dean has made it clear he wants the Music City Center to be a gathering spot for Nashville residents, as well as visitors," Convention Center Authority Chair Marty Dickens said in release. "We are excited about creating another venue in which to spotlight local artists, and this committee is just the group to do that."
The Public Art Committee and Music City Center project management staff are working in conjunction with the arts commission, the latter of which is identifying locations for art in public spaces surrounding the convention center building.
Ronnie Steine is on this committee? Then securely fasten art to the wall.
What part of the 2.75 million will these suckups (again), hand picked by Karl, receive?
Wow. As the daughter of an artist who specialized in American Indian art and artifacts, I see zero representation of this country's heritage in that list.
While I know this is a generalization, I am compelled to express it. I suppose RS has some great talent, yet I have never agreed with anything he presented. Representing taxpayers is not his forte.


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We expect apparel store operator Genesco Inc (GCO) to beat expectations when it reports third quarter 2013 results on November 30.
The company has a strong history of surprises, having surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a solid double-digit percentage rate in each of the four preceding quarters.
The trailing four-quarter average surprise was 40.4%, which was greatly helped by the 85.2% surprise in the last-reported quarter. This was possible because Genesco did a good job of controlling expenses. Strong same-store sales in the Journeys and Schuh segments also helped. The "back to school" season was delayed however, which should be positive for the October quarter.
Estimate revisions have been minimal in the last 30 days, although we do see some tweaking. As a result, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the October quarter inched up a penny to 34 cents. There were no changes in the fiscal 2013 and 2014 estimates.
We view positively the lack of downward movement in estimates, particularly when reading with the Zacks ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction), which is .75% for the October quarter. A positive ESP generally indicates that the Zacks Consensus Estimate is conservative and there is a good chance of an earnings beat.
Additionally, most of its peers, such as Foot Locker (FL), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) and American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), recently reported strong numbers, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 16.7%, 47.5% and 5.1%, respectively. Finish Line (FINL), another apparel store operator has a Zacks ESP of 0.0%, indicating that it is likely to report in line with expectations.
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Rookie cornerback B.W. Webb wanted J.J. Wilcox to know that he was thinking of him. So Webb wore Wilcox's No. 27 jersey to practice Friday.
"That's like my brother, so I'm just showing my love, let him know I'm still here with him," Webb said. "Whatever he needs I've got him."
Wilcox has been excused from practice since his mother, Marshell Wilcox, became gravely ill. Marshell Wilcox died Tuesday after a long battle with lupusa, a chronic and lifelong autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack the body's own tissue and organs. The funeral is Saturday in Cairo, Ga.
Wilcox is expected to rejoin the team in Dallas.
"I've talked to him," Webb said. "He's doing a little better, but it's hard right now. I can't imagine losing your parent. I'm just want to let him know I'm here for him if he needs anything."
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"do you have time to look at my charts at all? I'm really struggling with what the heck to do with myself and I just really don't understand why I'm so depressed/manic/sad/crazy all of the time. like is it ever going to end? is there anything I can do to alleviate some of the suffering? like, I know suffering is the status quo in the material world... but is it going to get any better for me?"
even reading it now makes me kind of chuckle to myself. anyway, later that night I was listening to a recent class that my guru gave on his phone sanga and as soon as he started talking, I knew he was answering my question. or at least I felt like I could hear some kind of answer in it. I decided to transcribe the part I'm referring to - it's a bit long, but I really feel like it's worth sharing... I hope paramatma speaks to you the way I feel like he's speaking to me...
"[…] We all have a kind of destiny. God moves the world around us to bring us closer to Him - that's all. And we really can't say exactly how God will do it because we're not intelligent enough to figure out how the world should move around us to give us what we need to take the next step to get prema-bhakti. It would be presumptuous. Why did god do this to me? You're assuming so much. You're assuming you know the complexity of your karma, the complexity of your consciousness, and what you need to get to the next step in the elevation of your consciousness. We are entangled by our own actions and the consciousness that we created. But we will be untangled by the experiences we have by God, who is the only one who can understand what it takes to untangle us. […] It's fun to watch your destiny, if you are determined to respond in a way in which you can learn the lessons that destiny has to offer you. We should extract ourselves a little bit and study the world around us and ask the question, "What does god want?" – in terms of how I respond […] Somehow or other there is God's nature and He is offering us an opportunity to grow. And it is really difficult sometimes to understand why. And again it is presumptuous to think we can grasp that because of the complexity of an individual's psychology. Plus it's also asking that people get the same reaction – and the answer is no. nehābhikrama-nāśo 'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt- even a little endeavor in Krishna consciousness saves you from the greatest type of fear – and that's using your independence to change yourself for the better – it means to use your human form of life. The reaction is certainly not the same. Although there will be reaction. In other words when one becomes a devotee one raises the question does the person still get karma – karmāṇi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhājām– there's a verse in the Brahma-samhita that a devotee gets no karma. The first question is what does it mean to get no karma? Who is that devotee? Devotee means what? One who wants to please Krishna. And that means a person who is surrendered to the will of Krishna. And you can act on two platforms: the platform to please God or the platform to please yourself independent of God. Now if you're on the platform to please god - if you're really on that platform then you're calling out from your heart, "God, what you want I will do." But really, are we doing what God wants? Are we fully surrendered? Because when one is fully surrendered to guru, who is representing God and the will of God, then there is no more karma. Where is the karma? Where is the karma? The karma is based on ego – fruitive activities. Certainly one doesn't create any more karma. But if we act independent of God, even if we are a devotee – then there will be some reaction. Now, we may say the reaction comes from karma or the reaction comes from God. But we see that there is very little difference, because God's law of karma is His perfect agent to give us reactions to activities - to purify ourselves of the fruitive consciousness that caused those activities. So generally, even if it is directly under god – because now you've taken shelter whether you made a mistake - still reactions will be very similar. Although, they may be reduced because of the devotee's understanding or purification. Even as devotees we see so many things come to us – just like it's karma. Just like it's karma to learn our lessons. So the reactions are not the same because they are coming from Krishna and can be reduced. But there will be reactions to help purify us."
you can download/listen to this class in its entirety here.
the first verse quoted is from Bhagavad-gita, chapter 2, verse 40. the second verse is from Brahma-samhita 5.54.
I'm also not sure where that picture of maharaj came from... so I'm sorry if I stole your photo!


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PARIS—The booming cities of emerging markets are cementing Lafarge SA's bottom line.
The French company Wednesday said global demand for cement and other building products should rise by as much as 5% this year amid a boom in construction activity in emerging markets, after reporting a more than doubling in fourth-quarter net profit.
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Meet Dr. Robert Collins Jr.Blood and Marrow Transplant Specialist
- Holder of the:
- Sydney and J.L. Huffines Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research in Honor of Eugene Frenkel, M.D.
- H. Lloyd and Willye V. Skaggs Professorship in Medical Research
Leukemia patients, including those who require lifesaving bone marrow transplants, have more treatment options than ever, says hematologist/oncologist Robert Collins Jr., M.D., FACP.
We have our patients' best interests at heart."
A specialist in leukemia, lymphoma, and blood and marrow transplantation, Dr. Collins leads the Hematologic Malignancies/Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and the combined Adult/Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
"The field is just exploding – from our understanding of its scientific underpinnings to the therapies we can offer patients – and it's only getting better," he says.
Dr. Collins treats patients with all types of leukemia – from the most common and straightforward cases to the rarest and most complex – as well as those with other hematologic malignancies and bone marrow diseases, including lymphoma, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloma, and aplastic anemia.
A noted expert in his field, Dr. Collins has since the late 1980s helped to develop the treatment known as adoptive immunotherapy, which involves manipulating a donor's immune system so that it attacks cancer cells. He has led an international network in studies of adoptive immunotherapy, and he applies the approach daily in his clinical practice.
More recently, Dr. Collins has been involved in development of new molecular-targeted leukemia therapies based on recent insights into leukemia biology.
From caring for patients to conducting research, Dr. Collins finds all aspects of his work gratifying.
"It's incredibly inspiring to see the dignity with which the patients face their illnesses," he says. "It's an honor to be able to work side-by-side with them to come up with the best possible treatments."
As Director of the Hematologic Malignancies/Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Dr. Collins is proud that UT Southwestern offers the best care in the area for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, and myelomas.
"We have a team of highly talented, dedicated people in a highly complicated field – and I'm proud of the work we do here every day."
Clinical Interests
Blood and Marrow Transplant/Hematologic Malignancies
- Acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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- Hodgkin lymphoma
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Well boys and girls, it's been a while.
And I'm afraid I've got some bad news.
You see, I've finally reached a point in my life where it's no longer feasible for me to maintain a website. At least not one with frequent updates and new content.
Age, it seems, has caught up with me. I find that I no longer harbor the same enthusiasm that I once did for web design and new media.
I'm told by my elders that this is a natural progression. That other interests will soon assert themselves. And in a way, I suppose, they already have.
I now find myself endlessly fascinated by language. Specifically those of the Latin persuasion. I'm neck deep in Spanish and I anticipate that I'll eventually work my way backwards into Latin itself.
And what about that graphic novel?
Well, to be honest, you really can blame this change on that very item. It was my desire to write and illustrate a fantastic novel that has driven me all these years to improve my artistic skills and my scholarly knowledge, but in so doing I've drummed up all sorts of new interests (history, politics, geography, philosophy) and I now find myself painfully aware of just how much I don't know and completely unsure as to how to proceed.
Does that mean that I've given up on the idea entirely?
Quite the opposite. In truth I feel an overwhelming need to cocoon myself creatively so that I might make the transformation from whatever-the-Hell it is that I am now into a novelist and scholar of merit.
In other words, I need to take some time and figure out exactly what it is I want to say. And I can't do that without confronting some essential concepts that I've done a pretty good job of avoiding up until now, like spirituality, ethics, morality... The list goes on.
You see, in order for anyone to accomplish any great work one must first know precisely who they are and, more importantly, why they are doing it in the first place.
I believe this is what authors refer to as one's idiom.
When I started making websites back in the 90s I was a fiery (and relatively uneducated) twenty-something who had something to prove. But 10 years and 2 college degrees later I find that I no longer have anything to prove to anyone.
That, in and of itself, is an incredibly liberating feeling.
The other zinger is the fact that all of those years in front of a computer have taken their toll on me physically. I simply can't sit in front of a computer or a drawing desk for 10 hours straight anymore.
Nowadays, in fact, I try to spend as little time as possible in computer chairs. (Yes, even my Aeron.)
I'm currently in the process of finding a work around. Perhaps a tablet PC that will allow me to work from the couch?
But even that won't be enough to undo the damage I've already done. According to my chiropractor the only sure fire cure is exercise and plenty of healthy natural sleep. Both of which are hard to come by when you're a computer animator.
So it's back to the Dojo for more Tai-Chi and off to the pool for more laps.
All of this, of course, translates into less time at the old computer.
And did I mention my 2 jobs?
Now that I'm teaching full time at the Art Institute as well as part time at Point Park University I don't have much time to write code or draw pictures.
This also means that the freelance job I'm currently in the middle of will most likely be my last for a very long time. Again, not because I don't love doing it but because I can't physically pull off having 3 different jobs anymore.
So here I am writing this last post... Hoping that when I eventually find the time to get back to this whole writer/artist/web designer thing that there'll still be a place for me.
But for now I think I'll focus on doing what I love. Teaching and (more importantly) really being a teacher.
So please don't think I punked out. I've pushed myself to a point somewhere beyond exhaustion, where I can hear the sturdy timbers in my brain actually creak...
So... In the near future this website will be folded into my new website pixelscholar.com.
Pixel Scholar will serve primarily as an online extension of the classes that I teach. There you will find some examples of my art work but the primary content will be video tutorials, hand outs, academic schedules, etc.
You know... Teacher stuff.
I may still write the occasional essay or opinion piece, or post a new drawing or 3D model but for the most part it'll be a pretty quiet place and will hold little interest for the casual viewer.
Of course the joke here is: "So in other words it'll be the same as your old site right?"
So there you have it.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to practice my Spanish.
Gracias los amigos y buonas noches.


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Michael Turner Set To Sign New Deal at Hull CityJanuary 7, 2009
Michael Turner and his agent are currently in discussions with Phil Brown and Paul Duffen about increasing his current contract until 2012. The pivotal central defender enjoys various plaudits this season for his stellar performances for the Tigers, even joining the discussions as a future England centre back.
The renewed contract would allegedly double his wage to around £20,000 per week and bring him into line with the clubs other top earners Marlon King and Geovanni.
Brown said, "I'm not jumping the gun on a deal but we are sitting down with Turner's agent. Talks are advanced and we're hopeful of a deal."
Turner has been the topic of speculation in moves to both Manchester City and Liverpool, but Hull City's management team have slapped a £10,000,000 price tag on the influential player.


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Moderator: F9K9
JaVeRo wrote:If you knew you had to replace your rear axle and had the money to do it right, what would want to do?
Rebuild the old alxe with new bearings and a locker of some sort?
Replace with a new GM axle of the same type as stock?
JaVeRo wrote: Replace with a 10 bolt 8.5 modified to fit the width you want?
JaVeRo wrote:Replace with a Dana axle to have more options available for a new locker?
1TFROT wrote:...............'77-79 f150/bronco
or f250 of the same years will get you 8 lug and a D60 rear instead of the 9"
both sets can be found pretty cheap. my D44 was $75 and the 9" was the same price. bought them separately.
'77 is the ideal year for the D44 so the wedges are welded on (easier to get rid of) the '79s have cast wedges and are a bitch to work around.
I've not seen many people have good about things to say about electric lockers but, I run in a small circle. I have seen one or two lockers for the 7.6 but, not much else. I don't even know if, I could find it again. Not much help, sorry.JaVeRo wrote:..............I like the idea of the Electrac but it is only made for the Dana axles and since Eaton bought out Detroit, It doesn't look like they will be expanding the product line any.........
Are you sure of this? This is the first that I have heard this but, you may be absolutely correct.drperry wrote:.........then the rear from any 5-speed S-series should be the 8.5" and you can get a set of 1.25" spacers.
HenryJ wrote:Do you need more than the G80 will provide? If your trucks sees more than 80% offroad there are better ways to go. If the reverse is true, the G80 is really a good way to go.
If you really need locked and have an extra $1000 to spend we can give you some recommendations.
f9k9 wrote:Are you sure of this? This is the first that I have heard this but, you may be absolutely correct.drperry wrote:.........then the rear from any 5-speed S-series should be the 8.5" and you can get a set of 1.25" spacers.
I am still a little shady on this. Maybe Miles will chime in.drperry wrote:..........99% sure on it... There might be a few that didn't get it... But most did.
As far as I know, all 5-speed Blazer's got them, anyway... And the 5-speed 4x4's got the iron front diff.
There's a few fleet 4 door Blazer's that have the 8.5" axle as well...
I can't remember what RPO code it is, though...
I am familiar with Jeremy's research on the cast iron front differential. Perhaps if, you had stated that any 5 speed "4WD" S/T series was an 8.5 or 8.6" rear diff, I might not have been confused. I'll go over the thread again and see where I may have gone astray Thanks for info.drperry wrote:So long as it's 5-speed, it should have the 8.5" and 3-button 4x4 gives you the iron front diff ...............
Wait a second here. Maybe, I misunderstood you again. I wheel with junk on D44s, D60s and a bunch of different axles. I witnessed a 3/4 ton 44 (with a Moser alloy Dana 44 MAX Front axle) go to hades this spring. I towed him out with a Lincoln locked Chrysler rear 8.25". Extra axles should be a requirement for any serious trail rig!drperry wrote:Also, unless you wanna have to carry two spares, you're not gonna want to switch to the dana axle
f9k9 wrote:I think we need to address the original problem. What is the reason that you seek an alternative? No locker at all? Something is amiss when you want to pull the diff cover for a " Look-see"!
drperry wrote:Actually a ZR2 axle will put the rear wheels a touch wider than the fronts, lol... I can't remember by how much, though.
I don't think that the frame is that much wider at the rear. You can poke around here. It hurts my head every time I try to find the differences!okie s10 wrote:Well DUH! Am I stupid or what? Gonna measure anyway, but it just dawned on me with ZR2 frame 4" wider than other S10's, odds are the springs are out a little further on the rear. Won't be able to do the mearsure for a couple of days, anybody know right off hand?
Actually the frame is the same width. I can not say that for the mounting points though.okie s10 wrote:... it just dawned on me with ZR2 frame 4" wider than other S10's
Stock specs from our websiteroadrunner wrote:Just a little off topic but is the rear track on my stock CC (01) narrower than the front? If so, how much and would it handle better in mud/snow if it matched the front?
HenryJ wrote:Stock specs from our websiteroadrunner wrote:Just a little off topic but is the rear track on my stock CC (01) narrower than the front? If so, how much and would it handle better in mud/snow if it matched the front?
2.1 inches narrower in the rear. There are many suggestions as for why. I think it handles just fine stock. Adding a wider rear makes up for the odd look we have with the Isuzu fender bulge. This really magnifies the difference.
roadrunner wrote:Isuzu fender bulge???
killian96ss wrote:roadrunner wrote:Isuzu fender bulge???
S10 Crew Cabs have Isuzu beds.
I have no idea why GM did this.
Maybe because they partially own Isuzu and the parts were available which saved them money?
The rear door handles use the same GM thinking.
HenryJ wrote:You might get away with adding spacers to widen it out closer to the fullsize. I don't know the difference there.
Our bed came from the South American Isuzu Crew Cab. The faux flare was added to make it look like the S-series bed. Check out an Hombre next time you see one. It has the same Isuzu fender bulge on the rear fenders.
Have you seen the sticky?roadrunner wrote:Where and what size spacers are available and do I need longer wheel studs to use them?
Soaking fasteners daily, for a week or longer, with PB Blaster or Sea Foam Deep Creep helps with those rusted puppies. Anytime I am preparing for a mod I use that Heep advice.okie s10 wrote:Just finished last week the install of a ZR2 rearend under my CC. Was a snap, except for those darn ubolts. Those puppies were rusted on tight and needed a good long cheater bar on the ratchet................
okie s10 wrote:Just finished last week the install of a ZR2 rearend under my CC. Was a snap, except for those darn ubolts. Everything lined up just like it was made there, brake lines and all. 1'5" spacers on front and almost perfect widthwise.
okie s10 wrote:But did have to get a different u-joint from pinion to shaft.
Exactly my problem.green02crew wrote:Why not go larger and stronger?
HenryJ wrote:To get things back to where I had it , I need to add some 1" spacers to the rear. It just looks better to me with the rear slightly wider.
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
Director: Frank Capra
By Marilyn Ferdinand
If I had to make a list of the most subversive love stories ever committed to film, The Bitter Tea of General Yen, would certainly be near the top. The interracial romance at the heart of the film was taboo in 1933, and remained so for many decades. But more subversive was the look at the love of money and destabilizing love of a Christian God missionaries spread throughout the world. This type of story is something of a surprise from Hollywood's most successful idealizer of American values, Sicilian immigrant Frank Capra, and his female star, Barbara Stanwyck. Only two years earlier, the two had teamed to film The Miracle Woman, in which Stanwyck played a bitter and cynical evangelist whose faith in God is restored. In The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Capra and Stanwyck reversed this outcome, as a Chinese warlord "converts a missionary," forcing her to see the charade of her blind loyalty to her missionary fiancé and her Christian mission, and acknowledge the attraction that has grown between them.
The film opens with the Chinese populace in Shanghai running in chaos to signal the civil war embroiling the country. In a well-appointed home, Western missionaries and expatriates are preparing for the wedding of Dr. Bob Strike (Gavin Gordon) and Megan Davis (Stanwyck), the latter of whom is coming from her upper-crust New England home to work side by side with her soon-to-be husband as a missionary.
In the muddy streets, Bob and Megan are making their way to the house in separate rickshaws. Megan's rickshaw gets stuck in the mud, and before her driver can get it unstuck, he is mowed down by a large car driven by General Yen (Nils Ashter). Megan pleads with Yen to help the driver, but he is wondering why she would care about a stranger. She sees his head is bleeding and offers him her handkerchief. He demurs, pulling one of his own from his sleeve. They both cast a long gaze at each other as they go their separate ways.
When Bob and Megan reach the site of their wedding, Megan readies herself for the ceremony. Unfortunately, Bob has received word that a mission orphanage is in danger, and he must appeal to Yen to write him a safe-conduct pass. The assembled well-wishers are abuzz with the evils of General Yen, a crook who has amassed a fortune for his renegade army, and believe Bob will get nowhere with Yen. Nonetheless, with Megan insisting on accompanying him, Bob gets a note from Yen, which actually says that "This fool prefers orphans to the arms of his bride," a joke only the Chinese who can read it can appreciate. Finding most of the orphanage already evacuated, Bob and Megan attempt to move the final group of six orphans and their nurse to safety. They duck machine gun fire that mows down an entire group of Chinese, but are nonetheless confronted by soldiers. Megan is hit on the head and loses consciousness, only to awaken in a beautifully appointed bedroom in what turns out to be General Yen's summer palace where Mah-Li (Toshia Mori), Yen's concubine, tends to her wounds. Yen has saved her, but what he intends to do with her is anyone's guess.
Capra sets up situations in this film that he would plumb again in Lost Horizon (1937), in many ways, the reverse image of Bitter Tea. The opening scene of chaos is repeated at the beginning of Lost Horizon, and a kidnapping of the main character occurs. He also sets the second act of each picture in an exotic and isolated Asian locale, the better to remove his protagonists from the overweaning influence of their own Western enclaves. In both films, he critiques the base Western concerns that place a narrow morality and profit above all else. In the later film, George Conway (John Howard), the brother of idealist Robert Conway (Ronald Colman), considers himself a prisoner in the idyllic Shangri-La and spends most of his time planning to escape. In Bitter Tea, Megan is a prisoner who keeps demanding to be returned to Shanghai; her only contact with Western culture is American war profiteer Jones (Walter Connolly), whose sole interest in Yen and China is to enrich himself.
Where The Bitter Tea of General Yen parts company with Lost Horizon is in its smoldering, complex love story of mutual dislike and attraction. Megan strikes the first blow when she calls Yen a "yellow swine," which visibly shakes him and shames Megan into realizing that she is full of prejudice against the people she came to China to help. Yen's courtesy and refinement impress her, but she finds his barbarism incongruous. When she awakens one morning to the horror of prisoners being executed by a firing squad, she complains to Yen. His response is to send the firing squad down the road out of earshot, and excuses the executions as a kindness in comparison with the slow starvation they would suffer in his jail cells because he cannot afford to feed them all. "We are in the middle of a civil war," he says, emphasizing in the most understated way the naivété of the missionaries who bring to the Chinese struggling for freedom "words, nothing but words."
Ashter, made up with barely passable Asian features, towers over the diminutive Stanwyck, yet he never offers the menace she expects. He is highly insulted by her accusation that he meant to rape her, saying he only wants what is freely offered to him. Again, Megan's prejudices are undercut—she is dealing with a man, not an ignorant heathen, from a civilization much more ancient than her Christian America and extending much earlier than the Christ era. Stanwyck is great at conveying a character who is far out of her depth, ignorant of her new surroundings and all they encompass, and weak even when asserting her strongest convictions. Her rebellion against Yen's dinner invitations are paltry and her impassioned assurance that acts of mercy will bring Yen the greatest feeling in the world sounds desperate and hollow. Death is something she shrinks from, and Yen accurately chides her with "You are as afraid of death as you are of life."
Capra builds a dreamy, romantic setting full of sparkling jewels, cherry-blossom moons, caressing costumes, and candle-kissed lighting. Stanwyck glows, her unusual beauty enhanced by Capra's flattering, soft-focus close-ups, her tears like diamonds on her cheeks. Yen's palace is enchanted, with simple acts like stirring a teacup handled with a painstaking decorum and touch. It is this atmosphere that seduces Megan and wraps the audience in a love-struck spell.
Megan observes young lovers courting on the picturesque grounds of the palace in scenes that are handled with a delicacy that reminded me of Lotte Reiniger's fragile paper cutouts in The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926). Their laughter and embraces form a mirror to the experiences Megan hoped to have with Bob and that now seem to be transmuting. The eroticism of Yen and his environment, a veritable hothouse of the entwined vines of sex and death so similar to the overwhelming sexual swoon that is India in Powell and Pressburger's masterpiece Black Narcissus (1947), shakes Megan from her moral moorings. She dreams of Yen, first as the stereotypical Yellow Devil menacing her with his long, phallic fingernails, and then as her masked savior. In her dream, she welcomes him into her arms and most probably to her bed, though the camera discreetly demurs to her awakening. She doesn't seem appalled at what her mind has concocted, truly marking this film as a product of Pre-Code Hollywood.
Megan's misguided trust in a duplicitous Mah-Li, whom she saves from execution, ends up ruining Yen. He confronts her with his anger, but unexpectedly says that he intended to kill her, as he was entitled to do by her pledge to vouch for Mah-Li, and then join her forever in the land of their ancestors, a tormented confession of love that both confuses and thrills Megan. Ashter's ardor is a sudden burst from a fairly controlled man, though Megan says at one point that "The subtlety of you Orientals is very much overestimated." I found it so touching that when she finally acquiesces to her feelings, coming to Yen's side in an Asian dress she refused to wear before, crying over her guilt in helpless surrender, he wipes her tears with his silk handkerchief: "The Chinese gave the world silk." With these words that show the soft tenderness of his love, Yen drinks the poisoned tea he brewed so meticulously for his suicide and quietly dies, the fulfillment of his love for Megan his gift for the afterlife.
Capra includes an interesting postscript in which a drunken Jones plays amateur fortune teller for a quiet Megan as they sail for Shanghai. He can't seem to decide whether Megan will go through with the life she planned before falling under Yen's influence or give it up. Megan, with a self-knowledge incited by her brief romance—some might call it tragic, but to me it formed a perfect whole, a love transcending race, culture, and time—simply gazes with limpid eyes and a rueful smile as the film draws to a close.
27th/06/2014 to 7:26 am
This has long been one of my favorite films, and you really did it justice here. You're right: it's one of Hollywood's least typical and most moving romances.
27th/06/2014 to 8:12 am
Thanks, Marilyn, for your excellent essay on one of my favorite films and definitely, by far, my favorite Capra. In addition to its stunning cinematography and strong, subtle, moving performances, it delves into moral complexities and nuanced critique that Capra eschewed ever after (and swearing off art worked out pretty well for him careerwise). It deserves much wider exposure.
27th/06/2014 to 8:42 am
Great write-up Marilyn – I skimmed a lot of the plot description because I now know that I need to see this one. I saw THE MIRACLE WOMAN last year and liked it – will be very interested to see this one as well.
27th/06/2014 to 9:10 am
The very first time I saw this film was maybe 20 years ago at a retrospective of Barbara Stanwyck's body of work. It stayed with me like a fever dream over the years, and I started to wonder if I had perhaps inflated its excellence in my mind. Revisiting it and writing about it reaffirms that it is an exceptional Capra film with deep performances from all of the characters. Even Connolly, who can often slice the ham, hit all the right notes. I'm glad you all appreciate it as much as I do, and thanks for reading and commenting here.
27th/06/2014 to 9:40 am
"Capra builds a dreamy, romantic setting full of sparkling jewels, cherry-blossom moons, caressing costumes, and candle-kissed lighting. Stanwyck glows, her unusual beauty enhanced by Capra's flattering, soft-focus close-ups, her tears like diamonds on her cheeks. Yen's palace is enchanted, with simple acts like stirring a teacup handled with a painstaking decorum and touch. It is this atmosphere that seduces Megan and wraps the audience in a love-struck spell."
This magnificent paragraph of descriptive prose is my favorite passage of what is clearly a master class presentation, without any question one of the very finest reviews we have yet seen in this countdown. Of course I am hardly surprised. Yes this is absolutely a subversive romantic masterpiece from the anything-goes pre-code era – qualifying in a category that has over the years embraced such diverse vehicles like Barbara Stanwyck's BABY FACE and the 1987 DIRTY DANCING. I was riveted by your superlative points of comparison of this classic pre-coder with the later 1937 LOST HORIZON that documented the comparative opening chaos, the exotic Asian locale and the Western interests that were mutually regaled. Of course, as you note, there is an eventual parting of narrative and thematic concerns, and this manifests itself in the ironic love story, one where Megan frames her lover with some startling racial slurs.
The cinematic references to both THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED and BLACK NARCISSUS are brilliantly posed and the wrenching finale is recalled with poetic eloquence.
In a career of so many cinematic landmarks, THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN remains one of Capra's finest hours.
23rd/07/2017 to 9:19 pm
Some echoes of Griffith's "Broken Blossoms"? Orientalism has many attractions!
26th/07/2017 to 1:21 pm
Quite possibly, John!


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Remember how I was recently happy enough with single-layered cakes? I admit my confidence was just not one hundred percent there yet when it comes to going beyond that. I work in a creative field by day, but when it comes to cooking, and especially how to present a cake, we'll just say I'm not the best. My cakes, if frosted, end up looking pretty messy so when I found this recipe and the picture showed a two-layer cake that was merely frosted between the layers and on top – and not very, well, stylishly (which I know maybe isn't the point, but still), I knew I'd found my next Adventure in Cakedom. A somewhat loosely-put-together cake? That I can do!
Secretly I long to make something like this Rainbow Doodle Birthday Cake, but I guess pacing oneself and building up to it is a good idea. Because honestly my inner – and outer – cook runs away at the thought of making it.With absolutely no grace and much tripping.
Anyway, let's move on to this cake, because it really is a wonderful, awesomely flavor-fied bit of heaven. But I may be biased. I love pumpkin. I love cream cheese frosting, too. It may be hard to decide which I love more, so it's great they're in on this together.
Know what's funny about this set-up? I forgot to include the canned pumpkin. Thankfully I remembered to get it out to actually use later! Hey, you might think it's impossible to forget the main ingredient….but it's not. I made pumpkin cream cheese muffins for my mother the same weekend, and in a fit of exhaustion, forgot to add pumpkin. Yeah. Starting over on that project was a pain in the you-know-where.
Bring out your cake pans! Prepare your cake pans! Let's do this ahead of time. You'll also need parchment paper, which I've come to love. You start out by buttering the pans, then placing a rounded piece of parchment in each, then buttering that as well. While this may sound like overkill, trust me, it's better to do this than not and have your cake possibly stick to the pan later.
Besides, it's not like the roll of parchment paper won't come in handy later. It's great for lining your baking sheets for cookies, as a surface to prepare some items, like those pie pops we made last week, and other things. Parchment paper, it is the baker's friend. Hug your parchment roll today.
This is one of those recipes that's pretty 'ole cool because you don't need a mixer of any kind for the cake portion. You will need one for the frosting, but that just makes sense. We totally do not mind for frosting. Because it's frosting and we wants it and shall have it. Moving on. For the cake portion, you'll need three bowls, all of whom contain ingredients that will get combined together via the always loyal wooden spoon. Or plastic, whichever you're rocking that day.
It's almost just like making muffins. You mix the eggs, vanilla and oil in one bowl – check. In another mix the dry ingredients: flour, the granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves – check! In the third bowl, combine the pumpkin purée, coconut, crushed pineapple, and currants. Check check check. The egg mixture is added to the dry ingredients, then the pumpkin mixture to that. Easy!
I was pleased to discover that the cake batter divides nice and evenly at three cups per cake pan (I was worried about baking two completely and obviously not-the-same-size layers). Measure it in, bake and you get two nicely even layers. I know, I'm such a cake newb. Of course a good recipe would make sure the batter would divide into an easy, even amount. Sheeesh. But now you know. It's three cups per pan.
I probably could have put a tad more frosting in the middle, but I decided a little more on top was just fine in the end. The offset spatula really came in handy for spreading the frosting, but just use a regular butter knife if that's what you have. Plop a big helping in the middle of each layer and smooth it outward. One of the things that attracted me to this recipe is there wasn't any frosting on the sides. You could probably get away with doing so if you wanted to, though.
The frosting will have been very soft at the time of application, so the cake needs to be refrigerated to let it set up. I should have let mine set for longer – I think I did so for almost an hour, but another would have been better. I just couldn't wait to have some of that cake! I mean, look at it – could you wait?
DO make this one for friends, family, neighbors – otherwise you'll eat it all yourself. I mean, it'll taste darn good, but that's why you must remove it from your home if possible, unless there's enough folks at home to tackle it all.
The ingredients I was most surprised to see in the recipe – coconut and crushed pineapple – seemed to be just what the cake needed. The coconut gives it an almost carrot cake texture, and you won't even notice the pineapple as it melds with the rest of the cake very well. I'm guessing that it and the juices from it contribute to this being so wonderfully, decadently moist. There are also dried currants in there! I actually found some at the store! By the same folks who make those raisins. You know, the brand with that very happy lady on it wearing a hat or bonnet or some such.
I made the frosting with a little less sugar – nothing ruins a good cream cheese frosting for me like too much sugar. You should be able to taste the cream cheese still. Your face should not screw up like Po's did when he got acupuncture in Kung Fu Panda.
When I brought it to work, a coworker pointed out to me that all the butter didn't seem to bother me. Heh! Gotta keep some of the recipe pure, right?
Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Very loosely adapted from The New Thanksgiving Table by Diane Morgan
Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook time: 40 minutes plus cooling time Level: Easy Serves: 12
For the cake:
- Butter for coating cake pans, at room temperature
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting the pan
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups canned unsweetened pumpkin purée
- 1 cup lightly packed sweetened flaked coconut
- 3/4 cup canned crushed pineapple (do not drain)
- 1/3 cup dried currants
For the frosting:
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons canned unsweetened pumpkin purée
- 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350°F. Butter two 9-inch diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch sides. Line the bottom of each pan with a circle of parchment paper. Butter the parchment paper. Sprinkle the pans with flour, tap the pans to evenly distribute the flour, and then shake off the excess flour. Set aside.
To make the cake, in a large bowl, sift together the 2 cups flour, the granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. In a medium bowl, combine the eggs, oil, and vanilla. In another medium bowl, combine the pumpkin purée, coconut, crushed pineapple, and currants.
Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined. Add the pumpkin mixture and stir just until combined. Divide the batter between the prepared pans, spreading it evenly. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean. Transfer to wire racks and let cool in the pans for 15 minutes. Run a table knife around the edge of the pans to loosen the cakes. Invert the cakes onto the racks and peel off the parchment paper. Let cool completely before frosting the cakes.
To make the frosting, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese on medium speed for about 3 minutes until smooth. Add the butter and beat for about 2 minutes until combined. Add the pumpkin purée and beat until incorporated, about 1 minute. Add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla and beat for about 3 minutes until fluffy.
Place 1 cake layer on a cake plate or platter. Using an offset spatula, spread half of the frosting over the top of the first cake layer. Spread the frosting right to the edge of the top without frosting the sides of the cake. Carefully place the second cake on top, lining up the edges. Spread the remaining frosting over the top of the cake without frosting the sides. Swirl the frosting to decorate the top. Refrigerate the cake to set the frosting. Remove from the refrigerator 30 to 40 minutes before serving.
This cake is perfect for making a day or two ahead! It tasted even better the next day, too. Just make sure you store it in the fridge,covered, and, like it says above, take it out about 30 minutes prior to serving. If you're like me, though, you may not mind eating the cake right from the fridge.
The author also notes that the cake can be well-covered and frozen for up to a month, thawing it for 12 hours prior to serving.
I forgot to sift the powdered sugar prior to making the frosting. It came out fine. More than fine. Is it wrong to just, you know, make a batch of frosting? And no cake?