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Through the first five installments of our Split Personality project series, we've covered project planning, chassis and suspension, engine, drivetrain and brakes, installing C5 seats in a midyear, engine electronics, and exhaust and fuel systems. In this installment, we'll cover the various features of the body and exterior components. In the next installment, we'll cover the engine compartment and cooling system, and in Part 8, the key interior features including the A/C installation. Over the course of this project series, we'll feature each one in enough detail to give you a good idea of what's involved and the sources we used. Since each project is unique, and you'll have your own ideas on the approach to take and components to use, we'll just describe the approach we've taken and what has worked for us. At the very least, we hope it will stimulate some ideas and hopefully save you time.
Perhaps the most enjoyment we receive from these projects is being able to design our own features and see them come to life. The fun, and sometimes the pain, can lie in the details, and if that's a good measure, we've had more than our share of each with this project!
Managing Change
Our basic approach to the body is to retain the integrity of the original styling but take the original ideas further to improve function, performance, and appearance. In our minds, the styling is the feature that attracted folks to the car from the beginning, and it's an aspect that's hard to improve. Frankly, it's possible to go too far in making changes and potentially ending up with features that don't fit well with the original design. Our focus is to make subtle changes to enhance what's already there, with the objective of making only those changes that look like they belonged there from the beginning. That doesn't mean there aren't many changes, but we know we've achieved our goal if they blend well with the original design and you have to look twice to notice most of them. Here are the major repairs and custom changes that were made to the Split Personality '63.
Body Exterior - Bodywork, Paintwork, and Polish
The first order of business was to repair or replace whatever fiberglass or metal needed restoration, which-no real surprise here-turned out to be much more involved than we had hoped. We fully realized the extent of repairs needed once the body was media blasted. First, the front end had more previous repairs than we liked, and we decided to replace it with a press-molded and jig-assembled nose from Corvette Image. Next was to replace the drip moldings, which had some rust, using reproduction pieces available from America's Finest Corvettes. We also found some weak areas just above the door striker areas and had pieces made by Twin Brooks Restoration using an English Wheel. Once the nose was removed, we also found some small rusting beneath the windshield area, which was rewelded and coated. Fortunately, the remainder of the birdcage structure was in great shape. (See photo 1: bare body/doorsill)
In addition to the repairs and custom touches made to the body, a great deal of time was spent by the Corvette Center in Newington, Connecticut, smoothing the body surfaces and gapping each seam and joint for the hood, doors, headlight doors, and valance panels, as well as fitting the door handles, locks, parking and taillights, grille, and moldings. Jason Bernier spent many painstaking hours getting both the top and underside of the body the way we wanted. He certainly put a lot of effort into it and did an outstanding job.
For paint products, we again used the BASF Glasurit Paint System, which we've used on all our cars. The red is a custom mix first used on our '67 Corvette and later on the '62. After the bodywork was completed, it was coated with a polyester primer-surfacer, and then the BASF process of primer, sealer, guidecoat, base, and clear followed. One side note is that we once tried using the same formula with a different brand of paint, and the color was noticeably different. Whatever the reason, we've had such good luck with the BASF products that we'll stick with a known product that's worked well for us.
Once all the bodywork was completed, we decided to take an additional step by having the body "baked" to make sure everything was completely cured and to bring out any issues such as trapped gases or seam problems. The baking booth was heated to a temperature of 140 degrees for two hours. While we didn't find any issues, we felt it was a good step before going into final paint.
While we're addressing the subject of paint, it's probably a good time to mention the polishing and wax products we use. While we have tried many different products over the years, we like the results from the Zaino line of products. Everyone has their preference for what they feel the results should be when it comes to ease of use, durability, gloss, and depth of shine, but we've found Zaino gives us the results we look for on both the Vettes as well as the daily drivers. Discussions we've seen regarding polishing products can often turn into a heated debate, and we don't want to get into that turmoil but just relate what works best for us. Whatever you are satisfied using, by whatever measure you feel most important, is a personal choice. We've also found that Zaino's product support is outstanding. It's not usual to have the owner of a company call to answer your questions, but Sal Zaino has done that for us more than once. After the paint was wet-sanded and buffed, we then applied Zaino "Fusion" for the final polishing, using a Porta-Cable random orbit polisher and white foam pad, followed by hand applications of Zaino Z5 polish and Z6 detailer using microfiber towels from DF Towels.
Body Underside
Extensive work was also done on the underside of the body. As we wanted to finish the underside to the same degree as the topside, each bonding strip was reshaped, the entire underside of the body was smoothed, all corners were filled and radiused, and several new panels were made to smooth out the underside appearance of the body. One key tool in making this doable was the body-dolly attachment that allowed us to lay the body on its side. Ninety-degree-angle fixtures were made, which fit into the square tubing of our body dolly. They're relatively easy to make, hold the body steady, and allow full access to the underside. This would have been an almost impossible job to do lying on our backs. (See photo 2: body tilter)
Since we painted the frame red, we wanted more contrast and decided to paint the underside of the body in a two-tone of Corvette Quicksilver and our custom mix of red. Since we plan to drive the car, we also used Chip-Guard in the areas which might be subject to stone chips, such as the wheelwells. Color was mixed with the Chip-Guard to achieve full coverage. For appearance in visible areas, the Chip-Guard was smoothed and clear-coated. (See photo 3: body underside and photo 4: wheelwell)
Custom Bodywork
When we started to make the list of changes to cover here, it reminded us of just how many changes there were. Here's a recap of the major body changes.
Cold-Air Intake :::
We laid out several approaches that would gain access to outside cooler air. The main considerations were how well it could be integrated into the body as well as the best route to take to get to the engine. Other factors were the type of ductwork that could be used and how we could make the connection to the throttle body. Space is awfully tight when you look for a route through the chassis, under the radiator, under the steering rack, and in front of the engine damper. The approach we used uses a scoop molded into the front valance (which incorporates a custom air filter and grille) and a combination of silicone and metal ductwork to connect to a custom throttle-body elbow made by Street & Performance.
The intake grille is located between the bumpers and is a custom piece machined by Marks Machine to our design, which maintains the horizontal-bar style of the grille. Behind the grille is a custom air filter we made ourselves. The scoop was made starting with an aftermarket unit which was extensively changed to make it blend into the valance. The rear of the scoop was shaped to fit an aftermarket C4 bridge, which makes a transition to a 90-degree elbow and then an upward turn under the steering rack. From that point, an ovalized tube was used to make the connection to the throttle-body elbow, which is a custom piece made by Street & Performance and incorporates the Mass Air Flow sensor and IAT hose from the dry sump tank. We'll cover the engine compartment ductwork in the next installment. (See photo 5: intake grille)
Exhaust Outlet :::
We wanted to incorporate a C6 design element for the exhaust outlets as we had in our '62 and route the exhaust through the center of the rear valance. In our last project installment (Part 5 in the June '08 issue), we covered the exhaust system, hangers, and Corsa exhaust tips. For the cutout in the rear valance, a template was made for the area to be cut which was large enough to clear the exhaust tips and still fit beneath the license plate and between the bumpers. A lip was molded into the cutout to give it some shape. The shape mirrors that used for the intake scoop profile. (See photo 6: rear exhaust/valance)
Looking Back - RearView Camera System :::
While we're covering the rear of the car, this is a good time to mention another aspect we've addressed by using technology not available 45 years ago. No doubt the most recognized styling aspect of a '63 coupe is the split rear window. While a great styling feature (and subject to controversy when the car was designed), it's also a major limitation to rearward visibility. We thought a great way to overcome that would be to utilize current technology by incorporating a rearview camera. We did that by utilizing a tiny color camera from Rostra Precision Controls.
Finding a way to hide the camera proved a bit more involved than the installation itself. But, in keeping with our theme of making subtle changes, we thought installing the camera into the billet license plate frame would do just what we wanted. We worked with Richard Kemmel of BilletFrames.com to make the license frame. If you look at the letter "O" in the word "PRO" at the top of the license-plate frame, you can see where we mounted the camera. The monitor is contained within the rearview mirror and, while small in size, shows a clear view of the area behind the car. We wonder, had this been available when Mitchell and Duntov were arguing over the rear-window design, if the split window would have continued for other years. We'll never know. (See photo 7: rear camera) We'll address how we installed the mirror/monitor in the installment covering the interior features.
Side Fender Grilles :::
One feature of the '65-'67 midyears that most folks like is their functional side fender vents, as they help extract underhood heat and air pressure. We thought of several possible designs, but a key focus was to maintain the original design appearance as much as possible. Our approach was to cut the front, top, and bottom of the fender depressions (up to the point where you reach the firewall) and deepen them by 1 1/4 inches. (See photo 8: side fender vent cutouts) New pieces were fabricated to box them in, and outlet holes were cut into the forward areas. Grilles were designed to fit the openings as well as to achieve the proper angles that would fit each area. That was another aspect more involved than you would think, as the vertical and horizontal angles differ from top to bottom as does the side angle of the fender. We laid out a design and templates which were machined by Mark's Machine. When viewed from the side, it's hard to distinguish from stock, but as you move toward the rear, you can see the grilles and deepened recesses. (See photo 9: finished side fender vents and grilles)
Bumpers and Grille :::
We wanted to do something different with both the front and rear bumpers but not so much that they wouldn't retain their stock appearance from a normal viewing angle. Two areas we thought could be improved were on the backside of the front bumpers and underside of the rears. For the rear bumpers, templates were made and metal cut and welded in place to enclose the underside of the bumpers following the body contour, which would fill the normal gap between the bumper and body. That also meant that permanent nuts had to be welded in place to bolt the bumper in place from the backside. (See photo10: rear bumper filler plates and photo 11: finished rear bumper)
The fronts were a bit more involved as templates were made to enclose the entire backside; metal was cut to size, shaped to their curvature, and welded in place. That also meant a new means to mount the upper center bumper bracket would have to be made while also hiding the bolt mount. We made a slot in the rear of the bumper large enough for the bumper bracket to slide through and mate with the original bolt location. A snap-in cover was made to cover the bolt access hole. The welding job was handled by Twin Brooks Restoration in Suffield, Connecticut. (See photo 12: front bumper fillers and photo 13: finished bumper) It's tough to get a good shot of the rear side of the front bumper once installed, but hopefully you get the idea.
Chroming those pieces was more of an involved process than we had imagined-just ask the chromer! Chroming original bumpers is involved enough, but getting an even finish on an enclosed bumper was something else. One major issue was making sure that any holes were plugged to avoid the chemicals used in chroming from getting inside the bumper and forming a sludge, as it can leak out and discolor the chrome and also has the potential of ruining the contents of their tank (ask us how we know). After several tries, it was finally done, and we wouldn't want to have to tell the chromer that we had more like these to do. Allied Metal Finishing in South Windsor, Connecticut, did that work as well as all of our chroming.
We also had to make new lower brackets to mount the bottom of the front bumpers to the tube chassis. Believe it or not, we used 1-inch flex exhaust tubing as a template to get the shape and length needed. Inserts were machined from billet aluminum to make the mount at the frame and at the rear of the bumpers. (See photo 14: lower front bumper braces) In that photo, you can also see the grille. We wanted to use a stock '63 grille and were able to buy one unassembled. We then chromed the brackets and grille bars and assembled the grille with 6/32" x 1/4" stainless button head screws instead of rivets.
Hood Spears :::
Another area we wanted to change was the hood inserts, which, on a '63, are pressed metal "pie-plates." We thought of several options but decided that a "finned"-style hood spear would work well and match other finned components used elsewhere. The spears were designed and cut from billet aluminum by Mark's Machine and then chromed. Seven spears were used for each side of the hood. A template was made so that the recessed areas in the hood could be shaped to fit the spears. 3M side molding tape was used to hold them in place. (See photo 15: hood spears)
Rocker Panels :::
Our goal with the rocker panels was two-fold. First, to retain the original '63 rocker styling while making them blend in more and, second, to increase their height to cover the lower profile of the tube-frame chassis. This was another of those "more involved than you would think" aspects. We had two original rocker panels that were in really poor shape. We decided to use the upper molding portion, which was still in good shape, and remove the lower "finned" portion. What we found is that, once the support from the lower area was removed, the remaining upper molding area would bend into the shape of a banana. We had to have the upper moldings annealed while held in a fixture to get them straight again. Once that was done, male and female dies were made to match the profile of the original "finned" areas and aluminum stock was run through a Pullmax to shape them. Then the original upper moldings were bonded to the new lower pieces. The new rockers were polished, and the depressed areas between each "fin" were painted in body color. We also had to make longer rocker mounts to fit the increased height. We started with stock supports to which new sections were welded. Rather than welding them in place, we used machine screws to mount them to the rocker structure. (See photo 16: installed rockers)
Window Moldings :::
This project started with just a bare body shell, and all the moldings were missing. Since these aren't reproduced (except for the rear-window corners), we searched to find both the exterior as well as the interior moldings. Complete sets are hard to find, and we ended up purchasing several mixed lots to make a complete set. The sources we used were various suppliers, such as Andy Cannizzo from 63's R Us and eBay. We ended up with several extra moldings, but those were easy to sell to other folks looking for them.
The moldings we did find all needed to be restored as they were in need of polishing and either dented or scratched. We covered stainless molding restoration in an earlier issue of Corvette Fever. You can find it on our website under the Tech articles, and a link is on page 10 of our website at: http://www.richsclassiccorvettes.com. (See photo 17: rear-window moldings)
Custom Emblems :::
Austin Barnett of VetteORama made all our custom badges, including the Split Personality emblems and those for the intake manifold, side fenders, and a gas-door insert from billet aluminum. While we gave him a file with the design we wanted for each emblem, he was great to work with in developing design ideas, and his craftsmanship is outstanding. We still are puzzled how he was able to engrave the script and flags on the domed surface of the gas door insert. That had to take some doing. (See photo 18: Split Personality emblem, photo 19: fender emblem, and photo 20: gas-door insert)
Wheels and Tires :::
In keeping with our theme of combining the '63 Z06 with the current Z06 components, we chose to use chrome C6 Z06 style wheels from Mid America Motorworks, which are 17 x 9.5 inches in front and 18 x 9.5 in the rear. The tires are Michelin Pilot Sport II from the Tire Rack, and the front tire size is 265/40 ZR17 and the rear 275/40 ZR18. The wheel center cap is actually a '62 Corvette horn button from Trim Parts. The wheel lugs are stock C5 lugs with custom billet covers made by a friend of ours, Bill Breski (860/877-1370). (See photo 21: wheel, tire, center cap and lugs)
A Personal Note
The key aspect of these projects that continues to hold our interest is that they allow us the freedom to design and build a car expressing our own ideas and seeing it come to life. Each project is unique and has its highs and lows, especially in a long-term enterprise, and we've had many project- and personal-related issues over the four years it entailed. But the most memorable experience is how friends and family helped out, especially during the last four months, to make it come together in time for the first showing at the Detroit Autorama. The number of 18-hour days-and literally around the clock in the last three days-really pressed everyone to their limit, and we couldn't have finished in time without lots of help from every family member and our good friends. (See photo 22: family at work and photo 23: group photo in Detroit)
We've had the hope of participating in the Ridler competition at least once in our lives, and that has been our main goal in completing this project. One of their requirements is that the car can't have been seen at a show, in a magazine, or on the Web in its finished form prior to the Autorama, which is the main reason there has been a gap in our project series. We fully knew what we were up against, having been to Detroit in 2003 with our '62 and seeing in person the level of cars there; however, we wanted to have the once-in-a-lifetime experience. To our knowledge, a Corvette hadn't participated in the Ridler competition in over 30 years and, even though it's primarily a "hot rod" show, we hoped to represent the Corvette hobby as best we could. The Split Personality '63 received four awards at the show, but what we'll remember most are the friends and family who came to help us, the experience of participating at an event like this, and all the nice folks we met at the show.
More pictures of the project can be found on www.richsclassiccorvettes.com, and we're always glad to try to help anyone who may have a question.
Next Up
In the next installment, we'll cover the engine compartment, engine details, and cooling system, followed by an installment covering the interior fea-tures, including the A/C and audio systems, gauges, seatbelt system and custom panels.


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Name Released in Suicide Investigation at Missoula County Jail
UPDATE 3/18: Although an investigation is still underway, the Missoula County Sheriff's Department has released the name of the individual who apparently committed suicide while in custody late last week.
Danny Wayne Johnston, born September 17, 1955, is the deceased. Johnston was being held for a probation violation as well as for sexual intercourse without consent.
Original story: During routine cell checks at 5:30 this morning, March 14, detention officers at the Missoula county detention center found an unresponsive inmate.
"It was apparent that he ended his own life, he was the only inmate in that cell," says Missoula county Sheriff's department spokesman Jason Johnson. "Our detention officers responded as quickly as they could for something like that, did CPR right away after which The inmate was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead."
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During Christmas I made a pastry which has a dough made of the things listed, with a filling of jams or whatever. What surprised me is that, though the dough is only those things and has no leavening in any form, they rise considerably. As much a 4 times the original width, when laid flat and unobstructed.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Chews Out GQ Reporter for Writing that His Brother Died of 'Alleged Drug Overdose'
In a feature on Joseph Gordon-Levitt that appears in the latest issue of GQ (which the actor also covers), writer Amy Wallace ascribed the 2010 death of his older brother, fire spinner Burning Dan, to "an alleged drug overdose."
This didn't sit well with the Dark Knight Rises star, who took to his Tumblr to set the record straight. "I'll be honest," he writes. "it really made me feel terrible."
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Using the word "alleged" technically allows the writer to say whatever she wants. The "allegations" to which she must be referring were made by a handful of gossip websites. They are factually incorrect according to the coroner's office and the police department. I don't like publicly speaking about my brother's death, but I'm making an exception to correct this irresponsible claim.
By the way, while I asked the writer not to dwell on how he died, I did say quite a bit about how he lived, and how much he means to me. Dan was a brightly positive, genuinely caring, and brilliantly inspiring person, and I liked the idea of such a wide readership learning about him. My parents and I are disappointed with what the article chose to focus on regarding this sensitive subject.
E! News has reached out to the Los Angeles Coroner's Office for clarification, but has yet to hear back. JGL would not speak to the cause of his brother's untimely demise, except to say that "it was an accident."


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How Dare Google Send Belgian News Sites Traffic! Court Orders Them To Stop
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The latest such story also comes out of Europe. InsideGoogle point us to a court order in Belgium, demanding that Google remove all French and German language Belgium news stories from both Google News and regular Google's cache. As InsideGoogle notes, the court also demands that Google put up the entire text of the ruling without any commentary -- or face an additional fine. Reading through the details of the actual case, it's not entirely clear if the plaintiff really represents all French and German news publications in Belgium, but it's possible. However, the court's understanding of how Google works also seems a bit off, claiming that the mere scanning of news sites is in clear violation of copyright and damaging to the sites. Its reasoning is that Google News is actually a portal, rather than a search engine, and thus is impacting ad revenue. This ignores, of course, that Google News shows barely an excerpt of the story and sends plenty of people clicking through those links to the original news story. The court also seems to confuse Google's regular "cache" with Google News at points, never noting that Google does not offer cached versions on its News site. Either way, it's not clear how Google has responded, or how they will respond. A quick look at Google's site in Belgium shows that the text of the order is not currently present, though, from what little I can understand, it certainly looks like the press coverage of the story itself is all over the Belgian Google News.
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When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, 1.5 million condolence letters were sent to his young widow by citizens from all walks of life.
Now a new documentary called Letters To Jackie, set to air in the fall, will gives voice to some of the letters received as the 50 anniversary of the Dallas shooting approaches on November 22.
Stars who will lend their voices to the private letters include Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams.
The documentary is based on the book, Letters To Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation, by Ellen Fitzpatrick, and it will focus on the first lady as she steels her way through her grief, and that of the nations, attempting to steady her two children in the aftermath of the tragedy.
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Larry Toomey of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, couldn't wait for official confirmation of Kennedy's death before starting his letter.
'My dear Mrs Kennedy, even as I write this letter, my hand, my body is trembling at the terrible incident of this afternoon. I am watching the CBS-TV news report. No official word as yet.'
Fitzpatrick was reportedly at the Kennedy library researching a book when, out of curiosity, she asked to see some of the condolence letters in hopes of getting a sense of how Kennedy was perceived by Americans in his own time. Right away she was hooked.
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Fitzpatrick, a University of New Hampshire professor, whittled down her list of favorites from 3,000 to 240, only five of the 220 and managed to track down relatives of the letter writers.
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I am writing to ask if you will send a research survey to your members. The survey looks at the perceptions and attitudes of both affiliated and unaffiliated nonbelievers, concerning the functions and activities of secular, freethought, humanist, and atheist organizations, and also the conduct of individuals and groups in the broader atheist movement/community in general.
It is our goal with this project to generate a portrait of both member and nonmember nonbelievers in America; specifically, we want to understand the following:
(1.) What nonbelievers think secular groups should offer in terms of activities and functions (What do they think secular groups should be doing?)
(2.) What do secular affiliates think are the reasons that nonaffiliates do not join such groups?
(3.) What reasons do nonaffiliates themselves give for not joining secular groups that exist for them?
(4.) What general approach should secular individuals and groups take towards religion, religious beliefs, and religious people?
Our hope is that your members will also be willing to distribute the survey link to their friends and acquaintances who are nonbelievers but who are not members of secular, freethought, humanist, or atheist organizations; this particular population is of great interest to scholars studying atheism, partly because they are hard to reach and/or identify, and partly because we know even less about them than more visible or affiliated atheists (this is, in turn, due to the first reason).
The survey link is below, and only those who have this specific link can access it; I have included this link so that you may see the survey for yourself. This will help you determine whether or not this is something you'd like to send to your members. You will also notice that the instructions at the start of the survey include notices about privacy and confidentiality of responses. Furthermore, this survey is only intended to be taken by those who are 18 years of age or older, who are also self-identified nonbelievers and U.S. citizens or long term residents of the U.S.
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Dr. Ryan Cragun is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Tampa (http://www.ut.edu/content.aspx?bio=1&id=4402). He is a member of the Atheist Research Collaborative (http://atheistresearch.org/Researchers.php).
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I don't get on the Nexus very often but it occurred to me this might be of interest to some of the locals on here: in addition to the humanist group that meets in the Wilmington area, there's an informal atheist meetup group now that gets together once or twice a month in the vicinity of Newark: http://www.meetup.com/Delaware-Atheist-Meetup/
Well, The Picnic is tomorrow hope to see you there.
Here is the link on our meetup site.
Delaware Association for Humanism's summer picnic Saturday, June 23rd beginning at 2 PM.
Stephen, if you have facebook, http://www.facebook.com/groups/DelawareHumanism/
Or meetup.com,
Also, do you have G+? I'm not on here too much. I'm on G+ all the time though. :)
Wow, didn't even know about DE Association if Humanists, I was looking in Philly assuming DE didn't have much. That's what I get for assuming.
I'm definitely going to look into it, sounds like a great group.
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Figures released by the Central Statistics Offices in Ireland show that between February and April 2013 there was a 56,300 jump in tourist numbers from the U.S ,an overall increase of 16 percent in visitors from America.
The Gathering, the Irish government initiative to woo people to come back to Ireland is seen as the decisive factor behind the increase.
The Irish Government has spent $6.4 million on the Gathering to entice Ireland's Diaspora to come "home" to Ireland. It was their hope that the tourism initiative would boost tourism numbers by 300,000. The Irish government now expects to reach this target before the end of 2013. American visitors will spend one billion dollars say reports.
Since 2010, figures have jumped by close to 250,000 for the period up to April.
As well as a 16 percent boost from the US there has also been an eight percent rise in the numbers visiting from Europe. However, numbers from Britain are down by two percent.
Michael Ring, Junior Minister for Sport and Tourism, said the reason the Gathering has been a success is that the Irish local communities have rallied behind it.
He said, "It's working and it's working very well. They are coming in from all over the world and I expect the next six months to be even better.
"The reason this is working is because it is community led. Every community in the country came in behind this.
Ring added, "The Gathering is attracting them in but the other thing that is attracting them is that there is a lot more access into the country and it makes the prices cheaper. There is value to be got in Ireland now."
Tourism Ireland chief executive Niall Gibbons said, "Today's figures suggest a positive start to 2013 as we head into the high season.
"I particularly welcome the increase in visitor numbers from North America which suggests we could be on course to achieve our best year ever from that market We hope to welcome over one million American visitors, spending about US$1 billion."
Figures show 207,000 people traveled to Ireland from the United States between February and April. This is up from the same period in 2012.


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I only barely escaped snowy Dublin last week to spend the holiday in frozen Hertfordshire, so my Christmas drinking was mostly along English lines, with just a couple of exceptions. One sister gifted me a bottle of Saint Landelin Spéciale Noël, a seasonal from Gayant, the Douai brewery perhaps better known for Goudale. It's a yulified Belgian-style blonde -- 6.8% ABV and quite sticky with it, piling in the honey on top of gentle pot pourri spices. While warming, it's light enough to stay drinkable and sharing the 75cl bottle is entirely optional, fully subject to one's personal levels of seasonal goodwill.
The other non-English Christmas ale came from another sister (they know me so well): Merry X-Moose by Porthmadog's avant garde Purple Moose brewery. This poured shockingly flat but redeemed itself with lovely big chocolate flavours, finishing on some intriguing lavender high notes. Similar-but-different was Three Tuns Old Scrooge. A bit more condition to this, though not much. It's a dense black beer with lots of treacle spiced up by cinnamon and liquorice: an excellent warmer.
On to less seasonal fare, and Dorothy Goodbody's Imperial Stout: a boxed-up limited run of 6,000 bottles. Advice was that this is best left a few years to mature, but the air travel liquids ban left me with no choice but to pop the cap almost immediately after taking it out from under the Christmas tree. Immature imperial stout can be an unpleasant experience, often spiked with harsh metal-and-cabbage hop tones. None of that here, though. At 7% ABV it's perhaps on the light side of the genre and the flavours are quite gentle: lots of sweet and slightly sticky dark malts, a touch of roasted grain and a balanced grassiness from the hops. It could well be that it gets more interesting with age, but really there's absolutely nothing wrong with this beer right now.
A bottle of McMullen AK XXX fell across my path at one point during my stay. A fairly plain brown bitter, this. Crisp with a touch of toffee, it immediately called to mind Bailey's observations on the substituting of London Pride for altbier. This hits a lot of the same places as alt, finishing with a dry hop bite and being a little over-fizzy for English bitter. Close your eyes and think of Düsseldorf. (For more on the historical brewers' code "AK", including McMullen's use of it, see Zythophile's analysis here.)
Speaking of over-fizzy bitter, I was unable to resist the opportunity to try Whitbread Bitter when I spotted it on keg at a hotel bar near Luton. You have to try the local specialities when you travel, right? It lends further credibility to my grand theory that Irish red ale and English keg bitter are the same ill-starred creation. Whitbread Bitter is monstrously watery, generally sweet, with just a tiny shade more hopping that you might find in the likes of Smithwicks. My other guilty pleasure came on an excursion to the pub near where I was staying. Ignoring my own rule about going for something good rather than ticking off new beers, I couldn't resist a swift pint of Wells & Young's Eagle IPA. Brewed very much to hit the same market segment as Greene King IPA, this is 3.6% ABV and every bit as light, plain, uncomplicated and inoffensive. After one pint it was over to the far superior St Austell Tribute on the next tap.
I got to do very little by way of beer shopping -- just one trip to Sainsbury's, yielding the new IPA from Fuller's: Bengal Lancer. I was really quite careless in how I poured this 5.3% ABV bottle conditioned beer, but it still came out a perfectly limpid shade of dark copper. Despite the gung-ho branding it's quite understated all-in-all: I needed a few nosefuls of the aroma to pick up anything much, eventually identifying jaffa, or possibly mandarin, oranges. The malt drives the taste, leading the hops behind it, creating a not unpleasant effect of marmalade on thick-cut toast. The tail end veers almost tragically towards the metal and puke of Fuller's execrable IPA but just manages to avoid it by finishing quickly. The texture is perhaps the beer's best feature: big and satisfying. It would be nice if there was just a bit more substance to it, but as a straightforward well-constructed English IPA it can't really be faulted and I would buy it again.
And that's where we leave things for 2010. By the time you read this I should be somewhere in central Europe, gathering material for a post or two in 2011. Happy New Year!
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Automation Project Management - Org Chart Omissions
Project Management Is as Much of an Art as It Is a Science. It Is the Art and Science of Getting Things Done
By Greg Elliott, Brillig Systems,Operations Manager - Indianapolis
and Andre Michel, Brillig Systems, Operations Manager - Canada
Project management is as much of an art as it is a science. One of my instructors once defined project management as The Art and Science of Getting Things Done. Certainly, the science of project management is becoming well-published and practiced. Organizations such as the Project Management Institute (PMI, www.pmi.org) and others have helped to drive standards and best practices for the nine knowledge areas of project management. Most industries have embraced the value that project managers bring. For example, it would be unthinkable to execute any sizable engineering and construction (E&C) project without an overall project manager. It is also my belief (and the results of many case studies prove it) that executing an automation project or the automation component of a large project without an automation project manager is as reckless as executing an E&C project without a project manager.
On a typical engineering and construction (E&C) project, the overall project manager has to manage many different disciplines and functional areas that eventually have to work together for the success of the project. Compound this multi-disciplined deliverable set with the fact that construction is always on the critical path, and it is easy to see why a project manager is extremely important to the success of the project. In very much the same way, automation teams require just as much coordination as E&C teams and are just as critical to the success of the project, except that in the case of automation, it is not buildings that are being constructed, but software and systems.
Before we move on, let's take a moment to define a typical automation scope in the current context so that we can agree on the area of automation project management. Automation could be broken into the following areas:
- Instrumentation (Level 0) ― All activities associated with the specification, procurement and installation of instrumentation.
- Control Software (Level 1) ― All activities from design through informal testing.
- Formal Software Testing ― Testing development and execution or support of commissioning activities.
- Control Hardware (Level 1) ― All activities from specifying hardware to installing and inspecting panels.
- Manufacturing Network Integration (Level 2) ― Data historian, clients and servers.
- MES (Level 3) ― Including batch and recipe.
For regulated industries we should also include computer system validation including validation plans, CSV strategy, test plans, business continuity plans, security plans, disaster recovery plans and measurement of uncertainty.
Table 1 shows some activities that are within a typical automation project delivery. The table shows that automation project activities begin at design and continue through start-up. However, the automation project manager (APM) role typically starts at business case development or project justification and those functions are outside the scope of this discussion. Looking at the list of activities that fall under automation, it is easy to see that the scope of automation spreads across many disciplines and many layers of the manufacturing and business architecture. From the diversity arising from physical instrumentation, to the development of recipe interfaces and MES integration, automation is significant and complex. Table 1 shows some of the interfaces with the various phases of the project and examples of associated deliverables or activities. We can see that there is a potential for many interfaces and many silos of expertise on projects. It is already difficult to integrate the entire automation subcomponent, but the automation also needs to integrate with other disciplines. The integration and coordination process quickly requires the full attention of the automation leader as the project gets bigger. This complexity of the automation discipline means that it is difficult to integrate into the overall project.
In the traditional project organization, automation engineers report to the general project manager as shown in Figure 1. This creates a skill-set gap in the project resource model because the overall Project Manager does not have the requisite background in automation and as such will have difficulties interpreting the information provided by the automation engineers. The gap is produced by the failure to identify the uniqueness and complexity of automation and thus creates unrealistic expectations of the overall project manager. Most project managers will freely admit that they do not adequately understand automation to the level that is required to manage it.
Typically, project managers are construction based, or certainly lean towards the mechanical discipline, because of the nature of the engineering and construction firm's core business. They are really in the business of building and arranging physical things. Their project responsibility is to deliver a facility (building), fit-out the building, and then install the necessary manufacturing equipment to fulfill the material flow and processes of production. That type of focus typically results in a "plugging in" of the automation as an afterthought and not part of that critical flow of materials and products through the facility. Many perceive automation as a utility, similar to the telephone system or the network architecture.
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STILLWATER — Around the end of August, Ringling coach Tracy Gandy said he felt like he had a team worthy of a state championship.
On Saturday in Stillwater, his team rewarded a coach's faith, blasting previously unbeaten Wynnewood 39-12 to claim the 2012 Class A state title.
"It's so rewarding to see our kids have this success," Gandy said. "I've been down here, I've experienced this.
"I wanted our kids to experience it, and they went out and did it."
It is the fourth golden ball in the school's storied history, and the first for the Blue Devils (13-1) since 2003.
"I've dreamed about it since I can't know when," senior Jackson Dillon said. "To actually have achieved it, this is unbelievable."
Dillon, who had become an offensive juggernaut over Ringling's past three games as a tailback, once again had a tremendous afternoon running the football, picking up 130 yards and two touchdowns.
But the biggest plays of the game came from junior quarterback Taner Richardson.
With both teams struggling to run the ball early, Gandy put the gameplan in Richardson's hands, letting the quarterback throw early and often. Richardson earned his coach's trust, completing 11-of-15 passes for 151 yards and two first-half touchdowns, to go along with 41 yards and a rushing touchdown.
"I'd call him one of the best that's ever played at this school," Dillon said. "He's a tremendous quarterback."
With the teams still deadlocked in a scoreless tie after the first quarter, it was Richardson who threw a perfect 14-yard scoring strike to Landon Lyle that gave Ringling an early 7-0 lead.
The junior struck again minutes later, connecting with Slade Stewart on a 9-yard score that extended Ringling's lead to 13-0.
When the Blue Devils needed a third-down conversion, Richardson was almost always the one to get it.
"Taner is a great quarterback, but we haven't used him a whole lot," Gandy said. "I didn't want him to get banged up earlier in the season, but now we finally let him go."
After taking a 13-6 lead into halftime, Ringling came out for the second half with every intention of finally getting its ground game going, which it did to deadly efficiency.
The Blue Devils bullied Wynnewood up front for most of the second half, churning out yardage and first downs while controlling the pace of play, concluding when Dillon hit pay dirt on a 3-yard run with 7:14 left in the third.
Meanwhile, the Ringling defense put together its finest performance of the season, making a formidable Savages offense look rather pedestrian for most of the game.
Wynnewood quarterback Jace Brown, who had thrown just two interceptions all year, was picked off three times by the Blue Devils. Running back Trey Knowles, who came into Saturday's game just shy of 2,000 yards on the year, gained a meager 25 yards on nine carries.
"They were suffocating," Gandy said. "It was an amazing performance by our defense."
But the play of the game, perhaps, came with 5:14 left in the fourth quarter. Facing a 4th-and-2 from its own 33, Gandy was in favor of punting and playing field position with his 27-12 lead.
His players had other ideas.
"We told him to let us go for it," Richardson said. "We felt like we could get it."
The team went into its full house package and handed the ball off to Dillon, who streaked past the left guard, made one cut and raced down the sideline for a 67-yard touchdown that tore the hearts out of the Savages and ended any slim hopes for a comeback.
"What can you say about that guy," Gandy said of Dillon. "No moment is too big for him."
Neither, it seems, is there a moment too big for Gandy or the Blue Devils, who seemed dead to rights just three weeks ago, trailing Wayne by 19, on the road, with under 4 minutes left in the third quarter.
Since that moment, Ringling has outscored opponents 100-33 and earned three consecutive victories over teams who entered their games against Ringling with a combined record of 36-1.
But more important is that golden football, which will now join the three others that adorn the trophy case of Ringling High School.
"I couldn't be more proud of these boys," Gandy said. "They earned this, and that's what makes me happier than anything."
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The Sirens and '70s Female Glam Rockers By Bess Korey
Part 1- A Brief History of '70s Glam Women
The genre of '70s Glam Rock, despite all it's gender-bending and female posturing, was still inherently a male-dominated movement. The trinity of Glam consisted of David Bowie, T.Rex and Roxy Music, and they are known for pioneering the genre, and for being influential on many of the groups who came thereafter. But there were many different factors that influenced the movement, which remain both known and unknown, and these elements go back to way before the 1970s; Oscar Wilde, Hollywood Glamour of the 1920s-1940s, '50s Rock N' Roll, and the '60s Warhol Factory Scene, to name a few. The latter element having one of the greatest affects on the feminization of the male musicians in the scene. Warhol Superstars like Jackie Curtis and Candy Darling, whom also happened to be Drag Queens, proved as models for this feminization, and both were immortalized in Lou Reed's Glam Anthem, "Walk On The Wild Side." Jackie Curtis, who was light years ahead of his time, represented the glitter in the gutter aspect of Glam that would later be portrayed by the New York Dolls, and other groups that wanted to be glamourous on a junk shop budget. But Jackie also was said to have an influence on Bowie's high-brow glam image as well, especially since he had bright red hair and wore glitter make-up before Ziggy Stardust did. Candy Darling represented old time Hollywood Glamour, and could even pass for a '40s screen siren in her photos. Unlike Jackie, Candy wanted to live her life as a female and pass as one, where as Jackie was all about androgyny, and acting out the gender of which he felt most comfortable being that day. When he was female, he played that role in a campy, over the top way, and was never interested in passing for a real female. The feminization of the male musicians of the Glam movement mixed the styles of Candy and Jackie, but had Jackie's attitude. Even though they were fine with dressing like females, they didn't actually want to be that gender.
What about the flip side to all this gender-bending; the female musicians that dressed butch, and/or took part in the movement. Well, as most people know, there was Suzi Quatro, and she played an important part in the scene. She didn't wear make-up, always wore pants, and exhibited behavior, which at the time, was considered quite male, including; playing the bass, writing her own songs, and being very raunchy on stage. You have to remember that during the early '70s the idea of a female playing an electric musical instrument was seen as an anomaly. Even the bass guitar, which later went on to be thought of as a more so feminized instrument, was still seen as a male plaything. So the fact that Suzi knew how to play it, and did so in a very sexual way, was seen as very revolutionary for the time. Suzi is often remembered as the only female that was part of the Glam Rock scene, but the truth is that she was not the only female participating, she was just the most well known.
There were women behind the scenes, like Angie Bowie and June Bolan, who each played a hand in shaping the images of their famous husbands. After all, the best way for a man to learn how to dress female would be from a woman. And it is very possible that there were other image makers in the scene who were female as well. As far as other female performers go, there were quite a few, and unfortunately most of them have been forgotten, which could have to do with the fact that Glam was a male-dominated movement, and could also be attributed to sexism towards female performers causing inaccuracies and omissions from the annals of Rock Music history.
Fortunately, there are some websites out there, like Glam Rock Bear (which was one of my favorite sites, and is sadly now defunct), Crazee Kids Sound (which has a page dedicated to Glam Girls here: http://crazeekids-music.blogspot.com/search/label/*glam%20girls) and '70s Invasion (which features all kinds of music from the '70s, but specifically mentions female Glam Rockers here: http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/70sinvasion/page4.html) that remember these female Glam performers, and pays tribute to them. Performers such as: Noosha Fox (of the band Fox), Dana Gillespie, Lynsey De Paul, Bobbie McGee aka Gladys Glitter, Zenda Jacks, Kristine Sparkle, Fanny, Bonnie St. Claire, Cherry Van Gelder-Smith and more. As an American Record Collector, I have had much difficulty finding music by most of the above artists. There have been some recent re-issues by some U.K. labels that I have been able to get my hands on though, like Kristine Sparkle's Devil Woman, which was put out by RPM Records within the past few years, and Cherry Red Records recently re-issued Fanny's Glam album, Rock N' Roll Survivors. So there have been some efforts in recent years to get the music of some of these women out there, but in general, their music and information about them, can be hard to find. (Like I said, I am in the U.S., so this is my experience from living there, it may be easier to find music by some of these artists in other parts of the world. I do know for a fact though that finding information on the web about some of these artists can be difficult, so I stand by that statement).
Unlike Suzi Quatro, a lot of these female performers expressed themselves in an extremely feminized way. Instead of dressing butch, they played up their femaleness, but in a drag way, which can be seen as gender bending within itself. Here you had females dressing like males who dressed like females, and in the process, putting yet another twist on traditional gender roles.
Part 2- The Sirens
35 years after Glam Rock first made its mark on the world, a group from Detroit, Michigan, called the Sirens, are putting a long overdue female twist on the typically male style of music. Since their inception in 2000, The Sirens have toured in North America and Europe, including a record breaking tour of Serbia which lasted consecutively for over 2 weeks, and made them the first U.S. band ever to play that many shows there in a row. They have released two albums of Glam covers, their most recent, More Is More, during early 2007. The current line-up of the group includes: Muffy on vocals, Melody Licious and Miggy Starcrunch on guitars and backing vocals, Miss Lela on bass and backing vocals, and Malarsh on drums.
During the Spring of 2007, I was able to sit down with Melody Licious for a chat at a favorite hometown hangout of hers called The Belmont. Licious wasn't a founding member of the group, but still feels as if she has helped to carve out their sound. She says, " A bunch of Detroit rock chicks got together [including vocalist Muffy, as well as some current and former members of the Gore Gore Girls, which is a band that Licious was also involved with] and they wanted to do a '60s Girl Group thing, and they started doing that around 2000. Fast forward 7 years and now we're this Glam Rock Powerhouse. Muffy loves Girl Groups, Glam Rock, and Fashion. She is a fashion genius and Muffy is the Sirens. The band started out wearing awesome outfits and doing covers of groups like the Shangri-Las and the Shirelles. I got asked to join the Sirens in 2001, and I told Muffy I wasn't going to join the band unless I could bring my metal zone pedal with me. I brought a metal sound to this '60s Girl Group type of scenario, and that kind of made it a lot heavier."
On More Is More, Licious's metal influence can be heard on quite a few tracks.This is especially apparent when they cover, "1-2-3-4 Rock And Roll" by Girlschool, whom themselves were not a Glam band, but were influenced by the genre's sound, as were some other metal groups. Not surprisingly, Licious chose for the song to be on the album and it is one of her favorite tracks that they do. "Hellraiser" by Sweet, which is also on the album, would be another example of a hard rocking Glam song that later went on to influence metal groups, like Girlschool, Def Leppard, and Motley Crue. There is even a hidden track, which includes a very tongue-in-cheek cover of Poison's "Talk Dirty To Me", so throughout the album, they not only acknowledge Glam itself, but what preceded it and what it has influenced as well. They give a shout out to their hometown of Detroit's musical roots by covering the MC5's "High School." They show off their pop sensibilities when they cover the Bay City Roller's "Saturday Night". Keeping in step with the earliest incarnation of the Sirens, they pay homage to the Shangri-Las, whom have long been known as an influence on Glam, especially on the New York Dolls, by covering their song, "Right Now Not Later". A nod is also given to the musical Hedwig And The Angry Inch, which like the Sirens' themselves, is a modern day take on the '70s Glam Rock sound. The varying styles of the covers they choose, from radio friendly pop to harder rock, enables the group to show off their versatility as instrumentalists, as well as in Muffy's vocal style. Her vocals are able to walk an androgynous line when she evokes the raw, grittiness of Noddy Holder [from Slade] to sounding pretty and feminine like Mary Weiss [of the Shangri-Las], and she is able to find a balance between those two very different singing styles.
The Sirens original intention was to be an all-female band. Licious says, "At one point the Sirens had three guitar players, a bass player, a singer, and a drummer, all female, and all from Detroit. That was around early 2003. One of the guitar players kind of wandered off, so then it was five girls for awhile, instead of six. In 2005, we got asked to go to France for a tour, after our first album came out, which was self-titled. It was produced by Michael Ivans who was the bass player for the Flaming Lips, and was put out by Get Hip Records. We toured France, but our bass player couldn't go because she had a baby, so we got this guy in the band [Malarsh who started out playing bass for them, then switched to drums]. Muffy had one requirement for him. She said, 'You want to join this band, I got two words for you, Cod Piece.' Once we let a guy in, and Muffy totally dressed him up in a gold leather jacket, chest hair ablazing, with a cod piece, and 7 inch platform boots, it just changed the tone of the band completely."
Muffy's fashion expertise comes from her line of work which she does outside of the band. She is the Visual Design Manager for Neiman Marcus in Detroit, and is known across the country for her work with the company. She has taken this fashion know how and has applied it to the Sirens' extremely over the top and campy Glam Rock look, which is very apparent on the cover of More Is More. Muffy thinks up the bands' costumes for their gigs, which are different for every show they play, and usually have a theme to them. The spectrum of costumes includes everything from gold lame and platforms, to the Un-PC Indian look, which is inspired by Sweet's performance of "Wig Wam Bam", to being covered in flames like Slade, to looking like characters from the movie The Road Warrior, to being Glam Rock Mechanics.
In regards to the fact that the Sirens' only play cover songs on that album, as well as the preceding one, Licious had this to say, "We play the songs we want to play, we put our time and energy into making a good show, and looking and sounding good, and entertaining a crowd. Where as a lot of bands put all their energy into songwriting [instead]. Jazz singers, Blues singers, even Pop singers, nobody bats an eyelash if they don't write their own songs, in fact it's almost expected. But with a Rock band, if you don't write your own songs, you're considered either a fake or just a cover band, but I think that in the nature we do it, much like the Detroit Cobras, our style precedes the fact that we don't write songs. We choose to focus [instead] on our musicianship, our stage shows, our costumes, and having fun."
Licious is in her late '20s, so she doesn't remember the '70s. Many things have changed since that decade, especially in regards to how people view women musicians, but in certain ways, they've stayed the same. She says, "When I was growing up [in the '90s], being a woman musician, you were limited in who you could be influenced by [in terms of other female musicians]. And now I'm really glad that people have [more of] a choice, like you can decide between Kittie and the Donnas. When a girl band does good it no longer turns into a feature article just about how they're chicks. But I'm still waiting for the female versions of the Rolling Stones and Led Zepplin. I don't know if it's the marketing, if it's the women [musicians] not having enough confidence in themselves, the record labels thinking it won't sell, or the public not wanting to believe it, but women have been playing music for decades, and I don't understand why there hasn't been an all-female band that has been held as highly as those guy bands. Female Rock Gods are few and far between. You have Bonnie Raitt, Joan Jett, Chrissie Hynde. But where's the female Keith Richards or the female Eddie Van Halen? Women can play just as well as men, why aren't they considered Rock Gods?"


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Johnson: Flames won't be content with a lengthy rebuild
Even though the trade deadline has passed, GM Jay Feaster will remain in evaluation mode as he prepares club for next season
Another deadline has come and gone. The tremors, the aftershocks, to the jarring seismic activity registered hereabouts over the last week, were, as it turns out, mild.
Blake Comeau to Columbus? Nice fella. Hard worker. But not exactly off-the-Richter-Scale, earth-shaking stuff.
So with the 1 p.m. MDT trade moratorium passed, auditions to inhabit this post-Iginla, post-Bouwmeester, post-apocalyptic world of the Calgary Flames began last night against those whippersnapper Oilers. And, no, not only for the grass-green, dewy-eyed kids they'll be plucking out of Abbotsford for a look-see, either.
The big-ticket guys. The remaining marquee names.
They'll be specimens wriggling under a microscope, too.
The effort level from the young 'uns, looking to make a mark, leave an impression, gain a foothold, is a given. Energy and enthusiasm being, after all, their stock in trade. They'll make mistakes, sure, but they're going to be busting their fannies regardless of the famous names that have departed, the growing sense of playoff hopelessness.
They have no reputations to sit on, no sense of entitlement to surmount, no time for dissatisfaction or personal pity parties.
"They know where I am," Feaster countered when the possibility of veteran malaise was brought up during Wednesday's post-deadline availability. "They know where I am and if that's their attitude I wished they'd come and seen me before 3 p.m. Eastern time.
"If you want out, I'm a pretty available guy.
"Seriously, if that's the case, if there are veteran players who are 'Woe is me!' and 'I lost my dog and my best friend!' and 'My wife ran away with the lawn-mowing guy!' then come see me."
There'll be no need for anyone to bother knocking on the GM's door.
The guilty parties will be easy to spot.
For as undeniably difficult as this current situation is, the compounding frustration of playing out the string, watching cornerstone players dealt away with nothing immediate in the way of aid coming back in return, the worst thing any of them can do is now is the minimum.
Rebuilds are hellish enough beasts to try to sell to a paying public without piling on the problem with an unmistakable lack of try.
"We recognize that we have a job to do," emphasized Feaster. "The preparation and the approach of the coaching staff is: We're professionals and we have an obligation. We have an obligation to our fans, first of all. We have an obligation to our ownership. And, candidly, we have an obligation to each other. Every one of us, we all have a job to do, and we need to do it professionally and with pride.
"And that's how we intend to see it out."
He spoke again Wednesday of the 180-degree switch in philosophy, of the importance and quality of this upcoming draft and the very real possibility the Flames will have three first-round selections. Of how he considered few of his assets "untouchable" as he worked the phone and the deadline approached. Of how, despite erroneous — and he felt irresponsible — reports to the contrary, he had, never, ever put Curtis Glencross on the NHL's version of the Home Shopping Channel.
Yes, Jay Feaster, who for the last month and half looked like a guy who actually had just lost dog or his best friend seemed a revitalized spirit Wednesday.
A recent vote of confidence from on high, perhaps? A sense of blessed relief that the long-neglected overhaul had finally been given organizational benediction? Whatever, the man seemed to have his money pitch, his fastball, back.
And considering he remains in charge of the show, however you may personally grade his performance since taking the big job and/or over the past week, that's a good thing.
And he made it perfectly clear that in these troubled times, he simply will not stand for half-hearted efforts, petulant pouting or any lazy, easy ways out.
Any player that's of a mind to roll over and wait for a tummy tickle had best prepare for a change of address come summer. No matter what their standing within the dressing room.
"We lead a pretty charmed life, I think," he said, with welcome candour. "We have a lot of people that come here and pay good money to enable use to live the life that we live. And we have owners that support us and allow us to do what we want to do, spend to the cap and commit the resources.
"And as I said earlier, every one of us, from me right on through to the assistant medical trainer — and that counts every player in that room — we have an obligation to be the best we can be, to make sure we're giving our fans and our owners good value.
"That'll get me on Sports Centre tonight, I guess. And I don't mean to be flippant about that. But honestly, the veterans . . . let's start playing.
"Let's go."
There are 13 games remaining. The organizational gaze has shifted, of course, off towards the horizon. But the challenge of the here and now for any player is to make plain beyond a shadow of a doubt their desire to be a part of that horizon.
"There are guys in that room . . . the consternation and concern that they've shown over whether they were going to be moved or not," said Feaster. "We've had a number of guys tell the coaching staff 'I'll feel so much better at one o'clock Mountain Time today.'
"Candidly, I expect that we're going to see that translated on the ice sheet tonight. We should see that translated on the ice sheet tonight.
"There are some guys who feel good that they weren't moved."
Easy to say, of course.
No time like the present to go out and actually prove it.
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The Hartford Financial Services Group on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings that fell short of analysts' expectations.
The company's net loss for the quarter was $467 million, or $1.00 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $190 million, or 39 cents per diluted share, during the same period last year.
Quarterly results include a $617 million loss on discontinued operations related to the company's Japan annuity business. The Hartford on July 1 said that it was expecting an after-tax loss of $625 million as it completed the sale of its Japanese annuity subsidiary, Hartford Life Insurance K.K., to ORIX Life Insurance Corp.
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Greenland hit the headlines this week after a vast block of ice broke off from the country's Petermann Glacier. The 600-foot thick iceberg is around four times the size of Manhattan. Researchers monitoring the Greenland ice sheet have said it represents the largest single shedding of Greenland's ice sheet in fifty years.
Breakages from Greenland's ice sheet (a process known as 'calving'), are not uncommon and hundreds occur naturally every year. But the sheer size of the most recent separation from the ice sheet has once again focused attention on changing conditions in the Arctic.
GRID-Arendal in Norway, a collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), closely monitors changes in the Arctic climate and promotes conservation initiatives in the polar region.
Peter Prokosch, Director of GRID-Arendal, says the science world is in agreement that recent years have seen a net loss of ice mass in Greenland.
'Today, we are seeing a much faster rate of iceberg calving than in previous years', explains Mr. Prokosch. But as well as the losses in Greenland, Arctic sea ice, which covers the oceans around the North Pole, is melting at higher speeds every year. This means less ice remaining in late summer and subsequent habitat loss for polar bears and other species. A reduction in ice also means less 'white reflection' of solar energy, which contributes to further warming of the region.
Data from last month shows that the total sea ice cover in the Arctic was at its second-lowest level for July in over three decades. Last month, some 70,000 square kilometers of Arctic ice was lost through melting each day.
So what can be done to protect the Arctic's unique habitats? Those at the UNEP/GRID-Arendal centre believe a new brand of tourism could hold part of the answer.