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Introduce yourself!
Posted 01 August 2000 - 09:44
Posted 17 August 2000 - 14:17
Posted 17 August 2000 - 19:54
My F1 interest started in 1952 when I had some teeth extracted and as a reward for my silence I was given a Cooper Bristol dinky toy for my silence. At the time J M Hawthorn was the rage and he became my 'hero' I was resident in Hall Green, Birmingham, England, and when he joined Ferrari my obsession with that marque commenced. I have since then been an unrepentant member of the Tiffosi.
The next few years three years were all Ferrari - Ascari, Farina etc until - our local boy, Peter Collins, joined the Ferrari team in 1956 and almost won the Championship that year.
I did not attend a race meeting until 1960 when I went to Silverstone for the International Trophy meeting in May. That day I obtained the autographs of Innes Ireland, Alan Stacey and Chris Bristow and within a few weeks the latter two were killed so after that I did not bother collecting autographs.
I attended British race meetings regularly throughout the 1.5 litre formula seeing at close quarters all the stars of the Era and on into the 3 litres until 1973. Then there was a gap until 1982 when I recommenced attending British GP practice days as another local man, N Mansell, was beginning to make a name for himself.
At the same time thanks to Satellite broadcasts I became addicted to Indy (Champ) cars and US stock cars (Nascar) For a time in 1996 I worked in the US and every weekend through the summer was heaven........
I am a racing lunatic and always will be - I love Silverstone and its history and hate Brands Hatch. If the British GP has to anywhere it should be to Donnington which is its rightful home.
I am unrepentant cocncerning this and when I travelled North in my work used to detour past Donnington just to see the famous Melbourne hairpin.
I now live in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
My favourite European circuits are old Nurburgring, old Spa and Monza.
My top ten drivers are Nuvolari
Hill G
Controversial? I can defend it!
Posted 18 August 2000 - 01:17
Posted 18 August 2000 - 05:41
There wasn't much going on in early 1941, so everybody knew that I had arrived.
I've been around motor sports since 1954, when as I said earlier I was given a rag and told to go shine that car. It was a Cisitalia Monoposto. As I remember, it looked a bit tatty.
As a schoolboy, in 1956-57, I wrote of Briggs Cunningham's efforts in my school newspaper. I received a nice letter from Briggs' wife at the time complimenting me on the article. She in turn provided me with Stirling Moss' address while at Sebring (Harder Hall). I started an off and on correspondence with Stirling that remains to this day. I hitchhiked to Lime Rock for the first races ever held at the track and watched Carrol Shelby vanquish Cunningham's D-Jags, first in John Edgar's Maserati 300S and in the fall, in Edgar's 450S. I watched Walter Cronkite race a Lotus at Lime Rock.
In the Army in Germany, the Nurburgring 1000K, Spa were my "local," tracks. I was at Reims for Giancarlo Baghetti's first and only Grand Prix win.
In the late 70's, I worked with people like the late Harald Ertl, Deutsche Rennsport Meister, Klaus Niedzwiecz (sp), Tommy Byrne and Roberto Moreno (Back when they were in Formula Ford). I "retired," from the Army in 1980. I lived near Heidelberg, within walking distance of the Hockenheimring. Used to hang out at the Sachs Kurve. F-2 at Spa, Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM) at Hockenheim, Wunstdorf, the Nurburgring. F-1 at Hockenheim and Zandvoort. I came back to America in late 1982.
I have written for numerous publications. One that I thought would go somewhere was RACETIME, a motorsports television guide. It didn't make it though. I arranged personal appearances at my company for Lyn St. James, Scott Pruett, Tom Gloy, Willie T Ribbs, Bob Bondurant and the Roush Racing team.
In 1991, I was the impetus for two thirtieth anniversary tributes to Phil Hill. One was at the US Grand Prix in Phoenix AZ. The second was at Laguna Seca and included Denise McCluggage, Froilan Gonzalez, Stirling Moss, Skip Hudson, Juan Manuel Fangio II and The Maestro Juan Manuel Fangio, Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney and Danny Sullivan, Pete Lovely, Max Balchowsky and Tim Considine. I also went back to Germany as an instructor for the Air Force and I went to the Deutsche Turenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) taces at Zolder and the new Nurburgring.
In America I have been a fixture at Sears Point, Laguna Seca and Long Beach.
I am currently involved in searching for advertising monies for a young (17) female Outlaw Kart racer for a 2001 Midget program and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racing team.
Come visit http://www.jps.net/g...fard/index.html
The site will be moving soon but I will provide a link to where ever it goes.
You had to ask, didn't you?
Gil Bouffard
Posted 18 August 2000 - 07:40
My name is Antti Hovi and I work as a programme manager in National Technology Agency of Finland. There seems to be a lot of Finns in the Atlas BB but it also seems that most of them are not intrested in Nostalgia Forum - propably the reason being that most of finnish F1 fans are from Häkkinen/Lehto/Salo era. When Keke Rosberg was in his prime he was not really a very popular figure and time after time I had to defend Formula 1. Most of the people were basically thinking that motorsports is not sport at all. Well, it has all now been changed.
Well, some words about myself. I am married, four kids. I was born in 1957 if anybody is intrestred. I have a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - nowadays working mostly with Micro Systems Technology (MST), production systems and automation - as an initiator and financer.
My intrest in motorsports stems from the end of sixties beginning of seventies, when A Finn named Leo Kinnunen was teamed with Pedro Rodriguez in Team Porsche and they beat just about everybody. Leo Kinnunen was also the first Finn in Formuka 1 - he tried to qualify himself to couple of Grand Prix with yesteryears Surtees, but as far as I remember he never qualified. Before Rosberg there was also Mikko Kosarovitsky whose fate was just about the same. Keke Rosberg was the first Finn who ever really got anywhere. Of course the new guys from Finland have kindled the old flame again. I am not much intrested in other forms of motorsport, except ofcourse rally - being a Finn.
Posted 18 August 2000 - 07:51
Posted 25 September 2000 - 17:04
It seems to me that this quote is an evergreen.
It seems we are getting new posters to the forum every week plus I understand that we have new viewers also. What I would like to do every so often is allow everyone the opportunity to introduce themselves (reveal) as much as they feel comfortable.
Posted 25 September 2000 - 18:57
My name is Carles Bosch and I'm usually reading/posting in this forum for the last fortnight or so.
I'm 41, born and living in Barcelona and hooked by motorsport from my childhood.
Mainly, I'm interested in F1, either present-day or the historic side.
Besides this, I'm following usually the news on the World Rally Championship, seeing live on TV most of the 500cc. bikes racing, and ChampCars races as well.
The racing history that draws my attention expands from the Silver Arrows era to the early seventies, including F1, sportscars and rallying.
When 15, began my racing experience through karting until 18 years old, then moved up to rallying and hillclimbing, starting at the wheel of a Seat/Fiat 127, then Talbot Samba Rally and finishing with a more powerful Peugeot 205-GTI 1'9 when 32 y.o. or so.
I'm single though living with my girlfriend. We both have a Suzuki Vitara 16V to share the pleasure of driving off-road and I'm the owner of a Kawasaki KLE (500 cc., trail) to have a ride occasionally, either trough mountain roads or forest tracks.
Posted 25 September 2000 - 19:57
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Posted 25 September 2000 - 22:31
I am Rainer Nyberg from Sweden. Born in 1962, 38yo in November. Most of my friends are already here and Mattijs of 8W discovered this for me.
I am often on Atlas but this button I didn´t try for some reason...
Anyway, earlier I concentrated on the post 1966-era...but my friends have put me on a track to the earlier years as well and now I am able to tell a Lancia D50 aprt from a Maserati 250F!
My motorsport interest is quite broad, but obsessions apart from F1, include the Le Mans 24hour race and the Indy 500. Also the Swedish Rally is on the obsession list.
Otherwise I can enjoy most four-wheelers and even three-wheelers! (refering to Reliant racing of course!)
Other fields of interest is Aviation (i work in aircraft-maintenance). Particular interest is WWII warbirds, and I have been to Midland, Texas twice to enjoy the Confederate Air Force Airsho.
Favorite sport besides motorsports is Hockey. Favorite NHL team since 1978 is the New York Rangers.
Myself I am trying to do some time on my MTB and I trying to take up golf also....
Favorite music artists are : The Refreshments, Status Quo, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dave Edmunds, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam...and even the king himself....
In effect good old rock n roll!
Rainer Nyberg
Posted 27 September 2000 - 00:20
Surprisingly enough my real name is Matt Foster. I was born in the small NE Victorian town of Corryong on 19 October 1966. That makes me 33 going on 92 . As with most of the posters here my Dad indoctrinated me into the cult of Motor Racing. He used to race a home made hot rod at make shift track around that part of the state. As a child he would tell me stories about he and his mates built their own track and racing on it, or seeing a young Allan Moffat (whom he hates with a passion) taking on the likes of Norm Beechey and Bob Jane at Hume and Winton.
Some of my earliest memories are of watching the 1969 Bathurst 1000 and the big crash at the start and following year when the guy in the GTHO Falcon, his name escapes me at the moment rolling along the fence at Mc Phillamy Park. We moved to Melbourne in 1971 and my first race meeting I can remember was going to Calder park in late '71 to see the great Giacomo Agostini race his AV Agusta . If I wasn't hooked from watching racing on TV I was hooked that day. I became obsessed with anything automotive.
My Dad would take me to every race meeting that finances could afford. I hadn't missed a Sandown 500 since 1976, usually watching from the infield on the back straight where the cars were flat out with the only protection between us and an errant car was a flimsy horse racing rail. I would infuriate my Dad who is a Holden fan by cheering for the Alfas, my favorite marque.
I got into F1 in the mid 70's from reading race reports in car magazines. My earliest induring memory of those reports was the photo spread of the dreadful fatal accident to Roger Williamson. It was my first hint that racing was dangerous but it didn't lessen my interest. I hadn't missed a race on TV since Channel 9 started screening them in 1981 till this years US GP when the video didn't work!!!!!!! Sounds like it was a great race. I have been to every Aussie GP since 1986 and I was lucky enough to go to Monza in 1984 when my parents packed us off to Italy for 3 months to check out my Mums homeland. Going to Monza was like making a pilgrimage, nothing beats the atmosphere that place has.
I love all forms of Motorsport but F1 CART and Touring Cars are the ones that keep my interest most these days.
I have owned 4 cars in my time. The first was a rusty old FIAT 128 SL(a tautology if every their was one) followed by a Alfa Romeo Alfasud ti. I traded the Alfa in for a Suzuki Vitara, like chalk and cheese those two were. Being happily married with 2 step kids since July last year I now drive a Toyota Prado 4WD and go on the occasional off road trek with the family.
My favorite driver (not necessarly the best) is Andrea de Cesaris and over the years others have been,
Gilles Villeneuve
Didier Pironi
Nelson Piquet
Colin Bond ( a great all rounder)
Jim Richards
Keke Rosberg
Riccardo Patrese
Elio de Angelis
I don't have a current F1 favorite driver, it's much better this way, if it's a good race I'm always happy with the result.
I should stop this rambling and if you have read this far you are a better person that I am!
Posted 29 September 2000 - 11:09
Also still lurking in the dark is an illustrious Spaniard from Gibraltar ;)
and a very competent grand prix detective from Ashburn, Devon in England.
Posted 29 September 2000 - 21:58
Posted 30 September 2000 - 02:28
I'm Michael Ferner from Bitburg, Germany. Some of you might know me already although I'm a complete newcomer to forum discussions. But judging from various trawls through the threads I'm sure I will enjoy it pretty much! There's actually so much interesting stuff being discussed here that I'm struggling to decide where to start with!
I was born in 1967 but feel like I'm into racing for more than 33 years already. Strangely enough I'm not interested at all in cars or motor cycles, but I am crazy for racing cars and bikes! I never raced myself except for a few hours of indoor kart and even barely enjoyed it since I'm 6 ft 7! (Maybe I should contact Chris Kneifel... ?)
My main focus right now is on chassis numbers and obscure race results, although I'm interested in everything that has to do with Grand Prix Racing. That includes all kinds of junior formulae, but not Touring Cars !
My favourite period is probably the mid-seventies with the British kit car and no real superstar driver. Of course, that was also the time when I was watching races on TV as a wide-eyed little boy (which is exactly the same way I feel when I watch historic stuff these days). My interest goes way back to the very beginnings in 1895 although I have to admit that the recent years have not been so fab. But history is a wonderful thing and in ten years time I'm sure most of us will sigh for the time of the millennium change when things weren't that bad!
That's why this place is called the Nostalgia Forum... I'll see you there![p][Edited by fines on 09-30-2000]
Posted 30 September 2000 - 04:15
Posted 30 September 2000 - 13:08
Did you see my story on Bright in MRA?
Posted 02 October 2000 - 21:17
I didn't frequent those tracks my Dad did, or if I did it was too young to remember. I will ask him about them when I see him next.
Posted 02 October 2000 - 21:42
I'm 31 yearls old (almost)
and i'm a racefan since the day I saw (on tv) Ronny Peterson going through woodcote (not the chicane but the real corner) on Silverstone.
Then and there I was hooked (I was just 5 or 6 at the time).
I'm to all things on 4 wheels, and a like to read about the early days of racing.
Posted 29 October 2000 - 19:09
I'm Steve Bruun, hailing from the western suburbs of Chicago (specifically, Warrenville). "Catch 22" refers to my favorite book of all time, Joseph Heller's great WWII satire. My race cars have always been blue (the color of the book's cover) and my race number has always been 22, with "Catch 22" lettered somewhere on the rear bodywork (along with a decal of the Hesketh teddy bear mascot since my family nickname has been "Bear" for as long as I can remember). I currently drive a blue 1990 Miata with two broad silver stripes down the middle, although I gave up racing it a couple of years back. I've also got a Jeep Grand Cherokee for when the weather's bad (which is all too often the case in these parts). Happily married (Jacque, also a huge F1 fan, lucky me), no kids, three cats (Bob, Karma, and Woof).
I'm a native of California, born in San Diego on August 21, 1951, and first got into Formula One reading Road & Track magazine in 1962, Graham Hill's first championship year in the beautiful BRM P57. I sincerely regret not having discovered it a year earlier so I'd have some memories of my good friend Phil Hill's championship season. My earliest heroes were Jimmy Clark and Dan Gurney. I won my first important rallye (driving a blue MGB, #22 of course) on the day that Clark was killed. I remember getting home happily waving the trophy when my mom came out to meet me in the driveway and told me the terrible news. I was fortunate enough to finally meet Gurney at Indianapolis last month and about dropped to my knees to kiss the great one's feet. He is a very nice man, indeed, and was kind enough to sign a t-shirt I have commemorating his 1967 win at Spa in the Eagle-Weslake. I don't chase after autographs as a rule, but his was the exception!
Although I lived very near the place while Formula One was making annual visits to Long Beach, I never attended the race, reasoning that lack of decent sight lines at a street circuit would spoil the experience. My first F1 race in person was Spa '93 (Damon's second win, with Prost, Senna, and Michael Andretti among the field). It was heaven! The sound of the Lamborghini V-12 in the Larrouse cars will remain with me always. I've also attended races at Silverstone ('95, Johnny's first win as I cheered him on wearing the Johnny Herbert Fan Club t-shirt I'd purchased from his mum the day before), Monza ('98, a Ferrari one-two and one of the most exciting spectacles one could possibly imagine), Montreal (three times), and Indianapolis. My biggest regret is probably that I never saw Ronnie Peterson drive in person (I'm of mostly Swedish heritage). The images most firmly etched into my memory are of Lorenzo Bandini's fatal crash at Monaco in 1967, sad to say. I visited Monte Carlo in 1998 and said a silent prayer for him at the site.
Before that, I saw every one of the races at Laguna Seca in the original Can-Am series from the bottom of the corkscrew (and a number of the F5000 events as well). I've also spent happy days at Road America eating bratwurst and watching the CART races since moving to this area in 1985, and attended the innaugural Chicago CART event last year (the only major race on an oval track I've ever seen in person, and quite likely the last). I'm no fan of NASCAR, but do tune in to watch them for laughs whenever they visit Sears Point or Watkins Glen.
My background is in psychology (Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 1982). I was a college professor in New Hampshire for three years after that, and then took up an engineering career with AT&T Bell Labs (now Lucent Technologies) in 1985. I'm now an independent corporate training consultant, but would like to move back into the academic world very soon. I also spent a number of years on hiatus from school during my undergraduate days as a professional FM radio disk jockey, which explains my other passion, rock 'n' roll (especially '50s/'60s stuff). I do a lot of music programming in my spare time. I'm currently working on a 160-hour series documenting the history of popular music in the U.S. from the late '40s through the early '70s. I've also got a closet full of Tamiya 1/20th-scale F1 kits waiting for my retirement.
A lot more than you wanted to know, no doubt, but once I got started, it was hard to know what to leave out. Thanks for listening![p][Edited by Catch 22 on 10-29-2000]
Posted 29 October 2000 - 21:57
Posted 29 October 2000 - 22:50
I've been a race fan since 1957. I have collected model racing cars since that time, and since 1960 I have been a slot race fan. Nowadays I build my own cars; my website has already been mentioned by Brent from N.Z. but for anyone interested it's at http://www.bboor.freeserve.co.uk
During 1971 and 1972 I was part of the very small team of ambitious lunatics who built the Connew F1 car. Peter Connew is my cousin and the story of that failed venture is around in various places for all to see.
I am married to a Welsh-speaking Welsh lady named Heather and I can now converse in Welsh at a fairly basic level. Nowadays I am back teaching, working in the castle town of Caernarfon in North West Wales. I don't go racing often these days, (too expensive and far away) although I do get to the Coys Festival most years.
I still enjoy F1 racing, (it's in the blood) but I must be honest and say not as much as I used to. My all-time hero is Dan Gurney, and I usually refer to myself as his #1 British fan. (see story on Retro Racing.)
Since Dan retired, I have no real favourites; indeed, I would love to see every race won by a different driver.
As with many of us, I am a frustrated racer and like racing sims, especially Legends, which I can't do very well, and GP2 which I can. I mostly enjoy downloading old carsets and racing on old tracks.
I only discovered Atlas 2 weeks ago, and cannot believe I existed without it for so long.
Posted 29 October 2000 - 23:24
- Catch 22 (Steve Bruun, email@example.com)
Posted 30 October 2000 - 14:40
A psychologist huh? Perhaps you could help some of us regarding our obsessions?
Posted 30 October 2000 - 15:06
If only I could, but I've been addicted to this racin' stuff since long before I got my degree! If I were of Freudian bent, I could have an awful lot of fun with the phallic implications of the cars, especially the mid-60's beauties I love so much, but I'm not, so I'll leave the couch vacant...
Posted 30 October 2000 - 16:10
Posted 30 October 2000 - 16:20
Should we change the name of this thread to "confessions" or perhaps "therapy"?
Posted 30 October 2000 - 20:15
Posted 30 October 2000 - 20:22
Again, reading through this thread is quite an eye-opener at the talent assemled here on the Forum.
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Posted 06 November 2000 - 23:12
My name is John Shepherd, born in England in 1935 (for those who couldn't be bothered to count in the'How old are you?' thread). Seem to have been become a car nut at around 2 years of age. Discovered racing cars at about 12years or so from my father's books on "Bira" and the pre-war Mercedes.
Got to see, hear, and smell, the real thing in the late '40s at Goodwood, 'Bira', Parnell, de Graffenreid in 4CLT Maseratis, Oscas etc.
Discovered DSJ, 'Jenks' in Feb'53 and never missed an issue of MS (or hardly ever, as the song goes) till he was displaced, or whatever happened. Freely admit to being in step with most of his views and loved the style. The compatibility was endorsed by being at events he reported on, because my sense of the flavour of what had gone on seemed to be echoed his reports.
In the middle '50s I could afford to get to one or two events per year, and so saw a quite a bit of Moss, Hawthorn, Collins etc, not forgetting Fangio. Continued to spectate in England until the 1976, when I emigrated to Canada. Saw Clark, Gurney, Surtees, Hill G and P, Stewart, Rindt, Brabham, Hulme, Peterson, and ...oh my, the list won't stop. But I better include Amon on account of the non-stop thread...
Drove an Alvis TA14, Porsche 356SC, Fiat 128 (which somehow got into this thread, but it was great fun - loved the way it would tuck itself into a corner when you lifted off after a too-fast entry) and Lancia Fulvia (1.6) amongst others whilst in the in the UK. The 356 made me a Porsche maniac. Saw the Porsche maniacs, Siffert and Rodrigues in the awe-inspiring 917s. Oh my, oh my.
In Canada, managed to take in a GP at Mosport (Lauda sliding off on marbles deposited by an errant driver, RATS!) and HAD to go to Montreal (from Western Canada) to see Gilles (the DSJ influence) in 1980 and 81. The scrap (right word?) between Gilles and Jonesey Boy, and the drive in the wet when the Ferrari nose-cone first wrapped itself backwards over the front, and then fell off. He was faster when it fell off, 'cos then he could see which way the track went.
Was at Detroit when Senna won, but didn't get to see much of the skills. Awful viewing, so disappointing. Made me remember my day at Goodwood in 1957 (see the Moss thread for more. Not wishing to self-promote, but that's an attempt to show something of how things were in the '50s).
All the while earning a living as a scientist of sorts.
Disability keeps me a TV follower of F1 and CART. Good stuff there. I loved to know what really went on with Zanardi and the Williams team- just keeping my fingers crossed that Montoya doesn't get crushed there, 'tho he's got too much talent for that, hasn't he? )
Again, thanks to you all for giving so much pleasure and sharing so much knowledge.
Posted 07 November 2000 - 09:09
Seems to be young for this forum : I share my age with a famous "compatriote", Jean Todt !
I live near Paris and work in computer.
Fall in motor racing around 1960 and my prefered heroes are Fangio, Moss, Clark. In the recent period, I prefer Mika and Alesi to Michael. But I recently "discover" older legends and I'm currently very interested by everything concerning Tazio Nuvolari.
But I have been always more interested by technic.
Living not far from LeMans, I have the nostalgia of the great period of sports car when the "monstruous" MKII's and Shelby's came to Ferrari : great years !
Posted 07 November 2000 - 14:15
Check out Penn State Formula SAE at: http://www2.me.psu.edu/sae/FSAE/
Car nut, that's me. First race attended was an SVRA weekend at the Glen in '86. I was five. Oh how I wish I hadn't been so interested in silly bottlecaps at the time. I missed some great cars.
I suppose I'm more of a car fan than a racing fan. I think that comes from my experiences at vintage events. Occasionally there are some good dices, but the real show is usually in the pits. I love to see cars of all ages and look at how they are built, how each system works, and why it works. When I first became interested in F1 racing I loved to read about the drivers, but increasingly I've become interested in the designers/builders.
I drive a Volvo 240. It's the best car in the world IMO. There's something about British cars that attracts me. I want to own a Turner someday. Ultimate dream car is a Ferrari 166 Barchetta. If I had enough money, I'm afraid I'd own way too many cars than any man should.
Posted 08 November 2000 - 16:32
I am Rob Ryder from Teesside, England. I was born in 1951, so that means my half century next March.
I am a Network and Database Administrator for an American oil company (Phillips Petroleum) and have been since 1986. My ambition is to retire 2 years from now and devote all of my time to F1 on the net!
I can not remember how I came across TNF, but I have been an avid reader since February of this year. In May I actually registered and summoned up the courage to post my first message. I still read a lot more than I post, maybe I have an inferiority complex, what with all of the F1 gurus that frequent TNF?
I am interested in most aspects of motor sport, but my passion is F1, and mainly the 70's. This was the time before all of the cars looked the same except for the colour, when there was a chance for the enthusiastic amateur (hello again Barry Boor), and Uncle Bernie did not rule the world. I feel sad for those youngsters that were not there - age has it's benefits.
I remember watching F1 on TV in the mid to late 60's, at that time I was going to clubbies at my local circuit, Croft. My first GP was the British in 1969 at Silverstone - 4 wheel drives for the first time, and Stewart vs Rindt. After that I was completely hooked on 'live' F1 and attended EVERY F1 race in Britain up until 1980, I only wish I had kept the programmes (weep).
By the 1980's I was annoyed that the spectators (fans) were being kept at arms length, the drivers were disappearing into motor homes, and access to the cars was minimal. I did try a GP again in 1982, but nothing had changed, so I became an 'armchair enthusiast'.
My prize possessions? A full set of Motor Sport magazines (I just love DSJ) from 1968 to 1989 inclusive. Autosport annuals from 1969 to 1976 inclusive. Oh yes, and my wife....
My passion (and project in life) at the moment is collecting F1 images, and I am hoping to have at least one image of every car at every race in the World Championship (since 1950). At the moment the count is around 10,000 images, so if any of you have images of the less well known drivers and cars from the 50'a and 60's please let me know. I may also be able to help anyone looking for images to illustrate threads/websites. Again, just let me know.
Well that's who am I am and what I am about...
Posted 09 November 2000 - 07:43
One family has the one he wants, but won't let him even borrow it with acknowledgements...!
Nevertheless, that's a lot less than your project... must be fascinating, and there's probably one or two around here already you can pick up on.
Posted 30 November 2000 - 00:43
I think I'll have to introduce myself too...
My name is Vasco Santos, I'm 29 and Portuguese (and not Spaniard, it's not the same ;) ).
I was born in Tomar, a cute little town in the center of the country.
After spending (wasting!!) 18 years of my youth in France, near Paris, I returned to my roots and have been living in my home village and working for Mitsubishi (free publicity)since 1994.
Besides motorsport, as nearly every Portuguese, I very much enjoy football (the real one, not that FOOTball you americans play with HANDS, what a joke ).
I am a strong supporter of F.C. Porto and fan of the topical best player of the World: Luis Figo (the Michael Schumacher of football ). Also enjoy Mountain Bike and Tennis.
But I diverge...how did I became an motor racing addicted? Well, I never had any special interest in cars as a kid in France, I even have a distant memory of turning off the TV while watching Jacques Laffitte's Ligier at Monaco in the late 70's! What a crime!!!
But all changed when I moved back home (I mean to Portugal) from the age of 12 to 16. In those days my village -Martinchel- had the visit every year of the Portuguese Rally, it was the penultimate SS of the event between 1982 and 1987.
So there I was watching for the first time Michele Mouton, Walter Rohrl, Hannu Mikkola and other champions going past just in front of my house(!!). That show outclassed anything I had ever seen before!!!! They were unbelievably quick!!!
From then on I've become a really addicted to Motorsport, with a slight preference for Rally, altough I am a fan of circuit racing too, mainly because there is a richer history to investigate.
But what I am really hooked on are circuits, mainly the old, tough, technical ones. The ones I can only remember by the books and old films.
Something I do regret is not having been born in time to see real racing in Nurburgring (Nordschleife), Old Spa, Montjuich, the Targa Florio, etc, etc....
So now I visit those places whenever I can.
My personal heroes are:
Ari Vatanen (his win in Monte Carlo '85 is still strongly in my memory as the most impressive peformance ever I've witnessed)
Gilles Villeneuve
Tazio Nuovolari
Stirling Moss
Present favorites:
Jacques Villeneuve
Jean Alesi (it's constant suffering Sunday after Sunday )
André Couto (great victory in one of the few remaining great circuits: Macau )
Marcus Gronholm
Didier Auriol
Adruzílio Lopes
Many thanks to Darren who told about me about this matchless forum.
Posted 30 November 2000 - 01:14
Posted 01 December 2000 - 02:31
My name is Carlos Pani, I´m a 27 year old mexican lawyer/frustrated M.D./soon to be a father racing fan.
I work in a mexican horizontal internet potal, located at http://www.alo.com Here, I started a project called 300kph, which is a motor racing channel, primarily focusing on Formula One and CART. Later I moved up, and became the Legal and Business Affairs director.
I enjoy alomost every kind of motor racing, specially the abovementioned cetegories and WSC.
It´s an honor for me to participate in this forum, specially because of the highly knowledgeable members participating in it. I often recurr to ther websites for info and history facts.
Although I´m a big racing fan, my problem radicates in my age; you see I´m too young to have the memories and expertise of other fellow posters, and I´m too old to clearly remember the minimal facts that I could have witnessed whwn my father took me to the Mexican Grand Prix´s, so I hope to catch up with you guys in some time.
Anyway, my friend Rolando recomended this forum, so , here I am willing to share experiences and discussions (healthy ones, of course) with everybody.
Ah, I almost forgot...BIG PORSCHE FAN!!!!!!
Best regards,
Posted 01 December 2000 - 03:12
Welcome along and share what you can. Even if it's just to say you really enjoyed reading or learning something.
Posted 01 December 2000 - 22:31
As for the "big" Porsches, let´s hope the new Carrera GT with the huge 10 cylinder engine sees light; and better yet, Le Mans...
Best regards,
Posted 03 December 2000 - 15:47
I was born in NZ around the time WW2 was ending, but have been resident in the UK for the past 15 years or so.
I was a car nut from the age of 5 and caught the racing bug on a visit to the 1959 NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore when, overnight, my interest switched from Morris Minors and Chevy Bel Airs to 250F Maseratis and Cooper-Climaxes, and especially to the drivers. I followed GP racing as closely as one could on the other side of the world until the F1 scene started changing about 1968, and am now content with watching GPs on TV.
My first job was in the office of the NZ Rootes and Chrysler importers but I then switched to journalism, mainly on radio and television. In my spare time I did race reports for NZ magazines and also occasional race commentaries (radio/TV/circuit).
Next came a spell as owner/publisher/editor of what was then the only NZ motoring magazine on general sale, but five years of that was enough for anyone, and in 1985 I set off for Blighty to make my fame and fortune. I'm still waiting. My intention was to earn a living from writing about racing history and historic racing, and the goal has come close to being achieved a few times. But magazines come and go, or change hands, and book publishers sell out, and I have now had to swallow my pride and get a Proper Job (a management position in a publishing company).
I've become pretty closely tied up with the historic racing scene here, and get to most of the big European meetings each year, as well as smaller UK ones.
As far as my own driving career is concerned, I somehow never got around to doing more than club rallies and hillclimbs, but I was able to try a few single-seaters on the track over the years. I also treasure the memory of being driven around racing circuits at speed in such gems as pre-war Alfa Romeos, D-type Jaguars, a Birdcage Maserati, a Ford GT40 and a Can-Am McLaren M6B (arrghhh!!!)
In my first flash of enthusiasm I absorbed all there was to read about Grand Prix racing, and now find myself more fascinated by events of which comparatively little has been published, such as national racing in obscure countries (Hi, Fines!) I have also been a chassis-number freak for 40 years - and you can pick up a lot of information in that time!
Posted 03 December 2000 - 16:48
My name is Jorge, I'm Portuguese, 39 year old, married, with one daughter. I live in Lisbon but presently i'm working abroad, at Cabo Verde.
I'm hooked to cars and motoracing since I was a child. Every time I could I would attend any form of live autoracing going around in Portugal. This passion for cars and machines in general later would determine my option to studie mechanucal engineering.
My preference goes to F1 racing, wich I try to follow as closely as I can. I'm also interested in racing history (especially the 60's) and of course everything that as to do with car technologie.
Being away from home prevents me to have acess to my (rather unimpressive) archives, so I excuse me in advance for any inacuracy that may appear in my posts.
BTW, I'm really impressed with the quality of the posts that I've seen in this BB, specially in this Nostalgia Forum.
Congratulations to Don Capps and to you all that usually post here for a job well done !
Posted 03 December 2000 - 17:40
Posted 03 December 2000 - 20:49
Posted 12 December 2000 - 20:20
I think there's much to learn in these forums. I'm young but eager to do that.
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Friday, February 7, 2014
The Month of Love
In honor of the "Month of Love," as we've been calling it around here, we decided to have a love-inspired cake giveaway! The best part of these contests are the adorable stories shared by contestants on our page. It reminds us just how magical the Madonna Inn is for so many people. Here is the winning story, from Mrs. Britaini Fernandes-Caywood!
My husband for almost 5 years now proposed to me at madonna Inn. Here is the story...My husband, Luke told me a couple weeks before he proposed that we were going to do a date night at madonna inn, i was very excited, i had never been before. He told me we were going to just have dinner there and then come home. The night came, we got all dolled up and went to dinner. During the dinner i brought up the fact that madonna was known for their differant rooms to stay in and i told him i thought it would be cool to look at one. After dinner i begged him to go into the lobby and ask if there was anyway we can just look at one of the rooms that was vacant, he acted like that was so embaressing but he would do it for me. We finished dinner and drove over to the hotel entrance of madonna Inn, i stayed in the car and luke went inside (i thought he was asking if we could just look at one of the rooms but he was really checking in.) He came out and said that we can look at one of the rock rooms for a min then bring them the key back, i remember thinking how lame we were for asking to just look at a room really quick lol. We walk up to the room we were going to look at and luke unlocked the door then pushed me in first, rose petels were all over the ground and bed, our song was playing in the room and there was champaigne and glasses waiting..my first thought was we just barged into someone elses room..after a couple seconds and hearing OUR song playing it hit me that this was our room! I turned around and saw luke on one knee with a ring and asked me to be his wife, of course i said yes! we spend the night in the rock room the night we got engaged. It was a memory i will never forget. He put so much thought into that night and it goes down as one of the best nights of my life!
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But there might be a ray of light at the end of the tunnel. Ok, the cricketer in question might be a three year-old girl, but still take a look at her technique, she's definitely one for the future.
After marking her ground, the toddler displays an array of attacking shots which would make Australia's vice-captain Shane Watson green with envy.
Watch this space.
And another thing ...
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College basketball celebration goes wrong as coach falls flat
French paddler Quentin Robinot produces wonderfully spontaneous shot from behind his back.
Nine-year-old schoolgirl steals the limelight from Nadal, Stiller and Del Potro ...
James Wilstrop's decidedly badass 'triple fake' shot
Lionel Messi: very good at football, cricket, not so much.
Jackson Martinez bravely steps up to take a second penalty with Porto trailing 0-1 and duly scores. This after his first fails miserably.
He later scores the winning goal. Truly top-level amends-making.
Cheerleader makes ridiculous front-flip basketball shot from half-court.
Manchester City players hard at work doing the Harlem Shake.
Terrence Ross wins NBA Slam Dunk contest 2013 by leaping over small child
Rouge condor causes mayhem at ice hockey match in Bakersfield,
Mario Balotelli. In a huff. Annoying a pair of astronauts. Really. What's not to like?
Kieron Pollard's boundary catch to dismiss Glenn Maxwell is one of the greats.
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Zinedine Zidane's 17-year-old son, who plays as a midfielder for Real Madrid Juvenil B team, is so concerned with being compared with his father that he plays under the name Enzo Fernández.
Enzo's performances, though - such as this screamer - have alerted clubs around Europe, including Liverpool who were linked with the teenager earlier this month.
However, as we can see from this video it's not just his father's midfield dynamism that he has inherited.
Ricardo Fernandes of Cypriot side scores an improbable scorpion goal.
The 19-pass move which culminates in a goal involves every Al Ain player, including the goalkeeper.
Yousef Ahmed of the United Arab Emirates football club finished off the tiki-taka goal against opponents Ajman.
10 incredible goals scored by members of La Cantera Barcelona's academy
Australian Open finalist Li Na won her quarter-final against Anna Radwanska in straight sets but she endangered a few spectators on the way with this pathetic serve.
Santos striker makes two Botafogo defenders look silly with a bounced chapeu over one guy's head a nutmeg on another.
In fact his whole display during the match was "espectacular" as the commentator said.
Two happy Turkish canines happily bounce off each other as the 22 players on show stop dead in their tracks.
Belarus U18 midfielder Nikita Korzun scores an incredible goal from inside his own half.
A diminutive spectator strolls onto the pitch to confront the referee during a match between the giants of Racing Metro and Agen...
...and a French steward takes matters into his own hands, but only after this invader strolls leisurely onto the football pitch...
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Puppy Bowl with the Linsanity of Madison Square Garden?What do you get when you crossbreed the seismic cuteness of the
The answer is you get a treat—the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, now in its 136th year. Long considered the nation's premier canine contest, Westminster has slimmed down in 2012, dropping the number of entries from 2500 to 2000. But the WKC has also added six new breeds, including the cesky terrier (which looks like a squatter version of Asta), the Entlebucher Mountain dog (which, as everyone knows, is the smallest of Switzerland's Sennenhunds. Obviously.), and the breed that would clean up in Words with Friends—the Xoloitzcuintli. (Say it with me now: "Show-low-its-queen-tlee." But let's just agree to call it a "show-low.")
Westminster began this morning with best in breed judging and tonight's live coverage will feature the Hound, Toy, Non-Sporting, and Herding Groups. Tomorrow night's events include the Sporting, Working, and Terrier Groups, culminating of course with Best in Show. In other words America's Dog for 2012.
So fill up a bowl of Milk Bones—and sit.
According to Johnny Avello, director of the sports book at Wynn Las Vegas, there are ten breeds to watch this year: Pekingese, Black Cocker Spaniel, Fox Terrier (Wire), Affenpinscher, Fox Terrier (Smooth), Kuvasz, Whippet, English Springer Spaniel, Boxer, Miniature Pinscher.Yes, you can actually bet on Westminster, but handicapping it is a bitch.
Avello sees the Pekingese as the overall favorite (at 6-1), but if you're looking for a longshot, he lists the Shiba Inu at 1000-1.
There are two winners from this morning's best in breed competition with a little star power behind them. In the aforementioned Xoloitzcuintli (or "Show low") category, "Giorgio Armani" was named the best Mexican hairless. Look for him to be a crowd favorite tonight.
And among the Chow Chows, Martha Stewart's young pup was named top dog. The proud owner tweeted about the victory and included a very cute photo: "Ghenghis khan did it! Best of Breed at Westminster!!!!Big Deal"
There's never a bad time to watch Best in Show, Christopher Guest's painfully funny mockumentary about Westminster.
And sports fans will no doubt recognize Fred Willard's dog show color commentator as a spot-on parody of the great Joe Garagiola.
If you're wondering what happened to last year's champion, Hickory, the Scottish wolfhound retired after winning Best in Show in 2011. And then she had puppies.
And we have released the hounds! Notable breeds in this group include the beagle, basset hound, bloodhound, and the new breed for 2012—the American English coonhound.
I know this coonhound has waited awhile to make it into the WKC show, but I just don't see any star power from this guy.
This breed is always a crowd-pleaser and Yahoo doesn't disappoint. A scent hound, he wrinkled his nose for the judge.
Uno, who had more star quality than Uggie. And the little stud is now retired.Well, honestly, who doesn't love a beagle? But any dog in this breed has big paws to fill—the 2008 Westminster champion,
Another scent hound and another eternal crowd favorite. And not just because his sense of smell is 20 times more powerful than humans. This entry clearly has not had Botox.
A classic hunting hound, the Borzoi has always struck me as too regal to chase down bloody, wounded animals. It's also the dog on the side of Knopf's books. Aidan hails from Connecticut. Of course he does.
The long-haired was feisty and seemed to be running around maniacally. But in a cute way. While the smooth dachshund, Gino, seems much more chill. Now the wire-haired dachshund has a fantastic beard. No one has told this dog that the grunge look is over.
A little more muscular than the American Fox Hound, this entry had a real elegance as he made his rounds.
@BradCTucker tweets: "Do they bring back former winners to perform? Is there an in memoriam tribute?"
Last year's winner, Hickory is in Madison Square Garden tonight. But most previous champions are just living the life—making puppies.
Sadly, this breed is now associated with the bus line, but this breed deserves respect—only the cheetah is faster.
This breed looks like cross between a beagle and a fox hound. And size-wise, he fits right in between.
I've always loved Irish wolfhounds—their size, their beards, and their surprisingly sweet demeanor.
The owner/handler/breeder of this entry, Eric, is always a bridesmaid at Westminster. She producers best in breeds, but has never won the big prize.
This breed has a formal name that's way too fahncy...so it goes by its much cooler nickname: the PBVG. It doesn't make the dog quite as punk as its shortened name sounds, but it helps.
Here's a badass dog. With a name to back it up—Capone. He's big and black. And the
mob crowd at MSG really responded to him.
Another fast hound that looks way too precious to be a ferocious hunting dog. But Jada is from Texas so you know she's not afraid to mix it up.
This breed was last year's winner at the WKC, so don't expect a repeat. Sir Walter Scott once called this dog "A most perfect creature of heaven." Well, not this dog. But you get the idea.
Looking like a miniature greyhound, this whippet is, well, whippet-thin. And with that we have reached the end of the hound group.
Any favorites you saw?
Me, I like Capone. But you can never bet against a beagle.
It looks like we have the beagle, the long-haired dachshund and wire-haired, the Norwegian elkhound, the Rhodesian ridgeback, and the whippet...
The Wire-Haired dachshund takes it! Great beard.
Paddy O Doors tweets another great dog scene. Or in this case, a "dag" scene—from Snatch.The great
With that hideous accent, it's almost hard to remember it's Brad Pitt.
The simple way to think of these dogs: Would Paris Hilton or Joan Rivers own it?
Release the toys!
Ask a woman if she'd rather date a small man with a big dog or a big man with a small dog, and you know the answer.
But, remember, Vegas has the Pekingese in this category as the favorite for Best in Show.
Joe is up first and he's from Massachusetts. This kind of black cotton ball dog is not going to help Mitt Romney in November.
First of all, this is not pronounced "griffin"...it's "grif-FON." Which only adds to the fey factor. But that's okay, because this dog's name is Tina Fey. Decent beard though.
Okay Sex and the City fans, this is the dog for you. This is the kind of dog Charlotte had. Some decent tongue action here.
Eli, the long-coated chihuahua is the first of this breed out. Based on his name, Eli should do well in New York. But the crowd doesn't seem to be behind him.
Next up is the smooth-coated chihuahua—the kind that will tell you to "drop the chalupa."
The Chinese crested chihuahua has the best hair of the night so far—total '80s hair band. Or a Real Housewife from Beverly Hills.
This dog has a good name for a little dog—Dash—but it's not about the name.
The ruby variety has a lot more spunk. His name is Bouncer and he is living up to his name. And by up, I mean no higher than your knee.
It's hard to believe such a hairy dog would come from Cuba. Also, it's good that politics isn't coming into play here. The crowd is applauding Rio.
Essentially a miniature greyhound, this dog is prancing and you can just see how high-maintenance he is. (And I say that as someone who is sky-high-maintenance.)
Chin-sanity! It's Chin-sanity at the Garden! Oh wait...no it's not. It's polite applause for this little guy.
I cannot believe this dog's name is Hank. I would have bet a lot of money this was a female. First of all, he has the most lush white mane. Second, he has black bows in his hair. I see a LOT of therapy in this dog's future.
Well, based on it's name, Guardian readers should support this little Manchester, Margie, that looks like a Doberman that's been left in the dryer way too long.
MinPin-sanity! It's MinPin-sanity at the Garden! Oh wait...no it's not. But min pins are always crowd favorites. And this guy thinks he owns the place.
With those goofy hairy ears that look like butterflies, this dog has always gotten big applause at Westminster. And the crowd seems to like Dave.
The No. 2 dog at last year's Westminster, Malachi looks like a baby Ewok...but he's a favorite. And could win the category.
Here comes Peyton, who looks like a rust-colored powder puff. I think Eli has Peyton beat in this category.
This breed is always the most foppish of any dog in the category. With those puffy heels and flowing Darth Vader helmet, the crowd loves him.
Walter is a local dog—a New York City pug with a mug that looks like J. Edgar Hoover. Crowd pleaser.
On Inside the Actor's Studio recently, George Clooney was asked what his favorite word was. His answer? "Shih tzu."
The Yorkie came out wearing a red bow. I don't like the accessories. The dogs should be judged without any extras.
And with that the group has ended.
I'm going with the Pekingese...
I really hate myself for going with the Peke (and for using the word "Peke" just now), but that dog had some serious star power.
Here are your finalists...the Affenpinscher, English toy spaniel, Maltese, the Brussels Griffon, the min pin, and now the Pekingese, and the silky terrier sneaks in there...
Who will it be?
The Pekingese takes the group! The Affenpinscher was second and the min pin was third.
The Pekingese lived up to his billing.
And the Non-Sporting Group is up next...
Unlike the Super Bowl, the Westminster Dog Show doesn't have the best commercials. So let's replay one from Super Bowl XLVI. VW returns to its Star Wars theme. Give in to "The Bark Side."
@tracymohr tweets: "How many of these dolled-up dogs in the toy group go back to the hotel and poop in their owner's shoes?"
I think only the sore losers do that.
Ernest Hemingway's cats. (If I may reference that "other species" for a moment...)Look for one of the new breeds for 2012 in this category—the Norwegian Lundehund. What makes this dog so special? It has six toes. But in a good way. Like
Also coming up...Martha Stewart's Chow Chow.
Inook comes out first—his fourth year in a row winning this breed. Beautiful white coat. Gotta like his chances.
This little cotton ball is the kind that Kathie Lee Gifford made famous back in the day. She had two—Chablis and Chardonnay.
I'm sorry, dog fans. Sometimes I have trouble telling this breed apart from a pug.
New York Times Magazine story about how the inbreeding is destroying them. Gotta love those faces though.A New York City dog, bulldogs have made me sad ever since I read that
And here is Martha Stewart's dog—Genghis Khan. Can he conquer this category? I like his chances. Certainly looks like a finalist.
I just spotted Ian, the Dalmatian. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) He's got some spunk. Crowd loved him. Because everyone loves a firehouse dog.
The national dog of Finland, this dog sounds like what a teutonic dentist might say, "Finish spitz?"
Oh wait...it's French Bulldog I can't tell apart from the pug. Sorry to disparage the Boston Terrier. Big freaky eyes.
My parents bought a lhasa apso when I was a little boy. He bit me. On the face. I'm always going to dislike this breed. Sue me.
And here comes our six-toed friend...who likes to hunt puffins. This dog is making a great debut. I like his chances for the finals in this group.
The granddaughter of the 2002 Westminster winner, Sugar Baby, a miniature poodle, has that classic powder puff cut on her ankles and tail.
And the standard looks just like her—only bigger. I prefer the smaller one.
The oldest dog in the competition, this 10-year-old dog has been the number-one Skip for the past two years. I like his spirit.
This Japanese hunting dog looks like a fox. And Draco really does look like a cat wearing a dog costume.
It's hard to believe that this breed was used as a guard dog. But this little guy—Jackson, named after country singer Alan Jackson—is one of those little dogs that thinks he's big.
With a long, flowing grey coat that looks like it's been seriously conditioned, this crowd is working the crowd.
And here's Giorgio Armani, the xolo (or "show low"), a new breed in 2012. I like this Mexican hairless' chances to make it to the finals in this group.
And that's the end of the Non-Sporting Group.
Will Martha Stewart's dog take the cake?
The Xolo is in the finals, the Bichon, the Sharpei, the Dalmatian, the Lowchen, and the Miniature Poodle are your finalists....
So Martha's dog is shut out.
And the Dalmatian takes the group! The Sharpei is second...and the Lowchen is third.
And that will take us to the final group of the night—the Herding Group...
Ian the Dalmatian looks regal after his victory...but a Dalmatian has never won Westminster. Is that a blessing or a curse?
Maureen O'Connor tweets: "Like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, Genghis Khan's fame outpaced his talent. Sorry, @MarthaStewart."Gawker's
Release the Herding Group!
It would really crack me up if they started running all over the place and couldn't be controlled.
And Brick is up first—a California dog that's been important from Detroit. He's got a great face and a crazy bushy tail.
Boy, Esther looks so smart. All of these herding dogs do. You can just feel their intelligence when they stare so intensely.
Hudson is a crowd pleaser, with his long flowing coat and smiling bearded face.
Man, this dog looks like he will kick your ass.
Reminiscent of a German shepherd, this is another dog you don't want to meet in a dark alley. Or a well-lit one.
Good dog! I like Hondo, who looks like a black collie. Great smile. Especially for a police dog.
Another Belgian breed, this dog has a real spring in his gait.
Get ready for some Action! What an expression on this dog. Again, you can just feel the intelligence from this dog.
Always a crowd favorite, this shaggy dog really knows how to work the audience at MSG.
Say-So comes out on fire! And puts it out with some drool. Gotta love him.
The Israeli dog is up next—with a very un-Israeli name: Magnum. He looks like a desert badass.
A very spirited little fellow from Washington state. He gives the crowd a bark—and the crowd answers him back.
The Rough Collie is up and he looks as if Lassie fell in a vat of white paint.
Arrow, the Smooth Collie looks like Lassie got a buzz cut. And he doesn't look happy about it.
This breed is making his debut at Westminster this year—and Coda is making the most of his appearance.
He's named after Bruce Springsteen, but I don't think this dog will be the Boss of this Group.
I've never been a fan of German shepherds, but this one happens to be beautiful. And the audience loves him.
I like this dog's spirit. Plus, he works on farm during the week and goes to dog shows on the weekends. Busy life.
Very spirited...but not very memorable.
It's Shooter! And the crowd loves him. Perhaps because he's got some serious junk in his trunk.
The breed long favored by Queen Elizabeth, she really nows how to work the crowd.
Henry has a fantastic face and his bushy mustache and beard is clearly getting the crowd going.
It's the Rasta-dog! And he has the appropriate name for one, Ziggy. (As in Marley.) The MSG fans love him.
This breed looks like a collie that's been shrunk. But he's spirited.
Gus, the final dog in this Group really worked the tongue in his run around the ring. I think that's pandering to the crowd.
And with that..the group is over. Which breed will take the final group of the night?
The Bouvier, the Rough Collie, the German Shepherd, the Puli and and the English sheepdog are among the finalists.
Will the German shepherd win it (yet) again?
And the German Shepherd wins it! The crowd always falls for those German Shepherds. But in fairness, Captain Crunch was a very spirited dog.
So at the end of the first night, here are your finalists for Best in Show tomorrow night:
Hound: Wire-haired dachshund
Toy: Pekingese
Non-Sporting: Dalmatian
Herding: German Shepherd
Not a lot of surprises tonight. Some familiar breeds won, including that perennial favorite the German Shepherd, and the Pekingese which the sports book at Wynn Las Vegas likes.
Tomorrow night, we'll have the Sporting, Working, and Terrier Groups, and of course Best in Show.
Who wil take home the title at the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show?
Email or tweet your predictions...and thank you for joining us.


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- Alex Barrett, Modern Infrastructure Editor-in-Chief
What you will learn from this tip: How clustering can relieve management headaches associated with monolithic NAS boxes.
NAS stalwarts keep rolling out bigger and faster monolithic NAS boxes, but the competition is increasingly turning to another architectural model: clustering.
On the traditional side is Network Appliance Inc., with its newest line of NAS products, the FAS3000 family. NetApp announced the midrange FAS3020 and FAS3050 this spring, which -- with 168 and 336 disk drives, respectively -- fall between the 56-drive FAS270 and the 672-drive FAS960. When outfitted with Serial ATA (SATA) drives -- a new feature for NetApp primary storage -- the new midrange models rival their high-end brethren in capacity: The FAS3020 supports 50 terabyte (TB) vs. the FAS960's 56 TB, while the FAS3050 goes up to 84 TB vs. the FAS980's 100 TB. Performance-wise, the new FAS3000 models deliver roughly twice the performance of the FAS920 and FAS940 midrange offerings.
But for all their features, the NAS establishment's latest offerings have left some industry observers, and potential customers, cold.
"I'm scratching my head and wondering why NetApp got so much press for the FAS3000 family," said Tom Major, VP of marketing at LeftHand Networks, a NetApp competitor that makes clustered iSCSI SAN arrays. All they're doing is perpetuating that architecture of scaling up by coming out with a bigger and bigger box. That approach doesn't make sense anymore, he says, because you're putting all your eggs in one box.
That sentiment is echoed by New York City-based Community Connect Inc. (CCI), a publisher of Web sites for ethnic minorities that generates 1.2 billion page views per month. CCI is moving its file data from four aging NetApp 700 filers to 3PAR storage fronted by a clustered NAS gateway from ONStor Inc. The reason? "I didn't want physical direct-attached disk, said Nicolas Tang, director of operations at CCI, and "I wanted to pull a chunk of disk capacity off our SAN."
To be fair, NetApp offers filers in a gateway format, which allows users to use SAN array capacity as the basis for its file servers. Likewise, the company is working on grid-based storage using technology acquired from Spinnaker Networks in 2003 as a springboard. But industry scuttlebutt says that the merged Spinnaker-NetApp product is still a good 18 months away from being ready to ship.
EMC's latest NAS offering embraces clustering, but only to a point. The Celerra NSX gateway is designed to front EMC Clariion and Symmetrix disk arrays, and comprises up to eight so-called X-Blades-Intel servers clustered together in an N+1 configuration that together can serve up 112 TB of disk capacity (one of the X-Blades is used for failover). However, that capacity is divided between the X-Blades-a single X-Blade can manage only a 16 TB file space.
If you want clustered NAS that provides a single high-capacity, high-performance file system, you'll have to wait, said Tom Joyce, EMC's VP of storage platforms marketing. EMC is working on clustering blades to span file systems, he reports. But in his opinion, "some technologies belong in the network," presumably a reference to the company's recently announced Invista storage virtualization platform, formerly known as Storage Router.
In the meantime, EMC customers who want a single file system will have to content themselves with a single logical view, using either Microsoft DFS or namespace consolidation software from Rainfinity Inc., Joyce said.
HP kicks monolithic NAS habit
One major vendor offering an alternative is Hewlett-Packard (HP), which is licensing PolyServe's File Serving Solution (FSS) 3.0, an extension to its Matrix Server shared file system software. The result is HP's new StorageWorks Enterprise File Services NAS platform. The HP product runs on Linux-based HP ProLiant servers accessing HP storage arrays. As sold by PolyServe, FSS has been qualified on servers from Dell, HP and others running Linux, Microsoft and Novell. "We're the liberators of product lock-in," said Michael Stankey, PolyServe's president and CEO. "Storage is storage." In other words, PolyServe software is agnostic to the underlying disk platform.
The latest version of FSS marginalizes the physical storage platform even more with the introduction of a clustered volume manager. With it, it's possible to create a single volume that spans multiple storage arrays to go along with the clustered file system software that creates a single file system across multiple compute nodes.
With its roots in the Linux marketplace, PolyServe has had success in large scale-out computing environments such as the Department of Defense, where FSS serves up files to a 300-node compute cluster. PolyServe is also making inroads in more traditional enterprise IT environments. One of PolyServe's newest customers is Boston-based Fidelity Investments, which has deployed FSS to reduce the total number of file servers in its environment. Running on HP ProLiant servers and carving up EMC Symmetrix storage, Fidelity says FSS should reduce the firm's file server count by 20%.
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The 2005 vintage in Burgundy has been hailed as…dare we say, 'the vintage of the century.' Hyperbole? Maybe. But one thing's for certain – it's been a long time that a Burgundy vintage has been as highly regarded – maybe since 1978! The obvious question is – are they ready to drink yet? And if not now – when?
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1989 Chevy K2500 TBI Setup - What's Your Problem?
TBI Power
Nathan Seabaugh, Northern Illinois: I am building an engine for my '89 Chevy K2500. This is my daily driver/tow rig/off-road truck. I was hoping for about 300 hp while still retaining the factory TBI setup. I am flexible with going to a carb setup but would still like to use the stock heads. I have a good standard-bore, two-bolt-main 350 to start with that is assembled with a factory lower end and cam. I also have the carb intake to match the factory TBI heads if needed and a set of long-tube 15/8-inch headers. I know I need to swap out the cam to make some power, but what can I realistically expect while using stock Chevy K2500 heads and TBI? This Chevy K2500 engine is going to be in front of an NV3500 trans, an NP241 transfer case, and factory 4:10:1 gears. Can I make that much power with a $1,500 budget and the parts I already have? Or should I save a little more money and get a set of Vortec heads and a new intake manifold?
Jeff Smith: There are several ways to go about your Chevy K2500 setup, Nathan, by remaining with the original throttle body injection (TBI) system. To make 300 hp with TBI, the goal is to systematically eliminate breathing restrictions, but we have to say it will be tough with a relatively stock throttle body. Even on a Q-jet-equipped, small-block, 350 Chevy, the exhaust is the most critical point. You've addressed that perfectly with the 15/8-inch headers. Just be sure to include a 21/2-inch dual-exhaust system or a 3-inch single-exhaust and that part of the system will be acceptable.
Before we get to the electronic side of things, it sounds like you have a new engine ready to go into the truck. The best approach would be to go with a stock camshaft and a set of Vortec iron heads. These heads flow very well and would be a good choice to make 300 hp with a mild camshaft. However, the Vortec heads use a different intake bolt pattern that does not match up to the TBI intake manifold. There are ways around that by using a GM Performance Parts aluminum intake that bolts to the Vortec heads and features a stock mount for the TBI. The intake is PN 12496821 ($370 from Scoggin-Dickey). This gets expensive because you still have to purchase a set of Vortec heads, so we'll concentrate on retaining the stock heads for budget reasons. To keep the price down, have your machine shop perform a 30-degree back cut to the intake and exhaust valves. Stock cams produce relatively low lift, so the back cut will improve flow in that area. If you want to do more, spend about two hours opening up the exhaust valve throat to 90 percent of the exhaust valve diameter (1.5 x 0.90 = 1.35-inch diameter). This will help horsepower above 4,000 rpm or so.
The next restriction is the actual TBI unit. Stock small-block throttle bodies only flow around 500 cfm (compared with a stock Q-jet that flows 750 cfm). It's possible to make around 275 hp with a stock TBI unit, so rather than go nuts on a heavily modified TBI, I'd suggest you start by making sure the existing TBI unit and injectors are in good shape. The actual throttle plate diameters for the 4.3/5.0/5.7L TBI units are all the same at 111/16 inches (big-block TBIs are 2 inches). The difference is the injector flow rates. The 5.0L injectors flow 40 to 45 lb/hr, the 5.7 ones are 50 to 55 lb/hr, and the big-block injectors flow around 75 lb/hr. We would suggest sticking with the stock 5.7L injectors to begin your testing.
The big variable is fuel pressure. These late-'80s and early-'90s TBI injectors are intended to run at between 11 and 13 psi, although it's typical to see the pressure down around 10 psi. Generally, a 1-psi change in fuel pressure from 11 to 12 psi, for example, can be worth roughly an additional 4 percent fuel flow. That doesn't sound like much, but from 50 to 52 lb/hr can be enough fuel to make another 8 to 10 hp.
One of the easiest ways to increase fuel flow is with an adjustable fuel pressure regulator. Companies such as JET, Turbo City, and CFM Technologies sell adjustable pressure regulators. The price hovers around $90 depending on the source. The approach is to first measure the existing fuel pressure. If the pump in your truck is already delivering 13 psi at the TBI, consider yourself lucky and don't bother with the adjustable piece. More likely, the fuel pressure will read 10 to 11 psi. Mount the new regulator and bump the pressure to 13 psi. You won't be able to go much higher because stock pumps generally can't generate more than 14 or 15 psi. Keep in mind that raising the fuel pressure increases fuel delivery across the entire engine operating range. At part-throttle, this additional fuel isn't needed, but the oxygen sensor should sense a rich mixture and reduce the injector on time (pulse width), which will lean the mixture back to the ideal 14.7:1 air/fuel ratio. At wide-open throttle, the computer switches to its base fuel map and the additional fuel pressure will increase fuel flow and (assuming the engine needs the additional fuel) will increase power. You should test any fuel pressure change with a WOT acceleration run in Second gear from about 30 to 60 mph. If the truck accelerates to 60 in less time, the engine is making more power.
Another simple trick we've tested that works well is the PowerCharger, (we call it the soup bowl) from Hypertech. This is a simple radius adapter shaped like a bowl and placed between the truck air cleaner and throttle body. Summit sells these adapters for $37.25 (PN 4001). We tested the PowerCharger on our TBI 350-powered Jake truck buildup ("Project Jake, Part II," July '04) and discovered it was worth 8 lb-ft and 8 hp. If you want more, multiple companies make swirl-inducing TBI spacer plates. CFM Tech-nologies, Trans-Dapt, AirAid, JET, and many others manufacture spacers that, while we've never actually tested them, appear to be worth some torque. Expect to pay anywhere from $50 to $100 for one of these spacers.
You also mentioned camshaft requirements. The stock camshaft for your application is pretty mild. We found the specs for an '81 to '87 computer-controlled flat-tappet hydraulic cam that specs out at 194/202 degrees at 0.050 with 0.384/ 0.403-inch lift. Adding a longer-duration camshaft with more lift will drastically improve airflow and increase power at a higher engine speed. The problem is that it will require additional fuel that will mean changes to the base fuel map in the computer. We'll get to that in a moment. If reprogramming the computer isn't a deterrent, consider a cam like the Edelbrock Performer-Plus flat-tappet hydraulic camshaft and lifter package (PN 3702, $127.95, Summit Racing). This cam is designed specifically for the TBI 350 small-block and specs at 194/214 degrees of duration at 0.050-inch tappet lift with 0.398/0.442-inch lift. As you can tell, it doesn't deliver much of an increase in lift. The advantage is the additional duration that will move up the power curve slightly. The downside to this cam is that for a tow vehicle, it may hurt the low-speed torque slightly, which might not be a bad thing. The idle quality should still be close to stock.
Here's where it gets tricky. The GM TBI is a speed-density system, which assumes the engine ingests a given amount of air at wide-open throttle (WOT). Mass airflow systems measure the air entering the engine, but speed density systems like those used on these TBI engines do not. Instead, they assume a stock airflow value based on throttle position and manifold absolute pressure (MAP) sensor readings. The fuel requirements at part- and full-throttle are established by the factory based on the engine's air and fuel demands. Increasing airflow with a better intake, heads, camshaft, and/or exhaust increases the airflow through the engine and demands a change to the stock computer base fuel and spark maps. These TBI injection systems are controlled by GM computers equipped with chips that are burned or electronically imprinted with the necessary information. Later GM computers use erasable EE-PROMS that can easily be reprogrammed while still in the vehicle. However, the chips in the TBI trucks and cars have to be removed and a new chip is burned with the new information. This can get time consuming and pricey if you have to make multiple changes to improve driveability. If you plan to do this, call one of the companies such as JET or CFM Technologies to find out about a complete package it offers. These companies can supply the parts and a compatible chip as a package that has a much better chance to be correct on the first try. These systems cost a little more than what you could put together on your own, but that's because you're paying for their experience and tuning expertise. Trust us, it's worth the investment.
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Olds Rocket Science
Nolan Malone, River Falls, WI: I have a few questions about building an Olds 350 Rocket. The engine is a second-generation motor from my '72 Cutlass. Do you know how far I could bore it out and how great a stroke I could get? Can you tell me a few companies that make aluminum cylinder heads besides Edelbrock? A list of performance parts and where to find them would also be extremely helpful. I'm only 16 and all I really know is Chevy (I have a 355 SBC in the Olds right now). It's hard to find good forged cranks/rods/pistons and nice heads. All the websites I seem to find look sketchy. Can you point me in a good direction for building a naturally aspirated engine that makes 400 to maybe 500 lb-ft (that may be pushing it without a longer stroke)? I don't care much for big horsepower numbers because this will be mainly a street engine. If you know of a good cam to help with that torque, I would love that, too. I have been reading Car Craft for almost three years, and I love every issue.
Jeff Smith: I particularly enjoy receiving tech letters from younger readers. They are the next generation car crafters who will keep this whole industry going. Since you're only 16 years old, Nolan, I'll assume this is a budget project, which means you probably can't afford stroker cranks, aftermarket heads, and all the rest of that expensive stuff that we all would love to build. I called Dick Miller at Dick Miller Racing (DMR) to get his take on your request. Dick's first question mirrored mine: "Why doesn't he just build a bigger motor? A 403 Olds will bolt right in to that Cutlass, and even the brackets for the alternator and power steering are the same." Dick's point is that the easiest way to make more torque and horsepower is with a larger-displacement engine. He gave us an example of a pump gas 403 he built for a customer with fully ported factory iron heads and a 240/246 degrees at 0.050-inch tappet lift cam with 0.541/0.544-inch valve lift that made 476 lb-ft at 4,200 rpm and 482 hp at 6,000. This was with an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake manifold and a 780-cfm Holley Street Avenger carburetor. Another point worth considering is that buying a camshaft or cylinder heads for a smaller engine like the 350 costs the same as for a 403, but the potential to make more power will always be with the larger engine. The 403 sports a massive 4.351-inch bore and a relatively short 3.385-inch stroke. The 350 uses a much smaller 4.057-inch bore and the same 3.385-inch stroke. If there is one limit to the 403, it has to be that it was available only in GM passenger cars between '77 and '79 and some motorhomes and other applications. That limits the number of engines that are out there for retrieval.
Since you asked about the 350, Dick also gave us some specs on one of his engines that made 431 hp at 5,700 rpm and 434 lb-ft at 4,900 rpm. It was equipped with production No. 5 iron heads that he ported and fitted with larger 2.07/1.71-inch stainless valves. Compression was 10.25:1 using a set of forged, flat-top TRW pistons. The camshaft Dick used was a DMR-1441 hydraulic roller with 236/240 degrees of duration installed 5 degrees advanced and produces 0.553/0.544-inch lift.
Dick says your '72 350 is probably fitted with a set of No. 7 heads, which are just as good as the heads he used on his customer's engine, but you will need to use a flat-top piston to create more compression because stock, your engine is rated at 8.5:1. This is a good step, as porting the heads may be more than you can afford, but that can wait as long as the short-block is in good shape. As a budget alternative to the hydraulic roller setup, he offers a similar-spec flat-tappet hydraulic camshaft (PN DMR-1530) with specs of 230/236 degrees of duration at 0.050-inch tappet lift with 0.522/0.522-inch lift. Combine that with an Edelbrock Performer RPM dual-plane intake and a good 750-cfm carburetor and you're on your way. If your engine is still equipped with the stock Quadrajet, that's a great carburetor for this engine. Rebuild it (if it needs it) and learn how to tune it because it will offer outstanding part-throttle response. Did you know a stock Q-jet will flow at least 750 cfm? Most guys don't realize that.
Here's our take on this: If you can find a 403 motor, we'd suggest going that route instead of the Olds 350. It will make more power. But if you want to get going, you can always buy bolt-on parts for the Olds 350 like headers, an intake, a cam, and even cylinder heads, and then if you find a 403 at a later date, you can use those parts on the new 403.
You also asked about aluminum heads other than the Edelbrock castings. Gene Knowlton did the design work with help from pattern maker Gary Brown, and the heads are available through Lynn Wellfringer's Mondello Performance Products in Paso Robles, California. These hard-core Olds guys have developed a big-port head that they claim flows 329 cfm on the intake at 0.500-inch lift. This is a bunch more than the Edelbrock head, which Dick says flows around 240 cfm on the intake. Gene also claims his head will flow a maximum of 400 cfm at 0.800-inch lift. While impressive, these heads would be overkill for your 350 or even a mild 403 street engine. These heads are really intended for the hard-core drag racer looking for maximum flow for an Olds engine.
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Monte Carlos Forever
Andrew Carter, Bedford, IN: I have been subscribing to Car Craft for almost three years, and all I hear about are Chevelles, Novas, Camaros, and El Caminos. I am just asking, but do you think you guys could do a couple of articles on the first-generation Monte Carlos? I personally have a '70 Monte. It looks like hell but runs like a beast if it decides to run at all. Chevelle articles help, but the Monte is a whole other animal in itself. Even if you don't, I still love the rag and will keep subscribing.
Jeff Smith: For the sake of those who may not be aware of it, while Chevy calls this car a Monte Carlo, it's really a Chevelle with a long snout. What that means is while the body and interior are completely different, the mechanical underpinnings for a '70 to '72 Monte are exactly the same as the '68 to '72 Chevelles. That means that a set of Hedman headers for a '70 Chevelle will bolt right on a '70 Monte Carlo. Since headers are virtually the only engine component that is body-style specific (with a few intake manifold exceptions), inductive reasoning points us to the idea that any small- or big-block Chevy engine buildup will have direct applications to any '70 to '72 Monte Carlo. Transmission applications fall under the same situation. So let's say you want to convert your Monte's TH350 automatic to a Muncie four-speed. The factory bellhousing, clutch, pressure plate, and linkage from a '68 to '72 Chevelle will bolt right in. For example, Year One offers a clutch linkage Z-bar for these cars (PN RZ19) for $39.95, and the pedals will drop right in as well. One step further, if you found a 12-bolt out of a '70 big-block Chevelle, it would bolt right in that '70 Monte.
This Chevelle interchangeability also applies to suspension parts, which means any aftermarket component such as shocks, springs, sway bars, control arms, and trailing arms designed for a '68 to '72 Chevelle will bolt right on to a '70 Monte. This means Global West, Hotchkis, QA1, RideTech, and the dozens of other suspension-related companies all offer parts for your Monte. So if you see a story in Car Craft on how to upgrade a '69 Chevelle suspension, for example, any recommendations for that car would automatically carry over to your '70 Monte. Specific chassis tuning ideas might change a little because of the Monte's massive front nose length and the added weight the front suspension would have to deal with, but the basic components would remain the same. In other words, a front, lower ball joint for a '70 Chevelle will be the exact same piece for a '70 Monte Carlo.
The Monte's extended hood line also creates that huge distance between the engine and radiator. This was before the days of electric radiator cooling fans, demanding instead that wind tunnel-like fan shroud that spanned the distance between the engine-driven fan and the radiator. That huge shroud can be eliminated with the use of a pair of efficient electric fans mounted directly behind the radiator. In fact, all that room in front of the radiator just begs for a centrifugal supercharger that can be easily mounted on the front of the engine.
As we said, the body panels are completely different, but the many different sheetmetal companies such as Year One, Goodmark, Original Parts Group, and many others offer tons of good stuff like hoods, quarter-panels, floorpans, rocker panels, bumpers, and just about anything else you might need. So you can see, Andrew, that while we may not specifically mention the Monte Carlo in our tech stories, we are very much involved with showing you how to build your car. You just have to learn to read between the lines.
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Kalyn's Stuffed Cabbage Casserole Recipe
Basically a deconstructed version of stuffed cabbage layered with shredded cabbage, ground beef and brown rice cooked in tomatoes then topped with melted cheese.
This turned out great, and easily serves 10 people. Although stuffed cabbage doesn't usually have cheese, I loved the addition of it in this recipe. I gave you the nutritional info with and without the cheese but if you don't have any allergies to cheese, I say make it with!
Leftover can be frozen and reheated for another day.
Kalyn's Stuffed Cabbage Casserole
Servings: 10 • Serving Size: 1/10th with cheese • Points+: 7 pts • Smart Points: 5
Calories: 250.9 • Fat: 11.3 g • Protein: 16.9 g • Carb: 23.8 g • Fiber: 5.5 g • Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 459 mg (without salt)
Without Cheese: • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 5 pts • Smart Points: 3
Calories: 194.9 • Fat: 7.7 g • Protein: 10.5 g • Carb: 23 g • Fiber: 5.5 g • Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 291.2 mg (without salt)
2 tsp olive oil, divided
1 lb. 95% lean ground beef
1 large onion, chopped fine
1 tbsp finely minced garlic
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp sweet Hungarian Paprika
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 1/2 heads green cabbage, coarsely chopped
1 can (14.5 oz.) petite dice tomatoes with juice
1 can (15 oz.) tomato sauce
1/4 cup water
2 cups cooked brown rice
2 cups low-fat mozzarella cheese (Sargento)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a large glass casserole dish with non-stick spray. (My dish was 13″ x 10″)
Heat a large frying pan on medium heat; add ground beef and cook until it's browned and cooked through, breaking it apart as it cooks. Remove ground beef and set aside.
In the same pan, add 1 tsp olive oil, chopped onion and cook over medium heat until the onion is translucent and starting to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the minced garlic, dried thyme, and paprika and cook about 2 minutes more. Then add the diced tomatoes with juice, tomato sauce, and ground beef. Add water to the pan. Simmer until it's hot and slightly thickened, about 15-20 minutes.
While it simmers, cut cabbage in half, cut out the core, and remove any wilted outer leaves; chop the cabbage coarsely into 1 inch pieces.
Heat remaining olive oil in a large frying pan or dutch oven; add the cabbage and cook over medium-high heat until the cabbage is wilted and about half cooked, turning it over several times so it all wilts and cooks. Season with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
When the meat and tomato sauce mixture has cooked and thickened a bit, stir in the 2 cups of cooked rice and gently combine.
Spray casserole dish with non-stick spray and the layer half the cabbage, half the meat mixture, remaining cabbage, and remaining meat mixture. Cover tightly with foil and bake 40 minutes, or until the mixture is just starting to bubble on the edges.
Remove foil and sprinkle on cheese (if using.) Bake uncovered an additional 20 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and starting to slightly brown. Serve hot.
Freezer friendly if you have leftovers. To reheat, thaw overnight in the refrigerator and then either microwave until hot or heat in the oven in a glass dish covered with foil.
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It's about time The Bakery gets some Vouched lovin'. Amidst all the poetry popperies out there, The Bakery is really cranking it out major good. Constantly impressed by the poets they feature, both recognizable and excitingly new, poets that push the lyrical straight out of the mouth, poets of heightened experience.
I'll point at this month's featured poet, Martin Rock. The poems splayed out there are from "a series of epistolary poems to Mark Rothko in response to individual paintings." Impressed by these poems' ability to grasp the painting then climb atop it and stomp around. A tricky line exists to balance on, between talking in regards to the paintings and talking for the paintings, between demonstrating an interpretation and being eaten by the reaction. Wow how these poems do it!
from "No. 43, Mauve, 1960″
The contortionist has fit everything
but her head into the box
& her body's turned to vapor.
Like a cloud woven into the future,
the point of your exclamation
mark is in the process of exploding.
from "No. 1, Black Form, 1964″
In the future, there is no future.
As for the silence after death, we hear it
behind the wall behind your painting.
What Kandinsky named silence you paint.
In front of the obsidian monolith a man
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PROVO, Utah – May 26, 2011 – Memorial Day is coming soon, and AppTime (http://www.apptime.com), the group behind the family history app MobileTree (http://www.mobiletree.me), has a new project they're thrilled to share. It's called BillionGraves.com, it's as ambitious a project as the word "billion" makes it sound, and they want you to take it with you to the cemetery this Memorial Day.
"It's a huge opportunity for everyone in family history," says Rob Moncur, the head developer for the BillionGraves.com website. "We want people from all over the world to be able work together and pool resources so everyone can find the ancestors they're looking for."
BillionGraves.com aims to be the largest repository of headstone records, images, and locations in the world. This will give family historians access to previously undocumented information that can further their genealogical research. The site is built with these researchers in mind, and its structure is inherently collaborative. The first step in the BillionGraves process is to have iPhone users download the BillionGraves camera app and take it with them to local cemeteries—hopefully at times when they would already be going, like on Memorial Day. Those people snap quick pictures of the cemetery's headstones, and the app uploads the photos to BillionGraves.com. The photos are tagged using the iPhone's location services so the exact location of each grave is recorded.
Once the photos are on BillionGraves.com, anyone with a BillionGraves account—whether they have an iPhone or not—can transcribe the records on the headstones and make them easily searchable. Then anyone can search for their ancestors and find not only the information recorded on headstones, but also see the headstones and the exact locations of ancestors' final resting places. Those records, formerly undocumented and hard to access, open up to family historians worldwide.
"This is something anyone in the world can access and participate in," says Curtis Tirrell, AppTime's CEO. "Everyone has unique access to their local cemeteries. You have access to someone's ancestor, access they may not be able to get alone. We're creating a way for everyone to help other family history researchers and remove problems of distance."
The BillionGraves crew is excited about the prospects for BillionGraves.com, but they all know that they need the family history community to back them in their endeavor.
"We don't know where all the cemeteries in the world are," says Moncur. "There are cemeteries that aren't plotted on any maps, and we can't go out and find those. But people know where they are. All those people need to do is let us know and snap as many pictures as they can. We want to make that process simple and easy, which is why we're releasing the app and launching the website right before Memorial Day. Lots of people will be going to cemeteries anyway. We just want them to do a little something extra while they're telling stories about great-grandpa, and that extra will help people all over the place."
To learn more about the BillionGraves.com project and what you can do to help, visit http://BillionGraves.com or http://billiongraves.blogspot.com (the project's blog) and, if you have an iPhone, download the BillionGraves Camera app. The app is free May 25-June 1. After that it will cost $1.99 to ensure only responsible users download it.