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- 07-30-05 12:10 AM #31scourge Guest
Re: Allante RWD customization?
Different boards where I have asked information. It's mainly a lot on non-welders who think that I should worship their opinion and do exactly what they say without question. It pisses me off to so often see the same replies about "cost, it's hard, just get a FR car, and they don't think I should do it" as though they are brand new ideas and that I am too stupid to have researched this for a few weeks and will continue to do so for a few more.
Just venting here.
- 07-31-05 04:42 PM #32scourge Guest
Re: Allante RWD customization?
Seeing waaaay too much:
Up to two banned BBS boards because I'm tired of seeing haters get pissy when I don't validate their uninformed opinion.
- 08-06-05 04:24 PM #33scourge Guest
Re: Allante RWD customization?
Just bought the July 1989 Car & Driver issue that has the RWD Reatta. Will check out a shop next week that makes hand built roadsters to see what they say. I know the Allante is not 100% the same, but the variations can be worked out.
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- 08-07-05 07:30 PM #34scourge Guest
Re: Allante RWD customization?
Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
Oh well, at least I'll have a hard copy.
- 08-10-05 08:07 PM #35scourge Guest
Re: Allante RWD customization?
Talked to another shop today and got a completely different view. One shop says no problem and another one says no way for under $50k.
So, fugg-all! I'll talk to few more places to get a better idea of the possibilities. It'll take some time though. This project may in fact be impossible, but at least I am making an effort to make sure so it can all be planned out rather than just talk shit or outright hate online.
Will post updates as I learn new things.
- 08-29-05 02:28 PM #36scourge Guest
Re: Allante RWD customization?
I just got some good news and some bad news the other day.
The good news is - my research continues and I should get pictures and maybe even a closeup look at a GM built RWD Reatta prototype.
The bad news is - that it will take another 3 weeks because I have to wait on the principle guy to be able to make it to Georgia again. He's a business owner who just can't leave at will.
I planned on Christmas time anyway so no problem. However, I'll find out if I go to Hawaii next month and if I do, it's highly unlikely that I'll move back to the mainland and I have no idea about shops/costs on Hawaii.
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Re: Allante RWD customization?
Scourge how has this been going I want to do this too i want an american luxury coupe of moderate size and the Cadillac brand IS american luxury as well as my favorite and the allante's only problem is the fwd drive train so I'd like to fix it ...I was thinking of finding an engine that is good enough to get me to 189 or 205 mph and i can mount in the trunk area so as i don't have to go through tunneling the floor boards and rearranging the interior. I also wanted to know if there are any North* diesel plants of a moderate size. Ur project would help alot ...... Which allante came with leather and wood interiors because the single tone plastic and vinyl is not the look I'm in love with. Hopefully ur still on or someone can do more than post something discouraging
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Re: Allante RWD customization?
most everybody in this 3 year old thread is banned. start a new thread w/ questions.
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Re: Create an RWD Allante ?
Sometimes, its fun having silly discussions that can never be or dreams of what it could have been.
The Allante Forum is best left free for members to let their ideas roam w/o bounds.
IMHO, the thread deserves another chance to live, even if the posters died.
Given enough time and motivation, the RWD Allante will appear .. of that we can all be sure off.
The before untouchable systems ARE being touched, the audio, the power train, the ECM programing, intake booster systems, exhaust system, the suspension, the paint schemes, the interior decor. The Allante IS EVOLVING !
The Allante is a unique car and in this year, 2008, Allante MODIFICATIONS are being accepted as status quo for the very 1st time. The survivor cars are not only getting better, they are getting faster and bolder. As the old guard drops off, a new breed is coming on board with new ideas and some of those ideas ARE COMING REALITY.
Re: Allante RWD customization?
Everywhere the body touches, the interior is leather, Italian leather.
The far and rear or underside places did get some vinyl.
The WOOD dash kits are still available for those that are into that.
The '93s have the same seats as the ElDo cars of the time - NOT Recaros.
The rest of the interior, is the same as the previous models.
The TRUNK IS HUGE .. certainly a good place to drop a drive train like the FIERO guys are using powered by NorthStars in a space 1/2 the size .. but .. what will you do with all that empty space up front? Of course, a lot of weight redistribution would be needed .. oh yeahh .. the gas tank ...
check out this Fiero site
need a transmission for all this ? read on ...The 3.4 Liter 60 degree pushrod engine is one of the most logical choices for replacing the old, worn out, 2.8 Fiero engine. This engine is available as a like-new, factory rebuild or factory crate engine. This is the same engine used in the Camaro and Firebird up to 1995. The heads and block are virtually the same as the 2.8, allowing all accessories to bolt directly to the engine. Relocation of the starter to the other side of the block is the only major modification required. This engine will bolt up directly to the Fiero transmission.
it this guy put a jet engine on a VW, dropping a N* RWD in-the trunk should be less of a project.
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Re: Allante RWD customization?
Has anyone used a custom chassis to convert an Allante to RWD? I recall that Jay Leno used a similar idea to convert his 1968 Olds Toronado to RWD, so I wondered if it could be applied to the Allante.
I was thinking that a chassis from Art Morrison or the Roadster Shop could be used. As for an engine, a GM E-Rod engine would be useful, as would a Tremec T-56 transmission from either American Powertrain or Rockland Standard Gear.
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My sources for Fett. Pretty much nothing, but i'm hoping to find more as I dig around.
FETT HELMET: "Mystery Helmet"...?
Original Boba Fett and Jango Fett Helmets
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/h...irmation-4062/ I wish the paint job on my DP DLX looked more like this and not so beat up XD
UPDATE from last post
Okay, after spending many hours on the first few minutes of my script. I have concluded such a project is way too large for someone with my low mental processing power. After gathering images from threads, writing down the owners names and providing links on each one, I've concluded that I cannot do this. It is simply amazing how much information there actually is and how many references I'd have to make between various helmets. If anyone decides to take this up, you have a starting point at the top. As a recommendation, i'd have one or two people helping you out in person or via skype.

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Posted by Anthony Mullen on March 2, 2012
My recent paper looked at the "tap" paradigm exhibited by technologies such as NFC. I want to explore the implications of how the innocuous "tap" points the way to a not just a richer mode of marketing interaction but hints at how the "pay per" market might develop due to offline/online convergence.
There are primarily two models to the placement of NFC campaigns — the first is on your own property, which may be anything like a store, product, poster, or packaging. The second is on the outdoor network of enabled bus stops, cinemas, smart posters, and public screens. Many large shopping centers and 0ut-of-home (OOH) media stations are already enabled with NFC tags and their real-estate can be addressed dynamically by marketers to put apps, links, and media on them.
Examining the campaign management systems for tag-based approaches shows their toolset to be very similar to pay-per-view (PPV) , pay-per-click (PPC), and display tools. The difference with pay-per-tap is that the location the marketing message is delivered into is a tag rather than a a slot in Google Search results or a display location.
The figure below shows a recent campaign undertaken by Blue Bite and RMG Networks. Doesn't it look just a little bit like the purely online models?
The PPC and display industries easily have the smartest profiling, placement, and measurement systems but they aren't addressing the real world, which is slowly filling up with tags and other digital touchpoints.


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barkingchicken wrote:I love the bears that are ramming the door in! Is that a french toast stick? 'cause that's the first thing I thought of when I saw it! GMV+
I was thinking some kind of chocolate bar but that works too
Brilliant design!
In for two if this prints. I feel like this shirt absolutely NAILS this theme. I also love the clue reference.
If this doesn't print I call shenanigans!!
Great collab guys!
Thank you for your feedback guys. Will pay attention next time
renegadetim wrote:How come I can't edit my comments anymore? Seems like I used to be able to and others do...
Anyways, I misspoke about it being on a blue shirt, maybe it's navy though which might kind of get me off the hook, haha.
You can only edit in the "master-rollup" thread.
Click the permalink to get to it.
Re: CHiPs
Wow, I really thought this one would do better than this...
Any feedback on what I could have done to improve it would be greatly appreciated as I think I will probably revisit this one later coz I really like it.
Re: Bento Baby
i usually wear my food, but this time i can do it on purpose!
BootsBoots wrote:It's true, but they'll never believe you! I am your snuffleupagus!* Bwahahaha! (twirls cape and runs off)
*it just occurred to me that younger Sesame Street watchers will probably not understand what I mean by that, and I'll sound like a weirdo.
the older Sesame Street watchers may not understand either...kind of a reverse Zoom effect...but different.
WANT. Majorly. I've already got a drawer half full of your shirts, Walzaman--I'd love to add this one! GMV and purchase when it prints!
Zagazoo wrote:The characters in this image are really well designed and rendered, the only thing that bugs me is the text. I would suggest for next time you use text with a drawing use a type font but then remake it by hand, it gives the text an organic quality and the entire image has a more cohesive feel. Otherwise looks good my friend!
Yeah I can see that. I was actually going to hand letter all the text. But I did not have enough time to do so, so instead I found a Font that resemble the old Cooper Tire Hot Rod logo font. I also went for the old t-shirt layout style, so It all kind of tied in.
But yeah I agree, I will remember that for next time.
Re: Piece of Cake
If this doesn't print, PLEASE get it printed someplace else and let me know where! I want this shirt SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad! I make cakes and cupcakes as a side job and this is SOOOOOOOOOOOO me. Not to mention my niece LOVES Crazy Town.
The detail and hilarity in this shirt is amazing!! I love it.
Re: Spaghetti Western
This is to cool. I really like the art and the layout very well done.
Also thank you for the constructive criticism I really appreciate it.
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chunkydesign wrote:I agree with the comment above. The illustration is really cool, but the text doesn´t work for me. With the font chosen and the size and colors used, it just becames the most important element of the design, when, in my opinion, this doesn´t even need any kind of text.
HEY where were you in the first 24hr when I could have taken it off and resubmitted it.LOL!! just kidding. Like I posted a minute ago I see what you guys are saying.
I should have known better. Actually I do know better. But I was in such a hurry to submit my entry, that Type treatment became somewhat of an after thought, point taken on critique.
Re: Twinkie Junky
Hahaha! I love it.
Re: What would YOU do?
Now I've got the jingle stuck in my head. Good Humor should be giving you money.
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Re: the loneliest fruit
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Re: served
Re: Grilled
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Re: Episode 49
How would this be considered on topic? what would be the anthropomorphic element?
Re: donut eat donut (resub)
Quite frankly, it reminds me of the Oroboros.
Re: Not This Time, Fat Boy
Isn't Mario friends with Toad and the mushroom people community?
This bad apple would EAT the whole bunch...
Re: I am a grapefruit
It may not seem like much, but I'm really happy this has made it as high as it has. I've only made three entries and the first one I think barely broke 10, I'm just happy I keep doing better. Thank you to everyone that voted for it, and I'll tell you right now if it makes it into the top 100 I'll be amazed... and I'll love you all.
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Re: Inspired by BETTER HAM by Pearl Jam
six colours (white, gray, blue, yellow, cyan, red) on a black shirt
Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech
As he opens the door, she rolls over...
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over
She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better ham...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better ham...
Can't find a better ham
Can't find a better ham
sclark89 wrote:Isn't Mario friends with Toad and the mushroom people community?
I'm pretty sure it's suppose to be a goomba.. the little mushrooms Mario is always squashing even though all they do is walk around. How cruel. But I can see why you'd think it was Toad seeing as he already is an Anthropomorphic mushroom... he just has like an actual body and this is more of a goomba with limbs. I'll stop talking now before I sound even more like a geek.
Re: A rough life
14th Place has over 400 votes? This was a high-scoring derby, yeah?
auntiecoagulant wrote:It would work just saying "The Doodle Abides"
Fantastic image!
kcskeele wrote:agreed
I appreciate the feedback people have given on the text but the reason I settled on "The Cheese Doodle Abides" was because "The Doodle Abides" is actually owned by some blogging site and didn't want be hassled by people pointing out that its used by this other site.
JadenKale wrote:Wonderful detailing! I am curious as to why the name is "To BEE or Not To BEE".
I understand the Shakespearean reference just fine... I just don't understand the misspelling XD
Maybe he's referring to AppleBEES. :P
Re: Blue Cheese
Wee I'm back from some summertime adventures! Anyways you guys have gotten most of the puns. The only one left is more just for me in that the design was partly inspired by Picasso's style during his blue period.
Zagazoo wrote:The slice of bread's expression on the left is pretty heart warming, well done! I rarely if ever achieve heart warming...
Thanks! I'm glad you like it.
Your work is great!
renegadetim wrote:So, I feel pretty läme but, what's the joke here? I don't really get it and obviously I'm missing it since it's in the fog.
I'd appreciate the help, haha.
I didn't get the joke in the beginning, too. I thought that these two guys were cheese - but they are fortune cookies :-)
Seriously AMAZING!
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egosadist wrote:Quite frankly, it reminds me of the Oroboros.
Funny you say that, because that's what it is.
Even if this doesn't win, I hope the editor decides to print it at some point in the future. This is just so badass, and probably the coolest Mario shirt I've ever seen.
Every boy wishes he could do this.....
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This year was the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France. Assuming you know me a bit, you know I'm a cycling guy - both a rider and a fan of the pro sport. This, therefore, was an event I somehow needed to be part of. So late last year, I signed up to ride the Alps alongside the Tour, and then go to Paris to watch the finish. My very wonderful wife gamely said she would ride with me - though I could tell she had some trepidations. Here's a few reflections from the trip. (Shortcut: Skip to Flickr photo set.)
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I've recently been struck by the the office locations at which I've found Boston area startups taking root. And a pattern emerged for me: the center of gravity is along the MBTA Red Line. And there are so many companies it now significantly outweighs the historically-named "128 Corridor."
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Arsène Wenger insists that Arsenal CAN score goals without Robin van Persie.
The captain sat out Tuesday night's Carling Cup tie against Manchester City and his replacements could not find the net as Roberto Mancini's team snatched a 1-0 win.
Van Persie has scored 13 times in the Premier League alone this season - half of Arsenal's top-flight tally - but Wenger is confident that others will step up when he is absent.
"At the moment I can't deny that [we rely on him for goals] but I believe that the likes of Gervinho, Aaron Ramsey and Theo Walcott can score goals and I believe they will," he told Arsenal Player.
"They can score goals, I am am completely confident of that. And they will score. At the moment Robin is always on the end of things. I think he will continue but I also think it will change that the other players will score goals as well."
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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by falling_dance, May 18, 2013.
I'll just start with an unconnected entry.
sand dollars
Nautilus shells
conch shells
I'm sure Tennyson would be pleased to know that his work, or some variant of it, lives on in an internet figure skating forum in the 21st century.
But I digress.
Pearly nautilus, but a live one please.
Bleak House
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
As was asked in the previous thread (after it had concluded ): "will the Eurovision Song Contest still be going in another 50 years - yes or no?"
Can we have, "I don't care" ?
Ever read Eugene Onegin?
Never tried
Never tried
Never tried
Tried and failed
Tried and failed
Tried and failed
From Sweden, it's ABBA with "Jag Bryr Mig Inte (I Don't Care)"...
Never tried. Is there a translation you can recommend?
Ralph Fiennes in
Quiz Show
The Constant Gardener?
Iconic cars:
VW Beatle
Austin Mini
Ford Mustang
Pontiac Firebird
Aston Martin
Dodge Charger
I love Lindisfarne's 'You Don't Care' - look it up on YouTube.
I can't choose. I love Ralph Fiennes in everything. I think he's brilliant.
Schindler's List (though I didn't like the film) might be his best performance. 'The End of the Affair' is one of my favourite films of all time.
(Why don't you just answer the question? )
The Grapes of Wrath or Moby Dick?
The partial credit and extra credit points add up to a respectable score of 96/100. :measured but warm applause:
Moby Dick.
chicken noodle soup
chicken and rice soup
I'm all for soup but hold the chicken.
none of the above
The Grapes of Wrath
Best John Steinbeck Novel/Novella?
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
East of Eden
Of Mice and Men
Lou Diamond Phillips works:
La Bamba
Young Guns
Stand and Deliver
The First Power
Courage Under Fire
Route 666
Young Guns
Hotness that you don't get
Gisele Bundchen
Jake Gyllenhaal
Liam Hemsworth
Gwyneth Paltrow
or ________________________
Jake Gyllenhaal
Turkish coffee:
Are you a mad swivel-eyed loon?
Purple It would be entertaining to see a major UK parliamentary party collapse into third-place (or lower) status.
Will Andy Murray compete at this year's French Open?
I'm not even going to guess.
Dear dear, not much of a choice, is there?
I'll go for Hague, even though he has that terrible boring voice.
A joke that was doing the Labour rounds just before WH was defeated in 2001:
"Why are there two 'f's in Ffion?"
"Because there's no effin leader."
Said with the confidence of party workers who knew the GE would be a stroll.
The crimson petal or the white?
1) "Why are there two 'f's in Ffion?"
2) non to Mr. Murray
Iconic cars:
VW Beatle
Austin Mini
Ford Mustang
Pontiac Firebird
Aston Martin
Dodge Charger
That's part of the joke. Goes off to sulk at f_d changing her question and mine being ignored.
By the way, I know nothing about cars except that if one can get you from A to B, it is a good car.
Sorry. I just felt that my whole entry was like William Hague's boring voice.
:nods because we have that in common: I'll choose the Austin Mini because it sounds Diana Rigg-ish.
The crimson petal.
Things that really should've been claimed as expenses by MPs with a yen for opprobrium:
a porphyry font
a milkwhite peacock
a ghost
a silent meteor
The bosom of the lake, or perhaps the bosom of a barmaid
Studying Old English at University should be:
Crackers & Cheese
Hummus and Pita Chips
Tortilla chips and Guacamole
Bread & peanut butter
Would I be correct in assuming that the latter is U and the former non-U? Or is it non-U even to make that joke?
Tortilla chips and guacamole.
the most tiresome:
Keeping Up Appearances
middle-class chauvinism
that horrible all-star Knebworth concert from 1990
docudramas about British royalty
Have you been reading The Torygraph again?
They're all awful, horrible, unspeakable things with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Better lead performance in The Remains of the Day:
Emma Thompson
Anthony Hopkins
I was a Christopher Hitchens fangirl many years ago.
Hopkins (but it's close).
Better performance in Howards End:
Emma Thompson
Anthony Hopkins
I'll go with Hopkins.
My brother just left this voidy artifact in my study: its a vinyl record of Rachmaninoff: Verpers The U.S.S.R. Russian Chorus. Led by Aleksander Sveshnikov, its a collection of nighttime choir pieces. Beautifully haunting...
Choral Music:
I can't stand it.
It usually bores me
I am not educated on the subject to know whether or not I like it.
Fascinating and Inspiring.
Oh, I love Rachmaninoff's Vespers, siouxdonym my sweet. It's so gloriously gloomily Russian. Lovely lovely lovely.
Fascinating and inspiring. Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Mozart's Requiem - OK not Miki's disco version........
If you could live a hundred years in the past or a hundred years in the future, which would you choose?
Hundred years in the future
George Orwell
Ian Flemming
D. H. Lawrence
Arthur Conan Doyle
James Joyce
Marcel Proust
Ernest Hemmingway
Mikhail Bulgakov
T. S. Eliot
That's quite a collection you've got there, Buzz.
T.S. Eliot
Listening to audiobooks or 'real' reading?
I've never "read" an audiobook.
large and sumtuous
lean and meager
well rounded and nutritious
whatever you can get your hands on..
can't stomach much in the morning...
pop tarts.
Depends on my mood, but since I am usually work night shifts, mornings means dinner time to me. So big and sumptuous would be my pick.
Thanks Orientalplane.
Rice with Herbes de Provence
Mushroom Rice
Onion Rice
Armenia Rice Pilaf
Rice with Almonds and Raisins
Cajun Kale and Rice
Indian Rice Pilaf
Burnt Butter Rice
Mexican Rice
Cajun Kale and Rice.
So, which college should I apply to attend in the fall 1999 semester?
Warren Wilson College (Because I really need to get my farmwork on before my nineteenth birthday.)
New College of the University of South Florida (No grades, just detailed evaluations by each professor.)
Deep Springs College (After being rejected on irrefutable grounds of my gender and unimpressive record, I'll sue their asses and ruin everything.)
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On DVD
City of Ember
Movie Review
Two hundred years.
That's how long the remnants of humanity have lived deep underground after an unspecified apocalypse rendered Earth's surface unlivable. For generations, the citizens of the city known as Ember have depended upon a massive generator (powered by an underground river) to keep their beloved subterranean suburb humming.
Now, inexplicably, the great generator is failing. Power outages—accompanied by terrible blackness—are getting longer. Stockpiles of food that have sustained Ember for two centuries seem to be running low.
But the majority of Ember's citizenry stubbornly refuses to believe that life as they've always known it might be coming to an end. Chief among the skeptics is Ember's portly mayor, who calmly establishes a task force to look into these interruptions in the status quo.
Doon Harrow, the son of an inventor, believes he can repair the generator, if only he can get access to it. But the really bright thread of this story emerges from the weave when Lina Mayfleet's preschool-age sister, Poppy, discovers a mysterious box in the closet of their home ... a box apparently left behind by an ancestor who was also the city's seventh mayor. Lina's granny (with whom she lives) faintly recalls that the box was important. But she can't remember why.
Doon's path crosses Lina's on Assignment Day—the day teens graduate from school to adult jobs in the city. And as Ember's power outages grow longer, Doon and Lina race against time to decipher confusing clues in an ever-deepening mystery. Hidden tunnels. Cryptic instructions. Monstrous creatures lurking in the shadows.
Piece by piece, the picture becomes clear: Ember wasn't designed to be a permanent home for humanity, only a temporary shelter. The people must return to the surface.
But someone, it seems, doesn't want them to get there.
Positive Elements
City of Ember showcases the values of hard work, family and pursuing the truth even if others discourage you.
Personal career plans don't play well in a society built around sheer survival. And in Ember, adults are randomly assigned lifetime occupations. Despite that, most of Ember's citizenry admirably shoulder their responsibilities. Pipe fitters stop leaks. Electricians tend to the power grid. Greenhouse keepers ensure production of fresh food to complement stored canned goods. And so on.
Doon's father, Loris, encourages the virtues of hard work and perseverance. Loris tells Doon that he has little control over life circumstances ("What you get, you get"), but that his response to those circumstances is what really matters ("What you do with what you get is more the point").
Both Doon and Lina come from loving, if fractured, families. Lina lives with and cares for her elderly granny. (We learn that her parents were killed years before in an accident.) And Lina also tends to the needs of her younger sister. In essence, she's assuming adult responsibilities even before she graduates into the adult world of Ember, putting the needs of her family before her own. When Granny quietly passes away following a respiratory illness (we see her in her bed when she doesn't wake up), Lina and Poppy go to live with a kindhearted family friend named Mrs. Murdo.
As Doon and Lina inch closer to uncovering the secret of Ember's builders—and the escape plan they engineered—the teens repeatedly come to each other's rescue in moments of peril. Several other characters, including a greenhouse custodian and an aging pipeworks laborer, also place their lives on the line in the service of the quest for the truth.
[Spoiler Warning] Loris initially discourages Doon from trying to find an escape from the city. But we learn that Loris is doing so because a similar venture took the lives of several of his friends when he was much younger. Eventually Loris changes his mind, though, and encourages his son to continue pursuing the quest that he abandoned himself.
Lina discovers that an acquaintance her age has been stealing food in her role as a warehouse steward. Though the young thief tries to rationalize her behavior by saying there's so little food remaining that it doesn't matter, Lina tells her that what she's doing is still wrong.
Spiritual Content
There is no mention of God or of anything explicitly spiritual. And from a certain perspective, City of Ember looks like a decidedly humanist affair. However, an annual city-wide celebration has a quasi-religious feel. Once a year, Ember residents gather to celebrate the Great Day of Singing, which is marked by rehearsals and a song that feels like one part Pledge of Allegiance, one part old gospel hymn. Residents praise the lights that make their existence in the darkness possible, singing, "When the light is on, hope is everlasting."
A small group of devout, robed singers (Mrs. Murdo among them) believe that Ember's original builders will eventually return and "show us the way." Mrs. Murdo and her compatriots are depicted as naive at best and vaguely cult-like at worst. Lina clearly considers the group out of touch with the reality that Ember's generator and infrastructure are indeed on their last legs ... and that no one is, in fact, coming to save them. Likewise, Loris describes his loss of hope for an escape from Ember in almost religious terms when he tells Doon, "The builders abandoned us."
While almost everyone has given up hope that there's any light outside of Ember, Doon and Lina believe that there's a way out. Thus, the story could also be seen as a parable about moving from darkness to light.
Sexual Content
After Lina becomes a messenger, the first message she delivers is, "If this is a potato, then I'm 16 and sexy." A young woman says that she has a boyfriend.
Violent Content
City of Ember's two most suspenseful scenes involve a giant, marauding mole that's the size of, say, a hippo. It chases Lina and Doon, who narrowly avoid the squirming, tentacle-like feelers around its mouth and the long claws on its feet. Another character gets cornered later on. He isn't so lucky, and it's implied that the mole does him in. (We see the creature's mouth open as it lunges at him.)
The mayor and an unsavory lout named Looper have a scuffle following a disagreement, and the mayor hits him a couple of times. The mayor's lackeys handle Lina roughly as she's dragged to his office. Looper tosses Doon out of a secret food storage room—flinging him bodily onto the street. A man who's illegally ventured outside the city is treated roughly by authorities. Some children hit a woman for no apparent reason, another sign that Ember's heretofore orderly existence is breaking down.
Lina, Doon and Poppy are subjected to a breathtaking ride in a small, three-person boat. At times it's like a log ride at an amusement park. And as they're tossed up and down, this way and that, the sequence also brings to mind the mine-cart scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. A general sense of suspense permeates the activities that drift into various dimly lit tunnels beneath Ember's streets.
Crude or Profane Language
Drug and Alcohol Content
Other Negative Elements
The mayor has clearly abused his power by hoarding much of what little food the city has left. Camera shots of his telltale belly hint at this character deficiency. Later, Lina and Doon find him asleep with a half-eaten can of food in his hand amid a cellar full of rations no one knows about. With his secret out, the mayor promptly seeks to detain the two teens and keep them from revealing his corruption. It's hinted that the mayor may also know about the city's long-forgotten escape plan—and that he has one of his own. But that's never made explicit.
City of Ember is a peculiar movie. As post-apocalyptic action flicks go, it has remarkably few content concerns. The two scenes with the mutated mole are the worst of it, along with some mild fisticuffs and moments of suspense. It's a rare film these days, even among those labeled as "family friendly," that has so few problems. So it would seem that Walden Media continues its commitment to bringing enjoyable, restrained stories to the big screen.
Digging a bit deeper, though, there may be a bit more going on here. On the surface, City of Ember is an engaging story about two teens whose determination to find the truth and challenge the status quo ends up saving humanity. And the consistent theme of moving from darkness to light could even be interpreted as having spiritually meaningful undertones.
On the other hand, the film arguably suggests that neither organized religion nor politics will provide the solutions that society desperately needs. For that matter, adults generally seem unwilling to consider new ways of looking at the world or solving problems. While it would be a stretch to call these messages subversive, neither the "spiritually faithful" nor public leaders tasked with shepherding the city garner much praise here. The former are hopelessly untethered from reality, while the latter are too crooked to be trusted. In the end, Doon and Lina can only trust themselves—a message that's both deeply humanist and pretty pessimistic at the same time.
Speaking of pessimism, consider for a moment City of Ember's setting: We never know exactly why humans were forced underground, whether the catalyst was global ecological disaster or perhaps a nuclear war. All we're told is that the scientists believed it would take 200 years before the earth would be habitable again. "On the day the world ended," a voiceover tells us, "The fate of mankind was carried in a small metal box."
Stories about the end of the world are nothing new, of course. But not so very long ago, they were aimed primarily at older audiences. In her article "Unhappily Ever After," Newsweek columnist Karen Springen writes, "Once upon a time, doomsday stories—War of the Worlds, Planet of the Apes—were adults-only fare. Today one of the hottest segments of children's literature is about surviving the end of the world."
And, indeed, City of Ember is based on a bestselling children's book of the same name.
"We have more ways of ending the world than we had before," says Jeanne DuPrau, who wrote the book. "These are big, hard truths that are facing kids, and they need to know these things."
Whether they need to know these things or not is still debatable, of course. But the fact that they do indeed stumble upon them is incontestable. And families are going to have to individually grapple with how a film like City of Ember fits into that not-always-slow-enough growing up process. If it does fit, it should certainly be used to spark conversation and learning, not just serve as mindless entertainment. But that path is opened up in this case—far more than it normally is when it comes to movies—by the aforementioned restraint shown by the film's makers
Pro-social Content
Objectionable Content
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Plot Summary
Christian Beliefs
Other Belief Systems
Discussion Topics
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Episode Reviews
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Harry Treadaway as Doon Harrow; Saoirse Ronan as Lina Mayfleet; Bill Murray as Mayor Cole; Tim Robbins as Loris Harrow; Martin Landau as Sul; Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Clary; Amy Quinn as Poppy; Liz Smith as Granny; Mary Kay Place as Mrs. Murdo; MacKenzie Crook as Looper
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Smart, food-savvy NH people have the scoop on kale, the 'super food'
By NANCY BEAN FOSTER
Special to the Union Leader | May 06. 2014 4:00PM
At Blue Bell Greenhouse in Lee, Yuda Daskal said kale can survive New Hampshire's tough growing season when other plants wither. (NANCY BEAN FOSTER PHOTO)
Well, if you ask Annie Steeves, leader of the University of New Hampshire Real Food Challenge Campaign and student ambassador to the Food Systems Task Force at the UNH Sustainability Institute, the answer is kale.
Kale, which belongs to the same family as broccoli, is a hearty green that's been around for a very long time but has in recent years caught the attention of those looking for fresh, local produce that provides a big nutritional bang for the buck.
Steeves said that many people turn their backs on kale because the green is so tough when it's fresh, but there are ways to beat the toughness.
But to get mature kale into shape for being eaten raw, all the green needs is a little bit of love.
John Moulton, owner of Moulton Farm in Meredith, said the green is increasing in popularity and the customers at his market bake it into kale chips, use it for soup, toss it in the juicer or eat it fresh.
Yuda Daskal, owner of Blue Bell Greenhouse in Lee, said kale can go in the ground in early spring and will keep growing through the fall, yielding plenty of greens (both young and mature) to go around.
Like all superheroes, kale has had its share of controversy, including a lawsuit between a Vermont farmer and fast-food giant Chick-fil-A. Several years ago, Bo Muller-Moore started slapping the slogan "Eat More Kale" onto T-shirts and bumper stickers to bring attention to the neglected green. But his slogan may have run afoul of copyright laws because it's close to Chick-fil-A's slogan, "Eat Mor Chikin." The courts are now in the process of deciding who owns the words "Eat More..."


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...to throw the resplendent light of Publicity upon all the affairs of this New Colony' was the proud boast of The Melbourne Advertiser when it was first published on 1 January 1838...
What it did not say was that the light would shine just as brightly on John Pascoe Fawkner, its publisher.
Portrait of W. P. Fawkner Esq. by William Strutt, 1853.Source: State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Picture Collection
Fawkner played a key role in the establishment of Melbourne and Victoria as a separate state.
The story of the first newspaper in Melbourne well illustrates Fawkner's way of operating.
He had ordered a printing press from Tasmania, but he did not wait for its arrival to publish the first Melbourne newspaper. He wanted to beat the competition so The Advertiser's first nine weekly editions were handwritten.
The Fawkner PressPhotographer: Jon Augier, Source: Museum Victoria
The first printed edition appeared on 5 March 1838. The Press itself was nothing special; its chief characteristic was that it was the first one Fawkner could get hold of.
The newspaper was closed down on 23 April 1838 because Fawkner had not obtained a newspaper licence from Sydney!
He republished with a new title - The Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser - on 6 February 1839 after he had obtained a licence. The paper was first published daily on the15 May 1845.
Why did Fawkner not wait for the printing press?
He could make money from subscriptions and advertising businesses including his own. He knew others wanted to be the first to publish a newspaper so he wanted to beat his competitors and gain a place in history.
Fawkner had been to Melbourne in 1803 as an eleven year old, living with his convict father in a colony established near present day Sorrento. When the colony was abandoned in 1804 due to lack of wood and fresh water, the Fawkners moved to Hobart in Tasmania.
Fawkner worked in his father's bakery, timber business and brewery. In 1819, they moved to Launceston, where they set up a hotel, bakery, timber business, bookshop, nursery, orchard and a newspaper The Launceston Advertiser in 1829.
In April 1835, Fawkner bought a ship, Enterprize, with the aim of returning to the mainland and establishing a settlement in the Port Phillip District.
In August 1835, the Enterprize, without Fawkner, tied up near William Street on the Yarra River. Land was cleared for growing crops and a store was built.
Fawkner came later in October 1835 and set himself up as a businessman, opening Melbourne's first hotel on the corner of William Street and Flinders Lane and publishing the first newspaper.
Fawkner's first Printing Office, 1870Photographer: Unknown, Source: Royal Historical Society of Victoria
He was elected to the first Legislative Council of the Port Phillip District in 1851, and was elected in 1856 to the first Parliament of the colony of Victoria, as MLC for Central Province.
Fawkner had worked tirelessly for the separation of Victoria from New South Wales; this was achieved in 1851.
Fawkner's impact on the early life Melbourne was great - 15,000 people watched his funeral procession, which consisted of over 200 carriages.
Fawkner was born in 1792 and died in 1869.
The Fawkner Press and other objects are on display in the Melbourne Story Exhibition.
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Context is everything. If you look at the whole history of Romney and his campaign, it is more likely than not that there was a racial implication, whether conscious or unconscious (I don't disagree with RCW's list, but would add #6 to it: He doesn't even know he did it because it's what subconsciously comes out when faced with a Black opponent - he just assumes that he's superior and is naturally condescending / patronizing, etc.)Wow, seriously?
Alright, well I saw that said and it didn't get delivered in carefully rehearsed zinger style to me. I know what you're talking about, and it truly didn't have that 'feel' to me.
And again, the incentive to take a dig like that would have to be incredibly low, so low that there's way more compelling disincentive.
I guess the retort to that is that there's so many racists in America that I underestimate how Romney would find it advantageous to play to them.
Which basically ends the argument...because there's damning absolutes being accepted without question.
"My boys" aside, I thought the point he was making was more mean than called for. You can dig at someone's credibility in less blanketed ways....ways that don't make it sound like you believe this is your opponents character all around. ...They're just a liar. In British politics that would fit in fine, but Americans are usually more civil.
Of course there is incentive for Romney to use this type of coded racial language.
1. It's red meat for his base.
2. It serves to degrade Obama.
3. It helps keep white voters who might be considering voting for Obama in line by reminding them, subtly, that Obama is "other".
4. Regular white folks aren't likely to notice this type of racial insult, so there is little chance of being called out on it.
5. Minority folks who do notice, aren't likely to be paid attention to if they complain about the racial insult, because Romney has plausible deniability.
That's why it's important for regular white folks who do notice to say something and not just dismiss it as a ridiculous claim.
There is just NO way he didn't have racist intentions in making that point and mentioning "my boys" in the process?
Most people didn't take it how you did because they're not sensitive enough to see it. It can't be that most people didn't notice it that way because it very likely was not at all intended that way?
It's an insidious charge to lay up against someone so boldly yet close-mindedly.
Is out of the realm of possibility he meant it how it phased you? Nope.
And that's the rational way to look at it. Not....that's how he meant with 100% certainty, thus he's unquestionably guilty of being a grade A racist ass**** on account of that remark.
If you notice, in your list of incentive for him to mean it that way, you have it hemmed up erring on the extreme opposite side of the 'benefit of the doubt.'
You recognize that he has "plausible deniability" but only in a nefarious sense. You know this, I take it, because you're inside his head. You're making the suspect fit the "crime."


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Dec. 17, 2013
@VOL_HOOPS REPORT: Correcting Mistakes
As the Tennessee basketball team prepares to begin a four-game holiday homestand with a 7 p.m. ET contest against NC State Wednesday at Thompson-Boling Arena, it's focusing on fixing correctable mistakes that have shown up at times through the first nine games of the season.
Though the Volunteers (6-3) have displayed tremendous proficiency in protecting the basketball and creating extra possessions - UT ranks third nationally in fewest turnovers per game (9.1) and 11th nationally in offensive rebounds per game (15.4) - there are areas where improvement is necessary.
Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin said some of the same issues that hindered the Vols in their two November setbacks were visible in UT's loss at 11th-ranked Wichita State Saturday.
"The biggest key is capitalizing down the stretch in hostile environment, "Martin said. "We missed some opportunities in transition on layups, and they turned around and capitalized - whether they made a 3-point shot or got to the free-throw line. When you're in an environment like that against a quality opponent, you can't make those types of mistakes."
Senior guard Jordan McRae, who ranks third in the SEC in scoring at 19.6 points per game, pointed to similar blemishes that can be eliminated through practice and focus.
"In all our losses, there have been small things that can definitely be corrected." McRae said. "We just have to learn from (each loss). We have to do a better job of knocking down our free throws on the road."
The road won't be a concern for the rest of this month, as Tennessee hosts NC State, Morehead State (Dec. 23), Virginia (Dec. 30) and Tusculum College (Jan. 4) consecutively before jumping into SEC play.
"I'll be glad to be good to be back in front of our fans," McRae said. "Coming off a loss, we definitely need some home support."
With students on break for the holidays, lower-level tickets for Tennessee's upcoming games at Thompson-Boling Arena are available. Fans can purchase tickets by visiting UTtix.com or calling the UT Ticket Office at 1-800-332-8657.
NC State (7-2) enters Wednesday's game riding a five-game win streak. However, the Wolfpack lost its only true road game this season, falling at Cincinnati Nov. 12.
Interestingly, the Vols also played in Cincinnati, Ohio, that same night. Tennessee dropped its season-opener against Xavier at Cintas Center - less than five miles away from Fifth Third Arena, where the Wolfpack faced the Bearcats.
NC State is led by sophomore forward T.J. Warren, who leads the Atlantic Coast Conference and ranks sixth in the NCAA in scoring with 23.3 points per game.
The Wolfpack roster also boasts a face familiar to veteran Vols, as junior guard Ralston Turner - who averages 9.9 points per game this season - played at LSU from 2011-2012 before transferring to NC State last year (he sat out last season).
Tennessee trails its all-time series against NC State 5-3, and the Wolfpack has won both previous meetings in Knoxville (1991 and 1994).
The Vols went 5-9 against current NC State head coach Mark Gottfried during his 11-year tenure as the head coach at SEC rival Alabama from 1999-2009.
Tennessee will travel to NC State next season to complete the current home-and-home contract with the Wolfpack.
Saturday afternoon, more than 15,000 basketball fans in Wichita, Kan., were introduced to the video-game-like athleticism of Tennessee guard Jordan McRae. With 12:50 remaining in the second half of the Vols game at Wichita State, the senior threw down what some are calling the "Dunk of the Year" more than one month into the college season.
The dunk had the Internet buzzing. Fans quickly took to Twitter to describe the dunk with words like "wow," "posterized" and "nasty."
ESPN immediately posted a video the dunk on YouTube, where it has amassed more than one million views in four days.
For a player known for such memorable dunks, one might think McRae has amassed a plethora of highlight-reel plays above the rim.
When asked to guess how many dunks McRae has had in his career, fellow senior Jeronne Maymon said 54, while junior Josh Richardson guessed "probably about 50."
In actuality, McRae has only totaled 30 dunks in his career at as a Vol. In his case however, quality has taken precedence over quantity; his dunks are usually very memorable.
Saturday's dunk-heard-round-Twitter garnered enough attention to land at the No. 5 spot on ESPN's Top 10 Plays on SportsCenter.
Additionally, McRae passed the 1,000 career point milestone Saturday. The Midway, Ga., native became the 45th Vol in history to score 1,000 points, and he is the third-leading scorer among all active players in the SEC.
For the most up-to-date information about the Tennessee basketball program, visit UTsports.com/basketball and follow @Vol_Hoops on Twitter and Instagram.


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Pentax MX-1 review: High-end compact with retro appeal delivers competitive sensor performanceBy Janice Chen - Thursday February 28 2013 Sensor Review
A serious challenger to established players
Pentax MX-1 vs. Canon PowerShot S110 vs. Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7
While the Canon PowerShot S110 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 are the latest of popular and proven multigenerational lines from their respective makers, the MX-1 is the first high-end enthusiast compact from Pentax. Nevertheless, the MX-1 holds its own when we compare the three cameras head-to-head. In fact, with a DxOMark Overall Score of 49 points, the MX-1 should deliver a very similar image quality level as the S110 and LX7, which scored 48 and 50 respectively. All three cameras have practically the same scores on both color depth and dynamic range. The one score where we see the MX-1 gaining a slight advantage is its low-light ISO performance, where it exceeds the S110 by 1/3 of a stop and the LX7 by a 1/2 stop.
As you can see from the Color Sensitivity graph below, for high ISO between 1600 and 12800, the MX-1 was able to score 2/3EV higher than the Canon and Panasonic cameras, indicating that in low light and higher ISO settings it can produce images with greater color depth and nuance.
Where the LX7 was able to beat both the Pentax and Canon cameras can be seen in the Dynamic Range graph below. The LX7 is slightly superior in dynamic range, beating the other cameras by 1/3EV at ISO 80, indicating that in bright light and low ISO settings it will be able to produce better details in highlights and shadow.
Pentax MX-1 vs. Olympus XZ-2 vs. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100
Two slightly higher priced enthusiast compact cameras that compete with the MX-1 are the Olympus XZ-2 iHS ($599.99) and the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 ($649.99). The Olympus XZ-2 and MX-1 have the same Overall Score of 49 and perform almost identically across all three use case scores, which comes as no surprise given that they likely utilize the same 12-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor.
The Sony RX100, on the other hand, sports a much larger 1-inch CMOS sensor and is therefore able to achieve higher marks across the board, with an Overall Score of 66, essentially performing a full stop better than the MX-1 and XZ-2 as well as the Canon S110 and Panasonic LX7. In fact, the RX100 is able to beat the MX-1 and XZ-2 by 1.5 stops in color depth and 1EV in dynamic range. And in low-light shooting it wins by nearly one full stop, indicating that it is a better option for sports photography—again, no surprise given its larger sensor.
Pentax MX-1 vs. Pentax Q10 vs. Nikon Coolpix P7700
Other interesting comparisons to make are the similarly priced Nikon Coolpix P7700 ($499.95) and Samsung EX2F ($499.99), as both also have 12-megapixel 1/1.7-inch sensors. The Samsung EX2F's sensor scores are not yet available, but you can see that the Nikon scores very similarly to the MX-1, but with a slightly higher Overall Score of 53.
We've also included a comparison with Pentax's latest interchangeable lens compact, the Pentax Q10, which sells for $599.95 with a 3x zoom kit lens. The Q10 actually has a slightly smaller 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor, but achieves an Overall DxOMark Score of 49—which is equivalent to the MX-1's score and indicates similar image quality—by using the approach of interchangeable lenses rather than the point-and-shoot approach of the MX-1.
Further readings for the Pentax MX-1 review: High-end compact with retro appeal delivers competitive sensor performance
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.


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It's the beginning of the season for HPDE's, autox's and the sort up here in Michigan. I love seeing daily driver's in track mode and all out weekend track rats.
I want to see more...show them
Per the rules
It's the beginning of the season for HPDE's, autox's and the sort up here in Michigan. I love seeing daily driver's in track mode and all out weekend track rats.
I want to see more...show them
Per the rules
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Yes i know illegal point by, but it was the only time he would let me pass him!
I just drove my S4 at Lime Rock in April. I still say my older BMWs were more fun on a racetrack, it's probably the weight of the S4 more than anything that keeps it from being better. But for daily driving the S4 is nearly freaking perfect, so I guess it's the typical tradeoff.
Nice passing on the right...lol!
What track is that?
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I will be driving these two this weekend (dad's 930 street car and a 930 race car we share):
Corrado - Burns money faster than hookers and blow | 996 Turbo - Hates noise ordnance's, fuel and tires in that order | TT - Colorless Wonder with a C16 habit | TT - Colorless Wonder II Lives Again!
"Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid" - John Wayne
I am jelly.
I'm gonna be posting a video early next week of some in car I plan to shoot on the 'ol GoPro. So be on the lookout for that.
With street wheels and taken at C&C West Chester last weekend. I will probably be sitting out the whole track day thing this year as I want to buy several things for the car before I hit the track again (new tires [purchased] and an oil cooler [not purchased yet]), recently got engaged, and I'll be looking to buy a house. And there are also a couple of small-ish things I'd like to get for the mustang. So that leaves very little money for track day fun.
Hopefully I can make it out to 2-3 track days next year.
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Same one I drive daily unfortunately/fortunately(depends on your view), wish I can afford to have a weekend toy(and a place to keep it)...
Don't mind the STX label, the wheels is what puts it there...its otherwise stock...
My Stage 2 335i with all bolt-ons:
Although she's resting until I can put in a new clutch.
My two track toys, one in progress, and one for a different kind of track.
In primer w/ my husband's Chevelle at an autocross
Summit Point last April
NJMP last fall
Lately it has been the Alfa. So far it has survived 3 events.
Been Autocrossing Miatas for 3 years or so, this will make it out a few times this season. When the Alfa breaks?
And I somewhat frequently end up codriving cars that are better prepped than my budget allows. No sense in posting them, though. All the NA Miatas look the same, plus or minus some stickers.
GTV6's make great track cars, even if they are a little slow compared to modern cars. Here is mine, along with my other track toy.
All i have on my phone right now. Its attached to a caged mk3 shell and a syncro drivetrain. Mid july is debut ...... I hope!!!!


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The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced the award of $29.5 million in grant support over the next two years to determine whether a specific physical activity program can stave off disability in older people. The funding will begin the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders—LIFE— trial, the largest ever undertaken to prevent mobility disability among older people who are at risk of losing their ability to walk and to live independently in the community. The grant is being awarded to the University of Florida's Institute on Aging in Gainesville.
The first two years of the six-year, eight-site LIFE trial are being funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grants are part of the $5 billion that President Obama announced Sept. 30 on the NIH campus.
"There is a lot of evidence indicating that exercise can help in preventing diseases, such as diabetes, among older people. But we do not know whether and how a specific regimen might prevent walking disability in older people who are at risk of losing mobility," said NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. "This research is critically important at a time when the population is aging and new interventions should be sought to keep people healthy and functioning in the community longer."
At eight sites around the country, LIFE will involve 1,600 people aged 70 to 89, who at the start of the study meet its criteria for risk of walking disability, defined as the inability to walk a quarter of a mile or four blocks. About 200 participants will be enrolled at each of the study sites, which include the University of Florida; the University of Pittsburgh; Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago; Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.; Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La.; Yale University in New Haven, Conn.; Tufts University in Boston and Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C. Wake Forest will also coordinate the data management and analysis.
"Limitations in walking ability compromise independence and contribute to the need for assistive care," said Evan C. Hadley, M.D., director of NIA's Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology, whose program is overseeing the trial. "Older people with impaired walking are less likely to remain in the community, have higher rates of certain diseases and death, and experience a poorer quality of life. A successful intervention might help prevent these bad outcomes."
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Study participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will follow a structured intervention consisting of walking at moderate intensity, stretching, balance and lower extremity strength training; the control group will participate in a health education program. The participants will be followed for about three years. Researchers will evaluate whether, compared to health education, the physical activity intervention reduces the risk of major walking disability, serious fall injuries and disability in activities of daily living, and whether it improves cognitive function. They will also assess the cost-effectiveness of the intervention.
"This will be the largest randomized controlled trial to prevent major mobility disability ever conducted in older persons who are at high risk of losing their physical independence," said Marco Pahor, M.D., director of the University of Florida's Institute on Aging and study principal investigator. "Typically, this population is excluded from large trials, and from this perspective the LIFE study is unique."
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I have a friend that wants to go for a Walon Vau
So far he has done a great job researching every single reference from the Travis novels and here is what he got.
Walon Vau description according to the Rep Comm books.
Triple Zero Quotes:
"The strill was still prettier than Vau, though. The man had a long square jawed face that was all bone and frown lines, and graying dark hair cut brutally short. Faces rarely lied about the soul within."
"Ordo wasn't fooled by Vau's restrained politeness. Seven years ago Vau had loomed over him as a figure of authority in his black Mando armor for the first time, the strill at his heels."
"For a moment he was unsettled to see Omega and Vau both in black armor."
"Lord Mirdalan, jowls flapping, threw its head back and let out a long, low, moaning howl. The preparations had worked the strill into a hunting frenzy. It could see its master in full Mandalorian armor, and it smelled and heard men who were tense and ready to fight. All its instincts and training said hunt, hunt, hunt."
"It was, he knew, a sight few would believe-Walon Vau and a Jedi Knight both in full Mandalorian armor, and Republic Commandos, ARC troopers, and a clone trooper in fighting order so closely modeled on that armor he wore himself that they looked like one united army."
"Vau felt like a pool of utter cold calm, almost a Jedi Master's footprint in the Force. The strill felt . . . alien. It had an unfathomable glittering intelligence and a wild, joyful heart swirling within it. Had it not been for Vau's rifle and the krill's savage teeth, the pair might have felt like a peaceful man and his happy child."
"Ahh ... ," Vau said. The rifle's scope was still pressed to the eye slit in his black helmet. He looked like the very image of death. Much as Etain had grown to find that armor reassuring, it made it no less intimidating. "Now, this is not a man used to avoiding professional assassins. Watch carefully and tell me what you feel."
"The strill was a little bright light of pure joy as it raced along the walkway ahead of Etain and Vau. There were still a few pedestrians around, leaving factories and workshops for the night, and Vau had taken off his helmet. A dull black armored chest plate didn't attract attention, it seemed, but this wasn't a neighborhood where a distinctive Mandalorian visor would pass unnoticed."
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"My Mandalorian armor's black-black, the traditional color of justice. Beskar'gam colors almost always have meaning. Every Mando who sees me understands my mission in life right away."
"Vau's hundred-liter backpack had room enough for a few extras."
"You're conspicuous in that black armor, Sarge," Scorch said kindly."
"Vau pulled out the flamethrower, eased himself into a kneeling position, and opened the valve. Mird cocked its head, eyes fixed on the weapon.
-Where'd you get that, Sarge?" Scorch asked.
-Borrowed it from a flame trooper."
-Does he know?"
-He won't mind." (This points to the fact that Vau does not sport a Wrist Flamethrower since he uses no Jetpack and thus can't use the fuel for it)
"He'd never thought to check how Vau's suit was configured: it was just matte black, an image he dreaded as a kid, and now unsettlingly like Omega's Katarn rig. Black was the-color of justice. "
"It was worth a try." He tapped his forearm controls, adjusting his helmet's voice projector to maximum. "Mird!"
"Big immobile lump of durasteel and beskar about six meters in," he said. "Good old Mandalorian iron. You can't beat the stuff. That's Vau all right."
"Skirata could see a black shape that didn't look like a man for a moment, but then he could make out part of the T-shaped visor of Vau's helmet. "I'm cutting his packs free."
Skirata to Vau: "I wanted your armor. Better environment seals than mine, obviously. You could survive a sarlacc in that."
"his hands were shaking when he unfastened the backpack's assortment of pouches." - Skirata opening Walon's field backpack.
Order 66:
"Vau stood behind him in his black beskar'gam with his helmet under one arm, Mird at his side."
"Vau placed his black helmet over his head with an almost ceremonial air. It transformed him instantly into a faceless warrior, age and species and gender indeterminate. He was an archetype of war."
"Mird scrambled up behind him and seized the pillion seat and Vau's back plate with his claws. "Six legs give you a good grip." - Another example of a lack of Jetpack.
"Vau sighed. "Okay." He slapped his thigh plate. "Mird? Mird'ika, come on. Let's go round up the stray nerfs." - proof that Vau sports Leg Armor like Jango does.
"Then he seemed to shake himself out of whatever alien persona had taken hold of him, adjusted his collar, and tugged down the sleeves of his flight suit."
"Vau seemed purged. He slapped his thigh plate, and Mird trotted after him into the galley."
So, what do you think about this one?
P.S. if somebody can provide me with licensed pictures it will be of great help
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"How is everything tasting?"
I'm not sure when it started, but at some point, servers in restaurants, when coming around to your table to check on you, started asking "how's everything tasting?", rather than the formerly prevalent "how is everything?". It seems as if a universal email went out to all wait staff everywhere, with the decree that this is now the proper way to phrase the question. But while it's no longer a new practice, it still grates on my ears whenever it's asked of me. I mean, this is FOOD: When asking about someone's satisfaction regarding food, isn't the sense of taste implied? Are they otherwise expecting someone to reply, "Well, it TASTES great, but it looks disgusting and smells terrible"? To me, asking "how's everything" instead would imply not only the food, but also the congeniality and promptness of service, the atmosphere... ie, the overall experience. By narrowing the inquiry down to taste only, it seems to make the statement that the establishment doesn't much care about the patron's OVERALL satisfaction! I think this is the aspect of it that disturbs me: I can prepare all sorts of wonderful food in my kitchen, and for a fraction of the price of eating out. What I feel I'm paying for when dining out is the experience as much as the food, and it is my satisfaction with that experience that this new question (besides its annoying redundancy) seems to deliberately avoid.
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Yes this saying is soooo unprofessional ! It is much better to ask " Is everything prepared to YOUR liking?" Yes food tastes, what kind of question is that. Please if your a server stop saying that as your tip will not be taken away !
Clearly some consultants somewhere in the restaurant business came up with this and has spread it throughout the industry. I, too, find it incredibly annoying. It seems designed to limit customer statements of dissatisfaction. Even worse, some places have gone even further and trained their wait staff to ask "Is everything tasting great?" Um, yeah, sure. Such a closed question is clearly designed to NOT elicit any form of real feedback while maintaining a pretense that the wait staff is actually interested in the customers.
So glad someone else noticed this. I like the "universal email" theory.
The best practice is, of course, to encourage waiting or any other serving staff to use their own language rather than a formulaic question, whatever the question is. John Cleese used to be involved in an educational TV company, and in one programme on retail sales suggested there were two questions sales staff should never ask a customer - "Can I help you?" and "Who's next?"
I also remember a management guru suggesting that in a McDonalds in Bristol, for example, they shouldn't be saying "HI, how are you today" (which makes absolutely no sense to a Brit when it comes from a complete stranger), but rather "Hello my lovely, what can I get you?" or something to that effect.
I'm with you. "How's everything?" or "Everything OK" do seem to be more appropriate than "How's everything tasting?".
Same problem exists in German.
Even worse, in Norwegian, we have "smakte det?", which literally means "did it taste?". I've always hated that way of saying it, because the answer might be "Yes, it tasted terribly!".


text: I am really fed up with United and Continental airlines. Their websites don't tell me what is the baggage allowance for carry on. They only tell the charges for 1st & second bag, and don't mention the carry on allowance at all. I found out about it because I called the airlines (Continental/Austrian/Lufthansa) last week and I got lucky because after holding for long periods, I got to talk to a person that gave me some information. The problem is there is a huge discrepancy among airlines when it comes to baggage allowance. BTW I am flying economy. I am flying Continental (but operated by United) within the USA and on to Euorpe, connecting with Lufthansa in Frankfurt to go to Asia. Lufthansa allows just 18 lbs for the carry on. I am supposed to follow the baggage limits for Continental, which is 40 lbs, but the allowances are so different that I am worried that I may be told something else at the airport. I no longer trust the airlines when their website says to follow the baggage allowance for the first airline you board. I don't want to end up paying just because I exceeded 18 lbs (which is an outrageously low allowance, IMO). On the way back, Austrian airlines also allows only 18 lbs. Last week when I got lucky and got a person to talk to when I called Continental. I was told 40 lbs for the carry on (for the first suitcase they were pretty consistent- no charge for 1st bag if it's less than 50 lbs; $70-$83 for the second bag, so I will not be carrying a second bag). The Continental flight will be operated by United, so I called United to find out the baggage allowance because of the discrepancy between Continental & the European airlines. I can't get the right person when I called United's 800 number. They kept giving me a run around, transferring from one person to another, but not giving me an answer. I finally gave up and hung up. So far I have found United to be the worst airline in customer service, but may be there are others that are even worse. Why is it so difficult to get the information? I am VERY frustrated. I would really like to have that 40 lbs limit for the carry on, on my way. On the way back I can arrange to put all the heavy things in the checked bag. As it is, I don't like heavy carry ons, but I am used to checking two bags free of charge, and here are airlines that want to milk every dollar out of me. Why must travel be so painful? Please let me know if you have experience connecting on one of the US carriers with a European airline to go to Asia. What was the baggage allowance? Is it the same (40 lbs) on Continental and United? I already know the European airlines allow only 18 lbs. At least here on fsu I am sure to get an answer, and you don't even get paid for it.


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All the previous parts of the programme were leading up to "so if it isn't CO2, what is it?" to which their answer is "solar". The section was curiously weak, and largely lead by pictures of people on beaches. It was somewhat surprising that they didn't feature Svensmark at all; other stuff we've commented on before. Note that the graph they used as "proof" of the excellent solar-T connection turns out to have some problems: see figure 1c of Damon and Laut.
Along the way the programme ticked off most of the other obligatory skeptic talking points: even down to Medieval English vineyards and that old favourite, volcanoes emitting more CO2 than humans.
It ended with politics, with a segment blaming the lack of African development on the environmental movement. We don't want to get into the politics, but should point out what the programme didn't: that Kyoto exempts developing nations.
[Also: other discussion at InTheGreen, Stoat, The Guardian and
[Update: What Martin Durkin really thinks!]
[Update for our german readers: A german version of the "swindle" film was shown on June 11 on German TV (RTL); here is a german commentary by stefan.]
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|Giving Back: Interning with School of Business Alumni
|John Olson '76, senior VP of investments at Merrill Lynch, sponsors an internship for IC School of Business students and finds excellent prospects.
In 1976 John Olson was an Ithaca College accounting graduate worried about finding a job at a time when the country was just coming out of a severe recession. Fortunately for him, Ithaca had a strong reputation for accounting, and what were then the "big eight" accounting firms all came to campus on recruiting trips. John had a few interviews and was offered a job as an auditor with PriceWaterhouse.
Today John's a senior vice president of investments at Merrill Lynch, working as a wealth management adviser. But he hasn't forgotten the excellent start Ithaca gave him. So last summer he decided to return the favor and help give a current IC student some valuable experience and, hopefully, a leg up in an extremely competitive job market.
John contacted the business school to say that he'd like to sponsor an internship at Merrill Lynch. After reviewing resumes, he narrowed the candidates down to a handful and conducted interviews while on a trip to Ithaca with his daughter, who was thinking about applying to the Park School. "I'd love for her to go to Ithaca," he said. "It would be a great match for her. The campus has never looked better, and I've been tracking the College's reputation and know that the average SAT scores are rising. I'm proud to be an alumnus."
While visiting Ithaca, John also taught a class on wealth management in the trading room. "I couldn't believe how impressive the students were, how smart and personable. They asked great questions."
The only problem with the internship interviews, John said, is that there were too many excellent prospects. He decided the internship would be more valuable for a rising senior, but which one? "Rob Crawford and Brent Byrne were both so strong that I couldn't choose. So I took both of them."
The two students spent the summer in New York City conducting research, creating spreadsheets to analyze and track money managers' performance, and searching for stocks to include in John's discretionary portfolio. "There was no getting coffee or anything," John said. "I wanted them involved in projects where they could use their knowledge."
When Rob and Brent found a stock that looked promising, they made a PowerPoint presentation to John and his team that was fairly convincing. "I haven't included it in my portfolio yet, but I have it on my watch list and I will use it at the right time," John said.
"The experience was amazing," Rob said. "Everybody welcomed Brent and me with open arms. Throughout the course of the internship, I gained much more knowledge and skill than when I first came into it. I'm very passionate about the financial markets and their importance. The internship just solidified my reasons to be in this industry."
"I felt very content at Merrill Lynch," Brent said. "It's where I feel like I belong. I'm a competitive individual motivated by the rush of the city."
John agreed that there was some strong competition. "It was a competition every single morning to see who could get into the office first. Brent beat me in most days," he said, adding that he's usually in the office by 6:30 a.m. and had asked the students to make it in before the daily 7:15 a.m. research call.
In fact, the experience was so positive that John said he's already talking to the business school about hosting more IC interns next summer. "Ithaca was very important in getting me started in business," he said. "If I can help students through internships and making introductions to people in the industry, I will."


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Discussion in 'Football, Baseball, and Hockey' started by TheeTFD, Jan 8, 2013.
Charles Woodson open to playing for Lions - SBNation.com
love that dude
isn't he nearing 37ish though? I went to school with him.
we need money for an OT. he's probably still a better playmaker than any of our group.
He is 36. Woodson: "If no contending team wants me AND the Lions pay me a boatload of money, then I'll think about it."
What he means is: "if no one else offers me more, I'll take the vet minimum. It'll be a whole lot more than I'll make doing anything else."
6'10" and 403 pounds............ Wish the Lions woulda drafted him.
Yea, he could be the next Tony Mandarich....
We drafted Gibson [ ?] had the biggest head ever, didn't really work.
He could lead the league in And-one's.
I'd put him in goal for the Red Wings. Good luck finding an opening to shoot through....
Something tells me he has a huge 5 hole.
You are assuming he would play standing up.
Mayhew keeps finding veteran talent for the Oline. Jake Scott from Eagles and Leroy Harris from Titans. Micheal Spurlock is a 30 yr old returner.
Those were great, well-needed pick-ups.
It's always nice to bring someone in fresh to help eradicate the Lions' losing culture. Reggie Bush -- Top offense, title possible for Detroit Lions - ESPN
Stafford needs to beat perceived lesser QBs like Ponder and even Cutler or he's not worth the money.
Last I checked, Stafford plays against defenses.
The last I checked your head wasn't screwed on right. Perhaps you would've understood "out perform" lesser QBs ?
It's starting to get masculine: 10 things we learned from Lions' minicamp | The Detroit News talks about TE, DB, RB and a lot more. Sheffler may walk.
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Rob Burbank's Outdoors with the AMC: Hurricane of '38 was more than 'overdeveloped breeze'
ROB BURBANK | October 05. 2013 3:43AM
Hutton related that damage from the hurricane was reported throughout the White Mountains. Though some areas received relatively little disruption, others were scenes of destruction.
Perhaps Ohler was accustomed to fierce winds and wild weather, given his station as a high-mountain hut master. According to Hutton, it wasn't until the hutman attempted to descend the next day that he realized the effects of the storm. Equipped with an ax, Ohler headed down the trail. "Nightfall found him three quarters of a mile down the trail, an entire day spent chopping through the blowdowns," Hutton wrote.
"From Guyot to Zealand Falls, the trail is a tangle of blowdowns. The A-Z Trail is impassable, and the stands of virgin spruce on the Crawford side of the height-of-land between Mt. Field and Mt. Tom have been demolished .
The trail supervisor expressed great concern when he surveyed various scenes following the storm. "My first impression upon viewing the bewildering devastation was the feeling that I was observing a destruction that was irreparable," he wrote.
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