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Epicyclical gears for 4x4 transfer case
OK this is possibly something nobody's ever done, or dreamed of doing, but then so was sailing west to go to China. (i.e. Columbus) I have a thing in the back of my head and need advice.
I have been offered a very junky Range Rover, nice all-aluminium 3.9 V8 but the manual 4speed is trash.
Considering a 5speed for the car can be easily found at the local junkyard (from a scrapped Rover sedan), my pipedream was to replace the manual 2speed transfer case (Hi-Lo), which DEMANDS the vehicle to be absolutely stationary to shift between Hi/Lo, with the epicyclical 'box from an automatic transmission.
In other words: in an auto'box, the epicyclical gears are always all engaged, with belts deciding which cog freewheels and which is (more or less) stationary, hence 3fwd speeds etc. The torque converter and the hydraulic labyrinth are there because there isn't a clutch, and to change gears automatically.
BUT if I already do have a clutch and a manual gearbox, can the epicyclical gears be fitted instead of the transfer case?
Why go through so much trouble? Imagine downshifting from Hi to Mid to Lo, without having to stop-shift-restart !
This would give me 5 forward speeds, applicable to three different environments: drive-heavy towing-offroad.
So, am I crazy or is it possible?
PS sorry for the long post, but it's been nagging me...
and if it works for me, it'll work for anybody !
i have absolutely no idea, like with most of my posts! but the only thing that crosses my mind is--aluminum v-8??? car trannies are easy to find???
time to find an old mg or something to stuff this combo into!!!
Hello Bullheimer, sorry for such a late reply.
In the 1960s Buick produced a very nive all-aluminium V8, 3.5 liters (about 220 cu.in) but it produced no more than 140 bhp, so it was sold off to Rover UK. Rover liked the idea of the all-aluminium V8 as it weighed more or less the same as their current 1800cc. 4pot, had about twice the horsepower and was a fine replacement for their aged 3.0 straight 6. Also, excellent competition of Triumph and Jaguar straight 6s.
The 3.0 V8 evolved from the initial 140bhp to 170 in EFI form, then became 4.0 and 200 bhp, but performance was limited due to narrow inlet ports.
Enter the new redesigner V8 Mk2, 3.9 L later to become 4.4 and 4.9, with redesigned heads and much more. I've been offered a fuel-injected 3.9 Range Rover, but the entire drivetrain needs attention (apparently it was used to haul the family caravan during summer vacation, 50 mhp OK but haul another 1.5 tons for life and the drivetrain's bound to wear...)
My idea is actually an offspring of my MGB's overdrive principle, a 2speed gearbox that allows for quick "half-gear" changes; why not a 3speed, so that I can drop from Hi 4th to Mid4th (rather than Hi3rd)... If you've ever tried a car with overdrive, either you're hooked or it was a bad overdrive in the 1st place, I'm hooked. That's why I was looking for a 3speed box thing.
Thanks for the support
PS Unfortunately GM-Ford-ect. gearboxes don't fit. Of course, Mercedes have a beautiful 5-speed auto, but that would cost me more that the car itself !
Forgot to proofread.
Confirm original V8 was 3.5, not 3.0; 3.0 was the straight 6.
All UK engines back then were cast iron so you can imagine how appealing it was to shoehorn a 3.5 V8 where you previously had a slower and heavier cast iron 4-6 pot. VERY NICE
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Everyone loves the invigorating feeling you get when your disc slams those chains for a hole-in-one; it's somewhat unmatchable. If you're lucky enough to have accomplished that feat, you understand how sweet it is to throw a disc from the tee into the bucket. It provides such a rush that the feeling has caused many a person to chase that feeling round after round, day after day, year after year.
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Massachusetts police agencies are testing technology that would let them check the legal status of drivers without racial profiling, stopping them for real or imagined traffic offenses, or even putting down a cup of coffee or radar gun.
The governor has approved state grants worth $500,000 to pay for Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) systems for the State Police and 26 local departments.
Using motion detectors or magnetic strips in the road tell when a car is in the target area, ALPR systems trigger visual or infrared flashes to light up the front and back license plates of cars.
Rather than giving speeders a ticket automatically, as intersection-monitoring cameras do in some urban areas in California, much of England and other areas, ALPR systems are designed to detect the license plate number and run it against a database of all the registered license plates accessible by State Police.
If the owner of the plate has any outstanding warrants, traffic violations, traffic tickets or other issues that could identify someone as a "person of interest" to police, an application running on a PC in the police cruiser alerts officers, giving the driver's name, description of the car and alleged offenses .
The systems are designed to alert police in the cruisers quickly enough to give chase, vastly improving their ability to identify and arrest wanted felons.
It also gives them the chance to harass passing motorists for no good reason, and subjects every driver passing an ALPR-equipped cruiser to a records-check by police with no more justification than their legal presence within the same area an ALPR-equipped cruiser, according to Massachusetts civil rights lawyer Harvey Silvergate.
"There comes a point where the surveillance is so pervasive and total that it's a misnomer to call a society free any longer," Silvergate told the Boston Herald.
An even larger problem is that the data picked up by such systems is not deleted, or at least has not scheduled to be in Massachusetts. That means databases of images or license-plate identifications made by ALPR systems will become a de facto tracking system that detects and stores as many as 30,000 license plates for every 8-hour shift an officer uses it, according to an analysis by the American Civil Liberties Union.
ALPR may help police nab a few felons here and there (a lot are arrested after being picked up for traffic offenses, for example).
The real value to law enforcement, according to the ACLU, is the giant piles of data ALPR will create that effectively map the movement of both large anonymized groups and individual drivers.
That data that could be used to analyze traffic patterns to identify bottlenecks and improve roadways. Or it could be used to create a historical record of the movements of one individual driver who comes to the attention of police – even when that driver is not accused of a crime and the motives of police running the report are suspect.
"The cops want to data-mine your driving habits," according to the ACLU position paper.
ALPR systems are in use in California, by 18 Washington D.C. area police agencies and in Washington State, where they're used to scan vehicles boarding ferry terminals to do quick background checks on drivers.
Only Maine and New Hampshire restrict the use of ALPR data.
It all sounds creepy, but not like a huge violation of everyone's rights, doesn't it? The databases are going to be huge and it would take a concerted effort to search a national database to identify the movements of a single person, so there would have to be some procedure in place to get the queries done and cops without a warrant wouldn't end up at the front of the line, right?
Search is fast enough and the sophistication of the UIs for search applications are simple enough that complex queries and long lines to submit them are unlikely, even in government agencies.
Google might even tap into them.
Think what a great tool that would be for parents concerned about their teenagers' whereabouts, vehicle-rental or fleet owners needing to keep track of their rolling stock, stalkers too lazy to go do the hard stalking necessary for a really good, psychotic obsession, jealous spouses, bosses who don't trust that you're going to lunch instead of someplace fun? Creepier but not critical unless your stalker can save up enough energy by remote lurking to have enough left over for the murder.
How about everyday invasions of privacy, like auto or health insurance companies tracking whether you drive too fast between one check point and another, drive through neighborhoods in which they'd prefer not to insure you?
The beauty, from their perspective, of ALPR is that they wouldn't have to convince you to put a GPS reporting unit in your car to give them a ridiculously detailed and private record of everywhere you go just to prove you're not driving recklessly while doing it?
There would be a limit, of course. How many cars can how many cop cars actually record every day?
The cops aren't out there just to be platforms for traffic cams, right? They go enforce the law, which might cut down on the number of plate identifications their machines can make in a shift.
ALPR cameras come in fixed-location versions, too, just like red-light traffic cams. Set one up by major commuter highways and key secondaries and you'll tag a big percentage of the population every day.
The idea that data would be available to the public isn't paranoid fantasy, either.
In Boston the holdup in implementing the cameras is that not all the license-plate databases can talk to each other, so the scans couldn't identify all the potential felons.
Companies like VigilantVideo are not only selling the systems, they're building privately accessible databases, access to which might be too expensive for your spouse, but won't be for your boss or insurance company.
Its National LPR Database Record count was 440,195,800 as I typed this, but was going up in chunks of between one and nine records about once a second.
With only 350-million-some people in the U.S., that's a lot more than one vehicle detection per person. Actually it's more likely to be a LOT of pictures of a lot of the same cars, in different locations, which is how you build that reverse timeline.
Remember when everyone got so angry about iPhones tracking your location?
At least you could blame Steve Jobs or shut them off.
With these systems, you won't even know you're being tracked until you're in court or facedown on the hood of your car with a lawyer or cop telling you, not asking you, where you were on the night a particular crime was committed.
The evidence will be against you, whether it was you in the car, whether they had the right to collect the data in the first place, or whether the camera OCRed the wrong letters in someone else's plate and reported that it was your car, not a gangster's, pulling away from the scene of a drive-by.
What a shame. You always seemed like you were so not a murderer.
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Last Thursday's Employment and Appointments Committee had the usual regular report on attendance. However it was the new Employee Relations Performance Report that received some press coverage in the Wirral News about the large percentage of employees that have had dealings with Human Resources in the Department of Adult Social Services (which according to the quote in the article from the Director mainly involve "absence management"). An extension to the current Occupational Health contract with Capita Health and Well being was also agreed.
Changes to the Grievance Policy were also agreed with the aims of the changes to speed up the process and give more of a role to line managers.
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As far as leather holsters go, the only pistol I carry OWB right now is an HK P7M8 in a Josh Bulman QRH holster. Everything else I carry IWB. I copied a pic from his website:
This style of holster, I believe was originally designed by Lou Alessi, and has been emulated by most of the top makers now. It is very well designed, easy to put on and take off, and amazingly stable, even while carrying the P7M8 which is very short muzzled, and grip heavy.
Choosing a leather holster is much harder IMHO than finding kydex. I think that most kydex is very similar in construction and the differences in style are minimal. Most of the difference shows up in fit and finish, such as how well the edges are melted/ softened, how well the kydex is molded to the shape of the pistol, etc. Leather on the other hand is a whole 'nother ball game. There are dozens of different designs and a hundred different makers. Of the ones that I have purchased and personally tried, you really can't go wrong with anything from Lou Alessi, Matt Del Fatti, Mark Garrity, Milt Sparks, Josh Bulman, Brommeland Gunleather, 5shot Gunleather etc. The list goes on and on, but in my experience these are some, but certainly not all, of the premier leather holster makers. Do a forum search and you will find plenty of others who have the same high regard for these makers. What I can tell you though, is that each and every one of these makers is currently up the their ears in orders. Some have wait lists as long as two years, most are somewhere between 3 and 6 months for a wait list.
Whichever way you decide to go, do your homework carefully. There have been a lot of stories circulating about how some new up-and-comer is great and such and such, but beware of prepaying for holsters unless you've done your homework. I decided to try one of these new holstermaker's and $50 later, no holster and the guy is in the wind. No more website, no response to emails, sayanora sucker! Also be aware of the wait time, and most of all Be Patient. Most of the top makers are small outfits and are limited by what they can produce.
My experience w/ kydex is pretty limited, but it seems to be a much quicker process. From what I've read, the general opinion of outfits like Comp-Tac, Fist Inc., Blade-Tech, Kytac, & Side-armor, to name a few, are considered to be top-notch. But as I said, my personal experience is limited. I just ordered a hybrid holster from Comp-tac and will be eager to try it out.
Oh and any and all good makers will be able to accomodate us other handers. Good luck with your decision!


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Discussion in 'April 2007' started by Dlev59, Apr 1, 2007.
These guys scare me but not this year. At least one more year of schooling...I hope.
The knock on the Bulls is that they go through scoring droughts. I seem to remember a similar knock on the 2004 Pistons. (agreeing with lemonpen), here are the reasons the Bulls could upset us: 1) Ben Wallace can flip the switch. There have been a handful of games this year where he has played like a tornado. It's possible that he has been taking a safe route for most of the year to make sure he makes it to the Playoffs in one piece, so that he can cement his legend. 2) Nocioni comes back, happily comes off the bench, and makes their 2nd unit a pain in the arse to play against. 3) Tyrus Thomas becomes Ben's Sheed and the no fly zone goes into effect. TT continues to clean up all the garbage and the duo exploits the Pistons unathletic rebounders. 4) Skiles out-coaches Flip by making better adjustments and firing up his team with bulletin board material consisting of Sheed and Mr. Big Shot quotes (which haven't been uttered yet).
I am not convinced that Skiles is somekind of playoff genious after a couple of seasons of getting out of the 1st round. Pistons are very vulnerable this year though. I would not be on the Bulls beating us by any means, that 7 game serious from the Cavs last season should open our eyes to the possibility of losing in the 2nd round at least.
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Planning integrated depression care for Medicare enrollees in primary, disability, and specialty care settings
The Foundation's program, Depression in Primary Care: Linking Clinical and System Strategies, was designed to increase the use of effective treatment models in primary care settings for patients with depression.The purpose of this project is to build upon the existing partnership between the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) and Ford Motor Company that created Partnership Health, an innovative hybrid fee-for-service health plan. The demonstration project will be conducted in two health plans closely linked to each of the partners, Partnership Health and M-Care, and will include patients receiving both primary and specialty care within the University of Michigan Faculty Group Practice. The primary objective is to align clinical processes and economic incentives to enable coordinated best practice treatment of depression across primary care, specialty care, and disability management settings. By the end of this project, the partnership will have implemented a single set of clinical processes for use across all health plans that will: (1) provide care management services matched to level of depression severity; (2) provide ongoing disease monitoring and clinician feedback at the individual patient level; (3) provide the Clinical Information System infrastructure to facilitate disease monitoring and clinical communication; (4) directly reimburse clinicians for care coordination activities; and (5) enable integration of disability management and disease management activities. For this project, UMHS has brought together evidence-based disease management, case management, and information management tools developed for Partnership Health, and has created the new Michigan Depression Outreach Collaborative Care program to integrate all components of the chronic illness care model for depression. The demonstration project is designed to demonstrate that program operation can be self-sustaining, funded by savings in direct health care and disability management costs through gain-sharing arrangements among purchaser, plan, and provider.
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Well im Neil from the uk and sort of a newbie and a member to ukRPB & Bikerscout.net for over a year now and some people here might reconise me hopefully, ive just finished my first costume - Biker Scout and im on my next project.
You can see my finished Scout pic on the link below:
I have alot of skill in using AutoCAD, decals and making templates so if there anything i can do for you drop me a email
Ive been wanting to be a Fett for a while but due to $$ ££ I can only do one project at a time
so now I can start me new Boba Fett Helmet project.
Ive been here a few time times over the last year and now need some help.
I need help on how to paint a Boba DP helmet in the same colurs from ROTJ is there any tutorails on the web that i can use?


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Hey Guys,
Having some issues with my wifes '07 Explorer. Problem originally began upon start up, if you put the car in reverse or drive and hit the gas the motor would rev and then slam into gear. The problem has escaladed to where if you are driving it and come to a stop at a light it will do the same thing, not every time but definately more than I would like. Once it has done this at initial acceleration it shifts fine and seems like it is functioning perfect. Since this started we had a trans flush done but nothing changed. I was concerned it is a torque converter issue but like I said it does not do it all the time and it doesn't seem to slip into gear, it's almost like if you drop shifted into gear from nuetral with the gas pedal depressed. It was suggested to me that the range sensor would cause this so I figured before I go spending any money that I'd run it by you guys and see what you thought. Hope everyone is having a happy holiday season and thank you for any info and help.
You need a tranny diagnostic. Too many little moving parts and electronics in that sad dawg.
Speculating won't fix it.
that trans i know for that the pump fails is usually what causes it to go out plus the case wears out wear the servo pin rides there expensive to rebuild with the correct updates count on a rebuild in the near future
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The most recent wave of democratic revolutions has convinced many in the West of the triumph of political rights. But in this provocative book, Brian Grodsky argues forcefully that nothing could be further from the truth. Today's revolutionaries—both democratic and non-democratic—are much like those who preceded them throughout history. They've all come into power promising enhanced political, but especially economic, rights: higher wages, better living standards, more security. The difference between today's pro-democracy leaders and yesterday's non-democratic ones, the author demonstrates, rests on the perceived international legitimacy of the democratic template. Now, when even the most abusive regimes feel the need to label themselves democracies, opponents delegitimize rulers by calling them undemocratic. This sets the stage for what Grodsky calls the "democratization disconnect." Leaders and followers fight for political change not as an end, but as the most acceptable means to attain economic rights. But by selling democracy as a panacea for the ills of the preceding regime, new elites simultaneously cheapen the notion of democracy and, by creating unrealistic popular expectations, set it up for failure. Putting a fresh new spin on hotly debated current events, this clear-eyed and informed book will be essential reading for all politically engaged readers.
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Quercetin, a plant-derived aglycone form of flavonoid glycosides, has been used as a nutritional supplement and may be beneficial against a variety of diseases, including cancer. We examined the antioxidant properties of quercetin. The reduction potential of quercetin was measured at various pH values using voltammetric methods, and its total antioxidant capacity (TAC) was measured using the phosphomolybdenum method. The effect of quercetin on production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) in LPS-stimulated human THP-1 acute monocytic leukemia cells was determined by flow cytometry using CM-H2DCFDA dye. The results were compared with curcumin, a natural product exhibiting a similar range of reported health benefits. Results: 1) Quercetin has a higher reduction potential compared with curcumin at three different pH settings and is comparable to Trolox at pH 7-9.5; 2) its TAC is 3.5 fold higher than curcumin; 3) it reduced LPS-induced ROS to near normal levels; 4) it reduced LPS-induced NO production. These data provide a physico-chemical basis for comparing antioxidants, with potential benefits individually or in combination
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Ok, auto x is sunday. and i finnaly got my car back from the shop from the little fender bender. And its been 3500 miles, 500 miles more than i usually go with an oil change. So i decided to do oil, tranny and rear diff. I used mobil 1 10 w 30 for the motor oil. the purolator pure 1 filter for oil filter. Then i went and did the tranny fluid. Used two quarts of gm syncromesh, and a quart of light weight shock proof. Then the rest castrol hypo c, Then after that did the rear diff and when that came out the bottom plug is magnetic from factory, and i cleaned that. I used a paper towel, and then took a magnet to see how bad the grind was, for 28,000 miles there was a little metal on the plug. It was not bad, but expected since it was the fluid from factory, never been changed. I used Mobil 1 synthetic on the rear diff 75w 90. So far the car seems good. The tranny feels smoother. actually can get into first at 15 now.
Over all the cost for fluids was a little high, but it was needed. I did not have any problems. Mostly strait forward. Just wanted to post another successful maintenance.
I do have one question. What would i have to do to clean the injectors? I changed the fuel filter a little while back, and, i need to do plugs soon aswell.


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More Oregon school districts land farm-to-school grants
Eleven school districts will share $189,140 in state funding to purchase Oregon-grown food and implement garden-based education programs in their schools.
The Oregon Department of Education awarded the funds as part of a competitive grant process established under the Farm to School & School Garden Bill passed by the Oregon State Legislature in 2011.
"As a former school board member, and a State Representative, I am excited about how these grants can help both kids and farmers," said Rep. Sherrie Sprenger, R-Scio, in a press release. "In Lebanon, this grant will help students learn about growing and eating healthy food, including beef and pork from our very own high school FFA program."
The school districts receiving funds include:
- The Bend-La Pine School district will use $27,327 to establish a "boat to school" program that will procure fish from Oregon waters for school lunches.
- The Bethel School District in Eugene will use $26,420 to set up a comprehensive farm-to-school curriculum and buy Oregon-grown items for lunches.
- Centennial School District in Southeast Portland and Gresham will use $29,033 will start serving locally sourced lunches on Wednesdays and implement other healthy food promotions.
- Lance County School District No. 4J will use $29,033 to start buying tofu from Surata Soy Foods and tortilla and chips from Northwest Mexican Foods— both Eugene businesses — to augment lunches that include fresh produce from school gardens.
- Gladstone School District will use $11,233 to establish an ongoing buy-direct relationship with a local vegetable farmer.
- Joseph School District in northeast Oregon will use $2,334 to upgrade the school garden for a better learning environment and add locally raised beef to lunch menus.
- Lebanon School District will use $23,742 to help Future Farmers of America students build a business around processing the beef and pork they raise and marketing it to the food services department.
- North Powder Charter School will use $2,764 to maintain the school garden, add farm field trips, invite chefs to classrooms and host community dinners.
- Ontario School District will use $7,143 for a program to teach students about grain and how to mill it. Students will work with a local bakery to make whole grain breads, rolls, pizza dough, and buns for the district.
- Douglas County School District will use $29,033 to build a new learning garden and add new local items to the school menu.
- Sherman County School District will use $1,087 to set up a hydroponics system for growing vegetables in a school district green house.
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It's an old trick, but one you might not be familiar with unless you follow all the iPhone hacks that come out (and even if you cover Apple news every day, as Mike Wehner confesses): You can snap a photo on your iPhone remotely using the volume button on your headphones.
Just like you can when taking a photo on the device itself, press the volume up (+) button and the camera app will take the shot.
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I just finished a short animation exercise after a long long break. The lovely rig and model come from Ali Tezel, check it out, it's a simple yet wonderful rig.
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Combine, artichokes, celery, peppers, capers, Muffaletta Mix and olive oil in a small bowl. Stir to combine. Season to taste with vinegar, salt, and pepper.
Tear out some of the doughy insides of the bread if it's especially thick, and lay bread slices down face up on cutting board. Spoon olive mixture on both top and bottom halves. Layer meat, cheese and lettuce onto bottom half, then top with top half. Cut into quarters and serve immediately, or for better flavor, wrap in plastic and allow bread to soak up juices for one hour before serving.


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I'm sure there are aftermarket sights that will fit on it. Take the barrel to a local gun shop so that they can match the hole spacing of the mounting screws. Most shops should have an assortment of sights in stock and if they don't, it can be ordered. I don't know the center to center measurement and can not give you a specific one to go on it. The fibre optic sights are the best to use and the Williams may fit it.
You may need to have an extra hole drilled and tapped to mount a new base. There is a huge selection of styles available.
Another suggestion and the best way to go is to put a scope base on the receiver and use a Reflex sight. The Saddle mounts go on by sliding over the top of the receiver and replacing the trigger guard pins. There is no gunsmithing involved.
The Browning reflex sight has 4 different reticles. Just put the dot or cross hairs on the target and shoot.
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The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. In 2013, the Group increased the number of vehicles delivered to customers to 9.731 million (2012: 9.276 million), corresponding to a 12.8 percent share of the world passenger car market.
In Western Europe, almost one in four new cars (24.8 percent) is made by the Volkswagen Group. Group sales revenue in 2013 totaled €197 billion (2012: €193 billion), while profit after tax amounted to €9.3 billion (2012: €21.9 billion).
The Group comprises twelve brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN. Each brand has its own character and operates as an independent entity on the market. The product spectrum ranges from motorcycles to low-consumption small cars and luxury vehicles. In the commercial vehicle sector, the products include ranges from pick-ups, buses and heavy trucks.
The Volkswagen Group is also active in other fields of business, manufacturing large-bore diesel engines for marine and stationary applications (turnkey power plants), turbochargers, turbomachinery (steam and gas turbines), compressors and chemical reactors. It also produces vehicle transmissions, special gear units for wind turbines, slide bearings and couplings as well as testing systems for the mobility sector.
In addition, the Volkswagen Group offers a wide range of financial services, including dealer and customer financing, leasing, banking and insurance activities, and fleet management.
The Group operates 106 production plants in 19 European countries and a further eight countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. Every weekday, 572,800 employees worldwide produce some 39,350 vehicles, and work in vehicle-related services or other fields of business. The Volkswagen Group sells its vehicles in 153 countries.
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The province announced this week that Saskatchewan dams held up well this spring, despite record flooding.
Two professors from the University of Saskatchewan are reviewing how Gardiner Dam operates and how it could operate better.
While the dams in the southeast will be looked at by the International Souris River Board.
"Alameda, Rafferty and Boundary Dam and so that's a more formal process because those are international dams, so to speak," explained Minister responsible, Dustin Duncan. That's because the water flows into both Manitoba and North Dakota.
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ST turbo parts on SE?
Ok guys, I am a salesman at a dealership, so I get factory parts very cheap (if anyone needs factory focus parts, pm me and I'll let you know what I can get them for). Anyone know if I could order all the needed turbo parts for an ST and put them on my SE? Before anyone flames me, I do realize that turbocharging a car is more than just bolting on a turbo and pushing the gas... but I would assume that if this works, it should take a lot of fabrication work out of the project anyway. Thoughts?
No way is it going to bolt on. The engine in the ST is a totally different engine.
You'd be better off trading your car in, taking the loss, and buying an ST.
While it's not a completely different engine, as the engine in the ST is based on the same architecture as the n/a 2.0, many other components are different. Pistons, crank, rods, intake, exhaust, cooling system, ECU, etc.
It wouldn't be worth it, and that's if it could even be done without doing a complete engine swap.
I'd never do it. Not with my new car haha. Just curiosity really.
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yeah, the compression ratios are different. 12:1 NA and 9.3:1 FI . Again, obviously i know that FI is never going to be a simple bolt on. If it were, every kid would have a turbocharged POS on the road. My thought is that it would be easier than any other possible Turbo charging system. Less fabrication and such. I would still have to retune and adjust timings. Feel free to speculate. This wont happen soon by any means, but I may give it a go some day!
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Come on guys... To the OP, you're the type of salesman that I hate buying from shouldn't be selling cars if you don't know anything about the cars you're selling...
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Jack Brandtman was born in 1988 and grew up in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. He is a student at the School of Art at the Australian National University.
Jack's background is in painting and he progressed in 2009 to a major in digital media. He has strong interest in art theory and animation.
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This Evolution of Australia Through Maps project follows the discovery and depiction of Australia through time in cartography. The art of map making, cartography, can be seen throughout history as a resource that gives light to the technologies available at the time. I have been drawn to maps because of the fantastic skills applied in constructing them. The evolution of Australia in these maps shows a visual depiction of great changes in the contours and landmass.
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Embroidered map samplers
These samplers were probably sewn by a young Englishwoman in about 1800. She drew her maps onto the silk from a pattern created to teach ladies geography. The maker has added her own touches, tracing Captain James Cook's three voyages into the Pacific with tiny stitches. The samplers show the new British settlement in Australia at Port Jackson, founded in the wake of Captain James Cook's voyage.
Sitting in an English drawing room, the embroiderer has sewn the coastline of 'New Holland or Terra Australis' from the accounts of Spanish, Dutch, French and British sailors.
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Hey everyone!! I have one more guest post for you before I hit the interwebs again!! Today, Lauren from Breathe Deeply and Smile is taking over. I first met her at a brunch that the DC Trifecta organized! She is also a fellow Rock N Blogger, Momentum Jewelry Ambassador and a fellow Zooma Ambassador!! I forgot to tell you! I have been selected to come back as a Zooma Ambassador for 2016! I'm so excited to be joining forces again with some amazing women to support an awesome race!
I have enjoyed following all of Lauren's racing endeavours and I think you will too. Today she is coming to talk to us about strategy for planning your race calendar!! Thanks so much Lauren!
Believe me, I can't believe that 2015 is almost over. It seems like the year just flew by! Of course a new year means new goals, adventures, and races to run. As someone living in the mid-Atlantic region, I definitely need some races planned in the early spring to keep me motivated to run and train through the winter months. I've already registered for a few races but sometimes it's hard to plan out your race schedule and figure out what exactly you want to train for. Here's some tips I generally follow when filling out my race calendar for the upcoming year:
Pick 1 or 2 big goal races.
This is usually my starting point. Pick 1 or 2 "A" goal races you want to run. Whether that means getting a new PR, tackling a new distance, or registering for one your bucket list races. Once I have a big goal in mind I can plan around it adding tune-up races as well as keeping that goal and date in mind when planning out the rest of my year. I know that I'll definitely be running another Fall marathon and am planning on having a big goal race for the spring which will maybe be a half marathon PR or full marathon. Once I pick those races I can plan around it accordingly.
Think local.
Since I've been running in Baltimore a few years, I already know there are a handful of local races that I'll definitely be running again. Check out your local running clubs or running store's race schedules and mark those dates into your calendar if it's an annual race or something you really want to run to keep that date open. Many races are usually around the same time each year but sometimes due to scheduling things get switched around more drastically.
Look out for race discounts.
This is one of the main ways my race calendar fills out because I'm always trying to save money! I already signed up for a few spring races due to registration price increases or Black Friday registration deals. Double-check when prices increase for local races you definitely want to run. I usually make a list of races I'm interested in, the date, and the dates and prices when the registration fees increase. Signing up far in advance can save you a lot of money. A tip to look out for is that many races I know will have cheaper prices for their 2016 before December 31st, so starting looking now!
Mix up the distances.
Keep things exciting, and mix up the distances of the races you sign up for to challenge yourself and have fun. Throw in some tougher distances and big races as well as more low-key races and events. You can also mix up the location of your races. Always running road races? Maybe try signing up for a local trail race. Register for a themed 5K or a fun race like a Color Run or mud run near you. Racing different distances challenges me in different ways and also keeps my race schedule interesting.
Talk to friends.
I'm positively peer-pressured into many of the races I sign up for because it's more fun to run with others! Talk to your friends and see if there are any races they are running or want to run. Put a team together for a relay race or make it a girls' "racecation" weekend at a ZOOMA race.
Some races have lotteries where you can enter as a team to snag an entry spot as well. Some races are good to run solo but more often it's great to have other people to run with during the race or at least celebrate with post-race!
I hope this helps you figure out how to go about planning your 2016 race calendar if yours is looking kind of empty like mine is. If you already have some races on the books, maybe you can add a race to run with friends, or find a new challenge. I hope at least you were reminded to check registration price increase dates because we all know running is "free" but the costs can really add up when you love it as much as I do! May the New Year bring you health, happiness, and lots of PRs!
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The Hotel Königshof combines luxury furnishings with courteous, personal service that is rare to find in such perfection. This luxury hotel is a member of the celebrated group of Leading Hotels of the World and is the preferred place to stay in Munich for travellers and gourmets, connoisseurs and entrepreneurs from all corners of the globe. Link to Hotel
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The Hotel Excelsior is one of the most central hotels in Munich, and it is characterised by its traditional hospitality, elegant country-cottage style and personal service. This owner-managed first class hotel captivates its guests with an incomparable mix of relaxed atmosphere and hearty Bavarian open-heartedness. Some of its regulars have been coming here for more than 30 years. Link to Hotel
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The anna hotel is one of Munich's first design hotels and it is located on the bright side of life next to Karlsplatz/Stachus. Tourists and locals alike frequent the restaurant and bar, its rooms and suites are stylishly furnished, and alone the architecture makes a self-assured statement. The anna hotel is full of the zest for life. It is a central meeting point for strangers, friends and kindred spirits. Link to Hotel
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Dear "Schwabinger", dear city hoppers and shopping enthusiasts, dear cosmopolitans and art lovers, there is something going on in the Hohenzollernstraße 5!Managed by the family Geisel since 1995, the Cosmopolitan Hotel has a firm place in Schwabing, one of Munich's most famous district – described by a young atmosphere, smart deals and uncomplicated service.
Now it's time to re-conquer this unique place: By the beginning of 2017, the Cosmopolitan Hotel will be rebuilt from scratch– including everything our guests and international visitors have been appreciating for 20 years- and even much more.Of course, the new Hotel Cosmopolitan is supposed to be a "Schwabinger Original" - which has not yet been seen! This much we can reveal.


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At Goshen, Paducah Tilghman was scheduled to play in a tournament that was cancelled due to weather but three of the teams met at North Oldham High School for a couple of games Saturday.
The Lady Tornado won the first game 14-8 despite giving up six runs in the sixth inning, five unearned on four errors and two passed balls.
Karlee Humphrey powered a three-run homer in the fourth inning and Kayla Slagle won her fourth game for Tilghman.
In the second game North Oldham handed the Lady Tornado their first loss after opening the season with nine wins. Like the first game, Tilghman suffered an inning with multiple errors only this time they did not recover.
After Tilghman scored a run in each of the first two innings to take a 2-1 lead, the Lady Mustangs took the lead with two runs in the third. The Lady Tornado allowed two hits and committed two errors in the third. Neither team scored again.
Tilghman had the leadoff batter on base in each of the final three innings and stranded a runner on third to end the game.
The Lady Tornado return home to host Fulton County on Monday and Carlisle County on Tuesday.
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Paducah Tilghman 420 312 x 14 12 7
Gray and Fluten; Slagle and Humphrey.
WP: Slagle (4-0). LP: Gray (3-1)
2B: J-Geary, Fifer; PT-Tyler. 3B: PT-Myers, Driver. HR: PT-Humphrey (2 on in 4th). Top hitters: PT-Myers (2-4), Roberts (3-4), Humphrey (1-2) 4 RBI, Driver 2-4 (2 RBI), Tyler 2-4 (3 RBI) Records: PT 9-0.
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Paducah Tilghman 110 000 0 2 4 3
North Oldham 102 000 x 3 3 3
Humphrey and Sexton, Driver (5); Marocco and Benson.
WP: Marocco (2-2). LP: Humphrey (2-1)
2B: PT-Humphrey, Tyler. 3B: none. HR: none. Top hitters: Records: PT 9-1, NO 7-5.
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What's The Best Way To Cool Off In The Summer On The Southcoast? [POLL]
Ponds, lakes, pools, or oceans? There are a lot of ways you can cool off and beat the heat. I'm a pool guy. We don't currently own a pool, unless you count my son's dinosaur kiddie pool, but that's my preference.
My wife loves the beach. If she wanted to, she'd lie there all day long, then run right into the water. As a kid, when I went camping at Ellis Haven, there was a pond with a dock in the middle of it that we would dive off of.
So what's your favorite? This morning on the FUN Morning Show, we asked our intern, Abby, about Noquochoke Lake that she swims in located on Reed Road in Dartmouth.
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2011 Audi A8L / A8L W12
The W12 returns in a long and beautiful wrapper.
What do the Chinese love more than being chauffeur-driven in big German sedans? Being chauffeur-driven in big long-wheelbase German sedans. Its no surprise, then, that Audi is using the 2010 Beijing auto show to introduce the 2011 A8L to the world.
While the Chinese have a certain predilection for all things long-wheelbasethey get some cars that we never see, like the extended versions of the BMW 5-series and Mercedes-Benz E-class, as well as Audis A4L and A6Lour market most values extra length in full-size luxo-barges such as the A8.
The 2011 version of Audi's biggest sedan will see the return of the W-12 engine and long-wheelbase body, both of which were last seen on our shores in the 2009 model year. Audis twelve-cylinder 6.3 FSIso called because its been bored out to 6.3 liters and now sports direct injectiondevelops 500 hp and 460 lb-ft of torque, up from 450 hp and 428 lb-ft from the last-gen cars wacky W-12, but still less than those generated by the V-12s of Audis German competitors. For reference, BMWs latest 760i/760Li puts out 535 hp and 550 lb-ft, thanks to a pair of turbos, while the Mercedes-Benz S600s V-12 produces 510 hp and a staggering 612 lb-ft. Audis all-aluminum construction does give the A8 a weight advantage, however.
The W-12 is hooked to Audis new ZF-sourced eight-speed Tiptronic transmission, as is the A8s 4.2-liter V-8, and the gearbox routes power to the standard Quattro all-wheel-drive system. Audi performance estimates have the A8L W12 hitting 62 mph in 4.9 seconds. No EPA numbers are available yet, but Audi expects a 12-percent increase in efficiency, which would put fuel economy somewhere around 14 mpg city/21 highway. The 372-hp 4.2 will continue to be the standard engine in the A8L.
The W-12 model gets visual differentiation in the form of a unique gloss-black grille with thick horizontal chrome bars, chrome air-intake inserts, and chrome bits on the side mirrors, as well as W-12 sill plates and badges. Exhaust gases exit through a pair of fat trapezoidal outlets carved into the rear bumper. W-12 models wear standard 19-inch wheels with 20s optional and 21s available as accessories. Near-record-size ventilated front brake discs measuring 15.75 inches are included on the W-12theyre larger than those found on the Corvette ZR1 and Bugatti Veyron.
A8s earn their L badge by growing just over five inches between the wheels. That extra space is seen in the rear of the beautifully crafted interior, where the car can be equipped with two individual seats that are heated, ventilated, and highly adjustable. A full-length console, standard on the A8L W-12, can be specd with a folding table or a refrigerator. Long-wheelbase cars get a reclining seat behind the front passenger that offers a power-adjustable footrestit looks like a jumpseat in the photoswhich deploys from the back of the seat ahead. Rear-seat passengers even get loose cushions to help them get comfortable. Judging from our short stint in the back of a normal-wheelbase A8, the Ls interior will be one of Audis best, and room will be ample.
Options available on all A8s include full-LED headlights and a panoramic glass roof. Other features include the standard Audi Drive Select system, an adaptive air suspension, the new MMI touch interface, night vision, and adaptive cruise control. A8 models of every stripe are due to arrive at dealers in the fall of 2010, and pricing throughout the lineup should stay in the $75,000$120,000 range.


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2011 was a year full of royal weddings, celebrity breakups, celebrity meltdowns, political distaste, television specials, reality TV takeovers … and the list goes on and on. Some moments of 2011 you will want to relive and some you'll just want to forget. Some moments you'll wish never happened and some you'll wish happened differently. In the second annual "Best Of…" poll at YakkityYaks, we want to take you on a short trip down memory lane looking at the moments that defined 2011 – for better or for worse. Dabbling a little into television, movies, music and just about everything else, we want you to speak up and vote for the moments you think best defined the start of a new decade! Which reality TV star was most deserving of their victory this year? Which television sitcom ranks as the best comedy of 2011? Which celebrity could you have gone the whole year without hearing about? What do you think 2012 will bring in the world of news? All that and more in our polls that we've been unveiling all week long! Read on below for the rest of our nominations and get your voting on!
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Celebrity Comeback of the Year
- Kermit & The Muppets (47%)
- Britney Spears (35%)
- Jennifer Lopez (12%)
- Chris Brown (6%)
- Michael Vick (0%)
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Full DescriptionWatermans Aqua-Armor Sunscreen - SPF 50+
Aqua-Armor is for the long days you need the ultimate in UV protection. This is what you want to protect your skin when participating in sporting events and activities in which you will exposed to anything from normal to extreme conditions, over exposure, or water sports.
Watermans is the must have sunscreen lotion for those with active lifestyles and athletes. The long lasting formula can be used for both dry-land and high-intensity water sports. To ensure it won't interfere with your performance the sunscreen is non-slip (won't make you slippery) and zero migrating (won't run into your eyes or anywhere else).
Aqua-Armor Features:
- New improved formula with 20% zinc oxide
- Super water and sweat resistant (80 minutes)
- Long lasting for activities in the sun
- Zero migration formula ensure that it stays in place and won't run
- Non-slip with grip
- Won't interfere with your performance.
- Convenient new pouch with clip for easy carrying and storage
- Pouch allows you to squeeze every last bit out.
- Protects your skin from the harmful effects of UVA and UVB rays
- Nano particle and oxybenzone free
- SPF 50+ protection
- 5 Ounce Pouch


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Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Hood River County Scenic Images
Kite Boarders
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Kite boarders on the Columbia River at Hood River. (Photo No. hooDA0019a)
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Dimensions: 3526 x 2341 pixels (300 dpi version); Date created: July 2009; Camera: Nikon D80 Digital SLR; Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED; Photographer citation: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives; Keywords/Tags: horizontal, Oregon, Hood River County, Columbia River, Columbia River Gorge, kite boarding, kite boarders, recreation, tourism, Hood River, Washington, clouds, blue sky.
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