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Our Fox LX project car hadn't been given an official name, but "stocker" had been thrown around quite a bit. At this stage of the game, calling the LX a stocker seems almost comical. Since the car still looks stock, it's going to shock a lot of people when it's done. Therefore, the car's name is Project Shocker.
Stop me if you've already heard this one: Some guy buys a Mustang. He adds a few bolt-on modifications. Then, before he knows it, he realizes that he's built a racecar and he's not sure how to feel about it.
Yeah, I know. That story is all too familiar to many of us in this hobby. On the outside looking in, it probably seems like we are building our LX into a racecar, but that is simply not the case. There is a distinction to be made here, and it involves the general philosophy guiding our project.
This is a street car we're working on and it will not be gutted out in the pursuit of low e.t.'s. However, we said from the beginning that our performance goals are lofty, so certain concessions must be made. As of this writing, we're putting the finishing touches on a new power plant for our '89 that should be capable of four-digit power. Accordingly, a complete overhaul is needed for the drivetrain in order to effectively deliver that power.
We contacted Strange Engineering to discuss the particulars of our buildup, and what might have been a short phone call quickly became a lengthy conversation. Thankfully, our man JC Cascio at Strange, had the patience to deal with all of our questions and the knowledge to point us in the right direction.
The major sticking point was the difference between street and race equipment. For a serious street/strip application, JC prefers the company's 35-spline S/T axles with a locker differential and an 8620 steel gear set. But when I told JC we were shooting for 1,000 hp at the tire on pump gas with the possibility of switching to C16 and going for really big numbers, he insisted that we step up to Strange's race-only equipment.
Of course, that would contradict what Editor Turner and I set out to accomplish from the beginning of this project. Street-ability has always been a key component of our build philosophy, so I was hesitant to go the race-only route. In the end, I posed this question to JC: If it was you sitting in the car getting ready to release the transbrake on the starting line, would you rather have the 35-spline street axles or the 40-spline race rear? He says the race setup is necessary at this power level, so we agreed, but with one caveat: We are hanging onto the LX's existing 31-spline 8.8-inch rear so it can be swapped in for extended street driving. It's a complicated proposition, but we won't compromise on safety.
With that said, JC cooked up a nice setup for our '89 LX. The boys at Strange Engineering started with their sheetmetal 9-inch housing, narrowed it 4 inches overall, installed suspension mounts in the factory locations, and reinforced it with a back brace. Next they loaded it with their 3.812-inch bore Ultra Case center section with a 40-spline spool; billet aluminum pinion support; large-stem, 9310-steel 3.50 pro-gear set; and chrome-moly yoke. The 40-spline gun-drilled Pro Race axles feature lightening holes in their flanges, along with 5/8-inch wheel studs. The finishing touch is a set of Pro Race brakes with billet-aluminum, four-piston calipers and vented steel rotors. A 9-inch rearend like this would be right at home in a 2,000hp Outlaw Drag Radial ride, so we shouldn't be anywhere near its physical limits. This provides the driver with much needed peace of mind!


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NDOLA stands on the verge of socio-economic transformation after the District Commissioner Dorothy Nachilongo unveiled an inspiring vision to ignite development activities in Ndola.
The 18th Century writer Rudyard Kipling, no doubt, would have most probably described the vision, which has all the blessings of the Patriotic Front (PF) Government, as a weapon of infinite-resource.
With this, the District Commissioner, through her vision, is up-beat to turn around the lost fortunes of the once bustling industrial hub in Ndola.
In an inclusive interview with this writer, Ms Nachilongo attests that Ndola was now slowly waking up from the deep slumber of economic degradation after the closure of most industries few years ago.
"Ndola is a sleeping giant and now it's awakening up to reality. It is supposed to be head-quarters of the Copperbelt. I have a vision for a better Ndola", she recoils.
Ms Nachilongo attests that the firm spot on which the vision stands has already facilitated the lobbying of the business community and the PF Government in a bid to ensure Ndola becomes the preferred destination for different yet vibrant business activities that add value to sustainable national development processes.
She quips, with visible glee: "I have a vision for Ndola. Ndola was a leading city where industrialisation was concerned. I want to open-up opportunities for investment in different industries and factories".she said.
Admittedly so, the District Commissioner knows only too well that realising the pillars of the vision was not an easy task. There are challenges in the strides to attract the private sector to invest or set up industries in Ndola.
Government has to create a lush environment for investors to develop industries which will operate as main drivers of sustainable economic diversification.
She says that a viable industry will improve great talents among community members effectively creating employment opportunities for the youths and women.
She is intensifying her networking efforts as well encouraging partnerships between communities, the private sector and Government as a way of kick-starting the implementation process for some of the vision pillars.
Ms Nachilongo intones: "I want to see investors coming to Ndola to set up businesses, creating employment and contributing to the national economic growth. The advantage is that Ndola is centrally located. Once the industrial base of Ndola is developed, it is easy to establish a vibrant manufacturing sector and export products to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where farm produce are in high demand.
Being a non-mining city, I want, through my vision, to ensure that more factories are set up and those which were closed to be re-opened. We want factories such as Dunlop (tyre manufacturing company) back in Ndola".She said.
She further observed that President Michael Sata's recent official visits to some developed countries where he has been meeting policy-makers, business leaders and other prospective investors is a welcome development.
She believes President Sata was doing spade-work for her and the onus was upon her office to attract the same investors to plough their money in the city by setting up employment and business opportunities.
The city brags of large tracts of unutilised land and Ms Nachilongo would ensure that investors fully take advantage of this offering, adding that all business activities should add value to the PF Government's efforts to up-lift the plight of the society.
She contends that Ndola bubbles with profound potential for development because it was free from air pollution compared to surrounding mining towns.
Despite all the development misfortunes, Ms Nachilongo quips, with a tinge of confidence: "The wheels of Ndola's economy have already started to turn. Ndola is slowly coming back to life".she retorted.
Some significant pillars of her vision focus on agriculture, education and health sectors to create employment opportunities. The other vision pillar is to encourage farmers to diversify from maize growing to cattle rearing, chicken and pig rearing.
And in a deliberate stride to empower locals with skills and appropriate tools to contribute to the national development processes, Ms Nachilongo has embraced plans aimed at fostering the renovation of all dilapidated schools and at the same time construct more learning institutions in the event that public funds permit.
There are scores of less-privileged children trekking long distances to attend basic education. Some expectant mothers are forced to give birth to their offsprings in thatched shelters because there are no maternity wards in local clinics in their respective rural settings around Ndola.
She says: "Once schools are renovated and new ones are built, teachers will be employed, that is, job creation. We want to open up more clinics and also renovate those which have been closed", she said.
Her vision is to ensure that Ndola streets are well-lit and roads swept clean, perhaps pot-hole-free.
The district commissioner said that her vision is gravely powered by a marketing strategy to score the goal of making Ndola a place of choice for investment and other economic activities.
Armed with the strategy, Ms Nachilongo boldly says: "We are talking to business people to make them aware about the prospects of developing the industrial base of the city".
She strongly advocates women empowerment, arguing that educating a woman translates into empowering families, which creates secured households. To her, society is incomplete without full activity of the local communities.
That is paramount because development is incomplete without full participation of women as custodians of the earth.
Ms Nachilongo, a former diplomat in Nairobi, Kenya, played a critical role in marketing the positive offerings of Zambia in the east African country. And some critics believe that turning around the fortunes of Ndola may as well be easy walk for her in the park of roses if concerted efforts are instituted by all concerned parties.
With this, Mrs Nachilongo is asking for nothing in excess except the full participation of the local residents because her vision does not fit in a great illusion but a solid attempt to halt the expansion of non-productive communities and also promote effective community participation in national affairs.
She took a swipe at what led to the downfall of most economically viable manufacturing companies in Ndola, a shameful yet flawed 'privatisation' process that left a mass of humanity roaming the streets of Ndola and elsewhere.
Maximillian Makumba, a local resident , says Ms Nachilongo's vision should strive to incorporate the aspect of decongesting the streets and corridors of the city centre for sanity to prevail.
In a nutshell, it would not be an over-statement to conclude that there is a well-thought out and highly positive tide in Ms Nachilongo's vision to ignite development activities in Ndola.


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Ibn Butlan (Arabic: ابن بطلان; 1038,[1] 1075) was an Arab Nestorian Christian physician who was active in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age.
He wrote the Taqwim al-Sihhah (The Maintenance of Health).[2] The work treated matters of hygiene, dietetics, and exercise. It emphasized the benefits of regular attention to the personal physical and mental well-being. The continued popularity and publication of this medieval text of Middle Eastern origin into the sixteenth century is thought to demonstrate the influence that Arabic culture had on early modern Europe.[1][3] One of his Greek sources was Dioscorides.[4]
- ^ a b Ibn Butlan's Tacuinum sanitatis in medicina. Strassburg, 1531.
- ^ Forbes, Andrew ; Henley, Daniel; Henley, David (2013). 'Abu'l Hasan Ibn Butlan' in: Health and Well Being: A Medieval Guide. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN:B00DQ5BKFA
- ^ Loudon, Irvine (2002-03-07). Western Medicine: An Illustrated History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199248131. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "On Plants". World Digital Library. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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This is an overview of my various fan builds, house rules, etc. and how they all fit together with each other, with the official canon, and with other fan builds.
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Pretty much all of my builds reference or are related to one another in some way (*Like so.); they really are all part of a connected canon (the CallMeCanon, if you will ^_^ ). You are of course welcome to use bits and pieces in your own campaign if you like, but you will probably have to do some homebrewing to disconnect it from the other pieces.
* Anything labeled in this image as "Borrowed from elsewhere" not credited on this page was borrowed from my Storyteller.
House Rules
(Based on my Storyteller's adaptation of the Renown system from cWoD)
All Exalted use this same base Excellency system:
First Excellency: 1m per 2 dice, a maximum of (Ability + Essence) times for the same roll
Second Excellency: 2m per success, a maximum of (Ability + Essence) times for the same roll
Third Excellency: 3m per reroll, a maximum of (Essence) times for the same roll
All Exalted get First Excellencies for all their Caste and Favored Abilities for free at Character Creation. Additionally, they get Second Excellencies for all Caste and Favored Abilities at Essence 3, and Third Excellencies at Essence 4.
Most importantly, these free Excellencies do not count as a charm use, meaning they may effectively be "comboed" for free.
Any Excellencies not received for free this way must be bought and used as Charms in the normal way.
(Alchemical First/Second/Third Augments follow all of the rules listed above as though they were Excellencies, but they must still be installed in a Charm slot to be useable.)
New Background: Past Lives
(Based on the official Infernal canon, but is available for anybody)
Lytek cleans the Exaltations of all their memories when he receives the shard before passing it on to the next incarnation. However, sometimes some memories slip through the cracks, and the overall patterns etched by the memories will always remain. With dots in Past Lives, you are able to draw on those memories, or see into those patterns, and remember things from your previous incarnation(s).
x None. You have no knowledge of any of your prior Exaltations.
• You remember the Motivation of a single prior Exaltation.
•• You remember two Motivations and three Intimacies, spread across a maximum of three prior Exaltations.
••• You remember three Motivations and four Intimacies, spread across a maximum of five prior Exaltations. You also have a single more detailed memory of one scene from a past Exaltation's life.
•••• You remember five Motivations and ten Intimacies, spread across a maximum of fifteen Exaltations. You also have three more detailed memories of scenes from past Exaltations' lives.
••••• You can, if pressed, recall all the Motivations and Intimacies of any and every of your prior Exaltations. You also have up to ten more detailed memories of scenes from past Exaltations' lives.
(Note: The "prior Exaltations" need not be the most recent ones)
The memories left in an Exalt's Shard are not easily found; they escaped detection by Lytek, after all. Their influence is felt subtly over time, and specific recollection of them is a tricky process. If an Exalt has one or more dots of Past Lives, she may roll (Past Lives + Essence) when she goes to sleep, a maximum number of times per Chapter as her Past Lives rating, to see if the memories influence her dreams that night. On a success, she gets an ambiguous unsettling feeling upon waking, as though the past has something to tell her but is unable to do so. Threshold successes add information to the dream, but recalling it in any useful detail requires a successful roll of (Past Lives + Occult), Difficulty (7 - Threshold Successes on dream roll). Even succeeding on this only allows her to perceive and remember the dream, it does not reveal its source; to see it as more than just a dream requires a successful (Perception + Essence) roll, Difficulty (7 - Past Lives rating). Succeeding on this roll reveals to her that what she is seeing in these dreams are echoes of her past Exaltations; determining which Exaltation a given memory comes from requires a roll of (Intelligence + Lore + Essence), Difficulty (10 - Past Lives rating). Succeeding on that roll gives both the name of the relevant Exalt, as well as how many incarnations back she lived. It does not reveal specific times, dates, or locations not already present in the memories themselves; such information must be found externally through research. Note that each roll described here requires a success on the roll described before it to even attempt.
Dots in Past Lives can be bought after Character Creation. Story-wise, this change is retroactive; the memories she now has access to have been in her Shard all along, but only now will they begin to surface. Mechanically, the new information she now has available to her may now begin appearing in her dreams; all rolls and rules apply as per usual.
Expanded Content
Colossus and Metropolis Charms for Alchemicals.
Exalt Types
The Twenty-Four Exaltations
Ascended Terrestrials: The Gaian Exalted
Cogs in the God-Machine: The Machinical Exalted
Caretakers of Creation: The Xenomorphic Exalted
Exalted of the Wyld: The Arcadians
- The Proscenic Exalted
- The Chimeric Exalted
- The Narrative Exalted
- The Seasonal Exalted
- The Unfounded Exalted
The Nine Magical Materials
Vespiryé (Verdigrised Moonsilver Axe-klave-tar)
Exceptions to Canon Books
Aside from these exceptions, my fan builds use and are compatible with Second Edition.
Fair Folk are taken from Exalted: The Fair Folk (First Edition) instead of Graceful Wicked Masques.
Manual of Exalted Power: Infernals is replaced in its entirety with MUrielw's Infernals.
Uses flavor, story, or mechanics from:
DeathBySurfeit's Penumbral Exalted - Used mechanics for Synodics
Kuiper's Somnial Exalted - Used mechanics for Obsolescents
MUrielw's Infernals - Used flavor, story, and mechanics in its entirety ^_^
Uses names and/or inspiration from:
BerserkSeraph's Seasonal Exalts - Used name for Wyld-template Terrestrials
DeathBySurfeit's Infernal Martial Arts - Inspired and informed many Xenomorphic Charms
FrivYeti's Nihilics - Used name for Void-template Lunars
Telgar's Synodics - Used name for Void-template Sidereals
TheTulgeyWoods' Arcadians - Used name as collective term for all Wyld-template Exalts
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Minnesota farmer to testify before Congress on MF Global collapseDean Tofteland raises corn, soybeans and pigs near Luverne in southwestern Minnesota. He has about $200,000 tied up with MF Global.
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MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota farmer will testify before Congress about his losses in the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc.
Dean Tofteland (TOFF'-teh-lund) raises corn, soybeans and pigs near Luverne in southwestern Minnesota. He has about $200,000 tied up with MF Global.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar says it's estimated that more than 100 Minnesota farmers and businesses who had critical accounts with MF Global have been unable to access their funds since the firm filed for bankruptcy in October.
Klobuchar invited Totfeland to testify this afternoon before the Senate Agriculture Committee. The Minnesota Democrat says she also plans to question former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine (KOR'-zighn) about happened to Minnesota farmers' and ranchers' funds. She says those responsible must be held accountable and better safeguards are needed to protect farmers' money.
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New research has revealed powerful rejuvenative properties of an herb that Ayurvedic texts held sacred for its astounding list of beneficial properties thousands of years ago.
Shilajit has been touted for millennia as the best herbal carrier of energy and nutrition into the human body. Modern science has supported this by identifying fulvic and humic acids, which are found in abundance in Shilajit. Fulvic and humic acids are responsible for energy production within the cell. (1) Science is just beginning to understand the implications of fulvic acid-rich herbs like Shilajit.
Researchers are excited about Shilajit's potential, such as supporting the potency of other nutrients by up to 30%!
For thousands of years, Shilajit – also known as the destroyer of weakness – has been used for:
- Energy
- Mood
- Memory
- Worry and restless mind
- Absorption of vital nutrients
- Supporting the potency of other nutrients
- Blood sugar levels
- Supporting the natural detox of heavy metals and toxins in the body
- Free radicals
Watch the video below and read on to learn how this herb delivers more energy without being a stimulant, and why it is the only herb, out of 2000 medicinal plants, touted to support all body types and all systems in the Indian Materia Medica.
Shilajit is the Essence of Ancient Tropical Forests
About 40 million years ago, the Indian continent collided into Asia and formed the Himalayan mountain range. In the process, tropical forests were crushed and compacted between massive boulders as the mountains formed.
The compressed forests gradually transformed into a nutrient and mineral rich biomass loaded with treasured humic and fulvic acids. In addition to the fulvic and humic acids, Shilajit is like a refrigerator full of countless nutrients and minerals. The other primary component of Shilajit is DBP's (dibenzo alpha pyrones), which is the "energizer bunny component."
Now, every summer as the mountains warm, India's most powerful herb literally exudes from the mountain rock crevices as a biomass resin and is harvested for its invaluable properties.
Renew Your Cells
It is well known that highly oxygenated cells have a greater tendency towards longevity than cells that are not well oxygenated. Shilajit supports cellular regeneration by driving oxygen and nutrients into the cell (5) and escorting free radicals out of the cell. (6)
Plants pull minerals out of the soil and transform them into bio-available nutrients for the plant. This process requires an ample amount of fulvic acid.
Fulvic acid is what makes both these processes possible. Shilajit is one of the richest sources of fulvic acid in the world.
Shilajit Makes all Herbs and Nutrients More Effective
Colloidal minerals are minerals in solution that are much easier to absorb than other mineral supplements. It is the fulvic acids found in Shilajit that bring minerals we so desperately need into a colloidal solution. Once in solution, we can digest and assimilate the minerals.
Traditionally, Shilajit was described as "yoga vahi," which means that the potency of whatever it is taken with will be enhanced due to Shilajit's ability to bring any nutrient into solution and drive it into the cell.
In one study, CoQ10, which supports heart, liver and kidney health, was enhanced by 29% with the addition of Shilajit. (2)
Feeling Tired? No Endurance?
Shilajit supports deep rejuvenation and energy production. In one study, participants took just 200mg of Shilajit each day for 15 days and the available energy in their blood after vigorous exercise was equivalent to the levels of available energy before starting exercise. That's the "energizer bunny component" in action! (4)
Recent studies on Shilajit show that it delivers energy and nutrients to the cell at astonishing levels. In one study mice underwent strenuous exercise and had their energy (ATP) expenditure measured with and without Shilajit. The energy depleted twice as fast in the group that did not take the Shilajit. (3)
Mood Support
Shilajit supports healthy dopamine levels in the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is responsible for feelings of contentment and wellbeing. (7) Research in the realm of epigenetics has now confirmed that positive feelings and experiences that are linked to healthy dopamine levels have a positive, beneficial effect on the genes.
Shilajit supports learning acquisition and memory retrieval by driving oxygen, minerals and nutrients into the brain tissue while supporting the brain's natural protective function against neurotoxins. (8)
Worry and Restless Mind
Shilajit is used for worry and restless thinking. (8) According to Ayurveda, an overactive mind is caused by a state of exhaustion in which there is not enough energy to sedate and calm the nervous system. Shilajit supports healthy energy reserves.
Super Anti-Oxidant
Shilajit supports the production of antioxidants, such as Glutathione peroxidase, Super oxide dismutase and Catalase, in brain tissue, antioxidants which protect the brain from oxidative stress and cognitive decline. (9)
Blood Sugar
Shilajit supports healthy fasting blood sugar levels. Stable blood sugar provides stable energy, improved mood, better fat metabolism and decreased cravings. (12)
Healthy Inflammation Response
Shilajit supports a healthy inflammation response through cellular oxygenation and beneficial free radical activity. (12)
Healthy Pancreatic Function
Shilajit supports healthy pancreatic cell function, energy, and repair. (10)
Neurotransmitter Levels
Shilajit supports healthy neurotransmitter levels in the brain that, partnered with it propensity to deeply oxygenate cells, may support increased health and longevity of the brain cells. (11)
Fulvic acids found in Shilajit are very porous, allowing nutrition and energy to be carried into the cell and encouraging toxins to be pulled out of the cell and the body. (13,14)
As a natural electrolyte, fulvic acid supports electrical balance to damaged cells and has been shown to neutralize toxins at record speed. (13,14)
The Indian Materia Medica marveled at the ability of Shilajit to supporting all body types and all systems at once. As a result, shilajit has played many roles in Ayurveda. Still today, you will not find an Ayurvedic pharmacy without a good supply of shilajit.


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End of an Era
So there aren't a lot of tv series or book series that I have been in to from start to finish. There have been a few, among them are Harry Potter, Ghost in the Shell, Bleach, Naruto, Trigun and some other manga. I'm a big fan of anime and manga. I don't think because things are animated that they are any less compelling or that they are meant for kids. Frankly, the writing and depth of story far exceeds anything done in the West often times. I actually think the crappy cartoons here are what gives anime a bad name to begin with and people don't even give it a chance. Manga is similar because people think comic books or graphic novels are for nerds. I don't proclaim to not be a nerd, but I think it's fair to say that you shouldn't always judge a book by its cover.
For anyone that has become emotionally invested (I'm not sure if that is the right term) in a story or a series then you know the feeling of loss when it ends. Well, this week's issue of Fullmetal Alchemist was the last issue. I was sad but I think the writer did a great job wrapping things up. I'm not going to get into the story or anything but suffice it to say that there will be that feeling of loss when I don't have a new issue to red next month. The manga is not the same as the animated show, so if you've seen that, you aren't necessarily familiar with the real story. Both the manga and anime are the same up to a point in the story and then they diverge. The producers for the show felt the direction of the manga wasn't conducive to a show.
For those interested in manga or just have some time to kill I would like to recommend a few: Naruto, Bleach, and Fullmetal Alchemist. It always takes some time to get in to but they are all very good. I would say that Bleach is probably the best to start with because the pace of it is pretty quick–there aren't a lot of "filler" episodes. Naruto and Bleach are both available Thursdays (usually) and all the manga you could possibly want can be found at One Manga.
It's Friday and after yesterday's lengthly article I would like to keep it short today. For those of you that don't know, World Cup play starts today. The same people that don't know that probably also don't have a computer with which to check out a blog. Anyway, I pretty bummed out about Didier Drogba's injury (click link for a great story about this). I was really excited for the Ivory Coast, easily the best team of the Host continent. With their draw putting them in the group of death, I don't like their chances without Drogba. I also want to blame Alexi Lalas for any nationwide disappointment if the US doesn't beat England. He has become the face of US soccer thanks to ESPN and if he's the only person you get exposed to then you're probably gonna buy what he's saying. If I'm referring to you, just go back to watching baseball anyway because you don't care about the World Cup. Personally I think we have a chance thanks to some last minute additions to the national team at the striking positions. I just hope Bob Bradley can figure out how to play them.
US ties England: 1-1
NBA recap: Boston by 6. Boston did everything it could and everything they are known for. Balanced scoring and defense–just check the final score. The bench was a beast and make no mistake, Boston has a better bench. LA has a better 7 man rotation but Boston can do a full line change almost and give teams fits. Doc's faith in his bench has allowed him to shift gears a couple times in the playoffs now and crushed my champion pick-Orlando in a Game 5 show from Nate Robinson. If they can somehow stick with that formula and not the Big 3 mentality I think they can do it.
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At this point, Wheeler decided the Corvette's cabin needed to get up to speed with the rest of the car. To accomplish that goal, he added red-and-black Sparco Roadster II thrones mounted to Arizen Racing Sports mounting brackets and stock seat tracks. This installation method allowed him to retain the factory seats' power accessories and memory functions. While he was at it, he also installed a Brey-Krause harness bar and TRW SaBelt five-point camlock belts to give the Vette even more racing cred. Other accoutrements include an American Hydrocarbon carbon-fiber-and-leather-wrapped steering wheel with red stitching; a Breathless Performance Products shifter; a Vette Essentials hydrocarbon center console, radio surround, and gauge bezel; a Redline Goods carbon-fiber-look shift boot, armrest, and emergency brake; a Z06 shift knob; and Lloyd Z06 floor mats.
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To make good use of his car's available horsepower, Wheeler retained the stock Z06 suspension but lowered the ride with cut front bushings up front and longer bolts in the rear. He also added AC Delco slotted-and-drilled rotors to enhance the prodigious decelerative grip of the Pirelli P Zero Nero 265/35ZR19 front and 325/25ZR20 rear tires. "I designed my Z06 to be the best of all of my past builds," he explains. "It's a brawler on the freeway like the high-horsepower F-bodies, but it handles and looks the part better than the little Esprit Turbo. So I feel I finally got it right. This setup shows exactly what a blown '01 Z is capable of with stock internals."
Wheeler tells us he's extremely proud of his service to our country, and that every new issue of VETTE makes his job a little bit easier. He says, "For the last 10 years, I've performed hundreds of full-honors funerals for fallen shipmates at Arlington National Cemetery. During a typical day at Arlington, we'll have several breaks in between funeral services. One of the things we do is head up to the Fort Meyer Military Exchange to grab lunch or a quick bottle of water before the next ceremony. The first thing I do every time I visit is check for the latest issue of VETTE.
"I tell my co-workers that one of these times, I'm going to pick up the magazine and see my Corvette featured. They usually ask me, 'Is it in there yet?' For me, it's one of the best moments of the day. I get to slow down and read the features and tech stories before heading back out for another ceremony. It's been a really long process for me to get my car featured in VETTE, and it's an achievement that I will always cherish."
So the next time you watch the United States Navy Band in action, pay special attention to the saxophone player. It's probably Andrew Wheeler, one of America's proud servicemen and owner of one of the nation's most sensational C5 Z06s. And when he's done performing, you may find Wheeler testing the limits of his wild red Z on the roads around the nation's capital. Now that's a tune we can all agree is music to our ears.


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One week ago, Apple celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Mac. Today, the company has released a short movie showing video taken on the day of the anniversary.
Filmed using iPhones in 10 countries on five continents, the movie focuses on what people do with their Apple products. The film is now available on the company's website.
Re/Code noted that many thought Apple might be releasing a Super Bowl ad this year, after the chairman of Apple ad agency TBWA\Worldwide posted a cryptic message on Twitter. On Jan. 19, Lee Clow said "Gonna be a goodSuper Bowl. Mac's gonna be 30 :)"
Gonna be a goodSuper Bowl. Mac's gonna be 30 :)
— Lee Clow (@_clow) January 20, 2014
When Super Bowl XLVIII ended on Sunday night without an Apple advertisement being shown, Clow again took to Twitter. This time, he said "Ok so it wasn't a great Super Bowl. Tomorrow's another day."
Ok so it wasn't a great Super Bowl. Tomorrow's another day.
— Lee Clow (@_clow) February 3, 2014
Clow's firm didn't have anything to do with "1.24.14," although it is now clear they knew it was coming.
For more on the 30th anniversary of the Mac, see: Happy Birthday, Mac: Apple Celebrates With 'Thirty Years Of Innovation' Video, Apple Sneaks In An Easter Egg On The 30th Anniversary Of The Mac, and Apple Rounds Off Mac's Birthday Bash With OneRepublic Concert.


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new into building oven help please??????
Hi everyone, i have been following this great forum for months now, and after all this time its time for me to start and build my own mobile pizza trailer here in perth western australia, my project is going to be very similar to one of the fire within trailer with single axle.
My doubt are about how to build the best base and what material use to have the best insulation and durability for my brand new valoriani, i will build the oven by my self and there are so many school of ideas out there that is getting a bit confusing to understand whats best and whats not, so for example how thick do i have to weld the square/base still on the trailer, or should i pour concrete or there are other material? so if anyone of you can help me with step by step and what to use i would really appreciate,.
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Sorry, not really versed on the mobile oven, but wish you good luck!
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I sent a friend request to you as well as a private message. I think that we can help each other as I am building a trailer/oven combo as well.
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Do a search on mobile or trailer ovens, there is quite a lot here on the forum. There are lots of things to consider.
Have you looked at the weight of your oven in relation to the spring load? A single axle presents problems with the centre of gravity, particularly if the load is pretty heavy. Not only the centre of gravity in relation to the axle front and back, but the height of the oven also. I think having it lower than you would really like is a good safety move.
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Rise: Was 14-1, finishing almost all of his opponents in the first round, and was the #1 contender to fight Aldo for Aldo's first UFC title defense.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - They say it's not how hard one falls, but how they get back up that defines a person. That's certainly true for former Olympic track star Marion Jones. Jones shared her struggles and triumphs at the Good Friday Prayer Breakfast in Cedar Rapids Friday morning.
The record-breaking track star won five medals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She won three gold and two bronze medals, including taking the top spot in both the 100 and 200 meter races. However, she admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs seven years later. As a result, she had to return her medals. She also spent six months in prison for lying to investigators.
Now Jones is moving past all that, enjoying time with her family, and traveling the country sharing her story with others. Her message: life doesn't end when you make a poor choice.
"You move on, you move forward, you set your goal, you set your path, and if you do that your life can be a lot better," says Jones.
Around 400 people filled the ballroom of the Hotel Kirkwood to hear Jones' message. Proceeds from the Good Friday Prayer Breakfast go to The House of Hope and Linn County Correctional Chaplaincy.
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So I have to upload the file to my iDisk, log on to MobileMe through my web browser, find the file again and click a button, fill in a form and send.
Have you seen FileChute from YellowMug? Much simpler, faster and no need to logon through a browser - just send an email.
I think Apple have more work to do on this to gain the "it just works" award.
MobileMe (Finally!) Unleashes Large File Sharing!
When Phil Schiller first demonstrated MobileMe at WWDC 2008, one of the features we instantly wanted immediately was the drop-dead simple method for sharing large files via iDisk and email. But the MobileMe launch came and went (and broke down, and went back up), with nary a large file shared between anyone. Until now.
Maybe it's the pressure of Google's new, free sync service or Microsoft's My Phone, or maybe Apple's engineers finally got it rock-solid. All we know is we're going to send us some big blobs of data starting today. Apple's MobileMe News has the details:
We're pleased to announce that you can now use your MobileMe iDisk to share files with others simply and easily. Instead of attaching a large document to an email and hoping it's not too big to be received, you can place the file in your iDisk and use the new Share File command in the iDisk web app. It lets you send your friends, family, or colleagues a link they can click to download the file directly. You can password protect the link if you choose to and even set how long it will be available.
They've even posted a tutorial! So, is this too little, too late for anyone? Or does it suddenly make MobileMe's yearly fee a bit of a better deal?
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MobileMe (Finally!) Unleashes Large File Sharing!
So I have to upload the file to my iDisk, log on to MobileMe through my web browser, find the file again and click a button, fill in a form and send.
@llofte - 1Gb was the limit I saw when I used this today
I was doing the first month after dot.mac gave me an iDisk with a Public folder :) You can bypass any email file size limit by simply putting a link in an email message. That has always been the case, Apple just made it easier with their little web app.
The beauty of the linking method is there is no log in required. The link simply downloads the file : I always *.zip or *.sit to force that download vs opening in a browser window. I also don't have to use the Mobile.me web interface to do the job.
I regularly setup a draft email with the desired link and keep that on the mail server. I can then send that message from my laptop or my iPhone when the time is right.
I posted an article on my site a year or so ago on how to do it as I was getting a lot of questions from clients. Here's the link:http://www.caddpower.com/cms/idiskfilelinking.htm
Is the linking method secure? Well - it doesn't have a password associated with it unless you password protect the linked *.zip or *.sit file. However, I don't see a need for a password since I wouldn't be sending the email with the link to someone who's not supposed to have it. For security reasons I obviously password protect the Public folder but once I'm sending a link to a file in that folder, that security is bypassed and I'm fine with that given I know where I'm sending the content :)
Is apple's current mobile.me method better? I don't think so -- it's just different and possibly easier for the casual user. But the fundamental ability to do this has been in place since the first days of dot.mac and those fundamentals haven't changed.


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They were so reasonably priced that I was tempted to buy the lot. But when I tried to pick them up and carry them to the cash register I realized that no matter how many weight lifting classes I took at the Sag Harbor Gym, I would never be able to carry 75 pounds worth of heavy metal all the way home.
So I settled on a convenient 10 ½-inch pan, and wondered why I had never bought one of these kitchen workhorses before. Aside from its nice price, my new skillet has a lot going for it. Cast iron is an excellent conductor of heat, and great for evenly cooking all kinds of foods without scorching. A well-seasoned cast-iron pan is a chemical-free alternative to Teflon-coated cookware, which can release potentially harmful fumes when heated. It is true that iron from the pan can leach into foods, especially acidic ones, but this is not dangerous and in fact can be a nutritional godsend for those of us who need more of this important mineral in our diets.
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On Thursday an inauguration ceremony for a controversial dam in Iran went ahead to the dismay of archaeologists and historians.
The utilization of the dam was delayed for months by appeals from the United Nations' Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization. The organization wanted time to excavate ancient Persian ruins that are going to be submerged by the reservoir created by the dam. Among the sites that could be damaged or even destroyed are what is believed to be the Royal Passage of the Achaemenids, the Persian dynasty that ruled in the sixth century B.C. and an Achaemenid village and cemetery dating back 7000 years.
Humidity from the reservoir could also damage the ancient city of Persepolis which is a historical site visited by millions of people every year.
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Mixed-up confusion and climate change policy
July 25, 2012 by KatrinaOKane
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In 1962, mixed-up confusion was killing Bob Dylan. His head was full of questions, and his temperature rising fast. Forty years later, amid other rising temperatures, mixed-up confusion is confounding Australia's efforts to respond to climate change.
One the one hand, the case for action seems straightforward. The debate over whether or not anthropogenic climate change is real is over, at least in the scientific community. Treasury modeling of
the potential impacts of climate change makes it clear that taking action on climate change is in Australia's national interest. Much of corporate Australia agrees with this. And all major political parties advocate taking action on climate change.
So why, according to figures just released in the Climate Institute's annual survey of Australian attitudes towards climate change, Climate of the Nation, do 65 per cent of Australians believe that there are too many conflicting opinions for the public to be sure about the claims made about climate change? Where does all this confusion come from?
It certainly does not come from a lack of information. If Bob Dylan had a cent for every media mention of climate change, he would probably never have got the tombstone blues, the freight train blues or even the subterranean homesick blues. Australians have had climate change shoved down their throat. Thousands of views have been canvassed, thousands of views have been offered.
Amongst this discordant cacophony, no one has been able to make their message resonate – not the government, not the opposition, not scientists, not climate science 'deniers', not NGOs, not community activists, not the private sector.
This has confused the population, and clouded their response to carbon pricing. Only 28 per cent of respondents in the Climate Institute poll (carried out by John Scales for JWS) said they supported the government's scheme. However, when basic aspects of the legislation are explained, the number jumps to almost 50 per cent. This is not to make a comment on the merits or otherwise of the government's particular scheme – it rather illustrates the point that people don't support things they don't understand. And they don't understand carbon pricing.
This is fair enough. As public policy goes, it is complex and nuanced. Even the policy wonks struggle to get their heads round it at times. Several popular criticisms of action on climate change stem directly from misunderstandings about how the government's scheme might work (these criticisms may also be leveled at other schemes). Here are three key sources of confusion:
- It won't make a difference because Australia is only a small part of global emissions
- It won't make a difference because industry will move overseas and pollute from there
- It won't make a difference because we are going to compensate the polluters – so there is no reason for them to act.
There are very good answers to all three points. But this is entering a level of detail beyond the point at which the public would normally engage in public policy. Debunking incorrect information is necessary. But arguing the toss on the details of particular arguments is pointless – people end up confused and disengaged. Instead, advocates of climate change action would do well to focus on some key communication approaches:
- Appeal to the emotional: Use language and imagery that appeals to people's emotional rather than intellectual side. This is something marketers have honed for decades.
- Use third-party advocates: There is no academy of science in the world that disputes the science. Other voices lend credibility to your arguments.
- Point to peers: Highlight what others, faced with the same problem, have done. The vast majority of countries have some form of measure in place to combat climate change.
Talk about the alternative: Instead of allowing the debate to focus on the intricacies of different schemes, focus on the costs of inaction.
Make it local: Talk about the impact of climate change on insurance bills and front lawns.
A recent poll by Fergus Hanson for the Lowy Institute showed that 38 per cent of Australians felt they had become 'more concerned' about climate change since the debate in Australia began. If this concern is to be harnessed into support for action, we need to do a much better job of telling the story, and a much better job of debunking the myths. "Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean," Bob Dylan once remarked, "sometimes you have to know what things don't mean".
Andrew Ure is the Managing Director of OgilvyEarth, a sustainability communications company (part of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide). http://au.linkedin.com/in/andrewure
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The Future of Food: Have we Put all our Eggs in One Basket?
April 11, 2012 by KatrinaOKane
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Walking through my local supermarket last week, the dizzying aisles piled high with multi-coloured Easter bunnies and foil-wrapped chocolate eggs made it hard to imagine that I had just spent three days speaking with leading experts about potential food shortages and the inadequacies of our global food system.
The Second National Sustainable Food Summit in Sydney Australia brought to light the many unspoken pressures on our current food system that threaten to leave Australia, along with most other countries around the world, unable to feed their growing populations.
As I stared wide-eyed down the supermarket aisle, the conference speakers' messages seemed terribly disconnected from the abundance overflowing in front of me. Endless varieties of chocolate eggs had been tailored to delight even the most finicky of tastebuds. Nowadays, consumers can have their chocolate treats in multiple shades: dark, milk, white or some combination of all three. They can have them candy-coated, caramel –centred, miniaturised, orange-flavoured, hot, frozen, sugar-free, individually-wrapped or even family-packed. This is not limited to just Easter goodies. The average developed nation supermarket is brimming with an abundant variety of inexpensive food year-round. So, it's no wonder that most of us are not preoccupied with projected food shortages, dwindling seafood supplies or shrinking croplands on the agenda of the National Sustainable Food Summit.
The reality is, of course, that what see from our perch at our trolley's handlebars is not the full picture. Taking a long-term macro view reveals a world where exponential population growth will drive up demand for food production and a rising global middle class will increase the number of people able to afford animal protein (which we know takes more water and energy resources to produce than vegetables). Additional pressure will also come from rapid urbanisation and the growing number of megacities (those with populations exceeding ten million) which will not only encroach upon fertile agricultural lands and add to the complexities of getting enough fresh food into cities fast enough to satiate our tummies, but also exacerbate the dramatic disconnect between our farmers and our plates.
When we see the big picture, we discover additional pressures on our food system that are telling us our current system needs a re-think. Diminishing diversity in our basic crop species is putting our resilience at risk. Predictability of crop production is being threatened, as increasingly irregular weather patterns throw off century-old agricultural practices (regardless of which side of the climate change debate you find yourself). International trade is encouraging us to relinquish control of our food sources, as we increase our dependence on overseas ingredients and processing. And the experts we rely on to produce our food are abandoning their vocations, as financial pressures from rising energy costs, industrialised food production and shrinking profit margins chase farmers from their fields to city jobs. With something as vital as food, how is that we have found ourselves putting all of our eggs in one basket (no pun intended)?
Yet, in the face of this bleak reality, the conference was optimistic and solutions-focussed. True, we cannot rely on old systems if we are to produce more food with fewer resources in the face of changing environmental conditions. However, by working together across community, industry and politics, we can create viable solutions. This was the resounding message that threaded throughout the three days of conference talks and workshops.
Experts pointed to specific technologies, policies, communities and case studies that might hold the answer. Discussions pointed to concepts such as decentralised food production, urban farming, renewable energy, alternative food sources, cross-industry collaboration, consumer-driven system changes, meaningful partnership between NGOs and food suppliers, supply chain traceability, affordability and equity in food access, national food policies, nutritional requirements and cultural considerations of the role of food in society.
Already we can see evidence of big brands, government and community groups starting to work on solutions. In Australia, one state government campaign is trying to teach people how to avoid letting perfectly good food go to waste with the Love Food Hate Waste initiative. Major Australian supermarkets Woolworths and Coles have each made sustainable seafood commitments and major seafood suppliers like John West are taking important steps to ensuring the sustainability of their supply. Unilever is also taking serious steps to improve the sustainability of the food it sources, with its Lipton brand sourcing Rainforest Alliance certified tea and its commitment to move its Ben & Jerry's brand to fair trade certified ingredients, for example. Coca-Cola too is working with local communities and environmental groups to improve the sustainability of its ingredients, through Project Catalyst, which aims to make sugar cane in Australia agriculture more sustainable. Full disclosure here: several of my insights here come from the work that OgilvyEarth has done with Woolworths, Lipton, John West and Project Catalyst).
In each of these cases, the need for proactive collaboration between industries and sectors is critical to making progress. With my sustainability communication hat on, I see the important role communication will play in enabling the kind of future thinking and real action we will need to change the course of our food system. Already through my work with clients, I have seen how facilitated conversations and strategic communication can enable the kind of idea sharing, inspired collaboration, trust building and dialogue needed to improve on the status quo. No, I don't know exactly what our food secure future will look like. But I do believe that it will require a combination of technical and policy solutions as well as a new system of values, cultural norms and perceptions to change how we think about the food we eat.
By Teljya Oka-Pregel.
Buyers Beware: One Size Does Not Fit All
November 8, 2011 by KatrinaOKane
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Maybe it's just me, but it seems that we are living in a time of truncated oversimplification. Understandably, the tendency to want to reduce everything down to a sound bite is in reaction to the almost manic state of our 24/7 news cycles and multi-channelled communications feeds. True that there is a time and place for boiling down a complicated idea to its essential concepts. Yet, I fear that we have entered an era where important ideas risk getting overlooked entirely if they are not reduced to bullet points (having said that, I now wonder if I should also prepare a bullet point version of this blog post). I have seen this inclination to summarise messages within environmental and sustainability communications, and am worried that people are missing the type of 'big-picture', 'long-term' perspective so vital to devising sustainability solutions. The fact is that, you simply cannot save the planet in "Ten easy steps" (I pause here for a moment to thank Annie Leonard, the creator of the fantastic viral video The Story of Stuff for reminding me of this last weekend when she delivered a talk in Sydney).
In my line of work, I am often faced with questions about how to best communicate sustainability messages. Generally, people are expecting a quick, elevator-pitch response. However, I usually reply with a question instead: "Who are you trying to communicate with, what are you hoping to communicate, and what do you want them to do with the information"? Too often, I have found people tend to jump to the tactical solution stage of an implementation process before having properly sat down to ask enough questions to form a proper strategy. Presented in this way, the majority of us easily agree that this is not an ideal way of communicating effectively, but you'd be surprised how many people skip the important preliminary steps.
Although communicating sustainability is sometimes most effective when messages are simplified down to snippets of information, I would argue that the majority of scenarios require a longer-term, more complex communications effort. This is because a most people talking about sustainability are not just trying to get us to change the length of our morning showers, they are trying to do things like facilitate deep culture and behaviour change, improve eco-literacy or devise win-win solutions between opposing groups. The reality is that it takes time to shift cultural norms and achieve long-term behaviour change, and if a communications strategy does not plan for phased-in or follow-up messaging, it is unlikely to achieve its desired objectives.
So, effective sustainability communications often requires a little more work at the outset and in the follow-up phases of a communications initiative. Sustainability practitioners must remember that we need to take the time to understand our audiences and clarify our own objectives. To change people's hearts, minds and actions, we need to ask enough questions to properly understand what motivates them, what worries them, what their understanding of the issues is, how they like to communicate, who they are influenced by, and so on. Without this information, we can only hope that some of our one-way monologue cookie-cutter messaging actually sticks and has any positive effect. Who knows? Perhaps after all this, we will still conclude that our audience only needs a list of "Ten top Tips" to save the planet. But, without asking all these questions, how can we know which ten tips to give? I have yet to see a situation where communications does not require some degree of tailoring and customisation. After all, communications is about connecting with people, and we humans are a complex and varied bunch that most certainly is not "one size fits all".
By Teljya Oka-Pregel.
OgilvyEarth recognised as market leader
September 14, 2010 by Claire Whyntie
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OgilvyEarth has been recognised in a recently released report on Sustainable Communications Agencies in the US. Verdantix, a sustainable business analyst firm, identified OgilvyEarth as one of two agencies that provide clients with market-leading approaches and breakthrough sustainability communications strategies.
OgilvyEarth was launched in Australia and now operates across the Ogilvy Worldwide network. Congratulations to our colleagues in the US!