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PTC Creo
Combine a 3D mouse with PTC Creo to ensure you have the power to quickly deliver the highest quality, most accurate digital models. Engage both hands in to a balanced and cooperative work style where one hand uses the 3D mouse to position the model while the other hand simultaneously uses the traditional mouse to select, create and edit.
It's a two handed work style where you click a lot less and accomplish a lot more.
From concept, to sketch, to part, to assembly and drawing, you'll finish faster in every mode and be amazed that you ever worked without a 3D mouse!
Why Creo users rely on 3Dconnexion 3D mice
- Increase Productivity by more than 20%*1: When working with one hand, you can either navigate your model or select commands. With a 3D mouse you can do both at once saving you valuable time.
- Enhanced Comfort: Up to 50% fewer mouse clicks*2 by spreading the workload across both hands.
- Design Performance*1: Whether you're working on a sketch or a complex 3D model, the superior navigation experience encourages levels of model exploration that are crucial to avoiding costly design errors.
*1 Source: The Economic Payback of 3D Mice white paper - July 2008
*2 Source: Reducing Physical Discomfort and Pain Among 3D Computer Users - VSI Risk Management and Ergonomics ©2005
Easier access to application functions
Intelligent Function Keys* provide quick access to any Creo Mapkey. Get visual feedback on the SpacePilot Pro LCD or SpaceMouse Pro On-screen Display and watch functions update automatically as you move from one application environment to another. Personalize the function keys quickly and easily inside any environment such as Sketch, Part Modeling, Assembly, Drawing and more.
Sketch Mode
Use the mouse to sketch and simultaneously use the 3D mouse in the other hand to optimally position and reposition the work plane. Inspect your sketch from multiple positions. Access commands like Sketch Orientation, Continue/Quit with a single click of the Intelligent Function Keys.
Part Modeling Mode
Use the 3D mouse to view the model from several different view angles while simultaneously using the mouse to adjust the "drag handles" on the model to resize extrusions, rounds, chamfers, fillets or other features being created.
Assembly Mode
Activate the "drag a packed component" function by pressing an Intelligent Function Key. Or add dimensions and annotations by mapping those functions to the device buttons. The 3D mouse senses which work mode you are in and automatically brings up new commands to streamline your workflow.
Drawing Mode
Easily position the drawing view at the optimal location on the drawing area. Use the mouse to reposition the drawing view, and at the same time, move the entire drawing surface with the 3D mouse. Map functions like dimensions and special symbols to the Intelligent Function Keys for rapid access in drawing mode.
Accelerate Preview Mode
Use the mouse to select, then pan, zoom and rotate the preview of the item with the 3D mouse. Accelerate all preview actions including File Open, Insert Component, Insert Fitting, Drawing Symbol Instance Palette, and Custom Drawing Symbol.
* Intelligent Function Keys and Keyboard Modifier keys available on SpaceExplorer, SpaceMouse Pro, SpacePilot and SpacePilot Pro only
"PTC Creo Parametric customers continue to experience the difference a 3Dconnexion 3D mouse makes in their design productivity, comfort and accuracy. PTC's long-time partnership with 3Dconnexion highlights our common commitment to helping 2D and 3D CAD engineers improve their design processes."
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Hot Pepper Seeds - Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax OPEN POLLINATED
- Yellow to Red, 4- 6 Inches Long
- 75 Days to Harvest
- Medium Hot - 5,000 - 15,000 Scoville Units
Availability & Turnaround Time
All seeds are shipped year-round, while flower bulbs are shipped on a seasonal basis. Typical turnaround times for in-stock items is between 2 – 5 business days.
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*Fall Perennial Roots/Bulbs include: Hosta Roots, Siberian Iris Roots, Lily Bulbs, Papaver Roots and Peony Roots.
We try our utmost to maintain reliable inventory of all products, and are very proud of our record in doing so. However, as we are a company engaged in what Mother Nature provides, we do sometimes experience shortages and crop failures beyond our control. If, for any reason, we are required to backorder any portion of your order, rest assured we will keep you apprised of updated shipping information and/or any other options that may satisfy your needs and wishes.
Product Description
GrowHeirloom Peppers - Plant HungarianYellow HotWax Pepper Seeds - 5,000-10,000 Scovilles
The Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax Pepper is a medium-hot pepper that also provides a sweet flavor similar to the banana pepper. A very versatile and food-friendly pepper that can be used in just about any dish. The Hungarian Wax is also excellent for pickling.
Fast Facts
Name: Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax Pepper Botanical Name: Capsicum annuum "Hungarian Hot Yellow Wax" Type: Open-Pollinated Hot Pepper Size at Maturity: 4"-6" Long Days to Maturity: 75 Days Light Requirement: Full Sun Planting Time: Warm Season Sowing Method: Indoor Sow Planting Depth: 1/4" Plant Spacing: 12" - 18" Seeds per Pound: NA Hardiness Zones: All Ships: Year-round Average Seeds Per Packet: ~1/4 tsp
Planting Instructions
Planting Peppers (Capsicum annuum, sweet or hot)
When to Plant:
- Peppers are a hardy, warm season crop that enjoys full sun and loamy, well draining soil with a neutral pH.
- While they are pest tolerant, peppers can be susceptible to mildews so they will prefer a warm and dry climate.
- Keep in mind however, that while pepper plants grow well in warm summer temperatures, many varieties will wait until nights begin to reach cooler temperatures to produce the bulk of their harvest.
How to Plant:
- Peppers, hot or sweet, can be quite easy to grow, but a little patience is required. Most varieties will take at least 85 days from sprouting to harvest.
- For best results, seeds should be started indoors approximately 8-10 weeks before last expected frost date. Temperatures must be at least 70 degrees for good germination rates.
- When starting seeds, it is recommended to start three to a pot and thin the weakest seedling, leaving the remaining two to grow as one plant.
- Approximately one week before transplanting outdoors, harden off seedlings and prepare your plot with fertilizer or organic material, making sure your soil temperatures are at least 65 degrees consistently, or else seedlings will not survive the transplant.
- Seedling pairs should be placed about 18 to 24 inches apart.
- They need a well drained bed, but consistent moisture is also important -- plastic sheeting or mulch can be good ideas for retaining moisture, but a drip irrigation system can be a good approach as well.
- Peppers will appreciate a stake or cage for stability, especially when they begin to fruit.
- Put a few match heads and a teaspoon of fertilizer in the hole before planting, peppers like the sulfur.
When to Harvest:
- Harvest your peppers when they are firm and full.
- You can pick them while still green, but the more you let them ripen the sweeter they will be.
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Bonds, Clemens should be in Hall
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Let's cut to the quick: I voted yes for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens on my Hall of Fame ballot.
I also voted for Jeff Bagwell, Jack Morris, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Curt Schilling and Lee Smith. Before I feed the ballot into my fax machine, I also might check Craig Biggio.
My votes for Bonds and Clemens are rooted in consistency. I have said and written for two decades that the Hall of Fame is not complete without Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader, who was banned from the ballot and baseball because he bet on baseball games when he was manager.
I understand that the crimes are apples and oranges because gambling does not affect performance on the field as drugs do - but my reasoning is the same. In my heart, I cannot envision a Hall of Fame that blackballs two of the most dominant players of their era, or any era.
Make no mistake: I believe that Bonds and Clemens used performance-enhancing drugs. I believe both lied about it under oath. I think both are scoundrels.
However, to leave them off my Hall ballot, I would have been forced to cross a bridge I have chosen to avoid. I refuse to whitewash an entire era and withhold votes from anybody who played from the purported start of the steroid era in the mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, when Major League Baseball and the Players Association agreed to drug testing.
That is what any Hall voter would have to do to be fair because nobody really knows who was juicing and who was not.
The Mitchell Report and the book "Game of Shadows" were instructive, but both had an inherent flaw: They were incomplete. They followed narrow trails of evidence that they and federal investigators had uncovered.
It's a joke to say the Mitchell Report painted a comprehensive picture of performance-enhancing-drug use in baseball. Many players who juiced were listed. Many were not.
I do not know how many home runs Bonds would have hit were he clean, certainly fewer than 762. But I also do not know how many more home runs he would have hit had the pitchers he faced not been juicing.
And the same is true with Clemens and strikeouts.
I will be accused of violating the integrity and character criteria established by the Hall. I choose to give those little weight as long as racists who kept African Americans out of the Major Leagues, players who routinely used their spikes to draw the blood of their opponents, sign-stealers and serial adulterers have plaques in Cooperstown.
I will be accused of rewarding "cheaters." What a crock. I laugh at the notion that steroid use was cheating and the widespread use of amphetamines over the decades was not. Many players have told me they believe the drop in inflated stats had much to do with the banishment of "greenies" and the "leaded" coffee that used to be available in every clubhouse.
As a kid, I idolized one Hall of Famer, a no-brainer first-ballot pick. Decades later, I spoke with one of his former teammates, who said my idol was very familiar with the "red juice."
I will be accused of being a Bonds "homer" and apologist. Baloney. Anyone who knows my history with Bonds understands that is ridiculous. He was a Grade A Tool, and no writer took as much Bonds abuse over the years as I did, especially when my colleagues at The Chronicle were writing "Game of Shadows." If I had any personal bias regarding Bonds, I would vote no out of spite and revenge.
I said during a recent speech that I was leaning toward voting for Bonds and Clemens but not until the second ballot as a way of punishing them, but I decided that is a silly stand to take and inconsistent with my reasoning that the most dominant players of an era need to be enshrined.
I mentioned one exception.
I am not saying I will exclude him forever. I just have a hard time wrapping my head around his career because it spanned the steroid era, began in an Oakland clubhouse rife with abuse and his signature achievement, the 70-homer 1998 season, was chemically aided.
I do realize my inconsistency in excluding McGwire for now, but my heart and head are engaged in a civil war.
The argument that all players either are or are not Hall of Famers when their names first hit the ballot is bunk. The Hall gives players a 15-year window for a reason. Events always are clearer through the prism of time. I choose to take more time on McGwire.
I did not vote for Sammy Sosa because, steroids aside, he is not first-ballot material. He hit 609 home runs. He also is tied for 186th all-time in OPS-plus. (McGwire is tied for 11th.)
Also, I am holding my ballot for a few more days so I can decide on Biggio, a player I loved to watch. I know all the arguments for and against, starting with his 3,060 hits, but I want more time to ruminate.
I still could be swayed on Dale Murphy and Alan Trammell.
The voting deadline is midnight EST, Dec. 31.
Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @hankschulman


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As used in this subchapter—
The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(3) The term "off-road vehicle" means any motorized vehicle designed for, or capable of, cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain; but such term does not include—
(4) The term "public land" means all lands, under the respective jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman, and the Administrator, except land which is, or hereafter may be, within or designated as—
The term "State agency" means the agency or agencies of a State responsible for the administration of the fish and game laws of the State.
The term "conservation and rehabilitation programs" means to utilize those methods and procedures which are necessary to protect, conserve, and enhance wildlife, fish, and game resources to the maximum extent practicable on public lands subject to this subchapter consistent with any overall land use and management plans for the lands involved. Such methods and procedures shall include, but shall not be limited to, all activities associated with scientific resources management such as protection, research, census, law enforcement, habitat management, propagation, live trapping and transplantation, and regulated taking in conformance with the provisions of this subchapter. Nothing in this term shall be construed as diminishing the authority or jurisdiction of the States with respect to the management of resident species of fish, wildlife, or game, except as otherwise provided by law.
(Pub. L. 86–797, title II, § 205, as added Pub. L. 93–452, § 2, Oct. 18, 1974, 88 Stat. 1373; amended Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 312(b)(11), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1355.)


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Levi Brown
Condiments deliver flavor but often a lot of calories. A light yogurt sauce supplies healthy zip.
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- Makes 4 servings
- 6 ounces nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- 4 ounces hothouse cucumbers (unpeeled), coarsely grated (about 1/2 cup)
- 1/2 clove garlic, crushed to a paste
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 pound lean ground beef (93 percent or 95 percent lean)
- 4 ounces zucchini, finely diced (about 1 cup)
- 1/2 cup crumbled reduced-fat feta
- 1/3 cup finely diced red onion
- 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 1 jar (7 ounces) roasted red peppers, drained
- 4 sourdough rolls, split
- Shredded romaine (optional)
- Sliced cucumber (optional)
- In a bowl, combine yogurt, cucumbers, garlic and juice; set aside. In another bowl, mix beef, zucchini, feta, onion, marjoram, salt and pepper. Form beef mixture into four 3/4-inch-thick patties. Coat a grill pan or grill rack with cooking spray. Grill patties over medium-high heat, flipping once, about 5 minutes each side, until internal temperature reaches 160°F. Divide roasted peppers evenly among bottom roll halves; top with 1 burger, 1/4 yogurt sauce and lettuce and cucumber, if desired. Top each with other half of roll.
Per serving: 459 calories, 11 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 46 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 40 g protein


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This video was shot Oct 6, 2009 when 22nd Century played at Adobe MAX 2009 in the LA Live Plaza. This was a great night for us to be privileged to perform at such a great venue in front of thousands of people. The song in the video is called U Generation, an assault on the lost generation between baby boomers and Gen X. The sound is totally raw (recorded on via a video camera with one mic) but it turned out not too bad.
The first CD is starting to pick up in sales @ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/22ndcentury Only buy it if you really want to support the band. You can also download the 22nd Century MP3's from our myspace (free). The CD offers far better quality in AIFF format.
Either way is cool with us. We don't do music for money but totally appreciate people who support the band via buying CD's.
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International Gospel & Social Work Mission (IGS Mission) is a member of the Micah Network
Micah Challenge is a global coalition of Christians holding governments to account for their promise to halve extreme poverty by 2015. The coalition forms a movement to encourage deeper Christian commitment to the poor, and to speak out to leaders to act with justice.
Mission: is to be a global voice on poverty for Christians, encouraging them to learn about the issues, find ways to reach out and help the poor, and to fight for justice.
In 2005 while deliberating on how to effectively implement aim three (Prophetically call upon and influence the leaders and decision-makers of societies to "maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed and rescue the weak and needy") Micah Network entered into a strategic partnership with the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) in order to establish a global campaign to mobilise Christians against poverty.
This global campaign would be directed by an international secretariat who would be tasked with not only establishing a global campaign but also with the orchestration of national campaigns that would focus on the contextual needs of that country. The name Micah Challenge was given, as the campaign would focus on the challenge of raising awareness and response for Christians to poverty as well as challenge leaders to too effect good change. Oversight and governance of Micah Challenge is given jointly by Micah Network and WEA, who sit on the Micah Challenge board.
For further information: www.micahchallenge.org
*Millennium Development Goals, a universally agreed roadmap towards the halving of key poverty indicators by 2015


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MY RIDE- David Sherrer: 1986 Ford Bronco
A baby blue 1986 Ford Bronco is not exactly a babe magnet. At least it better not be, according to David Sherrer's girlfriend, Amanda Todd, who appreciates the utility of the vehicle rather than its allure.
Sherrer uses the cargo space to haul materials for his flooring company. Its four-wheel drive and dependable towing make it great for towing his boat as well. While it sees action in an occasional off-road expedition, he mainly uses it as a work truck.
And although he's owned it only three months, it has been in his family for years. He got it from his older brother who apparently no longer had any use for it. One brother's trash is another brother's unsexy– but useful– treasure.


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SoCal Digital Symposium
Launches Inaugural Event
With Keynote Speaker Mike Panesis of Tech Coast Angels
At California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
On Wednesday, February 26, 2014
New Quarterly Technology Series!
In Ventura, Los Angeles & OrangeCounties
LOS ANGELES, CA – On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, the SoCal Digital Symposium (SDS) will launch its new quarterly technology series with an exciting event at California State University Channel Islands (CSU Channel Islands) in Camarillo, CA, hosted by CSU Channel Islands Business Advisory Council and CSU Channel Islands Business & Technology Partnership.
Chairman of the Board of Governors of Tech Coast Angels and Entrepreneurial Programs Manager, Mike Panesis, will be the Keynote Speaker while SDS Founder Lisa deSouza will give guests an exclusive kickoff session.
The symposium will be an exciting hub for Southern California's diverse group of tech entrepreneurs, scholars, visionaries, business leaders, developers, and power brokers. Every quarter, engaged professionals will be invited to take part in stimulating discussions on emerging trends, share innovative ideas in solutions-oriented cross-disciplinary conversations, and learn about new and relevant strategies, technologies, and techniques at different locations in the Southern California region.
Please click here for more information and registration and to follow on Facebook.
The five breakout session tracks for the February 26th SDS event in Camarillo are 1) Socially Conscious Business, 2) Media Tech, 3) 3D Printing & Advanced Manufacturing, 4) Wearable Electronics/Active Lifestyle Tech, and 5) Technology in Education. Scheduled speakers include Brent Bushnell (Two Bit Circus), Steven Gill (Gills Onions), Joseph M. Klocko (Center for Applied Competitive Technologies), Rao Machiraju (reQall), and Merrill W hatley (MW Multimedia Design and Development).
Ticket prices run from $20 for students with ID to $150 for premier admission. Association discounts will also be available (ticket details are below). Event runs from 4:00pm to 9:30pm at CSU Channel Islands (Grand Salon, North Quad, 1 University Drive, Camarillo, CA93012). To contact an SDS representative please call 917-548-9959 or email.
CSU Channel Islands SDS Event Details –
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 SDS event schedule:
• 4:00-4:30pm - Registration
• 4:30-5:00pm - Event Kickoff:
- Introduction by SDS Founder Lisa deSouza
• 5:00-5:45pm - Keynote Speaker:
- Mike Panesis, Tech Coast Angels & UCSB College of Engineering
• 6:00-7:45pm - Breakout Sessions/Panels and the Grand Salon Showcase
• 7:45-9:30pm - Networking Session with Food & Beverages
Breakout track session topics:
Socially Conscious Business: Technologies that enable sustainable, environmental, community integrated, and financially viable solutions for existing and emerging business. Speaker: Steve Gill, Gills Onions LLC, Owner & Partner
Media Tech: The impact of tech on buyer behavior and advertising, user segmentation, and linking brands to customer lifestyles; and technology as a link between online space and physical reality. Speaker: Merrill Whatley, MW Multimedia Design and Development, Owner
3D Printing & Advanced Manufacturing: Technology as a medium to create unique, high quality specialized hardware. The rebirth of the craftsman with technology as the conduit to personalized in-home manufacturing and connectivity with intelligent devices. Speaker: Joseph M. Klocko, Director, Center for Applied Competitive Technologies
Wearable Electronics/Active Lifestyle Tech: Technol ogy as a transformer of everyday items into connected products that predict and anticipate uses and needs. The impact of these emerging devices on behavior, particularly in the areas of fitness, lifestyle, and environment. Speaker: Rao Machiraju, reQall Inc., Co-Founder/CEO
Technology in Education: The impact of virtual learning on children, global education, and gamification of information as a teaching strategy. The importance of engagement with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics as an essential pathway to student success. Speaker: Brent Bushnell, engineer and entrepreneur, Two Bit Circus Co-Founder
For additional information on SDS speakers, please click here.
Entrance Fees:
Ticket prices run from $20 for students with ID to $150 for premier admission.
• Premier Admission - $150 (includes admission to 2 interactive, high-level Breakout Tracks of choice, Grand Salon Conference, Networking Session, and After-Party)
• General Admission - $100 (includes Grand Salon Conference, Networking Session, and After-Party)
• Students - $20 with valid ID for General Admission
• Association & Early Registration Discounts - 30%
Scholarship Fund:
10% of event proceeds will be donated to the CSU Channel Islands Business & Technology Partnership Scholarship Fund. This scholarship is awarded annually to qualif ying full-time, upper division students who have shown outstanding promise, both inside and outside of the classroom, and who are pursuing degrees in business, science, or technology. For registration and scholarship details, please click here.
About Mike Panesis, Keynote Speaker:
Chairman of the Board of Governors of TechCoast Angels
Entrepreneurial Programs Manager, UC Santa BarbaraCollege of Engineering
Mike Panesis is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and business executive with roots in information technology. He is Chairman of the Board of Governors of Tech Coast Angels (TCA), which is the largest accredited angel investor group in the country and one of the leading sources of funding to early-stage companies in Southern California. TCA has helped portfolio companies attract more than $1.4 billion in additional capital. TCA also provide counsel, mentoring and access to an extensive network of potential investors, customers, strategic partners and management talent. TCA has more than 250 members, including its venture capital affiliates, in five networks in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, the Central Coast and the Inland Empire.
Panesis' has had an impressive career in a diverse rang e of industries and roles, including executive management, tech start-ups, IT management, and management consulting. His experience includes software engineering, operations, product management, and corporate and business development in industries ranging from software, automotive, financial services, information services, semiconductors, consumer goods, and manufacturing. He has worked with companies such as Semtech, Whitestone Research, DealerTrack, Church & Dwight, Deloitte & Touche, and AT&T. Panesis also leads the UCSB New Venture Competition (NVC) where he develops mentor networks to advise students and find ways to create and encourage innovation that reflects best practices in the start-up community. He has an MBA in Marketing from RutgersUniversity and a BS in Computer Science for Business from the DeVry Institute of Technology. He is also on the Board of the MIT Enterprise Forum Central Coast Chapter and Steering Committee of the Ventura County Greek F estival. He lives in Camarillo with his wife and two children.
For additional press information, please contact Green Galactic's Lynn Tejada at 213-840-1201.
For non-press SDS participation queries, please contact RPM Demand's Ada Matasovski at 917-548-9959.
We look forward to seeing you in sunny Camarillo!
Published on Feb 01, 2014


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Foot in door: Cordell's skill fills his classes
Garden Ecology isn't full; nor is Trees of Central Virginia, although Culture and Romance of Western Europe has been canceled. Introduction to Screenwriting, on the other hand, is maxed out with a waiting list– as it has been since about 15 minutes after the enrollment period started.
Could the popularity of this UVA continuing education course have something to do with changing literary goals?
"It used to be, 20-30 years ago, it was the great American novel," says course instructor Michael Cordell. "Now everybody wants to write the great screenplay."
Students of the class count themselves lucky. Frances Furlong, a cofounder of the Old Michie Theatre, signed up last fall.
"I got the most wonderful two pages of feedback from this guy. I kind of felt like, 'Oh, I'm not worthy!'" she says.
Cordell, 44, is tall and lanky, with the affable good looks of a man who could be Tim Robbins' cousin. Cordell's start as a screenwriter began several years ago when he took film classes and wrote scripts while an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska.
"My goal in life was always to sell a screenplay. Whereas some people want to feed the hungry or cure cancer, I'm very shallow. I just wanted to sell a screenplay," laughs Cordell.
After graduating and getting a masters degree in Health Care Administration, he realized on his 34th birthday he wasn't doing anything about it. "I set myself a goal of six years to sell my first movie because that's about how long it often takes when I read interviews," he says.
Well how'd he do?
"It was actually seven years from that date that I sold my first movie, so I was off by a year," he says.
Although most of his Hollywood work is writing romantic comedies, Cordell's first movie was actually an action thriller called Beeper starring Harvey Keitel and Joey Lauren Adams that has yet to be released. Artisan Pictures and Shoreline Entertainment have both bought Cordell screenplays; Sony Pictures hired him to write one.
Even though novice screenwriters can make anywhere from $50,000 to $600,000 a picture, Cordell isn't giving up his day job as the director of outpatient satellite practices at Martha Jefferson Hospital.
"I could be working on a spreadsheet and a budget and doing some presentation preparation, and Eddie Murphy's production company may call. And so I'll talk for a few minutes, and then hang up, and then go back to it," he says.
"It's always nice," says student Furlong, "to have a teacher who has not just the skills, but a foot in the door."


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The Central Connecticut softball team (8-7) dropped a doubleheader Saturday against the Hofstra Pride by a score of 9-0, and the University of Connecticut Huskies, 8-6. The Blue Devils registered nine hits on the day including double by sophomore Kat Malcolm, her sixth extra-base hit of the season.
"Offensively, we had a rough start today," Head Coach Jeff Franquet said. "But by the end of the day we were performing well at the plate and we finished our second game with no fielding errors. The game against UConn was a close match-up and we look forward to playing both teams again tomorrow."
Game 1 vs. Hofstra
Senior Nicole Springer started in the pitcher's circle against the Pride (8-8), who completed last season just one win away from the Women's College World Series. Springer takes the loss, her first of the season, dropping her record to 3-1. Classmate Jordan Tingley took to the circle in the bottom of the third to complete the game for the Blue Devils.
Junior Arielle Bruno earned the first hit of the day against 2012 First Team All-American, Olivia Galati, in the top of the first. Bruno ripped a single up the middle but was followed by three outs to end the half inning.
Hofstra loaded the bases in the bottom of the first and brought in the first run of the game on a walked batter. After the run, the Blue Devil defense turned in a double play at home and first to prevent another run.
Following the defensive maneuver, a walked batter and a Central error loaded the bases and allowed three runs to cross the plate to put Hofstra up 4-0.
The Blue Devils struggled to get out of the first inning and the Pride posted two more runs to send the teams into the top of the second 6-0.
A single from freshman Hannah Cooper in the top of the second landed the Blue Devils on base and senior Sarah Emery took pinch-running position for Cooper. Emery, however, was stranded on base at the conclusion of the half inning.
The Prides' Caryn Bailey hit a homer in the bottom of the second to bring in two runs, totaling three for the inning to increase their advantage to 9-0.
Following the pitcher change in the bottom of the third, the Blue Devils held the Pride scoreless through the fourth inning before the game ended on a mercy rule after the top of the fifth.
Game 2 vs. UConn
Sophomore Laura Messina pitched the full seven innings for Central posting six strikeouts, allowing 10 hits and only one walk. With the loss, Messina's record falls to 4-4.
It was the Huskies (9-7) who struck first in the top of the first inning when, with two outs, Kim Silva hit a solo homer over the center field wall to put Connecticut up 1-0.
The Blue Devils responded by loading the bases in the bottom of the first on a pair of singles from Springer and classmate Kelsey Barlow and a Bruno walk. A fly-out to right field, however, left all three on base at the conclusion of the inning.
Central got on the board in the bottom of the third. Malcolm smacked a double to right center and scored on a Barlow single to shortstop to notch the tying run. The Blue Devils then took a 2-1 lead when pinch-runner Emery scored on a single through the left side by freshman Evie Rentzel.
A two-run homer in the top of the fourth by UConn's Marissa Gouches put the Huskies back on top 3-2.
In the bottom of the fifth, with two outs and freshman Brittany Ernst on third and Cooper on first, freshman Evie Rentzel sent a single through the right side that sent Ernst across the plate to tie the game at three. The Blue Devils loaded the bases and then took the lead when senior Stephanie Chotkevys was hit by a pitch to advance freshman Gianna Sandstrom across the plate.
Bruno followed and ripped a pitch through the left side to drive in freshman Eileen Purcell and Rentzel to increase the lead to 6-3.
The Huskies posted five runs in the top of the seventh in response to the CCSU Rally to regain the lead and end the game, 8-6.
Central posted seven hits, six RBI and only two strikeouts in the loss.
The Blue Devils will return to action tomorrow, Sunday, March 17, for the second day of the Hofstra Tournament. Central will face Hofstra at 1:30 p.m. followed by UConn at 4 p.m.
Blue Devil fans can follow the action live via live stats.


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It's impossible to spend time with James Finn (Francis) Cotter
without sensing that one is in the presence of an exceptional
person. Like a millennial Renaissance man, Cotter has navigated his
life with his senses fully engaged, and his mind open to
intellectual, natural and spiritual influences.
Cotter is a scholarly gem, and has been an invaluable resource
at Mount Saint Mary College since 1963. He's taught in or chaired
the Divisions of Humanities, Arts and Letters, and Religious
Studies and Philosophy over the course of his 47 years at the
As scholar, poet, author, critic, professor, philosopher,
translator, mentor, seminarian, world traveler, father, husband,
and grandfather – Cotter's many roles converge in a life and person
full of substance and achievement. It's clear why, for many years,
Mount students have felt themselves lucky to study under his
What is Cotter like? In manner and mien, he's gentlemanly,
dignified and tweedy. It's obvious how and why he inspires
respect and admiration in his
students, perhaps tinged with a wee streak of healthy fear. He has
a charming, engaging smile that reveals a wealth of Irish
He's wry and witty; perceptive and vastly intellectual, and
meticulous with his words. His memory is astounding. If he seems a
bit impatient at times, it's probably because he's usually several
leaps ahead in the conversation.
He is also consistently and unfailingly busy. This past summer,
Cotter celebrated his 81st birthday as he flew to Spokane,
Washington to preside over the International Hopkins Association
conference. He then traveled to Los Angeles to meet his new
grandson. Cotter flew back to New York to participate as lecturer
in the Road Scholars program at the Mount. He also published a
dozen theater reviews this summer
No wonder Ann Damiano, the former director of outcomes
assessment at the Mount and a friend of Cotter's, said, "I get
tired just listening to his plans for the weekend."
Cotter is the author of Inscape: The Christology and Poetry
of Gerald Manley Hopkins; Beginnings: the First
Twenty-Five Years of Mount Saint Mary College; and A New
Life: Learning the Way of Omega. As a scholar, he has penned
articles on Hopkins, Dante, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Philip Sidney,
and J.D. Salinger. As poet and literary critic, he's been published
in America, Commonweal, The Hudson Review, The Nation, The New
York Times, Sparrow, Spirit, Thought and other
Cotter is a celebrated translator of Dante's Commedia,
a seasoned theater and arts reviewer, a Fulbright-Hays lecturer, a
recipient of a National Endowment
for the Humanities grant, and the president of the International
Hopkins Association for 30 years. He's also been the mace
bearer at the Mount's Commencement for as long as anyone can
Somewhere in his remaining capacious free time, Cotter found
time to teach literature and philosophy full-time, write the
Mount's alma mater (1964), capture the first 25 years of the
Mount's history in the book Beginnings (1975), teach
English in Algeria as a Fulbright scholar (1970), inspire any
numbers of students and professors (since 1963), write
literary reviews for The Hudson Review
and America, and raise three children (Anne, James
and John) with his wife Emily.
He also found time to become an experienced and enthusiastic
hiker, drawing on his outdoor experiences by exploring natural and
spiritual themes in his poetry.
It's interesting to note that the impetus for two of his major
works: Inscape and the translation of Dante's
Commedia, were born of Cotter's scholarly desire to
clarify the authors' intents. As a student of Hopkins, Cotter
thought that the prevailing literature about Hopkins missed
some of his most primary gifts and influences.
Cotter's translation of Dante's Commedia began early
Christmas morning in 1983.
The Divine Comedy was published in 1987 by Element Books,
a translation free of rhyme. "I believed that translating without
the need to rhyme allowed more of Dante's original meaning to
resonate," said Cotter.
Critics and students agreed, and today Cotter's translation
remains one of the most respected. The revised edition of the
translation was published in 2000 by Forum Italicum Books.
Cotter's literary influences include, in addition to Hopkins and
Dante, Sir Philip Sidney, William Shakespeare, and J.D.
Cotter hails from the Dorchester area of Boston, where his
parents James B. Cotter
and Catherine (Kitty) Finn Cotter settled after emigrating from
Ireland in the mid-1920s. Cotter's father had seen enough political
unrest and violence during the "troubles" in Ireland after the Free
State Treaty was enacted, and brought his fiancee Kitty to Boston,
where they married. (For you students of Irish history, Cotter's
father met both Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera during his
service as an Irish soldier.)
Cotter was born in 1929, the year that the stock market
collapsed, ushering in the Great Depression. As the eldest of 4
children, Cotter was raised in a close, warm family environment
that prized religion and education. Not surprisingly, he was an
excellent student who made his parents very proud (particularly his
Cotter's life as a Jesuit seminarian began at Shadowbrook in
1948, in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Later, he studied with
the Jesuits in Belgium and Italy. He said that "the Jesuits
introduced me to a love for enjoying life in its many forms:
intellectually, spiritually and naturally."
Cotter received his bachelor of arts from Weston College in
1954, and a master of arts in philosophy in 1955. In 1958, he
received a master of arts in English from Fordham University and a
doctorate in 1963. His doctoral dissertation was "A Glass of
Reason: Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella."
Nineteen-Hundred and Sixty ushered in a sea change in Cotter's
life. The 31-year old man left the seminary after 12 years, and
began teaching in the English department at Fordham University.
Later that year, he married Emily Kerrick, and their daughter
Anne Seton Cotter was born in 1963. The young family lived in the
Bronx while Cotter taught at Fordham.
Cotter was introduced to the Mount in 1963 through Dr. George
Sommer, then an English professor at Marist College. Cotter
accepted the position at the Mount, and the Cotters bought their
home in Newburgh in 1963. Cotter began teaching English and
philosophy at the Mount.
Cotter accelerated both his academic and publishing careers in
earnest throughout the 1960s, writing and publishing many poems and
critical essays. Sons James and John joined Anne in the Cotter
household in the 1960s.
In 1970, Cotter was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Lectureship at the
University of Oran in Algeria, where he taught American Authors and
the Modern American Novel. Cotter packed up his young family to
head to Algeria for 10 months. The Cotters enjoyed traveling
through France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia while overseas, and
spent a summer in Paris.
Cotter also earned a National Endowment for the Humanities grant
to spend a summer working on Hopkins' articles. Out of this
project, the manuscript for his book Inscape was born.
Published by the Pittsburgh Press in 1972, the book was very well
received by critics.
Cotter continued writing and publishing poems and critical
essays throughout the
1980s, and soon tacked on a new moniker as a performing arts
reviewer in New York and Connecticut. (As of 2010, he still has as
many as 1-2 reviews published per week in newspapers.)
Throughout the 1990s, Cotter and wife Emily traveled abroad each
year, often attending Dante and Hopkins conferences. Cotter
taught classes for the Elderhostel group at the Mount each summer.
He also focused on a new edition of the Dante translation while
teaching, reviewing, and writing and publishing poetry, critical
essays, and articles on Medieval Illumination. The revised edition
of Dante's Commedia was published in 2000.
In 2009, Cotter published the book A New Life: Learning the
Way of Omega. The Curtin Memorial Library at the Mount held a
reading in September of 2009, at which Cotter discussed his
influences for the book, and read from the text.
How does Cotter do all this, at a time in life when many in his
position would rest on a wealth of laurels? Cotter attributes his
admirable zest and energy for life,
and for his work, to being Irish. "We never sit still, never are
satisfied. There's always something more to do, more to learn."
Carry on, Dr. Cotter. We'll do our best to keep up with you.


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I would respond by looking to see how traditional ulama or Islamic scholars have viewed it. For the longest period of Islamic history--from Umayyad times to Abbasid, to Mameluke, to the end of the six-hundred-year Ottoman period--Sufism has been taught and understood as an Islamic discipline, like Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir), hadith, Qur'an recital (tajwid), tenets of faith (ilm al-tawhid) or any other, each of which preserved some particular aspect of the din or religion of Islam. While the details and terminology of these shari'a disciplines were unknown to the first generation of Muslims, when they did come into being, they were not considered bid'a or "reprehensible innovation" by the ulema of shari'a because for them, bid'a did not pertain to means, but rather to ends, or more specifically, those ends that nothing in Islam attested to the validity of.
To illustrate this point, we may note that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) never in his life prayed in a mosque built of reinforced concrete, with a carpeted floor, glass windows, and so on, yet these are not considered bid'a, because we Muslims have been commanded to come together in mosques to perform the prayer, and large new buildings for this are merely a means to carry out the command.
In the realm of knowledge, books of detailed interpretation of the Qur'an, verse by verse and sura by sura, were not known to the first generation of Islam, nor was the term tafsir current among them, yet because of its benefit in preserving a vital aspect of the revelation, the understanding of the Qur'an, when the tafsir literature came into being, it was acknowledged to serve an end endorsed by the shari'a and was not condemned as bid'a. The same is true of most of the Islamic sciences, such as ilm al-jarh wa tadil or "the science of weighing positive and negative factors for evaluating the reliability of hadith narrators", or ilm al-tawhid, "the science of tenets of Islamic faith", and other disciplines essential to the shari'a. In this connection, Imam Shafi'i (d. 204/820) has said, "Anything which has a support (mustanad) from the shari'a is not bid'a, even if the early Muslims did not do it" (Ahmad al-Ghimari, Tashnif al-adhan, Cairo: Maktaba al-Khanji, n.d., 133).
Similarly ilm al-tasawwuf, "the science of Sufism" came into being to preserve and transmit a particular aspect of the shari'a, that of ikhlas or sincerity. It was recognized that the sunna of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) was not only words and actions, but also states of being: that a Muslim must not only say certain things and do certain things, but must also be something. The shari'a commands one, for example, in many Qur'anic verses and prophetic hadiths, to fear Allah, to have sincerity toward Him, to be so certain in ones knowledge of Allah that one worships Him as if one sees Him, to love the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) more than any other human being, to show love and respect to all fellow Muslims, to show mercy, and to have many other states of the heart. It likewise forbids us such inward states as envy, malice, pride, arrogance, love of this world, anger for the sake of one's ego, and so on. Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi relates, for example, with a chain of transmission judged rigorously authenticated (sahih) by Ibn Main, the hadith "Anger spoils faith (iman) as [the bitterness of] aloes sap spoils honey" (Nawadir al-usul. Istanbul 1294/1877. Reprint. Beirut: Dar Sadir, n.d., 6).
If we reflect upon these states, obligatory to attain or to eliminate, we notice that they proceed from dispositions, dispositions not only lacking in the unregenerate human heart, but acquired only with some effort, resulting in a human change so profound that the Qur'an in many verses terms it purification, as when Allah says in surat al-Ala, for example, "He has succeeded who purifies himself" (Qur'an 87:14). Bringing about this change is the aim of the Islamic science of Sufism, and it cannot be termed bid'a, because the shari'a commands us to accomplish the change.
At the practical level, the nature of this science of purifying the heart (like virtually all other traditional Islamic disciplines) requires that the knowledge be taken from those who possess it. This is why historically we find that groups of students gathered around particular sheikhs to learn the discipline of Sufism from. While such tariqas or groups, past and present, have emphasized different ways to realize the attachment of the heart to Allah commanded by the Islamic revelation, some features are found in all of them, such as learning knowledge from a teacher by precept and example, and then methodically increasing ones iman or faith by applying this knowledge through performing obligatory and supererogatory works of worship, among the greatest of latter being dhikr or the remembrance of Allah. There is much in the Qur'an and sunna that attests to the validity of this approach, such as the hadith related by al-Bukhari that:
Allah Most High says: ". . . . My slave approaches Me with nothing more beloved to Me than what I have made obligatory upon him, and My slave keeps drawing nearer to Me with voluntary works until I love him. And when I love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, his sight with which he sees, his hand with which he seizes, and his foot with which he walks. If he asks me, I will surely give to him, and if he seeks refuge in Me, I will surely protect him (Sahih al-Bukhari. 9 vols. Cairo 1313/1895. Reprint (9 vols. in 3). Beirut: Dar al-Jil, n.d., 5.131: 6502)
--which is a way of expressing that such a person has realized the consummate awareness of tawhid or "unity of Allah" demanded by the shari'a, which entails total sincerity to Allah in all one's actions. Because of this hadith, and others, traditional ulama have long acknowledged that ilm or "Sacred Knowledge" is not sufficient in itself, but also entails amal or "applying what one knows"--as well as the resultant hal or "praiseworthy spiritual state" mentioned in the hadith.
It was perceived in all Islamic times that when a scholar joins between these aspects, his words mirror his humility and sincerity, and for that reason enter the hearts of listeners. This is why we find that so many of the Islamic scholars to whom Allah gave tawfiq or success in their work were Sufis. Indeed, to throw away every traditional work of the Islamic sciences authored by those educated by Sufis would be to discard 75 percent or more of the books of Islam. These men included such scholars as the Hanafi Imam Muhammad Amin Ibn Abidin, Sheikh al-Islam Zakaria al-Ansari, Imam Ibn Daqiq al-Eid, Imam al-Izz Ibn Abd al-Salam, Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Sheikh Ahmad al-Sirhindi, Sheikh Ibrahim al-Bajuri, Imam al-Ghazali, Shah Wali Allah al-Dahlawi, Imam al-Nawawi, the hadith master (hafiz, someone with 100,000 hadiths by memory) Abd al-Adhim al-Mundhiri, the hadith master Murtada al-Zabidi, the hadith master Abd al-Rauf al-Manawi, the hadith master Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, the hadith master Taqi al-Din al-Subki, Imam al-Rafii, Imam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami, Zayn al-Din al-Mallibari, Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, and many many others.
Imam al-Nawawi's attitude towards Sufism is plain from his work Bustan al-arifin [The grove of the knowers of Allah] on the subject, as well as his references to al-Qushayri's famous Sufi manual al-Risala al-Qushayriyya throughout his own Kitab al-adhkar [Book of the remembrances of Allah], and the fact that fifteen out of seventeen quotations about sincerity (ikhlas) and being true (sidq) in an introductory section of his largest legal work (al-Majmu: sharh al-Muhadhdhab. 20 vols. Cairo n.d. Reprint. Medina: al-Maktaba al-Salafiyya, n.d., 1.1718) are from Sufis who appear by name in al-Sulami's Tabaqat al-Sufiyya [The successive generations of Sufis]. Even Ibn Taymiyya (whose views on Sufism remain strangely unfamiliar even to those for whom he is their "Sheikh of Islam") devoted volumes ten and eleven of his Majmu al-fatawa to Sufism, while his student Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wrote his three-volume Madarij al-salikin as a detailedcommentary on Abdullah al-Ansaris Manazil al-sairin, a guide to the maqamat or "spiritual stations" of the Sufi path. These and many other Muslim scholars knew firsthand the value of Sufism as an ancillary shari'a discipline needed to purify the heart, and this was the reason that the Umma as a whole did not judge Sufism to be a bid'a down through the ages of Islamic civilization, but rather recognized it as the science of ikhlas or sincerity, so urgently needed by every Muslim on "a day when wealth will not avail, nor sons, but only him who brings Allah a sound heart" (Qur'an 26:88).
And Allah alone gives success.
© Nuh Ha Mim Keller


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Fluffy Brioche is one of our very favorite stitches. With its deep waffle texture and lofty thickness, it is just right for handsome hand knits. Plus, its four rows of patterning make for knitting that's interesting enough for a dull plane ride, but not so interesting that you miss the inflight rom com!
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- 5 skeins of Cascade's Superwash 128, 100% superwash wool. This is the color Silver.
- A size US #10.5, 24 or 32-inch circular needle.
3 1/2 stitches = 1 inch in stitch pattern
28 inches x 32 inches
Cast on 100 stitches.
Row 1 (wrong side): Slip 1 knitwise with yarn in back (wyib), *yo, slip 1 purlwise wyib, k1, repeat from * to last stitch, p1. (149 stitches)
Row 2 (right side): Slip 1 knitwise wyib, *k1, k2tog, repeat from * to last stitch, p1. (100 stitches)
Row 3: Slip 1 knitwise wyib, k1, *yo, slip 1 purlwise wyib, k1, repeat from * until last two stitches, k1, p1. (148 stitches)
Row 4: Slip 1 knitwise wyib, k2, *k2tog, k1, repeat from * until last stitch, p1. (100 stitches)
Repeat Rows 1 through 4 until piece measures just under 32 inches, ending with Row 3.
Bind Off
Bind off in the established stitch pattern. Here's how:
Slip 1 knitwise wyib, k1, pass stitch over (just like a regular bind off!), *k1, pass stitch over, k2tog, pass stitch over, repeat from * to last stitch, p1, pass stitch over, cut the yarn and pull it through the remaining stitch.
Weave in your ends and gently block your blanket to get it nice and flat!


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Taylor Swift and Rod Stewart on Dancing with the Stars
I must admit that I got a little distracted tonight with all the election results. Although, I did tune in a little extra to see my girl Taylor Swift do her thing. Rod Stewart on the other hand…well, I'll just not comment.
I can't imagine people don't know these songs, but here they are just in case. Plus, it's nice for us to be comprehensive in our list of DWTS music.
Taylor Swift sang "Mine" with Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani, Chelsie Hightower, and Lacey Schwimmer dancing and "White Horse" to a DWTS video montage.
Rod Stewart sang "I Get a Kick out of You" with Peta Murgatroyd and Damian Whitewood performing.
Of course, there was also "Step In Time" performed by the cast of Mary Poppins. I'm sorry, but I pity anyone who has to try to perform in the place of Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Just impossible! I would probably see the Broadway show if I got the chance though.
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The singer joined actress Chelsee Healey, comedian Jack Dee and DJ Greg James on the 68-mile (109.4-kilometre) journey, during which they faced the threat of crocodiles, hippos and terrifying rapids.
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I'm searching for european tail lights for my Z8
and I have USA tail lights 4 sale.
Best regards from Germany.
I'm searching for european tail lights for my Z8
and I have USA tail lights 4 sale.
Best regards from Germany.
Is it true you have to remove the rear bumpers to change out the tail lights?
Yes, I think so, but believe it or not that isn't that hard.
Andrew Macpherson
Expert Z8 Inspections, with full support for both Z8 sale and purchases.
I think it's two screws and pop about 20 joints with a trim spade. Takes 5 mins.
Regarding the tail light issue in Europe we gave the following information to our Club members:
Since the publication of our last info-letter, May 2011, in which we informed you about the availability of EC-tail lights from BMW, we have had new developments on this issue. Up until about the middle of September 2011, not a single tail light was available from BMW. As far as we know, left tail lights are currently available, and we were informed that right tail lights will be available again by March 2012.Our own investigation has shown that the currently available left tail lights are not a new development but have the same, technically identical, parts as all previously available tail lights. We have no knowledge of any tail lights showing technology that was developed after the year 2001.
We can offer our Club Members 3 different tail light options (always in exchange for the old EC-tail lights):
Option 1 Sale of new, original EC-tail lights
Option 2 Sale of used-rebuild, original EC-tail lights
Option 3 Sale of new-converted (red) US-lights to (yellow-red) EC-light
Please contact the Club office for more information and delivery options!
Last week we received a note from a BMW dealership that they expect to be able to provide Z8 customers with right tail lights in December 2012 !!! Yes, December 2012!!! This is not confirmed by BMW right now but that means BMW ran out of right tail lights for one and a half year and any Z8, whose owner is not a member of the Z8 Club e.V., with an accident or a simple tail light failure, has to sit in the garage for that period of time. I will not give you an answer or my opinion on that situation because I am absolutely sure we are very close in our opinion how a manufacturer should treat their loyal Z8 customers...
Yes , there is a 50 years warranty on parts and BMW confirmed this to us but there is no statement about availability and prices of course...
I have to be honest, the tail light issue is an European problem for now, but the longer it takes the US-market might be effected because in some European countries (e.g. Switzerland) it is allowed to drive a Z8 with US tail lights and Z8 owners from Switzerland are often changing from ECE to US tail lights in case of a problem. We are also converting US-tail lights to European tail lights to keep the Z8s of our members running...
The good thing is! Members of the BMW Z8 Club e.V. are safe because we are able to re-built the tail lights regardless if they are ECE or US-spec.
Best Regards,
Oversimplification on my part. My recollection was from removing the lower bumper to install the exhaust, which I rember being quick and surprisingly simple.
Thanks for the update on the light situation. Is there any possibility of a fourth option to develop a more lasting alternative with LED or other technology that would maintain the design?
In addition to the rear tail lights, what other products and services are available through the Club? I'm only aware of the accessories link.
My Best,
2002 Z8 Jet Black//Sport Red
2012 SLS AMG Obsidian Black/Classic Red
A few years ago I wrote the text below in another threat on this website to give an answer to this question. Now we can add a dealership cooperation with Peter Pan BMW in the US (http://www.z8-club.de/cms/en/content...p-cooperations) , a reinforcement bracket for the lower part of the rear bumper and tail lights.
We are also considering offering low cost solutions for the replacement of parts which become defect more frequently, like the MAF (mass airflow meter) or the rear-view mirror. These parts would be offered in exchange for the defect parts. the problem of the ?fogged-up head lights? is also a current technical issue, we are attempting to find a way to clean the head lights and are currently undertaking our own tests.
Also under consideration is a wind-breaker made of glass that prevents the ?grinding? of the soft top on the safety-bars during opening and closing, as well as a speedometer- display in original EC-optic for the conversion of US- vehicles, this will save the rather high cost of having to exchange the entire speedometer.
We are increasingly noticing that the dashboard leather shows delamination, blistering and creasing. The dashboard is currently still available as original BMW spare part, however, here too, we are looking into finding a solution for the future ourselves, in case BMW should ever have problems delivering. BTW we will reach a number of 700 members next year!
Dear Scott,
I think I understand your point in the previous post and I will try to give you an extensive answer because this is a common question about the BMW Z8 Club e.V.: What are the benefits of membership?
I apologize before writing this because English is not my mother tongue and maybe I will not find the right words to express myself.
The idea and the vision at the inaugural meeting in Munich in 2005 was to create ONE Club all over the world to bring people together who are sharing the same passion for the BMW Z8.
The Z8 is a car, is a car, is a car, BUT! it is a special one, and I truly believe the Z8 is looking for the right owner. Some ?short time? owners were disappointed with the car because it is not a real sports car that can drive the fastest lap on a track. For this purpose, we could easily find more competitive cars (but only ?ordinary? cars!). I am sure there are a lot of reasons why the Z8 is not a real sports car, but there are also tons of reasons for simply to fall in love with this ?vehicle?.
The ?vehicle? Z8 brings people together no matter where they live, no matter of religion, culture, government, age, sex, country etc. And this is a key fact for us! The Z8 as ?a vehicle? can help us to cross boarders, understand a lot more about different cultures, and hopefully participate in making this world a much more better place to live in (with our Z8 of course).
With being a member of the BMW Z8 Club e.V. you will also support this ?vision? and we do everything we can to make this happen?
There are also ?countable? benefits for members:
You will get a yearly magazine with all technical things we discovered over the year, a special ring binder, a membership card and a special present with the welcome package. This present has changed over time. In the early days of the Club each member got a silver Z8 pin, which was part of the marketing campaign of BMW for the Z8. BMW decided not to give them away, so we (the BMW Z8 Club) bought them all and gave them as a present to the new members. There are no pins left so the presents will change over time. There also were Christmas presents the last years like silver Z8 name tags or a special Z8 aluminum pen. Things you can only get if you are a member and which are not available for money.
The technical information from the BMW Z8 Club e.V. on the Z8 is worth ?thousands of dollars?. Since the Z8 is a special vehicle, there will also be special problems in the future. We had the frame issue and it is certainly the merit of the BMW Z8 Club e.V. to have a performance package from the manufacturer now. It took us one year hard work to make this happen, and all members of the Z8 Club?s board are working on a voluntary basis during their leisure time.
The story about ?breaking the news? of the frame issue was very interesting. I was visiting Andrew over Christmas 2005 in LA and gave him a full update about the problem we discovered a few weeks earlier. I will never have such a Christmas time again! Andrew did break the news on this board and the rest is history?
This only as an example for the way we are acting. I am in close contact with Andrew and he will always get the latest technical news. He will post it on this board to keep all owners informed, NOT only club members, following the vision, I tried to explain before. I have chosen this way because we can avoid misunderstandings caused by my limited language skills.
By doing a simple math, knowing about the performance package from the BMW Club e.V. will save you the membership fee for 200 years in case of damage.
As a second example, knowing about the radiator issue will save you the membership fees for 240 years in case of damage?
That is a real countable benefit of being a member of the BMW Z8 Club e.V., I think!
With 540 members from all over the world, 19 countries, and nearly 100 members from the US at the moment, we really have a very loud voice at BMW in Munich and strength in numbers really is the key in our effort to have support from BMW forever?
You may have noticed in Monterey that I am not the one who is going after all Z8 owners for becoming a member. The BMW Z8 Club e.V. is a lot more than the answer to the question ?what will I get?? It is also to support a vision by using the vehicle Z8 as a tool and having fun of course?
I am proud to be a part of the Z8 world and meeting all the wonderful people at the Monterey event was a real pleasure. There are some true friendships and being a Z8 owner did affect my whole life so the ?vision? becomes reality?
There are a lot of BMW Clubs around, BMWCCA being one of them. Some of them offer good value to BMW drivers, no matter which model they own. The BMW Z8 Club e.V. is a much more exclusive community dealing with this very special model that is expected to become the second 507 for BMW. Hence all activities have to be seen long term, be it the attempt to establish the community around a collectable car very early through reunions and trips, or be it by steadily collecting any and all technical information as long as there are people around who have it.
As said above, drivers/owners are selected quickly, usually during the first year of ownership. Thereafter, we mostly deal with proud owners who want to keep their Z8 for a long time, very different from the average Porsche owner (nothing bad about Porsche here). The BMW Z8 Club e.V. will do its best to help making this long time a very enjoyable one.
But then, of course, we simply like driving the Z8 as well.
Best Regards,
J?rgen Wunderlich
Best Regards,
J?rgen this is great information. Thank you for being such a wonderful resource to the Z8 community.
PS- one thing I note is the spelling for your name which I believe I have correct here. However, your user name seems to have an extra "e" in it ("J?ergen") I think I misspelled it once using this spelling as I was thinking I had been misspelling it all along. For me its simply a matter of making sure I use the proper spelling. I like to make sure I spell people's names correctly due to the limitations of text based communications- its possible for someone to think they are being insulted when in fact they are not.
Yes, it is correct! I know my name is complicated to type...
Best Regards,
Thanks J?rgen. Actually its not complicated but I just wanted to make sure I had the spelling correct.
Thanks for the many interesting replies!!!
I found some european tail lights in Italy...
I have red USA tail lights for sale, very good condition.
Many regards from Germany.
I have a set of Euro lenses that I wanted to install but then hesitated when I heard the rear fenders had to be removed. If you wouldn't mind, please post your experience with how easily your shop says the job was.
Thank you in advance,
My car is at the BMW dealer date inspection!
They will change the tail lights, head lights, cluster and install a new Eisenmann Exhaust System.
Best regards.
I'd say J?rgen's report of at least 3 hours is pretty accurate. I just took down the lower number to experiment with the exhaust. It's relatively easy once you pop the first joint - 15 mins, but the upper bumper has many more steps, including dealing with the connections for the marker lights (US), plate lamp, and reverse/fog lights. It's likely an hour to disassemble. So, even for a shop with all the tools and replacement fasteners, you're looking at about an hour and a half just to get to the lights. Assembly usually goes faster, but with the disassembly and replacing the lights, I could easily see this turning in to four hours. Nothing looks difficult, but having an experienced Z8 tech could save some time.
Let us know how your replacement goes.
I read the whole thread but did not see either a pic or a reason as to why one would change to the Euro spec, is it purely cosmetics? thanks, Max
European regulations require amber indicators. There may be some exceptions.
If you look at some of the gallery shots, press photos, and member photos, you can see the amber lights.
I sure prefer them. Course I am biased as I have a Euro spec car.
2000 Red over black
heavily modified for performance. Although, not to the level of GM's car
Yes Dogdoc, I would be doing it solely for their esthetic appeal.
I actually prefer the US all-red lights for visual uniformity. In addition, I've often considered filling the rear marker lights. An EU bumper would be an option, but they don't have the cutout for the rear plate.
You can see them here - http://www.bmwz8.us/history.php?HistoryID=7&ImgID=33
I think they look nice on silver, but I prefer the all red on all the other colors.
Andrew Macpherson
Expert Z8 Inspections, with full support for both Z8 sale and purchases.
I hear there's a good photo spot just north of San Simeon. Hmmmmm....
I know, it's funny how our favorite spot by complete coincidence is exactly where BMW AG went to do those official Press pix, it's almost as if they knew! ;-)I hear there's a good photo spot just north of San Simeon. Hmmmmm....
However I think we've made rather better use of it that they did. :-)
Andrew Macpherson
Expert Z8 Inspections, with full support for both Z8 sale and purchases.
Dinan S2 package: headers, throttle bodies, oversized MAFs, airfilters, anti-roll bars, lightweight flywheel
Dinan by Brembo brake kit and monoball control arm bushings
BBS forged individual wheels
Quaife differential, 3.64:1 final drive
Meisterschaft GT titanium mufflers
K&W 3 way adjustable competition monotube dampers and monoball adjustable mounts
CDV delete
Not legal, but neither is no front plate. Design > Law
I still like the red ....Max
Hope this works. Trying to load a pix of my car finally being loaded today for transport to Texas from Peter Pan. The "all red" tail lights are fiery.
Congratulations! The wait is nearly over. Have you seen your Z8 with the fiery red tail lights in person?
My Best,
2002 Z8 Jet Black//Sport Red
2012 SLS AMG Obsidian Black/Classic Red
Looks great!
Every Z8 picture post is beautiful, but every once in a while you get lucky with the camera and something magical appears, even in this digital age where we have left the mystery of film and chemicals. In this picture I thought the lights really stood out, which made it a good post here.
4sale : US tail lights, left and right side.
Very good condition.
Best regards from Germany.
You should get your US lights to the Club, they can use them to create Red/Orange EU units.
Andrew Macpherson
Expert Z8 Inspections, with full support for both Z8 sale and purchases.
They look outwardly identical to the US spec ones i.e. all red lens but flash amber through the red lens when indicating. The top section does also continue to light up red (unlike the genuine European lights) with the tail lights switched on. This means that you still get the effect of all red US spec lights, but with the amber indicator added. The LEDs are as bright as the neon tubes and occupy the full width of the lamp assembly to keep them looking as sympathetic as possible.
To convert the lamps we need you pair of US lights. The car will need to have the control module reprogrammed to eliminate the shared brake/indicator as per the US specification.
We can conduct the full conversion for you if you wish, including removing and replacing the lamps and having the car reprogrammed. We are UK-based.
I will be updating our website with photos very shortly.
If you are interested please let us know.
has anybody repaired taillights yet or made led tailights
I don't have any connection with this vendor, but it might be what you are looking for.
I had my lights rebuilt with the LED's (I have European tail lights, car came from Belgium years ago). I searched for over 2 years and could not find replacements. It was very frustrating not finding replacements. Very disappointed with BMW. Put them in myself with the help of a friend in about 5 hours taking our time. They have been in my car for a couple of years now with no issues and look good. I am concerned the car is not completely original and would put OEM lights in if I could find them. Until them, these look good! TerrySt Louis, MO
I would have thought your US BMW dealers could get you any part you wanted, even ones for EU spec cars.
I could buy US spec tail lights in the UK if I wanted them.
The US dealers may be able to get Euro spec parts, but I assure you that around my area, they are unwilling.
2000 Red over black
heavily modified for performance. Although, not to the level of GM's car
It might be true but it's hard to see why...if they are just asked to supply them loose as parts.
I get the fact that they don't want the hassle of fitting them, that aspect is the same in the UK.
I don't have an answer either. 🤔
2000 Red over black
heavily modified for performance. Although, not to the level of GM's car
You can order anything from ecs tuning. They will order from BMW NA.
AF77768 Topasblau / Schwarz
PP installed
Motorsport 20" style 101 wheels
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- [from trailer]
- [narrating]
- Rambo: I've lived in a world of death. I've watched people I've loved die. Some fast with a bullet, some not enough left to bury. All these years I've kept my secrets, but the time has come to face my past. And if they come looking for me, they will welcome death. I want revenge. I want them to know that death is coming. And there's nothing they can do to stop it.
Atom User Reviews
If you enjoyed the other Rambo movies, you will enjoy this one, same format, Rambo tries to avoid bad guys, bad guys hurt good guys, Rambo has to make them pay. Violent and graphic, but you won't feel sorry for any of the bad guys and you may even cheer when Rambo even's things up. It pays tribute to the rest of the Rambo movies and symbolically Rambo takes a rocking chair on the porch at the end.
Go into it knowing it's Rambo and know there's going to be some unbelievable violence.
There's a hint of a fugue state about it too, as if Rambo, and whatever audience for his movies remained, is trapped in an endless loop, savoring past traumas as a way to avoid facing the present.
What's especially pitiful about this installment, which has been given a perfunctory dark-action look by cinematographer Brendan Galvin ("Self/less"), is how often Stallone tries to give psychic heft to the wounded-warrior part of his creation, as if he were Ethan Edwards in "The Searchers" and not just a monosyllabic killing machine easily triggered.
The character deserves better, and so does the audience.