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New Zealand's cabinet has approved changes to the Employment Relations Act (ERA), in a move that may negatively impact vulnerable workers when their employers undergo restructuring.
Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson announced that small and medium-sized businesses with fewer than 20 employees would no longer be required, under Part 6A of the ERA, to continue the employment of groups of low-paid employees when a business goes through restructuring.
Larger businesses, however, would still need to adhere to the provision with the Act. Wilkinson said this was because they were better able to accommodate Part 6A.
The law was first enacted in 2006 to protect caretakers, cleaners, catering workers, hospital orderlies and laundry workers during tough business periods for companies. It gives low-wage workers the right to retain their jobs and to be transferred to any new contractor on the same terms of employment.
"A husband and wife cleaning team who tender and win a small contract may be currently required to take on any staff doing the work under the previous contract owner. "That's why Cabinet has also agreed to exempt small and medium businesses – those with fewer than 20 employees," said Wilkinson.
She added that employees in SMEs account for approximately a quarter of those in affected industries.
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The City has closed several golf courses for the winter, and is thinking of closing the Whitehaven Golf course for good.
But one Councilman says he's suspicious of the numbers the city is using to justify those closings.
Edmund Ford is not only a Councilman, but holds a masters in mathematics.
He says the numbers just don't add up with the bookkeeping for the city's public golf courses.
Right now, Pinehill, Crockett, Riverside, and Whitehaven golf courses are closed for the winter as a cost saving measure. The administration is considering closing Whitehaven for good because it is one of the lowest performing courses.
Ford looked at the books, and couldn't make sense of some of the line items.
For example, Whitehaven saw a more than 1,000 percent increase in city shop charges, and the city owned course saw a more than 150 percent increase in rent.Four courses saw an overall increase in expenditures of 25 percent or more.
Ford says that small fluctuations aren't unusual, but items going up 50% or more raise red flags. "Show me the justification", Ford says.
The city says rent is actually supplies because the city doesn't pay rent on its own courses. The parks department is looking into the other expenditures questioned by ford, including what "city shop charge" actually is.
The audit department is working on the request for the outside audit.
Ford is looking for fairness. "We want to make sure we have all the amenities we give to this city available. If we're not able to do that, then let's be fair across the board and not close golf courses in one particular area."
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*Last updated on 9/21/2009* (Updated once every 3 weeks or so depending on my schedule, thank you for you patience)
~ Whether you are experienced or not in the underwater world, Pls feel free to ask any questions/post links/discuss topics related to the subject, this is an open topic for those interested in UW work. I will then add those links to the OP ~
- All photographers MUST have experience in Underwater Photography (with human subjects) to be added to the list.
- Only photographers with ONE or more underwater images in ANY port (i.e. myspace, flicker, website, etc.) will be added to the list.
- If you have more work on other sites, post the link here and I will add it beside your name on the list.
- Level of experience is not important if you want to be added to the list.
- Pls let me know if I have not added you.
If you have a pool you wish to rent, send me a msg/comment stating:
- The location
- Size
- Shape
- Depth
- Heated
- Pool color
- Whether the pool is salt water, chlorinated or purified
- Seasonal/day availability
- Any additional info
I will then add it here with a link to your profile/website, thank you.
- Contact: Darin John Productions
- The location: REDGUM.tv, 2983 E. Miraloma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 (corner of Red Gum St. and Miraloma Ave.) 6 miles from Disneyland.
- Size: 43x18
- Shape: Rectangle
- Depth: N/A
- Heated: Heats at one degree an hour. Can be heated to 90 with advance notice. Solar Heater and cover during some allows use to give discounts.
- Pool color: Blue with patches of white. This pool is a work pool so we can customize it. Weâve cut into the sides and added an foreground and background overflow with a built in 24 x10 foot background wall. This is for ½ in ½ out shoots.
- Water: Currently chlorinated but we will be switching to salt water as soon a we can afford it.
- Availability: All year.
- Contact: Fathom Films (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Location: Woodside, Ca. (Between San Francisco and San Jose)
- Size: 18' wide x 38' long - 40,000 gallons
- Shape: Rectangle
- Depth: 12.5 Ft continuous after 4' wide x 4' deep shelf
- Heated: Solar, heat pump and gas kept about 88 degrees in summer
- Pool color: Black
- Water: Ozone with light chlorination and dual filter systems
- Availability: All Year
- Additional info: On site scuba compressor and gear, hookah systems,
full uw lighting systems available. Must sign liability form before shoot
and show proof of certification to use scuba. Large parking area
available behind studio.
- Contact: Tarachin
- Location: Escondido, CA (near San Diego)
- Size: Roughly 18x18 feet wide
- Shape: "L" shape
- Depth: 7 ft (15,000 gallons), 3 ft on the shallow end
- Heated: No
- Pool color: Baby blue, almost white
- Water: chlorinated
- Availability: During the summer
- Additional info: Must sign liability form before shoot
- Contact: Blu Angel
- Location: Jacksonville, FL in Neptune Beach
- Size: Spprox 24 x 8 x 8
- Shape: Squirly-looking oval
- Depth: 8'
- Heated: Yes, Solar
- Pool color: blue with hand-painted tile - see my pics
- Water: Slow-release chlorinated
- Availability: Available year-round day or night
- Additional info : it's a beautiful pool; screened in; completely private; steps away from the master bedroom and bathroom; tiled hot tub attached; View pictures in port.
- Contact: Eric J Ducharme
- Location: Florida (Able to travel for additional cost)
- Size: 8'x 4'x 4'
- Shape: Rectangular
- Depth: 4'
- Heated: Yes
- Pool color: Acrylic rectangular aquarium. Viewable all the way around.
- Water: Fresh water and can be purified.
- Availability: Please book us anytime!
- Additional info: Underwater speakers are available for additional cost! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UW COACHES, TUTORS & MORE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Pls inform me if your an UW tutor or have any other extra UW credentials, I will add you to this section as well)
Cal Mero ~ Melbourne ~ Credentials:
Marine biologist (BSc Hons 1st class)
International award winning underwater photographer
Underwater wildlife & model photography coach (Australia)
PADI Dive master (300+ dives. Experienced coldwater diver)
Senior 1st aid & certified oxygen delivery
CATHAL TWOMEY Fashion T ~ Worldwide ~ Credentials:
Pose Tutor, Coach 3yrs
UW Videographer 3yrs
UW Photographer 3yrs
PADI Open water Scuba Instructor 15yrs
Emergency First Response Instructor 3yrs
CPR/ First Aid- Infant, Child/Adult 3yrs
Details on request
Available to travel
PM for rates
Kalospix aka Jorge ~ Cape Cod, MA ~ Austin, TX ~ Bay Area, CA ~
Scuba Certified Instructor - 15 Yrs
U/W Photography Instructor
Certified First Aid, CPR and O2
Breath holding techniques
Underwater Posing Techniques (Buoyancy control Techniques)
Will travel with expenses covered
Message Jorge for U/W Shooting and Training Arrangements
MMP Studios ~ Lakeland, Florida ~ Credentials:
Underwater coach or tutor: Over 200 Models trained to work underwater over the past three years.
Underwater Production Designer: 10 years
Underwater Director: 9 years
Underwater Filmmaker: 10 years
Underwater Producer: 10 years
Underwater Photographer: 12 years
Scuba Instructors on site overseeing any and all open water activities.
Tamee ~ Las Vegas, Nevada ~ Credentials:
Coach, Pose tutor
Scuba Certified Safety Diver
Underwater Performer 2yrs
Competitive Swimmer 14yrs
Olympic Swimmer 2000 Games
Certified First Aid, CPR and O2
Diving breathing techniques
Will travel with expenses covered
PM for rates
Tarachin ~ San Diego, Worldwide ~ Credentials:
Internationally Published model 12yrs
Underwater creative assistant/director 2yrs
Underwater Pose tutor, coach 1yr
Underwater choreographer 14yrs
Will be SCUBA certified in September
Will travel with expenses paid
PM for rates ________________________ UW VIDEOGRAPHER'S _______________________
CATHAL TWOMEY Fashion T ~ Cork, London, Philippines, Cebu, Singapore, Bangkok, LA, New York, *
MMP Studios ~ Lakeland, Florida
Howard Schatz ~ New York/ Worldwide
~ Counties/States/Names in alphabetical order ~
~ Those with symbol (*) are for my personal references ~
Billy Bradford Photo ~ Rochester, NY/Miami, FL/Hollywood, CA *
CATHAL TWOMEY Fashion T ~ Cork, London, Philippines, Cebu, Singapore, Bangkok, LA, New York, *
Chris Crumley ~ Virginia Beach, VA is home base, but projects have been done all over the Caribbean, Mexico, Egypt, Greece, the Indian Ocean, Australia and the Pacific. We are quite attuned to making images in remote locations. *
ChristinaMacfarlane ~ Virginia Beach, Washington DC, Richmond, Cebu, Hong Kong, Singapore, United States
David Doubilet ~ New York, International *
gavin oneill ~ London, Worldwide *
Howard Schatz ~ New York, LA, Italy, Worldwide *
Libor Spacek ~ Prague, Czech Republic, New York City *
Mick Gleissner/MM ~ Cebu/Philippines, Singapore, Los Angeles
Michael Morrison ~ *
Ric Frazier/MM Profile ~ Los Angeles, Worldwide *
RobertGerard ~ Wisconsin, Southern California, India, Thailand *
Tara Hutton ~ UK & US
~ Indonesia ~
Bagong ~ Jakarta
Jerray Aurum ~ Jakarta
Kiki Studio ~ Bali, Denpasar
~ Japan ~
Tomohide Ikeya ~ Tokyo *
~ Philippines ~
Mick Gleissner ~ Cebu Islands *
Cal Mero ~ Melbourne *
Capture Imaging ~ Anna Bay - Port Stephens, New South Wales *
Compass_Media ~ Melbourne
Davis Powell ~ Melbourne
First Point Underwater ~ Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Haworthl ~ Melbourne
JulianZ Brisbane/ Sydney
Laurie Klippel ~ New South Wales
Mark Mawson ~ Sydney, Australia *
aMuse Photography ~ Toronto, Ontario
Ben Cliffe ~ Ottawa, Ontario
Chand Photography ~ dCalgary, Alberta
fos ~ Toronto
Ian Brooks Photography ~ Ontario
Mark Turuk ~ Ontario
Rick Natias ~ Quebec
TheStudioCoach dot com ~ Montreal
~ Belarus ~
Mikhail Garous
~ France ~
Petit Bain ~ Deauville
~ Germany ~
Thomas K ~ Delmenhorst
Thomas Rupprecht ~ Lorsch
~ Holland ~
Weirdeau ~ Amsterdam *
~ Italy ~
Sergio Sarta ~ Milan *
~ Sweden ~
Lambis ~ Malmo *
Lazy Diver ~ Lund
~ Ukraine ~
Valery Anzilov ~ Yalta
~ United Kingdom ~
Bread and Shutter ~ London *
Candice Photography ~ Uncertain *
Zena Holloway ~ London *
~ Unknown Locations ~
Eckhard Krumpholz
Klaus Behnisch
Sergey Kondrashin ~ *
~ Spain ~
IamKiam ~ Rota, Sevilla, Málaga, Madrid, Andalusia
Rich Drinkard ~ Cancun
Keith R Smith ~ Auckland
Dutchy ~ Johannesburg, Gauteng
~ Alabama ~
~ Alaska ~
~ Arizona ~
Deee-Liteful Images ~ Surprise
The Last Drop Of Rain ~ Phoenix
~ Arkansas ~
AliciaHolderPhotography ~ East SF Bay Area
Ari Abramczyk ~ Ventura *
Alberich ~ SF Bay *
Awardagency ~ West Los Angeles
Broder Photography ~ Los Angeles
CorvyPixels Photogrpahy ~ San Francisco
Courtnay Elekt ~ Sacramento *
Courtney Miller ~ Santa Barbara
Couture Foto ~ Tarzana
Darin B ~ San Diego *
D Stevens ~ Santa Monica
David Hofmann ~ Valencia
Ed Freeman ~ Los Angeles *
H2WU ~ Los Angeles *
Karima Cheri ~ Sausalito
Karl Shreeves ~ Aliso Viejo
KC Alfred ~ San Diego
kozyndan ~ Santa Monica
Numatix ~ Placentia
M Images ~ Orange
Phillip Colla ~ Carlsbad *
Scott Sansenbach ~ Huntington Beach *
SP Photography ~ Los Angeles
Steve Shea ~ OC/LA *
Tracy Kahn/MM ~ Los Angeles/ Santa Barbara *
Two Watches ~ Los Angeles/New York
Vivint Vie ~ Orange County
Waveguider ~ Los Angeles
~ Colorado ~
CustomCreations by Chad ~ Denver *
~ Connecticut ~
~ Delaware ~
~ Florida ~
Annette Batista ~ Tampa
bnsphoto ~ St. Augustine
Brad Miller ~ Palm City *
Doug Swinskey ~ Tampa
EdwinR Photography ~ Tampa
Jewel Imaging ~ The Keys
John Sluder Photography ~ Melbourne
KRoss Photography ~ Fort Lauderdale
MMP Studios ~ Lakeland
Rick M ~ Plantation
ShadeOfGrey Photography ~ Salem County NJ and West Palm Beach County
Stephen Frink ~ Key Largo *
Swank Photography ~ Florida Keys
Todd Essick ~ West Palm Beach *
Waterworld Images ~ Orlando *
Whitney Allen Photo ~ Tampa *
Zac Pagett Photography ~ Lake Worth
~ Georgia ~
BColePhotography ~ Atlanta
Kash Johnson ~ Carrollton *
~ Hawaii ~
Curt Chambers ~ Honolulu *
Dorys Foltin ~ Honolulu
Far Out Photos/Website ~ Kailua Kona
Redinhawaii ~ Haleiwa *
[http://www.modelmayhem.com/575312]Tony Suber Photography[/url] ~ Kailua, Hawaii
~ Idaho ~
~ Illinois ~
~ Indiana ~
~ Iowa ~
~ Kansas ~
~ Kentucky ~
~ Louisiana ~
~ Maine ~
~ Maryland ~
B R I G H T D A Y ~ Waldorf
redshiftBLUESHIFTimages ~ Towson
~ Massachusetts ~
Kenda North ~ Boston
~ Michigan ~
DonOcelotl Fotografia ~ Houston, & Royal Oak
~ Minnesota ~
Rhea Pappas ~ St.Paul
~ Mississippi ~
Christa Loustalot ~ Ocean Springs
~ Missouri ~
Stephen Melvin ~ Kansas City
~ Montana ~
~ Nebraska ~
~ Nevada ~
ALVproductions ~ Las Vegas
PhotoPhantasia ~ Las Vegas
Studio Snowden ~ Las Vegas
The Dave ~ Las Vegas
T P Photography ~ Las Vegas & Los Angeles *
Wesfoto ~ Las Vegas
~ New Hampshire ~
~ New Jersey ~
Drew Noel Photography ~ Columbus
~ New Mexico ~
~ New York ~
Brian Rawson ~ Long Island, Queens, Manhattan
Candy Lust ~ New York
Harry Fayt ~ New York / Liege *
Hbynoe ~ Cliffside Park
Dennis OClair ~ Woodstock *
Don Spiro ~ New York & LA
Jason Heller ~ New York *
Kailas ~ New York *
Mallory Gallery ~ New York *
MaxStudios ~ NY, LA, Miami
Stuart Photography ~ New York *
~ North Carolina ~
Liz Massingill ~ Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Greensboro, High Point
NRG Images ~ Cary
Timothy Nantz ~ Thomasville
~ North Dakota ~
~ Ohio ~
Adam Bowling Photograph/OMP ~ Akron/Cleveland, Ohio
~ Oklahoma ~
Bryan Crump Photography ~ Oklahoma City
~ Oregon ~
Illusive Images ~ Eugene *
~ Pennsylvania ~
C h r i s g o o d e n ~ Pittsburgh
Jim Green ~ Exton
~ Rhode Island ~
~ South Carolina ~
Guerrilla Photography ~ Greenville
~ South Dakota ~
~ Tennessee ~
~ Texas ~
Gia Wood Photography ~ Dallas
Imagebuffet ~ Richardson
James Wiseman ~ Houston *
Julian Humphries ~ Austin
kalospix ~ Austin, Bay Area, Cape Cod; TX,CA,MA
Ken Myers Underwater ~ Garland
Mausy Fashion ~ Dallas
Mykle Coyne ~ Fort Worth
Philip II Aqua ~ Dallas
Photobob ~ San Antonio
RBlake ~ Houston
Richard Tallent ~ Beaumont *
W Studios inc ~ Colleyville
~ Utah ~
Blended Clarity ~ Ogden
~ Vermont ~
~ Virginia ~
Jeff Ried Photography ~ Smith Mountain Lake, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Charlottesville
LarsLarsen ~ Charlottesville
Way Beyond Productions ~ Portsmouth *
~ Washington ~
ByteStudio ~ Bainbridge Island
~ West Virginia ~
Mountain Image ~ Morgantown
~ Wisconsin ~
David Weiss ~ Oshkosh
Fred L. Timm ~ Milwaukee
~ Wyoming ~
Swank Photography!
I'm shooting underwater this Thursday in fact!
Awesome! Thanks you Swank!
You're welcome! I've been to your port (I think last night???) it is totally captivating!
Thank you so much Swank, there will be more images to come over the next few weeks
I will DEFINITELY keep a watch out for those images!
I am not very certain about the best rates for UW housing but from what I have seen it can go from about $200+ per day, best wait for a photographer to reply you or better still do some research online
All the best!
Sent ya a mail, I am very impressed with your B&W UW work... look forward to seeing more from you soon!
Added ya
Added you too
Added ya too! Hope you find a few models on my Model list (the link is above). All the best!
Thank you
Thanks dear but unfortunately I can only add you if you have shot people, let me know when you have and Id be glad to add you to the list
Lol, You should soot more people in clear water, Ive added you to the list though
Oh no never, I love your work, keep it up, cant wait to see more from you!
Good to see there is someone from NZ who has started UW work.. do keep it up and have a look at other UW photographers ports to help improve your skills.. I have added you...all the best
Thanks. I've added the banner to my profile and hope to get some more photos I can add to my portfolio next summer. The trick is finding the model who looks natural and comfortable underwater. And yes, there's a lot of inspirationall underwater pictures on this site.
Best of luck to you as well.
Lovely! Your welcome and thank you for adding the banner, welcome and do drop by from time to time
Your most welcome dear Thank you for being here
Thats great! Anytime you need any help let me know,...
I am sure there are models in NZ just waiting to be discovered, try looking out for dancers who are on MM or check out the models list, I should find some from NZ soon
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Miami New Times and the Village Voice topped America's alternative newspapers in last week's awards handed out by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies in New Orleans. Staff writer Gus Garcia-Roberts was given the nod for best feature for a story about fallen music entrepreneur Scott Storch ... More >>
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Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Recruitment 2012
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation originated in 1932 and was a part of Nizam State Railway in the earlier Hyderabad state. Then, it was known as NSR-RTD – Nizam State Rail & Road Transport Department. It started with just 27 buses and 166 employees. Now, after almost eight decades, it has a fleet of 22222 buses with almost eight hundred bus stations and more than two hundred bus depots. It was taken over from the Nizam State Railway and made as a department of the Hyderabad State Government in 1951. Its present name of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation came about in 1958 and it was in accordance with the Road Transport Corporations Act 1950.
Its large network of buses has entered into the Guinness World record for being the largest fleet of buses. These buses operate within the cities as well as in the village areas connecting millions of people from all over the state. It operates regular services to all the neighboring states such as Karnataka, TamilNadu, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh and Orissa.
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation recruitment 2012 is the mammoth recruitment drive of APSRTC for the coming year. Predominantly, the recruitment drive is for Drivers, Conductors, Clerical staff, Depot and Station managers, mechanical engineers, traffic supervisors, superintendents, apprentices, trainees, paramedical staff etc. APSRTC job openings are advertised well in advance in leading newspapers and also on the Internet. APSRTC conductor jobs 2012 are specifically targeted at the recruitment of conductors for this large fleet of buses.
APSRTC jobs 2012 initiative releases notification under the banner APSRTC jobs notification in the media. The vacancies are advertised under the heading APSRTC careers 2012 on the web portal. The requisite application forms are printed along as well as available online on the Internet. The application contains all the necessary details such as qualification, experience, details of the APSRTC jobs 2012 that are vacant, salary scale etc. Hyderabad being the largest component of this organization gets specifically advertised for vacancies under jobs APSRTC Hyderabad.
APSRTC Recruitment 2012 process
The notifications for APSRTC job openings for various positions carry the last dates for submission of the completed application forms. Once the candidates submit the completed application forms with all the relevant attachments, these are carefully scrutinized so that the irrelevant ones can be eliminated. The aspiring candidates can track the entire process online. Almost all the APSRTC jobs 2012 entail written tests, which is mandatory for the interested candidates. These tests consist of various subject knowledge questions, aptitude, attitude etc. For driver jobs, there is a mandatory driving test, which the candidate has to qualify in. There are a lot of study material as well as previous question papers available for the candidates to refer and prepare accordingly along with the APSRTC jobs notification.
APSRTC Recruitment 2012 selection process
On clearing the written tests successfully, the candidates are intimated to attend a personal interview. Basically, the interviews are aimed at gauging the subject knowledge of the candidate, knowledge about current affairs especially at the state and national levels, aptitude of the candidate for these types of monotonous and repetitive jobs, ability to remain calm in any situation, extend courteous customer service, ability to be accurate about facts and figures etc.
The interviews are conducted by a panel of experts in the concerned field along with human resource professionals. In case of drivers and traffic supervisors, they are tested on location in order to judge their proficiency, as their jobs are extremely critical to the safety of the travelers. The entire process of tests and interviews is a long and time-consuming process requiring an enormous amount of coordination and tabulation.
For senior positions in APSRTC careers 2012, interviews are the only mode of selection. For all candidates, reference checks are done to make sure that there is no fraudulent activity. The senior candidates could have more than one round of personal interviews. The candidates who are successful in the interviews are then offered jobs in APSRTC.
For the transport industry, schedules and keeping to them is of paramount importance along with ensuring the safe travel of all the passengers. Hence it is of utmost importance that the APSRTC recruitment 2012 is above board and has adequately qualified personnel for all positions.
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In a bid to strengthen its offline presence, online retailing giant Amazon now offers its UK customers to pick up their purchases from nearby local shops. Collect+ Couriers have been roped in for the purpose. There are currently 4,700 Collect+ stores in UK.
Collect+ is already integrated into Amazon.co.uk Marketplace, so sellers can choose us as their delivery service. By opting for a Collect+ 'pick up location' at checkout, Amazon.co.uk customers can choose to collect their items from one of our thousands of shops nationwide, at a time that suits them best.
Mark Lewis, CEO, Collect+, said, "We are delighted that Amazon.co.uk customers can now choose to have purchases delivered to a Collect+ store local to them. The extension of our service means that more people will be able to use Collect+, providing further choice and convenience for their deliveries."
The scheme is currently being run as a trial, The Telegraph reported. Customers can pick up books, clothes and other products from the Collect+ stores. If the trial is successful, it will be rolled out on a wider basis.
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Selldorf Architects To Restore Grand Reading Room at Brown University
Monday, March 25, 2013
Branden Klayko.
While some of the new architecture at Brown University is distinctly modern, Manhattan-based Selldorf Architects has been selected to bring back the historic charm of the circa 1910 English Renaissance John Hay Library. According to the Brown Daily Herald, the project was jumpstarted in February following an anonymous $3 million donation, plus another anonymous $6 million donation for the renovation from 2011. The Hay Library, which houses the university's rare books collection, archives, and other special collections, will be reconfigured to open up the grand 4,400-square-foot reading room to its original design by Boston architects Shepley Rutan & Coolidge. The room is currently divided into parts to securely store sensitive books. The larger space will allow more access to the public and can play host to larger university-related events.
Cash-Strapped Brooklyn Public Library to Sell Two Branches to Private Developers
Monday, March 18, 2013
Nicole Anderson.
Right as the New York City Housing Authority goes public with its controversial plan to allow developers to build high rises in the middle of public housing developments, the Brooklyn Public Library is taking a similar approach with the hope of mitigating its ongoing financial struggles. The New York Times reports that the library plans on selling off the land beneath two of its branches—The Brooklyn Heights Library at Cadman Plaza and the Pacific Library on Fourth Avenue—to developers who will then tear down the buildings and carve out space for them on the ground floor of their new residential towers.
Another Brooklyn Service Bites the Dust: Long Island College Hospital to Close
Friday, February 8, 2013
Nicole Anderson.
It looks like South Brooklyn will have plenty of new condos, but perhaps a dearth of services. This morning, the board of trustees of the State University of New York (SUNY) voted unanimously to close Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Cobble Hill. According to DNAinfo, Downstate Medical Center president Dr. John Williams told the board that the hospital "was losing money and draining the entire Downstate system." Protests ensued at the public hearing from doctors, nurses, and hospital staff. The 200,000-square-foot campus could have a price tag of up to $500 million.
What would Mies do?
Thursday, October 11, 2012
The Editors.
The Freelon Group showed off renderings for their renovation of Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, D.C. Presented to the library's Board of Directors as part of a long-running discussion over what to do with the central library, the scheme includes a four-story atrium, two additional floors for new tenants, a landscaped public roof garden, and a new ground-level café. According to developer Jair Lynch, the project would cost $175 to $200 million.
Quick Clicks> Prairie Preserved, Library Voyeur, Mapping Riots, & a Culver City Compromise
Friday, August 12, 2011
Miriam Dreiblatt.
Prairie Hotel. After a 2-year, $18 million renovation, Frank Lloyd Wright's last standing hotel has reopened in Mason City, Iowa. The Historic Park Inn Hotel is a premier example of the Wright's Prairie style, and features deep hanging eaves and a terra-cotta façade. A massive art-glass skylight drenches the lobby in multi-colored light. More at ArtInfo.
Library of Glass. Although Philip Johnson's Glass House library is transparent, Birch Books Conservation will soon offer the public a view the architect's library without a trip to New Canaan. The non-profit publisher hopes "to preserve the professional libraries of artists, architects, authors, and important public figures through publishing photographic and written research," with an inside look at Johnson's personal collection, reported Unbeige.
Mapping Poverty and Rebellion. The Guardian opened up the recent London riots for debate. Journalist Matt Stiles mapped the newspaper's accumulated data of riot hot spots on a plan of London's neighborhoods. Deep red stands for the British capital's poorest regions, while blue represents the wealthiest communities.
Metro In-The-Middle. The long-awaited Culver City Expo Line station was delayed by a disagreement between Culver City and construction authorities. Now, the two parties have agreed to the $7 million budget increase, which will fund a pedestrian plaza, bike lanes, parking facilities and pavement improvements. More at Curbed LA.
Quick Clicks> Backtracking Bridges, Library Life, Crowd-Sourcing, and an Architecture Queen
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Branden Klayko.
Bridge Backtracks. Brownstoner uncovered the above historic view of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1903 back when transit and pedestrians dominated its traffic flow. StreetsBlog also noticed that the bridge has lost quite a bit of capacity as trains were removed in favor of cars (down significantly from its 1907 peak of 426,000 crossings a day). Also be sure to check out the super-high-res photo over at shorpy.com.
Library Life. Robert Dawson lamented, "These are brutal times for public libraries," in a piece for Design Observer. With funding in short supply, he argued that the library is more than a room full of books, but a true "American Commons."
Crowd-Sourced. The Institute for Urban Design is prepping for the first annual Urban Design Week this September with a crowd-sourced assignment to improve New York City. Running through April 30 and called By the City / For the City, you're invited to share your ideas via this handy online form. (via Polis.)
Architecture Queen. The Philippine Star reports that newly registered architect Shamcey Supsup was crowned Miss Universe-Philippines. The magna cum laude graduate of the University of the Philippines won over 39 other (non-architect) contestants. Supsup's next stop is Sao Paulo, Brazil where she will take on the world, T-square in hand. (via Archinect.)
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Advantages of Vanity Units
March 10, 2012 in Basins, Bathroom Furniture
Many people, when it comes to designing their bathroom, try to utilise a clean horizontal line that carries on as much as possible so as not to draw the eye and also to create a feeling of space. This is most true in modern and minimalist bathrooms and is why many people are drawing to choosing fitted bathroom furniture. This allows them to create the seamless horizontal line they crave with the furniture as well as removing all sources of clutter that would otherwise break the line and store it within the cabinets themselves.
Adding a basin and a toilet, which are considered fundamental parts of any bathroom, tends to complicate this design. If you go for a traditional pedestal basin and close coupled toilet you are left with two irregularly shaped items which have their own heights and surfaces which won't fit with the overall horizontal line and break the flow and design of the bathroom. Fortunately, other options are available.
The toilet itself can be replaced with a back to wall toilet. This is a toilet designed to have a cistern hidden inside a wall or otherwise obscured from view so that only the pan itself is visible. The cistern can be placed in a cabinet that is the same design and height as the other fitted furniture and keeps the same line throughout the room as well as allow you to place items on top of it more easily.
It is possible to replace pedestal basins with vanity units. They are basins that sit atop a cabinet, again at the same height and with the same design as the rest of your furniture, which means that you have all the functionality of your basin, coupled with keeping the same height and line as the items in the rest of the room as well as adding valuable storage.
For this reason vanity units are increasingly popular, as they add greater functionality than a pedestal basin and also fit in with more modern bathroom designs more readily than a typical pedestal basin. The fact that they also add storage is a boon in everyday life as people can use that storage, particularly to store things that are needed around the basin to make sure that they stay close to hand.
Vanity units and back to the wall toilets are a great way of creating a consistency in your bathroom design and making sure that you keep the room uncluttered and create a feeling of space and a pleasant design throughout while adding valuable storage and making using the room (and particularly the basin area) more pleasurable and relaxing.


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FRIDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) -- New research from Sweden suggests that smoking during early pregnancy may boost the risk that preschool children will develop asthma and wheezing problems, even if the kids aren't exposed to smoke after birth.
The findings were published online Aug. 17 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Previous research has suggested that a mother who smokes -- both during and after pregnancy -- boosts a child's risk of wheezing and asthma, study author Dr. Asa Neuman, at the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute, in Stockholm, said in a journal news release.
"Our study, a large pooled analysis of eight birth [groups] with data on more than 21,000 children, included 735 children who were exposed to maternal smoking only during pregnancy," Neuman said.
"These children were at increased risk for wheeze and asthma at preschool age," Neuman said. "Furthermore, the likelihood of developing wheeze and asthma increased in a significant dose-response pattern in relation to maternal cigarette consumption during the first trimester."
The risk of wheezing and asthma rose even after researchers adjusted their statistics so they wouldn't be thrown off by factors such as gender, birth weight and the education levels of parents. The study relied on parent questionnaires to figure out whether the kids suffered from asthma and wheezing.
Maternal smoking seemed to be riskiest during the first trimester of pregnancy. Smoking by the mother in the third trimester or the first year of life didn't boost the risk of the conditions.
"These results indicate that the harmful effects of maternal smoking on the fetal respiratory system begin early in pregnancy, perhaps before the women is even aware that she is pregnant," Neuman said.
The study, however, doesn't prove a cause-and-effect relationship, as the information came from parental responses rather than a clinical study of children whose mothers who did or did not smoke while pregnant.
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Ari Vatanen — Manx Rally 1983
This awesome onboard footage was suggested to me by petrolhead and it's definitely worth taking a close look. Ari Vatanen drives the Opel Manta 400 like a missile, on roads which are just barely wider than the car itself.
He nearly lost it at 1m38s in a very bumpy corner, which made his co-pilot forget about the notes he had to give and express a "Dear God…" instead.
Also notice the amount of steering inputs necessary to keep the car straight in every step of the way. Vatanen was one of the Men.
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Twenty-three seniors from 16 schools across southern and eastern Kentucky have been named "I Am UNITE" Scholarship recipients. This is the second year for the scholarships, valued at $1,500 each. Funding is provided by the UNITE Foundation through private donations and proceeds from the annual National Rx Drug Abuse Summit. "We are excited to be able to provide assistance to these students...Read More
44 Service Corps members funded
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The UNITE Service Corps has received funding for 44 AmeriCorps members for the 2014-15 school year, U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) announced Monday, May 5. UNITE will receive $543,400 for 44 AmeriCorps members in Bell, Breathitt, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Laurel, Leslie, Perry, Pike, Rockcastle and Wolfe counties. UNITE was among three non-profit...Read More
UNITE collects nearly 1 ton of pills
Nearly 1 ton of outdated or unwanted medication was collected from 42 medication dropbox locations across southern and eastern Kentucky during the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past weekend. The 1,933.2 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter drugs filled 114 cartons. This total does not include any medications brought to other...Read More
Hope Wall on display in Breathitt Co.
JACKSON – Drug addiction is not the first thing that comes to mind when you first glance at the dozens of smiling faces displayed in the lobby of the Breathitt County Judicial Center. "You look at these people and you'd never know the struggles they have faced and overcome," commented Drema Terry, Drug Court coordinator for the 39th Judicial Circuit, as she watched Operation UNITE's...Read More
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#Changeforthebetter – That body
Hey y'all! You might be wondering what I'm up to lately. Well, it's all about work to be honest. I've been working my ass off at my new job (which I absolutely love!) and working out before or after, depending on my work schedule. I started working on my abs and legs on Christmas day and trained every single day. I definitely felt and saw the result but I was a bit to greedy and I tore a muscle. That led to extreme pains and I couldn't sleep in a normal position. So I had to let my abs in the cold for a few weeks. I did take up running again, just to keep my body moving.
The day before yesterday, I trained my abs again and I hardly felt that one muscle that held me back for weeks. So, I'm back on track, woot woot! These pictures keep me going, although I can never get the exact same body as these pretty ladies. You actually should never want someone else's body… you should want your body to be as healthy and fit as theirs. At least, that's what keeps me motivated!
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Before moving to Yuma, Dr. Budman practiced family medicine in southern California for 22 years and received the Physician of Excellence Award in recognition for his outstanding leadership and community contributions. During that time, Dr. Budman held a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine academic appointment at the University of California-Irvine where he won a Teacher of the Year Award.
Dr. Budman's passion for enhancing personalized patient experiences and promoting better outcomes through evidence-based practices led him to earning a Master's of Health Care Administration and graduate certification in health informatics. Following these accomplishments he transitioned into electronic health record (EHR) implementation, adoption, content creation, workflow analysis and optimization. He precepts Family Medicine residents during patient care activities and leads our Clinical Informatics curriculum.
Returning to Yuma after 15 years has been a wonderful experience for Dr. Diaz. A graduate of Yuma High School, she went on to earn her undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona and her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. She attended University of Kansas affiliated programs for her Family Medicine Residency and was appointed chief resident of her class.
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Diabetes Health Center
Artificial Pancreas Beats Insulin Pump in Test
An artificial pancreas also needs a place to house its computer program or algorithm. Right now, that's generally housed in a laptop that sits on the bedside overnight, as it was in the current study. The hope is that the algorithm could exist within one of the other devices, or maybe even as an application on a cell phone.
In the new study, 56 children from three different diabetes camps in Israel, Slovenia and Germany were randomly assigned to an overnight session on the artificial pancreas, or with standard treatment using an insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor. The following night, they switched.
All of the children had type 1 diabetes, and were between the ages of 10 and 18.
Diabetes camps offer a great place to test the artificial pancreas, because the children are often far more active than usual. All that extra activity leaves them prone to low blood sugar levels throughout the night. Also, staff members are already assigned to check blood sugar levels at certain times in the night.
The artificial pancreas system tested in this study shuts off insulin delivery when it senses that blood sugar levels are going too low. It can also deliver additional insulin when blood sugar levels are rising.
A low blood sugar level is below 70 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL). On nights that children were on standard treatment, 36 episodes of low blood sugar occurred. On nights that youngsters were on the artificial pancreas, only 12 low blood sugar episodes occurred. Phillip said adjustments could be made to the artificial pancreas to reduce the number of episodes on the artificial pancreas even further.
One diabetes expert talked about the device.
"Overnight control is the most difficult and worrisome part of diabetes management," explained Aaron Kowalski, vice president for treatment therapies at JDRF (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), based in New York City.
"It's amazing how effective the artificial pancreas is at reducing low blood sugar levels without having to wake up a child and make them eat something, which disturbs their sleep, adds calories to their day and leaves sugar on their teeth overnight," Kowalski said.
The artificial pancreas also maintained blood sugar levels at an average of about 126 mg/dL compared to 140 mg/dL for the standard treatment. The goal of insulin treatment is to maintain blood sugar levels as low as possible without dropping below 70 mg/dL, so the artificial pancreas offered more effective treatment.
Phillip said his group is now testing the artificial pancreas in people's homes.
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By now you've probably heard about the decision by Hostess Brands to liquidate its assets in the face of nationwide strikes. If you're like me then your day has been filled with Facebook memes, Twinkie jokes, and the occasional quote from Zombieland. What you might have missed, however, is the speculation about the future of Hostess' products; while a lot of people are talking about the "death" of the snack food brands, there is relatively little chance that the most well-known brands are going to simply cease to exist. Even if Hostess does go under, there's already talk of who might be involved in the bidding war for the almighty Twinkie.
Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO) is one name that's been mentioned in several circles. It makes sense that Flowers would want to purchase any Hostess assets that it could; the two companies compete directly in both the bread and snack cake markets, with Flowers owning the Nature's Own and Bunny bread brands among others, as well as the Mrs. Freshley's, Blue Bird, and Tastykake brands in the snack aisle. Hostess' Wonder Bread line would expand Flowers' dominance in bread brands, while Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and Donettes would beef up their snack food offerings. Buying as much as they can from Hostess would be a smart move for Flowers because it would eliminate some strong competition and add several products to Flowers' lineup with instant name recognition.
Another potential contender for some of Hostess' assets is C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., a private equity firm that owns the Pabst Brewing Company. Metropoulos has already made their interest known, with Daren Metropoulos saying that they were "actively pursuing this deal." It wouldn't be the first time that Metropoulos has revived a brand that was struggling; in 1996 the company formed International Home Foods and purchased the Chef Boyardee, PAM cooking spray, and Bumble Bee seafood lines and sold IHF four years later for $2.6 billion. Similar purchases in 2004 saw the merger of Aurora Foods and Duncan Hines owner Pinnacle Foods, a combo that was sold in 2007 for another $2.2 billion. The Hostess brands would give Metropoulos plenty of notoriety to work with, helping the firm to revive the brand and make a tidy profit if and when it decides to sell them.
Kellogg (NYSE: K) has been mentioned in some discussions, and for good reason; Kellogg's has seen just how profitable high-profile acquisitions can be recently with its purchase of Pringles potato chips. Pringles is now the company's #2 brand, and after that success it's easy to imagine the company wanting to add some other well-known snack brands to its portfolio. Given how much of the Kellogg's portfolio is focused on cereals, breakfast bars and toaster pastries, adding some of the Hostess brands to sit alongside Pringles and Keebler-brand cookies in the snack aisles would further broaden the company's reach.
Mondelez International (NASDAQ: MDLZ) has also come up as a potential buyer of the Hostess brands. If you aren't familiar with the name it's the spun-off company that was formerly Kraft Foods' snack division. Like Flowers Foods, Mondelez was a major competitor of Hostess and would benefit both from the new product lines and the removal of competing products. It's been said that Mondelez' current focus on expanding into international markets might hinder its ability to be a major bidder for the Hostess brands, but given how well-known some of the brands are I find it hard to believe that the company won't at least make an attempt.
Of course, there may be a little time before we know anything of any substance about what will happen to the Hostess brands. The company has to get approval from the court to liquidate its assets, and when the brands do wind up on the auction block there could be companies and equity firms coming out of the woodwork for a piece of Hostess' pie. Some brands, such as Twinkies and Ding Dongs, will likely be greatly desired, while others such as Chocodiles might end up unsold or purchased as part of a group of brands and then shelved. Regardless of what happens, it's unlikely that we won't see new batches of Twinkies on the shelves again in the not-too-distant future.
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Not too hard, but not to easy. Mind your q's and p's. Thank you!
Very clever – took me a while to get all the theme answers. Thanks for a fun puzzle!
An enjoyable 45 minutes, but I needed to cheat on the east of eden character.
never heard of the prom dress maker . Crossed with an obscure reference to a movie star from over 60 years ago bad form
Fun puzzle. Thanks!
finally able to finish one — good – I liked it
Must be a good puzzle. No whining this week.
Nobody has mentioned it yet, but Spoonerisms were the basic idea for this WSJXWP. Don AMECHE was an actor who had been around for a long time, so he wouldn't strike me as obscure.
What? A guy who goes by the name of Claude Rains calls Ameche obscure? Were you serious or just joking? Please tell me you were joikng. Ameche obscure? Hardly. Perhaps Claude Rains (the puzzle critic not the actor) is obscure. Anyway, great puzzle. A lot of fun. Thank you
good puzzle, rather easy. 53a refers to a version of the phrase I had not heard.
Another great offering this week. Thanks to James Lehr for identifying the correct name for the theme answers. I kept thinking malaprop but I knew that wasn't correct.
Good puzzle. Clever spoonerisms are always fun.
I've been a fan of the Saturday variety puzzles for some time but just recently started doing the other days. It's nice to do them online and some of these are quite clever. Thanks. Didn't realize the title was a clever clue as to the theme until after I finished. Looking forward to the Saturday edition and the Sunday NYT variety this week.
LK you crack me up with your take on Claude Rains!! haha! Did this puzzle the old fashioned way from the real paper WSJ on a cross country flight. Fun! Thanks!
Re: 27 across: Mr Harrison needs to take a course in geology
Laughed out loud when I got my first theme answer (78A), so finally knew what to try for. A lot of fun, so on to Saturday's puzzle! Btw, I remember Don A., though he was a bit before my time – enjoyed him and the other "old timers" in Cocoon.
Just my opinion: my only beef was 53A: uselss/misleading clue and stupid answer.
claude rains is correct about square 67 – only gettable by guess/google.
But besides that an excellent puzzle, the theme answers are genuinely funny. ESPECIALLY 53A "fro places", bhahaha !
Very enjoyable! Challenging but doable, and amusing theme. Thanks!
I found this harder than usual, even getting the spoonerism theme after a while, some of the theme clued took forever to fall. A nice challenge.
WRT 67D, I got it without guessing or googling. He's reasonably well known to me, though I'm not yet 40 and have never seen the film. 67A was a new one on me, though. The "Y" was the last letter to fall into place.
Will someone please decipher 53A for m3e INFRO AFRO ????
John — 53A is a Spoonerism for "friends in low places".
@john – I had trouble with 2 spaces in 53A and so couldn't finish it. I never use Google until I am completely done, and this time I Googled "friends in low places," a phrase (unlike the others) I'd never heard. No wonder: it's a song I'd never heard of by a country music singer I'd never heard of. As for the clue: I'd heard "afro" applied to that hair style, but never 'fro," which suggest that the author of the crossword assumed that everyone would know an 'in term' used by African Americans, hence the "retro Harlem" bit. To be polite, the clue and the answer stunk. (I solved everything in the puzzle except for that, but I still think the whole thing is worth a C-, partly for inconsistencies in the theme, partly for obscurities. And: I iniitially had trouble with 114A for good reason: the author wrongly assumes that "father" and "bother" have the same intial phonetic first vowel. They don't for me and others who speak Standard American English. In the Internatinal Phonetic Associations's scheme of things, "father" has primary cardinal vowel #4, "bother" #5. They are quite distinct. I solved it, but that doesn't remove the internal error.)
Agree that this was a lot of fun but also agree that 53A is a real stinker. We got 23A in the first couple of minutes and made working out the rest particularly enjoyable. Thanks WSJ.
Charles – I'm not African-American, and I knew "fro". Also, here in Southern California, father and bother rhyme.
Charles–I agree
@Claudia: you read thngs I never implied. (1) I didn't say that only AFs were acquainted with the dialect term 'fro.' I said (and suggested, between the lines) something entirely different. (2) I used the phrase "Standard English" for a good reason. It means I know that there are dialects. Lots of them. In all languages. Fortunately, I don't run into anyone who speaks "Valleyspeak" I grew up in Eastern New England, where "Ma" and "car" rhyme perfectly, but I never spoke that way, and if a clue depended on that rhyme with absolutely no hint thet "car" had the regional 'r' dropping, I'd judge the crossword maker to have goofed big time. In a narcissitic way. Anyway, since I'm not in the high tech field, I've never been to California – am not ready to let my brain turn to jelly.
Qualification: not every eastern New England native drops syllable-final and word-final 'r's. Some do, some don't
Charles, agree.
Father and bother do NOT rhyme, no matter what your locale.
Here's a vote for Claudia in the Charles/Claudia clash. (And I'm in the Pacific NW, not SoCal.)
Scott must be from Massachusetts. Father with a short flat a.
Merriam-Webster: father – fä-thər, bother – bä-thər. They look the same to me.
I'm a white guy from Maine, and have heard the term "fro" commonly! 53A is one of the funniest x-word clues i've ever seen.
And yes, father does rhyme w/ bother, perfectly. Cmon folks, these can't be all technically perfect, if they make you giggle and mostly follow the rules, give the makers a break.
I am as critical as anyone in these comments, but this was a funny & clever puzzle.
Also, Garth Brooks is the #1 best selling country artist of all time, and FILP is his most famous song, so it's not like some obscure old title.
OK, i'll shut up now about 53A
53A was the first theme answer I solved. Made perfect sense to me. I am on the side of Father and Bother working. Good puzzle. Got every letter with out Google. Very rare for me. I am not very smrt. BTW, loved Don Ameche. Trading Places was a great movie he was in with Eddie Murphy.
Flip: I don't know what YOU mean by a "short flat a." Although phonetics is an exact science, at one time that phrase would have referred to the 'a' in Standard Ameican English BAT, RACK. In that case, yes, some New Englanders pronounce 'father' with that vowel, some don't. I don't. I use what would have been called a "broad a." And I don't HAVE to be from Mass. – I wrote Eastern New England for a very good reason: I've lived in Maine, Mass., and Conn., and have spent time in NH, RI, and a little in VT.
Tim: (1) 'father' does NOT "rhyme with bother, pefectly." Nor does "Ma" with "car." It depends on the speaker. A broad generalization like that is worthless. But then, I'm "from away," so what do I know? (2) That you, "a white guy from Maine….have heard the term 'fro' commonly!", it proves that I'm out of the culture loop. As far as Garth Brooks is concerned: my taste in country music goes back to my days in the Midwest, when I would listen to "clear channel 650 Nashville, Tennesee," my visit to the Grand Ole Opry in the late 's60s, and enjoying Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, and others at the annual bluegrass festival at Bean Blossom, Indiana, an easy drive from Bloomington…where, by the way, the initial vowels in 'father' and 'bother' were pronounced QUITE differently by locals–southern Indiana English is heavily tinged with Southern US dialect features. But you knew that already, 'cuz yo' iz a white guy from Maine. Must stop now – it's wicked cold in here.
@Claudia: It is rare when dictionary publishers/editors employ persons with solid training in the IPA. I mean: SOLID. Also, a serious student of ANY language should have several dictionaries, whether of one language or bilingual.
@Billy: you're so transparent that it's impossible to take you seriously.
@Flip: Scott does not have to be from Mass. (And actually, Scott is correct.) I saw the program "Cheers" a few times, and the character playing the mailman would have pronounced 'father' with the 'a' you describe. That's either because the show's dialect coach was incompetent or because the actor never mastered the prototypical Boston accent: his pronunciation was NOT native Boston or Eastern New England. I recall being very impressed, on the other hand, with Tom Hanks's mastery of a Boston accent in the film "Catch Me If You Can." It was real and never overdone.
@Claudia: I lived in (ugh!) Brooklyn, NY for a number of years and traveled around Greatrer NY (which includes NJ)? Not all natives of the area have the caricatured "caw" for "car" and "toity toid street?" Most of those I associated with spoke Standard American English? I'm using ? at the end of sentences to put you, as a Southern Californian, at ease? I'm sorry I didn't do that earlier?
@Charles: Thanks for the clarifications. Very helpful. I think I write for all of us when I say (write) that this level of attention on a clue in a weekly crossword puzzle (1) makes it more fun, and (2) changes people's minds.
Rather snobbish, don't you think, Charles? African-American speakers reduced to "Harlem", Southern California speakers reduced to Valley Speak and jelly brains, and Brooklyn – "ugh"?
father and bother are perfect homophones. i'm a linguistics student.
I still dont' get the "frame of gazes" theme. What am I missing?
It was a game of phrases.
I'm also under 40 and though i have never heard of the movie, was able to guess AMECHE once i had _ _ ECHE in place. Loved him in "Trading Places" and "Harry and the Hendersons!"
Not only is Garth Brooks the biggest country singer of all time, but he is also the 2nd best solo artist of all time…right behind Elvis Presley.
Given Charles's Feb.18 rants, I'm surer than ever that my vote is with Claudia.
I must be wrong since nobody has mentioned it but isn't 53A a plural answer to a singular clue?
PAL — You would be correct if the first word in the clue was singular (Offer). Since it is written as a plural the first word of the answer should also be plural.
lekky – you have had no experience with IPA ear training and transcription.
West Coast Pete – I sympathize with your attempt to neutralize your embarrassment.
I can hardly believe that Charles is continuing to debate the clues of this puzzle all the way into the day of the next puzzle. I side with Claudia and Left Coast Pete hands down. A challenge to Charles — resist getting in the last word. I bet you can't do it. But we'll see. BTW, this is an innocent crossword puzzle blog. It should be a friendly place. As Rodney King pleaded, "Cant we all just get get along?" Also BTW, I'm not going to diclose where I'm from. Y'all can just guess. Garth rocks, as does Bill Monroe.
JAB71- I agree with what you say about 53A but I'm referring to the word 'places'. It should be singular.
RE: "Friends in Low Places", I heard Hank Williams, Jr. in my head as I filled in the clue…
Well, OK, the clue should be plural.
Hats off to Mr. Harrison. This puzzle was a challenge yet worth it because the theme was very clever. The theme answers were fun! Very amusing!
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Powerful, fast and luxurious, today's crop of sports cars is without question more capable than their ancestors. Spend a few minutes in a new M3, SL or 996, and it becomes almost laughably obvious. And while credit must be given to the engineers who built them, you start to wonder if in making these cars so good, they've also made them somewhat detached from the driving experience.
There is a growing trend among serious gearheads to get back to their roots, be it an aircooled 993, GTI 16V or, in BMW's case, the E30 M3. If you wanted an example of German excellence, this car would do just fine.
Spawned during the mid '80s, the E30 M3 was thoroughly refined road car with all the equipment needed to homologate it into a pure competition machine.
The E30 M3 Sport Evolution was BMW's counterpunch to the Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evolution, a multi-wing creation which produced a rapid reaction from Munich. The M3 was built to an exacting set of specifications to comply with the FIA's Group A Touring Class regulations, which required an initial run of 500 road cars. Unlike the later E36 and E46 M3s, the original E30 M3's main purpose in life was to win races on the track, not the street. It got the job done.
Beginning with an off-the-floor 3 Series coupe, BMW gave its Motorsport division free rein to build a winner. After experimenting with several different engine combinations, BMW Motorsport settled on the M10 block as the starting point for its S14 plant. The original M3's head design was essentially a sawed-off 2.3-liter version of the 3.5-liter inline six unit from the M5/M6 line. A forged crank, improved oil flow and stout internals filled the short block. A Bosch Motronic injection system fed the four-valve head, the engine ultimately cranking out a respectable 192 bhp at 6750 rpm. It was linked to a close-ratio, five-speed dogleg gearbox hooked to a limited-slip diff.
The basic 3 Series suspension package was retained but augmented with thicker anti-roll bars, firmer springs and dampers and lower ride height. Extra-fat fenders were installed to accommodate larger running gear, and a pronounced spoiler and wing aided aerodynamics.
It was good.
Over the next few years, BMW advanced the Evo program. Though significantly more expensive than a standard 3 Series, the M3 sold out every year. And they remain a most coveted hunk of machinery.
Gustave Stroes, a Ph.D of mechanical engineering and certifiable car maniac, has continued development of his 1988 M3 and created what is arguably the finest street/club racer we've seen. With pieces from the factory bin and parts he developed on his own, Stroes' M3 resembles what might have been had BMW continued the exercise.
"Since I first acquired my 1988 M3, I considered converting the engine to a 2.5-liter 'Evo III style' unit," said Stroes. "That day came sooner than I expected when I spun my #3 rod bearing at Laguna Seca in November 1999."
That mishap set in motion this grand adventure.
"There are a bunch of custom 2.5-liter S14s running around the racetracks of this country, putting out anywhere from 250 to 300+ horses," said Stroes.
"But the risk is that in developing the top-end power for the track, you may lose driveability at lower rpm. I like to autocross my M3 (as well as track it), and for this purpose it really helps to have a wide powerband. Thus my thinking was to build an engine similar to these 'monsters,' but to back off a bit on a few of the specs in order to retain higher flow velocity and therefore a little more torque in the lower part of the powerband. I figured I would be happy if I came close to the lower horsepower range of the truly high performers."
The engine was fitted with an Evo III crank, featuring an 87mm stroke versus the stock 84mm dimension. While it increases in displacement to 2.5 liters, it also provides a big increase in torque. The internals include forged 95mm JE pistons with Total Seal rings and Pauter rods linked with ARP fasteners. The block itself is a "seasoned" unit with polished crank journals to reduce stress risers, and the timing chain tensioner is an uprated and preloaded BMW S52 unit from an E36. Running a heady 11.35:1 compression, APR fasteners are used throughout the engine--better safe than sorry.
The 16-valve head was ported by Don Fields and retains stock intake valve sizes. According to Fields, the porting job is aggressive but not over the top. The goal was to retain flow velocity at lower rpm. Thus the stock-size intake valves were retained as opposed to the larger Evo III units. Stiffer Evo III valve springs are employed in order to handle the accelerations imposed on the valves by the higher lift Schrick 284/276 cams. A Turner Motorsport adjustable cam gear allows additional fine-tuning of the torque curve.
Fields then enlarged and ported the throttle bodies to Evo III specs. They now have 48mm butterflies, while the stock units are 46mm, a cross-section increase of almost 9%. Fields matched the throttle bodies to accommodate the larger, 48mm butterflies and ported the remaining body to match. The result is not quite as efficient as the Evo III units, but it's close--and far less expensive. The larger throttle bodies are matched to the larger Evo III intake trumpets to keep things balanced. The intake plenum is an extremely rare BMW Motorsport unit (one of only three produced) fabricated from carbon fiber; it weighs a paltry 1.5 lb. A larger Evo III airflow meter works with BMW "Big Green" injectors and specially tuned TMS/Conforti Software.
Stroes developed his own GSP Magnecor ignition wire kit featuring a low-crossfire design.
"The ignition wires on the E30 M3 have always struck me as odd--the way they are crammed into that small, hard plastic loom does not seem like a very good idea. Moreover, they tend to rub up against each other at various points along their path," said Stroes.
"The insulation surrounding the ignition wires can start to wear through and allow crossfire to take place between the wires, which in turn causes the engine to misfire. The effect may be subtle, but there will be a reduction in power nonetheless. The dust cover fitted over the distributor makes things even worse. It causes the ignition wires to come together at a point almost as soon as they leave the cap."
Stroes fabricated a bracket from 2024 aluminum alloy and treated it with a hard black anodizing to prevent scratching and, more importantly, prevent it from acting as a pathway to ground. The unit includes MSD wire separators and mounts in the stock valve cover location. The wires are from Magnecor, considered by many to be best wires available (they're certainly the most expensive), and use a metallic inductive-suppressed conductor to transmit spark energy rather than copper. The end result is not as tidy as the factory's solution, but in this case it's more functional.
The M3 exhales through an Evo III exhaust header and a custom GSP 3-in. stainless-steel exhaust with a Borla Y-pipe. The header is connected with a 0.5-in. GSP oversize flange that offers great sealing and thermal characteristics. GSP also supplied the gapless exhaust clamps that feature band clamps welded to stout stainless-steel tubes.
All told, the engine produces 225 whp with 173 lb-ft of twist--and it has the reliability of a framing hammer.
The oiling system was augmented with a Canton Mecca remote cooler, mounted under the air intake, and an Accusump 3-qt quasi dry sump system mounted in the trunk. Stroes retained the factory radiator but modified it with a 318ti fan switch. The a/c and mechanical fan and clutch systems were removed for additional weight savings.
The suspension is comprised of Ground Control's height-adjustable coilover package, which uses Eibach 450-lb springs in front and 700-lb springs out back; Koni adjustable dampers reside at each corner. Ground Control provided the front camber plates, spherical-bearing control arm pivots and heavy-duty rear shock mounts. Aluminum front control arms and reinforced rear trailing arms are supplemented with the original anti-roll bars (19mm front/14.5mm rear). BMP's spherical-bearing drop links have been adjusted for zero preload at static ride height.
The transmission is based on the European close-ratio "dogleg" box, held in place with BMW E28 transmission mounts. A UUC short-shift kit makes shifting chores more precise and offers an adjustable-height lever. The entire assembly sits about 0.5-in. lower thanks to BMW 750iL engine mounts. A BMW Motorsport limited-slip diff features a 75% lock-up, runs a 4.10:1 ring and pinion and includes an M Coupe finned rear diff cover. The driveshaft was modified with an E35 M5 "guibo," a flex disc much more robust than the factory unit.
Stroes retained the factory brakes but removed the ABS system and replaced it with a Tilton adjustable proportioning valve--the brake pads are a secret recipe. Earl's custom braided stainless brake lines are at each corner, and the rears are now one-piece instead of two. Evo III brake ducts were modified to accept 4-in.-diameter "desert ducts," and first-gen "Bimmerworld" brake backing plates have been reworked to accept 4-in. hose. Volk Racing provided the running gear--forged TE-37 (ET 38) wheels measuring 8x17 and using 18mm BBS spacers. These 15.5-lb. wheels affix to hubs modified with a TMS wheel stud kit. Stroes uses Kumho Ecsta V700 rubber measuring 235/40WR-17.
The body is clad largely in Evo III components, including the rear wing, front undertray, mirrors and front grille. Stroes designed his own front splitter for a fraction of what a factory unit cost and has it set at position four. "This splitter project started off as an experiment to see if I could, or would, see any benefit in buying a real Evo III splitter," said Stroes.
"This one worked so well and was so 'disposable,' I choose to keep it and not buy the real thing. After all, it's a track car, not a show car."
The cabin has been rigged with a Sparco Corsa driver's seat and Sparco Evo passenger seat. The rear bench was removed and a gorgeous four-point custom rollbar was fabricated and welded in place by Sean McLean. Willans six-point harnesses keep the occupants firmly in place, while Stroes mans the MOMO steering wheel, modified with a GSP quick-release hub.
Stroes has meticulously documented the development of the M3 on his Web site: www.e30m3performance.com. It is perhaps the most methodical, informative and no BS assessment of a project car this writer has ever seen, produced by a person obsessed with building a better M3.
Judging by the purity of the end product, I'd say Stroes succeeded--and then some.