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Lent 2014 Season
Lent 2015 begins on 18th February and ends on 4th April
Lent is the time of fasting and abstinence concluding to the banquet of Easter, bringing to mind Jesus' 40-day fast in the rough countries. Catholic Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and ends earlier than the twilight of Masses of Holy Thursday.
Origin and Development of Lent over the Time
The word Lent originates from a Germanic root meaning Spring but is more frequently connected with the 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Saturday. It was initiated in the Babylonian pagan religious conviction, but was looped into Christianity when the Roman Empire accepted Christianity as its authorized religion
Here's how it started. According to ritual Semeramis, the wife of Nimrod the King of Babylon, asserted she had been supernaturally impregnated by the Sun god and gave birth to Tammuz. Someday while hunting Tamuz was slaughtered by a wild boar. Semeramis lamented for 40 days, at the conclusion of which Tammuz was apparently transported back from the dead. She stated publicly herself as Queen of Heaven, established a priesthood to worship her son and stated its head priest flawless, and memorialized her grief in a yearly 40 day period of defiance. It was the world's foremost imitation of the Biblical story of the Redeemer and developed into a mother-child sect that was copied in more or less every pagan legend.
Like all Christian holy days and holidays, it has altered over the years, but its reason has for all time been the identical: self-examination and remorse, verified by self abstinence, in preparation for Easter. Early church father Irenaus of Lyons noted down such a phase in the initial days of the church, but back then it survived just two or three days, not the 40 observed these days.
In 325, the Council of Nicea talked about a 40-day Lenten period of fasting, but it's uncertain whether its primary goal was just for new Christians getting ready for Baptism, but it soon included the entire Church.
How faithfully the churches tot up those 40 days differed based on locality. In the East, one only fasted on weekdays. The western church's Lent was one week shorter, but incorporated Saturdays. However in both regions, the adherence was both stringent and stern. Only one foodstuff was used a day, by the sunset. There was to be no meat, fish, or animal foodstuffs eaten.
Until the 600s, Lent started on Quadragesima (Fortieth) Sunday, but Gregory the Great shifted it to a Wednesday, now identified as Ash Wednesday, to have the accurate figure of 40 days in Lent—not including Sundays, which were actually buffet days. Gregory, who is regarded as the minister of the medieval papacy, is also accredited with the ritual that provides the day its forename. As Christians approach to the church for clemency, Gregory manifested their foreheads with ashes bringing in their mind the biblical sign of regret (sackcloth and ashes) and death.
By the 800s, some Lenten activities were turning out to be more comfortable. First, Christians were permitted to eat after 3 p.m. By the 1400s, it was noon. Ultimately, a variety of foods (like fish) were acceptable, and in 1966 the Roman Catholic church only limited fast days to Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. It must be observed, though, that observance in Eastern Orthodox churches are still pretty stringent.
Lenten Candles – The Color and the Significance
Lent candles have their own significance in the observance of Lent. The burning candles stands for the arrival of Christ as the illumination of the world. The shades of the candles can differ. Conventionally, three purple candles and one rose-colored or pink candle are used. The purple indicates that Lent is a period of regret as well as hope. Many churches use blue candles instead of purple ones to highlight the positive hope of the period. A candle is lit on the first Sunday of Lent with an additional one lit on every following Sunday. The blissfully colored pink candle is set aside for the third Sunday of Lent, Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete, which actually refers to "rejoice" in Latin, is the initial word of the Introit for that Sunday:
Several Christians append an exact explanation to the four candles. The first candle, or the Prophet Candle, stands for the optimism and expectation of Christ's incarnication as forecasted at so many places in the Old Testament. The second candle recalls how Christ was born in modest style, in the trivial village of Bethlehem. Therefore this candle is often referred to as the Bethlehem Candle. The third candle is identified as the Shepherds' Candle. It brings to mind the joy of the shepherds when they left after having seen the Christ-child in the stable. The fourth candle is the Angels' Candle. It take us back to the blissful crowd that declared the good news of our Savior's birth.
Lent Customs and Traditions
There are conventionally forty days in Lent which are highlighted by fasting, together from foods and revelry, and by other actions of abstinence. The three conventional rituals to be taken up with new strength for the period of Lent are prayer (honesty in the direction of God), fasting (honesty in the direction of self), and almsgiving (honesty in the direction of fellow citizen).
A lot of contemporary Protestants believe the commemoration of Lent to be a option, instead of a compulsion. They can make a decision to give up a preferred food or drink (e.g. chocolate, alcohol) or doings (e.g., watching cinema, playing games, etc.) for Lent, or they may as an alternative engage in a Lenten restraint for example working for a NGO. Roman Catholics can as well celebrate Lent in this approach adding to the food limits mentioned above, although this is no more obligatory connecting to the risk of mortal sin.
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So.... are you saying realms are up now? Do you mean to say that it will be playable when I get home, at in 3 hours? :D
So.... are you saying realms are up now? Do you mean to say that it will be playable when I get home, at in 3 hours? :DThey're up now. :)
on to the real world lol :P
Damn you americans! The world doesnt shatter for us EU people until tomrorow :(
Hey! I'm Canadian, eh?
i think itll be out tomorrow lol
I can't log into any of my toons in Stormwind. Anyone else?
Nope, I can't get in either. Same with my toon in Dun Morogh. In fact, the only toon that can log in is my Horde character in Silvermoon City. *frustrated**EDIT: Blizzard update says to relaunch the launch.exe. Hope that helps.
nope sitting in a lounge chair on the deck... =) drinking a CoronaYou're drinking at 3pm EST on a Tuesday and you're accusing other people of being losers?well, for one I never said anybody was a loser.... second you ever hear of a time difference. ?
ummm can someone tell me whats wrong? its not letting me play ait pops up error for the patch, this is just retarded
Those of you who don't have the WSS shortcut, my suggestion is to find it and make sure it's on your desktop as a shortcut..very helpful and you don't have to launch the game to find out if the servers are up or down.Where do we find that helpfull thing :-)

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The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, ran from March 1996 to November 2002. It followed nearly 100,000 pregnant mothers who completed a detailed questionnaire on lifestyle factors, dietary habits and environmental exposures. When their children were seven years old, they were questioned again on information pertaining to the health of her child, cell phone use among children as well as among the mother's during pregnancy.
The study found that 'There is an association between prenatal as well as postnatal use and behavioural problems by age 7 years among a general population of mothers who are cell phone users. These results replicate the findings of an association observed among only early technology adopters. These new results also reduce the likelihood that these are chance findings or findings that did not adequately consider the influence of other important factors for behavioural problems. These results should not be interpreted as demonstrating a causal link between cell phone use and adverse health effects for children, but if real - and given the nearly universal use of cell phones - the impact on the public's health could be of concern.'
In other words, there is a correlation but not necessarily a causal effect.
Professor Rodney Croft, Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Radio Frequency Bioeffects Research and a Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Wollongong, said that "Although this new study is interesting in that it reports greater behavioural problems in 7-year-olds whose mothers reported more mobile phone use during pregnancy (than in those who reported less mobile phone use), the data is not strong enough to indicate that prenatal mobile phone exposure causes behavioural problems in children'. Professor Croft's main concern is that the nature of the study relied on parental 'parental recall of mobile phone use' and that this may not have been particularly accurate or measurable.
From the other side of the world, Professor Patricia McKinney, Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology at the University of Leeds, said that "The conclusions from this large study, associating behavioural problems in very young children with mobile phone use, over-interpret the results. There is no scientific basis for investigating exposure of the growing baby when pregnant mothers use a mobile phone, as exposure to radio-frequency radiation from mobile phones is highly localised to the part of the head closest to the phone; there is no evidence to suggest that other parts of the body, such as the abdomen where the baby is growing, are affected by mobile phone use'.
Similarly Professor David Spiegelhalter, Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Cambridge, said he was 'skeptical of these results'.
Pre-natal mobile phone use leads to naughty kids
- 07 December 2010
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Danish research has identified a potential link between mobile phone use by pregnant mums and their children, linking this to the development of behavioural problems. According to the study, children exposed to mobile phones before birth and who used phones before the age of 7 were 50% more likely to have behavioural problems, while those who were exposed to mobile phones only before birth had a 40% increased likelihood of behavioural problems.
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Titanium 5-5-5-3, also used on Boeing Co.s 787 Dreamliner, meets or exceeds the performance of titanium 10-2-3 (10-percent vanadium, 2-percent iron and 3-percent aluminum), the most widely used titanium alloy for landing gear applications, while also being easier to work and handle, according to its advocates.
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The Life and Times of Dick Cheney
Last night I had the strangest dream.
Dick Cheney died and I was asked to deliver his eulogy. As far as I can remember this is what I said:
How shall we live without him? Without Dick Cheney, who will lie to us? Who will hide from us? Who will shoot without looking? Who will start the needless wars and instruct the President to tap the endless phone calls? Ah, the nation mourns.
To whom else should we turn in the future when we need someone to express true contempt forwell, not just for common people, but for all of humanity. Dick Cheney was a man of powerful beliefs: He believed himself better than anyone else on this planet. He believed he had the right to steal elections, pollute the environment 'til it was as tainted and gruesome as his own face, to conduct himself like a pasha and to impoverish every man woman and child to whom he did not personally bow and scrape. If you believe that God is merciful, we shall not see his like again.
Where will we find a man who shoots a man and then has the courage to stand up and acknowledge … that no one else pulled the trigger with him. Who else could so boldly ignore all the real questions? Where else will we find another squint-visaged pipsqueak chicken hawk to start wars for his masters in the oil industry? Where else will we find a man who holds secret meetings with his masters to determine our nation's energy future and plot God knows what and refuses to release the information on which masters, exactly, to any public inquiry?
Who the fuck else will take Antonin Scalia hunting so at least justice has a CHANCE of being served?
In the future Dick Cheney's name will be invoked when the greats of the past are mentioned: McCarthy, Hussein, perhaps Mussolini, the true tyrants of our time. When self-satisfied cruelties need to be performed in the service of power and corruption, it will take a singular individual, indeed to replace him. And while it would be out of place to mention the name of his most obvious role model, yes, our Veep did die in a manner befitting him: Cowering in his bunker.
And yet, at the end, I am still convinced of this: Dick Cheney is today in the place he wanted and deserved to be. A place where no one can find him, no one can hold him accountable. Oh shrink back in fear, ye demons of hell. And get the fuck out of the way. Whoever was the biggest, most selfish, most fascistic prick among you just stepped down a notch.
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The Uncle Mike& Tom Show # 112 w/Walking Weapon Josh Alexander
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This week on the Show we welcome "Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander back to the show to talk about his big match this Sunday Against Ricochet for the Open The Freedom Gate Championship at Alpha 1 wrestling. we also talk ROH, Evolve, AIW, AAW, Smash, C*4, IWL and lots more. Mathew Grant also joins us to give his FULL Live Review of Smash Wrestling "this is smash" show from last Sunday, We also have a Live Full Review of ISW "slamtasia 5" show, plus all the weeks Indie news, reviews and previews. Its your Thursday Indie Fix.
Rough November Schedule Ahead...We Need To Play LOTS Better!!
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So we won!! That of course is terrific! Our Offense scored 13 points and our Defense got us 14... REALLY??? Im thrilled our Defense produced an AFC defensive player of the week (Louis Delmas) but, Where was the high powered offense we were expecting?
Most folks seem to have that continued pointed finger aimed squarely on Ryan Tannehill and he rightfully deserves some blame for sure...but, dropped passes also continue to haunt our recieving corps!! Tanny's time in the pocket seems enough for his decision making yet that lacks as well...and, Lamar Miller is doing his part, so whats the problem? Now dont get me wrong, I am THRILLED we won and put 2 wins together at a very important time, but, November brings us the Chargers (6-2), Buffalo (5-2), & Denver ((7-1) with a bit of a mini break with the 1-7 Jests in the mix. How do you feel we will come out of November? 1-3? 2-2? 3-1? Lets talk about it Thursday at 6:30 PM EST on Blogtalk radio's Phins Nation! Call in and listen or chat with Dave, Justin, Hez, and hear the all important Josh's Corner where Josh will give us the skinny on our up coming Chargers game stats!
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It is time… for a new episode. Jason B. Hirschhorn and Brendan Kennedy fire up the ol' podcast machine to break down the Green Bay Packers recent loss to the New Orleans Saints and review the team through the first half of the season. Additionally, we learn that Brendan sleeps with a picture of his favorite NFL defensive coordinator, and the listeners are challenged to get Packers left guard Josh Sitton on the podcast.
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Host Donald Whitehead discusses the Homeless crisis in America.
"We Have Overcome" will focus on the stories of people who have overcome homelessness and contributed to society in a meaningful way.
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Josh began learning about homelessness from those who were homeless; while working in the transitional housing building of Tender Mercies, an agency providing affordable housing for people who have been homeless with mental illness.
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On this show we will be talking about the fallouts of the last 2 MMA shows Bellator 130 and UFC 179. Plus this will be our debut show for K103.7 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that will be on Thursday Nights 6pm EST.
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The offseason might be here, but that doesn't mean the baseball talk stops! Join us each week as members of the United Cardinal Bloggers stoke the hot stove and fill that baseball-sized void in your life!
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We are so proud to announce that this show will mark our FIFTH Annual Halloween Spooktacular! There will be no callers, no blog chat, no promos, no chat at all. This show is our Halloween Treat to you, our listeners!
Sit back. Light some candles or even better yet, a Jack-o-Lantern. Turn off the lights and listen to two hours of poetry and stories that are designed to give you the TOTAL Halloween Experience with no interruptions. It will even make the perfect background for all your Halloween Festivites too!
Presented in this show are 48 poems and stories by the following authors: Coralie Rowe, Cousin Vampire, D.S. Scott, Deb Harman, Dona Fox, Edgar Allan Poe, Josh Miller, K. Nicole Kiger, Karen Elizabeth Waters, Kay Irvin, Lanaia Lee, Lemmy Rushmore, Lori R. Lopez, Mary Genevieve Fortier, Morgan Sylvia, Patrick James Ryan, Prem Anand R, S.B.Lacroix, Viktor Aurelius, W.C. Morrow, W.B. Yeates, and William Cook. Thank you for being guests on our show throughout the years!
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I've been everywhere: Dodge A-100-based Xplorer motorhome at Hershey
Sometimes some of the more intriguing vehicles at Hershey aren't there for sale or for show; instead, they're the trucks, vans, trailers and motorhomes that vendors and other Hershey participants use to haul their cars and parts to the event. Take, for instance, Tony Concepcion's 1970 Xplorer 21 motorhome, built by a man who some consider one of the founding fathers of the modern motorhome industry, which we spotted on Hershey's Red Field last month.
In 1963, Ray Frank, a farmer from Brown City, Michigan, sold the motorhome company he'd started just a few years earlier to a pair of businessmen who would rename the company Travco. Frank had already pioneered the use of fiberglass in motorhome construction and helped establish Dodge as the foremost supplier of chassis to motorhome builders, but he envisioned an even more radical type of self-contained motorhome – one that would fit entirely within a home garage. He turned once again to Dodge, which supplied him with half-ton A-108 forward-control van chassis and front sheetmetal. To those, he added a fiberglass roof and body and all the furnishings one would expect in a full-size motorhome, including a kitchenette and bathroom. Thanks to a modified passenger-side floor section, his design also (just barely) allows six-foot adults to stand up inside the motorhome, and thanks to a couple bumpouts toward the rear, Frank was even able to include a six-foot, three-inch double bed.
Introduced in 1969, the Xplorer 21 came in at less than 18 feet long, less than seven feet tall, and weighed about 4,400 pounds. Frank claimed that it would sleep six and even went so far as to say it could double as a second car, touting its low center of gravity and excellent handling compared to other motorhomes.
Frank continued to produce the Xplorers through 1970 and then switched to the B-series chassis when Dodge introduced it for 1971. Tony, who runs Toys With Wheels in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, said the best anybody can tell is that Frank built about 50 of the A-108-based Xplorer 21s, about 16 of which are known to survive today. That hobbled Tony's search for one, which he said took about 10 years. "I had a 1969 Travco, which was just an A-100 with a push-up top," he said. "But it wasn't a real camper – it didn't have a bathroom." His search turned up a couple Xplorers in less-than-usable shape, but ultimately took him in 2011 to New Jersey, where he found this 1970 Xplorer in the hands of its second owner.
Photo courtesy Tony Concepcion.
It had well over 100,000 miles on it, but both previous owners had kept it garaged and in excellent shape. It still had the original 318-cu.in. V-8 and three-speed automatic transmission, along with all of its equipment and furnishings. Both previous owners had taken it on extensive trips: It wears a Newfoundland access sticker, Tony has photos of it at Yellowstone National Park, and he's heard stories of it traveling to Mexico, Alaska, California, and just about everywhere in between.
Photo courtesy Tony Concepcion.
While Tony said he'd like to take it on yet another cross-country trip, so far he's been limited to camping trips in and around Pennsylvania and West Virginia and, of course, to the Carlisle and Hershey swap meets. "I'm amazed at how well it does with the mountains, and it does actually fit in my garage," he said. "I have a 1968 Chrysler Town and Country station wagon, and it's actually longer than the Xplorer."
And although Tony had a price of $19,500 on the Xplorer while at Hershey, he said that it was a "crazy" price put up to placate his girlfriend and that the Xplorer is in no way for sale. "I love it, I absolutely love it," he said. "I don't want to sell it because I couldn't replace it. It took me 10 years to find this one. How long would it take to find another one?"
Vannin' and vendin': 1988 Ford Club Wagon at Hershey
Over the last few years, we've developed quite the affection for the AACA show class that features vehicles newly considered classic by the club's definition: any vehicle 25 years or older. Granted, most of the vehicles in the class tend to be Chevrolet Monte Carlos or Buick Grand Nationals, but every now and then something unexpected comes rolling onto the field, something like William Landis's 1988 E-150 Ford Club Wagon XLT.
Landis, whose Mopars have appeared in the pages of Hemmings Muscle Machines, said he originally bought the van back in 1988 simply because he needed a vehicle to tow around the trailer from which he and his wife sell diecast cars at Carlisle every year. His 1986 Suburban suffered from a burned-out transmission, so he ordered the eight-passenger Club Wagon with the fuel-injected 351-cu.in. V-8, Preferred Equipment Package (which included air conditioning, captain's chairs, and a second fuel tank), and the towing package. "I loaded it the way we wanted it," he said.
He very nearly didn't keep it for too long. After a few years, he went to trade it in on a new Chevrolet full-size van, but when the detailer scraped the side up against the dealership's garage door, William said he asked for his money and the keys to the Club Wagon back from the dealership, determined to keep the Club Wagon for good.
Other than a repainted roof due to a tent collapsing on it at Carlisle one year, along with regular service items, William said he hasn't touched a thing on the Club Wagon. The interior plastics still look brand new, and the rest of the paint is all exactly as Ford applied it. He attributes the van's longevity to two factors: First, he's only put a little more than 35,000 miles on it over the last 25 years; and second, he keeps it in a dark garage where the sun can't fade it out. "I have eight cars, so I don't need to drive it around all the time," he said.
Over the last few years, though, his regular customers at Carlisle – and even passers-by at gas stations and on the street – started paying more attention to the van. That's likely because out of the 26,000 Club Wagons that Ford built that year, his is one of the few – if not the only one – to look this good. "I saw a guy in the swap meet here at Hershey with one of these," he said. "But his had rust all the way up the sides." William had already won his Junior at the Carlisle show earlier this year, and he took home his Senior this past weekend.
The Minivan Turns 30? The Minivan Turns 30!
Plymouth Voyager. Photo courtesy Chrysler.
Every once in a while a new car actually stands up to the hype that automakers generate to tout it. When Chrysler introduced the Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager in 1983, they declared a "Transportation Revolution," and the all-new minivan truly was a revolution for American families.
For the first time, here was a van with copious amounts of room that drove like a car and not a truck. Here was a large space-efficient vehicle built first with passengers in mind and cargo second. Its mission was to haul your family around town, not deliver packages or carry service equipment (though later cargo versions were introduced). Based on Chrysler's near-ubiquitous front-wheel drive K-car platform, which underpinned everything from the Aries sedan to the Daytona sports car, the Caravan and Voyager caught the rest of Detroit by surprise. Years later, attempting to play catch up, neither GM nor Ford was ever able to steal Chrysler's thunder.
With the first production vehicles coming off the Windsor, Ontario, assembly line on November 2, 1983, and the first examples getting into consumers' hands at the start of 1984, the minivan was an immediate sales hit. It was truly a case of people not even knowing how much they wanted something that didn't previously exist. The minivan had it all: seating for up to eight, space for the proverbial 4 x 8 sheet of plywood (with the middle and rear seats removed), excellent fuel economy and enough cup holders to keep everyone's thirst sated for a good, long road trip. The minivan quickly became the go-to choice for families on the go, which is pretty much any family these days.
1984 Plymouth Voyager. Brochure image courtesy OldCarBrochures.com.
The first vehicles were powered by the same 2.2-liter overhead-cam four-cylinder engine that also powered virtually every other front-drive Chrysler of the day. Rated at 101 horsepower, it was enough to get the Caravan and Voyager to highway speeds, though not necessarily too rapidly. It was good for gas mileage in the high 20s on the highway with the five-speed manual and for those with a light touch of the gas pedal. A three-speed automatic and a larger Mitsubishi-sourced 2.6-liter four-cylinder were optional.
Chrysler's designers wanted to appeal to women, the primary market intended for the vans. With a very low load height, a wide-opening right-side sliding door (one of the best features cribbed from the full-size van) and a reasonable five-foot, five-inch overall height, they nailed it in that regard.
The story of the minivan's development has been told various times, but it bears repeating and just a bit of clarification. Lee Iacocca was president of, and Hal Sperlich the chief product planner for, Chrysler Corporation at the time, but their relationship started a couple of decades earlier at Ford, the two very much part of the birth of the Mustang.
Lee Iacocca at the introduction of the Plymouth Voyager.
In the early 1970s, Sperlich was vice president of truck operations at Ford, which left him in charge of the development of an all-new van for the mid-1970s. Alongside that new Econoline, Sperlich led the development of a lower-roof version called the Carousel, intended as an alternative to the station wagon that would fit inside a standard residential garage. But with its high floor and low roof, it proved impractical, and its egregious fuel economy pretty much left it stillborn after the first energy crisis in 1973. Later in the decade, Sperlich would head product development in Europe, and championed the MiniMax, a small front-drive, four-person people mover concept.
But Sperlich often clashed with Henry Ford II and, as Sperlich saw it, Ford's finance-focused, tight-fisted board. Sperlich and Ford went their separate ways. A few months later, Iacocca and Henry Ford had their own bout of separation anxiety. Sperlich, having landed at Chrysler as the new product development boss, convinced Iacocca to join as well. Hired as president of Chrysler Corporation, Iacocca soon after became chairman of the board. Along with wholesale changes, such as jettisoning Chrysler's Euopean operations, Iacocca unleashed Sperlich to develop the minivan.
With Chrysler engineers and designers well along on the K-car sedans, coupes and wagons, Sperlich finally had the right platform to build his efficient people mover and garageable van in the same vehicle. Although it debuted more than three years after the Aries and Reliant K-cars, the Caravan and Voyager arrived at exactly the right time just as the economy was beginning to pick up speed after a long and deep recession.
It took a couple of years, but both Ford and GM responded with rear-drive minivans that never found favor with consumers the way the Chrysler vans did. Chrysler added longer-wheelbase versions in 1987 as the Grand Caravan and Grand Voyager. Later upgrades included a Chrysler-branded version, the Town & Country, V-6 and turbocharged engines, a driver's side sliding door, power sliding doors and other conveniences.
Since January of 1984, more than 13 million Chrysler minivans have been sold. Though the rest of Detroit has thrown in the towel, competition from Japan and South Korea remains sharp. Still, the combined market share of Chrysler and Dodge-branded minivans remains around 50 percent, the vehicle still a big seller for Chrysler, even as consumer tastes have moved on to SUVs, hybrids and other vehicles.
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1974 Dodge B300 Superior widebody ambulance
Do not adjust your monitor. The images here aren't squished; this 1974 Dodge B300 ambulance for sale on Hemmings.com really is that wide. Superior of Lima, Ohio, cut these vans down the middle and widened them by 16 inches to provide more room in the back (and definitely not to fit wider wheels and tires, as racecar-inspired widebodies do), and this example seems to have survived the years with all of its unique modification work intact. From the seller's description:
Very rare Widebody, Extended, and made longer at the factory. Full Ambulance. 360 V8 2 barrel. Has new battery, new rear brakes and seals, new Cooper Tires, new CA registration. Has dual air/heat. Drives well. No smog needed in CA. All glass good. Minor work needed to make a true classic. Has been in films. Has Power inverter with many outlets. Spent over $8,000. Brought out from So. Dakota in 2004. Was a Fire Department Ambulance in a small rural town. Has minor rust. Have extra parts including a hood, grille, bumper, etc… Has original gurney. Losing storage.
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Cars of Futures Past – 1966 GM Electrovan
GM Electrovan. Photo by Daniel Strohl.
In 2000, automaker Honda began using its experimental FCX-V3 hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle as the official pace car of the Los Angeles marathon, and by 2002 the city of Los Angeles became Honda's first commercial customer for a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, leasing five FCX models for its fleet. In 2005, Honda leased its evolved FCX to the first non-fleet customer, and by mid-2008, the Japanese automaker was offering its FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell vehicle to residential lessees in three California markets (Torrance, Santa Monica and Irvine). Though German automakers Mercedes-Benz and BMW both conducted extensive research into hydrogen fuel cells, it would appear that Honda was the first to fully develop the technology, except for one inconvenient truth: GM developed a functioning hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle all the way back in 1966.
In simple terms, the 1966 GM Electrovan was an electric car (or electric van, adapted from a production GMC Handi-Van), powered by fuel cells instead of more conventional batteries. Fuel cells themselves take stored chemical energy and use it to produce electricity via a series of electrochemical reactions. In modern hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, only an external source of hydrogen is needed, as the oxygen utilized in the process is drawn from the air. Unlike the burning of fossil fuels, which produces a litany of things bad for the environment, a hydrogen fuel cell produces just two waste products: water vapor and heat. To get the power needed to drive a full size vehicle, fuel cells are stacked in series until the desired output level is reached.
The Electrovan at speed.
As Honda explained the fuel cell process used in its FCX Clarity (which, admittedly, differs from the process used in the GM Electrovan, but shares the same basic foundation), hydrogen is fed into the anode of the fuel cell. Aided by a catalyst, the hydrogen molecules split into electrons and protons, with the electrons guided through a circuit to produce electricity. The protons pass through an electrolytic membrane, where they combine with oxygen molecules in the cathode. As the hydrogen electrons enter the cathode, they, too, combine with the oxygen in the cathode, and water vapor is the net result.
Fuel cells date to the 1800s, and prior to the development of the GM Electrovan, had been used to power systems aboard NASA's Gemini spacecraft. In that regard, they were well proven, if a bit more complex (and bulky) than systems used in conventional hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The Electrovan required three onboard tanks: one for the liquid oxygen, one for the liquid hydrogen and a third for the electrolyte, potassium hydroxide. Both the liquid oxygen and the liquid hydrogen were kept at sub-zero temperatures, and the potassium hydroxide reportedly produced "brilliant fireworks" when it leaked. Given the highly flammable nature of both liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, this must have been anything but reassuring, and accidents did, occasionally, happen during the Electrovan's development.
1966 GM Electrovan. Images courtesy GM Media Archives
Once, the on-board hydrogen tank exploded, though it isn't clear if this was due to combustion or over-pressurization. In either case, the resulting force was enough to send shrapnel over a quarter-mile radius, prompting the decision to limit testing of the Electrovan to GM's own property instead of extending it to public roads. The journalists on hand for its reveal in October of 1966 weren't even allowed to drive it, as it was perceived to be far too complex (and potentially dangerous) to leave in untrained hands.
In addition to the three on-board liquid storage tanks, the Electrovan also utilized 32 thin-electrode fuel cell modules (in series), positioned under the floor of the van and connected by 550 feet of plastic tubing. These produced a continuous output of 32 kilowatts, with a peak output of 160 kilowatts, enough to get the 7,100 pound rolling laboratory from 0-60 MPH in 30 seconds, on the way to a top speed of 70 MPH. The control system and the motor occupied the space underneath the front seats, and on full tanks the Electrovan was said to have a range between 100 and 150 miles.
Though the demonstration was impressive (with some equating it to GM's own space program), the Electrovan project was scrapped soon after its reveal. As each of the 32 fuel cells used a considerable amount of platinum in its construction, duplicating the build would have been cost-prohibitive for all practical purposes. Then there was the complexity of the laboratory-grade fuel cell system used in the Electrovan, as well as the total absence of a hydrogen infrastructure (which, hydrogen fuel cell proponents argue, is the same issue hampering development today).
Developing the Electrovan took 250 employees, led by Dr. Craig Marks (then head of GM's futuristic engineering projects), and two and a half years of effort. While incredibly forward-thinking for its day, it's hard to quantify exactly what GM learned from the experiment, or how it may have aided the company financially. Back in the mid-1960s, GM still had the kind of earnings to allow investing in pie-in-the-sky projects such as this without the need for a concrete and definable return (something that would never be permitted in these post-financial-apocalypse times).
In the years since, GM has dabbled in fuel cell concepts and experimental vehicles, showing the HydroGen 1 minivan in 2001; the AUTOnomy concept in 2003; the Hy-wire concept in 2003; the Sequel CUV in 2005 and the Equinox Fuel Cell in 2007. GM has filed more fuel cell patents between 2002 and 2012 than any other automaker, and, as of July 2013, has entered into a cooperative agreement with Honda to develop fuel cell technology for future vehicles. Should these eventually overcome the obstacles standing between development and launch, perhaps the Electrovan will be remembered as the fuel cell vehicle that started it all.
Posterior-powered pop-top deal – 1962 Chevrolet Greenbrier Camper van sells for $9,000
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Greenbrier Camper Van. Photo courtesy Mecum Auctions.
When some auction houses no longer sell anything for less than six figures and when seven-figure Ferraris are as commonplace as seagulls, 10 grand won't buy you much at the automotive auctions in Monterey in August. It would have, however, bought you this 1962 Chevrolet Greenbrier Custom Camper van and left you with $1,000 for gas and snacks to get you home.
Built from 1961-1964 as a factory-built camper, the Custom Camper Unit package included such amenities as a vinyl floor, a door-mounted folding table, a couch base (that converted to a bed) with under-drawer storage, removable seat pads, a Coleman cooler, a Coleman water jug, a Coleman LP gas stove, and drapes for the windows. Later models, built after 1962, also included a pump sink, a 14-gallon water tank and a larger ice chest in lieu of a cooler. What the Custom Camper Unit package didn't include was a screened and extendable roof, meaning that this example also features an aftermarket conversion for improved ventilation and added headroom.
The van included many original, vintage accessories. Photo courtesy Mecum Auctions.
The seller of the Custom Camper van at Mecum's Monterey auction stated that the van features its original paint and interior, as well as its original transmission. The rear-mounted flat-six air-cooled engine has reportedly been rebuilt, though it's not clear how long ago the work was performed. In 2011, the Greenbrier received a new master cylinder, new brakes and new shocks, translating to added peace of mind for its current owner. It also includes a gas heater, window screens, and custom cabinetry built by its original owner, features that you won't necessarily find on other Greenbrier Camper Vans.
Up close, the van showed its age with the usual and expected wear, but appeared to be in very good overall condition. With a bit of preservation and upkeep, it should deliver years of reliable service to its new owners, at a fraction of the cost of a comparable Volkswagen Westfalia camper.
Mecum's top seller, a 1955 Porsche 550/1500 RS Spyder. Photo by Kurt Ernst.
The top seller of Mecum's Monterey auction was a 1955 Porsche 550/1500 RS Spyder, believed to be the first with space frame construction (as opposed to ladder frame construction). Complete with a competition history (partially documented on the car's cockpit tonneau cover), the Porsche drew a selling price of $3.75 million, on par with the $3.7 million realized for a comparable Porsche 550 Spyder at a 2012 Gooding and Company auction. Rounding out the top 10 sales were a 1961 Chevrolet Corvette that won back-to-back SCCA national championships, which sold for $1.4 million; a one-owner Ferrari F40 with just 473 miles, which sold for $1.325 million; a 1964 Shelby 289 Independent Competition Cobra, which sold for $925,000; a Bloomington Gold certified 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88 convertible, which sold for $800,000; an unrestored 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429, with only 902 miles, which sold for $550,000; a 1963 Porsche 356B Carrera 2 Coupe, which sold for $385,000; a 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition, which sold for $377,500; a 1967 Yenko Super Camaro 450, converted by Dick Harrell, which sold for $350,000; and a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, 427/435hp, complete with original drivetrain, which sold for $335,000.
For full results from Mecum's 2013 Monterey sale, visit Mecum.com.
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1974 Citroen HY horse van
I love that the seller of this 1974 Citroen HY for sale on Hemmings.com notes that the Heuliez horse van body was built with no concessions for aerodynamics – as if the slab-faced HY ever had a thing to do with streamlined shapes in the first place. Of course, the benefit of ignoring aerodynamics is a greater focus on pure functionality, and this well-cared-for purpose-built van seems to have plenty of the latter. From the seller's description:
This is a near perfect, original and rust-free HY Heuliez with only 32.000km. We bought it from the second owner.
When ordering such a conversion from Heuliez, you could choose from a large number of different models for many different uses or types of animals. This van is an extremely rare model and different from the usual horse vans, in that no concessions were made to make her more aerodynamic, nor does she have side windows or vented doors. She does have a window high in the front, allowing the horse a nice view of the road ahead. She also has several additional large storage compartments on the sides. You can load your horse from the rear, and unload through the side. Your horse will be grateful not to have to back out! Interesting to note is that she is built on the basis of a van intended for the Benelux market. The doors hinge from the front. Likely she was built at the Amsterdam plant.
In '74 she was delivered in Zurich to Mr Bär in the color Gris Metalisee. Recently, the second owner changed the color to a different shade of grey. At that time she was also converted to carry just one horse. This is easily reversible though. As mentioned, she is in truly exceptional condition, with patina of course, as she was never restored. Technically she is very well maintained and runs and drives superbly. You can feel immediately that she has very low original miles.
She is offered with a major service and a 123Electronic Ignition system.
See more Citroëns for sale on Hemmings.com.
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1977 Dodge Tradesman
In the 1970s and into the 1980s, custom vans were all the rage across the United States. Though colors and themes differed, all carried common elements such as porthole windows (tinted, so passers-by didn't have to witness the debauchery going on within), outlandish murals (many with Frank Frazetta themes) and interiors that blended the best of Studio 54, Radio Shack and a discount furniture outlet. When gas prices rose in the early 1980s, custom vans all but disappeared from the American landscape, and authentic survivors are a rare find these days. This 1977 Dodge Tradesman for sale on Hemmings.com certainly delivers the goods: It's got the obligatory custom paint (including custom-lettered nickname) and porthole windows, as well as the rear bed, CB radio and 8-track tape deck. The van's low mileage (reportedly just 32,000 miles have passed beneath its wheels) and accumulated show trophies, are just icing on this rather presentable cake. From the seller's description:
1977 Dogde Tradesman "Goodtimes" van Conversion, only 32,000 miles, V8 automatic, air, CB radio. I have all of the original documentation, copy of title, all records, It has been garaged and pampered its whole life. Anyone who knows these vans, knows it would be hard to find one any nicer than this. Show Quality.
See more Dodge trucks for sale on Hemmings.com.
Cars of Futures Past – Stout Scarab
Photo by Mark J. McCourt.
William Stout wasn't just an automotive engineer. In fact, the man billed as the "father of modern aviation" had a series of aeronautical credits to his name, including the first commercially available monoplane with a cantilevered, internally braced wing (known as the "Bat Wing"). Stout was also the first to promote an all-metal airplane, viewing this as a superior alternative to the stretched-fabric-over-wood-frame construction so popular in the early decades of the 20th Century. Ultimately, however, Stout thrived on taking existing designs and improving upon them, and the lessons he learned from aeronautical engineering ultimately led him to design one of the most remarkable vehicles of the 20th century: the Stout Scarab.
Calling it the very first minivan hardly does the Stout Scarab justice. Built without compromise for the fortunate few who could afford the $5,000 price of admission in 1934 (roughly the equivalent of $87,000 today), the Scarab boasted innovative features like fenders incorporated into the body, deleted running boards, rear wheel skirts, hidden hinges and flush glass, all meant to optimize airflow and reduce wind noise. The cabin featured amenities like a dust filter to ensure that cabin occupants enjoyed pollen-free motoring, ambient lighting, heating controlled via thermostat, power door locks and leather seating that could be repositioned to fit around a rear-cabin table (except for the driver's seat, which was fixed in position). While the driver's door was conventionally located, all passengers entered and exited via a centrally-mounted passenger door, allowing easy entry to front or rear seats.
Stout had a history with the Ford Motor Company (which had purchased the Stout Metal Airplane Company, ultimately leading to the production of the Stout-designed Ford Tri-Motor), so Ford mechanicals were chosen for the Scarab. A flathead V-8 was mounted flywheel-forward atop the rear wheels for enhanced traction (and additional cabin space), and output was said to be 95 horsepower and 154 pound-feet of torque. A three-speed manual transmission provided acceleration that was reasonable for the day (0-60 MPH in 15 seconds, according to a review in Special Interest Autos), especially in light of the Scarab's size. Despite its 195.5-inch length and 72.25 inch height, the Scarab weighed just 3,300 pounds, but it could have been even lighter. The first prototype, constructed in 1932, used aluminum for the upper body and magnesium for the doors, but these materials were deemed cost-prohibitive for production versions. When the first production Scarab was constructed in 1934, it carried a steel body mounted on a steel space frame.
Underneath, the Scarab used independent lower control arms, coil springs and "oleo" struts up front, accompanied by independent swing axles, unequal-length upper and lower control arms, transverse leaf springs, "oleo" struts and upper and lower trailing arms in the rear. Brakes were hydraulic, and cast-iron drums were used in each corner. Words like "smooth" and "stable" were often used to describe the ride of the Stout, which was the exact intention of its creator, who saw it as the ideal vehicle for stress-free cross-country family journeys.
Some say the Scarab was styled by John Tjaarda, the same designer behind the Briggs Dream Car concept that would ultimately morph into the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr, while other believe the Scarab was merely influenced by Tjaarda's earlier designs. Meant to resemble the beetle for which it was named, the Stout borrowed heavily from the streamlining style book, a growing element of Art Deco design at the time the Scarab was penned. Though the Scarab's lines were considered controversial at the time of its highly publicized debut, the Stout is now considered to be an iconic Art Deco vehicle, from its Egyptian-themed front grille to its flowing and elaborate rear metal work.
It's believed that nine Stout Scarab models, each with a slightly different interior layout, were constructed by the Stout Motor Car Company between 1934 and 1939. Initial sales were by invitation only (as the Scarab was always intended to be a low-production model, with a target production of just 100 units per year), and the list of buyers read like a "Who's Who" of America's wealthiest and most influential citizens. The Firestone family had one, as did the Wrigleys (of Wrigley chewing gum notoriety), the Dows (of Dow Chemical) and the Stranahans (founders of Champion Spark Plugs); despite this early attempt at marketing to key influencers (several of whom were on the board of Stout Motor Company), most potential customers could justify neither the Scarab's quirky styling nor its stratospheric selling price.
1946 Stout Scarab Project Y photo by Joanna Poe.
World War II interrupted any further development or marketing of the original Scarab, but Stout returned with a new version, called the Stout Scarab Experimental (or Stout Project Y), in 1946. In addition to more contemporary and conventional (i.e., sedan-like) styling, the Project Y boasted the first use of a fiberglass body and a fully pneumatic suspension, but never saw production. Given the company's low production volumes, the Project Y would have been priced beyond the means of most potential buyers, with some estimating a required selling price of $10,000.
Of the nine Stout Scarabs that were produced, five are known to survive today. Several have high mileage (Stout himself reportedly racked up some 250,000 miles on his own Scarab), a testament to how practical the design would ultimately prove to be. When the era of the minivan finally did arrive in America, many of the Scarab's pioneering ideas (side entry passenger door, flexible seating, absence of a driveshaft tunnel to maximize interior room) were incorporated, proving that William Stout's unconventional design had merit. As was often the case with Stout's ideas, the Scarab offered a glimpse into the future that few could see back in 1934.
L'Universelle, is that you?
Well, no, it isn't, but it's a fun photochop of what might have been if Buick had ever built a cabover in the spirit of the GM L'Universelle concept van. Thing is, it's been floating around the internet for a while now, and we don't know who is responsible for this flight of fancy. Perhaps it's by Capsule, the guy who 'chopped up that van version of the Plymouth Road Runner we came across a few years back (seen below)? We only ask because we want to see more such creations.
UPDATE (27.June 2013): Jesse the justacarguy reminded us of another car-into COE photochop, this time a 1972 Corvette.
By the way, if the image looks sorta familiar, it's because it was based on a fairly widely circulated GM press photo.
If we spot any more, we'll add them to this post.


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Lenel Introduces OnGuard 2005 Second Edition
Latest generation of integrated security platform features advances in digital video, identity management, access control and smart card applications
PACS Low and Medium Security Profile. This expanded feature enables the customer to implement a more secure solution that is required for some Government agencies. Support of the Medium Security profile validates that the information being presented at the reader has not been tampered with. Use of the medium protection profile assures that the card being presented was issued by the trusted application, and that the card itself can be trusted.
OnGuard 2005 Second Edition also supports 32-bit issue codes up to eight digits in length. This meets U.S. Government SEIWG requirements.
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Timed Area Anti-passback Across Groups. The local anti-passback options have been expanded to include timed area anti-passback. Timed APB is intended for turnstile applications, to prevent a cardholder from passing through a turnstile then handing his card to someone else to pass through. The system notes when a card has been used at a particular reader, and prevents that card from being used again within a specified amount of time at any of the readers in that reader group.
Selective Downloading to Lenel Intelligent System Controllers (Access Panels). Users can now control which cardholder records are downloaded to which access panels. In previous releases, OnGuard systems could download only all cardholder records to all panels. The new feature is designed for installations that have a large, non-segmented cardholder population with remote locations, and that wish to download only a subset of the records to particular panels. OnGuard 2005 Second Edition also supports on-demand downloading of specific records.
Intrusion Command Keypad Control. The Lenel command keypad reader, LNL-CK, has been enhanced to allow a group of access points in a specific area of a facility to be armed or disarmed directly from the reader. The reader's scrolling text display provides the user with feedback about whether or not the area is armed or disarmed, and which points are in a state of alarm. The user can either investigate and correct the problem, or can override the alarmed point and continue with the arming process at each LNL-CK. Customers seeking both intrusion and access control functionality within the same hardware platform will find these expanded capabilities beneficial.
Two-Man Rule Enhancements. Lenel has expanded the Two-Man Rule access control feature, which requires that a minimum of two people be present in a given area at a given time. Special Two-Man mode requires that the first two people to enter and the last two people to exit an area be team members. Special One-Man mode assigns an "owner" to the area, who must be the first in and last out. In either mode, additional team members can subsequently enter at will, but supervisors require the approval of those already inside.
FIPS 140-2 Certification. Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, FIPS 140-2 certification is a requirement that must be implemented this year at all U.S. Federal Government agencies. FIPS 140-2 describes the technological requirements for systems that use cryptography to protect unclassified but sensitive information. The requirements pertain to the secure design and implementation of a cryptographic module; Lenel has the OnGuard Access Control Crypto Module. OnGuard 2005 Second Edition is FIPS 140-2 Level 1 certified.
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Multi-technology Readers Introduced. Lenel LNL-XF OpenCard(tm) Readers, a new family of ISO-compatible, multi-technology readers, offers the ultimate in flexibility. The devices employ Lenel's smart card encoded information standard, OnGuard OpenCard(tm), to integrate technology that can read both serial numbers as well as the data application areas off contactless smart cards. The readers support HID(r) proximity, GE/CASI(r) ProxLite(r), my-d(r), MIFARE(r), MIFARE DESFire(r), HID iCLASS and other secure contactless smart card technologies. Available configurations for the LNL-XF include a mullion mount reader, a mid-range reader and a mid-range reader with a keypad.