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Long intrigued by the idea that superimposing an acute injury on top of a chronic one is sometimes exactly what the body needs in order to heal, Martha has come to appreciate that, so too with respect to the mind, the therapeutic provision of "optimal stress"—against the backdrop of an empathically attuned and authentically engaged therapy relationship—is sometimes the magic ingredient needed to overcome the inherent resistance to change so frequently manifested by clients with longstanding emotional injuries and scars. And so it is that Martha, over the course of the four weeks, will demonstrate the transformative power of "superimposed" optimally stressful psychotherapeutic interventions specifically designed "to precipitate disruption in order to trigger repair." By prompting clients to tap into their inborn ability to self-heal in the face of optimal stress, strategically formulated interventions—that alternately challenge (when possible) and support (when necessary)—will therapeutically induce healing cycles of defensive destabilization followed by adaptive restabilization at ever- higher levels of integration, functionality, and resilience.
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ENT: Tower of Babel by C. L. Bennett Review Thread (Spoilers!)
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Location: ...But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete, when I wore a younger man's clothes.
Re: ENT: Tower of Babel by C. L. Bennett Review Thread (Spoilers!)
Next chapter:
T'Pol and
have arrived at Rigel; thus far, T'Pol hasn't had as much to do as she did in the first novel, and since I like how
writes Vulcans (as I've said in the past), it's good to see her back in the thick of it.
More political matters, and more discussion of the intricacies of Rigel/Federation relations.
An exploration of Rigel IV now, with its feudal, technologically-stratified society, which exists so that the First Families can be as decadent as possible. I quite enjoyed the scenes of Williams sneaking around, aided by the ability of the guards to be bribed and for everyone, Families and serfs alike, to gossip more-or-less freely. A strange and endearing mix of high-stakes danger and doors left open at opportune times due to the rather ludicrous nature of IV's society (ludicrous as a reflection on them, not the writing, just to be clear). It was also rather amusing when Williams
to keep herself attendant to the wider good and stick to her high-stakes mission, but of course gives in to save an adolescent girl from being raped by one of the reigning dandies. And then again faces a mix of surprisingly easy windfalls and real danger, which ends with her capture. All enjoyable, if possibly a little rushed.
I wonder who Grennex are? They seem to be producing a lot of Rigelian ships, of varying classifications.
As for Rigel IV, it's a good look here at the nastier side of this highly diverse, richly populated system, and the sheer decadence and self-absorption of the First Families comes across well. (And apparently, despite everything, some of them remain just as awful even into the 2360s, in attitude if not in overt excesses. It's almost impressive just how deep an amoral groove they've dug for themselves).
Rigel IV should not be confused with Rygel XVI, though both are decadent, despotic and self-centred:
We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there. Too much, and the best of us is washed away.
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Both Fast Spring and HR Support Center have API's. It was quickly discovered that there are limitations to the APIs which mean we cannot pass in certain information between the two systems.
We want to be able to carry out the following tasks:
1. When a user purchases a subscription service via Fast Spring, the API creates a user in the HR Support Center
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|Numéro de publication
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|19 juin 2003
|Date de dépôt
|14 déc. 2001
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|14 déc. 2001
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|Amr Yassin, Yasser alSafadi
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[0001] The invention relates to a method and system for providing a micro-auction to determine which of a selection of commercials will be presented to the television viewer during a given time slot. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a method and system for awarding a commercial time spot to the commercial for which the highest monetary bid is placed by a representative agent.
[0002] Television and radio commercial advertisements and other similar promotional or broadcasting "spots", hereinafter referred to as "commercials", are currently prepared by an advertising agency or similar organization. The commercial is then inserted into the broadcast stream by a broadcaster of a program and presented to the viewer. Only a single commercial is assigned to each time slot on a given channel, so the actual television or radio receiver/monitor present the single broadcast commercial to the viewer, without consideration of any local individual factors.
[0003] This process of bringing commercial advertisements to the viewer includes several limitations.
[0004] First, the viewer is only presented with the commercial that is broadcast. There is no input of criteria specific to the individual viewer. This limitation often leads to viewers who are not interested in the commercial or the products/services being advertised, which means that advertiser investment in purchasing the time slots is wasted.
[0005] Therefore, it would be beneficial to allow a variety of competing commercials to vie for a given time slot, and to provide more individualized criteria for selection of which commercial to award a given time slot to. This would serve to alleviate the problem of advertisers having to purchase an entire geographical area to reach a more limited group of potentially interested viewers.
[0006] Second, the broadcast station (or cable station, or Internet broadband channel, etc.) is the only source for commercials. Since the advent of television and the earlier advent of radio, the source of the broadcast program has always been the only source of the commercial advertising to be presented. This requires the broadcaster to find advertisers or other sponsors for the available time slots, and, additionally, limits the broadcaster to only one potential advertiser per time slot.
[0007] Thus, there is a benefit to allow commercials to originate from a source or sources other than the broadcast station. This would potentially allow the broadcaster to focus more on program content quality and less on finding advertisers for available time slots. Additionally, by providing more than one source from which to broadcast commercials for the same time slot, competition for commercial time slots could be increased—thus, potentially increasing revenues for program providers.
[0008] Third, conventionally there is a one to one relationship between the broadcast commercial and the presented commercial. This relationship has been a common practice for some time, but affords no flexibility at the viewer's end for customization of the commercial to be displayed. It often results in the viewer being presented with a commercial whose contents are of no interest to the viewer.
[0009] Therefore, there is a benefit to enable the broadcast of multiple commercials to be potentially viewed for a given commercial time slot. If a selection criteria additionally considers the viewer's habits when determining which of several commercials will be shown, the likelihood that a given viewer would be interested in the commercial selected for display would be enhanced.
[0010] Fourth, the identification and selection of the target audience of the commercial is conventionally determined by the broadcast station. Typically, the advertiser may select a program and a geographical region in which to show their commercial. This traditional method of selecting where and when a commercial is run does not offer the advertiser the ability to target individuals by criteria other than the program and the geographical location.
[0011] Thus, there is a desire for a method and system for selecting time slots and target audiences in which to run a commercial, so as to allow the advertiser to reach individuals using selection criteria other than the program selected for viewing and the geographical location of the viewer. As an example, it would be beneficial if the advertiser could know information regarding a viewer's program selection and viewing habits, then use this information to target viewers on an individual basis.
[0012] Fifth, the selection of the time slots for commercials by the advertiser is usually performed at the beginning of the viewing season. This is normally well in advance of the viewing experience. This advance scheduling of time slots has been a common practice for some time, but does not allow for factors that arise after the schedule is made to play any role in the decision of when and where to run an advertiser's commercial.
[0013] Therefore, there is a need to provide an advertiser with the ability to select the time slot(s) to be purchased on a more dynamic basis, which may be weekly, daily, hourly, or even immediately prior to the time slot(s). The present invention satisfies these needs.
[0014] The purpose and advantages of the present invention will be set forth in and apparent from the description that follows, as well as will be learned by practice of the invention. Additional advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the methods and systems particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof, as well as from the appended drawings.
[0015] To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described, the invention includes a method of presenting a commercial in a time slot to a viewer. The method involves providing one or more commercials to a receiver operatively coupled with a display device. Each commercial has an associated agent configured to place a bid for the time slot on behalf of the associated commercial. The time slot is auctioned to the one or more commercials provided to the receiver. Next, the commercial having the agent which placed a winning bid is displayed during the time slot.
[0016] In another embodiment, the invention includes a method of presenting a commercial in a time slot to a viewer. The method includes providing one or more commercials to a receiver operatively coupled with a display device. Each commercial has an agent associated with it. Each agent is configured to place a bid for the time slot on behalf of the associated commercial. A profile database may be maintained to store data related to local viewer preferences. This would allow the agent for at least one commercial to access the local viewer preference related data in the profile database and use the accessed local viewer preference related data to determine the bid to be placed for the time slot. The time slot is then auctioned to the one or more commercials provided to the receiver. The commercial whose agent places the winning bid is then displayed on the display device during the time slot. Information related to the commercial having the agent which placed the winning bid may then be stored in a vault.
[0017] The invention also includes a system for presenting a commercial in a time slot to a viewer. The system includes at least one source of one or more commercials. The source provides each commercial and an agent associated therewith. The agent for each commercial is configured to place a bid for the time slot on behalf of the associated commercial. A receiver is operatively coupled with a display device. The receiver is configured to receive each commercial and its associated agent. A processor operatively coupled with the receiver is also provided. The processor is configured to execute instructions encoded by the agent associated with each commercial to determine the bid to be placed for the time slot, and to auction the time slot to the one or more commercials provided to the receiver. Next, the commercial having the agent which placed a winning bid is selected and displayed on the display device during the time slot.
[0018] It is understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention claimed.
[0019] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitutes part of this specification, are included to illustrate and provide a further understanding of the method and system of the invention. Together with the description, the drawings serve to explain the principles of the invention.
[0020]FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a system for broadcasting of a program and one or more commercials to compete for one or more time slots, and performing a time slot auction in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the current invention;
[0021]FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an auction process in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the current invention; and
[0022]FIG. 3 is a detailed flowchart of a representative auction involving multiple bidders in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the current invention;
[0023] The following description is presented to enable any person of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the present invention. Various modifications to the preferred embodiment will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, and the disclosure set forth herein may be applicable to other embodiments and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention and the claims hereto appended. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments described, but is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the disclosure set forth herein.
[0024] In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a system is provided to broadcast more than one commercial, to compete for a single commercial time slot on a single channel. The individual commercials may be broadcast by any of several methods, including by standard television or radio signal, by cable, or over the Internet. Each commercial may be broadcast at the same or nearly the same time as the program being viewed, or each commercial may be pre-loaded to the viewing device in advance via a prior broadcast if desired and appropriately structured. Also, each commercial has an associated agent which is responsible for the formulation of an actual bid price. The agent may be as simple as a fixed bid price, or a more complex computer software applet. An agent software applet would include an algorithm capable of calculating a desired bid. The agent may be broadcast with the commercial, or it may be sent by a separate route and later associated with the commercial. For example, a commercial sent over the Internet would preferably be coupled with and accompanied by its agent. If the same commercial were sent over a standard broadcast transmitter, the agent would preferably be sent by a more loss-less method, such as the Internet, and coupled with the commercial at the receiver. Although not preferred, the agent could be broadcast coupled with the commercial as well.
[0025] Advantageously, the ability to broadcast multiple commercials and to hold an auction to determine which of the broadcast commercials ultimately is presented at the desired time slot separates the broadcasting of commercials from the actual presentation of commercials. This ability also advantageously allows for different sources for the program to be viewed and the commercials to be presented during commercial time slots. Thus, a program provider or broadcast channel administrator is no longer required to provide the commercials to run in these time slots. Of course, the broadcast channel administrator or program provider may still provide one, several, or no commercials, while still being able to gain from the revenue generated by the auction of the time slots.
[0026] Another advantage of the current invention is the competition generated between multiple commercials vying for a single commercial time slot. Particularly, the present invention allows advertisers or sponsors to selectively focus their funds and efforts on actually presenting commercial to a targeted audience, rather than needing to purchase saturation coverage of particular time slots to reach the same desired audience. It also allows for a program provider or broadcast channel administrator to avail themselves of potentially larger per-viewer fees for a particular timeslot, due to the upward pressure on price generally caused by auctions.
[0027] The present invention also is advantageous in that the target audience may be selected at the television or radio set, rather than by the broadcaster, and that the auction can be run at any time, such as weekly, daily, hourly, or on a just-in-time basis. Local selection of the target audience allows, as an example, the commercial agent to identify a desired or predetermined trait from a profile database maintained locally, and to set the auction bid price from such information. To illustrate, a particular viewer may have actively identified himself as an elderly male, and allowed this information to be stored in a profile database. An advertiser of supplement medicare insurance may therefore choose to increase its bid for a commercial timeslot whenever this viewer is determined to be watching his television or listening to his radio. Alternatively, information used by the agent for setting the auction bidding price may be covertly gathered into a profile database. For example, the television receiver may store a viewer's programming habits into a profile database. Illustratively, it may store the fact that a given viewer usually watches mystery movies (wherein information on program content may be provided online, such as electronic program guides, or by other methods, many of which are well known in the art). An advertiser of mystery novels may then use this information to determine to increase its bid price for an advertising timeslot for this viewer.
[0028] Another advantage of the current invention is that a time slot generally can be awarded to the commercial that values the particular viewer and/or time slot most. Thus, revenue for advertising time slots will be based more closely on the maximum commercial value to an advertiser.
[0029]FIG. 1 is a schematic depiction of a system for broadcasting a program and one or more commercials to compete for one or more time slots, as well as a time slot auction, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the current invention. A program is broadcast 1 by any of several methods. For example, a program broadcast 1 may be over the airwaves, such as standard television or radio broadcast. It may also be broadcast, for example, over a cable or satellite network, or even over the Internet. These and other equivalent methodologies for broadcasting are well known in the art. The program broadcast 1, whatever its form, is received by a receiver 4. The receiver 4 may be coupled intrinsically or extrinsically to a display unit 5. The receiver 4 and display unit 5 may form one physical unit, such as is often the case with many known television and radio sets. Another possibility is that the receiver 4 is mounted in a box attached to a common television set. Alternatively, the receiver 4 itself is further attached to a satellite dish antenna or to a computer unit with an Internet 3 connection.
[0030] The receiver embodied herein 4 may also have access to a profile database 6, which itself may be local or remote, and is used to store information about the viewers of the associated television (or listeners of the associated radio) and/or their viewing (/listening) habits. For example, a profile database 6 may maintain information for each viewer of the display device, and include information on his/her viewing habits, such as programs viewed, viewing times, etc. Each viewer may be identified by their inputting identification information when they commence viewing, or less intrusively, by their use of personalized remote control equipment, or by other well-known means. Also, the profile database 6 could operate without personal viewer information and unobtrusively maintain only records of which programs were viewed, when they were viewed, etc.
[0031] The receiver 4 may optionally operate in conjunction with a vault 7. The purpose of the vault is to provide for storage of information about the outcome of each auction. The vault may be implemented as a component within the receiver 4 itself, or may be a separate and distinct unit. The vault may upload the rewards stored therein to a billing agent or its equivalent. This upload may take place on a regular basis, such as monthly, weekly, or even daily. The billing service would take care of transferring the reward from the commercial provider's account.
[0032] In operation, the receiver 4 will receive program content broadcast as described above. The receiver will also receive one or more commercials and their agents by similar broadcast means 2, or even over the Internet 3. The commercials and their agents may be broadcast at or near the same time as the broadcast of the program, or may be broadcast prior to the program and stored at the receiver or a storage device associated with the receiver. Some commercials may be broadcast using one broadcast method, such as the method used for broadcast of the associated program, while others may use a broadcast method different from that of the program broadcast. Also, it is within the scope of this invention that agents may be sent by a different method and at a different time than their associated commercials. This situation might occur, for example, when a commercial is broadcast by a transmission antenna in standard television format, which includes the risk of signal loss and static interference. It therefore might be more desirable for an agent that consists of a complex set of computer instructions to be broadcast over a loss-less connection, such as an Internet connection, and mated with its associated commercial at the receiver 4.
[0033] An agent includes the information and/or algorithm for setting the auction bid price for a given commercial time spot. The information associated with an agent may be as simple as a fixed price for bidding, or as complex as an applet which, when invoked, gathers input information from the profile database, the vault, a system clock, an electronic programming guide, or elsewhere, and uses the gathered information to reach a decision as to the auction bid price for the time spot. The agent then conveys its bid to an auction manager, which would preferably reside on the receiver 4. The auction manager collects all bids, enables the commercial with the winning bid to be viewed on the display 5, and update the vault 7, if provided, with the successful bid information. It is also possible that the profile database 6 may be updated at this time to reflect that the commercial was played.
[0034] Several different bid formats may be employed. The most common auction is known as the "English" auction, whereby the highest bidder wins. Another type of auction that can be employed with the present invention is the "Vikrey" auction, whereby the winner of the auction is the one with the highest bid, but the winner pays the amount of the second highest bid. Yet another auction type that may be used with the present invention is the "Dutch" auction. In the Dutch auction, the bid price is first set at a relatively high level by the auction manager. The bid price is lowered in intervals until a bidder accepts the price, at which time the auction ends with the bidder winning. Other known or suitable auction formats likewise may be employed as desired.
[0035] The vault 7, if provided, stores information on the successful bids, the commercials shown, their bid price, etc. This information can then be gathered from the vault 7 and used to bill the entities whose commercials were viewed. This information gathering may be over a secure Internet connection (not depicted) or by other means well known in the art. If no vault is provided, billing for the viewed commercials can be provided by other means. For example, the information of what commercial was presented and the winning bid price may be sent over the Internet or another communications network. Similarly, this information may be stored locally at the receiver and gathered by a billing authority on a regular basis. Other methods of saving and gathering bid information are generally known.
[0036]FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the general process of an auction in accordance with the present invention. A commercial's agent preferably is configured to access a profile database 8 and gather information about the viewer and/or his/her viewing habits. For example, the agent might inquire if the viewer is male or female, the viewer's age, favorite type of television show, whether the commercial has been played previously, and other information.
[0037] Using this collected information, the agent is configured to determine and generate a price to bid 9 for the commercial time slot available. This determination may be as simple as bidding a fixed price, or it may be algorithmically complex, or any level of sophistication in between. As an example, if the program is a cooking show, an agent for a food seasoning commercial may set a high bid price, particularly if the profile database indicates that the viewer often watches cooking programs. Similarly, the agent might set a low bid price, or even none at all, if the profile database indicates the viewer belongs to a non-preferred demographic group for the purchase of food seasoning. Generally, this process is performed for each commercial associated with the commercial time slot.
[0038] Based upon the bids generated, the auction manager awards the time slot to the highest bidder 10, unless otherwise programmed, and stores the winning bid information in the vault 11.
[0039]FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a more detailed description of the auction of an embodiment of the present invention. The auction of this embodiment begins 12 prior to the start time of the time slot to be auctioned. The auction could actually be held any time prior to the time slot being auctioned, although it is preferable to have the auction as near to the beginning of the time slot as possible, so long as sufficient time remains to allow seamless viewing of the commercial awarded the time slot. The later the auction, and thus closer to the start time of the time slot, the more updated the information potentially available to the commercial agents and on which the agents may base the bid price.
[0040] In more detail, the auction manager, which preferably resides at the receiver, but may be a separate component, would load and execute the first commercial agent 13. As previously noted, the agent may be as simple as a fixed bid price (a "trivial" agent) or it may be a complex algorithm.
[0041] If the agent is not trivial (i.e., not a fixed bid price), the agent accesses the profile database and use the information therein to determine the bid price for the time slot being auctioned 14. Furthermore, the information used by the agent to determine the bid price is not limited to the information retrieved from the profile database, but may include numerous other information sources. As an example, the agent may access an online programming guide to determine the type of program being viewed by the viewer. Similarly, the agent might consult a real-time clock maintained by the auction manager, or a global positioning system to determine geographic location, or information stored in the vault to determine if the commercial has been previously viewed by the viewer, or any combination of these and other information sources. Another possible information source is the auction manager itself. The agent's bid is then provided to the auction manager. The auction manager would preferably, although not necessarily, be configured to provide each competing agent with the amounts bid thus far.
[0042] The auction manager then loads the next commercial's agent 15. If there is only one bidding commercial agent, this step is skipped. Otherwise, the newly-loaded agent accesses the profile database (or other information sources) and determines the bid for the time slot 16, passing this to the auction manager, as above.
[0043] The auction manager repeats 17 the steps of loading the next agent 15, and each agent determines the bid price for the time slot 16.
[0044] When all commercial agents have determined their bid price for the available time slot, the auction manager will again poll each agent to determine if any elect to increase their bid in response to the bids of the other agents. This process would preferably repeat until no agent increases its bid. The auction manager then selects the winning bid and stores the winner's identification information and bid price in the vault 18. The vault can be used at any subsequent time by the broadcaster or another party to determine how much has been bid by which advertisers, and hence, how much money is owed by the advertiser. Alternatively, the commercial awarded the time slot and the final bid price can be transmitted to the broadcaster or other billing authority at the time of selection if no vault is provided.
[0045] Finally, the commercial whose agent placed the winning bid is played during the time slot 19.
[0046] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the method and system of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention include modifications and variations that are within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
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A male midwife would be fine if he creates a good atmosphere and we connect well, male or female isn't an issue as much as what the person is like:).
How would you feel about having a male midwife?
Many people assume that only women can be midwives, but in fact the word midwife actually means "with woman". It refers to the person looking after a woman during pregnancy, labour, birth, and postnatally.
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If it came to it I probably wouldn't be bothered either way as long as they knew what they were doing and professional, I just find the thought of a male midwife strange as it is a very intimate job
I had a fantastic male midwife at hospital with my first child. I wouldn't have a problem with him or another male midwife being present.
I had a male midwife follow up with me at home after I had my baby. He was lovely but I found he wasn't as helpful and empathetic as I would hope. This, of course, can come down to the individual but I still reckon (though it's just an assumption) that the best midwives are ones who have had their own babies and breastfed themselves so they can draw on their own personal experiences. They are the ones who can empathise the most as they have 'walked in your shoes'.
What an absolutely ridiculous comment about not having a midwife unless they themselves had naturally birthed a child!! So anyone who hasn't found the right person to have a child with, cannot physically have children or for one reason or another had to have a caesarean cannot be an excellent midwife?!? Utter nonsense. What if your midwife has had a natural birth and found it easy and you are having a hard time?! Is that better? Stupid stupid comment.
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'Dealerships': 249 Posts
Two pins and 21 Points of Superiority: a salesman's rewards
Making the argument for auto enthusiasm being a hereditary trait, reader Gregory Hall of Houston recently sent us photos of some of his grandfather's memorabilia—a pair of pins and a Certificate of Merit from when Sam Hall worked as a parts salesman for Southern Chevrolet of Houston. Hall wrote:
Judging by the letter, he scored well enough on a sales training class to earn the card holder. It is 7 1/2″ x 4 1/2″. It is leather and is similar to a thin wallet. Printed on the left side in gold are the 21 Points of Superiority of the 1932 Chevrolet. The card to the right in the holder is a certificate of merit from H. J. Klinger, Vice President and General Sales Manager. He may be from the office of Chevrolet Motor Company of Texas but possibly from Chevrolet in Michigan. The letter was folded and tucked into the card holder, so apparently the holder was not used by my grandfather. The letter and card have December 15, 1931, for a date, and the merit card states it is for the 1932 Chevrolet Six. I have also included photos of two lapel pins from Chevrolet. The gold oval pin is Chevrolet POP Club. I don't know what the POP represented. The pin on the card has a blue enamel Chevrolet symbol. Above it says Genuine and below it says Parts Man. Weight scale trays are on either side.
My grandfather would have been in his late 20's at this time. I don't know how long he was with Chevrolet, but he moved to Hargis Motors which was a Ford/Lincoln/Fordson dealership in Houston. Of course, all of the dealerships were in the downtown area back then. He was always a parts salesman, and I don't think he was ever a car salesman. In the 1950s, he opened his own auto parts store, Hall's Auto Supply. He worked there until his death in 1995. His business had a Motorcraft franchise, so he sold many parts to the dealerships and to companies with a fleet.
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Four-Links – German Boss 9, Chrysler Patriot, off-road trip, Amigos de Fangio
* Finding a low-mileage Boss 429 Mustang in a garage might be noteworthy but perhaps isn't that extraordinary: Those cars were better used for racing than on the street, and the gas crunches of the Seventies put many of them away. Finding one in a German garage is a little more unusual, but that's what happened recently when the original owner of the car decided to part with it. Marcus Hölting recently shared the story with us on our Facebook page.
* Perhaps Chrysler's last attempt to make something of its decades-long turbine research and development program came in the early 1990s with the Patriot, an ultra-high-tech race car that used a turbine-flywheel-electric drivetrain. Banovsky has more on the car, which these days whiles its time in the Walter P. Chrysler Museum.
* There's road trips, and then there's what Andy and Mercedes Lilienthal recently accomplished: a 3,000-mile off-road trip in their Suzuki Sidekick. Andy, who has already documented many of the modifications to what he calls the Teal Terror at Subcompact Culture, went into detail what sort of preparations he and his wife made before the trip this week.
* Cuba's classic car culture doesn't consist entirely of Russian diesel-powered Forties and Fifties clunkers. Sure, those exist, but so do nicely restored and maintained cars that wouldn't look out of place at any stateside car show without their Cuban license plates. Amigos de Fangio is an attempt to bring those collector car enthusiasts in Cuba together under one umbrella organization.
* Finally, an older post from Throwin' Wrenches takes a look at Nall Chevrolet in Iowa City, Iowa, largely through the ads the dealership placed.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1962
Given that we came across this group of photos of King Braegar Chevrolet's used car lots in the Brooks Stevens archives on the Milwaukee Art Museum's site, we had a pretty good feeling that King Braegar was located in the Brew City, and indeed, an old ad for the dealership shows it at Forest Home Avenue and South 18th Avenue. Appropriately enough, that ad extols the dealership's collision repair services, and in at least a few of these photos we see a Chrysler in dire need of those services. What else do you see here?
South Burlington, Vermont, 1963
As we see from the Vermont Landscape Change program, Barry's Auto Sales, which remains in business today in the exact same place (but in a newer building) on South Burlington's Williston Road, seemed to trade almost exclusively in Fords and Chevrolets back in September 1963, when these photos were taken. Even limited to those two brands, plus one or two others, Barry still had a pretty diverse lineup. What do you see here?
Walla Walla, Washington, 1953
Howard Arbiture recently found a handful of excellent carspotting photos from Walla Walla, Washington (one of the most fun place names to say), via the Bygone Walla Walla blog, depicting the Jackson-Teague used car lot at the corner of East Rose and North Colville streets. It seems the group of photos on the blog is made up of shots from different days, judging from the shuffle of cars around the lot, but we can be reasonably certain these two were taken on the same day. What do you see here?
Greenfield Honda auction is a time capsule back to motorcycling in the 1980s
A few of the bikes to be offered in the Greenfield Honda sale. Photos courtesy VanDerBrink Auctions.
When brothers Ivan and Clyde Frizell made the decision to retire in the mid-1980s, the thought of selling the family Honda motorcycle business, or at least selling down its inventory of parts and motorcycles, never seemed like a viable option. Ivan was still an active rider, and though closed to the public, the shop still served as a repair facility for those close to the family. On September 6, roughly three decades after the shop was closed to the public, its inventory will be offered to bidders in the latest VanDerBrink "time capsule" auction.
Greenfield Honda, located in Greenfield, Iowa, began as a farm implement dealership, selling New Holland, New Idea and (later) Case equipment. Spurred by motorcycling's explosive growth in popularity in the early 1960s, the Frizell brothers (along with partner and family friend Jim Lahey) added a Honda motorcycle franchise in 1965. At first, business was slow; Honda was still a little-known brand, and Japanese products had yet to earn a reputation for quality and reliability.
As this changed, business began to pick up, and within a few years Greenfield Honda was selling bikes to customers throughout the Midwest. Ivan and his wife Isolde, the shop's bookkeeper, embraced the sport of motorcycling with a passion, and frequently participated in long-distance tours to places like Sturgis, South Dakota, and Ruidoso, New Mexico. Their love of motorcycle touring ensured that the shop did a brisk business in appropriate Honda models, like the GL Gold Wing series introduced in 1975, along with touring clothing and accessories.
Ivan Frizell died in October of 2013, at age 76, and even then the family was hesitant to part with the business that had played such a large part in their lives. As the auction description reads, there are still dealership posters on the wall and customer notes on the counter; dust aside, a visitor may well assume the date to be in the late 1980s instead of the mid-2010s.
1962 Honda Dream.
Judging from the inventory to be offered in September, the shop did a brisk business in trade-ins and used motorcycles, too. A trio of used CT70 Mini Trails, which now enjoy a cult-like following and command surprising prices in restored condition, will be available for bidding, alongside a pair of now-banned Honda three-wheel ATVs. Classic pre-owned Hondas will be on the docket as well, including a 1971 CB750, a first-year 1975 GL1000 Gold Wing, several Dreams and a 1962 Benly. While the bulk of the 100-plus motorcycles to be sold are Hondas, a pair of used BSAs (including a 1969 Rocket 3 and a 1966 Hornet) will be crossing the auction stage as well.
This 1979 CBX shows 295 miles on the odometer.
The new-old-stock bikes are, perhaps, the most interesting. Those looking for an early six-cylinder Honda CBX will have two to choose from, including one with just 43 miles and a second showing only 295 miles. Better yet, the sale will also offer two rare sport control kits for the CBX model, including lower handlebars and rear-set controls. If a Gold Wing is more appealing, on offer will be a 1985 GL-1200 Limited, showing just 4 miles and still carrying its original $10,000 price tag. Those preferring something of a more sporting nature may be interested in a 1979 CB750F Super Sport, another offering that appears to have remained on the Greenfield Honda showroom floor.
This 1985 GL-1200 Gold Wing Limited shows four miles on its odometer.
For those with a passion for (or a collection of) Honda motorcycles from the 1960s to the 1980s, the draw is clear. In addition to the bikes, new old stock parts and vintage riding gear, the sale will offer tools, dealer posters and literature from the 1970s and 1980s, two Chevrolet Impalas (including a 1970 model with a 454-cu.in. V-8 beneath the hood) and four Farmall tractors.
The Greenfield Honda sale will take place on Sunday, September 6 in Greenfield, Iowa. For additional information, visit VanDerBrinkAuctions.com.
Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1950s
Every time we came across this photo online, whether on Paul Malon's Flickrstream or on the various other sites that have since reposted it, we saw no contextual information, so we thought we'd go digging. Jefferson Lincoln-Mercury seems a generic-enough name, and indeed we see mentions of dealerships with that name in Concord, California, and the Detroit area. Given the number of convertibles and hardtops in the photo, we figured it'd be located in Concord, but in fact we came across newspaper advertisements for a Jefferson Lincoln-Mercury at 3700 E. Jefferson in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. We're not sure Google Maps has the street address right (understandable, given that Detroit has renumbered its streets in the past), but it at least gets us in the ballpark. What do you see here?
The Ford Dealership Volume I: 1903-1954
All photographs and captions, courtesy of The Ford Dealership Volume I: 1903-1954, by Henry Dominguez.
Car dealerships are, to most people, forgettable places. They exist simply to display inventory and, if all goes well, provide a place where paperwork can be signed. But automotive enthusiasts like Henry Dominguez, author of several Ford-focused books, tend to feel differently about them. Dominguez's The Ford Dealership, Volume I: 1903-1954 recognizes that the Blue Oval's success was built as much on the showroom floors and workshops of dealerships around America as on the assembly line at the factory.
A Ford dealer and his employees at an unknown Ford dealership, 1911. The Model T in the window appears to be a specially built "speedster."
Dominguez honors these places and the people who worked in them with 404 glossy, heavyweight, 8.5 x 11-inch hardbound pages. The rare photographs he has unearthed of dealership exteriors, interiors and service and parts departments are well organized, thoroughly captioned and nearly impossible to stop studying. Several have been sourced from businesses that have been dealing in Ford cars, trucks and tractors for more than a century.
Ellensburg Auto Company, precursor to Kelleher Motor Company, Ellensburg, Oregon, 1911. Mr. Jack Kelleher is in the lead Model T. Kelleher Motor Company is still in business today.
"What a wonderful group of men and women these Ford dealers are," Dominguez writes in the Foreword. "Not once was I turned down when I called looking for that elusive photograph he or she may have stashed away somewhere. No wonder Ford Motor Company became so successful."
We've included a small sampling of these marvelous photographs, to give you a taste for what you'll find parked between the covers. To order The Ford Dealership Volume I: 1903-1954, go to the Early Ford V-8 Foundation & Museum, where proceeds of the sale benefit their important mission. Cost: $49.95, plus S&H. www.fordv8foundation.org 260-927-8022
Warren, Ohio, 1960s
Did those old postcard photos of cities' downtowns depict their subjects unrealistically? Too much, sun, too many happy people shopping, too much civic boosterism? Couldn't be, right? But then again, let's take a look at these two photos of Warren, Ohio, courtesy the DowntownWarrenHistory Flickr page. Above, a postcard photo of Market and Main streets, looking east; below, a decidedly less populated photo of a Buick dealership on East Market near Chestnut Avenue. What do you see here?
Beauty was built in: 1934 Ford V-8 brochure
Brochure images are from the collection of Hemmings Motor News
The 1933 and 1934 Fords were arguably some of the prettiest models that the automaker built in that decade of attractive cars. Their perfect proportions, scaled-up from the British-market 1932 Model Y that was styled by the gifted Eugene T. Gregorie (who also penned Edsel Ford's incredible 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster), made them real competitors for the Chevrolets and Plymouths that had taken so much of Ford's original market share.
Like many automakers of the day, Ford advertised their 1934 models in magazines, using beautiful artwork that was very much in the contemporary Streamline Moderne style. Their dealer showroom materials were a bit more matter-of-fact, though, as we see in this four-page fold-out brochure. It specifies how the car's features have improved over those of the prior year model, and opens up to show the full line of available body styles. Not included, though, was the line of 1934 commercial body styles, which still included the handsome wood-bodied Station Wagon.
It's interesting to see how Ford marketed the five-window De Luxe Coupe, the posh Convertible Cabriolet (with standard rumble seat) and that hot rodder's favorite, the three-window Coupe, the latter of which was promoted as ideal for the "woman motorist!"
Of course, Ford's continual engineering updates are highlighted, including updates to the ventilation, suspension, steering and that famous 221.cu.in., 85-hp flathead V-8.
There isn't a dud in the bunch- wouldn't it be fantastic to able to buy a new 1934 Ford V-8 today? Which body style suits you best?
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Free young driver education programme coming soon
A new educational programme aimed at students across the UK is due for release at the end of September.
The programme, '6th Gear', created by Young Marmalade, focuses on 16 – 18 year-olds. It is designed to help them understand and recognise the challenges of owning and managing a car and the importance of learning to drive with care and consideration.
The free programme is ideal for RSOs to use in schools. It is curriculum linked and covers subjects including behaviour and attitudes of young drivers, maintaining a car and preparing for a journey, how to spot and deal with peer pressure, insurance and finance.
Nigel Lacy, Young Marmalade, says: "Young drivers will suffer as a result of public sector cuts in the road safety budget.
"We have developed this resource in association with educational experts as a major part of our on-going commitment to educate, inform and positively influence young people to become better, safer road users and to help equip them with the knowledge and skills to become independent and responsible adults."
The '6th Gear' website is scheduled to go live on 23 September. For more information about the programme contact James Fairlie on 01202 311644.
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HP were set a conundrum by DreamWorks Animation who put in an request for colour critical displays for their animators to work on, but with a price tag that wasn't going to cripple the company.
As Kate Swanborg, technology executive at DreamWorks Animation told journos gathered at the HP annual conference in Berlin, the company faced real issues tracking down CRTs to do the job, having to resort sometimes to trawling on eBay, because the LCDs on the market weren't up to the job.
HP has responded with the DreamColor LP2480zx display, which is it claiming is the world's first "affordable" display delivering "a combination of true 30-bit colour - enabling a range of one billion colours - in a widescreen, LED-backlit liquid crystal display".
The display is designed for professionals and as such, is said to achieve "more than 63 times the colours available on mainstream LCD displays", which means that reds, blues and greens are deeper, blacks are four times darker and whites can be programmed for more accuracy.
It includes the HP DreamColor engine software as well as the DreamColor calibration kit. Size-wise, it is 16.7 to 20.67 x 22.24 x 10 inches and weighs 12.5kg including stand.
HP adds that this is the first model resulting from a 2-year tech collaboration between HP and DreamWorks Animation, and it is shipping now for 2299 euros.
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Not real Star Trek
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Star Trek was created as a TV series and that's where it belongs. Weekly episodes, each with a "message" or "moral to the story" that gets people to exercise their brains.
But isn't it true that very few of the episodes actually had messages or morals to the story? They aren't psalms, they're adventures in space first and foremost.
The problem with Star Trek these days is that there are only movies that come out every 3-4 years. Because of that, they use the same formula each time. "Evil Villain hell bent on revenge - causes massive death and destruction with lots of explosions!"
Until Star Trek comes back to TV, we are going to have to ignore Gene's vision and tolerate the same movie over and over again.
Star Trek Into Darkness
have both a message (quite explicitly slamming America's use of drone weapons) and morals (Kirk deciding to bring Khan to Earth for trial instead of executing him from afar)? Yet you still claim it's not real Star Trek. What will it take?
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I highly recommend this hotel !
I stayed in this hotel with a friend for 2 nights and 3 days. It was a very nice stay. We had a twin room, the beds were extremely comfortable, the room big enough for us to have space. The continental breakfast was very good as well. There were some muffins, some bread, some food suited for vegans and diabetic people, different kind of juices, yoghourts, fruit, jam, danish pastries, tea, coffee... The hotel was very clean and the workers there very helpful, and very nice, patient, answering all of our questions, always smiling. The hotel wasn't noisy. Another good point is that you can eat there at night if you don't want to go out. There are some meals with chicken, pastas... The choice isn't very big but still it is nice to know you can eat there for there aren't many things around the hotel.
The only negative point perhaps is the fact you're 25 away from Central London. But thankfully it's located in the 1-2 zone on the Central Line and the subway is just behind the hotel. Definitely a hotel I highly recommend.
Great Hotel
Stayed her for 4 nights. Great room (size),clean bed/bathroom. Close to the underground - Central Line. You would think it maybe would have been a bit noise, but no it was not. I slept like a baby. It was not too expensive either. Loved this hotel, and will come back on my next trip to London.
Great stay at the express
Stayed here the week of the transport bombings so there was a great deal of distractions & transport problems but we found our vacation stay wonderful. The hotel is superbly situated next to the tube & bus routes with tube journeys of twenty minutes to Oxford st with its own secure carpark. The hotel itself was extremly clean with the staff always tidying up & busy with lots of time for guests which I thought with all the turmoil a great attitude from the staff.
The rooms were not large but a family room had a twin bed & a sofa bed, the overall apperance was terrific very clean & fresh towels & rooms cleaned everyday.
Breakfast is continental style with cereal, toast, fruit juice, tea & coffee which may not sound much but it was eat as much as you like & there was plenty of it, the staff looked after everyone in the mornings & could not have done any better.
Overall this hotel suprised us as this was not our first choice but we will consider this hotel again. Many thanks to the Holiday Express
Good Hotel
I have been staying here for one night every month on business since it opened almost 2 years ago, as my head office is opposite this hotel. Rooms are clean and comfortable, decent bed, good shower, air con, TV etc. It is very quiet. They have recently installed secondary double glazing and the main road outside has just been re-routed so it is almost traffic free. North Acton Tube station (central line) is directly behind the hotel and offers a very good link to the city. Road links are good, just off the A40 (turn off at the huge blue Carphone Warehouse building, you can't miss it! the hotel is just behind it) There is a small hotel car park which you may have to book in advance. There is not much near the hotel, just offices, petrol station and a pub but there is a small general store under the hotel for essentials. I normally catch the tube 2 stops to the end of the line at Ealing Broadway where there are lots of bars and restaurants. Tube runs until the early hours. Breakfast is included and is a reasonable continental effort. The only minor downsides are that the bar is a bit bland and unwelcoming and it takes ages to check in/out (otherwise the staff are fine).
This hotel rocked. If you don't mind a short tube ride to the city center (15-20 minutes to Oxford Circus), this hotel will serve you well. Clean, comfortable, good continental breakfast (which is available rather late in the morning, too), very friendly staff. My husband stays in hotels 14 days out of the month and this was the quietest hotel room he's ever been in... although you could throw a rock from our room's window to the train below, you wouldn't have known it from the lack of noise! It took 20 minutes from Victoria Station to reach the hotel. We loved it.
Hotel located right by the North Acton tube station, if you look up when you exit the tube station you will see the backside of the hotel straight ahead of you. We didn't, asked for directions and felt very stupid.. North Acton tubestop is just within zone 1-2, the cheapest one. We bought a weekend ticket for the tube that was extremely cheap. It takes less than 15 minutes to Notting Hill and 20 minutes to Oxford Circus.
Clean, new room that would have costed 200 euros in the city centre.
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Clean but Far
This is a nice hotel, moderately priced with clean rooms. However, it is out of the way and there is nothing within walking distance. Not even the Taxi companies knew how to get there! This can be a problem if, like I, you have an early flight to catch (there is no metro early in the morning) and the taxi service never arrives because they can't find the hotel. There is a tube station a few meters from the hotel, but it does not offer 24 hour service. Other than location, it is a good hotel.
Good choice for London Stay
My family and I stayed at this hotel for a week during our vacation in the UK. Very close access to the tube and large clean rooms with A/C. Phone calls are expensive and there is very little to do around the hotel. This hotel worked well for us.
New, but basic hotel
Date of stay : 7 Feb 04 Type of room : Std double (non-smoking) Location - About 30 mins car ride from Heathrow airport during non-peak hr - North Acton tube stn just behind the hotel - A bus-stop in front of the hotel - Sited away from food outlets & shopping mall - Close-by are a small 24hr convenience store, a nice pub (which serves food) & a Deli Room - Small, but new & clean - Well lit - Springy, but comfortable bed - Walls were all made of brick offering very good sound insulation - Window was double glazed (no intrusive noise from train) Bathroom - Small, but space well used - Branded fittings, which worked well - Water does not leak out from shower stall - Well ventilated - Nice powerful shower (no tub in our rm) - Lux & Dove liquid soap offered - Towels were new & fluffy Breakfast - Std Continental breakfast Staff - Polite & helpful Overall - Not the best of location when it comes to meal times, but having the tube stn close-by helps - Not much trouble taking the tube into the city as its on the Central line (direct route into the city) - The fact that it is new & well maintained is a plus - Rooms may be small, but offer good rest
Good Holiday Inn Express Park Royal in London
Nice, close to subway, new, professional staff, good breakfast included, reasonable priced.
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