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'Junkyards and abandoned vehicles': 223 Posts
Four-Links – Old Car City, correction ahead?, big GM engines, Toyota History Garage
* Earlier this year, the Sometimes Interesting blog talked with Dean Lewis, proprietor of Old Car City in Georgia, which he claims to be the world's largest (4,000-plus cars) and oldest (late 1940s) junkyard, and illustrated the story with plenty of Galen Dalrymple photos. (thanks to Dan Roth for the tip.)
Photo courtesy Bonhams.
* Rick Carey, auction editor over at Sports Car Digest, wondered aloud this week whether the collector car market was due for a severe correction that could take place as soon as this coming week, when all eyes turn to Monterey.
* GM's FastLane blog this week took a look at some of the corporation's largest engines. That 702 GMC Twin Six up there? Puny compared to some other engines mentioned in the article.
* Ronan Glon of RanWhenParked recently took in the Toyota History Garage in Tokyo, an interesting display of all sorts of cars in a less-than-expected (for Toyota, at least) setting.
* Finally, Stance Is Everything last week introduced us to the Tachyon Mini, a tube-frame, Mini-bodied, Porsche-powered hot rod.
Connecticut changes laws to allow for pick-and-pull junkyards
Photos by Craig Fitzgerald.
Passing my late-1980s teenage years in Connecticut, grabbing some parts (self-service style) in the junkyards I visited apparently made me a scofflaw.
In 1984, the Nutmeg State reportedly banned pick-and-pull junkyards. Legend has it that the death of a customer in a Connecticut salvage yard in the early 1980s led to changes in the regulations. Not being able to confirm such a death actually happening, we are more inclined to believe that simple fear of litigation in the state whose capital, Hartford, bills itself as "the insurance capital of the world," provided motivation for the change. It may have also been simply part of the growing backlash against junkyards as suburban developments continue to encroach on land that was once far out of town centers that has now become almost entirely residential.
Fortunately, after a period of public comment in 2013, the Connecticut DMV recently recommended relaxing the restrictive junkyard laws. With endorsement from the Connecticut State General Assembly's Legislative Regulation Review Committee, the change took effect in January of this year. Curiously, it appears the state legislature had repealed the law in 2011, but the DMV regulations didn't catch up to the law until this year. Apparently, Connecticut was the only state to ban such an otherwise common practice.
So far, a few yards have opened self-service areas to complement their regular sales. One of those handful is Yale's, Inc., a Montville, Connecticut-based business that sells used parts as well as new parts and also operates a service facility to install those parts.
Recently, we had the chance to talk to Harvey Orenstein, owner of Yale's, to check in on their success with their pick-and-pull section. "It's been about two months we've been operating it," says Orenstein. "It's been slow. It's been quiet. There are a lot of people in the area who don't know what it is. We get people from other areas; for instance, my son-in-law was born in Pennsylvania and as a kid he used to go to pick-and-pull yards with his father all the time. People from out of the area know about it. People that were born and raised here, so to speak, have never heard of it. They have been calling and asking 'How does it work? What do you do?,' things like that."
If they have an excess of a certain part, Orenstein explains, they may haul any similar parts or salvaged vehicles to the part of the yard reserved for self-service. "One of the things that we find is that some of the stuff we have in there, we may have triplicates in my full-serve. I don't need triplicates. For instance, somebody just walked out the door with a Dakota grille. I must have seven of them in the yard. I don't need another one of them. So, we put two or three of them in the pick-and-pull."
In the "something we can relate to" department, Orenstein also sees the self-service part of his business as a teaching tool. Fans of the Haynes manual school of parts replacement ("Assembly is the reverse of disassembly.") will know exactly what he's talking about. "We've had—a number of times—since we've opened," says Orenstein, "people come in and pick a part off and, as they are paying for it or leaving, say, 'That's the best thing. If I had come in to get that part and you had handed it to me over the counter, I wouldn't have a clue how to start to put it on. Now, that I took it off, I know how to put it on.'"
But not everyone is happy. The Connecticut Auto Recyclers Association, an industry trade group, went on the record as being against the change, voicing their concerns about consumer safety, exposure to liability and fear of lost business. To its credit, the Connecticut DMV responded that the change in the law does not require or force a junkyard in any way to open its yard to do-it-yourselfers. It simply becomes an option.
Orenstein, who did not indicate if his business was a member of the trade group, does not share their view. "A lot of the Connecticut auto wreckers were against it," he says. "They do feel it is going to take away from their full-service. I don't know. We were for it. My son and I were for it. We were for it five years ago when we couldn't do it. I just think it's a way of us getting rid of duplicates or triplicates of parts and, pricewise, whatever you sell it for at this point. And the customer gets a deal."
Beyond getting a deal, for fans of auto salvage yards, the hunt and the surprises you find well out into the yard are frequently a big part of the appeal of going to such operations in the first place. How often have you gone to a junkyard looking for, say, a suspension component, and left with a badge or a piece of interior trim that you found on the donor car?
There are many laws on the books in states regulating junkyards. Most of these involve environmental and aesthetic concerns, such as requiring all fluids to be drained and properly disposed of when dismantling cars and keeping yards fenced off so as to not bother the neighbors with the ugly view. In fact, Connecticut has plenty of those type of regulation in both state and local codes.
Fortunately, the Connecticut DMV now seems to trust the residents of the third-smallest state with their own tools. We don't always get to deliver good news on the legislative front in this place, but we are certainly happy to share it when we get it.
Four-Links – Serge and the Sno-Cats, first Kenyan car, L.A. crackdown, Friedman at the drags
* In the 1960s, Belgium used a couple Tucker Sno-Cats – emblazoned with logos designed by Tin Tin artist Hergé – to explore Antarctica. The Sno-Cats were relegated to a quiet abandonment up until recently, when some thief cut out just the logos from the sides of the Sno-Cat bodies, causing an uproar in the urban exploration community. PetaPixel has more on the story.
* Torchinsky this week had a story on Jalopnik about the Nyayo Pioneer, the first car developed in Kenya, which, despite all sorts of promises, never reached production.
* As Michael Satterfield wrote this week on TheGentlemanRacer, an L.A. task force descended on a popular Wednesday night tuner car get-together, ostensibly looking for stolen cars and evidence of street racing, but effectively harassing everybody in attendance about their car's modifications. "It seems California law enforcement is cracking down on So Cal Car Culture like they did in the early 2000's," he wrote.
* The Henry Ford this week added more David Friedman photos to its online collections, this time focusing on Ford at the big-time drags in the 1960s.
* Finally, Scooter McRad this week gathered a bunch of remarkable photos of Porsche's 904, just because.
One man's collection of more than 600 vintage cars and trucks heads to auction
1972 Plymouth Duster 1973 Dodge Dart Sport 340. Photos courtesy Kustom King unless otherwise noted.
Murray King's cabinet making business took him from one coast of Canada to the other, and rather than return to Spruce Grove, Alberta, with empty trailers, King began filling them up with interesting and derelict cars he found in his travels. Before long, his focus shifted from woodworking to metal working, and Kustom King automotive restorations was born. Now, after four decades of buying cars, King will sell the 550 cars in his collection (combined with another 87 cars from A-Riverside, his neighbor's business) in a two-day auction set to begin on Saturday, August 16.
Most auctions of this scope focus on a single brand, but King's collection is far more diverse than that. Chevrolets make up the largest percentage of his collection, with 141 Bowties from 1932 through 1977 set to cross the block, but Ford isn't too far behind. The blue oval brand is represented by 106 vehicles, dating from 1928 through 1969, and other makes include Pontiac (70 cars, from 1937-'72), Buick (50 cars, from 1941-'72), Mercury (39 cars, from 1950-'68), Oldsmobile (36 cars, from 1935-'70), Cadillac (24 cars, from 1951-'64), Lincoln (15 cars, from 1954-'62), Dodge (14 cars, from 1937-'74), Chrysler (12 cars, from 1941-'62), Plymouth (11 cars, from 1932-'73), and GMC (four trucks, from 1941-'81).
Lumped into an "Other" category are brands like Essex, Fiat, De Soto, Packard, Fargo, REO, Willys, Hillman, Studebaker, Austin, Morris, Nash, Rambler, Mercedes and Nissan. Though this phrase is used a bit too much, the Kustom King sale really will offer something for everyone.
And then there's the inventory of A-Riverside Auto Enterprises, located across the road from Kustom King. Though focused primarily on trucks, the 87 offerings from A-Riverside will also include both domestic and foreign automobiles from the 1940s through 2001. Still, truck collectors will want to take heed, as the lots are set to include everything from a 1929 Standard REO SpeedWagon Coca-Cola delivery truck through a 1997 GMC 3500HD, with a wide variety of heavy-duty inventory to choose from.
1957 Chevrolet.
Though Kustom King is selling off its used car inventory, the shop (which specializes in restorations and custom builds) isn't going away. In fact, King advises that with Alberta's current oil boom, business has never been better, as mechanics from the oil fields have plenty of discretionary income to spend on custom cars.
Though the shop once built rods and customs to sell at auctions in the United States, back when the street rod market was strong and the Canadian dollar was weak, the days of building cars on speculation are over. As King put it, "There's too much risk and too little profit" in trying to anticipate what buyers will fight over at auction.
1969 Ford Mustang convertible.
Kustom King also houses So-Cal Speed Shop Canada, as King cut a deal with Pete Chapouris in 2008 to become the exclusive Canadian distributor for So-Cal Speed Shop products. Ultimately, that means the 550 cars on his 5.5-acre property are more of a distraction than a necessity because King doesn't part them out to the general public. Now that he's past the seven decade mark in age, King has also come to the realization that he won't live long enough to see them all restored.
A few of the vehicles in the Kustom King inventory.
When asked, "Why sell the collection now?" King's response was understandable. "I paid $35,000 for this property 35 years ago," he said, "and I've been offered $1.3 million for a portion of it. The question isn't 'Why would I sell?' but rather 'why wouldn't I sell?'"
1929 REO SpeedWagon. Photo courtesy Sekura Auctions.
As for any inventory that remains after the sale, King isn't concerned. The city of Spruce Grove isn't pressuring him to pare down his collection (which, King advises, undergoes environmental testing every few years), and even after selling off a portion of his land, King will still have three acres to house the inventory that doesn't sell at auction.
1952 International cement truck. Photo courtesy Sekura Auctions.
A-Riverside is in a similar pressure-free position, but is taking advantage of the Kustom King sale to reduce its own inventory. As Sekura Auction's Andrew Reeleder explained, "Ron Stropel (owner of A-Riverside) has always focused on trucks, while Murray King has focused on cars. When the Kustom King auction was announced, it just made sense for A-Riverside to capitalize on shared marketing and a shared auction venue."
The Kustom King and A-Riverside sale will take place in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada, on August 16 and 17. For additional details on the sale, including a complete inventory list, visit SekuraAuctions.com.
Emeryville, California, 1971
With permission from the Nick DeWolf photo archive, today we're running several of his photos, all taken in an unidentified junkyard in Emeryville, California, in 1971. What led DeWolf to the junkyard, we don't know, but there's carspotting aplenty here, with 'em stacked seven or eight tall. What do you see here, and what do you suppose caused the cars you see here to end up in the junkyard?
Four-Links – smokin' Corvette SS, Catalina Grand Prix, guitar car, Mark Smith
* Trouble for the one-off magnesium-body 1957 Corvette SS at the recent SVRA Brickyard Invitational, though the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum hasn't yet said what caused it to start smoking and cut its day short.
* America's own Isle of Man TT? Some of the best motorcycle riders dicing it up with actors, stuntmen, and more? Must be the Catalina Grand Prix of the 1950s, which The Selvedge Yard discussed this week in an engaging photo essay.
* TruckYeah, while Google Maps sightseeing in France, came across Jay Ohrberg's Cadillac guitar car, except those Google Street View scenes were shot in 2009, and nowadays the car appears to have been plucked from the site. Anybody know where it's gone since then?
* Mark Smith, who founded the Jeep Jamboree and led the Expedicion de las Americas, has died at the age of 87.
* Finally, proving there's always more than one way to skin a cat, Unusual Locomotion has a page of vehicles without traditional wheels.
Pair of Cord project cars sell for $64,000 at Jordan salvage yard auction
1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Beverly sedan. Photos courtesy VanDerBrink Auctions.
The value of a well-restored 1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Beverly sedan can easily climb into the six figures while a comparable condition 1936 Cord 810 Westchester sedan is worth slightly (but not considerably) less. At last Saturday's Jordan collection sale in Enid, Oklahoma, one Cord collector walked away with examples of both cars, for a total bid price (excluding buyer's fees) of $64,000.
1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Beverly sedan, showing the damaged interior.
The 1937 Cord 812 Beverly sedan drew a winning bid of $42,000 perhaps because of its as-described numbers-matching status and optional supercharged V-8 engine. Said to be a favorite of salvage yard founder Oliver Jordan, the car was described as complete, but in rough overall condition, with years of neglect evident in both the car's tattered interior and rusted exterior. Once black with maroon leather seating, the car's original livery was all but indistinguishable in the photos provided. The Lycoming-built supercharged V-8 engine was intact, although it will likely need as much attention as the car's interior and exterior before it's again producing the factory-rated 170 horsepower.
1936 Cord 810 Westchester sedan.
The second Cord, a 1936 810 Westchester sedan, sold for $22,000. As described, the car was equipped with a replacement Lycoming V-8, and its non-numbers-matching status likely had an impact on the 810's hammer price. Like its more powerful and later-model sibling, the Cord 810 will require extensive interior, exterior and engine work to return to operational status. Unlike the majority of cars in the Jordan collection, however, the Cord was mostly complete, giving its new owner a solid foundation from which to kick off a full restoration.
1933 Ford coupe body, sold for $15,000.
Other cars (and parts) in the top 10 list at the sale included a 1933 Ford Coupe body and frame, missing its fenders, hood and glass, which sold for $15,000; a 1935 Cadillac Fleetwood four-door sedan, mostly complete and described as a project or parts car, which sold for $10,000; a 1956 Continental Mark II, with 44,223 miles on the odometer, which sold for $9,600; a 1937 Lincoln seven-passenger sedan with an aluminum body said to be built by Willoughby, which sold for $9,200; a 1935 Chevrolet Standard coupe body and frame, missing its engine, transmission, hood and glass, which sold for $6,500; a 1924 Rollin Touring, mostly complete, which sold for $4,750; a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air four-door hardtop with 41,899, miles, which sold for $4,000; and a 1933 Ford sedan body and frame, missing its engine, transmission, hood and glass, which sold for $3,900.
1956 Continental Mk II, sold for $9,600.
Oliver Jordan founded his Enid, Oklahoma, salvage yard in 1945, and the operation remained in business until 1953. Jordan was reportedly involved in a decades-long conflict with local officials in regard to the status of his property and the vehicles upon it, which was resolved only by Jordan's death in August 2003 at age 95. His widow, Ruby, died last autumn, and Jordan's heirs tried once before, unsuccessfully, to sell the contents of the salvage yard as a single lot. Though the majority of the yard's vehicles were incomplete and in sad shape after decades of outside storage, their sale prices generally reflected this: Numerous project cars were sold for less than $500.
For complete results from the VanDerBrink Jordan Collection sale, visit VanDerBrinkAuctions.com.
Cars of Futures Past – Lunar Roving Vehicle
Eugene A. Cernan poses with the LRV during the Apollo 17 mission. Photo courtesy NASA.
Research into contemporary electric vehicles is hardly a new effort; in 1969, GM and Boeing developed an electric vehicle with four-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, a rudimentary navigation system, airless tires and a theoretical range of 57 miles under the worst conditions imaginable. Though the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) had a published top speed of just 8 MPH, utilized non-rechargeable silver-zinc potassium hydroxide batteries, and carried a price tag of $38 million, it gave mankind its first motorized journey on another world, and contributed automotive designs that are only now being put into production by manufacturers.
The LRV was born from a need uncovered in early Apollo moon landing missions. Humans can't survive without life support systems in the lunar environment, and the "portable" units carried by astronauts greatly limited the distance they could travel on foot from the lunar module. To explore more ground, a vehicle would be needed to add mobility, and electric power seemed to be the most practical choice. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center submitted a request for proposals (RFP) on July 11, 1969, and three months later, Boeing was awarded the contract over rivals Grumman, Bendix and Chrysler. GM's Defense Research Laboratories group was named as a subcontractor in the award, tasked with providing the LRV's propulsion, suspension and tire systems, and the contract stipulated a finished product delivery deadline of April 1, 1971, giving Boeing and GM just 17 months to design, test and build the LRV.
Testing the LRV on planet earth, circa 1971. Photo courtesy GM Media Archives.
In addition to the obvious problems of designing a vehicle capable of traversing rough terrain in gravity that measured 1/6 that on earth and surviving temperatures as low as -118 degrees Fahrenheit, the LRV would need to fold to fit inside a compartment of the lunar module. Upon landing on the lunar surface, the LRV had to require as little effort as possible to turn into a working vehicle, as time spent constructing the buggy was time that could not be spent exploring the lunar surface. The product delivered by Boeing and GM met these criteria, although budget overruns meant the $19 million awarded by NASA carried a final price tag of $38 million.
LRV main components. Drawing courtesy NASA.
The LRV's frame was constructed of aluminum alloy tubing with an aluminum floor, and each corner received a double wishbone and torsion bar suspension setup that gave 14 inches of ground clearance. Delco provided the electric motors used to power each wheel, as well as the two electric motors that provided front and rear-wheel steering. Each drive motor produced 0.25 horsepower at 10,000 RPM, and on paper the LRV was capable of a top speed of 8 MPH. As Eugene Cernan proved during the Apollo 17 mission, the LRV could be pushed quite a bit faster; with a recorded speed of 11.2 MPH, Cernan holds the title of the fastest man on the lunar surface.
James B. Irwin with the LRV during the Apollo 15 mission. Photo courtesy NASA.
Power for the electric motors (as well as the onboard navigation, communications and scientific equipment) came from a pair of 36-volt batteries that lacked any provision (or formulation) for recharging. Though the LRV's theoretical range was approximately 57 miles, the operational limit for LRV usage was set by the astronaut's portable life support equipment, and the farthest distance ever traveled from the lunar module was 4.7 miles. In the event of a catastrophic system failure on the LRV, such a reasonable distance could still be traversed on foot, and to further increase the margin of safety, each LRV mission began at the point farthest from the lunar module. It's worth noting that no LRV ever failed, although a fender damaged during Apollo 16 nearly caused overheating due to the buildup of lunar dust. When a fender extension was damaged during Apollo 17, the astronauts repaired it with duct tape, clamps and maps of the lunar surface (which had proven too inaccurate to use for vehicular navigation).
The LRV was controlled by a T-handle joystick, which permitted operation by either astronaut using a single hand. Pressing forward provided acceleration, pulling backward provided braking (or, reverse if a lockout switch was pressed), and canting the stick left or right provided electric four-wheel steering. If a steering mechanism was damaged in the field, either system could be disabled allowing operation with the single remaining system (albeit with an increased turning radius). Thanks to the LRV's unique airless tires, which consisted of zinc-coated steel mesh and titanium strips riveted in a chevron pattern, the LRV proved capable of climbing grades as steep as 25 degrees, even in the slippery lunar soil.
David R. Scott pilots the LRV during the Apollo 15 mission. Photo courtesy NASA.
Though accurate only to 100 meters, the LRV's navigation system was quite remarkable for the time. Using a gyroscope to note the direction traveled and an odometer to capture the distance traveled, the information was recorded by computer and plotted into a route. This route could then be followed back to the lunar module, even if the vehicle was out of sight, giving astronauts additional peace of mind while traversing the lunar surface.
Four "space ready" LRVs were built, and an additional seven prototypes (of varying functionality) were constructed for development and testing. Three were deployed on Apollo missions (Apollo 15, 16 and 17, beginning on July 31, 1971), and when the program was canceled for budgetary reasons, the fourth was disassembled for spare parts. Though $38 million may seem like a steep price to pay for four vehicles, the LRVs met their design goals and much of the technology developed for the LRV is now being applied to earthbound transportation. Wheel-mounted electric motors are common in both electric and hybrid vehicles (though, in fairness, such a design was embraced by Ferdinand Porsche as far back as 1898), and electric steering has largely replaced hydraulic steering in production cars as manufacturers scramble for higher fuel economy numbers. Airless tires are rumored to be in development for passenger cars, and have already been released for all-terrain vehicles, and while active four-wheel steering is a trend that has seemingly come and gone, passive systems remain in use for a variety of vehicles.
The LRV in action during the Apollo 16 mission.
These technologies aside, the LRV remains a milestone vehicle in the history of transportation. No other wheeled vehicle has ever carried human beings across the surface of another planet, and the fact that it was jointly developed by two separate companies in a 17-month period makes it all the more remarkable. Like the Saturn V rocket that carried astronauts to the moon, both vehicles were developed during a time when our achievements were limited only by our imagination.
Unrestored high-desert Mopars sell for bargain-basement prices
Photos courtesy James G. Murphy Company.
Though described as "this year's Lambrecht auction," the Charles Kee estate sale this past weekend in Brothers, Oregon, didn't quite attract the media attention and jaw-dropping prices of last year's Chevrolet dealership dispersal. It did, however, scatter hundreds of project cars into the hands of collectors, in many cases for little more than their value as scrap metal.
Take, for instance, the 1959 Dodge Coronet two-door hardtop above. Though sunburned and rough around the edges (and presumably in need of an entirely new interior from sitting for decades out in the sun with the windows rolled up), it had a V-8 engine and automatic transmission and looked fairly complete and rust-free. It ended up the auction's most expensive car, selling for $6,500.
In 1959, two-door hardtop Coronets, wearing the Exner Forward Look styling, went by the Lancer name and could be had with the base 135-hp, 230-cu.in. L-head six-cylinder; 255-hp, 325-cu.in. two-barrel Red Ram Hemi, or the 320-hp 383-cu.in. four-barrel D-500 RB-series V-8. The auction description for Kee's Coronet didn't specify the engine or whether it ran.
Following the Coronet in the auction's top 10 list were a 1962 Chrysler 300, which sold for $5,000; a 1967 Chrysler New Yorker, which sold for $3,700; a 1956 De Soto Firedome, which also sold for $3,700; a 1971 Jeep CJ-5 Renegade, which sold for $3,200; a 1970 Chrysler Newport convertible, which sold for $3,100; a 1957 Plymouth Suburban station wagon, which sold for $2,900; a 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible, which sold for $2,800; a 1967 Plymouth VIP, which sold for $2,700; and a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere four-door hardtop, which sold for $2,600.
Meanwhile, most of the 280 or so cars and trucks in the auction sold for less than $1,000. The 1963 Chrysler New Yorker Salon four-door hardtop seen in our preview story sold for $600, while the 1972 Plymouth Fury two-door hardtop (with questionable loose fabric from the door) sold for $350. And a sweep of station wagons saw $900 for a 1966 Chrysler Newport Town and Country, $450 for a 1973 Dodge Monaco station wagon, $300 for a 1973 Dodge Coronet Crestwood, $350 for a 1973 Plymouth Fury station wagon, $350 for a 1971 Plymouth Fury station wagon, $250 for a 1967 Plymouth Fury II station wagon with a busted windshield, and $400 for a 1967 Plymouth Fury II with its windshield intact.
Acres of unrestored high-desert Mopars head to auction
1963 Chrysler New Yorker. Photos courtesy James G. Murphy Company.
When Mopar collector Charles Kee died last December at age 84, he left behind plenty of unanswered questions: Did he really plan to start a museum? How many cars did he sell to a group of Swedish collectors? And what's going to happen to the hundreds of cars he accumulated on 50 acres of Oregon high desert? The former two may forever remain mysteries, but the latter will be resolved next month when the cars all head to auction.
1955 Chrysler Windsor Deluxe.
Brothers, Oregon, isn't exactly a tourist mecca. Located in the sparsely populated middle of the state, the town is little more than a wide spot in the road, about a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Portland. Perhaps it was this isolation that Kee found appealing, as it gave him a relatively safe place to store the 50-acre automobile collection that took him three decades to amass. Some say he was intent on opening an automotive museum, but met with resistance from the Brothers municipal planning board, which refused to allow the construction of additional buildings on Kee's 600-acre property. Others insist that Kee collected simply for the joy of it, and that a museum was discussed but never really planned for; after all, how many visitors could a locale like Brothers, Oregon, draw on an annual basis? Everybody who encountered him agreed on one thing, however: Kee was often a reluctant vendor, who would only sell to those he liked.
1972 Plymouth Fury III.
The exception to that rule, however, happened in the early 2000s, when a group of Swedish Mopar collectors approached Kee to buy a number of the collection's most impressive cars, said to be Chrysler "letter cars," convertibles and two-doors, all in restorable condition. The story goes that Kee liked the Swedes, and that a deal was struck is certain, but the quantity of cars sold remains a mystery. Some, including a Forward Look Forum member who claims to be one of the Swedish buyers, put the number at 100, reportedly from Kee himself. Others put the quantity at 195, but the actual number probably lies somewhere in between those extremes.
1966 Dodge Charger.
That still left hundreds of cars in the Kee collection, including a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda, a pair of 1966 Dodge Chargers, a 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible, and a 1964 Dodge Dart GT hardtop. Though all have their V-8 drivetrains intact, none appear to be equipped with performance options, perhaps limiting their appeal. A second 1964 Dodge Dart, in convertible form, is also an available lot, but this will cross the block sans engine or transmission.
There are ample Virgil Exner-designed "Forward Look" cars to choose from, including a 1956 De Soto Firedome, a trio of 1957 Dodge Coronets and a trio of 1957 Plymouth Belvederes, to name a few. Those looking for "plucked chicken" Chryslers won't be disappointed, either, as the sale will feature at least one 1962 Chrysler 300 and four 1962 Chrysler Imperials.
1962 Chrysler 300.
Overall, the lots scheduled to cross the block date from the early 1940s to the late 1970s, and while the majority of the cars remaining are full-size four-doors, there are still a few B-body and A-body cars to be had. Some lots (like the previously mentioned Dart GT) are missing drivetrains, but the region's dry climate and Kee's efforts (which included covering dashboards with blankets and newspapers to prevent cracking) appear to have preserved many of them. Scotty Taylor, the auction company representative currently on site, said that about "60 percent of the cars are in restorable condition, while the other 40 percent are probably parts cars. Our goal is to have roughly 30 cars running in time for the auction."
1965 Plymouth Barracuda.
There will be parts galore to choose from as well, including both Mopar components and aftermarket performance parts, along with no less than six Chrysler V-8 engines (including two Hemis of undisclosed displacement or vintage). The original estimate stated that the sale would include 250 boxes of parts, but per Taylor, the most recent count has that number approaching 600 boxes. Most are labeled with the exact components inside, and some are even new-old-stock components, though publishing an exact list would be a daunting task with just two weeks remaining before the sale. Those looking for Chrysler hubcaps and wheel covers would be well advised to pay attention, as the sale will include a lot of approximately 1,500 of those, covering a wide variety of years, makes and models.
The cars in the Charles Kee Collection occupy 50 acres.
Day one of the two-day auction will focus on the automotive side of things, and Taylor estimated that 1,200 lots (including cars and parts) will be offered for sale, all at no reserve. Day two will feature construction equipment and miscellaneous lots (including a sizable collection of shipping containers, ideal for packaging lots purchased at the sale), and Taylor said that as many as 800 lots could cross the stage on the second day. James G. Murphy Company, the auction firm handling the sale, will permit Internet bidding as well as live bidding, ensuring that those who can't be in Brothers, Oregon, will still have a chance to participate in an event some have already described as "this year's Lambrecht auction."
The sale, which auction firm James G. Murphy Company is calling "this year's Lambrecht auction," will take place May 8-9. For more information, visit MurphyAuction.com.


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I'm so confused! I took one this morning and it said no. I was trying to find online how sensitive it is and I read that it's not like some of the other digitals. I read that it reads a regular test strip, that you could use the strip inside as a regular test. So I pulled it apart and there is a faint line, but it's there. Dh even saw it and he's of the opinion if you have to squint, it's not there. So now I'm confused.
I have no idea when I ovulated, I don't chart. My period is due wed or thurs.
Do you have a pic of the test strip?
Is it grey or pink? lines with no pink are usually evap. Did you pull it apart during the time frame? Did you use FMU?
I don't know anything about this test, but likely the + result would have to be of a certain darkness for the digital to "see" it. . .so maybe it just can't read the faint, faint lines?
I don't know, but since you don't chart, I'd say wait another couple days and then test again. Good luck!
Me= crunchy mama to one rambunctious toddler, born on October 1, 2009. And one sweet little baby born January 19, 2012.
I don't have my camera with me, my mom borrowed it. It was kinda pinkish, definitely not just gray. I think my hubby tossed it because he didn't want me obsessing. :) Waiting is so hard!
So. . .when are you gonna test again? I'm anxious for you! :) If it was pink then I'd say it was probably an early +!
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Dollar tree was negative this morning. It's so weird because I have more symptoms than I did when I was pregnant the last time. Oh well, it would really be best if I lost some weight first.
I have pulled apart FRG digis both pregnant and not and have always had a line, you can NOT interperet a digital by anything other than what comes up on the screen, sorry.
that isnt to say you ARENT pregnant.. you could be. Just too soon to test (I didnt get a bfp until 13dpo with my now 2 month old daughter and even that was faint! first FRG Digi was positive at 15dpo CBE digi not positive til 17dpo and I had tried a CBE in the same pee as my first FRG positive on 15dpo!)
I hate threads that never update. I've been waiting for something to update and am still waiting. No period, no positive test. I bought a FRER, negative. I have no idea what's going on.
What cycle day are you on? When did you O? And FRER Gold is really sensitive. With my youngest child I got a positive on that at 10 dpo with a barely there double pink lines. With digitals there is almost always two lines though. What indicates to the sensor if positive or negative is how dark the second line is. Sorry.
AF came this morning!
Sorry about that mama, but at least you are out of limbo-land! GL with future TTC if that's what you're hoping!
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THE ETHOS OF THE UNIVERsity has always discouraged sexual relations between students and professors. Yet this universally accepted ethical principle has long been violated, and the violations, except for occasional scandals, have long been tolerated. This is the acadelny's dirty little secret. Faculty members at most colleges and universities know of a colleague or, more likely, colleagues, who have or have had sexual relations with one or more students and whose relationships have been kept quiet. Some of these relationships have resulted in marriages. Indeed, for male professors, the university culture has (unofficially) viewed the female student body as a reasonable pool from which to select wives. If the marriages turn out to be lengthy and satisfactory, as many have. their origin in a faculty-student connection is often forgotten. Ask almost any woman in the academy, and she has a story, not always about herself, and not always with an unhappy ending. Raise the question and controversy erupts, controversy that is not necessarily predictable or consistent.
This is primarily a post-1960s, postsexual revoLution tale. Over the past thirty years, many male professors have come to see female students as more experienced, adventurous, and knowledgeable than themselves. Some middle-aged male professors have told me that they regard women in their classes as potentially capable of emancipating them, the teachers, from their generation,s sexual inhibitions. Other male professors look at their long-term, perhaps no longer exciting, marriages, and then face their young, sexually active female students, perhaps imagining the students to be more sexually active than they themselves are. To these professors, the students are not girlish, as women of their own generation were. They are now called "women," and that is what they look and act like.
The sexualizing of students will not end as older faculty retire. Male teaching assistants are carrying on the tradition with gusto, according to what women students throughout the country have reported. Many are less subtle in their overtures than their superiors, often relying on a straightforward quid pro quo, an exchange of a "date" for a more benevolent view of a student's paper or final exam.
This issue, ignored for so long, is now receiving national attention; it has touched a cultural nerve. Today, we discuss intimate relationships in terms of power as often as we do of love. Recent public discussion about violence against children, spouses, lovers, and parents makes us wonder about the meaning and reality of love. We now know that some members of the clergy molest child parishioners and commit adultery with their followers; that some judges exact sexual favors from those dependent on their authority; that some male naval officers behave outrageously toward female officers; and that some elected political officials commit sexual improprieties. We do not know whether such behavior is more common than it used to be, but we can no longer avoid learning about it. Thanks to changed notions of what constitutes legitimate public discourse and technology that makes all kinds of information widely available, we now face a seemingly endless barrage of details about sexual conduct and misconduct.
The concept of sexual harassment is so new (it's not yet three decades old) that its definition seems to change and expand the more we explore it. In the 1970s, when the term emerged in legal discourse, it applied to the workplace and referred to sexual pressure from an employer as a condition for continued employment. Later, its definition was expanded to encompass the idea of a "hostile workplace." After a lawsuit at Yale, sexual harassment law became applicable to universities. Sexual harassment was defined as illegal; its antithesis, a consensual relationship, was therefore assumed to be noncoercive.
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HIV and homosexuality in Pakistan
Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.The Lancet Infectious Diseases (Impact Factor: 22.43). 05/2009; 9(4):204; author reply 205-6. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70065-9
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ABSTRACT: Consistent condom use, particularly by promiscuous individuals, is a major safeguard against sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. This study examines some demographic factors that may affect such use among Bangladeshi female commercial sex workers at a brothel in Tangail (n = 196; mean age = 23.44 years), and the streets of Dhaka (n = 112; mean age = 25.92 years). The chi2 results indicated that sex workers over 19 years of age were 2.52 times more likely than adolescents under 19 to work on the street rather than at a brothel (chi2 = 8.73, p < .0.01, OR = 2.52, 95% CI = 1.35-4.72). Brothel sex workers aged over 19 years reported 3.26 probability to regularly use condom with clients than those adolescents aged below 19 years (chi2 = 6.23, p < 0.01, OR = 3.26, 95% CI = 1.25-8.53). This study found age to be a significant demographic correlate of regular condom use, particularly, among the brothel workers.Adolescence 02/2007; 42(168):795-804. · 0.64 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In Pakistan, seven times more men are reported to be infected with HIV than women. Among the Pakistani population, modes of HIV transmission include infection through sexual contact, contaminated blood and blood products, injecting drug use, and mother-to-child transmission. Although most sexual transmission of HIV results from unsafe heterosexual contact, homosexual and bisexual contact also represent important modes of transmission. According to unpublished reports, the prevalence of HIV among homosexual and bisexual Pakistani men is reaching alarming proportions. We describe the Pakistani homosexual and bisexual culture, review statistics regarding HIV prevalence and risk behaviour, and identify areas of improvement in the HIV policy with specific focus on men who have sex with men.The Lancet Infectious Diseases 08/2008; 8(8):511-5. DOI:10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70183-X · 22.43 Impact Factor
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Class Struggle: low-income students do not mean a bad school
Is our neighborhood school really bad?
Aaron McMahon asked me if he should leave Alexandria because the local high school was bad. I told him why he was wrong about T.C. Williams High School, and others like it.
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I was on fb and saw this story. It was about a woman maybe phycopath would be a better word. She killed her 6 month old son by bewting him and not using cpr afterwards. She also killed her 4 month old son in 2011. She has a 3 yr old son and is pg now. How can someone so evil get pg and have healthy blessings so many times when many women in here struggle and pray daily for their miracles. Look up Huston mom kills two sons.
This horrible person *Trigger*
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DD(2006) ^i^ (2008) DS (2010)
There is a group that started up locally by the best friend of a woman who killed her newborn. And then took her own life.
I like to think the automatic soap dispenser is just really happy to see me.
I have a device that is capable of accessing all information known to man; I use it to look at pictures of cats and get in arguments with strangers.
Thanks to this foundation I went to free weekly group meetings, which helped me tremendously.
I hope no one ever has to go through severe PPD, however, many here will. There is no shame in asking for help.
I like to think the automatic soap dispenser is just really happy to see me.
I thought it was really sad. I don't personally think she has post partum depression. I would think killing one child but two seems a bit much for that diagnosis. I read the story so maybe they left out the remorse part. It didnt seem like she had any. I was just so sad for those little babies. BTW I understand being frustrated by a crying baby, it happens alot. I just make a safe place for them to sit and walk away.
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From: How to Cook Well, with Rory O'Connell
For those among you who don't possess a deep-fry, but long for chips, these potatoes are perfect. The scrubbed potatoes are left unpeeled and cut into large wedge-shaped chips, with each wedge having some of the skin attached. The skin on each piece of potato is important as it prevents them from sticking to the roasting tray and, of course, also has a delicious crispy flavour. When buying potatoes, if possible, buy them unwashed as the soil will keep in the flavour and nutrients. Serve the potatoes with roast and grilled meat, poultry or fish. They are a great accompaniment to a warm salad, and you can ring the changes with the use of different herbs.
From: How to Cook Well, with Rory O'Connell
These cucumbers are immensely popular. Serve with cold meats, pates and terrines, smoked fish, sandwiches, spiced beef and with a sharp and mature cheddar cheese. The pickle keeps well in the fridge, though it does lose its bright green colour. I like to slice the cucumbers and onions really thinly for a more melting and tender result. There will be some of the pickling liquid left after the cucumbers are eaten. I like to save this and use it for sprinkling on thinly sliced onions for an instant pickle.
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Many people believe that preparing and cooking beetroot is a long and wearisome process. Not the case here, where the beets are simply peeled in their raw state, grated and dressed and then ready to eat. I use an Irish goat's cheese such as St Tola or Ardsallagh in this salad. A few rocket leaves and/or mint leaves could also be added to this salad for a fresh green twist.
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A great side dish.
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This flavoursome purée of the inexpensive root couldn't be simpler and is delicious as an accompanying vegetable with lamb, pork or duck. Don't forget to save some of the cooking water for adding to the purée. The purée can be prepared ahead of time and reheated later, in which case a little more of the cooking water can be added if necessary, but do not add the olive oil and Parmesan until the very last minute.
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Brown scones are full of roughage and great for breakfast. And here is a good tip: you can make this mixture, shape the scones and freeze them. You can then cook the scones straight from the freezer to the oven - just give them an extra 5 minutes and make sure the scones are golden brown and well-risen.
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From: Kitchen Hero: Donal's Irish Feast
For really crunchy roast potatoes with fluffy middles choose a floury variety of potato, such as Irish Roosters and try to make sure that they are all similar in size. To ensure really crispy roast potatoes drain off any excess fat about 20 minutes before the end of the cooking time. This will help them to go really crispy and golden brown around the edges.


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Feds Use Video Surveillance to Catch Fraud for Workers' Comp
Byline: Jim McElhatton, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The husband and wife postal workers at a North Carolina mail-sorting plant were out of work and collecting disability benefits when they first came under surveillance.
Acting on an anonymous tip, agents with the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General went undercover for two months. They used video cameras to document the activities of the couple, who had claimed they could not work because sitting more than 15 minutes caused pain and swelling, records show.
The agents followed the husband and wife either alone or together driving, gambling and mowing the lawn, among other activities. Thecouple faced criminal charges and, after a three-day trial in January, convictions for crimes involving workers' compensation benefits.
The case wasn't unusual. The Postal Service inspector general is one of a handful of investigative agencies whose use of video surveillance to target disability fraud was singled out in a recent congressional report. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, disclosed the surveillance practices as part of a broader review of workers' compensation fraud controls at a half-dozen agencies across government.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has an internal affairs unit to review potential fraud and make referrals to investigators, who in turn conduct video surveillance, according to the GAO.
The GAO also said the Air Force plans to hire staff early in fiscal 2012 to perform background checks and conduct surveillance to make sure recipients are entitled to benefits. And a recent Navy investigation noted in the same report how one workers' compensation recipient was an active owner of a gentleman's club while fraudulently collecting disability benefits.
Still, the GAO also found that agencies face challenges investigating and prosecuting such cases. For one thing, so-called targeted investigations can be costly and resource-intensive, the GAO said. What's more, the limited resources of some federal prosecutors make it hard to bring fraud cases involving less than $100,000, the Postal Service inspector general's office told the GAO.
Other Defense Department investigative agencies, meanwhile, told congressional investigators that they don't normally invest resources to investigate workers' compensation fraud, citing higher priority areas such as violent crime and anti-terrorism.
Still, successful cases can help deter future fraud and ultimately save money, the GAO found.
In another case, which the Postal Service's inspector general cited recently in a separate report to Congress, agents used video surveillance to investigate a former postal custodian in Bell, Calif. …


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Facebook Users Hit 'Like,' Stores Jump Into Action
Facebook isn't just for goofy pictures and silly chatter. Whether shoppers know it or not, their actions online help dictate what's in stores during this holiday season.
After polling customers on the social media site, Macy's decided to carry denim jeans in bright neon hues rather than pastels. Wal-Mart for the first time decided to let customers vote on which toys they want discounted. And to better plan orders for the decorative flags she sells, a small business owner in Mississippi is running a contest that encourages customers to chime in about how they're decorating their homes this winter.
The impact of social media on a company's bottom line is tough to quantify, with no hard data on how millions of Facebook fans and Twitter followers translate into sales for stores. But during the holiday shopping season, a roughly two-month period when retailers can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue, stores are uncovering a valuable use for all the seemingly useless online muttering: market research.
The result is that whenever folks press the "like" button to give their seal of approval for a particular company's page or make a comment on how much they like the leather boots they just bought, they're helping everyone from independently-owned small shops to the nation's biggest retailers make decisions about what products to stock up on, what to play up on the sales floor and what promotions to offer online.
For the first time this year, one of Macy's Inc.'s apparel buyers suggested the company solicit feedback on Facebook on which colors it should stock for "Else" brand jeans in the fall ahead of the holiday shopping season. Several weeks later, with about 2,500 "likes" and 750 comments, "Very Vivid" colors in bright blue, orange and red were declared the victor over softer shades such as baby pink and baby blue.
The company, which has more than 9 million "likes" on Facebook, followed up with another poll in July on whether it should carry a "Kensie" brand dress in a bird or floral print. About 4,000 people issued their verdicts within 48 hours, and the department store plans to carry the floral print this February.
Rather than simply using social media to tout promotions and new products, companies are just now realizing the value of making customers feel as though they're part of the decision making process, said Jennifer Kasper, who heads digital media at Macy's. In addition to making customers feel like insiders, she said it helps businesses better tailor their offers as well.
Matt Cronin, a founding partner of Web Liquid Group, a digital marketing agency, agreed that companies are still in the early stages of figuring out how to put their social media profiles to use. Until now, he noted that social media strategies have primarily been about capturing as many followers or fans as possible without really knowing where to go from there.
One hurdle for major retailers is that it's difficult to take the information they learn online and put it to use while the trends are still relevant, said Nicolas Franchet, head of retail e-commerce at Facebook.
That's one of the trickier aspects of Wal-Mart Store Inc.'s new "Toyland Tuesday" contest, which lets fans vote on which of two toys will be discounted on the following Tuesday. Once a winner is declared on Thursday, the retailer acts quickly to inform its 4,000 stores of how to adjust pricing and displays, says Wanda Young, senior director of social media for Wal-Mart, which has more than 25 million likes on Facebook.


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Aroe and the Pink PantherGraffiti // Sunday, July 21, 2013
Aroe does a great job at rendering The Pink Panther character in this newer piece, making him look mischievous with a spray can and a gold chain. Where is the clumsy Jacques Clouseau to investigate the scene?
Zombie Boy's "Voluptate Mors"Erotica // Saturday, July 20, 2013
Rick Genest, aka Zombie Boy, emulates Salvador Dali and Philippe Halsman's "Voluptate Mors" in this modern tattooed take of the famous photo. It features a series of beautiful tattooed women surrounding the head-to-toe inked man arranged in the shape of a skull, offering a truly contemporary take on such an iconic and sensual image. The image was take for the cover of Rebel Ink Magazine.
KC Burney IllustrationIllustration // Saturday, July 20, 2013
KC Burney is a Brooklyn-based artist and self-proclaimed necromancer whose work draws from the dark arts and the occult. Featuring wicked figures and images of the mystical and satanic, Burney's illustrations are not for the light-hearted.
Non Stop Fun!!!Graffiti // Saturday, July 20, 2013
We are trying to live by this phrase all summer long or at the very least just for this weekend! Throwback painted in Brooklyn by the NSF crew.
RAUL GONZALEZ "LOS NUEVOS GUERREROS" @ Carroll and Sons, BostonJuxtapoz // Friday, July 19, 2013
This week in Boston, a Juxtapoz favorite Raul Gonzalez III opened a brand new exhibition, Los Nuevos Guerreros, featuring some fantastic works on paper. With both a comic and political cartoon bent, the show features the namesake series that Gonzalez has been working on since 2011.
Opening: Andrew Schoultz "In Process" @ Monterey Museum of Art, MontereyJuxtapoz // Friday, July 19, 2013
Yes, you can literally and metaphorically stop and smell the roses at the Monterey Museum of Art-La Mirada when visiting the the Andrew Schoultz In Process exhibition which opened last Friday, June 12th. Joining the prolific and personable Schoultz and his artist wife Hilary Pecis were fans from up and down the coast who delight in the narratives.
FRIDAY SPOTLIGHT: GEN2Graffiti // Friday, July 19, 2013
Every Friday we feature someone old or new, traditional or unconventional, active or not, and so on. This week's spotlight is on Gen2.
Jay-Z's 99 Problems Illustrated by Ali GrahamJuxtapoz // Friday, July 19, 2013
This morning we are thoroughly enjoying Ali Graham's daily illustration of each of Jay-Z's 99 problems.
Drawings by Javier PérezJuxtapoz // Friday, July 19, 2013
Earlier this week we posted the sculptural work of Barcelona-baed artist Javier Pérez. Aside from being an amazing sulptor, Javier is also is a fantastic illustrator so this morning we thought we would show you a collection of his drawings.
3D Printed Sugar by Liz and Kyle von HasselnJuxtapoz // Friday, July 19, 2013
We have to be honest, we're still don't completely understand how 3D printing works. Nonetheless, we are loving the huge advancements the technology has made and what people have been able to produce using them. From the printer that makes sculptures to NASA 3D printing food, it all seems like a ton of fun. Architecture graduate students LIz and Kyle von Hasseln have used it to print sugar for the top of a cake. Awesome.


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CLEVELAND, Oct. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Codonics, a global leader in patient safety, medical imaging and information management solutions, today announced its partnership with Intelligent Hospital Systems (IH Systems), a medical device company focused on the design and development of automated solutions for hospital environments. IH Systems will offer Codonics Safe Label System SLS 500i as an option with its RIVA automated IV compounding system to provide customers with comprehensive barcode medication labeling. Using the system, syringes and IV medications prepared by hospital pharmacies will include a Joint Commission-compliant, full-color label that will increase patient safety in operating rooms and post-anesthesia care units.
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[…] quick introduction was posted over at CommuteByBike.com to introduce the Batavus BUB I had teased about a couple weeks ago. The BUB is a watered down version of most Batavus bikes. […]
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Well you may disagree, but I have heard alot of people who prefer the AF speed on the F80 over the F5..
I have no comparable experience with the F5 but in general AF speed depends on the lenses too. Speaking about my own experience Maxxum 5 and 7 do have a better AF speed !
Now to render one of my personal opinions, the F80 is one of the worst ergonomically balanced cameras I have ever held in my hands..
Depends bit on the mounted lens too but I have no complaints at all.
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Review: I'm pretty sure I'll never eat that well again for a six-day stretch! I took Traci up on her offer of a vegan cooking workshop at Lake Villa Guatemala and it was exactly what I was looking for. We (used loosely – I did a lot of learning from the expert) cooked breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day of my stay (with a couple of exceptions to accommodate boat trips during the day). EVERYTHING (truly not an exaggeration) was delicious and I left for home with doable recipes, tips from an experienced chef, and a desire to see how vegan I can be (I've been vegetarian for years but only experimenting with veganism). The setting is beautiful, the bed and breakfast beautifully appointed, and I thoroughly enjoyed outings to several indigenous villages and kayaking on the lake. Traci took care of everything—including transportation to and from Guatemala City— and she and her partner, Mark, had lots of Guatemala-related knowledge which I was eager to lap up. Traci was lovely and my stay delightful. I highly recommend Lake Villa Guatemala. What a gem!
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Performing the Accidental Archive has two confirmed speakers: Ann Cvetkovich and Shannon Jackson (click images for bios)
Opening Keynote: Ann Cvetkovich (April 17th)
Accidental Encounters as Archival Practice and Queer Affective Method
The talk draws from my book in progress, which chronicles the recent proliferation of LGBTQ archives as a point of departure for a broader inquiry into the power of archives to transform public histories. The push for LGBTQ state recognition, civil rights, and cultural visibility has been accompanied by a desire for the archive – a claim that the recording and preservation of LGBTQ history is an epistemic right. Yet new LGBTQ archival projects must also respond to historical and theoretical critiques, including decolonizing ones, that represent archives as forms of epistemological domination and surveillance or as guided by an impossible desire for stable knowledge. I address these tensions through case histories of actual archives, as well as projects by artists whose creative and queer approaches to the archives are simultaneously critical and transformative.
Today's talk will focus in particular on my experiences working with collections from the June Mazer Lesbian Archives, which have recently been transferred to UCLA's Special Collections, and the Human Sexuality Collection at Cornell University. In response to the conference theme, I will consider how attention to accidental encounters and affective responses can constitute a queer archival practice.
Closing Keynote: Shannon Jackson (April 18th)
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Curating People: Drama's Archive as a Time-based Art
This lecture considers contemporary experiments in performance curating in museums, galleries, and biennials. While much of this activity might fall under the capacious category of performance art, many projects seek to curate the choreographic and theatrical work of the performing arts. How do we understand these experiments across art forms? What new competencies do they require of artists, curators, audience members, and institutions? Shannon Jackson focuses on selected examples to consider issues of skill, concept, history, and literacy as artists and audience members move across art contexts.


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Getting Naked: A Business Fable about Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyaltyby Patrick Lencioni
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I'm not going to lie; Michael Casey was one of my least favorite people in the world. Even the mention of his name could put me in a moderately bad mood.
And so, if you had told me a year earlier that I would spend four solid months of my professional life learning about him and his annoying little consulting firm, I would have told you it was time for me to change careers.
But that's exactly what happened, and I've lived to tell about it.
After focusing on topics ranging from teamwork and leadership to employee engagement and meetings, acclaimed management expert, consultant, speaker, and New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni has finally turned his attention toward his own craft—consulting and client service. Tapping into the simple but powerful model that his firm, The Table Group, has been built on for more than a dozen years, Lencioni presents what may be his most engaging, humorous book yet.
Getting Naked tells the remarkable story of a management consultant who is trying desperately to merge two firms with very different approaches to serving clients. One relies on vulnerability and complete transparency; the other focuses on proving its competence and protecting its reputation for intellectual prowess. In the process of managing the merger, the consultant is forced to learn life-changing lessons that prove to be as relevant as they are painful.
As he does in his other books, Lencioni provides readers with concepts that are accessible and compelling. Here, he explains the three fears that provoke service providers—whether they are internal consultants, sales people, financial advisors, or anyone else serving long-term clients—to unknowingly sabotage their ability to build trust and loyalty. And, as always, Lencioni provides a practical approach for overcoming those fears.
Written in the same dynamic style as Lencioni's previous bestsellers, including "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Naked Consultant" illustrates the principles of inspiring client loyalty through a fascinating business fable.
Praise for Getting Naked
"I've experienced the 'naked' approach firsthand and can say withconfidence that this book will transform the way we view client service. I wish every one of my vendors would read it and follow its advice."
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"Lencioni has written the definitive primer on how to build relationships in business (and in life) that are at once authentic, fruitful, and lasting. Getting Naked is a must-read."
—Andy Lorenzen, senior manager, organizational talent strategy, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
"Lencioni's message on vulnerability really hits home. I can't imagine a service provider who wouldn't benefit greatly from the lessons in this insightful book."
—Tony Bingham, president and CEO, American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
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"Put your feet up, check your ego at the door, and read Getting Naked. It's such an enjoyable read, you may finish the book in one sitting, but you will remember its message forever."
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Patrick Lencioni is a New York Times best-selling business author of eight books including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The Three Signs of a Miserable Job. As president and founder of The Table Group, Pat has consulted to CEOs and leadership teams in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies and start-ups to churches and non-profits. In addition to his books, Pat and his work have been featured in publications like Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, BusinessWeek, and USA Today.
To learn more about Patrick Lencioni and his other books and services—including his newsletter—please visit www.tablegroup.com.
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Author, speaker and management consultant Lencioni (The Three Signs of a Miserable Job) preaches a business model that may seem antithetical to many, which he calls "getting naked": being unafraid to show vulnerability, admit ignorance, and ask the dumb questions when dealing with clients. Lencioni's central argument is that by focusing on sales, rather than communication, consultants miss the key part of their job-consulting-and therefore lose out on valuable long-term client relationships. Presented mostly as a parable about a management consultant trying to reconcile two firms in a merger, Lencioni's latest is entertaining as well as informative, with a message that sticks (heavy-handed though it may be). Straightforward and widely applicable, Lencioni's advice should prove useful not only for business consultants, but anyone trying to build long-term client relationships. (Feb.) (PublishersWeekly.com, February 22, 2010)
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