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Games of Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2012
QB Sam Durley, Sr., Eureka
Durley broke an NCAA single-game record with 736 passing yards, one of six school records broken on Saturday, helping the Red Devils come from behind for a 62-55 win against Knox in the inaugural Abraham Lincoln Bowl. Durley's effort broke the previous single-game record of 731 yards held by Menlo's Zamir Amin on Oct. 7, 2000. Durley finished the game 34-for-52 with five TD passes. His final pass gave the Red Devils their first lead of the afternoon that eventually held up as the final 62-55 score. In addition to the single-game NCAA record, Durley broke Eureka's all-time passing yardage, attempts and passing touchdown records on Saturday.
OL Matt Hochstrasser, Dylan Alexander,
Matt Cannata, Kendall Wilkerson, and Jacob Laubach, Texas
The TLU offensive line helped to produce a 100-yard rusher, a 100-yard receiver, and a 293-yard passer. The Bulldogs surrendered just one sack. The team averaged 4.7 yards per rush and 6.8 yards per play in the 38-16 win over Austin College.
RB Cecil Brimmage, Jr., Illinois
Brimmage ran for an Illinois College single-game record 341 yards in a 51-28 win over Hanover. The yardage total was the third highest in Midwest Conference history. Brimmage scored on runs of 4, 15 and 52 yards, while averaging 12.2 yards per carry in the win.
RB Gage Mohs, Jr., Coe
Mohs got the load of the carries Saturday, taking advantage of an injured Brendan Leiran. Mohs had a career-high 173 yards rushing, including a long of 60 yards. He scored three touchdowns and also caught three passes for 65 yards.
WR Ryan Carney, So., Buffalo
In his first collegiate game, Carney caught 12 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-31 win against Cortland State. It snapped a six-game losing skid for the Bengals to the Dragons.
WR Jordan Kindred, Sr.,
Kindred, playing his first organized football game of any kind on Saturday, hauled in 13 balls for 235 yards in Eureka's win at Knox. The 13 catches were the third-most catches in a game by a Red Devil in program history, while the 235 yards marked the fourth-best performance in school history.
WR Jimmer Bennett, Sr.,
Bennett had a career high in both receiving yards (172) and receptions (seven) in Union's opener. He had a career best 67-yard touchdown catch in the contest. It was Bennett's second career 100 yard receiving game.
DE Alex Tripp, Jr., North Central (Ill.)
Tripp had five tackles, three solo, including three tackles for loss in a 21-17 loss to UW-La Crosse. Tripp was responsible for one and a half sacks.
DT Nick Erdman, Sr.,
Erdman had five tackles, two solo, and a sack in a 26-16 win against Stevenson. He also blocked an extra point.
DE Devin Hardy, Sr.,
Hardy recorded five tackles, two of them solo stops, in a 34-14 win at East Texas Baptist. He had one and a half tackles for loss and a sack.
LB Adnan Sakiri, Jr., Montclair
Sakiri, making his first career start, had 19 tackles in the Red Hawks' 31-21 loss to Lebanon Valley in the MAC-NJAC Challenge at Sprague Field on Saturday. Sakiri's 19 tackles were three shy of the MSU single-game record held by College Football Hall of Fame member Sam Mills. Sakiri's effort helped MSU limit the Flying Dutchmen to 288 yards of offense, including 62 in the second half.
LB Geoffrey Miller, Jr.,
Miller tied a school record for total tackles in a game with 22, including 11 solo and a pass breakup. He had 16 tackles in the first half of a 41-39 win at Lawrence.
LB Mike Valesano, Sr., St.
Valesano returned after missing the 2011 season with an injury and made an immediate impact, recovering a fumble on the opening kickoff that helped lead to the first touchdown. He had 11 tackles, all solo, including a tackle for loss.
LB Caleb Nitz, Jr., Trine
Nitz had 12 tackles, six of them solo, in Trine's opening night 24-14 win against Manchester. He also had one and a half tackles for loss.
CB David Kalgren, Sr.,
Kalgren spearheaded a Yeomen defense that came away with six turnovers in a 33-3 win at Earlham. He had two interception returns for touchdowns, with the first covering 47 yards and the second going for 43. He also added two punt returns for a total of 40 yards.
S Jared Morris, Jr.,
In his first game as a full-time defensive player after playing his first two years at wide receiver, Morris set a Wesley single-game record with four interceptions. Three of his picks came in the second half, including two in the fourth quarter.
S Jake Pelton,
Sr., Washington and Lee
Pelton recorded a team-best nine tackles, all solo, and intercepted three passes in Washington and Lee's 35-28 loss to Franklin and Marshall. His three interceptions were the most by a W&L player since 1976 and improved his career total to 11 interceptions. Two of his picks occurred inside the W&L 5-yard line.
CB Daniel Brent, Fr., Bridgewater
Brent notched three solo tackles, three assists and a pass breakup in Bridgewater's 23-7 victory over St. Vincent. He also forced a fumble and returned it 45 yards to set the Eagles up with good field position in the third quarter.
Special teams
K Erickson Andrews, So., Oberlin
Andrews set a school record, cashing in four field goals in the Yeomen's 33-3 win at Earlham. He was true from 24,35,48 and 28 yards, with a miss from 40. He also tacked on his lone PAT attempt to finish with 13 points in the game.
P Christian Hallingstad, Sr., UW-La
Hallingstad, a D3football.com preseason All-American, averaged 46.2 yards on nine punts in UW-L's 21-17 victory at sixth-ranked North Central. He had a long of 62-yards with four over 50 yards. Hallingstad finished with three punts inside the 20-yard line, including his final punt of the game, a 51-yard punt out of bounds at the Cardinals' 2-yard line with 1:06 remaining.
RET Chris Denton, Sr., Mount
Denton returned two punts for touchdowns and also caught seven passes for 89 yards in the Purple Raiders' 45-7 win at Franklin. He averaged 37.0 yards on four returns.


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Last year, our children and adults worked hard to create a nice manger scene, complete with Mary and Joseph, Jesus in a manger, a couple of sheep, a donkey — and a pig.
Last year, our children and adults worked hard to create a nice manger scene, complete with Mary and Joseph, Jesus in a manger, a couple of sheep, a donkey — and a pig.
Yes, a pig. I had never seen a pig in a manger scene before. It's a bright, pink pig!
The children worked hard to paint this unusual addition to the Nativity scene. We have had some people question the correctness of having a pig in the stable next to Jesus. The pink pig has caused me to stop and think. I have found no record that the Inn belonged to a Jewish merchant. He could have just as easily been a Gentile merchant.
I know that it might not seem right that an animal that was never a hero or used in a positive manner should share space with our Savior, but let us take another look. Our Savior did spend time with other undesirable people such as a tax collector, a Samaritan woman and one caught in the act of adultery.
Jesus often reached out to the Gentiles. He healed the Canaanite woman's daughter, the Centurion's servant and fed the 4,000, which were mostly Gentiles. A major focus of Paul's ministry, and some of the work of Peter, involves Gentiles. Our Nativity pig could represent the Gentiles in the world. Many have been pushed away, not because of anything they have done, but because of where and to whom they were born. Jesus came to the whole world, not just a part of the world.
What is the Nativity scene saying to you this year? How are you being drawn closer to God and Jesus? Many of us may be like the soft and cared for sheep. We have been privileged by our birth and our heritage. There are others who are hungry to find their way to the feeding trough of Jesus. The manger where Jesus slept had earlier fed the animals. Now it would draw the world to feed on the presence of God.
The Apostle Paul speaks about a mystery in Ephesians 3:6, which says, "This plan is that the Gentiles would be coheirs and parts of the same body, and that they would share with the Jews in the promises of God in Christ Jesus through the gospel." When Jesus spoke of the "one fold," he was speaking "of the same body," the church of the living God.
When you look at the manger this year, imagine all the people who want to be closer to God, but for some reason have been pushed away. They may have pushed themselves away feeling unworthy or beyond forgiveness. Some may be blocked by false disciples who have led seekers away from the truth. Some may not feel welcome, or have never heard the story of God's love becoming flesh among us.
There's a bright, pink pig in the church Nativity scene this year. All are welcome to experience the birth of Jesus. May he be born anew in you.
The Rev. R. Don Ross is
pastor of First United Methodist Church, 6109 La. 311, Houma. Opinions expressed in this column represent the views of the author, not necessarily this newspaper. He can be reached at 868-7787 or

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LEXINGTON, KY (July 25, 2013) – Keeneland has scheduled 17 stakes – six of which are Grade 1 races – worth $4.625 million in purse money for its 2013 fall race meeting, to be held October 4-26.
The fall meeting, which opens with the prestigious Fall Stars Weekend, is among the richest in the country with purses averaging approximately $600,000 per day, attracting the nation's leading owners, trainers and jockeys and showcasing many Breeders' Cup-bound horses.
Prize money has been increased in 2013 for two Fall Stars Weekend stakes: the purse for the opening-day Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G3), a six-furlong event for 3-year-olds and up, has been raised from $175,000 to $200,000 this fall, while the purse for the First Lady (G1), a one-mile turf race for fillies and mares, 3-years-old and older on October 5, is up $50,000 to $400,000.
Also new this fall will be Hagyard Equine Medical Institute's sponsorship of the closing day Fayette Stakes (G2), a 1 1/8-mile stakes for 3-year-olds and up. Purse money for the Hagyard Fayette has been increased $50,000 to $200,000.
"The fall meet is so special for our fans because they get to see horses who are campaigning for year-end honors; athletes that are truly at the top of their game," said W.B. Rogers Beasley, Keeneland's Vice President of Racing. "Both our stakes and overnight racing programs continue to thrive, and that is made possible by the great partnership with have with our horsemen and our fans."
Headlining Fall Stars Weekend, October 4-6, are nine graded stakes worth $3.15 million. Five Fall Stars stakes are Grade 1 events – the $400,000 Darley Alcibiades, for 2-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles, on October 4; the $750,000 Shadwell Turf Mile, for 3-year-olds and up, the $400,000 Dixiana Breeders' Futurity, for 2-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles, and the aforementioned First Lady, all held October 5; and the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster, for older fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles on October 6.
A sixth Grade 1 stakes, the $400,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, an internationally renowned invitational for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles on the turf, will be contested Saturday, October 12.
Eight Keeneland stakes are part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series of automatic qualifying races for the Breeders' Cup World Championships to be held November 1-2 at Santa Anita Park.
Seven of those Breeders' Cup Challenge stakes highlight Fall Stars Weekend: the Darley Alcibiades (a Challenge race for the Juvenile Fillies-G1) and Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (Sprint-G1) on October 4; the Shadwell Turf Mile (Mile-G1), Dixiana Breeders' Futurity (Juvenile-G1) and Thoroughbred Club of America-G2 (Filly & Mare Sprint-G1) on October 5; and the Juddmonte Spinster (Ladies' Classic-G1) and Bourbon-G3 on October 6.
The JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G3), a Breeders' Cup Challenge stakes for the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), has been moved up one day on the race schedule to Wednesday, October 9.
Keeneland's fall stakes have been a springboard to success for a number of Breeders' Cup champions. Last fall, Keeneland-based Wise Dan romped to a 2¼-length win in the Shadwell Turf Mile as a prelude to victory in the Breeders' Cup Mile and eventual Horse of the Year honors.
The Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes has produced the past four winners of the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint – champion Informed Decision (2009), Dubai Majesty (2010), champion Musical Romance (2011), and champion Groupie Doll (2012).
Keeneland 2013 Fall Stakes Schedule
Date Stakes Division Distance
Oct. 4 $400,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1)* 2YO Fillies 1 1/16 Miles
Oct. 4 $200,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G3)* 3YOs & Up 6 Furlongs
Oct. 5 $750,000 Shadwell Turf Mile (G1)* 3YOs & Up 1 Mile (T)
Oct. 5 $400,000 Dixiana Breeders' Futurity (G1)* 2YOs 1 1/16 Miles
Oct. 5 $400,000 First Lady (G1) 3YOs & Up, F&M 1 Mile (T)
Oct. 5 $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2)* 3YOs & Up, F&M 6 Furlongs
Oct. 5 $150,000 Woodford (G3) Presented by
Keeneland Select 3YOs & Up 5½ Furlongs (T)
Oct. 6 $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (G1)* 3YOs & Up, F&M 1 1/8 Miles
Oct. 6 $150,000 Bourbon (G3)* 2YOs 1 1/16 Miles (T)
Oct. 9 $150,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G3)* 2YO Fillies 1 1/16 Miles (T)
Oct. 11 $100,000 Buffalo Trace Franklin County (L) 3YOs & Up, F&M 5½ Furlongs (T)
Oct. 12 $400,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) 3YO Fillies 1 1/8 Miles (T)
Oct. 17 $100,000 Sycamore (G3) 3YOs & Up 1½ Miles (T)
Oct. 18 $150,000 Pin Oak Valley View (G3) 3YO Fillies 1 1/16 Miles (T)
Oct. 19 $250,000 Lexus Raven Run (G2) 3YO Fillies 7 Furlongs
Oct. 20 $125,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager (L) 3YOs & Up, F&M 1½ Miles (T)
Oct. 26 $200,000 Hagyard Fayette (G2) 3YOs & Up 1 1/8 Miles


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|Volkswagen GTI
|Volkswagen AG
|Body Style
|3- or 5-Door Hatchback
|165.8 in.
|69.3 in.
|58.4 in.
|101.5 in.
|3,100-3,212 lbs.
| 6-speed Manual
6-speed DSG
|2.0 liter Turbocharged inline-4
| 200 hp @ 5100-6000 RPM
207 lb-ft @ 1800-5000 RPM
| Hyundai Tiburon
Honda Civic Si
Scion TC
Subaru Impreza
The name GTI was first used in 1976, in reference to Volkswagen's high-performance trim level of the Golf (known as the Rabbit when it debuted in North America in 1975). The Volkswagen GTI is widely credited with beginning the first in the hot hatch or European hatchback genre. While a GTI was released for the 2006 model year, Volkswagen redesigned the car in early 2006, calling it the "New GTI."
See Wikicars' comprehensive Volkwagen GTI Review.
- 1 Recent Changes
- 2 Styles and Major Options
- 3 Pricing
- 4 Gas Mileage
- 5 Reliability
- 6 Safety
- 7 Photos
- 8 Colors
- 9 Main Competitors
- 10 Hybrid Models
- 11 Unique Attributes
- 12 Resale Values
- 13 Criticisms
- 14 Current Generation (2009 - present)
- 15 Previous Generations
- 16 Design quirks and oddities
- 17 Awards
- 18 See also
- 19 External Links
Recent Changes
Although the 2006 model remains largely unchanged from its fourth generation platform, the newly redesigned fifth generation "New GTI" features some new and improved updates.
Styles and Major Options
There are two styles available for the Volkswagen GTI, the 3 and 5-door hatchback. These trims come with the following options:
- Alloy wheels
- Power sunroof
- Sport seats
- Alloy pedals
- Racing inspired steering wheel
- Extra grab handles
- Turbocharged, intercooled, direct fuel injected, 200hp, 2.0T engine
- 6 speed manual transmission
- ABS four wheel disc lock brakes
Today's actual prices for the 2008 Volkswagen GTI can be found at CarsDirect.
GTI Trims
GTI Mk V
Gas Mileage
As seen on the FuelEconomy.gov website, the City/Highway MPG averages are as follows:
GTI Specs
4-Cyl. 2.0L 6-Speed
4-Cyl. 2.0L 6-Speed
The 1999-2005 Volkswagen GTI did have some minor reliability issues. There was a recall in 2002 for ignition coils. Other issues were the power windows, which sometimes got stuck open. The engine of the Volkswagen is pretty reliable with no known common problems.
The GTI comes with the following standard safety features:
- 4-wheel Anti-lock braking system
- Brake Assist
- Stability Control
- Front, Side, and Curtain airbags
- Occupancy Sensor
The Volkswagen GTI comes in the following colors, but GTI colors may vary by trim:
- Black Magic
- Candy White
- Reflex Silver
- Silverstone Gray
- Tornado Red
- United Gray
- Black
- Black/Gray
- Interlagos
Main Competitors
Hybrid Models
There are currently no hybrid models of the GTI.
Unique Attributes
Over the standard Golf on which it is based, the GTI features unique 'Interlagos' chequered cloth, harking back to the days of the Mk. 1 Golf GTI. Also, the grill is different to the Golf's - it is a black honeycomb affair, with a black centre bar for the number plate and a red strip around the top section - again, a retrospective take on the Mk. 1 GTI. Other external treatments include the deeper spoilers and side skirts, along with a rear wing and a chromed exhaust.
The engine itself is unique to the GTI, along with the flat-bottomed steering wheel and the 'Denver' or 'Monza' alloy wheels, available in 17- and 18-inch sizes, respectively.
Resale Values
Although resale values for the lates incarnation of the GTI are not yet available, the 2005 GTI, according to Kelley Blue Book, is expected to retain its value exceptionally, as well as or better than any car in its class.
- Fast, but heavy (weighs almost as much as the Volkswagen Passat)
Current Generation (2009 - present)
Previous Generations
Generation 5 (2006 - 2008)
The Golf V GTI is hailed as a return-to-form for the progenitor of the genre. The Golf GTI features a 2.0 litre turbocharged inline 4-cylinder engine with FSI (Fuel Stratified Injection) direct-injection technology, which produces 200 bhp. It is available in both 3-door and 5-door hatchback body shapes, and comes with a choice of either 6-speed manual, or a 6-speed automatic DSG gearbox. The concept GTI was first shown to the public at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2003. The first production model was initially unveiled at the Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris in September 2004 and went on sale around the world shortly thereafter. At the Los Angeles Auto Show in January 2006 the GTI made its long awaited North American debut in 3-door guise. The new GTI has a considerable increase in price over the previous model, mainly due to the features mentioned above and the fact that the exterior itself had not seen such a dramatic aesthetic change in years. The innovative DSG transmission and the 200bhp engine all helped raise the retail price of the car.
Generation 4
GTI 337 edition (2002)
The GTI 337 was officially introduced at the New York Auto Show and made it to dealers by late May 2002. The price of the GTI 337 was $22,225 in the U.S. and $32,900 in Canada. Only 1,500 units were produced for the American market with an additional 250 specifically for Canada, and it only came in Reflex Silver.
"The 337 name comes from the code name for the Golf model back in the early 1970s," said Frank Maguire, vice president in charge of sales and marketing at Volkswagen of America, Inc. "The GTI is the sport version of the Golf and since we didn't begin selling the GTI here until 1983, the name 337 seemed like a nice way to recognize the history of this vehicle and make it meaningful to our most enthusiastic drivers. This is a very unique car for the Volkswagen lover."
Starting with a 180 hp 1.8T GTI GLS, the following extra equipment and changes have been made:
18" BBS RC Wheels with 225/40-ZR18 High-Performance Summer Tires; greatly improved sport suspension — 1" lower overall ride height; Votex body kit with front valance, side skirts, rear hatch wing and rear valance with 3" chromed exhaust tip; 315 mm (12.3") diameter vented front and 256 mm (10") rear vented brakes with red powder coated calipers; all-new six-speed MQ350 transmission; Recaro front seats in special "Le Mans" red and black cloth with custom GTI embroidery; brushed aluminum interior trim accents; red stitching on steering wheel, shift boot, handbrake knob and seats; special golf ball shift knob; aluminum pedals with rubber inserts; stainless steel exhaust with mild sound tuning; red trimmed floor mats; special exterior retro GTI badging; Monsoon sound system (U.S. only); and more...
20th Anniversary Edition (2003, North America)
Due to the popularity of a commemorative 25th anniversary edition GTI produced in Europe in 2001 (GTI 337 edition in North America), Volkswagen of America produced 4,200 so-branded '20th Anniversary Edition' GTIs and 4000 were shipped to the United States and 200 to Canada. This event, in 2003 marked the 20th anniversary of the GTI's first introduction to the US, then called the Rabbit. Several special features distinguish this new GTI from the rest of the pack.
On the outside, the 20th came with throwback red-lettered 'GTI' logos on the left front and right rear. The rear was also accompanied by a vintage-look chrome rabbit. Blackened headlights and dark-tinted tail lights added a distinctive look, while Votex front, rear, and side skirts along with a hatch spoiler and special edition 18" OZ Aristo alloy wheels complete the exterior transformation. These models were produced only in three colors: Imola Yellow, Jazz Blue and Black Magic Pearl. Distribution of production was 50% Black magic pearl, 25% Jazz Blue and 25% Imola Yellow.
Inside, a few accents were noticeable. Unlike other models, there were no 'options' available. The only true option was ESP, Volkswagen's stability control feature. All 20ths had a sunroof, black leathered with silver stitching steering wheel, shifter boot and emergency brake handle, and sporty black cloth Recaro bucket seats with silver stitching accents and a red 'GTI' emblem embroidered in the middle of the back rest. Aluminum trim came standard, complete with a numbered nameplate above the center console identifying the exact production number (US production only) of the vehicle and a black headliner. This edition also came with a special golf ball shifter knob. Volkswagen's premier 8-speaker Monsoon(tm) stereo system was also standard.
Mechanically speaking, this was the average GTI 1.8T GLS with a few exceptions. A 6-speed manual MQ350 transmission marked the most notable departure from the norm, and upgraded suspension stiffened up the ride and lowered the car approximately 40 mm (uprated springs and shocks, increased sway bar diameters, and revised bushings in the rear). Upgraded disc brakes front (12.3" vented rotors) and rear (10.3" vented rotors) helped bring things to a stop, while red powder-coated calipers added a bit of flair to the package.
Generation 3
The third-generation Golf was launched in November of 1991, although it did not appear in North America until the spring of 1993; three-door Golfs of this generation were mostly only available in North America in GTI form.
The GTI variants (especially with the straight-four 4 cylinder engine) are considered to be the poorest of the performance Golfs, with significantly increased weight, but with minimal power increases. A "best of breed" VR6 variant exists which was available in a well regarded "Highline" trim; this 2.8 L VR6 engine gave a significant boost in power to 174 PS (128 kW/172 hp) for the Mk.III, a car weighing only about 1285 kg (2836 lb). Compare that to the Mk.II GTI that weighed 285 kg (629 lb) less but had only 139 PS (102 kW/137 hp) and a much smaller engine to tune (1.8 L).
A 16-valve version of the third-generation Golf GTI was introduced in 1993. This model was greeted with a muted sense of disenchantment with the motoring press. The engine was the same enlarged to 2.0 L, with power now reaching 150 PS (110 kW/148 hp). While underpowered compared to the VR6, it was still relatively popular with driving enthusiasts in Europe (North America didn't get the GTI version proper, but had the name applied to the VR6 engine). Once again the Golf Driver version took its place as the official GTI-look-alike but with a more humble single-point injected 1.8 L engine.
In 1996 Volkswagen produced a limited 1000 special-edition 3-door '20th Anniversary' GTI's. These had the usual GTI specification but a came with checkered GTI logo'd Recaro sport seats, red seat belts, half-chrome golf ball gear knob, red stitching on the steering wheel and on the handbrake gatter and silver dialed instruments. The red theme continued externally with a red striping on the bumpers and red brake calipers, the wheels were 16" split rim BBS alloys, visually similar to the 15" that were found on VR6 model. Brush stainless steel rear twin tailpipes on the exhaust and smoked front fog and indicator lamps to match the rear lamps. 3 optional extras were made available; electric sunroof, air conditioning and metallic black paintwork. Insurance was based on the standard GTI which made this version a very desirable model. The edition was sold in only 6 colour schemes and the 1000 number figures that were produced was as follows; 600 8 valve models, 150 16 valve models and 250 TDI models.
Generation 2
The GTI was Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year for 1985, as well as VWVortex's "Best Golf of all time". The MkII GTI failed to make the same waves as the MkI, and failed to win back the Golf GTI's fanbase which had adopted the Peugeot 205 GTI. In North America, where Peugeot did not sell the 205 in any guise, Volkswagen faced tough competition from the Honda Civic S (later Si).
Generation 1
The GTI version of the Volkswagen Golf, launched in Europe in 1976 and in the US in 1983, virtually created the hot hatch genre overnight, and many other manufacturers since have created special sports models of their regular volume selling small hatchbacks. It was one of the first small cars to adopt fuel injection for its sports version, which raised power output of the 1588 cc engine to 110 PS (81 kW/108 hp). In 2004, Sports Car International announced the GTI Mk I as the 3rd best car of the 1980s. In the United States, the Mk1 Golf GTI was known as the Rabbit GTI. For background to the development of the GTI, read, "The People's Porsche", an undergraduate dissertation.
The Volkswagen Rabbit GTI, the North American version of the high-perfomance Golf GTI, debuted in the 1983 model year and was in production for two seasons. Assembled from parts made in Mexico, Canada, Germany and the U.S. in Volkswagen's Westmoreland, Pennsylvania assembly plant, the Rabbit GTI had the same Mk1 chassis, and the same A1 body type as the Mk1 Golf GTI that had been on sale in Europe since 1976, with a few exceptions. Key distinct features of the Rabbit GTI were its GTI surname, the squared front end styling, blue or red felt and leatherette trim, and its alloy "snowflake" wheels. The squared styling of the front end, particularly the wraparound blinkers, gave it added safety and slight improvement in performance. Under the hood, the engine was a JH 1.8 liter 4-cylinder engine that ran on unleaded petroleum fuel. The JH 1.8l was transversely mounted, and it would peak in stock condition at around 80-85 HP. Claims to gas mileage of near-perfectly tuned Rabbit GTIs range bewteen 25 and 30 miles per gallon.
Design quirks and oddities
- The Volkswagen GTI has been awarded Automobile Magazine's 2007 Automobile of the Year
See also
External Links
- Official Volkswagen GTI Website
- New VW Golf VI GTi 210HP: 31 High-Res Photos and Official Details
- OFFICIAL: New VW Golf GTI Concept First Details
This page uses content from Wikipedia; see Volkswagen Golf, which includes these contributors.


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As far back as Louis Lumière's 1895 "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon" 46-second short, work has been a central theme in motion pictures.¶There have been stark dramas about officer workers as drones (King Vidor's 1928 "The Crowd"), satires (Charlie Chaplin's 1936 "Modern Times"), angry explorations of the hardships of unemployment (John Ford's 1940 "The Grapes of Wrath") and the dangers of certain occupations (Ford's 1941 "How Green Was My Valley" about miners) or political statements such as 1979's "Norma Rae," which examined the struggle to unionize a factory. More recent films such as 1999's "Office Space" have skewered the world of bored computer drones. ¶ So in honor of Labor Day, here are some of the best Hollywood films about the workplace, whether it's an office, a farm — or even the circus.
The Office
"The Apartment": Billy Wilder directed and co-wrote this darkly comedic 1960 film, which won Academy Awards for best film, director, screenplay, film editing and art direction-set direction. Adult and sophisticated — especially for its time — "The Apartment" presents a seamy side of office politics.
Oscar nominee Jack Lemmon stars as one of the young worker bees at a New York city insurance company, more ambitious than most. To make his way up the corporate ladder, he gives his keys to the firm's company managers so they can have clandestine affairs in his apartment. Shirley MacLaine, also an Oscar nominee, plays the elevator operator secretly having an affair with the nasty personnel director (Fred MacMurray).
What it says about work: It's a white-collared jungle out there.
PHOTOS: Horrible bosses in film and television
The Factory
"The Pajama Game": This sprightly 1957 musical comedy directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen is based on the Richard Adler-Jerry Ross Broadway hit set at a pajama factory in Iowa.
The union wants a 7 1/2-cent hourly raise (remember this was 1957) but isn't getting any satisfaction from management. The workers and the management have a standoff, but it's all presented in good fun and splashy colors. There's a big serving of standard tunes such as "Hey There," "Hernando's Hideaway" and "Steam Heat" and romance provided by John Raitt and Doris Day, who end up sharing a two-piece pajama set.
What is says about work: Union battles were a lot more fun back then.
The Circus
"The Greatest Show on Earth": Cecil B. DeMille directed this Oscar-winning 1952 best film set under the big top that's also over-the-top. But what else would you expect from the master of spectacles?
Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, James Stewart, who is in clown face makeup, are among the stars of this entertaining Technicolor melodrama. The best aspect of the film is seeing the actual members and animals from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Circus 1951 troupe who participated in the film at work.
What it says about work: It can quite literally be a three-ring circus.
INTERACTIVE: The stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
The Farm
"Country": Jessica Lange, who earned a lead actress Oscar nomination, and her real-life companion at the time, Sam Shepard, star in this heartfelt 1984 drama about a rural family struggling to hold on to their farm during economic difficulties that include lower crop prices, loan payments and even a tornado.
What it says about work: The land is a harsh mistress.
"The Shop Around the Corner": Workplaces often turn into mini-"Peyton Places" of intrigue, affairs, squabbling workers and high-strung bosses. And all of those scenarios play out for maximum comedic effect in this 1940 gem directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
Set in a small Budapest gift shop, the romantic comedy finds a young, hard-working salesman (Jimmy Stewart) resenting the newest clerk (Margaret Sullavan). The plot thickens when Stewart's character discovers that she's actually the anonymous pen pal he has fallen in love with through her letters.
What it says about work: Love can blossom on the shop floor.
"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore": The world of the waitress was brought into the forefront in Martin Scorsese's 1974 comedy-drama. Ellen Burstyn won the lead actress Oscar as Alice Hyatt, struggling to make ends meet for herself and her son after her oafish husband dies.
Like many women of the time, the one-time aspiring singer gave up her dream for marriage. But now she's decided to leave New Mexico for California in hopes of pursuing her life's ambition. However, financial issues force her to take a job as a waitress at a Tucson diner. Though Alice is a bit unsteady as a waitress, she gradually bonds with her fellow waitresses, including the wise-cracking Flo (Diane Ladd) and begins to regain the self-confidence she lost during her marriage.
What it says about work: Your fellow workers can become a family.
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|The Bullitt History of Medicine Club promotes the understanding and appreciation of the historical foundations upon which current medical knowledge and practice is constructed, by encouraging social and intellectual exchanges between faculty members, medical students, and members of the community.
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The New START treaty signed in 2010 restricts the United States and Russia each to 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bombers and 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads. The deadline to verify both countries' compliance was Monday.
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The locked-out musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra plan to reunite with their former maestro for a concert next week.
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The concert replaces the opening night concerts that were canceled by the Minnesota Orchestral Association when the musicians were locked out Oct. 1.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Shane Larkin drained 5-of-8 three-point tries en route to 18 points Saturday and No. 11 Miami-Florida routed North Carolina 87-61.
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IE NotesJune 16, 2004
On dumping Internet Explorer, how you can provide feedback to the IE team, and why IE is bad for Microsoft's business model.
Why you should dump Internet Explorer — Nothing new here, but it's interesting to see that web designers aren't the only ones calling for change.
Internet Explorer Feedback — Robert Scoble says that what's left of the IE development team is following this Wiki closely. A quick look shows that a lot of common complaints have shown up; if you have a pet issue, go add it.
How Microsoft Lost the API War — Former Microsoft employee Joel Spolsky on an issue that has way more to do with IE than first appears. A long read, but essential for anyone who has ever complained about IE's dormancy, and it begs the question: will feedback to the IE team go anywhere?
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Thanks Dave,
It's nice to have some links to some articles that discuss why Internet Explorer is bad, that I can show to my friends, rather than having to tell them everything my self. Of course, like every web developer, I knew all about the lack of standards compliance in IE, but I wasn't so sure about the reasons for all the security holes that Daniel Miessler talks about.
I think its about time that we all start another world wide browser upgrade campaign, perhaps supported by WaSP, much like the one a few years ago:
But this time, it would be good if they didn't include IE6 as one of the options. Also, it would be much more successful if the campaign was not only run on the internet, but advertised more through other medias such as TV, radio, newspapers and magazines, so the whole world would hear about it, rather than just people who already know about how bad IE is, or those who happen to see a small message about it on a website they visit. Sure, such a campaign would not be easy, and no doubt be quite expensive, but once IE ceases to plague the Internet, companies will be more willing to adopt standards, which anyone would agree is much more powerful than current tag-soup techniques employed by millions of websites.
Thanks for the links. I especially enjoyed "How Microsoft Lost the API War."
For someone who is starting a Computer Science course next year at Uni and who has thus far only done web programming, "How Microsoft Lost the API War" is a great scene-setter. I'm sure it will serve me well when I take up "proper programming", though if that article is correct perhaps XHTML, DOM, et al are the new "proper programming". Again, I found the SimCity anecdote particularly revealing. I've always been loathe to hate Microsoft just because and this article showed how they did earn their position, even if they are intent to throw it away now!
Thanks for the awesome link, Dave.
That "How Microsoft Lost the API War" story is interesting. I found the SimCity anecdote to be shocking…but it explained a lot :)
Thanks, Dave! The API article is outstanding. I've spent years writing low-level code in C++. What I learned from that article sure filled in some gaps for me.
I also second a browser campaign.
I can recommend all of the Joel on Software articles. Besides, Joel uses Firefox also.
I should preface this polemic comment by stating a few things:
I love the web and what it promises.
I distrust monopolies.
I like being able to choose.
However, the repeated attacks on MSIE are starting to sound like a broken record. Everyone hates it, it has poor support for standards, it has security flaws, blah blah blah.
I'm skeptical whenever I see articles of this sort on a site like this (design based) as it's basically preaching to the converted. Well, not me. I love IE and I'm a web developer.
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Here's why:
It has pretty good security. Internet Explorer by default installs at the "medium" security level - this means signed ActiveX controls give the user a prompt, unsigned controls are disabled, and controls not marked as safe are not downloaded or scripted. Active Scripting is enabled, but rarely poses a problem. Nearly all anti-virus software prevents malicious active scripting and if you surf without anti-virus software you're insane.
Internet Explorer is the most widely used browser on the planet. If I develop sites for IE then 97.4% (according to my stats for last month) of our visitors see what I want them to see. IE has pretty good support for most standards, most of my css executes as it should. There are widely documented "hacks" which I use as my standards - I use the official standards as hacks for the few visitors I get who don't use IE. It's easy to set up Visual Studio to author IE friendly CSS.
Developers are more aware, but what few designers realize is that market forces play a huge role in the development of standards. Sure, IE may have a different approach to the box model but maybe their approach will become the official standard, it's already the de facto one. Remember that the .gif was proprietary to Compuserve at one point, now it's a standard.
IE is faster than Mozilla and is installed as part of our business infrastructure (we are a large insurance company). We almost exclusively use MS software (we use SUN too) because it well written, stable, supported and productive. It all integrates fantastically. We have CISSPS working for us who insist we use MS as our browser.
One of the problems with standards is that they're limiting. Real cross-browser sites aren't "valid" according to some standards but whoop-de-doo, they work in the real world. If designers would stop railing against MS, and actually make cross-browser compliant sites without getting so uptight about validation, then the user experience would improve no end.
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Foxconn Mars Review
Leeeeets get ready to ru.... oops wrong story. When you think of MARS, what crosses your mind? For most it's the little red planet we see in the night sky that some think one day may be the next planet we colonize. On the other hand, there are those that know their Greek and Roman mythology. To them Mars is known as the God of War. Is the MARS we will be looking at much like the inhospitable red planet with little to show in the way of promise for our future, or will it offer God-like performance for the masses? I don't know, but I'm anxious to find out.
The Foxconn MARS is built upon the Intel P35 northbridge chipset and ICH9 southbridge. Each were chosen because of their attributes as well as the overclocking performance of the Intel P35 chipset. The feature set includes 100% solid capacitors for long life, 45nm processor support, 6 phase power regulation, up to 8GB of DDR2 1066 memory is supported, 2 x 16x PCI-E slots (16x X 4x in Crossfire mode), onboard ON/OFF/Clear CMOS switches and so much more.
The MARS is part of the Quantum Force series of performance products from Foxconn. The theory behind Quantum Force is to provide the enthusiast with performance without compromises. Basically what the theory is designed to do is get rid of the fluff and provide a lean, mean, fighting machine to allow the user to extract the most performance from the installed CPU and memory. The theory behind Quantum Force is not just a theory, but it is part of a design philosophy used by the engineers at Foxconn called SWORD. This philosophy is the driving force behind the innovation and drive to build a better performance product.
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The packaging of the MARS board is a brilliant blood red. On the front panel of the box is a representation of the Roman God of War in battle ready to vanquish an enemy. The MARS is part of the Quantum Force series of products from Foxconn. The front panel shows some of the basic features of the board including support for 45nm processors, Crossfire graphics and Windows Vista certification. The rear panel highlights many of the onboard features including DDR2 1066 support, Crossfire support, Coolpipe technology, 6 phase PWM, and 100% solid capacitors. The flip up front panel allows the prospective buyer the opportunity to view some of the highlighted features before making the decision to purchase the MARS.
Slipping the main box out of the outer sleeve gives us our first glimpse of the MARS. It is locked securely inside of a plastic clamshell. I'm not too sure about the ESD protection that this provides. Pull the clamshell housing the MARS out of the way and we find that the case is divided to house the accessories underneath the board.


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Whether complaining about a widely used operating system like Microsoft Windows or criticizing an up-and-comer like Linux, people have claimed for ages that computers need to be easier to use. As a blanket statement, this is certainly true. However, what does this simple statement actually mean in real-world application? When people complain about ease of use, they often rehash some stupid scenario involving an abject computer novice. Certainly, this type of person, the same one who'd be likely to use the CD-ROM tray for a coffee cup holder or put White-out on the screen, does exist in this world, and the ease of use problems in today's computers certainly flummox them, but will the computing world truly be served by catering to their needs at the expense of everyday computer users?
You can certainly categorize today's computer users into several broad categories, ranging from incompetent and lost to absolute mastery. But however you slice it, there is a significant portion of the user population that has a high degree of familiarity with their machines and installed software. For these people, unless there's some sort of malfunction (unfortunately, all too common) they're fully at ease with everyday computing. For these people, their computers shouldn't be easier to use. In fact, many of the features designed to make their computers more accessible to a neophyte are actually holding them back from higher productivity and sometimes being quite annoying in the process.
If you believe that power users want simplicity, look at the average TV remote control. In the early days, remote controls had just a few buttons. The earliest only changed channels. As people have become more acquainted with their TVs and attached VCRs, DVDs, and home theater systems, they've demanded more power and convenience. Today's remotes have as many as 60 buttons. Some now have reconfigurable LCD panels. Sure, some of these remotes are poorly designed, and the worst of them are truly mind boggling. But Joe Sixpack, a proficient TV user, can usually become so acquainted with his complicated TV remote that he can operate even the most complex series of tasks simply by touch. Would Mr. Sixpack want to see an industry-wide resurgence of the two button TV remote control and go back to getting out of his chair to change surround sound settings? No. But modern remotes are too complicated for people who have never used a TV before! We must cater to them! Doesn't the argument sound stupid in that context?
The real problem is not that today's computers are too hard for novice computer users, but that they all have inherent problems that make them burdensome for even the most experienced users. Just because a power user might be able to eventually narrow down a persistent stability problem to defective RAM (with few clues) does not mean that power users want to have to spend three days playing Sherlock Holmes just to get their computer working properly. Just because I am capable of making regular backups to removable media or to an off-site server, and am capable of doing a recovery in the case of a catastrophic data loss does not mean that I want to, or think I should have to.
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The Limestone Rock Garden surrounds the north-eastern arm of the Lake. Construction of the Rock Garden took four years (1954-58) with each rock, some weighing up to three tonnes, winched into place with a tripod and block-lifting system. The horticultural staff then levelled and positioned the stones using crowbars to create a range of planting niches – angles that shade, nooks that shelter, and crevices that collect water – in which to grow plants from rocky regions around the world.
These specialised rock plants are laid out geographically. On the south side of the Lake, among the detached rocks, are plants of South African and Australasian origin. Proceeding anticlockwise are Asian plants, then European and finally North American species stretching up to the highest point. The North American section has an
(pad cactus) which survives and flowers even in this exposed habitat.
Rock garden plants are usually very colourful and are characterised by a high density of flowers on rather small plants. This reflects the low frequency of pollinators that occur in desolate, rocky and usually dry areas. The Limestone Rock Garden has a long flowering season but is most spectacular in May and June.
To the west of the Limestone Rock Garden is a small shady, sandstone Rock Garden that can be reached via the stepping stones across the Lake. The emphasis here is on shade and moisture-loving mountain plants, including some few calcifuge (lime-hating) plants: members of the heather family Ericaceae such as
survive, although the chalky ground water seeping into the Sandstone Rock Garden reduces their life expectancy. Bulbs such as
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Prunus serrulata
'Alboplena', a neatly-shaped tree which in May has each limb thickly clothed in brilliant-white, double flowers.
The Limestone Rock Garden is laid out geographically, continent by continent.
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New speculation is already circulating that Apple is planning a trial production of an "iPhone 5S" — just as the paint is barely dry on new updates of the iPhone and iPad.
According to a report from Digitimes — a Taiwanese technology website that has a mixed track record when it comes to making accurate Apple predictions — the iPhone maker will begin producing a new version of its smartphone in December, and increase the volume of production in the first quarter of 2013.
Digitimes based its report on an article in Commercial Times, a Chinese-language newspaper. Apple did not immediately reply for a request for comment.


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Minnesota Teen Sentenced For Girlfriend's Murder
ST. PAUL (AP) — A 17-year-old Maplewood boy has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for stabbing his girlfriend to death in February.
Anthony Mitchell pleaded guilty as an adult to second-degree murder in May. He was sentenced Tuesday.
Mitchell was arrested a week and a half after his 16-year-old girlfriend, Anna Hurd of North St. Paul, was found stabbed to death in a Maplewood park.
Mitchell testified at his plea hearing in May that Hurd was supposed to board a bus for Texas Feb. 23 and that he wanted to accompany her, but she told him in the park she didn't want to be with him anymore.
Mitchell asked his mother to call 911 shortly after the stabbing. He initially gave police conflicting stories.


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Although SQL Server's main purpose is to store user database information to support applications, SQL Server 2005 itself uses six system databases to help it perform this function. Let's look at how these databases help SQL Server 2005 do its job.
6: tempdb
The tempdb database contains temporary tables and stored procedures that client applications use. It's also used for SQL Server's own working tables. The tempdb database is deleted and recreated each time SQL Server starts, so objects in tempdb persist only until the next system restart. The tempdb database is implemented in the tempdev.mdf and templog.ldf files.
5: distribution
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4: Resource
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Review Group Week 197 - PUNISHER #11
Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
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Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
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by thefourthman » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:48 pm
And doing it with the already reanimated dead character who the story would fit does not create that added controversial aspect that will move more copies of the book. Punisher hasn't sold out since issue #1, the List sold out for normal speculative reasons, this sold out because shops underestimated demand because the controversy while causing a lot of this is stupid and they fucked up Punisher comments also got more people to buy the book than had been buying the book.
by Justin M. Campbell » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:53 pmNuSkool Youngblood gets a big BOO for saying Babewatch didn't happen.
by thefourthman » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:54 pm
I think this is the wrong thread?
by Wally Brando » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:12 pm
I don't care. That's bad writing or decision making, or whatever, and I don't buy the sales argument, because there are plenty of books that don't need gimmicks that manage to survive. Granted, it's on the strength of their trade sales or HC's or such, but they still find ways to do it without compromising the story.
"Hey, instead of writing a story with an appropriate character, let's just take an established character and change him to fit our own needs! YEAH!"
Ugh. So ass backwards.
by thefourthman » Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:13 pm
It sold more so it proves you wrong in the decision making aspect, for Marvel it was the right move at this time. Whether or not it does irreparable harm to the character or not is another point altogether... but then this is the comic company that thinks Deadpool #900 is such a good joke it is a good idea to go ahead and release it.
Creatively I don't necessarily agree with the idea of your argument... although I liked this issue even with a strong this is stupid feeling going into it, I loved it. We will see if I and the others tire of it.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:17 pm
I forgot to check and see if they had any of this left today until I was in the car, but the guy made fun of me for buying Image United so I didn't want to go back in and ask for a Punkenstein book.
by thefourthman » Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:46 pm
Fuck that motherfucker. You should have said, "oh yeah, you ordered it, how many you gonna be stuck with?"
That shit pisses me off. I want to fucking kill shop guys like that.
by Old Man » Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:26 pm
I have to agree, unless the salesman is the shop owner. The owner can do whatever he pleases. Any salesman HAS TO maintain at least an appearance of fairness to any comic or company. My LCS guy orders whatever the customers keep buying, no matter how he feels about the comic. He only regularly reads 2 or 3 comics a week, sometimes none, yet he is always looking for trends in the other books. It's his job.
by thefourthman » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:23 am
Fuck that, the owner should too. I can't tell you how many times I have seen the owner of Ultimate Comics desell stuff to customers. We have sort of broken him of that. He doesn't actually take things out of people's hands anymore.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:43 amYou go to the hipster comic shop, that's what you get. Another week or so and it'll all be coming from DCBS anyway, except for any crappy review group books I go out and buy.
by thefourthman » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:44 am
Dude, even my customers accuse me of being a hipster when it comes to the comics I like, but I have never ridiculed anyone for the comics they buy. For god's sake, I sell the fucking things.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:48 am
He waited until I had handed him the $20.
I really didn't care, I'm not that thin-skinned. I figured, I was buying FF, Beasts of Burden, Criminal, Arkham Reborn, and Image United. He picked the right book to make fun of, at least.
by thefourthman » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:49 am
The only asshole thing I do is wait to ring them up before I tell them about the sale the next day!
by Chubbles » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:40 pmsorry for the late review but I've been too busy for comics the last few weeks
I enjoyed this one. It didn't feel like a punisher book at all but that's a good thing imo. Tony Moore was great in this book. Rememder has a lot of talent he just can be hit or miss at times. This was a fun book and i hope it stays that way. 616 Punisher got really boring lately and with the max series going now i think this frankencastle has some potential. I was very hesitant coming in but this was surpisingly better than I expected. I'll stick with it a few more issues but it's off to a good start.
Art 8.5
Story 7.0
Overall 7.75
by GLX » Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:07 pmA solid issue. It sets up everything nicely and Tony Moore's art is the business.
8* out of 10*
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NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Family therapist Moses Farrow emphatically denies his adopted father, New York filmmaker Woody Allen, sexually abused Farrow's sister Dylan as a child.
Dylan, 28, posted an open letter on the New York Times website detailing her allegations against Allen last weekend.
But Moses, 36, told People.com he doesn't believe Allen molested his sister and thinks her claims stem from ideas their adopted mother, Mia Farrow, put in Dylan's head after Allen left Mia in 1992 for another of her adopted daughters, 19-year-old Soon-Yi Previn. Allen married Previn in 1997 and they have two adopted teen daughters of their own.
Dylan's sexual-abuse allegations against Allen were investigated two decades ago, but the writer-director was never charged with any crime.
"My mother drummed it into me to hate my father for tearing apart the family and sexually molesting my sister," said Moses, who is now close to Allen and Previn, but estranged from Mia.
"And I hated him for her for years. I see now that this was a vengeful way to pay him back for falling in love with Soon-Yi," Moses said. "Of course Woody did not molest my sister. ... She loved him and looked forward to seeing him when he would visit. She never hid from him until our mother succeeded in creating the atmosphere of fear and hate towards him. The day in question, there were six or seven of us in the house. We were all in public rooms and no one, not my father or sister, was off in any private spaces. My mother was conveniently out shopping. I don't know if my sister really believes she was molested or is trying to please her mother. Pleasing my mother was very powerful motivation because to be on her wrong side was horrible."
Dylan maintained to People.com she is telling the truth.
"This is such a betrayal to me and my whole family," Dylan said of her brother's comments.
"My memories are the truth and they are mine and I will live with that for the rest of my life," she said. "My mother never coached me. She never planted false memories in my brain. My memories are mine. I remember them. She was distraught when I told her. When I came forward with my story she was hoping against hope that I had made it up. In one of the most heartbreaking conversations I have ever had, she sat me down and asked me if I was telling the truth. She said that Dad said he didn't do anything. And I said, 'He's lying.'"


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5 DIY Place Card Ideas for the Holidays
If you're hosting friends and family at your house for Thanksgiving, it might be easiest to use place cards. This not only can keep exes and fighting cousins apart, it also to makes everyone feel special and welcome! It's always a good feeling seeing your name printed somewhere — even if it's at a family dinner.
If you're a wine drinking family the Chalkboard Wine Glasses DIY from Just Short of Crazy is rather genius! Simply spray paint the bottom of the wine glass with chalkboard paint and write each guest's name on it. Not only will they feel special but no one will have to worry about losing their glass.
A super inexpensive place setting DIY is the Apple Place Setting from The Wedding Directory. Purchase one apple per guest, write their names on a piece of thin paper and pin it into the apple. That's about as easy as it gets!
• Chalkboard Wine Glasses, Just Short of Crazy
• Menu Napkin Rings, Project Wedding
• Cotton Place Setting, Style Me Pretty
• Gold Pumpkins, Martha Stewart
• Apple Place Setting, The Wedding Directory
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OFFFJuly 01, 2004
If you're in or around Valencia, Spain over the next few days, stop by the OFFF festival and hear me speak.
I held off on mentioning this here until I absolutely knew for certain. As far down to the wire as you can get, I woke up the morning of the flight and finally had confirmation once and for all that yes, indeed, the trip was on. I'm in a time zone 9 hours ahead of my usual right now typing this, so I am here and will be on stage on Saturday.
It's sort of a flash festival, sort of a media festival, sort of a web festival. It's like the three branches of SXSW compressed into one. Looking through the list of fellow speakers is inspiring and humbling, as some of the greats of the design world are going to be here. If you have a chance, do come check it out.
And unrelated, but lest it pass uncommemorated, a happy one year anniversary to us.


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On one hand both terms appear to be denoting a glow, dynamism or radiance, yet on the other hand there seem to be subtle distinctions in the meaning and treatment of that radiance. The suggestion that gdangs means "tone, pitch, tune or melody" appears to fall in line with the idea of 'sound', in sound, light and rays. Per Longchenpa, gdangs is said to be an outwardly (or externalized) radiance (or display) [phyi gsal], as opposed to mdangs which is said to be an internalized glow [nang gsal]. How does this internal-external dichotomy coincide with rol pa and rtsal?
Here are the different views expressed in the blog:
(http://philologia-tibetica.blogspot.com ... _7033.html)
"གདངས། མདངས།
Sometimes it is not easy to keep the meanings of gdangs and mdangs apart. But perhaps we can live with this distinction: dgangs is vocal or audial impulse or dynamism and hence it could mean 'tune, melody, lyrics, etc.' whereas mdangs is optical or visual impulse and hence is connected with 'colour, shimmer, glow, etc.' But then what do we do with terms such as rig gdangs or rig pa'i gdangs? Perhaps gdangs in this context is to be understood in the sense of 'impulse, pulse, dynamism, impetus.'"
And the responses:
- (i) "I don't know, but I always thought that it was just a spelling preference, except of course when you're reading Longchenpa. For him the mdangs is inward radiance and the gdangs is outward radiation, right? Do you think other writers outside Longchenpa's tradition make this distinction? Is there a pre-Longchenpa background? Do you think dwangs/dwangs-ma is somehow meaningfully implicated in these other two forms? Sorry, today I'm more question than suggestion."
(ii) "I have assumed that for most Tibetan writers, gdangs and mdangs would not be simply orthographic variants but that gdangs is always related with voice/sound whereas mdangs with brilliance (inner or outer) and thus connected with colour or glow. I did not know of the existence of an inner–outer distinction. So we find sgra/skad/ngag/dbyangs/gzhas/bred gdangs (cf. mgur len pa'i gdangs), all of which are recorded in the Tshig mdzod chen mo. That mdangs has to do with glow can be seen in the phrase: dkar la dmar ba'i mdangs chags pa 'a tinge of red formed on [the base of] white [colour].' See also dkar/dmar/'od/bkrag/gzi mdangs, etc."
(iii) "Not to answer my own question, but I look in the Negi dictionary and see that mdangs was used to translate Sanskrit ojas and rajas — the fiery fury of the human spirit — and gdangs is not used for those words, but rather Sanskrit words that have to do with tune or melody. But what does this have to do with Longchenpa's meanings?"
(iv) "So this supports our understanding that mdangs has to do with 'radiance,' 'brilliance,' 'flare,' or 'charisma' whereas gdangs with melody. In the rDzogs-chen context, I tend to think that gdangs is quasi-synonymous with rtsal inasmuch as rig pa'i rtsal and rig pa'i gdangs too seem to be quasi-synonymous although some rDzogs-chen exegetes would insist on making a distinction between the two. So I think it would be justified to be understand gdangs in the rDzogs-chen context as 'dynamism' or 'impetus.'"
(v) "You can find some Longchenpa examples in an article by Daniel Scheidegger in RET —
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He could have derived his interpretations from Guenther's Longchenpa, I suppose, but here gdangs much more than mdangs, has to do with light radiation outward. Gdangs is used with visual, not audial, contexts or metaphors. Let me look in Germano's dissertation... He discusses it on p. 866, in his entry headed 'dynamism.' He says, 'It should be kept in mind that Longchenpa strictly differentiates between "glow" (mDangs) and "radiation" (gDangs), with the former signifying a non-manifest internal glowing associated with "internal radiance" (Nang gSal), and the latter signifying externally manifest radiation into actualized forms associated with "external radiance" (Phyir gSal).'
Does that take us anywhere interesting? I was kind of thinking that gdangs can have a technical musicological meaning when you are talking about music, but a different meaning in other contexts, like Dzogchen especially..."


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2013-09-11 / Events & Calendar
Knights of Columbus car & bike show September 15
The Farmingdale Knights of Columbus will hold a Car and Custom Bike Show/Long Island Road Gents Event, Sun., Sept. 15, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at James Caples Memorial Park, 3988 Bayview Ave., Amityville. Show cars arriving before 11 a.m. are free. The cost is $5 for passengers and $5 for the public.
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