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How to Leave Facebook 101: A Beginner's Guide
Facebook has been the hugest time suck I've ever experienced. I haven't even watched TV in months, I feel like I never have time to do the things I should be doing, and I get antsy if I can't check it at least a few times a day.
~ Anonymous friend
Have you seen enough cat pictures? Tired of all the privacy leaks? Or do you just want to recoup the time that you lose captivated by people you don't really even like?
You want to take a Facebook break, but you're not sure how. A report published Feb. 5 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows 61% of Facebook users have taken a break from using the social networking site at some point. If so many people can take a Facebook break, then why not you?
But leaving Facebook? Yes, it sounds insane. To hear some folks considering it, the idea of leaving Facebook is akin to leaving Earth. If you can't bring yourself to deactivate your account right away, you can ease yourself into a Facebook break by limiting your interaction with the site.
A great starting point is the notifications. Do you really want to know when a friend-of-a-friend's Aunt Lulu comments on a puppy photo you commented on in 2010? You don't need a text message or email about that. If you look through the notifications, you'll see that you can live without a lot of them.
Of course, you'll want to be notified about friend requests, but more important: you want to be notified when you've been tagged in a photo or a post. You don't want the idiot friend who doesn't follow the What-Stays-In-Vegas Rule to tag you in the pics of the fur bikini mechanical bull riding contest that you won in 2006.
If you want to further limit your Facebook interactions, delete the app from your phone. You'll be amazed at how freeing this is. No badges, no buzzes. You'll find your phone is plenty entertaining without it.
After you have limited the notifications and deleted the app, you'll probably feel like something's missing — like you're not wearing pants. That will pass. You'll soon find a sense of calm and quiet. At this point, you might find deactivating your account isn't so hard. Try just one week. At the end of that week, see how you feel. You may be surprised to find you feel relieved.
Why would I feel relieved?
Because you wouldn't constantly be responding to a website.
Let's face it: Social media carries an obligation. If we're logged on, we are required to respond. It's like if you're at a party, you're required to interact. Facebook is a 24/7/365 party. And sometimes you need to leave the party.
That's not to say that you can never go back. But when you do, you'll probably have a different perspective about what you share and with whom you're sharing. This is healthy. We need to revisit how we interact on social media from time to time so that the sites — Facebook, Twitter, Google+ — don't completely legislate what we share, how we share it and with whom we share. Taking a break from Facebook (or any social media) allows us to step back from the maddening crowd and think for ourselves — without the coercion of an unapologetic algorithm or the noise of a 24/7/365 party.
EARLIER: How Lady Gaga helped me get off Facebook
Toyota Venza girl angry about Triscuits
EDITOR'S NOTE: This post reflects my interest in advertising as a marketing student. No agencies or products are endorsed. The opinions expressed here are mine and in no way reflect the opinions of my employers.
Our heroine from the Toyota Venza commercial can be seen in the new Triscuits commercial.
That's all I have to say about that right now because I have to go to dinner.
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RELATED: Toyota Venza Girl plugs eBay
EARLIER: Toyota Venza Girl on Yahoo!
EARLIER: More on the girl in Toyota Venza commercial
EVEN EARLIER: Toyota Venza: 'That's not a real puppy'
RELATED: How Lady Gaga helped me get off Facebook
What I know about being off Facebook
EDITOR'S NOTE: This post is part of an ongoing series documenting my social experiment as a former Facebook user. The observations and opinions expressed here are mine and do not in any way reflect those of my employers.
I got an email from a friend the other day saying she missed me on Facebook. It's not the first such email, and it won't be the last. It has been more than two months since I deactivated my Facebook account — again. And although I don't miss it — I do like not being on the world's largest social network — this time around confirms what I discovered last fall: Being off Facebook makes for some weird real-world situations.
Unlike last time, I just deactivated without a lot of fanfare. This time there were no pleas for me to stay. No questions why. This time I made a clean break: For 24 hours, my status said, "I'll be back. Promise." And then I was gone.
After eight-plus weeks, I've found plenty of ways to keep busy — and more real-world social weirdness. I told a friend that because I'm not on Facebook that it's as if I'm persona non grata. I have gotten (what seems to be?) cold shoulders from co-workers and former co-workers because they (might?) think I've defriended them. Even worse, I've lost a meaningful connection with co-workers and former co-workers whom I actually like — not to mention re-formed bonds with the college friends whom I truly love. Case in point: I'm just now catching up on plans for a 20-year reunion — but I'm not blaming the organizers. Facebook definitely makes it easier to orchestrate such events. If I'm not on Facebook, I have to work that much harder to be included.
But I don't mind.
When I logged on after the first break, I found that as much as things change, the more they stay the same: I was losing the same 20 minutes every day that I had been losing before I logged off. And it was a precious 20 minutes. I had not deactivated my account because I think I'm too cool for Facebook; I did it to find some lost time because I am too easily distracted by — well, everything. Facebook was a crippling diversion for me at home. Away from work, every minute counts for me. There aren't enough hours in the day. I needed to eliminate distractions that ate up my free time. Facebook was one of those distractions.
"But do you miss it?" That's the question I get when I mention I'm a former Facebook user. The answer is no, not really. There are just so many things about Facebook I don't like, such as its creepy "sharing" initiative or the classic overshares from the Chardonnay Moms or the chain-prayer posts. I have to admit, though, there are some things I miss. As a journalist and marketing/ecommerce student, I miss seeing what the marketers are doing with the brand pages. As a friend, I miss seeing what my friends are doing, how their kids are growing up. I miss seeing what my teenage niece is up to or the beach photos from North Carolina that make me homesick. All of which is more reason for me to make a real-life effort to connect — and to stay logged off.
NEW: Thinking about logging off? Baby steps for the Undecided<
EARLIER: How Lady Gaga helped me get off Facebook
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Kenny Powers is back in 'Eastbound'
UPDATE FEB. 1, 2012: Adds Eastbound & Down "Drum Tease" clip and updates numbers of views and likes for clips.
Rejoice has-been athletes everywhere! Kenny Powers is back in Eastbound & Down, and from the looks of this promo, it looks like he'll be pitching the rawhide in Myrtle Beach, S.C., this season. Nice to know he found time to shoot the HBO series between pitching Tubes for shoemaker K-Swiss (NASDAQ: KSWS).
Season 3 debutes Feb. 19 on HBO with the tagline urging viewers to "Get F**king Ready."
At the time of this update, this clip had 175,270 views, 460 likes, and 9 dislikes. It had 1,500 when I first posted this Jan. 31.
Meanwhile, the Season 3 "Drum Tease" for Eastbound & Down has 436,081 views, 745 likes, and 15 dislikes.
EARLIER: Kenny Power still gainfully employed in 2011
EARLIER: More on Kenny Powers
EVEN EARLIER: K-Swiss recruits Kenny Powers
Nielsen: Top U.S. Web Brands in 2011
Nielsen reports that Google is still the top web brand in 2011, followed by Facebook, which is where Americans spend the most time online. According to Nielsen's Q3 social media report, Facebook users spent 53.5 billion minutes on the site in May 2011. (I bet I work with some of those Facebook enthusiasts.) It is also the top social networking site through mobile devices: 46,500,000 unique audience members.
From YouTube: Facebook Nervous Breakdown
I did return to Facebook after deactivating my account.
I do have more to write about logging off the site; however, I don't have time right now because I need to 'like' some things on Facebook.
Right now, I want to share something I found on YouTube via Facebook: the Facebook Nervous Breakdown by tmusic406. At the time of this writing, the video had 194 views.
EARLIER: How Lady Gaga helped me get off Facebook
YOU NEED TO KNOW: Mashable on Facebook's auto-sharing feature
Wall Street Journal: Facebook on track for IPO
Anonymous sources: Facebook targets huge IPO on.wsj.com/sRq2CX—
Jacqui Barrineau (@JBNotes) November 29, 2011
New short film from Toyota Venza girl
Allyn Rachel, the actress featured in commercials for Toyota Venza, eBay, and the McRib, co-stars in a very funny short film called One Night Man, written by co-star Will Weldon. Just a word of caution: The 'f' bomb is used, so wear the headphones if you're at work or if the kids are still up.
One Night Man — a short comedy from Andy Landen on Vimeo.
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See more of Allyn Rachel's work on YouTube, Twitter, this blog and other Web 2.0 outlets.
ON THE SOCIAL NETWORK: Allyn Rachel's Facebook page.
SHE TWEETS: Allyn Rachel on Twitter
EARLIER:Toyota Venza Girl on MSN
EARLIER: Toyota Venza Girl on Yahoo!
EARLIER: More on the girl in Toyota Venza commercial
EVEN EARLIER: Toyota Venza: 'That's not a real puppy'
Toyota Venza girl does an ad for McRib
ED'S NOTE: This post reflects my interest in advertising as a marketing student. The opinions expressed here are mine and in no way reflect the opinions of my employers.
UPDATE 8-12-12:Toyota Venza girl is angry about Triscuits.
UPDATE 11-03-2011: Like the ad?
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I think I'm going to change the name of this blog to the Allyn Rachel & Other Stuff Blog. She's all you people want to read about this year!
J's Pages commenter Sarahbelle tipped me off that the "Toyota Venza girl" is also featured in the new commercial for the McRib, another bewildering food marketing success.
The McRib ad is a clever bid for mobile users, much like the new eBay ads. In the McRib spot, newlyweds Rachel and a Steve Zahn lookalike are about to embark on their honeymoon when he gets a text that the McRib is back! ("I'm gonna miss it!")
I married a 14-year-old!
~ Allyn Rachel,
as McRib Bride
The ad does a great job of showing that all the characters have obeyed McDonald's call-to-action for mobile users: "Get the word out: McRib is back!"
And it's worth noting the spot fails to answer the question: What the hell is a McRib?
At the time of this writing, this HD version had 379 views, the SD version 2,546. There were 8 likes, 1 dislikes and 7 comments.
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See more of Allyn Rachel's work on YouTube, Twitter, this blog and other Web 2.0 outlets.
UPDATE 10-27-2011: Allyn Rachel on Twitter
EARLIER:Toyota Venza Girl on MSN
EARLIER: Toyota Venza Girl on Yahoo!
EARLIER: More on the girl in Toyota Venza commercial
EVEN EARLIER: Toyota Venza: 'That's not a real puppy'
One month off Facebook
It has been a month since I deactivated my Facebook account.
When I sat down to write this, I really believed I'd have more to say about it, and then I realized that I risk repeating what I wrote in my last post about logging off. However, I do have at least one observation to share.
But first I want to make clear that when I deactivated my account, I didn't do it to because I think I'm too cool for Facebook; I did it to find some lost time because I am too easily distracted by — well, everything. Facebook was a crippling diversion for me at home. Away from work, every minute is precious to me. There aren't enough hours in the day. I needed to eliminate distractions that ate up my free time. Thirty days later, I have found that time, but I've also found myself in a weird social space: People assume I know something simply because it was posted on Facebook.
"You didn't read that? I linked it on my Facebook page."
"Ohmigod! Funniest picture ever! Go see it on my Facebook page."
"Did you see on Facebook that Joe changed his relationship status to single?"
Um, no. Why don't you tell me about it?
My husband asked me recently if I miss it. The answer is still no, but I do miss people – just not Facebook and its creepy "sharing" initiative, although I do want to test drive the Timeline and the Gestures, just for my own edification, to see what all the fuss is about.
Maybe in November. Maybe never.
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It is well known that being hairless can help you gain a few tenths of a second in swimming.
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Move to set up Special Olympics Club
PLANS are afoot to set up a Special Olympics Club in Magherafelt.
A meeting is scheduled to take place in The Bridewell, Broad Street on Monday, January 28, at 7pm.
Special Olympics Clubs offer individuals with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to take part in sports training and competition.
A spokesperson said: "We have Special Olympics Clubs all over the Ulster region and we are aiming to set up a new Club in Magherafelt to offer individuals from this area the chance to join a Club and avail of the many benefits of being involved in Special Olympics which include improved health and fitness, the chance to participate in events and competitions, increased confidence and self-esteem and meeting new people and making friends.
"The meeting we are holding is for any families who may have potential athletes to come along and find out about Special Olympics and how they can get involved. We are also inviting anyone interested in getting involved in the Club as a volunteer to come along and find out more.
"Volunteers play a very important role in the running of a successful Special Olympics Club and we are hoping to recruit a team of enthusiastic volunteers to set up and run the Club. Volunteers do not necessarily need to have any sporting background and previous experience is not required – just plenty of enthusiasm!"
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The selection for year's Waterstones 11 was announced earlier this week (Thursday 19th), at a reception at Waterstones' flagship store in Piccadilly. Created to recognise and promote the best in debut novels for the year that lies ahead, there is much value – in terms of exposure and promotion – for the author who finds him or herself selected as one of the chosen 11. This year's selection is as follows (links lead to product pages on Waterstones):
- The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan (William Heinemann)
- Absolution by Patrick Flanery (Atlantic Books)
- Shelter by Frances Greenslade (Virago)
- The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (Fourth Estate)
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (Headline Review)
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Doubleday)
- The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen (Chatto & Windus)
- Signs of Life by Anna Raverat (Picador)
- The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan (Virago, 29th March)
- The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (Simon & Schuster)
- Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles (Harper Press)
Speaking of this year's selection Waterstones' Managing Director, James Daunt had the following to say:
There is a singular excitement to the discovery of a new writer of rare talent. For us booksellers, the process of introducing and guiding readers to the very best new work is one of the most important roles we perform. This year's 11 are once again a marvellous selection. It is hard to believe these are debut novels, so assured and alive the writing.
Further details and sample chapters of all eleven titles, can be found on Waterstones website.
Rob's Reaction: As a champion of debut novelists on RobAroundBooks, I'm delighted to see that Waterstones have continued their promotion of deserving newcomers, into a second year. Having not read any of the eleven titles to date I have little to say (from an informed position at least), but I know that there has been a lot of excitable chatter on the grapevine already (not just from marketeers but from fellow readers who I admire and trust), both for Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding and Eowyn Ivey's Snow Child. In my opinion, at this stage at least, these seem to be the primary two to look out for.
What interests me most about this year's Waterstones 11 selection however, is the fact that eight of the eleven selected titles are by women authors. Some may cry sexism, but such a notion is preposterous. Rather, it shows that women authors are, as they have always been, a force with reckoned with. I look forward with much excitement to seeing how all of these debut novels fare in the coming year.
What about you dear reader? Which of the debut novels in this year's Waterstones 11 are you most looking froward to reading? Perhaps you've read one or two of them already? If so, please pass on your thoughts and comments below.


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Women's Basketball Welcomes Luffman for 2012-13 Campaign
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Head Coach Brittney Ezell welcomed guard/forward Jordyn Luffman (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) to the Belmont women's basketball family during the university's winter break. Luffman will hit the hardwood with the Bruins in the middle of December of 2012.
"We are thrilled to add Jordyn Luffman as a transfer to our Belmont University family," said Ezell. "Jordyn's size, skill level and competitive spirit make her a perfect fit for what we are building here. She was looking for a solid fit for her spiritually, academically, athletically, and socially and we are flattered and honored that she found that here at Belmont."
Luffman had a solid freshman campaign at Middle Tennessee State one year ago where she played in 30 contests, earning 19 starts. The 6-1 guard/forward led the Blue Raiders in shooting at the charity stripe, shooting a blistering 90.5 percent. She was also second on the team in steals with a total of 44 and third in both rebounds (110) and three-point field-goal percentage (.349).
A native of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Luffman had a highly decorated career at Lawrenceburg County High under coach Wendy Scott, including being named to the 2010 Tennessee Sports Writers Association's All-State Team and being a finalist for the 2010 3A Miss Basketball award. She was also ranked as high as the No. 37 small forward with an 88 scout's grade by ESPN HoopGurlz. As a junior, Luffman crossed the 1,100 point threshold and pulled down more than 700 rebounds, earning All-Midstate Second Team honors. She also received the 2009 3A District 8 MVP nod and a spot on the All-Tournament team.
Belmont returns to action on January 2 for its first Atlantic Sun road contest of the season at North Florida.


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We are all aware of the crime problem in Robeson County. We rank embarrassingly high in the state when it comes to violent crime and property crime, and at times our law enforcement agencies, under resourced as they are, appear as if they have gone to a gun fight with a butter knife.
A mixture of things — poverty, drugs, alcohol, broken homes, an undereducated populace — have conspired against us, making this county less attractive to professionals and industries looking for a place to set up shop. Too often our crime rate trumps all that is attractive about this county — friendly people, a temperate climate, great location, good roads, a regional airport, plenty of water and cheap land, a state park on the Lumber River, recreational opportunities, Southeastern Regional Medical Center, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Robeson Community College, and much more.
With all that as inspiration, this newspaper has joined the crime fight, but once again, we are only the messenger. It is you, the public, who must enlist if this effort is going to take a bite out of crime.
On Tuesday, The Robesonian will debut "Robeson County's Most Wanted,"a feature that we plan to continue each Tuesday on Page 2A until all of the bad guys are rounded up.
We will work with local law enforcement agencies that will provide information on criminals on the loose that we will publish. We will begin with the Sheriff's Office and the Lumberton Police Department, but all law enforcement agencies in this county will be extended an invitation to participate. The feature will include, but not always be limited to, the suspect's photograph, date of birth, last known address, and information on physical characteristics such as hair and eye color, height, weight and distinguishing marks such as tattoos.
All that information will also be dumped onto our website at robesonian.com.
You know the next part of the plan. When a reader or a visitor to robesonian.com sees a familiar if not a friendly face, there will be phone numbers provided to call to deliver to interested law enforcement officers information that could lead to an arrest.
The concept is well worn, but has a demonstrated record of effectiveness. those whose photographs will be included in Robeson County's Most Wanted. wins — except


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Case Study: Men's Health
Project Information design
Issue Men's health
Client The Men's Health Forum
How can user-centred information design help improve male life expectancy?
Men in the UK are disproportionately affected by a wide range of health conditions: cancer, circulatory diseases, alcoholism, suicide… the list goes on.
The role of information
In response to this situation, the Men's Health Forum (MHF) – a charity working to improving the health and wellbeing of men – initiated a project to explore the role that information provision plays in driving this statistic.
Broad-based collaboration
The project galvanised a broad-based collaboration between the Centre for Men's Health at Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU), The Hub team and MHF's inter-disciplinary advisory group.
A user-centred approach
Building on extensive research carried out by the LMU team, The Hub engaged 4 distinct male segments in a series of co-design sessions to deepen insight and develop early prototypes for more effective information design systems.
Tactical and strategic response
The depth of the insight allowed us to address the issue at both tactical and strategic levels. Tactically, a system was produced to guide development of current and future information materials, allowing the consistency and cohesion required to build relationships, alongside the flexibility to respond to the needs of the specific segments. More strategically, we used the insight to produce recommendations relevant at an organisational level, pointing MHF towards new product development opportunities and the creation of a more sustainable business model.
Ongoing collaboration
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My family and I are entering a time of transition. We have made a decision to leave our current ministry and to seek God for his will in our lives, not knowing at this time exactly what that is. For those who know us, they realize that this is out of the ordinary for us. I am the type of person that likes to have all my ducks in a row and know how many feathers each one has it. Let's just say, I don't like surprises! But with God there are always surprises.
We will embark on this journey and I am sure there will be days when the adventure is wonderfully amazing, and then there will be days where we wonder and doubt, asking ourselves if we made the right decision. We just know that God is bigger than all of it and He has his best thoughts and plans ahead!
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She was born March 5, 1930, in Benedict to Robert and Madge O'Brien Prunty. She graduated from Benedict High School.
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She married Frank Boyle in 1946. He died in 1972. In 1975, she married Joe Bob Reger. He survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Steven W. and Thomas E. Boyle, both of Wichita; two stepchildren, Linda Throckmorton, Arlington, Texas, and Larry J. Reger, Augusta; two sisters, Delores Palmer and Sharon Sandbothe, both of Fredonia; 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Eloise Culbertson; and three sons, Michael K. Patrick and James David Boyle.
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This year was a foodie's dream, with loads of new food products emerging to the market. New twists on classic foods like cake-flavored marshmallows, Wonka candy ice cream, and Girl Scout cookie-flavored candies added a few new items to our grocery list. Check out our 2012 favorites, and tell us which new food from this year you found most delicious. We can't wait to hear what you have to say in the comments!
What Was Your Favorite Food Trend This Year?
2012 saw a resurgence in classic American foods that stem back to our country's roots like Jewish deli cuisine, pickles, and wild game. However, there are a few new revolutions on the rise, including desserts-on-a-stick and savory cocktails with unorthodox ingredients like green juice and foie gras. Tell us which food trend you found most delicious, and explain why in the comments below.
Trendspotting: Juice Bar Cocktails
Remember last year's big bottled-juice trend? Well, it appears to be moving beyond juice bars and into cocktail bars. At an increasing number of venues across the country, health junkies and boozehounds have a place to convene and enjoy their gin with fresh-pressed ginger.
At Soaked in Manhattan's Mondrian SoHo, guests can lounge on the rooftop with "orchard to bar" cocktails, such as the 100 Mile Margarita, made with apple, pear, pineapple, and wheatgrass juice. LA's Parisian-themed cocktail lounge Pour Vous offers a new take on carrot juice with pear eau de vie, and Verveine Velay Jaune.
We had a chance to sample the trend here in San Francisco at Nectar Wine Lounge, which has recently launched a juice-centric brunch with Thrive juicery. In lieu of mimosas and Bellinis, customers can choose between Day at the Spa (apple, cucumber, fennel, and mint), Pink Pearl (strawberry, pineapple, pear, mint), and True Blood (red beets and navel orange), all with Baron de Seillac sparkling wine. "It's a fun way to offer the benefits of fresh-pressed juices and the already well-known benefits of wine consumption," owner Chris Potter told us.
What do you think of the trend? Could you see yourself getting behind, say, a kale margarita anytime soon?
American Music Awards Trend Alert: Lush Eyelashes
A red carpet always calls for amped-up glamour, but the eyelashes at the 2012 American Music Awards were above and beyond. With loads of mascara and plenty of false lashes thrown in for good measure, three ladies made this look something to talk about. Always one for over-the-top style, Nicki Minaj donned heavy top lashes that brought a seductive edge to her appearance. Taking the mod look to modern times, Ginnifer Goodwin exaggerated her bottom lashes by clumping them together and adding multiple coats of mascara. And Ke$ha kept things even more alluring with fanned-out lower lashes that you could see across the room.
To nail the trend, reach for a lengthening mascara, such as Benefit They're Real! Mascara ($23), or pick up a pack of individual lashes, like these ones from Make Up For Ever ($16). Whichever method you choose, you'll be sure to make a showstopping statement.
Down to Earth: Naturally Polished Decor
For the latest trend in decor, turn to nature. Recently seen in innovative design like this Tribeca home, quartz, agate, and stone decor accessories provide an organic way to accent your home with jewel-tone beauty. Earthy patterns and one-of-a-kind pieces add edge to coffee tables, consoles, and tabletops. Smoothly polished or rough around the edges, these eight pieces bring the best of nature into your space.
Trend Alert: Two-Textured Hair
If you're constantly trying to decide between wavy or straight hair, you're in luck. Lately, scores of famous faces have been stepping out with hair that straddles the texture line: straight, sleek hair on top slowly meandering into soft waves. Mindy Kaling, Keke Palmer, and Sophia Bush are all fans of this hybrid style. It's great for everyday wear, but can also be amped up for a glamorous, formal event.
To get this easy, texture-heavy look, mist your hair with a thermal spray such as Dove Thermal Replenishment Spray ($5) and then dry it with a round brush. Take a flat iron and smooth it over the top portion of your hair, from about your roots to the bottom of your ears. To achieve the waves, you can either curl your hair with your flat iron or use a 1.5-inch curling iron on just the ends. Keep the look in place with a good holding hair spray, and you'll never have to choose between two textures again.
Lace Appliqués Have a Place in Our Hearts For Fall
Lace is one of Fall's most feminine and romantic trends, and is always the perfect mix of sweet and sexy. Spring's soft, pastel-colored lace pieces have made way for darker, moodier fare for Fall. Thanks to designers like Jason Wu, Moschino Cheap & Chic, and Erdem, we have a new crop of pretty lace-appliquéd pieces to lust over for the season. Whether it's a flirty top, lace-tinged trench coat, or showstopping dress, get set to sport your sexy appliquéd pieces for all of Fall's crisp evenings.
We're Feeling Fall's Camouflage Trend — Can You See Why?
There's no doubt that the military trend has legs — it has steadily survived from season to season with nothing more than simple tweaks along the way. This Fall in particular, we're seeing all camouflage everything: a not-so-subtle nod to army influences that always manage to look edgy, sophisticated, or feminine, depending on your styling choices. Check out some of our suggestions below, then click through to shop some chic camouflage pieces that will help you stand out rather than fade into the background.
- For an edgier look, pair your camouflage jeans with a worn-in rocker tee and leather jacket. Add biker boots or studded jeans — and just see if anyone tries messing with you.
- Camo can look cool and girlie in a snap — throw a printed utility jacket over your flirtiest white dress then throw on pretty heels and jewelry. It's an unexpected look that's totally worth wearing out on the town.
- The military trend can definitely be office-appropriate; try tucking a crisp button-down blouse into a camouflage skirt or layering a camo dress under a fitted blazer. Cinch the look at your natural waist with a leather belt for a sleek silhouette.
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23 Ways to Get in on Fall's Natural Jewelry Trend, All Under $50
With our Fall investment bag wish list all set, we're zeroing in on the season's other big accessory trends — starting with jewelry (and how to get it for less). First up is Fall's hard-to-ignore natural world trend. We saw a bevy of gorgeous baubles that seemed to draw inspiration from Mother Nature, and each had its own exquisite touch. Whether it was Chanel's rough-cut mineral bangles, Gucci's flirty butterfly chokers, or Giambattista Valli's over-the-top gold leaf necklace, designers were undoubtedly inspired by the great outdoors. Flora and fauna themes crept into necklaces and rings, and insects also played a big part in the trend, with Oscar de la Renta and Prabal Gurung incorporating buggy bits into their collections. We've rounded up 23 of the prettiest pieces for Fall that are giving Mother Nature a run for her money — but all happen to clock in at under 50 bucks. Click through below to shop them now.
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Trendspotting: Unorthodox Savory Cocktails
Lately, it seems as though every restaurant is introducing drinks with the most unlikely of savory ingredients. We recently noted sweet heat making an appearance in cocktails, and there are, of course, those classic cocktails whose seemingly odd savory pairings actually work miraculously (a dirty martini and spicy Bloody Mary come to mind). But a number of newer concepts with less-than-conventional drink ingredients — beef, bacon, vinegar, and whole egg, to name a few — are also poised to make their mark.
San Francisco's Fifth Floor restaurant serves a Wild Goose Chase cocktail that is rimmed with foie gras powder rim and garnished with a foie gras-stuffed prune. Chicagoland area-based Vie offers The Ecto Shrub, a green cocktail whose chief ingredient is a vinegar-based okra syrup. Savory spices are branding cocktails, too: at Scott & Co. in Tuscon, AZ, the bar serves a whole slew of unusual cocktails, including the Grillo Canción, flavored with cumin syrup and celery bitters.
I'm curious to know what you think. Is there room on the menu for a few more oddities that could eventually turn to classic favorites? Do you see these cocktails making menu history on their way to becoming classics, or will the fad burn out quickly?
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Definition of 'Least Preferred Coworker Scale 'A scale developed by American scientist Fred Fiedler to identify whether an individual's leadership style is relationship-oriented or task-oriented. The Least Preferred Coworker (LPC) scale requires a person to rate the one individual they would least want to work with - the least preferred coworker - along a scale of 18 to 25 bipolar adjectives, with ratings from 1 to 8. The LPC score is then computed by totaling all the ratings. A high LPC score indicates that the individual is a relationship-oriented leader, while a low LPC score suggests a task-oriented leader. |
Investopedia explains 'Least Preferred Coworker Scale 'A typical set of bipolar adjectives used in the LPC Scale would include Pleasant/Unpleasant, Friendly/Unfriendly, Supportive/Hostile and so on. The responses are graded from 1 for the least favorable attribute (for example, Unpleasant or Unfriendly), to 8 for the most favorable one (Pleasant or Friendly). The LPC Scale assumes that people whose leadership style is relationship-oriented tend to describe their least preferred coworkers in a more positive manner, while those whose style is task-oriented rate them more negatively. |
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Here's the lowdown on the uber-cool S&S 55th Anniversary show bike built by Francesco Mattioli of Crazyoils, for the S&S display at the 2013 Big Bike Europe show in Essen, Germany.
Since the European continental coolness index has its own scale, S&S wanted a special display bike with European attitude for Big Bike Europe. Something a little different from the show bikes we travel with here in the states. To make that happen, S&S contacted Francesco Mattioli of Crazyoils Custom Bike Builders to build a special bike for the show. Francesco's shop is located in Segrate, Italy, just outside of Milan.
Francesco is a member of the International Master Bike Builders Association and is building a reputation in Europe and the United States for his unique, stylish and most importantly, rideable custom bikes. You can check out his work at his website at http://www.crazyoils.net/. S&S asked Francesco to build a custom bike based on a Harley-Davidson® Sportster® motorcycle that would be unique and innovative, but at the same time still retain that Sportster mojo.
Francesco started with a stone stock 1991 XLH 883 Deluxe, but since S&S gave him a free hand in the design and construction, all that we really knew about the end product was that it would be really cool and it would be very fast. We knew it would be cool because Francesco was building it, and it'd be fast because of the S&S parts that would be used in the engine. In Francesco's words "You cannot have a great engine without having a great performing bike to go with it. But at the same time it will still look like a Sportster." We had no doubt that this would be a stunning bike from the very beginning, and these photos show that our confidence was not misplaced.
As amazing as this bike looks, it's not just a pretty face. This bad boy was meant to move. That's what bikes are for isn't it? Since the engine has been upgraded from 883 to 1200cc with the S&S 883-1200 conversion piston and cylinder kit, not to mention S&S 482 cams, Crane Hi-4N ignition, S&S Super E carb, a Stealth air cleaner with Muscle cover and S&S performance mufflers, it should be an exciting ride indeed. Lookin' good. Soundin' good. Goin' fast.
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Hector Arana Jr. kept his win streak alive on his S&S-powered Lucas Oil Buell with a win at the NHRA O'Reilly Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas.
Arana Jr., the 2011 NHRA Rookie of the Year, scored his third straight win with a final round victory over Scotty Pollacheck in an all-S&S-powered final, 6.91 to 6.98.
Having won the opening event in Gainesville, Arana Jr. is now undefeated this season. Houston was his sixth career victory.
ESPN "Stat Guy" Lewis Bloom notes that 3 race wins in a row has been accomplished many times in the motorcycle class (Dave Shultz holds the mark of most PSM wins in a row at 8) but, adds Bloom, "Starting the season with three wins is pretty rare. Dave Shultz started the 1991 season with 4 wins in a row and Matt Hines won the first three in 1998. Hector Jr. is now only the third person to open an NHRA season with three wins in a row in Pro Stock Motorcycle."
More interestingly, Bloom noted, is that it took Arana Jr. only 36 NHRA event starts to earn his sixth win. It took his father 228 races to garner his sixth event title.
Rain in Houston cut qualifying short to three sessions. Arana Jr. took the #1 position for the second race in a row with a run of 6.876 second at 195.39 mph. Second in qualifying was Pollacheck on the Sovereign/Star Racing S&S-powered Buell at 6.89/191 followed by Andrew Hines on the Screamin' Eagle Harley-Davidson V-Rod at 6.90/193.
In all, S&S-powered bikes accounted for six of the top eight qualifiers and a total of nine entries in the 16-bike field.
There were nothing but S&S-powered bikes left in the field by the semifinals on Sunday with Arana Jr. taking out the Viper Motorcycle Buell of John Hall 6.92 to 6.95, and Pollacheck getting past his teammate Michael Ray when Ray hit a red light foul.
The Houston event marked the debut of the new S&S cam chest for the Pro Stock motors. Four were delivered prior to the event but only Matt Smith confirmed that he had installed it on his competition bike.
The cam chest is an upgrade, which allows larger cams, bigger cam bearings, more robust gears and shorter pushrods.
Smith, noting that he went out of competition with a transmission problem for the third race in a row, feels the piece will be a valuable upgrade.
"With the rain and the bike not shifting I have not been able to give the cam chest a proper test," said Smith. "But I think they will improve reliability and the will allow us to experiment with higher lift cams and different rocker arm geometry."
Arana Jr. widened his points lead and now leads second-place Pollacheck by 118 points. S&S-powered entries account for the top four places with Pollacheck followed by Hall at 188 points back and Hector Arana Sr. at 201 points back.
Text and photos by Matt Polito
S&S power continued to dominate the NHRA Mello Yellow Pro Stock Motorcycle drag racing series with Hector Arana, Jr. taking his second-straight win of the season on his S&S-Powered Lucas Oil Buell at the Dollar General Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Four-Wide Nationals is unique on the series as zMAX Dragway has four racing lanes. At all other NHRA National events two riders face off in a round of competition with the winner advancing to the next round. At the Four-Wide, four racers face off simultaneously with the two riders crossing the finish line first advancing to the next round. Each set of four riders is known as a "quad".
Along with the race win, Arana, Jr. earned top qualifier honors with a run of 6.826 seconds at 195.19 mph. Following him on the qualifying sheets were Scotty Pollacheck on the Sovereign/Star Racing Buell with a run of 6.834 seconds at 193 mph and Matt Smith on the Viper Motorcycle Buell at 6.837/194.
S&S-Powered Buells have never been more dominant in a qualifying performance than at Charlotte, accounting for the top six qualifiers and a total of 11 bikes in the field of 16.
Pollacheck made the quickest pass of the event in the first round of eliminations at 6.818 seconds, 194 mph. Pollacheck survived his second round quad and advance to the final when Matt Smith, who was leading all four bikes in that quad, broke a transmission for second straight race.
The race format can have interesting outcomes as Arana Jr. faced defending series champ Eddie Krawiec in all three rounds including the final. Krawiec, running the Screamin' Eagle Harley-Davidson V-Rod, qualified in the 16th and last position at 6.97 seconds.
Krawiec used a holeshot to cross the line ahead of Arana Jr. in their first round quad but Arana Jr. used superior performances to beat Krawiec in the next two rounds. In the final Krawiec got a slight holeshot but Arana Jr. powered past the Harley for his fifth career victory, 6.89 to Krawiec's 6.92. Pollacheck came in third in the final quad with a 6.94 and Jim Underdahl, riding the Bad Boy Buggies Suzuki was fourth, also with a 6.94.
With two races in the books in the 2013 NHRA PSM season Arana Jr. is undefeated, winning both events.
"I have a feeling it's going to be one of those years," Arana Jr. said. "Everything so far has fallen into place for me."
The NHRA drag racing series has a new name and the Pro Stock Motorcycle division looks to be the most competitive it has been in years.
The 2013 Mello Yellow NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle series kicked off in Gainesville, FL, with the Amalie Oil Gatornationals. S&S-powered entries led the way with Matt Smith qualifying in the number one position and Hector Arana Jr. taking the event win.
The big news in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racing for 2013 is new rule changes, which look to bring parity back into the class. Previously, the Harley-Davidson V-Rods were allowed to run 4-valve, overhead cam engines while S&S motors were limited to pushrod-activated 2-valve heads. Now all V-Twin motors must run 2-valve heads with rocker arms and a minimum pushrod length of 8 inches.
George Bryce, who with S&S Cycle's George Smith was instrumental in developing the S&S-Powered Kosman Buells for NHRA competition back in 2002, was the driving force in getting the rule change.
"It was unfair for one team to run an overhead cam on a V-twin engine while the S&S-Powered Buells were using pushrods," stated Bryce. "These new rules will level the playing field. The competition will be closer and one team will not dominate."
The other big news in the off-season was the addition of a third Arana now in the mix. Adam Arana made his PSM debut alongside father and former champ Hector Arana and his brother, 2011 NHRA Rookie of the Year, Hector Jr.
At Gainesville Matt Smith qualified number one with a strong 6.804 elapsed time at 197 mph. Hector Arana Jr. and Sr. placed second and third, within one thousandth of second of Smith's performance, with identical 6.805s.
In addition to the top three seeds, S&S-powered Buells accounted for six of the top eight entries and over half – nine – of the 16 qualified bikes. The field, anchored by Chip Ellis at 6.910, was the quickest in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racing history.
Three S&S-powered bikes made the semifinals where Scotty Pollacheck of the Sovereign/Star Racing team lost to the resurgent Suzuki of Steve Johnson, 6.84 to 6.88 and the father and son Aranas battling it out with the younger Arana getting the best of his dad with a holeshot win, 6.849 to Sr.'s quicker 6.844. Number one qualifier Smith went out in round two when his bike would not shift.
Arana Jr., appearing in his ninth final, took the holeshot over Johnson and pulled away for the win, running 6.88 to Johnson's 6.909 for his fourth career victory.
"To grab the race win for Team Arana and Lucas Oil is a big accomplishment and it proves that having a third bike isn't going to slow us down, but actually speeds us up," said Arana Jr.
In addition to closer competition this year, 2013 may see a change to the face of Pro Stock Motorcycle drag racing. Currently two different teams are working to bring two new brands of bikes into NHRA Mello Yellow drag racing, both to be powered by S&S engines.
Riding for Viper Motorcycle will be (L to R) team owner Matt Smith, John Hall and Angie Smith.
The other effort is being spearheaded by George Bryce and will use an EBR 1190RS as a template. EBR is a new motorcycle company started by Erik Buell. The 1190RS has been called "a street legal roadrace bike" and only 100 will be made.
With closer competition, new young riders and new motorcycle brands entering competition, the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle series is looking better than ever. S&S is proud to be an integral part of this truly American racing sport.
Most of the time, the features in the Performance Times Blog concern racing or engine building or something pretty exciting like that. It's usually something that takes us away from the day-to-day routine. This time, we're making an exception, because although it has nothing to do with making more horsepower, the subject of this blog is really important to the same independent motorcycle shops that do the majority of the performance work on v-twin motorcycles.
Although the economy has started to pick up, some folks may still be a little hesitant to invest in performance upgrades, but they still want to ride! As a result, the independent shops are finding that routine maintenance and repair are becoming an important share of their business. To do that kind of work they need access to quality service parts.
That's why S&S Cycle is extremely pleased to launch a selection of high quality service parts for Harley-Davidson® and other American v-twin motorcycles; Viola V-Twin™! Based on customer demand, we are expanding our product offering to include service/repair parts for stock v-twin engines. Viola V-Twin service parts are available through all S&S dealers.
So What?
How does Viola V-Twin (VVT) help you if you are not an S&S Dealer? There are a number of ways VVT benefits end users, whether you have your local shop work on your bike or if you are a do-it-yourselfer. If your local shop works on your bike, it means that your engine will be serviced with the finest parts available. VVT parts meet or exceed OEM specifications, and if at all possible, they are U.S. made. If you work on your own ride, you benefit because your local S&S dealer will be able to provide you with top quality service parts, which are as good or better than the originals. Of course if you're a vintage buff, VVT is a great source of engine parts for your antique v-twin.
An Exceptional Web Resource!
The Viola V-Twin website at www.violavtwin.com is not only a great place to look for replacement engine parts, but the line drawings and parts listings in the online catalog make it an excellent informational resource. If you don't have a service manual for your engine, the Viola V-Twin website and catalog are invaluable. You can look at the exploded views to see how your engine goes together, or maybe you just need to find an OEM part number. Browse or search the catalog online or download it in convenient PDF format. We don't sell online, but there's a dealer locator to help you find a local S&S dealer who will sell the parts to you and maybe provide some good advice, as well. If VVT doesn't happen to have the part you need, you can even suggest that we add it to our product line. Just click on the Parts Suggestion Form under the "Contact" menu.
Talk to your local S&S dealer or visit us on the web at www.violavtwin.com to learn more about Viola V-Twin service parts for American v-twin motorcycle engines.
The goal was simple, set a Bonneville land speed record over 200 mph. We had two meets to do it at, the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials (Aug. 26-30) and World of Speed (Sept 8-11), giving me eight days of racing to work with. The bike had the power to do it and it had proven reliable in the past. The biggest unknown was the new bodywork. Would it go straight? Would it try to fly? Only one way to find out...
This was my first trip to BUB, so the first thing we had to do was understand how they run the event. I started in the MPS-PG 3000 class. This means I had a modified (M), partially streamlined (PS) chassis with a pushrod (P), gas (G) 3000 cc engine. Because this was the first time running the full fairing, I had planned on taking it easy the first run. Even that didn't go exactly to plan. With a 10-13 mph cross wind, I wasn't able to even make it through the timing lights after being blown off the course. Not the start I had planned on.
We made sure the alignment was correct, which it was, did a quick 95 mph test run down the return road and headed back out to see if it would go straight. The next run was 201 mph in little to no wind. The bike felt light and not as planted as I would have liked. The 201 did qualify for a record. On the return run the other direction, the wind had picked up, and again I struggled with handling. I wasn't able to go full throttle and only mustered a 189. This resulted in a 195.732 record. Not 200, but close.
We spent the next two days struggling with handling and traction. I ran a 195.6 and 192 before giving up on the bodywork and switching to a naked (no fairing) class. I hadn't planned on running the bike naked, so there were plenty of things on the bike that stuck out and made it aerodynamically dirty. We also fabbed up a seat with 2 x 4's, cardboard and duct tape. Dan Kinsey also went into town looking for any steel or lead weights. The best he could come up with were two 12 lb sledge hammers. We cut the handles off and attached them to the bike with hose clamps and scraps of welded metal.
Now in the M-PG 3000 class, I set off in hopes to set another record. The first run netted a 192.914 mph. The bike felt more planted and hooked up although still not great. The return run started from the other end of the course where the salt was worse and bumpier. I was only able to go 185.235, but that was good for a 189.075 record.
That was the end of the BUB meet, but not an end for this year's racing. I was happy with the records, but not happy to leave without a 200 mph record.
For the World of Speed (WOS) meet we built a steel skeleton to replace the flat aluminum belly pan used at BUB. Dan also built some brackets that would allow about 60 lbs to be added to the bike. We also went over everything else including pulling the heads and cylinders for inspection. Everything looked great, so with a fresh set of rings, it went back together.
After completing the third 1500 mile trip in a few days, we were back on the salt to take another crack at a 200 mph record. This time it was at the USFRA World of Speed. The salt was good and the wind was calm, so I set off on a test run on Saturday morning. Now in the APS-PF class, I ran 197.7 to qualify on a 184.6 record. The bike really hooked up and felt stable. I knew it had more in it, but I took it as a qualifying pass which meant that I was off to impound for the rest of the day. The next morning we made a return run of 203.4 and it was on the rev limiter the whole mile. We finally had something we could tune on and I could ride. With the PF record in the books at 200.577 mph, I changed to the PG class to go after Chris Rivas' 201.5 record.
In the afternoon on Monday, the bike made a nearly perfect run of 207.74 mph. It was slightly hitting the rev limiter, but more importantly, it continued to handle well and felt very solid. We decided that raising the rev limiter would be better than pulling another tooth off the rear. I thought for sure the next morning (final day of racing) would yield a solid record over 200.
But the following morning, the weather had changed. It had rained over night and it was cool and windy. We held back in the line of qualifiers hoping the weather would change by the time it was our turn. Luckily it seemed to. The wind died and the sun came out just as the guy ahead of me took off. I was feeling good and took off down the course. At about the 1.75 mile mark, a side wind came up and nearly blew me in to the "Q" that marks the 2.25 mile. I tried correcting the bike and getting back into it and actually ran a 196 through the second mile. I thought that would be enough for the record, but didn't know about a rule that requires the return speed to be averaged with the speed in the same measured mile. By running it in the second mile, it didn't count towards my average for a record.
To make things a little more exciting, right before the 4 mile marker, the exhaust weakened the fiberglass on the tail section, causing it to break and flap in the wind at 196 mph. With the wind blowing 10 mph straight across the track, I decided to pull the bodywork and switch to the open A-PG 3000 class and tried to break my own record from 2010 of 180.350 mph. We made two quick runs of 191.84 and 192.151 for an average of 191.995 mph. All I can say about those runs is the wind pressure at that speed is amazing. It was really trying to pull me off the bike.
With two records in the books, it was time to head home. One more day of racing would have probably resulted in the APS-PG record that I really wanted, but it wasn't meant to be.
We will see what next year brings, but for now I want to thank the many people who helped out. I couldn't have done this without sponsors like S&S Cycle, AirTech, Jimmy John's and Spectro Oil. Although many people helped out on the project a few guys were very involved. Dan Kinsey contributed his years of knowledge of Bonneville racing as well as machining and fabrication. Gene Dlask kept the bike in race ready condition and made sure I didn't do anything dumb. Paul Olesen spent hours reworking the fairing and preparing the bike. Rob, Nevin and Jan took care of EFI, data acq and electronics.
Success stories are great and they're the stories everybody wants to be able to tell. Racing is a test, with racers pushing their machines to the limit in order to get a passing mark. After all, almost setting a record is the same as not setting a record. Sometimes you win, but sometimes one of thousand things that could go wrong does go wrong, and you don't. It's how you deal with that situation that shows your measure as a racer. Will you consider a loss to be a defeat, or will you pick yourself up and look forward to the next opportunity to win.
Here is a letter from John Endrizzi from the Joe Taylor Racing Team to Eric Wangen, the S&S product line manager for Flathead Power®. Eric provided support to the team by sending some much needed FHP engine parts the build the knucklehead race engine.
One of the many racers who ran S&S parts at the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials last August was Jimbo Fischer. This is a pretty cool story so we'll let Jimbo tell it in his own words.
Well we sure proved the quality, strength, and endurance of the S&S Super Stock SB-100 engine this year at the BUB/AMA Speed trials at Bonneville.
The "Great White Dyno" threw us a couple glitches as usual, that were analyzed and remedied quickly. We had to beat the existing record of 156.096 - An early lesson from Warner is - Don't waste a minute of time - get there and beat the record first day out. That's exactly what we did, three times.
After we set a new record of 162.299 mph on the first runs, Dyno Mike downloaded data - the decision was made to change the rear wheel sprocket and drop one tooth. Next time out the following day - we broke the record again, with a two way average of 167.418 mph. He's still pulling hard so the decision was made to change the rear wheel sprocket again and drop one more tooth. That resulted in a third qualifying record run of 168.702 - In the impound the decision was made to check data - The ignition being on for the process a bit too long made for some high drama at the 5mi. start for the return record run. After trailering the bike to the 5 mi. start the signal was given - we're next up - get ready. I hit the start button - and - it's a very low battery - engine won't turn over. OH S**t ! !
Trying to push start it - he won't go - Suddenly, like the Cavalry coming to the rescue - Jeff Bailey and some of the S&S crew pull up with a starter pack and we get him fired up.
So with a little last minute high drama we were off to our best speed for the meet, and brought in a 170.552 mph and a two way average of 169.627 for a third time AMA Record in four days of racing.
I must say a huge THANK YOU to my team mates Warner & Mike, as well as to George Smith and all the great talent at S&S that put this engine together, and to our sponsors who also helped with much needed parts - like Wayne & Donna Pingel, and Jim Wallin at AutoMeter and the folks at Magnetrol flow & control.
Four days of racing, breaking the AMA record three consecutive times puts me on cloud nine.
Watch Chris Rivas NHRA victory in Pomona 2008
Knucklehead enthusiast, John Endrizzi tells us about the trials and tribulations, and hopefully a happy ending to a project to run a 61" knucklehead EL at Bonneville. In his own words…
"Land Speed Racing is an experience that can be compared to no other type of internal combustion engine performance testing. Preparation is the real key to success. As a boy, the names Craig Breedlove, Mickey Thompson, and Art Arfons were watchwords in my imagination. I devoured coverage of Speed Week in Hot Rod and other magazines. To me, the Salt was a very mystical place.
In 2009 I attended the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats. I met and became friends with the Buell® Bros Racing Team that year. Pilot Joe Taylor bettered the 1350APS-PG AMA record to 176.29 mph (over 23 mph increase on the previous record). Between runs that week, Joe and I made a great friendship. We found that among other things, we share a passion for Harley-Davidson® Knuckleheads. Soon we found ourselves planning to build a 1939 EL to run at BUB.
Being amateur historians, it was appropriate that we picked the Vintage Partially Streamlined class to run in. Joe Petrali ran a dual carb El at Daytona to a speed of 136.183 mph on March 13, 1937. Our goal is to better that speed. The current record in our class (1000 MPS-VG) is 109.079 mph held by a Vincent.
Joe had much of what we needed for a start on the build. Stock cases are a major requirement. Joe had cases, cylinders and heads along with a chassis. The road to making them raceable was a long twisted path! We found a willing engine builder and proceeded. Unfortunately he passed away unexpectedly shortly before BUB last year. During probate, it became apparent that most of the internal engine components had been misplaced. That set us back to the point where racing at BUB 2011 was impossible.
During the winter we acquired virtually all the needed engine parts from S&S®/Flathead Power®. Lee Wickstrom of Lee's Speed shop in Savage, Minnesota had helped us with special valve gear early on. After finding out that we had lost Tim Riste as our motor builder, Lee immediately volunteered to do the build. Lee, a long time drag racer, built a very cool alcohol burning 1950's style drag bike called the Knuckledragger that flat screams. Knowing this, assurance that we had a winning combination was locked in. As this is written, we are in the final thrash of preparation for BUB. Late night wrenching and covert highway testing is still before us. With inspiration coming from Joe Petrali, George Smith and Bud Schmidt (all pioneers of Knucklehead racing) we look forward to adding the Buell Brothers name as record holders in this elite group."
Thank you John and good luck in Bonneville!


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24 12/2007 Performance On A Shoe String
Drew McLellan rounds off our series with a look at the challenges facing a site that needs to cope with occasional peaks in traffic without spending out on high-performance hosting that's not needed for the majority of the time. Come behind the scenes at 24 ways and see how we keep the site online through the month of December each year. Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!
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23 12/2007 A Gift Idea For Your Users: Respect, Yo
Brian Oberkirch gives a little respect back to his users, and suggests some way in which you might be able to do the same. Like a plate full of brussel sprouts, your users deserve a little respect, you can't just rush in there. Not that I consider my users to be in any way like stupid old brussel sprouts. Oh no. What a mess.
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22 12/2007 How Media Studies Can Massage Your Message
Molly E. Holzschlag discusses the importance of the medium to the message, and how a better understanding of the theory and just technique can help in developing our craft. After all, a piece of chocolate is a piece of chocolate. But press it into a coin and wrap it in golden foil, and that's Christmas right there people.
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21 12/2007 Mobile 2.0
Brian Fling offers his insight into the state of the mobile web as we hurtle towards 2008. Just as Web 2.0 taught us to rethink our assumptions about the web, Mobile 2.0 looks to do the same. There's a little something to mull over as you munch your mince pies and move onto bottle of Sherry 2.0.
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20 12/2007 Diagnostic Styling
Eric Meyer describes a technique for using CSS as a diagnostic tool for finding potential problems or issues within a page. Going beyond the styling for the delivery of a site, the use of CSS as an author-time development tool holds many possibilities. Now if only there was a selector to show me which presents I've forgotten to buy this year.
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19 12/2007 Christmas Is In The AIR
Jonathan Snook introduces us to the world of Adobe AIR and talks us through using standard web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript to build a run-anywhere desktop application. I used to think I could run anywhere, but after sprinting through the town centre naked, the antisocial behaviour order has rather put a stop to all that.
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18 12/2007 Keeping JavaScript Dependencies At Bay
Christian Heilmann delves into the world of JavaScript application dependencies with a smart technique to help manage the loading of parts of your application as and when needed. Just as Santa only loads the presents he needs for each trip into his sleigh, keep your loading lean and the reindeer will thank you.
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17 12/2007 Increase Your Font Stacks With Font Matrix
Richard Rutter delivers us an early Christmas present in the form of Font Matrix, a table detailing available fonts across Windows and Mac operating system versions and with different versions of common software packages installed. Need to know how widely your font of choice is available? Just look it up. This, my friends, is the future right here.
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16 12/2007 Get In Shape
Dave Shea considers the impact of shape and balance on design, and how it can affect user perception. Like that oddly shaped gift under the tree that never quite makes sense until it's unwrapped, sometimes you can never be sure until you give it a shake. So let's get shaking, people.
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15 12/2007 Conditional Love
Ethan Marcotte explores methods of delivering browser-tailored CSS to uncooperative user agents if the need arises. Like the brightly coloured, ill-fitting sweater granny gave you last Christmas, there's some styles that are only appropriate in certain company. Choose wisely, my friend.
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14 12/2007 Underpants Over My Trousers
Andy Clarke looks to the world of comic books and graphic novels for inspiration in web design. Personally, I look for design inspiration is Christmas wrapping paper, which, as it turns out, is a less successful technique. On the whole I'd recommend Clarke's approach above mine. Lesson learned.
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13 12/2007 CSS for Accessibility
Ann McMeekin decks the halls with some practical CSS techniques that can help in making your site design as accessible to as many different users as possible. 'Tis the season of good will to all men (and women), after all. Fa-la-la.
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12 12/2007 Unobtrusively Mapping Microformats with jQuery
Simon Willison gets practical with microformats and the jQuery JavaScript library to demonstrate how data can be unobtrusively extracted from a page and plotted on a slippy map (like the ones we built the other day). See – it all links up. We think about this stuff.
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11 12/2007 Tracking Christmas Cheer with Google Charts
Brian Suda rings in the festivities by demonstrating how merriment can be plotted on a graph using the Google Charts API. It's critically important to keep track of my mince pie consumption each year – it goes on my tax return. If you like your stats visual, let's see how it's done.
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10 12/2007 10 Ways To Get Design Approval
Paul Boag shares his tips for smoothing the path between design brief and sign-off. Like cooking Christmas dinner, it's all the in the preparation. And like a good figgy pudding, your designs will go down best with custard.
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9 12/2007 Back To The Future of Print
Natalie Downe sets the presses rolling with an in-depth look at the state of print stylesheets in 2007. Often neglected by developers but much loved by the user, the simple print stylesheet can really add that finishing touch to even the best site designs. So get this down you. Ding dong!
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8 12/2007 JavaScript Internationalisation
Matthew Somerville takes us behind the scenes with a peek at how reindeer tackle internationalisation issues client-side. A tongue-in-cheek article with a serious message and a practical method for approaching internationalisation within JavaScript. Howzat?
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7 12/2007 Typesetting Tables
Mark Boulton revisits the HTML data table for a quick look at how legibility and communication of complex data can be helped through careful typesetting. Everyone likes a neat table at Christmas, especially Aunty. You wouldn't want to upset Aunty now, would you?
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6 12/2007 Minification: A Christmas Diet
Gareth Rushgrove runs us through some of the useful tools available to help minify code and images to increase web site performance. No need to feel slow and bloated this yuletide; get your site in shape without breaking so much as a sweat.
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5 12/2007 My Other Christmas Present Is a Definition List
Mark Norman Francis leaves no stone unturned in the quest for better markup. Today's target is the humble, yet oft-abused definition list. Help the suffering stop this Christmas. With your help, the definition list can rebuild its life and learn to be happy again. We're counting on you.
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4 12/2007 Capturing Caps Lock
Stuart Langridge ponders that if a desktop application can warn us when Caps Lock is on, why not on the web too? Avoid unsightly login errors with this handy JavaScript technique, offering the opportunity to warn users that they have Caps Lock on when entering their password. You don't have to tell me twice.
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3 12/2007 The Neverending (Background Image) Story
Elliot Jay Stocks demonstrates how, with careful selection, an image can be manipulated so that it can repeat for as long as necessary. Like a 30lb turkey, just when you think it's gone, there's always a little bit more.
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2 12/2007 Get To Grips with Slippy Maps
Andrew Turner helps us take our first steps into neogeography by creating interactive, draggable maps using the Mapstraction library. So if you're aiming to mash-up more than swede and carrots over the holidays, or simply need to plan an effective pub-crawl there should be something here to get your chestnuts roasting.
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1 12/2007 Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6
Drew McLellan kicks off our 2007 festive season by revisiting the thorny issue of support for alpha channel PNGs in Internet Explorer 6. Why not be charitable and lend a helping hand to those poor IE6 users? They could use some Christmas cheer.
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