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Why would the Dolphins trade their best receiver to the Bears just two years after executing a deal to get him in the first place? Easy: To get Peyton Manning. Or so goes the theory of those who believe Manning had qualms about playing with Brandon Marshall, who is known to be ornery despite his obvious talents. Today's trade, for which the Dolphins received a pair of third-round picks, reunites Marshall with Jay Cutler, his quarterback in Denver from 2006-08. But it leaves Miami without a wideout who caught more than 51 passes last season. Which must be just what Manning wanted, too.
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I received 2 beautiful handmade cards, from two of my crafty friends Tracy H. and Anita Hovey :)! Am impressed with the two of you, for getting your xmas cards made and out...when did you get them done??
Here is Tracy's card:
Ty, so much Tracy for this card...love the layout you used :)! I used the easel card idea to create an xmas card for a friend of mine, which I will post below in this post....
Here is Anita's card:
Ty, Anita for your beautiful card (saw the one you gave Bernie and Wendy too, beautiful card too)!
Here is the card I created using the easel card idea I got from Tracy's card she sent me:
Thanks for stopping by, and Merry Christmas from my family to yours! Be safe and savor the moments together, and Happy New Years :)!
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This is an intriguing little site:
Some of it is a bit buggy and incomplete, but it has lots of interactive information about Winter Quarters and the surrounding areas as well as lists of the pioneers by ward.
Here is a picture of one of the screens. The marker for each settlement is linked to data about the settlement in the site. (Don't click on this picture! Go to the website.)


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Six days a week, Seymur Alizadeh and his chestnut-brown mare patrol the Azerbaijani countryside. Buried a few feet below is the prized Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, which delivers nearly 1 million barrels of Caspian Sea crude to Western markets each day.
Mr. Alizadeh, one of many local villagers guarding the oil route, says, "I feel like a very important part in protecting this pipeline." Hiring local horsemen is part of a larger effort by pipeline builder BP to create a massive neighborhood watch.
BP and other energy companies are under scrutiny for their relations with local communities worldwide for the cost, disruption, and even bloodshed their lucrative pipelines are responsible for. So in recent years they've honed a new formula: invest heavily in the affected communities and try to foster goodwill, neutralize controversy, and hopefully safeguard their multibillion-dollar investments.
"They have the spotlight on them to do something good in the societies in which they operate, and with the Internet communication revolution, you can very easily publicize something about them from any corner of the globe if they do not behave appropriately," says Lars Gulbrandsen, a Norwegian researcher who has studied corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Azerbaijan and elsewhere.
Shell in Nigeria boasts its student scholarships and HIV/AIDS awareness programs. ExxonMobil describes its vocational training for women in Indonesia, drug-prevention programs in Chile, and prenatal healthcare programs in Kazakhstan. Chevron says it provides food relief and agricultural development in Angola and "learning centers" in Venezuela and South Africa.
In Azerbaijan, what remains to be seen is whether BP's efforts are enough to overcome simmering resentment at corrupt government officials who siphon off oil money.
BP says that the 1,100-mile BTC pipeline – which links the Caspian with the Mediterranean and is the second-longest oil pipeline in the world – includes the greatest community impact of any BP project to date.
By the end of 2008, BP says it will have spent close to $100 million in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey to build water-purification systems, medical clinics, primary schools, parks, and roads in the 450 communities identified as directly affected by the pipeline.
This expense, however, may be a drop in the barrel compared with the billions of dollars of revenue from Caspian crude. (Although BP won't reveal its profits in Azerbaijan, the government's share of its revenue last year was $4.7 billion.)
Still, some of the 125 Azeri communities, mostly impoverished and often neglected by their own governments, say that BP's efforts are the best they've seen. The company and several smaller oil partners work with nongovernmental organizations on community-development efforts that the government has yet to begin.
"I don't think I have ever worked so closely with the private sector," says Pamela Flowers, the country director for the International Rescue Committee, which partnered with BP on community projects along the BTC. "They put a lot of effort into it."
This strategy, which some view as "enlightened self-interest," may seem like common sense. But compared with a decade ago, it represents a shift for companies that today face ever more scrutiny. "It's fundamental, good security practice, in terms of protecting our asset, to make sure that we are good neighbors to the communities we impact," says BP spokeswoman Clare Bebbington.
Prodding BP and others forward is the CSR movement, which presses firms to hoist their human rights, environmental, and labor standards. Launched in the mid-1990s by nongovernmental organizations, the movement spawned related campaigns such as the United Nations Global Compact, the "Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights" created by Washington and London, and the Oslo-based Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
But the movement has only picked up steam in recent years, as CSR advocates press for voluntary, nonbinding "soft law," says Mr. Gulbrandsen, the CSR expert. While lawsuits have had limited success, he adds, the real catalyst has been bad press beamed worldwide and immediately via the Internet.
Earlier, energy companies routinely failed to live up to these standards. Critics often cite Shell in Nigeria, which in the mid-1990s was accused of supporting military attacks against Niger Delta tribes. Shell denied those allegations. Today, Shell officials in Nigeria say that at more than $60 million, theirs is one of the largest private social investment programs in Africa.
"If you're looking at a long-term investment, being more responsible about how you treat the local community and local environment is the smart move, and I think global companies are realizing this," says Charles Esser, an energy analyst for the International Crisis Group in Brussels and a former US Department of Energy official. In Azerbaijan's underdeveloped countryside, analysts say the deluge of oil revenue pouring into state coffers – estimated at $10 billion a year – would generate one of the greatest growths in national income recorded in history. It also heightens public expectations. Yet so far it's barely visible. "The trickle down of money is certainly happening, but not in a transparent or predictable way," says one Western diplomat in the capital.
That may be why BP's investments seem to pay off. In the dusty farming village of Duzdag, a new five-room school building, freshly painted in light pink and built by BP and its partners, stands across the street from the old one-room school with broken windows and a leaky roof.
In return, the Azeri locals say they're invested in helping BP.
"We have felt some positive benefits from BP, so, of course, we must show them the same," says Rauf, a farmer.


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Europeans Form Renewable Energy Agency
The agency, known as IRENA, will serve as a global cheerleader for clean energy. It plans to offer technical, financial, and policy advice for governments worldwide, according to a joint announcement from Germany, Spain, and Denmark - the project's leaders.
Renewable energy is on the rise worldwide as governments attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create domestic energy sources. Despite a variety of international organizations that are helping with the clean energy transition, IRENA's leaders said no single agency addresses the local, national, and international needs of both developed and developing nations.
"IRENA aims to become the main driving force in promoting a swift transition towards the extensive and sustainable use of renewable energy worldwide," said Hermann Scheer, general chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy and a champion for the agency since 1990, in a prepared statement. "There exist international agencies for fossil and nuclear energies, but none for renewables. IRENA will close this gap."
Scheer, a Social Democratic member of the German Parliament, led his government to commit to IRENA's creation in 2006 - arguing that it was a necessary balance to the International Atomic Energy Agency created in the 1950s.
The international organizations that currently focus on renewable energy include the International Energy Agency (IEA), World Bank, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Partnership (REEEP), and several United Nations agencies.
Despite the large number of clean energy organizations and networks, most energy funding supports the fossil fuel industries, IRENA's founders say. Development aid leaders often cite the higher initial cost of technologies such as wind or solar in their decision to fund cheaper energy sources. Fossil fuel energy such as coal-fired power plants, however, warms the climate and can damage local environments.
"While conventional energies enjoy political privilege, including large amounts of public money for research and development, military protection of the supply chain, and $300 billion in global annual subsidies, renewable energies are discriminated against," said Bianca Jagger, chair of the World Future Council, at a meeting of IRENA organizers in April. "The IEA only recently showed interest in renewable energy sources. Other existing networks have no mandate to advise governments on the accelerated introduction of renewable energy."
Binu Parthan, deputy director of programs for REEEP, said IRENA's global focus would be helpful for renewable energy development. But he was doubtful whether the agency could address the challenges of technology transfer or funding shortfalls all on its own. "One suggestion to IRENA is rather than create an entire new organization, it could serve as an umbrella of sorts, bringing together the work of those other institutions."
Parthan added that an organization focused solely on renewable energy may further marginalize discussions on energy efficiency. "Having an organization looking only at renewable energy, the supply side, is not optimal. We need to look at energy efficiency on the demand side, as well," he said. "That needs to be brought into the picture."
At a conference in Madrid last month, IRENA's 51 participating nations agreed that the agency's first projects would be presented in January, at the formal launch of IRENA. In the meantime, details such as the organization's headquarters, leadership, and funding still need to be finalized.
The involved nations currently include nearly all of Europe as well as Australia, Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates.
In the past year, global renewable energy sources have increased dramatically. More than 250 gigawatts of capacity, excluding large hydropower, exists globally. Clean energy investments surpassed $148 billion in 2007, a 60 percent increase from 2006, according to the U.N. Environment Programme.
Several countries in charge of the IRENA initiative, including Germany and Denmark, are home to some of the world's leading producers of renewable energy technologies.
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The Nose "No"s
These nosy Wrecks are certainly nothing to sneeze at.
We can always count on the drug companies for body part cakes, can't we, Amy S? Let's just hope that applicator isn't fully loaded. Oh, and that the cake isn't pistachio with lemon-glaze filling. Heheheh.
Ashley P. sniffed out a model that looks like a retro-fitted Space Invaders blaster:
To quote that guy from Geekologie: PEW PEW!
Celebrating a nose bleed: just one more occasion you never knew cakes were perfect for.
This next one may look like an adobe hut or cave entrance, but it's not.
Anyhoo, this gratuitous up-the-nose shot was found by Jessica G., and I'm lovin' that white shell border. Because you always want your giant schnoz to have a delicate finishing touch.
This next one's a lousy photo, but only because Tara H. had to take a picture of a picture to get it:
Ah, nose hair and extraneous apostrophes: It just don't get no betta!


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- Tweaking NATO: The Case for Integrated Multinational Divisions. Authored by LTC Raymond A. Millen.
- NATO's integrated military structure does not easily accommodate the new members, which still suffer from the effects of the Soviet system. Their nascent market economies and unsophisticated militaries represent great obstacles to NATO interoperability.


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How Does an iPod Affect a Polar Bear?
Photo courtesy of Amanda Graham (Yukon White Light) via Flickr.
When we talk about the problems of global climate change, we tend to focus on cars and coal-burning power plants as major contributors. Yet there are other significant players, including consumer electronics. The number of cell phones, MP3 players, laptops, and flat-screen TVs is increasing rapidly, and not just in wealthier nations. It is estimated that one in nine people in Africa has a cell phone – and those numbers are expected to continue growing.
A recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that new devices such as MP3 players, cell phones, and flat-screen TVs will triple energy consumption. Two hundred new nuclear power plants would be needed just to power all the TVs, iPods, PCs, and other devices expected to be used by 2030.
For example, consider televisions. The IEA estimates that 2 billion TVs will soon be in use across the world (an average of 1.3 TVs for every household with electricity). TVs are also getting bigger and being left on for longer periods of time. IEA predicts a 5 percent annual increase in energy consumption between 1990 and 2030 from televisions alone.
While consumer electronics is the fastest growing area, it is also the area with the least amount of policies to control energy efficiency. Total greenhouse gas emissions for electronic gadgets is currently at about 500 million tons of carbon dioxide per year. If nothing is done, the IEA estimates that the figure will double to about 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year by 2030. However, the agency says that existing technologies could reduce this figure by 30-50 percent at little cost. Allowing consumers to regulate energy consumption based on the features they actually use, minimum-performance standards, and easy-to-read energy labels can help consumers make smarter energy choices about their personal electronics.
How to Turn This News Event into an Inquiry-Based, Standards-Related Science Lesson
This story connects to two National Science Education Standards domains: Science and Technology and Science in Personal and Social Perspectives. The Science and Technology content standard states:
Technological solutions have intended benefits and unintended consequences. Some consequences can be predicted, others cannot.
The Science in Personal and Social Perspectives content standard includes resource use and depletion, human-induced and naturally occurring hazards, and science and technology in society.
Ask students to consider electronic gadgets – cell phones, digital cameras and video cameras, MP3 players, flat-screen TVs, laptops, and so forth. Have students brainstorm the benefits of these devices. Easier communication, access to data, entertainment, and mobility will probably come up. Then ask students to brainstorm "costs" or negative characteristics. Expense will certainly be mentioned, but will the energy cost?
If you have access to an electric power monitor such as a Kill-a-Watt, you can have students plug in different gadgets and compare power consumption. This simple activity can give rise to a number of inquiry-based investigations, such as: What's the most energy-efficient MP3 player?; Do laptops and desktops consume the same amount of power?; Does screen size (on an MP3, cell phone, laptop, or TV) affect power consumption?; and so on.
Share some of the figures from the IEA report with students. Discuss the idea that making technology (cell phones, laptops and Internet access) available to more people is a good thing, but there are intended and unintended consequences. Greater access to technology enables widespread communication and promotes education, but also requires more energy – most of which comes from fossil fuels. Burning those fossil fuels releases more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, accelerating climate change and causing Arctic sea ice decline. So all those iPods do impact polar bears after all.
Rather than leave students discouraged, present them with a challenge. Remind them of the many benefits of technology and acknowledge that electronic gadget use will continue to grow rapidly. How can science and technology address the unintended environmental consequences of these tools? Assign small groups of students a particular piece of technology and have them brainstorm ideas that would promote energy efficiency – either on the part of the consumer or the manufacturer, or both. Have groups present their solutions to the class and discuss them. What common solutions were raised? What can students and their families do now to use their electronic devices in a responsible manner?
Here are some related resources from the Middle School Portal 2: Energy Sources, The Power of Electricity, What is Happening to Polar Bears? Real Data, Claims, and Evidence. The October 2008 issue of the free online magazine Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears included articles about natural resources, the NEED project, and energy efficiency activities for home and school.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – DXP Enterprises, Inc., doing business as DXP Safety Alliance, Inc., has agreed to settle a disability and age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $120,000 and other relief, the agency announced today.
The EEOC's lawsuit, EEOC v. DXP Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a DXP Safety Alliance, Inc., 11-cv-00849 JCH/KBM, charged that DXP hired Connie Brooks and then fired her a few days later after learning she had had a prior back injury. The EEOC alleged that DXP terminated Brooks because of her disability and/or the intersection of disability and age.
Disability discrimination violates Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits employment discrimination based on age (over age 40). The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation voluntary settlement through its conciliation process.
In addition to monetary relief for Brooks, the consent decree settling the suit provides for other important relief, including an injunction prohibiting further discriminatory practices; institution of policies and procedures to address disability and age discrimination; training for employees, managers and human resource officials on disability and age discrimination; posting a notice advising employees of their rights under the ADA and ADEA; and a letter of reference for Brooks.
"We are pleased with this employer's willingness to provide a prompt resolution to Ms. Brooks, as well as the company's commitment to provide anti-discrimination training," said Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill of the EEOC's Phoenix District Office, which has jurisdiction over Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah. "Employers must be extra vigilant to assure that decision-makers are aware that employment decisions must not be based on myths, fears or stereotypes about a person's age or disability."
EEOC Deputy District Director Elizabeth Cadle added, "The EEOC is gratified to see that this employer is now following the adage that 'Prevention is the best cure' – in this case, preventing future problems with discrimination through training and awareness."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Bill Clinton put on a master class in political persuasion last night at the Democratic Convention. His 48-minute opus – half prepared, half-improvised – effectively made the case for President Obama's re-election to undecided and moderate voters, dismantled many of the key arguments being promoted by the GOP, and re-energized the Democratic base in anticipation of the final push towards election day.
There is nobody else in politics, or in public life for that matter, who could have delivered that speech – Bill Clinton has magical powers when it comes to communicating with and engaging with people. Still, there is an important lesson that anyone in the business of communicating, marketing or speechwriting can take away from his performance: substance matters.
"Clinton on Wednesday avoided this kind of Oprah-style mood music in favor a more potent skill — his ability to convey the concrete human dimensions of public policy," explained John Harris and Jonathan Martin in their analysis of Clinton's speech. They added: "repeatedly, Clinton cited a barrage of facts and figures, woven with historical context, sometimes in a highly argumentative way."
Most politicians avoid talking about substantive issues. Brands, nonprofits, everyone avoids talking about substantive issues. They focus instead on storytelling and branding. The belief is that if you connect with someone on an emotional level they'll be motivated to take action. But it's not true. Storytelling is important, but it is not enough. People take action, whether its voting, donating, buying, or simply changing their behavior in some small way when they understand and appreciate the impact of those decisions. Stories alone can't do that.
Audiences are smart enough to understand complex issues when they are explained effectively. Clinton understands that – and showed as much in his speech. As Harris and Martin noted "…his emphasis on policy has the effect — and in large measure the reality — of seeming to treat voters as adults who must be reached by reason, rather than Hallmark-card sentimentality.
Bill Clinton connected with the audience – in the room and across the country watching on television – on an emotional level, as well as intellectually. Both are important. So talk about the substance. It will change everything.


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Coming Up At ICRA 2010: Tutorial on ROS
UPDATE: this tutorial is now full and registration is closed.
As we mentioned a while back, a group of ROS experts will be teaching a full-day ROS tutorial on May 7. The event, "Tutorial on ROS: from nodes and messages to sensing, planning, and control", will be taught by Brian Gerkey, Gary Bradski, Ken Conley, Eitan Marder-Eppstein, Morgan Quigley, and Melonee Wise. Participants will use existing ROS software libraries, while also learning to write new code. You'll get a hands-on opportunity to work on the PR2, as well as in simulation.
Attendees should be comfortable writing Python code, though need not be experts. Familiarity with ROS is encouraged but not required.
If you'd like to participate, please sign up for workshops when you register for the conference. In addition, please be sure to email Bianca at sotob (at) willowgarage (dot) com, letting her know that you'll be in attendance. Please visit our ROS Tutorial website and closely follow the "Required Setup" instructions to set up your laptop before the tutorial.
This full-day workshop will take place on Friday, May 7 (9:00 am-12:30 pm and 2:00 pm-5:30 pm) in Egan Center, La Perouse Hall.
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Mudslides devastate Sierra Leone
On Monday, 14 August, heavy rains caused a mountainside to partially collapse on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. Floodwaters and mud swept away entire communities. As of 18 August, at least 450 people were confirmed killed, and as many as 600 more remained missing. More than 120 children died and reports speculate a similar number of children have been orphaned. "The scale of the horror is still hidden," said Vidal Cole, district superintendent for the Church of the Nazarene in Sierra Leone.
Initial rescuers dug through the thick, reddish mud with their bare hands, and heavy equipment was later brought in. Thousands of people lost their homes in the disaster, and many survivors lost entire families. An estimated 9,000 people have been affected by the disaster in some way.
In low-income sections of Sierra Leone, poor drainage systems make flooding worse during the rainy season. Many informal settlements are also built on top of unstable and dangerous hills. Deforestation for firewood and charcoal also contributes to increased risk of flooding and mudslides. After disasters such as this, there is an extremely high risk of disease outbreaks, including cholera and malaria.
"The situation is really terrible," Cole said. "As a church we want to do whatever we can to minister to the survivors and those who are bereaved. The entire nation is mourning and we want to share the love and compassion of Christ with our people in any way we possibly can."
The West African country is still recovering after a deadly Ebola virus epidemic that lasted nearly two years, ending when the country was declared Ebola-free in March 2016. Ebola took the lives of 4,000 people in Sierra Leone. In response to the outbreak, Nazarene churches provided care for children orphaned by the disease, distributed food to those in need, educated churches on hygiene practices, and ran campaigns to combat stigma associated with Ebola.
Since then, Nazarene churches in Sierra Leone have also been working to serve the most vulnerable through water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects and efforts to fight malaria. Now, those churches want to respond to those affected by flooding however they can.
How to help:
Prayer is requested for those who have experienced injury or loss, as well as those working to care for their neighbors and meeting urgent needs.
Churches and individuals around the world can provide support through the Africa Disaster Relief Fund. Donations will be used for immediate needs, such as water and food, as well as longterm recovery and rebuilding efforts.
To send donations by mail:
Make checks payable to "General Treasurer" and send them to:
Global Treasury Services Church of the Nazarene P.O. Box 843116 Kansas City, MO 64184-3116
Be sure to put 128186 in the Memo area.
In Canada, make checks payable to "Church of the Nazarene Canada" and send them to:
Church of the Nazarene Canada 20 Regan Road, Unit 9 Brampton, Ontario L7A 1C3
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I have a Tecra A2
I have an installation disk with Ubuntu 10.4 LTS.
Gets to a point on installation where nothing happens. The screen is blank, there is no hard disk activity and it does not respond to any keyboard commands.
It may well have installed nicely with earlier versions of Ubuntu, but it won't with this disk.
Interestingly you can run it as a Linux computer from the CD for Suse 10.0.
It won't do this for Ubuntu from the aforementioned disk.
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PROMOTION: Anyone making a donation that specifies their username or another member's username at the time of your donation will get 200 votes per $10 donated credited to that user's account on our vehicle distribution site. If you do not know a member but would like to support one with your donation you can read their stories here and then just choose who you want to support and add their username when you make your donation
Established in 1996, The Original 1-800-Charity Cars, www.800CharityCars.org (DBA: Free Charity Cars), is a 501(C) (3) non-profit charity with its stated mission "To engage in activities that will uplift humanity". The organization's main focus is to provide free donated vehicles to struggling families to assist them in their transition from dependency to self-sufficiency.
Considered the pioneers of the free car-ownership concept, the Original1-800-Charity Cars operates the largest free non-profit car-donation / distribution program in the nation and has awarded over 4500 free vehicles nationwide. The award-winning program has received an avalanche of local and national publicity being featured on shows such as Oprah, Montel, Good Morning America, Two Guys Garage, and CBS Morning News. Articles about this one-of-a-kind organization have appeared in the Non-Profit Times, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, People Magazine and a host of other publications across America. Among its many awards, the organization is honored to be a past winner of the prestigious Walt Disney World Outstanding Community Service Award.
Struggling families nationwide apply for a free charity car at the organization's car distribution website www.FreeCharityCars.org. The website was designed to make the process of choosing who receives a free vehicle as fair as possible by providing a forum where individuals can engage the public and pro-actively pursue their dream of car-ownership. FCC members invest "sweat equity" by voting for others and promoting the charity. The website also provides the charity with the ability to quickly identify qualified recipients in communities nationwide and to match each donated vehicle with each prospective applicant's specific need. Surprisingly, the unique website has organically morphed into an ever expanding, caring online community offering compassion and hope to struggling Americans.
The Original 1-800-Charity Cars portfolio of charitable projects includes:
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- I don't make toys. Most of them are just too incredibly cutesy; and those that aren't are a bit disturbing...; this one just compelled me to knit him.
- I don't involve myself in any more sewing-up than can be helped and this tendency is increasing. There are 15 pieces to this thing, not including those little triangles you pick up and knit to finish the shell, once you've sewn the 7 hexagons together; and all the limbs need stuffing separately; and it's still delightful.
- I don't take finished knitting to KTog purely to wave it around; although sometimes I wear it so I can wave it around if anyone notices; this little chap was passed around the circle a couple of times tonight.
But the taking-to-KTog thing did have an ulterior motive. I didn't really want to be posing a turtle on Palace Green in front of the world's media, and that's the nearest stretch of grass I generally see while it's light; so I went to the Mill Pond to take a picture of this Pond Turtle. (Needless to say, nobody turned a hair.)
The shell for Turtle #2 is 6/7ths complete...
The pattern, by Carol Wood, can be found at her Etsy shop and provides far more enjoyment than anyone deserves for $6. You need 1 ball of Noro Kureyon, and 1 skein of Cascade 220 (I took a chance and bought 2 skeins for 3 turtles and I should be OK - each turtle takes about 60 grammes).
Fat Charlie is still on the needles, although he's getting there, and the Mystery Fair Isle just needs a button band making. I'm teaching a freeform knitting weekend at White House Arts on the weekend of October 18/19 though and really need to be concentrating my efforts on making more samples for it...


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Baumgarten, Matthias, Mulvenna, Maurice, Rooney, Niall and Reid, John (2013) Keyword-Based Sentiment Mining using Twitter. International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence, 5 (2). pp. 56-69. [Journal article]
Browne, Fiona, Rooney, Niall, Liu, Weiru, Bell, David, Wang, Hui, Taylor, Philip and Jin, Yan (2013) Integrating textual analysis and evidential reasoning for decision making in Engineering design. Integrating textual analysis and evidential reasoning for decision making in Engineering design, 52 . pp. 165-175. [Journal article]
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The Tourism Bureau has been accused of becoming a political tool and thug of the Chinese government after it asked local governments to remove posters and boards put up by the Falun Gong movement at tourist attractions to prevent them from tarnishing the nation's image.
According to a source familiar with the matter, the bureau recently issued an official document to local governments saying that "a member of the public has complained about the billboards the Falun Gong installed at several sightseeing hotspots, worrying that they might negatively affect foreign tourists' perceptions of the country."
The document instructed local officials to step up inspection efforts and ensure the removal of "inappropriate" material.
The bureau's move has drawn fierce criticism from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers and borough wardens, with some critics saying that while President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) administration has long been known for its pro-China stance, it was preposterous to see the bureau acting as a hired thug for the Chinese government.
DPP Legislator Tien Chiu-chin (田秋堇) said the public's right to advertise is part of their constitutionally protected freedom of speech and that the bureau's actions show that Taiwan is inferior to Macau in terms of protection of basic human rights, because Macau allows Falun Gong practitioners to set up stalls in public places to promote their beliefs.
"In what way have the Falun Gong's advertisements impeded tourism development in this country? How could the government take down its billboards and keep them out of the sight of Chinese tourists just because the Chinese government is not a fan of the group?" Tien said.
The bureau should identify the "member of the public" who complained and say if the person is a Republic of China (ROC) citizen, she said.
DPP Legislator Chen Ting-fei (陳亭妃) said the Ma administration should know that for Chinese tourists, who have grown up under an isolated, autocratic regime, the Falun Gong posters are not a hindrance to Taiwan's tourism, but a sign of the nation's democratic achievements and cultural diversity.
"The only one minding the Falun Gong is the Chinese government, which is why it has sought every possible means to pressure the Ma administration into removing the group's ads. If we cooperate, it would be no different from pandering to the Chinese government and murdering the nation's democracy," Chen said.
Chen Jen-jung (陳仁榮), warden of Greater Taichung's Guoguang Borough (國光), said the bureau's policy raises questions about whether the Ma government is acting in response to political pressure from China or making some kind of political gesture.
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I'm delighted to share these images with you, which were captured in early autumn when there was still a hint of sunshine (hence the sunglasses). I've never been overly fond of the winter season and try to delay it for as long as possible. Revisiting these images allows me to extend my seasonal denial for a little longer. At least the burgundy-toned blouse is somewhat consistent with autumn leaves, so it's not completely out of place.
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Users can also add new events to their Google Calendars through the mobile interface. This is done by entering text into a box the same way they would do so on the computer—for example, entering "1pm brunch Sunday" immediately saves a new event called "brunch" to my calendar for this coming Sunday at 1pm. This is reflected both on my mobile calendar and regular Google Calendar on the computer more or less instantly.
The application may be relatively minor compared to some of Google's other efforts in mobile applications but handy for people who rely on one calendar to keep track of their lives. "We realize that more people in the world have mobile phones than have computers, and people take their cell phones with them everywhere," software engineer Davesh Parekh wrote on the Official Google Blog. "One of our main goals on the Calendar team is to make planning your events and maintaining your schedule as easy as possible."
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Sleepy Hollow airs Mondays at 9/8c on Fox.
After only three episodes, Sleepy Hollow has already been renewed for season two!! Note that both seasons are 13-episodes each.
After Ichabod Crane "dies" during a mission for General George Washington in 1781, he awakens in 2013 Sleepy Hollow, New York. But so does the Headless Horseman, whose head Ichabod chopped off before his perceived death. The horseman begins his nightly killing spree, and Ichabod must partner with Lt. Abbie Mills.
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The official Twitter account has an "Ask the Producers" thing going. I asked if they had a long term plan for the show, the response was,
This OP contains a rundown of the entire first episode. There are a lot of gifs! I have also put in a "stopping point" if you want to meet the characters without getting too spoiled.
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Meet Ichabod Crane, played by Tom Milson. Just your ordinary Oxford History professor in 1781, sent by the queen to fight against the revolutionaries in the colonies. Instead, he defected and turned into a high ranking officer under George Washington.
He has a wife, Katrina, played by Katia Winter.
Out battling the redcoats one day, Ichabod shoots a guy in a mask, but the guy doesn't want to stay dead.
He has this thing on his hand.
Ichabod takes a nasty, eventually fatal blow,
but his injuries allow him time to cut off his enemies head before succumbing to a peaceful eternal rest few hours later.
Or so he thought.
Waking up 250 years in the future comes a few shocks.
Eventually, Ichabod wanders into town and gets taken into custody, by Officer Andy Dunn, played by John Cho.
Meet Lieutenant Abbie Mills, played by Nicole Beharie, of the Westchester county police department. She has a gun. She is authorized to use it. On you.
This is her partner, Sheriff August Corbin, played by Clancy Brown.
And this is Captain Frank Irving, played by Orlando Jones.
Haven't seen the show yet and don't want to get spoiled? Stop here. Want a recap of the rest of the pilot, or want to see what happened without watching all of it? Go on!
Unfortunately, a few minutes after we meet Sheriff August Corbin, he and Abbie investigate a disturbance on a farm, this rear end in a top hat shows up, and the Sheriff loses his head. Literally.
In custody, everyone thinks Ichabod is insane, but Abbie kind of feels like listening to him. Captain Frank Irving, decides Ichabod belongs in an insane asylum, but wasn't the one that killed the Sheriff. Abbie thinks Ichabod is connected, and asks to question him during the transport, which Irving lets Abbie supervise.
Copious amounts of sass later, Ichabod deducts that Abbie isn't taking him straight to the asylum, and instead they head to investigate Ichabod's grave.
He is also befuddled by our modern technologies, as you might expect.
The trip is fruitful, though, as they find George Washington's Bible.
Washington, as it turned out, had explained to Ichabod that the Revolution wasn't merely a battle for the country, it would determine the fate of every man, woman and child on Earth. Ichabod's mission was to kill the man with the bow mark on his hand.
The Headless Horseman is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Sleepy Hollow's preacher, coincidentally, is actually a warlock, but loses his battle (and his head) with the Horseman.
Abbie shows up with Ichabod at the crime scene, is yelled at by Irving, but Ichabod finds his wife's grave. Her gravestone says she was burned for witchcraft. Ichabod declares his fate and Abbie's are entwined. Abbie drops him off at the asylum anyway.
But before she leaves she tells him that as a teenager, she and her sister were walking through the woods when four trees appeared behind them and they heard a weird voice, saw a weird thing, then blacked out.
Instead of going home, Abbie breaks into Corbin's office and finds out her partner was really into occult and weird local legends research.
- 100 Witches were put to death between 1712 and 1816.
- Two different covens integrated into the populace. One was good, one was evil.
- Hundreds of murders along the east coast were deliberately ignored.
- He'd even done research on Abbie and her sister. In 1882, a local farmer had seen the same thing they had, in the same place. He thought they were also symbols of the four horsemen.
Ichabod, meanwhile, spends the night dreaming about his wife, Katrina. She tells Ichabod she's a member of the good coven.
Katrina is a fount of new information.
- Ichabod and the Horseman's blood mixed on the battlefield, binding them forever.
- She cast a spell on Ichabod's body to save him, buried him, and threw the horseman's body in a casket in the river.
- The Horseman awakening (for still unknown reasons) awakened the Ichabod as well, as they're bound.
- The Horseman is now on a mission to find his skull and become whole again.
- Once he's whole, the other three Horsemen of the Apocalypse will then begin to waken, and once they're all awake, the apocalypse will start.
- The Headless Horseman has one weakness: he's vulnerable to light.
- Washington's Bible has all the answers, and Ichabod is the first of two witnesses.
Ichabod wakes up, and Abbie breaks him out of the asylum, just a few hours after checking him in.
Abbie found a map in Corbin's research, signed by George Washington. Ichabod remembers the map, and Abbie says Corbin had marked it up with sites around town with particularly weird happenings.
Ichabod tells Abbie that he'd seen the figure and trees at some point, too.
Abbie's research showed that the Horseman's Head is in the cemetery at the church, so she calls Andy for backup and heads there.
Too bad Andy's working with the Headless Horseman.
Abby and Ichabod go grave digging, eventually finding the Horseman's Skull.
Just in time for the Horseman to show up and have round 2 with Ichabod.
In classic Nice Guy 101 fashion, Andy decides to "protect" Abbie. Abbie is having none of that.
The Horseman finds an assault rifle and fun ensues.
Luckily for our heroes, the sun comes up, and the Horseman rides off, still headless.
Back at the station, Ichabod tells Abbie that their fates are entwined for seven years to battle for the fate of the world before Judgement Day. Hear that? Seven seasons. Already mandated. (Six seasons and a movie also acceptable.)
Andy? Well, while in custody, something shows up and decides he's a little more expendable.
Abbie and Ichabod see the thing departing in Andy's cell mirror...
What the gently caress was that?
Annakie fucked around with this message at Oct 3, 2013 around 22:27
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Sepinwall's review.
I honestly can't tell you if FOX's "Sleepy Hollow," the first new show of the 2013-14 network TV season, is good or bad � and I've already watched the pilot episode (which airs Monday at 9 p.m.) twice. I suspect it's bad, and that it will be proven to be bad over the course of its first season. But if it's bad, it's in a memorable, weird, fun way. It's a show that goes for broke, does not apologize for its excesses and is never, ever boring. In a freshman class full of forgettable new dramas, it stands out by virtue of embracing every possible way in which it could go awry, because ultimately being boring is worse than being bad.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 00:19
I'm in for the pilot.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 00:23
I'm hoping this is good. I love buddy cop/odd couple stuff and this looks like silly fun. This is also the second series in recent memory with a character from a story being set in the real world(see:elementary).
As long as the chemistry between the characters is good, sexual or platonic, then I'll be happy. Considering longevity, since they're going 4-horsemen/apocalypse for the headless rider, I assume they'll go there eventually.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 00:32
This looks stupid.
Then again, so did Hannibal, so I should probably give it a chance.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 00:36
Keep in mind, this is from Kurtzman & Orci of "we're responsible for the Transformers movies" infamy.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 00:58
This is about my hometown and thus it owns.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:02
This show has already delivered for creating a trailer that is just three minutes of concentrated crazy: http://www.cinemablend.com/televisi...rama-55639.html
In fact, we should try to get a new thread title on that trailer alone. My suggestion? Ho Ho Ho the Headless Horseman has a Machinegun!
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|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:05
I'm kind of a sucker for "People from the past being awed at our modern technology" scenes.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:05
Somehow having Clancy Brown makes this even better.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:06
This show owns. It loving owns.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:08
Man that is one calm horse.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:08
Did they seriously just kill Clancy Brown off in the first five minutes?
Holy poo poo, John Cho??
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:09
That was the least surprising thing ever.
And here comes John Cho!
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:09
In the end there can be only one. Let it be Ichabod Crane, the Hollowander!
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:10
So we lose Clancy Brown and gain John Cho?
...go on.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:10
Wait... why did they arrest him? The cop didn't know anything, he just got the call.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:10
The thing that bothers me so far is that 144k people is not "small town." Which is what they're treating this as.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:10
Some kind of... Red Coat? THE DEVIL, YOU SAY?
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:10
Sleepy Hollow -- Did He Carry a Broad Axe?
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The thing that bothers me so far is that 144k people is not "small town." Which is what they're treating this as.
Yeah... that's a huge city.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:11
I'm just gonna watch this show and pretend it's American Revolution Thor. Because drat, it's a great Thor show so far.
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Yeah... that's a huge city.
It wouldn't take much effort to figure out that Sleepy Hollow actually has a population slightly under 10,000.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:12
Baggage Claim! The worst movie of all time!
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Zero One posted:
Yeah... that's a huge city.
I wouldn't say "huge". It's definitely a city, and not a small town, though.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:12
Admiralty court? Dammit Crane are you a Freeman?
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:15
I feel like this guy always does polygraphs on these types of shows.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:15
Ahhhhhhh he actually said "the question isn't where, but when!"
And he's oddly buying this without much thought.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:17
Haha... Dollar bill is kind of clever.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:17
General Washington...ON PARCHMENT???
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Yoshifan823 posted:
Ahhhhhhh he actually said "the question isn't where, but when!"
Yeah that was pretty impressive. "Yeah sure time travel or something that's fine."
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Hahahaha ok, you got me show.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:19
I really like this guy.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:19
"Well, now it's a Starbucks."
Sleepy Hollow doesn't have a Starbucks you bastards
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:21
Yoshifan823 posted:
Ahhhhhhh he actually said "the question isn't where, but when!"
It seemed like he was just taking the piss out of the guy, not necessarily believing him.
Also, nice work putting this guy squarely on the right side of history. Maybe next he'll nod in approval of gay marriage.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:22
Professor Funk posted:
"Well, now it's a Starbucks."
Hush up and watch the history displaced man marvel at modern capitalism.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:22
A lot of these time travel gags are old hat, but they're really pulling them off.
|# ? Sep 17, 2013 01:22
Huh, so apparently the priest is either from the past or immortal.
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Oh man I really hope this is gonna go full apocalypse.
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For those of you who don't know, an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is all about raising funds. To be more specific, startups sell their underlying crypto tokens in exchange for existing crypto currencies, mostly Bitcoin, Ethereum and other altcoins out there. This resembles an IPO in the stock market where investors buy a newly offered stock.
Bitcoin is really capable of getting back to the all-time high at $20K per coin. This is what founder of Coinshares Danny Masters thinks on the matter. He is not a rookie in this business. His company has been creating investment products for the cryptocurrency market and conducting blockchain-related research for years. Mr. Masters believes in the future of Bitcoin and altcoins. However, he thinks the market is yet to pass a few development stages.
Soon enough, maybe this fall, German stock exchange Börse Stuttgart is going to start working with cryptocurrencies. For that purpose, the exchange is expected to use its branch. Trading cryptocurrencies will be implemented through the Bison app. The expected trading turnover is around 100 billion dollars.
Earlier today, the world's first and most expensive crypto currency was going down while continuing the downtrend seen a day before. According to CoinMarketCap, the BTC exchange rate dropped below 8300USD/BTC, though it recovered a bit later on. Over the last 24 hours, the currency lost more than 5% of its dollar value.
This trading week, Bitcoin is unlikely to conquer another major threshold located at 10000 USD/BTC. The thing is that some Bitcoin investors were cooled down by the statements made by investment guru and billionaire Warren Buffett, founder of Berkshire Hathaway, as well as by Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and one of the richest people on the planet.
This week, the BTC exchange rate may well break above 10000 USD/BTC, most of the experts interviewed by PRIME think.
The situation in the global market of cryptocurrencies has been changing for a while. Bitcoin seems to be gradually losing its status of the world's biggest and most popular digital currency.


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Lady Gaga's performance of 'Applause' was extremely visual when she appeared on Japan's Music Station. Gaga resurrected her famous hair bow, which was plunked atop her head and was a pretty pink hue. Her look was epic, dramatic and utterly Gaga in scope and style, thanks to the fact that she also donned a second pair of eyebrows.
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Surrounded by male dancers, Gaga danced her face off. But we couldn't take our eyes off of her, since her makeup was extreme, with that second pair of eyebrows positioned above her natural brows. The extra brows were incorporated into an elaborate black, white and blue makeup motif.
We also loved the fly-like wings of her dress.
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During her interview, Gaga addressed her outrageous look, saying, "I am always excited when I see my fans re-interpret my looks from my videos and performances into their own culture and into Japanese culture so I wanted to do it for them this time and do a Gaga-Japanese fusion for my outfit."
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(AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped by 16,000 last week, the second straight weekly increase. But the longer-term trend in layoffs remained consistent with an improved job market.
The Labor Department says applications increased to a seasonally adjusted 357,000 for the week ending March 23. That's up from 341,000 the previous week, which was revised slightly higher. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, rose 2,250 to 343,000. That's only slightly higher than the previous week's five-year low of 340,750.
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I chose to do a rainbow of Muppets.
These characters were so fun to draw and cut.
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Following in the fragrant footsteps of Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Hudson, Zoe Saldana, 31, has been named the newest face of an Avon fragrance, Eternal Magic, debuting in April, PEOPLE has exclusively learned. The fragrance "takes inspiration from the rare Princess Monaco Rose," according to an Avon release. "It means so much to me to be associated with a company that shares my values and believes in empowering women," says the actress, who is now best known for kicking butt as Na'vi warrior princess Neytiri in Avatar. In her first major endorsement deal since James Cameron's blockbuster grossed a billion dollars, Saldana will also be featured in the company's brochure as a face of Avon's color cosmetics collection (no word on whether that includes 'Pandora blue'!). Geralyn Breig, Senior Vice President and President of Avon North America, says of Saldana, "We are thrilled to have Zoe as the spokesperson for Eternal Magic. Every woman wants to be unforgettable and Zoe perfectly embodies that feeling. She's a rising star in Hollywood — and has built a strong reputation for playing empowering characters that leave a lasting impression." –Suzanne Zuckerman


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John Francis' '05 Boss 429 Mustang
Walk up to John Francis' '05 Mustang with the hood down, and the question of the hour quickly becomes . . . could it be? The '69 to '70 Boss 429 connection is rather obvious, what with the big hoodscoop and Boss callouts, but c'mon, really? Rationally speaking, it wouldn't be the first time an owner tacked on a vintage appendage to the retro S197 body style without any real connection, and it certainly won't be the last. The 525 decal is likely indicative of horsepower, as the number is achievable with new-car power-adders, so in the end, the realist dismisses Francis' ride as yet another poseur–fast and fun, no doubt. Something really impressive? Well, probably not.
Truth be told, we know you're already impressed. You've scanned the pictures prior to reading this text and instantly recognized the engine in this '05 to be unlike anything to roll out of Dearborn in the last 40 years. Indeed, it's a big-block Boss 429-derived monster, and if that hood-down scenario had actually played out, all questions would've been answered as soon as Francis turned the key. The sounds are raucous, the aroma is of high compression, and the overall package is simply wicked. A virtually new car with a bad-to-the-bone Shotgun Hemi? If only it were as easy as it sounds.
While Francis holds the pink slip to this killer machine, he doesn't take credit for its build. That part falls to friend Page Stevens and associated talent. Francis was general manager at Landmark Ford in Tigard, Oregon, when friend Page came in to order a new six-cylinder Mustang (it was 2005, before a single S197 had been delivered). "I think Page had the first new body style in the Pacific Northwest," Francis opines. "He's one of those guys who've had the coolest of the cool, and I couldn't figure out what he'd want with a new V6 model. He shared that it was to be his next project car, but at that time he hadn't decided exactly how it would go. He asked what I thought, and we covered a lot of vintage Ford performance territory that day–Medium Risers, Cammers, Cobra Jets, and everything in between. We discussed my personal favorite Boss 429s as well, and that's the way it ended up going down." A year after the car's completion in 2007, Page moved on to yet another project, and Francis snapped up the stellar results as seen here.
The focus of all the attention under the hood measures out just as the side decal claims: 525 cubes courtesy of a 4.437×4.250-inch bore and stroke. The behemoth is all aluminum as well, making use of C&C Motorsports' block, heads, and intake. Larry Kalsch is credited with the impressive engine build, featuring 13:1 compression, a billet stroker crank, and a stout Crane hydraulic roller cam. The C&C website claims the cylinder heads will flow as much as 500 cfm on the intake side when supported with the proper hardware, and while we don't know about this particular application, we can say that the engine has churned out 758 hp and more than 660 lb-ft of torque on the dyno at Kalsch Machine. And it was done the old fashioned way–normally aspirated.
The Boss' builder is an unabashed corner carver, which accounts for the choice of the all-aluminum engine, 1:1 top gear in the Richmond five-speed, and big Wilwoods behind the Ford GT supercar rims. The idea was for the car to come across with a factory build feel, and aside from the ridiculously cool engine, we'd say it pretty well succeeded. Kreative Images in Wilsonville, Oregon, was the shop Stevens employed to meld old and new, and a bang-up job they did. As you'd expect, virtually every element of the car had to be reworked–the wiring, the fuel system, the chassis, custom K-member, and so on. If the brevity of the description comes off as making the project sound simple, we all know better. Unlike in the original Boss 429 Mustang, the engine bay of the S197 readily swallowed the motor, but suffice it to say the term engine swap falls well short of the whole story.
The finished product is completely alien to most big-horsepower S197s that roam the streets of Anytown USA. Call it a road less traveled or whatever you like, but let us just offer a parting thought. Plenty is made of the current crop of muscle cars and their smooth-as-silk, big-horsepower capabilities. We've even been known to revel over the same attributes with frequency, yet a thorough review of Francis' '05 returns us to our roots and the belief that there's nothing like cubes, nothing like compression, and nothing like hemis–ahem, hemispherical chambers that is. Yep, here's proof positive that old engines still rule.
Tech Notes
Who: John Francis
What: '05 Ford Mustang
Where: Portland, Oregon
Engine: The all-aluminum Boss engine is just about any Ford lover's dream. Builder Larry Kalsch spent plenty of time getting things just right, using C&C Motorsports' block, heads, crank, and intake as the foundation. The 4.250-inch crank is billet and is teamed with Manley rods and Arias pistons. The exotic Boss-style heads use a hemispherical combustion chamber, and the Ferrea valves are popped by Jesel rockers and a Crane hydraulic roller with 266/274 degrees of duration at 0.050 and 0.636-inch lift. A high-rising C&C single-plane intake is home to a 1,250-cfm Quick Fuel Dominator and made the motor so tall that a shallow oil pan and external pump are employed to save a few inches.
Transmission: The Richmond Road Race five-speed sports a 1:1 Fifth gear with a Kreative Images fabricated shifter. Clutch action makes use of Centerforce components, while the driveshaft is a Potter Webster piece.
Rearend: Lots of people are getting factory 8.8s to hang with serious horsepower, but a bulletproof 9-inch from Dutchman Motorsports was an obvious choice here. The hardware includes 35-spline axles, 4.11 gears, a Detroit Truetrac dif, and a nodular carrier.
Chassis: Kreative Images fabricated the subframe connectors, reworked the inner wheelwells, built a custom K-member and rollcage, and much more.
Suspension: Eibach springs and struts/shocks all around nail the ride height, while a Kreative Images-built front sway bar, rear control arms, and urethane bushings complete the job.
Exhaust: No surprise here, the headers had to be scratch built. Tom Phillips turned a bunch of 21?4 tubing into equal-length works of art, which then feed a 3-inch exhaust system featuring Flowmaster muffs.
Brakes: Wilwood six-pistons are in front and four-pistons reside in the rear. A kit didn't exist for the new Mustang in 2005, so Kreative Images performed plenty of fabrication work to get the setup squared away.
Wheels/Tires: Rather than using vintage-themed rolling stock, Stevens stayed current and factory inspired with a set of forged hoops sourced from the Ford GT supercar parts bin. Fronts measure 18×9 inches and rears are 19×11.5 inches They are shod in Goodyear Eagle F1s, 255-45ZR18 and 315-40ZR19, respectively.
Paint/Body: Original Boss 429s were under the radar compared with their contemporaries, and so is Francis' '05. The only alteration to the way it was delivered by Ford is the reproduction Boss 429 hoodscoop. The absence of a rear spoiler is absolutely perfect.


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