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Jaguar Floats its Concept Speedboat

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You can tell a lot about a car company by the related design and engineering concepts it rolls out. Honda has Asimo, GM has its Motorama Futurliner bus, and now Jaguar is unveiling its Concept Speedboat. The boat concept, conceived in conjunction with Britain’s Seventy Seven Design and Ivan Erdevicki Naval Architecture & Yacht Design, is all about showcasing the design DNA of Jaguar alongside the international driving debut of the brand’s XF Sportbrake. With the possible exceptions of the BMW 3-series, the Cadillac CTS and CTS-V, and the Mercedes-Benz E-class, luxury sportwagons are an endangered species, having given way to crossovers here in the States. But across the pond, wagons are alive and well, and you could actually visualize the svelte XF Sportbrake towing something like Jaguar’s Concept Speedboat to an upper-crusty yachting party.

Unless the Concept Speedboat is powered by wind, we’re pretty sure it hasn’t seen water yet, as no details about its engine have been released. But Jaguar’s design identity is reflected in the warm natural teak decking, the original XJ–inspired fuel-filler cap, and the polished aluminum propeller contrasting with the new-tech asymmetrical carbon-fiber shark fin and seamless flow of the nose into the laid-back windscreen.

Available overseas with a range of engines including a 271-hp, 3.0-liter twin-turbo diesel V-6, the XF Sportbrake cuts a stylish profile for a tow vehicle. But don’t get your hopes up for a Jaguar-branded speedboat any time soon. Unlike the $1.2-million, 2700-hp, Mercedes SLS AMG–inspired Cigarette boat, Jaguar emphasizes that it has no plans to build or commercialize a floating vessel of any kind.

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CenturyLink is a premier sponsor of the upcoming Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure and

Operations (I&O) Management Conference.   The theme of this year's event is Leading I&O:  Delivering New Levels of Innovation and Productivity and will be held in Las Vegas on Dec 2-5 at the Venetian Hotel.

To exemplify how the data center is playing a leading role in innovation, I will be hosting a panel of our customers at the event titled How IT is helping the Enterprise Revolutionize their Markets.

By Guest Blogger: Julian Kudritzki, Chief Operating Officer of the Uptime Institute

In the world of Multi-Tenant Data Centers (MTDC), as in much of life, not all things are created equal.  The levels of redundancy and robustness vary widely across centers, geographic locations and providers.  It is for this reason that the Uptime Institute created the Data Center Tier Classification System (I - IV) almost 20 years ago, and that the corresponding Tier Certification has become the company's fastest growing certification segment today.

If you want to get Freudian about Big Data, though, you might notice that the word "oops" is nearly all in the name of the platform.  The truth is that Hadoop in its pure form can be quite challenging to get up and running, especially in a public cloud environment.  While the cloud offers many advantages of cost and flexibility for Big Data, doing Hadoop in the cloud unassisted is asking for a hassle unless you're a serious open source expert.  This is a problem we're solving.

The CIO / CMO Relationship

In the sixth part of our seven part series titled 7 Secrets to Becoming a Digital Disruptor, we will talk about the critical CIO / CMO relationship. Part five covers the importance of the technology provider and you can view it here.

While disruption most often originates as a result of new technology becoming available it is marketers who are most often the ones championing the use and implementation of these new techniques while technologists are seen as more conservative gatekeepers. However, balancing forward-looking, customer-centric innovation with the latest and greatest tools and the need to keep IT systems robust, secure and cost effective requires strong cooperation between the CIO and CMO.

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Rockets overpower Lakers in second half

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Eventually, at least one of two things would surely happen. Kobe Bryant, off to a stunningly slow start, would get on the usual roll or the Rockets would crank up the league’s most prolific offense.

Bryant is about as much of a sure thing as the NBA has, got it going, though not to the full Bryant, mind-blowing, unstoppable standard. But once the Rockets offense began to roll, it didn’t matter.

The Rockets extended their winning streak to five games with wins in 10 of 12 games, rolling past the short-handed Lakers in the second half, 125-112, Tuesday at Toyota Center.

James Harden made 1 of his first 6 shots and then rolled the rest of the way, making 10 of 13 to score 31 points with nine assists, giving him 13-consecutive games scoring at least 25 points to tie Moses Malone’s franchise record. Jeremy Lin scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half, adding six rebounds, five assists and four steal. Chandler Parsons added 20 points, while leading the defense on Bryant.

Bryant finished with 20 points, 10 shy of his league-leading averaging, making just 8 of 22 shots. With the Lakers playing without Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard and Jordan Hill, Metta World Peace started at power forward and led the Lakers with 24 points.

With the win, the Rockets have a third-consecutive comeback from a double-digit deficit and their seventh this season, one more than in all of last season. The formula on the road – fall into a double-digit hole and then mount a comeback – was not intentional, but the Rockets started the game as if it were.

With the Lakers playing with short-handed energy the Rockets did not match, Los Angeles rushed to an 18-4 lead as Rockets coach Kevin McHale tried time out and substitutions to get things going.

Harden, who made just 3 of 19 shots in the previous game against his hometown team, made 1 of his first 6. The Rockets opened the game making 3 of 10 shots with three turnovers.

The Rockets, however, began to turn thing around by doing what actually was the plan going into the game. They attacked the paint, left open without Howard and Gasol inside. After scoring just two points inside in the first six minutes, the Rockets scored 28 in the paint in the remaining 18 minutes of the half, including 18 of the 31 they put up in the second quarter.

With Delfino adding a bit of 3-point shooting, the Rockets briefly went in front. They could not get the stops to end the half with a lead, even with Bryant scoring just six-first half points.

Though Metta World Peace made up for some of the void inside, starting at power forward and scoring 13 first-half points, Nash picked up the slack from the injuries and from Bryant taking just seven first-half shots.

Nash marked the occasion of his reaching the 10,000 assist mark by making 6 of 7 shots in the first half, scoring 14 points with five assists and without a turnover. With the Rockets put up little resistance, the Lakers moved the ball well enough to make 52.1 percent of their first-half shots, and 54.5 percent of their 3s.

Most of the Lakers early cushion was gone, but they still took a 62-59 lead into the second half. With that, the Rockets usual offense showed up, Bryant stepped up and the Rockets tried to make their third-quarter dash to a 12-point lead hold up.

That turned out to be no problem, with the Rockets scoring all the way to the final minute to lead by as much as 16 and keep the streak going.

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KISS is the mandate from Wheel Jockey! “Keep It Simple Stupid!”

Everyone can always use an extra hand, with the Wheel Jockey® you will always have one.

Simply a Smart Tool for a helping hand allowing you to easily rotate your ride’s wheels without assistance.

A very simple patented tool called Wheel Jockey® that helps rotate motorcycle wheels for easy cleaning, chain maintenance and lubing the chain, motorcycle tire inspection before rides and even drive-chain inspections.

Seeing the Wheel Jockey® in action, just  roll your motorcycle over the device. That’s It!  You are now able to easily turn your wheels on the ball bearing rollers and Sturdy steel construction of the Wheel Jockey®.

A message from the Industry veteran and owner of Wheel Jockey®, Bill Kniegge, “I was always looking for a better solution to routine chain maintenance. Like most all motorcycles today, my Suzuki did not have a center-stand.  Wheel Jockeys came about as a result of needing a very portable way to check tires and chain without a helper.” Top-notch materials and hardware with very durable finish, Wheel Jockey Sport and Wheel Jockey Big Boy models cover whatever size bike you’re riding.

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  • Cakey chocolate-zucchini waffles from The Candid Appetite blur the line between breakfast and dessert. The zucchini element isn’t so much for health; folding in the grated summer squash leaves each waffles impeccably moist. Eating them at night? Top each one with a scoop of ice cream.
  • Just like onion rings, green beans are instant crowd-pleasers in a bit of batter. After breading their version with multigrain chips, With Food and Love sticks them in the oven for a quick 15 and serves them with quick pickles.
  • What makes Lottie and Doof’s torte “The Torte,“ you ask? Laden with jammy plums, the buttery cake is blissfully simple and worth the brain space it would take to memorize for preparing on the fly.
  • Classic grilled cheese may only need a slathering of butter, some white bread and a layer of American cheese to come to fruition. But A Couple Cooks stacks their roasted tomato-basil take with bursting cherry tomatoes and mozzarella for a summery swan song.
  • If your daily dessert is normally dug out of a cardboard pint, try whipping up banana “ice cream” instead. Even after bikini season, Dessert for Two‘s recipe works as a healthful alternative, deconstructing frozen bananas in a food processor with just a little coconut cream until it reaches scoopable form.

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Doctor Prescribed Outdoor Activity for Kids

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Worried your kids aren’t getting enough fresh air and exercise? You’re not alone. Inactivity in children is an issue many parents and health care providers are concerned with. According to the Center for Disease Control, in the U.S, approximately 17 percent of all kids (ages 2-19) are obese. Environmental factors are mostly to blame, such as poor eating habits and a lack of physical activity. Luckily, the National Environmental Education Foundation is taking action and encouraging pediatricians to prescribe a healthy dose of outdoor activity.

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OneVillage Partners in Sierra Leone

Oct 25, 2011 2 Comments by

Seirra Leone, located in West Africa, is one of the poorest nations in the world. While mineral, agricultural and fishery resources are abundant, its physical and social infrastructure have not fully recovered from the civil war that ended in 2002, and social disorder has hindered economic development. Coolibar’s friends at OneVillage Partners, a Minneapolis, MN based non-profit, have been working with people in Eastern Seirra Leone since 2006 to provide assistance to rural villages and stimulate growth within these deprived communities.

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It’s All in the Fabric – Coolibar SUNTECT

Oct 21, 2011 6 Comments by

The most common question we get from first time customers at Coolibar is “how does your clothing protect against the sun’s UV rays?” The answer is quite simple – it’s all in the fabric!

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Check Me Out! Jaguars and MRF Fight Melanoma

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Raising awareness about melanoma can save lives, and catching it early is crucial. In an effort to get the word out to a massive audience, on October 9th the MRF teamed up with the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team to hold a Melanoma Awareness Day during the big game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Should Teens Tan? California Says No.

Oct 12, 2011 6 Comments by

On Sunday, October 9, 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill making California the first state to prohibit minors from using tanning beds. This raises the question, should teens be able to decide whether or not to use tanning beds? According to Aim at Melanoma Foundation, using a tanning bed before the age of 20 doubles a person’s risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Even more staggering is that 28 million individuals in the U.S. use tanning beds each year despite the statistics, which includes 2.3 million teens.

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Don’t Burn. Learn About the UV Index.

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Looking up the UV Index is as important as looking up the weather online or watching the morning forecast every day. Just like the weather forecast, the UV Index forecast tells you what to wear. In addition, it indicates how you should prepare for the sun’s intensity so you can feel comfortable and keep your skin protected while outside.

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Dermatologists, More than Pimple Popping M.D.s

Oct 04, 2011 2 Comments by

Dermatologists are way more than “pimple popping M.D.s”, which according to the popular ‘90s sitcom Seinfeld is all the profession is good for. They save and improve lives every day by helping people get control of their problematic skin, hair and nail conditions. Here are some of the top reasons to see a dermatologist.

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My plan is to have a plan

posted on 7th of november, 2007

One of the things I like about Dreamstime is that just like a strong community everyone has an opportunity to share what's on their minds without being judged to harshly. Some folks have fifty photos in their portfolio and some have thousands.
So as I am working my way through the community my plan is to have my portfolio look like a hardware store. I would like to diversify like a good investment plan. If someone wants a colorful background photo then I'll have it.
Or if it's objects for a fire seminar I need to supply it.

I have a vision for my portfolio to have everything from a nature photo of beautiful fall colors

To a photo of a patriotic lady.

I have no idea if this is the right way to go about it or...

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Thank you for the comment, I agree the best photos are of ones passion. I think the difference feels like taking a photo , or becoming part of one you have taken.

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posted on 10th of november, 2007

To all the Vets I would like to say.

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Give thanks

posted on 16th of november, 2007

Thurs. November 22nd is Thanksgiving day in the U.S.
I believe that sometimes we get so caught up in our everyday activities we forget how thankful we should be. Perhaps that's one of the reasons someone set aside a special day for people to do this.

The world and our lives in it have many reasons to give thanks.
We don't have to look far to see the beauty or sadness in our world, sometimes on the same page.
I am thankful I live in a free country.

I am thankful I can take out of the world the beauty so I can remember it.
Everyone that is reading this or that is a member of Dreamstime has reason to give thanks.
As photographers we have a desire to share what we have captured with our cameras.
As humans we have that competitive drive,...

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I think geese are smarter than I

posted on 25th of november, 2007

I love to watch wildlife and how they live. I have come to really appreciate the Canadian geese. As I get closer to winter I increase my complaining about how cold it is, how the cost of heat is rising, how the days are so short that I seem to never see the sun.

Geese on the other hand start practicing the vee flight pattern for migration.

I sit in meetings preaching how we all need to work together and make teamwork more than just a word.

Meanwhile the geese use each other for lift as they fly and change leaders often so no one goose has to take all the wind.

In the middle of winter I'll be here in the deep freeze.

Oh., and the geese? they keep going south and won't return until it's warm and the days are longer.

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Celebrate Black History Month with Free Access to Black History Records

In 1976, President Ford designated February as Black History Month to highlight the achievements of African Americans in U.S. history. He encouraged the nation to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”

In honor of Black History Month, we invite you to enjoy free* access to Fold3’s Black History Collection. This collection includes many enlightening historical records documenting African American achievements since the earliest days of our nation. Of particular interest are those from the Civil War era as we continue to observe the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

As soon as black soldiers were recruited to serve the Union in 1863, records were generated to document their service including Compiled Service Records for the U.S. Colored Troops and, ultimately, pension files. The pension file index cards, like this one for Joel Bedenbaugh, include a soldier’s rank, company, and regiment within the U.S.C. Infantry, his pension numbers, and sometimes a death date, 24 August 1913, in this case. Private Bedenbaugh’s 16-page service record also includes his enlistment record from when he joined up in Dayton, Ohio, in 1864.

Southern Claims Commission files are petitions by southerners who lost property to Union troops during the Civil War, including many blacks, like William and Louisa Ferguson. Though freeborn, Louisa was not only the wife of a slave, but also the daughter of George Washington’s carpenter, also a slave. Their claim for compensation of $150 for the loss of a horse was denied, but Louisa’s tales of Union and Confederate troops in the vicinity includes her encounters with the rebels and her service to the Union hospital nearby. A transcription of her file is here.

Explore these and thousands of other records documenting the history of African Americans in the U.S., from before the Civil War to the War in Vietnam. Join us as we recognize Black History Month and provide free* access to the Black History Collection on Fold3.

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Eventbrite's new Facebook recommendations power social event discovery

At Eventbrite, we think that one of the best ways to find new events – whether they be concerts or conferences or college parties – is simply to see what your friends are doing. As fun as new experiences can be, we believe that they’re better with friends. To drive social event discovery and help friends connect around live experiences, we’re using the Facebook Connect APIs to let Eventbrite users share their upcoming events with their real world friends.
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Note your everyday routine in your Fitness Journal

In this present fast moving life, we often forget to keep the track of our daily and future work. This is quite natural because we are always engaged in something or the other. However, this excuse can be detrimental to our careers. So it is very important to jot down the to-do list ‘somewhere’ so that we can follow that before the beginning of everyday’s work. This ‘somewhere’ must not be multiple notebooks but a single notebook, better to say a journal that provides a date-wise space to maintain the proper sequence of the to-do list. Moreover, when you are carrying it with you outdoor for some official purpose, it reveals your smartness and professionalism. The journal itself gives a professional look and so can be easily enlisted in the column of promotional gifts.

Promotional Fitness Journal is a refillable journal containing ninety pages. The pages are categorized for personal information, noting down daily exercises and for nutritional information. Therefore, this journal not only offer you space for keeping a note of your regular office work but also gives you the scope to maintain your health between your office hours. The size of the notebook is only 6.5”L x 1”W x 8.75”H and the weight is also very less, only .080 pounds. So, is very easy to carry with you anywhere. The corporate item is categorized under fitness & personal safety. The price of the item is only $55.00 but when the item is customized by company name or logo, the total cost including the stamping cost using a single color at a single location comes to $62.50. Therefore, the item is undoubtedly very important and useful for corporate office and so can be easily offered to the employees as well as the clients as a corporate gift.

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Rena Ford celebrates 100th birthday at her beachfront home in Pascagoula

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on July 05, 2013 at 7:57 PM, updated July 05, 2013 at 9:53 PM

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- "A blessing" is what Rena Ford would call today, as she celebrated her 100th birthday with friends, family and neighbors Friday at her beachfront home in Pascagoula.

Ford, born on July 5, 1913, in Mobile, Ala, spent every summer and holiday on the beach in Pascagoula until permanently moving here in 1937. She considers Pascagoula her home for the past 94 years.

With five children, Ford's family is fondly known for being close-knit. After Hurricane Katrina, the family decided to have dinner every Friday, a tradition that they still keep to this day.

"Her family is an attribute to her," Liz Ford, Rena's daughter said. "She took really good care of us and she also made a home for all of our friends."

Ford has been active in the community for years. She has been a part of the Garden Club and is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.

Standing at the doorway greeting all of her guests as they arrived with gifts and cards, Ford smiled and hugged familiar faces.

"All I can say is that it's a blessing," Ford said.

"She's the sweetest woman," Dr. David Dugger said, "She is highly valued."

Ford's cake was made by Rebeca Rosado, a marine biologist who does bakery on the side. Rosado baked three separate cakes in the form of the number 100. The cake was decorated with a beach theme complete with sand, seashells and starfish. Scranton's restaurant in Pascagoula catered the birthday party.


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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1970 Porsche 914-6

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Porsche 914s are plentiful enough, but real deal 914-6s don’t come around all that often, especially not ones converted to GT Le Mans specifications, as this 1970 Porsche 914-6 for sale on Hemmings.com has. The seller doesn’t note whether the car has seen any track time, but it’s probably safe to say, given the work that went into it, that it would make for all sorts of fun on a track or on a windy road. From the seller’s description:

Built in May of 1970 at the Porsche 911 factory. Mileage showing on odometer is 25k but true mileage may be different. With a freshly rebuilt (documented) Porsche five speed Limited Slip Transaxle with Rennshift close ratio quick shifting and a ton of Patrick Motorsports reinforcements and parts. A new up to date fuse box. It comes with the original two Keys that starts, opens locks both front and back hoods, doors and glove box. Handmade Stainless Steel headers with Stainless Steel heater exchange. Kirkey handmade aluminum racing seats, Competitive Willians 6 point 3 inch Racing Harness from the UK, Rennline, Momo, Alpine with Boston Speakers, infrared track and in car lap timer, it goes on and on….. And the Tangerine paint looks like new.

This 914-6 was professionally built up to a 914-6 GT LeMans specifications with the addition of a Carrera 3.2 closed loop Fuel Injected Porsche engine producing 245 hp. A Porsche Carrera suspension and brakes and steel underbody reinforcements that were added by the factory to increase the structural integrity of the body to take the extreme hp and side loads that were needed to win Le Mans. This includes Porsche 914-6 GT fender flares that could accommodate the larger Turbo 16 X 9 and 16 X 8 Fuchs wheels . Bilstein coil over shocks with 245 lb rear springs, 23mm front torsion bars, adjustable Weltmeister front sway bar, Porsche Carrera front suspension with 23mm Master brake cylinder with Metal braided lines all around to stop this 2200 lb 914-6 GT.

This is not a cheaply thrown together ‘Ricky racer’. This is a professionally built up 914-6 GT that has over $100k into it to make it what it is today. It accelerates, brakes, handles, performs and sounds like a real Porsche race car.

Its not perfect but then what is? This car comes with a clear California title and FOUR inches of receipts and documentation.

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  1. jeffzekas says:

    Once the owner put a 3.2 motor in it, he changed this car from a classic into a resto mod… nothing wrong with that… but lack of originality should be reflected in the price… just like a Ferrari with a Chevy motor, he may have made the car “better”, but such mods make the car less valuable.

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      Normally yes, except in the 914 world flat six conversions really drive up the price. Yes it would have been nice to keep the original flat 6 but a 3.2 motronic conversion is common and loved in the 914 community. Last of the air cooled engines. His car has been up for sale for a while but it makes sense hes looking for the right buyer. When he finds him both parties will be winners. I’ve seen this car at a meet about a month ago and it is gorgeous! If you are looking for a 914 GT with all the trimmings this is it.

      • Bud says:

        Normally, a -6 conversion would drive up the price of a 914, but not if that 914 was an original -6 car. They are only original once.

  2. 993Guy Morphing into 914-6 GT Guy says:

    This car is amazing………. It looks like the LeMans and Monte Carlo race cars that Porsche raced.

    Bet it could of beat both race models then and now with that massive Carrera 3.2 engine and brakes.

    If Porsche came out with a model like this back in the 70’tease for the public we wouldn’t be buying tail heavy 911’s.

    Or maybe Porsche would have realized that by rotating the engine and trans on the 911it would be a better balanced car

  3. Dan says:

    How is one supposed to attach the roof panel with that rollcage in the cabin? And I imagine spark-plug changes would be a real pain in the rump. It’s a pretty spiffy car, but likely not something I’d want.

  4. jim says:

    it is a very nice car but since it is a 914-6 i wish it had left stock.

  5. Mark Jackson says:

    Looks WAY better than a stock 914.

  6. 993 Guy says:

    From the other images it looks like the roll bar does not interfere with the Targa top when it is attached.

    On the Porsche 3.2 Fi 245 hp vs the stock Porsche 2.0 Webers 110hp. I would go with the Fi 3.2 Carrera engine any day over 110 hp with finickie Weber carbs.

    This thing must have cost a fortune to restore then build up!

  7. Mark Zalmanek says:

    If this car was done right, you could not build it for what he is asking. I know, I am building 2 now. If I had seen this car 2 years ago, I would have bought it.

  8. john lucier says:

    This car is so reeking of badassery. People just dont appreciate what an accomplishment the 1970 win at lemans was. To finish ahead of so many purpose built prototypes… has any production car finished that high since?
    As for the value of this example with its 3.2 engine well a 914 especially a six is a little different breed of collector car. They are rewarding to drive and are still relevant-read competetive- on the track. A well sorted 914 with an updated flat six can show its tail lights to virtually anything on track day so there is inherent value right there. The variable is it has to be “done right”.
    If this were silver blue or black it would be my dream car however I would never push it past about 90%. Even my 4cyl 914 I owned years ago was lethal with snap oversteer. Not forgiving to the imprudent. (I understand the Lotus Elise is as bad or worse)

  9. Cayman and 993 Dude says:

    The Porsche Tangerine color on this car is so 70’tease I love it. Completely different color then Porsche Orange. Which they had both in back then. Tangerine changes colors from inside and out in the sun. Almost red.

    I would buy it if I could.

    I owned an early 1976 2.0 914 that I loved. Man could that thing corner. I tried making one like this GT years ago but when the bill started going north of $80k I stopped and sold it to the shop that was building it for me they put another $60k into it and now it resides in Switzerland. These are the amounts that it takes to build one up right.

    On the 1970 914-6 GT LeMans win that earned Porsche their very first production car win. That race car used the same tires for the entire race. Does that tell you how well they are balanced?

    On keeping it stock with the 110hp 2.0. There are collectors that dust then there are enthusiast that want to drive. Which are you ?

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A Vespa that traffic won’t mess with

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Longtime blog readers will no doubt recognize the Vespa-with-a-cannon variant, which mounted a 57mm cannoncino under the seat and through the leg shield. We’d always believed they were for transporting purposes only, but according to Coys, which will run a 1959 example through its Monaco auction next week, the cannoncino was actually operational. Coys writes:

Messina has been the site of many historical battles over the centuries guarding, situated as it is in the straits between Sicily and the Italian mainland. From the Carthaginians in 280 B.C. right up to the invasion of the Nazi ground and sea troops in the second World War, this area has been fought over almost constantly. It is little surprise then that the rough terrain needed blue sky thinking when it came to defending towns and the more inaccessible parts of the island.

For quick decisive incursions, Vespa was the ideal vehicle. Reliable, maneuverable and cheap, all that was required was a little armorment. As can be seen on this example, a small cannon was incorporated into the front cowling with additional rocket propelled grenades attractively presented in a wicker basket. Stabilizers were used during firing and all was presented in khaki green. Stored for the last 30 years in a Messina military camp, this Militare is in completely original condition with the exception of the cannon that has been de-activated.

Of course, those of you who thought the price of the 1964 Vespa GS-160 we recently featured as a Hemmings Find of the Day was too high, you may want to consider the pre-auction estimate for the Coys Vespa, which ranges from €12,000 to €15,000, or about $16,000 to $20,000.

UPDATE (18.May 2012): Coys reported that the Vespa sold for €14,153, or $18,002.


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    Flash mobs, when executed well, can be a great way to generate buzz, express your business' creativity, and even garner some media attention and coverage. Want to inject some personality and creativity into your company's marketing strategy? Consider orchestrating a flash mob! Last week, HubSpot employees did just that, dressing up in orange HubSpot track suits, sporting zombie makeup, and taking over the food court at the local mall to dance to the spooky Michael Jackson hit, "Thriller" in our very own Halloween flash mob. Here's a step-by-step guide to planning and executing your own flash mob, using our own experience as an example.

    Step 1: Be Creative

    There’s nothing more exciting than watching or partaking in a surprise flash mob that interrupts people's mundane daily routines. Flash mobs are a great way to stir up attention and create some buzz. Be creative, and think of ways to make your performance unique from previous flash mobs. There needs to be more to your flash mob than just a dance routine to make it stand out. Some flash mobs involve the performers' hidden talents, some singing, theatrics, or getting hundreds of people to stand still for a few minutes. Your flash mob can be flashy, thought provoking, artistic, or even be used as an advertisement.

    Step 2: Pick a Fun Tune

    Pick a song that will catch everyone’s attention. Purchase a loud, portable stereo and cue up your upbeat dance song, classic throwback, or even a holiday related Christmas carol.

    Step 3: Learn the Moves

    Gather a group of your friends and/or coworkers who are willing to participate in the flash mob. Find someone who is an experienced dancer or choreographer who can breakdown the moves for everyone. Practice regularly. The key is to really perfect the routine if you want to impress onlookers.

    Step 4: Choose a Date, Time, and Location

    The best places for flash mobs are large, high-traffic public spaces where people wouldn’t expect something out of the ordinary. Whether you choose to target a local beach, a food court at the mall, or a train station, pick a day and time of the week during the location's busiest hours.

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    An important thing to consider is that your performance needs to have the element of surprise. A well-executed flash mob performance should be kept secret up until the moment it begins. Catching your audience off guard is crucial. Make sure you video tape not just your performance, but also everyone’s reaction.

    Step 6: Be a Cinematographer

    Pack your cell phones and some HD video cameras, and capture some high quality video footage. A multi-camera shoot will provide sufficient coverage with wide shots, close-ups, and plenty of reaction shots of unsuspecting viewers. Make sure you have a camera operator that is part of the action and on the same level as the dancers. Have another camera operator shooting a wide/establishing shot from a higher angle looking down on the dancers. Your wide shot will show the scale of your flash mob. THE BIGGER, THE BETTER.

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drupa Attendance Is Down – By a Lot

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The drupa 2012 organizers announced final attendance figures today. The total: 314,500. The stunner in this news isn’t that attendance dropped between drupa 2008 and 2012, it’s by how much. drupa attendance peaked in 1990, dropped offÂ in 1995, and then came in at well over 400,000 in 2000. The next two drupasÂ were both aroundÂ around 390,000. The drupa 2012 figure is down about 75,000 from drupa 2008. Going into the show I hoped that final attendance figures would end up between 350,000 and 375,000. As it turns out, this was very optimistic. The newly released numbers tell a different story entirely.

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  • The poor state of the European economy (which has brought the region back into recession)
  • A shift in focus toward growth markets in Asia Pacific (visitors from India ranked second only to home-grown German visitors at drupa 2012)

So perhaps a drop of close to 20% in show attendance should not come as a surprise. Maybe it will convince organizers to shorten the show in the future (for now it’s still two weeks: June 2 to 15, 2016). Yet it also underscores the importance of developing innovative services — some print, some non-print —Â that open up new opportunities in a market that is undergoing radical changes. This is an example of why InfoTrends is conducting research in areas such as service expansion opportunities in document outsourcing, textiles, and packaging, as well as examining the impact of digital print around the world, including India and China. For additional information please feel free to contact me or check out one of the links below.

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Friday Photo: Oregon Coast and OWH Summertime Challenge winner!

I'm back to feeling in an Oregon Coast frame of mind today after learning yesterday that Castaway Cove (August 6th) sold to the Doubleday and Rhapsody bookclubs, and will also be published as a Doubleday Large Print book!  This is probably the most personal of the books I've written for a while, so I'm delighted it's also going to be published in those hardcover editions.

This week's photo's not far from where Sweetie proposed to me when I was eighteen.  And where my Shelter Bay books are set.

Smooches to everyone who commented on my summertime card challenge for Operation Write Home!  I loved each and every comment and the cards were so wonderful, they almost made me forget that not only am I not that wild about warm summers, Washington was the hottest state in the U.S.!!!!  Even hotter than Phoenix, where I spent too many years in the desert!

The winner of the collection of MFT stamps and the Lawn Fawn paper pad, chosen totally at random, is -- ta dah -- Donna Nuce!  Donna, if you'll email your post office mailing address to joann At joannross DOT com, we'll get your package out to you next week.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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Yeah! Thanks for picking me as the winner! I email you snail mail address!

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Hi JoAnn! I have stood in that same place!!! I love that place and the views! Wish I could live there...maybe someday.


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By: Jo Chaffer, posted 30th August '10

Part 3 of life in the happy chaos and damp stickiness of summertime Nepal

It's now late July and the monsoon has been drenching us all fairly comprehensively for the last few week. Sex, drugs n rock n roll? - thought I'd open this latest tale of life in the blinking lights, biggish city of Kathmandu with a provocative title. Jo ChafferProvocation in its many and varied forms seems to be quite a big thing here at the moment: from the political arenas of the PM stepping down and the big three parties playing power games with the populace on who should fill the vacant post (and government), to skinny girls in hotpants and high heels stepping out (in some sort of) style on the stinking, sodden streets. There's something to provoke thoughts, conversation and temperatures at every level.

The build up to the rains throughout late May and early June was a weirdly trippy, time-in-slow-motion period where the air seemed to be replaced by a warm, fetid soup. As the barometer continued to drop so did my energy levels, to the point where the simplest task seemed improbably wearying. Each day the temperatures crept a little higher, the skies darker and thicker. Humidity was such that the slightest movement produced baubles of sweat that quickly coalesced into small rivulets flowing down every bodily crevice and crease. Sweat stains and fraught tempers ruled the day (and night). It was neither pleasant nor pretty. We called it PMT (pre monsoon tension).

The only remedies for me were a swim in the sparkly pool at the Park Village (a swanky hotel up the road), carrying at least three changes of clothes and lots of deodorant whenever I left the house and best of all a long, cold g&t to cool down before the nightly sleepless wrestle with damp sheets and mosquito nets. That wasn't sexy at all.

Kathmandu by bikeBut, as with anywhere else in the world I guess, the young cool crowd seemed to relish the rising temperatures and chance to show off beautiful bodies in micro shorts, strappy tops (for girls) and pointy collared, chest plunging shiny shirts (boys). It's been like living in a scene from Grease!

One of the weirdest crazes to hit the mean streets of downtown ‘Du is fakey-tattoos. These are basically American tan tights painted with bad stretchy graphics of blue and red tigers, devils and wild haired women etc. The slicky-haired, vest-topped microbus boys seem to be the prime protagonists for this quite bizarre and unconvincing fashion. They wear them on their fore arms and sometimes on their calves too. It's very odd. And very popular.

And worse, as the tattoo tights get older they wrinkle and sag into nylony cuffs stopped from slithering off completely by fakey Rolex type watches. I guess I'm just too old to appreciate the sex appeal...

The girls have responded in some style too. There are so many twenty somethings out and about looking vixen like and alluring in hot pants and hooker shoes.......... I've come to think this is their small window of opportunity to dress daringly before marriage strikes and life in the red sari begins. It seems that there are many fairly liberated young woman, well-educated with some sophisticated and informed views on the world. They are highly westernised (or Indianised?) on the surface and in speech but the problem pages in the women's mags read differently. How they actually go about living their lives is still very traditional and conforming to older society values and norms. It's intriguing to watch and try and understand.

Kathmandu boys flirtingAnd all this on show / off limits stuff makes it really confusing when I think about getting to know anyone well enough to befriend or even date. Is it possible? Where to start? How to know who could be possible? How far to go? How to approach? Or not to approach and respond? What about the Western / Eastern cultural misconceptions? It's most confusing for a girl. On the one hand this is definitely a society where machos get far: river guides, rock stars and the ultra-cool urbanites dripping wealth through cashmere and Gucci (not fakes) are revered and have a ‘wow' factor with their sex appeal and money on show. On the other hand though there's officially no dating scene, hand holding constitutes an unacceptable intimacy, arranged marriage is still the norm (even for rock gods) and the divorce rate is phenomenally low.

The only way to be close to your gal is to whip her away for a picnic on the back of your motorbike - then maybe you can touch! There's a tale by Oshi, an Indian guru that reflects the KTM date scene scarily well. Two lads are sitting chatting together over a soda one evening. One says ‘hey my girlfriend got really hot with me last night. We had the wildest sex'. His mate wants to know more ‘so tell me then... what happened?'

‘Well we went out on my motorbike and she snuggled up real close'
‘and then?'
‘we went to the river and watched the sunset.'
‘and then?'
‘she sat so close to me I could feel her warmth. When she moved her head her hair brushed my face'
‘and then?'
‘we whispered in each other's ear. She told me she loved me'
‘and then?'
‘she took my hand in hers and held it tightly'
‘and then?'
‘what you mean there's more?'......................................

Kathmandu street bandThe other thing confusing my forty year old head is the preponderance of ‘Death Note' T-shirts. I get it totally on the long haired, metalheads big into the underground, guitar / dark rock / indie scene. Where I'm in a dither is the ‘Death Note' T's in baby pinks and blues on quite cutely cherubic 14 year old giggly girls. Maybe it means something different in Nepali?

Music, of one form or another, is everywhere it seems. The music scene here in KTM is very much alive and kicking with underground metal and indie bands, loads of talented guitar (and air guitar) players, gigs on every night of the week: jazz, blues, rock, punk, soul you name it...some wild local DJs playing some ultra cool new club venues, moonlight dance festivals in jungle clearings in the valley rim, it's all out there. For the most part though the old rock and grunge kings still rule young boys' hearts: Iron Maiden, ACDC, Nirvana, Metallica, Chilli Peppers........... they reign supreme.

And the soundscape changes constantly here. May / June was a whole month of frantic, manic high-pitched very, very early bell ringing (occasionally with drum accompaniment) waking the gods and also waking me. I'm not sure which of the many million Hindu gods this was to appeal to - it could possibly have been all of them if the volume was anything to go by. Think a hundred school bell ringers on amphetamines. The noisy worshipping became more interesting and less eardrum wrecking when one early morning run I came across a group of middle aged men dancing fervently to more traditional live music - tabla, sitar, drums, tambourines and horn players - on rugs under a spreading peepul tree.

In June / JulKathmandu Footbally we were treated to early morning/all day/ all night Bollywood classics (kind of Venga Boys go Hindi) as the monsoon wedding season kicked off. Huge dance parties under big tarpaulins on local rooftops - swarms of Honda Hero and Pulsar motorbikes clogging the alleyways outside, vats and vats of dhaals, tarakari and rice to feed the hundreds; flashing lights, plastic flowers and lots of sparkly stuff. Weddings Nepali style are big fun!

Now though the sound of the city and the fervent is all but drowned out by the cicadas and tropical bird calls surrounding my house - it's quite magical. And also quite high volume, but in a very wonderful way.

So that's sex and rock n roll Nepali style. Drugs - well beyond antibiotics and Imodium I don't have much local insight. Thankfully my usage of the latter has now stopped (nearly) and I've been well for a whole month (mostly) - which is nice.

More on the madness post-monsoon and back into trek and bike world next time.

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Exercise for Cancer Patients

“You can lift that much weight?”

That’s the question Debra Carter got at Health Directions, Lexington Medical Center’s fitness and wellness gym, recently.

Her 30-pound presses on a strength training machine would be impressive to anyone. But what was even more impressive – and that no one knew – was that Carter was a cancer patient, still undergoing treatment, too.

The Cayce woman, age 52, was diagnosed with breast cancer in the fall of 2011. She underwent a lumpectomy and dozens of radiation treatments. During the end of radiation, she started going to Health Directions for Cancer Exercise Training, a program run with the help of the Lexington Medical Center Foundation.

Cancer Survivors 0144That’s where she met Thad Werts, who, with a Cancer Exercise Trainer (CET) certification from the American College of Sports Medicine, is an expert in helping people with cancer exercise correctly. A CET understands cancer patients’ diagnosis, surgeries, treatments, symptoms and side effects.

“With cancer, you can be active,” he said. “I look at what we can do to make everyone’s cancer experience better.”

In March, Werts put Carter on an 8-session, twice-per-week program to increase her strength and endurance, including a mix of cardio and weights.

With his training, he understands how cancer impacts exercise, and what it’s important for patients to do – and not to do. For example, chemotherapy can lower cardiovascular endurance. And, that it’s important to be careful with range of motion for breast cancer patients who’ve had surgery, especially with chest exercises.

“I can help them build back up their muscle so that they have more strength,” he said.

Carter liked it.

“It makes you feel so much better because you have more energy,” she said.

Since beginning the program two years ago, Werts has built up the program to train about ten patients each month, including breast, prostate and colon cancer patients.

The importance of such exercise is well-documented among cancer clinicians, who stress the importance of incorporating wellness activity into regimens for people who are moving into the survivor phase of life.

This exercise has emotional benefits, too.

“There’s a depression factor that I didn’t understand until I went through the training,” Werts said. “Women who have gone through hormone therapy have a tendency to gain more weight, so they feel more self-conscious.”

He says exercise can help them feel happier.

“I love the clinical aspect,” he said. “I knew I never wanted to be a doctor, but that I wanted to help as many people as possible.”

It’s made a difference for Carter. Werts has inspired her to exercise for the long-term.

“He has given me a second chance,” she said.

The Lexington Medical Center Foundation provides important programs and services that help people in our community, including cancer patients. Please consider giving to the Lexington Medical Center Foundation during the Central Carolina Community Foundation’s “Midlands Gives” challenge on May 5. Learn more at MidlandsGives.org.

Local woman’s cancer battle uncovers family link

A Midlands woman’s fight against breast cancer led to a discovery that may save the lives of her sisters and daughters.

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Kathryn Robinson’s cancer battle started more than two years ago.  “I was preparing to go to work, and while I was in the shower I just accidentally felt a lump in my breast,” said Robinson.

It had been less than two months since Robinson’s yearly mammogram, but she knew something wasn’t right. “I called the doctor and went in that afternoon,” said Robinson. “He sent me in for an ultrasound that next Monday.”

Just a few days after the ultrasound Robinson was diagnosed with breast cancer and life immediately changed for her and her family.

“When my mom was diagnosed and she talked about getting genetic testing done, that’s the first time I had ever heard of the gene,” said Robinson’s 24 year-old daughter, Ashley Lyons.

Robinson’s family quickly learned about the BRCA gene malformation. It’s hereditary and when present greatly increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. In the midst of chemo, Kathryn tested positive for the gene.

“I had eight rounds of chemotherapy, and I was scheduled to do radiation after that, but because I was positive with the BRCA2 gene, they did a bilateral mastectomy,” said Robinson.

Doctors at Lexington Medical Center recommended the mastectomy and a hysterectomy in hopes of eliminating Robinson’s future cancer risks. They also advised her family to get tested for the gene.

“I had one sister that wasn’t interested in getting tested and a younger sister that I can usually persuade to do just about anything… she went and got tested,” said Robinson.

As it turned out, Robinson’s sister Kelly Moore also tested positive for the gene malformation. “I feel like I’m the lucky one,” said Moore. “Kathryn helped to educate me, and I had all of her valuable information for what she had gone through.

Moore chose to have her ovaries removed as a preventive measure, and is now getting more frequent breast exams. For Robinson’s daughter Ashley, the decision was more difficult.

“At first, I did not want to know,” said Ashley. “I did not want to be tested.” But Ashley says her older sister talked her into being tested for the gene. While her older sister does not have the BRCA malformation, Ashley does.

“At first I was like how do you test positive and do nothing about it…so that was kind of hard in the beginning,” said Ashley.

But medical oncologist Dr. Steve Madden at Lexington Medical center says at Ashley’s young age it’s okay not to undergo preventive surgery as long as she’s pro-active. “As long as you’re aware, you’re going to be on top of anything and catch it much earlier if it develops at all,” added Dr. Madden.

Kathryn has been a survivor now for two years. Her family calls her a lifesaver. “She was very positive, and she inspired all of us to take a fighting approach to it,” said Moore.

Dr. Madden says doctors usually advise anyone diagnosed with breast cancer who is under the age of 50 to be tested for the gene. They also advise immediate family members of breast cancer patients to be tested, as well.

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Richard Scheibe, a 33-year-old Elk River man, is going to be sentenced for the murder of Amy Woollard Monday. Woollard was found in her car recently dead sitting next to a suicide note. But the case did't add up.

Before too long, it came to light that Scheibe had had an affair with Woollard and was the father of her baby. Woollard had tried to get Scheibe to pay child support, but she refused: the motive!

Eventually, Scheibe admitted to fighting Woollard for the gun, which went off and killed her. Scheibe was charged with first degree murder.

The Strib article was more recent, and gave the article only the basic facts they needed to understand that Scheibe is being sentenced today. Kare 11 gave a more in-depth look at the motive and such.
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Persons holding the interim position(s) are eligible to be considered a candidate for the permanent position(s), if they so wish.

This position coordinates the music used in all worship services, oversees care of the church's musical instruments, and involves as many people as possible at UBC. The music coordinator will work with the Pastor, Worship Planning ministry team, and any other groups of people to plan the music for worship. We are a Welcoming and Affirming church and plan our services from this perspective. We use inclusive language. This person will play the tracker organ and other instruments as called upon for service and rehearsals. This position is tentatively scheduled to last from October 1, 2013 to Jan 1, 2014.

Worship service - Sunday - 10:00 a.m.; choir rehearsal - 9:15 a.m.

Choir rehearsal - Wednesdays - 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Compensation: Commensurate with Twin Cities AGO scale for ¼ time position

General Responsibilities:

1. Coordinates the music program of the church, including the choir, soloists, and any other musicians.

2. Works with the Worship Planning team and the pastor to help select music appropriate to the worship themes. Provides church office with details of musical selections for bulletins by given deadlines.

3. Plays music (organ and piano) for all worship services and choir practice.

4. Conducts choir practice and Sunday service performances.

5. Coordinates the tuning and maintenance of instruments, as needed.

6. Develops the musical skills of the members of the choir through rehearsals, coaching, mentoring and appropriate feedback.

7. Helps coordinate special services that may be in addition to regular worship; this may include funerals, weddings, or other important holy days.

8. Arranges for substitutes in his/her absence.

9. Performs other duties as may be requested or required.

Required Skills:

1. Good interpersonal skills, able to work with others (both professional and volunteers) in a respectful and professional manner

2. Ability to direct and develop a choir

3. Ability to play the tracker organ and piano

4. Knowledge of music as it relates to worship

5. Strong oral and written communication skills

6. Demonstrated experience as a strong team member

Please indicate your interest in this position by sending a letter of intent, resume, and references to University Baptist Church, 1219 University Ave. SE, Mpls., MN 55414 by Saturday, Sept. 14.

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Four Reasons Why CJ-4 is the Best Oil for Interim Tier 4 Engines Using Exhaust Filter Technology

August 16, 2011

This excerpt was originally posted on the John Deere, Straightforward Blog July 29, 2011. You can view the original post here.

Earlier this week, we dove into the issue of engine oil choices for John Deere Interim Tier 4 engines. We provided a list of key terms to know when navigating the engine oil decision, and provided John Deere’s best practice recommendation for your engine: Using CJ-4 oil grades to extend service life and maximize efficiency and performance.

Today we expand on the role of engine oil in Interim Tier 4 engines. Here are four reasons why CJ-4 oil grades are the best choice for your new Interim Tier 4 equipment:

DPF Service Life – As we discussed last week, CJ-4 oil grades are specially blended to reduce trace metals and SAPS (sulfated ash, phosphorus and sulfur). Using oils with high levels of SAPS in Interim Tier 4 engines, reduces the performance efficiency of the diesel particulate filters and diesel oxidation catalysts these engines utilize to meet emissions standards.

Heat – Heat affects off-highway engines much more than on-highway. Off-highway engines work much harder in heavily loaded conditions. Plus, they don’t receive the cooling effect from highway travel; every time you raise the temperature by 10 degrees Celsius (about 20 degrees Fahrenheit)—which is typical between on and off-highway applications—you double the oxidation rate of the oil. CJ-4 oil, particularly John Deere Plus-50 II™, which has been formulated specifically to inhibit oxidation, deposit, corrosion and wear with superior root control in Interim Tier 4 engines.

Engine Wear – Lab and field tests reveal that the superior anti-wear additives in quality engine oils can significantly reduce engine wear, increasing the productive life of the engine. Quality engine oils also extend drain intervals and reduce piston deposits, which leads to a cleaner engine that will last longer and provide consistent power.

Soot-Handling – Compared to the previous CI-4 oils,CJ-4 has been shown to be much more stable and to have better soot-handling capabilities, which is important in new engines that also rely on cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) technology. Recirculation of exhaust gas lowers peak combustion temperatures and reduces nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, but can potentially increase the level of soot in the engine oil as partially burned hydrocarbons are fed into the cylinders. Managing soot in cooled EGR-equipped engines is important because excessive soot can build up and cause abrasive wear, which could accelerate filter plugging and high back pressure in the exhaust filters. The new CJ-4 oil formulations have better antioxidants and dispersant additives that are capable of handling additional soot levels.

It’s always been important for owners and operators of off-highway diesel engines to follow the manufacturer’s oil-type and service-interval recommendations, and with Interim Tier 4 engines it’s even more important to follow those recommendations.

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Monthly Archives: July 2012

I have updated the Kirsten Kimono Tee (The free t-shirt pattern) with some minor changes to the pattern itself (changed the shoulder line a tiny bit etc.) + some new pictures.

I also submitted my pattern to – getting ready for the launch of two new patterns within the next couple of weeks.

P.S. There is a new episode of the Twin Needle Podcast up. Find it at Itunes or Podbean.

Vacation in Provence was wonderful. Just wonderful. The weather was very very nice (30 – 35 degrees C (around 85 – 95 F)) Which is perfect when you have been cold all spring and longing for sun and have rented a house with a lovely pool.

We all wore tons of sunscreen and nobody got in serious fights with anybody (I don’t know if I told you, but we were having this vacation with my father and his wife and my brother and his girlfriend and her kids and my sister. I’ve never lived with any of them, except for the occasional week-end, so it was an experiment!)

I went looking for Yarn and fabric stores and in Brignoles (which is a small-ish town quite close to where we lived) I found two. Well. The first one was an all yarn store. They had a lot of acrylic in harsh colours and I didn’t get anything. I did get my picture taken in front of it though.

The second store was called a sewing store, but mostly had yarn. I only spotted 5 rolls of fabric. The yarn was nicer (Begerac de France and Katia) but I didn’t get any. I was tempted by some very nice Bergerac de France in a soft brown for a baby sweater (it was in a kit) but the price was too high!

Knitting wise I did get some stuff done. I had packed the cardigan for Carla and wanted to finish it while in France. Only I was so stupid. I had forgotten to pack extra skeins of yarn – so I could only knit as far as the skein went.

I worked on my Colour Affection in the car when we were driving to France. When we got there I got second thought about the colour combination. I don’t think there is enough contrast between the colours. What do you think? Should I frog? What colour(s) should I choose to go with the blue/teal yarn?

I also got some work done on the baby cardi – and my sister-in-law said she loved the colour and is looking forward to use it for her new baby..

I didn’t do any sewing as such (naturally, as I didn’t bring any with me) but I did get ideas for patterns to design and did drawings etc.

But basicly – I was in France to relax and enjoy my family and the lovely weather and the dinners in quaint Provencial town squares – so that’s what I did most of the time.

{Driving through mountains with the kids + swimming in Lac Croix + Enjoying dinner with the husband + drinking a glass (or two) of rosé wine = Lovely vacation}

Now I’m back - recharged and ready to work. I’ve been sewing prototypes for the last couple of days, trying to get ready for photo-shooting sometimes next week.

I’m truly enjoying my vacation in Provence, France.
I’ve been wearing my new tankini every day so far, and it’s holding up nicely.

Today we went to a market in a village close by, and there was a yarn/fabric store. I didn’t get anything though. The place smelled of incense and All the yarn was acrylic and the fabric was quilting cotton.

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Patriots defensive lineman Shaun Ellis on his respect for Jets coach Rex Ryan: 'Obviously it seems like it's not mutual'

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shaunellis.jpgView full sizeFILE - This Jan. 19, 2011, file photo shows New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis answering questions from the media after NFL football practice, in Florham Park, N.J. Ellis is switching sides in one of the NFL's most intense rivalries. The two-time Pro Bowl selection signed with the New England Patriots on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, after 11 seasons with the New York Jets.

FOXBOROUGH - Shaun Ellis isn't happy with the New York Jets, and for good reason.

First the team offered him a minimum contract after 11 good years (the Patriots are paying him $4 million), and then coach Rex Ryan bid him adieu with this line:

"There’s no way I’m going to wish him well. There’s no chance of that. I wish him to be healthy, but I don’t want him to play that well."

Asked for his feelings on Ryan, Ellis said: "I have a lot of respect for the guy, obviously it seems like it’s not mutual, but I respect him."

Here's the rest of what was said in his first meeting with the media:

Q: What are your thoughts on joining the Patriots?

SE: It’s good. You know, it feels like home. It feels like a place that’s all about winning, like they have been [winning]. I’m just happy to be a part of it.

Q: You had a home for the last 11 years, what led to the decision to change?

SE: Basically, a lot of things went down. The Jets felt like they wanted to go in a different direction and I made the best decision that was best for me and my family and I chose to come here.

Q: Was it jarring to hear the Jets wanted to go in a different direction and basically offered you the minimum?

SE: Yeah it was. But it’s a business. It’s the nature of this sport. I accepted it and found a new home.

Q: What have been your observations of the rivalry?

SE: It’s just the same – I’m just on the other side now. [There were] definitely a lot of battles over the years and I’m a Patriot now and I’m happy to be a Patriot and I’m just ready to get started.

Q: What were some of your thoughts before you became a Patriot?

SE: [The] first thing that comes to mind is winning, you know, championships. I don’t have one and I want to get one before it’s all said and done. This is the best opportunity for me to do it and I joined and I’m ready to get in line with the rest of the guys and play my role.

Q: What kind of immediate impact do you think you’ll make as a Patriot?

SE: Immediately, just come in, my presence, be able to push the pocket as well with Albert [Haynesworth] and Vince [Wilfork] and a couple of guys on defense and just see what happens.

Q: It’s a pretty remarkable assemblage of talent. There’s a lot of good players, are you all going to be able to get out there and do some damage?

SE: I hope so, that’s the goal, going in each and every week -- go out there and play our best every week go after the quarterback and cause a lot of havoc, hopefully we’re able to get that done.

Q: 3-4 or 4-3? Which do you feel has been better suited to your abilities?

SE: I’ve played all of them. So to me it doesn’t matter. I feel like I can play all positions – I line up all positions so I’ve been doing it my whole career, it’s natural.

Q: How many different systems have you been in?

SE: At least six.

Q: What system do you feel most comfortable in?

SE: 4-3.

Q: Have they talked to you about what type of system you’ll be in here in New England?

SE: No, not really. I’m just learning the playbook. Vince [Wilfork] told me to learn the playbook and get out there and start practicing and he’ll figure all the rest out, just leave it to him.

Q: When do you hope to get out there and practice?

SE: Soon, soon. They just wanted to do some more conditioning things and be ready to go.

Q: Have you taken the conditioning test yet?

SE: No, not yet.

Q: Rex Ryan said some very Rex-like things when he found out you signed here. He wished you health but didn’t wish you well. What are your thoughts?

SE: It’s Rex. I’d like to say I wish him well and I wish him all the success. It’s just how it is.

Q: Do you wish him well?

SE: I do. I have a lot of respect for the guy, obviously it seems like it’s not mutual, but I respect him.

Q: How much disappointment and bitterness do you feel toward the Jets? That has to feel just not right?

SE: Yeah, I mean, when you look at it that away from an emotional standpoint, yeah it was. But you have to look at it as a business as well. They have a choice of going after the guys they feel like they need or they want to surround their team around and I just wasn’t in their plan. Like I said, I’m a Patriot now, I’m part of this plan and I’m going to go out there and play my best.

Q: Obviously there’s a rivalry between the Jets and Patriots. Is there extra motivation for when you play the Jets?

SE: I think the extra motivation comes when you play any team. Each win is hard to come by, so as many wins as you can rack up, the better. Against the Jets, yeah that puts a little bit of icing on the cake, it does. But overall, the goal, does it make the season? No, it doesn’t. So for us it’s one game at a time and try to get to the ultimate prize at the end.

Q: Did you receive interest from other teams besides the Patriots and the Jets?

SE: Yeah.

Q: Is it that easy to flip the switch? Is it really that much of a business that you can easily go from green to blue?

SE: Guys change teams all the time. I’ve just been fortunate enough to play 11 years with the Jets. I had a great time, a great experience. It’s just one of those things when it’s time to move on, you have to move on. I’ve found a new home here and guys have welcomed me in. I was kind of a little hesitant at first, a little weird feelings, but once I got in here they made me feel like a weapon. Is it easy? Yeah it is.

Q: What did you use to think of the Patriots?

SE: After 11 years, it’s a team that was always the top of the division, still is today. Me playing against them for 11 years, of course you built up a little kind of hatred toward the Patriots over the 11 years. I understand what it takes to be champion and they’ve been doing it and I have been wanting to feel that feeling for however long so hopefully the time has come.


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ARPA-E Hosting Energy Innovation Summit

ARPA-E logoJust a quick blog post today on an upcoming conference: the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy) is hosting an Energy Innovation Summit in Washington D.C. this March 1-3.

Keynotes include Energy Secretary Steven Chu, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, author and NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman, and a range of other government and industry leaders.

This sounds like a great opportunity for MEMS companies involved in energy harvesting and generation to showcase their technology as part of the solution to our planet’s energy problems. A one-day workshop is also available for anyone wanting to know more about partnering with or applying for funding from ARPA-E. For more information, visit the Energy Innovation Summit website.

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Venus Maidenhair

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The lovely Venus maidenhair is not quite hardy for us at The Cloisters, and is grown in pots in the medieval gardens. The pinnules of this graceful fern, which flourishes in moist and rocky situations in many parts of the world, repel water.  Photographs by Carly Still

The southern or Venus maidenhair (Adiantum capillis-veneris) belongs to a large genus of ferns that includes two hundred species. The botanical name given to the genus Adiantum is from the Greek for “unwetted,” since any water falling on the foliage of these ferns beads up, leaving the leaf surfaces dry. This species was already known by that name in classical antiquity; the Roman natural historian Pliny marveled that a plant that grew in moist places exhibited such a marked antipathy to water. According to Pliny, the plant was known to some as “beautiful hair” or “thick hair.”  A decoction of the fern, made by simmering it with celery seed in wine and oil, was used both to dye the hair and to prevent it from falling out (Historia naturalis, Book XXII, 62–65).

Pliny makes no explicit reference to the plant’s association with Venus, goddess of beauty, love, and pleasure, but the association was current in the Middle Ages. In the thirteenth century, the herbalist Rufinus, drawing on a Salernitan source, included the hair of the goddess in a list of alternative names by which the fern was known. (Visit the UCLA Index of Medieval Medical Images for an image of Capillo Venero in an Italian herbal circa 1500.) The fifteenth-century Hortus Sanitatis upheld Pliny’s and Dioscorides’ claim that the fern had the power to arrest hair loss, adding that it fostered a luxuriant growth of women’s hair. Adiantum was also used as an antidote to poisons, snakebite, and dogbite, and to alleviate liver complaints and congestion of the lungs. According to Maude Grieve, Sirop de Capillaire—a pleasant-tasting syrup made from the fronds and rhizomes of maidenhair and flavored with orange flowers—was still widely administered in twentieth-century France as a remedy for pulmonary catarrh.

The graceful, arching fronds, delicate, wiry black stipes, and dainty, fan-shaped pinnules of the Venus maidenhair all contribute to the elegant aspect of this beautiful fern, which is native to temperate and tropical zones in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Maidenhair fern colonizes wells and damp walls, rocky ledges, and grottoes. It is also widely cultivated in shade gardens, either in ground or in containers, and as a houseplant.

This lovely plant has thoroughly enjoyed our cool, rainy summer. The potted ferns are placed in sheltered positions to avoid over-wetting their roots. (Although maidenhairs prefer a moist habitat, too much water will rot them.) They are well able to protect themselves against excess moisture on their leaves.

—Deirdre Larkin

Anderson, Frank J., ed. “Herbals through 1500,” The Illustrated Bartsch, Vol. 90. New York: Abaris, 1984.

Grieve, Maude. A Modern Herbal. 1931. Reprint: New York: Dover Publications, 1971.

Griffiths, Mark. The New Royal Horticultural Society Index of Garden Plants. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1992.

Gunther, Robert T., ed. The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides, translated by John Goodyer 1655. 1934. Reprint: New York: Hafner Publishing, 1968.

Pliny. Natural History, Vol. VI, Books XX–XXIII. With an English translation by W. H. S. Jones. Cambridge, MA: Loeb Classical Library, 1951, reprinted 1961, revised and reprinted 1969.

The Herbal of Rufinus. Edited from the unique manuscript by Lynn Thorndike, assisted by Francis S. Benjamin. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1946, reprinted 1949.

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  1. Don Statham Says:

    Beautiful! One of my favorites ferns and I was just thinking I need to go into the woods and dig some up for my woodland walk. Thanks for the reminder!

  2. Georgia Says:

    The leaves of the maidenhair fern are similar to those of Ginkgo biloba. One of this tree’s two common names is Maidenhair Tree! The other common name is Ginkgo.

  3. Deirdre Larkin Says:

    Hi, Don—

    Yes, the much hardier northern maidenhair, Adiantum pedatum, is also lovely. Have you transplanted it sucessfully? Have you had any luck collecting mosses from your woods?

  4. Deirdre Larkin Says:

    Hello, Georgia—the lobed, fan-shaped leaves of the gingko tree do resemble those of the maidenhair fern. I think I have heard the ginko referred to as maidenhair tree in the past, but never stopped to think why.

  5. Don Statham Says:

    Deirdre, I had collected moss last year to put around my amaryllis bulbs. I had a large piece left over and stuck it under a bench on a rock and it has survived! But this has been one wet year!

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Putting the Pieces Back Together After Deployment

family-retreatsThe other day when I was at the commissary, I ran into someone who told me she was feeling overwhelmed with all of the stuff she was dealing with after her spouse returned home. He had been deployed for the third time in five years, the children were not as welcoming as they had been the last time, and she was wondering how they all could recapture the family she remembered and wanted back again. She knew I worked at the National Military Family Association, and that I had been a military spouse. Was there something out there that could help?

The world of military life has changed since I was an active-duty spouse. These past years of wartime climate have affected families in ways that could not have been imagined when troops began their repetitive cycles of deployment. Most families have worked to come back together after each deployment but it gets harder and harder when the time apart exceeds the time together.

The National Military Family Association has been advocating for military families for forty-five years. And like the changes that have occurred since I was a military spouse, our Association has changed. One of those changes, born from our advocacy, listening and acting in response to families’ concerns, and the occasional chance encounters in the commissary, is our Operation Purple® Family Retreats.

Take a military family dealing with reintegration and reunion challenges following one or multiple deployments, add family-focused activities designed to celebrate the family and each other, and mix with special resiliency and team-building fun set in or near national parks, and you have the basic recipe for an Operation Purple Family Retreat. And this special opportunity comes with free lodging, activities and meals…thanks to the generosity of donors that want to honor military families. But there is more.

“Seeing my son smile more than he has in months…Husband retreating into self and allowing growth…Me allowing myself to admit areas I need to improve on…” Service member Dad

“Great experience that was much needed for our family. We were able to connect without the distractions of everyday life…” Military Spouse

Almost 400 military families have participated in an Operation Purple Family Retreat. We keep learning what it means to them. And so I suggested to my new friend from the commissary that she and her family apply so that they, too, could begin to focus on each other. Applying online is as easy as checking our website in February for the application, locations, and dates. We will have four in 2014 – across the country. February 14-18, 2014 at Teton Science Schools, Jackson, WY is already full but we return there June 30 – July 4th. Maybe this is just what your family needs…

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Weave-Along 11 Updates!

Weaving is easy

Because the weave-along is going over many different basic things (loom set up, warping, how to weave different ways), we suggest you just have some basic materials depending on what you’re interested in.

For bead weaving you will want a bead mat, beading needles, beading thread (we love C-Lon), and some beads. If you’re just starting out, 8/0 beads are great! You may also want to start with one of our kits and warp for that. If you want to weave for bead weaving with the shedding device, you’ll want heddles as well.

For tapestry you will want warp (we like Navajo wool warp), weft (some type of tapestry wool), a tapestry beater (or fork) and heddles.

You can find all of these supplies on our website and most of it at your local bead or fiber store!


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While I will miss Priest Holmes speech, I can still follow him on Twitter with a hash tag

With Priest Holmes scheduled to speak at today’s #BMPR meeting at the Holiday Inn Airport today, I was looking forward to hear him speak on how he uses social media tools. Sadly, business commitments in Austin will make me miss his talk today. Still, I would love to know what Priest thinks about the following […] [Read More]


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Urologic Health Highlights

Urology San Antonio physicians and staff discuss the gamut of urologic health — from kidney stones and bladder health to prostate cancer and vasectomies.

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Free Prostate Screening June 23

Time and cost should not be excuses for men to avoid a prostate cancer exam. That’s why Urology San Antonio and Nix Health Foundation are once again partnering to provide free prostate screenings to men ages 40 and older who have not had a prostate exam within the last year and do not have a personal physician or the means to be screened.

The event will be held Thursday, June 23 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Nix Medical Center, 414 Navarro, fifth floor.

The two-part screening consists of a exam by a urologist and a blood test that measures levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). The screening is free and open to the public. No appointments will be taken; screenings are on a first come, first served basis. Pre-screening preparations such as fasting are not required. Free parking will be available in the Houston Street Garage with Nix validation. Individuals can learn more by calling (210) 579-3157 or visiting www.urologysanantonio.com/screening.

There are no symptoms for early-stage prostate cancer, but it can be detected through a screening. Age is the main risk factor for prostate cancer. The disease is rare before age 40. It is most common in men over age 65. African-Americans and men who have blood relatives with the disease are at an increased risk for prostate cancer.

The American Urological Association says men should have their first screening at age 40. Usually doctors recommend repeating the test annually, but depending on the man’s unique risk factors, his doctor may suggest a different screening schedule.

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Summer hoops opens with three Jersey City games

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BBALL.jpgEast Orange's Mario Moody (23) and St. Mary's Andrew Martinez (42) tip off the beginning of Jersey City Summer Hoops, at Hudson Catholic High School.
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Summer's in the city and high school hoops is in the middle of the heat.

The Hamilton Park Summer 2010 High School Basketball season got under way last night with three games.

The games were to have been played in the Downtown Jersey City park, but rain forced the games to be moved to Hudson Catholic High School.

"I just want my guys to go out and play," said Hudson Catholic coach Nick Mariniello. "I don't really care about wins and losses right now. We need to work and just go out and play."

Hudson Catholic pulled out a 39-36 victory at home against Newark Tech.

 The Hawks took advantage of Newark's foul trouble to come from behind to tie the game at 29 late in the fourth quarter on a pair of free throws by Travis Flagg. Moments later, Flagg drained a huge three to give the Hawks a 32-29 lead. They would never trail again.

"We made some shots. We have some new pieces that we are trying to put together here," Mariniello added.

In the second game, St. Mary's held off a comeback by East Orange to win their opener, 37-36. The Ramblers were paced by terrific shooting early in the game from Edgar and Fransua Garcia.

Edgar Garcia hit a huge three-pointer in the first quarter to give St. Mary's a 7-5 lead, then it was Fransua who took over at the free throw line, knocking down two of four trays to build a 12-5 first quarter lead.

After building a 25-11 halftime lead, St. Mary's struggled to shut the door on East Orange. East Orange's Mario Moody had two straight slam dunks to cut the Ramblers lead to 27-22.

"We came out really lackadaisical in the second half," said St. Mary's coach Tom Lalicato. "It's very early, you are going to make mistakes. We have a veteran team, so it's surprising that we made as many mistakes. We need more games and practices."

A huge layup by Ed Garcia gave St. Mary's a 37-31 lead, a bucket they would need because East Orange's final shot was a three-pointer with one second remaining to cut it to one.

Finally, Snyder coach Shelton Gibbs was hoping that getting off on the right foot in the summer would help build a young team that went 15-11 last season.

"These games are important for us," said Gibbs after Snyder's 37-34 victory over Lincoln. "We are very young, with each win and loss we will take as a lesson. We have a lot of juniors and seniors, but not a lot of varsity experience."

Snyder was paced by Jarrett Reese, with eight points, and Shawn Johnson, who had nine points in the second half. Donovan McClean, with 11 points, and Marquise Hallman, eight points, led the way for Lincoln.