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"We're continuing to develop and build unique, low-volume, special-edition colors for the Viper that adds to the exclusivity of our American-built flagship supercar," said Ralph Gilles, President and CEO, SRT Brand and Motorsports. "Every SRT Viper is painted with a process that is very similar to what we use for our show cars. The application of the new Stryker Green exterior paint is a very detailed and intricate process, taking approximately eight hours to complete. The process first starts with a base color coat followed by a green-tinted mid-coat and topped off with a clear finish. Each coat application adds depth and accentuates the curvature of the Viper's exterior design."
The 2014 SRT Viper Grand Touring (GT) special package also made its debut yesterday. The Viper GT is equipped with standard Nappa leather seats, as well as five-mode Electronic Stability Control, and two-mode Bilstein DampTronic Select suspension, which were both previously exclusive to the Viper GTS. The Viper GT will only be available in Stryker Green and Venom Black exterior colors, and is made up of lightweight carbon fiber components and outfitted with an exposed carbon fiber performance X-Brace, which is almost 50 percent lighter than the production version while maintaining its strength and stiffness. The show car also features a prototype aero package with a Mopar carbon fiber rear wing and extended front corner splitters.
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Hi, Haven't been here long - moved here from SD about 4 years ago. I'm retired from the military - my wife was offered a job at the hospital that we couldn't turn down. Kinda hard to meet people around here, most everyone in our neighborhood pretty much keep to themselves. I've been fortunate to find a good area to hunt antelope, but haven't had much luck in the deer/elk categories. Thanks for responding. Nice to talk to someone from Gillette.
I am also in Gillette, so I thought I would say hello. I have been reading some of your posts, especially about antelope so thanks for the good information.


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|An iPhone pic from moving out of the former home.
So the last month, we have been in fix it mode. You know, the boring stuff like appliance repair, and appliance repair...and oh, and appliance repair! But that doesn't mean that I haven't had some fun finding some great things. For example, the seller decided to strip the house of a few items that needed to be replaced, like the ceiling light fixture in the foyer. Yep, he took lighting. Oh well, this means that I get pick my own.
I set out to all my favorite consignment stores looking for the perfect chandy. I didn't look at antique places or thrift shops for this. I needed something a little more special, newer and such. But you know me, I am a bargain person and I was not going to pay full retail of this item! Oh no! It took me a few days to nail it. In fact, I found this one day in a consignment store over by my daughter's former school (remember I talked about that 3 hours of driving in my last blog post) and am glad that I stopped to check out the place. I am super duper excited about the lighting fixture that I found. I just got it installed in the foyer and took these snap shots to show you.
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LAS VEGAS -- Describing the retail community's interest in the outcome of NADA's dealership facility study as intense might not do it justice.
In a strange turn for journalists, lots of dealers and dealer advisers -- I spotted at least one building contractor and a lawyer, for instance -- showed up this morning at NADA's press conference releasing the study results. They easily surpassed the number of reporters in the room, and NADA officials had to drag in more chairs to seat the crowd.
During the past several months, I've received more e-mails and calls from dealers reacting to our stories about facility programs than probably any other subject I've covered for Automotive News. Within an hour of posting today's story describing the study results, I got even more reaction.
It's a complicated issue. But for the dealers, it boils down to one simple concern: money. If they spend potentially millions of dollars to comply with manufacturer facility specifications, will they see a payback? Some dealers who have spent the money tell me the NADA study comes too late to help them.
On the subject of money, I was struck by what study author Glenn Mercer said surprised him: the difficulty automakers had in conceptualizing the value of facility renovations. After all, they track money and results so carefully in other aspects of their business.
"I can't imagine going to the board of directors of any of these companies with a $1 billion request for new model development based on: 'Our customers want it; we think it would be great,'" Mercer said. "That was shocking."
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The simplest matter is often not that simple.
A SELF Interview to Wallace Huo, July 2016
"Who are you?"
Wallace on-screen holding a gun seriously replied:
"A handsome and honest person!"
Actually that's a correct answer! However, Capricorn Wallace will never say these 'correct answers' off-screen, but remain simple and quiet as the fine and elegant man he is. He had his inner and deepest emotions well hidden and will only occasionally flare up in his dramas storyline; or rather abruptly, without any warning, made a ''seeking for blessing" headline. This is how he became a sweet and caring guy inadvertently. In that evening at Qingdao Lalu Hotel's private beach, the air was refreshing. Looking up at the high, blue sky above us the white trail of a passing-by plane was still clearly visible. Time waits for no one. We raised with the sunset, shooting continuously; the clear waterfall blue sky gradually turned into pinkish rose color. Under low lighting shooting condition, the beach, rocks and Wallace were engulfed in a warm ambience. He glows with radiance in front of the camera showcasing the kind of relax expression which could only be portrayed by a matured and steady man like him. Looking away passed the tousled hair, the 7 degrees of strong winds with the saltiness from the seawater to the downtown buildings on the other side of the island.
Before we began our shooting session, Wallace had already been working at the beach for about 6 hours. After the shooting was completed we sat down for the interview session. In the hotel room where the sky and sea outside had turned dark, he tried his best to hide his exhaustion while talking, though his eyes were red already. He even changed into casual clothing and adjusted his sofa backrest to be in an upright position. We can't help but to secretly sigh: "this is how you trained a perfect guy."
"You accepted a total of four movies this year. It's exhausting. Are you trying to achieve your dreams?" It's just an ice-breaking question asked casually. Usually people will answer "to make my dream comes true". There are also some who will say "actually my dream is very simple. I just wanted to be a bus driver!" But Wallace who always takes independent stance without thinking carefully blurted out "my earliest dream is… actually as a child I did not have any dreams. I only wanted to live healthy all my life and when the right time came, get married and have kids; having a normal routine and common lifestyle.
A big "囧" (Jiǒng - Ooops, ) appears! This is very unexpected but so very realistic. We were caught off guard. However he just casually laughed and continue: "Later on I took up vocal lesson. I felt that using my voice to express emotions is not a bad idea so I tried walking that path. As fate will have it I then had a chance to try out acting and that is where I found the charms that attracted me. Only then I began to develop the so-called career dreams. If I did not become an actor I probably would be doing some kind of down to earth job – a white-collar worker or probably be in the army. My whole family are government officials. They are all taking the same kind of road."
The word "veteran" meant to mediate, sincere and honest as well as sharing life experiences. He earnestly advice: "I saw many ambitious girls who are very interesting. It's OK that they pursue their dreams with their own efforts but never ever forget their bottom line and forgo their happiness in pursuit of their dream. Spiritual happiness is also very important." He rubbed his dry eyes and promptly returns to his meticulous mode. "I am enjoying the moment very much. In fact, I did not plan a lot for the future. I put in the best effort in my task every day. It's enjoyable. Only then I am able to continue down the road to make my dreams into reality.
A person who does not exist but was close to me, changed me.
Inside he is a sorrowful emperor and inside he transformed into a highly intelligent criminal psychology expert. His heavenly aura is still strongly engraved in fans' memory. The heart-warming and adorable man inside made fans restless and anxious to hug the big screen. Wallace Huo had come a long way from his idol days, with variety of images. He is the hero and also the villain. He can be chivalrous, tender and very passionate.
An actor who is an idol yet very skillful, how will his real person be like?
"Actually if I need to act myself I wouldn't know how. You see? I never participate in any reality show."
That's true. Reality shows are the hottest thing at the moment but you will never see Wallace in any of them. "I think that since it's a reality show then it is a must to show the real me to everyone. However, at times I'm not so willing to show the real me entirely. I am an actor. My main job is not in the variety or reality shows. If I often present my real self to everyone I'm afraid that people will be biased when they watch my characters. That's why I rather prefer they look more at my characters. This is what will make me really happy. I'll still keep my own personality to myself."
If we may, we will help him to summarize as: I am one track-minded and simply just love acting! Wallace also admitted that if he really needs to use a specific image to 'expose' the real him, it would be the escort master he acted in . He began from zero to establish his own career. "He came from a very common family without any background. He relies on his own ability to establish an escort house in Beijing. He won respect from his peers and competitors. The feeling of starting from zero is quite similar to my own personal experience. That's why I empathize a lot with this drama. This is the one character that resembles me the most."
Seems Wallace is really very bashful and introvert. Who will ever think that he will fall in love with acting because of his bashfulness and introvert personality? Confusing? No worries, listen to what your adorable Wallace got to say: "I have many layers of personalities but I don't really know how to express myself. Through my characters I can then let out what I usually would never dare to show because it is work so everyone will not think that I'm weird. In everyone's heart, there will be some hidden personality. I'm lucky as after I became an actor, I can allow these hidden personalities to emerge, especially in my earlier years when I acted in comedies. These really changed me a lot. At first I was quite pessimistic but then I acted in a relaxing comedy drama. This character is very funny. He is a very optimistic person who doesn't let things to bother him. He enjoys his life his own way. This person, who never existed but stayed close to me really made me more cheerful."
After all that, Wallace just wanted to share a principle; love and do one thing purely and you will find deeper layers of happiness that might even completely change yourself. "Probably because in this line of work I need to face many people and different situations, gradually my mind became more open. I became more talkative. I used to be very quiet in front of strangers but now I can speak a few words, maybe not a lot but I really open up myself to communicate.
Working humbly
Loving humbly
It is early May when Qingdao outdoor temperature is 15 degrees Celsius. Strong wind hit him on the face, blowing his clothes to wrap around Wallace' skinny body tightly. He stood in the satin-like seawater, barefoot. He also sits cross-legged on the wet sand. As long as it is a request from the photographer he will swiftly follow instructions and not make any complains. In order not to waste time, even when the wind is blowing strongly he changed his clothes at one of the nearest open-air pavilion. Despite working continuously for almost eight hours, he is still very enthusiastic, rushing to complete the job before the sunset. Once complete, he profusely thanks the crew, ignoring his tiredness and coldness.
Wallace's working ethic is well-known by everyone. Since his debut he had been persistent for more than 10 years but yet he still takes his job very seriously: today for example. Inside the hotel room Wallace says, with his calming yet not hesitant tone: "it's not that I'm strict but I am just a simple person. In the studio I will not have any request. I'll do what needs to be done as an actor, without many opinions and trying not to trouble others. This is maybe a slightly more old-fashioned kind of attitude but I already got used to it from day one. Right, it's just something very simple." "Sometimes people asked why I will not be late to work or leave early. However to me this is nothing to be proud of. It is something that should be done, an ingrained habit."
Wallace had been filming TV series in Qingdao last year. Fans were very excited. This year again he is at Qingdao filming a movie and fans' enthusiasm was elevated greatly. While filming, Wallace is very obliging whenever possible to fans' request for autograph. He will greet them but he also worries about their safety. Because of this, he will try to 'educate' the fans. These were widely shared online which got him the glorious title of "long-winded veteran".
"I will try to portray the real me to them. This is different from those reality shows. I hope that they will be able to see the real me and not someone that is out of reach or that will ignore them. Some fans are very young so I am very worried of their safety. However as this was shared online and quickly spread widely I do not dare to say so much now. I'm afraid that if I kept saying those things people will think I'm a hypocrite, doing it on purpose…"
So, being the godly figure is getting more stressful? "It's okay," Wallace said shyly but very quickly returns to his fine-looking condition: "Actually there is not much stress because I had never labeled myself as a star. I know very well that in the studio I'm just an actor. It's just that sometimes I will encounter some enthusiastic audience. They like the roles I played and I'm contented." "When you are very simple you heart is very clear. There is no pressure and very little pain. It's the same in life. The most comfortable day I can think of will be when I can wake up whenever I like and then go for mountain climbing --- this year I grew to enjoy mountain climbing. After that I will take my mom for good food and go back home to watch the TV. It's just that simple. Whether or not you are rich or successful you have to be aware that you can still enjoy life no matter how. When you are very extraordinary yet living a simple life that's when you are really awesome".
What are you favorite girl type?
Naturally generous, Optimistic, Cheerful, Not pretentious nor show off, low-profile. (Haha, and now we know who he's referring to.)
What do you enjoy most in life?
When I was young I lead a very fast pace life. There is no chance for me to eat a meal slowly. So now, what I enjoy most is having a slower pace, when I can have my meal slowly, watch the sea, go for a drink and have a chat with friends.
If you will have a Weibo, what nickname will you choose?
Say "never think of having a weibo ah"
What will provoke your guilty conscience?
When I feel like my acting is not up to standard and does not speak much in front of the monitor, I will feel guilty.
When you are picking a girlfriend, which are more important? Age, Attractiveness, Intelligence, Temperament, Personality.
I'll pick personality and attractiveness. (Please relate this yourself)
What if you don't feel like working yet you cannot afford to not work?
During filming I will often encounter some bad or messy conditions but I had already became very skilled. I don't think about it much and only aim to complete the task of the day.
Up till today, what is your life greatest confusion?
Not much confusion. I live with quite a clear state of mind.
What will you say to fans?
Thank you. Sincerely thanks to all of you.
Where do you spend the most?
How should a girl help her boyfriend for his beauty care?
Apply mask, adequate exercise, keep an optimistic and young heart,--- oh yes, also less quarrels!
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Baseball season is upon us, and so there's no better time to note what science has learned about the game.
Advanced statistical analysis has changed how the game is played and managed, with its ability to show that a particular batter hits just .179 in night games in the Central time zone when it's bobblehead night at the stadium. But scientific studies have gone deeper than pitcher-batter match-ups and discovered some curiosities about the game—and instances where the conventional wisdom the Baseball People have uttered for a century just isn't so.
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SEQUEL TO PROTECT HER. Quil is Claire's, heart and soul. At last, she is old enough for him to pursue hers... but can she overcome the terror and demons of her past to find true love?
I disclaim. This story is stolen from Ms. Meyer's beautiful universe. it is all hers, so please don't sue me. right. enjoy. oh, i reccomend you read Protect Her first. And review it. after every chapter. well, once at least. but seriously, read it or this will make no sense. and thanks to all the people who read, reviewed, and encouraged me on Protect Her. I couldn't have written it without the continuous support i found, and i hope this story will get a similar response.
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She was a woman now. Sixteen years old, not a frightened mouse of a girl. Tall and beautiful. Beyond beautiful. I was not the only one enamored of my Claire.
I was, however, the only male she would speak to, aside from the occasional teacher—and then only under duress. I was the only one she trusted.
In the six wonderful years Claire had lived with me, I had worked hard to regain that trust. Although she might protest that the things that happened to her… the things I allowed to be done to her… when she was a little girl weren't my fault, I couldn't stem the guilt. She was afraid and hurt because of something I could have prevented.
At least I didn't have to fight the urge to kill her boyfriends. She'd never had one. I allowed my bulk to silently threaten any friends who teased her about it, but Claire was the kind of person who made friendships to last. She had few acquaintances, only true compatriots.
With her permission, I had told her three best friends, Tina, Kati, and Aliena the story.
Not my part in it, not the murder, but the less gory details of what her father had done.
They didn't tease her after that.
Of course, I didn't know all of what had happened myself, only what I could infer from her injuries and what he had told me on the day I killed him. Claire's trust went not quite that far.
Not that I blame her!
Not that I could.
But still, I burned with curiousity.
And also was haunted. I had the most horrendous nightmares sometimes. Usually on the same nights Claire had hers. Those nights I slept in her room. Don't look at me like that, there's a couch. I would never do that to her. Not after what he already did.
I slept there to reassure her. To be there if she needed me. But I couldn't fight the monsters of her dreams, and I couldn't punch a soft scream that pierces the night like my own heart being rent in two…
Claire, if only I had known! I would have never let him touch you.
She knew, though I never had the courage to speak those words, to bring back the memory of fear that would stab her soft eyes with pain…
And silent guilt was not enough to stop my nightmares.
They always started out the same… just Claire.
I was always so glad to see her beauty, even asleep. She was usually fairly young in my dreams, the innocent baby of two she'd been when I first met her (okay, so met is a pretty simple word for something that changed both our lives forever) though sometimes she was the beautiful woman she'd become.
She would whisper, "I love you."
I would be powerless to answer.
And then the screaming would begin. My dream-Claire would yell. "No! No! Don't! Don't! No! Don't hurt me!"
He was never there. There was no enemy for me to fight. Nothing I could see, and I could not move to comfort her.
Once, my worst nightmare had been true.
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The Ordinary Christian Family
One of my adult sons recently commented to me that the traditional family is toast. I understand what he meant. The ordinary Christian family is nearly extinct. Contemporary culture is redefining family—gay marriage, a range of creative living arrangements, and …Read More
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How well do you communicate? Most of us will answer in light of our ability to present our thoughts and ideas in cogent ways. But I would suggest that the finest art of communication in our family life is not …Read More
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The clear desire of all Christian parents is the spiritual wellbeing of their children. We want our children to be saved, to be part of the company of the redeemed. We yearn for the blessing of God's covenant grace …Read More
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Model S against Dodge Charger Hemi R/T
Model S against Dodge Charger Hemi R/T
Do you have an 85 Performance or a non-performance?
It's ridiculously fast at any speed.
I have the non-performance version, and it is as fast as I need.
^^ I was wondering the same thing
Sweet! My non-perf should be coming in around the end of the month. I can't wait to add things like this to my list of willpower tests!
I've driven both cars and own the non-perf. I simply cannot imagine why anyone would need the perf. Believe me, if I wanted to spend the extra money, I would have taken the perf model. However, it's not needed. The car is amazingly fast and blows away your normal sports luxury car. For those who are trying to decide between the two, you won't be disappointed in the non-perf. If you have the extra income, buy the perf. For those who don't have the extra income, you're not going to regret the non-perf purchase.
I went for the Performance S and the "jump to light speed" never gets old :)
Did you see the table posted a while ago?
NP = Non-Perf P = Perf Times are in seconds.
Speed NP P
0-30 2.3 vs 1.7
0-40 3.1 vs 2.4
0-50 4.0 vs 3.1
0-60 5.0 vs 4.0
0-70 6.1 vs 5.0
0-80 7.4 vs 6.3
0-90 8.9 vs 7.7
1-100 10.8 vs 9.5
45-65 1.9 vs 1.7
Here're the 'deltas' showing the 10mph 30+ ranges:
Speed NP P diff.
0-30 2.3 vs 1.7 (+0.6)
30-40 0.8 vs 0.7 (+0.1)
40-50 0.9 vs 0.7 (+0.2)
50-60 1.0 vs 0.9 (+0.1)
60-70 1.1 vs 1.0 (+0.1)
70-80 1.3 vs 1.3 (+0.0)
80-90 1.5 vs 1.4 (+0.1)
90-100 1.9 vs 1.8 (+0.1)
45-65 1.9 vs 1.7 (+0.2)
So it looks like a non-Perf takes about 6.3 seconds to get from 55 to 100, and a Perf about 5.9 seconds.
I haven't experienced that but that looks like jet takeoff acceleration: it isn't the acceleration itself, but the fact that it just keeps accelerating at that same rate that is so exiting.
Looking at the data Brian H posted above makes me seriously consider not getting the Performance. Unless I'm drag racing from a standing start, the acceleration is only ~0.1 second different for each ten miles per hour. Combine this with the fact that the 21 inch wheels are no longer free with the Performance, and I'm seriously considering downgrading.
This is a fun thread! The power of the Model S, no matter what version, never gets old!
I love my perf, love this post too! I haven't had anyone take my offer to race... ego's might be bruised too much I think?
I get gawkers when I drive it, I sometimes have to point and remind them to watch the road and not run over pedestrians as well... scarey sometimes!!
That .6 advantage off the line (0-30) is what throws you back into the seat and beats just about any other car on the road. Well worth the extra $ (if you have them) and want that capability or laster may need to resell the car to someone who wants that capability.
I was giving a bunch of test drives before and after a dinner meeting with group of business associates. Many of them own high performance ICE vehicles and they commented how I pinned them to the seat. Thery loved it and I only have the non-perf. version too.
I have peformance version and i have also driven non perf and yes there is a diff while you drive this and that car. Try smoking bmw m5 with performance and non performance you will see it. I have done it. Thank i took performance one. Its not about drag racing and i have done racing with bmw's and porsche panamera. Now they are thinking why they didn't bought this car instead of those cars!
I have clearly noticed that when I take someone for a ride in my regular 85, the jolt from flooring it is much more impressive from 30-40mph than from a stop.
@AndrewM | JANUARY 15, 2013: Looking at the data Brian H posted above makes me seriously consider not getting the Performance.
I have a Performance and I have to say that the acceleration scares me. So I'm taking it easy for a while until I acclimate. In retrospect, the non-performance version would have been OK with me (similar acceleration to my Panamera S Hybrid). I think the upgraded interior and wheels helped sway me. The beefed up motor and inverter also contributed to my decision: I thought that they would be more robust and durable during normal driving.
I wonder if they could add a "high speed performance" -version derived from regular performance that matches non-performance for low speed acceleration but has quite a bit higher top speed. Autobahn Model S.
Should be easy to make, just change to lower reduction gear.
Been challenged twice in my non-Perf. Sig. Just today some guy in his 20's driving a noisy ICE car blew by me on a CA interstate and then slowed down, pulled up next to me and blew CO2 and a slew of other toxins out his extra loud exhaust pipe. I'm in my mid-50's, never had a moving violation ever, and just couldn't pass the chance. Went from 75 to 105 in no time. I shut it down with him in my rear view a few car lengths back. No contest. He caught up, laughed, waved, and with a nod acknowledged the car and its power. I soiled myself.
Suggests a title for a new thread: Soiling Stories!
Remember as a kid when you were playing with your new slot car set after Christmas and you would crush the trigger on the remote and the tiny car would give a small whine and nearly instantly accelerate to its maximum speed. . . Watch out for that hairpin turn. (No 4 piston Brembos on my slot cars though. . .)
Just thought of a new app!!! When you step hard on the accelerator, the big display does the Star Trek streaking warp speed thing!!
I think it's no accident the seats resemble something from the starship Enterprise. I've got a P85, and the jump to light speed never gets old. I have yet to be challenged to a drag race, but I'm always game. I would also like to compare a non-perf for the sake of comparison. Any way you configure it, it's impossible to go wrong, methinks!
I agree with the fact that it accelerates quickly but biggest issue is limited top speed. I am awaiting delivery of my non P85 and can't wait but don't like the fact that it tops out at 125. I have a Nissan GT-R that I frequently drive over 125 and has a faster 0-60 than the Perf (2.7 sec). I can't wait until Elon Musk makes the first electric super car, I'll be all over that!
jonathanwu99, that is a great combination! I also have a GT-R, but my model S is performance. I am also waiting for Tesla super car.
Nice @ beating an R8 - he probably had the 4.2, not the V10 5.2 (which supposedly is 3.7-3.9 0-60) or the GT (3.4).
The relevant speeds were 55-100.
A point in Tesla's favor is that not many ICE owners will take the trouble to use launch control or side step the clutch at high RPM which is generally required to get close to the lowest 0 -60 time. Also that stuff doesn't help fom 55-100. At that speed the MS is gone before the ICE can get in the right gear.
@jfeldman72: Sir, thank you for the great story. I really enjoyed it. Its a hoot. Please go race some more and bring us those stories while we wait for our "S".
Yes - my S is downright scary fast. Especially after 40mph. If you really want to see speed, check out the EV dragsters. White Zombie does 0-60 in well under 2 sec. Some dude in LA just made a BMW EV that can do about 2 sec. (NPR story). His car is capable of 1MW of power - that's right - mega with an M! I know the guy who custom made the DC motors for this car. In no time these dragsters will do 1/4 mile in 7 sec. They're not too far away.
I had a film crew in my S last weekend and showed them a few moves. They soiled themselves.
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Already done. That's a bike, not a car though.
"Current Eliminator V" Dragster gets firstname.lastname@example.com, but IMO that's kinda old tech using altairnano batteries, lets see when there are serious attempt to beat that.
@jonathanwu99 "I frequently drive over 125", I would love to see that freeway! For me it's like "Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55", OK 70!
jfeldman, feel the need for speed. Can't wait til I mine comes in. Good to meet you last night.
Watch a Perf. with 21" wheels smoke this Dodge Viper SRT 10 in ¼ mile.
The Perf also picks on a poor Volt on that page, too.
That Model S driver had really poor reaction time, over one second, feels like two. Volt driver reacts faster, but car looks like a slug next to rocket.
Real drag driver would have got more like 11.3s than 12.3s time. I can slowly count to three after light turns green and before the car moves. If that time does count the driver reaction to that time (as it should if it is official NEDRA time) then expect to see even better times really soon.
Um, I'm wrong, in time runs reaction time doesn't count. That explains why those times were so consistent.
heh, reaction time doesn't count, the Tesla driver was waiting for Volt to go first....
Instead of showing the Star Trek view on the screen when flooring it I think I'd prefer the Space Balls ludicrous speed view with it going plaid.
I've been taking my P85 to the Sacramento Drag strip it's only $15 on Wed.nights, I've been turning 12.6 @107 mph I want to get a set of drag tires and rims and change them at the track, I can't find Drag tires for my 19" wheels, anyone know were to get them?
Although old, this thread is important to me as I'd need to think about the Performance option on a Tesla. I gotta say...1/10th of a second doesn't seem like much of an improvement. That's a slow eye blink, ya know? Not steering in an absolutely straight line could chew up 1/10th of a second. I will follow this thread with interest.
@Panoz - The P85 is more than a tenth faster - I get about 5s 0-60 in my S85, the P85 has been measured at well under 4s. That said, 5s is plenty for me - however, at the time I had to buy a bunch of crap I didn't want (leather, 21" wheels, etc) for the performance version - if I could have just bought the different inverter I probably would have done it.
At the track I was following a friend in his P85 with Michelin PSS's, and I had no trouble keeping up accelerating out of the corners. I had g-Force Rivals on, which have much better traction so I think actually tires make as much difference as the higher power inverter (and possibly different motor, depending on who you believe).


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ISU prepare itself for ASEAN integration and internationalization. Thus far, it has accomplished the following:
Established friendship and exchange with Soka University in Tokyo, Japan for possible academic and cultural exchange. Last April, President Aleth M. Mamauag, along with Vice President for Academic and Related Affairs Edmundo Gumpal and Vice President for Research William C. Medrano, were invited by Soka Gakkai International based in Japan.
A highlight of the trip to Japan was the re-enactment of the conferment of Ph.D. Honoris Causa to Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, founder of Soka Gakkai International and other Soka schools, in recognition of his outstanding achievements as philosopher, peace builder, educator, prolific writer and poet. As a result of this trip, ISU received a donation of Ps 100,000 for the computer laboratory of San Mariano campus, one full undergraduate scholarship for ISU Cabagan, 100 various references on Humanism, Culture and the Arts and possible faculty and student exchanges.
In that trip, Dr. Aleth M. Mamauag was conferred the Soka University Award of Highest Honor in recognition of her enduring contributions to the promotion of education, culture and the cause of world peace. Also, the Soka Friendship Award was also given to Dr. Mamauag as an expression of deepest respect and eternal friendship to the ISU President.
Made possible ISU's membership to the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP)
On May 28-31, Dr. William C. Medrano attended AUAP-SIAS International Conference in South Korea which paved the way for ISU's membership to the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP).
Established friendship with Lincoln University (LU) in New Zealand
Last April, Dr. Aleth M. Mamauag attended the graduation ceremony of an ISU faculty who took her second doctoral degree from the Lincoln University in New Zealand. Outcomes of the said trip included a visit to a Filipino-managed Dairy Farm in Christ Church including its modern mechanized milking facilities and identification of possible placements for Agriculture/Nursing/IF/Vetmed graduates. Possible linkages with Lincoln University for faculty and student exchange/twinning program and scholarships were also identified.
Forged a memorandum of understanding between the Philippine Society for Public Administration (PSPA) and Korean Association for Public Administration (KAPA) in Daegu, South Korea during the World Conference for Public Administration from June 25-25, 2014
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What happens if the Blue Angels miss Seafair?
Navy group hasn't missed Seattle festival since 1994 and '95
As sequester-caused budget cuts force cutbacks across the nation, and the Navy's Blue Angles have already cancelled shows in four cities, some essential summer questions are raised.
Will the Blue Angels be at Seafair? And if they aren't, who will be?
The answers in short: No plans have changed. If Seafair has backup plans, they're not talking about them. And if things go the way they did the last time the Blue Angels cancelled on Seafair, we won't know until June.
The Blue Angels skipped Seafair in 1994 and again in '95 because the Federal Aviation Administration denied their performance waiver. The FAA complained the Angels flew too low over houses and spectator areas, and the Navy team refused to change their routine.
Prior to 1994, the Blue Angels F-18 jets hadn't missed a Seafair in 22 years and the FAA had always approved the same routines. The Angels first flew here in the 1950s, according to the P-I archives.
When they cancelled in '94, Seafair turned to the Canadian Snowbirds, a nine-plane team that had been booked that May. It wasn't until June 1 that the Angels announced they were cancelling, and that announcement caught Seattle's mayor and some Seafair officials by surprise.
Then-U.S. Senator Slade Gorton, the Defense Department and even President Bill Clinton's office tried to get the FAA to reconsider. But it didn't, and Seattle was stuck with the Snowbirds.
The nine Canadian planes could only fly 470 mph – a fraction of the Angels' 1,200 mph top speed. On some sections of Lake Washington, fans stuck in mediocre weather booed as they flew past, and that year's Seafair spokeswoman estimated crowds were 50,000 people fewer.
"It's the first time I've ever seen empty spaces on the log boom," Clark Stahl, then pilot of KIRO's Chopper 7, told the P-I that year.
Adding to the difficulties in '94, alcohol became limited that year to three areas surrounded by eight-foot-high, chain-link fences. The one possible benefit: The crowd was milder than most years, and the unofficial accident count was the smallest in years.
When the FAA's insistence continued in '95, Seattle again looked to the Snowbirds. But the Canadians refused to come back, complaining of poor treatment from crowds and the press, which believed they weren't as loud, fast and flashy as the Blue Angels.
"They felt they were treated as second-class to the Blue Angels," then-Seafair spokeswoman Kipepeo Brown said.
The '95 show got by with two B-1 bombers, a KC-135 Stratotanker and an A-4 "Top Gun"-type jet. It also had helicopters, skydivers, a mock water rescue and piston-driven biplanes. But most people didn't care, and the turnout was about half of the previous year's already deflated numbers.
It didn't help that the weekend had the worst weather in Seafair's history.
In a statement posted Monday, the Blue Angels said there are many unanswered questions about 2013 performance dates, but they continue to train with the expectation of performing.
Even if the Angels don't come because of budget cuts this year, history has shown that Seafair has come back from tougher times, including hydro pit beer busts, pirate controversies, traffic congestion and other public relations nightmares. In the late 1970s, Seafair reportedly was $80,000 in the red.
By 1987, at least 10,000 people participated in the Torchlight Parade and more than 350,000 lined the streets to watch it.
Today, more than 5,000 people volunteer for the festival that has continued for more than six decades with dozens of community events.
And many Seattleites hope it continues for years – you know, without the Snowbirds.
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Social & Economic Injustice
Socially and economically, we have created great disparities of wealth. A minority of the world's population (17%) consume most of the world's resources (80%), leaving almost 5 billion people to live on the remaining 20%. As a result, billions of people are living without the very basic necessities of life - food, water, housing and sanitation.
Specifically, 1.2 billion (20%) of the world population now lives on less that $1/day, another 1.8 billion (30%) lives on less than $2/day, 800 million go to bed hungry every day, and 30,000 - 60,000 die each day from hunger alone. The story is the same when it comes to other necessities like water, housing, education etc. On the flip side, we have an increasing accumulation of wealth and power, where the world's 500 or so billionaires have assets of 1.9 trillion dollars, a sum greater than the income of the poorest 170 countries in the world.
The image below is from a 1989 UNDP report (a bit old). It shows the unequal distribution of world income and illustrates why 3 billion people on this planet have no recourse to the very basic necessities of life.
The following table from UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) shows that there are millions of people living without basic necessities like food, education, water and sanitation.
- Rich Man, Poor Man
- The amount of money that the richest 1 percent of the world's people makes each year equals what the poorest 57 percent makes.
- The world's 358 billionaires have assets exceeding the combined annual incomes of countries with 45 percent of the world's people.
- The richest 5 percent of the world's people have incomes 114 times that of the poorest 5 percent.
- The combined wealth of the world's 200 richest people hit $1 trillion in 1999; the combined income of 582 million people living in the 43 least developed countries is $146 billion.
- The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world's countries) is less than the wealth of the world's three richest people combined.
- A few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world's poorest 2.5 billion people.
- Rich Nations, Poor Nations
- 20% of the people in developed nations consume 86% of the world's goods.
- 12% of the world's population uses 85 percent of its water.
Globally, 20% of the world's people in the highest-income countries account for 86% of total private consumption expenditures - the poorest 20% account for a minuscule 1.3%. Specifically, the richest fifth (1/5):
- Consume 45% of all meat and fish, the poorest fifth consume 5%.
- Use 58% of the total energy, the poorest fifth use less than 4%.
- Have 74% of all telephone lines, the poorest fifth have 1.5%.
- Consume 84% of all paper, the poorest fifth use 1.1%.
- Own 87% of the world's vehicle fleet, while the poorest fifth own less than 1%.
An analysis of past trends shows that the gap between the richest and poorest countries are increasing:
- In 1820, it was 5 to 1.
- In 1913, it was 11 to 1.
- In the 1950s, it was 35 to 1.
- In 1973, it was 44 to 1.
- In 1992, it was 72 to 1.
- The cost of providing basic health care and nutrition for all people in the world would be less than the annual cost of pet food in Europe and the United States.
- Rich Corporations, Poor Nations
- The annual revenue of Motorola, Inc. is almost equal to the annual income of Nigeria, Africa's second largest economy. This country is almost the size of Europe and has the largest population of any African country - 120 million people.
- Poverty, Hunger
- Over 840 million people in the world are malnourished—799 million of them are from the developing world. Sadly, more than 153 million of them are under the age of 5 (half the entire US population).
- Every day, 34,000 children under five die of hunger or other hunger-related diseases. This results in 6 million deaths a year.
- Of 6.2 billion living today, 1.2 billion live on less than $1 per day. Nearly 3 billion people live on less than $2 a day.
- 1.2 billion people lack access to clean water; 2.4 billion live without decent sanitation; and 4 billion without wastewater disposal.
- 12 million people die each year from lack of water, including 3 million children from waterborne disease. More than 113 million children in the developing world are without access to basic education; 60 percent of them are girls.
UN Food and Agriculture Association -
State of Food Insecurity 2003
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Welcome to my painting`s website. My name is Renata Domagalska. Presently
live and work in Gijón (Spain). Take up painting since many years,
practically since I remember..
More less from 2000 those paintings are spreads into
private collections many countries around.
Although 'Painting is the art of silence' it is difficult to talk about the subtle, many
levels world of painting.. All classification and grounds
I leave to the viewer..
However few words about subject matter I choose.. I am trying - or not at
all - it`s quite natural to me - to reach light and positive theme,
intentionally turn attention away from greyness of
so-called 'reality'...
The power of painting gives the beautiful possibility to create better own
reality, better weather windows.. Well then my canvases` world
it`s colourful, bearer of happy tidings, filled to the brim with positive
I am fascinated by vitality of Life in its variety forms. The point is
about the inner STATE, not about the outside circumstances.. ...Dancing people, the Life`s pulsation, the pulsation of everything.. even
silence.. There is no place for apathy and melancholy. Should be inspiration
to a hedonistic living, full of Light, Vigour, Sense of Existence, Warmth &
Explorethe the gallery to see wide range of images. Maybe you would like to come back here again... ;-)
On line Gallery presents my original paintings. All works are made with traditional techniques: oil on canvas, acrylic, pastel, drawing. Predominant motif of this work are women. Women's portraits, nudes, dancers. Another pet subject is the atmosphere of sunny southern countries, small towns with their little streets teeming with life...
Categories are divided into eight themes: ::Nude in the painting and drawing, a series of images about Dances Of The World in the painting: ::Flamenco in the painting, ::Tango in the painting, ::Folklore - Country dancing and the paintings with the motif of ::Landscape,::Cityscape - Streets in the painting and drawing, ::Portrait in the painting and drawing. ::Other - Various subjects in the painting (sport, horse racing, still life, women's portraits etc...).
Below there are recent paintings. Marked with a pink tag for sale are available. More in ::Offer.
'Originally the dance was a secret art, celebration, had religious connotations. People danced to celebrate - all important life events have been celebrated by dancing and music. Now there should be no different. (...) We need to integrate themselves in some activity.
As for the dancing - it should work on three levels: Area - where we dance. Why and what we want to present to others (to create the dynamism, mental process), how to become an eagle towering over the tradition. The third level is a celebration of life forms through the form of the body.'
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Music Students Visit Nation's Largest Harp Makerby Brittney Dick • March 28, 2005 Share:
RISING SUN, Ind. - Wabash student Ray Green plays piano, drums and a bit of guitar. He recently made plans to master another instrument, but it might be awhile before he has the chance to play. First, he has to construct it from scratch. Green is making a harp. Meanwhile, his classmates are working on various other projects such as flutes and drums.
They're enrolled in Dr. James Makubuya's Music 202 class, where they learn the construction, science and history of instruments from around the globe. Green said he took the course to learn where native instruments come from and how they came about.
The class saw how present-day instruments are made March 24. The group traveled to Rising Sun, along the Ohio River in southeastern Indiana, to explore behind-the-scenes of Wm. Reese Instruments. The 14-employee shop manufactures harps sold around the world. Green said the trip helped him figure out how he would shape his harp's sound box.
Other students said they benefited as well. Saad Tahir is shaping up plans to make a bansuri – a set of three flutes made of different materials native to his home country of Pakistan. Although the bansuri is in no way constructed the same as a harp, Tahir said he appreciated seeing how professionals make instruments.
Tahir took the class because he always wanted to make an instrument native of Pakistan. With Music 202, he receives credit for doing so.
Brock Medsker, like Tahir, took the class because of the big project.
"I heard from a friend you got the chance to build an instrument. I'd never really built anything before, so I decided to take it," Medsker said.
Makubuya said his students researched their instruments independently before they ever started construction.
Medsker recalled reading his instrument, the tongue drum, originated with the Aztecs. The oldest instruments were made of hollowed out logs.
Although they were out of the traditional classroom setting, Music 202 students learned a bit of harp history at Wm. Rees. In addition to hearing about the different materials strings are constructed of, they found out that strings are color-coded red for C's and blue for F's. Harp maker Bryant Rees told them archaeologists found harps with the same color-coding in Egyptian tombs.
Makubuya said this was the third year for the trip. Even so, he took a page of notes filled with new information.
He found out about the Hoosier harp manufacturer at a workshop while he was still teaching at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"It was there I learned that Wm. Rees means harps," he said. It was too far to take his MIT students, but he knew it was located within three hour's driving distance of Wabash. Makubuya hoped the workshop would send a clear message to his students.
He felt it would serve as reinforcement "for them to hear there is nothing written in stone," he said. He explained that although the students receive hints, they perfect their personal instruments by trial and error. It's not as hard as it may sound.
After all, William Rees designed and created his first harp in early 70's. He's now the largest custom harp maker in the country and the third largest in the world, said employee Darlene Walton.
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Josh Levering '05 tries one of the Wm. Rees harps.


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Sioux Falls Canaries Add More Punch To Lineup
Another big bat is joining the Sioux Falls Canaries for the 2013 season.
Infielder Jared Clark, a former minor league all-star and former MiLB.com Organization Player of the Year award winner, is the 23rd player added to the Sioux Falls roster.
Playing in the Colorado Rockies farm system, Clark hit 24 home runs in 2010 to lead the South Atlantic League while playing with the Class A Asheville Tourists. After an injury plagued 2011 season, he bounced back in 2012 with another 24 home runs for the high-A Modesto Nuts of the California League.
In a team press release, Canaries Manager Steve Shirley said:
Jared will be an important bat in our lineup. He should be one for our fans to really keep an eye on.
In his career, Clark has 66 home runs and 254 RBI with a .273 lifetime average.
The Canaries open the season at Sioux City, May 16th. The same two teams play in Sioux Falls the next night for the Birds home opener, May 17th.


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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
Red bean and pepper meatballs
This is my favorite meatballs recipe to date. It's spicy, it's rich, it's deliciously thick and serves as a complete meal on it's own. It's one of my never failed meals, because it's impossible to make it taste bad, it can even survive burning (a bit :P), wrong order of cooking, missing ingredients and virtually any cooking disaster you can imagine ;-)
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A single image of iconic Memphis landmarks such as the Arcade Restaurant or the Lorraine Motel is sometimes all that's needed to ground the viewer in a place and time and convey whole chapters of Memphis history.
Memphis Type artist Rebecca Phillips with author Caitlin Horton, right, are creating a book showing some of the city's great landmark signs.
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Arguably contributing some of the resonance to those images is the signage identifying the landmarks and businesses. That's why signage is the inspiration for a new project from Memphis artist Rebecca Phillips, the result of a kind of treasure hunt that involved scouring the architectural topography of the city for vintage signs with bright neons and swirls of retro fonts she can re-create with her paintbrush.
Her project is called Memphis Type, and for it, Phillips replicated photos from photographer Jeremy Greene into paintings. Greene had directed his lens toward evocative signs such as those belonging to Joe's Wine & Liquor, with its constantly in-motion starburst of color facing Poplar Avenue, and Walker Radiator Works.
Phillips painted the typography and signs from those photos and eventually launched a Kickstarter campaign to turn her paintings into affordable posters. She still sells prints of those images, but later this year, her paintings and Greene's photos will be paired with text and stories – thanks to help from Front Porch Art co-founder Caitlin Horton – for a book.
Set to be released in October, the book will include images and stories about the Beauty Shop Restaurant, the Lorraine Motel, the Arcade, Shelby Electric and more.
"I kind of saw the images as a way to help preserve Memphis history, as a way of documenting it," said Phillips, whose artistic inspiration includes old postcards and unusual stories about Memphis. "It just kind of grew from there."
Caitlin Horton is the author on a book project that will bring to life some of the city's great images, including the old Skateland sign.
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Horton, whose Front Porch Art is an online art market, ran Phillips' Kickstarter campaign. It caught the attention of a publisher, and in the period leading up to its publication, Horton and Phillips are collecting stories about the locations that will be featured.
They're asking the public to submit personal stories about the locations through memphistypehistory.com, the project's website.
"We're currently in the process of gathering information on a number of landmarks and signs around Memphis," Horton said. "We turn the final manuscript around this summer, and until then we're trying to collect information and hear from as many Memphians as possible. This is Memphis as Memphians see it. It's been really interesting to tell these stories. I've always loved Memphis, but this project has made me love it even more."
Stories already are starting to multiply and be presented on the project's website, including a tidbit from Horton about Universal Life Insurance Co. She writes about finding a photo at the University of Memphis library that captured Jesse Jackson making an appearance at some festivities celebrating the business, and she asks members of the public who were there to let her know more.
Phillips said, "I fall in love a little more" with each landmark as she learns about them.
"And I love the process of this going from photography to a painting to a book – it's all kinds of art forms merged into one project," Phillips said. "We also started a blog for it, which I'm excited about as well, so it's not just going to stop at a book. My vision is that it will continue going and we'll still learn about even more landmarks that aren't included in the book.
"This is a great way for communities in Memphis to share their experiences and stories and history with each other."
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
words worth reading
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16 comments:
- AnonymousAugust 25, 2011 at 7:11 AM
such true words, indeed! and most important to follow in life! xoxoReplyDelete
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that is truly awesome. "don't be trapped by dogma" needs to be a bumper sticker, i love it.ReplyDelete
These are very true and intelligent words!ReplyDelete
so inspiring! I was somewhat heartbroken when I heard he resigned last night.ReplyDelete
what an awesome, inspiring post. In fact, the entire blog is inspiring!ReplyDelete
What an amazing speech. Thanks for posting these inspiring words!ReplyDelete
such inspiring, comforting, & true words. words i need to remember, as i tend to over-analyze my career & second-guess myself. thank you so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
This is such a great excerpt - thanks for sharing! I need to print and post this on my wall :)ReplyDelete
Ann Marie
amazing! i needed this today! thanks for sharingReplyDelete
absolutely love this!ReplyDelete
I love commencement speeches! They are so inspiring and powerful. Steve Jobs def. speaks the truth here.ReplyDelete
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So true and so inspiring! Thanks for posting:)ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing this... great wisdom, even though it's not always easy to follow. Steve Jobs is such an inspiration on so many levels!ReplyDelete
Brilliant words. I think i'll have to write them down and refer to them regularly! xReplyDelete
What a powerful post. I feel totally inspired by it and wanted to say thank you for sharing it with us.ReplyDelete
Have a brilliant weekend.
x Charlotta
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Imagine leaving university to start a new chapter in your life with those words ringing in your ears..... Some 12 years after my own graduation and they're as true to me today as they would have been then! Thanks for sharing xReplyDelete


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Completed in 2004, the Boathouse on Creve Coeur Lake is a hidden gem. An anonymous Washington University donor who generously housed the crew program funded the boathouse.
The vision was to create a facility that wouldn't leave the athletes and equipment exposed to the elements. Some highlights include three bays of boat storage, locker rooms, strength and conditioning space and an administrative office. The boathouse sits on a 320-acre (no-wake) lake, which was the site of the 1904 Olympic rowing events. When the conditions get windy, rowers can train in a creek-channel that flows into the lake. Washington University shares the community-rowing center with St. Louis University and the St. Louis Rowing Club.
Directions from Washington University:Take Forest Park Parkway to I-170 North (right) to Page Ave (exit 4). Go West (left) on Page Ave. and continue as it turns into MO-364 West. Take exit 19 for Bennington Pl and turn right. Continue until Marine Ave. and turn left. Stay on Marine Ave. through Creve Coeur Park until the boathouse address @ 13777 Marine Ave., Maryland Heights, MO 63043.


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Copper Sulfate
Copper sulfate is a water-soluble copper (II) salt that has a wide spectrum of uses ranging from a supplement for animal feed to electrolytic plating of metallic copper. Solid crystals are bright blue when purified and are also translucent. In mineral form, copper sulfate is known as chalcanthite, which is formed through the oxidation of copper sulfides. Chalcanthite is only found in arid regions and dry caves that are protected from moisture, where it often forms stalactic and botryoidal growths on the walls and ceilings. Natural chalcanthite crystals are rarely found in nature, but synthetic crystals are easily grown in the laboratory. When recrystallized from the an aqueous solution, copper sulfate will slowly crystallize, forming beautiful prismatic and tabular or needle-like crystals. The time-lapse movie was made using a modified version of the Intel Play QX3 microscope equipped for polarized light illumination with a full-wave (first order) retardation plate.
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NASA's Hubble Discovers New Rings and Moons Around Uranus
Even though the Voyager 2 spacecraft paid a close-up visit to Uranus in 1986, the distant planet continues revealing surprises to the eye of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble's high sensitivity and sharp view has uncovered a pair of giant rings girdling the planet. The largest is twice the diameter of the planet's previously known ring system, first discovered in the late 1970s. Hubble also spied two small satellites, named Mab and Cupid. One of the satellites shares an orbit with the outermost of the new rings. The satellite is probably the source of fresh dust that keeps replenishing the ring with new material knocked off the satellite from meteoroid impacts. Without such replenishment, the dust in the ring would slowly spiral in toward Uranus. Collectively, these new discoveries mean that Uranus has a youthful and dynamic system of rings and moons. Because of the extreme tilt of Uranus's axis, the ring system appears nearly perpendicular relative to rings around other gas giant planets like Saturn. Also, unlike Saturn, the rings are very dark and dim because they are mostly dust rather than ice.
Newly Discovered Moon and Rings of Uranus
To the surprise of astronomers, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a pair of new rings around the distant planet Uranus. The largest is twice the diameter of the planet's previously known rings. The new rings are so far away that they are being called Uranus's "second ring system."
In addition, Hubble has spied two small satellites, one sharing its orbit with one of the newly discovered rings. Even more surprisingly, precise analysis of the data reveals that the orbits of Uranus's family of inner moons have changed significantly in the last decade. Collectively, these new discoveries mean that Uranus has a densely packed, rapidly changing, and possibly unstable dynamical system of orbiting bodies. "The new discoveries dramatically demonstrate that Uranus has a youthful and dynamic system of rings and moons," says Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute. "Until now nobody had a clue the rings were there, we had no right to expect them."
Since dust in such an orbit is expected to be depleted by spiraling away, the rings must be continually replenished with fresh material. Showalter and collaborator Jack Lissauer of the NASA Ames Research Center propose that the outermost ring is replenished by a 12-mile-wide companion satellite, named Mab, which they first saw in 2003 using Hubble. Meteoroid impacts continually blast dust off the surface of Mab, and the dust then spreads out into a ring around Uranus. (Other small moons are linked to rings, including Amalthea at Jupiter, Pan at Saturn, and Galatea at Neptune.) Mab's ring receives a fresh infusion of dust from each impact. In this way, nature "balances the books" by keeping the ring supplied with new dust while older dust spirals away or bangs back into the moon. The results of impacts onto small bodies were dramatically demonstrated on July 4, 2005 when the Deep Impact probe slammed into the nucleus of comet Temple 1. A huge cloud of dust was blasted off the comet's surface.
Showalter and Lissauer have measured numerous changes to the orbits of Uranus's inner moons since 1994, when their motions were derived from earlier Hubble and Voyager observations. "This appears to be a random or chaotic process, where there is a continual exchange of energy and angular momentum between the moons," says Lissauer. "The changes in the last ten years are small, but the thing about chaos is that small changes build up exponentially with time. As a result, this suggests that the entire system is orbitally unstable." Lissauer's calculations predict that that moons would begin to collide within a few million years, which is extraordinarily short compared to the 4.5 billion year age of the Uranian system. Perhaps the most unstable moon of all is tiny Cupid, whose orbit brings it within 500 miles of the moon Belinda.
Showalter and Lissauer propose that their discovery of a second ring, which orbits closer to the planet, provides further evidence for collisional evolution of the system. This ring orbits in the midst of the moons but has no visible body to re-supply it with dust. "This ring may be the telltale sign of an unseen belt of bodies a few feet to a few miles in size," said Showalter. He proposes that the collisional disruption of a moon in Uranus's past could have produced the debris ring they now observe.
Hubble's exquisite sharpness and sensitivity uncovered the rings in a series of 80 four-minute-long exposures of Uranus take in August 2004. The team later recognized the faint new rings in 24 similar images taken a year earlier. Recent images from September 2005 reveal them more clearly than ever.
Showalter also found the rings in archival images taken during Voyager 2's flyby of Uranus in 1986. Uranus's first nine rings were discovered in 1977 during stellar occultation observations of the planet's atmosphere. During the Voyager encounters, two other inner rings and ten moons were discovered. However, no one noticed the new outer rings because they are extremely faint and much farther from the planet than anyone had expected. Showalter was able to find them by a careful analysis of nearly 100 Voyager images.
Because the new rings are nearly transparent, they will be easier to see when they are tilted more edge-on. This means that the new rings will increase in brightness every year as Uranus approaches its equinox, when the Sun will shine directly over Uranus's equator. When that happens, in 2007, all of the rings will be tilted edge-on to Earth and the new rings will be much easier to study.


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migya wrote:Week 14 -
Pawno beat Rob 5-4.
Fine beat Jimbob 5-4.
Joel beat TMC 5-4.
Always beat xbay 5-4.
8th Ave beat Bodyguard 7-1.
I beat zshook 5-4.
Close matchups all week, with only 8th ave spanking Bodyguard and Bodyguard falling a bit.
Always still on top and maintaining a pretty nice lead
I thought I was 5-4 against 8th ave. Dude was killing me all week.


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UnNews:UnNews founder's life to be made into film
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
8 July 2012
LONDON, UK -- Howard Hugues was a confidante and shared the same eye-catching monogram, Princess Margaret wouldn't dare to host a party without him, Greta Garbo famously stated, "I want to be alone, unless you are Harold Holiday".
He was a powerful tycoon from an unremarkable Scottish glen, he went to the finest restaurants and cavorted with royalty at a time when royalty still quietly cavorted behind closed doors. Harold Holiday was the quintessential play boy; fast cars, yachts and the owner of many homes. He was Howard Hugues' only welcome visitor during Hughes' frequent battles with germs and is regarded as the founder of modern journalism.
When this newspaper first appeared on stands, England and America had just defeated Germany, Amelia Earhart had just become a 75 year old news story and 1948 was yet to happen. Yes, it was 1947.
The 29 year old Holiday left his native Scotland and settled in London. His mesmerizing good looks and upper-class Scottish accent made him an instant success. Rumor has it he was liked by Queen Elizabeth I, so much so that she insisted she have him "as my going iteside with sort of fellow". A recently published letter she wrote to Holiday sums up her feelings: Dear Harold, I'm afraid I am not alliyed ite to see you. I have been confined to the hice by my husband. Oh I do love walking arind the grinds with you, we would shite for the horses and they would run over to us, please say we can shoot some grice again. I am pride of your latest venture; a newspaper? What a frightfully wonderful idea. I enclose 10 pinds for your troubles. You are my John Briyn. Your loving friend, Bett.
The venture Queen Elizabeth refers to, is this very website. With no internet in 1947, paper was the choice in placing the written word. Harold Holiday decided to write his first article: "Does anyone know how to read upper-class words?". The article was a major success, as, he had lampooned the royal family at a time when the royal family were still lampooned behind closed doors and to the face of the guards who stood outside Buckingham palace, he hadn't intended to create a humorous piece but soon was inundated with requests for more articles of levity.
With royal patronage, (due to Bett) Holiday turned Daily UnNews into a worldwide success. He handcrafted the techniques still used by modern tabloid newspapers. Even today his fingerprints are all over modern publications, his maxim was, "follow famous fools, Holiday happy with Hugues". In essence, he is responsible for Hilary Duff's fascinating trips to the gym and making people famous for absolutely no reason.
Holiday became a superstar, the 1950's were his favorite years. A typical birthday party of the entrepreneur involved high-society names like Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn and of course Howard Hughes. His frequent affairs with movie starlets fueled the rumor he was hetero sexual. By 1959, Holiday was a multimillionaire.
Harold Holiday decided to give the 1960's a miss and was seldom seen in public. He often visited his old pal Hughes and was devastated by the movie-mogul's death in 1976. Holiday insisted his own home be wallpapered with Kleenex in honor of his friend.
In 1974, Holiday would be among the privileged few to know the whereabouts of Lord Lucan and would sign his name to the Lucan conservation trust. The trust, based in Kenya, allowed aristocrats wanted for murder to live out their days in a Kenyan zoo under the guise of an animal. The shocking truth has only recently come to light - for years, the Zebra "Lucy" at Kenya zoo had in fact been Lord Lucan all along. Asked about Lucan in a rare interview for BBC television in 1986, Holiday gave a tangled answer: "Where is he? Black and white story to me, you heard it from the horses mouth... He loved Kenyan coffee and is probably in a hotel suite reading my newspaper. Kenya guess where he is?"
In 1998 at the age of 80, Harold Holiday sold his newspaper to Wikimedia and donated a large part of his fortune to charity. He only wanted a simple mention when he died but insisted in his will that his remains be placed in between the legs of a well known actress - also deceased. His request stated: Oh well, I'm gone... Off to write news in the place where we all go... Just in case, put me in between the legs of * in case our bones are where we go. Plus, the mess would give Howard a fit. H.H
Harold Holiday died in 1999. A film documenting Harold Holiday's life is in production and will be released next year. We hope you will watch the film detailing the events in an extraordinary life. Scottish actor Gerard Butler plays Holiday and Lindsay Lohan will hopefully play the skeleton at the end - or just the close up shots of the crotch. We are "pride" to carry on the work of publishing's first megastar.


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Statement of John Dyer,
Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration
before the House Committee Banking and Financial Services
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
March 4, 1998
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:
I am pleased to be here today to discuss the Social Security Administration's (SSA's) experience with electronic funds transfer (EFT), and our efforts to implement the EFT provisions of Public Law 104-134, the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996.
SSA has offered the safety, convenience and reliability of EFT, also known as direct deposit, to those receiving Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 20 years. Today, more than 33 million of the 50 million payments generated by SSA each month are delivered electronically. Beneficiaries who use direct deposit have an overwhelmingly positive view of this service
Advantages of EFT
Direct deposit significantly improves payment delivery services. It is a safer, more reliable method of payment. This is particularly important since the incidence of check thefts have increased dramatically over the past 10 years. In contrast, not one direct deposit payment has ever been lost in the 21 years it has been available to Social Security beneficiaries. With direct deposit, there is an electronic audit trail to ensure that the payment can always be located. Payments can be traced through the banking system and beneficiaries have a permanent record of their payment through their bank records.
There are economic advantages of EFT for benefici aries as well. Benefits are credited to accounts at the opening of business on the scheduled payment date. Beneficiaries can write checks to pay bills or use automated teller machine (ATM) cards to obtain money immediately without the inconvenience of first having to cash a check. Direct deposit to interest bearing accounts earns the most interest on beneficiaries' money because their payment will be in the accounts at the earliest possible moment. Direct deposit avoids check cashing fees. If direct deposit to a checking account is used, fees for money orders and similar charges are avoided. Many financial institutions offer free services for customers who use direct deposit.
Direct deposit is also more convenient. With direct deposit, beneficiaries are not required to be home to receive their payment. They do not have to arrange vacation schedules around their check delivery dates, nor do they have to be concerned about their check being delivered during an unexpected absence from home, such as a medical emergency. Beneficiaries can write checks payable to themselves (or use an ATM) to obtain cash immediately and thus are in no different a position than if they are paid by check.
Of equal importance is the fact that direct deposit saves taxpayers a substantial amount of money. According to Treasury, it costs approximately $0.43 per item to issue Federal payments by check versus only $0.02 per item when the payment is directly deposited into a beneficiary's account. If all remaining check receivers would convert to direct deposit immediately, the savings to taxpayers would be substantial.
EFT Legislation
P.L. 104-134 was enacted on April 26, 1996. It included a pro vision that expanded the use of direct deposit for those receiving Federal payments. SSA implemented the initial phase of the new requirement effective August 1, 1996. Anyone applying for benefits as of this date is required to receive them by direct deposit if they indicated at the time of application that they have an account with a fmancial institution. This requirement is waived if the individual certifies that he or she does not have an account with a financial institution.
SSA's experience with the initial phase requirement has been good. Virtually no problems have been encountered. At present, 85 percent of all new Social Security applicants are enrolled in direct deposit automatically from the outset of their entitlement, while 35 percent of SSI beneficiaries are enrolled this way.
Anyone who had established entitlement to Social Security or SSI benefits prior to August 1, 1996 is not required to use direct deposit at this time. The law does specify, however, that the Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for developing regulations outlining how the final requirements will be implemented, including any waiver conditions and the development of electronic payment services for individuals who do not have a relationship with a financial institution.
SSA faces the challenge of encouraging its remaining check receivers to convert to direct deposit or some other form of EFT. In fact, Social Security is the largest and most visible program affected by this legislation.
There are two significant issues to be addressed in regulations on the EFT mandate. The first is to identify all of the exception conditions under which current and future beneficiaries with special circumstances will be exempt from having to be paid electronically. The second issue is to develop a program to meet the electronic payment needs of individuals without bank accounts and to develop this service at the lowest possible cost. Both SSA and Treasury have been studying this particular issue for a number of years. Unbanked individuals often have limited resources. They also may be unfamiliar with how to go about maintaining an account at a financial institution.
SSA and Treasury have undertaken several pilots designed to test the feasibility of establishing special types of electronic payment accounts for unbanked beneficiaries. Programs have operated in the States of Maryland, Texas and elsewhere that deposit benefits in special accounts established for the panicipants. Funds are made available to these individuals by means of ATM or point-of-service (POS) terminals Beneficiaries panicipating in these special programs seem to like them. They enjoy the convenience and safety of having their monthly benefits delivered to them electronically. They also enjoy becoming a part of the great majority of our society who participate in mainstream financial services. The monthly account fees associated with the program have not been an issue because they appear to be comparable to or less than similar fees encountered by the participants previously when cashing their benefit checks.
SSA endorses the Department of the Treasury's efforts to develop electronic payment alternatives at a reasonable cost for the unbanked. We will continue to work closely with Treasury to ensure this alternative is made available nationally as quickly as possible. Based on our experience with these programs to date, we do not anticipate our unbanked population will have any significant problems with the proposed Federal program. SSA will do all it can, working with Treasury, to monitor this area to ensure the program operates as intended.
Implementing the EFT Mandate
SSA supports the Department of the Treasury's proposed implementation plan for EFT '99 because it provides a well-constructed framework for the "humane enforcement" of the expanded use of electronic funds transfer to receive Federal payments. It articulates a sound new public policy to encourage Federal benefit recipients to use electronic funds transfer technology. while recognizing that many current check receivers may have valid concerns or issues which require the Government to continue their payments by check.
As stated in Under Secretary Hawke's testimony, Treasury is effectively addressing the two areas that were of concern to SSA. Treasury plans to expand the waiver categories to include additional conditions that were cited in recent public hearings. In addition to geographic remoteness and physical limitations, Treasury may add literacy, English proficiency and mental impairments. SSA supports this enhancement in Treasury's ftnal regulations.
Treasury is also addressing our other concern by scheduling the implementation of the final phase of the EFT mandate to coincide with the availability of Treasury's "electronic transfer account" (ETA) prog ram for unbanked Federal recipients and for those recipients who prefer to use the ETA program. We believe this change is the most feasible approach because it imposes the least burden on both the public and SSA.
SSA will continue to work closely with the Department of the Treasury to carry out the most feasible implementation strategy, including:
- Continuing to apply the Phase I conditions which is to require all persons with bank accounts applying for Social Security or SSI benefits to be paid by direct deposit. (This has proven to be quite successful.);
- Working with Treasury to undertake a very robust public education campaign designed to convince current check receivers of the distinct advantages of EFT; and
- Facilitating direct deposit enrollments. The Agency sponsored the Quick$tart service. a new electronic banking standard that allows financial institutions to provide Federal agencies with direct deposit sign up information electronically through the Federal Reserve. Approximately 1 million enrollments have been processed by this new method.
- Notify all remaining check receivers of the EFT mandate requirements. Beneficiaries who have a relationship with a financial institution will be encouraged to sign up for direct deposit through their financial institution;
- Inform all unbanked recipients about the ETA program including instructions on how to enroll in the program if they are unable to establish a traditional direct deposit arrangement; and
- Provide all check recipients with information on the waiver conditions, including information on how to apply for a waiver if the use of EFT presents a hardship.
SSA believes electronic payments are distinctly superior because they provide Social Security and SSI recipients who use them with a service that is safer, more reliable and more convenient than any other payment method, including checks.
This Agency is well on its way in meeting the objectives of EFT 99. The Department of the Treasury has been very receptive to our comments and concerns. We will continue to work closely with Treasury to successfully carry out this important piece of social legislation.