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Every Tuesday, 8 of my mates come around to play Halo: Reach. During the day, while everyone is still at work, we like to text taunts to each other to fire everyone up for the night ahead. Last week I sent my own Halo-inspired version of the Lord's Prayer:
Our Spartan on Reach, Halo be thy gameThy Elites comeBattles will be done on Spire as it is on Hemmorage,Give us this day our weekly pizza,and forgive us our betrayals,as we forgive those who betray against us,Lead us not into the scope of a sniper,but deliver us the Flag.For the victory, the power and the glorious swords1 minute remaining,Game Over-Matt
A couple weeks ago I was at work planning my foray into Skyrim once my shift ended. I started making a list of all the Daedric artifacts I had and still needed to get. I was called away from my post and left the handwritten list by my register. A week later my manager pulled me aside and said there was a problem. He said, "Corporate called. They looked over the list of required items you left at your register. They said they were sorry but they don't have the Masque of Clavicus Vile in their inventory."-Scott
I'm getting married in less than two months. When I tried on my wedding ring to make sure it fit, I saw my fiance had something engraved inside the band. In tiny letters, it said "I choose you!"-Lucky Friggin' Dude
In my Spanish class, we were starting a new section on Costa Rica and the professor asked us what we already knew about the country. No one knew much about it and, to break the silence, I raised my hand and said, "Costa Rica doesn't have an army, right?" My professor was ecstatic. The only reason I know that is from playing Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker.-Chidi
I've seen a lot of nerd tattoos here, so I thought I'd share mine, of my favourite videogame of all time, Sam & Max Hit the Road.-Stephen (see below)
And this week's "Really Well Thought Out Plan Award" goes to
My immediate family all know I have been incredibly busy this year with studying for a Masters degree while keeping up with work commitments. I have enjoyed the luxury of being able to turn down invitations to family events due to study or work so much so that I have convinced my parents that I will continue studying into mid-2013 (I actually intend to graduate at the end of 2012). This will leave a lot more time for video games and wrestling in the new year, but I'm not really sure what to do when they start asking about attending my graduation ceremony next year.-Anonymous

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Some eight years since the global financial crisis (GFC), global economic growth still remains highly sluggish.
The IMF now forecasts global growth to be 3.1 per cent in 2016, comparable to actual growth of 3.2 per cent in 2015.
However, current growth pales in comparison to the average global growth rate of 4.5 per cent between 2000 and 2007 pre GFC.
A large part of this growth drag is due to the continued stagnation of the Advanced Economies (AEs) which are projected to grow at 1.6 per cent in 2016, compared to 2.1 per cent in 2015.
This is notably slower than the average growth rate of 2.7 per cent between 2000 and 2007.
While Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs) are expected to grow at 4.2 per cent in 2016 compared to 4 per cent in 2015, even they are significantly underperforming their average growth of 6.6 per cent between 2000 and 2007.
To make matters worse, policy uncertainties stemming from the surprise outcome of the presidential elections in the US, the unanticipated Brexit vote in the UK, as well as the rejection of the referendum on political reform in Italy have escalated downside risks to global growth.
There are varied and sometimes conflicting explanations for what ails the AEs, which consequently lead to notably different policy prescriptions.
One school of thought argues that the continuing slow growth rate is an inevitable outcome of decreased potential output which is largely attributable to the weak demographics (ageing population profile) in AEs as well as lower global productivity growth.
This implies that the current growth drag cannot be solved by expansionary stabilisation (ie fiscal or monetary) policies.
Another school of thought posits that the sustained growth slowdown has been a result of too much accommodation by central banks and that has prevented the much needed "creative destruction" and has led to a misallocation of resources and excess capacity in some areas.
While both these schools of thought may differ in terms of diagnosis of the problem, they reach the same conclusion, namely that focus of policy should be on enhancing long-term competitiveness through regulatory and business tax reforms and by boosting product and process innovations as well as entrepreneurship rather than undertaking short-term fixes to boost demand.
In sharp contrast, other economists have argued that the problem in the AEs is due to inadequate and an inappropriate mix of stabilisation policies.
In particular, the argument here is that ultra-loose monetary policy has over-extended itself and needs to be supplemented by more aggressive fiscal expansion.
In the absence of accommodative fiscal policy, prolonged cyclical unemployment has turned structural or permanent in nature and there has been a deterioration in labour force participation rate as discouraged workers have left the labour force - a phenomenon known as "hysteresis".
Closely related to this is the so-called "secular stagnation" hypothesis which argues that the current low investment environment has not been about the cost of capital or asset prices per se but more to do with a decline in "animal spirits" of firms and rise in precautionary savings.
This excessive savings over investment has acted as a drag on the economy causing real interest rates to decline.
Proponents of this school of thought believe that the concerns about fiscal discipline and short-term fiscal sustainability are misplaced and too much fiscal austerity has in fact hindered quicker economic recovery.
Although EMDEs have remained relatively robust and are projected to have better growth prospects, there is considerable heterogeneity in terms of their growth performances.
While EMDEs overall have been growing at an average growth rate of about 5.5 per cent between 2010 and 2015, Asian economies have posted an average growth rate of about 7.5 per cent during the corresponding period.
The Asian region (excluding Japan) is expected to constitute about one quarter of global GDP and double that share in terms of GDP growth in 2016, underlining its importance in the global economy.
Within the region, China stands out with an average growth of about 8.3 per cent between 2010 and 2015, though the economy's growth has been clearly decelerating, with growth forecast to be 6.6 per cent for 2016.
India is the new growth star in the region with its growth on an uptrend in recent times (albeit from a much smaller base than China).
Its expected growth rate in 2016 is projected to be around 7.6 per cent compared to an average growth rate of 7.3 per cent between 2010 and 2015.
The ASEAN-5 economies comprising Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam have been the other bright spots within the region growing at an average of 5.4 per cent between 2010 and 2015, and a growth projection of 4.8 per cent in 2016.
While the Asian economies have their own specific concerns (such as high leverage among state-owned enterprises in China), they are all faced with a much less favourable international trading environment.
Data reveals that the average global growth rate of imports of goods and services stood at a little over 3 per cent between 2012 and 2015, which is almost half its rate of growth in the previous three decades.
Consequently, global imports-to-GDP ratio has gradually started to decline in recent years.
There are multiple possible explanations for what could have triggered this process of "deglobalisation".
First, the causality could run from growth to trade, ie the trade slowdown is a consequence - rather than a cause - of growth slowdown.
If this is the case, then it is not unreasonable to expect that global trade will pick up when global growth accelerates.
Second, in the last few decades, trade growth had outpaced that of global GDP growth due to the slicing of global value chains across countries.
However, in recent years this so-called production fragmentation has plateaued and even started to decline due to insourcing in countries such as China which is doing multiple parts of the production process within the country itself rather than importing.
In addition, the ongoing rebalancing of China away from a focus on investment to consumption has also likely contributed to reduced demand for intermediate imports.
If this trend persists, it could have a negative impact on new entrants into the global supply chain.
Third, and most worryingly, the slowdown in import growth could well be a reflection of a gradual erosion of a liberal international trading system.
For instance, according to the Asian Development Bank, the number of non-tariff barriers that were imposed on developing Asian countries by those outside the region rose from 2,263 in 2000 to 7,190 in 2015.
Against this backdrop of creeping protectionism, the lack of any forward movement on global trade talks and the rejection of mega-regional trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by President-elect Donald Trump is particularly concerning.
Added to concerns about deglobalisation noted above, EMDEs in Asia and elsewhere have, in recent weeks, been confronted with a so-called "Trump tantrum" as they have been faced with sharp capital flow reversals, resulting in downward pressures on currencies and foreign exchange reserves.
Given Singapore's size and openness, it is unsurprising that the city-state has been hard hit by these external factors and rising geopolitical risks and wave of populism worldwide.
What can Singapore do given these global headwinds?
One, it is especially important that the city state uses this period of global downturn to continue with its ongoing restructuring efforts which will help better position itself to take advantage of the next upswing in global growth when it eventually happens.
This also involves fostering a spirit of lifelong learning among the populace.
Two, Singapore businesses should continue to be highly proactive in exploring new markets and opportunities to expand the city state's trade and investment networks.
Three, the government must give renewed emphasis to the task of designing fiscally-sustainable compensatory measures to assist those who may have been left behind by the growth process.
Four, Singapore leaders should take on a more proactive role regionally and globally to champion the virtues of an open global trading system.
Trade is after all, the lifeblood of Singapore's economy.
Ramkishen S Rajan is professor of economics at ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific in Singapore. Sasidaran Gopalan is a research fellow at Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Views expressed are personal.
This article was first published on December 16, 2016.
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What to Watch out For in Self Directed IRA Transactions
Considering investing in real estate with your IRA? Sounds great and there are a number of companies who actively promote real estate investing through a "Self Directed IRA". For a fee, you can roll over an existing IRA or 401k from a previous employer and gain control over how your funds are invested. The problem as I have seen it, many of these companies do not adequately explain the rules that go along with investing through a "Self Direct IRA". I am referring to prohibited transactions?
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Section 408 and 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code explain everything the IRA must be aware of when dealing with his own IRA. To save you the time of looking up these code sections I will lay out the gist of the rules in English. Here we go ….
- Certain transactions with an IRA account are prohibited if a "disqualified person" is involved in the transaction.
- Disqualified persons include the IRA owner, certain family members, any other fiduciary and certain service providers (among others).
- Prohibited transactions include the following:
- a transfer of plan income or assets to, or use of them by or for the benefit of, a disqualified person;
- any act of a fiduciary by which plan income or assets are used for his or her own interest;
- the receipt of consideration by a fiduciary for his or her own account from any party dealing with the plan in a transaction that involves plan income or assets;
- the sale, exchange, or lease of property between a plan and a disqualified person;
- lending money or extending credit between a plan and a disqualified person; and
- furnishing goods, services, or facilities between a plan and a disqualified person.
- If a prohibited transaction occurs, the IRA ceases to be an IRA as of the first day of the tax year in which the transaction took place.
I often see the potential for prohibited transactions when an IRA owner works on the property owned by the IRA or becomes to involved in facilitating an IRA transaction. These problems typically arise because the IRA Owner can not or does not want to wait for the IRA trustee to handle the transaction on behalf of the IRA owner. A solution offered by many Self Directed IRA companies is for the IRA owner to establish a "Checkbook IRA" i.e., set up an LLC that is wholly owned by your IRA but managed by the IRA owner. The Checkbook LLC attempts to solve the "I need to get this deal done ASAP" problem because the IRA owner is in control of the LLC and can enter into transactions on its behalf without involving the IRA trustee.
I bring this to your attention because despite the nature of the transaction, the prohibited transaction rules still apply and the IRA owner must tread carefully lest he risk disqualifying his IRA. Next week I will discuss an alternative to the "Self Directed IRA".


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Hutt City
Net migration by age
The age group with the highest net migration in Hutt City is 30-34 year olds, this is forecast to occur in the period between 2023 to 2028.
Migration is one of the most important components of population change. Once you have established the amount of development activity in an area, the next step is to make assumptions about who will move into the area as well as who is leaving the area.
Net migration by age is an excellent way of understanding housing markets. The most mobile age groups in the population are young adults. They tend to move to attend educational institutions, seek work and express a change in lifestyle. Market research has shown that empty nesters are more likely to move to smaller accommodation when appropriate and affordable alternative housing is supplied in the local area that is accessible to established social networks.
Select each small area to see how migration patterns differ for each area across Hutt City depending on their housing markets and stage in the suburb life cycle.
Major migration assumptions:
- Relatively stable migration profile throughout the forecast period
- Gain of adults aged 25-44 years old with children aged 0-4 years
- Loss of young adults aged 18-24 who leave Hutt City for education and employment purposes elsewhere
- Some loss of mature adults, empty nesters, early retirees and retirees aged 45-69 years old who may be downsizing their housing options or selling housing in Hutt City and searching for housing opportunities elsewhere
- Net gains of frail elderly adults aged 85+ years who may be migrating to Hutt City in order to be closer to hospital, healthcare and aged care facility options


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UK Short Course Nationals, the ONLY series dedicated to 1/10 RC Short Course Truck Racing and stadium trucks racing in the UK covering both 2wd and 4wd classes. This series affords its racers with unrivalled value for money in terms of track time with no less than 7 races through the day, 4 rounds of qualifying and 3 rounds of finals for all.
The Series takes place on some of the best UK Off Road race venues. The series caters for all abilities and age groups and with many new Junior racers planning to join us this year this trend looks to continue. With increasing popularity and a great bunch of travelling racers there is no better time to come and join in the fun!
Short Course RC Racing is as competitive as you want it to be but the emphasis is about having fun. We are seeing more families join us as each season passes making it a great way to spend weekends away! Make "racing widows" a phrase of the past and bring the partners / wives / husbands along for the fun!
Round 1 - 7th April 2019 - Coastal Model Car Racing Club
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Too Soon Too Late (with Dada von Bzdülöw and Monika Drożyńska)
For the second part of the series established by the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles (Brussels Centre for Fine Arts) entitled 1918 European Dreams of Modernity. 100 Year On, artists from Austria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia, along with Belgian artists, have created a performance exhibition – made to measure for the building which houses the Palais des Beaux-Arts – the core theme of which is one hundred years of independence for central European states.
The Polish Institute has invited the group Dada von Bzdülöw (Leszek BZDYL, Katarzyna CHMIELEWSKA, Piotr STANEK, Anna STELLER, Jakub TRUSZKOWSKI, Katarzyna USTOWSKA) and the artist Monika DROŻYŃSKAto participate in this event, the idea of which is to bring together artists from those states which were created at the end of the First World War – "the war to end war" to quote H.G. Wells – following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. These artists have reflected on all of the formative changes which took place over the last 100 years in their respective countries, in the new Europe or in society in general. It is an opportunity to consider the avant-garde years and their legacy, the life and work of three generations, the pursuit of equality for women and much more.
On Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 May, the public is invited to wander around to their heart's content, watching little dance shows, performances and 90-minute video installations which will run on loop. Viewers are free to visit the installations in whichever order they prefer.
>>> Centre for Fine Arts - BOZAR (Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels) - see map
>>> Saturday 26 May 2018 - 17h00 > 18h30
>>> Sunday 27 May 2018 - 16h00 > 17h30 and 19h30 > 21h
>>> 12€ - tickets available HERE
+++ have a look at the project on the site of BOZAR
Dada von Bzdülöw
Teatr Dada von Bzdulöw is a contemporary dance group set up in 1992 in Gdansk by producer and choreographer Leszek BZDYL and dancer and choreographer Katarzyna CHMIELEWSKA, a graduate of the Gdansk School of Ballet and the Brussels School of Contemporary Dance. Very committed to the mutual rapport between dancers and the audience, the group doesn't impose its discourse on anyone, instead allowing it to be interpreted by those who are watching it unfold. In their element at festivals, meet-the-public events and especially when collaborating with others, the group brings its nonsense to bear on those aspects of everyday life which mingle with precious culture, its playful sense of humour and its love of pastiche. What we have here is a balancing act, at the crossroads of influences, forms and styles, often inspired by European literature. Teatr Dada von Bzdulöw has given almost 50 shows, including Czerwona Trawa, which you can watch in its entirety below :
Monika DROŻYŃSKA
The plastic artist Monika Drożyńska was born in 1979 and is the creator of projects which are as individual as they are collective. Her work has been shown in the largest Polish art galleries (notably Zamek Ujazdowski, Zachęta, Łaźnia, Kronika, etc.) as well as in theatres (notably with her performance FLAGS). The winner of several competitions, she has twice been nominated for the prestigious Paszport Polityki (in 2012 and 2013). In her work, Monika uses embroidery as a social, indeed a political, act. Incidentally, she doesn't hesitate to organise conferences on the subject of politics. She is behind the setting up of the School of Embroidery for Men and Women known as 'The Little Golden Hands' (Złote rączki). At the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles), she will be making flags along with members of the public who will lend her a hand!
+++ her portfolio is available HERE (PDF)
In collaboration with the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts (Palais des Beaux-Arts BOZAR), the theatrical institute Zbigniew Raszewski in Warsaw, the Polish Foundation of Modern Art, Arts and Theatre Institute (CZ), the Czech Centre Brussels, the Czech Ministry of Culture, Performczech.cz, the Slovakian Theatre Institute, the Slovakian Minstry of Culture, the Hungarian Musuem and Institute of Theatre, the Balassi Institute Brussels, the Romanian National Dance Centre, the Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels, the Lithuanian Institute of Culture, the Austrian Cultural Forum Brussels, the International Visegrad Fund, PACE.V4 and 100 Years CZ


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International Court of Justice Orders US to Stay 5 executions
The International Court of Justice has granted Mexico's request for an order to stay the execution of five Mexican citizens on death row in the U.S. Mexico had requested the U.N.'s highest court, commonly referred to as the World Court, to intervene because the United States has failed to comply with an earlier ICJ judgment ordering a hearing to review the trials of the Mexican citizens. The World Court ruled in 2004 that the U.S. violated the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations because it had not provided the Mexican inmates access to their home country's consular officials prior to their trials.
The ICJ held that the convictions and death sentences of 51 death row inmates required further review. President Bush acknowledged the judgment of the ICJ and ordered state courts to review the cases. Texas, however, refused, and the issue of the President's power went to the U.S. Supreme Court. Jose Medellin, one of the death row inmates in Texas and a Mexican citizen, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to enforce the ICJ's ruling and the President's memorandum. The Supreme Court rejected the appeal on March 25, 2008, stating that Bush had overstepped his authority. The majority opinion stated that the Constitution, "allows the President to execute the laws, not make them."
The current ruling from the ICJ comes less than three weeks before the first of these inmates, Medellin, is scheduled for execution in Texas. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Attorney General Michael Mukasey jointly requested Texas Governor Rick Perry to review Medellin's case. Also, a bill has been introduced in Congress that would allow relief for those whose Vienna Convention rights have been violated (HR 6841).
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Drink to my bones
The fact that a lot people use Facebook, Twitter, Blogs etc to confess their love for their nephews, nieces & children is finally getting to me. Facebook has the bad habit of displaying on my page what people throw up on theirs. "Pappu ate his first bogger today" or "My little one makes cute faces while taking a shit while my elder one makes castles of poo". Since I do not have a child and I would rather play catch with my nephew than upload his photographs, I have decided to tell you the story about my left leg which is way more important than all your children put together.
Summary: Broke 2 bones above my left ankle while playing football. My parents and wife were not in town. I wasn't carrying my wallet or cellphone. It was a complex fracture. Had surgery. Have 2 steel plates and 14 screws in my leg now. Your 3 year old niece can beat me at the 100 mts.
The point is, extended periods of inactivity slows time down. One can do nothing else except think. There are a lot of things that happened during this time and here goes the summary.
1) The incident: We are a bunch of unfit, slaves to the corporate world dudes who play football 1-2 times a week. When you play 5 a side games once or twice a week the process is as follows when it comes to on-field injuries :
a) Evaluate
b) Play doctor
c) Argue
a) Evaluate: The first thing that you do is evaluate the injury. Not out of concern but to decide if we can roll this dude outta the ground and continue with the game. "Kya hua" and " Can you continue playing" are the questions I was asked. Also keep in mind if 1 guy drops out, you are playing 4 on 5 which isn't easy.
b) Play doctor: Any footballer worth has salt will lie about most of the injuries he has had and claim to have extensive knowledge about sports injuries. He will also diagnose & give a solution to your injury. This is how the conversation went:
Me: Fk dude. Think I broke my leg
The Dr: No dude, its a dislocated ankle
Me: I know it man. I heard the snap
The Dr: Quit being a bitch. I have dislocated my ankle before. I can put it back in place.
Me (in total disbelief): Do you see the broken bone jutting outta my socks 4 inches above my ankle? Broken bones asshole
The Dr: I disagree. You are in pain and cannot think straight
My advise is to stay the hell away from the on-field doctor.
c) Argue: After the diagnosis is labeled serious the arguments started. Mode of transport, how should I be picked up and what doctor/hospital to go to. Everyone claimed to have the best knowledge about everything.
All in all the 3 steps turn out to be a dick measurement exercise amongst those present.
2) The Hospital: After much argument and yelling I was bundled into an auto and we went to Joshi Hospital. This place is the stuff nightmares are made of. 7 footballers, my broken foot and I enter the hospital. I was put on a stretcher while a friend carefully removed my football shoes. The ward boys from hell came to rip my socks off when I politely requested them to cut the socks rather than rip it off and permanently damage my leg. They concurred. Then right outta the movies I was stretched off to the X-ray room hitting every corner and door on the way there. The ward-boy promptly taps me on my injured leg to tell me to move onto the X-ray table.
The attendant was a cock-eyed, salivating slob who had been pushed around all his life. All 8 of us took an instant disliking for his. He kept telling me that surgery was required and that I should get admitted. We did not trust him and I decided to call someone else I knew. The clincher is....The slob refused to give me a painkiller till I agreed to get admitted in the hospital. I did not. He also made me write and sign a note saying I left the hospital of my own free will. He also yelled at me for the bad handwriting---I wrote the note while on a stretcher, facing up, with no support for the paper and 2 broken bones. Some people
Overall it was an insane experience. What happened after I shifted into Kelkar hospital is like a dream. The friendly professional doctors, the morphine like painkiller shots and the 2 people holding me down while the doctor put on a temporary cast makes me laugh now. Am on the way to recovery...
- Broken bones do not hurt as much as I thought
- My ass still hurts from the 10 injections I had to take
- I have not put on any weight
- Thank the guys who helped me out
- Thanks to a friend....she know who she is
10 comments:
- as_him said...
So u sat out of the World Cup with the likes of Ballack and Beckham :)
Reminds me of my foot ol' days. Being a vegetable is kinda ok, but its a lot of work for the ones taking care of u..
I wish them all the best and speedy recovery to u.
- July 13, 2010 at 5:19 PM
hope u r better now! women have to go through so much more...yet they go about it quitely, however men...can't do without making noise! u write well though :)
Wish u a speedy recovery..
Cheers! Neha Sethi Tandon
- July 13, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- Satyajit said...
You just made my day. Am a very sweet tempered patient...thats what I have been told.
Thank god there were no women on the field...else I would be lying there being told how my pain is NOTHING compared to theirs :-P
- July 13, 2010 at 6:06 PM
- Vaish said...
Good to read a post of yours after such a long time! You actually managed to cheer up my otherwise lousy evening. Hope you're foot's better now. I guess seeing the funny side to things always helps :) And I have said this tons of times before...you should be a writer!
- July 13, 2010 at 9:13 PM
- Just A Passerby said...
Hilarious stuff. My favorite part was the stretcher ride to radiology. LMAO I remember when I used to work in the recovery room I had to transport patients frequently up to their rooms, etc. following their release from our area. It took me a lot longer to get the knack for steering, stopping, reversing &/or maneuvering into packed elevators, etc. than I'd ever anticipated that it would. It definitely takes some getting used to, I'm sure I subjected some poor people to similar experiences as the one that you had while navigating stretchers through the mazes of long hospital corridors.
Oh and the FB content nearly had me in tears laughing at. It's sooo true too. I'm much happier now without having any other "social networking" accounts, besides this one. If this even qualifies.
I concur on two points the reader wrote in her comment prior to mine: 1. Reading this one did cheer me up tonight, I'm much grateful for that b/c I've been sick for several weeks myself, (nothing compared to your experience!) which was drastically complicated further after one of the antibiotics I was prescribed caused my skin to erupt into huge sores all over my arms, hands, neck, face...face! Ick. I swear it looks like I have a raging case of leprosy going on right now. Grrrr...frustrating...I was in need of a good LOL.
2. You do have a talent for writing sarcastic/witty material. It's why I chose to subscribe to your blog in the first place :)
Hope you're well on the mend from your broken ankle! FOURTEEN screws??!? That's a lot of hardware. On the bright side, going through all of the security scans at the airports will always bring you lots of fun and excitement...for the rest of your life. LOL
- July 14, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- Just A Passerby said...
PS please extend my deepest sympathies to your poor wife. I'm sure she's about to pull all of her hair out of her head after having to listen to the big baby wah-wah man, who's been anchored to the living room sofa with the big screen tv remote permanently attached to one of his hands, since the day he got home from the hospital!
- July 14, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- Satyajit said...
Spank you very much...Good to know I made you otherwise dull day better. And I have said it a dozen times before....I cannot be a writer.
Thank you very much.
Yikes....I pity the fool who was on a stretcher navigated by you :-). Hope you are better now....
My wife is a wise women. She left for a conference after I had recovered and settled in a bit....
- July 14, 2010 at 11:54 AM
You should have mentioned that you ALMOST climbed a flight of stairs on the night of the finals. :-)
Maybe that's another blog post.
Lucky that you have good friends around.. :-)
Sorry for being late in reading your blog despite being asked so many times.
Super duper sorry again.
- July 17, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- kostantina said...
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- July 27, 2010 at 5:01 PM
Very nice... some where its tuoches me... The day of college BMCC, during holli they way we use to make fire... watching tv in the tv room.. playing football in front of the Hostel.. n the way Imran and Shukhi bhayia use to chase the ball... Is something we r missing in life or every one is running way from themselves or simply chasing life... I dont remember when last I have made chk n mutton for my friends... or when I have done my last cooking....
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Re: Cool vids...again.
I love the pull-y 'oooooowweeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' cartoon sound thing.
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I love the pull-y 'oooooowweeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' cartoon sound thing.
This was invented by someone who was asked "What instrument do you want to learn?" and they replied "All of them, at once."
Organs come pretty close, too. Jump to 00:20. (Right-arrow four times.)
This guy was asked the same question but had a different answer.
"What instrument do you want to learn?" and they replied "All of them, at once............
.......using Marbles!"
The Wintergatan channel is worth giving a watch.
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Yeah Wintergarten's stuff is great. After finding that original one the other night I went on a bit of a tear through player instruments. I love things that are just built out of pure human ingenuity and will. Like...I want a thing that'll play 6 violins for me automatically, or an accordion or a frickin banjo or insert instrument here....
I love these things so hard.
Organs come pretty close, too. Jump to 00:20. (Right-arrow four times.)
HOLY HELL. This sounds EXACTLY like the MIDI versions of the theme on old Star Wars games.
Not technically a video, but eh, whatever. I could listen to this man talk for days.
https://soundcloud.com/thewallbreakers/ … s/trailers
Just finished the first volume of Simon Callow's biography of him, and my favorite thing about this is that it's almost definitely bullshit. Orson hadn't prepared for the broadcast at all beforehand and the writer of the script, Howard Koch, had chosen the news-bulletin format because he couldn't find any other way to adapt the novel that wasn't desperately boring. Everyone at the Mercury, Orson included, was appalled when they heard they'd been taken seriously, but Orson just folded it right into his personal legend once everything blew over. Fakes on top of fakes—little wonder F for Fake is probably his best film besides Kane.
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Thanks for that tidbit, very interesting.
I'm probably the last person to know this exists but fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck this is dark.
When the cartoon network does a halloween scooby-doo advert...
While the preview has nothing to do with the video, it's a pretty awesome 30 minute piece on how things work in the ISS, how the crew lives, and such.
Fuck yeah — great find, thanks.
There is something so intensely satisfying about watching idiots peel the tops of their trucks open like tin cans over and over and over.
I love 11foot8. It's like the most stoic passive-aggressive behavior of all time.
"Turn back. Don't do it. Seriously, don't. ... You did it. Good job. Hope you're happy."
My primary response is 'myriad thoughts about infrastructure,' but I'll keep that one to myself and opt for 'lol.'
Yep. I had to click the annotation to see what was on fire...
I guess my initial response is why the hell did they make cars that obviously don't go under most overpasses?
I guess my initial response is why the hell did they make cars that obviously don't go under most overpasses?
Oh, it's not most. It's hilarious because this one overpass is like 100 years old and a lot lower than minimum guidelines would allow these days, but it's too expensive to change the road, so they just put the signs up and tell trucks not to go under it. But it's still tall enough that a lot of people ignore the signs and think they can make it through with their smaller trucks, or just ignore the signs and go through anyways.
There's a whole website about that one overpass: http://11foot8.com/faq/
EDIT: I think the standard height for modern overpass's is 17 feet according to the google machine.
Uh oh. I've started to notice low bridge videos in my Youtube recommended videos feed. I hope this isn't another 'Cars with Ship Horns Vs Ship with Horn' debacle.
I don't know, I mean... If I were driving a truck, my number one concern would probably be if it fits bridges I pass. Aren't the drivers simply a bit careless and/or drunk and/or dumb?
PS: I still feel genuine empathy for the following minutes when the driver has to get out of their truck and witness their error in front of everyone around. Makes me wince.
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Many of the trucks are rentals - people who are not used to having to check, then rent a Uhaul to move to anothert house or something.
Many others are just stubborn, or not paying attention. Standard tractor trailer height is 13'6", so low bridges might be marked for 14', 13', 12'6". Someone who's 12" and fits places a full tractor trailer can't won't pay attention to the numbers.
They SHOULD pay attention to the multiple signs and FLASHING LIGHTS at that intersection that turn on when you're overheight, but still. That's when you look at general idiocy, and the fact that it's a high traffic area so even one out of, eh, a thousand is plenty of content.
All of the Enterprise trucks you see in the video are rented by the day.
The shot at :23 is FUCKING GORGEOUS and UTTERLY. TERRIFYING.
Nothing like firing two fire extinguishers directly into your audience in the name of science.
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A children's book about a little guy made of felt...WOOLLARD
BREAKING NEWS: Wow! Double-wow! We made it! $10,000 and almost 100 backers! Woollard could not be more happy or more grateful for all the support and enthusiasm from far and near! To celebrate, we just added a new reward (Make-Your-Own "Woollard" Snowman Kit) - a woolly DIY project to help celebrate the winter holidays!
Now let me tell you a bit about more about this project...
My name is Kara Johnson, but I write and draw children's books as K.J. Scribbles. I am a material scientist and product designer. Every material has a story to tell. We love them or hate them, they are funny or boring, they are unexpected or mundane. Beyond products...I want to capture and unlock the character of a material in words and illustrations, in a story that kids will love to read and touch, first in a printed book and later in a digital world.
The writing part was pretty easy for me, but it took years (10!) for me to learn how to draw...now the book is ready to print. And that brings me to today, Woollard and The Stuff Kids. The money raised in this Kickstarter campaign will pay for the first high-volume production run of Woollard's Little Stitched Book at the minimum order quantity. The Stuff Kids is more than one book, it's a series of books and each character is made of a different material. Woollard is the first book in this series. Woollard is made of felt. Wool felt to be exact. Woollard lives in the country and does things that felt might do if he was feeling a little bit cute and curious.
After Woollard, the next book in the series will be about a little guy named Walter - he is made of concrete. If we exceed the goal for this campaign then we will print more Woollard books, write/illustrate/print Walter's book and design/build a digital world for The Stuff Kids where kids and adults can play - in an app, on your phone.
There will be 10+ characters in The Stuff Kids series. First Woollard, then Walter. There's Bob - he's made of cork. And Elmer - he's made of wood. Clay - she's made of terracotta, Rusty - he's made of steel, Sandy - she's made of glass. A.G. - she's made of silver. Stretch - he's made of rubber. Charlie - she's made of charcoal. Page is made of paper, Poly is made of plastic. You get the idea. Some might only live in a digital world, some might be printed. Here are some early prototypes:
I hope that you might want to buy Woollard's Little Stitched Book...get some cute and felt-y wool schwag or...just send a little woolly love to Woollard and his friends by supporting this Kickstarter campaign. Everyone gets a thank you postcard! And if you want more than just a book...get a t-shirt, a set of 4 felt "puzzle" coasters with die-cut flowers, framed original artwork (5" x 10") or a custom illustrated and framed mini-poster (11" x 17"). Here are some early concept sketches and prototypes of these add-on items:
When this project started, I didn't have any kids to test my ideas with, but now I have two of my own and I want to publish Woollard before my kids grow-up and you know what people say: that happens fast. So here goes: This campaign is dedicated to little kids everywhere who (even before they walk or read) want to learn and know more about how things are made or what they are made of. And to my own kids: Sam - a most wonderful troublemaker and my favorite little monkey and Katie - the best little ladybug that a mom could ask for.
Let's go make Woollard...!
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1. Printing The Book
Woollard is completely written and illustrated. When this campaign closes a few rounds of production-quality prototypes will be reviewed, final testing and design for assembly will be completed with a printer who can do high volume production, including assembly of Woollard into the book. If everything goes well, the books will be printed and shipped to you in time for 2016 Valentine's Day celebrations. But if you want to give someone a holiday sneak-peek I will make sure that Woollard's postcard arrives in time for December 2015 gift-giving.
2. Making Woollard
In the prototypes that I have made so far, the character of Woollard himself is a little red ball (with eyes and a mouth stitched and sometimes a daisy stuck to him) attached with thin wires between the pages at the center of the book. I have started conversations with a few manufacturers who can do the same hand-crafted quality and personality of Woollard, but in the final phase of design for manufacturing I will probably need to make some adjustments to assemble Woollard into the book. My goal is to maintain the tactile qualities and the authenticity of the material in the current prototype while also accommodating high volume production constraints.
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Kouign Amann is a funny sounding name (at least in my mind) for a delicious puff pastry. It's French, so naturally it's delicious and this also means that you pronounce the 'kouign' part as 'kween' or 'kwin.' Yep, the French sure do know how to do pastry. My first ever koiugn amann was only last year, in Singapore of all places and as soon as I bit into the flaky sweet layers with the crunch of the pastry and the caramelised sugar, I was in heaven.
I highly recommend making these and then dipping them in your coffee, it's delicious and do you know what? This was my first time making any type of puff pastry, let alone a yeasted one, and while it was a little time consuming, it was not hard at all! You can clearly tell this was my first time though, because I followed Sarah from The Sugar Hit's recipe almost exactly, only leaving out the raspberries that she included, as I was after a more classic version for my first time making these. I followed Sarah's recipe so closely, that I don't even feel right writing it out below and claiming it as an adaption. So have a look at my piccies and if you'd like to see the recipe, pop on over to The Sugar Hit (here) where you will find the full instructions, as well as a whole host of other mouth watering recipes :)
Yep, you're going to need plenty of butter for this recipe, so you may as well use a good one. The recipe also calls for salted butter, which gives a great subtle salty sweetness to your end product.
Get to kneading. You can knead by hand, which will take about 10 minutes, or by using the dough hook attachment on your mixer, which will only take 5 minutes.
As this is a yeasted dough (or pastry) this will need to rest to let the yeast do it's work. It was a cold day in Canberra when I made these, so I rested in the oven with only the light on. The light alone is enough to get the temperature in there to a good dough-resting environment.
The butter needs to be cut into 1/2 cm slices and frozen for the last half hour of the dough's resting time.
Yay! I love finding that a dough has risen (as hoped) after resting.
It's time to incorporate the cold butter into the dough. Fold it all up, as directed in the recipe.
And you'll end up with something like this.
The dough then rests for another 2 hours, but this time, in the fridge. I was surprised to see that it had risen again while in the tightly wrapped plastic wrap.
Now it's time to roll those scrolls! You don't flour the surface when rolling this pastry, instead you sugar it! Although this is a sweet pastry, this is actually the first time that any sugar is added to the recipe.
No fancy equipment needed, just use your muffin tray. You need to grease it very generously though, even if it is non-stick like mine. After all, the kouign amann will end up surrounded in a toffee-like, caramelised sugary goodness that sticks to pans like a mofo. Don't worry if you get a few weird looking end bits like I did, these still turned out well.
Make sure you place a tray under the muffin tin in the oven. It's a very hot bake and any butter the splatters onto the base of your oven will smoke out the house. I'll let you take one guess how I came to that understanding.
Sweet and slightly salty, these little goodies were just made for dipping into coffees.
Flaky layers of pastry with crunchy edges and soft folds in the centre. The flavour is definitely there, but these are all about the texture as well.
Afternoon sunlight on my first ever batch of puff pastry and kouign amann.
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Acetaminophen's Efficacy For Post-operative Pain
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01721486
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 5, 2012
Results First Posted : June 8, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Tonsillitis Airway Obstruction Difficulty Swallowing
|Drug: IV acetaminophen Drug: PO acetaminophen
|Phase 4
Tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy is a common surgical procedure in children and adolescents. Usually performed for recurrent tonsillitis or symptoms of airway obstruction, the procedure can result in significant post-operative pain. Common analgesic techniques include the use of oral acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen by mouth (PO) or ketorolac intravenous (IV), and narcotics. Acetaminophen has been shown to be effective in reducing pain and post-operative opioid requirements. Its administration can be oral, rectal, or intravenous. NSAIDs, though effective for pain control, have been shown to increase bleeding risk and disrupt hemostasis. Narcotics are effective for pain control but increase the risk of nausea and vomiting. They also have the potential to cause respiratory depression.
IV acetaminophen (OFIRMEV) is indicated for management of mild to moderate pain, and as an adjunct to opioids for severe pain. Several studies have examined the efficacy of IV acetaminophen vs placebo and/or active controls (meperidine, rectal acetaminophen (PR), tramadol). IV acetaminophen has been shown to be superior to placebo for pain control. Though there is data regarding peak plasma and Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) concentration of acetaminophen when given by different routes (PO vs IV vs PR), there is no data comparing the efficacy of oral vs IV administration for pain control post-tonsillectomy in children.
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|41 participants
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|Efficacy of IV vs Oral Administration of Acetaminophen for Pain Control Following Tonsillectomy With or Without Adenoidectomy
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|September 2012
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|September 2014
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|January 2015
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IV acetaminophen 15 mg/kg (up to 1000 mg) administered intraoperatively over a 15 minute infusion.
Drug: IV acetaminophen
IV acetaminophen 15 mg/kg (up to 1000 mg) over 15 minute infusion after IV placement in OR .
Other Name: Ofirmev
Active Comparator: Control Group
PO acetaminophen elixir 15 mg/kg (up to 1000 mg) administered approximately 90 minutes (+/- 30 minutes) prior to induction of anesthesia in the pre-operative area.
Drug: PO acetaminophen
PO acetaminophen elixir 15 mg/kg (up to 1000 mg) administered approximately 90 minutes (+/- 30minutes) prior to induction of anesthesia in the pre-operative area.
Other Name: Acetaminophen Elixir
- Total Pain Medication [ Time Frame: From time of PACU admission until 24 hours post-operatively. ]All pain medication documented during the first 24 hours postoperatively, in mg morphine equivalents.
- FLACC: Face, Legs, Activity, Cry & Consolability (FLACC) Pain Assessment Scores [ Time Frame: At time of admission into PACU. ]FLACC: Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability Pain Assessment Scale (FLACC), a five-item, three point scale that measures each of 5 pain behaviors on a scale of 0 - 2 which are summed to result in a total score of 0 - 10. Clinical judgment is used to interpret pain. The higher the score on the FLACC correlates with a higher pain score (0= no behaviors indicative of pain and 10= five behaviors indicative of significant pain). This scale was evaluated by blinded post-operative anesthesia care unit (PACU) Registered Nurses (RNs) at admission to PACU.
- Incidence of Post-operative Vomiting [ Time Frame: From admission into PACU until 24 hours post-hospital discharge. At the conclusion of enrollment, this measure will be assessed for all participants. ]Percentage of subjects with at least one episode of post-operative vomiting
- Parental Satisfaction With Pain Control. [ Time Frame: 24 hours post hospital discharge. ]Parental satisfaction with pain control, as measured on a 10 point Likert scale where 1= Extremely dissatisfied and 10= Extremely satisfied. Data gathered through phone call to parents 24 hours post hospital discharge.
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- Children 5-13 years of age
- Surgical procedure: tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy
- American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification 1 and 2 (patients that have either no systemic illness or mild systemic disease that is well-controlled, e.g. mild asthma)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known allergy to study medication(s)
- Known genetic abnormality
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A collection of late-model vehicles that we feel have a good shot of becoming classics in every sense of the term.Read story
Interesting cross section. Can't say that I disagree with any of them necessarily, as it's impossible to know what will be coveted in another 20 years. I do find it interesting that despite people's general leanings in purchasing 4 door models, most of these are 2 doors which reflects the current overall state of collectibles. Although older 4 door cars are certainly desirable, it's the 2 doors that are usually most lusted after and also bring the highest premiums.
The G8 is already heading that way. I see G8 GTs selling for 20K or more, not asking, actual sale prices of over 20K and the GXPs are often being sold for closer to 28-30K. Even the V6s are selling in the 15-17K range. Not bad considering that newest of them is 6 years old now.3 Replies
The GXP is a rare beast, I think they will always be quite valuable.
I actually like the GTO that came before it better. Cleaner look. 2-Door Coupe
I have a really good friend who has an 05 GTO. It is a really sweet car. I think it's going to be a classic as well. The value seems to have bottomed out and they only seem to be increasing now.
I could have bought a new 9-5 for about 25k when that whole thing went down, still regret not doing that as I think it's a really nice car.2 Replies
Folks wake up! The Land Rover Defender Heritage Edition is the one sure thing.
I think the best predictor is simply how (and how much) people talk about the car. "Oh, man, I remember when that thing came out." 707 hp. Flat plane crank. 0-60 under 3 seconds. Embarrassing exotics at Lightning Lap. Nostalgia goes hand-in-hand with performance that's unlikely to be significantly improved upon at any price for a long time. It's a great time to be alive.2 Replies
I want to agree with you, and the grand national is that sort of classic, but it was really an introduction to turbocharging for many. But 707hp will be surpassed, as will 3 seconds to 60. What a lot of these cars share are 1) low production volumes and 2) engineering choices that can't be done anymore, like high revving NA motors, and manuals abound
We still talk about hot performers from the 60's. I imagine that will be the case 50 years from now as well.
The way GM ruined Saab is a textbook example on how Americans don't understand Europe. In a sense it is the reverse of the problems VW have with the American market. The problem, of course, is that VW could easily afford low sales in the States, as otherwise its quality products sell very well all over the world. The kind of products that Europeans and the rest of the world want and Saab could have easily build if not kept on a shoestring budget.
Especially sad as Saab was a small premium brand with a very similar heritage to BMW and could have easily been build into a serious competitor had GM wanted to. Instead, they forced them into using mediocre at best non-premium components and denied them to branch out beyond the 900/9-3 and 9000/9-5 sedans.
Just look at GM's current state.
Chevrolet had to be pulled from the European market as its products were subpar.
Buicks are rebadged Opels, a brand that was similarly strangled, yet had a stronger footing and therefor could somehow stay competitive with the likes of VW in Europe.
And Cadillac is now throwing all its American heritage out the window to have a say in the premium segment. It still fails to sell in any market particularly well, but they are on the right track. Their biggest issues, at least in Europe, being a lack of non performance engine choices and a very bad image (and build quality).5 Replies
Who cares how bad management is? Some automakers, those based on the old, greed-banker model complete in the "marketplace". Not the General! GM brought an idea back to insure their future and competed by the use of strategically situated votes. While the foolish capitalist dogs groveled for buyers while GM secured a bailout.
Yes, it seems whenever a company tries to reach across the pond they get burned. Only the premium companies like BMW and MB have been able to do it, and at times they struggle to meet both market demands.
I owned a late Saab 9-3, it was a very interesting car as some of it's pieces were top quality for an "almost Premium" car, and other parts were obviously GM parts bin parts. I still liked Saab because although they used parts from the GM parts bin, their frame and strucutre was still Saab and far safer than many other cars of similiar size.
The Japanese are still the best at exporting cars. They do well on every continent because they sell quality cars at prices people can afford. That model works everywhere. Toyota is far from exciting, but no suprise they are #1.
The GM / VW comparission is the strangest. GM has a poor reputation for quality in Europe, while VW's reputation is just as bad in the America.
See, for the Japanese it is a question of do or die. If they fail in the US market, they are doomed. It simply is the biggest market for them, so they focus their whole R&D around pleasing that market.
Unfortunately, this model doesn't do them any good in Europe. Toyota has a market share of ~12% in the States (~2mil vehicles), making it the second best after Ford, yet in Europe its market share is ~4% (~525k). That ranks them 12th in terms of market share. Keep in mind they are the most succesful of all the Asian manufacturers. For the rest of them it looks even more bleak.
Looking at China, VW sold 3.67 million vehicles there in 2014, while Toyota only managed 1.07 million. In Europe VW sold ~1.6mil cars (best selling brand in Europe).
It's very clear where the focus lies for each brand. Toyota is doing great in the States, so-so in China and bad in Europe. VW is doing great in Europe, great in China and bad in the States.
The Saab with the most serious collectible potential has to be the 9-4X, the nearly stillborn crossover SUV that shared a platform with the Cadillac SRX. I can't think of a more orphaned car in recent history than this one. They were only made briefly during the 2011 model year and I think GM had washed their hands by this point and Spyker was handling sales, and they've since left the US entirely leaving 9-4x owners with useless warranties. Only 457 were ever built, and some parts are already becoming scarce.
Low production numbers are part of the equation, of course. There were 2554 427 convertibles built; I've not seen the 2014 numbers for the CTS-V wagons but extrapolating the 2013 data suggests about 1800 of them in total (2011-2014), with maybe 600 being manual transmissions.
Still, I don't see them ever commanding more than sticker, unless they're time-capsule undriven examples. What do 1987 Buick GNXs bring these days? The sticker was about $63K in 2015 dollars; seems like the only ones I've seen in that neighborhood are the undriven 50-miles-on-the-clock variety.
I disagree with the S2000, and somewhat with the Boss 302. The former is just nothing particularly special - it wasn't a screaming value like, say, the SRT Neon; it wasn't a superlative performer like the Grand National/GNX. And it isn't rare, or really even uncommon.
The Boss will probably hold value due to the overall low production numbers - there are enough well-heeled Mustang fanatics to keep the prices up. But it's got the disadvantage of being outclassed by its immediate descendants; most of the cars of its ilk that are 'collectable' were some kind of high-water mark, at least for some time period. For the same reason I don't think the Z/28 Camaro 5 will hold up - and there are a helluva lot less of those than Boss 302s, I'll bet.
The C6s with the LS7 will almost certainly be the apex of the normally-aspirated GM V8. Base cars will certainly surpass them in power, if not in the C7 then definitely in the C8. But they'll also almost certainly be forced-induction.
And the CTS-V is almost certainly the last V8-powered Cadillac with a manual transmission, let alone wagon with said powertrain.8 Replies
I disagree about the Z/28 for the same reason you point out the C6 Z06, the ls7. The next Z/28 will be faster, but it'll be some variant of the LT1 or LT4. I hope I'm wrong, but I haven't heard of any development of a ls7 successor. That scintillating NA plant will be missed, at least by me.
Seems like you and C&D are on the same wavelength
I see your point, but I just don't think the Z/28 is that desirable. It's a huge bundle of compromises designed for a single purpose - which is fine, but it's not a particularly useful purpose for all but a tiny portion of the population, no matter how well it serves that purpose.
And there's no 'heritage' regarding it in the same way as with Corvettes - Z/28s were never big-inch (or for that matter - in the 'glory days' at least - big horsepower) cars.
If the successor is LT1-based, fine - still NA. But I doubt it. A destroked LT1 with LS7 bore and maybe the stroke from the old 4.8L LS-series engine would be cool and a high-revver, but it would be unable to compete with the Ford Voodoo. GM will have to go with displacement or forced induction, and I'm certain it won't be the former.
Yeah I'm counting on it getting to classic value because of it's superlative performance, unlike the S2000, which I think will be a classic because there won't be any more cars like it, nobody would build a car like that today and it has a fun, revvy drive. I think the more extreme first iteration may be more valuable for that reason, and it'll get rare as every teenager straps a big turbo on it and crashed or blows the engine
Well, I own two of the listed cars. Maybe my kids will find out the accuracy of the prediction...perhaps together they'll be worth enough to pay for a semester of college in 2035...
Yeah I remembered you had the V wagon and the 427, that's what I meant by you and C&D being on the same wavelength. For what it's worth, I think they are good choices too
Won't be any more cars like it? Which part? The two seat convertible sports car like say a Boxster? Or a 4 cyl,front engine RWD, 2 seat sports car like the Mazda Miata that came before it and continues long after it went away? Or the upcoming Fiat version of the Miata?
Naturally aspirated, 8900 rpm redline, and unlike the miata, it was fast, especially for its time. More fun at the limit than the miata too, and just sharper than the miata. If you think the miata is the end-all-be-all, you should drive an s2k
Sensual intensity right up there with grabbing a bare high-voltage wire, clutch and shifter as perfect together as Rogers and Astaire, cockpit fits like your favorite jeans.
Freeway cruising, and resisting the impulse to rip off nine-grand shifts in bursts of five.
You have to wait and see, at least 20 years. The GT-R and Ford Raptor I agree with, but everything else I dunno?
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It was the last great Honda. Of course it will be a classic.
I personally am more of a CRX fan, but the S2000 appeal is undeniable.
When I was looking at the 2008 Civic Si (which I eventually got) there was an '08 or '09 S2000 in the showroom and I just fell in love. It was slightly used so it was discounted but in perfect condition. I was single and didn't need practicality and could afford the car, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. I've made some poor choices in the past and not getting that car at the time ranks near the top of the list.
One approach to evaluating future classic potential might be to find the closest analogy to a current classic. A big influence must be simple but exciting exterior styling that endures. These cars are mostly that, but some aren't:
EVO: Has a kind of minor legend status but it's a cheap looking compact sedan from a half-step down Japanese maker. Like a V8 Plymouth Duster, it may hold some second tier value in the long run.
RX-8: Will likely maintain some allure, but the car's overall uninspired shape and almost frumpy rear doors will limit its appeal. An admirable but slightly off-beat sports coupe, I'd guess with less appeal than, say, a Studebaker Hawk has now.
Saab 9-5: I don't see classic potential here. It's not Tucker distinct as much as it is American Motors Matador mundane: a quirky version of a common platform from a deceased nameplate. I wouldn't gamble on this.
Subaru STI: No classic analogy comes to mind (maybe the 60's Citroen ID19 rally car?), but the styling is a piecemeal of parts glued to an ill-proportioned 5-door hatchback. It may be fast and fun to drive, but I'd be embarrassed to own it.
Pontiac GTO. The newest of them are going on 10 years old, but low mileage examples easily eclipse $20K. I got my one owner, all original 2006 with on 38K on the clock(manual of course) for about $17K last January and it was a steal. I also bought a new 2009 Pontiac G8 and sold it to buy another classic; a '96 Chevy Impala SS, which I still have. I do miss the G8 though.1 Reply
...and yet another example of idiocy on the part of both writer and editorial staff:
"With a CTS wagon likely gone for good, the V models a small subset of a tiny subset, and big-block naturally aspirated V-8s headed for extinction, a CTS-V wagon could only be a more valuable collectible if its 55-cubic-foot cargo hold were stuffed with Krugerrands."
Has Joe Lorio ever actually seen a CTS-V - which is neither naturally aspirated nor a 'big-block'?
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Yes, an awesome looking and fun little car introduced at a time when Americans were moving even further away from expensive two door hatchbacks. It's rarity alone will insure some collectibility, just like the last Saab sedan will.
I do love the C30, everything about it is uniquely Sweedish. The funky styling. The turbo 5. It's just cool.
I wonder what kind of value the first generation Cayenne GTS models will reach, in particular the six speed manual examples. They're rare with the manual transmission and represent a type of vehicle (V8 SUV with manual trans) that we have essentially no chance of ever seeing again.
Just a thought.
I use my 2002 Saab 9-3 SE to drive for Uber (my 2nd, I had an '80 900 turbo in the early 1990's). I would estimate 1/3 of my passengers comment on the car and how they always loved Saabs. And it isn't just middle aged people like me, I hear it from twenty somethings that were small children when Saabs sold in decent numbers in the US.
It makes me wonder how a car that was apparently so well loved managed to sell such a relatively low number of cars.3 Replies
I don't think it was low sales, although in the end that too hurt, it was high cost to develop and build the car. I loved my 9-3 Saab dearly. I really want another, but know they need new turbos at 100k miles and have stayed away from turbos since the I departed with my Saab.
How about the Saab 9-4x? These aren't so much forgotten about as not known in the first place. The vehicle itself is unspectaular - it's another entry-luxury crossover SUV, but wow those low production numbers - only 457 ever built by most accounts, all in the 2011 model year. Just don't let the windshield crack - replacements are apparently nearly impossible to find.
How about the Saab 9-4x? These aren't so much forgotten as not heard of in the first place. The vehicle itself is unspectacular - it's a crossover SUV with styling cues from the second-gen 9-5 on this list - but wow look at those low production numbers: only 457 ever built according to most accounts, all in the 2011 model year. Just hope your windshield never gets cracked; replacements are nearly impossible to find.
The 2014 Shelby Gt500 didn't make it ? The most powerful production v8 in the world ought to have collector status. Plus it was the first 200mph Mustang and the last car Caroll Shelby worked on before he passed away. That car has got collectible written all over it. Also the Tesla model S should have made the list.6 Replies
I've always hated that tag line, most powerful production V8. What about koenigsegg? are those not produced? They are also produced, so you need to change the line to mass produced, except the trinity isn't mass produced, so it isn't that either. And the GT500 could not hit 200 mph, C&D tried and failed. Then one more question, does the hellcat not exsist in your universe?
Car and driver got 198 mph which is pretty darn close and for mustang affecionados like myself the 2014 Shelby gtT500 will always be the most desirable mustang ever made. Just think about it, last Shelby for the s197 generation stang, Shelby's last car that he worked on and most powerful engine in a mustang ever and yes in my universe hellcats don't exist. I don't find them desirable at all.
Well, for the most part, fair enough. I hate to rain on your parade, but I'm not sure shelby worked on this last one, he saw it and approved of it, but didn't actually develop it. But back to your original point, I agree, I think the 662hp GT500 will be a classic. I think we're just leaving a zenith the likes of which only comes around once every few decades, and the GT500, hellcat, and Z/28 or Z06 will be remembered fondly
They got 189. Dyslexics, untie.
What did Shelby do on the GT500, besides cash checks?
Yea your right, that was an error in my part, but motortrend's got 196 mph and claimed 200 mph might be possible with a lower elevation or a longer straight.
If Tesla succeeds and electric cars become mainstream, I doubt the Model S will compare favorably with new Teslas and other new EVs. Their best chance of becoming collectible, oddly enough, is if Tesla fails and we never see a successor.
Complete agreement on the GT350. It seems as though Ford finally decided to go the whole distance and build a balanced machine which goes at least as good as it looks and maybe better. I for one can't wait for a fully instrumented test on it.
The question now is: if THIS is the GT350, WHAT would a new GT500 look like?!?12 Replies
I'm guessing twin-turbo 5.0L, maybe ~735hp?
I would think something bigger than the 5.2-liter they have in the GT350 ... and I'm just crazy enough to wish that it remains normally aspirated, though that's probably unrealistic. Thing is, the last GT500 was just a beast with damned little polish on it. With the sophistication of the GT and GT350 as preamble, a GT500 at this point (IF they do it) will have to build on that and take it further, or so I would hope.
5.2L is the biggest the block architecture allows, and I suspect it's not strong enough at that state to handle (much) boost. That's why the LS7 was never blown; not enough wall thickness (yes, I know the aftermarket does it - not the same thing).
The 5.8L was the tall-deck truck block - really long stroke. They could use it again, but there's no real reason to do so since the 5.0L will make the power desired and also be lighter and easier to package.
No way they'll get 100HP/L NA out of the 5.8L. Too much stroke.
Forced induction and enough HP to take the Hellcat's crown.
Even so that flat plane V8 has me hooked. That's the one I want.
The GT 350 is a beaut and no mistake. That said, the straight-up GT is more than enough car for yours truly.
A Mustang GT is plenty of car for just about anybody. Thing is there are so many of them, it's unlikely they will ever be a coveted collectors item; which is what the article is about.
I think I can count the number of sixth-gen Mustangs I've seen around Cleveland in the past year on the fingers of both hands, and have a few to spare. By comparison, I see WAY more BMW 3-series. At least in this environment, I don't expect to see myself coming and going.
I'm certain there will be one. First, Ford won't let FCA keep the 'highest output engine' thing - Ford's the most numbers-competitive of the D3.
And second, if they're willing to do something as niche and narrow-focus as the GT350, a new GT500 is a no-brainer.
Decades ago people said the same thing about 1960s Mustangs - sure they're well loved, but how can anything produced by the millions and often well-preserved become collectible? Answer - because as high as the supply is, the demand is even greater.
Hmmm. Hold onto my current Corvette-orange Pintolier 2dr-American-car stick, or, invest:
Any turbo'd BMW with electric steering, especially the new front-drives mit auto.
Scion's mkII larger-than-life Blackbox (esp Auto.), developed for the post-DCX gangsta mkt US .
Any post-Japanese Renault-Nissan (esp 3.7L and fwds mit die Velveteen Wabbit trim and furry French gears).
An honest French car.
Anything based on the Audi A8, especially the Bentley, with der Piech-perfect rearward weight bias from center.
Any Swedish Volvo.
Roewe vs Wade.
Any post-Lexus Mercedes that was built to a price (and not to a standard), esp the blown new, fwd, Renault Daimlers.
A six-cylinder, vee-angle Maserati. Any Italian car with flippers.
Miata - "the Italian one with the automatic" - with the derivative Alfa design details, the blown-Abarth motor and requisite FIAT// badge.
Or, the DART// with the obvious - the only truly salient - and righteous DEMI-drivetrain, sourced by Mazda Skyactiv. (I'll take the two-door sedan, closest-to-Code ChevyII, even if it's front-drive like Ford's 021c.
I like the RX8, definitely not the best car here, but a cool car for sure and it is quite reasonable to buy today as third car in the house. If I were looking for investment though, the Porsche is the one to bet on for sure. Just saying Porsche means it will be worth something in the future.3 Replies
As Porsche continues to change their cars (i.e. water cooling, turbo charging, possibly all PDK one day) they will become classics. It's probably smart to hold onto a 993 (I'd love me one of those) and also a late pre-turbo model with a manual transmission. Same goes for Boxster's and Cayman's, especially GTS, GT4, and Spyders.
Porsches with naturally aspirated engines will become something like what air-cooled Porsches are today.
Yup, my problem is that I would actualy drive it, so it won't be that collectable to anyone but me.
I'd add the Cadillac ELR, looks so sexy, but way overpriced. But low volume, and don't see Cadillac keeping it in the lineup too much longer.
I'd agree with pretty much all of them. I am glad you guys put a Saab on the list. I don't want them forgotten too soon.
I think the FR-S and BRZ will be remembered more fondly than they are today. I'd put them on the list.
I think the raptors will defiantly be especially The 2014s as it is the last year for a 6.2 v8, the 17 models will have a 3.5 v6 Eco boost, I have 2014 Shelby Raptor and it's a great vehicle and very fast.
My son owned an rx8 and it was the biggest piece of junk I have ever seen. Any car that floods so often and easy, and the need to know how to shut it off and how to start it belongs on the biggest lemon list not this one. Mazda should be embarrassed releasing that car to the public. The chassis was nice, and it would have been a nice car had they ditched the rotary and replaced it with a more dependable turbo 4. A better current collectible to have in the rx8 spot would be the 2017 Camaro 1SS 1LE. There were less than 1500 of them made in 2017. Not because Chev limited the number, but because dealers and customers weren't ordering them. I am sure those numbers are up for 2018.
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