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Thanks. Like said, budget is less relevant than hardware that just works. That means, I don't plan to buy a EUR 1000 system, but it's also not the case that I care about 10 or 20 EUR more or less. I need to have a system of quality components, that is guaranteed to work (from the hardware perspective): I want to learn FBSD, not have to worry about hardware that conflicts/doesn't work under FBSD.
Thanks again DrJ: i am in your dept
IMO I seriously doubt the validity of the first link you posted, all I see there is some idiot whining about his motherboard not working, without any background info whatsoever, he doesn't even seem to be trying to get it working.
He's probably just the kind of guy that boots Ubuntu, sees something doesn't work, blames the hardware, and goes off making useless posts on the internet.
If you read further in the thread, you see that there are also people who run Ubuntu on the P5Q mainboard just fine.
Also see this thread:
In short, the P5Q should work just fine.
The reason there is no nVidia 64 bit driver is because some kernel features are either missing or incomplete, the nVidia people feel that implementing these features is not their job (Rightly so) and are waiting for the FreeBSD people to implement these features.
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UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.
With some other shops like Computerland or MyCom ... It can sometimes be a different story ...
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.
So on 32 bits, you can use either "nv" or "nvidia." On 64 bits, you can only use "nv" if you want an nVidia card.
I'm not trying to endorse nVidia, BTW. It is just what I have used and what I know.
To the OP -- if all of this has you confused and frustrated, by all means let CS make one for you. There is more to putting together a computer than buying good parts and assembling it. You also have to test it, and parts do fail. Most are OK, but finding subtle problems can be difficult. Let a custom builder do it for you.
There is also the issue of cable routing. I'm fanatical about it, but many people simply stuff them in. That has consequences for case air flow, cooling and reliability. A well-chosen case helps, but it takes a while to get the hang of it.
I looked briefly at the computers CS's company offers, and they seem at first glance to be quite reasonable. None of the standard builds include discrete video cards, but that is trivial to change. You would also get one that he would guarantee (right?) would work for FreeBSD.
Ok, for the video I will stick with Nvidia then, since I have had good experiences with it in the past.
The Asus P5Q-mainboard has been advised by Carpetsmoker as a solid choice too, and only for me to find out is the ethernet chip compatibility, as you wrote. That's homework for tomorrow (it's 19.08/7.08 PM here now, and her majesty my wife has just made a formal announcement that dinner will be served to the dogs if I don't report below in 10 minutes ).
In the meantime I've googled a lot on SATA-II (sata300, as advised in this thread), but I think that would be overkill for my intentions, so I will just stick with the Seagate 7200.11 disk(s).
Pfoei, it seems I'm finally approaching the end of this (horrible) search for a new PC. That's really, really, a relief. I understand quite a lot of FBSD (for a noob, keep that in mind, please ), also because of the excellent FBSD-book I have, but when it comes to hardware specs and do's and don'ts my brain suffers horribly.
So I would like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for so generously helping me out: thank you (!)
In return, I will soon gladly answer any FBSD-questions you have: please note january 1, 2035 as the date to contact me with any questions you might have on FBSD ()
Thank you
I think DRJ has made a lot of good points.
BTW, you might want to consider one of the lower end (single socket, e7300/e8400) workstations from HP. As a matter of fact you can't go wrong with any of the workstation products from the major manufacturers.
That all looks fine. One comment, which I hope does not muddy the waters too much. You could still get a motherboard with a Q35, and add a video card for the XP box. You then would have the Intel video and its associated driver for FreeBSD, and the horsepower for gaming on the other computer. Everything else would be the same, and that might be good enough. It would save you $120 or so.
On cases and power supplies, I like the Antec Solo and Seasonic and Corsair models. The Solo enables you to build a quiet computer, with well-routed cables, quite easily. It is a bit snug, and conservative in style (which I like, actually) but it is overall a good choice. In the US you can often find them on sale or as refurbished units (which are perfectly OK). I don't know if you have that option.
Seasonic and Corsair supplies in the 400-500W range should be fine. Seasonic makes the supplies for Corsair, so it is mainly a difference in features. Detachable cables are very nice, since the only cables you have to manage are those you need. Neither of your computers should consume that much power unless you use a second high-performance video card or a huge disk array, which it does not sound like you will do.
For power supplies check 80plus.com site and get a high efficent one.
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So, I'm this far away from jumping from a bridge: my my, what a horror it is to pick hardware
So, it's almost wrapped up, except for the PSU. Earlier, I already decided to follow your recommendations to buy Seasonic, so that's not the question. The question is: how much watt?
The config so far is:
- Intel CD E8400
- Asus P5Q-E
- 4 GB Kingston Ram (2x2)
- Arctic Freezer cooler
- Creative Audigy sound card
- Geforce 9600GT
- Seagate 7200.11 750 GB (SATA)
- 1 DVD-rom
- 1 DVD-writer
- 8 zillion all in one card-reader incl. floppydrive
- LPT-card
- Extra USB-adaptor (to get most of the 12 USB-ports on the mobo to be accessible from the outside)
So, I am in doubt whether or not the Seasonic S12II 430W will do? The problem is, the guys over at the computer store remain that it is sufficient (they say this will use 300W), but I tend to (strongly) disagree. I've input as much as possible in one of those online 'wattage-calculators', and that one says that if I later extend the system with 3HDD's (RAID), put in 'some slack' for future extra PCI-cards(2, for example, an extra NIC and an extra whatever), and take into account the aging factor of the PSU (seems to be less efficient over time) of 25% (recommended according to the site), I arrive at 616W
Now, two things are important here:
1. I have no clue what I am doing when it comes to hardware, and:
2. I have absolutely no clue what I am doing when it comes to hardware.
And, maybe, as nr 3, I shouldn't be trusting these 'website watt-calculators', but, then again, see points 1 & 2.
So, with the above components and taking into account 'your average future additions to the system', do you all think 430W will do? Will it be the 616W the site said? Or can I suffice with 500W
I'm almost there, could anybody perhaps tell me what it the wisdom to do here?
Thank you - again (!) - very much in advance
PS1: I'm not really somebody who says 'if I need a bigger PSU later, I'll buy it then'; I'd rather make sure the system is ok right now, as to avoid double costs.
PS2: I need a holiday break now because of all the endless hours that have gone into this
PS3: the site that calculates the watts I used is: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp
The 430W unit should be OK, but I'd go with about 500W to be safe. It probably will be coasting, but that's fine (as long as you stay in the power range where the supply is efficient).
A couple of other comments: overall the hardware looks good. I'd personally use the on-board audio, but check to see that it is supported. The Creative cards have a bad reputation for drivers, but I've not used them in years, so can offer no specific advice.
There is one other detail you should check: the nVidia driver ("nvidia", not "nv") had issues with using 4GB memory, though this is reputedly fixed in the 177.70 driver. The old work-around was to enable memory remapping in the BIOS, but the BIOS has to support this feature, and not all motherboards do. I *think* ASUS has it, but you should download the manual to check. Again, the new driver reputedly fixes the problem, but I would want to be safe if I were buying a new motherboard with 4GB memory.
Get WDC Black series drive (640GB for example) or Seagete 7200.12 with 1 platter 500GB series.
~45W max for CPU (TDP says 65W but people reported that it uses about 35-45W at most)
~8W max for RAM
~10W max for DVD
~10-15W max for HDD
~100W max for 9600GT
To sum up it will be about 200-250W max usage, so you need 350-450W PSU.
PCU gets maxumim efifcency at half of their power, for example if you get 430W, you will get highest PSU efficency at abou 215W usage.
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Ok, so actually you are saying that website with its 616 Watt is rubbish. I suspected that already, and I was also more or less 'drifting' towards the 500W, even 'though its twice the cost of a 430W ().
As to the sound: the main reason is that my experience with onboard sound is that as far as quality of the output is concerned it doesn't go far beyond the 'bleep' of my first 286 (). DSP doesn't sound anywhere near a separate Creative sound card, in my experience.
I checked the memory remapping: the Asus-board supports that.
Thanks again: appreciated
Listen to Vermaden, too. I've seen rumblings about the Seagate drives, but I've not been in the market recently. The last two builds I did I used mirrored 500GB WD drives. They have been fine so far.
What case do you intend to use?
So just when I thought it was almost finally done, this nightmare of picking hardware, this message about the HDD arrives
BUT: I appreciate your warning very much (!) - Thank you
Carpetsmoker has also suggested a HDD, the Western digital Caviar 500GB 16MB Raid Edition, which seems to be completely different from the 'normal' WD retail HDDs (of which I am not too fond).
Too bad, because I have sworn by Seagate for many, many, years (in fact, there's one thing I have always said: all things are discussable, but the HDDs need to be Seagate).
I will dive in which other HDD to choose then, tomorrow.
As to your other points:
1. Integrated HDA: as I just wrote in reply to DrJ's post: its my experience that integrated audio doesn't do Digital Sound Processing very well, so I thought, lets just take a separate audio card (I'm a bit of an audio freak ).
2. DVD-rom + DVD-RW: I've been told DVD-RW will die faster when you also use it for ROM only.
3. PSU: thank you, but taking into account then 'to be on the safe side' as DrJ wrote, 500W seems the smart thing to do?
Thanks again Vermaden
I will listen to Vermaden, yes I will
As to the case, I've picked an 'Antec New Solution NSK4000 EC'. Its not a well thought out choice, its actually a 'I don't care what the case looks like, so have it be cheap choice'
Actually, my wife wants a desktop case (I need two PCs), but desktop cases don't seem to be around anymore
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There has recently been a hashtag trending on Twitter that focuses around removing a single letter from a film title to create a new and humourous result, #filmswithonelettermissing. Needless to say, it has proven to be very popular, trending for a number of days and spawning a huge number of suggestions, many complete with photoshopped images for the newly created films. Coincidentally, this is something that illustrator Austin Light was doing for the month of October, long before the hashtag started. His Inktober 2014 series features a different drawing for each day of the month, using the film typos of social networking site Reddit as subject matter.
This resulted in a collection of 31 hilariously witty images, each complete with a short altered synopsis for the new film. Below are a few of my favourites, you can view the whole set here.
Obocop – The story of how a police officer works through his PTSD and adjusts to his new robotic implants with the help of the sexy soothing sound of his oboe.
Finding Emo – An insufferable teenage fish runs away from home. His father contemplates searching for him.
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Alen – The story of a lonely cashier named Alen who yearns for something more. Something like eating astronauts.
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Xubuntu is shipped with top quality packages from the Ubuntu archives. Xubuntu will use, as far as possible, GTK2 applications, ensuring maximum efficiency. If you wish, you can install any KDE or GNOME application on your Xubuntu desktop system, as it shares the Ubuntu main and universe package selection.
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The Xfce Desktop Environment is a project started in 1996. The Xfce mascot is a mouse, which is lightweight and fast. The mouse has heavily influenced the Xubuntu logo and artwork since the first versions. Alongside you will see a recent impression of the cute mascot.
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Apart from the application selection, you can control many more aspects of the operating system through the included Settings Manager. While the default artwork and themes are beautiful, you can always tweak them more to your liking. Don't like the way your system works? You will find a number of different ways to customize the desktop functionality. Finally, you can personalize your computer by changing your user details.


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Well this reduced me to tears just now. I read this to Mom on the phone and couldn't finish it.
The Shelsons are the silver lining to FA. The silver lining being the great people who we've met because of you, or who are part of this terrible fraternity.
I cannot be happier for Aaron and his family, but reading this allowed me to think the "what if" you had made it thoughts that I don't think about much any more. The part that killed me was the "walking through the New Hampshire woods, seen whales..." part. I have written to you how I wanted to celebrate you "making it" by walking all or part of the Appalachian Trail with you. Then there is the trip to go whale watching that we had to cancel because you got too sick to go. I actually made reservations for Mom, me, Jack and Joe to go whale watching this summer off Cape Cod. We are going to pick up Jack from camp (he is going for 2 months this summer!) in western Massachusetts and then we'll head east to Provincetown and go out on a boat.
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Aaron celebrated his 7th rebirthday this past weekend having had an unrelated transplant in Minneapolis. He was discharged from the hospital on Day 20, readmitted briefly around day 25, discharged on day 28. Around day 100, we were headed home to Toronto.
Since transplant, he has visited Newfoundland, got a Dutch sheepdog (big mistake!), eaten caribou, flown to Iceland, walked through the New Hampshire woods, seen whales, met his donor, eaten blood pudding (if you don't know what it is, you don't want to), climbed a volcano, read all the Harry Potter books, played with a crab in a tidal pool in New Brunswick, ridden Splash Mountain (but didn't enjoy the fast part), hung out with Bill Cosby (they go way back), seen the original geyser (called Geysir), been up close and personal with a moose, had cataract surgery, gone swimming, seen Billy Elliot on Broadway, memorized all the songs in Sweeney Todd (the stage musical and the movie), started riding the subway home from school and much, much, much more.
Aaron is now a grade 11 high school student. He has been in several school drama productions and studies improv. at Second City's training centre here. He plans on becoming an actor. He will be a great one.
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RSA 2013 HR and in-house recruitment types should get rid of the myopic idea that to work in IT you must have been to university, says a Department of Homeland Security honcho.
Many "corporate and government jobs actually require a college degree or equivalent work experience," DHS deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity Mark Weatherford, told El Reg at security circus RSA on Monday. "I am adamantly opposed to that idea."
Though many of these jobs specify that equivalent experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree, "there's still an expectation" among bureaucratic organizations that wannabe security workers will have gone to university.
This expectation can make life difficult for candidates, Weatherford said, noting he'd been in interviews where otherwise sparkling candidates were probed about their lack of university experience. "They just melt," he said.
Getting organizations to understand that a college degree does != [not equal] brains could help plug holes in IT security employment.
"The first step to solving this problem is a cultural one," Weatherford said. "You do not need a college degree to be successful in our business."
In fact, the people who don't go to college may even benefit by being able to apply their hormone-drenched selves to something other than rote learning, gaming the system, and attempting to drink brake fluid.
Instead of college, these people "spent those four years breaking things and fixing things and figuring out how applications and operating systems work," Weatherford said in an earlier keynote speech at the conference. "Probably the five smartest people I know in our business have never been to college."
But the heating up of the IT industry combined with the slow awakening of the US economy from the doldrums could already be changing this bias, one recruiter said.
"It's changed more with emphasis on the economy than on certain industries," Chris Castillo, vice president of technology operations for San Francisco Bay area recruiter Premier Staffing, told The Register. "When it was really easy to get a lot of candidates [degrees were] a screening process to eliminate that candidate pool or half of the pool right off the bat."
But as the market is improving and the overall number of candidates gets smaller, companies are changing their ways, he said, stressing that this shift has only occurred in recent months.
Google, he pointed out, used to have a de facto HR policy of only hiring people who had been to colleges.
"Last year companies were still being somewhat selective, but it's really changed significantly," he said. "Larger corporations tend to be a little more picky, but again that's just because they use it as a screening tool."
So, readers, does a degree count for anything more than a way to halve that pile of resumes, or does it give you a bit more confidence in a candidate? ®


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Texas tries to get between you, your doctor
Texas docs are not known as a particularly liberal bunch. If the group that represents them has problems with the proposed rules that will bar Planned Parenthood from a key state program, it's worth taking note.
For them, the issue isn't abortion; it's about the doctor-patient relationship, patient health and the ability to put everything on the table that needs to be discussed. Even if it's abortion.
In a recent letter to the state, the Texas Medical Association, joined by other medical groups, said Texas is about to embark on a plan for providing medical care to low-income women that will impose a "gag order" on discussing abortion even on doctors working with patients not in the program.
Other groups, weighing in during the public comment period on proposed state rules, have similar concerns.
It's a plan, they say, that will ensure not enough doctors for this program willing to provide care, including family planning services. And this, they say, will guarantee more unintended pregnancies, more abortions and more illness that might have been prevented for low-income women.
Among those also commenting on the rules were the Center for Public Policy Priorities, and leaders of Planned Parenthood entities in the state, South Texas groups among them.
The rules were released earlier this year by the Department of State Health Services, part of Texas' effort to unconstitutionally exclude Planned Parenthood from providing services in the Women's Health Program.
A federal court case will test whether Texas, having declared it will go it alone with WHP after the feds objected to excluding "affiliates" of abortion providers, still can bar Planned Parenthood clinics, though they perform no abortions. Going it alone means forsaking a 9-1 funding match from the federal government.
Welcome to fiscal conservatism Texas style.
You see, the state's plan for its not-so-new-and-improved Texas Women's Health Program is predicated on some women transitioning to Medicaid in 2014 as part of the national health care plan. But Gov. Rick Perry recently declared Texas will not expand Medicaid as envisioned by the plan. Ooops.
But this gag order is a big concern to the docs. So says the Aug. 3 letter, signatures led by Michael E. Speer, president of the Texas Medical Association.
The rules say that a provider participating in the program may not perform or promote elective abortions outside the scope of the program and must not be an affiliate of an entity that does.
The docs correctly read this as overly broad, as interfering with the patient-doctor relationship. They view it as potentially jeopardizing health.
A spokeswoman said it's not the state's intent to interfere in this relationship, that there are more to the rules than suggested and that the state will review the comments to determine if changes are needed. And she said the rules were crafted before the Supreme Court ruling affecting Medicaid expansion.
The Legislature will decide what's next for funding.
Gulp. This is the same Legislature that, in its last session, cut state family planning funding by about two-thirds.
The docs, in their letter, hit the nail on the head: "Whether the issue is guns, smoking, illicit drugs, abortion, or any other controversial issue, the politics du jour should not interfere with the patient-physician relationship."
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The Sister's Cafe and couldn't wait to try it. It is perfect for lunch with girlfriends and for dinner too (I grilled some chicken to go with it for dinner). I will definitely be making it again soon and I loved my addition of the black beans because it made it a little more filling. SOOO good!!!
2 cups of cooked Quinoa, rinsed and cooked according to package directions
5 ears of corn, husk removed, brush with olive oil and grilled, remove corn with sharp knife (I put under broiler in oven for a bit)
2 avocados, diced and sprinkled with lemon juice to prevent browning
2 cups tomatoes, red and yellow cherry variety or equivalent
1 small red onion, finely diced (I'll just use 1/2 next time)
¾ cups feta cheese, crumbled
1 ½ cups english cucumber, skin on and chopped small dice
(I added one can black beans, rinsed and drained)
2 TB of chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Add to a large bowl and refrigerate until ready to use.
Cilantro Vinaigrette
6 T. Olive oil
2 T. Sherry vinegar
1 tsp. Garlic powder
2 T. Fresh cilantro, minced
½ tsp. Salt
10 Grinds of fresh ground pepper
Add all of the above ingredients in a small glass jar with a lid. Shake really well. Taste and adjust seasoning as you desire.
When ready to serve salad, add the dressing and gently toss.
Quinoa and Grilled Corn Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette
Labels: beans, feta, gluten-free, meatless, mexican/southwest, quinoa, salad
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- melissa said...
I'm one of Chrissy's Fremont friends and I've been following your food blog for quite awhile now... I'm amazed at everything you get done, girl! Anyways, this salad is AMAZING. I've tried several quinoa recipes that I like, but this one takes the cake. Seriously, I hope there's some left by the time we eat dinner! Thanks for sharing this.
- February 8, 2012 at 6:25 PM
- Marci said...
Thanks Melissa! I'm craving it again already :-)!
- February 9, 2012 at 6:37 AM
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America's welfare state is quietly evolving from needs-based to an employment-based safety net that rewards working families and fuels dreams of a better life, indicates a new study led by a Michigan State University (MSU) scholar.
The major reason: the little-known Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a $65 billion federal tax-relief program for poor, working families. The program has been expanded dramatically during the past 25 years, while cash welfare has been sharply curtailed.
African women in polygamous marriages or with alcoholic husbands have a significantly higher risk of being physically abused by their husbands than women in monogamous marriages or women whose husbands don't abuse alcohol, new research shows.
"Why doesn't she just leave?" is a timeworn question about women trapped in relationships with men who physically and/or emotionally abuse them. Economic dependence is clearly part of the story — many women lack the financial means to leave and find themselves trapped by both poverty and abuse.
A growing literature posits the importance of boundaries in structuring social systems. Yet sociologists have not adequately theorized one of the most fraught and consequential sites of boundary-making in contemporary life: the delineation of the official edges of the government—and, consequently, of state from society. This article addresses that gap by theorizing the mechanisms of state boundary formation. In so doing, we extend culturalist theories of the state by providing a more specific model of how the state-society boundary is produced.
The number of children in foster care across the country is driven not solely by child abuse and neglect, but by states' varying politics and approaches to social problems, a new University of Washington (UW) study finds.
States with more punitive criminal justice systems tend to remove children from their homes far more frequently than those with generous welfare programs — meaning that two states with similar rates of child abuse and neglect could have very different rates of foster care entry.
by Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Laura Tach, Kathryn Edin, and Jennifer Sykes
Welfare queens driving Cadillacs. Food stamp kings buying filet mignon. The stereotypes are rife. What if there was a way to support lower-income families without the stigma? There is. And it comes from an unexpected source: the Internal Revenue Service.
The view that the rich are highly mobile has gained much political traction in recent years and has become a central argument in debates about whether there should be "millionaire taxes" on top-income earners. But a new study dispels the common myth about the propensity of millionaires in the United States to move from high to low tax states.
A new study suggests that financial factors, including couples' overall resources and wives' ability to support themselves in the event of a divorce, are not predictive of whether marriages last. Rather, it is couples' division of labor — paid and unpaid — that is associated with the risk of divorce.
What explains the rise of race-conscious affirmative action policies in undergraduate admissions? The dominant theory posits that adoption of such policies was precipitated by urban and campus unrest in the North during the late 1960s. Based on primary research in a sample of 17 selective schools, we find limited support for the dominant theory. Affirmative action arose in two distinct waves during the 1960s. A first wave was launched in the early 1960s by northern college administrators inspired by nonviolent civil rights protests in the South.


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2004 Ford Super Duty
The 2004 Ford Super Duty pickups look like serious big rigs, and they are. The F-250 and F-350 are willing and able to pull their weight. When you need haul more than 3000 pounds, or tow more than 9900 pounds, then even the best-equipped F-150 isn't quite up to the job. That's where the Super Duty trucks come in, with payload capacities of up to 5500 pounds, and the ability to tow up to 14,200 pounds.
The Ford Super Duty F-250 competes with the other heavyweights from Detroit: the Dodge Ram 2500, Chevrolet Silverado 2500, and GMC Sierra 2500. The F-350, with its optional dual rear wheels, competes against the 3500-series models from GM and Dodge.
The Super Duty pickups feature first-class powertrains. The standard 5.4-liter V8 gas engine was revised for 2003 for quieter and more refined operation. For 2004, the 6.0-liter turbo-diesel V8 has been recalibrated for lower emissions. A 6.8-liter gasoline V10 is also available.
The Super Duty trucks are not the latest in truck design and don't offer the level of chassis sophistication of their counterparts from GM and Dodge. So they don't ride or handle as well.
However, Ford continues to update its Super Duty pickups to make them more family-friendly. The base interior was recently upgraded and a power sliding moonroof is available for crew cabs. Several other new interior features further enhance comfort and convenience for 2004. Ford sells more pickups in the over-8500-pound GVWR range than GM or Dodge.
Model Lineup
Like most domestic pickups, the Ford Super Duty is offered in more configurations than any normal human can count. Ford offers more than 30 variations on the F-250 (the so-called 3/4-ton). And nearly 60 iterations are available in the F-350 (or 1-ton size). Any one of them can pull heavy loads. They offer more truck most consumers will ever need. (And when they aren't enough, Ford builds bigger F-450, F-550, F-650, and F-750 trucks for the commercial market.)
F-250 and F-350 are available in regular-cab, extended-cab (SuperCab) and Crew Cab configurations. Crew Cab versions come with four full-sized doors, and are the most passenger-friendly models. Both two- and four-wheel drive are available as well. Four-wheel-drive models offer either manual-locking or shift-on-the-fly auto-locking hubs.
Short-bed (6-3/4 foot) and long-bed (8-foot) versions are available. Wheelbase lengths include 137 inches (regular cab), 142 inches (SuperCab short-bed), 158 inches (SuperCab long-bed), 156 inches (Crew Cab short-bed), and 172 inches (Crew Cab long-bed).
All F-250 models come with single rear wheels. F-350 models are available with single rear wheels (SRW) or dual rear wheels (DRW). The latter, often called "dualies," are great for towing as they offer higher tongue-weight ratings.
Four trim levels are offered: standard XL, mid-level XLT, luxurious Lariat, and ultimate King Ranch. XL models are pretty basic, with only a two-speaker stereo and fixed-interval wipers. Air conditioning ($805) is optional. XLT models are equipped more like the average passenger car, while luxurious Lariats come with an overhead console, leather seats with six-way power, and aluminum wheels. King Ranch models, available only with the Crew Cab, come with four leather captain's chairs, extensive leather appointments, and unique paint and trim.
Four-wheel-disc brakes with ABS are standard on all Super Duty models.
Base prices range from $21,750 for a two-wheel drive XL regular cab up to $41,705 for a long-wheelbase, four-wheel-drive King Ranch Crew Cab with dual rear wheels.
Stand-alone options include a reverse proximity sensor ($245) for XLT, Lariat, and King Ranch (a great feature on these big trucks); and a power driver's seat for XLT ($290). Power telescoping trailer mirrors are available on XLT ($220) and standard on Lariat and King Ranch; they feature heated glass and integral turn signal repeaters. Manually telescoping mirrors are available ($125) on XL. A power sliding rear cab window is available on late-2004 models. A Sport Package ($895) for XLT SuperCabs and Crew Cabs adds chromed tubular step bars; body-color grille, bumpers, and door handles; sliding rear cab window; fog lamps; privacy glass; an exclusive twill cloth 40/20/40 split-bench front seat and a leather-wrapped steering wheel.
The FX4 Off-Road Package ($225) adds skid plates, Rancho shock absorbers, and a steering damper. Skid plates ($100) are also available as a stand-alone option.
Harley-Davidson Editions of the 4WD SuperCab and Crew Cab are also available. They come with all the King Ranch goodies plus 18-inch aluminum wheels and unique Harley-Davidson design cues inside and out. Color choices consist of black, black and orange, and black and gray. Prices range from $39,340 for a short-wheelbase F-250 SuperCab to $42,800 for a long-wheelbase F-350 Crew Cab.
Ford Super Duty pickups are arguably the best-looking heavy-duty pickups available. The new heavy-duty Dodge Rams are more stylish, while the GM trucks are conservatively styled. The Fords have a brawny, no-nonsense look that we find very appealing.
When the current generation of Ford Super Duty pickups appeared in 1999, they conspicuously avoided the rounder, more aerodynamic look then used by the light-duty F-150. Then and now, the Super Duty trucks looked bluff-nosed and serious, with menacing, square-jawed front ends, brawny raised hoods and aggressive headlamps. Significantly, the all-new 2004 F-150 now looks more like its Super Duty stablemates.
Super Duty's dropped sill line gives it a sense of openness and accessibility. It also makes it easier to climb in, a welcome feature when juggling tools, briefcases, or even toddlers. A distinctive dip along the front door side glass improves the driver's view of the exterior mirrors, a big help when towing a trailer or for seeing around cargo boxes or dump-truck bodies. A locking tailgate is standard.
King Ranch Crew Cabs are dressed up with body-color mirror housings and door handles, Arizona Beige wheel lip moldings, lighted running boards and special King Ranch aluminum wheels. Three two-tone paint combinations are available: Estate Green, Chestnut Brown, or Oxford White; each with Arizona Beige as the accent color.
Interior Features
Ford Super Duty trucks are very roomy, with comfortable and spacious seats and plenty of hip and shoulder room.
Truck owners spend a lot of time in their vehicles, so the designers at Ford paid a lot of attention to comfort and convenience. The interior features a fold-down armrest, a floor console that can accommodate a laptop, and a removable hanging storage bin that can attach to the dash. Even the standard bench seats recline. Controls are big and easy to reach and manipulate. The only exception is the instrument panel dimmer, which is a bit hard to reach. Optional power-adjustable pedals ($120) are particularly helpful for smaller drivers, allowing them to sit further away from the airbag in the steering wheel.
Two large cupholders are provided. The standard cigar lighter is augmented with a second auxiliary power outlet. The instrument cluster includes a transmission temperature gauge when an automatic transmission is ordered.
Passenger-side airbags offer a deactivation switch on regular cab and SuperCab models. Adjustable seatbelt anchors increase safety and comfort.
The SuperCab's four doors are a great way to gain access to the rear seat. The rear doors are 25 inches wide. They hinge on the rear pillars of the cab and swing out a full 90 degrees from the doorsill, a design that eases the loading of gear and passengers. Hidden vertical beams and a cross brace where the front and rear doors meet contribute to occupant safety.
The rear seat cushion folds up and forward, and the seatback folds down to create a flat, steel loading surface, a perfect place to put tools and other heavy items that need to stay secure and out of the elements. SuperCab XL buyers who need out-of-the-weather cargo space more than seating capacity can delete the seat entirely for a $415 credit.
On Crew Cabs, the rear seat splits and folds 60/40 to form a flat loading floor. All Crew Cabs except XL now come with grocery hooks, integrated cup holders and rear-seat head restraints.
Driving Impressions
Ford Super Duty's standard 5.4-liter V8 is rated 260 horsepower and 350 pounds-feet of torque. Using computer analysis, Ford engineers stiffened the engine block for 2003, reducing radiated noise by as much as 3.1 decibels.
The 6.8-liter V10 ($600) is rated 310 horsepower and 425 pounds-feet of torque. Both gas engines are part of Ford's Triton series, and employ overhead cams for valve control.
The 6.0-liter Powerstroke turbocharged diesel V8 is an expensive option ($5,085), but it is rated 550 pounds-feet of torque at 2000 rpm, and 325 horsepower at 3300 rpm. That's more peak horsepower and torque than the 7.3-liter turbo-diesel that Ford offered until early last year. The new engine is also cleaner running and more economical.
A six-speed manual transmission is standard on all Ford Super Duty models. The 6.0-liter diesel offers a five-speed automatic as an option ($1,480), which is a sweet combination. The gasoline engines can be ordered with a four-speed automatic transmission ($1,095).
The F-250 feels smaller than it is, almost like a big luxury car. Its fenders don't seem to fill rural roads ditch to ditch as much as the Dodge trucks do. Steering is precise. Handling is good, though not as good as the newer designs from Dodge and GM. Body roll is noticeably limited when cornering. Ride quality is okay for a heavy-duty truck, thanks to a compliant suspension, but it isn't nearly as smooth as in the newer Dodge and GM trucks.
Four-wheel antilock disc brakes, which are standard, provide excellent driver feedback and smooth, undramatic stops.
Ford Super Duty trucks look good, but their real beauty lies in their capabilities. The 6.0-liter turbo-diesel, particularly, is drawing rave reviews and is available with a five-speed automatic transmission.
Though not as refined as the newer designs from Dodge and GM, the Ford Super Duty trucks are solid, workhorse pickups with roomy, comfortable cabins. Perhaps that's why they remain the best sellers.
|Model Line Overview
|Model lineup:
|Ford Super Duty F-250: 4x2 regular cab 137-in. wheelbase XL ($21,750); 4x4 SuperCab 158-in. XL ($27,220); 4x4 regular cab 137-in. XLT ($28,095); 4x2 SuperCab 158-in. Lariat ($30,245); 4x2 Crew Cab 172-in. XLT ($30,405); 4x4 Crew Cab 172-in. Lariat ($35,960); 4x4 Crew Cab 156-in King Ranch ($39,850); Super Duty F-350: 4x2 regular cab 137-in. wheelbase XLT ($25,760); 4x4 SuperCab 142-in. XL ($27,805); 4x4 Crew Cab 156-in. Lariat ($36,375)
|260-hp 5.4-liter sohc V8; 310-hp 6.8-liter sohc V10; 325-hp 6.0-liter ohv turbo-diesel V8
|6-speed manual; 5-speed automatic; 4-speed automatic
|Safety equipment (standard):
|dual air bags, ABS
|Safety equipment (optional):
|Basic warranty:
|3 years/36,000 miles
|Assembled in:
|Louisville, Kentucky
|Specifications As Tested
|Model tested (MSPR):
|Ford Super Duty F-250 4x4 SuperCab Lariat SWB ($33,115)
|Standard equipment:
|5.4-liter V8, ABS; air conditioning; power windows and door locks; power steering; 16-inch aluminum wheels; leather seating surfaces; power driver's seat; fog lamps; remote keyless entry; four-speaker AM/FM cassette/CD stereo; Trailer Tow Package (includes 7-wire harness, trailer brake wiring kit, 130-amp alternator)
|Options as tested (MSPR):
|automatic transmission ($1,095)
|Destination charge:
|Gas guzzler tax:
|Price as tested (MSPR):
|four-wheel drive
|5.4-liter sohc 16-valve V8
|Horsepower (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|260 @ 4500
|Torque (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|350 @ 2500
|4-speed automatic
|EPA fuel economy, city/hwy:
|141.8 in.
|231.4/79.9/76.6 in.
|Track, f/r:
|68.7/68.1 in.
|Turning circle:
|52 ft.
|Seating Capacity:
|Head/hip/leg room, f:
|41.4/67.4/40.7 in.
|Head/hip/leg room, m:
|Head/hip/leg room, r:
|38.5/67.3/32.4 in.
|Cargo volume:
|2720 Lbs.
|Towing capacity:
|7800 Lbs.
|Suspension, f:
|live axle, semi-elliptic leaf springs, anti-roll bar
|Suspension, r:
|live axle, semi-elliptic leaf springs
|Ground clearance:
|7.8 in.
|Curb weigth:
|6013 lbs.
|Brakes, f/r:
|disc/disc with ABS
|Fuel capacity:
|29 gal.
|Unless otherwise indicated, specifications refer to test vehicle. All prices are manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSPR) effective as of December 11, 2003.Prices do not include manufacturer's destination and delivery charges. N/A: Information not available or not applicable. Manufacturer Info Sources: 1-800-392-3673 - www.ford.com
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University of the People - Shai Reshef about the first tution-free Online University
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About University of the People (UoPeople)
University of the People (UoPeople) is the world's first tuition-free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally for all qualified individuals, despite financial, geographic or societal constraints.
Founded in 2009 by educational entrepreneur Shai Reshef, UoPeople is affiliated with the United Nations GAID, the Clinton Global Initiative, and Yale Law School ISP. UoPeople has signed collaborative partnership agreements with New York University (NYU) to accept students; and with Hewlett-Packard (HP), through the Catalyst Initiative, to provide student internship opportunities. UoPeople offers undergraduate programs in Business Administration and Computer Science. To date, more than 1500 students from 135 countries have been admitted. Of students polled consecutively each term, 95% would recommend UoPeople to a peer.
With its tuition-free online programs, University of the People is opening access to higher education for all those constrained, as well as building a scalable and replicable model capable of changing the very nature of higher education. The non-profit UoPeople has managed to succeed in cutting down almost the entire cost of higher education, and does not charge for tuition or books/materials. All that is asked is for students to pay a one-time application processing fee ($50) and subsequent modest examination processing fees ($100) levied per course. There are no other fees whatsoever.
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With names already outed via a series of trademark applications, Bethesda Softworks finally pulls back the curtain on Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road, three new packs of downloadable content coming to Fallout: New Vegas starting on May 17.
Remember how New Vegas' first downloadable content showed up on the Xbox 360 first? That exclusive bird has flown, and the next three add-ons for game will release simultaneously for the 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, starting with May 17's Honest Hearts.
Honest Hearts takes players into the unspoiled wilderness of Utah's Zion National Park, where they'll find themselves embroiled in a war between a New Canaanite missionary and the mysterious Burned Man, who we've mentioned previously.
In June, Old World Blues kidnaps players and casts them as lab rats in a series of experiments that might explain where the Mohave's mutated creatures originally came from.
The story comes full circle in July with Lonesome Road, in which the player is contacted by the original Courier Six, the man that refused to deliver the Platinum Chip that started this whole mess. He'll tell the player why he refused, but only after a treacherous mission into the earthquake-ravaged canyons of The Divide.
Players can expect to pay 800 Microsoft points for each pack of DLC. That's $US30 worth of new Fallout: New Vegas beginning this month. Who's excited?


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A.J. Pierzynski, C, free agent — There's a new-found love in the market for Pierzynski, though he will be rated behind Victor Martinez and John Buck among available catchers (Bengie Molina is out there as well). Buck had his best offensive season and is considered a high-character player who could hit for some power. One of the knocks on him is his "long'' arm action and swing. "You could do worse then either Buck or A.J.,'' said a veteran National League scout. "With A.J., you know he's not going to throw people out, but there's nothing wrong with his receiving and he can still hit. I know the fire he has can rub people the wrong way, but I think that's great for a team.''
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The City of Portland filed a lawsuit today in Cumberland County Superior Court against the manufacturers and distributors of opioid drugs in response to the substantial impact, including the loss of lives, that the opioid epidemic has had on the Portland community. Defendants include, among others, Purdue Pharmaceuticals and its affiliates, Cephalon, Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals and its affiliates, Endo Pharmaceuticals and its affiliates, Actavis and its affiliates, Watson Laboratories, Mallinckrodt, McKesson, Cardinal Health, Amerisourcebergen, and various doctors involved in the distribution of these drugs.The suit includes a six count complaint alleging Fraud, Unjust Enrichment, Negligence, Negligent Marketing, Public Nuisance, and a violation of Maine's Unfair Trade Practices Act. It seeks compensatory damages, punitive damages, interest, costs, fines, attorneys' fees and that the Defendants abate the public nuisance that they have created.
The City is represented by local counsel Trafton, Matzen, Belleau and Frenette of Auburn and Napoli Shkolnik of New York, New York, who also represents many other municipalities in several similar suits across the country. Representation is in this lawsuit is being handled on a contingent fee basis, which means that it is being provided at no cost to the City unless there are monetary damages obtained against the Defendants. If those damages are obtained, payment to the attorneys will only be a percentage of the total amount recovered.
Overview of Lawsuit
Essentially, the lawsuit claims that the Defendants knew that opioids -- which include well-known brand-name drugs like OxyContin and Percocet, and generics like oxycodone and hydrocodone -- were effective treatments for short-term post-surgical and trauma-related pain, and for palliative (end-of-life) care. Yet they also knew–and had known for years–that opioids were addictive and subject to misuse, particularly when used long-term for chronic non-cancer pain and should not be used except as a last-resort.
The lawsuit further alleges that Defendants knew–and had known for years–that with prolonged use, the effectiveness of opioids wanes, requiring increases in doses and markedly increasing the risk of significant side effects and addiction. At certain doses, opioids can slow the user's breathing, causing respiratory depression and, ultimately, death.
Finally, the lawsuit claims that Defendants, through a sophisticated and highly deceptive and unfair marketing campaign that began in the late 1990s, deepened around 2006, and continues to the present, set out to, and did, reverse the popular and medical understanding of opioids. Chronic opioid therapy—the prescribing of opioids to treat chronic pain long-term—is now commonplace.
Impact on the City
This case is about addressing the numerous community, health and wellness issues that Portland has been faced with as a result of one thing: corporate greed. Overall, it is the City's contention in this lawsuit that Defendants put their desire for profits above the health and well-being of Portland's residents at a significant cost to the City, including the loss of 57 lives from overdoses in 2017 alone.
More specifically, in recent years, Portland has been forced to expend exorbitant amounts of money because of this public health epidemic and as a direct result of the actions of the Defendants.
Some of the ways this can be illustrated is through our public safety calls for service, use and distribution of narcan via our Police, Fire, and Public Health staff, the work of our LEAAP Liaison at the Police Department, the work of our Public Works staff who collect discarded needles, and the work of our Public Health Department's Substance Use Prevention Program and Needle Exchange program.
The Police Department responded to 180 calls for service for suspected opioid overdoses in 2016 and 266 calls for service for suspected opioid overdoses in 2017 (a 41.5% increase). In addition they have administered 103 doses of narcan since they started equipping officers with the life-saving drug in the fall of 2016. The Fire Department administered narcan 204 times in 2017 up from 143 doses in 2016. And our public health staff at the India Street Health Center has distributed 2,791 doses to 502 needle exchange program clients, who reported reversing 291 overdoses.
The LEAAP Liaison has met with a total of 195 clients who expressed a wish in engaging in recovery since the position was created in January 2016 and has successfully referred 102 clients to treatment programs. Additionally, the Liaison has interacted with another 270 community members who seek support for themselves or their family members. The Liaison also engages in training and outreach in the community for the public and the jail.
Our public works crews collected roughly 1,800 discarded needles across the city, and our needle exchange program has distributed 173,219 clean syringes and collected 186,189 in 2017.
And our substance use prevention and needle exchange program coordinators performed a total of 115 overdose recognition and response trainings across greater Portland in 2017.
These numbers are only the tip of the iceberg as to the monetary impact this has had on the City. It is the hope of all of those involved that this lawsuit will provide much needed funds to address this impact and these problems throughout Portland.


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In early 1956, when the Lotus Eleven was launched, it was an amazingly advanced design. Not only did it boast a rigid type of multi-tube chassis frame, but it featured an attractive wind-cheating body style.
Compared with any other racing sports car of the day, it was smaller, lighter, and better shaped than its rivals. It was proof, in the metal, of Chapman's philosophy, which was to push his new designs up to the very limits of known technology.
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The 1956 Lotus Eleven Le Mans model was notable for its low plastic windshield that wrapped around the driver's head and for a raised headrest that extended to the extreme end of the car's tail. See more classic car pictures.
Chapman, who did all his own design work, was a daring and innovative engineer who made every bit of metal do its job to the utmost and who inspired the shaping of bodies to cheat the wind wherever possible. Then, as later, a Lotus was elegant if a touch fragile, beautiful and entirely functional, nimble and amazingly efficient.
Way back in the early 1950s, Colin Chapman was working rather unhappily as a civil engineer for the British Aluminum Company, Limited, but his passion was always for designing and building cars. The "day job" was only there so that Colin could indulge himself to create special, lightweight sports cars.
Having built a short series of racing specials, called Lotus and based on the ubiquitous Austin Seven, there was a demand from British enthusiasts wanting be supplied with replicas.
This encouraged Chapman to set up a tiny business, which he could only attend to in the evenings. Using premises rented to him by the man whose daughter he would eventually marry, Chapman followed up with the first Lotus "production" car -- the open-wheeled Mark VI of 1953.
This rugged two-seater was built in tatty premises in Hornsey, North London, and sold in build-it-yourself kit form. Not only did this car put the Lotus name on the open market, it also introduced the term "space frame" to British buyers. From 1953-1962, almost every other Lotus would use the same type of construction.
After the Mark VI, which had all the aerodynamic qualities of a brick, Chapman then turned to the idea of an aerodynamic body form. One of his first part-time employees was Mike Costin, whose elder brother Frank was in charge of flight test aerodynamics at De Havilland Aircraft, so when the time came it was the elder Costin who was consulted.
Up to that time, Frank Costin had not appeared to be interested in cars, so he treated the challenge of clothing a modified Mark VI chassis purely as an aerodynamic exercise. When developing the Mark VIII, the result was that he didn't copy any existing style, but offered an attractive shape that was both efficient and unique.
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Development of the Lotus ElevenThe Mark VIII, which had appeared in 1954, also inspired the Mark X, which used larger engines, but its direct replacement was the smaller, and more delicate, Mark IX of 1955. But Chapman was still not satisfied, so he oversaw the development of the Lotus Eleven (the first Lotus whose number was always spelled out). It was launched in February 1956.
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This original 1956 Eleven Le Mans was first raced by Anita Taylor, sister of Lotus driver Trevor Taylor, and has seen many historic races.
Here was a car that pushed Chapman's -- and Frank Costin's -- automotive knowledge to the limit. There were to be no compromises, even though the entrepreneurial Chapman wanted the new car to do several jobs for him. This was the first Lotus which was really a range of cars, rather than a single new model.
Chapman was not only looking for success, but for much increased sales; naturally he saw the Eleven as a racing sports car but, somewhat optimistically, he also expected to sell a few for road use.
Not only did Chapman want a winning sports car for his own purposes, but he wanted to finance his racing by selling lots of cars to customers. On the one hand, he wanted to sell the very best and very fastest possible car in the sports car classes; on the other, he wanted to attract Britain's clubmen with cheaper and simpler types.
There had been Lotuses with a choice of engines before, but this was to be the first Lotus with a choice of engines, body styles, and rear suspensions!
When Lotus' rivals saw the new Eleven, they were aghast, for this was a real advance on anything that had previously been sold from Hornsey. It was very easy for them to become depressed, for to produce a better car than this they had a mountain to climb.
Compared to any previous Lotus, and certainly against any rival product, the Eleven was smaller, lighter, more wickedly attractive, and more effective. The cynics -- pundits and motoring writers alike -- could only clutch at straws. Surely, they muttered, such a car would have to be fragile. Surely such a car would be unreliable. Surely the air intake was too small and the car's engine would overheat.
They were at once right -- and wrong. For the next few years, Lotus would gain a well-deserved reputation for building cars that suffered from component breakages, but in the face of criticism Colin Chapman maintained an Olympian calm.
There was nothing wrong with the design of his cars, he insisted -- breakages only occurred if the cars were badly maintained or roughly driven. For those whose cars suffered from chassis frames with fractured weld joints, or from brackets that cracked at a relatively early stage, this was no consolation.
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Production of the 1956, 1957, 1958 Lotus ElevenNow let's consider the production of the 1956, 1957, 1958 Lotus Eleven. The Lotus Eleven was a tiny, front-engined sports car with two seats, and the very minimal level of weather protection Chapman figured drivers would accept. The chassis was a space frame lightly clad with a sensuously detailed body built of ultra-thin aluminum panels.
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The 1098-cc Coventry-Climax engine is easily accessible with the front bodywork removed.
Multi-tube space frames had originally been developed as the basic structure for military aircraft, with the principle gradually being adopted for use in postwar racing cars.
Although most people assume that the original automotive space frame had been designed by Mercedes-Benz (for the 300SL of 1952), one shouldn't forget the complex tubular frame utilized by Jaguar for the 1951 C-Type.
For use in Lotus sports cars, Chapman took the principle even further. Early Lotus space frames were not as delicate as those found in the 300SL, but the Eleven's frame was a delicate, even flimsy-looking, masterpiece.
As was already well-known, the correct way to design a true space frame was to link stress points by straight tubes that were only ever in tension or compression; incorrectly located tubes were subject to bending loads, which they could not easily withstand.
As far as motor cars were concerned, the need to get passengers in and out of the cockpit, and to allow for engine removal, meant that the Eleven's frame wasn't an ideal design. Within limits, however, Chapman and the Costin brothers had worked ruthlessly to provide an immensely strong frame, even though it looked flimsy.
Most of the tubes were 1.0-inch or 0.75-inch round -- or square -- section pieces. Depending on the loads they had to carry, they were either of 18 -- or (even thinner) 20 -- gauge thickness.
Stripped of all its aluminum bodywork, the bare frame weighed a mere 56 pounds, and there was no difference between the de Dion or live rear axle type suspensions in terms of weight. To add to the rigidity in key areas, Lotus arranged to rivet some of the inner body panels to the chassis frame.
Although the chassis layout was fascinating enough, it was the body style, and the fine detailing, which had gone into it, that caused most discussion. Compared with the Mark IX, which it replaced, the Eleven was even lower and smaller, the height at the scuttle, immediately ahead of the windscreen, being an astonishingly low 27 inches.
Given the basic dimensions already settled upon -- including an 85-inch wheel-base and the use of a Coventry-Climax engine -- Costin then designed a pure aerodynamic shape for front and rear wheelarch fairings.
As a perfectionist whose sensibilities were irritated by lots of joints, flaps, and badly fitting contours, he was delighted to know that Lotus proposed to build the entire front and rear body sections in one piece, and to hinge them at the extreme ends of the chassis frame.
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Feedback for the Lotus ElevenLet's consider the experts' feedback for the Lotus Eleven. As we now know, the Lotus Eleven's final shape was by no means ideal, for the front and rear fenders had to be enlarged to allow for wheel and steering movements.
Around the cockpit of the definitive Le Mans type, however, the lines were beautifully detailed, for there was a plastic screen wrapped around the driver's head, blending beautifully into a raised headrest which extended to the extreme end of the tail.
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The single-seater cockpit was tight made entry difficult.
To those who suggest Jaguar had already achieved the same thing with its D-Type, the answer is that great minds think alike, for the Jag had also been shaped by an aircraft-industry aerodynamicist.
Racing enthusiasts who already knew about the Mark IX rushed to order the new Eleven, and it wasn't long before Lotus claimed to be building four cars every week. Chapman was a peerless self-publicist, and we now know that this figure was rarely achieved, but there is no doubt that the Eleven was an instant success.
It wasn't merely the looks, but the lightness and sheer agility that made it such a formidable little car. Even though the swing-axle front suspension used components from Ford of Great Britain's most humble small car, the Eleven had tenacious grip, while the Coventry-Climax engines ensured high performance.
Racing successes came at once, and for the next three seasons the Eleven was usually a favorite to win in any 1.1-liter or 1.5-liter sports car racing category Lotus entered three "works" cars for the 1956 Le Mans 24 Hours race, where special regulations meant they had to have widened cockpits (plus special chassis frames).
One of the 1.1-liter cars won its class that year, but there was even greater success in 1957, when new cars (with modified wrap-over, full-width windshields) proved so fast that the American crew of Mackay Fraser and Chamberlain finished ninth overall at an average speed of 99.08 mph.
Not only that, another car, fitted with a special 750-cc Coventry-Climax engine went round like a train for 24 hours, won its class, finished 14th averaging 90 mph -- and won the Index of Performance category.
Other Elevens took speed records at Monza, Italy (Stirling Moss being one of the drivers), and privately owned cars were successful in the U.S., Australia, and throughout Europe, though on rougher tracks (such as Sebring, Florida), they were never as rugged as the heavier Porsches.
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Legacy of the Lotus Eleven
Now we'll consider the legacy of the Lotus Eleven. The Series II version of the Lotus Eleven followed in 1957, this having a double-wishbone (A-arm) front suspension instead of the swing-axle layout, and modified body lines allowing for wider wheels and tires. It was a better car, but not sensationally better -- and the opposition was beginning to catch up.
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This restored 1957 Eleven sports a full-width windshield and deletes the faired-in headrest, making it better as a two-passenger roadster.
Road & Track was about the only American magazine to road test an Eleven, equipped in this case with the 83-bhp Coventry-Climax engine. "The Lotus Mark XI . . . is now officially called 'Eleven,'" the magazine noted in March 1957, "and this test report brings forth some of the most startling performance data ever published."
The reason for that comment was that with 4.22:1 gearing, R&T achieved a top speed of 132.06 miles per hour, and figured that with the optional 3.66:1 gearset top speed would have been more like 145 mph.
"Acceleration, naturally, is really fierce even at low speeds," said the magazine, and indeed 0-60 mph came up in nine seconds flat. This was possible because of the extremely low weight of the car, just 1360 pounds gross test weight (1000 pounds dry weight) and the exceptional aerodynamics.
Steering was unusually quick with just 1.75 turns lock-to-lock, and there was "practically no roll at all, in a corner, but the ride is not designed for a comfortable Sunday trip."
Lotus listed four models for the U.S.: Sports (Ford 1172-cc engine, solid rear axle, drum brakes), $3,253; Club (C-C engine Stage I, solid rear axle, drum brakes), $4,,301; Le Mans (C-C engine, de Dion rear axle, Girling disc brakes), $5287; Le Mans (Stage II tuning), $5,467.
"The Lotus Eleven is not a dual-purpose sports car-it is designed to win in Class G," R&T pointed out, "and the price of $5,467 delivered in the U.S.A. strikes us as being quite reasonable. ... Even the lowest priced model may not put a Lotus in every garage but it would certainly make an interesting class if enough cars of this type are brought over."
Lotus's old records have survived, showing that 150 Series I Elevens and about 125 Series II types were produced; Graham Arnold in the Illustrated Lotus Buyer's Guide reports that 64 Elevens were sent to the U.S.
Like other Lotus cars of the day, however, the Eleven was soon overwhelmed by new models incorporating yet other new Colin Chapman ideas. The Eleven's immediate successor, launched in 1958, was the Fifteen, and a year later this too was replaced, by the Seventeen.
That, you might think, was that -- but the Elevens came back into their own in historic racing categories in the USA and in Great Britain. Lotus was no longer interested in providing parts for the cars, so this had to be done privately. The demand for chassis and body items soon meant that remanufacture began -- and this is where the boom in Lotus Eleven replicas came from.
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1956, 1957, 1958 Lotus Eleven Specifications
|front-engine, two-seater pen sports car; rear-wheel drive
|Suspension, front:
| Series I: independent; swing axles, coil springs over telescopic shock absorbers, radius arms. Series II: upper and lower A-arms, coil springs over telescopic shock absorbers, anti-roll bar
|Suspension, rear:
|Le Mans: de Dion axle, coil springs over telescopic shock absorbers, radius arms, anal locating member. Club and Sports: live axle, coil springs over telescopic shock absorbers, radius arms locating member
|Le Mans: solid discs front/rear; club and Sports: front/rear drums
| Turns lock-to-lock
| Turning circle (ft)
| Drivetrain: C
|Le Mans and Sport; ohc 1-4 oventry-Climax 1098-cc engine, BMC 4-speed gearbox. Club: side-valve
|1-4 Ford 1,172- cc 100E engine. Ford 3-speed gearbox
| Le Mans Engine:
|sohc Coventry-Climax 1-4
| Bore x stroke (in.)
| 2.85 x 2.63
| Displacement (cid/cc)
| Compression ratio
| Horsepower @ rpm
| 83 @ 6,800
| 2 SUs
| Club engine:
| side-valve Ford 1-4
| Bore x stroke (in.)
| 2.50 x 3.64
| 71.5/1,172
|Compression ratio
|Horsepower @ rpm
| 36 @ 4,500
|1-bbl Zenith
| 1,500-cc engine
| dohc Coventry-Climax 1-4
| Bore x stroke (in.)
| 3.00x3.15
| Displacement (cid/cc)
| 89.2/1,460
| Compression ratio
| 8.6:1
| Horsepower @ rpm
| 100 @ 6,200
| 2 SUs
|Gearbox ratios (MCA 4-speed):
| 10.5:1
| 7.05:1
| 5.20:1
|Final drive ratios
|3:66:1, 3.89:1, 4.22:1, 4.55:1, 4.89:1, or 5.125:1
|Major dimensions/weight:
|Wheelbase (in.)
|Overall length (in.)
|Overall width (in.)
|Overall height on top of cowl (in.)
|Overall height on top of fin (in.)
|Track, front (in.)
|Track, rear (in.)
|Dry weight, Le Mans (lbs)
|Gross weight (from Road & Track)
|Road & Track The Autocar
|Le Mans¹ Le Mans¹
|0-60 mph (sec)
|9.0 10.9
|1/4-mile (sec)
|16.0 17.9
|Top speed (mph)
|132.06² 112³
¹With 4.22:1 rear axle ratio.
²With single-seater wraparound windshield.
³With full-width Le Mans 1956-type windshield.
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Looks like it might lose...
But the In-N-Out car won! That race anyway. They lost later in the day.
Stock might not have the speed of top-fuel or funny cars, but I still love to see 'em race.
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This was the race of the day, battle of the Force's. Ashley lost.
After the races, we grabbed a bite... no, not In-N-Out. We got a stuffed pizza at Amore. It's been months since we had been there. Props to us for showing restraint. It's tough to stay away from thay ooey gooey goodness.
Then, we returned home and soaked in the hot tub. My body ached from pulling weeds the day before. Frank suggested margaritas, he made two pitchers... we drank, we laughed, we relaxed. It was perfect end to a great weekend.


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Dear Em.
Well here it is Labor Day and although the day is given over to sports, and it has all the appearences of a holiday it is dead. There is no one entered from our company in any of the events for half the company is on gaurd, and most of what is left is working on the mess hall cinder pile or some of the other details. I happen to be a man of leisure today and I am dressed up to kill, you know, just as Id look if it was Saturday Night and I had some jingle in my kick. Talk about a long rest.
Saturday was and all ways is inpection day. We have to get up the same time (5.20) Saturday mornings as we do every other only all we have to do is fall in for reveille at (5.30) eat at six, fall in for full field equipment inpection which includes, the shoes we have on, the uniform we have on, personal cleanliness, rifle, bayonet, and the checking up of our ammunition which is in our field belt all the time (100 rounds). When this is all inpected by the inpecting officer and he is very sharp in noting any one that is dirty, we are inspected in quarters. (By the way our company was restricted from pass for 24 hour last Saturday because a few of the men had dirty underwear on.)
I suppose you have read that we have been issued identification tags. Well these are tied to a piece of white tape and hung around the neck. It is the hardest job to keep these clean. I wash mine every day (Keep your neck clean).
These tags look like this. The tags are just as big as this for I made this by drawing it around the one I carry about my neck all the time. My number, which is #7 is on the back. I am getting away from our Saturday work. After the inpection of our rifles, necks bayonets etc. We are then sent to our tents to arrange our field pack in which we carry and which is layed on our cots so that the inpecting officer can see every thing at a glance, 1 shelter half, 1 ponchow, 1 poll, five pins, 1 blanket, 1 mess out fit, 1 suit of under wear, two pairs of socks, 1 comb 1 tooth brush, 1 towel, a condiment can and nothing else. These articles are done up in this new packs, (the rolls are done away with) and strapped to our backs. It is a great deal more comfortable than those old things we used to go to camp with. Well when this pack is inspected our surplus kit bundle is examined. This is a bundle that is all ways done up for emergency to throw right on the team. It includes a pair of shoes an o.d. shirt, pair of pants, two pairs of socks, a suit of under wear and a pair of shoe strings, and our names where it can be plainly seen. Inspection of feet and quarters comes next and by that time it is time to eat. The rest of the day we have to ourselves.
Sunday we have mess at half pass seven and if you dont want to get up to get it you can sleep, but go with out. If I was home Id go with out I guess. Sundays are mostly devoted to washing clothes. This morning being a holiday for all those not on guard, we didn't get up until 7.15. Soft, soft, yes too soft, for tomorrow we will be at it again. I can hear them over on the parade ground (which there was a lot of hard work done to make it so.) I can hear them cheering for whoever is in the lead. It is just such a day that you Lena and Bert experienced the day you visited me at Lynnfield. They have carried two fellows in on a stretcher already who couldn't stand the strain of trying to run down here like they can up there, in an altogether different climate. It dosent seem very hot today either, but oh the flies. I bet there are a hundred flies on me now. If ever I go insane, you can lay it to the flies in Texas. I never was a saint on swering but I bet these flies have given me a fixed habit. We washed out the floor of our tent this morning and every thing is as bright as a nice new ten dollar gold peice, but the flies spoil it all. I will be very pleased with Mary's picture. The doily she sent is pinned right over my head right now as I write this letter.
I am very glad to hear that Madge is feeling so good. I can imagine Pa kidding Mary and also Pa laughing. As for Harper he was to come with us. Give all the people my best regards. You hear we are having dancing down here do you. Well dont for a minute think that we inlisted men have any thing to do with this. These dances are for the officers if you please, and they take place when we are supposed to be in bed. (After taps)
The other night the 8th ran a show the name of which was, The Time, The Place, and The Girl. Although I wasnt there, for I was acting 1st Sergeant they say it was very good. Well Ive got to get up and shake my self and see if I can get rid of some of these flies. For a military camp, it is unbeleivable to any one that doesn't see the billions and billions of these pests. There is a regimental order for every man to make a swatter and swat the fly. I bet I killed 10,000 last night, probably less you know but that is a good guess. Well it wont always last so cheer up and we will all be happy.
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Last night, we were invited to a casual Indian dinner. The food was fantastic, nothing compared to home-cooked meal. Many thanks to this thoughful sis, she even cooked a non-spicy soup for my boys. J(4yo) simply loved the soup with rice, he had two bowls and kept telling aunty "sedap" (means delicious in Malay).
We chatted about different types of Indian bread over the dinner, sis was very kind she gave me a packet of premixed Thosai flour as sample after I mentioned to buy some to send to Japan. Also, she packed some chicken curry for us to bring back so that we could have Tosai with curry the next morning.
This morning, I made some Thosais for breakfast served with chicken curry and dhal curry with sambal added. Never thought that it was so easy to make thosai at home, almost non-fail bread making but need a few more practices to get the perfect shape. We prefer the crispy version so I added extra water into the batter.
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1000 ml water (I added 20% extra)
Vegetable cooking oil
- Combine Thosai mix and water, mix well and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Heat a flat pan and grease oil.
- Add and spread enough batter to make a thin bread. Cook on low-medium heat till browned on the bottom.
- Transfer to serving plate and serve immediately to enjoy its crispiness, with curry or chutney.
After breakfast and some chores, we went to Penang Road for the famous Chendol it tasted good but did not have the wow factor. The assam laksa and char kuey tiao were very busy then, laksa forgotten my order and char kuey tiao aunty told me to wait for 30 minutes. At the end, we had only chendol then headed over to Little India for marketing and take-away lunch. Indian breakfast, lunch, and the leftover lunch for dinner. What an Indian day!


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It might be time for the wizards at Major League Baseball to invest in one of those weather radars that all the kids are using.
Weather forecasts for Saturday are only slightly better than Friday -- meaning there may be game delays as scattered rain passes through. Either way, it wont be pleasant for players or fans, with tempuratures dropping to the mid-50s.
The Yankees and Tigers got all of nine outs into Friday night's Game One of the American League Division Series before heavy rains forced umpires to call a delay and bring the tarp out on the field.
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If things had ended there, the only question you'd have to ask is whether MLB is really so craven for money and ratings that they ignored rain in the forecast so they could play at night in New York — instead of scheduling the game during a beautiful day while giving the Rangers and Rays the night slot.
We know the answer to that question, but no one but Bud Selig knows what was going on when they decided to take the tarp off the field just before it started seriously pouring. After a delay that was much too long, given clear forecasts of rain straight through the morning, they finally called the game and announced that it would resume on Saturday at the point when it was suspended.
That means the game will pick up in the bottom of the second with the score tied at 1-1, but without the two aces on the mound. Both Justin Verlander and CC Sabathia will have to return to pitch another day while projected Game Two starters Doug Fister and Ivan Nova pick things up when the game gets back underway.
What happens beyond that point is anyone's guess, but you'd be making a pretty good one if you guessed that A.J. Burnett will now get a start in the postseason. Game Two will now be played at 3:07 p.m. on Sunday, which means that there's no off-day and that the Yankees will be forced to use a fourth starter.
That's either Burnett, who is on the roster to be an emergency starter (and this qualifies), or Phil Hughes, who has been hampered by a back injury of late. It is conceivable that Sabathia could come back on Monday -- Joe Girardi said he isn't going to come back on Sunday for Game Two, Jim Leyland said Verlander will start Monday -- but there's not much chance either guy can pitch twice in the series thanks to this rainout.
The complexion of the entire series changes as a result, and it is not a change for the better. We were robbed of a chance to see two of the best pitchers in the game work their magic for no reason other than that MLB ignored a forecast that made it pretty clear starting the game earlier was the only way to get it in.
Ratings trumped common sense, and now the Yankees and Tigers will have to scramble for the next four days to make up for it.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City. You can follow him on Twitter and he is also a contributor to Pro Football Talk.