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Volkswagen Jetta 2005 and earlier
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donnabgood Posts: 37I really did get that deal on the Jetta..and actually it was no haggling. I have no reason to make it up..who am I am trying to impress? I leased it new at the end of June 02, and bought a 2002 with 6 miles on the odometer.. leather, monoson, sunroof, tiptronic, heated seats..did not get the 17 inch sport package,so 15 inch alloys, black with tan leather interior..I had gone in to lease a 2.0 GL with 1000 down 229 a month. They were selling Jetta's like crazy and were out of the GL's..so the sales manager said he would give me the GLS with velour, elec. windows for the same price..I had really liked Golfs more, the styling..I said whoa, make me a deal like that on a Golf and we have a deal..he told me all of the incentives were on Jettas (just like they are now again I might add) and I said ok, what if I get the 1.8T Jetta, maybe that will be a little more exciting (I was trying to get back into a low payment after having paid 400 a month on my last two cars) so he gave me the deal on the 1.8T, a thousand down , 268 a month... and if you can beleive it the interest is only 1.5%. and the sales manager is the one who told me he had made so many homeruns that weekend, that he did not need to make a killing on me..sometimes you think a place is slow they will be grateful for any business, but in this case it was because this place was successful that they were able not to need every nickel from every deal.
BTW I have since become an F&I Manager for a car dealership and trust me I know what I am talking about..that's how come I also know what the interest rate is..because I know how to convert money factors into interest rates..in case you question me on the 1.5% interest rate too..and truthfully only my car credit is good (5 new car loans in 10 years) and the rest of my credit is less than stellar..but because it was sent through with so many other strong deals, I benefited all around..as a matter of fact when I get my lease statement from VW credit, it says no interest has been accessed on the loan..I wish JJThompson lived in California.. I would get him the same deal on the Jetta 1.8T if he wanted it.. -
justin Posts: 1,918they do sell some set ups that DON'T lower the car, for those that don't like that "look"...
and YES, my 01 Civic EX was a grand more a year in insurance over my TURBO Jetta. they told me flatout, you live in an urban area, and Honda's are stolen, or taken apart on the streets. many Integras had the wheels taken right off in my parking garage. that makes insurance rates go higher for those cars. believe it or not, a Miata would be even lower than my Jetta. i am being killed because of TURBO but still cut my bill in half by getting rid of the Civic. now that i think about it though, an Accord is a more a family car, maybe they aren't stolen. though based on stats, it seems that they are... -
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Anakin Posts: 410I'm not sure what "look" you're talking about Justin. The H&R springs lower the car so the wheels are perfectly centered in the wheel openings.
It looks more balanced than the stock 4x4 look with wheelgap you could stick your head in. Yuck.
I didn't buy the low rider kit.
Here's a pic of a GTI with the H&R sports. I don't have pics of my car yet so you'll have to wait. Maybe I can snap some tonight.
justin Posts: 1,918wow, sounds like you are on the defensive about your modding decision already! i simply said that their are kits available for people that don't care for the dropped "look". just remember - modding is apparently like getting tattoos - can't stop with just one. if you start getting fire extinguishers installed in your car, and start talking in that SoCal street racer lingo, then i will be worried, haha.
and my car doesn't look like a 4x4. i am gonna find a pic of it - i wonder if there is something wrong with mine. my car couldn't handle bigger wheels - my stock 15" look close to scraping the fenders as it is. -
Anakin Posts: 410The point I was making is that 1.5" drop doesn't really look "dropped." The average joe wouldn't be able to tell by looking.
You don't need to find a pic of 15" wheels. I used to have some.
IMO, the car looks like it's sitting on top of the wheels instead of like they're part of the car.
I'll post pics of my car once I get a chance to take some so you can all bask in my glory. -
vocus Posts: 7,777Do the springs and shocks make more of a difference than the swaybar did alone? I am gonna get an Autotech bar for mine, but didn't really wanna mess with the springs and shocks.
In addition, my Jetta sits lower than the ones on standard suspension and 15s. I know, because 3 of my co-workers have the standard suspension and 15s, and I have the factory sport suspension and 15s, and my car sits physically lower. -
vocus Posts: 7,777I had the 17s with my car when I got it, and I ended up selling those wheels and getting the 15s to replace them. I drive about 25-30K a year, and couldn't see paying $550 for a set of tires for what amounts to once yearly. In addition, the 15s handle just as well with the sport suspension as the 17s did. I was surprised at that fact myself.
Anakin Posts: 410I dunno where you buy your tires.
Kumho Ecsta 712 for my 17" wheels were $78 each.
The springs and shocks make a lot more difference in cornering than I was expecting, even though I already had the swaybar. The car now corners almost perfectly flat.
I even broke the tail loose a bit hugging a turn last night. -
vocus Posts: 7,777I like the way the car corners already, except its body lean. I think I should be fine with just the sway. I would rather spend the remaining cash for a chip, exhaust, and DV than for the suspension.
I priced tires at the BJ's, and Sam's Club. The 15s are alot cheaper. I just had to replace a tire due to bubbling, and it only cost me $66 out the door. Better than $1-- for the 17s... -
adg44 Posts: 385You're going to want race springs in 6 months. I had the same setup as you on my GTI, wanted something lower, switch to H&R Race, H&R Front Sway and added a Neuspeed rear sway. Talk about a perfect drop. One finger gap between the wheels and the fenders. Granted I couldn't go up steep driveways or go over big speed bumps - so the sport drop was more resonable!
H&R Sells "OEM" Sport springs, that drop the car something like .5". This is ok to use with factory shocks.
When lowering a car, it's the shocks that make the difference almost more than the springs. When you get race springs or sport springs, you need a shock that is properly dampened to match the rate of the springs. This keeps the car from "bouncing" and vastly improves your handling.
The rear sway bar is the best bet for cutting body roll without doing anything else. Even with my car with Bilstein sports, H&R Race, H&R front sway, once I added the rear sway, it transformed the car. Since the springs are progressive, they have to compress a bit first before they get stiff, so going into a corner there is that initial lean until the springs compress. The rear sway bar stiffens up the chasis so there is barely any lean to begin with. I loved taking corners in my GTI, it was perfectly neutral and always went where I pointed it. (OK, great tires help a lot here too!)
The factory sport suspension is 10% stiffer than the normal suspension. It also drops the car 10mm. Factory sport shocks are also gas pressurized, unlike the non-sport ones which are air. Also the sport suspension has 2mm thicker front and rear sway bars.
And just for kicks, since you guys saw a lowered GTI 1.5", here is mine dropped just a wee bit over 2". Man that was a fun car..... drop will look the same on a jetta, because the wheel wells are cut the same.
- Anthony -
vocus Posts: 7,777That's the problem with lowering for me. Baltimore city's streets are crap, so much so now after this past snow that I have been taking the highway to go certain places to save wear/tear on my car. In addition, I carry passengers at work sometimes and can't change rubbing. And if I can't go 1.5" or more, what's the point?!
I am about to get a Neuspeed 1.1bar as well as a Eurosport exhaust, and already got a new DV on the way from a GB.
Love the TT wheels, BTW! -
justin Posts: 1,918just scrolled back. that silver VW pic is typical of the "look" i don't like, personally. all that big wheel, and bottom scraping spoiler ground-effects stuff. the difference between VW and Honda is the more refined shape/subdued style of VW's. whoever did that to that poor silver GTI should have bought an Integra! i don't think the classy body shapes of the VW's take well to all that added junk. my opinion of course.
the red Jetta i could live with - but not where i have to drive. there is no way to get the car up over a curb or anything! well, there is, but not without hurting/scraping it. here where i live, people don't know how to drive, and you often have to take at least one wheel over a curb to get in your turn lane so you don't miss the light. i would feel bad doing that in the red car. -
adg44 Posts: 385"That's the problem with lowering for me. Baltimore city's streets are crap, so much so now after this past snow that I have been taking the highway to go certain places to save wear/tear on my car. In addition, I carry passengers at work sometimes and can't change rubbing. And if I can't go 1.5" or more, what's the point?! "
I was up there over the summer for a baseball game with some friends. Got lost on the way back, ended up driving through the ghetto of Baltimore, some of these bumps I hit, I thought it was the end of my car. Luckilly the TT wheels are forged! Mind you I had 4 people in the car at this time, so it was VERY low. Sometimes the back wheels would rub inside the wheel wells. Cool...
"just scrolled back. that silver VW pic is typical of the "look" i don't like, personally. all that big wheel, and bottom scraping spoiler ground-effects stuff. the difference between VW and Honda is the more refined shape/subdued style of VW's. whoever did that to that poor silver GTI should have bought an Integra! i don't think the classy body shapes of the VW's take well to all that added junk. my opinion of course."
Uh..... Integra? Those are european VW bumpers, a rieger front lip, and factory Audi wheels. Super smooth, IMO.
"Trying to get in on a GB for the Pro-Kit.. do I need the dampers or can I use my stock ones (since they're 'sport' already)? Thanks!"
You need the pro-kit dampers. It'll make a world of difference.
Anakin, your drop looks great. Looked lower than when I had the sports on my car.
Stay off those curbs though..... :P


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If Only Twinkies Maker Had Had Someone Whose Job It Was To Remember Not To Go Bankrupt
By Matt LevineStephen Lubben at DealBook noticed something kind of amazing in the Hostess Brands bankruptcy case:
Turns out that Hostess has no treasury department. Indeed, it apparently doesn't have anyone who can perform treasury functions at all.
The company has asked the bankruptcy court for permission to hire FTI Consulting to do the work. Apparently Hostess does not have much of a finance department either, since FTI is also providing employees for that department.
If approved, FTI will provide three people to staff Hostess' treasury department. The interim treasurer gets monthly fees that work out to an annual salary of $780,000. His two deputies get $660,000 per year, each.
The finance department group gets paid hourly rates that top out at $895 per hour. You might think that would supplant the need for a financial adviser in the case, but Hostess is asking to retain one of those, too.
Now that maybe goes a little overboard on the grave-dancing (lots of, really all, companies with full honest-to-goodness treasury and finance staffs still hire advisers in bankruptcy) but, still: that is kind of weird! If you read Hostess's motion and the attached engagement letter, it appears that they're just seeking signoff on an arrangement they struck in June. So they've been operating for at least six months or so with an outside consultant as their contract treasurer – and with the rest of their treasury roles filled either by other consultants or by nobody. That's somewhat unusual for a company with 19,000 employees, a pension plan, and something like $1bn in enterprise value.*
I don't really know what's going on here but just for fun let's blame private equity! In this connection, it's worth noting that Hostess has been down this road before and was acquired out of bankruptcy in 2009 by Ripplewood Holdings. Private equity firms are, of course, rapacious scum put on earth solely to destroy the jobs of innocent hard-working Americans, so sayeth Newt, and if you like you can put that interpretation on Ripplewood here, or not, whatever. That will be determined by a series of campaign ads and op-eds, though it's worth noting that Ripplewood had the decency to pluck Hostess out of Chapter 11 and keep it alive for over two years before re-bankrupting it.
But I think this oddity illustrates another aspect of private equity firms, which is that their deals-'n'-finance operations tend to be comically lean and intensively supported by outside advisers. This can sometimes make them very unpleasant to work with as a service provider: whereas working with public companies involves legions of finance staff, in-house lawyers, etc. with long careers at the company who do a whole lot of the necessary work (diligence, preparing presentations, etc.) for a merger or a financing, working with private equity often involves some 26-year-old who's put in charge of babysitting the bankers and lawyers and pretty much outsources everything to them. There is no bitterness in this description what. so. ever. And when neither the PE firm nor its bankers and lawyers have expertise in something, they tend to have the budget and mindset to go and find the leading expert in the field to consult. When I worked with private equity firms I occasionally found myself on very, very expensive conference calls.
That actually always struck me as a pretty good model for deal-making: you have a lean, fully committed, highly paid internal team supplemented by highly motivated financial and legal advisers and by the best consultants money can rent by the hour. It's a very very top-line focused approach, which has to be the right way to do an LBO: if you get a big acquisition right, the returns will dwarf a few $10,000 checks for half-hour conversations with consultants, so those consultants will look like a bargain if they get you comfortable with the deal. (And if they get you to pass on a bad deal, even better.) It's arguably a good way to get a financing done: the private equity staff are repeat players in the financing markets and will be better at most aspects of their deals than the average small-to-midcap corporate staff. Hostess raised little slugs of money over the last year from Ripplewood and other funds, and my guess is that Ripplewood was more instrumental in getting those deals done than the treasurer they bused in from FTI.
But it's a weird way to actually run a company's day-to-day treasury operations, and not really in keeping with the traditional view of private equity as being relentlessly bottom-line focused in operations. Lubben suggests that they consider hiring a treasury staff via Craigslist and, yeah, kind of, right? It seems unlikely that Hostess was driven into bankruptcy either by financial inattentiveness or by exorbitant bills for its treasury department, but this story sure suggests some combination of inattentiveness and profligacy. And in an environment that's suddenly gotten all hostile for private equity, seeking to cut benefits for your manufacturing workers while looking inattentive and profligate with your financial staff doesn't seem like the best PR move.
Hostess Has a Lot of Debt, but Few in Finance [DealBook]
* Strictly speaking $981mm in assets, supposedly; getting at the enterprise value from the right side of the balance sheet is rather nebulous but includes in any case well north of a billion in debt at face.
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I would like to contract my Twinkie cream filling services to Hostess.
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So, when is Mark getting fired? I mean, come on! People! Let us call a chart a chart here!
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"The finance department group gets paid hourly rates that top out at $895 per hour. "
Er . . . I think I must be missing something here. I'm not sure why Hostess would need a finance department, when its inevitable fate is to end up bankrupt after the private equity types load it up with debt and strip out all the equity?
what were the spreads on Hostess CDS? Will the bond holders get paid out in Twinkies?
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First two heats set the standard high
The 2012 Funny Women Awards have got off to a flying start this week. We've been wowed by the commitment and talent of our first entrants and are very grateful to them for leading the way in these early heats.
We made our Funny Women debut at two new venues this week too! On Wednesday we were at the Betsey Trotwood in London's Clerkenwell. We love the feel of the place, we were well provided for technically and there were very good vibes for comedy virgins! We enjoyed a real mix of stand up and musical comedy, three acts on their first ever gig, two Aussies, one Austrian and a novelist! Where else would you get such a mix of women?!
On Thursday we had our debut gig at the Green Carnation in Soho. It was a full house with a lively supporting audience of friends and comedy punters all up for a great night out. Again – a great range of comedic talent with more of a focus on stand up than the previous heat, and again, two acts on their first gig ever!
Other 'firsts' included 2012 Funny Women Awards finalists Sarah Callaghan and Emily Lloyd-Saini as hosts for each show. As our remit is to support and encourage women, we love to get acts we've got to know through the competition to try out new skills. Sarah is a 'cheeky chappesse' of host with a ryness that keeps her audience on its toes. While Emily is seemingly all charm and loveliness there's a dark edge to her humour which our Thursday audience particularly enjoyed. We can't wait to see them in action again!
So, the standard is definitely set for 2012 – after 10 years it's interesting to see how much the entry level has changed. Even brand new and 'first time' acts are coming to our stage with a carefully defined package and although some of them need to fine-tune their material and get more gigs under their belts to deal with presentation skills, blocking and choice of material, we are so proud of these women for performing.
So if you've been thinking about entering and not yet taken the plunge, do it, NOW!
Our next stops are Dublin and Manchester and we just know that humour is a staple in both of these cities! If you live in Ireland or the North West we have a few places left in both heats – you'll also get some wonderful free goodies from our main Award sponsor, Benefit Cosmetics! Read about this HERE. What's not to like?!
For dates of all our upcoming heat dates visit HERE.
Pictured: Awards heats hosts Sarah Callaghan, top, and Emily Lloyd-Saini.
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This is the south facing side of our home. It gets full sun all day and only has one window located at the east side of the wall.
We've thought about what we wanted to do with this area so many times it could make your head spin.
The south side of our property is the area we'll be putting a very large aquaponic greenhouse, as well as having the majority of our future large animals in this section.
We went back and forth wondering whether to espalier tropical fruit trees on this wall.
Dom wanted to use this space to install a solar hot water heating system. We've decided that we can do that on the north east side of the house, and concentrate on making this area the passive solar heat collector to warm the house.
As you can see, there's a brick planter box that travels down the whole wall to the gate which leads to our courtyard. We'll be digging down into the planter box about three feet.
After measuring the area, we need to figure out the BTU's of a 2 liter bottle filled with water.
We'll be using 550- 2 liter bottles to trap and hold heat throughout the day.
So far the plan is this (it could change!) :
- Dig down three feet
- Dry fit 2 liter empty GLASS wine bottles
- Using slip straw and cob, create a tight glass insulating barrier on the ground
- after cob sets, add water filled, capped, 2 liter plastic soda bottles standing straight up
- String together the necks of plastic bottles to form a web of string between the bottles
- Add 4-6 inches of cob to the top of bottles to seal bottles in, sequestering any plastic particles from becoming airborne and entering our home
- Paint brick wall and cob black
- Frame out the 3 1/2′ x 22′ area with wood up to the window and roof
- Install glass on framed area
- Of course vents would be added…just didn't want to get to technical right now.
The photo to the left is similar to what we'd like to do. Once we figure out the technical part, like how many BTU's does a 2 liter bottle of water hold, and how many would be needed to heat roughly 3,000 sq ft of home. Our home is larger than that, but we won't need to heat the basement which is about 400 sq ft.
We thought we'd go the full length of the wall and include the window, but in the end, that becomes a dangerous situation if we don't have a way to escape in case of a fire.
If the 550- 2 liter bottles filled with water will not be enough to heat our home, we can always add courses on top of the cob, and then seal the next level of bottles in with cob also.
We ultimately decided we wanted to go passive solar because it's a low cost way to heat our home year after year, without the need to purchase wood, gas, or oil. We do have fireplaces and we'll be adding more, but they will be used for area warmth as well as ambiance. I couldn't see us needing to buy lots of cords of wood to heat our home, nor do we want to continue to purchase gas from the gas company in order to keep our family warm.
It just doesn't make sense to us any more. Why would we pay for heat if we can make it with the sun? Wouldn't a passive solar design help to make conventional modern ways to heat the home obsolete?
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lol...that is cool. You could always take a little black paint and add some ears to the spades
I was just browsing the high-society pages, when this jumped out at me - what a perfect gift to honor Lou's former self.
A nice flashy (flushy?) gold and diamond ring that says it all:
"I'm top Mouse around here - hear me roar! - er, squeak! - er, podcast?"
(I'm sure we could commission a fifth card suit - say, oh ... one with ears?)
lol...that is cool. You could always take a little black paint and add some ears to the spades
It's a Disney thing. If you understood, your only question would be "can I go?"
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Haha, thats awesome!
"Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy"
Perfect for the guy who has everything!
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Nikki Sixx tweets about KISS & the next biggest band in the world.
Nikki Sixx in London – pre Motley Crue.
Nikki Sixx is a very fascinating guy. He truly is.
He's done it all, with Motley Crue he's had the sex, did the drugs, Rock n' Rolled and over dosed a few times. Metal Sludge has definitely bitch slapped Sixx on many occasions, but if you have a minute or two each day – please go read his Twitter. Nikki really has some interesting things to say. And unless he is the biggest bull shitter on the planet (which is quite possible) he is SO positive and has a lot of great energy. He also seems to be genuine – with the good or the bad. If he thinks you're an ass, he'll tell you. If he likes your tits, or hates your band, he'll also tell you.
Congrats to Nikki Sixx and Motley Crue for their 30 years, the SSMF show & all they do!
Nikki Sixx some recent tweets
First real day off in a long http://time.No bus,No show,No press No nothing…Excited to soak up some family LOVE.Monday is back to Sixx Sense..yeah….Lets find some new music and speak our minds….Off to church..cough cough…
Thank you Gene, that means a lot to me-RT @genesimmons: Motley Crue at the Sunset Strip Music Fest. Solid. Played well. Sounded strong. Very professional.
Also, a little something from Nikki the other day featured on LA WEEKLY.
LA WEEKLY: What was your first Sunset Strip memory?
Nikki Sixx: It was the middle '70s and I was a teenager. I used to hang on the Strip, going to see my favorite punk bands and dreaming about being a rock star.
What's your best Mötley memory on the Strip?
[Early on], when we sold out the Whisky A Go Go three nights in a row. That was one of the highlights of our career. We didn't see what was coming next. That moment was magical.
Sunset Strip women nowadays: Different? Same?
Never paid much attention to the women. Drugs were first, women second. I had my priorities.
Wildest thing you ever did on the Strip?
Did I tell you about the time I tied a girl up in the Whisky bathroom with Mick's guitar cable, and then went to get a bump of blow from Tommy? I forgot she was in there! I think Vince found her and everything was [fine]. Ah, to be in Mötley Crüe in 1981 in Los Angeles.
All-time favorite spot on the Strip?
The Rainbow, and the reason is simple: the clam chowder.
Three words that encapsulate what the Strip is to you?
Sunset Strip Tattoo, the Whisky and cocaine.
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The Liberty Theatre Company is back in action this weekend with a whodunit that lets the audience weigh in on whether it was Professor Plum in the study with a knife or Miss Scarlett in the ballroom with a rope.
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'Clue: The Musical' peformance set: The Liberty Theatre Company's production of "Clue: The Musical" will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, in the Dorchester Village Civic Center, 1804 Islands Highway in Midway. Tickets are $10 apiece and are available from the following local businesses: Southeast Auto Service & Repair, 104-B Carter St. in Hinesville; Hinesville Area Arts Council, 102 Commerce St. (exact change only); VIP Office Supply & Furniture, 109 Central Ave. in Hinesville. To purchase tickets online or for more information, go to www.hinesvillearts.com.
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a good time to speak out on a difficult situation. You're known for your honesty, so people will listen and, perhaps, begin to make long-needed changes.
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About DDL
DDL has provided package testing, product testing and materials testing for the medical device industry for over twenty years. An ISO 9001 certified, third party test laboratory, DDL employs a team of engineers, technical and quality experts devoted to helping customers worldwide succeed by taking an independent, involved and informed approach to ensuring regulatory compliance.
Founded on a commitment to customer service supported by technical expertise, a robust quality system, quick turnarounds and an upfront sales approach, DDL has partnered with companies across the globe to complete over 23,000 projects.
Package Testing Services
DDL package testing services evaluate the strength and integrity characteristics of a packaging system before and after simulating the anticipated distribution and storage conditions that the system may undergo. This combination of simulation and evaluation is used by packaging professionals to validate package compliance with ASTM, ISO, ISTA and other accepted industry standards.
- Accelerated Aging Testing
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DDL assists manufacturers and engineers in a variety of industries by testing a product's performance and safety. Specializing in medical devices such as Luer fittings, syringes, needles, catheters, guidewires, cannulae and electrosurgical instruments, DDL tests to ANSI, ASTM, IEC, ISO, JIS, EN and other accepted industry standards. Vibration, physical shock, thermal shock, friction, flow rate, force to operate, leakage and compression testing are among the many tests that are carried out and help medical device developers better understand their products. Custom test development and protocol creation are also provided.
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To complement its packaging testing, DDL takes design understanding to a deeper level by testing and evaluating the materials that make up the package itself. From tensile and tear testing of poly films and trays to applying compression and tension to packaging components, materials testing can increase an engineer's understanding of available options, allowing for more informed design decisions.
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Yoga Studios are The New Nightclub | via Well + Good NYC
Check out this great article from our dear friends at Well + Good NYC!
High heels? Tequila shots? Late-night slice? So tired! These days, dance parties around New York City come with kombucha, raw chocolate, and are done in bare feet. That's because the hot new dance club, it seems, is the decidedly anti-velvet-rope yoga studio.
There are two main yoga dance party varieties thriving in the city right now—the combo yoga-and-dance class, represented by Yoga Soundscape, and then the yoga class followed by the dance party called Get Your Dance On. Though fluidity between the two is really part of the experience.
Aarona Pichinson, who's spearheading the Friday-night Yoga Soundscape event at Kula Yoga Project in Tribeca, says historically large-scale yoga classes with live DJs and a few musicians have organically grown into a dance or dinner party afterward.
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"John Adams and James Madison as Constitutional Thinkers"
Thursday Sept. 18
7 p.m.
College Lounge, Vanderlyn Hall
Revisiting two key American founding fathers, New York Law School professor and New York Times best-selling author, Richard Bernstein explores both John Adams and James Madison as the indispensable thinking politicians of the American Revolution.
Recent Constitutional Studies Lectures:
Fall 2013: Harold Holzer, noted Lincoln scholar
Fall 2012: Pulitzer Prize nominee William Howard Adams on "Gouverneur Morris: The Uncommon Founder."
Fall 2011: The Prophet of American Constitutionalism, or, How John Adams Became a Founding Father - Richard Bernstein, Constitutional Historian and New York Law School Professor
Spring 2011: Freedom of Speech: The First Amendment, The Citizens United Case and American Politics - Daniel Feldman, Former New York Deputy Attorney General.
Darlene L. Pfeiffer Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Entrepreneur Extraordinaire Speaker Series
Fall 2014
September 24: Andrea Rhodes, Tangent Theatre Company
October 29: Rich Gillette of Gillette Creamery
November 19: Rob Kunstadt, Intellectual Property Attorney
The Elizabeth Gross Lecture Series
The annual horticultural series is made possible through a bequest received by the Ulster Garden Club from long-time member and Kingston resident, Elizabeth Gross. In turn, the Ulster Garden Club made a charitable gift to the Ulster Community College Foundation, Inc. to establish the lecture series in her honor. The series presents expert lecturers in the fields of horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, forestry, city planning, land management, botany, conservation and environmental studies.
Spring 2015: t/b/a
Recent Elizabeth Gross Lecture Series Speakers
2013 - Darrel Morrison - "Landscape Design as Ecological Art"
The John Burroughs Natural Science Lecture Series
The John Burroughs Natural Science Lecture Series brings guest lecturers to campus to speak about topics from the field of natural science. The series is sponsored by the College's Department of Math and Physical Sciences, and is named in honor of John Burroughs, a naturalist who lived for many years in Ulster County at "Slabsides" in West Park, and for whom SUNY Ulster's John Burroughs Hall, which houses mathematics, Earth science, physics, biology and science classrooms, laboratories and offices, is named. These lectures are open to the public.
Spring 2015 - t/b/a
Recent John Burroughs Lecturers:
Spring 2011: Dr. Massimo Pigliucci
Spring 2010: Dr. Anthony Aveni


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The Interview Bombs In US, Kills In China, Threatens N. Korea
Re:Bombs in the US? (288 comments)
Announcing: Slashdot Deals - Explore geek apps, games, gadgets and more. (what is this?)
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By fart of course, you mean, Fucking Art.
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slashdot has been dead for a while.
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I'll trade you my Prusa i3 for it!
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The problem with a carrier like MetroPCS is the lack of reliable and fast data connections.
Don't believe the FUD (488 comments)
/. this is Charlie Demerjian, one of the biggest tech trolls out there. He has a personal vendetta against Nvidia, Microsoft, and Intel. Ignore the troll. They're called SEMIAccurate for a reason.
Re:Is this really a market leader? (300 comments)
ha ha ha, now is the time for linux on the desktop!
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Apple pretty much already manages Foxconn... All the processes are designed and supervised by Apple.
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You mean like how a new FX-8150 just keeps up with an i7 920 that was released 4 years ago?
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Yes, people are stupid for not liking things for the same reason I do.
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Rivals? Hah, try exceeds by a significant margin. China as a whole is incredibly corrupt on a level beyond the western world.
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Hey, guess what, they were banning users who were actually cheating, not just users who were using Linux.
But go on with your pathetic analogy.
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I know how these things work, I'm a manufacturing engineer and program 5 axis machines on a daily basis. The work has to have significant constraints placed on it for it to work easily with a robotic system however. Frequently this is not possible.
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The amount of capital outlay required to do something like that is immense. It's simply not cost effective except for certain product lines.
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It's not so easy to move parts from one machine to the other with robotic arms.
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Their latest jet, the Sukhoi Super Jet 100 just crashed into a mountain in Indonesia while being demonstrated to reporters and potential clients.
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The F-22 is a bit different than the F-15E considering the method of weapon deployment.
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You can't turn an F-22 Airframe into an effective Bomber, it wasn't designed for it from the beginning. The requirements of a bomber and an air superiority fighter are vastly different.
Re:goodluckwiththat (350 comments)
It's beyond China's as well for the time being.
Re:$575? Seriously? (366 comments)
They do it for market segmentation. There are people willing to pay $40/$70 for that cover and there are people that aren't. For the people that aren't, you can buy 3rd party stuff for much cheaper. It's a smart business decision and works well for them, also allowing a thriving third party market to exist.
Re:Who are all these people who need 4G? (146 comments)
He probably made the same claim when 3G was being released.
"What do we need 3G for, I'm just happy on my 2G connection!"


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Winternationals Same Day Coverage The New Monte Carlo Funny Car Bodies Project Muscle Part 5 Karen Benkovich Darlington Winternationals Same Day Coverage The New Look for Star Racing 2004 Championship Predictions Drag Racing Business or OPEC? The rising cost of Nitro Has Bracket Racing lost its appeal? WSID � Australia's Newest Track Opens for Business What's New for 2004, Part 2 Under the Scoop � Carb Tech Clutch University Where did Super Gas Come From? NHRA - Phoenix Same Day Coverage Spring Open News Page Pete Millar � The Legend of the Cartoon Man � Part 1 Eric Medlen Interview In The Club Scott Weney Bradenton Testing Gallery Phoenix Testing Gallery Tucson Testing Gallery Vegas Testing Gallery NHRA � Las Vegas Testing Report NHRA � Phoenix Testing Report NHRA � Pomona Gallery CompetitionPlus.com Spring Open Photo Preview Scotty Cannon vs. Jason Scruggs at Southern Dragway Darlington Winternationals Gallery
We've all seen the current Super Gas and other indexed-pro tree classes, but have you ever wondered how this phase of sportsman drag racing actually came into existence?
Some call the "SUPER" classes and that style of racing as the one style of sportsman racing that revolutionized little guy participation and it actually can be traced back to 1971. On a sunny day in March of 1971, promoter Dave Dorman sat down with his tech officials at Redding Dragway. The promoter, along with track manager, Randy Liddell, had all gathered for their traditional pre-race morning meeting. The group was going over their assigned chores for the night's special eight-car show. Indeed, it was going to be a blast as local Modified Gasser favorites, Bob Bunker's '55 Chevy, Tom Thornhill's 1963 Falcon and the Yuill Brothers' '67 Camaro, were among those expected to compete. There was one problem, though. This wild show didn't have a name. That is, until Dorman made a joking comment.
Dorman said, "Most tracks can afford to book Pro Stockers. Heck, we can only afford Gassers. I guess we'll call them Pro Gassers. After everybody laughed, they got to thinking about it and liked it. Dave Riolo, a local racer was standing behind me when I said it. Evidently, he liked the idea because he and the other racers came to the line with 'Pro Gas' shoe polished on their windshields."
Thus, Pro Gas got its name. Dorman ran this kind of show with no index, wide open and an eight-car field. The format caught on like wildfire. Up until 1974, promoters continued to buy in similar shows. Most of the guys that raced in this program lived in the Sacramento, Ca., area where, in 1974, they organized and approached Sacramento Raceway's Dave Smith about putting together a program to run on a regular basis. Prior to '74, they ran on a 10.50 index in a program encouraged by the Yuill Brothers, who would eventually step up to Pro Stock.
A 9.90 index was later adopted with a breakout when the points series began and the fields were limited to eight. As time progressed, the index was dropped to a 9.70 and then even further to a 9.50 in 1978. In judging the performances from that era, these cars were flying. To give you an idea of how close in time that these cars were, let's compare them to Pro Stock. Today, the current Pro Stocks would have been 3.2 seconds quicker. Back then, in 1974, only nine tenths separated the two.
The veteran outlaw shoebox campaigner Riolo recalled those early days of Pro Gas racing. He admits that even though the cars were going really fast, it wasn't as complex to race the class back then as it is today.
"Twenty years ago, running mid-nines were expensive," Riolo explained. "We didn't have much of a chassis. You saw lots of fuel-injected cars and four speeds. They didn't have an automatic developed enough to run the numbers and the Lenco transmissions were too pricey. Parts were hard to come by for the particular combinations that we had. We had to make a lot of our own parts to run 9.70s in 3,000 pound cars. Setting up the car was basically a shot-in-the-dark method that worked more times than not.
"When the index dropped to a 9.50, you'd go out and feel for the weather. My particular routine consisted of feeling the track and weather temperature, making a throttle adjustment and then going out and running consistent .50s and .52s. I'd like to see someone win a race these days by using this method."
Evidently, the technique worked. Riolo won three consecutive Pro Gas titles at Sacramento Dragway beginning in 1974. He eventually added two more in '79 and '80.
The class progressed and the index was dropped to 9.50 by 1978. By this time, Pro Gas had taken California by storm and Sacramento Dragway was the place to be if you lived in Northern California. In Southern California, it was the famed Orange County International Raceway. Competition was more than hot and heavy at these two popular venues.
When the NHRA wanted to create a national event version of the popular Pro Gas concept, they conferred a lot with the Southern California racers and they pushed for the index to be 9.80. The Northern racers had their own opinions and the overwhelming consensus was that, "9.80s were for old ladies." Some were pushing for 8.90s.
The NHRA was very interested in Pro Gas. This provided them with a means to boost participation without all of the usual technical headaches often associated with policing the class racing divisions, which provided the only avenue for a sportsman racer to compete on the national event level. The sanctioning body contacted several of the racers in California. The problem that emerged is that one group provided an example, while another gave another account of how it "ought to be."
The end result was what the NHRA described as a compromise to attract both groups. They chose to debut the new program at the 1980 Winternationals in Pomona, Ca. The So-Cal guys largely supported the program, but the Northerners were nowhere to be found when the tree dropped for the first time. According to our sources, the reason that guys like Riolo and Bunker didn't support it is because they felt that the NHRA had butchered their concept. One of their largest gripes was the legality of the street roadsters in the program. Dave Wallace, who now runs the highly successful Good Communications advertising agency as well as the popular Hot Rod Nostalgia venue, was a freelance writer for the major drag racing magazines at the time all of this was going on. He believes that the facts that we presented to him were on the mark.
Wallace added, "The guys up North were really pissed off. Some felt like, 'Here we are running these big blocks in these old heavy cars, real cars, we might add. Why go through all of that trouble to have a tube chassied, small block with better visibility put you on the trailer first round. We are going through all of this trouble to make this thing a unique format and these guys are going a cheaper route, which virtually takes away all of the originality that we'd worked so hard to preserve.' When Bob Tietz won Pomona with an automatic small block roadster, he virtually sealed its fate and set a precedent in the NHRA's version."
Tietz, a long time Pro Gas advocate, remembers the roots of this movement. He recalled that fateful day, "Ron Williams let me drive his car at Pomona. I remember they made us qualify a week earlier at OCIR. It was the quickest 32 cars and they wanted us to showcase our program at Pomona."
Tietz continued his trip down memory lane by adding, "The Southern California guys didn't want to run the fast indexes like the guys up North did. We had a hard enough time finding cars to run 9.90s. Some of them wanted the index at 10.50. As for the roadsters, the Southern California people wanted them because they felt it was just one more competitor for their cause."
Though Tietz is from Southern California, he often ventured up the interstate to Sacramento Raceway. At a time when the guys up in Sacramento gave the So-Cal guys a hard time for wanting to go slower, Tietz was very much competitive. He never let the taunts get to him as he won more times than he lost. Tietz won the Northern California Pro Gas series championship three times.
The NHRA made some significant changes in their sportsman program to accommodate the indexed, pro-tree concept. The index was bumped up to a 9.90 and the division was renamed Super Gas. This new line-up was created at the expense of the old Modified eliminator class. Suddenly, the NHRA didn't have to deal with gripes that the three eliminators of class racing design could generate. They now had only two to deal with.
The NHRA now had a group of bracket cars that required very little attention except for safety. There was also a larger group of bracket cars when compared to legal Modifieds, so it was a financial no-brainer as to which would be the better of the two to choose. The IHRA jumped on the wagon as well in 1981. At this time, the sanctioning body was based in Bristol, Tenn., and felt that a 10.50 index would be perfect for them and they added it in and named it Hot Rod. A full 64-car field with alternates to spare was nothing new for the IHRA. By 1982, they expanded and established a 9.90 version, dubbing it Super Rod.
Since the inception of Super Gas, the style and type of car that has competed has drastically changed. For instance, in the early-Eighties, less of an emphasis was put on reaction times and more on running consistently. Riolo's famed "Temptation" shoebox utilized a pretty unconventional set-up in 1980 that was capable of winning in Super/Pro Gas competition. His combination in today's Super Gas ranks wouldn't even stand a chance as most experts contend. Riolo's '55 Chevy was powered by an injected, 482 Yenko and engaged a Chrysler Hemi four speed. This lumbering beast topped the scales at 2,900 pounds. Before we continue this trip down memory lane, not every one of the pioneering machines carried this same combination. For example, there were those that tried the small motor, lightweight car combination and others that bypassed the carbureted or supercharged format for fuel injection. Some even experimented with nitrous oxide. The days of the aforementioned "odd" combinations are gone. Or, at least in the standard sense, they are absent.
A technical look at one of today's Super Gasser is enough to make one of those Pro Gas purists of yesteryear sick to their stomachs. Gone are the oddball blown combinations and the original "have your own identity deals" that once fueled the spectator and media support.
As times change, so do situations. This has been the case with Super/Pro Gas. With its Pro Modified style introduction and today's computerized format, the class has evolved to admirably fill a need. A major complaint is that the cars no longer run side-by-side, opting to play a neat game of cat and mouse. Some like the way it has evolved and some don't. But, regardless of how you feel, it has filled the void and saved sportsman racing, at least on the national scene. Imagine the cost of entering drag racing under the same standards that were once mandated for the class cars, and you'll quickly see why Pro Gas had to be the sacrificial lamb to take sportsman racing to the next level.


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BELGIAN BEER Beer has been made in Belgium since at least the Middle Ages. It is believed today that beer was brewed at some monasteries during this period; however, no written proof exists. Beer in Belgium varies the popular pale lager to lambic beer and Flemish red. Belgian beer-brewing's origins go back to the Middle Ages. There are approximately 125 breweries in the country,ranging international giants to microbreweries. In Europe, only Germany, France and the United Kingdom are home to more breweries.Belgian breweries produce about 800 standard beers.
LAGERS Pale lagers and pilsners are by far the most widely consumed beers in the world. Lager is a German word that can be loosely translated as a bed or camp: lagering means laying a beer down to rest in cold storage one week to nine months. Stylistically speaking, in the most general terms, lagers tend to be lighter and less assertive than there spicier, full-bodied cousins, ales. The world's first clear golden beer was created in 1842 at a brewery in Pilsen, Czech Republic, called Pilsner Urquell. This beer then became the benchmark that all lagers or pilsners strive to be like.
ALES Generic terms for English style top fermented beers. Usually copper coloured but can be darker. Ales are produced in a wide variety of colours, palates and strengths. Some ale categories are Bitter, Brown Ale, India Pale Ale, Old Ale, and Scotch Ale. A great Ale England - Fullers London Pride.
STOUTS Dry stout is closely associated with Ireland in general and Guinness in particular. These brews tend to be rich and dark with a definitive bitter note and a drying palate feel. Draft Irish stout is nitrogen flushed to give it that telltale white creamy head. This process is also affected in cans and bottles with the nitrogen "widget". Flavoured stouts are stouts, be they sweeter or drier, which have been flavoured in some way. Dark fruits, coffee and chocolate are particularly popular. A flavoured stout, which is a must try, is Dragon Stout Jamaica.
------------------------ WHEAT BEERS Weizenbier, or wheat beer originates southern Germany - particularly Bavaria - and is a natural antidote for a hot summer day. It is brewed with at least 50% wheat in the mash and does not undergo extensive lagering or maturation. The word "HEFE" (German for yeast) on the label denotes that the bottle contains yeast sediment. This imparts a cloudy appearance in the beer which is normal and natural, and known as the protein haze. For a tasty classic version of the wheat beer style, you have to have a Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse.
------------------------ CIDERS Cider is a fermented beverage made apple juice. Cider varies in alcohol content 2% ABV to 8.5% ABV or more in traditional English ciders. Although cider can be made any variety of apple, certain cultivars are known as cider apples. Cider is popular in the United Kingdom, especially in South West England. The beverage is also popular and traditional in Ireland; in Brittany (chistr) and Normandy (cidre) in France; Principality of Asturias (sidra), the Basque country (sagardoa) and Galicia (sidra) in Spain ; in Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen (Frankfurt am Main) and other regions of Germany (Most, Viez or Apfelwein). Argentina is a cider-producing and drinking country, especially the provinces of Río Negro and Mendoza. Australia produces cider, too, particularly on the island of Tasmania which has a strong apple-growing tradition.
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