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The first collective effort to bear the group name "Backburner" was a 2001 compilation called Big Talk. It was recorded in the basement of a grubby suite of student flats; a five minute walk from the site where The Vault would one day be carved out of the living rock, and where Heatwave would be principally recorded in 2009. That record was exactly like this one, except for being completely different and not as good. The crate-digging ethic still rules all production, but the breaks have been honed to maximum nod factor and the mixes are thicker than thighs.
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Deep-fried jambalaya takes home the "Golden Goody" award at the Texas State Fair.
The annual Big Tex Taste Choice Awards is one of the most anticipated events each year ahead of the Texas State Fair.
More than 50 people submitted their fried specialties this year.
Eight were selected for the final round of judging.
Among the finalists were the "Picnic on a Stick", the "Fried Mexican Fire Crackers" and the "Fried Bacon Cinnamon Roll".
This year's winner, however, came from five-time winner Abel Gonzalez.
His prize creation this year?
Deep fried jambalaya made from shrimp, Cajun sausage and seasoning, then fried to golden perfection.
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Melissa and her hubby Joe tell HollywoodLife.com that Teresa's drama is just too 'stressful.' They want to 'enjoy' Christmas this year.
After last year's big dramatic Christmas brawl, The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga isn't sure if she wants to celebrate Christmas with her sister-in-law Teresa Giudice this year.
"It's yet to be determined," Melissa told HollywoodLife.com exclusively at the Reeve Foundation Magical Evening Gala at NYC's Cipriani Wall Street on Nov. 30. "Sometimes when something stresses you out and when you have to think to hard about something, sometimes it's better to stay away for a little while."
Melissa's husband and Teresa's brother Joe Gorga doesn't want to have to deal with the drama. "There's certain things you just can't forgive and forget," he admitted. "It's a holiday. You want to enjoy it. You want to be happy. You don't want to be aggravated. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I want to be happy."
It sounds like Teresa is actually the one that's continuing the family feud. "If it were up to me, we would be together every single Christmas Eve," shares Melissa. "Our children would be opening presents together. We'd be sharing every single Christmas together."
But the drama from RHONJ season three just hasn't been put to rest yet. "I just really hope that we can all work this out," confesses Melissa. "We all have such amazing opportunities here. We're all great people. Everyone's talented. Everyone has amazing families. We all just need to let it go and work it out. It's the holidays and that's it. I don't want to say anything else. We really need to work it out."
Unlike last year, there won't be any cameras filming the Gorgas' holiday celebrations. "Thank you Jesus," Melissa says. "This year is going to be a little private, which I'm looking forward to."
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Posted at 4:36 PM on December 15, 2011
Give it up, Gorga's. I don't know what parts are fake and what's not, but Melissa is 100% fake! They wanted fame, regardless of the cost. His family? They have suffered regardless too, despite what parts-or who might be fake-like Melissa. His family pays the price and melissa and Joe show no remorse and feel no shame. We've watched that tragedy and that's real.
Over It
Posted at 12:12 AM on December 13, 2011
Posted at 4:55 PM on December 11, 2011
To those that think it's all Melissa's doing, please folks haven't you all been watching the show. Don't you all see that it's Teresa that is keeping this nonsense up, she knows she is doing this for attention because she knows now that her cousin and sister in law will be looked at the same way as Teresa was looked at in the beginning when starting to do the Housewives of NJ. It was like this to all other housewives, new comes in the rest gets jealous and very insecured of themselves because they think they need to compete with eachother, again wrong notion to go on, but that is how they are especially those who are jealous, like Teresa Vicki Tamra Nene Larsa Christy, see notice all the names I mentioned and noticed those are the ones that makes lots of noise, all because they want to be the only one noticed. I love Melissa and Kathy, love how they interact with their family. Love how Kathy's kids are so well grounded and they love their mom & dad and how wonderful to have kids to think of their parents that is priceless. Melissa and her family with her kids are adorable you can tell she does everything for them as well for Joe, you can tell they love eachother alot and that is beautiful. You don't see Joe Gorga making Melissa feel like shyt by talking about her on how stupid she is like Teresa's husband, who talks nasty to Teresa, he has no respect for her because he treats her like shyt as if she is a dummy and don't know anything. Remember, when Teresa came back from signing her friends family & Joe was there Joe was drunk and talking all kind of nonsense to Teresa and got nerve to tell Teresa to choose, phuck that I choose my family my sisters my brothers, phuck the man he is not worth shyt, NEVER NEVER PUT A MAN IN FRONT OF YOUR FAMILY & SIBLINGS. Joe doesn't have respect for Teresa, he treats her like shyt, plain and simple.
Posted at 10:01 AM on December 9, 2011
Funny that they talk about this never ending feud. Yesterday we had our Holiday lunch at the Montville Inn in NJ. We were seated downstairs in the wine cellar and Teresa and Melissa were eating lunch upstairs. They looked to be having a good time, nothing like what you see on TV. Additionally, Teresa did a book signing in Boonton, NJ after her lunch date. I wasn't there but other friends that were there, said she's nothing like how she appears on TV. Gotta love "reality" tv, lol.
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Posted at 5:09 PM on December 5, 2011
I can tottally understand why mellissa would say this .. she isnt saying anything bad .. why would she want to celebrate xmas with teresa and joe ? after all the things they have said about her and her brother .. teresas husband joe is the ral problem here … leave melissa alone
Posted at 4:42 PM on December 4, 2011
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Posted at 3:08 PM on December 2, 2011
Melissa is such a lame whore! She's so obsessed with her SHINING STAR sister-in-law, Teresa. Melissa, you're a pathetic has been. Quit talking about Tre every chance you get. I know you always talk about her to keep you relevant. No one ever cares about you. They only wanna know about Tre. UGLY WITCH!
And quit pretending you do everything yourself in that big house. You don't even do anything! If you have nannies, say you have nannies. Don't say you do everything yourself when you clearly don't. You're not Teresa!
Leave Tre alone!
MELISSA HAS PROBLEMS! Get help you fake, ugly witch! You have such a dark soul, it's creeepy! No wonder why Teresa can't stand you! I don't blame her… She should put you in your place, but Tre doesn't wanna waste her time on you!
Posted at 9:46 AM on December 2, 2011
Ironic she's still doing interviews about Teresa. It's Contradicting to the claim that she wants things to be repaired, since that would have the opposite effect.
Hope Joe sees that too. Hope he stops during this crazy storm, for a minute, and really thinks of how his sis might feel. Hope he recognizes how often she actually takes the high road in this situation and how hard that's had to be for her at times.
Posted at 8:46 AM on December 2, 2011
How an any intelligent, thinking person, after watching these episodes come up with everyone else is the porblem, except the common denominator theresa, is mind boggling. It is EVERYONE ELSE, not Theresa, this is really separating the somewhat smart, to the just downright dumb. I thank god for my ability to think!!!!
Posted at 9:38 AM on December 2, 2011
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Posted at 2:47 PM on December 3, 2011
It's true, she IS the common denominator that marshalls and focuses all their hate for a very good reason: She is the SUCCESSFUL one. Like her, love her or despise her, she DID turn out to be the most marketable one. Caroline wanted a cook book deal, no one offered. Caroline wanted to be on CA, they didn't want her. If Caroline's advice were really a marketable commodity you can bet there'd be a book on life lessons or parenting or something by her, there isn't, because it's NOT. No one wants to hear Mel's music. No producers or labels are knocking down her door. IF they thought she could be a money maker, they'd sign her in a second. They know she's NOT. No publisher thinks a Kathy dessert would be marketable. The Brownstone is flailing, the Lauritas are in BKR sh*t that makes the Giudices' problems look like they owe a couple of thousand bucks to Sears and unlike the Giudices they don't seem to have ANY means to get out it. Most of the storylines on these shows are heavily manipulated, but I do believe the hate for her is real because THEY'RE JEALOUS.
Posted at 9:17 PM on December 1, 2011
Sure, NOW she wants to move on, after she tried to literaaly destroy Teresa and her childrens' and their elderly grandparent's lives. She got what she wanted at Teresa's expense and now coyly wants everyone to "move on." She and her husband should be ashamed of themselves-not parading around like they're stars. They're not! Vile.
Posted at 7:36 PM on December 1, 2011
Posted at 7:22 PM on December 1, 2011
Who is she kidding? She went on a reality show to fight with her husbands sister, and totally hurt his parents in the process… I think she talks out of both sides of her mouth, and I think people are just plain sick of it.
The show brought us together / Teresa's drama is to stressful
I have a nanny cuz my husband works hard / I don't have nannies I do it all myself
.. it goes on and on and on… I'm over it.
Talk is cheap. If you want to fix things with Teresa, and spend wonderful Christmas's together, then do something about it – don't just yap to any media outlet that will listen about it. I think Melissa should stop playing the innocent victim and own it.
If I give interview after interview about how I'm going to climb Mt. Biggest, but never actually climb, people are going to realize that I have no desire to and I'm just looking for media attention and using the mountain to get it.
Lady T
Posted at 3:51 PM on December 1, 2011
Posted at 2:19 PM on December 1, 2011
Wait, I thought Melissa just did an interview claiming the show "brought them together" and that they were in a better place. Nothing has changed in the week/few days since that interview. She just wants publicity and it was a lie in the first place. The kids didn't open presents together last Christmas Eve either and does not matter… but Melissa pretending to care is hilarious.
Oh please
Posted at 1:52 PM on December 1, 2011
Posted at 1:45 PM on December 2, 2011
Teresa's SIL rehashes the same bull in every interview. "If it were up to me, we'd be together" crap. Teresa begged Joe and his family to stay for Christmas last year and they left and went to Teresa's cousin's house instead. This girl can't keep her lies straight. She's full of it.
Posted at 8:52 PM on December 27, 2011
That IS true.Melissa could not wait to get to the Wakile's "as she said,"to relax"I imagine if I knifed my sister in law in the back as often as Mel does,I'd have trouble relaxing in her home too.Teresa gets slammed by these people left and right.This is family?They need to all pull back and do an evaluation of what the real cost of this is.Their children will shoulder the burden of lives that become morally bankrupt.Teresa is a decent woman who has the unfortunate position of loving people who are not worthy of it.-D


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In the past, a "bell ringer" was thought of the same way as a cut or a sprained ankle, with no lasting side effects. Until a few years ago, the NFL's medical committee on concussions published studies that concluded players were not suffering long-term damage from head trauma incurred during athletic competition.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as 3.8 million sports- and recreation-related concussions occur each year. Out of this figure, about 235,000 persons are hospitalized and 50,000 die per annum, according to the CDC.
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Nowinski, a former World Wrestling Entertainment pro and author of Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis, along with noted neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Cantu, founded the Sports Legacy Institute. The foundation works with Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy in performing postdeath pathology on brains donated by former athletes.
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On Thanksgiving Day 2009, Matt, a 16-year-old junior and starting running back for San Jose High, tried to retrieve an underthrown ball during the opening possession of the 66th annual Big Bone rivalry against Lincoln High. Despite his modest five-foot-five, 140-pound frame, Matt was the recipient of all-league honors as well as props from an opposing linebacker, who once told him: "I don't know how you ran me over, because you're so little."
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"They didn't think he was going to make it," Dave says. "They thought that he had suffered so much brain damage that he probably would have been mentally disabled."
Matt remained comatose for ten days and spent nearly a month in intensive care owing to complications from second-impact syndrome. His first concussion, suffered three weeks before on the penultimate play of a game, was not detected, even after Dave took Matt to a doctor when he told his father that his vision was blurry.
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U.S. Army Sgt. Sgt. Joel Robinson and 1st Lt. Mackenzie Merrick prepare beef hamburger patties at the Denver Fisher House in Aurora, Colorado, May 27, 2014. Colorado Army National Guardsmen of the 193rd Military Police Battalion's Food Service section prepare dinner for guests of the Fisher House once a month. The volunteer effort is part of an ongoing initiative for the Colorado Guardsmen to further develop their culinary skills while saving money and providing healthful meals. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Cheresa D. Theiral/RELEASED)
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AURORA, Colo. – For some, cooking is a means to an end, but for a select group of Colorado National Guardsmen, it's a recipe of unqualified love.
"My joy is in watching others eat," said Army Sgt. Joel Robinson as he began preparing the kitchen countertop at the Denver Fisher House.
The Fisher Houses provide a home-away-from-home for military families, allowing them to remain close to their loved ones during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury.
And just like home, guests normally prepare their own meals – but not this one.
On the menu May 27: all-American barbecue, complete with pulled-pork sandwiches, grilled burgers, corn on the cob, pork 'n' beans, and all the fixins.
Army Sgt. Anthony Patterson began cooking his signature pulled pork at his house the day before arriving here.
"Pork shoulder. Bone in. Just a slow simmer before it falls off the bone," he said of his process that began 10 hours prior.
"We only get a chance to cook at drill twice a month," said Army Capt. Mark Tommell while slicing a hearty, crimson tomato. "By doing this, we train more often and get the opportunity to volunteer."
Tommell, the 193rd MP Battalion adjutant, has led multiple efforts to improve both the morale and the cuisine of the Soldiers in his charge. As the commander for Company E, 2-135th General Support Aviation Battalion in 2011, Tommell recruited Chef Ronald Lavallee from Johnson & Wales University in Denver to further develop his cooks' culinary skills. Not only did the ongoing effort provide decadent and healthful cuisine for all the members of his battalion, it also lowered the cost of contract meals by nearly 70 percent.
In addition to cost savings, Tommell said he encourages creativity when designing meals to be served on drill weekend.
"It's very common for units to order 'heat 'n' serve' food or cook bland Army recipes. It's safe to say that no commander, food service officer, or Army cook would ever prepare an Army recipe at their house," he said. "We're continuing this training at Johnson & Wales, cooking at the Fisher House and preparing creative menus that focus on a variety of cooking methods."
"I like 'em thick," said Army 1st Lt. Mackenzie Merrick as she mashed 2 1/2 pounds of ground beef into dense patties for grilling.
Robinson prefers his burgers just a little thinner, and made his assigned portions so, adding green chilies to the raw meat for a savory effect on the grill.
Tommell said his intent is for everyone in the 193rd's Food Service section to help prepare a meal at the Fisher house at least twice. With the initiative in full motion, he hopes to engage enough volunteers in the unit to keep the program going after he moves on to his next assignment.
"Capt. Tommell has a great passion for supporting our troops, along with rallying other Soldiers to help with this cause," said Army Lt. Col. Isaac Martinez, the 193rd's battalion commander. "I'm very proud I belong to a team of Colorado Guardsmen and veterans who want to give back to their own brethren."
"Milk in the corn, makes it juicy and brings out the sweetness," Robinson said as he added a cup of creamy liquid to the pot of vegetables steaming on the stove.
"… Then debone and shred, add some barbecue sauce," Patterson said as he tore his main dish into bite-sized morsels for the dozen or so Fisher House guests. "Adding some of the original juices back in also helps keep the meat moist and retains its original flavor."
For the completely self-funded initiative, the 193rd Soldiers also use their own time when it comes to preparing the guests' priceless meals.
"One of the missions of the Colorado National Guard is to serve our community and help our neighbors when they're in need, and by cooking dinner for our fellow veterans and their family members while they're staying at the Fisher House, we're doing just that," Tommell said.
Fisher House resident Larry DeHaven said Patterson's was the best pulled pork in town. "He'll make someone a good wife someday," the guest joked as he filed through the buffet line for seconds.
Tommell has requested to conduct an advanced culinary class at the Denver Armory in the near future to be taught by Chef Lavallee. Pending funding approval, Tommell envisions conducting the class annually with cooks from across the Colorado National Guard.
Tommell and his team of volunteers cook meals monthly at the Aurora Fisher House. His team of volunteers will be back to prepare another meal there July 29.


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TATRA: The Best Red Car
Most Communist-made Autos are dull dishes – but look what's cooking in Czechoslovakia!
By F. H. Baer (Auto Sport Review [USA], October 1953)
MOST people are pretty well aware that the Russian Revolution produced no revolution in automotive design. Russian cars up to the present have been only conventional, mostly copies of early capitalist models. But few persons on the sunny side of the Iron Curtain are aware that the Communists now are manufacturing one of the most revolutionary cars in the world—a rear-engined, air-cooled, frameless five-passenger sedan that is rugged, reliable and efficient.
The car, of course, is the Tatraplan, and there isn't much doubt that it is the best car produced under Communist planning. But its virtues and its revolutionary features can't be credited to the Reds. Its design elements were worked out and put into production literally decades ago, long before the Communists took over in Czechoslovakia.
When Tatra started out to build the first automobiles of Central Europe, Czechoslovakia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The factory at Kopřivnice was privately owned and operated, and the automobile was just emerging from infancy. Only 56 years later, the Tatra Works, now a big factory, is operating in Czechoslovakia with a Communist government dictating progress and production, with the state owning and operating the enterprise. The Tatra automobile, in the meantime, has grown up, after having passed the stages of poverty (technically) and of luxury (high price) to become an economic necessity.
SINCE the first Tatra Sports car, a two-cylinder overhead-valve pancake type which attained a record speed of 71 mph during the fall of 1899, the Tatra has not only kept up to date in technical respects, but also has often achieved technical fame, as when introducing independent wheel suspension, four-wheel brakes (during 1914), its first OHV engines (during 1906). The revolutionary central tubular "backbone" frame in 1923, and the air-cooled engine during that same year. The first racing success was achieved Internationally In 1925, when a Tatra car with independent suspension of all wheels, backbone frame, and an air-cooled engine won the 1925 Targa Florio race in Sicily, regarded by many as Europe's toughest trial.
During 1934, the Tatra Works again surprised the automotive world: a fully streamlined sedan was produced, with a V-8 air-cooled, overhead-camshaft engine powering the monobuilt body, the first car whose body's final form was determined in the wind-tunnel of a near-by airplane factory. It featured built-in front lights, with a center light in the front hood for better driving in mist and rain. The engine turned out 15 hp at 4000 rpm; top speed was raised to 98 mph—for a serial passenger car. In 1934, mind you—and at
modest fuel consumption which permitted an average of 24 miles per U.S. gallon.
Tested in an Australian trip, the air-cooled engine proved its reliability in that hot climate, and some time later two Czech engineers, Hanzelka and Zikmund, completed a round-the-world trip with such V-8 powered stock sedans.
BACK in 1920 to 1933, the Tatra Works produced the little "12" model, with a two-cylinder air-cooled engine of 1000 cc piston displacement, a power-plant laid out for a peak production of 12 hp at 2500 rpm. The noisy engine soon earned the nickname "Sewing Machine" for this model (many of these models are still in daily operation, as are U.S.-built Model T and A Fords). Produced by the Nesselsdorf plant of the Tatra concern, these cars still look and perform well.
During World War II Tatras of the 57a series were built under German supervision for use in the German Wehrmacht.
During 1948, the year the present Communist government took over, the Tatra Works were nationalized. Plans were announced concerning construction and production of a new type of the Tatra rear-engine car. The Tatraplan.
Following the trend of the time, the Tatraplan engine was only half the piston displacement of the former V-8 model, which was produced from 1934 to
1948, (or 14 years without major technical changes). This was to permit the car's entering a more economical tax group (a very important detail in Europe), and to make the engine consume less fuel (for gasoline was then rationed, expensive, and of inferior quality) without sacrifice of too much in top speed.
Mainly responsible for the construction of the Tatraplan, as well as the former V-8 engine car and the series "12" model of 1923 was Austrian engineer, Dr. Ledwinka of Vienna. Gifted as a constructor of engines as well as an expert on car bodies. Dr. Ledwinka never was well-known internationally as was Dr. Porsche, a fact which does injustice to Ledwinka's noteworthy successes.
THE new Tatraplan should be credited with a series "first" and original developments. First of all: The engine is mounted in the rear of the car. It is air-cooled, and it is of the horizontal "pancake" [boxer] type. This arrangement is not, as many might believe, a copy of the German Volkswagen or the later Porsche or the Austrian Denzel Sports models. Rather it is a fact that all these cars have copied the Tatra "77" rear-engine design which was first built in 1934. The first air-cooled system was built by Tatra in 1923, as was the pancake type engine. Also to be remembered is the fact that Dr. Porsche participated in the construction of the model "87" Tatra, the improved V-8 model.
The second element is the body: The fact that Tatra built its first "monobuilt" body 17 years ago (1937) and also built the first aerodynamically influenced body 19 years ago (1935) labels the Tatra engineers of these days as pioneers in that field. Studying the form of a drop of water in free fall, the engineers decided on the basic form of the body, leaving all detail modeling to extensive tests in wind tunnels. Actually this "water drop" method does not represent the most modern conception of body construction. The principle has been altered in actual construction to compromise with other factors (such as engine location, steering diagram, location and size of fenders, angle and size of windshield etc).
WITH Tatra the rear engine is a tradition. The engineers there claim that only a rear-mounted engine permits an ideal streamlining of the body, an aerodynamically valid form to reduce air resistance and increase top speed with simultaneous decrease in gasoline consumption. The engine, together with clutch, transmission, propeller shaft and differential, forms a solid unit, which is easily serviceable, easily exchangeable. The fact that all these aggregates are built in a solid unit permits a low mounting in the frame, thus aiding stability at high speed and while cornering, due to the low center of gravity.
No gasoline, oil or exhaust fumes trouble the driver and the passengers. The noise of the rather loud engine (all air-cooled engines are louder than water-cooled units) is not detectable above a speed of 50 miles per hour.
The absence of a long propeller shaft eliminates mechanical troubles in universal joints, otherwise caused by vibration after moderate mileage. There is no propeller shaft tunnel along the floor and thus more leg-room. The absence of a propeller shaft also permits a lowered floor, thus lowering the center of gravity for better stability. Also a flat-built floor streamlines the bottom of the car.
Another plus for the rear-engine Tatraplan is the claim that the air used both for the fuel-air mixture and for-the cooling of the entire engine is forced by the car's forward movement through, air ducts formed by the rear engine hood. This high, dust free intake gives assurance that the air filters for the carburetors do not get clogged so soon. (The consumption of gasoline goes up steeply if the necessary amount of air is not available, due to clogged air filters.) It also aids in keeping the engine clean, avoiding dust particles covering the cooling fins around the cylinders' surface, which would necessarily lower the heat dissipation rate.
The intensity of the air-cooling unit—an axial blower driven by a belt from the crankshaft pulley—is entirely dependent on the rpm of the engine. Driving in low gear over a high mountain (in the high rpm range) or at high speed over flat stretches (in the upper rpm range, too), the engine gets a precisely calculated amount of fresh air.
WHILE the heat range in a water-cooled engine extends from an average of 68 degrees Fahrenheit (outside air) to 212 degrees (boiling point), the heat range in an air-cooled engine is much wider. It varies from the local air temperature, (68 degrees) to the normal operating temperature of an explosion engine, which is 356 degrees. While the water-cooled power-plant thus has a range of 144 degrees, the air-cooled engines have such a range of 288 degrees, or double the range of heat variations (within safe limits).
This is especially important in hot climates, where the outside air temperature may go up to 120 degrees, thus decreasing the heat range in water-cooled units to 112 degrees and in air-cooled power plants from 244 degrees.
The condition of the crankshaft and the connecting rod bearings is kept at a good operating level by the oil, which is air-cooled in a special radiator mounted in front of the car, a system which combines correct setting of the cooling degree (by shutters in front of the radiator), and the long oil lines reaching from the rear-mounted engine to the front radiator and back. The oil supply in this engine, though larger in volume than in normal cars, has a longer life because of the constant cooling, and also on account of an oil filter (which is of the mechanical type), agitated by a linkage system every time the clutch pedal is depressed.
The construction of the pancake-type engine—now successfully copied by the German Volkswagen, the Porsche, the Austrian Denzel, and the Porsche Gloeckler—permitted a flat engine compartment for better body construction. Also there was a wider base for the engine mounts (to reduce engine vibration', and a low level of mounting for better weight distribution and a low center of gravity. This type also permits low mounting without sacrificing the ground clearance of the oilpan.
Returning to the second argument for the Tatraplan, the body construction: a car with a horsepower-to-weight ratio of 50.7 pounds per horsepower, in comparison to the USA's closest engine-sized car. Kaiser's Henry J., which has a ratio of 34.7 Ibs per hp, the Czech car certainly does not have an outstanding ratio.
But Tatra's engineers purposely kept the engine small (for reasons of economy) and put most attention on the air-resisting factors of the body. These people came up with such a streamlined body that it makes up in lowered air-resistance what the Tatraplan lacks in weight-horsepower ratio.
THE rear-engine construction shortens the front section of the body, resulting in a relatively short hood which houses only the gasoline tank, one spare tire and a small piece of luggage, while permitting a very good vision to the front and the side of the road ahead—definitely a big safety factor.
The monobuilt body has been Tatra's ever since 1937. It has, however, stuck to the earlier invention of the backbone layout, a center rectangular beam with a fork for the engine mounting in the rear. Welded to this tough beam are the crossmembers and the engine floor. The front wheels are suspended from a center mount on the beam's front end.
Welded to the flat floorplate is an all-steel outer body shell, with steel girders inside of this shell. The inside shell is welded to these girders, protecting the head-room and the roof of the car giving triple strength in this—still lightweight—construction.
Compared with front-engine cars there is never any noise in this Tatra model. Also avoided is the nuisance squeak of from 12 to 30 screws which either shake loose, break or rust in conventional design cars.
In case of accidents, the Tatra is not—as often believed of all rear-engine cars—more dangerous than cars having the engine to "protect" driver and passengers. (With an impact of the same magnitude the conventional car's front engine does not so much take the first shock as transmit the shock. Increasing the engine's bulk weight toward the passengers' compartment. This is far more dangerous and disastrous than a rear-engine adding to the momentum to a car in an accident). The relatively strong central beam can be damaged much less than any other frame system known.
The front suspension is on the conventional side. Owing to the structure and shape of the central beam, the Tatra has a center spring base, the dual (upper and lower) transverse leaf springs being regulated in their action by long dual action telescopic shock absorbers. The rear wheels, suspended by torsion bars, are of the swing-axle type; the shock absorbers are diagonally-mounted dual-action telescopic types.


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Mount Ayr 42, Wayne 28
CORYDON – Big efforts out of several players along with strong defense led Mount Ayr to a road win over Wayne here on Friday, 42-28.
Taylor Still finished with 15 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks, three steals and three assists to lead the way for the Raiderettes. Paige Daughton also scored in double figures with 10 points, and added nine rebounds with four assists and three steals.
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Vancouver Film School, Canada's premier entertainment arts institution, is proud to partner with Pixologic, maker of the award-winning 2D/3D sculpting, texturing, and painting application ZBrush.
The agreement will primarily benefit students of VFS's Animation & Visual Effects programs, respected worldwide for the quality of their graduates, who include District 9 director Neill Blomkamp.
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Caramelized Apples in Phyllo Tarts
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Mushroom, Spinach, and Scallion Tart
Vibrant spinach leaves intermingle with roasted mushrooms in a light-as-air (and easy-to-assemble) phyllo shell. The custardlike filling comes together quickly in a blender.
Almond-Pear Tart
Instead of using pastry dough as the base of this tart, we stacked sheets of phyllo to create a crisp crust that is still sturdy enough to support a nut-and-fruit topping.
Mushroom-and-Goat-Cheese Purses
You can make the mushroom filling a day in advance and refrigerate it until ready to use.
Salmon-and-Spinach Rolls
Look for salmon fillets that are the same size. We found that 6-inch-long fillets work well, leaving the perfect amount of phyllo to wrap the fish on all sides.
Spinach-and-Turkey Hand Pies
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The Calamity of CCD
Colony collapse disorder (CCD), the mysterious phenomonen characterized by honey bees abandoning their hives, is still with is, and the cause is still mysterious.
Over the past three years beekeepers throughout the United States have reported losing from one-third to 100 percent of their colonies to CCD, says UC Cooperative Extension Apiculturist Eric Mussen, a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology Faculty since 1976 and a noted authority on honey bees.
The bees just vanish, leaving behind the queen, the immature brood (eggs, larvae and pupae) and stored food.
The calamity of CCD.
The queen, in peak season, lays about 2000 eggs a day. The worker bees serve as the nurse maids, nannies, royal attendants, heating and air conditioning specialists, foragers, guards and undertakers. They feed their mother (the queen) and their brothers, the drones. The sisters are their brothers' keepers. The drones' only function is to mate with the queen.
The worker bees pollinate about 100 crops in California, including nuts, fruits and vegetables. They just finished pollinating California's 700,000 acres of almonds. Now they're pollinating pomegranates, tangerines, lemons, squash, cucumbers and other fruits and vegetables in orchards and gardens near you.
Bring on National Pollinator Week, June 22-28.
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The haven will be a year-around food source for bees and other insects, such as butterflies, bumble bees and syrphids. Other goals: to create a public awareness of the plight of the honey bee, and to educate visitors about bees and the kinds of bee friendly plants they can choose for their own gardens.
Bottom line: let's keep our bees healthy. Mussen suspects that CCD is caused by a combination of factors: malnutrition, pesticides, parasites, diseases and stress.
If CCD has a face, then two photos can tell the story. First, look at the photo of healthy bees and then look at the photo from an abandoned hive. The bee antenna poking through an abandoned cell is just plain sad.
The queen bee, the sisters, the brothers, the brood--all gone.
The calamity of CCD.
Busy Bees
Abandoned Hive
What's Happening with the Bees?
What's happening with the honey bees?
Those following the mysterious phenomonen known as colony collapse disorder (CCD)--characterized by bees abandoning their hives--are eagerly waiting the latest developments.
So, when UC Davis bee breeder-genetist Susan Cobey recently offered a class on queen-bee rearing at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, she invited Cooperative Extension Apiculturist Eric Mussen to address the group.
Mussen, who is entering his 33rd year as a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, is considered one of the top authorities on honey bees in the country, and indeed the world. News media--including the Associated Press, New York Times, Boston Globe, BBC, Los Angeles Times and Good Morning, America--seek his expertise.
Lately he's been asked if the newly published research work in Spain "solves" the global mystery of CCD. It does not.
"It is true that we have available to us an antibiotic that, when used properly, practically eliminates the disease-causing fungus, Nosema ceranae, from our colony populations," he wrote today in answer to an inquiry. "However, in many cases, nosema-free colonies continued to dwindle to nothing very quickly in many parts of the country. Whatever the causes of that collapse may be, elimination of nosemosis, alone, is not adequate to improve the health of our colonies enough that they survive."
"We need to increaes our research efforts on this malady," Mussen said, "so that we can assure the existence of healthy honey bee colonies for the production of the fruits, vegetable and nuts that make up the healthiest one third of our daily diets."
Freerk Molleman, a postdoctoral scholar in professor James Carey's lab at UC Davis, kindly video-taped Mussen's hour-long lecture to Cobey's class.
Here it is: what's happening with the bees.
Pollen-packing bee
Eric Mussen
Mighty Mite
The BBC this week examined colony collapse disorder (CCD), a mysterious phenomonen characterized by bees abandoning their hives. The adult bees buzz off, leaving the brood and stored food behind. They do not return.
Many bee specialists believe it's not just one thing causing CCD--it's a combination of factors or a "perfect storm": parasites, pesticides, malnutrition, stress, diseases and global weather changes.
The blood-sucking varroa mite, a parasite of honey bees, is a contributing factor in the decline of bee health.
When the BBC interviewed Cooperative Exension Apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Entomology Department faculty about varroa mites, he said that the European or western honey bee doesn't "do a good job" of removing them. To a human, the varroa mite would be about the size of a softball "running around on you."
The varroa mite, Mussen said, is problematic because of three things:
1. It sucks the so-called bee blood, making the bee nutritionally weaker
2. It interferes with the immune system
3. The varroa can get viruses on its mouthparts so it inoculates bees with viruses as it travels from one bee to another.
Listen to Mussen talk about the varroa mite as he examines it under a microscope. Then imagine a softball-sized bloodsucker on you.
Varroa mite on drone
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A Sad Photo
It's a sad photo.
The antenna of a honey bee pokes out of an abandoned hive. Victim of colony collapse disorder (CCD)? Perhaps.
Everytime I look at the bent antenna, I think of a plea for help. Help me! Help me! Please help me! This bee should have been nectaring flowers or gathering pollen.
This hive once belonged to entomologists Robert and Lynn Kimsey of UC Davis. She's the director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and chairs the Department of Entomology. He's the sole forensic entomologist in the department.
CCD was one of the topics at the eighth annual international conference of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC), held Oct. 22-24 in Washington, D.C.
The participants--farmers, scientists, and environmental advocates--agreed that we need to find ways to increase public awareness of pollinators. Pollinator Partnership chair Robert Lang described the loss of pollinators as "a potential health crisis for the planet."
Scores of beekeepers have witnessed a crisis in an individual bee hive.
Like the one below.
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Hi Chris,
There is the RCG Tx guy showing up with a red cap and string of lights in the header today Minimalist for sure...a very unfortunate recent trend in our society... There is a reason for the season...Merry Christmas to all! H.I B.! Jim(I don't have enough faith to be an atheist) Quadrocopter and Tricopter Info Mega Link Index |
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There is no unpleasantness, or misery, in my post. Not a jot. The simple fact is that you were wrong, Christmas was not ignored, but you started off from the myth that there was some agenda that did not actually exist and then continued in the same vein, even when it had been pointed out to you that you were mistaken.
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Better luck next year Wait and see what a happy new year looks like. No good deed gos unpunished Maybe they will drop a 4000lbs ball on you. Sometimes thats all we get, Few will risk todays "wishing all a merry Chritmas and a happy new year" knowing we will need to rent crane after saying it. lol Trout |
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What is your point? The op said he could not see a holiday terry. Other posters said that it was likely a problem with his computer or browser, as they had seen the holiday terry. He got mad and was insulting to someone who was attempting to point him in the correct direction for a resolution. Being on one side or another of a 'generation gap,' is likely to be a bit of a misnomer, given the demographic here. And, it shouldn't work as an excuse for the behavior seen. |
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For a company with a remarkable history of sure-fire handheld success stories, the 3DS roller-coaster ride may have left Nintendo feeling a little uneasy.
Nintendo's 3D handheld has had to fight its way through a lengthy barren release period, a deeply troubling early price drop, lower-than-expected sales in the west and the constant barrage of debate about whether mobiles have killed handhelds.
Yet the system has ultimately come out on top, with over 30 million units sold worldwide and a game library with few gaps in its repertoire. The achievement is hard to over estimate: This is the same market that has barely noticed Sony's PS Vita at all.
So, should you buy one?
This week sees in the two-year anniversary of the 3DS's launch, and to mark the occasion CVG has provided an extensive new look at the system, with a top-to-bottom analysis on every possible facet of the machine. Here's what we think...
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The standard 3DS isn't Nintendo's finest hardware design
Nintendo has always been known for the quality of its hardware - be that style, feel or durability. In our eyes, the original 3DS falls slightly short in terms of the first two categories.
The glossy outer finish on the handheld may initially look quite slick, but after just a short period of use it becomes a greasy fingerprint magnet. The top lid's subtle glittery finish also gives it more of a children's toy feel than any other handheld Nintendo has previously released. While this is less obvious with certain colours of 3DS - the Cosmos Black version looks decent - it's still the sort of unsatisfying pearlescent finish you wouldn't be surprised to see on the hood of a Barbie car.
Inside, the controls aren't perfect either. The D-Pad is slightly mushy, the shoulder buttons are too small to be pressed without keeping your index fingers in a claw shape, and the bottom panel featuring the Select, Home and Start buttons never really feel satisfying to press. What's more, the sharp curves of the handheld tend to dig into your palms as you play, and the protruding join in the middle of the metal stylus can causes some mild discomfort/distraction.
As for durability, the 3DS is still a relatively sturdy piece of kit, though early versions of the handheld had an annoying issue in which the bottom screen pressed into the top screen while the system was closed over, leading to two vertical marks (sometimes scratches, sometimes just smudges) on the top screen when it opens. This shouldn't happen with newer versions of the system, however.
While the above may make it seem like the 3DS is a disastrous piece of hardware, that's not really the case. It's certainly not Nintendo's best hardware design, but that's partly because the company has set such high standards in the past.
...The 3DS XL, on the other hand, is a joy to hold
Released fifteen months after the standard 3DS, the XL is an improvement in almost every aspect from the original, with Nintendo addressing all the complaints listed above.
The most obvious alteration is the size of the screens and subsequently the unit as a whole. Much like the DSi XL's massive screens almost transformed the look of DS games, the 3DS XL's 4.88" 4.18" and beauties (compared to 3.53" and 3.02" on the standard 3DS) make the games look gorgeous, exposing detail that was previously too small to notice.
The bigger screens also make the 3D effect more prominent, taking what was once a fairly interesting if limited stereoscopic effect and giving it significant, satisfying depth. Games that use the 3D effect well, including Super Mario 3D Land and Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow - Mirror Of Fate, look stunning with the 3D slider up, making it clear exactly why Nintendo was so keen to promote the effect in the first place.
What's more, the smooth surface and softer, round edges make it a treat to hold during longer play sessions. Fingerprints, meanwhile, are gone for good. Add to that the slightly larger and more comfortable D-Pad, the improved Start and Select buttons and the plastic, less annoying stylus and all those irritants that hampered the 3DS gaming are gone, resulting in what may just be Nintendo's finest handheld design to date.
It's worth bearing in mind that this quality does come at a price - the XL generally costs £30/$30 more than the standard 3DS - and it doesn't come with an AC adaptor in Europe (though it does in the US), so that's an extra £5-£20 (depending on where you buy) on top of the price. In our eyes, given the improvement in quality across the board, paying the premium is worth it.
The 3D effect is no longer relevant
It seems odd that a system boasting unique glasses-free 3D effects (a feature initially so important that it was incorporated into the system's name) has fallen far down the pecking order. In truth, Nintendo has made a smart decision by essentially putting a line under the 3D effects of its hardware.
When the 3DS first launched, most of the debate hinged on how impressive the 3D effect was, and reviews of launch titles like Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition and Pilotwings Resort took time out to detail and rate the effect. These days when a new game is released, it's rare for a review to even acknowledge the 3D unless it does something particularly impressive or distracting.
We've seen countless reports from gamers who claim to only ever play their 3DS games in 2D, and it's a decision we often advise, especially when playing on public transport.
While the 3D effect is still fairly impressive (especially on the 3DS XL, where the effect is exaggerated), it's only truly comfortable in a situation where the screen can be held steady, such as sitting on a couch or in bed. On a train or bus slight shakes can be enough to create a slight ghosting effect, which is a distraction.
Ultimately, the 3D effect is a case-by-case issue. Some games use the effect fantastically, to the extent that we'd recommend playing with the 3D slider as far up as is comfortable. Meanwhile, other games like Cubic Ninja and Hydroventure: Spin Cycle turn the effect off completely. The great news is that you have that choice.


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Particularly when it comes to bad grub: I read the angry letter from a reader ("Dusting Off the Mustang," October 19) regarding Jen Karetnick's review [of Mustang Sally's] ("You've Got to Be Kidding," October 12). After reading a few of her other reviews, I'm already a fan. I am a true foodie and give hands-on cooking classes in people's homes. I used to live in San Francisco and was hooked on Patricia Unterman's restaurant reviews in The Examiner and the Chronicle. She was very knowledgeable about food and restaurant service and refreshingly candid in her reviews.
I find both The Herald's and the Sun-Sentinel's restaurant critics very middle-of-the-road. Let's face it -- one can't like everything about one's dining experience. Also, I like everything broken down into details. If I read one more red-sauce Italian restaurant review that raves about garlic rolls or antipasto (read: iceberg lettuce with cold cuts), I think I'll scream! Unfortunately, living in Pembroke Pines, I'm relegated to formulaic chain restaurants.
I am looking forward to following Jen's lead as far as trying out a critically acclaimed restaurant. Knowing as much as I do about food and my passion for cooking, dining out has got to be as good as or better than I can prepare. I've had it with mediocrity in food preparation; the core of a head of lettuce in my salad bowl or worse, a pool of water at the bowl's bottom. Then there's the wait staffer named Kristy, Brandi, or Meghan who couldn't care less or who giggles when you complain about your meal. Oh, Jen -- can we talk?!
Keep up the good work, and I'll surely continue to be a fan.
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Editor's note: Readers won't have Jen Karetnick to kick around for a few weeks. Blame her son, Jeremy Simon, who was born October 19. Weight: seven pounds, two ounces.
Maybe it will reopen as a Mac and Don's: I didn't even bother to read the review of Mustang Sally's. I've been going to that restaurant since it was City Slickers (even had my wedding reception there), then Beverly Hills Café. Each time it closed, it caught me by surprise, as I always liked the food and would show up to locked doors. So when it opened again as Mustang Sally's, my wife and I just assumed that, despite the name change, everything would be fine.
Wrong! I wasn't biased by any review, but if the Sunday brunch is any indication, I won't be back. The food was poor to mediocre, the service was too friendly (the waiter looked like Maynard G. Krebs and sat down at our table to "chat" about the daily offering), and when I asked for orange juice, I got a glass of what I can describe only as murky water with an orange smell. When I asked for water, the waiter repeatedly nodded that he hadn't forgotten us while he continued to wait on other tables. My wife remarked that it looked like the entire establishment was being run by teenagers.
I don't know what drugs were slipped into the Herald reviewer's drink (could have been that weird OJ), but this place just ain't got it. I have nothing against Cooper City, but Mustang Sally's will probably go out of business quicker than the better restaurants preceding it. And not because of location.
Gary Barth
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I'm from the UK and Smashbox is nearly impossible to get hold of bar QVC and Ebay - I love the idea and look of Smashbox, they are sort of MAC-esque, I have quite a few of their items but I have to concede that for their kind of prices their products aren't as good as other premium brands. Their Eyeshadow (I have three) are very soft, quite nice to blend, but ultimately do not last longer than a few hours, and I have tried combining it with the waterproofer but alas, no avail.
love these shadows. yes, a little overpriced and smaller than drugstore shadows, but the pigments are so saturated that you don't need very much at all. they stay all day, blend easily, and always look beautiful. these really turned me on to Smashbox.
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When I recieved this (from sephora.com, i had never tried this before buying it but needed a matte white shadow and smashbox had it) i thought they mistakenly gave me a sample eye shadow! the size is tiny for the $16 price tag. The texture was very sheer an chalky. I have since returned this. I guess i compare all shadows to my HG Bobbi Brown Shadows, they are huge (cost 20 bucks though) and great coverage and silky texture, well worth the money! Don't waste your money on these tiny smashbox rip off's
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I have several Smashbox eyeshadows in a variety of colours, and my experience with them has been mixed. While the colour selection is terrific, the consistency of them has ranged from smooth and silky to rather coarse. I haven't had much luck with them lasting through the day. I prefer MAC, Christian Dior, Quo, or my personal favourite, Cat Cosmetics.
I could not believe the quality of their shadows. I ordered Smashing Zoom and it was better than I expected. Very highly pigmented and a little goes a long way! The texture is velvety and soft. I'm totally smitten. Previously I've used MAC, Urban Decay and Stila shadows. This totally blows them out of the water.
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LOVE LOVE their eyeshadows.. the very BEST eyeshadows in my opinion.. my smashbox eyeshadow collections is alarmingly large. i can't get enough of their new colours.. colours are true and very long-lasting ;p
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It's a pretty average eyeshadow, I have two duos that were part of a kit. The colours aren't spectacular, I prefer really intense colours. You have to use quite a bit to get the intensity. It sinks into the creases pretty badly, too. For someone that prefers a natural looking makeup, these would be good. I'll stick with my Lise Watier
I abosulutely LOVE Smashbox e/s. The colors are wonderful, they add some shimmer, but not over the top and blend beautifully. I have Mac shadows as well and I always reach for my Smashbox shadows instead.
smashing daylight is the latest addition to my s-box shadows. its a duo of pink & green that was released with the spring '05 collection. the pink shade has been my favorite pink e/s to wear since i got my grubby little hands on this duo. i usually apply it with a damp brush because it makes the pink much more vivid, but wear it dry for more subtle days. the green shade doesn't have quite the pigment i had hoped for, but it is amazing when applied wet. i didn't think the colors would be very wearable when worn together, but it makes for a nice spring/summer look. same silky texture as i've experienced from my other s-box shadows and they blend so flawlessly. i love the screw off cap, it allows me to put a drop of water in the cap the dip my brushes in for wet application. daylight is LE, sold out in most places, but still avail if you do a little searching. its a beautiful shimmery duo that i really wish wasn't LE, but i guess i'll enjoy this little gem while i have it.
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