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At the Forum, politicians, water managers, the private sector and NGOs will find themselves around the same table debating and sharing solutions, and we hope, committing to implement them at the scale needed.
IUCN has a strong presence, working to ensure that 'natural solutions' become a major part of the global water management portfolio.
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IUCN is at the World Water Forum in Marseille, France, from 12-17 March 2012.
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Water - but not as we know it, says IUCN
The World Water Forum in Marseille has firmly placed nature at the heart of its strategies for improving global water resources. This effectively changes the way the world looks at protecting this most valuable liquid asset, says IUCN. …
16 Mar 2012 | News story
Water means wealth – 'smart' water management in Asia and the Pacific
Availability of fresh water is essential to social and economic growth. Investing in sustainable water management should be a priority for all decision makers, according to a recent publication by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and ADB (Asian Development Bank). … | French | Spanish
16 Mar 2012 | News story
Feet on the ground in Africa - negotiating in Marseille
IUCN has a long history of engagement in water and wetlands conservation in the east and southern African region. It was one of the earliest organizations to draw attention to the significance of wetland resources and has achieved some notable successes. …
16 Mar 2012 | News story
Natural solutions for disaster risk reduction
A hot topic at the World Water Forum in Marseille has been the amount of natural disasters involving water. Not a month goes by without news of some devastating flood striking one or other corner of the globe. …
15 Mar 2012 | News story
Changing the water perspective from an Asian angle
IUCN has been making a hard sell to delegates at the World Water Forum in Marseille on the case for investing in natural infrastructure. But what does it mean on the ground? …
15 Mar 2012 | News story
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Think dams, think people
When building large dams, benefits to local communities can go hand in hand with broader national development objectives, shows a study launched today by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) at the World Water Forum in Marseille. … | French
14 Mar 2012 | News story
Water for peace in south Asia
Bangladesh and India have some of the most intricate and complex river systems in the world. The Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna, the three major rivers, along with their tributaries drain an area of about 1.75 million square kilometres supporting a population of 620 million people. …
14 Mar 2012 | News story
Water without borders
Cross-border water management not only benefits water security but it also promotes dialogue, peace and cooperation – even in geopolitically unstable regions, according to IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). … | French | Spanish
13 Mar 2012 | News story
Counting the cost of water
The economic value of water cannot be underestimated. To that end the Head of IUCN's Global Economic and Environment Programme, Andrew Seidl talks about some of the risks that we face if we don't start counting the cost of water. …
13 Mar 2012 | News story
'The Way Towards Rio+20' - speech by IUCN Director General
Mr Chairman, thank you for your invitation to address this important event and to contribute, on behalf of IUCN, to your deliberations over what should be Marseille's message to the Rio+20 Conference. …
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I think these efforts are certainly appreciated by the community.
Phoronix: AMD Releases Microcode For All GPUs
In the next step towards open-source 3D support for the R500 and R600 GPUs (Radeon X1000 and Radeon HD 2000/3000), AMD has just pushed its production microcode into the Mesa/DRM git tree. This is the microcode found in the fglrx driver and it covers the Radeon R100 to R600 product families.
I think these efforts are certainly appreciated by the community.
Wow! I'll only buy AMD/ATI in future!
Excellent news.
Is there still some work/activity based upon the new docs in Mesa repository?
Really insane how fast the new releases are getting out for the developers... this is one of a few reasons why I only buy AMD/ATI products, they deserve every kind of support.
Yes, but so far the work is happening in private branches -- the 3D work is still at the early stages so don't think anything has been pushed to master yet. If you monitor #radeon and watch for discussions between simpsonc, airlied, agd5f, glisse and others you'll have the very latest news
My next Notebook will be one based on Puma plattform! I hope the manufactors will build some qualtity notebooks with this.
not a good use of the word 'philanthropy'. I know you mean 'generosity', but philanthropy is more towards humans (help those in need). Unless of course if you mean that the open-source developers are 'dying' to get this information and thus AMD, with their actions, save their lives :-PAMD with their open-source philanthropy
This is very good, but I never hear specifically stated for the higher parts - like what about the RV670 (3870)?
TBF I have not scoured through the releases, but a person only looking at the newsies on websites would get the impression of only the lowend parts being "opened up".
Would someone please clarify?
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President Obama will take questions from reporters for the first time since winning a second term. / Carolyn Kaster, AP
President Obama is expected to make his first comments Wednesday afternoon about the growing scandal that ended CIA Director David Petraeus' career, while taking questions from reporters at the White House.
This will be Obama's first full-scale news conference in eight months and the first since defeating Republican Mitt Romney for a second term.
The session is likely to be dominated by the Petraeus sex scandal, which has raised concerns among members of Congress about national security, classified information, and why Obama and key lawmakers weren't notified sooner about the investigation that led Petraeus to resign.
The headlines from the scandal continue and the narrative now includes Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and a Tampa socialite named Jill Kelley.
With the 112th Congress back at work, Obama is also likely to address his call for a balanced approach in tackling the nation's fiscal issues as a deadline approaches for tax cuts to expire and sweeping spending cuts to take effect.
Obama is meeting later Wednesday afternoon with business and labor leaders to discuss the fiscal cliff. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama will outline a plan for $1.6 trillion in new taxes on businesses and upper-income taxpayers - the president's starting point for negotiations with Congress.
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I've been given a relatively decent new laptop at Work. I really thought it would help speeding development up, especially build times and the like. The problem is that our company runs Mcafee antivirus and it is slowing my machine down to a halt. My harddrive is almost always active even when I'm doing nothing. It seems to be doing some kind of real time scan. I run no antivirus at home and haven't had any problems in years as I know not to do anything stupid like download attachments that I'm not expecting etc. Also, the corporate firewall is pretty strict so I believe that would make it even harder to obtain a virus.
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This ring looked very classy in the picture, and was even more so in person upon receiving it. I bought this ring and another more simpler tungsten ring (polished edges with a brushed center segment), with the intent of my husband picking one. My husband is very hard on his rings and they end up damaged in one way or another, so I went with Tungsten because this metal is supposed to be extremely durable. He likes them so much he opted to keep both - one for work and the other for everything else. The prices were excellent, and the carbon inlay is a unique and classy element on this ring.
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Problem with this statement is it's only going one way. I guess white people need to complain that there aren't enough white running back's and wide receiver's in the NFL.
If they felt that the league was discriminating against them due to their race and not performance or ability they should complain. If they felt the league wouldnt even give them a look due to their race and not their performance or ability they should complain. By the way, there are more white RBs and WRs in the NFL RIGHT NOW than there are black Offensive Coordinators and QB coaches.


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Great idea, system admins will love it.
Phoronix: NVIDIA Has A New "Long-Lived" Linux Driver
NVIDIA has created a new branch of their proprietary Linux graphics driver. This new driver is for the "long-lived" series. The purpose of this series is to provide just bug-fixes and other minor updates for non-legacy hardware. In other words, like their legacy drivers where they just receive minor updates, but for those just wanting these fixes for newer hardware while not exposing any new functionality...
Great idea, system admins will love it.
Desktop users will love it.
This means hardware will have all dangerous or unstable features excluded.
I seriously question system admins using nvidia driver or nvidia hardware, unless its tesla.
I guess cards will still overheat from driver swapping, so I could care less.
Not sure why is this on open source NVIDIA linux area. Isn't those drivers still closed source binaries? Or did I miss something.


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Jon Lester has not disappointed since being acquired by the A's hours before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. With Oakland now tied atop the AL West, they'll need their new lefty to snap the club out of a tough skid against the Braves.
During his last start, he held the Royals to three runs while striking out nine to improve to 3-0 with a 2.49 ERA his new team, and he is unbeaten since June 7.
The A's have not won since that start on Tuesday, a season-worst four game losing streak, that Lester will try to snap against the Braves at Turner Field on Sunday night. With the Angels riding a four-game win streak, ending the A's current rut will be pivotal.
Atlanta has won three out of their last four games and counters with left-hander Mike Minor, who said he felt better in his last start than he had at any point this year.
He allowed three runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings and seemed to benefit from having his turn in the rotation skipped earlier this month due to poor performance. Minor had produced a 7.33 ERA in his previous 10 starts.
"Things were just easy," Minor said. "There was no time where I was pressured or I felt like I couldn't make a pitch or scared almost like, 'Don't miss the barrel or don't miss here.' It was one of those starts where I felt I'm kind of back where I want to be."
A's: Lowrie trying to stay in baseball shape
Jed Lowrie fielded grounders on Friday, as he tries to remain in baseball shape while on the disabled list, but avoided putting any pressure on his fractured right index finger.
The A's placed Lowrie on the DL on Thursday.
"I see him trying to do whatever he can to try to keep himself as close to game-ready as he can without overtaxing the finger," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "He just backhanded some balls and kind of rolled them in."
Braves: Venters hopes to return this season
15 months removed from his second Tommy John surgery, Jonny Venters is hoping to pitch in a Major League game this season.
Venters has been throwing off a mound for the last week at about 80 percent effort level. He is still battling some discomfort in his left elbow, but said it has not been as bothersome as it was throughout most of the 2012 season and during Spring Training in 2013.
"It's a different soreness and a different kind of pain," Venters said. "I'm trying to feel it out, trying to get over the pain really. You just got to get past it and know it's going to be sore."
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• Braves right-handed reliever Shae Simmons began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday night. In his first appearance he struck out one and allowed one hit in a scoreless inning.
Simmons, who has been sidelined since July 24 with a right shoulder strain, will likely make at least three appearances before being activated from the disabled list and placed back in Atlanta's bullpen.
• A's shortstop Nick Punto (strained right hamstring) is still doing light jogging as he attempts to work his way back from the DL.
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An emotional visit to Ethiopia
World number one Roger Federer sends the ball spinning into the net. His opponent, Ethiopian teenager, Jirata Demksa, smiles and prays the Swiss is having an off day. But Federer just pauses and, taking a deep breath, serves a blistering ace. The 17-year-old, realising he's beaten, simply shrugs.
"He's the best tennis player ever," he says. "I am just lucky we played ping-pong." Jirata says he will never forget taking two points from Federer in an impromptu game of table tennis at a school the tennis ace funds in the poor country. For Federer, this week's visit to Ethiopia was one that moved him to tears. "When I arrived at the school and all of the children were singing, it was very emotional," Federer told Reuters. "They sang, `Roger, our Father' to me. I didn't really understand it at the beginning but I still had tears in my eyes." Federer, limbering up for an attempt to win all four grand slams in a calendar year having already claimed the Australian Open title, was taking some time out to visit Ethiopia -- one of the countries his charitable organisation works in. The Roger Federer Foundation, founded in 2003, spends $1 million a year on education in Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Mali, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
"My Mum being from South Africa is obviously the inspiration behind the foundation," Federer said, as local kids screamed `Number one!' behind him. "I went there on vacation a lot when I was younger. So we started with a project in South Africa and, as I got older and got more money, I wanted to expand."
Eating a lunch of traditional injera -- a sort of spongy pancake -- with the students at one of two schools he pays for in the country, Federer was peppered with questions. Most of the children wanted to know if he had any of his own. His seven-month old twin girls, Myla and Charlene, could eventually take over the charity Federer wants to continue long after he stops playing, he said. "I definitely want to show them that this world exists as well," Federer said, gesturing at the tin-roofed classrooms around him.
"There's no way around it for them because I'll be travelling. It will be a very exciting ten years for me because I'll be trying to educate and help them and show them all these things." Ethiopia is the world's seventh largest recipient of foreign aid, receiving more than $1.94 billion in 2006, according to the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). About 12 million of the Horn of Africa country's people are reliant on foreign food aid to survive.
As multi-millionaire Federer drove through the streets of the capital Addis Ababa, four street kids caught a glimpse of him through the window of his coach. Leaping to their feet, they ran after the bus. "Federer! Federer! We love you! We love you!" they shouted.
For Federer, who has won 16 grand slam titles, the level of recognition in one of the world's poorest and most remote countries, more known for athletics than tennis, was a surprise. "It's my first time here so I didn't expect this," he said. "I always think I should have been to a country before people know me. I forget about the television." Local girl Nihlaa Omar, stretching before racing against the tennis maestro in a 1km fun run, said she had seen him on television in a nearby town.
"We know he's as famous as our famous runners like Kenenisa Bekele," she said referring to the twice Olympic 10,000 metres champion. "But I think Ethiopians can beat him at running." Federer, who was to run against the school's best athletes, agreed saying: "I'm in a lot of trouble". The race kicked off, with the tennis star immediately humbled as the Ethiopian children, who live at high altitude, overtook him en masse, a goat leading the field for the first 500 metres. Federer finished near the back of the field.
"I've always had massive respect for long distance sports," he said. "The terrain was so dangerous and they ran barefoot. It was impressive to say the least." The children, too, were confused by a man more used to split-second exertion. "How old are you?" one girl said. Super-fit Federer, 28, asked her to guess. "I don't know about white people," she said, shyly. "45?"
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As early as the mid-1950s, decades before the clergy sexual-abuse crisis broke publicly across the U.S. Catholic landscape, the founder of a religious order that dealt regularly with priest sex abusers was so convinced of their inability to change that he searched for an island to purchase with the intent of using it as a place to isolate such offenders, according to documents recently obtained by NCR.
Fr. Gerald Fitzgerald, founder of the Servants of the Paracletes, an order established in 1947 to deal with problem priests, wrote regularly to bishops in the United States and to Vatican officials, including the pope, of his opinion that many sexual abusers in the priesthood should be laicized immediately.
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Fitzgerald's convictions appear to significantly contradict the claims of contemporary bishops that the hierarchy was unaware until recent years of the danger in shuffling priests from one parish to another and in concealing the priests' problems from those they served.
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Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Los Angeles archdiocese, reacting in February to a federal investigation into his handling of the crisis, said: "We have said repeatedly that ... our understanding of this problem and the way it's dealt with today evolved, and that in those years ago, decades ago, people didn't realize how serious this was, and so, rather than pulling people out of ministry directly and fully, they were moved."
Indeed, some psychology experts seemed to hold the position that priest offenders could be returned to ministry. Even the Paracletes, as the order developed and grew, employed experts who said that certain men could be returned to ministry under stringent conditions and with strict supervision.
The order itself ultimately was so inundated with lawsuits regarding priests who molested children while or after being treated at its facility in Jemez Springs, N.M., that it closed the facility in 1995.
Whatever discussion occurred during the 1970s and 1980s over proper treatment, however, for nearly two decades Fitzgerald spoke a rather consistent conviction about the dim prospects for returning sex abusers to ministry. Fitzgerald seemed to know almost from the start the danger such priests posed. He was adamant in his conviction that priests who sexually abused children (often the language of that era was more circumspect in naming the problem) should not be returned to ministry.
In a 1957 letter to an unnamed archbishop, Fitzgerald said, "These men, Your Excellency, are devils and the wrath of God is upon them and if I were a bishop I would tremble when I failed to report them to Rome for involuntary layization [sic]." The letter, addressed to "Most dear Cofounder," was apparently to Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne of Santa Fe, N.M., who was considered a cofounder of the Paraclete facility at Jemez Springs and a good friend of Fitzgerald.
Later in the same letter, in language that revealed deep passion, he wrote: "It is for this class of rattlesnake I have always wished the island retreat -- but even an island is too good for these vipers of whom the Gentle Master said it were better they had not been born -- this is an indirect way of saying damned, is it not?"
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Rio de Janeiro show - Helicopter shot.
Rio de Janeiro show - Helicopter shot. Willie joins Bono and Edge for an eyeball-to-eyeball encounter with Jesus. The crowd at the gig is wild.
Show day, Rio de Janeiro. For reasons too long and complicated to explain, I ended up traveling to the gig in a helicopter with Bono & Edge (as you do). This was an out-of-body experience on many levels, not least because Rio is so beautiful to see from the air - the water inlets that double the number of beaches as the land folds back on itself, the blue blue ocean, white sand. As if this wasn't extraordinary enough, our pilot decided to give us a treat by circling ëCorcodova' and giving us a close up view of the huge statue of Christ the Redeemer which looks down from the highest point in Rio. We hovered in front, eyeball to eyeball with Jesus, like a sound check for judgment day. Hovering above his head, with the whole of the city spread out far below, I did have to give myself a reality check. Just another dull day with a couple of rock stars in a chopper over Rio. At the gig it had hit 40 degrees, so everyone was lying as low as possible, with the exception of the audience who didn't seem too troubled by the heat. A last minute addition to the show was a group of fifty drummers from a local Samba club which Bono had visited a couple of nights ago. He & Edge had what might loosely be described as a rehearsal of "Desire", and before we knew where we were it was show time.
The gig was a wild one. I knew we were in for a treat when even the appearance of the giant revolving football in the opening video sequence drove the crowd into hysteria. (They're pretty big on footy down here.....) As soon as the band arrived on stage, our mix position compound completely filled with people. All over the gear, up the camera tower, everywhere. I set about clearing out the intruders from at least inside covered area, and was slinging people out left right & centre. Unfortunately, in my enthusiasm I also threw out Bruce's translator for the followspot operators, and the director from MTV, but these were desperate times. Oddly though, I began to realise that although enthusiastic to the point of being crazed, the crowd were extremely good natured - polite almost. To my amazement, our security had cleared the whole area within about 15 minutes and from that point on, we just surfed on the energy all night.
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Written by on May 1, 2011If you owned a gow job back in the '30s, you owned a race car. You raced it on the street, then you went to the dry lakes and raced it. It was that simple. You might have only raced that "hot iron" a few times, just before World War II, or a "hot rod" just after, and you probably did so with little or no notoriety.
But by being a part of those formative years you became as much a part of the hot rod story as the record holders of that era. Jim Bowden of Hesperia, California, is one of those pioneering hot rodders worthy of these pages.
Jim Bowden's Story
His father gave Jim (born 1921) his first car, a '26 Willys Overland. Jim's dad got it for hanging a screen door for a neighbor for free and passed it onto Jim. Before he did that, he rebuilt the engine and painted the car. "It was a two-door with a wide window that made it nice for a paper route after school," Jim laughs. "It was an afternoon paper."
Later, Jim returned the Willys to his dad. "Once I got the paper route, I had my own money." Jim acquired a '36 Ford sedan while going to Franklin High School in Highland Park, California. My dad was one of those guys who didn't believe in hot rods," Jim says.
Racing An Indy Winner
Jim and his buddy, Roger Ward ('59 and '62 Indy 500 winner), went to Franklin along with Ronnie, Roger's younger brother. Roger and Jim graduated from Franklin in 1941.
"Roger's dad had a wrecking yard in South Pasadena and Roger built himself a Model A roadster that had a four-port McDowell head" (used primarily for circle track racing).
Jim and Roger concentrated on what Jim called "hill climb" street racing up Monterey Road to Montecito Heights in L.A. off the Pasadena freeway on weekends. Jim won't say if Ward's hot A got the better of him. But we kind of know the answer.
Sycamore Drive In was a favorite hangout: "I saw my first A-V8 at the drive in," Jim says, "that belonged to a guy who went to Franklin. He and his dad built it; in fact I think that was the first A-V8 (Flathead Ford V-8 stuffed in a Model A) ever built.
"It was raining one night; I was in my '36 Ford. This old lady ran out in front of me and I knocked her down. I stopped, she wasn't hurt, but when the cops came, I was arrested. I had to go to court and my cousin went with me. They put me in the old Lincoln Heights Jail and my cousin drove my car back home. I was there for seven days. I was released the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, December 7, 1941."
Jim went to Muroc before the war to spectate. Like most, he was amazed at the size of the place and the thrill of such a phenomenon. His '36 wasn't racing material but he vowed that he'd return and race at the lakes one day.
A True Hot Rod Hero
Jim sold the '36 and entered the Army in 1942 where he saw combat in the 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) in France. Jim became a POW when he was captured in France and sent to Kommando No. 663B in Augsburg, Germany.
"They treated us alright because we were ground troops, but the guys who flew ... they weren't treated very nice at all. (Augsburg was heavily bombed during the war). We ate a lot of potato stew, but I still like potatoes," Jim says.
"The guards at the camp were old and they knew the war was lost, so we all marched out of the camp together. We were trying to get to Switzerland (a neutral country during the war). We were on the road when four P-51 fighter planes flew overhead. Our lead American officer told us not to run. The pilots tipped their wings when they realized who we were. I was liberated on my mother's birthday, April 27, 1945."
Jim hitched a ride home after being released from Camp Beale in California. "He asked the driver to let him off a couple of blocks from where his parents lived," began Jim's wife Florence. "Jim's mother was coming out of a grocery store when she saw Jim and she was in shock." (Is this the makings for a movie or what?!)
Jim later spent six months in a military hospital because of malnutrition. He was discharged in January 1946. Home from the hospital, Jim bought a '35 Dodge coupe for his basic transportation.
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First, Jim had to get a job, then a rod. Besides his paper route, Jim took his first and only job working for someone else when he was hired on as a mechanic for Dick Jones. It also happened that Jones was a member of a racing club.
In the meantime, Jim's younger brother, Earl, had a friend, Bud Moon, who owned a '31 Ford roadster. Earl told Jim about it and Jim bought what would become his first and only hot rod race car as well.
Jim peeled off $125 for the roadster in 1947. It had a stock head on a B-block engine, a cheap upgrade since the B engines produced 50 hp versus 40 hp for the Model A's, which gave him a leg up on the competition.
Jim had his friend, Jack McGrath (dry lake competitor, future Indy 500 competitor, and crack machinist) stroke the Model B crank. "Jack had a shop right next to the fire department in Highland Park on Figueroa and he was taking these cranks and stroking them and drilling them for full oil pressure."
With Bell Auto Parts only 12 miles from Highland Park, Jim was a frequent patron. "I got the Cragar head from Ronnie Ward. I only paid Ronnie $5 for it. I bought a lot of parts for my Cragar at Bell." Jim never registered his roadster. This was a hot rod, not a street rod, even though it had a license plate when Jim purchased it.
Jim joined the Blow-By's Racing Club that was aptly named because they blew by a lot of the competition at the lakes and later in life (later changed their name to the Rev's). Russetta Timing Association was formed so its members could run coupes at their sanctioned events since SCTA only recognized roadsters early on, yet the members of the Blow-By's ran roadsters. Go figure.
Blow-By's member Larry "Chop Sticks" Shinoda would later become the lead designer of the '63 Corvette. Plus he led the design team of the Mustangs from 1970-73. Shinoda coined the name "Boss" for the 302.
Jim's employer Dick Jones was no ordinary garage owner. Jones later became the performance supervisor and head of R&D for Champion Spark Plugs in Long Beach.
Ronnie Ward worked for Frank Kurtis (Kurtis Kraft) and later for A.J. Watson, both winning Champ Car builders. According to Bowden, Ronnie also built his own Sprint Cars called Ron's Racers. (Sadly, they have all died.)
In 1947 Jim opened Occidental Garage (close to Occidental College) in L.A., doing what he loved, working on cars and the roadster. He specialized in tune-ups, brakes, and engine balancing.
Jim was in good company. Other mechanically gifted hot rod racers opened general auto repair garages in the L.A. area as well. Dick Burley, Jerry Kugel, Ak Miller, and Don Zabel concluded, there was no better way to make a living and still work on the race cars than in their own general repair garages.
Park It
"I went twice with Jim to El Mirage," Florence continues. "But I got so shook up when this girl Joan Selsing, who built her car-she did all the work on her '36 Ford coupe herself-had a boyfriend driving it for her. He drove it the day we were up at El Mirage and he was killed. I never went back after that. I asked Jim to quit racing.
"Jim said he was going to take the roadster out one more time to sell it. He came back with a club trophy instead," Florence laughs. Jim's trophy was from the Rev's for 7/24/49. Best Four-Cylinder "R" 106.49 mph.
While that tragedy rattled Florence enough to put her foot down, Jim put his foot down a few more times, too-on the go-pedal. After getting the trophy, Jim took the For Sale sign off the car and paid one last visit to El Mirage. "The car went 106.88," Jim recalls.
"My roadster sat in my mother's back yard for seven years. My brother Earl said, 'let's take it out to the drags.' Florence didn't want me to take it but I was hardheaded and went drag racing anyway. I got a trophy first time out, windshield on it and all, at the San Fernando Drag Strip-87 in the quarter."
Jim's hardheaded refusal to sell his roadster paid off at Famoso Drag Strip. "I took the radiator out of the roadster to try and lighten the thing up; I had just the top of the hood on it, and took the sides off. I had quick-release springs on the hood to hold it down. I went down the strip and the hood came up, I got off it and the hood went down. I got on it and it came up again. Got out of it and I thought I'd better get going. It finally blew off, and I tried to catch it, but the hood hit me in the head," Jim laughs. "It went 83 mph."
Jim ran nine times at the drags and collected six trophies. We can only speculate, had Jim decided to continue drag racing with his early successes, he might have been known as "B-Block Bowden."
Soft-spoken Jim Bowden is truly part of the great generation of hot rodders. Jim is not only a war hero who endured life-threatening hardships as a POW, but represents what early hot rodders were all about. When called upon to serve, they put the hot rods away and fought for their country with valor. They came home and went to work building this country.
Jim got out of the business but kept the property, which is leased out. Jim and Florence retired to Hesperia in 1994.
Jim was not a frequent racer, or a well-known one, but when Jim did compete he left his mark as his trophies attest. Jim raced when he and hot rodding were young. Both can be proud of their heritage. To call Mr. Bowden an unsung hero would be an understatement. Jim, you're a great American and I'm proud to have written your story.
Jim has never returned to the dry lake since the last time he ran in 1949. I will see to it that Jim and I are at the El Mirage meet May 2011.


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Located only 1.5 miles from Reading train station, the Reading Oxford Road Hotel is an excellent choice when looking for hotels in the Royal County of Berkshire. This great spot places you only 32 miles from Thorpe Park and 25 miles from Legoland Windsor, making it perfect for families looking for a fun day out that children of all ages can enjoy.
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