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Jan Van Quirm wrote:I like going over editorial comments and seeing what's been done through someone else's eyes even if I don't always go with the suggestions
As for cracking on - the stuff I've been writing recently has been hard to do because some of it's coming from very negative personal experience so I've not been so keen on the splurge method. This next bit's more action-based and character-led and really I've already got it mapped out mostly so it'll be fun and so my speed will pick up - when I'm on a roll I can do 2000 words a day easy...
Jan Van Quirm wrote:Continuity's a problem for me as well, but mainly because I tend to write in spurts with gaps in between - this year's been hard for me to keep writing with the housemate having to go to hospital for various stuff so some of the action I haven't worked on for several months and it is hard to remember what's going on sometimes.
As for 'naturalness' I tend to go over every chapter as I finish and read any dialogue out loud (well in a whisper mostly as there's a lot of accents and I sound terrible ). I find it easier to fish any really silly-sounding bits that way
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WHITE nectarine, all small, extensive brown rot, blotchy color
Orig. by C.F. Zaiger, L.M. Gardener, G.N. Zaiger, and C.G.Zaiger, Modesto, Calif. Plant patent 8094; 12 Jan.1993. Complex origin. Fruit: large: nearly globose; firm; flesh melting, white, freestone with bleeding of red from pit cavity; orange-red over yellowish-white ground color. Ripens late July at Modesto. Flowers large, showy, pink; leaf glands reinform. Tree: large; vigrous; upright; protective. Sub-acid, very sweet fruit.
The description of each variety of peach or nectarine fruit under each group is in different formats as this information is collected from varied sources and hence is not consistent

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Hope you all had a happy July 4th!! With zucchini season in full bloom, I thought I would revive this from the archives - one of my absolute favorites!! Enjoy!!
Summer zucchini hollowed out and stuffed with lean Italian sausage, then topped with marinara and cheese.
OMG! You guys are going to love these!
I've had this concept in my head for a while, but now that zucchini is in full season and my friend gave me some fresh from her garden, I put my idea to the test. The results were simply amazing, thumbs up all around, especially from my picky teen!
One boat fills me up, but you can enjoy two and still be in good shape. I love Polly-O part-skim mozzarella because it melts beautifully as you can see in the photo. I'm pretty picky about my Italian sausage, but I love al fresco's sweet Italian chicken sausage, you forget it's chicken while you eat it and it's 75% less fat that pork sausage, and it's gluten-free. Hope you enjoy.
Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats
Servings: 8 • Size: 1 boat • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 4 pts
Calories: 153 • Fat: 7 g • Protein: 12.8 g • Carb: 9 g • Fiber: 2 g • Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 372 mg
- 1 1/4 cups quick marinara sauce
- 4 (31 oz total) medium zucchini
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 small onion, finely diced
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
- 14 oz lean Italian chicken sausage, removed from casing (Al Fresco)
- 1/2 cup part skim shredded mozzarella (Polly-O)
- 8 tsp grated Parmesan cheese
Bring a large pot of water to boil.
Preheat oven to 400°. Cut zucchini in half lengthwise and using a spoon or melon baller, scoop out flesh, leaving 1/4" thick. Chop the scooped out flesh of the zucchini in small pieces and set aside.
Drop zucchini halves in boiling water and cook 1 minute. Remove from water.
Place 1/4 cup of sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 12" baking dish, and place zucchini halves cut side up.
In a large saute pan, brown sausage, breaking up as it cooks into smaller pieces until browned; set aside. Heat oil and add onion, garlic and bell pepper. Cook on a medium-low heat for about 2-3 minutes, until onions are translucent. Add chopped zucchini, season with salt and pepper and cook about 2-3 minutes. Combine with sausage and cook a few more minutes.
Using a spoon, fill each hollowed zucchini with 1/3 cup cooked sausage, pressing firmly. Top each with 2 tablespoons each of sauce, 1 tablespoon each of shredded mozzarella cheese and 1 teaspoon each of parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake 35 minutes until cheese is melted and zucchini is cooked through.


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I am coaching a Junior FLL team. I have three 7yr old boys, including my son. I wanted to get his feet wet in order to prepare him and me for FLL competition. He has a NXT robot and is working through the tutorials. I am using the JFLL kit (LEGO Science and Technology Kit) to learn building techniques (gears, pullies, gears and axles) and the science behind those. I think this will greatly aid him in building stable robots. We've also enjoyed learning about alternative sources of energy and where our electricity is generated. We will be attending a JFLL/FLL event in February. After our JFLL activities are completed that day, we'll stay for the FLL events. We are both very excited!
- Oct 12, 2007, 12:35:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
JFLL is something I'm definitely interested in learning a little more about. I know that FLL gets most of the attention on this blog, but I can't help but think that encouragement at the younger age is important...
Readers - if you've got some stories to share about JFLL, resources, websites, etc - please share them with us and others.
- Oct 12, 2007, 12:40:00 AM
- Talking Chimp said...
The frustrating part is the difficulty in finding a team to join. I've looked in my area, but with no success. (And this is in Silicon Valley! There are some, but not within convenient distance.)
Forming our own team is not plausible this year, because I am involved in coaching an FLL team. (My 7-year old comes to the practices and helps out).
- Oct 12, 2007, 4:13:00 AM
We have 6 kids per group; ages 1st through 3rd grade.
We have for supplies: a motor, Lego 9632 Kit, a baseplate, about 300 Legos.
The third graders dominate the younger kids. It is obvious which kids wanted to sign up and which kids's moms thought this was a good idea for their child.
The 9632 Kit was designed for 2 kids. The booklets are divided into A and B. Thus kid 1 builds 1A and kid 2 builds 1B and then they put them together to build a streetsweeper. But kids 3 through 6 can't do much as the parts they'd need to build other A and B booklets are in use in the streetsweeper.
We are supposed to be building a model showing a use of energy, but if we start building it we have even less parts to work with.
Some of the first graders are up to doing technics and building models i.e. following booklet directions, some are not. We had one who was content to play with the lego guys.
- Oct 18, 2007, 6:16:00 AM
It is hard to teach and get the kids to play with "today is gears" because there simply aren't enough parts as we have 6 kids and 1 9632 kit.
The kids find the motor "really cool" but it is the biggest distraction. Most of the kids grab the thing whenever they see it, stick a stick (stud axle) in it and start yelling things like "weed whacker" and "cleaner" and poke it at everything they can find.
The kids are incredibly quiet when they all are into whatever it is that they are building. When they have an idea that they can handle, they are happy and excited.
Modeling i.e. building from the booklets is tougher, some kids can and some can't. And since we're talking moving parts, you have to learn which kids you have to double check all their work or the finished object doesn't work.
- Oct 18, 2007, 6:22:00 AM
- Dave said...
I am the Vice President of a FIRST robotics team. My mentors and I are hoping to start several JFLL teams for the elementary schools in our area. My mentors and I have a few questions. What will the cost be for supplies? Is there any way to get supplies at a discount through First? How much time must be does it take? Is it realistic to attempt to start 6 teams in one year?
please email responses to firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com
- Oct 26, 2007, 1:19:00 PM
- Dave said...
please do not email the first address. just firstname.lastname@example.com. Feel free to check out or robotics team website at http://team329.com/team.html
- Oct 26, 2007, 1:25:00 PM
Does anyone know where I can find the model instructions from the 2007 FLL competion? I've found the task instructions for the "game" but I can't the actual build instructions for the game.
- Feb 1, 2009, 2:51:00 AM


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I was given a copy of 'Dat Wonderbare Licht' by a Dutch friend of mine some time ago. I'm sure you can all work out that that is The Light Fantastic.
What really fascinated me was the difference in the character's names. I'll list some of the ones I can work out. But what foreign character names do you know from the Discworld?
Dutch Discworld
Discworld = Schijfwereld
Ankh-Morpork = Ankh-Meurbork
Great A'Tuin = A'Tuin de Grote
Unseen University = Gesloten Universiteit
Cori Celesti = Axis Firmamenti
Potent Voyager = Potige Padvinder
Rincewind = Rinzwind
Twoflower = Tweebloesem
Luggage = Bagage
Death = Dood
War = Oorlog
Famine = Honger
Pestilence = Pestilentie
Cohen the Barbarian = Cohen de Barbaar
Bethan = Betta
Herrena the Henna-Haired Harridan = Herriena de Haaibaai met Henna-haar
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CARSON, Calif. -- The LA Galaxy reserves played to a frustrating 1-1 draw with the Los Angeles Blues at StubHub Center on Saturday.
Charlie Rugg opened the scoring for the Galaxy in the first half, but the Blues equalized in the 90th minute with a strike from former MLS forward Carlos Cortez. Although LA dropped two points, several players earned substantial minutes as Todd Dunivant went 56 minutes in his first action back from a left leg strain while Jack McBean went 15 minutes in his first match back from his own injury. Meanwhile, Robbie Rogers made his longest shift in the Galaxy uniform by going 72 minutes for LA's reserves.
Following the match, Galaxy reserve team head coach Curt Onalfo admitted that LA dropped a major opportunity against the Blues.
"It's a game that we should of won. Giving up a goal late was upseting. We had chances especially in the first half to make sure that we had more than a one goal lead. At the end of the day, we just have to be better. We have to buckle down and do a better job of managing the game. That part we have to learn from," said Onalfo. " Every game is different, for me, in my opinion, it was inexperience that gave away two points and made us tie the game. We have young players, first and second year players, for the most part with an exception of a couple guys and you have to learn from those things. That's a game where you could clean your hands and walk away with three minutes, which we should have."
The LA Galaxy unveiled the brand new third kit, which is inspired by the club's very first uniform.
The jersey was designed by Galaxy fan Carlos Rodriguez and was presented by club president Chris Klein as well as the team's first captain Dan Calichman. I snapped a photo of Calichman and Rodriguez holding up the uniform below.
A club issued Flickr is below...
CARSON, Calif. – The United States is inching ever closer to qualifying for the 2014 World Cup and a win on Tuesday will put them in the catbird seat as they look to book a ticket to Brazil.
Eventually, many assume that LA Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan will return to the international fold as the U.S. steamrolls towards Brazil. Donovan is on the nation's preliminary roster for the 2013 Gold Cup, but without the 32-year-old, the U.S. currently sits at the top of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying.
"After five games, to have 10 points is fantastic," Donovan said at the Camps for Kids event at StubHub Center on Thursday. "And considering the remaining schedule, you would like to think we're going to qualify. And I was as proud and as happy as anyone over the last week watching those two games."
The 32-year-old, who is the U.S. National Team's all-time leading goal scorer, but hasn't suited up for the U.S. since last August admits that he misses playing for his country. After all, who wouldn't?
"I do miss it," Donovan said. "I want to be out there, but the reality is different. So when I get my chance, I'll be ready."
On June 19, The Home Depot Center will officially become StubHub Center.
LAGalaxy.com videographer Paolo Ferrari spoke to several members of the LA Galaxy for this promotion video.
CARSON, Calif. – Robbie Rogers needs extended minutes if he's going to return to the Rogers of old and it seems at long last, he'll be able to log an extended shift for the LA Galaxy in Saturday's Reserve League match against the USL PRO's Los Angeles Blues.
Rogers confirmed in training on Thursday that he is expected to start on Saturday as he continues to his return to full fitness. The appearance will be Rogers' first Reserve league match for LA and his fifth appearance across all competitions.
The 26-year-old midfielder has begun to show flashes of his former self, like a step-over fueled run that led to a Landon Donovan shot wide of goal in LA's 3-1 defeat to Real Salt Lake last week, but he understands that he needs more minutes if he's going to progress.
"Hopefully, I'll go as much as I can 60 or 70 minutes before my calves start to cramp. I wish that I can get fit more quickly, but I'm still a ways away," said Rogers, who has played 56 minutes in three MLS appearances to date. "I need to get 60 or 70 minutes to really push myself. It's about doing that and being exhausted after that. It's tracking back and being able to do that again. I'm a winger and that's my job."
CARSON, Calif. -- LA Galaxy players Landon Donovan, A.J. DeLaGarza, Sean Franklin, and Marcelo Sarvas took part in the fifth annual camps for kids on Thursday. The event allowed the LA Galaxy Foundation to team up with StubHub Center Foundation and StubHub to host a camp for many local children.
LA forward Landon Donovan, for one, was pleased with his involvement.
"We've known that this is coming for awhile, but it's nice to officially open StubHub Center," said Donovan. "Obviously, it's a part of the coporate world, but it's important that there is geniune care about the community. We're lucky to have partners that do geniunely care and that makes it better for everybody."
A few photos of the event are bel
The Galaxy players pose with the children
Landon Donovan prepares to jump into a game with the kids
Donovan and the rest of the LA players take part in a short-sided game with the children
CARSON, Calif. -- Robbie Keane is returning to Southern California on Thursday, LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena confirmed following the club's training session.
Keane appeared in all four of Ireland's matches during the international break and tallied five goals as he became the nation's leader in appearances. As for when Keane is expected to return to training, Arena is allowing the forward some time to rest after a busy international period.
"I'm not really worried about that. [He'll be back over] the next couple of days. He's played enough and traveled enough that he doesn't need to be doing a lot in the near future."
CARSON, Calif. – LA Galaxy forward Jack McBean continued his road to recovery on Wednesday with his first full training session with the team since suffering a fractured left clavicle in LA's 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on April 27.
McBean has been on the shelf since in April after undergoing surgery to repair the fracture, which he suffered in a collision with RSL defender Nat Borchers. However, since his injury, McBean has been steadily returning to fitness and on Wednesday made his first real step toward game action.
"I feel good," McBean told LA Galaxy Insider following his first full day of training. "I've been working pretty hard to get back, but since the guys were on a road trip, I couldn't really train too much, but I got cleared yesterday for contact so that's good."
Throughout his absence, McBean been a frequent sight on the LA training ground doing fitness work, but with his first day of full contact training complete, the 18-year-old is hopeful of earning minutes off the bench in Saturday's Reserve League match against the Los Angeles Blues.
"I've been mostly keeping my legs fit, so lot of running and a lot of bike," said McBean. "Not much upper body stuff yet, but I started lifting two days ago so I'm getting that back now too. Injuries happen and I'm just lucky that it wasn't my knee or something else."
The injury came at a difficult time for McBean, who had started five consecutive league games prior to his injury and had notched a goal and two assists in seven league appearances. During the match against RSL, McBean enjoyed one of the finest games of his young career as he helped create LA's second goal of the night before suffering the injury in the 53rd minute.
Although it was difficult for the teenage forward to sit due to injury, the Galaxy are eager to welcome him back.
"It's probably the worse feeling that you can have as an athlete to be on a stationary bike for six weeks," said associate head coach Dave Sarachan. "I know that he's excited to be back and we'reexcited to have him back too because when he left us he was doing well."
One question remains about McBean's recovery however. With so much of McBean's game depending on initiating contact with defenders will he shy from hits as he looks to recover? Not a chance says the teenage forward.
"It's mostly mental for me. It's all in my head. Doctors clear you for a reason and they don't clear you if you're not ready to take a hit," said McBean. "I just have to get a good lick and I'll be fine."
Jose Villarreal is out to make waves with the U.S. at the U-20 World Cup in Turkey, but the LA Galaxy Homegrown forward is well aware that it'll be no easy task.
I spoke to Villarreal about the U.S. U-20 campaign in this piece for LAGalaxy.com, which you can read here.
Accompanying the piece is this video produced by LAGalaxy.com last week upon Villarreal's call to the squad.
Check it out below.
CARSON, Calif. – Bruce Arena knows that he'll be without the services of midfielder Marcelo Sarvas against the Portland Timbers on June 19 due to ill-gotten yellow card, but is unlikely to prevent the LA Galaxy head coach from attempting to enact changes to the league's officiating rules in the future.
The MLS Disciplinary Committee levied an undisclosed fine to Real Salt Lake midfielder Ned Grabavoy on Tuesday for his act of simulation that led to referee Drew Fischer to award a yellow card to Sarvas in the 91st minute of LA's 3-1 defeat to RSL. The caution is Sarvas' fifth and will cause him to miss LA's next match due to yellow card accumulation and while Grabavoy earned a fine for his misconduct due to league rules the call cannot be overturned.
Although Arena implored the officials to "reevaluate" the call after the match, the LA head coach understands that he has no way to overturn the call at this moment.
"That's a rules issue. It's a perfect example of how they have to get that corrected," Arena told reporters on Wednesday.
Galaxy associate head coach Dave Sarachan also chimed in on the call offering his own solution to the issue.
"Maybe there should be some addendum to a fifth yellow in a moment of embellishment, maybe alleviate the suspension. Maybe that's something for review," Sarachan said.
As for when it could be corrected, Arena admitted that the club will have to wait till next year to appeal for a rule change as it is a "federation issue." However, the Galaxy boss was quick to admit that he's not letting himself get frustrated over the call.
"In this league, if you worry about the officiating, you'll drive yourself crazy, so we don't have any issues. It is what it is. It's a mistake and that's life," said Arena. "I'm more concerned, probably, about the referee in New England on the play that created the second goal than that one. Hopefully, these young officials are getting better, that's the goal behind all of it."


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Inspired by pictures of a custom Caprice, Chevrolet executive Jim Perkins ordered up a custom B-body show car for the 1992 Detroit Auto Show. Debuting as the Impala SS, the 500 cubic inch V8 powered monster was such a phenomenon that within 18 months GM had the first Impala SS street car in Chevrolet showrooms. For just three short years in the mid-90s these modern muscle cruisers tapped into a trend that most of us didn't even know existed: the hot, full-size, rear-wheel-drive sedan. Now, 17 years later, their instant collectability ensures that they STILL trade hands at original sticker price or more. For the initial 1994 model run, only 6,303 of these 'large and in charge' cars made it down the production line and this one, with only 1,189 miles on its odometer, is a showroom new super low mile time capsule that is a close to perfect as a factory built car can get. If you've been looking for a museum quality, unmodified show car that you can call us in ten years and thank us for, DO NOT wait to pull the trigger on this one!
Included with the car is two copies of the original window sticker which break down as follows:
1994 Impala SS 4-door sedan: $21,920
- 5.7 Liter V8 (260 HP) with sequential fuel injection
- 4-speed automatic transmission
- Full coil lubed for life suspension
- Full perimeter type frame
- Power steering
- Rear wheel drive
- 3-point front and rear outboard lap and shoulder belts
- Brake/transmission shift interlock
- Driver and passenger airbags
- Passkey 2 anti-theft system
- Base coat/clear coat paint
- Dual electric mirrors
- Stainless steel exhaust
- Tinted glass
- AM/FM stereo radio with seek-scan, cassette and digital clock
- Cup holders
- Air conditioning
- Color keyed floor mats
- Front and rear reading lamps
- Intermittent wipers
- Low fluid level lights with oil change monitor
- Power driver's seat
- Power locks and windows
- Power trunk opener
- Speed (cruise) control
- Tilt wheel
- Visor vanity mirrors
- Impala SS package: $00
- 5.7L V8 SFI engine
- Leather 45/45 seat with full floor console
- Leather wrapped steering wheel
- 4-wheel disc anti-lock brakes
- Custom ornamentation
- Full size spare
- 17 inch aluminum wheels
- All season 17 inch black wall radial tires
- Rear decklid spoiler
- Decarbon shocks
- Heavy duty coiling
- Ride and drive suspension
- Limited slip axle
Preferred Equipment Group 1: $860
- —-Passenger's side six way power seat adjuster
- —-Remote keyless entry with trunk release
- —-Twilight sentinel headlamps
- —-Power antenna
- —-Automatic day/night rearview mirror
- —-Rear window defogger with heated outside rearview mirrors
Electronically tuned AM/FM stereo radio: $256
- —-Seek-scan
- —-Digital clock
- —-Compact disc player
- —-Coaxial front and extended range rear speakers
- —-Delco-Loc II
In 1994, you could order a brand new Impala SS in any color you wanted as long as it was black; and coming from a brand that was synonymous with Dale Earnhardt race cars and custom Jon Moss creations, I can't think of anything more fitting. With absolutely no rain spots and no fading, this stealthy street bruiser's basecoat/clearcoat paint is in spectacular shape and it likely hasn't seen much of the sun or rain during its entire 17 year existence. Under that paint, 100% factory sheetmetal provides an OEM level of fit and finish that creates a mint condition muscle car which looks, feels and drives just like it rolled off the showroom floor.
The hotter and meaner B-body Impala SS enjoyed a lot of body-colored trim and radiused rear wheel arches which eliminated the complaints people had about the Caprice's 'bloated' shape. At the front of the car, a unique single bar grille sits between clear twilight sentinel headlamps and displays a like-new chrome Chevrolet bowtie. Behind that grille, the cars smooth black hood and fenders flow to 100% original factory windows that are bordered by a power antenna and '94 Impala exclusive door mounted mirrors. At the sides of the car, integrated chrome window trim and newly revived for 1994 Impala emblems sit above gloss black door guards and flush, blacked out door handles. Above the rear tires, '94 Impala exclusive rear fenders that bend around the rear corners of the car wear slick body matched "Impala SS" scripts in their traditional location behind the rear tires. Above the rear fenders, a subtle decklid spoiler is stretched across the car's large trunk which features a centered chrome Impala emblem. At the sides of the trunk, bright and clear tail lights that catch our photo room lighting in exactly the same manner as the cars contoured bumper look good and work great. Averaging only 70 miles per year, this car has obviously never been abused, wrecked or repainted, and it presents as a collector piece that has been a protected toy from DAY ONE.
A car that looks this evil couldn't have just any engine, either. The original Impala show car in 1992 was powered by a 500+ cubic inch big block, but the street car had to use something a bit more production-friendly. The solution was easy; just dip into the Corvette parts bin and pull out a 350 cubic inch LT1 engine, slap on some durable cast iron heads, throw in a different camshaft that improved low-end torque to move the cars large mass and, voila! The Impala exclusive LT1 generates 260 horsepower (versus the Corvette's 300) and a neck-snapping 330 lb./ft. of torque just off idle. Of course, you have to make sure the car's accessories communicate with the new engine properly, so a higher output electrical system and a high capacity reverse flow cooling system were also added for the sake of drivability. These engines are virtually indestructible, and with good maintenance practices, over 100,000 miles is not uncommon. What else would you expect from a package that was routinely hammered by police forces and taxi drivers across the country? It fires up instantly, idles smoothly, runs like a new car and sits in a 100% OEM engine bay that is completely original from its factory ribbed cover to its engine mounts.
Backing up the cars torque rich LT1 is GM's reliable 4L60E electronically controlled 4-speed automatic transmission that is equipped with a factory transmission cooler. Show cars have been seen with 6-speed manual transmissions, and kits are available to retrofit a 6-speed from an F-body into the Impala SS, but from the factory, your only choice was the slushbox. Behind that transmission, a set of 3.08 gears combine with a limited slip differential to provide easy high-speed cruising and surprisingly good fuel economy for such a large car. Holding that tough drivetrain in place is a larger gauge metal frame that, along with the cars sport tuned suspension was lifted directly from the Caprice's hugely successful 9C1 police package. At the front of the car a traditional double A-arm suspension benefits from quick-ratio power steering, a larger front stabilizer bar and DeCarbon gas pressure shocks. At the back of the car, a rugged 4 link suspension includes a second beefy stabilizer bar and reinforced springs that were borrowed directly from the Corvette. The result is a remarkably agile 4000-pound luxury car that rides an inch lower than its Caprice counterpart and is surprisingly composed in the twisties. Standard four-wheel, 12 inch diameter ventilated disc brakes and 4-wheel ABS handle the stopping duties, and the factory dual exhaust system allows the hot engine to breathe, but retains a quietness and civility that is perfect given the cars luxury sport mission. At the corners, striking 17 inch brushed aluminum wheels ride on fresh 255/50 BF Goodrich Comp T/A radials, and everything in between is 100% original with no signs of damage, rust, or other issues.
For 1994, the Impala SS interior received some welcome upgrades from the already luxurious Caprice cockpit. The basic layout is stalwart 90s General Motors design, with simple, easy-to-use switches and controls in an ocean of gray and black. Leather was the only choice in the Impala, and in this car it remains in excellent showroom fresh condition. Part of the Impala SS package was embroidered "SS" logos in the front headrests and a traditional Impala logo at the center of the rear bench, and both look factory new with no staining or picks. The carpet shows few signs of use and has been protected by factory carpeted floor mats since new, and above the seats, a contoured mouse fur headliner shows no signs of staining or fading. The Impala exclusive leather wrapped steering wheel is more akin to the wheel in a Camaro than a luxury car, and excellent looking padded door panels are trimmed with chrome button for the cars power windows and power door locks. Behind the steering wheel, a pristine dash houses digital GM gauges, controls for the cars climate system and an optional stereo system. Behind the cockpit, a tidy trunk holds an original jack and spare tire in front of plenty of cargo space and a useful factory cargo net.
Documentation for this Impala includes two original window stickers, the cars original dealer invoice, a copy of the original dealership's receipt of payment, the cars original temporary tag, the cars original owner's manual and audio CD, a complete three owner history, a sales brochure and random articles and information about the car and clubs built around the car.
It's really astounding how rock-solid the prices on original unmodified Impala SS have been, and as more and more of them are modified or just plain used up, they'll likely continue to gain value. Add in the fact that this is by far the lowest production year and you have a showroom fresh Chevrolet that could see some excellent appreciate in the future. If you've been looking for some clean modern muscle to show and have fun with, you'll be hard pressed to find a better car than this essentially brand new 1994 Impala SS. Call now!
- Year
- 1994
- Make
- Chevrolet
- Secondary Make
- n/a
- Model Name
- Impala
- Secondary Model
- Vehicle Type
- Passenger Car
- Hobby Segment
- Modern
- Mileage
- 1189
Engine / Transmission
- Engine Type
- Gasoline
- Engine Size
- Engine Number
- n/a
- Heads
- n/a
- Fuel Specification
- n/a
- Fuel Delivery System Type
- Electronic Fuel Injection
- Transmission Type
- 4 Speed Automatic
- Transmission Spec
- Transmission Number
- n/a
- Entertainment System Type
- AM/FM Single CD
- Battery Location
- RH Engine Compartment
- Battery Shut Off
- n/a
- Battery Charger
- n/a
- Power Steering
- Yes
- Air Conditioning
- Yes
- Interior Color
- Gray
- Seating Type
- Bucket
- Seat Material
- Leather
- Shifter Type
- Column
- Center Console
- Yes
- Body Style
- Sedan
- Doors
- 4
- Safe Body Color
- Black
- Paint Type
- n/a
- Stripes
- No
- Front Suspension Type
- Double A-arm
- Rear Suspension Type
- 4-Link
- Axle Specification
- 10 Bolt 3.08 Posi
- Front Wheel Specification
- 17x9"
- Rear Wheel Specification
- 17x9"
- Front Tire Specification
- Rear Tire Specification
- Front Brakes Specification
- Power Disc
- Rear Brakes Specification
- Power Disc
- Spare
- Exhaust Type
- Dual Exhaust
- Muffler Type
- Original Equipment
- Restoration Status
- Survivor
- Mileage Since Restoration
- n/a
- Awards Summary
- n/a
- Historical Documents Summary
- Original window sticker, Dealership receipt of payment, sales brochure, original temp tag, Audio CD, original dealer invoice, owner's manual
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Bravo Papandreou!
Greek Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou startled Europe and the financial world Monday by announcing that he will be calling a referendum on the terms of the latest deal negotiated by European leaders and bankers.
What is the Greek leader up to?
On one level, Papandreou is simply weary of being the agent of his own country's economic destruction at the hands of bankers. He also is tired of the political unpopularity that comes with the role of broker of austerity.
Here is what's happening behind the scenes.
Charles Dallara, negotiating on behalf of the bankers, agreed to a 50 percent reduction in the amount of Greek government debt held by banks (a "haircut"), but the bankers are already trying to take a much smaller loss by monkeying with the fine print. By varying the details of interest rates and payback periods, bankers could end up losing a lot less than 50 percent—and Greece could end up getting a lot less than 50 percent debt relief.
Bottom line, Greece could wind up right back in the austerity trap, where the more the Greeks tighten their belts to pay debt, the more the economy collapses under them.
Bankers have already quietly unloaded a lot of Greek sovereign debt to hedge funds, and it's not clear what kind of losses hedge funds are willing to take.
Even if bankers and hedge funds do take the full 50 percent loss as advertised, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which together hold about one third of Greece's roughly 350 billion euro Greek debt, expect to be paid in full. The official agencies are set to help Greece in other ways, by advancing the Greek government additional funds through the new European bailout agency, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). But this is … still more debt on terms yet to be defined.
Then there is the problem of Greece's own banks and its pension funds, which hold nearly $70 billion of Greek debt, and also ordinary businesses in Greece that are reliant on bank credit. If an exception from the 50 percent loss is not made for Greece's own banks, their capital will be wiped out. The deal is supposed to include new capital from the ESFS for Greece's banks, but that is not a done deal either.
In the meantime, Greece is supposed to continue with its program of stringent austerity to reassure the bankers and Europe's political mandarins. But with this latest deal negotiated last week, Greece's bankers as well as its workers and street protesters began sounding alarms.
At some point, enough is enough, and if the terms turn out to be one more tightening of the noose, Greece could have less to lose by just defaulting. At least that is Papandreou's not-so-tacit threat.
One can assume that the panic that rippled through Europe's financial and political circles was about what Papandreou intended. I am reminded of a poem by e.e. cummings about a conscientious objector named Olaf, which includes the epic lyric, "There is some shit I will not eat."
This, essentially, is what Prime Minister Papandreou is saying. If you want the Greeks to continue the belt-tightening, you cannot alter the terms of the deal by stealth.
By involving his countrymen in the decision, Papandreou turns himself from agent of foreign austerity demands into a leader of the Greek people. The referendum will be sometime this winter, after the true terms of the deal are clear.
Polls taken over the weekend show that some 59 percent of Greeks oppose what appear to be the terms of the latest deal, but over 72 percent want Greece to stay in the eurozone.
If the International Monetary Fund, European Union, and European Central Bank are as good as their word and hold the bankers to the terms that were negotiated, we can expect Papandreou to urge Greek citizens to ratify the bargain. If, on the other hand, political and financial elites try to wriggle out, then the Greek people can draw their own conclusions—and we will all be in the uncharted waters of a likely default by a eurozone country.
In the meantime, Papandreou is showing real leadership. It is about time someone stood up against the banker-led austerity consensus. Greece, after all is the cradle of democracy—and Papandreou is a socialist.
Despite its past sins of inefficient bureaucracy, Greece is the underdog here. In return for inflicting hardship on its own people, the Greek government deserves some real relief to allow its economy to grow again. But that's not the kind of game bankers play when they are permitted to get away with it.
Greece now has the desperation power of the weak. Papandreou's is a brave, nervy, high-stakes move, and one that deserves our respect.
Tue, 2011-11-01 21:55
Barvo yourself!
While I want to laud your sentiments here, and have every desire to avoid being impertinent, Mr. Cummings never spelt his name without capitals and doing so posthumously, no matter how common (I've done it myself, in ignorance), can only be a insigne of disrespect.
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Wed, 2011-11-02 06:26
Very nice analysis but as a Greek I would like to comment on the BRAVO to Papandreou. It is very late for Mr. Papandreou to become a leader, he is just a descendant of a Prime minister family that is the one leg of the diarchy that rules Greece for 50 years now (Karamanlis is the other one). Isn't it a little too late to try to act as a socialist? The last three years with his "no action" behavior turned Greece to an unprotected victim for the financial predators. Unfortunately, he didn't show any sign of resistance, he didn't use the fact that the Greek debt 3 years ago was more than 75% to externals, he didn't say one no, he was just trying to deceive the Greek people. He was elected by claiming that Greece has money and since then he is breaking every promise he gave. Sometimes he does exactly the opposite of what he promised in such a sort time period that makes you wonder if he is having a full brain capacity. You cannot claim that this person, now he decided to take over in order to ensure a plan that will lead us anyway to the point we've started, in 10 years time i.e. debt 120% of the GDP. I would agree that this last decision was taken in order to scare off the bankers that they realized that maybe they cannot afford the 50% haircut. Not only because of their exposure to the Greek bonds per say but because of the CDS exposures - especially the naked- and the interconnection between the Greek debt and the Spanish & Italian situation. Do not forget that German banks are not exposed that much to the Greek debt but they have a large exposure to the Italian. It is a dynamic system and we do not know where a Greek 50% haircut is going to lead. Thus, I believe that the decision was not, for one more time, Papandreou's but Merkel's who would like to apply the pressure as we need somehow to move forward. To me it is a little weird her under reaction to the Greek PM's decision. Anyway, the referendum most probably will never happen since it looks like that the Socialistic party looses majority in the parliament under the recent developments and most probably we are going to have elections. In the non probable case of a referendum do not be surprised if you'll face an 80 to 90% NO vote. I do not think that the media will be able to manipulate the public opinion again. Think of the 1.000.000 unemployed Greeks; with zero bank accounts and no job, they have nothing to lose. And this is going to lead us to interesting times. Greeks are proud and are going to react not as cold blooded, rational central Europeans but as over tempered heroic Greeks.
"Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks", Sir Winston Churchill
"First Greece taught us that free men can be brave, and that no defeat is meant to last forever. This small nation proved to be worthy of its history", Albert Camus
Thank you for the article.
Glen Tomkins
Wed, 2011-11-02 11:06
"Greece, after all is the cradle of democracy."
True, and it invented democracy precisely to deal with a debt crisis. And that debt crisis makes the point that what is necessary as a precondition for democracy is seisaktheia, a "shaking off of burdens". The oligarchs who had ruled ancient Athens before the debt crisis that their depredations created, had both their power taken away by the creation of democracy, and their debts repudiated.
Seisakhtheia, then democracy. Greece is also the cradle of debt repudiation, and this seisakhtheia is the older, more fundamental, of the two siblings.
Wed, 2011-11-02 18:07
Please help. I am so confused.
Prime Minister Papandreou, to serve his own political ends, has given the Greek people the opportunity to choose between long term hardship and sticking others with the bill, which comes to $310 billion. Is there any doubt, the Greeks will do the right thing by telling the EU, ECB, IMF, ECSF and European Banks to take a flying leap. Every drachma not paid to repay foreign debt is another drachma that can be spent for Greeks.
The Euro which enabled Greeks to go on a spending binge for benefits they could not afford, is currently choking the life out of the Greek economy. By going back to the drachma, Greece can undergo a currency devaluation which will lower the price of Greek exports abroad.
In the ancient world after the fall of Troy, it was said to beware of Greeks bearing gifts. In the modern world, it may now be said: Beware of Greeks issuing bonds. For international financiers, Greek bonds seem to have become the modern day equivalent of the Trojan horse.
Just last week Germany and France were congratulating themselves for having accomplished a diplomatic coup by engineering a rescue of the EU financial system including a 50% reduction in the repayment obligations of Greek bonds. The so-called Greek haircut, in turn, required Greece to enact fiscal policies likely to reduce many Greeks to abject penury.
A mere week later and the diplomatic coup is beginning to resemble the economic equivalent of Neville Chamberlain's "Peace in our Time", the pitiful failed effort to avert a war with Hitler's Germany. In a shocking turn of events, Prime Minister Papandreou has announced a referendum on the financial rescue plan no one had anticipated. It will probably be held in January. Greeks will be asked whether or not Greece should become a nation of beggars. For those European leaders who frantically mounted the Greek rescue effort, it must seem like a nightmare where the dog bites the hand that feeds it. Who ever thought the Greeks needed to be asked whether or not they wanted to be rescued by the EU?
Preliminary polls indicate that about 60% of Greeks oppose the austerity measures the EU wants imposed. The likely outcome of the vote will be that Greece will politely invite the EU to take "a flying leap" by rejecting fiscal austerity, reintroducing the drachma thereby exiting the EU currency union and the EU itself and defaulting upon Greek sovereign debt in its entirety.
It seems the other 16 European member nations of the EU somehow forgot the traditional Greek practice of "ostracism". This enabled the citizens of Athens to exile any citizen for unpopularity. By majority vote, any citizen could be sent into exile for ten years without the citizen having committed a crime or infraction of civil law. Greeks seemed to be poised to vote to ostracize the EU rather than face the consequences of the financial rescue engineered by European diplomats. All this may be the best approach to recapitalizing the Greek economy in the long run. Nevertheless, its financial consequences may leave hell to pay for the European banks and Wall Street.
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Congratulations for your in-depth analysis. Time has come for Greece to get out and follow its destiny. How on-earth someone can expect a 17 (27)- multiculture coalition to work it out. It is simply not possible. In my opinion Greece should establish extremely close cultural, financial and commercial relations with United States of America. History shows that the people of both countries can communicate and understand each other, unlike e.g. Germans or Czechs. Greece is not Iceland. United States will not leave Greece to fail and we surely do not need Europe at all. As I'd said to my students once: ' My mom -who's 75- wakes at 05:00 am to watch Opprah's show and comment along with her friends in the morning coffee' . Can you imagine her doing this with a german or italian show? No thanks
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Not long since the last one, but its replacement is all grown up. Dan Read reports
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A new Kuga? Already?
Yep, all new. After just four years on sale, when most cars would get a refresh, it was killed and replaced with this all-new version.
Why's that?
Blame the Americans. They needed a replacement for the shoddy-but-popular Escape, so took one look at the Kuga and decided that would do nicely. But new Fords must now be global, and the Kuga was very much for Europe, so it was decided that an all-new one would be built.
Good for them. What about us?
We rather liked the outgoing car, especially the way it looked and the way it went down the road. And, like the new multinational Focus, this new Kuga has lost some of that magic in favour of clone-ish styling and a less playful driving experience.
Oh dear.
It's not all bad. What it loses in dynamic sparkle, it gains in space and value. The boot is up to 200 litres roomier than before, depending on the angle of the rear seats, which now recline. There's an optional, kick-activated tailgate - just swing a leg under the rear bumper and it springs open. This is helpful if you have armfuls of children.
Anything else?
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Is that any good then?
You'll probably notice the difference up an icy driveway, but you'd have to be driving quite heroically to feel it at high speed, where there's not enough power to give it a proper workout. But here's the thing: if you mess up, all this safety kit will sort things out and give you a big cuddle.
Please tell us it still has a five-cylinder petrol from the old Focus ST?
Sorry, it's gone, replaced by four new engines. We tried a 161bhp diesel, which feels strong and nicely mannered, and a 180bhp petrol, which feels a bit out of place, especially with the torque-converter autobox that kicks down if you even look at the throttle (blame the Americans again). The lighter, front-wheel-drive versions might feel a bit sweeter (we haven't had a go yet), though you'll have to make do with 138bhp in the diesel and 148bhp in the petrol.
S'pose we'll be paying more for it too...
Not so fast. This new one's around £1,000 cheaper, spec-for-spec, than the outgoing version, with prices starting from around £20,895 for a petrol Zetec, rising to £29,795 for a diesel Titanium X.
Good. I shall buy one immediately!
Not so fast again. Where the first Kuga rebelled against more restrained rivals, this one has grown up and bought some proper trousers. Ford reckons it'll still find up to 12,000 buyers per year in the UK, and while it's hard to argue against a safer, more affordable product, we'd have a good look at the new Mazda CX-5 before joining them...
Dan Read
Ford's globalization project continues, this time with a safer, roomier Kuga. We'll miss the old one, though...
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It's been 25 years since the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery in March 1990. And while investigators still don't know who pulled off the greatest art theft of the century at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, they have a pretty good idea how they did it.
There were a number of visits to the museum, probably by women. They would use women because women blend in much more easily. Among art museum visitors, women far outnumber men. They could have been sent alone or in pairs. They might even be part of a bus tour group. They bought the guidebooks and rented the audiocassettes for the ape tours and drifted around looking over the galleries that were going to be hit and the paintings that were going to be taken. Meanwhile somebody else was checking out the museum security: What guards are on at night? When do the shifts change? When is the best time to go in? That kind of inside information could have been picked up in casual conversation from someone who had worked at the museum. When they had it all together, they picked the date. A weekend is always a favorite time for criminals and a holiday weekend such as St. Patrick's Day is perfect.
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Below the courtyard, in a long corridor in the pitch-black basement, two museum guards lie prone on the concrete floor, arms and legs manacled to heating pipes, rendered deaf, mute, and sightless by broad strips of duct tape wound around their heads. In a second-floor gallery several individuals kneel in front of a huge marble fireplace. The burnished red-tile floor is covered with flecks of oil paint and shards of splintered glass as they use knives, hammers, and chisels to strip some of the world's most famous paintings from their gilt frames. It's 3:30 A.M. before the last of the loot is carried out the side door and the gang vanishes. It is the most spectacular art theft of the century and the greatest robbery of modern times.
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