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Difference: SbFileFormat (r15 vs. r14)
The sb format is used by most STMP chips to load the firmware. The format is different for different generations of chips. This page describes the sb format used by STMP 36xx and 37xx. It is used for example by Fuze+ (SansaFuzePlus). One can produce such a file using the elftosb2 program which can be found at Lyre project svn. The Rockbox svn also contains an open source implementation of elftosb2 (see /utils/sbtools/). The sbtoelf utility which can be found in the Rockbox svn (next to elftosb) is able to decrypt and extract data from a .sb file, and can repack the code in several ELF files.
Format of the sb file. Everything is coded as little endian, even strings, except the "STMP" file magic.
Global file format
The .sb file consists of several blocks as show below
File header
The set of flags is as follows: bit 0 is display progress, bit 1 is verbose progress.
Chunk header
Chunk headers start at offset 0x60. Each chunk header is 16 bytes long and has the following structure. There are two types of chunks: boot sections and data sections.
See section about chunk data for more information about the content.
Encryption data
The elftosb2 program uses AES-128 in CBC mode. Internally, all important data is encrypted using a random key that will denote PK. This random key PK is written in an encrypted form in the sb file using the keys specified to the elftosb2 program. At this place of the file, the elftosb2 program outputs one 32 bytes value per key:
Notice that if there are several keys, it is possible to cross-check PK with the several keys.
Final signature
The final signature is a 32-bytes block. When decrypted using PK, it consists of the SHA-1 of the whole file (ie the encrypted file) except the last 32-bytes (of course); since the SHA-1 is 20-bytes long, it is padded with random data.
Chunk bodies
In the fuze+ firmware file, the following chunks were found:
It is suspected that only boot sections are encrypted. A section is encrypted in AES-128 CBC mode using the PK key (see encryption data section) and the first 16-bytes of the sb header as IV (ie part of SHA-1 signature). The boot sections have a special format (when decrypted) to explain where load the instructions, which part of memory to fill and how to call functions. The format of the data sections has not been investigated.
Boot section format
A boot section consist of a list of instruction. Each instruction starts with a 4-byte header with indicates what type of instruction it is. All values are in little-endian. All instruction are of size 16-bytes even, unused bytes are set to zero.
The checksum is computed this way. This is 90 plus the sum of all bytes of the instruction except the first one (to avoid circular reference), modulo 2^8=256. Here is an example:
We check that 0x4F = 90+(0x2+0x00+0x00)+(0x08+0x04+0x81+0x34)+(0x00+0x00+0x00+0x13)+(0x09+0x9b+0x99+0xe2)
Nop instruction
The nop instruction terminates the boot section (it seems), it only consists of the header with opcode 0.
Tag instruction
The tag instruction has the opcode 1 1. It is probably used by the bootloader instead of chunk table. It precedes each section and has unknown format contains it identifier, length and semantics. flags.
Load instruction
The load instruction has the opcode 2 and is of variable size. It starts with a 16-byte header followed by some data. The header indicates the size of the data, the address at which to load it and include a CRC checksum.
The data is padded so next instruction will be aligned on a 16-byte boundary. The padding data is random and IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT in the CRC. The CRC is a classical CRC32 algorithm, the tables used can be found in the SVN.
Fill instruction
The fill instruction has the opcode 3 and is of fixed size (16-bytes). The instruction indicates the size of memory range to fill, the starting address and the pattern.
Jump instruction
The jump instruction is the same as the call instruction (except for the semantics of course) and has opcode 4.
Call instruction
The call instruction has opcode and has a calling address as well as a argument for the function.
Mode instruction
The mode instruction has opcode 6 . It is used to change the booting mode. The boot mode value matches the one in the datasheet. That one, the device can start booting from, say, i2c and has unknown format and semantics. then the i2c uses a mode command to boot from another device.
Encryption notes
See Block ciphers on wikipedia for more information on CBC mode. See CBC-MAC on wikipedia for more information on CBC-MAC. When nothing is said, it means the IV (Initialisation Vector) is taken to be 0.
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Stroke Recovery with Kinect is an interactive rehabilitation system prototype that helps stroke patients improve their upper-limb motor functioning in the comfort of their own home. By using Microsoft Kinect technology, this prototype system recognizes and interprets the user's gestures, assesses their rehabilitation progress, and adjusts the level of difficulty for subsequent therapy sessions.
Project goals
- Develop cost-effective Kinect-based virtual reality system that helps in upper-body rehabilitation
- Enable patients to perform therapy within the privacy of their own homes, where they may be more relaxed and likely to persevere
- Provide doctors with data on patients' performance to help measure progress and adjust treatment
- Provide patients with a fun and enjoyable experience that a rehabilitative setting does not traditionally provide
- Reduce expenses associated with office visits for rehabilitation, which burden healthcare systems and patients alike
How it works
Built by using the Microsoft Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK), this prototype system uses the Kinect sensor's three-dimensional camera to capture the movements of 48 skeletal points on the patient while he or she performs the therapy. Stroke Recovery with Kinect interprets the movement data supplied by the sensor, enabling the system to measure and evaluate the patient's movements. This information helps the doctor asses the patient's rehabilitation progress. The system uses the patient's scores from previous sessions to adjust the level of difficulty for subsequent therapy sessions.
The system programs
Stroke Recovery with Kinect consists of three rehabilitative programs that the patient can perform wherever they can set up the Kinect sensor and a computer on which the system operates. The patient may be instructed to perform any or all of the programs below.
- A virtual version of the classic box-and-block test (BBT) evaluates patients' coordination, gross manual dexterity, and motor skills as they (virtually) attempt to pick up blocks one-by-one and put them into a box in a set amount of time. Similar to a computer game, Stroke Recovery with Kinect displays patients' scores as soon as they finish a session, providing immediate reinforcement when scores improve from session to session.
- A separate program displays a target pose on the monitor that the patient assumes. As the target moves, the patient attempts to duplicate the target's position. The patient then receives a Fugl-Meyer Assessment score, based on his or her success.
- An outer-space game enables patients to exercise their reflex and reaction abilities as they guide a spaceship through space while attempting to avoid oncoming asteroids. Stroke Recovery with Kinect tracks the stroke patient's hand trajectory—relative to and in conjunction with the movement of the elbow and/or shoulder.
Future features
Long-term plans for the project include the following developments.
- Integrate social networking into the system so that stroke patients can connect with one another and participate jointly in the rehabilitative programs, building a sense of camaraderie that could offer emotional and psychological support and motivation. Within the community, patients will have the opportunity to communicate about their condition and receive encouragement as they advance toward recovery.
- Update the system to enable doctors to monitor the patient's rehabilitation from the hospital or their office, and to communicate with the patient regarding their treatment and progress.
- As the system becomes more widely used and we acquire more data, we anticipate using Microsoft technology such as Windows Azure for big data analysis, enabling us to incorporate machine learning into the Stroke Recovery with Kinect system.
A project sponsored by
Microsoft Research and Seoul National University, with funding from the Korean Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning under the IT/Software Creative Research Program, and supervised by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency
Related links
- Stroke recovery gets a boost with Kinect
- How Kinect for Windows is revolutionizing treatment for stroke victims
- Stroke rehabilitation with gesture recognition technology for video games (KBS New Square—Korean language)
- Technology to stroke rehabilitation games (YTN Science—Korean language)


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I have followed the simple instructions on the help page for this import from Outlook 2010 to Zimbra desktop. Zimbra shows importing then "import successful." However, I cannot find the contacts anywhere in Zimbra desktop. At the propmt I choose contacts in Zimbra.
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I noticed that after switching to a Finnish language file, I get problems in the printable version of the monthly calendar view. The problem is related to having the week start on monday, not sunday as is default.
The normal, actual calendar view is fine. So is the printable version of the weekly etc views. In the normal 30 day view, the leftmost column is monday and is correctly titled "monday". However, when I open the printable version of the 30 day view, the leftmost column is titled "sunday", then "monday, tuesday", etc. The events and actual data on the view is correct but the column titles are wrong, they do not reflect the fact that the week starts on monday.
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UPS takes steps to expand Latin America air cargo capacity
June 07, 2011
UPS announced this week that it is expanding its express air network capacity in Latin America.
According to company officials, the company is replacing a Boeing 757 narrow-body aircraft with a new and larger B-767 wide-body freighter, which increases cargo capacity by 50 percent on UPS's 19 weekly flights into Central and South America.
These flights originate from UPS's Americas hub in Miami and operate into Quito, Ecuador; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Bogota, Colombia; Panama City, Panama; Guatemala City, Guatemala, and Managua, Nicaragua.
"Customer demand has driven the need to upsize aircraft," said UPS Airlines Spokesman Mike Mangeot, in an interview. "We've seen some nice growth out of the Americas. The biggest benefits to our customers are capacity and the enhanced ability to tap into UPS's expansive global transportation network. We can help them get more of their products—fish, textiles, flowers [among others]—to their customers."
UPS said that the B-767 can carry a payload of 132,200 pounds, which is 50 percent more than a B-757—adding that those two aircraft are used "almost exclusively in the Americas for reasons of crew, operational and maintenance efficiency."
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Rafael Nadal, who's rumored to be considering an appearance in Kooyong (thanks Courtney!) to get in some matches after falling short in Doha, was spotted getting some treatment for a blister on his left hand at Melbourne Park.
It's nice to see those biceps make an appearance again, albeit in practice, but I hope the blisters doesn't become a problem in the next couple of weeks especially since it's on his dominant hitting hand. Something to watch out for Rafanatics.
Check out more practice pics below!
(images via Getty)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
PHOTO OP: Rafa gets a hand with blisters at Melbourne Park practice session
Labels: Australian Open, photo op, Rafael Nadal, tennis
22 comments:
OH MY.ReplyDelete
*dreamy yet dirty grin*
Can I give him some, err, treatment?
WHY ARE YOU WEARING A SHIRT??!?!?!?!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 7:38 AM
Rafa, bring back the sleeveless! The new polo shirt look makes him look boyish and I just doesn't look right on him!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 7:39 AM
His biceps is so hot! Ditch the polo for your next match and show off your guns!!ReplyDelete
Oh, and yes:
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Two or three of his fingers on his left hand are ALWAYS taped (and sometimes sprayed and retaped when it's especially hot) during every practice session and every match, as a precaution against blisters. So, nothing new there.ReplyDelete
- johanneJanuary 13, 2009 at 8:22 AM
HELL YES TO RAFARMS IN THEIR FULL GLORY!! LOVE THEM!! He should just practice in his panties - afterall, it's really hot out :DReplyDelete
*faints from too many dirty thoughts at once*
And yeah, I agree with anon10:52 - his fingers are always taped. Now the severity of the blisters is up for debate but I'm not freaking out just yet :)
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 10:06 AM
WHA?! Sleeveless shirt again? How about shirtless? Yea, shirtless is better ^_^ReplyDelete
I agree - his fingers are just about always taped and it's not a really big deal. And I wonder how many of those are blisters and how many are callouses.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Uh...what Babz said.ReplyDelete
Yeah maybe he's doing a slow reveal: first the sleeves, then the shirt, then one leg of the shorts, then the other leg, then one Air Max Courtballistec, then the other Air Max Courtballistec, then one sock...ReplyDelete
*gets self overheated by image of single-socked rafa*
i...can't...cont...inue *faints*
- johanneJanuary 13, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Rich: the lone sock is on his foot, right? ;)ReplyDelete
johanne: LMAO OTF!!! Good times!!!ReplyDelete
johanne LOOOOOOL :)))) what a visualisation THAT was!ReplyDelete
HAHAAHAHAHA why was I thinking of a sock looking like an elephant nose there??ReplyDelete
- johanneJanuary 13, 2009 at 2:35 PM
I mean I'm guessing he'd need a big ol' thigh-high sock if it was for Red Hot Chili Peppers-esque purposes ;)ReplyDelete
*almost ashamed of increasingly inappropriate comments. ALMOST*
i love this place.
Yeah, slow reveal for Rafa. tomorrow, shirtless. *crosses fingers*
I wonder if the blisters are caused by him practising his new style of forehand? Maybe pressure of grip is slightly different or something like that?ReplyDelete
God, those ARMS.
*twitterpates more*
*waits for more Rafa photos*
*waits for Rafa and Ross naked doubles photos*
*flies to Melbourne, goes to practice court, takes off clothes, oils up, waits*
*joins natch at oily practice court and waits for Rafa and Nole*ReplyDelete
Man, I really hope this is the right court and not, like, Stepanek's practice court. *shudders in disgust*
OK, better thoughts: OILY RAFA. OILY RAFA. OILY RAFA.
"Man, I really hope this is the right court and not, like, Stepanek's practice court. *shudders in disgust*"ReplyDelete
you're not into oily worms sonja?
Nah, I'm weird like that. LOLReplyDelete


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A total of 109 Boko Haram fighters have been killed by soldiers responding to attacks on two towns in Niger near the border with Nigeria.
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3PL News: RRTS completes acquisition of Prime Logistics Corporation
September 02, 2011
Non asset-based third-party logistics services provider Road Runner Transportation Services (RRTS) said it has officially closed its acquisition of the outstanding stock of Prime Logistics Corporation for roughly $97.5 million.
This is the latest in a series of acquisitions RRTS has made in recent months.
As a non asset-based provider of logistics and freight consolidation, Prime had roughly $67.5 million in 2010 revenues. Its customers are primarily made up of food producers who ship more than 1 billion pounds of product to retailers, distributors, and warehouses. Prime has more than 2 million square-feet of facilities, with its service menu comprised of freight consolidation, inventory management, warehousing, order fulfillment, and less-than-truckload and truckload services.
"Prime's service offerings are designed to give customers the cost benefit of shipping truckloads into Prime, with Prime shipping outbound freight to end destinations through consolidation with other shippers' products, which Prime does through its warehouse locations by shipping multiple customers' goods to the same address or location," said RRTS President and CEO Mark DiBlasi on a recent conference call.
Prime is able to achieve cost savings for its customers while exceeding the requirements imposed upon it by those customers, which include large retailers like Wal-mart, Costco, and Target, among others.
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This deal follows recent acquisitions made by RRTS, including: February's acquisition of Morgan Southern, a privately-held provider of intermodal transportation and related services for roughly $20 million; May's acquisition of Wichita, Kansas-based truckload services provider Bruenger Trucking Company; and July's acquisition of The James Brooks Company is a provider of intermodal transportation and related services for the ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach and Oakland.
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Dear Colleague Letter: Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI): A NSF-wide Activity to Accelerate Advances in Science and Engineering Research and Education through International Collaborations
Date: March 20, 2013
Promoting international collaborations in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) research and education is a fundamental element of NSF's mandate and NSF has been an unfaltering advocate throughout its more than 60 year history.� With this letter, I again call to your attention an important and now proven NSF-wide opportunity for expanding NSF's slate of international activities: Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI).� Since its inception in October 2011, 12 different SAVI programs have been established involving dozens of institutions in the United States and more than a dozen countries.
SAVI is an innovative, flexible mechanism intended to foster interactions among scientists and educators around the globe based on belief that excellence in STEM research and education exists in many parts of the world and that scientific advances can be accelerated by scientists, engineers, and educators working together wherever they are. SAVI focuses on interactions among cohesive teams of collaborating researchers across national borders and takes advantage of existing U.S. and international investments in frontier research by leveraging complementary strengths and sharing unique research infrastructures at multiple locations. Such virtual institutes can serve as research hubs in which new ideas originate, multidisciplinary research is fostered, diversity is valued, and long-term professional networks are developed between U.S. researchers and students and their international counterparts.
The primary objective of SAVI is to bring together leading STEM researchers/educators from different countries, both physically and virtually, to work on problems of mutual interest, by building on relationships initiated by NSF-supported teams of researchers. NSF will support U.S. participants, while international partners will be supported by their own national or regional funding sources.
NSF intends to accomplish the following specific objectives through SAVI:
NSF will support activities that are designed to meet the SAVI objectives described above. Examples of activities, which can be carried out virtually or physically, include:
The above list is illustrative, and not meant to be exhaustive.� Other balanced and mutually beneficial activities that contribute to meeting the SAVI objectives will be considered. The SAVI Website (http://www.nsf.gov/savi) describes 12 active virtual institutes that serve as inspiring examples representing varied and effective SAVI models.
As previously established, SAVI is not a stand-alone program. Proposals to support SAVI activities can be submitted as a supplemental funding request to an existing award, or as a full proposal to the active NSF program that best fits the proposed subject matter. Such full proposals should be submitted in accordance with the program's regular target or deadline dates. All NSF research Directorates and Offices will accept SAVI proposals.� The Office of International and Integrative Activities (OIIA) will coordinate and support SAVI activities across NSF. Each NSF Directorate and Office will process SAVI proposals in a manner consistent with its established proposal review practices. Potential proposers should communicate with appropriate Directorate or Office contacts listed on the SAVI website (http://www.nsf.gov/savi) prior to proposal submission for pertinent advice.
Teams of investigators with active NSF awards are eligible to apply. A team can be: 1) an existing NSF center/institute awardee; or 2) a virtual center/institute consisting of multiple investigators holding individual awards with common research/education interests. A single individual representing the team must be designated as the SAVI coordinator and his/her institution must serve as the U.S. lead institution responsible for management of a SAVI award. At the time of proposal submission, the U.S. team's identified international partners should have support or apply to an appropriate funding organization in their country or region for needed research resources. SAVI partnerships may be bilateral or multilateral.
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How to Recover Deleted Files
If you have ever accidentally deleted a file or deleted the contents of a file, you know that it can be incredibly frustrating, and it's even more frustrating when it's something you have been working on for days, weeks, or even months.
Imagine losing a file you've worked on for months. Yikes!
Fortunately, deleting a file may not be the end of the world. In fact, in many cases it turns out that the file is hiding in the recycle bin and can be easily retrieved.
Look in the Recycle Bin
Just double-click on the recycle bin or trashcan and you can see everything that's inside.
Did you find what you thought you had deleted?
Simply drag it back onto your Desktop, and you are good to go.
If it's not in your trashcan, then there are a number of other things you can try to recover a deleted file before you panic.
Hopefully you have been doing backups. If so, you can recover an earlier version of your file through the recovery service in backup. It might be a day old, but better to lose a day than lose everything, right?
How to Recover Deleted Files Using File History
If you are not doing backups, hopefully you have turned on File History Backup if you're running Windows* 8, because it will automatically do version backups on your files. That can be a great solution, and it's a service that is well worth enabling before you have to deal with lost or overwritten files.
To work with File History, first go to "Settings" on your Windows 8 system, then "Control Panels". Look for "Save backup copies of your files with File History" under "System and Security".
To recover a file from File History, select "Restore personal files" on the left side of the window, as shown to the left:
This shows all the folders that are being tracked with File History. To check a specific folder like "Desktop", double tap (or double click) to see what it has archived:
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Derivation of hESC Lines with Disease Lesions
The inner workings of the nervous system which regulate normal body movements, thought processes, feelings and senses are highly complex. How the nervous system relays and receives this variety of information is little understood, although significant inroads are being made to deduce underlying causes of many forms of neurological disorders. Many forms of retardation are caused directly by a failure of the cells within the nervous system to survive or work properly. One of the biggest limitations in this research is the inability to study the disease in the laboratory over the course of the disease. This is because neuronal or brain cells cannot be examined experimentally and ethically until postmortem tissues are obtained. Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can differentiate in the laboratory into many of the neural tissues within the human brain and spinal cord. Thus, they are a key to exploring human neurogenesis in vitro. In this proposal, we explore yet another vital use of hESCs, which is to study how neurogenesis is effected in vitro with cells carrying mutations that cause different forms of neurological dysfunction. To date, most of the hESC field has been devoted to deriving purified adult tissues for eventual transplantation therapies. Many hurdles remain, including methods to purify tissues, adequate means to avoid tumorigenesis, immunorejection, and transplantation. While using hESCs for regenerative purposes is the great hope of stem cell biology, the creation of disease specific hESCs is a more tangible and immediate means to both understanding disease and developing drugs to treat disease without having the tremendous cost and hurdles that remain for transplantation therapies. Thus, we argue that a vast and immediate effort should be placed upon the development of hESC lines with specific disease mutations that can be tested in vitro. In this grant we will develop more than 15 new hESC lines that carry mutations that cause neurological disease in children. Our goal is to develop, characterize and distribute hESCs as models for Hurlers Syndrome, Fragile X, Tay Sachs, and Canavan Syndrome so that researchers can study these diseases in the laboratory and test drugs to alleviate them.
Our goal is to develop human embryonic stem cells that carry mutations that cause neurological diseases in children, including Canavans, Hurler, Tay Sachs, Fragile X and Adrenoleukodystrophy. hESCs can differentiate into neural cell types which means that these lines would provide a valuable tool to study the mechanisms underlying these debilitating diseases and would provide a critical method for drug testing to alleviate the disease symptoms. There is no doubt the development of these hESCs as a tool to understand neurological diseases would benefit the citizens of California, both emotionally and financially.
During this granting period we have established a nationwide embryo donation bank to procure blastocysts with disease mutations. Beginning August 2009 we have been actively consenting, transporting and plating embryos with disease mutations with the goal of deriving hESCs as models for human disorders.
Our goal is to develop human embryonic stem cell lines as models for disease. Over the course of this grant we have consented embryos from patients across the United States. These embryos were diagnosed with many different types of diseases, including retinoblastoma, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and Fragile X. To optimize the creation of these disease models, we have developed new methods both to obtain embryos over long distances to ensure survival and have increased our human embryonic stem cell derivation frequency from 10 to 30%. Over the next year, we expect to derive stem cell lines from many different diseases to be studied as important in vitro models.
Our goal is to develop human embryonic stem cell lines as models for disease. Over the course of this grant we have consented embryos from patients across the United States. These embryos were diagnosed with many different diseases, including retinoblastoma, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and Fragile X. To optimize the creation of these disease models, we have developed new techniques to increase our ES derivation frequency. We expect to continue these efforts in order to develop hESC models for diseases.
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On the morning of May 22, 2001 Stefan Gatt climbed the 29,035 ft/8,850 m summit of Mount Everest without the use of oxygen and carrying all of his own equipment. After riding from the top to a height of 8,630 meters and accessing the Norton Coloir descent route, Gatt opted to climb down the ascent route. He stated the snow looked hard and therefore not very fun to ride. The snow was better at 7,600m, and from that height he rode down to 6,450m.
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So, in reality both riders completed the task of laying down the first snowboard tracks on Mount Everest. However, breaking it down, technically Gatt was the first snowboarder to lay any tracks on the mountain. Plus he receives extra points for completing the task carrying all his own equipment and without the use of oxygen. Therefore, his accomplishment should be called the First-Ever Attempted Descent. Keeping this in mind, Elan rider Marcos Siffredi did do a longer, complete descent of Mount Everest, so he could be crowned with the First-Ever Complete Descent. Essentially, they both deserve credit … they are definitely the only two people who can claim they've snowboarded on the tallest mountain in the world. At least until further notice.
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The Magic Realism of Punjab
The stunning mural creations of Orijit Sen and his 13 collaborators at the Virasat-e-Khalsa multimedia museum in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. This electric work done over 3 years takes the visitor through sights and insights of Punjabi life today, with sudden whiffs of the legends and stories that Punjabiyat is so soaked in. So one can see the alcohol shop right next to the chemist's as anyone who has experienced the alcoholism in Punjab will tell you and then there's a Heer Ranjha dreamscape. What is truly unique is that it is done in a style which revives the best of miniature painting traditions that undivided Punjab was once known for. What takes it one ravishing step further is when the play of light and specially sung folk tunes of Punjab give the visitor a live commentary of the parallel lives and times of the Punjab. Past and present rub shoulders like buddies who know each other affectionately. Yes, the gurus and the pirs are never far from the open hearted spaces of a people who live very much in the now. Punjab has always been a historical conveyor belt caught between love and war, so fast flowing canals are etched in a way that have to intersect with power lines. 5000 people have been coming to see this free entry - museum daily since it opened in November 2011. Designed by Boston-based architect Moshe Safdie, twin buildings tower over the landscape — one topped by five crescents. The other by five petals. Together, representing the 10 Sikh Gurus. Orijit's work is part of a larger narrative that takes the viewer through every significant bullet point in Sikh history or virasat-e-khalsa. Photos by SHAILAN PARKER and text by Tisha Srivastav.


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Books | Actor Max McLean's presentations of Bible books and Screwtape have garnered broad critical acclaim; it's a calling that he says found him
Now playing an extended run at the Mercury Theater in Chicago: Screwtape, a dramatic adaption of C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. In the title role: Max McLean, president of the Fellowship for the Performing Arts, which works to "produce theatre from a Christian worldview that is engaging to a diverse audience." FPA appears to have succeeded with Screwtape, since a Washington Post reviewer observed that "audience members interested in spiritual reflection will certainly find food for thought-and mortification-in this dramatization. But the fiendish reality the production conjures is colorful enough to appeal to theatergoers of any, or no, religious persuasion."
McLean, born in Panama City, Panama, came to America at the age of 4 and began learning English. He mastered it so thoroughly that his Bible recordings have been nominated for Best Inspirational Audio, and his presentations of Genesis, The Gospel According to Mark, and Screwtape have been lauded by secular publications such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. (The Chicago Sun-Times calls the Screwtape production currently playing a "smart, sizzlingly hellish entertainment"; The Chicago Tribune reviewer says, "The exuberant theatricality leaves you wiping your brow at the end.") McLean also narrates the Listener's Bible audio line, speaks on the daily radio program "Listen to the Bible," and is married, with two daughters. He's a member of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church.
Q: How did you get into acting?
I didn't want to be an actor when I went to college at the University of Texas. I was planning on going to law school. In a constitutional history class the professor asked a question and pointed at me in the back. My heart was beating out of my chest: I turned red, I turned blue, I was just in misery. I went back and thought to myself, "What is this? Why did I react so involuntarily like that?" I thought I had to do something about it. So I decided to go to the weird part of campus, the drama department, and take an oral interpretation class, and at least see if I could work through this. I started living there, taking speech classes, taking improvisation classes, taking dance and movement classes, taking voice classes. I went from there and began auditioning, and eventually went to London and did a graduate degree there.
Q: Then you became a Christian.
Between drama school and graduate school I lived in West Germany and met my wife there. Over the course of about three or four months I went to church with her because I wanted to be with her on Sundays. A young man found out that I was a history major and said something like, "Jesus was a person in history just like Lincoln and just like George Washington." That was news to me because I thought Jesus was a fairy tale. I could not make the connection between a historical figure that I took very seriously like Lincoln or George Washington and Jesus. The Lord used that as a paradigm shift for how I would look at who Jesus is. Soon after that I began reading the New Testament and especially John's Gospel, and I thought Jesus was going to come right out of the page. All of the sudden he was living, breathing. When it came to the crucifixion I was in tears, and by the resurrection I had this extraordinary joy. I knew then that this was true, that this was it.
Q: But your faith and your calling came into conflict.
I came to New York in the late '70s: New York is where everyone in the world comes to make it. You have 500 people auditioning for a soap commercial. I said, "That's not why I became an actor." So I came to the conclusion as I was growing in my faith that the powers that be are the producers and directors; the actor is just a hired hand. He has to develop his skill sets at the service of somebody else's message. In my case I thought that was schizophrenic. That was like serving two masters and I didn't want to spend my life doing that. So I left the theater.
Q: How did you return to acting?
I got very involved in my local church and very close to my pastor. He realized that I was really into the Bible and trying to know more of Christ. He encouraged me to go to seminary and I went to Nyack. I didn't go very long: A little seminary goes a long way. But while I was there I met a professor who found out I had a theatrical background and he encouraged me to use that in ministry. But I wasn't too interested in that. I thought, well why not use the skills and techniques I learned in the theater and apply them to the Scriptures? It was like an event waiting to happen. For the next 15 years I was doing productions of the Bible: one-person shows of Mark's Gospel, Genesis, Acts, Philippians, and various things. I probably presented Scripture thousands of times to hundreds of thousands of people.
Q: So through going to church after having turned away from acting, you found new opportunities and openings.
Yes, but it wasn't something I was looking for. It was how everything worked. A Scripture that really sings to me is, "We were created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us."
Q: In terms of your professional calling, you didn't find it?
No, it found me.
Q: Of all the dramatic readings you've done, which has had the most impact on you?
I've been very intensely influenced by playing Screwtape. I probably did not take the presence of the devil or personal demons very seriously before doing him. I think understanding what Screwtape was trying to do to his patient, meaning me, made me really look at major areas of my life.
Q: What's a day like when you're on stage?
You have to conserve so much energy. Screwtape is a very demanding role. It's vocally demanding, it's physically demanding. I find that I have to gear everything to those 90 minutes. I get to the theater about an hour and a half beforehand and do a significant warm-up. My hours are different. I normally go to sleep around 11:00 or 11:30 but when I'm on stage it's 1:30 or 2 o'clock. Everything revolves around those 90 minutes.
Q: How do people in the secular world respond to Screwtape?
The reviews have been heartening. Many times when Christians get involved in theater there's hiding who you are. You use words like, "looking for the good, the true, the beautiful," those kind of things you can say and not reveal who you are. We've decided in our case to reveal where we're coming from. We present from a Christian worldview with the intent to engage a diverse audience. What I really like is when the people who have reviewed us recognize we don't have a hidden agenda. Some have commented that we've "hit the bullseye," that this will appeal to discerning atheists as well as the wide swath of religious folks. So I think for us it's good for us to be open about who we are.
Q: Is it hard playing an evil character like Screwtape?
I really enjoy it; I love playing Screwtape. But one of the reasons is because I love the reverse truth that comes through-and that becomes more effective the more I enjoy it. In terms of my own inner life, it has really revealed some of my own struggles: my own pride, my own desire to put people down, to raise myself up, all of those issues that are warring in my being.
Q: What have you learned about pride from playing Screwtape?
In Screwtape's world, the humble person is the most dangerous. Screwtape tells Wormwood, "Your man has become humble, have you drawn his attention to the fact? Smuggle in some gratifying reflection, 'By Jove, I'm being humble,' and immediately pride in his own humility will come in. If he tries to smother this new pride, make him proud of the attempt." I think that's a part that has been working for me.
Q: You said you dropped out of acting for a time when you didn't want to audition for soap commercials. How do think about that now? Could a soap commercial help you develop your skill set?
Sure. I'm not as egotistical about it now. Culture making is about building relationships, it's about being Christ in the place where you're put. You can make culture, you can make an impact, in so many ways. I do think you have to be discerning about what you are supporting-but in every place there's a chance for us to be salt and light because there's a lot of people that can be engaged.
Q: What are the biggest hurdles that you've faced?
Pride. In my case, my talent was ahead of my spiritual development. That is a real danger particularly for somebody like me who has a big personality and has certain skills and talents that could be useful in ministry. When you put someone like me up there too soon it's not good. I've had to take steps back now and pull back from a lot more public speaking. I've made a lot of mistakes. I've been overly demanding and prideful, thinking that it's all about me. The worst temptation is to do the right thing for the wrong reason.
Q: What do you like most about what you do?
In terms of Scripture presentation, I really like engaging the mind of Christ, the mind of God and interacting with it. In terms of other material I really enjoy engaging with people who engaged with God and came to whatever their conclusions were. I like that interaction of trying to interpret it and trying to make it alive.
Q: How have your family life and your calling intertwined?
Not as well as I would have liked them to, and not as well as if I could do it over again. I feel like in terms of culture making as a father, there's no greater cultural contribution that I could possibly make in the world than my children. I just wish I had thought about that a little earlier in my life, because I did a lot of traveling.
Q: How do you prevent Christian art from becoming saccharin and soaked in sentimentalism?
The reason there is that sort of saccharin aesthetic is because there's a kind of isolation. In New York that kind of saccharin art is challenged. But on the flip side, there's a message in theater today: "There is no God, get over it." The worldview in secular theater is pretty dark. We do need people to produce [good] plays, to put the money behind it, to write those plays, to direct those plays because that's when the culture making happens. I would like to see more people thinking about "How do I create culture?"
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The Fellowship for the Performing Arts, based in New Jersey, has staged professional theatrical productions in New York City, Washington, Dallas, Houston, and Chicago, and at dozens of colleges and performing arts venues in the United States and Canada. The FPA's vision: "At the root of understanding Christianity is the admission that the world is not what it ought to be, and at the heart of being a Christian is the confession that, 'I am part of the problem.' Many of us are motivated to exert enormous energy to realize perceived ultimate values-usually some form of power, profit or pleasure-that override humility, virtue and sacrifice. The result is often conflict and disintegration." When we see characters on stage choosing wrongly, maybe we'll come to grips with disintegration in our own lives.


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|Landon Bergner is Dartmouth grad
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Landon Thomas Bergner was among 980 students who graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. on June 14. He received a Bachelor of Arts in classical studies. He is a 2005 graduate from HHS and the son of Ohlee and Gloria Bergner of Holyoke.
Commencement week began with the final performance for the Dartmouth Dance Team, where Landon was a guest dancer with his friend Chrissy Donnelly in several numbers. Landon became involved with the group as a volunteer dance instructor of elementary children for the last year, and was invited to join them in their final performance.
A highlight of the weekend was a presentation at the Hood Museum of Arts where Landon and eight other students were honored for their exhibit titled "From Art to Artifact: Making Sense of Roman Coins." The students were granted permission to research and currate a 3,000-year-old coin collection owned by Dartmouth College, and display it in what was originally to be a temporary exhibit for two months.
After seeing the "incredible work the students had done drawing convincing conclusions and documenting their analysis of each coin," the Hood Museum granted them permanent display status. The director of the Hood stated he had "never before witnessed such remarkably thorough work from undergraduates... to produce an exhibit of this caliber took tremendous knowledge and time—the likes of which most graduate students could never produce."
The students also unveiled the 155-page book by the same title, authored entirely by the students. Bergner researched two of the 13 coins exhibited, and wrote the chapter on "Coin Production in Antiquity." A wine reception followed the presentation, where their website containing the images and data to support the exhibit was explained by the students.
The Bergners also enjoyed supper and an evening of pong hosted for families by Landon and his fraternity brothers to celebrate their commencement. Landon left New Hampshire on graduation afternoon for his new home in Chicago, Ill. where he is now teaching summer school with the Inner City Teaching Program, and has begun Graduate School at Northwestern University.


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High Performance Hot Rod Cars - Roddin' At Random - Gearhead LifeWritten by Marlan Davis on March 1, 2008 The World's Fastest LS-Powered Cars
It's no secret that there are some wicked-fast Gen III and IV (LS-1, LS-6, and so on) cars out there, but there's never been an event where they could all gather and run heads up in their own class, as the 5.0L Mustang crowd has enjoyed for two decades. That changed this past October when the NMCA and GM Performance Parts held its first LSX Shootout at the Nitto Tire NMCA Finals in Memphis. With real money, killer prizes from GM, and, more importantly, bragging rights on the line, we figured the event would draw the heavy hitters of the LS world, and it did.
There were two heads-up classes-LSX Drag Radial and LSX All Motor-plus an index class and a separate class within True Street (30-mile drive on public roads followed by an average of three dragstrip passes to determine the winner). The Drag Radial and All Motor classes were where the big dogs played. Both required stock-type suspension and a maximum displacement of 470 ci, again using only LS-based architecture. The Drag Radial king was Tom Kempf and his single-turbo '00 Camaro, which ran as quick as 7.85 at 185 mph in qualifying. That's even more impressive when you learn that he wadded the car up badly in testing the Tuesday before the event. A blown tire in the lights sent the car into the wall at about 180 mph and essentially totaled it, but a three-day thrash-fest had it on the line in Memphis, looking a whole lot worse for wear but running like a champ. Kempf beat Paul Major's evil, turbocharged Corvette in the final. The All Motor winner was Kevin Patterson's '95 Firebird, which ran a 9.56 at 140 mph to beat School of Automotive Machinists owner Jud Massengill and his number-one qualifying Camaro.
There's a good chance this shootout will happen again in 2008, so keep watching the NMCA message boards at www.fasteststreetcar.com for news.-Rob Kinnan
Dynomax Power To The Wheels Tour
Can we pick 'em, or can we pick 'em? There were ten finalists in the Dynomax Power to the Wheels Dyno Tour for 2007, and seven of them made it to the SEMA show in Las Vegas for the championship round of dyno pulls. When the smoke cleared, two of the top three were HOT ROD feature cars. Taking the top prize and a check for $25,000 was Brian Anderson of Kathleen, Georgia. His Chevy-powered '64 Rambler Classic (Sept. '07) made an astounding 1,642 hp at the rear wheels.
The Dynomax Power to the Wheels Dyno Tour is an awesome promotion put together by the clever people at Dynomax, the performance exhaust brand of Tenneco. They hauled their semi rig and portable chassis dyno to performance events across the country in 2007, including the HOT ROD Power Tour(r) and the Car Craft Super Nationals. Entrants were invited to strap their vehicles to the rollers to compete for a total purse of $40,000. The rules are few-essentially the car must be street-licensed, legal, and run on pump fuel (and through Dynomax mufflers to qualify for the money, of course). The competition quickly heated up as the season went on, and soon the big dogs had all made the switch to E85 fuel and were putting more than 1,000 hp to the wheels.
Brian's Rambler made its 1,600-plus horsepower with a 427ci small-block with Brodix heads and 9:1 CP pistons. And oh yes, a pair of intercooled Precision turbos pushing lots and lots of boost. Second Place went to Jesse Nelson of Iron Mountain, Minnesota. His twin-turbocharged 540ci '70 Chevelle made 1,455 hp. Darren Tedder of Social Circle, Georgia (Aug. '07), finished Third. His '71 'Cuda runs a nitrous-fed 604ci Hemi good for 1,435 hp. Most impressive was that all seven finalists in Vegas made 1,200 hp or better. -BILL MCGUIRE
|1. Brian Anderson
|'64 Rambler
|1,642 hp
|2. Jesse Nelson
|'70 Chevelle
|1,445 hp
|3. Darren Tedder
|'71 'Cuda
|1,435 hp
|4. Bill Olander
|'95 {{{Mustang}}}
|1,382 hp
|5. Mark Gjavenis
|'65 Chevelle
|1,233 hp
|6. Rod Nance
|'59 {{{Impala}}}
|1,218 hp
|7. Jesse Gese
|'98 {{{Corvette}}}
|1,200 hp
La Vida Lowriders
Cruising the City of Angels
The Petersen Automotive Museum's new exhibit focusing on lowrider cars, people, art, and culture is the perfect way to get a crash course in the historic roots of the traditional lowriding scene. A choice group of some of the most influential cars has been gathered, including the '71 Buick Riviera dubbed Dressed to Kill, one of the first Southern California cars to be featured in Lowrider magazine, and the '64 Impala known as Gypsy Rose (forefront in the photo), one of the very few lowriders to have been featured in HOT ROD (Apr. '74). Adorned with about 150 carefully painted roses and a distinct palette of candy pink, red, and white, Rose is still owned by Jesse Valadez, who was at the time of the article the President of the L.A.-based Imperials car club. The exhibit runs through June 8. -Christopher Campbell
Back at Maxton
We're heading back to the Maxton Mile at Laurinburg-Maxton airfield just outside Maxton, North Carolina, this April 5th and 6th to kick off the ECTA's racing season with our 4th annual HOT ROD Top Speed Challenge-you going with? Even if you're not a contender for the HOT ROD Top Speed Challenge jacket awarded to the racers who return the fastest time in the Street and Super Street classes, it's too much fun to be missed. Street legal cars of all shapes, sizes, and drivetrains turn out to see how hard they can accelerate in a standing mile. There's even a time-only class for runs under 135 mph that most stock cars qualify for. For more info and class rules, check out the ECTA's homepage at www.ecta-lsr.com.-Christopher Campbell
Gearhead Lingo
Brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC)
Also known as specific fuel consumption (SFC), this is essentially a method to calculate an engine's efficiency by determining the ratio of the fuel consumption versus engine power measured at the flywheel. The formula is fuel flow in pounds divided by power, expressed as lbs/(hp-hr). The general rule of thumb is that a typical internal combustion engine will burn one-half pound of fuel per horsepower per hour, or 0 .5 BSFC. Well-tuned high-performance engines can come in at 0.45 or lower while some full-tilt race engines can see as low as 0.35 for short periods of time. Internal combustion engines will always have highest efficiency and use the least fuel when running at the rpm coinciding with peak torque numbers. -Christopher Campbell
On The Web
Interactive Carburetor Selector
There are formulas and theories about how to calculate the correct carb and CFM requirements of an engine, but Holley takes it a step further with its new online Carb Selector. Through a series of questions about your particular build, the Selector narrows down specific carb recommendations for you. From there, if you need more assistance, you can call Holley's tech line and speak with a rep to further refine your options. -Christopher Campbell
Gearhead Destination Of The Month
Smith Collection Museum Of American Speed
Speedy Bill Smith opened Speedway Motors in 1952, but he began collecting performance parts long before that. As a teenager in the '40s, Speedy Bill wheeled and dealed in early Ford cars and parts. During one transaction he ended up with a well-used Hal overhead cam conversion for a Model A mill. The piece intrigued him, and he spent an inordinate amount of time studying its engineering. Soon he was sniffing out and squirreling away any other early speed parts he could get his hands on, components with names like Roof, Rajo, Riley, and Frontenac.
Today, Speedway Motors is a mail-order giant billed as America's Oldest Speed Shop. Still located in Lincoln, Nebraska, the company is one of the largest manufacturers and retailers of street rod and racing equipment. Speedy Bill's car and parts collection has grown, too. Now housed in a 135,000-square-foot facility adjacent to Speedway's massive warehouse, the Smith Collection Museum of American Speed has become a federally recognized nonprofit museum. Speedy Bill spent more than 60 years rodding and racing, and the museum is his way of making sure the sport's history and the legacies of its pioneers will be preserved for future generations.
It's probably more accurate to describe the Museum of American Speed as several world-class compilations of automotive artifacts. While the museum's primary claim to fame is the world's largest collection of vintage and exotic engines and speed equipment (more than 300 and counting), there is also a vast assortment of historic race cars, one-of-a-kind hot rods, and rare classics. The museum's massive pedal-car collection is unrivaled, as is the selection of auto-related toys.
Singling out a particular attraction can be difficult, as each visitor gravitates toward different things. Circle-track fans may favor the recently completed gallery of Miller engines, the Gasoline Alley display of Indy 500 artifacts, or one of the many early dirt-track cars. Classic car aficionados will appreciate the Tucker, the Duesenberg, or the Hudson pickup.
The Smith Collection Museum of American Speed is open for weekday tours from May through September, and Friday tours from October through April. All tours start at 2 p.m. and cost $10. The museum is also available for special club, group, and company events. For more info go to www.museumofamericanspeed.com or call 402/323-3166. -Damon Lee
How To Get There:
The Smith Collection Museum of American Speed is located at 600 Oak Creek Drive in Lincoln, Nebraska. Exit I-80 at West O Street, go east on West O about 1.5 miles to Sun Valley Blvd., turn left (north) and go 0.3 miles to Westgate Blvd. Turn left on Westgate, take the first left on Oak Creek Blvd., and then proceed to the museum entrance.
Where To Stay:
Staybridge Suites
2701 Fletcher Ave.
Lincoln, NE 68504
The Cornhusker Marriott
333 S. 13th St.
Lincoln, NE 68508
Closing In On 800 HP
GM LS-engine development never stops at Ken Duttweiler's engine shop (Duttweiler Performance, 805/659-4339). A customer wanted 800 streetable horsepower on pump gas, so Kenny built an LS2-based engine bored and stroked to 404 ci. The aluminum LS2 block's cylinder sleeves were honed 0.010-inch over to yield a 4.010-inch final bore size, then fitted with Mahle 9.5:1 forged pistons swung by 6.125-inch center-to-center SCAT H-beam rods hooked to a SCAT 4.0-inch-stroke forged crank dampened by an ATI harmonic balancer.Working through stock net-lash nonadjustable 1.7:1 rockers, a special Duttweiler custom-ground hydraulic-roller cam with undisclosed specs actuates the valves in ported GM L92 aluminum heads sealed by Fel-Pro MLS head gaskets and ARP head studs.Magnuson's new TVS 1900 supercharger fed by a Wilson 90mm throttle-body passes the air/fuel charge through an under-blower intercooler and on into the combustion chambers; Dynatech headers and Borla mufflers exhaust the spent mixture. Even with all the trick parts, a late Corvette oil pump, pan, and windage tray are more than up to the job.
The engine was run on Ken's dyno by a factory GM computer, recalibrated with HP Tuners VCM Suite, a Windows-compatible software package. Running at 13 psi of boost and on 91-octane unleaded gas, the engine made 772 hp at 6,400 rpm. It made slightly more than 800 hp on a blend of higher-octane fuel and a more aggressive timing curve. Better yet from a streetability standpoint, the 404 stroker proved to be a real torque monster, pounding out 500 lb-ft of torque as low as 1,500 rpm, 706 lb-ft at 2,500, more than 750 lb-ft by 3,000, before finally peaking out at 3,500 rpm with a tire-melting 780 lb-ft!
"Going in, we wondered if we could make 800 hp on a pump-gas motor," Duttweiler said. "It proved to be a bit of a challenge to get that number on pump gas, but we got pretty close. We just ran out of blower. The package is still totally streetable and has more than enough power for anything you'd want to throw at it. The new high-helix, four-lobe rotors in the blower make for virtually silent running. The blower is so efficient it's already up to 8 psi at only 1,500 rpm. If anything, I'd like to take a little off the bottom end and add some more on top."
Never fear, horsepower fanatics: Magnuson's even larger 2300 TVS blower should be available shortly. That one's said to be large enough to feed even a hungry Rat motor.-Marlan Davis
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Mike Brown (left) and Steve Turley (right) pitted together and had two of the baddest cars on the property. Brown's '99 Trans Am won the LSX True Street Challenge, making the 30-mile drive with no issues and averaging 8.64 over three passes. Turley's Camaro was the number-one qualifier in the Drag Radial class with a 7.79 at 181 mph.Brown's street car has an ERL/Wheel To Wheel-built motor with a big 101mm Precision Turbo and has run in the 7s, but ran a best of 8.36 in Memphis.Tom Kempf's Camaro underwent major reconstructive surgery days before the event, but it didn't affect the car's performance. It qualified second to Turley's Camaro with a 7.85 at 185 mph, and ran as quickly as 7.82 to win the LSX Drag Radial class.Here's what a hard-core LS looks like. Kempf's mill is a 398-cube monster with an LSX block, ET Performance canted-valve heads, 8.5:1 Diamond pistons, and a billet intake pressurized with 25 psi by a 101mm turbo.Brian Anderson took home the First Place trophy and the VLPC (Very Large Plywood Check) for $25,000 with his 1,600-plus-horsepower Rambler.Here is the little 427ci small-block that beat all the big-blocks in the Dynomax shootout. Brian Anderson built his own intake manifold for the Nash, among other trick parts.This clean '70 Chevelle built by Jesse Nelson runs as good as it looks - with 1,445 hp he took home $10,000, the Second Place award.
Bill Olander's rare '95 Mustang Cobra convertible made 1,382 hp at the rear wheels, good enough for Fourth Place in the tough contest.True to its name, the Smith Collection Museum of American Speed has a strong focus on racing, with engines, cars, and components dating from the early 20th century to the modern day. The Indianapolis 500 display seen in the background includes some of the original garage doors and other artifacts from Gasoline Alley.The recently completed Miller Gallery showcases the dominating racing engines designed by Harry Miller and his protg, Fred Offenhauser.The museum recently acquired the famous Red Baron show rod, which was patterned after the wildly successful '60s model kit designed by Tom Daniel.