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"Ignition interlock device". It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie or an old episode of Star Trek. However, these devices are anything BUT fiction. Instead, they're a daily reality for many California residents who have been convicted of DUI!
First things first — what exactly IS an ignition interlock device?
It's a small piece of equipment that gets wired to your car's ignition and sits near the dashboard. With it in place, your car won't start until you blow into it. If the device determines that your blood alcohol level is over the legal limit, it won't allow the car to start. If your car DOES start, the device will require you to give additional breath samples as you continue on your way, to make sure that you're still sober enough to drive.
But why would anyone install a breathalyzer in their car?!
Getting an ignition interlock device isn't a choice. Rather, it's something that you're forced to install if you've been convicted of DUI. While this may sound like something that only applies to people with multiple DUI convictions under their belts, here in California, plenty of first-time offenders get them, too. In fact, thanks to a law that passed in 2010, ANYONE who gets convicted of DUI in Sacramento, Los Angeles, Alameda, or Tulare Counties will be required to install an ignition interlock device in their car.
Regardless of your particular situation, if the court says you have to install an ignition interlock device, you'll have to have it installed by a state-approved installer, and you'll have to provide proof of that lawful installation to the court.
How long do you have to get one of these devices installed?
Once the court issues its ruling, the DMV will place an ID restriction on your license — meaning that you're only allowed to operate vehicles that have this device. So, if you have a few cars that your drive — like yours, your wife's, and your company car, for example — you'll have to get an ignition interlock device installed on every single one of them. And, you'll only have 30 days to do it if you don't want to end up with even more legal troubles!
This isn't something that you can set and forget, though. As part of your court order, you'll be required to get maintenance done on your ignition interlock device every 60 days to make sure it's working like it's supposed to.
Who pays for all of this?
In most cases, YOU do! While there is a law on the books that can minimize the costs for low-income offenders, the person who has been convicted of DUI has to pay for the installation, maintenance, and calibration of the device. If you're stuck footing the bills all by yourself, count on spending roughly $100 to have it installed, and then another $2.50-$5.00 per day to maintain it.
What happens if you get a friend to blow in one of these devices for you?
If you think you can outwit an ignition interlock device, think again! It's illegal for anyone but you to blow into one of these devices, and they're smart enough to figure out when you're trying to trick them. Specifically, these devices have special anti-circumvention techniques, so they can tell if you're actually blowing into them, or if you're trying to pass something like the air in a balloon off for human air.
Plus, by requiring random breath samples as you drive — and only giving you six minutes to give them — it's tough for someone else to blow into one of these devices for you. (After all, what sober person is going to ride with a drunk driver just to blow into their ignition interlock device for them?!) To make things even more difficult, these devices come with short cords, so it's nearly impossible for anyone but the driver to blow into them. Plus, it's not hard for the state to take DNA samples from your ignition interlock device, which will prove beyond a reasonable doubt who has been using it!
If all of that isn't enough to deter you from trying to cheat the system, these devices also come with anti-tampering wires, so if you try to do ANYTHING to alter the way yours works, the state will find out about it.
Then what?
Anyone who is caught trying to tamper with one of these devices — or simply doesn't fulfill all of the requirements of having one, like taking it to scheduled maintenance appointments — more than three times will immediately have their driver's license suspended or revoked.
How long will you have to use your ignition interlock device?
That depends. If you're a first-time offender who was arrested in Sacramento, Los Angeles, Alameda, or Tulare Counties, you'll wind up spending five months with one of these devices in your car. But if you get convicted a second time, you'll have an ignition interlock device in your car for an entire year. Get convicted of DUI a third time, and the required time period doubles. In other counties, there are no set time limits in place, so everything's up to the judge in your case.
Talk about an incentive not to drink and drive in the first place!
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When I opened my eyes then sun was already glowing through my windows. I could hear Cindy in the shower, and smell breakfast cooking down stairs. Mom always made her butter pecan pancakes when Cindy stayed over.
I have to admit I am a little nervous about today, but excited all at the same time. I had almost forgot about my nightmare until my phone buzzed, and it was Jeff of course. He was starting early this morning, I was thinking about leaving my phone today, I could always be reached on Cindy's cell if mom needed me. I stumbled down the stairs and plopped in the chair at the kitchen table.
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"Did you leave me some hot water?" I called as I dragged myself up the stairs.
Cindy giggled,"Yes Mandy, now wake yourself up will ya were leaving in an hour."
The warm water felt good, and woke me right up. I had just finished getting dressed in the new dress mom bought when I heard Nathan ring the doorbell. Of course Cindy was more then eager to let him in.
"Hi I'm Cindy, and you must be Nathan," she flirted. I could here Cindy filling his ear about the reason behind the trip, and her love for Caleb. Poor guy, I'm sure he was not looking forward to chic talk all day.
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
"Hi Paul,
A very interesting site – please keep up the good work. Being a Brough Superior nut however I must correct you on your description of TEL's 8th. BS which of course he never took delivery of due to the fatal accident. It was in fact an 8/75 JAP SS100 ('Two of Everything'), not a Matchless engined machine as you state. There was much correspondence between TEL and George Brough over the development of this model which was relatively complicated in those days as it had two magnetos, two oil pumps and two carburettors – hence the nickname. TEL's intended machine was registered BTO 308 with a B&D spring frame and is similar in specification to the 8/75 that currently stands at number 5 in your top 20 Auction Prices.
If you want to see an 8/75 in action then check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYOg8mLjruE which features me doing silly things on my rigid framed model.Back to the topic of TEL, the BBC are currently preparing a new documentary entitled "In Search of Lawrence" which will be broadcast next autumn. I was asked to do some riding scenes for the programme in Dorset, close to the accident site. Attached is a photo of me in suitable period civilian clothing on my 1932 SS100 during the filming. (Note the correct GW 2275 plates – David Lean used UL 656 for his film which belonged to George VI, his penultimate machine.) The shoot took place last Thursday (11/12/08) and the temperature was below freezing - roll on spring!"
Which I'll take as my cue to delve into the 'Two of Everything' Brough-J.A.P., which George Brough simply called the latest 'SS100' model in 1934 (see catalog illustration above); this engine represented the ultimate development of the JAP ohv v-twin at the time, and George always used the latest/best/most powerful engine available for his SS100. The first SS100 used the JAP 'KTOR' engine in 1924, which has open rockers and pushrods, an almost 'square' bore/stroke (85.7x85mm), and developed 45hp (and is sometimes known as the '8/45'). The cylinder heads had hemispherical combustion chambers, and cast-in rocker supports which housed ball bearings for the rockers. It had a total-loss oiling system, using a Best and Lloyd oil metering device mounted on the timing chain chest. Four cams and lifters, roller bearings throughout. In general, a lovely powerful engine with very thin crankcases, prone to cracking - as most early SS100 owners have already found and repaired!
In 1928 JAP introduced the 'JTOR 8/50' engine (with enclosed rockers and pushrodes, a long stroke of 99mm (x80mm bore), and slightly lighter flywheels - oiling changed to a Pilgrim metering device, still total-loss, which remained on offer until 1933 (and is the type of machine with Howard astride, above).
In 1934, the new '8/75' engine (see drawing above), developing 74hp at 6,200rpm, was housed in some of the SS100s (you could still order the old JTOR engine, and many did). This engine became known as the 'Two of Everything' for its two single-spark magnetos, two carburetors, and four oil 'pumps'. The design was a departure for JAP, who addressed several trouble spots from their previous high-performance engines. First, the cylinder barrels were had deep spigots into a higher crankcase mouth for greater strength, and the camshafts were placed higher in a new timing case to shorten the pushrod length, removing a source of pushrod flex and consequent valve timing fluctuation. Cylinder barrels were bolted directly to the case, while the head bolted to the barrel with 5 studs. The engine gained proper dry-sump oil pumps for the crankcase and timing gear, but retained the JAP 'cough and spit' (charming) oiling for the rockers, while the valve guides got no oil at all.
While clearly very powerful, the 8/75 proved to be troublesome, especially for an SS100 owner more intent on touring than flat-out work. And, to be honest, the Brough chassis by 1934 was certainly nothing to go racing with, as the 1920's attributes of a low and skid-free frame and long, stable wheelbase had long ago given way to short racing chassis with weight distribution and fork geometry which made tank-slappers and skids, so common in the early 20's, a non-issue for a racing Norton, Rudge, or Velocette.
So, what one got for his £170 in '34 was a luxury tourer with a hot stuff engine, which might give you a spot of trouble when touring the Continent. 1934 was perhaps the nadir year for the JAP concern, as their newest racinge engines, single and twin-cylinder, all proved troublesome and caused many red faces at the Isle of Man for their customers. A spate of engine troubles, retirements, and slower-than-expected engines caused JAP's former customers to walk in droves elsewhere, and George Brough himself by the very next season was using a V-twin engine from a different source; Associated Motor Cyles Ltd, owners of the Matchless and AJS names.
Having said all that, I tried desperately about 10 years ago to negotiate the purchase of a 'Two of Everything' Brough SS100 living in England, to no avail.
Photos of the machine are above, and what would draw me to a motorcycle with such a mixed reputation? Let's face it, the 8/75 JAP engine really was 'the dog's bollocks' in the mid-30's, even if totally inappropriate for a Grand Touring motorcycle. If you look at the engine close-up pic above, you'll note the Karslake prop-stand tucked under the footrest; a guarantee of no exuberant cornering on this Gentleman's Machine. But, the prospect of laying a big strip of rubber underneath a Brough Superior - sheer Hooliganism - was irresistible. Even though I never bought that SS100, I had the distinct pleasure of watching a friend do an amazing burnout with his own '34 SS100 '8/75', in Bristol... the bike is below, with me wistfully contemplating what Could Have Been.
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Hi Paul,
Your blog appears to be very well set up and has lots of interesting stuff. I congratulate you on this and your enthusiasm.
Too bad the auction flames have to be fanned by so many, bikes purely as investments doesn't sit well with me.
Cheers, Barry
- December 15, 2008
Wonderful site. Keep it up and thank you. Especially enjoyed the CA Moto Giro coverage. I have run a couple of East Coast events, R60/2 with Dnepr sidecar and 160 Ducati cafe racer.
Jeff Rigby
- December 15, 2008
Hi Paul,
How's it going? The prices you have down for #9 and #11 at the 2005 LA auction are incorrect. You made the error of pricing them in pounds not dollars which was the obvious currency of exchange at this US auction. A friend of mine bought the MX 100 which of course looks like a bit of a bargain now!
Too bad the flames have to be fanned by so many, bikes purely as investments doesn't sit well with me.
Cheers, Barry
- December 16, 2008
Hi Paul,
I'm going to contest some of your results.
Specifically #9 and 11. I do a lot of auction reporting and was at that sale where both units were sold.The prices should be in dollars not pounds.The sale was in the US and hence the hammer price would have been in dollars.
Keep up the great work.
- December 16, 2008
- vintagent said...
Amazing that two corrections on a 3 month old item should come in the same week. Thanks for looking closely, guys; I took my numbers from the Bonham's website, but may have inadvertently switched currencies. Interestingly, the change in currency didn't affect the bikes in the Top 20, only their order!
- December 16, 2008
Despite all the bullshit written about the 8/75, it was never as fast , or as reliable as the 8/50 JAP it replaced. Barry Robinson , who was at the BS Works in the early 1950's described the 8/75 as a DUD.
JAP was at that time getting more expensive as far as powerplants went.This being the reason GB went over to Matchless engines. All the machinery at JAP was getting old , as born out by problems with the 1933 11/50 cylinder machining, which I have seen more than a few times as far as quality is concerned.
Dave Clark
Brough Club tech adviser
- May 24, 2010


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Would love to have that on my LX-5. Scripts! (for example, shot when detecting movement. Or programmable, flexible bracketing --- like bracket 9 images changing two parameters in a matrix way). I really do not understand why no vendor offer something similar.
IMO v1.0 looks fairly better, images are crispy and sharp, but...unfortunately at high ISOs the yellow blotches are still there! V=0.2 offered softer images but smoother noise (and much less yellow stains!!!!).
I think I'll keep my old FZ35
To me it has the same Sony 12mp sensor that SX230
I am not saying that FZ150 is that good because of it's slightly bigger sensor compared to FZ100 no, my point was that FZ150's sensor has the same dimensions that all other Sony's cmos (and ccds to) sensor wich is 1/2.3 (6.17 x 4.55 mm) when all other pana's compact's sensors including FZ100 cmos have dimensions of 1/2.33" (6.12 x 4.51 mm) which makes my think that the sensor on FZ150 is the same Sony's sensor seen on canon sx230
I jute copied pasted my own message on that forum :)
In ISO 1600 jpg V1.0 , The word "INDIAN" in the dark navy blue in "Indian ocean" mark, in light blue background are distinctly "readable" which were only guessable in V0.2.
Colors are slightly better too. Especially not too much 'water color' like v0.2.
Good. I did not like that output with V0.2. Now IQ is surely a little better despite a little coarse.
I am not clear why ISO 400 which is more commonly used was not considered for comparison displays here.
I don't understand why RAW is much noisier than JPG. I would have thought the opposite
Not very much at all.Probably not visible in print.
Most could probably be attributed to the higher sharpness and increased saturation. RAW also gives noise control in LR that is very good.
To make it clear, the Raw files are processed with our standard process, which is to turn noise reduction down as low as it'll go in Adobe Camera Raw.
However, there is no reason to expect a Raw file (which normally wouldn't have any noise reduction applied at all), to be less noisy than an out-of-camera JPEG (which almost always have noise reduction applied). As has been said, having access to the Raw data gives you the ability to apply more sophisticated noise reduction and produce a better final image.
Mr Butler,
when compared with SX230HS, I still see FZ150 lacks both sharpness and saturation. I don't think it is be merely due to post processing of SX230HS, but rather due to FZ150's too many lens elements in compact body caused desaturated, less detailed output. I know this is apple to orange, but I don't see another apple to compare with.
So at this situation I think basic wide angle studioshot comparison is going to do no justice for FZ150. I know you will take a real world zoom shot and do comparisons too. But, Would it be possible to create a widget like the one you have for lens reivews? where users can move the zoom of the lens and aperture to understand the total performance and weakness of camera?
WOW. I'm amazed at the JPG difference of the face at 1600. The LHS looks so soft in comparison with the RHS.
Maybe I have some eye problem but I really cannot see any improvment on the jpgs. Just look at the face in the coin. The small detail it had was lost, and it looks smeared.
Even with RAW files detail is lost. Look at the map picture: the word INDIAN is much more visible in the original FW picture!!!
I really don't understand why almost everyone is so excited with this new FW. Pictures don't look better at all!!
Either you do have some eye problem, or you have the order wrong:
- LEFT side is the OLD firmware (pre-release 0.2)
- RIGHT side is the NEW firmware (release 1.0)
The face shot with fw 1.0 has *much* more detail than the one shot w. fw 0.2. Ditto for the "INDIAN" on the map.
RAW is unchanged in both, as should be expected.
Huge improvement. More fine detail, less smearing, although it looks like they did all the work in the luminance, the chroma noise got crisper and didn't increase.
Still, big improvement. I find it easier to remove chroma noise in post processing than luminance noise.
Perhaps I'm just not sensitive enough to see, but I can barely see much differences among the pictures. Even the 11 year old CAnon S100 looks to be in the ballpark
Do not forget that what you can see depends on the quality of your display screen/graphics card not just the picture. The text legibility is markedly different and the pictures look much sharper.
The IQ of SX230HS was slightly better than FZ150 V0.2. Now FZ150 V2.0 it is even closer, almost same.
It is possible that my monitor was purchased in 1995 or I am partially blind. We cannot rule out such a possibility. But in such a case, just like I won't be able to 'see' the difference between v0.2 and v1.0, I should NOT be able to 'see' the difference between FZ150 V0.2 and SX230HS . right ? But I could see more difference then. That proves I am able to differentiate between slightly different outputs of SX230 and FZ150 and hence there is no vision or monitor problem.
If BitFarmer said were correct, that there is night and day difference between FZ150 V0.2 and V1.0, then, SX20HS gives output better than FZ150 with a difference night and day too (though artificial saturation,sharpening) and hence we must conclude to avoid FZ150 and buy only SX230HS. neither I agree this conclusion.
I agree with those that don't see much difference. If I really wanted better results at 1600 iso and above I would get a dslr. But I suppose people would pull out their magnifiers and quibble over pictures from one of those.
Yup, much-much better JPEG quality - pretty much comparable to the SX230 HS (unlike with FW 0.2) now and way better than both the FZ100 and the DSC-HX100V. Well done Pana!
Camera makers should start giving us noise reduction selection, even on point and shoots. Many good cams, which can do quite well, even with noise, are crippled with NR and manufacturers are relying on NR to seemingly make the pictures, not help clean them up.
Agreed. It's the NR and subsequent sharpening that seriously degrades the IQ of the Nikon P300 (at least compared to the 1/1.7" cameras and the older Pana TZ/ZS series; e.g., the ZS3).
dpreview, I'm interested as how you see this new firmware as an "improvement". What little detail there was originally has been smeared over with excessive noise reduction. I find it hard to believe Panasonic would feel viewing these photos would be an inducement to potential customers to buy this camera.
The higher the ISO the more the improvement can be seen, particularly the raw globe at 3200. I appreciate DPReview being all front page about the update.
But I got to wonder who is to blame for wasting our time pouring over the earlier images. Panasonic for releasing the cameras for review when they knew the firmware was going to make such a difference. Or the publishers racing forward with data when asked not to by the manufacturer.
This site is awesome and thank you. But I think I might know why so few reviews have surfaced.
The conclusions - one can take - are quite different, IMO:
1 - Of course, the updated (from an early version) firmware is supposed to do better, specially in what the "jpg engine" is concerned; this can be clearly seen...
2 - Regarding "sensor IQ quality" - RAW files territory - the "gain" is more marginal from version 0.2 to 1.0; again, this is obvious from the pictures...
So, definitively firmware 1.0 produces better IQ, but the improvements are not night-and-day, in other words, firmware updates (can) make a difference, but miracles can't be expected... :)
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They appear to have done a decent job with this. If you compare the raw file to the Lx5, Canon S95, and Olympus XZ-1, this camera is right in there at iso 800.
I own an S95, so I was piqued by your remark.
Surely a 1/2.3" sensor cannot equal a 1/1.7" sensor that has been shown to be the best there is in todays market ?
But after checking the RAWs myself, I have to agree. Panasonic has a winner here. I wonder who makes the sensor ?
It's likely a Panasonic sensor, since they make various sensors, just like Canon and Sony and Samsung.
No, Canon, Nikon and very likely Samsung as well use SONY sensors for their P&S cameras. So far only Olympus/Panasonic and Fuji use their own sensor. However, because the sensor size of the FZ150 is identical with the SONY 12 Mp sensor, there is a faint possibility that FZ150 is equipped with the SONY sensor, which would be great, as this sensor is definitely one of the best. Panasonic sensors have been traditionally noisier than Sony's ones.
Bravo to DPReview for not only updating the jpegs in the widget, but for putting this front page. The photos show that there is visible difference in IQ from the shots taken with the early firmware. And a bravo to Panasonic for updating the firmware for better jpeg output.
Firm ware 1 is better. Detail suffers with noise reduction.
Thanks for this.
I am glad to see a clear reason for not jumping to conclusions based on the earliest samples from a new camera.
I'm at a loss as to why this just-another-small-sensored superzoom is getting so much attention.
Maybe because Panasonic superzooms are relatively popular. And maybe because this one (like many Panasonics) atleast offers RAW support. ;)
i own both & very rarely carry the heavy cumbersome d40
he majority of people , do not need them
What large sensored superzomm are you thinking of then? I understood a small sensor was essential for this sort of camera.
If your monitor is good the jpeg improvement is very obvious. Yet I do believe their is some, not so obvious slight improvement in the raw as well. the "I"s and Final "N" in Indian Ocean at 3200 raw are considerably better in the new firmware. But at the same time, A. B. C. & D, really is relevant:
A. Version 1.O images are all on the right.
B. I just was just last month fited with a very good eyeglass prescription.
C. My monitor is adiquate with good video card and latest drivers, as well as set to optimum resilution an refresh. Sony TV, 32" Bravia XBR9, in my case.
But if a person either can not see the differences or isn't willing to invest in a good physical ability to differentiate. That is fine for them. In truth I have transient visual impairment do to baby brain stroke induced double vision. But even then I feel obligated to present the best work with the best tools I can afford.
That means also comparing brands.
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22:28 The ancient landmark was a series of stones which indicated the boundaries of a person's property. Dishonest people often moved them during the night to increase the size of their farm at their neighbor's expense.
Spiritually, the ancient landmarks would be "the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 3). The fundamental doctrines of Christianity should not be tampered with.
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Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set. Or, "the ancient border" or "boundary" (n); by which lands, estates, and inheritances, were marked, bounded, and distinguished; set by ancestors in agreement with their neighbours; which to remove was contrary to a law, and a curse is denounced upon those that did it, Deu_19:14; and was always reckoned a very heinous crime in early times; See Gill on Job_24:2. This was so sacred a thing among the Romans, that they had a deity which presided over those bounds, and had its name from them. Some apply this, in a political sense, to laws of long standing, and customs of long prescription; and others interpret it, in a theological sense, of doctrines and practices settled by the fathers of the church; which, if understood of Christ and his apostles only, will be allowed; but if of the ancient fathers of the church that followed them, it should not be received; since they were but fallible men, and guilty of many errors and mistakes, both in doctrine and practice.Adam Clarke, however, offered the strongest support for applying this verse to the preservation of tried-and-true doctrine. His entry provided me with assurance that I had indeed made an appropriate connection.
Remove not the ancient landmark - Do not take the advantage, in ploughing or breaking up a field contiguous to that of thy neighbor, to set the dividing stones farther into his field that thou mayest enlarge thy own. Take not what is not thy own in any case. Let all ancient divisions, and the usages connected with them, be held sacred. Bring in no new dogmas, nor rites, nor ceremonies, into religion, or the worship of God, that are not clearly laid down in the sacred writings. "Stand in the way; and see, and ask for the old paths, which is the good way, and walk therein; and ye shall find rest for your souls;" Jer_6:16. But if any Church have lost sight of the genuine doctrines of the Gospel, calling them back to these is not removing the ancient landmarks, as some have falsely asserted. God gave a law against removing the ancient landmarks, by which the inheritances of tribes and families were distinguished. See Deu_19:14, from which these words of Solomon appear to be taken.Progressive evangelical churches almost boast in their rejection of old ways, thinking that keeping pace with current cultural norms opens the door to effective evangelism. Admittedly, many of these churches manage to fill their auditoriums with young double-income families, but do they produce regenerate believers who understand sound doctrine that affects their every day lives? Only by respecting ancient doctrinal landmarks can we give the next generation the true Gospel.


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If you are an aspiring patent lawyer- it appears being into golf can be a good thing. Golf has 15x more patents than any other sport. This is a pretty interesting article to read through. It covers things like the amazing number of tee's that are out there and why all the technolgy matters.
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Myself and a pro friend jumped into the patent fray back in the early 1970's after building and having several golfers try out the "right elbow restrictor" during the back swing. The device was made of mostly elastic bandages of different tensile strengths and attached to the right arm just above the elbow and covered the muscle area. The whole idea was to STOP the right elbow from flying out and up into the air upon taking the club back as far as you wanted, or as far as you could under the opposing force! The idea was rather simple in design but became very technical after months and months of testing on at least 15 different individuals, low handicapers to 20 handicapers, and three volunteering PGA pros.
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Our first trip was to an Atlanta office for patents pending. Didn't get to see much of Atlanta because we spent 9 hours a day in the waiting room, along with about 45 other patent hopefuls, waiting for our number to be called. It wasn't. Back to Louisville where we mailed out more letters begging the patent office to tell us another way to get our product on "the list" of possible patents. "Y'awl come back ya' hear," was the only response we got from the Atlanta patent office. Made the trip again. Didn't get in, again. This nightmare went on and on and on for nine more months until we finally gave up hope of getting our foot in the door. Last year when "Fore Inventors" came out on the Golf Channel our product was so saturated on the market that "Fore Inventors" told us this was nothing new. It had been around for quite some time. "REJECTED" stamped on our application. And what wins the $1,000,000 prize? A damn oversized clothes pin that you shake hands with! Ohhhhh, where's the justice?
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Mention Salieri and it conjures up visions of the sinister old man in Amadeus, whose jealousy drives Mozart to an early grave. Actually Antonio Salieri deserves better than that: his operas are rarely performed, but there's a chance to catch two this weekend. Bampton Classical Opera mounts the UK stage premiere of Falstaff (after Shakespeare); and Richard Hickox will conduct Prima, la musica, pui le parole for the Barbican's Mostly Mozart festival. The latter is a one-act comedy on the subject of producing an opera, and was originally commissioned by Austria's Emperor Joseph II.
Salieri was the fifth son of a merchant, but his aptitude for the violin, harpsichord and at singing attracted the attention of the composer Florian Gassmann, who took him to Vienna at the age of 15, and effectively adopted him. He was Joseph II's favourite opera composer and became a protégé of Gluck, who encouraged him throughout his life.
Salieri wrote an opera for the opening of La Scala, Milan and succeeded to the directorship of the Vienna Court Opera, aged only 24. Later he taught Beethoven and Schubert.
Falstaff, or The Three Jokes (1799) is a comic treat. Jeremy Gray and Gilly French, Bampton's co-translators, have given Defrancheschi's natty libretto an updated comic twist, setting it in the Windsor Home Guard of the Forties, with shades of Dad's Army, Captain Mainwaring and (in the sleepy, reluctant Bardolph), Private Pike.
Falstaff is sung by Suffolk-born Mark Saberton, a rather Falstaffian figure himself, who trained at Glasgow's RSAMD and gained experience with the LSO Chorus. Before long he was covering Rigoletto for Diva Opera. He admires Salieri's Falstaff more and more: "He's certainly not a stupid old buffoon. He harks back to a different era, when he was socially acceptable and a 'gentleman' himself. He's convivial, and an irrepressible optimist. Even though he gets dumped in a basket and beaten up by an irate husband (Mark Wilde), he remains dignified and sees the humour of it all.
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Our stay at Joe's was punctuated with friendly smiles, good food and drink, beautiful scenery and kite surfers. The staff were all lovely, trying their best with English and always happy. The owner, Joe, was around constantly and made a point of checking in whenever he could to make sure things were alright. The location was perfect, just off the main drag of the beach but right on the water to be scenic without being crazily busy. The bungalow we stayed in was right at the back, facing on to the water, and was clean, spacious and light, a delight. This was a delightful place to stay and a true escape from the Big City!
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... you would save! That's payment enough for you isn't it? This country needs someone like you to knock some sense into the bus driver community. It's a complete disaster. (For those who don't like stats, skip down a couple paragraphs, it tells a story of a beautiful day in Mui Ne)Ron, I had to look up a few numbers to see what we where dealing with prior to you jumping on a plane over here. 21,651. That's one of the numbers. That's the number of people that ...
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... angle...if I shall be so bold.� 24....maybe 22 hours ago I was in my seat....sitting...or actually laying.� For those whom have never been on a sleeper bus it's kind of interesting.�Ron, you may appreciate this. It's comprised of three rows of seats, two feet apart from each other and two high.� So essentially you lay in an awkward half sitting / half laying position (because of that,� regardless of length of journey the seats are more expensive....why I'm not sure).� Let ...
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... tourism. Level two. There was no toilet. What manner of sin did I commit to deserve a sixteen hour bus journey with no toilet?! We were promised regular stops, but we stopped once at a proper 'service station' and once by the side of the road so we could all **** in bushes. This was at 6.30am after 7 hours non stop. Level three. This 'service station' was in fact a vastly overpriced restaurant serving bland food. It was that or starve. Level four. The ...
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Mui Ne is pretty much just a massive stretch of fairly beautiful beach with bars, hotels and kite surf shops running along side. We had three more very chilled out days here, taking in the beach and watching all the kite surfers splashing around - feeling pretty inspired, but not sure we can afford to take up kite surfing on our budget! ...
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... on her doorstep with a basket of ducklings quacking at her feet. Hearing our bikes she beckoned us in as we were leaving town. Her daughter appeared from her hammock inside and explained they had saved enough money to take her to a hospital in Saigon. Already in debt from the consultation the cost of the surgery was beyond them. She will remain blind. Such a simple yet life changing procedure that we take for granted, in England. We scooped up some of the babies from ...


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Wrong approach. The question is what is your long term goal for tire size and type of wheeling? What about the 44/9 interests you? What about the 30 don't you like? The joint size of your 30 and a 44 are the same. If you are not going above a 35" tire, going to a 60 is not worth the time, money and you will have a heavy low dragger. How much money do you want to drop into it?
Monkeyevil posted this a long time ago about cost comparisons.
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Personally, if you decide to go with a 60, I would still build the 9". The 9" has about as much versatility as you can want, I've been very happy with my setup.
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A man creates and artifical child as his own. With her organs from smokers and cancer patients , they leave her with a new disease that seems uncruable. A story of love and tradegy. +Warning: If you dont like gore or hate sad endings then dont read it...."
His face grew red with anger; her mangled corpse was sprawled across the table in front of him. Tears burned against his red face. He gently picked up the girls corpse and held it close, her blood stained his white shirt. He made the girls face, face his. The flesh on the girls face was pretty much all gone and the only thing on her body that was recognized was the crimson colored eyes. He pressed his lips against the shattered teeth of the caved in skull and whispered "I love you." The boy pressed the sharp part of his pocket knife against the tender flesh of his neck. Without any hesitation the boy slit the tender flesh open and let the blackness of his blood pour from his body and onto the corpse of his lover. He left the world with a smile on his face.
The soft tap of heels clicked against the cement sidewalk. The woman's blonde hair blew with the air of the cold night. Her pale complexion glowed in the darkness; her blue eyes twinkled with the stars. The woman was perfect for his first victim. The woman continued walking, her destination probably to home, he thought. She licked her lips and pulled out a stick of red lipstick, with gentle swifts of her hands she made the line of red perfectly along the tenderness of her lips, she flicked the hair of her shoulder and continued on walking. Its getting late, he thought. He waited for awhile until the girl was clearly out of view from civilians on the street and somewhere loud where her scream wouldn't be heard. Perfect! In a quick movement he pounced at the woman from the darkness he was hiding in and quickly slit her throat open. She let out a strangled gasp before she fell on the ground and bled to death. Her eyes stayed open, wide with shock. The murderer laughed quietly to himself and dragged her away.
After dragging the corpse a long distance, leaving a clear trail of blood along the cement, he dropped it. The woman's head dropped suddenly and split open, the brains spread all over the ground like butter on toast. "Fuck, an even bigger mess to clean up!" The man cursed to himself and began operating on the corpse. He pulled a scalpel put of his long black trench coat and cut open the woman's carcass, slowly he pulled the heart out, cutting the nerves and veins attached with it. "Mm, isn't she going to be happy tonight~" He said to himself as he placed the heart into a glass bottle and into the side bag he had been carrying along with him. The man shrugged his shoulders, and flipped his long dust colored hair over his shoulder. The man thought that whoever found the woman's corpse could clean it up for him.
"Darling, I'm home~" The man took off his blood stained coat and hung it onto a coat rack. His white t-shirt glowed in the darkness of his home, his tattered ripped jeans was covered in dirt and dried blood. He took his pants of and shirt and left them mangled and dirty on the floor. His boxers had the pattern of skulls on them. He walked to the door of his cellar and opened it slowly. "Darling~ I'm coming down, I hope you didn't leave a mess for me to clean up this time~" He quickly walked down the stairs with the glass jar that contained the heart. He reached the bottom floor and opened three more doors on his way. Sitting in a chair in front of him was a little girl. Her black hair stuck to her naked back from new blood. Her eyes were wide open, blankly starring at the man. He crimson eyes were glowing like flashlights, reveling the ripped open corpses and blood splattered around the room. Lying in front of the girl was a corpse of a maid of some sort, the blouse on the woman was torn open as well as her chest. The heart was missing. "Darling, these maids cost me good money, if you keep killing them well, I'll become dirt poor again." He giggled as he placed the glass jar with the blonde woman's heart on the table beside the girl, and picked up the maids corpse. Some of the maid's organs began to slide out of her and onto his body. The girl quickly ran over to the glass jar and pulled the heart out; her eyes examined every part of it. She pinched a vein and watched the blood trickle out into a big bubble. She pinched another hole into the vein, and she watched the two bubbles of blood join, and soon burst into a big puddle of blood onto her hand. She moved her hair of her chest, to reveal a large zipper on her chest. She unzipped the zipper. Her organs were all different shaped, she had tar covered lungs, clogged arteries, knotted veins, and lots of other messed up shit. She had everything but a heart, until now. She took the heart the man had given to her and sewed it in her with a thick black string. She smiled, and made her way upstairs to her father.
"Oh, you like it? I thought you would, it seemed fresh and young." He smiled; he was dissecting the maid's body. He stopped and placed the scalpel down beside the corpse on the table and walked over to his daughter. "All I need to get you now, is a voice box, of a child your age." The man embraced the young girl into a hug, and then quickly put on his blood stained clothes and coat. "Dinners on the table~"
Small children were playing in a school yard, some where playing tether ball, and others were running around seeing which kid could spin faster. The man stood in the middle of the school yard, watching each one, searching for a voice perfect for his daughter. One of the teachers had noticed the man standing there with his blood stained clothes. She walked up to him and said with a stern voice "Sorry sir, but you must come to the office to pick up your child."
"Well, lets just make it quick, my daughter is the one that has the most beautiful singing voice" He smiled at the woman.
Her eyes widened in confusion and fear, she didn't want to anger the stranger since he seemed dangerous. "What's your name sir?" She asked.
"My name is Vincent Heart." He smiled gently at the woman. "Oh yes, the blood on my coat. Sorry, but I came straight from work, I'm a butcher."
A smile child walked over to the both of them. She told the teacher that Jonathon was making fun of her singing. The woman smiled lightly and asked the young girl to sing for her. Vincent's eyes widened, he snickered to himself. He had found the perfect voice for his daughter.
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Dr Jozsef Toth was born on June 10, 1945.
He attended University of Veszprém – the Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Faculty. In 1986 he obtained Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering and in 1971 Masters Degree in Economics.
Dr Jozsef Toth studied in Budapest University of Economics in 1974 and the same year was granted a post-graduate scholarship at Imperial College, London University. He became a Doctor of Economics in 1976.
From 1980 to 1992 Dr Jozsef Toth was working as a founding member of the Far East Business Club in Hungary and of Hungarian Foreign Trade Association and in the same period he worked as a member of the Presidium of the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is a founding and active chairman of the Hungarian Petroleum Association since 1992.
From 1984 to 1996 he worked as a Managing Director of Mineralimpex Hungarian Trading Company for Oil and Mining Products. He is also a Vice President of the Board of the Hungarian Hydrocarbon Strategic Stockpiling Association from 1993 till current day. For three years from 1996 till 1999 he worked as a Senior Vice President of MOLTRADE Mineralimpex Co Ltd., legal successor of Mineralimpex. He then went to become a Managing Director of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Pcl starting from 1999 till 2002. Dr Jozsef Toth is also a member of the Industry Advisory Board of the International Energy Agency since 2001 to date. From 2002 to 2010 he held a position of Chief Advisor to the Chairman and CEO MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc.
Dr Toth worked as a Vice President of World Petroleum Council from 2000 to 2005 and became a Senior Vice President of the WPC in 2008. He was elected the President of the WPC in 2014.
He is also an Executive Chairman of OLAJTERV Group from 2010 to date.
Dr Toth is an Honorary Professor at the University of Veszprém, Hungary and since 2000 he is an Honorary Consul General of Singapore in Hungary.


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