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After Mass on Mother's Day, our family drove over to the cemetery to bring pinwheels to Lucy and Annie's grave. As we drove into the entrance, a man from the cemetery staff stopped us and handed us a flower. He also asked us if we would like a balloon to release - he said that people were writing the names of their loved ones on the balloons and then releasing them. "The kids really seem to enjoy this," he said with a smile. "Sure, we would love that," I responded enthusiastically. Without … [Read more...]
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We spent the past two Mother's Day weekends in the hospital. Once for me when I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in 2010, and then last year Gus was hospitalized on and off during the month of May for unexplained vomiting and weight loss. I've been dreading the month of May, just waiting for the next crisis to hit our family. So let's just say I was overjoyed to be spending this mothers day with 5 healthy children. Nobody was in pain, nobody was really sick, and nobody was crying!Mr. Red … [Read more...]
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Cevian Says Scania VW Merger Will Help Volvo Lift Profits
Volkswagen AG's planned $9.3 billion takeover of truckmaker Scania AB (SCVB) may help rival Volvo AB (VOLVB) reach targets set by activist shareholder Cevian Capital AB.
Volvo's second-largest shareholder has been lobbying the Swedish truckmaker to streamline operations and boost margins that lag behind those of other truckmakers. A combination between Scania and VW-controlled MAN SE could be a boon for Volvo, and help the company gain market share, Cevian Chief Executive Officer Christer Gardell said in an interview in Stockholm yesterday.
"In the short term, I think the integration of the two companies would create some confusion among the customers," Gardell said. A merger between Scania and less-profitable Munich-based MAN "would benefit Volvo," in which Cevian has held shares since 2006.
VW offered 6.7 billion euros on Feb. 21 for the shares in Scania it doesn't already own to create a global heavy-trucks unit that can compete with industry leaders Daimler AG (DAI) and Volvo. The latter is reducing white-collar headcount and research and development costs to reach its target of giving its truck, construction-equipment and bus units the highest operating margins in their segments.
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With about 9.5 billion euros in assets under management, Cevian holds stakes in companies such as U.K. security services firm G4S Plc (GFS), German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp AG (TKA) and Danske Bank A/S. (DANSKE) It held 11 percent of the voting rights in Volvo as of Dec. 30 last year, according to information on the truckmaker's website. Gardell said Cevian now controls 10 percent to 15 percent of the votes, declining to specify the exact amount.
Cevian has started shifting its portfolio by investing in a listed company in Europe. To free up funds for additional moves, the investor plans to exit one of its current holdings this year, Gardell said, declining to identify the companies.
"We are fully invested and in order to make new investments we have to divest something," he said.
Gardell co-founded Cevian in 2002, and like activist investors in the U.S. and U.K., he buys enough shares to gain board seats and then pushes for changes, such as divesting assets and installing new managers. Carl-Henric Svanberg, chairman of BP Plc and the former CEO of Ericsson AB, was named chairman of Volvo in April 2012.
Gardell, 53, expects Volvo's trucks and construction equipment units to generate adjusted earnings before interest taxes and amortization at a pace of at least 10 percent of sales by the end of this year. "It would be a disappointment otherwise," he said. 2014 will be "a year to deliver."
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Still, the margin for the full year 2014 will be lower than 10 percent, Gardell said. Volvo's trucks and construction-equipment units reported Ebita margins of 4.3 percent and 4.7 percent in 2013, respectively, said Gardell.
Volvo's operating margin excluding restructuring charges was 2.9 percent last year, down from 6.5 percent in 2012, according to the company's Feb. 6 fourth-quarter earnings statement. Gardell said that the complexity of the company, which sold its North American construction-equipment rental business late last year, has crimped margins.
"Trucks is a very complicated business that requires full focus, which Volvo hasn't had in the past," said Gardell. That's "a key explanation as to why Volvo has lower margins than peers like Scania and Paccar," the executive said, adding that Volvo's IT unit is one part of the company that Volvo CEO Olof Persson needs to make more efficient.
The combination of MAN and Scania would see them overtake Volvo as the world's second-largest truckmaker. The two VW units' 2013 deliveries totaled 220,800, compared with 200,300 for Volvo. Daimler sold 484,200 trucks last year.
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Even with a new larger competitor, Volvo's prospects are positive after the Gothenburg-based company renewed its product fleet last year, Gardell said.
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Since Svanberg became chairman in April 2012, Volvo shares have advanced 6.4 percent on the Stockholm bourse through March 18. They have gained 25 percent since Persson became CEO in September 2011. Volvo rose as much as 0.8 percent to 99.90 kronor in Stockholm trading today, making it the biggest gainer on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm 30 benchmark index. The stock traded 0.6 percent higher at 9:48 a.m. Swedish time.
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Lungworm Disease in Cattle
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- Lungworm (Dictyocaulus viviparus) is a parasitic nematode (roundworm) that nifects grazing cattle of all ages
- Disease is usually seen mid-late summer
- All animals remain susceptible to this parasite unnless immunized through natural pasture challenge or vaccination.
- Outbreaks of this disease have increased over the last decade, largely through to a reduction in vaccine usage.
- Clinical disease can be severe in all animals and, in adult cattle, can lead to substantial production losses.
- Diagnosis is made on the basis of clinical signs and history. Where necessary, this can be suipplemented by laboratory methods.
- Clinical lungworm disease is treated using modern anthelmintics
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The Calais Lioness Club is once again presenting its exquisite annual Red Dress Event. In recognition of American Heart Month, this is the third year for the charity event which donates a great portion of proceeds to Calais Regional Hospital's cardiac rehabilitation department. This department helps cardiac patients stay on track, monitors progress, and prevents relapse without the cost and travel to a specializing facility.
Taking place Saturday, February 15th at The Calais Motor Inn, the cost to attend is $30 per person. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:00 pm, followed by a delicious dinner from Nino's Downeast Cuisine Restaurant. Additionally, those in attendance will surely enjoy the comedy show that is also included in the ticket price. Following the event, attendees are welcome downstairs to Ceaser's Pub & Grill, a new addition to The Calais Motor Inn.
Tickets to The Red Dress Event are available only in advance and from the following locations: John Mitchell Law Office, Dan Lacasse Law Office, Kendall's Fine Jewelers, Rejuvenation Day Spa, and Calais Regional Hospital. Seating is limited and tickets are only available until Tuesday, February 11th.
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`I consider myself a hard man. Perhaps that's why I drive the people around me so hard," says Swiss Bank Corp. CEO Georges Blum. "I suppose that is why I am occasionally typecast as a tough guy."
"Occasionally" is putting it mildly. Ever since he took over from his reserved predecessor, Walter G. Frehner, in 1993, Blum has been pushing through a cultural revolution that's shaking his $170 billion, 123-year-old bank to its core. He is trying to shock it out of decades of lethargy and build an American-style global trading and investment bank from scratch. With the likes of J.P. Morgan & Co. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as his models, Blum's audacious goal is to vault Swiss Bank into "the top bracket" of 10 investment banks he thinks will dominate global finance by the decade's end.
YANKEE TRADERS. With the global bond market ailing, this isn't the easiest time to try to make a big splash in investment banking. But Blum, 60, is taking a novel tack. He is betting he can leapfrog other big banks, some with more capital and others with closer client relationships. To pull this off, Blum is turning to a high-tech SWAT team of American traders, quantitative analysts, and bare-knuckle investment bankers to perform a "radical transformation," says CFO Peter A. Wuffli, a 37-year-old former McKinsey & Co. banking consultant.
To many observers, such a transformation was long overdue. In the 1980s, the bank seemed to lose its way amid intensifying competition and a slew of bad real estate and takeover loans. Even then, says international banking chief Marcel Ospel, 44, "we wanted to be a different kind of animal." That realization drove the bank in 1991 to purchase one of the top U.S. options-trading groups, Chicago-based O'Connor Partnerships. Blum built on that plum by shelling out $750 million in stock late last year to purchase Brinson Partners Inc., a $36 billion global asset management firm that also hails from Chicago. With staffers from O'Connor and Brinson now assuming responsibility for huge portions of the bank's international business, the acquisitions are quickly making the bank "more American than it is European," says Deputy Chief Executive Johannes A. de Gier.
The Yank influence on the bank's culture has become so pervasive that some have begun referring to the moves as a reverse takeover by the Chicago traders and money managers. The Americans do little to refute that notion. "It hasn't been a takeover," says former O'Connor chief John Dugan. "It's a makeover."
Still, Swiss Bank has managed to retain its foundation of Old World gold. Based in the ancient Rhine River city of Basel, the bank boasts a rock-solid capital base, a AAA credit rating, steady streams of revenue from as much as $300 billion in private-banking accounts, and a roster of blue-chip commercial banking customers on both sides of the Atlantic. Many investment bankers believe that if anybody can muscle into the investment-banking turf dominated by Americans, it will be the big Swiss banks. But doing so is exposing Blum's operations more than ever to the mood swings of the global money market.
Lately, these swings have taken Swiss Bank's profits on a wild ride: After a huge surge in profits during 1993's global bull market in bonds and derivatives, earnings collapsed in 1994 when U.S. interest rates soared. Some analysts expect that when the bank releases its results on Mar. 15, profits will be down by 35% or more. Other big players in trading and derivatives such as Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Bankers Trust also were battered by higher rates. But international banking chief Ospel warns that going head to head with these and other top U.S. competitors will be "a costly, bloody exercise for the next three to five years." And that's making investors nervous.
Swiss Bank's profits are already back to where they were five years ago, and its shares are now trading at only 80% of book value, estimates analyst Hans Kaufmann of Zurich's Bank Julius Baer. Ospel says he is not worried about share prices, as long the bank is profitable and able to finance its investments in new technology. But Swiss analysts say the bank could now be vulnerable to a takeover--something that would make mincemeat of Blum's grand design.
DENIM BRIGADE. Blum, a 34-year Swiss Bank veteran who converses comfortably in five languages, appears to be unfazed. He pledges to double the bank's anemic return on equity to 15% within four years, period. "Some say we should fix goals of 10 to 20 years," he says during an interview in his office bedecked with Abstract Expressionist art. "But when you do that, you have no action. And I need action."
Action is what he is getting. Blum scrapped the bank's 6,500-person international division's regional fiefdoms in favor of a worldwide management structure organized around product lines. As O'Connor's young, blue jeans-clad partners have taken up posts in Zurich, London, Basel, and other cities, a startling culture change has taken root. Along with new products, the Americans have brought new ideas on using derivatives in investment banking. They have also injected a much-needed dose of entrepreneurial spirit into the loan-oriented international division. And they have moved into many powerful jobs.
All 28 O'Connor partners joined the bank as managing directors or better. Half of the seats on the board that runs the bank's international division--the focus of Blum's transformation efforts--have gone to Americans. And two of the Windy City imports--Dugan and Brinson Partners founder Gary P. Brinson--were named to Swiss Bank Corp.'s 15-member executive board.
As Blum's reorganization has gained momentum, executives from top to bottom have begun following an American management maxim: Offer shareholder value. Wuffli has launched an investigation to determine how each of the bank's businesses might be priced by such shareholder value proponents as maverick Zurich financier Martin Ebner, who has tried to force changes at Union Bank of Switzerland by purchasing large blocks of its stock. Wuffli wants to use his exercise to see where Swiss Bank could obtain maximum returns.
The makeover has boosted the bank's market strength in crucial areas. Already a leading Eurobond underwriter, it has used its O'Connor ties to move to the top ranks of dealers in foreign exchange options--a mainstay of corporate currency hedging programs. However, it has been in what de Gier calls "the gray area" between traditional equity markets, derivatives, and corporate finance that Swiss Bank has most intently focused its high-tech firepower. Nothing illustrates this better than the bank's current efforts to help Trafalgar House PLC, a British real estate developer that's mounting a $2 billion hostile takeover bid for Northern Electric PLC, a large utility.
Swiss Bank made it easy for Trafalgar to accumulate its initial stake in Northern Electric by selling the developer call options on shares of Northern and several other utilities. The options contracts gave Trafalgar the right to buy the utilities' stock at a fixed price. The deal also avoided tipping the market that a takeover was on the way. When Trafalgar announced its bid for Northern on Dec. 19, electric utility share prices jumped across the board, enabling Trafalgar to walk away with a $12 million profit as it exercised its options. But the deal raised howls from other traders. They complained that Swiss Bank's market-makers, who sold the options to Trafalgar, had also been secretly accumulating huge stakes in the utilities for the bank's own account.
Whether these purchases were designed to further Trafalgar's bid or reap big profits for the bank is now the subject of controversy. The London Stock Exchange had previously cleared the options contracts. And the bank notes that its traders, as market-makers in active stocks, were not required to publicly disclose their holdings. But the Securities & Futures Authority, which regulates the bank's securities unit, is now considering whether its traders violated insider-trading rules. In a statement, Swiss Bank says that "there is no question of any breach of insider trading legislation."
HELPFUL HAND. Whatever the outcome, a willingness to employ novel techniques is destined to become a hallmark of Swiss Bank's approach to corporate finance. Well aware of the roasting Bankers Trust New York Corp. has taken for flogging high-risk derivatives to unwary treasurers, Ospel is pushing his bankers to open their computer models to chief financial officers in need of sophisticated advice.
Every two months, for example, the top financial executive at one U.S. conglomerate runs his roster of $3 billion worth of derivative contracts through the model Swiss Bank uses to evaluate its own portfolios. The object: to find hidden risks he might not discover on his own. "This is the kind of analysis someone our size just doesn't have access to," says the CFO. "I've asked other banks--even J.P. Morgan--and they couldn't do it."
Despite such plaudits, more widespread gains are proving harder to come by--especially in the U.S. Swiss Bank's American investment banking ambitions had been held back while the Federal Reserve Board spent 17 months reviewing its application for permission to underwrite debt and equities. The Fed finally gave approval in December. Now, Blum is building. Even before the approval came through, the Swiss announced plans to shift most of their U.S. headquarters staff from New York to a 575,000-square-foot complex to be constructed in Stamford, Conn.
More big moves are likely. Senior bank executives, pointing to J.P. Morgan's decade-long successful drive to build a global investment bank, argue that one year of disappointing earnings is hardly enough reason for them to abandon their own quest. "We have redesigned the bank," says Ospel. What has emerged is a formidable combination of European capital and U.S. technology. Now comes Georges Blum's biggest challenge: making the redesign pay off.
Blum's Achievements, and the Hurdles Ahead
ACHIEVEMENTS With the Swiss market stagnating, Blum has slashed costs and introduced new products to boost revenues.
CHALLENGES That may not be enough. Some say he'll have to buy a smaller private bank to secure higher returns.
ACHIEVEMENTS The Federal Reserve in December gave Swiss Bank the nod to do full-scale debt and equity underwriting in the U.S. Blum envisions a flood of new products--and steady growth.
CHALLENGES Derivatives have a bad name lately; Wall Street is in a severe slump. The bank has drawn allegations of insider trading in London. It denies wrongdoing.
ACHIEVEMENTS Blum bought Chicago's hottest options house, O'Connor Partnerships, and spread its staff around the world--making Swiss Bank one of the world's most technologically savvy traders.
CHALLENGES Even the Chicago PhDs could not overcome the weight of last year's bond-market collapse and emerging-market rout. Trading volume and earnings are sagging.
ACHIEVEMENTS Blum wound up 1994 by purchasing Chicago-based Brinson Partners, one of America's most successful global asset managers. Brinson will take over Swiss Bank's own international money management business.
CHALLENGES Critics say Brinson's hefty $750 million price tag means the deal will take several years to pay off.


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Jamieson Potassium 50 mg is an electrolyte support formula providing a gradual release of potassium to help regulate fluid balance in the body and provides the body with key electrolytes. This supplement is especially suited to individuals on diuretic medications and high protein/low carbohydrates diets where the risk of potassium depletion is far greater.
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The oil industry's flagship TV drama series, Dallas, is set to return with a revived cast including Larry Hagman (79) from the original 1970s series.
Since the Blog never followed the original TV soap opera – but does remember the suspense of "Who killed JR?" – it is at a loss to understand why the show is being brought back.
Is there a new generation clamouring for more glitzy oil-related family intrigue on TV?
Is there a shortage of new ideas for non-crime TV series?
Has $100/barrel oil made us all hungry for oil-based docu-dramas?
Will there be an incessant parade of 1970s remakes, like Hawai Five-O, which is currently getting good reviews for its new version?
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This is the Miller Daredevil story that got away. Coming out around the same time as Miller was knocking the socks off of the comic world with the "Born Again" story in the funny book format, this oversize graphic novel slipped under many radars. Like many of Marvel's graphic novel series, this is part of the main character's continuity and follows up on events of Miller's 1st run of DD. -- Kelly Langston-Smith,
is an American adult comic book series, published by Palliard Press and later Studio Foglio. The comic is structured as an anthology of whimsical erotic fantasy and science fiction stories written and penciled by Phil Foglio; each story is inked by a different artist (in black and white), including among many others Matt Howarth, William Messner-Loebs, Frank Kelly Freas, Kevin Eastman, and Bob Eggleton. The comic was originally published in ten comic books, at which time the contents were collected into five graphic novel compilations published by XXXenophile Books. Each graphic novel also added a new story (generally a second look at characters from an earlier story such as the superhero Orgasm Lass and her four-armed male sidekick Foreplay). These new stories were compiled separately in a final, eleventh issue of the comic book; in 2000 a sixth graphic novel (with an all-new story) has been published.


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I have a thread on Samba, but what I'm doing is frowned on a bit over there. So here's the list of what I'm doing.
- 1.8L 8v from an '84 Rabbit GTI
- ABT Intake manifold
- 45mm Weber DCOE carbs
- Autotech adjustable cam
- Porsche 901 5 spd trans
- 944 Turbo rear aluminum trailing arms
- 944 Turbo discs all around
- Porsche 924 seats
- remove torsion bars in favour of coilovers
- custom spring plates
- shave engine bay
- squareback fenders with vents
- shave gas fill door
- Punch Drunk customs 3" narrowed air beam
- replace both floor pans
- replace rockers, A pillars inner quarter panels
- replace front apron
- straigten out rear apron
- lots more rust repair patching
- replace fenders
There's a lot more to be done obviously... off the top of my head that's what I've got planned. Interior and paint are yet to be sorted... haven't decided on wheels either.
The car had been sitting since '92. After a few weeks of research and ball gathering I scooped it up.
Surveying the damage.
Rust repair begins.
Will be making some big progress within the next couple weeks when I get my repair sections/pans/fenders.


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Spanish Recipes
5 of 20
Open-Faced Crab Empanadas
José Andrés says: "I love America! Without a doubt, one of my favorite American ingredients is blue crabs, a true delicacy! And a great value, I think." This recipe is his twist on the traditional Basque txangurro (crab simmered with tomato), crossed with a Galician empanada (a savory pie). "Part of my efforts to build a bridge between America and Spain," he explains.


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Google latest imagery update for Earth and Maps covers Olympic venues along imagery for 25 cities and 72 countries/regions.
We'll start in the United Kingdom, where the London 2012 Olympic Games opens this Friday. We've released new satellite imagery taken this past May of the Olympic Park and Village. In the image above, you can see the final construction touches being added to the open-air Olympic Stadium (lower right).
The offiical London 2012 map is build on Bing Maps, and includes both a "find nearest" and a "search" box. I tried to find the location of the marathon (I know where it will be held) but found all sorts of other events with "marathon" in their titles. To use this map effectively, one must first set a series of event type and time parameters at the bottom of the map, then move up the map to input the query of interst. Only then did I find the Mall as the venue for the event. And, the map tip included this helpful info: "Athletics - MarathonSaturday 4 August – Saturday 11 August." Perhaps it's more helpful for those at the games, not those watching from afar.
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MyLondonMap.com hosts and olympic map (based on Google Maps) but I can't figure out just where the venues are - or how I might search them.
LondonTown also offered what it calls and interactive map, but I didn't find it too interactive at all. You can pan and zoom and that's about it. Oh and you can embed it, as I did below.
Crisis Mappers UK is deploying a Situational Awareness map for the London Olympic Games which will collate and distribute relevant, real time information to a broad range of stakeholders (general public and emergency services) to support situation awareness and facilitate rapid reaction in case of an emergency. Our definition of 'emergency' includes incidents (transport disruption, emergency services) and health events.
It uses volunteers to add information to Ushahidi's Crowdmap platform:
How does it work?
Volunteers will register on and sign in on Skype
Volunteers will receive confirmation of registration and suggested slots
Data will be collected and distributed on the Ushahidi Platform:
Volunteers will be able to choose between different tasks:
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Identify mainstream & social media websites/feeds
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Enter actionable info
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Four-Week Kambun Workshop for Premodern Japanese Studies Starts July 20
Participants gather for a photo at the 2008 Kambun Workshop.
Discussion from the 2007 Kambun workshop
At the workshop, 13 scholars--professors from UBC, Pittsburgh, Yale, Michigan, UCLA, and the University of Tokyo; as well as graduate students from USC, Princeton, and Japan's Ochanomizu University--will discuss the Chûyûki, an important diary of a Heian-period courtier.
In collaboration with USC's East Asian Library, Professor Joan Piggott of the History Department at USC College has organized the Kambun Workshop each summer since 2003. Participants have included scholars in all fields of premodern Japan studies--such as religion, history, art, linguistics, and literature--who come from around the world to learn more about reading primary sources written in Sino-Japanese (kambun), which is essential for studying the pre-1600 history of Japan.
Funding to support the workshop comes from the Association of Asian Studies North East Asia Council, USC College, and the Project for Premodern Japan Studies. Piggott also credits the libraries' rapidly growing Japanese studies collection for helping to establish the Kambun Workshop at USC.
Professor Piggott describes this year's workshop as follows:
Chûyûki Kambun Workshop, Summer 2009
The Project for Premodern Japan Studies at the University of Southern California is hosting a reading and translation workshop focused on a key Heian-period courtier diary, the Chûyûki. The annotated translation that results from this summer's workshop made up of professors and graduate students will be made available on the Kambun Workshop's Web site in 2010. It will then be prepared for publication in monographic form, just as another product of earlier Kambun Workshops, our annotated translation of the Teishinkôki: The Year 939 in the Journal of the Regent Fujiwara no Tadahira, has recently been published in the Cornell East Asia Series.
This workshop will begin on July 20. It will be led by two faculty veterans of the Kambun Workshops at USC and Cornell University, Professor Joan Piggott of the USC History Department and Professor Sanae Yoshida of the University of Tokyo's Historiographical Institute. Participants will read, translate, and annotate sections of the Chûyûki journal kept by the leading court minister, Fujiwara no Munetada (1062-1141). Entries in the Chûyûki journal span the years between 1087 and 1138. We are eager to translate selections from this important journal into English because Munetada's record is one of the most informative of the journals kept by a Heian-era elite.
A group of researchers began reading and translating sections of the Chûyûki during the summer of 2000 at Cornell University. And subsequently another section of the journal was translated and annotated by members of the Chûyûki Reading Group at USC between 2006 and 2008. Those draft translations will be the starting point this summer--we want to reread and check the earlier translations during the first days of the workshop. Then we will move on to read, translate, and annotate additional sections, focusing on the birth of the monarch Toba Tenno, in 1103. Therein readers learn of the rites that accompanied a royal birth, including banquets and gift-giving. We will follow the pattern set during recent Kambun Workshops: first we read the original Sino-Japanese (kambun) text. Then we transcribe it into modern Japanese. Then we translate and annotate the text in English. All three stages are important for the final product, which can be profitably studied by those interested in various facets of Heian Japan's history and culture. Unlike our Teishinkôki project which translated a full year of entries, our Chûyûki translation will contain selections chosen for thematic interest by Professor Yoshida, editor of the authoritative Dai Nihon Kokiroku volumes of the Chûyûki for the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo.


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Wild Olive's embroidery class started on Monday, and as I've not time, I've not made anything yet. But as I said before, I will make everything, but it may take me some time! I plan to make a list of everything I need to make in my owl notebook (which is where I usually make lists, stick things, and generally spraff about feelings) and that way I can check it off when I eventually get around to make it.
Anyway, as part of this class, I was sent a lovely floss pack from Wild Olive and DMC. Check those sexy colours. I adore the acid green. I cannot wait to stitch with it.
So tonight I started my Feeling Stitchy June Stitchalong piece, which is my trash bunnies car rubbish bag. I've got a new transfer pen, which is blue, so anything blue hasn't been stitched yet (though I do plan to do the other bunny in blue). Also because it's new it came out quite thick, and when I ironed it, it sort of smudged into the grass area. I'm sure it will fade a little but I was annoyed when it happened. However, not wanting to waste a bag, I didn't start again. Hopefully finish this at the weekend.
Then I transferred the pattern for a free pattern Wild Olive gave the embroidery class people. Another bag. I plan to use it to carry stuff to work in. I use a King Speech one just now that I won, but I would like a crafty themed one. This pattern took me three attempts to get on the bag. 1 - I smudged on the tracing paper. 2 - I started it and then realised I would have to double trace to get the writing the correct way, and as it's a big pattern I decided this was not cool. 3 - Eventually I remembered I had carbon paper and a stylus tool. Done. It's quite faint, but I'm impressed, because that means hopefully my stitches will cover it.
While we're talking about Wild Olive, a while ago I won a competition and won a load of her printables. I've got the housework themed set inside my kitchen cupboards with our cleaning rota on it. Very cute.
I have a very Wild Olive house right now. But I'm quite alright with that.
As I said above I finally finished my True Blood box set tonight. I've got to say, I like it, but nowhere near as much as the book. I have these moments of "oh my god why did you change that, there was no need to make that different", but I tend to like book versions better than TV/movie version.
Ah well, it's late, and I would like to read more of my new True Blood book before bed. Night crafters.


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Disconnecting Lights from Alarm system
Is there a way to disconnect the lights from the alarm system, the reason is that well, Since i have my HID's installed i dont want to shorten the life of bulb going on and off like that. I guess the quicker i resolve this the better. Thanks!
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You should have an option on the overhead EVIC to flash lights with alarm YES/NO. But on my WJ only the orange blinkers flash.
Do you have the factory alarm?
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I dont think i have that option. and yeah i have the factory alarm.
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The manual mentiones it like this:
FLASH LIGHTS WITH LOCKS? - The options
include Yes and No. The default is Yes. When Yes is
selected, a single flash of the hazard warning lamps
will provide an optical confirmation when the RKE
receiver recognizes a valid Lock signal from an RKE
transmitter, and two flashes of the same lamps will
occur when the RKE receiver recognizes a valid
Unlock signal from an RKE transmitter. When No is
selected, no lamp flash will occur with the RKE Lock
or Unlock event. This feature may be selected independent
of the SOUND HORN ON LOCK? programmable
So this is not for the headlights. Does your jeep have the auto function for the headlights switch?
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I have the same options on the EVIC, "Flash light on alarm."
The actual headlights goes on when the alarm is triggered and not when you press the remote.
Try pressing the panic button and you'll see what I mean.
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The remote is broken, so i just use the key to unlock the car. but i'll check the evic option above
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So when your remote is broken, how do you arm the alarm then? And at what moment do the lights come on?
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i use the drivers door lock to arm the alarm. and basically if you open the driver door before the interior lights come on, which sometimes take a while, its a hit or miss on the interior lights. but for the most part when the interior lights turn on, the alarm is disarmed. but the times when you open the door before the interior light turns on, the alarm would go off and you would have to start the car. also, My Trunk door doesnt lock. so that is also another thing that can set off the alarm. the reason of wondering if the alarm will affect my hid lights is because i dont want to ruin the bulb. but in your previous post it only affects the turn signals. and i really dont want to test out what goes off and what doesnt.
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So probably i understood you wrongly. The headlights don´t come on when arming or disarming, but only when the alarm goes of, right?
So normally the alarm should not go of, so is this really a problem then? If the alarm will not be deactivated when using the key, then there is a problem with the door cilinder lock switch. This switch sends the door lock/unlock information to the BCM and the BCM disarms the alarm and switches the interior lights on/off.
The headlights ( don´t know if the highs or lows flash with the alarm) are switched with a relay, which is controlled by the BCM (also for normal headlight operation), so i think that you can´t easily disconnect this function. Maybe that it is an option which can be pre-programmed by the stealer using a DRBIII scanner.
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The Alarm does deactivate when using the key. Is there a way to disconnect the lights completely if it makes the solution easier?
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^From the alarm*
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As mentioned before, maybe the stealer can reprogram the BCM to not flash the headlights with alarm. I don´t think that you can do anything else, because you need all the wiring and relays to be able to switch the lights in the normal way.
But i also think that you don´t have to be afraid to damage the HID bulbs. They will probably survive the rest of the jeep:lol:.
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text: Ok so I just had a new turbo installed on my car at the shop because the car was still under waranty and as I was driving home I got the CEL. So I got it home and checked every thing out there was NO coolint in it so that made be a little mad but I put some in and it driver great! I went to auto zone got the codes pulled and it through (P1426 EGI mini - MAF out of range) now I did this prior to putting coolint in it, so maybe that was the problem? I need to take it and erase the codes and see if it happends again but do you guys know anything about that code? I would appreciate any help thanks!!


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So was made an offer....
Currently I drive a 2012 Titanium Hatch that I am trying to get Ford Motor Company to buy back due to DCT issues out the wazzu... Well my dealership that I am getting service through approached me yesterday and offered to sell me a 2013 ST, being that it has a manual transmission I wouldn't have the troublesome DCT. Obviously I love the way my Focus drives, and more power plus a manual transmission is hard to walk away from. Where I get apprehensive is that without ford buying my car back I am going to get screwed in the trade. The vehicle they are offering me is a ST2 in the tangerine scream out the door for 25400, where they are killing me is offering me 19500 for my trade... That puts me rolling 4k in negative equity onto the ST. Heart says DO IT, my mind say wait till Ford helps by buying back my focus... Agh!!!
That deal doesn't sound too bad. It sounds pretty close to X-plan pricing. Does it have a moonroof?
As far as your Titanium..don't know what you paid, but all '12's are taking a big hit. In my area, the ST's are going for about $500 over MSRP.
With the rave reviews the ST is getting, I would go for it.
I paid sticker, I got the first focus off the truck in my area and let my heart get involved before my brain had a chance to know what was up, I was driving off the lot in my Foci
Find out what your car is worth on kbb.com and nada.com.
If they're offering you significantly more than book value, and you still want to stick with a Ford product, and you think you'd be happy with an ST, and you can afford the jump in payments, I'd probably take the offer.
I want an ST, but my car's only worth 12-12,500 on trade. 1 year old, 16k miles, and it's dropped 8k in value. So, I'm stuck.
I would take the deal if you hate your current car for the problems, but otherwise love it.
The ST rocks. And being upside down on a loan is not a killer. What interest rate are they offering on the deal?
If it is 3% or lower take it.
If they are not offering any low percentage financing, then THAT is where to squeeze them.
Tell them YES IF they give you 0% financing for 60 months
If they offer anything under 3% take it..
Consider GAP insurance if you are going negative equity.
I would jump on it like a frog lol
On second thought wait.
You stand to gain a few thousand more if the buy back deal goes though. If you trade now you lose that possiblity.
There will always be another deal to buy a car, they are not going to quit making the ST.
No details on your car. Mileage, trim details (besides that its a Ti), and what you owe on it.
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Definition of communion
1 : an act or instance of sharing
2a capitalized : a Christian sacrament in which consecrated bread and wine are consumed as memorials of Christ's death or as symbols for the realization of a spiritual union between Christ and communicant or as the body and blood of Christb : the act of receiving Communionc capitalized : the part of a Communion service in which the sacrament is received
3 : intimate fellowship or rapport : communication sat alone on the mountain, in communion with the wilderness
4 : a body of Christians having a common faith and discipline the Anglican communion
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She went to the front of the church for Communion.
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Middle English, from Latin communion-, communio mutual participation, from communis —see 1common
First Known Use: 14th century
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Communion : a Christian ceremony in which bread is eaten and wine is drunk as a way of showing devotion to Jesus Christ
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The Opening of the 2012 London Olympics is one of the much awaited events in the entire world. The said opening of one of the biggest sports event in the world has already arrived after the long wait. London launched the 2012 Summer Games with a spectacular opening ceremony this Friday and this opening ceremony faces a unique challenge, and that is to be as memorable as Beijing's planet-wowing opening last 2008.
Since the British capital has been considered as being different and unique from other countries of the world, the organizers of this year's Olympics will make sure that their opening will be as unique and memorable as ever. If you can still remember, Beijing's curtain raiser featured 2008 with pounding drummers and a cauldron-lighter who seemed to float in the air of the Bird's Nest stadium. London was then challenged to make their Olympics opening a unique one.
So what have they prepared for us? Based on our research, it was reported to us that London will have 70 sheep, 12 horses, 10 chickens and nine geese –recruited by Oscar award-winning director Danny Boyle along with a cast and crew of 10,000 to present a quirky, humorous and vibrant vision of quintessential Britain, its history and future. If you are familiar with the history of Britain, then you can probably picture out what we mean. However, you still need to watch the entire coverage of the said opening for you to enjoy it.
So as to make it more like it will really depict Britain, Boyle has drawn from William Shakespeare, British pop culture, literature and music and other sources of inspiration that will speak not just to Anglophiles but to people across the globe. Wait till you see the entire coverage!


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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Deploying with a family member can ease the stress of being away from home. For two service members, being deployed with a family member serves as a recipe for a successful deployment.
Mother, Spc. Theresa Stoner, and daughter, Spc. Crystal Stoner, food service specialists assigned to 230th Engineer Battalion, Tennessee National Guard, and natives of Camden, Tenn., work together at the dining facility here.
The Stoners are no strangers to deployment. Crystal's dad, an infantryman, had just returned from a yearlong tour to Iraq the summer of 2010. They spent two weeks together before Crystal left for her six-month advanced individual training.
Crystal, who has dreams of being a personal chef one day, was in AIT when her mother informed her they would be deploying together to Kuwait. Crystal graduated December 2010.
"It was during one of those five minute phone conversations," explained Crystal, "and I said 'Oh that's cool.'"
Theresa had doubts initially about the both of them being deployed together.
"At first, I had to admit it scared me," Theresa stated, "but now I don't know how I could do this without her. She keeps me balanced. I have this sense of family here."
Crystal also acknowledged the importance of deploying with family. She recently volunteered to join her brother on his upcoming deployment next year.
"I am young and single with no dependents, and I know my brother," Crystal said. "I want to be there for him."
Theresa reflected on her daughter's decision to deploy with her brother next year. "Deployments are always rough, and it helps to have a family member around and to have someone volunteer to go really takes the edge off."
For Crystal, being deployed with your mom also comes with challenges.
"Because I am the child, sometimes people will say to me you have your mom here and give me a hard time when I go out to the movies," Crystal jokes. "Once the movie is over, my friends ask me if I need to get back home to my mom."
There is also an issue of not having enough time to spend with each other. They work different shifts, and at times, they only see each other long enough to say goodnight.
"Because I have a family member with me during this deployment, I want to make time for her," added Crystal. "But there are time restraints because we work two different shifts, and I take online courses. We see each other one full day a week."
Thoughts do drift to home often, and Theresa knows now her husband truly understands what it is like to be at home and vice versa.
"I just appreciate all of the support," stated Theresa. "My husband is doing such a great job with the kids; it amazes me. I did not realize he could take on my responsibilities at home as well as he has. He understands me a little bit better, I think, because he has to do what I did all those years. He's taken to the role of being the sole-caregiver, and I am proud of him."
The Stoner family has taken the opportunity to serve Americans to a new level. Crystal and Theresa help strengthen Third Army and subordinate commands by ensuring they receive the nutritional strength to sustain the fight. Their support in food service helps ensure everyone receives the support they need to continue their missions.
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Hello all, I own a 2005 WRX. I actually just bought it. It has just about 197k on it. I need some some parts and was wondering if you all could give me some suggestions or affirm Im heading in the right direction.
So I got some pictures back from my mechanic today about the noise my 2005 WRX was making. He thinks its in the clutch or the starter since I didnt hear it until I replaces the starter. Well he pulled the starter off and since he had it on the lift he could actually check out the fly wheel.. Its in pretty bad shape. I guess the dude who I got it from had a bad starter longer then he led me to believe.
Looking at this one. Good? fair price?
So while we are there, we figure we should replace the clutch as well. Its got 197k on it and Im almost positive its on the stock clutch. It feels ok to me but my mechanic says he can tell it is tired. So I figure Ill just replace it.
So this is the one Im looking at. Is this going to be ok? Id like to increase HP soon, but at this rate its going to be awhile before I can rebuild the motor... so will this work and last a bit with some power eventually?
passenger side axel is also bad he said.
Ok replacement?
If you have any suggestions on parts please let me know.I do have a budget, so I really cant drop $500 on a clutch. Id like to keep it around 500-600 total if possible. Id like to order the parts this week to have them to install this weekend. Thanks for your help.


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i want the cat so i will pass a visual inspection. it would be just my luck to have my car break down in west bum-F*#(, have to get put on a lift, and then the questions would start.
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I am running catless and the only smell I get is the smell of unburnt fuel. Reminds me of a 2 stroke smell.
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catless always!!!
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i agree catless... Go big or go home... just don't get caught...
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post #20 of 23 Old 12-08-2005, 03:34 PM
"go big, or go home" thats my credo too, but as far as this goes, i will "go home" and save myself the $50K fine and the jail time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's really simple just don't do anything stupid to get pulled over by the cops.... If all else fails tell them you bought the car that way. Here you get a 48 hr warning.. meaning you have 48 hrs to make your vehicle compliant. just keep your stock down pipe and all should be easy......... DON'T GET PULLED OVER
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"dont get pulled over"
wow! you are good at stating the obvious!
wow! you are good at stating the obvious!
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chance are slim of getting caught catless. you'll get a speeding ticket or something else before they check for cats. go catless.
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Hi to everyone here.
I have an electrical rookie problem in hopes that I'll get my solution from some of you guys.
I'm trying to hook up a motor for a compressor and want to know if it's possible to do so at 120V. The info for the motor:
Magnetek Century AC Mtr
Volts 230-208/115
This is a decent sized compressor with a 30 gal tank. It was hooked up in an industrial warehouse but I was curious if can be hooked up at 120V.
The schematic on the motor terminal box shows a hook-up for a high and low voltage hook-up. Is the low good for 120V? It would be ideal to be able to wire an SO cord into it and plug it in to a regular receptacle.
If I connect the terminals (accordingly) I should be able to turn it into a 120V hook up right? Making one of the leads a neut and the other the hot?
Any help at all is much appreciated.
The 230-208/115 would indicate that it can be wired for 120 volts.
110 115 120 all the same voltage.
This 3/4 Hp motor at 120 volts draws 13 amps. But the motor will draw many times this amount of current at start up.
The NEC calculation for this motor is 13 x 2.50 = 32.5 amps. This indicates you may need a 30 amp circuit to accommodate the starting current.
Try plugging it into a 20 amp circuit first and see if it starts, runs and cycles.
-Thanks again.
Low voltage hook up is 120 volt.
High voltage would be 208/240 volt.
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Well, I have a .030 over 350 with a cam, headers, manifold, MSD ignition, and pocket-ported heads. According to my fanny-dyno, it makes 223.75 HP @ 4750 RPM, with enough torque to spill 2.4 ounces for Pepsi from the cup in the drink holder, or spin a tire on sharp right-hand turns. Deduct 5% for each 1000 ft elevation above sea level. Your mileage may vary. Not valid in Rhode Island, or if you are left-handed.
I think a lot of it is computer dynos and optomistic parts selection.I.E "there ain't no way my engine is that weak I better use the max ported flow numbers" I use ea pro but anything it tells me I knock abou a hundo off the top to be realistic. Altho around here the dirt hobbystock motors have been turning between 550 to 690 on a real pump.The 690 version was a real Bad a** 427 stroker Ford with N351 heads a lot of work.
Real funny thing the Ford popped at the end of last year owner threw in a 350 with mild hyd cam no comp. and was almost as fast proving once again in dirt racing setup and driver is where it is at.
On your next trip down the 1/4 mile, multiply your E.T. times your speed and see what you come up with... Should be 1320 if you are close to the ultimate setup... If over 1320 you are leaving power on the table and under 1320 which not many people are, your engine is overly-efficient.. Check it out!!!
There is / was a dyno book published that if you knew the weight of your car and the trap speed there was a certain HP level that you had... Witten by a Dr. Dean Hill entitled "Pocket Dyno"... There are other computative features in this neat booklet...
Starting this weekend at a track near Mtl. called Sanair, they are trying out a Speed times ET system of racing in which reaction times and dial-in times do not even come into play.... The closest one to 1320 as in the first paragraph wins a pretty big purse. Believe it to be $2G. Can run as many times as you want, and again reaction times and dial in times are not important in the least... Supposed to be some sort of European racing system and much safer for the competitors... Will be interesting to see how many cars show up as many racers with big $$$ cars have stated they want nothing to do with this in any way... Still 2G is a lot of scratch... We will see...
"If over 1320 you are leaving power on the table and under 1320 which not many people are, your engine is overly-efficient.."
This sounds like traction , not HP.
Because my car with a 305 running 15.8@86mph =1358.8
and the same car with a 383 runs 12.9@105=1354.5
Pretty close. But the 383 is making way more HP!
This was the way it was explained to me... As I said one has to figure out why the numbers are over 1320... Looks like traction on the 383... Reaction times and dial-ins are non existent.. Maybe a shorter tire on the 305 would bring up the revs and bring down the 1358 to the 1320 magical number... Maybe if the 383 was "walked off the line" things would change... I don't know. This is a brand new type of competition if you'd want to call it that.
The money is great at 2G per Sund. and you can get as many runs as you want. How one would go about getting the 1320 is going to be interesting.
Slamming the brakes on or having the proper gearing would certainly help if the numbers are somewhat near or below 1320.
We've know forever that the cops fake radar data and the courts swear to it. But anybody that's really gone a 147 miles an hour knows it takes a crap pile more rocket science everywhere in the vehicle than simply having big horsepower numbers to go that fast and not experience free flight.
Combat story; Many years ago I was at the San Diego County fair where there was an Ambulance company with a display claiming to get 450 horse out of a 390 Caddie engine. At the time I had a highly modified 390cid/401 HP Ford and getting 450 hp out of it, on the dyno, I was sweating blood. How they did it with a mild street cam, single Rochester WCFB four barrel carb, cast iron exhaust manifolds, etc. and an automatic transmission is apparently way beyond my abilities. Apparently you need a degree in advertising instead of engineering to do stuff like that.
I have $10.5k in my 332" 302 motor. Reliable HP doesnt come cheap. And making 500+ hp from a n/a small block requires a lot of cam. No way around it.
The twin of my motor made 530 hp on an engine dyno, so that's what I go by. I installed it in a Mustang II that I lightened, the car weighs in at 2550 lbs without me.
With 275/40ZR17 street radials, 3.10 gears with a detroit locker carrier,(9" housing I swapped in from a 1959 T-Bird donor) a custom built manually-shifted C4 "mighty mite" transmission from Dynamic with 5000 rpm converter, the car will hit 85 mph in about 6 seconds using half throttle. At 140 mph, it will pin me into the seat the same way it does at 60 mph, and I'm not sure where it would stop pulling, as I let off it long before the motor reaches its limit of 8500 rpm.
My recipe for 500 hp from 332 cubic inches is 10.95:1 compression, 260 deg dur @.050" solid lifter cam with .625" lift. Victor Jr intake, jetted 750 Race Demon, machined TFS Track-heat heads with o-rings, 5.5" eagle H-beam rods with floating pins, JE ultralight forged pistons, ARP fasteners, forged billet steel crankshaft, billet steel main stud girdle, Melling 85 psi oil pump, SVO race pump shaft, Cloyes double roller timing set, MSD ignition and distr. set at 20 degs initial advance, +18 deg more by 1500 rpm. I enlarged and smoothed the oil return holes in the block to avoid oil starvation at high rpm.
I run underdrive pullies and swapped to manual steering to save weight(about 35 lbs!) and wasted hp. I also have dual mr. gasket electric fans to save wasted hp.
Fine tuning of the fuel and ignition curves is critical for making maximum power. Even if you have the right parts, the wrong state of tune will prohibit you from reaching your hp goal.
I'm figuring on 400-425 hp at the wheels, I'll have it on the chassis dyno this summer, hopefully I'm not disappointed.
When I look over various uploaded videos on the internet, it seems that everyone's car is making 600 hp at the wheels, yet in the videos they post, at full throttle, the skinny street radials arent spinning. Hmm.
The import guys seem especially prone to claims of 600+ rwhp from .001 liter or whatever motors with hairdryers, and again, no tire smoke at all.
Anyway, here's a couple of my own videos.
Half throttle run up to 85:
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