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'We're so pleased that we're here today,' Read said. 'For quite a while, it didn't look good…in fact, it looked quite bad. If I were a betting man, about 15 days ago I would have bet that we weren't going to make the start. But, due to a lot of a amazing work from a lot of amazing people, and a couple of lucky breaks, we're here and that's all we can ask for right now.'
The Puma team got off to a strong start in Leg 1 from Alicante to Cape Town. They were in second position on the leg when the mast broke the middle of the southern Atlantic Ocean, about 2,150 nautical miles from Cape Town.
Fortunately, all crew were unhurt. The team was forced to retire from the leg, and make their way to the closest land for rescue – the island of Tristan da Cunha. The unexpected journey to Cape Town lasted 31 days, and the adventure included a search for fuel, six days on Tristan (known as the most remote inhabited island on earth)and a rare open sea transfer to a giant container ship. Now, Puma's Mar Mostro is ready to race again after the replacement mast was stepped on Wednesday.
In-Port racing will be streamed live online on the VOR website and on the live section of the Volvo Ocean Race Youtube channel. Streaming begins five minutes before the 10-minute warning signal.
In-Port races are held at all 10 port stopovers. The race course is set to challenge the teams at close maneuvers and tactics as they round the buoys. Leg 2 of the race begins Sunday and will take the six teams in the race from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Volvo Ocean Race started on November 5 in Alicante, and the fleet is traveling 39,000 nautical miles through 10 ports, finishing in Galway, Ireland, in July 2012.
The Puma Ocean Racing team is once again under the leadership of Read (Newport, Rhode Island, United States). Collectively, the crew has won the Around the World Race six times.
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. – One person has been taken to the Westchester Medical Center after a shooting in Greenburgh on Saturday night.
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A Compound Coaxial Helicopter was a helicopter that replaced the tiltrotor. Unlike, the mono tiltrotor, it looked more like a conventional helicopter. The only difference was two rotors on top and no tail rotor.
(Note: The background section of this page uses most of the same words as the mono tiltrotor aircraft page of Terra Futura to save time.)
The concept of a helicopter originated with Leonardo da Vinci in the 1480s. Along with other flying machines, the helicopter took a while to be successful. The word helicopter was originally a French word derived from Greek. Helicopters were built throughout the early 20th century. However, it was not until 1942 that Igor Sikorsky built the first successful helicopter. With the advent of the R-4, helicopters entered mass production. The R-4 was the only helicopter used in World War II. With the advent of the turboshaft engine, more and more helicopters were being produced. They were larger, faster, and had a higher performance. But there was a problem. The rotor blades caused the helicopter to torque. A tail-rotor was used to stop that. Soon, however, more advanced designs would come.
Tiltrotors had been a concept since the 1930s. However, it was not until the 1980s that tiltrotors entered commercial use. The V-22 began development in 1981. Its first flight was in 1989. Testing began. The V-22 Osprey was finally brought into service in 2007. (Hence, the Tech Level.) There was a problem though. 6 accidents since introduction were caused by a hazardous transition phase. There were two ways to solve this problem. One of them was a mono tiltrotor aircraft.
The Mono Tiltrotor Aircraft was a unique aircraft. It was a helicopter, but it did not look like one. The design was pioneered by AeroCopter, Inc. in the early 21st century. AeroCopter created a manned version named Sarus and an unmanned version named Kestrel. The most prominent feature was a 21-foot encompassing ring that surrounded the main fuselage. It looked like a Vulcan starship from Star Trek, only horizontal. The ring contained two counter-rotating rotors. At take-off and at landing, the ring was parallel to the ground. At 1,000+ feet, the ring tilted up at an angle of 87 degrees. Power would then go to the rear engines for the purpose of moving forward. The Sarus could carry eight passengers and their baggage. The Kestrel could carry 400 lb of cargo. They would soon enter commercial production. The Mono Tiltrotor Aircraft was not replacement for conventional tiltrotors. There was also the compound coaxial helicopter.
Tech Level: 10
Compound Coaxial Helicopters were the most advanced helicopters ever. They had two sets of counter-rotating blades and a horizontal propellor. The counter-rotation was there to prevent torque. No tail rotor was needed. Therefore, a horizontal propellor took its place. Sikorsky Aircraft started working on this in 2008. Their demonstration model, the X2, also fly-by-wire controls. These controls slowed the blades down to prevent them from going supersonic. The top speed was 280 mph. Also, it did not go through a hazardous transition phase. Therefore, the X2 was safer than the V-22 Osprey. The first commercial compound coaxial helicopter was the S-97 Raider in 2014. Later models could lift 40 ton at 250 knots or better. This was the holy grail of helicopters.


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Downtown Lewistown, Inc. is recognized as a designated Keystone Community through the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development.
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To keep doing what feels good!!!
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everything will work itself out, not to worry and to really try to have fun, do what feels right, and enjoy life.
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when i was living with my old roomates in the states, we liked very much to host people.(under my old roomates profile) also traveled a bit with them. it is so great to talk to people and learn their perspectives on life. i love to see how others live their lives... what seems normal to one person, is usually so much more than that to another!
every experience i have had was amazing! i have stayed in belgium, spain, lake tahoe (california), and israel and I'm hoping for more!
i know it sounds weird but the really simple things make me happy! sitting in the grass and watching the clouds move. riding my bike and seeing new things. textures... i like to run my hand on many surfaces and close my eyes. like you can really feel it. buildings, clothes, tile, anything really! i love to converse, share what i know, and hear new things from other people. i love listening to different languages, even if i dont understand! i think language is really my passion.
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i like so many movies! i steer away from really scary! always loved the book 1984. very open in music. i am generally open minded. dont really like techno, hehehe.
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camped at a really amazing festival in belgium (dourfest)! so many great stories from this one trip!
oh yeah, and i just learned how to scuba dive... SO AWESOME! I cant wait to do it again!!
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share: i love to knit! i try to cook, though i am not very good at it. speaking in spanish, umm acting and singing, also not very good, and with no experiance, but i still love to do it! sewing is great too. i quilted for a while, but you need a lot of equiptment to do it, of which i no longer have access.
learn: how to play an instrument, anything with my hands, to cook, computer functions (i have a really hard time with computers), about new places, i am quickly inspired by what others are doing, so i am opened to learning a lot!
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Randy Vanwarmer Biography
Randall VanWormer, 30 March 1955, Indian Hills, Colorado, USA, d. 12 January 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA. VanWarmer is best remembered for his 1979 US Top 5/UK Top 10 single Just When I Needed You Most. VanWarmer and his mother moved to Looe, Cornwall, England when Randy was 12, following the death of his father in an automobile accident. He began singing and making demo tapes and in 1979 moved back to the USA, settling in Woodstock, New York. He signed with Bearsville Records, based in Woodstock, and recorded his own composition, Just When I Needed You Most, that same year. The easy-listening hit was followed by two more minor chart singles and a low-charting album, Warmer, also in 1979.
VanWarmer never returned to the pop scene but enjoyed songwriting success on the country charts, most notably in 1984 when the Oak Ridge Boys took I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometimes to number 1. The song was sung at Ernest Tubbs funeral later in the year. In 1988, VanWarmer made the country charts in his own right with two singles, I Will Hold You and Where The Rocky Mountains Touch The Morning Sun, on 16th Avenue Records. He also recorded an album for that company, but I Am was not a success. In 1992, Alabama took another of VanWarmers songs (Im In A Hurry (And I Dont Know Why) to the top of the country charts. His songs also featured on albums by Dolly Parton, Billy Joe Royal and Kenny Rogers, and he remained an in-demand songwriter for country acts. VanWarmer succumbed to leukaemia in January 2004.
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A GROUP of young people from Worcestershire organised and ran a conference on the challenges faced by young carers in the county last month.
The YSS Worcestershire Young Carers Conference was held at St Peters Baptist Church on Wednesday, May 21 and saw representatives from a range of organisations in the county meet to hear the inspirational stories of young people what caring for friends or family members.
The 12 young people who organised the event presented a film they made on a day in the life of a young carer as well as stories from people involved in the role across the county.
Although numerous young people across Worcestershire provide some form of care for members of their family such as doing their shopping, cleaning or supporting them emotionally, many do not receive any help in doing so.
Delegates at the conference pledged to increase the support they offer to young carers in any way they can.
One young person at the event said: "I got referred to young carers when I was in first school.
"At the time, I was too young to understand what being a young carer was – I thought it was a normal lifestyle for a child my age to help their mum out around the house, it just seemed the norm to me.
"As I grew up, I understood a lot more and it made me realise the things we do for the ones we love and we should all be very proud of ourselves."
Another said: "As a young carer, not only do I physically look after my mum, I also have to emotionally support her for her well-being and it can be difficult to see her in such a way.
"I carry out all of the usual household jobs such as the cleaning, washing, cooking the food, doing the shopping and dealing with the money side of things."
Although Worcester MP Robin Walker was unable to be present at the event a letter from him was read out at the conference in which he said: "At a challenging time for local government I think it is absolutely right that the county council has marked out the young carers as a special group deserving special support".
YSS, a Midlands-based charity supporting people who face difficult life challenges, has run Worcestershire's young carers service since 2003 and is funded jointly by Worcestershire County Council and Children in Need as well as donations and fundraising.
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Jackie Chan to write musical
Los Angeles: Actor Jackie Chan is writing a musical based on his life.
The actor has confirmed he is adapting his 1998 autobiography `I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action` into a stage musical, which he will narrate, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"We are looking for a director for the musical right now," he said.
The 59-year-old star will document his life from his early years in Hong Kong to his time in youth acrobatic group Seven Little Fortunes, as well as his battle to step out of the shadow of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, in the musical.
He had previously expressed his love for musical films, particularly 1965 Robert Wise`s family flick "The Sound of Music", which starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
At that time, he said: "I love `The Sound of Music`. When I was young, I didn`t know English and I saw the whole movie."
The actor is currently being honoured for his film work in both Hollywood and his native Hong Kong.
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We know that early intervention works. In public service after public service, it is acknowledged that a pound spent on prevention or early intervention ends up saving the government money in the long term.
But long-term thinking is hard to find in an age of austerity – and early intervention programmes across the board are feeling the strain. Back in 2011, when Labour MP Graham Allen published a government-commissioned report into early intervention programmes for young children, the government stressed that no funding would be forthcoming.
Fast forward to 2013, and while the Department for Education and The Early Intervention Foundation Consortium, driven by the belief that tackling the root cause of social problems will break intergenerational cycles of dysfunction and reduce later costs to the taxpayer, have announced the creation of an independent Early Intervention Foundation (EIF), central government has remained unyielding. In December, £150m was top-sliced from councils' early intervention grant, to be adminstered centrally.
Figures from the Department for Education, Home Office and Ministry of Justice may show that spending for early action programmes has stayed constant, at about £12bn in 2011-12, but 90% of local councils will suffer a 6% cut in funding for early intervention services such as nursery places and Sure Start centres from 2013-14, according to the Local Government Chronicle.
In January, a National Audit Office report of early intervention concluded that a concerted shift away from reactive spending towards early action had potential to improve outcomes and value for money, but there has been little evidence of a concerted shift in resources. That, said Amyas Morse, head of the NAO, is symptomatic of "short-term thinking, a lack of integration in many areas and poor evidence gathering".
Decisive leadership is needed to divert resources away from highly visible current concerns towards long-term programmes.
Our live chat on Friday 15 February from 12-2pm aims to explore why the government is so tentative about early intervention. We want to know:
• Is the government's budget for early intervention measures enough?
• What are the most consistent and robust methods for gathering evidence about what works? How can value for money be assessed and compared to the alternatives?
• Where are the best examples of early intervention?
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• How can departments be supported to innovate and take bold long-term decisions?
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Easton LaChappelle
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Easton LaChappelle, 17, began working with robotics when he was 14. He lives in Mancos, Colorado, and is challenging the future of prosthetics and telerobotics. His long-term goal is to create an affordable upper-limb prosthesis that is neural controlled and stronger than a human. He has two 3D printers in his room where he makes all the joints, gears and custom parts needed for a robotic limb. He has been featured in Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines. He will be working on NASA's Robonaut project this summer. He placed 2nd in the world in engineering at the 2012 International Science Fair.


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In this debut novel, Peter is a simple man who lives by a simple truth--a person gains strength by leaning on his constants. To him, those constants are the factory where he works, the family he loves, and the God who sustains him. But when news of job cuts comes against the backdrop of an unexpected snowstorm, his life becomes filled with far more doubts than certainties.
With humor and a gift for storytelling, Billy Coffey brings you along as he spends his snow day encountering family, friends, and strangers of his small
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This is looking awesome, Amnesia set on the moon, essentially. I liked Dead Space, but this looks much more along the lines of what I'd want a horror-game in space to be. Some points from their site:
This is going to be very tense. Also, love that 80's-imagined future. The night-vision low-frame screen on your gun/pulse thing is very cool.Quote:
- A non linear experience lets you explore any part of the fully open Moon base and find out secrets that other players may not!
- Be immersed with Full body awareness, Deadzone aiming, no HUD, no health bars or points system... you must run, hide and survive the best you can against what lurks in the base.
- There are no health packs or multiple lives, in Routine there is a Perma death system that will keep you on the edge!
Sounds pretty great. Amnesia's biggest issue was probably the lack of penalty upon dying.Quote:
in Routine there is a Perma death system that will keep you on the edge!
I can't really see how permadeath could work in an exploration-based game. Imagine you had to start Amnesia from the begging very time you died. It'd be awful. Repetition is the death of horror.
Yeah, perma-death works best in games with procedurally generated levels, like FTL and Binding of Isaac. It'd be terrible in Amnesia, but Routine apparently won't be as linear as that. Maybe if the locations of mission objectives are randomized every new session, and the game is no longer than 3-4 hours it might work.
Love the look of the game overall though.
Unless the game is only about 2 hours long then permadeath is just a horrible horrible idea. Permadeath only works in short games and randomly generated ones because in short games, you don't mind dying and in randomly generated ones the fun of the game is in playing the new levels it creates. If you had to play the same 2 hours over and over again in a 4 hour game just because at that point someone always killed you, exploring the first 2 hours of the game is going to be dull.
Also it looks a lot more like Doom 3 than an Amnesia in space, particularly the panels, how you interact with them and the fact you've a weapon. I'll keep an eye on it though, it does look kinda cool and I'm one of those people who kinda liked Doom 3.
Goddamn. I was already pretty interested in the game just from various previews I'd read, but that trailer completely sells me on it. I loved the sound design, and how astonishingly loud the gunfire was after the relative silence of the base. Also, the end of the trailer was perfect.
Oh man oh man oh man when's it coming out? Everything I've seen of this game (which isn't much) suggests I'm going to love it. I thought that robot near the start had a ;_; face... Shame. Still, it looked pretty distressed anyway.
Whilst crapping my pants already I'm too very eager to try this! :o
Like I said, it depends on the length of the game. Too long and permadeath will just put more people off.
Is this only pc title ?
It looks like it, there's only Steam listed at the end of the trailer. Also, that game with the Oculus Rift?
Wait, permadeath or "hardcore"? I'd not like to pay £15 for it, fall down the first set of stairs after 2 mins, and be greeted forever with "The end"...
PS, as long as this is all robots and tech gone wrong, I could probably play it on the Occulus Rift and stroll around like a boss... "It's all just friendly machines", I'd tell myself... ;)
No save by the sound of it, but you can go anywhere. So die on the bridge? Next time go the other way. Else go back and try again. By the sounds of it, it won't be 2 hours to get to [point a, b or c] but a central hub. So deaths reset your progress... but not your experience?
I think it looks cool. But something bothers me…
If the game is set on the moon, why the hell do the guy try to climb a ladder while he could jump over thanks to the low gravity.


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I'm in the middle of replacing the passenger side shell on my e39. I have a parts car shell, and have been drilling out the spot welds. I'm at a point in the project where I could use some advice. (Do's, dont's, problems that I may encounter, etc.) Not sure exactley how to proceed from this point to get to the shell that I need. I need to replace the door jams, (from just in front of the passenger door to the tail lights. The parts piece that I have has plenty of excess material. Has anyone ever done this kind of work before? I would really appreciate any advice and knowledge about this project. I have attatched some photos.
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Ok, as I'm getting more into this project, things are starting to make sense. I have found how the skin has been seamed to the car. I have removed a kind of putty sealant, which was covering the seams.
Question - Will the skin seperate without diffuculty once the spot drills and putty sealant has been removed from the seams?
How do I get to the spot welds that I can't see? I need to remove the excess material, to get to what I need to replace. Major project, overwhelmed.
I want to save the car. It has 100k miles and is mechanically sound. I've had to replace the entire front suspension, motor mount, and the positive battery cable. (The HPS airbag deployed) :dunno:
That putty stuffis called "seam sealer" and must be re-applied after welding. You should really brace the original body tub up/down, sideways, and criss-cross so as not to lose original alignment of body. If you are good at oxy/ac welding you could weld the entire replacement piece onto the original after matching up the cut lines. Finish off with proper metal finishing process.
If you are going to just cut out spot welds and replace that is probably the better route especially if you are going to mig it all together. Take copious measurements off original tub and go at it. I would probably start at the "A" pillar then move onto the quarter panel. A bit of a job but can be done. After cutting out the spot welds you may have to do some prying to get the panels to separate. Good luck!
Thanks very much Fortunate Son! I have some help with the welding, and we are going with mig wire feed. The more I get into this project, the more things seem to be falling into place. I have the Bentley shop manuals for the E39, but it doesn't get into this type of work at all. Thanks again, as I needed to hear some feedback that it CAN be done! I'll post more pics as the project moves on.
You are undertaking a project of proportions that the majority of us wouldn't dream of! Most of us would have started parting out the vehicle and bought another one. I commend your perseverance and wish you luck on your endeavor.
Thank You! The car has been sitting for a couple of years. I slid off a road in the Sierras after hitting some black ice. Thanks to BM Tech in Rancho Cordova, used parts have been plentiful, and not very expensive. I bought a couple of 17" style 19's from ECS Tuning, which saved a lot of money. I've decided it was time to start this project, as I LOVE this car. I had a 79 320i and a 71 2002 when I was in my twenties, and have been in love with BMW's ever since. I want the satisfaction of being able to put her back on the road, and put that scary crash behind me! It's a project of love!
ADDED: If the "b" pillar isn't too bad I would definately get a body shop to pull/push it out with a "Porta Power" rather than cutting all that material out and trying to replace it. It can be done but it is a lot of work that may not be really required. Shops that do this kind of work do it smartly as well as correctly. I just don't want to see you get over your head and go to far and not being able to go back. Best of luck whicheer way you choose!
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Thanks again Fortunate Son! I've attatched a few more pics. The rocker panel took the brunt of the impact. The B pillar (without a measurement) seems to be approx 1/4 to 3/8's pushed back. That is just by eyeball of how much the passenger rear door gap overlaps the door well. From these pictures, do you think that these dents can be pulled, or is it way too far gone for that kind of repair? I have started pulling parts out of the car, (backseat, passenger seat, trunk lid, passenger tail light, sunroof, headliner, ABC pillar covers,) and have been bag n tagging things for an easier reassembly. This site and the Bentley have been a huge help with removing things. I have more pics, or can take specific pics of the car if needed. I appreciate any help with this project! :)
Where do you plan on making the cuts? From what I can tell from the pictures you should only need part of the A & B pillars and the full rocker panel. Did the rocker damage make it to the inner floor metal? This is a big project to be done in a garage, especially if you have never done anything like it before. A port-a-power and BFH will help you greatly!
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The passenger floorboard has a small ripple, not very big at all. The skin behind the rear passenger door doesn't look damaged. With the skin being one piece, I was thinking that the whole passenger side would have to be replaced. I was going to follow a diagram I found on the net, (see attatched) and seperate near the tail light. The outer skin goes about an inch under the car, and about a 1/2 inch in the wheel well. The roof seems more tricky to find where the outer skin seperates from the roof panel and the side sheet metal. If it is possible for a body shop to repair this, and the cost wouldn't be too steep, then that would be great. I wouldn't mind paying a couple grand to have this fixed professionally. If the cost was more than that, I do have the time and parts to fix it on my own. (With help from my Bimmerfest friends!) I'm a machinist, not a mechanic, and this project has been an educational experience. I am having fun with this, so I wouldn't mind DIY if it is possible. :)
Why not section in the rocker the the a pillar? The quarter does not look like it is messed up bad at all. Make sure to get the car pulled properly before you start cutting parts off.
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Yes, the rear quarter panel looks ok. I think I'm going to see how far I can get with disassemble of the parts piece. If I can be successful with that, then I will start on disassemble of the car. If it is too difficult, then I will scrap the parts piece, and go with a professional body shop.
Thanks Fortunate Son, this is a wealth of information! There is a Harbor Freight about ten minutes away. Do you think I should get as far along with the parts piece, as to minimize the labor cost, if I do have to have a professional complete the project? Maybe a combination of pro and DIY? I've attatched some more pics, as I can't find the seam on the roof panel.
I'd try the Pro/DIY path for "fun and profit"! Seriously, this can be a lot of fun, a great learning experience, and a source of pride. Re: the roof joint. I would get one of those 3m stripping discs that look like and an oversize brillo pad and chuck it into the drill and then strip off the paint down to bare metal around where the filler strip fits between the main roof panel and the door jam areas. Do this on you salvage unit. I bet you'll see small indentations indicating spot welds. Voila. The got to be there somewhere, probably burried unde rseam sealer. As an alternative call or visit a body shop that has experience in working on BMW's, especially E39's, and ask them. You may find a sympathetic shop willing to guide you through this and perhaps willing to do the Porta power thing.
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Fantastic idea! That's the tool and method I will use for finding the seam. Awesome!!! Here are some misc pics of what's been going on with the project since the wreck. I don't have the steering set properly, (alignment) but that's another job for another day. Also I bent the rear suspension, as the wheels wobble, which I noticed when towing the car. Three of the rims were ruined, (style 19's are very soft). The only rim that wasn't damaged was the driver front. I have two new style 19's and tires, along with my spare. (So I know the rims are not bent.) Things that I'll need to address later. I will keep you updated as things progress! Thanks again!!! :thumbup:
I really like those rims. I have style 44's which are my favourite but yours are a close 2nd. You just don't see many style 19's around. How is the supply of interior parts down in CA? I may be needing a couple of things if I can't find anything good locally. And whereabouts is Rocklin?
The 44's are NICE! Rocklin is about 20 minutes north east of Downtown Sacramento. For used parts, I go to BM Tech in Rancho Cordova. (About 15 minutes east of Downtown Sacramento)
For new parts, ECS Tuning out of Ohio, has the best prices in my opinion.
Both businesses ship anywhere.
BM Tech has a huge selection of used parts! I hope this helps!
Wow, what a project. :thumbup:
Thanks BK!
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I had a professional body guy come out and assess the car. He told me that the torque box is rippled. I was told that to get the car back to perfect, that it would be about 8k for the job. I don't want to put that kind of money back into the car. I'm not sure which way to go from here. Should I part it out, or sell the whole project in one shot? If I part it out, how should I go about doing this? Also, what is it worth? Any suggestions?
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"inbound NAT rules can now be added on the LAN interface with the WAN address as a target; this
helps with accessing servers on an optional interface from the LAN interface by using m0n0wall's WAN
IP address"
Does that literally mean ONLY optional interfaces, and that a LAN->WAN IP->LAN connection is still
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2014-15 Wrestling Outlook
Raising the Bar
The Rider University wrestling program has a strong, tough tradition, with the motto Rider Strong, Bronc Tough.
That tradition is built on 13 conference titles and 13 All-American under head coach Gary Taylor.
Thirteen might have been a lucky number for the Rider wrestlers, but that bar has been raised this year.
"This is what we've waited for," said Taylor, who has compiled 404 dual meet victories at Rider, the second most in Division I among active head coaches. "This is why certain wrestlers have red-shirted in the past. To get a balanced line up where we don't have a weak weight. We believe that is what we have this year."
The Broncs have six former NCAA qualifiers on the roster this season and have added two red-shirt freshmen who are expected to be nationally ranked before the season is over.
"Going into this season it feels better than it has in a while," Taylor said. "This has been a process. This year we have depth in many weights. We have a second wrestler who is not that far off of the starter."
The Broncs will be led by a pair of defending Eastern Wrestling League champions, junior Robert Deutsch at 133 and junior Conor Brennan at 165.
Deutsch was 32-6 last season at 125, including a stretch of 19 straight dual meet victories before losing 2-1 to two-time All-American Jarrod Patterson of Oklahoma. "Rob showed improvement and consistency last year," Taylor said. "He was very competitive at Nationals. The Oklahoma match made a big difference. I think he'll take the next step this year with the potential to be an All-American. That is what he is training for and working hard at."
Deutsch could still wrestle at 125 this season but most likely will move up to 133.
"He can get a lot better," associate head coach John Hangey said of Deutsch. "He has a lot of room for growth and he is falling in love with the process."
Brennan moved up from 157 to 174 last year and compiled a 27-9 record on his way to Nationals, and will move down to 165 this year. "Conor had a breakthrough year last season," Taylor said. "The light is really just coming on for Conor. We expect him to keep getting better."
Other National qualifiers returning include senior Chuck Zeisloft at 141, senior Clint Morrison at 184, junior Jim Morris at 133 and senior Donald McNeil at 197.
Zeisloft placed third at the EWLs last year at 133, winning three of four bouts, and won a match at Nationals to finish the season with 24 wins. Zeisloft has 47 wins in his last two seasons, and moves up to 141 this year. "Chuck has gotten a lot bigger," Taylor said. "He's lifted hard; he's paid a higher price to get bigger for this weight class."
Morrison won 19 matches last year despite missing the entire month of December, and went on to place third at the EWLs to qualify for Nationals, where he won a another match. "We will be careful how and when we use Clint this year," Taylor said. "He just keeps getting better."
Clint is the last of a long line of Morrisons who have represented Rider at Nationals, including his All-American father, an uncle and two brothers. "It is an end of an era, " said Taylor, who coached all five of them.
Morris red-shirted last season with a shoulder injury after earning a trip to the 2013 Nationals. That year, as a sophomore, Morris compiled 25 wins, including a team-high eight pins. "Morris is very tough on top," Taylor said, "and can be very competitive at the National level."
McNeil also qualified for Nationals in 2013, but his season came to an end last year after an injury at Midlands, where he placed eighth. McNeil begins this season ranked in two different preseason polls. "And he has beaten some of the kids ranked ahead of him," Taylor said. "He missed the second half of last year with a shoulder injury but has come back healthy. He was competitive at Nationals in 2013 and we feel he's ready to take the next step. He was just starting to build steam last year when he got hurt. He's going to make some noise."
Three Broncs who red-shirted last season who are expected to vie for EWL titles include freshmen B.J. Clagon and Chad Walsh and sophomore Ryan Wolfe.
Clagon red-shirted last season after winning four NHSCA National Championships. During his red-shirt season he placed third at the National College Open. "B.J. is probably the most decorated recruit we've ever brought in here," Taylor said. "There have only been three four-time national champs in the history of High School Nationals and he is one of them. He was ranked third in the country coming out of high school."
Walsh compiled a record of 33-7 wrestling unattached last year, including going 6-2 at Midlands, and won his weight class at the NCO. "Walsh had a great red-shirt season last year," Taylor said. "He won three tournaments and became the first freshman from Rider to ever place at Midlands. He's gotten bigger and better and he has a lot of room for growth. He is going to keep getting better."
Wolfe was named to the Amateur Wrestling News National All-Rookie Team in 2013, ranked fourth in the nation among freshmen 184 pounders, after finishing as the 184 pound runner-up at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships, before red-shirting last season. "Wolfe will drop down a weight this year," Taylor said. "He lost in the last couple of seconds to finish conference runner-up as a freshman, to a wrestler who he had beaten just two weeks before. Wolfe has a major upside. He is going to be a big 174."
Other key returnees include red-shirt freshman J.R. Wert at 125, red-shirt freshman Zach Valcarce at 125, sophomore Paul Kirchner at 141, sophomore Wayne Stinson at 157 and junior Greg Velasco at heavyweight.
Wert was ranked fifth in the nation in 2013 after winning a fourth Virginia State Title, and went 10-3 as a red-shirt last season. He was also a champion at the Beast of the East tournament. This season Wert looks to start at 125. "Wert has won some major high school tournaments," Taylor said. "He is a very competitive kid."
Valcarce was a New Jersey State Qualifier in 2013 and went 3-2 at the Hokie Open last year as a red-shirt. "Zach is just a hard-nosed kid who is very competitive," Taylor said. "He is getting better. He's a hard worker and we're pleased he is in the program. He's a very scrappy kid."
Kirchner won over 100 high school matches, twice qualifying for New Jersey States, and won nine bouts for Rider last season, including a sudden victory that led Rider to a win over cross-town rival Princeton. "Kirchner is a returning starter," Taylor said. "He gained valuable experience last year."
Stinson won the NJSIAA State Championship as a senior and was ranked 11th in the nation in 2013. Last year he pinned opponents from Penn and Cleveland State, won a major decision against Binghamton and had a sudden victory over Bloomsburg. "Stinson was a starter last year and it was a tough year for a freshman to come into a very competitive weight class," Taylor said. "He was between a 157 and a 149 last year."
Velasco won 11 matches at heavyweight last year, including a victory over the Lock Haven wrestler in the EWL Championships. "In practice it looks like he has improved," Taylor said. "In the wrestling room he is good. He just has to work on his confidence during matches."
With one or two strong wrestlers in every weight class, the Broncs are ready to return to the glory days of Rider wrestling, when the Broncs were winning conference titles and turning out All-Americans.
"Potentially and on paper, this is a more talented team than the squads we had in the mid to late 1990s when we took nine to Nationals, came home with three All-Americans, and was ranked in the top 10 in the country," Taylor said. "That group in the '90s was a very stubborn group. This group looks like that is the direction they are heading but we have to see that in competition. Potentially, this group is more talented. We have more state champions now than ever before, more multiple state champions. That's our job as coaches, to help them make that next step. They have to start believing at the National level. That's what we are starting to see."
The non-conference schedule includes home matches with Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and road trips to Penn State, Illinois and Lehigh. "Without the tough schedule we have I don't know if this team would reach its potential," Taylor said "We need this tough schedule for both the individuals and for the team to grow and learn to fight together. To develop into that team that just doesn't want to lose."
The goals of the Rider wrestling team remain the same. "Every year our goal is to qualify wrestlers for Nationals and come home with an All-American or two," Taylor said. "This year, those goals are more obtainable. We are raising the bar. It is time for more All-Americans. It is time to challenge for a conference championship, even though Edinboro finished fifth last year and returns more points from Nationals than anybody. They are an outstanding team but we feel we are an outstanding team too."
The bar has been raised. The Broncs hope to raise a championship banner as well.


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FFM should already know about her, he met her earlier
FFM doesn't look all that surprised or disappointed to see her. It's the other guy saying all that.
I thought that green spider was above making fun of others and that made him "superior"
Check out the fruity cocktail by FFM! And the name of the bar in the window! It's those small details which bring the funny.
As far as I can figure it's The Bar of ? and what does it say in the smaller print/
It is: "The bar of Justice"
I don't know what the smaller print says, but probably something Batman related.
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It says: – drinks – liquor – booze -
If it's "JUSTICE," there shouldn't be a serif at the bottom of the U.
So it is the bar of JUSHTICE. The bartender learned that day not to give the stenciler free drinks while he is working.
Is it ok to say "wanna come with" without "me"?
Or did you mean "wanna come along"?
It's just informal speech. It's common to drop the "me" in that phrase.
LP gets to win one!
He may not be badass,but he still gets the lass. With all the shit L.P. has to deal with being who he is, he was bound by the will of the cosmos to luck out at least once, well maybe twice given who he is.
I think mary sue is starting to grow on the artist, you thought a character like her on this comic would be encourse for parodying of her powers etc but she's become quite s supportive character to LP!
Hehehe, Lazer Pony FTW
Also Lazer Stallion was pretty good
I like how LP has his hand wrapped Last we saw him he was holding a nail with that hand…..
It's great to see LP win one for a change.
Darn, that hurt me, I know a Mary Sue and today I learned she's with a loser idi't. And very happy.
"Come with", "Go with", etc. without a subject following "with" is often heard in areas of the U.S. that had a lot of German immigrants. It's basically the English translation of the normal German syntax. It sounds weird to me, too, but that's the reason.


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Leveraging Online Relationships
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Valentine's Day may be history, but that doesn't mean it isn't a good time to discuss relationships! Social media is all about relationship building, and this month, SMC-DC has asked some great speakers to join us in discussing how they leverage their online relationships to meet their goals—whether your goals involve marketing, political advocacy, or issue awareness, your online relationships may be more valuable than you think.
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The shock of going behind, though, fired Worcester into life and four tries in the final quarter from Pat Sanderson, Tom Arscott, Marcel Garvey and Oliver Tomasazczyk saw them take maximum points.
However, Hill was left unimpressed by the opening hour and admitted the team needed to 'get angry' from the first whistle rather than use power off the bench to win games.
"I enjoyed watching the last 20 minutes - the first 60 minutes left a lot to be desired," said Hill. "It was only after Plymouth had scored their try to lead 10-9, we got angry and then we started to play.
"We'll have to find that anger in the dressing room before we go out for matches because, looking ahead to the play-offs, we can't afford to start games like that. Better teams than Plymouth would have scored a couple of tries on that first-half.
"We have to find the key to get them to start well - get them angry in the dressing room, so they go out there like raging bulls and start as we mean to go on.
"We set ourselves a target of getting a bonus point, so to not have scored any by half-time, was lacklustre - there was no spark, energy or sharpness. The coaches will have to look at why we keep starting slowly at home.
"When it looked like we could lose the game, we got angry and started to play well - the forwards produced some scintillating plays through Pat Sanderson and Greg Rawlinson, Alex Crockett ran like he really meant it, bouncing people off him, and Marcel Garvey finished off a superb length-of-the-field try. That's what we need to do - we need to wake up quickly and produce that early on in games."
Hill was also critical of the kicking game his side adopted and lack of 'Premiership intensity' that he wants from his players.
He added: "We didn't keep the ball for four phases and that was one of the two things we talked about before the game - the other was to have Premiership intensity. For the first 60 minutes, we did neither, but fortunately the replacements did bring a bit of that.
"We kicked too much ball away - they kicked to us and we returned it straight to them so they could kick to the corner and we seemed to watch the ball roll into touch rather than putting our foot on it. We'd then clear the ball from the line-out and they'd run straight back at us.
"We were better in the second-half when we kept hold of the ball more and ran it back at them, but before that we made their full-back look almost the best player on the field as we kicked it down his throat.
"We were quite a way short of Premiership intensity in the first-half, but I still think we have been operating at about 60 per cent of our capability in most areas."


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FOX Sports Ohio Announces 2013-14 Cavs TV Coverage
Ohio's premier regional sports network to cover 81 regular season games, beginning Opening Night, Wednesday, Oct. 30th when the Cavs host the Brooklyn Nets.
CLEVELAND, OHIO – FOX Sports Ohio is excited to announce it will carry the maximum number (81) of Cleveland Cavaliers games eligible for local broadcast during the 2013-14 regular season. Of the Cavs complete 82-game schedule, FOX Sports Ohio will not be able to televise the Cavaliers Jan. 30 game at New York due to national television exclusivity rights.
The network's coverage of the Cavs' regular season begins Opening Night, Wednesday, Oct. 30th at 7pm when the Cavs host the Brooklyn Nets at Quicken Loans Arena. FOX Sports Ohio will also air a special one-hour edition of Cavaliers Live Pregame Show that evening, starting at 6pm.
Cavaliers Live (#CavsLive) will return with commentary, features, and in-depth pre-game coverage of the Cavs 30 minutes prior to every game telecast. The Halftime Report, presented by KIA Motors, will break down the first half of the game and offer insights in preparation for the second half. Immediately following the final buzzer of each game, the post-game edition of Cavaliers Live, presented by Conrad's Tire Express and Total Car Care, will feature highlights, player interviews and analysis.
The network is also pleased to announce the return of its Cavs broadcast team. Cavaliers legend Austin Carr will continue to spice up the color analysis for the entire FOX Sports Ohio schedule along-side veteran play-by-play man Fred McLeod and sideline reporter Allie Clifton. Jeff Phelps and Campy Russell are also back to host Cavaliers Live shows.
Phelps will continue to host Cavaliers in the Paint, a show that provides the most up-to-date news and highlights surrounding the Cavs, premiering at 6pm on Tuesday, November 5th.
FOXSportsOhio.com will also feature in-depth analysis and feature stories surrounding the Cavs from NBA expert and columnist Sam Amico. During the season fans will have an opportunity to interact online by sending in questions during his live online chat every Wednesday at Noon.
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Believing that something won't happen, doesn't mean it won't. Many people think that despite the many negative factors that exist, President Barack Obama will barely cross the next presidential election finish line as victor.
Should that happen, among the many facets of his new term will be additional gun control regulations. The facts bear out that a second-term Obama administration will most definitely not be citizen friendly to the Second Amendment.
In 1996, then-Illinois State Sen. Obama answered a gun control questionnaire. He wrote that he supported a complete ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns and assault weapons.
In 1998, he expressed his support for a complete ban on the sale or transfer of all semi-automatic firearms. He supported Illinois law that bans concealed carry permits.
In 1999, Obama endorsed a 500 percent increase in the federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition. This was obviously intended to increase the price of gun ownership so drastically as to make it unaffordable for most Americans. Also in 1999, he supported a proposal to ban gun stores within five miles of a school or park. This was a reasonable-sounding scheme that would have had the effect of banning nearly every gun store in America.
In 2000, Obama voted against allowing citizens to violate local weapon bans where self-defense was involved. In 2005, he voted in the U.S. Senate to ban nearly all rifle ammunition in common civilian use.
The point: President Obama's anti-freedom inclinations have not abated. He has merely put them aside temporarily in the pursuit of larger progressive goals. Just because gun control has not had the kind of exposure enjoyed by ObamaCare does not mean it is not part of his agenda.
How will he do it? A second Obama term will involve greater restrictive laws for private citizens' gun ownership. According to the Huffington Post, the Department of Justice has been meeting to plan options for enacting gun controls by bypassing the legislative process though executive orders or regulation making by federal bureaucrats.
Obama will use his appointed, unaccountable czars, who will make up the rules as they go. And he will use the imperial courts. By appointing the right kind of judges or jurisdiction shopping, predictable rulings are easy to obtain. Whatever mischief bureaucrats aren't able to secure often can be accomplished through liberal activist judges.
Even if lower court decisions are eventually and inevitably overturned, the process takes years, and any rulings adverse to Obama's desires usually can be safely ignored.
Remember, you heard it here: Unburdened with the necessity of a second campaign, President Obama will almost certainly go for broke on every item on his progressive wish list. Gun control has always been near the very top of every progressives' wish list, and he is nothing if not a good progressive. The Second Amendment is in great peril.
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Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad raised the prospect Wednesday of creating an online health insurance marketplace with three other Midwest states.
In a meeting with Quad-City Times reporters and editors, the governor said he plans to speak with the governors of South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas about the matter.
"It seems to me it would be worth exploring ...," he said.
Branstad has been critical of the Affordable Care Act and its web portal, HealthCare.gov. But unlike some other Republican governors, he compromised with the Obama administration and legislative Democrats to allow for an expansion of Medicaid in the state. He also agreed to have the state partner with the administration on aspects of its online marketplace.
Late last year, Iowa got a $1 million federal grant to begin planning for a transition to a state-based exchange by 2016.
A multi-state arrangement would cost less than going it alone, Branstad said.
He noted the governors of the other states he's interested in are Republicans and that significant Iowa insurers, such as Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and CoOportunity Health, also sell policies in some of those states.
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are operating their own online marketplaces, and in many cases, they've seen higher enrollments than states tied to the federal website. The state-based exchanges account for more than 40 percent of the people who have selected private insurance plans thus far.
Some Iowa Democrats initially pushed for a state-based exchange. In fact, Sen. Jack Hatch, D-Des Moines, urged the governor to call a special session in late 2012 to do that.
Hatch is running for governor this year.
The governor said he has spoken with corporate leaders at Wellmark and CoOportunity, a new Iowa insurer that also sells policies in Nebraska. Wellmark is Iowa's largest health insurer and sells policies in South Dakota, too.
CoOportunity CEO David Lyons said the federal system, even with its early flaws, has worked well for the company. It is pleased with its enrollment figures. But he added a multi-state site probably would be a bit more responsive and allow for a greater focus on regional populations.
"We're very much in support of the concept," he said, but added, "it's very, very early."
He said the company would look to policymakers to take the lead.
Traci McBee, a Wellmark spokeswoman, said in a statement:
"Wellmark has long supported health insurance exchange models that allow more flexibility and local control. We are aware of the options Governor Branstad is exploring and would evaluate our participation when more information becomes available. "
Wellmark chose not to enter the Affordable Care Act's marketplace when it opened last October but intends to do so in 2015.


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and lets hope that this series doesn't get mysteriously kicked off its Sunday evening slot as happened with the last one. seemed to just disappear with no comment from anyone.
Jan 18, 2011 News, Time Team 10
We are delighted to announce that Time Team will return to the small screen very soon! The new series of the long-running and much beloved archaeology programme will air on Channel 4 from February this year.
Tony Robinson and the trusty team (including Professor Mick Aston) will be raising their trowels once more to grace a number of noted and less well known archaeological sites across Britain. Expect grubby hands, evocative insights, fascinating discoveries, revealing reconstructions, plenty of arguments amongst the experts and the usual excitement from the team.
For all the details, further information on individual episodes, dig sites of this series, exclusive articles and much more, be sure to pick up the forthcoming edition of Current Archaeology.
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and lets hope that this series doesn't get mysteriously kicked off its Sunday evening slot as happened with the last one. seemed to just disappear with no comment from anyone.
The last series was actually split in two, with a few months between the two halves. I think they're still available on 4od if you missed any 🙂
It's a shame people don't seem to appreciate their own history and archaeology, let alone that of the rest of the world. Even my own mother thinks Time Team is "Boring" – I have to grit my teeth and walk slowly away…counting to 10… :p
what happened last year ?? settling down to watch on sunday night and its not on with no explanation.had been taken off!!!!!!!and its a great series i do wish sky would stop sreening old episodes can hardly recognise tony and the crew
Having read comments on the website, I cannot agree more1 No other programme seems to be treated in the same disrespectful way as Time Team. Sunday evenings in winter are made truly enjoyable by sitting by the fire watching Time Team. Then, just when everything is going swimmingly, it vanishes, mid series, with no explanation whatsoever. It seems to be annually treated in the same manner, and we avid viewers are left totally frustrated.
ive 4 eps to go and i have complete series from 1994 + a lot of the specials also 5 TT books, bored with old ones, No! bring them on and on and
I have a good site to suggest – former Bishop's Palace, medieval manor house, roman river crossing, lost Saxon village, that as far as I can tell has never been excavated. How do I get in touch with the producers?
It great news the the program will be returning soon but could the producers do some thing about the field Archaeologist Phil Harding Hair style please bring the man in to the 21centenary and cut his Rat tail hair beside that the program is very interesting program to watch
One of the few programs on out TVs that is worth watching – and what happens – it goes!! For heavens sake, why is it not possible to retain one of the few intelligent and interesting shows??
have enjoyed every eoisode we have mnaged to get in Australia. Saddened by the death of Mick Aston but wish the powers that be would continue with the programme. They think too expensive but what is history worth – priceless.
since you use heavy equipment why not use a shop vacuum?
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Shanghai's most famous piece of real estate is getting bigger, spilling over to the west and jumping across the water to the north. The popular image of the Bund, the iconic row of historical buildings along the waterfront, will change forever with several projects scheduled for completion before Shanghai hosts the World Expo in 2010.
To some, the development is another step in the over-branding of the Bund, a marketing ploy to profit from the famous name. To others, the changes will restore the Bund to its role in the first half of the 20th century as the heart of Shanghai and an international centre of commerce.
The changes are steadily taking shape. The city just finished maintenance on the bell tower of the Customs House at number 13. Shanghai is considering plans to divert traffic on the Bund underground and enlarge the riverfront promenade, Chen Bo , deputy head of the foreign economic commission of Huangpu district, which administers the Bund, recently told a talk organised by Three on the Bund.
Two hotel projects - renovation of the ageing Peace and construction of the new Peninsula, which will mark the return of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels to the Bund after decades - are generating excitement.
But although Shanghai has regulations banning the alteration of the exteriors of buildings on the Bund, the city lacks an overarching vision for developing the area, which has caused consternation among preservationists.
'In terms of the selling off - or leasing off - of the Bund, it's in various hands. What do you do with these buildings? How do you bring back that colour, that life? There certainly isn't a comprehensive plan,' said Peter Hibbard, historian and author of The Bund Shanghai.
Despite the exterior regulations, renovation of protected buildings ranges from the award-winning - such as restaurant and retail complex Bund 18, the former headquarters of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China - to a building described as 'covered in bathroom tiles'. Bund 18 brought in a Venetian architect to restore the neoclassical building and an Italian restoration artist to clean the stonework as part of a US$15 million renovation, earning it an award of distinction from a UN agency.
Mr Hibbard said he supported careful research for renovation of old buildings, but at the same time cautioned against developers slavishly reproducing the past style of the Bund for new buildings, seeing the need for modern structures. 'In many ways, that offers the prospect to restore commercial viability to the area and bring back more people,' he said.
The Peace Hotel - formerly the Cathay and Palace hotels - shut earlier this year for a planned two-year, US$50 million renovation. The designer, Hirsch Bedner Associates, has run ads seeking historical material to help in the restoration.
The Peninsula Shanghai, due to open in 2009, will draw its inspiration from art deco of the 1920s and 30s for its interior, suggesting the exterior of the building will match its surroundings. The 15-storey hotel, which is subject to height restrictions, will have 250 rooms.
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels has been tight-lipped about its plans but after months of inactivity the base of the building is visible behind scaffolding at the end of the Bund near Suzhou creek.
Behind the Peninsula to the west of the Bund, a project to redevelop an area called Waitanyuan is on the drawing board. The first phase was originally scheduled for completion in 2009, although the status of the project was unclear amid rumours it had run into trouble, property industry sources said.
As originally envisioned, the first phase of the project covers more than one million sq ft of mixed-use development including luxury housing, shops and office space. The area boasts several historic buildings, including the art deco Capitol Building and the YWCA.
With the focus on luxury, development of the Bund is threatening to shut many out, like the exclusive clubs and parks reserved for foreigners in pre-1949 Shanghai. 'Most Chinese stay on the elevated promenade. They don't shop. They don't do anything there,' Mr Hibbard said.
Development around the Bund is also displacing residents from their homes. Huangpu evicted more than 9,900 families last year, the second highest total for a city district, although the government hasn't revealed how many evictions were directly linked to Bund redevelopment.
With typical boldness, Shanghai has created the 'North Bund', an area only a few hundred metres up the Huangpu river from the original Bund. The grand vision is slowly being realised but despite the short geographic distance, a vast psychological gap separates the Bund from its poorer cousin.
'Anything after the Waibaidu bridge is like another zone altogether. This site is up and coming,' said Ronald Kang, general manager of the Hyatt on the Bund, referring to the bridge which links it to the North Bund.
The Hyatt, which formally opened last month, is among the first to take the commercial risk in the North Bund. Although the area is home to several hotels, this is the first international luxury hotel in
the district.
The new Hyatt is unabashedly modern, a deliberate attempt by developer Shimao Group to set it apart from the buildings on the Bund. With twin towers each over 30 storeys high, it dwarfs the nearby 19-storey Shanghai Mansions, formerly known as Broadway Mansions, which was among the tallest and most modern buildings in the city when it opened as a hotel-apartment block in 1934.
'We don't want to have Roman columns. We don't want to have another big chandelier in the lobby. For the North Bund, they actually let loose and said, 'Come up with something modern and new','
Mr Kang said.
Along the river, a new cruise ship terminal is taking modernity to the limit. Nicknamed 'the bubble' for its bulbous glass roof, the nearly 900-metre-long terminal will be able to accommodate three ships at once.
'I am confident it will be the best in the Far East,' said He Binwu , general manager of the Shanghai Port International Cruise Development Co. The more than 1.8 billion yuan project is due for completion next year.
Some of the ambitions for the North Bund have foundered. The Shanghai government abandoned plans to build the world's biggest Ferris wheel - larger than the London Eye - on the waterfront in the wake of a corruption scandal which claimed the job of the city's highest leader.
A plan to install a 2km landscaped walkway along the water has apparently been blocked by the navy, which is reluctant to surrender its ownership of the land and access to deep-water berths.
Part of the challenge is rejuvenating the surrounding Hongkou district, traditionally considered a working-class area. Since it was part of Shanghai's former International Settlement, however, the district combined shanty towns with mansions for foreigners.
During the late 1930s, around 15,000 European Jews fleeing the Nazis found refuge in Hongkou. Japanese forces occupying Shanghai later forced Jewish refugees into a ghetto in the district.
Former refugee Michael Blumenthal, who later became US treasury secretary, remembers the area as 'dangerous and dirty'. 'Many people died on the streets and nobody cared,' he recalled in a speech two years ago. There has been discussion of a massive renovation and modernisation project for the ghetto area, but one government official said the intention is to start small, in part by refurbishing an old synagogue, now a memorial.
The Ohel Moishe Synagogue at 62 Changyang Road reopened to the public in late October after several months of renovations. The work sought to return the building to its original appearance circa 1928 by restoring the second-floor balcony, adding two wooden columns and cleaning the brickwork.
The project will eventually include a new building for historical exhibits and a small garden. However, there are no plans to allow the synagogue to be used for religious worship again.
'The government is starting from here,' said Wang Yaohua , an official at the memorial. 'It's too much money to restore the whole area. There are several generations of Chinese living here. The relocation costs would be high.'
Elsewhere in the district, another lovingly restored building will be ready next year: a 1930s-era abattoir which once kept Shanghai fed. The distinctive, British-designed industrial building will house companies in the creative industries and space for art exhibits and performances. It is a circular building surrounded by a square one with a massive art deco facade.
The old wine cellar of the British engineers, which was found filled with bottles after the city fell to the communists, will likely be incorporated into a private club. A steakhouse will be the main restaurant, complete with a steer carcass hanging behind glass in view of diners.
The developer has concerns about luring people into the Hongkou district, but the Bund is only 10 minutes away by car and its buildings can be seen from the top floor of the old slaughterhouse.
'The good thing is that the Bund is advancing northwards. What we have to do now is have our project spread southwards and the two sides will converge,' said Paul Liu, chairman of Axons Concepts, developer of the project which is named 1933 after the year of completion. He compares Hongkou to Brooklyn's relationship with Manhattan.
'It's part of the old city. It has history. Lots of things happened here: culture, arts, even revolutionary activity. But you're crossing the river,' he said.
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