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This sweeping biography of one of America's greatest musicians is the first in twenty-five years to be written with the cooperation of Bruce Springsteen himself. With unfettered access to the artist, his family, and band members--including Clarence Clemons in his last major interview--acclaimed music writer Peter Ames Carlin presents a startlingly intimate and vivid portrait of a rock icon. For more than four decades, Bruce Springsteen has reflected the heart and soul of America with a career that includes twenty Grammy Awards, more than 120 million albums sold, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award. He has also become an influential voice in American culture and politics, inspiring President Barack Obama to admit: "I'm the president, but he's the Boss." Built from years of research and unparalleled access to its subject and his inner circle, Bruce presents the most revealing account yet of a man laden with family tragedy, a tremendous dedication to his artistry, and an all-consuming passion for fame and influence. With this book, the E Street Band members finally bare their feelings about their abrupt dismissal in 1989, and how Springsteen's ambivalence nearly capsized their 1999 reunion. Carlin deftly traces Springsteen's often harrowing personal life: from his lower working- class childhood in Freehold, New Jersey, through his stubborn climb to fame and tangled romantic life, and finally to his quest to conquer the demons that nearly destroyed his father. In Bruce, Carlin encompasses the breadth of Springsteen's astonishing career and explores the inner workings of a man who managed to redefine generations of music. A must for fans, Bruce is a meticulously researched, compulsively readable biography of one of the most complex and fascinating artists in American music.
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Puffing away in Baton Rouge.
Fabian Blache III
Posted: April 28, 2000
French writer George Sand once wrote: "The cigar numbs sorrow and fills the solitary hours with a million gracious images." After a long day's work, pairing a fine cigar with a cocktail can do just that, swiftly smoothing the wrinkles of the day. Churchill's of Baton Rouge, with panache and pleasure not found in other local establishments, serves up cigar hedonism in luxurious proportions.
A short distance from the hustle and bustle of the state capital, and only an hour from New Orleans, Churchill's is a great place to exhale. Few lounges exude the opulence and warmth that Churchill's so readily imparts to its patrons. Do you wish to be whisked away for a time? With its beautiful decor, diversity of product and knowledgeable staff, Churchill's stands ready to accommodate your needs.
Upon entering, marble stretches out from your feet in the main lobby, embraced on its perimeters by plush hunter-green carpet. The columns, crown moldings and wood trim are oak. With its two clubrooms, Churchill's is an Epicurean's delight, offering the stateliness of a millionaire's private lounge. A small bar overlooks the front parlor, which is adorned with a mix of old-world charm and new-world gadgetry. A wood-burning fireplace stands near a salt-water aquarium and a large-screen television, and prints of old world Scottish castles adorn the walls near a pair of Internet terminals, which are free to patrons.
The aft lounge has a more eclectic look, boasting a large, round, leather-inset table orbited by several plush chairs. The large crystal chandelier, museum lighting, well-placed paintings, plants and sculptures create an environment that the great British prime minster the bar is named after would have been proud to enter.
Of course, Sir Winston would have gladly spent time in a room boasting this type of cigar and spirit selection, fine decor or no fine decor. Cigars on-hand include Macanudo, Avo, Arturo Fuente, Cohiba, Montecristo, and La Gloria Cubana, in addition to Baccarat, Bauzá, Dunhill, and H. Upmann. The prices are fairly reasonable for a cigar bar: Partagas Limited Reserves retail for $13, Por Larrañaga Churchills are $7 and Arturo Fuente Hemingway Work of Arts are $16. You can store your favorites in one of 50 personal cigar lockers for $250 per year.
Churchill's stocks an impressive cache of Single Malt Scotches and Port, a generous assortment of domestic and imported beers and a solid wine list. Owner Mark Dennis serves wine in Riedel glasses, and decants older wines in Baccarat crystal. Churchill's conducts wine tastings every other Tuesday. Local wine specialists and distributors serve as the instructors du jour.
Churchill's has all the ingredients in place to "Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler," or in the language of the native Louisiana Cajuns, "let the good times roll."
Fabian Blache III is a contributing writer to the Baton Rouge Business Report.
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View from the corner: Ganaway, Vallecillo on 'The Quest' card
Updated 11:59 pm, Saturday, March 2, 2013
The main event of "The Quest" pro boxing card March 23 at Sunset Station will pit Rashad Ganaway (13-3-1, 9 KOs) against Justo Vallecillo (6-14, 3 KOs), pending approval by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Ganaway, of Little Rock, Ark., trains at Angel's Boxing Club. Vallecillo trains at Zarzamora Street Gym.
The eight-round, junior welterweight bout would headline an eight-bout card. Super bantamweight Javier Rodriguez of San Antonio is scheduled to appear in the co-feature. His opponent is TBD.
Other local fighters on the card include Benjamin Whitaker, Rolando Campos, Robert Ledesma, Jesse Anguiano and Omar Gonzalez Jr.
Tickets — $20 for general admission and $50 for VIP — are available at Angel's Boxing Club, San Fernando Gym and Team Morones Boxing Club.
Whitaker loses: San Antonio junior middleweight Quinton Whitaker (9-11, 5 KOs) appeared on a pro card Thursday at the Flight Museum in Dallas, losing to Rogelio De la Torre (10-2, 6 KOs) of Houston in a sixth-round TKO (2:00).
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Also on the card, San Antonio featherweight Theodore Johnson (0-5) lost to Christian Faz (1-2) of Austin in a four-round split decision.
Amateur show: San Fernando Gym is hosting a 25-bout amateur card Saturday. First bell is 2 p.m. Admission is $8 with children 6-under free.
Chavez update: The penalties levied by the Nevada State Athletic Commission against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. are not expected to alter the Mexican star's fight plans.
Chavez was suspended for nine months and fined $900,000 for failing a drug test after his loss to Sergio Martinez last fall. The suspension ends June 15, and Top Rank's Bob Arum, his promoter, said Chavez would return to the ring June 22 or 29 in Texas or Mexico City.
If Chavez fights in Texas, it likely will be in San Antonio.
Chavez met with the Nevada commission on Thursday and apologized. The son of the former Mexican great tested positive for marijuana.
In 2009, he tested positive for a banned diuretic. He was fined $10,000 and suspended seven months for that offense.
Chavez apologized, but the commission hammered him. Arum called the fine — 30 percent of Chavez's purse for the Martinez fight — extortion.


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Pacemakers? Cardiac Kids? You decide
By Conrad Brunner at Pacers.com
With a handful of breathtaking victories already and the season not yet halfway complete, these Pacers have earned something special. And since I don't have any particularly constructive skills other than thinking up stuff to type as fast as I can, this is the best I can do: let's come up with a nickname.
Their stunning 113-110 victory in Phoenix Wednesday marked the 11th game this season they've played decided by three points or less. They've won five of those, each on their final possession.
So what to dub these thrillseekers?
Cardiac Kids is too easy, been done too many times. Seems like every team that wins a couple of close games starts calling itself that, or some form of it.
To me, this one's a natural: The Pacemakers.
Because if they keep this up, I'm going to need one.
If you've got something better, and odds are you do, please post it as a comment at the end of this blog. After a few days we'll put the nominations together and have some kind of vote or something. Sounds official, right?
Just in case you need your memory refreshed, what follows is a list that should explain why I'm making this particular fuss.
Nov. 26 at Houston: Pacers 91, Rockets 90
The Pacers wiped out a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit and beat the Rockets when Danny Granger tipped in his own miss with 13 seconds left. Troy Murphy had a big game from the 3-point line to help spark the comeback.
Trailing 90-89, Granger drove and his first shot bounced off the back rim but he tipped-in the game-winner. The Rockets took a timeout and worked the ball to Yao Ming, who missed in traffic. Ron Artest grabbed the rebound but couldn't get a quality shot in the scramble and his desperation fadeaway wasn't close.
Dec. 2 at Conseco Fieldhouse: Pacers 118, Lakers 117
Another tip-in, this time by Troy Murphy, completed another comeback and delivered a shocking victory over the Lakers. The Pacers thus became the first team in the NBA this season to beat both of the reigning NBA Finalists.
The Lakers brought a seven-game winning streak into the game and scored the final 17 points of the third quarter to take a 101-86 lead. But Granger and Murphy teamed up again and the defense held the Lakers to 16 points in the final period.
Kobe Bryant's long jumper gave the Lakers a 117-116 lead but missed a jumper on the Lakers' next possession that left the door open. The Pacers called a timeout and got the ball to Marquis Daniels, who got an open look on a baseline drive but missed the shot. It was tipped around before Murphy batted it toward the hoop. It hit both sides of the rim, rose into the air and dropped through.
Dec. 20 at Philadelphia: Pacers 95, Sixers 94
T.J. Ford was the hero this time, hitting a 15-footer with 3.9 seconds left to cap a 25-point game and give the Pacers another improbable one-point win.
Indiana played without Granger, Murphy and Daniels, who all were out with viral infections.
The Pacers rallied from an 88-83 deficit in the final three minutes with an 8-1 run, taking a 91-89 lead with 1:30 left on Jeff Foster's 3-point play. Andre Iguodala rebounded his own miss and after a turnover by Jarrett Jack, Lou Williams drove for a dunk that put the Sixers in front 94-93 with 17 seconds left.
After working the clock, Ford pulled up in the key for the game-winner.
The Sixers had the last shot but Iguodala missed a tough lefty drive as time expired.
Jan. 2 at New York: Pacers 105, Knicks 103
Jack atoned for his potentially costly turnover in Philly by hitting a long jumper with nine-tenths of a second remaining to beat the Knicks in Madison Square Garden. The shot capped a 29-point night by Jack, who scored the Pacers' final six points and eight of 10 as they wiped out a 98-93 deficit in the final three minutes.
The victory snapped a four-game losing streak and was particularly sweet for Jack, whose game-winner came over Knicks guard Chris Duhon, his cousin.
The Pacers looked to be in good shape when Jack drove to put them up 103-100 with 24 seconds left. But Murphy fouled a driving Wilson Chandler, who converted the tying three-point play with 12 seconds to go. After Jack's big shot, the Knicks called a timeout and worked an inbounds play to Nate Robinson, who missed a long, off-balance 3-pointer.
Jan. 7 at Phoenix: Pacers 113, Suns 110
With nine-tenths of a second remaining the same amount of time the Knicks had the previous week Pacers Coach Jim O'Brien set up an inbounds play that resulted in a defensive switch by Phoenix that left Granger open at the top of the arc, guarded by a much smaller defender, Steve Nash.
Granger's long try splashed just as the horn sounded and the Pacers had yet another heart-stopping victory. Granger scored 37 and became the first Pacers NBA player ever to score at least 35 in three consecutive games.
Coach drew up a great play," Granger said. "We ran some people around and I ran away and I popped to the top and got a look. When I got that open look, I let it go. Im always confident its going in the hole. Were just trying to get as many wins as possible because were better than our record shows."
The Pacers led throughout until Phoenix took its only lead, 110-108, on Leandro Barbosa's 30-pointer with 45 seconds left. Granger tied it with a jumper with 34 seconds to go and the Suns missed two shots on their last possession, leaving the door cracked, if not completely open, for Granger to push through.
"My last game winning shot," Granger said, "I think was in college."
In fact, it was less than two months ago.
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They've gone and done it, all right. It took a few years and included a few obstacles, but they've taken their ball and decided to play somewhere else.
The Big Threat has become Big Change. All with the NCAA's blessing.
Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the Power 5: the birth of the NCAA's new division. What it looks like and who's allowed access in the exclusive club is to be determined.
But the same group of conferences who for years have publicly and anonymously threatened to pull away from the NCAA and create their own organization, will now run their own show within college sports' organizing body.
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And whaddya know, the projected start date just so happens to coincide with the new college football postseason that begins in 2014.
"The five of us," says Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, "have a feeling that when we agree on something, we're going to be able to achieve it."
Let me try to explain how significant, how momentous, that statement really is. This is more than just a stipend for players within the Power 5 (see: "the five of us") conferences, a rallying cry that has become a convenient and socially galvanizing crutch to use as the instrument of change.
This is about completely reshaping how college athletics works. This is about a clear, unmistakable line between those who can afford it and those who can't.
This is about five conferences and their 65 university presidents creating a new division within the current framework of college sports—and then restructuring legislation (see: rules) to fit their desires without a peep from the rest of the membership.
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I don't know about you, but that looks a whole lot like taking your ball and going home.
Now let those words from Delany—"when we agree on something, we're going to be able to achieve it"—sink in just a little bit more.
It begins with paying players, because who in their right mind—at this point in the realignment/television contract-driven process—could argue against paying players a stipend? And because the "five of us" will look so magnanimous in finally righting the wrong of decades past (paying players), more significant change will slip right by.
New recruiting rules, new enforcement rules and governance, new financial standards for acceptance for those outside the "five of us." Then there's a commissioner of the new division, a position that's more than just a figurehead for the 300-plus university presidents (see: Emmert) and a position that will oversee and manage every aspect of the process.
Basically, it's an elite club that controls the entire financial foundation of college sports—and plays by its own rules.
But really, it's just about paying players.
"The unintended consequences," says one non-BCS athletic director, "are beyond the pale."
Such as players who are getting paid playing against those who aren't, because you don't really think they're going to play games against just each other, do you?
Or more booster shenanigans, because if State U. is struggling to come up with enough fluid cash to pay scholarship athletes (that includes meeting Title IX requirements by giving women's sports an equal stipend pool), it's either find more cash or say goodbye to the super division.
"This is not a time when trimming around the hedges is going to make very much of a difference," said Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby.
Instead, they'll tear them down and start over.
Look, change can be good. It can be revolutionary and reenergizing and can lead to unthinkable heights. Look at what the BCS did for the sport.
But when the American Athletic Conference is added to the new super division, will Tulane president Scott Cowen still be a champion for the little programs that could?
Or will he quietly skulk away once he gets what he wants like the Utah attorney general?
"If you begin trying to put together homogenous groups, somebody gets included and somebody gets left out," Bowlsby said. "Wherever you draw those lines, if they're bright lines, you have controversy."
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Greinke tests elbow with a bullpen session
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke said he felt good and had no issues after throwing a bullpen session Sunday, his first time off a mound since being shut down with elbow soreness.
Greinke wouldn't say whether he thought he'd be ready for his first regular-season start April 2.
"I felt good, working on stuff, trying to be sharp for the game," Greinke said. "I just want to do what's best for the team. It's not important what day."
Greinke threw all of his pitches in a 38-pitch bullpen session after a five-minute warmup in the outfield. He said he "probably threw a little more" than he expected to.
The session came six days after he received a platelet-rich plasma injection and medication for inflammation in the back of his elbow.
After a handful of throws from behind the mound, Greinke made 20 pitches out of the stretch, then 18 more out of the windup. Afterward, he spent five minutes talking to manager Don Mattingly and pitching coach Rick Honeycutt. Also attending the session was general manager Ned Colletti, vice president of medical services Stan Conte and a handful of other club officials.
"I'm just trying to get ready," Greinke said. "I don't think about it as a rehab."
Greinke has made just two starts this Spring for a total of five innings. His most recent start was March 1, when he went three innings.
Greinke missed a bullpen session with elbow discomfort on March 3 and missed a start with the flu March 6. He then threw a bullpen session on March 8 without apparent problems, but was scratched from his start this past Monday and was sent for an examination in Los Angeles, where he received the injection.
Because the inflammation arose the day after his previous bullpen session, club officials will wait until seeing how Greinke emerges on Monday before breathing a sigh of relief over their $147 million offseason signing. Greinke didn't sound concerned.
"I could have something, I don't know," Greinke said, referring to Monday. "I'm assuming I'm going to be fine and be on track to do whatever. I don't know for sure."
His first scheduled regular-season start is April 2, and it's unclear if he'll have enough foundational innings logged to make that.
"I'm just doing what's laid out to give everyone their best chance," Greinke said. "We've got other starting pitchers. I just have to be ready."
Greinke has exceeded 200 innings pitched in four of the past five seasons. He missed that mark in 2011 because of a broken rib suffered in a spring pickup basketball game that left him on the shelf throughout April.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Many Pelvic Exams Are Medically Unjustified
Many Pelvic Exams Are Medically Unjustified
Nearly all obstetrician-gynecologists consider the bimanual pelvic examination a very important part of the well-woman checkup, and sometimes perform the examination unnecessarily in asymptomatic women, according to the results of a nationwide survey of 521 gynecologists and obstetrician-gynecologists in the United States.1
The pelvic examination—manual inspection of the cervix and uterus in conjunction with a Papanicolaou (Pap) test—has been the center of annual well-woman examinations, which allow for an evaluation of a patient's overall health and for the early identification of any budding health problems. To better understand why clinicians perform the examination, surveyed physicians were asked whether they would perform a bimanual pelvic examination in a series of vignettes involving asymptomatic patients aged 18, 35, 55, and 70 years who did not need a Pap test.
According to the study findings, nearly all of the physicians would perform routinely a bimanual pelvic examination in asymptomatic, low-risk women. Most physicians would perform the examination on a 55-year-old woman with no ovaries, uterus, or cervix, with more than half of surveyed physicians citing a bimanual examination to be "very important" in this scenario. In addition, 47% of physicians reported using pelvic examinations as a means to screen for ovarian cancer despite that this examination is not recommended for this purpose.1 Other reasons given for performing the bimanual pelvic examination were adherence to standard medical practices (45%), patient reassurance (49%), and identification of benign conditions of the uterus (59%) and the ovaries (54%).
The updated guidelines for preventive care by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the US Preventive Services Task Force, and the American Cancer Society state that annual Pap tests are not needed for most women. ACOG also has recommended that the bimanual examination should not be part of a routine well-woman examination until age 21.2 Despite these recommendations, about 87% of the physicians surveyed said they would perform this examination on 18-year-old healthy women. Physicians also said they perform the examination to reassure patients, to meet patient expectations, and to ensure "adequate compensation for routine gynecological care."1,2
Of concern is that these examinations could result in unnecessary surgeries or women being falsely reassured, said Jillian Henderson, PhD, MPH, lead author of the study.2 "We need to have more discussion over whether the benefits of these exams outweigh the harms, and if they should be part of a woman's annual checkup."
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- Many pelvic examinations are performed unnecessarily, the results of which could result in unnecessary procedures or false reassurance.
- Many pelvic examinations are mistakenly performed to screen for ovarian cancer.
2. Study questions reasons for routine pelvic exams. Available at: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-12/uoc--sqr121412.php. Accessed December 17, 2012.


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Wheelchair-accessible on Main Deck only. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (281) 479-2431 Dec. 1-31 History in Lights - Goliad State Park Come take an evening stroll at Mission Espiritu Santo and discover the history of the site. Flickering light and shadow tell the story of the mission -- from its long-ago role as a Spanish Colonias mission, through its reconstruction by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, to its refurbishment in the 1970s by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Park entrance fees apply. Please use self-pay station. Every evening, sunset until 10 p.m. (361) 645-3405 Dec. 15 Posada at the Fort - Fort Leaton State Historic Site Come learn and experience one of the oldest Mexican Christmas traditions. The traditional "posada" is a celebration in true Mexican fashion commemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in anticipation of their child's birth. Traditional treats and entertainment will be provided in this "must see" border event. 7 p.m.-9 p.m. (432) 229-3613 Dec. 16 Christmas on the Border - Barton Warnock Visitor Center This special event is a must see if visiting the Terlingua and Lajitas areas of the Big Bend. Join the staff and volunteers of The Barton Warnock Visitor Center celebrating the holiday season in West Texas border fashion. Local community performers will provide the entertainment. Refreshments and treats will be served and a special visit by Santa Clause for the children. 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. (432) 424-3327 Dec. 16-17 Trail of Lights -- Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Site Enjoy a fantastic quarter-mile trail illuminated with thousands of lights that decorate the Monument Hill and Kreische House portions of our park. Walk a trail overlooking the town of La Grange. Experience the more traditionally decorated 1850's-era German home of H.L. Kreische, bedecked in Christmas splendor in a Texas-German style. Bring your children to tell secrets to Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and enjoy the genuine seasonal hospitality of the Friends of Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery, who sponsor the event. Get into the Season's spirit with us! Admission fees apply. No pets allowed. 6 p.m.-8 p.m. (979) 968-5658 Dec. 16-18 Holidays at the Tramway - Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park Start a new family tradition and have your picture taken with Santa Claus at the top of Ranger Peak. Take time to see our Christmas decorations and to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate, apple cider, or coffee at our "Mile High" gift shop. You'll find unique gifts like candles, books, apparel, toys and other one-of-a-kind items for everyone on your shopping list. Noon- 5 p.m. (915) 562-9899 Dec. 17 Breakfast with the Birds and Santa - Estero Llano Grande State Park Come have breakfast on our magnificent covered deck situated right on one of our lakes and spend some time visiting with a special guest, Santa. There will be photo opportunities galore, with both Santa and the birds that often come very close to the deck. Join Santa as we have a light holiday breakfast on the deck and then follow our knowledgeable guides as they take you on a guided nature walk. Fees: $7 adults, $5 senior citizens, free for children 12 and under; reservations required. Fees apply. 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (956) 565-3919 Dec. 17 Bunuelo Bites and Christmas Lights - Estero Llano Grande State Park Come enjoy an evening full of Christmas spirit. Walk the park's colorfully lit walkway up to the visitor center where you can join our park naturalists around the piano playing music and singing Christmas carols. Stroll down another lit path to Pauraque Hall and learn to make and enjoy traditional hot chocolate and bunuelos. You'll also have the opportunity to explore the park on a ride in our tinseled trolley! Be sure to visit the park store, where you're sure to find the perfect gift for anyone on your list. 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (956) 565-3919 Dec. 17 Christmas for the Birds - Dinosaur Valley State Park The workshop will cover how to build a wild bird feeder out of a log. The goal is to fill the log with bird food that will aid the birds through the winter months. We may get a visit from "Old Saint Nick". Come and join the fun. 2 p.m.-4 p.m. (254) 897-4588 Dec. 17 Barrington Farm Holidays - Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site Join us for an all new celebration and discover the joy of Christmas! Together we will enjoy the simplicity of farm life by making decorations and toys for the home and family, enjoying period music and discovering the true meaning of "Peace on Earth, Good Will towards all Men." Activity fees: $5/adult; $3/student 7 years and over; free for TSPP holders. Fees apply. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (936) 878-2214 Dec. 17 Pioneer Kids Christmas - Government Canyon State Natural Area Join us at Government Canyon State Natural Area for a Pioneer Kids Christmas! Experience what a typical Christmas would have been like for pioneer children in this region. Learn about the origins of pioneer Christmas traditions; create your own nineteenth-century Christmas decorations; listen to Christmas stories pioneer children may have heard; and play with traditional nineteenth-century children's toys. Reservations requested, ending at noon Dec. 16. For reservations or more information, e-mail email@example.com or call (210) 688-9055 x289. Include the name of each participant/guardian, age of participant, contact e-mail and telephone number. Entrance fees apply. 10 a.m. - noon (210) 688-9055 Dec. 17 Christmas in Fairfield Lake State Park - Fairfield Lake State Park Join us as we celebrate the season with a trail of lights and a hayride. Santa will be stopping by from for pictures. Campers will be encouraged to decorate their campsites; fees will be waived per the park manager for those that participate. At the dining hall you'll find classic Christmas movies playing along with hot cocoa and wassail to help put you in the Christmas spirit. The park is also serving as a drop off point for Toys for Tots. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. (903) 389-4514 Dec. 17 Caroling in the Cave - Longhorn Cavern State Park Join us at Longhorn Cavern as we celebrate the season with the singing of Christmas carols inside the cavern, and food and games in the administration building. Different musical artist each week. Reservations highly recommended. 5 p.m.-8 p.m. (512) 756-4680 Dec. 18 42nd Annual LBJ Tree Lighting -- Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site Come join the Texas Hill Country community in this special tradition started 42 years ago by President and Mrs. Johnson. Enjoy the spectacular tree lighting and an evening of holiday fun. Step back in time at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm for cookies amid glowing lanterns and a traditional candlelit German Christmas tree. The park store will be open and will help you with all your holiday gift needs. Special ornaments and artist will be in the park that evening and these decorative items are sure to be a holiday hit. It's a night for the entire family and is sure to put you in the holiday spirit. 6 p.m.-9 p.m. (830) 644-2252 --- On the Net: http://tpwd.texas.gov/calendar/holidays -30- [ Note: This item is more than five years old. 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Catch-and-release fishing is free, but anglers may pay $5 for the opportunity to catch and keep up to five fish. Cappallo is a member of the Brazos Valley Fly Fishers and lives on Richland Chambers Reservoir. He fly-fishes for trout in New Mexico and redfish and tarpon on the Texas coast. Cappallo also builds handmade fly rods and ties flies. Reservations are required, and the class is limited to 20 persons. Registration deadline is January 13. Checks should be made payable to "Friends of TFFC." For more information or to register for the class, call Craig Brooks at (903) 670-2222. -30-


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Genesis, Hyundai's new pony car, gallops along with the big boys
Hyundai migrated to North America in the '80s selling an atrocious little pot called the Pony. It was a total piece, based on an underachieving Mitsubishi, but it gave the Korean automaker a chance to improve its wares.
And boy has it ever. Over the past 25 years, Hyundai has gone from humble to hot, building some of the best cars sold in the U.S.
If you want a sport coupe that can humble a '90s Corvette and keep pace with America's pony cars, check out the Genesis Coupe 3.8.
Especially when equipped with the available V6 engine and manual transmission, the Genesis Coupe very much is a Korean Corvette: A swoopy body with steering firmly connected to an athletic chassis. This is a car that embarrasses many world-class sports cars with a price that challenges mortal mid-size sedans.
A quick glance could convince you it's a successor to the Tiburon or an aggressively-styled Eclipse competitor. Take it front-on and it looks as wide as a Ferrari Testarossa. The coupe shares its wide luxury car platform with the Genesis sedan, translating into a roomy cabin and athletic stance. At some angles, it could be an Infiniti G37 sport coupe, which I'm sure is no accident. From behind you get a breath of wing and wide butt familiar to drivers of lesser wheels.
Two-tier side surfacing and a "Z profile" windowline leave their impressions. Alloy wheels insure this exotic coupe lives up to its sexy looks.
You can get an efficient little 210-horsepower turbocharged four-cylinder in the Genesis, but what's the swag in that? Get the high-tech 306-HP 3.8-liter V6 and grow a set. In every one of the six manually-selected gears, the car growls and surges forward like an American muscle car.
Like in the Genesis sedan, power is sent to the rear wheels — proper in any real performance car. Fuel economy is rated 17/26-MPG city/hwy. You'll burn more fuel than in a V6 domestic, but not much. If you're that worried about it, go for the four-cylinder model and enjoy 21/30-MPG.
All you need is an iPhone (or similar device) to turn the Genesis into a Jetsons-era space coupe. Its twin-cockpit dash design is modern and sporty. Heated leather seats in contrasting brown leather looked great and gripped for fun. Automatic climate control, power sunroof and push button starting make the car easy to use.
Even with in-dash navigation and a thumpin' 10-speaker Sirius-XM Infinity audio system, the car seems simple. Plug your iPhone into the USB port to access all of your music through the car's controls (easy-to-use menus are intuitive). Bluetooth lets you make calls using the iPhone's contact list and service by pressing buttons on the steering wheel. Add one little device and the car becomes as sophisticated as any. Best of all, you can take that tech to go.
Engineers went all out creating the Genesis sedan's chassis. Its four-wheel independent suspension system, five-links in back, is as sophisticated as high-end German units. They had clear minds when they carried over a stiffened version for the Genesis Coupe. Compared to other cars in its class, Genesis feels better planted over rough pavement, but is lively enough to carve up backroads with vigor. Somehow, it still manages to provide a comfortable ride on the highway and isn't overly harsh on rough city streets. The chassis is a first-class design, and Genesis is a first-class ride.
Safety was a key point of the design. Dual front, front-side and side curtain airbags tally off the people protectors. Four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, electronic stability control, traction control and electronic brake force distribution let the chassis contribute to avoid accidents in the first place. Active headrests help protect against whiplash in severe accidents.
I don't have the heart to take a car and roast the tires off of it in a crazy testosterone-infused tear, but everybody tells me the Genesis is a riot among the drifting crowd. Its torquey rear-driven powertrain can spin the tires into liquid goo with a side of smoke; its precise suspension and steering let you put the car wherever you want it as if with thought alone. Amazingly, during a three-hour drive, the car was as mature and well behaved as any high-performance coupe I've driven recently.
If the Sedan heralded Hyundai's arrival with an unapologetic luxury that can take on high-end German and Japanese models, then the Coupe is the sports car that puts the world's pony cars on notice.
Genesis is giving the Mustang and Camaro their own brand of Asian hell while serving up a dish of burn for the Infiniti G37 and Nissan Z. An as-tested price of $29,425 rubs wasabi in the wounds.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition July 02, 2010.


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Data Analyst â€" System Integration
Tesla Motors is an aggressive, well-funded start-up in the San Francisco Bay Area that is making advanced electric vehicles, batteries, and drive systems a reality. We are building a technically strong, motivated and very fast-moving engineering team which prides itself on superior execution.
We are currently seeking a Data Analyst for our System Integration Team.
- BS or higher degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar
- 2-5+ years experience in a related industry
Relevant skills and experience:
- Expertise in resolution of customer/field issues, automotive or complex systems a plus
- Experience with manipulating large datasets, database schema design and query optimization
- Knowledge of statistical distributions and the situations in which they apply
- Experience creating learning algorithms with optimization techniques
- Comfortable using variety of programming languages: C, Python, SQL, Matlab, Perl
- Exposure to object-oriented programming, embedded programming, distributed task environments
- Experience with complex mechanical/electrical systems
- Strong analytic problem solving skills, and an aptitude for learning systems quickly
- Strong organization and documentation skills, and strong attention to detail
- Resourcefulness, excellent communication skills, and capable of working across various departments (including manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, validation, and service)
- Experience of system/component delivery within a APQP, six sigma or similar framework (FMEA, quality planning, PPAP etc). Reliability engineering experience a plus
Roles and responsibilities:
- Support multiple vehicle programs during engineering, development, production
- Identify trends in field vehicle performance metrics in order to flag potential problems before they occur
- Develop applications for summarizing and displaying large sets of vehicle data to engineering and management groups
Develop applications and methodologies for examining and analyzing subsets of data across the entire fleet to identify and debug issues
- Provide engineering support of Tesla-designed components: identify problems in the fleet, investigates root cause, helps find containment and solution, communicates problems to drive future designs
- Conduct system integration activities within the vehicle/end application, addressing system interactions, tradeoffs and compromises
- Contribute to the development of powertrain control software algorithms and service tools
- Perform FMEA and similar activities to inform individual design efforts
- Characterize performance of vehicle components to understand typical behavior for diagnostic purposes
Tesla Motors is hiring highly qualified and dedicated individuals. Our hiring bar is high to keep our team size small, so each member of our team must be among the most technically gifted in his or her field. You must have a demonstrated track record in your field. Here are some other hiring criteria:
- You must have a genuine passion for electric vehicles and electric propulsion systems.
- You must want to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial company.
- We are building real products -- not presentations. This must excite you. You must be a builder.
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1st grade through 6th grade is welcome at the Praxis camp to explore many different fiber techniques throughout the week. Painting with dyes, creating knitting machines, felting with your feet and weaving with fabric strips are just some of the exciting projects planned for kids camp. The repetitive quality of fiber activities has proven to engage kids in a profound way, and the tactile quality of fiber is comforting and familiar. This is a week your kids will remember!!
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In celebration of National Public Works Week, May 18 through 24, The City of Woodland is offering a free tour of the Water Pollution Control Facility on Wednesday May 21 at 9:30 a.m.
Have you ever wondered what happens to the water you use after it goes down the drain? To find out, join city staff on a fascinating and educational tour of Woodland's Water Pollution Control Facility.
The tour will take approximately one hour. Space is limited and reservations are required. Minors under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Sandals, open-toed shoes, or flip-flops are not allowed. Guests should expect moderate walking and some stair climbing.
Sewers have been used to remove wastewater as far back as ancient Rome, and by the late 19th century, people began to make the connection between raw sewage and its effect on public health and the environment, according to city staff. In the early 20th century, large cities, such as London and Chicago, began to treat wastewater in order to reduce the amount of pollutants discharged to the environment.
The City of Woodland has had a municipal wastewater treatment system in place since the early 1950s, when a series of treatment ponds were constructed at Beamer Road and County Road 102. The Water Pollution Control Facility, originally built in 1988, was expanded in 1997 and again in 1999 in response to population growth. In 2007, the facility was upgraded to its present configuration when a major process upgrade, driven by new regulatory requirements, was completed.
Homes and businesses in Woodland are connected to a sanitary sewer system which conveys wastewater to the Water Pollution Control Facility where the wastewater is treated before being returned to the environment. Woodland's treated wastewater is discharged to Tule Canal in the Yolo Bypass.
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The Second City's Improv All-Stars
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The Second City's greatest comedic minds throw away their scripts, and their inhibitions, to battle wits before a live audience and see who can get the biggest laughs. No topic is too sacred, no brow too low. And only the funny will survive. Best of all, the audience determines how the action will unfold, making each night a unique experience where anything might happen.
The Second City's Improv All Stars is a no-holds-barred spectacle requiring speed, agility, and an uncanny ability to rhyme. It's like Ancient Roman Gladiators or Ultimate Fighting, only without all the ridiculous athleticism and sweating.
For more than 50 years, The Second City has been the world's premier improv and sketch comedy theatre, producing generations of comedy legends. Improv All-Stars is a chance to see what we do best.


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Clinton Kelly is a bestselling author, television host and in-demand style consultant. He's also a co-host on "The Chew." Clinton joined us to share some of his favorite, and easy, holiday hostess survival tips.
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Japanese action figures keep it real... cool.
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Here's another very cool figure I picked up in Japan: Beelzebumon! Even the name is cool. This is from Bandai Japan's Digimon D-Real series, a line of action figures that takes the somewhat cutesy characters of the Digiworld and turns them into something...cool! This guy packs some heat with two sawed-off shotguns (which you can holster!) and stars an incredible range of articulation. Wish I had the funds at the time to catch them all... oh sorry, wrong game.


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First Season of Downton Abbey - Okay, so I guess I just had no idea what this show was. I thought it was kind of soap opera-y but with strong undertones of class struggle, British colonialism, etc. Turns out it's the TV show equivalent of a 10 year old girl playing with her dolls in a Barbie dream-house. And it's completely irresistible. I don't think there's anything on TV that I hate to love more. Can't wait to catch up to the current season.
Tell me more.
I've heard about this show & I have zero idea what it's about, I get that you like it. Can you give me a little bit of back story on this?
Just wrapped up watching all three seasons of Spartacus (again). Love this show.
I am now back to watching "Big Love". I've already watched the first season and am now into season 2. This show is so hard to describe to anyone who hasn't seen it. All I can ever say is that it's not what you think it is and that the acting is truely some of the best acting on TV.
I also caught the pilot episode of "Banshee" last night. I had very low expectations going in and found myself very pleasantly surprisde to be as entertained as I was. For those of you comic book fans the thing that I can sort of compare this to is the very first version of the thunderbolts.
Am I the only person who actually stayed with Fringe till the end?
Not nearly as bad as the way lost ended but once again another of the Abrams shows leaves me walking away asking was it worth my time?
I'll say compared to Lost that yes this show at least didn't spit in my face to end but I'm not going to lie and say I walk away satisfied with the direction the show took or the way it ended.
Don't tell me how Fringe ends. I am watching the second to last episode on Hulu right now. I work friday nights, and hulu is a week behind. So I am going to watch the finale on demand sometime this week. I statred it from the beginning and stuck around to the end.
Hey! What're you kicking me for? You want me to ask? All right, I'll ask! Ma'am, where do the high school girls hang out in this town?
Still loving Arrow. Appearances so far by Green Arrow (of course), Deathstroke, Deadshot, and Merlyn with subtle hints at Black Canary (still not sure that it will happen).
Why must American Horror Story do this to me every year at the finale? Don't get me wrong this was a great great season but the endings always make me, well i don't know how I feel about them to tell you the truth. I never hate them but then it's kind of like I am wanting an epic closure when the writers obviously want to lighten the mood to end the season.
Nothing wrong with that btw, it just always catches me off guard.
If you haven't watched season two I would highly recommend it, I didn't want to watch it at first because the premise sounded idiotic to me. But much to my surprise they made it work and often times made it work like gang busters.
You owe it to yourself if for no other reason than to see a show that actually has the Devil, Aliens, Nazi War criminals & a deadly Santa Clause all in it without it looking like some old Ed Wood movie.
I really enjoyed AHS Season 2. In fact, after a few episodes it inspired me to check out season 1, and I'm glad I did because I liked that a lot, too.
You mean you didn't watch AHS season 1 for the maid? Was I the only one that did that?
Not really digging the first couple episodes of the new Archer season.
I did too, but it sucked when they kept making her young again, am I right?
You shut your dick holster!
I suppose I did overstate when I said I'm not digging them, but the magic's gone. They've got some of the funniest animated TV to live up to and that's just too high a bar.
As an aside, I wish more people watched Bob's Burgers.
I hate myself for enjoying the hell out of this show.
Is anyone else going to watch House of Cards?
Eventually I'll probably do the free month of Netflix to see it, but I've got enough to watch as is.
Come to the Dark Side -- There's cookies!
Community returns tonight. About time.


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Wow. If it plays out like this, it would be totally crazy, but awesome!
Is Granger better than James Worthy? Worthy was the 3rd option on a contender. Or, to put it in today's terms, is Granger better than Bosh, Odom or Garnett?
This has always been the issue with the Pacers, our lack of a true #1 guy. Reggie was never a straight up #1 guy. He could be a #1 for stretches, and he certainly had his big moments, but he was better suited as a #2 or #3.
The NBA is a star driven league and you don't win with a collection of solid #3's on your roster. Until we find that #1 (like the Colts did with Manning), a championship will be very hard to attain.


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My husband had a distal bile duct tumor and whipple surgery in September, 2011. He followed that with radiation and 5FU; and followed that with gem/cis. Now? It there are very very very small multiple nodules in the lungs. Just got back from MD Anderson; we were very disappointed. After bungling a CT scan and being very bluntly told: there's no cure, we can only try to buy more time, without having even SEEN any scans at that point. Now what? They advise back on gem/cis. My husband doesn't want to go the chemo route...Anderson told him those lung cells were probably there at the get-go....so, why go back on a chemo regimen that didn't work in the 1st place?
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Automobile Art
From Delahayes to Duesenbergs, These Classic Cars Are Stunning Tributes to the Coachbuilder's Art
On Sept. 15, 1951, New York's Museum of Modern Art presented a show that broke with tradition by recognizing the automobile as an art form. Called simply "Eight Automobiles," the exhibit proclaimed that these cars and others like them had ceased to be mere conveyances in which to drive to grandmother's house, take the family to the zoo or go to the store. They had become, in the words of then-MOMA curator of architecture Arthur Drexler, "rolling sculpture."
"Automobiles are hollow, rolling sculpture," Drexler declared. "They have interior spaces corresponding to an outer form, like buildings, but the designer's aesthetic purpose is to enclose the functioning parts of an automobile, as well as its passengers, in a package suggesting directed movement along the ground."
The basis for this judgment was not their mechanical excellence or innovative engineering, although the cars selected had those qualities in abundance. It was their look, or style; a look rarely determined by the automotive manufacturer, but rather, by the coachbuilder whose firm was selected by the car's purchaser to design and build the body. These wealthy buyers, such as those described by R.E. Davidson in The New Statesman in 1926, had a great deal to say about the way their cars would be constructed.
"I spent a most fascinating day at the works of one of the most famous coachbuilders, who constructed bodywork for the nobility and gentry," Davidson wrote. "It was quite exceptional for duplicates to be built, each model being as exclusive as Poiret frocks supplied to a comedy queen.
"The owner and his wife attended in state, inspected and criticized the various bodies under construction, and were followed around the works by a cortege of frock-coated executives. They finally sat down in a parlour full of brilliant leathers and painted panels to evolve a scheme. Some weeks later designs and drawings were submitted with a fat book of tapestry patterns and an estimate given in round figures, and guineas. The price accepted, the manager invited various shaggy aproned craftsmen to submit quotations in turn to him for the actual body building. Each craftsman had his own private gang, carpenters, polishers, trimmers, whom he personally engaged and paid."
Two prime examples of the customer's attention to detail are a Rollston-bodied 1931 Duesenberg J-385 Formal Town Car and a Figoni et Falaschi-bodied 1947 Delahaye 135MS.
The Duesenberg, restored by RM Auto Restoration, was first displayed at the 1931 Auto Salon in Chicago. Built for Grace Stone, the widow of a wealthy manufacturer, the engine, chassis and running gear cost $9,500. Add another $7,850 paid to Rollston and you have a total sticker price of $17,350. This in the depths of the Depression, when a new Chevy went for about $400.
Among the special features requested by Mrs. Stone was a clois-onné makeup set in the passenger compartment, color-coordinated to match the special-order, two-tone gray body. The interior mahogany woodwork was inlaid with sterling silver, and all hardware, such as door handles, was hand-engraved German silver, topped with bone. There was also an electronic intercom so that she could speak to the chauffeur, but since the intercom only transmitted, she could avoid hearing his thoughts about sitting out in the open during those long, cold Chicago winters.
The Duesenberg was sold last September for $720,000, close to the original 1931 price when you factor in 64 years of inflation.
The 1947 Delahaye 135MS, based on a 1939 design, was originally built to order for Aga Kahn III, a prominent Muslim leader. A sport specification model, it was capable of sustained cruising speeds of 80 to 90 miles per hour. The interior features hand-tooled leather crests and fleurs-de-lis inset into the seats and dashboard. The steering wheel has a different crest engraved at the end of each of its four spokes. The Aga Kahn ultimately gave the car to his son Aly, who in turn gave it to Rita Hayworth. It is valued today at $650,000.
The origins of custom coachbuilding can be traced back to about 1450 in Hungary, where the first reported carriage coach was built. Constructing horse-drawn coaches for the aristocracy and landed gentry, the "carriage trade" became an honored and profitable business, one often handed down from generation to generation. The profitable aspect of the trade eventually caught the eye of the powers that be, resulting in England's King Charles I introducing, in 1637, what was likely the first in a long line of taxes to be imposed on coachbuilding.
Most of the famous classic automotive coachbuilders can trace their roots to the horse-drawn era. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were approximately 400,000 carriages in England, and virtually every large town boasted at least one coachbuilder.
The advent of the automobile opened a new world to those coachbuilders savvy enough to realize that in the future, horsepower would have an entirely different meaning. One who lacked such foresight was Alexander Henderson, president of the Institute of British Carriage Manufacturers, who commented in 1897 that, despite the motorcar's popularity, "Most people would still prefer for private use the lifelike animated appearance of well-appointed horse-traction to any dead mechanism however smoothly it glided along."
As early as 1895, French poster artists were extolling the virtues of the horseless carriage for auto expositions. One year later, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec became the first major artist to use the automobile as a subject in his lithograph, "L'Automobilist."
Those early automobiles looked so much like their immediate predecessors that they quickly became known as "horseless carriages." They would remain so until Henry Ford and his followers began to mass-produce cars that owed their designs more to mechanical and financial necessity than to any sense of aesthetics. This is not to say that Ford was unaware of the importance of the designer in the automotive equation: "Design will take more advantage of the power of the machine to go beyond what the hand can do and will give us a whole new art."
From the early 1920s to the beginning of the Second World War, the automobile began a transformation as dramatic as that of a caterpillar to a butterfly. Inexpensive cars like the Model T Ford, with its boxlike bodywork, were being turned out by the hundreds of thousands. In fact, it was mass production that helped pave the way for coachbuilding's golden age. People of wealth and position needed automobiles that complemented their lavish lifestyles. For them, the "T-square" and its automotive counterparts gave way to the type of flowing lines found on Ettore Bugatti's creations.
"The car was born with a faulty structure," observed Sergio Pininfarina, the renowned Italian coachbuilder. "In a certain sense, it was born old, let us say baroque or gothic. It was up to us to impose some kind of order."
Some say that coachbuilding, regardless of the artistry employed by the designer, is no more than a highly elevated form of craft. But few can argue that the influence of the fine arts, particularly the Futurist and Art Deco movements, is readily apparent in much of the best work, as noted by Swiss sculptor Max Bill:
"Whether they like it or not, those who create new forms succumb to the influence of modern art....Comparison between an automobile and the sculpture of its time will show how close the relationship is between works of art and the forms of useful objects."
This relationship had about it an element of "chicken and egg" when it came to who actually was influencing whom: Were the Futurists responsible for the changing aerodynamic shape of the automobile? Or had they fallen under the automobile's spell, as suggested by British artist Wyndham Lewis, who called their movement "Automobilism"?
By the 1920s, representations of automobiles in the arts were no longer cause for comment. In fact, the car had become both a symbol of modern industrialized society and a means of artistic and personal expression for designers and owners. Cars were not only legitimate subjects for artists, but had themselves become art through the work of the best coachbuilders, who had begun presenting their "collections" to an eager public at annual motoring salons. Fashionable women were now buying cars, and the last thing they wanted was to be seen in anything square. Automobile manufacturer Gabriel Voisin hired artist-designer Sonia Delaunay and famed architect Le Corbusier to help with his marque's designs for a client list that included flamboyant celebrities such as Rudolph Valentino and French singer-actress Mistinguett.
Looking at these cars today, one can easily imagine the excitement, and often shock, that accompanied their appearance at the major automobile salons of yesteryear. While some, particularly the British firms, were working with refinements of earlier, more conservative styling, the French were exploding with all the passion that accompanied the great movements in modern art.
"The nearer the automobile approaches its utilitarian ends, the more beautiful it becomes," said French Cubist painter Fernand Léger. "That is, when the vertical lines (which contrary to its purpose) dominated at its debut, it was ugly, and people kept buying horses....The necessity of speed lowered and elongated the car so that the horizontal lines, balanced by the curves, dominated: It became a perfect whole, logically organized for its purpose, and it was beautiful."
That beauty, epitomized by Jean Bugatti's masterpiece, the 1938 Type 57SC Atlantic, is still inspiring artists to this day, including painter Alain Levesque, who works with brush and canvas, and designer Bob Hubbach, who works with steel.
Inspired by themes that recall not only the Type 57SC, but Touring's Alfa Romeo 8C2900B and various Figoni et Falaschi creations, Hubbach and the rest of the Chrysler design team created the 1995 Chrysler Atlantic, beautifully executed by the (dare we say) coachbuilders at Metalcrafters. Tom Gale, Chrysler vice president of product design, acknowledges their debt to the past: "You probably can't find a period in history like the late '30s with a stronger statement of incredibly elegant, romantic, image-leading coupes."
If only the people who reintroduced the Bugatti marque with the EB110 several years ago had exhibited the sort of vision that produced the Chrysler Atlantic.
While beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, there is no doubt that the firm of Figoni et Falaschi created some of the most beautiful coachwork ever seen. But there are some dissenters: Jaguar founder Sir William Lyons categorized their work as "positively indecent;" another stiff upper lip referred to Figoni et Falaschi as "Phony and Flashy."
Born in Piacenza, Italy, in 1894, Giuseppe Figoni moved with his family to Paris when he was three. While still a boy he was apprenticed to a wagon builder named Vachet. By the time Figoni founded Carrosserie Automobile in Boulogne-sur-Seine near the Longchamp racecourse, he had adopted the name of Joseph. Although his early commissions included Bugattis, Ballots and even the odd Duesenberg, it was his rendering of designs utilizing the French Delage chassis for which he became famous.
Figoni's stylistic signature coupes and cabriolets had large, flowing, cycle-type fenders that seemed to grow out of the bodywork the way wings swept out of aircraft fuselages. It must have been a Figoni design that inspired Sir Peter Ustinov's sly remark: "One drives, of course, an Alfa Romeo; one is driven in a Rolls-Royce; but one gives only a Delage to one's favorite mistress."
Figoni's aerodynamic design of the 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 won the Le Mans 24-Hour Races in 1932 and '33. His next sporting body was on the new Delahaye 18CV. Introduced at the Salon de Paris in 1933, it was an immediate hit, making him the coachbuilder of choice for most Delahaye customers. Figoni was, according to fellow designer Philippe Charbonneaux, "very much an artist...a master of curves and elegant lines."
In 1935, Figoni went into partnership with fellow Italian Ovidio Falaschi, who had the capital Figoni needed to expand. Falaschi was also well versed in the automotive business and had his own strong ideas about styling. "We really were veritable couturiers of automotive coachwork," Falaschi recalled, "dressing and undressing a chassis one, two, three times and even more before arriving at the definitive line that we wanted to give to a specific chassis-coachwork ensemble."
One of the first designs to carry the Figoni et Falaschi name, a Delahaye Type 135, featured all enveloping fenders, or "enveloppantes" as Falaschi called them. These fenders, typical of many Figoni et Falaschi creations, were formed from as many as 48 hand-hammered pieces of steel that were butt-welded together, section by section, until they gave the appearance of having been sculpted. This design concept is said to have been inspired by famed automotive artist Geo Ham's modernist paintings in the French publication L'illustration.
During the occupation of France by the Germans in the Second World War, the Figoni et Falaschi works was requisitioned for the manufacture of aircraft parts. At war's end the company resumed coachbuilding, again using the Delahaye T135 chassis most frequently. In 1948 and '49 the firm produced its last great designs for Delahaye and the Talbot Lago Type 26.
A French Racing Blue Delahaye, a 1948 135MS, discovered languishing in a furniture storage warehouse, was purchased by its present owner, Dana Reed of Greentown, Pennsylvania, in 1956. Believed to have been Delahaye's display car at the '48 Paris show, it has been lovingly restored to its original condition. A 100-point car (the ultimate accolade in the rarefied world of classic car collecting), it has been seen at most of the major concours d'elegance in the United States, including the Pebble Beach and Burn Prevention Foundation invitational events. The mileage on this perfect example of the marque is 30,000.
With fewer customers able to afford their work and fewer automobile manufacturers willing to sell bare chassis, Ovidio Falaschi chose to retire in 1950. He recalled his decision in a letter published in Automobile Quarterly. "So all the customers who used to keep the coachbuilding industry alive slowly but surely turned away from custom-built bodies. They turned away in droves in the immediate postwar period, when mass-produced car bodies began to improve in line, comfort, luxury, and class. And thus French coachbuilding died and was buried, and with it all of the world's greatest coachbuilders, including Figoni et Falaschi."
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12-year old Forrie Agincourt stayed with his Auntie Jenn Malheur while his parents drove to Prosper, Connecticut for a second honeymoon. It seemed that whatever Jenn would say, Forrie would twist around to almost the opposite phrasing, and vice versa.
Over the week, they conceived several sets of words that you might think were opposites. Each pair of definitions below involves two words that are spelled the same ... except that the first start with "pro" and the second starts with "con".
Forrie gave the list to his parents when they returned. Without conferring, Prospera was confident of 5 of the 6 problems, conceding only one; Connor consequently probed only 4. Can you connect on all six?
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I made this site about a year ago with some help from the Sitepoint users (ip Stomme Poes). The site looks great, allthough there were some issues getting it good crossbrowser. I'm working on a laptop 15" with screen res 1600x900, the site looks absolutely fine on ie, safari, chrome and firefox. I get however remarks from other people saying the header isn't ideal and gives a big whitespace between logo and horizontal menu. I tested it with browsershots, and indeed on other resolutions there seems to be a header issue. When the site is windowed, I'm having the same issue.
Can you guys help me out how to fix this, so the entire header doesn't confuse my site? The problem is not crossbrowser, because every browser displays the same, it's more a resolution and screensize problem.In attachment is how it should be like on my laptop:
This is how other screen resolutions see it: As you notice the logo and menu aren't next to eachother because there is no space. I think the best is to reduce the whitespace between logo and the menu, the css is as following now:.container .horizontalMenu { float: right; display:block; margin-top:200px;}
float: left;
display: block;height:auto;}
ofcourse the margin-top 200px makes sure the horizontal menu is nicely wrapped just above the container and next to the bottom of the logo. With different screen resolutions it seems like he puts the horiz menu 200px under the logo instead of 200px from the top of the page. Can we fix this in any way? Here is the entire css:
Also, you do notice the shadows I have in my screenshot, however the shadows aren't displayed in other browser or older versions of the same browser. It works on all my browsers, but I have the latest versions. No options there I guess but having latest versions?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Kind regardsMaxx-iT
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@molona; it's online....... http://mira-zele.be/
This particular problems is due to your rule
.container .horizontalMenu { margin-top: 200px }
Why is it happening? Because, as you say, you're working and using a big monitor and with a resolution of 1600 x 900. You think that the menu should stay on the right side of the logo but when there's no enough room it falls under it and because it has 200px of top-margin, it creates that wide white space.
I have various monitors and right now I'm using a 17" with a resolution of 1280 x 1024... and still the menu doesn't have enough room to stay on the right without colliding with the logo... so it falls under the logo.
One thing that you can do is to change the width of your links (15em at the moment) and be as consistent with your measures as you can be. Normally I would simply add a bit of more room around the links controlling the padding to the A element but I don't set a width for them.
With being consistant with your measures I mean that mixing fixed units (px) with fleixible units (% or ems) can be tricky and it is by far easier to go all the way fixed or fluid (or semi-fluid, controlling just vertical or horizontal)
BTW, if I wasn't clear enough, just delete the 15em width of your li's in the menu and your problems with be gone
If you don't want to change the width of your nav links (as Molona suggest above) then you can circumvent the problem by doing this instead:
.container .horizontalMenu{margin-top:0}
The header has 200px top padding instead of the margin-top 200px you had on the nav. The logo instead is dragged up 200px to the top of the header. Now when the screen is narrow the nav will just slide below the header because it has no top margin and will slide neatly into place.:)
Thanks heaps guys!! Will try both suggestions and see what will be best after some time!
I get stuck sometimes, because I don't know what is best to do: %'s, ems, px.. Especially with my basic structure. I know %s will adapt better crossbrowser and to different resolutions, but it sometimes mixes things up a bit if you aren't carefull when positioning.
Kind regards and thanks again!


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'"Right now is a very difficult time for this team. We're trying to grasp the style of play that we want to play, which I don't think we've found yet. We want to try and build some momentum as a team, and individual play comes into effect. He wasn't happy with the way I've been playing, and I'm sure you can probably look around the room and can maybe point out a few guys. But me individually, I think I need to be better, I need to be better for the team to have success. This is going to be a period where I need to sit back and re-evaluate the things I need to do a lot better on the ice."'
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Easy One-Dish Meals With Hunt's Tomato Sauce [1925 (ca.)]
The front cover has a color photograph of a woman's hand pouring Hunt's Tomato Sauce over a Steak and Potato Supper. The back has a color photograph of a grocery cart filled with Hunt's tomato products. Below the photograph is a promo for two more free recipe booklets. H-0112.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Hunt's Tomato
Publisher: Hunt Foods, Inc. (Fullerton, Calif.)
1925 (ca.)
23 p.
16.8 x 12.1 cm
Language: English
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Citation: Easy One-Dish Meals With Hunt's Tomato Sauce [1925 (ca.)]. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=1497


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