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In an effort to align with the USAID Digital Strategy and recognize USAID Missions, Bureaus and partners that are empowering countries in a digital age, USAID launched the 2020 Digital Development Awards (the Digis), the third round of these awards. The Digis recognize and celebrate USAID-funded projects and activities that use digital technology to sustain open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems in order to improve measurable development and humanitarian-assistance outcomes. After receiving over 140 applications from USAID Missions around the world, five winners were selected for the 2020 Digital Development Awards, including USAID/Pakistan: Pakistan Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA).
USAID/Pakistan SMEA won for helping to transform the country’s economy by addressing the structural deficits and inequalities faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the digital ecosystem. They achieved this by offering information and communications technology (ICT)-enabled solutions and helping businesses harness digital potential through a service provider network and overall regulatory reform.
Vceela, a USAID/Pakistan SMEA grantee, is a village-to-world marketing model allowing artisans from smaller communities in Pakistan to connect with global markets without needing digital skills. Vceela works on the ground to understand the unique realities of craft makers and offers real-time design and technology consultation to artisans.
Ayena Waseem is one such artisan who makes lacquer wood art. She learned it from her mother and father, who inherited the rare skill from generations of family members before them. In fact, the decorative handicraft, involving intricate designs carefully carved into wooden objects, is a family heritage dating back 500 years, and Ayena wants to preserve it for the next generation.
Photos by Usman Ghani for USAID
GDOT is currently relocating Conley Rd south on a new location to align with CW Grant Pkwy. CW Grant Pkwy/Conley Rd will then be grade separated under the Norfolk Southern Railroad. CW Grant Pkwy/Conley Rd will also be widened to 4 lanes witha 20 ft. raised median from the existing CW Grant location to I-285. The realigned Conley Rd will tie in with the existing Conley Rd at Ellery Drive. Finally, the project will relocated S.R 3/Old Dixie Hwy approx. 600 ft. east to provide a new connecting between the existing CW Grant Pkwy and Old Dixie Hwy. All work should be complete by Summer 2018.
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Depuis quelques années, le poker a envahi la France : DVD, émissions de télévision, sites Internet d’actus ou de jeux en ligne, création de magazines. Le poker est un véritable phénomène qui s’est démocratisé aux États-Unis dans les années 2000, avec les premiers tournois filmés, pour s’exporter ensuite en Europe et en France. Le marché hexagonal des jeux en ligne a affiché en 2008 un chiffre d'affaires de 1,17 milliard d'euros (630 millions pour la FDJ et 540 millions pour le PMU). Selon le tout récent rapport du sénateur [wikipop language="fr"]François Trucy[/wikipop], on estime que près de 15 000 sites sont accessibles en France, qu’ils concernent majoritairement le poker en ligne et que ce dernier rencontre un grand succès auprès des jeunes, « avec au moins 350 millions d'euros de mises ». (Source - Site du Sénat)
Jean-François Ball et Yann Cervera de Vador Agency ont lancé en juin 2009 le premier magazine gratuit sur le poker, CityPoker.
Jean-François Ball bonjour, vous avez fondé avec Yann Cervera le premier magazine gratuit sur le poker, City Poker, racontez-nous.
Nos métiers premiers étant la création graphique, la gestion de bases de données ainsi que la commercialisation de supports de communication, nous cherchions de nouvelles idées pour développer l’agence. Si possible dans des domaines qui pourraient lier nos centres d’intérêts et nos compétences. Tous ici passionnés de golf nous regrettions de ne pas avoir eu l’idée de sortir le Journal du Golf…
L’idée d’un gratuit faisait son chemin.
Egalement joueurs occasionnels de poker et assistant à la frénésie croissante de cette activité nous voilà partis dans ce projet fou de créer un gratuit poker dont le numéro 1 avait, pour l’anecdote, le même format que le Journal du golf…
Quelle est votre ligne éditoriale par rapport aux nombreux titres payants comme Live Poker, Poker Pro, poker VIP ou Poker Magazine ?
Nous ne proposons pas du tout le même contenu. La presse payante poker s’adresse à des joueurs assidus qui souhaitent obtenir des conseils techniques pointus, lire des portraits de champion ou de coverage [couverture] des gros tournois de poker.
Nous, nous sommes sur un modèle gratuit urbain destiné au plus grand nombre. Même si près de 1,5 millions de personnes jouent régulièrement au poker, cela reste une niche. Aujourd’hui quand vous êtes au bureau vous surprenez régulièrement des conversations poker, compréhensibles ou non. Le poker est un phénomène que City Poker permet de décrypter avec une approche simple. Le poker est très tendance, énormément de people s’y adonnent. Nous essayons d’ailleurs d’en mettre régulièrement en couverture comme Sébastien Chabal sur le numéro de mars 2010.
Où peut-on trouver le magazine ?
City Poker est distribué à 100 000 exemplaires tous les deux mois dans les 10 plus grandes villes de France : Lille, Paris, Strasbourg, Rennes, Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille et Nice. Nous appuyons la présence à plus long terme du titre par du dépôt dans plus de 200 bars et restaurants de la capitale.
Vous avez un site Internet ? Quels sont vos projets de développement ?
Citypoker.fr est pour l’instant uniquement le pendant du titre papier, une rubrique actu nous permet de relayer plus régulièrement des informations…
L’ouverture du marché des jeux en ligne d’argent et de hasard, initialement prévue en 2010 2009, est retardée à plus tard, même si le projet de loi a été adopté par l’Assemblée Nationale en première lecture. Le texte a choisi de casser le monopole des paris et des jeux de cercle sur Internet, « qui sont des jeux de hasard faisant appel au savoir-faire et à la réflexion des joueurs » et de maintenir celui portant sur les jeux de tirage et de grattage au motif que ces derniers « présentent des risques plus élevés de dépendance ». Qu’en pensez-vous ?
La première loi devait déjà être mise en place en juin 2009 afin d’être en conformité avec la réglementation européenne. La préoccupation des institutions n’est pas principalement l’addiction que peut entrainer les jeux d’argent mais plutôt un souci de réguler un marché pour l’instant monopole d’état…
Merci à vous
Le site web de City Poker
Retrouvez les trois premiers numéros en PDF
Before romoving the Front Cover, make sure the MX switch, and Delay Timer levers are aligned with the spaces in the cover.
Not a particularly interesting shot, but does serve to show how my mild OCD of having things lined up sometimes kicks in - was taken with the shadows lining up nicely with the set of tiles along the side..
Well one star aligned. I've been waiting to get this shot for almost a year now. I tried back in January but missed the timing by a few days.
In an effort to align with the USAID Digital Strategy and recognize USAID Missions, Bureaus and partners that are empowering countries in a digital age, USAID launched the 2022 Digital Development Awards (the Digis), the fourth round of these awards. The Digis recognize and celebrate USAID-funded projects and activities that use digital technology to sustain open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems in order to improve measurable development and humanitarian-assistance outcomes. After receiving nearly 200 applications from USAID Missions around the world, five winners were selected for the 2022 Digital Development Awards, including USAID/Georgia: Economic Security Program, implemented by DAI.
Georgia is transforming from a goods-based economy to one based on knowledge and innovation. However, the country lacks the regulatory framework and capital investment needed to support rapid, responsive, and equitable digitalization. The USAID/Georgia Economic Security Program (ESP) combines small-business support with on-the-job training and skill-based certification. The program includes a number of training and support opportunities, including on-the-job training and skill-based certification, investment opportunities for Georgian startups, and the Grace Hopper ICT Award to highlight the best and brightest in Georgia’s technology industry.
Additionally, the program's ecosystem approach went beyond addressing workforce and skills development by strengthening market linkages for SMEs. Through efforts to bolster the creative sector, the Georgia Economic Security Program also introduced more than 120 Georgian artisans to global e-commerce via Etsy.
Inspired by local wildlife, Tatia and Toma, two artisans that have benefited from the program’s support, create handmade objects and accessories in their craft studio in Tbilisi. With the support of ESP and Etsy staff, they have been able to upgrade their Etsy store by familiarizing themselves with the use of the marketing and sales functionality provided through Etsy. With their increase in sales, Tatia and Toma have been able to purchase new equipment, refine their artistic skills, and grow their business.
They share, “Now we are much more confident in our decisions. Our future development seems more promising to us, and we have already imagined and outlined a plan for our future business development.”
Private sector engagement has helped drive sustainable business growth for SMEs through the development of individually owned and operated e-commerce sites—in addition to e-sites on Etsy for artisans, which were majority female-owned and operated. The program’s ecosystem development approach places market actors and other value chain stakeholders at the center of the change process and invites them to define problems and co-create solutions, resulting in the long-lasting, sustainable application of Georgia’s intellectual capital.
Photo Credit: Beso Gulashvili for USAID
Victorian Alpine Huts survey, for Parks Victoria 1994-5.
Head Quarters Scout Commissioner, WF Waters, wrote to the Lands Department on behalf of the Rover Scouts, applying for a hut site in 1940{ T 101196 letter 29.2.40}. He noted that he had been inspired to write by RW Wilkinson who had met with the Minister and Under Secretary for Lands on the subject `some time prior to his death'. The site was to be on the north bank of the Middle Creek, about 600m north east from Cope Hut but south of the SEC survey hut{ ibid.}. The hut was to be two storey, 41'x16' (12.5x4.9m), with two main rooms on the ground level and one on the upper. The ground level outer room was to have a stove, running water and sanitary facilities and be available for refuge while the inner room was to be locked. The hut was intended as a centre for skiing and hiking among the Rover Scouts (aged 16-25). The money to build it had been raised by scouts from across the State and from South Australia. Many of these scouts were then serving in the Second War and Waters was `..particularly keen to have a hut of this type erected so that when the grim days of war have passed they will be able to return and enjoy their outdoor Rovering amid the delightful surroundings of the Bogong High Plains'{ ibid.}. He noted that this was also part of a Hut Service Section program initiated by Galbraith (Forests Commission) where disused forestry huts had been turned over to the scouts for their use{ ibid.}. Many of these had been burnt in the 1939 fires and there was now a shortage of remote accommodation. The materials were packed to the site by the Fitzgeralds from Shannonvale along the same track they had established to supply the SEC cottage. The chalet was claimed to have been completed Autumn 1939 and used that winter{ `Voice of the Mountains' #8, 1983-4: 25}. However this date does not align with other official sources. A photograph of the apparently still to be completed hut taken Christmas 1940 shows a completely different structure to that of today{ L Bilney, Xmas 1940, copy held at chalet}. It was gabled, one and two-storey, clad with weatherboards (horizontal), had many vertical format windows (some casement timber-framed), and a corrugated iron roof. The main chimney (masonry?) was at one end (north?) and may coincide with today's fireplace which divides the kitchen/dining room in the basement. At the southern end was a skillion room, clad with corrugated iron (refuge?) and attached to the single-storey gabled section. Snow gums then grew close to the chalet. The chalet's construction in 1940 followed a boom in walking on the High Plains made easier by the new access tracks created by the SEC to supply the SEC Hotham Heights cottage. The Rover Scouts were among the largest of the walking groups which used the High Plains. The original chalet was also the base of important scientific research in years to come{ Gillbank: 224}. The sometimes controversial work of Maisie Fawcett on the Bogong High Plains during the 1940s when she stayed at the Rover Scout Chalet or with the Trimbles at the adjacent SEC survey cottage{ ibid.}. During this time she assisted the recently formed Soil Conservation Board whose activities directly impacted on high plains grazing and caused many negative reactions from graziers both to Fawcett and the SCB. The requirements of the SEC's Kiewa Scheme catchment was another facet of the problem which made this part of the High Plains strategically important for policy formulation on erosion and high country grazing. Hence the creation in 1944-5 of Fawcett's much publicised 19 acre fenced experimental plot on the edge of the Rocky Valley catchment{ ibid.}. She was assisted by three young graduates referred to her by Professor Turner, Gwen Wykes, Honor Hebbard, and Jean Mathieson: their names are recorded along with that of Maisie Fawcett in the Rover Scout Chalet log book. Many researchers and student groups have stayed there since{ Gillbank: 225 also footnotes to typescript version log book 1.1945, 1.1946}. The building used by these groups in the important 1940-50s era has been changed or rebuilt since. This hut was described in 1983 as a large building with electric power, running water, a kitchen, bunkroom and other spaces, used by the Rover Scouts as a base for their alpine activities. It was kept locked and there was a ski tow nearby, with NPS policy stating that it was to be provided with a lease and part of the hut made available for refuge..
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La Strada est un journal gratuit d’informations culturelles couvrant le 06 et l’Est du 83 ; il est édité à 40 000 exemplaires sur 21 numéros à l’année et bénéficier d'un contrôle par l’OJD. Vous pouvez retrouver l'historique de l'affaire ici : "Le 20 mai 2009, deux agents du service des Douanes ont perquisitionné notre bureau de 14h30 à 19h30 pour nous signifier que nous étions redevables de l’éco-contribution depuis sa création en 2006..." lire la suite
Voici le communiqué de l'association Olodum reçu par l'intermédiaire d'un ami :
"Chers adhérents Olodum, notre association souhaite vous sensibiliser sur les difficultés rencontrées par La Strada. Ce journal gratuit est un excellent support d'analyse critique culturel qui indexe de nombreuses informations du département 06 et du 83. Il est pour nous impensable de perdre cet outil d’ouverture à la culture. Soumis injustement à une écotaxe réservée aux prospectus publicitaires, La Strada, en tant que titre de presse, a refusé de payer. Le journal a donc été frappé par la TGAP (taxe générale sur les activités polluantes). Cette taxation exorbitante met aujourd’hui en péril la gérance de La Strada, créé en 1999. La surtaxe de 125.000 euros a finalement été ramenée à 10.000 euros en raison d’un manque d’information sur ces mesures arbitraires. De plus le directeur de publication risque une amende pénale et une inscription au casier judiciaire. Pourtant la Commission Paritaire prévoit une exception pour les supports d’informations culturelles. Le Ministre de Tutelle de la presse française, M. Mitterrand, a reconnu le caractère informatif et à ce titre le bénéfice de "l’exception culturelle" pour La Strada. M. Mitterrand écrivait que ce "magazine diffuse essentiellement des informations portant sur des événements d’ordre artistique et culturel programmés dans les Alpes-Maritimes, le Var et la Principauté de Monaco".
A ce jour, La Strada n'a toujours pas de réponse positive quant à la prise en compte de sa qualité de support de presse par les services des Douanes et par ceux du Ministre du budget M. Baroin. Aussi La Strada a assigné les Douanes devant les tribunaux pour le 30 mars prochain. Tout soutien de votre part sera le bienvenu, il en va de la liberté de la presse et des libertés publiques.
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Nếu như có đất nền sạch, vị trí tốt thì người mua nhà sẽ cảm thấy an tâm khi lựa chọn nơi an cư lập nghiệp và không bị vướng mắc bất kỳ điều gì sau này. Vậy đất nền Akari City như nào? Hãy tìm hiểu qua bài viết dưới đây của chúng tôi nhé.
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Thông Tin Dự Án Akari City
Dự án Akari City được đầu tư và phát triển bởi đơn vị uy tín lâu năm trên thị trường bất động sản Sài Gòn đó là Nam Long Group. Ngoài ra dự án này còn có sự góp mặt của 2 đối tác chiến lược đến từ đất nước mặt trời mọc đó là Hankyu Realty và Nishi Nippon RailRoad.
Akari City nằm ngay trên mặt tiền đại lộ Võ Văn Kiệt – phường An Lạc – quận Bình Tân, với quy mô rộng khoảng 8,9ha. Dự án này bao gồm khu căn hộ Akari City, trường học, trung tâm thương mại Akari City và khu Shopehouse Akari City. Sở hữu 12 Block căn hộ, vì thế Akari City sẽ cung cấp trên 4.600 căn hộ cho cư dân với diện tích căn hộ đa dạng (các căn hộ đều có từ 2 đến 3 phòng ngủ).
Chủ đầu tư Nam Long Group đã công bố mức giá bán dự kiến là khoảng 1,4 tỷ đồng cho một căn hộ 2 phòng ngủ, khi bàn giao có kèm theo nội thất thiết bị cao cấp. Thời gian dự kiến bàn giao là đầu năm 2020.
Đất Nền Tại Đại Lộ Võ Văn Kiệt
Đại lộ Võ Văn Kiệt được coi là khu ẩm thực sầm uất nhất nhì TP. Cần Thơ. Dọc hai bên tuyến đường này là các khu nhà hàng, làng nướng hay cafe giải trí… liền kề nhau và kéo dài cả vài cây số. Đi dọc tuyến đường này, khách hàng hoàn toàn có thể tìm kiếm cho mình những món ăn yêu thích hay những quán café thượng hàng. Hơn nữa khách hàng còn được tận hưởng bầu không khí trong lành, thoáng đãng vô cùng thoải mái và dễ chịu.
Theo như dự đoán của chuyên gia bất động sản, các dự án có vị trí đất nền đẹp thì giá bán của nó sẽ tốt và tính thanh khoản cao. Chính vì thế mà từ đầu năm 2018 đến nay, những dự án nằm trên trục đại lộ Võ Văn Kiệt đều đã thu hút được sự chú ý của nhiều khách hàng và có dấu hiệu tăng giá. Và dự án Akari City cũng không ngoại lệ. Vị trí đất nền Akari City sẽ giúp cho cư dân có thể kết nối giao thông thuận tiện hơn rất nhiều.
Tiềm Năng Từ Vị Trí Akari City
Vì nằm tại cửa ngõ của khu Tây sầm uất đồng thời thuộc địa thế tam giác vàng, chính vì thế tiềm năng tăng giá của các căn hộ Akari City theo thời gian là vô cùng lớn. Hơn thế nữa khả năng khai thác nhờ cho thuê bất động sản cũng tương đối cao. Với tính thanh khoản tốt, dễ cho thuê, dễ mua dễ bán, hệ thống tiện ích tiện nghi hiện đại đủ đầy và việc di chuyển cực thuận lợi, việc Akari City trở nên hấp dẫn hơn trong mắt người mua nhà và các nhà đầu tư cũng là điều cực kỳ dễ hiểu.
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Trên thực tế, mặc dù chưa có nhiều thông tin về dự án và cũng chưa chính thức được mở bán nhưng dự án Akari City vẫn được rất nhiều khách hàng quan tâm và liên hệ để tìm hiểu về dự án căn hộ Akari City Bình Tân. Chúng tôi dự kiến khi công bố dự án và tiến hàng mở bán đợt 1 căn hộ Akari City sẽ có trên 3000 căn hộ sẽ có thể tạo nên cơn sốt tại quận Bình Tân. Chính vì thế để có thể sở hữu căn hộ tại đất nền Akari City có vị trí tốt, bạn nên liên hệ với chúng tôi để được giữ chỗ và chọn chỗ sớm.
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Phân tích tiềm năng của Akari City thông qua vị trí đắc địa của nó:
Như chúng tôi đã nói ở trên, dự án căn hộ Akari City Nam Long là dự án hiếm hoi giúp cư dân có thể di chuyển thuận lợi và có thể tiếp cận với những tiện ích ngoại khu của khu vực. Tại vị trí đất nền này, bạn sẽ có thể:
Mất 1 phút di chuyển để đến cung đường Phạm Hùng – đường Nguyễn Văn Linh, cao tốc Trung Lương, ngay nút giao với đường Vành Đai Trong để đến được các tỉnh Miền Tây. Chỉ với vận tốc 40km/h khi di chuyển, bạn sẽ đến được quận 1, quận 4, quận 5, quận 6, quận 7, quận 10 và quận 11 trong vòng 5 đến 17 phút.
Mất 2 đến 5 phút di chuyển là bạn đã đến được những dự án đã hoàn thành của chủ đầu tư Nam Long như khu đô thị Mizuki Park hay Ehome 3,….
Mất 5 phút di chuyển để đến được khu công nghiệp Tân Tạo và Vĩnh Lộc, đây là 2 khu công nghiệp tập trung rất nhiều người lao động bậc cao. Và những đối tượng này sẽ là người có nhu cầu mua và thuê căn hộ Akari City Nam Long cao nhất.
Mất khoảng 10 phút di chuyển là bạn đã có thể đến được quận 6 và quận 6 của khu Tây Sài Gòn.
Mất 15 phút di chuyển là bạn đã có mặt ở trung tâm quận 1, và chỉ di chuyển thêm 5 phút nữa là bạn đã đến Khu đô thị Phú Mỹ Hưng quận 7.
Đất nền Akari City là quỹ đất sạch rộng hơn 8.000m2 ở Khu Tây Sài Gòn, đây là vị trí không chỉ mang lại cho cư dân sựd thuận lợi về mặti chuyển, giao thông mà còn được giới chuyên gia rđánh giá rất cao về cơ sở hạ tầng kết nối.
Đến với dự án căn hộ Akari City, quý khách sẽ được giao lưu với cộng đồng dân cư văn minh thông qua hàng loạt những hoạt động sinh hoạt cung tại công viên chủ đề, quảng trường hay vườn thiền. Hơn nữa cư dân của dự án còn được trải nghiệm trọn vẹn hệ thống tiện ích nội và ngoại khu dự án, giúp cuộc sống của họ ngày càng hiện đại hơn và đầy đủ hơn.
Coi thêm tại : Đất Nền Akari City Nằm Trên Trục Đường Võ Văn Kiệt Của Nam Long
Flippers alignés (Cleopatra, Jet Spin…), Flip Expo 2013, exposition de flippers organisée par l’association Silverball, à la salle Serge-Reggiani du Tréport.
The stars aligned and I moved past the two places that were confusing me. I did shred one thread doing the first sewing. I'll fix that later.
In an effort to align with the USAID Digital Strategy and recognize USAID Missions, Bureaus and partners that are empowering countries in a digital age, USAID launched the 2020 Digital Development Awards (the Digis), the third round of these awards. The Digis recognize and celebrate USAID-funded projects and activities that use digital technology to sustain open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems in order to improve measurable development and humanitarian-assistance outcomes. After receiving over 140 applications from USAID Missions around the world, five winners were selected for the 2020 Digital Development Awards, including USAID/Pakistan: Pakistan Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA).
USAID/Pakistan SMEA won for helping to transform the country’s economy by addressing the structural deficits and inequalities faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the digital ecosystem. They achieved this by offering information and communications technology (ICT)-enabled solutions and helping businesses harness digital potential through a service provider network and overall regulatory reform.
Vceela, a USAID/Pakistan SMEA grantee, is a village-to-world marketing model allowing artisans from smaller communities in Pakistan to connect with global markets without needing digital skills. Vceela works on the ground to understand the unique realities of craft makers and offers real-time design and technology consultation to artisans.
Ayena Waseem is one such artisan who makes lacquer wood art. She learned it from her mother and father, who inherited the rare skill from generations of family members before them. In fact, the decorative handicraft, involving intricate designs carefully carved into wooden objects, is a family heritage dating back 500 years, and Ayena wants to preserve it for the next generation.
Photos by Usman Ghani for USAID
El Caracol ("The Snail") is located to the north of Las Monjas. It is a round building on a large square platform. It gets its name from the stone spiral staircase inside. The structure, with its unusual placement on the platform and its round shape (the others are rectangular, in keeping with Maya practice), is theorized to have been a proto-observatory with doors and windows aligned to astronomical events, specifically around the path of Venus as it traverses the heavens.
#2060 - 2013 Day 233: Photography allows us to see designs within designs. I believe architects have the same awareness and are able to combine big-picture thinking with small visualisations. Not to big up this picture too much; it is just a perception ...
A line of crystal chandeliers under graceful arches at the south riwaq of the main prayer hall of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman.
Mooresville, NC – See all the photos here goo.gl/kWzs5d The 2014 SEMA show was one that everyone at Detroit Speed will surely not forget for a long time. The stars aligned for Detroit Speed and Angelo Vespi's Detroit Speed Built 1969 Camaro. The Camaro, which was finished for the 2014 Goodguys Columbus show, (it was named a Street Machine of the Year Finalist) came home with two coveted awards in Las Vegas. First, on Wednesday, Angelo Vespi's Detroit Speed Built 1969 Camaro was chosen as a finalist for SEMA's first ever, "Battle of the Builders." More than 125 vehicles entered the competition that would take place Friday at SEMA Ignited. The list was dwindled down to ten cars by some of the best builders in the country and the 1969 Camaro was one of them. If that was not enough, the following day, Angelo's 1969 claimed the very prestigious GM design award for "Best Chevrolet Sports Car."
Friday finally rolled around and the voting began for the "Battle of the Builders" at SEMA Ignited. SEMA Ignited was held at the LINQ near the strip and had the 10 finalists judging one another to determine who would be named the ultimate winner. The three finalists were chosen and it was us, the Ring Brothers 1966 Chevelle and Jeff Kinsey's 1932 4-door Sedan. To say we were thrilled to be named the winner was an understatement. Angelo Vespi and everyone at Detroit Speed should be very proud to win this award. It came as a result of countless hours of hard work and dedication from everyone involved.
Making your way around SEMA it was an honor to see a plethora of DSE "Equipped" cars scattered around the grounds of the Las Vegas Convention Center. From the ARP Bolts booth, to the Optima booth and the JRi Shocks booth it was a very humbling sight to see. Another highlight from the event came in the form of recognition for one of our very own. Jay Lesar, our Product Foreman, was chosen as a 35 under 35 recipient and was on hand to accept the award. Jay will now travel down to the Baja 1000 to work in a BFGoodrich pit along with DSE Test Car foreman, Matt Butts.
Thanks to everyone who came by the Detroit Speed booth during the show. It was a pleasure meeting everyone and showing them our product. Also, thanks to DSE employees Andy Kralovic and Keith MacDonald. Andy manned the booth all week helping thousands of participants while Keith was the man getting everything setup at the start of the show and broken down and on its way back to Mooresville at the conclusion. Thanks guys, we couldn't have done it without you!
SEMA 2014 Highlights
• Angelo Vespi's 1969 Camaro was displayed at the ARP booth during the SEMA show
• Angelo Vespi's Detroit Speed Built 1969 Camaro won the GM design award for "Best Chevrolet Sports Car"
• The Camaro won the first ever "Battle of the Builders" award
• There was a plethroa of DSE "Equipped" rides on display at various booths around the SEMA show
• 5 our of the 6 fifth gen Camaros at Optima Alley preparing for the OUSCI were DSE "Equipped"