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Often described as Britain's first supercar (a little late, Italy beat us to that like 5 years earlier!), but the Aston Martin V8 and the derivative Vantage helped keep the company afloat during those dark years of bankruptcy and recovery, even though it almost committed corporate suicide by developing the overly complicated Lagonda!
The original Aston Martin V8 was a coupé manufactured from 1969 to 1989, built to replace the Aston Martin DBS, a more angular car that killed off the DB6, and by extension the iconic design that had eminated through the James Bond DB5. As with all traditional Aston Martins, it was entirely handbuilt, with each car requiring 1,200 manhours to finish. Aston Martin's customers had been clamouring for an eight-cylinder car for years, so Aston Martin designed a larger car. The engine was not ready, however, so in 1967 the company released the DBS with the straight-six Vantage engine from the DB6. Two years later, Tadek Marek's V8 was ready, and Aston released the DBS V8. With the demise of the straight-six Vantage in 1973, the DBS V8, now restyled and called simply the Aston Martin V8, became the company's mainstream car for nearly two decades. It was retired in favour of the Virage in 1989.
The Aston Martin V8 Vantage on the other hand took the original bodyshell of this 60's sports coupé, and completely re-engineered it to create something that was not of this earth! The first series had 375hp, and series specific details such as a blanked bonnet vent and a separate rear spoiler, of which 38 of these were built.
The Vantage name had previously been used on a number of high-performance versions of Aston Martin cars, but this was a separate model. Although based on the Aston Martin V8, numerous detail changes added up to a unique driving experience. One of the most noticeable features was the closed-off hood bulge rather than the open scoop found on the normal V8. The grille area was also closed off, with twin driving lights inserted and a spoiler added to the bootlid.
Upon its introduction in 1977, the car's incredible speed and power was taken up with acclaim, and, as mentioned, was dubbed 'Britain's first supercar', with a top speed of 170 mph top speed. Its engine was shared with the Lagonda, but it used high-performance camshafts, increased compression ratio, larger inlet valves and bigger carburettors mounted on new manifolds for increased output. Straight-line performance was the best of the day, with acceleration from 0–60 mph in 5.3 seconds, one-tenth of a second quicker than the Ferrari Daytona.
The Oscar India version, introduced in late 1978, featured an integrated tea-tray spoiler and smoother bonnet bulge. Inside, a black leather-covered dash replaced the previous walnut. The wooden dashboard did find its way back into the Vantage during the eighties, giving a more luxurious appearance. The Oscar India version also received a slight increase in power, to 390hp. This line was produced, with some running changes, until 1989. From 1986 the engine had 403hp.
1986 saw the introduction of X-Pack was a further upgrade, with Cosworth pistons and Nimrod racing-type heads producing 403hp. A big bore after-market option was also available from Works Service, with 50mm carbs and straight-through exhaust system giving 432hp, the same engine as fitted to the limited-edition V8 Zagato. 16-inch wheels were also now fitted. A 450hp 6.3L version was also available from Aston Martin, and independent manufacturers offered a 7L version just to up the ante.
In 1986, the Vantage had its roof cut off into what would become the convertible Vantage Volante, basically identical. In 1987 The Prince of Wales took delivery of a Vantage Volante, but at his request without the production car's wider wheelarches, front air dam and side skirts. This became known as the 'Prince of Wales Spec' (or POW) and around another 26 such cars were built by the factory.
The Prince was obviously very specific about his motorcars!
304 Series 2 Vantage coupés were built, including 131 X-Packs and 192 Volantes. Volante's are often considered the most desirable of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage range. In all, 534 V8 Vantages were constructed during its 12 year production run, with the car being replaced in 1989 by the Aston Martin Virage, as well as a new generation V8 Vantage which remained somewhat faithful to the original design of the 60's (if not a little more bulky) and was the last Aston Martin design to incorporate a traditional style before changing to the style laid down by the DB7 in 1993.
However, the Vantage did find its way into movie fame as the first Aston Martin used in a James Bond movie since the DBS used in On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969. In 1987's 'The Living Daylights' (the first film to star Timothy Dalton as 007), Bond was treated to Q-Branch's Aston Martin V8 Vantage, complete with missiles, lasers to separate pesky Lada's from their chassis, and a heads-up display to assist in warding off evildoers. It also came with a 'Winter Pack', which included skis, a rocket propulsion and spiked tyres for better grip. The car however met an unfortunate demise after getting stuck in a snowdrift, forcing Bond to activate the self-destruct, engulfing the car in a fiery explosion. But at least everyone's favourite secret agent had finally been reunited with his faithful Aston Martin once again!
There is some slight incongruity with the film though, as at the beginning of the movie, the car is a convertible Volante, yet for the rest of the movie it's a hardtop regular Vantage. This confused me somewhat, or perhaps whilst Bond had the car shipped he had a roof welded on in the meantime!
Today there are a fair number of Vantages roaming the countryside, their popular design, pedigree Bond Car status and sheer raw power keeping them truly afloat. In fact, these cars are much more prominent than the Virage that replaced it, of which you barely see any!
Toy designer Barry Kudrowitz led an interactive talk that focuses on the connections between creativity, humor, and play. With an emphasis on connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, he demonstrated the importance of play and humor in our leisure, academic, and work activities.
BMW Guggenheim Lab
June 23, 2012
Pfefferberg, Schönhauser Allee 176
Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
Photos: Luke Abiol
© 2012 Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York
Hola, hace tiempo que no puedo blogear ni nada, mis sponsors no lo saben, pues no puedo decirselo porque cuando intento entrar entro pero no veo nada, no me carga nada ni nada. A veces ni entra, se queda en "cargando el mundo" y tengo que quitarlo, me enfada porque amo blogear y lo necesito. He estado probando visores pero nada, en algunos ni veo el mesh ni nada, he borrado cache y nada. Estoy desesperada necesito ayuda, por favor.
Hello, while I can not blogging or anything, my sponsors do not know, as I can not tell them because when I go try to go but I see nothing, I do not charge anything or nothing. Sometimes not hard, stays in "loading the world" and I have to remove it, I get angry because I love blogging and I need it. I've been testing viewers but nothing, some do see the mesh or anything, I deleted cache and nothing. I am desperate I need help, please.
This is Pebbel, simply doing what cats do in the garden. There is, however, a sad story behind this picture. Pebbel is a very sweet cat and she loves our attention and our presence. Perhaps even a bit too much. Over the last six months she has developed some nasty peeing problems. At first we blamed Poeka, until we caught Pebbel in the act a few times. We have kept cleaning up after her, treating affected plastering with every available product. We have applied every tip and every trick in the cat manual but nothing seems to work. We took her to the vet for medical check-ups, to rule out any physical problems. Right now she's on relaxing medication, but the problem persists. With six, clean litter boxes at her disposal, she still sprays against one of the walls. We are reaching the point at which she may have to go .........
The only explanation for her behaviour that we can think of, is jealousy. She'd love to have us and the house to herself. She can follow us wherever we are, like a dog rather than a cat. She can also have jealous reactions when one of the other cats is on our lap.
Does anyone on Flickr have any tips left that we can try? Your help is more than welcome, and we really hope that we won't have to find her a new home, even though that may be the only option left. We think she would be best off in a quiet home, without other cats.
UPDATE 14 JULY 2017: Last week we took Pebbel to her new home, where she can make a fresh start. It feels like a defeat that we couldn't make her stop spraying, and it was a very hard decision to make. So far she seems to be doing fine in her new home, where she's the only cat.
When I was elected to the United States Senate in 2010, I set a steadfast objective for myself while in office: to help bring the American Dream back into reach of those who feel it is slipping away. That’s the goal line I strive toward with my every effort, and it’s the measure I use to keep score.
The reason I’m so passionate about restoring the American Dream is because I’ve lived it myself. My parents came to America from Cuba in 1956 and earned their way to the middle class working humble jobs – my father as a bartender in hotels and my mom as a maid, cashier and retail clerk. By their loving and powerful example, I learned the importance of work and family, and developed the belief that all things are possible in America.
I have spent most of my life in West Miami, and live there today with my wife Jeanette and our four children. One of the reasons I love this South Florida community so much is the incredible diversity of people I count as my neighbors. There are those in the middle class, those striving to make it there, and those fortunate enough to have climbed beyond it. There are homes led by heroic single moms, two hard working parents, and even homes with multiple generations living together, like my sister’s, which houses not only her husband and children but also my mother.
My neighbors helped shape my impression of the American Dream, and it wasn’t long after I earned my bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and my juris doctor from the University of Miami Law School that I felt drawn to serve them in public office.
I started as a City Commissioner for West Miami before being elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2000, and then Speaker in November 2006. Before taking this post, I authored the book 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future, which was based on conversations I had with Floridians at "idearaisers" that my colleagues and I hosted around the state. As Speaker, I helped enact many of the ideas in this book.
I was proud to be a champion for limited government at the state level, but after seeing the impact of our successes there, I wanted to take my ideas for conservative reform to where they were needed the most: Washington, D.C.
When I launched my campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2009, I was expected to lose big to my better-funded and better-known Republican primary opponent. Yet with a come-from-behind victory, the people of Florida elected me on the promise of bringing conservative ideas to the United States Senate.
Since arriving in Washington in January of 2011, that’s exactly what I’ve done. I’ve fought against the Washington establishment’s big government vision for America, standing up to ObamaCare and opposing budgets that encourage more debt at the expense of job creation and lasting prosperity.
With my placements on The Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; the Committee on Foreign Relations; the Select Committee on Intelligence; and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I’ve advocated for oversight and reforms to key government functions, vital measures to keep our people safe, and whenever necessary, have served as a check against the Senate’s Democratic leadership.
I haven’t stopped there. I’ve also led a bold offensive to restore the American Dream through 21st century conservative reforms. My ideas are based on the simple truth that the American economy has changed significantly in recent decades and that our policies and institutions must change too if we are to access the possibilities of the 21st century.
The sun didn't shine but it didn't rain either. So I spent the afternoon painting a fence.
My four year old decided to help.
She was doing great, but then got bored. Stuck her hands in the pail. Black handprints on my house, my gate, my driveway, and my patience.
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Today we took Tanooki into the vet for her yearly vaccinations. She was nervous so we kept talking to her and scratching her behind her ears to calm her down. Tanooki only cried a little when she was given her rabies vaccination. The vet said that female shibas are much braver than male shibas, who tend to scream when they get their shots. :)
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These were for the Sock Summit Ravelry party but they will be in the Ravelry mini mart soon! (after the sale)
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TEXTO DE ERNANIB:
Há o tempo de plantar e o tempo de colher. Todos nós temos presa para viver, nunca de morrer. Temos tempo para a internet, para um amigo, para brincar, para trabalhar, mas nunca temos tempo para parar e ajudar. Temos tempo para ver TV, ler jornais, um bom livro, mas nunca tempo para ler um pedido de ajuda.
Mas há quem não tem mais tempo. Quem não teve tempo de plantar. Quem mal tem tempo para brincar. Quem mal vai ter tempo de dizer: “Eu te amo mamãe, papai!!!”. Porque em algum lugar alguém não teve tempo para parar e ler essa mensagem, para procurar saber do que se tratava, sobre quem se estava falando, de procurar saber como poderia ajudar; já que quem deveria ajudar não acha tempo para isso, porque não acha importante, porque é um investimento que não tem retorno no curto espaço de tempo ou porque acha que seu tempo é valioso demais para gastar com quem não tem tanto tempo de vida assim.
Pare um momento. Procure se informar, ler, ajudar. Quem já conta os segundos para a despedida final vai agradecer de coração por esses poucos instantes de tempo, que você dedicou a elas.
Não deixe que o relógio das vidas delas pare só porque você não queria perder tempo. Ajude!!! Divulge!!! Dê corda nesses pequenos relógios de vida.
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There is a time for planting and a time for harvesting. We are all in a hurry to live, not to die.We have time for internet, for friends, for playing, for working and we never have time to stop and help others. We have time for watching TV, reading the papers or a good book but we never have time for reading a message asking for help.
But there are the ones who don’t have any more time to lose. The ones who didn’t have time to plant. That barely have time to play. That won’t have time to say “I love you, mom, dad”. Because someone, somewhere didn’t have time to read this message, to try to know what it means, to try to know how to help. Because many times who could help don’t have the time, because it’s not an investment with short term interest or because thinks its time is too valuable to spend with somenone who doesn’t have that much time.
Stop for a moment.Try to read and get informed. The children that are about to say their goodbyes to life will be thankful for these few moments you took to help them.. Don’t let their life clocks stop just because you didn’t want to waste your time. Help them! Spread the word! Wind up these little life clocks
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One of the ladies helping to prepare and serve a hot lunch to the students of a higher primary school in Krishnarajpet, Karnataka. Re-edited with the latest version of Topaz Photo AI.
Electing to Tackle Unemployment
Unemployment is now a very serious long term employment here in Ireland and the unemployed need all the help and support that they can get. If you are unemployed are if you are about to become redundant I strongly advise that you contact the INOU
Today, the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed launched its Election Manifesto. The manifesto, which has been sent to all prospective TDs and outlines the INOU’s priorities for the next government in three key areas – Jobs, Services for Unemployed People and Social Welfare. The manifesto also poses four key questions for candidates standing in the next election:
1. What will you do to tackle unemployment?
2. Will you reverse the cuts made to Jobseekers Allowance and Benefit?
3. How will you improve services to unemployed people?
4. What will you do to create decent jobs?
Speaking at the launch, INOU Chairperson, Ann Fergus said that ‘it is imperative that tackling unemployment is an absolute priority for the next government. Investment in jobs, in education and training and other supports and programmes for unemployed people is critical if unemployment is to properly addressed. Unemployed people need to be given hope of a chance of a job and a future here in Ireland for themselves and their families.”
“It is also imperative that the incomes of people who rely on social welfare are protected as tens of thousands of people are struggling on a daily basis to make ends meet” Ann concluded.
To download a copy of the INOU Election Manifesto visit www.inou.ie
You will also find a grid highlighting what the different parties have to say about jobs and social protection.
Today the INOU has also published a review of where unemployment policy is at in light of Budget 2011, the EU/IMF Financial Assistance documentation and the National Recovery Plan which can be downloaded from their website.
For further information please contact:
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This little fellow was quite helpful in setting things up for my photo shoot in the sink.
No photo yesterday. Sorry. I'm feeling rather uninspired lately.
But good news! Today I got a job! I'm signing the contract tomorrow. 7th, 9th and 11th grade English, here I come!
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Marking restore point, to help timing preset. When restoring set at marked point and check with timing light when engine warm.
My newest girl again waiting for me editing her listing again.
When i showed her to my boyfriend he immediately said this is a little french sheperdess. (is that a word?)
Any name suggestions?
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Magickal Baby - short film movie - outtakes - Belvedere Castle - Central Park NYC - November 7th 2020
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Magickal Baby film about a couple trying to have a child with the help from the powers of witchcraft and magick. Serena the overzealous girlfriend with baby fever portrayed by Samara Riviera invites her partner Lord Keegan portrayed by Ryan Janek Wolowski to Central Park NYC on an autumn evening to meet at the Belvedere Castle for a night of magick rituals potions and spell casting that may change their lives forever.
Film released 2021 USA
RYANISLAND Films
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Baby Spell contents
Spoken word intentions spell
Love
Moon water in sealed glass jar
Sun water in sealed glass jar
Blending blessed waters together in sealable clear glass jar
Apple cinnamon incense
White candle in white glass jar
Fire igniter
Pumpkin seeds
Pumpkin (carrot as substitute) baby food in glass jar
Banana blueberry baby food in glass jar
Silver spoon two
Food coloring and egg dye
Orange color paper
Black ink pen
Baby name girl
Baby name boy
Baby photo
Red herb bag with filed with rose petals autumn leaves and dried wild berries
Vintage Witch candle ( ancestral energy )
Glow in the dark heart
Pentacle garnet stone necklace two
Ceremonial hooded cloak cape
Blessed and cleared sacred space
Outside evening air
Evening light
Salem Witch Museum Massachusetts black travel bag for transporting contents to sacred space
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Magical Baby filming location
Belvedere Castle Central Park
New York, NY 10024 USA
Belvedere Castle built in 1872
“belvedere” means “beautiful view” in Italian
Belvedere Castle is located next to Turtle Pond - Delacorte Theater ( Shakespeare in the Park ) - Great Lawn
Since 1919, the National Weather Service has also collected meteorological data like temperature, wind, and rainfall from the Castle.
Belvedere Castle directions:
MTA New York City Subway C train to 81 Street - Museum of Natural History
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"Help me Lord before there's no time left I ain't living I'm just breathing to death
Your ways are perfect and they lead me to rest Mine are evil and they lead me to death" Lecrae
The sun fades in the distance but I can only peer through the fence.
I long to feel it's warmth, it's unrelenting embrace, it's unimaginable kindness. The fence shows signs of weakness, ones that on reflection I can easily break through but in the darkness this fence seems like an unassailable barrier keeping me from the light.
The sun fades in the distance as my lungs fill with air, they are full and thriving but as quickly as they fill, they empty with a sigh. I am still breathing, I give thanks. I am breathing but I don't always feel like I'm living...
The sun fades in the distance but the fence still remains. This fence CAN be torn down and the light CAN fill my life but I need to take the first step.
The sun fades in the distance, time is running out. Are you living or are you just breathing to death?
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind" Romans 12:2
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green shirt, striped socks, gray shirt on ironing board - made by me
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Bleach bottle, Ivory Snow box- vintage (Sindy??)
Sewing Machine - ornament from the Hallmark store
Basket - Rement
Ironing board - Gloria set, repainted, recovered
Dreft and tide boxes made by me
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White table - flea market find
Walls and floor - scrapbook paper