When nature calls a goalie
First, netminders wear more equipment than any athlete in any major professional team sport. They are buried in pads, straps, hooks, knots, buckles and buttons, plus jerseys that are baggy enough to pitch as campsite tents. Goaltenders are also uniquely needed on the field of play for an entire game, a requirement to which only soccer players can relate. No sneaking away between shifts like skaters or ducking into the dugout bathroom between innings as baseball players do.
And since Don Cherry once called him the NHL’s smartest goaltender, it’s only fitting that Turco would lend his expertise to the last word in this sophisticated discussion.
“I really enjoy when even non-goalies put on goalie gear just to appreciate how hard it is to move, how tiring it is to go up and down with that crap on,” Turco says. “I think inevitably, one or two of them always says, ‘Uhhh, what happens if you’ve got to take a s---?” And you’re like, ‘Yeah, don’t s---.’ That’s why we’re smarter than the rest of you guys, because we think about this stuff all the time.”
(SI.com)
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
This May Be Worth The Restoration Headaches
For $2,500, This 1983 BMW 633CSI Says Dinan Is Served
Here we have a 1983 BMW 633CSI “Dinan.” What exactly is “Dinan” on the car? Who the hell knows? The ad doesn’t specify. Perhaps the present owner likes to drive around in it going dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan, BATMAN! Or, maybe it’s the very orange cross brace between the front strut towers that gains the car the additional tuner cachet.
This one is one of the later, E28-based beasts and it rocks an M30B32 SOHC straight six which was imbued at the factory with 181-bhp. A Getrag five-speed manual properly backs that up and likely gives the big coupe the best theft protection money can buy.
You get a fairly clean body and hair-shirt 17-inch wheels on the outside, while inside you’re presented with sport seats, a panel with extra gauges in the dash, and a steering wheel apparently stolen from an arcade machine. Yeah, that’d be about the first thing to go here.
What’s not to like? Well, the odometer says 140K but the seller says it’s a dirty liar and the actual mileage is somewhere in the range of 170K to 180K—remember all those trips between SF and LA. There’s also a non-working rear window, which is thankfully stuck in the full-up position. And then there’s this sentence in the ad: “…& driver door installed wich i have.” I don’t know what that means as I’m just not up on all the emoji that the kids use to snap their chats and pin their tresses these days.
(Jalopnik.com)
Here we have a 1983 BMW 633CSI “Dinan.” What exactly is “Dinan” on the car? Who the hell knows? The ad doesn’t specify. Perhaps the present owner likes to drive around in it going dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan-dinan, BATMAN! Or, maybe it’s the very orange cross brace between the front strut towers that gains the car the additional tuner cachet.
This one is one of the later, E28-based beasts and it rocks an M30B32 SOHC straight six which was imbued at the factory with 181-bhp. A Getrag five-speed manual properly backs that up and likely gives the big coupe the best theft protection money can buy.
You get a fairly clean body and hair-shirt 17-inch wheels on the outside, while inside you’re presented with sport seats, a panel with extra gauges in the dash, and a steering wheel apparently stolen from an arcade machine. Yeah, that’d be about the first thing to go here.
What’s not to like? Well, the odometer says 140K but the seller says it’s a dirty liar and the actual mileage is somewhere in the range of 170K to 180K—remember all those trips between SF and LA. There’s also a non-working rear window, which is thankfully stuck in the full-up position. And then there’s this sentence in the ad: “…& driver door installed wich i have.” I don’t know what that means as I’m just not up on all the emoji that the kids use to snap their chats and pin their tresses these days.
(Jalopnik.com)
1 Of Life's Many Questions Answered
Here Is What All Those Colored Shirts Mean On An Aircraft Carrier's Deck
Yellow:
Yellow:
- Yellow shirts are worn by aircraft handlers and aircraft directors that shuttle aircraft around the carrier’s tight and chaotic deck. Catapult Officers and Arresting Gear Officers also wear yellow shirts. Because yellow shirts are so involved with taxiing aircraft, they are often featured prominently in dramatic photos depicting carrier deck operations.
- Green shirts are worn by some of the hardest-working sailors on the deck, including ones who run and maintain the ship’s catapults and arresting gear. Hook Runners who make sure the ship’s cross-deck pendants (wires) make it back into position to trap another aircraft by coercing them with a five-foot steel bar wear green shirts. This is one of the most dangerous positions on the flight deck as the wires can snap across the deck at high speed, slicing through whatever or whoever they come in contact with.
- Plane Handlers, who work under the direction of the yellow shirt wearing aircraft handlers, assist in moving aircraft around the deck. They also can operate the carrier’s massive aircraft elevators, drive tractors and work as messengers and verbal liaisons.
- Purple shirts, better known as “Grapes,” are all about aviation fuels. They fuel and de-fuel the carrier’s aircraft, often on very tight schedules. Obviously, pumping fuel at high-pressure into jets loaded with explosives and full of hot electronics and mechanical devices is not exactly a low-risk proposition. One spark, caused by grounding issue or one of many other possibilities, could cause a real disaster.
- The red color is no mistake as the crewmen that wear this color are usually near very hazardous things or situations. Ordnancemen deal with building, moving and mounting weapons and arming the air wing’s aircraft. They use their own hardened elevators to move live bombs and missiles up to the deck before loading them on the aircraft, which can including literally lining up and heaving a 500 pound missile over their shoulders to get it attached to the aircraft’s weapons station.
- Brown shirts are worn most notably by Plane Captains. Loosely equivalent to a Crew Chief in the Air Force, Plane Captains are responsible for overseeing the maintenance, launch and recovery and general well-being of their aircraft as well as the others in their squadron. The old adage is the plane captain is the one who truly “owns the jet,” and the pilot just borrows it for a couple hours at a time.
- White shirts are worn by a fairly wide mix of deck crew. These include many quality and safety observers such as air wing quality control personnel, individual squadron plane inspectors, and safety observers. Yet probably most well known white shirt wearers are Landing Signal Officers (LSOs) who help talk down approaching aircraft while also making sure the deck is clear for their arrival. The LSOs are sourced from each squadron in the air wing and are usually pilots with historically high landing scores themselves.
I'd Really Like To See A Diverse Hollywood, But I Don't Have My Hopes Up
How Hollywood Keeps Out the Stories of Women and Girls
The question is, what’s going on here? Paul Feig directed Bridesmaids, one of the most iconic films in recent memory told through the eyes of women, and imbued it with the thoughts and actions and lives of women. Feig tells the Weekly that leaders in the film industry have a knee-jerk, negative reaction to female-driven scripts.
After Feig’s TV series Freaks and Geeks ended in 2000, he says, “I’d try to pitch things with female leads ... and almost immediately get shot down. It was like, ‘Audiences won’t show up, guys won’t buy tickets, you can’t sell it, international audiences won’t watch movies with a female lead.’ ”
At first, Feig went with that. But the meetings with studio green-lighters began to rankle. “I was like, ‘Wait a minute,’ ” he says. “’So, we’re just not gonna do anything? Even though women are more than half the population of the world?’ ”
Producer Jessica Elbaum (Step Brothers, Anchorman 2, Sleeping With Other People) says the thinking in Hollywood that results in stonewalling of women's stories comes from "narrow-mindedness and stupidity."
Elbaum recently launched Gloria Sanchez Productions, an imprint of Will Ferrell’s Gary Sanchez Productions, to focus on female-centric projects. “There is a fear that female filmmakers can only tell female stories,” she says of the values that grip Hollywood — “that women can only talk about their periods and cry.”
Actor Joy Bryant (Good Girls Revolt, Parenthood) openly discusses the hypocrisy of Hollywood executives’ refusal to bring in women — even as many of them persistently tout their progressive, Democratic Party values.
“I love the myth of Hollywood being this liberal place,” Bryant says. “Hollywood is not liberal.”
If the Big Six studios had kept pace with the times, Bryant says, “We would have more women and people of color in positions of power. Everyone is donating to the cause célèbre and the cause du jour, and we need that, but let’s not get it twisted — it’s just as sexist and racist [as anyplace else].”
A few years ago, not many actors would be so outspoken. Now, they’re less guarded.
(LAWeekly.com)
The question is, what’s going on here? Paul Feig directed Bridesmaids, one of the most iconic films in recent memory told through the eyes of women, and imbued it with the thoughts and actions and lives of women. Feig tells the Weekly that leaders in the film industry have a knee-jerk, negative reaction to female-driven scripts.
After Feig’s TV series Freaks and Geeks ended in 2000, he says, “I’d try to pitch things with female leads ... and almost immediately get shot down. It was like, ‘Audiences won’t show up, guys won’t buy tickets, you can’t sell it, international audiences won’t watch movies with a female lead.’ ”
At first, Feig went with that. But the meetings with studio green-lighters began to rankle. “I was like, ‘Wait a minute,’ ” he says. “’So, we’re just not gonna do anything? Even though women are more than half the population of the world?’ ”
Producer Jessica Elbaum (Step Brothers, Anchorman 2, Sleeping With Other People) says the thinking in Hollywood that results in stonewalling of women's stories comes from "narrow-mindedness and stupidity."
Elbaum recently launched Gloria Sanchez Productions, an imprint of Will Ferrell’s Gary Sanchez Productions, to focus on female-centric projects. “There is a fear that female filmmakers can only tell female stories,” she says of the values that grip Hollywood — “that women can only talk about their periods and cry.”
Actor Joy Bryant (Good Girls Revolt, Parenthood) openly discusses the hypocrisy of Hollywood executives’ refusal to bring in women — even as many of them persistently tout their progressive, Democratic Party values.
“I love the myth of Hollywood being this liberal place,” Bryant says. “Hollywood is not liberal.”
If the Big Six studios had kept pace with the times, Bryant says, “We would have more women and people of color in positions of power. Everyone is donating to the cause célèbre and the cause du jour, and we need that, but let’s not get it twisted — it’s just as sexist and racist [as anyplace else].”
A few years ago, not many actors would be so outspoken. Now, they’re less guarded.
(LAWeekly.com)
Nevada's Looking Like It Got Played Big Time
Nevada State Treasurer Worried Over Faraday Future Factory Funding In China
Faraday Future has made a lot of wild claims, but does it really have what it takes to be the next Tesla? Nevada’s state treasurer went to China last week to meet with Leshi, the parent company of Faraday Future, over concerns with the company delaying its promised $1 billion in investment funding for a new manufacturing facility.
Late last year the Nevada’s state legislature held an emergency meeting to secure Faraday Future’s plans for constructing an automotive manufacturing facility. Following the company’s reveal of Big Ideas and an imaginary supercar concept at CES, plans for breaking ground on the factory in late January were apparently delayed as a result of Faraday Future’s Chinese parent company Leshi temporarily backing out of the Chinese stock exchange.
According to KUNR, Reno’s local NPR radio station, Nevada Treasurer Dan Schwartz traveled to China last week to confront parent company Leshi and investor Jia Yueting over the $1 billion in investment financing for the Nevada factory. Schwartz is holding off on $175 million in state bonds to help finance the factory until it is assured that the promised investment amount from Yueting is set aside for Nevada.
(Jalopnik.com)
Faraday Future has made a lot of wild claims, but does it really have what it takes to be the next Tesla? Nevada’s state treasurer went to China last week to meet with Leshi, the parent company of Faraday Future, over concerns with the company delaying its promised $1 billion in investment funding for a new manufacturing facility.
Late last year the Nevada’s state legislature held an emergency meeting to secure Faraday Future’s plans for constructing an automotive manufacturing facility. Following the company’s reveal of Big Ideas and an imaginary supercar concept at CES, plans for breaking ground on the factory in late January were apparently delayed as a result of Faraday Future’s Chinese parent company Leshi temporarily backing out of the Chinese stock exchange.
According to KUNR, Reno’s local NPR radio station, Nevada Treasurer Dan Schwartz traveled to China last week to confront parent company Leshi and investor Jia Yueting over the $1 billion in investment financing for the Nevada factory. Schwartz is holding off on $175 million in state bonds to help finance the factory until it is assured that the promised investment amount from Yueting is set aside for Nevada.
(Jalopnik.com)
This Is Exactly The Reason Why
Why Do People Buy Manual Cars?
If the companies that sell cars in the United States had their way, all their vehicles would have automatic transmissions for one simple reason: Because it’s cheaper.
But if the car enthusiasts in the United States had their way, all their cars would have manual transmissions. Their reasoning is simple, too: Because stick shifts are more fun, at least for drivers who know what they are doing.
(CarPerformance.org)
If the companies that sell cars in the United States had their way, all their vehicles would have automatic transmissions for one simple reason: Because it’s cheaper.
But if the car enthusiasts in the United States had their way, all their cars would have manual transmissions. Their reasoning is simple, too: Because stick shifts are more fun, at least for drivers who know what they are doing.
(CarPerformance.org)
I Wish I Could Own This Unicorn
Extremely Rare Nissan Skyline GT-R Nismo Z-Tune For Sale at $510,000
Probably one of the best limited-edition Nissan Skylines, the GT-R (R34) Nismo Z-Tune is up for sale for a $510,000 at Contempo Concept HK Motors, Hong Kong.
(Car24news.com)
Probably one of the best limited-edition Nissan Skylines, the GT-R (R34) Nismo Z-Tune is up for sale for a $510,000 at Contempo Concept HK Motors, Hong Kong.
(Car24news.com)
Less Was More With Trucks
Question Of The Day: Would any Americans buy a small pickup?
We mean a genuinely small pickup, not the behemoths sold here today.
But go back a decade or four and American showrooms were full of new LUVs and Arrows and the like, pickups that scaled in at closer to one ton than two, with two-digit horsepower ratings and no back seat. They were bouncy and cramped and slow, but they were cheap and worked hard. If such a truck were available today (assuming that it could get through the NHTSA's crash tests, of course), would you consider buying one?
(AutoBlog.com)
We mean a genuinely small pickup, not the behemoths sold here today.
But go back a decade or four and American showrooms were full of new LUVs and Arrows and the like, pickups that scaled in at closer to one ton than two, with two-digit horsepower ratings and no back seat. They were bouncy and cramped and slow, but they were cheap and worked hard. If such a truck were available today (assuming that it could get through the NHTSA's crash tests, of course), would you consider buying one?
(AutoBlog.com)
Proof That The EPA Has No Idea What They're Doing
EPA says your racecar is probably already illegal
A clarification that doesn't do much to clear the air.
According to this statement, it's already against the law to perform any modifications to a vehicle that result in the tampering or removal of emissions control systems, even for competition. In other words, if you have removed a catalytic converter from your racecar, you're already afoul of the rules. Conversely, if your vehicle is old enough that it didn't come with emissions control equipment in the first place, you're seemingly free and clear.
Further, the EPA claims that the new wording of its regulations only seeks to differentiate nonroad vehicles from "motor vehicles." Two nonroad vehicles specifically mentioned by the EPA include dirt bikes and snowmobiles. Any vehicle that was sold with a certificate of conformity that allows them to be used on public roads, however, are "motor vehicles" and therefore must have all their emissions controls intact. And that's regardless of whether or not the motor vehicle in question will ever actually be used on public roads.
Put another way, according to the EPA's statement, a reflash of your car's engine control unit would be illegal (it doesn't matter if it's gasoline or diesel) if it alters the car's emissions, even if you never drive that car on the street. The same would be true of a number of common modifications for cars used in competition, which would include drag racing, drifting or LeMons.
(AutoBlog.com)
A clarification that doesn't do much to clear the air.
According to this statement, it's already against the law to perform any modifications to a vehicle that result in the tampering or removal of emissions control systems, even for competition. In other words, if you have removed a catalytic converter from your racecar, you're already afoul of the rules. Conversely, if your vehicle is old enough that it didn't come with emissions control equipment in the first place, you're seemingly free and clear.
Further, the EPA claims that the new wording of its regulations only seeks to differentiate nonroad vehicles from "motor vehicles." Two nonroad vehicles specifically mentioned by the EPA include dirt bikes and snowmobiles. Any vehicle that was sold with a certificate of conformity that allows them to be used on public roads, however, are "motor vehicles" and therefore must have all their emissions controls intact. And that's regardless of whether or not the motor vehicle in question will ever actually be used on public roads.
Put another way, according to the EPA's statement, a reflash of your car's engine control unit would be illegal (it doesn't matter if it's gasoline or diesel) if it alters the car's emissions, even if you never drive that car on the street. The same would be true of a number of common modifications for cars used in competition, which would include drag racing, drifting or LeMons.
(AutoBlog.com)
How To Wax On & Wax Off, Daniel-San
How to wax your car | Autoblog Details
Waxing your car is vital to the protection of paint, but how do we do it properly to get the best bang for our time? Here are a few things you need to know before waxing your car. Watch all our Autoblog Details videos for more quick car care tips from professional detailer Larry Kosilla.
Video link (AutoBlog.com)
Waxing your car is vital to the protection of paint, but how do we do it properly to get the best bang for our time? Here are a few things you need to know before waxing your car. Watch all our Autoblog Details videos for more quick car care tips from professional detailer Larry Kosilla.
Video link (AutoBlog.com)
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