Israeli designer Tamara Efrat has combined traditional smocking embroidery with computational algorithms to create a range of patterned bags. (more…)
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Tamara Efrat creates smocked bags using Photoshop-like computer program
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MS BAND: After School Help Session
Today 3:15-4:15pm. Come in and practice and/or get some extra help from Mrs. Craig. All band students welcome.
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TODAY - One Day Only!!! - Audition Prep for Legally Blonde.
Today: Wednesday: 3:15 to 4:00 in the Mrs. Symes Choir room. (S209) Get help practicing your audition music for the musical. (Optional)
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MS BAND: After School Help Session
Today 3:15-4:15pm. Come in and practice and/or get some extra help from Mrs. Craig. All band students welcome.
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TODAY - One Day Only!!! - Audition Prep for Legally Blonde.
Today: Wednesday: 3:15 to 4:00 in the Mrs. Symes Choir room. (S209) Get help practicing your audition music for the musical. (Optional)
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Built Architecture uses oak cabinetry to reorganise a mosaic-floored Barcelona apartment
Built Architecture uses oak cabinetry to reorganise a mosaic-floored Barcelona apartment
From the My Hemmings pages – My Fiat Spider odyssey
Lou Savarese's 1980 Fiat Spider, home again.
Editor's Note: This piece comes to us from reader Lou Savarese. Given the introduction of the new Fiat 124 Spider, we thought the timing was perfect to run Lou's story.
My Fiat Spider odyssey started in 1971. At that time I was driving my first car, the car of the year, the Chevy Vega. Well, needless to say, my love affair with the Vega's beautiful style was short-lived, as the engineering gremlins started to mass.
At the same time, a few of my friends were having their own love affairs with their foreign imports. There was a Toyota Corolla and a Mercury Capri, and one guy had this outstanding dual-overhead-cam gem designed by Pininfarina that was light years ahead in styling and technology.
I looked into the engine compartment and was amazed. I knew the engine was an inline four, but with those dual cam covers, the 1608 cc engine looked like a baby V-8.
This car had a five-speed, four-wheel disc brakes and a wood dash and steering wheel, and at once I was smitten for life. The next day my Vega was put up for sale. Within a month I had my own yellow Fiat Spider with white porcelain 13" wheels, black interior and black top. My girlfriend, and still my wife of 40 years, and I had many an adventure in the yellow Spider.
Then, life happens, you get married and want to start a family, and you buy an Oldsmobile Cutlass. I sold my Spider, I watched it drive away and had a very empty feeling.
It took a bit longer than the Vega, but I just wasn't happy with the Olds. I sold the Olds and got the next best thing to the Spider, a Fiat 131 five-speed coupe. The 131 was a fine car, great fun, but my wife didn't want to drive a stick, so we sold it and bought a Fiat Brava automatic.
We started doing a bit better financially, and I rewarded myself with a five-speed Alfa Romeo Alfetta Sedan that was great fun and a useful family car, but it still wasn't a Spider.
Buying the Spider in 2001.
Many years had gone by, and on my drive to work in Brooklyn I would pass Mitchell's Auto Repair. In Mitchell's driveway was an outstanding gray spider. I said to myself 'nothing ventured, nothing gained, so from time to time I would stop in and ask Mitch if he was interested in selling his car. I also would notice that there was always a Spider in the shop or just outside being serviced. It seemed that Mitch was sort of the Northeast Guru when it came to the Spider. People from all over would come in for his expertise, and even more so for his persona.
Needless to say Mitch wasn't going to let anyone pry his Pininfarina away from him (one of 186, he now owns two of the 50 or so surviving).
For many years, I worked long, hard hours, 70 to 80 hours a week, in my butcher shop, and I desperately needed a diversion. I had it in the back of my mind that I was going to find the right car to help with that need. So my hunt was on again.
It took many years of off-and-on searching, but I found a smoke-gray 1980 Spider 2000 with only 16,800 miles on it in Minnesota from a great guy named Jim.
Jim had babied the car and was reluctant to bargain, and I couldn't blame him. The year was 2001. My brother-in-law Eric flew frequently for work and had free miles available, so we flew out to check out the car. Within a week or so it was home in Staten Island.
Of course, my first stop was Mitchell's Auto Repair. Mitch went through the car with me from timing belt to brakes and said I brought home a winner. With Mitch's advice, I had the car wet sanded. I did some cosmetic and minor mechanical work myself and used the Spider as a circuit breaker for the stress of running my business.
Mitch and I became best of friends, and with our wives had many great road trips.
My car had won many trophies at Italian car shows from Philadelphia to the NorthFork of Long Island, and for some reason (maybe bragging rights) I put the car up on the Internet for sale.
It didn't take long for a buyer to surface. The year was 2005. My wife and I were planning to explore the east coast from Upstate New York down as far as Charlestown looking for a place to hopefully build a home someday (or maybe an excuse to take a road trip).
Although the Spider was very reliable, we thought it might be prudent to let it go and pick up the new MX-5 Miata that was just being released. After all, the MX-5 had air, airbags, 170 HP, a six-speed, a wonderful reputation for reliability and so on.
Well, the MX-5 turned out to be another gem of a car. It truly does live up to its reputation, but guess what? I made the same mistake again. It still wasn't a Spider, and that empty feeling was back in spades. I went to Fiat rallies, and the nice folks at FLA (Now Fiat Club of America) and Fiat Freakout would let me tag along in my "Fiatiata."
I was intent on becoming a Spider owner again, this time for life, and started my quest anew. In the summer of 2014, I found a red 1980 Spider 2000 in Hollywood, Florida, with only 27,000 miles on it, which was advertised by a dealership.
I called the dealership, put the salesman through the ringer and bought the Spider. I was so excited and thrilled to be officially back in the Fiat family again. I started ordering parts even before the car reached Staten Island.
When the car arrived, the title told a completely different story than the salesman. Instead of 27,000 miles, the car had 127,000 miles on the odometer. I immediately cancelled all the parts I had ordered and put the dealership on notice that I expected a full refund including transportation. The dealership did the right thing, but I was still Fiatless.
Well, guess what? It's now spring 2015, and my buddy Mitch kept looking out for his pal, and I got an email about a Spider for sale.
My first glance opened my eyes really wide. Wouldn't you know it, it was a smoke gray 1980 Spider with the same 15" Speedline wheels I had on my car. I began to read the description, and my jaw dropped even further.
The seller stated that he had bought the low-mileage car from an Italian butcher in Staten Island 10 years ago, and he had invested thousands in it since then. He stated that he knew he was overinvesting in the car, but did it for the enjoyment of it.
I immediately called Tom the seller and explained that I was the now "retired" Italian butcher who had sold him the Spider. Tom said that he was now going to concentrate on his collection of vintage motorcycles.
I asked Tom if I could use that enjoyment he received in "over investing in the car" as credit and offered him what he had paid me 10 years ago. Well, thanks to Mitch, Eric and Tom, after 10 years and only 7,000 additional miles (now 30,465 in total), my Spider is now home to stay.
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From the My Hemmings pages – My Fiat Spider odyssey
Lou Savarese’s 1980 Fiat Spider, home again.
Editor’s Note: This piece comes to us from reader Lou Savarese. Given the introduction of the new Fiat 124 Spider, we thought the timing was perfect to run Lou’s story.
My Fiat Spider odyssey started in 1971. At that time I was driving my first car, the car of the year, the Chevy Vega. Well, needless to say, my love affair with the Vega’s beautiful style was short-lived, as the engineering gremlins started to mass.
At the same time, a few of my friends were having their own love affairs with their foreign imports. There was a Toyota Corolla and a Mercury Capri, and one guy had this outstanding dual-overhead-cam gem designed by Pininfarina that was light years ahead in styling and technology.
I looked into the engine compartment and was amazed. I knew the engine was an inline four, but with those dual cam covers, the 1608 cc engine looked like a baby V-8.
This car had a five-speed, four-wheel disc brakes and a wood dash and steering wheel, and at once I was smitten for life. The next day my Vega was put up for sale. Within a month I had my own yellow Fiat Spider with white porcelain 13” wheels, black interior and black top. My girlfriend, and still my wife of 40 years, and I had many an adventure in the yellow Spider.
Then, life happens, you get married and want to start a family, and you buy an Oldsmobile Cutlass. I sold my Spider, I watched it drive away and had a very empty feeling.
It took a bit longer than the Vega, but I just wasn’t happy with the Olds. I sold the Olds and got the next best thing to the Spider, a Fiat 131 five-speed coupe. The 131 was a fine car, great fun, but my wife didn’t want to drive a stick, so we sold it and bought a Fiat Brava automatic.
We started doing a bit better financially, and I rewarded myself with a five-speed Alfa Romeo Alfetta Sedan that was great fun and a useful family car, but it still wasn’t a Spider.
Buying the Spider in 2001.
Many years had gone by, and on my drive to work in Brooklyn I would pass Mitchell’s Auto Repair. In Mitchell’s driveway was an outstanding gray spider. I said to myself ‘nothing ventured, nothing gained, so from time to time I would stop in and ask Mitch if he was interested in selling his car. I also would notice that there was always a Spider in the shop or just outside being serviced. It seemed that Mitch was sort of the Northeast Guru when it came to the Spider. People from all over would come in for his expertise, and even more so for his persona.
Needless to say Mitch wasn’t going to let anyone pry his Pininfarina away from him (one of 186, he now owns two of the 50 or so surviving).
For many years, I worked long, hard hours, 70 to 80 hours a week, in my butcher shop, and I desperately needed a diversion. I had it in the back of my mind that I was going to find the right car to help with that need. So my hunt was on again.
It took many years of off-and-on searching, but I found a smoke-gray 1980 Spider 2000 with only 16,800 miles on it in Minnesota from a great guy named Jim.
Jim had babied the car and was reluctant to bargain, and I couldn’t blame him. The year was 2001. My brother-in-law Eric flew frequently for work and had free miles available, so we flew out to check out the car. Within a week or so it was home in Staten Island.
Of course, my first stop was Mitchell’s Auto Repair. Mitch went through the car with me from timing belt to brakes and said I brought home a winner. With Mitch’s advice, I had the car wet sanded. I did some cosmetic and minor mechanical work myself and used the Spider as a circuit breaker for the stress of running my business.
Mitch and I became best of friends, and with our wives had many great road trips.
My car had won many trophies at Italian car shows from Philadelphia to the NorthFork of Long Island, and for some reason (maybe bragging rights) I put the car up on the Internet for sale.
It didn’t take long for a buyer to surface. The year was 2005. My wife and I were planning to explore the east coast from Upstate New York down as far as Charlestown looking for a place to hopefully build a home someday (or maybe an excuse to take a road trip).
Although the Spider was very reliable, we thought it might be prudent to let it go and pick up the new MX-5 Miata that was just being released. After all, the MX-5 had air, airbags, 170 HP, a six-speed, a wonderful reputation for reliability and so on.
Well, the MX-5 turned out to be another gem of a car. It truly does live up to its reputation, but guess what? I made the same mistake again. It still wasn’t a Spider, and that empty feeling was back in spades. I went to Fiat rallies, and the nice folks at FLA (Now Fiat Club of America) and Fiat Freakout would let me tag along in my “Fiatiata.”
I was intent on becoming a Spider owner again, this time for life, and started my quest anew. In the summer of 2014, I found a red 1980 Spider 2000 in Hollywood, Florida, with only 27,000 miles on it, which was advertised by a dealership.
I called the dealership, put the salesman through the ringer and bought the Spider. I was so excited and thrilled to be officially back in the Fiat family again. I started ordering parts even before the car reached Staten Island.
When the car arrived, the title told a completely different story than the salesman. Instead of 27,000 miles, the car had 127,000 miles on the odometer. I immediately cancelled all the parts I had ordered and put the dealership on notice that I expected a full refund including transportation. The dealership did the right thing, but I was still Fiatless.
Well, guess what? It’s now spring 2015, and my buddy Mitch kept looking out for his pal, and I got an email about a Spider for sale.
My first glance opened my eyes really wide. Wouldn’t you know it, it was a smoke gray 1980 Spider with the same 15” Speedline wheels I had on my car. I began to read the description, and my jaw dropped even further.
The seller stated that he had bought the low-mileage car from an Italian butcher in Staten Island 10 years ago, and he had invested thousands in it since then. He stated that he knew he was overinvesting in the car, but did it for the enjoyment of it.
I immediately called Tom the seller and explained that I was the now “retired” Italian butcher who had sold him the Spider. Tom said that he was now going to concentrate on his collection of vintage motorcycles.
I asked Tom if I could use that enjoyment he received in “over investing in the car” as credit and offered him what he had paid me 10 years ago. Well, thanks to Mitch, Eric and Tom, after 10 years and only 7,000 additional miles (now 30,465 in total), my Spider is now home to stay.
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Aranda\Lasch creates pleated concrete facade for Tom Ford flagship Miami store
US firm Aranda\Lasch has completed a store for fashion designer Tom Ford in the Miami Design District, featuring an angular facade that references bold Art Deco motifs (+ slideshow). (more…)
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Aranda\Lasch creates pleated concrete facade for Tom Ford flagship Miami store
US firm Aranda\Lasch has completed a store for fashion designer Tom Ford in the Miami Design District, featuring an angular facade that references bold Art Deco motifs (+ slideshow). (more…)
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New York City, 1965
Y'all have had it way too easy, and you've been taking it for granted. I'm not about to go back and look for the last nighttime carspotting scene we've run, because it's been that long. But even nighttime carspotting scenes usually benefit from things like, say, streetlights, unlike today's (tonight's) carspotting scene, courtesy Stiffspeed, which depicts NYC's First Avenue in the midst of the November 9, 1965, blackout that engulfed the city. All you got to go on are silhouettes and what details the headlamps afford you. Another photo from the same evening is below, courtesy Gizmodo. So now, what do you see here?
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New York City, 1965
Y’all have had it way too easy, and you’ve been taking it for granted. I’m not about to go back and look for the last nighttime carspotting scene we’ve run, because it’s been that long. But even nighttime carspotting scenes usually benefit from things like, say, streetlights, unlike today’s (tonight’s) carspotting scene, courtesy Stiffspeed, which depicts NYC’s First Avenue in the midst of the November 9, 1965, blackout that engulfed the city. All you got to go on are silhouettes and what details the headlamps afford you. Another photo from the same evening is below, courtesy Gizmodo. So now, what do you see here?
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Google granted patent for bendy Google Glass-style device
Google's latest approved patent is for a flexible heads-up display that could be the next version of Google Glass. (more…)
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Google granted patent for bendy Google Glass-style device
Google's latest approved patent is for a flexible heads-up display that could be the next version of Google Glass. (more…)
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Conran and Partners completes huge development on Tokyo's Tama River
Terence Conran's architecture firm has completed its redevelopment of Tokyo's Futako-Tamagawa area, the city's largest building project of the last decade. (more…)
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Conran and Partners completes huge development on Tokyo's Tama River
Terence Conran's architecture firm has completed its redevelopment of Tokyo's Futako-Tamagawa area, the city's largest building project of the last decade. (more…)
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Google's self-driving cars could use robotic hands and eyes to communicate with pedestrians
Google has patented a system that could see its driverless vehicles use object sensors, flashing exterior signage and robotic hands to help make them safer for pedestrians. (more…)
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Google's self-driving cars could use robotic hands and eyes to communicate with pedestrians
Google has patented a system that could see its driverless vehicles use object sensors, flashing exterior signage and robotic hands to help make them safer for pedestrians. (more…)
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Refugee tents are a waste of money, says Alejandro Aravena
Tents are a quick response to the need for emergency shelter, but "it's money that melts" says Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 director Alejandro Aravena. (more…)
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Refugee tents are a waste of money, says Alejandro Aravena
Tents are a quick response to the need for emergency shelter, but "it's money that melts" says Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 director Alejandro Aravena. (more…)
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Amazon unveils video of its Prime Air delivery drones in action
After initial tests with flying robots, online retail giant Amazon has launched a video showing the latest version of its self-piloted delivery drones at work (+ movie). (more…)
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Amazon unveils video of its Prime Air delivery drones in action
After initial tests with flying robots, online retail giant Amazon has launched a video showing the latest version of its self-piloted delivery drones at work (+ movie). (more…)
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1980 Datsun 280ZX 10th Anniversary Edition
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Datsun 240Z's debut in America, the Japanese automaker released a limited-edition 280ZX variant for the 1980 model year. Just 3,000 examples were produced, including 2,500 in gold and black and 500 in red and black. All came with a tinted glass t-top roof, and each came fully loaded with options like gold or black alloy wheels, headlamp washers, leather seating, surround sound audio and automatic climate control. Anniversary Edition models also received special badging, as well as a commemorative dash plaque with the order number of the car's build. This 60,000 mile "garage find" 10th Anniversary Edition 280ZX, for sale on Hemmings.com, is said to wear its original paint and is described as damage and rust free. It's a five-speed version, too, so its next owner will need to walk a fine line between enjoying the car and preserving its pristine condition. From the seller's description:
… an absolutely exceptional barn-fresh (garage really!) find of this original southern California owner's rare and numbered 10th Anniversary Edition 1980 280ZX 2.8L Fuel Injected 6 cylinder OHC Coupe (#510 of only 3,000 built) with its original and unique 'Black & Gold' color paint with unique '10th Anniversary' graphics and emblems and black out moldings and glass surrounds, Limited Edition Plaque, original 65K miles, 5 speed manual overdrive transmission, T-Bar Roof with sunshade windshield, air conditioning with auto temperature feature, leather 6-way power seat with lumbar adjust, AM/FM stereo/cassette with power antenna, alloy wheels with color inserts, power assisted 4 wheel disc brakes, power steering, power windows, cruise control and in the highly desirable rare 2 seat coupe body-style!
This is a beautiful stock example with it's original engine and with all of it's original factory specifications and options intact including original 'Black & Gold' color paint and tan leather interior! Always primarily serviced at either Nissan dealerships or 'Z' specialists since new, the car has a razor straight body with very nice paint and no history of any accidents. The car has obviously always been garaged and the floor boards and trunk area are all completely original and solid and there has been no history of any rust anywhere. The car has it's original factory tan leather interior which is also in remarkably good and original condition throughout. The engine is extremely strong and the transmission shifts smoothly through all the gears, a simply lovely car to drive.
Find more Datsuns for sale on Hemmings.com.
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