For months, Heritage Hall's Model UN team spent countless hours writing and honing papers and reviewing parliamentary rules of procedure in preparation of its fourth consecutive trip to the Harvard Model United Nations Conference held January 24-27. Heritage Hall is the only school ever to represent Oklahoma in the 66-year history of the highly selective conference, which hosts more than 3,500 delegates from more than 50 countries.
Junior Sukanya Bhattacharya, representing the Doctors Without Borders for all the conference delegations, described her experience in Boston this way: "The Harvard Model UN experience is truly life-changing. Meeting students from around the world and working with them to solve some of the world's most pressing issues is an unforgettable opportunity. Since returning from Boston, I have remained in contact with many of those I spent my days with. Our collective dedication to Model UN brought us closer together. In addition to representing an amazing organization, I loved that I met new people wherever I went – the Harvard MUN name tag was a bright signal that, though we did not know each other, we shared something in common and could easily be friends within a few minutes. I will always treasure this wonderful time I got to spend with my new friends."
Sukanya was named a Harvard MUN Social Impact Project Essay Finalist (only 20 are so honored at the conference) and earned the Diplomatic Commendation Award, a much-coveted prize by all MUN delegates throughout the world.
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Jun 13, 2013 by Guest Writer
Palmer Johnson has launched the 213-foot (65m) M/Y Lady M with Moran Yacht & Ship. Built under project name Stimulus, the yacht was scheduled to be delivered in May.
The 198-foot (60m) CRN M/Y J'Ade is ready for delivery. The yacht features a "flooded garage" where the owner can store and access an 8m tender. Operated hydraulically, the garage can dry out in 3 minutes. The yacht can accommodate 10 guests and 13 crew and has a top speed of 16 knots, cruising speed of 14 knots. It has a beam of 10.2m, four decks and a sub deck. The main salon features a bar of green marble and rosewood with a backdrop of an aquarium.
Italian builder Baglietto has launched the 145-foot (44m) M/Y Monokini, marking the first yacht to splash since the reorganization of the yard. The yacht can accommodate 10 guests in five staterooms on the lower deck. It has a top speed of 30 knots. The yacht is expected to debut at the Cannes and Monaco shows this fall.
Italian builder CRN has launched the 142-foot (43m) M/Y Lady Genyr, its second yacht this year and the eighth in this model. The next hull in the series is under construction.
Five cabins accommodate 10 guests, and the master has a private balcony. At the request of the owner, a lift has been installed to connect the interior decks. Lady Genyr is expected to be delivered in July.
Inace Yachts has launched the 126-foot M/Y Batai, the second in this series of explorer yachts created for All Ocean Yachts. Built to BV and MCA classifications, the yacht has five guest rooms, including a full beam master, to accommodate 12 guests. And room for eight crew.
Batai has a 5,000nm range and a draft of 8 feet. On deck, Batai carries a 22-foot RIB and a 19-foot fishing boat.
Nordhavn launched its latest 120-foot yacht into a test tank in China in late April where it was expected to remain for a month as systems are tested. After sea trials, she will relocate to Vancouver on her own bottom for delivery at the end of July.
Overmarine Group delivered the new Mangusta 108 in May to its owner, a member of the Balducci family, founders and owners of the company. The yacht has four staterooms, including the master, below.
Florida-based Jim Smith Tournament Boats has built the 105-foot Marlena, a cold molded wooden fishing boat with an estimated speed of more than 45 miles an hour. It has seven staterooms.
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The foundation of the symposium was B4U-ACT's position that the DSM should be based on accurate information about people in the general population. It should be "sensitive to the needs of clinicians and their patients" (as advocated by the APA). Minor-attracted people should be involved in its revision (also advocated by the APA).
B4U-ACT believes that everyone benefits when a variety of reasoned perspectives is heard. Therefore, speakers were allowed to express their views freely and openly. B4U-ACT does not necessarily endorse all of the views expressed. Our policy of free and open expression is in support of the APA's position that DSM revisions should involve input from "diverse perspectives, disciplines, and areas of expertise," and that "patient and family" groups be involved. Speakers and attendees specialized in psychiatry, ethics, psychology, philosophy, social work, linguistics, and gender studies.
Speakers addressed a diverse range of crucial issues related to the DSM, and discussion was lively. Keynote speaker Dr. Fred Berlin (of Johns Hopkins University) provided a conceptual overview of pedophilia from a psychiatric viewpoint, and argued in favor of acceptance of and compassion for people who are attracted to minors, while at the same time rejecting adult-minor sexual activity. Dr. John Sadler (University of Texas) argued that diagnostic criteria for mental disorders should not be based on concepts of vice since such concepts are subject to shifting social attitudes and doing so diverts mental-health professionals from their role as healers. Dr. Nancy Potter (University of Louisville) analyzed the concept of "uptake" — that is, genuine listening — and argued that by giving uptake to minor-attracted people, those revising the DSM would strengthen DSM-5 and contribute to more ethical treatment, but that minor-attracted people must exhibit accuracy and sincerity in their testimony. Dr. Lisa Cohen (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) presented data on the psychological correlates of pedophilia based on forensic samples, and argued that use of non-forensic samples would help researchers separate factors related to feelings of attraction from those related to behavior, and support the development of improved diagnostic systems.
In the afternoon, Dr. Renee Sorrentino (Harvard Medical School) discussed legal, ethical, and medical consequences of the proposed DSM-5 entry for pedohebephilia. Andrew Hinderliter (University of Illinois) argued that the medicalization of social deviance blurs the boundary between the helping professions and the criminal justice system, creating the potential for psychiatry to become a means of controlling undesirables, rather than an agent of healing. Jacob Breslow (London School of Economics and Political Science) challenged assumptions about minors and sexuality which currently underlie policymaking and the DSM. Richard Kramer (the only speaker representing B4U-ACT), analyzed sources of stigma in the DSM, presented survey data regarding MAPs' feelings of stigma, and provided recommendations for revising the DSM to reduce stigma.
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Q: Edge from a node to itself in Roassal Is there a way to make Roassal draw an edge from one node to itself?
I looked at a bunch of the examples and I cannot find any that does that, and simply adding an edge in the source code produces nothing.
i.e.
view shape rectangle size: 1.
view nodes: (1 to: 5).
view shape arrowedLine.
view
    edges:  ((OrderedCollection new) add: (1->1); add: (2->2); add: (3->3); add: (4->4); add: (5->5); yourself)
    from: #key
    to: #value.
view circleLayout.

produces no edges at all.

A: I'm not sure if Roassal implements that kind of edge.
I tried the same in Roassal2 and although the edge is created it is not showed. It seems that it creates a line where the origin and the end is the same point.
As a workaround you could reuse Bezier lines by specifying a different behaviour for that case:

   RTDirectedLine>>pointsFrom: from To: to
   | point mid |
   from = to
        ifTrue: [
            mid := to * (1 - offset) + (from * offset).
            point := from + (50 @ 50).
            ^ Array with: from - (10 @ 0) with: point with: to - (0 @ 10) ]
        ifFalse: [
            mid := to * (1 - offset) + (from * offset).
            point := from + (mid - from) rightRotated.
            ^ Array with: from with: point with: to ]

Then you can run in a workspace:

| b |
b := RTGraphBuilder new.
b nodes
    size: 20;
    color: Color gray.
b edges
    directed;
    connectTo: #yourself.

b layout circle.
b addAll: (1 to:5).

b open.
b view canvas

You should see this:
http://cdn.imghack.se/images/1aaea2de365d0a16818ec8bcf991348a.png

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SUNNYVALE, CA – March 22, 2010 – Chelsio Communications, Inc., the leading provider of 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adapters, ASICs, and storage solutions, today announced its fourth generation high performance 10Gb Ethernet silicon technology. The Terminator is Chelsio's flagship architecture, an industry- proven, protocol-rich 10Gb ASIC that has secured more than 100 OEM platform wins and is widely deployed with more than 100,000 ports worldwide.
Targeted at LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) design opportunities, the Terminator 4 (T4) is a highly integrated, highly virtualized 10GbE controller built around a programmable protocol-processing engine. T4 includes Chelsio's fourth-generation TCP offload (TOE) design, third generation iSCSI design, and second-generation iWARP (RDMA) implementation. In addition to full TCP and iSCSI offload, the T4 also supports full Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) offload.
The T4 is the industry's first single-chip solution to concurrently support TOE, iSCSI, FCoE and iWARP offload. Ideal for all high performance clustering applications, storage networks and data networks, the T4 enables the unified wire by simultaneously allowing wire-speed IP traffic, InfiniBand and FibreChannel applications to run over Ethernet unmodified.
The T4 is a 10GbE controller built around a programmable protocol-processing engine. Much of the processing of the offloaded protocols is implemented in microcode running on a pipe-lined VLIW engine. To minimize latency, the pipeline supports simultaneous cut-through operation for both transmit and receive paths. This processing architecture also provides for wire-speed operation at small packet size and regardless of the number of TCP connections.
For server connections, the T4 integrates a PCI Express v2.0 x8 host interface, and with support for the 5Gbps Gen2 data rate, the PCIe interface provides up to 32Gbps of bandwidth to the server. The T4 also adds support for PCIe I/O virtualization.
On the network side, the T4 integrates four Ethernet ports that support GbE as well as 10GbE operation. With embedded 10GbE serdes, all four ports provide direct support for 10GBASE-KR and two ports support the four-lane 10GBASE-CX4/KX4 interfaces. For GbE operation, all four ports offer a choice of SGMII or 1000BASE-KX.
Most of the internal blocks are enhanced versions of the current T3 ASIC, including stateless offloads, packet filtering/firewall offload and traffic shaping/media streaming. The T4 has added an embedded 132 port switch, which is important to virtualized servers. The T4 also has an integrated TCAM and large buffer memory on chip, enabling memory-free designs with full performance and features.
Virtualization is driving large increases in server utilization, which means fewer CPU cycles are available for I/O processing. The embedded switch capability of the T4 enables performance advantages for virtualized environments, supporting up to 128 virtual machines within a single physical server. The T4 supports PCIe single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) and the newest protocols for virtual networking, enabling state-of-the-art virtualization design.
Broadening its support for block storage, Chelsio's T4 adds support for both partial and full offload of the FCoE protocol in addition to full iSCSI offload. To enable lossless transport of FCoE traffic, the T4 support Priority-based Flow Control (PFC), Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) and the Data Center Bridging (DCB) exchange protocol. By simultaneously supporting TOE, iSCSI and FCoE, the T4 enables unified NAS/SAN systems that adapt to and grow with end-customer needs.
For HPC cluster applications, the T4 reduces RDMA latency from about six microseconds in the T3 to two microseconds, which is expected to be lower than InfiniBand DDR solutions. Chelsio has also added UDP-acceleration features to T4 and expects to deliver two microsecond end-to-end latency for UDP packets.
Designed in 65nm CMOS process technology and packaged in a 27x27mm, 672-pin FCBGA, the T4 dissipates about 7-10W of power depending on configuration. T4 will be available for customer sampling in Q2. For pricing, contact Chelsio Communications at 408-962-3600, or visit the company at www.chelsio.com.


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First I'd like to say that the orbit+mindwave+brainstorm combo is the ultimate plaything for geeks and engineers alike! So, congratulations and keep the cool things coming, you have a fan/customer right here!
-R/C Helicopter mode does not work (no brainwave readings, can't connect to heli, etc.). I only tested with the Orbit.
-Can one use the Mindwave mobile headset with your brainstorm software to control R/C Helicopters?
-Can one control the Orbit helicopter from the brainstorm software?
-In case the last answer is 'Yes', can you point me to some tutorial or user guide for dummies where I can set up my Orbit on the Brainstorm?
-In case the answer is a 'No', is that due to a "hardware" issue (the Orbit is too basic for that) or a matter of software Roadmap (no time to implement that yet on your end)?
-Can one expect a Orbit "control" application (similar to the mobile app) for Win/OSX sometime in the future?
You've asked many good questions, and thank you for allowing us to respond in our forums so that others can benefit from the answers!
(07-09-2013, 11:59 PM)sc Wrote: -Can one control the Orbit helicopter from the brainstorm software?
No, the hardware in the Blade mCX2 is very different from the Puzzlebox Orbit helicopter. Most notably the Blade helicopter uses radio signals for operation whereas the Orbit uses infrared light.
(07-09-2013, 11:59 PM)sc Wrote: -Can one expect a Orbit "control" application (similar to the mobile app) for Win/OSX sometime in the future?
An announcement will be made when the release ready.
Ahh, I see! Ok then, things make a bit more sense now Thanks for the explanation!
I need to know if the Neurosky Headset (MindWave or MindWave Mobile) works with Lego NXT's 2.0 (or LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3) in Puzzlebox Brainstorm? If it is YES, what do? Front & Back / Right & Left? ... and where I can find the istructions to do configure it?
(10-07-2013, 11:39 AM)Massimo Italy Wrote: I need to know if the Neurosky Headset (MindWave or MindWave Mobile) works with Lego NXT's 2.0 (or LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3) in Puzzlebox Brainstorm? If it is YES, what do? Front & Back / Right & Left? ... and where I can find the istructions to do configure it?
Yes, all NeuroSky EEG headsets are supported by Puzzlebox Brainstorms, although to receive the data you need to use a server such as Puzzlebox Synapse or NeuroSky's ThinkGear Connector to translate the EEG readings.
LEGO's NXT 2.0 programmable Mindstorms units have been tested with the software, EV3 has not (although if the EV3 protocol is backwards compatible it should still work).
The Brainstorms software operates similar to the Puzzlebox Orbit software in that you can associate a given direction of control with one algorithm, for example using attention as a throttle to set the speed of motors driving a robot. Brainstorms also features blink detection to change which direction is currently selected. Three eyeblinks in a row is the default command to select a new direction.


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Q: Certain mathematical equations run on arrays in Ruby return single digits when double digits expected My calculator correctly subtracts and divides, but cannot correctly add or multiply correctly when there is a number that is multi-digit. Whenever I use such a number, it cuts off the last digit of the multi-digit number. For example, 12*2 becomes 2, 10*10 becomes 1, and so on.
Updated to include init method
class Sci_Calc
    def self.init
        puts "Which function of this calculator would you like to use? "
        calc_fun = gets.chomp
        case calc_fun
        when "sub"
            self.sub
        when "add"
            self.add(gets.chomp.split("").map(&:to_i))
        when "mult"
            self.mult(gets.chomp.split("").map(&:to_i))
        when div
            self.div
        end
    end
    def self.sub()
        puts "Please put the number you would like to sub from first. "
        num1 = gets.chomp.to_i
        puts "Second number: "
        num2 = gets.chomp.to_i
        num3 = num1 - num2
        puts num3
        self.init
    end
    #For now, it can only add 1 digit numbers
    def self.add(num_array)
        sum=0;
        sum=num_array.sum
        puts sum
        self.init
    end
    #code taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7050869/ruby-multiply-all-elements-of-an-array
    def self.mult(mult_array)
        #Take each element in the array, and add it together.
        result = 1
        mult_array.each do |i|
            #Ignores zeroes in array.
            if i!=0
                result = result*i
            else
                result
            end
        end
        puts result
    end
    def self.div
        puts "Pick the number you would like to divide from first: "
        div1 = gets.chomp.to_i
        puts "Second number, please: "
        div2 = gets.chomp.to_i
        puts "Result is: "
        div3 = div1/div2
        puts div3
    end
end
Sci_Calc.init

I will gladly put the rest of the code into a pastebin if needed to answer this question.

A: irb> '12 2'.split("")
=> ["1", "2", " ", "2"]

max pleanar pointed in the right direction.
It should be .split(" ")
otherwise you end up working with single digits (and zeros for " ")


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It seems inevitable that USB audio will be replaced with TCP/IP network based audio, either WiFI or Ethernet NICs built into an endpoint/dac as a transport for the audio stream. I have a nice USB audio rig, DAC + USB NAA, but I cant help thinking that pure network based interfaces are a more elegant solution.
At the high end, Mytek has done this with the Manhattan and its network streaming card, as has BluSound with their BluOS products. Many other products are doing this in the more general consumer friendly space like Denon, Marantz, Yamaha, Pioneer etc.
Are there any inherent advantages to handing off audio to the dac via USB?
It makes sense from a practical standpoint to get rid of the separate network transport and USB bus. I have a Raspberry Pi running piCorePlayer, and all it does is read the stream from LMS on the ethernet connection, decode it to PCM, and send it out the USB to the DAC. A ridiculously trivial job even for the little RPi.
On the other hand, with a built-in network transport, you are limited to whatever kind of stream the device supports.
No it's alive and well and getting better. Elegance is subjective and not necessarily related to SQ. You'll find more info on other sites that specialize in digital audio.
Dying? No. But as with most interfaces, they change and get refined. IP seems to be the future, and some of the best sounding digital sources currently use IP.
In my experience, our systems and installs continue(d) to use optical Toslink on most projects because we found there was less noise and drops than USB, most likely due to the elimination of the USB Bus (they get busy) and any EMI/RFI interference.
Most of our current designs and systems use IP. For clients that appreciate the performance and are willing to cover the cost, a properly terminated and deployed fiber network can have audio benefits. Some audio designers and integrators are afraid of fiber, but we love it and highly recommend a proper fiber network to anyone wanting the best performance out of their music system.
USB is not dying at all. Like others have said it is getting better. That said, putting Ethernet right in the DAC can eliminate the Ethernet to USB converter that many of us are using (sonore, sotm, etc). I still see the initial stages of audio over IP being as problematic as USB though. As DAC manufactures implement IP with little understanding of how the protocol works, sort of like we saw with USB when it first came out.
My player/DAC/int amp (Naim) accepts Ethernet input by patch cable from music server (with only server directly connected to router), and it is a most convenient connection. Even Supra CAT8 is inexpensive compared to all but generic USB. Sound quality isn't degraded to my ears.
Asynchronous USB has the same advantage as Ethernet or Wi-Fi - making internal DAC clock completely independent from computer clock. In contrast S/Pdif transmission is prone to jitter, that DAC has to reduce, either by syncing (PLL) internal clock to average S/Pdif clock, or by use of asynchronous rate converter (my Benchmark DAC).
Ethernet seems to be the obvious solution for digital audio, but for some reason it is less popular than USB.
I have been testing the Network of my Music library on server and Raspi end points. I use the Allo DigiOne and SPDIF to the DAC. There is simply no comparison in SQ. Bit perfect digital beats USB direct from host to DAC. USB is riddled with noise that neither the Schiit Wyrd or iFi iPurifier2 could correct in direct comparison. We at Affordable Audiophile recommend the digital coax over the USB on any application. And we also endorse HFC magnetic adapters which will make any stereo sound like Audiophile quality.
I don't think it is dying but just evolving as it was never in the first place meant as a music carrier and when used with a good Dac and a really good reclocking device then it gets up to the standard of other connections.
too many inherent flaws . as implied above, USB is only good for convenience, not for SQ. the USB was chosen by DATA programmers, not audio programmers, to the the "universal" link to/from computers. it was driven by business decisions, NOT audio decisions.
John Darko is great. I did the same test with my Auralic Aries streamer. Wifi sounds better to me, and is also recommended by Auralic.
I use a AQ Carbon USB between the streamer and my Vega DAC. I've tried toslink, coax, Aes... USB sounds best by a far margin. YMMV.
"No single audio reviewer gets to properly assess more than 1 or 2% of any particular product category in a single year. And with such a large pool of hardware to choose from, we're often drawn to products we're reasonably sure we will like. It'd be downright stupid of me to single out a review subject that didn't, on paper at least, play to my own proclivities."
He clearly states that Auralic is the exception and that he DID NOT find a difference between WiFi and Ethernet for the Auralic.
We need to recognize this as a sample size of one. One reviewer. One component. One comparison.


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The Car Lounge
Bruce Canepa and the restoration of the first Duesenberg
audifans
Article written back in 2013
Scotts Valley, Calif. — Nobody would have called the car a beauty. Impossibly high-waisted, cloaked entirely in black, with boxy hips and awkward lines, it stood primly erect on the shop floor, a lonely figure amid seductive shapes.
When first approached about restoring it, the shop's owner, Bruce Canepa, hesitated. The métier of his business here — part restoration facility, part racecar works and part collector-car dealership — runs to low-slung Cobras, Corvettes, Porsches and Mercedes Gullwings.
"We've got the expertise, but it's just not our thing," Mr. Canepa protested to the car's owner, a longtime client and fellow racing enthusiast, Jimmy Castle. "Nearly everything we do here is postwar."
Mr. Castle, who lives in Monterey, an hour's drive south, insisted. He wanted Canepa to do the work, and he wanted to keep the project close to home.
Three years and some 10,000 hours of intensive restoration work later, the car, a single-bench-seat Duesenberg Model A coupe — the first privately purchased car from what many consider America's most historically significant automotive brand — is to compete next Sunday at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Élégance on the Monterey Peninsula of California.
The Duesenberg joined the household of the Castles, the missionary and landowning family with major interests in Hawaii, in 1921. Though a prestige model in its early days, it was later pressed into service as a work vehicle in Hawaii. Over the years, the car's upholstery had been gnawed by horses, its wood frame invaded by tropical termites and its aluminum skin etched by the elements. The steel fenders were battered and rusted; original parts were missing or had been haphazardly replaced.
"She was pretty homely," Mr. Canepa said.
Yet for all its issues, Mr. Canepa realized this was a car like no other. Not only is it the first Duesenberg purchased by a customer, it is the only one that is still in the family of the original owners, according to an authority on the marque, Randy Ema of Orange, Calif.
Before agreeing to take the job, Mr. Canepa polled his crew. "I wanted to make sure our guys, who are used to restoring Le Mans racers, really wanted to work on a 90-year-old Duesenberg."
Most, however, had already grasped that this was more than another elderly automobile. "The more we looked," Mr. Canepa said, "the more everybody just thought it was the coolest thing."
True to the company's racing heritage, the Model A Duesenberg was the first American passenger vehicle equipped with four-wheel hydraulic brakes and an overhead-cam in-line 8-cylinder engine. In another sign of the maker's competition past, the Castle car was fitted with full-length steel belly pans.
Typical of the era, the Castle coupe, car No. 601 in the factory's record, was produced as a running chassis without a body. At a time when a Ford Model T roadster cost less than $400, a Model A Duesenerg's price tag, including a coachbuilt body, could easily exceed $7,000, Mr. Ema said.
The coupe's aluminum-skin body used an ash frame. "Everybody we talked to about restoring that frame said, 'We'll just scan it and make a new one,' " Mr. Canepa said. "We said, 'No thanks.' "
"Today, the whole restoration philosophy is about preserving as much original content as possible," he said. "From Day 1, that was our objective."
Mr. Canepa turned to a local master woodworker, Charles Pyle, a specialist in Craftsman furniture and fastener-free joinery. Mr. Pyle took apart the frame, removing hundreds of tacks and nails and replacing rotted sections with new wood. For strength, the structure was infused with epoxy. Period-correct hide glue, made from boiled hooves, horns and animal skin, was used for final assembly.
Though Mr. Pyle's work was done mostly with the same types of hand tools used almost a century earlier, there were exceptions, including a vacuum he designed to draw the epoxy into the wood. The frame restoration required almost a year and a half.
Rebuilding the engine was no simpler. The job went to Ed Pink Racing Engines in Van Nuys, Calif. "We've done quite a few World War I-era projects," said Frank Honsowetz, Pink's general manager. "But the Duesenberg was a quantum leap more advanced."
Unlike modern cars, whose camshafts are turned by belts or chains, Duesenberg's were driven by a geared vertical shaft at the front of the engine. With the existing gears badly worn and new parts unavailable, replacements were machined from solid stock, which took eight months.
Other work included replacing the brass carburetor, refurbishing the camshaft and connecting rods, fabricating finned-aluminum side covers and recoating the engine in its correct shade of gray enamel.
In 1928, when Duesenberg introduced the Model J, the Castle car was shipped back to Indianapolis for updating. Wheels and hubs, brakes, bumpers, steering, headlamps — even the trunk's spare tire spindle — were replaced with Model J parts.
"That just meant more work," Mr. Canepa said. "Our job was to deliver the car as new."
Entrusted with day-to-day oversight of the restoration was Dave Stoltz, a fabricator and machinist at the shop. Like Mr. Canepa, he is a former dirt-track racer who had never restored a car of this vintage but whose hands, his boss knew, could shape anything from metal.
The four known photographs of the car in its original condition were taped above his workbench. Mr. Stoltz devoted hours to research, and he reached out to experts like Mr. Ema, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, Ind., and other specialists. "I'd love to claim I did everything myself," he said, "but I've had many helpers."
One who pitched in might easily have been a competitor. By coincidence, Arnold Schmidt was restoring the second purchased Duesenberg in Valencia, Calif., 300 miles south of the Canepa shop. Mr. Schmidt helped Mr. Stoltz complete the coupe's steering assembly; when Mr. Schmidt needed to find where a fuel filter belonged, Mr. Stoltz returned the favor with a photograph he had found in his research.
Stumped for the coupe's original spotlight, Mr. Stoltz found an identical piece on a Pierce-Arrow in a museum. Armed with a digital camera, tape measure, cardboard and scissors, he drew plans and fashioned a template. A British restoration company made a housing from his drawings, and Mr. Stoltz machined the light's hardware to produce a perfect match — and followed up by creating new mounting stands for the headlights using old photos.
Mostly, however, original parts were painstakingly renewed. Rather than replace the car's fenders, for example, Mr. Stoltz repaired rusted areas with fresh steel, seamlessly welding old and new metal together. Original nuts, bolts, washers and other hardware were sorted into piles, labeled and soaked in penetrating oil.
Early this year, some in the cliquish world of classic autos suggested that Canepa's team might be in over its head.
Mr. Stoltz was unfazed. "I love thrashing on it," he said with a flinty grin. "Especially when somebody says you can't do it."
Mr. Canepa assigned Mr. Stoltz a crew of helpers and put the job on 12-hour shifts. By late June, the most elusive pieces, including an original brake light (found on the Internet) and the correct wool pinstripe upholstery, were in hand.
On July 3, the crew flipped on the ignition and, for the first time since the late 1960s, the coupe's engine sprang to life.
"Just think," Mr. Canepa said with a smile. "When we started this project a lot of us couldn't even spell Duesenberg.
The ash body frame of the Duesenberg Model A. "Everybody we talked to about restoring that frame said, 'We'll just scan it and make a new one,' " Bruce Canepa, the owner of the restoration shop, said. "We said, 'No thanks.' " The body frame restoration took a year and a half.
Rotted sections of the frame were removed and replaced with new wood.
Behind Stuart Tifft, an upholsterer, is the exposed cushion of the seats, consisting of a wood platform and more than 100 coiled springs, each contained in its own muslin sock and tied together with hundreds of individual strings.
Dave Stoltz in late 2012. The hood's aluminum top crown pieces are original, but the side pieces were replaced.
Unable to find proper mounting stands for the headlights, old photos were studied and a milling machine was used to cut replica brackets.
Working on the chassis frame, which had to be strengthened with additional rivets because years of hard driving in Hawaii had loosened its structure.
Blackohio said:
Built in boost gauge in the dash. One of my friends at the time saw that turbo was on theoretical empty and asked if we needed to stop and get more turbo. I gave it gas and he was like wait, its full now. Had to quickly explain the process.
Calcvictim;75473640 said:
so basically the OP has no clue about anything and just posts out of his ass?
The replacement steering wheel.
The coupe was disassembled, every nut and bolt cleaned, soaked in penetrating oil, sorted into piles and labeled. "Something to do with the pedals," read one sign below a pile of roller pins and fasteners.
The car's window cranking mechanisms are shown in foreground, with engine and freshly painted body in the background.
The Duesenberg radiator emblem designed for the Model A, which was originally called the Duesenberg Straight 8. Here, the brass emblem before being plated in nickel.
With its hemispheric combustion chambers and single-cam design, the car had a sophisticated straight-8 engine. Ed Pink, who worked on the rebuild, said the valve train was very similar to that of a BMW from the 1980s or '90s.
During the restoration, the shop reached out to Randy Ema, an authority on the Duesenberg brand, who said the car was the only one still in the family of the original owners.
Bruce Canepa turning the key on the side of the road. The car was then returned to the shop for further work on the fuel feed.
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Awesome! I love those stories. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup::beer:
Mk1Madness said:
Back when making your car faster and better handling was the big thing.
Tavarish said:
The car's best safety feature includes ejecting you in the moment of impact and wishing you the best of luck.
Bruce Canepa testing his work.
The first drive out of the shop after the restoration.
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I love a good Duesenberg story, thanks for sharing!
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mitch hedberg said:
I drive a rental car, I don't know what's going on with it, right? So a lot of times I'll drive for like 10 miles with the emergency brake on. That doesn't say a lot for me, but it really doesn't say a lot for the emergency brake.
Robstr;67934168 said:
How hard is that to understand without getting your panties in a bunch?
Surely some of you guys managed to make it out of middle school.
StressStrain
Amazing car. Outstanding restoration. :thumbup:
DonL
I'd read articles three times longer over restorations like this. Great work to the shop there. :thumbup:
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One of the few photographs of the original car
PsyberVW;77828880 said:
Locking it up because it's going to get worse mileage than a 1 legged dog with a hang over - yet stir up more crap than a starving catfish in a landfill.
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#10 • Jun 3, 2018
The valve cover and the bracket that routes the spark plug wires are just beautiful - All of this was probably state-of-the-art engineering for its day. The fragus that's belt-spun by the fan is maybe...the oil pump? Really interesting design with the shaft running out of it that turns what looks like the generator, which is turning the distributor - It all looks so simple yet elegant. And that ribbed plate behind it all, was that supposed to be some kind of access hole?
Metallitubby;113172943 said:
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Discussion Starter • #11 • Jun 3, 2018
video is worth a look
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/automobiles/its-a-duesie-the-first-in-fact.html
kraut_pauer79 said:
I believe that fragus is actually what spins the fan, as I don't believe the camshaft turns it. I believe that side of the engine is where the shaft for the cam drive is, as you can see it turns the generator and then the distributor. The plate is usually an inspection cover but with this engine being OHC I've no idea what's behind it. I'm more familiar with the DOHC J engine, the distributor is run right off the cams and sticks out of the intake valve cover.
patrikman said:
another Duesenberg story for you: the street I grew up on was Duesenberg Drive!
welcome to the layer cake.
n0rdicalex. said:
Not bad. Was your first step....a Duesy?
audifans said:
Car was oversized...
The original owner was oversized.
The first thing that strikes you about the car is the size of its two-passenger cabin, which is framed in wood. The oversized dimensions stem from its first owner's massive size, said to be some seven feet tall and three hundred pounds. But changing that seat position is likely the only thing Stoltz will mess with on this car; his mandate is to spare no expense to make the car look like it did the day it left the Duesenberg factory.
Iroczgirl
What a great story and restoration. :thumbup:
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April 1923 Endurance test
Except to stop for tires and driver changes, the April 1923 endurance tests at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway were non-stop. During this 24-hour record run, the engine was never shut off and the car was refueled in motion from another Model A chassis equipped with a large storage tank. And you thought the Air Force thought this up!
David Votoupal said:
The car sucked in every way imaginable, that it entered the annals as one of the worst cars ever built. It was shoddily built in a plant where labour relations were atrocious. It rusted like hell, and the aluminium engine had the durability of a soggy potato chip. Few cars could have been so thoroughly bad Despite the "explosion" controversy, the Ford Pinto compared favourably to the Vega, and that's saying something.
Motoramic•November 16, 2012
Dave Stolz
On a recent fall morning, business is buzzing at the automotive candy shop that is Canepa Design. Over here, a Ferrari Daytona is having work done on its carbs, over there a vintage Mercedes Benz Gullwing is being stripped of paint. But sandwiched between other familiar sports cars -- a pair of Porsche 356s and a Shelby GT350 -- is a rare bird of a far different feather: The first passenger car to ever wear the name Duesenberg, an important piece of automotive history.
Dave Stoltz, Canepa's one-man restoration crew on this project of a lifetime, is hard at work on this doozy of a car, a 1921 Duesenberg Model A road-rocket that has been in the Castle family -- Hawaiian missionaries turned land and produce magnates -- since new and is being revived by California descendent Jimmy Castle. The car is the first production model of the storied racing-focused brand that later became synonymous with four-wheeled opulence. These visions of American luxury were driven by everyone from Al Capone to William Randolph Hearst, and custom-outfitted cost as much as $25,000 at a time when doctors earned around $3,000 a year.
Canepa Design's mission is to present this one-off car at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, just down Highway One from its Scotts Valley, Calif., headquarters. Although in its present state the car looks humble, restored it could well make a 1962 Ferrari GTO that recently traded hands for $35 million look like a cheap date.
"It's like a Honus Wagner baseball card," says Jay Leno
"Duesenbergs routinely fetch eight figures, so for this one, the very first production car that's stayed in the same family, the price could well be more than $50 million," says Canepa spokesman John Ficarra, who adds that the restoration alone will cost more than a million, most of it in labor as Stoltz sets about either restoring or manufacturing myriad pieces using as a roadmap just four photos of the car in its heyday.
Not that the car's ultimate asking price matters. Castle doesn't appear to be selling. Duesenberg collector and comedian Jay Leno tried to buy the car a few years back but was politely rebuffed. He remains intrigued by the seminal machine.
"The Duesenberg brothers built racing cars, which eventually gave way to making a few production cars," Leno explains. "This car had a straight 8 (cylinder) engine, which was fairly new at the time, and hydraulic brakes. It was big, heavy and reliable. The first of anything is always significant. It's like a Honus Wagner baseball card. And some cars these days really are moving into the realm of kinetic artwork, investments that aren't unlike buying an early (Marc) Chagall or a Picasso."
What makes this car unique is that despite its massive size it was, relatively speaking, a spry coupe in its day, says Randy Ema, one of the nation's foremost Duesenberg experts who owns what's left of the manufacturer's records and blueprints and has provided some assistance on the restoration.
"The car could hit 80 mph and rev up to 4,000 rpm, which was really unheard of back then," says Ema. "It was a light, nimble little car when compared to a Packard or Lincoln. It also cost $9,000 when a Ford cost around $280. But what makes this model so special is it's the first and only remaining original-owner car."
While this particular Duesenberg isn't accompanied by much documentation save vintage photos, "Fred Roe's book on Duesenberg indicates that it was built and sold before the end of 1921 and that the original owner's assertion that it was the first car sold is probably correct," says Jon Bill, archivist at the Auburn Cord Automobile Museum in Auburn, Ind. (Auburn Automobiles owner E.L. Cord bought Duesenberg in 1926.)
"Not long after the first owner bought the car he shipped it to Hawaii, where the lava roads and farm life were very taxing," says Stoltz. "So he eventually shipped it back to the factory, and they beefed things up a lot, all of which we are getting rid of. I now have these four (original) photos ingrained in my head, and I've been making new parts as we go along."
This rebuild is as complete as they come. Time and the ocean's salt air ate away a good deal of the car's aluminum and steel, and the deterioration was exacerbated by decades of storage in Hawaii and California. So far, Stoltz has hand-fabricated bumpers, parts of fenders, an intricate luggage rack, a brass gas cap, and headlight stands - a part you can barely see once the British-made brass headlamps take up residence on top of them. Stoltz pulls off the stands, two pieces of flowing sculpture that he says could be made using computer technology for around $7,000 but which he crafted from molds for $5,000.
"Besides the cheaper price, I liked the fact that they wouldn't be totally perfect, because no one back in 1921 was using computers to make anything," snickers the pony-tailed Stoltz, whose recently helped restore a 1959 Ferrari Testarossa to its former glory. "This is definitely a dream job for me. This Duesy is like a ghost car, because no one has seen it for years. But in the end a car's a car. If you're willing to put in the hours researching, scouring the Web looking for parts, making parts, starting from scratch when you have to, then anything is possible."
At present, the body of this 1921 Duesenberg is waiting to be joined by its suspension and engine, the latter being worked on by fabled Ed Pink Racing Engines in Los Angeles. We'll be back with more as the car comes together.
'doozy' of a car?
What the ****. :facepalm:
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My two goals for the weekendwere simple, Dye and clean…and as everyone knows I am a process cleaner, so while I did accomplish some rigourous purging, furniture movement, and organization, this could take a while.
So Dying, I dyed a few of the Joni inspired colorways I wanted to.
This is the top rack of drying goodness.
And this is what the other levels of the drying rack look like. Once everything is dry and I can take some decent pictures the Joni stuff will be up for sale. Gotta get ready for the tour de fleece.
This is where a chair once was in my living room, by the fact that I can have a shelf and a wheel in the same place means it was one big chair, which now serves as a lookout post for the cats in my room.
And because I'm so chuffed (hey I had to take off the chair legs and do some interesting moves to get it in my room), here's the shelf now healthily organized and clearing up some space elsewhere. Slowly this place is doing what I want it to, slowly but it's going.
I spun up the batts I ordered agges ago it seems from Hungry For Handspun, then I navajo plied for color consistancy, I don't know what it's going to be yet. With the weather getting up to +30 today (we're in Celcius here in Canada) I am not in the mood for knitting anything wooly (which is a shame but proved good for the waterlily tank).
My uncle is in town from B.C. so I spent most of the day with him and mom etc, twas fun but I realized far too late in the game that I should have packed some knitting for the day. I had my Thelonious socks on me but not the pattern *silly sadie* That was in my clipboard for school. None the less a good day hanging out in the sun was had by all.
Here's the finished waterlily tank, ignore my angry look, I don't know why I look so angry, I wasn't I was quite content. Cameras and I don't nessessarily agree. I guess this proves it.
It grew with wearing over the day but it still looks good, I did the largest size and it seems to work best for me, I think if i'd have gone down a size it would be too tight on my less than flattery bits. Plus it's a cotton rayon blend, I can always figure out a way to shrink it a little.
Other than that I'm recovering from a stomach flu and some regular flu that has left me dehydrated and sluggish. Hopefully I have seen the worst of it and won't have to deal with being sick for a long while now. As soon as a sick bug breaks through my system I catch everything possible before I get well again, the breaks of an immune system that is less than stellar.
This was the original chart (note that unnumbered rounds are knit). I knit the socks off this chart (although I did much swatching with the other chart), I thought I would provide it to the masses incase they prefered this, note* this chart only goes for when working all sts tbl.
I'm also going to be putting up the written charts soonish, as I understand some do not like or get charts. This will probably happen after I get over the evil stomach flu that has kept me from life for the last day ish.
The Mermaid's Lagoon Socks (which I've been hinting at like an elephant in a china shop) have landed.
So go check em out, knit a couple pairs, have fun with them, cause I did.
Okay, I started the Waterlily Top. I found my 9mm circs and boom, a skien was knit up, and now I'm onto skein two, because really… what else is there to do with ones evening? (Don't mention the homework or the impending letter of intent please).
I also finished spinning up 4 oz. of the Ram that I had processed. It came out in a grey/blue kind of color and then I navajo plyed it. I tend to like the ram in a more worsted woolen aran weight anyway.
This however means I need to card something. There is an itch in my soul for carding and oh yes it shall be done.
The Thelonius socks by Cookie A. are still on the needles Sock #1 was finished two days ago and sock two is well into the pattern. I'm useing the "Night's Plutonian Shore" colorway from the Poe Club that Violet (of Lime and Violet/Happy Housewife) and Cables and Lace are doing. They're actually taller than I had expected but the generous helping of yarn will surely make the pair (there probably won't be much left though).
I've given up the ghost as far as attempting to keep myself on only five projects this summer. I throw caution to the wind, let the startitis plague me I do not care. Eventually everything will get knit and eventually everything will get spun, so while I'm busy decluttering and destashing my life, I will just have to accept that the stash of fibre stays no matter what (we will not speak of the acrylic – it serves it's purpose).
Occasionally it happens that when a fibreista such as myself sees her stash dwindleing she is hit with a paralyzing fear that she is going to *gasp* run out of yarn for projects. I had a few such moments in the days leading to my birthday, Really I am not joking I thought to myself "I better get spinning so I have stuff to knit with". I was on a processing dying spinning kick and what I wanted more than anything was to be reinvigorated by the stash.
Now the yarn goddess must have known my plight, and through some kind of strange twist she embibed my family with wonderous ideas of yarn. So I give you the take, aka what mah mommy and bro/sil got me.
First off let me say mom went to River City Yarns in Edmonton (one of the benifits of having a parental unit that travels a lot), I gave her a little list of suggestions, she not only got everything on the damned list, she got more!
Ilga Leja patterns, Ancient Bark, Balsam, and Earth Maiden.
What is this, could this be a bag of Manon? Silk and Arucania, plus the pattern, there was a lot of squeeing and swooning. I like to pet it before bed.
Mom said she saw this and had to get it for me, it's the knit kit for Fibre Trends Hedgies! I can make my own stuffed hedgies! And I've been wanting to try out the fibre trends for aageess.
Colinette Giotto (for the IK Waterlily top), this kind of stuff is never found here, it's usually beyond overpriced, and there is never enough to actually make something more than a shrug. So I am over the moon about this. I almost cast it on last night, but then found that although I have them my 9mm circs were no where to be found.
For the spinner/dyer's soul, half a pound of louet biffle, and a soy bamboo sampler. I've never spun with either soy or bamboo so I am super excited.
When going anywhere that carries STR I will usually beg and plead for a few skeins. I got two! which means i can either make something like a shawl or a pair of knee socks either way, two skiens of bunny foo foo.
On occasion Mary Maxim has a kit that makes you remember why you look at it in the first place, this is one of those kits, I have been drooling over this jacket for almost a year now, saying all the time that I will buy it when I have money to spare (as we all know how often that happens). My bro and SIL got the kit for my birthday, which is totally jinxing me in the starting department.
Seriously I was over half way through my goal of not having more than five projects on the needles at a given time until this giant pile of stash ended up in my lap. Sure I casted on the Textured Jacket recently, and I have the Thelonius socks on the needles for school, and a bunch of other things that languish in the WIP pile, but now I want to start everything. Maybe summer will be the time to have some severe knitting startitis that will all get finished in the fall. Hard to say. What I do know is There is not enough time in the day to properly molest this new haul.


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Q: trying to get the both card and cash members Hi  I have done like this for getting  members details for  payment method type cash
       SELECT members.member_Id, members.member_Lastname, members.member_Firstname, members.member_PostCode,
            members.member_Reference,  members.member_Dob,30*memberToMship_ChargePerPeriod/DateDiff(memberToMship_EndDate, memberToMship_StartDate) As monthly_amount, mshiptypes.mshipType_Name, mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Name,
            membertomships.memberToMship_EndDate, IF(mshipOption_Period='year', TIMESTAMPDIFF (YEAR,memberToMship_StartDate, memberToMship_EndDate),
            TIMESTAMPDIFF (MONTH ,memberToMship_StartDate,memberToMship_EndDate ) ) *memberToMship_ChargePerPeriod As Total
          FROM members LEFT JOIN membertomships ON membertomships.member_Id = members.member_Id,
          LEFT JOIN mshipstatustypes ON mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id = membertomships.mshipStatusType_Id,
          LEFT JOIN mshipoptions ON mshipoptions.mshipOption_Id = membertomships.mshipOption_Id,
          LEFT JOIN mshiptypes ON mshiptypes.mshipType_Id = mshipoptions.mshipType_Id,
          WHERE membertomships.memberToMship_PayMethod='Cash'
          AND members.member_Active LIKE 'y%'
          AND (mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id='2'
            OR mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id = '3'
            OR mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id='6')"

and another query like this for getting  members details with payment method  type card
                               SELECT members.member_Id, members.member_Lastname, members.member_Firstname, members.member_PostCode,
          members.member_Reference,  members.member_Dob,
          30*memberToMship_ChargePerPeriod/DateDiff(memberToMship_EndDate, memberToMship_StartDate) As monthly_amount,
          mshiptypes.mshipType_Name, mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Name,
          membertomships.memberToMship_EndDate,
          IF(mshipOption_Period='year', TIMESTAMPDIFF (YEAR,memberToMship_StartDate, memberToMship_EndDate),
          TIMESTAMPDIFF (MONTH ,memberToMship_StartDate,memberToMship_EndDate ) ) *memberToMship_ChargePerPeriod As Total
        FROM members LEFT JOIN membertomships ON membertomships.member_Id = members.member_Id
        LEFT JOIN mshipstatustypes ON mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id = membertomships.mshipStatusType_Id
        LEFT JOIN mshipoptions ON mshipoptions.mshipOption_Id = membertomships.mshipOption_Id
        LEFT JOIN mshiptypes ON mshiptypes.mshipType_Id = mshipoptions.mshipType_Id
        WHERE membertomships.memberToMship_PayMethod='Card'
        AND members.member_Active LIKE 'y%'
        AND (mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id='2' OR  mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id = '3'
            OR mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id='6')"

but i want the member details those who have payment methods are  "cash and card" (both type members)
would any one help on this  query...
i am using MySQL
Many Thanks........
Modified Query
                       SELECT members.member_Id, members.member_Lastname, members.member_Firstname, members.member_PostCode,
          members.member_Reference,  members.member_Dob,30*memberToMship_ChargePerPeriod/DateDiff(memberToMship_EndDate, memberToMship_StartDate) As monthly_amount, mshiptypes.mshipType_Name, mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Name,
          membertomships.memberToMship_EndDate,
          IF(mshipOption_Period='year', TIMESTAMPDIFF (YEAR,memberToMship_StartDate, memberToMship_EndDate),
          TIMESTAMPDIFF (MONTH ,memberToMship_StartDate,memberToMship_EndDate ) ) *memberToMship_ChargePerPeriod As Total
        FROM members
         INNER JOIN membertomships ON membertomships.member_Id = members.member_Id
        INNER JOIN mshipstatustypes ON mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id = membertomships.mshipStatusType_Id
        INNER JOIN mshipoptions ON mshipoptions.mshipOption_Id = membertomships.mshipOption_Id
        INNER JOIN mshiptypes ON mshiptypes.mshipType_Id = mshipoptions.mshipType_Id
        WHERE membertomships.memberToMship_PayMethod IN ('Card','Card','Cheque')
        AND members.member_Active LIKE 'y%'
        AND ( mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id='2' OR  mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id = '3'
          OR mshipstatustypes.mshipStatusType_Id='6');

but it does not showing correct values..
Hi but one problem I have six Card members and 3 cash members individually it shows 6 and three but when combining(card and cash) it will shows only 4 .but it has to be shown (6+ 3) i dont know how it was like this would yoy pls tell any solution.

A: Assuming the only payment types are cash or card, you can leave out the where clause membertomships.memberToMship_PayMethod='Card'
If there are other payment types, you can change it to
membertomships.memberToMship_PayMethod in ('Card', 'Cash')

A: Use OR or IN
WHERE membertomships.memberToMship_PayMethod IN ('Card','Cash')

WHERE (membertomships.memberToMship_PayMethod ='Card' OR membertomships.memberToMship_PayMethod ='Cash')


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When you decide to buy a car, it's always good to know that you're investing in something that won't depreciate too much too soon. Finding a car that depreciates slowly is well worth the research and it's something you can benefit from for years to come.
SUVs have seen a massive boom in popularity in recent years and the Honda CRV is no exception. It's the perfect option for those wanting an SUV that's still family friendly. Even better, when you come to resell it, you're likely to find high demand and good prices.
One of the best selling cars, not just in Australia but in the world. This model by Toyota is known for its reliability and longevity – making it easy to resell. Toyota has a good reputation and prices for second hand vehicles are generally high.
Popular with younger drivers, this is an option that will reassure parents with its excellent safety features. It's also great to know that you can usually get up to 75% of the original selling price for the vehicles if you decide to sell on within 3 years of ownership.
A sturdy four wheel drive, this is a popular choice for the more adventurous families or couples who like to get out at weekends or experiment off road. It's reliable alongside it's impressive power meaning it can often get a high resale price.
There are tonnes of extras you can get to customise your Mazda 3 although this isn't necessarily where the resale value kicks in. The Mazda 3 is one of the country's most popular vehicles so depreciation rates are slow and demand is generally high for second hand models.
This has long been a favourite with young and old drivers alike. The Polo model is incredibly fuel efficient and the model is a tried and tested one with a reputation for reliability and low maintenance.
This is one of the most popular cars for new drivers in Australia with it's nifty size and easy to manoeuvre controls. It's not an expensive car yet it benefits from a great resale value so it's a good option for those looking for a short term car to buy.
A luxury brand like Porsche isn't necessarily what you think of when searching for cars that depreciate slowly. However, it's interesting to see that Porsche Cayenne models often retain up to 74% of their original value after 3 years.
This is another affordable option which retains its original value well. The Hyundai i30 is surprisingly high quality for such an affordable price and it enjoys not only excellent safety ratings but also good fuel efficiency.
Having been praised as one of the least expensive cars to run, it's no wonder that people are snapping up second hand Mazda 2 models. It enjoys a low fuel consumption and minimal depreciation after 3 years.
Like the Porsche Cayenne, you may be surprised to see the Range Rover Evoque in a list of cars that depreciate slowly. However the Evoque is such a popular and classic vehicle that the demand is high throughout Australia. Diesel models do particularly well.
A pretty rapid car, this is the fastest rear wheel drive car to race the infamous Nurburgring race track. It's a fun entry to the list but it shows how cars like this can hold their value amidst popular demand and amongst real speed lovers.


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Welcome to my personal homepage. I'm an energy economist and deputy head of the Department Energy, Transportation, Environment at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). I am a member of the National Platform Future of Mobility (AG2) and the ESYS working group Hydrogen Economy 2030. I'm also part of the Australian-German Energy Transition Hub.
The main reason for maintaining this page is to provide legal open access versions of my peer-reviewed journal articles. If you are interested in my other publications (discussion papers, DIW Wochenberichte / Weekly Reports, Vierteljahrshefte, book chapters, project reports, etc.), my research projects, or my CV, please visit my institutional homepage at DIW Berlin. You may also find additional material on Scopus, REpEc, ResearchGate or Google Scholar. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please write me an email. I'm also on Twitter occasionally.
Economics of electrical storage
López Prol, J., Schill, W.-P. (2021): The Economics of Variable Renewables and Electricity Storage. Annual Review of Resource Economics, accepted for publication. arXiv preprint | published version (free e-print full text)
Günther, C., Schill, W.-P., Zerrahn, A. (2021): Prosumage of solar electricity: tariff design, capacity investments, and power sector effects. Energy Policy 152, 112168. published open access article
Schill, W.-P. (2020): Electricity storage and the renewable energy transition. Joule 4(10), 2059-2064. published version
Say, K., Schill, W.-P., John, M. (2020): Degrees of displacement: The impact of household PV battery prosumage on utility generation and storage. Applied Energy 276, 115466. arXiv preprint | published version
Zerrahn, A., Schill, W.-P., Kemfert, C. (2018): On the economics of electrical storage for variable renewable energy sources. European Economic Review 108, 259-279. arXiv preprint | published version
Schill, W.-P., Zerrahn, A. (2018): Long-run power storage requirements for high shares of renewables: results and sensitivities. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 83, 156-171. open access | published version
Please note: this article contains an updated version of the calculations presented in the second part of our DIW Discussion Paper 1457 "A Greenfield Model to Evaluate Long-Run Power Storage Requirements for High Shares of Renewables".
Zerrahn, A., Schill, W.-P. (2017): Long-run power storage requirements for high shares of renewables: review and a new model. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 79, 1518-1534. open access | published version
Please note: in addition to the review, this article contains an extended version of the model description presented in the first part of our DIW Discussion Paper 1457 "A Greenfield Model to Evaluate Long-Run Power Storage Requirements for High Shares of Renewables".
Schill, W.-P., Zerrahn, A., Kunz, F. (2017): Prosumage of solar electricity: pros, cons, and the system perspective. Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy 6(1), 7-31. open access | published version (free download)
Egerer, J., Schill, W.-P. (2014): Power system transformation toward renewables: Investment scenarios for Germany. Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy 3(2), 29-43. author copy | published version
Schill, W.-P. (2014): Residual Load, Renewable Surplus Generation and Storage Requirements in Germany. Energy Policy 73, 65-79. full text | published version
Schill, W.-P., Kemfert, C. (2011): Modeling Strategic Electricity Storage: The Case of Pumped Hydro Storage in Germany. The Energy Journal 32(3), 59-87. full text | published version
Stöckl, F., Schill, W.-P., Zerrahn, A. (2021): Optimal supply chains and power sector benefits of green hydrogen. Scientific Reports 11, 14191. arXiv preprint | published open access version
Power system interactions of electric vehicles
Gaete-Morales, C., Kramer, H., Schill, W.-P., Zerrahn, A. (2021): An open tool for creating battery-electric vehicle time series from empirical data, emobpy. Scientific Data 8, 152. arXiv preprint | published open access version
Schill, W.-P., Niemeyer, M., Zerrahn, A., Diekmann, J. (2016): Bereitstellung von Regelleistung durch Elektrofahrzeuge: Modellrechnungen für Deutschland im Jahr 2035. Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft 40 (2), 73-87. open access | published version
Schill, W.-P., Gerbaulet, C. (2015): Power System Impacts of Electric Vehicles in Germany: Charging with Coal or Renewables. Applied Energy 156, 185-196. full text | published version
Schill, W.-P. (2011): Electric Vehicles in Imperfect Electricity Markets: the Case of Germany. Energy Policy 39(10), 6178-6189. full text | published version
Electricity market modeling and design
Schill, W.-P., Pahle, M., Gambardella, C. (2017): Start-up costs of thermal power plants in markets with increasing shares of variable renewable generation. Nature Energy 2, 17050. full text | free view-only version | published version | Supplementary Information | Model code and input data
Pahle, M., Schill, W.-P., Gambardella, C., Tietjen, O. (2016): Renewable Energy Support, Negative Prices, and Real-time Pricing. The Energy Journal 37 (SI3), 147-169. open access | published version
Neuhoff, K., Diekmann, J., Kunz, F., Rüster, S., Schill, W.-P., Schwenen, S. (2016): A Coordinated Strategic Reserve to Safeguard the European Energy Transition. Utilities Policy 41, 252-263. full text | published version
Power-to-heat
Schill, W.-P., Zerrahn, A. (2020): Flexible electricity use for heating in markets with renewable energy. Applied Energy 266, 114571. published open access version
Bloess, A., Schill, W.-P., Zerrahn, A. (2018): Power-to-heat for renewable energy integration: A review of technologies, modeling approaches, and flexibility potentials. Applied Energy 212, 1611–1626. published open access version
Demand-side issues
Gambardella, C., Pahle, M., Schill, W.-P. (2020): Do Benefits from Dynamic Tariffing Rise? Welfare Effects of Real-Time Retail Pricing Under Carbon Taxation and Variable Renewable Electricity Supply. Environmental and Resource Economics 75, 183-213. open-access published version
Zerrahn, A., Schill, W.-P. (2015): On the representation of demand-side management in power system models. Energy 84, 840-845. full text | published version
Network regulation
Egerer, J., Rosellón, J., Schill, W.-P. (2015): Power System Transformation toward Renewables: An Evaluation of Regulatory Approaches for Network Expansion. The Energy Journal 36(4), 105-128. full text | published version
Schill, W.-P., Rosellón, J., Egerer, J. (2015): Testing Regulatory Regimes for Power Transmission Expansion with Fluctuating Demand and Wind Generation. Journal of Regulatory Economics 47, 1-28. full text | published version
Other energy and climate policy issues
Blazejczak, J., Braun, F.G., Edler, D., Schill, W.-P. (2014): Economic effects of renewable energy expansion: A model-based analysis for Germany. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 40, 1070-1080. full text | published version
Pahle, M., Fan, L., Schill, W.-P. (2011): How Emission Certificate Allocations Distort Fossil Investments: The German Example. Energy Policy 39(4), 1975-1987. open access | published version
Low-wind-power events
Ohlendorf, N., Schill, W.-P. (2020): Frequency and duration of low-wind-power events in Germany. Environmental Research Letters 15(8), 084045. published open-access version
Open energy modeling and open energy data
Gaete-Morales, C., Kittel, M., Roth, A., Schill, W.-P. (2021): DIETERpy: a Python framework for The Dispatch and Investment Evaluation Tool with Endogenous Renewables. SoftwareX 15, 100784. arXiv preprint | published open-access version
Wiese, F., Schlecht, I., Bunke, W.-D., Gerbaulet, C., Hirth, L., Jahn, M., Kunz, F., Lorenz, C., Mühlenpfordt, J., Reimann, J., Schill, W.-P. (2019): Open Power System Data – Frictionless data for electricity system modelling. Applied Energy 236, 401-409. open access | published version
Waste electric and electronic equipment
Rotter, V.S., Chancerel, P., Schill, W.-P. (2011): Practicalities of Individual Producer Responsibility under the WEEE directive: Experiences in Germany. Waste Management and Research 29(9), 931-944. full text | published version
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