Speaking as someone who once traded a '54 Buick for a '68 Lincoln, I don't have that much against big, ostentatious cars, but GM's '71-'78 E-bodies (Cadillac Eldorado, Oldsmobile Toronado, Buick Riviera) even give a guy like me pause. This example, from the last year before the inevitable downsizing that had already swept the rest of the lineup, turned up in the parking lot at Old Kingsbury Aerodrome near San Antonio last May, and was the first one of these I'd seen in years.
220 inches long. A lane-filling 79.8 inches wide. 5000 pounds of inertia to be hauled around by the front wheels with an emissions-strangled, 190 HP 403 V-8. Yep, with soaring gas prices, looming CAFE standards and the overturning of the traditional domestic market by upstarts from Japan and Europe, the heyday for gigantic 'personal luxury' barges like the Toronado was just about over.
After a major redesign for the '71 model year (see above), the basic structure had been pretty much left alone throughout the car's run, with the most notable changes being alterations to the grille, a switch from round to square sealed-beam headlights, and the addition of federally -mandated cowcatchers — I mean bumpers. The mighty 455 V8 originally fitted in these cars had been jettisoned at the end of '76, in favor of the slightly more economical 403.
For '78, the Toronado was offered in two models: The 'base' (but very-well equipped for the time) Brougham; and the XS, identified by a rather strange-looking wraparound rear window. The Toro's front-wheel drive, still a rarity in domestics, was promoted heavily for its handling and packaging benefits, but one wonders if its target market ever cared all that much.
By now the biggest car in the Olds lineup, and with the design getting fairly long in the tooth, the market took up just over 24,000 Toronados in '78, mostly Broughams. By comparison, the mechanically similar but even more bloated Eldorado more than doubled that figure.
The shape is, admittedly, not inspired. Although at first glance the Toro looks as though the stylists were given a rectangular box and told to fill it to the edges, there are some fairly subtle design touches here and there. Probably most distinctive were the high-mounted brake lights tucked up under the backlight, first introduced for the 1971 redesign and years before the Feds mandated them on all cars. Then there are the odd descending creases on the inside ends of the fenders. Fair enough; they add a bit of character.
Alas, a view of the rear of this particular example reveals one of the banes of GM cars from this era: the plastic fillets between the body and the stand-off bumpers have dry-rotted and fallen away. Aside from that, however, she seems in nearly showroom shape.
Heavily-tinted windows precluded getting any shots of the interior, but the brochure page gives the general idea. Oldsmobile did the loose-pillow thing better than just about anyone, and all leathered up, that must have been quite the cocoon to ride around in.
The rest is typical late '70s Broughamtastic cliché: half-vinyl roof, opera windows, romanesque grille. Yawn. Despite all that, and its aggressive, er, angularity, I think it looks about as good in that (Ron) burgundy color as it's likely to get. It certainly comes off to these eyes as slightly less pretentious than the contemporary Eldorado, a car I've always loathed.
It can be fairly argued that the '66-'70 Toronados were more stylish, and that the much smaller and lighter generation that followed ('79-'85) made a bit more sense as practical vehicles. If nothing else, however, the '78 has a certain degree of brutal presence about it. Is it really all that much less justifiable than, say, the Escalade parked nearby? I giggle a bit whenever I see one of these dinosaurs, and I'm glad I'm not paying the fuel bills, but it's fun to see one in such nice shape.
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I, like many others, am a huge fan of the first gen Toronado. So, I never took the latter generations in high esteem (with the exception of the 90-92 Trofeos). Overtime, the 78s have been models that I have warmed up to significantly. I think that compared to the Buick Riviera's (which are really only saved by being the final RWD Rivs in the lineup) and the Cadillac Eldorado (a car I don't necessarily mind but will admit was getting stale and long in the tooth), I think that this Toronado really is a relatively sharp looker. Of course, I am disappointed it isn't an XS model, the wraparound glass of the XS series always gave the car a bit more style and flair and let it carve out its own niche.
Of course, back in 78, this would be down on the rung in terms of new car purchases. As far as personal luxury coupes or broughams, I would much rather have a Thunderbird, Cougar, Grand Marquis, or Mark V over one. And if I purchased from the General, I would go home in a Firebird Trans Am or if I were a rich man, a downsized Deville instead.
Still, a very nice car, in a very sharp color. Although the rear shot is a bit off-putting, I thought the big Caddies were the only cars in GM's repertoire that suffered from those disintegrating plastic fillers. Now I (sadly) know better.
Those fender-to-bumper filler panels are so emblematic of GM's declining quality issues. I can't imagine anyone paying the big money for one of GM's premier luxury cars of the time, then watching the filler panels quickly disintegrate before their very eyes, ever buying another GM product.
Even worse, before those panels disintegrated, they warped and became discolored.
But in some cases, that didn't even matter because the rear bumper had already rusted and fallen off ('73-77 GM A-bodies)!
Does nobody make replacement plastic filler panels for '70s/'80s GM cars? Given how often I see otherwise nice cars with the plastic rotted away, I'd think there'd be a market for them.
Might be cheaper to get a body shop whip up a set in sheet metal, and paint them to match.
I've already blocked three that do that. What was the ad? BP? I'll block it too.
Big car but lane filling no, To mark a centreline here each lane has to be 3 meters wide highway lanes are 4 meters wide that car is a little over 2 meters wide so while it might sound quite large measured in inches it isnt really, nice car though not one Ive seen here.
It's over 6-1/2 feet wide when lanes can be anywhere fro m 10 to 12 feet wide. It's wide, for a car, but not quite as wide as an 8-foot wide semi.
It's a fair cop. 80 inches apparently was within the range for a 'full-size' car of this era; something about the proportions of the Toro gives the visual impression that it's even bigger. There's kind of a similar situation with the current Dodge Challenger.
In 1960, Ford's Galaxie was a hair over 80″ wide – like 80.2 if memory serves. At that time, there were legal issues in some states due to this width – yet this was also at a time when some states still had roads that were 18′ wide. I'm going to speculate this 80″ width was a glass ceiling of sorts, and going any wider would have been counterproductive for a manufacturer.
Ford was able to squeak by for a year, but would have had a dilemma had this width remained.
The '60 Ford was 81.5″, which really is pretty wide for a passenger car. But I wonder about that 80″ legal width issue since the 1958 Lincoln already exceeded that (80.3″).
So was the '60 Ford the widest American car ever? Good question.
The 1954 Crown Imperial is listed at 82 and 7/8 inches wide.
80″ is widely (no pun intended) regarded as the maximum width for a non-commercial vehicle. Note that full-size pickups attained this width sometime in the '60s or '70s (depending on manufacturer), and it's the only dimension in which they have not grown.
The 2004 Maserati MC12 was 82.7 inches wide.
IIRC My '71 Electra 225 was 79″ wide, Since the '71-'78 Toro (and Eldo) shared B/C body components, 80″ seems spot on.
The Toronado was 78.5″ wide, not unusually wide for a big American car.
There are a fair number of roads that are 96″ wide (or sometimes a hair less) in the US. I know that there are many in Seattle in that range having driven and followed big trucks through them.
I'm generally not a fan of the huge luxo-barges, but I love this bodystyle Toronado, particularly with the '77-'78 front clip. I'd take one of these over an Eldorado or Riviera any day!
Yeah, and they're size-matched to the hood ornament. That's sweating the details.
Nice to remember how they used to sweat the details many people wouldn't even notice.
Nice article – yes, these 70s models are definitely bloated looking compared to the sleek 66 version. I thought the front looked somewhat ugly, the slide sculpturing a little painful, but the rear with the high mounted taillights looked pretty neat.
They drive well – the 455 had great torque, the 403 less so, but both engines were very smooth.
And for tall folks (I'm 6'6) the front seat with no trans tunnel made for lots of stretch out room.
You would think by now that some aftermarket firm would have gone into production with replacements for those rear (and front, on some models) bumper fillers. There certainly would be a demand for them.
As is, they showed a prime example of just about everything wrong that GM was doing at the time. Pay for all that luxury and its easily outlasted by the cheapest model Corolla available.
For years, at least one company has produced bumper fillers for certain GM models, except in ABS plastic (I think the originals were urethane). Musselman Distributing is one such company that comes up when you do a Google search.
I recall seeing ads in Hemmings, back in the 90s, always posted in the "Cadillac Parts" section. In certain climates, it didn't take very long for the originals to rot away!
I've been looking for these things for my 1980 Caddy Fleetwood Hearse for years .
I found replacement bumper fillers for my 1989 Cadillac Brougham through an internet search. The company name is Autorifix and they supply "Thermoformed ABS Plastic" fillers for a variety of GM cars from 1970-1992, according to their web page. They also state on the web page that they supply to many more cars than those GM cars listed on the web page, just call.
I can only speak from my experience when ordering on two separate occasions (first front, then rear replacements) at least a year apart and I'm not affiliated with this firm in any way. I ordered over the phone after finding the parts listing on the web page. The parts arrived within a few days, primed and with instructions included if you want to do the job yourself. I sent my car to a body shop, they painted and mounted the fillers. Some minor modification was required to assure a proper fit, but nothing major. The fillers looked fine and I was pleased with the results.
For those of us that appreciate and enjoy the cars of the era, the bumper fillers (sometimes referred to as fender extensions) are a problem on many of these cars as they age. I'm familiar only with deterioration of bumper fillers on GM's of the era, it may well be an issue with others. The expense of replacement is a consideration when purchasing one of these cars. I think that total cost for front and rear to purchase parts and have a the body shop paint and mount was approaching $2,000 with the body shop getting the larger portion of the money. But the cars look terrible with busted fillers, as indicated by the unfortunate rear on the otherwise fine looking Toronado and, once replaced, they should be good for another few decades. By then, bumper fillers won't be an issue for me anymore.
So why were these plastic fillers used, anyway? Was it to facilitate easier front and rear styling facelifts (allowing for new front and rear fascia shapes without needing different fenders), or were they needed to keep 5mph bumper hits from damaging the bodywork? Even when in good shape, they didn't look very good, with extra cut lines and paint that often seemed to look a bit different than the surrounding metal. They seemed to warp easily too.
I haven't seen them in years (decades?), but I do remember seeing ads for a company that sold those bumper filler panels…..though usually for more mainstream models like Chevy Caprices or Cadillac De Villes.
It's my guess these parts MIGHT still be available if you were to look in magazines like Hemming's Motor News, or looked through a catalog from some company dedicated to restoring older cars.
Syke, do you really think the 403 with similar maintenance would have a shorter life than the Toyota 1.6. Or that the THM 425 would be shorter lived than the Toyoglide Aisen Warner transmission. Do you think the Corolla was better protected from rust.
Obviously the Toro was 10 times more complicated than a Corolla and since the size was verboten in the 80s most died in the ghetto of low resale value. The Toro was a high quality, high technology car that Olds should have been proud of. The plastic fillets drying out and cracking at year 10 is hardly the issues that the overheating and cracked cylinder heads of the BMW or the lousy AC and rough shifting autos on MB that plaqued those otherwise nice cars.
I had an '80 Corolla, it was rusted but reliable, Drove it with a dead starter for half a year, the clutch of unknown age and provenance held up to routine roll starts (I lived in the mountains), ended up driving it to the junkyard. For years I joked the engine was still powering someone's milking machine.
A couple years ago, I picked up a set of reproduction bumper fillers to replace the ones on my dad's '78 Olds Delta 88 from a seller on eBay. They were also selling sets for other GM vehicles as well.
Indeed, for the price of a luxury GM vehicle that would last three, maybe four, years, tops, you could get 2.5 Corollas that would take you through the better part of three decades.
It seems that because the separate divisions still had a fair amount of autonomy at this point each was allowed to pick their own formula for the polyurethane used on those filler panels. Cadillac seems to pick the least durable of the bunch. 10-15 years old and they had disintegrated on most of the Cadillacs. Meanwhile the ones used on Buicks seemed to hold up very well.
Case in point I had a 77 Eldo in the early 90's and they were mostly disintegrated, meanwhile the ones on my 76 Electra were still in great condition in 2013 when I got rid of it. Both cars had spent all of their life in the Seattle area and at least on the Buick I know that it was not garaged from 1985 on when it became the back up car for the person I bought it from.
I am glad they kept making these till the 79s were ready. The 77-78 Riv shows what the alternative was. A lightened car with improved handling and higher performance than this car. So why wasn't it better. It was simply less special, being a little to obviously a tarted up Lesabre. People will be here complaining about the style of these Toronados, but lets face it, there is a lot of the 68 Eldorado in the shape. More than the 78 Eldorado.
This is a huge traditional coupe. It is quiet, rode well, was comfortable inside and cast a distinctive shadow. The front drive and still monster torque from the still Olds engine made it far more technically interesting than the more common Mark V. Sounds just about ideal to get someone who has made it in life to part with a whole lot of money to obtain it. People will complain that it is too big or that the in crowd was buying the 630csi in 1978. Good for them, but that does not mean that there should not be other choices, this was an interesting one.
The 79 Toronado answered most of the complaints of the in crowd and Olds buyers made that style the most successful ever. The in crowd ignored the 79 Toro and stuck with the 630csi for the whole 14 years of it. That is their choice, but it perhaps proves that they really just did not care about the Toro and are not great sources of wisdom on it.
I wish I could warm up to these more, but they just leave me cold. I love the styling of the original '66 Toronado. Subsequent facelifts to that basic shape didn't help it though, and for the later 1960s my taste would have shifted to the crisper Eldorado.
Based on sales, the marked evidently agreed, so it's not surprising that for 1971 the Toronado was made to look quite a bit like the outgoing 1970 Eldorado. So while the real Eldorado got fatter and more baroque for '71, the Toronado sort of filled the void. Sales improved, but it was no longer a leading-edge car in any way.
By the time this '78 was produced, the "Fat Elvis" syndrome had taken hold, with the car looking like a bloated caricature of its former self. Also, the Cadillac-style rear bumper introduced in 1975 made the car look even more like a bad Cadillac imitation. I'd take a 1978 Ninety-Eight Regency coupe any day over one of these.
Same here, my favourite Toronados by far are the 66-67s. I would prefer a '78 Eldorado over this Toro for sure.
CAN'T SLEEP! CAR WILL EAT ME!
I know opinions are like ***holes, but that thing is fugly.
Thanks for the great write-up. I've always felt conflicted about these cars. For me, they're at an immediate disadvantage being wedged between the inspirational 66-70 Toronados, and the classy 79-85 models. Bloated, yes, but in comparison to the overly pretentious Eldorados, they look almost sophisticated.
The reason I feel conflicted at all is largely because of the subtle design touches that you mention. I recall when these cars were new, being almost enthralled by the high-mounted brake lights (if I remember correctly, they functioned as turn signals too). And the side creases provide just enough visual interest to make it an intriguing design. Those subtle features were almost enough to swing the pendulum into the "like" category for me.
Ultimately, I would not have bought one, but I still like admiring them. That said, I don't remember ever seeing the XS model on the road. Since I'm not much of a fan of the claustrophobic-feeling opera windows, the fishbowl-like wraparound window is a nice touch, but may be too much of a good thing.
Eric, I was fortunate enough to own a '78 XS (yeah, it DID stand for excess!!). It is one if very few cars I owned that I wish I still had/hadn't traded.
The quality (for GM of the 70's) was outstanding and the wrap around window looked like nothing else on the road. The high mount rear lights served as brake and turn signal lamps and the little fender "T's" lit up at night as well. It was little touches like this that made the car stand out from most of its ilk of the day.
I had a '66 Toro as my "winter car/beater" at the time and there was quite a difference in the 'flavor' of the two; the '66 was most assuredly sportier feeling than the '78. The black leather loose pillow look seats were absolute heaven. No car I've owned since approached the comfort of this beast. The '79-85 generation was nice in its own way but Toro never was this comfortable again. The 403 was more than adequate despite the girth and it allowed me to pass a few more gas pumps than did the 425 of the '66.
Sadly, in the more materialistic 80's, I felt the car looked outdated and out of place among all the new 'downsized' cars. I traded her off on a 2 tone grey '82 Toro in '86 and regretted it quite shortly thereafter; while nice, the downsized car had nowhere near the personality the XS possessed.
Since I was a glutton for punishment, that Toro went for an '87 "sh"Riviera in 90. That is a WHOLE sad saga of its own!!
A neighbor had a 1973 Toronado; metallic brown with a lighter vinyl top and interior (what else?). She traded a 1966 Bonneville Safari wagon for it. Where the Bonneville would easily take the entire cub scout troop to different scouting events (she was the den mother), the Toronado would accommodate six adults comfortably due to the flat floor and wide bench seats.
Yeah, I couldn't believe they used "XS" as a model signifier either. I know they intended to sell a T-topped XSR which was pictured in the '77 brochure but only that one prototype was ever built.
You know, I like it except for the stupid vertical taillights. That just looks like a desperate attempt to ape Cadillac.
They're not even taillights, just reflectors that don't light up. The '77 model didn't even have those, just a body- or vinyl-roof-colored plastic filler panel where the taillight lens would normally be. It was a really weird styling touch.
Aside from being gargantuan in size with really odd detailing, what bothers me about these Toronados is the proportions. The passenger "compartment" looks too small compared to the rest of the car. Truly looks like a barge. From some angles the hood looks as long as the trunklid.
As was already noted, the model name "XS" must have been a bit of an inside joke.
I like the 79-85 models better than this one, but that model also falls short with it's lackluster detailing. I prefer the 79-85 Riviera or El Dorado more than the Toronado.
My uncle had a 77, I was always fascinated by the flat floor, front drive and huge accelerator which my cousin liked to put to the floor sometimes…:) It was nice, comfortable and unique.
Thank you for writing this up. I found a '72 Toronado back in May but haven't been inspired enough to write it up.
From some angles, these evolved a lot visually between 1971 and 1978. The square headlights and changes to the rear contribute heavily in that regard. It strikes me that Olds was doing a decent job of making changes to keep this car vital through its run, especially with the wraparound back glass the later models could have.
The 1971-72 Toronados are reasonably handsome, and are even an improvement over the 1968 and 1969 models, which suffered greatly from a ham-fisted facelift of the front grille and bumper. The 1970 model, however, was better.
The first-generation Toronado never met its sales expectations, so Oldsmobile decided to change course and make it a cut-rate Eldorado without any suggestion of sporting intentions. The second-generation of the Toronado sold better than the first-generation cars, although sales were probably helped by some negative customer reaction to the controversial boat-tail Riviera.
Once GM added the mandated 5-mph bumpers to the Eldorado, Riviera and Toronado, it seemed to lose "control" of their proportions. Those cow-catcher bumpers added to the front and rear made the cars looked bloated and gross.
And the expected "brougham" touches of this era – vinyl roof, opera windows, wide side moldings – are tacky and even somewhat poorly finished and installed. This was a problem shared with the Eldorados of this period. Ford in general, and Lincoln in particular, were simply much better at this sort of thing. It was as though Ford at least designed the car with these stylistic touches in mind from the beginning, and then designed the necessary trim to actually fit the car.
As for whether the target market cared about the Toronado's front-wheel-drive layout – in the Popular Mechanics "Owners Reports" series, a significant percentage of owners mentioned that the front-wheel-drive layout was one reason for buying a Toronado. It was one thing that they specifically liked about the car.
Eldorado owners, on the other hand, really didn't care.
Can I tell you that my sister took my Mom's '72 Toronado to college in the blizzard of '78 and was the ONLY one that didn't get stuck on the highway! That car went through everything. It was a tank, but it surely lived up to the reputation of being a FWD bulldog!
My childhood friends Dad bought a used 71 in 79, he would drive that thing so hard that the 455 gave out. So it was replaced with a 409….and went ever faster! The best part was how the wheels would just spin if you put it too the floor, then the smoke from the front wheels would come right through the front windows. A great car, as long as you didn't try to turn or stop.
I seem to recall seeing the '78 GM full line mini-brochure (sent to shareholders?) which included prices. The XS was something like 25% pricier than the Brougham, enough more expensive than a Coupe de Ville to allow for considerable optioning-up of the Caddy and knocking on Eldorado money. That would explain the XS' rarity.
wow, they did the bare minimum of effort to differentiate it from the Eldorado. from the back I'd have first guessed it was a Cadillac.
Notice that the man in the brochure isn't wearing his seat belt. In an ad in which it's pouring down rain and the car's security is being played up, he's not wearing his seat belt. I guess it's ok, though, as the body would roll if he were going more than 10.
In old times, it was 'bad luck' to even talk about car safety in advertising. And many still believed the 'better to get thrown from the car' tale.
So, ads with unbuckled drivers.
Oh, I know. I'm just pointing it out because you can see it in the pic, hanging against the seat behind his shoulder.
Belts for every occupant on new cars and compulsory use and fitment in the front from model year 1965 was enacted here by 75,with stiff fines if you were caught not wearing one.
Yes, I noticed that as well. No seat belt, it's raining, and he is obviously on his way back to the office after he just had three jack n cokes at lunch.
Well, that explains the high beams.
I believe the creme color was actually called Creme, and the vinyl top color is Buckskin. My mother's 76 Cutlass S had the same color combination.
A neighbor had a silver XS with red vinyl top and wild maroon crushed velour interior…bought it new, as I recall. Enormous car.
I don't recall seeing leather seats in a car until another neighbor bought a late-70s Porsche 928…bronze with brown leather. All of the big GM cars in the neighborhood had velour or brocade, depending on the age of the car. My parents, of course, got nasty vinyl in all of our cars…didn't trust us kids to not create stains.
A CC on this era Toronado shouldn't go by without mentioning the extremely rare '77 XSR (only one documented prototype built by ASC, although it now appears that a couple others may have been built) that had power t-tops. It wasn't seriously considered for production due to cost, which would have easily taken it into Eldorado pricing territory.
I'd like to find one of the Toros with the huge wraparound rear window. It is straight out of 1959-'60! Interesting that the '71-'73 Olds 98s appeared to be updated 1960 Cadillacs too. There must have been still a lot of love for the '59-'60 B/Cs well into the Mitchell era.
Yeah, the wraparound rear window Toronado XS is like a modern-day 1947 Studebaker 'Is it coming or going?' Champion.
"Personal luxury" and "Sport utility vehicle": the success of marketing speak in defining vehicle segments. What's "personal" about a 227″ long Toronado [see spec sheet above] or "sporting" about an SUV ?
The flat floor is great, supposedly a benefit of FWD and a feature I'd like to see again instead of a stupid plastic log running down the center of the car eating up space.
These were the pinnacle of excess at that length and Broughaminess with the rear seat room of an AMC Hornet or Nova. The 71 has a clean sort of presence, like a 67 Eldorado, but this one looks like an aftermarket pimp mobile.
They ranked at the bottom of the EPA's fuel economy list coming in at some obscene number like 6.6 miles per gallon.
They were ridiculous at the time and even more so now.
The 1978 Toronado was rated 13 city 19 highway. The worst cars were 12 cylinder Jags and Rolls rated 9 city. Chrysler corp 440's available in some cars were rated 8 city.
I really like the earlier years of this series best. I never understood the point of the vertical "things" on the back – it's like they went to a lot of trouble to make vertical taillights, but I believe these were just reflectors, and the actual lights were still horizontal. (Didn't the '74-76 Cadillacs have the same set up?) The earlier, cleaner ones were prettier, especially with the grilles under the headlights instead of in the center of the face.
I'd guess they couldn't make vertical taillights in that position work within the mandated requirement of no damage in a 5mph collision.
Like today's full size SUV's being driven in urban centers, from condo garage to office.
The 2nd-gen Toronado was such a frustrating car. Such advanced, ahead-of-its-time engineering – front wheel drive! flat floor! dual air bags! anti-lock brakes! high-mount brake lights! – all mostly wasted on a personal-luxury coupe whos buyers didn't care about almost any of those things. Why, why, didn't they use this platform for a four-door sedan and wagon where that flat floor and width would have made for an awesome family car with great 6-passenger seating back when that mattered because minivans and three-row crossover SUVs weren't a thing yet? Instead, the airbags and (rear wheel only) ABS options were soft-pedaled, and the huge width and flat floor front and back were wasted on a coupe that usually carried no more than two people, and that didn't have much rear-seat legroom for a car its size.
That flat floor and width were not wasted. In the early 80's I went with a girl who drove a 73 Toronado. We took advantage of those two features often.
Variety is the spice of life, and the floor was flat in back too.
That interior is straight out of the '76 Ninety-Eight Regency, right? The dash, door panels, and seats look identical. I remember how surprised I was when I first saw the interiors of the downsized '79 E-bodies which I expected again would share the interiors of the C-bodies (but the downsized '77 versions) rather than the completely unique and new interiors they received.
Mom's '72 Toro was a very nice car. When she got the '79 Riviera to replace it she referred to the Riv as "small" in comparison to the Toro. When I see these cars in person, it is hard to believe that people actually drove them as an everyday car.
Very sad story – Right now the sister dealership next to me has two 1976 Eldorado convertibles – owned by one elderly gentleman that passed recently – 28,000 miles on each of them – sitting behind the dealership rotting to pieces. They were garaged all of their life. The wife wanted them out of the garage so they were taken in and dropped off behind the dealership. They even have the original Uniroyal wide-whitewall tires on them. I hate to see anything like this happen to old, well-cared for cars.
Note to collectors, don't let this happen. Ask your family if they want or like your cars. If not, sell to those who will take care of them.
Couldn't agree with you more Tomcat. It saddens me when this happens and I'm sure it happens more than we know.
This is the blue one. The chrome on these cars is spectacular.
They have the exact same options. I hope they will soon get into the right hands so that they can be preserved for another 40 years. It doesn't take long for a vintage garaged car to succumb to the elements, especially here in New England!
Just put 'em on the front line ~ I'd think they'd sell in a trice .
I wish they would do something with them soon – I heard they may be going to one of the bigger auctions that you see on TV…….
Is this the last car with the heating and A/C controls at the far left of the dash where the front passenger can't reach it?
What about the 1970 to 1981 Camaro?
The '67 Toronado is one of my dream classic cars and I thought the '68 and '69 ruined the styling ('70 was average). And then, the next generation it just became another trite personal luxury coupe. The grille treatment on the early second-generation models was just bizarre but I will admit I like the side sculpting and the rear treatments on all 71-78 models are fine by me.
At the end of the day, a car like this is about as un-athletic as you can get so I don't mind at all that they were FWD. People are right though, GM should have tried the UPP on a sedan or a wagon instead of a coupe.
I just don't like any of the headlight set-ups of this entire generation. The '78 grille is nice but the headlights just ruin it. Also, there is absolutely no way as a new car shopper in 1977 that I would have bought this over the down-sized B/C-bodies. Of course, I'm not the kind of guy Oldsmobile would have been targeting.
+1 on the early second-gen grille treatment. I rather liked it, but had to wonder how much cooling air actually got through to the radiator. Did these run hot?
I wonder if they ever considered a mid-engined UPP-powered car?
Olds spoiled us with the original 1966-67 Toronado design, it would have been a miracle if they could have matched or exceeded with any subsequent model's styling. 1970 almost regained a bit of that original verve after the botched 1968-69 years.
But, Olds was in the business to sell cars, and if the watered-down 1967-70 Eldorado-esque styling would sell in better volume, then they were happy to do it. Whether Mitchell ever had another blockbuster, triumphant design on par with the 1966-67 styling that could have been applied to this platform, we'll never know.
What is a shame is that as strongly as he started off and as sterling as some years such as the whole 1965 GM lines were, by the end of the 1970's as his career closed, he had only the down-sized 1977 full-sized line to redeem his reputation. Too bad it didn't include a far more aesthetically pure Toronado to his credit as well.
This generation Toro was the plainest and ugliest model, IMO.
I love when people notice the same things I do about a car. I found those creases almost as annoying as the high mount stop lamps and bizarre wrap-around rear window. How did these unrelated things all end up on the same car and in what way did they say "Oldsmobile"? Was the plan to trickle down the ones that "worked" to other Olds models? What were they thinking???
Like you GGH06 I have a soft spot for Detroit luxo-liners but not this one.
l' Odsmobile toronado est très belle comme les ricains savent les faire mais le modèle présenté est incomplet.
These are wonderful! Can I do a post using some of these, and linking back to your pages of images?
– Of course, you can to do it mister Paul…!
But I may do another one. Would you like to tell us a bit more about your "city"?
These are awsome, only 1 nitpicky complaint, The transit bus is too new, A GM "New Look" (fishbowl) or an even an RTS would be perfect!
– This is it..! so long guys.. that god protect you..!


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The Ophthalmic department of Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital has been established and served as a main tertiary referral center in southern Taiwan for nineteen years. At present, we have three major subspecialties, including neuro-ophthalmology/oculoplasty, general ophthalmology. and vitreoretinal ophthalmology. There are night full-time staffs and three visiting staffs. The department is equipped with all classic and modern ophthalmic machines and instruments, such as Excimer laser, argon laser, multiwave laser, Nd-Yag laser, Diode laser, digital system for fundus and angiogram, perimetry, topography, tonometer, refractometer, OCT, EOG, ERG, VEP, vitrectomy, cryotherapy, slit and surgical microscope, vitrectomy, endoscopy ….. With qualified staffs and modern equipment, we provide comprehensive medical and surgical cares of patients, including corneal ulcer, uveitis, glaucoma, vaso-occlusive disease, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, optic neuropathy, cataract surgery, refractive surgery, retinal detachment, trauma, corneal transplantation, strabismus, lacrimal apparatus disease, and orbital tumor. Meanwhile, we are also one of the leading hospitals performing current new therapies in Taiwan, such as IVI, photodynamic therapy, Lasik, pneumopexy/tPA for submacular hemorrhage, radial optic neuropathy, A-V sheathotomy for branch retinal vein occlusion and so on. The staffs are always willing and ready for the new progress of treatment.
As the leading medical center in southern Taiwan, we focus not only on clinical service, but also on teaching and research. We offer a conscientious residency-training program for the next generation of physicians in medical and surgical Ophthalmology. The pass rate for board examination is 100% during the past 19 years. Plenty of basic and clinical research have been done and published in domestic and international journal, as well as textbooks. Our current issues are focused on anti-angiogenesis in eye disease, nucleotide polymorphisms in corneal disease, and angle-closure glaucoma related research.
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Australian medical student died in Tanzania
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An Australian medical student has died in Tanzania where it is believed he was doing voluntary work related to his training.
James Kelly, 23, was studying at the New South Wales University's Rural Clinical School in Port Macquarie.
The circumstances of his death are unclear but there have been unconfirmed reports he was involved in a car accident.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it is providing assistance.
"The department can confirm a 23-year-old man from New South Wales has died in Tanzania," a spokesman said in a statement.
"Consular officials are providing consular assistance to the man's family."
The university has expressed its condolences and sympathies to his family and says counselling is being provided to students and staff affected by the tragedy.
Mr Kelly was to have started the final year of his medical degree next year.
His Port Macquarie campus co-ordinator, Doctor Alexander McColl, says he was a wonderful, talented young man with an enthusiastic personality who was well loved and will be greatly missed.
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Sony has warned gamers of issues with changing you PlayStation Network Online ID.
Console owners can finally get rid of their old PSN Online names after users have been calling for the feature for a long time, but the roll out isn't entirely smooth.
As of Thursday (11.04.19), players in the US and Europe can change their ID, but Sony has warned that some older games - those published before April 1, 2018 - may not be compatible with the switch because they were not developed with this in mind.
While 40 or so of these will have "issues" - such old name showing, PSN accounts being unlinked from in-game ones, settings reset - 10 games will have "serious issues".
In a blog post, PlayStation clarified: "We do want to take this opportunity to clarify one point - as a result of the preview program, we've found an instance where a game did not fully support the feature, even though it was originally published after 1st April, 2018, contrary to what we mentioned in our original announcement.
"All PS4 games originally published on or after 1st April, 2018 have been developed to support the online ID change feature, but there may be cases where a game is not fully compatible."


The European Network for Better Establishment Statistics (ENBES) is organizing its fifth European Establishment Statistics Workshop (EESW 17) to be held in Southampton, UK, from August 30th to September 1st, 2017. The call for papers and more information about the workshop can be found here.
The unit problem, from the perspectives of business statistics, national accounts, survey methodology, and international reporting.
Sample coordination and response burden.
Price index methods for scanner and online data.
Communication along the production process.
Communication with users (including disclosure control, researchers' needs).
The registration is open until the end of March. If you are interested to present or participate in the workshop, you may register using the registration form.
All enquiries should be addressed to Desislava Nedyalkova.


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Q: PHP and MySQL IP Ban system Problems I am currently trying to create an IP-BAN system in PHP AND MYSQL, however I'm not very familiar with MySQL syntax. This is my code so far, and it returns the last one, "uh-oh".
   Code:
<?php

    $ip = '127.0.0.1';

    mysql_connect('127.0.0.1', 'user', 'pass');
    mysql_select_db('IP');

    if(mysql_query("SELECT IP FROM IP WHERE IP='127.0.0.1'") == 1){
        echo "If you get this, it may or may not be working";
    }
    elseif(mysql_query("SELECT IP FROM IP WHERE IP='127.0.0.1'") == FALSE){
        echo "If you get this, it means that your IP was not found in the database";
    }
    else{
        echo "Uh-oh!";
    }

My SQL database name is IP, and the table name is IP, and the fields are IP and ban.
How would I make this code tell me whether the given IP is in the table or not?

A: mysql_query() will return FALSE if the query fails with a syntax error, but it won't return FALSE  if the value is not found.  Instead, both cases will return a result resource.  You must check the value of mysql_num_rows() to find out if a row was returned.
// Do the query and test for errors:
$result = mysql_query("SELECT IP FROM IP WHERE IP='127.0.0.1'");
if (!$result ) {
  // Query error
  echo mysql_error();
}
// Query was successful - test if any rows were found
else {
  if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
     //the IP was found
  }
  else {
     // the IP was NOT found (num rows === 0)
  }
}

Disclaimers:
Now, about the practice of banning by IP... It is generally not recommended to do this.  School or business networks, or anyone behind a NAT by their ISP (like many mobile networks) share one public IP between many many users (perhaps even thousands).  You cannot identify an individual user by IP address reliably, and worse, you risk preventing legitimate users from using your web application.
And finally, about the mysql_*() functions themselves..  The PHP development community has begun planning the deprecation of these old functions as they don't encourage secure coding practices well.  Instead, I (and most everyone else here) recommend familiarizing yourself with a modern API making use of prepared statements instead.  I prefer PDO, but MySQLi is an option as well.

A: mysql_query() returns a resource if it is successful. Use the examples on this page:
http://us.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.query.php

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There are numerous law firms available, and finding skillful lawyers for illegal drug trafficking in Aubrey TX, may require you to review the profiles of quite a few. As you begin your research, use the considerations discussed here to evaluate each attorney.
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The lawyers for illegal drug trafficking in Aubrey TX showcased on this website have all the factors outlined here. Having said that, even an experienced drug attorney needs time to examine all aspects of a case to be able to establish a solid strategy. Take time to browse the profiles, then begin scheduling a no-obligation consultation with your top candidates without delay.


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Topic Marketing automation
SubTopic Personalization
Marketing AI
Evolving customer data platform features set sights on CX
The perfect customer experience may be within reach
What is the perfect customer experience? Is it gaining brand loyalty, converting a customer complaint into an upsell, securing a signature on a lucrative long-term contract, a satisfied customer spreading the word over social media -- or all the above?
Marketers would be happy to bring home any one of these activities. But that requires a total understanding -- or 360-degree view, in current parlance -- of the customer through the collection, management and analysis of overwhelming floods of customer information from disparate internal and external sources.
Customer data platform features have been gaining attention over the past few years for their potential to unify siloed customer data into a manageable, accessible, democratized package that can deliver 360-degree insights. More recently, high-profile vendors have entered the fray and expanded the platform's capabilities and applications.
"The CDP is not necessarily a substitute for an enterprise's database of record, but it can effectively ensure that customer profile data, transactional events and analytic attributes are available to marketing when needed for real-time interactions," wrote analysts Benjamin Bloom and Lizzy Foo Kune in Gartner's April 2020 "Market Guide for Customer Data Platforms."
But is potential enough? Apparently so. Marketers maintain an insatiable appetite to better understand their customers, even while struggling in the attempt. Among marketing decision-makers planning to deploy a CDP in the next two years, "35% have already secured the budget and 43% are in the process of building a business case to secure funding," according to Gartner's 2019 Marketing Technology Survey. "If faced with a choice for which planned technologies to scrap, respondents ranked CDPs as the technology they would least likely cut from their planned deployments."
This handbook provides a platform for companies that have deployed CDPs. We also examine the leading customer data platform features and answer some of the skepticism surrounding CDP deployments.
Ron Karjian, Managing Editor
Customer data platform tools push personalization, privacy
Evolving CDPs help companies unify the flood of consumer data collected from disparate sources, resulting in better customer insights and compliance with privacy regulations.
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Nationals Member for Lismore Thomas George today urged residents to make use of a new community crime reporting portal offering a quick and secure way to report crime.
The NSW Police Force Community Portal, which went live last week, gives members of the public the option to report lost property, theft and intentional damage, including graffiti, online via a secure, efficient and convenient platform.
Use of the portal, which is linked to a Service NSW account, also allows people who report non-urgent crime to make and receive updates on their cases.
To use the portal, community members must simply create a MyServiceNSW account on the Service NSW website, which they�ll then be able to connect with the NSW Police Force, to successfully complete a report. Commissioner Scipione said the Community Portal would not replace the ability for people to report these types of crimes to police in person or on the phone, but it adds a convenient online reporting tool.
�Lodging a report via the Community Portal can be completed in a matter of minutes, it�s incredibly efficient and you�ll be notified once your report has been received,�� Commissioner Scipione said.
Superintendent Fred Trench from New England Local Area Command said: �This system is user-friendly and with step-by-step instructions, we�re confident that anyone can lodge a report quickly and easily from anywhere with Internet access�.
Mr George said the tool would be extremely useful for people in the New England Local Area Command and the report can also be used for insurance purposes.
�This fantastic initiative allows locals to report crime through a handy, secure online option,� Mr George said.


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2005 Yearbook Adviser of the Year Akers inspires students to aim for excellence June 30, 2009
June 30, 2009 / Yearbook Adviser of the Year
2005 Yearbook Adviser of the Year Akers inspires students to aim for excellence
Written by Elizabeth Braden, CJE
"Don't settle for less than your best."
Martha Akers gives her students that advice and lives it herself as an example to them. That role model is one of the many reasons Akers was selected as the 2005 JEA Yearbook Adviser of the Year.
"We want to challenge ourselves to do the best for our school," Akers said.
Akers has spent all of her 26 years of teaching as yearbook adviser at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville, Va. When you count her eight years on yearbook staff in high school and college, which included stints as editor, Akers has spent a lot of years reaching for excellence and guiding her students to do the same.
It was not always like that. Twenty-six years ago, the principal at Loudoun Valley needed a yearbook adviser – again – as the position had seen some job turnover. Then, in his mail arrived a resume with a cover letter from Akers saying she wanted to teach photojournalism. A grateful principal hired her.
When Akers began, yearbook at Loudoun Valley had been a supervised study hall with no credit. It stayed that way for 20 years, even when the Saga started receiving state and national awards in the mid-1980s. Akers worked nights and weekends with students to help them produce the book.
Then in 1999-2000, Loudoun Valley offered its first photojournalism class for credit, and those students would produce the yearbook. About 75 students signed up. Akers said the principal then, Ken Culbert, asked her to tell 50 students they could not be in the class. Tactfully, she said no, that if he thought students should be cut, then he should be the one to tell them. But she also asked him to think about something.
"You would never have asked the teachers to cut students from band, art, drama or chorus. If this is going to be a fine arts elective, why would you limit it?"
The three photojournalism classes that year have blossomed into the current five, with about 127 students enrolled this year.
"What he came to acknowledge (was that) it was a program in which students who couldn't act or sing found a home to learn something that was valuable later," Akers said.
Along the way, Akers received the NSPA Pioneer Award and was inducted into the National Scholastic Journalism Hall of Fame at the University of Oklahoma. Her students and their yearbooks have won CSPA Silver and Gold Crowns, NSPA Pacemakers, and two coveted state awards: consecutive Virginia High School League Trophies for more than 20 years and three Col. Charles E. Savedge Awards for Sustained Excellence in Scholastic Journalism in the yearbook category.
"Those local bragging rights are important," Akers said. No other Virginia high school has received three Savedge Awards, which are bestowed after five consecutive VHSL trophies are earned.
The Savedge Awards also are special because they are named after her most influential mentor, Charles Savedge, the headmaster at Augusta Military Academy in Fort Defiance, Va., who she met at a yearbook workshop when she was in the eighth grade. She attended his workshops through high school, and paid the fee to attend as a college student. The friendship lasted for years.
"From my first year as an adviser, he encouraged me," she said.
Like Savedge, Akers spends part of her summers mentoring and teaching students and advisers from other schools.
"I love interaction with the kids from across the country," she said. "I love working with journalism kids, seeing if I can make a difference in the limited time frame."
Meeting with other students enables her to help them and to bring back to her Loudoun Valley students a new way of looking at yearbook. Sometimes she follows up with the staffs that she meets during a summer workshop by meeting with them at venues such as JEA conventions.
Much of what Akers does each summer is to spend time with other advisers, many of whom have become her friends. Doing adviser workshops is her "professional growth each year."
"I like having the opportunity to see if I can make a difference with advisers," she said, adding that she wants to keep people in the profession.
Students own the program
Akers said advisers around the country ask her how she maintains a high-quality program. She tells them it is the kids who set the bar.
"We have learned over the years to compete with ourselves and not other people," she said. "They (the students) are the people who keep us there. If there's a misstep, it's because they are willing to take chances."
She said that attitude among staff each year has meant the school produces yearbooks that do not look alike.
"Twenty-six years ago I was trying to convince them to write captions. Then I was trying to teach them how to write a good caption. Now they automatically produce that, so they are going on ahead of themselves," Akers said.
Staff members can love the current book and, even if they worked on it, they can explain where it could be improved. Akers said it would be so easy for her staffs to keep doing the same thing because it works, but they do not.
"The only thing I have to remind them is to keep thinking and not settle."
And they do keep thinking.
"I'm sending students (out) who have great critical-thinking skills, who can see the big picture as well as the little picture."
Akers said she enjoys the entire yearbook process, but the most exciting part is the initial conceptual stage. She said her staff starts with what they want to improve in the next book, and begin by poring over results of their annual end-of-year poll.
For example, in 1999, the staff wanted photos of more people in the book. So they discussed the rule about captions with every photo and when to apply that journalistic standard, thinking, this is a rule, this is how we are going to break it.
"This is what keeps it fresh (for me)," Akers said. "Every group of students is different and every group is as special as the one before.
Elizabeth Braden, CJE
Elizabeth Braden, CJE, is the former editor of Idea File magazine. Before retiring, she was a copywriter for Walsworth Yearbooks for more than 15 years, writing articles for various marketing materials, and proofreading copy for the Yearbook and Commercial divisions. Her career included reporting and editing for United Press International and editing for Knight-Ridder Financial News. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Media News from the University of Tulsa.
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Her fighting spirit
Kim Speaker is committed to surviving brain cancer even if it means wearing her treatment 18 hours a day
By: Kati Blocker, UCHealth
There are certain cancers for which, despite extensive trials and research, average survival outcomes go unchanged. Kim Speaker has one of those cancers.
Just a few days before Christmas 2014, Speaker and her family learned that the numbness in her face, coordination issues and recent seizure were caused by two large masses in her brain. Only a few days later, she started the recommended treatment for patients with the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme.
Kim Speaker enjoying her time at a recent Denver Broncos game, even breaking a few rules (like not keeping off the grass). Speaker and her husband, Cody, attended a game recognizing cancer survivors and was honored as part of a partnership between the NFL team and UCHealth.
Surgery is done to remove tumors, but even with chemotherapy and radiation treatment, glioblastoma multiforme typically results in death within the first 15 months after diagnosis, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
Speaker recently celebrated her 20th month in remission. She credits her care at UCHealth Cancer Center in Fort Collins and Optune, a noninvasive treatment that's attached to her head for 18 hours a day. Her doctors also give credit to Speaker's fighting attitude and drive.
Optune is a device made by Novocure, an oncology company. Wired patches called transducer arrays are strategically placed on Speaker's scalp, and they send alternating electric fields across the upper part of her brain in different directions, zapping dividing cancer cells.
Speaker was the first UCHealth patient in northern Colorado to use Optune. Only a month before her diagnosis, the Federal Drug Administration approved the device for people recently diagnosed with glioblastoma. Prior to that, only patients with recurrent glioblastoma who had exhausted radiation and chemotherapy options qualified.
"There is always that issue of efficacy with a new treatment, but so far that has been encouraging," said Dr. Joshua Petit, Speaker's radiation oncologist with UCHealth. "We have learned from her experience that, in general, patients must be committed to using it. Kim is highly compliant. What we are learning is that with cutting-edge, high-quality treatments we can see long-term survivors in our program [of glioblastoma]. That is a reality today."
Speaker's extended remission has allowed her and her family to move into a new phase of their lives, said Speaker's husband, Cody.
"It's been a crazy ride, but we feel like things are more normal," he said. "At least we've tried to make them as normal as possible."
Speaker still has to wear her Optune device for 18 hours a day, and she gets an MRI every three months to make sure her cancer hasn't returned.
After being brain cancer free for more than the 15 months, Kim Speaker decided to get herself a dog, whom she named Omni, to help her with her balance. Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth.
About every three days, Cody and Speaker start their routine of changing the arrays. First Cody removes the stubble from his wife's head. Then he strategically positions the four patches on her scalp to best target her cancer. Cody has mastered it now that he's done it so many times, and it takes only minutes before he's braiding the cords down Speaker's back and plugging them into a small device that fits into a special purse-like bag.
Speaker started out with a much larger Optune machine that fit in a backpack. Although she was still able to get around and take care of her Rocky Mountain Rexes feline breeding business, the weight of the pack stressed her back and shoulders.
Speaker is thrilled with the new, lightweight design of Optune, as it has allowed her to do other things, such as enjoy a tandem bike with Cody.
"I just sit on the back and hold on for dear life," she joked.
It's also been nice when she's training her new service dog in training, a standard poodle named Omni, that helps Speaker with balance, since the cancer affected the right side of her body.
This summer, Speaker participated in the Denver Brain Tumor Walk and visited her best friend and fellow feline breeder in Arizona. More recently, she was recognized as a cancer survivor at a Denver Broncos game through UCHealth's partnership with the NFL team. She also attended the Colorado Avalanche "Hockey Fights Cancer" game as part of UCHealth's partnership with the NHL team.
"Speaker has been doing exceptionally well with her glioblastoma," said Dr. Lars Widdel, Speaker's neurosurgeon with UCHealth. "She is reaching the two-year mark since her diagnosis and initial surgery, which only about 15 percent of patients with this diagnosis achieve. It is very likely that the use of Optune is a big factor in this. Using this device is very labor intensive on the patient, and there are not many patients who have been able to be as diligent in making sure they use this device as consistently as Speaker has. It really shows her fighting spirit."
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Kati Blocker, UCHealth
Kati Blocker has always been driven to learn and explore the world around her. And every day, as a writer for UCHealth, Kati meets inspiring people, learns about life-saving technology, and gets to know the amazing people who are saving lives each day. Even better, she gets to share their stories with the world.
As a journalism major at the University of Wyoming, Kati wrote for her college newspaper. She also studied abroad in Swansea, Wales, while simultaneously writing for a Colorado metaphysical newspaper.
After college, Kati was a reporter for the Montrose Daily Press and the Telluride Watch, covering education and health care in rural Colorado, as well as city news and business.
When she's not writing, Kati is creating her own stories with her husband Joel and their two young children.
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Johan Wilhelm Rangell (né le   à Hauho, mort le  à Helsinki) est un homme d'État finlandais. Il est premier ministre de 1941 à 1943.

Biographie
Il fait des études de droit puis devient banquier à la Banque de Finlande. Il rejoint le Parti libéral finlandais. Il appuie activement la candidature de la Finlande pour les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1940.
Après l'élection de Risto Ryti au poste de président de la Finlande, il est choisi comme premier ministre. Pendant son mandat son action se concentre sur les affaires économiques laissant les dossiers des affaires étrangères au président, au ministre des affaires étrangères et à Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

Il soutient l'occupation de la Carélie et la réintégration des territoires cédés en 1940 dans le traité de Moscou. En aout 1942 pendant la visite de Heinrich Himmler qui l'interroge sur la situation des Juifs et tente le mettre en garde contre eux, il répond au Reichsfuhrer « nous n'avons pas de problème juif ». Après guerre Rangell est jugé pour crimes contre la paix. Il est condamné  à six ans de prison puis il est gracié en 1949. Il abandonne la politique et travaille pour le comité olympique finlandais et le comité international olympique jusqu'en 1967. Il est membre du conseil d'administration de la banque Kansallis-Osake-Pankki.

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 Procès pour responsabilité de guerre

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Premier ministre de Finlande
Gouverneur de la Banque de Finlande
Naissance en octobre 1894
Naissance à Hauho
Naissance dans le grand-duché de Finlande
Décès en mars 1982
Décès à 87 ans
Décès à Helsinki
Étudiant de l'université d'Helsinki
Personnalité du Parti progressiste national (Finlande)
Personnalité finlandaise de la Seconde Guerre mondiale

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Q: selenium eclipse seleniumWebDriverException learning selenium here is the code followed by error.
package com.selenium;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class WebDriverTest {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        WebDriver driver= new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.get("http://www.wikipedia.org/");
        driver.findElement(By.id("searchInput")).sendKeys("selenium software");
        driver.findElement(By.name("go")).click();
        driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".mw-search-results li:nth-of-type(1) a")).click();
    }

}

I get the error, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\Admin\workspace\Session (The system cannot find the file specified)
Build info: version: '2.39.0', revision: 'ff23eac', time: '2013-12-16 16:11:15'
System info: host: 'Compaq-02', ip: '192.168.1.118', os.name: 'Windows 8', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.2', java.version: '1.7.0_51'
Driver info: driver.version: FirefoxDriver
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile.onlyOverrideThisIfYouKnowWhatYouAreDoing(FirefoxProfile.java:131)
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile.<init>(FirefoxProfile.java:86)
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile.<init>(FirefoxProfile.java:79)
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile.<init>(FirefoxProfile.java:67)
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.getProfile(FirefoxDriver.java:266)
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.startClient(FirefoxDriver.java:243)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:110)
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:197)
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:190)
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:186)
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:99)
        at com.selenium.WebDriverTest.main(WebDriverTest.java:11)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\Admin\workspace\Session (The system cannot find the file specified)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.URLJarFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.URLJarFile.getJarFile(Unknown Source)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarFileFactory.get(Unknown Source)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
        at java.net.URL.openStream(Unknown Source)
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile.onlyOverrideThisIfYouKnowWhatYouAreDoing(FirefoxProfile.java:129)
        ... 11 more


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Erdogan says crash of lira 'political plot' against Turkey
President Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey is the victim of a 'political, underhand plot' (AFP Photo/ADEM ALTAN)
Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday slammed the crash of the lira amid a widening spat with the United States as a "political plot" and said his country would instead seek new markets and new allies.
"The aim of the operation is to make Turkey surrender in all areas from finance to politics. We are once again facing a political, underhand plot. With God's permission we will overcome this," Erdogan told his party members in the Black Sea city of Trabzon.
The embattled Turkish lira tumbled over 16 percent to new record lows against the dollar as strains with the United States intensified over a number of issues including the detention of a pastor as well as Washington's cooperation with Syrian Kurdish militia force in the fight against Islamic State.
"We can only say 'good-bye' to anyone who sacrifices its strategic partnership and a half century alliance with a country of 81 million for the sake of relations with terror groups," Erdogan said.
"You dare to sacrifice 81-million Turkey for a priest who is linked to terror groups?"
US President Donald Trump said Friday he had doubled steel and aluminium tariffs on Turkey, which pushed the Turkish lira to new historic lows against the dollar. The White House said the newly imposed sanctions would take effect from August 13.
Turkey remains at loggerheads with the United States in one of the worst spats between the two NATO allies in years over the detention for the last two years of American pastor Andrew Brunson and a host of other issues.
"We will give our answer, by shifting to new markets, new partnerships and new alliances, to the one who waged an economic war against the entire world and also included our country," Erdogan said.
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Candidates make final push in tight race for governor of Connecticut
By Marcus Solis
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (WABC) -- It is a tighter than expected race to become the 89th governor of Connecticut, as Democratic candidate Ned Lamont has seen his lead dwindle over Republican Bob Stefanowski.
The gubernatorial candidates are making their final push in a race most polls place in a statistical dead heat.
Stefanowski and Lamont agree that boosting the state's flagging economy is the biggest issue.
"I'm not going to raise the income tax, I'm going to hold that steady, continue to fund our schools and bring down property taxes," said Lamont.
He favors tolling out-of-state trucks traveling through Connecticut's highways. Stefanowski is a proponent of privatization. He wants to cut the corporate tax rate and phase out the state's income tax.
"Before we had an income tax in 1991, we were the fastest-growing state in the entire country," said Stefanowski. "So we've got to get that down, we've got to get this economy moving."
He is looking to win as a Republican despite the fact Connecticut is a decidedly blue state. Stefanowski has likened Lamont to current Governor Dannel Malloy, who has a dismal 21 percent approval rating.
Lamont has tried to hurt Stefanowski by playing up the Republican's endorsements from President Trump and the NRA. But again, experts say the issue is the economy.
"Both are businessmen, both have these new ideas to bring Connecticut forward," said Gayle Alberda of Fairfield University. "And as the election becomes more near that intensity will occur and it's not a surprise we're so close."
She says independent candidate Oz Greibel, who has garnered nearly 10 percent support, may pull some votes from the Republican ticket in what is ultimately a two-man race.
For the candidates, the key will be convincing the five percent of voters who say they remain undecided, and who will decide the race which is too close to call.
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The seven Our Father's, Hail Mary's and Glory Be's are a traditional prayer from the history of this region of the Croatian people. When Our Lady first appeared, it was suggested to the children from family members to pray, what is known as the 7-7-7. Our Lady then confirmed this as Her wish—and these then became the first prayers Our Lady requested of not only the visionaries, but the parish itself, to pray everyday. Once these prayers were firmly established in their daily prayer life, this prayer became known as the "Peace Rosary."


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Cereboost by Naturex and Maypro's VitaPQQ win NutrAwards
Kimberly Lord Stewart | Mar 21, 2010
This year's NutrAward recognized two products for their roles in cognitive health and cellular integrity. The ingredient Cereboost, by Naturex, received the prize for new, innovative and evidence-based health and nutrition ingredient. VitaPQQ received the award for best use of a novel ingredient in a finished product. This was a new NutrAward category for 2010.
Jacques Dikansky, President and C.E.O. of Naturex declared: "We are delighted to receive the NutrAward prize for new, innovative, evidence-based health and nutrition ingredient. This award underlines the remarkable potential of Cereboost™."
Naturex developed Cereboost™ for its activity on cognitive performance. It benefits from the first clinical study confirming the traditional use of American Ginseng for brain health. The subjects supplemented with Cereboost™ experienced significant improvement in the cognitive areas of working memory and alertness. This ingredient perfectly fits the desire of consumers to naturally maintain high cognitive performance at any age.
For the finished product category, VitaPQQ™, won for the ingredient PQQ from Maypro Industries. Manufactured using a unique patented process by MGC Inc. in Japan, the ingredient PQQ is marketed in North America by Maypro and is now backed by several clinical studies and by over 175 PubMed listed published studies.
"We are very proud that an ingredient that Maypro introduced into the U.S. market has been recognized by our industry peers" said Steve Yamada, the founder and president of Maypro. "This validates Maypro's strategic focus over the past 32 years on introducing truly innovative clinically proven ingredients developed in one market into other world markets."
Studies have demonstrated in animal models that PQQ can improve the number and function of the mitochondria and can protect mitochondria from damage. Similar compounds such as resveratrol which have been shown also in animal studies to have a similar mode of action as PQQ pertaining to mitochondrial biogenesis, have generated significant sales in the supplement industry and have become subject of research by major pharmaceutical companies.
Strategically positioned with the Nutracon conference, and celebrating its 12th year, the NutrAward celebrates innovative, evidence-based health and nutrition ingredient and technology products. 2010 finalists for Best New Ingredients included Scientific Food Solutions , TSI Health Sciences and Naturex. New this year was the addition of the NutrAward for Best New Finished Product using a functional ingredient. The 2010 finalists included Ganeden Biotech, EuroPharma® Inc. and Quality of Life Labs.
"Our Supply Network team was extremely pleased with the quality of all the NutrAward entries this year," said Len Monheit, Supply Network director with New Hope Natural Media. "This went hand in hand with the Nutracon conference and SupplyExpo tradeshow and education. The content was superb and provocative; the level of participation and interaction was extremely high. The conference environment generated new business development opportunities as attendees connected and engaged with some of the most innovative minds enabling them to better compete in emerging markets around the world."
For more on the companies and the products:
Naturex manufactures natural speciality ingredients for the Food & Beverage, Nutrition & Health and Personal Care industries. Headquartered in France, Naturex employs 900 staff and has 11 production units located in Europe (France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and England), the United States (New Jersey and California), Brazil, Australia and Morocco. In addition, the group has several sales offices worldwide. For more, please visit www.naturex.com.
The distribution of the ingredient PQQ in the US is being developed via channel-specific licenses with major pharmaceutical, multi-level marketing (MLM) and direct mail companies. For more, please visit www.maypro.com. For more on Nutracon, SupplyExpo and the NutrAward, please go to SupplyExpo.com.
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In time...six months; five years, perhaps...a change could easily begin to take place. He would become less and less satisfied with a kind of dumb, day-to- day shopwork. His creative intelligence, stifled by too much theory and too many grades in college, would now become reawakened by the boredom of the shop. Thousands of hours of frustrating mechanical problems would have made him more interested in machine design. He would like to design machinery himself. He'd think he could do a better job. He would try modifying a few engines, meet with success, look for more success, but feel blocked because he didn't have the theoretical information. He would discover that when before he felt stupid because of his lack of interest in theoretical information, he'd now find a brand of theoretical information which he'd have a lot of respect for, namely, mechanical engineering.
So he would come back to our degreeless and gradeless school, but with a difference. He'd no longer be a grade-motivated person. He'd be a knowledge-motivated person. He would need no external pushing to learn. His push would come from inside. He'd be a free man. He wouldn't need a lot of discipline to shape him up. In fact, if the instructors assigned him were slacking on the job he would be likely to shape them up by asking rude questions. He'd be there to learn something, would be paying to learn something and they'd better come up with it.
Motivation of this sort, once it catches hold, is a ferocious force, and in the gradeless, degreeless institution where our student would find himself, he wouldn't stop with rote engineering information. Physics and mathematics were going to come within his sphere of interest because he'd see he needed them. Metallurgy and electrical engineering would come up for attention. And, in the process of intellectual maturing that these abstract studies gave him, he would he likely to branch out into other theoretical areas that weren't directly related to machines but had become a part of a newer larger goal. This larger goal wouldn't be the imitation of education in Universities today, glossed over and concealed by grades and degrees that give the appearance of something happening when, in fact, almost nothing is going on. It would be the real thing.
Such was Phædrus' demonstrator, his unpopular argument, and he worked on it all quarter long, building it up and modifying it, arguing for it, defending it. All quarter long papers would go back to the students with comments but no grades, although the grades were entered in a book.
As I said before, at first almost everyone was sort of nonplussed. The majority probably figured they were stuck with some idealist who thought removal of grades would make them happier and thus work harder, when it was obvious that without grades everyone would just loaf. Many of the students with A records in previous quarters were contemptuous and angry at first, but because of their acquired self-discipline went ahead and did the work anyway. The B students and high-C students missed some of the early assignments or turned in sloppy work. Many of the low-C and D students didn't even show up for class. At this time another teacher asked him what he was going to do about this lack of response.
Then a hoped-for phenomenon began. During the third or fourth week some of the A students began to get nervous and started to turn in superb work and hang around after class with questions that fished for some indication as to how they were doing. The B and high-C students began to notice this and work a little and bring up the quality of their papers to a more usual level. The low C, D and future F's began to show up for class just to see what was going on.
After midquarter an even more hoped-for phenomenon took place. The A- rated students lost their nervousness and became active participants in everything that went on with a friendliness that was uncommon in a grade- getting class. At this point the B and C students were in a panic, and turned in stuff that looked as though they'd spent hours of painstaking work on it. The D's and F's turned in satisfactory assignments.
In the final weeks of the quarter, a time when normally everyone knows what his grade will be and just sits back half asleep, Phædrus was getting a kind of class participation that made other teachers take notice. The B's and C's had joined the A's in friendly free-for-all discussion that made the class seem like a successful party. Only the D's and F's sat frozen in their chairs, in a complete internal panic.
The phenomenon of relaxation and friendliness was explained later by a couple of students who told him, "A lot of us got together outside of class to try to figure out how to beat this system. Everyone decided the best way was just to figure you were going to fail and then go ahead and do what you could anyway. Then you start to relax. Otherwise you go out of your mind!"
The students added that once you got used to it it wasn't so bad, you were more interested in the subject matter, but repeated that it wasn't easy to get used to.
On the basis of one man, one vote, the system was very unpopular. The majority of students definitely wanted their grades as they went along. But when Phædrus broke down the returns according to the grades that were in his book...and the grades were not out of line with grades predicted by previous classes and entrance evaluations...another story was told. The A students were 2 to 1 in favor of the system. The B and C students were evenly divided. And the D's and F's were unanimously opposed!


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Home Periodicals, Books, and Pamphlets American Cinematographer, Volume 2 Number 25
American Cinematographer, Volume 2 Number 25
14 THE AMERlCAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
Certainly they are away ahead of any American pro-duction
in some things; just as they are away behind in
others. The photography of America and Europe is
not to be compared. We have all the best of it, unless
you exclude the bizarre effects of "Dr. Caligari." When
it comes to real momentousness of subject, such films
as "Passion," "Deception," and even "Theodora" outrun
us by far.
But how many films have we seen? A mere handful.
And probably modern themes of foreign origin wouldn't
have the least appeal to our audiences. There isn't the
least doubt, of course, that in this historic thrill "Pas-sian"
and "Deception" were two of the greatest films
shown during- the year. If we reckon quality alone
"Deception" was the better picture. But "Passion" had
stronger drama and action, and a bigger personality in
Pola Negri. Therefore, its popularity.
"Deception" was a remarkable study in history. That
its story was true to the facts might well be questioned.
But that it gave kings and queens a character that was
perfectly comprehensible to the public mind could not be
doubted. Its artistocracy was thoroughly human. The
same was true in a measure of "Passion," which as a
picture had more human interest in its story.
"Caligari" and "The Colem" were freaks for the
public, but of the greatest source of interest for the artist
and the film-maker. They were remarkable in their way,
although esthetically defective. "The Colem" was a
more even piece of work than· "Caligari" but not as
potential. "Theodora" had one thing to recommend it,
its settings. For the rest we could have backed them off
the map.
The bugaboo of the foreign films is more or less just
plain bugaboo. What comes over here that's worth
while will be stimulating. But the leadership will rest
with Hollywood again sooner or later.
The 'Title Nuisance
So much confusion has arisen among the studios, newspapers,
magazines, theaters, exchanges and in the motion picture world
generally by the idiotic custom of filming a story under one title
and releasing it under another that the new plan of fixing the
title before production begins has met with the most enthusiastic
commendation.
All the confusion about titles of new productions grew out of
the old idea that pictures had to be retitled when they got to New
York, the reason given being that the producers weren't smart
enough to title their own productions, but must depend on, the
superior New York brains to nail sensational "selling" titles upon
Now that the "selling" title has almost wished censorship on
the film industry there will probably be a return to reason and
the "working" and "selling" titles will give way to a fixed title
'tunder which the picture will be released.
The idea now is to agree upon the title by exchange of views
and once fixed to release the picture under that title.
The rainstorm around Los Angeles just before Christmas
caught Director Phil Rosen, A. S. C, and his Wallace Reid com-pany
out in the desert near Barstow and marooned them for two
days. Mr. Reid's current production is "Across the Continent"
and the company was getting road race scenes when the rains
came.
The U1trastigmat F; 1.9 ~
A perfect lens for high speed
40 mym focal length $ 75.00
50 mym focal length 75.00
75 mzm focal length _. 100.00
In barrel with iris diaphragm
Gundlach - Manhattan Optical Co.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Back to the Moyies
Crying "The play's the thing!" the Motion Picture Directors'
Association urges exhibitors to curtail prologues, vaudeville acts,
and expensive orchestras as "extravagant and unnecessary phases
of motion picture presentation."
The association comprises 135 of the best known directors in
the profession. Its action in the matter takes the form of a letter
to film trade journals signed by William D. Taylor, director-presi-dent.
"Today, in many instances, the theatrical entertainment over-shadows
the featured photodrama of the program," declared Mr.
Taylor, speaking for the motion picture directors. "This condition
is a serious menace to any further advances in motion picture pro-duction.
"In the opuuon of this association, whose members are dedi-cating
their lives to the betterment of motion pictures, the over-elaborate
prologue is a useless adjunct to the feature picture,
often even destroying dramatic effect and turning the climax to
anti-climax: the place for vaudeville is in the vaudeville house, and
the greater portion of the picture-going public prefers its motion
picture comedy and drama 'straight'; and while the musical ac-companiment
is an invaluable part of picture presentation and is
working wonders in further musical culture in this country, ex-pensive
orchestras are unnecessary and often in poor taste."
Write it 1922 and resolve that it shall be the most successful
in your life.
AN-AK-RON-ISMS
Cleopatra had just permitted the asp to bite her.
"They may fake this in the movies sometimes," she said wist-fully
to Charmian, "but they will never get anybody to do the
real thing. Too bad one of those A. S. C. boys couldn't have
been here with a camera."
Jonah had just been swallowed by the whale.
"Can't say I'm crazy about this," he remarked aloud as he
rolled around in the Stygian gloom of the big fish's inwards, "but
this sure would make a peach of a darkroom for a cameraman
shooting marine stuff."
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Title American Cinematographer, Volume 2 Number 25
Description Volume 2 Number 25, January 15, 1922 pages 1-20.
Subject Topical Cinematography--United States--Periodicals; American Society fo Cinematographers, Inc.--Periodicals.
Catalog Record http://catalog.oscars.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=25713
Publisher American Society of Cinematographers, Inc.
Date January 15 1922
Full text 14 THE AMERlCAN CINEMATOGRAPHER Certainly they are away ahead of any American pro-duction in some things; just as they are away behind in others. The photography of America and Europe is not to be compared. We have all the best of it, unless you exclude the bizarre effects of "Dr. Caligari." When it comes to real momentousness of subject, such films as "Passion" "Deception" and even "Theodora" outrun us by far. But how many films have we seen? A mere handful. And probably modern themes of foreign origin wouldn't have the least appeal to our audiences. There isn't the least doubt, of course, that in this historic thrill "Pas-sian" and "Deception" were two of the greatest films shown during- the year. If we reckon quality alone "Deception" was the better picture. But "Passion" had stronger drama and action, and a bigger personality in Pola Negri. Therefore, its popularity. "Deception" was a remarkable study in history. That its story was true to the facts might well be questioned. But that it gave kings and queens a character that was perfectly comprehensible to the public mind could not be doubted. Its artistocracy was thoroughly human. The same was true in a measure of "Passion" which as a picture had more human interest in its story. "Caligari" and "The Colem" were freaks for the public, but of the greatest source of interest for the artist and the film-maker. They were remarkable in their way, although esthetically defective. "The Colem" was a more even piece of work than· "Caligari" but not as potential. "Theodora" had one thing to recommend it, its settings. For the rest we could have backed them off the map. The bugaboo of the foreign films is more or less just plain bugaboo. What comes over here that's worth while will be stimulating. But the leadership will rest with Hollywood again sooner or later. The 'Title Nuisance So much confusion has arisen among the studios, newspapers, magazines, theaters, exchanges and in the motion picture world generally by the idiotic custom of filming a story under one title and releasing it under another that the new plan of fixing the title before production begins has met with the most enthusiastic commendation. All the confusion about titles of new productions grew out of the old idea that pictures had to be retitled when they got to New York, the reason given being that the producers weren't smart enough to title their own productions, but must depend on, the superior New York brains to nail sensational "selling" titles upon them. Now that the "selling" title has almost wished censorship on the film industry there will probably be a return to reason and the "working" and "selling" titles will give way to a fixed title 'tunder which the picture will be released. The idea now is to agree upon the title by exchange of views and once fixed to release the picture under that title. The rainstorm around Los Angeles just before Christmas caught Director Phil Rosen, A. S. C, and his Wallace Reid com-pany out in the desert near Barstow and marooned them for two days. Mr. Reid's current production is "Across the Continent" and the company was getting road race scenes when the rains came. January 15, 1922 The U1trastigmat F; 1.9 ~ A perfect lens for high speed photography. PRICES 40 mym focal length $ 75.00 50 mym focal length 75.00 75 mzm focal length _. 100.00 In barrel with iris diaphragm Gundlach - Manhattan Optical Co. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Back to the Moyies Crying "The play's the thing!" the Motion Picture Directors' Association urges exhibitors to curtail prologues, vaudeville acts, and expensive orchestras as "extravagant and unnecessary phases of motion picture presentation." The association comprises 135 of the best known directors in the profession. Its action in the matter takes the form of a letter to film trade journals signed by William D. Taylor, director-presi-dent. "Today, in many instances, the theatrical entertainment over-shadows the featured photodrama of the program" declared Mr. Taylor, speaking for the motion picture directors. "This condition is a serious menace to any further advances in motion picture pro-duction. "In the opuuon of this association, whose members are dedi-cating their lives to the betterment of motion pictures, the over-elaborate prologue is a useless adjunct to the feature picture, often even destroying dramatic effect and turning the climax to anti-climax: the place for vaudeville is in the vaudeville house, and the greater portion of the picture-going public prefers its motion picture comedy and drama 'straight'; and while the musical ac-companiment is an invaluable part of picture presentation and is working wonders in further musical culture in this country, ex-pensive orchestras are unnecessary and often in poor taste." - Write it 1922 and resolve that it shall be the most successful in your life. AN-AK-RON-ISMS Cleopatra had just permitted the asp to bite her. "They may fake this in the movies sometimes" she said wist-fully to Charmian, "but they will never get anybody to do the real thing. Too bad one of those A. S. C. boys couldn't have been here with a camera." Jonah had just been swallowed by the whale. "Can't say I'm crazy about this" he remarked aloud as he rolled around in the Stygian gloom of the big fish's inwards, "but this sure would make a peach of a darkroom for a cameraman shooting marine stuff." LITTLE COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER Still Finishing 5874 Hollywood aoutevarc Phone 597-602