Digital. It's infiltrated our everyday lives, so much so that it's almost become the air we breathe.
From Netflix, to Deliveroo, to Uber, to Airbnb and Tinder. From our phones, to connected fridges and thermostats, to drone deliveries, self-driving cars and AI assistants. The list goes on. We have witnessed more change in the last ten years than there has been in the last one hundred and it only looks like it's accelerating.
Perhaps, it even leads us to question how our very humanity is being affected or even eroded? How many real relationships are being missed out on because there's always more Tinder options to swipe right on? How many of our friends are just digital ghosts on Facebook? Or actually, is it humanity's best ever invention – allowing us to monitor our health, Skype bringing families across the world closer and apps like Headspace enabling us to be our best selves.
If you work in advertising or digital, or even if you run your own business, we can all get caught up in producing more of what's in the existing ecosystem of comms or at the other end of the spectrum, jumping on whatever is shiny and new.
When we step back from it all and consider our own experiences – the brands we buy and align ourselves to, it's likely that each one will have different emotional and/or rational reasons for us to want that association. Each and every one of us is unique and unpredictable.
The reason why the likes of Airbnb, Netflix and Uber have managed to disrupt whole industries is through redefining human experiences – questioning what we had all accepted as the norm for so many years. Whilst you may not be looking to launch the next Uber, every brand and business has the opportunity to innovate, not only within the business itself, but to make an impact on how we all live our lives.
So how do we design for humans?
Storytelling isn't just for writing that tear-jerker of a TVC or piece of branded content. It's one of the most powerful tools we can use to map out how real people will be going about their lives and how your brand can play a part. 'Personas' and 'user journeys' have become part and parcel of the discovery phase and we've been conducting surveys and focus groups for decades, but let's consider more than this. If you generate personas based on observing real people in their own environments and create stories based on their genuine human experiences, you'll find true insight, be able to look beyond averages and realise that normal is no one.
Pixels can have real-world consequences. People don't only live in the digital or physical, they're often floating seamlessly between the two. Omnichannel has become a massive buzzword over the last few years, but what's happening beyond this? What if your Airbnb host lets you down, your Tinder date is a nightmare or your Uber driver takes you on a joyride? People's experiences with brands are woven into the DNA of their overall lives, so consider all the moments in between the obvious. It means that you can help people when things don't go to plan and retain them as brand advocates moving forwards.
My favourite brands are the ones coming up with solutions that simplify life. I love not having to top up my Oyster card, I now just use contactless. I love not having to wait days for an Amazon order, Prime means I get it the same or next day. I love not having to print out my Virgin Atlantic boarding pass, it's all on the app.
Beyond micro-innovations for micro-moments, businesses can also innovate more drastically by introducing whole new offerings that enrich people's lives. The launch of Airbnb Experiences for example, provides people with a new way to see the world – through locals as guides.
It's a two-way thing. Just like any relationship, brands and consumers are both looking for value in return for what they're investing. So, if you're looking for advocacy, think beyond generating more spam and add value with a product/service that's the best out there and content that people actually want to engage in.
Gimlet has provided a valuable way to do this via their branded content offering – Ebay, Microsoft and Virgin Atlantic are some of the first to produce branded podcasts with the publisher. These ongoing shows provide a way for brands to build audiences, add value, and get genuine feedback on what's of interest.
Real people are interacting (or not interacting!) with what you've put in front of them. It's not just visual design trends and technology that are changing ongoing but the wants and needs of people changes all the time too. Whilst big data via AB testing is great for stats and can help aid conversion, micro data from an individual can provide valuable insight and allow you to personalise experiences for each person.
Spotify are possibly the best brand to harness data in terms of being beneficial to the people consuming the service. With playlists like Daily Mixes, Discover Weekly and Your Year in Music, people are getting bespoke, relevant content that they actively want to engage in. It also means that Spotify have unprecedented access to, and perhaps control of, where music tastes are headed.
Things have been and will continue to change all the time, so much has been said over recent years about digital vs traditional, big ideas vs innovation, creative vs technology. It's only now we have the opportunity to bring it all together. It's not only about having data or knowledgeable instore staff or standout advertising, but actually how the right combination of these elements can create the ultimate experience for real people.
From a personal perspective, as advances in technology drive us towards automation, we'd do well to remember what it is that makes us human. Perhaps get in touch with that Facebook friend you haven't seen in ages, resist that Deliveroo urge and get your hands dirty in the kitchen or maybe even smile at a stranger, you never know.


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The Best Ice Cream in Washington DC: 8 Local Favorites
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Tanya White
Ice Cream is quickly becoming the "go to" treat in the District, and for good reason! It is the ultimate All-American dessert and there is nothing like a sticky cone or scoop to cool you down on a hot, humid day. This list has you covered for the best ice cream in Washington DC.
SEE ALSO: 20 BEST DESSERTS IN NEW YORK CITY
8. Ice Cream Jubilee
We love a shop with a good story and Ice cream Jubilee is exactly that. The founder, Victoria Lai, would use her spare time on weekends to invent ice cream flavor combinations in her apartment while she was working at the Department of Homeland Security. After following her true passion of creating ice cream, Ice Cream Jubilee was born and now has three locations in DC and several pop up shops in surrounding areas. Come here for fun and different flavors and great dairy free options. Be sure to get the Snickers Snickerdoodle and Cookies and Cookie Dough ice cream. On a whim before leaving, we tried the dairy free Passionfruit Guava Sorbet and oh man were we bummed we didn't try it first! So fresh and delicious. We love a good thin and crispy waffle cone, and here you can get it in regular, chocolate or a mixed batter. Of course, we had to try the mix, and watched it be made fresh right in front of us. It was amazing!
Ice Cream Jubilee
$$$$ Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
301 Water St SE #105, Washington, DC 20003 • 202-863-0727
7. Goodies Frozen Custard and Treats
Does custard count as ice cream? We say YES! The custard from Goodies is so amazing we couldn't leave it off our list of best ice cream in Washington DC! Goodies is extremely Instagram-able with its 60's themed food truck that travels all around the District, they also have a location in the basement of the USDA building right on the National Mall. Yes, you have to go through security to get in, but it's worth it! We hit the jackpot ordering the Big Apple Donutwich. It's a cinnamon sugar topped apple cider donut (a DC/Virginia favorite!) stuffed with their vanilla-bean custard, drizzled with salted caramel! Need we say more? This custard is thick and decadent, but balanced out perfectly with the salty taste from the caramel! It might be the oldies music playing from the truck, but something about this treat just feels old fashioned and special. Grab a friend when you head to Goodies because the donutwich is definitely big enough to share!
Goodies Frozen Custard & Treats
$$$$ Desserts, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Food Trucks
1400 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20250 • 202-630-6455
6. Bon Matcha
Bon Matcha is a trendy little window counter downtown with a small menu of soft serve matcha ice cream as well as lattes and other specialty matcha drinks. Matcha is a form of green tea from Japan that has a sweet but earthy flavor. The taste is very unique and different and that's what we liked about it! Be sure to get the ice cream swirled with their seasonal Sakura (cherry blossom) soft serve. It evens out the tea flavor with something fruity and a bit lighter. If you're looking for ice cream that is different or out of the box, this is a perfect authentic treat. It doesn't get much more DC than Japanese cherry blossom ice cream!
Bôn Matcha
$$$$ Coffee & Tea, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
1928 I St NW, Washington, DC 20001
SEE ALSO: 10 BEST ICE CREAM SHOPS IN DENVER
5. Presidential Scoops
When you're in the more touristy part of town, don't settle for the mediocre soft serve from a nameless food truck. Presidential Scoops is brand new and right off the National Mall and near the White House and easily some of the best ice cream in Washington DC. Everything in this cute shop with the pun-y slogan, Making America Sweet Again, screams DC, with ice cream flavors like "JFK's America's Birthday Cake" and "Obama's Strawberry Jubilee." Presidential Scoops uses Bassets Ice Cream, a mom and pop shop started in 1861 in Philadelphia that you can only find in a few select states. Bassets was a favorite of many past Presidents, so it makes the shop even more authentic with the Presidential theme. Our favorite flavors were Reagan's Raspberry Truffle, and Lincoln's Decadent Salted Caramel Pretzel. Top it off with some red, white and blue sprinkles and you've got yourself a true Presidential treat.
Presidential Scoops
1450 G St NW, Washington, DC 20005 • 202-450-5167
4. Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream
Plan to find a line out the door, but the smell of freshly made waffle cones will hold you over as you wait for this extremely popular U Street spot. Even though Jeni's isn't native to DC, it could pass as a local shop. With the friendly service and unique homemade ice cream flavors, it had to be on our list of best ice cream in Washington DC. Don't let the flavor combinations at Jeni's scare you off. Goat Cheese and Red Cherries sounds funky, but is a surprisingly amazing combination! If you are a two scoop kind of person, our favorite picks were Wildberry Lavender and Brown Butter Almond Brittle on a waffle cone. The Wildberry Lavender was by far the fan favorite, it was bursting with tart berry flavor and has the most subtle hint of lavender, while still being a creamy a true ice cream. We highly recommend.
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
1925 14th St NW b, Washington, DC 20009 • 202-621-8625
3. Pitango Gelato
There are a few cute gelato places in the District, but none are as authentic or delicious as Pitango, so we had to include it on our list of the best ice cream in Washington DC. Pitango's fresh everyday gelato made from ingredients imported from Italy is what sets them apart and you can taste the difference! We were lucky enough to come in as a fresh batch of Hazelnut Gelato was being brought out, and the sample taste we had was actually life-changing. After many more tastes and an embarrassing amount of time deliberating, we settled on the Local Raspberry. I can't express to you how much flavor is in this gelato. It was so tart and refreshing, perfect for a Spring day. The Hazelnut, Dark Chocolate, and Bacio were also top contenders! There are tons of great dairy-free options here too (surprisingly including the dark chocolate!).
Pitango Gelato Penn Quarter
$$$$ Coffee & Tea, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Gelato
413 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20004 • 202-885-9607
2.Captain Cookie and the Milk Man
This Food Truck is 100% worth stopping at. Homemade cookies and amazing fresh ice cream? Count us in. There are multiple trucks throughout the city and you can check daily locations on their website. The ice cream at Captain Cookie is from Trickling Springs Creamery and is why it lands as #2 on our best ice cream in Washington DC list. This is some of the most rich and delicious ice cream you will ever have. Their butter pecan ice cream is one of the most popular flavors and our favorite. Sandwich it between a funfetti sugar cookie and double chocolate cookie… starting to drool thinking about it. The cookies are phenomenal and send this ice cream truck over the top.
Captain Cookie & the Milk Man
$$$$ Desserts, Food Stands
2000 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006 • 202-795-9184
1.Thomas Sweet
Thomas Sweet has something for everyone and is easily #1 on our list for the best ice cream in Washington DC. The menu in this old time, mom and pop feeling shop, is huge! It has blend-in options, endless toppings (Kit-Kats, Oreos, cookie dough, gummy bears you name it!) and even homemade fudge. This is the place to get your decadent, over the top ice dessert. Our favorite? The chocolate fudge brownie ice cream, stacked on a scoop of Oreo, inside a sprinkle dipped cone with Kit-Kats on top. Thomas Sweet is located in Georgetown, which has some of the best restaurants and shopping in the city, so be sure to put it at the top of your list!
Thomas Sweet
3214 P St NW, Washington, DC 20007 • 202-337-0616
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1400 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20250
1450 G St NW, Washington, DC 20005
1925 14th St NW b, Washington, DC 20009
413 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20004
3214 P St NW, Washington, DC 20007
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Trump calls Pelosi a 'nasty, vindictive, horrible person'
By Matthew Choi
Politico• June 7, 2019
President Donald Trump on Thursday called Nancy Pelosi a "nasty, vindictive, horrible person" in response to the House speaker telling lawmakers she wanted Trump to go to prison.
"I think she's a disgrace. I don't think she's a talented person," Trump said of Pelosi. "I've tried to be nice to her because I would have liked to have gotten some deals done. She's incapable of doing deals. She's a nasty, vindictive, horrible person."
POLITICO reported Wednesday that Pelosi said she wanted Trump to go to prison while pushing back on Democratic efforts to impeach the president, saying that she wants him defeated in 2020 and later charged for crimes.
Pelosi has frustrated some in her party for rebuffing calls for the president's impeachment following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report. Pelosi's allies have said impeachment would go nowhere with a Republican-controlled Senate.
"I don't want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison," Pelosi said, while Trump was in Europe.
Pelosi's comments were made behind closed doors and revealed to POLITICO by people familiar with the meeting.
Trump laid into Pelosi during an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham broadcast Thursday evening. He made the comments in France, again eschewing the tradition of leaving partisan politics on American shores. Trump himself expressed anger that Pelosi made her remarks while he was abroad.
Trump repeated a recently minted nickname for Pelosi — Nervous Nancy — and said she should divert her attention away from the president's alleged misdeeds to her home district in San Francisco, which he said has "drugs and needles all over the place."
"It's the most disgusting thing what she's allowed to happen to her district," he said.
Pelosi declined to comment through a spokesman, citing her travel abroad marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Pelosi has a policy of not criticizing the president while overseas.
Trump also went after Joe Biden, who is running for the 2020 Democratic nomination, saying he "just doesn't get it" on economic relations with China. During a Tuesday town hall, Biden characterized the economic threat posed by China as less severe than Trump's trade war would suggest. Trump in turn said Chinese President Xi Jinping would love to have Biden as the Democratic nominee.
Despite his ire toward his adversaries back home, Trump was conciliatory toward one critic abroad: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The German leader has been a vocal advocate of the liberal world order and multilateral cooperation — a stark contrast to the America-first message of Trump.
Speaking at Harvard's commencement ceremony last month, Merkel criticized Trump's world view (though not naming Trump himself), urging the audience to "tear down the walls of ignorance and narrow mindedness."
Trump said Merkel "has to say what she has to say" and even conceded that "I like her a lot."
"A lot of people think we don't have a good relationship," Trump said of himself and Merkel. "We do. She even smiles!"
Merkel, Trump and several other world leaders including British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron gathered this week in France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing.
When asked what he prayed for when he prayed for the country, Trump responded: "Peace."
Heather Caygle contributed to this report.


Brook, Anne Christine (2009) God, Grief and Community:Commemoration of the Great War in Huddersfield, c. 1914-1929. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.
This thesis is concerned with the borough of Huddersfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, during and after the First World War. It examines the creation of war memorials at all levels, from the borough-wide official scheme, through those relating to smaller geographical areas within it, and down to individual voluntary associations. The source material underpinning the study is not primarily derived from the surviving memorials themselves, but on the contemporary evidence of minutes, newspaper reports, and orders of service. Chronologically, the story is taken from August 1914 to October 1929, when the Imperial War Graves Commission erected a Cross of Sacrifice in the town's main cemetery. However, as it emerged that an integral part of the story of the borough memorial scheme was the continuing legacy of the creation of the Boer War memorial, in 1905, a chapter is also devoted to that link. The study demonstrates how post-war activity grew out of the wartime creation of rolls of honour, which were used during the war as dynamic working documents for supporting absent servicemen, as well as for remembering the increasing numbers of war dead. That dual concern for the living and the dead continued into the postwar phase of remembrance. The rolls also played an important role in defining the boundaries of "our servicemen" and "our dead" for each community. Comment is made on the use of public and private space for memorials, and on the shifting position of the parish church and churchyard within perceptions of public space. Memorial inscriptions, and the content of dedication ceremomes, predominantly expressed the grief of the communities involved, with the more simplistic expressions of patriotism playing a much more subordinate role. Words and music conveyed spiritual comfort, through both traditional means and a new emphasis on a continuing fellowship with those beyond the grave.


Believe it or not, Jesus wasn't actually born in a manger (a food trough for animals). But after Jesus was delivered, his mother did lay Him in a manger after wrapping Him in swaddling cloths.
So why was Jesus laid in an animal feed trough in the first place?
Thousands of years ago, God the Father promised His Son's birth soon after Adam and Eve's sin in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:15). Because sin now created a rift in mankind's relationship with God, we needed a Savior who would sacrifice Himself as payment for the sins of those who believe in Him. To that end, God put a plan in motion that would result in the birth, ministry, death, and resurrection of the only Being capable of becoming the perfect sacrifice God's justice and holiness required.
When Jesus's mother, Mary, was pregnant, she was forced to travel to the town of Bethlehem with her husband, Joseph, so their family could be counted in a census of the entire Roman territory (Luke 2:1–5). This fulfilled the prophecy saying the Messiah would be born in that city: "But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days" (Micah 5:2).
Some time after they arrived, Mary gave birth to Jesus. The Bible tells us that the reason Mary laid Jesus in the manger was because "there was no place for them in the inn" (Luke 2:7). There is more than one meaning for the Greek word for "inn" (kataluma)—it can refer to a hotel-like residence, but it can also be translated as "lodging-place." This has caused some controversy as to whether or not Jesus was actually born in a house with an area serving as a nighttime shelter, or a stable as many suppose (taken from the fact that Jesus was laid in a manger). Many houses in that day had a wooden or stone feeding trough for the animals that were brought in against the cold night. If Jesus was born in a house, it is likely that Mary and Joseph were relegated to the lower floor due to the overcrowding in the upper-level guest rooms.
Regardless of the exact location of Jesus' birth, Jesus' first bed was an indicator of His nature and purpose. Rather than coming to earth amidst fanfare and in plush surroundings, the King of Creation and God's own Son was born among animals, with his very first visitors being lowly shepherds from the fields. This humble king would grow up to one day sacrifice His life on a cross for sinners, rise again, and then return to His Father's side in power and glory.


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Hi OP. I wouldn't worry about camming the LQ4 yet if I was you, but would focus on getting the engine in first. Love the LS motors, and look forward to following your project. Hope you can get the motor to fit while retaining the steering box and linkages.
From my experience with LS motors, the shortest accessory system is from a Corvette, while the lowest / cheapest intake is from Camaros should you have any space issues. Hotrodders are also now using Delco Remy R4 A/C pancake compressors mounted in front of the passenger side head of to solve chassis rail clearance issues.
I don't remember exactly now, but I think GTOs came with a front sump oil pan.
The accessories / setup you need may be very similar to what's needed to put that motor in a Nissan 240SX, so do some research on that combo for some ideas and off the shelf adapters.
What axle ratio does your car have now?
Thanks for following my build and commenting.
The W114 chassis actually held a MB 6.3 ltr overhead cam V-8. Getting a compact LS style engine installed can be done. But actual placement is going to be decided based on cost and front to back weight.
The LQ4 engine with the 4L80 trans measures around 58 3/4" long from crank pulley to driveshaft face. This is about 4" longer than the engine and trans I just pulled out. The extra length is in the transmission. Since the driveshaft need to be modified anyway, shortening it is not really an extra cost. And having the engine as far back as possible is better for weight balancing. I think this also helps with getting my exhaust to fit between the firewall and the steering box.
I have found a front sump pan with remote filter that I will need. The GTO pan still has a portion on the pan and the filter which could interfere with the steering rack.
Although the LQ4 intake is hideous it still performs well, I'm going to try and keep it and the stock front assembly if I can. Quick measurements show that the LQ4 will be about 2" taller than the stock engine if I keep the crank centerline the same. I need to check hood clearance and how to shave a little off of the LQ4 intake. Now that everything is out I can measure a little more. Since I have one in my Jeep I can measure the real thing.
The LQ4 front assembly is narrow and tall, the width works but the alternator is high and the possible conflict.
GM performance sells the whole front assemblies for both the corvette style and the camaro style for about $900. Quick measurements show I have about 1" to spare with the LQ4 front drive with my radiator.
Concerning the cam/springs/pushrods kit. One way or another this engine will be going in. I will be trying to fit the engine and welding in motor mounts and I estimate the engine will go in and out at least 4 times before finally bolting it in. As I expect to get stuck waiting for parts to proceed I will have the cam kit on hand to install during the down time.
"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria."
Is it possible to remove that upper radiator support? That would make your work ahead a lot (ok, maybe a little) simpler. I think one of those guys from downunder did so by drilling out the spot welds, and inserting "nutserts" after.
I looked at taking it out and it looked like it would take some effort. I went ahead with pulling the engine/trans and didn't have an issue so I didn't mess with it. I felt like I had plenty of room so there shouldn't be an issue with the LQ4 and trans either.
Today I pulled the rest of he items out of the engine bay. And I mean everything.
As I will be changing/upgrading the wiring, A/C-heat, gear selector, and possibly the brake booster and master cylinder there was no reason to keep anything intact. Since I don't want to pull the center console out yet I just used a saws all and cut the heater core connections flush.
A little more rust than I originally thought. I believe the firewall insulation was trapping water. Going to take a few more patches.
After stripping everything off it was time to start cleaning the years of rot, rust, debris, and grease. To keep from making a complete mess of the garage and driveway I put cardboard down and used engine cleaner sparingly. Went through a whole bunch of rags this way but it worked out. Used a wire brush in my angle grinder to clean off the balance oth firewall insulation and adhesive. Big mess.
But after a couple hours and a good hosing I now have a clean new canvas to start building from.
Did you have a look at a dry sump pan to gain clearance? Is the oil pump driven off the crank nose?
If so, I'd keep the stock pump, use a single stage scavenge pump and make a tank that fits under the engine.
With a tank under the engine you might even get away without a scavenge pump.
Now that I have everything clean I can start sketching up a plan. There is a good bit of area clear ahead of the crossmember for a front sump pan, like the one on the engine that came out.
In a perfect world the plan is to have the center of the crank at the same level as the stock engine was with the back side of the heads about 1" forward of the firewall at that height. That would shift the most weight to the rear and keep the drivetrain low and linear.
Anything beyond that will be a compromise between the goal and cost/time.
Spent some time yesterday looking, measuring, and comparing this engine bay with the Vortec in my Jeep.
Front to back I have a good 2" to play with using the LQ4 front drive accessories. Options to use Covette or Camaro accessories can give 2" to 1" more if needed.
If I keep the crankshaft height centerline the same as before I will have just about 1" hood clearance if I remove the stock Vortec engine cover and install the one like I purchased from Novak for my jeep.
The LQ4 front drive assembly is narrow and tall. Without modification to the frame rails I will have about 1/2" clearance between on both sides, except for the power steering tank. Options are to make a small recess pocket in the frame rail, about 1" deep, or use a pump with a remote tank.
The crossmember has a slight radius forward and a radius downward in the middle under the engine. These two areas will have to be modified to accept the front sump pan, but not severely enough to warrant trying to fab in another crossmember. Looks like the motor mounts can be fabricated to mount in the stock location. I purchased this front sump pan yesterday, also has AN fittings to relocate the oil filter as it would also be in the way of the steering.
Not sure about the transmission tunnel yet, still need to make some more measurements. The stock automatic transmission looks to be marginally smaller than the 4L80.
The big conflict is the steering and electronic gas pedal.
Besides the mini-fridge sized steering unit, the output location of the steering column is right at the same height as the exhaust ports on the head. There is almost no way to route the exhaust. Also, the Mercedes steering column support/transmission linkage shaft is right in the way of every available electronic gas pedal option.
I'm researching now installing a Flaming River steering column and rear steer rack and pinion. Besides giving me some options on placement it also will be a major improvement to the steering in general and a lot less weight.
I've done a little searching and have not read that this has been done before. Any comments?
As I had in my mind that I would have to spring for a new intake manifold, fuel rails, injectors, and front drive assembly, now that it looks like those can stay and my only big expense might be the steering.
The 96+ E class W210 has rack and pinion steering, I think that was the first MB to have RP ( I'm not counting Smart cars or "never made it to the USA". ) See pic of 190 with a W210 rack, pic was from LS1TECH web site.
Most ( all ? ) front drive cars are RP so you have a wide range of non MB to choose from as well. Getting the proper end to end length and inner tie rod height and F/R location will take some work to reduce bump steer.
For some reason , MB used a remote mount gas pedal pot driven by a cable on 97 and up drive by wire cars rather than a pedal mounted pot. You might be able to fab the new pot to the old linkage using a similar arrangement.
Looking at the picture, from what I can see of your original setup, it looks like the drag link is behind the subframe. Which means getting a RP assembly short enough to mount up right behind the subframe, and one that is a "Standard mount" as opposed to a "Front mount" RP assembly. You'd likely wind up with a setup not unlike what Subarus have, which might mean that would be a rack to consider.
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Flaming River has a rear steer rack and pinion that looks like it was made for this car.
The body of the rack is 19.5", which coincidently is the same dimension as the distance between the ends of the existing tie rod links. The overall length of the rack is 45" the overall distance from tie rod end to tie rod end on my car is 47 1/2". By the time you add the actual tie rod ends to the Faming River rack it should be right there.
So with a little work to the crossmember to make a place to bolt the R & P I should be able to exactly match the existing geometry.
There are programs to calculate steering and front suspension locations. The problem can be getting an accurate measurements of the existing car. Have a look at some oval track racing sites.
Rack inner tie rod end center to center is important, matching body length to existing tie rod center won't work.
Ackerman is "toe out on turns" ( outside wheel needs a larger turning radius than the inner wheel ) and is only affected by the angle of the steering arms at the spindles, it won't change by changing the rack.
Correct me if I am wrong here (I love learning) but if you replace the drag link & tie rods with a RP assembly, aren't you changing the pivot point - therefore potentially changing the Ackerman geometry? Unless the steering angles don't change at all from original, of the tie rods and ends, there's the potential for the geometry to be affected.
In SL's statement is contained the basic Ackerman geometry, as a function of the wheelbase, i.e., if the projected steering arms converge at the rear axle, there is said to be "100% Ackerman".
Tom's question addresses the amount of toe change with steering angle. In the original MB configuration the drag link experiences a small amount of fore & aft movement as it moves from side to side, and a rack moves only linearly, without the fore & aft displacement. If the length of the tie rods is the same in both configurations, there will be slightly greater toe change with the drag link configuration at large steering angles.
Thanks guys for your in depth comments about steering geometry.
Maybe I'm missing something. Please explain. The readily available rear steer rack and pinion's body is 19 1/2" long.
So it is within ability to mount the R&P in exactly the same location as the ends of the tie rods ends.
So what am I missing that I should review and calculate?
FYI, the shipping weight on the Flaming River R&P I'd like 23lbs, just the old steering box weighs 35lbs. This doesn't include all the bracketry associated.


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Q: Android GoogleSignIn: Multiple accounts at the same time + deferred sign-in upon failure I'm coding an app which makes use of Firebase Authentication to authenticate with my backend server.
I'm offering Google Sign-In and Email/Password based authentication. Email/Password is trivial.
This is my flow for using Google Sign-In:
1) I create a mGoogleApiClient= new GoogleApiClient with .addApi(Auth.GOOGLE_SIGN_IN_API, gso), where gso= GoogleSignInOptions with .requestIdToken(...)) and .requestEmail()
2) I call startActivityForResult(signInIntent, RC_GOOGLE_SIGN_IN); where signInIntent= Auth.GoogleSignInApi.getSignInIntent(mGoogleApiClient)
3) In the onActivityResult I get the result= Auth.GoogleSignInApi.getSignInResultFromIntent(data); and from there GoogleSignInAccountaccount=result.getSignInAccount() with which I finally log into Firebase by calling mFirebaseAuth.signInWithCredential(GoogleAuthProvider.getCredential(account.getIdToken(), null))
4) Then I "generate"/retrieve a Firebase JWT via fbUser.getToken(false) which I then send to the backend server to create/authenticate the user over there.
The 4 steps work. I am able to sign the app into Firebase and into my backend server.
This is fine if I want to use only one account at a time. Actually, that is what I want to do, but my problem is the following:
I want to, just like Gmail or Inbox does, offer a list of accounts which have been signed in at least once via the 4 steps mentioned above.
When the user clicks on an account, then I want do so something which is a bit different than those 4 steps. I want to do something like a silent sign in, since we already know which account should get signed into. I don't want the Google Sign-In Account Selection Dialog to appear where I have to choose that address again. Worst case scenario the User initially taps the Account-1@gmail.com with the intention to sign into Account-1@gmail.com, but in the Chooser he then selects Account-2@gmail.com, which would be a bit tricky and annoying.
One "solution" to this is not to offer a list of known accounts, but just a "Sign-In with Google"-Button, which lets the Google Play Services present the chooser dialog. But this causes two problems:
1) It no longer makes sense to show a list of accounts which are known to the app like Gmail or Inbox does, because any click on any account will ask for a second time.
2) When I'm disconnected from the internet and initiate a Sign-In, the SignInIntent will fail, leaving the app in an odd semi-signed in state, where the data from Account1 is shown but Account1 is actually not signed in (or Account2 is shown but is actually not signed in), and upon a reconnect to the internet that Account Chooser Dialog must be shown again, where the user must then select the account which he is already using. This is awful.
Currently my solution is to not allow the user to get into a signed-in state unless Google Sign-In + Firebase manages to sign in correctly, which means that I won't load the data from the local database for that user and the user can't use his data until he gets internet access again. This is very bad.
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Question 1: Can this archieved with Auth.GoogleSignInApi.silentSignIn(mGoogleApiClient)? If so, how? Because I'm always getting a GoogleSignInStatusCodes.SIGN_IN_REQUIRED which forces me to go through the traditional 4 steps from above and show the Account Chooser Dialog. On a note aside, after I sign into Google successfully, I sign out of that Google account after signing into the Firebase account, since I don't need that Google account anymore. Also, before any sign-in attempt I call Auth.GoogleSignInApi.signOut(mGoogleApiClient); If that is the reason for the GoogleSignInStatusCodes.SIGN_IN_REQUIRED, how can I persist such an account info, or will the library take care of that?
Also, I don't see a way to pass an Email address to Auth.GoogleSignInApi.silentSignIn(mGoogleApiClient), so I can't use that method to switch from one account to another, since I would have to sign out the one account before requesting the sign-in of the second one. This leads me to believe that I can't use this method to offer a list of already-known accounts, for example in a Navigation Drawer, since switch will require that Dialog to show up again, which messes with the workflow.
So, Question 2: How can I sign-in an account which already got signed in once in a silent manner only by using the email or the user_id?
As an extra, I would like to filter out from the Account Chooser Dialog the accounts which already signed in once, because those then would get signed into via the method mentioned in the second question (pass an email or user_id to the silentSignIn)
Thanks for taking the time to read this.

A: It is possible.
The key to solving the problem is to pass the email address to the GoogleSignInOptions builder via gsob.setAccountName(...); when a "silent" sign-in (no account chooser dialog) should occur.
GoogleSignInOptions.Builder gsob = new GoogleSignInOptions.Builder(GoogleSignInOptions.DEFAULT_SIGN_IN);
gsob.requestIdToken(ApplicationCore.getMainActivity().getString(R.string.default_web_client_id));
gsob.requestEmail();
if (strEmail != null && !strEmail.equals("")) {
    gsob.setAccountName(strEmail); // <------------------- here...
}

mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(ApplicationCore.getMainActivity())
        .enableAutoManage(ApplicationCore.getMainActivity(), new GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener() {
            @Override public void onConnectionFailed(@NonNull ConnectionResult connectionResult) {
                // Do some cleanup here
            }
        })
        .addApi(Auth.GOOGLE_SIGN_IN_API, gsob.build())
        .build();
};

mGoogleApiClient.connect();

This then leads to the following flow, which is what I wanted.

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Despite losing top scorers, UNC women's lacrosse has confidence for upcoming season
Photo by Anna Connors | The Daily Tar Heel
Then sophomore attacker Caitlyn Wurzburger (13) cradles the ball during UNC's NCAA Tournament Championship Final against Boston College at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Md. on Sunday, May 29, 2022. UNC won 12-11.
By Caroline Wills
October 26, 2022 | 11:44pm EDT
The North Carolina women's lacrosse team is looking to the future, not reminiscing about the past.
For the upcoming season, the Tar Heels have the same goal they fulfilled last spring, which is playing for a national title and coming out on top. But to reach that point, the team has spent its offseason rebuilding its roster and seeking growth from young talent.
"We're gonna look a little different on the field this year, after three years of looking very similar," head coach Jenny Levy said. "I think our players are excited to establish themselves."
The Tar Heels are using fall ball as a chance to improve. Junior attacker Caitlyn Wurzburger said this time of the year plays an important role in team bonding through intra-squad scrimmages.
"I think every game we play together, we get better," she said.
Here are several storylines to follow as the team prepares to defend its national title this spring.
Tar Heels take on Team USA
Aside from competing against each other, the Tar Heels played Team USA at the Fall Classic in Maryland on Oct. 15.
Levy – who was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame that same day – handed over the reins of the UNC team to assistant coach Phil Barnes, while she coached Team USA. This allowed her to watch the team from an outside perspective, where she could appreciate the Tar Heels' progress.
"I really liked our mentality against them (Team USA)," Levy said. "I thought we competed in the middle of the field with the best athletes in the world of lacrosse, and it didn't matter what grade (or) what age the player at UNC was."
Former midfielder Marie McCool returned to Chapel Hill as an assistant coach for the team this summer. She joined Team USA at the Fall Classic, playing against the Tar Heels.
"They're super talented," McCool said. "So it's just been really, really fun to just watch them every single day get better and better (and) grow together as a team."
New faces emerge in the offseason
After graduating six of the top eight scorers from last season, Levy said she is looking to rebuild the team's offensive unit and considers Wurzburger its anchor. She scored three goals at the Fall Classic.
Coming off a 76-point season in 2022, Wurzburger said she's hoping to take on a larger leadership role this year, implementing the lessons she has learned from former UNC greats Katie Hoeg, Jamie Ortega and Emma Trenchard.
"I think us older girls, we need to lead the younger ones to a national championship this year because we know what it takes," she said.
There will be a combination of fresh faces and returning players who are getting the opportunity to step in after previously sitting behind upperclassmen, the latter group featuring the likes sophomore midfielder Sam Forrest and junior midfielder Alyssa Long.
Forrest said she was recently moved to a defensive position, which she considers "one of the most important parts of the game" so she will be focusing on her new role on the team.
Entering her third season as a Tar Heel, Long is looking forward to putting on the UNC jersey again as an upperclassman and contributing to the team – both on and off the field.
"I think I'm really looking forward to the chance for a lot of young and inexperienced girls to grow up and show that just because we lost people doesn't mean that we're anything less than the Carolina standard that we've always played at," she said.
With still a few months before the season begins, the team is looking to continue to build confidence while finding its identity.
"We're fast, we're young and we're talented, so I'm really excited to see what we do," Wurzburger said. "There's going to be ups and downs, but that's what it kind of takes to be a national champion."
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The "Scenario Planning Workshop" phase of the Winnemucca Futures took place on Wednesday June 2, and Thursday June 3, at the Convention Center in Winnemucca.
Eighty five people representing the social, environmental, financial, cultural, human, political, and built capitals of the area met to discuss the issues currently impacting the community and to contemplate the forces that are likely to impact the region in the future.
Lead by David Beurle and Juliet Fox of Innovative Leadership, the group first discussed many of the global situations which are impacting not only the future of the planet, but many of which have direct impacts on life and the economy in Humboldt County and Winnemucca.
Macro Trends & Forces of Change Related to:
Global power and wealth
Growth in Asia
LOCAL DRIVERS
Following the discussion concerning global and regional factors the participants were asked to discuss the major trends and forces impacting our own community. The following issues represent the factors felt by the group to be important in considering the future of the local community. This list is in no particular order or ranking:
Mining longevity and stability
Increasing Hispanic population
State tax base and revenues for education and other social services
85% Federal land ownership
Tourism and gaming and the economic impact on community
Aging population – becoming a retirement community and brain drain
Availability of water
Lack of broadband infrastructure and connectivity/integration
Community apathy and complacency / resistance to change
Availability of transportation
Development of geothermal resource
Vulnerable to volatility in energy prices / impact on local food security
Checkerboard lands
Local government vision
Recreation as an attraction to area
Agriculture price of crops and cattle
Success or failure of California's economy
Influx of 'new' industry
Availability of local health care services and Access to affordable housing
Lack of cultural arts infrastructure
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TOP TEN ATTRIBUTES OF SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES
The following is a list of the top ten attributes adapted by Innovative Leadership from the "20 Clues for Rural Community Success" from the Heartland Institute located in Lincoln, Nebraska.
1. Evidence of an inclusive community culture
Successful communities are often showplaces of care, attention, history and heritage. They celebrate their success and have a strong and positive local attitude and support a culture of risk taking and innovation. Diversity is often celebrated and people are welcomed.
2. Invest in the future – built to last!
People believe that something worth doing is worth doing right. In addition to the brick-and-mortar investments, all decisions are made with an outlook on the future. Expenditures are considered investments in the future, including investments in people.
3. Participatory approach to community decision making
Even the most powerful of opinion leaders seem to work toward building consensus. The stress is on working together toward a common goal and the focus is on positive results. People collaborate and share resources.
4. Creatively build new economic opportunities
Successful communities build on existing economic strengths in a realistic way; and explore new economic opportunities provided by the 'new economy'. They actively seek out new opportunities and ideas for new businesses.
5. Support local businesses
Local loyalty is emphasized, but thriving communities know who their competitors are and position themselves accordingly.
6. Deliberate transition of power to new leaders
People under 40 regularly hold key positions in civic and business affairs. Women (and people from 'minority groups') often hold positions as elected officials, plant managers, and entrepreneurial developers.
7. Strong belief in and support for education
Good schools are the norm and centers of community activity.
8. Strong presence of traditional institutions that are integral to community life
Churches, schools and service clubs are strong influences on community development and social activities.
9. Willingness to seek help from the outside
People seek outside help for community needs, and many compete for government grants and contracts for economic and social programs. They seek out the best ideas and new people to help build their community strengths.
10. Communities are self-reliant
There is a wide-held conviction that, in the long run, 'You Have to Do It Yourself'. Thriving rural communities believe their destiny is in their own hands. Making their communities good places is a pro-active assignment, and they willingly accept it.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY'S ATTRIBUTES
After some discussion each member of the group was asked to help rank these attributes as they believe they relate to our local community.
Participants were each given eight dots, four green and four pink, and asked to place their green dots on areas they felt the community was strong, and pink dots on the areas they felt the community was weak. As each participant was armed only with a limited number of dots, they could not cast an opinion on every one of the 10 attributes, but would have to decide which items they felt strongest about. If they felt especially passionate about any issue, they could also cast several of their green or pink dots on that single issue.
For these reasons, the ranking presented below in graphical form does not represent a one-man, one-vote tally adding up to the total number of people present:
The findings of this exercise are very interesting. Participants felt very strongly that the community holds ideas such as self reliance, the strong presence of traditional institutions, and a strong belief & support of education as key attributes of the community. Other areas such as creatively building new economic opportunities, a participatory approach to decision making, and deliberate transition of power to new leaders, were felt to be weak within the community according to the participants.
Following the attributes exercise, participants once again took up the list of drivers affecting the community. Each participant was asked to rank the importance of each of these drivers on the future of Winnemucca and the Humboldt County Area. Each was asked to rank, on a scale of one- to- ten, how important they felt the driver was to the future of Winnemucca, and then asked again, on a scale of one-to-ten, how certain they were that each factor would have an impact on the future.
After a very full evening, containing much thought and discussion, participants concluded the events for the night and planned to return the next morning to take up the analysis of this last exercise, and to begin to formulate these findings, along with all the ideas discussed during this first session, into four scenarios for the future.
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Dallas Stars Recall Anton Khudobin and Rhett Gardner from Texas
FRISCO, Texas - Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today that the club has recalled goaltender Anton Khudobin and forward Rhett Gardner from the Texas Stars, Dallas' top development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).
Khudobin has appeared in four AHL games with Texas, posting a 1-3-0 record with a 2.80 goals against average and a .898 save percentage this season. The goaltender has also logged a 3-3-1 record with a .873 SV% and a 3.73 GAA in seven NHL contests with Dallas this season. Khudobin owns a 114-90-33 career record with a .916 SV% and a 2.50 GAA in 257 career regular-season NHL games. In four seasons with Dallas, he's appeared in 110 regular-season contests and has a 47-33-16 record with a 2.53 GAA and a .917 SV%
The 5-foot-11, 195-pound native of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan was originally selected by Minnesota in the seventh round (206th overall) of the 2004 NHL Draft and was signed by Dallas as a free agent on July 1, 2018.
Gardner, 25, has recorded two points (1-1=2) in 22 AHL contests with Texas this season . The forward has posted one shorthanded assist for his lone assist of the campaign and has logged 31 shots. Gardner has also registered two points (1-1=2) in 36 career NHL regular-season games with Dallas, adding 60 hits and 13 blocked shots.
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound native of Moose Jaw, Sask. was selected by Dallas in the fourth round (116th overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft.


If you are born into a surfing family, it is pretty much a given that you will be pushed out into the waves at an early age and will grow to be quite a ripper. That is exactly what happened to British Surfer Reubyn Ash and is proven by the numerous competition titles he has picked up in the UK and Europe. Somewhat of an aerial assassin, Reubyn has been documenting his travel adventures in a collection of videos called The Runaway Series, and has started releasing them for public viewing.
The first clip released shows Reubyn shredding on a trip to Indonesia, the footage was captured by Reubyn's girlfriend Jonna Kerman and his father Peter Ash. Spliced with the subliminal All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix the five-minute clip shows Reubyn in his element on perfect Indo waves and demonstrates just how good he is with his aerial tricks.
The Runaway Series will follow Reubyn at many glorious spots around the world including Portugal, California and France, and we can look forward to his exploits in Chile in the next clip. To see Reubyn in action from his 3-month stint in Bali and Sumbawa and pulling off so many impossible looking tricks, then take a look at the video below and let us know what you think of his incredible aerial prowess.


The ordinary - and a little extra!" is how Charles O. Job states his design principle. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and studied architecture and urban design successfully at the Oxford Polytechnic, after which came a period of amassing experience in Paris, London and, with star architect Santiago Calatrava, in Zürich, where he now lives and works. His office has been commissioned by leading international customers in the architecture, interior design, product development, furniture and lighting fields, and has won many design prizes. For Schönbuch he designed the X-Y coat hook - simple in their way, but with that extra-special something.


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Pedro Rivero del Caz (Segovia, España, 22 de julio de 1979) es un exjugador y entrenador español de baloncesto. Jugó de base y actualmente es entrenador del Palencia Baloncesto de la LEB Oro de España.

Trayectoria como jugador

Pedro Rivero se formó en la cantera del Colegio Claret de Segovia. Tras finalizar su época Junior pasó a formar parte del Mambo FC. En la temporada 1999-2000 jugó en el equipo del Real Madrid de la Liga EBA. Posteriormente jugó en varios equipo de la Liga LEB, llegando a jugar el All-Star de la liga en 2002 donde ganó el concurso de triples. Su debut en la ACB se produjo el 5 de octubre de 2008 con el Cajasol, enfrentándose al Ricoh Manresa. Es uno de los jugadores de referencia de la Liga LEB en la que ha conseguido cuatro ascensos a liga ACB (Zaragoza, 2010 / Murcia, 2011 / Alicante, 2013 y Ourense, 2015), siendo además el tercer máximo anotador histórico de la categoría, el segundo en asistencias,el sexto en partidos jugados y el máximo anotador de triples.

Trayectoria como entrenador

Tras retirarse como jugador en 2018 en las filas del Club Baloncesto Lucentum Alicante, se hace cargo del club alicantino para dirgirlo en la Liga LEB Plata, con el que conseguiría ascenderlo a LEB Oro en su primera temporada como entrenador y batió récords de victorias en LEB Plata.

En junio de 2019, sella un acuerdo para dos próximas temporadas en el que sería su debut en LEB Oro. En las dos siguientes temporadas, consolidaría al equipo alicantino en la división de plata, llegando a disputar durante la temporada 2020-21 la final de la Copa Princesa y quedando eliminado de la lucha por el ascenso en semifinales ante el Leche Río Breogán.

El 25 de junio de 2021, firma como entrenador del Palencia Baloncesto de la LEB Oro.

Clubs como entrenador

 2018-2021: Club Baloncesto Lucentum Alicante. LEB Plata y LEB Oro.
 2021- Actualidad: Palencia Baloncesto. LEB Oro.

Referencias

Baloncestistas de Castilla y León
Baloncestistas de la Liga ACB
Baloncestistas de la Liga LEB
Baloncestistas del Cantabria Lobos
Baloncestistas del Cáceres Club Baloncesto
Baloncestistas del Club Baloncesto Lucentum Alicante
Baloncestistas del Baloncesto León
Baloncestistas del Tenerife Club de Baloncesto
Baloncestistas del Club Baloncesto Sevilla
Baloncestistas del Basket Zaragoza 2002
Baloncestistas del Club Baloncesto Los Barrios
Baloncestistas del Club Ourense Baloncesto
Baloncestistas del Club Melilla Baloncesto
Deportistas de la provincia de Segovia
Nacidos en Segovia

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So, You Want to Move to Italy …
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Actually, you probably don't, and here's why.
I mean that sincerely, not in a "wink, wink" kind of way. It's not that Italy's not stunning or that moving to Italy isn't glorious – it absolutely is. But every time someone tells me how envious, impressed, etc. they are that I permanently moved to Italy from the US by myself or comments on how I'm "living the dream," I know they mean well, but have no idea what it's like to actually LIVE in Italy. "Under the Tuscan Sun" belies reality and omits a lot of craptastic but very important things you really need to know before considering moving here.
Depending on the day (sometimes the hour), Italian life ranges from blissful to amusing to isolating to areyoufuckingserious? When you live here for reals, you have to take it all. That can be sit-down-on-your-Italian-tile-floor-and-cry hard for immigrants and expats. Italians can be pushed to the limit too, though they're typically better equipped to handle it than non-natives since they grew up here. In fact, alarming numbers of young people have exited the country in the last decade, which has left Italy with a "brain drain" that's actually somewhat of a crisis.
You may be wondering who am I to tell you whether you should move to Italy or not. The answer: someone who's done—and is doing—it. Albeit not how I envisioned or as smoothly as I would have preferred, which is partially why I'm writing this. For me, it took three years from deciding to move to Florence to doing it. The story literally (pun intended) ended up being a not-yet-published bestseller called "Eight Couches to Italy" that's the pragmatic antithesis to the above. (Don't get me started on "Eat, Pray, Love.")
Everything I did was focused on Missione: Italia. It felt like it took forever to get here. I've since learned that's a remarkably short timeframe. I have yet to meet anyone who's done it in less time, but it's theoretically possible. Looking back at how each agonizing delay, setback, or failure was essential to thriving as an Italiana (or at least not losing my shit), I don't think I'd want to expedite the character-building process. It's required to survive la dolce vita.
That said, if you want the truth about moving to Italy, along with some partial answers on what to realistically expect if you do, read on, i miei amici. Then decide for yourselves whether you're crazy and determined enough to do it. (It takes both, along with mental fortitude and saintly patience.) Andiamo!
Overlooking Positano's beach on Italy's Amalfi Coast
Maybe You Just Want to Be on Permanent Holiday
In reality, a lot of (most?) people who dream about moving to Italy and think they want to live here really just want to be on vacation in Italy full-time. Because buongiorno, between the art, food, wine, music, architecture, culture, history, beaches, mountains, hospitality, and attitude toward life, who wouldn't? All that stuff is part of living in Italy, but day-to-day Italian life isn't tourist life. It's…life. In a different language that you probably aren't fluent in yet.
Italian life is pretty cool when you're committed to living as an Italian among actual Italians. But if you expect to "live the dream" [insert eyeroll] without having to learn Italian, give up some of your native habits, and forgo any consistent semblance of a comfort zone your first year, then Simon says, "freeze." If you're not so deeply compelled in the depths of your soul that you're willing to potentially give up everything you are, have, know, and love to move here, lemme save you a lot of angst and money with one word: DON'T. Plan an extended Italian holiday instead (you can stay here up to 90 days on a tourist visa).
Spoiler Alert: La Dolce Vita is a Lie
La dolce vita pushes 98% of newbies to their limits at least once, usually two or three times. And it will break you if you're not all-in or sufficiently prepared for the snags or infamous questura experience. (Pro tip: take snacks and water). Then you'll have to cry-splain yourself to an Italian psychologist* and/or pull it together enough to fly home (if you still have one elsewhere) to regroup without causing an international incident. Best to avoid that, sì? (Sì.)
*You may have to do this anyway, and it's 100% okay. Asking for help when you need it is essential to your mental and physical health. Moving to Italy or any other new country is one of the hardest things you'll ever do. Smartassery aside, most Italian cities and larger towns have English-speaking psychotherapists and doctors. And options exist for virtual visits, though you should verify the credentials of anyone in private practice (i.e., not part of the Italian national health system).
Moving to Italy 101: A Brief Overview
If you really think you want to live here, the process begins with selecting a visa doorway. But after walking through it, whether you do it solo or hire an immigration lawyer, no two experiences are identical. You can find guides like this one written by my friend Evelyn, who does live in Italy and knows her stuff, but generic step-by-step instructions are impossible Half the fun is writing your own story as you go! (Okay, some days, you'll use a different "F" word to describe it, but still.)
There are also "moving to Italy" coaches who can be hugely helpful, but definitely check their credentials and ask to see independent reviews. Fact-checking what anyone tells you is a solid habit to develop because the first thing most of us who've moved and live here will tell you is that vagueness abounds. Even immigration attorneys and government officials are misinformed on occasion.
For the record, there are five common ways to move to Italy. Plus four less common ones, not including being an asylum-seeker, refugee, or other special situations. If you can't figure out the basics without being spoon-fed each step, then you're not ready. If deciphering a website like the Ministero degli Affari Esteri overwhelms you, how will you navigate in-country challenges? Because it's a mathematical certainty you'll have them.
What NOT to Do When Moving to Italy
I saw a "How to Move to Italy" TikTok video the other day, and nearly peed myself laughing when the girl who created it said, "There are three ways to move to Italy, and I'll tell you everything you need to know – I just did it last week!" She hasn't even shaken off the jet lag yet, never mind unpacked or submitted her permesso application. Please don't take advice from people like that, no matter how many followers or "likes" they have…if you make a misstep in your immigration process, it can be a nightmare to fix.
Aperitivo time next to il Duomo in Milano
Italians and Bureaucracy
Italians and stranieri (foreigners) alike come in various physical configurations, personalities, and degrees of niceness/assholery. It still rains for days on end sometimes (but holy shitaly, are the thunderstorms impressive). We still work, run mundane errands, pay rent, wait in line at the Ufficio Postale (for. days.), and file taxes.
Italy is the birthplace of Armani, Botticelli, Brunelleschi, Da Vinci, Dante, Fellini, Ferrari, Fibonacci, Galileo, Marco Polo, the Medicis, Michelangelo, Montessori, Stradivarius, Vespa, Versace, and more noteworthy Italians than I can list here, but it's a country, not a magic kingdom (that would be Disneyland), so you gotta work for your fairytale here.
Which brings me to the misperception that Italians don't work hard. They do. Frequently for half or less of the average American salary. #FunFact: the first line of the Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana is: "L'Italia è una Repubblica democratica, fondata sul lavoro." ("Italy is a democratic Republic founded on labor.") There are perks that offset the pay, but four weeks of vacation is pointless if you can't afford to go anywhere.
Do Italians have a better attitude about those things than a lot of countries? Yes. Does that make it easier to not implode when a package your family sent gets stuck in customs for months? No. And you might have to pay import tax on your dirty Converse that are clearly your "personal belongings." (A category that's supposed to be exempt.) But no one will give a fuck, and frankly, neither will you. (You'll just be happy to be reunited with them.)
Simple things can take twice the energy. Translating (pro tip: DeepL, not Google) and navigating systems that only intuitively make sense to Italians gets exhausting. You won't be treated "special" like a tourist. You may even encounter people who overtly resent you. A Trenitalia employee refuse to sell me food on a long trip, but the Italian couple next to me bought wine and snacks from her twice. Thankfully, this is very uncommon.
You may think you'll be exempt from the bureaucracy (aw, aren't you cute?), but you won't. Just try not to take it personally…it's a vetting process that's part of moving to Italy. And mad props to Frances Mayes, but Audrey Wells morphed her story into a fairytale* that would sell better than one about tapping your foot on the concrete floor of the questura for four hours. (As you watch immigrant toddlers run back and forth while listening to the "ding" of numbers that are still 12 away from yours at 4:45.)
*Confession: UTTS is one of my favorite movies. I love Diane Lane, and it's about manifesting as much as it is Italy. I still have little glass ladybugs to remind me to believe in wishes and let the universe is work its magic.)
Immigrants, Expats, and Jealousy, Oh My!
One observation I've made is that people who take the leap on moving to Italy tend to land in one of four groups:
Lifers who succeed in sticking it out, rolling with what Italy throws at them, embracing and integrating into Italian culture, learning the language, and living happily ever after(ish).
Ricocheters who attempt to do the above but return to their home country within a year, two at the most, for a variety of existential and circumstantial reasons.
"Expats" who manage to deal with Italy's shit and stay but don't really learn the language, mainly socialize with their compatriots, and tend to disrespect Italian culture, though not always intentionally.
Wobblers who are getting their bearings or slogging through the inadvertent baggage they brought with them, most of whom migrate into one of the above groups, but immigration purgatory can take a while to escape for some.
For the record, I think the word "expat" is elitist and racist, so I don't consider myself one. I may have been born American, and caucasian at that, but I'm an immigrant. Just like all the other souls I've spent a lot of hours standing in line with at the questura.
Friends and Jealousy
Statistically, your pre-move friends won't all still be part of your circle after a year. The distance makes staying connected, even with your besties and family, challenging. The longer you're here, the less you'll have in common with them. (But you'll be making cool new Italian friends!)
Also, people sometimes get weird when they see someone doing something they want to do but don't believe they can. Consciously or not, some may even try to sabatoge you. It's a bummer. But the cool thing is, you'll find out who your real friends are. And you'll be making new Italian ones along the way. (You will absolutely need support, by the way. If you're the fiercely independent type like me, that can be a hard pill to swallow.)
Moving to Italy Readiness Questions
You have visited Italy, right? If your answer is no, start there, because are you crazy?? Italy has a way of chewing up and spitting out the unprepared like stale ciabatta. Know what you're getting into firsthand and do your research.
Do you speak Italian? If not (everyone who didn't have Italian parents or grandparents), start learning NOW. True fluency comes with time and immersion. Pre-move, I used Rosetta Stone and Duolingo, watched Italian movies, and listened to Italian music. Post-move, I kept doing all of that, plus enrolled in formal Italian classes, and made Italians who spoke English speak to me in Italian (except for work…different ballgame). I also started sleeping with Italian tutorials playing. I can finally tell stories and understand what people are saying around me. Learning a second language is hard. Moving to Italy without a fundamental understanding of Italian virtually guarantees a rough beginning. Don't do that to yourself or Italy.
Do you have any unresolved trauma or other issues? If yes, DEAL WITH THAT FIRST (all the way), before you move to a foreign country. For one, it's never a wise state of mind to make big life decisions from. But also, you've got to be able to self-stabilize and have a relatively firm knowledge of who you are before you move to Italy or it will hand your issues to you on a Carrara marble slab. "Baggage" is the main reason people end up in the Wobblers group. Baggage also creates bitter expats, which Italy does not need more of.
Do you have funds for a plane ticket, visa/permesso fees, first/last/deposit, agent commission, shipping*, insurance, and six months of living expenses? If not, hold off until you do if possible. The cost of living is lower than most of the US, but shit happens. So do cashflow gaps. It can be challenging and take days to transfer money from a US account to an EU one.
*Moving to Italy takes tenacity, but shipping is a pain. in. the. ass. It's cheaper, easier, and less stressful to start anew. I brought my clothes, shoes, and smaller cherished belongings in three suitcases and a backpack. Then I sent myself a dozen small boxes of outdoor gear, books, Legos, and other keeper items via Parcel Monkey. The cost ran about $1900, $300 of which was airline baggage fees.
https://survivinginitaly.com/2019/07/03/naked-in-italy/
Moving to Italy: Recommended Reality Reading
Naked (in Italy): a memoir about the pitfalls of la dolce vita by M.E. Evans
Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo by Tim Parks
The Italians by John Hooper
Culture Shock! Italy: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette by Alessandro Falessi and Raymond Flower
And in Conclusion…
The bottom line is that if moving to Italy is what you want badly enough, you'll find a way. The only "secret" to suceeding is don't quit, no matter what. Oh, and pack a spare pair of big girl panties/big boy undies. On that note, bless you for reading this article all the way to the bottom. If you still want to move to Italy, in bocca al lupo! For more straight talk and pro tips on navigating life after you move, read "Visas and Permessos 101," "Peeing in Italy," and "So, You Moved to Italy." The latter is the sister article to this that covers things like the address numbering system and coffee rules.
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CAFILM STREAMING ROOM Fri, Oct 9, 2020 12:00 AM - Sun, Oct 18, 2020 11:59 PM
Section: US Cinema
Running Time: 108 min.
Director: Noah Hutton
Producer: Joseph Varca
Jesse Miller
Taylor Hess
Screenwriter: Noah Hutton
Cinematographer: Mike Gomes
Editor: Noah Hutton
Cast: Dean Imperial
Madeline Wise
Babe Howard
James McDaniel
Ivory Aquino
Print Source: Film Movement
Note Writer: Victoria Jaschob
Screening note: This digital screening is available to view between 12:01am PT on Friday, October 9, and 11:59pm PT on Sunday, October 18.
Ex-hustler Ray (a charismatic Dean Imperial in his screen debut) can't catch a break. Struggling to raise enough cash to get his brother the medical help he needs, he decides to join the "cabler" workforce: a job that enables him to gain a lot of money quickly by dragging cable over miles of rough terrain. Meeting an eclectic group of fellow workers along the way, including mysterious Anna (cleverly played by Madeline Wise, Crashing), Ray discovers that what began as a simple get-rich-quick scheme is not quite the easy money he expected. In his impressive narrative feature debut, director Noah Hutton unpacks corporate greed, exploring the paradoxes of the gig economy and raising timely questions about how automation intersects with the role of human labor in society. Featuring an outstanding ensemble cast, this low-key yet prescient satire will stay with you long after the credits roll.
Noah Hutton directed the award-winning documentary features Deep Time (SXSW 2015) and Crude Independence (SXSW 2009). In 2015, he created Brain City, a multi-platform installation in Times Square commissioned by the Times Square Arts Alliance that brought visuals from six leading neuroscience labs to some of the largest outdoor displays in the world. He has written and directed two narrative shorts, Kind of Blue (2017) and Random Legal Move (Part of the 2017 anthology feature Mosaic). Recently he served as editor for the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Mack Wrestles and as editor and cinematographer for the 2019 SXSW-selected pilot Hammerhead. Noah received the Jacob Burns Film Center's 2015 New Lens Award.


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To promote innovation, growth and capitalism the state must stop protecting the rich
By Peter Franklin
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What will Santa bring you this Christmas? If you've been very good, it might just be the latest iPhone – or some other sought-after slab of glass and metal. For those of us of a technophilic disposition, this a golden age of instant communication, touch-sensitive screens, pin-sharp imagery and pitch-perfect audio.
However, the science writer Michael Hanlon is not impressed. In an essay for Aeon, he argues that the real golden age of technological and social progress has been and gone:
"It spluttered to a halt more than 40 years ago. Most of what has happened since has been merely incremental improvements upon what came before. That true age of innovation – I'll call it the Golden Quarter – ran from approximately 1945 to 1971. Just about everything that defines the modern world either came about, or had its seeds sown, during this time. The Pill. Electronics. Computers and the birth of the internet. Nuclear power. Television. Antibiotics. Space travel. Civil rights… We put a man on the Moon, sent a probe to Mars, beat smallpox and discovered the double-spiral key of life."
Viewed in this light, the gizmos of the 21st century pale into insignificance. The latest tablet or mobile phone will not change your life – at least not compared to the cars, fridges and washing machines that had such a transformational impact in the 20th century.
One can disagree as to whether all of these transformations were entirely positive. A lot of pretty disastrous things happened between 1945 and 1971 – the weakening of family structures, the rise in crime and what the planners and architects did to our towns and cities. But for good or ill, there's no doubting the significance of the Golden Quarter:
"Today, progress is defined almost entirely by consumer-driven, often banal improvements in information technology. The US economist Tyler Cowen, in his essay The Great Stagnation (2011), argues that, in the US at least, a technological plateau has been reached. Sure, our phones are great, but that's not the same as being able to fly across the Atlantic in eight hours or eliminating smallpox."
Hanlon acknowledges some continued scientific progress, such as the decoding of the human genome, but looks in vain for the breakthrough applications of that knowledge:
"For the past 20 years, as a science writer, I have covered such extraordinary medical advances as gene therapy, cloned replacement organs, stem-cell therapy, life-extension technologies, the promised spin-offs from genomics and tailored medicine. None of these new treatments is yet routinely available. The paralyzed still cannot walk, the blind still cannot see."
What can account for this technological plateau? Hanlon considers and discards a number of explanations before settling on two – firstly, a general aversion to technological risk and, secondly, the growing inequality of wealth. Instead of taking the big bold steps that characterised the Golden Quarter, we've tip-toed our way into the 21st century. Meanwhile, the rich have got all the money and they're spending it on "superyachts, fast cars, private jets and other gewgaws" – frippery taking the place of progress.
Again, this is debatable. These days, it may be harder for governments and corporations to foist new technologies on an unwilling public; but when consumers clearly see the benefits of innovation, there's no holding them back. For example, the related medical scare stories didn't do much to slow the uptake of mobile phones. If innovation fails to deliver a product that the public sees the point of, then the problem is with the innovators, not the public.
As for the concentration of wealth, it's true that it now compares to the Gilded Age of the late Nineteenth Century. However, this was a time of rapid economic growth and innovation – coinciding with the so-called Second Industrial Revolution. If inequality didn't result in stagnation back then, why would it result in stagnation now?
It's also worth noting that the rich, even with their luxuries, tend to consume a lower proportion of their incomes than the rest of us. Thus if today's inequality is responsible for the technological slowdown, the fault must lie with how the rich invest their money, not how they spend it.
As we've argued before on the Deep End, the rich can afford to make risky investments in new industries – and must be encouraged to do so. Unfortunately, by stepping in to bail-out the banks and prop-up the property markets, government has created the wrong incentives, indulging an appetite for safe-haven investments.
Protecting the pensions and life savings of ordinary people is perfectly proper thing for government to do. But by coddling those who can afford to lose their money, the state has turned the shock troops of capitalism into a bunch of cowards.
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