Presenting the Porsche 911 GT3 Snowmobile by Magnat

It seems that not even the mighty Porsche 911 GT3 is safe from tuners that want to create something that differs from the norm. The German tuning specialist from Magnat have tuned the track-focused version of the 911 into what they call the 'Snowmobile', a name that is derived from the color combination that’s been applied to both the exterior and interior.

There’s nothing special about a white paintjob these days, as it’s the most widespread tone for those looking to stand out. With so many white tuning jobs being shown, cars are beginning to look like ambulances, so Magnat has added an off-centered black stripe that stretches from one end to the other along with decals above the side sills.

The exterior look is also enhanced by the 19 inch OZ Ultraleggera HLT CT rims wrapped in Yokohama Advan Sport tires (size 235/35-19 and 305/30-19).

Moving to the interior, Magnat re-did the 911 GT3’s spartan interior using a plush mix of black Alcantara and leather materials with white colored stitching and trim accents. We don’t exactly agree with the Stuttgart sporscar maker’s weigh-loss regime being made obsolete by added luxury. 

Worst of all, Magnet has added it’s own audio system that provides 2,100 watts of sound power, so the driver won’t want to focus on the sound of that metallic flat-six. The system comprises of the Magnat Black Core 5 channel amplifier, Magnat Selection series loud speakers, 1 inch textile tweeters, a subwoofer casing with a 10 inch woofer. 

Thankfully, the tuner also gave the GT3 more power by playing with the ECU and adding a new sports exhaust. As a result, the Snowmobile has 462 hp to play with, which has bumped the top speed to 317 Km/h (197 mph). 

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/presenting-the-porsche-911-gt3-snowmobile-by-magnat-36626.html

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4 Ways to Use Less Paper at Your Business

If you look in the trash can or – let’s hope — recycling bins at many businesses, you’ll probably find a ton of paper. Paper is one of the most common waste products at most businesses, and thus one of the biggest sustainability opportunities many small businesses have.

Cutting down on paper waste isn’t as easy as you’d think. For one thing, paper itself is relatively cheap, so business owners might feel like there’s little economic incentive to reduce it. Moreover, it’s hard to change perception that paper use has little environmental impact. But that’s not true: Recycling 1 ton of paper can save 7,000 gallons of water and enough energy to power the average U.S. home for six months, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Reducing paper use in the first place, then, can save a lot more.

Cutting down on paper waste should be viewed as high priority on your sustainability checklist, just like saving energy or reducing water use.  Here are four ways small businesses can cut down on their paper use.

1. Use printers that allow for double-sided printing. You can halve the amount of paper used by printing documents on both sides of paper. Some laser printers offer double-sided or “duplex” printing as a standard feature so you can easily set it up through your computer’s printer option features as the default mode. Others make it more tedious or impossible. Check into this capability before purchasing a new printer.

2. Repurpose used paper into notepads. Despite your best efforts, odds are you still have plenty of paper printed on one side that goes to waste. Collect this paper over time and turn it into small notepads for scratch paper. Many copy shops and office supply stores offer this service for less than a dollar per notepad, or you can bind them yourself by purchasing padding compound.

3. Cut down on junk mail. Junk mail to businesses accounts for a huge amount of needless paper waste. There are several strategies for stopping junk mail from being delivered to a business, which we’ve outlined before.

4. Go “paperless.” More businesses that traditionally rely on lots of paper for transactional purposes are finding ways to greatly reduce it. Some mortgage lenders, for instance, now put loan documents on jump drives and allow for electronic signatures to avoid printing out dozens of pages. Other businesses make PDFs of documents they want to save electronically rather than printing them out.

Of course, you still need paper for various things. So when you do buy paper products for your business, look for paper with a high post-consumer recycled content, such as 60 percent or even 100 percent.  This greatly reduces the number of trees cut down, gallons of water used and amount of carbon dioxide emitted to make that paper.

http://smallbiztrends.com/2011/06/4-ways-use-less-paper-business.html

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'Jurassic Park 4' Still A Probable Reality

Jurassic Park and Steven Spielberg fans rejoice! There's still hope for a fourth film in the dinosaur franchise, according to theHollywood Reporter anyway. 

While this is not the first time it's been reported that Spielberg was working on Jurassic Park 4, the latest story sounds rather promising. At the moment, the director is getting set for the fall launch of his new show, Terra Nova, which also happens to be all about dinos. With prehistoric animals on his mind, it appears that Spielberg is ready to turn J4 into a reality. 

But don't get too excited. Neither Spieberg, nor Universal -- which released the trilogy -- have made any serious move to find or write a script. Rather, the gray haired director has been "exploring" ideas for a story with screenwriter Mark Protosevich. 

From a pure money making perspective, it would be silly not to release a fourth film. The three prior films have collectively grossed well over a billion dollars. And in an age of comic book movies, it would be freshing and fun to see some dinosaur stomping awesomeness. No? 

http://www.zimbio.com/Jurassic+Park+4/articles/JUsPCiLHarM/Jurassic+Park+4+Still+Probable+Reality

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Congratulations to the Dallas Mavericks

Cleveland didn't quite win a championship last night when Dallas defeated LeBron James and the Miami Heat, but Dallas stepped up in rallying from a 2-1 series deficit to deny LeBron a title.

While Clevelanders might have found it difficult to root for the likes of Boston and Chicago earlier in the playoffs, it was no problem spending the last 13 days embracing the blue-clad, German-led Dallas Mavericks. 

Now's your chance to thank your new second-favorite team in the comments below for preventing what many thought was an improbable march to a championship. Tell Dirk, Jason (Terry and Kidd), JJ Barea, Tyson Chandler - even DeShawn Stevenson - and all the rest of the Mavericks thanks for making sure that we didn't need to watch LeBron James hoist that trophy.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2011/06/congratulations_to_the_dallas.html

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Tips membuat internet anda super cepat

Browsing Internet dengan kecepatan yang tinggi pasti sangat menyenangkan, berbagai cara dilakukan untuk mempercepat koneksi internet baik menggunakan software agar koneksi internet menjadi lebih cepat maupun menggunakan settingan tertentu yang diklaim bisa mempercepat koneksi internet.

Berikut ini adalah beberapa tips yang dapat digunakan untuk mempercepat koneksi internet :

A. Menggubah setting bandwith pada windows (Hanya kami uji pada Windows XP)

Pada dasarnya OS windows sudah membatasi bandwidth untuk koneksi internet sebanyak 20% dari total bandwidth yang seharusnya bisa maksimal, jika netter ingin menambah bandwidth internet supaya koneksinya terasa lebih cepat dan kencang bisa dengan cara mengurangi atau mengosongkan batasan bandwidth tersebut supaya pada Windows kita bisa maksimal dalam menggunakan bandwidth yang sudah ada.

Ikuti petunjuknya seperti dibawah ini :

1. Klik Start
2. Klik Run
3. Ketik gpedit.msc
4. Kemudian klik Ok
5. Setelah masuk klik (buka) Administrative Templates
6. Kemudian klik (buka) Network
7. Setelah terbuka klik QoS Packet scheduler
8. Kemudian klik Limit Reservable Bandwidth
9. Dan setelah terbuka ubah setting menjadi Enable
10. Kemudian ubah Bandwidth Limitnya menjadi 0
11. Klik Apply, dan terus Ok
12. Kemudian keluar dan Restart komputer

B. Pakai browser Google Chrome atau Apple Safari

Versi terbaru dari browser Chrome dan Safari sangatlah cepat bila dibandingkan dengan Firefox ataupun Internet Explorer (sudah dicoba dan terbukti memang jauh lebih cepat). Saran saya pakailah Google Chrome karena selain cepat, Chrome lebih aman dibanding dengan Safari, walau dalam beberapa hal Safari kadang lebih cepat dari Chrome.

Kalau netter sudah terbiasa memakai Firefox dan tidak ingin beralih ke browser lagi, bisa tambahkan Add-on “Adblock” untuk memblok iklan, gambar, dan flash yang aktif. Ada beberapa Add-on lagi dari Firefox seperti NoScript yang bisa mempercepat akses internet, tapi sayangnya kalau kebanyakan Add-on justru, kadang malah memperlambat akses dari browser Firefox sendiri.

C. Perbesar cache browser hingga 5% dari kapasitas Harddisk atau 1 – 2 GB

Cara ini terbukti efektif untuk mempercepat akses browser. Logikanya adalah browser tidak perlu tiap kali loading gambar dan tetek bengeknya segala setiap kali berkunjung ke situs yang sudah pernah dikunjungi, karena kalau situs sudah pernah dikunjungi akan otomatis di-cache oleh browser.

Cara ini hanya berlaku jika kapasitas harddisk netter cukup besar. Pada umumnya masing-masing browser ada yang bisa diset kapasitas cachenya, ada yang otomatis. Jika browser netter tidak ada pilihan set cache, artinya netter jangan sering-sering (atau tidak perlu) clear history di browser.

sumber : http://www.untukku.com/artikel-untukku/tips-trik-membuat-internet-anda-super-cepat-untukku.html

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