Banks Power is a producer of aftermarket engine-power systems for pickup trucks, SUVs, and motorhomes. Since an engine can be thought of as an air pump, or lungs, of a vehicle, Banks' product line primarily deals with getting more oxygen into (and out of) an engine to increase efficiency, thereby creating more power. The company currently occupies four acres on the Banks campus in Azusa, California. A recent 7-acre acquisition in adjacent Irwindale will be developed to include expanded motorhome testing and installation facilities, and an overnight camping park for Banks customers.
Gale Banks bio
A futurist, inventor and entrepreneur, Gale Banks is known worldwide for his company's innovations in turbocharging and diesel technology. Virtually unpublished is Gale's dedication to powertrain efficiency and emissions reduction encompassing the majority of his five-decade career. Stimulated by the 1974 fuel crisis, Banks designed fuel-efficient, engineered power systems. These Banks Power Packs have been on sale for every one of the last 33 years, primarily for the major fuel economy offenders: pickups and RVs. An early advocate of small, turbocharged engines, Banks became the power system technology vendor for the NHTSA Large Research Safety Vehicle prototype in 1975. The project was presented to Congress as passing 1985 emissions and 27.5 mpg fuel economy goals 10 years ahead of time. Later, Volvo funded a Banks turbo prototype program on their 242 auto. As a result, and based on the Lambda Sonde system developed by Robert Bosch GmbH and Volvo, Banks built the first-ever electronic fuel-injected, turbocharged, Lambda-sensing, ECU-managed engine. In 1981 Banks built a twin-turbo prototype vehicle — the father of the Buick Grand National, a fuel-pinching super-car. Other GM projects included a low-drag aerodynamics demonstration of the third-generation Pontiac Firebird, resulting in a top speed of 283 mph and a world record in 1987, and a V-6 pickup project for GMC, posting a 210-mph world record for pickup trucks in 1991. As a result of Banks' participation in a 1975 JPL/Cal Tech study, Gale has had a consuming interest in the inherent efficiency of diesel. That led to Banks starting the diesel performance and efficiency aftermarket, beginning with a turbocharger system for the GM 6.2-liter in 1981. Stunning gains in power, fuel efficiency and emissions resulted. Banks provided the system to GMC as original equipment in 1988-90. Today, the core of "Banks Power" products is diesel, and Banks is directly involved in marketing his concept of high-speed, lightweight diesel for future light-duty vehicle apps. A study of all compression ignition fuel types extant is underway at Banks, utilizing a lab-standard high-speed V-8 engine. The study will include power, fuel efficiency and emissions comparison. At 222 mph, Banks' diesel "Dakota Sidewinder" shattered the record for the world's fastest pickup, yet gets 24.5 mpg on the highway. Recently, General Motors Powertrain named Gale Banks Engineering the exclusive worldwide distributor of the Duramax V8 engine. Banks plans on developing highway, off-highway, marine and military versions.
Product line
Banks Power produces power and braking components for pickup trucks, SUVs, motorhomes, and boats for many makes of vehicles including Chevy, Dodge, Ford, Jeep, Toyota and Nissan. The company has trademarked several product names, including, Banks Billet Torque Converter, Banks Brake, Big Hoss Bundle, Big Hoss Diesel Tuner, Big Hoss Module, BigHead Wastegate Actuator, Dynaflow muffler, Git-Kit, High-Boost Compressor Wheel, High-Ram Intake Manifold, Manifold Extrator, Monster Exhaust, Monster Muffler, Monster Turbine Outlet Pipe, Power Elbow, Power Pack System, PowerPDA, Quick-Turbo Assembly, Ram-Air Filter, Ram-Air Intake System, Sidewinder Turbo System, Six-Gun Bundle, Six-Gun Diesel Tuner, SmartLock Trans Brake, Stinger System, Stinger-Plus System, Techni-Cooler System, TorqueTube Exhaust Manifolds,TransCommand Transmission Management, TwinRam Intake Manifold, Twin-Turbo systems and engines, Sidewinder All-Terrain Vehicles.
Gale Banks bio
A futurist, inventor and entrepreneur, Gale Banks is known worldwide for his company's innovations in turbocharging and diesel technology. Virtually unpublished is Gale's dedication to powertrain efficiency and emissions reduction encompassing the majority of his five-decade career. Stimulated by the 1974 fuel crisis, Banks designed fuel-efficient, engineered power systems. These Banks Power Packs have been on sale for every one of the last 33 years, primarily for the major fuel economy offenders: pickups and RVs. An early advocate of small, turbocharged engines, Banks became the power system technology vendor for the NHTSA Large Research Safety Vehicle prototype in 1975. The project was presented to Congress as passing 1985 emissions and 27.5 mpg fuel economy goals 10 years ahead of time. Later, Volvo funded a Banks turbo prototype program on their 242 auto. As a result, and based on the Lambda Sonde system developed by Robert Bosch GmbH and Volvo, Banks built the first-ever electronic fuel-injected, turbocharged, Lambda-sensing, ECU-managed engine. In 1981 Banks built a twin-turbo prototype vehicle — the father of the Buick Grand National, a fuel-pinching super-car. Other GM projects included a low-drag aerodynamics demonstration of the third-generation Pontiac Firebird, resulting in a top speed of 283 mph and a world record in 1987, and a V-6 pickup project for GMC, posting a 210-mph world record for pickup trucks in 1991. As a result of Banks' participation in a 1975 JPL/Cal Tech study, Gale has had a consuming interest in the inherent efficiency of diesel. That led to Banks starting the diesel performance and efficiency aftermarket, beginning with a turbocharger system for the GM 6.2-liter in 1981. Stunning gains in power, fuel efficiency and emissions resulted. Banks provided the system to GMC as original equipment in 1988-90. Today, the core of "Banks Power" products is diesel, and Banks is directly involved in marketing his concept of high-speed, lightweight diesel for future light-duty vehicle apps. A study of all compression ignition fuel types extant is underway at Banks, utilizing a lab-standard high-speed V-8 engine. The study will include power, fuel efficiency and emissions comparison. At 222 mph, Banks' diesel "Dakota Sidewinder" shattered the record for the world's fastest pickup, yet gets 24.5 mpg on the highway. Recently, General Motors Powertrain named Gale Banks Engineering the exclusive worldwide distributor of the Duramax V8 engine. Banks plans on developing highway, off-highway, marine and military versions.
Product line
Banks Power produces power and braking components for pickup trucks, SUVs, motorhomes, and boats for many makes of vehicles including Chevy, Dodge, Ford, Jeep, Toyota and Nissan. The company has trademarked several product names, including, Banks Billet Torque Converter, Banks Brake, Big Hoss Bundle, Big Hoss Diesel Tuner, Big Hoss Module, BigHead Wastegate Actuator, Dynaflow muffler, Git-Kit, High-Boost Compressor Wheel, High-Ram Intake Manifold, Manifold Extrator, Monster Exhaust, Monster Muffler, Monster Turbine Outlet Pipe, Power Elbow, Power Pack System, PowerPDA, Quick-Turbo Assembly, Ram-Air Filter, Ram-Air Intake System, Sidewinder Turbo System, Six-Gun Bundle, Six-Gun Diesel Tuner, SmartLock Trans Brake, Stinger System, Stinger-Plus System, Techni-Cooler System, TorqueTube Exhaust Manifolds,TransCommand Transmission Management, TwinRam Intake Manifold, Twin-Turbo systems and engines, Sidewinder All-Terrain Vehicles.
Durangueñeidad
¿Durangueño, duranguense o durangués?
Largo y fecundo ha sido el debate sobre el uso del gentilicio adecuado para designar a los habitantes de Durango. Hay que recordar que ciudades con este nombre existen tres, (Durango México y Durango Estados Unidos) y la más antigua de ellas, justo de las que se derivó el nombre de ambas es la pequeña población de la provincia vasca en la Vizcaya española, donde se aplica el gentilicio de durangués, para designar a los oriundos de esa tierra. La ciudad de Durango en México, desde la época colonial, ha utilizado indistintamente como su gentilicio, el de durangueño o duranguense, sin embargo, en los últimos años se ha pretendido determinar algunas diferencias del todo artificiales.
Se ha discutido si lo durangueño es sinónimo de conservadurismo, mientras que duranguense habla de liberalismo, o bien si duranguense es el gentilicio para designar a los oriundos de la entidad, mientras que durangueño solo es correcto utilizarse para nombrar a los habitantes de la capital del estado. Se ha llegado a la aberración incluso de señalar, que siendo Durango una entidad maderera, el termino durangueño era apropiado por una forzada analogía de la palabra con los leños de la madera. En todos los casos, la designación es artificiosa y determinada por factores y razonamientos de orden sentimental e incluso, político.
Tratar de diferenciar el pensamiento de la comunidad a través de su gentilicio entre conservadores y liberales, fue una vieja discusión desde el siglo XIX, traída de nueva cuenta al argot popular en fechas recientes, para tratar de singularizar a los simpatizantes de uno u otro grupo o la cercanía o no a determinado funcionario político; sin embargo, la población al margen de estas artificiosas divisiones de compromiso político, ha mantenido el uso indistinto de los términos duranguense o durangueño para nombrarse a sí mismo.
De igual forma, los habitantes de las diversas poblaciones de la entidad, se reconocen indistintamente como durangueños o duranguenses, sin que en el medio rural exista una diferencia específica para designar a los habitantes de la capital del estado, de igual forma los habitantes de la capital no designan de una manera diferente a los habitantes del medio rural sólo como duranguenses sino que se usa de manera indistinta cualquiera de los dos términos.
En lo referente a la explicación sobre el uso correcto o incorrecto del término duranguense o durangueño, para tratar de referirlo a la explotación de la madera y establecer analogías entre el madero o leño y lo durangueño, para determinar este como el concepto correcto, es más un juego de palabras que una aportación o intento de interpretación serio.
El gentilicio durangués, que lingüísticamente sería el correcto para aplicarse a los originarios de Durango, es un término en desuso prácticamente desde la época colonial. Los diversos testimonios que se conservan desde el Siglo XVII para designar primeramente el término duranguense, y luego desde el Siglo XVIII para el concepto durangueño, y desde entonces es indistinto el uso de ambos, por lo que no es válido tratar de establecer una diferencia entre ellos o tratar de aplicar su uso a sectores o regiones dentro del estado pues resultan a todas luces, artificiosas.
Así es como yo personalmente lo utilizo, sin una distinción, remontándome a la definición que aparece en el “Diccionario de Español Moderno” de Martín Alonso, en el que señala que duranguense es un adjetivo que significa “del estado mexicano de Durango” o “relativo a ese estado” y dícese también durangueño.
En la discusión relativa al gentilicio de duranguense o durangueño que nos identifica a los de Durango, México han participado las voces calificadas de Héctor Alonso (q.e.p.d) y del Profr. Manuel Lozoya Cigarroa y en su momento incluso los gobernadores Francisco González de la Vega, Armando del Castillo y Maximiliano Silerio Esparza.
Recientemente el profesor Lozoya Cigarroa, cuando la nueva versión de mi libro estaba imprimiéndose, tuvo la gentileza de explicarme que el término correcto para los nacidos en Durango era durangueño y duranguense para los avecinados en el territorio del Estado, en virtud del significado de los sufijos "eño" y "ense" que se refirieron respectivamente al origen y al avecinado en su territorio.
En mi familia por ejemplo mi mamá y mis ocho hermanos nacieron en el territorio de Durango. Mi esposa, y dos de mis hijas nacieron en Sinaloa y Oaxaca, mi yerno John y mi nieto Diego Emilio, nacieron en Nueva York y Berkley, pero todos viven en Durango. Todos nos sentimos duranguenses o durangueños. Incluso el sentido de identidad va más allá de los que nacieron y residen, son igualmente duranguenses o durangueños, porque la identidad se lleva en la sangre.
¿Durangueño, duranguense o durangués?
Largo y fecundo ha sido el debate sobre el uso del gentilicio adecuado para designar a los habitantes de Durango. Hay que recordar que ciudades con este nombre existen tres, (Durango México y Durango Estados Unidos) y la más antigua de ellas, justo de las que se derivó el nombre de ambas es la pequeña población de la provincia vasca en la Vizcaya española, donde se aplica el gentilicio de durangués, para designar a los oriundos de esa tierra. La ciudad de Durango en México, desde la época colonial, ha utilizado indistintamente como su gentilicio, el de durangueño o duranguense, sin embargo, en los últimos años se ha pretendido determinar algunas diferencias del todo artificiales.
Se ha discutido si lo durangueño es sinónimo de conservadurismo, mientras que duranguense habla de liberalismo, o bien si duranguense es el gentilicio para designar a los oriundos de la entidad, mientras que durangueño solo es correcto utilizarse para nombrar a los habitantes de la capital del estado. Se ha llegado a la aberración incluso de señalar, que siendo Durango una entidad maderera, el termino durangueño era apropiado por una forzada analogía de la palabra con los leños de la madera. En todos los casos, la designación es artificiosa y determinada por factores y razonamientos de orden sentimental e incluso, político.
Tratar de diferenciar el pensamiento de la comunidad a través de su gentilicio entre conservadores y liberales, fue una vieja discusión desde el siglo XIX, traída de nueva cuenta al argot popular en fechas recientes, para tratar de singularizar a los simpatizantes de uno u otro grupo o la cercanía o no a determinado funcionario político; sin embargo, la población al margen de estas artificiosas divisiones de compromiso político, ha mantenido el uso indistinto de los términos duranguense o durangueño para nombrarse a sí mismo.
De igual forma, los habitantes de las diversas poblaciones de la entidad, se reconocen indistintamente como durangueños o duranguenses, sin que en el medio rural exista una diferencia específica para designar a los habitantes de la capital del estado, de igual forma los habitantes de la capital no designan de una manera diferente a los habitantes del medio rural sólo como duranguenses sino que se usa de manera indistinta cualquiera de los dos términos.
En lo referente a la explicación sobre el uso correcto o incorrecto del término duranguense o durangueño, para tratar de referirlo a la explotación de la madera y establecer analogías entre el madero o leño y lo durangueño, para determinar este como el concepto correcto, es más un juego de palabras que una aportación o intento de interpretación serio.
El gentilicio durangués, que lingüísticamente sería el correcto para aplicarse a los originarios de Durango, es un término en desuso prácticamente desde la época colonial. Los diversos testimonios que se conservan desde el Siglo XVII para designar primeramente el término duranguense, y luego desde el Siglo XVIII para el concepto durangueño, y desde entonces es indistinto el uso de ambos, por lo que no es válido tratar de establecer una diferencia entre ellos o tratar de aplicar su uso a sectores o regiones dentro del estado pues resultan a todas luces, artificiosas.
Así es como yo personalmente lo utilizo, sin una distinción, remontándome a la definición que aparece en el “Diccionario de Español Moderno” de Martín Alonso, en el que señala que duranguense es un adjetivo que significa “del estado mexicano de Durango” o “relativo a ese estado” y dícese también durangueño.
En la discusión relativa al gentilicio de duranguense o durangueño que nos identifica a los de Durango, México han participado las voces calificadas de Héctor Alonso (q.e.p.d) y del Profr. Manuel Lozoya Cigarroa y en su momento incluso los gobernadores Francisco González de la Vega, Armando del Castillo y Maximiliano Silerio Esparza.
Recientemente el profesor Lozoya Cigarroa, cuando la nueva versión de mi libro estaba imprimiéndose, tuvo la gentileza de explicarme que el término correcto para los nacidos en Durango era durangueño y duranguense para los avecinados en el territorio del Estado, en virtud del significado de los sufijos "eño" y "ense" que se refirieron respectivamente al origen y al avecinado en su territorio.
En mi familia por ejemplo mi mamá y mis ocho hermanos nacieron en el territorio de Durango. Mi esposa, y dos de mis hijas nacieron en Sinaloa y Oaxaca, mi yerno John y mi nieto Diego Emilio, nacieron en Nueva York y Berkley, pero todos viven en Durango. Todos nos sentimos duranguenses o durangueños. Incluso el sentido de identidad va más allá de los que nacieron y residen, son igualmente duranguenses o durangueños, porque la identidad se lleva en la sangre.
Nigel Pinchley is a fictional British Bar Owner in the sitcom Family Guy
The Clam's Head Pub and Life
Nigel Pinchley purchased The Drunken Clam when it was rebuilt after an hurricane, sold by Horrace the owner.He renamed the bar The Clam's Head Pub.He has one daughter Eliza Pinchley.He appeared in episode One If by Clam, Two If by Sea.He became friends with Lois Griffin but not Peter Griffin because Nigel purchased Peter's favorite bar, and turned it into a British Pub.
Burning of his pub
The Pub was then burned down, Glenn Quagmire, Peter Griffin, Cleveland Brown, and Joe Swanson are put in jail accused of burning down the pub.At Eliza's birthday party it was found out Nigel himself burned the pub down for the insurance money for 5 million dollars, but he was found of fraud and hanged to his death in England.
The Clam's Head Pub and Life
Nigel Pinchley purchased The Drunken Clam when it was rebuilt after an hurricane, sold by Horrace the owner.He renamed the bar The Clam's Head Pub.He has one daughter Eliza Pinchley.He appeared in episode One If by Clam, Two If by Sea.He became friends with Lois Griffin but not Peter Griffin because Nigel purchased Peter's favorite bar, and turned it into a British Pub.
Burning of his pub
The Pub was then burned down, Glenn Quagmire, Peter Griffin, Cleveland Brown, and Joe Swanson are put in jail accused of burning down the pub.At Eliza's birthday party it was found out Nigel himself burned the pub down for the insurance money for 5 million dollars, but he was found of fraud and hanged to his death in England.
Old Town Art Fair
The Old Town Art Fair, one of the nation's highest ranked fine arts fair, is held annually on the second full weekend in June in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
The 59th Old Town Art Fair will be held on June 14th - 15th, 2008, 10am-6pm, rain or shine.
In addition to 260 nationally acclaimed artists chosen by an independent jury of professional artists, gallery owners and museum curators, the Old Town Art Far has a variety of entertainment, including live music, a garden walk, a children's activity area, a food court, and a self-guided historic tour of the historic district of Old Town.
The main gate is located at Wisconsin Street and Lincoln Avenue. A $7 donation is requested at the entrance gate. Proceeds from the Old Town Art Fair benefit a host of local schools, youth groups and neighborhood preservation projects.
Artists who wish to apply to the Old Town Art Fair should visit www.oldtownartfair.org for application details.
Little known facts about the Old Town Art Fair include:
* The Old Town Art Fair is produced by the Old Town Triangle Association (OTTA), a community-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for residents who live in Chicago's historic Old Town neighborhood. Goals of the OTTA include preserving the architectural and historical integrity of buildings in the Triangle and improving educational opportunities for the children of the Triangle and surrounding neighborhoods. Learn more about the OTTA by visiting www.oldtowntriangle.com.
* The first Old Town Art Fair, then called the "Old Town Holiday," was held in 1950. In the beginning, a number of fair exhibitors, who were usually Old Town residents, did double duty as fair volunteers. The fair was held on one street (Lincoln Park West) and art was hung on fences and on the exterior of houses.
* In the early 1950s, to improve art quality, a jury of professional artists was selected to review submissions and select exhibitors.
* Politics and politicians have occasionally played a role in the Old Town Art Fair. Mayor Richard J. Daley was Honorary Chairman of the twentieth art fair in 1969. Mayor Jane Byrne served as auctioneer in 1982, and Mayor Harold Washington opened the Saturday auction in 1986.
* The Old Town Art Fair is one of the few Chicago street fairs completely planned and staffed by volunteers. It takes over 750 volunteers to execute this annual fundraiser.
References:
www.oldtownartfair.org, Old Town Art Fair's website
Old Town Triangle Association, Old Town Art Fair: 50 Years and Counting
The Old Town Art Fair, one of the nation's highest ranked fine arts fair, is held annually on the second full weekend in June in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
The 59th Old Town Art Fair will be held on June 14th - 15th, 2008, 10am-6pm, rain or shine.
In addition to 260 nationally acclaimed artists chosen by an independent jury of professional artists, gallery owners and museum curators, the Old Town Art Far has a variety of entertainment, including live music, a garden walk, a children's activity area, a food court, and a self-guided historic tour of the historic district of Old Town.
The main gate is located at Wisconsin Street and Lincoln Avenue. A $7 donation is requested at the entrance gate. Proceeds from the Old Town Art Fair benefit a host of local schools, youth groups and neighborhood preservation projects.
Artists who wish to apply to the Old Town Art Fair should visit www.oldtownartfair.org for application details.
Little known facts about the Old Town Art Fair include:
* The Old Town Art Fair is produced by the Old Town Triangle Association (OTTA), a community-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for residents who live in Chicago's historic Old Town neighborhood. Goals of the OTTA include preserving the architectural and historical integrity of buildings in the Triangle and improving educational opportunities for the children of the Triangle and surrounding neighborhoods. Learn more about the OTTA by visiting www.oldtowntriangle.com.
* The first Old Town Art Fair, then called the "Old Town Holiday," was held in 1950. In the beginning, a number of fair exhibitors, who were usually Old Town residents, did double duty as fair volunteers. The fair was held on one street (Lincoln Park West) and art was hung on fences and on the exterior of houses.
* In the early 1950s, to improve art quality, a jury of professional artists was selected to review submissions and select exhibitors.
* Politics and politicians have occasionally played a role in the Old Town Art Fair. Mayor Richard J. Daley was Honorary Chairman of the twentieth art fair in 1969. Mayor Jane Byrne served as auctioneer in 1982, and Mayor Harold Washington opened the Saturday auction in 1986.
* The Old Town Art Fair is one of the few Chicago street fairs completely planned and staffed by volunteers. It takes over 750 volunteers to execute this annual fundraiser.
References:
www.oldtownartfair.org, Old Town Art Fair's website
Old Town Triangle Association, Old Town Art Fair: 50 Years and Counting