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Wooden Blocks & Building
Stack up the fun! Present your child with endless possibilities for creativity with our extensive collection of wooden blocks. Oompa offers a beautiful selection of alphabet blocks, architectural blocks, baby blocks, and natural wooden blocks, many of them made in Germany. Teach children motor skills, hand-eye coordination, problem solving, and creative thinking with these unique wooden toys.
Cordoba Blocks
Give your child the gift of creativity with this colorful and unique set of building blocks. Made of beech wood and coated with natural, solvent-free lacquers that are safe for curious hands and teething mouths, this quirky play set is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. Your child will enjoy exploring the rattle, bell, mirror, and reflective...More Details →
Classic Alphabet Blocks
Stimulate learning and promote creative play at the same time with our original set of Classic Alphabet Blocks, created by William Bultman over 25 years ago. Featuring an animal picture, a number or math symbol, and 4 letters, each unique block is hand crafted, embossed and polished to silky smooth perfection. Crafted from renewable basswood gr...More Details →
Fantasy Blocks
Introduce your child to their very own fantasy world with the Fantasy Blocks collection. This set includes 26 pieces of intricately designed blocks with vivid colors, intriguing patterns and designs, and a few secrets here and there. Some feature a glittery, hologram, or mirror foil coating for added decoration and flair. Others have hidden item...More Details →
Upper and Lower Case Blocks
Introduce the complete alphabet to your child at an early age with these hard to find upper and lower case alphabet blocks. Toddlers and preschoolers will love to stack, count, and build while learning their letters with this terrific starter set. The 14 block set is finely crafted of super durable kiln dried Michigan basswood, making these bloc...More Details →
Discovery Blocks
Open your child up to a world of wonder with the Discovery Blocks set. Each of the six sturdy wooden blocks has its own secret treasure to discover. There's a rattling bead, a yellow peephole, a push button, a bell, a mirror, and a kaleidoscope. Your child will spend hours uncovering the different surprises, and her senses will be stimulated as ...More Details →
Block and Roll Wagon
Our stylish Block and Roll Wagon by Hape has a simple colorful design that allows your little one to transport colorful blocks to his own little construction site. Twenty blocks in different shapes fit perfectly into the walker. This toy encourages logic and special relationships as toddler tries to get all the blocks back in the tray and gross ...More Details →
Eeny Meeny Miny Zoo Blocks
Let your baby's imagination run wild with this inventive set of building blocks from Haba. Including 25 unique pieces, each cut from beech wood and painted with safe, solvent-free natural lacquers, this set is an ideal choice for infants over a year old who are raring to explore, play, and create. The Eeeny, Meeny, Miny Zoo includes a lion, alli...More Details →
Classic Alphabet Blocks with Canvas Bag
Make playtime fun and cleanup a snap with our original set of classic alphabet blocks, now in a convenient and practical canvas bag. Each colorful, hand crafted block features an animal illustration, a number, and four letters to make 4 complete alphabet sets. Embossing on two sides adds dimensionality and texture to each unique block. Our commi...More Details →
Elements Of Nature Nesting Blocks: Air (Rainbow)
Representing the element of Air, our Waldorf-inspired Rainbow Tunnel has been beautifully hand carved from a single piece of wood. Lovingly made in Europe by our friends at Grimm's Spiel und Holz, this stunning set can be used not only as puzzle and stacking set, but also to create countless scenes in open-ended play. With a little imaginatio...More Details →
Kaleidoscopic Blocks
Open a world of wonder for your child with kaleidoscopic blocks in a medley of vibrant colors. Each block is made of solid, durable beech wood harvested from PEFC-certified sustainable forests in Germany, and filled with a plastic bubble kaleidoscope screen for color and reflective effect. Makes a perfect addition to any basic building block sys...More Details →
My Friends Nested Stacking Blocks
Ten beautifully illustrated stacking nesting cubes stack tall to create a tower of fun! Little ones will discover the joys of counting and animals as they stack. This nesting block set is made of sturdy, laminated cardboard stock that is designed to last. This nesting block set encourages the use of gross motor skills as your little one stacks h...More Details →
Twist-and-Turn Blocks
This unique set of eight Twist-and-Turn Blocks by Hape screw-together so towers won't come crashing down. Colorful shapes accented with subtle patterns encourage imagination as toddler improves fine motor skills by screwing the pieces together. This set can be easily incorporated into other block sets for added fun. Wood for this toy comes from ...More Details →
Ball Track Construction Marble Run Set
There's very little that's more fun for a creative child than building her own ball track and savoring the excitement as the marbles roll down the path she's planned. Give your pint-sized adventurer the gift of marble-chasing magic with this inventive Ball Track Construction Marble Run Set from Haba. Made of natural, untreated beech wood, this 4...More Details →
Sevilla Blocks
This colorful play set is sure to charm and entertain with its combination of windows, towers, baubles, and other building components. The Sevilla blocks set includes a rattle, bell, mirror, magnifying glass, peephole, and prism embedded in various blocks, as well as a variety of arches, towers, columns, and more! Your child will learn spatial t...More Details →
Bugs Alphabet Blocks
Everyone is buzzing about these Bugs Alphabet Blocks, and you will be too once you welcome them into your home! As vividly colored as nature itself, these bright blocks feature 28 different insect illustrations along with the insect name prominently featured below. In a unique and hard to find twist, these durable blocks also feature both upper ...More Details →
Kapla Block Set - 280 Piece With Book
Give your child the tools to develop valuable skills and fire his imagination at the same time with the Kapla 280 Block Set With Book. Natural wood planks based on a mathematical ratio of 1:3:15 allow child not just to build, but to create striking architectural details that would be impossible with a regular block set. No snaps, glue, or interl...More Details →
Mini Block & Roll Wagon
Fill up our Hape Mini Block and Roll with 8 colorful blocks in different shapes. Smooth rolling wheels allow our Mini Block and Roll to be pulled around and unloaded in different places to encourage your toddler to get moving and be creative with their building location! Wood for this toy comes from an FSC-managed forest accented with water-base...More Details →
Little Amsterdam Blocks
Your child will never be at a loss for something to do again! Offer endless hours of fun and fascination with our traditional Haba Little Amsterdam Blocks. Made of beech wood from PEFC-certified sustainable German forests and coated with safe, natural veneers in all the colors of the rainbow, this beautiful block set is designed to endure years ...More Details →
Patience Blocks
Enhance your child's motor skills while encouraging persistence with our Patience Blocks. Much more than simple building blocks, each contains a built-in puzzle. Your child will work diligently to move the blocks back and forth to complete the puzzle, and then add them to his next building masterpiece. High-quality beech wood is harvested from P...More Details →
Basic Building Blocks Extra Large Set
Teach your little one to explore creatively with our premium Basic Building Blocks Extra Large Set by Haba. With an assortment of wedges, blocks, cylinders, bridges, stars, tubes, and more, this master set of building blocks provides unlimited opportunities to dream and build creatively. As she plays and creates her own miniature world, your ch...More Details →
Japanese Character Blocks
Get your little builder on track to becoming a sensei of the Japanese language with our incredible Japanese Alphabet Blocks. Made in the USA of Michigan basswood, each block features Japanese characters, numbers, or animals. One side of each block also contains a portion of a map of Japan - can your little one complete this puzzle? These high qu...More Details →
Springtime Butterflies Maxi Tack Zap
Our Springtime Butterflies Maxi Tack Zap is a large set, perfect for creating just about any butterfly, caterpillar or bizarre springtime critter your child can imagine. With 77 pieces of hard wood spring-themed geometric shapes, a durable cork board, wooden hammer and tacks, its is fun and easy to create anything your mind can dream up. This to...More Details →
Kapla Block Set - 100 Piece
Introduce your child to the wonderful world of Kapla with this extensive Kapla 100 Piece Block Set, designed for maximum creative potential! These natural building blocks are wonders of architectural perfection; precisely cut to an exact mathematical equation of 1:3:15, they allow your child to create exquisitely detailed structures using just ...More Details →
Color Buttons
This unique pegging board features beautifully crafted "buttons" in six colors. Little ones will love to explore a world of color as they learn to stack the buttons in patterns and towers. This set comes with 30 buttons and a pegging board. Recommended For Children 2 to 6 Years Old Pegging Board Measures 7.75 x 7.75 Inches Includes Peg Base A...More Details →
Russian World Architecture Blocks
Inspire your little one to create marvels of construction with this elegant building block set in the Russian style. Based on the temples and palaces of the Czars, this dramatic architecture set can be an entry to teaching your child about world cultures, or simply to exploring and playing together with the domes and arches. Your child will be c...More Details →
Large Colored Wooden Waldorf Blocks
This beautiful set of Large Colored Wooden Waldorf Blocks features 15 bright wooden blocks of varying shapes and sizes packaged in a reusable, convenient, cotton mesh storage bag. Inspired by the Waldorf philosophy of education, these unique wooden blocks offer textures, colors, and shapes that will spark imagination and encourage free, creativ...More Details →
Sakrada Blocks
Inspire your child to new heights of delight and fun with this collection of building blocks. Perfect for the toddler who is still learning by touch and taste, this set of 10 pieces can be stacked, sorted, built into a tower, or used to construct bridges and tunnels. Made of beech wood from PEFC-certified sustainable forests and tinted with safe...More Details →
DIY Original Truck Construction Set
Our DIY Original Truck Construction Set allows your little mechanic to create his own truck using the 17 wooden pieces. As he builds, he will develop problem solving and dexterity skills. Once built, your child will love playing with his creation. Build and rebuild for years to come! This wooden construction set was lovingly designed in France b...More Details →
Elements Of Nature Nesting Blocks: Water (Waves)
Representing the element of Water, our Waldorf-inspired nesting blocks are beautifully hand carved from a single piece of wood. Lovingly made in Europe by our friends at Grimm's Spiel und Holz, this stunning set can be used not only as puzzle and stacking set, but also to create countless scenes in open-ended play. With a little imagination, ch...More Details →
Elements Of Nature Nesting Blocks: Earth (Caves)
Representing the element of Earth, our Waldorf-inspired nesting blocks are beautifully hand carved from a single piece of wood. Lovingly made in Europe by our friends at Grimm's Spiel und Holz, this stunning set can be used not only as puzzle and stacking set, but also to create countless scenes in open-ended play. With a little imagination, ch...More Details →
Water Blocks
Brighten your child's bedroom or playroom with these six colorful, durable water-filled blocks. Two stackable shapes and three vibrant colors allow children to experiment with building and color mixing, creating new hues as they layer the square and arch-shaped blocks in front of each other. Made of natural, untreated rubberwood and non-toxic dy...More Details →
Kapla Block Set - 40 Piece Red
We absolutely love toys that foster independent play and let creativity flow. This delightful wooden block set from Kapla allows gravity to take its course as your child builds creations that would seemingly require glue to remain intact. Whether these blocks are formed into a castle or a dog we're positive that your child will love spending tim...More Details →
Tegu Magnetic Wooden Blocks - 24 Piece Set - Natural
The simplicity of Tegu Magnetic Wooden Blocks is sure to inspire your creative builder! Our Natural Blocks Set of 24 contains 24 magnetic wooden blocks in six shapes: 4 medium columns 4 mega planks 6 long planks 4 short planks 4 cubes 2 parallelograms A small magnet embedded in the center of the wood allows for endless building pos...More Details →
Chinese Character Blocks
Owning a set of high quality children's alphabet blocks is a time honored tradition. Generations of children have played and learned with this simple toy that teaches valuable skills while providing hours of enjoyment. Now we introduce this beautiful beginner set of Chinese Character Blocks, designed with 32 basic characters and their English eq...More Details →
Fit Together Blocks Set of 27
Keep your little one entertained for hours on end with his very own set of Fit Together Building Blocks. This larger set includes twenty-seven pieces in various shapes, sizes, and colors, locking sturdily together with large pegs and matching holes. Your child will use his critical thinking skills as he examines each block to determine if it wil...More Details →
Basic Building Blocks Extra Large Set
Our beautiful Basic Building Blocks Large Starter Set by Haba is great for beginning block builders to expert architects. Through play, children learn the basic laws of structural engineering and hone in on their spatial thinking skills. This set is wonderful all on its own or combined with other Haba block sets. Our Basic Building Blocks Large...More Details →
Village Building Blocks
Create imaginative city-scapes with our beautiful Village Building Blocks by Grimm's Spiel und Holz. Featuring 15 charming buildings of various widths with hand painted windows and doors, this set fits neatly in its own wooden storage tray. For added fun, pair this set with our Wooden Tunnels, Rainbow Peg Dolls, Four Elements Blocks, or Playsil...More Details →
Korean Character Blocks
Say "An Nyoung" to this great set of Korean Alphabet Blocks designed to help your little one develop language skills as he builds. Each of the blocks features Korean characters, numbers, and animals. This set of blocks also doubles as a puzzle__??_ can your little one complete the map? We love these American-made wooden blocks, we're sure they w...More Details →
Elements Of Nature Nesting Blocks: Fire (Flames)
Representing the element of Fire, our Waldorf-inspired nesting blocks are beautifully hand carved from a single piece of wood. Lovingly made in Europe by our friends at Grimm's Spiel und Holz, this stunning set can be used not only as puzzle and stacking set, but also to create countless scenes in open-ended play. With a little imagination, chi...More Details →
Zoolino Maxi Blocks
Take your child to the zoo today with the collection of creative building blocks in the Zoolino Maxi set! This collection of blocks includes 16 pieces of carved beech wood, painted with child-safe, water-based lacquer that will stand up to use and abuse for years to come. The perfect toy for adventurous children age 1 and up, this set includes a...More Details →
Traditional Blocks (Multiple Styles Available)
Our impeccably crafted Traditional Blocks are made of natural, hard maple wood right here in the United States. This elegant block set is brought to life with your child's imagination... castles, roads, stables, robots, almost anything can be built with simple blocks. Each block is based on the standard unit of 1.375 x 2.75 x 5.5 inches. Each ...More Details →
Compact Hatch Car Green
Get your child involved in some mobile building! With our Compact Hatch Car, your little builder can unassemble and reassemble the magnetic wooden pieces over and over. This set comes complete with 10 classic Tegu plank blocks, 4 wheels, and a unique topper to complete the car. Each piece is made from Honduran hardwood accented with safe, water-...More Details →
Clown Blocks 41 Piece Set
Beautiful, basic, and fun. Our Clown Blocks 41 Piece Set are a welcome addition to a child's toy chest. Each piece has a deep, saturated color with a beautifully smooth finish. Each of the 41 sustainable wood pieces was lovingly made in Bad Rodach, Germany by our friends at Haba. Recommended For Babies And Toddlers 12 Months And Older Set incl...More Details →
Russian Alphabet Blocks
Welcome the Russian tradition of excellence into your child's life with these exquisite Russian language blocks, designed with learning and play in mind. Your inquisitive little one will learn the Russian alphabet and the Russian language while building and stacking, thus developing fine motor and spatial skills along with cognitive development ...More Details →
Lower Case Alphabet Blocks
When it comes to learning through play, there is simply no toy available that can compete with a finely crafted set of alphabet blocks. Jump start your child's learning experience with this unique and hard to find set of lower case alphabet blocks. The 28 piece set of intricately embossed blocks features each letter of the alphabet in vivid colo...More Details →
Rainbow Nesting House
Welcome home to our charming Rainbow Nesting House by Grimm's Spiel und Holz of Germany. This handmade wooden toy provides endless open-ended play opportunities. Nest the pieces from smallest to largest to create an adorable wooden house, or add a little imagination and the individual pieces can be used as bridges, tunnels, fences, furniture, c...More Details →
Rainbow Tunnel - 12 Piece
A larger version of our popular Elements of Nature: Air (Rainbow), our Waldorf-inspired nesting blocks are beautifully hand carved from a single piece of wood. Lovingly made in Europe by our friends at Grimm's Spiel und Holz, this stunning set can be used not only as puzzle and stacking set, but also to create countless scenes in open-ended pla...More Details →
Rainbow Nesting Bowls - Blue
This versatile set of brightly colored wooden Rainbow Nesting Bowls is a "must have" for babies and toddlers. The bowls can be nested or stacked. They also can be used to sort, fill, or empty small items such as beans or gemstones. Add a little imagination and they can be used in kitchen play, building cities, or as furniture in a dollhouse. R...More Details →
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1 Modern Circle™ Simone™ Doll
Release Date: 4/1/2003
Product Code: B2528
1 Modern Circle™ Simone™ doll is dazzling in a green silver foil printed dress with a plush stole shoulder wrap. Curly black hair with green highlights is pulled up in a sophisticated high ponytail.
Production doll may vary from the photo shown above. Mattel reserves the right to modify the fashion/fabrics, sculpt, hair color/style, and accessories. Doll cannot stand alone as shown.
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Switch-hitter who has good speed ... started the first 101 games of his career at shortstop before suffering a shoulder injury that forced him to miss a game on April 22, 2014 ... missed the 2014 fall season while recovering from the injury ... a career .297 hitter with a .379 on-base percentage in 119 games (119 starts) over two seasons ... has 28 doubles, one triple, two homers, 59 RBIs, 77 runs, 53 walks, seven hit-by-pitches and 28 steals ... team co-captain for 2015 ... preseason first-team All-ACC by Perfect Game ... No. 46 college prospect and No. 89 overall prospect for the 2015 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game ... No. 40 junior in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game ... No. 11 ACC prospect for the 2015 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game.
2014: Brooks Wallace Shortstop-of-the-Year Award Watch List member ... Second-Team All-ACC selection ... All-ACC Academic selection ... ACC Academic Honor Roll member ... hit .338 with 49 runs, 18 doubles, two homers, 32 RBIs, a .410 on-base percentage, 25 walks against only 24 strikeouts, three hit-by-pitches and 19 steals in 57 games (57 starts, including 40 at shortstop and 17 as the DH) ... fifth in the ACC in batting average, tied for fifth in runs, tied for fifth in doubles, tied for sixth in steals and tied for eighth in hits (74) ... led or tied for the team lead in batting average, runs, hits, doubles, on-base percentage and sacrifice bunts (6) ... had a 16-game hitting streak, which included the last game of 2013 and the first 15 games of 2014 ... reached base safely in 21 consecutive games from April to May ... went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a steal against Eastern Michigan on Feb. 15; was 5-for-11 with four runs and three steals in the series ... went 3-for-5 with an RBI against Maine on Feb. 22; was 5-for-9 with three walks and three runs in the series ... hit a three-run double at No. 3 South Carolina on Feb. 28 ... went 3-for-6 with a double, RBI and two runs at Western Carolina on March 4 ... went 2-for-5 with his first career homer, two RBIs and two runs in the second game of a doubleheader at Wake Forest on March 15 ... went 2-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs, a run and walk against No. 1 Florida State on March 21 ... went 2-for-6 with a double, RBI and three runs at Georgia on March 25 ... went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a run at No. 2 Virginia on April 12 ... went 4-for-5 with two runs and a steal against Coastal Carolina on April 15 ... went 3-for-5 with a double, run and steal at Pittsburgh on April 18 ... went 2-for-3 with two doubles and a run at Pittsburgh on April 20; was 6-for-12 with three doubles and three runs in the series ... went 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBIs, two runs and a steal against Boston College on May 15 ... went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs, two walks and two steals against Duke in the ACC Tournament on May 21 ... went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs against Xavier in the Nashville Regional on May 31 ... No. 54 sophomore in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game ... No. 9 ACC prospect for the 2015 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game ... No. 10 ACC prospect for the 2015 draft in the preseason by Baseball America.
2013: Hit .257 with 28 runs, 10 doubles, one triple, 27 RBIs, a .349 on-base percentage, 28 walks, four hit-by-pitches and nine steals in 62 games (62 starts at shortstop) ... had a .958 fielding percentage ... did not commit an error in the last nine games and committed only one error in the last 17 games ... one of three Tigers to start every game ... hit .310 with runners in scoring position ... had a team-high six sacrifice bunts ... had 14 multiple-hit games ... had a team-high two walkoff hits, both singles ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI against No. 7 South Carolina at Greenville, S.C. on March 2 ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run against No. 12 Virginia on March 17 ... went 1-for-2 with a double, two RBIs and two runs against Morehead State on March 19 ... went 2-for-3 with a double and run against Morehead State on March 20; was 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs and three runs in the midweek series ... went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run at No. 1 North Carolina on April 1 ... went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a run, walk and steal at Western Carolina on April 9 ... went 4-for-5 with a triple, one RBI, one run and a steal against Presbyterian College on April 10; led off the eighth inning with a triple on a 1-2 pitch and scored the tying run on a wild pitch, then hit a walkoff single on an 0-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth inning ... had the game's only RBI when he hit a run-scoring single with two outs in the fifth inning in Clemson's 1-0 victory against Wake Forest on April 13 ... went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, one run and two walks in the first game of a doubleheader against No. 19 Georgia Tech on April 26 ... went 2-for-5 with one walk and a walkoff single with two outs in the 11th inning in the second game of a doubleheader against No. 19 Georgia Tech on April 26 ... went 2-for-4 with one RBI, two runs and a walk against No. 19 Georgia Tech on April 27; was 7-for-12 (.583) with one double, four RBIs and four walks in the series ... went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run against Georgia Southern on May 12 ... No. 23 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game ... played for Santa Barbara in the California Collegiate League in the summer, where he hit .387 with two homers, two doubles, six RBIs and three steals in eight games.
Before Clemson: Drafted in the 35th round (No. 1,061 overall pick) by the Seattle Mariners ... East Coast Pro Showcase ... Area Code Games ... all-state selection by ESPN.com ... team offensive MVP ... lettered three times in baseball ... coached by Josh Bartlett at Northview High School.
Personal: Pronounced KREE-guhr ... his father, Bram, played baseball at Ithaca ... majoring in parks, recreation & tourism management ... born Tyler Bram Krieger on Jan. 16, 1994 in Laguna, Calif.


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To "have your cake and eat it too" is something most gearheads aspire to achieve when building their perfect rides. Not too long ago, cars could only be built for one purpose. If you wanted to go drag racing, you set the car up to hook hard and go straight. But if you also wanted to go through some tight curves, you were either out of luck or had some serious chassis redesign ahead of you.
The trend today, however, is to build street machines that do everything well. We want to go fast in a straight line but also have fun on the road on the way to the dragstrip. Lucky for us companies are starting to offer products which make this possible.
Shocks are a big part of how your car is going to react to these different environments. Of course, there is the option of swapping them at the track, and in most cases this is not too difficult to do. But thanks to QA1 Motorsports, there's a better option. The company's shocks feature an external knob that allows the shocks' dampening to be adjusted at 12 different rates. Turn the knob counter-clockwise to the No. 1 position and the shock is at its softest setting. Turn it 12 clicks clockwise and it's at the stiffest. These aluminum-bodied, rebuildable shocks are designed to replace most stock musclecar applications, so we figured that our '70 Monte Carlo would be a perfect candidate to test them on.
When we got the shocks, we were immediately impressed with their build quality. The shock bodies are machined from lightweight billet aluminum and then clear anodized. Adding to the shock's strength, the 5/8-inch piston rod is hard-chromed.
Our Monte Carlo's suspension has been rebuilt with polyurethane bushings and tuned with Hotchkis coils, trailing arms, and sway bars. We tested it a few months ago, checking its performance with different-size tires and decided to stick with the 17-inch Yokohama AVS S/Ts for this test, as well.
We took the Monte and the shocks over to Hotchkis Performance and installed them. The day of the testing the weather did not look promising. The track surface was wet and the sky was cloudy. Luckily, a few hours later the track had dried out and we were ready to run. The temperature stayed cool and kept the track a little cooler, which might have contributed to our speeds being a little off from the last time we tested (during a warm SoCal day). But by the end of the session the new shocks more than made up for it.
The QA1s worked very well and the Monte performed great. It's a fun car to shoot through the slalom and take out on the road. We have some more suspension mods in mind, so we will continue to play with the shocks' adjustments to see how our new modifications react. Hopefully we'll get a new engine in so we have some power to actually test them out on the dragstrip.


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Celina is a mother to two sponsored children in Colombia, and for her, empanadas are her livelihood. She took out a loan through her mothers group to start a business selling empanadas and coffee. (Unbound serves more than 22,000 sponsored children and elderly in Colombia.)
Celina used the income from her business to purchase her first home.
Celina shares her recipe with us, and we invite you to try her delicious empanadas. Enjoy!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Servings: Makes approximately 10 six-inch empanadas.
- 3 cups corn flour (plus a little more for kneading)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 5 eggs (scrambled)
- 5 potatoes (cooked and smashed)
- 2 onions (chopped)
- 3 tomatoes (chopped)
- 8 oz. meat (cooked beef or chicken)
- 8 oz. rice (cooked)
- 4 oz. peas* (cooked) *optional
- 4 oz. shortening
- 16 oz. (roughly) Canola oil
1. In a bowl, mix the eggs, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, meat, rice and peas. Set mixture aside.
2. In a separate bowl, mix the water, flour and salt.
3. Cut the shortening into the flour mix with a mixer or two butter knives. Mix until dough is formed.
5. Place dough on a lightly floured surface. Knead it just until all the flour is incorporated and the dough is smooth.
6. Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
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A rare species of hillbilly found in the small town of Sedro-Woolley, WA. These people can be found wearing chainsaw oil covered Overals, with a Stihl chainsaw dirty hat and romeos. The tend to never change out of their work clothes pior to social outings, for example; (Grocery Store, Resturant, and bar.) Often talk about how to set chokers and slay you a salmon on the Skagit. They typically identified by driving older lifted 1980's Toyota 4x4's with extra large CB attenta and a Rebel Confederate flag.
Cletus the hilljack perfers to take home his sister after a good drunken night at the bar drinking Schmidts beer.
af trollollol 20. maj 2011
An extremely idiotic hillbilly, often the product of 3rd generation inbreeding, that exhibits poor sociological and mental functions. Found mostly in regions of dirt roads, hilljacks typically pay no heed to laws against domestic violence or laws against meth production and use.
Billy-Ray Ted, Jr. takes after his uncle/dad, they both are extremely violent hilljacks when you give them a Bud.
af analonomys 1. november 2010
Creature sometimes considered to be a human , only less sophisticated, missing a finger or toe, a crooked eye and usually with a dumb name
John Johnson, Tom Thomson, Jim planter or Tim Ammon anyone named these names is most definitely a hilljack
af Reapergrim 7. oktober 2013
Kids that get there kicks from drinking chasing cows in field with a 3 or 4 wheeler and sitting by a fire all night and playing in it til someone gets burned or falls in it,also all they do all day long is chew tabacco and hang out at a truck stop all damn day ..... also know as rednecks or hillbillies
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af Mo 22. oktober 2003
A person that spends countless hours trolling message boards spewing their drivel as if it was the gospel. Garden variety Stiller fan, back in the day, they flourished in S.W.Pa. but with the down fall of the Steel industry they were forced to move to a place close to you! They have such a inferior complex that they have to wave a yellow rag to seek attention to the masses. But have no fear, they are a frontrunning clan, they will jump onto the next bangwagon as soon as it gets HOT!
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af Ajaxnextdoor 24. oktober 2009
Found in rural areas. Ball cap backwards or tilted, oversize shorts and tshirt, shaved head with goatee. Speaks in a muddle of country and ghetto dialect. Rides low in a Japanese import from the 90s with mismatched door and fart-sounding exhaust, or can be seen in elevated, shiny pick up truck finished with chrome flame or skulls; could possibly own a crotch rocket bike. Blasts hip hop, nu metal, death metal or rap from said vehicle. Approach with caution, can be easily set off and become violent.
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af Hallion 21. oktober 2008
someone so ingrained with white trash sorriness that they'll shit the bed and then kick said shit out of the bed barefooted
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Patsy's Egg Casserole [1]
Midwest Living® Creative Director Geri Boesen credits her mother-in-law, Patsy, for creating this easy sausage-and-cheese brunch recipe, a popular food at family holiday gatherings. "It's nice because you can make it the day ahead and put it in the fridge overnight," Geri says.
Blueberry Surprise French Toast Casserole [5]
Cream cheese is the secret ingredient in this casserole, which gets a generous topping of blueberry or maple syrup. The recipe comes from Turkey Run Inn at Turkey Run State Park in east-central Indiana.
Chocolate-Kissed Monkey Bread [9]
Caramel, chocolate and cinnamon give this monkey bread a delicious flavor. Be sure to get the large flaky biscuits for easy shaping.
Gingerbread Waffles with Hot Lemon Curd Sauce [13]
The B&B Southmoreland on the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri, shared their recipe for spicy waffles.
Pork 'n' Pippins Quiche [17]
At Round Barn Farm Bed and Breakfast and Bread in Red Wing, Minnesota, Robin and Elaine Kleffman serve this sweet-and-savory quiche with a dollop of sour cream and seasoned, broiled tomato halves on the side.
Mini Egg Pastries with Bearnaise Sauce [21]
At Cold Spring Inn in Hubertus, Wisconsin, Kari and Jerry Munley serve these elegant brunch pastries with cinnamon rolls and fruit. The herby bearnaise sauce is a bit fussy to make compared to purchased hollandaise sauce, but you'll notice a real difference in flavor.
Swedish Tea Ring [25]
Sprinkled with chopped red and green cherries, this tender, walnut-filled pastry is a perfect treat for Christmas morning.
Swedish Tea Ring [26]
Fruit and Nut Granola [29]
At Abilene's Victorian Inn in Kansas, chef Adrian Potter bakes this granola for guests. Eat it with milk or layered in a parfait with yogurt and fruit. We love how the recipe lets you customize the nuts and fruit to your taste.
Swedish Lemon Pancakes [33]
A delicate crepelike pancake folds like an envelope around tangy lemon curd in this pretty brunch dish from Abilene's Victorian Inn in Kansas. The whipped sour cream topping is a breeze to make.
Lazy Morning Sausage Pie [37]
Lyndy Ireland cooks up breakfast favorites such as this classic biscuit mix recipe for her guests at Triangle Ranch in western South Dakota. She tops the Sausage Pie with refreshing salsa.
Maple Butter Twists [41]
These breakfast rolls are a family tradition with Jean Haviland of Carroll, Iowa. "My mom made these rolls with a maple-cream filling every Christmas—and still does!" she says. "Mom always makes extra and freezes them for later. They're great for breakfast or any time of day!"
Maple Butter Twists [42]
Sausage Polenta with Nestled Eggs [45]
Green chiles and shredded cheese lend Southwest flavor to this hearty breakfast casserole that you can prepare the night before and bake in the morning.
Easy Huevos Rancheros Casserole [49]
Cumin, garlic, and fresh cilantro season eggs and potatoes in this quick and easy casserole. Garnish with salsa and sour cream.
Tomato-Zucchini Strata [53]
Swiss cheese, plump tomatoes, tender zucchini and herbs flavor this rich breakfast bake. Bonus: You can make it a day ahead and bake it in the morning.
Morning Pecan Casserole [57]
A crunchy, pralinelike layer tops this easy, make-ahead brunch dish with raisin-bread strata and pieces of sausage patties.
Spinach Quiche a la Goldmoor [61]
An easy-to-use frozen spinach souffle makes this quiche's eggy-sausage filling easy to prepare. The recipe is from the Goldmoor Inn near Galena, Illinois.
Stuffed Croissant Breakfast Strata [65]
The combination of croissants, bacon and cheese create an indulgent make-ahead treat for breakfast or brunch. Croissant pieces fit into the baking dish like a puzzle.
Goat Cheese, Artichoke and Smoked Ham Strata [69]
This brunch recipe comes from Carol Mortensen of Flossmoor, Illinois. "My husband and I began hosting brunches in 1986. This goat cheese, artichoke and smoked ham strata became our favorite brunch dish," she says. "The best part is preparing it the night before to bake in the morning."
Creamy Butter-Pecan Cinnamon Rolls [73]
We can't resist a good sticky roll -- especially if it's this easy to make. Starting with frozen bread dough, we added brown sugar, cinnamon, pecans and chocolate chips. When you turn it out, it makes its own gooey topping.
Creamy Butter-Pecan Cinnamon Rolls with Chocolate recipe [74]
Egg 'n' Bacon Breakfast Casserole [77]
South Dakota chef Doug Hanson shared this make-ahead recipe from his grandmother. "You can't go wrong with eggs, cheese and bacon," he says.
Gingerbread-Sour Cream Muffins [81]
We took a traditional holiday dessert ingredient -- gingerbread -- and turned it into a muffin. Crystallized ginger tops off these treats.
Finnish Baked Pancakes [85]
This recipe comes from the Poplar Creek Guesthouse Bed and Breakfast on the Gunflint Trail near Grand Marais, Minnesota. The traditional big pancake has been adapted into a lighter version: puffed pancakes. Poplar Creek also serves up a delicious Stuffed French Toast, flavored with cream cheese, apricot preserves and pecans.
Finnish Baked Pancakes recipe [86]
Herbed Egg-Potato breakfast [90]
You can assemble the cheesy Herbed Egg-Potato Bake up to two days ahead and refrigerate it. Serve with Sugared Bacon-Wrapped Smokies sausage and warm Cranberry-Apple Crisp.
Herbed Egg-Potato breakfast [91]
Sugared Bacon Wrapped Smokies [92]
Sunrise Smoothies [96]
Not only are smoothies great-tasting -- they're good for you, too. Try this one with a sliced strawberry garnish.
Chocolate-Pecan Coffee Cake [100]
We put together our favorite coffee cake ingredients for this holiday recipe: chocolate, butter, sour cream, pecans and coconut. It's worth the indulgence!
Spicy Brunch Lasagna [104]
This hearty brunch casserole features Italian sausage, purchased Alfredo sauce, hash browns, mozzarella cheese, oven-ready lasagna noodles and cottage cheese.
Spicy Brunch Lasagna [105]
Cheese Blintzes [108]
Some blintz recipes have you cook the stuffed crepes again, but we streamlined the recipe. Serve for brunch or as a dessert.
Cheese Blintzes [109]
Baked Brie Strata [112]
Brie cheese, zucchini, and Roma and cherry tomates update this classic brunch casserole.
Baked Brie Strata [113]
Chocolate-Almond Bubble Wreath [116]
Chocolate wrapped in sweet-roll dough forms bite-size bubbles in this bread. It's great for breakfast or snacks. You'll love it warm from the oven.
Winter Wake-Up Muffins [120]
Customize this breakfast staple with your choice of dried fruits or veggies. Add cranberries for a tangy holiday treat or zucchini for something savory. If you prefer scones to muffins, try our Fresh Cranberry Scones with a cream cheese spread.
Winter Wake-up Muffins recipe [121]
Cream Cheese-Filled Breakfast Pancakes [125]
Topped with fresh fruit and wrapped around a rich cream cheese filling, these crepelike pancakes add color and flavor to any special-occasion breakfast or brunch. The recipe comes from the Artists Colony Inn in Nashville, Indiana.
Hot Coffee Latte Eggnog [129]
A stick of cinnamon, whipped cream, ground spice or a peppermint stick adds a special-occasion touch to a homemade eggnog blend.
Hot Coffee Latte Eggnog recipe [130]
Holiday Orange-Eggnog Punch recipe [131]
Heavenly Hots [135]
This recipe came from Ina Pinkney, owner of Ina's Kitchen in Chicago. She makes three kinds of pancakes: whole-wheat oatmeal, gingerbread with lemon cream and these sour cream cakes. "I believe in pancakes so good, you don't need syrup," she says. Serve with a warm fruit compote on the side.
Heavenly Hots recipe [136]
Potato Bacon Skillet [139]
People love the sounds of food cooking in iron skillets. The irresistible combination of Cajun andouille sausage and bacon bump up the flavor of this home-style breakfast dish. A cast-iron skillet browns it best.
Caramel Apple Crepes [143]
Rediscover how easy these tender, thin pancakes are to mix and cook. Serve with sweet or savory fillings and toppings.
Fresh Fruit with Orange-Honey Yogurt Sauce [147]
Add a dash of color to your breakfast table with this recipe—a rainbow of fruit with Orange-Honey Yogurt Sauce on the side.
Smoked Turkey Quiche [151]
This variation of a classic quiche recipe combines smoked turkey breast with Swiss cheese, eggs and cream. Serve with fresh fruit and homemade sweet rolls.
Smoked Turkey Quiche [152]
Kringla breakfast cookies [155]
Rolling and shaping these Scandinavian breakfast cookies is a fun and creative family bonding activity. Just don't get too carried away with flour, which can make the breadlike pastries tough and dry.
Kringla recipe [156]
Pasta Frittata [159]
Diners at Ina's Kitchen in Chicago get a giant, Parmesan-sprinkled wedge of this baked frittata served with sauteed tomatoes. We like it with a marinara sauce, too.
Pasta Frittata recipe [160]
Wisconsin Snow Pudding [163]
This fluffy brunch dessert looks like a snow sculpture. Serve with Custard Sauce and fresh raspberries.
Wisconsin Snow Pudding [164]


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"Bug" an official Bonus model movie
During LEGOWORLD 2011 CPH, there was a nice new movie presented on a BIG screen above the MINDSTORMS area. The movie had 2 totally new models that can be build with a single NXT 2.0 retail kit (#8547).
The movie is present on the LEGO MINDSTORMS website, but I think most of you did not find it yet..
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7 comments:
- Menno Gorter said...
So Anders is also an actor? ;-)
Is it his design?
- Apr 6, 2011, 3:27:00 AM
- Robotica said...
I think it is his design, but there might always be a part seen somewhere else...
- Apr 6, 2011, 10:30:00 PM
- Henry said...
easy one i guess
The robot is suing a ultrasonic sensor and in the program shows that is using the colour sensor, and no loops
- Apr 7, 2011, 2:22:00 AM
- Henry said...
other bug i found is that there no touch sensors ans the programs also uses a touch sensor block, and in the desing of the robot there is not mechanism to grab the ball
- Apr 7, 2011, 2:25:00 AM
- Timothy said...
were are the instructions for this. also i think that the second new bonus model dose not work with one NXT 2.0 model (it has 6 wheels instead of 4)
- Apr 7, 2011, 5:54:00 AM
- Robotica said...
The second model is as the video said not buildable with just one kit.
Well spotted the program is just a movie example, in the second movie you also see a lot of typing (sure you can enter your program name and some variable names).
But just look at the cool simplicity of programing in general.
I reverse engineered the bug and will try to convert it into a BI.
- Apr 7, 2011, 8:17:00 AM
- megamindstorm101 said...
very nice video. makes me want an nxt 2.0 more and more :P
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: OR
Oddometer: 19,747
Commuting The strange. The Odd And the FUN
Let's share some of our more entertaining commuter stories. Here, I'll start it off with my ride home tonight.
On my commute home tonight a Black Mercedes changes into the left lane on the interstate where traffic was flowing along nicely and I am following a truck at a safe distance. He did signal (so in my mind no harm no foul I roll off the throttle to give myslf more following distance behind my new lead car) I doubt he looked or even saw me until his lane change was completed. All is right and OK and we are all flowing along nicely…Then he looks in his rear-view sees me and slows down. I have no idea why. ??? It is not as if my DR looks a cop bike.
I slow some more to keep a safe following distance as he pokes along beside a truck in the center lane as the Left lane traffic rolls off into the distance. Slowly... Ever so slowly Mercedes dude gets past the truck...When I clear a truck, I signal… Move to the middle lane… Pass said Mercedes dude then signal (both hand and turn signal as is my standard practice) and move back to the left lane when the Mercedes dude decides he doesn't like that so he punches it and pulls up next to me to force me back into the middle lane. I think he was a little surprised that I did not play his game and held my line. He thought he could intimidate me but was unwilling to have my foot peg scratch up his pretty Black car. I was laughing so hard I almost teared up.
Quite silly actually but I did have an escape to the right if I needed it. Once he learned I did not wish to participate in his game (about a ¼ mile) he backed off to a safe following distance and I move to the center of the lane to discourage him from doing it again and I did one of these:
This seemed to anger Mercedes dude as he sped up again flashing his headlights. buy this time I am nearing my exit so I signaled and changed lanes to the right and slowed to match the slower speed of the traffic in the right lane when Mercedes dude zooms up beside me again thinking he is scaring me. If he had known how hard I was laughing behind my Full-faced helmet I think he would have exploded.
It was the most entertaining commute in the last year!!! Damn riding is fun.
OK, your turn. Any road rage, folly, humorous stories about your daily commute? Share away.
Watch out for everything bigger than you, they have the "right of weight"
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Joined: Jul 2008
Location: Anaheim, CA
Oddometer: 3,164
Don't play games with cagers.
I ride around them, put other cars between an aggressive driver and myself, or just let them go.
Duy. You know, like the decimal system.
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Joined: Apr 2009
Location: Nashville TN, no chit, police state.
Oddometer: 3,859
Car or m/c, I like "laying eggs" but my GF trips out so that's out when she's on-board... (in the car)
Apperantly in Middle TN, the left lane, no matter where it is, is for the blocking and cutting off others when their right turn nears...
So I just give them back what they so graciously give to others.
I just get up front and slow right on down, to parade speed. Getting a WTF hand flip for my troubles.
Seems you have to be retarded to a certain point to drive around here.
Commuting follies? only every time I ride... Welcome to the 3rd circle of mc riding hell where only the billy bad asses on Harley's get the ok to sit at lights they can legally go through, and ride how ever and where ever they want, cause they might beat yer ass!
The guy on the mopedcrotchrocketdirtbike?
fawk him!
They blow rant rave and cuss when you filter or split here too, but not so much when you tuck in behind the asshole that doesn't obey ANY traffic laws, pays no wheel or road taxes and doesn't have a tag or even insurance... The bicyclist...
Everyday IS 3/11!
Everybody's always talking out the side of their mouths about our "dependency on foreign oil", what about our dependency on cheap china crap? Who exactly again is killing our dollar?
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Land Locked Sailor
Joined: Sep 2009
Location: Northern IL
Oddometer: 262
I don't ride in a lot of rain. Tonight I had to get home from work in northern Illinois. Light rain, strong winds, but wow. The lightning was AWESOME! Got to be one of the greatest ways to see lightning!
"Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. "
The Burning Man
Joined: Feb 2010
Location: Red Deer, Alberta. Bitterroot Valley
Oddometer: 306
Anyways.... Lightening is fun when you know its going to be there. But, while blasting down a local fire road in what seems to be just a cloudy day to have lightening strike virtually right beside you, well that is another story. That scared me worse than possibly anything that I have ever experienced. The light was blinding, the sound was so loud that I did a sort-of fetal position while still on the bike . It was a check your pants moment for sure. What got me the most was it was completely out of nowhere, no warning BANG! Rain followed, as always does for the ill-prepared .
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: May 2010
Location: Winter Haven, Fl
Oddometer: 606
These are always fun. Caution, I'm very long winded.
I was coming home from the Orlando area a week or two ago on I-4 (my job has me all over the place, and I-4 is commuter hell in this area) and traffic was moving at a decent clip. Well I was passing most of everybody in the left lane, with a few cars following me. Of course I come up on a left lane hog in a pickup truck...the cars in the middle were doing 75, I was probably doing 80 until reaching this guy...going slower than the guys in the right. UGH.
But the traffic was so condensed in the right that it wasn't very wise to try and squeeze in to pass him...especially since he just sped up. And then slowed down again. And then sped up again. UGH. Well, this whole time there was some jackass in a Toyota tailgating me. I passed him using the middle lane earlier, and he tried to get on my tail until I did my little blast off routine, and he realized that I was going a bit faster than he was willing to. But of course, in Florida, if you tailgate the person in front of you, the people in front of him will speed up!!
So anyhow the traffic in the middle lane loosened up a bit, but I decided to try and hold my line in the left as the truck *may* wise up and move over (very very unlikely). Around this time, someone from the middle gets in front of the truck, going about the same speed. Then we caught up with another driver, effectively forming a line of fail in the left lane. The Toyota then suddenly changes into the middle lane (another reason I decided to stay in the left) and then gets up right next to me in time for traffic in the middle to slow...he tailgates the hell out of the guy in front of him, then forces his way in front of me.
So the next few miles he's stuck behind the truck, and I'm stuck behind him...he gained absolutely no time. All of that effort just to get one car ahead....ah, Florida drivers. As I realized I was only 3-5 miles from my exit, I pulled into the slower middle lane and saw him get pretty far ahead. Then I realized that nobody was in the right lane, so I changed, and rocketed forward....as I passed him, he switches into the middle lane, and then into the right to get behind me, just as we're approaching a little old lady in a Buick doing the minimum of 60.
I changed into the middle lane just in time for the inevitable chain of people in the left lane trying to pass the earlier moron in the truck were changing...making Toyota man stuck in the right lane. I waved as I accelerated into a nice cushion in front of the clusterfuck I was just stuck in, and then pulled off onto my exit.
Eh, just usual Florida drivers. I've had worse happen to me, but this is the most recent that gave a reaction.
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Joined: Oct 2008
Location: Nashville, Music City U.S.A.
Oddometer: 424
And then there are the guys with full-size pickups, who seem to have bought those trucks so they can decapitate people driving behind them (brake-checkers).
If it wasn't for the music scene and all the beautiful women in this town...
[angry moth noises]
Joined: Jul 2009
Location: I LIVE IN A GIANT BUCKET
Oddometer: 18,913
Coming back from dinner one evening.
Road goes down a hill into the valley ~1/4mi, stoplight with streets into subdivisions on either side. Keep going straight another 1/4mi, then come up the hill to one of the major intersections (with stoplight) in the neighborhood. Not a lot of traffic this evening, between the light at the bottom of the hill and the light at the top there were 3 other cars.
I'm just passing through the intersection at the bottom of the hill when I see the light at the top goes yellow. The other cars in front of me slow down and coast to a stop at the light. I roll up behind the car in the right go-straight lane, with two cars in the go-straight lane to my left and nobody in the right-turn lane to my right.
Light's still red, car in front of me shifts into reverse and starts rolling straight backwards. I start honking, flashing lights, and get no response. They keep coasting back. Lady in the car closes within 5ft of my front tire and I slide over to the right just as the light turns green. She keeps coasting backwards, right over where I was waiting. I go through the intersection and never saw her go through.
First time i've ever almost gotten run over by the car in front of me.
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Joined: Mar 2008
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Oddometer: 1,782
Commuting: The time when the people fit into three categories.
1)Actively trying to kill you
2)Absentmindedly trying to kill you
3)Mindless obstacles that refuse to change lanes or pass anyone, and are best passed efficiently.
Someone tried to mer into me today when they assumed I was going to enter a turn lane, heard my horn, looked, and kept on moving into my lane. SOP, move on, get over it. Two responses. Get up in her grill and get angry, or get the hell away from her. Today I chose option 2.
Sometimes I do enjoy either giving dumb people the stare, or the WTF palm up and shrug about why they are in the fast lane with a parade of cars behind them. Of course the same could be said of the people blissfully following along with the other two lanes clear.
Do you talk to people you meet on the road?
Home is where the skid lid sits.
Joined: Mar 2008
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Oddometer: 1,782
Some times in my car, I'll intentionally roll back a foot or two if someone keeps creeping up on me both to stop them, and to discourage them from getting so close in the future.
Do you talk to people you meet on the road?
Home is where the skid lid sits.
Has Cake/Eats it Too
Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Neither here nor there
Oddometer: 8,330
I'll guess about a few more posts before some ATGATT safety inspector shows up and tells us that we need to stop having fun on our bikes.
I will relate a tale told me by my riding buddy two days ago when he came over to beg garage space from me to change fork seals. He was riding about a week ago up "Industrial Road" (Same road I smoked the Honda Insight, for those of you who remember) and some guy in a cage was weaving in and out of traffic trying to get "there" faster. It's ridiculous on this street because it just. doesn't. happen. You just need to go with it, whether in car or on bike. Apparently my buddy was in the left lane and Audi boy in the right decided to try and squeeze him out, force him to slow down and shove his way in, just like Dake Z's mercedes buddy did.
Anyway, hot day, around 30C, and his window was open. He edged closer and closer, arrogant expression on his face, and my friend wouldn't yield...because of the secret weapon. So H- just waited and held his line. Waited until the guy was about 1 foot off his Touretech case and the guy's window was level with the gas tank on the Dakar...
And then H- let it rip with the Stebel Horn right into the guy's left ear.
Apparently the guy nearly shit his pants and swerved so hard to the right (to get away from the sound) that he damn near hit the curb.
Ima gonna need to buy one of those things.
moto junkie
Joined: Aug 2008
Location: Virginia
Oddometer: 1,905
I was cruising along peacefully on my KLR650 on a twisty VA 2-lane one afternoon. I was minding my own business doing about 60 mph when a lady in a Geo Tracker heading my direction intentionally swerves in my lane. She was probably doing 60 or so as well.
She had a big smile on her face the whole time she sent me into the ditch. Luckily I was on the KLR and it handled the deep gravel at 60 mph with more ease than I would have expected. I kept my speed and managed to hop back onto the pavement with relative ease.
I had just read a very nice book on VA gun laws because I was thinking of carrying concealed, but wanted to know all of he ins and outs before making my decision. That day I decided NOT to carry. Had I been carrying, I know in my heart that I would have turned around and shot at her. I'd like to see my kids grow up without bars between us if you know what I mean.
I have 2 other really good stories, but I'll save 'em for later.
Joined: May 2008
Location: Atlanta
Oddometer: 281
Driving down the HOV lane coming home in Atlanta and I see a beat up old chevy full of young folk. I notice they are passing something and smoke coming out' of the windows, like lots of smoke. A second later I smell the indistinguishable odor of cannabis. They keep steamin that car up the road and I wonder (hope) if I'm going to get a contact high.
I don't know! I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again!
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Doesn't Care
Joined: Dec 2009
Location: Oaktown
Oddometer: 2,302
What I don't get is how often commuters want to "race" me. Does a vstrom with a barn door and side cases look that fast? (maybe it doesn't and that's the point?)
I wouldn't mind as they're free to go ahead and look for cops, but as often as not they'll pace me waiting for the race to start. I hate having cars right beside me.
--Semantics are everything.
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What Up Realmers? Quick question, How do you switch legs on the Mattel WWE Elite figures? I wanted to switch some out and didn't know if the boil & pop would work on those or if they are hard plastic? I know figures like the Marvel Legends with the hip balls can be heated up and then popped from the peg but wasn't sure if the WWE figures were the same way since they are constructed differently.
Anyways thanks for any help and keep on keeping on!
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Recognize the device at boot
Recognize the device at boot
echo 'inputattach -elo /dev/ttyS2' >> /etc/rc.local
echo 'inputattach -elo /dev/ttyS2' >> /etc/rc.local
Calibrate the touchscreen:
Calibrate the touchscreen: /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf
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Section "InputClass"
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "calibration" MatchProduct "Elo Serial TouchScreen" Option "Calibration" "4015 -4 6 4026"
Identifier "calibration" MatchProduct "Elo Serial TouchScreen" Option "Calibration" "4015 -4 6 4026"
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|In a hackerspace a computer is needed everywhere, included behind the bar. So this project was born.
|Koen, Koert
|Den Bunker
- It allows everyone to play their favorite music.
- Stock management for the bar
- General purpose computing
The computer is situated in the corner at the end of the bar. Its audio jack is connected to the amplifier next to it to play music.
- HP case
- Intel 82865G Motherboard with internal audio controler and an unused graphics chip
- Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.60GHz
- AMD ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF Video card
- Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet
- 80GiB harddrive (root filesystem)
- 20GiB harddrive (backup)
The touchscreen is located at the other end of the bar and is connected to the case through a USB cable for the input devices and a VGA cable for the output (screen).
- Touchscreen
- the touchscreen has a serial port, which is connected to a serial-to-usb adapter plugged in a usb hub
- Mouse and keyboard
- Since we have a USB hub we connected extra USB input device so we can use the computer as an all-purpose device
- We might drop these extra input devices if we find a decent on screen keyboard
- The touchscreen is powered by a PSU, a button on the back of the screen's case switches this PSU on
- We have a serial barcode scanner, but we don't use it at the moment
- Is this still available?
- Berz tried using debian (concerned with the system's reliability) but couldn't get the touchscreen (which isn't supported by the kernel) configured
- The server runs Ubuntu 10.10, which comes with Utouch, under which Ward got the touchscreen working quickly
Install the needed packages:
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-elographics xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dev utouch sudo apt-get install xinput-calibrator
Recognize the device at boot
echo 'inputattach -elo /dev/ttyS2' >> /etc/rc.local
Calibrate the touchscreen, and put the output here: /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf
This is the config I last used, but if you've got smaller finger feel free to optimize it:
Section "InputClass" Identifier "calibration" MatchProduct "Elo Serial TouchScreen" Option "Calibration" "4015 -4 6 4026" EndSection
We use MPD (Music Player Daemon) as a server. This allows us to use various clients at the same time, including over the network and on portable devices. For information on playing music, see How to play music.
To add music to the MPD library we originally used djmount, a program which automatically mounts UPNP shares. This setup was copied from Whitespace and is documented here. Although this setup kind of worked, it didn't for some people. One of these people was berz_, who wrote a script which automounts sambashares which we currently use. We might complement this with djmount, allowing everyone to pick the one they prefer. This isn't implemented at the moment because no one bothered to use UPNP yet. For information on adding your own music to the database, please see How to play music.
Point of sales & Stock management
Using the vwcr application made by Koert. It's not completely finished yet, but it can be used (and is being used).
- MOAR DOCUMENTING (on this page and How to play music)
- clean up the server for clarity and minimizing diskspace
- Uninstall unneeded packages (Ubuntu comes with many packages preinstalled we don't need)
- Organize our directories and files
- make a backup image we can roll back to in case of emergency
- set up a cron job to backup important dirs at fixed intervals so we have incremental backups and can roll back a part of the system if we need to
- have barputer power itself on and off automatically when the space opens / closes
- barputer hangs sometimes when booting, we don't know why
- we could use a relay so we don't have to turn the touchscreen's PSU on by hand when booting barputer
- creating icon for barputer


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The fourth beta of FreeNAS 8.0.1 is now available for testing. If you test this beta and find any bugs, please report them on the freenas-testing mailing list. From the Release Notes:
This is the last BETA planned for the 8.0.1 release cycle. This line was present in the BETA3 release notes as well. BETA3 contained several fairly significant bugs, and a patch release was planned to address them, unfortunately due to a myriad of issues that patch release was delayed enough that doing another beta made more sense than any sort of patch.
The image size increased in 8.0.1-BETA3. The new size requires a 2 GB storage device. The GUI upgrade can be used to upgrade a system from BETA3 to BETA4, but upgrades from previous releases can only be done from the CD. The other option is to save the config, reinstall the new version, then restore the config.
Changes since 8.0.1-BETA3:
Quite a few videos have been uploaded in the FreeNAS 8 HowTo Series. So far, the available videos are:


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The Gulf County Board of Commissioners should consider changes to its agenda for more transparency and accountability, Commissioner Joanna Bryan reiterated during Tuesday's regular meeting.
Bryan had just returned from commissioner training in Central Florida and said her polling of other commissioners around the state found that counties use far more detailed and explanatory agendas than currently used by the BOCC.
Bryan, in her first term, ran as the lack of clarity on county agendas as part of her platform, was renewing a call she made last month to put a stop to the lack of information contained on county agendas.
"I could not locate a county that used a minimal agenda like we do," Bryan said. "They also testified that they do not vote on items not on the agenda."
As Bryan noted during an earlier meeting, the BOCC regularly debates and votes on issues that do not appear on the agenda released in advance of the meeting.
The most recent example of an important issue receiving no advance notice was the BOCC decision to move the Gulf County Economic Development Council under the county's umbrella.
"If we are spending taxpayer money and learning something (from these training exercises that all commissioners undergo), we should address this," Bryan said. "It is for the good of the public and the public should know what we are doing."
Bryan added that many constituents had contacted her on the issue, hoping that a change in how the agenda was handled would be taken on by the BOCC.
She said she had also talked with county staff which, she said, seemed to support the effort. Bryan noted that providing a clear agenda of topics to be taken up would help, at minimum, with the keeping of minutes.
Bryan also noted that in some counties when county staff is bringing an issue to the commission, a recommended motion is included, also increasing transparency for commissioners and public.
Commissioner Carmen McLemore said he "was not 100 percent against" Bryan's goal, but said county staff and others fail to make current deadlines.
"Make them," Bryan replied.
Commissioner Warren Yeager said he supported making the agenda more clear, but said he was leery of tying commissioners' hands should an issue arise that requires immediate action is brought to the podium by a member of the public.
"We use common sense," Bryan said. "I don't think something like that will happen that often. But people with a special interest can come up and have an advantage that others in the public do not and do not necessarily agree with that person. They do not have the opportunity to provide input."
At the suggestion of her fellow commissioners, Bryan was asked to work with county attorney Jeremy Novak and county administrator Don Butler on a process and guidelines to bring more clarity and transparency to the county agenda.
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Butler said he would continue discussions with the landowner of the Indian Pass Campground concerning a land swap with the county by which the county would relocate its boat ramp to the lagoon side.
Erosion is an issue on either side of the current Indian Pass Boat Ramp almost since its construction and as the problem has increased, the county has seen parking and amenities around the boat ramp decrease.
Butler said GIS would work on a suitable location for the boat ramp on the lagoon side and said the owners of the campground were open to discussions.
A move to the lagoon side would also open up more parking around the boat ramp. The Friends of St. Vincent Island already maintain a launch in the general area.
"It's a problem at certain times and certain tides," Yeager said. "I think it would be a win-win for the county and the landowners."
Sheriff budget shortfall
Due to changes in the Gulf County Sheriff's Office since he was sworn in as sheriff earlier this month, Sheriff Mike Harrison came before the BOCC requesting $51,000.
The money shortfall came about due to the departures of five former employees of the GCSO, two of whom were not retained, three of whom were offered jobs; two chose to retire, another went to work elsewhere.
The five were due $56,000 in payout for comp and leave time, with $5,000 in the GCSO budget for that purpose.
Harrison said the budget shortfall would mean at least two positions would lapse – possibly as many as five – until the new fiscal year arrives in June, meaning a potential impact to services.
Commissioners approved an "advance" on next year's funding to fill in the shortfall and offered Harrison a chance to come back in a month or so once he gets a handle on his workforce situation.


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Stories from people who were children during World War II and the objects in this exhibit animate the past and inform us of a time when war took over daily life. "Retrospect is a very interesting thing," says Ruthie Kallnder. "At the time I don't recall any of the information we got as being propaganda," but the government tried to influence children to make "necessary" sacrifices. Propagandists made the war a battle between good and evil, democracy and fascism. They also asked children to share in the war effort. In response, many children took on more responsibilities. Ruthie explains that boys and girls felt "if that's what it was going to take" to win they "were willing to do it." The memories of the people in this exhibit and their wartime actions show the power of propaganda's messages and its lasting affect on their lives. Propaganda posters, children's books, and classroom assignments demonstrate how propagandists reached children and involved them in the national war effort.
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