text:
Interviewee: Ro Sewell
Edited by: Holly Barr
The new VP Equality & Diversity for 2017/18 answered some questions about they new role…
1. Tell us a bit about yourself
My name's Ro, I'm 22 and from the countryside in County Durham. I'm an inter-sectional feminist and a campaigner for both Human and Animal Rights. My passions include reading, creating art, studying History, binge watching Netflix shows and good food. I first got involved with the Student's Union from setting up my own society, the Vegetarian and Vegan Society, which won the Society Development Award at the Union Awards last year. I was also the BeMedia Societies Assistant last year where I worked on helping to curate and develop BeOnline and I am the current LGBTQ* Representative for the Union.
2. How will you get students to attend the Festival? This will need a lot of planning and potential cost to put on. How will you overcome this if the cost of things arise?
I'm sure there wouldn't be much problem getting students to attend the culture festival. I want to make sure that the festival is fun and accessible for all with a variety of events for all students. We have a wonderfully diverse population of international students at Leeds Beckett and it'd be great to celebrate that. I'm aiming for there to be music, food, dance, talks, workshops and film screenings just to name a few things! Of course this will take a lot of planning, but we have a brilliant events planning team at the union, and everyone who I have talked to about it seemed really keen to get involved. I'd love to open up the opportunity to student societies and classes to showcase some of their talent and skills to get more students involved. For example, I went to a great event last year where the Brazilian Culture Society performed a fantastic traditional dance for everyone, and it would be wonderful to see that kind of talent and enthusiasm showcased at our event. As for the potential cost; there is a budget at the Students Union to cover a lot of the costs of the festival, however the remainder could come from fundraising events and donations from the local community. The Students Union has good connections with local businesses who could get involved with the event to provide food etc. All in all, I'd work really hard with the Union, the other Exec Officers, our Reps, Student Groups and the local community to make the event a success.
3. If a student was unsure on what liberation networks are how would you explain this to them?
The liberation networks provide a platform for students from minority and underrepresented groups so that they can come together to discuss how to make changes in the university and wider community to make student's lives better.
At the Student's Union we have great liberation networks for different student groups for example the Women's Network, Black and Minority Ethnic Network etc. I'll use the LGBTQ* Students Network as an example since I am the current Chair of the group: The LGBTQ* Student's Rep (myself) will facilitate the meeting where any student who identifies as LGBTQ* is encouraged to come along and there are also a few student members who attend who are on the committee for the group who get more involved with helping to organise anything that comes from our discussions. In the meeting we will catch up on some of our campaigns that we have been running to benefit the lives of LGBTQ* students, write up ideas for any motions we would like to pass through student council, talk about any potential issues anyone is having at university and how to combat this and generally talk about how we can make our lives better and make a change. You can be as involved as much or as little as you like and there is no pressure or expectations from you when you come so all are really welcome! I really want to make sure that these groups are well publicised, well attended and accessible to all students so that all can have their voices heard on these really important matters.
4. Online forums are in the news for being almost a playground for people to be purposefully nasty to others. If this was to occur on these forums you would like to create, then what would you put in place so this doesn't happen?
These forums would provide a vitally important safe space for students to talk about their problems and get support from both their peers and professional advisers. I'd want to ensure this by making sure that the forums are well moderated either by staff or a team of dedicated student volunteers so that there won't be a space for harassment or bullying. One idea is that students will have to register with their student email so that in the case of poor conduct on their part, the moderators will know who wrote the comment and can talk with them about their comments and follow it up.
5. Is there an interest in the multi faith space needing to be open 24hr? How will you get this to happen?
From talking to students while campaigning I have heard a lot of enthusiasm and demand for a 24 hour faith space. Students are on campus at all times of the day and night as the Libraries we have are both 24 hour too and during this time many students have a need to go and pray, meditate or reflect and currently do not have to space to adequately do so. There will need to be more meetings with campus security and senior members of staff at the university to ensure this happens but I am confident that with some support from the student body we can pressure the university to make this change to benefit us.
6. How will you raise awareness for students suffering from invisible illnesses and disabilities?
This is a topic which is close to my heart as many of my friends live with invisible illnesses and disabilities and aren't given the appropriate support from both their classmates and their tutors. I have Autism Spectrum Disorder and Anxiety (both invisible disabilities) and have found throughout my degree that some tutors can be more understanding and helpful than others when talking about disabilities and how to make reasonable adjustments in class. I want to make sure that all university staff are trained in mental health (something that Kelly-Anne, VP Welfare, has been very keen in implementing) and knowledgeable about invisible disabilities and how they may affect a student's learning and university experience. I would also like to run a campus-wide campaign with talks, workshops and visual posters around the university for students to attend and have a great discussion about disability, illness and the university.
7. Describe the approach you are going to take for this role
I am going to help provide a strong platform for our student's voices to be heard and make sure we listen. As a campaigner I am really excited to get stuck into the role and fight for our students and as an ally I am looking forward to working closely with the different liberation groups to ensure that all students' views are represented. At the end of the day it is our students who we, as Sabbatical Officers, are representing so we need to make sure that our union is truly reflective of that and that our students know that they have a place to go whatever their individual needs. I will be at the heart of campus and out talking to students as much as I can and ensuring that union events and information is widely available and accessible so all students can be involved.
8. If an issue was brought to you by a student, what plan of action would you implement to address the issue?
Any issues brought to us will need to be addressed on a case by case basis depending on the issue. We have an excellent team of support advisers at the union and a variety of services available to us so all I can say is that I would take care to pay attention to the individual needs of the student and talk through what would be a suitable option to take in proceeding to tackle the issue. It's important to me that they come away feeling reassured and that something is being done to help them.
9. How are you going to make a difference to the Students Union and University?
I'd like to come away from my time as an Officer having made the Union more visible and accessible to students so that all voices can be heard. I want to make a difference to their lives so I will work had to make sure that this happens by getting out there campaigning for change, lobbying the university and opening up important discussions which the students feel are important and relevant to them.


text:
Lynnwood Library
About Us
Contact us
New Books Blog
Book Clubs
Island of the Blue Dolphins Blog
The Magician's Elephant Blog
Library Links
New Blog
Assembly Podcast: Grade 3 and Miss Palamarchuk speak about Martin Luther King div>
Powered by Podbean.com
Welcome to Lynnwood Home Page
Our multimedia collection
Thanks for visiting our online connection to Lynnwood Library. On this website you can find out about our new books, keep up with your school book club online, make comments about new books and books you enjoy reading and learn about programs in the library. Welcome to everyone!
Keeping your library going are two dedicated staff members, Ms Cavanaugh and Mrs. Mascarin.
10 SUMMER READING ACTIVITIES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO DO WITH THEIR PARENTS: By NANCY CAVANAUGH
This post was republished from
at 3:18:23 PM 5/13/2010
Want to keep your children reading all summer?
Find out why summer reading is important for your child.
Pack up the kids and head to your nearest book store.
Find a new book and enjoy reading together with a cool lemonade. Try reading books with a similar theme:
For grades 3 – 6,
Granny Torelli Makes Soup
by Sharon Creech, and for mom or dad,
by Patricia Wood, both about a grandmother and a relationship with a disabled child.
Plan a 'Book at the Park' afternoon.
Bring a few books and sit in the shade with slurpy while you wiggle your toes in the grass.
Read '
Voices in the Park'
for K-6, and watch all the people in the park and talk about how they are viewing the world as they walk by.
Help your child understand different points of view as you create stories in your mind together while
you read and people watch.
For longer park visits, read aloud '
The Ghosts of Rathburn Park'
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
Find books of a similar theme or by the same author, and read and talk about that idea.
Suggestions on a theme of Afghanistan for children:
A New Life
by Rukhsana Khan (Grades 2- 5), for Grades 4 -8, Three Cups of Tea Young Readers Version by Greg Mortenson, Listen to the Wind, also by Greg Mortenson.
For adults, try
e Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Cups of Tea
Stones into Schools
by Greg Mortenson.
'Beachy Books'… Take a trip to the local public beach with a towel and a beach umbrella.
If no beach is handy, set up the beach umbrella beside a kiddie pool.
Walter the Farting Dog : Banned from the Beach
by William Kotzwinkle, or
by David Wiesner, or
Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach
by Melanie Watt.
Use some old sheets and blankets to make a temporary castle.
Toss in a few throw cushions and silky scarves.
Put a handful of fairy tale books in the room.
Mom or Dad may serve the princess with cookies and a sparkly drink. There are innumerable fairy talks in your local library, and a wealth of reinterpretations for older readers.
Suggestions: Any books by Gail Levine (Middle years)
Direct the neighbourhood kids to act out their favorite books:
Acting Out: Six One-Act Plays * Six Newbery Stars: Susan Cooper, Avi, Sharon Creech, Patricia MacLachlan, Katherine Paterson, Richard Peck
. ISBN 1978-1-4169-3848-4 (Available through Amazon.com)
Perform the play for your extended family
and neighbours!
If you are going on a trip, find age level appropriate books about the place you are visiting or the communities on the way.
Visit your local public library for suggestions of both fiction and nonfiction books.
Bring the books with you on your trip and talk about the books while you are travelling.
Plant a small tree or a garden and read stories together about trees.
Solomon's Tree
by Andrea Spalding,
Operation Redwood
by S. Terell French,
The Giving Tree
by Sid Silverstein,
The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss.
Find all the prize winning books you can from the year your child was born and share them with the child over the summer.
Some Children's award categories:
Caldecott Medals, Young Readers' Choice Award, Rocky Mountain Book Awards, Newbery Awards, Mr. Christie Book Award, Governor Generals Book Award, Nestle Book Award)
Powered by
Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
Get Started

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Jones, Nicky (2004) Keeping the faith: secularism, Muslim schoolgirls and the Islamic headscarf in France. Human Rights Defender, 13 (1). pp. 4-7. ISSN 1039-2637
Statistics for this ePrint Item
|Item Type:
|Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
|Item Status:
|Live Archive
|Additional Information:
|Awaiting copyright advice. This article is unrefereed. Copyright of articles is reserved by The Human Rights Defender.
|Faculty / Department / School:
|Historic - Faculty of Business - Department of Law
|Date Deposited:
|03 Feb 2010 12:21
|Last Modified:
|02 Jul 2013 23:38
|Uncontrolled Keywords:
|secularism; France; Muslim schoolgirls; Islamic headscarf; hijab
|Fields of Research :
|18 Law and Legal Studies > 1801 Law > 180119 Law and Society
|Socio-Economic Objective:
|C Society > 95 Cultural Understanding > 9599 Other Cultural Understanding > 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified
Actions (login required)
|Archive Repository Staff Only


text:
Doug Tieman: "The problem is so massive that it has no simple solution. It will require cooperation and coordination among policymakers, health care professionals, and communities. The 2016 passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act and the 21st Century Cures Act gives governors a unique opportunity to work with the federal government to obtain funds intended to address this epidemic. As governors prepare their budgets, which policies should they and their legislatures implement to help those in addiction's throes?"
Tieman suggests improving physician training, partnering with schools to prevent future generations from abusing, improving care transitions to facilitate recovery, and expanding access to addiction medications.Save to Favorites


text:
I literally walked around Mandaue City, map in hand, to come up with this list. This is in the vicinity of the Fuente Osmeña Circle. I wasn't keen on spending much for a 12-hr stay. I found out that there are actually a lot of available affordable accommodations in the area just by walking around. Do note that these are budget accommodations. These are usually single rooms, with own toilet and bath, hot and cold shower, and a small tv and that's it. Here they are:
|Tel. No.
|Apple Tree Suites
|#22 J. Lorente St., Capitol Suite, Cebu City
|253 4236 / 0922 821 6697
|Rates starts at PhP998.00 for a Standard Room.
|Westpoint Inn
|#297 Don Gil Garcia St., Cebu City
|254 3433
|Rates starts at PhP750.00 for a Standard Room. The website pics look better than when you see the place in person.
|Kamuning House
|Cor. J. Llorente - M. Zosa Sts., Cebu City
|243 6866/254 9808
|Rates starts at PhP710.00 for a Single Room. No elevators in this building.
|Fuente Pension House
|#175 Don Julio Llorente St., Cebu City
|412 4989/412 4988
|Rates starts at PhP895.00 for a Single Room
|Gran Prix Cebu
|3rd Flr., Coast Pacific Business Center, Corner F. Ramos St. and General Maxilom Avenue, Cebu City
|254 9169 / 0923 4543901
|Rates starts at PhP899.00 for a Standard Room with plated breakfast. This is where I ended up staying and I'll write a separate post on it.
Update: You can check out my Gran Prix Cebu experience here.
|Verbena Pension House
|#584-A Don Gil Garcia St., Capitol Site, Cebu City
|253 0203/253 3430
|Rates starts at PhP550.00 for a single-bed Standard Room and PhP 780.00 for a Matrimonial-bed Deluxe Room. I wanted to see the room but it took so long for someone to show it to me that I decided to leave the place without seeing the room. Lousy service.
|Verbena Capitol Suites
|#79 Don Gil Garcia Street, Capitol Site, Cebu City
|255-8308 / 254-8537 / 0928 9705647
|Rates starts at PhP890.00 for Standard Room with free breakfast for 2. I think the one above and this one have the same owners but this definitely looks better and managed better than the other one.
|Palladium Suites
|#6 Don Julio Llorente St., Capitol Site, Cebu City
|255 1780
|Rates starts at PhP900.00 for a Standard Room
|Sampaguita Suites
|2nd Flr., JRG Bldg., Gen. Maxilom Avenue, Cebu City
|253 3672/253 5964
|Rates starts at PhP698.00 for a Single Room. I wanted to stay here but they were full at that time.
So there! You don't have to go walk around in the Fuente Osmeña Circle. But do call these establishments first before showing up or visit their websites since prices could have had changed since then or worse (que horror!) the establishment has already closed down! Enjoy!


text:
We have all had similar experiences if we buy old perfume, namely stuck stoppers. In this particular case the stopper was stuck tight in a bottle of Houbigant's Le Parfum Ideal. The bottle was quite small and from my reference books on perfume flagons, I was convinced that the scent probably dated from 1925-1930 or thereabouts.
All of that was fine I had the bottle, I had the box, and the bottle was pristine with threads still tied and sealed in wax as a matter of a fact, which suggested an early 20th century date to me. BUT there was no way of getting Ideal open. Continue reading


text:
Drives: Yaris 2008 Sedan
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: California
Posts: 59
Old yaris 218k miles, 30k+ road trip?
Hello Everyone,
Long post warning? Thank you for reading. FYI will be posting on r/roadtrips for non-car technical aspects of this road trip.
My Yaris is currently hovering around 218k miles (351,000 km). It is coming up on its decaversary in June, and I figured what better way to celebrate than by reaching the moon with an epic all USA states road trip (considering shipping to Hawaii if it survives the first 49.) Well not really the only reason, I just always thought about making such a trip and I am currently unemployed and have the funds for it, so why not? I've mapped out all national parks that can be driven to and some other sites of interest, very rough draft and the count is currently at 25k miles rt. I figure after I finish putting in all the last stops I'll be at 30k or more. Expected starting time is about May/June.
My tires,ECOPIA EP422+, are past half worn at 38k/70k. I figure I may need new ones before I finish the trip, but may get by, also another reason for tackling Alaska and northern states first. I've been on top of my maintenance as much as I can, and going to mechanics for other items. Just switched out drums, and will do rotors too before beginning. All brakes are still good, ceramic, 2 years old. Brake and coolant fluids were changed at 160k miles. Water and fuel pumps are still stock, perhaps I should consider changing these before going? I'm estimating 5-6 oil changes. I plan to do a trans drain and fill and filter change before starting. Considering switching spark plugs before starting, last done at 176k, so may not be necessary?
The car has been suffering from engine vibration since 160k miles about 3 years now. Hasn't broken down on me. I have drained and filled the trans twice, changed motor mounts twice, spark plugs, battery, Airflow sensor swap, cleaned throttle body, 6 mechanics, nothing has been able to get rid of the vibration. It is more noticeable when in drive, but on neutral and park it is subtle (maybe even normal?) At this point, I have reason to believe it is not terminal.
3/8 Socket wrench set
3/8 breaker bar
1/2 torque wrench
3/8 digital torque wrench adapter
1/4 torque driver
1/2 3/8 1/4 adapters
fix-a-flat (spray can size)
Coolant extra 1L toyota mixed 50/50
Spare donut (non-edible)
Long flat head screwdriver (near pry bar status worthy, but not quite)
Spare lug nuts and studs
Spare head and tail light bulbs
Screwdriver set small generic
Load strap small generic
Dashcam front
Battery charger BESTEK 600A Peak 10000mA
Stock jack w/ jack handle
K&N car filters
Gerber Gator Combo Axe II
Snow cables (used 2 times)
Gloves, mechanic gloves & thick nitrile gloves
2 phones with offline GPS maps + battery charger pack
Spare full size tire/wheel
Emergency triangle
Dashcam back
AAA for trip duration
The Milepost?
Tire plug kit
Road Atlas
About me:
I've done plenty 430 (860rt) trips between SoCal and NorCal over the past 6 years. I've done a 2k mile road trip to Utah, and recently a 3k trip of the southern west coast. I did all the driving, but had company. On this trip, I'll be going alone, and plan to stay under the speed limit (...like always) and be safe as possible, especially the Alaska/Canada stretch. I will spend 1 week each in Vancouver, Montreal, NYC, Boston. During this time I'll probably take it easy, maybe 1 major hike in Vancouver but mostly just eating good food. On the trip, I plan to eat mostly simple diet, take vitamin supplements. I would like to do most of my sleeping in my car unless my gut is telling me not to. When I stay at the major cities, I'll be getting lodging of some kind. Considering couchsurfing, even if it is just to sleep in the car in someone's driveway where I know they're ok with it. I'll be backing a 32F degree mummy bag, another regular mummy bag, and another rectangular sleeping bag.
Primary concerns:
-Are a max of 400 miles daily too much for the car?
(I intend to tackle the day to day driving in 1.5 to 2 hour spurts around rush hours or morning/noon/evening until I reach a location where I can spend the night safely.)
-Should I switch out my stock fuel and water pumps before beginning the trip?
-Is one spare tire/wheel + donut combo enough... you know what I mean, or I guess I should ask if it's just a really bad idea not to bring more? (I've seen a post in the history of someone with a tow hitch rack with a full set of tires/wheels. lol)
-Road atlas reviews on amazon seem very polar. Would like to hear from some long drive experienced drivers.
-I would like to hear thoughts on whether or not this is doable, any advice/suggestions or critique is welcome.
Thank you for taking the time to read and reply to this.
Update: Updated list of things needed. Starting trip on the 12th.
Hope imgur links are ok. Mod and map.
Last edited by seatech30; 05-02-2018 at 03:10 PM.
Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: nj
Posts: 4,031
Drive 1000 miles a day if you want it doesn't matter. Leave the water pump and fuel pump alone. Every day raise the hood and check the bottom of it for telltale coolant strains. On second thought remove the serpentine belt and rock the wp pulley. If there's noticeable play change out the water pump before leaving.
Leave the Sparkplugs alone. They're good for 100k. If you're not burning oil they should be fine. If you are burning oil check the plugs for oil fouling and clean them.
I drove the haul road from Fairbanks to the Arctic Circle in 2011. You might want to consider not doing that because if you break down the law is you have to pay five dollars a mile for flatbed from Fairbanks to come and get you. That's each way! You can't just abandon the car. If you feel brave have at least a spare tire besides the doughnut. A string type plug kit is a good idea too.
I'll post more as I read your post over again. Good luck, take pictures, and post here during your trip!
A Rand McNally road atlas Is what I use to plan and during trips.
Synthetic Oil: Its All In Your Head
Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: nj
Posts: 4,031
Every morning;
Check your tire pressure's.
Check the oil level. Open the hood look for coolant stains on the bottom of it.
Start the engine in with the car in park look under the engine to make sure nothing is dripping.
Synthetic Oil: Its All In Your Head
Drives: Yaris 2008 Sedan
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: California
Posts: 59
Hi Brosin,
Thanks for the advice on the water pump, I'll start definitely do the pull test on the WP.
I have no reason to believe I'm burning oil, but I'll keep a close eye on the dip stick, I'll also pull the plugs out and do an inspection.
I was not planning to do the Arctic Circle (heard the name but didn't know what it was), but now that I've read a little on it... it seems like the kind of place I should visit on this road trip. So far only have Kenai Fjords, WrangellSt. Elias, and Denali NPs on my list. However, a possible max $1550 bill for getting the car out does sound intimidating haha.
Yes, I've seen many good things about Rand McNally, however, seen some very bad reviews for the 2018 version. Which one are you using?
Thanks for the morning checklist items to add, in fact, I'll start a morning checklist to boot, double good idea!
Definitely, getting an extra full sized tire/wheel to bring along with the doughnut, have that in my need list.
Have you ever used the Milepost? I saw some good words on it. Seems a new edition will hit on March 1 before my trip, so I'll have time to wait on reviews to pop up for it.
Thanks again!
Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: nj
Posts: 4,031
Since prudence Bay is 400+ miles from Fairbanks, a round trip would be 800 miles at five bucks a mile is $4000!
I used a 2009 edition of the rand McNally road atlas on my 2011 trip. They're all good. I can't imagine why you would find fault with them. Maybe those people are just used to GPS?
I had a copy of the milepost but didn't bring it on my trip I forgot it! On the trip I really didn't find it necessary. Gas stations can be closed and you never know so fill up whenever you can. If it makes you feel more comfortable bringing along by all means.
PS gas was seven dollars a gallon in the Yukon Territory in 2011. A Canadian dollar cost $1.10 and that was very unusual. In Alaska gas was about four bucks a gallon
Synthetic Oil: Its All In Your Head
Drives: Yaris 2008 Sedan
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: California
Posts: 59
Oh, when I typed in Arctic circle into maps, it routed me to Circle, AK. Yeah, not doing an extra 800 unfortunately. Maybe I'll find a cruise or flight for that later on.
One of the reviews came from a self professed Rand McNally fan, he said the 2018 version had less information than previous editions.
Maybe I should bring a 2 gallon fuel jug?
Thanks again.
Drives: Yaris 06 - 5dr hatchback
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Birmingham, UK
Posts: 290
Dude. I'm so jealous.
The longest road trip I've done in my Yaris is 7500 miles from England to the Nordkapp and back.
I second Bronsin. I would pull the belt and check the water pump for play in the bearing. Although unless its bad i would just leave it. You're doing so many miles on your trip it could fail, get it dealt with if it does fail. Its not the worst repair to do. In fact you could probably do it on the side of the road if it came to it. I'd also get all the wheels off the ground and check the suspension of the car, play in the wheel bearings before you set off. I'd just inspect the spark plugs but they will be fine. Every couple of days depending on mileage, open the bonnet and check all your levels. I'd keep some oil in the car. Mine's an oil burner i always have a litre at the very least. When i went on my big trip in 2016 i had to take 4 litres.
I'd leave the fuel pump. Plenty of vehicles with more mileage than yours are still on their original fuel pump.
Do you have a jump pack or jumper cables in case you flatten the battery?
In my toolkit in my car i keep a 200mA test light and a £10 multimeter in case i have to diagnose an electrical issue.
I would recommend carrying a few bits of wire and electrical tape. I had to patch a wire on my old car with my butane soldering iron and a bit of wire i kept in my toolbox on my old car one night at the side of the road after hitting some debris.
Get a pack of cable ties, various sizes, small up to giant beefy ones, an assorted handful of nuts and bolts and a roll or two of duct tape. On my last road trip i had to use these to patch my car up after a small collision.
A bulb kit.
I'd keep a petrol canister with you when you get up into the more remote parts of US/Canada.
I really wouldn't worry mate. I've done multiple 1000 mile days in my car. I did my last roadtrip with a busted up front end (6000 miles of it) and a worn out clutch. I was regularly making commutes of 100+ miles every day of the week in mine.
You should do a thread in Photo/Media gallery to keep us updated.
Planning to go anywhere crazy like up on the Dempster highway in the NWT?
- Yaris 2006, 1.0, 5 door hatchback "Betty" - 160,000 miles
UK to Nordkapp in a Yaris
My Yaris is a taxi
Drives: Yaris and Corolla Hatches
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Machesney Park, IL
Posts: 500
This sounds awesome. If you're really going to every state let me know if you end up by Rockford, IL.
-Karl the Uber/Lyft Driver
Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: nj
Posts: 4,031
I live in New Jersey across the river from Philadelphia. You're welcome to stop by if you need work done on the car. Just message me here on the form.
PS the picture in my avatar was taken on the road between Kamloops and Prince George on my Alaska trip. I stopped to take a picture and an elderly couple come in the other way thought I had hit the movies with my Yaris! They didn't See me standing on the side of the road and thought I was dead in the car! They were pretty pissed!
Synthetic Oil: Its All In Your Head
Drives: Yaris 2008 Sedan
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: California
Posts: 59
I went after my front brake maintenance today.
Found the grease inside the sliding pins in nasty goop stage, cleaned everything up and re-greased with hi-temp brake grease.
The bushings on the bottom slide pins had expanded too much to slide back into place, so I had to replace them.
Replaced the boot bushings because they came in a kit from O'reily's.
Found one of my front shock insulators was all torn up. and my bleeder caps were thoroughly cracks, so I'll be ordering those parts and replacing them.
One of the bottom slide pins looked very corroded while the rest just seem to have some wear patches, I think I'll replace the corroded looking one.
zoidberg444, I have the WP and spark plug inspection on my list for tomorrow, today dragged out more than expected because I had to wait on parts, and it'd been a while since I had done the slide pins, so was feeling overwhelmed with the decisions of how much grease to use. lol
I have a Battery charger BESTEK 600A Peak 10000mA, it was buried in my "have:" list in OP. I have spare bulbs for head and tail lights already too.
Looks like I should definitely get a fuel container then, maybe a 2 gallon (~7.6L), should get me max 80 miles (129km). Good idea on the zip ties, although, I feel like I will be carrying too much stuff now, haha, but it's a long trip. Getting paranoid, but I know that doing such a huge amount of driving in such a short amount of time will statistically increase my chances of encountering hazards.
I'm actually planning to document quite a bit of the trip. I just got an essential phone with a 360 camera attachment, so I plan to do some pictures and video in that format. I also want to do some time lapsing of my dash cam recordings. May even start a youtube channel, but not too sure on that just yet. We'll see how it flows once, I start.
Dodge Aries K, Rockford, IL isn't much of a detour from my current route through Illinois. I'll send you a message when I get closer. I should be there about 37 days after I start my trip according to my route estimate.
Brosin, I'll actually be visiting a friend in New Jersey, haven't checked where he is just yet, but I'll definitely let you know if you're nearby. HAha, guess they had not seen the mythbusters video where they tried to drive a fast low car under the legs of a deer/moose?
Thanks again for all the support and great ideas!
EDIT: Forgot to mention I'm using furkot to map out my road trip. It's actually pretty neat and you can set parameters for max distance driven per day or max hours.
Drives: Yaris 06 - 5dr hatchback
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Birmingham, UK
Posts: 290
Yeah. Normally when i go on a trip and I'm camping my car gets a bit... full.
The Yaris takes it like a champ though!
- Yaris 2006, 1.0, 5 door hatchback "Betty" - 160,000 miles
UK to Nordkapp in a Yaris
Drives: Yaris 2008 Sedan
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: California
Posts: 59
zoidberg444, haha, that's fully packed! How do you like the electric cooler? That's another item on my list, I've been debating. However, I think I may go with the $300 coolers since I'm not going to be driving 24/7 nor may be around outlets often enough.
I did my brake fluid change about 3 years ago at 160k miles, and had never done it before that, so I think it will be fine. However, I think I do need to top it up. I noticed it had moved down a bit. I was given a verbal warning on the mountains because I was going 5MPH over the limit, and "braking too much." I was in second gear, which tops out around 30MPH, limit was 25MPH. So I kept lightly tapping the brakes to try and stay below. Didn't care to argue since it was just a warning. If I had gone into 1st I'd be stuck at 15MPH -__-
Drives: Yaris 06 - 5dr hatchback
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Birmingham, UK
Posts: 290
I read the recommended service interval for brake fluid is 2 years. There is a little gadget you can get that checks the moisture content in the fluid and tells you if its time i change it. I did mine in 2016. I'll probably do it again this year for my winter service.
- Yaris 2006, 1.0, 5 door hatchback "Betty" - 160,000 miles
UK to Nordkapp in a Yaris
My Yaris is a taxi
Drives: Yaris and Corolla Hatches
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Machesney Park, IL
Posts: 500
-Karl the Uber/Lyft Driver
Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: nj
Posts: 4,031
I saw the pictures of the cracked rubber bleeder caps. Change them if you like but it means nothing. It's more important to hit the bleeders with a little penetrating oil every year and tighten and loosen them too. Otherwise show bleeding become necessary the bleachers may snap off when you try to loosen them. There is no requirement in the owners manual to change the brake fluid but it's a good idea if you're driving In mountainous areas. Just bleeding is probably enough.
Synthetic Oil: Its All In Your Head
Drives: 5 spd MT,black ASA iwheels
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Miami, fl
Posts: 27
damn that sounds like a trip i wanna take, in my experience (ive done 2 6000 mile trips, one in 13 days, the other in 6) was that rural, countryside driving gets pretty monotonous and i found myself doing 90+ average just to avoid boredom/exhaustion. the "highspeed driving"cold tire pressure is 35psi if i remember correctly and thats what i used.
i have an old cobra radar detector that saved me quite a few times in northern texas. it might be beneficial to have as it also shows compass and battery voltage, also its a good idea to have a splitter for the cigarette lighter so that you can charge more than one device at a time. another thing was my casio protrek, it showed me altitude the entire time and i was fascinated as hell with it (mostly because i live at sea level lol)
hmm what else, a lumbar support pillow also helped me alot! i used a small rectangular head pillow, it allowed me to change seating positions and keep my back from seizing up, every 20-30 mins or so i would recline the seat and stretch every way i possibly could (while still being safe) to get the blood moving
im an absolute health nut normally but being in a rush during my 6 day trip made me rotate trail mix, 5 hour energy's and cigarettes lol, also cigs and 5 hour energy's are potent as hell and obviously terrible but they're still healthier than falling asleep at the wheel..
message me anytime, i really enjoy talking about roadtrips :P
Drives: 2008 Yaris white
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Mascotte, FL
Posts: 34
I drove from FL to CA to ship my 2008 hatch back to ship her to HI. Pick up a nail and had to have a tire plugged. Engine light on for have the trip and then I looke at change the oil sticker and it was time for an oil change. I drove only during the day and stopped at dusk. Left on a Thursady and arrived in HI on a Tuesday. I took 75 to I10 to I20 and back to I10. I avoid where the hurricane went thru in Texas. In other words, I took the long way around. Change the oil once I got to HI.
Drives: Yaris 2008 Sedan
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: California
Posts: 59
Brettguy, thanks for the info and suggestions. I'm planning to stick to under speed limit for this one. I really don't want to risk adding to my budget with fines and tickets. Also reducing the risk of hitting something on the road or increasing my changes of avoiding hazards.
I will probably look into something to keep my back cooled/aired. Luckily my seat is pretty good as is and don't need to worry about lumbar, but it can get a bit warm and sweaty some times. Haha, I was thinking about going Vegan for the trip to avoid needed a cooler box... but still working on that, we'll see.
libraryelf, I plan to get a full size spare tire to add to my already maxed out list of tire repair tools. I'll PM you with some questions about your trip I'm interested in hearing about.
|Thread Tools
|Display Modes
Hybrid Mode
|Similar Threads
|Thread Starter
|Last Post
|999,435 Miles On My 09 Yaris! The Big M Any Day Now!
|General Yaris / Vitz Discussion
|Comparison Test: 2012 Toyota Yaris Vs. 2012 Toyota Prius c
|Yar Is Word
|Third Gen Yaris General Discussion
|General Yaris / Vitz Discussion
|Yaris Off Road???
|General Yaris / Vitz Discussion
|2007 Yaris Pricing Info !
|New YARIS Purchase Forum


text:
[Archive copy (text only) mirrored from the URL: http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/opinion/0825/25isigh.html; see this canonical version of the document.]
August 25, 1997
Developing a card catalog for the expansive Web
By Eamonn Sullivan
Making the Web more like a library and less like most bookstores has been a goal of Web researchers for years, but we'll get closer to that goal in the next few months with the development of a tool called Resource Definition Format, or RDF.
The difference between a good library and a bookstore is the card catalog. When looking for a book in a bookstore, you have to make do with the usually simple organization imposed upon the information by the owners. Books are organized in broad categories, such as fiction and nonfiction, history and philosophy, or science and science fiction. If you know exactly what you're looking for, you can ask the salesperson. Otherwise, you have to browse, using the order imposed by the seller as a guide.
The only improvement on this system offered by the Web is the full-text search, which is of limited value. With most search engines, pages on Barney and the Smithsonian's dinosaur pages have equal weight.
In a library, the card catalog (whether electronic or not) gives you a tool for more sophisticated searches, using author, title and subject to narrow down your search. The card catalog is called metadata--information about information. The ability to add metadata to Web content has been available for a long time, using things such as metatags. But the approaches, with the possible exception of the PICS rating system, have been somewhat haphazard.
The emergence of XML in a more or less solid form earlier this year has provided a more comprehensive framework for metadata, prompting several organizations to propose solutions based on XML. The main proposals have been XML-Data from Microsoft (which is available at www.microsoft.com/standards/xml/xmldata.htm) and MCF (Meta Content Format) from Netscape (available at www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-MCF-XML/).
Both proposals provide for a sophisticated method to describe the structure of information, such as properties about authorship and relationships between objects.
This week, a working group under the auspices of the W3C organization will meet in Redmond, Wash., to begin hammering out a specification that will take the best parts of XML-Data, MCF and PICS. The resulting RDF specification, if used widely, will enable more efficient searches and exchanges of information between organizations.
For example, detailed descriptions of information structures and content will enable Web browsers to provide more useful site maps for navigating through large sites and allow for more customization of the way information is displayed.
The key, of course, is widespread use. RDF will likely be open-ended; each publisher could use RDF to create its own terms to describe information. Until there is something like the Dewey Decimal System for the Web, looking for information across sites will likely remain a somewhat manual process.
The bookstore and library metaphor is also true in another way for describing the Web: The content of a bookstore is more fluid than a library, making card catalogs a lot more difficult to maintain. Maintaining metadata on a large, rapidly changing site would be an arduous task.
RDF is just a first step, but an important one. After that step, it will become necessary to agree upon more specific metadata formats and terms, such as creating something like Microsoft's Channel Definition Format for metadata.
With an agreed-upon metadata format, your Web browser may be able to do more for you automatically, making the Web a much more useful place.
Copyright 1997 Ziff-Davis Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Ziff-Davis Inc. is prohibited. PC Week and PC Week Online and the respective logos are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Inc.


text:
These healthy gluten free banana chocolate chip muffins are loaded with good-for-you ingredients and have a lovely, soft crumb!
Ultra moist, soft crumb, just sweet. No starches, no gums, and low sugar. Could it even taste good? You betcha!
I wanted to make a recipe for friend and had shared La Tartine Gourmande, with her. She had earmarked many a recipes that looked good to her. I picked up a copy of this book after reading stellar reviews: the food photography in this book is stunning and I am trying to glean some ideas and teach myself some new things….food photography classes don't hop by Portland, Oregon all that often (:! On top of that, there are lots of gourmet gluten free foods within the pages. The author writes an award winning blog by the same name.
This recipe was called Banana. Chocolate, and Hazelnut Muffins. They were truly delicious. I made my friend's batch with many a tweaks…but those tweaks included ghee, eggs, and hazelnuts: WAY off-limits to my son. Of course, I wasn't about to let my cutie pie sit on the sidelines while everyone else enjoyed a muffin for snack time! So I continued my tweaking to make a batch for him. Let me share with you my changes to the recipe, and the reasoning behind my choices!
Recipe substitutions:
- Butter: Casein is a no in our family, so I used grass fed ghee for my friend's batch. For my son, we used all coconut oil as it is one the healthiest dairy-free fats out there and is solid like butter.
- Eggs: We love eggs, but my son keeps reacting to them, even in baked goods. So for his batch, I left these out. I knew the bananas would replace the egg's binding properties well enough, but I needed to provide some additional lift. I increased the leavening (baking powder and/or soda) and use an acid (vinegar) to provide some additional oompf! Isn't chemistry great?
- Blonde Cane Sugar: I don't even have any cane sugar in the house anymore. Both batches I used coconut palm sugar, a healthier, lower glycemic sweetener I use often.
- Whole Milk Yogurt: Again with the casein: we used coconut milk yogurt.
- Quinoa Flour: I hated quinoa flour until I learned a little trick this last summer: toast it! This neutralizes the tannins which are bitter. Now quinoa flour is well loved by all in our family, no off-tasting baked goods. I highly recommend it and it is higher in protein than most grains: always nice! Since I buy pre-ground flour, I put a whole 18oz bag of flour on a cookie sheet and place it in a 325 degree oven for abut 30 minutes…stirring a couple of times. It should be turning golden and smell toasted!
- Buckwheat Flour: I don't mind buckwheat flour (which is ground from toasted buckwheat groats), but my kids won't go for it: it has a very distinct flavor. I use raw buckwheat groats that I find in the bulk food section of my Whole Foods. These are much more mild in flavor and I can pass it off unnoticed on my kids. It is easy to whir the groats in your blender or a coffee grinder to make a flour.
- Hazelnut Flour: This was delicious in my friend's batch, but to make it nut free, I looked to another dense flour: coconut. I had to use less, as coconut flour absorbs a lot more liquid than hazelnut flour!
So there you have it: a little window into my brain as I make recipes work for my family and a bit of the baking science behind it! We all know I LOVE to bake! I blame my mom for that one…we did an awful lot of baking together growing up, it is one of my fondest memories. I hope my kids learn to love it as much as me!
We love these healthy gluten free banana chocolate chip muffins, and hope you do too.
Here are couple more muffin/bread recipes with bananas that you may like to try:
- Paleo 5 Minute Muffins
- Millet-Almond-Banana Muffins – Gluten & Egg Free
- Classic Gluten & Egg Free Banana Bread
Recipe for Healthy Gluten Free Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins:
Banana Chocolate Muffins - Gluten Free, Vegan, & Super Nutritious!
- 3 over-ripe bananas lots of brown spots
- 8 tablespoons coconut oil solid (ghee or butter would work too)
- 1/2 cup palm sugar
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt I used coconut-milk yogurt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons vinegar or lemon juice this helps with rise
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup TOASTED quinoa flour see above notes in post for how-to
- 1/2 cup freshly ground buckwheat groats grind in your blender or coffee grinder to achieve a flour
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate pieces or chips
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted hazelnuts (optional)
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl of a stand mixer, beat the bananas, coconut oil, sugar, yogurt, vinegar, and vanilla on high speed until relatively smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes.
With the mixer still on medium, sprinkle in the baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
Continue with the mixer on medium: add each of the flours. Scrape the sides if necessary, and beat until smooth.
Add in dark chocolate and hazelnuts if using and mix gently to incorporate.
In a prepared muffin tin, evenly distribute the batter amongst all 12 cups.
Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes until the tops are just set/firm.


text:
The Santa Marta Group is an alliance of international police chiefs and bishops from around the world working together with civil society in a process endorsed by Pope Francis who called it "an open wound on the body of contemporary society", to eradicate human trafficking and modern day slavery.
The Group is led by His Excellency Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster.
The official website of the Santa Marta Group.


text:
Kronborg Castle, Elsinore
The best commute to work EVER.
I have been blogging a little bit for Shakespeare's Globe and Liverpool Everyman about the adventures we've been having on the Two Gentlemen Of Verona tour! There is a blog/forum for local schools that the theatres are connected to. They can send us in questions, and we have been touching base with them every now and again with our Lambanana's throughout our travels! Anyway here are some musings on Denmark!
Our last European tour date was in Denmark. Specifically Kronborg Castle in Elsinore; most famously known as the home of Shakespeare's Hamlet. When we first arrived I don't think I managed to take in the breathtaking setting or appreciate the history of where we were about to play, because the heavens opened up and the rain began to pour; so as we did our get-in and sound check we were all trying (and arguably failing!) to battle the elements.
Our amazing hosts, Hamlet Scenen, had an exhibition showing in the castle entitled the 'Shakespeare Hall of Fame'; where they had photo's of all the actors who have played Hamlet/Ophelia at Elsinore. One picture in particular resonated with me - a photo of a group of actors performing Hamlet in 1916, exactly 100 years ago, in the Courtyard where we are performing. It reminded me how unbelievably lucky we were to be performing in a place with such rich history, and how we too are going to be a part of that legacy.
Its such an incredibly unique life experience to be able to say you have performed a Shakespeare at Elsinore Castle, a prospect that became even more mind-blowing when the people at Hamlet Scenen told me that we are the first recorded company to perform Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Castle!
When I think about the history of Shakespeare, I always seem to hark back to Jacobean times and try to imagine it being performed at the Globe with lots of funny looking people wearing Ruffs, but I've never given thought to Shakespeare being performed in more recent history: 50 years ago, or even 100/150 years ago! However after leaving Denmark, I feel like I've had a massive perspective shift. Thinking about that performance of Hamlet in 1916 and how it would have been received by its audience ... Would we have laughed at the same jokes now? Admired Shakespeare's use of language and poetry in the same way? To think of what has happened in that space of time, two World Wars, the immeasurably fast evolution of technology, the internet, the Spice Girls; it's really quite magical to think we still share this same, seemingly simple experience, of performing his text in this courtyard.
I really feel that I am just beginning to understand the true legacy and impact of Shakespeare's work, which lies in contrast to the ephemeral nature of creating a theatre production. In 2016 a group of 15 people came together to create a production of Two Gentlemen of Verona, and after this job finishes, this assortment of people will probably never come together again in this exact permutation. Yet, in telling this story; we have all laughed at the same clever jokes; been incredibly moved by the eloquence and strength of certain characters and been disgusted by the weakness of others in the same way that people have across hundreds of years. I cannot help but marvel at how Shakespeare's body of work has stood the test of time, how he really captured so much of what it means to be human, and I feel incredibly privileged to share the story of Two Gentlemen of Verona with the wonderfully brilliant and diverse audiences we've had over the past few months.
I wish I could hop in the Tardis to the summer of 1916, where a hundred years ago, a group of actors got together to tell the story of Hamlet in the Courtyard of Kronborg Castle, where we performed in the summer of 2016 and what a performance might look like in 2116!
I shall finish this long ramble on an awesome story the Hamlet Scenen Squad told us. The King Of Denmark would host very lavish parties in the great hall in Kronborg Castle (the biggest hall in Europe with no pillars!) Whenever he wanted to make a toast, he would raise his glass and the numerous royal drummers standing to attention along the length of the hall would start drumming. As the hall was so big the sound would reverberate around making a hell of a noise, which would then alert the Royal Trumpeters who were placed at the top of the tower above the hall. On hearing the thunderous drums, they would start to play a fanfare; this would then alert the soldiers in the Canon Tower who would fire the canons so that everyone in Denmark would know that the King was making a toast!
Shakespeare is thought to have potentially visited and experienced this himself or he would have heard directly from two of the Lord Chamberlain's men, who visited and performed Elsinore! This particularly quirk of the eccentric King is described by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Hamlet!
Comments are closed.
Aruhan Galieva
Aruhan is currently playing Silvia in Shakespeare's Globe production of Two Gentlemen Of Verona


text:
The expense and safety concerns associated with Inspection, in particular Aerial Inspection, has often been a stumbling block in modern industries. However, with the advent of drone technology, this is now a problem of the past. Drones enable us to reach required elevations that were previously reserved for time consuming and expensive scaffolding or hydraulic lifts. Our Data Acquisition methodologies remove the Health and Safety concerns that arise when people work at height, enable Inspection of listed buildings whilst eliminating possible damage to structures, and offer a solution to access problems.
Daedalus Drones offer roof; wind turbine; river; archaeological; structural; and building site Aerial Inspections. Our ability to cover ground quickly, eliminates the need to rebuild and reposition ground based platforms which have been the industry standard. We can offer the client a First Person View of the structure in real time as the drone flies.
Newcastle City Council
Gateshead Council
Durham Council
NE Lincs Council
Northumbrian Water
Newcastle University
Your Homes Newcastle
Channel 4
Shepherd Offshore
Seymour Civil Engineering
Turner and Townsend
Betty Films
Ponteland County Middle School
Derwentside College


text:
You are automatically charged once a month for your BeMo subscription(s) on the monthly anniversary of your first charge. For example, if your first charge was on the 23rd of the month, every monthly charge will happen on each 23rd of the month. Check your membership program and billing rate any time you wish by visiting www.bemopro.com in the My Account page.
What day of the month will I get billed?Follow
0 comments
Article is closed for comments.


text:
888-350-3597 ✕ View Video 1993 Jaguar XJS Convertible 38,485 Miles Blue 4.0L L6 DOHC 24V Automatic
Stock #: 5280 Exterior Color: Blue Interior Color: Tan Transmission: Automatic Drivetrain: RWD Engine: 4.0L L6 DOHC 24V Title Condition: Clear Vehicle Description 1993 Jaguar XJS convertible with ONLY 38k miles done in Blue over Tan leather. This Jaguar has the 4.0L 6CLY with an automatic transmission and runs out very nice. Has nice options like: power top keyless entry power seats wood trim power windows chrome wheels and much more. The body and paint are in very nice shape with no door dents or chips in the paint. The inside is also in very nice shape with a little wear on the...driver seat but over all very clean. Call Weisco Motorcars for more info or to set up a time to stop by for a look over this very clean Jaguar XJS as it will not last long. VISIT US AT OUR SHOWROOMLOCATED AT 7000 EAST COLFAX Ave! Feel welcome to ask us for a Carfax Vehicle Reportwith buyback guarantee. Financing available from 2.24% wac. Terms of 24-84months plus leasing available dependent upon vehicle and credit factors. Manyof our vehicles qualify for extended service contracts--please ask for moreinformation if interested. Visit for more informationand pictures. Terms of Sale & Auctions for all vehicles sold at WeiscoMotorcars • We strongly encourage inspections before purchasing to avoid anymisunderstandings or representations. • All used vehicles should be assumed tohave some degree of wear. No Vehicle is perfect for everyone. Despite ourefforts to verify a vehicle's mechanical condition; we are not able to warrantya manufacturer's workmanship or previous owner's diligence in care or use.Weisco Motorcars does sell all vehicles AS IS. We have describedthe above mentioned vehicle to the best of our ability. However with allpre-owned automobiles the condition is subjective. Please be advised that nooral or written statements concerning any vehicle constitutes a representationor warranty of the condition of the said vehicle. • We will not hold a vehiclefor you without a $1000.00 non-refundable deposit. If you want the vehicle giveus a deposit to hold it for you. • Unless we have some documentation we alwayssell classic cars as mileage exempt. That means we do not know the originalmiles. What we list in the ad is what the odometer currently reads or is basedoff rebuild information of the engine and or body/chassis. • Advertised priceincludes D&H of $298.50 paperwork fee / dealer handling fee. The D&HFee will include a 60 day temporary tag for vehicle use. • All sales are plusSales tax title fee E-test • All sales are final with car being sold whereis as is. • All above terms and conditions are applied to vehicle saleswhether through E-bay or otherwise. We ship nationwide. Please call or emailfor information about delivery and shipping options. Flying to Denver via DIAairport? We will be happy to pick you up!
Contact us now at 888-350-3597 for more details! Contact us for more details: 888-350-3597Call Dealer Photos Vehicle Warranty New Vehicles come with a full-factory warranty. Used vehicles may have a remaining-factory warranty, but please contact us for the warranty details specific to this vehicle.
Terms and Conditions Finance, Warranty, Shipping question? - Call the dealer at 888-350-3597 Payment Options We accept the following payment methods:
- Cashier's Check/money order
Vehicle Pickup & Shipping All shipping charges are buyer's responsibility. General Terms Notice to Bidders: All of the vehicles we list on are for sale locally. We reserve the right to end an auction early. All cars are immediately ready for delivery upon sale. Deposit: We require a non-refundable $500 deposit within 48 hours of winning the auction. Please call to make arrangements for payment. Payment Types: Cash in person, Certified Funds, Institutional Financing All sales transactions must be completed within 7 calendar days of auction close. Prices subject to change without notice and do not include Title, License, Registration Fees, State or Local Taxes or Processing Fees, if any. Please contact seller first for vehicle availability. Although every effort is made to present accurate and reliable information, use of this information is voluntary, and should only be deemed reliable after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, and timeliness. It is the sole responsibility of the customer to verify the existence of options, accessories and the vehicle condition before time of sale. Any and all differences must be addressed prior to time of sale. No expressed or implied warranties, including the availability or condition of the equipment listed is made. EPA mileage estimates for comparison purposes only. Actual mileage may vary depending on driving conditions, driving habits, and vehicle maintenance. Fees and Taxes Sales tax, title, license fee, registration fee, dealer documentary fee, finance charges, emission testing fees, and compliance fees are additional to the advertised price. Vehicle is listed locally, we reserve the right to end the auction at any time.
|VIN (Vehicle Identification Number):
|Body Type:
|Vehicle Title:
|Power Options:
|Sub Model:
|Fuel Type:
|Exterior Color:
|For Sale By:
|Interior Color:


text:
This is another card created from my "Winners" pack of cards and envelopes. I took the DSP and cut it into 2/3 and 1/3 pieces. Then I placed them on the turquoise cardstock and added another stip of turquoise and layered it with ribbon. Stamps: Birthdays Count. Ink: Chocolate Chip. Paper: Tempting Turquoise and DSP from Winners. Accessories: 1/4 inch Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
More Mojo #84
I was really inspired when I saw this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I decided to try my hand at another Mother's Day card. I made the pink card first and decided that it would make a beautiful mother's day card. I love, love, love my new stamp set Soft Summer (which I got at Seattle Regionals) You'll probably see lots of it in the near future.
This is a 2 step stamping set. The image was stamped on watercolour paper with brown staz-on. I like using Staz-On because I'm impatient and if you don't let the image dry properly it will run when you start watercolouring. So then I inked up the "colour fill" (for lack of a better word) side of the stamp (it's double mounted). I used my Stampin' Write markders to colour directly on the rubber. I pulled all the colours out of the DSP and started with So Saffron in the centre, Pretty In Pink next, and Almost Amethyst on the outside. After I lined it up with my Stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped on the colour and then quickly got out my Aqua painter and used it on parts of the stamp. I like how it blended together some of the colours, especially on the petals of the flowers. Stamps: Soft Summer. Paper: Tea Party DSP, Whisper White, Watercolour Paper, Chocolate Chip. Ink (as above) Accessories: Pink ribbon and brads from my stash, Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch and Small Oval punch.
I wanted to make another card and I had this Bashful Blue DSP sitting on my desk so I thought what about incorporating it in a card? Of course I used Soft Summer once again with the same technique as on the last card. I tipped the image on it's side because I thought that would work better with the oval sentiment. This was stamped and cut out on the inside oval and then layered on choc. chip punched out with the small oval punch. I also moved the brads as the empty space in the top right corner just didn't sit right with me. Stamps: Soft Summer, Oval All. Paper: Bashful Blue DSP, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Watercolour paper. Ink: same as paper. Accessories: Small Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Certainly Celery Ribbon from sale-a-bration. Rhinestone brads from my stash.
Labels: challenges, mojo monday
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Mother's Day Sunshine Garden
These are a selection of Mother's Day cards I made from the Sunshine Garden Simply Scrappin' Kit. I cased a selection of cards made by Andrea Walford and then I added embelishments and sentiments to create Mother's Day Cards. Paper: Blue Bayou, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Old Olive, Whisper White. Accessories: Sunshine Garden Simply Scrappin', Rhinestone Brads Scallop Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch Ink: Old Olive.
Labels: cards, simply scrappin'
Monday, April 27, 2009
Summer Lovin'
This card is one of my favourite using the Summer Love rub-ons and the Walk in the Park DSP. It's probably because Baja Breeze is one of my absolute fave's. The base of the card is Going Grey, the next layer is Baja Breeze and the final layer is some DSP. The ribbon is white satin from the Occasions Mini. The 'create' sentiment is a rub on placed on whisper white DSP and cut out. The scallop square is punched out of the Walk in the park DSP. The Best Wishes sentiment is from Sincere Salutations and the scalloped rectangle is from Nestabilities. The coloured flowers are from the rub ons.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Memories Always
This card was a real kinda comedy of errors. I was at Winners' (like a Canadian TJ Max) looking through their scrapbooking stuff when I came upon this box of 100 cards and envelopes of $6.95. Its' not Stampin' Up! product (I thought to myself) but what a good deal. I got home, only to realize that the "cards" were actually postcards. So I took the "postcards" and decided to turn them into interesting cards. The polka dot DSP is the postcard. The ribbon is from Mike's. Stamps: Too Terrific Tags. Ink: Pixie Pink. Paper: Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise. Accesories: Small Tag punch
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Inspired by Regionals
We made several make'n takes at regionals this weekend. This card was one of them. It uses the Soft Summer stampset from the Occasions Mini. This is one of the sets that I got to take home. I sat down tonight to redo my shadow boxes and decided to use this picture below of my whole family from Palm Springs last month. My sister-in-law's dress reminded me of the card above, so that's how this layout came to be.
These are my parents, my brother and his family, and my family. My brother and I are standing to the left of the picture and my hubby and my sister-in-law are to the right of the picture. The image was stamped with brown staz-on and then on the insert, I used markers to colour the inside stamp and then stamped the image using my stamp-a-ma-jig. Then I used my aqua painter to draw out the ink a bit and add texture. Stamps: Soft Summer, Ink: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive. Paper, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, watercolour paper.
These are my parents, my brother and his family, and my family. My brother and I are standing to the left of the picture and my hubby and my sister-in-law are to the right of the picture. The image was stamped with brown staz-on and then on the insert, I used markers to colour the inside stamp and then stamped the image using my stamp-a-ma-jig. Then I used my aqua painter to draw out the ink a bit and add texture. Stamps: Soft Summer, Ink: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive. Paper, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, watercolour paper.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Tool Time
Have I told you that Blue Bayou is one of my favourite colours? My upline Ange loves it so much that her hubby painted her scrap room this colour as a surprise when she was out of town. Here's another masculine card. I think I'll give this to my Dad for Father's Day. Colours: Blue Bayou, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Bordering Blue. Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Rectangle Nestabilities, Silver Brads
Thursday, April 23, 2009
So Shelli Creative Challenge
If this card looks suspiciously familiar, it's because it is! Check out the previous post. I changed a few things to make this an only SU card and it's for the So Shelli Creative Challenge. I apologize for the big shadow in the middle of the card, but this was the best image I have because I felt it shows off the colours the best. Stamps: Soft Summer, Live Your Dream, Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, More Mustard Paper: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Watercolour Paper, Walk in the Park DSP, and DSP from Summer Home Simply Scrappin'
Labels: challenges
Got your mojo?
This card was made for Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #83. The colours are completely out of my comfort zone, but I was inspired by a butterly sticker that I had in my stash, and I eventually didn't wind up using it after all. I turned the image 90 degrees. Then I took out my Kiwi Kiss DSP . I then played with different colours and combinations and was getting very frustrated when I came upon this flower image that I had stamped and coloured with an Aqua Painter a few days ago. The butterfly was from a set of black and white stickers I have, and I coloured it in with ink and my blender pen. The sentiment was punched out with my curly label punch and then I adhered it to chocolate chip cardstock and carefully cut it out to make a border. Stamps: Soft Summer Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, More Mustard Paper: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Watercolour Paper, Walk in the Park DSP, and DSP from Summer Home Simply Scrappin'
Labels: cards, mojo monday
Swaps for Regionals 2
This was another of my swaps for Regionals in Seattle last week. I used my new favourite stamp set itty bitty buds, sincere salutations, and the top note die to create this one. The colours are Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, and Bashful Blue (oh and of course Chocolate Chip for the sentiment. I took 60 swaps with me. 30 of each kind and I came home with 60 wonderful new cards and 3D items. I'll probably try to post a few of my favourites in the futue.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
More photos from Regionals in Seattle
One of the perks of being a demo is the fabulous events that you get to attend. At this particular one-day event, we made 6 different make-n-take projects. You definitely get your money's worth. We got the stamp set Best Wishes and More for free as this was a set used in many of the make-n-takes. I know that it isn't really free when you pay approximately $95 for the day, but it definitely makes the cost worthwhile. We also received the chipboard letters, some metal edge tags and all of the cardstock necessary for the projects. I will show my make'n takes in future posts. The following pictures are of Heather, and then Angela doing their make'n takes.
It was a bit of a comedy of errors on the way down. We left the North Shore by 5:20am and made fabulous time heading for the border. We were just about to take the highway exit to the Aldergrove crossing when Angela realized that the Aldergrove Crossing doesn't open until 8am and it was only 6am. So, we headed back for Surrey to the truck crossing. Unfortunately by the time that we got there at about 6:20am there was already a line up and only one gate open. It took us an hour to get across the border! The Conference started at 9am and we didn't arrive until 9:25am. There was a silver lining however as Stampin' Up had a problem getting enough of the stamp set we were all supposed to receive, Best Wishes and More. As an apology, they gave us another stamp set and will be sending our Best Wishes and More sets this week. So, Heather, Angela, and I all ended up receiving two sets!
Some pictures above. Check out all the Big Shots for the make'n takes. A view of the conference hall and Shelli and her daughter Sara on the big screen.
The above pictures were taken by actually taking pictures of the large video screens that they used to show the demonstrations on. These ones above were taken from the demonstration about inspirations. You can see the second photo the wedding cake photo inspired the card beside it.
These photos were from a demonstration on using the Big Shot and Vinyl Sheets to make etched glass projects. This was just a taste of what will happen at Convention.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Swaps for Regionals 1
This was one of my swaps for Regionals last weekend. This card is a very altered CASE of a card in the Sale-a-bration mini catty. Click here to see my direct copy of the card. I spent a long time trying to come up with a colour combination that I liked. (a few hours) and then I started looking through old catalogues for ideas. After coming up with this combination, I found almost the same combination in an older catalogue (without the Baja Breeze of course). Arggghh, if only I'd done that earlier. But anyway, I am very happy with this colour combo, and the card was well-received at Regionals. I got some amazing swaps in return which I hope to showcase here over the next little while. I ran out of some of the materials, and so I came up with this one below to finish the last few off. I reallylike this one too. Stamps: Petal Pizzaz, A Beautiful Thing. Colours: Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Perfect Plum, Chocolate Chip. Accessories: Scallop circle punch, 5-petal flower punch, scallop edge punch, top note die, silver brads, Stampin' dimensionals
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sooo Corny
This sentiment cracks me up. It's soooo corny. I know my hubby will groan when he reads it. I think this will become his Father's Day card from me. Colours: Blue Bayou, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Bordering Blue. Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Rectangle Nestabilities, Silver Brads
Sunday, April 19, 2009
And the winner is...
So as I sat and watched the Canucks game this afternoon, I realized that I needed to draw a winner of my blog candy. So I wrote all the names down, put them in a bowl and had my son draw out a name. I can't believe how adorable this picture is as he had just finished eating pizza and was making funny 'cheese' faces a second before I took this picture. It's so cute because he pulled out the name 'GoCanucksGo'. It's also a bit of a coincidence that he loves hockey and especially the Canucks. So congratulations to 'GoCanucksGo' and can you please email me with your information so I can get your blog candy to you!
Regionals in Seattle!!!
I just had the most fabulous day today. I went to Stampin' Up! Regionals in Seattle. Seattle is 3 hours South of North Vancouver, where I live. I went with my wonderful upline, Angela, and Heather who is another of Angela's Downline. We left my house at 5:15am. (gasp!) For me this was a real struggle as we (hubby and I) went to the Stanley Cup Playoffs last night (Vancouver Canucks, vs, St Louis) That's Hockey for those of you who aren't Canadian. It was crazy busy and really fun. We got into the arena which seats over 16,000 and one row away from us was my brother and his wife. That was a nice surprise. The Canucks were really helpful and not only won the game, but it didn't go into overtime, so the game didn't last all night. Anyway, in all the craziness and crowds afterwards, it took a long time to get home. So my point is that I didn't get to bed until 1am. So basically I had less than 4 hours of sleep.
Anyway, I'll fill you in on more of the details later, I just wanted to share my picture above. Yup that's me and the godess herself Shelli Gardner. I feel like I just met a rock star. As my friend Angela says, 'it's like meeting Brad Pitt' I felt totally starstruck.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Another card using the Walk in the Park DSP and the Summer love Rub ons. The base of this card is Kiwi Kiss. Then I layered Going Grey Cardstock and the So Saffron paper from the DSP. I used the Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon as an accent. I put the "dream" rub-on on Whisper White and then cut it out. Next I punched out some Kiwi Kiss cardstock with the curly label punch and layered it all up. I haven't put any other sentiments on this card yet. I'll save it for an appropriate occasion and stamp it then.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Blog Candy Update!
Sorry Ladies, but I will have to announce the winner of the Blog Candy on Sunday. Not only do I have to work today, but it's my son's 3rd birthday, and we have playoff tickets to the Canucks game (go canucks go!!) And of course, Saturday is regionals in Seattle which is a 3 hour drive each way, so Sunday the name will be drawn.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Mojo Monday Challenge #82
I've been following the mojo monday sketch challenge for a while now. The cards that people come up with are absolutely stunning. This week's sketch really stood out for me. (It's at the bottom of this post.) Although it seems very simple, this sketch really stumped me. Then the light went on and I thought it would be perfect for a scrapbook page. So I made an 8 x 8 page for my shadowbox collection.
I started with this picture of my daughter. It's from our holiday last year and these glasses lasted about 10 seconds on her face. But I think that her expression, plus the glasses makes her look like a wannabe movie star. The colours in this layout were inspired by the colours in the 2 Sweet Simply Scrappin' Kit from Stampin' Up! I decided to use darker tones though. The colour of her glasses was identical to Lavender Lace so I started with textured Lavender Lace Cardstock. The colours in this layout are Lavender Lace, Elegant Eggplant, and Kiwi Kiss. The DSP is Walk in the Park from the new Occasions Mini. The title is from the Greatest Moments Rub Ons. The Kiwi flower is from the 2 Sweet simply scrappin' kit. The lavender flower was made with the big shot and the cherry blossom embosslit. The layered flower was stamped from Petal Pizazz and then layered over 2 scallop circles.
Walk in the Park
Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the Walk in the Park DSP in the new Occassions Mini? I also love the Summer Love Rub On's . Now I'm going to have to get the Scallop Oval punch and the Oval All stampset. I sat down today and made a ton of cards. This card was very simple to make. The Cameo Coral cardstock is the basis of the card. I layered it on Going Grey and then attached a piece of the DSP. I used the rubbons on a strip of coral cardstock for an accent and then used the birthday sentiment from Sincere Salutations. I stamped the birthday sentiment on some So Saffron DSP and punched it out with the large oval punch. I used nestabilities to punch the scallop oval.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Shiver Me Timbers
This card started as a CASE of this card here. I have only used this stamp set with my students at school when we were studying Pirates so I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to present itself. But I digress... My son's 3rd birthday is coming up and I really wanted to make Pirate invites. I have to admit that I had a lot of fun making this card. It took a long time to come up with this design because I started by going through all my options on splitcoast. This is a retired set so I had a lot of cards to choose from. The second picture above shows the whole inside flap and the bottom photo shows the inside of the card. My husband and I tried to come up with a pirate sounding announcement inside. I stamped the images with Versamark ink on the inside for more interest. If you click on the photo you can see them in more detail. I used Aqua painters on Watercolour paper for the top image - 10 invitations took HOURS to colour in but I'm pretty happy with the result. I see some nephew birthday cards in the future. Stamps: Ahoy Matey. Colours: Riding Hood Red, Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, So Saffron, Bordering Blue, Gable Green, and my white signo pen.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Elegant Thank You
This card was made for a client. She's giving these as a gift for a wedding shower. She requested Lavender. This DSP is from a stack from Costco and I knew that it would be perfect for wedding thank you's. This card is really simple to make - I did 24 in 2 hours from scratch. Once I was done, I played around a bit with my leftovers and mistakes. A few of them I glued upside down and so decided to keep for myself. Here's what I came up with for the 'mistakes'
Colours: Lavendar Lace, Whisper White, Going Grey. Accessories: Top Note Die, Curly Label Punch. Stamps: Cute & Curly
Monday, April 13, 2009
Taken with Tools?
This card started out as a direct CASE of this card. But about half way through I decided that the many colours were a great excuse to break out the new stampset . I've been furiously watercolouring some birthday invitations (check back tomorrow for those) and so I decided that once I had stamped out the tools, that watercolouring would work the best. Once I finished, however, I pulled out the blender pens and darkened in the areas that were too light. And then I decided to turn over the blue polka dot cardstock and use the chocolate chip side. I'm going to add a sentiment later. I think this tool stampset will serve me well in the future with so many tradesmen, and hobby trademen in my family. Colours: Blue Bayou, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Bordering Blue. Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Rectangle Nestabilities, Silver Brads
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Embosslit Fun!
This card was made from leftovers from another project I'm making. I had all these embosslit flowers lying around and the orange one was pretty challenging to make, so I decided to try and make a card using them up. To make the orange flower, I stamped the orange image first, and then added the chocolate chip detail by using my Stamp-a-ma-jig. Finally I put it in the embosslit and by pressing with my thumb, I managed to line up the centre image with the centre dot in the embosslit. There was a bit of trial and error with this one, but I really like how this turned out. Stamps: A Beatuful Thing. Colours: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White. Accessories: Cheery Blossom Embosslit, Top note die, clear pearl dots, brown ribbon, Sweet Always DSP
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Shower Invites
This is a baby shower invite I have recently made for a customer and I love it so much I thought I'd have to put it up here. The client wanted purple, so I immediately went to my favourite of all purples - Elegant Eggplant. I love the top note die, so I put it through the Big Shot with the die first, and then the cuttlebug dotted folder second. (yes I get it now - see previous posts if you don't understand :) When I'm doing an order of invitations, I like to use punches a lot. They are easy and quick and the final product always looks great! So I dug through my stash of stamps and got out Big On Spring from last years' Occasions Mini. I inked up the onesie from the CUTE sentiment and stamped it on some shiny paper from sei, and then cut it out. I then stamped the image on Very Vanilla CS. I punched out the picture with the 3/8 inch circle punch and then glued on the purple onesie. I used my signo pen to colour the heart white. I then punched out the same sei paper with the scallop circle punch. The sentiment is from the Sincere Salutations stamp set. I stamped it on some lavender CS I had lying around and then punched it out with the small oval punch. Next I punched out Very vanilla with the large oval punch and then inked the edges. Both images are popped up with dimensionals. The cream ribbon is from my stash. and the whole thing is attached to Very Vanilla CS.
Friday, April 10, 2009
It's time for BLOG CANDY!!!!
I am thrilled to announce that my humble little blog is nearing 5,000 hits!!!! I have to say that when I started this blog I thought to myself 'I wonder if anyone will even look at it' and I have to say that obviously someone did. To thank all of you who follow my blog, I am offering just a little Stampin' Up! blog candy. To get a chance at this candy, here's what you need to do. If you link my blog to yours or link just this post to yours, I will put one entry in the pot. So post a comment that includes your blog address. If you don't have a blog, leave me a comment, tell at least one friend and send me an email that lets me know you told someone. If you post a link to this on your blog, AND sign up to follow my blog, you will get 3 entries in the pot. Good luck! I will close entries at 11pm on Thursday, April 16, 2009.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Happy Birthday Scraps
These cards were made during my card making frenzy the other night. The paper is mostly from Cricut. I used more of that orange ribbon from Michael's and the stamp is done in Pink Passion with the Four Square Stamp set. I cut out the image and the used the scallop square punch to make a background to mount it on . The scallop squares are all different colours as I went through my scrap pile to find coordinating colours.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
I can't decide
I can't decide if I like this card or not. I was playing around with my cuttlebug and big shot and really liked the purple embossed paper. First I ran it through the Big Shot and cut out the top note shape, then I ran it through the cuttlebug to emboss the image on it. I have discovered that if you reverse this process the embossed image gets flattened out by the Big Shot ('duh' I said to myself after I did that). The die cut shape was then adhered to a piece of Whisper white. I sponged the edges with Elegant Eggplant. I had already made a ton of thank you cards with pumpkin pie and the curly label punch, so I had this sentiment lying around - so I thought I'd try the orange with the purple. Now the ribbon and the paper are kind of peach in their colour. The paper is really sparkly. It's from Bazzil Paper. The ribbon is some old stuff I had lying around. Anyway, purple and orange are both secondary colours which means they should go together, but I'm not sure if it's my taste or not.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Thank You
I love this thank you stamp and the coordinating label punch. It goes so nicely with the top note die. So I used the Sweet Always DSP and ran it through the big shot with the top note die. I stamped the flower image from Always, in pumpkin pie and then cut it out. The flower's centre is punched out of another piece of the Sweet Always DSP. The sentiment is stamped in Chocolate Chip and the whole thing is on Pumpkin Pie cardstock. Oh yeah, and the ribbon is some old stuff from Michael's.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sale-a-bration cards
I was feeling uninspired today and so I sat down and looked through the sale-a-bration catty. I found this cute card on the first page. It uses Bashful Blue, Kraft and Certainly Celery cardstock. It uses So Saffron DSP from Sale-a-bration, and the matching ribbon. I used the top note die on the Kraft paper. The flower was stamped on whisper white with bashful blue and then cut out. I then punched out another flower from bashful blue and layered them together. The brad is from the dollar store. The sentiment is from sincere salutations and it's stamped in chocolate chip ink. I made the leaves by punching out a flower in c celery and then trimming it into a leaf shape.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Birthday Card
This cad was made using paper from my Cricut stash. I used the top note die to cut out the background. I punched out the presents with my square punches and then tapered the sides for more interest. The ribbons were attached with crystal effects.
Friday, April 3, 2009
So I Went Crazy Again!
So I'm in the process of making a scrapbook layout for a challenge, and last night I hit a roadblock. So I took a break. Of course I still needed a creative outlet, so I decided to make a bunch of cards. For some reason lately I'm very drawn to the colour orange. I had all this paper from cricut (cardstock and matching DSP) so I decided to dig out the Big Shot and see what I could make. It took me about 2 hours to make all these cards. I'll get into more detail about these cards in later posts.
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
Since the release of v12.8 of the Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Calculator, I have received several questions with regards to the changes in the processor input section.
In particular, the one question that keeps coming up is "Why doesn't the CPU results change when I change the number of cores (e.g., change from 12 cores to 6 cores)?"
The answer is relatively simple: you didn't change the SPECInt2006 Rate value when you changed the number of total cores that are in the system. Remember that the SPECInt2006 Rate value is a function of the server's architecture, processor architecture, and the number of processors being deployed in the server. The same server with 1 processor versus 2 processors will have completely different SPECInt2006 Rate values.
But let me explain all of this with an example. Let's say you had a design that requires 20,000 megacycles during the worst failure mode. The system you have initially chosen is 12 cores with a SPECInt2006 Rate value of 351.
- With 12 cores (351 rate value), this means you have is 351/12*3333/18.75=5200 adjusted megacycles/core. In other words, the server supports 62394 adjusted megacycles. From a utilization perspective, this is 20000/62394*100=32%.
If you were to change the input requirements to use 6 cores with the same SPECInt2006 Rate value, then:
- With 6 cores (351 rate value), this means you have is 351/6*3333/18.75=10399 adjusted megacycles/core. In other words, the server supports 62394 adjusted megacycles. From a utilization perspective, this is 20000/62394*100=32%.
Because the example reduced the number of cores in the system by one half, but the Specint2006 rate value didn't change, the capability of each core, measured in megacycles, was doubled. But the total amount of work the system can do is still the same. What this means is that the utilization of the server would still be the same. Incidentally, the number of cores required to support the mailbox load during the worst failure event, will be halved as the capability of each core doubled.
In the end, you must adjust both the total number of processor cores and the SPECInt2006 Rate value, if you want to see a corresponding change in the CPU utilization.


text:
Apparently the fact that homeschoolers are proving to out do their counterparts in spelling bees, geography bees and math competitions makes them ineligible to enter Subway's creative writing contest designed for school aged children.
Now I know that homeschoolers do tend to sound more intelligent than their chronological age, but that does not change the fact that they are school-aged?
Seriously though, Subway's creative writing contest does specifically exclude homeschoolers and this exclusion can be interpreted one of two ways . . .
Either Subway believes:
That homeschoolers are more creative and educated than other school aged children and therefore have an unfair advantage.
That homeschoolers are not as creative and educated and therefore they do not wish to hear from them (can't imagine any educated person believing this one).
Whether either of these two interpretations are valid, the fact is Subway's decision to exclude homeschoolers is an affront to the homeschool community and should not be ignored.
Their claim, I am sure, is that they decided to exclude homeschoolers because the grand prize is $5000 of athletic equipment for the child's school.
Subway, may I suggest that since homeschoolers do tend to be strong supporters of their community and heavily involved in community service, they could easily find a good home for the promised athletic equipment?
Next time you decide to run a contest, consider the ramifications of excluding over two million school aged children!
Many are calling for a boycott of Subway; however, I would add that we also need to make our voices heard. Click http://www.subway.com/Applications/CustService/frmCustomerService.aspx to let Subway know how offensive they have been.
Or click here http://www.subwayfreshbuzz.com/kids/contest.aspx to enter the contest anyway.
But remember:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Contest is open only to legal residents of the Untied (sic) States who are currently over the age of 18 and have children who attend elementary, private or parochial schools that serve grades PreK-6. No home schools will be accepted.
. . . so if you do win, you may have to forfeit the prize.
But wouldn't it be something if the top three selections were written by homeschoolers?
That would put them in an interesting spot wouldn't it?
Please leave a comment and let others know.
Subway Snubs Homeschoolers in Writing Contest
Want to contribute your views on the homeschool vs public school debate, or just looking for information? Post here!
Moderators: Theodore, elliemaejune
6 posts • Page 1 of 1
- User
- Posts: 9
- Joined: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:32 pm
- Contact:
Subway Snubs Homeschoolers in Writing Contest
Jessica L. Parnell: http://jessica-parnell.com
Bridgeway Homeschool Academy: http://homeschoolacademy.com
Bridgeway Homeschool Academy: http://homeschoolacademy.com
- User
- Posts: 33
- Joined: Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:29 pm
- Location: Blue Ridge Mountains
You know,..I don't get it. Subway could have left out the "no homeschools accepted part." But I saw it at the bottom of the application. Ridiculous and I would love to hear their reason why. Statistically, a homeschooler probably would not have won. But Subway has really opened a can of worms with this one. I will have to digest the info and respond to Subway later.
- User
- Posts: 9
- Joined: Wed May 28, 2008 11:47 am
- User
- Posts: 61
- Joined: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:45 pm
- Location: Ohio
Yeah, they apologized, but still do not allow homeschoolers to participate. A previous poster (sorry, don't remember who it was) raised a valid point that the athletic equipment could be donated to the community. I would think that Subway could stipulate that if a homeschooler won, that the equipment would have to go to the student's local community.
It's like a kid saying "I'm sorry" only because they have to, and to get out of trouble, not because they mean it. Don't be fooled by Subway's "apology"--go ahead and write to them and protest because they're still not letting homeschoolers in. Their "next contest" that they say will encourage homeschoolers to join does nothing for this current offense.
It's like a kid saying "I'm sorry" only because they have to, and to get out of trouble, not because they mean it. Don't be fooled by Subway's "apology"--go ahead and write to them and protest because they're still not letting homeschoolers in. Their "next contest" that they say will encourage homeschoolers to join does nothing for this current offense.
- User
- Posts: 9
- Joined: Wed May 28, 2008 11:47 am
6 posts • Page 1 of 1
Return to "Homeschool vs Public School"
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests


text:
If you live in a bigger city, chances are you use Uber on occasion. And if you're on the internet, chances are you've heard about how misogynistic the company is. They've designed campaigns around female objectification, used slut-shaming to justify assaults on their passengers, and responded to the reporter who revealed it all with an intent to "prove a particular and very specific claim about her personal life."
If you're like me, this feels like a very inconvenient truth. Why couldn't Uber just be respectful? I like the service, but I want my dollar to support a world that believes in equality. Thankfully, some very lovely people have already put together lists of alternative services to ease the inconvenience of this issue.
The two most popular of these alternatives seem to by Lyft and Sidecar. Making this switch even more attractive, Sidecar claims you can save money by switching to either service.
I haven't used these particular services, so I can't give you any testimonials, but I have a good feeling about this switch. Not only will I be able to save money and support a better world, but it will also be a heck of a lot easier to spot my driver if there's pink mustache on the car. So instead of thinking of this change as a boycott, I'd like to think of it as rewarding the companies that deserve it and supporting the world I believe in.
If you'd like to learn more about what's going on at Uber, check out the article that started it all: Sarah Lacy's "The horrific trickle down of Asshole culture: Why I've just deleted Uber from my phone."