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Hello everyone - we are the Jan. 5 2013 Fantasy Western. I note the port times are very short for Costa Maya and I thought I had read here and there some information about it being extended from time to time. Is that just my wishful thinking? We are thinking of Maya Chan but I'm concerned about feeling rushed (or nervous about missing the ship).
Hi, we're on your same cruise!!! :thumbsup2 I wondered the same thing as it doesn't seem like there's really enough time in Costa Maya to get away from the pink compound area and do some exploring. We would love it if they extended our time there. It's my understanding that they extend stays pixiedust: sometimes as a perk to the ships staff/crew (this happened last time on the Dream when we were in Bahamas). I'll keep my fingers crossed! See ya on the Fantasy in just 94 short days!!!!
The Magic is staying until 11:30 tonight. It is some sort of perk for the crew.
In May, the Fantasy crew was awarded w/extra port time and we were there 'til midnight... the excursions desk was able to help book add'l stuff for people who wanted to take advantage of the new hours (they were announced the night before i believe).
I am going on the Magic the end of this month. absolutly love Maya Chan and they reduce the price for Disney cruisers because of shorter port times. Plus they keep up to date on each ships changes so if the ship is staying longer, they know and you are welcome to stay longer with them.
They stated that a LOT of times the port time is extended.:cool1:
We loved Maya Chan resort even for the brief time we were there. The staff there was wonderful and everything was taken care of. Taxis are at Maya Chan 1.5 hours before the ship is due to depart to prevent any worries. We would go back in a heartbeat (even with the short time). They do give discounts when you contact them to get information about the resort due to the short times. For my family of 4 we paid $140 for everything including food, transfers, drinks, alcohol and entertainment.
We were so hoping to do the mayan ruins excursions to Dzibanche and Kohlunlich ruins from costa maya, but those take 7-8 hours and the DCL website says those excursions are only available on select sailings. Does anyone know if those have become available during one of these surprise extended days in costa maya?
Thanks everyone! We'll still go out to Maya Chan and just hope for an extended stay that day!
We had a great time heading over to the Tropicante and hanging out beach front. $2 cab ride per person to a joint downtown Mahaual run by a native Texan. Cheap beers, good food, and lots of hospitality.
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NASHUA - More than $241 million in work on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jet will be added to the workload at BAE Systems in Nashua, as part of three contracts worth $4.8 billion awarded to the project's main contractor, Lockheed-Martin.
As the prime contractor, Lockheed-Martin handles the final assembly and provides many major components. Its key partners are Northrop Grumman for communication systems, Pratt & Whitney for the main engine, and BAE for electronic warfare, flight control and fuel systems.
In announcing the three contracts on Dec. 28, the Naval Air Systems Command identified BAE as eligible for 5 percent of each contract awarded.
The largest is a $3.7 billion contract for 31 of the fighters, with 18 for the Air Force, designed to land on an runway; six for the Marines, designed to take off and land vertically; and seven for the Navy, designed to land on air craft carriers.
Lockheed also received three other contracts worth approximately $1.1 billion for spare parts, software and logistic systems needed to sustain the program.
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"Really very disappointed"
I thought it could be as good as her earlier books.
She could go back to her earlier books with more of the zany characters
Just annoying
I'm hoping her next book is better
"not worth a credit"
No. Not a mystery, and not funny, actually boring. It was a silly story, with characters that ended up being annoying rather than anything else.
I did not find anything at all interesting. It didn't have anything to hold my interest, so I didn't even finish listening to this audiobook.
Her voices were, to me just awful, especially the art dealers. When Laurie started to cry and whine I actually stopped listening.
Extreme disappointment. Since the reviews weren't at all bad. Everyone to their own opinion I guess.
Nothing to add, other than I will give this series a miss.
It could have been a mystery and enjoyable
Not have written this book.
No I will not.
The dead mother-in-law and the insensitivity.
I tried several times to listen to this from my library and kept stopping. Finally, got through this very boring book. I won't listen to another by this author.
"Good listen as usual"
Never disappointed with clive cussler
It is exciting from beginning to end
Listen to them all...Just as good as always
Nothing in particular, all good.
Just a good listen
"Not enjoyable"
Boring, too many comments, about government issues, i.e. somalia and others.
Will not listen to anything by this author.
No body.. Fault was story.
Disappointment, and anger.
I kept trying to listen to this, and kept putting it off. Finally listened and sorry i did.
"not the best of series"
Couldn't stand all the singing. Too much sexual content. Not really a mystery.
I have listened to almost all the other stories in the series. I didn't do them in order. If i had listened to this one first i would not have gone on. Really not to my taste at all.
Don't know.
The singing and sex scenes. I'm not a prude, but i don't like soft porn.
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Oh, I love me a good space opera. So it's a special treat at HEA today. We have an exclusive excerpt from These Broken Stars, a YA space opera by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, about lovers who must fight for survival on a deserted planet. These Broken Stars comes out Dec. 10.
Here's the blurb (courtesy of publisher Disney-Hyperion):
It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone.
Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they're worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help.
Here's the excerpt of These Broken Stars …
"When did you first meet Miss LaRoux?"
"Three days before the accident."
"And how did that come about?"
"The accident?"
"Meeting Miss LaRoux."
"How could it possibly matter?"
"Major, everything matters."
Nothing about this room is real. If this were a party at home, the music would draw your eye to human musicians in the corner. Candles and soft lamps would light the room, and the wooden tables would be made of actual trees. People would be listening to each other, instead of checking to see who's watching them.
Even the air here smells filtered and fake. The candles in the sconces do flicker, but they're powered by a steady source. Hover trays weave among the guests, like invisible waiters are carrying drinks. The string quartet is only a hologram—perfect and infallible, and exactly the same at every performance.
I'd give anything for a laid-back evening joking around with my platoon, instead of being stuck here in this imitation scene from a historical novel.
For all their trendy Victorian tricks, there's no hiding where we are. Outside the viewports, the stars are like faded white lines, half-invisible, surreal. The Icarus, passing through dimensional hyperspace, would look just as faded, half-transparent, if someone stationary in the universe could somehow see her moving faster than light.
I'm leaning against the bookshelves when it occurs to me that one thing here is real—the books. I reach behind me and let my fingers trail over the rough leather of their antique spines, then pull one free. Nobody here reads them; the books are for decoration. Chosen for the richness of their leather bindings, not for the contents of their pages. Nobody will miss one, and I need a dose of reality.
I'm almost done for the night, smiling for the cameras as ordered. The brass keep thinking that mixing field officers with the upper crust will create some sort of common ground where none exists, let the paparazzi infesting the Icarus see me, the lowborn boy made good, hobnobbing with the elite. I keep thinking that the photographers will get their fill of shots of me with drink in hand, lounging in the first-class salon, but in the two weeks I've been on board, they haven't.
These folks love a good rags-to-riches tale, even if my riches are no more than the medals pinned to my chest. It still makes for a nice story in the papers. The military look good, the rich people look good, and it gives the poor people something to aspire to. See? say all the headlines. You too can rocket your way up to riches and fame. If hick boy can make good, why can't you?
If it wasn't for what happened on Patron, I wouldn't even be here. What they call heroics, I call a tragic debacle. But nobody's asking my opinion.
I scan the room, taking in the clusters of women in brightly colored gowns, officers in dress uniforms like mine, men in evening coats and top hats. The ebb and flow of the crowd is unsettling—patterns I'll never get used to no matter how many times I'm forced to rub elbows with these people.
My eyes fall on a man who's just entered, and it takes me a moment to realize why. There's nothing about him that fits here, although he's trying to blend in. His black tailcoat is too threadbare, and his top hat is missing the shiny satin ribbon that's in fashion. I'm trained to notice the thing that doesn't fit, and in this sea of surgically perfected faces, his is a beacon. There are lines at the corners of his eyes and around his mouth, his skin weather-beaten and marked by the sun. He's nervous, shoulders rounded, fingers gripping the lapels of his jacket and letting go again.
My heart kicks up a beat. I've spent too long in the colonies, where anything out of place might kill you. I ease away from the bookshelves and start to weave my way toward him, past a pair of women sporting monocles they can't possibly need. I want to know why he's here, but I'm forced to move slowly, navigating the push and pull of the crowd with agonizing patience. If I shove, I'll draw attention. And if he is dangerous, any sudden shift in the energy of the room could trigger him.
A brilliant flash lights up the world as a camera goes off in my face.
"Oh, Major Merendsen!" It's the leader of a gaggle of women in their mid-twenties, descending on me from the direction of the viewport. "Oh, you simply must take a picture with us."
Their insincerity is poisonous. I'm barely more than a dog walking on its hind legs, here—they know it, and I know it, but they can't pass up an opportunity to be seen with a real, live war hero.
"Sure, I'll just come back in a minute, if—" Before I can finish, all three women are posed around me, lips pursed and lashes lowered. Smile for the cameras. A series of flashes erupt all around me, blinding me.
I can feel that low, stabbing pain at the base of my skull that promises to explode into a fully fledged headache. The women are still chattering and pressing in close, and I can't see the man with the weathered face.
One of the photographers is buzzing around me, his voice a low drone. I step sideways to look past him, but my eyes are swimming with red and gold afterimages. Blinking hard, my gaze swings from the bar, to the door, the hover trays, the booths. I try to remember what he looked like, the line of his clothes. Was there room to hide anything under his dinner jacket? Could he be armed?
"Major, did you hear me?" The photographer's still talking.
"Yes?" No, I wasn't listening. I disentangle myself from the women still draped over me on the pretense of stepping closer to speak with him. I wish I could shove past this little man, or better yet, tell him there's a threat and watch how fast he vanishes from the room.
"I said I'm surprised your buddies on the lower decks aren't trying to sneak up here too."
Seriously? The other soldiers watch me head to first class every evening like a man walking down death row. "Oh, you know." I try not to sound as annoyed as I am. "I doubt they even know what champagne is." I try for a smile too, but they're the ones good at insincerity, not me.
He laughs too loudly as the flash explodes in my face again. Blinking away the stars, I stumble clear and crane my neck, trying to locate the only guy in the room more out of place than I am. But the stooped man in the shabby hat is nowhere to be found.
Maybe he left? But someone doesn't go to the trouble of crashing a party like this and then slip out without a fuss. Maybe he's seated now, hiding among the other guests. My eyes sweep across the booths again, this time examining the patrons more closely.
They're all packed full of people. All except one. My gaze falls on a girl sitting alone in a booth, watching the crowd with detached interest. Her fair, flawless skin says she's one of them, but her gaze says she's better, above, untouchable.
She's wearing the same hue as a navy dress uniform, bare shoulders holding my gaze for a moment—she sure as hell wears the color better than any sailor I know. Hair: red, falling down past her shoulders. Nose: a little snub, but that makes her more pretty, not less. It makes her real.
Pretty's not the right word. She's a knockout.
Something about the girl's face tickles at the back of my mind, like I should recognize it, but before I can dig up the connection, she catches me looking at her. I know better than to mix with girls like her, so I don't know why I keep watching her, or why I smile.
Then, abruptly, a movement jerks my gaze away. It's the nervous man, and he's no longer meandering in and out of the crowd. His stooped posture is gone, and with his eyes fixed on something across the room he's moving quickly through the press of bodies. He's got a goal—and it's the girl in the blue dress.
I waste no time weaving in and out of the crowd politely. I shove between a pair of startled elderly gentlemen and make for the booth, but the outsider's gotten there first. He's leaning close, speaking low and fast. He's moving too quickly, trying to spit out what he came to say before he's picked out as an intruder. The girl jerks back, leaning away. Then the crowd closes up between us, and they're out of sight.
I reach down to lay a hand on my gun, and hiss between my teeth as I realize it's not there. The empty spot at my hip feels like a missing limb. I weave left, upsetting a hover tray and sending its contents crashing to the floor. The crowd recoils, finally giving me an avenue toward the table.
The intruder has grabbed her elbow, urgent. She's trying to pull away, eyes flashing up, looking around for someone as though she expects help. Her gaze falls on me.
I get one step closer before a man in the right sort of top hat claps a hand on the stranger's shoulder. He has an equally self-important friend with him, and two officers, a man and a woman. They know the man with the fervent light in his eyes doesn't belong here, and I can see they mean to remedy his presence.
The redhead's self-appointed guardian jerks the man backward to stumble against the officers, who take him firmly by the arms. I can tell he's got no training, either formally or the rough-and-tumble sort they learn in the colonies. If he did, he'd be able to handle these desk jockeys and their sloppy form.
They start to turn him toward the door, one of them grabbing at the nape of his neck. More force than I would use, for someone whose only crime so far seems to be trying to talk to the girl in the blue dress, but they're handling it. I stop by the adjacent booth, still trying to catch my breath.
The man twists, breaking free of the soldiers, and turns back toward the girl. As the room starts to fall silent, the ragged edge to his voice is audible. "You have to speak to your father about this, please. We're dying for lack of tech, he needs to give the colonists more—"
His voice gives out as one of the officers delivers a blow to his stomach that doubles him over. I jerk forward, shoving away from the booth and past the widening ring of onlookers.
The redhead beats me to it. She's on her feet in a swift movement that draws the attention of everyone in the room in a way the scuffle didn't. Whoever she is, she's a showstopper.
"Enough!" She has a voice well suited to delivering ultimatums. "Captain, Lieutenant, what do you think you're doing?"
I knew I liked her for a reason.
When I step forward, she's holding them frozen in place with a glare that could fell a platoon. For a moment, none of them notice me. Then I see the soldiers register my presence, and scan my shoulders for my stars and bars. Rank aside, we're different in every way. My medals are for combat, theirs for long service, bureaucratic efficiencies. My promotions were made in the field. Theirs, behind a desk. They've never had blood on their hands. But for once, I'm glad of my newfound status. The two soldiers come reluctantly to attention—both of them are older, and I can tell it rankles to have to salute an eighteen-year-old. Funny how I was old enough by sixteen to drink, fight, and vote, but even two years later, I'm too young to respect.
They're still holding on to the gate-crasher. He's breathing quick and shallow, like he's pretty sure someone's going to fire him out an air lock any minute.
I clear my throat, making sure I sound calm. "If there's a problem, I can help this man find the door." Without more violence.
We can all hear how my voice sounds—exactly like the backwater boy I am, unpolished and uncultured. I register a few scattered laughs around the room, which is now entirely focused on our little drama. Not malicious laughter—just amused.
"Merendsen, I doubt this guy's after a book." Fancy Top Hat smirks at me.
I look down and realize I'm still holding the book I took from the shelves. Right, because this guy is poor, he can't even read.
"I'm sure he was just about to go," says the girl, fixing Top Hat with a steely glare. "And I'm pretty sure you were about to leave, too."
They're caught off guard by her dismissal, and I use the moment to relieve my fellow officers of their captive, keeping hold of his arm as I guide him away. She's effectively dismissed the quartet from the salon—again her face tickles my memory, who is she that she can do that?—and I let them make their enforced escape before I gently but firmly steer my new friend toward the door.
"Anything broken?" I ask, once we're outside. "What possessed you to go near them, and in a place like this? I half thought you were aiming to blow someone up."
The man gazes at me for a long moment, his face already older than the people inside will ever look.
He turns to walk away without another word, shoulders bowed. I wonder just how much he had riding on this manufactured encounter with the girl in the blue dress.
I stand in the doorway, watching as people give up on the drama now that it's done. The room slowly comes back to life, the hover trays zipping around, conversation surging, perfectly practiced laughter tinkling here and there. I'm supposed to be here at least another hour, but maybe just this once I can skip out early.
And then I see the girl again—and she's watching me. Very slowly she's taking off one of her gloves, pinching each finger deliberately in turn. Her gaze never leaves my face.
My heart surges up into my throat, and I know I'm staring like an idiot, but I'm damned if I can remember how my legs work. I stare a beat too long, and her lips curve to a hint of a smile. But somehow, her smile doesn't look as though it's mocking me, and I get it together enough to start walking.
When she lets her glove fall to the ground, I'm the one who leans down to pick it up. I don't want to ask her if she's all right—she's too collected for that.
So I put the glove down on the table, then find myself with no excuse to do anything other than look at her. Blue eyes. They go with the dress.
Do lashes grow that long naturally? So many perfect faces, it's hard to tell who's been surgically altered and who hasn't. But surely if she'd had work done, she'd have opted for a straight, classically beautiful nose. No, she looks real.
"Are you waiting for a drink?" My voice sounds mostly even.
"For my companions," she says, lowering the deadly lashes before peering up at me through them. "Captain?" She tilts the word upward, as though she's taking a stab at my rank.
"Major," I say. She knows how to read my insignia; I just saw her name the ranks of the other officers. Her sort, the society girls, they all know how. It's a game. I might not be society, but I still know a player when I see one. "Not sure that was smart of your companions, leaving you unattended. Now you're stuck talking to me."
Then she smiles, and it turns out she has dimples, and it's all over. It's not just the way she looks—although that would do it all on its own. It's that, despite the way she looks, despite where I found her, this girl's willing to go against the tide. She's not another empty-headed puppet. It's like finding another human after days of isolation.
"Is it going to cause an intergalactic incident if I keep you company until your friends get here?"
"Not at all." She tilts her head a little to indicate the opposite side of the booth. The bench curves around in a semicircle from where she sits. "Though I feel I should warn you that you could be here for a while. My friends aren't really known for their punctuality."
I laugh, and I set down the book and my drink on the table beside her glove, sinking down to sit opposite her. She's wearing one of those enormous skirts that are in fashion these days, and the fabric brushes against my legs as I settle. She doesn't move away. "You should have seen me as a cadet," I say, as though that wasn't just a year ago. "Punctuality was pretty much the only thing we were known for. Never ask how or why, just get it done fast."
"Then we have something in common," she says. "We aren't encouraged to ask why, either." Neither of us asks why we're sitting together. We're smart.
"I can see at least half a dozen guys watching us. Am I making any deadly enemies? Or at least, any more than I already have?"
"Would it stop you from sitting here?" she asks, finally removing the second glove and setting it down on the table.
"Not necessarily," I reply. "Handy thing to know, though. Plenty of dark hallways on this ship, if I'm going to have rivals waiting around corners."
"Rivals?" she asks, lifting one brow. I know she's playing a game with me, but I don't know the rules, and she's got all the cards. Still, the hell with it—I just can't find it in me to care that I'm losing. I'll surrender right now, if she likes.
"I suppose they might imagine themselves to be," I say eventually. "Those gentlemen over there don't look particularly impressed." I nod to the group in frock coats and more top hats. At home we're a simpler people, and you take your hat off when you come inside.
"Let's make it worse," she says promptly. "Read to me from your book, and I'll look rapt. And you could order me a drink, if you like."
I glance down at the book I plucked off the shelf. Mass Casualty: A History of Failed Campaigns. I slide it a little farther away, wincing inwardly. "Perhaps the drink. I've been away from your bright lights for a while, so I'm a little rusty, but I'm pretty sure talking about bloody death's not the best way to charm a girl."
"I'll have to content myself with champagne, then." She continues, as I raise a hand to signal one of the hover trays. "You say 'bright lights' with a hint of disdain, Major. I'm from those bright lights. Do you fault me for that?"
"I could fault you for nothing." The words somehow bypass my brain entirely. Mutiny.
She drops her eyes for the compliment, still smiling. "You say you've been away from civilization, Major, but your flattery's giving you away. It can't have been all that long."
"We're very civilized out on the frontier," I say, pretending offense. "Every so often we take a break from slogging through waist-high muck or dodging bullets and issue dance invitations. My old drill sergeant used to say that nothing teaches you the quickstep like the ground giving way beneath your feet."
"I suppose so," she agrees as a full tray comes humming toward us in response to my summons. She selects a glass of champagne and raises it in half a toast to me before she sips. "Can you tell me your name, or is it classified?" she asks, as though she doesn't know.
I reach for the other glass and send the tray humming off into the crowd again. "Merendsen." Even if it's a pretense, it's nice to talk to someone who isn't raving about my astounding heroics or asking for a picture with me. "Tarver Merendsen." She's looking at me like she doesn't recognize me from all the newspapers and holovids.
"Major Merendsen." She tries it out, leaning on the m's, then nods her approval. The name passes muster, at least for now.
"I'm heading back to the bright lights for my next posting. Which one of them is your home?"
"Corinth, of course," she replies. The brightest light of all. Of course. "Though I spend more time on ships like this than planetside. I'm most at home here on the Icarus."
"Even you must be impressed by the Icarus. She's bigger than any city I've been to."
"She's the biggest," my companion replies, dropping her eyes and toying with the stem of the champagne flute. Though she hides it well, there's a flicker through her features. Talking about the ship must bore her. Maybe it's the spaceliner equivalent of asking about the weather.
C'mon, man, get it together. I clear my throat. "The viewing decks are the best I've seen. I'm used to planets with very little ambient light, but the view out here is something else."
She meets my eyes for half a breath—then her lips quirk to the tiniest of smiles. "I don't think I've taken advantage of them enough, this trip. Perhaps we—" But then she cuts herself short, glancing toward the door.
I'd forgotten we were in a crowded room. But the moment she looks away, all the music and conversation comes surging back. There's a girl with reddish-blond hair—a relative, I'm sure, though her nose is straight and perfect—descending upon my companion, a small entourage in tow.
"Lil, there you are," she says, scolding, and holding out her hand in a clear invitation. No surprise, I'm not included. The entourage swirls into place behind her.
"Anna," says my companion, who now has a name. Lil. "May I present Major Merendsen?"
"Charmed." Anna's voice is dismissive, and I reach for my book and my drink. I know my cue.
"Please, I think I'm in your chair," I say. "It was a pleasure."
"Yes." Lil ignores Anna's hand, her fingers curling around the stem of her champagne glass as she looks across at me. I like to think that she regrets the interruption a little.
Then I rise, and with a small bow of the sort we reserve for civilians, I make my escape. The girl in the blue dress watches me go.
"You next encountered her . . . ?"
"The day of the accident."
"What were your intentions at that stage?"
"I had none."
"Why not?"
"You're joking, right?"
"Major, we aren't here to entertain you."
"I found out who she was. That it was over before I even said hello."
Read more of These Broken Stars, along with other titles, at www.un-requiredreading.com/seventeen. You can also find out more about the book and its authors at amiekaufman.com and www.meaganspooner.com.


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C Library for HD44780 LCD Display Controller
Just published two new blog posts on a C Library I created using the HD44780 controller.
Check out the posts on my new blog http://joepitz.blogspot.com/
Moving my Blog to a new Site
Hello all,
Due to some limitations with WordPress.com I have decided to move my blog to Blogger.
Here is the link to my new blog site. I have not decided if I am going to move all of my posts, or leave them where they are.
Please pass the word.
Thanks for reading.
Analog Fix for Nordic Track Exercise Bike
The other night I was riding my NordicTrack Bike and all of a sudden the display quit and the tension on the peddles went slack. The wife has been on me for quite some time to start exercising as I sit behind the computer the major part of the day.
So I decided to take the thing apart and see If I could trouble-shoot what was causing the control and display not to function.
I will get into showing you the tear down shots later. Right off of the bat I thought, cool if the controller is shot I could replace it with a micro-controller solution. This would be a cool project.
But then reality set in and I realized that this project would take some time and I am currently working on some other micro-controller projects.
So back to tearing the thing down and see if I could fix the darn thing.
The display has two sets of connectors coming out of it. I had no clue to what they were connected to. So I decided I had to tear the plastic off the bike and take a look at how the bike was wired.
Grabbed the multimeter and some tools. Stripped the bike down to the frame and started taking a peek how this bike works.
Lets take a look at the key sections of the bike.
We will start at the front of the bike. Notice the ac adapter, 12 volts, 1 amp DC adapter.
A bit further back, The peddle assembly, Notice the Halls Effect sensor and the magnet mounted to the peddle assembly.
The Hall Effect sensor is used to count the number of wheel rotations and calculate things like speed and distance traveled. Along with the hall effect sensor and the weighted wheel potentiometer, calories burned can be calculated.
At the rear is the business end of the exercise bike, there is a weighted wheel with a tension adjuster and a motor.
Here are some pics:
That is it not a lot in the sensor and mechanical portion of the exercise bike.
Lets take a closer look at the motor assembly.
On the motor we have a lever and a gear wheel no unlike a RC servo motor. So this motor my be controlled like an RC servo motor? maybe lets troubleshoot some more.
So we flip the motor over and notice how the motor is wired:
The motor has two wires connected, a yellow wire and a blue wire, no this motor is not an RC servo, it is just a DC motor. Also on the motor control casing there is a label.
On the label it indicates "6V tension motor P/N 241949″ I did some web searching and found that many exercise bike use this same motor. But I could not find any specifications on the motor. Just a few posts where other people have had some issues and one article on a vague description on how to test the motor by applying some current to the motor to see if the motor gear turned or not.
I flipped the motor to the other side and had a look:
Interesting, There is a 5000 ohm potentiometer on attached to the gear of the motor.
This would mean that when the motor is adjusted to increase the tension of the skid closer to the motor the resistance would increase and likewise when the motor reduced the tension against the wheel the resistance would decrease. At least that is what I guessed. Lets do some testing.
So I installed the motor back into the exercise bike and put some batteries together for some testing.
I applied some voltage to the yellow and blue wires and sure enough the motor started to turn to move the skid closer to the wheel. Just like a servo though there is a stop and you have to be careful not to keep the motor running against the stop.
So then the question is if I reversed the wiring on the motor would the motor reverse direction and turn pull the skip away from the wheel. Tired is and sure enough the motor changed direction and moved the skid away from the wheel.
I then attached my ohm meter to two of the terminals of the potentiometer and ran the motor forward and backward and the ohm meter read from 0 – 477 K ohms.
The potentiometer readings along with the hall effect sensor are used to calculate calories burned, speed and distance traveled.
I traced the wires back from all connections to the 10 pin wire connector and found out which wires applied power to the display and controller. I also noted where all of the wires from the potentiometer and halls effects sensor came into the wire harness.
It was time to take a look at the controller/display.
I removed the connectors and display unit from the exercise bike and took it to my work bench.
I opened up the display/control unit and took a peek inside, not a good sign, other than a few capacitors there were no discrete parts, just a bunch of chips. So I disconnected the keypad and speakers and the iphone dock connectors and applied power to the unit. Instant current overload on the adjustable power supply. I tried to check a few connections but not much else could be tested. It appears to be a chip issue. There were no burn marks on the pcb traces. So it looked like the controller was fried.
I looked on line and a new controller was over $300.00. No freaking way was I going to pay that much for a replacement controller.
So I did some thinking and came up with a quick and dirty way to get the excerise bike working for around $15.00.
Really all I needed was a way to increase and decrease the wheel tension on the exercise bike. I really do not need the fancy data that comes off the bike for the time being. I could get the bike working and then when I had some time I could come up with a replacement controller using an inexpensive micro-controller solution with a LCD display.
Did a bit of web searching and drew up a wiring diagram, after a quick trip to radio shack I started to put together a workable solution.
Here is the wiring diagram I came up with:
I picked up a DPDT switch, a DC adapter voltage connector and a momentary push button and a project case that I had laying around on my desk and some wiring.
After wiring up the new controller box I mounted the box to the exercise bike and connected the yellow and blue wires to the new control box:
Notice I connected the output leads to the wire connector using some female jumper connectors. That way when I come up with a micro-controller solution it will be an easy fix to use the existing wire connector.
If you decide to wire up one of you own, you may have to swap the yellow and blue wires in order to have the DPDT switch increase the tension when the switch is pressed in the forward position and pressed rearward to decrease the tension.
There you have it, a working quick and dirty exercise controller.
Now I can keep my wife off of my back and get back to my other micro-controller projects.
Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Download Files
Apparently Radio Shack has changed the link to where you can download the program code for the Make:it Robotics Starter Kit. I will put the zip file here on my site so everyone can download the files directly from my blog site.
WordPress does not allow the uploading of .zip files so I renamed the file as Program_Files.doc.
To download just click on the below link. Once downloaded just double click on the files to unzip or rename .doc to .zip, if you want to keep the .zip file for archive and cannot remember that the extension name change.
Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Sending Sensor Data Wirelessly
In this blog post we are going to take what we learned in "Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Wireless Connectivity" and "Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Capturing Sensor Data" and combine this data to capture sensor data in real time and send this data to a program running on our computer wirelessly.
So if you do not have your robot configured to use the Transmitter and receiver, take a look at the blog post "Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Capturing Sensor Data" and re-configure your robot and FTDI cable.
In order to send sensor data to our computer we again have to make a few small changes to our lineFollow.ino Arduino program:
Comment out the following line, as we no longer need our counter variable.
// int counter;
Comment out the variable initialization of the counter variable:
// counter = 0;
In the loop() function of the program comment out the following lines:
// mySerial.println(counter, DEC);
// counter++;
Add the following line to the loop() function:
mySerial.println(action1, HEX);
if(action1 != action2)
if (action1 == 3 )
if (action1 == 1)
if (action1 == 2)
if (action1 == 0)
When we run the robot our sensor data will be send out wirelessly to our computer, but we do not want to just capture the serial data using the Serial Monitor with the results being displayed as hex numbers.
We want to display in real time the actual directions the robot is being given based on the sensor data.
In order to do this we cannot use the Serial Monitor. We must write a program that has similar logic as our lineFollow.ino program.
So we are going to develop a Python program that reads the serial port data and print out the directions that the Robot is being given in plain English.
Here is the Python program, we will analyze the program in a bit.
If you have not done so, refer to the earlier blog post "Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Binary Part 1″ and watch the Video on how to setup Python on your computer.
Program: readSerial.py
Author: Joe Pitz
reads the serial port and prints out the
direction the robot is turning.
go forward, turn right, turn left.
import serial
import time
def main():
ser = serial.Serial('COM3', 1200, timeout=0)
while 1:
value = ser.read(1)
if value >= '0' and value <= '3':
if value == '0' or value == '3':
print "Go Forward"
if value == '1':
print "Turn Left"
if value == '2':
print "Turn Right"
if __name__ == "__main__":
import serial
import time
The import statements provide library functions that our Python program need in order to communicate to the serial port.
def main():
The statement defines a function called main()
ser = serial.Serial('COM3', 1200, timeout=0)
This statement creates a serial object and tells the object what serial port to listen on, what baud rate to use and timeout=0 is used to read the data when it is available without waiting.
while 1:
The while 1: statement is used to start a loop that repeats and does not end as the condition of 1 is always true.
value = ser.read(1)
Here we read one byte of data from the serial port and store this value to the value variable.
if value >= '0' and value <= '3':
If the contents of the value variable is between 0 and 3 execute the contents of the if statement
if value == '0' or value == '3'
print "Go Forward"
If the value variable is either 1 or 3 then execute the print "Go Foward"
if value == '1':
print "Turn Left"
If the value variable is 1 then print the message "Turn Left"
if value == '2':
print "Turn Right"
If the value variable is 2 then print the message "Turn Right"
if __name__ == "__main__":
If this program is being executed and not a library file then execute the main function.
Remember Python is an indent sensitive sensitive language. If your indentation is not correct your program will generate syntax errors when you try to execute it. Count your indentation spaces when coping the code in your text editor.
Remember when you plug your USB cable into to program the Arduino you will have to make sure your serial port is correct for the Serial Port Settings in the Arduino IDE. Refer to the blog post "Make:it Robotics Starter Kit- Capturing Sensor Data" for information on how to determine the correct Serial Port and how to setup the Arduino IDE.
If you use a different USB Port for your FTDI USB cable, your Serial Port will be different as well.
Place your readSerial.py program in a folder on your computer and start a Command Prompt and change directory to the same folder location of your readSerial.py program.
Run the command from your Command Prompt:
Python runSerial.py
If you encounter any errors, check that your runSerial.py program is set to the correct serial port. make sure you have your driver board and FTDI cable wired correctly. If you are getting strange characters being printed to your command prompt, check to make sure your baud rate is the same in the Arduino lineFollow.ino and readSerial.py programs.
If you did everything correct, when your robot is following the black line your Python program should output something like the following:
Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Wireless Connectivity
In this blog post we are going to take the information that we learned in the earlier blog post entitled "Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Software Part 2″ and capture real time sensor data and send this data wirelessly to our computer.
In order to complete this section we need to purchase a few items:
RF Radio Transmitter and Receiver, (5 volt, not a 3.3 volt)
Male Female jumper wires
In addition we will need our FTDI USB cable, or a FTDI USB dongle.
I did a bit of searching on the web and found a RF Data Module Tx/Rx kit. This kit has a 315 MHz transmitter and receiver. I paid $9.00 plus shipping for this kit.
(Click on the Images to make them larger)
This male FTDI USB adapter would be more compact and have a nicer form factor for your computer. But since I already had the FTDI USB cable I will use this for the tutorial. Later if you want to make a permanent configuration, you can always order the male version of the FTDI adapter.
You can purchase any frequency transmitter/receiver kit as long as the frequencies are the same between transmitter/receiver.
This blog post will explain in detail how to connect the RF radios to the robot and your computer. We will make a few small modifications to our original lineFollow.ino program. But the changes to get the robot communicating using the RF radios is pretty easy.
First we must identify the components of the radios. Your kit might be different than mine, My kit did not come with any documentation. So I had to do a bit of searching on the web to find out pin configuration, transmitter/receiver identification etc.
The nice thing is there is lots of info out on the web about configuring RF radios.
First let us determine which board is our transmitter and which board is our receiver.
Look very closely at the pin labels on both boards that you have:
This is an image of the boards that I received. Your boards might look different.
Size and number of pins will not determine which board is a transmitter or receiver.
On the above image look at the pin labels on the smaller board. The pins are labeled VCC, GND, DATA and ANT.
VCC is voltage applied to the board.
GND is the ground (earth) connector.
DATA is the pin that transmits the data to the outside world
ANT is the Antenna.
Chances are that the board that has the Antenna pin is your transmitter.
Lets look at the other larger board.
This board is the receiver.
Important, your boards may be configured differently. On your receiver you may only have one OUT, or data pin.
Check the instructions that came with your RF kit or perform the same identification process that we just did in this post.
Looking at our driver board, we need to find the following pins.
We will now wire our transmitter to the robot. Get three female to male jumpers, Red, Black and Green, if you have them, if not choose three different color jumpers and write the colors down.
Take the (Red wire) female socket end of the jumper, plug it into the pin labeled VCC on the transmitter, take the male end of the same jumper and plug it into the 5V socket on your driver board.
Take the (Black wire) female socket end of the jumper and plug it into the pin labeled GND on the transmitter, take the male end of same jumper and plug it into either GND socket on the driver board.
Take the (Green wire) female socket end of the jumper and plug it into the pin labeled DATA on the transmitter, take the male end of the same jumper and plug it into pin 5 (lower right header bank) of the driver board.
Your transmitter has been wired to the robot.
For the time being I just laid the transmitter on the top of the driver board for testing. Once we want to run the robot we will tuck the transmitter in away from the wheels.
Let us wire the receiver to our USB cable.
Select three more female to male jumpers, Red, Black and Yellow, again if you do not have these colors choose 3 different colors and write down their use.
Take the (Red wire) female socket end of the jumper and connect it to the VCC pin on the receiver, take the male end of the same jumper and plug into the socket of the FTDI connector that has the Red wire.
Take the (Black wire) female socket end of the jumper and connect it to the GND pin on the receiver, take the male end of the same jumper and plug it into the socket of the FTDI connector that has the black wire.
Take the (Yellow wire) female socket end of the jumper and connect it to the OUT pin on the receiver, take the male end of the same jumper and plug it into the socket of the FTDI connector that has the Yellow wire.
Your receiver has been wired to your USB FTDI.
We now need to modify our lineFollow.ino program as the RF radio kit has slightly different requirements than our hard coded serial port does.
Here are the changes we need to make:
#include "SoftwareSerial.h"
#include "MakeItRobotics.h"
#define rxPin 4
#define txPin 5
MakeItRobotics line_following;
SoftwareSerial mySerial = SoftwareSerial(rxPin, txPin);
int counter;
In our definition section we need to add a counter variable that will be used to test the wireless serial port. This counter will have a data type of int.
void setup()
Serial.begin(10420); //tell the Arduino to communicate with Make: it PCB
delay(500); //delay 500ms
line_following.line_following_setup(); //initialize the status of line following robot
line_following.all_stop(); //all motors stop
pinMode(rxPin, INPUT);
pinMode(txPin, OUTPUT);
// set the data rate for the SoftwareSerial port
// mySerial.begin(9600);
counter = 0;
In our setup() function we need to make the following changes:
We need to comment out the mySerial.begin(9600); command and add the following command:
1200 is the baud rate (speed of data transfer) that the RF radios can communicate with each other. This value may be different for your radios. Check your documentation. In my situation the radio came with no documentation, so I first tried 2400 baud, which did not work, so I then lowered the baud rate to 1200 baud, which did work.
We also initialize the counter variable to a value of 0.
In the Loop() function we need to add the following:
// mySerial.println(sensor_in, HEX);
mySerial.println(counter, DEC);
First we comment out the mySerial.printLn(sensor_in, HEX); line and add the following line:
mySerial.printLn(counterm DEC);
In order to test that we configured our RF radios properly we just want to send some numbers to our workstation. Later when we make sure that our RF connections are working we will change the mySerial.printLn() back to what it was before.
These are all of the changes we need to make.
Just attach the USB cable to the Arduino USB connector on your robot. we will first compile and upload the program to our Arduino.
Remember we need to check to make sure that we are using the correct serial port number, Check the earlier blog entry "Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Software Part 2″ for details on how to accomplish this task.
Remember you do not need to turn on the battery box switches in order to have the robot communicate across the serial port.
Once your lineFollow.ino program has uploaded to the Arduino, plug your FTDI USB cable into your computer. Load the Arduino IDE, select the correct serial port and open the Serial Monitor program.
Select the correct baud rate, in my case I selected 1200 baud.
If you performed all of the tasks correctly then you should see the following in your serial monitor program. Your program should look a bit different as this screen shot was taken from the ATMEL Studio IDE:
If your serial monitor is receiving, what appears to be a lot of junk characters or a bunch of question marks. Then either your baud rate on the serial monitor does not match the baud rate you set in your lineFollow.ino program or you need to change the baud rate that the program is using as the RF radios may not support this baud rate:
In the next blog, tutorial we will setup the lineFollow.ino program to send sensor data to our computer while the robot is running around the black circle sending real time data to our computer wirelessly.
Stay Tuned.
Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Driver board Familiarization
In this blog post we will take a look at the driver board that comes with the Make:it Robotics Starter Kit. There is no documentation that comes with the Start kit concerning the Driver board other than the schematic.
Unless you have some experience reading schematics the task of understanding what is on the driver board and how to use it beyond the kits that Radio Shack provides might be a bit daunting.
So we are going to show some images of the driver board and the schematic and point out some of important parts and map these to the schematic so everyone can follow along and learn more about the driver board.
Lets start out easy:
(Click on the images for a larger view of the image)
Here is a an image of the motor board with some terminal connectors marked in red and yellow.
The yellow box drawn on the driver board image is the terminal connector for power into the driver board from the battery boxes.
If you remember when you built the robot, you wired the two battery boxes in series (the black lead from one battery box was wired to the red lead of the other battery box. Then one lead from each box was wired to the terminal connectors on the driver board). If you take a voltage reading on the two connectors of the driver board, you should get a reading of around 12 volts.
Unless you are interested in understanding how the power circuit was built, you really do not need to speed too much time reading the schematic.
The two red boxes drawn on the image of the driver board are the motor terminal connectors. The left terminal connector is for motors 1 and 2. The right terminal connector is for motors 3 and 4. Below are images of the schematics of the motor driver circuit. Again if you are not interested in learning how the circuit is designed then you should not have to spend much time looking over the schematic.
Let us now look at some more built in sensor inputs that our driver board has. Look at the below driver board image, I have drawn some square boxes on the image:
If you have built the line following robot than you should be familiar with the 4 sets of pins on the right side of the board, marked in red. These are the connectors for the two line following optical sensors.
The 4 sets of pins on the left side of the board, marked in yellow are for the the IR (infrared) proximity sensors. These sensor pins are not used in the Make:it Robotics Starter Kit. They are used on one or both of the later add on kits that are available from Radio Shack or the Maker Shed store.
At the time of this writing, I have not purchased the add on kits. I will update this section after I purchase the kits.
The 4 sets of pins, marked in green are for LED (light emitting diodes), again not used in the Make:it Robot Starter Kit.
The three pins, marked in blue are for the remote IR sensor, another add-on kit that you can purchase.
I have not included a schematic for these sets of pins, as the schematics are quite large. But the connectors are labeled quite clearly on the schematic. If you are interested, take a look at the schematic to become familiar with what other components they connect to.
One of the most critical jumper pins on the Driver board is marked in red below:
These jumpers when connected, as shown, allow the program running on the Arduino to communicate through the serial port to the driver board.
If the pins are not jumpered as shown in the image, the robot will not move when you turn on the battery boxes. The purpose of the jumpers, when removed, is to allow you to use the USB port on the Arduino, to upload a new program to the robot. After uploading the program you should re-attach the jumpers as shown so the Arduino can communicate to the driver board.
One of the nice features of the Driver board that comes with the Make:it Robotics Starter Kit is that there are extra Arduino pins on the Driver board that are not used. These extra port pins can then be used to enhance the robot with features of your own design.
For those that are not familiar with the Arduino design. A board that plugs into the Arduino is called a Shield. The Arduino family of micro-controller boards have rows of female headers around the board. These header pins are used to interface sensors and other external devices that can be used to communicate to the outside world.
An Arduino shield has male header pins on the bottom of the board that fit directly into the female header pins on the Arduino.
In the case of the Driver board that comes with the Make:it Robotics Starter Kit, not all of the port pins are used.
So if we want to add some new sensors or external devices, like Wifi communications to your robot, the extra port pins are available to do so.
These extra pins are not documented anywhere except on the Schematic. So this blog post will show the Driver board image and the schematic image and map these available port pins so everyone see where they are on the Driver board.
Below is the image with the port pins marked in red on the Driver board, and an image of the same header pins from the schematic:
One method that is common on printed circuit boards (PCB) is to label the connections. If you look at the schematic and closely on the Driver board you can see some of these labels. Note some of the labels are covered up by the actual black female header port pin sockets. You will just have to make an educated guess by comparing these ports with other pins where the labels are actually visible.
Notice on the Driver board image, the upper left header pins, marked in red, If you look closely you can see the soldered male pins that are on the bottom of the driver board. These pins are also shown on the schematic. Notice that these pins are attached to the female header sockets on the schematic by a single black line.
On the schematic the female header pin sockets are labeled A, B, C, and D.
You should have no trouble in matching these header pin sockets, on the driver board to the ones shown in the schematic.
Remember in the earlier blog post, "Make:it Robotics Starter Kit – Software Part 2″ we used pins 4 and 5 so we could send our sensor data to our software serial port and then on to our computer. By looking at the schematic I was able to determine that pins 4 and 5 are extra pins not used by the driver board.
Notice that in section A on the schematic that all pins, upper left bank, are used, so there are no extra pins that we can use in this section for data port pins, But the pins marked 3.3 V, 5 V and GND can be used to power sensors or devices that we want to connect to any available port pins in section B and D.
If we look at section B, we can see that pin A0 is being used. The A pins are analog pins, All other pins on the Arduino are digital pins.
Google the difference if you need an understanding.
That means that pins A1 – A5 are not being used and we could use these analog pins for our own modifications to our robot.
Also look at section C. Notice that all port pins are being used in section C. So we cannot use these port pins for our own use.
Look now at section D, Notice that port pins 2 and 3 are being used, in fact port pins 2 and 3 are being used to communicate between the processor on the driver board to the Arduino.
The rest of the port pins 4 – 7 are available for use to use.
By looking at the schematic, port pins 1 and 2 appear to be not used on the driver board. Remember the driver board is a shield and plugs directly into the Arduino. On the Arduino pins 1 and 2 are used to communicate to the outside world using the built in hardware serial port. So we normally do not want to use port pins 1 and 2 on the Driver board.
More to come.


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Enjoy this 2 BR 2 Bath condo with fantastic Gulf and Bay Views from every room and the 28ft balcony.
We get the morning sun and afternoon shade so you can enjoy both morning and afternoons on the balcony. Enjoy the unobstructed views and sounds of the ocean and the fantastic coastline view! Due to the unique floor plan of this unit all rooms have balcony access with 9ft sliding doors. Our interior is tile flooring with newly carpeted master bedroom, new comfortable and roomy living room furniture and decor. New granite bathroom sinktops.
The huge master bedroom includes a king size bed, 32" LCD TV with DVD player, walk-in closet, desk, sitting chair, ceiling fan and large master bath with walk-in shower. The second bedroom has queen bed with large closet and a ceiling fan, LCD TV. Second bathroom has tub/shower combo.
The new living room furniture features a sofa that opens into a full-size sleeper that is the most comfy ever with a love seat and a leather rocker recliner. LCD TV with DVD and a good selection of family fun movies and games. The Beach service is included with 2 chairs and umbrella set up daily.
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Spa Massages and Facials, Hair Salon on site
Wedding / Event planning on site
Large heated pool with separate kiddie pool---
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ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS: 1 mile to Silver Sands Designer Outlet Mall and many other shopping centers-------------
Charter Fishing------------
Water Amusement Parks------------
Boating and all water sport activities and rentals--------------
Dolphin and Dinner Cruises----------------
Military Museums----------------
We have 2 extra beach chairs, sand toys and boogie boards available at the condo for your enjoyment!!
- Suitability:
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
- suitable for elderly or infirm
- wheelchair accessible
About Elmer Waltz
We hope you make yourself at home and enjoy our vacation condo. We have strived to make it comfortable as well as beautiful for your enjoyment.
Elmer & Loretta Waltz
Elmer Waltz purchased this condo in 2008
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Thank you so much for The opportunity to use your condo for the week. Left you a note in your book on the table. Would love to come back and have the chance to do this again. The pictures online totally matched what we received. So much fun.


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Friendly honest no pressure salesman(thanks Terence), friendly sales manager, easy bottomline bargaining with him. The only thing negative was dealership was a little busy and had only one finance guy. It created a little slower process than I would have liked. I would definately do business with them again.
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by Jeep guy from Lincoln, NE | January 5, 2011
The Jeep Cherokee Country is an amazing vehicle. We bought ours new in 1994 and put 260k miles on it. The engine never had any problems, never burned oil and the trans always ran smooth in 2 or 4 wd. We just got rid of it last year (so sad) and i'm looking at buying another one because i miss it so much. Jeep's biggest mistake is getting rid of the Cherokee. If you treat them well, they'll run forever. I have no doubt in my mind that that car would have made it to 500k if we kept it.
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by jeep guy from Mustang,Oklahoma | November 30, 2010
My 1993 Jeep Cherokee has a 4.0 with over 200,000 miles and it still runs great after all the years.
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by tennessee jeep from Lawrence, KS | July 25, 2010
I got this car from my folks who bought it new in 1993. They had some brake work done on it, I've replaced the water pump, other regular things like hoses and what not. Shocks and springs could use some replacing, but it's not surprising since they're 17 years old. Overall this has been an excellent car to drive. Mine is the country model, inline 6 two-wheel drive and has survived many road trips, two winters in Minnesota and one in Kansas, handles just fine in the snow despite being only a rear wheel drive vehicle. I have loaded this car down mercilessly and then stuck and trailer on it and traveled 900 miles twice and 600 miles once. I have also hauled obscene amounts of wood in the back. I keep up with the routine maintenance myself and at 225,000 miles it runs great. In my opinion this is a vehicle worth a little leg work for its reward. I plan on putting as many miles on it as it will take, and when that day comes I will not hesitate to purchase another Jeep. I consider this manufacturer to produce some of the most robust and reliable vehicles that can be bought.
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i put about 30 man hours into it and now its my daily runner i love it i just wish it was better on gas
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Sixty MacArthur High School business and marketing students were inducted into the New York State Business and Marketing Honor Society during the school's third annual induction ceremony. Requisites for membership in this prestigious society include academic excellence in business and marketing classes, as well as a student's display of merit, character, leadership and service.
Ryan Carroll of Island Trees High School has signed his letter of intent with Hartwick College. Carroll was the starting quarterback and co-captain of this year's team as well as an all-conference and academic all-conference player. He helped the team achieve a 4-4 record which tied for 5th in the standings, making the team eligible again for the playoffs.
On June 19, the Stokes 4th grade students ended their five years (K-4) of studies in the district's elementary schools with a spectacular day. Parents, staff, and students celebrated together with a day of competition and fun. Incredibly, Chili's of Bethpage donated all of the food and refreshments, and served for more than two hours.
Nassau County Legislator Dennis Dunne, Sr. was extremely proud to present a certificate of recognition to Alicia Avery. Avery raised $266 selling lemonade and donated it to Levittown Kiwanis and St. Bernard's Church Food Pantry. Pictured with Avery: her grandmother and mother, Legislator Dunne; and Ann Torcivia of Kiwanis.
Town Councilman Gary Hudes presented a Community Service and Academic Excellence Award to Samantha Burd of Levittown, a graduating senior from W. Trespar Clarke High School, who was honored at the school's 2008 Senior Awards Ceremony.
Brittany Wilson, a senior at Island Trees High School (ITHS), has already demonstrated the qualities of a born leader. Elected senior class president, Wilson was the president of the National Honor Society and the Yearbook Club, Varsity Cheerleading Team Captain, and a peer leader. Her 90-plus grade point average has earned her a spot on the honor roll and in the Foreign Language Honor Society, while her overall affability and infectious spirit made her a shoe-in for Homecoming Queen.
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