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- Parking levels, an atrium, a specialty theatre and an additional storey containing luxury townhouses were added to the bank building.
- The tower's height-to-width ratio is approximately 11:1, which is much greater than the more usual 4 or 6:1 value. The tower has a gross construction area of 47,800 m² with 574 units and parking for 101 vehicles.
- The primary challenge on this project was to develop a structural system that would support the tower and minimize the sway at the top within a narrow 15 m width, but would not interfere with the historically protected architectural elements in the bank building.
- An atrium with hanging rainforest-style foliage will take up the first 6 floors in the center of the building.
- The original One King West has been converted into 200 apartments, featuring a 6-storey atrium enclosing 42 private suites.
- This unique building features a very slender condominium-hotel linked to the existing turn-of-the-century 12 storey Toronto Dominion Bank building.
- The tower incorporated the circa-1913 Dominion Bank Building.
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This belt is earned for sheer excellence, but also to honor the careers of both fighters, who've been steadfastly loyal to the WBC.
The other accolade is that of the best pound for pound as both boxers go into this fight undefeated.
Other great WBC fights which have created this incredible level of expectation include:
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier
Carlos Zárate vs. Wilfredo Gómez
Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Tommy Hearns
Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán
Julio César Chávez vs. Hector "Macho" Camacho
Mike Tyson vs. Mike Spinks
Julio César Chávez vs. Oscar De la Hoya
Oscar De la Hoya vs. Tito Trinidad
Oscar De la Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather
Oscar De la Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao
Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman
The outstanding career achievements of Floyd and Saul are:
Floyd Mayweather
October 3, 1998 / WBC super featherweight title
April 20, 2002 / WBC lightweight title
June 25, 2005 / WBC super lightweight title
November 4, 2006 / WBC welterweight title
May 5, 2007 / WBC super welterweight title
December 8, 2007 / WBC welterweight title
September 17, 2011 / WBC welterweight title
May 5, 2012 / WBC diamond title
SaĂşl "Canelo" Alvarez
January 17, 2009 / NABF welterweight vacant title
August 8, 2009 / WBC welterweight youth title
July, 10 2010 / WBC welterweight silver vacant title
March, 5 2011 / WBC superwelterweight title
'The One' of a kind: Solid gold belt for Mayweather v Canelo winner
12th July 2013
A solid gold belt awaits winner of Mayweather vs Canelo. It will be one of its kind....for one of a kind! The WBC will present the winner of the megafight between Floyd Mayweather and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez with a solid gold belt.

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How many of these actually ring true? For me - quite a few!
Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4pm and then bring it in to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.
If it's a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how I'm doing. That helps. Or even better, hover behind me, advising me at every keystroke.
Always leave without telling anyone where you are going. It gives me chance to be creative when someone asks where you are.
If you give me more than one job to do, don't tell me which is the priority. I am psychic.
Do your best to keep me late. I adore this office and really have nowhere to go or anything to do. I have no life beyond work.
If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret. If that gets out, it could me a promotion.
If you don't like my work, tell everyone. I like my name to be popular in conversations. I was born to be whipped.
If you have special instructions for a job, don't write them down. In fact, save them until the job is almost done. No use confusing me with usefull information.
Never introduce me to people you are with. I have no right to know anything. In the corporate food chain, I am plankton. When you refer to them later, my shrewd deductions will identify them.
Be nice to me only when the job I'm doing for you could really change your life and send you straight to manager's hell if it screws up.
Tell me all your little problems. No one else has any, and it's nice to know someone is less fortunate. I especially like the story about having to pay so much tax on the bonus cheque you received for being such a good manager.
Wait until my yearly review and then tell me what my goal should have been.
Give me a mediocre performance rating with a cost of living increase. I'm not here for the money anyway.
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do u just have an endless supply of these somewhere
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I'm going to run out soon! But did they raise a smile?
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We at beaner think this IS the best cookie in the world. We are lucky to have fresh batches through out the week.
A few words from our Friend Armando from " HIM in the kitchen."
"Tell us about yourself Armando,and how did you came up with this amazing cookie?!"
My name is Armando. I am a Photographer and a Baker. I studied photography at Pratt Institute and after a few years of assisting I decided to take a break and enrolled in a Pastry and Baking course at the Institute of Culinary Education. I used to spend my summers in Portugal working at my aunt's bakery, making breads and pastries, and that influenced me in taking the pastry program. Once I completed the course I worked at David Burke and Donatella, and Sullivan Street Bakery for some time.
But then I decided to get back into photography and combine the best of both worlds; Photography & Food. So now I mostly specialize in Food Photography, Still Life, & Interiors.
About 5 years ago, I started experimenting on a cookie recipe. I knew I wanted to incorporate Cardamom and Cayenne Pepper so I tried several recipes, altering the ratios, adding and subtracting ingredients here and there. It took me a full year of tweaking the recipe until I came up with what today I think is an exquisite cookie.
It is a Cardamom, Cayenne Pepper, & Chocolate Chip Cookie Topped With Sea Salt.
Its a very intricate cookie and you taste the flavors in stages. You initially taste the sweet and salty contradiction followed by the cardamom which opens the chocolate flavor and then finally but not least the lingering subtle cayenne heat in the back of your throat.'
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4 Take me away with you. Let us hurry! King Solomon, bring me into your palace." The other women say, "King Solomon, you fill us with joy. You make us happy. We praise your love more than we praise wine." The woman says to the king, "It is right for them to love you! | 4 Take me away with you--let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. How right they are to adore you! |
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Hi folks. First I wanted to say I'm a big fan of this site. I've never been a regular, but there have been countless time a google search has led me here. In fact, I can't remember any other site that I regularly wound up on when I was searching for plant-related stuff. Thanks to everyone who participates and provides such a useful treasure trove of information.
Okay, on to my question. I have a little strip right on the curb that measure 14 feet long by 3 feet wide. The mailbox is in the center and the long side is adjacent to our driveway. Both sides taper off a bit on the ends. We pulled up all the sod up and put in a border of sunken blocks (level with the soil). We have a two-fold goal of having a nice street facing garden and avoiding mowing and weed-eating the tricky bit around the mailbox. We want to put flowers and some groundcover in (sedum, ivy). The one thing that will for sure be going there are some irises that my wife brought from her mom's house before she sold it. They'll probably take up about 6 square feet of this area. The rest is up for grabs. My concerns are that it's directly at the curb and we live in Minneapolis. We have long, hard winters and we're in zone 4a. We're on a residential street where they plow often, so most of the winter there's going to be a giant snow bank on top of this area. They don't really use any salt on our street, so we don't expect that to be an issue. But during the spring, the snow melt will keep this area the wettest for the longest of any area in our yard. So I'm looking for suggestions and general tips on what to plant there. We're big fans of perennials, though we'll probably plant a few annuals at the tapered areas because one end is where people often drive off the edge of the driveway (*eyeroll*) and the other is where mower incidents are most likely to happen. I think those irises will be okay, since they've been at her mom's in South Dakota for 20 years and have done well when we transplanted them in our garden (had to stick them somewhere). I'd like to avoid having everything bloom all at once and then just be a bunch of greenery the rest of the season. I'd also like to get some variation on height. I want to plant some flowy ivy that will spill over the curb. There's a yard a bit down the street where the guy has a TON of incredibly prodigious perennials right on the curb just like we want, so that makes me hopeful. Come to think of it, I should really just go talk to him... but sometimes I find I get into chats with him a lot easier than I get out. Anyway, he has this ivy ground cover stuff like I'm talking about so we'll just copy that. We'll probably put some lilies in, but we'll want to keep the height down a bit to avoid overwhelming the mailbox. I'm also interested in a variety of different flower types. We have moles (and therefore, probably voles) but they left the irises in the garden untouched. We were thinking of tulips, but I worry that the late snow pack, the abundant moisture and the possibly vole munching may be too much for them. Hmm, other random things we've considered is indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) and a peony. The area has pretty rich soil from what I've seen. I had a soil report run a few years ago but I can't find it. I know it wasn't highly one way or the other, and the grass does fine in it. Once the snow melts, it's pretty well drained. Due to the city replacing the road and tearing up the yard, when they refilled it there's a few pockets that have higher-than-average amounts of small rocks. And every once in a while there's a small chunk of clay or two. Okay, that's probably way too much. Wonder if anyone is still reading. :D Let me just close by saying we're pretty unsophisticated gardeners and tend towards the lazier options (as much as possible). Thanks for reading! |
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Oh, duh. I left out one of the most important things - light! It gets some pretty good direct sun in the afternoon/evening, but it's not full sun due to the trees on both sides of this north-south street. |
Echinacea and digitalis are two that occur to me off the bat. Possibly shasta daisy, depending on how much sun. Rudbeckia. Maybe some oriental poppies. A hardy geranium. A hardy hibiscus. Hosta. |
Thanks for the suggestions. My wife didn't go for rudbeckia when I suggested them. The shasta daisies might be a win, though. We have some foxglove in the backyard and so far I'm not a big fan. Maybe I could find a variety that struck my fancy. It appears to be a biennial requiring some help in reseeding, though, right? The poppies and hibiscus are definitely a possibility. We already have a large stand of geraniums right around a stump in the back, so we might want to try something different. But no hosta. Sorry. I hates 'em. ;) (Oh, and I think any bleeding hearts would get burned. We have some planted in the northwest inset corner of our house and they love it there. This area would definitely get more sun than that.) |
None of the foxgloves I've ever grown needed any help to reseed, but that may just be me. A few varieties are perennial, d. grandiflora and mertonensis come to mind. |
- Posted by on_greenthumb 4/5 ONT (My Page) on Wed, Jul 7, 10 at 20:41
What about some daylilies, yarrow, coreopsis, sedum, catmint, columbine.... The giant snowbank actually helps my plants overwinter a little better - it acts as insulation so you can actually sometimes get away with some warmer zone plants. |
Thanks again for the suggestions. We MAY plant some lilies, but right now we already have a ton in different areas (the entire north side of our house is daylilies) so we may be lily-ed out. Possibly some pink or white asiatic ones. Good to hear about the snowbank. I thought that might be the case, but the lateness of it melting worried me. Last year we got a lot of snow and it wound up coming up to the bottom of the mailbox after plowing. Melted early, though. I have some sedum that I'm planing on planting. My wife loves columbine so it's good to hear it would work out there. |
Most areas, ivy is a pest that should be declared noxious and I wouldn't plant it. I would look instead at (I don't check zones, so you'll have to) pachysandra, epimedium, ajuga, or asarum. Or whatever else your local nursery has in stock. Sedums might be fine, not sure if it will be too wet for them. Irises are interesting in a flower bed because of the way they spread. They aren't really good neighbours with other plants, unless it is something like shasta daisy that will insinuate itself anywhere it can throw a feeler, like into the middle of an iris patch. If you want low maintenance, you could do worse than just irises interspersed with shastas. Irises and peonies bloom together for me (peonies go a bit longer), and then the show's over. Daisies bloom later. Visit the garden centre throughout the season to see what they have in stock for that time. But whatever you go for, look for the late-blooming varieties. In addition, ground covers can become so packed that they suffocate perennials. So if you plant both, your maintenance includes keeping patches open for the perennials. KarinL |
- Posted by duluthinbloomz4 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 8, 10 at 13:15
I'm 150 miles and a half hardiness zone north of you - and I don't plant my street facing boulevard simply because I couldn't enjoy it and I'm behind an old, dense lilac hedge anyway. However, the U of MN extension offers a list of successful boulevard plants for The Cities (PDF format, can't cut and paste) - including daylilies, hostas, iris, lamb's ears, monarda, nepeta, peonies, phlox, sedums, Veronicas... none of what I have from the list suffers any from deep hard pack snow cover from Nov/Dec to Mar/Apr. In fact, extreme cold with no snow cover is much more deadly. Do people park along your street? Would a boulevard planting suffer foot traffic damage? |
Thanks for keeping the suggestions rolling, folks! I really shouldn't have said "ivy". The thing I'm wanting to plant isn't really such a thing. It's a creeping ground thing but it's not ivy. I'll let you know when I can get by Bachman's and identify it (or ask the neighbor). We don't mind a bit of work like thinning and culling, we're just trying to avoid things that are finicky and require you to do certain things at specific times every year (like you need to mulch this week, then pull the mulch off, then put in this kind of fertilizer, then water it this much, but not more, etc. etc.) Sedums love it here, in general. That sounds like a great document, duluthinbloomz4. Do you have a URL or if not, the title of it? I could probably track it down. People sometimes park along the street, but almost never in front of our house and pretty much never in front of our mailbox (where this bed is surrounding). Also, we have strong curbs so other than the slightly overhanging creeper I mentioned, it won't be in the street. I expect the mailman will probably clip it every once in a while but that's okay, cause he's a nice guy. :) BTW, I was just up north a couple of weeks ago. Man, those lupine were beautiful! |
- Posted by duluthinbloomz4 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 9, 10 at 9:08
jay - I found it by Googling boulevard plants for zone 4 and came up with "The Best Plants for 30 Tough Sites". Don't know what happens here, but the sides of the road and fields explode with lupins. |
Was it this? Looking for that, I ran across this, which also looks really useful. Just to clarify, this isn't a boulevard but just the street-facing (curbside) strip of my lawn that surrounds my mailbox. But yeah, the suggestions for plants in those documents are definitely applicable. I've been up north a dozen times, and I've always managed to miss the lupines blooming. But they arrived at the perfect time for a friend's wedding. She had a beautiful bouquet of freshly picked lupine! |
Okay, so I talked to the guy and what he has is Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort/golden creeping jenny). Yes, I know, it spreads. One thing that will help is that there's not a ton of water in this spot. Plus it's Minnesota. It will still try to get in the sod but I think we can handle keeping it busted back (especially with the three inch wide blocks to help form a slight obstacle). His have spread quite a bit in the non-grass areas, but they are co-existing peacefully around the other tall perennials (going on three years now). And if nothing else, there's always Roundup. ;) The best part is he said I could take all the cuttings I need from his. So I'm willing to risk it. |
Well, we took the plunge and planted a bunch of stuff: Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed) There's still a few open spots so I'll probably pick up a two or three more perennials and call it done. I'm probably only going to plant one tiny area with moneywort just so I can see how it behaves in that area. Might save some hassle. |
Excellent choices! You have picked some of my all-time favorites, particularly garden phlox and delphinium (though they can be a bit particular). Perhaps you might try a hollyhock or two at the back of the bed for some height? They would go very well with the phlox, delphinium, etc. They are a biennial, but super, super easy reseeders. |
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Alabama native Matthew Houck, who records dusty, sweltering country pop under the stage name Phosphorescent, has released the music video for "Ride On/ Right On," a simple but pleasingly hypnotic track from his superb 2013 release Muchacho.
The fuzzy video sees Houck traipsing around an apartment in full-on cowboy regalia: as he steps out onto the balcony, and the camera gets the best view it can of his scraggly beard, fireworks go off over a late-night city skyline. Tongue-in-cheek, but still pretty striking. Watch it now.
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The air show originated from the flying club that was part of the Winona State University (WSU) Aviation Physics Department and has been expanding every year, said Steve Buswell, event coordinator.
Dr. Bill Blank of La Crosse and Bob Richards of Kansas City, Kan., will be returning to the show, Buswell noted. Blank is very detailed in his flying, very professional, and does very difficult maneuvers, Buswell said. Richards has the tossing and tumbling the kids seem to love the most, Buswell added.
For the last couple of years weve been building on a car show as well, and we had an excellent turnout last year, Buswell said. A lot of car clubs in the area are participating; there should be a lot of unique cars there, Buswell noted. Word-of-mouth has helped the car show become a pretty good draw in and of itself, Buswell added. The car show is free as well, and runs from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The air show begins at 10 a.m. and will be accompanied by the parade of planes, showcasing planes as far back as the 1940s, Buswell said. These planes will show the improvements that have been made over the years. Some planes may top out at 40 mph where as newer ones have top speeds of 300 mph, Buswell explained.
Airplane rides will be offered throughout the day, for around $20, during which participants will receive a nice scenic ride over the Mississippi and the bluffs, Buswell noted.
The annual breakfast, catered by Chartwells runs from 7:30 a.m. to about 11 a.m. The price is $7 for adults, and $5 for adults 62 and older and kids 12 and under. Ive been helping for 15 of the 30 years, and when I started we were serving maybe 300. Now we have over 1,000 for breakfast, Buswell added.
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No. Caffeine has plenty of undesirable effects, but interfering with a child's growth isn't one of them.
As any adult who relies on a morning cup of coffee or tea can tell you, caffeine is a stimulant. It might make a child irritable, upset her tummy, make her heart beat faster, raise her blood pressure, and disrupt her sleep, but it won't keep her from growing.
Of course, inadequate nutrition can slow a child's growth. And caffeinated beverages such as sodas are empty calories, contributing no nutrition while filling her up. This is another good reason to keep your child's caffeine intake to a minimum.
You might be surprised to discover how much caffeine is in various drinks and foods:
Caffeinated soft drinks (12 ounces): 34 to 72 mg (check the label)
- Energy drinks (8 ounces): 76 to 280 mg
- Iced tea (12 ounces): about 70 mg
- Milk chocolate (2 ounces): 12 mg
- Dark chocolate (2 ounces): 40 mg
- Chocolate milk (8 ounces): 5 mg
The United States hasn't established recommended limits for kids' caffeine consumption. In Canada, it's recommended that kids ages 4 to 6 get no more than 45 mg a day, kids ages 7 to 9 get no more than 62.5 mg, and kids ages 10 to 12 get no more than 85 mg. You may decide that when it comes to your own child, less is much better.


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Microsoft has responded to reports regarding its role in intercepting private Skype and email transmissions to assist the National Security Agency.
Posting on TechNet, Microsoft legal and corporate affairs general counsel and executive vice president Brad Smith detailed the nature of cooperation that the company provided to the NSA, and has requested action from the attorney general of the United States to "permit Microsoft and other companies to share publicly more complete information about how we handle national security requests for customer information."
The post breaks down in detail how information on Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail), Skype, and SkyDrive is shared to comply with government legal demands.
According to the post, no government gains "direct and unfettered access" to customer data; rather, the process is managed by Microsoft, which provides "specific data mandated by the relevant legal demand."
"To be clear, we do not provide any government with the ability to break the encryption, nor do we provide the government with the encryption keys," the statement said.
Microsoft asserts that requests for data by any government are required to follow the relevant legal process, including the "producing of a court order for content or subpoena for account information." This process does not exclude requests for national security purposes.
The post revealed that customers who have been subject to a government demand represent "fractions of a percent."
Obligations to comply with government laws are not limited to the United States, and Microsoft states that legal demands for customer data are applicable globally.
Microsoft revealed earlier this year that Skype would be integrated into its next-gen Xbox One console. The console will support Skype video calling via Kinect voice and utilise gesture controls to execute onscreen actions.


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While previous games in the FIFA Street series have been alright for the odd post-pub kickabout, they offer a basic experience compared to the overpowering array of modes and intricate player control in the main FIFA games. With this reboot, EA Sports has attempted to merge the showboating of street football with the detail of FIFA 12, and it manages this to a degree.
FIFA Street uses the same gameplay and graphics engine as FIFA 12, which means it's dumped the caricatured players from previous FIFA Street games and replaced them with the character models from the more serious footy title. Many of the things that make FIFA 12 a treat to play are carried over too - dribbling is satisfyingly precise and passing and shooting are perfectly tuned. EA claims the game also uses FIFA 12's impact engine, although you wouldn't know it.
The lack of slide tackles means it's very rare to see it in action and it doesn't really effect things. Street football is all about tricks and skills and they're relatively easy to pull off in FIFA Street, though using them to take the ball past someone can be frustrating for beginners. Get used to it and you'll reap the rewards, because the more tricks you pull off the more experience points your created player gets in World Tour mode.
This is the main meat of FIFA Street, and it sees you starting with a team of nobodies playing in the slums. As you play games with various rule changes, you get to build up your squad with real professional and street players, and eventually take part in the world stage. This is a compelling mode with lots of outfits and skills to unlock, and it'll take a long time to finish. It's just as well, because that's really all it's got to offer beyond online play and quick match options.
Given that FIFA 12 is crammed with modes and teams, FIFA Street feels lightweight, with only a handful of licensed club leagues on offer and a main menu bereft of choice. Still, if you're getting bored of FIFA and like your football a little more vibrant, this is a decent if not essential choice.
A fine comeback but lacks street smarts
- Has that great FIFA 12 feel
- World Tour mode is lengthy
- Lots of customisation options
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Sweet pants, I wear a 33w 34l in jeans mostly and the medium size smuggler fits well. Very water proof, not the warmest of pants, on colder days (below 10F) I'll wear two pairs of long undies and be comfy. Vents work well snowboarding, not as well snowmobiling because the vents are only on inside seams. Pockets work well too and zippers zip in the right direction (to me anyway-down).
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LEGO improves its online inventories
Posted by Huw,You may recall that in August I introduced a feature to the site to extract set inventories from the LEGO.com customer services replacement parts page (here's the announcement) and display them on the set details page in a form that is more useful to us.
At the time, as you can read in the comments, it was considered to be about as useful as a chocolate tea pot because the LEGO inventories were very incomplete, and included only basic parts.
Over the weekend, shaase emailed to say that he'd noticed that they seemed to have been improved and recent set inventories now include nearly every part, so today I re-ran the script that imports them and he's right, they have been significantly improved. This means the Parts tab on the set details pages is far more useful. Here's an example showing minifig parts, new canopies and everything.
The reason some parts are in the last 'New/Unsorted' section is that the list obtained from LEGO.com is cross-referenced with another list I have that gives colours for each part number. It's a bit old though, which is why new parts are not on it, and why they thus appear in this section.
What this also means is that it would now be feasible to 'crowd-source' the missing information: to cross-check the data at LEGO.com with that in the back of the instructions and add missing parts and colours and also, most importantly, to gather part quantities, which are not provided at LEGO.com.
Don't expect that to happen overnight, but watch this space...
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The feature is creeping in the right direction, but without the quantity of each part and a feeling of confidence that all parts are included in the listing it remains a tantalising work in progress. Let's hope LEGO complete the job they started with these inventories and give us the remaining info in due course.
I'd say the user interface is not much better.
On a side note, does anyone know whether the CAD drawings of the parts are public use? As much as I appreciate the community effort that contributed images in BrickLink, there is a wide degree of inconsistency in the images. It would be nice, if allowed by TLG, to refresh the fan database using Lego's high quality CAD images like the one below.
This is a very usefull feature. Now I won't spend hours trying to decode those bad quality PDFs for a part number.
(On a side note, about a year ago I was checking BrickSet once in a while, but now I use it every day. BS is every week better. Thanks for all your good work !)
Can you order all the special parts such as Amidala's skirt?
Still not perfect, as I clicked on a familiar set when it showed up under "Random Set" (http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=10000-1) and the parts list lacks, among other things, the distinctive wall pieces.
^as its a 'replacement parts' inventory I'm guessing they only list the parts that they can replace? So common elements remain whereas specialised or out of production pieces are not shown?
I wrote a tool that can pull set lists down from Peeron/bricklink and is quite effective. It was for my own use. It saves the resulting data in an XML file - was bored and supposed to be working on some offshore drilling software at the time.
I'm not sharing it with everyone but it could be useful to fill in some blanks....
The problem isn't writing a tool to access inventories from Bricklink, it's getting permission from Bricklink to use their data....
@sloopsjohng, indeed, but then that is an old set. It seems it's only recent ones that have been improved.
@DrDaveWatford Yup, I know, hence not making it not freely available. It really was just for fun but then it may be useful.
Anyway, I have a parts list for a couple of sets I inventoried at some point or other with quantities, extras and bags which the parts came in too (which may/may not be useful) which I'm happy to share.
Still a better user experience than peeron set inventories (with the exception of the quantities, of course) but as soon as the quantities start showing up, this feature will be invaluable to me...
Have people not heard of open data? its to bad we have to almost start from scratch, but its nice to see people trying to figure ways to save time. When you guys are ready to implement complete inventories, I'm willing to help out in nay way I can.
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Storrold's Point is a peninsula on the southeast of the lands beyond the Wall and on the shores of the Shivering Sea.[1]
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In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Storrold's Point is where Hardhome, a large community of wildlings, is located.
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For many, the name XClio may be rather new. While not one of the mega-companies we're accustomed to hearing about, they have been in the market of making products for the DIY segment for a little while now. They created some case designs that have been hitting the circuits and they have what they call a "Goodpower" power supply.
This particular PSU is the target of today's review. With so many choices currently available, we'll take a look at how it performs and what sort of value you can expect to get if you add this choice to your list of possible purchases. After all, price as well as performance will be king with the large variety of power supplies on the market right now.


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Jessica Meiller
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- Jesse Meiller is an aquatic ecologist and toxicologist. Jesse received her PhD from the University of Maryland in the Marine, Estuarine, Environmental Sciences (MEES) program after doing her undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University. She received and held an AAAS fellowship in Environmental Science Policy at the EPA. Following her fellowship, and while still at the EPA, she provided expertise in aquatic and invertebrate biology and toxicology as well as on science policy and regulatory issues. Jesse represented the US on several Expert Groups for the Organization for the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). She is currently interested in educational outreach and communication initiatives of scientific principles and data into real-life applications for a variety of audiences.
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Meiller, JC and J Dillow. 2003. Escape from D.C.: Retracing a path of the Underground Railroad. Educational and residential programs for middle school students from Washington D.C. Funded by the Clarke-Winchcole Foundation.
- Meiller, JC. 2003. Environmental Education Outreach program for elementary school students from Southwest Washington D.C. public schools. Funded by River Park Friends.
Meiller, JC, J Dillow, K Walser, J Skelton. 2003. Educational six-week summer program. Funded by D.C. Children and Youth Investment and Trust Corporation.
- Meiller, JC, J Dillow. 2003. Shad and herring raise and release education and restoration program in the Anacostia and Potomac River watersheds in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Anacostia Watershed Society and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. Funded by the Chesapeake Bay Trust.
Meiller, JC and BP Bradley. 1999. Proteome variability in oysters under metal stress. Thesis research project funded by Maryland Sea Grant (NOAA), 24 month funding.
Professional Presentations
Meiller, JC. 2006. "US EPA EDSP Tiered Approach, Assay Validation, Chemical Selection, and Procedures for Implementation". 3nd U.S.- Japan Bilateral Collaboration Meeting, 15-16 November 2006 in Kushiro, Japan.
Meiller, JC. 2005. "Endocrine Disruption in Invertebrates: History, Regulation and Future Research" Session Chair at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) World Congress, 26th Annual Meeting 13-17 November 2005 in Baltimore, MD.
- Meiller, JC. 2005. Mysid two-generation testing plans and chemicals. 2nd U.S.- Japan Bilateral Collaboration Meeting, 14-15 June 2005 in Honolulu, HI.
Meiller, JC. 2005. Endpoints appropriate for the evaluation of endocrine disruption in aquatic invertebrates. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe 15th Annual Meeting, 22-26 May 2005 in Lille, France.
Meiller, JC, and LW Touart. 2004. Considerations in designing a screening program relevant to endocrine disruption in invertebrates. Poster presentation at 4th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) World Congress, 25st Annual Meeting 14-18 November 2004 in Portland, Oregon.
- Meiller, JC. 2003. Environmental Education and Scientific Research. Invited presentation at Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute with Rutgers University, March 3, 2003.
Meiller, JC and BP Bradley. 2001. Field validation of specific protein indicators of metal stress in the oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Poster presentation at European Marine Biology Symposium 17-22 September, 2001 in Menorca, Spain.
Meiller, JC and BP Bradley. 2001. Zinc concentration effect at the organismal, cellular and subcellular levels in the Eastern Oyster. Poster presentation at Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO) 11th International Symposium 10-13 July 2001 in Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.
Selected Publications
- Tan S, Meiller J, and Mahaffey K. 2009. The endocrine effects of mercury on humans and wildlife. Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 39(3):228-269.
Mahaffey KR, Tan S, Grim C, Meiller J, and Bergfelt D.2009. Endocrine Active Environmental Chemicals: Broadening the Scope. In: Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and their Health Effects. Third Edition. M. Lippmann (ed). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: New Jersey; 661-701.
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
Environmental Science Policy Fellow, 2003-2004, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) at US EPA


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I've never cared for the Scatter Diagram. Using a d10 to randomise direction seems…awkward. I know some GMs use a Scatter die (from TT), but it can be a pain getting over the top of a die and/or transfering the "angle" back to the point of origin (paralax crap).
I thought I'd share the method I use. It's quite simple.
For the diagram provided in the Core Rules you roll a d10 for direction (in which two directions each share two numbers on the die…that's just silly, and not equally random), and then a second die for distance (d5 or d10 meters or multiples thereof). I still roll two dice, but one of them is a d12. The direction of attack (the direction the attack is traveling) is 12 o'clock, so there is no need to transfer an angle as when using a Scatter die, and everyone is intimately familiar with a clock and it's divisions (essentially dividing a circle into four quarters, and 12 is evenly divisible by four, ten is not). I feel quite safe in making the following statement: More people can easily and far more quickly divide a circle into twelve equidistant divisions than can divide one into ten. I'm not saying it can't be done, but proof is plainly printed in all five Core Rules books and on every GM screen that shows a d10 cannot do it.
I know they want to limit the die type used (for whatever reason, make it easier to acquire?) but honestly, if I roll 7 on the d12 (7 o'clock) I immediately know which direction that is. Many FLGS CAN order RPG dice sets, and the cheapest run a little more than $5. Having the additional dice is also a benefit…you have three Players and something happens to one of them at random, so do you roll a d10 and someone gets four digits while everyone else gets only three? Again, not equally random. Or do you ignore the ten pip? Ignoring the ten pip means you have to roll the die again if you roll a 10, and wouldn't we all like to reduce the redundant dice rolling in our games?
If you haven't already done so, I recommend you go out today and purchase (see dice, mats and othe accessories here: http://chessex.com/) a set of RPG dice that includes the basics: d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20.


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North County home to two raw-foods restaurants By: LOUISE ESOLA - Staff Writer http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/06/08/food/15_01_326_7_06.txt
A "Royale Cheeseburger" with all the trimmings. It's not what you think. Nothing's been touched by heat or flame, and everything came from a plant, served cool and raw.
The patty is made of sun-dried tomatoes, flax seed, red peppers, garlic and mushrooms. The bun is fashioned out of almond pulp, flax and buckwheat. The layer of cheesy spread is actually made of cashews, soaked and beaten by a food processor. The tomatoes, lettuce, onion, avocado and other natural fixings aren't in costume.
You'll find this dish on the menu between the enchilada and spicy three-layer burrito at Cilantro Live!, one of two raw-food restaurants serving vegan, all-organic fare that have opened in the last four months in North County. Cilantro Live! opened in February in the Carlsbad Village Shopping Center. Neshama, off Highway 101 in Leucadia, opened in May with a menu of Asian and Mediterranean-inspired cuisine, such as "couscous" made of cauliflower and angel hair "pasta" made of zucchini strands and fresh crushed tomato marinara. Together the two are giving local vegans and adventurous eaters a taste of the fresh, all-natural cuisine dubbed simply "raw." According to the rules of raw food, everything must be plant-based and organic ---- naturally grown with no pesticides or chemicals. And raw ---- nothing can be cooked past 118 degrees in order to keep the enzymes of the all-natural food alive. At Neshama, that means foods are never prepared past 115 degrees and at Cilantro, it's 95 degrees, both well below the raw-food requirement. "We're pioneering here, we realize that," said Mozy Kashte, who opened Neshama behind his popular salad-and-sandwich eatery Mozy's. "But we hope this will catch on. People who come in and try this have said they'll come back." Cilantro Live! owner Cristina Guzman, who first opened a Cilantro Live! in Chula Vista three years ago, said her second location comes with a following of diners from North County and Orange County who made long treks south, traffic and all, to indulge in vegan fare. "This kind of food makes people feel good," she said. "We take Mother Nature's beauty and give people a lot of energy. They feel alive." A night out on the town For people like Carlsbad resident Valerie Fogelstrom, the two restaurants are providing dinner choices for those whose strict diets call for plants and seeds. Fogelstrom, 54, classifies herself as part raw vegan, with up to 80 percent of her diet coming from uncooked vegetables and seeds. The rest of her diet consists of steamed vegetables and lukewarm miso soup. Like many with similar diets, going out for dinner is often a major challenge, she said. That's why she's the organizer of a North County raw foods meet-up group that holds monthly potlucks to share dishes and recipes. She says the restaurants offer colorful and succulent choices for a diet that could border on bland. "I'm so excited," she said of the new restaurants. "Like anyone else, it's nice to go out for a social occasion, it's nice to go out and have something raw. It's nice to have beautifully prepared food once in awhile." The foods offered at restaurants such as Cilantro and Neshama fall along the lines of raw gourmet. The result is a great-tasting break from what's usually prepared at home, she said. While Fogelstrom said she may not have the budget to dine out often ---- most entrees cost between $10 and $16 at both places ---- she enjoys having the choice. David Wolfe, cofounder of Nature's First Law, a nationwide raw-food diet information clearinghouse based in El Cajon, said raw food restaurants are on the rise. "When I started out (12 years ago) there were two raw food restaurants in America; now there are over 60," he said. "This makes it easier for everybody. We don't have a lot of options, and raw food (restaurants) are creating options for us for dinner or lunch." Wolfe said the raw food movement itself is catching on. Books, many of which he sells on his Web site www.rawfood.com, and publicity coming from celebrities boasting all-raw-food lifestyles are helping fuel the push for what he calls a healthier diet. Experts and nutritionists have long argued that vegan diets can lack essential protein found in traditional diets that include meat and fish. But Wolfe and other fans said the vegan, all-raw approach can be balanced by incorporating high-protein vegetables and nuts into everyday eating. Guzman, a longtime vegetarian who "stumbled" onto the raw movement before opening her Chula Vista restaurant, said it's all about playing with the colors and flavors of food to prepare balanced and attractive meals. "Everything is our creation," she said of Cilantro's extensive menu of cold soups, salads, appetizers, main courses and desserts. Guzman said bright-colored foods tend to have stronger flavors and more subdued ingredients carry lighter tastes. Blending the two is much like creating artwork, mixing the strong with the mellow, she said. "Mother Nature has so many colors, you can't get anything wrong." Natasha Baze, who helped Kashte open Neshama last month, said the food's vibrant colors also make it look inviting. "That's the great thing about raw ---- the food keeps all of its natural colors," Baze said. Artistic food The decor at both establishments is for patrons a hint of the colorful palette of dishes that lies ahead. The walls at Cilantro are home to large canvases of modern, simple artwork in vibrant colors. Lush wheatgrass centerpieces adorn each table. At Neshama, the theme is a marriage of Middle Eastern and Asian with satin-like pillows for seats in the outside patio and dark wood to add depth. Tropical flowers in glass vases are scattered simply on tables. "We want the place to invite people and to relax and energize them," Kashte said. "Like the food we serve." Both restaurants rely on bare-bones kitchens lined with food dehydrators, processors, juicers, and blenders to prepare dishes. Because some foods take longer than others to prepare, the work often begins days before. For example, one of Cilantro's top sellers is a "Buenos Vida" wrap that calls for rice. To prepare raw, hard rice for eating without cooking it, it is soaked for several days in large pans of cold water. The same goes for nuts used in the dishes to make such items as nut "cheeses" ---- both used as fillings and toppings for such dishes as Cilantro's alfredo sauce and "Roma Raw-violis." Neshama uses nuts and seeds to make creamy pates to fill its chile rellenos and coconut wraps. Nuts are also some of the main ingredients in desserts. Ground almonds are used to create pie crusts, for example. Nuts are also beaten into butters to create creamy fillings, topped with fruits. When it comes to preparing dishes, the fillers and toppers are made ahead and refrigerated, then added to the various entrees. "It's a lot of preparation," said Guzman, while showing the stacks of trays soaking various nuts and rice in Cilantro's walk-in refrigerator. The food, garnished with sprigs and vegetables, is like pieces of art at both restaurants. As for naming their dishes, both restaurants rely on monikers borrowed from mainstream, cooked foods --- like the lasagna at Cilantro and the Moroccan stew at Neshama. But Kashte said the names are merely references. "If we use the term 'cheese' or the term 'tuna,' it's just to mimic the feel of the food," said Kashte. "It's to give people a guide when they have never tried this before." As for Cilantro's "Royale Cheeseburger," Guzman has her own take: "This is the way the cheeseburger was meant to be eaten," she said. "This is what people ate hundreds of years ago. The cooked food is trying to copy Mother Nature." Contact staff writer Louise Esola at (760) 740-3527 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Neshama 133 Daphne St., Leucadia (760) 944-9168 Hours: 5:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. daily, closed Tuesdays Cilantro Live! 300 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad (760) 585-0136 Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily www.cilantrolive.com


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A guest column in today's New York Times may have set new records for overblown rhetoric about legislative efforts to curb offshore rogue websites profiting from illegal distribution of American intellectual property.
In it, Rebecca MacKinnon of the New America Foundation accuses the bipartisan legislation of establishing blacklists, firewalls and censorship. Scary indeed, and who wouldn't be concerned about legislation that would do these things.
These claims are untrue, and we will explain that further momentarily.
But first, it is extremely disappointing that the New York Times would publish this column without acknowledging that the board of Ms. MacKinnon's New America Foundation is chaired by Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, whose business model relies on monetizing online searches and ad sales against popular content – whether legal or illegal. Google earlier this year paid one of the largest fines ever after settling a federal criminal investigation after it made hundreds of millions of dollars for knowingly placing ads for rogue online pharmacies.
Moreover, in a lawsuit against rogue website operators Luke Sample and Brandon Drury a few years ago, those individuals submitted an affidavit attesting to the fact that Google employees actually assisted them in crafting ad word buys that would drive more traffic to their sites. Among the suggestions were to use the terms "free" together with titles of movies still in theatrical release. Both these examples demonstrate Google's known financial interests in profiting from infringing activities on rogue sites. Members of Congress alluded to these interests at a hearing today in the House Judiciary Committee, commenting that Google's interest with respect to the legislation seems to be to "follow everyone's money but theirs."
Setting aside the obvious and unacknowledged conflict of interest of the author, let's look at the claims related to free speech. Any rogue sites that could be implicated by the bills - PROTECT IP or the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) - would be of necessity engaged in commercial activity. This means that the standard to apply is that applicable to commercial speech as established by the Supreme Court.
Actions affecting commercial speech do not violate the First Amendment if: 1. the regulated speech concerns an illegal activity; 2. the speech is misleading, or 3. the government's interest in restricting the speech is substantial, the action in question directly advances the government's interest, and 4. the regulation is narrowly tailored to serve the government's interest.
SOPA definitions are very narrow and rooted in existing Supreme Court precedent that domestic sites must already live up to. To be a site "dedicated to infringement" a site must:


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In September, the happy news along automobile row was that the annualized sales rate was the best it had been so far this year, topping the 12-million-unit mark for the first time. In October, things were even a bit better. Two 12-million+ months in a row has auto executives hoping for a strong finish to the year. And Ford's Alan Mulally has gone on record predicting that 2011 could see 13 million new vehicles sold.
For our company-by-company look at October sales, we'll use year-ago comparisons. Overall, the industry was up by 13 percent over last year, which is slight improvement on the year-to-date increase. Anyone who posted a greater than 13 percent gain for October is running ahead of the pack, while those who didn't are lagging behind.
GENERAL MOTORS +13% (Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC only)
General Motors saw its sales rise exactly in sync with the market overall. The news might have been happier with a better performance by volume-leader Chevrolet, but a gain is a gain.
Buick +39%
The new Regal is catching up to the faltering Lucerne (-34%), while the LaCrosse (+37%) and Enclave (+53%) continue to vie for the top spot in the Buick lineup.
Cadillac +15%
The CTS (+45%) is finally feeling the affects of the coupe and wagon additions. The SRX (+27%) continues to grow.
Chevrolet +7%
The Aveo had another huge month (+314%) but the biggest-volume cars, Malibu and Impala, were essentially flat, while Camaro (-38%) declined. The Equinox (+62%) continues to be a big winner, while the Silverado (+8%) managed a modest increase; of the trucks, only the Tahoe (-13%) declined.
There was good news all across the board for GMC, be it new entries (Terrain, +82%), old pickups (Canyon, +101%), or family-size crossovers that are neither new nor old (Acadia, +65%).


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- by Christopher DickeyTwo young teenagers who disappeared from Vienna 10 days ago may have joined the Syrian jihad—or they may have been groomed and trafficked.
They may or may not have gone to fight in Syria. They may or may not have married jihadis there. They may or may not be carrying guns in Facebook pictures, and in the later ones they may or may not be the women staring at the camera through slits in the full-face veil called a niqab. But there's no doubt at all that the teenagers Sabina Selimovic, 15, and Samra Kesinovic, 16, from Vienna are now the poster girls for holy war against the Assad regime in Damascus. Some headlines are calling them "pin-ups."
The sexual politics of jihadist movements can be so twisted, Western headlines so salacious, and Photoshop so deceptive that the whole thing needs to be viewed with a heavy degree of skepticism. And that's even if the young women in question were sincere about their cause and not out to deceive their parents for other reasons. There are also suspicions they were "groomed" on the Internet to be kidnapped and trafficked.


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Magical Adventures: Part 10
*As we know of, the girls had headed off to Nichole's home planet to help solve the mystery as to why her home planet had turned to ice. They got their, and transformed into their Lovix. They fought off monsters and Nichole soon earned her Enchantix! Now- They headed off to face whatever lied ahead*
Roxy lead the girls through the iced up passage ways. Brisk winds risked someone to fall over, or receive a severe case of frost-bite. The girls teeth chattered, as Nichole decided to put her new powers to use, creating a warm and powerful heat shield. "Thanks so much for putting this up Nichole!" Gwen says smiling. Nichole smiles back. "Sure thing Nichole!" The girls look around, to find that nothing has changed: Ice, snow and ice-sickles. Roxy sighs, her breath going up from the cold. "Hey! Look! The tunnels fork!" Noel shouts, jumping up and down in her nervousness. Nadra frowns, and looks around. "Which way should we go?" Melody asks folding her arms to her chest. Roxy frowns. "Hm, I don't know, maybe we should split up?" The other girls didn't seem to fond of that idea. Faina sighs. "Why shouldn't we split up? I mean, if we don't, we'll eventually regret it" Terra nods. "I agree! Come one people! What are you waiting for! It's time to be brave, and help save Nichole's planet!" The other girls soon nod, and break up into two groups. "OK- Terra's group will go left, and my group will go right. Send some magic in our direction or send someone out to tell us if you find something important, got it?" Roxy asks the two groups. The two both nod, and soon split up. With Terra's group... Terra looked around to see that this passageway was exactly the same as the other passages. She sighed, irritated, and looked around once more. "What exactly should we be looking for?" Gwen asks. "Hm, not sure, just probably something that seems very unusual..." Gwen nods, and starts looking around. Faina sighed. How long is it going to take to find something interesting!?! I hope it doesn't take to long... Who knows how much longer this place has... With Roxy's Group... Roxy frowns, as she realizes the same thing as Terra did: The caverns were all the same. She sighed, and rolled her eyes. "Does anyone have any ideas on what we should be looking for?" Roxy asks, facing her group. "Something strange?" Teine wonders. Noel nods. "Good one Teine." Roxy smiles. "Yeah! Great idea! OK, everyone, look for something that looks strange!" The group nods, and begins their search. While the girls were searching, Melody, unknowingly, wandered from the group. She heard some chanting, and s deathly voice. She shuddered, and peeked around the corner, to see: A woman, with long, blond, curly hair and wearing a light blue hoodie/dress. She could see that she was mumbling to a huge crystal ball. She then, was something, no, someone all to familiar. She gasped, and flew back to the girls... Back at Terra's destination... The girls were still looking around, when Lunnar suddenly appeared out of no where. "Watch out!" She screams. The girls jump out of the way, and give a confused look towards their friend. She gasped, but continued to flutter in the air. "Come quick! Melody found something!" The girls eyes grew big, and they all flew out after her. All the girls soon rejoined the others, and Roxy soon spoke up, "Melody, so, what did you see?" Melody frowns, and thinks hard. "Well, I'm pretty sure I saw, nah, can't be" She smiles awkwardly. Hailee frowns. "Come on Melody! Tell us!" Melody sighs. "I think I saw...Amber" The girls eyes grow big and mouths drop. "Are-You-Serious?!?" Terra asks. Melody nods, her blond hair bouncing. Noel clamps her hand into a fist. "Well, let's go get her then!" "Wait!" Nadra shouts. Everyone turns to face her, slightly confused. "We can't just go barging in there! Someone could get hurt!" She looks at everyone with nervous, and caring looks. Hailee frowns. "Well, yeah, sure but still, we need to go get her!" Roxy nods. "I agree! We've beat her before, and we can do it again!" Bloom shouts. All the girls smile, and agree, with Melody leading them, head off towards where she saw Amber. With Amber... Amber grins, as she see through Aurora's crystal ball, that the fairies were headed for her. She laughs, and Aurora turns, he eyes yellow and expressionless. "Anything else master?" Aurora asks, her voice droning. "No, not now, but when those fairies arrive, attack them." Aurora smirks, and walks off... Back with the girls... "There! That's where I saw them!" Melody points it out, and they all fly in. Roxy lands, and looks around: Ice, snow and- A woman? "Hey, who's that?" She asks the group. They all shrug. "I should be asking you all the same question" The woman replies, her voice hallow. Faina shivered at her voice. "Well, what are we waiting for? Get her!" Bloom shouts, flying in after the woman. All the girls nod, and head for her. The woman quickly turn around, her blond curls bouncing around. "Take this, fireball!" Nichole shouts. The woman lifts her hands up, and blocks the attack. "Ice beam" Nichole screams, and dodges the attack. "Spiders Web!" Roxy yells, and a sticky web traps the woman. She struggles slightly, but soon freezes the web and breaks it apart. She claps her hands and releases a gassy, cold substance. "Brr! It's freezing! Let's turn on the heat!" Hailee shouts, and creates a heat barrier. "Eugh, take this!" Terra shouts, and lifts a huge ice block and launches it at the woman. She sighs, and lifts her hand, the rock exploding into snow at the touch of her fingers. "She's to strong! Let's just leave now!" Teine shouts, blocking another one of the ladies attacks. "No! She's tough, but not impossible!" Rosy shouts. "Hailee, come with me!" Hailee follows Roxy out into the sky. The two grasp their hands and spin around quickly shouting, "Flaming Elephant Rage!" The conversion attack heads for the woman and knocks her out cold. "Yes!" Roxy shouts triumphantly. "Great one girls!" Faina shouts happily. As the girls celebrate, they could hear the woman moan. Roxy turns, and walks over to face her. The woman opens her eyes, and rubs her head. "Wait, what? What's going on?" She asks, looking around confused. Bloom frowns, and walks over. "You're in this huge ice castle, and we were just fighting you" She informs the woman, bending down. She scrunches up her eyes and looks around. "Well, to tell you all, I wasn't doing any of that intentionally you know" Bloom's expression turned to confusion. "What do you mean?" The woman stand up, and dusts herself off. "I was hypnotized." She replies simply. "By who?" Crystal asks. "I'm not sure, all I know, is that she was really powerful. Even stronger than me." Hailee frowns. "You don't think-" She soon wonders, eyes growing big. Roxy nods. "Probably, anyway, what's your name?" The woman turns, and smiles. "Aurora. I'm the element fairy of ice and snow. I also rule this ice palace." Christina's eyes grew big. "You run this place?!?" Aurora nods. "Then could you please stop it, or turn it around?!? It's freezing my home!" Aurora's eyes grew big and explained that they all needed to get off quickly, so she could leave. The girls obey, and quickly leave. As soon as they landed, and huge BOOM! erupted the silence. They looked up to see that Aurora's castle had vanished, and that a huge, bright blue wave of what seemed to be magic, was coming close to where they all were standing. The wave arrived, and the magic quickly melted away all the ice and snow, revealing a pretty, flowery scenery. Christina smiled, and hugged Nichole tightly, as the two squealed with happiness: Everything, was going to be fine... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AN: Sorry for the really long wait everyone! Hoped you liked it! ; ) |
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Ford Explorer Transmission Questions
nvbanker Posts: 7,285
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jughead1984 Posts: 1I had the same problem with an 02 Explorer I purchased. Didn't do it during my city test drive, waited until I was on my way home with the title and an AS IS NO WARRANTY tag.... Took it to a well known tranny shop that charged me $75 to tell me it's a piece of s**t take it back where I got it from and if I wanted a second opion take it by the dealer on the way home and they would tell me the same thing. So I did stop in and they drove it up the road with me in the passanger seat and the service tech said the transfer case was kicking in and out and for me to put a new set of tires around it and it would fix the problem... I looked at him in disbelief bc one shop just told me to drill wells in my pockets and it needed full trans build and tranfercase. long story short new matching set of rubber and its smooth as silk now.
belaircarguy Posts: 107Interesting on the new tires. Makes sense, as my 2006 Explorer with 4WD needed a new tire (picked up a nail in the sidewall). The tire shop said I should get a new set (about ready anyhow), as the newer 4WD system with"automatic" settings can wear and begin to buck as the transfer case would think one wheel was slipping (like on snow) and try to engage the 4WD. Apparently the wear on the treads will make the tires rotate at slightly different RPMS vs a brand new tire. I took his advise and got a new set of tires. Did some research and found out this advice was correct. Glad your new tires did the trick. Now make sure you rotate them often to keep the wear between the front and rear tires even.
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felan Posts: 1You may want to look into this: http://www.fordservoboretransmissionfixsolution.com is where you can get a fix for your transmission if the OD light is flashing or Check Engine light is on. If you get Codes for your trans like PO 775 or PO 745, it is most likely the servo bores. This place gets you a 200.00 fix that you can do in your driveway in 2 hours. It fixed my 03 2 weeks ago and is now doing fine! Ford originally replaced my transmission case at 36,000 miles for this problem. Now it happened again at 148,000. Puts more mileage on a nice vehicle!
madlettuce Posts: 1I just had my transmission rebuilt on my 2003 ford explorer xlt 4.0L 4x4, installed it and it will not shift. The transmission wire harness broke from the solenoid pack at the tail when removing the transmission. Repleced wire harness from the dealer with Vin number from my SUV (another dealer said it couldn't be done this way, that I needed the code off the harness. tag was missing) Replaced solenoid pack with a rebuilt unit. Replaced Torque converter with a remanufactored one. Dropped transmission again and sent it back to transmission shop. Tested out fine. Transmission still will not shift. What else should I do?
gagehatesford Posts: 12007 Mecury Mountaineer V6 AWD
Problems began at 65,000 miles.
Hard shift from Park to Reverse - Sometimes.
Grinding action from 2nd to 3rd upshift - Always.
Hard Thump from 2nd to 1st downshift - Always.
Ford/Mercuriy Dealer
Said didn't know but could update software for $100. Went with it but did not work.
Multistate Transmission
Said to rebuild it.
AAMCO - Free diagnostic check, said they needed to do more and would cost about $200. Said could be external, solenoid pac possibly.
Local Transmission Shop
Test Drove and diagnostics; Said to rebuild. Also said Transfer Case is cracked.
I read and watched videos, trying to convince myself there must be something that can be done. So, I tried the fluid flush and even the shop that performed the jobs said I'd be rolling the dice, they said they have only know fluid flushes to solve these probelems very rarely. But, I went for it because I had to. They added Shutter Guard treatment. Still same issues. $180
We will never own another Ford product ever. Nor will anyone in my family and I will do my best to inform others to never consider Ford products when purchasing.
This is how you kill a brand. Not by the hard work of the many who build it, those on the factory floor or assembly line. Doesnt matter where its built either, its the corporate attitude and negligence at the top of the company structure. Look, it hasn't been about the vehicle in a long, long time at Ford. Its just something to sell for profit. Nothing more. They should get into the toilet paper business because all they produce is pure crap.
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jodi22 Posts: 1My 1994 is doing the same thing out of no where! the o/d light flashes withing the first few blocks of driving. Now this morning I got back from dropping kids off and it wont go into park! i had to put is in N and use emergency brake!! All of the shops and internet are saying what you posted.. So you're thinking that there is no hope, and need a new or rebuilt transmission to hopefully solve problem?
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nvbanker Posts: 7,285
nvbanker Posts: 7,285Yep. It's a bad valve body. Not that hard to replace if you know what you're doing and don't mind getting terribly dirty and grimy. Part is only a couple hundred. But it will cost you considerably more to have it done by a shop. Nevertheless, it's a really disturbing condition, and I have had it fixed before. You should too.
shopdog97 Posts: 159A young man from our church is having what I suspect is a transmission problem with his '04 Explorer with the V-6 engine. I haven't had a chance to ride with him or do an evaluation(I do my own car maintenance). He says he hears a high pitched whine that he thinks is tranny related most(but not ALL)of the time he's operating the vehicle. He also told me that it hesitates to shift especially when getting on a highway. I suspect the torque converter is locking up. He told me that one time he had to pull over to the shoulder, shift to park and stop the engine and when he started again everything worked fine. This is a very good looking SUV and from what I've been reading on other posts here, these transmissions don't seem to be very reliable. I didn't even get a chance to check his fluid level yesterday to make sure it was full and to do a smell test to determine whether it may be burnt. I told him that it didn't sound very good, what he's experiencing and he just put $1200 into it for other problems he's had. Is it possible a fluid change just MIGHT help him here? It seems to me that his problems are, at least for now, somewhat intermittent and not happening all the time. Maybe a transmission fluid change and an additive would help. What do you think, folks? And can you suggest a good additive, maybe Z-Max, or nothing perhaps? Let me know and thanks a bunch!
nvbanker Posts: 7,285Well, for one thing, you can't check the fluid level or smell the fluid on these, they are sealed for life and there is no dipstick. So, if it's not leaking on the ground, the fluid level is probably fine. You didn't mention mileage, but if it's near or over 100,000, it's due for a new valve body. That's not a total rebuild, but most shops will charge you for one. $400 in parts, and some labor is what it really is.
A service may help, but when you have reboot issues (restarting the car makes it ok), you likely have an electrical or brain issue rather than a mechanical problem.
Sadly, you are right - the 04 Explorers had transmission issues. It's a long story why, but many of them were bad due to sabotage at the factory. -
waynepap Posts: 1I have a 2001 explorer that I think the trans is shot but I'm looking for help here. I was having problems with my OD off light staying on and my car feeling like I was towing something. No matter what I did it wouldn't go off. Then yesterday after backing out of my driveway and putting the car in drive it wouldn't go forward. I tried to go in reverse and it wouldn't go. I put it in park and I started to coast backwards. I can put the car in park and still push it like it was in neutral. Any one know what my problem might be.
hexor Posts: 1
2003fordexplor Posts: 1I took my car in for inspection and it failed due to something with the transmission. I took it to someone local and they charged me over $200 to look at it and tell me it would cost me $3500 to replace it, $2600 for parts and $650 for labor, with a 3 yr/100,000 mile warranty. Seems a bit excessive based on other quotes I've seen online. I'm now considering Aamco and wondering if anyone has used them before.
belaircarguy Posts: 107I used Aamco a number of years ago for a transmission rebuild. Actually the car dealer recommended them, as he stated most of the dealers don't work on the transmissions themselves, but actually take the car to Aamco for repair. They had a guaranty at Aamco and the car ran great (actually shifted smoother than before the repair).
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