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SINCE MOVING to Seattle from colder climates, I've never missed scraping my windshield, but I do miss snowy walks in cold, crisp air. On the days when I really yearn for some snow but don't want to load myself down with gear, I head out for a snowshoe.
Tromping through the woods on snowshoes, listening to the thump of snow falling from branches and squeak of snow under my feet is one of my favorite wintry meditations. In the Pacific Northwest we are lucky enough to have a huge variety of options for getting out in the snow and earning our hot chocolate and burger after. But snowshoeing is one of the simplest. While you can get fancy, the equipment can be straightforward and relatively inexpensive, and the skills are basic. If you are new to snowshoeing, here are a few beautiful, moderately easy routes to get you started, all recommended by the Washington Trails Association.
Gold Creek: This popular route off Interstate 90 takes you through a wide valley and offers dramatic views of Kendall Peak to the north and Rampart Ridge to the south. It's just 4 miles round-trip with an elevation gain of 400 feet. Directions: I-90, exit 54, cross under the highway, turn right onto a narrow, paved road, drive 1 mile east. Park at the end of the plowed road. Sno-Park pass required.
Big Four Ice Caves: This trek off the Mountain Loop Highway is almost flat and a good place to get your snowshoe feet under you. Bring friends new to snowshoeing or take your family here to soak up views while tramping up to the base of Big Four Mountain. The trail winds among massive cedar and fir trees, and you'll cross Coal Creek. Don't go up to the caves, which are highly prone to avalanches. Directions: Take I-5, follow signs to Granite Falls. From there, go east on the Mountain Loop Highway about 12 miles past the Verlot Public Service Center to the end of the plowed road. Park in the pullout area on the north side of the highway. Northwest Forest Pass required.
Wenatchee Crest: With a round trip of 6 miles and an elevation gain of 400 feet on a rolling trail, this is a great place to hone some skills. The trail, which follows the crest of the Wenatchee Mountains, also offers beautiful views of Tronsen Ridge and Diamond Head. Directions: Take I-90 east to Cle Elum. Take the second exit, continue northeast for 12 miles on state Route 970, continue north on U.S. 97 (follow Wenatchee sign). At Blewett Pass, turn left into North Blewett Pass Sno-Park. Sno-Park Pass required.
Mazama Ridge, Mount Rainier: Slightly more challenging, this one features extraordinary views of Mount Rainier. Take the Paradise Valley Road to the 4th Crossing route up Mazama Ridge to avoid avalanche-prone areas. Once you are at the top, you can wander the ridge to meadows with stunning views of several peaks besides Rainier. Directions: I-5 South to Tacoma, take state Route 7, left on state Route 706 in Elbe. Enter the Nisqually entrance for Mount Rainier National Park, park in the Paradise Lodge lot.
Nicole Tsong teaches yoga at studios around Seattle. Read her blog at papercraneyoga.com. Email: email@example.com.
Before you go
Sign up for one of the avalanche-safety classes listed at www.nwac.us, then check the site for the most current avalanche report.
See www.wta.org for trail reports and for more snowshoe ideas. Also check out The Seattle Times archive for other good beginner routes: http://seattletimes.com/html/outdoors/2013455739_nwwsnowshoeing18.html.
Beginner snowshoers try running in their new gear, just for fun, during a ranger-guided hike at Snoqualmie Pass.


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Youth services support new LGBT group in Stratford
Youth workers in Stratford are supporting a new group offering advice and information to people who are lesbian, gay, bi-sexual or trans (LGBT).
Created by Voluntary Action Stratford-upon-Avon with funding from Stratford Town Trust, it will provide an opportunity for anyone who is LGBT to drop in for an information chat or take part in a variety of positive activities.
Services will be available to all ages and will run in partnership with Warwickshire Children and Voluntary Youth Service, Terrance Higgins Trust and Warwickshire County Council's Youth and Community Service.
Julia Phillips, VASA Chief Executive, said: "We initiated this project after identifying a major gap in services to and support for the LGBT community in Stratford.
"The backing of our partners has been first class and has ensured that the initiative could become a real partnership project that we believe will be of considerable benefit for the LGBT community."
Gail Newood, Area Youth Worker for Warwickshire County Council's Youth and Community Service, said: "This month is LGBT month, so it is a great opportunity to ask people who are lesbian, gay, bi-sexual or trans about their views on forming a group offering information and support in addition to services already on offer to everyone in Warwickshire.
"It will provide a relaxed environment to chat to youth workers and other professionals, such as community support officers, about any issues or to simply hang out with other young people."
To find out more information contact Julia Phillips at VASA on 01789 298115
or Gail Newood / Vic Jones on 01926 413604 at Warwickshire County Council's Youth and Community Service.

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There are a lot of places women don't get taken seriously as seriously as men — workplaces, sci-fi conventions, the military, politics — but a new study just proved that our culture's tendency to think of women as weak and inconsequential actually has a measurable death toll, in a surprising form: hurricanes. Weather researchers noticed that hurricanes with female names usually result in more deaths. When they charted the numbers, they saw how dramatic the difference really is: in the past 50 years, the most damaging female-named hurricanes averaged 45 deaths each, while the most damaging male-named hurricanes averaged 23. That's nearly double the loss of life. And the results were even more jarring when they compared storms with strong masculine names to storms with strong feminine names. According to the study, "The model suggests that changing a severe hurricane's name from Charley … to Eloise … could nearly triple its death toll." Keep reading »
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Taylor Dalton, 7, looks at classmate Nia Williamson, 7, during stretches in ballet class at American Dance Institute in Greenwood Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. The class, Children's Ballet 1, is taught by Kelsey Hamon, who has been teaching there for about eight years. The American Dance Institute has classes for all ages, and is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the new year.
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Fines assessed for late campaign finance filers in Lake County
By Carrie Napoleon Post-Tribune correspondent December 18, 2012 2:22PM
Updated: January 22, 2013 6:16AM
CROWN POINT — Community groups and PACs whose campaign finance reports for the November general election were filed late or not filed at all have have to pay fines.
The Lake County Board of Elections and Registration on Tuesday levied fines against 12 groups and political action committees that have not properly filed the reports required by law.
The highest fines were leveled against repeat offenders, some who still have not filed the reports. According to a list provided by the Election Board, The Miller Disannexation Committee has been late filing its campaign finance reports six times. The report for November is still not filed. A $300 fine was assessed.
Gary's Democratic Precinct Organization has been late filing five times and has still not filed for the November election. A $250 fine was assessed. Two four-time offenders that have yet to file their reports, Gary's Political/Unicratic Party and the East Chicago Professional Fire Fighters, were fined $200 each.
The Munster Democrats PAC and the Munster Democratic Precinct Organization, also four-time offenders who until Tuesday did not have the paperwork filed, had their $200 fines reduced after filing Tuesday prior to the board meeting and appearing in person to make the request.
Both groups were fined $10 each. The move riled board member Patrick Gabrione, a Republican, who said it makes no sense to have guidelines if board members are just going to alter the amount anyway.
"We're changing the rules in the middle of the day," he said.
Board chairman Kevin Smith disagreed. He said the guidelines were just that and officials have the authority to reduce or eliminate fines if they so choose.
Fines are assessed based on a guideline previously adopted by the board that takes into account several factors, including how late the document was filed.
Also fined for failing to report on time were:
Munster Republicans, who were three days late for the first time. The fine was set at $10.
The Griffith FOP Lodge 161 PAC and ICE PAC, both more than 30 days' late for the first time. Each was fined $20.
Stop Corruption in Lake County was 10 days late for the first time. It was fined $20.
CTE Bielski, Robert, O'Donnell and Kundrich as well as Friends of Lake County Schools are both late for the second time. Neither has filed the report yet. Both were fined $200 each.


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The problem was shaped like a hockey stick.
Enrollment forecasts calculated by Davis Demographics & Planning — included in a study the company presented to Billings School District 2 last summer — showed years of flat student growth followed by a dramatic upward spike in 2010 that continued to rise into perpetuity.
Laid out as a bar graph, the projection looks like a hockey stick.
For analysts, that shape is a big red flag that shows the data may be flawed, said Andy Wildenberg, an associate professor of computer science at Rocky Mountain College.
Wildenberg, a parent in the district, became involved after he learned of some of the issues with the study and attended a board meeting two weeks ago.
"When Davis first came up with their projections, Richard saw there was something wrong," Wildenberg said.
He was talking about Richard Dews, a business teacher in SD2's adult education department and a computer systems expert.
The shortcomings in the study that Dews discovered and the subsequent efforts by SD2 staff members, board trustees and Davis Demographics to address those problems exposed troubling fault lines all through the district.
As Dews tells it, the troubles began two years ago in Thomas Harper's office. At the time, Harper was SD2's chief financial officer and was building the district's budget forecast and needed enrollment projections.
The state allocates money according to how many students a district has enrolled. The better a district can plan for enrollment, the more accurate its budget forecasts will be.
Harper worked off a spreadsheet with enrollment projections supplied by the district. According to Dews, one afternoon the spreadsheet program that Harper was using failed.
Harper called Dews' boss, Woody Jensen, who is director of adult education, and asked Jensen if he knew someone who could help fix the spreadsheet.
Jensen recommended Dews, whom Jensen describes as brilliant.
Dews said that as he worked on the spreadsheet, he immediately saw that what Harper wanted to do couldn't be done with the software he was using.
He discovered also that the reason Harper's spreadsheet wasn't working was because it had been corrupted with enrollment projection data pasted onto the document.
The data had come from SD2's executive directors office, and Dews believes it's the same data the district gave Davis Demographics, and that that's what ultimately led to the hockey stick graph.
The district's data showed extensive growth on the city's West End.
The problem, Dews said, is that when Davis compiled its study, it used those numbers and created an average on which it then based its findings rather than doing its own research.
That specifically is what causes a hockey stick-shaped graph, Dews said.
"To me, it looked like it was an end run," Dews said, a way for some district officials to justify building a school.
Reached last week by telephone, Greg Davis, president of Davis Demographics & Planning, declined to comment.
Dews wanted to take raw numbers and create data sets without averages that could then be used to test the predictions Davis had come up with.
Wildenberg said that was the right move. The ability to test findings and cross-verify conclusions is what makes a study solid and trustworthy, he said.
"The core numbers are numbers that they just eyeballed," Wildenberg said of Davis. "They didn't check their answers."
Kathy Olson, who was director of elementary education at the time, said the district had no sophisticated way to create enrollment projections.
She concedes there were mistakes in the data given to Davis but said that it wasn't intentional, nor was it an effort to justify building a new school.
The intent was to be able to answer enrollment questions, she said.
A year or two before the study was commissioned in 2010, SD2 had purchased software from Davis in an effort to better map where students in the district lived and how best to redraw school boundaries with the information.
"It went far beyond that after I left," said Jack Copps, interim superintendent.
Copps retired in June 2010 and was replaced by Keith Beeman. When the board commissioned Davis for the study in June 2010, the scope expanded from redrawing boundaries to including enrollment projections.
Dews didn't know that the district had software from Davis when he came in to help Harper. So he created his own program using years' worth of birth rates and mobility data to create his enrollment projections.
When Dews finally learned that the district had the Davis software, he couldn't get permission to use it, so he downloaded his own copy as a 30-day free trial and, working with SD2 staffer Daniela Walsh, crafted his own enrollment forecasts.
Dews' forecast showed some growth, but it was far less than what the Davis study had shown in the hockey stick graph.
At that point, district leaders met to decide how best to move forward. When they pointed out the errors to Davis that had been discovered by Dews, the Davis demographers volunteered to just cut their growth projections in half.
Dews said he was taken aback by the response. He believed that Davis should have created a new set of projections using the raw data, as he had done.
As a last-ditch effort to salvage the study, the district agreed to the change proposed by Davis, and Dews was cut out of the project.
At the end of the school year, in June 2011, Beeman ordered that Dews' contract not be renewed by the district. The study he and Walsh had created was buried.
"The only message that I got was, 'You will not renew his contract,'" Jensen said.
It bothered Jensen. He really liked Dews.
"I had no bones with him, loved his work," Jensen said. "I thought he was highly productive."
In the meantime, Beeman asked Barbara Bryan, then the board chairwoman, to rewrite the study in an effort to salvage what was left.
Bryan is a technical writer by profession, and the belief was she could do the rewrite and save the district some money. By this point, the study's cost had ballooned from $40,000 to nearly $60,000. The cost of the software purchased a few years earlier brought the total the district had paid to Davis to about $100,000.
Beeman and Bryan never informed the rest of the board of the troubles with the study or that Bryan had significantly rewritten portions of the study. In her rewrite, she jettisoned recommendations related to the significant growth projected on the West End and added tables to illustrate the data.
"There were a lot of us who didn't know what the right hand or the left hand was doing," said board Chairwoman Teresa Stroebe.
That led to accusations earlier this month that Bryan had purposefully misled the board and manipulated the data. In response, Bryan, who resigned in October, released to the board all of her correspondence with Davis and Beeman regarding the study and their efforts to salvage it.
The correspondence showed that she and Beeman had learned from Dews about the faults in the Davis study and that she had worked with Davis to find a way to correct it. In the end, the two decided she should tackle the rewriting.
For Dews, the handling of the study shows SD2's penchant for making decisions and then gathering data to justify those decisions. He said he went before the board last week to explain his role in the study with the hope of effecting some change in the district.
"If you don't get these things out, you're likely in peril to repeat" these mistakes, Dews said.
On Monday night, trustees directed Copps to work with Dews and Wildenberg to figure out what can be used from the study and report back to the board in March.
Trustees also decided to use a local firm from now on as the district continues to build enrollment forecasts. The district will continue to use the Davis software.
Still, the experience has left some trustees frustrated.
"To me, it's like two years of waste," said Trustee Lindy Graves.


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We've been reasonably positive about Intel's Wireless Display technology since its introduction earlier in 2010, but the platform has a handful of major issues keeping it from being a tool mainstream users will embrace.
If you're not familiar with WiDi, it's essentially a technology built into select laptops running Intel's latest CPUs and chipsets that allows the laptop's display to be wirelessly duplicated on a remote screen (say, a big-screen TV). Though the transmitting hardware is built into the laptop itself, the receiver is a small box that retails for $99 and plugs into the HDMI port of your TV. The big problem with WiDi is that there's perceptible lag between the laptop and TV, making it fine for set-it-and-forget-it video playback, but useless for gaming or real-time Web surfing. It also can't play certain kinds of DRM-protected content, such as Blu-ray, and the current version tops out at a 720p-resolution signal.
The Asus WiCast system solves many of those problems, while injecting a few of its own. The system, which sells for $199, consists of two boxes--a standalone transmitter and receiver--instead of Intel's built-in transmitter and external receiver. This lets you use it with nearly any laptop that has an HDMI port (as well as other devices such as an Xbox 360) but also creates a less-than-portable bundle of hardware that must remain tethered at both ends.
The transmitter is about the size of a small external hard drive, whereas the receiver is larger, about the size of a Wi-Fi router. Both units connect via HDMI cables to your laptop and monitor, and both require power. The receiver must be plugged in via an AC adapter; the transmitter can use an AC adapter or get power from a double USB plug. In either case, you end up with a lot of extra wires and hardware hanging off your laptop.


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Sport24 Blogs vs Sportbud
October 6, 2013 in Uncategorized
Some former Sport24 bloggers set up an alternative platform at Sportbud and have been active at recruiting bloggers away from Sport24 Blogs. As a blogger you need to decide what you are trying to achieve with your blog and whether this has to be an either/or decision.
There are two main issues that I feel should be considered:
1. Audience/traffic: On the Sport24 blogs you have a much larger audience for your blog as you piggyback not only on Sport24 but also on Supersport.com's traffic. At Sportbud your audience consists mainly of your fellow bloggers and some generic traffic you get from search results.
Sport24 is a blogging platform targeting a wider reading public while Sportbud is more a social media site where they are building a community of sport lovers who comment on each others posts. At Sportbud you'll probably get more comments on your posts than on Sport24 where the vast majority of your readers do no actively participate on your blog.
2. Look/feel: Sport24 blogs allow you to set up a dedicated blog with it's own look/feel that's aligned to your blog's focus. At Sportbud there is a generic look/feel and no real sense of individual blogs with the main commentary happening on and from the front page.
With the customisability of the Sport24 blogs you can extend your blog to include advertising, links through to your other web sites, your facebook pages and to other bloggers on other blogging platforms. So far I do not see this customisability on Sportbud.
In the end you need to decide what you want from your blog. Do you want to build a wide readership or do you want more comments on your blog posts? For the short term the second option might outweigh the first – it's always nice to see reaction to one's posts – but new bloggers will join on Sport24 and new readers will post comments.
My decision is to keep going on Sport24 but to also participate on Sportbud. My Sport24 blog gets 15,000 visits a month and I'm not prepared to throw that away.


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Juan M. Sanchez
Dr. Juan M. Sanchez is the Vice President for Research at The University of Texas at Austin and holder of the Temple Foundation Endowed Professorship #4 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his B.S.in Physics at the University of Cordoba, Argentina, 1971; M.S. in Materials Science, 1974; and Ph.D. in Materials Science, 1977 at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Sanchez is the author and co-author of over 140 technical publications on a wide range of topics in materials science and engineering. His current research interests are in the electronic, thermodynamic and structural properties of materials including intermetallic compounds, magnetic and non-magnetic alloys, thin films and magnetic multilayers. Primary interest is the development and application of first principles computational methods for the construction of phase diagrams of multicomponent material systems. Other research interests include the development of laser-controlled selective chemical vapor deposition processes for metals, alloys and ceramics.
Dr. Sanchez serves as a Representative to the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academies, member of the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy of AAAS, and member of the Advisory Council of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. Dr. Sanchez is past member and Chair of the Visiting Committee for Advanced Technology of NIST>, and a past member of the Board of Visitors of the US Army War College.
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- Juan M. Sanchez, "Cluster Expansion and the Configurational Theory of Alloys," The American Physical Society, Vol. 81, (2010), 22, pp. 224202-1 - 224202-13
- A. Diaz-Ortiz, R. Drautz, M. Fahnle, H. Dosch, and J. M. Sanchez, "Structure and Magnetism in bcc-Based Iron-Cobalt Alloys," Phys. Review, Vol. 73, (2006), 224208
- R. Drautz, M. Fahne. And J.M. Sanchez, "General Relations Between Many-Body Potentials and Cluster Expansions in Multicomponent Systems," J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, Vol. 16, (2004), pp. 38-43
- Y. Terada, K. Ohkubo, S. Miura, J.M. Sanchez, T. Mohri, "Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Expansion of L12 Intermetallic Compounds Based on Rhodium," J. Alloys And Compounds, Vol. 354, (2003), pp. 202
- F. Welsch Lechermann, C. Elsässer, C. Ederer, M. Fähnle, J.M. Sanchez, and B. Meyer, "Density-functional Study of Fe-3-Al: LSDA versus GGAF," Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 65, (2002), pp. 132104
- E. Clouet, J.M. Sanchez, and C. Sigli, "First Principles Study of the Solubility of Zr in Al," Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 65, (2002), pp. 094105
- R. Drautz, H. Reichert, M. Fahnle, H. Dosch, and J.M. Sanchez, "Segregation and Ordering at the (110) Surface of Ni-rich NiAl," Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 87, (2001), pp. 236102
- Shaarawi, M.S., Sanchez, J.M., Kan, H., and Manthiram, A., "Modeling Laser Induced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silicon Carbide Rods from Tetramethylsilane," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., Vol. 83, (2000), pp. 1947-1952
- Shaarawi, M.S., Kan, H., Valluri, Sanchez, J.M., Matniram A., "Synthesis and Characterization of Laser Deposited Materials for Ceramic Joining," Ceramic Transactions, Vol. 108, (2000), pp. 1947-1952
- Miura, S., Honma, K., Terada, Y.,, Sanchez, J.M. and Mohri, T., "Mechanical Properties of Rh-based L12 Intermetallic Compounds Rh3, Ti, Rh3Nb and Rh3Ta," Intermetallics, Vol. 8, (2000), pp. 785-791


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"If we are to take back our own country, we have to start making decisions for ourselves, and stop deferring to an ancient and outdated document," said Louis Michael Seidman (emphasis mine throughout). This man teaches constitutional law at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, d.c., and was speaking on one of the big three television networks.


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gregg_vw Posts: 2,427Allen said:
Could they sell a lot of vehicles if they cut prices? You bet. And what do you think that will do to resale values and how much harder will it be to increase prices later?
This is what I think. Cutting prices could easily help resale value. Right now, Lincoln prices are set much higher than actual transaction prices, and THAT is what is hurting resale value at present.
Meanwhile, Ford has shown that you can increase prices AND resale value, if you have a vehicle like the Taurus that people believe is worth the asking price. Lincoln does not have such a vehicle, and until they do, they should not be asking so much money for their cars, when they actually sell them only with big discounts. -
akirby Posts: 7,757Cutting prices would put Lincoln in the same price range as some of the Fords - how is that going to help?
If this was the end game for Lincoln then I would agree with everything you're saying. But it's obviously not. The plan is for much better products that justify the higher prices and until they get them they're just going to settle for lower volumes without cutting prices too much or putting huge rebates on the hood.
There is no wrong or right here - they could go either way. But I think the way they're going currently is setting them up for where they want to be in 3 years and cutting prices would go against that.
You're thinking now and Ford is thinking 5 years from now. Will it work? I think so but we'll have to wait and see. -
carjim Posts: 155AKIRBY's question was ignored, but not by me.
I would definitely consider a Lincoln if it is rear wheel drive, or rear-biased all wheel drive. Because it is neither at present, it can never be on my shopping list. My spouse and I currently drive Infiniti vehicles because we love the handling.
I fell in love with real Lincolns when they came out with those slab sided models back in 1961, I believe. What Ford did to the brand since is a travesty.
Have they learned anything yet? After Ford trashed Jaguar attempting to make it a volume car with the X Type I am not holding my breath. -
akirby Posts: 7,757There is hope because
1 - Ford is making money and can afford to splurge a little on a low volume vehicle
2 - Ford has turned the engineers loose to make the best cars possible
3 - Ford Australia has a nice RWD platform with V8 power readily available
4 - Ford management is totally different than it's ever been -
tom213 Posts: 49Bought a new 2010 MKZ, (only 19 miles on it) but the car was manufactured back in October of 2009. There are several roads in my area that have been open a little more than 2 years now and they are not in the database (it's as if I'm driving through a wheat field!!). So if these roads are not in there, there are obviously more that are missing/revised and then I'm wondering how out of date the POIs are!! Asked the dealer if they would flash a current map and they said I would have to purchase one for $199.00 to get a newer version!! I couldn't believe it!!! I also have a 2007 Tahoe and GM provide me 2 updates for FREE on the first and second anniversary of my purchase date!! I've complained to both Ford Motor Company and the dealer, no luck so far. Dealer told me the update can only be used once and can't be used again. Sounds like a little BS to me... Anybody out there get their dealer to give them an update without cost?? I'm not even asking for a deal like GM had, just a current version that should have been in the car when I drove off the lot!!! Other than that, love the car...
wendanra Posts: 2There are so many posts for the Zephyr that this question may have already been answered. If so, feel free to simply copy the link from the answer instead of retyping. Anyway, I'm in the market to buy new tires for my 2006 Zephyr. I guess I should 1st ask, should I buy them at 53K miles. Winter is coming soon, and I don't expect to own this car for another 50K, so this would be my 2nd and last set of tires. With regards to type of tires, my dealership quoted me $878 for 4 Michelin P225/50R17 tires. I don't know which specific Michelins are currently on my car, but I'm assuming I was quoted for the best and most expensive. They did offer a $60 rebate, but that's not much considering the total. I know there are other quality tires that are less expensive. Anyone have any good ideas on other brands? Bridgestone?
jerrys2 Posts: 188Just replaced at 42k om my 2008 MKZ. Could have gone another 10k, but why not replace them now prior to winter. Expect to trade in 12 to 24 months and would have to replace tires , so why not use them now?
Uniroyal Tiger Paws are about $40 less per tire the Michelin and are made by Michelin, basicaly same tire . Comes with excellent guarentee. I like the tires. Jerry -
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gregg_vw Posts: 2,427Yes, I know I can count on you for a response, but this time your answer seems to indicate that you do not know the answer. If production began in October, and this is now mid-November, you would think someone somewhere would have driven an example by now. Anyway, embargo or no, we ought to be seeing some press soon, or the model might as well become a 2014...as long as sales begin after January 1, that designation is allowed. Hey, wouldn't it be great if the delay was to add something to the design or equipment not announced so far?
akirby Posts: 7,757Ford has been using the same intro procedure for several years now so this isn't anything new. They start building new vehicles and hold them for inspection until the plant builds for 5 consecutive days without a flaw. Could be one week - could be 6 weeks. Depends. The point is it's open ended and even Ford doesn't know how long it will be before they start shipping. In conjunction with a launch like this they provide the press with vehicles to drive but they embargo the reports until closer to the vehicle actually arriving at dealers and to allow the monthly magazines a chance to get their report out around the same time as the online stuff.
I presume the Fusion delays have also had an impact on mkZ production but nobody has come out and said that yet.
No idea why the mkz debut was so late in the year but I suspect it was due to the Fusion launch as well - not wanting to do both at the same time.
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jerrys2 Posts: 188Assume most manufactures have the same quality control policy procedures in place. But why all the hype so early in the year and on the net as well. Seems like they could have coordinated Fusion release if necessary. Love my Lexus ES and the dealership envionment. If MKZ is to save the Lincoln brand Ford should reconsider upgrading dealerships many of whom seem to more devoted to truck sales ... If I wanted to purchase an entry level luxury car would I go to a Ford dealership? If you are considering the Lincoln check out a Lexus dealership ... What a contrast!
akirby Posts: 7,757This was the scheduled release. It was always planned for October.
I'm not aware of other mfrs using an open ended ship date. I believe most if not all do pre builds and inspections but I don't think they have the 5 consecutive day requirement with no specific end date to start shipping. It does make it frustrating for people waiting for the vehicles to arrive but it also ensures the best possible quality once they do start shipping.
I guess you missed all the reports of the Lincoln dealership overhauls. They're targeting stand alone buildings with a luxury experience similar to Lexus. 80% of the Lincoln dealers are investing at least a million bucks to do that. But Rome wasn't built in a day - give them a couple of years to get there. -
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gregg_vw Posts: 2,427http://www.autoweek.com/article/20121121/CARREVIEWS/121129978
It seems to beat the new ES350 at its own game, and with a lower price to boot. Seems very well received. The downsides are few: while bigger on the outside, interior space is several cubic feet less than the Fusion. The ES350 offers more space. And like other reviews of this engine, the 2.0 liter four at full song does not sound like luxury. However, the V6 is available for those who want it. -
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akirby Posts: 7,757Now compare that review with the 2013 ES350 which is also based on a cheaper mid-sized sedan and which doesn't seem to have any advantages over the MKZ except maybe the sound system.
No double standard there. Nope.


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Phase 6: Important Foreshadowing Staring at herself in the mirror in her private rooms, Luxanna Crownguard was the very image of beauty. Her curly hair was mostly done up in a bun, save for two locks which were allowed to dangle in front of her face. She wore an elegant silver tiara with inlaid emeralds, the same green as her eyes, and her billowing white dress had dozens of tiny prisms woven into the fabric. With a tiny effort, she could play with the light around her and make rainbows dance over the dress. She was a lovely young woman, dressed in the finest and most regal fashions, and she was sure to break the hearts of many young bachelors of Valoran. Her maids, Delia and Bethsheba, stood on either side of her and beamed with pride at their lovely mistress. But such loveliness concealed a terrible secret. Her bedroom door opened with a crash as Lux's mother, Brickianna Crownguard, charged in. She was three hundred pounds of meat and muscle in a billowing indigo dress. Lady Brick's eyes, tiny little eyes with tremendous fury and concentration, gave each of Lux's maids one withering glance. Delia snapped to attention, turning to face her lady's mother fully, while Bethsheba, unprepared for the very focused anger of the Crownguard matriarch's gaze, suffered a massive cardiac event and died instantly. "Luxanna!" Lady Brick shouted. Lux swallowed, but steeled herself and turned to face her mother. "Yes, mother?" Lady Brick stamped into the room. She looked Delia up and down. "Where has my daughter hidden it?" Delia averted her eyes from the matriarch, unable to bear eye contact. "I…I do not know what you…" Lady Brick breathed in and out slowly. They were deep breaths, menacing breaths, breaths that said "I'm going to kill you." Lady Brick also blinked her eyes in a way that reminded everyone that no one would ever question her for killing a servant. Her gall bladder also produced bile in exactly such a way as to communicate that Delia had really ought to just come clean. "Delia," Lux urged, desperately but in vain. "I'm sorry, my lady…" Delia said. "It's…it's in a hidden pocket near her waist." "Delia!" Lux cried, but too late. Her mother was on her already, and with surprising deftness, Lady Brick's huge meaty hands found the compartment in Lux's dress. Before Lux could raise a hand in protest, her mother had pulled out her secret treasure: a steak and cheese sandwich with peppers and onions, still hot and wrapped in wax paper. "Daughter…" Lady Brick whispered in disappointment. "Mother, I…I'm sorry." "What would happen if people knew, Lux? Can you imagine the shame, the infamy that you would bring down on this house if it were made known that our daughter was a…was a…" Lux's face twisted in shame and anger. "Go ahead, say it! Say what I am, mother! Or are you that disgusted?" Lady Brick stared in empty despair at the steak and cheese. Delia ran weeping from the room. "You're…" "I'm a SNACKER, mother!" Lux screamed, tears in her eyes. "The gods may damn me for it, but I AM A SNACKER! Look!" She opened another compartment, hidden in the billows of her skirts, and pulled out several cookies and a cheese croissant. "Look at your lovely daughter, mother!" She twisted these words with malice as she threw these snacks at her mother and reached into another hidden pocket, pulling out a whole apple pie with streusel topping. She threw this to the floor. "Look at me!" "Oh, Lux…" "This is what you came to see, isn't it? Then see it now!" Lux cried, opening her purse to reveal about a quarter pound of really good raw ground beef, grass-fed heritage stuff from a top-quality rancher, hardcore snacking indeed. She kept digging into her pockets and throwing her hidden snacks to the floor, a bag of chocolate bonbons here, a life brook trout there, until her rage and grief overcame her and she fell to her knees, sobbing. And as Lady Brick came over to console her daughter…Lux began snacking. The Crownguards were not all smiles and sunshine. They were a very old family, and while they had always prided themselves on their virtue and loyalty, Lux's ancestors had seen many of the worst periods of the Rune Wars, and war, particularly all-out magical war, has a tendency to wear on virtue and loyalty. Five hundred years ago, the family was led by the Baron Felix Crownguard, known variously as Felix the Fat, Fat-Ass Felix, and Baron Fatty Fatty Pieface. His appetite for snacks was matched only by his aptitude for the dark arts, and he made ample use of the latter to satisfy the former. Under the guise of defending Demacian glory, Baron Felix provoked many wars and performed many less-than-honorable deeds to fill his coffers and, thus, his pantries. While his sins were many and various, by all accounts his greatest atrocity was his last, when he assembled a cabal of his most loyal and fearsome rune-priests to turn the neighboring city-state of Gustacia, along with all its lands, structures, and inhabitants, into decadent chocolate fudge. He and his sorcerers feasted, thinking they had exterminated the Gustacians to the last man, and so they allowed themselves to glut themselves completely on fudge and to fall into a deep, victorious fudge stupor. This, of course, is the subject of Dalarhune's Fatty Fatty Pieface at Gustacia, which further details the publically known version of what followed: Felix was struck by a powerful curse, fueled by the dying vengeance of an entire city-state, and he proceeded to devour each of the rune-priests who'd been involved, then all of his soldiers, then all of his riches, and finally himself. The Crownguards had long since distanced themselves from their ancestor, and no one held the modern Crownguards responsible for his wrongdoings; that had been the Rune Wars, after all, and most noble houses had some ancestor or another who'd done insane, genocidal things back then. It had been the nature of the time, as it was the nature of the time now to forgive and forget the sins of the barbaric past. What wasn't well known, though, was that Felix hadn't just been hit with a curse – he'd gotten hit with a bloodline curse, right in the face, and those take an awful long time to forgive and forget. It had diluted over time somewhat, and it sometimes skipped a generation or two, but Lux had gotten it bad. She had the hunger of a Void beast, insatiable and ravenous, and while she had received enough training and undergone enough soothing rituals that she would probably not be in any physical danger, there were other concerns. For instance, as she prepared to step into society as a grown woman, might it be a little put-offish that Lux might just up and eat a whole bag of flour in one sitting, or wake up in the middle of the night and order as many as five omelets before going back to sleep? She was a snacker. This was a new age and all sorts of things were becoming acceptable, but some things were still uncouth and unattractive. And as Lux looked down at her gown, once so beautiful, now covered in grease, hot sauce, and ground beef, she supposed she knew what side of that line she stood on now. A snacker. Oh, gods. Where, oh where, would they ever find a bachelor who could accept that? Lux burped, wiping her tears away with one greasy hand. She nodded. "All right," she said to her mother. "All right. Get the maids back. Let's…I'm ready to go out."
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Thank you for the kind words. Working on the next section now.
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I and another friend are going to be sharing space in a massive studio, possibly the largest in the Lehigh Valley. If you think that you would like to be a part of this new venture, let me know. There is painting and decorating to be done. In fact several improvements to the space will make our delivery several weeks away, so keep on the lookout for the opening reception.
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Hi, Everyone I love, love, love the look of my Honey Maid Holly. Yellowish-Cream variagated leaves with a bluish tone to the green part of the leaf and burgundy stems. The problem is height! I would like to put a holly as close as possible to the look of the Honey Maid in a different area that needs a shorter plant (3-5 foot range). Do you know of a holly that looks similar but grows shorter? Yes, I could keep it trimmed, but would rather just have a shorter variety. Thanks so much! |
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every plant has an annual growth rate.. that usually can be found thru google ... and no plant really stops growing at some magical height.. most height ESTIMATES are at 10 years ... its all about how fast it gets to a height.. and how fast it goes past ... so if a plant grows a foot a year.. in 3 to 5 years.. you would need to trim it ... if it grow 6 inches a year.. you would need to trim it in 6 to 10 years ... so you will have to search out a slower growing.. slower annual growth rate alternative ... good luck with that.. lol.. we all have are dream plants ... lol.. my HMH after about 8 years.. in MI sand.. is only about 4 feet tall.. so i am a bit confused why yours is so much bigger.. but maybe its a MI thing ... or my abuse ... [though it was under a carp acer that tried to suck the life out of it for its first 4 years or so ... really perked up.. when i killed the tree ...] ken |
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Not sure how it would do in your zone, but you might look into Ilex aquifolium 'Gold Coast'. It might need a bit of shade in your zone? You don't describe the exposure. I have both Gold Coast and Honey Maid. Honestly my Honey Maid looks to be a slower grower, but if it does every 'take off' no doubt some simple shearing would keep it in bounds. Gold Coast is a male, so you won't get berries, but it is a good pollenator for other female hollies that bloom at the same time. Also, for 7B, you might check into variegated Pittosporum. |
Gold Coast looks wonderful, perfect height, thanks so much! |
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Just for fun, here are listed heights for these five Rockets centers, per Basketball-Reference:
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The 14th annual Rhode Island Horror Film Festival brings the spooky and ghoulish horrors of 56 films to four locations statewide beginning Thursday, Oct. 17, and continuing through Sunday, Oct. 20.
The festival, which is the scary part of the FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), includes short, feature-length and documentary films, a number of which are world or American premiere showings.
The fright-filled films were selected from 521 submissions and represent 19 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Chile, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the U.S.
"We are trying to challenge the horror film genre," said Shawn Quirk, RIIFF's programming director. "All types of films [such as] psychological horror and dark science fiction. Not just slasher movies, but a new type of fright."
The festival kicks off Thursday at 7 p.m. with the Opening Night Spooktacular at the Bell Street Chapel Theatre, 5 Bell St., Providence. Screenings include "The Body" (United Kingdom); "Night Giant" (Canada); "Beware of Children!" (Switzerland); "Horizante" (Spain); "Recoil" (USA); "The Wound" (USA); and "The Swimmer" (Australia).
That same night, also at 7, "RIIFF Eerie Shorts of Horror" go on screen at the Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley St. The program includes "From the Woods" (USA); "Chambre Double" (Belgium); "The Followed" (UK); "Geist" (USA); "Grandpa" (Australia); "Hotel" (Spain); and "Hangers" (USA).
Those interested in the behind-the-scenes aspects of the horror and sci-fi film business can head to the Bristol campus of Roger Williams University and the Mary Tefft White Culture Center in the university library Friday at 10 a.m. for a free program featuring filmmaker Patricia Chica; Shawn Quirk, RIIFF programming director, and Steven Feinberg, executive director of the Rhode Island Film & Television Office.
Friday's screenings begin at 1 p.m. at the Providence Public Library, 150 Empire St., with a free program from the Dark Fantasy genre. The evening's films begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Bell Street Chapel Theatre and there is a "date night of terror" at 7:30 p.m. at the PAFF Auditorium, URI's Feinstein Campus, 80 Washington St., Providence.
The Bell Street Chapel Theatre has film programs Saturday at 3, 6:30 and 9 p.m.; the PAFF Auditorium is the venue for a collection of films with Rhode Island ties in the "Providence Underground Film Festival" at 7:30 p.m.
And what would horror in Providence be without H.P. Lovecraft? Tours of some of the favorite haunts of the master of horror will be featured during the "H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour" staged in collaboration with the Rhode Island Historical Society. The tour steps off Saturday at 11 a.m. and Sunday at noon from the John Brown House, 52 Power St., Providence. The cost is $18 and includes a ticket to screenings of short films inspired by Lovecraft's stories.
General admission is $10 per person, with festival six-packs (good year round and at any RIIFF film event) available for $40. Group discounts can be arranged by calling the film festival's office at (401) 861-4445.
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Homemade (vegan) dinner rolls for a warm welcome on Meatless Monday
Soup is a winter favorite for lots of cooks -- it's easy, it's cheap and it's filling on a cold day. And a little effort nets you a big pot that can last several days (or feed lots of people). But for hungry eaters who aren't satisfied by a bowl of soup, homemade dinner rolls are just the ticket. And you can't beat the way they warm the house, filling it with the smell of fresh-baked bread!
See also: Split-pea soup to help chase away winter for Meatless Monday
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Howdy folks and welcome to another edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. Quite a few interesting stories this week so let's see what's going on in the world of tech outside of Apple and Google.
Discounted Kindle
Amazon has released an ad supported WiFi-only Kindle that is selling for $114. That of course is $25 cheaper than the $139 model. Personally, I would rather spend the extra $25 and avoid the ads.
RIP, Flip Video
Cisco last week pulled the plug on its Flip Video mini video cameras. I'm not surprised by this, I don't think Cisco knew how to properly market a video camera in the age of iPhone and Android devices that offer similar specs. Course one could argue that Cisco had no business buying Flip in the first place. I would agree and I think there is one thing Cisco does well...build network devices and quite frankly they should just stick with that.
T-Mobile's Unlimited Data at Limited Speed Plan
T-Mobile announced a new "even more" unlimited 4G data plan for $80 a month. There is one catch though, once you surpass the 2GB threshold, your speed will be throttled back until the next billing cycle. Basically this is like driving a Ferrari at or below the speed limit. A Ferrari is meant to do one thing...drive really, really fast and break all speed limits. Try again T-Mobile!
White House Pushes Plan for Secure Internet ID's
The Obama Administration has unveiled its plan for a national internet ... that they say will be voluntary. This video explains the program better than I could in this space.
eBook sales Triple, Paper Books Decline
It sure looks like the age of the eBook's are here to stay. Sales of them tripled in February over the same period last year. A lot of that helped by the iPad which in February of last year, did not exist yet to the consumer. At the same time, paper books saw a sharp decline in sales. Course with news of Borders closing stores, this is not a big surprise. I haven't been to a Barnes & Noble store in quite a while, instead I visiting the Kindle store online for my reading on my iPad.
Paul Allen: Working with Bill Gates, Like Being in Hell
Paul Allen has a new book out and he doesn't hold back with regard to Bill Gates saying, "working wit... He also appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday as part of his book promotion. WOW! So glad Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, have a friendlier relationship.
Well, that is going to do it for this edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. See you all next week for another installment of tech news.
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On 07/18/2010 06:03 PM, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: > On 18-07-2010 20:26, Petteri Räty wrote: >> I propose we add a statement to our list FAQ to ban cross posting the >> reason being that it leads to fragmentation of the thread when some >> people reply on one list and some on the other (and they aren't required >> to be subscribed to both). ++ > > I can live with the cross-posting, in particular if it makes easier to > find an old thread - if the council meeting threads were sent to both > gentoo-council and gentoo-dev, it would certainly be easier to find it > on gentoo-council archives than gentoo-dev's. Why not just post it on gentoo-council? Anybody interested in the discussion could participate there. The first message in the thread could of course be posted to -dev-announce with follow-ups to the proper list. I've been reading this discussion now in three different lists, illustrating the fragmentation problem. For those who suggest a better mail reader - I'm all ears. My requirements apparently are: 1. GUI - one that works with a mouse. 2. Basic editing functionality (spell check, re-wrapping, etc), with all functions accessible via the GUI. 3. Handles threads split across two different lists with not all replies being cross-posted to all lists, turning them into a cohesive discussion. 4. Otherwise, doesn't mix up stuff from multiple lists. 5. Does all of this in spite of the fact that procmail is set to mercilessly destroy anything with a duplicate message ID before the mail client even sees it. Alternatively, mail client must handle when I get the same email 5 times via 5 different email addresses that were all CC'ed so that procmail doesn't have to take care of it. Of course, not cross-posting like mad lets me cross off #3 and #5, meaning that just about anything out there works. I'm not aware of a mail reader that meets these requirements... Frankly I'd be happy to just follow the discussion on gmane except that even most news readers can't handle this sort of mess. If devs want to follow what the council is doing, they should subscribe to -council. If devs want to have input on big policy changes that aren't strictly coding related they can follow -project. Of course, no matter what lists they follow the important stuff can go on -dev-announce first. Just my two cents... Obviously I've been putting up with this sort of thing for years, so this is hardly going to be the thing that drives me over the edge... :) Rich
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