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Odium: At the bottom
25/10/12 || Pr0nogo
As a five piece melodic death metal act from Canada, Odium have released two full lengths thus far in their career. Their first record, "At the Bottom", was well-received – and for good reason. From the get-go, Odium demonstrated a powerful musical force, a varying range across both guitars and vocals, and an extremely confusing assortment of lyrics; yet despite what the Canadians have done with this record, their debut receives a meagre 6. What really holds "At the Bottom" back from a higher score is not what they do with the album, but rather what they don't do with it.
The first thing you hear from "At the Bottom" is a slow attempt at atmosphere and tension building before they explode into the metal aspect. A problem immediately arises with this kind of introduction, and that problem is that Odium fails to execute it in a flattering way. It comes off instead as a miserable attempt to add depth where none is really needed. When the metal comes, though, things get a lot more tolerable; the guitars and drums have an intense chemistry that's imperative if you're going to structure your songs the way the Canadians do, and while the album suffers from the inclusion of undeveloped clean vocals, the harsh vocals compliment the sound very well. The biggest complaint, which I feel trumps the failed attempts at tension and atmosphere, is the song structuring itself. The tracks of "At the Bottom" are very predictable, and Odium flat-out tells us that they are very early on. Their attempts to conceal the repetition end with the introductions of each track. Afterwards, it's almost always the same three to five parts repeated ad nauseam, which gets stale quickly. If the variations seen in the intro had been integrated into the song as repeating parts themselves, the structuring would have at least had a more palpable illusion of variance. I mean, hurr durr football.
Bad songwriting aside, the sound of "At the Bottom" itself is slightly more enjoyable; the screamed vocals reinforce the heaviness of the band's overall mixing, and provide the ram's head with which they batter down your front gates. Indeed, aside from being very powerful, the vocals have extremely well-done highs similar to Wretched. The rest of Odium's vocal range, however, suffers between the states of mediocre to boring; the harsh vocals that aren't highs are often dull mids that weren't even given the time of the producer's day to ascend to a more powerful point, and the cleans are done in a distasteful, even whiney fashion that reminds me more of nu metal than death metal. The highs appear often enough for you not to cringe too much if you don't read the lyrics; half of the time, the lyrics are about a combination of high school girlfriends and Jesus. The other half, they walk the line between intelligent social commentary and boring contrivances that no one cares about. I told you they were fucking confusing.
The guitars are probably the only redeeming instrument in the whole mix (unless you count one third of the vocals an instrument, in which case, fuck you). While they can be extremely simplistic at times, most of "At the Bottom" is composed of semi-predictable leads, enjoyable solos, and leads that do their job in leading the instrumentation. Truly nothing spectacular, but the guitarwork is solid enough to provide an adequate backing for everything else. The bass, on the other hand, is so "follow the leader" it's not even funny. You know how I know it's not even funny? I didn't laugh a single time – and I laugh at anything. Anything except basswork that doesn't even try to stick out, or perhaps was merely buried by everything else when the album was mixed and produced.
The drums tend to follow the guitar leads, much like the bass, with a few notable exceptions; for some reason, the drum fills are far more varied during the beginnings and ends of certain songs, which serves to add a lot to the sound. Then, the originality vanishes, and it goes back to being leashed to the guitars like a good little drum fill. The drums are to the instrumentation as the inclusion of Jesus is to Odium's vocals; they just confuse listeners. In the end, "At the Bottom" is just another death metal release that even has some merit in the metalcore genre, but one of a less cynical nature can look at it as ate first stepping stone to something bigger. Hell, I'm a cynic, and even I look to this full-length as an un-evolved, early prototype of what Odium could achieve. If you want to get into this band, but this album doesn't do it for you, go listen to their next full length. "Burning the Bridges to Nowhere" is superior to this record in every way, making it undoubtedly a more matured release that should serve as a quality benchmark for their next release. For what it's worth, the Canadians learned from their mistakes – and they did it before I had to tell them to! Good fuckin' idea, lads. Share the secret with all the shitty bands I still have to review…
Recommended Tracks:
1.) "Oblivion's Gate"
3.) "Serenity's End"
5.) "At the Bottom"
9.) "Need to Exist"
- Information
- Released: 2009
- Label: Year of the Sun Records
- Website: Odium MySpace
- Band
- Tom Emmans: vocals
- Andrew Fullerton: guitars
- Bo Louther: guitars
- Dale Burrows: bass, backing vocals
- Joe Mullen: drums
- Tracklist
- 01. Oblivion's gate
- 02. Frailty
- 03. Serenity's end
- 04. Population zero
- 05. At the bottom
- 06. It goes cold
- 07. The failure
- 08. Lifting the veil
- 09. Need to exist
- 10. The abyss stared back


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Series 3 minifigs now in Argos
Posted by Huw,The series 3 figs are now in Argos, along with the Ninjago spinners. Reserve online, then pick up in store!
Thanks to Avacadoturban for the news. He believes that high-street branches will get 2 boxes each, so they may not last long.
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good if you live in the UK... but thankfully they've been out a while in toyworld now.
so this will maybe be the start of them finally rolling out across WHS, TRU etc etc...i have no money left from Christmas though until the end of the month!
Forgot to say that there are indeed 4 Fisherman and 3 Aliens in the UK box assortments, unlike the early 2 Fisherman per box reported in the US.
Yay for the UK (hey that rhymes). Sadly, I'm probably not going to get any, since other people are going to beat me to the 'figs here in Canada.
I have been told that we here in Canada (at least on the west coast) will not be seeing the figs till mid to late Jan and as late as early Feb. TRU and Walmart.
Woohoo! Reserved! Probably just my experience, but it appeared there were more figs available in my local Argos this time round, as i was able to reserve plenty, and there were still lots more in stock.
On this subject, to anybody who missed out on series 1 and/or 2, I have ONE complete sealed set of both, which i'd be happy to see go to a loving home, anybody interested just send me a message via my profile. Don't be slow though, as i do only have ONE spare set of each - (i'm not a trader, I bought one for display and the other for MOCs, but i've not got round to any MOCs, so they're just sitting there unopened, and i'd quite like them to be enjoyed by someone now). Cheers.
Still no word at target huh? I scanned my pack like a week ago and it wasn't even in their system yet...
They probably wont get this series
I think Target got burned by series 2. By this I mean they probably had a lot of people buying cases for $1.99. They probably lost quite a bit of money on it all. I would be surprised to see Target carry any further series minifigures.
They're out of stock in the whole of Cheshire/ Manchester :-(
starfire2 Do you mean the whole case for $1.99:-)
Or 60x$1.99
They're also selling them at Amazon.co.uk for £1.99 with free delivery.
Not listed yet on the Irish Argos website (www.argos.ie). I guess I'll check in-store tomorrow all the same.
Couldn't believe the oceans of Series 2 still in the shops in Munich, Germany before Christmas.
Here in Ireland Series 1/2 were pretty available for a while (easy to find in multiple stores - Argos, Smyths Toys, Art & Hobby), but after a couple of months were sold out in most places. The shops probably got it just about right in terms of stocking levels as the last few boxes were slower to sell.
Got them in Eastbourne! Yeah baby yeah! I think I'll calm down now. Oh and they still have an entire box of Series 1 (!) Minifigures left in Tesco Extra Eastbourne!
@CapnRex101 - do you go there often? Could you buy me a skater and a diver and I'll send you cash in post? (or swap for ninjas) Please??? Thanks. Did you get the S3 in tesco?
@atkinsar - are they??? I can't find them. Please can you post a link?
@LegoCoastGuard, I have a spare diver and skater if you would like them. Please contact me through Brickset or email
Got a whole box via my local Argos. I'll work out which ones I want from the box and then return the rest (I checked with the manager that this was ok, and it was, so long as the packs remained unopened). Reading the dots in-store is gonna be near impossible ... they're hard to detect on the quick glance I had.
Here we go a link to them -
Gonna go get some today don't wanna miss out.
Link to series 3 on Amazon UK:
But just search on lego 8803 and you'll find them.
They aren't officially out in TRU yet but most of the stores have had them delivered.
If you ask very nicely at customer services they will let you buy a full box before they go out on the shelves (my gf just managed to get me a full box from TRU in Milton Keynes) :-)
I meant a box of 60.
Just got 6 from Argos tried loking at the dots but found it difficult. My wife will prob be better at it. But did manage to goet 6 different ones. FIsherman, alien, cyborg, Mummy, Smurai, Sumo. All very nice. Wifey is Picking up 5 more form Argos near her work place.
Fisherman is great although the bread is a little loose. Also no spare parts this time round.
atkinsar: I searched for lego minifigures and I got individuals and series 2 random.
I want some of these badly. When I went to TRU on the 2nd, they had the NinjaGo sets and the spinners. I got the dartboard set, and Cole is quite cool.
Ordered 20 for collection from my local Argos on the way home from work today. Wonder how many duplicates I'll get!
@LegoCoastGuard - they are there I promise. Did you try the link in my previous comment? Alternatively, just go here: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8803-0 and click on the Links tab, then select Amazon.co.uk under the 'For Sale' section.
Just popped by my local Argos, picked up 10 minifigs, 8 of which were different ones. They had two boxes but there was some kind of bizarre complication which said each one costs £9,999! Of course, they did only charge me £1.99 for each in the end :P
Ah well...someone will come along and raid my nearest stores, and i will have to pay £££ for them online. Oh well, one can hope...
In my local Argos they hadn't got the Minifigures onto their computer system, so couldn't sell them to me! But I went back later and then they could, I was in there for half an hour working out what figures were in the packets with the reference sheet and bought twelve, all different!
Anyway, I still need the Native American (not Red Indian, we have to be politically correct, tut tut) Chief, the Alien, the Sumo and the Elf. You have got to love the Fisherman, just brilliant.
Snaffled a bunch from my local Argos. Staff in store were very helpful and intrigued by the whole identification process (I had 4 helping me at one point!). The dimples (innies and outies?) are incredibly difficult to work with. Out of 15 I ended up with a few multiples (sumos, hulas, tennis players and pilots).
I just got back from my local argos, they had 2 boxes and I tore them apart searching for the fisherman but in the end i got the mummy, samuri, baseball player, elf, tribal chief and gorilla suit guy by using the brail sheet. It was eye-straining and frustrating at times 'cause the dots were small and sometimes really small. I found it strange the staff didn't ask me to stop but I could see they were annoyed.
I just purchased 10 from Argos in Ashton. The dots are difficult, but I only got 1 duplicate. Unlike bodybomb3, the staff in Ashton were more then helpful, and as the only person in the shop were more than willing to look at the dots with me. The manager seemed to be enjoying himself! They only had 1 box, 43 left after my visit, and I got the one's I wanted (Fisherman, Gorilla, Mummy and Snowboarder)
Thanks for all this feedback: it's interesting how the shop staff's attitide is different but I think we're all in agreement about the dots: they are impossible to decode with 100% accuracy!
AGH! Purchased a box in Argos tonight and have spent 3 hours trying to decipher the dots. Some are easy but the majority you have no chance of identifying! Trust me when I tell you this - THE DOTS DO NOT WORK TO GUARANTEE YOUR FIGURE. I'm going to have to crack open all 60 packs.
I too found the dots very difficult to decipher. The Elf proved particularly elusive. Mind you, I only got 3 duplicates out of the ones I opened in my attempt to find the complete set. The rest will be returned to Argos tomorrow so someone else can have the opportunity to buy them :)
Got 16 from LegoShop@Home yesterday, just finished trying to identify them via a combination of dots and feeling the bag, I think I was getting pretty good by the end but it definitely takes both methods to be sure, the dots are very inconsistent. When feeling the bags it's all about isolating and identifying the unique accessory.
There is no way I'd feel comfortable using either of these methods in a store. Not having a go at those that do, it's just that I'd be way too embarrassed to stand there feeling the bags and staring at them for that amount of time!!
Anyway, I've got 11 unique opened and 5 duplicates still sealed (well, I'm 95% certain I've got 5 duplicates!). Duplicates-wise I have the Elf, Sumo, Rapper, Snowboarder and Alien. I still need the Fisherman, Baseball Player, Gorilla Suit Guy, Pilot and Space Villian.
Feeling, touching, squeezing... all part of the fun. And activities generally enjoyed in private.
@bigospedros - Don't even get me started on how long I spent trying to find an elf earlier. I was looking through the box with a child of about eight, he picked three at random, opened one of them in the shop and said 'look mummy, I got an elf!' I thought 'damn you young man... damn you to...'
Picked up five from the Exeter TRU this afternoon (Friday). Very happy for me to stand around staring at dots. And I got the five I was after.
Note: I saw two boxes at my local TRU.
Very strange that some staff attitudes were less than happy :/ My local branch (in Yeovil, Somerset) told me to 'rip it (the box) up if I have to' which I found most amusing :P Still no gorilla suit guy though! *Fumes*
A quick heads-up after visiting two Argos stores this morning and coming away empty handed...
The figures have been taken off sale until further notice as their head office has realised they should not be sold for £1.99. Presumably this is the VAT thing, as series 2 are priced at just over £2, and the new series needs to be adjusted to the same. The two managers I spoke to said that this may well not happen until Monday now, and all stores have been instructed not to sell the figures until the price is amended.
Hopefully this is just a few stores...
When i went to Castlevale's Argos, I had 7 people helping me to find the last figure I needed in series 2. Three weeks before this happened I went there and got my first series two figures. The lady at the counter said "somebody came in a few days ago with a sheet and spent ages looking through the boxes". Was this you?
Got 5 packs on my way back from work yesterday. Got 2 mummies, snowboarder, space villain and the elf(the only 1 i wanted from the series). Didnt get a chance to feel the bags...had to order em at the tills. There were no boxes out for customers to look through...
Got embarrassed trying to feel the packets in my local Argos, although the sales girl didn't seem to mind, so selected 12 at random from around the box. Spent some time feeling the packets at home (dots were no more than a slight help) and managed to identify all but 1, got 9 different and 3 duplicates to go back - not too bad a result. Managed to get an elf, but no gorilla suit guy or fisherman.
Another trip to my local Argos and again staff were helpful and amused. This time they brought the whole box out and watched as I scanned through. Now only missing the rapper, chief and gorilla guy. Duplicate of the fisherman on this trip. That is me done now, I cannot be doing with this new dot method!
Tried two different Argos branches in last 48 hours - no joy. Local toy shop said they were getting them Monday and will try the Argos nearest to work again, but peeved at a fruitless morning of chasing. Nothing at WH Smiths either - and their staff look at you like you've asked for a bag of Ebola virus!
went into my two local argos stores this afternoon and picked up some figures, I did it randomly, by picking every 3/4 figure and managed to get nearly all of them and 3 elves which I was pretty impressed with. Got them home and tried the dots thing but it was very hit and miss! Anyway, I have the full set now and some extras for selling or swapping.
Got 5 packs on my way back from work yesterday. Got 2 mummies, snowboarder, space villain and the elf(the only 1 i wanted from the series). Didnt get a chance to feel the bags...had to order em at the tills. There were no boxes out for customers to look through...
My local TRU had 4 boxes, but they were positioned next to the queues, making it hard to feel or compare with a sheet for the one you wanted.
They are now in TRU Bristol. Bought a box today.
As my boy puts "i'm so happy" after going to Argos and getting most of the ones i needed i then went to TRU in Bristol and felt for the 3 missing ones i needed. The Chief, Gorilla and Baseball player.
So bought a grand total of 24 figs and have some dupes. Dots are near impossible to read in store i got most of mie by blind luck then felt the last 3. Will try and pick up a few more packs but lucky dip them. TRU Brislington had a box on each till (4) and 2 boxes on display.
Also picked up the 2 ninjago small sets.
Just spent an hour in Argos with my mum, looking for a specific five; fisherman, elf, gorilla suit guy, rapper, baseball player.
The assistant kindly allowed me to look through the box 'for as long as you [I] like'. Another assistant helped me locate the minifigures; she seemed to be familiar with this process. Although I was the first to touch this unopened box of Series 3, she'd helped quite a few people out with Series 1 & 2.
I came back not too successful, and ended up with tribal chief, samurai, snowboarder, two mummies, elf, tennis player, racecar driver, alien, hula girl and two baseball players. No rapper, or gorilla suit guy for me. And I was too busy attempting to get that damn monkey man, I forgot about the ol' fisherman. I'm likely to put my duplicate mummy on ebay, though I might be keeping the two baseball players to build up a team.
Sounds like no one has located a gorilla suit guy, from the comments I've read!
look above i did, by feeling for the head.
@Cowbell03: good to know you ended up with a couple of the ones you were looking for - I've got a feeling that the Elf will become highly sought-after by the Castle/Kingdoms fans.
There are about 4 Fishermen and 4/5 Gorilla Suit Guys in each box; you're best bet is to feel for the Fisherman's fish and fishing pole, and the banana with the Gorilla Suit Guy is pretty easy to make out. Happy hunting :)
I bought a box in Walthamstow Argos (London). Interesting that their stock checker terminal said they had 60 (a full box) but when they pulled the box out of the stock room and counted, there were only 50 packs. Wonder what happened to the other 10. The manager said they had a big problem with the Series 2 figs going missing, i.e. being pinched, muttering dark words about negative sales.
Has anyone else bought a box from Argos to sort at home. I bought one today and found the dots are great at identifying some figures but a waste of time on others. The cyborg had no dots at all on the packets, just had to feel the round leg. Also it appears the box I got from Argos only had 2 fisherman and 5 Aliens like the initial US boxes. Anyone else found this to be the case??? The Manager at my nearest Argos was great, the system indicated I could not buy 60, which he overuled and he is happy for me to take back any I do not need as long at the packets are still sealed. Happy Days apart from only 2 fisherman!!! oh and I only paid £1.99 per packet.
@Rich69: I can confirm everything you just said. I've spent the day sorting a box from Argos: 5 aliens, 2 fishermen. And also that the dots are good as a guide but can't be relied on without having seen each pack for yourself to compare with reality, I very quickly had to draw up my own dot sheet as I went, while feeling out the unique parts to confirm suspicions. The cheat sheet was a good starting point, but by the end I had some very different dot-patterns to some of those on the sheet... I guess it's down to each person's eye sight as to what leaps out at them.
Oh yes, and £1.99 for me too.
In my box from Argos I got:
3 Aliens, Snowboarders, Elfs, Indians, Hula Dancers, Rappers & Cyborgs.
4 Fishermen, Pilots, Samurais, Tennis Players, Gorilla Suit guys & Baseball Players.
5 Sumo Wrestlers, Mummies & Racecar drivers.
It seems to me it is pot luck what you get. Elf is well cool!
After two trips I only need seven more: Indian, Alien, Elf, Rapper, Fisherman, Pilot and Tennis Player
No luck at my Argos :( I guess somebody/some people must of got there first and snagged the boxes - I can live without an elf though...
In my box from Argos I got:
2 Fishermen & Cyborgs
3 Snowboarders, Elfs, Indians, Hula Dancers, Rappers.
4 Pilots, Samurais, Tennis Players, Gorilla Suit guys
5 Sumo Wrestlers, Baseball Players, Aliens, Mummies & Racecar drivers.
Dots are a good 'guide' but 5 did'nt have dots at all.
Woman in Argos looked at me gone out when i asked for all of them, the box had no lid on so not sure if any had been swapped with a previous box at 1st, but looking at previous posts it dos'nt look like you are gaurenteed 3 sets if you do by a box like i found with series 1 & 2.
Just visited Argos again today! I got the three I was wanting most; gorilla suit guy, rapper and fisherman.
I knew I'd overlooked the gorilla and fisherman yesterday, but I swear the rapper was just pot luck... Good luck for those who have yet to complete their series!
I reserved 20 and when I got to argos they nealry did not sell them to me as they where coming up as £9,999.00 lol
But the manager kindly rang H/O and got it sorted.
I paid £1.99 each and out of twenty I got pilot baseball guy racing driver tenis player restler fisherman mummy snowboarding girl and the samauri. So got 11 duplicates 4 of which were the pilot :( got a few baseball players so maybe I will start a team.
Eleven more to collect, realy want the Elf!.
Just opening up my packs now, and i've found that the cyborg doesn't have silver-coloured arm/gun/peg-leg, as shown in the pictures. Mine has a very dark grey arm/gun/peg-leg instead. Anyone else noticed this difference?
Hi I joined this forum in the hope of doing some mini figure trades (please let me know if this is the wrong place for it!) . My kids have the following extra figures for trade
a zombie
a diver
a baseball player
a hula girl
They are all in great condition and no missing bits
they haven't got
a robot, magician, robin hood, cowboy or native american from series 1
a surfer, skier or witch from series 2
a samurai, fisherman, race driver, gorilla, snowboarder, rapper and chief
If you would like to swap then please email me through my profile. We will consider any offer as long as it's one for one, we are just trying to get as many different ones as we can without going to ebay.
hi sfa-okay, i have a spare surfer to exchange. i tried to contact you through your profile, however i could not do it as you have not checked one of the boxes in your profile setting. no worries, pls feel free to contact. thanks! (:
just out of interest is there a place on here to trade minifigs? because I have spares available for swapping too.
ok one box from agros here we go the split-
4 gorillas, pilots,baseballers,tennis players,samurais
5 mummies, aliens,racecar drivers,sumos
3 elfs, chiefs, hulas,rappers,boarders,cyborgs
2 fishermen
i didnt want the cyborgs but i think they are one of the best in the set, the boarder and race car driver are pretty meh.
whats the hoo-hah over the fisherman? apart from the cool head its pretrty average
well thats it...roll on april and season 4
This is interesting, I went back to Argos this morning in order to get the elf I had failed to get earlier in the last couple of days, and believe it or not, the staff said they had split up the Minifigures in the box, and organised them into groups! They had labelled each section of the box with those yellow sticky notes saying what each group of Minifigures were! I was talking to one of the staff and he was happy to tell me all about what had happened.
Apparently so many people had been spending ages looking through the figures, they had decided to save time and just organised them using just feeling the packets. I got two elves, and more of every Minifigure I wanted more than one of (Baseball Player, Fisherman, Hula Dancer, Samurai, Gorilla Suit Guy and Tennis Player).
To the dedicated staff of the Eastbourne Argos Extra, we salute you!
Thanks to yihchyn I can now be contacted through my profile.
We now have a rapper but also have an extra sumo and space villain
The two we most want are the samurai (my kids) and the gorilla ( my favourite!)
Just received 5 minifigs from Amazon as an experiment. 2 samuris, 1 hula, 1 mummy and 1 sumo (keeping the samuris, rest are for trading). Dots were much more clearly visible on all 5 packets, in contrast to Argos samples. Is there a pattern to the clarity of the dots, or is it random?
Can we start a new thread? I was wondering whats up with the sightings in the US? Only saw them a couple times in TRUs way back when and once at walmart.
TRU in belfast finally has 2 x boxes at the tills....
At westfields store. Been told that each box of series 3 has 3 of each minifigs and some extras. Quite a lot of key rings and magnets on sale
@yys4u — Yes, I would definitely like to see a new thread started. Although I found Series 1 and Series 2 in abundance at my local Walmarts, Series 3 has yet to make an appearance locally. And from what I can gather, there have only been a few sightings of the minifigs in Canada (Alberta). So it would be helpful to know where they're actually showing up.
Hi, for anyone interested in trading I've just started a group on flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/1556522@N25/
Mainly cos I have plenty of figs for trading and am not sure where to do it.
Argos, High street Swansea has two boxes on the counter, they didn't mind me popping in after work and looking at the codes / feeling the bags. I think I've got a full set (won't know until my son opens them all) and there's plenty left.
I'm sure someones' already pointed this out but The Code for the "Gorilla suit Guy" appears to be wrong.
Had given up looking in my local WH Smith for S3 minifigures, but I was walking by today and they had a large Series 3 minifigures poster in the window! Went inside and they had 6 boxes dotted around the store. Finally got myself a fisherman. So check out WHS if anyone's still on the hunt.
i noticed some packages from a box that i bought in argos have absolutely not dots at all.
Anyone have a race car driver, mummy or snowboarder to swap for a sumo, baseball player, hula girl or series 1 diver? I know these are pretty common and not the most popular figures but it would bring us closer to finishing our collection if someone is making a team or something. I would join the flikr page but i don't want the hassle of setting up a yahoo mail account. Thanks
The TRU in hull had 3 boxes out by the counters today, two of the boxes were VERY picked through but one of them seemed to be new. I have kinda figured roughly where the figures are in the boxes and managed to randomly grab another fisherman, blacktron guy and Indian chief... though not an elf, unfortunately!
@SFA-okay, I can let you have a mummy... I dont really need any of your swaps but I've got like 10 mummies, so I dont mind letting one go.
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I have about 1/2 gallon left over and want to properly dispose of this. What do you recommend as the proper method of disposal? Some people tell me to dump it on an out of the way place and let the snow we'll get dilute it - I am not remotely in favor of this approach. Thanks |
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- Posted by orangedotfever (My Page) on Wed, Dec 2, 09 at 9:43
If you are talking standard 2 cycle mix for your lawn equipment, just pour it in your automobile's gas tank. It will never know the difference and the oil will actually help lubricate things that the ethanol in your gas has washed off. |
I agree with the comment above. Just make sure that there is enough auto gas in the car's tank to dilute the "oil/gas mix." Ten gallons should do it. |
If you worry, dump half and fill up immediately, then when the tank is empty, do it again. I always dump the mix in my car after one month and half old. I never dump 1/2 gallon at a time, but a quart, yes. |
I run it in my 4 cycle mower to finish off the tank a few times a year - no issues at all. |
Any of the above, but the best answer is to run it in the 4-cycle mower, mixed with the regular gas. Automobile catalytic converters and oxygen sensors do not like oil, although at the high dilution we're talking about and only doing it once a year, it really won't hurt anything. I have run my 4-cycle mowers on straight 2-cycle mix (40:1) and the engine doesn't even smoke at all. As for combatting the effects of ethanol in gasoline, I highly recommend STA-BIL Marine stabilizer for Ethanol fuels. I use this in all my engines, vehicles and power equipment. |
That is a good idea dumping into the mower. Particularly I just posted my crappy mower give a puff of blue smoke everytime I cold start. No matter how you look at it, it don't sound good!!! Mower it is. |
I can't believe you had to ask. |
Thanks for the replies... |
"Automobile catalytic converters and oxygen sensors do not like oil" I vote for the mower. It's probably better to screw up a $300/400 mower, than a $13000/14000 vehicle. |
- Posted by orangedotfever (My Page) on Thu, Dec 3, 09 at 13:27
"It's probably better to screw up a $300/400 mower, than a $13000/14000 vehicle." Who owns a $400 mower or $13,000 vehicle? LOL. At the ratios we're talking about, your vehicle will never see a difference. |
Not a bad idea to be concerned about the cat and O2 sensor but I don't think it will be a problem if you dilute it thoroughly as said. I have a high mileage (293k) car with cat and O2 sensor that burns a qt of oil every ~700 miles and no issues besides a bit of blue smoke at times. That works out to about a qt of oil burned for every 28 gallons gas. |
- Posted by corvetteguy (My Page) on Sat, Dec 5, 09 at 6:51
In PA we are still allowed burn barrels. I use it as a starter to light my If you let it soak enough, when the match |
"In PA we are still allowed burn barrels." You must live in a rural area. Opem burning has been outlawed in Allegheny County since the 70's. |
Borrow your neighbors mower and then make sure you "fill it up" before you return it ; ) (just joking) |
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In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world's most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling--a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.
As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object--artfully encoded with five symbols--is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation . . . one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom.
When Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon--a prominent Mason and philanthropist--is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations--all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.
As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, Dan Brown's novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges readers with an intelligent, lightning-paced story that offers surprises at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown's fans have been waiting for . . . his most thrilling novel yet.
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Oct 25th 2008 10:21AM it looks like blizz are planning something bigger than this. The Plague keeps getting stronger the time it takes to become a zombie is now 5 minutes instead of ten. i looked around to see if i can find anything on this and found that in wrath beta some npcs talk about a scourge attack on orgimmar and stormwind!
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Oct 12th 2008 1:28PM With the 50 mounts achievment are you going to have to get a load of rep up with all the capital cities or are they're loads of new mounts available.
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Oct 11th 2008 4:39PM I like the idea of makeing the players of the team with smaller numbers more powerful than everyone on hte other team. Kind of makes me want to be on the team with hardly any players just so i can go and own a tonne of horde.
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Christian Bale: He played Jesus -- what's he done since?
WHAT IT IS A tepidly received TV movie in which the story of Jesus is seen through the eyes of his mom, who is portrayed as feisty and outspoken instead of a quiet bystander
COSTARS Pernilla August (Star Wars Episodes I and II) as Mary, Mark Jax (Merlin) as Peter
HIS CAREER B.C. He kicked up his heels in the 1992 flop musical Newsies and got his glitter-rock groove on in the cult hit Velvet Goldmine (1998).
HIS CAREER A.D. He played yuppie by day, serial killer by night Patrick Bateman in 2000's American Psycho, and has teamed with director Christopher Nolan on a couple projects you may have heard of: the reboot of the Caped Crusader franchise (2005's Batman Begins and its sequel The Dark Knight, due in 2008), and the turn-of-the-century-magic movie The Prestige.
FINAL JUDGMENT Bale had the right first name for playing Christ, but it's the role of Bruce Wayne that's finally made him a star.


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Remember the Audi Nuvolari show car? That 2003 concept was design chief Walter de'Silva's first project at Audi; as we now see, it was also a faithful predictor of the new Audi A5, the brand's first full-size coupe since the Audi Coupe Quattro disappeared from the American market in the early 1990s.
De'Silva has not merely applied Audi's current design language to a two-door body. Instead, the A5 alters the Audi look. The one visual detail that takes some getting used to is the wavy line that runs along the flanks, linking the head- and taillamps. Unlike Audi's last coupe, the A5 features a conventional trunk lid instead of a hatchback. Martin Winterkorn, the former Audi chairman who is now in charge of the entire Volkswagen Group, explains why: "A separate trunk is always better for premium cars. It keeps the luggage away from the passengers, it keeps the noise out of the cabin, and it keeps the classic proportions intact."
At 182.3 inches, the A5 is 1.7 inches longer than the A4. Since the roofline doesn't drop away dramatically aft of the B-pillars, the rear seats offer enough headroom for grown-ups. Shoulder room is a bit more snug than in the A4, though, and the flat backrests are uncommonly upright. Behind them, the cargo compartment holds a useful 15.5 cubic feet.
Inside, the A5 is definitely more A6 than TT. As is typical with Audi, the quality of the materials is impressive. It's a classy driving environment--functional and comfortable, cool but not overstyled, comprehensively equipped and beautifully put together. You may not love every line stamped into the sheetmetal of the A5, but it's virtually impossible not to be impressed by this cockpit.
But there's more that's new than what you can see. The A5 is the first Audi model based on the so-called modular longitudinal platform (MLP). MLP is radically different from previously used components set. The front axle, for instance, is a five-link arrangement featuring upper and lower control arms. The suspension arms are attached to a subframe, which is in turn mounted rigidly to the body. The rear axle is a trapezoidal multilink setup. All suspension parts are made of aluminum. To reduce the front overhang by nearly four inches, the front differential is situated ahead of the clutch, as in the A8. This allows for an extended wheelbase of 108.3 inches, which exceeds that of the A4 by four inches.


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It says that the installer can set the max cfm for the vent, but I've looked at the manuals, and I'm not sure how easy it is to do (or change.) Our house is all electric, but will be tight. I just like the idea of the super-quiet fan and if I turned it up to a higher setting on rare occasions, we'd just open the window a little (fairly mild climate here, too). The MUA requirement is new in our county, and both our architect and GC don't think it's being enforced, but I don't want to be the first guinea pig, either. Seems like this might offer some flexibility. Plus I think the Zephyr Europa Venezia would be a good aesthetic fit as well. And I like that it's 24" deep. (This will go over 36" induction and all our grilling happens out side.) This is the PR product text below, so I take it with a grain of salt: SAN FRANCISCO, CA --(Marketwire - March 05, 2013) - Zephyr, the leader in kitchen ventilation hood design, innovation and technology, today launched the industry's first Airflow Control Technology (ACT(tm)); an exclusive technology that gives builders and developers the ability to set the maximum motor CFM level, without compromising design. ACT is part of the DCBL Suppression System(tm) technology that offers the quietest, most energy efficient and performance-driven hoods on the market. There are some national building codes that limit the maximum amount of CFM a ventilation hood can output, due to make-up air regulations that are required for all homes. This forces builders and developers to purchase expensive make-up air kits, which includes additional labor and installation costs, or specify ventilation hoods with lower CFM. Often the range hood a customer wants is not available in a lower CFM or the lower CFM models are much more limited in performance. Zephyr has found a solution to the make-up air kits with its groundbreaking new technology that allows the installer to easily set the maximum blower speed to one of four most commonly specified CFM levels: 290, 440, 590 or 715. |
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Interesting - can the homeowner up the CFMs after the inspector leaves? |
Please explain this. I am considering a 1000cfm Zephyr. Do I have to buy the make up air unit since it is over the cfms listed? Also, just curious how the in-line # (PBN-1000a) differs from 1000 cfm. Are they the same? Thank you! |
Make up air requirements vary by jurisdiction - some didn't have any requirements, many required it only above 600 CFM and the colder climates had lower limits. My understanding is that more recently many locales have been lowering their requirements for make-up air - you need to check your local building codes. In any case, 1000 CFMs would almost always require make-up air. |
- Posted by lori_inthenw (My Page) on Sat, Sep 28, 13 at 19:57
Weismann, that's what I was wondering. Just out of curiosity of course! But I can't find the description of how that setting is either set up or changed. Can anyone else? CTnewbie-- sorry, I can't help. Just trying to figure it out myself. |
Thank you Weissman. Laurie, I'm asking my contractor and local appliance store. If I find out anything useful, I'll post it. The Zephyrs are gorgeous, aren't they. |
Thank you Weissman. Laurie, I'm asking my contractor and local appliance store. If I find out anything useful, I'll post it. The Zephyrs are gorgeous, aren't they. |
- Posted by lori_inthenw (My Page) on Mon, Sep 30, 13 at 17:53
Sorry, I was away and didn't have very good internet this weekend. Is there really such a shortage of experience with these? I would like to know more about how the maximum flow is set (or changed). I'm hoping it's not just that one fan is disabled and the ventilation is all on one side or something? Or that the entire hood has to be removed and reinstalled to change the max cfm setting? I'll see if I can find out more from someone at the appliance store or Zephyr and let you know. |
I love this careful choice of words: "Zephyr, the leader in kitchen ventilation hood design, innovation and technology, today launched the industry's first Airflow Control Technology (ACT(tm)); an exclusive technology that gives builders and developers the ability to set the maximum motor CFM level, without compromising design." What it compromises is the flow rate. How would one compromise the hood design, block off part of the aperture? The statement is useless except as a means to be misleading. One method to achieve this exclusive technology is a multiply wound motor that can change rpm depending on how the winding wires are connected to each other and to the feed. This would be done in the motor electrical box. This might have been new techology before Faraday was born. Other schemes that are effectively limitations on supplied power are not very innovative, except perhaps to Zephyr's product line. Gagging the ducting is another possibility, which technically would not compromise the hood design, just the overal ventilation system design. I would argue that the innovative part (which is a good idea, I think) is providing a flow rate limitation means that Zephyr can specify in the installation manual where the AHJs can see it and check for compliance. With respect to future changes when one has upgraded his MUA system, under the NEC if motor wiring is done in the connection box to the feed power, the box has to be accessible, so the homeowner could in principle change it. If performed somewhere in the guts of the hood system with extension to an accessible box where the feed was connected, the motor wiring could potentially be buried where a major effort was needed to access it. kas |
- Posted by gigelus2k13 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 0:33
Don't know anything about this hood, but the "DCBL" motor stands for a brushless, electronically-driven model. The speed of this type of motor is controlled digitally (PWM), therefore the max-RPM setting must reside in the control board itself, either via jumpers (hopefully that's the case) or by the control chip reprogramming. In any case, the access is easy. |
And here I thought DCBL was just a cute way of rewriting decibel, given its usage in a sentence about noise suppression. I don't recall seeing that usage for brushless dc torque motors going back to the '60s, but we now know that every character saved helps save another virtual tree. kas |
- Posted by gigelus2k13 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 10:23
- Posted by lori_inthenw (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 14:44
I have looked all over that brochure and also at the installation manual and have still not located the place where they describe HOW the limitation is set. What am I missing? |
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 16:39
Do any current models offer this technology yet? If so, which ones? Would think their model specific documentation would address this. |
- Posted by lori_inthenw (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 19:04
foodonastump: yes I know at least the Venezia has DCBL, but the details get lost in the marketing-speak as quoted by kaseki above. I couldn't find flow rate setting instructions in the installation manual, so not sure where else to look. gigelus: control "via jumpers"? Is my GC going to know how to do that if there's nothing in the manual? (On the other hand, if we can't figure it out, I don't suppose the inspector will.) I'm not worried about safety as we have no combustion devices in the house other than a wood stove and it has to have some sort of passive vent near it that allows air in-- not sure how that works until I see it. I'm fine with using the vent hood on the low and quiet setting the vast majority of the time and cranking a window open if we need it on full blast. I see there is a link here to a MUA system, but it shows a typical installation that includes a furnace with ducting. We'll have hydronic floors, so I don't know if this is even relevant or if so, how it would be installed. These requirements are new in our county and neither the architect nor GC have had to deal with them much yet,if at all. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Zephyr Europa Venezia
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 8:12
Oh ok, you're reading it as all models with DCBL have ACT. I didn't read it that way, but you may well be right. What is less ambiguous to me is the "without compromising design" clause. Obviously that just means the same hood can work for different CFM requirements. |
Unless very tightly sealed, wood stoves and manufactured fireplaces will backdraft if the hood can move more air than the stove/fireplace MUA duct can supply at a pressure difference (probably about 0.04 in. w.c.) between the chimney top and the fireplace hearth. In other words, a three or four inch duct isn't going to compete successfully with an 8-inch duct and fan unless there are other sources of MUA that supply air at the low backdraft pressure difference. A window screen could cause enough pressure drop to allow backdrafting when both hood and wood stove are operating. None of this is easy to analyze, so experimentation is called for. If you intend to cook and have a nice fire going at the same time, plan for a possible future upgrade, even if manually controlled, to force air into the house. kas |
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 14:44
Ok, confirmed with Zephyr. All DCBL models have ACT. Adjusted by moving a jumper on the control panel. |
- Posted by lori_inthenw (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 14:53
Thanks, foodonastump! That is what the salesman at the appliance store told us a few months ago, but I'm glad to hear it verified. (Now if someone could just tell me what a jumper on the control panel is and how one would adjust a setting on such a thing!) Kaseki, thanks for the insights. The woodstove is a modern one and should be tightly sealed, but in practice, I don't know how it will perform. Understand about the difference between the 3" passive and the 8" plus fan situation, though! We will have a separate HRV system, but I think those are also not very high cfm. I'm still thinking opening the kitchen window during the rare high-fan use will work, but I agree about the need for experimentation. (We probably won't even install the screens on the windows. I know it sounds odd, but we have so few bugs here, we don't use them now.) |
- Posted by lori_inthenw (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 15:47
foodonastump, I got your email, but could not reply as your settings don't allow it! |
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 15:56
Thanks I'll have to check that. In the meantime you can click on my username and email me straight from there and I'll respond. |
- Posted by gigelus2k13 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 17:49
A jumper is just a removable short. The control board will have a series of pins onto which to place the jumper. I bet that CFM numbers are printed on the board so you will know where to insert the jumper to get your desired max-speed. |
Here is a link that might be useful: jumper
- Posted by lori_inthenw (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 18:12
Thanks, gigelus. The picture helps. Zephyr responded to foodonastump with a page that I never found in the installation guide, but it was just a sketch. It looks like something pretty simple to move, if needed. Thanks everyone who responded. I think this is what we will get. Hope this is useful to someone else someday because it was not easy to figure out! |
- Posted by gigelus2k13 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 6, 13 at 17:01
Duplicate. How in the world did the little one manage to post on GW when fiddling with the tablet is beyond my comprehension! |
This post was edited by gigelus2k13 on Mon, Oct 7, 13 at 1:31
Have you tried calling Zephyr? I felt they were very responsive to some of my basic questions. I was told by a local appliance store that I didn;t need an MUA so I didn't pursue questions about that but I would guess, they could explain it to you |
- Posted by lori_inthenw (My Page) on Tue, Oct 8, 13 at 11:35
thanks CT-- I think we are going to be able to make this one work. I haven't found anything I like any better, anyway, and the adjustability of the max cfm is a plus. It seems like it will be really quiet on the lower settings as well, which is how it will get used 98% of the time. |
- Posted by gigelus2k13 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 17, 13 at 3:34
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Thu, Oct 17, 13 at 7:45
Little one at it again? :) |
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While Michigan is on right track, federal policies are counterproductive
The state's leading advocate for small business owners presented the "State of Michigan Small Business" before the state House Commerce Committee. The presentation explored the common definitions and perceptions of small business along with some important metrics that confirm the important contribution that small business makes to the state's economic health.
In his testimony before the Committee, Charlie Owens, State Director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), pointed to data from the Small Business Administration (SBA) that while Michigan had a net loss of 405,630 jobs from 2007 to 2010, small businesses with 1 to 4 employees actually created 67,645 new jobs. "During that dismal period in Michigan's economy, small business was the only sector creating any jobs at all," said Owens.
The ultimate conclusion of the testimony by Owens was that while Michigan has been making all the right moves to improve its business climate, at the federal level the direction is almost the opposite.
"There can be no greater contrast between Michigan's direction and that of national economic policy," said Owens. "While Michigan has made immense strides in turning the state away from the failed central planning and government command and control template of the past, our federal government seems to have doubled down on this approach.
Owens went on to say that small business was the economic "canary in the coal mine" warning of danger to the national economy when its own health is threatened.
"There are some disturbing indications that federal policies have thrown a wet blanket on small business growth and job creation, said Owens. "The foolish proposal to hike the federal minimum wage announced in the President's State of the Union speech is just another indication of how out of touch Washington is with the struggles of main street small business."
Owens went on to site some troubling national developments for small business:
• A new survey by Citibank finds that 23 percent of small business owners have gone without pay for at least a year as they work to keep their businesses afloat in a tough economy.
• For the first time since records have been kept, payrolls at firms with fewer than 500 employees accounted for less than 50 percent of the total workforce during the recession and have barely recovered
• Small firms are the missing link in economic expansion. The total number of small businesses has decreased to 4.9 million in 2010 from a peak of 5.3 million three years earlier.
• "The environment for small businesses is not good," said William Dunkelberg, NFIB's chief economist and a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. "Sales are weak, there's regulatory bombardment, tax changes, and all the uncertainty about the economy.
• A survey of 1,482 small businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce confirmed the bleak outlook. More than half of respondents in the fourth quarter projected the economic climate for their firms will worsen over the next two years.
The presentation concluded with Owens urging the Committee, and the legislature, to continue on the course laid out by Michigan's Governor Snyder in improving the state business climate and to implore elected officials at the national level to make a course correction before the country heads deeper into recession.
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Waldo, here. Yup, it's true, ACE and the stables are my retirement home. See, the New River Gorge is the Grand Canyon of the East, but I got my "professional" start in the Grand Canyon in Arizona.I kid you not. See, mules as trail and pack animals have a long history in the Grand Canyon National Park. For more than 100 years, we have been the best way for thousands of park visitors to venture into the canyon and visit Phantom Ranch, one of the main tourist destinations.
Pack mules bring down people, supplies, guest cabin equipment and food year-round. Mules are ideal for the task as sure-footed, structural sound critters are needed for the steep, winding trail. A one-way trip down the trail is about 10.5 miles and takes five and a half hours.
My career on the canyon was exciting but short lived as most people-carrying mules are only able to keep up for two-three years. Through a farmer in North Carolina, I was given the opportunity to see another Grand Canyon, this time in West Virginia's New River Gorge. I still have a lot of miles left in me but enjoy the more gentle sloping trails here at ACE. The shorter rides (two and a half, three and a half and half day) are perfect. The scenery and stories are different as I now know a little bit about coal mining and the New River's contribution to the expanding industrial U.S.
After a long day on the trail, don't forget to plan some time at one of ACE's deluxe lodging units. A good soak in a hot tub will take away some of that soreness from my saddle. If you still have some spunk, a refreshing dip at the ACE Lake would do the trick. Either way, take a ride in my retirement home and enjoy the trip in my New River Grand Canyon!


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To make a long story short, the company treated us (me and several other co-workers) to lunch today. Naturally, I volunteered to drive since no one else knew how to get there. We got there and had a good lunch, but on the way back a co-worker in the back seat choked on her drink and lost her lunch. I was able to pull over after we realized what was happening, but it was still a little too late. I immediately drove my car to the nearest detailing shop and had them shampoo the carpets and seat. The carpet cleaned up pretty good, but the seat was still stained a little. I had some carpet cleaner, so I scrubbed the heck out of it and was able to get the stain out. Afterwards, I soaked the seat and carpet with Lysol and Frebreeze! Cleaned up pretty nicely (at least on the surface) Have I done everything I can do, or should I try a treatment of something else to ensure a complete cleansing? I'm not sure exactly of all the products they have available...if any to take care of this particular situation! What a mess. Any other suggestions? |
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She must feel awful to have vomited in someone else's car. If the stain is gone, then I think you've done all you need to do. Makes you wonder about the quality of the work done by the detailing shop if they weren't able to get the stain out, but you did it with simple off-the-shelf upholstery cleaner. Sometimes you miss the days of vinyl seats. Not very comfortable, but sure are easy to clean up. I remember as kids numerous times someone threw up in the car, always on vinyl seats, and cleanup was just a matter of a sponge and bucket of soapy water. |
I'd say you did a bang-up job, CarGuy- and not a pleasant task, is it ??? If no smell, no stain, what else can a man ask ?? |
Oh I wouldn't go back to vinyl seats for anything! When I was a kid my Mom had a 1972 Ford Station Wagon with dark green vinyl seats. We had to keep towels on the seats in the summer, or we'd fry our legs getting into the car if it was parked out in the South Florida sun! That's what I remember most about that car, how darn HOT those seats were! |
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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Etymology 1[edit]
Old English cnoll ("summit"). Related to Old Norse knollr (found only in names of places), Dutch knol ("tuber"), Swedish knöl ("tuber"), Danish knold ("hillock, clod, tuber") and German Knolle ("bulb")
knoll (plural knolls)
- A small mound or rounded hill.
- Sir Walter Scott
- On knoll or hillock rears his crest, / Lonely and huge, the giant oak.
- Sir Walter Scott
small mound
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Imitative, or variant of knell.
knoll (plural knolls)
- A knell.
knoll (third-person singular simple present knolls, present participle knolling, simple past and past participle knolled)
- To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.
- To sound, like a bell; to knell.
- Shakespeare, "As you like it", Act II, scene VII, 114
- If ever been where bells have knoll´d to church.
- Byron
- For a departed being's soul / The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll.
- Tennyson
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The church as we know it came about when one group of believers was opposed by a dissenting group. Then it became necessary for each group to define their concepts of Christianity and to label all others heretics.
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What Does Hebrew Scripture Say about Life After Death? There isn't much in Hebrew scriptures about life after death. According to Ecclesiastes, death is final: "The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; …
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Eschatology is the study of last things, the final events in history, the ultimate destiny of humanity, the end of the world. Major issues in eschatology include the rapture, the second coming of Jesus, the tribulation, Millennialism, and the last judgment.
Most of the Christian books I have read do not seriously concern themselves with eschatology, but the Left Behind series of books made it a popular topic. All twelve novels in the series made the New York Times bestselling fiction list – note: the fiction list. Prior to the Left Behind novels of the 1990s, Hal Lindsey's 1970s bestselling books, including The Late Great Planet Earth, were also bestsellers.
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read moreA typical interpretation when reading the Book of Revelation is John's attempt to answer the interminable question: How exactly will God, once and for all, set things right? When will the "sorrow and weeping be no more," and the "tear wiped from every eye?" After reinterpreting over and over again the imminent end that has been repeatedly put on indefinite hold, it merely begs the question, why the postponement?
When Revelation is instead understood to be political commentary spun in the form of a fantastic allegorical tale that can be reinterpreted and applied again and again, the question in each succeeding era has more to do with asking the question: Who is the Whore of Babylon, and all she represents? How can we be so easily seduced? And have the words and life of the Galilean sage been lost, even from the time John had his nightmarish vision to our own succumbing today? Read more.
read moreThe last book of the Bible, that bizarre and nightmarish Book of Revelation, is often found to be most popular among those religious nut jobs who are constantly interpreting the universal themes found in the battle of good and evil as signs of some certain apocalyptic end time; and differentiating the tribes of those who will be saved from those who will be lost, left behind and damned. However, given the obvious fact such end-time predictions have been re-scheduled over and over again for nearly two thousand years (so far), we might better consider those recurrent, universal themes to be found in this allegorical tale; and look with fresh eyes and see Revelation as more about this world of ours that continues to self-implode upon itself over and over again. How might we be open to being encountered in another, revelatory view of the polis in which we all inextricably dwell? This commentary begins a two-part reflection, based on Elaine Pagel's newest book, Revelations: Visions, Prophecy & Politics in the Book of Revelation; and in light of the latest terrorist attacks, bombings and global violence among our tribal warring factions. You can find the latest commentary here.
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Lake Crescent is a pristine lake in Olympic National Park enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year. Through a Washington's National Park Fund grant, the lake's native mussel population was surveyed, not only to protect the current mussels, but also to prevent invasion by non-native species.
The lake's population of filter-feeding freshwater mussels live as deep as 270 feet and are a major factor in maintaining the lake's near-pristine water quality. The freshwater mussels, and the lake itself, are vulnerable to the introduction of invasive zebra and quagga mussels.
Using a miniature remote operating vehicle (ROV) deployed from an NPS boat, biologists assessed the current status of the native mussel population and established a routine for monitoring lake activity. The arm on the ROV will allow biologists to pick up and move mussels at depth.
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Honors projects include two 3-credit independent projects: Honors 160 and Honors 170. As an Honors student, you work with a faculty mentor to develop, complete, and publicly present projects of intense interest to you. HON 160 and 170 can be completely separate projects done with different mentors; alternatively, you can choose to tackle one project in greater depth, using HON 160 as "part one" and HON 170 as "part two."What topics work as Honors projects?
Topics for Honors projects are virtually limitless. If you are interested in it, you can probably develop an Honors project to do it! Types of projects have been:- Practical: One Honors student researched and developed her own small business plan, then presented it to a Business class. Another Honors student interpreted for a hearing-impaired child, then signed a presentation about the experience to an American Sign Language class. Another Honors student, whose goal is to teach Art History, "shadowed" an Art professor, developed several lesson plans, and then taught short lessons in an Art class. Honors students could, conceivably, craft a computer program, write and illustrate a children's book, develop a nursing simulation, and more.
- Creative: One Honors student wrote an original poetry chapbook; another wrote almost 200 pages of her own novel. Both gave readings of their work at the Writing Center. Graphic arts, drawing/painting, drama, photography, or music projects are options, too.
- Academic: You might choose a specific topic not covered in depth (or at all) by any one course at Centralia, research it, and write a paper about it. One Honors student researched several novels by William Faulkner, wrote a paper about them, and presented her work to students taking English 249, Great American Novel. Another Honors student researched the possibility of creating a common market for the Middle East as a means of reducing tension in that region.
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TV shows always had "celebrity guests". Usually, these guests were actors from other shows or movies. Sometimes, though, they were celebrities from other arenas, such as singers. I don't know if these singers came on these shows as cross promotions (trying to promote their music on TV) or for some other reason. I just know that I distinctly remember a few of them.
1. Stacey Q on Facts of Life. I can't remember if this song was hot before, after, or at the same time Stacey Q was on this show, but I do remember being impressed.
2. Ray Parker Jr. on Give Me A Break. I thought they were really stretching on this one. They kept coming up with reasons for Ray Parker Jr to ask, "Who you gonna call?", to which the Give Me A Break girls screamed, "Ghostbusters!"
3. Laura Branigan on Automan. I always associate Laura Branigan with Knight Rider because her song "Creatures of the Night" was used in an episode. She herself, though, was once on Automan. Automan got to play guitar behind her as she sang. I never wanted to be Automan so much in all my life.
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AbstractThis text has as a basis a wider research that is still in course, which deals with cultures of conviviality and super diversity, its conceptual matrix lying on the theoretical proposals developed by P. Gilroy and S. Vertovec. Here we try to discuss some preliminary results obtained from the field research carried out in the Mouraria neighbourhood in Lisbon. Indeed, as Mouraria is located in the ancient part of the city of Lisbon, it seems to be progressively turning into an "urban ethnic place", and it is worth emphasizing some disjunctions which will be analysed here and which have marked the speeches and the policies concerning this area: typical and historical neighbourhood versus cosmopolitan neighbourhood; exotic neighbourhood versus infamous neighbourhood; neighbourhood for immigrants/foreigners versus neighbourhood for autochthonous people. This contribution aims precisely at problematizing the main changes in course in this Lisbon neighbourhood and carry on with some research and interpretation lines which will contribute to a reflection about the processes of social construction of public images about Mouraria, which have led some of the practices and policies concerning the socio-territorial intervention in this neighbourhood.
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If you've managed to resist picking up Rayman Jungle Run, the good news is that it's currently free on iOS. It's unclear how long that will last—given that the game is laden with ads for its successor, Rayman Fiesta Runa, it could be a permanent price reduction. Or it may just be a holiday promotion.
But unfortuantely many players have been reporting that the game's latest update, released in mid-December, erased their save progress. Given that Jungle Run came out back in 2012, a lot of players had reached full completion, and the App Store has been inundated with dozens of one-star reviews from disappointed customers who find themselves all of a sudden back at square one.
I reached out to Ubisoft to find out how long Rayman Jungle Run will be free and why players' saves are being erased, and I'll update this article if I hear back.
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