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Grand National Roadster Show - Part 1Written by Eric Geisert on February 14, 2014 65th Annual Show of Shows
Anytime you celebrate the 65th of anything would be cause for celebration, which is what happened at the recent Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS), held annually in Pomona, California. But the event also celebrated another milestone in that it's been 10 years since the event moved from its NorCal origins to its current digs in Southern California.
The event, originally named the National Roadster Show, has had several homes around the San Francisco Bay Area since its 1950 inception, but it has flourished since moving south to the sprawling multi-acre Fairplex facility in Pomona. Filling several buildings, many of which are themed to their contents, the GNRS easily satisfies even the most ardent hot rodder, as nearly every facet of the hobby, both past and present, is on display.
Eight large World War II–era buildings are put into service for the shindig, including Building 3, which is often used by the organizers for unique specialty car displays. This year Gassers, dragsters, and race cars from SoCal's colorful dragstrip history were on display, and a wall of original artwork from Pete Millar's Drag Cartoons had a prominent spot.
Another specialty section was over in Building 9, which has hosted some historic events in the past (including the 75th anniversary celebration of the '32 Ford). This time 'round more than 60 cars from the dry lakes and Bonneville were lined up nose to tail like they were all on the salt awaiting their moment to race the time clock. Ron Main, a veteran lakes racer and record holder organized the Century of Speed gathering, and did a spectacular job in bringing together many historic racers, along with dozens of contemporary examples.
If you were around "back in the day", or at least appreciate the way cars used to be built, then Building 10 was your place in heaven. Commonly referred to as the Suede Palace, the hall had a great collection of both vintage hot rods and newer vehicles built to emulate the style. Multiple bands played for hours, and around each edge of the building vendors were selling artwork, clothing, and anything else that fit in with the selective crowd.
Four more buildings (each longer than a football field and almost as wide) were also filled with hot rods, customs, lowriders, and motorcycles. But the biggest room at the event is Expo Hall 4: more than 100,000 square feet and 770 feet long. Ringed by vendors selling car-oriented parts and products, and displays set up by some of the most well-known car builders in the country (including Bobby Alloway, Alan Johnson, Bobby Walden, Eric Peratt, Dean Livermore, Roy Brizio, Scott Bonowski, Troy Ladd, Randy Clark, and more), this is also where you'll find the dozen or so cars that were accepted to compete in the annual America's Most Beautiful Roadster Award (AMBR)—arguably the most prized award in the hot rod world.
The competition is open to any pre-'38 roadster built in the United States, and is of a first-time-shown status. The AMBR has been handed out each year since 1950, and each winner's name is engraved on a plaque, which is then added alongside the past 64 year's winners on the 9-foot, 3-inch tall trophy (which was recently restored by Advanced Plating). Plus there's a $10,000 check that goes along with winning, so that's pretty good, too.
This year one AMBR competitor crashed his car before it could be judged, so only 11 cars were reviewed by a group of street rod industry folks who judged each car on its stance, sound, how the driver fits the vehicle, and the general fit and finish of the car. The group then adjourns to a room where they debate each car's merits and faults until a decision is determined and, at Sunday evening's awards presentation, the announcement is made. Wes Rydell, the owner of a rare '35 Chevy phaeton, was proclaimed the winner. Though Chevrolet introduced their four-door phaetons in 1929 with great success (more than 8,000 produced), by the time 1935 rolled around, only 217 had been made and the production was killed off mid-year. Rydell utilized the talents of Chip Foose in the car's design, and the car was built by Rydell's Toy Shop and Rad Rides by Troy.
The event's Builder of the Year was Steve Cook of Steve Cook Creations, who has built a long line of great hot rods over the years (including the 2011 Ridler winner—the '56 Ford Suncammer for owner Bruce Ricks). And if all the cars displayed in the buildings wasn't enough for you, the GNRS also has an outdoor car show made up of hundreds of folks who drive their rods into the facility and park between the buildings, creating a show within a show.
The GNRS has continued to thrive (even in economically uncertain times) and grow (there were 15 percent more people at this year's show than at last year's), all due to the desire of those who not only build and enjoy hot rods, but by having an excellent location and opportunity in which to view them. Based on its recent track record, there's no reason the Granddaddy Of Them All won't continue on for years to come.
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John Lawson now owns the Boyce Asquith roadster, but the car was very influential when it was built in the mid '80s with the introduction of the Nostalgia Drags where it competed (running 9.30s at 150 mph at one point). The car was nearly destroyed in a highway accident a few years back but thankfully rebuilt to its vintage specs. The roadster added to its lengthy history by winning the Brizio Family Award—given to an exemplary street-driven hot rod.Bill Grant wisely turned to Terry and Dave Stoker, a father-son team, to build his period hot rod, a '32 Ford roadster, and it was an AMBR contender, too. The top is chopped 2 inches and Stoker's Hot Rod Factory installed a '55 Chevy 265 coupled to a '40 Ford three-speed trans. Albert DeAlba painted the ride '53 Chevy Horizon Blue while Elegance Auto Interiors stitched up the light blue leather interior. The '32 won Outstanding Interior and Undercarriage in the AMBR class."The Chocolate Rose", a '27 Ford roadster, was designed by Dave May and owner Charles Matus, who together make up M&M Special. May's Genesis Fabrication did the build, which includes a custom frame, extended hood, quarter-elliptic front springs, and a modified '29 grille. Underhood is a 276-inch '51 Ford Flathead, backed to TREMEC five-speed trans. The roadster took home Outstanding Engine and Detail in the AMBR class as well as the H&H Best Dressed Flathead Award.Bob Nelson of Ventura, CA, rolled into the show with his powder blue '50 Chevy Fleetline. It still has a 235 straight-six under the hood, though it's been hopped up with a Tatterfield dual intake manifold and Fenton headers.Jeff Eishen builds great looking cars, and this '29 Ford coupe is his latest. It's chopped 3 inches, runs 16- and 18-inch Vintage Engineering wheels, and sports an aluminum Donovan Model A motor built by Dan Brewer at Shaver Specialty Company.Clean and subtle is a good way to describe Janeen Drinkard's '40 Chevy sedan. The two-door, bought new by Janeen's great-grandmother and been in the family since, was built by Customs and Hot Rods of Andice and features an LS6 backed to a 4L60E trans.Dennis Varni has a great collection of cars (including his own record-setting Bonneville racers) and his latest is this '51 Studebaker faux woodie. It's faux for two reasons: one is they never made a Stude woodie and, two, that wood paneling was painted on the car by the gang at Lucky 7 Garage! Varni won first place in the Radical Custom Woodie Wagon class.Know these guys? If you ever picked up a pinstriping brush you do! That's Herb Martinez on the left with Kenny Youngblood on the right—two of the most talented 'stripers and artists to walk the planet. They were on hand to lend support to the pinstriper auction, which benefited the Ronald McDonald House Charities.How do you make a '59 Chevrolet El Camino look cool? Ask Hot Rods & Custom Stuff in Escondido, CA. They built this Elky for David French with a few custom tricks and a lot of restoration repair. Underhood is a sano small-block Chevy equipped with a Rochester fuel-injection system. The truck took home first in the Custom Pickup class.
Cruising in from Las Vegas, Douglas Newnes' '40 Lincoln Zephyr was a treat to see. Rolling on 18-inch Intro wheels, the car was customized and painted at Pinto Paint Works and stitched with pleats by Gabe's Hot Rod Interiors. Underhood is a Boss 302 Coyote motor.Both of these cars, Greg Weld's '33 Ford roadster and Scott Hawley's '32 four-door, were built at Roy Brizio Street Rod Shop. Weld's is powered by a 480-horse LS3 while Hawley's has a 383 stroker under the hood. Both rides were painted by Darryl Hollenbeck's Vintage Color Studio.There is a definite Bonneville feel to Ken Thurm's Deuce sedan, due in part to the 4- to 3-inch chop, the wheelwells raised 2 inches, and the body channeled 3 inches. And then there's the blown 286-inch Flathead underhood!That's Penny Pichette reacting to being inducted into the Grand National Roadster Show's Hall of Fame for her decades-long dedication to the custom car culture. Also pictured is GNRS promoter John Buck who, along with STREET RODDER's editor Brian Brennan and long-time NorCal Bay Area car builder Jim Gonsalves, were also inducted this year.One of the 11 contenders for the AMBR trophy was Ronald Goodwin's '32 Ford roadster out of Smithville, TN. Built by Street Rods by Michael, the highboy features a Brookville body, Pete & Jakes suspension, a blue and white pleated interior from B&B Upholstery, and a small-block Chevy topped with three twos.


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Trey Hillman Pregame Media Session: June 17
Thanks for the Invite, Joe!
Tampa Bay
Rays manager Joe Maddon selected Royals
manager Trey Hillman to be on his
All-Star coaching staff for the All-Star game commencing in mid July. "It's a
great honor, I am truly very appreciative to Joe for selecting me to be a part
of such a very special weekend," Hillman said.
Trey stated, "You don't take stuff like this for granted, I am going to
enjoy every minute of this experience, opportunities don't come around like
this that often." He admitted he was quite surprised by the selection seeing as
how the two do not have a whole lot of shared experiences together.
Injury Report
Robinson Tejeda has had no symptoms or irritation
in his rehab stint, and seems to be throwing the ball well without
discomfort. Mike Aviles is still resting and monitoring his injured elbow and
within the next week there should be more of a consensus on his
availability. John Buck is on a rigorously monitored throwing program that will
not go beyond light "backyard catch". Sidney Ponson pitched 2.0 scoreless innings for Omaha today in a 4-3 win over New Orleans. Doug Waechter is currently
participating in multiple bullpen sessions down in Arizona.
Alex Gordon is progressing nicely
with his rehab regimen, becoming more and more capable of being as mobile as he
needs to be. He is still lacking in
lateral movement and encouraged to not try and do too much with regards to his
mobility. Light ground ball workouts,
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Help Royals Wives Feed the Hungry…
It's that time of year again for the annual Royals Wives Food Drive at Kauffman Stadium!
This year's Royals Wives Food Drive, which began in 1983 by former Royals pitcher Dan Quisenberry and his wife, Janie Quisenberry Stone, is set for Friday, May 30 when the Royals host the Cleveland Indians.
The wives will be out at Gates A and B of Kauffman Stadium from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., collecting "kid-friendly" non-perishable food items for Harvesters – the Community Food Network – and cash donations for St. James Place – a local food pantry and soup kitchen. They'll be looking to collect items such as peanut butter and canned soups, pastas, and canned fruits and vegetables. Basically, your non-perishables that are hopefully NOT in glass containers (which are harder to transport!).
In conjunction with the food drive, Royals Wives will also hold a silent concourse auction the night before (Thursday, May 29) from 5:30-8 p.m. behind sections 101 and 102 at Kauffman Stadium. This event also benefits St. James Place…and will feature some great autographed Royals items for you to add to your collection. Here's a partial list of some of the items that will be available for bids:
- Butler – Grey Jersey
- Gobble – Powder Blue Jersey
- Meche – White Jersey
- Gload – Broken Bat
- Olivo – Broken Bat
- Pena, Jr. – Broken Bat
- Teahen – Bat (not game used)
Autographed Baseballs
- Bannister
- DeJesus
- Greinke
- Hochevar
Autographed Photos
- Buck
- Gordon
- Hillman
- Soria


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May 30, 2016
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A University of Michigan researcher estimates that there would have been 26 fewer deaths and 49 fewer serious injuries last year if Michigan hadn't changed its motorcycle helmet law.
Carol Flannagan is an assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan. She finds that not wearing a helmet doubles the risk of fatality and increases the risk of serious injury by 60 percent.
Since April 2012, people ages 21 and older can ride motorcycles without helmets if they have been licensed to operate a motorcycle for at least two years and passed a safety course. They also are required to buy additional insurance.
American Bikers Aiming Toward Education President Vince Consiglio says rider skill and experience are more important than helmets in preventing deaths.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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After installation of Zimbra 7.1.2, there are mutliple languages installed, including the Dutch version. I could verify this using:
(Small) Proposal 1Code:/opt/zimbra/aspell/bin/aspell dump dicts
For some reason it is named "nl" and not "nl_NL". I would recommend to change this, because there is also "nl_BE" for Belgium.
However, when I am creating an e-mail and I use the spell checker, it will validate my e-mail using the English language.
I have taken a look in /opt/zimbra/httpd/htdocs/aspell.php to see how the spell checker works. It uses the "text_cat" process, to find out which languages is being composed in the e-mail. In my case, it will spit out "dutch".
However, is see the following 2 problem in the php script.
1) Dutch is not part of the languages that are possible:
2) The account settings are not used to determine the default language.PHP Code:
$languages = array('english' => 'en_EN', 'italian' => 'it_IT', 'french' => 'fr_FR', 'german' => 'de_DE','danish' => 'da_DA', 'spanish' => 'es_ES', 'swedish' => 'sv_SV', 'hindi' => 'hi_HI');
PHP Code:
if (array_key_exists($getLang, $languages)) {
$dictionary = "{$languages[$getLang]}";
} else {
$dictionary = "en_EN";
I have modified part 1 to:
And changed the default by in the 'else' statement:PHP Code:
$languages = array('dutch' => 'nl', 'english' => 'en_EN', 'italian' => 'it_IT', 'french' => 'fr_FR', 'german' => 'de_DE','danish' => 'da_DA', 'spanish' => 'es_ES', 'swedish' => 'sv_SV', 'hindi' => 'hi_HI');
After restarting it works!PHP Code:
} else {
$dictionary = "nl";
Code:zmspellctl stop; zmspellctl start
Proposal 2
Maybe the list can be coded in a different way so it will match the appropriate language dynamically, instead of using a static preïnstalled list.
Proposal 3
Make the default language based on the account that is being used. I have my language for the web interface set to Dutch. I would expect the spell checker to have the same language as default.
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Beer lovers rejoice! Deschutes Brewery is shipping out the latest Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale seasonal ale. Be sure to track some down as last year's batch sold out way in advance..
And don't forget to enter the Red Chair Sweepstakes to try and win a Winter escape for two at Mt Bachelor..


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Paul Trowe of Replay says TTG no longer involved with KQ. Sorry for the long excerpt (hope that's ok), but thought everyone here should see this, especially the part at the end. Trowe certainly makes for a good interview subject, and he's definitely passionate about classic-style adventure games.
I would have actually been thrilled if Replay had acquired licenses from Activision. Replay's Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded is looking DAMN good, and at least you know the people over there are actually big fans of the classics!
Read whole thing here: http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/looking-at-leisure-suit-larry-reloaded-and-whats-ahead-for-replay-games-with-paul-trowe/
...Perk up, longtime Sierra fans. Company founders Ken and Roberta Williams have been doing some chatting with their former employee-turned-Larry crusader.
"I want to do a game with Roberta," Trowe said matter-of-factly. "I emailed Ken and Roberta, [and] Roberta said that she will do another game depending on how the outcome of our first one goes. I will do my absolute fucking very best not only because I would anyway, but because I want Roberta to be proud of us and I want to work with her again."
A new Roberta Williams game doesn't automatically mean a new King's Quest game, unfortunately. Trowe is unsure of Activision's willingness to hand over the rights to the series. Reports from a couple of years back put those right in the hands of Telltale Games, the California-based studio behind 2012′s critically acclaimed The Walking Dead series. Now Telltale is preparing to turn its attention to a similar episodic treatment of Bill Willingham's Fables. According to Trowe, Telltale is out of the King's Quest picture.
"They had [the King's Quest rights], and we were going to license it from them to make the remakes. I wouldn't do a King's Quest without Roberta. [Telltale senior VP of publishing] Steve Allison told me that they have the rights but they don't have the bandwidth." Allison offered to look into sub-licensing King's Quest out to Replay, but Trowe hit a dead end when he brought the conversation over to Activision. "I talked to the guys at Activision and they were like, 'No, we're pulling it [from Telltale] because we're going to do it ourselves.'"
This is the first public mention of Activision's plans for King's Quest since the Telltale connection was first revealed in early 2011. We've reached out to Activision for comment and will update accordingly when we hear back. Think about the possibilities though. More Leisure Suit Larry, post-release content updates, a planned F2P casino game, and the possibility of an entirely new game from Roberta Williams. It's like 1987 all over again. Trowe is just as much excited gamer as he is industry professional, but wouldn't you be too?


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American Turquoise Rings
Durango Silver Company has been in the business of producing American Turquoise Rings for almost 40 years. Our specialty here at Durango Silver Co is Southwestern style American Turquoise Rings that are of the highest quality. We also are one of the few companies left that focus on Men's American Turquoise Rings with real, natural American Turquoise.
American Turquoise Rings – American Turquoise is differant than any other Turquoise in the world and the way we mine Turquoise in the U.S. is differant as well. Unlike most other Turquoise mining in the world, quality has been the utmost consideration by all American Turquoise Minors as the Southwestern Turquoise Jewelry Industry demanded high quality Turquoise for the Jewelry that they made.
Today, government mining restrictions and the cost of mining Turquoise has created a shortage of high quality American Turquoise which will affect the amount of American Turquoise Rings on the market in the near future. The Indian Jewelry Industry has been plagued with inferior Turquoise from China and there are very few Turquoise Mines still in production.
American Turquoise Rings – Durango Silver Company
We feel, Now more than ever before, is the time to be aware of how beautiful natural American Turquoise is and consider owning an American Turquoise Ring yourself. Durango Silver Company of Durango Colorado invites you to read our new article on American Turquoise Rings and we also invite you to join our Newsletter which we produce ocasionally that touches on great Turquoise topics and a once a month free Turquoise Jewelry drawing. We also invite you to take a look at our Turquoise Jewelry presentation where we have a lot of additional information on American Turquoise Rings as well as the other Jewelry we produce with American Turquoise.
American Turquoise Rings
Visit Durango Silver Online to see a great selection of beautiful Turquoise Jewelry with natural American Turquoise of unquestionable quality. We hope you will think of Durango Silver Company when you think of American Turquoise Rings.


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Using referer field for authentication or authorization
http://www.textacpasv.com This is a Vulnerability. To view all vulnerabilities, please see the Vulnerability Category page.
Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 05/27/2009
Vulnerabilities Table of Contents
The referrer field (actually spelled 'referer') in HTTP requests can be easily modified and, as such, is not a valid means of message integrity checking.
- Authorization: Actions, which may not be authorized otherwise, can be carried out as if they were validated by the server referred to.
- Accountability: Actions may be taken in the name of the server referred to.
Exposure period
- Design: Authentication methods are generally chosen during the design phase of development.
- Languages: All
- Operating platforms: All
Required resources
Likelihood of exploit
Very High
The referrer field in HTML requests can be simply modified by malicious users, rendering it useless as a means of checking the validity of the request in question. In order to usefully check if a given action is authorized, some means of strong authentication and method protection must be used.
Risk Factors
In C/C++:
sock= socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0); ... bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server, len) ... while (1) newsock=accept(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&from, &fromlen); pid=fork(); if (pid==0) { n = read(newsock,buffer,BUFSIZE); ... if (buffer+...==Referer: http://www.foo.org/dsaf.html) //do stuff
In Java:
public class httpd extends Thread{ Socket cli; public httpd(Socket serv){ cli=serv; start(); } public static void main(String[]a){ ... ServerSocket serv=new ServerSocket(8181); for(;;){ new h(serv.accept()); ... public void run(){ try{ BufferedReader reader =new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(cli.getInputStream())); //if i contains a the proper referer. DataOutputStream o= new DataOutputStream(c.getOutputStream()); ...
In J2EE:
Any J2EE program that uses
to make a decision is also vulnerable.
Related Attacks
Related Vulnerabilities
Related Controls
- Design: Use other means of authorization that cannot be simply spoofed.
Related Technical Impacts


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Minors Snapshot - Substance Abuse Prevention
The minor is a part of Cross Disciplinary Programs.
This cross disciplinary substance abuse prevention minor provides the student with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to assist communities in designing science-based prevention programs to encourage healthy attitudes and behaviors towards alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Course work in this minor will help prepare the student for the Certified Prevention Professionals-ATOD exam which they can take after one year of prevention-related paid work experience and additional prevention-specific training.
Offering Academic Unit: The Office of Cross Disciplinary Studies and Diversity Engagement
Academic Unit Website: http://www.healthsci.jmu.edu/substanceabuse.html
Undergraduate Catalog Website: http://www.jmu.edu/catalog/15/minors/substance-abuse-prevention.shtml


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Ground Broken for Friendship Schools' Tech Prep Addition
Friendship Schools broke ground May 30 on expansion of the Friendship Technology Preparatory Academy to make way for the addition of eleventh and twelfth grade classes at the Southeast Washington facility.
Opened in 2009, Technology Preparatory Academy currently serves students in the sixth through tenth grades. After the scheduled completion of construction in August 2014, the school's student body will include 620 students in grades six through 12.
Tech Prep Academy is one of six schools in the Friendship Charter School System. It focuses on science, technology, engineering and mathematics with an emphasis in environmental science. The new building is to include a high-tech SMART lab, a robotics lab, two chemistry labs, two biology labs and a greenhouse.
"We highly invest in our students," said Doranna Tindle, principal of Tech Prep Academy. "We have the highest standards for our children. We get the kids socially, academically and physically involved."
In addition to the school's small class sizes, which allow staff to provide individualized attention on students, Tindle attributed the school's success to enthusiasm among students, teachers and staff.
"When you walk into the school, it gives you a sense of family," Tindle said.
Tech Prep offers a Saturday learning camp where students voluntarily go in to work on class assignments or participate in activities.
"We have the highest turnout, 100 students, in the Friendship charter school program," said Tindle. "The students love going to the camp and they love their school and whether they are in an activity or not, or just talking to teachers, students show up Saturdays week after week."
Tindle spoke fondly of the school's community garden, where students enthusiastically volunteer to tend and water the plants.
"They are always so eager to participate," she said.
Tindle stated that her main goal as principle is to keep the students on track for graduation and prepared for college. As part of the mission to prepare students for college life, Tech Prep recently took a group of students on a four-day trip to Atlanta. They visited the schools of their choice. Tech Prep next will take 13 students on a service study trip to Costa Rica for language immersion and environmental science study.
Thirty-one tenth graders will make up Tech Prep Academy's first graduating class.
"I absolutely believe that education is transformative," Tindle stated. "To get a student in the sixth grade, to watch them develop mentally and emotionally, and to see them grow over the year and throughout the years is truly rewarding."
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10 Worst States for Student Debt
The amount of student loan debt in America will exceed $1 trillion this year, and this week, President Obama acted to ease the burden on millions of college graduates. Which states need that help the most? 24/7 Wall Street breaks down the 10 states with the worst levels of student debt.


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|Ambassadors 4.2 (Released:
AMBASSADORS 4 - From Amen to Z - Part 2
The storm is here: The towering thunderheads and piercing sunshine of AMBASSADORS 4 - From Amen to Z. This fourth installment in the AMBASSADORS compilation series unites a multiplicity of Drum'n'Bass styles - high-pressure pop, clouds of old-school jungle, dark cyclones of bass, macro-experiments in climate manipulation. What the tracks have in common is SANTORIN's exacting musicality: Breeze or tornado, it's all been past a tuner. No need to listen for melodies. The melodies will find you and, with a little luck, hack your brain stem.
It's time to strike the sails, drift out to the horse latitudes, foul our anchors in thick mats of bass, let the glittering sunshine burn through to our pineal glands and watch the flying fish!


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This has to be a FAQ, so I apologize in advance for my inability to find the answer myself...
We have an old version of Zimbra:
Release 5.0.8_GA_2462.openSUSE_10.2_20080709173037 openSUSE_10.2 FOSS edition
I would like to bring it current. Do I need to step through each interim version to do this? Are there special things I need to know?
Thanks very much for any tips and pointers you might provide.


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OPD: Train nudges car after driver turns onto tracks
Published: Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 7:37 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 7:37 a.m.
OCALA – A 79-year-old man on his way home made a wrong turn and ended up on the side of a railroad track, where his car was nudged by a CSX train Wednesday night.
Ocala Fire Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Brian Stoothoff said OFR received the call at 8:49 p.m. and arrived on scene within minutes.
The man, who was driving an older model Buick LeSabre, was taken to a hospital for treatment, Stoothoff said.
Ocala Police Department officers said the man, who turns 80 next month and is a snowbird from up north, was listed in good condition at Ocala Regional Medical Center. Officers said the man seemed disorientated.
He was listed in stable condition Thursday morning, ORMC spokeswoman Suzanne Santangelo said.
The man told police he was on his way home and drove onto what he thought was a road. Instead, he said, the road felt bumpy and he was unable to leave the rocky road.
What he didn't realize was that his car was traveling over the medium-size stones on the side of railroad tracks.
Officers said a CSX train operator heading south on the tracks noticed the car's tail lights and applied the brakes. The train eventually stopped, but not before pushing the car for about 10 feet.
The train and car were roughly 70 yards north of the Southwest 10th Street bridge.
The car sustained minimal damage.
The CSX train, with 68 cars, was on its way to Tampa, hauling containers and trailers, officials said.
James Dyous, a nearby resident, said he was outside watching television when he heard the CSX train blaring its horn and applying its brakes Southwest Fort King Street and then Southwest Second Street and Southwest Third Street. He said the horn and brakes continued until he noticed the train stopped not far from the bridge.
Police said no charges are expected.
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Backcountry legend Jeremy Jones loves splitboards, that's no secret, and the desire to make killer splits was a big part of the motivation for him to start his own brand. That should give you plenty of confidence when you strap the Solution Wide Splitboard to your feet. Built off the same shape as the freerider favorite Flagship, the Solution is built for stability at high speeds and control on critical lines. It just so happens that its shape lends itself to high performance skinning as well. So when you've had it with lift lines and you're ready for something better, consider this the solution to your problem.
Camber between the feet keeps the Flagship planted at mach speed, and there's slightly more rocker in the nose than the tail, for unreal float, without sacrificing the ability to ride switch. Mellow Magne-Traction places bumps along the edge, for insane edge hold, especially when you're crossing an icy traverse on the way to the run of your life. The blunted nose keeps swing weight down for quicker turns. The sintered base holds a bunch of wax, and runs crazy fast. And it's held together with Karakoram clips for the highest performance ride available.
- CamRock (camber between feet, rockered tip and tail)
- Directional shape
- Mellow Magne-Traction
- FSC wood core
- Sintered base
- Karakoram clips
- Assorted base colors
- Reviews
What do you think about this product?
Have questions about this product?
Great Shredder!
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
I bought this as a gift for my boyfriend as his first splitboard. The board is a grey top sheet with red/black base contrary to the blue board in the photo as I write this review. He loves boards with camber underfoot and has come to love the mellow magnitraction for harder snow and unexpected icy conditions (when edge hold matters most). However, this board really shines in powder! A rocketed tip and well tapered shape give it the best float you can obtain from a twin tip snowboard. My boyfriend says if you are a hard charger and not riding switch very often this board is perfect.


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This category is for websites in the in-game Internet in Grand Theft Auto IV and its episodes and Grand Theft Auto V.
Most websites require the full address to be entered, including the "www". However, when creating articles make sure websites are in lower case and do not include the "www".
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" The Dark Net is a section of the internet mentioned in Grand Theft Auto Online. In the heist...
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Hi All,
We are using ZCS & want to use Zimbra Desktop as the IMAP client. But we do not want a local download of the mails to the client PCs.
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Meet Reuben. A young professional, climbing the ladder of the film industry. I met him after he was referred to me, hiring him to help us out with the 'Cycling For Everyone' production. For this shoot I had lend him my OV-Fiets card (transit bike share scheme). There was not enough room left in the production van, so he had to travel by train. This weekend he came by to return it. We talked about how well the film had been received by the embassy's target audience, which he was pleased to hear, of course. This was also a good opportunity to take a closer look at his bike. A Batavus. As you can see, not of the transport-type that people usually associate this well-known Dutch brand with. Bottom line, the Dutch bicycle industry has a rich history when it comes to road bikes and Batavus was and still is no stranger to it.
His Champion is a beauty. Nice proportions, quality steel & it sure looks nice in white. It's from the early 80's. Reuben was able to buy it via the Dutch equivalent of eBay for practically nothing.
I told him about my plans to get into track racing on the Velodrome in Amsterdam, which includes getting a similar bike for the fun of it, getting me to the track & facilitating other enjoyable moments.
Yes, you read that right. There's more to Dutch cycling than meets the eye :).


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Though its original operatic form is still presented around the world to this day, Porgy and Bess has been adapted and presented in various forms. In 1959, a film version was made starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge in the title roles. Many of the opera's recitative passages and orchestrations were cut and dialogue was added in to make it more like a traditional musical, to the dismay of the Gershwin estate. Though some critics believe that the opera should not be changed as if there were something wrong with it, it continues to be presented in altered forms to appeal to musical theatre tastes. The 2011 Broadway revival starring Tony-winner Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, and David Alan Grier is heavily revised for just this reason, and its creative team's reworking strives to bring the show to a new audience. Get your Porgy and Bess tickets today to see this true classic in a fresh, new light.
In Catfish Row, a black, waterside tenement in Charleston, South Carolina, the members of the community go about another Saturday evening. Against their wives' wishes, the men prepare to play craps, while new mother Clara tries to soothe her child to sleep with a lullaby. Porgy, a handicapped beggar, enters on his cart to set up the game when Crown, a rugged dock worker, enters with his woman, Bess. Crown buys some cheap whiskey and dope off of the local dealer, Sportin' Life, while the other women scorn Bess for being brazen and unchaste. When Crown loses the craps game to a man named Robbins, he becomes enraged and fatally stabs him with a cotton hook. He immediately flees, leaving Bess to fend for herself but telling her to be prepared for when he comes back to claim her. Sportin' Life gives Bess some "happy dust" and offers to take her back to New York with him, but she refuses, instead choosing to knock on doors hoping for someone to take her in. Everyone turns her away until she reaches Porgy's door. He lets her in despite the others' judgments.
The next night, Serena, Robbins' wife, prepares for his funeral. Mourners from the community pitch in to cover the cost of the burial, but when Bess tries to donate, Serena rejects her offer until she explains that she is living with Porgy now. Serena panics when a white detective enters and informs her that unless she buries Robbins within 24 hours, his body will be donated to science. Though they haven't raised enough money, the undertaker agrees to bury Robbins as long as Serena pays him back. When Bess begins to sing a gospel song, the others join in and finally accept her into the community.
A month later, Bess and Porgy are living happily together when Sportin' Life comes around again, offering Bess more "happy dust," but she says she has given up drugs. Porgy promises to stay by Bess' side and the two pledge their love for each other. Just as Porgy declares that he has finally found happiness, Bess is invited to a picnic in nearby Kittiwah Island, but Porgy can't go because his disability prevents him from getting on the boat. She initially refuses, but eventually agrees to join the others, leaving Porgy behind. After the joyous picnic, Bess is accosted by Crown, who laughs off her assertion that she is living a decent life now. Though she struggles to get away from him once and for all, he forces himself on her and the boat back to the mainland leaves her behind.
A week later, as Bess is recovering from a fever, Porgy reveals that he knows she has been with Crown. She says she is afraid of his hold on her and begs Porgy to protect her when he comes back for her. At dawn, a hurricane blows in and everyone tries to comfort each other with songs and hymns as they ride out the storm in Serena's apartment. Crown storms in taunting them with his pride and vulgarity. When Clara learns that her fisherman husband, Jake, is in danger, she rushes out to the shore to try and save him, leaving her baby with Bess. In an attempt to prove his manhood, Crown makes fun of Porgy, who can not help, and goes out into the storm to show his strength.
The next night, the community mourns Clara and the fisherman, who have perished. As they begin to mourn Crown, Sportin' Life laughs at them, suggesting that he may have conquered the storm. Once it is dark, Crown sneaks into Catfish Row and tries to steal Bess away, but Porgy confronts him. In the ensuing brawl, Porgy kills Crown and rejoices with Bess. The next day, a white detective enters inquiring about Crown's murder. When Porgy admits to knowing Crown, he is taken away to identify the body. With Porgy gone, Sportin' Life tempts Bess with more "happy dust" and an offer to look after her in New York. She rushes inside and shuts him out, but he leaves some a packet of dope on her doorstep and waits.
About a week later, Porgy returns, having won a great deal of money gambling with his jail mates. As he gives gifts to the community, he suspects something is wrong. They tell him that Bess has gone off with Sportin' Life to New York, and he vows to find her and bring her home. After praying for strength, he departs. Grab your own Porgy and Bess tickets to see this dramatic classic story live.
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The birds are chirping. The days grow longer. The sun seems warmer. It must be spring. No more hesitation. It is time to get outside and prepare your lawn for the hot days of summer. Below are a few hints to help you get started:
1. Rake – Using a lawn sweeper or a good old fashioned rake, remove accumulated debris like sticks, leaves and litter. Raking also helps to remove dead weeds and grass. Thick lawns may require a dethatcher.
2. Aerate – You can aerate the ground by poking holes with a garden fork. This is especially critical if you have heavy clay soil. This will allow water and fertilizer to saturate the soil giving your lawn a jump start.
3. Fertilize – This replenishes the food reserves that the plants use up in the winter months. Apply an organic fertilizer or compost tea. This is accomplished by soaking compost in water then spraying the liquid on the lawn.
4. Weed – By using a pre-emergent weed killer, you give the grass a chance to grow tall and strong without competition from weeds.
5. Reseed – Reseed bare areas. Over-seed the entire lawn if it appears patchy or thin.
6. Mow – As soon as the grass is growing it is time to start mowing. Sharpen up your blade as a dull one causes brown dried out edges on the grass. Also it will tear out new growth. Don't cut it too short. It is better to mow more often than too short. Keeping the lawn at a proper height, 2 1/2 to 3 inches tall allows the roots to fully develop.
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Rights to Public Records Assaulted
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When Ohio's Open Records Law was originally enacted, it was an excellent safeguard against local and state governments keeping secrets from the public. Now, not so much....
It isn't so much that they want to weaken the rights that allow for transparency, it is that some individuals request the records for unsavory reasons, such as to harass, impede am agency or office from keeping up with requests in order to file actions to recover money for their delays, and to use the information in an attempt to embarrass employees in an attempt to have the employees fired with the desire to take their jobs. With enough torture some workers quit.
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newgirl,can you give some examples of what you say? Doesn't the tax payers deserve to know how the state spends our money?
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This is the lamest excuse for an op ed I've seen in a while. The author is soooooo concerned about the rights of subscribers, er, I mean the public.
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Extended, widened swingarms, piggyback shocks, GP exhausts, radial-look brakes, wavy discs, bikini fairings, billet rearsets, aluminum beam perimeter frames, we're obviously describing a custom motorcycle, just one that you can pick up and carry. Japanese firm G-Craft realizes that mini-bikes aren't supposed to just mimic the looks of the real thing, but rather to use big bike components to distort and subvert traditional motorcycle proportions.
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Looking at the prices in G-Craft's catalog, building a mini-bike like one of these up to the level you see here would likely add around $7-10,000 to the price tag of a bike like a Honda Ape 50, which starts at $3,200 itself.
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Atlas axis seems out of true, not concentric!
Posted 13 December 2012 - 09:59 AM
I can't get the head low enough to do an adjustment on the pier so I took the scope out and put it in a precision V block. I adjusted it perfectly central with no movement at all when rotated through 360 degrees.
Put the scope back in the mount expecting all to be fine. When I tried to polar align the issue was still there!
So I bit the bullet, took the mount off the pier, stuck it on a tripod and adjusted the polar scope in the mount.
It was impossible to get things exactly right. It took 3 hours to get it close the center cross still moves a quarter inch when the axis is rotated and there is nothing I can do to take the "wobble" out.
My question is. Is this normal? Second question will it effect tracking accuracy?
If so can I do anything about it.
Posted 13 December 2012 - 10:41 AM
Posted 13 December 2012 - 10:46 AM
A Polar Scope at best is just a quick way to get the scope into basic polar alignment. IT really isn't a substitute for doing drift alignment.
And if you mount the head on a pier and do a drift alignment, why would you care about the polar scope after that?
Just an example. If I align my CG5 using the polar scope, I get quite good pointing, but if I leave a target on a star of even a medium sized field and go in for 20 minutes, when I come out, the star will have drifted out of the field.
As to whether the condition is normal that your scope is not in alignment with your RA axis, I cannot say.
But even if it were, the scope will likely lack the precision to allow long period imageing or even visual observing.
If you need perfect tracking accuracy, my advice, especially if the scope is going to be mounted on a pier, is to ignore the polar scope and drift align. This will give you the best possible tracking.
Posted 13 December 2012 - 10:51 AM
I am just concerned that the RA axis of the scope is not concentric.
Posted 13 December 2012 - 10:53 AM
As you say once I am decently aligned I can forget Polar alignment altogether unless we have an earthquake and the pier moves!
Posted 13 December 2012 - 12:33 PM
I don't think you will find a polar scope that will give the precision necessary to do long period tracking, or for even moderatly short period imageing.
I'm not sure how long "moderately short period imaging" is, but the EQ-6 polar scope when used properly will easily allow 5-minute subs at the focal lengths most folks work with.
Posted 13 December 2012 - 01:16 PM
If "no" then the error you describe is largely irrelevant for visual use GOTO and tracking purposes.
If "yes", harder to say, though I would drift align instead of relying on a polar scope for polar alignment of a permanently pier mounted EQ head, if imaging was my goal.
Good luck,
Posted 13 December 2012 - 01:34 PM
I will do a drift align and get it sorted.
Posted 13 December 2012 - 02:07 PM
I can be pretty sure of that because a year or so back the mount was left tracking M57....I wanderd off to have a look at someone elses kit, got nattering and came back about 40 minutes later, may have been close to an hour...Peeked in the EP and M57 was still in there about halfway to the edge of the field in a 32mm Plossl.
Normally mine will track a planet at high power for 20 minutes at a stretch with only the occasional manual bump on a bad night to keep the planet dead centre.
I am fussy with polar alignment, though not obsessive as I only observe and dont do imaging.
Posted 13 December 2012 - 06:21 PM
after perfect reticle alignment I discovered that my polar scope itself is not lined up with the RA axis.
when I rotate in RA while looking through the polar scope my whole FOV moves in an egg shaped oval pattern while at the same time the reticle stays in perfect alignment on target.
I chatted with Orion tech support for a while and we both agree that the polar scope itself is not in alignment with the RA axis. they said it can be adjusted with the four allen screws surrounding the polar scope.
they also suggested that I try to site a more distant target and see how much movement there is before making any adjustments. said adjusting mechcanical polar scope axis can be a PITA!
Posted 13 December 2012 - 10:11 PM
There are no instructions regarding this adjustment in the manual!
Posted 14 December 2012 - 10:27 AM
I can pretty much guarantee that if you check the position of the axis shafts on these and other mass produced mounts in reference to the housings and axis heads, you would find that they are rarely, if ever, true (I can't remember a the last CGE mount that I worked on that did not have at least one wobbling axis head). That's why unguided, long exposure AP is simply waste of time. The precision is simply not there.
Posted 14 December 2012 - 11:10 AM
To get you PAS squared away:
Rotate the mount to one side and get a target centered.
Rotate the mount to the other side.
Use the adjustment screws to take out HALF of the error.
Rotate the mount back to the other side.
Take out HALF of the error.
Rinse, Pepeat..
This is called BORE SIGHTING.
Posted 15 December 2012 - 09:35 AM
the thumbscrew mod saves hours of fiddling with a 0.5mm Allen key.
Alan has a 'how to' here;


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The Czech president, Miloš Zeman, has appeared as a witness in a Prague court over a dispute involving the headquarters of the Social Democrats. Former notary Václav Halbich is demanding CZK 17 million from the president's former party for legal services in their successful bid to get their HQ back in the 1990s. However, Mr. Zeman testified on Tuesday that the Social Democrats' only partner in the matter was lawyer Zdeněk Altner. The president, who is known for his witticisms, said he had been familiar with their contract with Mr. Altner as he was not yet "suffering from dementia" at that time.
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The 26th Prague Writers' Festival will welcome the South African writer J.M. Coetzee and US novelist Chuck Palahniuk, organisers announced on Tuesday. The theme of this year's festival, which takes place in October, is crime and punishment. Other scheduled guests include Egyptian poet Mohamed El-Baaly and Yan Lianke, a Chinese writer and recipient of the 2014 Franz Kafka Prize.
Czech Republic to continue helping defend Baltics airspace, Sobotka tells Butkevicius
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Nymburk lift 13th successive Czech basketball league title
Nymburk have won their 13th Czech basketball league title in a row. The Central Bohemian club beat Děčín 102:53 in Monday evening's third final to make it 3:0 on games, repeating the result from last year. Nymburk again dominated the NBL this season, losing only one match. The club's Vojtěch Hruban was named most valuable player in the final.
Jágr not to come out of international retirement for World Cup
Ice hockey star Jaromír Jágr will not join the Czech squad for the sport's World Cup in September. The Florida forward, who is 44, informed the Czech Republic's general manager Martin Ručinský of his decision at the weekend, the newspaper Sport reported on Tuesday. Though Jágr officially retired from international hockey last year Ručinský and new trainer Josef Jandač hoped to persuade him to take part in the tournament in Toronto.
Rail services to Dresden disrupted by landslide
Trains between Prague and Dresden, Germany, have been disrupted by a landslide just across the joint border in Germany. A goods which collided with the debris was partially derailed on Monday night. Nobody was injured. The landslide is believed to have been caused by heavy rain. Train services could be resumed on Tuesday. In the meantime, an emergency bus service will be in place.
Joint police, army patrols to end although terror alert remains unchanged
Joint patrols of soldiers and police will end, the government decided on Monday. The joint patrols were introduced in the immediate aftermath of the Brussels terrorist attacks on March 22. Stepped up police surveillance will continue with the security alert remaining at the post-Brussels level of one, defense minister Martin Stropnický said. The joint patrols have come under fire from the centre-right opposition party, the Civic Democrats, as excessive. A video of how police and soldiers used excessive force on a Prague citizen who refused to hand over identity documents also stirred criticism of the patrols.


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Both are accused in the early-morning home invasion and shootings Nov. 16 at a small Independence house. Killed were 48-year-old Maria Hernandez; her 20-year-old son, Antonio Hernandez; and her boyfriend Tomas Dominguez, previously identified as Tomas Madrigal.
Police said in court documents that Cervantes was the stepson of Dominguez and had previously robbed him of $30,000. A 12-year-old boy was also shot and continues recovering from critical injuries.
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I use ZCO 7.2.1 since a few weeks and it seems to work well. However, there is tilll an issue that already existed with the previous branch (7.1) and that I thought it would be solved in this version but ... still there:
Time to time, from any other software that I use (Word, Thunderbird, ....), it seems that some process (and I suspect it is ZCO) takes the flow of the characters that I am typing and create, in Outlook, on the current day, a dayly event with that "stolen" characters. It is quite bad as, firstly, the sentence I am writing is then stopped and I have to retype those text and, secondly, it creates unwanted daily events in Outlook that I must then delete manually.
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Monday, February 1, 2010
Upcycled Valentine Crayon Hearts: HeARTs full of Art
16 comments:
- Rebecca said...
These are so cute! They'd make a great gift!
- February 1, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- pink and green mama said...
Spray the pan before you start and re-spray between each batch so the crayon wax doesn't stick!
Happy Melting!
- February 1, 2010 at 6:13 PM
- Confessions From A Working Mom said...
My mom and I used to do a version of these when I was little; but yours turn out wayyyyy prettier. What is it that makes them so glossy? I don't remember mine ever turning out like that when I was a kid.
These would be great for my little one; at her age, they'd be easier to hold than a standard crayon!
Confessions From A Working Mom
- February 1, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- Cara said...
I was planning on doing something like this to give out as a party favor for my son's school Valentine's party, but I've never actually done it before. Thanks so much for sharing your tips and "recipe"! Can't wait to make them!
- February 1, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- Kim said...
How do you package these?
- February 1, 2010 at 9:59 PM
- Infant Bibliophile said...
I'm planning to do these this year too! Bought my muffin cups today. Did you see the free downloadable card that they attach heart crayons to with a little saying like "hope your valentine's day is colorful"?
- February 1, 2010 at 10:53 PM
I love this! And here's an adorable way to add it to a valentine: http://thelongthread.com/?p=5646
Thanks for all the great craftiness!
- February 2, 2010 at 1:33 AM
Here's an adorable way to put it on a valentine! http://thelongthread.com/?p=5646
Thanks for all the great craftiness!
- February 2, 2010 at 1:37 AM
- Tracy said...
We just did this activity for our church nursery. It was a fun way to introduce service projects to my kids. Now the nursery has brand new star shaped crayons (great for nubby little toddler hands!)
Peeling the paper is definitely an advanced fine motor skill. My nails are all chipped!
Thanks for sharing another fun activity!
- February 2, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- Lori Boggs said...
I made these yesterday with my daughter - they were a big hit! We loved them so much, we are going to make them to give out to friends on Valentine's Day. Thanks for the great idea!
- February 2, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Leslie said...
So cute! any ideas on how to do something like this without the heart pan? (living overseas)
- February 3, 2010 at 8:18 PM
- pink and green mama said...
Depending on where you are overseas. A few ideas that come to mind include melting the crayons in mini paper or foil muffin/cupcake cups (see the project results here:http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/?p=1808)
You can use any shape of a cupcake/muffin style pan.
Or...you could shape aluminum foil into small cups or heart shapes.
You could also try melting some crayons in the sun (if it's hot where you are) in cookie cutters on a plate.
Another idea is if you have any candy canes left over from Christmas you can break them up and place them in heart shapes, bake at low heat for a short time in the oven on a foil covered cookie sheet and they'll be heart shapes.
Good luck! I'd love to hear back from you to see what you come up with.
pink and green mama
- February 4, 2010 at 8:27 AM
- Gigi said...
I've been wanting to try these too, and am hoping they turn out alright when I make them in the heart-shaped silicone ice cube trays I found at the "dollar spot" at Target! Okay, they were in the $2.50 area, but they are definitely worth experimenting with since I couldn't find a heart-shaped tin. Thanks for the great ideas. I love all the things you do with your girls!
- February 6, 2010 at 1:10 AM
- Leslie said...
ooh! I just saw your ideas in response to my question - I'm going to try some of these, I'll let you know how it goes :)
- February 8, 2010 at 8:48 PM
- Leslie said...
We had fun with crayons today - I blogged about it and linked to you! Thanks so much for the tips! We had a few mishaps that aren't in my post - we tried the candy canes, but I think I let it stay in the oven too long and it ran all over the pan. Also making cups out of aluminum foil did not seem to work too well either, but I wasn't very skilled at making a good cup. We did put cookie cutters in the oven with foil wrapped around them and that worked perfectly. All in all it was lots of fun and the boys loved it.
- February 9, 2010 at 9:20 PM
- Jessica said...
I should really consider making these one year--I have the pan!
I've shied away from crayon crafts ever since making "stained glass" hearts a few years ago--which resulted in melted, fuchsia-colored crayon wax staining my ironing board cover!!
Oh--and I'm in PA (where we, too, are in the midst of thigh-high snow!)
- February 10, 2010 at 2:43 PM
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Foxboro, MA (Sports Network) - Colin Kaepernick threw for 216 yards and four
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[Produced by Aqua and 3H]
[Intro: Notorious B.I.G. in a 1996 MTV interview]
Gotta try to stay above water y'know
Just stay busy, stay working
Puff told me like
The key to this joint
The key to staying on top of things
Is treat everything like it's your first project, nomsayin'
Like it's your first day like back when you was an intern
Like, that's how you try to treat things like, just stay hungry
[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
Y'all wanna know why he don't stop
Y'all wanna know why he don't flop
Let me tell you pe-people why
Came from the bottom of the block I
When I was born, it was sworn, I was never gon' be shit
Had to pull the opposite out this bitch
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Eyes on the prize, Shawn knew I had to
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Had to make moves like Olajuwon
Started out selling dimes and nicks
Graduated to a brick
No exaggeration, my infatuation with the strip
Legendary like a schoolboy
Crushin' merely nearly every every chick
Heavy shit - that's how schoolboy got whipped
And got left on some, Just Me, Myself and I
On some Trugoy shit
Had your boys threw place up
To a place of no return
Had to play with fire and get burned
Only way the boy ever gon' learn
Had to lay way in the cut, til I finally got my turn
Now I'm on top in the spot that I earned
It's my life
It's my pain and my struggle
The song that I sing to you is my everything
Treat my first like my last, and my last like my first
And my thirst is the same as when I came
It's my joy and my tears and the laughter it brings to me
It's my everything
[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
Like I never rode in a limo
Like I just dropped flows to a demo
Like it's ninety-two again and
And I got O's in the rental
Back in the Stu' again
No prob' living was a whole lot simple
When you think back, you thought that
You would never make it this far, then you
Take advantage of the luck you handed
Or the talent, you been given
Ain't no, half stepping, ain't no, no slipping
Ain't no different from a block that's hitting
Gotta get it while the getting's good
Gotta strike while the iron's hot, before you stop
Then you gotta bid it, good riddance
Goodbye, this is my second major breakup
My first was, with a pager
With a hooptie, a cookpot, and the GAME
This one's with the stu', with the stage, with the fortune
Maybe not the fortune, but certainly the FAME
[Outro: Jay-Z]
Woo, it's like the blues
We gon' ride out on this one
Ty-Ty, B-High
Yo High, remember you was making them baskets
For them niggas at radio and shit
Clark Kent, that was good looking out nigga
Carline, who ever thought we'd make it this far homie
Sha, they can't stop us, knahmsayin
Lenny S
Dame whattup, robbing the bank
Niggas thought we was crazy man, remember uhh
You had that fucked up ass handwriting
You was writing all the numbers that we was spending down
For the videos we was doing ourselves
(Ski whattup, Original Flavor now)
Your accountant was crazy wrong and shit
But we we still put it together
Biggs, whassup
Member we went to St. Thomas and uh (John Meneilly)
Your dog peed on homey leg and shit
At his crib, I think that was Rudy
And they was having a lil trouble with the pool
You and Ty-Ty was laughing
Emory was there, whattup Emory
What up Ty
Hip-Hop, whattup man
Ay, ay Hop, you ain't, you ain't have no uhh
You ain't have no muh'fuckin seat on your, on your bicycle
Now you uhh, the head of black music
That's what I'm talkin bout right there homey - Gee, whattup Gee?
Yessir, e'rybody in the Roc
Hey Guru, I know you spoiled man
I be taking them shits in one take
You gonna have to punch niggas' shit (?Snigity?)
You gon' be tight
OG Juan, whattup?
I'm a little upset that you wasn't involved in this whole process
But it's all good - whassup Dash?
My whole family, my nephew, cousin Angie, whassup? Ti-Ti
(Bey, Bey, Bey, Bey)
Mom, you made the album, how crazy is that?
Bobalob, rest in peace
My pops, rest in peace (Sup A.J.?)
Biggie Smalls, rest in peace
Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh
Nigga, I'm bout to go golfing man
Ay, I might even have me a cappuccino, fuck it!
I'm goin somewhere nice where no mosquitoes at nigga
Holla at me - it's your boy
The song's producer, Aqua, has stated,
One of the coolest parts about [the song] it is that it's entitled: 'My 1st Song.' There's a lot of underlying symbolic meaning going on.
While far from being Jay's actual first song — in fact it was supposed to be his last song ever — it really was Aqua's first song.
That's actually the last song on the album, but it's really the first song," Jay clarified further. "It's about having the same focus throughout your whole career, about me treating my first song like my last and my last song like my first. (Source)
On "My 1st Song":
It reminds you that you always have to stay hungry.
— President Barack Obama
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McLendon, 27, played in all 16 games last season, recording seven tackles, two
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State Tax Credit Calculations Error Gouges Some Balto Homeowners
Nearly 300 Baltimore City homeowners are seeing a significant increase in their property taxes as a result of flawed calculations by the state in computing the Historic Renovation Tax Credit.
As a result of the errors, local homeowners have been sent tax bills containing mistakes by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
"When people purchased these homes over the past couple of years, they were given a worksheet that predicted what their tax burden would be as a result of the credit, " Councilman Bill Henry told the AFRO. "The calculations the state did were incorrect, so their worksheets reflected smaller annual payments than what is now required."
So far, some of the tax increases have been small, however some homeowners have seen increases as much as $600, which Henry said is too much. "People made their decision to buy based on what they thought their monthly burden would be, now that is larger," he said.
The city is hoping residents who bought into Baltimore for a tax break won't be penalized because this was a mistake made by the state.
According to the city's website, finance.baltimorecity.gov, the program was designed to encourage preservation and investments in historic properties. It is a 10-year program where money is allotted to increase the value of historic neighborhoods and attract residents to Baltimore City.
Owen C. Charles, deputy director of the State Department of Assessment and Taxation, declined to comment on the inflated taxes because, he said, "the city has yet to discuss the nature of those errors with me or my department," he said. "I have received calls from homeowners with some concerns about this matter, but because I don't know the nature of the errors, I couldn't comment."
"The state government made a mistake, than it's really the state's responsibility—the city shouldn't have to eat smaller of tax revenue because the state put a lower number on a piece of paper, in this case 314 pieces of paper," Henry told the AFRO.
Councilman James Kraft, who represents District 1, which covers the Canton, Fells Point, Upper Fells Point, Butchers Hill and Patterson Park areas, said he has heard complaints from residents primarily from homeowners in the Canton, Fells Point, Upper Fells Point and Butchers Hill neighborhoods.
During an Aug. 12 city council meeting, Kraft said, "it's ridiculous and unfair that people would have to pay more."
Henry said some homeowners have seen a spike in their payments, which started July 1—the beginning of the fiscal year. He said this is the "council formally saying to the state that we need you to look at this."
"People were trying to reinvest in Baltimore and they should not be penalized," Henry said. "It doesn't have to be a low-income or fixed budget situation, an extra $500 per month, is not okay."
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October 9, 2013
Great coin purse!
I purchased this for my husband. This is the 3rd Bosca coin purse he has owned. It is in his pocket 7 days a week and certainly keeps his pant pockets from tearing. It's a great product, especially for a man .
October 9, 2013
October 9, 2013
Laura - Customer Service, BOSCA
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Whoa is it time for one of these already? Probably not, but here it is anyway.
So yeah, July's pretty close to done so it's time for the Final Count..down... thread. Hm. I didn't expect to go there at all. My apologies.
I'm Jake, and as many of you guys know from elsewhere on the forums, I wear quite a few hats around the TTG offices. The last few months, I have been fortunate enough to wear the hat of "director" for the final chapter of The Devil's Playhouse, "The City That Dares Not Sleep.".
I'll be hanging around this thread for between now and release, answering questions and dropping amazingly obscure, indecipherable, impenetrable, mind-rending hints about the final episode. Which you guys will surely figure out within like ten minutes, causing me to freak out thinking I've unwittingly spoiled the season finale for you. Fortunately, you'll then inevitably second guess yourselves and get it all horribly wrong a few days after that.
The episode was written and designed by Chuck Jordan (writer/designer/director of The Penal Zone, and lord overseer of the whole season), who is enjoying his new exotic life outside the office (which means he's probably at home on his couch playing Limbo on XBLA), but hopefully he can be coaxed into stopping by as well to help field things, too.
So yeah, the questions, the speculating: Fire away!
Uhhh, uhhh, bullet points.... Stemmle had all those cool bullet points. Dammit. Bullets.
I am less prepared than Mike "Master of the Countdown Thread" Stemmle, if you didn't notice. My bullet points, however, far outclass those of any prior thread. Feast:
[*]It's the last episode of the season.
[*]It features some very nice decorative clocks and lamps which I think you'll enjoy.
What more do you need to know?