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- NicaraguaRetailFunding via ADIM (Asociación Alternativa Para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres)
Flavia Fran...NicaraguaRetailFunding via MiCredito
Guadalupe D...NicaraguaClothingFunding via ADIM (Asociación Alternativa Para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres)
Siomara Del Socorro
Update on Siomara Del SocorroSiomara Del Socorro is an entrepreneur who has relied on loans to buy products to sell her customers. This entrepreneur has been working with Fundación León 2000 and has shown herself to be a responsible person with the wish to improve.
She is asking for a loan at present to buy cosmetics for her customers since she already has pending orders to fill. She will use the loan to buy treatments, shampoo, conditioner, lip gloss, lipstick and nail polish, among other products.
Previous Loan DetailsSiomara Del Socorro sells cosmetics and has been earning a living this way for four years. This is not the first time she's used financing from Fundación, which has been a great supporter of her business. She began with help from her husband, since they both have to go out to offer their produc... More from Siomara Del Socorro's previous loan »
Additional Information
Fundación Leon 2000This loan is administered by Fundación Leon 2000. Fundación Leon 2000 began operations in 1993 as the first microfinance institution to serve the western part of Nicaragua, a country which continues to be one of the poorest in the western hemisphere. Fundación Leon 2000 works to further the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises through credit services and management, applying the best credit industry practices and technical expertise. Additionally, Fundación Leon manages several business and financial education programs in the community, specifically for young entrepreneurs and at-risk youth. Fundación Leon 2000's group of experienced and dedicated employees works in 7 offices in Leon, Chinandega, Chichigalpa, Somotillo, Jinotepe, El Sauce, and Nagarote and serves several thousand clients (the majority of whom are women).
Concurrent and Successive Loans
Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
About Nicaragua
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 14 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Mar 14, 2012
- Listed
- Apr 18, 2012
- Currency Exchange Loss:
- Possible
- Ended:
- Apr 18, 2013
Photo from previous loan
Kiva allows our Field Partners to re-use the same photo for individual borrowers that have been posted on Kiva's website once before in a 24 month period, and we allow them to re-use group photos for up to 24 months, provided that 80% of the current group's membership is represented.
Taking, collecting, and uploading photos of borrowers is one of the most challenging elements of using Kiva for our Field Partners. In order to make Kiva easier for Field Partners to use, we have allowed them to post successive and concurrent loans without taking a new photo of the borrower if the criteria above are met.


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August 4, 2015
Mark your calendars!
Mark your calendars! Applied Software is hosting a webcast on Aug 20 that is entitled "Do you need more Plant 3D piping supports?" In this webcast, I will be showing some of the additional supports we have created via Python Scripting for various clients and why you need to stop stick-building auxiliary steel supports and using non-intelligent and non-parametric 3D blocks of hangers and guides just like they did. This is not a session on how to create Python Scripts on your own but more of what all goes into the work that Applied Software can do FOR you! Feel free to register at
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April 16, 2015
Inventor 2016 Improvements!
I have been looking for the new items in Inventor Professional 2016 and found some really great enhancements! These come from the "What's New in 2016" but if you don't have it loaded yet, you may not have seen these. This is not all of the enhancements either, but these are the ones that made me want to check it out further.
Copy Parameters to User Parameters
While working with Parameters, you can now copy an existing parameter, including all its settings and multivalues, as a User Parameter. Previously, recreation and manual entry was required for each value.
Import and Export External Rules Configuration for iLogic (not available in Inventor LT)
You can now import/export iLogic configuration settings (as an XML file) to be shared between different users and machines. Once configured, externally mapped folders appear beneath a Standards Directory tree that will update/refresh immediately when content changes (sub folders and rules). In the past, external paths had to be manually added.
External rules configuration settings can also be leveraged and mapped during creation of deployments.
Global forms can now be refreshed through a right-click context option to reflect the most up-to-date form.
Redesigned Format Text Dialog Box
The Format Text dialog box is simplified and refined to be clear and easy to use. Size of the dialog box is reduced to provide more space for editing in the graphic window.
Text Preview in the Graphic Window
Text in a drawing file is dynamically previewed in the graphic window when you create or edit it. You can refine the appearance of text before you close the Format Text dialog box.
In-Canvas Text Rotation
Select a text object, and drag the blue rotation grip point to rotate text to the desired position.
Sheet Metal Multi-body
The multi-body part environment is extended to include sheet metal parts. You can now use a top-down workflow to create multi-body sheet metal parts. Use the Make Components or Make Part command and then open the derived components to create flat patterns for each part in a multi-body part file.
Thickness Detection (yes!)
When you convert a part to sheet metal, you are now prompted to select a base face. This pick allows Inventor to measure the material thickness for you. After you select a face, the Sheet Metal Defaults dialog box appears. The measured thickness is displayed in the Thickness value box. Click OK to accept the measured thickness value.
Convert to Freeform
Use the Convert command to copy solid body or surface faces to the freeform environment. Use the freeform edit tools to manipulate the shape.
Create Tangent Dimensions Between Circular or Arc Geometry Within a 2D Sketch
You can now create tangent dimensions between circular or arc geometry within a 2D sketch. This workflow will allow you to fully constrain a circle using tangent dimensions instead of a traditional diameter dimension, or the use of the center point of the circle.
The Show/Hide All Constraints Display Setting Persists (yes!)
The selected Show All or Hide All Constraints display setting remains active as you sketch and throughout your editing session. Previously the show or hide setting did not persist when you created new geometry or when you started a new sketch.
Large Assembly Performance
The Disable Automatic Refinement option is added to the Application Options, Display tab. Disabling automatic refinement provides a coarser model display and improves graphics performance in large assemblies such as when changing a level of detail. Coarse faceting is used until you select the Refine Appearance command in the View tab.
Assembly Pattern (yes!)
The Midplane option is added to the assembly Pattern command. Select the Midplane option to create a pattern distributed on both sides of the original component.
Fast Drawing Creation
A new Create Drawing View command merges several steps to one, so you can quickly create drawing views from a model file. In the model file, arrange the model as desired. Then right-click the root component in the browser, and click Create Drawing View.
The following model properties are automatically propagated from the model to the drawing:
· All active representations (design view, position, and level of detail representation)
· Current camera including Orthogonal/Perspective setting
· Active iPart/iAssembly member
Centralized External Sketch Symbol Library Features
You can now easily access and share your collection of sketch symbols through a new external Sketch Symbol Library. This library is an Inventor drawing file that, by default, is located in a subfolder of the Design Data location of your project.
Work Features Can Now Be Projected Into a View Sketch (this is in the DWG)
You can now create a view sketch on a model with included work features and select those work features with the Project Geometry command. This capability in a drawing view sketch allows you to reference, constrain, or annotate other sketch geometry to projected work features that were included in the view.
Hidden Line Views for Standard Fasteners
A new option is available to exclude all standard fasteners from hidden line views.
Model Orientation in Base Views (this is good!)
When you create a base view, View Cube is displayed next to the upper right corner of the base view. Click a View Cube face, edge, or corner, or click the rotation manipulators to set the desired orientation of the model.
Revised Drawing View Dialog Box (this is much better!)
The Drawing View dialog box is streamlined to support new workflows with direct interaction in the graphic window.
Projected Views
Use the direct interaction tools to create multiple projected views with the Base View command, and to place projected views in the drawing.
To create an orthographic or isometric projected view, click a triangular icon on the base view border. The projected view is placed in a default location.
Align To Edge Option
A new To Edge option is available to align balloons. You can select any linear edge on the drawing sheet to specify direction of the aligned balloons.
Increased Performance When Opening Files from Other CAD Systems
Multithread support is enabled. Multithreading allows Inventor to use multiple processors if the hardware you are using contains a multi-core processor. As a result, performance is increased when working on files from other CAD systems.
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October 17, 2014
Plant 3D and Autodesk ReCap
If you are not using ReCap to register, index and manipulate your point clouds and then dropping them in AutoCAD Plant 3D to do as-built designs, you are missing out!
Come to Autodesk University in Las Vegas this year and attend my class on this very subject.
PD6092 - Simplify As-Built Modifications in Plant 3D: Autodesk ReCap and AutoCAD Plant 3D - 12/3/14 (Wednesday) 4:30 PM
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October 16, 2014
Odds and Ends – A variety of things I have found for 2015
While I have had good experiences over all with the Autodesk 2015 products, as with any software there were fixes along the way. Here are my discoveries of some of those obscure and maybe not so obscure.
1) AutoCAD 2015 Cursor trails: Moving your cursor along would leave pixels everywhere. Turning off Hardware Acceleration would clear up the problem. Install the Service Pack and you can turn Hardware Acceleration back on.
2) Plant 3D 2015 Extension 1: The Plant developers are not waiting on new releases to give more functions in P3D. However, the Extension 1 was not compatible with AutoCAD Service Pack 2. You cannot even install the SP2 for a particular vertical, such as AutoCAD MEP, without it affecting P3D. But, there is a fix that fixes the fix that broke the Extension 1. After installing any AutoCAD 2015 SP2, run the .BAT file.
3) AutoCAD Electrical 2015: The error could come with several messages. The main one I have seen is: Unhandled Exception C06D007E(Delayload "acewstr.dll" Module Not Found) at address FCFA940Dh. Just running a Repair or Reinstall will not help. The fix is to uninstall the Microsoft Access database engine 2010 and reinstall from the install path, and may be a variation depending on install method:
…\...\Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2015\3rdParty\AceDataEngine\x64\AceRedist.msi.
4) Recap 2015: Will not open a .FLS file format: While the File of Type shows it, an error will keep coming up that says it isn't a supported file type or is corrupted. You will need to install the Faro Scene 5.3 SDKs and register new DLLs. This is done all manually, in that there is no MSI to run to fix it up.
5) Multiple Suites Install: Most of you probably will not run into this, but in my world it is standard business to need to install multiple suites. If Factory Design Suite is one of yours, install it first. When you install it, the Application Manager will want to update a lot of the applications. Don't do it until you are finished with the other suites. I have found that, for example, reinstalling a suite or the subsequent suite install will want to install the BIM360. But if it is already upgraded, the install will message that a newer version is already installed and then close out, without installing the applications needed. The fix if this happens, is to go back and uninstall all the BIM360s.
Reference Links:dennis
#2: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-plant-3d-general/autocad-plant-3d-2015-extension-1-now-released/m-p/5281605/highlight/true#M15655
#2 The BAT file can be found: http://docs.autodesk.com/PLNT3D/2015/ENU/readme.html
#3: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Error-The-driver-AceRedist-is-missing.html?v=2015
#4 Directions are covered: http://www.laserscanningforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=7140
#2: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-plant-3d-general/autocad-plant-3d-2015-extension-1-now-released/m-p/5281605/highlight/true#M15655
#2 The BAT file can be found: http://docs.autodesk.com/PLNT3D/2015/ENU/readme.html
#3: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Error-The-driver-AceRedist-is-missing.html?v=2015
#4 Directions are covered: http://www.laserscanningforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=7140
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April 17, 2014
What's New in Autodesk® AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2015?! Here's the scoop!
Wondering what the new features are in the recently released Autodesk® AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2015?
Read on for a comprehensive review brought to you by Autodesk! As a Autodesk Platinum Partner, we want to share this great piece of information with you and please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Corridor modeling enhancements
Experience greater flexibility when designing and displaying corridor models.
- Corridor frequency (target and baseline)
- Corridor sampling improvements
- Retain corridor targets when substituting a sub-assembly
Profile layout enhancements
Experience greater efficiency when creating profiles.
- Extend curves and tangents to profile extents
- Create Free curve using Pass Through point
- Change Parameter Constraint (selected curve)
- New "Profile Locking" controls and display notifications for impacted Vertical Alignment entities if Horizontal Alignment changes
Production drafting enhancements
Create production deliverables more efficiently.
- Re-associate various Surface and Alignment labels to different Civil 3D source objects
- Stagger "Corridor Point" section labels
User Interface
Work more efficiently on daily tasks.
- Improved consistency between the AutoCAD Civil 3D and AutoCAD ribbon / command set.
- Improved graphics, enhanced visual feedback and object selection.
Subassembly Composer
Build custom subassemblies more easily. Improvements include support for "Voids" in shapes, Axis of Rotation, and Rail Cant.
Geographic Location (Online Map Data)
Geographic Location functionality is significantly streamlined and enhanced including a new capability to capture and embed Online Map Data (e.g., aerial map information) for offline viewing and plotting.
Reality Capture
Improved performance and more flexibility when working with point cloud files.
Interoperability and Data Exchange
Help improve collaboration with new and enhanced functionality.
- Enhanced export capabilities for DWG™ and DGN
- Export Civil 3D model elements (corridor models, surfaces, alignments/profiles, and gravity and pressure pipes) and 3D solid AutoCAD modeling objects to Keyhole Markup Language (KML).
- Open and edit AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 drawings in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 and 2013 software.
About Autodesk® AutoCAD® Civil 3D®
A civil engineering design and documentation solution that supports Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows. Using AutoCAD Civil 3D, infrastructure professionals can better understand project performance and intent, improve and maintain more consistent data and processes, and respond faster to design changes, all within a familiar AutoCAD® environment.
Visit our online learning website: LiveLab Learning for more training information!
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February 24, 2014
Plant 3D 2014 and Ortho folder setup
I have had many calls about this issue with Plant 3D 2014, so I thought I would go ahead and let everyone know the issue with creation of the Orthos folder when a Project Template is used. This issue seems to only show up after installing the Extensions (Extension 1 & Extension 2 are available via your Subscription website). The background: When creating a new Plant Project without a Project Template, all goes well. But, as soon as you point to a Project Template, you discover that Ortho creation doesn't work. Furthermore, in some cases, you get an endless loop of new drawings being created, affectionately referred to as being "spammed with new drawings".
Within the Project Setup Wizard, Page 4 of 6, the standard setting for the Orthographic output directory: is ...\Orthos\DWGs as shown in the pic to the left.
Backspace out the DWGs folder so that the Orthographic output directory points to Orthos\ folder as shown in the pic to the left.
So what happened and what should have happened?
To the left shows what will happen with the folder structure for Orthos, if the Project Template option is used and the standard setting for Orthos/DWGs is selected. The results of this folder structure will cause the Ortho creation to fail.
Note the Orthos/DWGs folder contains a duplicate of DWGs and then the Orthocube Library and Styles folders.
To the left shows the proper folder structure for Orthos, and requires a change to the settings adopted from a Project Template during creation of new project, and then a change post-creation of a new project.
Note that the DWGs, Orthocube Library and Styles folders are listed under Orthos/
Steps to insure proper new project creation for the Orthos folder structure when using a Project Template.
Within the Project Setup Wizard, Page 4 of 6, the standard setting for the Orthographic output directory: is ...\Orthos\DWGs as shown in the pic to the left.
Continue on through the Project Setup Wizard, accepting the default settings, but do not check the box on Page 6 of 6 to "Edit additional project settings after creating project". I have found that if I do check this box and make the needed change, it still messes up.
Leave the check box blank and allow the new project to be created.
Once the new project has been created, it is now safe to make one last edit to the Project Properties need to insure that Orthos will be generated properly.
Note that now, as was set in the Setup Wizard, the Ortho drawing output folder is set to the …\Orthos\ folder. The setting will need to have the DWGs folder added.
Note the setting now for the Ortho output folder ends with the DWGs folder.
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January 14, 2014
Inventor 2014 Service Pack 1 and Update 2 of Service Pack 1
As the title implies, there is a Service Pack 1 for Inventor 2014. After installing SP1, over time I began to see a pattern of problems, particularly with Content Center, in that it would just stop working and would lock up the application. Also, I found that if I renamed a file in a project, then launched Inventor, that new named file would have problems. I guess I wasn't the only one, because Autodesk released an Update 2 to Service Pack 1. Odd name, but basically a fix for what SP1 and Update 1 broke. The Update 2 to Service Pack 1 includes Update 1 so you will only need SP1 and Update 2. The link below will take you to the Update.
Update 2 to Service Pack 1
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Robison's production represents the kind of shows he intends to make a Playhouse staple, works that appeal to multiple generations of theatergoers in a manner similar to the annual production of A Christmas Carol. Through Sept. 29.
A classic of a different sort starts at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company on Sept. 7, a theatrical adaptation of Harper Lee's great American novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1960. Set in a small, racially divided town in Alabama in 1936, it's the story of a virtuous attorney, Atticus Finch, who defends a young black man unjustly accused of rape. Mockingbird's story is seen through the eyes of Atticus's impressionable daughter. CSC's production, directed by Sara Clark, features Bruce Cromer as Atticus, a man of profound integrity. Cromer is a CSC regular, starring as another principled character, Sir Thomas More, last season in A Man for All Seasons. (He's perhaps best known locally for seven years as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at the Cincinnati Playhouse.) Mockingbird is already seeing significant box office activity. Through Sept. 30.
Covedale Center is offering another Pulitzer Prize winner (1955), this one by Tennessee Williams: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, opening on Sept. 6. It's a powerful drama about the strife in the dysfunctional family of "Big Daddy" Pollitt, his son Brick and Brick's wife, Maggie, the "Cat." Greed, sins of the past and desperate clawing hopes for the future make up the show's simmering dramatic stew. It's being staged by veteran actor and director Greg Procaccino. Through Sept. 30.
Cincinnati Landmark Productions, which runs the Covedale, is having a busy month as it wraps up the summer season of the Showboat Majestic with a production of Meredith Willson's story of a fast-talking traveling salesman, The Music Man. It opens on Sept. 12 with Dan Doerger playing the charming swindler Harold Hill. It's co-directed by Dee Anne Bryll and Ed Cohen who have frequently staged award-winning community and collegiate productions. Through Sept. 30.
Toward the end of the month, the Cincinnati Playhouse opens its Shelterhouse season on Sept. 27 with Dayton native Daniel Beaty's one-man show, Through the Night, winner of a recent Obie Award in New York City. In a script he developed himself, Beaty portrays six African-American men of varying age. (Through Oct. 21.) On the same night, Northern Kentucky University kicks off the collegiate theater season with Kaufman and Hart's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy from 1936, You Can't Take It with You. (Through Oct. 7.)
That's a lot of prizewinners for one month, a great way to launch a theater season. And here's a final tip: Most of the theaters offer previews (when tickets cost much less) for several performances prior to opening, so check out their websites for details.
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The oil light and buzzer and the coolant light comes on and stays on, eventhough both levels seem fine (oil maybe slightly over). Sometimes the gas gauge and speedomemter works, sometimes doesnt. Odometer stopped working. All other things work fine,such as headlights, tail lights and turn signals etc.. What could this be?
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No surprise, the auto journo that insists on everything LS-swapped is actually a big ol' fraud. Do as he says, not as he does with TTAC's Project Car — a 1983 Ford Sierra Ghia previously reviewed with the promise of more to come.
Promises: kept.
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No surprise, the auto journo that insists on everything LS-swapped is actually a big ol' fraud. Do as he says, not as he does with TTAC's Project Car — a 1983 Ford Sierra Ghia previously reviewed with the promise of more to come.
Promises: kept.
Way back on August 13, 2013, just two comments into the discussion in which I trumpeted to the world the selection of the Chrysler Town and Country S as the chariot of choice for the mid-size Kreutzer family, user "Infinitime" wrote: The only hesitation I have about buying a Caravan when the time comes, is their propensity to use the most fragile components for the automatic transmission. Hopefully, the design of the new six-speed has finally addressed this concern. Well, here we are just a year and three months later and I am forced to acknowledge the wisdom of the best and the brightest and ponder, once again, why it is that transmissions always seem to grenade on rainy, crappy days. Read More >
One blah Monday morning, you're commuting to the anonymous office park some 90 minutes away from the bedroom community you call a home in your equally anonymous Toyota Camry Hybrid, listening to yet another story about Congress kicking cans down roads and/or some wacky antics your favorite DJs had the past weekend while you take another swig of that mermaid-branded caffeinated goodness.
Saturday was a day of reckoning for my Ford Freestar. As detailed in an article I wrote last week, my Freestar required a trip to the dealer to repair rust related issues that affected the rear wheel wells and the third row seat latches and the cost of the repairs were covered by Ford under a recall issued earlier this year. I promised then that, once the repair was completed, I would report back to you on how everything turned out. Read More >
A lifetime of World War 2 movies and an 11 year marriage has taught me one thing about the Japanese; they never do anything half way. Whether it is diving a Zero into an American ship or cutting yours truly down to size, if it is a job worth doing it is worth being fanatical about. The attention to detail the Japanese put into every tiny thing they do is awe-inspiring and so it makes sense that when a Japanese car company spends billions of yen to design and produce a vehicle, they back that up with a mechanics' training program so thorough that an average graduate can completely tear down and rebuild one of their cars. And isn't it convenient that one of Nissan's main training centers was located just a kilometer from where I used to live? Read More >
I still remember them. Tall and clear eyed, their square jaws clenched tightly as a sign of their strict discipline and inherent resolve, they dressed in perfectly pressed brown shirts and marched in straight, ordered ranks before the camera. For them there was only duty and their duty was their honor. Nothing would sway them from their purpose. As they marched they sang, and their song was a call to action. "We're the Minit Lube Minutemen, trained to do the job and do it right." God help us, we loved them for it. Read More >
She done me wrong. I was beside myself with grief, anger and stress. Things had been going so well when, suddenly, a former lover waltzed back into her life and caused her to leave me in the lurch. Part of me wanted to win her back, to show her I was better than him. The other, darker part of me wanted to find that guy and kick his ass. It was a terrible time, and to make matters even worse, by faithful Dodge Shadow wasn't running right.
Wherever I am in the world I will always be a typical American man. Despite a lot of the stereotypes that spring to mind when I say that, I learned a long time ago that it isn't a bad thing. I was raised right and I have solid values. When seats are limited I will stand so my elders can sit. I always hold the door open for ladies, and I keep plugging away no matter how hopeless the situation might seem. There are a few things here and there that can cause problems once in a while, too. For example, I won't be deliberately insulted, I need my personal space and, of course, I feel like I am loser if I don't have my own set of wheels.
[Ed: Part one of Steve Lang's updated used car buying guide is here, part two is here.]
You can rigorously apply the tests described by previous installments of this series without encountering a single setback. However when it comes to buying a used car, it pays to assume one simple salient fact: you don't know the complete truth.
At least not yet.
Everybody wants a deal. But precious few people are willing to change their habits to make their deal last longer.
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CASTILLIA - Brera, Corso Como
Size55 m²
Floor No.
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Pets allowed
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Suitable for events
|Via Gaetano de Castillia, 20124 milano, Italy
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
In 10 minutes you can walk to Corso Como, just below the skyscrapers of the new Fashion Center where aperitifs are served in the most exlusive bars.
The apartment is on the 3rd floor WITHOUT ELEVATOR and consists of a living room with double sofa bed, kitchenette, double bedroom and bathroom. The apartment is equipped with air conditioning and high speed wifi for free
The metro station is just 100 meters for direct connection to all major points of the city
check-out before 11.00
in case of difference need we can arrange other check-in check-out times
in case of one-night reservation requests do contact previously the host
For check-in later than 8.00pm an extra 10 euros fee will be charged
CHECK-IN: pick up of the keys by our office at the Central Station (where trains and buses from every Milan airport arrive)
CHECK-OUT: very easy, just leave the keys inside the apartment (no need to come back to our office)
We remind our guests the need to pay the city tax upon arrival: 2 euros per guest per night
per check-in oltre le ore 20.00 verrà richiesto un contributo di 10 euro
CHECK-IN: il ritiro delle chiavi presso il nostro ufficio in Stazione Centrale
CHECK-OUT: molto semplice: potrete lasciare le chiavi all'interno dell'appartamento
Ricordiamo ai nostri ospiti l'obbligo del pagamento della trassa di soggiorno da versare direttamente all'arrivo pari a 2 euro per persona per notte
|Price for > 2 guests
|£ 8 per guest/night extra
|Check-in After
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out Before
|Cancellation Policy
Bardzo miły i bezproblemowy kontakt, apartament w rzeczywistości był w 100% zgodny z opisem i zdjęciami na stronie internetowej. wart polecenia i powrotu.
The appartment has several very serious problems:
- It is not clear;
- Too cold - no option for increase of the temperature of the heating system.
- The messages everywhere are not very polite, you feel like your on school vacation;
- The heating system is very nosiy during the night;
- The appartment it is not look like the pictures in Wimdu;
- The bathroom has serious problems with water everywhere;
- Not enough sunlight;
+The service was very good and helpfull.
+ Perfect location.
+ Many supermarkets and restaurants near the appartment.
+ Close to metro station.
We had a mixed experience at RIPA-near the Canals. On the plus side, the apartment was in a great location and very roomy. On the negative side, only one of the two beds had been made up and there were no sheets for the second bed. Despite contacting the host immediately, we did not receive sheets for two days. Also, early one morning we lost all power, heating and hot water when we put the washing machine on. This overloaded the system and meant we were in darkness for a couple of hours until we could contact the host and get instructions for correcting the problem. Despite these issues, though, we were happy overall with the apartment. It was clean, had lots of space, and it's right on the canal where there are plenty of restaurants, a fabulous bakery, and good access to the trains.
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floor space max. 35qm, very cold downstairs, hot upstairs (due to funny heating system), practically no daylight, not clean.
bring your on caffe pads and toilett paper!
there are much better places available.
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Ich war mit allem sehr zufrieden.
Acogedor apartamento! limpio y cuidado! Está situado en una zona fantástica, cerca de comercios, restaurantes, supermercado...y al lado de la estación de metro! Recomendable 100%!!!
Tuvimos un problema con la luz, pero finalmente todo quedó resuelto sin necesidad de cambiar de apartamento.
Eine sehr schöne und vor allem gut gelegene Wohnung. 5 -10 min zu Fuss vom Hauptbahnhof entfernt. Metrostationen gut erreichbar. Viele kleine Lebensmittelgeschäfte in unmittelbarer nähe gelegen. Wohnung ist ideal für einen kurz Aufenthalt für 4-5 Personen. Badezimmer auch sehr schön. Ruhige Gegend. Nur zu empfehlen!
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a tank would be slaughered by most monsters. just as long that they're strong enough to peire the armour, tsukune and probably kurumu can do that. im not so sure mizore can ice<tank armour but she can imobilize it.
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lets see if our Monster Friends can go agenst this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOUcD...eature=related I think they stand a chance..... in hell... ^_^ not even a Super Vampire could stand a chance agenst this thing.
face it, The monster world stands no chance in hell agenst the human's
|2008-07-19, 01:19
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Chicken or Beef?
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do you really think they will only send it a tank? One of these could take out all the monsters in the school with one of these, http://youtube.com/watch?v=lxt0IvafIuE
|2008-07-19, 03:04
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Nukes, Armor Peircing Gatling guns, Stealth Bombers, Flame Throwers, Fighter Jets/Helicopters. They don't bring out the big babys in most of those mangas/animes
If I had to chose sides, I'd pick the human side.
|2008-07-19, 05:10
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Aaah what a relief to come from the whining ruckus over there at SR thread to cheesy discussions here . How could this discussion turn into a monster vs human weaponry debate . Makes me think of Godzilla, he was wiping the whole japanese army again and again while they tried to shot him with their lightningtanks all the time ... arrrgh don't they know it's just an actor with a rubber costume? Rubber is immune to lightning, don't they learn anything in school ? ... uhm sorry got carried away, where were we?
|2008-07-19, 07:27
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Chicken or Beef?
I'll side with the super natural, simply because they won't fight the way an army fight. They won't move out in platoons having shoot offs. They'll creep into the shadows, disappearing from sight and reappearing underneath, behind, whatever, and ripping out the guts of the soldiers.
Now, if you take a fully matured Yuki Ona, she can easily make a massive blizzard preventing/destroying any aerial assault. And theres a good chance that there are dragon types somewhere as well. Imagine something like Bahamut from Final Fantasy... which one would you put your money on? Bahamut or a fighter jet?
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I will side with humanity, becausse when it doubt, nuke it. If the humans honestly thought they were losing, they wouldn't think twice about nuking an area.
And the tanks wouldn't be alone. I would send an entire tank division, lol.
|2008-07-19, 09:22
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Chicken or Beef?
Tanks do shit if a godzilla is stomping on it, lol. You gotta remember, all the Youkais are based on every single myth/legend/folklore monster/ghost/demon there is. You'll have Creatures that can drag anything underground crushing it. You'll have weather controlling creatures, elementals, Golems, etc, its just too much. If anything TV and comics have taught me, leave fighting the super natural to the super natural.
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And if reading massive amounts of information on real life militaries, I would still go with the humans. How did godzilla die(the American remake)? That is right, airstrike. Since those huge monsters are so huge, they would be easy targets to find by the aircraft. And as I said, when in doubt, nuke them. lol.
|2008-07-19, 09:33
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Chicken or Beef?
Thats one Godzilla, and how many casualties was there before he actually died? Yeah, thats what I thought. Now imagine a whole army of godzillas. Army of Godzillas = End of World. Now, you keep saying Nuke them, what about Fire Elementals? trying to kill fire with fire? lulz. And things that lurks deep underground? more lulz. How about things that are of the etheral, where nothing can touch it, but it can touch you, even more lulz.
Oh how about Wind Controlling demons? Send a missile and they'll just make the wind carry it back at you, now thats massive lulz.
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"Fire" waves in nuclear weapons are not the killer. The shock wave would break anything it touches. The "fire" wave is a common misconception. The shock blast would break everything apart(and then incinerate the ones not "fire" elementals) leaving the fire "elementals" broken on the ground.
As for the Godzilla, it took them forever before they used airpower. Once they called in the attack aircraft, he died very fast. Two salvos of missles. So, if you see the Godzillas coming launch the missles from miles away, and they will go down fast.
And for the wind demons, you simply send missles in opposite directions. They can't control the air everyone at one moment.
But, hey. I would hope diplomatic methods were used first. Everything has a right to live in my eyes.
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|2008-07-19, 10:18
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Chicken or Beef?
You sorely underestimate wind, do you honestly think a missle can out power wind?
And do you think they'll be stupid enough to stand there in a huge group waiting to be nuked? Its not like its a bunch of dumb animals, or civilians going about their daily lives.
Theres also, electrical creatures to take into consideration as well, such as the Nue. Or Queztlcoat, they can cause an lightning storm causing a EMP type of atmosphere. And I don't need to tell you what happens when computers come into contact with electrical charge, let alone an EMP. Then theres water dragons/demons like Leviathans.
Lets not forget Magic either, you can basically do anything with magic, like turn machine guns into flowers.
I personally don't think everything has the "right" to live, I think you have to "earn" that right. But, this isn't the proper place to discuss such things. XP
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Moe Land
Age: 35
Solid Snake defeated Vulcan Raven in a tank with grenades only. lol!
But either way real life tanks are tanks there weapons for war. Youkai's are youkai's there monsters, demons, super natural beings...etc and some are scary.
Man I need the next chapter quick RAW or scanlated `cause some OTHER manga ending kinda disappointed me because it wasn't presented well...
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91 cadillac deville it started out with a slight miss 2 months ago and 2 weeks ago the miss got worse I was looking for a failing plug or wire Etc. and really did not get any difference pulling 1 wire at a time and not finding any vacume leaks at this time I looked down the throttle body and saw there are 2 little orfices about 3/8 dia. that are so clogged up with carbon that there was no way it can breathe I do not know where these lead so I did not want to just shove stuff down it so I used a shop vac and a drill bit by hand to unclog it and the miss seemed not so constant so I drove a couple more days and the water hose that comes across the back of the engine from the thermostat to the T sprang a leak I replaced it 50 miles later car quits replaced pcm and ran w/ exhaust off..replaced cat,&muffler runs but bad miss is still there not bad when excel. hard accel. from stop you can feel it or idle uphill tapping brake smoothes it out repl. wires plugs etc. Any ideas?
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I think you have some vacuum ports that are stopped up. You will need to pull the throttle body off to clean it correctly. I think that port goes to the MAP sensor so if it isn't getting the correct vacuum signal drivability problems can occur. Have you checked for codes in the computer? If cleaning the port doesn't help check for codes. If you have any let me know what they are. If the check engine light has not been coming on there are not any codes in the computer. Let me know if you need more help.
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Hi there, There are not any codes in the computer. I was kinda figuring that it has to have some kind of vacume issue. Where do the 2 little tubes that are down the throttle body go? I think they are actually pressed into the intake The best I can figure is that they go down into the exhaust ports on the heads like the heat riser on an old chevy but I am not sure. The exhaust was totally clogged so I figure the egr stuff is clogged too can the purge canister be clogged as well causing some problems?
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The purge canister can have a vacuum leak but the purge valve solenoid is only activated when at higher RPMs. I'm not sure what tubes you are referring to. There are two metal lines that supply and return the fuel that is pumped from the tank. Have you remove the throttle body yet to see if that port is stopped up. At least check to see if you have good vacuum at the MAP sensor vacuum hose. If this is the problem it will cause a rich fuel mixture. Driven for a period of time this will lead to A STOPPED UP CAT. I have worked on a lot of Caddies with this problem. You probably found the trouble when you found the stopped up port in the T-body. You just need to go a little further to unstop the entire port. I'll be here if you need more help.
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Thank you for your help this just confirms my original diagnosis I have had very little time to trouble shoot and one thing after another kept going wrong that I had to replace to keep the car on the road I can definatley tell that the throttle body is most likely clogged I will take it off and clean it out in a couple of days and I am sure this will solve the problem. The tubes I am talking about are just below the throttle body pressed into the intake they are about 3/8 dia. and totally clogged up as well I have cleared them out some and it seemed to make a difference I just did not want to go shoving stuff on down into the engine since I don't really know where they lead to I am pretty sure that they would have to go down into the exhaust ports in the heads through egr somehow because the build up in the tubes is like the buildup that gets into the heat riser exhaust port in an old small block chevy. However It has to be therouly cleaned to properly perform I am shure this will fix my problem. Thank you for your time. Brian
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NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT
The last two times the media saw the New England Patriots practice -- the final organized team activities session a week ago and Tuesday's first day of mandatory minicamp -- there were only two quarterbacks taking reps on the field.
With fourth-year veteran backup Ryan Mallett missing workouts for an undisclosed reason, Tom Brady is left running the first team and rookie second-round pick Jimmy Garoppolo is receiving more than his share of chances throughout drills and backup action.
The youngster out of Eastern Illinois eventually may take over for the 15-year veteran Brady, but that is in the future. Right now, Garoppolo is simply trying to learn the New England offense and get his feet wet as a professional.
That means all the extra practice reps this spring that normally might have gone to Mallett are more than welcome. In the first day of minicamp work Tuesday, Garoppolo threw a nice deep ball to rookie receiver Jeremy Johnson to beat solid coverage, one of the rookie's best tosses during his short time with the Patriots.
"It was a good read," he said with a chuckle, suggesting that he was satisfied with the play. "It's just one of those things that you see the safeties rotate and you get your eyes in the right place and you have to have efficient eyes, and I did that on that play."
Other times he was forced to pull the ball down and throw it into the ground, Peyton Manning-style, under pressure or throw wildly to a spot where he apparently thought the intended receiver would be. It clearly is a growing process at this point for a guy coming from the Football Championship Subdivision level trying to get up to speed quickly with what is one of the NFL's more complex offenses.
"I don't even know if you can compare the two. ... It's night and day," he said when asked about the differences between offseason work at Eastern Illinois and with the Patriots. "We come out here, it's gorgeous out here, had a great day of practice. What else would you rather be doing?"
While Garoppolo clearly is taking advantage of Mallett's missed time, he is also leaning on both the veteran backup and the veteran starter as he tries to get a handle on the playbook. In addition, he is learning how offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels handles his pupils.
"Brady and Mallett are two guys who have been doing this for a while, and they know the offense very well," Garoppolo said. "They've helped me a tremendous amount. Them and Josh and offensive assistant Jerry (Schuplinski) have done a tremendous job helping me.
"Josh is just like me, an energetic guy. He loves the offense, loves football, and we go out there and have a great time every day."
For at least a couple of days, Garoppolo was the No. 2 quarterback in practice. At times he looked like a polished, accurate, athletic young passer. Other times he looked less than stellar. He is a work in the very early stages of progress.
He knows that, which is why he is not all that interested in addressing the talk of him being the heir to Brady's job.
"It's just one of those things; you can't really focus on it," he said. "If you're focusing on that, you're focusing on the wrong things. My main focus was on coming out here, being very consistent, day in and day out. It's a grind, and you have to come out here and do well each and every day."
And that is an answer that would probably make coach Bill Belichick, McDaniels and even Brady proud.
NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - NOTES, QUOTES
--Cornerback Darrelle Revis missed essentially the entire practice on New England's second day of mandatory mini-camp action for unspecified reasons. The veteran was on the field for the opening of the session during stretching and form running but left shortly thereafter, missing all the group and team work in the two-hour practice. Revis had been a full participant in the Patriots' previous mini-camp and OTA action that's been open to the media.
"All the players that are out there practicing are practicing and the ones that aren't, aren't," coach Bill Belichick said on the field after the workout ended.
Asked a follow-up question if there was anything in particular to Revis specifically and Belichick offered little more.
"There are a lot of guys that don't practice today," Belichick said.
--Quarterback Ryan Mallett was once again absent from practice for New England's second day of mini-camp action, the third straight time he's missed a workout with the media in attendance dating back to OTAs. No word on the nature of Mallett's apparent injury, other than the fact that he was working with the team's rehabbing players with the training staff during the practice action.
--Offensive lineman R.J. Mattes was released on Wednesday. Undrafted out of North Carolina State last year, he spent time with New England last summer as well as a short stint on the team's practice squad late last season.
--Wide receiver Jeremy Johnson was signed by the Patriots on Thursday. The 6-foot, 179-pound rookie free agent out of SMU caught 112 passes for 1,112 yards with six touchdowns as a senior for the Mustangs. Over the course of his four-year career, he hauled in 196 passes for 1,936 yards with 10 touchdowns.
--Right tackle Sebastian Vollmer missed the final eight games last season because of a broken leg. As is the case with so many players when they are forced to miss time from the game, Vollmer admits he's probably enjoying OTA workouts more than the average player might. "No doubt, whenever you get hurt or miss some games, you're excited to be back," Vollmer said. "You go through rehab and try to get your body right. So it's definitely exciting for me."
--Linebacker James Anderson signed with the Patriots June 4. The 6-foot-2, 235-pound veteran has played in eight NFL seasons, the first seven of which came with the Panthers. The 30 year old spent last year in Chicago where he tallied 102 tackles and four sacks in 16 starts. Over his career he's started 69 of 110 games, totaling 556 tackles, 12 sacks three interceptions, 23 passes defensed, five forced fumbles and eight fumble recoveries.
Anderson immediately becomes the most experienced, talented backup linebacker in New England. While Pro Bowler Jerod Mayo, third-year former first-round pick Dont'a Hightower and second-year second-round pick Jamie Collins are penciled in as the three starters, there is extremely limited depth behind them.
NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL
A closer look at the Patriots' picks:
Round 1/29 -- Dominique Easley, DT, 6-2, 288, Florida
--The Patriots stayed put in the first round for the first time in three years and went after a talented, athletic Gator with a perceived upside and a very real injury history. Easley is a disruptive force when healthy but is coming off a torn ACL that cost him all but three games in his final season at Florida after coming back from a torn ACL in his other knee two years ago.
Round 2/62 -- Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, 6-2, 226, Eastern Illinois
--New England spent plenty of time working out quarterbacks prior to the draft and then targeted the highly productive Garoppolo as the man to likely replace Ryan Mallett as Tom Brady's backup and, down the road, maybe ascend to a potentially even greater role. Garoppolo has a quick release and good accuracy, but will have to transition from a lower level to the far more complex passing game in New England and the pro defenses he'll face.
Round 4/105 -- Bryan Stork, C, 6-4, 300, Florida State
--Stork won the Rimington Trophy as the top center in the country while helping FSU to a national title in his final season. The All-America will be expected to come in right away and possible compete for playing time at either center or right guard, where he could easily prove an upgrade over returning veterans Ryan Wendell or Dan Connolly.
Round 4/130 -- James White, RB, 5-10, 195, Wisconsin
--With both starter Stevan Ridley and third-down back Shane Vereen heading into the final year of their rookie contracts, New England clearly wanted to add depth and developmental talent to the backfield committee. White, who opened and closed his four-year college career with 1,000-yard campaigns, is a guy familiar with sharing the load for the Badgers, and unlike Ridley, his two fumbles in 754 career touches show the kind of ball security that Bill Belichick is fond of.
Round 4/140 -- Cameron Fleming, T, 6-6, 318, Stanford
--Despite returning all five starting offensive linemen from last season, New England continued to target the spot in this year's draft by taking the right tackle out of Stanford. Fleming started all 39 games he played for the school and given that he's about to receive a degree in aeronautics and astronautics is seen as a heady player who might have the potential to bump to guard at the next level.
Round 6/179 -- Jon Halapio, G, 6-3, 323, Florida
--For the third time in its first six picks New England added another offensive lineman with the addition of Halapio, a two-time Gators captain who started 43 of the 51 games he played in Gainesville. A right guard for Florida, he'll join the Patriots' offensive line development program that's now under the direction of first-year line coach Dave DeGuglielmo.
Round 6/198 -- Zach Moore, DE, 6-5, 269, Concordia
--Finally addressing a defensive end/pass rush need that many considered a high priority, New England went with a developmental talent from Division II. Moore certainly has an NFL frame and his 33 career sacks are impressive; he'll be looking to make a major leap in competition.
Round 6/206 -- Jemea Thomas, CB, 5-9, 192, Georgia Tech
--Thomas is an undersized tweener with experience at both safety and corner. He'll probably compete in the nickel in the NFL and on special teams, but as a four-year college starter brings solid experience to the next level.
Round 7/244 -- Jeremy Gallon, WR, 5-7, 187, Michigan
--The Patriots' final selection of the day added another undersized receiver to the team's receiving corps. Gallon had a highly productive final season for the Wolverines with 89 catches for 1,373 yards and nine touchdowns, but his undersized build and average hands make him a question mark at the next level.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (not tendered offers)
--DE Andre Carter (not tendered as UFA).
--WR Austin Collie (not tendered as UFA).
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: None.
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FREE AGENTS: None.
--QB Jimmy Garoppolo (2/62): 4 yrs, terms unknown.
--C Bryan Stork (4/105): 4 yrs, terms unknown.
--RB James White (4/130): 4 yrs, terms unknown.
--T Cameron Fleming (4/140): 4 yrs, terms unknown.
--G Jon Halapio (6/179): 4 yrs, terms unknown.
--DE Zach Moore (6/198): 4 yrs, terms unknown.
--CB Jemea Thomas (6/206): 4 yrs, terms unknown.
--WR Jeremy Gallon (7/244): 4 yrs, terms unknown.
--LS Danny Aiken: Potential RFA; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--WR Julian Edelman: UFA; $17M/4 yrs, $8M guaranteed.
--TE Michael Hoomanawanui: Potential UFA; 2 yr, terms unknown.
--C Ryan Wendell: UFA; 2 yrs, terms unknown.
--LB James Anderson: Not tendered as UFA by Bears; terms unknown.
--CB Brandon Browner: UFA Seahawks; $15.15M/3 yrs, $1M guaranteed.
--S Patrick Chung: FA Eagles; terms unknown.
--LB Josh Hull: FA Redskins; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--WR Brandon LaFell: UFA Panthers; 3 yrs, terms unknown.
--CB Darrelle Revis: FA Buccaneers; $32M/2 yrs, $10M SB/$12M RB 2015.
--DE Will Smith: FA Saints; terms unknown.
--RB LeGarrette Blount: UFA Steelers; $3.85M/2 yrs, $950,000 SB.
--LB Dane Fletcher: UFA Buccaneers; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--S Steve Gregory (released).
--TE Matthew Mulligan: UFA Bears; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--NT Isaac Sopoaga (released).
--LB Brandon Spikes: UFA Bills; $3M/1 yr, $900,000 SB.
--T Will Svitek: Not tendered as UFA/Bengals; terms unknown.
--CB Aqib Talib: UFA Broncos; $57M/6 yrs, $5M SB/$26M guaranteed.
--S Adrian Wilson (released).


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Have you creating a kind of model, before you composing this complexe form ?
Or as me, You draw and photoshop as your mind want, to get a good visual ?
Or as me, You draw and photoshop as your mind want, to get a good visual ?
Once again, amazing work, truly amazing.
very cool!
DAMN fool
love it
great job
love it
great job
Love this one filters u used where perfect, I starting to get confused about how people say if u use filters it becomes bad for that reason....LOL I always thought they where there to help.
Amazing render work!
I love the sharpened effect on this. It also has great contrasting coloring. Great work once again.
great work!
lovin' this
pretty sweet stuff mate
Is it supposed to look like a sinking galleon? Nice work
Awesome rendering
Excellent render and colors!!! A++
stunning......a mix of 2d/3d me likes
sharpness reminds me of ekud. I would even dare to say better.. seriously nice job man
Nice one
nice style mate
very cool job
Alittle oversharpened, but the render is nice, and the colors work too
Render is not really special but i do like the colours, good job.
Wow, looks great
That's beautiful.
Nice. I like the coloring of the render. The angled strokes filter gives it a nice grungey feel.
Nice. I like the coloring of the render. The angled strokes filter gives it a nice grungey feel.
Nice, looks like a tilted abstract pirate ship.
pretty cool, i like the filter use..
I like it man Very nice.
very nice! i like it so much
You sexy beast mann. thatrs hott!
i knew i was gonna fav this once i saw the thumbnail! awesome work!
very nice, the render is looking great, and i think the subtle post work turned out great.
awesome work as usual man.
awesome work as usual man.
mmmm geil
Meer PS work had ook zeker niet gehoeven... Heerlijke render, kleuren en vormen zijn super
I like it.
Interesting style you got going here, Giel.. keep it up.
aardige gekke kleurtjes en lights bud
thats cool. nice job but i think you could have added some atmosphere in the bottom left to create some more depth
liking it..
this is really cool! i like the origionality of it!


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Psycho-Gaia Sprite sheet by WolfGriffinWatch
©2008-2016 WolfGriffin
Wow, I actually found all the sprites and characters from my Legend of Gaia series that I thought I lost months ago. I am very happy all those sprites were not lost forever as I liked them very much. Anyways, this was to be the main villainess of the series. I really liked her a lot and would still love to use her character. Its pretty old and I feel I can do her a lot better now, either way, I never really got to show her in action too much so here is a look at her.
Are there more where this came from?
Unfortunately, those are the only ones that I have completed of Psycho Gaia. I did not really get to use her very much at all.
Since these are sprites are they for an animation or a game?
I will say both. They are originally from the Legend of Gaia series I started doing a very long time ago, which are basically like I usually do, short 3 minute animated clips;and yes, I did plan on making a game with her sprite. Sadly due to my limited knowledge of just about anything having to do with building a video game. I never got the project off the ground.
coooooooooooooooooooooooll mega coool yeah
wow, what did you use to do her hair?
It is this really niffty program called Particle Illusion. That is the program that I am practicing using with Fairy Tales.
Sweet deal man. The mist hair is awesome
wow. this is so awesome. °O°


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The under area of ones boob. Male or female. Typically unseen unless you're flat chested or have large boobs that hang over your booboblical.
A booboblical is above one's rib cage.
A booboblical is above one's rib cage.
"Hey, Brandon! Let's get a tattoo under our booboblical!"
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"Sure, Kerri!"
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With image stabilization, this lens can make sharp pictures (with some care), down to 1/100 second, sometimes even 1/50 second.
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See how the unique characteristics of the District of Columbia have influenced overall health and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the national capital.
District of Columbia health ratings
The District of Columbia ranks 21st nationally in the Commonwealth Fund's 2014 Scorecard on State Health System Performance, up from 24th in 2009. The ranking gives each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia an overall score based on more than 40 health indicators. The indicators are grouped into five categories, with the District of Columbia scoring well in Access, Equity, and Prevention & Treatment. See the District of Columbia Scorecard for specific scores.
The District of Columbia is not given an overall ranking by America's Health Rankings. However, you can see how the District of Columbia is performing on a variety of health indicators. Positives include a low prevalence of physical inactivity, a high percentage of quality nursing home beds, and ready availability of home healthcare providers. The District of Columbia's biggest health challenges include a high prevalence of chronic drinking, a high rate of seniors in poverty, and low flu vaccination coverage.
Another source for public health information is the 2015 edition of Trust for America's Health. This resource provides scores on individual health measures, but no overall rankings for the states or the District of Columbia. See Key Health Data About District of Columbia.
District of Columbia and the Affordable Care Act
While the District of Columbia is represented by a delegate in the U.S. House of Representative, that delegate does not vote on proposed bills. The District of Columbia is not represented in the U.S. Senate. Accordingly, the District of Columbia is not "on record" for the 2010 House and Senate votes establishing the Affordable Care Act.
The District of Columbia City Council established a state-run health insurance marketplace under the ACA. The legislation establishing the District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority was signed into law by Mayor Vincent Gray (D) in January 2012. The bill was also subject to review by the U.S. Congress. This is the typical process for legislation in the District of Columbia, and Congress rarely rejects laws passed by the District of Columbia.
The District of Columbia's marketplace is named DC Health Link, and the District also accepted Medicaid expansion.
How did Obamacare help the District of Columbia?
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, about 50,000 District of Columbia nonelderly residents were uninsured in January 2014. About 27,500 of these residents were estimated to qualify for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, with many of them newly qualified under the ACA's more generous eligibility criteria.
An additional 5,000 of uninsured, nonelderly residents qualified for the ACA's premium tax subsidies to help them purchase medical insurance through the marketplace.
District of Columbia enrollment in qualified health plans
Approximately 10,700 individuals selected a qualified health plan through DC Health Link during the first Obamcare open enrollment period. This is 29.8 percent of the estimated eligible market in the District of Columbia. Nationally, 28 percent those deemed eligible signed up for QHPs during the 2014 open enrollment period.
During the 2014 open enrollment period, 45 percent of the people who signed up for private health plans through the District's exchange were ages 18 to 34 – the highest percentage in the U.S. Nationwide, 28 percent of enrollees belonged to this age group.
Obamacare's second open enrollment period saw higher enrollment numbers with 18,465 individuals selecting plans through DC's exchange. By June 30, 2015, several thousand had dropped coverage or quit paying their premiums and 14,637 remained enrolled. Of those remaining, 10.2 percent received advanced premium tax credits and 2.7 percent received cost-sharing reductions.
Two health insurance carriers will offer plans through DC Health Link for 2016. They include CareFirst and Kaiser. In the District of Columbia there is no off-exchange enrollment for individuals or small businesses. In September 2015, a new Plan Match tool was launched to help DC consumers compare plans and select 2016 coverage.
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No CO-OP plans were created in District of Columbia.
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sometimes my clock changes, and when i use my blinker the radio cuts out for a second. sometimes when i hit the brake the radio cuts out for a second. can see dash lights slightly dim when i hit the brake. doesn't always do this.
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This is both a general question about java EOF exceptions, as well as Hadoop's EOF exception which is related to jar interoperability. Comments and answers on either topic are acceptable.
I'm noting some threads which discuss a cryptic exception, which is ultimately caused by a "readInt" method. This exception seems to have some generic implications which are independent of hadoop, but ultimately, is caused by interoperability of Hadoop jars.
In my case, I'm getting it when I try to create a new FileSystem object in hadoop, in java.
My question is : What is happening and why does the reading of an integer throw an EOF exception ? What "File" is this EOF exception referring to, and why would such an exception be thrown if two jars are not capable of interoperating ?
Secondarily, I also would like to know how to fix this error so i can connect to and read/write hadoops filesystem using the hdfs protocol with the java api, remotely....
java.io.IOException: Call to /10.0.1.37:50070 failed on local exception: java.io.EOFException at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.wrapException(Client.java:1139) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1107) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Invoker.invoke(RPC.java:226) at $Proxy0.getProtocolVersion(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC.getProxy(RPC.java:398) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC.getProxy(RPC.java:384) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.createRPCNamenode(DFSClient.java:111) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.(DFSClient.java:213) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.(DFSClient.java:180) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.initialize(DistributedFileSystem.java:89) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.createFileSystem(FileSystem.java:1514) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.access$200(FileSystem.java:67) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem$Cache.getInternal(FileSystem.java:1548) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem$Cache.get(FileSystem.java:1530) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.get(FileSystem.java:228) at sb.HadoopRemote.main(HadoopRemote.java:35) Caused by: java.io.EOFException at java.io.DataInputStream.readInt(DataInputStream.java:375) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client$Connection.receiveResponse(Client.java:819) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client$Connection.run(Client.java:720)


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Puzo get axed?
Yeah, big Joe got booted out.probably Richard Jackson's call.
When did Joe get axed? I had thought he was doing a good job there but I left Pall Cortland in 2008. I have heard of a lot of long term non union guys getting the axe like DW.
Place has gone nuts! Putting sucks in charge of trained experienced! Getting rid of good people and run by yes people. Gotta be planning set up for failure. Dr. Pall & Abe gotta be rolling over in their graves. Oh well, sonny got rich along with BFF.
Cortland is now an ugly, cut-throat, dog-eat-dog arena where every day another long-term employee gets "laid-off"....nobody left but neurotic toadies.
Sentiment: Sell