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Senior Design Open House
Senior engineers are doing a lot of fine-tuning (and snacking) as they get ready for their annual design showcase.
May 04, 2012 | Myrna Anderson
Q&A: Japanese tsunami
Calvin professors talk about earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear power, radiation and the resiliency of the Japanese people.
March 15, 2011 | Myrna Anderson
Engineers' project wins disaster shelter competition
A senior design team won the World Vision Disaster Shelter Competition at John Brown University.
April 25, 2013 | Myrna Anderson
Showing their stuff
In a cubicle in the Engineering Building, senior engineering student Tom Kok is holding the prototype of a little airplane that needs some work: "How is it going to fly without any wings?" asks Calvin engineering professor David Wunder.
May 06, 2009 | Myrna Anderson
Last-minute touches: Senior Projects Night
Seventeen senior design teams will showcase their projects at the annual Senior Projects Night.
May 05, 2011 | Myrna Anderson
Senior engineers get ready
Calvin's senior engineering majors prepare for Senior Projects Night—the annual showcase of the students' engineering ingenuity.
May 06, 2010 | Myrna Anderson , Matt Kucinski
Senior engineers get ready
It was Wednesday afternoon, May 5, and Calvin's senior engineering majors were cleaning the two wings of the engineering building, the site of Senior Projects Night—the annual showcase of the students' engineering ingenuity held this year on Saturday, May 8, 2010.
May 06, 2010 | Myrna Anderson , Matt Kucinski
CERF's up!
When students return to Calvin's campus this fall they may notice a change in the way computers in the college labs behave.
May 28, 2010 | Phil de Haan
Professor of the Year: Cal Jen
The Professor of the Year is selected through a vote of the Calvin graduating class. Jen, a business professor, is the 12th winner of the award.
May 22, 2009 | Matt Decker
Interning at Airbus
Traveling abroad was never something Steven Brink found particularly appealing.
August 09, 2010 | Phil de Haan
Farm knowledge from the engineering lab
Annie Stegink '09 works at Community Harvest Project, a non-profit farm in Massachusetts, using her engineering education daily.
August 15, 2016 | Jacquelyn Hubbard
U.S. News recognizes Calvin College for its undergraduate research
Calvin is on a short list of institutions that U.S. News & World Report highlights as outstanding examples of undergraduate research and creative projects.
September 09, 2014 | Matt Kucinski
2012 Commencement Week video
Art shows, engineering projects, senior breakfast, nurse pinning, teacher commissioning, the last handshake.
June 12, 2012 | Matt Kucinski
A problem-solver and the Putnam
A math and computer science major was a top scorer in a prestigious international math competition.
April 21, 2011 | Matt Kucinski
Engineering majors design motorized stroller
"It was really nice for us to have a real customer. There was a lot of motivation for the whole team to make a 100 percent working product."
June 10, 2011 | Matt Kucinski
Senior design project recognized nationally
A team of five 2011 engineering grads placed seventh nationally at the Supermileage competition, an international competition put on by the Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE), which challenges students to design fuel-efficient, single-person vehicles.
June 23, 2011 | Matt Kucinski
Engineering prof's paper gets national recognition
Gayle Ermer's paper received top recognition at the American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE) annual conference in Indianapolis.
June 20, 2014 | Matt Kucinski
Calvin's national reputation for Goldwater Scholars
Since 2008, Calvin's had 15 Goldwater Scholars—a number unmatched by any other liberal arts college during that time.
April 01, 2014 | Matt Kucinski
Innovation Encounter
A team of six Calvin business, engineering and computer science majors took first place in the 2010 "Innovation Encounter"—an inventive problem solving competition hosted by Lawrence Tech University. Calvin competed with five other colleges and universities in developing a new idea for a smart phone application to interface with vehicle systems.
November 05, 2010 | Matt
A faithful approach to theatre
Julia Kimble is finding out that arts and sciences are not an either or at Calvin. The senior theatre major is seeing how the two disciplines unite in her role as assistant designer for the Calvin Theatre Company.
November 01, 2013 | Matt Kucinski


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#581 Thu 17 Nov 11 4:13pm
Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
I've done: pesto, preserved lemons, tapenade (pls see below), olives in marinade, panettone, panforte, fruit mince, dukkah, ras el hanout, mini puds, mini cakes.
Have yet to do: char-grilled veg, feta in marinade, eggplant/aubergine relish, tomato relish, Frizz's caramelised onions and mini (mini muffin sized) pastry cases for the fruit mince (pies) or tapenade etc (I use my late FIL's recipe for tapenade which includes capers and almonds and has texture) and kourabiethes/kourabiedes (Greek almond shortbread studded with cloves, crescent shaped and dusted with icing sugar) and strawberry/vanilla jam.
I admit I'm using these gift baskets as a "marketing" and "good will" exercise for my catering business but ... Am also doing "pet baskets" with toys, treats etc.
Must get on with "family food stuff". Though, these days, Christmas is *very* complicated- not helped by my poor, sweet darling son's birthday being 27 December.
Hope I've given someone some ideas for Christmas "gifts from the kitchen"
Mummza, living alone most of the time and rejecting most bottled/processed stuff, I've become a scrounger with friends, family and neighbours in order to get my jars. Some nicer than others. Would really like bottles for oils and vinegars. They are in scarce supply here, it seems. From scrounger to hoarder .
Last edited by Maree (Thu 17 Nov 11 4:46pm)
#582 Thu 17 Nov 11 10:42pm
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Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
I know what you mean about getting jars Maree , I had carefully saved a pile of jars and my darling found them and recycled them as he had forgotten why they were being saved !
Jars of Ras el hanout sound a great idea to me , I could make up a little gift box/hamper with ther things that compliment it.. I shall give that some thought
#583 Fri 18 Nov 11 12:16am
Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
I had the jar "incident" happen to me a couple of years ago. I'd carefully stored them in the laundry, a room that I thought I was the only one to know the location of .
Here's the "recipe" I use:
RAS AL HANOUT (from Greg Malouf)
Lightly roast and grind:
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp coriander seeds
6 cardamom pods, seeds only
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
1/2 tsp black peppercorns
then sieve to remove the husks
Mix in:
2 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp allspice
Store in an air tight container.
#584 Wed 28 Nov 12 7:36am
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Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Time to 'bump' our long standing Christmas thread I think . This thread is full of recipes and ideas ( plus a bit of chit-chat ) to help with Christmas .
For those that don't know Dave , Dave Barker is a chef , when he first joined the forum he had a different job but then re-trained to work as a chef.
As you can see this thread has been running for a number of years . Please add a few more tips and recipes as its a good one to keep running.
#585 Fri 30 Nov 12 1:30pm
Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Good thinking, Mummza
Also, a reminder for those on "Wouldn't it be Cool" thread (leftovers), tomorrow (Saturday) we are meant to be "doing edible gifts".
#586 Sat 01 Dec 12 9:32am
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Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
#587 Sun 09 Dec 12 10:41am
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Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
I am rather behind with my Christmas preperations at the moment , some of the freezer space needs to be eaten to make space for the christmas preperation like the 'pigs in blankets' the sausagemeat stuffing , mince pies etc . and although my poor darling is doing his best to eat through things progress is slow !
My family seem to be failing in ' task ...eat the freezer contents'
Fortunatly one of my daughters is home this weekend and so there has been one joint of meat removed for them to eat for lunch today .. thats a little bit of space made
another daughter will be home next weekend , but I will be in London as I am going to the street party outside Fifteen .. I will have to encourage her to cook meals for her father using things from the freezer
Ah well , things arnt going to the usual plans this year but never mind, Christmas always happens whatever and we always ave a lovley time together as a family and thats what is important.
#588 Sat 01 Nov 14 2:38am
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Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
I might as well get the ball rolling this year. I've not made anything yet but I'm thinking of making a jam for the girls in the office. It's the first time I've really had a large work group around me. I've got the rhubarb in the garden going well, unless it cooks in this heat wave. Also thinking of trying a mint or rosemary jelly.
#589 Sat 01 Nov 14 3:06am
Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Dave Barker was the first person to say "hello" and to answer one of my posts when I joined here .
#590 Sat 01 Nov 14 7:37am
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Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Well done White a Rabbit , I was going to look out this thread again today . I linked it to Abby's thread recently .
Christmas preparations for me are not really happening yet.
I hope to make a Christmas cake next week with a young friend of mine who loves mince pies and Christmas cake so much that when given the choice of choosing a raffle prize for his mum be chose a dozen mince pies and left the expensive champagne on the table ... Much to his mothers dismay
We're trying to eat up some of the contents of the freezer at the moment so that I can get on to making the Christmas mince pies , pigs in blankets and the 'stuffing' that I never stuff into the turkey !


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So the recruiter helped me get my resume much more beefy looking so it actually reflected my abilities better. Next thing I know they bring me in for the first interview. Cool part was they accommodated my work schedule so I didn't need to take any time off. Infrastructure manager liked me and I got the call for a second right away. Again they accommodated my schedule. The recruiter was also feeling very positive about it. After another week or 2 I get the offer. As a bonus it was more than I was asking for. I didn't want to be too greedy with my first official Info Sec job.
So here I am 2 weeks into the job, well 3 but again they accommodated me by allowing me to take time off for a pre-scheduled wedding trip for a good friend of mine. My current duties, for now, revolve around Patch Management and Anti-virus management. Might seem like a glorified Sys Admin but for one very little if any desktop work, and two, lots of room to grow the duty list. The team is cool as well and all pretty knowledgeable.
After talking with a friend of mine, he told me I was heading into Information Assurance. That led me to GIAC and GCWN. So my current path will be to obtain GCWN. New boss said he will approve SANS SEC505 for next year's budget. Its nice having a boss that says "go pick a training course." So for now its back on my MCITP track, then GCWN. After that I may go back to CCNA. Eventually I would like to pick up the CISSP. They seem to be very supportive for education so why not take advantage?
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When an unattractive member of the US military (usually female) starts to look pretty hot the longer an overseas deployment lasts. The longer the deployment, the more desirable she is, therefore the more action she gets. Usually she would qualify as a "Two-Bagger" in the states.
Get it now while you're deployment attractive, because when we get back to the states, you're a beast again.
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Congratulations to Clark Griffith, for winning our 14th Greatest 19th Century Pitcher Poll! He won 4 of our 8 votes (50%), coming in ahead of Monte Ward, Tommy Bond and Will White, who all received 1 votes (33%).
This round for 15thd Greatest 19th Century Pitcher is now open! Let the Games Begin!
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We are now ONLY voting for the 15th Greatest 19th Century pitcher.
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Dear All,
I definitely have a dwindling of my worker population as I have noticed numerous dead bees being carried out and left at the doorstep of my TBH. But I am also worried that I may not have a queen surviving. Without physically making an observation of my combs (not about to do that in the throes of winter), can I safely make the assumption that my queen is alive just because I still have workers alive in January?
Thanks for any input.


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I read in in Bee Culture magazine where a guy was saying to keep no more space than the bees can protect....when you put on a super it can make more space than you have bees to protect and lets the SHB roam free....I had this happen last year after I had put a super on my hive. In about 2 weeks the hive was taken over and obsconded, they had just started to build comb and add a small amount of honey in the super...So how can you minimize space with 2 deeps and the nectar flow is on....you have to add a super, don't you? I don't understand how this can be done...maybe remove frames with no brood?
From what I'm seeing we're going to have an early spring my fruiting pear and bradford pear is starting to bloom, my forsythia and buttercups are blooming....I need to find out what to do before the nectar flow starts.


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Tony Polston has been homeless for seven months. He doesn't make any excuses for how he's gotten to this point in his life, "Here I am, it's a culmination of poor choices. I take responsibility." He says the services that have helped him and others are desperately needed. Tony doesn't believe this will be a permanent situation, "I'm hopeful. I'm one fo the firm believers that this too shall pass. It's not going to be forever."
Jonathan Dickerson is not homeless but relies on the help that various agencies have been giving him, including a daily hot meal at the Marian House Soup Kitchen. He told me when he talks with people in the line who are homeless, "It touches me a lot to see others who are homeless." Dickerson is an Army veteran who served some of his military stint at Fort Carson.
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15 Carry-On Essentials From Travel Experts
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Along the way, Travelzoo's Deal Experts have racked up our favourite travel essentials: that one thing that we wouldn't leave home without. The type of necessity we buy doubles of so we can keep them in our carry-ons and never have to worry about while away. With checked bag fees in the $25-$35 range, here's a list of some of our must-haves using up precious carry-on space. What's your travel essential?


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text: I always watched ESPN in previous years but i recently switched to direct tv so i currently have the option of NFL network. I hate when ESPN ruins the picks by showing the players on the phone and crying before the pick is announced by the commish.. does NFL Network ruin the picks too? Which coverage is better?


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U guys watch the Colts game? The guy still cant make simple pre snap reads. This goes back to him being spoon fed at Baylor
look at the 4th or 5th play he completely ignores the blitzing LB and gets jacked up. Just wait till teams start zone blitzing this kid he is going to crumble


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2009-2015 Cadillac CTS-V General Discussion Discussion, Conundrum #1:Headrests in Cadillac CTS-V Series Forum - 2009-2015; Originally Posted by mrl859 The plastic is very thin and is a hollow shell, so that's not going to work. ...
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I know a little bit about HR's, and you won't find what you're looking for. the testing procedures make it impossible w/ out an active HR to be comfortable for someone sitting straight up basically. I don't imagine you can custom fit a JCI Ri-act or like active head restraint into your seat.....
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Hi, I've got the same problem, I am 6'2" tall, and the headrest gives me a kink, pain in the neck. I can't raise it high enough. Did anyone ever answer about how to remove them (I've heard that turning them around will solve the forward tilt) to make it comfortable to sit in the car? The manual does say "they are not designed to be removed".
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Guys, reverse the headrests on the Recaros. Recline the seat some, squeeze the base of both headrest posts and remove the headrest to reverse it. Great for helmet clearance and upright driving position. Barely noticeable.
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yes, the recaro headrest can be removed and then put in backwards. very comfortable but very stupid looking. i am so vain that i am (for now) keeping the headrest pushing my head forward rather than keeping the headrest reversed.
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That's a big help. Thank you so much. I have another tail question,
however. I get the value of psargan to be 0.99964. Now, if I use
esttab <model>, sca(psargan), the value for psargan is rounded to
1.000 in the table. I would instead like to report 0.999 without
rounding it up. Could you help me with that please?
Thank you.
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 6:49 AM, daniel klein
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> Shan,
> Buis (2007) shows how to do this. You already have the test statistic
> for -sargan- stored in e(). All you need is the degrees of freedom,
> which I guess should be e(zrank) - e(rank) -- I could be wrong here.
> You can then calculate the p-value as
> sca psargan = chi2tail(e(zrank) - e(rank), e(sargan))
> Next you put the scalar into e(), using -estadd-, part of -estout- (Jann, SSC)
> estadd sca psargan = psargan
> You then add scalar e(psargan) to your estimation results, using
> -esttab-, also part of -estout- (Jann, SSC).
> esttab <whatever> ,sca(psargan)
> You migth want to use a temporary name for the scalar, or a -local- instead.
> Best
> Daniel
> Buis, Maarten, L. (2007). Stata tip 53: Where did my p-values go? The
> Stata Journal, 7(4), pp. 584–586.
> (http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=st0137)
> --
> I am running a panel data regression using xtdpdsys. After running the
> regression, I perform estat sargan and estat abond and I can see both
> the test statistic values and p-values for them in the log window.
> However, I would like to get the p-values from ereturn list for these
> tests so that I can put these p-values at the end of the regression
> table using esttab. The ereturn list gives me only the test
> statistics - e(sargan) and e(arm2) but not the p-values for them.
> Could anybody help me with that please?
> Thank you in advance. Shan
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I switched to Seamonkey with IETab, and set it as my default.
Now, I try out Netscape 8.1, and it is painfully slow. I do not remember it being s-o-o slow. I have not changed my profile or anything else. I just installed it on top of 8.0.4.
Any advice?
I have had the same experiences which you had. I guess, take or leave it. I will keep it for the heck of it.
By the way, I decided to scan all my files. About half of the total were scanned. It took about 40 min. Considering that the early AOL AntiSpyware took 2 hrs., and had to keep the browser open, it is pretty good. I will have to compare it with the Microsoft AntiSpyware. The Netscape AntiSpyware found 3 items.
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I'm gonna bet CBS never thought we'd figure this one out this precisely without an eyewitness.
Quote from: theschnauzers on January 24, 2011, 09:42:08 PMI'm gonna bet CBS never thought we'd figure this one out this precisely without an eyewitness.If they want to stop Cheteau figuring out the startline then perhaps (CBS, are you listening?) STOP HAVING THE STARTING LINE IN LA!!!
Quote from: Coutzy on January 24, 2011, 09:53:48 PMQuote from: theschnauzers on January 24, 2011, 09:42:08 PMI'm gonna bet CBS never thought we'd figure this one out this precisely without an eyewitness.If they want to stop Cheteau figuring out the startline then perhaps (CBS, are you listening?) STOP HAVING THE STARTING LINE IN LA!!!Definitely agreed! At least TAR17 mixed things up a bit!
I think they went to LA agian, because of the ease of getting to Sydney.
Wow I haven't been to this site in a few days, you guys are absolutely amazing. In my next life I want to be a detective and figure these things out, you are so impressive. Great work!!!
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One source says that the teams had to find a clue at a monument near the Christmas Market. The most recognizable monument near the market is that of local icon Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart which is in the Burggarten across from the Christmas Market "Wiener Christkindlmarkt" in front of the Rathaus (Town Hall). So here are pix of the locations:1. Wiener Christkindlmarkt in front of the Rathaus2. Monument to W. A. Mozart.
Several other reality TV shows have been broadcast in HD for years. (CBS' "Survivor" upgraded to HD in 2009.) After years of blaming the expense and challenge of using HD equipment on the road, "Amazing Race" producers made the change for the 18th season, promising crisp images of racers climbing a glacier in Switzerland and interacting with animals in China.The switcheroo is striking in the premiere episode when 11 teams of veteran contestants who have never won the show's $1 million grand prize set off from a wind farm in Palm Springs, Calif., for sunny Sydney, Australia, where the challenges include diving into a murky shark tank and navigating a 16-foot skiff along the glistening Manly Cove."Visually, it will be a much richer show," promised executive producer Bertram van Munster. "We're glad that CBS gave us the greenlight to do this in HD. We didn't do so bad in the regular format. We won the Emmy for best reality television cinematography, but now we can go a little further with our new modern technology on those big beautiful flatscreens."The move to HD didn't dictate this season's course, said van Munster, which includes stops in Yokohama, Japan; Lijiang and Kunming, China; Kolkata and Varanasi, India; Vienna, Austria; Zermatt, Switzerland; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For the first time, the race will visit Liechtenstein, where teams were tasked with measuring the landlocked country on mo-peds."I think one of the great aspects of this race is all the stark contrasts," said Keoghan. "For example, going from Varanasi to Zermatt, you've got this hot, colorful place in Asia then a very cold, snowy place in Europe. The teams that were racing through those countries were able to see the extreme differences, and we're able to show that off in HD."Several game-changing twists return for the "Unfinished Business" edition. In the premiere, Keoghan informs the players that the last team to arrive on the mat will automatically face a U-turn, forcing the duo to perform both Detour challenges, while first-place finishers will receive the Express Pass, allowing a team to skip one task during the race.
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And I had a great time. However I saw something that completely disgusted me.There was a troop of USMC veterans marching, being followed by a Camry Solara convertible with a big USMC seal magnet on the side.With our economy in the state that it's in, our President preaching "Buy American", and the patriotic nature of the Marines, their use of an import was irresponsible IMHO. OK rant over.And I'm not trying to hate on the car itself. I actually like that gen Solara. That kind VVV
Yeah, I don't know why, but it just bothers me to see a "Veteran" plate on the back of an import. I know they have the right to buy what they want and they're exercising their rights to be an American, but... I don't know. I'm just being an immature fanboy. I know they can buy what they want but it's like I wish they all drove American cars.But in a parade? Come on, use an AMERICAN car. Hell, if you're gonna use a convertible, get the friggin' Mustang! Or Corvette! Or to go extra-cool, use an SSR!
They can buy whatever they want, but in a parade with a big USMC magnet on the side, you really want to be using a Toyota?And given the way many veterans that I know feel about Asian cars...
Just displaying something that usually represents a country's pride on something that isn't even something from that country just makes no sense at all. It's almost like going to a... Mustang parade and slapping a Mustang pony on a Camaro.But my CAD teacher is a Marine 'Nam veteran and guess what he drives?A 2005 Chevy Silverado.
Exactly. I thought it was so disrespectful. Marines and Toyota camry should not go together.I feel like such a little fan boy right now, but it could have been an Audi R8 and I still would be pissed about this. Though probably less pissed because I have yet to see an R8 in person
isnt' that an old model? if so they had to pay the previous owner
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I'm driving a 2003 Solara coupe right now. It's my son's and he's letting me use it while my car is in the shop.It's an unusual one with a Variable Valve 4-cyl and a 5 speed. Super nice car, very tightly built and about 40MPG highway. Plus it was made in Cambridge, Ontario...I really like this car. I can't believe I'm saying that about a Toyota.
That would really upset me. I'll concede the point that they give more than I have for this country, but to use a Japanese car to as a promotion is just so thoroughly wrong.
-------------------------------------------Bad decisions make good stories.
Maybe they were going to use a domestic, but it broke down?
Or it could be that they didn't have a Mustang or Vette, or sebring vert and the local rental place was closed.
LOL, j/k. Alair dissing domestics? Only to see if you guys are awake
While I totally get what everyone is saying, sometimes a car is just a car. Not a representation of anything, just a way to get from point A to point B. Could they have chosen an "American" car? Sure. But maybe the Solara was the most inexpensive and convenient convertible available (maybe they didn't have to rent it because it belonged to someone, or maybe nobody had an "American" convertible available, etc. etc.).And while I really don't want to beat a dead horse, maybe somebody thought the Solara is an "American" car, since it's build by Americans.
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Lutheran Church of the Cross rummage sale is Sept. 27-28
Lutheran Church of the Cross in Nisswa will host its Huge Fall Rummage Sale from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, and from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 28.
Holding rummage sales to benefit ministries has been a tradition at Lutheran Church of the Cross since 1960. All proceeds from these biannual rummage sales go to local, state and worldwide ministries.
All items are categorically displayed to make shopping easier for guests. Shopping areas by category include: clothing, oval room, books, miscellaneous glassware/dishes, etc., boutique (seasonal), linens, toys, small appliances/consumer electronics/computers, furniture and outdoor items.
Special events for shoppers during the fall sale will include The LCC Bistro with coffee and goodies available for purchase Friday morning, a silent auction and a jewelry nook.
Lutheran Church of the Cross is at Highway 371 and County Road 13 (Schaefer's corner).
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Learning The Lines: A Weekend With The Pick-Up Artists
There is no one line and no one way to go about it. Picking up is art and a valuable one to learn.
If someone asked you to put a quantitative value on love what would you say? Would you offer the blossomy poet's response with a Beatles-esque drum? Or the cynic's reply of an algorithm based on years times happiness, divided by wage and expounded by acts of human infidelity and error? What could you possibly say to a question so bare?
How about 3000 dollars? It's a nice enough number. For a sought after commodity like love it seems affordable. A bargain even. Certainly a well-tailored price for those of us still hampered and perplexed by the awkward human rituals that accompany dating.
Now what if I told you I wasn't offering you a one-off shot at love but rather a method, tools by which one, any one, could attain love? Does 3000 dollars still seem reasonable? Are you still interested?
You're skepticism is warranted. Mine was full bore until I experienced it. Offered a chance to attend a LoveSystems bootcamp, a weekend-long dating seminar put on by what we might call pick-up artists, I was hesitant. As if a single line or a movement sold at a price could work. "For six easy installments of $499.99 you TOO can live happily ever after." I found the idea, on the whole, to be unbelievable.
Prior to this weekend the pick-up artist culture was not one of which I would say I was highly informed and am still not. Walking into a half full conference room at a downtown hotel I found myself in the scenario I thought I would: men, ranging in age and demeanor all looking anxious, nauseous or awestruck. Some seemed in the Darwinian sense of the phrase, suitable mating partners while others may have been defined in terms of a lion pack as the lesser of the pride. Still all seemed attentive and unassuming. All were there for the same reason and had little to hide. The opposite sex had, up until this point, confounded them and they sought refuge and advice from an outside source.
I sat down and stared, examining the room, but was greeted by nothing more than shifting seats and silence. At the front stood a far cry from a popped collared, slick-haired Adonis I had imagined would be leading us all to the light. At 5'8" and scruffy, bearded and maybe big-nosed, Cajun was what one might find as standard fare on college campuses across America. He was neither broad nor muscle-bound, his shirt unbuttoned to Saturday Night Fever levels, he was ragged.
His partner, TenMagnet, though clean-shaven with perhaps a little less of a definitive look, was equally unassumingly. Slightly taller with shorter hair, he exhibited no signs of laborious care. No products styled his hair, no tan tinted his skin. These were two guys, as average as you or I who intended to lead the lost with claims of astounding success despite or in spite of any overt physical advantage.
The seminar started as most would, with names offered and explanations exchanged. Despite some minor discrepancies everyone's story seemed to be the same; anxiety and approach were the prevailing problems. Dave (we'll call him Dave) for instance found it difficult to transition the friendships he'd formed into romantic relationships. Jake, a student, found himself at a loss once introductions were made and Steve, a successful lawyer and by far the oldest in the group, found approaching women at a bar too forward an enterprise. All seemed at a loss with what to do next, whether next was taking bar conversation somewhere else or initiating the conversation altogether. And so they settled seamlessly into talk about women and I waited intently to hear the golden line, that one simple trick to an easy lay and sure fire game. But it never came. No quick fixes were offered or even suggested but some revelation was being put forth because the once quiet audience had stirred, found caught on the edge of their seats and hanging on every word.
It wasn't clear at first what was being offered. A lot of highly technical talk about opening, transitioning, qualification and comfort. Some sort of structure was being built but for the time being it was intangible, just pieces of a puzzle lying in disarray. What did all these carefully carved but unclear steps mean on the whole?
And then it hit me. There was no mystery method, no magic beans to be bought, bartered and sold. They were teaching them to talk, plain and simple. Offering a start to finish guide to conversation, broken down into an invisible checklist that when repeated with rigor would become automatic and free. Casual and compelling. Nothing was explicitly said of this step-by-step guide but it was clear they were giving them the building blocks, the fall back plans, all the ins and the outs and everything else in between. No specific lines or language, not yet, but a logistical roadmap to adopt and alleviate the fear and anxiety of approaching the opposite sex.
It extended well beyond your standard "yes, no, hello, goodbye." They were handing down the blueprint of a relaxed, perfectly in place individual: a comfortable, confident and ultimately 'cool' guy. Of course in the beginning it would be rehearsed, stiff, and brought down by the mental stumble through the steps. But in time and with practice the performance part would fade; like learning to play a song, the actions at first clumsy would become natural, a matter of reflex and muscle memory.
They broke for dinner without ever saying what they had just done but with plans to put into action what had been recorded on paper. All the 'technical' jargon that had been applied to so simple a concept as conversation would be put to the test, with each recruit charged with playing out several "sets" to their logical conclusion (a set, another technical term, being the approaching of a woman and all that that entails thereafter).
By now I was curious. With all the attention that had been paid, I needed to know whether what had been taught would translate when tested. Could a gangly group of men, ranging in age and awkwardness and quietly conspiring in a corner attract the highly coveted attention of the opposite sex? Was it really as simple as dressing up the time honored saying of "just talk to her" with instructional steps?
They were told that a bit of crashing and burning was to be expected, that getting 'blown out' as they called it came with territory and was habitual even among the most skilled of their kind. More than a few ventures took no more than seconds before the subject returned, head hung low, wondering exactly what went wrong and why. In a particularly fruitless effort our friend Steve was found standing beside of group of girls, completely speechless and being giving a wide-eyed and sideways look from the flock. He had approached but once there had said nothing and had probably deserved the reaction he received. In another, Dave approached a group, opened well but was asked directly whether he thought his approach had worked. He had no response and the encounter concluded with giggles and with Dave lost for words.
Reassembled, the group was reminded that this wasn't a trick or a trap, it was an art and like all arts it required patience and practice. More sets were done, more corrections were made and by the end of the night and with a fair share of awkward attempts, numbers and names were exchanged. More than a few highfaluting women had been wooed and with the promise of return tomorrow night, spirits were high.
It carried over to the session the next day. The mood had shifted. The group had gone from wading in the shallow end to being thrown head first into the deep and the water suited them. The day addressed specific problems, proposed specific solutions and offered some tried and true advice that can only come from years of being blown out by women and learning from those mistakes.
That night proved better than the previous, with less prodding, more producing and a profound sense that something had been accomplished, some barrier had been broken. Ask any of the ten men that signed on that weekend and they'll tell you 3000 dollars was a small price to pay for what they had been given.


text: i have an 05 silverado 1500 crew cab short box 5.3L LS The sticker on the inside of the drivers door is so faded you can't read it. How can I tell what my gear ratio is? Is it stamped on the axle maybe?? I call the dealership with the vin # but they are taking their sweet time getting back to me.. According to the manual it is either 3.42 or 4.10 I'm thinking its the 3.42 cuz I get around 19-20 mpg on the highway averaging 70 mph or so.... Any suggestions????:happy: ---------- Post added at 09:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:25 PM ---------- so it's either 7400lbs or 8400 lbs max


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LeBron James had 36 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, and Chris Bosh scored 22 points to help the Miami Heat slip past the Orlando Magic 112-110 in overtime yesterday.
James scored eight points in overtime, including two free throws that clinched it with 1.5 seconds remaining. Dwayne Wade, who had 21 points, had a dunk with 6s to go to give Miami a four-point lead.
Nikola Vucevic had 20 points and set a team record with 29 rebounds as Orlando lost its sixth straight. The previous record was 28 rebounds by Shaquille O'Neal in 1993.
The San Antonio Spurs set a franchise record by holding the Brooklyn Nets to just five points in the third quarter, en route to a 104-73 win.
It was the fewest points the Spurs had conceded in a quarter and ensured the Nets suffered their first loss under interim head coach PJ Carlesimo.
Elsewhere, in-form Indiana went top of the Central Division by beating Memphis, Houston responded to its heaviest defeat of the season and beat Atlanta and Oklahoma City won its 12th straight home game by downing Phoenix.
San Antonio opened a 3 game gap atop the Southwest Division with its win over Brooklyn, with Tony Parker scoring 20 points and Tim Duncan adding 15.
The Spurs went 9-0 at home in December.
MarShon Brooks had a season-high 16 points to lead Brooklyn.
Indiana climbed to the top of the Central Division, a game clear of Chicago and Milwaukee, by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 88-83.