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She's grown quite accustomed to being the center of attention, and Kat Grahamdidn't seem to mind all the fuss as she strolled up to the 2014 MTV Movie Awards this evening (April 13).
All decked out in her red carpet finery, the "Vampire Diaries" hottie flashed a smile and showed off her gorgeous engagement as she chatted with fellow guests outside the Nokia Theatre LA Live prior to the big event.
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MCC business club to compete at national event
INDIANAPOLIS — For the fourth straight year, representatives of the Montcalm Community College (MCC) Business Professionals of America (BPA) Club have qualified for and will compete in a national event.
Eight MCC students qualified for the national competition, which will be held April 30 to May 3 in Indianapolis.
"It's an opportunity to compete with other students," said Rachel Jacobsson of Rockford. "I like competing and trying new things."
The students, who earned trips to nationals by advancing through a state competition at Davenport University in February, will take part in events ranging from prepared speech and media production.
Dustin Snoap of Greenville will pair up with Katrina Soper of Edmore to vie for top spot in website design as the only team from MCC to qualify.
Individually, Carmon Bianchi of Greenville will compete in fundamental desktop publishing; Justin Brackenbury of Greenville in PC servicing and troubleshooting; Devin Cavendish of Stanton, in entrepreneurship; Elizabeth Jacobsson of Rockford in prepared speech and digital media production; Michael Ruggles of Stanton in prepared speech; and Snoap in fundamentals of web design.
The students said they look forward to the trip and are excited to pit their developing skills against other students across the country.
"I like the competition itself," said Rachel Jacobbson, who is traveling with the team as a club officer.
But there is more to BPA — which is a Career Technical Student Organization for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields —than the competitions, students said.
"It's giving me experiences to prepare myself for the business field," Cavendish said.
But before the students can etch their trip to Indianapolis in stone, they are attempting to raise $5,000 for travel expenses.
The group will host a business expo for small businesses April 18 and 19 at the MCC Braman Center on the Greenville Campus.
The event will be from 3 to 8 p.m. April 18 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 19. The cost for admission is $1 or the donation of two non-perishable food items.
For some, the trip will be their first, but for many it will be a return trip.
"They are very excited to represent Montcalm Community College again," said Michael Adams, co adviser for the club.

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Usually the landlord has an upper hand over a tenant, but for some reason with the Browns, this was not the case. It was ridiculous for them to be selling players every year while the Cardinals were living high on the hog with a modest rent. If the Browns jacked up the rent, what were the Cardinals going to do? Build another stadium and leave all those WS memories to the Browns fans? City real estate was tight, tight, tight. Doubt the Cardinals were going to move to St. Charles in 1935.
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"I've been in this game for 30 years, and that's probably the best goal I've ever seen live," FC Tucson coach Rick Schantz said of Sinclair's magical finish.
With the ball hanging in the air at the edge of the box and his back to the goal, Sinclair reached into his bag of tricks and bicycle-kicked the ball past the outstretched arms of the BYU goalkeeper to give FC Tucson a 1-0 lead .
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An eventful five-minute stretch was just starting for the Jamaican forward. Sinclair and his "210 pounds of pure muscle," as Schantz described him, picked up a yellow card seconds before halftime on a thundering challenge. Then, just two minutes into the second half, he added some insurance by pouncing on a loose ball in the box to put FC Tucson up 2-0.
It was Sinclair's third goal in the past two games.
"What this proves is that our guys have come together very quickly," Schantz said. "It doesn't hurt that we've spent probably 40 hours in the vans together in the last two weeks. I love the camaraderie of this group."
After a rough couple of minutes at the start of the match, FC Tucson maintained the bulk of possession throughout the first half, but was unable to create many real chances until Sinclair's strike. BYU remained dangerous on the counterattack, but goalkeeper Billy Thompson snuffed out several shots on goal.
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Apr 18, 2013 - By Katie Roenigk, Staff WriterIn October, the National Junior College Athletic Association notified the school that two of its volleyball players had previously played professionally.
Officials at Central Wyoming College say they have resolved the school's athletic eligibility issues identified in October by the National Junior College Athletic Association.
"We are ready to move forward," CWC president Jo Anne McFarland said Wednesday. "We believe we can do so holding our heads high."
The NJCAA notified CWC last fall that two students who were part of the college volleyball team during the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons had previously played professionally for the Superliga of the Brazilian Confederation of Volleyball. NJCAA rules specifically state that student-athletes could not have participated in that organization in the past.
An investigation later revealed another student on the volleyball team may have violated similar rules, though officials couldn't confirm her ineligibility. And an additional audit of all student-athletes over the past six years showed one international student who played for the CWC men's basketball team during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons had been ineligible because of his participation in at least one professional team in Europe.
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After the initial volleyball violations were announced in October, the NJCAA ordered CWC to forfeit all of its volleyball victories for the past three seasons - more than 60 in all - and ruled that the Rustlers could not compete in the Region IX volleyball tournament in the postseason.
When the investigation was completed early this year, CWC imposed additional sanctions on itself. No international students will be recruited to CWC's athletic teams for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons, officials said, and the school now requires that all international student-athletes take the Test of English as a Foreign Language to ensure they understand any documents they are asked to sign. Staff will review the organizational structure and job duties within the school's athletic department, and administrators said they already plan to put the registration and records office in charge of athletic eligibility documentation from now on. CWC officials also recommended that employees responsible for NJCAA eligibility determinations participate in annual training on NJCAA rules.
Those penalties were accepted this month by NJCAA officials, who said they do not plan to impose any additional sanctions on the school. In an April 1 letter, NJCAA assistant executive director Brian D. Beck complimented CWC on the professional manner in which the school has handled the issue.
"I appreciate everything you have done related to this incident," Beck said in the letter. "It is a member college's decision to actively recruit foreign student-athletes. As you have discovered over the past six months, a higher level of scrutiny must be conducted to ensure the foreign athletes meet the same evaluative standards as domestic student-athletes do."
McFarland acknowledged that the school still has work to do to develop and strengthen its internal processes and structures in the athletic department.
"That work includes developing an overarching philosophy of academic athletics and spending the necessary time to create and implement and monitor policies and procedures that are written, that are enforced consistently, and that exhibit high standards," McFarland said.
The school will apply to the NJCAA this spring to request the probation be removed, she added.
"I think we can move forward and rebuild an even better athletic program that we will all be proud of," McFarland said.
Wood agreed, calling the experience "a springboard for success for the future."
"(We continue) to work hard on a daily basis on the things we've committed to," Wood said, giving credit to assistant dean Steve Barlow and Jennifer Rey, the executive director of human resources at CWC, for their work through the process. "I believe our approach will serve as a basis to strengthen our athletics program, hopefully to the point where we can consider additional sports."
After the meeting, Wood said CWC doesn't have plans to bring on new sports at this time.
"We're not at that point yet," Wood said. "But whether it's three months, six months or five years from now, I hope we have a strong enough athletic department that we can look at additional sports (in the future)."
CWC Board of Trustees chairman Charlie Krebs complimented Wood and his staff for their response to the violations.
"I think you need to be commended," Krebs said. "We met it head on, and that's the way to do it, just be honest."
Earlier this year Wood said CWC staff didn't know about the students' ineligibility to play on the volleyball team during the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons. He said staff conducted eligibility searches for the four international student-athletes who played for the volleyball team during that timeframe, but no records exist to document independent efforts to verify or confirm eligibility status for two of the four international student-athletes. He said the basketball player in question initially was cleared by the CWC athletic department and later was cleared by the NJCAA as eligible. Regardless, Wood said the NJCAA does not require intentional misconduct in citing a violation.
"It's not whether we knew or intended to break the rules - it's simply that the rule was broken," Wood said. "We recognize it was a failure of the institution."
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The ARM Cortex, especially the more recent models like the A8, are showing up just about everywhere. HTC, Apple, Samsung and just about any other company producing smart phones depend on ARM for their processing power. It is estimated that there is around 20 billion ARM processors in use when you count them all, almost putting the x86 and x86-64 architectures to shame. ASUS was showing off an ARM based tablet running Win7 at Computex so running Windows on an ARM has been done. Perhaps that is why it is not much of a surprise that Microsoft is now licensing ARM architecture, bringing the two companies three year relationship to a new level. [H]ard|OCP can fill you in.
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Subject: General Tech | July 22, 2010 - 12:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The replacement processors are on their way
Subject: General Tech | July 22, 2010 - 11:41 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Inquirer touches on the same topic that Josh covered on the podcast and in his article on AMD's second quarter, before the year is out we will have new CPUs. Unfortunately that is the pinnacle of the good news, though the bad new is not too depressing. What we will see is most likely Intel's LGA1155 Sandy Bridge which is a 32nm replacement to the currently available 45nm quad core Lynnfields, not a huge change but good to see apart from the socket change. From AMD it is Llano and the Ontario Fusion chip, lower powered and
Spore turns to the dark side in a new expansion
Subject: General Tech | July 21, 2010 - 11:57 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Spore is trying to evolve and take out the competition in a bid to become the dominant game on this planet. We have seen mutations like the online creature builder that have tried to entice gamers into the Spore realm, an iPhone app emulates the beginning stages of the game and there is even a mutation that has spread to the Wii and DS. Now we will be witness to a new PC/Mac game called DarkSpore which will be online and play very differently than the other games. Ars Technica had it described to them in terms of playing a mutated beast that wanders around sticking random bod
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"How Can a Kingston SSDNow Drive Change Your Life?" Challenge Offers $16,000 in Cash Prize
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I am on a mission. My mission is to empower you to know everything you can about how online homeschooling can transform your homeschooling . Online learning can enrich your homeschooling and it can make life with your children easier and more peaceful. It can give you time and space. It can fill in the gaps left where your capabilities and your expectations diverge. But knowing how to leverage technology and select outstanding online resources is a skill like any other that needs to be learned.
This new series of articles will provide you with all that you need to know to become online homeschooling experts. We will explore the new vocabulary used to describe online learning options and we will uncover the wide range of opportunities available on the web; you will learn what to look for, how to ask the right questions and how to identify and then meet your child's needs with technology. In upcoming articles, we will look at A Day in the Life of an Online Homeschooler, Succeeding as an Online Student, How Online Homeschooling Gives You More Time, Online Charter Schools: The High Cost of Free, The Differences between Public and Private Online Schooling, Criteria for Online Homeschooling Programs and much more. If you have questions or suggestions for topics pertaining to online learning, feel free to your ideas at www.Facebook.com/LearningByGrace.
On my mission to help you become an educated consumer of online learning options, these articles will empower you to navigate the jungle of choices available so that you can find the ones that will best meet your family's needs.
Our guiding principle as we examine online homeschooling is finding solutions that meet both the homeschooling parents and their children's needs.
What is your need? More time, more help, more peace?
Or do you need solutions that engage your children more, that address their style of learning better?
Or do you just not feel qualified in all of the subjects?
Many parents have communicated to me over the years that they are committed to homeschooling their children but do not feel they can teach some subjects. Some students , especially as they enter their teens, excel when they have an outside adult to be accountable to. For those families, an online program that offers teachers is an ideal way to meet their need.
Some homeschooling student's learning flourishes with a multimedia curriculum filled with videos and games. Online courses that have videos, games and simulations will help ensure that this student stays engaged. Some of us parents are fully occupied (and yes, often overwhelmed and even well on our way to full fledge burn out) with other children or our work outside the home.
An online homeschooling program that offers a private school may meet this family's need. Identifying our needs as a family, as a homeschooling parent and those of our individual children will be a theme we will return to again and again throughout this column because homeschooling is about tailoring our programs to meet our needs, rather than accommodating someone else's.
As we embark on this mission, let's define some basic terms.
What exactly is "online homeschooling"? Online homeschooling is a way to teach our children at home that uses the Internet to deliver curricula, instruction and/or interactive experiences.
Online homeschooling can range from simply using great individual websites in our existing programs all the way to enrolling in a full time program that offers online courses, tutoring, grading, credits and diplomas and ofcourse, online homeschooling can include many options in between.
Online resources can be used for core curriculum, supplemental, religious and practical instruction. Online courses can range from one hour to one year. Not all online courses or schools are created equally. In fact, they can vary as much as night and day. And this is where having some knowledge and knowing how to evaluate the claims puts you in a position of making great choices. Some online schools are like the older correspondence schools that just delivers assignments that are based on traditional textbooks through email or a website.
Some online schools offer a comprehensive solution where you can take advantage of multimedia rich electronic textbooks complete with lesson plans, tests and projects. Some of the more established online homeschooling programs have all the benefits of a community with social centers, message boards, gatherings, and accreditation. We will explore it all.
Let's start at the very beginning. The beginning for me was 1983 when I had my first child and wanted nothing less than the very best possible education for her. Naturally, I chose to homeschool. My thinking was I loved her best, I knew her best; therefore I could give her the best education. Great intentions.A little faulty on the logic. Back then a curriculum fair consisted of about 6 vendors in the church basement. Never one to mince words, I will say the truth-I simply hated all the curriculum I saw. I could not envision how sitting my daughter down at the kitchen table with black and white workbooks was the "best possible education."
As time went on and every other year or so brought another baby into our family (8 precious treasures from heaven from 1983-1999), traditional homeschooling became harder and harder, less fulfilling and less and less looking like my dreams.
I started coops, held classes for homeschoolers in my home, and tried to convince our church to offer classes so that I didn't have to do it all alone. All through those years, I kept returning to the same thought that haunted me: to give my kids milk (after the breastfeeding phase), I did not have to become a farmer and milk cows in my backyard.
To homeschool them successfully, do I necessarily have to be the sole instructor and have my own school in my kitchen? I was tormented by the fact that I did not feel at all gifted as a teacher (in fact by all accounts, I was a terrible one) yet to relinquish my babies to the Godless school system was unthinkable. It wasn't until 1997 following the delivery of my triplets, that the solution came to me. Our triplets were born 3 months prematurely and one baby struggled for his life for the first two years on a ventilator. I brought all 5 children with me day after day to the hospital as they worked on their schoolwork on the computers in the hospital's library.
As we all got to know the other children who were hospital bound, one day while in my son's hospital room, a lightbulb went on. When a child cannot (or in the case of homeschooling, chooses not) to go to school, why can't the internet bring the school to the child? This very moment was the seed of the online homeschooling program that I would later co-found with my husband that would be built on two basic principles that to be a great homeschooling parent, you do not have to do it all alone and to offer a great homeschooling curriculum, you need to engage students with a rich multimedia experience.
With the newfound blessings of the web, we could now conceive of a way for interesting curricula and even teachers to come directly into our homes (or anywhere we needed to be) and fill the gaps that I was unable to fill alone.
As I share this story, I am amazed at the number of families whose experience with homeschooling was similar to mine. They believe in it and believe that what is happening and offered in public schools is not good. (Much more on this in issues to come, I guarantee)They believe homeschooling can be a phenomenal way to raise children and build a family. But, they do not know math past fourth grade (that is me!) or they could not decipher Shakespeare if their lives depended on it.
Although a staunch advocate of homeschooling, I did not have satisfying answer to the "how do parents teach all of the subjects necessary for college?" Enter online homeschooling. Suddenly and inexpensively, we can have the best of both worlds. We have the freedom, flexibility and safety of our own homes and the value of other adults who have the gift of teaching and specific subject matter expertise.
And the web offers much more to homeschoolers than a vehicle for teachers, it can also engage the learner like no textbook can. So, be sure to tune in next time for another installment in Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Online Homeschooling.
Mimi Rothschild (www.Mim-Rothschild.org) is a mother of 8, grandmother of 4 and lifelong homeschooler. In 2001, she co-founded Learning By Grace (www.LearningByGrace.org), a Christian ministry that manages Online Homeschooling Programs such as The MorningStar Academy (www.TheMorningStarAcademy.org)
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It is fast becoming apparent that the Newfoundland government "investment" in the commercial seal slaughter is simply a make-work project. Encouraging fishermen to make economic decisions based on markets that will never materialize serves only the executives of the seal processors. More than 35 nations have already prohibited their trade in the primary products of Canada's commercial seal slaughter and there is no future in commercial sealing. It is time the Canadian and provincial governments put their support behind a fair sealing industry buyout.
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why isn't my yorkie's coat soft and shiny?
my friend and i both have a dog of the same breed: yorkie. my friend's dog's coat is so soft and shiny but i take care of my dog just the same! i asked her what the shampoo she used but she doesnt even know.
can anyone recommend a shampoo and conditioner brand that is really good? ( i use Earthbath) and can anyone give my some grooming pointers?
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Well unfortunately shampoo and conditioner are not always the answer. Even if you are grooming your dogs the same, not every dog is going to react the same to different products, so you have to personalize things for your dog. What do you feed your Yorkie? If you are not feeding a high quality food, this is probably the reason his coat is not soft and shiny - coat condition comes from the inside, and typically poor coats are the result of poor diets. Discuss with your vet what food he/she thinks may be good for your dog - as far as kibble goes, I feed Solid Gold - they are many different high quality foods that you can feed your dog, so make sure the ingredients will be suitable for yours. Also, how often are you bathing your dog? Dogs only need a bath once every three to four weeks - I bathe mine once a month unless they are showing or absolutely NEED a bath for some reason. Make sure you are brushing your Yorkie daily - this will get rid of any dead hair, which could make his coat seem dull and will make him shed less. You may want to try using an oatmeal shampoo - there is a very good one that you can get at Petsmart and it comes with a conditioner as well (I am drawing a blank and cannot think of the name). The oatmeal shampoo keeps more of their natural oils in their skin and keeps their coat looking healthier because it doesn't get dried out. I would assess your dog's diet first to make sure he is getting the nutrients he needs to produce a healthy, silky coat. Please message me if you have any other questions. Best of luck.
Sergeant answered on 12/29/08. Helpful? / 1
Maybe it is not the shampoo. Check what kind of food she feeds. if you like, you can give your dog raw eggs to improve the shine of her coat!
Member 602642 answered on 12/29/08. Helpful? / 0
I agree with Sergeant. It may not be the shampoo and conditioner. Your dog may also have a skin problem, or infection. He/she could also have an allergic reaction to the shampoo, conditioner, wipes (if you use them on her), you might give her a bath too often which can dry out her coat, or the food you are feeding her. Try Groomax Itch Relief Shampoo. Google it, or go on Petsmart or Petco.com. Hope this helps!
Jet answered on 12/30/08. Helpful? / 1
When I first got my girl Yorkie her hair was a bit brittle and dry. It had no luster. I started giving her a product called Dream Coat. Its a food supplement. Its for healthy skin and coat. I also shampoo them with Naturally Green Tropiclean Luxury 2 in 1 shampoo. Really great all natural shampoo with delicious scents. Hope that works. My too shine like new money now...lol
SUMMER RAIN answered on 1/7/09. Helpful? / 1
Remember no two yorkies are alike. I use to breed them and my daughter ownes two and I am a groomer.If his hair is dull give him fatty acids in his diet. What are you feeding him? I use Natural Balance fish formula and give them a spoonful of vanilla or plain yogurt every night. Go to peteducation.com for all your medical advice run by vets. Always use a dog shampoo and rinse rinse rinse. Use cooler rather than hot very warm waterr. Don't over bath. Dry the dog with a cool setting and not hot or warm. At the Westminister Dog Show in NYC that I attend every year I ask the top Yorie Breeders in the country what conditioner they use. Lots use PANTENE smooth and silky conditioner . You must use dog shampoo but the condition is okay. I use it on all my dogs. Lots of the long hair breeders use it. I also would recommend that you use BIO GROOM mink oil when combing his hair every day. Don't ever comb or brush a dog without using a conditioner or water. It will break the hair & make it brittle
Royal Bentley Deeogee answered on 1/8/09. Helpful? / 1
I show yorkies as well as rescue yorkies. My family has been involved with yorkies my entire life (over 30 years). I sell products used by show groomers and handlers - and I'll recommend something for you to try in a moment, but before I go there I need to explain a little bit about yorkie coats more generally:
The yorkie breed standard calls for a dog with what is known as a "pure silk coat." A pure silk coat is the kind of hair you see on human hair models - think of a pantene commercial with a woman with perfectly straight shiny hair blowing in the wind. This kind of coat feels "cool" to the touch. If you run the back of your hand down a pure silk coat, it will actually feel silky. You can often tell if a yorkie has a pure silk coat because when you shine a light into their eyes, the glow that comes back is green/blue. Whereas the dogs with an incorrect coat texture (I'll get to that in a minute) will shine red.
With yorkies coat color and coat texture go kinda hand in han
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A basic list of techniques for improving fuel economy.
[edit] Tires and wheels
- Keep tires inflated to proper pressure. Keep a small tire gauge in the glove box and check the pressure monthly, be sure to check all four. If you don't have an air compressor get one of those mobile emergency use units, or use the gas station's air pump.
- Exercise wisdom when choosing tires. Wide tires look nice, but present more rolling resistance to the ground. Use only the width you need. Also, take a look at the tire manufacturer's website and look at the actual tread width. The section width listed with the tire size is not indicative of the actual tread width that sees the road.
- Use that same wisdom when selecting those big 22" heavy wheels. Although wheels won't affect steady state MPG, the added rotating inertia can affect MPG if a lot of speed changes are used. It takes more right foot input to get big wheels up to speed.
- Another consideration is the tire's rubber compound. Touring and economy tires usually use harder compounds which sacrifice grip for longevity. As a very general rule, tread block size is often correlative. Smaller treadblocks like can be found on touring and utility tires often correspond with harder compounds. Harder compounds and smaller treadblocks can mean a little extra MPG help.
[edit] Maintenance
- Keep up with regular maintenance: clean air filter, properly gap and clean spark plugs.
- Maintain proper front-end or four wheel alignment if your car has IRS.
[edit] Driving technique
- When stopped at a red light, do not shift to neutral as many sites will recommend. It is possible to verify with scanning software that the lower idle RPM reduces consumption, at least in fuel injected engines.
- Put a block of wood under your accelerator. No kidding. It really works, because of driving habits. Be mindful of how you apply your fuel, think of it in terms of energy, like the cyclist who is trying to keep his legs from aching by pedaling too hard. Coast down hills and get a bit of a run before upcoming hills. And whatever you do, DON'T keep working the accelerator on and off. Find a happy speed and hold it. Acceleration is the biggest energy burner.
- Pretend there is an egg between your foot and your accelerator pedal. It's an easy habit to develop and you can go about as fast as you like, it will just take longer to get up to speed. Unlike a block of wood, your pretend egg won't come loose, get trapped under the brake pedal, and cause you to plow headlong into a busload of nuns or something.
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- Avoid the temptation to remove all the smog equipment in search of MPG. In many cases they help, especially EGR. The smog equipment started becoming mainstream in the early 70s, ushering in SAE standardized dynomometer testing and heavy EPA mandates on emissions. The low MPG associated with that era is mistakenly blamed on smog equipment, when in fact it should be blamed on abyssmally low compression and lack of today's technology. They were neutered muscle car motors.
- Consider diesel in your next vehicle purchase. Although diesel prices are much higher right now, the associated mileage you can typically achieve almost always more than offsets the cost. Other benefits are monster torque, resistance to the fuel being ignited in an accident and the ease of using environmentally-friendly biofuels. Plus, the resale value alone will usually more than offset any additional maintenance cost.
- For the more adventurous, fold in your mirrors and tape up the gaps around your grille and headlights. A respected diesel magazine was able to get almost 2 more MPG from a Cummins diesel Dodge with this modification.
- Consult with others who have the same model of car before hacking into the suspension, but, depending on the aerodynamics of your vehicle, most cars can gain a little MPG by finding the right stance.
- Don't assume a gear swap or overdrive will help. Best mileage occurs usually just below the torque peak, at or near peak VE. Making the RPMs too low can cause lugging, which means you'll be using more fuel trying to maintain speed. If you have a very high-rpm torque peak, then all bets are off, but chances are you're not worried about mileage anyway.
- Modern EFI cars are often tuned with a fuel map that keeps things a bit rich. This is for two reasons; first, to favor NO emissions at the expense of a little added HC emissions and secondly, to allow for a small buffer against detonation. Experienced reprogrammers (even Jet and Hypertech) use this information. By pulling a little fuel out of the curve, you can usually pick up 5 hp and sometimes just a little MPG.
- Resist the temptation to use a low-temp thermostat. True, it can make power in some circumstances, but at the expense of MPG and oil life. Drivers like their engines to run cool, but engines like to run hot for their health. Using a 195 stat can often times really make a noticeable difference in MPG, and your healthy oil will thank you. In a more modern engine, no or too low a temperature thermostat can have an opposite effect. The engine computer may believe the engine to be too cold and try to enrichen the fuel mixture accordingly. Using more fuel. VERY modern engines will simply recognize that the thermostat isn't working within expected parameters and work around it using less than optimal parameters. And illuminate the check engine light. Lose-lose.
- Avoid using exhaust crossover blockers. The hotter the intake air is, the better mileage it can get... of course at the expense of power. To some degree. Cold intake air means denser air. IE, more potential oxygen to be burned with the fuel to make power. But fuel atomizes a lot better when warmed, which is why those crossovers are there, to help prevent fuel "dropout" and puddling in cold weather. A compromise is to leave the crossovers open as stated but improve the path for cooler, fresh air to get into the engine. But expect very minimal measurable results either way. There are gains to be had in power and economy but they are best considered very small contributors to a larger picture and not usefully measured alone. (Unless you are in the advertising business and selling something.)
- On carbureted engines, sometimes people are not using the appropriate air/fuel mixture metering due to replacement carburetors. This results in greater fuel consumption than necessary. These same carburetors can be custom adjusted to a particular engine to operate at optimal performance, thus saving fuel.
- A four barrel carburetor can out perform a two or one barrel. This is because a four barrel in a street drive car runs on only the two primary venturis about 95 percent of the time. Because these venturis are smaller than the ones in an equivalently appropriately sized two barrel carburetor, fuel atomization is more efficient at lower engine speeds. The two barrel has to compromise sizing a lot more to accommodate both idling performance AND wide open throttle and so tends to excel at neither. Of course this swap to a four barrel doesn't work if you stomp the throttle all the time. This applies mostly to V8 setups. People running smaller engines tend to get rather excellent mileage and performance out of some two barrel carburetors often referred to as "Weber progressives" which appeared on many smaller Ford engines (among other things) in the earlier 1980's. They are unfortunately getting rather rare these days and there has yet to be really good equivalent aftermarket substitute.
- Simple modifications to improve turbulence in-cylinder exist! One by Somender Singh, proven to work on old and new engines consists of a groove in the cylinder head. The groove improves burn qualities netting you reduced emissions, massively more low-end torque, reduced engine temp, reduced idle speed, better advance setting possible for max power due to reduced knock. All in all, better fuel and power at the same time. There have been ZERO reports of this mod not working as advertised. Even engines that were mistuned on purpose get a 6hp advantage.
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- FuelEconomy.gov
- Fuel Economy at Wikipedia
- GasBuddy.com -- lowest gas price search
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I must say that detaching it entirely, or more than I did, would make things a lot easier when removing/installing the oil pan. I just didn't want to deal with detaching PS hoses or tire rods.
Thanks, that's what I was expecting regarding the stearing gear. I'm still curious about the pump though - any reason it would need to be removed?
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Sutton Council have made a partial U-turn on a controversial policy to ban street trading in Sutton town centre.
A street trading policy brought in by Sutton Council at the end of last year prohibits people placing goods outside their shops.
The policy was intended to make pavements less cluttered to improve disabled access and help people with pushchairs.
But it proved unpopular with some traders who argued it would damage their trade.
Among those to be told they could not put produce outside included florists.
Now Sutton Council has agreed to reduce the size of the area where street trading was banned.
It has been reduced at the southern end of Sutton High Street, stopping at the train station and excluding Mulgrave Road.
A similar reduction has been made at the northern end stopping at the High Street junction with Vale Road.
Only Flowerscents florists outside Sutton station has been given special dispensation within the boundaries of the no-street-trading area, because it trades on Network Rail land.
Councillor Janet Lowne, vice chairman of Sutton Council's licensing committee, said: "It's really important that we strike a balance between keeping our streets safe and clear for disabled people and those with pushchairs and helping local businesses to attract trade.
"We've been speaking to shop keepers in the town centre, and their feedback has led us to review the area defined as Sutton town centre, where outside trading can clutter up busy streets.
"We don't have a blanket policy regarding street trading, and every application outside the town centre is considered on its merits."


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Solar Eclipse on November 14
04/11/2012 , 12:45 PM by Ashley Walsh
Australia's first significant solar eclipse in a decade will occur early on Wednesday November 14.
Only a few places in northern Australia will witness a total eclipse, a partial eclipse will be visible in most of the country.
Ian Musgrave from Southern Skywatch is one of those making the pilgrimage north to witness this rare event and joined Ashley Walsh on 891 Weekends to talk about the event.
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When simple design becomes trendsetting
In 1948, at the Paris Salon show, the automotive world was thrown on its ear as what was to become one of the world's most iconic, best-selling, and longest-running production cars was debuted. At the time, of course, no one knew any of this and just saw a really odd, aesthetically questionable car being unveiled at a car show by a company that had just gone through the financial equivalent of the death and rebirth of today's Detroit giants after the bailouts.
That car was a design aimed at one very specific goal and it made that goal so well that it brought innovations that changed automotive for decades to come. It's goal was not to be pretty, nor to be fast, nor powerful, or even luxurious. Those are common goals for auto design and common goals rarely produce uncommon results. Instead, the singular goal that the newly-hatched Citroën had for its new design was this: get French farmers to finally give up their horse and buggies and buy a car instead.
Laughable? Maybe today it seems so, but in post-war France, there were still more horses and carts than cars and trucks on the roads. It was the equivalent of getting Americans today to give up gasoline cars in favor of more efficient, but higher-cost diesel alternatives. Culturally and economically, it was a hard sell. Turns out, the only mistake that Citroën made was in assuming that horse-and-buggy farmers were their target market. Their real market was the whole of Europe, because by the time it ended production in 1990, the 2CV had become the best-selling car with the longest production run ever to be seen.
The 2CV had a total production of just about 4 million cars (including its 1.24 million Fourgonnettes delivery an offshoot) and spawned spinoffs that were mechanically the same vehicle that had another 3.6 million units between them. Over 8.7 million total 2CV's were made with many still on the road today, especially in its home country of France. These numbers don't include its 1985 revival edition, the Dolly.
Yet anyone looking at the car would think "Wow.. what an ugly contraption."
The Citroën 2CV was not built to win any design awards and it definitely wouldn't, but it's underpinnings were amazingly innovative. Dubbed the "toute petite poiture" (very small car), it had a tiny 2-cylinder engine putting out 375cc (eventually growing to 602cc) and while it wasn't fast or particularly powerful, it was capable of running all day, every day. It had only two turn signals, strategically placed so they could be seen from both front and rear, and its iconic roll-top cover could be rolled back or completely removed to accommodate even the weirdest-shaped load in the back seat. Seats, in fact, were easily removable and were simple hammock affairs - a far cry from the spring-loaded and cushioned seats common in most vehicles of the day (and now).
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Our only activity today was an attempt to get the suitcases fuller before we head home in three weeks. We went to many stores over 6 hours and didn't get much at all, despite trying on lots of clothes. The day was pretty warm but it got overcast so the day was comfortable despite being in the late 80s. For lunch we had Taco Bell and for dinner we had ...
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At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill. Pere Merlier opened the door of Francoise's
chamber. She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm. But there she could not
repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside
the well.
Around the body troops gesticulated, uttering cries of fury. Many of them shook their
fists at the village. Meanwhile the officer had summoned Pere Merlier as the mayor of the
"Look!" he said to him in a voice almost choking with anger. "There lies one of our men
who was found assassinated upon the bank of the river. We must make a terrible
example, and I count on you to aid us in discovering the murderer."
"As you choose," answered the miller with his usual stoicism, "but you will find it no
easy task."
The officer stooped and drew aside a part of the cloak which hid the face of the dead
man. Then appeared a horrible wound. The sentinel had been struck in the throat, and the
weapon had remained in the cut. It was a kitchen knife with a black handle.
"Examine that knife," said the officer to Pere Merlier; "perhaps it will help us in our
The old man gave a start but recovered control of himself immediately. He replied
without moving a muscle of his face:
"Everybody in the district has similar knives. Doubtless your man was weary of fighting
and put an end to his own life. It looks like it!"
"Mind what you say!" cried the officer furiously. "I do not know what prevents me from
setting fire to the four corners of the village!"
Happily in his rage he did not notice the deep trouble pictured on Francoise's
countenance. She had been forced to sit down on a stone bench near the well. Despite
herself her eyes were fixed upon the corpse stretched our on the ground almost at her
feet. It was that of a tall and handsome man who resembled Dominique, with flaxen hair
and blue eyes. This resemblance made her heart ache. She thought that perhaps the dead
soldier had left behind him in Germany a sweetheart who would weep her eyes out for
him. She recognized her knife in the throat of the murdered man. She had killed him.
The officer was talking of striking Rocreuse with terrible measures, when soldiers came
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Ok so it's been a few weeks since my last update. I've been super busy involved in my daughters sports... Being the Coordinator for the local softball league, and just took over as President for the baseball/softball leagues board...
I've been sticking to my diet, but I haven't gotten the exercise that I wanted to the last couple weeks. I went about a week and a half without lifting/running, so over the weekend I got a chance to get 30 minutes in on the elliptical again, which felt great!
My short term goal has passed... I missed it by about 1.5lbs... But staying with my new lifestyle I did reach it. It was only one week later than I had hoped so still a success in my opinion! I am settled into my new eating habits pretty well, and I continue to try to make small changes to further improve. I have recently started cutting out breads which has helped. I have also done some thinking about a longer term goal and I think I'm going for "fit by 30" as my new goal. I feel like if I can keep improving myself and when coaching softball this spring/summer I'm going to run with the team through drills... I feel like if I can get another 50 lbs. off by the end of october I'll be the lightest weight that I have been since about 10 years ago... I know that my weight loss is probably going to slow down some as I continue to drop, but for me, 220 would put me in a very good place.
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Albee has dealt with the absurd before, most recently in The Play About the Baby, performed in Melbourne by Red Stitch Actors Theatre last November. This is a black, tragi-comic play that makes us laugh, then pulls the rug from under our feet with the theft of a baby who may - or may not - be real. Sylvia also tests our sense of probability. Like Stevie (Wendy Hughes), wife of the goat-loving Martin (Philip Quast), incredulity is one of our first reactions.
The play begins by setting up what appears to be a classic marital comedy. The fact that infidelity seems to be a recurring subject of conversation suggests that this will also have a familiar plot of sexual betrayal. It certainly does, and incorporates, in a devastating conclusion, a classic act of revenge.
The reactions of two others are important; Ross (Peter Curtin) an old friend of Martin's, and Billy (Simon Corfield), Martin and Stevie's vulnerable 17- year-old son, struggling to understand his apparent homosexuality.
But it is the titanic struggle between man and wife that is at the heart of the play, and this has an intensity at least equal to what Albee created in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. In both cases, it is the strength of the love between the couples that fuels the rage.
Wendy Hughes is simply magnificent. The range of emotions she expresses, and arouses, is huge, from an alienated distaste to a rage that is positively incandescent. She instantly understands, as Martin does not, that he has broken something that cannot be mended. As she gradually reduces their clean, smart apartment to rubble, this point is graphically demonstrated.
Philip Quast is equally impressive as Martin. His is the more difficult role, for obvious reasons. And Albee does not make the mistake of suggesting that what has happened to this character is in any way explicable. So Martin cannot really account for himself or the powerful emotions that have swept him into unknown territory. The mystery at the heart of this play remains just that.
In a key scene between father and son, Albee does suggest that sexual impulse can come from inappropriate sources, but that it should be understood as just that, not as a permanent affliction. Simon Corfield gives a wonderfully touching performance as Billy, a child-man suddenly crossing a minefield, unsure of his own sexuality and facing the collapse of the family unit that anchors him to certainty.
Peter Curtin gives a suitably reined-in performance as the "everyman" friend, whose reaction can give the measure of what the rest of the world might do if Martin's story became public.
Albee actually enters the contentious Peter Singer territory of extending animal rights to the sexual realm in this play, although it is never argued in these terms. It is sexuality itself that is the mystery, although what makes Sylvia so confronting is the involvement of emotion - Martin's claim to be in love.
Director Kate Cherry demonstrates her mastery of contemporary American drama in this production in which an economy of dramatic gesture keeps the almost-unspeakable in tight control.
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Countdown to Nicki Minaj's 'Pink Friday': 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher
While everyone is spiraling over this year's G.O.O.D. Music cypher at the 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards, it's still hard to forget what happened last year when Nicki Minaj jumped in the ring to spit her bars for her designated cypher. Nicki was joined by Buckshot, Crown Royyal, and Joe Budden. As always it's ladies first, so Nicki got to open the cypher. Check out what happened next after the jump.
Rocking a gigantic Barbie logo chain, with a velour jumpsuit and her Cleopatra 'do, Nicki earned her respect on the platform. "Call me Dracula, 'cause all I do is Count chips. Your money's mini I ain't talkin' bout the mouse, trick," she hissed in what has become one of her many signature voices. With snarky giggles and lines like "I be up in learjets, make a left at the cloud," Nicki stood as the only female in the cypher, lightening up the mood among several very serious male rappers. Symbolic in a way, Nicki's presence there reflects her place in hip-hop now. She's here to have fun; why so serious?
BET's 'The Cypher' unintentionally branded the female emcee in many ways. As Nicki proudly lifted her Barbie chain in the freestyle and declared "You ain't a Barbie, it's none of your freakin' beeswax" like a Mean Girl, she was declaring a movement that has consistently grown since that moment. Also, it was the first time in a very long time that the hip-hop audience was divided in deciding who had the best verse in that cypher. Arguably Lil' Kim's verse on Mobb Deep's 'Quiet Storm' remix was the last time a female was in the running for the best verse on a male-driven track. Nicki's track record has only gotten better, and her verses since then have been debated as the best among some of the greatest male emcees in the game.
Check out the video of the freestyle below:
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These squares have been made from Cuisenaire rods. Can you describe
the pattern? What would the next square look like?
Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper
to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?
Can you use this information to work out Charlie's house number?
Well done
to Elora, Thomas, Sarah and Katie at Ysgol Gynradd Dolgellau for
their solution. Again, they took a very logical approach.
We estimated an age for
Augustus to start and then tried different multiplying sums until
we got to the answer.
$40 \times 40=1600$
$50 \times 50=2500$
$45 \times 45=2025$
$44 \times 44=1936$
$43 \times 43=1849$
We thought that if he was
$43$ in 1849 he was born in 1806 and was $65$ when he died. We
thought that was reasonable.
The only way we think that
someone living now would be able to say it is if someone who was
born in 1980 could say in 2025 that they are $45$. A person who was
$44$ in 1936 would be $109$ now and the oldest person we know of is
only $101$.
Class 7P
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$10 \times 10 = 100$AD so
he would have been born in 90 AD
Then $70 \times 70 =4900$
AD so he would be born in 4830 AD
Then $50 \times 50 = 2500$
AD so he was born in 2450 AD
Then $40 \times 40 = 1600$
AD so he was born in 1560AD
Then $43 \times 43 = 1849$
So he was born in 1806. If
he was born in 1806 then de Morgan would be $65$ when he died in
If you were $45$ in 2025
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McNerney Leads Gill by Nine Points in New DCCC Poll
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today released a recent Global Strategy Group poll showing Jerry McNerney leading Republican Ricky Gill by nine points. McNerney received 47% of the vote over Gill's 38% in the head to head. Additionally, McNerney is more well-liked with 8% more voters viewing him favorably than unfavorably. Gill, on the other hand, is viewed unfavorably by almost as many voters as view him favorably (25% favorable/23% unfavorable).
"Jerry McNerney is in the lead because voters know he's the one who fights for California's seniors, veterans and middle class, and Ricky Gill has never even held a full-time job," said Amber Moon of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "While Ricky Gill has spent his entire campaign inflating his resume to fool voters, Jerry McNerney has been working to create real jobs in the San Joaquin Valley."
To view the polling memo, click here. To learn more about Ricky Gill's inflated resume, visit RickysRealResume.com.