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Last of the six 'Sophie' books by this prolific writer, about a small and determined girl who wants to be a lady farmer.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0763604836, Paperback)Meeting her great-great aunt Al and being able to ride Al's special brown pony, Lucky, all the time, make Sophie's summer vacation to Scotland the best trip ever, but after returning home, the fun is over as she faces the saddest news of her life.
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Sophie would love to have a pony, but she doesn't think she'll ever be that lucky. She does get a lucky break, though, when Great Aunt Al invites her to Scotland!
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Hi there, First time post for me but have been looking awhile. My project is a 53 Chevy pickup that I have been working on for several years. It has a stock rebuilt 348 engine, and I will be using a GM Tbi injection on it. What I was wondering is would there be any advantage to running headers on this motor vs the stock manifold. Mpg would be the only gain I think I would gain and minimal at that. This will be a daily driver pickup so reliability is a factor. Whats your thoughts? Thanks Seth
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Talk to Jere Stahl.He started his business back when 409 was king. He is very very well informed.Headers are always an improvment on any engine
Yea that's right, spend a bunch of money that will give you very little if any benefit.
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some people might not need any power or fuel economy inprovements,Im not sure why you are against headers.,,,Im not selling headers,Im just stating they are a good thing for mileage or power,just use the correct size tubes.
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Vinnie, appologies for my choice of verbage... like the man said this is a stock rebuild, he's looking for mileage and dependability. He's not going to be out pushing the rpm limit where a good set of headers would really justify the cost. Just cruising around town he would never notice any performance or gas mileage benefits. Have you priced a decent set of 348/409 headers lately? $475 - $575, I don't think old Jere Stahl even makes an over the counter header anymore, just custom stuff $$$$$$$$.
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THE Hospice of the Good Shepherd has nearly completed a "long overdue"£510,000 refurbishment of its facilities.
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"This was a great opportunity."
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The housing authority is funded from the budgets of the towns and the county and contributions from the ski areas.
The biggest boost the housing authority has gotten in its first two projects is that Breckenridge and Summit County donated the land.
Friedman said most of the towns have a similar policy as Aspen, which will allow for a greater density if developers build more affordable housing. Another incentive is for developers to get tax credits from the federal government if they agree to build affordable housing that is deed restricted.
In November, Summit County's housing authority is asking voters to approve a mill levy increase for affordable housing in hopes of moving away from the unpredictable handouts of local governments.
"We have always been on a shoestring budget," Friedman said. "We have gone out and begged for money each year. We would like to have more of a steady income."
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Thanks Patrick, my follow-up question is: What if Sever 2 can't "trust" Server 1? For example, Server 1 is actually an "offline" version of the blogging platform downloaded onto Alice's laptop so that she may continue blogging while offline, and then, when she comes online, her work is synced back with the cloud. If Server 1 claims both Alice's and Bob's posts have been modified, it seems like Server 2 would be unable to distinguish between these two scenarios: 1) Alice and Bob are friends, and Alice lent her laptop to Bob so that he could do some offline blogging too. 2) Alice is maliciously forging blog posts under Bob's name. (She might not even actually be running the CouchApp locally, and is merely sending carefully crafted HTTP requests via curl to simulate replication). The two partial solutions that immediately come to mind are: 1) When a user downloads their own instance of the CouchApp, it's "tied" to that user. Bob cannot use Alice's copy of the CouchApp to blog; but if Alice had the foresight to download a copy both under her account and under Bob's account, then they can still share a laptop for offline access, although in different copies of the app. 2) Use public key cryptography and signatures, such that every change is signed, and every server can verify the signature of every modification to see if it really came from who it should be coming from. Solution (1) is unpleasant for the end user experience, but otherwise seems straightforward to implement. Solution (2) seems much more difficult to implement (JavaScript's treating of all numerics as floating points, whereas Cryptography typically works entirely with very big (e.g. 128bit, 256 bit, 4096 bit, etc.) integers makes the two look like a mismatch without first writing a Bigint library), and while in theory seems to be much more pleasant for end users, in practice I believe the user would not only need to provide a password, but also their private key renders the user experience unpleasant again. I'll probably end up going with solution (2) because the proposed app we're building will have to deal with banking and financial data, so we're going to have to have some cryptography in there anyway, but I'm just making sure I'm not missing anything (such as CouchDB already having some sort of encryption library built in). Thanks again, Patrick, for clearing things up for me. - Nebu On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Patrick Barnes <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > You're quite right, it would fail on replication. (And if you identified > that issue solely from a hypothetical standpoint, well done) > > The solution could be to give your replication user as 'replication' role, > and have the validator function look something like: > > function(newDoc, oldDoc, userCtx) { > function to_object(arr) { obj = {}; for(var k in arr) obj[arr[k]] = > true; return obj; } > if (newDoc.author) { > if(newDoc.author != userCtx.name and !('replication' in > to_object(userCtx.roles))) { > throw("forbidden": "You may only update documents with author " + > userCtx.name}); > } > } > > -Patrick > > On 25/03/2011 4:46 AM, Nebu Pookins wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm reading "CouchDB The Definitive guide", and in the chapter on >> "Security" (http://guide.couchdb.org/editions/1/en/security.html), >> they give an example of how to limit write-access to certain documents >> based on its owner. The example validator function they give is: >> >> function(newDoc, oldDoc, userCtx) { >> if (newDoc.author) { >> if(newDoc.author != userCtx.name) { >> throw("forbidden": "You may only update documents with author " + >> userCtx.name}); >> } >> } >> } >> >> If I understand correctly, userCtx is based on the HTTP request of the >> POST/PUT/DELETE request which is trying to modify some document: If >> I'm logged into couch, either via HTTP basic authentication, or >> cookies, or something along those lines, then my username will show up >> in the userCtx, and we simply do a string comparison to see if I'm the >> "author" of a given doc, and if so, then the business rule is that I >> should be allowed to change the doc. >> >> Elsewhere in the documentation, it mentions that validator functions >> are run not only when POST/PUT/DELETE requests are made, but also when >> replication occurs. What I'm confused about is what the value of >> userCtx would be during replication. To give a more concrete example: >> >> Let's say we have 2 couchDB servers running, called Server 1 and >> Server 2, and they've replicated with each other so that they both >> contain identical data: a set of blog posts. >> >> A user "Alice" logs onto server 1, and edits one of her blog posts. >> The validator function runs, and given that it's Alice that's logged >> on, the validator function checks that the blog post's "author" field >> is Alice, and assuming it is, it allows the update to occur. >> A user "Bob" also logs onto the same server, edits one of his blog >> posts, and again the validator allows it. >> Then both users log off, and go do something else (e.g. watch a movie, >> read a book, etc.) >> >> Now replication occurs: Server 2 will ask server 1 for a list of >> changes, and server 1 will report that two blog posts have been >> changed. >> >> Given that neither Alice nor Bob are connecting to server 2, it would >> seem that the userCtx variable would not contain either of their >> names, and thus the validation would reject the change, and >> replication would fail. >> >> i figure I must be misunderstanding something about how either >> validation or replication works, but I can't seem to figure out what >> from the documentation. Can someone help clarify this for me? >> >> Thanks, >> Nebu >> >
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The $1 Trillion Question
The results of the "stress tests"—the parameters for which came out on Apr. 24—may not be all that terrible when the government finally releases them in early May. But many of the zombie banks will likely need to raise more money, as much as $1 trillion altogether. With the U.S. bailout funds almost gone, banks will have to convince private investors to pony up the money. That will be a hard sell.
The government first laid out a plan in late February to test the nation's 19 largest banks. They were designed to determine whether the financial companies had enough money to keep lending in case of a severe recession. Basically, regulators wanted to figure out if the banks would survive should the economy really took a nose dive.
After initially deciding to keep their full findings private, federal officials are now releasing the details of those stress tests, if somewhat slowly. For weeks, the U.S. has indicated that the banks got passing grades—but it didn't say which institutions passed with flying colors or just barely passed. On Apr. 24 the government outlined the methodology from those stress tests, with the results to follow on May 4.
The government has been putting banks through their paces. How so? The stress tests measure how the banks will perform if unemployment rises to between 8.8% and 10.3% in 2010; the economy grows by 2.1% and 0.5%; and home prices drop by 4% to 7%. To determine a bank's capital needs, regulators looked at a host of different measures, including Tier 1 capital.
"Most U.S. banking organizations currently have capital levels well in excess of the amounts required to be well capitalized," the Federal Reserve said in its Apr. 24 white paper on the methodology behind the stress test. "However, losses associated with the deepening recession and financial market turmoil have substantially reduced the capital of some banks…supervisors believe it prudent for large bank holding companies to hold additional capital."
There's little doubt the government will say banks need to raise more capital when officials finally release the individual report cards. What's unknown is just how much money they need and where they'll get it from. A recent report from the International Monetary Fund estimates the U.S. banks will need another $275 billion to $500 billion. Analyst Frederick Cannon of investment bank Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods figures the industry may need as much as $1 trillion.
The government, say some analysts, have to be cautiously optimistic—putting increasing pressure on the banks to raise money. Otherwise, investors may fear the government isn't being upfront with them.
"[The 19 bank] have substantial earnings capacity to sufficiently withstand any reasonable short-term scenario," says John Douglas, chair of the banking and institutions group at international law firm Paul Hastings and former general counsel for banking regulator, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. "The government has such a credibility problem that when they say everything is a-ok, the market is going to go nuts because they won't believe them."
Where will the banks go for the extra capital?
The government doesn't have much money left in its coffers earmarked for banks. There's only about $110 billion left in the Trouble Assets Relief Program, the rescue fund used to inject money into the banks. The government expects banks to repay some $25 billion in the coming months—bringing the grand total to $135 billion.
"Markets would have to judge whether the gap could be bridged by private capital or some accounting shifts within TARP," analyst Tom Gallagher of International Strategy & Investments said in a recent report.
There's not much political appetite to funnel more money to the banks. That means most banks will have to raise capital from private investors, who have been petrified to plow money into the troubled industry during the financial crisis. Goldman Sachs, which is pushing to repay its $10 billion government loan, just managed to raise $5 billion in a new stock offering. JPMorgan Chase, which bolstered its books in the latest quarter, issued $3 billion in non-government backed bonds—the first such deal in roughly eight months. (Congressman Barney Frank said on Apr. 24 that Goldman and JPMorgan should be able to pay back that money.)
"We believe [JPMorgan Chase] will not require government capital and could raise the capital efficiently in the private markets and repay TARP," says KBW's Cannon in an Apr. 23 report.
But those relatively strong banks may be the exceptions. More troubled companies like Citigroup and Bank of America, may find it difficult to sign up outside investors. Unless they can find private money, such banks will likely have to beg the government for another handout. Most likely, that would mean converting the government's preferred shares to common equity—thereby raising an important measure of capital called tangible common equity. Citigroup is already undergoing that conversion process.
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Nanette Lepore Comes Home
Apparel fashion designer Nanette Lepore, known for fabulous prints, started her line in 1993. The following year, it was carried in Neiman Marcus. By 2000, the first Nanette Lepore boutique opened. During the next dozen years, the brand expanded to include shoes, handbags and swimwear. It is sold in nine brand shops, 120 department stores, 360 specialty shops and 19 countries. This year brings the debut during the September N.Y. Home Fashions Market of Nanette Lepore Villa, a home collection produced by Peking Handicraft, Inc. (PHI). Lepore shares insights into her style and entrance into "home."
Why a bedding line
and why PHI?
"Bedding is logical because I work so much with textiles and fabrics in apparel. I was dying to break into home." [Lepore dipped a toe into the field with a limited edition rug collection several years back.]
"We love what PHI does. I saw what they did with the Trina Turk Collection and felt like they understood my brand. They don't set limitations and they do get excited by beauty. I never hear 'no' from them!"
Are all the bedding designs derived from your apparel patterns?
"Prints in the future will be a mix of new designs and designs drawn from our archives. Some might be patterns we intended to use and didn't. Some of the apparel prints we did use are lovely and we can't reuse them in apparel, so they will come to live again in home textiles."
What are hallmarks of your style?
"There is femininity in my clothing and a strong modern aesthetic with iconic references. Working with bedding is like getting dressed in a way. You have layering with bedding as in apparel."
What's next for you in home?
"One King's Lane had a one-hit event for charity and we did towels for that. I'm a huge fan of gorgeous towels, so I'm excited to do that and also to continue on again with rugs in beautiful colors and patterns."
Did you always know you'd be a fashion designer?
"My dad was an abstract expressionist painter. My grandfathers were a carpenter and a bricklayer. So growing up I was not intimidated to create.
"I have an eye for color and beauty. As a child, I just wanted to learn to sew, but when I grew up, I went on to study Spanish and Social Work in college.
"There came a point when I decided to tap into the ambitions I had when I was a child—that passion for sewing. I feel lucky that I was able to find that passion again in life for clothing, and develop and hone it."
Paisley Medallion (shown above) from Nanette Lepore Villa is adapted from a shirt print in Lepore's apparel line. See another collection design on p. 34.


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On this Valentine's Day edition of Weekly Wisdom, we'd like to explore the connection between passion and personal finance.
Passion is like love in action.
Passion can propel you to do things you once thought were impossible. When you're passionate about your financial freedom, you'll learn how to save money–probably something that once seemed difficult.
You'll learn how to earn money, on your own terms.
And, you'll invest it wisely and in a way that's aligned with your values.
So, here are some of the best posts that I discovered this week. Passionate posts. I hope they fan those flames of financial freedom, if you already have an inferno burning. If you just need a spark, I hope these can serve as tinder.
Should you marry love or money? Here's the post and flow chart from Spend on Life to help you decide. (Before you decide, though, maybe you need to take a look at the blog's what can happen if you marry someone with bad credit post.)
Love to succeed? Money Ning tells you to learn how to Fail Fast.
Are you a spender or saver at heart? That's the Valentine's Day question from Five Cent Nickel.
Cupid's a myth. So are these financial planning concepts compiled by Financial Highway.
If you're all hot about retiring early, One Mint says that some people are forced to retire earlier than they want to.
Many people think that corporations have no heart–or soul. Read the post, "In the Salt Mine," from Brip Blap and you tell me.
Make money, don't just save it. That's the lesson from 20s Money. And one way to do that–and have some fun–is to start a blog, as Digerati Life explains.
Financial Samurai plunged the katana of discernment deeply into the concept of love last week, including this post, Getting Busy This Valentine's Weekend.
Rule number 1 for a happy relationship: don't date a deadbeat. Len Penzo can tell you how to identify deadbeat dates.
Wonder how many divorces were caused by credit cards? Lifehacker tells you how to have good credit without having a credit card.
Love is forever. So is investing. Well, almost forever. A guest post at Smarter Wallet takes a look at long-term market timing.
Create a Feng Shui wealth vision board. Thank Abundance Tapestry for this post.
Loving Your Job and Your Life–found on Yahoo Finance.
Four Reasons We Get Ripped Off–Found on MSN Money.
For "Conformo Radicals" It's Cool to Think Like Everyone Else–Found on Investors Business Daily site.


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Coach Saban After Win Over Georgia
Alabama Coach Nick Saban asked the media what the date was. Everyone knew what was coming, that he was going to explain that it doesn't matter where a team is ranked early in the season. (That's not entirely true, but his point is a good one.)
"September 29th, " a few of us answered. I had a cheat sheet. I always write down the date at the top of my legal pad when I'm interviewing anyone or sitting in a press conference.
But he stumped us with Part II. "Who was ranked second in the nation last year on September 29th?" Saban asked. No one ventured a guess. Last season the number two team in the nation lost about eight times, so that spot was fruit basket turnover.
Although Saban said he didn't know where Alabama was ranked this week, it's probably more than coincidence that he pulled out "number two" for his question.
Alabama is number two in the Associated Press poll after its 41-30 mauling of Georgia in Athens Saturday night.
This week the challenge is Kentucky. Alabama, now 5-0 overall and 2-0 in Southeastern Conference play, returns to Tuscaloosa's Bryant-Denny Stadium after back-to-back SEC road games. Kentucky is 4-0 and will play its first SEC game this week. CBS will televise the game, which begins at 2:30 p.m. CDT.
Saban said, "It will be interesting to see how our players respond. We have learned how to respond to adversity around here a little bit and now we need to respond to some success and maintain our intensity, focus on what we need to do and not be distracted by things that don't matter. It is September 29. I don't know what we are ranked and I don't really care."
Regarding the 41-30 win over Georgia, Saban said, "In reviewing the game it was certainly hats off to the players for going into a very difficult place to play, handling the noise, maintaining intensity. We played a very good first half of the game. Momentum is a little bit fleeting. You have to understand that, you have to maintain intensity. I don't think we were able to do that in the second half against a good team. They always kind of mount those runs, in basketball great skill players, and in football they did it to us. The biggest thing I think we need to improve on is finishing and consistency.
"The special team errors were huge in terms of field position and allowing the other team to get back into the game. They are all things that are correctable. We need to do a better job playing with consistency. That is something we have worked hard at, coached hard at, we have young players playing on special teams that need to do a better job in making some improvement, finishing some plays, whether it be kickoff coverage (or any other area). Two weeks in a row we have made mental errors in punt protection - it is nothing that cannot be corrected. This week it cost us a blocked punt. Kickoff coverage has been good sometimes and bad sometimes. We need to fix that.
"We had some outstanding performance in this game. John Parker was the Player of the Week in the conference but him, Julio (Jones) and Roy Upchurch all did an outstanding job on offense from a coaching standpoint. Rashad Johnson and Rolando McClain played well defensively. Leigh Tiffin was our best performer on special teams with his consistency in his kicking.
From an injury standpoint, Mike McCoy is probably going to be out for today. His injury is day-to-day. There will be some questions whether he will be able to play in this game or not. Preston Dial after getting his knee scoped is day-to-day, but will be very questionable for this game as well."
Saban later said that wide receiver Darius Hanks had not made the trip to Athens "because he was not 100 per cent. He could have played, but we decided to take someone who was healthy." He indicated Hanks would be back this week.
Saban said, "We are certainly looking forward to playing at home. Being on the road in tough places to play for two weeks has us looking forward to playing in front of our fans. I know they will create a great atmosphere for us in this particular game.
"Rich Brooks is a really good coach. He did a great job at Oregon for a long time and he certainly has done an outstanding job in his six years at Kentucky. They are maybe the best defensive team in the country. They are certainly first in scoring defense. They have a lot of guys back from last year's team. They are physical, they play with toughness, and they make good sound adjustments in what they do. Obviously giving up five points a game they are hard to score on which makes you a good defensive team.
"Offensively they have done a nice job controlling the ball. Their new quarterback, (Mike) Hartline has done a good job of managing the offense, keeping them in the right place and have them doing the right things. Their offensive line is good. They have been able to run the ball effectively against everybody they have played against. They have shown the capabilities of beating good teams in beating LSU when they were No. 1 last year.
"They are very good on special teams. (Dicky) Lyons is a good punt returner and is their leading receiver and they lead the conference in kickoff returns.
"This is going to be a challenging game for us. It is no different than the game we just played relative to maintaining intensity in terms of your mental energy, not only in how you play the game but how you prepare to play the game and get ready to play the game."
Saban then took questions on a variety of subjects. They included: On Roy Upchurch and the running back situation:
"Roy Upchurch has played very well for us all year long. Not just as a running back but he is probably one of our best special teams players week-in and week-out. Mark (Ingram) got a bruised knee in the game. He could have played in the game. It happened early in the game on the second or third carry. They checked him out and said he was ok and could play in the game. He will practice today. The way the game was going, we just decided Roy and Glen (Coffee) could do it and we would only play Mark if we needed to. Roy did have a role in the game and he carried that role out very well in some third down situations as a third down back which he would have down whether Mark got hurt or not. We didn't have a plan to change the rotation but Roy has done a really good job. This is a style thing with the three runners we have right now that are all playing. Most of the plays that we run are direct runs. We are running downhill and the physical square to the line runners that can make the cuts are the guys that do that the best. It is just how we have evolved. The three guys that are playing are the guys that can do that and done it the best as their style as runners. We are not disappointed in anyone else who is not playing as much but their style lends itself to a different type of play and there may be a circumstance where that becomes something we want to do in a game as well and we will use that particular guy."
On the first quarter success:
"First of all the coaching staff is doing a pretty good job of getting our players prepared to play the game and start the game. Our players have been ready to play the games for the most part. We have done a good job of executing. That is probably the biggest reason for it. The key to the drill is how we maintain that for 60 minutes in the game so that we don't allow people to make runs on us and come back on us because good teams will do that. It is not just in the game it is game-to-game to maintain that. That is going to be critical in terms of developing consistency down the road."
On what goes into preparing for the first drive of the game:
"We plan it. We practice it. Our players are aware of what will be called whether it is 8-10-12-15 plays. Obviously it doesn't go completely towards the script because you have some situations that are short yardage on third down or whatever. We do that and we try and play a way on defense where we make simple adjustments early trying to get through their script if they are a script team. They will probably come out and give you some stuff you haven't seen before so you try and make it simple for your players to adjust to it and play through the script."
On the effect of getting up early on teams:
"Moreno (Georgia tailback Knowshon Moreno) is a great player. We practiced a lot against stopping him as a runner. So if you take the time you invest in practice against doing that which may have been 50 percent of the time and the game goes 90-10 the other way, where all of a sudden No. 8, No. 1, No. 82 and No. 7 are doing plays all vertical down the field so you can say we wasted a significant amount of time trying to stop Moreno when he is not running anymore. It kind of goes both ways, when the game changes you need to change the style of what you are going to play to defend but sometimes when it goes that way it is more difficult because you maybe don't have enough bullets in your gun to change it up enough. We worked hard on their screen game. They started off the game with screens but after we got ahead the screens were gone. We are defending screens when we should be rushing the passer and worried about throwing the ball vertical down the field. They had to change their style but we were defending a different style than what we practiced against and had no way to predict that it would happen."
On wishing the ranking was not as high;
"I don't know how we were ranked and I don't really care. It is the same old thing. You can read what (Mark) Sanchez said at USC about not being prepared for the game or what Percy Harvin said about how we let this happen. It us up to the players and the staff and human nature and overcoming being satisfied with what you have done up to this point. When you get satisfied and fall in love with yourself, you get complacent, you lose your desire, you don't prepare, and you don't have the mental intensity that you need to perform well. The last game showed that as well as anything. We had it in the first half, we were up 31-0 but we didn't have it as well in the second half. You can make any excuse you want for the circumstance but we lost the second half 31-10. It means something. Once you lose it, momentum swings, it is hard to get back. That is why you have to maintain throughout. Your season, game-to-game, play-to-play for 60 minutes in a game and it is not human nature to do that."
On special team breakdowns:
"There is not a common thread. Specifically in punt protection we have one guy who is not blocking the right guy two weeks in a row and he is the guy who calls who is blocking who. So that is a hard one for me to understand. In kickoff coverage we had some young guys running down the field and when they do it correctly we have great success in getting good field position and when they run the same return and do it incorrectly the ball breaks out and they get better field position. The punt coverage in the last game has not been that bad. There were a couple penalties that were not called and that as verified by the SEC. I am not talking about the officials they have a tough job and they just missed it. The two guys that could have made the plays there were infractions on the particular play. We need to clean up our coverage areas. On our return game, people are not kicking to 28 but our drive start has been good. In other words they are squib kicking all the time and sky kicking. We are getting the ball in good field position, it affects your return yards just not your drive start. So that is the most important thing – where do you start the drive. That part of it has been ok. I hope when we get opportunities we will be able to return the ball."
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South Florida's Largest!
Every Friday Night!
Fee: $2
I-595 / University Dr.
(South 2 blocks on East side - behind ARBY'S in Plaza)
Great parking, Oldies DJ "ScottTheMusicMan', vendors, food & drinks,
Hula-hoops, line-dances, shops, & restaurants.
Fun for the whole family!
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Oh, the Disney Memories
Many of my favorite moments in my life are Disney memories. Whether they are tied to a trip to Disney World or a particular Disney movie, I have quite a few memories stashed away. My honeymoon to Disney World is definitely one that sits at the top of the list. It was an amazing week spent in Florida at the parks including a gorgeous stay at the Contemporary Resort.
Although it rained much of the time we were there (and it seemed like the entire country of Brazil had flown in as well), we had a blast! Nothing like spending your first week as husband and wife eating fabulous food and riding amazing rides! It was amazing to experience the parks with my husband for the first time.
Disney World holds many of my favorite family memories including the Thanksgiving I spent there with my mom and sister. It was the first time my mom had ever been! I wanted to make sure she saw it before she turned 50 because she had been dreaming of it all of her life.
W's first Halloween costume was courtesy of the Disney Store, adding yet another Disney memory to my scrapbook! He was so adorable as a puffy little Mickey Mouse! I wish the costume would fit him again this year but I don't think that will be happening! I will definitely be keeping it forever! He was the most adorable baby Mickey!
Ready to Make New Disney Memories
A person can never have too many Disney memories! J and I are already planning W's first trip to Disney World. I'm pretty sure W's first movie in the theaters will be a Disney movie. J and W have already watched Beauty and the Beast together at least once! Bring on the Disney memories!
In the name of making new memories, I'm thrilled to share that I will be headed to Los Angeles in a few weeks to make some brand new Disney memories! Not too long ago, I got an email that read, Disney Invites You to Los Angeles. And I cried. Yes, I'll admit it. I cried because I felt so blessed.
I had found out that one of my best blogging friends, Staci from 7 on a Shoestring had gotten invited before I had even checked my email after work. I was so excited for her! She is an amazing person and I knew she would have a blast! So when I opened my own email to see an invitation, I was just overwhelmed. I'm a slightly emotional person sometimes (which means all the time, by the way).
Formula Mom at the #DisneyMoviesEvent
Thanks to an absolutely amazing PR rep, Marshall, I will be on a trip that is sure to go down in the memory books. I'll be flying from Houston to Los Angeles and staying at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. Yes, little old me will finally make it to Hollywood. If you knew me when I was growing up, you know that this will partially fulfill a childhood dream. Then I'll be having dinner with 24 other bloggers! Some I know like Staci and Tiffany from Fabulous Finds and some that I don't! I have learned that I love connecting with fellow bloggers so I'm looking forward to getting the chance to meet them all!
The rest of my trip includes staying very busy!
- We will be interviewing cast members from Frankenweenie and attending a red carpet premiere of the movie! I'll be looking for Sparky and Mr. Whiskers!
- We will be participating in a press day at Walt Disney Animation Studios to talk with filmmakers and animators about Wreck-It Ralph and the animated short Paperman.
- We'll also be catching a sneak peek of Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc. 3D on the Walt Disney Studios lot!
You can follow my adventures using the hashtag #DisneyMoviesEvent. I'll be tweeting, blogging, and abusing Instagram from Los Angeles the last week of September! But the excitement is already building! I went to the movies with J this weekend and might have squealed a little when we saw the Wreck-It Ralph preview! Oh and I already instagrammed the Frankenweenie banner that was hanging from the ceiling at the theater!
Oh, maybe W can be Wreck-It Ralph for Halloween this year. If I picked is hair out… it might be close. He definitely likes to smash things so this could work! But enough about that…
Which #DisneyMoviesEvent film are you most excited about? Do you have a favorite Disney memory?
Formula Mom Disclosure: I was invited to attend the #DisneyMoviesEvent press event as a guest of Disney. Most of my expenses were paid and no other compensation has been provided. All experiences and opinions are 100% my own.


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After more thinking, I realized that the FPR only determines fuel flow back through the return line. Herp derp. So the plumbing is actually perfect. Full flow back to return at idle (big vac.) and minimum flow back to the tank at boost. With that in mind, Amazon prime will be the end of me. Bosch genuine 4.0BAR FPR and E39 fuel filter with exchangeable FPR (with 3.5BAR FPR) by Mann. All for $89 shipped? That is one hell of a bargain. 2x OE-Quality FPR + 1x OE-Quality fuel filter for what many people pay for the E39 filter/FPR alone.
Somehow I found myself looking at port/polished heads, custom sumps, crank evacuation pumps, injectors, cams, and B30 intake manifolds. I might have a little bit of a problem. It did lead me to discover that the injectors that come with the AA kit are as good as it gets for that flow rate, so kudos to AA again.
B30 intake manifold is coming. I can feel it. I just need to actually drive the car instead of just work on it.... THEN I'll work on it some more. Trans fluid/filter + actually installing the center ball joints instead of just looking at them is coming this week. I finally get a break from classes, though our 'fall break' is thursday and friday only. Hopefully the magic of Prime will let me install my fuel system stuff then as well. And I've begun on a journey of finishing someone's motor swap and electrical gremlin hunt in a boston green E34 525i. That's just.... oh man.
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I was not sure of what to expect of Swaziland. As beautiful as Lesotho? As developed as South Africa? Not really.
Some areas are probably beautiful but not so easily accessible without a car and I did not spend time out of the main touristic roads, which seemed to me like an extension of South Africa.
One noticeable place I really liked is the "House on Fire"
Luckily, I had the chance to reunite for a few days with my "Clown without Borders" friend Sibongile, and follow the association action in the country. With a group of Yale University students and a Swazi performing arts group (People Educational Theatre) they were creating and performing Clown shows for schools in the remote and poor areas in the South of country. Drought, no running water, hunger, HIV/AIDS... the children (and adults) have tough times there.
In a week they performed the shows for more than 5000 children. Very funny shows I have to say; not the boring-made for 5 years old- type of shows. Sibongile is an incredible clown! The children were having so much fun (and so did I). I hope to be able to join her on stage next time...
In parallel, workshops with orphans were taking place in the afternoon, similar to what I experienced in Lesotho with them. They aim at providing emotional relief through play and laughter to the orphans.
This gave me more insight on the country "real" life; outside of the touristic places. And to meet very interesting Swazi friends from the Performing Arts association.
But I was also called by Mozambique and the prospect of beautiful beaches, huge prawns and a more "latin" touch country...


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An unusually emotional moment at the Orthodox Union's annual Senate luncheon Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thousands of screaming fans lined the black carpet late on Monday for the final "Twilight" film premiere as the cast of "Breaking Dawn - Part 2" bid farewell to the franchise and its loyal followers.
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