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A distinct heritage cattle herd provides the prime beef for Norfolk Island's finest restaurant, writes Paul Rush.
There's a fresh new taste treat for visitors to Norfolk Island as the lovely, underrated Pacific paradise known for its tall, stately pine trees, emerges as a food lover's heaven.
After a 90-minute flight I have landed on this sub-tropical island of 3455 ha (one-third the size of Waiheke Island) anchored in the Pacific Ocean between Auckland and Noumea.
The island's simple but colourful culture settles on a visitor like a distinctive cloak with the very first greeting. "Welkum to Norfolk Ailen, da bass side on Earth."
This quaint dialect is a hybrid of the Old English as spoken by the nine Bounty mutineers and the language of the Tahitian wives. Their descendants resettled on Norfolk in 1856, having outgrown their Pitcairn sanctuary and many still speak the strange tongue today. Today's 1800 residents all agree on one thing, this self-governing external territory of Australia is the best place on earth.
After just a few days touring the island, delighting in its diverse interactive heritage tours and enjoying some of its 35 excellent cafes and restaurants and tax-free shopping, I find it hard to understand why it remains one of the Pacific's best-kept secrets.
One morning I wash up on Headstone Creek in the island's southwest, visiting the homestead built on 100 Acre Farm. It's the only property on Norfolk whose name and extent are the same today as they were in the 1830's. My plan is to join the regular farm tour and then sample the highly-acclaimed Norfolk Blue gourmet beef in the Norfolk Blue Restaurant Grill & Bar, owned by Paul and Robyn Menghetti.
Farm guide, Ashley, explains that Robyn first noticed the distinct blue/grey heritage herd in 2001. It had evolved naturally from a combination of mainstream breeds like Shorthorn, Angus, Hereford, and Murray Grey. An acquisition and breeding programme has led to the island's exclusive breed of cattle called Norfolk Blue.
We meet Mr Bull, the 1000 kg chief bull on the farm, but Ashley says his waning performance has forced the owners to breed a replacement, "Baby Bull", and institute an artificial insemination regime. Their aim is to achieve an overall blue colouring in their stock.
The cattle are slaughtered when they are between 10-18 months, at the optimum weight of 200 kg. The beef is then aged for 6-10 weeks in a cool room and is used exclusively for the restaurant. Some Australian filet mignon is imported to provide variety to the menu.
We are treated to a delicious beef casserole in the atmospheric restaurant, which displays life-size photos of handsome blue/grey cattle on the walls. I particularly enjoy the house specialty of beef pâté, served with caperberries, crostini and homemade chutney, and the rich coffee taken on the verandah in a secluded setting. The restaurant won the Best Formal Dining category in the Norfolk Island Tourism Gold Awards in 2011.
The excellent meal has whetted my appetite for more of the island's diverse cuisine. Dino's Restaurant on Bumboras Road features a delectable Italian-style menu served in a dining room full of character. Helen Bartholomew and Dean Bosley are dedicated to serving top quality food with fresh vegetables, fruit, meats, seafood, salad greens and herbs sourced daily from local growers, farmers and fishermen.
For those who prefer locally produced food, it's hard to beat the Norfolk supply lines. Here, food doesn't travel food miles from production to the plate, it's measured more accurately in food metres.
I also enjoy a fine meal at Hilli's Restaurant & Wine Bar on Queen Elizabeth Avenue, which values an organically intimate relationship with fresh food. The ambience is perfect here with the right blend of service, warmth and delicious food. The innovative owners offer a Mastering Taste Chef School and Garden Tour, so visitors can experience a hands-on approach to the food served at Hilli's.
Norfolk Island is also famous for its seafood, which is caught fresh for many of the restaurants. The trumpeter fish is a popular delicacy, which I enjoy in The Rock Restaurant, which also serves beautiful salmon steaks and lobster on a regular basis.
Generally the island diet relies heavily on fish with fruit, vegetables, corn, arrowroot, kumara, yams and taro. During the whaling era, the wives of American ship's captains introduced custard pies. Today lemon, coconut and passion fruit pies are de rigueur for important occasions including Thanksgiving (another American import).
The Norfolk government backs 100 per cent sustainability in biodynamic farming on the island with the philosophy of healthy soil, food and body. This paddock to plate approach means food tastes just as it should; full of flavour and rich in nutrients. And for the perfect accompaniment there's a fine chardonnay, semillon or merlot wine from Two Chimneys Winery, tucked away in its own little microclimate on the eastern slopes.
The local distillery, Norfolk Island Liquors on Cascade Road is operated by Brad Forrester, who discovered quite by chance that he's a seventh generation descendant of Robert Forrester. Robert served time on Norfolk Island for inciting a riot, before taking up a land grant and becoming a successful farmer. Brad first visited in 1985, fell in love with the island and now produces 15 unique liqueurs, including an aromatised whiskey called Convict's Curse, and also Pitcairn Passion, a blend of strawberry and banana.
Local food specialties are based on traditional Polynesian dishes. The best way to experience such delights as pilhis, annas and mudda, made from bananas and root vegetables, is to join the Progressive Dinner to island homes. The hosts make it a fun night telling local stories and, believe me; Norfolk Island has a crockpot full of heritage stories just waiting to be told.
The local cuisine is so unique; Norfolk Island could soon become a popular foodie destination. Even now I'm pining for Norfolk Blue.
Getting there: Air New Zealand operates a weekly service from Auckland to Norfolk Island with additional services via Sydney and Brisbane.
Getting around: Rental cars cost around $25 a day and bicycles can be hired. Be sure to give the mandatory wave to all oncoming drivers.
Currency: The island is a self-governing external territory of Australia and Australian dollars are used.
Island tours A range of round-island orientation tours are available along with fascinating historical re-enactment shows in the evenings.
Accommodation: A wide selection of 60 properties gives the visitor a variety of styles to choose from. They are all AAA graded, maintaining the Australian standard. The Cumberland Resort & Spa is very comfortable and conveniently near the Burnt Pine shopping area.
Further information: See norfolkisland.com.au, norfolkislands.com, pinetreetours.com and kavha.gov.nf.
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The common structure to this and Fred's report seems to
1. A desire to plot results, not raw data. This distinction
is as much the researcher's as Stata's.
2. A structure to the results that does not easily match
the structure of the dataset.
It is #2 that can make graphs difficult. #1 is by comparison
a piece of cake. The assumption that Stata should be smart
enough to understand almost any desire is admirable, but
difficult to achieve until nanotechnology and programming
advance to allow each Stata executable to encapsulate a statistically-trained Stata programming-capable cyborg.
I think Fred and Ronan have mostly answered their own questions, but in broad terms there are various strategies, and without more
specificity it is difficult to say more than that they could
all be useful.
1. If you are doing the same irregular thing repeatedly,
it can be automated via a do-file or program.
2. Stata gives (limited) support to "immediate" graphs.
3. Add new observations and/or new variables, or make
a new dataset. I've often gazed at one data structure,
some tables of results, and wondered how to get from
the tables to a new structure -- and on more than one occasion
decided the easiest way to do it was to input the results
as new data. Sometimes, although you wouldn't find me
admitting this in public, I just go into the Editor
and start on the right and the top and type in stuff
ad hoc. After doing one kind of thing about three times
I tried to generalise and the result is -textbarplot-
on SSC. (I see from the Ack'ts that Ronan was in at the
creation.) The perhaps odd-sounding name is meant to convey the
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(including gaps), so that a hybrid graph-table can
be produced. The bars are not compulsory. The help
is quite detailed, so I won't say more here.
4. Your problem is really a meta-analysis. You just
have get your data in the shape of your favourite meta-program.
In essence, the dilemma is this. You can complain all you
like that sometimes things are too complicated (for you)
to explain to Stata, but that will get little beyond sympathetic
consent. If you can explain any generic problem concretely enough
for others to understand, that either that's soluble
or it's an item for the StataCorp tothinkaboutlist.
On 25 Jul 2007, at 18:34, Nick Cox wrote:
> I am not clear what the difficulty here is at all. Please give
> a specific example or more detail.
I have encountered the same problem, trying to make a graph for a
researcher. She wanted to plot something for patients with antibody
A, antibody B, either antibody, both antibodies and without either
Clearly the groups are not mutually exclusive, and a nuisance to
plot. While Stata is good at groups which are mutually exclusive, it
does not seem to foresee overlapping groups on the same plot -
probably because you can't see them ending up in the same model.
I ended up calculating relative risks and confidence intervals for
each of the groups above, then making a little dataset of them and
using -metan- to display the results.
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We have been thinking of taking a trip to Canada for three weeks in January 2008. There are four of us travelling - two adults and two children aged eight and 11. Is this a difficult time to travel in Canada, given weather conditions, and would tourist destinations be closed? Train travel would be our preferred mode of transport across the country. Is this viable in their winter? Could you suggest an itinerary and offer any other travel advice? - Marianne Castor
There's no getting around the fact that Canada in January will be cold, dark (sunset at 4pm) and, in some places, possibly snowbound. But if your family enjoys train travel and winter landscapes, your trip could turn out to be a holiday to remember.
You'll find that some outdoor attractions will be closed (unless they involve snow), although cities will have plenty to offer whatever the season. To give you an idea of average winter-time temperatures, Ottowa, Montreal and Toronto average a chilly maximum temperature of around - 5C in January; Quebec drops to - 8C; and Winnipeg and Saskatoon plunge to - 12C. But, over on the west coast, Vancouver averages a comparatively balmy 5C.
Unfortunately, rail journeys such as the Rocky Mountaineer don't run in January but the three-day cross-country Toronto-Vancouver trip on the Canadian (www.viarail.ca) runs year-round.
This journey is so extensive that you could base your itinerary on the route alone. Stops to explore include Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper and Kamloops. You can stroll to the Skyline dome-ceilinged coach with panoramic views and kids' meals are available onboard. Fares in comfort class start at about $550, half-price for children under 11.
A 12-day unlimited travel Canrail pass could be the way to go, costing around $640 per adult and $570 for children for economy-class train travel. You could also use the pass to travel between Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara Falls (two hours from Toronto), if the minus-zero temperatures don't put you off.
The Skeena is another fabulous train trip, running between Jasper, Prince George and Prince Rupert.
Specific highlights for children include the animal-filled Biodome and ice skating on Lac aux Castors in Montreal, filling up at the Chocolate Museum in Quebec City, visiting the Science Centre in Toronto and spending time at Vancouver's aquarium and IMAX theatre.
For more ideas, pick up a copy of Lonely Planet's Canada guide or chat with fellow travellers on the Canada and Kids to Go branches of Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree travel forum (http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com).
Egyptian transport
We wish to travel from Alexandria to Port Said for two days. We then intend to travel up the Suez Canal to Ismailia, preferably with a stop by the canal as a ship is passing, and then drive around Ismailia to visit past haunts before moving on to Cairo the same day. Can you advise whether to use buses plus a taxi in Ismailia (if available) or if we should take a taxi all the way from Port Said (once again, if available). How could we ensure getting a reliable taxi driver? - Pat & Margaret Nankivell
Buses service just about every town, city and village in Egypt, though they vary in standard. Luckily, the relatively comfortable air-con "deluxe" buses ply the routes you have indicated. The best of the deluxe buses is Superjet.
Travelling by service taxis is the quickest way to get from city to city and, unless you're hiring the entire taxi, is often the cheapest way to travel. But we don't recommend you use them. Accidents involving them are all too common.
East Delta Bus Co departs hourly from Port Said to Ismailia from 6am. It takes just over an hour to travel the 85km ($1.70).
If you travel by bus you won't be able to stop to watch ships passing through the Suez Canal. However, the 50km stretch of road from Port Said to Qantara runs right along the canal and you can watch the ships from the window. It's quite a sight.
The canal is surprisingly narrow up close, which makes the colossal cargo ships gliding through the water seem even larger. Viewed from afar, they look as though they're ploughing through the desert. From Ismailia to Cairo, there are buses every half hour until 8pm, taking two hours ($2.30).
You'll find plenty of taxis in Ismailia. Just put your hand out and one will stop. Taxis are often shared and drivers will stop to pick up other passengers on the way. If you want your own taxi, you'll need to state this at the outset.
Taxis don't have meters and money is not mentioned at the beginning of a trip. If you ask how much, you'll just give yourself away as someone who is fair game for overcharging.
Drivers assume that you'll know the correct fare and just hand it over at the end of the trip. For short trips around town expect to pay between 30c and $1.20; from the city to the beaches, around $1.70.
You can never be sure of whether you're getting a reliable taxi driver; you just have to decide on a reasonable figure, stick to it, and not be bullied into handing over too much at the end. If you want to hire a driver for half a day, then consider they won't be able to pick up other passengers, so make sure you offer something fair and decent.
Before heading off, be sure to read the travel advisories for Egypt posted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (www.safetravel.govt.nz) and Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (www.smartraveller.gov.au).
Day in Buenos Aires
I am travelling to Peru in November with three other women. On our way home, we will land in Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport at 6.30am, flying out at midnight. Is it easy to leave the airport and could you suggest interesting things to see in our limited time? - Sandra McInnes, by email
Ezeiza airport is around 35km south of central Buenos Aires. Shuttle buses run by the Manuel Tienda Leon company (www.tiendaleon.com) are the best option for getting downtown. They run every 30 minutes throughout the day, dropping off at the terminal near Plaza San Martin on Avenida Madero (the Sheraton Hotel is a good landmark for dropping off and picking up).
The company has reservation booths in the arrival hall and staff can also organise a taxi ($23, much cheaper than four bus fares); ignore the unauthorised touts who will come up to you in the airport terminal offering you a lift as they're famous for ripping off tourists.
Your whirlwind, one-day circuit of Buenos Aires could take in the Plaza Mayo precinct with its cathedral and presidential palace, shopping on pedestrianised Avenida Florida and in the Parisian-influenced Galerias Pacifico shopping centre, gawping at the opulent mansions on ritzy Avenida Alvear, a shot of art at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, a quick look around the city's famous Recoleta cemetery, then a meal at Munich Recoleta on RM Ortiz in front of Plaza Intendente Alvear.
You should be able to manage all of this on foot, as Buenos Aires is a marvellously walkable city and hoofing it is absolutely the best way to get a quick handle on a new city.
Sleeping options
I don't want to spend a fortune on one-night stopovers and I have four in my forthcoming trip. Any suggestions for Narita (Tokyo), Gatwick (London), Changi (Singapore) and London City? - Allan Lenton
Narita Airport is 66km east of Tokyo, and getting into the city can take between one and two hours. If time allows, you could stay downtown and see a bit of Tokyo, either catching the underground train to Ueno Station ($10.50; one hour) or picking up the "limousine" bus service that travels between Narita and a number of major hotels ($33, up to two hours).
If time is tighter, there are several airport hotels in the vicinity with shuttle services to make your stopover easier.
Those with complimentary shuttle services include the Mercure Hotel Narita (www.mercure.com; doubles from $95), the Hotel Nikko Narita (www.nikko-narita.com/english/index.html; rooms from $169; shuttle bus takes 10 minutes; Japan Airlines check-in service) and the Garden Hotel Narita (<"a href="http://www.ishinhotels.com/garden-narita/en">www.ishinhotels.com/garden-narita/en; doubles from $116; shuttle bus takes 30 minutes).
Gatwick is 48km south of London, with direct connections to Victoria Station via the Gatwick Express train ($41 one way; 30 minutes). There are lots of "budget" B&Bs and hotels around Victoria, including Cartref House (www.cartrefhouse.co.uk; doubles $246). Hotels near Gatwick, with free shuttle services to the airport, include the Gatwick White House Hotel (www.gwhh.com; doubles $131; courtesy bus takes 10 minutes) and Gainsborough Lodge (www.gainsborough-lodge.co.uk; doubles with en suite $154; courtesy bus takes 10 minutes).
You should have no problem shuttling to and from your accommodation in Singapore as Changi Airport is linked to the centre by underground ($1.75, 30 minutes) and maxicab buses run regularly to hotels in the CBD ($5.80 one way). There aren't too many hotels in Singapore around the $100 mark but they include the English-style Sloane Court Hotel (www.bestlodging.com/sites2/24709/index.shtml; doubles from $79), and the boutique-style Hotel 1929 (www.hotel1929.com; tiny but cute doubles $115). The onsite Ambassador Transit Hotel (www.ibishotel.com; doubles from $150) and Custom House Hotel (www.customhouse-hotel.co.uk; doubles from $157).


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Sport Record Conf. Record National Rank Baseball 23-5 10-2 2nd (Base. Amer.) Men's Golf ~ ~ 19th (Mastercard) Women's Golf ~ ~ 17th (Mastercard) Women's Rowing ~ ~ ~ Men's Swimming and Diving 5-2 2-2 (2nd) 5th Men's Tennis 12-3 3-0 9th (Rolex) Women's Tennis 8-6 0-3 18th (Rolex) Men's Track and Field 4-0 ~ ~ Women's Track and Field 4-0 ~ ~ Men's Volleyball 14-14 4-9 13th (AVCA) Women's Water Polo 11-9 2-4 7th (USWP) Season Complete Record Conf. Finish National Finish Notes Men's Basketball 9-19 5-13 (8th) ~ Spanich All-Pac-10 Newcomer 1st team Women's Basketball 12-15 7-11 (6th) ~ Kristin Clark All-Pac-10 1st team Women's Cross Country ~ 6th ~ Penc 11th at District VIII Meet Football 6-5 4-4 (t5th) ~ Kelly, Claiborne All-Pac-10 1st team Women's Soccer 16-3-1 7-2 (2nd) 21st (Soccer Buzz) Kim Clark All-American 3rd team Women's Swimming and Diving 8-1 4-1 (2nd) 5th Benko four-time All-American Women's Volleyball 23-6 13-5 (t2nd) 9th (AVCA) Marinkovic All-American 1st team Men's Water Polo 21-7 5-3 (1st) 2nd Cimerman All-American 1st team This Week Tuesday: Women's Tennis, vs. Cal State Northridge, Marks Tennis Stadium, 2 p.m. Wednesday: Baseball, vs. Cal State Fullerton, Dedeaux Field, 7 p.m. Thursday: Women's Water Polo, vs. Stanford, McDonald's Swim Stadium, 3 p.m. Friday: Women's Tennis, vs. California, Marks Tennis Stadium, 1:30 p.m. Baseball, vs. Stanford, Dedeaux Field, 7 p.m. Men's Tennis, at California, 1:30 p.m. Men's Volleyball, at Pacific, 7 p.m. Men's Golf, at "U.S. Intercollegiate", through Sunday Women's Golf, at Arizona State "Ping ASU Invitational", through Sunday Saturday: Women's Tennis, vs. Stanford, Marks Tennis Stadium, Noon Track and Field, vs. Arizona, Ohio State and Michigan, Cromwell Field, 12:30 p.m. Baseball, vs. Stanford, Dedeaux Field, 1 p.m. (FOX Sports Net) Men's Tennis, at Stanford, Noon Men's Volleyball, at Stanford, 7 p.m. Women's Rowing, at San Diego Crew Classic, through Sunday Sunday: Baseball, vs. Stanford, Dedeaux Field, 1 p.m.
Athletes of the Week
Lenny Krayzelburg, Men's Swimming
Charlie Woerner, Men's Golf


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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Blanching freshly picked vegetables in a microwave not only speeds the freezing process but also maintains the foods' nutritional value better than traditional blanching does.
What began as a project by senior food-science students at the University of Illinois has grown into a series of published graduate-level experiments -- green beans (1994), broccoli (1995) and, now, asparagus -- that are setting the standards for efficient microwave blanching.
"In my years of conducting food-preservation classes, I found out that a lot of people are not very interested in using traditional food-preservation methods, because they are time consuming and they heat up the house," said Susan Brewer, a U. of I. food scientist. "People were trying to particularly get away from having to blanch anything. The idea was to simply take something out of the garden, put it in a storage bag and stick it in the freezer."
But that's not a good practice, she said. Vegetables taken straight from the garden to the freezer, without blanching, deteriorate within a month. "Four weeks later, they are going to be of such poor quality that you are not going to want to eat them," she said.
Blanching is very short exposure to high heat -- typically two to five minutes in boiling water or live steam. The heat inactivates enzymes in the vegetables. Preparing for and using traditional steaming or boiling makes for messy kitchens and a lot of unwanted heat. Microwaving has been discouraged because of uncertainties on temperature, time and resulting quality.
"A lot of the recommendations used today are based on USDA guidelines developed in the 1940s and 1950s, and they were used for large quantities," Brewer said. "Our lifestyles have changed a lot. We've got microwave ovens in the kitchen and women in the work force. Women are no longer spending a lot of time in the kitchen doing these things anymore."
The most recent findings -- published in the December issue of the Journal of Food Quality by Brewer and Shahnaz Begum, a graduate student in food science and nutrition -- indicate that microwave-blanched asparagus keeps its nutritional value, taste and texture, as well as and often better than, asparagus blanched using traditional methods.
The success of microwave blanching depends mostly on quantity, timing and wattage. In this case, researchers blanched two to three servings at a time in a covered casserole dish with about two tablespoons of water. They blanched the asparagus, which had been picked within four hours of the process, at 700 watts for four minutes, then sealed it in plastic and put it into the freezer immediately.
In arriving at the optimum time for microwaving, the researchers identified the minimum amount of heating needed to inactivate both peroxidase and ascorbic-acid oxidase activities, which break down a vegetable's quality and vitamin C content, respectively, during storage.
Quality testing was done three months later on the asparagus, cooked in the microwave.
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Set Up a Kids' Candy Crafting Table for Christmas
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Interactive Crafting + Snack Station
The center of this great room is designated as a holiday gathering spot for kids, complete with snacks and interactive crafting ideas. With kids occupied, parents can enjoy a more formal dining experience in the next room.
Coordinating Cushions
Turn a coffee table into a holiday snacking and crafting spot by grouping floor cushions in seasonal hues around the perimeter. Similar to high chairs at standard dining tables, a small stack of fluffy cushions or pillows can help boost toddlers up to the perfect height.
A Spot for Everyone
Give kids a designated surface to draw on with a roll of kraft paper spread across the surface of the table. In addition to being able to express themselves creatively, this also gives parents a chance to suggest seating by writing each child's name onto the paper with markers, chalk or crayons.
Vintage Milk Bottles
Although parents are prone to using plastic when it comes to kid-safe drinkware, hardy, vintage-style milk bottles are an excellent and chic alternative. Add a classic striped straw to the bottle, and then serve pint-sized guests a healthy drink to go with their sweet treats.
Classic Snack Style
Similar to vintage milk bottles, Mason jars are a sophisticated alternative to plastic vessels or drinkware. To bring classic farmhouse style to a kids' table, consider using Mason jars for snacks such as crackers or pretzels.
Candy-Colored Treats
While kids entertain themselves at the holiday soiree, it's important to always consider safety first, especially when it comes to candy. Before laying candy out, be certain to ask parents if their children have any allergies or dietary restrictions, then stick solely with small, soft styles rather than hard candy, which could pose a choking hazard.
Playing With Food
One of the keys to making candy and snacks interactive as crafting supplies is to choose ring-shaped options with holes directly in the center. This will allow kids the option to use their food to make crafts by sliding twine, ribbon or string directly through the center to create garland, bracelets or necklaces.
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Kids can also put the holiday table to use as a place to create handmade gifts for friends and family. To turn colorful candy into necklaces or bracelets, supply kids with string, twine and ribbon in assorted styles. Encourage them to get creative with color and shape, and then bestow their creations to friends or family.
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Candy garland is a more practical alternative to candy necklaces or bracelets. The key to creating these effectively is ensuring kids use safety scissors to cut strands no less than 48 inches in length. Once placed around the tree, these strands can create a cohesive, seamless look without the hassle of having to start directly at the bottom, then winding up and around the tree with one extra-long single strand.
Sweet Takeaways
Help tiny guests gather their culinary crafts with unique party bags. Find letters and fonts online, and then print them directly onto paper bags by running them through a basic color printer. Prior to the end of the party, keep the bags displayed nearby as tree decor, encouraging kids to take them down and fill them up before they leave.


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The thread on "proud of your garage" was excellent. How about one on "Be proud of your homemade tool/gadget/thinggy that makes yor life in the garage easier". I'm not talking about that Torque Thrust 'Air-hose reel' you nailed to the wall. I mean the little things you either picked up (that wasn't made to do that) or made up that add value to your time spent in the garage.
For example: we all have engine stands sittin' idle. I fabbed up some mounts for both a 4' flourscent light and a big-assed tray I picked up at a restaraunt supply shop. It makes a nice roll-around tool & beverage caddy/ source of light/engine stand.
What makes your life easier that may help others?
A new welding/cutting bench that collects all the slag. I now have a sheetmetal back and sides on it , so the sparks are contained. I can weld in my shorts, without getting burnt!!
(Great idea about the engine stand- I almost bought a roll around cart to hold tools while working on the car!!)
My "Rolling Work Center" is pretty handy...
As are both of my Chassis Jig Tables...
Good stuff...
The welding bench is great. Problem is EVERYTHING I have ends up on any flat space. How do you keep it clean?
Astroracer - I'm glad you included an electrical outlet on your mobile cabinet. What kind of countertop. I always add a piece of masonite as a throw-away when it gets too messed up.
Lets see more...
See the spacing on the angle? EVERYTHING falls in between ! LOL
no pic but I cut up a file and a C clamp and welded them together to compress the pistons on my brakes since they spin when they go in.
I just put some metal screen over a fifty gallon drum to weld on. Yours is a little fancier.
Love the welding table.
I made a rack for my air tools out of some scrap I had laying around. The cover is hinged to allow access. When lowered it does a pretty good job of keeping the dust out of the fittings.
I also make a cycle lift. All of the ones that I could find for sale were portable, but not with the bike in place. Considering my wife's insistence on parking her car where my bike should be, this was a necessity. The end pieces are attached with only four bolts each. It only takes a few min to put them in place or remove them. One end is operated by a scissor jack, and the other uses a trailer jack to allow some steering.
Heist yourself a few shopping carts.They kick butt.The only one I know I have left is the engine dolly one.They can also be fabbed into a welding cart{I think I still have mine around somewhere},as well as a tranny dolly that allows you to roll trainnies under cars and then allows you to get a floor jack under them to put them in place.If I can take a pick of the engine dolly tommorrow I will post it.
You need some cheap stairs to load stuff into the loft of that rental garage that you would never really invest money into,try zip tieing a bunch of milk crates together then drywall screwing a few sheets of scrap wood onto them as treads.The scrap wood adds strength too.Just make sure the zip ties are the heavy duty ones.I got that one from my dad who was the first one in his boat club to pioneer them as a means of getting from the dock onto his boat which sits at least 5 feet higher then the dock.Now it seems everybody in the club has them.
Here are some pics of some homemade stuff.The pic of the engine dolly is obvious.If you look at the boat pic,look near the rear of the boat,those stairs are actually 6 milk crates tied together with indoor outdoor carpet over them.we dont need to get that fancy.The idea works though.
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I've got a number of special tools that I've made, mainly for transmission and differential work. Semi transmissions are a real challange to assemble and keep phased correctly. I did some spacers with parts of old bearings and bolts to let me place all the shafts perfectly and swap one spacer at a time for new bearings. Some of that kind of stuff is never found in a tool catalog or is priced way out of reach
My dad made a welding table. Flat as can be and level as anything. Made a valve spring compressor out of slotted flat 1/2 inch thick metal.
Yeah MeanGreen, after buying a fancy spring compressor which was a piece of cr$p, I made a simple one out of angle iron which works very well.
I made the spring compressor to end all spring compressors.when I first built my firebird,I made the mistake of not putting new valvesprings in the used heads when I freshened the engine.I broke a few springs early on but was too lazy to change them all.I was drivng the car to the track on a friday night{35 miles to Englishtown},and about half way down on the turnpike it started missing.I pulled off the next exit and into a goodyear service center.I asked them if any of them had a valve spring compresor and they said no.I asked them if they had anything that I could use as a prybar to cange valvesprings and they handed me a piece of heavy duty piano style door hinge.I made a few calls and got one of my friends to go to my shop and pick up some valve springs to bring down to me.I used a 5/8" wrench locked crooked around the rocker arm nut with the chunk of door hinge as an extention to the lever.We used a long skinny screwdrive that I bent over a parking stop to use to hold the valve up and in 10 minutes we did 4 valve springs and were on our way to the races.The manager at the Goodyear stared in utter amazement at what we were doing.The sad part was that I owned a truck and trailer to tow my car,but figured that since my truck was as loud and obnoxious as my race car and had no air conditioning or anything that would have made the trip more comfortable,I was just as well of driving my car.I never made that mistake again.
These are two tools that I personally fabricated. The standard model on the left and the one on the right is for more complex work.
Hard to master those? Looks like it might take some practice to get the skills up.
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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2003 (2003), Issue 5, Pages 299-307
Optimization of Rolling-Circle Amplified Protein Microarrays for Multiplexed Protein Profiling
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Protein microarray-based approaches are increasingly being used in research and clinical applications to either profile the expression of proteins or screen molecular interactions. The development of high-throughput, sensitive, convenient, and cost-effective formats for detecting proteins is a necessity for the effective advancement of understanding disease processes. In this paper, we describe the generation of highly multiplexed, antibody-based, specific, and sensitive protein microarrays coupled with rolling-circle signal amplification (RCA) technology. A total of 150 cytokines were simultaneously detected in an RCA sandwich immunoassay format. Greater than half of these proteins have detection sensitivities in the pg/ml range. The validation of antibody microarray with human serum indicated that RCA-based protein microarrays are a powerful tool for high-throughput analysis of protein expression and molecular diagnostics.


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Very disappointed. Way too many rules and they are very rude. The person who checked us in had no personality. The wording in their many list of rules where non-welcoming to say the least. Example: All pet owner are responsible for picking up their dog's CRAP. Real professional. This campground is nothing more then a Concentration Camp.
Date of Stay: May, 2010
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The quarter-final draw is set for the October 2 "Prizefighter Heavyweights III" tournament at the ExCel in London. The field includes reigning British champion and Mike Tyson conqueror Danny Williams (41-7, 31 KOs) and Olympic Games gold medalist Audley Harrison (23-4, 17 KOs). Michael Sprott has withdrawn from the eight-man, one-night boxing tournament after the recent death of his sister. Stepping in for Sprott will be Neil Perkins.
Pairings are:
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Danny Williams vs Carl Baker
Audley Harrison vs Scott Belshaw
Neil Perkins vs Danny Hughes
Each bout is scheduled for three rounds or less with winners advancing to the next round. The winner will pocket $52,000. This will be the eighth edition of the popular Prizefighter competition on Sky Sports promoted by Matchroom Sport.


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West Seattle Veterans Center hosting Seattle bands in benefit show
The West Seattle Veteran Center (WSVC), will host local Seattle bands Rainier Dust Squad and Hetch Hetchy at the Center's Pershing Hall November 9th raising awareness and money for the American Legion Building Post 160 renovation project.
Ticket sales for the concert will go toward the renovation of the American Legion Building. The recent renovation of venue Pershing Hall, located in the American Legion Building, is Phase I of a total transformation of the building. Pershing Hall is a venue for corporate and private party rental, receptions, monthly concerts, community outreach, rotating art exhibitions and other events.
The remaining renovation phases for the American Legion Building include completion of a catering kitchen, operational bistro and lounge and rentable state of the art conference room. In order to fund the remaining renovation projects, the American Legion is accepting tax deductible donations, but is also raising funds by hosting concerts, rentals and other events. Once completed, the WSVC will operate in the American Legion Building seven days a week with Veteran staffers to aid and counsel Veterans in the greater Seattle community. The WSVC will offer a wide range of assistance including GI Bill, VA home loan counseling, disability qualifications, family needs and medical referrals. Lack of funding has held up the next renovation phases planned for the project, but the goal is to complete the project by the end of the year so it can be totally operational by 2014.
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ok - maybe I'm in the wrong place
I realize its DIY and I want to hire someone. Can anyone recommend a place/forum to get info on replacement windows and how to choose a good installer?
Where would you want your sister to go for info?
I'm confused by it all.
Here are few a sites regarding window information:
As far as an installer?
It might help to post the area you live in.
Thank you - I'm in Atlanta
To find an installer.
Ask friends and relatives if they have any references.
Get at least three quotes for identical installs. You can tell a lot about the company planning to do the work by the quality of their estimate, their professionalism, etc.
one online resource I have had luck with is Service Magic. http://www.servicemagic.com/
you get what you pay for...
We had a small window installation company that told us outright that they are competitively priced (not the cheapest), and they wouldn't even give us a volume discount if we did more windows. This is a sign that they were not out to make a quick sale with cheap installation.
They mentioned 2 main types of window replacement:
1) Retrofit, where they install the windows in the existing frames (actually making the new window installation a bit smaller and suseptable to air leaks)
2) Brick to brick, where they gutted the entire window frame and re-built it.
They said brick to brick would allow them to properly insulate and lay out the window - and do it right. It cost a bit more but it was worth it. For our upstairs windows that were terrrible from the original builder 10 years ago, we've done all the windows over the last 3 years.
Definitely, get references from friends, but if you find an installer that 'teaches' you something about installation before just doing it or pushing it, you probably have made a right choice.
Good luck.
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It has been a busy year so far.
Toured With
Sharon Corr
having had great
shows through out the UK, Spain, Brazil
and a few others.
Sharon was the support act for 2 weeks with
the legendary band America. Great guys and
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In june Sharon played a set at the
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Directly after returning to Brooklyn from
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There were two performances in Toronto
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In Brooklyn at The Barclays Center.
July 22nd playing with
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The last few months have been really busy.
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Happy Pre-Halloween!!!
Things have been pretty busy here.
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Rob Calder
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Hope everyone is enjoying the Fall!!
July 2013 News
Have been pretty busy doing a bunch of different shows and recordings over the last few months.
Played Pedal Steel with
on the Jimmy Fallon show. We played their single
"Can't shake you". Great bunch of people.
Played a radio show with American Idolist
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I have been playing some really fun shows
Eden Espinosa
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Since January I have been MD'ing a band
Sharon Corr
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We have been in England, Estonia, Ireland,
Switzerland and up coming Germany. Watch out for her record (produced by Mitchell Froom) which will be released in the fall.
On the Producing front:
Starting to mix a record I am produced
by John Gallagher Jr.. Really excited to get it
done and out there for people to hear.
Over last Christmas I produced a Christmas EP for Eden Espinosa, called "Eden's Christmas Bootleg".That was a lot of fun.
Last month I had the great experience producing a 6 song project for
Salina Sias.
I am very proud of how it turned out.
We got to record this with a great engineer named
Anthony "Rocky" Gallo
. Check out his studio.
Lastly I have been doing a few late night gigs with an organ trio including
Justin Carroll
Aaron Steele
. I am looking forward to doing more, so keep an eye out.
October 2012 News
I produced "
The Instagram Song ( Put a filter on me)
" with Anthony "Rocky" Gallo for Julia Mattison
I produced "
One That Got Away
" ( K Perry cover) for Rebecca Jordan
August 2012 News
August 8th at midnight ( the witching hour) playing at
The Rockwood Music Hall
with my Trio.
Also this month Co-Producing a
Christmas Comedy record by
Julia Mattison. She is an extremely
funny girl!!!!
June 2012 News
Godspell's last performance 6/23/12
(It was a pleasure getting to know such
a great group of people.)
Recently played a session for
Australian Voice winner
Karise Eden
single "You Won't Let Me",
which is top 10 on ITunes in Australia.
Stay tuned for more things to come this summer.
February 2012 News
Producing a few songs for the up coming
Rebecca Jordan
record. Look for it at the end of the month.
Recorded Guitar, Mandolin, and Pedal Steel for the new release by Michael Brunnock record called The Orchard.
Godspell Cast Album available
Playing guitar for Godspell on Broadway!!
(A new revival of the show playing at the Circle in the Square theater on 50th street)
November 2011 News
New release of Bryan Fenkart Record called Simple and Grey!
(Bryan is a greatly talented man and the new record sounds amazing!)
December 15th - Team Bond Christmas Benefit!! 7pm at the Living Room
There will be a lot of great artist all coming out to perform for this benefit.
Having graduated from Manhattan School of Music with a Masters in Music, Thad has been working in New York City as a guitar player/ multi-instrumentalist for almost two decades. He has played for many Singer/Songwriters, Broadway Shows, TV commercials, and scoring projects for both TV and Movies.
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NBA Betting Predictions April 23rd
My season record to date now sits at (54-66) for -16.50 units after the Rockets lost to the Heat. The Rockets outplayed the Heat for much of the game, but in the end LBJ proved way too much for them to handle. When LBJ is hitting his jumpers and driving to the hoop there's not much the opposing team can do. He had a few jaw dropping blocks in this game too.
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In other news the Kentucky Derby coverage is starting to heat up with the biggest horse race of the year less than two weeks away. Learn how to bet on the 2012 Kentucky Derby prior to placing a bet because horse racing betting is much different than NBA betting.
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Witness to the passing time: The Art Metropole Collection
Ottawa - November 30, 2006
From 1 December 2006 to 25 February 2007, the National Gallery of Canada is presenting more than 100 objects selected from the Art Metropole collection. Art Metropole: The Top 100 includes works by more than 125 Canadian and international artists that celebrate the depth and breadth of this exceptional collection.
"This unusual 'museum within a museum' is still a little-known Canadian treasure with international relevance," said Pierre Théberge, Director of the National Gallery of Canada. "Art Metropole: The Top 100 gives greater exposure to this extensive collection and brings to light some of the rare material it contains. The generous collaboration of two men deserves mention here: Jay Smith for his recognition of the material's importance for the country, and AA Bronson for the assistance he provided to the donor and his unfailing support for the exhibitions' curators."
The story of the Art Metropole Collection begins sometime in the late sixties when a group of artists known as General Idea began collecting the flotsam and jetsam that passed through their lives and studios. Over time they established an elaborate tradition of collecting informed by their artistic practice. Ultimately, their collection itself became a work of art that contains today 13,000 objects ranging from artist books and multiples (artist's numbered editions) to audio works, videos and art works. Besides General Idea, artists such as Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, John Cage and Marina Abramovic contributed to it. First located at Art Metropole, a Toronto based artist-run centre, the collection was donated to the National Gallery of Canada by Jay Smith, with assistance from AA Bronson, the only surviving member of General Idea.
The catalogue Art Metropole: The Top 100 has been produced for this exhibition. Kitty Scott, former Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada, selected the works and wrote the introduction in collaboration with Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Jonathan Shaughnessy. The illustrated catalogue documents each of the works selected and will become an essential reference for the Art Metropole Collection as well as a chronicle of the artistic exuberance of the time. The catalogue, available in French or English editions is on sale at the Gallery's Bookstore.
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Subaru WRX Forum (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/)
- Problem Diagnosis (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/f72/)
- - 08 STi not boosting. (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/f72/08-sti-not-boosting-30041/)
08 STi not boosting.
Starting yesterday, I am not boosting over 10 PSI. The car is stage 2 with a catted Cobb DP, Blitz CBE, and an AP with an OTS map from Cobb. The car was boosting 17-18 PSI I believe, but now it's usually boosting about 8 PSI and I was able to get it to 10 PSI in fourth going up a canyon freeway. AFR is remaining at around 11 under WOT conditions, the car shows no ignition advance/retard. I parked it outside overnight, which I don't normally do, but I've been working on my dad's car in my garage so I left my car in the cold. I've warmed up the car and drove it for a couple hours total yesterday as I took it snowboarding. WG Duty is not doing anything at all. I don't know that it would do anything below target boost anyway. I can't find any vacuum leaks, and I also have no exhaust leaks either. It also does some weird surging (under minimal boost) while I leave the throttle in the same position. It's worst right when the turbo should be spooling up around 3K-3.5K. The surging feels most like a spark-based lag, but the car only has 18K on it, so I can't imagine there'd be an ignition problem. . . I could be wrong? This was rather sudden, and I only noticed it yesterday morning, but I had done a bit of freeway driving the night before so I hadn't really pressed the throttle, but it definitely started within the last 48 hours.
I have an appointment on Monday at 7 AM at the dealership for them to take a look at it, but if it's something I can do, I prefer to fix stuff myself.
Do a boost leak test
Im with Matt, try to look for boosts leaks. But if you do think its a spark issue, might need to make room in the garage and pull the plugs to give them a once over. Good luck with finding the problem and getting it up an running strong again.
Here's another twist to throw in:
I got in the car this morning and the car cranked REALLY slowly, and didn't start for probably about 10 seconds, then it drove like it had a misfire for a little bit, but once I got on the freeway it actually pulled hard again, and it was boosting normally. THEN on my way home today, it was doing the weird surging thing again and it wasn't reaching full boost. I'll search for the way to do a boost leak test and try that, but would it really be intermittent? I was okay about taking it to the dealer when it was constant like it was for the whole day on New Year's Eve, but Techs never see the intermittent issues, because they never happen when the guys are trying to make it happen. It's also getting TERRIBLE fuel economy, like 17 on the freeway. Is it possible that it's gasoline that's still working out of the tank? It's been really cold here but I hope that's not really a factor.
Yeah, my car has been acting very similar to what you've described lately too. I can't quite figure it out. I thought it was the wind hitting my roof rack and fairing and making the car feel like it's surging under boost, but it happened in all gears and in varying situations. It's not the first time it happened, but it hasn't done it in quite a while. I'm considering switching gas temporarily from Shell 93 to something else because I'm thinking maybe the winter blend is the culprit. That, or possibly running a bottle of fuel injector cleaner through it on my next fill up. Each time it happened, I had been driving on the highway for a little while and I believe both times I was going up hill with the engine under a moderate amount of load, but it didn't stop when the load was removed. It's almost as if the ecu was trying to correct something that wasn't really wrong. After turning the car off and letting it sit over night, the problem went away both times. Really interesting. My gas mileage is also horrible right now (I'd be lucky to get 300 miles out of a full tank), but I drive a lot on the highway and I'm pretty sure it's due to wind resitance from the roof rack. The first time, I plugged in my AP and tried to monitor all the parameters, but everything looked pretty normal to me. Then I thought maybe my turbo was on its way out, but the problem went away both times after doing nothing but shutting the car off and letting it sit for a while. Let me know if you figure anything out with yours.
The dealership found that it was misfiring on 3 of the 4 cylinders, and mostly on #4. I don't understand the entire readout they gave me, but they diagnosed it as a bad tank of fuel, and then the ECU threw itself into some weird fail safe mode that wouldn't allow it to boost over 10-ish lbs. They reset the ECU, and then they said it shouldn't be boosting at 17.8 psi and that any other issues it would have were due to the DP. They're not super mod-unfriendly at my dealer, and I understand they can't diagnose an overboost type situation with the DP installed, but since then, the car has been running fine. I uninstalled the AP just to see if it would pull a code or anything and start acting up again. After I've run through this tank I think I'll be satisfied that it really was fuel. They also thought if it wasn't gas then it was a faulty map that was loaded (even though I haven't changed it in 3 months). If it acts up again I'll find a stock DP to install and take it back in to them, as they don't mind that it was done already, just that they won't diagnose it further until they can rule out modification factors. Hopefully that's all I need to worry about and I don't actually have to go through the work of swapping it.
Any firmware updates ?
I updated the firmware in August or September, because the AP was originally for my WRX. I called Cobb and they told me all I had to do was update the firmware for an STi and that it would work. It did. I haven't honestly touched the map since I changed it in August. There have been no changes to the car performance-mod-wise since then. I haven't tried updating the firmware since then though. I've been trying to decide whether to buy sways and links or an equal length header, in which case I'd have Perrin make the custom map like they did when I got my stage 2 setup from them, so I've been content with the OTS AP map for now, as I think my last power mod will be the ELH. I've got to ask RcrsWetDream who his tuner was again here in SLC, and maybe I'll go that route after the header.
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^Jason Cleverley aka medamullet on Slcsubaru. He's never on there though, he's on Nasioc a lot under the same name.
Whats with everyone and manifolds... Get the stocker PnPnC.... Save yourself some headaches.
Just sayin.
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PnP FTW.... Great for a smallerish turbo setup. Headers do seem to outperform once you go big though.
Interesting, thanks for the update. I don't imagine my issues would have been caused by anything other than gas. I didn't make any other changes before or after the hesitation started and stopped. My car must have magicical powers because it fixed itself.
Here's the verbatim report from the Subaru technician:
Test drive to verify concern, max boost seen was 10.8 PSI. A/F corrections were maxed out on both ends of the spectrum at +/- 25%. Misfires were found multiple times on cylinder four. Cleared system memory and drove again. Max boost seen was 17.8 PSI (Note the vehicle was not in Sport Sharp Mode, indicating a tune has been installed on the vehicle), A/F Corrections were still maxing out and misfires were now present on cylinders 1,2, and 4, multiple times on each. Signs point towards either bad fuel (contamination or improper octane rating), or a faulty tune. Advised customer to try a fuel system cleaner and running at least 2 tanks of premium fuel. If the concern does not change, it will be necessary to remove the tune and all aftermarket "Power Adders" and attempt to diagnose vehicle under stock conditions.
My biggest concern is that the problem has returned now, although it's not quite as severe. I keep forgetting to run fuel cleaner, but I've never run anything other than premium, so I'm doing half of what they wanted. I found a downpipe locally to revert it to factory. That sucked to pay $225 from a junk yard to get a part just for diagnosis' sake. I wanted to have the factory parts anyway still, so not really a loss. I'm swapping the downpipe/midpipe tomorrow morning and then setting up the appt for Subaru to take a look at it again. I think it's weird that I've not gotten a CEL from this still. Other cars I've owned pull a code for a misfire before I even feel it in the acceleration. Oh well, hopefully the professional attitude I am giving to Mark Miller Subaru continues to pay off and they don't try to find a reason that the DP could have caused this. . . I really want to know what it is more than anything. Unless all of the gasoline in the valley here is all crap. I think we'd see more people complaining if that were the case though.
Thanks, Chris for Jason's info! I want to go see him when I get the header installed.
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NP, if you need his phone number just shoot me a PM. He's on my speed dialROFL I buy all my stuff through him too, he has a company so he gets me stuff pretty much at cost!Thumbs Up
Oh and I think he charges $250 for road tunes now.
"Power adders".... I hate Subaru/SOA for this exact mentality.
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Eiki and Kris - Beginner
Swing in Utrecht
Saturday, March 9, 2013 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM (CET)
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Beginner: This workshop is for dancers that started dancing in the last 6 months and know the basics, but are not confident dancers yet. It is a taster to give you the opportunity to follow classes from a well recognized international dance couple, an experience not to forget
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Update on Rob Van Dam's contractual status with TNA
It is believed that Rob Van Dam's deal with TNA calls for him to work 75 dates. If RVD exceeds 75 dates, TNA must pay him upwards of $10,000 per date. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, he has already done about 60 dates, so they don't want to go over 75 in 2010.
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