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Date of Stay: September, 2014
Whoever wrote that last review giving this place a 10 must be on drugs. This place was dirty, the pool was green, and many fulltime families living here that have all there junk all around their trailers. The sites are very close to each other. If someone ever wanted to make some money, they should open up a nice RV park somewhere in this part of California cause there is nothing till you get down near San Diego or way up north. What a nightmare. We will never be back.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
This was a nice park for over night. Sites are tight, so we couldn't understand why, when they had low occupancy, they gave as a site right next door to someone else where their awning reached right to our mirror. They allowed us to move, but the sand & dust probably blew from our exhaust straight into those poor peoples patio. They have a nice area grass for pets, but it's right on Highway 395, and no fence in case your pet got away from you. Would still recommend and would stay there again.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
This place is just OK for a stop over. It's just a big parking lot behind a large casino, with hook ups. There was a lot of noise from the trains, nearby airport and employees/pedestrians roaming out of the casino. The sites are real close to each other--"a parking lot". The staff was friendly and they do have shuttle service to and from the casino.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
This is a nice park. We would have liked to stay longer to explore the surrounding area. It has a beautiful lodge club house. Some sites seem to have a lot more shade than others. If you check on their map site they have a different kind of set up geared for larger groups, where 4 sites connect to form a square with a common center grass area. There are also plenty of nice pull-throughs with private patio and grass. It is all paved; easy in and out. Clean laundry facility and nice indoor pool. We will try this park again.
Date of Stay: July, 2011
This is a beautiful park located on Lake Pend O'reille. The camp hosts on each loop are very friendly and helpful. This is a well known destination for Canadians. We camped in our 42" RV. There are not a lot of sites for this size and many sites need to be reserved on-line way in advance. There is a dump station and the water pressure is low so be prepared. There are rest rooms, no showers. The lake is crystal clear surrounded by a pine forest with plenty of wildlife. The beach offers a easy boat launch, a large family picnic/beach and on the other side of the launch a dog beach. There is close by laundry and shopping in near by towns. We will definitely be back.
Date of Stay: September, 2008
What a nice park. 36 miles off I-5. We didn't want to leave. Very friendly staff. Nice clean site right on the river. Grass and flowers. Paved pull thru and back in sites. Great, large half covered patio area. Nice place to meet other people while watching football or other sporting events. This would also be a good place for a club to stay. Had a few trains come by, but that didn't bother us. When you have such beautiful surroundings whats with a little train noise. We will definitely stay here again.
Date of Stay: September, 2008
The management is not over zealous, they are completely unreasonable. They don't need to lighten up as in previous reviews, they need to pack up and move on. We travel with two service dogs. This is not a pet friendly park. There are some grass areas, but pets are not allowed. The only area for your pets is a field full of weeds, broken glass and old bottle caps. This is also where the kids playground area is. A dog is a dog and dogs will bark when a stranger approaches. Try and explain this to the management. Their pet rules only apply to some people. Our service dogs have better manners than the management. You do have a river view, but what you see on their website is not the view from your site. This picture had to be taken from somewhere on the other side of the river. The sites are uneven gravel and right on top of each other, so open up you window and shake hands with your neighbor as they set at their table. The weather was great, but the pool had a cover over it so you couldn't use it. I would not recommend this place to even my worst enemy.
Date of Stay: September, 2008
What a nice surprise after the park we left from. The only negative on the place is they need to put out a larger entrance sign. They have beautiful large level sites with well maintained grass and landscape. A large off leash pet run and a small one for the little guys. There is a hiking trail that we enjoyed. The staff was very friendly. The laundry, bathrooms and showers were very clean. This is a great park to either come to on your own or to bring along a group. We wished we could have stayed longer.
Date of Stay: September, 2008
This park is a little off the interstate, but it is worth it. What a beautiful park right on the Klamath river. Huge concrete sites with a great patio area. This is an extremely well maintained and clean facility with a large grass area. Very friendly owners and staff. The restaurant is within walking distance. The two hour raft trip was fun and very relaxing. Lots of wildlife along the river bank. We will definitely return for a longer stay.
Date of Stay: August, 2008
This is a beautiful area. The sites are a little rustic and there are some sites that would be a little tight for a big rig. The staff was very friendly and very accommodating. They have fire pits and wood available which was nice for one of the cool nights during our stay. Lots of hiking trails. The Lake is breathtaking and within walking distance.
Date of Stay: August, 2008
We love this park. The staff is very friendly. Its clean, has a large grass area, large pull through concrete site with easy access and on the river. What else could you ask for in a park? We will always make a point to stay here.
Date of Stay: August, 2008
This is a nice place to break up a drive and stay a night. Well lit. The staff staff was very friendly. They new we were going to be a late arrival. She still watched for us and helped us get into a site. The sites are gravel and narrow with a little grass in between. It is very warm this time of year and there were some large bugs running around, wear closed toed shoes at night. Run the a/c, you won't hear any traffic noise. We will use this park again.


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A Michigan businessman who was indicted in 2009 on gambling and fraud charges has pleaded guilty to fixing races at Tampa Bay Downs and Delaware Park among other crimes, according to the Associated Press.
Mitchell Karam, 79, admitted he bribed a Panamanian rider, Ricardo Valdes, to fix Tampa Bay races. Valdes, who was named in the 2009 indictment, was believed to have fled the country late in 2006, and it is unclear if authorities have located the rider.
Karam entered the plea in agreeing to provide testimony against his alleged partner in the activities, the Detroit businessman Ghazi Manni. Prosecutors also claimed on Tuesday that Karam and Manni had bet approximately $331,000 on basketball games at the University of Toledo from 2004 to 2006 while paying players to perform poorly.
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Conveniently no mention of the innocent riders that were escorted from the property and then banned from riding there with no legitimate proof they did anything other than ride in some of the races in question. Terry Houghton is an honest man and wouldn't hold a horse for his mother let alone a fist full of dollars. I guess their crime was that they rode in Ohio where the trouble originated. Although it appears that Tampa management was just playing ball with the TRPB during their investigation, they could have rescinded the innocent riders bans and invited them to return at their convenience. Once again, proof positive that these leaky roof joints like Tampa continue to write their own rules. Good thing they had inspector Clouseau there to figure out who the real crooks were!
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1lb here, no eta yet.
wow i feel bad for you guys i am looking at the ETA's of delivery... mine is 3/31/2012 only thing is i live an hour outside of dallas,texas lol.
7.7 lbs, coming April 5
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My name is ColdEthyl and I've been a Wootaholic for 4 years, one and a half months. This is only my second ever Bunnies Ogling Carrots I currently show 5.5 pounds of crap due to arrive in the Arizona high desert on April 4th.
1lb, no eta. Im guessing that it hasnt actually shipped yet.
Taking an opportunity while being close to top of the page to post an extra copy of the primer, just in case you missed it a few pages back...
Oh, and neither mine (first in the morning) nor wife's (late night) boxes have shown any movement. Still placeholders for now...
And there it goes:
FedEx SmartPost primer for newcomers, and a reminder for the rest of Wooters (v. 1.6.1)
1. Before the tracking information shows up: Sometimes Woot is not e-mailing the tracking numbers until a few days after the packages are shipped. You can try and get the number by reference, by going to https://www.fedex.com/AltRefTracking?cntry_code=us and entering these three things: Your Woot order number goes to reference numbers box, select United States in destination country drop down, and Your Zip Code in a respective box. It's important to get all three pieces. Keep refreshing it, and if you're lucky, the tracking number will pop-up before the official e-mail comes. It doesn't ALWAYS work, but there's a good chance. Note, that if you've made multiple orders from Woot, you can enter several order numbers into the reference box, one per line.
1.1 A small tracking by reference tip: At first when you enter the tracking information your tracking page will be loaded by POST request. That means all data you entered is sent to server through internal fields. Each time you refresh you'd have to agree to repeat the POST operation, and you can't bookmark or transfer the link to another computer/smartphone/etc. However - if you press a purple RESUBMIT button below your results, it will change the request to GET, so that all information you entered will show up in a URL and you can now F5 it as many times as you want without further steps, make bookmarks or e-mail the link to self (or others).
1.2 If your weight shows as 1lb, it is most likely a placeholder, which will be replaced by more accurate weight once the package actually starts moving (or reaches a sorting station - see below). The dimensions will probably show as NA/NA/NA on those placeholder packages. Some people have reported packages showing as 1lb all the way until delivery, but turned out to be anything but, though there's always a slight chance that your package actually is a 1 pounder. So you never know.
1.3 To make it even more frustrating - the actual fact that you can track by reference, but if it shows as a 1lb with status Shipment information sent to FedEx does not yet mean the package actually shipped or even exists. All it means - a label which will eventually be attached to your package has been printed. It may be a few days before your beloved box will actually hit the road. Patience is the key here!
1.4 So how do we know for sure that BоC's are out? Keep looking through this thread, and you may spot a post by colonelcrap or occasionally by another Woot staff member (identified as such by a small icon next to their name), stating that all packages are shipped. Sometimes it will take FedEx a while before they show up or update, but once it's said here on the forum, you can be sure that they are out! Also keep an eye open for updates by colonelcrap and other staff members posts announcing the crаp status changes, possible shipping delays or otherwise!
1.5 Some wooters report being able to track, but not me! Am I screwed? No, you are not. The tracking numbers don't get into the system all at once. The track by reference starts working when FedEx receives your package info from Woot. They send them in batches, and if someone has a reference hit, does not mean everyone gets it at the same time. Sometimes it's days between batches are sent, and sometimes electronic info on some or all packages is not sent at all, which means not trackable by reference until it arrives (even if trackable by actual tracking number received from Woot). The actual tracking information (if you have tracking e-mail sent to you or it shows up on your order page) gets updated as the package is actually scanned at FedEx location. Provided that Woot ships them by truckload, it may not be instant at all, nor they will appear all at once. Sometimes it's not 'til the next day when you see it live, even if there are others that got scanned early in the game. Remember, if colonelcrap said that all packages are out - they are. It may take some time for them to go live, a day or two between first reported trackable package until the last one shows up in a system is not unusual...
2. To get the dimensions you need to create My FedEx account (no charge, and you don't have to give them cc number if you don't want to): http://my.fedex.com/ and make sure to switch to new or advanced version. Enter your tracking number, and the dimensions will pop...
2.1 Another way to get dimensions: If you have problems with My FedEx site, or just to make things easier - you can also download a very convenient FedEx Desktop application. It uses the same log-in credentials as your My FedEx account (you'd still need to have one), and tracks the same packages right from your desktop, without the browser.
3. Don't get too excited. For the first few days most people will probably have some sort of cubed dimensions. This is because in the beginning the dimensions are not real. They are guesstimated by FedEx based on weight (which may or may not be accurate). Here's the famous formula for you to check:
(side in inches, weight in lbs)
If it matches your dimensions to a few tenths of an inch - you know they are not real. That's for smaller packages. Those over 15lbs would always have the "dimensions" of a 15lbs package (or was it 16)... Again not real...
4. Once your package passed a sorting station - the updated weight and real dimensions may show up. Usually that's the first or second stop it makes after Dallas. In my case (North-East) in either Martinsburg, WV or at Kansas City, KS (I am yet to understand the logic SmartPost uses in sending the packages one route or the other), for many others it's New Berlin, WI or another major SmartPost hub. In some cases actual weighting/measuring may not take place even at the SECOND hub... or ever...
5. USPS Handoff: Once the package is reported to have passed a city near you - start tracking it on http://www.usps.com/, because that's who's delivering it to your door, and once the package is handed over by FedEx, they will have more up to date information. Do make sure that you track by actual tracking number (it will show up if you got a hit with reference tracking), because USPS does not track by reference. A thing to note - when handed over to USPS, FedEx always says a standard "allow 2-3 for business days for delivery". This is a standard message, and if your USPS facility is efficient enough, you may get it delivered as soon as the day of handoff (if it happened early enough).
5.1. USPS is not delivering for a few days after supposed handoff. Compliments go to the budget cuts and staff shortage at your local post office, as per a post by snaped, who claims to know the situation first hand: the pallets of SmartPost packages are handled at the lowest priority, after all other mail has been processed. So if your post office is a bit short on staff or overwhelmed with other mail (holiday seasons especially) it may well sit unsorted for a few days, after which their status is raised to priority and they finally get sorted and delivered. In my personal experience, I've seen them delivered the same day or as much as a full week late (that happened with non-woot package I was expecting around Christmas).
Good luck to all waiting for their hauls, and let the Woot Gods bless you with some amazing crаps!
I'm all excited, this be my first woot ever! I got lucky sometime in the mid-afternoon with the last barrel of crops posting for the day. The server seemed to be in a good mood or something because I was able to get in and checked out without an issue, unlike previous attempts earlier in the day.
As for my parcel....
6.93 in. x 6.93 in. x 6.93 in.
Headed to sunny southern California by 4/3/2012
My first Barrel of Crops after 6 years! I doubt the crap is worth the anticipation but they DID warn me! I'm looking for a 9.2lb carton (sized 16 x 12.2 x 10.8) to arrive on 4/4 to Akron Ohio
My Bunnies Ogling Carrots excitement has begun again as I have received my it has been shipped email.
Still only placeholder info but *flail*
I'm sure my excitement will be destroyed when I actually get is.
A year ago I lived in Dallas. Is it bad that I'm regretting the move to near Chicago just because of this?
Still no email with the tracking info, Fedex still showing my 1 lb placeholder waiting to be shipped. I am waiting patiently and anxiously woot gods :D
credmann15 wrote:wow i feel bad for you guys i am looking at the ETA's of delivery... mine is 3/31/2012 only thing is i live an hour outside of dallas,texas lol.
Hmmmm,I live in Arlington and I show 4/2/12.That puts me about 20 minutes outside Dallas and it takes longer to get mail,why am I not surprised,lol.Maybe we got more of the eternal road construction than you and it slows 'em down,lol.
What city you hail from?Maybe we can trade crap if we see the other got something we need?
Jertyrael wrote:Ya need to find the post my LEM (or one of the copies of his post) that tells you about getting the dimensions. You have to make an account with Fedex and apply the tracking number to the account to get some generic dimensions.
Thanks for showing me that.Man I must not be firing on all cylinders,I found LEM's post right away,took me til now to spot the,"Upgrade to the NEW MY FEDEX,in big,bold text at the top of the page.
So it's 6.3lbs and 16.2 x12.2 x10.6 in. So not a new pickem-up truck,but you'd think it was as anxious as I am to get my hands on that package(1st time crap recipient,,ya'll were like that too,,,,right?)
Thanks for the info again.
I am still at the placeholder weight. Hoping to see a nice update later today.
Anorion wrote:Would you mind sharing the blank (without the numbers) version? It's awesome.
Thank you, but I like having mine distinctive to me. Be creative, screen grab bits and pieces from the various Woot! pages and create your own!
I'm hoping for a refurbished Android tablet that is missing a manual and has a small scratch on the screen.
But I'm more than likely to get a "My Pretty Pony" that is missing a foot, a small leather case used for an unknown purpose, an XS shirt that says "I'm Horny for Unicorns", a hat that has only a couple lice in it from the previous wooter, and a roll of reusable body bags.
No weight or dimensions yet, just the place holders. Seems all my other crap I was always in the last batch shipped.
I still have the 1lb Guess mine hasn't been shipped out yet.
timdthomas wrote:I'm hoping for a refurbished Android tablet that is missing a manual and has a small scratch on the screen.
But I'm more than likely to get a "My Pretty Pony" that is missing a foot, a small leather case used for an unknown purpose, an XS shirt that says "I'm Horny for Unicorns", a hat that has only a couple lice in it from the previous wooter, and a roll of reusable body bags.
No weight or dimensions yet, just the place holders. Seems all my other crap I was always in the last batch shipped.
*My Little Pony
Got the shipping notice from Woot! overnight, but Fedex still has the placeholder 1 lb.
It takes a lot of letters to make 1 lb!
Got my tracking info!
6,2 lbs, 16 in. x 12.5 in. x 10.6 in.
Estimated delivery of 4/4/12
5.8 lbs with an April 4 expected delivery... I would get the dimensions but FedEx doesn't play nice with iPads... :-(
5.8 lbs at 16x12.2x10.6 in.
6.93 in. x 6.93 in. x 6.93 in.
5.3 lbs @ 16.2 in. x 12.5 in. x 10.4 in.
CEQuick75 wrote:Crapola #1 on the way!
Probably the keys to a brand new car. [sets hopes unobtainably high]
Mine just left the FedEx facility with those same stats (the same ones it had when it got there). Good thing or bad thing, that is the question.
Come on Colonel! Show me The Letter!
Still nothing on the shipping but a placeholder. I better be getting something especially crappy for all this waiting...
Anorion wrote:Still nothing on the shipping but a placeholder. I better be getting something especially crappy for all this waiting...
Same here.
Shipping label created the 27th.. still not shipped yet. Sad face. Oh well, 1lb placeholder. Lets see a 20lb + a note :D
6.4 lbs/2.9 kg
I'll get dimensions when I remember my fedex login.
drgandalf wrote:Thank you, but I like having mine distinctive to me. Be creative, screen grab bits and pieces from the various Woot! pages and create your own!
Hey, no problem~ at least I asked and didlt just rip it off, right?
WOW! Fedex already dropped at my USPS site and my crap is out for delivery already!Fedex said was supposed to be here Monday but I guess being close has its advantages.I take it the Woot warehouse is in Carrolton Tx and I'm in Arlington Tx. so just up the road apiece.Will report contents when I get it,which can be anywhere from an hour from now to 7:00pm depending on who the carrier is today.
Barrage of Carrots incoming:
6.93 in. x 6.93 in. x 6.93 in.
Delivery 04/05/12
Hopefully that is wrong!
Ringwraith1of9 wrote:WOW! Fedex already dropped at my USPS site and my crap is out for delivery already!Fedex said was supposed to be here Monday but I guess being close has its advantages.I take it the Woot warehouse is in Carrolton Tx and I'm in Arlington Tx. so just up the road apiece.Will report contents when I get it,which can be anywhere from an hour from now to 7:00pm depending on who the carrier is today.
I hate you so much right now. I'm in Arlington, too, and mine hasn't even left the warehouse yet.
Anorion wrote:I hate you so much right now. I'm in Arlington, too, and mine hasn't even left the warehouse yet.
Dont hate the messenger,lol.Think positive,maybe it's so big they gotta ship it differently.Lotta Texas folks seem to have gotten these for as few as they sell.
Mine's going thru the Melear post office and as much as they mess up my mail,,could be a week or more before I actually get it lol.
16.2 x 17.2 x 10.6
8.6 lbs
mine just has the placeholder of 1lb with no dimensions..
First Barrel of Crops in over 3 years, hoping to get a Talking Dr phil to go with my Dr laura doll! and while theyre at it maybe throw in a few apples
Just got an email with my tracking number. No change other than that.
Just got an email w/ tracking info, but still at 1lb weight. Waiting for the actual weight....*kicks woot*
Yup, got my email confirmation that our family's Bunnies Ogling Carrots has been shipped, but no change in the Fedex description.
What a tease.
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Anti-Supernatural Assault Team
By Michael Keyth
Book 0- Fresh Blood
A.S.A.T. (Anti-Supernatural Assault Team) is a special group created by a billionaire
Arthur West. They consist of 6 best people Arthur could find. Their main aim is to
find 5 pieces of the Seal of Solomon so they can stop the demon that is responsible for
the end of the world in 2012.
Book 0 tells the history of each member and how they become members o f A.S.A.T.
Book 0- Part 1- Arthur West
It all started with him.
December 14, 1995
It was a cold evening, the sky was full of thick, black clouds and it looked like it
would rain. Arthur West was working on his computer in the office which was situated in the
south part of the city. He was of medium height, slim and in his early forties. His brown hair
had only just started to turn grey.
Arthur looked at the clock sitting next to the computer screen. It was 9:58pm.
"Just two more minutes and you're free," he murmured to himself starring at the tiny
clock in the bottom-right corner of his screen.
The day wasn't an easy one, as always. Being over forty and still having to work for
10 hours on a computer, made his job mundane and tireso me. Yet, the money was good and it
was the only thing that kept him coming there over and over again. The time changed to
"I'm done." he mumbled enthusiastically, shutting down the program he was working
on and then standing up.
There was only one woman inside the building working a few boxes further away. She
looked at him and asked,
"Why so early Arthur?"
He looked at her with indifference.
"I'm done for the day thank god" came the bored answer.
"I have to stay until eleven. I have way too much work to do!" complained the woman
as she got back to her work.
Arthur walked up to a hanger beside the door, grabbed his jacket, put it on and turned his head
towards his colleague, saying,
"Bye Jane, see you later."


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Along with battering your soul, CES is tough on your body, too. And where some see aching joints and sore muscles, others see opportunity. This particular carnival of capitalism brings out the massage gadgeteers. Randy and I put our bodies on the line to bring you the story...
Hard to believe that after just one more post later today, our CES 2012 coverage will be over. I think these are tears of joy.
Glad I watch until the end! I love "Happy Ends"! Get it?
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I knew we didn't have to make that joke because somebody in the forums would. Thanks!
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Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez masterminded a shock FA Cup final win over Manchester City, again proving he is a manager destined for greater things.
Martinez and his threadbare, relegation-threatened squad outplayed and out-thought the multi, multi-million pound City starting 11. Ben Watson headed in a corner in stoppage time to give The Latics the trophy.
Performing these kind of miracles with limited resources, has defined Martinez as a manager. He has not only proved that you can still play attacking, passing football and survive on a limited budget, but you can also win things doing it as well.
Wigan dominated possession against the English Premier League's second-placed team. Martinez's men usually do make the ball their own, by sticking to a patient, forward-thinking style of passing.
It's an attractive, thoughtful brand of football that other managers, despite having the luxury of more money, often shun. Martinez doesn't boast riches in the transfer market, but uses what he has to sign skilled, technical players who can execute his vision of attack.
Players like forward Shaun Maloney exemplify the way Martinez approaches the game. Maloney isn't a physically imposing player, but the pint-sized attacker is Wigan's chief creator.
It was his corner that produced Watson's decisive goal. Martinez has also mastered the art of tactical flexibility.
At times he has seamlessly morphed Wigan between 4-4-2, 4-3-3 and 3-4-3 formations, depending on the opposition. Yet while the structure sometimes changes the philosophy does not.
No matter how Martinez deploys his players, his fidelity to expansive, passing football does not waver. That adherence to his core beliefs is why Martinez will eventually succeed on a bigger stage.
Wigan likely face the drop this season unless Martinez can engineer another miracle. You'd be smart not to rule that out.
However, even if Wigan's FA Cup winners do suffer the relegation blow, Martinez has proved his readiness for greater triumphs in the future.


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[NOTE: This was written long before Oscar Pistorius was arrested and put on trial for the murder of his girlfriend.]
Over the weekend, an amazing thing happened. A man with two prosthetics made it into the semi-finals of the Olympic 400 meter race. In his semi-final heat, he finished last. But in my mind, that doesn't matter at all. Pistorius not only broke ground for limb different people around the world, he showed a level of competitiveness that wasn't even expected of him. Forget about the arguments that it wasn't fair. I shared a link a while back that explains the science behind Pistorius' prosthetic legs. He makes them fast thanks to his strength and determination.
Last night, Rock Center with Brian Williams shared more insight on Pistorius and his life. The story included a dynamic interview with Hugh Herr, an incredible double amputee who is changing the lower limb prosthetic world at MIT. At the end of the piece, Herr made a statement that made me get chills because he's so right:
"He isn't broken. He is perfect."
Oh hell yeah.
I've written many times with stories of how a limb difference does not mean the end of a person's life. It's the beginning. Is it different? Yes. But so many people are strong enough to find solutions and ways to power through and do great things.
While I was in New York City, my brother shared a tremendous video of how a really cool technology is helping a little girl name Emma move. It's technology I had a chance to see in action while I was at SXSW. It's called a 3D printer. When I saw it in action, it was printing cool things like 3D puzzles and a guitar pick. (I gave one to Cameron to use with his guitar and he thinks it's so cool.)
A 3D printer uses plastic like you see with Legos and it follows a design from a computer. It actually prints what the computer says to print. The picture to the left shows a MakerBot 3D printer working on printing a 3D image of a hand in a fist. The printer spreads a very fine strip of plastic again and again until it forms the shape you want.
I thought it was cool. I imagined Lego pieces that we've lost that could be remade. I imagined trinkets and jewelry. But I never imagined how it can help in the world of prosthetics and orthotics. That is… until I watched this:
A 3D printer created an exoskeleton. Oh my goodness. When it breaks, you print out the piece again? Amazing. Imagine Jordan getting a prosthetic built to meet her needs for sports or some other task but it breaks. I just turn on my 3D printer and recreate the piece so we can go back to living life without interruptions. What about shoe orthotics? Leg braces? My mind is blown with the potential.
It's been an amazing week for limb differences and technology. I'm stunned by the power of the mind and body to overcome and renew hope that anything is possible.
Thank you, Oscar Pistorius. Thank you, technology.


text: Hi i have a 2003 Cadillac Escalade ESV when i turn the key it will crank and will kind of start but then cuts off instantly! It has done it previously i would let it sit for about a half hour and it would start right up. But now it will not...it happen about 2 weeks ago and i let it sit for a few days and started and it ran great for a week...now its doing the same thing again! I was thinkin fuel filter or fuel pump so i changed the filter and got the fuel pressure checked so i didnt dish out money that i didnt have to and the fuel pressure is fine...When i try to start it the security lock light flashes on dash...im stuck!! Can somebody help me please!!


text: This will be my third winter with Pirelli Sottozero 240. All stock sizes. I'm having the fronts replaced with Blizzaks because I noticed a bulge on the R front last week. The tires came in today and will be put on Tuesday. After driving on the original sotto's for 1 week I inspected all tires carefully again this evening. A second bulge has formed on the R front tire and now there is a noticeable bulge forming on the L front. The rears look fine other than this will be their last winter.


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For you indie devs (or fans of indie games) in the Austin, Texas area, here's an event you may want to set aside time for. Austin indie game developer collective …Continue reading →
- RATING: E - Everyone
- DEVELOPER(S): Media Molecule, SCE/WWS
- RELEASE DATE: Oct 27, 2008
In LittleBigPlanet Players meet on a blue and green planet scattered with individual plots – and use their character's amazing abilities to play, create and share what they build with other gamers throughout the world via the Playstation Network. The LittleBigPlanet experience starts with plplayers learning about their character's powers to interact physically with the environment. There are places to explore, creative resources to collect and puzzles to solve – all requiring a combination of brains and collaborative teamwork. As soon as players begin their creative skills will grow and they will soon be ready to start creating and modifying their surroundings – the first step to sharing them with the whole community.Characters have the power to move anything in this glued and stitched-together 3D landscape; they have the power to design, shape and build both objects and entire locations for others to view and play. There's no complicated level editor; all of these skills can be learned by simply playing the game. Creativity is part of the gameplay experience and playing is part of the creative experience. Players can make their world as open or as secretive to explore as they like. When it's ready, they can invite anyone within the LittleBigPlanet community to come and explore their patch – or can go and explore everybody else's.
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Situated in the historical district, this hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Church of San Giovanni Battista, Torre Civica, and Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. Piazza del Popolo and Basilica of San Vitale are also within 10 minutes.
This hotel features a bar/lounge, dry cleaning, and a 24-hour front desk. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Additionally, a library, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff are onsite.
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A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
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1. Re: Shopping broken in 1.4.1?Dr_CTF Jan 5, 2012 7:39 AM (in response to mbratch)
I wasn't able to duplicate your experience using the 1.4.1 shop (but my mag reader is still broken). Do the botched searches/scrolls occur consistently on certain search topics or does it sometimes botch most searches?
2. Re: Shopping broken in 1.4.1?RSK Jan 5, 2012 7:50 AM (in response to mbratch)
I am having the same issue. When I go to browse in the shop and click a category (i.e. science fiction/fantasy) or a "see all" it will show that there are 1,800 matches but I get a message stating "Sorry there are no matches - blah blah blah".
It seems to be fine when looking at Magazines categories and when searching for an exact title.
3. Re: Shopping broken in 1.4.1?mbratch Jan 5, 2012 8:17 AM (in response to Dr_CTF)
I'd have to play with it more to determine consistency. What I did experience was something like this:
Go to the shopping page.
Touch "apps" (to get to the apps section)
Touch on the search text box
Enter something like "Smithsonian" and touch "Search"
Shows "Smithsonian (2xxx)" but also says no results found
Go to the shopping page
Touch "apps"
Touch a category, like "business" (or whatever it's called, I don't have it in front of me at the moment)
Says "no results found"!
In other words, even if I pick some of the predefined categories, it will find nothing. Not in all cases, but in some cases.
It just started doing this within the last week or so.
I've tried rebooting and will probably try that again.
4. Re: Shopping broken in 1.4.1?Strick9 Jan 6, 2012 9:04 AM (in response to mbratch)
I'm having the same issues after the 1.4.1 update with the shop. Can't browse any categories or search for any individual authors in the search box. I see that you posted this was resolved but I don't get any info on the resolution when I click that link. Did you get a resolution to this issue?


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First Game: 1926-11-12, at Marshall (L, 13 - 55)
Overall Record: 2-6-0 (8 Games)
Record at home: 1-1-0 (2 Games)
Highest Scoring Game: at Marshall, on 1926-11-12. Total points: 68
Biggest Victory Margin: at Presbyterian, on 1993-09-04. Final Score: 20 - 17 (3 Points)
Biggest Defeat Margin: at Marshall, on 1931-11-07. Final Score: 60 - 0 (60 Points)
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I'll try and explain them, if pictures are needed, then i'll get some.
Basically, I was looking in the passenger footwell, and found a grey box, with a green sticker on, that has "ABS-ES" written on it... Is that the ABS ECU ?
Behind that box, is a black one, with an orange sticker, with "caution" notices on, but one word I did recognise was "Thatcham"... Is this the standard BMW alarm ?
The connectors have been disconnected, and are no where to be seen, so I can't just plug them back in and see what happens.
The BMW alarm siren under the bonnet has had it's wire cut, and the red LED next to the fag lighter doesn't light up... So I assume that I have no alarm, and no immobilizer ?
Last but not least, in the same area, but behind the footwell carpet, is a rather large black box type thing... Am I too assume this is the ECU ?
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By Olwen Woodier
The Apple Cookbook is a celebration of America's number one fruit. with varieties like Honey Crisp, Puritan, Fuji, Twenty-One, Rhode Island Greening, Newtown Pippin and Jerseymac appearing at supermarkets, orchards, and farm stands all over the country, what's a cook to do? The Apple Cookbook offers bushels of good recipes, and a bounty of apple ideas just in time for the Fall harvest.
The over 150 recipes include ideas for breakfast: Apple Corn Hotcakes, Sausage and Apple Omelets, Apple Raisin Turnovers. Starters: Prosciutto Apple Wedges and Apple Cheese Spread. Soups: Black Bean and Mulligatawny. Salads: Curried Chicken Salad, Apple Slaw, Potato Apple Salad. Side Dishes: Maple Sweet Potato Casserole and Sausage and Apple Stuffing. Entrees: Lamb Stew, Cod and Apple Curry, Beef and Apple Deep Dish Pie. Quick Breads: Cornmeal Apple Cheese Muffins and Barbara Mullin's Apple Coffee Can Bread. And, of course, desserts, including 11 variations of apple pie.
In addition, there are beverages, preserves, and chutneys, plus sections on how to buy and store apples; apple varieties (including heirlooms) and their best uses; apple, wine, and cheese combinations; apple lore and advice for apples that are just best eaten out-of-hand. It's the perfect way to enjoy the fall harvest and any other time of year.
Apple Cookbook
By Olwen Woodier
Workman Publishing Co., 2001
Paperback, $ 9.95
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text: Im looking to get new body mount bolts for my 1995 C1500 truck. I'm replacing the body mounts and the bolts I took out are rusted really badly and getting thin. I cant seem to find a set anywhere. Does anyone know where I could get them and how much a kit would cost? It's a standard cab standard bed. Also a couple of the mun brackes rotted out in the middle so the mounts are falling through the brackets. Could I just weld a new piece of metal in to repair it and make the right size hole for the bolt and part of the mount to rest in? Thanks for your time and help all!


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FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Family members of murder victims will
be among those speaking about their personal journeys toward reconciliation in a
program at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 26, in the auditorium of the Bulmer
Telecommunications Center at Hudson Valley Community College.
Sponsored by the Campus Ministry Office at the college,
the free, public event will feature David Kaczynski as program facilitator. An
area resident, Kaczynski became a leader in discussions about reconciliation
after his brother, Ted Kaczynski, was convicted as the "Unabomber."
Led by murder victims' family members, "Journey of
Hope…From Violence to Healing" is an organization that conducts public education
speaking tours addressing alternatives to the death penalty. The group's
"storytellers" recount their tragedies and struggles to heal as a means of
opening dialog on the death penalty in schools, colleges, churches and other
venues. Among the speakers are death row family members, witnesses to
executions, death row survivors and others.
Friday's program at Hudson Valley is part of the
organization's first tour in New York State.
Hudson Valley Community College, located in Troy, offers
more than 50 degree and certificate programs in four academic divisions:
Business; Engineering and Industrial Technologies; Health Science; and Liberal
Arts and Sciences; and an Educational Opportunity Center for academic and career
training. One of 30 community colleges in the State University of New York
system, it has an enrollment of more than 10,000 students, and is known as a
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In a blog post for Labour List, Owen Jones, author of Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, describes the riots as a catastrophe; the political consequences of which may be felt for a long time to come.
Jones fears that the growing backlash against rioters may be indicative of an impending swing to the right. With public mood supportive of an authoritarian response to those involved, and discourse surrounding the debate one of prejudicial and divisive generalisation, it seems that right-wing attitudes are primed to take hold across Britain. As Jones writes:
My real fear is that we have just witnessed another crucial stage in the political ascendancy of the right. When asked how he would cure what he described as a "sickness", one of David Cameron's key suggestions was "a welfare state that doesn't reward idleness". And so begins an attempt to link the actions of a few with benefit claimants as a whole.
Dan Hind, author on The Return of the Public and The Threat to Reason, writes for Al Jazeera about the recent rioting across Britain.
Although cautious of the fact that any single, unified explanation for this civil unrest is unlikely to be forthcoming, Hind urges that we cannot treat recent events as mere 'mindless' violence, devoid of political or social meaning.
[..]broadly, any breakdown of civil order is inescapably political. Quite large numbers of mostly young people have decided that, on balance, they want to take to the streets and attack the forces of law and order, damage property or steal goods. Their motives may differ - they are bound to differ. But their actions can only be understood adequately in political terms.
Hind notes that although the rioting may take on the guise of political meaning through the opportunism of politicians and commentators; root causes are at risk of being ignored in the sensationalist media reporting and political point-scoring that will undoubtedly emerge in the aftermath of the unrest.
Highlighting the high rates of youth unemployment, economic inequality, and cuts to youth services, the article draws attention to the deeper meaning of the riots. Speaking of these issues, Hind writes:
All this is the consequence of decisions made by governments and there is little hope of rapid improvement. The same politicians now denouncing the mindless violence of the mob all supported a system of political economy that was as unstable as it was pernicious. They should have known that their policies would lead to disaster. They didn't know. Who then is more mindless?
[...]Those who want to see law and order restored must turn their attention to a menace that no amount of riot police will disperse; a social and political order that rewards vandalism and the looting of public property, so long as the perpetrators are sufficiently rich and powerful.
Vist Al Jazeera to read the full article.
Visit Mother Jones for a basic summary of the causes and effects of the rioting, including a reference to Dan Hind's Al Jazeera piece.
The Beach Beneath the Street, McKenzie Wark's historical account of The Situationist International, has been recently reviewed by David Winters for Bookslut. Describing the book, he writes:
[T]his is no ordinary history. Instead, "it's a question of retrieving a past specific to the demands of the present." The Beach Beneath the Street rereads that past in a way that prefers not to smooth out its messier edges, refuses to reify (to pick up the jargon) what made it radical, what still makes it relevant.
Wark's title has also been the subject of an editorial piece at Mute Magazine, a piece in which Christopher Collier describes The Beach Beneath the Streets as a "beautifully written, exciting and broad study," - and a "sexy book for a sexy movement."
Throughout the text Wark deftly weaves a sustained engagement with the themes of situation, potlatch, détournement and dérive across an array of semi-biographical accounts of the main actors[...] In this Wark achieves something not to be under-estimated, producing a coherent and yet inherently pluralist work on the legacy of the SI and particularly their less well-known predecessors the Letterist International.
In addition, Mackenzie Wark has spoken at length about The Beach... on the ABC Night Air radio show. Discussing his thougts on the Situationist movement, his conversation with presenter Brent Clough touches on the development of the movement, as well its relation to Marxism, existentialism, psychogeography, and utopian thinking.
Lastly, 3:AM Magazine has run a fascinating interview with Wark, in he discusses with David Winters some of the topics covered in the book, and how they informed the style utilised in its writing. Speaking about his approach to writing, Wark says:
I wanted something that would give a sense of the immediacy of ideas to everyday life, and of the role that different forms of social interaction play in producing this self-critical everyday life. This I think produces that effect of a 'derailment' or detour away from received ideas about the whole thing. At the same time, I want it to be seductive, to be a playful, pleasurable read. Certain kinds of sentence can produce that effect. As to which, and how to write them, well, that's a trade secret!
Visit Bookslut, Mute Magazine, ABC Night Air, and 3:AM Magazine to access the original sources.
Owen Jones, author of Chavs: Demonization of the Working Class, has been nominated for Left Foot Forward's Most Influential Left-Wing Thinker of 2010/2011, acknowledging his impressive contribution in bringing issues of inequality back into the debate surrounding the future of the Left.
Owen has intelligently and articulately argued the case that New Labour failed to address the politics of inequality, using the debate around the word 'chav' to illustrate how modern Britain continues to be led by its attitudes and responses to class.
Further praising Jones' impact on the political discourse in the last year, Olly Parker and Natan Doron of the Fabian Society noted his ability to present progressive and honest viewpoints without alienating the more moderate audiences he often speaks to in his TV and media work.
[...] Owen has often managed to argue a traditional hard-left point of view without coming across as completely mad. The media love to drop your archetypal "mad lefty" - or indeed "mad right-winger" - into TV debates for the sake of entertainment. Owen has not played up to this but has instead sensibly made arguments that the public can understand and relate to.
Visit Left Foot Forward to read the full article. The shortlist for nominations is announced on Monday 12th September, and the poll closes on Friday 7th October, so don't forget to vote!
Does the predominance of unpaid internships offered to school and university leavers infantilise a generation of young adults? Does the increase in such roles contribute to the phenomenon of 'extended adolescence' - the growing trend of adults abstaining from settling down in a traditional sense, and living lives as perpetual teenagers?
Exploring these issues in the latest Psychologies magazine, Decca Aitkenhead asks the author of Intern Nation, Ross Perlin, his views on the social impact of the growing culture of exploitative internships.
"Internships in the traditional sense used to be something you would do in your Summer holidays while at school, but now they do them after they graduate and well into their twenties. And a third to half of all internships are unpaid, and the rest are not well paid."
Perlin goes on to concur with the sentiments expressed by Aitkenhead, and thinks that the increased use of interns as cheap labour providers can have a pronounced psychological impact.
..it's one of the factors that leads to this prolonged adolescence. I think we can consider it infantilising, because it means you cannot move into the stake-holder role in society that's traditionally been thought of as adulthood.
The article will appear in the September 2011 issue of Psychologies magazine (not yet available online).


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|This is the left panel of the triptych. This triptych combines several different locations around Guadalcanal. The Vilu Military Museum is east of Honiara. It is an open air museum that contains decaying US and Japanese aircraft and artillery from the Second World War. It also houses the humble memorial to HMAS Canberra, sunk during the battle of Savo Island (colloquially known as the 'battle of Sitting Ducks'). The sinking of Canberra remains a contentious issue. It was attacked by a Japanese ship, but may also have been hit by an Allied one. An Australian and a Tongan, as representatives of RAMSI, contemplate the memorial. In the background is Gold Ridge, a foreign-owned gold-mining operation. Each of these elements contributes to a visual history of events that inform the current fragile state of the Solomon Islands.


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Oh god, Detroit Metal City is fucking awesome. To paraphrase the manager's words, "It's been a while since I got this wet when watching an anime!". Well, don't take that so literally, but you get the idea. God, I nearly bust a gut laughing my ass off the first two episodes.
It's just so over-the-top madness and hilarity. I haven't laughed this hard since… Kamen no Meido Guy, I believe. This show highly warrants a must-watch for me now. Fucking hilarious watching Krauzer/Negishi struggle with his real personality and alter ego.


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A forum post on Chinese site WeiPhone revealed an image of what they claim to be the logic board of an iPad 3 sporting an 'A5X' system-on-a-chip (SoC). The iPad 3 has been rumored to receive an upgrade in processing power, likely quad core, and is widely expected to be called the A6 chip. Apple introduced the A4 chip with … Read More
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Tuesday's Red Sox-Blue Jays matchups: Felix Doubront vs. J.A. Happ
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The Red Sox will look to snap their longest losing streak in over a year as they host the Blue Jays for a three-game set at Fenway Park. Felix Doubront will take the mound for Boston and face off against J.A. Happ in Tuesday's opener.
Boston has lost four games in a row for the first time since the team dropped its final eight contests to close out the 2012 season.
"We've got to regroup," said Red Sox manager John Farrell after the team's 6-2 loss to the Tigers on Sunday. "We've got to be better in all phases. Toronto comes in here, and this is a team that's playing well. Collectively, we have to be better all the way around."
Doubront (2-3, 4.54 ERA) has yet to log at least seven innings in any of his starts this season.
Despite his inability to pitch deep into games, Doubront has recorded quality starts in half of his appearances, including his last outing against the Twins last Wednesday.
Doubront earned his second win of the year against Minnesota, allowing just one run, striking out five and walking one batter (a season-low mark) over 6 1/3 innings of work. The victory was the first for Doubront since his first start of the season on April 3 against the Orioles.
"I feel pretty good," Doubront said after the game. "I limited the damage in those couple of innings. My breaking ball was good, the fastball was efficient — the two-seamer. Everything felt pretty good tonight."
In three starts in May, Doubront has posted a 2.55 ERA with 13 strikeouts and five walks over 17 2/3 innings.
Doubront has had success against the Blue Jays, posting a 3.44 ERA in three starts against the club in 2013. In seven career starts against Toronto, Doubront is 3-2 with a 4.60 ERA.
Happ (2-1, 3.57 ERA) is coming off of his best performance of the year, as the lefty limited the Indians to six hits and one run over six innings last Thursday.
"I think you're always [trying to prove yourself] to somebody," Happ said after the game. "I felt good, definitely nice to go out there and have a fairly strong outing."
It's been an arduous affair for Happ in 2014, as the Peru, Ill., native started the year on the disabled list with a sore back and pitched out of the bullpen in April before earning a spot back in the rotation on May 5.
Happ struggled with his control in his last start against Boston on May 2, 2013, walking seven batters and surrendering two runs in 3 2/3 innings. Happ is 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA in five career appearances against the Red Sox.
Blue Jays vs. Doubront (LHP)
Edwin Encarnacion (18 plate appearances): .333 AVG/.389 OBP/.600 SLG, 1 home run, 5 strikeouts
Brett Lawrie (16): .313/.313/.438, 2 doubles, 2 strikeouts
Jose Bautista (15): .214/.267/.857, 3 HR, 3 RBIs
Jose Reyes (15): .400/.400/.733, 2 doubles, 1 HR
Adam Lind (13): .167/.231/.167, 1 RBI, 3 strikeouts
Kevin Pillar (3): .667/.667/1.667, 1 HR, 2 RBIs
Steven Tolleson (2): .500/.500/2.000, 1 HR, 2 RBIs
Melky Cabrera is hitless in three plate appearances vs. Doubront.
Josh Thole has one strikeout in two plate appearances vs. Doubront.
Red Sox vs. Happ (LHP)
Jonny Gomes (12): .083/.313/.167, 1 double, 4 walks
Dustin Pedroia (7): .429/.429/.571, 1 double, 1 RBI
Shane Victorino (6): .333/.667/.333, 1 single, 3 walks
Mike Napoli (4): .250/.250/.400, 1 double, 3 strikeouts
David Ross (4): .000/.250/.000, 1 walk
David Ortiz (3): .000/.333/.000, 1 walk, 1 RBI
Mike Carp (2): 1.000/1.000/1.000, 1 walk, 1 RBI
Jonathan Herrera is hitless in three plate appearances vs. Happ.
Jackie Bradley Jr. has one strikeout in two plate appearances vs. Happ.
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NASA Officials Cheer $17.7 Billion Request for FY2013
Leaks to the press last week about the broad outlines of NASA's FY2013 budget request muted the official roll-out of the budget today, but it is now confirmed that NASA's FY2013 request is $17.711 billion. That is a slight decrease from its $17.800 enacted level for FY2012, but $1 billion less than NASA projected it would have a year ago.
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and NASA Chief Financial Officer Beth Robinson briefed the overall budget this afternoon, followed by slightly more detailed briefings by the Associate Administrator (AA) for Human Exploration and Operations Bill Gerstenmaier, AA for Science John Grunsfeld, AA for Aeronautics Jaiwon Shin, and Chief Technologist Mason Peck. All portrayed the budget in a positive light considering the country's economic situation. The top line budget numbers are:
Science: $4.911 billion
Aeronautics: $552 million
Space Technology: $699 million
Exploration: $3.933 billion
Space Operations: $4.013 billion
Education: $100 million
Cross Agency Support: $2.848 billion
Construction and Environmental Remediation: $619 million
Inspector General: $37 million
Last year, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was separated from the rest of the astrophysics program because of management problems. If the two amounts are added together, the astrophysics discipline is slated to get $1.287 billion.
Robinson was careful to point out that the amount for the Space Launch System includes funds that are accounted for in the SLS line ($1.34 billion), part of the construction line ($140 million), and the exploration ground support line ($406 million). All told, she said, the request for SLS is $1.885 billion. SLS is a high priority for Congress, especially Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) who has fought for the program over the past two years. In a press statement, she sharply criticized the request for cutting millions of dollars from SLS and Orion while asking for $830 million for commercial crew: "The Administration remains insistent on cutting SLS and Orion to pay for commercial crew rather than accommodating both."
The future of the robotic Mars exploration program was a recurring theme of questions asked at the briefings. NASA has informed the European Space Agency that it will not participate in two Mars missions in 2016 and 2018 respectively that had been a focus of NASA-ESA cooperation since 2009. Bolden and Robinson played down the significance of the change in plans and frankly stated that the agency simply cannot afford another "flagship" mission at this time. Flagships are the most expensive of the NASA categories of scientific spacecraft. The agency just launched a Mars-bound flagship mission, the Mars Science Laboratory (or Curiosity), and is building another flagship -- the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Questions about whether overruns on JWST caused the budget cut to the Mars program were deflected. NASA officials insisted that the decrease in funding for planetary science from $1.5 billion to $1.2 billion is due to Curiosity's launch and the impending launches of two other planetary missions (LADEE and MAVEN). With the development phases of those spacecraft completed or coming to an end, reduced funding should be expected, they said.
Bolden made clear that NASA is not walking away from Mars exploration missions, but instead will develop an integrated strategy for Mars exploration that responds to the needs of both the Science Mission Directorate and the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. He said that he has charged Grunsfeld, Gerstenmaier, Peck and NASA Chief Scientist Waleed Abdalati to come up with the integrated plan. Grunsfeld said later that he is not ruling out a mission -- not a flagship mission, but something smaller -- for the 2018 opportunity. The Earth and Mars are correctly aligned in their orbits around the Sun every 26 months to launch spacecraft and 2018 is a particularly good alignment -- a "sweet spot" according to Grunsfeld. He will be talking with the planetary science community to come up with new ideas on how to take advantage of it.
Fundamentally, all the NASA officials were putting a positive spin on the budget request, insisting that a $17.7 billion request signals strong White House support for what NASA does even though it is less than the current level. As was true last year, the White House allowed NASA to show its projected "out year" budget as remaining level for the next 5 years even though the White House's own budget charts show a different picture. Last year the White House numbers were lower than what NASA used; this year it is the reverse. In the White House material, NASA's budget would rise ever so slightly year by year beginning in FY2014, reaching $21.4 billion in 2022. As everyone says, though, projections are just that, a notional idea of what the future may hold.
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2. Swap your oils.
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Miranda Kerr's Gives Men Her Top 10 Romance Tips
Miranda Kerr laid it all out for the guys in a recent top 10 list of how to please a lady. And given the Victoria Secret model's, uh, popularity, I'm sure it'll be a must-read!
"In my experience, it is the random small gestures that I find the most romantic," Kerr said, pictured at an event in Chicago yesterday. "It
could be something as simple as making me a cup of tea or being given a
foot massage while we are watching a movie at home after a long day at
work." Sounds like her boyfriend Orlando Bloom is hitting all the right marks. Her list reads:
1. Buy the right size
2. Listen to her
3. Connect with her
4. Know what you want
5. Don't be afraid to show her love
6. Tell she is beautiful and romance her
7. Get a babysitter
8. Be healthy
9. Pamper her
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With a glittering array of trophies behind him, testosterone and sweat hanging in the air, pro fighter Wes Lucas's mouth twists into a smile when asked for his thoughts on Nick Clegg's love of kickboxing.
"To be honest I thought it was hilarious when I heard, like 'Reeeeally?'. He doesn't hold himself much like a kickboxer, does he?" the gym owner says of the deputy prime minister.
Then barely skipping a beat, he adds: "But that's the beauty of the sport – anyone can do it. It doesn't matter what background you are from, in this gym we have millionaires and people with nothing. People think if you are wealthy and posh you can't fight, but you can."
The news that the privately educated Liberal Democrat leader is a kickboxer is treated with general amusement at Combat Company, a kickboxing, mixed martial arts (MMA) and training gym in Richmond where the air is punctuated with a never-ending soundtrack of grunts and thwacks.
Yet, in their own way, kickboxers are grateful. Clegg's love of the sport – which led him to suggest he could beat the shadow chancellor and renowned bruiser, Ed Balls, in a fight – is being seen as an unlikely secret weapon in the sport's battle to gain official recognition.
"At the moment kickboxing doesn't officially exist," explains David Jenkins, secretary of the British Kickboxing Council (BKC), who also works at the gym. "It isn't recognised as a sport by Sport England, which means clubs can't access funding, sponsorship or resources. So it's good to hear we've got friends in high places."
Without official recognition, clubs cannot get a Clubmark, which parents often look for as a sign of quality, and struggle to tap into local authority funding that could get the sport into schools.
Combat Company, housed in a three-storey building of padded rooms dedicated to the destruction of competitors, is unlikely to be where Clegg would don his new boxing gloves – apparently a Christmas gift from his wife, Miriam González Durántez. But it is at the heart of the fight to bring kickboxing into the mainstream and tackle people's prejudices=.
"There are so many misconceptions about kickboxing," says Jenkins. "People think it's just a fitness fad for women, or it's two burly blokes kicking each other in the head, but it's an incredibly skilful and tactical sport."
Another issue facing the sport is a chronic lack of sponsorship and prize money. When kickboxers reach the highest level they often move into MMA – the sport made famous by Katie Price's ex-husband Alex Reid, and which fans insist is the ultimate form of fighting even if to the untrained eye it can look like two disgruntled and slightly sozzled bruisers let loose in a child's soft-play area.
"That's where the money is," says Jenkins, adding that only a few kickboxing tournaments award prize money, and it is modest at that. In comparison, professional MMA bouts in the UK, though, can earn a fighter £1,000, or if they make the leap to the US, fighters can make far more serious money: last year a British fighter, Michael "The Count" Bisping earned £260,000 for his bout in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
The BKC was set up in 2008 in an attempt to make kickboxing a viable career and provide an umbrella group for a range of clubs throughout Britain. It estimates that about 120,000 people kickbox in the UK and that numbers are growing exponentially.
The council also acts as a cheerleader for competing Britons, who, says Jenkins with pride, are pretty good. "We have some of the best fighters in the world. In the world championships, England comes away with a whole host of medals. The potential is definitely there, if we can just get our foot through the door the sky is the limit."
Clegg says he kickboxes for fitness rather than to improve his combat skills. He is not alone, says Jenkins, who adds that the sport - which is point-scoring, often semi-contact sport is great for boosting confidence, co-ordination and concentration. Jenkins himself took it up after being bullied at school.
One mother at the gym, whose son has ADHD and dyspraxia, says that it has changed the 12-year-old's life. Graham Faiola started going to the gym when he was four and in the early days found it difficult to sit through an entire session; now he is an assistant instructor helping the impossibly cute four- to six-year-olds in the club's Little Dragons class.
"If you get knocked down, you have to get up," he says. "So it's taught me that if you want something you have to persevere. Sometimes it's harder for me to achieve things but if I keep on going I manage to."
To appreciate what fans see in the sport, and get a taste for it myself, I pad up – shiny red footguards, shinguards, hand and arm pads plus helmet – and step into the ring.
My opponent is a professional MMA fighter and kickboxer, Chase Morton. Seemingly going against what I have been told, his first words to me are: "Just try and kick me in the head – don't worry, you won't manage it."
As a fan of boxing, mastering the basic punches is relatively easy, but combining those with kicks while trying to protect myself from the blows coming from each of Morton's limbs proves trickier.
Pretending I am Clegg, with Morton as Balls, seems not to work, although success comes when the image of the chancellor, George Osborne, as a target comes into my mind. In a surprise instant I make unexpected contact, and an instinctive apology slips out.
"No apologies – give me 10 press-ups," barks Morton. "Apologise when you're dead."
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When I suggested that we go to Chama for cocktails, I heard audible gasps from my friends, followed by the typical urbanite questions: "Isn't that far away?" "Isn't that in Lakewood?" "Isn't it all chain restaurants out there?" Somehow I managed to get them in the car for what would be no more than a twelve-minute ride -- but as we turned off Sixth Avenue onto Wadsworth Boulevard and they spotted a large red pickup truck with monster wheels, I almost had a mutiny on my hands. Still, the promise of drinks only minutes away warded off the insurgence, and the sight of Belmar was a breath of fresh air. "Who knew this existed out here?" cried one LoDo dweller. Walking into the beautifully appointed Chama, we realized that plenty of people knew, because the restaurant was doing a lively business on a Monday, with diners enjoying food created by a real chef -- Sean Yontz -- rather than from some chain's playbook. Even though the evening was blustery, we sat on the fireplace-framed patio, which seemed like just the place to enjoy a lovely sipping tequila from a list that's 230 strong (and growing) -- but then I saw the roster of specialty cocktails. Yes, Chama boasts the margarita that this very publication declared the Best of Denver 2006, but it also features a lineup of infused-tequila cocktails. My favorite was the Blueberry "Martini" ($8) made with blueberry-and-vanilla-infused Tequila 30-30 Blanco, orange juice and simple syrup; it tasted like a scrumptious blueberry muffin with tequila undertones. Although our visit to Lakewood didn't have us hankering to put monster tires on our Volvos, it did leave us eager to return to Chama in the near future.
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My vacuum cleaner bag (Hoover vacuum) smells terrible and stinks up the whole house when I vacuum. I tried several things to freshen it such as, a downy sheet, carpet fresh, a cotton ball soaked with perfume inside the bag, etc. Nothing has worked. I used to store the vacuum in my coat closet but it made the whole closet stink so I've moved it to the garage. I currently change the bag once a month and feel it would be too expensive to change it more often, so I'm asking for any advice to solve my dilemma.
You might want to actually try to manually empty the contents of the vacuum bag you can pull the contents out with a opened up coat hanger. Also you might want to put baking soda with essential oil mixed in on your carpets before you use your next new vacuum bag. Then when you vacuum it up it will stay in the bag so you get a good smell when you vacuum and again in the bag. Healthfood stores sell some nice scents I use honeysuckle.
By acraftycat
The first thing I do when I change my vacuum bag is open one of those scented sachet bags that people use to scent their linens or dressers and pour some of the contents on the rug. I suck it into the vacuum and every time I use it, it's the first thing I smell. Works great for me. (09/20/2004)
By lmd6896
Look to see if your vacuum has a filter. If it does you need to change it when you change your bag. The filters are what hold the odors. If your filter isn't available at your local mart or vacuum service center then pull out your owners manual. You can order from them or they will give you the name of a service where you can purchase them. Good luck. (02/22/2005)
By Rhonnie
Are you aware you should not fill your vacuum cleaner bag fuller than 1/2 full, regardless of the time it takes to fill to that level? Any more than that and it puts extra stress on the motor and will wear out sooner. If it gets full in one month, you will need to change the bag much sooner. The longer you leave the bag in, the more it smells. (06/22/2005)
By Angellfire
If you are thinking about replacing your vacuum, you could go with one that does not have a bag. I just got the Hoover Z Vacuum and it has a HEPA filter and a clear canister that you empty after you vacuum. I am astonished at how much it is picks up. There is no smell and it is very quiet. It is an upright that comes with all the tools attached. (01/12/2006)
By JoniJett
If it's time to replace that vacuum, you should strongly consider a bagless one. I just got the Hoover Z Bagless right before Christmas and it works great. You know how when you vacuum up the pine needles from the Christmas tree, it stinks with a bag vacuum. Not this baby. You just dump out the canister and voila! I love it. (01/13/2006)
By Tracy J
I have the same problem with a stinky vacuum, I am now on my 2nd one, and 2nd new house! I am actually starting to think that possibly the smell is coming from dog hair? possibly getting burned into the motor or something? my parents are having trouble with their vacuum all of a sudden and they got a dog about 6 months ago. Anyone else have this problem and have a dog? I've also done all the oils, scents and changing bags CONSTANTLY! Nothing works! (01/30/2006)
By Jessica
I know I had the same problem at one point and I found out it was because I had vacuumed a little bit of cat litter that she had flung outside of her littler box. So if you have a cat and have done that, that might be the problem. Just a thought! (01/30/2006)
By Mandi
I took my vacuum outside on a sunny day, threw out the bag and washed the whole thing with the garden hose. I put dishsoap inside the hoses and sprayed them out, washed all the little tools with soap and water and even sprayed down inside the collection areas of the vacuum. The vacuum was wiped dry on the outside and left out in the sun until the inside was dry. It doesn't smell anymore. (07/06/2006)
By eaglesight
I think it IS the dog hair! In my case anyway. I moved into a house and the people who lived here before had 2 dogs and they didn't clean very well before they left. I was vacuuming up dog hair (in some cases that was an inch thick) in the carpet! But it was a couple weeks after that that I smelled an AWFUL smell coming from my vacuum! I LOVE my vacuum and don't really want to replace it but I've tried EVERYTHING: the carpet fresheners, the baking soda, baby powder. I have a 7 month old who is crawling all over the house and I worry about her "catching" something from my stinky vacuum!
Editor's Note: Vacuums need to be cleaned out regularly. If it is a bagless vacuum, there is usually a filter that you can remove. Take it outside and wrap it against the garbage can. You can also sometimes wash them in hot soapy water. Look in your manual for places that can be cleaned. It may be clogged with all that dog hair somewhere so it's actually putting dirt back into the room. Also check the brushes, they can also be clogged with hair and it could also be hampering the action of the belt.
By Mia's Mama
I had the WORST smell coming from my vacuum, and looking back I realize that it was from the tons of dog hair that I had to clean up when we moved to our new house. Anyway, it smelled like something crawled up in there and died! I read the ideas on this site and decided to try the essential oil mixed with baking soda. I didn't have essential oil, but I had a very nice scented massage oi, which I'm sure has some essential extracts in it. I mixed it with the baking soda to a dry pasty consistency, sprinkled in onto a rug and vacuumed it up, and NO MORE SMELL! :) I can't believe it! I was so thrilled that I immediately vacuumed the entire house! Thanks for the advice! (02/19/2007)
By Gina
Anise seeds will do the trick. I poured about 2 tablespoons into a clean Hoover bag. No more stinky vacuuming! (12/08/2007)
By ANNAMARIE
I have a bagless Hoover and have the same problem, it's horrible. I also have 2 dogs but a very clean house, I vacuum almost everyday. I empty the canister when it's 1/2 full, I have washed the entire canister and filter with the garden hose, let it dry in the sun and once I vacuum once, it smells horrible again.
Had I known I was going to have to wash my vacuum every time I used it, I would have never gotten a bagless. I would much rather throw a bag away. I know, not very green but now my house smells. What to do? (01/24/2009)
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