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Inspired Speech: Prophecy in the Ancient Near East/Essays in Honor of Herbert B. Huffmon
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Dezember 2004
BeschreibungInspired Speech brings together thirty-three scholars to explore themes related to the study of religion and prophecy in the ancient Near East. Now available in paperback, Inspired Speech was originally published in the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testame
InhaltsverzeichnisPart 1: Introductory Essays; Richard: Herbert Baldwin Huffmon: A Reflection; Cross: Introduction to the Study of the History of the Religion of Israel; Mendenhall: The Amorite Heritage in the West; Nissenen: What is Prophecy? An Ancient Near Eastern Perspective; Wilson: Current Issues in the Study of Old Testament Prophecy; Part 2: Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East; Bechtel: The Metaphors of 'Canaanite' and 'Baal' in Hosea Callaway: The Lamenting Prophet and the Modern Self: on the Origins of Contemporary Readings of Jeremiah; Day: Metaphor and Social Reality: Isaiah 23.17-18, Ezekiel 16.35-37 and Hosea 2.4-5; Eng: What's in a Name? Cyrus and the Dating of Deutero-Isaiah; Fleming: Southern Mesopotamian Titles for Temple Personnel in the Mari Archives; Freeman & Frey: False Prophecy is True Green: Esarhaddon, Sanduarri, and The Adon Papyrus; Greenstein: Jeremiah as an Inspiration to the Prophet Job; Kaltner: What Did Elijah Do To His Mantle? The Hebrew Root GLM; Lawlor: Word Event in Jeremiah: A Look at the Composition's 'Introductory Formulas'; Leiter: Visions of Peace in Isaiah; Levine: When the God of Israel 'Acts-Out' His Anger: On the Language of Divine Rejection in Biblical Literature; Long & Sneed: 'Yahweh Has Given These Three Kings into the Hand of Moab': A Socio-Literary Reading of 2 Kings 3; Marcus: Recovering an Ancient Paronomasia in Zechariah 14.5; Nasuti: The Once and Future Lament: Micah 2:1-5 and the Prophetic Persona; Park: The Spiritual Journey of Jonah: From the Perspective of C. G. Jung's Analytical Psychology Roberts: The Context, Text, and Logic of Isa. 7.7-9; Sasson: The Eyes of Eli: An Essay in Motif Accretion; Seibert: Harder than Flint, Faster than Eagles: Intensified Comparatives in the Latter Prophets Stulman: Jeremiah as a Polyphonic Response to Suffering; Van der Toorn: From the Mouth of the Prophet: The Literary Fixation of Jeremiah's Prophecies in the Context of the Ancient Near East; Varughese: The Royal Family in the Jeremiah Tradition; Part 3: Other Studies; Hallo: New Light on the Story of Achsah; Moore: Bathsheba's Silence (1 Kgs. 1.11-31); Mussell: A Quest for the Divine and...the Tourist Dollar: the Dilemma Faced by Contemporary Dervish Orders; Huffmon Bibliography
PortraitJohn Kaltner is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College, Memphis, TN. Louis Stulman is Professor of Religious Studies, University of Findlay. His numerous publications on Jeremiah include the Abingdon Old Testament Commentary on Jeremiah (2005), Order Amid Chaos: Jeremiah as Symbolic Tapestry (Sheffield, 1998).
Pressestimmen"Herb Huffmon is among the longest-serving scholars in Old Testament studies of that remarkable generation of US scholars who, in the second half of the twentieth century, recovered the centrality of the Old Testament for theological study, and who brought to that work great erudition, energy, and passion. Over the long period of his scholarly career, Huffmon has made extraordinary contributions to the common work of the discipline. This collection of essays in his honor, in breadth and depth, is an offer that is commensurate with his own status in the field. The contributors of these essays represent the best in the field and the essays in sum are a "state of the art" reflection of on-going work. The essays range over a wide field of Huffmon's own interests from Ancient Near Eastern studies to Israel's prophets to daring interpretive experimentation. The book will be a welcome reference point for continued study and an enduring attestation to Huffmon's own important work in the field." - Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary, USA--Sanford Lakoff
Untertitel: 'Journal for the Study of the O'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: T & T CLARK UK
Erscheinungsdatum: Dezember 2004
Seitenanzahl: 428 Seiten
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I used to write a lot on how to monetize online video. Working here at SiliconANGLE, but building a blog from the ground up with John and the team has distracted me from really doing the things with video that keep me on the bleeding edge of that world like I used to be.
That's why it's always fun to read about others' stories of success as they strive to further the medium in the world of online video, as I did this evening reading about Nina Paley.
I caught the story from a couple of my regular sources: NewTeeVee and Techdirt. Nina recently gave a talk about adventures in putting out an amazing animated film entitled Sita Sings the Blues at Workbook Project's DIY DAYS in Philadelphia. The video of her talk is a bit longer than most of the stuff we share here (clocking in at all of about twenty minutes), but it's worth it because she goes into detail on the amounts of money (and how they came about) she received as a direct result of putting her film out on the web, freely redistributable.
Amongst the sources of income she lists in her talk (pulled mostly from Techdirt's transcription):
- $21,000 in donations (most at the very beginning)
- $25,100 from the store for merchandise (which cost $8,500). So, net: $16,600
- $3,000 from Channel 13 for broadcasting it (even though they didn't have to pay)
- $1,900 theater donation for showing her film.
Nina's also made a number of commercial distribution deals, which she details in her talk as well.
She's still a bit in debt on the movie – it was released a few months ago, and these are her proceeds so far. It clocked in at about $300,000 to produce, with $50,000 of that going to music licensing fees, so she's got a little way to go to fully recoup her losses.
The fact that she's giving her film away, though, and isn't relying on any sort of an ad-based model, the return on her investment thus far is truly impressive and inspiring.

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By NB Staff | July 7, 2010 | 9:05 AM EDT
Via Ed Morrissey, a chilling show of racism from the man charged with, and exonerated of, who got away with intimidating voters in Philadelphia in 2008.
In related news, former DOJ officials are coming forward claiming that the Department's decision to drop charges was racially or politically motivated. What are your thoughts?
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Date of Stay: August, 2011
Very nice RV park, clean clean clean. Sites are large and easy to get into. Bathrooms spotless, Wi-Fi was slow at times, but worked well. They have a shuttle bus to Spirit Mountain Casino and we had a great time there. The parks service was great. We needed propane and all we had to do was set our tanks on front of site and they picked up and filled.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
There are nice people running park but the park is getting very run down. The bathrooms are not cleaned daily, and the showers were dirty. The park is very very noisy because of trains, I-5 noise, and workers with loud trucks. We stayed here years ago but won't be back again.


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There were no problems showing up in the Device Manager
This all became a bit frustrating because I would have to reconnect the usb mouse to do any maneuvering around the system (since the touchpad was not working) to try something else.
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The only selection in the driver is to permanently turn it off but when I select that, I get a popup saying, "You are about to disable the only active Synaptics pointing device." That makes me doubly nervous since programs that shut off the touchpad also affect the mouse and I'm afraid that if the touchpad is permanently turned off at the driver, it will also permanently shut off the mouse, effectively bricking my laptop.
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It causes me so many problems when I type and I use the keyboard, never the touchpad. However, this is a borrowed computer I am on and I need to find out what happened.
The driver for the Touchpad is present under Programs and it is up to date but that dag gum Icon is no where to be found.
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Paine/Wetzel/TCN Worldwide leases additional space for Mathematica Policy Research
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Paine/Wetzel/TCN Worldwide has completed an office lease for Mathematic Policy Research Inc. in Chicago.
Mathematica Policy Research is expanding and has leased an additional 6,209 square feet within One Illinois Center at 111 E. Wacker Drive in Chicago. Mathematica is a social policy research firm and chose the 32-story Chicago loop location in 2009 as their entrance into the Chicago market with an 8,000-square-foot lease. The company is based in Princeton, New Jersey, and also holds offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Cambridge, Mass.; Oakland, Calif.; and Washington, D.C.
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In recent days I read news about the exploding global food crisis all over. It seems the whole world is starving besides us rich westerners.
Even worse: Much of it is our fault, not only IMF, WTO or World Bank policies that favor the industrialized nations but even more directly: Our green cars and alternative fuels are one of the most acute reasons why the food prices skyrocketed recently so that people in the "majority of the world", the Americas, Africa, Asia who usually get by with almost nothing, now really starve.
Much of this mess is also due to us rich people messing up the climate via consuming way too many resources and producing far more co2 than hundreds of poor in the developing world. The ensuing climate change leads directly to poor crops due to draughts or floods depending where you are.
So now that we created this mess, what we're gonna do about it?
- Whine about the slow economy at home?
- Go on buying cool stuff?
- Ignore it altogether?
I can't: Writing for a global audience made me even more aware of global problems and my advantageus position in one of the countries where people do not starve.
Also I'm not powerless, far from it, as a blogger with readers all over the world, a social media power user on several platforms and SEO expert I can make a huge impact on the way the people think, what they know and how they react to it. I'm an influencer. It's time to use this influence for more than petty financial benefits.
Let's fix the world. One link at a time.
So I want to join me and tell how we, the bloggers, social media users, SEO experts can help the world during the current crisis. Add your ideas in the comments below:
- Drop in links to charities that fight the hunger outbreak
- If you're from India or China add information how we can help local people without the interference of governments or organizations based in the west
- Ways of limiting our wasteful lifestyle
To start out helping to spread the world I added this NYT article to breaking news at Mixx so that people finally realize that these news of hunger, riots and desperation are really breaking people's lives.
Also the first thing that comes to mind is the Free Rice project a wonderfully playful way of to support the United Nations World Food Program.
As a philosopher once said: You can't be happy if everybody around you is miserable.
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If you're from the countries that are affected tell us how bad the situation is. If you're like me a well-fed westerner whose problem is rather obesity than hunger, act now, support us.


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A new tempest has blown up in the teapot of Catholic/Jewish relations: Pope Benedict XVI, attempting to heal an ugly schism, has lifted the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops appointed by the late Abp. Marcel Lefebvre. The four men were subject to this punishment because they accepted ordination in defiance of papal authority—and for no other reason. The Church has decided to lift these censures in the hope of healing an internal wound—and for no other reason. Other religious organizations have as little stake in this Church decision as the Church does in the internal machinations of the Shi'ite Islamic or Orthodox Jewish hierarchies. It's nobody's business but ours. There are cranks in every creed, and unless they advocate terrorism, outsiders have no business poking around inside other people's houses of worship, trying to rearrange the candlesticks.
That said, one of the bishops now reconciled, Richard Williamson, is an unspeakable horse's ass. I've read his public statements, questioned seminarians whom he advised, and spoken to the man himself over drinks at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Not bright enough to teach at a decent Catholic high school—I know firsthand that he cannot follow a straightforward theological argument— Williamson wields extremist rhetoric as a means of playing the prophet and browbeating the more intelligent. And now, by way of welcoming the Vatican's attempt to heal the schism he helped create, he's running around denying the Holocaust—giving the Church's enemies the chance to run headlines like "Pope Rehabilitates Holocaust Denier." This is part of his long-term strategy of keeping Lefebvre's organization from ever healing its breach with the papacy; if that ever happened, Williamson would lose his celebrity status, and become just another dim-witted bishop with ill-informed opinions, like… Los Angeles' Cardinal Mahony.
The fact that Abp. Lefebvre selected Williamson in the first place may someday prove the single strongest argument against ever canonizing Lefebvre—a brave and saintly man who (whatever his flaws) stood almost alone through the 1970s in resisting the demolition of the Catholic Church by the appointees of the worst pope in history, Paul VI. The very existence of the traditional Roman liturgy—now celebrated again all over the world with Church approval—can be traced to Lefebvre's defiance of bishops who banned the traditional Mass while enabling Marxist theology, feminist heresy, and general apostasy. Every Catholic owes this rebel archbishop a debt of gratitude. But good and evil come tightly wrapped in our fallen world, and a fair supply of crackpots, haters, and fools will attach themselves to every movement. Some of St. Francis' early associates ended up as heretics. Joan of Arc's right-hand man, Gilles de Rais, went on to become a Satanist, sadistic serial killer of children. And one of the bishops ordained by Jesus Himself was the apostle Judas.
Had I the money, I would hire a team of ninjas to kidnap Bishop Williamson and drop him off on some Pacific atoll, there to live in isolation and meditate on eternity. His half-baked arguments against the historicity of the Nazi attempts to exterminate the Jews have been examined and rejected by historians right and left—and they're clearly motivated by something other than Christian love, or the love of truth. The things Williamson says in private are even worse—but I won't help the NY Times (and Bishop Williamson) to harm the Church by repeating them.
I wish that other religious groups would look to their own extremists: Hindu fanatics who murder nuns, and Moslems… well, where to start?
Jewish organizations in America, who are rightly disgusted by Williamson, should take action to rein in the worst members of their own community. How about the "settlers' movement," composed largely of American ultra-Zionists who have gone to Israel to squat on stolen land, and make impossible the establishment of a Palestinian state? On a more intellectual plane, consider the Jewish counterpart to Bishop Williamson, Hyam Maccoby. If I might quote an essay I wrote on Mel Gibson's The Passion:
"Interviewed for Ron Rosenbaum's fascinating book, Explaining Hitler, Maccoby blames Christianity itself, its central doctrine of the divinity of Christ and His sacrificial death, for subsequent anti-Semitism and for the Holocaust. Maccoby asserts in his various writings that the core narrative of Christ's death on the cross led directly and inevitably to Jews being sacrificed, en masse, in Nazi death camps. 'Christians say the Holocaust is part of the evil of humanity,' he told Rosenbaum. 'It isn't the evil of humanity. It's the evil of Christendom.' For this reason, Maccoby considers that the only forms of Christianity that are not intrinsically anti-Semitic are those that reject Christ's divinity and redemption. On the same page, Maccoby insists that for him, 'Christmas is a sinister festival,' since it points ahead to Easter."
While Maccoby lived, he was not some excommunicate outlaw, awaiting rehabilitation by Jewish authorities. He taught at the Centre for Jewish Studies in Leeds, U.K. Best-selling Rabbi Shmuley Boteach quotes Maccoby without embarrassment. Maccoby never backed down from his embittered opinions—nor are Jewish authorities raked over the coals for failing to denounce him adequately. But by most, he is written off as kind of a crank—as Williamson should be.
The NY Times has taken this opportunity to rake up the dying controversy over Pope Pius XII—whom everyone agrees saved hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust—and his decision to criticize Nazi persecutions in a guarded way.
Well, I'd like to turn the tables: How forthright were Jewish organizations in the 1920s in denouncing Stalin's genocide in the Ukraine? Where are the statements by Zionist groups decrying the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico in the 1920s, in Spain in the 1930s? Can anyone point to action by Jewish groups that saved hundreds of thousands of Catholic lives? I'd be happy to hear of them.
But in their absence, I'm not going to blame "the Jews" for Bolshevism any more than they should blame the Catholic Church for the Nazis. And I won't hold a grudge against Jews or Jewish groups because they didn't risk their own necks to help save ours. We are none of us perfect. We all have our crackpots, and must learn to forgive each other.
Andrew Sullivan is throwing a hissy-fit over the fact that Pope Benedict is lifting the excommunications on Catholic Traditionalists—including the dull-witted and bilious bishop Richard Williamson. If the pope can make nice to a bad, bad man like Williamson, Sullivan bleats, why's he so mean to me? That guy is practically a Nazi, while I'm just… musical."
Commenters on his and other sites are reviving the old canard that alleges widespread sympathies for the Nazis among Catholics of the past century. Leave aside some embittered, Anglophobe Irishmen like Fr. Coughlin, and there was in fact almost none of this. An excellent blogger, Verilyprosaic, turns up some handy maps, showing the districts where the Nazis did the worst in one of Germany's last free elections, and the Catholic districts of Germany. They pretty much coincide.
Real historians know this. But to puling postmoderns who use the word "fascist" to describe everything from school uniforms to airport security, the spectacle of a Christian religious leader paying attention to the details of Christian theology and Canon Law, and trying to govern and unify his Church, induces hysteria. Never mind those flea-bitten dogmas and catmas. They're all so… 1500 years ago. Look at me. Hey, you in the Prada loafers and the pope hat. My lips are moving, but I don't see you listening!


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yaM Labs and its cloud-based yaM meeting collaboration tool are relatively new players in the online collaboration industry, but the company is already stirring some buzz with its product currently in beta. The company has announced a major update for yaM, which is initially web-based. The app is now simplified in terms of ease of use, more efficient and more integrated than ever before – all in response to user requests.
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yaM offers automated email templates to simplify emailing sending during and after meetings, and these templates have been streamlined and improved. YaM also moved up a notch when it comes to its enterprise users, who now have access to strict proxy and firewall settings. The company also changed the way it's updating its app – it's now uses a method similar to the one Skype leverages.
yaM now also offers Google account integration, which means users can log-in to to Google contacts from within yaM, access to Google Docs and sync between yaM and Google Calendar. According to an official release, the integration with these 3 sections "marks the beginning of a larger scale integration with Google throughout the coming months."
YaM has been making very distinct strides to make its app stand among the other offerings in this highly competitive market, and it seems it has been doing a pretty good job at that. Earlier this year, yaM Labs secured $500k from Foresight Venture.
The Russian start-up says yaM will arrive to the iPad as well as other tablets, and add integration with the Google App marketplace, Yammer, and Jive Network over the coming months.
A similar service that has been in the news lately is SlideRocket. The company has just been acquired by VMware for an undisclosed sum to accelerate the latter in the race it's having against Microsoft and others over the collaboration space. Collbartion however is only one elemant of the personal cloud, which have strentched all the way to Sonos and its new app recently.


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TD Visa Debit Card
Hi guys,
Just wanted to see if there's any reason my TD Visa Debit card isn't able to attach itself to my account?
Does PSN not allow Visa Debit cards?
It's enabled for all online purchases and works everywhere else as a Visa.
Thank you.
Re: TD Visa Debit Card
Yeah, I messaged support too. They said to make sure all the information was correct. :\
Yes, it's all correct, obviously. I want to know if they even accept TD Visa Debit cards or not. >__<
Just a robotic response. Aha.
Oh well, I guess they don't.. =[
When I tried adding it to my account on a computer (instead of my PS3) it asks me to input a valid credit card number.
So I'm guessing that PSN doesn't even recognize it as a credit card. :\
Sucks super bad.
Re: TD Visa Debit Card
Generally all Visa cards are accepted, TD Bank ones included, just make sure that the detials you're putting into the system matches exactly that as it appears on your statement.
Customer Service Available Mon-Fri 8am - 8pm
General Enquires - 1-800-345-SONY (7669)
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Re: TD Visa Debit Card
It's not a "Visa card" though.. it's my debit card, that can act as a visa, kinda.
I just wan't sure if it was supported or not.. because it only came out like.. 2 months ago.
Re: TD Visa Debit Card
Sorry, I meant to say Visa Debit Cards, apologies, yes Visa Debit cards are accepted.
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Hmm, well I'm glad to hear that. Maybe it's because it's a brand new Canadian card?
I'm stumped. =[ It just tells me the card number is invalid. The other info is all correct. =[
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I am having the same problem. I have tried cards not from TD bank and still same problem. I am thinking the are forcing you to get a PSN card. They are losing money because i have purchases that i would like to make but can not do so. This is a major problem
Re: TD Visa Debit Card
All my information is correct but i get this msg as well
"Please enter a valid credit card number"
Any help on how to fix this problem would be great.
Re: TD Visa Debit Card
I am having the same problem, except my visa is a standard RBC credit card; I haven't tried entering it on PC yet, but It constantly fails on the console, and it's not just this specific card; My family have all tried to use their Visas on my PS3 and the same response, and all of theirs work elsewhere. And all the information is valid of course. Wth, sony? Are you guys (sony) picky about Visa cards or something?


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Did You Accomplish Last Year's New Year's Resolutions?
As a new year rolls around, we start thinking about what our New Year's resolutions will be. Here are five tips to help make resolutions that stick.
How to Choose a Healthy Yogurt
How choosing Greek yogurt can help you decrease your sugar intake while increasing your protein.
Spread The Love (And Not The Fat) with Strawberry Preserves
When looking for strawberry jams, jellies and preserves, it can be difficult to find an option that isn't packed with more sugar than actual fruit. Molly Kimball, RD, CSSD,...
Jazz Fest Beverage Guide
Ochsner RD, CSSD Molly Kimball gives her favorite picks when it comes to choosing the right beverages at Jazz Fest.
Should I Be Juicing?
If you're looking to start juicing or blending, check out these tips to maximize nutrient density and minimize sugars and calories.
3 Ingredient Swaps for Good-For-You Holiday Favorites
Don't wreak havoc on your waistline this holiday season and try three simple recipe swaps when making your favorite dishes.
Diet Tips for Marathon Training
Use these nutritional tips recommended by Molly Kimball, RD, CSSD, so you can be ready to perform your very best at your next full or half marathon.
Toast to Your Health with These Low-Calorie Holiday Cocktail Recipes
To help prevent a calorie and sugar overload over the holidays, Molly Kimball, RD, CSSD, gives recipes for festive cocktails that won't leave you feeling weighed down.


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Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead and Northwestern offensive lineman Patrick Ward have been recognized as two of the top scholar-athletes in the country by the National Football Foundation.
They are part of a 15-member class of finalists for the 2012 William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes the top scholar-athlete from all NCAA divisions. By being named finalists, Burkhead and Ward each won $18,000 postgraduate scholarships.
Burkhead, a history major, has a 3.43 GPA and has been recognized for his work off the field. This year, he was chosen as the winner of the Uplifting Athletes' National Rare Disease Champion Award for his relationship with young fan Jack Hoffman. He was also one of 11 FBS players named to the 2012 AFCA Good Works Team.
Ward, who has started 34 consecutive games on Northwestern's offensive line, has a 3.94 GPA in mechanical engineering. He was a first-team Capital One Academic All-American in 2011 and a two-time recipient of the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and academic All-Big Ten awards.
Burkhead, Ward and the other finalists will be honored at a banquet in New York City on December 4. They will also be eligible to win the Campbell Trophy, which comes with an additional $7,000 in scholarship money.
Congratulations to both players on this outstanding accomplishment.


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I must say, after a week of this setup (Catless DP w/ Muffler Delete) I hate it. Sure it sounds real nice when you get on it and you're having some fun, but for everyday use it's just too much. My cold starts sound like a diesel truck and it just attracts too much attention IMO. So I think I should ditch the muffler delete and go for a more conservative catback. I don't want quiet but I don't want ear deafening. I think a Q300 with my Tomei Catless DP will be a nice alternative. From what I've seen the Q300's are fairly quiet until you get on it, which is what I want. What do you guys think?
And here's a video of my cold start: 2013 Stage 2 WRX Cold Start - YouTube
And of it in general: Nameless Axleback + Catless Downpipe (2013 WRX) - YouTube


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Please join us in a voyage through the mind of Sarah Palin.
1. I bet liberals would love making what I get for a speech.
2. Jews in America speak English, how come they don't in Israel?
3. I bet getting pregnant would raise poll numbers and what I get paid for a speech.
4. I can TOO see Russia from my window
5. It is simple math, less money for the government means we can speed up reducing the national debt. Mrs. Klinkerfuss taught me that 1 plus 1 equals 3.
6. I bet Michelle Obama's daughters can't dance as well as Bristol
7. That bitch, Mrs. Robinson gave me a C in Communication, now let's see how those smarty teachers get paid back from yours truly.
8. I need a new slogan: Hmm How about, "A gun in hand is a dead rapist." The NRA would love it!
9. People are tired of that Kenya stuff. Maybe I should say he was born in Mexico, and is an illegal immigrant.
10. One day I will have to get around to reading that Constitution.
11. Gee, if I was president, I can travel for free.
12. Gee, if president, I get free clothes
13. How can I ever repay that old fart, McCain, for what he did fore me? At least I don't have to listen anymore to those boring speeches about being in prison.
14. Some day I will have to find out where that Vietnam place is.
15. Some day I will have to figure out what GNP really means.
16. Gee, it would be great being president. Don't pay attention to me and goodbye to you.
17. Let's face it, I AM beautiful!
18. At least I am still married to the same old boring fart. More than most Republicans can say.
19. I know the Federal Reserve System is Socialism. But, frankly, I don't have a clue what it actually does.
20. I'll match my head of hair against Donald Trump, any day!


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Ethical Electric1055 Thomas Jefferson Street NW Suite 650 Washington, District of Columbia USA
Ethical Electric Charges excessive rates without disclosure after 3 months. Washington District of Columbia
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Ethical Electric sells their scam by quoting all wind and solar power for aproximately the same price as "dirty" electricity. After 3 months they charge very high, about double normal, rates. No disclosure is available on their current rates. Customers trying to do the right thing and believing false advertising, sigh on with a contract which allows Ethical to raise prices to an undisclosed amount after 3 months. Ethical advertises that their energy costs almost the same as regular sources. Mine started at 11 cents per kilowatt hour and was raised to 20 cents per kilowatt hour after 3 months. BG&E, my regular supplier charges about 10 cents.
Tom Matzzie is their founder and uses his reputation with moveon.org to gain confidence of customers.
If customers don't catch it - and most don't, they pay into a highly profitable scam.
In my case they paid back excess charges only after I complained to the BBB. The BBB dismissed my complaint because they figure I was paid back. They are allowing thousands more to be scammed.
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#1 General Comment
Ethical Electric seems misrepresented by Ripoff Report
SUBMITTED: Friday, December 18, 2015POSTED: Friday, December 18, 2015
My research indicates that the Ripoff Report on Ethical Electric is way overstated. There's a good alternative assessment on the site, but I recommend further research and checking reports like this one: cleantechnica.com/2015/03/10/56000-customers-receive-clean-electricity-ethical-electric/
EE is definitely not a "scam" but a legitimate and very interesting alternative to "dirty" energy, and it deserves fair evaluation and encouragement. We need this kind of thing to work and iron out problems
Problems with fluctualting rates running high can be resolved by opting for a fixed rate, as recommended by callmepower.com/suppliers/ethical-electric/reviews.
I think you should reserve the word "scam" for actual ripoffs. It compromises this otherwise valuable site to use it inappropriately. Discouraging people from checking out EE in their area is a true disservice.
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#2 Author of original report
Big gas syndicate scam on wind energy
SUBMITTED: Friday, April 04, 2014POSTED: Friday, April 04, 2014
This apparent ripoff was mostly caused by gas supplier syndicates who raised January prices to unheard of, ridiculous levels. The appearance of ripoff is assisted by Ethical's own refusal to post real prices and price history on their site.
Tom Matzzee and Ethical electric got stuck with huge bills when gas suppliers raised gas prices, which raised electricity grid prices, which made Ethical have to pay outrageous prices for grid-price based wind energy. Local utilities could not raise their prices so they took losses which will be subsidized or worked into future pricing.
In a typical display of internal corruption, gas suppliers and their big money manipulators displayed how they can extort for excess profit by use of cold weather and in the process kill wind energy supply business. Federal regulators surely got paid somehow in the process - has to be a reason that they did nothing.
January was a few degrees, not much, colder than average. This winter's events reek of an engineered gouging during necessary times. It provides an ideal incident proving the need for more independent development of wind and solar energy, breaking of gas supplier syndication, and regulatory overhaul.
East coast shallow water wind development has been impaired by rich coastal landowners and fossil fuel interests who profit by a protected market. It is an area where small developers can proliferate without dangerous syndication. It is a proven, low cost, ecological, no fuel source which could provide most of the east coast electricity. It has been implemented successfully in other European countries which are now much less tied down by fossil fuel syndicates.
I will not be cashing Ethical's refund check. They can't provide clean electricity for near equal prices during assaults by powerful syndicates. I hope they let their customers know by price disclosure that these times are rare. I hope the people respond by recognizing the threat from within. Uncontrolled syndicates within our country are the biggest threat to our security and by far the biggest ripoff.
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The discovery is described in the November issue of the journal Nature Materials and appears in an early online edition.
"This form of sodium beta-alumina has some very useful characteristics," said Howard E. Katz, a professor of materials science and engineering who supervised the research team. "The material is produced in a liquid state, which means it can easily be deposited onto a surface in a precise pattern for the formation of printed circuits. But when it's heated, it forms a solid, thin transparent film. In addition, it allows us to operate at low voltages, meaning it requires less power to induce useful current. That means its applications could operate with smaller batteries or be connected to a battery instead of a wall outlet."
The transparency and thinness of the material (the hardened film is only on the order of 100 atoms thick) make it ideal for use in the increasingly popular e-book readers, which rely on see-through screens and portable power sources, Katz said. He added that possible transportation applications include instrument readouts that can be displayed in the windshield of an aircraft or a ground vehicle.
The emergence of sodium beta-alumina as an insulator was a surprising development, Katz said. The compound, known for decades, has traditionally been used to conduct electricity and for this reason has been considered as a possible battery component. The material allows charged particles to flow easily parallel to a two-dimensional plane formed within its distinct atomic crystalline arrangement. "But we found that current does not flow nearly as easily perpendicular to the planes, or in unoriented material," Katz said. "The material acts as an insulator instead of a conductor. Our team was the first to exploit this discovery."
The Johns Hopkins researchers developed a method of processing sodium beta-alumina in a way that makes use of this insulation behavior occurring in the form of a thin film. Working with the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer staff, Katz's team has filed for international patent protection for their discovery.
The lead author of the Nature Materials paper was Bhola N. Pal, who was a postdoctoral fellow in Katz's laboratory. In addition to Katz, who is chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the university's Whiting School of Engineering, the co-authors were Bal Mukund Dhar, a current doctoral student in the lab, and Kevin C. See, who recently completed his doctoral studies under Katz.
Funding for the research was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation.
Nature Materials Online Article:
Other Headlines from Johns Hopkins University ... - Mini symposium highlights Johns Hopkins student work in cancer nanotechnology - Hopkins Researchers Use Light To Move Molecules - Glowing Spirals From Chemical Gradients - Cells studied in 3-D may reveal novel cancer targets - INBT's international research program sends second team of students to Belgium
More Materials Headlines ... - Evidence for Graphene-Sheet-Driven Superconducting State in Graphite Intercalation Compounds - Miracle Material - UT physicist accelerates simulations of thin film growth - New form of girl's best friend is lighter than ever - Improved Electrical Conductivity in Polymeric Composites


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Today, I am going to introduce more ASCII art and of course, something new. Anyway, let's get on with it.
Oh my… Yuki is angry with someone not doing their work!!! [Nagato Yuki of Haruhi]
OSHI!! IT'S SHIDO MARIYA!! [Mariya of Maria+Holic]
Kind of tough to get the English word out nicely [Chiaki of Minami-Ke]
It's Kagami! Hiiragi…. Hiiragi… Hiiragi…. [Hiiragi Kagami of Lucky star]
Well, I did mention about something new.. It is colored single ASCII character art and colored ASCII word art. As for this, you definitely need a little something extra like the NotePadSX (at the moment its version 1.2).
As long as it has color fonts , background colors and no word warp, it will work fine. For starters, try coloring the ASCII art that you have done before. As you advance and have more confidence in your work, try using a single ASCII character to craft out an ASCII art. Then, try it out using single ASCII character and mix it with a nice background to display the contrast of your ASCII art. Here is an example of single ASCII character art.
Yami AKA Golden Darkness from To-Love Ru
After single ASCII characters, the next task is single ASCII word. Below are all examples of ASCII words arts with background colors. Most of the pictures are scaled down to fit the wordpress upload limit. Thus, they will not look as good on the blog as the original.
As for the above Little Busters! picture, it does not fit well with a white back ground. So, in conclusion depending on the picture, different background color should be used to make it blend well.
Notice the black background does not fit as well as the white one.
Hatsune Miku from Vocaloid
Another example of bad usage of background color. The white one just looks too bright, which does not fit the picture.
Seera Finis Victoria of Magus Tales
Picture from Rosario + Vampire
Yuno and Miyako from the Hidamari Apartment
Picture from Utawarerumono
The mini Touka and Urtoriy at the bottom left end can't be seen clearly as they are too small.
Hanyuuuuu!!!! From Higurashi
I will be taking requests for making Picture to ASCII [colored or non colored is up to your request]. So, if you want me to make an ASCII art, feel free to drop a mail with a picture in it at email@example.com. I may not reply as fast you would want as I am still having exams at the moment.
Enjoy and give your comments!


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AMSOIL Powerboat Championships Will Take Place This Weekend at Barker's Island [VIDEO]
There's something new coming to Superior as the AMSOIL Powerboat Championship takes place this weekend. The event will be held off Barker's Island, near the Whaleback ship. It's free to the public, however there will be a $5 charge for parking.


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The video (embedded below) replaces an earlier version developed for CM9 that stared the iconic Andy the Android; the new animation stars Cid, a new mascot the CM team introduced back in April. At the time Cid lacked a name – it was being referred to as rAndy at the time, a name we weren't terribly fond of. While Cid may conjure up images of a spike-haired kid torturing toys, it at least avoids capitalization-based word play.
Check out the video below…you'll see that Cid develops some attitude as the animation progresses. Let us know your take on it in the comments section below
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For some people low turnout is an opportunity.
In the last week we've gained enormous traction for our report that Police and Crime Commissioner elections are set for record low turnout – 18.5%, quite possibly the lowest in British history.
But who really gains from low turnout? At home and abroad it's the candidates - and the companies that seek to assist them – that have profited from record low turnouts in police elections.
And 'profit' in this case is both literal and figurative.
As one Tom Waterhouse writes in his blog at Rhombus Communications this week:
For any candidate hoping to become a Police Crime Commissioner, the prospect of an 18.5% turnout should grab your attention like a blue-flashing light in your rear view mirror. Elections on that kind of turnout means your "short campaign" activities and polling day operations will be absolutely vital, because the lower the turnout, the lower margin of victory for the winning candidate."
Low turnout is a gift to candidates who have the resources and the form to make the most of it. Tom elaborates, with Gloucestershire as the case in point:
An 18.5% turnout means just 84,000 people will vote. Taking into consideration national opinion polls and parliamentary constituency results from 2010, you could expect the race to be quite close with perhaps the winning candidate having around 41%, then, say, 36%, 15% and 7%. That would give a majority of 4,000. That's tiny compared to the 445,000 electorate."
We couldn't have put it better ourselves. If you're going to win you have to focus unrelentingly on a tiny minority of voters. He adds:
In terms of squeezing the most out of your campaign efforts in low turnout elections, targeting is absolutely crucial because candidates need their resources focussed on electors most likely to vote. For this, the information contained in previous elections' Marked Registers is solid gold."
And this isn't exactly unusual. Just look to America where 5% turnouts aren't unknown for sheriff elections. One US e-advocacy company advertises itself thusly:
The election of a county sheriff is often decided by only a handful of votes. Even a single vote can make the difference between victory and defeat. Election campaigns for sheriff often have low voter turnout because it often occurs on dates that do not match the general election. Because of this, the winner often is the person who can get more people to the polls. That requires getting your supporters motivated enough to go out and actually cast a vote.
"Because the challenges of sheriff elections are not much different than any other local elected position, a sheriff campaign website can help make the difference!
In these elections a handful of votes will count. That's the reality. And companies are stepping into the gap to give the candidates that can afford their services an edge in campaigns. Should we condemn these entrepreneurs? Absolutely not. They're simply pointing potential clients to a very real opportunity.
That handful of votes will swing an election. Professional campaigners would be mad to ignore it. Their clients, the candidates, would be mad to ignore it. And that's because in the often grubby business of securing votes the only thing that counts is a win.
But what about the rest of us? A higher turnout is in all our interests. The Police Federation warned this week that a low turnout is an open door to extremists. Empty polling stations mean we can expect candidates supported by a tiny minority of voters claiming a 'mandate' to take the decisions that affect all of us.
The Government decided to press ahead with elected Police and Crime Commissioners. But if they're going to be legitimate we need the Government to take some common sense steps to ensure a decent turnout.
Tell the Government. If you're going to have elected Police Commissioners, do it right.


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The Development Innovations Group (DIG) is committed to providing quality services to the U.S. Government, missions and host government entities. DIG, a small business, can be funded under various government mechanisms, including indefinite quantity contracts (IQCs), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts, other types of contracts, and cooperative agreements.
Making Cities Work (MCW) IDIQ
Donor:United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Prime Contractor: Development Innovations Group
Duration: 2014-2019
Ceiling Amount: $650,000,000
Scope of Work: The Making Cities Work (MCW) IDIQ (formerly known as HABITAT IDIQ) responds to USAID's global vision of providing technical services, training, and capacity-building for the purpose of improving urban and local governance. HABITAT will work across five focus areas: 1) improving public service delivery with an emphasis on transportation, water, and sanitation; 2) improving government autonomy, transparency, responsiveness, and accountability; 3) enhancing the ability of urban and local governments to adapt to climate change and improve environmental management practices; 4) improving urban and local governance disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; and 5) improving governmental finance, creditworthiness, and borrowing capabilities. DIG serves as the prime contractor on this global facility.
Consortium Partners:
DAI; DevTech Systems; The Earth Institute, Columbia University;
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; International Housing
Coalition; IOS Partners; LimnoTech; NUMARK Associates; PricewaterhouseCoopers;
The QED Group; and Spatial Development International.
Contacts: For more information regarding this contract vehicle, please contact Marianne Carliez, MCW IDIQ Manager, at email@example.com; Franck Daphnis, President/CEO, at firstname.lastname@example.com; Delila Khaled, Executive Vice President, at email@example.com.
Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management Services (Water II) IQC
Prime Contractor: Tetra Tech ARD
Duration: 2004-2013
Ceiling Amount: $2,000,000,000
Scope of Work: The Water II IQC will assist USAID and host countries in assessing, designing, implementing, and monitoring water and coastal resource management projects. The IQC incorporates four guiding principles: 1) promoting active participation by stakeholders in decision-making and implementation; 2) focusing watersheds as the "domain" of assessment and analysis of impact; 3) addressing water as a common good, using the economic, social, and environmental value of water as a primary allocation; and 3) acknowledging the legitimate value of ecosystem services. DIG's role under the Water II IQC focuses on increasing and improving access to water resources. Particular expertise includes innovative financing for water and sanitation, and the development of business frameworks for fecal sludge management.
Contacts: For more information regarding this IQC, please contact Delila Khaled, Executive Vice President, at email@example.com or Tara Panek Bringle, Director of Global Program Management, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Central Asian Republics Microeconomic Foundations for Growth (CAR Micro) IQC
Prime Contractor: The QED Group, LLC
Duration: 2011-2016
Ceiling Amount: $50,000,000
Scope of Work: This IQC aims to facilitate microeconomic reform in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to strengthen business, infrastructure, and trade. To this end, the IQC supports micro, small and medium enterprises, agribusinesses and agri-producers to enhance economic and political stabilization. Under this IQC, DIG will leverage its global experience in building local capacity and improving access to commercial finance for micro, small, and medium enterprises.
Contacts: For more information regarding this IQC, please contact Delila Khaled, Executive Vice President, at firstname.lastname@example.com or Marianne Carliez, Director of Global Program Management, at email@example.com.


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BJP for division of Andhra Pradesh, not division of people

Patna: Charging the Congress with trying to create a divide among the people of Andhra Pradesh over the burning Telangana statehood issue, the BJP on Friday said that it favoured division of the state but not of its people.

Patna: Charging the Congress with trying to create a divide among the people of Andhra Pradesh over the burning Telangana statehood issue, the BJP on Friday said that it favoured division of the state but not of its people.
"We want division of Andhra Pradesh, but not the division of people," senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters in reply to a question. The Congress has been meddling in the internal affairs of Andhra Pradesh for over nine-and-a-half years and trying to create a fissure among the people on the Telangana statehood issue," the former BJP national president said.
The Congress-led UPA government should have done its homework to address the nitty-gritty of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and address reservations of the people of both Telangana and Seemandhra regions during all these years, Naidu, himself a senior leader from Andhra Pradesh, said.
Stating that the BJP stands firmly in favour of carving out Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh, he asked the Congress to spell out the road map for bifurcation which, he alleged, that the main ruling party at the centre has not done till now. On the fodder scam, Naidu hailed the CBI special court judgement in the multi-crore fodder scam case convicting the RJD supremo to five years imprisonment and called for constitution of fast track courts for expeditious trial of the cases of scams and corruption involving political leaders.
Assailing the UPA government for using the CBI to delay trial of many scams and corruption cases to give a lease of life to some allies, he said that the central agency should be allowed a free run to prosecution tainted politicians and other accused persons. Saying that the Congress-led UPA government has become a 'lame duck' one which is not in the country's interest any more, Naidu demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resign and seek fresh mandate.
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Ministers should put extra taxes on unhealthy foods such as sugary soft drinks to tackle growing obesity, urges a leading health charity that is part-funded by the Department of Health (DoH).
The National Heart Forum's (NHF) call comes days after Denmark, which last year became the first country to increase duties on foods high in saturated fat, scrapped its experiment saying it had failed.
"Carefully applied food taxes are both cost-effective and justified to help tackle the spiralling costs and huge social burdens of non-communicable diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes caused by over-consumption of unhealthy foods high in fat, sugar and salt," said Jane Landon, the NHF's deputy chief executive.
An NHF report backs "excise duties applied with care to specific food categories such as sugary soft drinks which are 'unhealthy', non-essential and which can easily be substituted for a healthier alternative". Revenue could be used to subsidise the cost of fruit and vegetables to help win public support, it recommends.
"Fat taxes" are increasingly popular internationally. David Cameron said last year that the UK would consider introducing them, but the DoH simply pledged to "keep all international evidence under review" and restated its backing for its controversial system of voluntary initiatives with the food and drink industries.
The Food and Drink Federation dismissed the NHF's call as "simply a revenue raising scheme that will hit families hard. Research shows that calorie intake from sugar sweetened drinks in the UK is just 2% so it will have an effect on people's pockets, but not their waistlines", said Terry Jones, its director of communications.
But Professor Jack Winkler, a nutrition expert, said: "2012 has been a bad year for the advocates of taxes on 'bad' foods. Far from the case for such taxes being overwhelming, I think the Danish reversal will prove the high water mark for such policy proposals, and interest in the subject will now recede."
The Labour shadow health secretary, Andy Burnham, who believes fat taxes would hit poorer people the hardest, told the Guardian last week he now favoured new laws to force food producers to reduce the amount of fat, salt and sugar in many products.


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Sewer vent
I have a 2 1/2 cast iron pipe that runs from where the sewer enters the basement runs half-way across the basement through the wall to the roof. No sinks, showers etc are attached to this. There's 2 clean-outs 2 ft from where this pipe is located and the main 4" line also goes to the roof also. I need to either remove or move this line as it's in the way of alot of projects. I'd really like to cut it off and cap it but I can rerun in a better location if need be. Unless it's old code I don't see why it's needed. Opinions?
I'm not a pro plumber, just a long-time DIYer.
My question would be "is it some kind of vent for a floor drain or whole house trap?"
The floor drain is after the whole house trap, the trap is also where the clean-outs are. The floor drain I think is completely clogged up though.
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I agree with Dan.
I think most are glad to have you as a customer and want to supply a quality product. Who knows, you may order 500 next year. Or know someone else that will.
But, if you want to chit chat, the best time is before their busy time arrives.
In the summer, John sometimes isn't even in from the bee yards til after 9, and we are WAY smaller than some of the big outfits.
We are more than happy to talk bees and micro diagnose the hobbyists 1 or 2 colonies in the winter, but once the bees get back from California it is tough to take that kind of time as much as we would like. It comes down to questions like "Do I spend half an hour explaining something to this guy who could look it up just as easy on the internet" (I do refer to beesource!) or "do I go feed that load of 512 that just hit the ground from California and are on the brink of starving?" Ya know what the answer to that is.


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Hello and Welcome 63NP
What a motor, awesome, thanks for the pics
Hello and Welcome 63NP
What a motor, awesome, thanks for the pics
Wow! AMAIZING! want that car so much! Very very sexy!
Very, very nice. Stunning interior.
Yes, yes, but does it get good MPG?
Only joking - looks (and no doubt is) awesome!
Very cool car you have there! you're a very lucky man
What's the story on this? as obviously BMW never made a E91 touring, so how much trouble did you have to go to to build this?
Be great to see some build pictures, you could post a Project thread up. http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum/f82/
Dream car, fantastic
Wow I'm in love with your car, after I divorce the wife may I have the honour of.......
Very jelious wish I had the monies for one of them.
Converted from a 2007 E91 318i m-sport auto transmission.
- Donor car is an E90 M3 (and the E91 318is an mentioned)
- quarters were custom made by combining M3 E90 wheel arch with E91 quarter panel
- Rear bumper is the M3 E90 spliced with the E91 M Sport
More details:
My car has M3 engine/gearbox (DCT), full suspension(now KW V3 Coilovers), driveshafts, cradles, exhaust, propshaft, loom (rear e91), front panels/lights, full interior (back of back seats taken off the e90 and retrimmed onto e91 seat). Back door panel the same but e90 doesn't have rear speakers so i fitted rear speakers (Pioneer.!! i know bad move).
Took about 6 months (give or take a few weeks) = stripe e91, paint engine bay, fit engine/gearbox/running gear, electrics, paint again(everything), build complete car then programme ecu's/modules.....
Difficult part of the build was rear quarters/rear bumper..
If i built the car from scratch it would be documented.(but i didn't so no pics sorry).!!
Hope this clears up a few things.
it has been built over a year now, she needs a bit of paint(just striped the headlining/sunroof out and had the roof/spoiler done black & new roof rails), BBK'S for the front(as we speak) & programme the new CIC nav then shes finished...
thinking about getting a G Power club sport charger but we'll see.....
thanks again....
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Steamboat Ski Area wraps up season with Closing Day celebrations
April 9, 2014
Steamboat Ski Area closing weekend events
5 p.m. Sunset Happy Hour with Old Town Pickers
11 a.m. Cardboard Classic
2 p.m. Bud Light Rocks the Boat Free Concert featuring the Groovetrotters
3:30 p.m. Bud Light Rocks the Boat Free Concert featuring MarchFourth Marching Band
Noon DJ on stage
1 p.m. Splashdown Pond Skim
3:30 p.m. Bud Light Rocks the Boat Free Concert featuring G. Love & Special Sauce
Early lift closures Sunday
2:30 p.m. Morningside lift
3 p.m. Burgess Creek, Elkhead, Four Points, South Peak, Storm Peak Express, Sundown Express and Sunshine Express lifts.
3:30 p.m. Bashor, Christie Peak Express, the Gondola and Thunderhead Express lifts.
Steamboat Springs — Steamboat Ski Area will call it a year this weekend with days chock-full of on-hill antics, free music and the celebration of another 300-plus-inch season.
Things get started Thursday with the final Sunset Happy Hour of the season.
People can begin loading the gondola at 5 p.m. and enjoy music by local bluegrass band Old Town Pickers.
The cost is free for season pass holders and $5 for non-season pass holders.
Events continue Saturday with the 34th annual Cardboard Classic, which pits amateur and professional cardboard craft engineers in a race down the mountain.
Those who enter are allowed to use cardboard and duct tape to come up with a craft, before sending it flying down the hill.
At 2 p.m., the Bud Light Rocks the Boat Free Concert opens with the Groovetrotters, which boasts a combination of reggae, funk and rock. At 3:30 p.m., MarchFourth Marching Band will take the stage.
On Sunday, the official last day, brings a slew of activities, beginning with a live DJ on the Steamboat Stage.
At 1 p.m., the seventh annual Splashdown Pond Skim will have skiers and snowboarders — most in absurd costumes — going up against spring snow and, of course, a pond at the bottom.
Those brave enough to participate are judged on style and how far they can get across the pond.
Registration for the Cardboard Classic and Pond Skim is open at http://www.steamboat.com/things-to-do/springalicious-festival.aspx. Spots are limited.
The season then will come to a close in style at 3:30 p.m. as G. Love & Special Sauce perform.
Lifts running that day will close earlier than usual, starting with Morningside, which will close at 2:30 p.m.
Burgess Creek, Elkhead, Four Points, South Peak, Storm Peak Express, Sundown Express and Sunshine Express lifts will close at 3 p.m., and Bashor, Christie Peak Express, the Gondola and Thunderhead Express will close at 3:30 p.m.
Ski area officials will have crews back on the mountain Monday and said accessing the mountain is discouraged.
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Why do you think Snowballs various projects, except the reading and writing classes, were failures?
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Another way to look at this may be the following: The constant variable with most dystopias and with any other society in which rules are implemented for the benefit of a small, powerful minority is that the inevitable always happens: Personality infuses what is supposed to be a firm, rigid, and objective plan. In the case of Napoleon and Snowball, there was a clear conflict of character and a power struggle that clearly showed the double intention of any plan proposed by Snowball.
Similarly in society, when a small fraction of power hungry people attempt to dominate a huge following, their hunger for power is demonstrated equally in the way they pretend to implement their plan.
This is why most faction-type governments such as Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and the likes end up becoming failures and never last: Because the human thread is too obvious and the personality of the ruler interferes with what is meant to be general and universal.
I don't believe that they really were failures. Napoleon firmly has his propoganda machine in place and he is not going to let Snow Ball be given any credit, In fact, once Snow Ball is completely banished from the farm under the penalty of death, many of Snow Ball's ideas begin to creep in. However, we the reader are always told the idea had really been Napoleon's all along. Little by little the loyal animals are learning not to question Commrade Napoleon! Commrade Napoleon is always right.
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Jason Freeny's incredible sculptures are extremely creepy. This one, named the "Lego Man Anatomical Sculpt," looks like Gunther von Hagens got loose inside a toybox.
The Anatomical Sculpt is a real oversized Lego flashlight toy, cut open and stuffed with organs sculpted from Milliput modeling clay and Apoxie Sculpt clay (an epoxy clay with a longer working time than Milliput). The various organs and bones were constructed on wire armatures and then painted.
You can see the full process on Freeny's FaceBook gallery. The man is clearly a master sculptor, but what I like the most is that the model looks exactly like what I'd imagine a Lego minifig's insides to look like, right down to the shape of the skull and its teeth.
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Spring, summer, autumn, winter and spring again - always gorgeous, here's a look at the famous Tower Bridge, after dusk.1 14 Share Tweet
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Putin Fire Webcams Show Power Pyramid Makes Local Leaders Reluctant to Act
When Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with residents of a burned-out village near Moscow this month, he promised to rebuild their homes before winter. To make sure, he ordered round-the-clock video surveillance on construction sites and put monitors in his home and office.
Such micromanagement highlights the top-down command structure that Putin has built since ascending to power in 1999 -- and also its limitations, said Nikolai Petrov, an analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
During the recent fires, which blackened 934,738 hectares (3,609 square miles), forests, villages and even a navy base were destroyed as officials in Moscow failed to act and their local subordinates were reluctant to take charge, Petrov said.
"The system is organized as a pyramid," he said. "All decisions are made and all commands are issued at the very top, so everyone was waiting for orders from the prime minister."
During eight years as president before he turned the job over to Dmitry Medvedev and became prime minister in 2008, Putin systematically centralized power, weakening regional leaders and billionaires who asserted their independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He and Medvedev may clamp down further as they seek to insulate themselves from blame over the fires.
"They can't admit that they're incompetent," said Dmitry Oreshkin, an independent political analyst in Moscow. "So they say they're competent but don't have enough power, and they'll have to tighten the screws."
Putin, 57, used previous crises to concentrate power. After the 2004 Beslan hostage tragedy, when 335 people died during a siege in which security forces attacked Chechen terrorists holding schoolchildren captive, Putin eliminated gubernatorial elections in favor of what amount to presidential appointments.
'Nowhere to Be Found'
In the wake of the fires that killed 54 people and left 3,300 homeless, Putin and Medvedev have already dismissed some officials and said the performance of others will be reviewed. Medvedev, 44, fired five senior navy officers on Aug. 4 after wildfires destroyed a supply depot outside Moscow. Base commanders were "nowhere to be found" as the slow-moving blaze engulfed the base, Medvedev said during a Security Council meeting, according to comments on the Kremlin website.
According to prosecutors, the navy failed to clear the required 50-meter (165-foot) fire break around the base and allowed grass inside the perimeter to grow waist high.
Base officials responded by saying their fire brigade was eliminated during the military's modernization drive and outside fire agencies didn't answer calls for help, according to a report by independent broadcaster REN TV.
Meanwhile, state news media have portrayed Putin as the man who got things done during the fire crisis, showing him crisscrossing the country to console fire victims, meet with local officials and even co-pilot a firefighting plane.
Putin's 'Impotence'
On July 30, Putin met with residents of a village destroyed by fire in the Vyksa district of the Nizhny Novgorod region and vowed to take "personal control" of the rebuilding effort, according to the prime minister's website.
To critics including Boris Nemtsov, 50, who helped found the opposition Solidarity movement, such actions show how weak government has become on Putin's watch.
"When Putin sticks web cameras in the Vyksa district to check if building materials are being stolen, he is admitting his own impotence," Nemtsov, a deputy prime minister under the late President Boris Yeltsin, said in an Aug. 11 interview. "This is manual control, and you can't run a country this big by hand."
Punishment 'Essential'
Dmitry Zelenin, governor of the Tver region north of Moscow, defended the government's performance during the fires and said punishing officials was "essential in Russia."
Building houses before winter "is a serious challenge and a simple response isn't enough," said Zelenin, 47, who was elected in 2003 and reappointed four years later. "It's not a question of cameras, but of greater supervision. To get it done, you have to get the higher-ups involved."
In the economic sphere, Putin has increased state control of the energy, banking and transportation industries as the world's largest oil producer struggles to modernize its economy and reduce dependence on energy exports.
Russia needs centralized power for the time being as it seeks to overcome the legacy of communism, said Chris Weafer, chief strategist at UralSib Financial Corp. in Moscow.
"The federal government will have to devolve power and responsibility to regional and local administrations, but the country is far from ready for that," he said in an e-mailed response to questions. "In the meantime, we may see more accidents and localized crisis as administrators take the attitude of 'not my job, call the Kremlin.'"
'Absurd' Breakdowns
Medvedev said some governors told him it was easier to reach him directly than to call local garrison commanders when they tried to take advantage of a presidential decree directing soldiers to help fight the fires.
Such a breakdown is "absurd," Medvedev said on Aug. 9 at a meeting with officials in the Mari El republic, where a state of emergency was declared because of the fires.
The rivalry among all three levels of government was on display at the session, according to a transcript of the meeting posted on the Kremlin website.
Nikolai Sorokin, mayor of the city of Kilemarsky, told Medvedev his community wasn't prepared for the crisis because it didn't have authority to buy firefighting equipment.
"We are not allowed to spend money to buy heavy machinery," he said. "And if we do, prosecutors will say that this is a misuse of public funds."
Regional chief Leonid Markelov tried to cut him off.
"If we give you budgetary powers, there won't be any money," Markelov said. "We have enough powers inside the region to sort things out. This isn't a question for the president of Russia."
"No, this is a presidential matter," Medvedev shot back. He ended the meeting by thanking those in attendance for "supporting a vertical of power."
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Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Baker County Records Inventory
Naturalization Certificates
Series documents the granting of United States citizenship to petitioners. Records include applications, witness affidavits, court findings granting or denying citizenship, certificates, and indexes. Declarations of intention may also be included. Information includes name, age, and residence of applicant; applicant's dependents; date of filing of declarations of intention and petitions; and volume and page numbers where papers are recorded.
Records at the Baker County Courthouse, Clerk's Upper Vault:
Certificate of Naturalization [Stubs], 1907-1928 (10 volumes);
[Index of Naturalization Records-indexes declarations, petitions, and certificates], 1867-1941 (1 volume);
Naturalization Card File [Index Cards and Certificate Stubs-includes petition information], ca.1873-ca.1965 (.20 cu.ft.);
Naturalization Record-Citizenship [with index], vol. 1, 1897-1903 (1 volume).
Records at a Related Web Site:
Naturalization Records [includes document images of declarations of intention, petitions, certificates, and related indexes and documents], 1864-1971 (familysearch.org).