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A federal inmate who is running for president won 42 percent of the vote in West Virginia's Democratic primary yesterday. According to the Associated Press, Keith Judd is serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas for making threats at the University of New Mexico in 1999.
Nearly 52,000 West Virginia voters cast their ballots for Judd. It seems pretty obvious that many of them had never heard of him and simply checked the box for "the other guy who is not Barack Obama" when they went to the polling booth. With 70,348 voters, Obama won the primary with 57 percent.
To get a sense of Judd, read the bizarre letter (PDF, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal) he sent to the Federal Elections Commission in April, in which he equates the health-care law with dictatorship and explains his reason for running for office:
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A/C smell and warm air
When I bought my Jeep used from a dealer the A/C worked great...for about a month or so. Then eventually started blowing warm. I did a system recharge, and it blew nice and cold with no smell, but that only lasted for about 3 weeks. I have limped through a summer with my windows down and sunroof open and don't want to do it again! Also, a strong odor comes from my vents almost like cow manure when the A/C is on or the blower is set below around 70 degrees. Is this a common problem in the WJ or did the previous owner leave me a present in the dash? I have read up on the Frigi-Clean products, but a lot of people say it doesn't work. As far as getting rid of the smell, I don't only want to mask it, but eliminate it at the root cause.
Thanks for any input!
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The smell is coming from fungush which starts to grow on the AC evaporator core. You can buy a can of special spray for this, or bring it in to a specialized shop who does it for you. If you install the cabin air filter, this problem will be a lot less, because the filter will take most particles out of the air before it enters the evaporator.
This is not a specific jeep problem, but happens with all brands when no air filter is installed
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As Frango 100 said its all that crap on your evaporater core.
There is a leak somewhere in the ac system, you can go to your auto parts store and buy some leak detector which will light up under uv light to try and find it your self. It can leak anywhere in the ac system, or maybe even the evap core if its starting to corrode. Good luck :)
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Any ideas as to how much replacing the evaporator core might cost me?
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I know this doesn't help...but I'd be willing to bet anything that dealer charged it up to sell it...knowing full well there was a leak. Aholes....
Evap cores aren't all THAT expensive to buy...it's the labor that kills. I was quoted $1200 for the core and the install on my old 98 Cherokee. I ended up spending $300 for a core and some other items and did it myself in 8 hours in my garage, then took it to the place that quoted me $1200 and had them charge it while I watched. Bitches...ahhahahha. It's not hard work, it's just very time consuming. Most of the dash needs to come out.
While you're at it, but a cabin air filter kit from JustforJeeps. I put one on mine...it's worth it to protect the system. You might want to check to see if maybe you have one already and it's just in desperate need of changing. It's under the plastic cowl between the windshield and the hood on the passenger's side. WJJeeps.com has pictures of it I believe so you know what to look for.
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That is surely what happened my friend... believe me I went back. They knocked off ~$300 I think but diagnosed the issue as the blower regulator (which did have a wiring short that I patched up in 20 min) but didn't have anything to do with no A/C!!
As for the Evap. replacement, I will probably have to leave that to my mechanic (who isn't even excited about doing it):lol:
OR I might just bump this to the bottom of the list and hope for a mild summer... :D Checked and don't have a cabin filter or mount.. might just get the filter/kit, so ~$60 there and try some Frigi Fresh for ~$10 for the time being. Would anyone recommend an Evap. cleaner such as Frigi Clean or similar or will it just likely be a waste of my time and money to help rid of the smell rather than mask it with Frigi Fresh?
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Yea, it sucks the things dealers do nowadays. Im not too sure about an evap cleaner, but if you wanted to try and extend the time the system keeps its charge you can try a stop leak product with the uv dye already in it. Im usually against stop leaks but i know for a fact on my old 99 sierra when i had a leak it normally took 2 weeks to empty, after adding the stop leak it lasted 3 months.
It is no way a permanant soultion but its worth a shot if your not going to get the core done for a while. Basically its the same exact procedure for replacing the heater core because you need to get down to the hvac box. You might as well replace the heater core while its all apart just to be safe because its a 5-8 hr job. I did both the heater core and ac evap on mine and it was NOT fun lol.
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The stop leak sounds pretty tempting, but I have been told it causes a lot of other issues throughout the system down the road and makes the actual repair much harder because it "gums" it up or something??
Thanks for the help!
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And no mechanic in his right mind would be "excited" about this job...hahahaha...it sucks for sure. It's a whole day.
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Is there a product you would recommend?
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I'd get it charged at a shop. They have the right equipment to read pressures and pull a proper vaccuum on the system to make sure any crap is out before the new freon goes in. Obviously if you have a leak though, it's not going to last very long at all.
I know I managed to find some oil for the system...I think it's called "PAG oil", but I'm not sure on that. I used it to lube o-rings at the connection points between the new evap coil and the vehicle's plumbing, and I'm pretty sure I added some to the system after doing a lot of research. This was my XJ though...and quite some time ago. All I know is that for 2 summers after I did that job, the AC ran GREAT on the original compressor. A lot of the AC system work is something (in my opinion) a good do-it-yourselfer can handled...but the actual pressurizing and charging of the system is best left up to the equipment at the shop. Too much or too little can cause damage, and the crappy gauges that come on the can o' cool you get at Autozone are just not accurate.
Before you do any repair work though, I'd really suggest that in-cabin filter. It's a cheap way to protect any new parts you put in there, and it's a super-easy job.
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The special AC refill equipment is normally taking care of replenishing the lubricating oil as well. I would take it in to a good shop and let them search for the leak. It can be at any connection, hose or the evaporator core.
The oil used in the AC system is indeed called a PAG oil (PolyAlkylene Glycol synthetic oil). There are several PAG oils available, but the compressor in our jeeps need ND8 PAG. Attached the amounts for each component changed.
I don´t know why mechanics don´t like the idea of taking the whole dash out. If you like your job, nothing should be too much. Or is he doing it for free:confused::p
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I have a wireless n router set up in my office upstairs,and i would like to boost my wireless signal downstairs,and over the whole house really. I would rather not run wires that far so does anyone know of a device that i can maybe place in a central location and give my wireless signal a boost. Something like these ?
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I guess I am not sure what your question is. The repeaters you listed are pretty much what is available.
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Repeaters are notoriously flaky at what they are supposed to do. Yes you'll have coverage but you may well see a tremendous drop in throughput and rise in latency and the unit may simply stop working intermittantly and need to be rebooted. If you want to go this route do not be surprised if you have poor results and be prepared to try a number of different units and models from various manufacturers.
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Ok powerline stuff looks good ,but will it boost my signal downstairs? On my Hp laptop i get 3-4/5 bars which is fine. My real issue is with my Boxxe box http://www.boxee.tv/ playing files from my network .It dosent have as good antenna as the laptop i assume? Bottomline i want a top notch wireless signal around the home with out running wires all through the walls,floors, etc .If possible? Ty for the help all..
As a bit of background, I am a virtual employee working from my residence. I work in the wireless engineering group of a major computer company. So I am constantly on one of several computers and require a high degree of reliability and performance. In addition to computers I have several other devices on my wireless network - three printers, TiVo, couple iPhones/iPod Touch, personal weather station, etc. My wireless system has grown and morphed over 10 years of usage.
I appreciate you don't want to run wires. I did run one Ethernet wire - to interconnect two access points at either end of my long one story ranch home. The two access points provide great coverage. These are apple dual band units.
I also have a Hawking 802.11n repeater that I use in my motor-home when traveling and to provide good signal to the back of the property when at home (the motor home is stored at the back of the property). I use either the standard antenna with the Hawking unit, or optionally an external Yagi antenna for very weak signal RV parks. The Hawking repeater works very well - the throughput and latenacy issues are minimal, the reliability of connection is very good. One does not know if connected to the Hawking or one of the two in the house access points.
I would suggest for your senario to consider one Ethernet wire to connect two access points, or try a Hawking repeater.
You could always try home plugs.
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Hey guys....
I just found this forum online, and am eager to ask questions and act like a complete newb for a bit....
So I am planning to get a car this week or the next, and am trying to decide between the 2006 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro and the 2006 BMW 325i.
I live in Pittsburgh, PA, and we get our share of snow and IMHO have terrible roads (potholed, and slopes up and down).
First question:- I know this is a BMW forum and all, but simply put, if I stick with the all-season tires on both cars, would anyone have local/regional experience of driving a RWD/AWD car in the winter? Which would you recommend? (switiching to snows is not an option, as I do not have a place to store the tires).
Second:- My aim is to get either car for as close to, preferebly less tha, $35000.
I have been offered $36,794 for a 2006 BMW 325i with the following options:-
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to which one...
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Right now I am being quoted near 38000 but I havent negotiated the price like I have done with the BMW yet.
So my question was, specifically for the BMW, are there any options that you think I should get rid off? Is leatherette really THAT good that its beeen mistaken for leather??
Also, do you feel I am being quoted a good price for the BMW?
Finally, is it really a wise decision to go with the BMW??
Stick with the BMW and stick with leather. You seem to have made good choices as far as packages go based on where you live. Don't get me wrong, the Audi is nice, but it really isn't in the same league as the BMW. Drive both cars and figure out which one youuu like better.
As to your question, I agree you should drive both. I have driven neither of the 2006 offerings, but have driven both of their predecessors (Audi 1.8 T with CVT and of course my own e46 325i manual RWD). If the comparison is similar, BMW wins hands-down from a performance standpoint.
They both look to be nice cars though, you couldn't go too far wrong either way. :)
How do I know? I ordered my 325i for $1100 over invoice and my boss just bought 330i at $1000 over invoice.
I was almost on the same boat, but driving the 3 and the Audi back to back, I realized how much more of a BMW guy I really am. :) The Audi might have a nice interior, but the 3 definitely was much more of "driver's car" I know the term is pretty worn out, but I think it's the simplest way to put it. Now I've only driven the 330, so maybe it's not apples, to apples.
As far as negotiation, you should be able to get pretty much down close to invoice on the A4, as that's what they've been throwing at me, optioned pretty much like you have except with the sport package and manual transmission.
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If my dealer is down in the $400 range when I start looking into purchase maybe I'll avoid ED. Doubt it though...
Hi guys....thanks for all the replies.
I have scheduled test drives with a dealer for both cars. However, the thing is that none of the dealers around pittsburgh (and I am talking about a 25 mile radius) ahve either car with navigation and the transmission I want.
The only work around I have found so far is to test drive the 5 series with navigation for a feel on the iDrive and then test drive the 3 w/o navigation for a feel of the car. Is that a good idea??
FOr the Audi, the dealer has kindly contacted a clinet of his who both the A4 with navigation, and she is willing to give me a ride in it, and then I can acutally test drive the A$, again w/o navi.
Back to my question, are there any people with expereinces of driving their 3 (this or the E46) in the snow, or in the winter in the Pittsburgh area (even better)? How about the Audi?
Also, so I should go for the premium w/leather??
Most places that sell tires also offer storage, sometimes even for free. Or find a friend with some extra garage space to store the tires for you. And remember you're prolonging the life of your summer tires this way, so the cost isn't that high.
Driving the 5 series will give you a good idea of how iDrive works, but the driving style will be a little different.
So, to echo other people's comments: go for snow tires if you live in a region that has a significant amount of snow.
Thanks guys....snow tires werent option simply because I have no place to store them. I will be parking most likely on the street or in a lot/multi-story garage.
Also, if anyone is familiar with Pittsburgh, we have really huge swings in weather (it was 90 in mid-April and then snowed near the end of april. I have heard that using snow tires in warm weather is really bad as well....if any one familiar with Pittsburgh weather can tell me what they do that would be really great!
Welcome fellow Pittsburgher!!
Your answer is very very simple.
Since snow tires are not an option, DO NOT GET THE BMW.
Without a set of dedicated snows, you will get nowhere fast.
Hi apline....***** thats quite disappointing...i was hoping the all-seasons would help a bit.
So I am assuming you got snow tires....for example this year...when did u put them on and take them off?
I wouldn't go quite so far as to say "don't get it" - good all-season tires make it possible to drive on snow and in slushy conditions. While PA may have snow, how often do you have to drive on snow-covered roads? Can you wait for them to be plowed?
on a few rare occasions the road has yet to be plowed (as far as I have seen...)
what i wanted to know is that are the all-season run flats bmw gives good enough...as you suggest?
If you're willing to wait a little bit, you could buy an AWD e90-- I think they'll be available in the fall. I think that's what I would do in your situation. I really like the smoothness and sound of BMW's inline 6 vs Audi's 4 cylinder. And, I prefer the balance that comes with a RWD-based platform. The Audi has most of its weight hung out front, and I just don't like the feel of that. I also think that hte e90 looks better than the Re-designed A4 w/ its awkward front grille.
My company is based in Uniontown, PA (near Pittsburgh) and I have extensive experience driving in that area. I would have to say that even though I bought a e90 330i over an Audi S4, part of the reason I did so was because I live in California. Since I drive mostly dry roads and it doesn't snow where I live, I opted for RWD and better gas mileage. (I was considering an S4 though, not an A4). The handling of the 325i is definitely better than the A4 (and probably the S4 too) ON DRY ROADS, but as you know things get icy in PA.
The person in this thread that said that BMW is more of a drivers car and is "not in the same league" as Audi has never driven their car (and then driven an Audi) in the snow! I think their attitude would quickly change if they did so. I have done both and I can tell you that AWD is a definite blessing in HILLY Pittsburgh. Certainly I would take an Audi A4 (QUATTRO) over my 330i in the Winter in PA. I wouldn't even take the 330i out of the garage unless I had winter tires all around, and you said that is not an option. The A4Q could mean the difference between having to put on chains or not to get up a driveway or hill, and in my book, that qualifies the Audi as being in A LEAGUE ALL OF ITS OWN. If you have ever had to put on and take off tire chains 3 times in one day just to get to work and back, you would not even think twice about buying the Audi.
My recomendation would be this, if you must have a brand new car:
Get the A4 Quattro, no leather, no navigation. Get cold weather package and the upgraded stereo. Also get MANUAL TRANSMISSION if you can. Nothing else. I'll bet that this combo will price out well below the BMW 325 (comes to about $32,000 list price actually), and you will get some standard features that the BMW doesn't have, like an alarm, folding rear seat, heated headlight washers, AWD, etc. The new 2.0T engine is really really good. It's not as good as the 325/330i engine, but it's very very good.
I used to think that leather was really important, but I actually really like the leatherette in my BMW. I still can't believe a car that cost that much doesn't have leather, but I don't really miss leather. Most people think it is leather anyway, and $1500 is $1500. I can only spend the money once, and I am spending it on the tires that I am going to wear out in 10,000 miles! :p . The car still handles the same with leatherette, in fact the seats are grippier! The leather in the Audi costs about $2000, so figure about $34,000 list price with leather for the A4). I am not really familiar with the cloth interior in the Audi because all the S4s I drove had only leather.
I can understand that you may want Automatic, but I drove the Steptronic in the new 330i and I had a VW Passat with Tiptronic, and there is no nice way to say it except that they both suck. I never ended up using the "manual" shift feature because it was so slow to switch gears. The Audi DSG tranny in the A3 is a whole different ball game, so if the A4 came with that, (and it probably will soon) then it would be a no brainer to get the A4 with DSG. DSG A3s are actually QUICKER than the manual transmission A3s. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that a MT A4 might be quicker to 60 mph than a 325i with Automatic. (I could be wrong, but I will say that the Manual would be more fun to drive).
One cool thing about the 325/330i is the hill hold brake feature which I am loving. You might benefit from this in Pittsburgh. It works seamlessly, and I almost wish I had to take off from more hills so I could take advantage of how cool it is. Make sure your test drive includes stopping on a hill with a Manual Transmission 325. Depending on how you agree with my RWD versus AWD argument, you may choose to opt for the 325 if you drive hilly areas a lot. It makes having a manual transmission car in the hills almost as easy to drive as an Automatic.
If you can wait for it to come out, the 325ix might be a really good choice for you too.
Oh, by the way, I paid about $1200 more for my 330i with sport package than you are being quoted for your loaded 325i. I guess you can figure that I don't think that $37,000 quoted for the 325 is a very good deal based on what I think is important in a car. Options are the killer!
I put mine on right around Thanksgiving and took them off the first weekend of March.
I think we had one day after that where there was an inch or two of snow. I took my wifes Sequoia and left the Bimmer in the garage.
Good luck in your decision!!
Becasue as has been said...I just find the interior/exterior of the BMW a lot better than the Audi.
The only thing actually holding me to the Audi is the AWD and the fact its slightly cheaper. Waiting for the 2006 BMW 325xi is just going to be a while, casue I have checked with dealers and they expect Sept to OCtober....also I think with the 325 already this pricy...the x will simply be out of my budget.
I am really looking forward to the test drives this Saturday....unfortunately there is no snow...lol...but there is predictions of rain....not the same by far...but better than a dry sunny day ...
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Heading into tonight's contest at Georgia, Cuonzo Martin's team is 2-7 in games decided by eight points or less. Tennessee's six most recent setbacks included five gut-wrenching losses — by five points (61-56 to Pitt), by four points (74-70 to Austin Peay), by six points (71-65 at College of Charleston), by four points (62-58 at Mississippi State) and by three points (65-62 to Kentucky).
With a clutch play late in three of those five games Tennessee easily could be 11-6 overall and 3-0 in SEC play, instead of 8-9 and 1-2.
The Pitt and Mississippi State outcomes were particularly upsetting for the Vols, who had a chance to tie or win in the final seconds each time only to turn the ball over without attempting a shot.
"We're progressing in a lot of areas but our biggest concern as a staff is turnovers," Martin said this week. "We put ourselves in great position to win games, then we have costly turnovers in tough situations, so that's an area we have to get better in."
Although the Vols have dropped three of their last four games, including road losses at Memphis and Mississippi State, Martin isn't planning any major changes for tonight.
"Not at all. Stick to the script," he said. "Nothing changes. Just like the system: If you start changing, you forget who you are after awhile. We'll stick to the script. If we don't turn the ball over we've got a chance to be successful."
That sounds awfully confident for a coach with an 8-9 record but Tennessee's recent performances suggest the Vols are much better than their record indicates. They have played well against three top-20 teams in a row — trouncing No. 13 Florida 67-56, bowing 62-58 at No. 20 Mississippi State and falling 65-62 to No. 2 Kentucky.
"I think if we started the season right now we're just as good as anybody, as far as I'm concerned," Martin said. "And I told the guys that."
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Tennessee's players think so, too. Fans may have been surprised by the 11-point thumping of Florida and the close calls against Mississippi State and Kentucky but the Vols insist they weren't.
"We knew we could play with anybody in NCAA basketball," junior forward Jeronne Maymon said. "It's more about us going out there and executing on the offensive and defensive end, playing our basketball.
"Most teams can't take us out of what we do but we can. We take ourselves out sometimes."
Senior wing Cameron Tatum described Tennessee's effort the past three games as "encouraging," adding: "We believe we can compete against anybody in the country. We have played against the top teams in the country since the beginning of the season. We have confidence in ourselves and everybody on the team. It is no surprise to us that we stay in games. We just need to finish them."
Apparently, a humiliating 69-51 loss at Memphis on Jan. 4 shamed the Vols into playing with more energy and focus, especially on defense.
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For the Vols to qualify as "really good," however, they need to start winning some close games.
NOTES: Georgia brings a 9-8 overall record and an 0-3 SEC mark into tonight's game. The Bulldogs are expected to start 6-9, 220-pound sophomore Donte' Williams (7.5 points per game), 6-8, 230-pound freshman Nemanja Djurisic (6.4 ppg), 6-5, 200-pound freshman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (14.5 ppg), 6-1, 180-pound senior Gerald Robinson (13.4 ppg) and 5-11, 172-pound senior Dustin Ware (8.4 ppg). Robinson is a Nashville native who began his college career at Tennessee State.... Oddly enough, Caldwell-Pope is shooting a better percentage from 3-point range (45.0) than he is overall (41.7).... Tennessee has won 14 of the past 17 games in the series, although Georgia took the most recent meeting, prevailing 69-63 last February in Knoxville.... Coincidentally, Tennessee made its last trip to Athens exactly one year ago (Jan. 18, 2011), nipping the Dawgs 59-57 under the guidance of interim head coach Tony Jones.... Tonight's tipoff is set for 8:00 Eastern with television coverage provided by the SEC Network.


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Either term can be found through a quick google search, and I figured it would be easier to have everyone contribute to this discussion with their own understanding/research rather than me trying to summarize something I don't even fully understand yet.
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Hull's drains have been overhauled and cleaned since 25 June, 2007, when the heavens opened with almost biblical portent. By the time the rain finally stopped, one man was dead and some 17,000 homes, 500 commercial premises and 32 schools had been damaged. Nearly two years on, some residents are still living in caravans, having been driven from their properties again by secondary flooding - damp spreading from water that seeped under floorboards during the deluge. Others are confined to upstairs rooms, including 11 residents of a care home for elderly people that has been condemned to closure by the daunting cost of repairing the ground floor.
No wonder there are nervous glances up at the clouds and down at the gutters whenever a heavy downpour threatens. "It must be on a lot of people's minds because I think about the floods at least twice every day," says community worker Charlene Kent, who recorded her thoughts in a diary provided by researchers from Lancaster University. Around 20 of 45 diarists who signed up for the project kept up their reflections on the aftermath of the flood for nearly a year and a half. They began in November 2007, and have only recently signed off.
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Q. You've had some big games at Florida. Was that the best one you've played so far?
Bradley BEAL: I guess it was. I think I had a lot of confidence in myself tonight as well as my teammates. I found ways to get open and just stayed aggressive and just tried to make plays.
Q. What does it mean for this group to get back to the Elite 8, considering some of the ups and downs you faced during the course of the season?
KENNY BOYNTON: It means a lot. It goes to show the losses early in the season made us stronger. I think before the NCAA tournament we saw every defense and offense there could be. I think those losses, they fueled us to this point in time. But we're happy to be here. Q. Can both you guys talk about, it seems to me that Erik Murphy in this tournament, especially, has gotten a mean streak, and is hitting the boards and playing defense. Can you talk about that?
BRADLEY BEAL: Well, Murphy is just being aggressive on both ends of the floor. Coach is always on his butt about rebounding in practice. It's carried over to the game. He's doing a tremendous job for us of grabbing the ball and being strong with it, and rebounding on both ends for us.
KENNY BOYNTON: I think Murphy is doing a much better job than he was doing early in the season. I think early in the game he let a few slip away from him. But he got focused later in the game and he had some big rebounds.
Q. It seemed they were primed to make a run at you guys with three or four minutes left. Did you think at all about Butler last year, the small plays that went against you that ultimately lost you that game?
KENNY BOYNTON: Yes. After we knew that they could be back in the game, easily. I think we buckled down and we were just telling each other, whoever is at the free throw line just has to knock down the free throws.
Q. From about the 13 minute to the 7 minute stretch in the second half you hit a cold spell. Talk about your assertiveness, and how that got you guys back going.
BRADLEY BEAL: Whenever you're missing shots from the outside, you should keep attacking the basket. If you're wide open, of course wants you to take them. You have to be more aggressive and keep attacking the basket and start inside and come out outside.
Q. Can you guys talk about the bench tonight? 11 points, I think it was 11 in the first 24 and not just the scoring, but the energy and defensive ability that those three guys gave you?
BRADLEY BEAL: Well, I think our bench did a tremendous job. Mike came off the bench and provided a lot of help on both ends of the floor. He had a big layup for us in the first half and Scottie is always doing a great job of playing great defense and things like that. And Casey is always tremendous as well on the boards. All three of those guys right there really contributed a lot tonight.
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contact support for your issue, we're talkin about a different subject
yours can't be discussed on forums and will most likely lead to this thread being locked
campuscodi said
The DMCA is a legal protection that Envato has against authors that had their items taken down. It prevents them from suing Envato, channeling all legal disputes to the two plaintiffs: the ripper, and the ripped-off.
wrong, there can't be no legal disputes between you and envato on this issue. envato has the right to delete your portfolio and you from the marketplace at any time, and uploading items that are rips off, was, last time I checked, one the main reason to be banned from the marketplace.
campuscodi said
In other words: Envato is proclaiming to be just a host for the files, handling payments for them. All copyright issues should be (and as normally is) handled by the two sides.
they are not proclaiming nothing, this is how DMCA works. copyright owner send a takedown request, it is not send it to an author but to the marketplace. envato will remove it if the request is genuine.
you give the impression that envato want to minimize they're responsibility and place it on the authors. Legally they can't do it, if they receive a genuine DMCA and envato do not comply with it, envato can be sued because they did not removed the copyright material and because they made money from that copyright material.
campuscodi said
The DMCA notice will not be removed from the Envato marketplaces. I know that even without being in the staff.
They can't remove it, even if remotely they would wanted. Envato makes business on the US territory, they need to comply to the laws of the country were they act. They can't remove something that is the law.
What this thread is all about is when author A have an item and author B makes an identical item like the one from author A, envato should not be anal about it and just check those two files when a reclaim is send to support and not start asking for DMCA . It takes 2 seconds to open two links of two files that are on your own marketplace, how much time and money it will invested in resolving this issue?
campuscodi said
This topic is just wrong. All legal disputes should be handled by lawyers, not Envato.
This statement is wrong. Just think about the fact envato, you and a second author are located in different countries. How a legal dispute can take place, and how much it will cost?
campuscodi said
What Envato should do is to request more personal data about users, including copies after IDs. So when a legal dispute is under way because of a DMCA and there's proof of that, it can provide details about the person that ripped off someone, and have them battle it out in the courts. But I'm not sure about this, since I haven't studied all the DMCA and don't know all the legal terms that it is under in Australia.
DMCA don't apply to Australia. And again, DMCA workd like this. Send perfectly motivated takedown notice. Wait for website to remove the content. If not, open legal dispute in court and ask for damages. If you can prove you right you win. If the website you send the request wants, they can sue you for accusing them unjustly and you pay damage. You can't come after that and said you were wrong, you just pay.
Also, envato can't give your informations to anyone apart the law forces.
campuscodi said
Bottom line: the system in place now is sound enough.
Second Bottom line: This copyright dispute is always tricky. I know for a fact that some authors purposely send false DMCAs or copyright infringement notices to Envato. They do this for files on the main page in the same category/trend with their own, just to have that item deactivated and for them to have more time in the "spotlight." So in the end I understand Envato's stand on this, and keep a long long distance from any copyright dispute/item filter. It's just TOO tricky to judge.
Yes, just needs some flexibility when an author contacts you about some issue.
campuscodi saidsays who ?
This topic is just wrong. All legal disputes should be handled by lawyers, not Envato.
newly uploadeded times resembling too much existing ones (in design or functions) can be rejected at review time by pressing a button
if accepted (because reviewers can't memorize 10k items), they should have the same fate once support is notified.
As I said in my previous post and as Doru mentions above, Envato have a set of fundamental rules for publishing on the marketplace, to which all registering menbers / authors agree to abide by, upon signing up to publish items for sale.
If these rules are broken at any stage, Envato has the right (by your permission) to delete you and your item. So it is not a case of Envato not being able to get involved, it is a case of they not wanting to…..which is the clarification being sought here., WHY ?
The only reason that some users have gamed the system by sending false DCMA notices to delay or disable the competition's files is because that opportunity is provided to them by this policy of, not investigating, requesting a DCMA and then asking no questions.
The minimum Enavto should do it to hear the complaining author out, judge from the accompanying material (responsibility of complaining author to prove) whether their fundamental rules have been broken and act accordingly. It can be as simple as this, have their t&c's of publishing content on Envato been broken and if so, then disable the file and warn the author.
This is not about debating in court if copyright laws have been broken, because as we all know people could argue forever about the subtelties of this question.
bitfade said
campuscodi saidsays who ?
This topic is just wrong. All legal disputes should be handled by lawyers, not Envato.
newly uploadeded times resembling too much existing ones (in design or functions) can be rejected at review time by pressing a button
if accepted (because reviewers can't memorize 10k items), they should have the same fate once support is notified.
+1 exactly, I dont see how it is any different. At review stage a reviewer (employee of Envato) makes a judgement about whether a file meets the defined t&c's of publishing on Envato marketplaces. Why then should this be any different to making another judegement, based on new evidence (complaining author's claims) if the same t&c's have been abided by or not.
I dont see any difference. The only difference is that Envato would need to invest a few minutes per claim to see if it's founded or not and then act.
I dont want to hear "it would take too much time" arguments either, because this kind of time investment would eventually become smaller and smaller when people who are tempted to rip off other work see that they will not get away with it. Any anyway, it is a part of running such marketplaces, part of maintenance costs which can't be avoided.
Yea, I seen some time ago a custom made by me SWF animation in the preview of another
new author. I nicely told the author that the swf is mine and should be removed. He told me that it's made by him ( there was no chance that it was not copied – it was a bubble animation and the movement was 100% the same ). I then contacted support and told me I need to send a DMCA .
I then let it go because even if he lied .. I still think like you a DMCA is to much.. so these stuff I think should be handled by staff.
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wickedpixel said
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wickedpixel said
nice but false propaganda
you can't contact support without dmca notice, and dmca notice can be send only by the owner of the item, so this nice vigilante woman who inform us to spot files and contact support is lying


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Form Checks! Please Critique
Hey fanatics! I reached my goal of gaining 20 lbs in a year!!!!! :woot: First new years resolution i actually completed. Went from 5 8'' 130lb to 150lb with a body fat % of 12. I have now been squatting and deadlifting for about a year and still working some kinks out with form and I want to start to put the weight on.
I was a "bro" routine guy in my early years in college therefore my numbers are a bit out of whack. I can do a 5x5 bench of 165lb but only doing 5x5 squat at 165lbs and deadlift at 185lbs. Trying to improve the last 2 lifts.
I attached a video of my last squat set(unfortunately prob my worst). Anyone got any advice? Ppl have commented that my stance is to wide and I feel that i lean to much forward and not enough on my heels.
Ima try to upload a deadlift video later this week since I feel I really need help with it.
Looking for help and criticism! :thanks:
youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ykncKd580
Yes, you lean too far forward and are not driving through your heels. Keep your chest up.
you're leabing forward a lot on the last few reps. Focus on pushing throught the hips and heels and sitting your butt back a bit and keeping your chest up. I know when I lean forward it's because I rush the lift much like you. Let the legs do the work. Don't lift with the back like you are on these reps.
also, make sure you focus on keeping your knees out, this will do wonders for your entire alignment. You may be having a more than needed wide stance to compensate
thanks guys for the advice and tips. Really appreciate it. I will try to sit further back when i go down and really focus on driving from heels.
When you all say knees out, ur knee follows the line of ur toes yes? the idea being u dont want ur knees to buckle inwards. So could i shorten the stance up and then point the toes out a bit wider so my knees go out a bit more but a narrow the stance a couple inches? would that help be more stable with weight more positioned on the heels?
thanks guys for all the squat tips. Ill use em on friday. I dead lifted today and have another form check vid for you guys. I usually do about 165 185 but today felt good and I was told ive been taking it to easy so I tried sets of 5 with 135 185 225 235. The video is my first ever attempt at 5 reps at 225.
How does the form look? Also for dl how sore are u guys the following day? I can physically do the lifts heavier than i have in the past but i shy away because it takes me 2-3 days to be "normal". Im wondering basically how to tell between sore muscles from good workout vs, back pain issues. The day of is not bad after about an hour leaving the gym. The next day however its really sore to bend over and touch my toes etc. I can still do full range of motion its just all very tight.
video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDuj-...ature=youtu.be
thanks again fanatics!
I wont comment on the squats, since most posters gave good advice, but watch yourself in the deadlift. Ask yourself, does your body move in one fluid motion? If you watch closely, you see that your butt comes straight up and you basically negate anything you would gain from your initial squat and end up using much of your back. Your body should move all together as one.
Throw your pride to the curb on weight. Today I did hang cleans with the bar because my form was off. Take your time, OP, and I'm glad you are posting these videos!
Sollys right, don't want to dissect too much... theres always things to focus on though.
Heres what I do, it may or may not help you:
I start with placing my feet about shoulder width apart, and the bar should "cut" them into two equal halfs, one half in front of the bar, one half behind the bar. I bend at the hips and get my grip tight, then lower at the hips. At this point your shins should be comfortably touching the bar, back straight, chest out, head up. From your video, your start looks pretty good!
Squeeze your whole body... engage your lats, core, hamstrings, forearms, grip. Then starting at the hips, try and drive your heels into the ground as you "stand up" with the bar. It should stay tight to your body throughout the lift. When you reach lockout at the top, try and squeeze your shoulder blades together, really getting that tension throughout the back. On the way down, make sure you start to "sit" back down with your hips first with a slight bend in the knees, once the bar has travelled past the knees they can bend all the way back down until weight is on the floor.
Two standouts from the video was the issue b_cyrus mentioned, where your hips come up but nothing else does. And just be careful when lowering the weight back down, don't bend your knees too much initially or the bar will hit them.
As far as being sore, the more you deadlift the less sore you will get. Theres a big difference between an injury pain and general soreness though, however usually you'd feel the injury in the gym once it happened, not all of a sudden the day after (sounds like DOMS)
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I have a 98 gti vr6 (if it matters) When I bought it the "brake" light on the cluster was on. I started my journey at replacing the e-brake switch in the center console. Then I loosened the e-brake cable a bit incase it was just too tight. Now the switch works, and the "brake" like it not on at start up. It comes on after I get over 12mph ish and stays on Can someone please give me suggestions. I am out of ideas. Is there is sensor I am missing that could be bad? I just want to get a general direction to head before I go nuts


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Fantastic piece.
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Looks like something I'd see in MAGIC! wow!
Beautiful, not practical since she's exposed a lot of very vulnerable areas, but so beautiful
It's the rule of bikini-mail. Protection is secondary. XD
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Beautiful violence.
The bell is a nice touch.
Mother nature at it's most beautiful?
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Simply beautiful.
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Really beautiful.
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Gholston, a 6-foot-7, 278-pound defensive end out of Detroit (Mich.) Southeastern High School finished the season with 59 total tackles and 4.5 sacks. His 13 tackles for loss led the Spartans defense in a year they continued to make strides as one of college football's best.
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Clif Bar and Kraft Foods have something else in common besides edible products: They were the only two companies to crack the top-10 list in the 2010 Breakaway Brands Study from strategic brand consulting and design firm Landor Associates that aren't in the technology or media sectors.
The 2010 Breakaway Brands Study named 10 brands as those with the greatest sustained growth in brand strength from 2006-09, as the company teamed up with Wake Forest University's Graduate School of Business to study brands' business strategies, marketing initiatives, and category dynamics.
Facebook was the top technology/media finisher, placing second with 85 percent growth. It was followed in the sector by: BlackBerry (No. 3, 57 percent), LG Electronics (No. 4, 55 percent), Nintendo (No. 5, 51 percent), Google (No. 6, 36 percent), Apple (No. 7, 33 percent), iPod (No. 8, 30 percent), and Disney (No. 10, 17 percent).
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Eddie Massaro always had a smile. I'll admit, I shed a tear when he died last weekend.
I can still see him making photo plates in the plate-making room. At The Daily Record, he was so soft-spoken. I imagine he was that way at home, too, but only his wife, Mary, could tell us. He always seemed the same in whatever he did.
Eddie did other things at The Daily Record. Many years ago he helped teach me about type-lice. I was a young teenager working a summer job at the newspaper when he and others told me to bend my face down, look closely at the type, and then the type-setters would shove the type together quickly which caused a water squirt in my face. Although he was quiet, Eddie knew what a practical joke was.
It's funny how you remember the little things in life. But Eddie Massaro was a professional in making those old zinc plates. Later, he was equally as good in making those aluminum alloy plates which would go on to the press cylinders. Those were the old glory days at the newspaper.
He quite easily adapted to the changes in the newspaper "back room". It was the ease in how he did things ... always in a quiet, efficient way, and usually with a smile. He will be missed.
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