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New Giddens Home in Greatwood. Santa Barbara floor plan 1.5 story, 4 bedrooms/4 bath/study/game room/media room/3 car garage. Open concept floor plan with large kitchen island, formal dining room plus eat in breakfast, built in cabinets flanking stone fireplace, laminate floors, farmhouse kitchen sink. Special features include: added propane tank for fireplace, cooktop, furnace, dryer, outdoor grill; extended covered patio, and upgraded lighting package. Contact our Sales manager for more information.
Great open floor plan for entertaining! Upgraded Flex room into study. Energy efficient Whirlpool appliances. Granite countertops in kitchen. Spacious backyard!! Close proximity to new amenity center!! Pool and park maintained by the HOA. Ready September.
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The bathroom rug – a beautiful and useful accessory
The bathrooms in our homes are not only room, which begin and end our day, and a great place for fun and relaxation. Of course, it only depends on us how to organize and decorate them, so be nice to us whenever we enter the room.
The market offers all kinds of furniture and bathroom accessories, but the bathroom rug enjoys increasing popularity because it not only helps us to not slip on the floor, but also can be a wonderful decoration of the room.
This useful accessory will protect you perfectly from unpleasant feeling of contact with the cold floor, and some models even may decide the need for a foot massage.
In this sense, it is perfect finish for bathroom design, giving us the feeling the warmth and comfort under our feet after we took a relaxing bath or a nice long shower.
Bathroom rugs can be an excellent way to revamp the room, especially if they comply with the color of furniture, lighting or wall and floor tiling.
There is a wide variety of types of rugs for the bath and their main characteristic is that they are specially made to be less susceptible to damage from water.
The most popular materials for bathroom rugs are cotton, bamboo and chenille fibres.
Carpets made of cotton are sufficiently lasting, but without proper drying, will surely not withstand long hours of constant moisture.
Bamboo bath rugs are very flexible and resilient, have a lovely natural color, but not soft enough for bare feet.
You could say that the synthetic fibers of chenille are ideal; they are resistant to exposure to water, and soft and pleasant to touch.
You can also choose materials such as wool or Persian, but they require more care and therefore – time.
Of course, there are many other unusual ideas for materials of bathroom rugs. Market can be found even eco-carpet of moss, which is a true delight for the feet.
The proposal is the designer Jimmy Choo and is allegedly the feeling of bare feet on the moss is the same as that of juicy grass.
Among other things, maintenance of such a carpet is very easy, because moisture in the bathroom is enough to keep it juicy and fresh.
As to the shape and size of the bathroom carpet, you have to comply with the space you have available.
Very good idea if you use one full bath rug, instead several smaller, because thus will create a sense of size of the room.
When you are considering combining the colors of bathroom decor with the new carpet, you should very carefully consider the color palette of the room and to do so that the colors to blend into each other, but not be completely identical. This is precisely the successful formula for creating a brilliant decor effect.
Perhaps here, we should note that, the shades of green and blue color usually act very refreshing, inspiring a sense of purity and in addition have a relaxing effect on the psyche.
In conclusion, since the bath rugs are designed to be used in water areas, they are very easy to clean.
An aptly chosen bathroom rug can enhance extremely the beauty of your bathroom style and help create a more comfortable home environment for you and your family.
So, act boldly and do not forget that often just the smallest details create the strongest visual interest.

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I can't help but wonder how he got the gun.
This is a discussion on NH 14 yr old shoot self at school within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Soooo sad... NH 14-year-old shoots self in face in cafeteria...
Soooo sad...
NH 14-year-old shoots self in face in cafeteria
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin
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I can't help but wonder how he got the gun.
"Confidence is food for the wise man but liquor for the fool"
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martyr is a fancy name for crappy fighter
You have never lived until you have almost died. For those that have fought for it, life has a special flavor the protected will never know
Really sad story. I can't understand why he would have decided to shoot himself in the cafe. Was this an accident or a horrible way to get attention? And all from relationship trouble, really, at that age. If it was intentional I'll guess there were other issues that combined lead up to this.
He won prizes at school.
Yep, I guess he won "First Face"...
This could have been a much different story. Girl friend problems and brings a gun to school? Very smart?
A 1st grader would be different, but a 14 yr. old knows what he is doing...he should be expelled...would be in our district.
Last edited by RETSUPT99; February 11th, 2012 at 05:44 PM.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Yikes, this is about 45 minute drive from me. I know the town. Small community. Very sad.
Hope he recovers from this and all the students get any help that they need. This stuff mushrooms if not handled well by faculty and family.
And you know I could have me a million more friends, and all I'd have to lose is my point of view. -- John Prine (A Good Time)
Very sad, Prayers to him and the family.
14 yrs old.... and shoots himself in the cafeteria of an "elementary school" ...... that doesn't compute.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. --- Will Rogers ---
Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."
I prefer to live dangerously free than safely caged!
"Our houses are protected by the good Lord and a gun. And you might meet 'em both if you show up here not welcome son." Josh Thompson "Way Out Here"
I've never been one to jump on the bandwagon complaining about the violence on TV and in video games these days, but I've got to say that when I was 14 yrs old (a long time ago), it would never even have entered my mind to shoot myself. Makes me wonder. Feel bad for the boy and his family. They are going to have a long road to recovery.


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Republicans Are Wrong: Taxes Are On the Table in Next Fiscal Go-Round
Today's vote by Congressional Republicans to temporarily lift the nation's borrowing limit tees up another budget battle, one that will invariably focus on taxes.
Wait, you say, Republican leaders in Congress are loudly refusing to consider new taxes as part of upcoming deficit talks, with Senator Mitch McConnell calling the tax issue "finished, over, completed."
Except that it isn't. In fact, legislation passed on the eve of the fiscal Armageddon almost guarantees taxes -- both individual and corporate -- will be front and center in the next round of fiscal talks.
Why? Well, the 2012 American Taxpayer Relief Act may have prevented the U.S. from tipping into recession by raising taxes only on the wealthiest Americans, but it also created a bigger mess of an already-disheveled tax code. This, combined with the $1.4 trillion in deficit savings lawmakers must find to stabilize the debt, will invariably thrust taxes onto the table.
As a Bloomberg Government study points out, among the trouble spots are that the 2012 law inverts the top tax rates so the highest individual income tax rate (39.6 percent) now exceeds the top corporate rate (35 percent). This inversion, which hasn't occurred since 2002, is likely to inflame Republicans, who claim higher individual taxes will hurt small businesses and stifle job creation.
The law also reinstated confusing and varying limits on itemized tax deductions and exemptions for certain higher-income taxpayers (generally individuals earning above $250,000). Given the intent behind the change -- limiting the value of costly tax expenditures -- it's hard to see how lawmakers don't embrace a cleaner approach and one that generates more revenue for the U.S. The White House estimates the limits on tax breaks will raise $152 billion over 10 years (when benchmarked against the Congressional Budget Office's current policy baseline), but a flat $50,000 cap on tax deductions could raise at least double that amount -- with the burden falling most heavily on the top 1 percent of earners.
These changes will likely propel taxes into the discussion, which would be a welcome development and an opportunity for lawmakers to enact the kind of tax reform leaders in both parties say they want. As Bloomberg Government notes, Congress will want to address the corporate tax rate inversion "in some fashion to bring into closer alignment the top corporate and individual tax rates, which will create a more level playing field for business investment."
To avoid paying corporate taxes, many small-business owners report profits on their individual tax returns. Such "pass-through" entities include sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies and S corporations. As Bloomberg View editors have written, many of these companies aren't engaged in traditional small-business activity and are instead partners in hedge funds, law firms and private-equity shops. Fewer than 3 percent of small business owners fall into the upper-income bracket affected by the tax increase, but those filers account for half of all pass-through income, giving Republicans a potent argument for revamping the corporate tax code.
This should be doable, given both parties have sounded similar notes about wanting reform that lowers the statutory corporate tax rate while broadening the base of tax-paying corporations. The White House last year outlined its "revenue-neutral" blueprint of how to get there, offering to lower the rate to 28 percent and make up the difference by closing loopholes, ending certain tax subsidies and other changes. Republicans say they're all for lowering the rate but argue it doesn't need to be revenue-neutral since a lower rate will spur macroeconomic growth (which, in turn, will lower the deficit). This is a divide that can be bridged, perhaps not easily but without great difficulty if both sides agree to compromise.
Limiting tax breaks was also a bipartisan theme in earlier fiscal cliff talks, with both parties suggesting it was time to reduce the value of tax expenditures that cost the U.S. $1 trillion per year. The new law does this to some extent, but taxpayers will need a good accountant to figure out how to calculate what they owe (one look at this Tax Policy Center explainer shows why). The law reinstates the "Pease" limitation on itemized deductions (named after former Ohio Democratic Representative Donald Pease) and the personal exemption phase-out. Both limit the exemptions and deductions for taxpayers who exceed certain thresholds ($250,000 for individuals, $275,000 for heads of household and $300,000 for married couples).
President Barack Obama has offered his own, more streamlined version of the same idea -- limiting the benefit of deductions for people in the higher tax brackets by treating them as if they were in the 28 percent bracket. The plan would increase revenue by more than $288 billion over the next decade. Republicans have also suggested setting an overall cap, which could bring in significantly more money than Obama's plan or the reinstated limits.
The bottom line is that it's hard to see how lawmakers will avoid talking taxes during the next round of fiscal discussions. Doing so is actually in both parties' interest and can help clean up a cluttered tax code, lower the tax burden for corporations and also raise some revenue for a cash-strapped nation.
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Northstar Engines and System Technical Discussion Discussion, How to Diagnose in Cadillac Engine Discussion; I was wondering if anyone could tell me what I need in order to diagnose the codes on my 99 ...
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How to Diagnose
I was wondering if anyone could tell me what I need in order to diagnose the codes on my 99 STS. The check engine light recently came on and seems to come and go. The car runs perfectly fine but this light is buggin me. Is there something that the car has to assist me in this or do I need a diagnostic tool? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Your Cadillac has onboard diagnostics that can be displayed in the driver's information center. Check http://caddyinfo.netgetgoing.com/readingcodes.html for how to display for various years. Then post the codes you get here.
Thanks Bruce, I really appreciate it. Ok, the codes I got are as follows...
AMP U1064 History
PCM P0404 History
PCM P1522 History
PCM P1810 History
I did get the codes while the car was running also...
I don't know what they mean and hope that maybe you guys could shed some light.... Hate to make my first posts this way, thanks in advance. BTW it is a 99 STS.
I luv my car, hate that light
DTC U1064 Loss of Communications with DIM
(DIM = Dash Integration Module)
The class 2 serial data line communicates information between modules. Each module connected to the serial data line is assigned a recognition code, or address. This code is used in order to identify which modules are communicating. Modules communicate with each other by periodically sending state of health (SOH) messages. When the ignition switch is in RUN, each module communicating on the serial data line sends a SOH message every 2 seconds. This ensures that the system is operating properly. When the dash integration module (DIM) stops communicating on the class 2 serial data line, the SOH that is normally sent on the serial data line every 2 seconds disappears. The module, which expects to receive that message, detects the absence of the message. The module in turn sets DTC U1064 associated with the loss of SOH of the DIM
DTC P0404 Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Open Position Performance (bingo - this will set a light for you)
This diagnostic test checks for a malfunction in the circuitry and hardware of the Linear EGR valve. The ability of the PCM to control the EGR valve is checked with this test. When the PCM commands the EGR valve to a desired position and changes that position less than a calibratable amount, this test then checks the EGR pintle position error. If the pintle position error, which is the difference between the desired pintle position and the actual pintle position, is too great then this DTC is set.
My reference does not show P1522. Here are some close to that:
DTC P1520 Transmission Range Switch Circuit
DTC P1524 Throttle Closed Position Performance
DTC P1527 Transmission Range to Pressure Switch Correlation
DTC P1810 TFP Valve Position Switch Circuit
The automatic transmission fluid pressure (TFP) manual valve position switch consists of five normally open switches. Ignition voltage is applied to each of the switches. By grounding one or more of these switches with fluid pressure from the manual valve, the PCM can detect which gear range is selected.
If the PCM detects an invalid combination of the TFP manual valve position switch, then DTC P1810 sets. DTC P1810 is a Type B DTC.
So looks like you need to clean or replace your EGR valve, and you are having some type of transmission switching issue.
wow, thanks a lot bruce. I really appreciate the information. Is the egr hard to change out. I am handy with tools but some of this stuff on the car I am unfamilar with. I like working on cars and since my warranty is just out I would rather do this myself than pay the dealer high dollars to fix something that may take only a few hours or so. I think I will do some research and get me a manual... Thanks for the help and information.
Here is more info on EGR valve cleaning:
Check ebay or helminc.com for a shop manual; they are great.
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I had the most inconsistent day today. My first three runs were off course.
The second was pathetic. I made one turn, looked at the course and had no idea of where to go. I slowed way down, said AW F**K IT!! and just drove the last part of the course.
I thought I screwed the pooch on the fourth run as well thinking I went off course at the end. Did not even listen to the time I got thinking the run sucked anyway. Turns out it was good enough for second place in STX.
WhiteReX2004 (Joe) did quite well, taking third. Nice going Joe! Way more consistent than I was.


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The deal brought the Eagles picks in the second, third and fifth rounds in exchange for their first round pick (26th). Dallas took Anthony Spencer, a defensive end out of Purdue, with their newly acquired first round pick. The move only dropped the Birds down ten spots and they used the pick to take a quarterback.
Kevin Kolb wasn't the highest rated quarterback on the board when the Eagles made their first selection, but he was the guy that they tabbed. The University of Houston quarterback was suitably surprised. "It was a shock," said Kolb of being picked where he was. Kolb would now be the heir-apparent to replace Donovan McNabb, a task that he's willing to undertake. "That is the reason they took me, that's the reason they had faith in my skills in what I do and I am anxious to get behind these older guys and get to learn from them over the next however long," explained Kolb.
While others didn't have Kolb rated as the best overall player - or even the hightest rated quarterback available - Andy Reid feels differently. "For the first time since I've been here, we've actually been able to sit there during the draft and take the best player we thought was on the board at that time," said Reid of drafting Kolb. The Eagles' head coach was quick to kill any thought that their selection of a quarterback was a sign that Donovan McNabb wouldn't be ready to open the season. "I'd like to make it very clear that this is not about [QB] Donovan McNabb and his progress. He's doing great and is going to continue to do great. He's going to have a heck of a year and years to come," stressed Reid. "This was strictly sticking to what we had on the [draft] board and taking the best player at that time, and obviously we did it through a trade down, out of that 26th pick there."
As for dealing with the Cowboys, Reid said it was a deal that was handled at the highest levels, with owner Jeffrey Lurie working out the deal. "What we do is break up who's going to call who, and it's memoed by who's most familiar with whom, and Jeff obviously has a great relationship with Jerry and Jerry does a lot of deals. So, that's what Jeffrey did; he talked with Jerry and did a great job there," explained Reid of the deal that could wind up being somewhat controversial if Spencer were to come in and help the Cowboys defense to any great extent.
With their own second round pick, the Birds made a more conventional move when they selected DE Victor Abiamiri out of Notre Dame. Abiamiri isn't regarded as a sure thing after a senior season that a lot of experts considered somewhat disappointing. The Eagles could use some help at the defensive end position, although they do have a number of defensive ends on the roster, and will look for Abiamiri to get his game turned around so he can have an impact with the team in the very near future. Abiamiri believes he can contribute sooner rather than later. "I believe so. I am going to go into the season with high expectations in myself. I am going to go in ready to compete and learn from the older guys. Hopefully, I will see the field on Sundays," said Abiamiri in a conference call after being drafted by the Eagles.
Reid thinks that Abiamiri will provide some quality competition and he just couldn't resist adding another defensive lineman when they had the chance to grab Abiamiri. "Well again, if they're good ones, they're hard to find. I always look to upgrade the lines, and I want great competition there. If there's a good one sitting there, I'm going to take him, and I felt this kid was good [DE Victor Abiamiri]," said Reid.
The Eagles used the third rounder acquired from the Cowboys to take LB Stewart Bradley from Nebraska. Bradley could be the first day sleeper for the Eagles as a lot of draft gurus see him as an underrated player who may be best off shifting from outside linebacker to inside linebacker in the NFL. There are holes in Bradley's pass coverage abilities, but he's solid against the run.
The day ended with the Eagles going after Penn State running back Tony Hunt with the 90th overall pick. The Birds like Hunt's ability to catch the ball out of the backfield and are cautiously optimistic that his penchant for letting go of the football is something that they can cure.
The fact that the Eagles didn't draft any help for their secondary on day one is surprising, but Reid thinks the team is okay with the players that they've got on the roster. "I think we have pretty good players there. We're okay there," said Reid of his secondary players. Coming into the draft, their secondary seemed to be the area that they would look to find help for, but they didn't address that need at all with any of their four picks.


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Northbound I-25 shuts down after an accident near milemarker 104 in Pueblo (KRDO). The CS Independent takes a look at the state pension fund, known as PERA. The maintenance of state roadways may fall to local jurisdictions (CS Independent). Senator Mark Udall (D) plans visits to Walsenburg and the San Luis Valley (Chieftain).
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Falcon School District 49 schedules a special meeting for tonight (Gazette), and the district cuts three top positions (Gazette, KRDO).
COO of Colorado Springs-based semi-conductor company Ramtron resigns (Gazette, CSBJ). The media companies that own the Gazette and the Denver Post are rumored to be talking about a merger (Gazette, Wall Street Journal*). The CS Independent profiles long time D-11 employee Mike Poore as he prepares to leave for a superintendent job in Arkansas. City Council prepares to vote on putting the future of Memorial Health System on the next ballot (CS Independent).
Farmers show interest in the Arkansas Valley Super Ditch project (Chieftain). Florence City Council approves a photo display at the Colorado Municipal League Headquarters in Denver (Canon City Daily Record).
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Mumbai, Sep 11: Chairman of selectors, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, is confident about India's chances at the ICC World T20, as he predicted an Indian triumph in the World Cup, that is starting on September 18.
According to Srikkanth, Team India has the right balance and is the strongest team on paper. Moreover, the squad has very good players, as it is difficult for the think-tank to select the playing XI.
"In eight days' time the T20 World Cup is starting. This team has the potential to win the T20 World Cup," said Srikkanth.
"I am pretty confident. The positive energy and prayers of the one billion Indian people will come strongly again like in the 2011 World Cup to give energy to the Indian cricketers to help them win. I would be chairman when the tournament starts but would be ex-chairman when India win," he said.
While the team of selectors - Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Surendra Bhave and Narendra Hirawani all stepping down from their posts after completing their term at the Cricket Board's AGM on Sep 28, they are finally picking the team for Irani Cup, India 'A' and 'B' squads for the NKP Salve Challenger Series.
Srikkanth, who was in Mumbai to select the above squads, said 2011 World Cup triumph was the highlight of the panel's tenure.
"We all had a dream and a goal when we took over (as members of) the selection committee... can we win the 2011 World Cup? We went getting prepared for the World Cup.
Srikkanth, who was a part of the World Cup winning team in 1983 led by Kapil Dev, said he was personally satisfied with the Indian cricket team's achievement in the recent years, especially the World Cup win under Dhoni's captaincy.
"The Indian team played brilliantly and we could win the World Cup which, I would say, was the high point of this particular selection committee... in the sense that we could win the World Cup after 28 years," the former India opener said.


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ATLANTA (AP) — Renowned musicians Philip Glass and Lang Lang are set to perform at Emory University.
The university says they are to be part of the 2013-14 Candler Concert Series, which is held at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.
The series is set to celebrate the work of Glass, the influential composer and musician, throughout the fall. Glass is set to play piano along with violinist Tim Fain for a Sept. 27 concert. He will be on campus Sept 25-27 for residency activities.
Pianist Lang Lang is set to give a concert at Emory on Feb. 20, 2014. He has played sold-out concerts all over the world and was a featured performer at the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Thanks to everyone who celebrated International Tempranillo Day!
For 2016, the date was Thursday, November 10, 2016. Thanks to everyone who celebrated #TempranilloDay with us!
Looking forward to Thursday, November 9, 2017!
In 2011, TAPAS organized the first annual International Tempranillo Day: A celebration of the Tempranillo grape with all its regional synonyms. We encouraged everyone to open a bottle of Tempranillo, enjoy the fun, and share their experiences online with the hashtag #TempranilloDay or #Tempranillo.
Tempranillo, indigenous to Spain and used in the great Rioja and Ribera del Duero wines, is planted in 500,000 acres of the world's vineyards, making it the fourth most planted wine grape, and that would be enough to celebrate.
Until recently, this noble grape's entire acreage was almost all grown in Spain. Perhaps others were confused by the 60 or more regional synonyms for Tempranillo, which in itself may be a record worth celebrating.
But things have changed: knowledge of this noble grape is rapidly spreading, creating excitement and a spirit of cooperation among adventurous vintners bringing this Old World variety to New World soils. Tempranillo today is grown in many more countries including the United States, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, France, Portugal, Turkey, Canada, China, Thailand, and more. And that's why we established International Tempranillo Day.
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Here's Brandi. She likes to try and be "camo" little does she know that she has white whiskers, socks and chin. Look at those big googley eyes!!!!
ETA: not sure why the picture is sideways because I didn't take it like that, nor does it show up like that on my computer :/
ETA (again): 2nd picture is Brandi with her beloved wheatgrass. She loves her grass as you can clearly tell. I think she's smiling


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People write me all the time asking me to share their web page or promote their project. I ignore most of the emails because they're either laughably off our topic, shabbily done, or unpleasantly slick and salesy.But I slowed down and re-read Nancy Furtado's email asking to help with her Kickstarter for Slumber Stories, a homemade story dice game. Storytelling has been a popular theme around here and I like to support small businesses and stay-at-home parent projects, but I wondered why … [Read more...]
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I purchased my Passat new about 3 months ago. It's really started raining the past month and I've noticed my wipers smear the rain water all over my windshied, almost leaving a haze. I can barely drive at night because of the smear job they do. I have cleaned the windshied several times, thinking that was the culprit.
So I call VW service today and the guy says they'll take a look at it and it's a chronic problem with new VWs. They've tried replacing wiper inserts, adjusting the angle of the wiper arm, replacing the arms and cleaning the windshield, but nothing seems to work. I found a couple TSBs on it.
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There's not much that makes a BBQ Pork sandwich better than sharing it with a darling little blond boy that reminds me so much of my own big one.
Emily gave me this recipe and it was a lifesaver with ten people to feed for dinner last week. I served it on whole wheat buns with cole slaw and baked beans.
The pork is studded with garlic cloves before cooking it on a layer of onion slices in the crock pot all day and the homemade sauce is added about an hour before serving it.
Your house will smell so yummy!
Unlike this kid who gets in trouble for certain loud noises erupting from his mouth at the table! :)
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Another Fun Jersey Shore Night At FirstEnergy Park
When you get weather like we had yesterday and you wrap up a day at a Lakewood BlueClaws baseball game, you know you're enjoying a summer day at the Jersey Shore, even before summer starts.
Diane and I took my Mom and Dad to the game last night, and it's always great to see someone's first reaction to the ballpark. They loved it and loved the fact that it's a great night for the whole family.
And I love how convenient it is. No ninety minute drive one way to see a baseball game, and no ticket prices that force you to tap into your savings account. It's a fun night with easy parking, reasonable prices and an environment that is fantastic for the kids. It's nice to see baseball where the fan is as important as the game.
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If it doesn't fit I will send you the right size. Send me an email to [email protected] with your original order number, product code, and size of the costume you need. I will get your new costume on the way to you. I will then email you the item return address and return instructions. Your original basic shipping cost up to $6.00 will be refunded. You will not be charged basic shipping for your new costume on exchanges. It is important that you follow the return instructions and only return it to the address I provide you. (Do not return it to our Wilmington office address.)
If you want to return an item I will be very sad. However my job is to make you happy. So send me an email to [email protected] with your order number. I will respond back by email with return and handling instructions. It is important that you follow the return instructions and only return it to the address I provide you. (Do not return it to our Wilmington office address.) REMINDER: You have up to 120 days after purchase to contact me and initiate the return.
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Fox Overlooks The Facts In Rush To Pin Auto Industry Job Losses On Obama
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The Obama campaign recently released a new ad highlighting the way venture capital firm Bain Capital, under Mitt Romney's leadership, handled the takeover of a steel mill that later went bankrupt. Bain Capital walked away with millions in profit and consulting fees while hundreds of GST Steel workers lost their jobs and many more lost a percentage of their pensions. The U.S. government ultimately had to intervene to cover the mill's pension payments.
Fox News is defending Romney by pointing to the Obama administration's handling of the auto industry's rescue and the dealerships that were closed under the managed bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler -- which resulted in significant job losses.
Fox & Friends' Brian Kilmeade highlighted the losses when he claimed that "there's no way the president should have been cutting dealerships and making these demands. He knew nothing about the car business -- that was way over the line." Kilmeade added: "He's talking about costing jobs, he went in and fired a bunch of people."
Fox News contributor Byron York similarly argued that Romney and his supporters should bring up the dealerships closed during the auto rescue and the "tens of thousands" of jobs lost as a result. Senior Fox political analyst Brit Hume advised Romney to "talk about the dealerships, the auto dealerships that were closed down when the government took control of a couple of the auto companies," adding, "an awful lot of people lost their jobs."
But to compare Bain's treatment of GST Steel to the Obama administration's handling of the auto crisis is not only "fairly silly," it ignores important facts.
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the auto industry had already experienced the bulk of its job losses by the time President Obama took office in January 2009 -- more than 178,000 jobs were lost in the auto dealer industry between January 2008 and January 2009.
Furthermore, the decision to close the auto dealerships had been made by the car companies before the Obama administration took over -- in fact, as the restructuring and finance deal GM was required to submit to the Bush administration shows, GM had already planned to reduce its dealerships by 25 percent:
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Due to the Company's long operating history and legacy locations, many GM dealerships now operate from outdated facilities that are also no longer in the prime locations required to succeed. As a result, the traditional strength of GM's broad dealer network in major markets has become a disadvantage for both the dealerships and the Company. GM has long recognized this issue and, since 1970, has reduced the U.S. dealer body by over 6,000 dealerships.
To continue to address this issue, GM will accelerate the right-sizing and re-shaping of its dealer network in major markets, increasing volume throughput in better locations.
As noted in Table 3, from 2004 to 2008, GM dealerships declined by 15% (from 7,367 to 6,246). Over the next four years, GM dealerships will be reduced at an accelerated rate, declining by a further 25% (from 6,246 to 4,700).
Chrysler's restructuring plan didn't detail the number of dealerships it planned to close, but it did claim that under a worst-case scenario, with the company facing liquidation, 3,300 dealerships would have gone out of business.
In the end, the Obama administration's managed bankruptcy process accelerated the dealership closings. From Bloomberg:
The department's autos task force in early 2009 found Detroit-based GM's plan for closing 1,650 dealers by 2014 too slow, according to Barofsky's report. In response, GM identified 1,454 dealerships to be shut down by October, Barofsky said.
Auburn Hills, Michigan-based Chrysler, which planned to shut almost 1,200 dealerships by 2014, instead decided to immediately close 789 in bankruptcy, after Treasury's urgings, according to the report.
The Treasury Department, using advice received from industry experts, had encouraged smaller dealer networks to help the carmakers boost sales and better compete with Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., according to the report.
According to economist Mark Zandi, the cuts were necessary: "The dealer network was part of the problem ... It was bloated and had not rationalized to weakening levels of sales. It's now rationalized, restructured and meddle-tested. They have gone through a wrenching process."
Data on dealership profits shows Zandi is correct. Crain's Detroit Business reported that a report from the National Automobile Dealers Association showed that dealership profits in the first five months of 2010 nearly doubled compared to the same time a year before. According to Bloomberg, "[i]ndustrywide per-store dealership profit has almost tripled from 2008." Bloomberg also reported:
A smaller dealer network is working for GM and Chrysler. More than 90 percent of GM's dealers were profitable in 2011, up from 57 percent in 2008 and the highest since the mid-1970s, said Tom Henderson, a company spokesman. Chrysler said in a regulatory filing last week that 86 percent of its dealers in the U.S. reported being profitable last year, up from 49 percent in 2008.
On May 3, GM announced it had posted its ninth consecutive profitable quarter; conversely, it was Chrysler's first profitable quarter since 2006.
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Whether they were precision instruments for the mining industry, astronomical devices for maritime navigation or ballistic machines for military deployment, every item that Elector August and his successors placed in the Kunstkammer, which was founded in 1560, had to be of outstanding quality. Elector August purchased – mainly from the imperial cities of Nuremberg and Augsburg – tools and scientific instruments which represented the very latest in technical innovation. They simultaneously met the extremely high artistic demands of a prestigious princely collection: gilt instruments that made use of mathematics and mechanics to survey the heavens and the earth, to explore mysteries and to symbolically reinforce the position of court society. About 150 years later, August the Strong not only purchased scientific instruments but also engaged the services of talented craftsmen and brought them to Saxony. In association with local craftsmen, they laid the foundations for the development of a Saxon instrument-making industry manufacturing top-quality products.
It was also August the Strong who, in 1728, established the »Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments« as an independent museum in the Zwinger. Shortly afterwards, the first inventory was produced. In 1746 the museum was given the name it still bears today. Although the collection had by now taken on the character of a museum, many of the inspectors responsible for it were practising scientists or instrument makers and used the apparatus as Elector August had done in earlier times. Today the task of the museum is to preserve these breathtakingly beautiful and technically brilliant instruments for future generations and to present them to the public as testimony to a bygone age. For this purpose, the building is currently being refurbished prior to the opening of a newly designed exhibition in which more than a thousand fascinating objects will be on display.


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Follow the instructions (and/or one of the workarounds) and the PlayMaker performs very well. AirPlay performance is excellent as you would expect for a lossless standard while the two-second response time to music control is as low as we have seen from the standard. Quality will depend entirely on the bitrate of your source files and the performance of your speakers, with the PlayMaker providing no bottleneck.
DNLA requires specific codec support with Flac lossless streaming available, though MP3, AAC and WMA are restricted to 320k-bit this is unlikely to be detrimental to anything but the most high-end of speaker setups. Lag time is entirely dependent on the speed of your network and typically, like AirPlay, no more than a few seconds however the absence of 5GHz support in its 802.11n wireless streaming is disappointing considering both 2.4GHz and 5GHz are offered by AirPort Express. Unlike AirPort Express the PlayMaker also cannot act as a wireless signal extender and so does not boost wireless reception around the home from wherever it is positioned.
There is a further complication. While the PlayMaker has both B&O's proprietary connectivity and phono ports there is no way to switch sources and the B&O cables always override, so the PlayMaker is purely designed for one set of speakers.
All of which brings us to a key factor, price. While the PlayMaker offers the crucial addition of DLNA, compared to the £79.99 AirPort Express it's twice the size and weight, cannot drive passive speakers without an amp, lacks 5GHz Wi-Fi, omits optical and 3.5mm auxiliary outputs and cannot extend wireless signal. Which brings us back to the core of the statement made in the introduction to this review, because B&O has priced the PlayMaker at an eye watering £349.
At this price you can buy four AirPort Express units (and have change left over), hook them up to speakers and docks all around your home and toggle between them at will. There are also DLNA streamers available for a fraction of the cost. For example, the more powerful and flexible Sonos Connect and Connect Amp units cost £279 and £399 respectively. Why would you buy the PlayMaker then? Quite simply for non-B&O speakers you wouldn't, but the PlayMaker is the only way to output audio via its BeoLab 3. A self-made problem? Completely.
The PlayMaker is a bamboozling product. It is essentially a crippled AirPort Express that costs more than four times as much. Even the bonus of DLNA connectivity cannot remotely offset this excessive cost. As such its role only adds considerable cost to B&O's own BeoLab 3 speaker, which could have simply built both standards in and thus avoided the problem. The PlayMaker's dreary design, poor build quality and cheap construction materials are also considerable cause for concern. Products like the brilliant BeoPlay A9 have seen B&O go on a great run, however the PlayMaker falls well short.
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"Chronically expensive"....
Chronic: persisting for a long time or constantly recurring. Often contrasted with acute.
So it has been expensive for a long time?
I think he meant "comically"
"cannot drive passive speakers without an amp". No, Airport express can't do that either.
"but the PlayMaker is the only way to output audio via its BeoLab 3". WRONG!!! BeoLab 3 Works with all B&O-products and all other non-B&O pre-amp-outputs via an adapter cable.
"It is essentially a crippled AirPort Express that costs more than four times as much." Yes its pricy, but the sonic performance of the analog audio output of the PlayMaker is lightyears better than the, excuse me, crappy performance of the Airport Express.
You should buy the PlayMaker if sound quality matters to you and you need both DLNA and AirPlay support. So, calling it crippled is, to me, highly incomprehensible.
The phono ports are for line in, not line out.
I think the reporter is right, With his salary it is expensive and I don't think this brand was aiming at pleasing his income range. If you like this brand there is a reason to spend on it and if you don't then it is not for you.
The writer obviously knows very little about B&O speakers and hasn't read the Playmaker manual properly. Beolab 3s can be connected to ANY volume-controlled source - simple buy the required cables which are very cheap.
He also totally fails to read the manual where he would have seen that the Playmaker has Line Inputs (unlike an Apple Airport Express which he fawns over...) which enable connection of pretty much any standard audio device. Instead we get a load of chat about the 'phono outputs for active speakers and no built-in amp'. No-one in their right mind would want an amp built in to this product - it's made to hide away if required - and most would want to choose their own amp anyway.
Seems that the Playmaker has been marked down here because it isn't an all-round solution for everyone. In fact, for it's purpose it is very good. If you have B&O speakers this is a really great product.
Please try to be more objective in future and think about who the product is intended for.
Quite a stupid comment there Fernando. Admitedly the reporter has missed the point of Playmaker's functionality and intended use, although not all B&O clientele are snobs you know. No need the shoot the guy over his salary range either.
Playmaker is fantastic and B&O's answer for a wireless audio codec system to provide higher quality reproduction- it's a propriety solution for a propriety system and WOW! It makes the world of difference, I've noticed over the year, particularly when playing 320k streams via Spotify, Pandora or FLAC 24-bit /96khz.
It's certainly brought further appreciation into the skills of B&O engineering/design into what they can achieve combining both the aesthetics and sound reproduction, which generally don't go hand in hand.
If you haven't yet acquired the playmaker for your B&O system, I highly recommend you spare change and do so. You'll certainly appreciate the difference it makes in years to come.
I really like how my Playmaker complements my Beolab 5's. I find only 1 flaw—its aesthetic design. Its so ordinary I just hide it out of sight behind the stereo console instead of proudly featuring it on our living room like the rest of our B&O equipment.
A fairly uninformative review. The main purpose of this product is to provide wireless audio from a range of devices into (most usually but not exclusively) B&O active speakers. There are a range of devices out there that can do this. I myself am using the Crystal Accoustics BluDAC (It too has it's strengths and limitations, cost=£80).
If one is to compare this with an Airport Express, the issues of most interest to anyone prepared to pay for quality audio reproduction, are the specifications and performance of the DAC. How does it sounds when used with a pair of Beolabs and how does that compare to other wireless DACs?
From this review I doubt any effort was made to assess the sonic performance.
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The E36 chassis 3-Series BMW was a huge hit among driving enthusiasts from the first moment the car hit the pavement. The E36 won numerous awards over the years it was produced and is still a favorite of many BMW enthusiasts to this day! -- View the E36 Wiki
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So I bought and installed a weighted selector rod. I got a rogue engineering Octane WSr. very easy install, less than 15 minutes, and the results are amazing! The car shifts incredibly smoother, and easier too. I did run into a snag though. It seems that since my car is a 9/94 production, there are 2 possible selector rod choices for it. Pre 9/94 used a 189 mm selector rod, while post 9/94 uses a 198 mm selector rod. Seems since my car is a bastard production date, I could have either. Well, the WSR I bought is a 198, my car unfortunately came factory with the 189 and it's a 1/2" difference. While it's not huge, it does make shifting a bit odd. Second and fourth are now in the vicinity of where neutral should be, and 1st, 3rd, 5th, and reverse are all "far away". Since the WSR is able to be disassembled, I am taking it into work to modify the length to the proper distance. I'm not cutting off the excess because once altered, It will be a "universal" that can be used for either the pre 9/94 325, post 9/94, AND the M3/328i yes, it will loose a few grams of mass with machining, but it will still be almost a lb heavier than factory.
BTW, I could make these VERY easily at work...
Wow... is the forum that dead? Anyway, i must add that i bought the ZHP shift knob to go along with the weighted selector rod. Again, a marked improvement in shift smoothness. Anyone who has a short shifter should buy this knob. It's 5.4 oz. and about 3/4" shorted then the factory knob. The reduction in height made the shifter even shorter than the 40% I already have, and the added 4 oz. or so really made a difference. The weight is most noticeable on the down stroke, or after the peak of the shift. First to second shifts are especially pleasing now.
Hrm, interesting. Will need to check this out...
BTW, I have a short shift kit (can't live without it), but I don't know if it has the WSR or not. Mine is pre-9/94, would you be able to tell me the mass of your factory one, and where you got Rogue one from?
Mine shifts incredibly smooth now, so no telling if I'll buy it or not, but I'd like to check it out.
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Ok...this is getting ridiculous. Someone come buy a few of these things.
Phantom, The factory selector rod is pretty light as it's hollow. The Rogue WSR is almost a full LB heavier. Plenty of info can be found on the Rogue engineering website regarding it. They run around $95 and since you have a pre 9/94 production you will also need to purchase and install the updated selector rod joint on the tranny. (another $34 in parts from Pelican) It was a marked improvement in shifting and it also removed a bit of teh slop in the shifter. I still have yet to install the new selector joint, but I'm very pleased with the results thus far.
Now, the ZHP shift knob I bought through the group buy section of Bimmerforums for $54 shipped. They typically run upwards of $100 so I jumped in while the getting was good. Not only is the shift knob shorter by 3/4" to further reduce your throw, but it is also about 2 1/2 times heavier than the factory gooseneck style shift knob. This will do much the same thing as the WSR does but since it is above the pivot point, will help mostly with the speed at which you shift. This shift knob is touted aas the "world best shift knob" for ANY BMW and let me just say that I have to agree!
Hrm, well, the WSR won't be happening any time soon. Don't really have anything extra for non-essential parts. May be getting a job soon so that will help
If this is the ZHP shifter you're talking about, I already have it. Thanks P.O.!
Unfortunately, I have no clue whether I have the WSR. I may check it out this Sunday if I've got some time @ the tech meet.
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Ok...this is getting ridiculous. Someone come buy a few of these things.
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Historically, California's population was centered in the northern half of the state, but it has steadily moved southward, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is now in Shafter, a city just outside Bakersfield.
In its 2010 Guide to State and Local Census Geography, the bureau plots the state's population center from 1880 through the 2010 census.
"The center is determined as the place where an imaginary, flat, weightless and rigid map of the United States would balance perfectly if all residents were of identical weight," according to the bureau.
In 1880, the state's center was just west of Stockton, but by 1910, it fell west of Fresno. Twenty years later, it moved closer to Bakersfield, and the middle of the state's population has roughly stayed in that area ever since.
In addition to plotting the historic center of each state's population, the guide presents facts on several aspects of state geography. For instance, California's entry tracks "108 federally recognized American Indian areas," with 104 classified as reservations and the remaining four as land trusts or tribal statistical areas.
Not surprisingly, communities in and around Los Angeles County dominate the list of biggest and most populous areas in California.
The guide covers the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and promises information soon on the U.S. island areas of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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As severe winter weather subsides, the American Red Cross is asking eligible blood and platelet donors to help offset a shortfall in donations.
In the Paducah area, severe winter weather forced the cancellation of eight Red Cross blood drives, resulting in about 400 fewer than expected blood donations the past 30 days.
"It's the blood products already on the shelves that help save lives when severe weather hits," said Tim Ryerson, CEO of the Red Cross Tennessee Valley Blood Services Region, in a statement. "Thanks to generous Red Cross blood and platelet donors, blood products were available for patients who still needed transfusions despite the weather. Now we invite those previously 'frozen out' from giving blood or platelets to come in soon."
Platelet donors, as well as blood donors with the most in-demand blood types - O positive and negative, A negative and B negative - are urgently needed to give blood in the days and weeks ahead to offset the shortfall.
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There should be glazing beads either on the inside or out that can be popped out using either a screwdriver or scraper. Becareful to not damage them so that you can reuse them. If you do not already have the replacement sash, you'll need to make exact measurements of the width x height. Taking the IGU out is a little bit harder. It is done best with a deglazing tool which most DIYers don't usually have, but it can be done with a 5-way(scraper).
Have you thought about just having it done professionally? The cost should not be too bad, plus they can do it quicker and easier with the right tools and knowledge.
I thought a window that has a top and bottom sash would be called 'double' hung. How about a picture?
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"This is historic. Digital currency will be an important part of the future and Overstock is excited to be the first major online shopping retailer to accept it," states Overstock.com Chairman and CEO Patrick M. Byrne. "As one who believes in limited government, this attracts me because it is a form of money that no government mandarin can will it into existence."
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Briot USA and Visionix Introduce VL1000 Automatic Lensmeter
Top Line: Visionix, Inc. and Briot USA are introducing the VL1000 automatic lensmeter.
Close Up: The VL1000 automatic lensmeter provides fast and easy measurement of progressive, prism, PD, UV and contact lenses. With recognizable icons, the VL1000 offers a user-friendly graphical interface for immediate understanding. Dynamic displays are shown through the color LCD. In the PAL mode, progressive lenses are automatically detected, with a graph to improve accuracy and speed in the measurement of near and far vision. The VL1000 offers a UV mode with graphical presentation of the percentage of UV transmission. Soft and hard contact lenses are measured easily and precisely using the specialized mechanical jig and display. "Speed and accuracy, combined with a competitive price, make the new VL1000 automatic lensmeter the best value in the market," said Joel Kozlowski, marketing director of Visionix.
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Eschenbach Optik's New Video Magnifier Provides High-Definition Image
Top Line: According to Eschenbach Optik, its new video magnifier, the Prisma HD, offers the clearest image available among desktop video magnifiers.
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December 2010 Exhibits
December means the end of the calendar year, but it also signals the approach of three major holidays. Hanukkah is celebrated this year from December 1st through December 9th. After Hanukkah comes Christmas on December 25th. At the end of the month, we celebrate Kwanzaa from December 26th until January 1st. The fourth season of our year, Winter, also starts on December 21st this year.
To celebrate these holidays and the Winter season, the WCC Library offers a book exhibit of children's books and recipe books in the bulletin board area for the holidays, with books about Winter in the newspaper area. Feel free to browse these areas and find a good book to cuddle up with during the cold Winter nights.
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