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Hi,it is doubtful the timer is bad,Have you tried running it with the vent off? The most likely cause is either a clogged vent or the coil valve is bad.Please keep in mind,I am not there and need your input to correctly diagnose your problem.
I havent tried running it without the vent attached.
Give that a try and see if it burns properly then.Let me know what happens.
ok. how long should i let it run?
Is it safe to operate while the rear access cover is off?
5 minuets or so.If it is burning properly it should burn for 3 min or so before the burner shuts off.
All I need you to do is disconnect the vent
ok.... running it right now...
ok,I will be right here
it appears that the burner has shut off
right away just like before?
i could see the flame for about 3 minutes and then it appeared to shut off and now has re ignited
Good,that is what it is supposed to do so far.Is it still running?
It should have relit and shut off a few times by now,has it done that?
it has cycled on and off twice since i started it. It appears that the burner has shut off again
So far so good,let it keep running for a bit.Where you are is the weather warm,cool or cold.
now i am getting relatively cool exhaust air out of the vent. burner has not re-ignited. Weather is cold. mid to upper 30's
It sounds like the coil valve,the 2 coils on the gas valve are bad.Do you have a test meter?
great,since you have cleaned it i am assuming you know how to get into it ,unplug it and get to the 2 black coils on the gas valve.remove those and unplug them.you will need to ohm out the coils.Give me a second and i will post the readings to look for.
ok. I am trying to locate the gas valve....I may have to remove another cover.
1 coil has 3 terminals,the number 1 terminal is the left one,then 2 then 3.from 1 -3 should be 550 ohm.
1 and 2 should be 1350 ohms
2 and 3 should be 1900 ohms
on the second coil 1-2 should be 1300 ohms.
If any reading varies by more than 5% or so replace the coils and you should be fine,otherwise let me know
ok. Any idea where the gas valve would be on my dryer? it looks like my flex is connected to a hard pipe that goes under the drum
what is the model number so I can look at the diagram for your dryer
its a kenmore 70 series. still looking for a specific model number
should be around the door opening
ok give me a sec to look at this
I don't see a clear picture,is your front of the dryer 1 piece or 2?
it is one piece not including the door.
pull out the lint screen,remove the 2 screws,grab the top at the front and pull towards you and raise the top.
On the front coming in from the inside are 2 more screws
that hold the front on.it sits on clips at the bottom,just pop it upwards off the clips.Be careful of the wires for the door switch
The coils sit on the gas valve on the right side,just ohm them out
If you run into a problem,Ill be right here
ill test and let u know
on the 3 terminal coil: 1-2 O.L, 2-3 1976 ohms; 1-3 565 ohms
2 terminal coil: 1-2 1314 ohms
when i measure 1-2 on the 3 term, I get a resistance reading for a second and then it reads open or OL
That is the booster coil.You need to replace the coils,part number 279834.If you have a local appliance store they should stock it for around $ 25- 30.
great! i'll try that. I can get a normal resistance reading between 1 and 2, but it doesnt seem consistant.
Those coils are the most failed part for your symptoms after a vent problem.While you are at it I would also take the time to clean the vent going outside.That is the cause of a large number of house fires that most people pay no attention to,me included
ha.... I will try that. I really appreciate your help man. You are doing a great thing in saving people money on service calls. Maybe I'll try to get on just ask. I am an electrician and rarely deal with machines from a component standpoint. thanks again.
i mean just answer
one more thing...do i have to be concerned with any seals or anything or are the coils isolated from the gas?
no,gas will not leak from there
ok thanks.
No problem,please do not forget to rate me,be it good or bad
it will be an excellent rating. thanks again for your help.
if you run into any problems just return here and ask me
ok, i appreciate it.
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Location: Auckland
District: Auckland City
Police Continue Search for Dangerous Male
Police searching for 25 year-old Rory Smyth are renewing appeals for information about his whereabouts. Smyth is wanted on warrants for failing to appear in the Auckland District Court on several charges, including the unlawful possession of shotgun ammunition.
Police inquiries over the past few days have identified him as a person of interest in relation to the October 22 aggravated robbery of Miss Q's, a nightclub in Panmure, during which tens of thousands of dollars was taken at gunpoint by a man in possession of a shotgun.
Smyth is known to be armed and Police consider him to be dangerous and not to be approached.
He is Caucasian, of slim build and stands 180cm tall. He has a distinctive tattoo - "Bad boy" - on the right hand side of his neck [refer to pics on Police website and Facebook].
He may be travelling with or, in the company of, 22 year-old Shannelle Ward, formerly of New Windsor. She is also Caucasian, of thin build and stands 167cm tall [pics also on website/FB].
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
Lean on me.
Or better yet, let me lean on you.
That's the basic (albeit somewhat cynical) principal of most networking groups. From chamber of commerces to business clubs to leads groups to the semi-secret, marginally mysterious fraternal orders of this or that, networking organizations have been around since the small but effective inaugural networking meeting where Adam introduced Eve to the Serpent, who then proceeded to trade our immortal souls for a taste of knowledge. Talk about deficit spending!
Eve was the preliminary, primordial prospect, successfully networked by the world's first and foremost fork-tongued, slippery, slithering salesman. And here we are several millennium later (give or take a few million years, depending on your interpretation of the space-time continuum) still trying to use our fellow original sinners to help us with introductions to ripe, juicy prospects.
I have used networking groups over the course of my career with mixed results, depending on the area, the group, my product and, most important, my commitment to making it work to my benefit.
Let's set ground rules
Rule Number 1: Everybody's in sales. I know that must be depressing for many of you, but we're all out on the street soliciting, flashing our goods and plying our trade (figuratively speaking, of course). Even you doctors and lawyers who went to school to distance yourselves from the rumbling horde are up to your stethoscopes and habeas corporaselling your services, only with fancier degrees and more arcane products.
Rule Number 2: Those who are smart and industrious in selling their product or service will prevail while all others will fall behind. The world of doing business has changed and if you don't change with it, you'll be left in the wake and end up swimming with the fishes.
Smart and industrious selling starts with smart and industrious prospecting. There are many ways to prospect and find new customers, but they basically fall into five categories, listed in ascending order: 5. cold calling, 4. networking, 3. referrals and recommendations, 2. existing and past customers, and 1. contacts through your rich and influential family.
Say you're deficient in number one due to an unfortunate accident of birth, then your existing customers and your past customers represent your best opportunity for new business. Look, I've been around the block a time or two and I know most organizations take the position that renewal business is easy and grows on the money tree in the backyard. Don't fall for that neatly packaged sophistry. Repeat business can sometimes be harder to keep than new business is to develop. All billing you obtain is new business. Period.
Getting referrals and recommendations is where most salespeople fail miserably, and we all get night sweats over cold calling.
That leaves networking, which is a relatively painless and effective method for meeting new prospects, if done correctly. If done incorrectly, it can be a huge waste of time and money. I built my first business through contacts I made at the chamber of commerce, and a guy I used to work with made a lot of money using his contacts through his Freemasons Lodge. One of my neighbors built up a nice clientele from his involvement in the Lions Club, and I had a salesman who developed 100 percent of our business in a medium-sized market through a paid membership in a leads club.
On the other hand, I've had salespeople who got nothing out of leads clubs, and I've been part of business groups that were too large or so diverse that they offered no real help in networking my business.
On top of all those choices of where to put your time and money, there's a proliferation of free business groups and lead clubs springing up all over the place; a sign of the times. However, like everything else, I have seen some good ones and some not so good ones.
So the trick is to find the right group for your product and your market, and that can be difficult and time consuming. Talk to local business leaders and get their opinions. Go online and read up on the different groups -- their websites should give you a pretty good indication of their proficiency. Most groups will let you attend at least one meeting free, so take advantage of that and talk to as many members as you can. Get their business cards and call them; ask a lot of questions. Do your homework upfront and it will pay off in the long haul.
However, it doesn't matter what group you join if you don't work the group. The key to success with any of these types of organizations is putting time and effort into getting to know the members individually. You'll get a chance to meet many of them at the meetings, but the real value comes from getting together one-on-one, an area where many people are less than diligent.
Like the guy who buys the most expensive smart phone, chock full of neat bells and whistles, but ends up using only about 10 percent of its capabilities, if you don't work the group, you're just there for show, a collection of blinking lights and pretty graphics with no discernable use.
Richard Plinke has over 35 years of experience in the areas of sales, sales management and sales training. Find out more at www.howtoselltheplague.com.


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Mikaela Warnes has some big shoes to fill if she wants to follow in her father's footsteps.
John Warnes, of Temple, said last year, he broke a world record of running the most miles on a treadmill in 24 hours.
After recently having ACL surgery, Warnes slowed down his pace and walked alongside his 10-year-old daughter, Mikaela, during her first race Sunday.
About 550 people signed up for 28th annual Silver Classic 5k run and 3k walk, which started at the Metroplex Health System parking lot.
"I'm kinda nervous," Mikaela said. "I do stretches before it and then I do a little warm up and then I start the race. ... I like the running part and mostly being outside."
Mohamed Vazquez was the first to cross the finish line, which was six spots better than when he competed in the Metroplex race in 2012.
Vazquez has run numerous 5k and 10k races and even a few half-marathons. But never a full marathon.
"Maybe next year I'll go into marathons," said Vazquez, 38, of Belton. "It's a tough race so I want to be ready."
Dr. Roy Lewis, an orthopedic surgeon employed by Metroplex Clinic Physicians, and his wife, Dawn Lewis, have participated in the race numerous times with their five children.
"It's basically a family affair. I just want to come out here and have the entire family complete the race. Not necessarily to win, but simply to complete the race," Roy Lewis said.
Dawn Lewis said every year she tries to improve her time.
"I just like being a part of the race and it's another step in my fitness goal," she said. "I bring my kids out here. ... They look forward to it every year."
As Vazquez crossed the finish line with a time of about 18 minutes and 40 seconds, he was happy to be another step closer to his goal of running a marathon.
"It was a little windy in the first part and the last part, but other than that it was a great course," he said. "I like running because it keeps me in shape and I just love it. My whole family was always into running so I've been loving it since I was a kid."


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The board of commissioners approved an operational use permit at their meeting on Tuesday night, after a sand dredging business petitioned to continue its operations at a portion of the South River in Newton County.
Social Circle municipal court judge Jeff Foster is stepping down, after Social Circle city council members unanimously accepted his resignation at their meeting on Tuesday night.
Newton County Reads, a nonprofit, community service organization, has taught adults in Newton County to read since 2000. Their free classes in basic reading skills and GED preparation are conducted through small group instruction and one-on-one tutoring at six locations throughout the county, providing program access to Newton County residents in their own neighborhoods.
A record high number of Newton County School System students took the ACT college entrance exam in 2012 and in the process, increased scores in three content areas (English, reading and science) and the composite score. The district also matched scores from the previous year on the math portion of the test. Although NCSS students increased or maintained in each category, the district's overall scores are still below state and national averages.
CINCINNATI (AP) - Neil Armstrong was a quiet, self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon. The modest man, who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter-million miles away, died Saturday. He was 82.
Covington police, deputies with the Newton County Sheriff's Office and the fire department responded to the intersection of Henderson Mill Road and Lackey Road on Thursday at 11:50 p.m. in reference to a vehicle being on fire. According to a report from the NCSO, officials found a burgundy 2000 Nissan Maxima on fire. Firefighters extinguished the fire from the car and then deputies looked up the tag number on the vehicle and located the owner.
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I've heard those murals are still painted on some of the walls over at the building near the square where so many of my generation spent the summer checking out towering stacks of books and listening to library programs.
Although nearly impossible to confirm, Georgia Bureau of Investigations Medical Examiner Dr. Eric Eason testified Thursday that Tim Clements could have died not only from blunt force trauma to the head, but also smothering.
T.K. Adams is dedicated. He's a dedicated husband and father; he is a dedicated teacher and he has used that dedication for the last two decades in making sure the Newton County Community Band is the absolute best it can be. Not because he has to, but because of his dedication to the music.
Hunter Ferrell of Oxford was selected to attend North Country Rock-n-Wilderness in northern Minnesota. This STUDIO 2B destination is one of many trips offered through Girl Scouting around the U.S. Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Lakes and Pines Council has offered this program for the past 18 years and has hosted girls from throughout the world.
Rotarian Nicole Fleming met new Interact Club applicants at Eastside High School.
Family and friends of the late J. Dixon Hays were in attendance at the Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday night as a portion of a highway was dedicated in his name.
Christian Caldwell, one of the four people charged in the 2009 murder of Timothy Clements, pleaded guilty Thursday to several charges, including malice murder and promised to testify against the alleged mastermind Pablo Maldonado, who is currently on trial and facing the death penalty for the murder of Clements.
Although outside doesn't feel like Christmas just yet, the Arts Association of Newton County is getting into the holiday spirit early by announcing public auditions for its annual Nutcracker ballet.
The group is asking all curious residents to give the ballet slipper a try and come to Mainstream Dance in Covington Saturday, Sept. 8. Auditions for children ages five and six are from noon to 12:30 p.m., ages seven and up, auditions are from 12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Covington police responded to a call about a family fight at a home on Hillside Drive just after 3 a.m. on Tuesday. When police arrived, they spoke to a woman who said her oldest daughter had jumped on her youngest daughter.
Police spoke with the youngest daughter who said her older sister Mallery Smith was mad at her because she thought she had been seeing her boyfriend.
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With the new flat HTC Sense 6.0 interface come new wallpapers, and some of those might be to your liking more than what you currently have plastered all over your homescreen, so we are posting them in the slideshow below. HTC has bet quite a lot on the nature theme this edition, with plenty of dandelions, grass, or seascapes to choose from.
The wallpapers also seem to be color-coordinated with the context themes that HTC introduces with Sense 6.0. They change the looks of the interface automatically, depending on the set of apps you utilize at the moment - green is for data apps like the updated BlinkFeed, or Weather, blue is for the messaging apps set, and so on.
There are new and cool ringtones, too, mostly bearing the names of spices, of all things. If you want to preview or install the whole set, hit the download link below. We've also added the notification and alarm melodies, in case you need a new soothing sound to wake you up in the morning. Click on the "View as one page" option at the end of the slideshow, if you want to save an individual wallpaper with a simple right-click or long-press.


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Convicted felon found with loaded gun, hash lab supplies and nunchucks
EUREKA- A Eureka man was arrested in the Bayshore Mall parking lot Thursday after police discovered a loaded gun, knives, nunchucks and hash lab supplies in his vehicle.
Police say 56 year old Kevin Bruce Couturier was parked suspiciously in the north overflow parking lot of the mall. When officers asked Couturier to step out of his vehicle, he was allegedly uncooperative. Officers found a loaded .22 caliber revolver in his jacket pocket. When searching the vehicle, they found several pounds of processed marijuana, elements for a hash lab, along with numerous knives.
Couturier is a convicted felon. He was booked into the jail on six weapons and drug related charges.


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Jolla's Sailfish OS now compatible with Android hardware and apps
0. phoneArena posted on 16 Sep 2013, 07:39
Finnish-based Jolla, responsible for the MeeGo-spinoff that is the Sailfish OS, has today announced that it has hit a major milestone by achieving compatibility with both Android apps, and the hardware that usually powers Google's OS...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. Googler (Posts: 813; Member since: 10 Jun 2013)
For a second I thought this was some type of flip phone or keyboard phone the way both sides come together. Interesting design, doesn't look bad though. With a design like this, it would be easy to make it bezel free on the front because there's so much to still hold onto.
Getting Google Play would have been great, I'd miss a lot of their services if I changed to this phone. It would be easier moving beyond that as long as the rest of my apps worked though. Can't wait for this to come out, hope they do well.
2. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
I think this OS would be more promising and could prove to be good in the near future. Man look at those skins and phone design (thought that two phones are stuck together :)) like something fresh-n-new, its just awesome.
3. zachattack (Posts: 621; Member since: 31 Jul 2013)
That looks even cooler than android.. too bad we will never get so see it on our phones
4. LetsBeHonest (Posts: 1524; Member since: 04 Jun 2013)
Looks great. I like the design too... And support of android app is just fantastic . Could have been better if it support play store though.
looks promising... Would be better in future...
This will be a nice choice for those who want to try something fresh.
5. Bfrenz (Posts: 191; Member since: 26 Aug 2012)
Isn't that too old news?
6. hboy857 (Posts: 349; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
I really..... really....... want to slap Stephen Elop.
7. Just.Saying (Posts: 132; Member since: 04 Apr 2013)
Join The Club
9. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
Elop: r u kidding me
8. Jericho (unregistered)
NOKIA isn't sold. Just the Mobile division and The LUMIA & ASHA branding have been sold.
Patents have been Licensed for 10 years.
NOKIA can make mobile phones again in 2016.
NOKIA is and always will be A Finnish company.
NOKIA is free from windows phone partnership.
Finally Stephen elop has been sent back to microSOFT.
10. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
yeah Y2J
19. ANANDALTER (Posts: 124; Member since: 07 Feb 2013)
but i miss NOKIA until 2016!!!!!!
11. dragonscourgex (Posts: 307; Member since: 16 Jan 2012)
Just a thought. Couldn't they make a dual boot device? Have it able to boot both Android and Salifish. Could they set it up in a way where they can share the same apps? Boot into Android to get the use of the Play Store, then boot into Sailfish and have access to all the same apps. Is that possible?
15. allawi (Posts: 19; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
In my Nokia n9, I have dual boot, Meego and Android. It's really cool. I am waiting our friends developer to make voice calling function.
12. papss (unregistered)
That is one ugly phone.. I have that design language right down to the speaker holes. I can't comment on sailfish as I've never used it.
13. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Hmm, I wonder if I could use this to breathe new life into the HTC Sensation that just collects dust?
14. iDroid8 (Posts: 155; Member since: 16 Oct 2012)
as some sort of replacement or to fill in the void left by nokia....
well, wasn't that exactly the idea behind newkia?
16. mottykels (Posts: 387; Member since: 15 May 2013)
This is beteee than ubuntu os Im sure ;)
17. tasior (Posts: 265; Member since: 04 Nov 2012)
Jolla please be succesful and kick Elops ass.
18. ANANDALTER (Posts: 124; Member since: 07 Feb 2013)
Will switch to Jolla / Sony Z series until nokia comes back as a solo player. St*&$ MS and Elop


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Kanawha County Schools is investing in unique strategies to turn around struggling schools on Charleston's West Side — some of the lowest-performing in West Virginia.
Starting next year, the four elementary schools (some of which soon will be consolidated) and one middle school located on the crime-ridden West Side will see some major changes as a result of SB 359, legislation passed last year that allows the schools more flexibility in an attempt to improve achievement.
Kanawha County Schools will invest in "family interventionists," similar to social workers, who will act as liaisons between the West Side schools and the community, and also will implement a Parents as Teachers program, as well as provide more staff development for teachers, to ensure customized learning, Superintendent Ron Duerring said Wednesday.
"We're looking at how we operate — looking at each kid individually, to see the work they're doing and, if there are issues, how can we remediate and enrich that child based on their needs. [Instead of] the whole idea that you stand up in front of the classroom and teach, and if they get it, great," Duerring said. "We're looking at individual work."
The school system has set aside funding to hire two family interventionists for the area and also is looking at dedicating money to give teachers more time for planning at those schools, Duerring said.
Parents as Teachers is an international program that emphasizes the importance of parent involvement in a child's educational success and provides early detection of developmental delays in young children.
The program conducts home visits to connect families to trained parent educators, and each visit is personalized, depending on the child's age and the family culture.
The need for the five-year West Side community-development project, which will waive certain state policies to allow a slew of innovative education reforms among the West Side's public schools, was undeniable Wednesday.
Duerring, Kanawha County Schools Assistant Superintendent Jane Roberts, officials from the Governor's Office and other community leaders were taken on an afternoon tour of the West Side by the Rev. Matthew Watts, who's helping lead the reform initiative.
Just about an hour before the "West Side Revive" tour began, a nearby shooting forced Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary School to go on lockdown — the second time that's happened this month.
Wednesday's tour subsequently was overseen by an unplanned police escort.
Mary C. Snow was ranked 398th out of 404 elementary schools in the state last year, according to standardized test scores. Surrounding West Side schools, including Watts, J.E. Robins and Grandview elementaries, reached similar low scores.
More than 90 percent of the students at Mary C. Snow come from low-income families, and the school building is located in the middle of a Drug Marketing Intervention Zone — identified by police as the most crime-ridden part of the neighborhood.
The main goals of the initiative are to improve low attendance rates, decrease high school dropout rates and create a community clearinghouse that would merge several organizations to offer services to West Side students, from birth until they apply to college or enter the work force.
Although the pilot is in its preliminary stage, there have been holdups. Some of the West Side's schools are resistant to move to a recommended year-round instruction calendar that officials say would improve student achievement by cutting back on learning loss during extended breaks.
"We certainly have to meet with the school staff, parents and community members. We have to discuss our thinking and their thinking and see if we can come to a compromise to move forward in the schools, because it's all about achievement," Duerring said. "I think we can all come to common ground, because we're all focused on the same thing — and that's whats best for the children."
Watts said he believes, for education reform to work, everyone has to be on the same page, and that, for the West Side to become a safe neighborhood and cutback on crime, the educational aspects have to work first.
"The schools are the cornerstone for the community-revitalization effort," Watts said. "The recommendations that have been made could help move a culture, but we can't pick the nice parts that we like and fail to realize that the whole idea is that it creates flexibility so that you can do things in the intersession.
"We can't keep doing the same things we've been doing and call it reform. There has to be fundamental changes that we're willing to make."
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Government Study Confirms Goodyear Statistics
AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 29 Goodyear engineers today said a government study that shows widespread tire neglect among American motorists confirms the tiremaker's research. A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study released today revealed that about a third of the light trucks and a quarter of the cars on U.S. roads have at least one substantially underinflated tire. Bill Egan, chief engineer of advanced product design for Goodyear, said, "We're not surprised by NHTSA's findings. Despite all the media attention about government and industry warnings, people still are not keeping their tires inflated to recommended levels." Low inflation pressure creates excessive heat and stress on the tire. Running a tire 20 percent underinflated -- only 4 to 5 pounds per square inch low -- robs fuel economy by a whopping 10 percent. Tread life is reduced by 15 percent, Egan said. NHTSA's survey reflects a continual tire maintenance problem. In the 1970s, NHTSA claimed that half of the nation's cars had underinflated tires. Goodyear conducted its own parking lot survey in the 1990s, sampling 250 vehicles or 1,000 tires. More than 28 percent of the vehicles had one or more low-on-air tires. Goodyear recommends that tire inflation be checked weekly or before a long trip. "Too often, motorists are instructed to inflate their tires to the proper pressure, without a clear definition of what's proper," Egan said. "Also, some service stations and quick-service oil-change shops, which don't work specifically on tires, often get it wrong." According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 51 percent of American drivers check their own tire pressures. Unfortunately, 48 percent of those consult the tire sidewall, which indicates maximum tire pressure. "Correct tire inflation isn't a multiple-choice answer. Part of the problem is the answer may vary according to application and the load to be carried," Egan added. Tires should be inflated to the vehicle manufacturer's recommendations printed on the vehicle door's placard or in the owner's manual. Among the 51 percent of Americans who check their own tire pressure, 86 percent use their own tire gauge, the AAA study indicated. The remainder practice far less reliable methods, such as the 13 percent who use a service station gauge, the 8 percent who simply look at the tire and the 3 percent who thump the tire with a tool. Barring the use of their own tire gauge, Egan said motorists may receive a free tire inspection and free air at their local Goodyear retailer. The NHTSA survey found that 27 percent of cars and 32 percent of vans, pickup trucks and SUVs had at least one tire underinflated. Eight percent of light trucks and 3 percent of cars had all four tires underinflated. To help combat this lack of tire maintenance, all vehicles made after November 2003 will have a pressure-monitoring system to warn drivers about low tire pressure under a rule being drafted by NHTSA. Egan said automakers and tiremakers are working together to increase system installations on new vehicles. Goodyear also is involved with other tire manufacturers, inflation- pressure sensor firms and governing bodies to implement run-flat tire performance guidelines and standards for the industry.


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Quote: We do alot of non basic excercises in class,pushups,crunches,etc. We do alot in class and throughout class,no place specific. Some people feel that working out is for outside of class and class should focus more on technique,etc.. I think it's a crucial part of a good karate class. If we did a class without pushups I would feel like something is missing. How much excercise do you do in class? Do you think it should be a part of the routine or do you think the time could be used in another way?
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I have a hard time buying expensive sports bras, because not only is it going to get sweaty after each use, but the color will fade due to the sheer number of times it has to be laundered. Kelly Dooley, the creator of BodyRock Sport, obviously doesn't care and seems to think the world needs to bring fashion to the gym. She created a sports bra called the Trenta, which retails for $1,850! It not only costs way more than the norm, but also features a whole display of Swarovski crystals! The spandex sports bra was a collaboration with jewelry designer Joseph Knight of Knight & Hammer and features an embellished necklace of silver charms along the neckline of crystals. The designer claims that the embellishment can be removed and worn as a necklace, but I'm sorry … who wants to wear Swarovski to the gym? Or pay almost two grand for a sports bra? [Sassybella]


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The U.S. average retail price of regular gasoline fell almost six cents this week to reach $3.23 per gallon. The average price is $0.25 per gallon higher than last year at this time. The Rocky Mountain region led the way, with the retail price plunging almost a dime compared to last week. The average price in the Midwest was eight cents lower than last week. The West Coast gasoline average registered a decline of six cents; however, the price in the region remained the highest in the country at $3.49 per gallon. The Gulf Coast declined about five cents on the week to the lowest regional average price at $3.04 per gallon. Rounding out the regions, gasoline sold for an average of three and a half cents less on the East Coast this week compared to last week.
The national average diesel price fell for the fourth straight week, shedding almost seven cents to hit $3.83 per gallon. The diesel price is $0.58 per gallon higher than last year at this time. This was the biggest weekly decrease in the average diesel price since May 2010. Diesel prices were down across all the regions with the largest decrease occurring in the Midwest, where the diesel price tumbled more than eight cents below last week's average. The Rocky Mountain average diesel price dropped almost eight cents. The West Coast and Gulf Coast average prices both were down almost seven cents. The East Coast diesel average held the most ground as the price in the region moved down about four cents versus last week.


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Mora came to Rush City last Thursday and downed the Tiger boys basketball team 69-53 in their last regular season game.
"Mora is currently ranked No. 8 in the state according to the QRF (quality results formula), which is what they use to rank teams for playoffs," said coach Jeremy Albright. "They will also finish the regular season as the No. 1 seed in our section. So we knew that it would be one of our toughest matchups of the season."
Albright continued:
"I told the kids before the game that they got a gift — a 'practice playoff game.' We had a good crowd, the pep band was playing. Mora fans were yelling at our kids. It was a playoff atmosphere. We got off to a really good start. We hit some shots and played good defense.
"The biggest thing that hurt us versus Mora was foul trouble. We had several kids in the first half with at least two fouls, and some of them had three. All of the foul calls were legit. We spent too much time reaching instead of playing good position defense with our feet.
"Even with the foul trouble, we took a one point lead into the locker room (31-30).
"The story in the second half was the same as the first: foul trouble. With about 10 minutes left in the game we were up 43-39, but then we had three starters on the bench for a while with four fouls. That is when Mora started to make their run. Even with those kids back in the ball game they couldn't be as aggressive as they normally would.
"Credit Mora for making the plays they needed to make in the second half. They have a good ball club. Definitely the best Mora basketball team since I've been head coach.
"I don't know if I've ever had a team work that hard in a game like we did against Mora. I'm really proud of their effort.
"We move on to the Section 7AA playoffs. We are hoping all of the Tiger fans can make the trip over to watch our game and cheer us on. The boys will work hard and make your trip worthwhile."
The Rush City boys basketball team finished the regular season third in the Great River Conference with a 11-5 conference record and now has a 13-9 overall record. The No. 1-6 section seeded Tigers will travel to Braham to face the No. 1-3 section seeded Bombers (23-2 record) in the first round of Section 7AA playoffs at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 21/9/2012 (1796 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
By Jian Ghomeshi
Penguin, 274 pages, $30
Host of the popular CBC Radio arts program Q, and one of the Mother Corp.'s new generation of visible-minority stars, Jian Ghomeshi has a thing for lists.
In keeping with this enthusiasm, here are some adjectives that describe his new memoir, 1982:
1. Wholesome
2. Adolescent
3. Nostalgic
4. Discreet
5. Narrow
At least there's no false advertising. As his title makes clear, Ghomeshi focuses on one calendar year, 1982, the year he went from age 14 to 15 and from Grade 9 to 10 in Toronto's upscale suburb of Thornhill.
Another recent CBC memoirist, foreign correspondent and former Winnipegger Nahlah Ayed, deals with this period in her life in a page. But Ghomeshi sees it as his formative time -- when he threw himself into music and theatre, discovered his New Wave look, sang in public for the first time, served as his school PA system announcer, and even worked up the courage to ask out an older woman (well, a year older) who shared his passion for David Bowie.
Just don't expect much in the way of drama. In between including lists of everything from the required clothing items for his theatre class to the top moments in the Queen song Under Pressure, he portrays himself as having been a typical Canadian suburban teen, subspecies music geek, and he builds his case with the novelistic eye of a Nick Hornby or a David Mitchell.
Many of his CBC fans will be curious about his Iranian Muslim roots. Ghomeshi discusses them at length, although he emphasizes that his ethnic background has never defined him.
He is, in fact, a poster boy for the cultural assimilationist arguments in Toronto journalist Doug Saunders' new book, The Myth of the Muslim Tide.
Ghomeshi was born in England, where his father, an Iranian-educated engineer, immigrated after university. The family came to Canada in 1974, when Jian (pronounced Zhee-on) was seven and his sister, Jila, now a linguist at the University of Manitoba, was 10.
In a brief paragraph, Ghomeshi writes that his father, "a liberal nationalist," had opposed the shah of Iran for "his excessive and iron-fisted regime" and "originally held high hopes" for the 1979 revolution until it descended into despotism.
The family was secularist. "We never visited a mosque or engaged in any other religious activities," Ghomeshi writes. "In fact, we celebrated Christmas and Easter, and I learned the Lord's Prayer in school in England.... Later on in high school, most of my closest friends would be Jews."
Still, as a boy in Toronto, he felt the sting of bigotry. After the Iranian ayatollahs came to power, he says, kids at school called him a "terrorist."
A neighbour girl insisted he was "an Arab." (Iranians, in fact, are Aryans, though Ghomeshi prefers the adjective Persian.) A mean guy on his hockey squad, frustrated with his brown teammate's incompetence on the ice, said to him, "Why are you even playing hockey, Paki?"
But if young Jian wanted to disown his roots, it was because he yearned to be pale like his idol, the British rock star Bowie, and a New Wave schoolmate, Wendy, on whom he had a wild crush.
The memoir's central incident is his taking Wendy to a summer outdoor rock concert in Toronto, the Police Picnic, where he loses his gym bag -- filled with the symbolic detritus of childhood, one supposes -- and discovers his other lifelong musical idols, the equally pale Talking Heads.
Most striking about 1982 is how Ghomeshi avoids sounding like the earnest egghead he does on radio. His tone here is boyish, his burbly prose marked by comic repetition.
"I've always had a brownish tint to my skin," he writes. "And this is why I was 'Blackie' in England. And this is why I couldn't properly be New Wave. And this is why it was hard to look like Bowie. Bowie almost never had a tan. He was pale. Super pale."
Self-deprecating throughout, Ghomeshi emphasizes his youthful insecurities and his nerdy behaviour. Reading between the lines, however, you see that he was one of the cool kids, an A student, a performing talent and a mover on student council. He had his first girlfriend by Grade 5.
Amusingly, for a guy who tries to be honest about teenage life, he makes no mention of the one solo activity that has obsessed 14-year-old males since the invention of Kleenex. Or maybe nice Persian-Canadian boys don't do that sort of thing.
Another irritation, typical of the book's discretion, is his treatment of his parents. He does not even give us their names. They are "my father" and "my mother."
Insofar as they have personalities, his mother is nurturing and an excellent cook of Persian dishes. His father's major characteristic is being befuddled by his son's interest in the arts. That and speaking in broken English. He tells us nothing of his extended family, except a sentence acknowledging some paternal aunts and uncles in Tehran.
The memoir ends before anything grown-up happens. We learn nothing of his success in his '90s satirical pop band Moxy Früvous, his rise up the CBC ladder, or his philosophies or goals as a cultural journalist. His thoughts on Iranian-Canadian diplomatic relations? Not a chance.
In fact, he unwittingly comes across as being uncomfortable with the idea of memoir. It's as though he has gone into forensic detail about 30-year-old pop music to avoid addressing anything that matters to him as an adult.
Morley Walker edits the Free Press books section.


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Markets in wait and see mode
Markets in wait and see mode
By Ric Spooner (Chief Market Analyst, CMC Markets)
The stock market is likely to strike a subdued tone in early trading as traders wait for data on China's trade performance and US jobs growth.
The onset of the US quarterly reporting season also has investors in wait and see mode. The big increase in stock market price earnings valuations in developed economies over 2013 means that markets are now potentially very sensitive to misses on earnings expectations.
Alcoa has started things off on the wrong foot by missing expectations in its profit announcement released after the US market closed. This is likely to add to the subdued tone on the local market, particularly in the resource sector which will also be impacted by lower overnight commodity markets.
Investors are waiting on the release of China's trade data after further moderation in the manufacturing PMI's released at the beginning of the month. Recent softness in resource stocks has been at least partly attributable to growing concerns that the pace of economic growth in China has been softening.


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You've often seen Nicolas Cage lose his fucking mind on screen, but—outside of the occasional eccentricity—rarely have you seen him lose his fucking mind when it wasn't for the art. Judging by this video filmed during a sidewalk confrontation in Bucharest (where Cage is currently filming Ghost Rider 2: The Government Wants My House), a real-life Nicolas Cage freak-out is pretty much the same as a big-screen Nicolas Cage freak-out, with lots of frantic shouting, emphatic arm motions, and quotable hyperboles like, "I will die in the name of honor!" The L.A. Times is calling it his "Christian Bale moment," but somehow we don't think this will affect Cage's reputation in the slightest.
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'7th Heaven' Star Poses For Maxim!
By JACKIE WILLIS
July 30, 2013
Little Ruthie Camden from 7th Heaven is all grown up and flaunting her curves for Maxim magazine.
Actress Mackenzie Rosman is now 23 years old and has since appeared in such shows as The Secret Life of the American Teenager and the horror film Beneath. Rosman grew up before our very eyes on The CW show, which aired from 1996-2007.
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The actress seems to be taking after her 7th Heaven sister Jessica Biel with this racy photo shoot. Biel posed in series of sexy photographs for Gear magazine in 2000, and has since said she regrets it. She told Entertainment Weekly, "That photo shoot was just a really bad decision on my part and I got myself involved with people who weren't thinking about me and were instead thinking about what kind of a story they could get out of it."
Biel and Rosman aren't the only family-show stars to pose in their underwear for a men's magazine. Former Who's The Boss actress and current Mistresses star Alyssa Milano went nearly topless for a recent issue of Maxim.
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Juanita Allen Kingsley
DCH Classes: BLAST – Babysitting Training, Home Alone Safety, Heartsaver First Aid & CPR, Social Netiquette
Juanita Allen Kingsley is an EMT with Wilderness Certification. She is also certified as an Instructor and Instructor Trainer by the American Heart Association and trains approximately 1800 people a year in CPR/First Aid/Defibrillator Training and Wilderness First Aid. She also teaches the BLAST Babysitting, Home Alone Safety and Safe Kids classes for children for many local agencies. Juanita is the Director of Business Development for Century Health Systems and serves on the Board of Directors for Hale Reservation.
Bethany Bonner
Starr Barre
Bethany was introduced to the arts at the age of 4 when she began classes at The San Francisco Ballet. She attended an arts high school and upon graduation she received dance scholarships from Joffrey Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem and Alvin Ailey. Trained in ballet, jazz and modern dance she has returned to her roots in dance and loves the fusion of various health and wellness disciplines that barre allows her to explore as an instructor. Bethany was trained and certified in STARR BARRE through STARR YOGA studio and is excited to bring this class to the Dedham Community House. She has also taught Zumba and is finishing up her training in TRX and her CPT certification through ACSM.
Adriana Lopez
DCH Classes: Aqua Zumba, Zumba, Zumba Toning
Adriana inherited her love of dance from her Abuela. Just like her grandmother, she was always dancing around the house whenever her Dad was playing Marimba, Salsa, Merengue, or other Latin music. She has embraced her Latin heritage and passion for dance by sharing it with others through the Zumba® Fitness Program. She is a member of the Zumba® Instructor Network (ZIN™) which enables her to communicate with other instructors from all over the world as well as stay up to date with new music, choreography, promotions, and events. Adriana has completed her training to teach Zumba, Zumba Toning, Zumbatomic, and Aqua Zumba. Adriana encourages all levels to embrace the Zumba motto "Ditch the workout, Join the Party!"
Mike McGee
DCH Classes: Preschool Beginner & Intermediate Sports
Mike is an experienced educator with a professional background in Training and Development and Non-Profit management. He has teaching and coaching experience in multiple sports spanning over 25 years. Besides being involved in community leagues in multiple states he also has Varsity level head coaching experience in basketball, soccer and softball and has created and implemented elementary school starter programs for several private organizations.
Denny Morell
DCH Classes: Acting 101, Ballet for Beginners, Creative Movement
Denny has had extensive training, teaching and performance experience in dance and the performing arts. She graduated from the Boston Conservatory and has a Masters degree from Emerson College. Denny studied classical ballet in Australia with the Victorian Ballet Company. She graduated and was accepted into the Victorian Ballet Company performing in the major Classical Ballets. Denny has directed and choreographed many productions. She is an artist-in-residence at Mass Bay Community College in Wellesley.
Carol O'Connor
DCH Classes: Pilates Fit, W.O.W., Yogalates, Core Optimal, FUSED, Core Fit
Carol O'Connor has taught the Pilates classes at DCH for the past two years. In addition to those she also teaches at the West Roxbury YMCA and is a personal trainer. Outside of the exercise world Carol also is the owner of Tablecritic, Inc. which includes event planning services and a local restaurant review website.
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Ridge Racer V
Review by DaytonaUSA
"The Last Great Ridge Racer"
I loved Ridge Racer 4. It's one of my top five favorite games of all time. The depth, the atmosphere, the soundtrack, the story, and the sheer challenge that game provided was incredibly addicting. I have a ton of nostalgia for what this series used to be. Ridge Racer 6 was easily the worst in the series and 7 was not much better. It is unfortunate that with the current generation of consoles we have yet to see a great Ridge Racer game. If things keep going this way, we may never see one again.
So consider Ridge Racer V the last great game in the franchise. Is it better than R4? Overall, no (but then really nothing is). In certain areas however, RRV does improve where its predecessors failed. The handling model in particular is perfect in this entry. R4 was a dream to play during the later stages, but the starter cars were slow, sluggish, and a chore to drive. You get none of that in RRV. While there are only six main cars, they are all so unique that any player is bound to find the one that fits his or her driving style. In addition, you can now customize the paint and wheels on each vehicle. Collision detection has been a crippling problem in practically every Ridge Racer title not so in RRV. Unlike before, tapping a wall will not spell the end of your race. If you fail, it isn't the game's fault it's yours. This is something that cannot be said about any other entry in the series.
RRV features seven courses (excluding reverse versions). R4 featured eight. The difference here is that R4's courses were located in a variety of environments, ranging from a seaside metropolis to a sunset-bathed mountainside. All of RRV's tracks are in Ridge City. I could see how this would be an issue with most casual players out there; the circuits are all very similar visually. However, I like that the racing is focused in one place. Long time fans of the series should be quite pleased that Namco expanded on the original course from the very first Ridge Racer. Memorizing each corner of the seven tracks (where to drift, where to pass, which line to take, etc.) is essential because this is no easy game.
The career mode is where RRV easily pales in comparison to R4. In R4, you played the part of an up and coming racing driver joining a new team, complete with a very well done and tasteful story, characters, and consequences. Depending on where you finished, you would receive a different car for the forthcoming set of events. It was almost an RPG; clearly ahead of its time in 1999, and to this day no game has come close. RRV on the other hand is classic Ridge Racer. You simply complete a championship and move on to the next. No story and nothing to really engage you aside from the actual racing. R4 had 321 cars, so you could be at it for months going through the career mode with different manufacturer and team combinations trying to unlock them all. RRV has six - all of which can be upgraded to a new class and nine extra cars to bring the total to fifteen. The replay value just isn't there (unless you want to play it again on a higher difficulty, which does not really benefit you in any way). You don't even purchase the cars as in Rage Racer - you are simply awarded them. It is all a bit more scripted than I would like and fans are sure to notice.
For the first time, Ridge Racer is running on a system which can do it justice, and it certainly shows. The polygonal distortion and tearing of the previous console generation is gone and you are left with very clear, detailed environments and vehicles that ooze quality. This is the way Ridge Racer is supposed to look sparks flying as cars bottom out, light reflecting off sheet metal, even pedestrian vehicles driving by alongside the track and helicopters hovering above. Watch a replay if you aren't sold you soon will be.
R4's soundtrack was a masterpiece in every sense of the word. It mixed rock, jazz, and electronic influences to create something greater than the sum of its parts. RRV has a great soundtrack, although it is all techno. It cannot be compared to the music from the first two games (not as upbeat) or Rage Racer (not as dark). Instead, it sits somewhere in the middle. It is very good, and it suits the developer's vision, but it doesn't quite live up to its predecessors. That said, it is much better than anything that has come after it. The song featured in the opening ("Fogbound") as well as the menu and car select screen songs are particularly noteworthy.
As a launch title, Ridge Racer V is the best you could ask for. If Namco combined R4's depth, atmosphere, and soundtrack with RRV's graphics and gameplay, the result would've been the best racing game on any console. Regardless, if you are a racing fan you owe it to yourself to pick this one up. Nine years hasn't taken away anything except for the price, and it is easy to find in any store that sells used games.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 12/07/09
Game Release: Ridge Racer V (US, 10/25/00)
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Finance departments that have been holding out on an investment in new technology tools should take a closer look as they begin to transition to XBRL filing. The tools can assist with a lot more than XBRL compliance.
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Suffocating by smoke is like drowning. Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R and Blink Productions, London demonstrate by shooting the entire ad under water. So remember kids, when you put out that fire don't use too much water, as then you'll be back to square one.
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Sylhet: Harmanpreet Kaur smashed a strokeful 77 and Indian bowlers produced a clinical display to crush Bangladesh by 79 runs in their group league match, to record their first win, in the Women's World Twenty20 match here on Sunday.
Electing to bat, India posted a challenging 151 for five in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to Harmanpreet's 59-ball knock which she made with the help of 12 boundaries and a six, while captain Mithali Raj chipped in with 41 at Sylhet Stadium.
Indian bowlers then restricted Bangladesh to 72 for eight with pacer Jhulan Goswami and Shubhlakshmi Sharma grabbing three wickets each. Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav took two wickets to help India score a comprehensive win.
Despite the win, India, with two points from three matches, have little chance of progressing to the semi final.
The Bangladesh run chase never got going as they struggled to cope with the Indian bowling attack.
Their biggest partnership was the opening stand of 22 between Ayasha Rahman (10) and Fargana Hoque (15). Captain Salma Khatun top-scored with 19.
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It sparked early Wednesday morning on the third floor of the Country Lane condo along Northwest 170th Street and 67th Avenue.
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The victims have been identified as Katrena Williams and and her two children -- Vincent, 3, and Makayla, 12.
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It's been about a week and a half since we became the proud owners of a Nintendo Wii. There was a lot that factored into the decision of us purchasing a Wii, and before you go thinking that we are Nintendo fanboys I'll let you know that we own the original Playstation and the original Xbox. This is actually the first Nintendo product that I've owned since the original Gameboy, so I would hardly say that we are diehard Nintendo fans.
The big deciding factors in choosing the Wii was the low initial cost, exciting multi-player games geared for everyone in the family, and the games run about $10 cheaper than the Xbox 360 and PS3. Of course the graphics on the Wii are no match for the Xbox or PS3, but we were looking more for overall enjoyment rather than how real things look.
There are a lot of reviews out there regarding the Wii, and I don't want this article to be like all of the others. So I'll start off by telling you how we were able to get a Wii, and then I'll point out some cool things that the system can do.
–Wii Locators and Trackers–
The journey to finding a Wii was a hectic one. It started by calling some stores in our surrounding area, all of which gave a prompt response of "we're sold out" indicating that they receive these calls quite frequently. One store in particular even said that they hadn't seen the Wii's in over two-months, which gave me little hope that we were going to find one.
I started to check some stores online, but most of the ones I came across were all sold out. I then turned to some tracking services which monitor several different online stores to see if they have any of the Wii's in stock. I found two of them that I really liked, and they even have RSS feeds available so that you can be notified quickly of places with the Wii in stock:
Each of those sites have logs available at the bottom of the pages, and looking at them reveals that most of the stores frequently post the console as both a standalone or as a bundle. The only thing is that they typically sell extremely fast so you have to be on top of your game (no pun intended).
So how did we end up getting one? Well, we had found and subscribed to the trackers listed above but that's not how we got ours. A little later we decided to call some stores that were farther from us, but in a much larger city. A Best Buy store (which is an electronics reseller) happened to have 5 in stock that they had just received. We rushed down there and got one of the last two that they had. So if you want one really bad, it might pay to call around first.
–The Console–
The console itself is among the smallest that I've ever seen, although the PSOne was pretty darn small. For comparison sake I would say the Wii is about the size of three DVD movie cases stacked on top of eachother. Its small size made it extremely easy for us to stick into a tight spot that we otherwise wouldn't use.
Here are some things you might like to know about the Wii console:
- It has a built-in wireless card with no protruding antenna. This makes it easy to connect the Wii to your router, and it was no trouble entering in a WEP key.
- The Wii cannot play DVD's, but there is supposed to be a version available later this year that can do this.
- When there is a firmware update for the console, the DVD slot will notify you with a blue glowing effect. It sounds weird, I know, and when I saw this happen last week I didn't know what was going on. You can kind of see this happening in the photo to the right.
- You can view and send photos to your friends by using an SD memory card (view instructional video)
–The Remote and Nunchuk–
The Remote is obviously the shining point of the Nintendo Wii. It's what lets people interact with the video games almost in the same way as a virtual reality system. The fact that you can turn the remote on the side to make it feel like a classic Nintendo controller is pure genious.
- This is one of the coolest things about the remotes. You can actually use them to turn the system on, or to turn it off. If you turn off your remote it will not only turn the system off, but it will also turn off everyone else's remotes!
- While playing a game you can use the Home button (located in the middle of the Remote) to reset the system. No more getting out of your seat to do that!
- There is actually a speaker located immediately below the Home button. Some of the games use this speaker to really make you feel like you're in the game. For example, while playing tennis it will make a "swoosh" sound as your racquet glides through the air.
- The four small square lights on the bottom of the Remote indicate which player you are, with player one being the leftmost light and player 4 being the rightmost light.
- The nunchuk is a nice addition for some games, but from our experiences so far, you could easily get by without it. One Nunchuk comes with the system, but if you're a little short on cash don't worry about getting another one.
The Wii came with a game called Wii Sports, which is not only a good demonstration of how to use the remote, but is also an adventure to play. We wanted to have two Remotes for our system since Ashley and myself were both planning on playing it, so we purchased the Wii Play & Wii Remote bundle (pictured to the right) that was offered for $10 more than what a standalone remote costs. Below I've outlined the list of minigames that are included with Wii Sports and Wii Play along with what we think about each one.
Wii Sports (Nunchuk only used in Bowling):
- Tennis – I think that this is the best game in Wii Sports. It is extremely easy to play since you don't need to worry about moving yourself around the court…all you focus on is swinging the racquet. Be careful though, once you get going your arm will get sore. :)
- Baseball – This isn't bad, but you have no control over fielding the ball. We don't play this one very much.
- Golf – I like this because it is a little more subdued than the others. You have a lot of control over your swing, but it makes me a little better than I am in real life.
- Bowling – This is a lot more realistic than I originally anticipated it to be. You can spin the ball, angle your throw, and change the speed all with the Remote. Since players take turns it is a great one to play with a group of people when you don't have a Remote for each person.
- Boxing – You'll need the Nunchuk for this one, and believe me when I say it is quite a workout. You have to try and dodge punches while throwing some at your opponent. Make sure you focus because there is no time for laughing in this one. :)
Wii Play (Nunchuks aren't required for any of the games, but they can be used in the Tanks game):
- Table Tennis – I find this one a bit difficult to play because the distance the ball travels is so short.
- Laser Hockey – Definitely one of the best games on Wii Play. I find it similar to playing air hockey, but it's got a slight twist to it that really makes it unique.
- Fishing – Nothing like areal fishing, but something younger kids might enjoy.
- Find Mii – Basically "Where's Waldo" on the Wii. You'll try to find two characters with the same face, among other things. It sounds easy, but sometimes it can be pretty tough.
- Pose Mii – You rotate characters so that they match the pose in a falling bubble. Yep, it's as stupid as it sounds. ;)
- Shooting Range – This is like the classic Duck Hunt game on the original Nintendo. Except now you have targets, cans, and flying saucers to shoot in addition to the birds.
- Billiards – Nothing like a quick game of 9-ball. Definitely the most realistic of the 9 games on Wii Play, but it does take some getting used to having such a small stick to hold in your hands. :)
- Charge! – You ride a rushing cow as it races down the tracks knocking over scarecrows. It's not that exciting, but it's definitely not the worst one.
- Tanks! – You move around different levels trying to kill the enemy before the enemy kills you. It can be a bit frustrating because if you die you have to start over from the first level, and so it's hard to complete all of the missions. Supposedly there are 20 missions for you to complete, but once you complete them and receive the gold medal there will be 80 more. I haven't gotten very far in this yet, but it is actually fun.
Some people have said that Wii Play is a horrible game, but I don't have anything to complain about since it only costs an extra $10 with the Remote bundle that I purchased. I would say that it is worth it for the Laser Hockey, Shooting Range, Billiards, and Tanks! games but the others you probably won't play much.
We also picked up Mario Party 8, and have played that a limited number of times. I definitely haven't tried it enough to give a full review since this is the first time I've ever played any version of Mario Party. Many of the minigames it includes are very unique and well thought out, and so far it has been an exciting game.
So if you're looking to get a Wii I would say that it is a great time, especially if you get a small group of people together to play it. Just make sure you use the strap that's attached to the Remote, because injuries and accidents do happen. ;)
Let us know of any great Wii games you come across…especially the multiplayer ones!


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Paul Walker is remembered lovingly for his acting and charitable work, but at least one person is trying to cash in off that popularity by selling items reportedly taken from the site of the actor's death.
Items found from the scene of Walker's death in a fiery car crash have turned up for auction, including a piece of debris from the car, a fire extinguisher used to put out the fire, and a pair of sunglasses the actor was wearing before he died.
An acquisition specialist at BidAMI.com verified that they were indeed the items from Paul Walker's crash site, but did not disclose the person who obtained them. The seller claims to have been at the scene of the November 30 crash, and despite being told by police to stay away the person reportedly collected several items.
"The owner of this lot offering was nearby and on scene for information and assistance with officers and reporters," the auction description noted. "Once the site investigation was cleared with car debris hauled away and tape taken down, a responding officer allowed him as well as others back to the public site. The only thing left was a charred ivy brush, minor residual debris, a knocked down pole and tree."
The Paul Walker auction drew little interest, however, and on Friday the auction company announced that it would be extending the bidding.
But it has drawn plenty of controversy. Critics have called the auction immoral, and called out the anonymous seller for trying to profit from Walker's death and equating him or her to a modern-day grave robber.
Several of these critics expressed anger and disappointment on Twitter:
A looter is auctioning off the sunglasses Paul Walker was wearing when he died, promising to use the proceeds to buy himself a human soul.
— Paul Richardson (@RunningJoke) March 14, 2014
At the same time, police have expressed doubts the sunglasses actually belonged to Walker.
"As a department we doubt that they are actually Paul Walker's sunglasses," a spokesperson said. "But who knows, maybe they are. Right now we doubt it."
A spokesperson from the auction site said the seller tried to give the Paul Walker death memorabilia back to the actor's family, but heard no response.


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Mr Hu and his Chinese co-workers Ge Mingqiang, Liu Caikui and Wang Yong will be prosecuted for allegedly receiving bribes and infringing China's opaque commercial secrets laws.
Relatives, foreign and Chinese media, as well as Australian consular officials, will be allowed to apply to attend the bribery trial, but moves to close the hearing for commercial secrets infringements left Foreign Minister Stephen Smith "disappointed" over the weekend.
It was not clear whether the court had responded to requests made by relatives, including Mr Hu's wife Julie, and media by late yesterday. Rio staff will not be allowed to attend the trial.
As a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman warned the trial should not be politicised, Australian officials repeated they had never sought to link the trial with the Sino-Australia relationship.
A China specialist legal professor at a major university who spoke to The Australian Financial Review on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivities surrounding the case said that, on paper, the decision to close the trial was no different from Australian law.
"The real credibility issue is who decides. In Australia, for example, the judge would have to make a ruling as to whether the case should be heard independently," he said.
"In this case I doubt the decision would be made by the judges. It would be made at a much higher level."
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"If they dare to say, 'all right, the bribery session will be open', they probably have better evidence than they do in the commercial secrets," the professor said.
A source within Rio's Asia-based team told the AFR the company faced a tough road if its staff were found guilty of receiving bribes.
"I still can't see how it all pans out. If they're guilty and there was some element of bribery to it, surely there's a backlash for the screw-up in governance and heads [would] have to roll at the top," he said.
China-watchers say the Chinese government is expected to use the trial to send a strong message to its own industry, as well as foreign business for the first time, that it is determined to stamp out corruption.
"The government is extremely frustrated with widespread corruption and that privatisation and stimulus money is ending up in private pockets," Philip Kirchlechner, who ran Rio's China office before Mr Hu, said.
"In this context foreign companies doing business in China must not put too much faith in a single individual and put in place robust systems of checks and balances that make it impossible for an individual to compromise the company."
The Rio insider said there could be question marks left hanging over the verdict if China used confessional evidence to support its claims against Mr Hu.
"I'd confess to anything if you stuck me in a Chinese jail cell for 200 days. So unless they provide some sort of solid, clearly not forged stuff that we can rely on and the world can rely on, Rio's in a very tough position," he said.
But the professor said confessional evidence was, in theory, akin to the Western system of plea bargaining.
"In Australia plea bargaining is conducted in the open and legally, and everyone knows there was a plea bargain and that was the result," he said. "In the case of China, you just don't know how the deal was made and on what basis and who actually called the shots at the end of the day. It comes down to transparency." Commodities, page 21
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Two recently released studies show that federal ethanol mandates have placed significant pressure on food prices, while any effect on gasoline prices has been "almost too small to measure."
Keith Collins, former chief economist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Thomas Elam of FarmEcon LLC, submitted their new analyses to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 23, which was the end of EPA's public comment period on a request from Texas Gov. Rick Perry to partially suspend the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) in light of serious economic harm caused by the current policy.
The Collins study, "The Role of Biofuels and Other Factors in Increasing Farm and Food Prices," indicates that unless the RFS is suspended or revisited, U.S. grain stocks – already pushed to dangerously low levels – will fall even further as ethanol consumes a larger share of the dwindling corn supply.
Elam's study, "Biofuel Support Costs to the U.S. Economy: The Key Role of the RFS in a Feedstock Shortage Scenario," investigates two distinct scenarios: one in which there is crop damage and the RFS remains in place, and one in which there is crop damage but the RFS mandate is reduced by 50 percent.
"Maintenance of the current RFS schedule in the face of a smaller 2008 corn crop will be devastating to meat, dairy and poultry producers," Elam notes. "Consumers will suffer as food and fuel costs rise and supplies of corn-based foods diminish. The overall economy will be damaged from higher inflation and lost jobs in the food production sector."
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Home burglary defendant awaits trial
Trial is scheduled next week in the Oconee General Sessions Court for a man arrested in the investigation of a home burglary nearly one and a half years ago. According to the court docket, the defendant awaiting trial is Timothy Ray Wirtz. He was arrested in February 2012 and charged with armed robbery, grand larceny, kidnapping, burglary first degree, and possession of weapon during a violent crime. According to Sheriff's Captain Greg Reed, the crime near highway 11 on Ivy Drive occurred when a man asleep at home was awakened by intruders—one of whom pointed a gun.


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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Crazy Me VS I Sea You
As you can see Essence Crazy Me and Catrice I Sea You aren't that close at all. They're both green and similar toned, but that's about it. Essence is deeper and it has jelly-like qualities. It's not a complete jelly though. Catrice on the other hand is dustier (toned down with grey). Photos speak for themselves:
I love everything about the Catrice one and Essence is also really good. I think you should get them both if you can. You can never have to many greens, right Feline? XD
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Thanks for looking!
18 comments:
Great comparison. Luckily, I have both! :DReplyDelete
- thriszhaApril 28, 2010 at 2:52 PM
thanks for the post comparison..both looks great!!ReplyDelete
oh joj :( crazy me je bil še edini v dm-u in ga nisem kupila! :/ReplyDelete
upam da še ga najdem kje ;)
Na meni je ta Crazy zelenko cisto temno zelen.. Sicer veliko bolj svetel kakor In the Jungle, ampak se vedno temen..ReplyDelete
- nihridaApril 28, 2010 at 4:42 PM
Good for you! =) Do you agree that they're both worth having?ReplyDelete
- nihridaApril 28, 2010 at 4:43 PM
You're welcome!ReplyDelete
- nihridaApril 28, 2010 at 4:55 PM
Mislim da še pridejo v DM trgovine.ReplyDelete
- nihridaApril 28, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Ja, kar precej je temen, ampak spet ne toliko, da se ne bi vedelo, da je zelen. Po mojem je tudi odvisno koliko slojev naneseš.ReplyDelete
huh, thanks for comparing them.ReplyDelete
seems that i am the kind of np junkie who needs both. :D
- LolitadewdropApril 28, 2010 at 6:15 PM
I agree with you, they are different enough to have both.ReplyDelete
- ange-marieApril 28, 2010 at 6:53 PM
mmmmmmmmmm love both. damn. no I have to send miriam out looking for that catriceReplyDelete
They both rock and look awesome for this weather. They look like they are in the same "family" and maybe make a neat sponge effect together! That would be killer.ReplyDelete
- nihridaApril 29, 2010 at 9:31 PM
You're not the only one...ReplyDelete
- nihridaApril 29, 2010 at 9:32 PM
- nihridaApril 29, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Who's Miriam? =) You aren't cheating on me, are you? *looks suspiciously*ReplyDelete
- nihridaApril 29, 2010 at 9:33 PM
Sponging would be a killer mani with these two...with all the gorgeousness (is that even a word?). =)ReplyDelete
- ArrianneMay 1, 2010 at 11:10 AM
I want both and can have neither!ReplyDelete
- makeupgirl21May 2, 2010 at 11:45 PM
They are really alike. Same color family but different. Both pretty.ReplyDelete
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According to an eyewitness, Gaston and Cyrus, who was present at the show with her mother, Leticia, and her manager, 'were all over each other backstage'. The heat extended to the runway where, every time Gaston walked, he would blow a kiss and wink at his teenage girlfriend, who in turn, 'licked her lips seductively as he passed her'.
A source overheard Cyrus telling a pal that 'she was probably staying at Justin's tonight and that they were going to skip the after-party and have a party of their own.' However, the actress' rep had a different story to tell. "Miley had a great time at the show, but the whole sleeping-over thing never happened. Miley went home with her mom and manager," The New York Post quoted the actress' representative, as saying. "Leticia is very strict with her," the representative added.
Cyrus created quite a buzz at the show and was guarded by 5 bodyguards; she even generated more attention than Heidi Klum, Billy Zane, who went unnoticed at the fashion show.


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