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Pros: Extremely quiet operation.
Low price.
Good programs and features.
Cons: Build quality and reliability.
Inaccurate calorie/carb counter.
Inadequate resistance range.
I had been wanting an inexpensive exercise bike with magnetic resistance since using the ones at the fitness center at work. I like the upright position since it simulates actual bicycle riding best, even though it is harder on the lower back and buttocks. Plus it saves more space than a recumbent bike.
The XP 70 looks to be a model that ProForm manufactures only for Sears, although it closely resembles the GL 35 or 36 models in style, function and price. It was on sale in the beginning of the year at Sears for $199.99 -- $50 off of the regular $249.99 price. I made the decision to buy it based on a few online reviews (including the other review here on epinions.com) that mentioned it was a great value for exercise bicycles costing under $1,000. The ProForm brand was recognizable and seemed to be pretty well recommended for most of their other home exercise equipment.
Upon unpacking and attempting to assemble it, we noticed that metal frame, where the rear stabilizer attaches to, was bent and twisted. It was surprising since it was a basically a metal box section about 1/8 thick; pretty difficult to bend in any fashion. Plus the shipping carton looked completely intact. We figured it probably happened during manufacture, as if it were dropped on the assembly line.
So we packed it up as best we could, returned it and got another one. It was a bit of a hassle, but thankfully, this next one was completely intact. Assembly is fairly easy, but definitely a two person affair as the instruction manual suggests. Care should be taken when installing the main upright piece into the base as the wiring for the console runs through it and could get pinched. Also, when attaching the console to the upright, be careful not to over-tighten the screws to the bracket or pinch the wiring at that end.
The bike seemed solidly constructed. The seat is easily adjusted by twisting the knob free of the threaded hole and pulling on it. The seat and post carry my 170 lbs without creaking or groaning. The handlebars feel nice and solid and can be leaned on, although the upright its attached to wobbles a tiny bit nothing serious. The console seemed to be the flimsiest part of the XP 70; definitely made of cheap plastic, and the book holder is best suited for magazines. No bottle or cup holder is included, which is a bit of a disappointment for those looking to have a long workout. So throw your squirt bottle on the book holder.
I was initially drawn to the XP 70 because of its advertised Silent Magnetic Resistance, ten levels of resistance, and built in exercise programs. I was disappointed with the range of the resistance, however. Level 1 is basically no added resistance beyond the initial weight of the flywheel. Going up to level 10 does increase the resistance somewhat, but not what I wouldve expected. The LifeFitness LifeCycle I used at work (similar to a LifeCycle 9500) had 12 levels of resistance, but I would max out at level 6. The equivalent effort at level 10 on the XP 70 felt like level 4 or 5 on the LifeCycle. This makes the built-in programs less than challenging. I can do the forty minute program without breaking a sweat. I also question the accuracy of the calorie counter. It had said I burned an amazing 500 calories in one session! Normally on the LifeCycle, itd take nearly an hour of continuous biking and hard breathing before Id even break 300 calories.
The Silent Magnetic Resistance feature is actually pretty good. I was very impressed with how quiet it is. You can comfortably watch television without turning up the volume at all while pedaling. When changing resistance, the XP 70 whirs a little bit without interrupting your workout. Pedal action is very smooth as well; theres no binding anywhere. The bike doesnt wobble at all ever during vigorous pedaling. Although it definitely helps to put a mat underneath it.
The console display is easy to read and it cycles through calories burned, carbs used, pace, time elapsed, RPM, and pulse (when gripping the metal contacts). And it has a target RPM indicator to tell you how fast you should be pedaling, which is a nice feature. Initially, the LCD display was crisp on the blue background, but some of the elements of the LCD have gotten faint, as if it were running low on batteries, while other remained easy to read. Viewing it at an angle helps. The console did freak out on me one day, where I had to press the power button to reset it.
Even though the resistance, to me, is weak, the programs are pretty good in varying the resistance and pace. I tried the Pulse Programs where it measures your pulse to determine the resistance and pace, but it didnt seem to vary as much as the built in programs, so I stopped using that feature. Havent had the opportunity nor inclination to use the iFit.com feature.
The best compromise for me was to vary the resistance manually during a built-in program every minute or so, going from level 1 to 10, back to 2, then back up to 10, and so on. After forty minutes or so, it was a pretty decent workout.
So, Ive had the XP 70 for about three weeks now. I was fairly content with it until it began sounding like the belt that connects the pedal crank/pulley to the flywheel was rubbing on something inside the base. The added bonus was that it increased the resistance overall! Sweet irony! The thing sounds like its going to fly apart if I try and pedal it. I am now in the midst of trying to get it repaired under warranty.
For the price I paid, it wouldnt be too bad if only it would remain in operable condition. Considering I had to return the first one and now the second one is needing repair, Im not really at all happy with the XP 70. Barring that, the frame and all the hard parts seem very solid and willing to put up with years of abuse. The console is feature packed, but flimsy and the electronics a bit flakey. The resistance is abnormally low and the calorie counter/carbs burned readout is wildly optimistic. Its very misleading for someone with weight loss goals. The built in programs are a good mix, if only the resistance was upped.
For the person who is seriously into fitness, I wouldnt recommend the XP 70. Even for someone whos not a fitness freak, but wanting to use it more than occasionally, Id say look elsewhere. I dont want to return it now because I tossed the shipping carton, and will get charged a 15% restocking fee. I might sell it, though. If you do decide to purchase the XP 70, keep the shipping carton for a while. You may want to return it.


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Wow 14 blocks made and 386 more to go. i am setting a goal of making 10 blocks per week for this quilt to at least get the quilt top done this year. this quilt pattern is a 100 x 100 sized quilt so that is 10,000 1.5" fabric squares needed. wow! i am not overwhelmed by any of this yet. i am just taking it one fabric square at a time.
i am using both strip sets and individual squares to make up these blocks. i have so many more fabrics to incorporate into these quilt blocks that i have yet to include so it will take on a more familiarness once i do this. i have bascially been using fabric squares received from holice (thanks sew much) and reds, yellows and lights that i recently purchased.
i am continously perusing the remnants bins at my lqs and hancock fabrics or purchasing fabric remnants from thousands of bolts. i dont live close enough to joann's so i dont go there on fishing expeditions for remnants.
there are very few of my ethnic fabrics or batiks in the blocks i have completed so far. i will add them soon enough. i know i need more purples period as i truly love this color and i had very few in my stash. only just the ones to make my niece her purple love quilt so there will be more fabric shopping in my future.
also as i was looking at the fabric squares from holice, which were leftovers from kits for a colorwash quilt, i looked up the colorwash quilts and now i think i will add that to my list of quilts to do. i definately want to try my hand at it.
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General info about Ontario's colleges/diplomas/etc:
If anyone here has experience with this ... will schools generally accept some? All? None? I imagine it varies between schools, I've already contacted a few schools (Excelsior, Peru State, Liberty ) to ask ...
The only Canadian university she has found that will accept 100% of her credits (basically letting her start in year 3 of her BSc) is the University of Ottawa, but she doesn't really want to move, so an online program would be ideal.
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All year long, classical music host Julie Amacher combs through piles and piles of new releases, picking out just one a week on which to shine the spotlight. Every once in a while, I get to fill in for her. This week's show is a look back at some of our favorites.
One of Julie's favorites is the latest Beethoven recording from the Minnesota Orchestra. Osmo Vanska was skeptical when his record label asked him to record the complete Beethoven symphonic cycle with the Minnesota Orchestra. There are more than 200 recordings out there already. But Vanska loves Beethoven, and after he gave the matter a lot of thought, he decided he did have something fresh to say. Critics agreed, and a series of rave reviews followed this CD's release.
Julie was particularly fond of the interpretation of Beethoven's Sixth, the Pastoral Symphony.
"Under the baton of Osmo Vanska, the Minnesota Orchestra turns this movement into a nature ballet," Julie wrote. "The woodwinds twitter like birds, as the melody wells up through the orchestra like a bubbling brook."
"The second movement is a 'Scene by the Brook.' This beautiful piece is a sanctuary of sound," Julie wrote. "Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra play this exquisite movement prayerfully. The woodwinds flutter elegantly through the birdsongs. The strings float in unison creating a buoyant yet thoughtful mood. Truth be told, this is my favorite part of the entire recording."
Osmo Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra are putting their own stamp on these great symphonies. This new recording in the Minnesota Orchestra's Beethoven cycle has staying power.
More Beethoven caught Julie's ear in 2008, with violinist Rachel Barton Pine, who shows off her investigative chops in her latest release, a CD pairing concertos by Beethoven and Franz Clement, the violinist who premiered Beethoven's concerto.
Clement's concerto, written a year earlier, was undoubtedly influential on Beethoven -- so much so that when Rachel Barton Pine and the Royal Philharmonic were rehearsing, they kept saying to themselves, "Man, it sounds like Clement is ripping off Beethoven," and they'd have to keep reminding themselves that it was the opposite.
It's always interesting to hear how composers and performers influence each other, and continually recreate. My favorite picks of 2008 both spotlight the artists' ability to take what's familiar, turn it on its ear, and make something new.
"There is something about the 'melting pot' that is America that has inspired an explosion of original musical styles," said Erika Nickrenz, pianist for Eroica Trio.
In a new release called "An American Journey," she and the rest of her band, violinist Susie Park and cellist Sara Sant'Ambrogio, offer a sampler platter of unmistakably American fare.
For example, Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" is a microcosm of everything that's great and awful about the melting pot -- the vibrancy of imported customs and cultures and colors; the generations of mistrust and suspicion; the violence that springs from fear; the power of love to bridge these gaps.
The Eroica Trio pays tribute to that spirit with vibrant performances of music from Bernstein, Gershwin, and Mark O'Connor. An American Journey.
My last pick of the year was, for me, a surprise. I'm not a fan of the crossover. But the continuing evolution of music relies on re-imagining what's been done before. Sometimes it works, and sometimes, it doesn't.
The King's Singers and Billy Joel, Steven Stills, Simon & Garfunkel? Totally works. And if you don't believe me, just ask the Grammy committee. The King's Singers' "Simple Gifts" earned a nomination for Best Crossover Recording this year.
Ultimately, the appeal of any album lies in the talent and vision of the performers, and the strength of the compositions themselves. From that perspective, 2008 was a very rich year.


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PARSONS — Surrounded by the Monongahela National Forest, Parsons might seem an unlikely place to go for seafood.
It is, after all, the seat of Tucker County, high in the Potomac Highlands. Twenty miles north of Elkins, 60 miles west of Moorefield and an hour from the nearest interstate, it's about as landlocked as it gets.
But people drive from several counties away for the oysters, shrimp and crab legs served up at the Parsons Country Inn.
Restaurant owner Ken Bott was born in Parsons, and he is the kind of returned West Virginian who gained a skill and a passion and brought it all back home with him.
"I grew up on the Chesapeake Bay, but this is my home town," said Bott, who returned four years ago. "I came back here to get away for a while and enjoy the simple life."
Having worked all his life in the restaurant business, he bought the former Tucker County Inn to bring fresh seafood home — which, of course, is not all that simple.
"My oysters are never frozen," he said, when asked about the seafood he has trucked in weekly. "And they're always Chesapeake Bay oysters, not those big flavorless ones from the West Coast. Soft shell crabs come live. Scallops are fresh. The only thing I buy frozen is shrimp and sometimes fish."
Everything fried is breaded by hand, and not battered, but dusted, he said. "We just put a light film over it so you're not taking away from the flavor."
Most popular are the fried oysters and breaded shrimp.
"We also sell a lot of steaks, and we hand cut all of our steaks," he said. "We don't buy frozen meats. We do New York and ribeye steaks and they're char-grilled. You can't get the grease out of a steak if you flat grill it."
Parsons Country Grill offers an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet on the first and third Saturday of each month as well as a brunch buffet every Sunday that's especially popular for its fried chicken.
"On a buffet day we run anywhere from 250 to 350 people in one day," Bott said.
He employs about six locals and likes to hire people who have had hard luck. "Those people need to work too," he said.
They're the funnest part of his job.
"We have a blast," he said. "When it gets busy, everybody just kind of gets tough with it. We're a good team here. My employees that are faithful with me, they're here on time; they go over and above. And my mom, she's 75 years old; she can out-waitress any waitress I got. She's a highlight here."
Serving affordable food that's cooked just right is Bott's passion.
"I shop for quality at a lesser price. I have to really fight to keep prices where they're at," he said. "And if there's a mistake in the cooking, we fix it before it goes out of the kitchen. I don't get complaints here. At all."
With its growing popularity, it's only a matter of time before the restaurant outgrows its space. Bott said repeat customers from Clarksburg and farther are courting him with ideas for a second place.
Parsons Country Inn is located on West Virginia Route 72 just north of Parsons. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. For more information, call 304-478-2100.
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Based on a book entitled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the stunning musical The Wizard of Oz was produced seventy years ago today. Historically, the 1939 movie production starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan and Ray Bolger is considered one of the greatest films of all time and has inspired musicals like The Wiz and Wicked. Both the film production and the musical soundtrack have a rich history filled with interesting trivia. Did you know that the Tin Man's makeup was toxic? Or how about the fact that Shirley Temple was also considered for the lead of Dorothy?
Musicnotes.com is thrilled to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Wizard of Oz by featuring beautifully-arranged sheet music and a gorgeous songbook. We've just received a brand new sheet music book entitled The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Deluxe Songbook from Alfred Music Publishing. This full color book marks the first time some songs from The Wizard of Oz sheet music have been published in over a century. Arranged and transcribed by Tod Edmonson and Ethan Neuburg, you'll find movie stills, two songs from the 1903 Broadway musical production of The Wizard of Oz that include lyrics by original Oz author L. Frank Baum, biographies, fact-filled essays and more!
Cary Ginell, who works for Alfred Music Publishing, wrote the history essay for the newly published sheet music book. Not only is he a music historian, musician and author of five books on American music, he has a deep love of music that shines through his writing. We would like to extend our thanks to Cary and all the folks over at Alfred for sharing the news with us about this collector's item, and offer our congratulations on a beautiful book. Here are a few more points we'd like to share about this sheet music book:
- For the first time, all the songs from The Wizard of Oz are presented in their original keys.
- Songs are newly arranged from rare M-G-M studio manuscripts & the original motion picture soundtrack.
- Includes biographies of songwriters Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, as well as music director/conductor Herbert Stothart.
- The "Munchkinland Musical Sequence," is presented for the first time as it appears in the film: as an uninterrupted operetta, with all songs, dialog, and themes included.
- Music is included for "The Jitterbug," a rare song that was deleted from the original film.
In addition to this collector's item, we also offer the songs through our digital sheet music format.
The Wizard of Oz Digital Sheet Music
For those of you who enjoy downloading sheet music from our site, we also offer many of these songs as a digital sheet music download. If you're a big fan of The Wizard of Oz, you can also check out our selection of The Wiz sheet music and Wicked sheet music, too.
Here's a list of some signature song titles from The Wizard of Oz that we recommend:
- We're Off to See the Wizard
- If I Only Had a Heart
- Over the Rainbow named "Song of the Century" by the RIAA!
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dear lort i need do to the same with my harness... can't wait to see how urs turns out!!
dear lort i need do to the same with my harness... can't wait to see how urs turns out!!
Just dropped $200 on techflex sleeving and heatshrink.
Carbon Fiber for the main harness parts, Insultherm fiberglass sleeving for the spot that goes over the cams or other high heat areas, Flexo PET for most everything else.
I've already ordered all connectors I could from Toyota, now just need to order wire, terminals, seals, crimpers and.... i think that's it.
Total will probably be in the neighborhood of $900-$1100 and totally worth it.
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Only issue I have with the flex sheathing is that if for any reason you need to open the harness you would have to slice it open. Not to mention running a new wire in there would be a total pita and its impossible to replace the sheathing without depinning all the connectors.
I debated using the flex wrap stuff, but its nowhere near as clean looking.
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Ordered a Paladin crimper with open barrel terminal crimper for ~$70. I debated a pro-crimper from tyco or some other high $$ crimper, but the project cost is mounting quickly and this should do the job plenty well.
Also ordered $300 in MIL spec 22759/16 wire, about 900 feet or so. I got most solid colors and will use heatshrink to indicate stripes. Now all that remains is terminals (I still have to count out how many of each type i will need) and a few oddball connectors that aren't available from Toyota.
Also just found out one of my tires is trashed. I got them second hand and they needed replacement anyways. Looks like I'll be ordering some new tires this spring. I'm thinking BF Goodrich G-force or maybe Continental Extreme Contact. I LOVE the tread design on the G-force tire and it gets great reviews so I'm leaning towards that.
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I hope you find the time to write up your instrument mods. By the way, for making little custom PCB boards, just go to this guy
Use whatever CAD you like to generate the gerber files, then have them professionally made for $5 per square inch for three copies of your two layer design. Most of your boards looked like they were 1-2 sq inches, so this is really cheap.
**Edit, oh and that guys proto board offering is super cheap. I wonder what thickness the board are though? And what the minimum size board would be. He lists a lot of specs on the actual trace and annular rings, but i dont see actual min. board dimensions. Good find and thanks for the tip!!!
I'm hoping to post solid documentation on all the wiring harness stuff too. This has been quite a scavenger hunt so far and I think it would be a good asset to the community to have all the info in a central place. It's funny how much info is needed to replicate a wire harness. I honestly didn't know what I was getting into and I'm surprised how much goes into planning this all out.
I just spent a few hours in the garage messing with the harness. I made a terminal tool according to Toyota's specs and pulled out some terminals, photographed them, found another handful of wires that are broken or that I broke while handling the harness just now. That harness was just a time-bomb waiting to leave me stranded. It will be a huge relief to get this thing replaced. My 02 sensor connector disintegrated. It no longer has locking tabs to hold the connectors in place and it's not available through Toyota... Argh. So now I have to find a different vendor that has it or change the connector entirely so something else that hopefully uses the same terminal type at least.
Oh, the joys of a massive wiring project...
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Well here it goes. This took a ton of labor to perfect. I'm no wiring genius and until this my circuit prototyping experience was practically zero. I'd worked on basic breadboard projects in my electronics 101 engineering course, but that was about it.
First, for a perspective, these are the SMT LED I'm dealing with.
They are far from the smallest available, but are plenty small for this project. They are a 1206 package. Digikey part number 160-1167-1-ND. I got 50 of them for under $5 a year ago thinking they might come in handy at some point.
This is my power source. 8 1.5 AA batteries in series. That makes 12V for those scoring at home.
And just for shits, a picture of my garage. Nothing special, but I love it. It's a rental, but if I owned it you'd see finished walls, epoxy floor and wall storage galore. But alas, I'm still young so home ownership isn't under my belt yet and my garages are pretty basic.
So the gauge lighting concerns starts with the fact that once you update the face lighting with LED's, the needles fail to glow as brightly, especially if you pain the needles. I wanted a crisp white face and deep red needle. This means White leds in the face and red SMT (surface mount technology) LED's or SMD (surface mount diode). Mine were roughly 1mm tall which means they can fit between the gauge face and the component behind the gauge. The amount of clearance available varies from gauge to gauge. The speedometer and oil pressure gauge likely have the least amount of clearance. They were the most difficult for me. The easiest is probably the tach.
So onto design. I started with a search for a substrate. Having no experience with circuits I was lost. All i knew was I needed something very thin and something that I could stick some LED's to. To try my plan I and to make sure the LED's would light the needle correctly, I started with cardboard and an old credit card. LED's worked and lit the needle perfectly. The cardboard and/or credit card as a substrate was a horrible idea, but you probably could have guessed that.
Somehow I lost a ton of photos which would have shown exactly how I made each circuit board. At some point I'll add them back in if I find them. For now, I'll have to skip some pictures and bore you with words.
Before actually doing anymore building I measured the hell out of the gauges and the mounting areas. I measured everything in inches and to an accuracy of 0.01". I wasn't able to hold that same accuracy during the build part, but the accurate measurements were definitely helpful. The only gauges that were similar were the water temp and gas gauge; and even those had minor differences if i recall correctly. Once I had all my measurements I modeled the baords I had in mind in SolidWorks (CAD).
The above drawings should be right, but I had to make adjustments and I'm not positive I went back to edit all the cad files. So use that info at your own risk, lol.
Once I had everything modeled it was time to start building. A pair of locking foreceps was key to soldering with the SMD's. My soldering iron is a basic POS and made this more difficult that it could have been with a good iron. I found some proto board about 2 inches square and 2mm thick. I used a dremel to cut the boards into the correct size and then proceeded to start the wiring. The pieces all needed to be pretty thin. The speedo especially has very little clearance and has a very delicate piece of the gauge directly underneath where the LEDs are mounted. This means you have to be very sure your LED inserts will not touch the instrument. The needles on all gauges are very delicate. Any slight rubbing means the gauge is worthless and you have very little margin for error.
I had a great picture of the speedo showing exactly how tight it is, but I seem to have lost it. Imagine a very small space....
The smaller gauges all have a light guide system that relies on the face lighting to carry into the center of the gauge face, where a semicircular extrusion of clear plastic grabs the light and throws it out onto the needle. Clever design, but unfortunately it wont work with what we're doing and you need to cut it off. I used a dremel and was very, very careful.
Below you can see the difference between pre 89 (my prototype dash) and 89+ (My actual car). The pre 89's have a TON of space for the needle to catch light from below. The 89+ on the left have just a small square (green arrow) to catch light for the needle. This affects how much light is needed and determines whether or not you need to drill out the gauge plastic to let more light through. My proto board (pre89) was fine leaving the plastic backing alone, but on my actual car (89+) I had to drill out the plastic entirely underneath the needle.
This is what I'm talking about:
Left alone:
Drilled out:
In the picture above you can see how the LED's are mounted. It's pretty basic, really. You just need to measure everything and know where you need to center the LED's.
Here's the Speedo finished:
And here's what the board looked like more or less when I was done with the speedo. I had to use my dremel drill press as a mill and mill a channel for the wire. The clearance was so low that the board plus the wire (22AWG) was too thick. The problem with the speedo is that you cant have anything hanging down under the board, so the wires cant be underneath, they have to be on top.
This is the speedo unit. That coil is the gauge and is incredibly sensitive. Nothing can touch it.
Just for shits, here is the oil pressure gauge. I dont understand how the gauge actually moves, but the whole thing is so flimsy I just cant grasp how it could be very accurate.
Here is one of the small gauges after already having shaved the bottom of the needle base. Clearance are very, very tight. You want to keep this clearance minimal so you have less light escaping from the center of the gauge. Light bleed will be noticable when you use two different colors for the needles vs gauges.
Continued in another post since I think i'm getting close to the one post pic limit. This will all end up in the lighting thread as well.
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nice progress, you should try doing the printable circuit board with laser printers it worked really well for Albert and I when we were doing our needle lights. The supplies are cheap and make life easier for sokdering in the smd leds. Also if u get to much splash on the top of the face put a little brass ring in the bass of the needle, it can be made from brass tubing from an ACE hardware or craft store. Cant wait for the other pics your going to post up.
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Well the wiring harness is still under way. Tracking down brand new terminal pins is a BITCH. Very difficult to source.
Anyways, while waiting to find all the terminals, I made a little bracket/brace for some switches I got. Doesn't look pretty now, but after a matte black paint job it should blend it pretty well. The first switch will be for a diagnostics jumper. Checking codes you say? Simply flip the switch and turn the key.
Before I start the harness assembly I'll take a picture of all the parts laid out. Should be a BIG picture, lol.
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Toyota to Obtain Permission for Public Road Test for Plug-in Prius in Japan
18 July 2007
|Asahi.com's rendering of the plug-in.
Asahi.com. Toyota Motor Co. will obtain permission from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport by the end of July for the testing of a prototype plug-in Prius on public roads.
Toyota will be the first car maker to obtain permission for a plug-in hybrid test in Japan. After completing the road tests, Toyota will start building a way to market the model by leasing them to public (government and municipal) offices.
According to the report, Toyota is testing a lithium-ion battery pack in the plug-in.
Earlier this year, Nikkei Business speculated that Toyota would introduce the plug-in at the Tokyo Motor Show in November.
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Wow! Are you kidding!!? This is just the news many of us have been waiting for.
I must admit, when Toyota hinted that they will go back to using NiMH batteries on the 09 Prius model change, I thought Toyota considered PHEVs to be a back burner project.
Anyone know what this permission from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, is about? Do any other countries have this requirement? If it is like our EPA, that usually isn't required til later in the development cycle.
Many of us have waited for Toyota to announce this move; however, because the test mule uses a LiIon battery and Toyota is on record delaying the implementation of LiIon, I suspect it will a while before we see them on our roads.
The good news is they have a PHEV working on the road and that's very encouraging. Maybe I won't need to drive my old Volvo all that much longer since I decided to wait for BEVs. If it's a good car with a good electrical range, I might decide to buy the PHEV and not wait.
Toyota needs to convert all of their SUV's and MiniVans to PHEV and Diesel technology. What a winner. 30% greater fuel efficiency with the Diesel engine plus more efficient LI-Ion batterys carrying 10x the power that the old fashioned NiMetal Hydride batteries carry. We can convert in 5 years to a low carbon footprint society if Toyota will have the moral courage to lead the way now. Why wait will the 2009 model year. The time to change is now.
George K., unlike the US, where indiviuals are free to modify their cars whatever way they like and still legaly operate it on the road (most times), nearly all other countries have very strict regulations concerning technical modifications on public road going vehicles.
I.e. even installing a different looking alloy wheel of the same diameter does need a permit and TUV certificate in germany - and noone's talking about a major change in the drivetrain of the car yet...
For a manufacturer, these rules are even more stringent, and starting the legal procedures to be allowed for a road test, does not necessarily mean that the car is already ready, or that the tests will actually be done... (But deep-pocketed companies are unlikely to turn around at that stage).
Anyway, I'm wondering if this is a one-way AC/DC converter, or a two-way, installed in this PHEV (without, or with V2G capabilities). Also, V2G does not necessarily mean that it can be run as an emergency power generator. Throwing in the few parts necessary for V2G (primarily a frequency follower on the AC side) and also for island operation (w/o external voltage / frequency input to sync the V2G part) would make such a V2G PHEV the perfect, high-power emergency power unit.
As a diesel generator in the 2,5 kW range costs between 1000 and 7000 USD (depending on features), there could be huge demand for a car offering these features, plus transportation, plus very cheap refilling (with electricity) plus the potential to make money (V2G peak power sell-back).
The only problem I see for a business plan for such a Prius is - how can I build them fast enough...
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Go Toyota! I've been dreaming of a manufacturer-backed PHEV ever since I bought my Prius in 2004. That dream only intensified in 2005 when I converted my house to solar power. Right now I'm donating about $200/year of free electricity to my local power company.
Like the poster named "Lad", I would consider retiring my second car early, to upgrade to a PHEV. Given that my second car is a pretty good one -- a Honda Civic with 113,000 miles on it, which gets 30 MPG -- that's saying a lot.
I read the Japanese article mentioned above and my interpretation is slightly different.
The Ministry of Land and Transport permission is a formality. It just means registration of a type of vehicle that is not currently resistered for use. Toyota will have no problems there.
Leasing to government offices in Aichi Prefecture (where Toyota HQ is based) is to gather performance data and check safety of the vehicle as a first step towards becoming the first commercial PHEV producer in the world.
The article also quoted the President of Toyota (Mr Katsuaki Watanabe)saying that among the many low pollution engine developments, such as clean diesel etc, the Hybrid is Toyota's core technology. Their strategy is to maintain Toyota's leading position in Hybrid technology with the PHEV which has an even lower environmental impact than existing hybrids.
Sounds to me like they will be giving it a serious push.
Instead of making a lot of fanfare and a big announcement way before they are ready with a real car for testing, they simply announce they are going to be testing, and soon.
In some ways, Toyota has sort of a dilemma, which may explain why they are not making a big deal about the plug in. They don't want to steal the thunder from their next upgrade (2009?) of the Prius. If people get the idea that the plug in will become a production car pretty soon they may delay further their new purchase or upgrade of their existing Prius.
To solve this problem, perhaps they should make the next upgrade to the Prius plug in ready to make it easy to get a Toyota provided upgraded of their next Prius. That seems like the best of both worlds.
Will the 2009 third generation Prius III have a PHEV option?
If so, will this first generation Toyota PHEV use NiMH or Li-Ion batteries?
Will the energy storage unit (s) have various options, i.e. size + technology?
Will super-caps (+ AWD) be offered to recuperate more decelleration energy and increase the electric ONLY range, specially in city driving.
There is so much room for improvement with PHEVs that it may take a few years before all the possible options become available.
Fortunately, Toyota is there to make it happen. I hope to buy a Toyota first generation PHEV in late 2009.
If Toyota still has questions about Li-ion why don't they just use a bigger NIMH? The way I see it a 5 seat Prius is overkill. They could offer a 4 seat version with the centre rear seat replaced by a battery box + work/coffee table. NiMH isn't a toxic battery tech so there's no fear of putting it in with the passengers, is it?
I'm also waiting for a PHEV. I want to be able to run this vehicle on energy produced locally. So that means solar/wind electricity (which I can make in my back yard) and bio fuels (which I can buy from my local farm cooperative). Until then, I'm driving my 1990 Honda rather than invest in more dead end products.
Toyota is well positioned to provide the car I'm looking for but another car company could take some risk and get there also.
I'd rather see Japan get rich than continue to support the middle east radicals.
The main dilemma is to use safer lower energy density NiMH or more dangerous higher density LiIon. The various LiIon battery recalls and fires that were taking place on notebook computers are making car makers such as Toyota leery of LiIon.
Prius problem is that the current NiMH is too small for PHEV. You can charge it but you cannot store much energy. Thus they would have to make it bigger, add more cells, to be able to charge any sort of non-trivial amount of electricity. The additional space required would significantly reduce interior/cargo space. You don't loose the 5th seat only, but also a good chunk of cargo space as well.
Today Prius is marketed as a mainstream family car with a comprable space as conventional cars. Once you enlarge the NiMH battery pack that is no longer possible. Their marketing strategy changes and they risk loosing sales.
Therefore change to LiIon is inevitable. Except Toyota doesn't want to be the 1st one to do it. Heck none of them want to be the 1st one. They are all afreaid of big dires/explosion, even possible deaths and lawsuits.
LiIon is known for a limited current draw range (NiMH is much more tolerant of very high current draw - they may fail but not blow up). LiIon makers claim that they have solved that problem and now offer high current draw versions. However car makers are still afraid.
So it all comes down to how good the latest LiIon battery for high current draw are. Toyota doesn't want to do it, but risks loosing the Prius brand lead. GM Volt could quickly take the hybrid crown from Toyota if they are successful.
So here we are. GM is pushing forward full spead ahead with LiIon because they have nothing to loose. Toyota has the lead so they have a lot to loose. Thus they are making a reluctant modifications to Prius to satisfy clients while keeping most of the original design intact.
I predict that the new Prius will STILL have a limited electricity capacity and will have a POOR pure electric range. Meanwhile GM Volt and whatever Ford comes up with will have a longer pure electric range, but of course will be brand new designs with the usual reliability ant other issues.
Bottom line is it will take a long time. I am sure gasoline prices will double by the time we have a decent range PHEV with a decent reliability/operability.
Regarding the V2G 'reverse' application for this (or any PHEV): Assuming there is a power outage, where does the 60Hz 'pilot' frequency come from in order to sync up the PHEV's 'feeding' the grid? Does the local utility provide this over a separate comm. line?
Are there any utility specs. out there that discuss this and the other safety aspects of V2G? How would the load be regulated?
John L: Why are you 'donating' $200/yr. of power to the local utility? Don't you have a net metering setup at your residence?
I pretty much agree with what Ed is saying here. I already own an 06 Prius and it is a great car to drive. When it came time to replace my old 240D that ran on B100 the Prius was an easy choice to make. The low emissions and high mileage were 2 big reasons for this choice.
After driving the Prius for a few months I built an Electric motorcycle. See www.zevutah.com for details.
My latest project has been to add solar panels to the workshop roof, so that I can charge the bike with clean electricity. That is now project is now working great.
My wifes car is a 10 year old Subaru with 120k miles on it. The replacement for that car will be either a PHEV or a BEV like the Chevy Volt.
Hey Toyota and Chevy are you listening ?????
Toyota saying "start building a way to market the model" could have something to do with the fact that Toyota spent millions telling the public "you never have to plug it (the Prius) in". They need to reverse that marketing slogan before heading in the opposite direction.
Permission to test this vehicle on the street may be typical in Japan. But remember that plug-in hybrids in large numbers will significantly affect the amount of road taxes collected. Because the current Prius gets 100% of its energy from gasoline, it does not step on the toes of tax collectors. This unresolved road tax situation has been cited as one possible reason plug-in hybrids have been so slow and development.
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During the summer of 2005 a "sprayground" located in Seneca Lake State Park, upstate New York, was closed for the season following an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by Cryptosporidium in the water. The attraction had been shut down because 3,800 people contracted the illness through contaminated water.
Although the sprayground used chlorinated water, Cryptosporidium is resistant to chlorine. Fearing another outbreak, in January 2006 the state's Health Department decided to require all spraygrounds to disinfect recirculated water with ultraviolet (UV) light. UV light inactivates 99.99% of the parasites (and other disease-causing microbes). UV disinfection mimics the sun's natural behavior, that is, ultraviolet energy destroys the ability of dangerous microorganisms to multiply, rendering them harmless to humans and the environment.
Spraygrounds are popular alternatives to swimming facilities because no standing water is used, therefore drowning is virtually impossible and the risk of water-related injuries are reduced. Without the new system, the spraygrounds could not re-open.
Doug Bingler, general manager of Residential & Commercial Water for ITT (which builds the Gould's Pumps brands) contacted ITT 's disinfection unit, Wedeco, which supplies UV systems to sprayparks in Europe. ITT agreed to donate a UV unit to the park. The UV system had to be built-to-order. ITT worked with the state's construction engineer, Malcolm Pirnie, to incorporate it into the sprayground design.
"ITT is proud to have donated this Wedeco UV unit in order to help make this sprayground safer for families and children to use, said Vince Visconti, director of sales. This unit, which features a compact design is economical to operate and offers maximum disinfection performance, is a perfect fit for this type of recreation facility."
"The use of this UV technology that ITT provides will help to prevent future outbreaks from happening and allow families and their children to enjoy water parks across the world," said Gary Aicher, president, ITT/Advanced Water Treatment. "We hope that through awareness and stricter regulations, UV will become standard equipment at water attractions."
With ITT's UV system donation—plus an expanded filtration system—the sprayground was able to reopen on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006.


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Open enrollment in health insurance through state exchange Access Health CT is underway, and officials say the first two days have gone off without a hitch.
Open enrollment in the state's health insurance marketplace begins Saturday, and state officials announced goals for the enrollment period during a press conference Friday.
Some 30,000 Connecticut residents are at immediate risk of losing their health care coverage, according to officials with Access Health CT.
Next week starts the national open enrollment period for individuals and families to sign up for health insurance plans on either the federally facilitated exchange or state-based exchanges.
A Middletown woman was honored at the White House today for her work in helping to enroll people in health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.
As Access Health CEO Kevin Counihan heads to Washington, D.C., to lead the national health insurance exchange, current Access Health CIO James Wadleigh, Jr. has been selected to take over as interim CEO.
A computer glitch has caused nearly 5,800 people enrolled in health insurance plans with Access Health CT to be dropped from their providers, and now the agency is working to fix it.
Sharon couple John and Dawn DiMarco express frustration after being dropped from their Affordable Care Act Plan.
A new Gallup survey out on Wednesday shows that Obamacare has helped nearly 10 million Americans get new health insurance, NBC News reported.
Outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the administration's own predictions that the new health care law's online sign-up system would be ready by Oct. 1 were "just flat out wrong."...


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Dell first brought mentioned Project Ophelia back in January, during CES. We learned some of the basics at the time, such as how this would be a 'computer on a stick' and how it would be running Android. The device then briefly turned up over the summer and now it looks like an FCC filing has been discovered.
The filing has this pegged as the Wyse Cloud Connect, however we may still have a few months before any official information gets released. The Dell World 2013 event is set to take place in December, running from the 11th through the 13th. Coming by way of the Dell World event site, there is mention of being able to get hands-on with the Wyse Cloud Connect, AKA, Project Ophelia.
This mention then goes on to describe the Wyse as a "USB tool that fits in your pocket and turns practically any display into a personal computer." Based on this, it seems Project Ophelia is a bit more about having access to a computer while on-the-go — as opposed to this being a streaming stick similar to the Chromecast.
Shifting back to the filing and unfortunately we aren't learning anything else in terms of the software. What the filing has done is offer quite a few images as well as some details on the hardware. For example, the FCC points towards the Wyse as having a microSD card slot, mini USB 2.0 and micro USB OTG port/power as well as WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth and an MHL-compatible HDMI port.
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When you talk about bad mothers, this California mom may be on the top of the list. She was arrested after police got their hands on this footage.In the video it is clear that she is encouraging her son to engage in this brawl. What type mom encourages her kid to behave like this? Oh we know, a BAB MOM!!! Shame Shame Shame!!!
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Unbelievable, but since Iraqi TV began showing "Coronation St" 6 months ago, violence has decreased by 87% on the streets of Iraq.
Where force and diplomacy have failed, "Our Ken" and the cast of "Coro" have had a huge impact on the situation in that troubled land.
"it's quite, quite extraordinary", said Maj. Gen. Cuthbert "cuddles" Fanshaw-Smythe, "Our chaps are being pestered all day long for the plot of 'Coro', apparently, back in Blighty they are 6 months ahead of here in Iraq. Personally I fail to understand why the Iraqis are so jolly keen on a programme about our dear Queen's coronation, but jolly good, I say, Splendid.
It is believed that the Iraqi population have become addicted to the show, the streets are deserted when it is broadcast. Some unscrupulous soldiers have resorted to selling bootleg copies of the show, sent out from the UK by family members.
The Taleban have opened a replica "Rovers Return" in Baghdad complete with female impersonater barmaids selling non-alcoholic Pale Ale. The catchphrase "Eh oop our Ken" has become a popular greeting with Iraqi youth.
The effect of the show has been dramatic, the Iraqis now identify with the British soldiers in particular, and have become in the words of one bemused squaddie "Quite friendly".
The M.O.D. is monitoring the effect closely, plans are in place for "Eastenders" to be trialed, whilst the Americans are considering "Cheers".
Tentative plans have been mooted to twin Baghdad with Bolton, and Ryanair are actively looking at direct flights to cater for the huge demand from the area for trips to the soon to be re-opened "Coro" set at Granada TV studios.


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by Deborah Walker
As any marketing guru will tell you, the success of a product launch depends on the quality of its advertising message, its exposure to a targeted audience, and the skill of its sales presenters. If any one of those critical elements is missing, revenues fall short of corporate goals.
Similarly, a successful job search requires:
- A clear marketing message (resume and cover letter);
- Ample exposure to targeted employers;
- Polished interview skills to secure the job offer.
Fall short on any of the three, and an extended, lengthy job search is the result.
The first step to a successful job search is a resume that communicates a strong marketing message. Just as a print ad entices the reader toward purchase, your resume has one job: to entice employers to call you for an interview.
How does one transform a boring, historical document into a marketing message that sells?
- Focus on benefits rather than features.
- Use accomplishments to illustrate marketable skills.
- Appeal to management buying motivations with examples of bottom-line impacting results.
Once you've transformed your work history into a marketing message, you'll want to give it as much quality exposure as possible. Marketing professionals use various media to get their message out. New athletic shoes may be promoted through print ad, television, and online media. Similarly, get maximum exposure of your job-search marketing message, with several strategies, both proactive and reactive.
One of the most common complaints I hear from job-seekers is that they get no response from their resume. When asked how they use their resume, they usually say it's 100 percent in response to posted job listings. Securing an interview from a job posting is like trying to catch a fish in a pond that is ringed elbow-to-elbow with anglers. To make matters worse, there's a sign posted at the pond that reads, "Due to budgetary cuts, the pond wasn't stocked this year."
To get maximum exposure and more interviews you'll want to include some of the following strategies:
- Networking with professionals who may provide job lead information.
- Conducting your own target-market campaign to selected employers.
- Distributing your resume to a large, yet select, group of qualified headhunters.
All the exposure in the world will not get you closer to your next career position if your interview skills are no sharper than your competition's. Just as a sales person whose rent money depends on his/her ability to outsell the competition, so must the job-seeker hone his or her interview skills to win the offer. Second choice still means "unemployed."
Some job-seekers cringe at the thought of conducting a job interview as a sales presentation. Natural-born sales people are rare. Even the most effective and highly paid sales professionals had to learn and practice their skills. Job-seekers of any background and personality style can adapt sales skills to perfect their interview skills. Minimally, those skills should include:
- Pre-interview research of the prospective employer. [Editor's note: See our Guide to Researching Companies, Industries, and Countries.]
- Anticipation of and answers to relevant questions. [Editor's note: See our Job Interview Questions Database for Job-Seekers.]
- Questions to uncover unstated concerns.
- Closing skills that lead to the next stage or the offer. [Editor's note: See our article, Closing the Interview.]
Job-seekers in a lengthy job search may benefit from analyzing which of the three critical elements is not working for them. Start by asking these questions:
- How is my ratio of resume-send-outs to job interviews? Maybe it's a resume problem.
- Am I finding enough job leads? Maybe it's time to implement proactive strategies for better exposure. [Editor's note: See our article, 10 Ways to Develop Job Leads.]
- Do I consistently end up "second choice" in job interviews? Probably time to sharpen the interview skills. [Editor's note: See our Guide to Job Interviewing Resources.]
Final Thoughts on a Successful Job-Search
Ensuring that your skills are their sharpest in all three critical elements of the job search will help you gain your career objective in the shortest amount of time with the least amount of stress.
Questions about some of the terminology used in this article? Get more information (definitions and links) on key college, career, and job-search terms by going to our Job-Seeker's Glossary of Job-Hunting Terms.
Deborah Walker is a Certified Career Management Coach. Her expertise includes resume writing and career coaching. She holds membership in the National Resume Writer's Association. As a former headhunter, her advice comes from an insider's prospective based on years working with HR professionals and corporate hiring managers. Visit Deb on the Web. Or email her for a free resume critique/price quote at email@example.com.


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EXCLUSIVE: Henrikh Mkhitaryan would be perfect for Man Utd, Jose will get his man
"But Dortmund are sick of playing the role of feeder team for Europe's elite – captain Mats Hummels was the latest in a long line of Bayern converts, while Ilkay Gundogan signed for Man City, with goalscorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reported to follow him.
"At 27, the German side know that Mkhitaryan is in his prime, and are willing to play hardball – even forcing him to see out the next twelve months of his deal.
"They did the very same thing before Robert Lewandowski went to Munich.
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A section of the new Infrastructure Bill designed to control invasive species could end up harming important native species such as the barn owl and the red kite.
In an open letter to the UK Government published last week in Nature magazine, 24 leading scientists including Museum researcher Prof Geoff Boxshall called for the bill to be re-written. The letter states that, "If the bill is passed in its present form, it could lead to an irreversible loss of native biodiversity."
The potential problem lies in the way the bill defines a 'non-native' species. According to the letter:
The draft bill defines non-native species as those that are "not ordinarily resident in, or a regular visitor to, Great Britain". This definition covers past native species that are now extinct, species that may become naturally established under a changing climate, and species listed in Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
Schedule 9 contains, among others, several species that have gone extinct in the UK and been reintroduced, such as the barn owl and the capercaillie (a type of grouse).
The barn owl is one species that could have its status changed by the new bill.
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The wording of the bill means that species slated for reintroduction, such as the European beaver and wolf, would be classed as non-native and their conservation threatened. Species naturally migrating from Europe as the climate changes, such as butterflies and other insects, would also be punished by the new definition.
Prof Boxshall thinks the definition needs to be changed:
The classification of native versus non-native is an ongoing matter for scientific debate, particularly in the face of climate change. By using such a simplistic definition, the government effectively bars the possibility of reintroduction of locally extinct species and adaptation to climate change.
Amendments have been suggested in the House of Lords to correct the problems in the legislation, but so far these have been rejected.
- Read about a mysterious beaver found in Devon earlier this year.
- Find out how some true non-native species can be an ecological and economic disaster.


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"We were kicking around ideas of a play on a classic piece of art, and so we thought that this would be kind of a funny homage to Michelangelo's piece," owner Bo Hicks said.
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KOHLER, Wis., July 6 (UPI) -- Suzann Pettersen took the lead Friday and Michelle Wie broke out of a season-long slump to move into contention midway through the U.S. Women's Open.
Pettersen shot a 4-under-par 68 at the Blackwolf Run course for a two-day total of 5-under 139.
That put her a shot in front of Cristie Kerr and Wie, who missed the cut in five of her previous six stroke-play events. Her best finish of the year has been a tie for 38th at a tournament in Thailand.
Wie shot a 6-under 66, her lowest score of the season and only the second time in 2012 she has broken 70.
Sandra Gal, Inbee Park and Vicky Hurst shared fourth place at 3-under 141. Lizette Salas and Mika Miyazato were at 142.
Lexi Thompson, who five years ago became the youngest player ever to qualify for this major championship when she did so at the age of 12, missed a chance to challenge for the lead.
After opening the tournament with a 70, Thompson made five birdies during the second round. But she also suffered three double bogeys and wound up shooting a 73 that left her four shots out of the lead in a tie for ninth.
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CO-OP Financial Services added two new credit unions to its ATM network recently, both based in Texas. Houston Highway Credit Union and YOUR Federal Credit Union have joined more than 200 credit unions that already use the service in Texas and 3,000 that participate across the nation.
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DSC Syllabus 2014 for Paper 1 (PART- A) & Paper 2 (PART- B). DSC 2014 renamed as TERT and it has 2 papers called DSC Part A & Part B for 160 marks.There are totally 160 marks for both papers.
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By The Twig - Well Seasoned, Feb 3 2017 09:00AM
A quick glance at our seasonality charts reveals that, whilst there are plenty of options for fish and meat on the menu in February, healthy green vegetables are rather thin on the ground.
This month, roots such as carrots, parsnips and swede are all still fairly plentiful but the cold weather means above-ground, leafy produce is hard to come by.
Thankfully a thin, purple superhero comes to our rescue this month. He's become so popular in recent years that he goes simply by an acronym - PSB. The Vegetable Formerly Known As Purple Sprouting Broccoli arrives just in time to sustain us through to spring.
Every part of this slender, leafy plant is edible so don't be put off if your PSB looks a bit stalky compared to "proper" broccoli. The first crops usually arrive in late January or February and the season will come to an end around May.
Good PSB is a real treat but it's easy to be put off by poor quality produce - woody stems and wilting, flavourless leaves are, unfortunately, all too easy to find. Choose yours carefully; it should look fresh and healthy. If the florets are yellowing or look dry then it's not fresh enough. The stems should snap cleanly in the same way as asparagus. Cooking is straightforward and much the same as for the normal broccoli.
Rather than be tempted by "early season" (almost certainly imported) asparagus in February, why not try a few stems of the freshest PSB with hollandaise sauce as an accompaniment? It'll add a perfect touch of seasonal glamour and goodness to your late-winter dinner table.
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Sebastian LaRue shined at the recent USC camp at wide receiver and cornerback and the Trojans' coaching staff offered him after that performance.
There was immediate interest from the Santa Monica, Calif., four-star prospect and after another unofficial visit on Thursday, LaRue said he committed to USC.
LaRue added that even though the coaches liked him at cornerback, they want to bring him in as a wide receiver and try that out first.
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"I went up there and I met with coach (Lane) Kiffin again," LaRue said. "I felt 100 percent in my decision. I felt like it was the best thing for me all the way around.
"USC is a great academic institution, a private institution and they offer a lot from the fan base and their alumni support system. I see so much USC support in Southern California and the fans are just great. It's something I want to be a part of. You can't beat USC athletics."
There was some debate about where LaRue was offered - especially since he did so well at cornerback during the camp - but after more talks with Kiffin the four-star said he will get a chance at offense.
"It's as a wide receiver," LaRue said. "I talked to coach Kiffin and he wants me as a wide receiver. They do have the luxury that I am versatile and I can play corner but as of right now it's to play wide receiver."
The 5-foot-11, 185-pound recruit is getting ready to leave Los Angeles for the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge in Atlanta where he'll be on the same 7on7 team as fellow USC commits Max Browne, Steven Mitchell and Justin Davis.
Getting a feel for those other prospects is important to LaRue, rated No. 23 at wide receiver and No. 162 overall in the 2013 class by Rivals.com.
"It's a great thing," LaRue said.
"We are from different parts of the country but we're some of the top guys so for us to come together at this event is really big. It could be a glimpse of what's coming up in the future."


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The photos feature a modern European take on traditional preppy looks. Included in the latest shots are such collegiate staples as khakis, wrinkled oxfords, white bucks, desert boots, boat shoes, rep ties, herringbone jackets, and, this being Spring/Summer, plenty of madras.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
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- Cybolic said...
Quick comment here. The Turtles are actually mostly motion capture in this film, with the voice over for Leonardo, done in the previous film by Johnny Knoxville, now provided by the motion captor actor portraying him (Pete Ploszek), so mostly everything you see on screen was really acted out on set.
Here's a short video showing how the scenes were set up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgdTT6Eam7w
Unfortunately, where I live, the movie is regarded as exclusively for kids and is not being shown with their original voices, so I won't be seeing it until it comes out on home video.
- June 9, 2016 at 5:07 AM
- Francisco Gonzalez said...
Yeah, I'm aware of the whole motion capture deal, this is the reason why their movements look so lifelike. The animation is top notch also, I mean, the shadowing, the lighting, the glistening of the sun on the turtles skin (especially on those scenes where they are in Brazil coming out of the river) is just wow. Hope you enjoy the movie, its a fun ride!
- June 9, 2016 at 6:07 AM
- Francisco Gonzalez said...
Thanx for that link Cybolic!
- June 9, 2016 at 7:17 AM
- Sergei Kolobashkin said...
Actually it all happened in the cartoon so I'd say that the Avengers kinda borrowed from TMNT.
- June 9, 2016 at 1:16 PM
- Francisco Gonzalez said...
Exactly, Krang was from Dimension X all along. Actually, if we get down to it, the turtles were traveling to other dimensions since their comic book origins! ;)
- June 9, 2016 at 1:44 PM
- Sergei Kolobashkin said...
Just seen the movie. It was freaking awesome!!!
- June 12, 2016 at 12:34 PM
- Francisco Gonzalez said...
Glad you enjoyed it, a turtle fan should be extremely happy with it! I was happy to see they included the intro song to the cartoon show in the end credits! I of course was singing it all along, also, the nods to Vanilla Ice were hilarious.
- June 13, 2016 at 6:53 AM
- Sergei Kolobashkin said...
They should've included Ninja Rap instead of Ice Ice Baby.
- June 14, 2016 at 2:29 AM
- Francisco Gonzalez said...
If I remember correctly it actually appears during the end credits.
- June 14, 2016 at 8:13 AM