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Vietnam Seizes 2,2 Tonnes of Mozambique Ivory
More than two tonnes of elephant ivory were seized by Vietnam officials yesterday. The ivory had been shipped from Mozambique, concealed in sacks of beans in a shipping container.
And today, Thailand said it had seized 789 kilograms of ivory at Samui International Airport in Surat Thani Province on December 10th. The ivory had been smuggled from Nigeria via Singapore
The 2,2 tonnes of ivory in 835 individual pieces adds up to nearly seven tonnes the amount of ivory seized by Vietnam in just five large scale confiscations this year.
The global security agency INTERPOL recognizes large scale seizures of 500 kgs and more as an indicator of organized crime behind illicit ivory trade.
It is at least the second consignment of ivory seized by Vietnam this year identified as being from Mozambique.
In August in Da Nang, Vietnam law enforcers grabbed 3,903 tonnes of illegal ivory in three separate confiscations, and in late November a further 860 kilograms of ivory was seized smuggled over the border from Taiwan, Province of China. Yesterday's seizure was found concealed aboard a ship which had docked at the northern port of Hai Phong in late November. The container vessel was of Mozambique origin.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare said that while it applauded Vietnam's tough stance against trafficking and the confiscation of illegal ivory and other wildlife, it was crucial that governments looked beyond seizures as the answer to disrupting trafficking.
"Seizures of ivory are always good news in the fight against poaching and illegal trafficking because they indicate improved levels of law enforcement, but seizures are the public face of a very tragic scenario that is killing up to 50,000 elephants a year and shows no sign of abating," said Kelvin Alie, Director of IFAW's Wildlife Trade Programme. The IUCN says the African elephant population currently stands at 470,000 down from 550,000 in 2006.
"Unfortunately their successes are only proving to highlight the extent of the problem. If we are to save elephants we need to address every link in the ivory chain. That means stopping the killing, stopping the trafficking and stopping the demand," said Alie.
As one of the world's most lucrative criminal activities, valued at US$19-billion annually, illegal wildlife trade ranks fifth globally in terms of value, behind the trafficking in drugs, people, oil and counterfeiting.
Most illegal ivory is destined for Asia, in particular China, where it has soared in value as an investment vehicle and is coveted as "white gold". Availability of legal ivory in China purchased form the stockpile sale in southern Africa in 2008 has, in turn, boosted demand encouraging illegal ivory trade and the poaching of elephant to meet market needs.
To date, more than 2,800 participants have attended IFAW's Prevention of Wildlife Trafficking trainings across 81 training workshops in approximately 38 countries. Many of these have been conducted in partnership with INTERPOL.
The 2013 IFAW report, Criminal Nature: The Global Security Implications of the Illegal Wildlife Trade, documents the threat the illegal wildlife trade poses to elephants, rhinos and people.
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Founded in 1969, IFAW rescues and protects animals around the world. With projects in more than 40 countries, IFAW rescues individual animals, works to prevent cruelty to animals, and advocates for the protection of wildlife and habitats. For more information, visit www.ifaw.org. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Photos are available at www.ifawimages.com


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53-Year-Old Woman Dead in Center City Hit-And-Run Crash
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (August 10, 2017) – A vehicle hit a female pedestrian, killing her and fleeing the crash site Sunday in Center City, as per the police.
The fatal crash took place at around 3:20 a.m. August 6, in Center City, Philadelphia.
Officials mentioned that 53-year-old Ann Broderick was transported to Hahnemann University Hospital and pronounced dead after approximately 20 minutes.
The car involved was described as a white four-door Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with supposedly right front-end damage.
It was not clear what the cause of the incident was. Police were still looking for the hit-and-run driver.
An investigation into the incident was still ongoing at the time of the report.
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It's all about "loops" and "spirals" these days.
On Tuesday some folks were out warning that if the NAV discount on high yield ETFs gets too wide, it could conceivably lead the arb crowd that's implicitly responsible for making sure everyone's worst ETF fears aren't realized to act irrationally thus short-circuiting the safety valve in a devastating "spiral." You can about that in the high yield context here and in the EM bond context here.
When it comes to "loops" the discussion very often centers around the doomsday-ish self-feeding dynamic that's been embedded in markets thanks to the interplay between central bank forward guidance, VIX ETPs, and vol.-sensitive, programmatic strats.
Hopefully you don't need a refresher on this, because if you do it likely means you haven't been paying much attention to how shifts in market structure are creating systemic risks that no one understands, but just in case, the idea is that thanks to the low starting point on the VIX, a nominally small spike could force inverse and levered VIX ETPs to panic buy VIX futs into said spike, thus exacerbating the situation and ultimately forcing CTAs, vol. control funds, and risk parity to deleverage into a falling market.
You can call that far-fetched if you want and you can also call the concerns overblown, but what you can't do is argue that no one is talking about precisely that dynamic because they most assuredly are.
What you generally want to keep track of with this is the ETP rebalance risk (vega-to-buy on a N-vol. spike in the VIX futures curve) and the extent to which the systematic crowd is exposed. Deutsche Bank tracks this, and their latest read on the feedback loops is not what you would call "comforting."
Implicit in the above is the idea that VIX ETPs cannot themselves tip the first domino, only that they can make things worse once the first domino is toppled. As Deutsche writes, the rebalance risk is still very large. To wit:
Impact of VIX ETPs remains high even as vol has risen slightly. VIX ETP providers would need to buy ~$140mm vega on a 5-vol spike in the VIX futures curve, which is ~65% of the average daily 1st/2nd/3rd VIX futures volume over the last 2 months. Even a 2-vol move would induce $70mm of buying. That 2-vol move would not represent a significantly high level of volatility historically, and may not require a large spot move to realize. A 5-vol move represents more of a tail risk given current volatility, however we saw a 2-vol move in the weighted average VIX future on May-17 and Aug-10.
That's been a constant for some time now, but as DB goes on to write, CTA exposure (and implicitly, the risk associated with that exposure) is now at historically high levels. "Positioning of CTAs may pose a risk to SPX," the bank writes, before elaborating as follows:
CTAs beta to SPX has risen to the top of its 3 year range over the past month, so there is some risk that the funds could sell a large number of futures into a declining market if there was shock and subsequent deleveraging.
As for vol. control funds, DB estimates they would need to sell $9-12 billion in equities during a 3% selloff. Here's the feedback loop dashboard:
On the bright side, we're in the midst of the second-longest streak without a 3% drawdown since WWII, so you know, it should be fine. Hell, we can't even get a 0.5% move lower these days…


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Get ready for some cray-cray: Empire's Cookie is coming to South Africa.
Taraji P. Henson, known for her over-the-top role as cooky-crazy Cookie Lyon in the drama series Empire on FOX (DStv 125 / StarSat 131) is coming to South Africa in June.
The actress will visit Johannesburg to meet and greet "superfans" while MultiChoice announced that its opening up the FOX channel to all its DStv Compact subscribers permanently from 1 June.
Adding FOX to DStv Compact will help to further increase ratings for the channel from the FOX Networks Group that also supplies channels like National Geographic, FX, Fox Crime to pay-TV operators across Africa.
"We are exceptionally thrilled at the opportunity to bring our content to even wider audiences in Africa so they get to experience the best content that is available on FOX, within hours of the American broadcasts," says Khosi Khanyile, Fox Africa's head of marketing.
"Fans of Empire are definitely in for a treat – Taraji P. Henson has been a fan favourite with South African audiences from the first season."
"During the FOX two-week open window special earlier this year, we received an overwhelming response from our DStv Compact customers who enjoyed the FOX channel line-up," says Aletta Alberts, MultiChoice's general manager for content.
"We believe that the full-time addition of FOX with its excellent programming will enhance the entertainment experience of our Compact customers."
To co-incide with the star's visit, FOX is rebroadcasting the second season of Empire with double episodes over weekends from 4 June.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Having a parent with a history of heart disease almost doubles a person's risk of also getting heart disease, regardless of ethnicity or country, according to an international study.
The study, which involved patients in 52 countries and appeared in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, also suggested that if your parents had a heart attack, changing your behavior to more healthy patterns, while helpful, isn't guaranteed to protect you completely.
Previous studies have confirmed the relationship between a family history of heart disease and a person's own heart risk in certain populations, but the study also suggests the effect of family history is about the same in cultures across the world.
"This study reinforces the important role of family history as one of the very important risk factors, in addition to other known modifiable risk factors," said Christopher O'Donnell at the National Institutes of Health, who was not involved in the study, to Reuters Health.
"It reinforces the need to integrate the family history into the day-to-day practice of prevention and therapy for heart disease."
The findings are from the INTERHEART study led by Salim Yusuf of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and involved 12,000 patients on every continent except Antarctica who were being treated for their first heart attack between 1999 to 2003.
The study also included about 15,000 age- and sex-matched controls.
About 18 percent of patients who had suffered a heart attack also had parents with a history of heart attack, compared to 12 percent of participants without heart disease.
When the researchers factored in the patient's age, sex and region of residence, those with at least one parent with a history of heart disease were still 1.8 times more likely to get heart disease themselves, a number consistent across ethnicities and world regions.
The risk was the same whether it was the father or mother who had the heart attack, but higher if both parents were affected, or if either or both had a heart attack before the age of 50.
Accounting for known heart disease risk factors including smoking and alcohol consumption, fruit and vegetable consumption and obesity didn't explain the increased risk that comes with having a parent with heart disease.
"We know that family history represents many things," said Themistocles Assimes at the Stanford University School of Medicine, the author of an editorial accompanying the study.
"A lot of those things are genetic. Some are almost certainly environmental (factors) that we don't know about that we can't measure."
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Reporting by Genevra Pittman at Reuters Health; editing by Elaine Lies


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I was clubbin last night, the Saturday night of Davao City's KADAYAWAN 2012 Festival.. I always take pictures and stuff w/ friends when clubbin, but w/ my New phone/camera , the Nokia 808 pureview, for the first time i decided to take video inside the club... the lights during this time was dimmed down but what i wanted to test was the NOKIA 808's ground breaking feature, RICH RECORDERING!! w/c lets you record audio at staggering quality , from pin drop to live concert = where most camera phones and even dedicated audio recorders konk out coz they cant handle the volume and base level etc...
As expected, the Nokia 808 recorded the scene's audio ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY w/o Distortion!!!! I am extremely amazed!! Mind you, it was REALLY REALLY LOUD that night, and i was standing on the second floor of the club, w/ one of the big ass speakers 4 feet away from me (DJ Booth side).. and not one distortion was detected.. abso-fekkin-lutely awesome :)
PS youTube audio compression dont do it justice lol.. but still you get the idea..
PS youTube audio compression dont do it justice lol.. but still you get the idea..


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She is the author of six books of poetry and two books of criticism, and the co-editor of one collection of scholarly essays.
Gregerson's poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, Granta, The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, The Best American Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies. Among her honors and awards are an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, the Kingsley Tufts Award, four Pushcart Prizes, grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim, Rockefeller, Mellon, and Bogliasco Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Poetry Society of America, and the National Humanities Center. In 2014, Gregerson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
"The next time someone asks me what advantage poetry holds over prose, I will point to these lines..."
—Dan Chiasson, from "Form and Function
"[Her poems] work not to suppress but to worry doubt, ever conscious both of the human propensity to harm and of our obligation to implicate ourselves in the suffering of others. They provide us, that is to say, with an example we very much need."
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On Friday, as I mentioned in our weekly email, Crystal and I hung new signs outside the church, "Jesus Didn't Reject People. Neither Do We." The slogan comes from our Christian movement, the United Church of Christ, as an expression of our commitment to inclusion. We felt good about the message we hung up. A neighbor walked by and said how much she longed to see such signs everywhere. It seemed as if earth itself, on that beautiful Friday, shared our sense of joyful purpose.
Afterwards, back in the office, Crystal played a voicemail message that came in while we were outside. A hateful message. I debated whether or not to share it this morning.
But as I thought about it, I remembered all of the recent hateful speech and actions I've heard across our country. Locally, our JCC closed because of a bomb threat. The children in the daycare didn't know what was happening when the adults shepherded them down the street to the Richards Elementary School. The little children just thought they got a special day at a new playground; a field trip; the adults worked hard to make it fun. But they knew; a man felt such hatred in his heart that he longed to hurt and frighten them.
It was probably a hoax, but had to be taken seriously. Because making these kinds of threats can be the way people work themselves into action. Actions like those of a white supremacist who shot and killed six at a mosque in Quebec.
All of this was in my mind as I listened to the message on our voicemail. What to do with this ugliness? Part of me wanted to ignore it, to shake it off and move on. But I realize that hatred must be faced, named, talked about.
We need to tell the truth about hatred. In part, because hate speech aims to shut us up; to silence us. Those are reactions of shame. That's one of the reasons why people use hate speech; to shame us into silence. And so resistance begins with naming the lies that are told about us.
And when we name vile things said about us then we begin to inoculate ourselves. An inoculation takes a bit of the virus and exposes our immune system to it so that our bodies can recognize and organize against a viral threat. I think something similar happens with hate speech. We need to be able to recognize it, to spot the vile virus. And then our spirits can organize against it.
To be inoculated against hate speech is different than to be desensitized. We become desensitized when we get used to responding to hatred with silence. The problem with desensitization is that one doesn't organize and mount a resistance. But inoculation means your resistance is strengthened: you can recognize it and respond appropriately.
When I thought of it that way then I realized we needed to hear a bit of what was said in our voicemail message. The caller, spitting out his words, said, "You're disgusting. You're a vagina show. There's a place in hell waiting for you. Don't call yourself a church."
Ugly words. But not my first time hearing ugly words on our voicemail or getting them in a letter or even chalked on the sidewalk. But I did hear something new in this message. Vagina show. No one has ever accused me of going there before.
I was actually so surprised by that part of the message. Usually it's our acceptance of LGBT people that gets us the hate messages. Normally I'm called a fag. Or told about Sodom and Gomorrah as if I'd never heard of that text. Didn't this caller know I was gay? How much more out do I have to be? But then I realized this was in response to my sermon two weeks ago about reproductive freedom. I'd shared the sermon on Facebook and then it got shared there and on some blogs; that was the show.
Realizing this sent me back to our Gospel lesson for today. "You are salt of the earth," Jesus said, "You are the light of the world." These words come from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. I've gotten so used to the way that we read these verses that I forgot - until Friday - the context. Traditionally we read the Beatitudes one week and then the Salt and Light reading another week and then the rest of Jesus' Sermon on the remaining weekends. But in context, right before Jesus called his followers to be Salt and Light, he offered this Beatitude. "Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against; rejoice and be glad; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
The call to be Salt and Light came after Jesus acknowledged the way his followers - you and I - would be reviled. The call to be Salt and Light came with Jesus' inoculating his followers from hateful and vile speech and actions.
And so I come to these words about Salt and Light wanting to know how they can help us deal with the ugliness of hatred.
Salt. I use salt in cooking. You'll find several kinds in my pantry. Table salt. Kosher salt. Sea salt. Pink salt. And even smoked salt. Each has their purpose. But I've often puzzled over this passage because none of these salts has ever lost its saltiness. And that's because salt is a chemically stable compound.
So I looked into this. Some biblical scholars pointed out that the phrase "salt of the earth" ought to be contrasted with "salt of the sea." So Jesus is talking about a salt gathered or mined from the earth; rock salt. In Israel this salt of the earth often gets inadvertently mixed with gypsum dust carried in by the wind but often looks like salt. If the content of gypsum gets too great then the salt will not taste salty. Hmm. Maybe; but it sounds like a too perfect explanation. Perhaps that's why one can abbreviate Biblical Studies down to BS.
Personally, it sounds like Jesus to give us a puzzler, to make us wonder about salt losing its saltiness until we realize that of course salt never does. Salt remains constant. And that's what we need to do when facing hatred: remain constant.
What's that about? Looking into that lead me down a rabbit hole until I was reading about pre-modern farming techniques. Turns out they used salt to destroy weeds - it burned the roots of the shallow weeds while increasing the moisture retention of the soil so as to help the plants. Salt could also make the grass sweeter for cattle and keep rust away from wheat. But manure? Well I guess farmers once used salt to preserve manure just as we use salt to preserve meat. The salt kept the manure fresh and full of fertilizing goodness. So it turns out salting your soil and your manure is a real thing (not just BS).
Jesus knew people threw salt on barren land to make it possible for things to grow; they threw salt on manure to enhance its fertilizing ability. As Anthony Bradley interpreted it, Jesus calls us salt because "we are intended to bring life and flourishing out of decaying manure piles and arid soil where nothing grows—spheres of society that are dead, barren, or rotting."
Jesus is building up our ability to resist. Starting with the Beatitudes, he didn't pretend life would be sunshine and roses but spoke honestly about the reality of oppression. And then he taught his followers how to respond. Be salt; be constant. Be salt; bring life to barren places.
When we face hatred - hearts harder than soil baked in the sun, words and actions that are just a pile of manure - then we know, "we've got work to do." Our lives are meant to be salt to that soil and that manure.
Isn't that what we're doing with our work on racial equity? Being constant on this issue. Salting our own privilege. Nurturing new growth and possibility for racial relations in Milwaukee.
And light. Jesus challenged his followers to be the light of the world. These words inspired John Winthrop, even before his ship landed in America, to speak of founding a "city on a hill" that would inspire the world because of the quality of life and devotion of its inhabitants. Starting in the 1960's, our presidents picked this up as a refrain for America: John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush all liked to speak of our nation as a city on a hill.
But Jesus said it first. And in a context different than any president. For he knew the reality of being reviled. Facing opposition, facing hatred, some might counsel lying low. "Don't make waves." "Don't call attention to yourself." So many ways of pressuring ourselves to self-edit.
But Jesus did the opposite. A light can not be hid. Your light can not be hid.
I think Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to the reason why Jesus wanted us to let our light shine. He said once:
Through violence you may murder the liar,
but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth.
Through violence you may murder the hater,
but you do not murder hate.
In fact, violence merely increases hate.
So it goes.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,
adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness:
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
Jesus knew this truth too: hate cannot drive out hate. It's why he told Peter to put away his sword in the Garden of Gethsemane. Resisting hatred calls forth our best light, the kind of light we saw in Martin Luther King, Jr.
And that light is the truth of our souls, our soul truth. Light can't be hidden very well. Nor can the truth. The truth will always come out. It may take a long time. But the truth comes out, even if it takes decades, generations.
Just this winter more truth finally came out about Emmett Till. Till, just fourteen years old, went to visit family in the south. A white store clerk accused black Till of flirting with her. Her husband and a friend kidnapped Till, tortured and beat him, and threw his body in a river. All back in 1955. But now that store clerk admits she lied on the stand. Till never "grabbed her around the waist and uttered obscenities." Sixty years after his gruesome death, Emmett Till's truth is finally seeing the light of day.
And I can't think of Emmett Till without remembering his mother. She took his body back to Chicago but she didn't hide her grief. She invited the world to see, opened his casket, made plain what was done to her little boy by showing his beaten and bloated body. What courage it must have taken, what strength of person; yet she held up a light like a city on a hill that illuminated all the evil of racism in our country.
Hatred, as it did with Till's murder, tries to hid the truth. But the truth will come out.
Jesus knew people facing hatred might try to hide their truth. But Jesus called them to be public, to let their truth shine, illuminating the night like a city on a hill.
Jesus faced hatred. In doing so he wanted to inoculate his followers from it. Our body politic may be infected; which is why Jesus' needs us as T-cells ready to recognize and organize against hatred.
Salt and light; these are Jesus' plan to deal with ugly hatred. Be constant. Bring hardened hearts to life. Let your truth blaze.
Alleluia and Amen.


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Do you ever shop for shoes in one of our Mount Lemmon area shoe stores?
When buying a running shoe, is quality important?
Does durability matter as long as the shoes look fabulous?
Would you rather have one pair of long lasting shoes or two pair of lower quality shoes at the same price?
Is the warranty important when buying tires?
When you choose new tires in Tucson, what's the most important factor for you?
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You know, buying tires in Tucson is a big deal. It's a big ticket item so you know you'll be spending a lot. You're not only concerned about the price, but you want to know that it'll be a long time before you need to buy new tires again.
And of course there's the safety aspect as well. The tires do a lot of work – they carry the weight of the vehicle and you and your passengers. They need to be up to the task. You want to be sure they hold the road and provide good traction. If you carry heavy loads or tow a trailer, the tires need a high load rating to be up for the job.
As a tire professional, I think it's important that people understand the effect of price on a tire's performance and durability. When I was a kid, my dad had a saying, "Pay twice as much and buy half as many."
Dad applied that to a lot of things. He thought that one high quality suit would last longer and look better than two cheap suits. The saying really seems to hold true when it comes to shoes and boots, too.
I buy high-quality work shoes because I spend a lot of time on my feet. They're more comfortable, have important safety features like steel toes and non-slip soles and they last at least twice as long as cheap shoes. I feel I get very good value for my money.
I apply the same thinking to tires. The major tire brands that you're familiar with are known as Tier 1 tires. These tires are well-engineered and very high quality. Comparable tires are usually in the same price range from brand to brand.
Stepping down in price you come to private label tires. Some large tire store chains carry tires with the chain's own brand. It's important to know that most private label tires are built by the same Tier 1 brands that you are familiar with, so they are a quality product. You can ask your tire professional who makes their private brand.
The lowest priced tires on the market are Tier 3 tires. These tend to be imported from China or South America. Since you get what you pay for, you can't expect a Tier 3 tire to deliver the same performance and durability as the others.
So let's say you need new tires. You've determined the features you need. So you have several options, including price options. Now, you've probably heard the term 'it's a 40,000 mile/64,000 km tire' or 'it's a 60,000 mile/97,000 km tire'. Simply put, the manufacturer warrantees the tire for 'X' number of miles/kilometers. If that's important to you, look for the warranty.
What's the difference in the tires with higher mileage warranties? It's the rubber compounds and the amount of tread material. As you might expect, you'll pay more for the longer-lasting tire.
Now the cheapest tires you can find won't have a manufacturer's mileage warranty, or if it does, it'll be relatively low. That brings us back to dad's saying; if you buy the cheapest Tier 3 tire you can, you will likely go through two sets in the time it would take to wear out one set of good quality tires. And the good tires won't cost twice as much, so you'll end up paying more per mile/km driven with the cheap tires.
Hey, I realize that sometimes the budget will only allow for a Tier 3 tire. I make them available for my customers who need them because I would rather see them driving with safe, new tires than pushing their old tires beyond their safety limits. But at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson, we always counsel our customers to buy as much tire as they can afford, because it will be much less expensive in the long run.
Your tires are the only parts of your vehicle that touch the road. You're only as safe as your tires are well built.
Buy value – not price.
Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson
3155 N. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
Posted: Jan 28, 2014
Nowadays, Tucson auto owners are paying more at Mount Lemmon gas pumps. For some families in the greater Mount Lemmon area, it adds up to several hundred dollars every month. That's got to come out of the budget somewhere. This is one of the reasons many AZ auto owners are putting off buying a new car. They plan on keeping their old vehicle for a year or two longer than before.
Even now, 2/3 of the personal vehicles on our local Tucson, AZ interstates have over 75,000 miles on them. The average age of vehicles is over nine years. And most people in Mount Lemmon can't afford to be stranded or inconvenienced by a break down. So following a regular maintenance schedule, like personal diet and exercise plans, is actually critical to preserving your investment.
Determining what to do for a higher-mileage vehicle can be challenging because many auto manufacturer's manuals don't publish service intervals after 60,000 miles. Thus, Tucson car owners need to be better at keeping records and planning for preventive maintenance.
You can start by figuring that services with a recommended interval should still be performed on that interval, even after you're past the tables in your service manual. For example, a service might be recommended every 15,000 miles. Well, just keep doing it every 15,000 miles for as long as you have your car.
Now higher mileage engines operate under more stress. Some Mount Lemmon automotive experts suggest that the severe service schedule is more appropriate and that routine service should be performed at shorter intervals. Check with your owners' manual or service advisor at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson to see if the severe service schedule is right for your vehicle.
And keeping current with your full-service oil change schedule is important for a couple of reasons. First, older engines have had more time to build up oil sludge. Skipping an oil change here and there can really compound the problem for your SUV.
Another equally important reason is that your other fluids are routinely checked and topped off. Power steering fluid, brake fluid, coolant and transmission fluid can be kept at optimal levels even though the older seals and gaskets are leaking more than when they were new.
And speaking of older seals and gaskets: they start to dry out and become more brittle with age. You may want to consider using high mileage formulation oil and fluids. These products contain special additives to condition seals and gaskets to keep them from leaking. The high mileage formulations cost more than standard products, but they are well worth it in terms of preventing serious repair bills down the road.
Older vehicles in the Tucson, AZ area need repairs and replacements that newer ones don't. Things like timing belts, radiator hoses, suspension work, anti-lock brakes, air bags, water pumps, alternators and batteries. That may seem like a lot of stuff to have done, but it works out to be cheaper than new car payments.
With a high-mileage vehicle, a couple of relationships will become pretty important. The first is with your service advisor at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson. You need someone you trust to take care of your car and be mindful of your needs. Ask for help to develop a plan to keep your vehicle road-worthy that works within your budget, and for the Tucson, AZ area driving conditions.
The next relationship is with your vehicle itself. We're not talking about naming your car or tucking it in at night. We just mean - pay attention and get to know your vehicle. Notice unusual sounds, smells, vibrations, etc. Then you can describe the changes to your service advisor at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson and head off problems. We can't do anything about the price of gas, but we can properly maintain Old Faithful to keep it safely and economically on the local Tucson, AZ roads.
Take a look at the attached automotive tips video from AutoNetTV
Posted: Jan 16, 2014
For those of you in Tucson, AZ who pay attention to these things, you may have been hearing about the new direct injection engines and want to learn more about them. Some deliver the power of a V8 with the economy of a V6.
For example, in one family of engines the conventional V6 makes about 250 horsepower. The direct injection version of the same engine makes over 300 horsepower and gets essentially the same fuel economy. The turbocharged version makes over 350 horsepower.
So what are the differences from a conventional engine?
The core difference is in the fuel injection system. The system most vehicles use now is called a port injection system. The fuel injector squirts fuel into a port just outside the cylinder where it's then drawn into the engine with the air.
With a direct injection system, the injector squirts the fuel directly into the cylinder. The gain in power and economy come because fuel injected directly into the cylinder during the combustion cycle is burned much more efficiently.
First, the fuel is squirted in at hundreds of times more pressure, so it's atomized much better and burns cleaner and stronger. The other big advance is in electronics. Faster engine management computers can control the additional precision required to manage direct fuel injection.
Fuel injectors are precision instruments. They have to deliver a precise amount of fuel at exactly the right time. The design of the engine also dictates a particular spray pattern for the fuel. If a fuel injector is dirty or gummed up, it can't do its job as well. That means less power and worse fuel economy for your vehicle and can lead to damaged fuel injectors.
Replacing fuel injectors at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson isn't cheap. Direct injection injectors are even more expensive because of the extremely high-pressure they use. Same thing for diesel fuel injectors; we're talking mortgage payment-range to replace a set of diesel injectors.
A professional fuel system cleaning from Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson gets out the gum and varnish in the whole system, including the fuel injectors. Keep those injectors clean and they'll last a long, long time.
Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson
3155 N. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
Posted: Jan 09, 2014
Today's Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson post focuses on using coolant. If you pour in the wrong kind, it won't protect the cooling system and may even void the warranty. Check your vehicle owner's manual. Of course, your Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson service advisor will know the proper coolant for your vehicle.
Brake fluid is confusing for some Tucson drivers. Back when we opened Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson, most vehicles used Dot 3 brake fluid. Now we have Dot 4 and Dot 5. Some Tucson residents mistakenly think the higher numbers are an upgrade. You know, if 3 is good then 4 must be better. That's not how it works. They are different formulations to meet the demands of differences in brake systems. Only one of them is designed for your vehicle.
Ditto for transmission fluid. For decades there were two basic types of tranny fluid used at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson: friction modified or not. With the tremendous engineering advances in vehicle automatic transmissions, there have been several new types of fluids developed to protect and lubricate them.
Nowhere are the advances in automotive fluids more evident to Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson professionals than in motor oil. Many new weights and formulations have been created to meet the demands of today's high-tech vehicle engine design. Modern engines have more parts and much tighter tolerances.
That's where the new grades of engine oil come in. They have to be formulated to lubricate, protect and clean all of those vehicle engine parts, big and little. The oil has to be thin enough to get into little passages, yet resistant to vaporization.
At Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson in Tucson, we believe that in some ways modern automotive fluids are just as impressive as the new engines. Because weights of oil and types of coolant and transmission fluid are so carefully matched to the vehicle, make sure you always use the proper fluid if you are topping off at home.
Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson
3155 N. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
Posted: Jan 02, 2014
During an inspection at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson in Tucson, your friendly and knowledgeable automotive service technician will check for worn, broken or missing parts.
Here's a quick rundown of suspension system components:
There are the springs which hold the weight of your vehicle. There are several varieties of springs. Springs are heavy duty parts that rarely break or wear out. Shock absorbers work in conjunction with springs to smooth out the ride and help keep the tires on the road. Good shocks are essential for handling performance and ride comfort.
You've probably heard of struts. They combine a shock absorber and a coil spring in one unit. Shocks and struts will wear out over time. If your tires develop a cupped wear pattern, your shocks or struts may be wearing out. This is from the shocks bouncing unevenly. You may notice a floaty or drifting sensation when cornering. If the front of your vehicle dives excessively when stopping, or rocks back and forth after you've stopped, your shocks may be worn out. And if they are leaking fluid, it's definitely time to replace them at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson.
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, visit Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson for a suspension inspection. Same applies if you've been in an accident that involved one of your wheels. If your vehicle suspension actually fails, it could lead to a serious accident, so don't put it off.
When you replace your shocks, it's usually a good idea to replace all four at the same time. That'll give you more even handling. Talk with your friendly and knowledgeable pros at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson because you don't want a big difference between the performance of your shocks from wheel to wheel, and replacing all may be the safest bet.
There are different grades of shocks and struts. You always want to use a replacement shock or strut that equals the one that came as original equipment when your vehicle was new. But remember, they were designed to meet the expected needs of the broad range of Tucson people who buy that particular vehicle. Your needs may be more specialized.
For example, if you want increased handling performance, your Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson service advisor can recommend an upgraded shock or strut specially designed for improved handling. If you haul heavy loads or trailers in Tucson, we can recommend some heavy duty shock absorbers.
Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson
3155 N. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705


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Monday, November 28, 2016
O' Christmas Tree...
23 comments:
- misteejay said...
It looks fabulous Kath.
Toni xx
- November 28, 2016 at 2:12 PM
- Janette said...
It does look fab and no one would ever guess you were 'out of your comfort zone'....didn't know you had one Kath...love it.x
- November 28, 2016 at 2:15 PM
- Linda Simpson said...
Hi Kath, this looks amazing! I love the fabric under the tree. Gorgeous textures and design.
Linda xxx
- November 28, 2016 at 2:53 PM
- Catherine said...
Love this, Kath! I love the black and gold combination, so pretty!
Cathie ♥
- November 28, 2016 at 3:28 PM
- Redanne said...
Wow Kath, the denim behind the tree is so effective and I just love the wonderful Nordic pattern in the background. You may have been out of your comfort zone but it sure doesn't look it here! Love this! Hugs, Anne xx
- November 28, 2016 at 5:12 PM
- Tricia Ann said...
You created an OUTSTANDING project! The colors, the textures, the mediums, EVERYTHING - I love it!
- November 28, 2016 at 5:40 PM
- Paula Cheney said...
Love this Kath! The non-traditional colors work so well with the Nordic pattern!
- November 28, 2016 at 6:27 PM
- rachel said...
beautiful work Kath - I just adore what you have done xx
- November 28, 2016 at 8:28 PM
- Lorraine A said...
Ooh, this is so beautiful Kath, the whole design of this is stunning!! 😍❤
Lols X X X
- November 28, 2016 at 9:07 PM
- Annie said...
Hi Kath x although you were out your comfort zone you did a stellar job in creating this fabulous make in traditional Scandinavian style xx love the layout and your Christmas tree xx this year has truly flown by !!!
TFS and hugs to you both
Annie x x
- November 28, 2016 at 11:24 PM
- Anita Houston said...
Every detail gorgeous! I LOVE the neutral vintage tones. PINNED!
- November 29, 2016 at 2:11 PM
- nwilliams6 said...
Wow - I love this! What a special treat with some awesome products. Yours was my favorite of all the DT samples at SSS.
- December 1, 2016 at 11:04 AM
- Zoey Emanuela Scarpelli said...
WOAH! So great!!! Thank you Kath for sharing this wonderful project!
Hugs, Zoey
- December 1, 2016 at 9:06 PM
- butterfly said...
I love neutrals for Christmas, so this is right up my street - I love how you've used all the die-cuts, and the rustic burlap base is great.
Alison x
- December 2, 2016 at 5:00 PM
- My Paper Epiphany said...
What a gorgeous Christmas project! I love the neutral colour scheme and all your elements! Thanks for leaving me a comment - you are always an inspiration to me, so it puts a big smile on my face:)
- December 4, 2016 at 1:51 AM
- Meihsia Liu said...
Love this gorgeous piece, Kath. All the details and embellishments on it are fantastic! :)
- December 4, 2016 at 4:27 AM
- Andrea Ockey Parr said...
This is fantastic, Kath! I love how you totally nailed the balance between rustic and elegance here. As always, your ability to mix patterns and colors is admirable and your work is always bursting with wonderful emotion and the stuff that happy memories are made of!
- December 4, 2016 at 5:04 AM
- Emma Williams said...
This is beautiful Kath and I adore the Scandinavian feel to the whole piece, you've really captured it so well with the colours and gorgeous embellishments ~ love it! Hugs xxx
- December 4, 2016 at 2:14 PM
- Macarena said...
LOVELY! I couldn't imagine the dies could look so fantastic! You turned them out into a beautiful background and I guess it's because of the mix of colors: the beige and dark blue. The overall is fabulous! Hugs, Marzena
- December 4, 2016 at 7:46 PM
- Maura Hibbitts said...
What a wonderful canvas, Kath! Love the grungy look and the colors you are working with. I especially love the rusty bells at the top!
- December 4, 2016 at 8:05 PM
- Barbara Schiassi said...
fantastic project! I love the rustic look! Your use of textile surfaces is amazing! love love love it! barbara
- December 5, 2016 at 5:33 AM
- Elma Maendel said...
I just saw a picture of your "Snowflake hanger" on Pinterest. I tried to follow the link to find your tutorial, but was not successful.
Could you please steer me in the right direction?
- December 5, 2016 at 8:37 PM
- Sandra said...
I love this piece, Kath! The color combo is amazing and love the tree, it's fantastic! Hugs, Sandra
- December 11, 2016 at 8:06 PM


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I stayed up all night typing my first draft for my script writing class. It was pretty amusing since it's about a love story of a couple and I have no intention of getting in too much of the details. Let's just say A met B fell in love, but A forced into arrange marriage. So that's about it. I pity my boyfriend though because I forced him to stay up late just to help me construct the story and also thinking of dialogues that would be said by B.
Fortunately, my story is technically a love story so the lines that were to be said are pretty cheesy so Jin is the PERFECT candidate (and I literally mean perfect) to come up with cheesy lines. Unfortunately, his lines are so cheesy that it sends chills down my spine and I had to tell him that I don't want my script to be having such corny words.
I think I have hurt his feelings when I said that because I know for a fact that he enjoys saying cheesy lines to me which half…okay, I should say MOST of the time I would destroy the moment by saying something random. Let me give you an example, I can't think of any cheesy lines at the moment but I will give it a shot. When is Jin when you need him?
"You look really beautiful, I'm so happy that I'm together with you," says Jin.
"Huh? Look, bird! Weeeee!" I replied.
Okay, that is the most awful example I have given. Even typing those words just gave me the heebie jeebies. But technically the situation would be almost as similar as that. Interesting, no?
Anyway, back to my story…Jin was helping me out with my script and we had a few laughs because I was explaining what is happening and he would try to help me out constructing the sentences. I don't know why during that night, my English was pretty much primary school level because I have no idea what words to use and how to construct my sentences. Thank God for Jin!
Anyway, there is this one part of my story where I'm suppose to make A and B falling in love together and I have no idea how to establish that scene and was asking Jin for ideas. It was really funny because there is the brushing of hands, the looking into the eyes, the accidental grabbing hand stuffs (which I actually wrote all of them, mind you) is such a typical thing that I normally see in series or movies.
So after we completed that tedious part, I noticed that Jin was getting really tired and he has classes the next day so I shooed him off to bed. I quickly finished up my script and by the time I was done it was already 4 a.m. I watch a little video then I drifted off to dreamland.
Come to think about it, I have to present that stupid script after my one week break in front of so many people. Maybe I can hide myself in a tiny hole somewhere in class when they are reading my script. It's because my lecturer is going to read it out loud and volunteers will be reading the dialogues that I have written loudly. i mean, typing the script myself gives me the heebie jeebies. Imagine hearing other people reading it out loud? I would probably die of embarrassment. Why didn't I do something much simpler and more entertaining or something?


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ruby_diamond 5 years ago#1
Still, I don't think I'm any expert at this by any means, so I'm not going to call this a guide. It's just a like of the steps I took and tips I would give, but I just don't think I have the authority to call this a guide. I'm sure others know much better ways to cycle. So for now, it's just "guide-ish."
I'd like to get some things out of the way before I start, though. There seemed to be no proof for the 16 villager cycle when I lost my villager, so I thought I could get him back by talking to him while boxed in another village. I tried twice: once without moving out any villagers and once after moving about 3 or 4. Drake would not offer to move either time.
Furthermore, this was written on the basis of two assumptions: a) the cycling is being done for the purpose of getting back a villager who was lost, and b) the person cycling has a number of villagers they don't want to lose. If you just want to cycle villagers until you find your favorites while keeping some in your town, this method should work too, just keep in mind that was not my objective.
There may other ways to bypass the 16 villager cycle, but if there are I don't know.
To clarify for those that haven't heard of the 16 villager cycle: the game stores 16 villagers in its memory even after they leave. If a villager leaves by accident, the only way (that I know of) to get that villager back is to have 16 villagers move out, thus erasing the villager you want back from memory and allowing said villager to return. Another way you can tell is by Main Street. Villagers who have left will sometimes appear on Main Street, because their data is still stored on the cart. Once you've cycled through 16, they should stop appearing.
Furthermore: villagers move randomly. Being mean to them--hitting them with a net, etc.--does nothing to increase their chances of moving. Ignoring if helpful is you don't TT because, if they ping you and you allow them to move, they may refuse to move, saying it's out of spite or, as happened to me, because they want to be better friends :/
Without further ado, then, here is my guide-ish post to TT'ing 16 villagers out safely so that you can re-acquire a villager you lost:
1. Have the Beautiful Town ordinance.
By the end of this, your town will likely be filled with flowers, but that's a whole lot preferable to having it filled with weeds. I believe this also helps maintain perfect town status. I had perfect town when I started, and by the time I ended I had about seven Jacob's ladders, so I assume I maintained perfect town status throughout.
Another thing that may be helpful to have is the campsite. Recruiting villagers from the campsite is a great way to cycle out even more villagers, and that's very useful with how long the 16 villager cycle takes.
However, villagers moving in sometimes affects whether others will move out. Be aware of that when you check your villagers.
2. Carry less than 100 bells and no items besides tools at all times.
We're still on the preliminary stuff. This is important because if you carry items like clothing or furniture, you'll get pinged or trigger dialogue to buy or trade it. Likewise, if you have money, they'll ask you buy stuff. I've also found that villagers don't ask for unasssessed fossils or gyroids, for whatever it's worth.
(to be continued)
Looking for: Drake!
ruby_diamond (Topic Creator)5 years ago#2
3. TT two days forward, then save and quit.
Pretty basic, everyone seems to know this. If you haven't TT'ed prior to starting this, no villagers should move out due to step 3 or 4. Additionally, I believe that no matter how many days you TT forward or back, it will count only as one day. If a villager has not pinged you to move, and sometimes they don't while fully intending to move, then TT'ing too far can put them in boxes. Two days is safe, however, since it shouldn't force a villager into boxes if no one has recently pinged you.
4. TT back to the present.
5. Check ALL your villagers. Find the mover.
This is the the most important part. You have to check all villagers. What I mean is find every single villager in your town, stand within their line of sight for 2-3 seconds, and see if they ping. If they don't ping you, talk to them twice. The point of talking to them is to find the mover. Usually it's typical villager stuff, but often enough they'll tell you if someone else is moving.
But be prepared to be really, really bored. Villagers will also ping you to ask for fruit, to ask visit your house or for you to visit theirs, to ask about your favorite foods and books, and all other bits of dialogue. Villagers who you don't want to move will ping you to move while those you want to leave just seem to hang around endlessly. Sometimes villagers will randomly give you gifts: I suggest you sell these immediately or put them in your letters. Having items can prevent dialogue about moving from triggering or otherwise just be inefficient as villagers ask you to buy or trade.
You should NOT ignore villagers you want to move. That is only helpful when you are not TT'ing. In this process, you should talk to them twice, too, because they could be the ones to tell you that a villager you like is moving.
If you have a full roster of 10 villagers, chances are you'll need to save and quit anywhere between 5 and 10 times before you find everyone outside, or more if you're unlucky. Main Street and Re-Tail don't count, no one will ping you there. I recommend you keep the megaphone on you to speed things up.
I should add that the more villagers you have that you want to keep, the longer the process will take, as it will be more likely for the ones you want to stay to ping you. For example, at one time I had 8 dream villagers and 2 I wanted to leave. Nine hours of this process later, and neither of the 2 had offered to leave -_-U If you want to trade a villager you didn't especially like for one you do on the online board, I do suggest you wait until you finish the cycle, but it's ultimately your call.
(to be continued)
Looking for: Drake!
ruby_diamond (Topic Creator)5 years ago#3
6. Do NOT assume that because a villager didn't ping you, that they aren't moving.
This is why you need to talk to all your villagers. Movers do not always ping you. I've had villagers tell me someone was moving when the mover never pinged me.
Also, keep in mind that fishing villagers will not ping you. I found this out the hard way. I had Fauna fishing, and went to stand next to her. Like all villagers when they're fishing, she turned her head to look at me, but no ping and talking would only result in dialogue about fishing. When I saved and quit, Fauna was no longer fishing, and she pinged me almost immediately to tell me she was moving. If you see a villager fishing, just treat it as though you couldn't find them.
If you see a villager about to plant a flower--they'll have that thinking expression your character does when you go into your inventory--they will also not ping until after they planted the flower. Same with while they have their watering-flowers animation.
Sometimes you will know someone is moving--someone who you want to keep--and they will just refuse to ping you. In this case, you have two options: save and quit, or the diving trick. I usually save and quit, find the mover, and they tend to ping me so I can tell them to stay. I've heard that the diving trick--dive for five minutes and return to shore--will also trigger the ping, but I tried it and it didn't work for me.
7. Repeat.
Here's the trickiest part. Sometimes, after checking all villagers, you'll have found your mover. If you like them, tell them to stay and repeat the process in the hopes that someone you don't like wants to leave next time.
If you don't like them, huzzah! You can TT to their moving day to get them out, then return to the present. Be sure to check all your villagers once you get back to the present to make sure no one you like is moving, and repeat the process. You have 16 villagers to cycle through, after all.
However, it happens with unnerving frequency that you will finish checking all your villagers and no one will have pinged you to move or told you someone else is moving. In this case, you're safe to repeat the process.
Remember, though, that repeating the process should count for about four days of game time. When you return to the present the second time, check all your villagers. Most times you'll find a mover and you can decide whether you want to leave or not, then repeat until you've cycled 16.
However, sometimes you still won't find that mover. In this case, you have three options:
a. Keep checking your villagers in case they do ping or tell you someone is moving. (This is the safest but most tedious choice. It will involve a lot of saving and quiting.)
b. Go one day forward and check everyone again. (This is slightly riskier. There should be a mover and going forward might be their moving day, but one day shouldn't be enough to get them in boxes.)
c. Repeat the process a third time. (This is the riskiest option.)
In cycling, I tried all three above and I prefer option b. One of the times I tried option c, I had Lobo of all people tell me he was moving on August 3rd (keep in mind that, at the time, the present day was August 1st). This meant, I'm assuming, that he had been set to move and for whatever reason he did not ping me nor did anyone tell me. If I had gone forward two days to repeat the process, I would have landed on August 3rd and found him in boxes and completely unsalvageable. I say this as a warning: be very careful! It's better to be bored than regretful.
(to be continued)
Looking for: Drake!
ruby_diamond (Topic Creator)5 years ago#4
Final Tips
- Have something you can listen to but don't necessarily need to watch.
This process is very long, and very boring. It took more than a real-time week of constant TT'ing to finish. (Though, again, I had a lot of villagers I wanted to keep, so this slowed down the process for me. If you have less, it could very well take you less time.) I didn't want to get bored of or annoyed with the AC music, so I would lower all the volume and listen to something else. You do need to watch the screen, though, so it's best not to put on a movie or anything. I liked listening to video game let's plays.
- Keep a list.
I personally had problems remembering who I had spoken to and who I hadn't after two or three save-and-quits, so I keep a Word document open on my computer to keep a continuous list of who I had spoken to and who I hadn't, what response I had gotten, etc. It might also be helpful to keep a second list of all villagers who had moved out up to any one point.
- There will always be that one villager who just doesn't show up.
It never fails. There will always be one villager, after you've checked everyone else, who is either in their home or in a shop or whatever. Save and quit, a lot.
It's also been my experience that no more than 6-7 villagers will ever be outside at the same time, and if you're really unlucky at times as low as four in a town of nine.
- Try the Campsite.
If you have nine villagers, try checking the campsite. If you can invite a camper from there who you wouldn't mind seeing leave, the cycle will go all the quicker. They don't always show up, but sometimes they do.
- Sick villagers
From experience, I can say that a sick villager won't move out. The time this happened to me when during a return trip to the present, when I kept saving and quiting to get a villager in and finally realized they were sick. Bought them medicine, TT two days forward and bought them medicine again before saving and quiting, TT'ed to the present and brought them medicine for the last time.
- Villagers never bring up moving from conversation.
It has to be from a "ping!" prompt. If they don't ping you at first, save and quit, then find them again. They'll eventually ping you if you save and quit enough.
- If you don't save and quit instantly while in the future, a villager may ping you to move in the future.
This happened to me a couple times, as I would check the campsite for villagers while in the future. In this situation, what I did was deny or accept their request based on whether I wanted to keep them or not. In the case that I denied their request, I would then TT two more days to the future, then return to the past. This should trigger another mover, but not necessarily.
- Keep your letter space full of letters.
As you check villagers, they'll start to randomly give you gifts. It takes too long to sell or store them individually, so it's faster to store them in your letter space. That way no villagers will waste time asking to trade for those items.
(to be continued)
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ruby_diamond (Topic Creator)5 years ago#5
- Other factors
I still believe who moves out is random--to a degree. I don't have enough proof nor have I run enough tests to know for certain, but I do believe there are other factors that influence who pings you. Villagers with higher friendship tend to ping you more often. If a villager was the last to move in, it is much harder to get them out. I had Moose move in Saturday and it took me five days to get him out--and that was only because Lucky moved in and took his place as most recent resident. Compare that to the week before, where I cycled 15 villagers in a six day period: they were all willing to day, I am guessing, because there had always been a resident more recent than them. Moose surely would have pinged me eventually: but that's just it. Eventually. It's very hard to know how long it would have taken.
- The more dream or permanent villagers you have, the more careful you have to be.
As you get more villagers you like, be sure to be even more careful. If no one pings you or you hear no rumors in one day, and you have say 9 of your dream villagers, try not to repeat the process. Just TT one day ahead.
(Finished! ^_^)
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Nice guide. I requested a sticky for you. =)
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ruby_diamond (Topic Creator)5 years ago#7
Caleb_W posted...
Nice guide. I requested a sticky for you. =)
Aw, thanks! I just hope it's helpful; I hate seeing how many folks lose their favorite villager.
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koolkid7111 5 years ago#8
Caleb_W posted...
Nice guide. I requested a sticky for you. =)
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J_Lexington 5 years ago#9
Awesome guide. I just Time Traveled for the first time after reading this guide in order to force villagers out and make space and it was a success. The valuable tips here will help save a lot of players and people in the villager trading business from painful trial-and-error
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ruby_diamond (Topic Creator)5 years ago#10
I'm happy folks like this! Still, looking it over now, I'm feeling so stupid for not proofreading it better. :P Gah, when GameFAQs lets me edit I'm returning right to this.
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Above and Beyond (Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, 1952) The story of Lt. Col. Paul Tibbets who, during World War II, was charged with the task of training crews for the most secret bombing mission of the war—the dropping of the experimental atomic weapon that was concurrently being developed at Los Alamos. The story is different in a couple different ways: one, made in 1952, it dares to tell the story of the mental strain that such a highly secretive mission can have on the psyche, especially considering the destructive consequences the new bombs would bring; two, probably to draw a female audience, it tells the story from Tibbets' wife's point-of-view, of the hardships that a war-time marriage must go through, especially in a situation where the details of the operation cannot be disclosed to anyone, even if the secrets and responsibilities threaten to tear the marriage apart. The choices come down to nuclear war or nuclear family. And both are extremely fissionable.
It's frustrating: Tibbets (Robert Taylor, far more nuanced than he usually is) working around the clock, must perfect the strategies for a potential suicide mission, while also consciously recognizing the horror his direct action will take—when offered an assignment, after readying the B-29 ("a flying death-trap," great commercial for Boeing) for high altitude combat missions, he's given a buzzer and told, "Now think—what would you do if that buzzer could end the war, but cause hundreds of thousands of Japanese lives." The idea rocks Tibbets back on his heels, considers all the options for forty seconds, then deliberately presses the buzzer.
Meanwhile, his wife (Eleanor Parker) must deal with long absences, no explanations, and the obvious stresses, the mission, which she knows nothing about, throws at them. To make matters worse, she billeted, along with the other airmen's wives (who are only too quick to blame her and her husband for their own living situation), at Wendover air base in Utah, a hell-hole with sub-standard housing, raising two kids (with their own short fuses), virtually fatherless. At first, it's suggested that she not come to Wendover, until the base's security officer (a tamped-down James Whitmore) opines that she being the only wife not on-base might arouse suspicions—the movie is full of such "damned is you do..." crossroads.
The scriptwriter-directors Frank and Panama, who were usually involved in lighter fare than this, do the character of Tibbets' wife no favors—she has difficulties, but domestically, not militarily, while a war rages on. She's given some egregiously selfish moments, like telling her bomber-pilot husband how she feels bad for all the kids on the ground caught in the situation—absolutely, and an extremely valid sentiment, but are you really going to tell your bomber-pilot husband that, when he's got his own guilt he's dealing with? At one point, remembering Tibbets' mother's name (which would eventually emblazon the Hiroshima bomber) she mopes "Enola—even the word backwards means 'alone.'" Yeah, honey, the world's a powder-keg and it's all about you. If you want something to worry about, how about your family turning to ash at ground zero? And, not that she'd know it, her husband might get caught in the flash-point or his bomber might get buffeted by a shock-wave, the result of a man-made conflagration no atomic engineer could predict, and the world had never seen. Tibbets as going through his own issues, but I'll bet his wife was faring better than her on-screen portrayal by Frank and Panama.
Still pretty interesting to see a 1950's film sanctioned by the Air Force (and especially General Curtis LeMay—played in the film by Jim Backus) that contemplates the use of atomic weapons and—despite pressing the buzzer—takes that long pause to consider the options and the terrible weight such a decision might impose.


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Writing a Great Speech Outline
An outline provide the speaker a clear, concise and logical way of organizing the speech. Besides being a subtle script of what to say, an outline also helps the speaker and audience understand the pattern of the speech. A speech presented without the guidance of an outline often falls short on structure, depth, and easiness for audience to understand. Below are a few tips on writing a great speech guideline.
- Get familiar with the parts of a speech and know their functions. For example, an introduction presents your topic and tells audience why they should be listening. The body part is the heart for a speech. It's where the speaker presents the main points in details while adding supporting evidence. Lastly, the conclusion part of summarizes the points the speaker wants to be remembered by the audience.
- Decide a pattern to organize your speech. In order to prepare an effective outline, it's important to know how to organize your speech. Common patterns used include: topical or logical pattern; time sequence or chronological pattern; geographical or spatial pattern; problem-solution pattern; cause-effect pattern; and classification pattern. Each pattern has its own style and logical order so choose one that suits your speech the most.
- Start creating your outline by working on an introduction. A speaker must know what he or she wants to say before the words can be put on paper. So first of all, you need to complete all the necessary research and gather enough sources. Include a greeting line and an attention grabber in your introduction, followed by a thesis statement, the topic and purpose for your speech. You should also tell the audience your credibility, in other words, why you are qualified for giving a speech on the particular topic. Next, present a short overview of your main points and tell the audience why the speech is useful to them.
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Weight Loss Pictures is a complete guide for those people who are struggling to lose weight. The blog provides information regarding one's obesity problem, weight problems with pictures added to it making it more clear. I had came up with idea of writing this blog to help millions of people across the globe suffering from weight gain and simlar health problems. When I googled for weight loss pictures, I was very depressed for not finding any websites that had both weight loss articles and pictures at the same time. So I decided of writing this blog containing both articles with pictures which makes the articles easy enough to understand.
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The basic construction of the ionar that I am working on is coming along nicely. The embroidery, since I am doing completely by hand will be the long haul on this project. I sit in the evenings and needle away, here's some in progress pictures.
Sleeves, not lined as of yet but the fringe has been sewn into the seams and I did a tiny topstitch in order to ensure that the fringe lays flat instead of trying to pop up.
The pattern for the embroidery.
Embroidery progress, I'll be chipping away at this everynight until it's all ready to go. I love watching a picture come together out of thread and work.
Since the Ionar is mostly down to hand work I've started a project for myself as well, probably only take me a day or so. I'm so used to historical and vintage sewing projects that making something more modern is kind of weird, but being pregnant I don't want to work on any of my historical projects because I won't really be able to fit them. And I have to confess I hate buying maternity clothes, they are expensive and the fact that I know I'll only be wearing them for a few months makes it that much harder. So I went to my local fabric store yesterday and bought a pattern and some comfy feeling fabric with the plans to make a few things. Here is the project I started today.
Starting with the long dress then will probably also make one of the shirts. Guess I'll see how it goes.


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The William Bouguereau Award goes to the piece which displays a strong sense of emotion, theme, and the figure. The figure; clearly a man. The theme; manliness. Emotion; pfft, men don't feel emotions. The only emotions I feel are usually rage and hunger, which usually go hand in hand.
In addition, I placed as a finalist in the still life category, and my lovely lady placed as a finalist in still life and the figure.
All joking aside, the ARC has truly helped my career and I would like to thank everyone there for this great honor (plus money, money rules). A big congrats to all the other winners and finalists.


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We had a lot of fun on the shoot for I Like Wolves. It's always a pleasure working with Gina, one of our regular models. She always brings lots of energy and life to every shoot. It must be that dancing background of hers!
Our client wanted this campaign to really reflect the fun, young, and effortless cool vibe of their clothing. Lots of bright colours meant we wanted a bold and vibrant feel to this shoot. So we turned up the music, jacked up the wind machine, and just had fun (along with some fabulous styling by resident stylist, Bri Lurhmann, and some stellar lighting and camera moves by yours truly). Who says work and play don't mix?
I was that geeky camera chick who spent her high school lunch breaks in the darkroom. I still miss the smell of those stinky developer chemicals. Sort of.
Born in Canada, I graduated with top honours in Applied Photography at Sheridan College before spending several years assisting and producing for some of the best commercial shooters in Toronto. After gathering a wealth of valuable skills and getting my first DSLR, I bought a plane ticket to Asia.
It was my first backpacking adventure, but I managed to survive nine months from Seoul to Singapore with only some shoddy mandarin and a lot of luck. I had the time of my life. So I did it again. Seven months of zig-zagging around India and Nepal taught me ingenuity with limited resources, clarity when surrounded in chaos, and how to eat with just my right hand.
Sydney became my new home in 2008, and I've been enjoying the sunny weather and great coffee ever since.
Today, I'm a fashion and product photographer extraordinaire. Based at Studio 8 in the northern beaches of Sydney, I relish the challenge and precision of studio lighting. My clients are drawn to my clean, stripped back approach to every project. My simplistic yet direct style is refreshing and elegant in a market full of heavily Photoshopped images.
When I'm not in the studio you can find me hand folding dumplings or scaling walls at the rock climbing gym. I'm also really good at winning board games (or my friends are just really good at losing).
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Engagement Card
9 comments:
Lovely idea Carly, I have a pretty huge button stash that this would be perfect for! I bet your friends loved it. xReplyDelete
This is a really gorgeous card. Love those buttons!ReplyDelete
M x
I am so in love with pinterest! Will hunt you out xReplyDelete
What a cute card!ReplyDelete
I find that true friendship can't be ruined by years apart, you're blessed you were able to see your friend!
I've been addicted to Pinterest almost 2 years now! Brilliant site!
Tammy x
Such a great idea, we have an old tin full of buttons. I feel a bit of button craft coming on! xoReplyDelete
Proposing in Paris, how romantic.ReplyDelete
Lovely that you could catch up with your school friend Carly.
Your card looks great, I'm sure Katie and Lance will love it.
Nice to have something personal and not mass produced.
Pinterest.......I dip in and out of it rarely as I know the pull it
has and how easily I could become addicted, hehe......
Claire X
Lovely engagement card. Yeah, I know, Pinterest is a wonderful time stealer.ReplyDelete
It's a fabulous card Carly, I'm sure they'll cherish it :)ReplyDelete
This is super cute Carly, I love your cards!! And it's so great you were able to get together with your friend!ReplyDelete
Kate :}
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Recently I've been really fascinated by underwater photography. I've tried it a couple of times my self with little or no success to talk about. Knowing how difficulty it is, I have deep respect and fascination for the once that really do manage to get some great shots. Here are my collections of great underwater photography's through times…
Alinka Echeverría's has made a beautiful film about synchronised swimmers, filmed upside down from underwater. The film and the stills are simply gorgeous and surreal at the same time. See the film here!
Long time ago we wrote about the amazing work of Zena Holloway here at playmedesign, and she still keeps blowing us away with here great pictures.
At 18 she travelled the world working as a scuba instructor developing a passion for underwater photography and film.
And here are some vintage underwater photography's, I'm not sure about the photographer but they sure looks good!
Lagt inn av Julia kl. 6/02/2009 09:09:00 AM
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- jillian said...
the black and white photos are by bruce mozert--he has a book of them called silver springs that you can probably get on amazon or a similar site. i renewed it from my college library for the entirety of my ungrad career. loved it.
- June 3, 2009 at 6:55 AM
- Julia said...
thank you jilian!! His photos are really excellent!
- June 3, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- Jason Heller said...
Bruce Mozert is a humble class act and a true pioneer.
We interviewed him last year:
Zena's work is also awesome. Underwater photography is a very special artform.
We also host a unique galery of the top professional and amateur underwater photographer's in the world. Hope you enjoy!
- June 4, 2009 at 5:40 PM
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Dear baby,
We cannot wait to welcome you into our little family. Your presence will surely bring more joy than we can even imagine. We are anxiously awaiting to know if you will be a boy or a girl. Hunter believes you are a boy and Mommy thinks you may be a girl but, we both agree that we are excited either way.
You have been the easiest pregnancy Mommy has had and she is grateful for that. With just over 6 weeks to go we are eagerly awaiting your arrival and beginning to get things prepared for you.
Although we feel it is a struggle because we don't have a room you can call your own, we know that won't matter and all you need are hugs, love and kisses with which our home runs abundant.
Your big brother already has lots of practice being the big and, we can assure you, he takes his job very seriously. He is so excited to finally meet you and was in pure awe when he got to see you for the first time on the screen at Mommy's ultrasound.
Although Sissy doesn't like to talk about you much, she constantly lifts Mommy's shirt and lays her head on you. She then rubs you and gives you multiple kisses. We know you don't hear her talk to you much but we think she will surprise you. She will be the one who will be your guardian and your vehement protector.
All images by Lindsay Maiorana, Images with Heart
Baby, we already love you and cannot wait to show you with our warm hugs, gentle kisses, sweet singing and soft embraces.