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Word of the Day, December 11, 2013
" You brought me this far, So why would I question You now. You have provided, So why would I start to doubt. I've never been stranded, abandoned or left here to fight alone, so I'm giving You control."
1 John 2:16
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Pride: A sense of one's own proper dignity or value, self respect. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession or association. Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment, haughtiness. A excessively high opinion of oneself, conceit. a feeling of honour and self respect and excessive self esteem.
WOW! Do they have a picture of each one of us in the dictionary next to the word pride to show the readers what a person with pride looks like, you and me. I won't be so prideful to let them just put my picture in there... :>)
Pride and humility, a dichotomy for sure by definition and in our daily lives. I used to have a lot more pride before my trial and after that experience, I have by the grace of God lost some of that pride. It flares up from time to time and I pray daily for that pride to be hidden from my flesh and I am surely no were near perfect with that. LORD, take my pride away and make me a humble man to your service.
Are we filled with the pride of life, the desires of mankind? Are we proud of all the things we have, own and cherish besides God? Do we think it is us that does all things? Are we under the prince of this world and not in the kingdom of God?
John tells us of the sinful world which consist of 3 ugly heads. The lust of the flesh, the lust of our eyes and the pride of life. We are fools if we let these 3 desires over take us. Although we are all tempted differently according to our own individual weaknesses, temptations follows one of three lust listed in verse 16. This has been this way from the beginning with satan tempting Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:6. However, Christ defied satan's temptation by relaying on the authority of God's word. We can apply this to our own life today, are we counting on ourself or are we dependent on the Scriptures? Are we filled with earthly vision or GODly visions?
I have told you in the past that I read a chapter of Proverbs each day throughout the month and then start over again each month. I have gained knowledge, understanding and wisdom of God from these readings and studies. I am going to ask you to do a little Bible reading today. Please read the following verses in regards to pride. Proverbs 16:18, 14:3, 29:23, 11:2, and 8:13. These verses speak about the rod of pride, the destruction caused by pride, contention by our pride, shame caused by pride, and to become arrogant from pride. After you are done reading those verses, go back to the Book of Psalms and see what David had to say about pride. Psalms 10:4, " The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God. God is not in all his thoughts."
Pride will cause our destruction and the haughty spirit we have will cause our fall. Pray today to get ride of our pride and humble ourselves before the LORD. " He must increase, but I must decrease."
" Grace what have You done. Murdered for me on that cross. Accused in absence of wrong. My sin washed away in Your blood. Too much to make sense of it all. I know that Your love breaks my fall. The scandal of grace. You died in my place. So my soul will live. Oh to be like You."
Timothy Furness


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Environmental law professor gaining recognition
November 26, 2012
He can talk dirty. He can talk clean. But whatever the topic, Nick Schroeck talks green.
Dirty air, clean water and a host of other environmental issues are on the menu for Schroeck every day. He's executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center and a 2007 graduate of Wayne State University Law School. He teaches there now as a law professor, directing Wayne Law's Transnational Environmental Law Clinic, and also serves as an expert for conservation groups, scholarly conferences, other law schools across the country, the State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section, law journals, and also for reporters when they need help making sense of environmental issues.
It's not easy being green, as a certain famous frog once told us, but for Schroeck, it's the only way to be. And he's gaining recognition. In May, he received the Recent Alumni Award from Wayne State University's alumni association for outstanding professional achievement, community contributions and service to the university.
Schroeck frequently appears in the media as an expert on high-profile environmental law issues, including the ongoing dispute over how to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes and the controversy over oil and gas extraction by hydraulic fracturing or "fracking."
He recently spoke about fracking and Great Lakes water resources at Case Western Reserve University Law School in Cleveland, Ohio, for a law review symposium, and is co-authoring an accompanying article for their law review on the topic. And he has been invited to tackle the same issues and present a paper at the Great Lakes Water Resources Governance Symposium at Indiana University McKinney School of Law taking place next March.
"Also, I have been asked to submit a paper and present at the American Bar Association 42nd spring meeting in Salt Lake City on March 22, 2013," he said. "The topic there is Stormwater: From Regulation to Resource. I will be discussing the clinic's advocacy for Detroit and other water utilities around the region to incorporate green technologies as part of their stormwater and wastewater treatment and management programs."
Schroeck recently was the luncheon keynote speaker at a conference sponsored by the State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section and East Michigan and West Michigan Chapters of the Air & Waste Management Association. The conference, titled "Michigan Environment in 2012 and Beyond: Developments and Emerging Issues in the Management and Regulation of Air, Water, Energy and Waste," took place at Lansing Community College. Schroeck updated the attendees on Great Lakes water law and policy developments.
He also was a presenter at the recent Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit Conference at Marygrove College, speaking on Great Lakes policy and fracking. This fall, he debated fracking at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee and served on a panel at the University of Toledo Law School's Great Lakes Water Conference on the topic of the U.S. and Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Other topics he's presented on recently and written about include Asian Carp litigation, oil pipelines in the Great Lakes region and offshore wind development.


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'I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!' Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed. 'The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. Oh, Jacob Marley! Heaven, and the Christmas Time be praised for this! I say it on my knees, old Jacob, on my knees!' (Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol)
Hello angelpugs, aLEKSA and Papa!
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
Hello from me, too!!
Hope youre all doing ok!
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (1843)
Hello and good morning hope you enjoy the long weekend.
Good Morning...
We will be finishing the living room today so will be busy..in between me taking naps. So it's all getting done slowly..
Hope you all have a lovely Sunday...
Merry Christmas to all...
Hello my lovely friends, I hope you all had a lovely weekend!!
I did as well, but, now that I do not work, every day is like Sunday!!!!!
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
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As we've often observed, these industries undergo long cycles of expansion and consolidation. The present consolidation has been underway since early in the last decade. Earlier ones took place in the late '50s and mid-'70s.
The usual movement is that a number of smaller companies, founded by people who have no heirs interested in taking over the business and who are ready to reap the reward of their efforts, are acquired by a larger company. While the total number of operating entities decreases, the same amount of vending or coffee service is being provided.
Over time, however, the larger acquiring companies tend to drop their lower-volume locations, and don't make the effort that a smaller operation might make to gain new business of that size. This opens the way for start-up operators who can serve smaller clients profitably, and those operators duly appear. Some of their small locations get bigger, and they get bigger, too. This kicks off the next expansion phase.
That phase seems to have begun some years ago. There are a lot of new operators out there, as is apparent from attendance at the industry's trade shows. They will confront – some already have confronted – the need to decide whether to pursue an opportunity that will involve their buying another truck and hiring their first employee, or remaining small and easily managed. Of those who opt for growth, some will go on to become the large, long-lived companies that will acquire their smaller competitors, a decade or two from now.
Along the way, however, they are likely to encounter problems that previous generations of operators met and mastered. And some of those problems will have a new dimension. We were reminded forcefully of this by a letter from Safer Systems, a United Kingdom-based manufacturer and distributor of locks and a wide range of security systems in the European Union. A British vending magazine had run an editorial warning operators that lock-picking tools are readily available on the Internet, and urging the Automatic Vending Association (Great Britain and Ireland) to develop a security forum for its operator members to alert them to the threat, and to propose countermeasures. Safer Systems observed that the National Automatic Merchandising Association has excellent educational programs in place, and endorsed the call for AVA to develop something similar.
We remembered the late 1960s, when many aspects of the U.S. economy (and society in general) were undergoing the effects of the long postwar readjustment. Operators who had started as mom-and-pop businesses running machines with cheap locks (all keyed alike, all supplied with the machines) were finding that these machines were easy to break into – and people were breaking into them. It became evident, too, that honest route drivers were getting harder and harder to find.
As vending grew, the attraction of vending machines – from the criminal's viewpoint, large vertical metal boxes filled with money – increased. "Key gangs" formed, moving annually along well-traveled paths and "skimming" from machines that they compromised all along the way. The accounting systems of the period (such as they were) were too slow to catch something like this, if the thieves moved on to the next town after a couple of days.
During the 1970s, NAMA led in the development of standards for locks and locking enclosures, and organized effective communication programs to bring security "best practices" to operators. Efforts were made at the state association level to persuade law enforcement agencies and the courts to take vending theft seriously, with considerable success. Key control systems were put into place, and development began of computer management systems which, today, can provide same-day cash settlement.
And now, we are confronted by the Internet. Operators have long complained about advertising in locksmithing magazines for tools that burglars can use to attack vending machines. There's not much that can be done about that; most legitimate tools can be put to evil use. Nowadays, even less can be done; there's nothing to prevent someone, anywhere in the world, from selling these things.
What operators can do is be vigilant, and it's important that growing operations make security a high priority as they expand.


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There is no Maximum Number of Trips with this plan.
"Accidental or Accident" means an unexpected and unforeseen event or incident, including a Terrorist Incident.
"Amateur Athletics" means any amateur or non- professional sporting, recreation or athletic activity that is organized, sponsored and/or sanctioned, and/ or involves regular or scheduled practices, games and/or competitions (collectively, "organized athletic activities"). This definition does not include non- organized athletic activities that are engaged in by You solely for recreational, entertainment or fitness purposes.
"Certificate" means this document issued by Us. As the underwriting insurance carrier, We are solely liable and responsible for the coverage and benefits provided under the Certificate.
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"Coverage Verification Letter" means the letter that accompanies the Certificate of Coverage from Our program manager.
"Covered Trip" means any travel and sojourn to a Destination more than 120 miles from the starting point of the Covered Trip and not exceeding the maximum Covered Trip Duration shown in Your Coverage Verification Letter.
"Departure Date" means the scheduled date to begin the Covered Trip as referenced in Your Coverage Verification Letter for this Certificate.
"Destination" means one or more cities to which You are scheduled to travel on a Covered Trip.
"Emergency" means a sudden, unexpected, unforeseen occurrence demanding immediate action.
"Family Member" means Your spouse, children (including step children and those adopted and placed for adoption), brothers or sisters (including in- laws and steps), parents (including in-laws and steps), grandparents (including in-laws), grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, legal guardians and legal wards.
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"Injury" means trauma or damage to any part of the body caused solely by Accident, independent of disease or bodily infirmity.
"Insured" means the Member who arranged to take the Covered Trip, completed the application, paid the premium in full, and whose coverage under the Certificate has become effective and has not terminated.
"Insured" includes any other Member listed in the Coverage Verification Letter whose coverage has become effective and has not terminated.
"Locality" means an area large enough to represent a reasonable cross section of providers giving the type of service or supplies for which the charge was made.
"Medically Able To Travel" means that You are 100% able to travel on the day You purchased Your Certificate.
"100% able to travel" means that You have no medical condition that requires Treatment, or prevents You from traveling, or will cause You to return home early from Your Covered Trip.
"Member" means any person who belongs to the Policyholder's association.
"Mental, Nervous or Psychological Disorder" means a mental or nervous health condition including, but not limited to; anxiety, depression, neurosis, phobia, psychosis; or any related physical manifestation as defined in the most current edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as published by the American Psychiatric Association."Natural Disaster" means a flood, mudslide, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, volcanic eruption, wildfire or blizzard that is due to natural causes.
"Necessary" means medical Treatment that is vital and required for the Treatment of a covered Injury or Illness.
"Physician" means a person, other than You, a Travel Companion or a Family Member, who is licensed as a medical doctor in the healing arts, and acting within the scope of his or her license for the service or Treatment given.
"Policy" means the Group Travel Insurance Policy issued to the Policyholder by Us. As the underwriting insurance carrier, We are solely liable and responsible for the coverage and benefits provided under the Policy.
"Policyholder" means the National Small Business Travel & Health Association.
"Pre-Existing Condition" means an Injury or Illness or condition during the 60 days immediately before and including the date Your coverage became effective which:
1. Manifested itself, became acute or exhibited symptoms which would have caused a reasonably prudent person to seek diagnosis, care or Treatment; or
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3. Was diagnosed, or required Treatment or Treatment was recommended by a Physician.
"Professional Athletics" means an athletic or sporting activity, including practice, preparation, and actual sporting events for any individual of an organized team that is a member of a recognized professional sports organization, is directly supported or sponsored by a professional team or professional sports organization, is a member of a playing league that is directly supported or sponsored by a professional team or professional sports organization; or has any athlete receiving for his or her participation any kind of payment or compensation, directly or indirectly, from a professional team or professional sports organization.
"Reasonable Expenses" means the normal and customary charge of the provider, incurred by You for a service or supply, but not more than the prevailing charge in the Locality for a like service by a provider with similar training or experience; or for a supply which is identical or substantially equivalent.
"Return Date" means the scheduled date on which You are to arrive at Your Return Destination as shown in the Coverage Verification Letter for the Certificate.
"Return Destination" means the place to which You are scheduled to return from a Covered Trip.
"Scheduled Airline" (including scheduled charters) means an airline with a license for civil scheduled air transport issued by the country in which its aircraft
"Travel Companion" means a person who accompanies and shares a room or cabin with You on a Covered Trip, and a physical cross-reference entry exists within a computerized reservation system, a global distribution system or Travel Supplier reservation system that references Travel Companions to each other.
"Travel Companion's Family Member" means a Travel Companion's spouse, children, parents or grandparents.
"Travel Supplier" means a travel agent, Scheduled Airline, cruise line, tour operator, bus line or other licensed provider of travel.
"Treatment" means any and all undertakings, services and/or procedures rendered or employed with respect to the management and/or care of You for the purpose of identifying, testing for, analyzing, diagnosing, treating, curing, resolving, preventing, monitoring, attending to, caring for, controlling and/ or combating any Illness or Injury or the symptoms or manifestations thereof, including without limitation: verbal or written advice, consultation, examination, discussion, diagnostic or laboratory testing or evaluation of any kind, pharmacotherapy or other medication and/or surgery.
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"You or Your" means the Insured.
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10. Operating or learning to operate any aircraft as pilot or crew;
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15. Commission of a violation of law by You, a Family Member, a Travel Companion or a Travel Companion's Family Member whether they are Insured or not, including without limitation, the engaging in an illegal occupation or act, but excluding minor traffic violations;
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3. If You give incorrect data or facts; or
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2. Any Illness occurring to You, a Family Member, a Travel Companion or a Travel Companion's Family Member who resides in Your household during the 60 days prior to and including the Effective Date of Your insurance for which: a) medical diagnosis or Treatment by a Physician has been sought or recommended or for which symptoms exist which would cause a reasonably prudent person to seek diagnosis, care or Treatment; or b) require taking prescription drugs or medicine unless the Illness remains controlled without any change in the required prescription.
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- Contoured double princess-seamed fit. Open V-neck, partial zip.
- Black faille trim and studded accents on stand collar. Trim follows placket and hem, finishes long sleeves.
- Front and back shoulde yoker. Button epaulette. Zip pockets.
- Unlined.
- 63% Polyester, 32% Viscose, 5% Spandex. Machine wash. Imported.
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I'd like to get some of your opinions and advice here.
I'm a 24 year old US native, and, as I'm currently unemployed with a visual arts degree, and increasingly impatient parents, I've been faced with the issue of having to find a job. Since I'm pretty good with the English language, that brings me to here!
So...I realise that I could read the FAQ and everything, but I'd just like to know from someone personally, who has some real teaching experience. What is your advice for someone just starting out, with no teaching experience at all? Where should I look? What should I look out for? I'm trying to find a job with basic health insurance, where I can live independently if modestly. That is realistic, no?
I've trained to be a digital artist and have some basic level arabic knowledge, if this gives you an idea of where I am right now. Appreciate any help you can give me...:)


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... reminds me of the song That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
...Simply adding another question on the ballot for the voter to check is completely worthless in preventing fraud.
Quote from: iddee on October 07, 2012, 10:23:25 PM... reminds me of the song That's my story and I'm sticking to it.Yes and the Dread Scott decision was a 7-2 or I forget now, maybe it was a unanimous 9-0 decision, and according to Bluegrass's tortured logic that makes slavery OK.
They had to Amend the Constitution to make Dred Scott ruling
The framers of the Constitution believed that blacks "had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever profit could be made by it."
NO! (not sure how that fathers the argument, but I will use it too).The Fourteenth Amendment provides that anyone born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen of the nation and of his or her state...
... marshal law was declared in several southern states and the state governments replaced in order to get ratification...
... where is your post covering Strategic Allied Consulting when that story broke a few weeks ago?


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The pain is on the side of my knees, maybe an inch or 2 below the cap. It doesn't feel like a sore muscle, it hurts. Like a sore tendon or something I guess. It is on both sides of both knees, mostly the insides. It can also go down a little bit. It hurts to move any bit.
I never have any sort of pain staying still, moving hurts. If I sit down with my feet down it hurts when I move like always. If my feet are decently high up it seems to help a small amount once I start moving again. Jogging helps a huge amount, as does rubbing it. The good feeling from jogging/running/exercise/rubbing or whatever it may be goes away after 10 or 15 mins of inactivity.
For football I rub my knees so I can run the half mile we do before practice and I'm good to go with minimal pain unless we are standing for a few mins.
Icing didn't help it feel better. What is this? The fact that rubbing and jogging makes it better and how it is on both knees makes me 100% sure it is just overworked. The question is what is overworked and how can I get it to heal as fast as possible. I can't take a day or two off from Football, I'd rather deal with the pain. Our coaches told us week 1 that soreness is not an injury and you must deal with it.
Should I be concerned? Going down and up the stairs is a real killer too. I'm posting this because it isn't the typical soreness, I make a funny face in pain trying to get out of a chair.
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Bitter cold grips Coachella Valley and much of California
Hiker rescued after surviving 26 hours in frigid Angeles National Forest
LOS ANGELES - - Winds up to 50 mph are adding to California's big chill misery, as farmers struggle to save citrus crops in sub-freezing temperatures and residents bundle up in record cold.
Downtown Los Angeles dipped to a record 35 degrees just before 4 a.m. Monday.
Elsewhere, it was 9 degrees in high desert Lancaster, 25 degrees in Fresno, and 36 degrees in Palm Springs.
In Angeles National Forest, where overnight temperatures have been dropping into the 20s, Arcadia hiker Danny Kim was found Sunday night after surviving 26 hours in the frigid West Fork wilderness. The 28-year-old hiker was airlifted to a hospital for treatment of hypothermia.
Santa Ana winds are raking areas in Ventura County.
In the San Joaquin Valley, farmers have cranked up wind machines to save clementine mandarins, navel and Valencia oranges and lemons as temperatures dip to below freezing.


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Android was definitely faster to respond, but in order to send the message you have to press Send. Siri took her time, but you can send it without having to look at your phone again. So speed goes to Android, but if you're clumsy or slow-fingered, call it a push.
Navigation: Google Voice Actions
No surprise here. Android has integrated turn-by-turn navigation and the iPhone only gives you directions. Kind of an unfair test in terms of final result, but even discounting that, Android's map was up first. (Note: this was an indoor test, so neither could get a GPS lock).
Memo: Google Voice Actions
This was a close one because there is some personal preference involved; both devices managed to screw something up. Android was definitely faster, but the two platforms handle notes differently. With Voice Actions, in order to save the note you have to hit Send. The reason is that it's actually just emailing the note to your personal email address (though you can add recipients, BCC, etc.) which takes a bit more time.
The iPhone saves your memo directly into your Notes app without you having to hit anything else. While that's an advantage in convenience, on Android you'll have access to your note anywhere you have access to your email address. You can sync Notes with your Apple account, but most people haven't and email is way more convenient. Plus, Voice Search actually sends the audio recording of the voice note as an attachment in the email, so if you're in a loud area and the transcription wasn't good, you can still hear it later. Advantage (for both speed and convenience): Android.
Calendar Management: Siri
Siri can add appointments to your calendar. Google Voice Actions can't. No contest.
Browser: Google Voice Actions
Voice Actions was clearly just much faster on this one. Plus, it went directly to Gizmodo.com where as the Siri went to Google's search results for Gizmodo.com.
Weather: Siri
In terms of speed Android was just a little bit faster, but the iPhone's results were better formatted. Plus, with Siri you can ask, "What will the weather be on Thursday in Brooklyn, NY" where as Voice Actions won't understand that.
Unit Conversion: Tie
This one was a dead-heat. Google's results came from, well, Google. Siri's came from Wolfram Alpha. Both were fast and both were right.
Overall Winner: Google Voice Actions
In terms of speed and accuracy, Google Voice Actions was ahead in almost all of our tests. Both have strengths and weaknesses, and both are handy convenience features. Siri has a little more colloquial chops and is more "fun," but Voice Search is ultimately a faster, more efficient tool. In terms of performance, the green robot takes the win. We'll test again when the next generation of these programs are out in the wild.
Source: Gizmodo
Siri may be able to do a few extra things, but it's cool to see Google Voice Actions is mostly faster and in some cases better than Siri at the things both can do.


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Hey all,
I am looking to start painting my Jango Jet Pack, and need some suggestions.
#1: How much weathering on the jet pack ? My thoughts were, just a bit to make it look like it had been used, but nothing extreme.
#2: What color did you start with ? I looks like I could start with the yellow or the blue. I realize I will be doing quite a bit of masking, but any tips would be appreciated.
Thank you for your imput. I will post progress pictures once I grow the cajones and actually start painting it.:rolleyes


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im just wondering what the insurance would be like on that thing..
I'm too distracted by what looks like a giant smiley face on the front of the car to look at anything else
I want rims like that.
I imagine it would be pretty easy to track this car. Don't plan on using it for a bank robbery or anything.
I imagine that Shirt.Woot has a large graphic artist following. This design seems perfect for that crowd.
This design has so many objects in it with great detail. I particularly like the paintbrushes sticking out the side leaving a trail. The mp3 player and headphones are neat too!
The make up reminds me of those Games magazine mashups where a setting was composed of dozens of little knick-knacks.
It would be hard to use the electronics setup at the front while that car is turning at physically impossible speeds.
If you step back 50 paces, squint a little, & stick your tongue out just right it kinda looks like a Duesenberg.
dreamingstar213 wrote:I'm too distracted by what looks like a giant smiley face on the front of the car to look at anything else
I thought it was Speed Buggy's artsy brother
Given the juxtaposition with the headlights, I'm pretty sure it's supposed to look like it's smiling. In fact, I'm not sure that the car isn't the superhero itself.
I like the inclusion of the two essential items for a part time artist working after hours.
Coffee and headphones
Nice attention to detail there!
Now, keep it down or you'll wake up the missus!
Love the tablet and laptop at the front of the car!! And the PS on the laptop screen that stands for Photoshop! Just like the set up of my desk!
It's details like these that make me appreciate woot shirts.
Good job Dustin Lincoln.
Does anyone know if the Artomobile has available stability control and anti-lock breaks? I'm moving from the Motor City to the Frozen Tundra later this year and need something better able to handle snow and ice. This looks like it might be perfect!
(Also, this shirt is WAY more popular in Massachusetts compared to what I normally see at 12:15AM central time. Wicked pissah!)
Like this artomobile, I always forget to put the cap back on the inkwell.
The type of vehicle I'd expect to be driven by a graphikartist...
creativehack wrote:I like the inclusion of the two essential items for a part time artist working after hours.
Coffee and headphones
Nice attention to detail there!
Now, keep it down or you'll wake up the missus!
All of the parts of this artomobile are essential items for any aspiring artist, working after hours or not.
Love this design, very Arcimboldo.
If the mp3 player was a Zune or Sansa I would get it. Just kidding! This color blue is a deal killer, too!
yay taco
If the iPod wasn't included at all, I'd have bought it. Yeah, I do prefer Zune, but I don't even think the mp3 player belongs in this image.
The little "PS" in front makes me think this car is whispering a little addendum: "P.S.: I love you." as it drives across my chest.
It kinda looks like this one girl I dated in high school..
I also don't quite like the smiley-face protractor bumper. Keeps drawing my attention from an otherwise cool design. Maybe if there's a next time...without that face.
Nice idea though, almost had me!
Phail sauce
If it hits a wall it'll become a PEARL ART sidewalk sale.
Oh sure, she looks like a bargain. One of a kind, pretty as a picture. But india ink is $200 a gallon, that's fifty times as expensive as gas!
(Great design, Dustin. ^__^)
Dong, where is my artomobile?
Love this design! (Speaking as one who decided against art school)
But, I just had to say:
"Don't wear this shirt: If you're a governor on television announcing yet ANOTHER round of cuts to education funding."
(Speaking as one of 1,153 positions being cut.)
Just because you are able to do something doesn't mean you should.
I'm struggling with myself to buy this one, it's so tempting. The design is awesome.
Honestly, I bought this shirt just because I like things made out of other things. I'm not an artist, and I didn't even realize it was about art at first. Hopefully people won't see me wearing it and ask me to draw them or something.
Great portfolio Dustin!
Tersch wrote:Dong, where is my artomobile?
Lake... BIG lake... LOL
nicely detailed, which I noticed once I realized the headlights were pencil sharpeners (and not some kind of weird gun/vacuum nozzle).
Now those are some very depressing first day sales. Gonna be a lot of these in the next random.
35 comments, 7 sales? I understand there's a certain niche market for the design, and that may be a very poor niche, but come on... I'll make it 8. And for the record, I bloody hate baby blue. This is good work, Dustin.
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I know they put rails on guns now. My own M&P 9c has them. But I personally would never attach a light to a gun and show an opponent where my head and hands are in the dark. Just use a maglight or something equally effective, and hold it out as far to one side as you can, if you must use a light. Keep it away from you head and body.
Bear in mind, I am thinking "self defense" here. Perhaps there are other uses for lights on guns? If you engaged in a firefight in the dark, or even before a fight might start, why give away your position and provide your potential assailant a beacon to show where you are at all times? Even when one fires in the dark, one must move quickly in some lateral direction, to avoid drawing fire.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by roscoe36, Jun 23, 2009.
Is Rubio the next Darko or what? 18yr foreign player - massively hyped.
a real stretch at 22
I'm hungry....
Agreed. Can't see him doing so well in the half court.
i think he'll be a good player in a good system, a nash type that doesn't go maniacally into the paint, then look for his outlet...oops there goes the first three years of his career!
I am very skeptical. Ok - so he had a good Olympics showing, so did Pepe Shanchez and Arroyo. Sometimes I wonder if they hype certain players to trick someone into picking them early. Hear the interview with Day? He sounded very grounded and mature. Seems to know whats ahead of him. I think its going to work out pretty good for us. So he looks like Prince - only Dumars best pick ever to date.
Nice...Caspi to the Kings...will be the first Israeli player in the NBA. A fellow countrymen (well, my country of birth).
Dallas takes Mullens at 24.
mullins to dallas..@24 even that is a good slot for this guy. i was thinking 28 -30
Where's Carlos and his scouting report when you need him? Casspi looked great in the highlights. I'm getting buyer's remorse already.
Getting ready for round 2. Hoping for Earl Clarkeat #15 . Will Daye play right away?
OKC wow..i dont get that Getting ready for round 2. Hoping for Earl Clarkeat #15 . Will Daye play right away? ArmyG I think Curry gives him some minutes cause he can hit the perimeter shot and at 6"huge it'll open up the interior. He's got soft hands and is a good passer.
ESPN claiming they will swap Beaubois to Dallas for Mullens
decent pick, he's got a nice shot but his feet are a little slow for the NBA i wouldn't mind getting danny green with our next pick
Darko on the move, says Andy Katz...to the Knicks for Quentin Richardson.
dinko traded to ny...oh that'll work out real well.. listening to these guys laud every move made makes my head hurt..
How long before someone starts a new Darko thread?
darko finally goes to a place where he will fit and be used corrrectly. i'm now a knicks fan.
yeh, he can dig that carpetbag of hairpaint out from under his bed and put it back to use..yoo hoo he's a bug on a windshield in ny
AD talking on ESPN Draft chat. Austin Daye: going into the summer of my senior year, I was not ranked high. At the end of the summer, I was ranked in the top 25. So teams were starting to look at me. Trent (Minnesota): Austin, how was playing for Mark Few Austin Daye: Great coach. Good mentor. Smart man. He definitley knows his X's and O's. I definitely see a Final Four in the future. Vickers (Atlanta, GA): how do you like the pistons system? Austin Daye: It's changing. I think they're a great team. I haven't been able to watch them a whole lot being on the West Coast. They like to control games and they play good defense. Dominic (OH): whats it like being up on that stage?does the commish have a firm handshake? Austin Daye: Yeah, he did. From a small guy, you wouldn't expect such a forceful handshake. It was a good experience. T (NC): Do you think you will be able to contribute right out of the gates for the pistons next year? Austin Daye: Hopefully. I think so. They want me to come in and help any way I can. Block shots, rebounding, scoring. I'll do whatever I can to help the team. Dino (CA): What is your favorite pre-game meal? Austin Daye: I would have to say Mexican food. I like it a lot. Meats, tacos. Definitely not reccommended, but it's one of my favorite pregame foods. Clay (Pennsylvania): Do you think the Rookie team will prevail during All-Star weekend? Austin Daye: Hopefully. If we can come out and play like a team we can definitely win. Tommy (California): What influenced your decision to leave college early? Austin Daye: Just a comfortable feeling that I would go high in the draft which I did. I'm happy that I did. Sean (Massachusetts): Who was the most challenging team that you played in your college career (and what year was it)? Austin Daye: North Carolina this year.
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Well as promised i said i would review this game for you all. I had been looking for a good mmorpg and decided to go along the lines of a 2.5D game for my first time.
My first impressions were exactly how i wanted them to be. I thought it rocked from the start, and at a whoppin 750mb max download i felt like this was just great.
Now remember this game is in ALPHA TESTING, so lets not be too judgemental.
The Graphics, to my surprise, were great which i thought would be awful. Your character and the environment blend in quite well, with the exception of a few choppy areas. I hadnt experienced the other races, which i will discuss in a minute, areas and see how they matched though.
The Sound was good for my standards, because sound is not a huge issue for me. The music was quite enjoyable when you roam around and it didnt play crazily or too loudly to bug you, so i was happy. Again it matched the area that i was in quite nicely.
You have 3 classes to choose from - Warrior, Ranger, Mage (named differently for each race). There are 3 races as well - Draconian, Natarian, and Genotian. I chose to be a Genotian Gunman, futuristic people. At first i was a lil lost but when i got my head i found how to start it all easily. There is a "Novice" Guide who helps you through most of the basics and many quests after that to further guide you towards understanding the game. The starting area has a good lvl set of monsters and a basic town, so it is not too overwhelming. F1-F8 are slots for skills and 1-9 are for potions, food, etc. So the key order worked out quite nicely. The skills for me were not very flashy, but i am a ranger at lvl 19 so not much along the lines of uber aoe lol. I have seen many pics and videos that do show the skills later on are quite magnificent. To add there is A LOT of quests, i find myself never grinding. It seems that every lvl there is a few quests i unlock. The cool thing is they have a tab, under the quest list window, that says query. This shows what quests are available and in which town that you havent started. I am not sure about grind as a higher lvl, but so far none at all, which i love. One last thing it is standard rpg where u can set attribute points to certain skills.
Special Features
There is a neat growth system which allows you to upgrade the lvl and quality of most items, which include armor, weapons, eudemons(pets), and mounts. Speaking of mounts from what i saw, there is 3, which can be purchased at lvl 30 for 500k, which money is quite easy to obtain. The cool thing is that it not only increases movement speed by 30% but you can also fight and cast spells of your mounts. There is also a race war, instances, and Resource race, among other things.
This is probably the one problem i did had with the game. There were little to no people playing online, but the few that were helped me a lot. At first i was angry about this, but then thought about it and realized, people have a few lvl 40s, are bored atm, its still in ALPHA testing, and want Beta to be released. I believe if i joined earlier in the alpha i would have had a better experience. It was still a good time for me, dont get me wrong, but it can be a perfect review lol.
Final Words
Overall i really enjoyed this game and am still playing it, the lvl cap is 40 for the ALPHA testing, which i am only lvl 19. There is probably much i havent experienced, but i believe i covered many of the main points/features. I personally urge people to try this game ASAP, but if you feel it is not up to your standards try it out when Beta is released. They have a lot of work to accomplish and its only the start to an awesome game.
Hope my review was helpful, if you want me to add more tell me.
*On a side note i want a class transfer feature like in Magic World, where at certain lvls you can choose a different title path, like Ranger lvl 1 ---> Bounty Hunter Lvl 15, example of Magic World. Its still a ranger but diff. set of skills and specializations. Think class tree.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by blueadams, Mar 2, 2014.
Would this team be competing without the shot clock and three point line?
Yes, and they would be playing in black and white.
Here is a picture of Woody's team:
Please please please please tell me that is real. Otherwise you have made me a very unhappy kangaroo.
Damn! I always thought Panda was a freakin' kangaroo!
Steve Nash Steve Kerr Craig Hodges Kyle Korver Wilt Chaimberlain
All-defensive team: Bill Walton Bill Russell Dave Debusschere Tom Gola Joe Dumars Not bad on the O either. All could shoot free-throws All-HYPE team. Because they get all the INK. Chaimberlain "Big E" Bird Jordan Magic All LEFT-OVER team Olajuwon Barkley LeBron James Oscar Robertson Isaiah All FIVE-BALL team. Because ONE ball isn't enough. AI Kobe Melo Maravich Jabbar
I thought about him. I think MJ and Kobe had more expansive games.
All-D is an interesting area.. (I'm not even going to attempt to understand your other areas) I'd have to think about it.. I'd probably go.. C: Russell PF: Rodman SF: Bruce Bowen? SG: Dumars PG: Payton If they were going all-out on D, LeBron and MJ probably make it.
I would take Jordan over Dumars on defense.
This was my all-never-won-a-championship team, if anyone wondered...
My all-defensive team: Dikembe Mutombo (4x DPOY, 2nd all-time in blocks) Ben Wallace (4x DPOY) Dennis Rodman (2x DPOY) Sidney Moncrief (2x DPOY) Michael Jordan (1x DPOY, 3rd all-time in steals)
Come on. Rodman at the 3?
Rodman guarded Jordan at the 2.
Thomas at point. Rodney White at shooting guard. Rodman at small forward. Salley at power forward. Howard at center. Thomas was a very underrated defender, but extremely good at defense when he put his mind to it. Rodney White could shut down points to power forwards. So could Rodman, and Rodman's rebounds would really cement this unit. Salley was a whirlwind around the basket, and Howard is just a solid anchor of the unit giving it plenty of strength and shot blocking ability. This unit features 3 excellent perimeter defenders, and two excellent inside defenders. For scoring, Salley and Rodman are just in for defense, but Thomas, White, and Howard would score plenty.
Good call on Mutumbo I forgot about him
Rodman played some SF in his early years in the NBA. I already have Mutombo and Ben Wallace on the front line. Do you think I honestly need any more beef up front?
I'd take the Ice Man over Kobe every day....
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Comes with instructions and Vac-U-Lock powder
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|The hood bow can be tuned with a 2X4 and a BFH to match the contour of the fender. If the hood seems too wide at the rear make sure to check it against your cowl panel-many times these hoods need to be pulled up in the center for more curve in the rear and this also decreases the width of the hood making your gaps at the fenders. The factory spec'd the front fenders on these cars to not be flush with the doors-they should be out from the doors .060"- .100" for door clearance so if a flush lexus type fit is wanted plan on making some modifications. The mods usually involve tweaking the front edge of the door out and taking some of the bow out of the fender with proper shimming-also sometimes the flange at the rear of the fender where the door swings in needs to be trimmed for door clearance. None of this stuff is easy and does take time. Proper radaator support is also necessary and the way these subframes bolt on and the fact that they usually are a little tweaked or sagged from years of use also can make for some alignment headaches. During a complete resto I usually prefit all the sheetmetal with the subframe off and the core support setting on screw jacks making sure the car is level from front to back-then on final assembly I shim the subframe mounts to get the core support height exactly where it needs to be. As little as 1/8" height difference on the core support mounting points can cause bows in the fenders. And definately the fenders shouldn't be under a lot of stress when installed properly-I've seen guys jack up under the cowl area to get the fender to fit then when the jack pressure is off the fender contorts from the strain of the vehicle weight-not good.
|what was said is very true. i just replaced the rear quarters on my 68 cougar. i needed to replace outer wheel well for the drivers side.well i ordered from a cougar book for 68 cougar. the part shows up with mustang sticker on it and tiwan.it wasn't close to the right part , i put 6 or more hours of work into that peice to get it to fit up. you can bet i did everything i had to , to save the passenger side. use the factory parts if at all possible.
"If the repro companies wanted to be honest they would say in the catalog: Similar to original, can be used if nothing else is available."
I would dig out the original fenders. I am not kidding you, replace the patch panels, repair the fender, you will have the same time as the dynacorndog parts but have an ORIGINAL part on the car instead of a Taiwan part.
I have litterally pulled a fender off the back of the steel collectors truck and repaired it and returned a repro one once. NO KIDDING!
I have pulled undamaged repro parts off finished, painted cars and replaced them with repaired originals because the owner was so unhappy with the repro part.
I avoid them at all costs.
After market parts "RESEMBLE" the original. Very rarely do they fit. Start with the hood to cowl. That gap has to be right. Then you can look at the fenders, and nose. They probably will be to narrow or to wide, the wrong shape, lacking hole that hit any thing, and are not straight.
The only thing that is good about the stuff is-- it is not rusty " yet"
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I've never used Dynacorn stuff prior and didn't know it would be this bad. I do have the originals but the bottoms are rusted and I took at least 1/2" of filler off most of both fenders.
The car is buried in the garage so I won't be able to get pictures until this weekend. I replaced the body mounts last weekend and the fender alignment is actually worse. I have 1/2" between the right fender and door and 5/16" between back of the door and quarter panel. The firewall mounting bracket on the fender is against the firewall so the fender is back as far as it will go without moving it - not sure bending it will make enough of a difference.
I printed out the Basic of Alignment paper and will give it a try this weekend.
Here is an article on panel alignment (Click here) "Basics of Basics" but you have WAY more than the "basics" to deal with here. I have been in this business over thirty years and my skin shivers just thinking of installing ANY repro set of fenders and hood on a 60s car let alone what I have found to the worse junk you can buy, Dynacorn.
The "massaging", pushing, "tweeking", bending, hogging out holes, needed on these parts is way beyond what you would ever have to do with original pieces. I would rather install trashed and rotted original pieces and repair them, than Dynacorn parts.
Do you have the originals?
And by the way, "Team Camaro" is probably the best site you will ever find on the Camaro/Firebird body. There is a great bunch of guys over there that live and breath these cars. Click here for Team Camaro
Pics might help someone on here give you better help and see a little better what is going on. Sorry, I haven't worked on one or with those parts.
My boss bought a dynacorn 69 camaro shell, and other new parts, fenders, hood ect. I didn't work on it and see exactly what they did, but do know they had some issues with fit, and it took some beating around and adding on to get good gaps. I think they said the right fender was really bad. Seems to be the norm with many of the aftermarket parts, need some modification, beating around and bodywork to get fitting correctly, but unfortunatly it is often about the only choice you have to work with today. Also the older cars didn't exactly fit perfect from the factory.
Did you try any sites dedicated to the firebird, that will likely get more view from others working on the same car, and more likely to have one find your thread who has already dealt with those parts? Here is just one site dedicated to the firebird, with a forum, and also read through the faq's and the thread I'll link to.
First off make sure your subframe or anything isn't bent (did your old parts fit fine?) and that everything is sitting level like those faq's say.
I'd hate to give you wrong advice and have you ruin anything, but some possible ideas, so take it fpr what its worth, not having previously worked on that car or with those parts.
If your hood edge bows in the middle but is flush in the front and back, you might possibly able to place a block of wood under the areas where it is flush, and persuade the edge flush to the fenders in the middle by using a decent sized block of wood and hitting with a hammer along the edge or maybe even putting some of your weight and pressure on it will be enough.
You say the fender gap to hood is tight.Its a lot tougher to take off the edge to get the right with gap then it would be to add on to the edge.
Is the door to quarter gap flush and is it even with the rocker? It might be possible to work the fender edge flush with the door if you set your hood to fender gap. But the top and specially the body line could be difficult. Is there a fender bolt iinside the door when you open it, that should help hold that area in flush as well, if you can get it pushed in far enough.
Sometimes when persuading something like a fender edge or a door edge in, I'll even sit my butt on the floor and use my foot to put some pressure on it. But if the top of the fender sticks out from the door when you set the right width gap at the hood, maybe you could get a wider fender to hood gap if you bolt down the fender and set it flush at the door, and use a block of wood and hammer along top edge of the fender, and hit out away from the hood to get a wider gap between the fender and hood.
Fender and Hood Alignment Issues
I'm having a problem getting the front end of my 69 Firebird aligned. The fenders and hood are all Dynacorn. I see 2 main issues right now. First, the hood seems to have a bow in it. I have it flush with the fender at the front and back on both sides but in the middle of the fender the hood is about .250" higher. Any idea how I should go about handling this?
I can't seem to get enough gap between the fenders and the hood. The edge of the hood does not seem to be a 90 degree bend, it is more like 80 degrees and then it takes a 40 degree bend back away from the outside.
It looks sort of like this
I have the doors adjusted as far out as they will go. If I shim the fender out to set the gaps for the hood they stick out further than the door. I'm thinking about drilling out all the welds on the side of the hood and rewelding it so that the side of the hood is 90 degrees. Anyone had to deal with something like this before. Thought I'd check before tearing up a brand new hood.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Lee356, Aug 7, 2009.
This I like a lot. Read detnews.com
here is the link Pistons re-sign Big Ben | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Good deal, everyones under contract and the rosters set..PLAY BALL
This is highly cool! Welcome back Ben!
This is great. Has the Big Ben gong been retired...or will it come back once in a while now?
O.k., if my spreadsheet is right that makes for 13 players under contract including the three rookies. I'm assuming Oberto's $2mm counts against the cap, but he does not take up a roster spot. That makes for $57,169,417 committed in salaries. So, if there were a point guard sitting around out there who could be had for $530k then the team could pick him up and still remain under this year's cap.
At this point the cap gap doesn't really matter to us since it isn't more than a minimum contract except for a first year rookie, so all we can sign the rest of the way are minimum contract deals anyway. Hope that made sense. You're correct about Oberto. Not all the rookies are signed, I wonder if Joe will sign Jerebko or not.
I think the detnews article says that both Summers and Jerebko signed for $457. Or I misread it.
I heard Jamal Tinsley is looking for a job?? His career assist average is 7 dimes per game
yep it did..
Yeah, this could be a pretty good move. He can maybe instill some toughness on this young team and it would also be nice to see him win back the fans. Just one more thing to do IMO... Get something for Hamilton.
Oh, I didn't read the article. My bad.
Basically, Joe finally read the comments on THE FORUM and went with the consensus to add Ben to squad. He may play the Lindsay Hunter part and be the limited player coach and can teach the bigs the importance of D even during practice. Good move Joe Wonder if Stuckey gives up his number to hand back to Ben?
Let me guess, trade Rip for a point guard. (Or a backup small forward.)
Arnie is whipping up a big batch of cookie dough for Ben right now.
NBA Title...HERE WE COME!
Fear The Fro¡¡¡¡¡¡ Ben Wallace will have forever a piston heart, it´s nice to see him back to become master of our young bigs and block lebron.
Yeah, I am hoping for a PG.
That's how I feel, too!
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