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Does salvage title mean that the car has been 50% damaged or more? What are the bad things about salvage titles?
This is a discussion on salvage title? within the Improving ClubWRX.net forums, part of the News and Announcements category; Does salvage title mean that the car has been 50% damaged or more? What are the bad things about salvage ...
Does salvage title mean that the car has been 50% damaged or more? What are the bad things about salvage titles?
IIRC, it means that the cost to repair the vehicle is more than the car is worth. So, your statement would be true. Frame damage is something to consider. Also, a wrecked car never drives the same again.
'92 Civic Si
It depends on the state as to the % of damage that totals the car, usually 60% of the value of the car.It all depends on the workmanship done on the car. When my father had his body shop, we bought some salvage cars for our own use. We made sure nothing was half-a**. My mother is driving a wrecked four runner, that needed a quarter panel and front a-arms. I have seem some shoddy repairs on cars that still have a good title(non-salvage). You should try to find out what was damage/repaired on the car and have a qualified shop look at the repair, if you are unsure of it.Originally Posted by 5spdfrk
There are many different factors that lead to a salvage title. The car can be a theft recovery, the car can be flood damage, rejected repairs (the owner was unsatisfied with the repairs)
My brother has an impreza wagon that was totaled because of rejected repairs. The front sheet metal was replaced and repainted. The car looks perfect, but the insurance company was getting antsy because repairs were taking so long and they were paying on a rental for the owner. The insurance adjuster noticed a slight ticking noise in the engine and claimed the motor was bad, totaling the car. When we got the car, the ticking went away after the car ran for a while. So my brother got a great deal on the car.
Basicly what I am saying is that if you are leary about buying a car with a salvage title, then don't buy it. The resell of the car will be awful. But if you are buying the car for yourself and you are going to drive it, then as long as the repairs are done properly don't worry about it. If you believe that a wrecked car never drives right, then why are there collision centers repairing cars?
Thanks for your input. It is always good to hear from the perspective that you have.Not just wrecked cars, but totaled cars. A busted hood, bumper, and fender will drive just fine, but I thinking more serious damage. The reason collision places are repairing cars is for the money, not just to make a car "new" again. I'm sure you know this as well as I do, that a good collision place is hard to find anymore. Most businesses are more worried about fast turn around and insurance payout than whether their craftsmanship is great or not.Originally Posted by crazycraig
'92 Civic Si
If a car is fixed correctly, it will drive the same, if not better. A car is a series of parts bolted, and welded together, it doesn't have a soul. That urban legend comes from many different sources. First of all, the methods of repairing damaged cars today are far more advanced than just ten years ago. Unfortunately also, the repair shops that do shady work have clouded the industry. Normally damages have to exceed 60-80% of the vehicles worth, depending on the state, and the insurance company. Total loss damages will vary though, depending on the insurance appraiser, and what type of parts they write for. If it is an insurance company like Geico, they will push used parts, and tend to save more cars from total. A salvage title simply means that the car was in an accident/flood/theft-recovery/fire that was expensive to fix, rebuilt, and sent through a state inspection to make sure the car was roadworthy, and reassembled with legitimate parts. Say you have a 2002 WRX with 20k miles, and a 2005 WRX with 20k miles both in identical 10k damage accidents. Odds are the 2002 will be deemed a total loss and sent to auction, when the 2005 will be repaired by a shop and returned to the owner. Just to clarify, a total loss has more to do with value of the car than the extent of damage.
Another problem with having "salvage" on your registration, is a problem with insurance. If you are financing the vehicle, your lien holder will probably require you to carry physical damage coverage (comprehensive and collision coverage). Some insurance companies, including the one I work for as an underwriter, will not accept physical damage coverage on salvaged vehicles.


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The Campbell Soup Company could spark a fresh price war in the Australian sweet biscuits market, a category worth around $1.3 billion, after announcing it would throw more money at advertising and promotions for its struggling Arnott's business.
Delivering the US food giant's performance for the three months to January, Campbell chief executive Denise Morrison confirmed its local operation, which owns biscuit brands Salada, Jatz and the celebrated Tim Tam, continued to be a drag on the company and was not expected to be a ''growth driver'' in fiscal 2014.
''Restoring growth in this important business is a work in progress that will take time,'' Ms Morrison said.
She said Arnott's, which has about 51 per cent of the sweet biscuits sector, would focus on marketing Tim Tam, Shapes and Arnott's other sweet biscuits in Australia with increased advertising and consumer promotion.
The investment in promotions and discounts could help trigger a renewed price war in the category, with Campbell's particularly finding the going tough in the important supermarkets channel.
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Is there anything wrong with adding a plug end on permanent electrical?
Say I have a series of power outlets that is permanent (ex: in a wall, or otherwise installed on part of the structure) is there anything that states I cannot feed it from a plug end? What I want to do is install a bank of power outlets for my server rack, basically I am framing the server rack in place and will add cable management as well as power outlets right into that structure. However rather than feed it straight off an electrical panel I want to feed it through UPS, surge protectors, etc, so I'll probably have like 4 separate circuits leading to 4 plug ends. They will be using heavy duty 12 awg extension cord wire coming out of the last junction box. From a safety point of view it will be fine, just wondering about code.
Also any minimum height for electrical in a basement? Idealy the last junction box will be rather low, maybe a foot off the floor. I do know I can't have more than 12 outlets per circuit, so I'll be sure to follow that.
"Extension cords are listed for temporary use" :laughing:
Does it count as an extension cord though? Just trying to find a way to make this as legal as possible. I guess the other option is a bigger UPS that has an option to hard wire, but not ready to spend that kind of money yet.
In NEC land, you wouldn't be allowed to use the cord inside a wall. Or any 'permanent' installation
400.8 (Uses not permitted) comes to mind.
1) As a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure.
2) Where run through holes in walls, structural ceilings, suspended ceilings, dropped ceilings or floors.
3) Where run through doorways, windows or similar openings.
4) Where attached to building surfaces.
5) Where concealed by walls, floors, or ceilings or located above suspended or dropped ceilings.
Edit; you'd likely be able to use 400.7(8) (uses permitted) Appliances where the fastening means and mechanical connections are specifically designed to permit ready removal for maintenance and repair and the appliance is intended or identified for flexible cord connections.
Don''t use and actual extension cord. Use the proper cabtire.
You need a proper PDU (power distribution unit) for your rack. This is essentially a power strip that is listed for a permanent installation. You should install receptacles for each circuit for its intended purpose (surge protected, UPS protected and unprotected) and plug the appropriate PDU and/or UPS into it. If what you're saying is that you will have a UPS inline with the circuit, you still need to bring it to a proper receptacle and use a PDU.
In the real world, we know that PDUs are expensive, and that you'll probably buy one of those long metal power strips that mount to the wall. Unless otherwise marked, these are usually listed as a "temporary power tap" and thus not for permanent installation. Please keep that in mind, and I won't tell anyone :-P
How about something like this?...
That would be the proper solution.
Yeah I know about PDUs but for what I want to do I'd need like 6 of em. VERY expensive! (I want 6 separate "circuits" ex: some may be on one specific UPS, some on another and so on).
The inlet seems like a good idea, think I'll go with that. Just the thing of finding a place here that will sell those.
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Great report, good luck with getting the RAMI trustworthy.
I was looking for a sub-compact and happened onto a good deal for a barely used CZ 2075 RAMI in 9mm (all steel model). I deal with this guy a lot, and he told me up front that the reason it still looked brand new was because it was a 'jam-o-matic,' and had been brought back after about 1 box of ammo. I knew that some of the RAMI's had feed issues, but I believed I could get it to run right, so I bought it. I have always had good luck getting good quality semi-autos to run, with either minor buffing, cleaning, swapping springs, changing ammo type, or mainly just putting a bunch of rounds through them.
I started out with Winchester WB, 115 gr. FMJ's, and sure enough, I had a failure to eject after the first two rounds, and every 2 or 3 rounds thereafter, in both the 10 round mag and the 14 round mag, and in one of my CZ-75 16 round mags that I brought along. After about 50 rounds, I stopped and inspected everything with a good light and magnifying glass, looking for shiny spots that might indicate contact where maybe there shouldn't be any. I noticed that the slide stop lever seemed to stick into the slide way too far, for no good reason, and that there was a shiny spot on the back side of it. I decided that it wouldn't hurt anything to take some material off the back side, so I used a fine grit sharpening stone to wear it down about a 1/32" and polish it up a little.
I went back to the firing line and managed to shoot the 10 round mag with no failures, for the first time, and got through 10 rounds in the 14 round mag before another failure. I cleared it and was able to fire another 20 or so rouinds without a failure, so I decided not to push my luck with more grinding, and just to keep shooting. It got better and better, and I finally shot a full box of Blazer Brass 115 gr. through it with no failures. I was running out of time, and I wanted to get about 150 failure-free rounds of FMJ through it before I wasted any high-priced SD ammo, so I quit for the day.
But now for the good news. This gun is very accurate, feels great in my hand, and I can shoot it almost as well as my full-sized pistols. It is without a doubt the best shooting 3" pistol I have ever fired. I completely obliterated the bulls eye with the first mag, at 7 yards, and backed up to 15 yards for all the rest of my paper shooting. Most of my 15 yard shots were inside of 4," with a goodly number of bulls eyes and near bulls eyes. I shot steel flop-down silhouettes from 20 yards (the same as with my 1911) and was easily able to knock down all six with six shots, and in the last 50 rounds was hitting them with each with double taps.
In conclusion, this is a great shooting little compact pistol. I sincerely hope that it smoothes out enough so I can trust it to carry. I think it will. I certainly won't give up easily on it.
Great report, good luck with getting the RAMI trustworthy.
I have a Rami 9mm also. I have shot about 500 trouble free rds thru it so far. I agree it is one of the best small handguns out there bar none. I do hope your's straightens out, believe me you will be gald when it does. You might want to have either Matt Mink, Angus Hobel or the CZ staff give it the once over, it would be money well spent if you continue to have problems. Don't give up on it!
Thanks for the responses.
gilfo, I won't give up easily on this one. It was getting a lot better when I ran out of time. Next range trip, I'll start out with Blazer Brass, which it seems to like, then some S&B, and finally some more WWB, which I have a lot of. If it doesn't fail with the WWB, after all those 'break-in' rounds, I'll be ready to get serious about finding out which SD ammo it likes.
Here's an update, for those of you were waiting breathlessly to see if the CZ RAMI would make the grade as a CCW.
I took it out Monday morning and ran another 200 rounds of FMJ through it, and a few hollow points. It seems to love Blazer Brass 115 grain FMJ. I fired a hundred through it with no FTE's. But it coughed up some of the WWB. I had probably three FTE's and one failure to feed, through a hundred rounds of Winchester WB 115 gr. FMJ.
I tried a few 'old' JHP's that I had (from both magazines), and it failed to eject one Winchester 147 gr JHP, out of 10. I fired about the same number of Remington 115 grain JHP's, with no FTE's. I'm starting to see a pattern on the Winchester ammo. I had approximately a 4% failure rate with Winchester ammo, if I combine the results of the FMJ and the 147 grain JHP's that the RAMI coughed up, compared to zero failures in the last 100 rounds of Blazer Brass and Remington JHP's. Upon examination, it is obvious that the OAL (overall length) of the Winchester cartridges is noticeably greater than any of the other ammo, so this may be the problem. On my next range session, I will take some different types of ammo and hopefully solve at least part of the problem.
Also, I did some more 'fluff and buff' on it, polishing the obvious shiny spots and rounding sharp edges, on the slide and the part of the hammer that the slide contacts to cock it (on the ejection stroke).
Anyway, my conclusion, to this point, is that I don't feel good about carrying it, just yet, but I am now confident that I will be, soon. I have other good carry guns, so I can afford to be patient with this one. I took my Kahr K-9 along, which I carry a lot, and it fired everything I stuck in it. The CZ would undoubtedly be my first choice, between the two of them, if it were more reliable, because it just fits my hand perfectly and I shoot it so well.
But the Kahr is approximately as accurate, (especially when using the CT Lasergrips), and has never failed once, with any ammo, so I can't see myself 'bumping' it in my CCW lineup, with something that currently has a 4% failure rate. But I'm not giving up on the RAMI yet. It just shoots too doggone good to be relegated to the 'back burner.'
When I find a good JHP that it can digest 100 of without a single burp, I'll start carrying it.
For any who might be interested, I exhausted all the possibilities I could think of to try, so I sent the RAMI into CZ support. Believe me, that in itself was a chore. Apparently, they don't answer email, at all, and don't ever check their website registration, where you fill out the forms to see if they will accept it under warranty.
Also, I gave up trying to penetrate their switchboard, and finally took the gun back to my FFL dealer, who eventually did get through to a gunsmith. After taking the serial number and establishing the age of the gun, he said that mine was one of the first runs, built at the Czech factory at a time when they were being heavily restricted on their testing procedures, due to some government screw-up, and that quite a few of the RAMI's slipped through that would not reliably shoot hollow point ammo, and some ball ammo, too.
The good news (I hope) is that they do have the 'fix', and the warranty does cover it, but they have a 4-6 week turn-around, at present. We shall see.
I really do like CZ handguns, but their customer service and public relations suck, big time. No wonder they have not caught on big in the USA, if their marketing skills are anything like their service-after-the-sale.
These very issues had me leary....So two days ago I walked into my local gunshop and looked around...They had a Walther P99C with the AS trigger and that is what I am gonna get...I put it on layaway and I am gonna trade my Smith 642 or sell it and put the money on the Walther...
I've been kinda looking for a small 9 and the Rami is on my list. I really like the look of the CZ but maybe it's now slipped down on the list some.
CZ's are great pistols, especially the CZ-75, and supposedly they have eliminated these problems in the later model RAMI's, but they dropped the ball by not getting all over this issue, before it harmed their public image.
I would not stick with a malfunctioning SD type handgun through all of this, if I did not have confidence that it was eventually going to make me a great CCW. If I get this one back in six weeks, and it will flawlessly fire 200 rounds of my favorite JHP's, it will spend a lot of time on my hip for many years to come.
It is a great shooting subcompact.
I had a similar experience with a Rami P (polymer) in 9mm. I had just turned 21 and wanted to finally get a pistol and my carry permit. After a lot of research I decided on the Rami P. The fact that my local gun shop had a great deal on it helped the argument. I bought it and shot 200 rounds through it the following weekend. About 20-30 rounds failed to eject. I took it back to the shop and they polished the feed ramp. The following weekend I put another 200 through it and yet again it failed to eject about 10-20% of the time. I tried several magazines and several types of ammo. I took it back again and the gunsmith looked at it and couldn't find anything wrong. They suggested I might be limp wristing it. It was certainly a possibility since I was an inexperienced shooter and am not that big of a gun. I am not a beast but I figured suring I can hold onto a darn gun. Well I put another 200 through it and still the same thing. I even had my Dad as well as some others at the range shoot it and they had the same ejection failures. After a lot of frustration and about 600 rounds I took it back to the gun shop one last time. They were really stand up about it and gave me a full refund. I upgraded to a Sig P226 and have had 3000+ failure free rounds.
I am convinced that something was wrong with that gun. I have yet to "limp wrist" a gun since so that along with the fact that others had the same experience shooting it leads me to believe that it was not my shooting style. I just picked up a G26 and so far have 200 rounds through it without a problem. I wanted to love that CZ but I just wasn't up for a project for my first gun and for a defense gun I need 100% reliability. I have heard good things about other CZs but those Ramis seem to be trouble.
FYI that gun shop I was talking about is Luckys in Pell City, Alabama. Great guys with great prices.
I picked up my RAMI last week. 9mm with alloy frame, not a poly. Fired 200 rounds thru it between Saturday and Tuesday and did not have any hiccups at all. Was using my reloads though and not factory loads. Really like the way it shoots. Another 200 rds without a problem and I'll start packing it when the weather warms up.
I'd be interested in anything you're willing to tell me about the handloads for your RAMI. I might load some to test with when mine comes back from the factory.
I want to get it to reliably shoot 124 grain hollowpoints, and any tips you could give me on OAL, factory crimp, etc., might be very helpful. I have just started to load 9mm and have not even tested any of my loads yet.
So, I'll wring it out, some more, find some premium SD loads it likes really well, and start carrying it, if it continues to function properly. I shoot it so doggone well that I expect it to become my main carry piece.
My Rami loves federal hydra shock 124gr jhps. I'm glad that CZ seems to have came through and got your problem taken care of. Keep us up to date and let me know when you start carrying it.
Thanks for the report. We looked at one for my daughter but settled on a Taurus. Sounds like that may have been a good decision.
Well, I'm not a Taurus fan, by any stretch of the imagination, but I did have some problems with the RAMI, and I'm sorry if I scared you away from it. It really is a great gun, when it is right.
I have put a lot of rounds through mine, since getting it back from the factory, and it works fine, now. I have found some hollow points that it likes, and I do carry it quite a bit, now.
Ceska Zbrojovka has long been known for making quality firearms. Though CZ has since long been making CC handguns in smaller calibers (like CZ 83), CZ 2075 Rami is 9x19 Parabellum sub-compact model of Cesks Zbrojovka. Based on famous CZ75 design and known for its extraordinary accuracy, robust construction and high reliability, Rami has gained tremendous popularity off late and has been competing the likes of Glock 26, Kahr K9, H&K 2000 SK etc. Based on CZ 75 famous slide-in-frame design, it beats perhaps all its competitors in accuracy and has emerged as one of the best options for CC / backup handgun. With its extended magazine option of 14 rounds, one can almost carry as many rounds as in a large frame handgun.
Rami shown in this review is 2075 BD which is a variant of 2075 and has a decocker instead of standard safety. There is no other difference in CZ 2075 Rami and CZ 2075 Rami BD.
Model: CZ 2075 RAMI BD
Manufacturer: Ceska Zbrojovka, Czech Republic
Caliber: 9x19 mm Parabellum
Dimensions: 168x133x33 mm (120 mm with 10 round mag)
Barrel: 74.6 mm
Weight(unloaded): 695 grams
Capacity: 10 / 14 rounds.
Sight Radius: 124 mm
Slide: Hammer Forged Steel
Frame: Aluminum Alloy
Sights: Fixed three dot Tritium Meprolite ML 17777
Trigger Pull: DA 55N, SA 16-24.5N
Finish: Matte Black Polycoat.
Since you revived this old thread, I should probably give an update on the actual topic, which was a malfunctioning handgun.
My RAMI has been flawless, since being returned from the factory. It is my 9mm of choice, when there is some reason I don't want to carry a .45, and it likes 147 grain Hornady XTP's better than anything else. I make a hand load, for practice only, that closely simulates the Hornady performance, and it fires both quite accurately, with no malfunctions, ever.


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We've shopped at Launder Dog on numerous occasions and the staff there is usually courteous and helpful. They have a fairly good selection of pet food for both cats and dogs there including brands like The Honest Kitchen, Solid Gold, Merrick, Innova, and raw food by Nature's Variety and Primal. They are known for their wash services. Everytime I go in, I see a lot of clients come in to have their dogs professionally groomed or do it themselves. The store isn't very big, but it's well stocked.
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FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State men's basketball team, coming off a big 69-64 overtime win at Nevada on Wednesday, will look to build a winning streak down the stretch run as they return to the Save Mart Center to take on Boise State Saturday night.
The game is being promoted as a "White Out" and fans are asked to wear white. The first 500 fans in will receive a free "White Out" shirt.
"I think this time of year you just have to play with urgency," Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry said. "You have to know what you are playing for."
Fresno State will also be honoring the 1983 NIT Championship team. Many of the former players will be on hand for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the title-winning squad after spending the morning with the current team during its gameday shootaround.
The Bulldogs (9-16, 3-9 Mountain West) come in to the final four games of the season in last place in the MW, but trailing Nevada by a half a game, Wyoming by a game and Boise State by two games in the win column. The goal is to climb up to at least seventh to avoid the 8 vs. 9 first-round game at the 2013 Reese's Mountain West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas. And that starts with this crucial home game against the Broncos.
"We've been talking about it (avoiding the 8 vs. 9 first-round MW Touranment game) for weeks now," Terry said. "We can only take it 40 minutes at a time and put ourselves in a good position that when you get to Vegas you only have to play three games to get an opportunity for postseason play."
Tyler Johnson continues to lead the way on the offensive end for the Bulldogs. He is averaging a team best 12.2 points a game and 13.9 points in Mountain West play. Johnson led the way with 19 points on Wednesday night in the overtime win at Nevada.
Boise State (17-8, 5-6 MW) enters the game squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble. The Broncos beat Air Force at home on Wednesday night. They are led by double-digit scorers Derrick Marks, Anthony Drmic and Jeff Elorriaga.
Tickets are available for $17 for adults and $9 for youth, and can be purchased in person at the Save Mart Center Box Office.
"Discover Fresno State Athletics!" --- There are two more chances to see the Bulldogs at home this season as Fresno State hosts Boise State on Feb. 23 and Air Force on March 2. Tickets can be purchased starting at $17 for adults and $9 for youth through www.gobulldogs.com or at the Save Mart Center Box Office.


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I wonder what is wrong with Kathleen and I wonder what was written in the letters she had read!
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The oldest known person in the world has died in Japan, aged 116.
Jiroemon Kimura, born on 19 April 1897, had been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person and the oldest man ever.
Officials in Kyotango, Japan, said he died in a local hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for pneumonia.
He became the oldest man ever on 28 December last year, when, at the age of 115 years and 253 days, he beat the record set by Christian Mortensen, a Danish immigrant to the United States, who lived from 1882 to 1998.
Another Japanese national, 115-year-old Misao Okawa, now becomes the world's oldest living person.
Okawa, of Osaka, was born on 5 March 1898.
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In January, three DC Super 3 planes were given contemporary facelifts by How & Nosm, Nunca, and Retna, a C45 was stenciled and painted by Faile, a Lockheed VC 140 Jetstar was given a shiny political treatment by Andrew Schoultz, a C97 cockpit was covered with work by Saner, and more than 30 nose cones were painted by international artists such as Richard Prince, Lee Quinones, Kenny Scharf, Aiko, Futura, Peter Dayton, JJ Veronis, Mare, Tara McPherson, Crash, Daze, Ron English, Erik Foss, Tristan Eaton, Lisa Lebofsky, Mark Ryden, Walter Robinson, Judith Supine, Ryan Wallace, Jameson Ellis, Mark Kostabi, Eric White, and Arizona-based artists Colin Chillag, Daniel Martin Diaz, Randy Slack, El Mac, Dave Quan, and Hector Ruiz.
These names are as big in the contemporary art work as their canvases. The artists spent weeks attempting to transport, visualize, and ultimately transform discarded aircraft pieces under the careful eyes of curators Eric Firestone and Carlo McCormick. It's a tough — if not impossible — show to sell; the planes are huge and not operational, the nose cones won't fit through most standard doors, and the most anyone could take home was a flyer and a few Instagram photos.The Space Museum agreed to host the show for a few more months past its official closing date in May, but there are no solid buyers lined up for the larger-than-life contemporary art canvases, which means they'll likely return to the Tucson desert boneyard in which they were found and perhaps live to see another reincarnation.
We'll admit to being influenced by repeated viewings of Wes Anderson's The Fantastic Mr. Fox on Blu-Ray, but still, we swear we've seen the mythic "Tempe Fox" prancing around the Broadmor neighborhood. He's usually spotted just out of the corner of our eye, always leading to the distinct possibility that we're imagining him completely. But forget reason — of all Arizona's fabled creatures (chupacabra, hoof-man, the Bigfoot in the Apache/Sitgreaves Forest), the fox seems the friendliest (not to mention most plausible). His bushy tail catches the eye, but he's quickly gone before you can whip out your camera phone. It sounds crazy, but we've even heard of one intrepid photographer who snapped off a couple shots, only to have the mysterious fox not show up in the pictures at all. A spirit vision, perhaps? The best part of this "legend," of course, is that it's absolutely true. The old neighborhoods near the ASU Tempe campus really have become home in recent years to several foxes. Residents theorize that they feed on roof rats and hang out near the George Ditch off College Avenue and 14th Street. Tempe officials confirm they're there, and no one knows how it happened. We're glad to know the Tempe Fox is real. (And that we're not crazy!)
Know any good jokes about Arizona State University? The folks in Hollywood certainly do, as Tinsel Town has dispensed a few zingers at ASU's expense over the years, all of which have been dead-on and absolutely hilarious. After all, there's plenty about the school to poke fun at, including its oft-ridiculed status as one of America's top party schools and its student body's reputation for preferring slamming beers to hitting the books. For instance, 30 Rock's resident blowhard Jack Donaghy (played by Alec Baldwin) stated in a 2010 episode that "a parent is the one person who thinks their [kids are] smart, even when they go to Arizona State." Zing. Such a diss was child's play to the sort of lampooning that took place last fall when Daniel Tosh filmed an entire episode of his popular Comedy Central show at ASU.It was part of his Tosh.0 College Campus Invasion and featured segments in which the acerbic comedian satirized frat boys and their tendency to hit on drunk girls (at Casey Moore's, no less), encouraged Sun Devil hotties to consume peppers and other spicy substances, and got naked in front of a biology class. Probably the most hilarious (or embarrassing) bit for ASU students was a highlight reel of a "Tweet and Greet," in which an endless stream of student traded insults with the Tosh, who got a choice quip about how "There's a lot of chlamydia here, apparently." At least he didn't refer to the university as "the Harvard of date rape," like those rascals over at The Daily Show.
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Coming up with a decent band name has never required particular brilliance. Just ask the "greats" — The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Smashing Pumpkins. But in the Internet age, there seems to be some sort of "WTF band name" arms race, with bands like fun., oOoOO, Snake! Snake! Snakes!, and Friends all competing to cram in enough punctuation and inscrutable capitalization to make it impossible to find the band in any given search engine. North Dakota — the Tempe-based trio of Michelle Blades, Mo Neuharth, and Emily Hobeheidar — don't have a hard moniker to spell, but it's still tough to find their web presence without a little Facebooking first. The geographical connections to the Midwest aren't made explicit on the trio's debut (there's a song called "Fargo," but also one called "China/Japan") but like their namesake state — so close to Canada that it's almost there — they blur the lines between borders and sounds, toeing the line between righteous indie rock and riot grrl screeds.
The Compound Grill — the music hall/eatery/bar launched by the people behind the annual The McDowell Mountain Music Festival (and the site of the festival since 2010) — may have closed, but there's good news: Its owners plan to continue the festival, which unites indie rockers, local bands, and some of the granola-crunchiest jam bands this side of Bonnaroo for three days of sun and noodling guitar solos. Bully for them — beyond the fact that the festival has hosted bands like Ozomatli, The Flaming Lips, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Fields, and The Carolina Chocolate Drops, it's maintained a spirit of community activism, donating to charities like Ear Candy and institutions like Phoenix Children's Hospital.


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December 19, 2013The Window and Door Manufacturers Association revised and updated the WDMA TM 14-13 Test Method, according to a Dec. 19 association release. The updated document describes standard tests required for factory applied clear and pigmented coatings for interior wood and cellulosic composite millwork that will ensure a minimum acceptable level of performance with respect to film integrity and general... more »
November 19, 2013The Fenestration Manufacturers Association, American Architectural Manufacturers Association and Window & Door Manufacturers Association published FMA/AAMA/WDMA 400-13, standard practice for the installation of exterior doors into residential and light commercial buildings of not more than three stories above grade in height, with surface barrier wall construction. The practice is... more »
November 6, 2013The Department of Energy's Building Technologies Office Emerging Technologies program announced it will add up to $1.6 million in new funding to develop a program to rate and certify the energy performance of both residential and commercial window attachments. BTO's prioritization tool, used for internal analysis, has indicated that the use of insulating and reflective window... more »
October 23, 2013The National Fenestration Rating Council elected a new board of directors, effective January 2014. New or re-elected board members include: Joe Jonely, vice president of engineering for AMSCO Windows Paul Bush, technical services manager for the flat glass business of PPG Industries in Cheswick, Pa. Christian Kohler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Bipin Shah, president of... more »
October 21, 2013The International Code Council has voted to adopt the AAMA/NPEA/NSA 2100-12 Specification for Sunrooms into the 2015 International Residential Code. The adoption of the reference standard means the IRC will now have five distinct categories of sunrooms for the purpose of uniformly applying the code's requirements to patio covers, sun porches, sunrooms, solariums and conservatories. "... more »
October 1, 2013The American Architectural Manufacturers Association recently issued a response to the final Energy Star Version 6.0 draft specification in regards to the skylight criteria development, recommending that the Environmental Protection Agency take the necessary steps to separate TDDs and skylight criteria. Continuing to dismiss the overall benefits of daylighting and the energy... more »
August 21, 2013Due to the upcoming changes in the Ontario Building Code and NAFS-08, to be implemented January 1, 2014, Fenestration Canada, in collaboration with major door supplier members, has scheduled a series of informational seminars designed to update door pre-hangers on building code compliance and testing requirements, and to provide a general interpretation of the Ontario Building Code and NAFS-08.... more »
July 29, 2013Hanley Wood LLC and the Window and Door Manufacturers Association have formed a strategic partnership to provide comprehensive data on the residential window, door and skylight market, as well as the architectural door market. The output of the research is designed to provide WDMA members with complete, dependable and timely intelligence to enable improved analysis and forecasting. "We are... more »
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**Note: Even if you don't visit the restaurant, check out their online menu for ideas to use at your own BBQ this summer! If you're a Chicagoan like myself who gets a late night wiener craving from time to time, you might want to make a booty cuisine call to Rockstar Dogs. Wear your sassy heels cuz they have a stripper pole. I am tempted to say so many naughty things in this review I almost have to sit on my hands. With menu items like the extra-long wiener titled "The Tommy Lee" you can imagine how hard it is for me to refrain. (tossed in a pun right there in case ya missed it. No, not wiener. Keep going. That's right.... a little more.... ahhhh. There it is. "Hard.") So instead of my smut, let me tell you what Jenny Berg of BizBash had to say about this place: _________________ Dion Antic, owner of nightspots including Iggy's 3, opened Rockstar Dogs in March. Located in Ukrainian Village, the cheeky hot-dog stand (complete with an in-store stripper pole) offers a menu that pays tribute to musicians. New this summer, Rockstar Dogs offers catering for events and meetings for as many as 1,000 guests. Selections include the Latin-style Los Lobos dog, which is wrapped with bacon and topped with sliced jalapeños; there's also the charbroiled, cheesy J. Timberlake dog and the onion- and Düsseldorf-mustard-smothered White Stripe brat. The hot dogs come with Miss Vicki's potato chips, and are delivered in an earth-friendly, electric pick-up truck. âJenny Berg ________________ Ok I have to go find some holy water and wash my filthy typing fingers off. 801 N Ashland Ave (between Chicago Ave & Fry St) Chicago, IL 60622 (312) 421-2364 Hours: Tue-Wed 11:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m. Thu 11:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m. Fri-Sat 11:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m. Sun 11:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
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" Brand: Early Learning Centre / Type: Role Play "
My daughter has a growing ELC Happyland collection and received more for her 2nd birthday last year. My husband and I bought her this Happyland village set, which I had picked up in Argos for around £25 in their clearance around this time last year in advance of her birthday. This set includes three main buildings: a church, a bakery/tea room and a post office and comes with electronic sounds, which was part of the reason I bought this for her as I knew that it would appeal when she could press sounds as well as simply play with the little figures.
Firstly the church - this building comes with a removable tower where the on/off switch and battery compartment are so a child can press the button on top of the church tower and either have church bells ringing or music to 'Here comes the bride' playing. At one end the church is open and at the other end there is a large church door (which has come off a few times). To encourage imaginative play there is a minister along with a bride and groom and accompanying horse and carriage. Unfortunately the carriage is attached to the horse with a kind of saddle thing which my daughter finds hard to get onto the horse and even more annoyingly it is hard to keep it on the horse, especially if she goes to move the horse to pull the carriage.
Secondly the post office - this post office is pretty small. There is a little red postbox (pity there isn't any letters to put in), as well as a postman's van (not resembling royal mail), and a postman. Inside the shop there is a little set of plastic scales, and there is a bell which rings when someone comes into the building as well as a telephone. To be honest, my daughter doesn't really use these electronic sounds in the post office as it is quite difficult to get a person inside the shop and press the button to make the door ring at the same time. The shop could do with being just a little bigger.
The last building is a tea room/bakery. To accompany this there is a little bakery delivery van, alongside a baker, and waitress and a granny figure. There are also some cakes and buns that can be moved around and a little cat, that my daughter likes to put on the van or pretend is the postman's. Again, there is a little bell that rings for the door, as well as a telephone and till electronic sound, although the problem is the same in this case - there isn't a lot of room to move the figures around in the post office and make use of some of the electronic noises.
On the face of it, it looks like the perfect little playset, especially for a little girl and there is no doubt that my daughter enjoys playing with this, although I think she still plays more with her Little People (Fisher Price) collection as the figures are easier moved in and around things, especially electronic things. I was slightly disappointed in some of the aspects of this product as I have mentioned above, but my daughter still gets enjoyment from it and that is the main thing I suppose. If you were choosing between Little People and Happyland in my own experience watching my daughter, I think the former has the edge, particularly when you see a product like this.
The ready to play village is a play village suitable for children from 18 months. It is part of the extensive Happyland range from the ELC. What I love about this set besides the variety of pieces included (see below), is the detailing on the buildings. These are all open at the back for ease of play and you can see clearly inside. For example, the two storey cafeteria has a dresser moulded onto the wall with plates and a tea set; there is a radiator under the window; the upstairs and downstairs floors are both tiled but in different formations; the downstairs has curtains and tongue and groove panelling. The Post Office has a post box in on one outside wall: on the inside there is a basket to catch any letters that are posted. You will have to make your own letters- a creative cutting and scribbling activity- and then you can have fun posting them or throwing them through the main door of the Post Office if necessary: (OH NO! TOO BIG! TOO BIG!) Because the whole of the back of the buildings are open, it is easy for adults to join in the play and retrieve any items that may have been laced inside. We often play sat facing each other with the buildings in between us. That way both Baby CrazyEgg and I can manipulate the characters and I can see the range of expressions that cross her face: it is a great toy for shared play and communication.
Having pieces to move and sounds to hear often enhances toys, and they do so here. Obviously the people get moved around, but there are also three vehicles included: two vans and a carriage. Putting the figures in the vans, fitting the horse into his harness and manoeuvring all these play pieces are all skills that Baby CrazyEgg has mastered and improved upon since first getting the set. Now the vans travel further and are often accompanied by a definite narrative, so the set is obviously enabling her to create and enact little stories and adventures. You get a set of cakes and a Post Office display that can be fitted neatly into the windows of the relevant buildings if you desire. There is also a sunshade for the terrace of the tea rooms, although this particular piece does not fit in our set and so we have to use it as an umbrella or we can stick it in the chimney of the tea room where it fits very nicely.
The box boasts that the set includes 8 electronic sounds: two telephone rings of different pitches, two cash registers with slightly different "Kerchings!", two entrance bells again with different pitches. Finally, there are two extended sounds that emanate from the Church: the sound of bells peeling, and Here Comes The Bride. There is an on/off switch for this. Part of the church roof lifts off and it is there underneath. This is also where you will need to fit two AA batteries which are not supplied. All the other sounds are produced by four A76 batteries included for demonstration purposes only, but we have not needed to replace them in the 11 months we have had the set.
Besides the fact that the sunshade did not fit in correct hole the other disappointment was that the church door fell off very early on and although it will go back on easily, it falls off at the slightest touch. It is also a bit weird that the top of the church lifts off. It generally sits securely, but does fall off if the church falls over and it is quite weighty because it holds the batteries. It would be better if it clipped in. Another potential disappointment is the use of stickers on the outside of the buildings for some of the signage, and on the post box. Baby CrazyEgg loves a sticker, and consequently there are no longer any collection times on our post box. However, all the other stickers are very well applied and have survived as it is not immediately obvious that they are stickers.
We received this set when Baby CrazyEgg was approximately 18 months. She always liked it, and play has advanced over the last 11 months. It is another of those toys that allows you to see your child's imagination develop, and understand some of their thoughts and ideas even if speech is limited or unclear. Of course many other toys get brought in to this imaginary play world, but even as a self-contained unit it provides endless opportunities. And children don't restrict themselves to using the items for just their designated use, so adults experience both the fun of play and the challenge of trying to understand what on earth is going on:
"Thank goodness! The cakes for the wedding are on their way! OH NO! They have fallen off the van. The vicar is coming. He has going to eat all the cakes. The post office van has driven into the church! The postman has rescued the cakes. His van has got stuck. Heave! Heave! Phew! The vicar is chasing the postman. The horse is on the roof...The flying courgette will rescue him."
At least, I think that was what was happening.
The Ready to Play Village is a really good value ELC Happyland starter pack for which Baby CrazyEgg's grandparents paid £29.99 for in December 2012. They bought it from Argos, a retailer that no longer seems to be selling the Happyland range. A pack of 5 Happyland figures generally costs between £5 and £8 so £30 for 9 figures, 3 vehicles, 3 buildings and 4 accessories* was a very good buy. Currently the set is retailing on ebay for around £45. There is nothing to put together as such, it really is 'ready to play' so will fit back into the box for storage if you wish- ours has never been packed away!
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Bride, groom, baker, waitress, postman, old lady, reverend, cat, horse
Carriage (horse fits in to the harness), post office van, baker's van
Post Office, Church, Two-storey bakery/tea room
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New Issue of The Volta Includes Poetry from Ryan Murphy, Interview with Renee Gladman, Video of Dot Devota, Review of Anna Moschovakis & So Much MORE
There's a brand-new and very thoughtful issue of The Volta up, if you haven't noticed. Its contents even include new work from Ryan Murphy, which is rare/exciting. Also:
THE VOLTA now features three new columns, totaling nine:
THE CONVERSANT: a new column of interviews, edited by Andy Fitch & Christopher Schmidt featuring conversations with Camille Dungy, Evie Shockley, Stephen Dunn, Charles Gute, Anna Moschovakis, Craig Santos Perez, Maggie Nelson, Kristen Gallagher & Chris Alexander, Jon Bernson, & Brian Ang.
HEIR APPARENT: featuring a new serial poem by Ryan Murphy
ARROYO CHICO: featuring a new video of Dot Devota reading in the Arroyo Chico Wash in Tucson
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August 10, 2012
Campers, hikers, bicyclists, four-wheeler enthusiasts: The beautiful Sierra Nevada is not your personal garbage dump. The forests provide us with water to drink and the very air we breathe.
We need to treat the Earth with respect so that our (yours and mine) great-great-great grandchildren may enjoy these vital elements. Oh, and they should also be able to enjoy the same beautiful outdoors we do.
On a recent walk in the woods at Loney Meadows I found empty beer cans, torn up trees, empty casings from target practice, even an abandoned truck part too heavy for me to carry away.
My heart was left very heavy by this abuse of what should be a pristine meadow for all to enjoy.
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