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When you run a dog vacation business, you get to go to a lot of dog events. I particularly love the fall events, because they combine four of my favorite things: dogs, the great outdoors, kettle corn, and shopping. I mean, really, what more could you ask for?
But the people who run these events must think we dog owners aren't that easily satisfied, as they always seem to be raising the ante with everything from Search & Rescue Dog Demonstrations to celebrity Doggie Moms.
Yes, you heard me right. We're talking about actual dog moms, just like you and me, except that they have their own TV show…
I'd heard of the show before, of course. Like "Housewives of Whatever County," it vaguely rings a bell; my brain is filled with the names of reality shows I never watch (largely because I'd rather flip channels continuously, so I can catch glimpses of Mets baseball without the full-blown pain of watching it straight up). But suddenly, it hit me: Someone is getting PAID to sit home being a dog Mom. And it's not ME.
Now this is just wrong.
My whole life is dogs. I plan group dog hikes, dog birthday parties, dog holiday events. I run a dog meetup group (social group for dogs and their owners) with nearly 150 members. I teach prep classes and certify dogs for the AKC Canine Good Citizen program and the Therapy Dog program. I "Bark for Life" (a dog walk to raise money for cancer research) and run Pet Food Drives at work to support local animal shelters. I spend so much time at the dog park, my dogs could probably drive there by themselves (the little one loves to walk around the house with the car keys in her mouth, and the older one likes to sit in the driver's seat, so it wouldn't be much of a stretch!).
In fact, I founded Canine Camp Getaway of NY solely to provide my dogs with a fun summer vacation where they could swim in the pool (Lexie's favorite thing) and lure course (Jessie's favorite thing).
So, as far as I can tell, it's simply not possible that there are five people out there who are more qualified than I am to be on a "Doggie Moms" TV show.
How did I not know about this when they were holding auditions? And if there are dogs with full-time, stay-at-home Moms, are my dogs being deprived, being "latchkey dogs?"
Anyone who's ever owned a dog knows about dog guilt: the sad eyed stare you get when you BBQ dinner and no hot dog accidentally falls off the grill; the pathetic whine when they think they're going on a great car ride, only to end up at the vet's office; the heartbreaking looks they give you when you pull out a suitcase for a trip that doesn't involve them. And that "It can't possibly be Monday already — are you leaving me AGAIN?" look they give you when the weekend is over and it's back to work.
Now I have the added guilt of knowing that my dogs could have had a stay-at-home dog Mom — if only I hadn't missed my opportunity to be a "Doggie Moms" reality star.
Maybe I need to watch more reality TV after all. At the very least, perhaps I could make friends with one of the Mob Wives of New Jersey, who could knock off a Doggie Mom so I could get the job.


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San Diego cellphone recycling firm ecoATM has inked a deal to be acquired by Outerwall – formerly Coinstar – for $350 million in cash.
The takeover is expected to close in the third quarter and marks the largest buyout to date of a company that started in the EvoNexus incubator run by San Diego technology trade group CommNexus.
When it began about five years ago, ecoATM's demonstration kiosk was made of wood. Initially, the company planned to have Boy Scouts collect cellphones door-to-door before switching to a kiosk business model.
Today, ecoATM has more than 600 high tech recycling kiosks in malls spanning 40 states. It employs 170 people, mostly in San Diego.
"We think it's a fantastic deal for shareholders," said Tom Tullie, chief executive of ecoATM, in an interview Tuesday. "We didn't have to do it. It's good timing, and they can help us grow."
Outerwall owns the Redbox DVD kiosks and Coinstar counting machines. It expects ecoATM to contribute to its profits starting in 2014.
""With ecoATM, Outerwall will advance its evolution into multiple automated retail businesses and increase our exposure to the growing demand for refurbished products and mobile devices across the globe," said J. Scott Di Valerio, chief executive of Outerwall, in a statement.
Outerwall was an early investor in ecoATM, owning a 23 percent stake in the company before the deal. Its investment will be deducted from actual cash paid.
Claremont Creek Ventures also backed ecoATM, along with a few other venture capitalists and angel investors.
In all, ecoATM raised $31.5 million in venture capital and had $40 million in debt financing from Falcon Investment Advisors. The company plans to use existing cash and proceeds from the sale to pay off the debt.
EcoATM will remain headquartered in San Diego. Tullie expects to remain with the firm as it works to install 300 more kiosks in retail locations.
Last year, ecoATM had less than 50 kiosks in malls mostly in California, including several Westfield shopping centers in San Diego.
But it has been adding machines fast as it ramps up its business. The firm's goal is to have a recycling kiosk within five miles of 90 percent of the population in the U.S.
With its kiosks, ecoATM offers an automated self-serve system to purchase used mobile phones, tablets and MP3 players for cash. The kiosks use patented electronic diagnostics and artificial intelligence to pinpoint the value of each device.
"This is not a trivial kiosk to build," said Rory Moore, head of CommNexus. "There is phenomenal technology in those boxes."
In the U.S., about 175 million mobile devices are sold each year. But only 20 percent of used mobile phones are collected. The rest are discarded or stored – representing a large market for ecoATM.
Of the recycled phones ecoATM collects, about 60 percent are sold to third party distributors, who resell them into emerging markets. The company sells the rest to recyclers for parts.
Outerwall announced the acquisition Tuesday before markets opened. Shares of Bellevue, Wash., company rose 90 cents to $61.20 in late day trading on the Nasdaq.


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Guide Fitting Cruise Control Focus Mk2 & Mk2.5 And Ford C-Max
Pidu posted a tutorial in Ford Focus GuidesSince I bought my focus I was thinking about fitting cruise control. Some may say it is not necessary, but I find it very useful on long motorway trips. Started searching for info on the internet and here are the results. Before buying any parts there is few things to check: 1. GEM number – according to info I have it must end with DX (where X could be any letter - A,B or any other), for example 4M5T-14A073-DW. I have read about another person who has successfully added Cruise Control to their Ford with a "C" GEM, but it was only one case and I am not 100% sure about it. You can read the GEM number on the sticker on the other side of fuse box. 2. Check the GEM connector 103 – blue one with two rows of wires, located on the left next to fuses – if it has brown wire attached to pin 10 and white wire attached to pin 18. 3. Check steering wheel clock spring connector if it has 6 wires – two are for the horn, two for the airbag and the two mentioned above are for the cruise control. To do this you have to remove steering column cover. The upper part has two hooks – you can see them when you turn steering wheel 90 degrees right and left. Release them and remove the cover. The lower part is fixed with two Torx 25 screws, but first you have to remove the radio steering controls. The Connector is under steering column just behind steering wheel. 4. Check if there are two switches present on the brake pedal as pictured below (black and blue). And also check if there is a switch present on clutch pedal (black, and of course only manual transmission). A Ford dealer mechanic informed me, that he has never seen a car without them fitted, but it is better to check your specific model before continuing. The next thing to do is to find a Ford dealer which will activate cruise control in our car and this might be the hard part. I did it while I was abroad on holidays so unfortunately I can't recommend any dealer's in the UK that would carry out this service. It might be worth asking some Ford specialist / independent garage as well. It is necessary to connect the car to IDS and activate / program cruise control in GEM module, the PCM module (engine control system) and instrument cluster (cruise control will work without it, but there will be no control light when CC is on). Parts required: If your car is currently equipped with a 4 spoke steering wheel then you just need to purchase a replacement 4 spoke wheel that has the cruise control buttons attached, it is not necessary to purchase a second airbag unit. Please note: The steering wheel with CC from the Ford c-max is not suitable for the focus. If your car has 3 spoke steering wheel like mine was, then the airbag will not fit 4 spoke one directly. But fortunately you don't have to buy new airbag; you can simply get an airbag cover for the 4 spoke steering wheel. This is a genuine Ford part and the airbag will be fully functional with the replacement cover fitted. Do not bother asking your dealer for this cover because it is not listed as separate part. Instead go to e-bay for example see this link: http://www.ebay.de/itm/AIRBAG-LENKRAD-COVER-ABDECKUNG-DECKEL-FORD-FOCUS-/230613340397?pt=DE_Autoteile&hash=item35b1a050ed Before you start this modification and remove the airbag from the wheel it is recommended to disconnect battery. Remove steering column cover to get some space. Time to remove airbag – there are 3 holes in steering wheel from column side. Start from the side, turn wheel for easier access, slide flat short screwdriver all the way in (1), than twist it (2) and at the same time pull the airbag. Turn the steering wheel and repeat with two remaining hooks. When the airbag is unhooked disconnect the plug and connector as seen in the image below: Now easy part – unplug remaining connector, unscrew (key 27 as far as I remember) and change steering wheel. Then tight the screw, plug connector and it's done. Fitting the airbag is very easy – plug in the connectors, put airbag in place and push it. If you need to change the airbag cover you will have to damage the old one, unfortunately there is no easy way to remove it and there is a risk of damaging the airbag. I found the easiest option was to cut it in pieces and remove in sections, avoiding any damage to the airbag unit. Once the old cover has been removed from the airbag unit, put new one in place over the airbag and push hard. I changed the cover after CC activation just in case it would fail and I wanted to fit back my 3 spoke steering wheel. To avoid airbag fault light on the connectors were plugged and the airbag was fittied with some tape in order to get to the dealer and back home. All together it took me around one hour to change steering wheel, most of the time I spent trying to figure out how to remove the airbag unit itself. All you have to do now is to contact your local Ford dealer and activate CC. In my case it took them about one hour to do this. Unfortunately I can't exactly say how much money you will have to spend. I did this modification while I was on holiday abroad, the local dealer there had no problems with the LHD car, but not every Ford dealer wants to do this because "This is against Ford policy". Parts bought over the internet and dealer labour costs were probably cheaper than in UK: - used steering wheel with CC in "like new" condition – 28.00 GBP - new airbag cover for 4 spoke steering wheel – 18.00 GBP - activation – 37.00 GBP Source of information and some of the photos: http://tentoys.livej....com/68940.html http://ffclub.ru/topic/3475/ http://forum.fordclu...ad.php?t=128806 Thank you for reading, I hope my guide is of help to others and should you have any questions please feel free to ask. Huge thanks to Lenny for help editing this guide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Courtesy of Richiemac: Also forgot to mention about a little GEM input test i found earlier..... Hold the heated rear window button in and turn ignition on. Keep button pressed for a few seconds and you'll hear a beep. Now when you use any off the stalk controls you'll hear a beep and the indicators will flash also. This beep/flash confirms the GEM input of the lights,wipers etc........... Turn ignition off to cancel. When in this test mode, i press the steering wheel buttons for cruise, i am getting the beep/flash... Reckon all i need is activation based on this test......... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Courtesy of Stoney871: Did this test earlier and found that it did not cancel when ignition turned off. Had to follow same routine e.g. press and hold heater button on ignition to disable it. Thought i'd be stuck with it on whilst driving - not good... All fine now.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Courtesy of Murer87 You need IDS or go to a ford garage. Instructions: Firstly check calibration number in PCM programming and write it down. Then shut down IDS and this time let IDS connect to the car with IGnition OFF. After some time you will get to a point where it says that a new PCM might be installed. Leave Ign off and get to screen wheree it asks for PCMN calibration number. Enter the one you previously wrote dowm. Now go to programming, Module install and program PCM, it will then go through all the options fitted like cruise control (speed control) You need to reprogram PCM with the speed control active. Though you have to fool it by thinking you have installed a new PCM. Have ignition off whilst IDS is connecting. Then pick model manually and you will need PCM part number. You can get this on the programming page. Then it will go through various configuration questions about what is fitted to vehicle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Courtesy of Cragrat: Hello, After trial and error I finally found an EML327 that would run at a baud rate of 500000. Activated Cruise Control in the Gem and HEC. Doing the GEM test via the Heated rear window I get the beeps and indicators flash on all of the Cruise control buttons. So the Gem knows they are there. The switches are all present on the clutch and brake. So working through the set up in Wilcos post 1451 in Guide for Focus Mk2/2.5 C-Max/kuga~Elm 327 cable and Ff2 program etc. In the procedures page 2 screen I Read the firmware from PCM in file (saves as a bin file) reading complete in 3 minutes. Read the VID block from PCM blue bar shows progress and saved to my computer. Changed to configuration screen checked the Integrated Speed Control and saved as PCM config. Picture 2. Back to procedures screen page 2. Clicked on Load VID Block from file the only option in the box is to open PCM Config. Which I do. Picture 3. Click on Load Firmware from File box opens and again the only option is to open PCM dump 7M51-12A650AFD-Bin. Picture 4. This I did. I get the warning as in picture 5 There is a Non Empty VID Block etc I click on yes. Next Write current firmware in PCM. I get beep from Instrument cluster and Engine Malfunction warning. The Blue bar shows progress and it writes data to 97 blocks. Picture 6. It reboots when finished and up pops a box Reprogram Success in 3 minuets. I shut down program, turn off ignition. Unplug EML 327. Start car. Drive to local dual carriageway. At a speed in excess 60mph select cruise control via the button on steering wheel. Take foot off accelerator. No cruise control! I have now gone through this 3 times with the same result. Can anyone through some light on this or is my steering wheel going to end up on Ebay. My PCM number is in picture 1. Thank you Update from Cragrat: Could not resist a quick look at the car. I carried out the exact procedure as listed in my post 311 [Above]. Except this time when asked the question about the non empty VID block I selected 'no' as recommended by jarp in post 313 lines 3-5. and carried on until the reprogrammed box appeared. Took the car for a drive. Made sure I selected the buttons as in JohnH post 312. I now have cruise control. Very strange feeling as though I am not in control. But I will get used to it running up and down the M5. One other thing, I didn't have the wires to the steering wheel from GEM. I checked that the pins were there in the GEM, and visited a scrap yard. Found a Focus with the wires, (unfortunately only a 3 spoke steering wheel) Cut the connectors off from each end. Took the pins out of these connectors and inserted them into the correct positions (10 & 18 in C103) in my connectors. Crimped wires in to join the two new connector pins together. Activated GEM and HEC cruise control and carried out the test using Heated rear window switch to confirm continuity. All working. My GEM is Pt No 7M5T-14A073-CF. HEC Rom 403 and PCM Pt No 7M51-12A650-AFD as listed in picture 1 of my post 311. The biggest problem I had was finding an ELM 327 that would run at 500000 baud rate. A big thank you to all who have contributed to this and hope my experience will help others. Any questions just ask. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Courtesy of SkinnyB: Hi folks, been following this topic for around a year now. Bought a four spoke steering wheel and the airbag cover at least 8 months ago but from what people where saying did not want to rip my beloved three spoke out only for the CC not to work as my GEM was apparently the wrong type and being the tight ars£ i didnt want to pay someone to do it in case it didnt work either. But after the update to the PCM module in ELM Config i thought i would play around with it see what i could figure out. I did not want to lose my three spoke wheel, dislike the four spoke very very much think its looks too chunky IMO so i thought i would see if there was a way round it. I will just say now for all the perfectionists out there this was a try and error thing and is far from perfect but anyone thinking of doing the same can benefit from my mistakes :D 1st thing i done was to check that CC would actualy work so i took the CC connector bit from four spoke wheel and connected them DIRECTLY to the wires under steering wheel, on the way back home (had just done a night shift) about 40MPH pressed +set nothing thought ohh here we go :( then i pressed on followed by +set and ^_^ it worked CC light came on dash followed by the most unusual feeling after i took my foot off the gas and speed was maintained :o Half an hour later im home and started taking steering wheel apart :) i was just trying different things to fit the CC buttons Put the buttons into the steering wheel then cut the bits off on either side for the buttons (cut too much off on both sides so had to glue back some of the bits back) Screwed the buttons into place to the back of the steering wheel Put the airbag back on And this is the finished product Very pleased with the results and the buttons feel very secure too. Hope this helps someone, i have everyone on here to thank for all the information supplied. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Courtesy of Carl0s: The picture thats on the pdf is pretty much the best i can come up whit, (i suck at drawing) but i try to walk you trough it. So, here you see that the resistors are all lined up, so that when no button is pressed, the current needs to go trough all of the resistors. When you push the OFF button, the current skips all of the resistors push the SET+ button, the current goes trough only the 120ohm resistor push the SET- the current goes trough the 120ohm and the 180ohm resistors push the RES button, and the current goes trough 120, 180 and the 300ohm resistors And finally, when you hit the ON button, the current goes trough 120,180,300 and 510ohm resistors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you all. Car and few parts (MK2 black headlights, MK2 and MK2.5 estate LED tail lights and 3 spoke leather steering wheel) are for sale, if anybody would be interested take a look at Buy & sell forum.
Cheers FOCA, up to now I could only dream about such engine. Now we can afford it and I just could not resist
Smile did not leave my face yesterday. Do not have many pictures so far, attached one of them. Really smooth ride, lots of power when you need it and 30mpg (as per computer) on the way home - both motorway and B roads, but I was taking it easy.
Thank you Preee. Unfo I do not have much time recently and dis not post on forum, read from time to time. We will see. Yesterday I brought home BMW E60 545i, lovely car.
Goodbye Ford
Pidu posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubSo after 2.5 years of faultless drive it is time to say goodbye to my focus. It turned to be very reliable car. As new car arrived focus is for sale now. Thank you all for sharing your knowledge, your advices, mod ideas and great atmosphere on the forum. All the best and see you around.
Arrow shows direction of fluid flow. It must point towards washer jet.
Honestly I do not want to remove mat now, little bit to cold for me. You can find picture in this thread - post #8 http://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/30877-mist-washer-jets/page__hl__%2Bmist+%2Bjets You will see piece of blue tube connecting valve and jet. I did it shorter, as short as possible and that is it.
The whole problem is strange, focus is my first car with this issue. And unlike FOCA said it is not only water on the bonnet, those marks were hard to get rid off, normal washing was not enough. The way I see it Ford did not design washing system correctly, like many other things. Yes, there is a non return valve to keep the fluid inside tubes and prevent it from going back to the tank and actually this together with diameter of tubes and angle of the nozzles may be causing the problem. Tubes are about 5mm, while my previous cars were using 3mm tubes as far as I remember. When we use washers we are left with tubes full of washing fluid. While driving car is shaking and air slowly gets inside tubes from the nozzle side, obviously it pushes washing fluid out. Air must be getting pretty far, as nozzles dribble for a long time causing marks on the bonnet. I believe it happens due to "large" diameter of tubes. For the same reason Ford had to use non return valve as larger tubes require more time to fill, without valve it would take more time from pressing button to spraying from the jets and in some situations wiper would be moving on dry dirty windscreen causing scratches. When we fit non-return valve close to the nozzle there is only about 1 cm of tube filled with washing fluid. Even IF it will dribble it will be a very small amount of fluid. Other thing is I have used 3mm tube to connect non-return valve with nozzle, the only available in the store on that day. I remember I had to heat it up to fit. It is very short piece, valve and nozzle almost touch each other. The result for me is as written few posts earlier. Sorry for such a long post, shared few thoughts I had while having a beer :D
Isofix screw holes are hidden dipper under the back of the seat, you can not see them on these pictures. Push hard the bottom edge of the seat next to seatbelt clip towards back of the car and you should see the plug. Take a look at this picture: http://files.myopera...mocowanie_b.jpg Sorry for the size, just found it on the internet as an example. You do not have to remove back of the sit to fit isofix.
FOCA, sorry mate, but it looks like you did not read the whole thread and linked thread (post #4). Do it first please. It works, for me and many other Focus users from different countries. I found this solution on other forum and shared here. BTW Focus has one factory fitted non-return valve too.
I can recommend these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WINDSCREEN-SCREEN-WASHER-JET-NON-RETURN-VALVE-5-MM-NEW-/271034453167?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D4984639945792718957%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D250863140738%26 I know they are not cheap, but genuine and high quality.
I already forgot about those nasty marks on the bonnet since I fitted non-return valves last year. During that time I had 3 or 4 single marks (nothing like before) and they where gone when I washed the car, no problem at all, it did not require special attention / treatment like before.
Search forum. Have already posted this "mod" with pictures some time ago.
Mist Jet Adjustment
Pidu replied to k13r4n's topic in Ford Focus ClubI found this trick on other forum and it worked for me. But I agree that ford mist jets are rather poor, it's hard to call it mist, I used to have much better ones in my Opel.
At least in case of focus this is not correct. All of them are prepared to be fitted with ISOFIX, but if ISOFIX kit was not fitted by dealer they do not have it. This is ISOFIX kit we are talking about: http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3a7b4ae2db In my case I found this kit in spare wheel well. Anyway it is worth checking first, if it's not under the seat it cheap and easy to fit it.
You would have to check under the seat if isofix fixing points are there. If not you can fit it yourself, isofix frame is about 15quid, fitted with two screws included in isofix kit.
Number Plates
Pidu replied to Pidu's topic in Ford Focus ClubThank you all, will check DMB and Damon offers. Good to know, thank you.
Number Plates
Pidu posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubI would like to get new number plates. Not in a hurry, looking for good look and quality, so wanted to get them again of ebay from previously recommended seller dhjplates, but it looks like they don't sell any more. Could you recommend other seller? Next thing - private reg. Wife told me to get a private reg as my birthday gift :) Very nice of her I would say. As regs similar to my nick are available it crossed my mind that possibly my nick is hm.... not proper in English hahaha It came with me from Poland, it meant nothing there, just a nickname. Does "PIDU" have some bad meaning / association / connection with short cut etc in English? :D I know, should have asked before registered here, but would like to avoid driving with silly reg on my car So be serious about it please :) I believe in you, do not let me down please ;)
Thank you Aaron, at least I know I was not the only one having issues :) By now i managed to fit it, it was not as easy as per manual, but final result is great, no gaps, key does not rub. Nice little mod ;)
No problem, just give me a call :)
There is not many things you can do wrong with putting LED PCB on the ring. I was just little bit worried PCB might brake if I use more power to make it all tight. Will try again tomorrow to push all the way. Thank you all for your replies. I owe you a beer for your patience ;)
Tell me please one more thing - is there a gap (abt 1-2mm) between ring and trim? Or does the ring sit tight? I have a gap, it even could not be noticed during everyday use. Position of this ring causes problem when using flip key, no such problem using spare standard key - it is smaller and longer, it's case does not go so close to the ignition barrel. Could anybody using flip key share experiance?
Yes, that is exactly what I did. Had a look again and there is no room for led pcb behind trim, there is (I think) immo ring around the barrel, no way for me to fit it properly. Strange. Nobody had any problems so far.
I need some help with illuminated ring. Tried to fit mine today and I got stuck at the very end, where I put the illuminating ring through opening for ignition barrel and put LED PCD onto the ring. When I do this, ring is little bit loose, seems ok, but when I fit back cover it's no good. Ring in not sitting deep enough (because of the LED at the back) and I can hardly switch ignition on. I use flip key, it rubs when turned. Removed all the bits as it was getting dark already. Checked and ring sits properly only when there is no LED PCB behind, in other case there is not enough space between ignition barrel and the cover. What am I doing wrong? I have not received fitting instruction, followed the one from 2 page of this thread. Received ring from China, the same seller as Stoney and others. Any suggestions?


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September unfolds a time of heightened sensitivity in the areas of love, the home, and our perception of justice and fair play. If someone forgets to unload the dishwasher and pick up your favorite food at the market all in the same day, you might start thinking,
"This is so unfair, how could they not love me anymore?"
A healthy sense of humor is a good balance point to any emotional over-reaction you may experience, whether it is you or the other person who is unraveling. It will be exceptionally challenging to remain neutral throughout this cycle, as there is the presence of double 13's in the Heart calculation. The number 13 can be quick to judge a situation, and with the number 9 (month), present in the equation, there can be a "Bee in her bonnet!" type of over-reaction.
Number 9 represents issues of patience, subtlety, and completion. What is difficult for us to complete or communicate will have a tendency to "broil over." The emotional flash-point for September can be reached in a nano-second, so your approach to life needs to be steady and intuitive. Your own intuition is your best friend and dearest Guardian Angel in these rapidly changing times. Begin developing a conscious relationship with this higher center by asking yourself the question, "What does my intuition have to say about this?"
A good rule of thumb for September is, "Wait it out, till there's no doubt!" There will be a tendency for people to want quick results, and this impetuous surging force can get you into a danger zone that may be difficult to get out of. This occurs when the number 9 shifts to the negative polarity, creating a lack of patience and tolerance. Don't let yourself get cornered into a commitment or obligation till you are sure you understand the parameters of what you are signing up for. Necessary information can be a bit patchy or foggy at times. Part of the reason for this might be unintentional on someone else's part, as another aspect of this time is a tendency towards absent-mindedness. If you want it around, write it down! The "Post-it" sticky note people will just love me for this advice.
An interesting aspect of September will be an increased desire to find the missing pieces of our heart's desires. Nine is the mystery number, and we're looking for new answers! Similar to a jig-saw puzzle that has an unfinished bridge or windmill, we will find ourselves striking out with a quest-like attitude of, "I must have a complete picture to enjoy, where are the missing pieces?" The real answer is that the missing pieces were never really gone, you just didn't notice them sheltered away in your heart. When we stop requiring or demanding another person to be that elusive missing piece of the puzzle, things will more naturally fall into place. The Tin Man in the movie classic "The Wizard of Oz" always had a heart, he just needed someone to deeply care about in order to experience it. When we give to others the very thing we are looking for, everyone benefits.
It is now important to look at the higher spiritual meaning of the number 13. We are in the calendar year of 2013, and this month of September holds a 13 in the Heart calculation. Thirteen is the number of resurrection, however, in order for there to be a resurrection, something first has to die. Individually, and as a humanity we are grappling with emotional issues that are frustrating and sometimes confusing. "If you would only be this way!" is a common sentiment in our emotional landscape. This creates a situation where our emotional well-being is held hostage by another person's behavior. Not fun. We are at a point of spiritual evolution where it is necessary to release ourselves from the negative scripting surrounding our expectations of each other. The payoff is that through the old self dying, the relationship with our source energy is re-established. "God and me, me and God are one." Ang Sung Wahe Guru.
"I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one." John 17:23.
This is the transition time where the inter-locked pattern of our "old self" can die, thereby allowing the Soul to emerge; resurrected from the ashes of everything that would never work for us in our lives.
Be patient with yourself, and give those surrounding you acres of emotional space to process and release what they are going through. Remember the power of the word, as this is the number 13 in its highest frequency — the power to bless. In the words of Yogi Bhajan, "When you speak from the heart you rule, when you speak from the head you destroy." Let us now consciously engage with this higher intention, and resurrect ourselves to a frequency of being that is infinitely kind and gracious to all. Sat Nam.
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I'm guessing God's Country means so that any water on the roof will run toward the rear and not under your tarp.
Hey go easy on your self. It's a 100% better than what the ''pros'' attempted at the factory!Tom
You are doing great on your repairs. Don't be so hard on yourself. You, like us, went into the rv repairs with little knowledge and no experience tearing apart and replacing rv damage. Once into the project, we realized just how much we were capable of. Like others have said, when you get this rv done you will defiantly appreciate it much more than before and take even more ownership it it than you did when you just picked and bought it. You will feel like it's your personal accomplishment and feel proud to take 'er out on the road. I know we feel comfort knowing our camper in a way we didn't before. Hopefully the raw feelings will subside and end up in the rubble with your damaged pieces. Now that we have ours close to done, we love our rv and don't carry the same hurtful emotions for the rv dealer than we did before. We have not forgotten what we went through. We would not recommend them to others to deal with. Nor would we likely ever go back. We are able to put it behind us now and enjoy our rv the way it was intended before the entire damage control occurred.Keep up the good work on your project.Thanks you and to all the others but I have followed your" delema"(pun intended) and your finsh work is amazing I do think what I'm doing is much stronger but I have taken some liberties with the repairs and could have dug deeper. But it will be usable, I need to finish the front and than move to the back where I'm almost sure I'll find find floor damage under the shower although I find the shower tub its self solid. I hope to sure it up in some way if there is but refuse to deeper than that. I will reframe the entire rear if necessary but that's it. I want to make sure the roof is secure. If I can get 3 years out of it I'll feel somewhat vindicated So you purchased your RV from a dealer and he got away with what he did? I guess it was one of those "buy as is" I talked to a repair specialist at an RV dealership and he said he built his camper from a specially ordered tall steel box trailer. This way he would never have to worry about leaks. That sure says a lot about the quality of the campers he was involved in selling.
Not hard if you can get to it. I had to remove cabinets (had to anyway). Mine wasn't coming out any other way.
looks great !!. I do hope you checked the running lights before you installed the siding back on the top section ? ( i'm sure ya did ). I replaced all my running lights the other day, as well as the tail/turn/stop lights. figured it was a good time to give the ole girl a touch of class huh ?..lol. anyway, I think you have done a great job so far !. think of all the cash your saving by doing it yourself ?!. that's how I look at anything I put my hands on.
Yes I did check the lights 🙂 In order to disassemble I had to cut some of the wiring and nut it back together ,thanks again
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By Grizzly for the Pennsic Independent
This year at Pennsic has been a wet one—activities have been canceled and plans have been put on hold. What do SCAdians do to pass the time when the hatches have been battened down, everyone is safe and dry and the only thing to do is ride the storm out?
I wandered around the camp today when the weather allowed and I looked around, listened and asked that very question.
There is a camp along the road on the back side of the lake where the inhabitants prefer to spend their evenings relaxing in camp and watching Pennsic TV — watching people wander past their camp on their way to and from the evenings activities. Those of you who have taken that particular evening stroll have seen the large wooden frame along side the road in the shape of a television. When the evening's entertainment is good enough it is rewarded with a small token of appreciation.
When the rain made it unsuitable to even sit in camp and catch up on a little television, what did they do to pass the time until the gods blessed us once again with a little sun? They retreated under a dining fly and into a giant game of Risk.
Many SCAdians are gamers. They play roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons, Risk, just about any cared game, and World of Warcraft—but usually not here. At Pennsic you get the opportunity to try your hand at period games and do a little wagering with buttons, handmade coins or marshmallows.
Shopping is also a big event at Pennsic. Most SCAdians are shoppers at heart. The rain held off for Midnight Madness the other night and the streets were filled with shoppers, but even in the rain today I saw people browsing through the merchant tents and asking "how much?"
But the one activity I saw everywhere without fail was conversation. People can retire to their tents or the barn, telling stories or catching up with one another. "Guess what I saw at this booth," "How have you been? " "No___ there I was…"
Everywhere I turned people were taking and sharing stories. We are a friendly bunch, and there's nothing we like to do more than sit down and talk, catch up with old friends, tell old stories to newcomers and tell big tales about those no longer here. After all, the "S" in SCA stands for Society.
Most people I know, when getting ready for an event are looking forward to fighting or to how they're going to do in A&S, but most of all they look forward to reconnecting with friends they don't get to see very often.
I'm not much of a gamer and I wasn't born with the shopping gene, but if you want chat I'm all ears and I've got one or two for you guaranteed to get a laugh.
"No ___ there I was at Pennsic. It was raining and…"


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In 1991, Marvel Comics launched a new "adjectiveless" X-Men title; the original 1963 X-Men series had been known as Uncanny X-Men for several years. That new X-Men issue, with its five covers, released into the superheated speculator market of the early 1990s and became the best-selling comic book of all time, with more than 8 million copies sold — or, at least, bought by retailers. (As such, it's the least scarce issue of all time, to the dismay of any collectors ck then.) That second X-Men series ran parallel to Uncanny for years, morphing later into New X-Men.
July 2010 saw the release of another title known simply as X-Men, again with quite a few variant covers — and while it didn't do anything like those numbers of 19 years ago, it did manage to take the top slot in comics shops for the month according to data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. You can find the July 2010 charts with market shares here.
The year-to-year comparatives were pretty steep this time, as last July featured two of the three best-selling comics of the year: Captain America Reborn #1 and Blackest Night #1. It was also a month with five shipping weeks, versus four this July. The difference was enough to turn the dollar sales for the Top 300 comics back negative for the year to date. On the other hand, retailer orders in advance of the Scott Pilgrim movie helped to bring Diamond's Top 300 Trade Paperbacks to their highest level since April 2009, the month after Watchmen released in theaters (and the first full month after Diamond's warehouse move).
The aggregate figures:
TOP 300 COMICS UNIT SALESJuly 2010: 5.94 million copies
Versus 1 year ago this month: -14%
Versus 5 years ago this month: -9%
Versus 10 years ago this month: -1%
YEAR TO DATE: 40.84 million copies, -4% vs. 2009, -5% vs. 2005, unchanged vs. 2000
TOP 300 COMICS DOLLAR SALESJuly 2010: $21.27 million
Versus 1 year ago this month: -12%
Versus 5 years ago this month: +11%
Versus 10 years ago this month: +24%
YEAR TO DATE: $143.29 million, -1% vs. 2009, +16% vs. 2005, +29% vs. 2000
TOP 300 TRADE PAPERBACK DOLLAR SALESJuly 2010: $7.58 million
Versus 1 year ago this month: +3%
Versus 5 years ago this month, just the Top 100 vs. the Top 100: +58%
Versus 10 years ago this month, just the Top 25 vs. the Top 25: +125%
YEAR TO DATE: $46.44 million, -7% vs. 2009
TOP 300 COMICS + TOP 100 TRADE PAPERBACK DOLLAR SALESJuly 2010: $28.85 million
Versus 1 year ago this month: -8%
Versus 5 years ago this month, counting just the Top 100 TPBs: +18%
Versus 10 years ago this month, counting just the Top 25 TPBs: +31%
YEAR TO DATE: $186.37 million, -2% vs. 2009
OVERALL DIAMOND SALES (including all comics, trades, and magazines)July 2010: $36.41 million ($40.15 million including UK)
Versus 1 year ago this month: -12%
Versus 5 years ago this month: +26%
YEAR TO DATE: $238.66 million, -4% vs. 2009, +21% vs. 2005
The average comic book in Diamond's Top 300 cost $3.59. The average Top 300 comic book that retailers ordered from Diamond cost $3.58, a new record. The median comic book price in Diamond's Top 300 was $3.99, and the most common cover price on Diamond's list returned to $3.99 after a month back at $2.99.
Looking back at previous July sales charts:
July 2009's top seller was, as mentioned above, Captain America Reborn #1— although by the time the year was out, the #2 comic book of the month, Blackest Night #1, would ultimately sell more copies. Cap sold 193,000 copies in July to Blackest Night's 177,000, but by the end of the year, Blackest Night #1 outsold Cap, 205,500 copies to 199,900. Check out the detailed analysis of the month's sales here — and sales chart here.
July 2005's top-seller was DC's All-Star Batman and Robin #1, with Diamond first-month orders of more than 261,000 copies. Final orders including reorders brought the summer event issue to 276,000 copies, making it the eighth best-selling comic book of the 2000s. (See the whole list here.) Check out the sales chart for June 2005 here.
July 2000's top-seller was Image's Spawn #100, with Diamond preorders of 143,500 copies. It's of interest that, through July 2010, the Direct Market has ordered almost exactly the same number of comic books that it preordered in the first seven months of 2000. Those comics are selling for 29% more now in dollars due to inflation — and, of course, the real growth in the industry is in the number of trade paperbacks sold, which is dramatically higher than it was a decade ago. Note the July 2010 trade paperback Top 25, which sold more than double the copies (for more than double the money) than the July 2000 Top 25. Check out the sales chart for July 2000 here.
July 1995 is the month where things get really complicated. Marvel stopped distributing its comics through all other distributors but Heroes World Distribution this month, and Heroes World's sales are not publicly known before September 1996. Also starting this month, DC withdrew all its sales from all other distributors except for Diamond — although through a legal settlement, Capital City was allowed to keep selling DC comics through August. So Diamond's Top 300 chart has no Marvels at all; it found Spawn #34 as the top-selling comic book. It's a bizarrely different Top 300 for Diamond, with a lot of independent publishers and titles making the list for the first time: Bru-Hed's Breathtaking Beauties #1 from Mike Pascale's Schism Press placed 283rd. Palliard's Buck Godot #5 closed out the Diamond Top 300.
Capital didn't have Marvels either — but for a time, it polled its accounts to see what quantities of Marvels they were selling. Thus, Capital's sales chart this month reflected its actual sales of DC and other publishers — and estimates of where Marvels would rank. Capital's reports put Marvel's X-Men #44 in first place, projecting Spawn in fifth. Its orders for the previous issue were 90,800 copies, and known average annual sales for the title that year were at nearly 333,000 copies. My own survey of retailers, appearing in Comics Retailer #43, corroborates Capital's ranking; X-Men was almost certainly #1. Capital stopped doing a Top 300 for the first time in years, going out only to 220th place.
Hard times for distributors, but it was also a tough time to be a retailer. "Using three distributors is a lot of extra paperwork," reported Mark Crane of Lee's Comics in San Mateo, California in my survey. "But it's worth it to ensure that our service to our customers remains consistent, and that we have a diverse selection of product on our racks."
The average price of comics in Diamond's Top 300 was $2.62, and the average comic book ordered within Diamond's Top 300 cost $2.57. The most common cost of comics was $2.50. But, again, those figures don't reflect Marvels, which were generally cheaper.
July 1990's top seller at Diamond and Capital City was Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man #2. Capital City sold 168,000 copies; overall direct-market sales were 712,300 copies, with another 117,900 copies sold through the newsstand. Final sales, including subscription copies, were at 843,100 copies, less than half what #1 sold.
July 1985's top seller at Capital City was Marvel's Secret Wars II #5. Capital's orders were approximately 59,800 copies, suggesting overall sales in the 300,000-copy range.


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Whatever happened to our vision of a learning society: The Learning Age 2016th Feb 2018
Whatever happened to our vision
of a learning society: The Learning Age 20 years on
University of Wolverhampton Science Park
16 February 2018 10.00am-4.00pm
Sponsored by Learning and Work Institute, Education and Training Foundation, HOLEX, and the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning
Building on the work of Kennedy, Tomlinson and Dearing, David Blunkett's Preface to The Learning Age was the high water mark of lifelong learning policy in England. 20 years after its publication, this conference reviews the initiatives that flowed from it and asks what prospects now for lifelong learning.
Key note speakers, David Blunkett (via video), John Field, Lorna Unwin, Andy Westwood, Tom Schuller, Leisha Fullick and Geoff Layer.
10am Welcome - Geoff Layer, Vice Chancellor University of Wolverhampton
10.10 Learning Age to the LSC? What worked and what didn't ? – a video interview with David Blunkett (Alan Tuckett)
10.25 to 11.15 Keynote: Too many bright ideas to make a difference? John Field, Respondents: Lorna Unwin, Andy Westwood.
11.15 – 11.40 coffee
11.40- 12.40 Workshops: Each will reflect on the initiatives promoted in The Learning Age and the roll out of its policy perspectives, and consider their relevance for current lifelong learning policy:
a) Participation and the benefits of learning - (Fiona Aldridge , Tom Schuller)
b) Quality,equality and inclusion (Peter Lavender, Jan Eldred, )
c) Technological innovation – UFI, e-university, (Helen Milner(tbc), John Traxler)
d) Innovation, innovation, innovation – ILAs, NHSU, Learning cities (Alastair Thomson(tbc) , Ian Nash)
12.40 to 1.120 Lunch
1.20-2.20 Workshops:
a) Workplace learning and the impact of unionlearn (Tom Wilson, Lorna Unwin)
b) Adults in and into higher education (Liz Marr, Tom Sperlinger)
c) Further education colleges and the FE sector (Julian Gravatt (tbc), Mick Fletcher(tbc))
d) Community learning (Martin Yarnit, Jo Cain)
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b) Differential developments in the UK , Paul Nolan, Jim Gallagher, Rob Humphreys. Chair: Peter Lavender
3.15 -4.00 Does The Learning Age vision mean anything for today? Tom Schuller, Leisha Fullick(tbc), Geoff Layer – chair: Alan Tuckett
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Kathirikai Kichadi Recipe
Kathirikai Kichadi Recipe / Brinjal sambar - Side dish for Idli
Enjoy with hot idli adding a tsp of gingely oil/Sesame oil ! Don't forget sesame oil adds a great taste to this kichadi.
Enjoy with hot idli adding a tsp of gingely oil/Sesame oil ! Don't forget sesame oil adds a great taste to this kichadi.
I too hav a similar one in my archive,but this is still simpler version,i will try next time!!
I think most of the guys hate brinjals;D
Simple recipe and sounds delicious, love anything with Brinjals! )ReplyDelete
simple and delicious sambar dearReplyDelete
This sounds excellent!ReplyDelete
Hi Chitra,
LOL...for the name and ur explanation...actually I hopped and skipped and long jumped here to see the brinjal khichdi ;)but nevertheless...I found this easy wonderful recipe passed on to u by ur mom :)good one again chitra.Appreciate u for the details u give in each of ur posts.
Looks very unique and yum...ReplyDelete
yea yum yum and you made them so well now I am craving for brinjal...ReplyDelete
Delicious dish Chitra, simple and easy with a few ingredients, thanks for sharing this lovely recipe :)ReplyDelete
Looks good...Pls do mail me the details..ReplyDelete
recipe sounds simple..looks goodReplyDelete
Simple and delicious.ReplyDelete
First time here. Thanks for the hint to cure flatulation.ReplyDelete
No wonder that u make the dish again and again. Its a nice recipe , new to me yet. But will try it soon. Eager to taste it:)ReplyDelete
My mom calls a lot of her dishes khichdi too:)...ur version sounds greatReplyDelete
A new one for meReplyDelete
new to me. sounds delicious.ReplyDelete
Simple, yummy and healthy...we also love brinjals :)ReplyDelete
Simple and delicious Chitra.ReplyDelete
never ate brinjal with idlis. Must be tasting delicious. Nice recipe.ReplyDelete
never had such a side for idlis..must be tasty!! :)ReplyDelete
Wow..I expected to see atleast coconut paste in this..But this is so unique n yum..flavor of brinjals only..:)ReplyDelete
Thnaku all friends for ur wonderful comments;)ReplyDelete
I wasn't sure how this would be served but your last photo makes it clear - and it looks delicious!ReplyDelete
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This is new to me...looks simple and delicious...ReplyDelete
Wow love the brinjal side dish...ReplyDelete
Thanku stockwell kalpana, phanitha and kolors of life;)ReplyDelete
I have tasted this at my friends place....but never tried it.. good one!! will give it a try!ReplyDelete
my daughter tried her first Idly today!!ReplyDelete
Hey Chitra there is an award waiting for you in my blog please collect it.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the pictures are superb. So long and do not forget you are welcome anytime on geaninacodita.blogspot.comReplyDelete
lovely post.....will definetly try it & let u knowReplyDelete
This is new to me,looks nice.ReplyDelete
Very new recipe and looks tasty!ReplyDelete
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Pls. collect the award from my blog :) I'll be gald if u will :)
Hey chittu, already ur tomato-brinjal sambar has become a routine at home nowadays..My hubby has become a g8 fan of it now..Ippo, you have posted another wonderful and useful one...Surely i will try..Tx ma.ReplyDelete
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Simple & interesting. Sounds new options for idli & dosa.ReplyDelete
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I'm disappointed about the way we started the match, but not surprised. We just had some problems managing our side of the court and made a lot of uncharacteristic errors. As the match wore on we focused on the things we could control and started to play better and get into a better rhythm. Were we perfect: No. Can we play better: Yes. I'm optimistic we'll do better tomorrow. Thailand have a number of highly skilled players and they are well-coached. It was a very good team out there. We're taking things point by point and day by day. It's a very long tournament. Our focus now is on Croatia and winning the first point tomorrow. There's always pressure on every team; that's part of playing in the World Championshi.
Defensively, we were OK today; it was more an issue of unforced errors at the beginning. Offensively, they play fast and have hitters with a wide range and good arms and they do things differently from what we are used to seeing. They are a good, skilful team and they will cause somebody some problems here.
USA captain Jennifer Tamas:
Thailand is a tough team to play because they are so good defensively. We will try to focus on our serve and pass game for the rest of this tournament. We're trying to get into a rhythm in this first series and we had some ups and downs. We must try to be better at the service line.
Thailand coach Kitattipong Radchatagriengkai:
It's great for our team to play one of the best teams in the world. We are trying to do our best, step by step, point by point and follow our game plan. The USA are very good and we learnded many things.
Thailand captain Wilavan Apinyapong:
Today, we tried to do our best and it was a good learning experience for us to play against one of the best teams in the world. We tried to keep up with them, but the USA are just too strong.
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Morning Five: 01.10.13 EditionPosted by nvr1983 on January 10th, 2013
- Yesterday morning we mentioned the pending imaging studies on Ryan Kelly (foot)and Laurence Bowers (knee). Even though it seems like most of the concern from the public was for Bowers (likely due to the fact that he missed last season with an injury to his other knee) it was Kelly who appears to have suffered the more significant damage as he will be out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury to his right foot. With no additional information on what Kelly's injury is we will not even bother speculating as to how long he will be out other than to say that we doubt he will be playing at North Carolina State on Saturday. Meanwhile, Bowers will be held out for the next two games and then be reevaluated after an MRI revealed that he had a sprained MCL in his right knee and nothing more serious. While Bowers will miss the next two games he could be back just in time for the Tigers' showdown in Gainesville with Florida.
- Some of you may be a little perplexed by how much time Luke Winn spend on free throws in his power rankings this week, but he also has some interesting non-free throw shooting analysis including some statistics that suggest that Jeff Withey could be having a better defensive season than Anthony Davis did last year and looks at how much worse Phil Pressey is in pick-and-roll situations this season without the type of shooters he had last season. If numbers make your eyes glaze over and you are into more juvenile humor (see his sidenote about J.J. Redick and Adam Morrison for an example), Mark Titus has his own power rankings that provide inside in the way that only The Shark can. Overall, their rankings are fairly similar with the exception of Arizona as Titus, who isn't just looking at the numbers (just kidding, Luke), considers their game against Colorado to essentially be a loss.
- Boise State picked up a huge win yesterday night as they knocked Wyoming from the ranks of the unbeatens, but they may have ended the night as losers after they suspended Derrick Marks, Mikey Thompson, Kenny Buckner, and Darrious Hamilton indefinitely just before their trip to Wyoming. Marks, the team's leading scorer, is obviously a huge loss, but both Thompson and Buckner both see significant playing time in a rotation that is not particularly deep. While the Broncos escaped with a last second win last night, the loss of these players will make things extremely difficult for them in a challenging Mountain West Conference.
- As if things were not bad enough for Illinois State, which has started 0-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference after coming in as a potential threat to Creighton, things appear to be on the way to getting worse before they get better as the team announced yesterday that it had suspended senior guard Tyler Brown indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team. After starting 9-3 with their three loses coming against stiff competition (three-point overtime loss versus Northwestern, three-point loss at Louisville, and a 14-point loss against Montana in which the Redbirds led by three with five minutes left), the team has completely fallen apart. While their first two losses in conference (by two at Indiana State and by seven against Creighton) are excusable their next two losses, which came against Northern Iowa and Missouri State, have raised some serious questions about the team. We are not sure how the loss of their second leading scorer (15.3 points per game) will do anything, but make things worse, but perhaps Brown's absence will bring the team closer together and get them back on track.
- Now that we are about halfway through the season, it is a good time to reevaluate which conference games are worth your attention as there have been some significant surprises both for better and for worse. To that end, Jeff Borzello counts down the 30 best conference games this season. Now this list comes with the caveat that Borzello didn't want to feature the same teams over and over again or this could have easily turned into a countdown of the best Big Ten games. One thing that is definitely worth pointing out is that several of these games are coming up very soon including three this Saturday.


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Here's a list of the new posters we have to share with you today:
- Argo, from director and star Ben Affleck, and featuring co-star Bryan Cranston. This new poster comes in addition to the previous character posters we put up earlier. Argo opens October 12th.
- Rise of the Guardians, an animated film and feature debut from director Peter Ramsey showcases the voices of Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law and opens November 21st.
- A UK poster for The Sessions, Ben Lewin's drama starring John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and William H. Macy. The Sessions opens October 19th.
- Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden assassination pic, Zero Dark Thirty, stars Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain and Joel Edgerton and opens December 19th.
- Michael J. Gallagher's horror-thriller Smiley stars Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia and Shane Dawson and opens October 12th.
- Finally, Parker, starring Jason Statham as a thief with a code of honor, also stars Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis and Nick Nolte. Parker opens January 25th of 2013.
Hit the jump to check out the posters and synopses.
The poster for Statham's upcoming film, Parker, comes courtesy of IGN. The rest come via IMPA. Enjoy!
Official synopsis for Argo:
Based on true events, "Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis—the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA "exfiltration" specialist named Tony Mendez (Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.
Official synopsis for Rise of the Guardians:
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS is an epic and magical adventure that tells the story of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost – legendary characters with previously unknown extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children everywhere.
Official synopsis for The Sessions:
Based on the poignantly optimistic autobiographical writings of California-based journalist and poet Mark O'Brien, THE SESSIONS tells the story of a man confined to an iron lung who is determined–at age 38–to lose his virginity. With the help of his therapists and the guidance of his priest, he sets out to make his dream a reality.
Here's the official synopsis for Smiley:
The story of the film follows a mentally fragile college student named Ashley (Caitlin Gerard from "Magic Mike" and "The Social Network") who, after learning of an urban legend in which a mysterious serial killer named "Smiley" can be summoned through the Internet, must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim." Smiley also stars Melanie Papalia ("Endgame") and Andrew James Allen ("Make It or Break It"), with Roger Bart ("Desperate Housewives"), Keith David ("The Thing") and Liza Weil ("Scandal") rounding out the cast.
Here's the official synopsis for Parker:
Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez team up to get their cut in the crime thriller, PARKER, based on the series of bestselling novels by Donald E. Westlake.
Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don't steal from people who can't afford it and don't hurt people who don't deserve it. But on his latest heist, his crew double crosses him, steals his stash, and leaves him for dead.
Determined to make sure they regret it, Parker tracks them to Palm Beach, playground of the rich and famous, where the crew is planning their biggest heist ever. Donning the disguise of a rich Texan, Parker takes on an unlikely partner, Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a savvy insider, who's short on cash, but big on looks, smarts and ambition. Together, they devise a plan to hijack the score, take everyone down and get away clean.
PARKER is directed by Academy Award nominee Taylor Hackford ("Ray") and also stars Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce (HBO's "The Wire") and Academy Award nominee Nick Nolte.


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The Architects' Journal selects the most important buildings from a galaxy far, far away
Star-Wars creator and amateur architect George Lucas has been accused of rather too closely following the designs of media magnate William Randolph Hearst's 'Xanadu' Castle. He should have looked closer to home for inspiration: his Star Wars films are full of wonderful architecture. Here the Architects' Journal selects its top ten Star Wars buildings.
10. Cloud City, Bespin
The simple and elegant 16-kilometre wide Cloud City sits high above the planet Bespin. Proprietor Lando Calrissian oversees a well-appointed luxury resort district on its upper levels, complete with hotels and casinos. Echoes of the saucer-shaped structure can be seen on Earth in John Lautner's Chemosphere House.
9. Senate Building, Coruscant
More than two kilometres wide, this seat of power looms over its subjects. Sited at the end of the Avenue of Core Founders, it holds the Grand Convocation Chamber, a vast auditorium that contains 1024 floating repulsorpods, one for each senator (extensive refurbishment followed a duel between Chancellor Palpatine and Jedi Grand Master Yoda). Noted similarities with Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi.
8. Sandcrawler, Tatooine
Not quite a building, but the monumental quality of its form and its polygonal facades lend this Jawa Sandcrawler a building-like presence. These large treaded vehicles have inspired buildings from a Tunisian hotel to Rem Koolhaas' Casa de Musica in Porto (both pictured above).
7. Bright Tree Village, Endor
Bright Tree Village is an exemplar of sustainable, low-tech development. This Ewok settlement on the forest moon of Endor follows the traditional pattern: thatched-roof huts are arranged on the main branches of a tree around the chief's hut on the trunk. Rated BREEAM Excellent, the development - by architect Wicket W Warrick - makes use of locally sourced materials, is carbon-neutral and far exceeds Endor's notoriously strict building regulations.
6. Echo Base, Hoth
It took the Alliance Corps of Engineers, under Major Kem Monnon, two years to fashion Echo Base from the natural ice caverns below the frozen surface of Hoth. The result is a impressive both technically and aesthetically - a vast igloo as if fashioned by Piranesi.
Alongside medical facilities a command centre and a large hangar, this eerily peaceful base includes perimeter defense trenches and v-150 Planet Defender ion cannon.
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To me Sandcrawler is reminiscent of Herzog's de Young museum in San Francisco:
Frank Lloyd Wright's Marin County Civic Center was the inspiration for the Theed Royal Palace on the planet Naboo as seen in the Star Wars prequels.
The book "The Art of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" confirms speculation that the Royal Palace in the film was partially inspired by the Marin County Civic Center.
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Tydosius wrote:So, now that they're gone, I'll just say that the WoW I played before was significantly worse than the WoW I play now. Everything about the game was simply tolerable and the only reasons they prefer the old one is because the point to the game was the highest numbers, and because the game was newer to them. Now, the game actually expects them to just have fun with the game, and they seem to have a hard time with that.
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Apple won a patent infringement trial after being sued by a man who said he came up with the idea for a smartphone.
Inventor Richard Ditzik filed the smartphone patent in 1997, but his claim was rejected by a Los Angeles jury, according to Bloomberg News. The 70-year-old inventor owns NetAirus Technologies, the plaintiff in the suit against Apple, and owns a patent for a handheld device that combines computer and wireless communications.
One juror, George Escarrega, 50, voted in favor of the inventor for two of the four questions because there "was and aspect to the case that Apple was this giant crushing the little guy," he told Bloomberg News. However, he also said that the instructions for the case were "black and white" about the patent matching the claims. "We all looked at it and found it just didn't," he said.
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The jury deadlocked on the case Monday and couldn't reach a unanimous verdict. Lawyers agreed to a majority vote and jury members voted in favor of Apple. Damages still have not been reached.


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Agricultural lenders responding to the Minneapolis Fed's third quarter survey noted a significant improvement in farmers' financial situation over last year at this time. But in the context of low current prices and poor overall income for several years running, district farmers are still experiencing financial problems. The situation would likely be much worse were it not for emergency government payments, which are partly responsible for the uptick in current farm income and general outlook.
Farm income, household spending and capital spending increased significantly in the August 2000 survey compared with August 1999. Also, agricultural producers are making more loan repayments, and fewer are extending loans. The percentage of farm borrowers at their loan limit decreased 4 percentage points from last year; land prices and interest rates rose.
Farm income and spending
"Cattle prices have increased, leading to some optimism for producers," commented a Montana agricultural lender. Farm income and spending have increased since the third quarter of 1999. Forty-six percent of lenders reported average or above-average farm income in the third quarter of 2000, a 32 percentage point increase from the same period last year. Despite drought and low grain prices, 75 percent of Montana respondents indicated average or above-average farm income, compared with no Montana respondents in last year's third quarter survey. This turnaround may be due in part to ranchers selling their stock early.
Capital spending increased from a year ago. About one-third of lenders reported normal or above-normal capital spending over the last three months, compared with 11 percent in the third quarter of 1999. Farm household spending also increased: 62 percent of the lenders noted average or above-average levels in the third quarter of 2000, compared with 41 percent last year.
Farm loan volumes
Farm loan volumes increased from a year ago. Operating loan volume, except for feeder loans, increased slightly, as 92 percent of lenders report ed normal or above-normal demand, compared with 86 percent in the third quarter of 1999. In addition, demand for feeder livestock increased, with 10 percent of lenders indicating above-normal levels in the third quarter of 2000 vs. 4 percent in the third quarter of 1999.
Machinery loans returned to more normal levels, as 46 percent of bankers reported normal activity in third quarter of 2000 compared to 21 percent of the third quarter 1999 respondents. Real estate loan volume increased as 57 percent of surveyed bankers noted average or above-average levels in the third quarter of 2000 compared with 46 percent of last year's respondents.
Bank credit conditions and liquidity
Normal and above-normal levels of loan repayments are reported by 72 percent of lenders, a 31 percentage point increase over last year's results. Renewals and extensions decreased, as 24 percent of respondents indicated above-average levels, compared with half of the lenders in the third quarter of 1999. Moreover, the number of farmers at their debt limit decreased from 38 percent in the third quarter of last year to 33 percent in the third quarter of 2000. Meanwhile, availability of funds is becoming a problem: 10 percent of banks reported not lending due to shortage of funds vs. only 5 percent in last year's survey.
Land values, collateral and interest rates
"Cash rents continue to rise in this area," reported a South Dakota lender. Cropland prices increased from an average of 3 percent in Montana to 8 percent in western Wisconsin over last summer's prices. In addition, pasture land price increases ranged from an average of 6 percent in Montana to 14 percent in western Wisconsin over those of a year ago. The solid land prices have helped farmers' financial position. For example, over four-fifths of lenders lowered collateral requirements to more normal levels. Meanwhile, interest rates for farm loans have increased about 100 basis points from the third quarter of 1999.
"Improved livestock prices and hopes of above average yields will offset the poor grain prices," said a Minnesota agricultural lender. Meanwhile, lenders in Montana have a different point of view. "We are still in an extreme drought. I expect to see more cows sold this fall in this area than usual because of lack of grass and hay," commented a Montana lender. This dichotomy of views is reflected in the outlook for farm income, as only 11 percent of lenders expect above-normal income levels in the next three months, while 51 percent expect below-normal income. The outlook for capital spending is even less bright: More than two-thirds of lenders expect below-normal capital spending over the next three months.
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Facts about the survey
Each quarter, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis surveys agricultural bankers in the Ninth Federal Reserve District, which includes Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In August, 101 bankers responded regarding conditions during the third quarter.


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From the Ashley Spruce Designer Collection, this winning pre-lit wreath is an exciting hard-to-find designer purple color. The lights are also a designer color with matching purple wire and a mixture of clear and purple bulbs. Our designers worked very hard to find the perfect shade of purple to create this outstanding masterpiece with all the matching components....so you won't find colors like these just anywhere because they were custom made just for us.
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By Rick Bentley
The Fresno Bee
LOS ANGELES — Veronica Roth joins the growing list of authors whose work has been adapted into movies. The film version of her first book, "Divergent," opened in theaters Friday.
The 2011 best-seller is the story of a future world where the walled-in citizens of Chicago are divided into five factions. The system begins to show cracks when a young girl learns the truth about those in charge. The three books in the young adult series have sold more than 11 million copies.
Because of the popularity, Roth was approached about selling the movie rights. Many authors balk at allowing others to turn their works into scripts, but that was never a problem for Roth.
"My anxieties were just the standard anxieties of any author who hands over their work to be adapted. But, I know from the second the book hits the shelf, it stops belonging to the person who wrote it. It starts belonging to everyone who reads it. So I was pretty well practiced in letting it go a little bit, which is a good thing," Roth says.
The reality is that Roth wouldn't have been as happy with the final product if it had been an exact representation of the book. She spent more than 400 pages creating the world, characters and events. A movie with that much material would run more than eight hours.
Any anxieties Roth had faded once she picked the production team. She was confident director Neil Burger — writer / director of "The Illusionist" — would make the right decisions in turning her book into a screenplay.
"The challenge for me was fitting all that story into a movie because we loved the story and all of the different characters and all the different events. But the movie is different beast than the book. It has different dramatic needs. There are a lot of events in the movie and they are compressed. It has kind of a crazy pace because of that," says Burger, who was happy that Roth was on set or a phone call away if he had any questions.
Roth was kept in the loop on all decisions made in making the movie. That meant she had to split her focus with writing the third book in the series, "Allegiant," while the casting was being done for "Divergent."
"Writing is what I love to do. I don't make movies. It's been wonderful to be a part of this, but at my core I'm just somebody who wants to write novels. We didn't test how much influence I had because they kept saying, 'Here's who we are considering,' and I would be like, 'Sounds good,'" Roth says.
The 25-year-old author got the idea for "Divergent" when she was a freshman in college. It's not a coincidence that she wrote a story about a teen-aged girl having to make a major life decision at such a young age. She went through a similar process with her decision about pursuing higher education.
"I think that you have to choose at 16 is more of an emotional reality for young people than an actual reality. Because we know when you grow older, you can change your mind. You can change your career. You can change your whole life. You don't have to pick it at 18," Roth says. "But, when I was 16, I felt like I had to decide right now. Figure out what classes you are going to take. Make sure you're getting good grades. Prepare your college application. Pick your major. Plan your whole life.
"That felt real to me so I wanted it to be on the page."
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If you have been reading my posts for a while now, this will come as no surprise: I like order. I am the girl who puts away markers and crayons in rainbow order, who always keeps her money in descending order by denomination, who organizes books on the bookshelf in order of decreasing size…well, you get the idea. So you'd think that I'd love Linnaeus, right? He was all about order…and class, phylum, kingdom, species, genus, and family! It's all so neat and tidy. Or it would be if it worked—but it doesn't really.
It used to be that species that were "closely related" were grouped into genera, then genera that were "closely related" were grouped into families, and so forth, on up to kingdoms. But as cladistics gave us a way to systematically define degrees of relatedness, there just weren't enough Linnaean levels to cover it. You can designate only so many superorders and infrafamilies before it all kind of falls apart. But the basis of the Linnaean system was always the species. The species, I learned in school, was the only "naturally defined" taxonomic level. The others were somewhat arbitrary, but a species can always be counted on to be a neat, clearly defined unit. Right? Sadly, not so much. And that brings us to today's misconception:
Misconception: A species is a clearly defined natural unit.
Correction: Eh. We don't really even know what a species is.
If I asked you to define species, you'd probably come back with something like "A group of organisms that can successfully produce offspring." This is known as the biological species concept, and its primary advantage is that it's super easy to understand. Female panda bears mate with male panda bears and produce baby panda bears. Put two goldfish in a bowl and you may soon have a bowl full of baby goldfish. Mix a panda bear and a goldfish and you get…a panda and a goldfish. Ergo: panda bears and goldfish are two separate species. Easy! But things get not-so-easy really quickly.
A case in point: lions and tigers. Different species, right? But what about ligers and tigons? Cross a male lion with a female tiger and you get a liger. Male tiger crossed with female lion gets you a tigon. Wait! You say, but aren't ligers and tigons sterile? Everyone knows that members of the same species produce fertile offspring. Were it not for the "fertile clause," horses and donkeys would be considered the same species! (Fun fact: everyone knows about mules, which result from a cross between a male donkey and female horse. But do you know what a male horse and a female donkey get you? A hinny! You can use that at your next cocktail party—no need to thank me.) But here's the thing: some ligers and tigons are fertile. A zoo in India once had a litter of litigons (male lion cross female tigon) and a Russian zoo boasts four liligers—cubs that resulted from a cross between a female liger and a male lion. A zoo in Oklahoma has them, too. Darn. Now what?
What if we add a "in nature" clause? I mean, lions and tigers don't live in the same environments, so they wouldn't come together to mate in nature, right? Well, while this works pretty well for lions and tigers, "in nature" totally fails when it comes to plants. Plant species can be downright promiscuous, just hybridizing all over the place. And then there is the issue of polyploidy. To explain, we have to dip our toes into some super basic genetics. Almost all the cells in your body have two sets of chromosomes. These cells are called diploid, or 2n. Where did each set of chromosomes in your 2n cells come from? One came from your mom and one came from your dad. So it stands to reason that egg and sperm cells need to have one set of chromosomes each, not two. Such cells are called haploid or 1n. (1n + 1n = 2n, see?) Well, pretty darn often, plants produce eggs and sperm that are 2n. Mix a 2n egg with a 2n sperm and you get an offspring that is 4n. Weird, right? Well, here's the kicker: that 4n plant can no longer reproduce with 2n plants. So, if we are going with the biological species concept, two parent plants just had an offspring of a different species.
And we're just at plants! Fungi do weird things too, not to mention single-celled organisms that exchange genes, and even chromosomes, willy-nilly. The biological species concept doesn't stand a chance! It's time to face facts: Humans invented this idea because we wanted to impart some kind of order on the natural world. I sympathize, but it really doesn't work—nature is just too messy. (John Wilkins, writing in Reports of the NCSE in 2006, identified no fewer than twenty-six species concepts in the modern biological literature. That's what I call messy.)
So what's an educator to do? I'd advocate for honesty. Tell your students that the biological species concept is a helpful tool, but it's really just an approximation. There is another learning opportunity here, too. Lions and tigers, horses and donkeys can form hybrids—why? Well, they are very closely related organisms! They're neighbors on the continuum-tree-of-life. So it kind of makes sense, doesn't it? As for plants, well plants reproduce asexually and sexually and single-celled organisms reproduce asexually, so it sort of makes sense, again, that a concept that relies on a mom+dad=offspring framework breaks down. I'd tell students that just because it isn't neat and tidy, it doesn't detract from the diversity of life—on the contrary, I think it makes it a bit more awesome. Plants double their genomes? Bacteria swap DNA? That's cool! In other words, embrace the blurred lines; let a thousand flowers bloom; there is grandeur in this messy view of life.
Have an idea for a future Misconception Monday or other post? See some good or bad examples of science communication lately? Drop me an email or shoot me a tweet <at>keeps3.


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Now I would hardly call the actual interview hardcore.
Personally I didnt get anything really new out of but others seem to think it was fantastic.
What was good imo was the new screen shots included in the interview.
Just make sure you click them to see the larger versions that show a little more detail.
The difference in the colour of the vehicles is very noticeable.
There is another nice pic of the new bang bus as well.
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Three Bemidji State University students are presenting at the Community-Driven Clean Energy, the 2013 conference of Minnesota's Clean Energy Resource Teams held in St. Cloud, Minn.
Clean Energy Resource Teams are a statewide partnership with a shared mission to connect individuals and their communities to the resources they need to identify and implement community-based clean energy projects.
The conference deals with the exploration and celebration of successful energy efficient and renewable energy projects. The conference's attendees are collectively focused on creating a clean energy future in their communities and beyond.
The BSU students – Alexandra Miller, a sophomore in environmental studies from Dilworth; Ashley Phoenix, senior in environmental studies from Bemidji; and Dylan Sievers, senior in environmental studies from Park Rapids – are presenting at a workshop entitled "School Efficiency: Energized for Savings." The workshop focuses on innovative projects happening in schools across Minnesota, how those projects involved students and the community in benchmarking, energy efficiency and other factors.
In total, four Bemidji State students are attending the conference.
For more information, contact Erika Bailey-Johnson, BSU Sustainability Coordinator, (218) 755-2560.
2013 CERT Conference attendees, listed by hometown
Bemidji |56601| Ashley Phoenix, senior, environmental studies
Dilworth |56529| Alexandra Miller, sophomore, environmental studies
Northfield |55057|John Frazier, senior, design technology
Park Rapids |56470| Dylan Sievers, senior, environmental studies
• CERTs 2013 Conference: Community-Driven Clean Energy


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