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I'm no stranger to the mantra that quiver-algebras are an extremely powerful tool (see for example the representation theory of finite dimensional algebras). But what is a bit unclear to me is what is known about what kind of algebras are quiver algebras. The first case I can prove is for graded rings with finite dimensional semisimple $A_0$. But what about the ungraded case (I'm pretty sure that it is also true for finite-dimensional algebras over an algebraically closed field for example). Is there a larger generality possible ?
Answers (and references) are as always much appreciated !


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i have been meaning to update on the makeupforever HD primer for the longest time, but have never gotten around to it, so now that i've also got my hands on the HD powder, i think i should combine the review for both the products in one.
With all the rave about makeupforever products, i had to try it out, but sadly i'm not overwhelmingly impressed. I really wanted to love it too, but i guess our relationship isn't working out too well.
I have recently started to use foundation more often , and i thought i should invest in a good primer, so i thought i'd give makeupforever a try.
Makeupforever offers a range of primers, for various skin condition. I got the original, which is just the neutral formula. Which claims to "add natural luminosity to the complexion." The other ones that comes in colour, are for people with things such as roseca. The colour of the primer is suppose to "cancel" out discolouration of your own skin, or any pigmentation of your skin.
Here is a product description from Sephora
"A lightweight, oil-free complexion corrector that enhances the skin's texture and primes the skin for makeup application.
What it does:
HD Microperfecting Primer deeply nourishes, moisturizes, and softens the skin, creating a glowing effect. Creates a protective layer on the skin allowing foundation to glide on easily and last longer."
this is how the primer looks
-very thin consistency (lotion)
-easily spreads on face
-smells great (perfumed)
-makes skin feels soft
-enhance staying power of foundation
-makes face look glowy
-doesn't do well with covering pores or lines
-leaves a little bit of a shine
-could cause your face to look oily over some time (personal experience)
This is after applying it:
After it has completely dried:
i usually don't wait for the primer to dry to apply other stuff.
This primer is okay. i wouldn't recommend it. I think it's better for the spring or summer. For winter, i'd like a thicker primer like smashbox. THe reason being is that my skin is flaky and dry this time of the year, and it doesn't work well with my skin. When i apply foundation, it emphasize my dried, flaking skin. I was hoping the primer can help to cover some of the flaking skin. It didn't do much for me. I was hoping it would make it easier to hide my pores and what not. But i really don't like how it leaves a little shine. It makes me look oily. I do love the smell though. But since i've already purchased it, i will slowly finish it off, and find a new primer.
Next up, the HD powder
$30.00 For the full size OR $20.00 for the small size
I've been really liking this product. If your skin tends to be shiny, or look greasy i think this is the product for you.
The moisturizers that i have been using, often leaves shines and i really hate it, and i think this product is the cure to it.
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You should be careful with over applying it, bcos it looks like that ^^ (sets in lines) SO make sure you blend it in good
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Shopping Spree at Eaton Center
I have been dying to go shopping, because i've been deprived of my shopping needs for MONTHS. I did some pre-damage on sunday, with my cousin. I got a 2 sweaters, leggings, a scarf, and a Mac lipstick- shy girl.
I'm a bit lazy to take a picture of them all, but you will see it in my posts, where i wear them. I like to wear things when i get them. My mom likes to buy stuff and store them forever and wear them like next year. I buy them and wear them the next day. hahaha
So that day, my brother steven also got his wisdom teeth pulled, and i felt guilty and almost ashamed to go out when he's in pain. But my little brother and i still head off. Poor steven had to stay home all day without us. He was quite sad and lonely i think :) But it's all worth it, because we came back with christmas presents for him and the family :D and a hole in all our pockets
Anywas, so let's see. We left at 10:30 ish. drove to tilsonburg to get hunni's cousins who wanted to come alone. THey were going to stay in london for the week also, so we decided to pick them up since we were going shopping at Eaton. We decided to go to eaton, because i actually never been there. It's a hug mall. there is like 3-4 floors, and it's all so complicated. The place was packed with a bi2931902489021849185 people.
here;s a picture i found of eaton:
The escalator even collapsed because there was so many people. I thought someone got shot when i heard the escaltor came to a sudden crash and stopped completely. People started yelliing too i think. Everyone went over to the rail to see what was going on. Thank god no one was shot. hahaha
Okay, so the first thing we did when we got there was go into Indigo. The kids wanted books, and kevin wanted to use his gift card there so we got books. Shame on bf and i cos we don't read books. The only thing i read is textbooks, and the only thing he reads is newspaper and flyers. hahahha
afterwards, we went to get food at the food court. We were all hungry, bcos we didn't have breakfast, and it was around 1:30ish. So we had to eat before we start our hunt for christmas presents.
Bf decided to try, the Thai style place, and they had PHO??!! hahaha. He was intrigued, and had to try it out, and surprisingly, it tasted GOOD! the broth was like authentic vietnamese pho. They even had the hot sauce, and the black sauce for pho. I tried a bit of it, and it was very comparable to resturants. The only thing that was different was the noodle. This one was thick and round. It's not the flat noodles that is usually used as asian resturants
If you are looking for some pho in a food court, you know where to go now! haha
Here is a picture of the girls - hunni's cousin..This was an unexpected picture
Okay, so now let's talk abou tthe shopping. The shopping wasn't too great. There wasn't that many deals. Sadly. i was looking for good deals, but i didn't see anything. There was just too many people, and it's just so overwhelming. I just focused on getting my christmas shopping done, so i didn't really get much for myself.
My brother and i decided to get my mom a bag, so we went into guess to take a look. ANd this were having som epretty crazy sale. i was lucky enough to get the last bag, and my mom LOVES it now that she finally got to see what we got her.
I don't know the regular price, but i got the bag for 55, and the wallet for 20, so overall. total with taxes in was only 90. That's is crazy sale. It was the best buy the whole day. I was so lucky, and it's so perferct because it's not fabric. so it could be cleaned easily, and it looks cute. Perfect for mom's i'd say.
Afterwards, i got my brother Kevin, some sweaters from bluenote, because he doesn' thave much clothes. He likes to spend all his money on game, and doesn't care about his clothing. so i decided to take him to American eagle and what not to look for clothes, but he said they were too preppy. haha. My little brother is picky now..wow. never thought i'd see the day. So he chose his own sweaters at blue note. I didn't take a picture of it though.
So next up, was my other brother steven. Who wants games. Best buy has a deal. They were selling Modern Warefare 2, and Assians Creed 2 for 90 bucks. Thats a crazy saving. One game is more then half the price already. so my brother and i pitched in to get those games for him for christmas. He was suffering at home, so we had to get him something good to make up for his miserable christmas.
Apparently it's the top sellers right now for PS3. :/ Who knows. Games is lke a whole new lanuage to me..haha
So i didn't get anything for my dad until i got back to london, because my dad likes tommy hilfigure, and eaton didnt have tommmy. My hunni also didn't get anything until i got back to london.
I got my dad some sweaters, and shirts from Tommy, they had a sale. 40-50% off at the outlet. So it was pretty good deals, and almost anything decent at tommy, my dad would love. hahaha.
I found Ed-hardy Cologne for my hunni. I was in shoppers, and was picking up some last minute gifts and what not, and this is what i got him. He likes edhardy for some odd reason, and retailed, this colgone is like 70-80 bucks. I spend obviously less than that since i got it at Winners. Winners is AWESOME for colgones!
Its the bottle on the right. I might have to get the girl one (left) for myself now. So that we match. hahaha
So now, let's move on to what i DID get for myself. Ofcourse, the whole day i was DYING to go to sephora! LONDON is gonna have a sephora soon. YAYY!!! hahaha. but anywas, i was in sephora forEVERRR. hahaha. and i came out with this
This is hunni's present to me. IT's an exfoliating product.I have bumps on my face that are very difficult to get rid of, and i hope this will do the trick. I've had sephora girls recommending me this brand twice now, so i think i would give it a try and see how it goes.
I almost walked out with only that product alone, but i decided i had to treat myself to something else. So i also picked up this.
Makeupforever HD power
I've been loving it so far, i'll do a review on it with the Makeupforever Primer later this break. But basically, you use it to set foundation, concealer. It mattifies your face from shine, and fill in lines, and pores. Great for making your face look flawless.
So, I have also been looking for a good conealer. My Mac one is starting to run low, so its time to look for something new. I decided to get some samples from Amazing Cosmetics, and Makeupforever. Since the lady there recommended it to me.
here are the samples:
(left ) AMazing concealer , (right) Makeupforever HD concealer
I will review them another time.
After leaving sephora, we pretty much had everything we needed, so we decided to leave. We took some photos before leaving to the parking lot. We were on the 4th FLOOR for parking! and parking was crazy expensive. $21 bucks for 6 hours. THe hell?
We went down to the winners on bloor for our last shopping stop because bf wanted to find some cheap brand name stuff. Hunni got some PRPs pants, that are originally 400 bucks a pair, but he got them for 100.It's a japanese brand apparently. I never heard of it :/ It was a size too small, but he had to have them, so now he's on his bigmac diet to try to get into them. hahaha. It fits apparently, just the very top button won't button up. hehe. I also got him a disel shirt in a dark purple colour. It was pretty. And the kids got a some shirts and belts. And that was pretty much our day
We then got to china town to get some dinner before leaving home. I didn't take any pictures then, bcos we were all hungry and tired. I slept on the way back home :/
It was a very crazy shopping day. I loved it :D
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Dinner at Tony Roma's
Hi Beautiful!
i haven't blog in sooo long! well it feels very very long. So now that i have time on this lovely boxing day, i'm gonna do some catching up and updating on what's been going on for the past few days.
Let's see. On Dec. 19th 2009. My bf and i went out to eat at Tony Roma's for his birthday. We have been to this place before, and i remember having steak here, but it was okay. They have great customer service. I still remember they had to ensure that my steak what made to what i wanted.
But anywas, we went to the new location that's accross from masionville mall area. We went prettty late as well, but it was still open. They opened until 1am that night. WOW! haha. Surprisingly it was still full.
Before heading out to Tony Roma's we were at home, cutting cake and doing the "traditional" stuff. lighting candles, and blowing out candles, and singing birthday songs. ahahaha. I was waiting to eat all day, that we ate dessert before going out to eat the main course. hahaha..
Here is a picture of the cake. Sorry for the bad lighting, it was night, and yeah. I'm such a bad gf. i forgot the candles, and this was all we found. Usually i would've used a sparkler. they look prettier, but yeah >.<
We usually get a fruitcake, from Angelos, but we've been having that too often, that i think i'm pretty sick of it now. So i decided to get him an icecream cake, with a picture of a beer on it. HAHAH. Not that he's an alcoholic. THat was the best thing there, unless he wanted Elmo >.<....
A slice of cake, on a very asian looking plate...
The cake was delciious :D
Here is a picture of us before heading out
So when we got there, i decided to drink something. We were over on the bar side, and it just seems right to drink. I asked the waitress if there was anything she'd recommend. I told her, i like something girly, sweet and fruitty. She recommended the "Blue Martini" and it looks like this
It's the best drink i've had going out . I really like it. It barely taste like alcohol at all. You can taste the pineapple, and it's very sweet. I like it. haha. It's a pretty colour too, matched my eyesadhwo (Pastel Green Post). Maybe that's why she recommended it. haha
So now, onto the food. :)...I wanted to eat something different. When we go out, i usually get pasta, steak, or chicken. So that day i felt brave and wanted to try fish. Let me tell you something first. The picture of the fish was complete BS. in the picture it looked so juicy and big and tender, when i got it, it was dry, skinny, and whimpy. IT was so sad and ...almost pathetic.
I got the Talpia Dish
It doesn't look so bad in pictures, but it was pretty...thin...and dried up. I got it grilled though. I got thai sauce over it. I didn't like it cos i could taste TOO.."fishy??" I know it's fish, but i thought it wouldn't taste SOO fishy. Maybe it would've been different if i got it done some other day. You can get it "blacken" what ever that means, and something else i don't remember. I wanted it looked the same as in pictures, but sadly, it wasn't good at all. I did manage to finish the brocilli, because they steamed it and it was very juicy and enjoyable. You don't get sick of it. The mash potatoes, i barely touched. I forgot that they made their mash potatoes's differently. I much perfer creamy mash potatoes, without all the fanci-smanshi stuff they put in it. :/ Overall, i did finish my meal tho, minus the mash potatoes.
Boyfriend likes chicken, so he got this: Southwestern chicken
I don't remember what it was called. THey overdid the chicken though, but it was okay. The chicken was dried, so that killed it, but it would've been better. He didn't want mash potoates, so changed it for fries instead. haha. What a kid :D
SO that was our dinner. THis place is okay. i like how it looks and all. Food is pricey, service is good, food is MEH. Both times going there, i never LOVED any of the dishes, so yeah. Nice to check out if you haven't been there, but not a place i'd want to go. Maybe once in a LONG while :D
Unless you guys have a dish you swear by and would love to recommend to me :D
Oh yeah, and present :D This is my late birthday present to him: I wish i had more time to look for a better gift, but his bday happens to be on an exam day. During exam week, so i didn't have time for anything besides studying. :/ When exams come up, i ignore everything. >.<
He likes cars, so this is what he gets to play with when i ignore him for school. hehehe. I must prepare him for the next 4 months :D
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Holiday Nails
I did my nails last night. I did my nails prior to this one, with the same colours, but a different design, but i it took too long, so i redid it, making it simplier.
It's a very sparkly look, very simple, but cute overall.
Here is how it looks:
Essie mademoiselle (Base Coat)
Essie After Sex (tips)
Wet and Wild Sparkles
Nails (white)
Nails ( black)
Art Deco (silver sparkles)
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Hint of Arts-i-ness
Exam are overrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. YAYY!! hhahaha
So i have been watching this chiense movies for a while now, and just recently finished it and it's an ancient time series, called Beyond the Realm of Conscience. I absolutely love the wardrobe in this drama. The clothing, the colour, the headsets are so fragile, vibrant, and elgant. I just love it. i especially love charmiane's wardrobe as the king's lady. The gold is just so glamous but elgant. When i saw her on screen wearing it, i was just so jealous. I love the vibrant colours. Too bad, normal people would look retarded wearing these things now-a-days. I've always admire those ancient time series wardrobe. THe only thing i did't really like was the Hair. They made it massively huge, and it just remind me those korean series instead of the normal chinese series. ANywas, enough said...
Here are pictures of the wardrobe
So aside from the wardrobe, i've also the makeup that they have done on the female casts. They would draw a symbol on each lady, who was the king's wife. Here are some photos.
I just thought it was so cute, so i was inspired to doing one for fun. Ofcourse i didn't go out with this. I did this in my room, and kept it to myself. hahaha.
A little bold, but pretty non the less i think.
I used liquid black eyeliner btw.
Enjoy your HOLIDAYS! :)
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Checking out Christmas Sales
Diorskin Nude Natural Glow Hydrating Makeup SPF 10
What it is:
A natural hydrating liquid foundation.
What it does:
Diorskin Nude Natural Glow Hydrating Makeup SPF 10 blends 100% natural mineral pigments with Dior's exclusive, active unrealized water to deliver flawless, glowing skin that actually improves over time. By using advances in mineral makeup technology, this product will take your complexion to a whole new level. (credit, Sephora)
Yesterday, i took a break from studying and went to the mall with boyfriend. He was on a hunt for cologne, and i decided to browse around the cosmetic counters to find the good Christmas savings. heheh.
I'm currently on a hunt for a new foundation. So i looked around and decided to check out Dior. I saw an advertisment on my way into Sears, so that's why i decided to go check it out.
The name was intriging, because it's "skin nude" and that's exactly the type of foundation that i'm looking for. Someone light, enough to cover pores, but give me a nice glow, dewy finish.
I went to the counter, and started pumping a small amount on my hand and i rubbed it in. First thingi noticed was it's definately thick. It would be mediam coverage, and buildable. It looks a bit cakey, i didn't really like that. It almost looks like it sets into fine lines. So that's when i turned away, and looked at something else.
Initial Review:
Thick cream, Mediam and Max Coverage
A bit cakey, and dry looking
Sets into finelines
Feels Moisturizing!
Doesn't LOOK moisturizing (cakey?)
Coverages Pores
Has SPF 10
Note: I havent been exfoliating, and the cold weather has made my skin, dry, and just peeling, so maybe i'm just not doing this foundation justice. SOOoO..
Not too long later, i found myself back at the counter, asking for a sample. (HAHA) The girl was kind enough to offer me a generous amount, in a pigment jar, so i will be testing out this product for the time being, just to give it a fair trial run, and i will let you guys know if this is LOVE, or if it was just LUST. hehe
Aside from my love affair with Dior, i decided to check out the other counters
I did manage to take a look at the sets offered by Lancome, and Estee Lauder, though to my surprise, when i looked at them up close, i wasn't too flattered. Sadly to say, maybe that is what happens when you have been studying to much, that even make up doesn't make me happy anymore.
Estee Lauder, did look like it offered a lot more items, but i didn't like the colour choices. They were too bland for my liking. The eyeshadow colours, are basic ever day colour. Great for office work and ever day make up, but i wished it had more bold colours, to make it more versatile.
The brushes didn't look too exciting. I've always had a thing against brushes from those counter brands. I don't really know why? I guess because most of the time they are flimsy. I have a lancome one, and it's worse then my quo one. Sad to say.
I think the most rewarding in the Estee Lauder set, is the lipstick, but sadly, they are not the colours that i would wear. I just look goofy with bright bold red lips. haha. Maybe someday that would change :/ . But i thought that was definitely worth the buck
The blushes were pretty, and i thought that was worth it in the set. Definately wearable colours
Price: $55 before tax. with a purchase of an item.
Definitely, if you are more towards cosmetics, and MAKE up, then go for this set, it's a good deal overall. If you like to have a bunch of colours go for esteee. if your not so much into make up, and just looking for basics or more geared towards skincare, go for Lancome. if you are in love with both, get both. hehe
Lancome's set wasn't as extravagant if it sat next to Estee lauder, but you have to remember Lancome's items are definately more expensive, and i think the cream was the most expensive item in the gift. It's also more geared towards mature women.
In their set, they had a mosisturizer, that's for skin lifting and firming. I believe this ranged around 45+ itself.
A bold red lipstick, and eyeshadow quad, with mascara and makeup remover. it's a very simple set, but it basically gives you the essentials. i like the eyeshadow colours in this set much more then the estee lauder, just because there was variety, but the only let down is you get 4. I believe they have 3 different palettes you can chose from also: Natural, Dramatic and Chic. Check out their website, or Sears.
I think i would only purchase this set, if i really wanted the cream, because other then that, this set doesn't really excite me. But it's great for mom's, aunt's and women who just wear basic make up, and has a need for this cream. Creams are EXPENSIVE! So definately a great buy if you want it.
I dont' think i'l get my hands on either sets for the timebeing. I think i'll see what else gets released :D. It's a great deal though, so check it out if you haven't yet!
Now, i'm gonna go to class. I didnt' feel any motivation to do my work within this hour break, so i decided to give myself a break and do something fun..AHEM. hahaha. Off to stats now. last day of classes! FINALLYYYY
P.S. YAH! i get to go home early today. I can go home in broad daylight!!! :D
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
NYX Green Eyes Palette
I said i would update, with swatches, so here i am, doing a quick update. I swatched it a while ago, but didn't have the time to post it up
Here is the palette once again:
(sorry about the different lighting. i didn't turn on flash for the 2nd one)
Colours are in order of the palette. (left to right, top to bottom)
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-The colours are very pigmented, but like all NYX ( and urban decay) shadow, there is a bit of fall out. I realy like the greens.
-A primer is a
- and there shouldn't be creasing or disappearing colours
-It's super affordable, i got it for 10 bucks i believe. That's like $1.00 per colour.
-I would purchase it again ( in another colour palette ofcourse)
-There is a total of 4 palette of different colour. The collection is called "For your Eyes Only"
It comes in "Green Eyes", "Blue Eyes", "Brown Eyes", "Smokey Eyes"
If you dont knwo what palette to get, you can't go wrong with "Smokey Eyes". It's a basic, and a makeup palette stable.
-It even comes with a mirror! Great for traveling, quick touchups.
Purchased at the DCW In MIssisauga, Ontario. CAD
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
A Royal Ocean Blue
Hi Beautifuls
i just realized that i haven't done a look in a while and yesterday was my 2nd anniversary, i decided to dress up and have a little fun. Eversince i have gotten the NyX Pigments, i was super excited to use them. I've used them the first day i got them, but i didn't take pictures, because i was rushed, and i wasn't satified with it. So last night i decided to use the blue one named: Space Pearl ( the one i recommended) again, and i love the results.
So here is the look:
What i used:
Mac- Grease Paint Stick ( released with the Black Style collection )
NYX- Pearl Pigment in Space Pearl
Urban Decay- Black and Silver eyeshadow ( i apoligise, i do not know the name, but i have taken a picture of it)
Maybelline- Unstoppable eyeliner
Maybelline- Line Stiletto Liquid Liner
NYX- Doll Eyes Mascara
Mac- Pretty Please l/s
Mac- Personal Taste l/g
Faces- Blush (with no name??)
Mac- Mineralized Skinfinish in Smooth Verge
Biotherm- Hydra-radiance Foundation in 230
Mac- Liquid concealer in NC20
Mac- Brush in 109
Mac- Brush in 237
Quo- Brush *Crease Blender
Quo- Concealer Brush
Here is a Photo of the eye shadows that i've used:
the palette is from Urban Decay, Nice and Naught
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The 500 EXC Six Days is "READY TO RACE " for the world's largest enduro competition, the "International Six Days Enduro". Six days in succession, over a thousand offroad kilometres, 40 hours in the saddle - a gruelling test, not only for the rider. A whole package of high-quality special options makes the KTM 500 EXC Six Days fit for this ruthless contest, in which more than half the starters bank on KTM every year. No other brand is anywhere near as strong and successful in offroad sport.
In 2013 the fastest rider overall was once again on a KTM. The Six Days will take place in Argentina in 2014 and the KTM model range has been updated accordingly to be equipped for everything that the South American terrain has to offer. In the form of the new Six Days models, KTM offers well-proven, robust machines that fully satisfy the high demands of this extraordinarily tough competition.
Continue reading for more information on the KTM 500 EXC SIX DAYS.
Engine:1-cylinder 4-stroke engine, water-cooled
Displacement:510 cc
2015 KTM 500 EXC SIX DAYS Features and Benefits:
Superior Chassis:
Individual Suspension Setting
Each EXC model has its own individual suspension settings, optimally tuned to weight and engine. At the rear, a PDS shock absorber from WP Suspension works with a direct linkage to the upper side of the swingarm. The PDS shock absorber has been updated with a new Monoseal gasket for MY 2015, for improved sealing and easier maintenance. The wide range of setting options for rebound damping and high- and low-speed compression damping are standard on KTM bikes.
Telescopic Fork
The KTM Six Days models are equipped with a 48 mm 4CS closed-cartridge fork from WP Suspension. The 4-chamber technology (4CS) patented by WP not only provides a key benefit in terms of responsiveness and consistent damping characteristics, it is also lighter and oil services prove to be far simpler than on the conventional closed-cartridge versions. Naturally, the setting can easily be adapted to track and rider in a matter of a few clicks at the top of the fork: compression damping on the left-hand shaft, rebound damping on the right - another advantage of the 4CS technology.
The modern frame design of the 500 EXC Six Days, comprising lightweight, high strength, chrome-molybdenum steel section tubes, combines maximum longitudinal stiffness with optimum torsional stiffness. It guarantees easy handling and precise steering behaviour, as well as excellent ride stability. The frame clearly represents the benchmark in terms of weight and stability.
The cast aluminium swingarm has been developed with state-of-the-art calculation and simulation software and constructed, in terms of design and wall thickness, for minimum weight with optimum stiffness and precisely defined flexibility.
Triple Clamp
Meticulously finished triple clamps, machined from a solid block: Not only do they look classy in anodised orange; they are also designed in such a way that they support the responsiveness and sliding behaviour of the new fork with their special shaping.
High Quality Wheels
The high-quality alloy wheels from GIANT made of extremely stable 7050 aluminium, featuring exclusive Six Days lettering and CNC-machined hubs, are standard on all KTM Six Days models. Developed in cooperation with KTM, the Metzeler tyres provide excellent traction, very precise directional control and a long service life. An additional Six Days standard feature: the Supersprox 2-piece rear sprocket with steel outer ring and aluminium star.
High-tech brakes from Brembo have always been standard equipment on KTM offroad bikes and, together with the floating front brake disc new for 2015 and the solid rear brake disc, they are the measure of all things in terms of brake technology. The new front brake disc guard ensures that it stays this way.
With Exclusive Optional Equipment:
Six Days Equipment
• 4CS closed-cartridge fork from WP Suspension for optimum damping and high reserves against bottoming out
• Camel seat for improved long-distance comfort
• Skid plate for effective frame and engine protection
• Milled, orange anodised triple clamps for extremely precise fork clamping and optimum fork function
• Orange frame
• Supersprox Stealth 2-component rear sprocket with an aluminium inner ring and steel outer ring for maximum durability
• Solid rear brake disc (no slots/holes) for improved heat resistance and reduced brake pad wear
• New floating front brake disc for consistent braking performance in extreme conditions
• New front brake disc guard for optimum protection from stone impact
• New, light and sturdy racing mirror
• New Metzeler tyres developed in cooperation with KTM for outstanding grip and traction
• Radiator guard for effective radiator protection
• Radiator fan for all 4-stroke models to optimise temperature management in extreme conditions
• Carbon pipe guard on all 2-stroke models for effective expansion chamber protection
• Six Days silencer, anthracite anodised and with Six Days logo (except 125 EXC)
• Front axle puller for simple front wheel removal
• Orange radiator grille
• Orange chain guide
• Exclusive Six Days graphics, this year with a striking Argentinian design
Developed for tough enduro conditions, the 510.4cc SOHC engine is characterised by an extremely compact design, very easy maintenance and outstanding robustness, with weight kept to a minimum. Together with the Keihin fuel injection system, this results in unrivalled performance and rideability - specially designed for enduro use.
Oil Circuit
The engine is equipped with two oil pumps and a common oil circuit. A pressure pump supplies reliable lubrication to the crankshaft, piston, balancer shaft and valve controls. It also ensures cooling of the ignition and lubrication of the clutch. A suction pump draws oil from the crankcase and uses it to lubricate the transmission.
The 500 EXC Six Days is equipped as standard with both kickstarter and electric starter. Positioned behind the cylinder, the electric starter is well protected.
Cylinder Head
The cylinder head is equipped with an overhead camshaft. This actuates two titanium intake valves plus two steel exhaust valves. The weight-optimised valve train ensures low friction and therefore both improved performance and reduced engine braking.
The lightweight, forged piston with a box-in-box design is equipped with the high-performance piston rings of the 450 SX‑F. The benefit is minimum oil consumption and top performance.
The crankshaft with 72 mm stroke and ultra-light connecting rod is manufactured by Pankl from a special, high quality steel. As on the other 4-stroke models, it is equipped with a plain bearing in the lower conrod eye. Two press-fit bearing shells run directly on the crank pin. The engine's direct pressure lubrication system ensures the necessary oil supply for this bearing. This design improves the durability of the engine, thereby enabling an extension to the service intervals for the crankshaft, a benefit for the customer in terms of time, effort and cost.
Engine Management System (EMS)
The engine management system (EMS) from Keihin, with electronic fuel injection and 42 mm throttle body, ensures spontaneous responsiveness and maximum engine performance. An oil-cooled, 196 W alternator provides sufficient power for the fuel injection system, lights and other electrical loads. Various engine characteristics can be selected via the EMS, with a map-select switch available as a PowerPart. Furthermore, a user-setting tool (also available as an option) allows data to be read from the bike by laptop and the mapping, ignition and fuel injection to be modified in a matter of a few mouse clicks.
Balancer Shaft
To counterbalance the inertia forces, the engine has a balancer shaft that acts simultaneously as a drive for the water pump.
The 6-speed transmission is designed specifically for the engine characteristics of the 500cc engine and for every type of enduro use. It excels with precise and easy shifting.
DDS Clutch
For MY 2015, the DDS clutch (Damped Diaphragm Steel) is equipped with a further refined, lighter, single-piece basket, which together with its integrated primary gear, is machined from a single solid billet of high-strength steel. This process guarantees unbeatable reliability and allows the engine to be extremely narrow thanks to the compact, rivetless design of the outer clutch hub. In addition, this design allows use of thin steel discs, which also contributes to the compact dimensions of the clutch. The diaphragm spring enables implementation of an additional hub damping mechanism - a benefit in terms of traction and gearbox wear. Finally, in conjunction with the diaphragm spring, the hydraulic clutch actuation system from Brembo ensures very smooth and very precise clutch control.
Slim Ergonomics For Perfect Control:
The KTM 500 EXC Six Days has bodywork with extremely slim ergonomics and excellent contact points between rider and machine. It provides unlimited freedom of movement. For MY 2015, the bike excels again with the graphics restyled in 2014 in the colours of the ISDE in Argentina.
The 500 EXC Six Days is equipped with a tapered Neken handlebar made from high-strength aluminium alloy. In accordance with the proven KTM standard, the handlebar can be fixed in a choice of four positions. The handguards are made from a new material in MY 2015 in order to achieve even greater impact resistance.
|1-cylinder 4-stroke engine, water-cooled
|510.4 cm³
|95 mm
|72 mm
|Starting aid
|Electric starter/Kickstarter
|Engine lubrication
|Forced oil lubrication with 2 Eaton pumps
|Primary ratio
|Secondary ratio
|14:50 (13:50)
|Cooling system
|Liquid cooling system, continuous circulation of cooling liquid with water pump
|Wet multi-disc clutch DDS / Brembo hydraulics
|Ignition system
|Contactless, controlled, fully electronic ignition system with digital ignition timing adjustment
|Central tube frame made of chrome molybdenum steel tubing
|WP Suspension Up Side Down 4860 4CS
|Shock absorber
|WP Suspension PDS 5018 DCC
|Suspension travel Front
|300 mm
|Suspension travel Rear
|335 mm
|Brake system
|Disc brakes, brake calipers on floating bearings
|Brake discs - diameter Front
|260 mm
|Brake discs - diameter Rear
|220 mm
|5/8 x 1/4"
|Steering head angle
|1,482±10 mm
|Ground clearance, unloaded
|345 mm
|Seat height, unloaded
|970 mm
|Total fuel tank capacity, approx.
|9 l Unleaded premium fuel (95 RON)
|Weight without fuel, approx.
|111.5 kg


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Barry's top 10 Bands to see.
Definitely one of my favorite bands out there right now. Not particularly because of their debut album Oracular Spectacular (which sounds like a Terry Gilliam movie tittle btw) but because of their Time ti Pretend EP that I bought later. Uber lo-fi power pop, that at times reminds me of the old school innovators the Silver Apples. I havent been able to catch these guys live yet and if you check their website, they dont have many future dates posted, so catch them while you can.
Download Destrokk from – Time To Pretend EP
Band of Horses
These Seattle locals sound beautiful on record and live, caught them last year at bumbershoot and they were an experience that was only enhanced by the evenings sunset. I want these guys to play Funeral at my funeral.
Download – No One's Gonna Love You
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Former Ima Robot Singer trades in the synths for psychedelics and storytelling. "After breaking up with his girlfriend, moving out of his house, and joining Alcoholics Anonymous, Ebert began work on a story about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe. According to Ebert, Sharpe "was sent down to Earth to kinda heal and save mankind…but he kept getting distracted by girls and falling in love." Its quirky and fun and the bantering back in forth between Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos. Easily one of the best debut albums to come out in a while.
Download some of their songs free>
Broken Social Scene
Fell in love with this band after seeing the movie Half Nelson.
These guys are not afraid to fail and their songs succeed because
of it. They also have this great video where they bought the
crowd a drink for "Luck Ones" video.
Awseome hipster non black dudes
rapping and spouting rad poetry that tend to lean toward the
obscure and sometimes vulgar.
Nuff said.
I recommend :The Hollows>
Powerpop drum heavy dance group from the northwest. Catchy and
kinda ridiculous, but you'll be humming the tunes in your head for
Miike Snow
These guys know how to write hit pop songs. Some of these guys have produced and written songs with "Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Kelis and won a Grammy for Best dance recording for the track "Toxic" by Britney Spears" Fun synth heavy and ready to make you get your freak on. Seeing them live, you will most definitely spill your drink in their dance pit.
Passion Pit
Saw these guys at last years Sasquitch. The mix was horrible and at the time I hadn't heard their music, since then I gave them a chance and bought their tunes. Catchy rad powerpop music. I just hope they sound good live this time around.
Fresh Espresso
Seattles own powerpop/hiphop group. Composer/producer P Smoov of Mad Rad with MC Rik Rude.
Check out the Diamond pistols remix by local boys The File Jerks>
Past Lives
Seattle boys featuring ex Blood Brothers: Jordan Blilie, Morgan Henderson and Mark Gajadhar. Always a great show, just bought their new record on vinyl, I recommend you do as well.


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Lady Gaga Unveils Another Piece of Naked 'ARTPOP' Artwork [Picture]
Lady Gaga is continuing her campaign for 'ARTPOP,' and apparently that campaign is to be naked almost all of the time.
In a new photo posted to her Little Monsters website, Gaga poses naked and appropriately artfully on computer equipment. She rocks nothing but black booties, a pair of futuristic glasses with long whisker-like pieces coming out and a long brown wig (we love this hair color on her!).
Mother Monster captioned the photo 'TechHaus.' We're not sure what that means, but we're sure her beloved Little Monsters are stoked for it!


text: Just followed the 15.55 - 16.09 AO-27 pass. Am I correct in saying that it is in V/U mode for half the pass and then reverts to TLM? I remember years ago working it regularly from EL96 and it used to send TLM for the first 20 seconds and then it was open to V/U. Just wondering thats all, nice to have it back in any condition as there are precious few easy sats left! Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: > The _last_ time AO-27 was running under TOPR schedule, the satellite turned > on on ascending passes at roughly 30 degrees N lattitude for 360 seconds. > Should be similar this time. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga at usna.edu> > To: "'Howard Stephenson - K6IA'" <hlstephenson at gmail.com>; > <amsat-bb at amsat.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:07 AM > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 Schedule driver? > > > >> Regarding AO-27: >> >> Fantastic news about AO-27. Gives us something to use at >> schools to demo AMSATS... >> >> I think I have read most of the pages, but I cannot find the one >> thing I am looking for, and that is the top-level "rules" that >> are driving the new scheduling. I am not talking about code or >> epoc or anything like that, but simply, the human logical >> "rules" that tell the schedule, what to schedule... >> >> In the past, the TEPR algorithm was very simple and could be >> explained as "time since entering the sun". This was easy to >> interpret and anyone could easily visualize or "see" what this >> meant realitive to his time of day, and location. Nothing >> needed to be consulted... Just look at the track of the >> satellite on the map and your relation to the terminator, and >> you know if it is useable.. >> >> The TOPR schedule seems to be wholy "time" driven from EPOC, but >> I have not been able to find what the top-level "rules" are that >> drive that algorithm so that I can learn to visualize it. The >> new on-line "schedules" are teriffic, and a good example of >> computer dissimination of live info, but it requires detailed >> consultation of printed schedules daily and having to match >> times with orbits, I'd rather just understand what the scheduler >> "intended". >> >> Is this new schedule system still driven by the simple rule of >> "turning it on for X minutes after entering the sun"? Or is it a >> smarter rule that says "turn on over USA, Europe, Australia and >> Japan?" or, "turn on over those countries only while in the >> sun", or, turn on for 10 minutes out of every hour, or what? >> >> So, can someone point me to this top-level "rule" that is used >> to drive the schedule? For routine operations, it is easier to >> learn the rule, than to have to look at a schedule every day... >> >> Thanks >> Bob, Wb4APR >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > >


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How's this for international teamwork?
A Chinese/Japanese company purchased Saab from a Swedish-based automaker after years of U.S. ownership that led to an eventual bankruptcy.
If any car company epitomizes the idea of the Phoenix, rising, burning down, then rising again, it's Saab.
There was even a Saab concept called the Phoenix, which never made it to production. Now the Saab 9-3 is rising from the ashes, but not for the Saab-o-philes living in these United States.
Not yet, anyway.
The used market is still the best (and only) way to buy a Saab in America currently. Choices are ample, ranging from the early years between 1948 and 1969, the awkward years of 1969 to 1989, which saw some FIAT influence, and the GM-influenced years that spanned 1989 to 2010 and ultimately led to Saab's first demise.
That led to a brief rise and a swift fall under supercar-maker Spyker, which many thought to be the final nail in Saab's hard-to-close coffin.
Against all odds, consumers will again have the option of buying a new Saab. There's a catch, though.
National Electric Vehicles Sweden (NEVS) has built two 9-3 Aero sedans and will begin a slow trickle of production to build 10 4-cylinder 220-horsepower gas-powered cars each week, increasing production until it builds an electric version of the car next year.
But here's the aforementioned catch:
The cars will be available only in Sweden and China. Some serious challenges exist, even in those markets. First of all is the limited quantity. How can an automaker make money building 10 cars per week?
Next is pricing, which begins at the equivalent of $42,600. That's a lot for what is essentially still a GM sedan.
Finally, there is no longer a dealer network in place. All Swedish orders will be picked up at the factory, and NEVS will sell directly to consumers in China via its website.
Combined, those three factors team up to virtually guarantee Saab's latest rise from the ashes will exclude a U.S. comeback.
Would you like to see Saab make a U.S. comeback as an electric-car maker?
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08 Highlander AWD (Serious Wind Noise When Rear Window Down)
I just bought a used 08 Highlander AWD (Prior Rental) Its run great and very quiet on the road. Its handle a lot like a Audi Quattro, much better than just two 2 wheel drive , in my humble opinion. I own the car for just couple days. To my surprise when I lowered the rear window, at above 40 mph, the wind noise was so loud, I thought a Helicopter is hovering behind the car. Took its to a local dealer for a test drive and mechanic told me everything (drivetrain) is quiet inside the cabin when the rear windows are up. My wife sit in the 3rd seat and she sad its sound quiet too. Please give feedback thanks
It's a pretty common problem and there's not much you can do other than playing with the windows. For example:
tidester, "Volvo XC90 SUV" #930, 3 Jan 2003 9:19 pm0
grahampeters AustraliaPosts: 1,786G'day
If you put the front windows down as well, its not a problem. Only drama is when you leave front windows up and drop rear ones. Buffets your ears badly. Solution is not to do so
this has been the case in every car I've owned. Lowering the rear windows without opeining one of the forward windows creates a huge "buffetting" caused by uneven air pressure inside.
it's very normal on any vehicle.0
typesix Posts: 321Same problem in previous Highlander body style(1st generation).0
phrosut Posts: 122I believe it was wwest that made a post a few years ago that if you remove the rubber membrane that forms an air check-valve in the cabin exhaust vent, the problem goes away. That vent is behind the grille in the far rear side panel.
I haven't tried it so can't verify that it resolves the problem. I just don't open the rear windows by themselves while driving. You can get the same noise from the sunroof under similar conditions (can't remember exactly because I never use the sunroof).
Removing the reverse airflow check valve only partially alleviates this problem. What really works is being able to open the rear quarter panel window/vent like most minivans have the ability to do.
Personally I bought two outlet airflow vents from one of the larger Toyota SUVs and installed those as high up as I could in my rear quarter panels. Not only does that prevent the ear busting helicopter sound when our dog wants "his" window open but also helps to reduce instances of sudden unexpected windshield fogging due to inability for build up of cabin humidity.
Slightly lower FE due to lost A/C efficiency due to improved cabin flow-through capability. But I make up for that by having the A/C compressor totally and COMPLETELY disabled when there is no need for actual cooling, mostly the winter months.0
"But I make up for that by having the A/C compressor totally and COMPLETELY disabled when there is no need for actual cooling, mostly the winter months."
this may be ok in some places but can be very dangerous in areas with any humidity. the compressor runs when you have the defroster selected to clear up the front windshield. In fact I used it tonight (Houston) and it was in the upper 60s at the time. Heavy "fog" condenses/collects on the interior windshield, by running the defroster with hte compressor dehumidfies the air and clears the windshield. You can adjust the temperature so that the air is warm, but running the compressor makes the air dry, which is what makes it clear the windshield.0
There is no place in the WORLD where COLD air is ever consistently HUMID air, in point of fact that is a pretty RARE circumstance. On the other hand passenger cabin atmosphere's that have been "artificially" and unusually humidified are quite commonplace, have BECOME more commonplace.
Use of the A/C only for dehumidification when the OAT is below your comfort level is FRAUGHT with HAZARD...!!
When you shut down the car for the evening the moisture, thin layer of moisture, remaining on the evaporator vanes, typically 10,000 square inches thereof (3-4 times enough to coat your windshield over to the point of no forward vision), from that day's operation will begin to evaporate. So within an hour or so the atmosphere in plenum area of the system will become SUPER-SATURATED with moisture, some of that, of course, escaping into the passenger cabin.
So, now, the next cool/cold morning about 5 miles down the road the engine coolant will reach 130F, the system fan/blower will be enabled, and suddenly you will have a passenger cabin SUPER-SATURATED with moisture, and with any luck you will remain with enough forward vision while you wrestle with the problem. Otherwise you may, will probably, have to pull over to teh side of the road while you "wrestle" with teh problem of how to most quickly defog your interior windshield surface.
Go to airsept.com and read up on their EED, Electronic Evaporator Dryer, not just another way to prevent the formation of mold and mildew odor via the breeding of microbes within that dark, dank, and HUMID A/C plenum area.
In the meantime you can avoid those instances of sudden early morning windshield fogging by lowering the windows slightly each and EVERY evening, provided you park under shelter. In the alternative you could discontinue the use of the A/C for other than actual cooling need.
And what do you suppose happens if you drive from an area of normal humidity and reasonable warmth, non-freezing OAT, into an area of freezing temperatures and normal LOW humidity and the A/C compressor gets disabled "on the fly".
I'm not against the use of the A/C as an aid in defogging, removing the condensation for a fogged over windshield. In the past the method used primarily involved the application of HEATED airflow and the A/C was considered an auxiliary function/aid.
The thing, the major thing, that has changed is the size, density and complexity, of the A/C evaporator. Have a look at a typical passenger vehicle A/C evaporator of the early eighties and then one of today. One of the aspects that the industry has had to tackle to reach the FE goals was to improve A/C efficiency. More efficient A/C mean more complex heat exchangers/evaporators, and a time when available space behind the dash was shrinking dramatically (passenger side airbags, GPS/Nav screens, HID control/leveling ECUs, POWERFUL hifi radios/speakers, etc.) That also led, along with reducing NVH, well sealed and insulated passenger cabins, insulated and well sealed against air OUTFLOW (don't let that already "conditioned" atmosphere out of the cabin. Even the exhauster ports have been minimized in size to this end.
Now you may begin to have a clue why the newer systems will not allow you to leave the system in recirculate mode in the summer if the A/C is not in use. And now more recently in relatively warm climates, 45-60F, wherein it is well known that the A/C may not be functional, certainly will not be FULLY functional, declining in dehumidification efficiency as outside temperatures drop.
In any OAT, down to freezing, teh A/C may be efficient "enough", but you and I have no "sense" of when or where that might be the case, and so far the engineers have not found a cost effective method for accomplishing that task.
So now you may find that even though the A/C appears to remain functional, keeps running all the way down to 35F, the system will not remain in recirculate mode for more than a few minutes if the OAT is below 50F. So it might be best to assume responsibility for your own life, and those of your loved ones/passengers, and DO NOT USE the A/C for any purpose other then the need to cool the cabin.0
wlbrown9 Posts: 867How about RELATIVE humidity...completely different.
Why do the mfgs program vehicles to have the A/C automatically come on when I hit defrost? To help defog the windows perhaps?
Even with relatively cool air during those rainy days here in Memphis, hitting the A/C button will defog the interior windows within a minute or two. Then if I turn it off, they fog back up...this happens even after say 30 minutes of driving and the engine is warmed up and any residual moisture distributed.
My older vehicle allow the recirculate to remain on even after power off..my two newer ones require that you reset the recirculate after ever start if you want to use that.0
suffice it to say you do not evidently know anything about air conditioning systems. I designed and built them for several years. Dehumidification is THE SINGLE MOST important feature of AC. Temperature control is only secondary.0
Sorry, I was thinking Rh and should have said so.
In yesteryear the use of the A/C as an aid to defogging, ONLY as an AID, automatically coming on in defrost/defog/demist mode was a quite reasonable action.
Not today, no more.
Think about what might happen, often does happen, once you leave defrost/defog/demist mode...
The interior windshield surface fogs over again, even quicker this time.
When you switch off defrost/defog/demist the moisture just previously condensed on the evaporator vanes will soon begin to evaporate into the incoming airstream, DRY incoming airstream in COLD climates. Therefore the incoming airstream will more quickly "absorb", SUCK UP", the evaporator condensate.
The proper way, the only reliable method, for defogging the interior surface of the windshield is to HEAT the airflow flowing toward the interior windshield surface. That accomplishes multiple positive aspects things, heating the airflow will LOWER its RH, and then transferring some of that heat to the interior windshield surface will result in quicker evaporation of teh condensate and also help to prevent windshield fogging/misting.
My new 1992 LS400 was so bad, horrible, really, at sudden instances of windshield fogging that I was forced to park it for two winters in a row until I could figure out the problem and thereby arrive at a fix.
In the end I realized that I had to disconnect the A/C compressor clutch during the time period wherein I did not need cooling. I also built in a circuit and switch to cause the climate control system to "think" the cabin had suddenly gotten VERY cold. If the windshield started to fog over I would first activate the new switch and then activate the defrost/defog/demist mode. The system would then automatically go into MAX heat and max blower speed.
With my '01 F/AWD RX300 came two new C-BEST features/options. I had the dealer set these options so I could disable the A/C indefinitely by simply switching it off once, the second option involved unlinking the A/C from automatic operation in defrost/defog/demist mode.
With the RX's controls a quick clockwise twist of the temperature setpoint knob gets the system to max heat (by default, max blower) in preparation for subsequent, immediate, activation of the defrost/defog/demist mode.
On the '92 LS400 I added two 12 volt fans, one in each rear quarter panel, that automatically come on in defrost/defog/demist mode, and with rear window defrost activation, to help remove the rise in cabin humidity that results from teh aforementioned actions.
A bit of overkill, that, all one really need do is train yourself to ALWAYS slightly lower a rear window temporarily when using either function, front or rear "defrost".0
".. Dehumidification is THE SINGLE MOST important feature of AC.."
That statement leaves me so FLABBERGASTED that I don't know what to say in response,.. almost.
Let's totally disregard what I might wish say in response since that would surely get deleted.
I am given to understand that we humans are most comfortable at an Rh of ~40% provided the surrounding air temperature and radiant "inputs" are also within our human comfort zone.
I think you might agree therefore that dehumidification of a building's airflow might be at times, a highly undesirable "feature" of A/C operation. And what happens in say, Az when the Rh is sometimes, or maybe even predominantly, <10%
Enough said...I will render no further response to kenlw.0
that's good because my sides hurt from laughing at your illogic.0
mdhutton Posts: 195Believe what you want to belive, wwest. Let me know how that ice scraper works on the inside of your windows sometime.0
houston_man Posts: 34Regarding these outlet airflow vents, can you describe in detail (or provide a picture) of how/where you mounted them and the part number? Reason I ask is that I am also trying to alleviate that noise in our Highlander.
In my travels worldwide, including especially Fairbanks, Anchorage, Point Barrow, and Goose Bay, I have NEVER encountered ice on the inside of my car windows.0
Toyota P/N is 62905-60050, louver, sub-assy. Mounted just below and at the rear of the rear quarter panel window that unlike most minivans will not open to alleviate this COMMON problem.0
Happened all the time on my late 60's Super Beetle in Anchorage. My girlfriend (now wife) made me trade it in fact - she got tired of scraping the inside of the window. Pitiful heater. Maybe there was moisture in there somewhere, but it sure iced up.
I've been to all those spots too. Was that you who cut me off in Happy Valley (or was it by the ACC store?). :shades:0
Oh...... I see...
That's the reason my '78 Porsche Targa doesn't get to go out much to "play" in the winter snows. Saying it has a cabin heater is a bit of a stretch to begin with and then having the expectation that you have enough heat to keep the windshield interior clear of condensation coming back over the Snoqualmie pass on a dark, cold, snowy night, well....
Having to roll the windows down in a pretty severe snowstorm in order to keep the winshield defogged was not pleasing to my better half. Never happened again.
Of course the TENSION involved in driving a rear engine rear drive car in those conditions probably contributed greatly to the level of moisture being accumulated in the cabin.0
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Yesterday we had, "the almost burger."
Today we have, "the burger."
It's ready to be released!
A few important instructions:
1) Cube the sweet tater into ~1" cubes, for best texture results. Steam or microwave until tender. Leave those skins on!! Cubing will make the mashing easier + help with the texture.
2) For the beans. You want to mash half of the beans until paste-like. Add the other 1/2 and give a very light mash to combine. The idea is to leave a little less than half of the beans in their whole form. Texture!!
3) Quinoa! You can follow the same process for perfectly cooked millet, when making quinoa. It's a sure bet method, every time. The only thing that differs is the cook time. You can add in 1T of oil with the water or leave it out. Good either way. When making quinoa [or millet], always make extra. Store the extra in the fridge and believe me, you'll use it throughout the week.
salad topping – oatmeal topping – cold breakfast cereal – butter, salt + pepper – burrito filling – etc
Always make extra.
Perfectly Cooked Quinoa
- 1c quinoa, rinsed + drained
- 2c water
- Heat a pot over medium.
- Add rinsed quinoa and toast for 1-3min, stirring a few times.
- Add water, turn heat to med-high and bring to a boil.
- Stir once, reduce heat to simmer + cover the pot with a lid.
- Set your timer to 15min and do not stir or open the lid!!
- Turn off the heat and move the pot to another burner for 5min.
- Uncover, and fluff with a fork.
Simple as that!
4) Mash the sweet taters in a large bowl, but don't make mashed potatoes. Right Mama Pea??
I made a full batch of 8 burgers and split the "batter" in half to try two different binding methods.
In the first batch, I used ground oats. I wasn't looking for oat flour, because I was trying to retain some of the chewiness from the oats. I ground about half way to flour in the blender.
For the second batch, I ground millet in the blender, into a fine flour. I've used millet flour in veggie burgers before and liked the results.
5) I tried baking + pan frying these burgs. My personal preference + suggestion would be to bake these, but they still held up really well in the pan.
Millet flour burg on the left.
Ground oat burg on the right.
You could definitely see a difference. More texture on the right + not as grainy looking.
So, what were the results?
Well, both versions held together extremely well. Both versions also tasted great, which is good news, because it means you have options.
But which did I like best?
The ground oat burger. As I suspected! Emily uses this technique in her black bean burgers + in Angela's perfected veggie burger, she also does the same.
The millet flour tasted fine and didn't try out the burger at all. But those ground oats!!
They just add a little somethin' somethin'.
Pile on the toppings!
- avocado
- roasted red pepper
- tomato
This is the first veggie burger that I've created completely on my own!
Such a proud mama. ;) I may be biased, but this is my favorite veggie burger to date!
Sweet Tater Black Bean Burgers [yields 8 burgers – vegan, gf]
- 15oz black beans, drained + rinsed
- 3c cubed sweet tater, cooked + skin on [~1.5lbs]
- 1/2c frozen or fresh corn
- 2/3c finely chopped onion [1/2 medium onion]
- 2 large garlic cloves, finely minced
- 1/2c cooked quinoa
- 6T rolled oats, partially ground
- 2T sunflower seeds
- 1/2t salt
- black pepper
- 1t cumin
- 1t oregano
- 1/4t coriander
- 1t chili powder
- 1/4t cayenne [optional]
- 1T olive oil
- Preheat your oven to 375* once you finish cooking the quinoa + potato.
- Mash half of the beans in a bowl until paste-like.
- Add in the rest of the beans and give a very light stir/mash to combine.
- In a large bowl, mash the sweet tater. Each cube should be mashed, but you don't want it creamy.
- Stir in the salt, pepper, oregano, coriander, chili powder, cayenne [if using] and olive oil, until combined.
- Mix in the onion, garlic, corn, black beans, quinoa, sunflower seeds, and ground oats, until just combined.
- Taste, and adjust seasonings to your liking.
- Form into balls, between your hands and flatten into 1/2"-3/4" thick patties. This should make 8 medium/large patties.
- Place on a pan lined with parchment paper [or lightly greased pan] and bake on each side for 15min, flipping once, half-way through.
- Remove from oven + serve!
*If you want to refrigerate or freeze them, let fully cool on a cooling rack. Place in a sealed container for the fridge, or wrap in saran, then foil, then in a bag for the freezer. If reheating a frozen burger, let it thaw completely. Re-heat in a greased pan, over medium heat for ~3-5min per side, until hot throughout.
*To make the ground oats – Pulse your blender on + off, until you have the consistency about half way to flour.
*Instead of ground oats, feel free to sub – millet flour, oat flour, quinoa flour, whole wheat flour, etc.
*To pan cook – Heat a pan to medium and lightly grease. Cook on each side for 5-8min, flip + cook another 5-8min until golden brown.
*For the grill – Bake burgers for 15min on one side, flip burgers once and bake another 10min. While baking, preheat your grill slightly above medium [~350-375*] Grease the grates and cook burgers for ~3min per side.
And don't forget the ketchup.
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A couple months ago a friend emailed me to tell me about a contest she heard about. Sponsored by the California Raisin board, the "Let's re-Do Lunch" photo contest was looking for healthy lunch alternatives featuring California Raisins.
Now let me just share here that California raisins have a special place in my heart. It may sound silly, but it's true. I am from California and I happened to live right smack dab in the middle of the raisin heartland. I've driven thousands of miles back and forth past grape vineyards throughout my teen and young adult life. It's a little bit of homecoming for me, those little boxes of raisins. :)
My raisin-themed bento creation for the contest:
This little bento contains a Harvest muffin (pumpkin-carrot-maple-raisin yumminess), banana-raisin "sushi", carrot coins, pistachios, grapes and strawberries.
To make the banana-raisin "sushi" bites I cut a banana into chunks, rolled the pieces in juice to prevent browning, used a wide straw to cut out the centers of the banana, then filled the hole with raisins. :)
The actual photo I submitted to the contest was this one...
I was a little bit surprised and a lot ecstatic when I found out that I was a finalist in the contest! The prize is simply amazing - $5,000 (that's five thousand dollars!), $1,000 donation to a food bank of my choosing, and a year's supply of California raisins! Wow!!
The contest is being hosted on Facebook and the voting period is going on from now (!!) through November 29th. Whoever gets the most votes wins! Eeeek! :)
Naturally, I ask that if you can spare a moment of your time, please vote for my entry, Bento Box with Harvest-Raisin Muffin & Banana Raisin "Sushi".
There are 10 finalists in the running, including my witty friend, Wendy. Wendy's raspberry carrot raisin slaw is beautiful, truly. I'm not sure I would have ever thought I'd put the words "slaw" and "beautiful" together in the same sentence, but leave it to Wendy to make it happen!
You can vote once a day, and I would be ever so delighted, thrilled, and thankful if you would!! And if you are on the Another Lunch Facebook Page, I'd like to apologize for my vote groveling. I know it's annoying. I'm sorry. That doesn't mean I'm going to stop doing it... I mean, it's $5,000. Can you blame me? :) Please bear with me. It'll be all over on the 29th (that's Ethan's birthday, that's got to bring me some luck, right?!!).
Sunday, November 14, 2010
very special bento: Harvest Muffins and banana-raisin "sushi"
Posted by Melissa at 4:38 PM
Labels: please vote for me
5 comments:
- Wendy said... [Reply to comment]
Awwwww...thanks for kind words!
- November 15, 2010 at 12:14 AM
- אילאיל זיו said... [Reply to comment]
I just voted.
Good luck
- November 15, 2010 at 1:33 AM
- Beda said... [Reply to comment]
OMG I just love your blog and your bentos!!! Just looking at them makes me want to have kids (if this makes any sense...) =)
- November 15, 2010 at 2:32 AM
- Deanna said... [Reply to comment]
the link to your entry wasn't working.
- November 19, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Gadzooks! Thanks for the heads-up there, Deanna! I fixed it now. :)
- November 19, 2010 at 9:32 PM
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Andre Santos has confirmed he is set to join Gremio after travelling to Brazil to finalise a switch from Arsenal.
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The Gunners have not commented on Santos' future but reports of a return to his homeland on loan surfaced after he was photographed arriving in Porto Alegre on Sunday.
The 29-year-old has now revealed his reasons for making the move to Gremio, saying that he is looking forward to the challenge and excited about playing under Vanderlei Luxemburgo.
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"I've come to Gremio to be a champion. I am very excited about this project.
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There are only a couple weeks left in this incredible 2011 football season. It's getting down to the nitty gritty and teams are pushing it to make it into the playoffs. This is the time when you will see the best games of the season as each team tries to prove themselves and take number one in their district. We turn to the Longview News Journal for this weeks match ups.
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Growing Ebola crisis fuels calls for coordinated international response
As the second American stricken by Ebola returned to the United States on Tuesday, concern is mounting about the lack of a coordinated international plan to fight the growing outbreak in West Africa.
Nancy Writebol, a missionary from Charlotte, N.C., wore a protective suit as she arrived in Atlanta on Tuesday morning from Liberia. Writebol, 59, was admitted to Emory University Hospital. She will remain in an isolation ward along with Dr. Kent Brantly, a 33-year-old physician from Fort Worth, Texas, who contracted the deadly virus while also treating Ebola patients in Liberia.
The worst Ebola outbreak in history has killed nearly 900 people, mainly in the West African nations of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, which share a common border.
Ebola only spreads through contact with infected bodily fluids. It cannot be transmitted through airborne particles. But there is no cure or treatment for the virus, which has a death rate of roughly 60 percent.
Both Writebol and Brantly were infected while working at a clinic for Ebola patients in Liberia. Both were part of a missionary response team sponsored by the Christian relief organizations SIM USA and Samaritan's Purse. Writebol and Brantly remained in serious condition at the hospital on Tuesday after being treated with an experimental drug that has never been tested on humans.
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization will hold a special summit of international experts in Geneva to determine if the outbreak constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern."
If so, the organization will recommend appropriate temporary measures to reduce the international spread of the disease. That could include mandatory travel restrictions, health screenings for international travelers and other measures.
A collective international response is needed to keep the disease from taking hold in large, densely populated urban areas where it could spread more easily, said Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
Authorities already fear more infections could develop in Nigeria, where a sick airline passenger who died from the disease wasn't immediately quarantined. Eight health workers who treated the passenger later showed symptoms of the disease and are now in isolation.
"What will be the global strategy if this virus shows up in Dakkar? In Durbin? In Nairobi? In London? In Paris?" Garrett said. "We have no plan."
The battle to contain the virus in West Africa is proving difficult for international health organizations, which lack the resources to find, contact and test people who may have had contact with infected patients. The well-being of hundreds of volunteer workers who risk their lives to provide assistance has also become a problem.
Sixty health workers have died during the outbreak, despite precautions such has protective clothing for health care workers, isolation tents for patients and the regular decontamination of clothing and items that entered the patient isolation wards.
"We're hitting a point where every single health care worker on the ground is exhausted, terrified, burned out," Garrett said.
The international relief agency Doctors without Borders has issued "plea after plea in recent days to the international community saying, 'We are exhausted. We are terrified. We want to leave. Can somebody else please come in and take over,'" Garrett said.
Sandra Murillo, a spokeswoman for Doctors Without Borders, said the group has more than 550 staffers in the three affected countries, but the organization has "reached the limits of our capacity on the ground, in terms of the number of experienced people we can send."
Benoit Matsha-Carpentier, a spokesman with the International Federation of the Red Cross, agreed that more international support is needed, but he said there's a natural reluctance.
"The fears that we can observe in the (local) communities are being felt at the international level when it comes to deploying," Matsha-Carpentier wrote in an email. "It is normal, Ebola is a deadly disease, but we also have a duty to help communities who are facing this crisis."
International Medical Corps, a global humanitarian organization, is sending a team of 10 relief workers to Sierra Leone, but more support is needed, the group said.
"But that doesn't necessarily mean more people going," said Sean Casey, who heads the organization's emergency response in Sierra Leone. "It has to be people with the necessary skills to respond to the outbreak and not put just a lot of people in harm's way, because it is dangerous."
Direct Relief, a humanitarian medical aid organization, has sent $400,000 worth of supplies such as medicines and protective equipment to West Africa, said spokeswoman Hannah Rael. But some cargo crews are declining jobs to the affected countries, Rael said.
"We should still be able to get the medical aid there, but we anticipate that this will likely mean the price of transportation will be higher than usual," she said.
Compounding the difficulty in affected areas is the distrust and suspicion that health workers are facing from residents. Many are refusing to remove ailing family members from their homes, not enforcing quarantines and ignoring calls for safe burials and cremations that limit contact with the infected bodily fluids of corpses.
"Every report I'm getting from the ground has health care workers describing themselves as in a state of fear, even (a state) of siege, feeling that the populations despise and loathe them," Garrett said.
Local rumors are circulating that volunteer health workers are deliberately infecting people and cutting off their arms and selling the limbs. Others claim that "there are health care workers who are foreign cannibals," Garrett said.
Many feel the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit now underway in Washington should focus more directly on the Ebola outbreak, rather than economic development issues. But White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said an important goal of the meeting is to help people understand that the U.S.-Africa relationship is broad.
"While we stand with our African partners in their time of need, particularly when it comes to something as threatening as an outbreak of a disease like Ebola . . . our relationship is much more diverse and broad than just focusing on that one specific issue," he said.
Senior White House aides have been briefed regularly on the Ebola crisis, and President Barack Obama has gotten periodic updates as well, Earnest said.
Earnest declined to comment on any specific on-the-ground response. But he did reiterate that the administration, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been focused on the virus since March, when initial reports of an outbreak began.
The U.S. Agency for International Development announced Tuesday that it is deploying a team to West Africa to coordinate the government's response to the outbreak. It will also provide another $5 million to expand programs in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia that help trace people who may be infected and provide health clinics and households with supplies to help prevent the spread of disease.
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The first thing to know is that Lev Navrozov, as he admits, comes from one of the highest "castes" of Soviet society. This caste system, as Navrozov describes it, is first territorial and then based on occupation or usefulness to the regime (ultimately to Lenin or Stalin, whom Navrozov calls "pseudo-tsar-god I" and "pseudo-tsar-god II," respectively).
Navrozov was born and lived in Moscow, the highest of the territorial castes, the center of Soviet government and bureaucracy, out from which the territorial castes successively got lower and lower. The author uses this language of "castes" throughout the book, explicitly rejecting the notion that the Soviet Union is in any way a socially advanced society. He likens it to ancient Eastern despotism, a new barbaric totalitarianism that threw off 1,000 years of development in law, politics, and economy; and called it a "revolution." Such language is strong for one who was paid handsomely by the regime, did not suffer in a labor camp, defect from the KGB or GRU, or personally experience (direct) political repression.
But like many Russian dissident writers, Navrozov dismisses the claim that Lenin's pure revolutionary idealism was corrupted by the power-hungry Stalin. Navrozov writes:
Privileged enough to spend his childhood in the last residual enclave or afterglow of Russian culture, the author found Bolsheviks like Ulyanov-Lenin, Bukharin, Trotsky or Lunarcharsky cheap vulgarians of the most unpleasant kind.He often refers to the Bolsheviks and their Soviet successors as "megacriminals."
The second thing to know is that remarkably, Navrozov seems really to be innocent, an actual freelance writer who survived physically by not being political and survived spiritually by turning down all government positions requiring Communist Party membership, and all positions as a journalist or writer for official publications, which amounts to the same thing. Mostly he translated older Russian works into English.
One of the book's major topics is the inability of the West to comprehend the world's Eastern despots, its naive eagerness to proclaim the Soviet Union and Communism great accomplishments of civilization, its willingness to trade with and sustain totalitarianism-- a form of "government" antithetical to its own-- and its almost total incomprehension of the form and structure of Soviet society.
In this way the author broaches another major topic: the difference between behavior and speech. Navrozov writes of useful idiots in the West verbally praising socialism while behaviorally acting as capitalists, free individuals enjoying free expression in a free society. He implicitly compares these Western leftist fellow travelers with the "revolutionary" activities of the Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, social revolutionaries, anarchists and others in the relatively free post-serfdom tsarist Russian government of 1861-1917. He also uses this device to explore the actions of Western diplomats in post-1917 Russia; as well as the mundane lives of Soviet citizens.
All of this is framed within an account of the author's childhood (when he was 6-7 years old), sharing a nice apartment building in Moscow with several families. Navrozov writes somewhat about a collective school he attended, a "creative house" he went to with his father and mother, and several other personal anecdotes.
The book is extremely well-written and very literary. It is also a well-sourced history of "revolutionary" Russia, with many quotes from the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda and biographies of "revolutionary" figures.
It is strange, having read this book, to read Navrozov's current articles. His constant theme is still totalitarian government (now of the Chinese variety) and the inability of the West to comprehend it, but I think that in later years his writing has lost the flair and life of this semi-autobiographical historical novel.
What made Navrozov the author of so brilliant a book seems then to be his natural irritability. The curmudgeon, reflexively dismissive of grand projects and noble-seeming objectives, cannot accept even the Iraq War; nothing less than formal recognition, on the part of the United States, that China is evil and means us harm, will sate him. Not that he is wrong, necessarily, but to say something in opposition: George W. Bush was a duly elected public servant who faithfully tried to execute the duties of his office, not one of the "humorless, pompous, intellectually illiterate megacriminals," as Navrozov characterized Lenin and his cohorts. Sometimes, in Navrozov's current writing, it is hard to tell the difference.
In one column he mentioned that there was a planned second volume to The Education, but that he switched to writing his weekly column instead. Perhaps that was the wrong idea.
No matter. This book is a gem. It deserves to be up there with Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago.


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Three men have been arrested in a follow-up operation linked to a phishing scam uncovered in 2011 that stole £1 million from UK students by impersonating the official loans company.
Two of the unnamed individuals were arrested in the Manchester area on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, while the third was accused of handling stolen goods, the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) said.
Although all have been bailed, police have placed restraints on bank accounts allegedly used for money laundering.
In December 2011, police arrested four men and two women in connection with the original investigation into a brazen con the previous August in which a bogus copy of the Student Loans Company website was used to trick new students into revealing bank account details.
The trick worked, resulting in thefts ranging from £1,000 to £5,000, police said at the time. The numbers affected were believed to be in excess of 1,300 people, enough to quickly alert Loans Company staff to what was going on.
Two men were jailed last July for their parts in the scam, Britons Damola Clement Olatunji and Amos Njoroge Mwangi for six and a half years and three years, three months, respectively.
"Mwangi and Olatunji were determined fraudsters who systematically targeted British students in order to steal large amounts of money," said Detective Inspector Jason Tunn of the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PceU) at the time.