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Published August 23, 2013
North Korean Poongsan dogs, Chongju (R) and Anju, are seen near CheongShim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, about 60 km (37 miles) northeast of Seoul, South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un gave the dogs to late evangelist Reverend Moon Sun-myung and his widow Han Hak-ja this February as birthday gifts.
A gallery assistant views pastel portraits in the "Bob Dylan: Face Value" exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. New pastel portraits by American singer Bob Dylan will go on show for the first time at London's National Portrait Gallery from August 24 to January 5.
A Portuguese firefighter fights to extinguish a fire in Adsamo, near Vouzela, Portugal. More than 600 firefighters were battling six new wildfires a day after one firefighter was killed and nine others injured when gusting winds winds caused a fire to change direction.
A woman looks at flood-damaged ladies footwear on sale for 10 pesos (22 cents) a pair at a slum area in Manila, Philippines.
Smoke is seen above people gathering outside a mosque on the site of a powerful explosion in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. Two powerful explosions killed several people: one rocked the city center near the home of outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the second one struck near the port of the restive city with a Sunni Muslim majority.
An Indian nomad herder leaps off the back of a water buffalo into the flooded waters of the River Tawi on the outskirts of Jammu.
People struggle as waves from a tidal bore surge past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang River in Haining, Zhejiang province, as Typhoon Trami landed in eastern China.
Wolodja, a young male polar bear plays in its enclosure at the animal park in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde, Germany.
Tadahiro Kanemasu a.k.a the "Carry-Your-Pram-Ranger" carries a woman's shopping cart at the station in Tokyo, Japan. In a green outfit with silver trim and matching mask, a superhero waits by the stairs of a Tokyo subway station, lending his strength to the elderly, passengers lugging heavy packages and mothers with baby strollers.
Los Angeles County firefighters hike in on a fire line on the Rim Fire near Groveland, California, USA, Aug. 22, 2013. The wildfire raging out of control near Yosemite National Park in northern California ballooned to nearly 54,000 acres, more than tripling in size from the day before, forest officials said.
Performers from France's Compagnie Retouramount are suspended during during the annual Night Festival at the Singapore Museum in Singapore.
Artist Manny Ford performs with soap bubbles in New York City's Central Park.
A woman and a child cast shadows as they ride their bicycles on a sunny day in Vienna, Austria.
One Direction members, from right, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Harry Styles, perform on NBC's "Today" show in New York.

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Can someone verify this for me.. or tell me what reference shows me this... is this true:
Let $k$ be a field. Then a field extension $K$ of $k$ is separable over $k$ iff for any field extension $L \supseteq k$ the Jacobson radical of the tensor product $K\otimes_k L$ is trivial.
I got this idea by looking at some definitions of separable algebras (which is not my field of research.. but somehow this definition got me intruiged). Anyone knows if this is true and why so? or maybe a reference or two about it?


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The roots for African American History Month reach back to 1926 when historian Carter G. Woodson designated the second week of February to be "Negro History Week." In 1976 it was officially expanded to a month by the federal government. Rabaka says Woodson created the holiday with the hope that as black history became fundamental to American history, eventually there were be no need for it.
CU-Boulder associate professor of African American Studies, Reiland Rabaka, agrees that African-American history is American history, but he says, until every American thinks in those terms we need to continue African-American History Month.
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WEIRTON - Indian Creek spoiled the grand opening of the new Jimmy Carey Stadium for Weir High by scoring 40 unanswered first-half points and easing to a convincing 52-12 victory over the Red Riders Friday night.
Five players scored for the Redskins while they piled up a 442 total yards - 403 of them on the ground hitting pay dirt with runs of 76, 44, 65, 56, 8, 7 and 3 yards along with an 80-yard punt return.
"The kids were focused and we came out with a good, fast start," said victorious Indian Creek head coach Andrew Connor.
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SCORING BIG IN OPENER — Indian Creek senior quarterback Alex Young (2) and senior running back Logan Woods celebrate after Young's second touchdown of the first quarter to give the Redskins a 21-0 lead over Weir High Friday at the new Jimmy Carey Stadiium. Young scored three times and Woods once in the 52-12 victory.
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SFINDING SOME ROOM — Weir High sophomore quarterback William Larch runs for a gane in the second quarter of Friday's home opener at the new Jimmy Carey Stadium. Larch finished with 221 yards rushing and a touchdown on 12 carries. The Redskins won the season opener, 52-12.
The game was less than three minutes old when the Redskins got on the board with a 3-yard keeper around the right side by senior quarterback Alex Young. Senior Logan Woods set up the score with a 60-yard return of the opening kickoff that gave his Redskins good field position at the Red Rider 25 to start the game.
Nathan Beatty booted the extra point through the uprights.
"Alex did a great job running the offense for us tonight," said Connor. "He is a very versatile athlete and we try to get the ball in his hands as often as possible."
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Indian Creek 52, Weir 12
Indian Creek 21 19 12 0 - 52
Weir 0 0 12 0 - 12
IC: Young 3 run (Beatty kick)
IC: Woods 76 run (Beatty kick)
IC: Young 56 run (Beatty kick)
IC: Young 80 punt return (kick failed)
IC: Roar 8 run (Beatty kick)
IC: Roar 6 run (kick failed)
IC: Hunyh 44 run (kick failed)
W: Piatt 18 run (run failed)
IC: Hunyh 65 run (kick failed)
W: Larch 63 run (run failed)
RUSHING: Indian Creek 44-408-6td (Roar 8-80-2td, Young 6-46-3td, Huynh 5-126-td, Woods 4-79-td, Sinsel 4-18, Gribble 2-(-2), Ludewig 8-55, Puerro 5-10, Mandella 2-(-4). Weir: 34-267-2td (Larch 12-221-td, Piatt 12-27-td, Zapotoczny 2-(-3), Rice 1-1, DiGirolamo 1-3, Davis 3-11, Wypasek 1-(-2), Sarles 1-(-2), Maloni 1-11).
PASSING: Indian Creek 3-6-39-0-1x (all by Young); Weir 3-17-37-0-2x (Larch 3-15-37-0-2x, Wypasek 0-2-0-0).
RECEIVING: Indian Creek: Goodrich 1-15, Roar 1-15, Kamarec 1-9. Weir: Piatt 2-20, Barnes 1-11, Zapotoczny 1-10.
FIRST DOWN: Indian Creek 18, Weir 15.
PENALTIES: Indian Creek 7-75, Weir 4-30.
FUMBLES: Indian Creek 4-1, Weir 4-3.
Two possessions later, Weir High put on a drive of its own after senior Austin Wolverton stopped Young for a 19-yard loss when the ball was snapped over Young's head in punt formation. That set up the Red Riders at the Indian Creek 28.
The Riders drove to the Redskin 11 with a first down, but on fourth down, sophomore quarterback William Larch, who had a big night rushing the football, hit Matt Barnes in the flat with a pass, but Barnes was brought down on the Indian Creek 3 a couple yards short of the first down.
"The early drive when we stalled at the 3, hurt us, and it wasn't like they pushed us all over the field, but we just totally collapsed," said Weir High's Tony Filberto, who is in the first year of his second stint at the helm of the Red Riders. "We just made so many mistakes. You know when you get into opportunities, you have to finish. They weren't finishers tonight, ever."
It didn't take long for the Redskins to get out of the hole. Woods ran for two yards and junior Blake Roar added 21 more to the Indian Creek 26. Senior Darren Gribble lost two yards on a run, but Woods took the handoff from Young at his own 24 and found daylight down the right sideline. His 76-yard scamper and Beatty's kick gave the Redskins a 14-0 advantage with 1:02 left in the opening quarter.
Larch, who because of an injury, quarterbacked the Red Riders in slightly more than two full games last year as a freshman had a pass intercepted by Frank Kamarec on Weir High's next possession. On the first play after that, Young rolled to his right looking to pass, but instead tucked the ball under his arm and raced 56 yards to the end zone as the first period clock ran out. Beatty made the score 21-0.
"A lot of things happened," said Filberto. "I wish I could pinpoint one, but I saw at least 10 major mistakes that turned into six touchdowns. At least the mistakes are correctable, we just have to decide which ones we want to work on first."
Young got back into the scoring act in the second quarter when he fielded a Larch punt at his 20, cut diagonally across the field and dashed up the right sideline to the end zone. Beatty missed, but it gave the Redskins a 27-0 lead halfway through the second quarter.
Weir High turned the ball over again on its next possession when Redskin junior Tyler Lathem pounced on a fumble deep in Red Rider territory.
Indian Creek drove 32 yards in five plays with Roar going over left tackle from 8 yards out for the score. Beatty got back on track with the kick giving the Redskins a 33-0 lead.
Larch broke loose on a 50-yard run when Weir High got the ball back putting them in a threatening position at the Indian Creek 24. However, the Red Riders lost five yards in four plays and turned the ball over on downs at the Redskin 29.
"I thought we played pretty good defense tonight," said Connor. "We had some young guys in there, some linebackers that hadn't played before, and they gave up some long runs, but overall I thought they played well."
With the aid of an unsportsmanlike penalty and a Young to Corey Goodrich pass, the Redskins were able to drive to the Red Rider seven. Then with 37 seconds left on the first half clock, Roar blasted up the middle for the touchdown that gave Indian Creek the 40-0 halftime lead.
Another Weir High fumble on the opening drive of the second half set up an Indian Creek score. On the first play, Tran Huynh ran over the right side of his offensive line and broke open on a 44-yard jaunt to give his team the commanding 46-0- lead.
Larch, who led all rushers in the game with 220 yards, got rolling in the second half. His 25-yard run set up Weir High's first touchdown. Senior running back, Eric Piatt, took a handoff from the Redskin 18-yard line and made a neat cut at the five to avoid a tackler and get into the end zone. The Riders attempted to run for the two-point conversion, but were stopped short by the Redskin defense.
It didn't take long for Indian Creek to respond, with Huynh going 65-yards on the first play of the ensuing Redskin possession.
Then the Red Riders came right back as Larch blasted through the middle of the line on a keeper and broke wide open for a 63-yard run to cap the scoring.
"Our backfield tandem, Blake (Roar) and Logan (Woods) carried the ball for us. I thought it was a great team victory and we were able to spread the ball around a lot. We had 57 kids dressed tonight and all of them got to play, so that's a good program win tonight," Connor exclaimed. "Also, I thought our offensive line grew up a lot tonight."
Nine Indian Creek players carried the ball in the game. Roar finished with 80 yards and two touchdowns while Woods gained 54 yards and Huynh, who did most of his damage in the second half, led the way with 126 yards on five carries while scoring two touchdowns.
Indian Creek will entertain East Liverpool (a 21-0 loser to Beaver Local) Friday in its home opener, while the Red Riders will host Harrison Central (a 14-7 winner over Wheeling Central).


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I have 70 posts I would like to add a feature image for. I have loaded all of the feature images to the media library. Can I 'make it the feature image' from the media library, or do I have to go into every post to select 'set a feature image' and then get it from the media library?? Thankyou.
Here is an option though I'm not sure it will work as your expecting.
It works like this:
You need to upload the images you'll be using so they are in the media library. Once the images have been uploaded, navigate to the media library and look for the link that says unattached.
Find the image you want to use and click on the attach to post link as shown here:
Type the post name or a word in the post title and click search.
Once you've found the post you want to attach the image to click on the radio button and then the select button to attach it to the post:
Now you have attached the image to a specific post but you still need some code to make it show up in the post. In the code below I've used an additional loop to display the first image attached in a post (this is why I said I'm not sure if it will work for you, if it doesn't work, there are a few things you can change).
Here is an example I used in an old theme I had laying around. The first loop displays the post text and the second displays the image you attached earlier:


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I'm new at computer science and programming, and I was wondering, is there a difference between computer science and programming? and do you get to choose to study only one of them at the university, or both of them?
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Computer science is the study of what computers [can] do; programming is the practice of making computers do things.
Take a look at the courses/syllabi offered by universities you're interested in to find out whether the course is a CS course, a programming course, something else (for example Software Engineering) or even a combination of the above. Many courses advertised as "computer science" offer a significant programming component, which may be so that you can put the theoretical parts of the course into practice, or may be for their own sake so that you can learn the skill of making programs.
A caveat: 'Computer Science' has become a muddied field in modern times because (at least in the United States) universities do not have degrees in "programming". This means that people interested in programming must sign up for Computer Science degrees, and as a reaction to that the Computer Science programs emphasize programming more and more.
That said, Computer Science itself is a strongly mathematical science -- Computational Mathematics might have been a better term. It involves the study of graph theory, algorithmic complexity, formal logic, automata, and in general any logical structure which can describe a transformation or response to input -- algorithms. A Computer Scientist in the classic sense could reason about rules that govern any computing system (including modern computers) without necessarily knowing the details of implementation on current architecture. A strong background in Computer Science gives you the ability to develop (or recall) efficient, scalable algorithms, anticipate logical reductions, and reason soundly about what is tractable.
Programming, by contrast, is what a person does when they use a programming language to transform an algorithm into something the machine can do. (That should make obvious the intimate connection to Computer Science, and where much of the confusion comes from.) A programmer (relative to an environment and language) should be able to take virtually any set of algorithms and transform them into a form both human- and machine-readable by writing code. A strong background in programming (as most CS degrees will provide) enables you to write better code -- where 'better' code is more easily understood by others and more successful in expressing the algorithm you are implementing.
There is a large amount of crosstalk, of course, and a high level of experience in one will correspond strongly with developing experience in the other -- as noted, a CS major is almost always a competent programmer, and a seasoned programmer has picked up many principles of CS. Think Physics and Engineering.
A good way of remembering the difference is this: if it requires a computer to see if it works it's programming -- if you can do it with pencil and paper, it's Computer Science.
Programming is the craft of creating a computer program.
Computer Science is, from my point of view, supposed to be a Hard Science like Physics.
It involves the study of compilers and compiler generators, hardware architecture concepts, various forms of number systems, algorithms and algorithmic efficiency / performance and the theory behind arithmetic operations on the processor. When I did CS at university we spent a lot of time mucking around with assembler, learning about the difference between compiling, linking and interpreting, etcetera.
A lot of this was done by programming - that is, the act of writing code which was then compiled or run via an interpreter, with the intention of generating results to solve a problem. That is, Programming is the act of solving problems which can be described with knowledge from Computer Science. It's kind of a Pure Maths / Applied Maths split.
You don't need a Computer Science degree to be a programmer, but a programmer with a CS background will likely have a deeper understanding of the behaviour of computer programs.
I would reword your question as "What's the difference between Computer Science and Software Engineering?" After all both involve programming.
Computer Science is the theortical study of what computation is and what is and is not possible. It looks at things like Godels Theorem and the Halting problem.
Software engineering is how to write programs that do what they have been designed to do and are maintanable.
Computer science is the theory of programming. Programming is the implementation.
If programming is carpentry, then computer science is architecture/design.
More info: in carpentry, you're interested in things like what what order to build things in (frame, then subfloor, then interior walls, then drywall, etc.). How do you build it so that it takes less time to construct, but can be modified later.
In the case of architecture (the part of it like CS anyway), you're concerned with things like what are the capabilities of the materials, how big of a beam do you need to support this span of wall/roof?
Similarly CS is about the theoretical capabilities of computers, where programming is about the practical application of that knowledge.
Computer science is to programming as physics is to mechanical engineering.
Computer science is theoretical, it takes a scientific and mathematical approach to information and it's computation.
Computer programming is practical, it is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.
They are different, but related fields. Both have benefited from each other.
A degree in computer science is a lot broader in scope and covers the theory behind computing. A degree in computer programming, on the other hand, is focused on developing the coding or programming skills of students by training them in different programming languages. If you're confused, you can browse through the details of both these programs at California College San Diego. That may provide you some clarity regarding the scope of these degrees!
Computer Science : It is the study of problem solving with computers/computational methods.
Computer programming : It is the part of this problem solving process that makes up the field of computer science. Computer programming is just a small subset of computer science.
Programming is about people. People read, write, and maintain code. Computer science is about mathematics- they implement and describe algorithms.
Programming (development) is about making money. Science is about discovering new things.
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Thanksgiving tends to be one of the most expensive times to buy gas.
AAA reports the national average for price of gas to be $3.42 a gallon.
Kentucky's average is $3.74, and many stations in Bowling Green near the I-65 interchange on Scottsville Road were posted around $3.55 this afternoon.
Avoiding traffic today and tomorrow may also be a challenge but one traveler has been traveling from Franklin to Dayton, Ohio for many holidays, and he has a plan.
"Going north is not as bad as going south... over the thirty years I've come up and down the road. Now I'm hoping to get up there in pretty decent time. Cincinnati is where I'll probably catch most of my trouble," said traveler Joe Flippin.
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Brookfield East football team takes home many postseason honors
GMC names Alec James, Brian Smith top defenders
Good things have been happening since Tom Swittel took over as head coach of the Brookfield East football team three years ago.
After going 9-2 and 7-4 and making the playoffs his first two seasons, the Spartans took an even bigger step this year.
The Spartans went 7-0 in the Greater Metro Conference to win their first conference championship since 1984, the only other title in the school's history.
The Spartans advanced to Level 3 in the playoffs for the first time in school history and came within 3 minutes, 53 seconds of moving on to the semifinals. East has put together a 26-7 record and a .788 winning percentage under the veteran coach with a 10-1 mark this season. The 10 wins were also a school record.
The Spartans weren't picked as one of the three co-favorites in the pre-season. But they ended up averaging 32.3 points a game and only allowed 10.3 points a game.
The offense was led by some talented skill position players and a solid offensive line.
Junior quarterback Zach Damico combined for 2,174 yards passing and rushing and 25 touchdowns and running back Zach Schober rushed for 1,125 yards and 12 scores.
The Spartans also had two outstanding wide receivers in seniors Brian Smith, who had a 16.7 yards per catch average and seven touchdowns, and Kyle Wirtz had a 12.1 average and five touchdowns, two of which were rushing.
Leaders on the defense - but certainly not the whole show - were defensive end Alec James (12 sacks, 97 tackles), who is headed to the University of Wisconsin, and senior linebackers John LeClaire and Landon McDonald, who both led the team with 109 tackles, as well as Schober at linebacker and Smith and Wirtz leading the secondary.
Several Spartans earned all-GMC honors.
Top honors
James was the Defensive Lineman of the Year and Smith was the Defensive Back of the Year, making first-team all-conference at wide receiver and defensive back.
First-team selections were Damico at quarterback, John LeClaire at inside linebacker, senior Eric Weller at offensive tackle and junior Noah Pulsifer at guard on the offensive line.
Schober was first team at running back and honorable mention at outside linebacker.
Wirtz was second-team at wide receiver and honorable mention at defensive back, while senior inside linebacker McDonald, senior defensive lineman Jack Podewils, senior defensive lineman Erik Hunt and sophomore place-kicker Connor Allen were second-team selections.
Other honorable mention honors went to senior offensive guard Zach DeValkenaere, sophomore center PJ LeClaire and senior defensive back Andy Gould.
Swittel will lose 24 seniors to graduation.
DeValkenaere, Gould, Hunt, James, John LeClaire, McDonald, Podewils, Schober, Smith, Weller, Wirtz, James Bianco, Sam Brunker, Matt Davis, Johnny Dietz, Steve Eilbes, Dylan Golla, John Kalupa, Alex Lessila, Griffin Lynch, Michael McCudden, Dennis Mistrioty, Brandon Richter and Steven Tongas.
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I need someone to help me with this problem. My head doesn't want to think straight today.
So, i have a table named "recensions", and another named "comments". In each table, i have a column named "amne_id". This would make so i could connect the comments to the correct recension.
Now, on my first page, i simply get all the recensions with the code:
$rec = $this->db->get('recensions');
What i want is to count how many comments each recension has. But i have no idea how. I guess i maybe should use JOIN and num_rows()?
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- Private lessons designed for the Music Minor (PFMJ XXX01) may not be scheduled prior to a successful audition. (Credits received for private lessons for non-majors (MUNM XXX00) prior to a successful audition to the Music Minor will count toward completion of the Minor requirements. These lessons require an additional performance fee and require an audition during summer orientation sessions or by appointment. Please contact Ms. Dianne Zamoiski at (607) 274-3366 for further information.)
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5 Superpowers From the Bible That Put Marvel and DC to Shame
If we could ask God for just one thing, it'd be this: We want superpowers like people in the Bible had.
Is that too much to ask? We could do a lot with our powers, some of it good. So why not? It used to happen quite a bit, the Bible is full of people who God infused with powers that would put most of the Marvel and DC lineup to shame. Such as:
#5. Ezekiel and His Zombie Army
Ezekiel was a prophet. For most Biblical prophets, this meant having freaky visions, telling them to people, being mocked and most likely being executed for heresy. But it was all worth it, when things like this happened:
That's Ezekiel 37: 1-14, and that's him raising a freaking army of the undead.
If we could do that ...
An army of the undead, right at our fingertips? Imagine the bank-robbers running when suddenly rotting arms reach up from the ground, grab that sack of cash, steal his car and beat him with his own intestines. But crime fighting is just the beginning, we're thinking there's really an incredible number of uses for your legions of undead henchman.
Also, it's not too far-fetched to assume that this would work on animals as well, so zombie horsemen could give us some serious mobility.
The Downside:
This special ability seems to require having a lot of exposed skeletons laying around, a resource we probably won't find while fighting crime with Spider-Man in New York (unless there are some neighborhoods that are way worse than we initially thought).
Secondly, some people might get a bit uneasy about the whole walking around town followed by an army of terrifying zombies. It's one of the tenets of being a superhero that your presence doesn't prompt horrified shrieks from children. So we would have to move somewhere where freakishly impossible and ethically questionable things won't seem out of place. Maybe the Netherlands.
#4. Moses, Aaron and Their Magic Staff
In a part of the Bible some of you know from the movie The Ten Commandments, Moses and sidekick Aaron were about to lead the Jews out of Egypt when God told them to show the Pharaoh a new trick with his staff. So in Exodus 7:10-12:
Sure the magicians were able to pull off the snake trick with slightly less hungry snakes. But based on our experience with Egyptian magic, we bet those guys just threw down rubber snakes their magicians assistants wiggled around the floor with a wire.
Also, the above example is only one of many times those staffs come in handy. Before long, Moses and Aaron were using their magic staffs to turn rivers into blood, spread disease through the land and even summon armies of locusts. It was basically like God declared their staffs to be wild cards in a hand of terrifying superpower poker.
If we could do that ...
Crime does not want to see us out on the streets with one of these. Point a gun at us, buddy? Watch as it turns into a swarm of killer bees that sting your face off.
We'd be like a combination of Batman and Harry Potter, only instead of tiny wands we'd have huge freaking staffs that would also serve as clubs, or giant legs of fried chicken if we got hungry, or wanted to make a beating particularly humiliating. Though despite their ability to do anything, we suspect we'd still use the "turn into a snake" feature the most.
The Downside:
Like wizards, they seemed to become very weak without their staffs, so there are some serious problems there, particularly when you've got it in snake mode and it goes slithering under a car.
#3. Samson and His Lion-Crushing Strength
Samson is well known as one of the all-time badasses, and he got started early. From Judges 14: 5-6:
The writer points out that Samson tore apart a lion as easily as one would tear apart a young goat, which says something about the era they lived in since we're not sure we could tear apart a goat with the aid of a machine designed for the purpose.
He then made sure that his parents, who were with him, didn't know anything about it, probably using the old "Hey, look over there, and continue to do so while ignoring the grotesque sounds and spray of blood coming from this general direction." Most intriguing about this might be the fact that the Lion came "roaring" toward Samson, and yet he still killed it so quickly that his folks didn't find out. Big points for efficiency, right there.
After this, the legacy of Samson began, in which he killed enough people to populate a small city.
If we could do that ...
Biblical scholars have bitterly debated whether or not Samson could have stood up to modern weaponry. He clearly could not be killed with swords or spears, but was later killed when a building fell on him. We're actually not sure how much crime we'd want to be fighting if we could still be brought down with a bullet to the head.
No, we'd probably wind up with a lucrative career on the Mixed Martial Arts circuit instead. As for the lion-wrestling thing, it's hard to imagine that ever coming up unless we were drunk at the zoo.
The Downside:
Worth noting that Samson really only uses his super strength at times when danger is imminent, or (more often) when he was pissed off about something. We do believe we've got ourselves an Incredible Hulk on our hands.
But unlike the Hulk, Samson's weakness was that all his powers came from his long hair, so should it ever be shaved, he would lose his strength. That weakness seems pretty easy for the bad guys to exploit should they find out about it.
In Samson's case, his bitchy girlfriend, Delilah, nagged him until he revealed this fact at which point she shaved him and handed him over to his enemies. So we guess you could say Samson had two weaknesses, the other being boobs.


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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th Morning Market Comments
9:45 AM - Sweet. Now we have to stay above that range.
9:40 AM - If we can stay in positive TICK on pullbacks, we should get a big breakout move.
9:36 AM - Note we touched the upper end of the overnight range and have pulled back a bit. We actually broke above this range in NQ and ER2 is now close. I would expect a significant move up if we can take out that range; that TICK distribution should tell the story. So far, it and ER2 remain strong.
9:29 AM - I'm getting a ton of emails from confused traders. Sorry I can't answer all in a timely fashion. I'm getting carpal tunnel syndrome as it is... :-) Note the upward shift in the TICK following the drying up of selling mentioned below. That has triggered the recent move.
9:19 AM - Wonderful illustration of the principle I mentioned a few minutes ago. Drying up of selling often precedes an influx of buying. Then, if we get subsequent selling that holds above prior lows on higher TICK lows, that becomes a secondary buying opportunity.
9:13 AM - Overall, we're seeing more volume at the bid than at the offer in ES, but not by much. I have to say that this market is behaving in a resilient way thus far. But drying up selling *often* leads to an influx of buyers--keep an eye on ER2 and TICK if that is to be the case--but we do need to see those buyers to be confident in any market rebound.
9:03 AM - Continued ER2 weakness. Still need to surmount the overnight range highs. That would turn me bullish.
8:54 AM - And we're pretty much back to where we opened! Note the breakout high in the TICK and the fact that, so far, we have not seen a TICK reading below -500. Quite a contrast to yesterday. Looks like this mkt is searching for a bottom--esp. if we get higher TICK lows on successive declines. Remember we have housing at 9:00 CT.
8:52 AM - Hope you can see that: the low of the overnight range is now overhead resistance.
8:50 AM - Note that we broke Tuesday's lows in ER2. Note also how that overnight range high couldn't be breached and led to the breakout below the overnight low. Let's now see if we stay beneath that range and how much volume buyers can sustain.
8:42 AM - The ER2 weakness was a good tell that we weren't going to break above that range this time around. I'll be watching ER2 for continued signs of strength or weakness.
8:40 AM - Note the trading range from 1402 to the 1413 area in the overnight mkt. That's the range to keep an eye on.
8:38 AM - Very high volume; ER2 showing some relative weakness. Keep an eye to see if it leads us down.
8:12 AM CT - Once again, I'll blog on this market only when I see something of real note. I've been getting record traffic on the blog--as have other bloggers--which attests to the heightened interest and uncertainty surrounding this market. My recent posts have tried to put the market decline into some kind of perspective. Bottom line is that we had an afternoon bounce to 1413.25 in ES and then a rise in overnight trading to 1412.50. We need to see the buyers take out those levels with fresh, solid buying volume to take the bull position. Note that we *did* take out the Tuesday afternoon highs in NQ and ER2 during overnight Globex trade, thanks to the bounce in the Shanghai market. So, in those markets, we need to see buyers sustain a move above those overnight highs. That would target the Tuesday average trading price (pivots posted to the Weblog). Failure to hold those highs would target a test of the overnight lows; then the Tuesday lows. We have Chicago PMI at 8:45 AM and new home sales at 9:00 AM. There are concerns regarding economic weakness that could affect this market. Also keep an eye on the Yen. We're getting a bit of a bounce from the recent drop, and it's Yen strength that has helped to hurt this market. Remember: volatility and movement in the overnight session tends to correlate well with volatility in the morning session. Position sizing and stops need to account for that shift. Back after the open.
6 comments:
- Humble1 said...
it was evident to me the bears couldn't push ER2 any lower at 10:10 a.m. est typical price action if ya ask me. Confused traders need to get a system that filters out the noise. I back out to the weekly chart or even the monthly.
very enjoyable blog.....refreshing.
- LifePost said...
200 amex tick reversal.haven't seen buying support yet er2 794.5, bonds retracing. however trendline underneath.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Thanks Humble1 for the link and the comment. I think you're right on the money: filtering out the noise is important and, in a high volatility environment, you can have *points* worth of noise, not just ticks.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Thanks, LifePost, for your real time observations about the market. Sorry I can't post most of them in time to be of use for readers due to my own trading, blogging, etc.
- Larry Nusbaum said...
Couldn't log on before.
Recall the two trading days following the 1987 crash produced the two biggest DOW days in history....
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Great point, Larry; volatility *does* beget volatility, and not always in the same direction!


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Theorem: If $A$ is an $\aleph_0$- categorical structure, then the algebraically closed substructures of $A$ satisfy the strong amalgamation principle. (for definitions look at the end).
My questions are:
(1) If $T$ is an $\aleph_0$- categorical theory and $B$ is a model of $T$, not necessarily countable, do the algebraically closed substructures of $B$ satisfy strong amalgamation?
If $B_0,B_1,B_2$ are substructures of $B$ such that $B_0\subset B_1,B_2$, I am interested in particular in the case that $B_0,B_1$ (not $B_2$) are finitely generated.
(2) The terms disjoint and strong amalgamation, do they refer to the same property?
(3) Does anyone know a reference to the above theorem?
Definitions: If $A$ is a structure and $A_0\subset A$, $A_0$ is $algebraically\;\; closed$ if every finite set $B$ that is definable with parameters from $A_0$ is a subset of $A_0$.
If $A_0\subset A_1,A_2$, the triple $(A_0,A_1,A_2)$ have the $strong\; amalgamation \; property$, if there is a structure $A_3$ and embeddings $f:A_1\rightarrow A_3$ and $g:A_2\rightarrow A_3$ such that $f[x]=g[x]$, for all $x\in A_0$ and $f[A_1]\cap g[A_2]=f[A_0]$.


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I'm told by some HVAC companies via mail flyers and websites (example) that it may be very expensive to retrofit new PVC pipes to update an 80% efficient furnace to a 90% one. Therefore, the logic goes, it's better to install a new 80% furnace now before the new mandate takes place on May 1, 2013. Does that ring true?
PVC is relatively inexpensive so the main cost is installing it. If your furnace is near an exterior wall, they'll simply make a hole in that wall and run the lines directly out. If your furnace isn't close to an exterior wall, then you need to run the lines through the ceiling, preferably in the direction of the joists, until you reach an exterior wall.
If that ceiling is already finished with drywall and has other utilities running through the space, then the expense will be to open the ceiling and get the vents properly routed. Drywall repair can be a DIY job, though mudding the joints tends to be an art if you want it to look perfect. And most HVAC installers would likely outsource that job to another contractor. The second contractor is where the price on the job can start to jump.
That said, the added cost is only in that specific scenario, which is a minority of the installs. And you'll recoup that cost over time with a more efficient HVAC. Therefore, I'd avoid prematurely replacing a furnace since that will be the most expensive option of all. And I'd also recommend against using contractors that are sending out fliers or knocking on doors to get business. The good ones don't have to look for work, they've got a waiting list for their services.
Is it expensive? Well that depends on your definition of "expensive", the amount of work you need to do, and who you get to do the work.
90% efficient furnaces require PVC venting directly outside, as opposed to using a chimney like the older 80% furnaces do. The extra expense is entirely dependent on how easy it is to route these pipes from your furnace to a suitable location outside (which I believe has minimum clearance requirements from windows and doors).
If your furnace is in the middle of a finished basement it's going to be much more expensive than if it's on the outside wall, simply because it requires opening up drywall, routing around obstacles in the walls, etc.
My new house was built with a high efficiency condensing furnace and the pipes they use look just like lawn sprinkler pipes. Low pressure PVC pipes like these are very cheap for materials and very easy to work with. Almost any tool can cut them and joints are just glued.
In my case, the pipes just ran straight to the nearest exterior wall, outside and then terminated with a down facing 90 degree elbow. If there were a window that was too close, I'm sure they could just run the pipe up until it was far enough above the window.
I've never had a finished basement so I don't know how important it would be to hide the pipes in that case. Do you guys actually hide the ducts too? Doesn't that make for a very low ceiling?
Aside from that, I would not stay awake at night about exhaust pipes.
This seems like a clever marketing strategy; as mentioned by Gregmac and Bmitch, the extra cost for the 90% install can be quite variable; you might want to start with an estimate, so you have the facts.
In general, I would only consider this if you think your existing furnace is at the end of its life; otherwise, you might as well wait until you reach that point. Put the money you'd spend today to replace the furnace aside for a future replacement, or use it to improve insulation, weatherstrip, or similar to reduce your energy bill.


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In this episode we dive into some of the real code behind Wide World Importers Conference site. Girish walks us through the code-behind for the contact/profile and conference registration options pages.
There's not really a lot of magic here. In fact, I would say it's quite simple to understand. If you've used ASP.NET before it's not much different when you're writing for Windows Azure as we are here.
The only difference is that here we're sending the data to Dynamics CRM using the SDK. That's infinitely more useful for your customers as the information becomes actionable immediately. We should mention that, in this case, we're using a 3rd party toolkit by Microsoft Gold Partner, ADXSTUDIO. Shan McArthur and his team at ADXSTUDIO helped us to put this site together and their toolkit naturally uses the CRM SDK. It abstracts the SDK it out a little more to make writing and reading the code even simpler.
We use the Live ID token that we're getting from the Live ID service, as we discussed in the previous episode, to allow the user to retrieve and update their profile information. It's the unique key, of sorts, to their record in the CRM data store.
Girish promised in this episode to publish the code so expect to see that soon on his blog. We'll have to hold him to that.
This episode is part of a 5-part series. In this series we've tried to explain how you can combine the Microsoft Web Platform with Dynamics CRM to quickly build and deploy self-service solutions. The full set of videos include:
Both Girish and I enjoyed recording this series. We hope you enjoyed them as well. If you have comments or suggestions for other topics, feel free to add comments below or email Girish or me (Ben) directly.
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Dynamics Duo, thanks for these great videos!
Girish, I've been in contact with some Microsoft CRM and Azure team members who are telling me that it is currently not possible to authenticate into CRM Online from a Windows Azure application, but obviously it's possible because you showed it! So, maybe others are missing what I'm trying to do.
In short, my company created an CRM ISV application (a CRM activity/notes/attachments roll-up app) that we've been selling to on-premise CRM customers. I recently attempted to deploy the application (recompiled in VS2008 with Azure tools) to Windows Azure to test it with CRM Online. But when I started researching how to get the app to talk to CRM Online I found blogs and was told by others at Microsoft that Azure can't authenticate into CRM Online because 1) Registry settings are needed for Live ID authentication and you can't write to the registry in Azure or 2) an SSL certificate is needed and there's no way to store a cert in Azure and pass it to CRM.
In light of the mixed information out there about Azure authenticating into CRM Online, I think it's important for someone on the CRM team to provide detailed guidance in this area. Various articles/blogs have documented the process of creating Windows Azure applications well enough so far but there is a lack of documentation on Azure-to-CRM Online authentication -- from registering the Azure application with Windows Live, obtaining a cert, utilizing server-to-server and delegated authentication, impersonation, etc.
Our "activity summary" app, for example, has a simple requirement -- it lives in an IFRAME and, when loaded, needs to consolidate all activities, notes, and attachments for the current record and for the logged-in CRM Online user. Again, the app works great for on-premise deployments but we've received numerous requests from CRM Online customers who want the same capabilities. And ideally we'd like to host the app in Azure!
I'll keep an eye on your blog and others for more details. I know that Azure is still in CTP so we all can't expect too much right now, but whatever information the CRM team can share on hosting apps on Azure will be most appreciated!
Thanks again,
Tim Dutcher
Solutions Architect
Altriva Solutions
Bellevue, WA
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FAQs: Transferring to Saint Louis University
Application Questions
When is the deadline to apply as a transfer student?
We operate on a rolling admission basis. The March 1 (for Fall admission) and Nov. 1 (for Spring admission) dates listed on the website are for guaranteed scholarship consideration.
Please note that some majors do have deadline for transfer applications. Occupational Sciences and Occupational Therapy requires applications to be complete by Oct. 15 for students seeking admission for the spring semester, and Feb. 15 for students seeking admission for the fall semester. Also, please note that OT applicants have additional materials to submit in order to complete the application; please contact your admission counselor for more information.
School of Nursing transfer applicants must complete applications by Dec. 1 when seeking admission for the spring semester, and April 1 for students seeking admission for the fall semester.
Is an essay and/or resume required for the transfer application?
Neither is required; both are optional. It is a good idea to submit these if the student is concerned about his or her chance of admission.
What is the minimum GPA that will be considered for my major program?
Different majors have different requirements. The minimum for all admission is a 2.5 GPA; some programs require higher.
When should I apply?
Students should apply early in the semester before they wish to transfer (i.e., students wishing to begin in the fall semester should apply during the spring term).
I received an email from SLU notifying me that my application is incomplete until I send transcripts from XYZ College. Since I just started at XYZ, I don't have any transcripts from there yet. What should I do?
We still need information from that school, such as a transcript showing the course schedule or an unofficial schedule provided by the student.
Scholarship Questions
What scholarships are available for transfer students?
Scholarship information for transfer students is available here.
The minimum GPA required to qualify for a transfer scholarship is 3.00, as calculated by SLU. The Jesuit Transfer Scholarship is the most commonly awarded and ranges in value from $10,000-$14,000 per year, depending on the student's cumulative GPA as calculated by SLU. There is also the Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, which is a stackable award of $1,000 per year for members of PTK (CC Honors organization).
I'm a transfer student but was accepted to SLU as a freshman and received a Freshman Scholarship. Is that award still available to me?
The only case in which a transfer student would be awarded a freshman scholarship is if he or she is transferring to SLU and has not yet attempted 24 hours of college credit and will start here with less than 24 hours of credit attempted.
Transferable Credit Questions
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Unfortunately, we are not able to accept this. Saint Louis University does require official transcripts be sent directly from each school you have attended. They should be sent to this address:
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Aaron Swartz (co-author of the RSS specification, founder of reddit.com, Demand Progress, and generally a very cool guy) wrote an (you may want to not click on the link yet) article on productivity which had two illuminating ideas for me:
Time is not fungible. Telling yourself "instead of watching TV I should work on X" can be unrealistic if all you have the energy for at that moment is to watch TV.
We avoid tasks because they are hard/unpleasant, or if they are assigned.
I've spent a bunch of time trying to explore this and the best way I can describe it is that your brain puts up a sort of mental force field around a task. Ever play with two magnets? If you orient the magnets properly and try to push them towards each other, they'll repel fiercely. As you move them around, you can sort of feel out the edges of the magnetic field. And as you try to bring the magnets together, the field will push you back or off in another direction.
Assigned problems are problems you're told to work on. Numerous psychology experiments have found that when you try to "incentivize" people to do something, they're less likely to do it and do a worse job. External incentives, like rewards and punishments, kills what psychologists call your "intrinsic motivation" - your natural interest in the problem. (This is one of the most thoroughly replicated findings of social psychology - over 70 studies have found that rewards undermine interest in the task.) People's heads seem to have a deep avoidance of being told what to do.
The weird thing is that this phenomenon isn't just limited to other people - it even happens when you try to tell yourself what to do! If you say to yourself, "I should really work on X, that's the most important thing to do right now" then all of the sudden X becomes the toughest thing in the world to make yourself work on. But as soon as Y becomes the most important thing, the exact same X becomes much easier.
I'm very interested in the assigned tasks aspect - how do you get around it? Swartz has some ideas, but he admits "I've never been able to overcome this mental force field through sheer willpower". I'm curious what other people can come up with, before reading his article I've linked to in the first paragraph.


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AMERICREDIT CORP. (NYSE: ACF) will be presenting at The Eighth Annual
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May 18, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time. Dan Berce, President and Chief
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text: Who's ready for another chibi Pokemon tutorial to have a little more fun with? In this next submission I will teach you how to create a cute type of Pokemon using the chibi drawing style. Another popular character that I have been getting a lot of requests for is Totodile. This Pokemon species looks a lot like a dinosaur or small type of dragon or reptile. I guess you could even suggest that Totodile could also be related to the crocodile, or alligator. I'm going to lean more to the crocodile only because both species have that 'dile' at the ends of their names. Enough about that, let's get busy teaching ourselves "how to draw chibi Totodile", step by step. This is going to be such a fun and easy lesson to follow so be sure to enjoy yourself as you click, view, and draw from any or all of the tutorials on Dragoart.com.


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1975 Chevrolet Laguna - A Dash Of ClassWritten by Johnny Hunkins on August 1, 2010 Contributors: Jim McGowan Just Dashes And Grant Products Made Our Laguna Interior Like New Again-And Compared To The Alternatives, It Was Very Affordable.
Whether you like PHR's or not, you will be able to appreciate the sheer impossibility of finding a reproduction dashpad. Even more daunting is finding-and paying for-an NOS piece in the case of a really rare muscle car where a reproduction part is not available. Even in this day of online auctions, it seems like finding the right dashpad in serviceable shape is next to impossible. We looked everywhere for our Laguna, and only found used ones in poor condition. Fortunately, an old, beat-up dash is all you need to start with if you elect to use the services of Just Dashes in Van Nuys, California.
Just Dashes can completely refurbish any old dashpad (or instrument panel too), and you won't be able to tell the difference between the restored one and a brand-new one. The cost isn't cheap-it ran $800 to restore our Laguna's dash and companion plastic dash panel-but it's far less expensive than tracking down and buying a NOS part for three or four times that amount. For many muscle car projects, this is the only viable option, short of building a custom dash.
The turnaround time on our project was only a couple of weeks, not including shipping time. Moreover, all the parts were meticulously packed by Just Dashes, and clearly labeled. Our dash actually consists of two parts, the padded upper portion, and the hard plastic lower portion, which Just Dashes cleaned, and applied matching dye to. We did need to find a used dash first, since Just Dashes does not stock these, and we wanted to keep our car driveable in the interim. We located one from fellow Laguna lover, Steve Yoder, for $100, and had him ship it directly to Just Dashes for us. Once restored, the Just Dashes piece went in perfectly without any hang-ups, and the visual impact was immediate and dramatic. As an unexpected bonus, the Laguna even smells like a new car again, because all the vinyl and foam is new.
To finish off the interior, we added one of Grant's Classic-style walnut steering wheels. Grant seems to really understand the muscle car guy, because they offer a wide selection of classic and nostalgic steering wheels that have a period-correct look, but with the sizes and features desired by modern drivers. For instance, we really dig Grant's walnut wood wheel for its look and feel, but we also like the fact that the metal rivets that hold the wood-and the metal part of the rim-are recessed to prevent burned or frozen hands. When we saw that Grant made a small-diameter walnut wheel with satin black three-hole spokes, we realized it fit the vibe of the car perfectly, and we ordered one. It matches our satin black paintjob and the rest of our interior perfectly, and our days of burning our hands on a metal rim are over.
In just one day, we completely transformed Project Laguna. Granted, the exterior is the most memorable visual feature of any car, it is the interior that makes it easy to live with on a day-to-day basis. Nowhere is this more manifest than the dashpad and instrument panel. Interestingly, it is now the interior that garners the most compliments from our Laguna, and that's saying something.
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|Just Dashes dash restoration
|Grant 13.5-inch Classis Series steering wheel
|Grant wheel installation kit
|Grant Bow Tie horn button
|Dupli-Color Vinyl & Fabric paint
|Misc. interior fasteners
|*Price from Summit Racing
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The transformation started when we sent a used Laguna dash to Just Dashes. The vinyl on the original pad is now being sanded and prepped for the application of new, high-density, closed-cell foam. The approximate 5x5-inch area in the pad, which housed two side-by-side A/C vent ducts, has been filled, as we no longer wanted them. A backing was added to the reverse side of the pad, and the area then filled with sandable foam.The foam filler is now sanded smooth with the surface of the dashpad. At this time any surface imperfections are filled, and the entire area of the pad sanded to provide a good adhesion surface for the new foam. In some extreme cases, the old vinyl must be completely removed from the core; in this case it will be used as a base.A new layer of state-of-the-art foam has been glued to the surface. It is now hand shaped to the exact contours of the pad. There's a lot of handwork and attention to detail involved in creating a concours-quality restoration.Any openings must be perfectly shaped in order for the original parts, in this case a vent grille, to fit exactly back into position. Notice the hard, straight features of the shapeable foam.The Laguna has a logo emblem embedded in the pad. This area must be worked exactly right in order to provide for the thickness of the new vinyl skin, and allowing the emblem to be replaced and fit properly.You can see how nice the area where the vents were removed is finished. There is no sign they were even there. Just Dashes can perform many custom alterations, per the customer, that would never be noticed by someone unfamiliar with the part. They have even added gauge pods for an added cost.After the foam surface is completely inspected, the pad receives a coat of professional grade adhesive, which must be applied perfectly even. No lumps or imperfections can occur here, as they will show on the surface of the finished product.The pad is then positioned and supported in the Thermo vacuum forming machine, and a sheet of hot vinyl in the correct factory grain pattern, is sucked down over the part. The vinyl will take the exact form of the pad and be pulled into every nook and cranny. It's a great process to watch.
After a quality control inspection, glue is applied along the underside edges of the pad. Additional excess vinyl is now cut away, leaving just enough to wrap around the outside edges of the part.The craftsman at Just Dashes uses a heat gun to soften the cooled vinyl so it can be folded around the pad edges. This is a critical step, as a wrong cut or overheating the vinyl can send the pad back to ground zero for a redo.The original red plastic lower portion of the dash we bought from Steve Yoder is now painted to match the new black pad-and the rest of the Laguna. It's important to make sure the finish on both the pad and the trim shown here, are the same hue of black. With both the pad and the trim restored, it's time for installation.Back at the Popular Hot Rodding tech center, we got to work rehabbing the instrument panel that we got from fellow Laguna nut, Larry Belcher. The Laguna's panel is covered with a fake wood laminate, which we peeled off to reveal a textured black plastic. We removed the HVAC controls, the vent, and the radio face, then created white cardboard templates to cover the holes. Once the templates' fit was double-checked, we used the cardboard pieces to create plastic block-off plates with a similar texture as the IP. With these glued in place with epoxy, we hosed the whole thing down with Dupli-Color's black vinyl and plastic paint.Since we still had our original dash in while our second one was being restored by Just Dashes, it was easy to R&R. Nevertheless, if you're sending your old dash out for restoration, your memory will fade in the three or four weeks before you reinstall it, so you'll want to take pictures and make notes.A dash restoration wouldn't be complete without a fresh steering wheel, and we found the perfect one in Grant Products' 13.5-inch Classic wood wheel (PN 313, $79.95). We were attracted to the small diameter and its matte black spokes. We also got a Grant installation kit and a Chevy-specific horn button for another $34 from Summit Racing.


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The Coen Brothers Collection Blu-ray Region Free - 5 Movies for $18.85 + free shipping
Great Deal - I own this. Right now its 10 pounds, but drops to 8.33 pounds during check out - shipping is not actually free - but it comes to $18.85 USD with Shipping Included. Sorry this math whiz could not figure out exact price vs shipping. Amazon UK provided total only in USD - don't hate.
Includes 5 movies
Titles included:
A Serious Man
The Big Lebowski
Barton Fink
Burn After Reading
Intolerable Cruelty
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I saw GBP 13.08 with GBP 3.08 shipping(GBP16.16 total=USD 26.83). Still a great deal. It is more than twice that on the US Amazon.
Sorry all - the price has gone up 5 lbs since yesterday
wow still over priced for 4 bad Coen movies and 1 mediocre film
@skildude: I'll agree with you on 1 bad movie, and that's Bartin Fink. I do enjoy slow, character driven and methodical movies...but Bartin Fink was just boring. Wasn't interesting.