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Votech Supercharged Focus-Power Tuned FSVT
I am looking to sell my car and all of the extra parts. I am looking for input from all of you. What do you think this package is worth?
I special ordered this Focus SVT in March 2002 and am the original owner with free and clear title in hand. The car has 53k original miles. This car has been adult (I am now 40) owned & driven, garage kept and only saw one winter (2002-2003) before the repaint. Oil changed ever 2k- 3k miles with Mobil1 synthetic oil & K&N oil filters since 6k miles. This was my daily driver for the first year of ownership. It has around 300 horsepower to the wheels and it gets between 20- 25 mpg. I drove the car a lot last summer and I am just pulling it out of storage now (March) and it is ready to go. Car has never been on a drag strip or race track but I can tell you it is really quick handles like a go-kart, and can hold its own against most V8 cars from a stoplight and can out run almost anything on the highway. Please serious inquires only. Many brand new high performance parts and spare parts included with car.
complete custom repaint (glass removed, completely disassembled, jambs and all) done in May 2005 with House of Kolors Orion Silver sealer and base coat, charcoal metallic ghost flames, buried in 4 coats of Chrome Illusion clear coat done by Exclusive Automotive center in Fox Lake, IL ( link to see the car in their booth http://www.xclusiveauto.com/paint.html ) 35% window tint on all windows, factory power moonroof with 1 touch open, close and vent,, Wings West 3 piece rear wing, Kaminari front lip (spoiler) tinted factory tail lights and front corner markers, Ford factory European (ST170 projector style with integrated turn signals) front headlights and Ford factory upper grill (ST170 with no turn signals), Ford Racing billet aluminum fuel door, stock SVT 5-spoke wheels with Continental sport tires.
Factory black leather interior with Blue inserts in seats (no rips, tears or cracks), door panels, and rear side panels, billet aluminum climate control knobs, custom installed digital volt meter, factory power moonroof with 1 touch open, close and vent, Steeda short throw shifter with Polished Aluminum shift knob, custom embroidered floor mats with Kenwood logo, and factory floor mats, floor, doors, quarter panels and hatch sound deadened with Hushmat. Interior parts missing- spare tire, jack, trunk carpet, rear seat belt covers.
Brand new but not installed:
J&S Safegaurd with digital A/F ratio monitoring gauge, 2 gauge A pillar pod, aluminum emergency brake handle
Pictures of the interior show it with the system in it which is no longer in the car and not included. The factory AM/FM/CD and speakers are currently installed. There is a new center console, kickpanels and radio bezel currently installed. The custom single DIN dash bezel shown with the fold out screen is included with the car. The fold out screen is not included.
Performance Mods:
(all mods performed between 40k & 42k miles)
Vortech Supercharger with Aftercooler, 61lb per hour injectors, new SVT fuel pump installed in March 2011, 70mm ProM mass air flow with custom cold air intake, K&N cone air filter with Outerwears filter cover, Diablo Predator with 3 custom tunes from Tom Lesperante of Focus-Power ( www.focus-power.com ) , MSD ignition, 8.5 plug wires, SPEC stage 3+ clutch, pressure plate and light weight flywheel, TruBendz 3 inch cat back exhaust with Borla muffler, all 3 motor mounts replaced with VF Engineering mounts with urethane bushings, high output alternator, Vortech battery relocation kit, Steeda short throw shifter with Polished Aluminum shift knob, Focus Central polished front and rear strut tower braces (real braces not just decoration), Mintex brake pads and Euro-spec rotors front and rear
Brand New Parts included but not installed:
Fluidyne Radiator, FlexLite fans, OEM thermostat housing, 160 degree thermostat, Samco sport blue silicone hose kit (direct OEM cooling system hose replacement kit), Ford Racing ceramic coated header, copper header gasket, ARP header bolts, C-F-M high flow catalytic converter, CFM Billet DSI Lever Clip, PA Performance 14kw high torque starter, 5.7 crank pulley (to increase supercharger boost, requires dyno-tune), C-F-M blue silicone intake manifold coupler & clamp kit (to replace the factory intake to head hoses) with hose clamps, spare rebuilt high output alternator, J&S Safeguard with digital A/F ratio gauge, 2 gauge A pillar pod, aluminum emergency brake handle, custom radio bezel for single DIN iso- mounted radio (looks factory), EBC slotted & dimpled rotors (black), EBC green stuff brake pads, RUSSELL stainless steel brake lines, Koni adjustable shocks and springs, Eibach caster/camber kits (front and rear),
Used spare parts included:
Performance Distributors Screamin Demon coil w/ Live Wires (8.5 plug wires), OEM MAF, OEM coil & plug wires, OEM shift knob
I have been a FF member since 2007 and have uploaded images before but I can't figure out how to upload images now. The car is advertised on mautofied dot com with pictures.
Car modifications don't really add value to a car unless you are selling it to an
enthusiast and they think the modifications are worth the extra price tag.
I don't know if you could get more than $10k out of someone.
It is a VERY nice focus though. I like the looks of it.
You might sell it easier if you had some pics of the full body from further away.
thanks. i want to buff it out and get it in the sun for new pictures. i just haven't had a chance as it has only been warm here in chicago for about a week
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Cruise-in. All classic and special interest cars welcome. Free hot dogs and soda. Cruise-in starts at 6 PM and lasts until ---. We do not charge for the hot dogs and soda although a small donation is appreciated. The donation is used for Leaps of Love which helps children with cancer.
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I am going to Thailand to take a teaching course but do not know which one will be best in my circumstances.
I'm 24 and I have only studied upto A' Levels, so I do not have degree.
Would finding work be easier with a TEFL or with a CELTA certificate? Does it matter?
Ideally I would like to find work on an island, as I would like to continue diving in my spare time. I also prefer island life.
Are the islands less strict about the degree?
I totally understand the lack of degree will prevent me from obtaining a work permit. Is it a case of a monthly visa run or are there any other legal ways around this?
Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated.


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The AR4 attribution statement
Back in 2007, the IPCC AR4 SPM stated that:
"Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations."
This is a clear statement that I think is very well supported and correctly reflects the opinion of most climate scientists on the subject (and was re-affirmed in two recent papers (Jones and Stott, 2011;, Huber and Knutti, 2011)). It isn't an isolated conclusion from a single study, but comes from an assessment of the changing patterns of surface and tropospheric warming, stratospheric cooling, ocean heat content changes, land-ocean contrasts, etc. that collectively demonstrate that there are detectable changes occurring which we can attempt to attribute to one or more physical causes.
Yet, in a paper just out in BAMS (Curry and Webster, 2011) this statement is apparently evidence that IPCC is unable to deal with uncertainty. Furthermore, Judith Curry has reiterated on her blog that the term 'most' is imprecise and undefined. For instance:
Apart from the undefined meaning of "most" in AR4 (which was subsequently clarified by the IPCC), the range 50.1-95% is rather imprecise in the context of attribution.
However, Curry's argument is far from convincing, nor is it well formed (why is there a cap at 95%?). Nor was it convincing when I discussed the issue with her in the comments at Collide-a-Scape last year where she made similar points. Since the C&W paper basically repeats that argument (as has also been noticed by Gabi Hegerl et al who have a comment on the paper (Hegerl et al.)), it is perhaps worth addressing these specific issues again.
Let's start with what the statement actually means. "Most" is an unambiguous adjective (meaning more than half), and 'very likely' in IPCC-speak means that the statement is being made with between 90 to 99% confidence (i.e. for every 10 such statements, the scientists expect 9 or more to pan out). Given that some people have found this confusing, it may help somewhat if the contents of the statement are visualised:
Figure 1: Two schematic distributions of possible 'anthropogenic GHG contributions' to the warming over the last 50 years. Note that in each case, despite a difference in the mean and variance, the probability of being below 50, is exactly 0.1 (i.e. a 10% likelihood).
The figure shows two Gaussian distributions, both of which have the probability of x being less than 50 at 0.1. i.e. P(x<50)=0.1. If either of them had been the distribution of the estimated increase in global temperatures due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas increases relative to the observed increase, the IPCC statement would have been almost exactly correct (i.e. if x=100*trend_caused_by_GHG/actual_trend). These distributions show a number of key issues that need to be appreciated. First, the actual increase of temperatures purely due to the rise in GHGs is not precisely known (and therefore there is a distribution of potential values). Note that we are presuming that there is a single 'true' answer, so the distribution is a measure of our ignorance, not a claim that the answer itself is a random variable.
Second, the IPCC statement is not a declaration about what the most likely value of 'x' is. It states merely that P(x> 50%) is at least 0.9. In the two figures, one has the mean value of x at 80%, while the other has the mean value at 100%. Both fit the IPCC statement equally well. Some people have interpreted the IPCC statement confusing the likelihood of the statement with the actual relative trend (i.e. that the 90% refers to the expected attribution), but that would be a big misreading of the text.
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- G.S. Jones, and P.A. Stott, "Sensitivity of the attribution of near surface temperature warming to the choice of observational dataset", Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 38, pp. n/a-n/a, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049324
- M. Huber, and R. Knutti, "Anthropogenic and natural warming inferred from changes in Earth's energy balance", Nature Geoscience, vol. 5, pp. 31-36, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1327
- J.A. Curry, and P.J. Webster, "Climate Science and the Uncertainty Monster", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 92, pp. 1667-1682, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2011BAMS3139.1
- G. Hegerl, P. Stott, S. Solomon, and F. Zwiers, "Comment on "Climate Science and the Uncertainty Monster" J. A. Curry and P. J. Webster", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 92, pp. 1683-1685, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00191.1


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This is the last video of the season, I saved it for last because it was probably our favorite hunt of the year for several reasons! We had both cameras on this hunt & it turned out great!
This was an awesome hunt with a couple of our good friends from out of town. We were lucky to have found a corn field that the farmer couldn't harvest all of the corn because the ground was to wet & that left us with a big piece of standing corn. We had been watching this field for a while waiting for the geese to find it, when they did, to say we were fired up would be an understatement!!!!!
It was an unreal hunt standing in the corn with snow falling killing geese, also Otter dog made her first cast in the field & we got it on film, it was a big moment for Matt as her trainer, her progress through the season was incredible & sooooo fun to watch her learn & catch on to how things work, can't wait to see her go next year!
This season was an absolute blast! I hope you enjoyed watching our videos, good luck & see you next season!


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'… town councillor Andrea Mearns said Mold had many of the things needed to become a slow city. These included a strong sense of culture, food shops, cafes and restaurants, a clean environment, a strong agricultural base and scores of artisan food producers.'icWales 21st February 2006
In February 2006, the towns of Mold in Flintshire and Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire were battling to become Wales's first slow city. Contrary to what might be expected, being a slow city has nothing to do with concepts such as traffic-calming, but relates to healthier living through a cleaner environment and healthier food.
the most central aspect of … a slow city … is the promotion of healthy eating through locally grown and prepared foods
A slow city is a place which strives to maintain a high-quality living environment. This is achieved in a variety of ways, including maintaining and expanding parks and 'green' areas, protecting historic buildings, removing eyesores such as advertising posters, neon signs or ugly TV/phone aerials, and prohibiting car alarms and other noise pollution. Other priorities include recycling and the use of alternative energy sources. The most central aspect of being a slow city, however, is the promotion of healthy eating through locally grown and prepared foods. In an attempt to counter the modern obsession with fast food, slow cities are places which don't have a McDonald's™ restaurant or chip shop on every corner, but favour restaurants, cafés, markets and shops with fresh local produce and traditional cooking methods.
The first slow cities to be officially recognised were in Italy, around six years ago, when a league of over thirty towns and cities came together to form a movement now known as Cittaslow (a name based on a combination of Italian città, 'town or city' and slow). Ludlow in Shropshire was the first British town to be formally approved as a slow city, followed by Aylsham in Norfolk. Other UK towns applying for the right to display the slow city emblem (a snail crawling past a group of buildings) include Canterbury in Kent and Diss in Norfolk.
Contrary to what it suggests, the term slow city does not refer to larger cities in the conventional sense, but usually applies to towns and smaller cities (in fact membership of the slow city movement is usually restricted to places with a population of under 50,000). The term emerged in English as a direct translation of the name of the Italian movement Cittaslow, where città means 'town' as well as 'city'. Cittaslow was inspired by the slow food movement, founded in 1986 by Carlo Petrini, an Italian food and wine journalist who objected to the encroachment of fast food chains in towns and cities across the world. Petrini promoted the concept of slow food, carefully prepared food cooked according to traditional methods and using organic ingredients.
This article was first published on 22nd May 2006.
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It was just time for a bit of afternoon delight for Malaysia's Minister of Health, Chua Soi Lek, but unfortunately, the camera was rolling and capturing every moment of his rendevous with a female companion. The sex tape is now is now circulating on DVDs throughout the nation. An embarrassed, Minister of Health did not feel very healthy as he declared the entire problem was caused by enemies. "I have a political agenda and I am a very ambitious man…I think that was my biggest mistake." Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi did not enjoy having this distraction at a time when he is attempting to placate thousands of Indians in his nation who are fighting for equal rights, jobs, and freedom of religion.
One suspects the "biggest mistake," as always in these episodes, is being caught. In particular, being captured on video with everything showing including the big mistake.


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UPDATE: Chick-fil-A Responds to Criticism Over Gay Marriage Opposition
Chick-fil-A responded to growing criticism from gay rights groups over comments made by company president Dan Cathy that he opposed same-sex unions.
Following the statement posted on the Atlanta-based company's Facebook page:
"Chick-fil-A is a family-owned and family-led company serving the communities in which it operates. From the day Truett Cathy started the company, he began applying biblically-based principles to managing his business. For example, we believe that closing on Sundays, operating debt-free and devoting a percentage of our profits back to our communities are what make us a stronger company and Chick-fil-A family.
"Our mission is simple: to serve great food, provide genuine hospitality and have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.
The president of Chick-fil-A said his company is "guilty as charged" when it comes to supporting traditional marriage and warned that gay marriage is "inviting God's judgment on our nation."
Dan Cathy, the president and chief operating officer, told Baptist Press that the company founded by his father was unapologetically in favor of traditional marriage.
"Guilty as charged," he said. "We are very much supportive of the family – the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."
In a separate interview on the Ken Coleman Show — Cathy suggested that the nation could face God's wrath over supporting gay marriage.
"I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'" Cathy said. "I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we would have the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is all about."
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Cathy's comments contradict a statement he made last year indicating the company was not getting involved in the political debate.
Chick-fil-A has 1,608 restaurants with sales of more than $4 billion – and a value system that is deeply rooted in the Bible.
"We don't claim to be a Christian business," he told Baptist Press. "But as an organization we can operate on biblical principles. sot hat is what we claim to be. [We are] based on biblical princples, asking God and pleading with God to give us wisdom on decisions we make about people and the programs and partnerships we have. And He has blessed us."
But not everyone shares those values. Cathy's comments brought condemnation from the Human Rights Campaign.
"Chick-fil-A is swimming against the tide on the issue of marriage equality," spokesman Charles Joughin told Fox News. "American companies learned long ago that discrimination is bad for business and with a majority of Americans supporting marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples, they risk being further marginalized."
Joughin also criticized the company's charitable foundation for supporting Christian ministries that adhere to the traditional definition of marriage including the Family Research Council and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
"The fact they are publicly and proudly supporting groups with an anti-LGBT agenda shows just how out of touch they are with mainstream America," he said.
Lorraine Devon Wilke opined about Chick-fil-A's coming out opposed to gay marriage in a column titled, "Chicken With a Side of Bigotry: Chick-fil-A's Ungodly Business Plan."
"Mr. Cathy can believe as freely as the next person, I do not begrudge him that (regardless of my antipathy)," she wrote. "But as the president of a company that feeds the public – the big, unwieldy, melting pot public – his stance against gays and lesbians is not only distasteful, it is stupidly counterproductive to business (and what could be holier than the bottom line?)"
The Atlanta-based restaurant chain has also come under fire on college campuses. In February, Northeastern University cancelled plans to put an outlet on campus and a New York University student launched a petition drive to close their campus Chick-fil-A franchise – the only one in New York City.
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With a stay at Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel in Los Angeles, you'll be in the business district and close to Loyola Marymount University.
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Complimentary airport transportation is provided to and from Los Angeles International Airport, 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometers) from the hotel. Self-parking (surcharge) and valet parking (surcharge) are available.
California cuisine and wines are highlighted at 96th Street Bistro. The lobby bar offers Starbucks coffee and pastries in the mornings and cocktails in the evenings. In addition, in-room dining is available 24 hours a day.
Guests wind down in a year-round outdoor pool. Cardio machines with individual TV monitors and free weights are provided in the complimentary 24-hour health club.
Open around the clock is a self-serve business center. The property offers 4 meeting rooms. In the lobby guests can use the hotel's free WiFi or the computer station available for use.Laundry facilities are on site.
This hotel is entirely smoke-free.
- Free newspapers in lobby
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- Number of floors - 11
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Free WiFi
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- Meeting rooms 4
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- Year Built 1991
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor pool
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- Television in common areas
- Valet parking (surcharge)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( USD 12.95 per night ), Wired internet access ( USD 12.95 per day )
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Long-term parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
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- Air conditioning
- Phone
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- In-room massage available
- Down comforter
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- Coffee/tea maker
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- Hair dryer
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- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Cable TV service
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- Free cribs/infant beds
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- WiFi (surcharge)
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Where to Eat
96th Street Bistro - California cuisine and wines. Cocktail bar. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner; bar open until late evening.
Flyghts - Serves specialty coffee drinks in the morning. Full-service bar each afternoon and evening.
Room service - Available for breakfast and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
Offering 24-hour key-card access, the hotel's health club includes free weights and cardio machines with individual TV monitors. Outside is a year-round pool.
Manhattan Beach is 4 miles from this Los Angeles hotel and offers numerous year-round water sports. The 18-hole Westchester Golf Course, open to the public, is 2.5 miles from the Renaissance Hotel.
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Now if you get the pic of someone destroying your hive, and you sue them to get the hive replaced, can you get a $500 small cell hive out of it?
Gearless, smokeless, ignorant and quite frankly heartless
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squidboots wrote:I'm having a really hard time understanding the concept of this shirt
bad idea, but beautiful execution-
i wouldn't buy this, but if you make other shirts with a similar artistic design, i'd vote for it
njbell wrote:kinda phallic.
*giggles*, thought the same thing
Re: All In
The other two guys have folded, and if you want to stay in you have to put out some serious dough to meet the raise. You could win everything or end up walking home like the guy next to you... so whatcha gonna do?
the other shirts in this comp are just crudely done, or have a hard-to-understand concept.
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Shigwarm wrote:Ain't that the truth! The national average is now $3.30 a gallon!
Great design.
It's hit $4 a gallon where I live! D:
Re: Mine! Not yours! (resub)
Dragon shirts havent been around since 2000, the revival is nigh
bluchez wrote:purely photograph:
However, please don't let me fool you. This took a great deal of effort. See, it was back on Thursday at noon where the idea occurred to me. What is the perfect image of greed... Why not give a very large bone to my dog and create a realistic shirt design out of the photograph. This, you might see as an easy task. A near moron can hit a filter button in photoshop, but it was creating the source photograph that took some maneuvering.
You see, I went to the pet store to buy the perfect bone. I purchased the largest bone available. But to my dismay when I returned home, my dog (Balthazar) was simply too large to get the desired proportions with the purchased bone. The vision in my head just couldn't be met with the current bone and dog, so I had to come up with a solution, and fast (the derby would start in under 24 hours).
So, I did the only logical thing. I began development on a time machine that would take me back in time to December of 2004, when I calculated that the bone to dog ratio would be absolutely perfect for the ultimate shirt. This took a great deal of effort, mind you, so it wasn't until early Sunday evening that I had a working prototype. I tested the machine a few times using various woot purchases that I have made over time that I have no use for any longer (not that I ever remember using them), and everything seemed to go well. I quickly transported me and the bone back in time, set up the lighting, positioning, and created the photograph you see above.
Now, after returning to the present, I loaded the photograph into my computer, pressed the photoshop filter button, and have created the tshirt for you, the voter, as envisioned in my mind. I know the artists don't ususally go into much detail as far as the work that goes into their designs, but try to never underestimate the efforts that go on behind the scenes.
Re: Feast
Might wanna save that for the deadly sin "gluttony"
Another dragon! Lots of us had this idea apparently.
Good job on the monochromatic design. You're going to hear it a lot about the white shirt, if you didn't already notice. ^_~
This caught me by surprise
Too bad it is the wrong time of year for people to want Holiday images on their shirts. I think this will be the biggest downfall, if this design does not win. Hang on to the design, and see if it fits a theme next Nov / Dec :D
(Hmm, how did that "Nevermore" get tacked onto my post??)
bigbadblackman wrote:This shirt is so totally me, the only thing i lack is a PSP
Do you rhyme, all the time?
SydneyB wrote:(Hmm, how did that "Nevermore" get tacked onto my post??)
the Woot filter for L O L is nevermore lately. Woot filters are getting more and more ridiculous.
snarkygal wrote:the Woot filter for L O L is nevermore lately. Woot filters are getting more and more ridiculous.
Nevermore! (hint, another filter to Nevermore! I believe the message being given is clear.)
Re: DANGER! cupcake
I LOVE THIS! I wish I'd wooted before so I could vote! I find this VERY wearable, although I am also female.
But really, who wouldn't be comfortable professing their love for (and complicated relationship with) cupcakes?
sparklzk27 wrote:great job, this is hilarious!
awesomepossum wrote:hilarious! my favorite by far for this derby!
thanks a bunch! your very kind!
i really like this shirt. hope it wins.
Re: petroleum jelly
broflovski wrote:great idea! like how the details aren't too elaborate and not so cartoonish. got my vote and my $10!
thanks man!
Re: Oil Kings
love the graphic, hate the splatters. without them it would be an insta-vote, but plastering tired overused paint splatters behind it just ruins it. I really wish people would stop doing that...
Re: King of the Carrots
This really shows what vegetarians are like. This is what happens when you don't get enough meat!
Just kidding. =P
eHalcyon wrote:This really shows what vegetarians are like. This is what happens when you don't get enough meat!
Just kidding. =P
What if you don't eat dairy???
soyokazefuhen wrote:What if you don't eat dairy???
what if you don't eat.
TAYLORT5 wrote:what if you don't eat.
I eat souls. Mmm... souls...
First good entry I've seen that addressed the issue of greed destroying our planet. Nice job.
Nice entry. I like the theme!
Re: Gaia Grecko
Re: The World Is Mine (Resub x2)
Nice, but somehow I have a feeling it is going to be considered too complicated again
Re: Now the moon..the sun would wait til morning
GMV - I really like this concept! Hope it wins.
martiedawn wrote:The only thing that would dissuade me from buying it should it win is the placement, too many designers don't take into account female wooters and put the design directly where we would rather people not be looking when they are talking to us.
Get over it.. if you have a chest worth looking at, it's not going to matter what you are wearing.
thank you all so much!
Is that Death?
Well, that's no ordinary rabbit... That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!... Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!... He's got huge, sharp... er... He can leap about. Look at the bones!
Re: I took it with me now I'm gonna spend it
uh, what is that white square under the skull?
and why does the upper arm on the viewer's right have 2 bones?
-humans only have one humerus on each side, not two...
love it!
Re: Shell Competition
Great design... nice color! I love green
Re: Oooo Shiney!
Im only voting once this derby, and this is BY FAR the best. Great illustration with awsome detail....GMV!!
Re: I, ME, MINE !
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Originally Posted by CheeseForSteeze View Post
All water is recycled wastewater, anyhow. Do they realize that the water is processed to near drinking standards prior to being sent to them? They act like they are going to be emptying sceptic tanks and port-o-john's into their snowmakers.
|I'll say it right now FREELOADERS that's the best way to describe these tribes that can't remove their head from their asses.
|All water is recycled wastewater, anyhow. Do they realize that the water is processed to near drinking standards prior to being sent to them? They act like they are going to be emptying sceptic tanks and port-o-john's into their snowmakers.
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They are a bunch of fucking hypocrites who rather than work hard to compete with Snowbowl, would rather sit on their fat asses and use judicial activism to thwart the efforts of Snowbowl.
I don't know anything aboutt the issue other than what is stated in the article. But, it seems a lot of comments about the Indian tribes interference in the matter mirror your thoughts.
Also, it's my understanding that the water is treated but not to the extent drinking water is treated. If they don't have any problems with this in AZ I see no reason this can't be done at other hills that require snowmaking.
Although, next time I scorpion after catching an edge I'll make an effort to keep my mouth shut and not swallow any snow.
Arizona Snowbowl to use 100% waste water for snowmaking
Don't eat the yellow snow! Ski resort to use treated sewage to create artificial blizzards | Mail Online
Don't eat the yellow snow! Ski resort to use treated sewage to create artificial blizzardsBy Daily Mail Reporter
Holidaymakers could soon be gliding over artificial snow made from 180 million gallons of recycled waste water collected from treated sewage.
The plan aims to ensure skiiers and snowboarders have plenty of snow when Mother Nature is not up to the job and also avoid wasting clean drinking water.
The city of Flagstaff, Arizona, has agreed to sell reclaimed water from one of its wastewater treatment plants to the resort to produce the fake snow.
The treated water will be pumped 15 miles from Flagstaff to a resort in the San Francisco Peaks.
There it will be stored in a reservoir from where it can be sprayed through large fans into the cold air to provide artificial snow for the slopes
Arizona Snowbowl, the ski resort, has the go-ahead for its plan but is running into opposition on environmental grounds and from Native American tribes who consider the peaks sacred ground and consider the idea disgusting.
Klee Benally, 35, a Navajo, said: 'Our identity is based on our relationship with these sacred places and this - having the source of our spiritual renewal become so contaminated and desecrated - is a direct threat to our survival.'
The US Environmental Protection Agency say reclaimed water is safe for use provided it is treated .
But some environmentalists quote studies from the US Geological Survey and Northern Arizona University which report that treated water may still contain pharmaceuticals, hormones, industrial pollutants, carcinogens and a wide range of organic chemicals.
Snowbowl would be the first resort in the world to use 100 per cent waste water to make its snow, and critics have raised concerns that it was unwise to approve the plan without fully understanding the long-term impacts.
A 2007 study from the US Agricultural Research Service found the environmental and public health impacts of using reclaimed effluent for irrigation 'are largely unknown'.
Environmentalist Andy Bessler of the Sierra Club said: 'When you put these substances into a delicate alpine environment like the Peaks, there are going to be big impacts to amphibians, other animals and the soil.'
Legal action has stalled the reclaimed water system since 2005, and another appeal is still pending, but the Snowbowl has begun construction.
Lawyer Howard Shanker, who represents the Save the Peaks Coalition said: 'While the appeal is pending, the government and Snowbowl are cutting down trees and putting down pipe as fast as they can.'
Earlier this month the Hopi Tribe filed a lawsuit against the City of Flagstaff challenging the decision in September 2010 not to amend or cancel the contract for the sale of reclaimed wastewater to the ski resort.
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Yup, the four distros that gathered most votes are OpenSUSE (30%), Kubuntu (29%), PCLinuxOS (28%) and Pardus (15%), so those will be the ones I will review back to back. However, since I very recently REVIEWED PCLinuxOS 2011.6, I will not cover it again in so much detail and use the space to include Chakra in the comparison.
Now, that's officially it until I am back from holidays... As always, thanks to all who voted!
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- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 10:57 PM
That's funny, because the best implementation of KDE is usually found in Mandriva. How were those statistics done?ReplyDelete
Agree with Anonymous...Where is Mandriva?ReplyDelete
I didn't include Mandriva on purpose. It's been through a lot of turmoil in recent years and the distro is not what it used to be (IMHO), although it seems to be heading in the right direction now. Now, having said so, the strongest parts of Mandriva are represented by PCLinuxOS, so I don't think it's a massive miss.ReplyDelete
Please also note that I was after distros that are either KDE exclusive (Pardus, Chakra) or that are bringing something new and different to the table. I feel Mandriva is not in that wagon since some time ago.
In any case, this is just something I am putting together which should be a meaningful orientation to those looking for a great KDE distro when it is complete. I am not trying to be the last and definitive word on the subject, because I don't believe such thing exists.
Btw, those are not statistics, simply the results of readers votes during the last few weeks. It's actually their votes that decided which distros I will review to decide which one is best.
And what about Mageia? It is young, but I'm using it with KDE, and it is fast and stable. About PCLinuxOS: it is great, but the apt/synaptic on an rpm based system is not that great,the urpmi in Mageia is far superior. If somebody is curious, I will give more details.ReplyDelete
Not to mention that it ranks at 15 position on Distrowatch's list, while Kubuntu is at 28. Even if this ranking is not really accurate, Mageia should be on this list.
Talking distributions Kde and forget Mandriva is not very fairReplyDelete
Mandriva ≠ PCLOS
Despite the problems of the company last year (since resolved), Mandriva 2010 KDE is a very good version, very stable and efficient. In this screenshot : only 434 MB RAM with Nepomuk and composites effects activated
Mandriva 2011 becomes a distribution with only KDE and will come with a lot of improvements you will not see somewhere else. Look here
To make an effective survey of Kde distributions, you must take into account the major of them and if you look Distrowatch, Pardus is far behind Mandriva for example.
And Mageia ? I agree with iZoli
- MarjanaAugust 9, 2011 at 4:38 AM
It is also strange to me that mandriva is completely missing. No matter how many problems they have they still produce on of the best KDE distros, in my option the best. And latest RCs of 2011 also look awesome.ReplyDelete
I don't miss Mandriva/Mageia, though I guess it should have been included, but I do miss Fedora (great packaging work), Arch Linux (bleeding-edge upstream software) partly because these are the distros I use.ReplyDelete
When I put this together I knew there would always be people that wouldn't agree with the selection I chose, but that's alright. After all, Linux is all about freedom, and like I said, this little comparison is not meant to be the ultimate KDE distro guide, but just a good orientation I put together for fun with a little input from my readers.ReplyDelete
Thanks all for your comments
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Yup, Pardus 2011 is the most stable distro I have ever come across... it gives you nvidia drivers (!) and all media codecs pre installed just like it should be in every distro. It is one of the few Linux OS that seems to work just out of the box... but the softwares are limed to KDE and KDE itself is a monster when it comes to system resources.ReplyDelete


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I was diagnosed with PCOS and i really want to get pregnant. My cycles are 35 or more days apart. I usually have my period twice or thrice a year. What are my chance of getting pregnant and what can i do to increase that?
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I was diagnosed with PCOS and i really want to get pregnant. My cycles are 35 or more days apart. I usually have my period twice or thrice a year. What are my chance of getting pregnant and what can i do to increase that?
Hi vimbaizw,
Here's a good thread that discusses how to conceive if you have irregular cycles.
Has your doctor prescribed any medication for your PCOS? If so, what are you taking and how often?
Warm regards,
I was on the pill, and trying to get pregnant now. I have been taking clomid for 2 months now. Is there a natural way of beating it?
Hi Vimbaizw,
There are natural ways that can help you to manage PCOS and regulate your cycle/boost your fertility - including dietary and lifestyle changes such as a low GI or low carb/high protein diet, weight loss or gain and regular exercise. A natural health practitioner i.e. a nutritionist or naturopath can assist you with this. You might also like to visit the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association of Australia Inc website.
Hi Vimbai,
I agree with Briony's suggestion that you can help regulate your cycles and boost fertility through dietary and lifestyle changes.
When you were on the pill, it likely regulated your cycles, but never addressed the underlying cause of your irregular cycles. Now that you want to conceive, you obviously can't take the pill, and your true hormonal picture is showing up in infrequent cycles of maybe 3 times a year.
In order to increase your chances of getting pregnant there are two things that you need to do.
1. Learn how to get your baby-making-sex timing absolutely perfect, so that when you do ovulate, you'll know it's coming and you'll know how to optimize your chances of conception that month. I addressed this in a thread entitled How to conceive if you have irregular periods.
2. Increase the frequency of your cycles aiming to get them closer to 12 times a year.
There are a number of different ways to do this, but you can start by being sure that you're eating a low carb diet and exercising regularly. You may also want to talk to your doctor to see if he thinks a medication like Glucophage (Metformin) would help with the insulin resistance related to PCOS. This has helped some women to conceive.
Warm regards,
I was detected with high sugar levels and have recently started taking Metformin (twice daily). Does it effect my chances of a natural pregnancy?
Hi Anukriti,
Metformin can actually help to regulate irregular cycles which gives you a better chance of conceiving. I have a friend who took it for 2 months and then conceived, after she had been trying to get pregnant for 6 years. I believe she stopped taking the Metformin as soon as she knew she was pregnant, and she just had her baby a few months ago.
Check with your doctor to see when you should stop taking it, if you conceive.
Sounds like you're on the right track. Be sure you're eating a fertility friendly/low blood sugar diet as Briony mentioned above.
Warm regards,
I was also diagnosed with PCOS, and was blessed with a baby girl who is turning one this April already. I was just wondering, after being able to conceive and give birth, should I take the medicines I took before again in order to conceive our second baby?
I too was diagnosed with PCOS and I got pregnant after trying for 3 years last year for the first time February 2011. However that pregnancy was unsuccessful because of a blighted ovum. I too was concerned after trying so long if I would have success again since when I related my medical history it was always: " I have PCOS and I was taking Metformin when I got pregnant". Everyone gave that look like impressive, one Doctor even gave me the thumbs up and I was starting to believe that I had overcome some hurdle which was impossible and may never happen again.
Despite the fact that I have PCOS I have regular 28 days periods.
However despite my loss when I returned to my General Practitioner who had prescribed the Metformin she put me back on them again. I must admit the side effects are very bad for me they hurt my stomach and send me to the bathroom to do a solid as often as 3 times about 2 hours after I take them. She wanted me to take them 3 times a day. I could not handle that. Sometimes I barely took it 2 times a week, 1 time a week and more than often none at all.
By the way I am over weight and that was her main reason for given me the Metformin so that I can loose weight and she did say to me that it could make me get pregnant.
This year 2012 I decided to start back my exercise regime and do some garden all of the things that I did the last time I got pregnant. I am happy to say that I am pregnant again. I only got couple weeks into the exercise and gardening before I tested positive for pregnancy.
PS: I too have a question is there a cure for PCOS or is it something that I have to live with the rest of my life and what harm can it be in the long run. I was too scared to ask my General Practitioner at the time. Given my condition now I don't know if I really want to stress myself for an answer.
Thank you for your input.
Hi Mary,
If you're not seeing good signs of fertility, and/or your cycles are not a good length, then you may need to go back on the medications for your PCOS in order to be able to conceive again.
Our bodies change during pregnancy and after birth, so you may want to check with your doctor, have some testing done again, and see what the doctor recommends in order to help with the PCOS so you can conceive again.
Warm regards,
Hi Tina,
I'm very excited for your pregnancy. I'd like to encourage you to eat a really healthy diet while you are pregnant so that you can have the best chance of having a full term pregnancy and easy birth.
PCOS is similar to Diabetes in that they both are linked to insulin resistance. Diabetics benefit from regular exercise (especially exercise that burns more glucose, like weight lifting and resistance exercises). Diabetics also benefit from avoiding foods like rice, potatoes, corn, pasta, sugar, fruit, fruit juice and simple carbohydrates found in muffins, white bread, french bread, etc. You will benefit from a diet that is similar to this.
Focus heavily on eating vegetables - can be fresh vegetables (like a rainbow salad) or lightly steamed/sauteed. Have a piece of high quality protein too, like organic meat or poultry, fresh, wild, fish (low in mercury), organic eggs, organic nuts, and even some organic milk if you tolerate it well, though milk products can be high in fat, can cause diarrhea and congestion in many people.
Some people do really well on a raw diet, and during pregnancy I'd suggest that if you're going to consider going on a raw diet, that you maybe do something like 70/30. 70% raw, 30% cooked, so you can include some cooked meats. I've found that diabetics who do a nearly all raw food diet can eat fruit and it doesn't bother their blood sugar. The trade off is you're giving up cooked foods.
As for whether there is a cure for PCOS, I'd say that you can cure it, but it takes being on a fairly strict diet, and exercising regularly. You can also take herbs, and this is something you may want to look into. I'm not sure if you can take all herbs for PCOS during pregnancy, but you may be able to take some.
Something that may be very helpful for you is working with a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner who can give you some very specific herbs to support your pregnancy AND support hormonal balance which will help with weight loss. You'll want to look for someone who is very knowledgeable and will give you a customized blend of herbs, not just a bottle of herbs that she hands to "everyone". You want him or her to create the custom blend for you.
It's really important to get a handle on this now, because women with PCOS do have a higher chance of having certain challenges as they get older, but I wouldn't focus on this during your pregnancy. Right now you want to focus on being the healthiest you can possibly be so you can give birth to the healthiest baby possible.
Warm regards,
Thank you for the advise Ms Kate.
I wish you well on your pregnancy Ms Tina. :)


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Files != Library
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As above, sounds like your files haven't been added to the library.
Enable debug logging, do a library update and then paste a link to the log, it should highlight why they aren't being added to the library.
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Here's the log, looks like a simple update was all I had to do. Thanks
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The Nabataean capital of Petra is one of the many spectacular historical sites in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a country of deep traditions that has worked to preserve its ancient inheritance and natural beauty while navigating modern realities in a region of continuing conflict.
Reclining on a rooftop carved two millennia ago, a Bedouin surveys the realm of the Nabataeans, beckoning from the sands of southern Jordan. Forgotten for centuries, Petra still echoes with mysteries of the past; this immense building, Al Deir (the Monastery), was probably a Nabataean shrine.
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Bedouin Meal, Petra
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Imhiylah al-Bedoul prepares a meal in the Petra backcountry, where her family spends the summer tending goats, using water from a Nabataean cistern. A lifelong resident of Petra, she raised six of her ten children in a cave near the city center. But after the city was made a World Heritage site in 1985, the government moved the thousand-member Bedoul tribe to Umm Sayhun, a village of cinder-block houses.
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A Bedouin man traveling by camel rests near Amman. Nomadic tribes throughout the Middle East have historically relied on the sturdy beasts of burden for transportation, milk, and even hair for weaving into blankets and tents.
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Sheep graze near the ruins of a colonnaded Roman street in Jerash, 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Amman. Part of the Greco-Roman Decapolis League under Pompey the Great during its golden age, the ancient city's remarkably well preserved ruins include public plazas, temples, and theaters.
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Bedouin Woman
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An intimate portrait of a Bedouin woman captures the enduring traditions of those who call Petra home. The woman's forebears were among the Bedouin encountered in 1812 by Swiss scholar Johann Burckhardt, the first modern European to see the ruined Nabataean city of ancient lore, which vanished from most maps in the seventh century.
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Arsenal Ladies forward Rachel Yankey says winning the domestic treble ranks alongside being part of the quadruple-winning side of 2007 on her list of career achievements.
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Yankey received the Player of the Match award in Sunday's Continental Cup Final victory over Birmingham after grabbing two goals - the second of which she ranks as possibly the finest of her career.
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