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Taking their successful comedy to Germany, the stars of "This is 40" attended a photo call at Berlin's Hotel Adlon on Wednesday afternoon (January 30).
Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann showed off their adorable smiles during the press event and were eventually joined by director, writer, and Mann's hubby Judd Apatow.
Showing some staying-power, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is once again on track to take the top spot at the box office for the weekend of December 21-23, 2012.
The Peter Jackson-directed tale of Bilbo Baggins earned a Friday total of $10.5 million, and enjoyed a $36.7 million weekend.
All smiles as she was snapped leaving the studio, Leslie Mann stopped by NBC Studios in New York City on Thursday (December 20).
The 40-year-old actress sat down with Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb to chat about her new film "This is 40." Her hubby and director of the flick Judd Apatow also joined in on the fun conversation!
Stepping out to promote her upcoming movie, "This is 40," Megan Fox visited "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Monday (December 17).
In the film, the 26-year-old actress plays Desi, an employee of co-star Leslie Mann whose wardrobe is pretty skimpy.
Stepping out to show off her latest work, Megan Fox attended the Hollywood premiere of "This is 40" on Wednesday (December 12).
Stunning in a deep red, curve-hugging dress, the brunette beauty was joined on the red carpet by her co-star, Paul Rudd, before heading in to Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
It's almost time for "This Is 40" to grace theaters, and in the meantime Universal Pictures has served up a new red band trailer.
Starring Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Megan Fox, John Lithgow, and Melissa McCarthy, the forthcoming flick goes live on silver screens nationwide on December 21st.
Still building hype for their upcoming comedy, Universal Pictures released a brand new featurette for "This Is 40."
In the 48-second clip, viewers are taken on a hilarious trip down memory lane for Paul Rudd's character, Pete.
Giving fans even more to laugh at, Universal Pictures released a new Red Band featurette for "This is 40" on Monday (November 19).
In the clip, director Judd Apatow and his cast discuss the "Knocked Up" spinoff and explain the story behind the sure-to-be hilarious comedy.


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What it had to do with duck hunting a shoot-out between the two more powerful flashlights in the world?
I don't know!! It is that I just retired and I am getting anxious for the hunting season to arrive, any hunting season!!! Duck and Gesse seems to be so far away!!
Next week I will be going to my cabin in the Adirondacks to do some Early Bear season hunting and later a blackpowder hunt for deer.
Until I try out my new Remington MZ muzzloader or my new bow is very little I can talk about.
So I got this Surefire M-6 flashlight, I am a sucker for the most powerfuls things and I bought this light and decided to pitted against my MAG 951 (made in the body of a Maglite 3 D) the most powerful flashlight in the world at 951 lumens!!
The Surefire Guardian M-6 arrived two days ago.
Last night with the aid of my son and a couple friends I set out to take some pictures for a COMPARISON SHOOTOUT
I have a heart sttopage when I dropped the Surefire and it landed 3 inches away from my concrete walk in the back yard, after all I paid $393.00 plus shipping for it.!!
I mounted both flashlights in a tripod by aid of my home-made gizmo. Lacking another tripod for my camera the pictures in the basement come out blurry, but for our purposes, which is to show the amount of light projected by each one, they will serve.
I took the pictures of the shed with the camera set in the tripod from fifteen yards and the light of both flashlights coming from 43 yards away.
At such short ranges you can see that the Surefire M-6 is impressive, although you can see the superiority of the MAG 951 without question.
In the basement picture you can observe how the side spill of the MAG 951 shows more illuminated area, even that the focus of the MAG 951 is far more concentrated than the M-6. So this is explained just by the massive output in lumens by the MAG 951.
Pictures I could not take due to our road being so busy with traffic will have shown how at 112 yards the superiority of the MAG 951 is demonstrated, as it put so much more light in the target (a tree) than the M-6 does.
I have had a stop sign ranged (with my laser range finder) at 243 yards (they are reflective, so they show very well). But the people agree with me is that if somebody would have been standing near it, the light of the MAG 951 would have been sufficient to show him well.
Runtime: The Surefire M-6 will run for 20 minutes in six batteries 123's for a cost of $9.96.
The MAG 951 will run for 30 minutes putting out double the light for FREE (as the light is rechargeable)
Running cost: The MAG 951 runs for 500 hours on rechargeable batteries before needing another $24.00 pack.
The Surefire will cost $29.88 per hour so after 500 hours will have spend $14.940 in batteries!!!
Cost: The Surefire M-6 cost twice as much as the MAG 951.
The Surefire can be had over the counter or by mail, mine have serial number 8000. The MAG 951 is the product of one's man workshop and scarce.
The flashlights mounted in the tripods.
Beamshot with the M-6
Beamshot with the MAG 951
Tool shed beamshots from 43 yards:
Beamshot with the M-6
Beamshot with the MAG 951
I will point out that seeing in person is easier to appreciate the difference between the two lights, even better than in these pictures.

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I've never made this and perhaps never ate it, but yours looks so good I may have to give it a try
These are my favorite kind of cooking days, Tricia! All day… no make-up… good music… I would have had a glass of that wine… Sounds absolutely wonderful. I really enjoyed that movie, Julie and Julia. And, I enjoy your posting of this recipe! Thank you. blessings ~ tanna
You're on a roll—grandmother-hood must agree with you! This looks astounding, I don't know if I have the energy to tackle it, but I sure would love a big plate of it. Great job.
This looks terrific! I made some red wine beef before, and it was really delicious. Bet this would have tasted better since it's JD's recipe. Love those baby onions…
This is impressive, Tricia! It sound delicious too.
So you were the only one who ate it fresh? A lot of time and money in a meal for one!
Welp, I don't know how to pronounce "Bourguignon", but I'll be damned if it doesn't look delicious. Bore-gweeeg-non??


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That just-showered post-beach feeling.
Listening to your favorite album on repeat.
A frosty glass of beer on a hot day.
Watching Marie Antoinette in bed while eating squares of dark chocolate.
Finishing a good book.
Coffee, just the right amount of milk and sugar.
Fresh herbs picked off of your own balcony.
You with me here?
I'm painting a picture of contentment.
My picture, anyway.
Perfectly toasted, garlicky slabs of sour dough slathered with a simple combination of fresh summer tomatoes, salty feta, and pink prawns.
Oh yes. I would put that in my sálon.*
I'm so glad prawn saganaki came into my life. It's the perfect balance of fresh and warming flavors and it demands to be eaten with good bread.
And good bread is the key contentment. Always.
*Andre Leon Talley, I'm stealing your catch phrase. Count it.
Prawn Saganaki (serves 2)
Recipe adapted from Chef Greg Everett's recipe at Box Fresh
– 1 tablespoon of olive oil
– 1 medium yellow onion, diced
– 1-2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
– about 350 grams (3/4 lb.) of prawns, peeled and deveined
– 1/4 cup kalamata olives, roughly chopped
– pinch of red chili flakes
– 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
– salt & pepper
– 2-3 tablespoons feta cheese, crumbled
– 1/4 cup combined fresh basil and parsley, roughly chopped
– good bread, sliced, toasted or grilled, and rubbed with a garlic clove, to serve
Heat oil in a medium-sized pan over a medium heat. Add onions and cook for about 5 minutes, until softened. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Add prawns, olives and chili flakes and cook for another 2-3 minutes until the prawns turn pink.
Add tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes until they just start to break down. Season with a pinch of salt and a grind of fresh pepper, to taste.
Reduce heat to low. Sprinkle with feta and cover the pan with a lid. Cook for 2 minutes until feta is melted.
Transfer to a serving dish and top with fresh herbs. Serve with garlic-rubbed toasts.
This is meant to be made in a skillet of sorts, but I just used a pan with a heat-resistant handle. If you're using a skillet, you can pop the entire thing into a hot oven for 2 minutes to melt the feta instead of covering over a low heat.


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Hey everyone, I'm starting a zine library in Providence RI. Providence is a really artsy and good community for this, and I live there and am a zine maker! Yay! I have most likely already found an interim place to house my zine library collection. It's going to be called "Use Your Words" Zine Library and I'm really excited. We're also going to have a high school after school/summer program for creating zines as it's important for me to give back in that way since I got into zines in a really big way starting when I was in high school.
If you'd like to send zines as a donation for this purpose, please send me a private message, and comment here with any further questions or ideas! Any advice from those who have started non profit organizations, businesses, distros, shops, etc are greatly appreciated as I have little idea of what I'm doing after I move on from the interim house of the library.
As it stands I'll be in a community space for a while, but my dream is to eventually have a storefront for it and be the director of the after school program and non profit (and thus have a small amount of income generated from it, enough to survive so I can devote most my time to it).
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Hi Laura,
I do have a steadily growing giveaway pile at my library. Email your postal to email@example.com. Also, please join the Zine Librarians discussion list if you're so inclined. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zinelibrarians There are people from all different types of libraries on it.
Good luck!
Hi Laura,
Luke from the zine store Sticky in Melbourne, Australia here. I've got some zines I'd love to donate to your library. Let me know the address to mail them to and I will put them in the mail. My email address is: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hey Everyone, thanks for your donations so far!
We've gotten a lot of great stuff so far thanks to you're generosity.
Just wanted to bump this topic so if anyone would like to know they can donate stuff to a brand new library soon to have a location, they can!
If you want I can send my zin to you. Tell me your postal address, please.


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Wojciech Szczesny believes that neither of Saturday's north London derby protagonists will have recent results on their mind when they step onto the Emirates Stadium turf.
Arsenal and Tottenham have both endured some setbacks in recent weeks: the Gunners were pegged back by Fulham last weekend and their neighbours lost their last two Premier League games.
The Polish goalkeeper could return on Saturday and he believes that factors other than form will decide who comes out on top.
He told the Official Matchday Programme: "It's a massive game, and it doesn't really matter what form you are in when it comes around.
"Both teams have had some disappointing results recently, but it's all about commitment in this one and I'm confident we can go out there and get the job done.
"Hopefully it can have the same effect for us that it did in February, when it really kick-started our season. It comes a little bit earlier this year, so after a frustrating couple of weeks we hope a similar thing can happen - and over a longer period."
Szczesny is back in contention for a first-team place after spending the majority of the season sidelined through injury. Coming off the back of a European Championship campaign that was curtailed by a red card in the opening match of the tournament, it has been a frustrating time for the 22 year-old, but he believes that the events of the summer provided a valuable lesson.
"It probably made me a stronger person rather than a stronger goalkeeper," said Szczesny.
"You can't take a lot of good things out of it - I was sent off in what was probably one of the most important games of my life, and was half-guilty for the goal we conceded as well. But it was a learning curve for me and I think I did take strength from it.
"Before the Euros, as I said at the time, I felt physically at my best - my preparation had been fantastic, I felt really sharp and couldn't wait, but I found out that you never know what's around the corner. You just have to try to make the most of all the opportunities you're given."
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"BFD" t-shirt, revised and corrected
posted at 9:51 pm on June 29, 2012 by Jorge Bonilla
The regime chose, as part of yesterday's post-SCOTUS touchdown dance, to hawk its vulgar "BFD" t-shirt. However, Chief Justice Roberts' affirmation of the individual mandate renders the merchandise factually inaccurate. Below you will find the new ObamaCare t-shirt, which accurately reflects the individual mandate's solid constitutional foundations.
By the way, that's "Big Freakin' Tax" as it flies out of my mouth. In the words of Andrew Breitbart…"I'm a respectful conservative, and my mom is watching."
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we don't need to know that.
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(edit: so long. I leave!)
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dontwantaname wrote:Well, he...can't last as long...anymore.
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Oh, come on! That isn't even close to the original post!
dontwantaname wrote:Oh, come on! That isn't even close to the original post!
ah, but it is an accurate statement, ya gotta agree to that!
SkekTek wrote:Ack. Obviously I'd make a very poor woman.
Schrobblehead wrote:ASS IS FINE, I'M GOING WITH IT).
dontwantaname wrote:How long was it?
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PemberDucky wrote:I just happened to hear the guys ****ing a co-worker ... and delighting in her squeals and squirms.
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i hate it when that happens.
DA59 wrote:He gets more anyway. So he's probably ___king.
mwiseman wrote:Excuse me, but that was not an attempt at whoring for votes!
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i always say this after i pee.
Josephus wrote:works on feces too!
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From the news article about Purdue's epic win against the evil Michigan State Sparties:
"Their big men are so big, and it's so hard when we're coming off their sphere screens because that's all they run"
Schrobblehead wrote: I WAS JUST GIVING YOU A $5 FOOTLONG
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I was expecting you to go with a "hard footlong"
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The Cure will be awarded the Godlike Geniuses award.
My stomach is in knots.
ugh. me too.
dontwantaname wrote:...licking the box.
no1 wrote:i would be ok with your mom watching you play with yourself
DA59 wrote: His dad was really hard.
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kenney9226 wrote:I think but I can't confirm that I know that No1 has PMS.
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killingtime wrote:Bacon is for wusses.
stone the heathen!
pooflady wrote:They were all 20 minutes last night.
KtCallista wrote:Ah, I worked about 40 mins last night Poof
DA59 wrote:Morning all. Beautiful day in store for today. Got to drive topless yesterday afternoon and this morning!
FoxNews24 wrote:A rolling traffic jam across the city this evening as beauty drives topless
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Well, Mariner, you've stepped in it and the only question is what your STATE laws are. That's what will determine how and whether they can lien your boat, whether they need a written work order and so on. If there's nothing in writing you may be able to demand your engine back and get it. Maybe undamaged.
Best to find out what your local laws are and who knows of the shop and their rep. You might be able to demand your engine back, and if you have any proof of ownership, bring back a cop to liberate it if necessary.
But from what you say...the mechanic certainly sounds full of something. An engine with "no" compression wouldn't have started, wouldn't have run. And would be most unlikely to just "lose" all compression from one day to the next, that wasn't what you'd originally complained about.
Might be simplest to walk away from it but again...you've got to ask locally.
1st, I gotta raise my labor rate....
Compression may be "low" but still there. Is it a 2 cycle or 4 cycle?
2's are touchy w/ actual compression needed, especially at idle.
A simple Valve adjustment can cure most 4 cycles of bad idling.
You can't just leave the engine and not pay the bill or you will never see it again, they will repair it and lien sale it to themselves.
The average mechanic rate here is about $100/hr so you are not necessarily getting ripped off in that regard. I'll pile on here though, if you didn't think the guy knew what he was doing you shouldn't have let him take the engine.
FWIW, there are several things that would cause the engine to POP. Assuming it was not mechanical, a lean condition caused by gummed up carb jets, exhaust valves being out of adjustment, exhaust leak etc. My vote would be for a gummy carb if it ran well when you last used it. Spraying carb cleaner into the throat of the carb to clean jets is about as effective as pouring drain cleaner into a manhole cover to clear the sink drain in your kitchen. If plugged, the carb needs to be disassembled and cleaned.
An engine will run with very low compression and you can't always diagnose that with a pull on the cord if the engine uses an automatic decompression system for starting. Somebody more familiar with your engine may be able to advise you about that.
Bottom line, if you have no confidence in the mechanic get the engine back before they can rack up big fees. Or let them fix it and pay up.
"The mechanic said he thinks it might be carburation and started spraying some of my carb cleaner in it while I pulled the chord."
It sounds like the engine got flooded with carb cleaner. Normally one would use spray carb cleaner with the engine running not as one would try to start an engine. Probably have to change the plugs in order to get the engine started. You may have to use a spray starting fluid to get the engine started again. If that doesn't work, the carb may have to come off for a rebuilding. Good luck.
Oh he's very competent. He managed to walk away with your motor. What he is not is honest. This is why I buy the manual, and learn for myself. At times I have a friend show me, and I learn even better. Damned manuals drive me nuts.
I just love your posts.......i2f
So he's diagnosed compression failure. That's an hour's labour at the very outside. So pay it, and take your engine back. It's worth $100 WITH compression failure.
Why on earth would you leave him the engine if you're convinced it's fine?
Mr Jones is right. I may not have said it in quite the same way, but a boat buck can certainly point you in the right direction to self reliance.
Sounds like it may have had a stuck/sticky valve. A nice oil change with some form of additive may have corrected the problem. Or it may not have. The point being that there is no real mystery to be found under the cowl of an outboard, and doing it yourself (in this particular case) wouldn't have left you any further behind than just leaving him with your motor.
Pay your tithe, get your motor back, and play around with it.
|Stu Jackson
|I'm sure you've figured out the answer by now. Get your engine back and don't pay then anything. What's so hard?
You left your OB with an outfit that charges ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AN HOUR???????
You only get ripped off if you allow yourself to get ripped off, and right now you have sent that shop an engraved invitation
Here is what one hour of labour buys you:
A socket set and the shop manual for the OB you own.
For one hour of labour paid to somebody else, you are able to fix it yourself.... forever. Pick up your motor, pick up your big girl panties, and do. it. yourself.
You're right. An engine with no compression wouldn't have run. Also, I would think that "no compression" would be observable by pulling the starter cord.
If you want to confront him while you're still in a position to do anything, it's easy enough to jam a compression meter into one of the spark plug holes and pull the cord. If there's compression, just shoot him. Then take your engine.
Tell me....because I'm curious...did he give you a copy of any kind of work order for the work to be done. Anything to indicate that he even has the engine. A very well regarded boatyard here on Michigan's west coast wanted me to leave my engine with them and balked at giving me any paper on it. I walked away with the engine.
If you're not mechanical and can't do the compression check, just have him do it. A compression meter's about the size of a dial type tire gage. You cram it's cone shaped rubber end into one of the spark plug holes and yank on the starter cord. The needle on the gauges stops on it's scale and indicates how much compression there is.
The two likely causes of no compression would be really bad valves and/or really bad piston rings. If rings, you would have been burning a lot of oil.
Either valves or rings would be an expensive repair. The kind that would cause you to give him the engine.
Maybe you could get him to confirm that's it has "no compression". Ask him if he's sure that it has no compression. By the way, a compression tester costs less than 20 bucks and there's nothing iffy about the results. Either there's good compression or there's not. What was his reading? What is it SUPPOSED to be? I'll guess that as soon as you try to nail him down on the compression is that he'll change his story, which is why I would have him confirm it on the phone. Also, there's no way it has NO compression. Ask him if he used a compression tester on it, and what was the reading. His story's probably going to fall apart.
I'd get the engine from him and take it someplace reliable. Where I live, the "yard" would be the last place to take an outboard. Better to go where the fishermen go. Pay the yard if you have to.
The yard will likely get away with robbing you.
Chances are, if the engine was running well before, the popping's just bad fuel or something.
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|k-mac were the third ones I couldnt think of! do you have any decent pictures the one on their website kind of sucks!
|Yeah, unfortunately, the only options are used capaldi's or K-mac.
camber plate?
OK well the time has come for me to purchase camber plates, but FSwerks seems to be the only company making them still(that I can find) and they say they are for coilovers only where should I look?
I know capaldi used to make some but not anymore
|Well the svt stuff on the car is still freshish it has less than 30k mi on it. Ive been considering doing all the motor mounts, but if I do all only the dog bone with aftermarket and the other two with oem replacements. 120k and close to 50k of those are since Ive owned it and they haven't been easy miles lol
you're welcome.
i did the same thing with my wheel-well, so after that i bought a stock suspension from the market place as a "refresher" it was used, but definitely an upgrade from what the car had.
haven't had rubbing issues since. maybe you can do the same now?
also something that helped, although not much, is i swapped in an unbreakable motor mount. (when i ran ST) it really made the switch from 1st to 2nd a ton better. ESPECIALLY when the shift point was at a pesky obstacle.. it helped regain control of the car with hard shift. also with those rough drag-start styles.
Thanks GLU! I really dont want to mod the crap out of my car and plan on being locally competitive for now but one day maybe I'll have money and try to go national.
I just know that I tore off one of my splash guards due to body roll and a small bump in a turn. Messed my fender up slightly... I kind off want to do the suspension once and be done. I currently have hps pads up front.
Like I said right now I want to start getting a list of things so I can budget myself accordingly for next season. I will only get tires if the ones I have no get worn out and I won't get suspension until next year because like you stated I need practice before I upgrade.
I'll have to look into a harness for sure though holding my self into the seat sucked for sure even with some of the tricks experienced drivers have taught me,
seat time seat time seat time.
i think the mods you have should be fine for now. i'm really against modding the crap out of your car for the sake of being competitive. that's only going to hide bad habits and in the end you'll still be slower than you could have been if you worked on driver skills first.
but if you must mod the car now, then suspension and tires is the name of the game. it
all depends on how serious and competitive you want to be? national level? local level? the focus can hold it's own locally, nationally, that's another story.
koni yellows and h&r race springs will be perfectly fine for local events. coilovers may be overkill at this point. you will want a rear sway bar for sure. it helps with the wrong wheel drive. i'd say a 23mm rsb paired with an SVT front should be fine for now.
IMO a harness is very important with our cars.. our seats don't hold you in place very well.. SVT seats do help, but i still need a harness with mine. upgrade your brake pads, hawks will give you the bite you need/want. bushings will help.
oh did i mention seat time??
at the end of the day, go out to as many events as you can, let experienced drivers slide your car around and you will see what the limits are. ask questions on what lines they are taking and remember, slow in, fast out!
|No I do not have camber plates. I'll look into those though I didnt even really think of it at least from the stand point of using them now. I'm hoping after a full season this year my driver mod will be improved.
My recommendation, get some tires and work on the driver mod. ST is going to change, and you'll want to consider how the focus fits into the 2012 ST before doing serious mods. It all depends on where you want to go in the future.
Are you running camberplates? I found going to LCR plates on my focus dramatically improved my cornering grip when I ran in ST.
Ran my first event of the season. Now I have some questions
So i ran the first event of my season last weekend and I'm now starting to get way more serious to the autox game. This is my 3rd year and I plan on making it my first full season. I already am thinking of what needs to be done to become more competitive in ST.
Here is a list of my mods some of which were on the car from previous owner and others were added before I got into autox
So far my car has Svt header, full 2.25in exhaust cat back, Steeda Sri, Steeda tri ax short throw, steeda upper front stress bar(utterly useless but looks cool) Svt suspension(needs upgraded baaaddddlllyyy!), 16x7.5 wheels with BF goodrich g force sports(once burned up going to change to dunlop star specs),
Ok so now that I have all of my mods listed out here is my question. I want to prepare a list of things to save for for next season. What type suspension would you advise? I've been researching coil-overs and so far I'm thinking of going KW V2's or bilstein Pss9's. Any other tips. My driver mod needs upgraded too
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This week on the Melissa & Doug blog, it's all about style! Helping kids learn how to identify and express their personal style can help build powerful communication skills and inner confidence, and this week we've been sharing some crafty activities that can help facilitate these conversations. In the spirit of "style week," we'd love to share a few new products recently unveiled on Melissa & Doug's website that can be used to in some creative ways during your stylish explorations.
Dress-Up Stickers for Storytelling
Two new products were recently added to our extensive line of stickers: the Princess & Fairy Dress-Up Sticker Roll, and Vehicles, Careers, Sports & Knights Sticker Activity Roll! These stickers are perfect tools to help kids explore and express their personal preferences in a variety of ways. Here are a few activity tips:
1) Ask your child to decorate a school folder or keepsake box and talk through why certain stickers were selected.
2) Create a story that involves the sticker characters and what they "do" everyday, who their friends are, what their likes and dislikes are, etc. You may learn quite a bit about your child's social life along the way!
3) Play around with different patterns, outfits, or accessories— asking your child to explain why certain stickers are preferred over others (i.e. "I love the color purple. NOT the color black!" or "I would feel pretty in that outfit").
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Blue Hens Defeat Temple 9-3 to Extend Winning Streak to Three Games
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Redshirt freshman Nick Moylan picked up his first collegiate win, while Temple starter Connor Staskey was credited with his first loss of the season. Moylan allowed one run in two innings of work and collected three strikeouts.
Delaware (18-19), which on its third straight game, got on the scoreboard in the second inning when Zach Lopes scored on a Doug Trimble single. The Blue Hens added another run in the inning when Gary Jones scored on a Brock Niggebrugge double play.
Temple (12-21) answered with a run of its own in the fourth inning when Robert Amaro scored on a Bobby Heitzman groundout.
The Blue Hens then scored seven runs in the fifth inning and put the game out of reach. The offensive onslaught was highlighted by a two-run double from Lopes with the bases loaded. Jones, Cameron Travalini, Tyler Powell each added RBI singles in the inning.
University of Delaware head coach Jim Sherman employed a different lineup with several bench players getting the starting nod.
"That was a good midweek game where we gave a lot of guys an opportunity who normally don't start," said Sherman. "Those guys are usually in the dugout rooting the starters on all year long and this was their day to shine and they took full advantage of their opportunity."
Lopes and Trimble each led the Blue Hens with two hits and two RBI on the day. Five pitchers toed the mound for Delaware in the game and none of them allowed more than three hits.
Temple scored its final two runs in the eighth inning on an Amaro triple that scored Derek Peterson from first base. The second run of the inning was earned when Amaro crossed home on a Luke Alicknavitch wild pitch.
Delaware defeated Temple 12-4 on April 1 in the teams' only other matchup this season.
Due to budget constraints, Temple's baseball program will be cut at the end of the season, meaning this game was the last meeting between the two schools.
That sentiment was not lost on Sherman, who fondly remembers Delaware-Temple matchups of the past and the history of the Temple program.
"For me, it is really sad," said Sherman. "We were always competing with Temple. It really is sad when a program with so much history is going to be washed away. Of course you want to beat them, but it was definitely a bitter-sweet feeling today."
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Junior left-hander Kent Emanuel threw his third complete game of the year Saturday to earn his 25th career win in UNC's (37-2, 16-2 ACC) 7-1 series-opening win over Duke (22-18, 8-11 ACC).
Emanuel surrendered just two hits on the afternoon as he improved to 8-1 on the year, eclipsing the eight-win mark for the third consecutive season.
The Tar Heels provided Emanuel two quick runs of support in the bottom of the first as Carolina pushed across a pair of runs without recording a hit.
Chaz Frank opened the first inning by drawing a walk against Duke starter Drew Van Orden (2-5) before stealing second base and moving to third on a Landon Lassiter ground out. A bases-loaded hit by pitch with Michael Russell at the plate forced Frank in before a wild pitch scored Colin Moran.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - After winning its lone home game in a 30-day stretch, the Green Bay women's basketball team (5-1) will hit the road yet again and travel to take on Central Michigan (2-4) on Wednesday at 11 a.m. central time. This will be the second meeting between the two teams this season, and also marks the first time Green Bay has made the trip to Mount Pleasant since the 1989-90 season.
Last week the Phoenix played just its second home game of the season, hosting then-No. 6 (D II) Indianapolis on Nov. 30. Green Bay came away with a 64-52 victory over the Greyhounds in a historic night at the Kress Center. Senior Adrian Ritchie (De Pere, Wis.) drilled an open three from the wing to give Green Bay a lead it would never relinquish, and became the 30th member of the Green Bay women's basketball 1,000-point club in the process. Ritchie finished the game with 16 points, a season-high seven assists and a career-high six steals.
Green Bay played its home opener against Central Michigan on Nov. 17, posting a 75-48 victory over the Chippewas. After a slow start early on, Green Bay used a 16-4 run late in the first half to build a double-digit lead by halftime. The Phoenix had four players score in double figures, led by Ritchie who had a double-double with a game-high 25 points and 10 rebounds.
Central Michigan has played top-25 opponents in each of its previous two contests, first battling No. 5 Notre Dame at home on Nov. 29. After giving the Irish all it could handle, the team eventually fell 72-63. On Dec. 2 the Chippewas then traveled to take on No. 14 Purdue and were handed an 87-71 loss.
Green Bay will stay on the road for its final game this week as the team travels to Milwaukee to take on Marquette on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Phoenix will then return home to play two consecutive home games for the first time this season, starting with North Dakota State on Dec. 18.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN: The Phoenix had one of its most productive offensive displays this season while hosting Central Michigan on Nov. 17. In addition to Ritchie's double-double, redshirt senior Stephanie Sension (Hopkins, Minn.) dropped 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds in her first-career home start. Seniors Sarah Eichler (Grafton, Wis.) and Lydia Bauer (Lake Zurich, Ill.) both had 12 points in the contest.
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Laurent Koscielny has revealed his pride at scoring the goal that secured Champions League football for Arsenal - but insists it has been a team effort.
The France international poked home the decisive strike in the 54th minute of the Gunners' vital 3-2 win at West Brom on Sunday to secure third place in the Premier League.
While the centre back was delighted to play such a key role at The Hawthorns, he says all that matters was picking up the three points.
"If I score with my left foot, right foot or with my head, the most important thing is that it's a goal and it was for the team," said Koscielny.
"This goal was important and I am very happy for the fans, the team and the boss because we have all worked hard to be here today.
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The Bandy Bandy, Vermicella annulata, is instantly identifiable by the alternate black and white bands around the body. The mid-body scales are in 15 rows, the anal scale is divided and there are 10-30 divided subcaudal scales. Maximum length attained is a little over 60 cm.
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Within Victoria the Bandy Bandy is restricted to northern areas, where it is now considered rare.
A nocturnal, burrowing species, the Bandy Bandy is rarely encountered. It feeds exclusively on blind snakes (Typhlopidae) and has been known to swallow specimens as large as itself. Females lay up to 13 eggs in a clutch. While venomous, it is not considered dangerous to adults. If bitten on a limb, apply a pressure bandage, immobilise the limb and seek medical advice immediately. If bitten elsewhere, apply continual direct pressure to the bite site. Do not wash the wound as the venom can confirm the identification of the snake.
Coventry, A. J. and Robertson, P. 1991. The Snakes of Victoria – A Guide to their Identification. Department of Conservation & Environment/Museum of Victoria.
Cogger, H. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Reed Books.
Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2003. Reptiles of Australia. Princeton University Press.
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Hi Chema,ReplyDelete
I have tried Fuduntu 14.11 but somehow I don't feel comfortable on a Fedora base. The updation takes a ages from the GUI, maybe I will have to read more carefully your article"Switch to Fedora painlessly" :-).
Also Fedora 16"Verne" has just released and by all means I was waiting to test them out but one of my Seagate 1tb Hard disk on which Ubuntu 11.10 was installed has died on me(The other one is a 160gb WD on which Kubuntu 11.10 is installed). Whats funny is that the Seagate hd has just come back from replacement just a month back.
So will be looking forward to your review of Fedora(which one will you do earlier Gnome/KDE)
Take Care Brother.
Fedora rocks in many ways, but it is not as user friendly as Ubuntu by a long shot. In my experience, it is also slower, which I hope is no longer the case come the improvements in Verne.
If you are thinking of testing Fedora 16, by all means read my article, it should be of help, but I would recommend using Fedora utils instead. It should make your life way easier:
As for which one will I review first, I don't know, really. I keep thinking of putting together an article to compare KDE 4.7 versus GNOME 3.2, under the same hardware AND distro, which Fedora 16 would be perfect for.
Perhaps I review Fedora 16 from both a KDE and GNOME perspective based on my experience there.
Take care, buddy
Fuduntu looks pretty cool, but the repositories seem pretty light. Gthumb is missing, which seems like a huge oversight (I don't like Shotwell). Maybe if I were a bit more comfortable with RPM, I wouldn't worry about it. Too bad, because it seems like a nice default desktop, and it worked well with the wifi card on my wife's laptop (which Ubuntu and Mint can't seem to do).ReplyDelete
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|Yes, it can be done at home but by the time you buy all the stuff & have the jig ends made & all that crap, you might as well of had it done. Better be a good! welder TOO! I could have done mine, but when the best fab man in our erea said he'd do it for 175.00 It didn't seem worth my while to build all that stuff , unless you plan to do a bunch of them! Don't get me wrong! I'll fab just about anything I can for myself. ( within reason.) & my knowledg base.
As long as there is no bind in the locating rod through the center of the rearend, there will be no bearing failures.
IMO, this is a fairly simple procedure and is what hotrodding is all about.
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You know, most guys that do this for a living will narrow the housing for under 200.00!!! WELL worth the money!!!! The axles are the spendy part at 400.00 for good ones. Do yourself a big! favor & have a PRO do your tubes! I just had a Lincoln 9" with D.Brakes done for my Dime truck & after watching him do it CORRECTLY !!!!!! I would never do it any other way. There is more to this than some folks think! Does the Idea of loosing an axle bearing on a rod run sound like fun? Or hows about a nice vibration you can't get rid of? I am a darn good fab man & wouldn't try it myself without hands on experience & ALL the jigs to do it CORRECTLY!!!! Don't let the ( gee, I wish I wooda) get ya! By!
|I narrowed the '56 Olds axle (very similar to Ford 9"), w/ hacksaw & Lincoln 225amp buzzbox welder. The axle ends have a stub that fits snuggly into the axle tube so as long as the tubes are cut square, they will align. Once put back together and all the brackets welded on, I took it to a machine shop and had them straighten it. That was 25 years ago and it is still going strong. If I did it again (and I will!) , I would use a bar that fit snuggly inside the wheel bearings to help insure good alignment. I eventually had Moser make a set of custom axles, but for several years I drove around on cut and welded stock axles! Not recommended.
There is not that much to narrowing a housing and I have done it poor boy style with a friends home made kit. All you have to do it make or have made a set of solid spacers to replace the bearings in the center section and in the axle tubes, and by a quality piece of straight 1.5 inch bar stock. The inserts will need to be made so that they are a slip fit with around .003 or so clearance on the shaft. The axle tube end spacers should have the same clearance on the outside where they slide in the tube ends. The spacers for the center section should be the same size od as the bearing race so they will be held solid with the carrier caps.
Now that you have the parts, you simply cut the tubes to the desired length and use your new parts to align and hold the tube ends as you weld them in place. I will add that any bracing must be added to the housing before inserting the tube ends. My housing pulled back .125 inch when I added the back brace. You will notice that the tube ends do not line up perfectly because of this. Dont sweat it. Just grind a nice taper so you get good penetration when you put it all back together.
i narrow rear ends for oval track racing applications, usually the 9" ford, i have a solid "true" 1" shaft that goes completely through the housing, also 2 steel adapters that fit into the bearing ends, lastley i use a 3rd member with 2 more adapters bolted into the 3rd member, all adapters have a precise 1" hole. this seems to work well. another thing is to make sure the houseing your useing is reasonably straight before you start (makes it much easier) after you've cut out what you want and have everything ready to weld. use some old pipe over the 1" shaft where you're welding to keep splatter off (i learned the hard way!!!!!) take your time welding to avoid warpage (usually takes me 2-3 hours to weld one) if you do have some warpage, you can straighten it with a torch/porta power/chain(useing your "jig" to know when it's straight) and patience or take it to a machine shop with a crank shaft straightener.
i've done many, many this way over the last 5 years, hope this helps...........steve
>It's very common to see even stock ford 9"s not aligned perfectly, a jig would return your axle to its original location
>which may or may not be correct.
Good point, I didn't think about that.
A jig may work for some people, and im sure its been done in the past but its not the best way of doing it. It's very common to see even stock ford 9"s not aligned perfectly, a jig would return your axle to its original location which may or may not be correct. The correct way is to bolt on your 3rd member. A long bar slides through it, then couplers slide on to the bar and fit into the axle bearing locations this holds the tubes in alignment with the 3rd member.
The question on narrowing rear end housings seems to come up a lot and the right answer seems to be that you need a jig (or a professional shop) to do it right. I'm thinking of trying it at home anyway.
I got a Ford 9" housing (for free) that is pretty beat up - it has cuts THROUGH the bottoms of the housing tubes where someone hacked off spring perches and shock mounts. The way I figure, if I were just to weld them up I would most likely warp the housing anyway, so I think I'll try my hand at shortening or replacing the tubes altogether. Then I can post whatever I learn here.
When I searched this board I found that someone recommended inserting a steel bar through the end of the housing to keep everything aligned while welding. Is there a reason an old pair of axle shafts wouldn't work?
On the web page below the writer used a sleeve inside of the axle tube as well as the steel bar method:
I'm taking any advice anyone might have before I start hacking on this thing. Thanks!
One thing to keep in mind also is to allow space for a fuel cell, im not sure if you will use one, but the last frame I modified I left enough room for a fuel cell to fit inbetween perfectly. You want to use standard offset rims, dont have the offset maxed out, so if you want to change rims later they wont stick 3inches too far out or in. It helps to choose what type of braking system your going to use in advance, as some rotors will be thicker then others.
are you doing the narrowing yourself. If you are you will need the correct tools to do it one would be a lathe to trim taper and respline the axles after the housing has been narrowed.
You will also need to build a jig to set the axle in to keep it strait in all directions.
The easiest way to find your width is figure how big of tires and where they fit in the wheel wells (if you have the wheels that would be even better) and counting the backspacing and such measure where your axle would mount to wheels and build your jig to that width
you can move your springs in to allow for the large meats and ive heard that you would want to angle your shocks with the bottoms out to improve stability.
well thats all of my knowledge have fun
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Hey guy's, I'm look'in to possibly putting a more narrowed rear end into my 76 C10 shortbed so to tuck a set of those fat tire's into the fender's of my fleetside bed. Lokk'in for some tip's and advice on this, plus some advice on the right tire to use so i can use on the street, also some tip's on frame fabrication. I have seen whare some guy's have taken the leaf spring's and stuck them on the inside of the frame by placing the bracket's on the inside of the frame aswell so to fit a fatter tire in the fender well. (Please Advise)
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Before Trumbo's ninth-inning blast, Los Angeles managed to get just three runners in scoring position -- all in the fourth inning. McAllister went nearly 11 weeks between victories before last week's win at Minnesota.
Trumbo added his 29th homer off Indians closer Chris Perez, connecting in his third straight game for the fifth time in his career.
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|He probably is losing a little unless that 350 is really built. However is it worth the 250 bucks? Not in my opinion. I dont see why it should cost that much to change tho. Exhaust pipe is fairly cheap. Take the old pipe and have someone bend it to the same angles as the old setup (take off the old setup and bring it with you, you'll love the open headers lol). Im sure you have to know someone who can weld! 250 bucks sounds rediculous. I did an exhaust system on my longbed truck 2.5 all the way with two flowmasters for 210 bucks. On one hand I did all the labor but you already have the mufflers. $30 bucks for new flanges, and maybe $50 in piping. Shouldn't take more than an hour to do at all and even if he charges 65 bucks and hour that leaves you at $145 bucks.
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my friend just bought a car and we put a 350 in it with rpm air gap, 750 dp ,xe274 cam, vortec heads 1 5/8 headers and he has 3 inch exhaust to the mufflers and 2.5 out do u think this exhaust will reduce the low end power over just having 2.5 all the way back and is it worth spending 250 bucks to change over to 2.5 all the way
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Posted 18 March 2013 - 12:02 PM
What are its merits and demerits for a beginning cone 6 Potter?
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Posted 18 March 2013 - 12:49 PM
Posted 18 March 2013 - 01:20 PM
Is anyone familiar with the Val Cushing Handbook?
What are its merits and demerits for a beginning cone 6 Potter?
I think a better introduction to glaze chemistry is John Hesselbreth's Mastering Cone 6 Glazes. Obviously its the temperature range you're working in, so there's that, but it also approaches the whole process in a way that is approachable and complete. Val's book is a good resource once you have some idea of what you're doing with glaze materials, the recipes in it aren't all good right off the pages, but they are often good starting points to begin testing from.
Posted 18 March 2013 - 05:27 PM
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Posted 18 March 2013 - 10:35 PM
the link to the page is http://juliagalloway...shing-handouts/
Directly below the picture on this page it reads:
The Val Cushing Clay book (bright orange cover) is a must! It is on sale for $25 plus $3 shipping/handling at the Alfred Pharmacy 607.587.9222, 36 North Main Street, Alfred, NY 14802 and at Kinfolk Natural Grocery 607.587.8840 14W. University Street, Alfred NY 14602. It can also be purchased at Amazon.com. For orders of more than three books, please contact Val and Elsie Cushing directly through www.valcushing.com
Now that is an even better deal! What a good way to spend less than $30 on a wealth of info!
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Posted 20 March 2013 - 10:11 AM
1) Daniel Rhodes Clay and Glazes for the Potter will help with the intuitive stuff and give you basics.
2) Mastering cone 6 Glazes has some great recipes.
3) Richard Zakins Electric kiln ceramics was my bible for a few years.
4) Robin Hopper's book (s) The Ceramic Spectrum and the subsequent editions are my "go to" books.
5) http://digitalfire.com/index.html has links to pages of information to help you learn after you start and need to troubleshoot.
I've been a collector of ceramic books for about 30 yrs now and I still use these resources on an everyday basis.
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I have had the Cushing handbook for a very long time. I didn't find it all that useful. Lots of recipes for various temperatures, slips, clay bodies and glazes. I do use his underglaze recipe but I got that from a friend before I got the book. I like other books for more discussion of technical information. How things work and why.
Britt's High Fire is a good new one to come along.
I got Leach's A Potters Book in 1968. I have an extensive library from 40+ years of collecting books.
Rhodes Clay and Glazes for the Potter was a college textbook.
Nelson's Intro to C was the text for my first ceramics course.
I built kilns before Olsen's or Rhodes kiln books were ever available. But the are good. I have Soldner's book on kiln building and the AP Green refractory guide.
I enjoy reading new technical books as they come out. I like Michael Bailey's book on Cone 6 Glazes. His book on Oriental Glazes has examples of my work and ^6 glazes in that book. They are the only ^6 glazes in the book. Most are ^9 or 10.
Britt is starting work on a book on ^6 glazes for both oxidation and reduction. This follows his presentation at NCECA.
Posted 29 March 2013 - 06:41 PM
Britt is starting work on a book on ^6 glazes for both oxidation and reduction.
That's good news!
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"This is a tremendous opportunity for us to keep playing," Canisius head coach Jim Baron said to the local media before practice Thursday afternoon. "A lot of teams have played in a tournament like this a year or two before going to the NCAA Tournament. That's been our goal all along. We want to win the league and go to the NCAA Tournament. But this is still a great opportunity for us here at Canisius. We haven't been to the postseason in 17 years. It also speaks to the body of work of our players. We won 18 games and 11 games in the league. That's a pretty good turnaround in just one year."
On the 17-year anniversary of the program's last postseason game (March 14, 1996), the Griffs hit the floor as a team for the first time since the Blue and Gold lost to Iona by a score of 89-85 in the MAAC Tournament quarterfinal round in Springfield, Mass., March 9. In that game, Canisius shot 50.8 percent from the field and 47.8 percent from 3-point land, but defensive breakdowns allowed the nation's third-highest scoring team to earn the win en route to the MAAC Championship. Over the next few days, the Griffs will focus on themselves and the basics - shooting, rebounding and defense.
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"There's a bit of a challenge not knowing who we are going to be playing, but we know it is going to be a team with a winning record from a good conference," Jim Baron said. "We should be able to draw a good crowd here at home. I am hoping our fans and the student body really embraces the chance to see postseason basketball here in the Koessler. This is a chance for us to do something special, something that hasn't been done here in a long, long time. A lot of teams have used this as a stepping-stone to keep working toward a trip to the NCAA Tournament. This is going to be a quality experience for our guys and for this program."
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