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|The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) is a Division of the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability at the University of Illinois. ISTC is a change agency that performs research, spreads awareness, and facilitates implementation regarding practices, technology and systems that improve sustainability. The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (formerly the Waste Management and Research Center) has been providing assistance to Illinois businesses and the public since 1985. Services offered include: sophisticated analytical laboratory support, a library and clearinghouse on environmental and pollution prevention issues, technical assistance, and research funding to explore a wide range of issues impacting waste management in Illinois. ISTC has offices in Champaign, Oak Brook, Peoria, and Brighton.
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Report: Ariana Grande & Nathan Sykes officially dating!
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(TMZ) - Almost is never enough for Ariana Grande and The Wanted singer Nathan Sykes ... so they're going all the way ... sources tell TMZ, the two are OFFICIALLY dating.
Ariana and Nathan have been canoodling for weeks - and even filmed a steamy music video together for their song "Almost Is Never Enough" - but according to sources close to the couple, they've now officially DTR'd.
This means Justin Bieber - who was rumored to be hooking up with Ariana - is completely out of the picture.
Congratulations ... on more counts than one.

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The North Central College Residence Hall and Recreation Center construction project is unlike any other in the U.S. The innovative precast, prestressed double-wall system not only makes the project environmentally friendly, but also groundbreaking in its efficiency and design.
The small college (2700 enrollment) expects the project to be certified as LEED Silver or Gold. Precast concrete, provided by Dukane Precast, which, like the college is in the west Chicago suburb of Naperville, contributed a great deal to the building's sustainable construction. The project earns LEED points because the precast process uses recycled materials, produces less waste, requires less energy for production than other methods, and is produced locally.
"This process has very little waste because literally you are putting these concrete walls together like a puzzle, and they have all been custom made," says Brian Bock, Dukane's vice president of marketing and sales. "There was very little onsite construction waste."
The center was the concept of Dukane co-owner and CEO Dick Wehrli. The four story, 198,000-square-foot building combines a state-of-the-art recreation center and student housing. Architect Tom Buchar of Tom Buchar & Associates Inc. is the architect. The recreation center is 62,000 square feet and includes a 200-meter indoor track. The track is surrounded by 159 dorm rooms.
It was important for the college to maintain as much open space as possible, says North Central's spokesman. Wehrli's concept and the precast double wall panels allow the college to combine its two needs: a new recreation center and more student housing, into one energy-efficient building.
"The building's energy efficiency is a direct result of precast concrete because of the thermal mass of concrete and because the insulating foam is in the proper location. And that location is in the center of the wall," says Bock.
Dukane's double-wall panel system is an innovative design based on European construction practices that Wehrli studied in trips across the Atlantic. The system produces two reinforced concrete wall panels that are joined to make a double wall with a layer of insulating foam between them, similar to the old fashioned sandwich wall panel. But unlike the sandwich panel, the double wall provides a smooth finish on both the interior and exterior. "When the wall was manufactured, it was meant to be as smooth as drywall," says Bock.
Along with its environmental benefits, the double wall system also helped the college save on building supplies such as additional insulation and drywall.
Precast dorms
Because the insulation is built into the precast, there was no need for the building to have inner drywall, except for one wall dividing the hallway and the dorm rooms. Three of the four walls and the ceiling and floor in the dorm rooms are precast concrete; once painted the walls feel and look like drywall. Except for the inner-hallway drywall, the entire building is concrete. In addition to the precast panels provided by Dukane, the first floor is poured-in concrete and the retaining wall is concrete block.
The center will be heated and cooled with a geothermal system. Water is stored underground and then flows through the floors of the building, using the natural temperature of the earth. The building will be one of the largest in the Midwest to be heated and cooled in this manner. Dukane provided precast water retention storage tanks for the system and inlayed the radiant tubing used in the geothermal process into the precast floors at its manufacturing plant.
The concrete walls act as a heating or cooling "sink." Their thermal mass will prevent any wild fluctuations in building temperature. "We've done radiant tubing on about 25% of our projects," says Bock. "We encourage energy-efficient systems."
LEED certification takes into account how many materials were provided locally. More than 60% of the concrete mixture for the project was, by volume, recycled materials. All of the concrete products were manufactured within 20 miles of the jobsite.
The 1500 precast panels were installed between November 2008 and July 2009. Naperville Ready Mix and Eagle Concrete of Batavia, Ill., poured the building's foundation. The center should be completed this fall."The beauty of our precast is we're easily able to marry the durability and sustainability of concrete with all of the innovation in energy efficiency," Bock says. "Concrete provides durability. This is literally a structure that's built to last for centuries."
For more on the producer in this story, visit www.dukaneprecast.com.


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With August just around the corner, it is time to change gears a little bit at the Parker Blog. For most of the summer, we have enjoyed focusing on the benefits of time spent out of doors, but it's time to go inside. As back-to-school nears, parents usually have two responses. The first is a feeling of sadness that summer is ending and the children soon will be going back to school. The second, and perhaps more common, is a feeling of excitement (some might say elation) that summer is ending and the children will soon be going back to school. No matter which group you fall into, one thing is sure — there is nothing like summertime to make parents appreciate the patience, dedication and hard work it takes to be a teacher.
Teachers shoulder an enormous amount of responsibility when it comes to the well-being and educational success of the children in their classrooms. During the school year, children usually spend more quality time with their teachers and classmates than they do their own families. We all know that a lifetime of preparation goes into being a teacher. From university degrees, to experiences in the classroom, to continuing education, teachers are always learning. We are excited to introduce you to a Houston woman who has been a teacher, administrator, and now a well-known name in teacher training, Maryln Appelbaum. Appelbaum has spent the better part of her lifetime helping teachers (and parents) learn how to handle the challenges and opportunities that arise when working with children. Because we hope to call on Appelbaum for her insights in future Parker Blogs, we wanted to take this opportunity to tell you more about her.
Appelbaum is co-owner and co-founder of Appelbaum Training Institute ("ATI"), headquartered in Sugar Land, TX and the author of over 30 how-to books geared exclusively to educators and parents. Appelbaum, who has a doctorate in Psychology and Master's degrees in both Psychology and Education, has been working with children since 1973 as a therapist, teacher, headmaster and consultant for families and schools. She has been owner and headmaster of three Montessori educational centers and one private school for children here in Houston and has served as the Executive Director of the National Center for Child Care Professionals. Appelbaum is a national authority on educating children and teachers.
From the beginning of her career, Appelbaum has focused on how to make sure that all kids, even difficult kids, have a successful learning experience in the classroom. According to Appelbaum, her Montessori schools were known for taking the more challenging students, the ones other schools might not accept into their programs. She believes it is imperative for parents and educators to see their students as individuals with unique personalities and needs. With the proper training, Appelbaum believes parents and educators can learn effective and useful strategies for handling all children. It was this idea that inspired her masters thesis and her first published book, Do It Right: 101 Solutions for Discipline Dilemmas. What started as one book has turned into thirty with titles such as How to Talk to Kids So They Will Listen, How to Listen so Kids Will Talk, and How To Teach Kids to Read and Write.
After leading teaching seminars in Houston and around Texas for other organizations, Texas state licensing officials contacted Maryln and asked if she had considered going into the training business herself. In 1989, Maryln did just that when she and her son, Marty Appelbaum, founded ATI. Today, the company is the country's largest child-care training organization, having trained over a million child care professionals since its founding. ATI has two training divisions. The first is its preschool division that operates training seminars covering multiple topics from light-hearted (Squishy Gooey Art Fun) to difficult (Child Abuse: What You Must Know). ATI also has a K-12 Division that operates seminars focusing on one specific topic such as bullying, anger management or how to handle difficult students. Instead of spending a lot of time on theory, all the ATI training courses focus on multiple strategies that teachers can use in various situations.
Appelbaum's positive outlook and successful strategies have garnered her and her company plenty of media attention and a loyal following over the years. Over 70,000 teachers, parents and even churches have registered to receive her free daily Messages from Maryln, where she gives a positive message focusing on children. If you are interested in signing up for her daily messages, follow the attached link http://www.atiseminars.org/mfm/. If you would like to learn more about ATI's seminars, order any of Appelbaum's books, or view her recent media appearances, visit the ATI website: http://www.atiseminars.org/.
Maryln says the most important thing she has learned from her years of working with teachers, parents, and kids is that "even though all kids are different, they still have the same universal emotional needs of love, consistency, structure, positive role models, freedom within limits to make choices, and the need to have fun and laugh." She adds that "all kids are treasures in their own unique ways, and it's the adult's job to discover the hidden treasures in their children and bring them forth to shine and glow." We at the Parker Blog would like to thank Maryln for her years of service to students and teachers. We look forward to hearing more from her in the future.


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GSA Makes Search for Information Easy
May 17, 1999
Contact: Eleni Martin 202-501-1231
Washington, DC -- "Your Search Made Easy" is the theme of the U.S. General Services Administration exhibit at the 90th Annual Conference of the Special Library Association. The conference will be held June 6-8 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. About 8,000 special librarians from over 60 countries are expected to attend. Special librarians are information managers located in business, industrial, research, academic, government, association and not-for profit settings.
"GSA responds to over a half million information inquiries each month," said Jerry Varner of GSA's Federal Procurement Data Center. "We value the opportunity to show so many special librarians what we have to offer. We want librarians to be aware of GSA's information resources because librarians are the people who provide face-to-face, first-level support to a vast number of people."
The GSA exhibit will include information on the following:
¿ Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog -- detailed information on more than 1,400 Federal assistance programs administered by 57 agencies, including grants, loans, loan guarantees, direct payments, insurance, and surplus property and goods. http://www.gsa.gov/fdac
¿ Federal Procurement Data Center -- the official statistical database on procurement contract transactions of the U.S. Government's Executive Branch. http://fpds.gsa.gov/fpds/fpds.htm
¿ Regulatory Information Service Center -- gathers and publishes information on status of proposed Federal regulations and their effects on society. http://policyworks.gov/mi/index.htm
¿ Consumer Information Center -- hundreds of the Federal consumer publications. http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov
¿ Federal Information Center -- responds to inquiries about the Federal Government. http://fic.info.gov
¿ Federal Supply Service -- helps Federal agencies throughout the world acquire supplies, furniture, computers, tools and equipment. http://pub.fss.gsa.gov
¿ Government Information Exchange -- a Web directory to help locate government information on the internet.
¿ Year 2000 Information -- Presidents Council on Year 2000 conversion. http://www.y2k.gov
¿ GSA Library - specializes in government contract law, telecommunication law, and public building information. http://gsa.library.net
For additional information about the exhibit, contact Jerry Varner at (202) 708-5126.
The U.S. General Services Administration celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. GSA provides expertly managed space, supplies, services, solution and policies at best value, to help Federal Government agencies perform their missions. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the agency employees about 14,000 people in 11 regions across the country.


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Gum from Texas writes:
I read your article on reformatting the computer but i have a question. If iIreformat is it really taken back to like out of the box new status and if there is a virus, malware , spyware, key loggers or whatever on the unit in question, will that kill it all out or will they know where to come back to after realizing their questionable programs no longer are effective on their targets? Just wondering… thanks, Gum.
Hi, Gum. Thanks for the great question.
Viruses, malware, spyware, bugs, gremlins, junk… All designed to mess up your system and/or steal from you.
These things will implant themselves deep in your computer's files and registry, sometimes attacking immediately and sometimes sitting and waiting like a time bomb for you to hit a specific key or for a certain time and date to activate. Sometimes, like in the case of the Michaelangelo virus almost fifteen years ago, they are designed as elaborate practical jokes. More often, they are attacks specifically designed to steal your information for purposes of identity theft.
There are several remedies for these. Anti-virus and anti-spyware programs are good for the milder forms of virus. In more extreme cases, like full-on hijacks of your system, it is recommended to take your machine to your friendly neighborhood computer geek to completely remove the infection.
The most extreme of these is to reformat your hard drive. The good news is that, yes, this will completely remove the infection, along with everything else on your hard drive. No, there's no way for the virus to "call out" to missing programs and activate when it discovers that they are no longer there, because the virus won't be there either. The bad news is that it's a little like chemotherapy, in as much as in the process of removing the bad, it also eradicates the good.
My recommendation would be to try these other two methods first, though, to save yourself the trouble of having to reinstall everything.
Hope that this helps!
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The Aging Studies Program will be recognized for offering exemplary education for undergraduate and graduate students, relevant interdisciplinary research, and dynamic community partnerships in the field of aging.
The mission of the Aging Studies Program is to enhance and promote aging education, research, and service throughout the University and community.
The mission is accomplished through an interdisciplinary approach to advance scholarship, curriculum development, and community collaboration. The academic programs within the Aging Studies Program provide students and professionals with skills to meet the diverse needs of a growing older population and position themselves as leaders in the aging field.
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washington, D.C., despite much debate, is still not a state. But if it were, it would share Maine's state flower: the mosquito. This is why I've just returned from my second foray to find Citronella fuel for the tacky tikki torches I have in my backyard. Yesterday, I bought a gallon of the stuff from my neighborhood hardware store for $10. I was in a hurry, so while it did strike me as pretty expensive I just paid the freight and kept going. Today, I was at Target and noticed the same product on closeout special for $3. I bought two bottles, feeling smug about getting a deal and bitter for having spent more in the first place.
In almost every realm of our economy, we've trained consumers to look for deals, to play the angles, to push for discounts. Frequent flyer miles from airlines, "reward points" from credit card companies, manufacturer rebates and dealer "incentives" from car makers. Wal-Mart didn't invent rock-bottom bargaining; companies have competed on price for years. That competition is even fiercer these days because the Internet has given consumers the means to comparison shop like never before. And they now can buy outside of their market with the click of a mouse. They are armed and dangerous. No wonder "do more with less" is the business slogan of the day.
I've gathered from our scads of e-mails about architectural fees that this downward pressure on prices is happening to residential architects, too. With so many sources for house design, consumers are understandably driven to find the "value equation" in this extremely expensive purchase. Many architects wrote in to tell me that the profession must abandon the quibble over fees and stress the "value" architects provide to the client. Indeed, the Congress of Residential Architects, which is convening immediately following our Reinvention conference in December, has chosen the topic of value as the organizing theme of its meeting.
This may well prove the way to go. But I think residential architects may have to take the argument all the way. All the way back to price. After making the case that the house will live better, look better, and go easier on the environment, ultimately you'll need to establish that this greater worth translates into a higher sales price down the road. And if no one else does this work for you, you'll have to do the research to quantify that premium yourselves.
I suggest you keep track of the houses you've done: what they cost to design and build, how much they sell for when they turn over—every statistic you can discern. When they sell, check the so-called "comparables" in the area and note the difference. Cultivate relationships with Realtors who work where you build. Teach them about your practice so when it's time to list a house you designed, they'll tout you in their marketing materials. After all, they're looking for a reason to charge more for that house too.
An increasing number of home buyers understand the qualitative difference between a cookie-cutter house and a well-designed one. Architects are already making a good argument for their professional value; the next step is to prove that value quantitatively. That will move architects out of the realm of luxury and into the smart buy category. Why not make the case for choosing you airtight?
Comments? Call: 202.736. 3312; write: S. Claire Conroy, residential architect, One Thomas Circle, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20005; or e-mail: email@example.com.


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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
Nice hotel on a beautifull location at the coast. On walking distance from the citycenter. Nice large room with all comfort. Good breakfast and restaurant. limit choice on tv channels.
This hotel has only one reason for being in business is that it is centrally located, and lack of alternatives. Although they have nice breakfast buffet/ room the generally is overpriced and rated. Room furnished like another bad American motel. My room was placed above the delivery, and therefore very noisy in the morning. Other rooms has view of the see. My bed was not prepared for the second night. Not a four star worthy.
Proximity to nearby restaurants and local amenities, large bedroom. Shower in serious need of upgrade, rest of the bedroom fine. Breakfast not particularly appetizing. Reception staff useless and rude. Asked for a taxi for 8.30am. This never came - it later appeared that it likely was never ordered in the first place. However, my colleague (who ordered the taxi) was called at 18.30 at 6.30am the next day to tell him a taxi was there, which we never asked for (probably the one that never turned up). When checking out, the receptionist didn't apply the booking.com discounted rate, but the normal rate. When I showed her the reservation, she made no apologies, but clearly appeared annoyed, probably because she had to cancel the invoice and redo it all over again.
The location by the sea is great, right next to the hike & bike trail. The hotel is worn-out and does not meet the standards of a four-star hotel by way of amenities. The sauna & swimming pool are old, the breakfast is skimpy, and the overall ambience is 70s-like.
Staff helpful, goodhumoured.
The location of the hotel is excellent and having been to Sonderborg previously I knew what to expect. Staff are helpfull and the breakfast is good. A room with a seaview is definitely the preffered choice. The hotel is looking a little tired (most notably the rooms) and some modernization would be welcome.
nice location, clean room, The lift is really small, the carpet-like wall paper makes it even worse. Some staff are very nice and friendly, but one lady at front desk was not.
So close to the city centre as it gets. Bathtub We were not allowed to take our dogs. According to the staff it had been allowed prevously/ a couple a years ago. Single beds and not a double. Rooms a little too basic...Good for overnight stay, but no cosy..Too few tv programs
Location. The front lobby was lovely and staff very welcoming and helpful. The floor in the room was unclean and the place could use a fresh coat of paint. Lack of choice of vegetarian food in restaurant and what there was I felt was overpriced.
clean and complete no carracter, cold, breakfast is poor
Cannot comment Did not stay at the hotel because, a few hours before check in and despite a regular booking by me, I was told there was an overbooking!I was referred to another hotel but no reservation had been made under my name so I lost 20 minutes checking in.
quiet and comfortable. No additional cost for breakfast, parking and internet. Credit card fee!!! How else are international guests supposed to pay?
nice atmosphere, very nice staff, good breakfast
Nice staff. Clean room. Can also be a nice place for children in summer (animals and games). You have to clean your room yourself or you have to pay a contribution, the breakfast is not included in the price, the wifi (internet) is not free and you have to pay more if you pay with your credit card (visa). At the end, the total amount is the same for an hotel. It was my first and last time in an hostel.


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Boko Haram Mocks #BringBackOurGirls
Boko Haram didn't take Michelle Obama's #BringBackOurGirls campaign very seriously.
The Nigerian Islamic militant group's leader Abubakar Shekeau, in a video obtained by AFP, shouts and laughs at a camera while armed and flanked by other armed Islamic militants.
Shekeau, according to The Washington Times, declared that the 223 girls kidnapped by the terror group in April will not be released until Nigeria releases members of Boko Haram's army.
"I trust in Allah, I trust in Allah," Shekeau chanted in a mocking sing-song voice.
The Boko Haram continued with a taunting smile by saying, "You have been going around saying, 'Bring Back Our Girls.' Bring back our army."
Shekeau then gives orders to "Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill Christians!"


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Another shot of Crane Tree Park. Lens aperture f/4.5, shutter speed 1/320sec, focal length 11mm, ISO 80, taken around 10:30am.
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What is the Unification Movement?
Question: "What is the Unification Movement?"
Answer: The Unification Movement is led by a man named Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who started it in the 1940s. The movement immediately became controversial, as Moon believed that the Bible could not be understood without the aid of a book called Divine Teaching, which is a compilation of his personal teachings. Moon has amassed quite a fortune for himself as the leader of the Unification Movement—he is worth millions. Moon has also led the movement to do many bizarre things. The Unification Movement spent 48 million dollars of its own money to produce an anti-communist movie. The movie flopped. Perhaps the movement is most notorious is for the mass wedding of over 2,000 couples in 1982.
First, let us look at what the Bible says about false teachers and compare it to the life of Rev. Moon. According to 1 Timothy 6:3, teaching that is from God leads to holy and righteous living. Moon has been accused of sexual impurity on numerous occasions. Moon was even convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to prison. Does Moon sound like a man who is godly? In the short book of Jude, the apostle warns the church about men who would come in and turn grace into ungodly behavior. If you look at the tactics of the Unification Church, you find deceptive tactics from changing their name when talking with people to employing mind-control techniques. It is no wonder that Paul says in Acts 20:29-30, "After my departure shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things. . . ."
Second, the movement is characterized by false, anti-scriptural theology. According to Moon's teaching, man is visible God and God is the invisible form of man (see Hebrews 2:6-8 for a clear refutation of this). Obviously, Unification theology denies the Trinitarian understanding of the Godhead (see Titus 2:13). Furthermore, Unification denies Christ was raised physically from the dead (read 1 Corinthians 15) and denies His true nature (see Hebrews 1:1-3). Deliverance from sin, according to Moon and his followers, is not based on the finished work of Christ where the sins of mankind were crucified with Him on the cross (1 Peter 2:24). Rather, works and human effort are needed, directly contradicting Ephesians 2:8-9: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast." In this religion of works and the denial of the deity of Christ, Unification joins the myriad of cults and false religions which have these same two things in common.
In summary, the Unification Movement is dangerous because the leader and the leader's theology do not match up with Scripture. It is dangerous because the movement deceives people. They are deceived in a false understanding about God and a corrupt understanding of who Jesus is and what He accomplished on the cross. How unfortunate that people are attempting to work their way to heaven, when a person is simply delivered from sin by trusting in what Christ did on the cross. According to the Apostle Paul, those who proclaim a false gospel, like the Unification Church, are accursed (Galatians 1:6-9). May we take those words seriously.
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Urban Ballet Theater Presents 'Nutcracker in the Lower 2011' - Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement
Hours: 3pm and 7:30pm
Ages: YE,TW,TE,AD
Price: $20
466 Grand Street - 212-598-0400
Lower East Side, NY 10002
Description: The show twists the classic story of Clara and her magical adventures to reflect Manhattan's cultural diversity. The party scene, traditionally depicted as an opulent 19th-century ball, becomes a holiday salsa fiesta. The battle scene can easily be imagined in a crumbling subway station as gigantic mice and crisp toy soldiers wage war over the heroine's fate. Classical ballet retains the traditional grace of the delicate "Snow Pas de Deux" and "Waltz of the Flowers." The Cavalier and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is a romantic interpretation of Clara's idealized family. Clara's journey through these tableaux echo the audience's own experience through this new interpretation. Tchaikovsky's original score remains largely intact throughout the ballet, injected with the baselines of hip-hop and the burnished cante of flamenco.


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The sixth generation of the BMW 5 Series Sedan (F10) was produced from 2011 - 2016 with LCI updates arriving in 2014. In the US BMW offered a hatchback 5 Series Gran Truismo (F07) and the rest of the world also go a Station Wagon/Touring version F11.
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It does seem like the transmission tuning is very much in favour of fuel savings so holding gears and early shifting up a gear is normal for this car.
I drive a 550 with the sport transmission, and in sport mode the shifts are tuned very nice for zipping in and out of traffic, however it disables the 8 th gear which I wish it would not as I still do hiway driving and would like it if the 8 th gear would kick in after a sustained travel in 7
Great cars, it my second BMW, I had an m6 convertible before this, fantastic car, but not like my 550 ... I sold it expecting to buy an i8 when it was available but I think it may be more money that I want, or even can spend on a car... Wish I had kept the m6 in the mean time... That cars v10 would drink gas like some of my closest friends drink a vodka! (If you know what I mean )
Enjoy the car....
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SO "driving aggressively in ECO mode" means to religiously stick to the ECO mode driving manners.
Point Taken.
2013 BMW 528i. My first Car.
(not because of the power loss etc, but just the amount of work and thought I the driver have to provided to make eco-pro work, it should be a way more active technology and do more things on its own. Such as smoothing out the acceleration curve as a simple example)
As I mentioned in another thread, now that I started to use my 528ix "normally" (after the short break-in period), my average is even higher at 9.4 l/100km. This is 10% city, 90% outside - of which less than half is motorways (up to 200, but usually 160-180 kmh), more than half- regular single line roads with heavy traffic (lots of overtaking with full acceleration; 140km/h).
So, it's more or less the same as my good old I6 330i would take; the only comfort being that the F10 is considerably heavier, so the N54 I had in the E46 would probably need more that that....
PS. The other advantage is of course what I mentioned in this thread's OP - the N20 F10 is at least 25% less expensive here, than otherwise identical F10 with over the 2.0l engine stroke.
previous: 2003 E46 330i SMG
just sold: 2013 F10 528i xDrive
AWD hooligan: 2015 Golf R mk7 DSG
RWD true bimmer: 2015 M235i 8AT fully loaded, with LSD
Last edited by MoldCAD; 02-15-2013 at 02:52 AM.
OK guys - so having now over 5,000 km on the clock, I'm happy to inform you that - considering how big and heavy the F10 is (compared to my previous vehicle - the 330i E46) - with the same aggressive driving style it is just a little less gas-thirsty... With the 330i, I used to get some 9.5 l/100km (24.76 MPG) long time average (with some 25% city - 75% highway distribution). My N20 528xi can go as low as 7.4 l/100km (31.79 MPG)!
But of course - doing given amount of work requires certain amount of energy, and even the BMW Twinpower turbo is not going to change the laws of physics; as an example I can quote the consumption during a 2 hour long motorway driving at 190-200 km/h: it's as low (or high?) as 11 l/100km (21.38 MPG). How about that?
previous: 2003 E46 330i SMG
just sold: 2013 F10 528i xDrive
AWD hooligan: 2015 Golf R mk7 DSG
RWD true bimmer: 2015 M235i 8AT fully loaded, with LSD
Last edited by MoldCAD; 03-09-2013 at 07:16 AM.
I thought I would update you on some numbers I was able to achieve on my 550xi for the purpose of comparing. I have the Dinan stage II flash also if that matters to the fuel use
I just completed a 600 km trip 300 each way with some very minor idling at the USA/Canada border and then back home
The cars reported fuel use at the end of the trip was 9.9L/100 the average speed was 122km/h
The outside air temp was -5 degrees for the whole 6 hour trip give or take 2 degrees.
I did pass a few cars here and there and at times I did manage to get the car up to speeds I will not post here.
At the end of the day I was pretty happy with the 9.9
I wonder what your average would be with some 25% of city traffic?
But overall, I do miss some power margin with my 4-cylinder bimmer; I always believed any device - be it a car or a hi-fi amplifier - performs best if not pushed to the max; my car is unfortunately - yours doesn't need to be. This is why you paid more for it, after all
previous: 2003 E46 330i SMG
just sold: 2013 F10 528i xDrive
AWD hooligan: 2015 Golf R mk7 DSG
RWD true bimmer: 2015 M235i 8AT fully loaded, with LSD
Well the truth is I wanted I 535 but once I added the features I wanted the cost difference was so small to move the 550 that I just did it... fuel is still very affordable here in Alberta and Canada in general (but not as cheap as the USA).
I had an MB ML320cdi for a winter car before this and a M6 for the summers so the 550 was a good compromise of a 6 cylinder diesel and a 10 cylinder petro engine! (the M6 had me almost buy my own gas station half way to the office to save a few bucks)
My drive today is (I'm guessing) about 65% at most and maybe as low as 50% city driving and I'm getting the 12.8 so I would guess 11.5 approx if the city driving we to drop to 25 percent... I would however have no way to test this as that would mean changing were I live to get more freeway driving so I would be limited to guessing only...
This is my first v8 - as I have always had v4/v6, gas and the v6 diesel and the one time I had the V10 gas. The biggest two benefits I see to the v8 are the feeling of acceleration and as you also noted my comfort with the engine working less and hence should last me longer...
I had a month long trip in Europe the summer of 2011 and I had a nissan path finder for a rental - and I can tell you if I lived in Europe I would for sure be owning a 4 cylinder.. that is some crazy costs for fuel. My cousin had a newer A6 v4 and when I borrowed it was an excellent power delivery. I would not have any issues with a v4 in Europe based on capital cost differences, fuel costs and frankly far superior road system so that merging etc on high speed doesn't require as much power to get it to the same speed as the traffic your merging into (based on Canadian freeway designs, some USA cities have done a way better job on this - we Canadians just don't have enough people to build the kinds of roads I have seen in Europe and the USA but some of cities are just as congested)....
At the end of the day, love the car you have - they make so many different kids because there is so many different needs....
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After putting on 1100 miles in my 2012 528i XDrive, I have tracked 28.5 (avg number between my idrive log and my pencil and paper log) MPG driving mostly highway in the Feb - April time frame in CT USA. Avg temp was around 36 F I believe for this time. The MPG was the key factor in choosing this model over a 535 or a 550. Premium, technology, cold weather pkges.
2012 528 X Drive gas mileage
Was just wondering this myself as I have about 15,000 miles on a 2012 528 xdrive I bought used recently, and have been dissapointed to see only about 25.3 MPG in 70/30 highway city driving (and not using sport mode much at all for these test runs).
It has the sport package on it and the 18 inch tires.
in contrast, when I sold my 2007 530XI I managed to use cruise control to drive it 3 hours and averaged 30.5 MPG. And we get about 26 MPG highway out of the X5 35D-- that torque monster is fun to tear around in!
So... is this is low MPG due to the low break-in mileage on this 2012 engine or is BMW/EPA grossly off the mark on their EPA 32 MPG highway estimates?
The latest August 2012 Consumer reports discusses the EPA - actual gaps and mentions that hybrid and turbo-charged four cylinders have the highest gaps.
Comments appreciated.
My average has dropped from well above 9 l/100km to 8.3 l/100km (28.3 mpg, 80/20 highway/city) with rather aggressive driving. It's still much above the advertised figures, though - 28 mpg is supposed to be with 100% city, and it's just impossible.
previous: 2003 E46 330i SMG
just sold: 2013 F10 528i xDrive
AWD hooligan: 2015 Golf R mk7 DSG
RWD true bimmer: 2015 M235i 8AT fully loaded, with LSD
Last edited by MoldCAD; 07-10-2013 at 07:39 AM.
Thanks -- I used eco-mode this morning and cruise control on a mostly down-hill and flat 30 miles of highway and it bumped up quickly to 32.5 MPG ... and then dropped on the way home with some city and stop & go highway .. so I think this 4 cyl must be very sensitive to any heavier driving as the MPG drops in a hurry.
Look forward to a longer road trip to see how it performs. Overall -- its one of the smoothest cars we have ever owned.
During moderate Spring and Fall weather I get around 32 mpg on 80% Hwy going around 70 MPH. So, with all wheel drive, I wouldn't be surprised that slips to around 30 mpg. During the summer heat and humidity, my mileage has dropped a mile or two per gallon. Yes, if I do more stop and go, the mileage goes down quickly.
2015 328d M-Sport, DHP, Premium, Cold Weather, Driver Assist, Driver Assist plus, Technology
2013 Porsche Cayenne
My 528 xi gets me 15 mpg in 90-100 % city driving.. i drive roughly 3 miles to work and it takes me about 15 - 18 mins with all the traffic... so my avg spees is 15-20 mph and i get only about 14-15 mpg.
On 90/80% highway with 10/20 % city driving i usually get 26-30 mpg...
I did get 31.5mpg once.. but that was all highway driving for about 200 miles at a stretch....
I have driven over 10,000 miles on my 2012 528i xDrive. I just checked my average and it is 32.2. I drive about 134 miles a day to work at highway speeds. I drive hard and average probably 75 mph. I am very happy with my gas mileage.
I usually drive in DS mode in the City because of the throttle lag but once on the highway I go back to comfort mode.
This is my first BMW so I am not sure what I am missing as far as power as compared to the Six cylinder engines.
I am very happy with my first BMW.
Appreciate the observations gentleman,
I can bump the mileage up -- especially with that excelllent cruise control toggle (the BEST design I have ever used for highways with moderate traffic) and eco model.
But after a month now of monitoring this carefully I am convinced this car is very sensitive to being pushed in any way by hills or traffic as the MPG drops significantly.
My X5 Diesel does not behave that way nor did my 2007 530Xi.
Greetings to the fellow blogger from Wisconsin.. I grew up in Milwaukee but libe near Seattle now.
Glad you enjoy your new car!
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Agents Arrest Terror Suspect Allegedly Planning to Bomb U.S. Capitol, But is the FBI Guilty of Entrapment?Karen Greenberg in Policymic, February 17, 2012
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Federal authorities arrested a 29-year-old Moroccan man in an alleged plot to carry out a suicide bombing at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, but there's debate over whether the FBI provoked the suspect.
The FBI says Amine El Khalifi considered attacking a host of targets for over a year, including a synagogue, an Alexandria, VA building with military offices, and a Washington restaurant frequented by military officials. Khalifi was arrested at approximately noon on Friday, carrying what he believed to be a loaded automatic weapon and a suicide vest ready for detonation.
But the gun and vest were actually provided to Khalifi by the FBI. On Friday, he was charged in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against federal property, and he faces life in prison if convicted.
But, critics accuse the FBI of provoking, or entrapping, Khalifi to action. Officials say that Khalifi conducted surveillance on the Capitol and planned this attack. Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the Justice Department said, "at each step, it was the defendant [Khalifi] who proposed the alleged plot and sought help in obtaining the weapons to carry it out."
Legal experts question the FBI's role in the affair. "You want to be very sure that the narrative is not substantially provided by the government. There's a lot of gray area in these cases," said Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School.
In the past year, federal agents have arrested at lest 20 people in the U.S. on terrorism-related charges. But, the FBI has often relied on cover agents to carry out its arrests. According to Ashraf Nubani, a Muslim lawyer in Washington, "It's controlled from beginning to end by FBI. But you can't create a terrorism case and then say you stopped it," he said. "Had the FBI not been involved, through their manipulation or informants, would the same thing have happened? Would there be attempted violence?


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ModPack for Jezz's MediaStream_Redux skin.
General Features
- Genre Images for Movies, TV, & Music
- Default background images for Movies, TV Shows & Favorites included
- Movies & TV Shows use custom selected single/multiple backdrops if no fanart available
- Custom Weather display choices with animated icons
- Recently Added Music, Movies & TV Shows
- Favorites has been removed as a button on the screen and added as a menu item
- Option to use either vertical or hotizontal menu (Thanks to Broads for letting me make use of his Horizontal menu mod! :cool
- Option to hide the checkmark for watched movies/shows
- Complete Submenu section to hide most submenu buttons for Movies, TV Shows, & Music
Photo Gallery
GitHub Repository Download Here
**UPDATE - August 18 (Version 1.1.6)**
1. UPDATED - Portuguese language strings (Thanks FragMenthor)
2. ADDED - German language strings (Thanks Azido)
3. ADDED - Flagging support added for DVD5, DVD Screener, Cam, & TeleSync (Thanks FragMenthor)
4. CHANGED - Various flagging updates
**UPDATE - August 7 (Version 1.1.4)**
1. FIXED/ADDED - Studio Flags
**UPDATE - August 5 (Version 1.1.2)**
1. FIXED - Weather icons moved out of Textures.xpr to fix issues with weather animations
2. ADDED - 300 new studios icons, thanks to the xbmc collective (especially aeon native flags mod, transparency!, miniMedia)
**UPDATE - August 4 (Version 1.1.1)**
1. ADDED - Weather Options now have 3 choices - show basic info, show extended info on-screen, show extended info as sub-menu
2. UPDATED - New Greek strings (Thanks Ydatografida)
3. FIXED - Extended Weather animation wasn't animating correctly sometimes
**UPDATE - August 2 (Version 1.1.0)**
1. CHANGED - Extended Weather Forecast is no longer a sub-menu, it now shows on screen. Can be toggled on/off in settings.
2. UPDATED - Lots of new flagging changed/added (SlaveUnit)
**UPDATE - August 1 (Version 1.0.8)**
1. ADDED - Zosky's 3-Day Weather Forecast sub-menu
**UPDATE - July 31 (Version 1.0.7)**[/COLOR]
1. ADDED/UPDATED - More Media Flagging changes
2. FIXED - Textures.xpr was corrupted
**UPDATE - July 30 (Version 1.0.5)**
1. ADDED - DVDRip & BRRip support added to media flagging
2. UPDATED - All MPAA flagging should be working correctly
3. UPDATED - Native Studio Flagging completed. (Skin-based studio flagging not added yet.)
**UPDATE - July 29 (Version 1.0.4)**
1. ADDED - MPAA Flagging
2. ADDED - Studio Flagging (very limited at this point, just a few studios for testing)
**UPDATE - July 29 (Version 1.0.3)**
1. FIXED - Spanish language text was extending too far on some menus
2. ADDED - New Spanish strings.xml (Thanks bardenas)
3. ADDED - Option to enable Weather on all home screens (Thanks zosky)
**UPDATE - July 25 (Version 1.0)**
1. ADDED - Mod version/date added to System Info screen
2. ADDED - Portuguese Language strings (Thanks FragMenthor)
**UPDATE - July 24**
1. FIXED - Now Playing Video wasn't fully sliding out of view when views changed
**UPDATE - July 23**
1. New media flag icons for AAC, BluRay, H264, & MPEG2Video (Thanks SlaveUnit)
2. Changed flagging so that Dolby Digital icon will show instead of AC3 icon
3. Added Nuka's latest version of the Recently Added script
3. Recently Added Music now shows latest albums instead of songs. (Note that it will only play the first song of the album though. This is a known issue and will need to be fixed by Nuka in the script)
4. Recently Added Movies now shows single thumbs and changes thumbs accordingly.
**UPDATE - July 19**
1. 5.0 & FLAC Audio flags added (Thanks Slaveunit)
2. Reality-TV & Kung-Fu genre icons added (Thanks Rastan)
Also added these newest changes from Jezz's 0.9.5 release. All info below from Jezz
1. Updated to the latest recently added script from Nuka1195 with the fix for Auto Generated thumbnails not appearing
2. Skinned "The Weather Channel Supplemental" script (not the plugin) by Nuka1195. You will need to install it yourself either through the Addon installer or manually then launch it however you like (I suggest going into skin settings and setting it to link on the weather page) http://img504.imageshack.us/gal.php?...enshot022b.jpg
3. Added Lyrics button to the Music OSD. Go into skin settings and set the path to the script before it shows (make sure your copy is recent)
4. Added skin side of XBMC revision 21752. aka: Volume dialog tells you, you can't adjust audio while XBMC is using passthrough Audio Mode
5. Added Custom Shutdown Timer option to shutdown dialog and time left text as well if you have one set http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3...enshot015x.jpg
6. Changed swapped the Shutdown and Sleep button positions in the Shutdown Dialog so if you have A Masterlock set the shutdown button is still center
7. Added End time and Current Time to fullscreen video OSD's
8. Fixed skin setting "Enable auto scrolling for plot & review" did nothing for most views
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2009-07-08 02:29 Post: #2
lol nice last screenshot
Care to post the tv background somewhere ?
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Jezz_X Wrote:lol nice last screenshotYeah I liked the screenshot myself...
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2009-07-08 07:32 Post: #4
Jezz_X Wrote:lol nice last screenshotCouldn't have timed it better.
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2009-07-08 12:41 Post: #5
doesnt really work for me. the home scree is broken.. :/
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blastactionhero Wrote:doesnt really work for me. the home scree is broken.. :/
What do you mean it's broken? Can you provide a screenshot or some more info please.
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2009-07-09 21:19 Post: #7
Added a couple new features to the mod. See first post.
I'm open for any suggestions or ideas to add.
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2009-07-09 22:07 Post: #8
Thanks Aenima99x, you did it so fast I didnt have time to get home from work and add what you posted myself.
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2009-07-10 00:02 Post: #9
Jezz_X (and anyone else),
I dug through some interior living rooms sites and grabbed these backgrounds. I know they should really be in the backgroud section of the forums, but ohh well for now. Some are decent, some are crap. I hope someone gets some use from them. I only upped these because I saw your interest a few posts back in Aenima99x.
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2009-07-10 08:30 Post: #10
This mod is nice.
One thing I've noticed though is that the Videos menu always gets set to Library mode when you exit the Movies or TV Shows menu and it then opens to the last view from whichever menu (Movies/TV Shows) you exit from instead of opening the standard Videos menu. It would be nice if you turn off the Library mode for Videos that it stays off even if you go to Movies or TV Shows.
Hope that makes sense, if not I'll have to take screenshots.
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mach170 Wrote:This mod is nice.
Thanks for catching that, it's fixed now. I've updated the FullPack link in the first post, but you can just replace the Home.xml with this one.
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2009-07-10 18:51 Post: #12
Awesome! Thanks.
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2009-07-10 20:30 Post: #13
I've got a request.
In the recently added movies menu on the homepage, Is it possible to bring the selected thumb item to the front of the list?
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buges Wrote:I've got a request.I just had a real quick try at it and I could only get it to show the selected movie thumb if there was a single thumb at a time. I'll try and look into it more later.
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Aenima99x Wrote:I just had a real quick try at it and I could only get it to show the selected movie thumb if there was a single thumb at a time. I'll try and look into it more later.
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When Sony debuted its tablets – the Tablet S and the Tablet P – it was a bold entry into the tablet market. The S made no claims to be the thinnest slate out there, but had a unique foldover design. The hinged Tablet P could fit in your suit jacket pocket. Fast forward to the second generation and the P has gone, with the Tablet S picking up Sony's Xperia smartphone nomenclature and losing its distinctive girth.
Sony Xperia Tablet S – overview
Broadly, not much has changed on the Tablet S. Yes, it's a shadow of its former self, but that inimitable fold is still there. The jury's out on whether it really does make it more comfortable to hold than a standard slate form, but it really does mark out the Xperia Tablet S from the crowd of iPad wannabes. And, yes, the IR transmitter has made the trip, too.
The first thing you'll notice once you get Sony's Xperia Tablet S in your hand is the speed hike it's been handed by the Tegra 3 system on a chip. The 9.4in screen rolls and bounces with an urgency that its predecessor lacked. Whether that's enough to convince Sony's army of fans that it's worth an upgrade is questionable, but it's a cert for those who couldn't get their heads (or hands) around the original Tablet S's pudgy dimensions.
Sony Xperia Tablet S – design
Along with its powerful new innards, the Xperia Tablet S has made the advisable leap to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). We doubt the original will ever get Google's new mobile OS, so that's a big plus in its favour.
We liked Sony's Tablet S, and there's no question that the Xperia Tablet S is an improvement. It's not revolutionary, but it's slicker, slimmer and sexier than the first edition and it has a more solid build as well (did we mention it's water-resistant?). As a kitchen and living room tablet, Sony's new offering will be hard to challenge, though it's yet to prove that distinctive form is really more practical than a standard tablet shape. We'll have a full review in due course.
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10 MORE DIY Chic no-carve Pumpkin ideas0comments
It's almost that time again, Halloween! I had so much fun gathering these no-carve DIY pumpkin ideas for you last year I thought I would do it again this year. And let me tell you these make me want to host a no-carve pumpkin party. How fun would that be!?


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Councilman Eric Garcetti took a narrow lead in the critical race for money in the March 5 mayoral primary over Controller Wendy Greuel, with Councilwoman Jan Perry continuing to trail.
Garcetti reported having raised $727,503 in the period leading up to last Dec. 31 and has raised a total of $3.6 million and also has the maximum $667,000 in matching funds from the city Ethics Commission.
Greuel has raised $3.4 million for the election and also has maxed out at the $667,000 in matching funds.
Perry reported having raised a total of $1.4 million and also has $512,000 in matching funds.
Attorney and former radio talk show host Kevin James has raised $316,000 and has received $180,00 in matching funds while businessman Emanuel Pleitez raised $212,000. He has applied for matching funds.
In the race for city attorney, former Assemblyman Mike Feuer continued to lead the field with $898,000 raised and receiving the maximum $300,000 in matching funds. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich reported raising $318,000 and has received $158,000 in matching fund.
Private attorney Greg Smith reported $718,000 including a $620,000 personal loan. He has rejected matching funds.
Councilman Dennis Zine was the leading fundraiser in the race for controller, with more than $727,000 plus $267,000 in matching funds. Businessman Ron Galperin reported raising $304,000 and has received $133,000 in matching funds. Neighborhood councilmember Cary Brazeman reported having raised $136,000. He has rejected matching funds.
In local City Council races, Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, D-Van Nuys, was the leading fundraiser in the 3rd District race, reporting more than $100,000. Certified accountant Joyce Pearson reported more than $78,000, including a $15,000 loan; small business owner Elizabeth Badger reported $35,000 plus $33,000 in matching funds; business owner Cary Iaccino reported $29,000 and city investigator Steven Presberg reported $8,100.
Councilman Paul Koretz, in the 5th District, reported raising more than $125,000. None of his opponents reported any contributions.
In the 7th District, former Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes was leading with $191,000. Actress-producer Krystee Clark reported more than $8,100 and education advocate Nicole Chase reported raising more than $7,000.


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WATCH: SNL spoofs 'What Does the Fox Say?'
"SNL" parodied the European dance song, "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" with a video called "What Does My Girl Say?" starring Jay Pharoah and host Kerry Washington.
In the spoof video, Pharoah's an unfaithful boyfriend who gets busted by his girlfriend (Washington) who sneakily checks out his phone. He then sings, "What does my girl say?" and answers, "Nyah nyah nyah" and "She's a ho-ho-ho-ho."


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gutted for him
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/wales/26888535Enzo Maccarinelli suffered the seventh defeat of his career as he lost to WBA light-heavyweight champion Jurgen Brahmer in Rostock, Germany.
The Welshman's trainer, Gary Lockett, pulled his fighter out after the end of the fifth round with the 33-year-old's right eye completely closed.
A clash of heads in the first round caused the problem, with German Brahmer, 35, also suffering a cut eye.
But southpaw Brahmer increased the damage with his accurate left hand.
Former cruiserweight world champion Maccarinelli had hoped his height and reach advantage would prove the difference against Brahmer, who has lost just two of his 45 contests.
But while Maccarinelli was badly hampered by the damage inflicted to his right eye midway through the first round, Brahmer was hugely impressive as he took control from the second round onwards....


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Monday Morning Quarterback: The Good, The Bad Of Week 11
The Good
The Bad
Denver BroncosKansas City Chiefs
While Peyton Manning didn't light up the scoreboard the way he has so many times this year, he operated the Broncos offense and handed the Chiefs their first loss of the season. Manning completed 24-of-40 passes for 323 yards with one touchdown and he did not throw an interception.
Alex Smith was quite competitive in defeat and while he completed just 21-of-45 passes for 230 yards and two TDs, he was done in by his receivers' inability to make key plays when the game was on the line.
New York GiantsGreen Bay Packers
Suddenly, the Giants have won four games in a row and they may be putting themselves back in contention for the NFC East title after their miserable 0-6 start. Eli Manning is starting to cut down on his errors as he completed 25-of-35 passes for 279 yards with one TD and one interception.
Scott Tolzien is a game quarterback, but he makes too many mistakes. That's not surprising for a third-string quarterback. Tolzien threw three interceptions, including one that was returned 24 yards for a touchdown by Jason Pierre-Paul that clinched the game for the Giants.
Seattle SeahawksMinnesota Vikings
Russell Wilson was more than up to the assignment of leading the Seahawks to a victory against an overmatched opponent. Wilson completed 13-of-18 passes for 230 yards and two TD passes. He did not thrown an interception.
Christian Ponder was in a battle for survival against the hard-hitting Seahawks, and he was benched in the fourth quarter of the blowout loss. Ponder completed 13-of-22 passes for 129 yards with one TD and two interceptions before head coach Leslie Frazier had Matt Cassel finish the game.
New Orleans SaintsSan Francisco 49ers
Drew Brees was once again precise in his passing as he completed 30-of-43 throws for 305 yards with one TD and an interception. Brees was at his best in the last three drives of the game that allowed the Saints to tie the score and then win it at the gun with a field goal.
Colin Kaepernick was much better against the Saints than he was in Week 10 against the Panthers as he completed 17-of-31 passes with two touchdowns. However, he threw for just 127 yards and he could not come through in the fourth quarter.
Miami DolphinsSan Diego Chargers
The Dolphins remain under the gun because of the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin controversy, but they managed to put the distraction away for a few hours Sunday as Ryan Tannehill led them to a much-needed victory. Tannehill completed 22-of-35 passes for 268 yards with one touchdown and an interception.
Philip Rivers had plenty of chances to get the Chargers the lead in the second half, but he could never quite get his team over the hump. Rivers completed 22-of-34 passes for 298 yards with one touchdown and one interception, and that was not good enough. The Chargers have lost three games in a row.
Tampa Bay BuccaneersAtlanta Falcons
Mike Glennon had his second consecutive winning effort and he couldn't have been better against the Falcons. Glennon completed 20-of-23 passes for 231 yards and two touchdowns. He appeared to do whatever he wanted from start to finish.
Matt Ryan was simply not good enough because his opposite number had a sensational night. Ryan completed 19-of-36 passes for 254 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. The Falcons made the bulk of their big plays long after the Bucs had built a big lead.
Pittsburgh SteelersDetroit Lions
Ben Roethlisberger is healthy and is playing very solid football right now. He was on top of his game against the Detroit defense, as he threw for 367 yards and four touchdowns without an interception.
The Lions had an explosive second quarter as Matthew Stafford threw the ball with accuracy and velocity as Detroit built a 27-20 lead. However, the magic left in the second half. Stafford completed 19-of-46 passes for 362 yards with two TDs and one interception. The Lions were blanked in the second half.
Philadelphia EaglesWashington Redskins
Nick Foles didn't throw any TD passes this week, but he kept it clean on the interception side of the ledger once again. Foles completed 17-of-26 passes for 298 yards and he also looked good in running for 47 yards and a touchdown.
Robert Griffin III had a slow start in the first half and that's why the Redskins fell behind 24-0. While he rallied his team with 264 passing yards and two touchdowns, it was not enough to get the Redskins a much-needed road victory.
Arizona CardinalsJacksonville Jaguars
Carson Palmer has made plenty of mistakes this year, but he was on top of his game against the Jaguars. He completed 30-of-42 passes for 419 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. He was on top of his game in the second half, when the Cardinals outscored the Jaguars 13-0.
Chad Henne got off to a good start as the Jaguars were competitive in the first half, but he could not sustain their offense in the second half. Henne completed 27-of-42 passes for 255 yards with one TD and two interceptions.
Cincinnati BengalsCleveland Browns
Andy Dalton did not have a memorable game as he passed for just 93 yards. On the positive side, he did throw three TD passes.
Dalton did not look like the quarterback of a first-place team as he threw two interceptions and looked unsure of himself. Jason Campbell could not match his previous sharp performances as he completed 27-of-56 passes for 248 yards with one TD and three interceptions.
Oakland RaidersHouston Texans
The Raiders went with rookie quarterback Matt McGloin on the road and he was not overly anxious to get the assignment. McGloin was cool under pressure and he completed 18-of-32 passes for 197 yards with three TDs and no interceptions. That's the kind of performance that will keep him in the starting lineup.
Gary Kubiak returned to the Texans and coached the team from the coaching box upstairs and he split the quarterback duties between Case Keenum and Matt Schaub. While neither quarterback was awful, neither took charge when they had a chance to lead the team to a win. Schaub was once again disappointing in the fourth quarter.
Chicago BearsBaltimore Ravens
Josh McCown came out on top in what was one of the most difficult games in recent memory. The game was delayed by more than two hours as a result of horrific weather, and McCown completed 19-of-31 passes for 216 yards with one TD and he did not throw an interception. His sharp overtime pass to Martellus Bennett set up the game-winning field goal in overtime.
Joe Flacco had the game in his hands late in the fourth quarter and overtime, but he fell just short of coming through with the victory. Flacco was decent in difficult weather conditions as he completed 17-of-31 passes, but he wasn't good enough.
Buffalo BillsNew York Jets
E.J. Manuel looked like a competent veteran in leading the Bills to a win that was never in doubt. Manuel completed 20-of-28 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns and he did not throw an interception.
Geno Smith had one of the worst quarterback performances of the year. He completed just 8-of-23 passes for 103 yards with three interceptions. He's going to need to burn the videotape and put it out of his mind before the Jets play the Ravens in Week 12.
Indianapolis ColtsTennessee Titans
After a poor first half, Andrew Luck turned it on in the second half and completed 23-of-36 passes to lead the Colts to the victory. While Luck did not throw a TD pass, he completed key third-down passes that allowed the Colts to rally from a 17-6 deficit.
The Titans not only led through 30 minutes on the scoreboard, they were dominating the Colts. While backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick completed 22-of-28 passes for 222 yards and a touchdown, he couldn't secure the victory.


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The IG Nobel prize awards for 2010 have been announced and interviewed. Yet another round of qualitative science which may seem odd, pointless and/or simply bad at first. But the results should be as respected as with any study made – it is, after all, science!
The physics prize for 2010 was awarded to scientists in New Zealand who discovered that wearing socks outside of your shoes reduces the risk of slipping and falling on icy paths.
Transportation planning (there's apparently a prize for that!) was awarded to UK and Japanese scientists for an actually very impressive feat. They showed that slime mold can design efficient traffic infrastructure. In this report the scientists used the very common Physarum polycephalum slime mold which back in 2000 was shown to discover shortest-path solutions – for which it was awarded the IG Nobel "Cognitive Science" award in 2008. It was merely a matter of time before someone did the same test, but just so happened to build a replica of Tokyo's subway system.
Thank you, science!


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New manufacturing methods created for production.
PARIS -- Zaha Hadid and Rem d Koolhaas, creative director of United Nude, are delighted to announce the new limited edition haute couture shoe designed by Zaha Hadid. It launched at the iconic store L'eclaireur, 40 rue de Sévigné, Paris, on July 2, 2013. Hadid and Koolhaas agreed to collaborate on a design with no pre-conceptions and create an entirely new form of shoe.
The NOVA shoe combines innovative materialization and ergonomic considerations with the dynamism of Hadid's unmistakable architectural language to convey an inherent sense of movement.
"United Nude's collections are provocative yet sensual. Rem D Koolhaas' unrelenting experimentation at the cutting edge of fashion never fails to capture our imagination." explains Hadid. "I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions. Our collaboration with United Nude reinterprets the classic shoe typology; pushing the boundaries of what is possible without compromising integrity."
The NOVA design incorporates intricate striations juxtaposed with dramatic realignments, establishing a direct formal relationship with the shoe's primary structure and expressing the dynamic forces applied by every step of the wearer.
Guided by her 30 years of experience working with complex structural principles on all scale levels, Hadid has developed an innovative cantilevered system that allows the staggering 16 cm (6.25 in.) heel to appear completely unsupported.
The rhythmic, articulated transformation of the shoe's composition encapsulates the seamless integration of materials, inventive engineering and highest standards of comfort. As Hadid's most recent expression of this symbiotic association, the NOVA shoe design transcends the disciplines of fashion and architecture.
"Zaha consistently reinvents the program with her own ideas and interpretations. Her visionary creations are often unexpected, yet reinforce their origins," says Koolhaas. "I could not resist the challenge to work with Zaha. We gave ourselves the greatest degree of experimentation and used the latest digital design and manufacturing technologies to create one of the most innovative shoes ever produced."
A new method of manufacturing was developed to create the product. Techniques such as injection- and rotation molding, as well as hand-molded methods, such as vacuum casting, were combined. In fact, the NOVA is the first shoe in history to employ rotation molding, which is the only molding technique that allows for such a smooth and seamless result.
The upper of the shoe combines metallic chromed vinyl rubber and is lined with the highest quality Italian kid nappa leathers. The hidden platform and heel are composed of fiberglass and the outsole is made of rubber. The shoe, in sizes 35 to 40, will come as numbered limited editions of 100 per color and will be available only at very select stores such as L'eclaireur in Paris and both the Zaha Hadid design and United Nude webshops.


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Danielle Bradbery inks deal with Skechers
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Danielle Bradbery is the new face of Skechers.
The shoe brand has tapped the 17-year-old season four winner of "The Voice" for their upcoming ad campaigns, include their charitable BOBS from Skechers line.
Danielle's deal with the company will run through 2015. The country singer will make her first Skechers ad appearances to promote the Spring 2014 products.
Danielle says she's thrilled to be associated with the shoe brand, and especially BOBS. She explains that Skechers has "helped so many children in need," and she loves how the company is providing a "simple way for anyone to give back."
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As some of you know, I'm in the landscape business. As summer has set in and droughts imposed I have been shocked at how many people really have no clue about how to properly maintain their yard.
Just because a politicians says we need to reduce water expenditures is no good reason to let your lawn go to waste. A good lawn actually requires very little water to be maintained. Here are some tips to help keep that lawn green during the hot summer months.
First and foremost, do NOT over water the lawn.
Many people see brown spots in their yard and immediate begin to dump insane amounts of water on it. The second best way to kill your grass is to over water it. Overwatering is recognizable by a flat brown color with rotting 'runners' (most grass grows like a ground covering vine, this 'vine' is called a runner), showing under the dead grass blades. The ground is always very damp and you can scratch the ground straight to soil with the tip of your shoe with little to no effort. Certain grasses give you a warning sign, such as Bermuda grass which will turn a high yellow if you over water it, or Centipede grass which will take on a purpleish color (which it will do if you have a fungus or the wrong fertilizer as well). Overwatering means you are not only wasting money on water, but you're about to have wasted possibly thousands of dollars on otherwise perfectly good grass.
Don't fertilize as often.
Many fertilizers require that they be watered in to the ground so that the grass can absorb the nitrates. During a drought, greener grass needs slightly more water. It's okay to let the grass 'dull out' for a few weeks. Plants have a switch that lets them conserve their energy when food supply is low. If it gets too low to sustain itself it dies, but if there is just enough to live, it will slowly go dormant (like it does in the winter) or slow itself down to consume less resulting in a subdued color.
Don't underwater the grass.
This may be confusing given the previous two tips, but over watering drowns the grass, and over fertilizing consumes too much and gives the ground too much nitrate, so under watering forces the grass to starve and die. I've explained that less water in a drought may cause some grass to prematurely go dormant, and this is fine, but the grass needs to be weaned off of 'normal' amounts of water. Habitually this is good practice for grasses such as Bermuda grass anyway because Bermuda grass have very shallow roots. With Bermuda grass, the more you water it, the more shallow the roots. As with anything living, the ability to sustain itself needs to be taught. Starve the grass over a few seasons and the roots dig deeper to where the moisture stays longer and you'll eventually only need to water every couple of days. However, blatant under watering grass and plants causes them to go into a kind of shock. When you start back up with the normal water regime the plants will have to go into overdrive to take on the normal level and likely drown resulting in the exact opposite of what you want.
Be smart about watering days and times.
Many people have heard that it is best to water right before dawn. This is absolutely, positively correct. Morning dew provides natural water to plants and grass, and there is nothing wrong with kick starting this process, as a matter of fact, you'll need 1/3 less water for the lawn if you set your irrigation to STOP watering at about 4:30 am (depending on elevation and season). Give the turf (grass) zones about a 20 minute water time and the mist zones (flowers and shrubs) about 10 minutes (unless it's a very small strip bed or tiny area and then let it run for about 5). It's also good to water every other day. Here in Georgia I set irrigation clocks to run Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday allowing Sunday to be the odd off day. Giving the grass a day or so to soak the water in and 'want' water is good. As I stated before, it forces the grass to search for its own food. This also ensures that the grass doesn't drown. If you find that the grass still dulls out, don't water more often, just more time per zone (increase 5 minutes per turf zone a week until the grass livens up).
Plan your bed dressing.
Flower beds are often top dressed with a variety of materials. Pinestraw, mulch, pine bark, or river rock are the common dressings and all of them do a couple of things. Most people have the beds dressed for the look, and to help reduce weeds. Weeds drink water too and the more weeds you have, the less water goes to your plants and shrubs, so weed often and weed completely (chemical defoliant helps some too). There is one of the listed dressings that does one thing better than the others. River rock and pea gravel (or marble chips) retain more moisture and virtually never break down (unlike pine straw), never fade (unlike mulch), and never attract termites (unlike pine bark). Moisture retention goes a LONG way in irrigation. With rock, you can take flower bed watering times and cut them down by ½ to 2/3. The drawback is that they can be hell on a mower.
Cut your grass.
No one ENJOYS cutting grass (unless you're just weird), but grass that is constantly cut uses less water as well. A good grass height is about 4" for Bermuda and Zoisia and about 2.5" for St. Augustine and Centipede. Of course there are more turf grasses than that, but these are the ones most common in my area. For those who have Fescue (and why, I couldn't tell you) or Kentucky Blue, 2.5" is good.. just so long as you get it long before it goes to seed.
When you cut your grass, wait two days and look at your grass tips. If they've turned brown on the tips you're not cutting the grass, you're tearing it. It means that it is time to change or sharpen the blades. Also make sure that you have your mower deck (if on a riding, stand plate, or walk behind) be as level as possible. Uneven decks can scalp the grass and leave brown strips all over the yard.
Give your lawn good shade.
It is common sense that sunny areas have higher temperatures and as such, it also makes sense that water evaporates faster from said areas. To help with water retention or moisture retention, have a landscape installed that provides some shade. Not only will it look nicer in time, but it will keep the amount of water needed to keep it green much lower. A little fact, an average sized will use roughly 1 MILLION gallons of water on an average summer when it has no shade.
Check for pests.
Grubs eat grass roots. This causes the grass to die in spots. If you see dead and dying circles of grass in your yard, dig around about an inch deep in various spots of the suspected area and if you see a grub worm kill it and give the lawn an anti-grub additive. Many people mistake grub infestations for lack of water. No matter how much water you give the lawn, the grubs will keep killing grass.
Army worms are another pest that kills grass. You can literally watch them eat it and kill the grass. Army worms attack golf courses and can shut a hole down on a matter of hours. Army worms are the LAST thing you want outside of a kid pouring diesel on the lawn.
Ants don't kill the grass, but they can seriously make walking in the grass unpleasant. In Georgia we have fire ants, and while I've been bitten by them enough that I don't really feel it anymore, I've seen many grown men flee yelling with a foot full of ants. There is a homeopathic remedy for ridding the lawn of ants; pouring grits on the mound in hopes they'll eat it and then have the grit granule expand in their stomach killing them. ERRRNT - Won't happen. Ants will bypass the grits and you'll just have wasted quite possible a great breakfast food. Go to Lowe's or Home Depot and get fire ant killer or in the spring get some fertilizer with ant killer mixed in it (and grub killer while you're at it)
Install a rain sensor.
Nothing irritates me more than to drive down the road when it's raining and see commercial irrigation running. An irrigation system (one done right) is… kind of expensive. If they (or you for that matter) are going to dump thousands of dollars on irrigation, then the very least you can do is drop another $100 dollars on a rain sensor. Rain sensors send a signal to the irrigation control box to NOT water when it detects rain on the way, while it is raining, or just after it rained. It will turn the irrigation back on when the grass needs to be watered automatically. They're cheap, worry free and save both money and water.
Do not water plants with turf heads.
This is my second largest irrigation pet peeve. Many times have I been infuriated by a home owner who thinks that they can just adjust their sprinkler heads for turf grass, over to also water their perennials. If I have to hear one more person bitch about why their plants died I'm going to get very blunt with them.
Don't be a dumbass. Grass needs roughly 20-45 minutes of water from a turf head (depending on size of zone and season) every other day. The average turf head puts out about 3 gallons per minute across a 60 ft full circle (this is variable as the nozzle can be changed from 1 gpm to about 8 gpm on most residential turf heads and the distance water is thrown can be adjust from anywhere from 2 ft to 160 ft and depends on water pressure and size of turf head… but I'm getting too technical here). Anyway, a turf head is designed to supply grass with an ample amount of water, and flowering plants and shrubs need a fraction of this, so to water them as you would grass will surely make them drown. For plants and shrubs there is what we call spray or mist heads. They pop up anywhere between 4-12 inches and provide a constant spray of water, and should be left to run about 10 minutes. They put out more water because unlike turf heads, mist heads do not oscillate or rotate, which is why you run them for less time – it's a constant spray over a small area.
The newer and sometimes better alternative is what is known as a MP Rotator. It's a low precipitation head that pops up like a mist head, has the median coverage areas of a turf head and the balanced output of both. It is designed to water both grass and plants without kill either one, so if you're in the market for a new irrigation system – request these kinds of heads – they're efficient all around. Their one drawback is that they are relatively expensive.
Fix a leaking head or pipe ASAP.
Many homeowners look at their irrigation like an American car. If it's got an oil leak, you can wiat it out until you've got time to fix it. WRONG. If you have a leaking head, you're wasting water and potentially flooding the part of the yard close to your irrigation head. You'll notice that the spots in your yard appear to be greener by the heads than where there are not any. If in fact you DO have a leaky head you'll notice WHILE the irrigation is running. Water leaking from a head after the zone shuts off is generally a result of gravity pulling water back down the pipe and out of the head itself. This is normal, but if it really bothers you or your yard has a steep incline and just don't like water doing what it does, have a CV installed. A CV is a backflow of sorts; it lets water flow one direction and not the other. Installed on the irrigation head, water will still flow back down the pipe, but remain confined in the pipe and not leak from the heads once the zone shuts off.
A broken pipe is a different issue altogether. Symptoms of a broken pipe can include a large gaping hole in your yard with exposed pipe and water gushing like a geyser when the irrigation cuts on down to a patch of really green grass in an obscure place. I've even seen pipe break so deep underground that over time it simply pushes the ground up and creates a floating patch of really green grass. It's best to have the pipe repaired or repair it yourself (it's really pretty quick and easy – usually) because broken pipe reduces overall water pressure in the zone and decreases the arc / radius of the water thrown from the head, which subsequently means you are not getting proper water coverage – killing the grass, and defeating the purpose altogether, making you, a sad panda. Not good.
Don't interject your opinion when irrigation is being installed – aka – leave me to do my job, despite what you think; I'm going to be right every time (it's my job).
It may come as a shock, but people like me actually understand the sciences (applied) involved in this blue collar job. Yes, you might THINK that putting more heads per zone is a better idea because it should reduce the amount of water you need to water the lawn, but the fact is, not only will you not have the right pressure to run the number of heads you THINK you need, but you'll have a decreased coverage area, need more zones of more heads and in the long run actually use 1/3 MORE water to water effectively
Essentially, if you have 6 heads per zone, spread 30 ft apart and you think that 7 heads 20 feet apart will use less water, keep in mind that each head has a 3gpm output, and runs for about 20 min (360 total gpm on the 6 head zone). If you let the zone now run for 17 minutes, you're 15 less gallons of water, have less coverage and pressure, and in the end, underwater the grass. So with all of that, because you have less coverage, you'll need another zone, and more than make up for the conserved water. It's just not going to benefit you in the end, I promise.
You might even think that placing plants in a certain fashion may look better than when I plan it out and that's fine, but do you understand how plants grow, how much water they need later and how big they'll really get (because let's face it, you probably won't be pruning them as often as you should *cough* crepe myrtles *cough* azaleas *cough* knock out roses *wheeze*... excuse me)


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Wednesday night's home game did not get off to a pretty start for the Timberwolves, but the team rallied in the 4th quarter. Minnesota overcame a 19-point deficit to take down the Sixers 106-99. Kevin Love led his team with 26 points and 15 rebounds, followed by Ricky Rubio with 21 points. On the opposing side, Spencer Hawes and Tony Wroten came away with 20 points apiece.
Wolves fans experienced an emotional roller coaster. With their team coming off a big win over Detroit on the road, they hoped to see the same explosive play at home. The first half certainly looked nothing like Tuesday night, however.
Minnesota struggled early on in the game, fighting to keep up with Philly during the first quarter. Rubio added nine points to bring his team to within three at the 3:02 mark, but the Sixers answered by going on a 16-0 run to close out the period.
Quarter 2 did not prove much better.
The Sixers scored 18 fast-break points and seemed to hit almost every bucket they threw up. At the close of the half, they were shooting 63.4 percent from the floor and led the Wolves 61-48.
"We know exactly what [the 76ers] are going to do," said Coach Rick Adelman postgame. "they are going to run it down the court and try to attack the basket as quickly as they can and they just got it going and got us on our heels."
Minnesota didn't back down, though. Adelman led his team out of the locker room to start the third quarter, and the Wolves were ready to go.
Love and Rubio added seven and five points, respectively, and Corey Brewer added eight points as well, including two three-point buckets. The Wolves outscored their opponents by 10 for the quarter, and the team–and fans–showed a new level of energy headed into the fourth.
Robbie Hummel came off the bench to score Minnesota's first basket of the quarter: a nice three-point shot from the corner that brought the Wolves within two of Philly. The second-year forward proved a major key to his team's win, as he tallied 10 points, three rebounds and a steal in just under 12 minutes on the hardwood.
"[Robbie] made shots but he also made a nice job defensively on the boards, too," Adelman said. "He gave us the spark we needed."
It may not have been a beautiful game overall, but in the end, Minnesota's 38.5 percent shooting and solid defense was enough to grab a second consecutive win.
Adelman said the following about the team's come-from-behind performance:
"Usually it's hard to have that happen and win the game. We got the win, but hopefully we learned a lesson."
3 Stars of the Game
- Kevin Love: Love proved once again why he is one of the top forwards in the league. In addition to his double-double, Love also tallied five assists and two steals on the evening.
- Ricky Rubio: The point guard may not be known as a scorer, but Rubio has proven critics wrong a few times this season. Minnesota would not have landed a win without his 21 points, and Rubio once again topped the chart with seven assists and three steals.
- Spencer Hawes: Hawes was definitely his team's most all-around player Wednesday night. The forward shot 58 percent from the floor, including 4-of-5 from behind the three-point line. Hawes also blocked three of Minnesota's shots.
Key Takeaways
- Minnesota's win might have come a little easier with a stronger presence from Kevin Martin. Philly held the shooting guard to one of his least-productive games of the season — Martin went 0-7 during the first half, and he finished the game with only five points.
- It may seem obvious, but the Wolves need to step up their shooting if they expect to keep winning. They squeaked out a victory with a tough defensive performance and some solid perimeter shooting, but 38 percent will not be enough to make headway in the competitive Western Conference.
- The 76ers have now dropped 12 of their last 14 games and nine in a row on the road. Wednesday night's loss at the Target Center dropped Philly to No. 13 in the Eastern Conference with a 7-16 overall record.


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Harnesses safety.noiseless,comfortable
I have strayed away from using the new harnesses that are out and really have just still use the old strap on belts for safety if anything at all.
I never have fallen out of a tree and don't plan on it.
So my question to you is a simple one.which one is the best one out there that does't take 5 hours to get into,cause alot of restricted movement and is absolutely silent,I also don't want anything on the chest area that could possibly get in the way of firing.Are they all camo?
Any of these new ones really worth the money or do I stay old school.
If I fell out of the tree I heard I have 10 minutes to live by being hung under the armpits...
So,what is the solution and knowledge to help a hard headed guy out and make the switch.
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glenny, I don't know of any that you would'nt slip out of. You could hula- hoop through a cheerio.
That gives me a idea.
I can just spray you down with fresh earth and coon scent and put you down at the bottom of my tree,if I fall I surely won't die.I could call it the Big Buck Bag Brake,but then again,I would have to show you my hunting spot,and that is not going to happen as I am still breathing and alive now is it dude.Your not getting your climber up in my woods, if we get over 10 mile an hour winds I wouldn't have a forest left.
I thought you wanted to go muskie fishing this fall?
I got some baits for you to try...
How about the creek CHUB.
or the Fatso minnow,you might want to try the sloppie Pig too.
Let me know if you want to go,I will bring the cherrios,I owed you breakfast only once,but what the hey.
You catch any of them pigs you got over there in that lake of yours yet.Don't go telling me your wife was out skinny dipping the other night either.
See you Saturday maybe?
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Wlan0 and your access point on same channel?
Hello eveyone,
A few days ago, I decided to install BT5R2-GNOME-x64 on my laptop (I was running BT4 before). I had no problem during installation, but when I tried to connect on the Internet, I couldn't, because I kept being stuck on the "Obtaining IP address..." status, which each time led me to the "Unable to get IP address" error.
Of course, I tried to configure a static IP, but then I was stuck on the "Verifying access point association" status, and I encountered the "Couldn't verify access point association" error.
This morning, I tried going in my router admin panel. As I'm not a network expert, I enabled and disabled several options (without knowing what I was doing), and finally, one thing worked : I enabled the "Force broadcast response".
Now I know for sure that I am connected on my router, because my MAC address is listed in the "Connected stations", in my router admin panel, but I still do not have Internet access...
Besides, when I try to ping my router, I get "Destination host unreachable", which is weird, because I'm connected and my router is configured to respong to ping requests ...
Do you guys know what the problem is here ?
Wlan0 and your access point on same channel?
What kind of encryption does your network have? :-)