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I was doing a little search for a domain name, when I discovered that my YouTube channel was basically duplicated by a site called "World News" (wn.com).
I checked a few YouTube channels I follow regularly, and bingo, they were also duplicated (I would recommend you check yours by simply typing wn.com/your_channel_name in the address bar of your browser, where your_channel_name is your YouTube channel name).
I was not assuming that videos posted on YouTube would not be embedded, linked to and possibly even ripped off, but a blatant mirroring with repackaging (the videos are embedded, so their YouTube origin is clear) is kind of surprising... Each video has its own "upload" date, which apparently corresponds to when it first appears on wn.com and a "publication" date, which seems to be that of the YouTube upload date. In fact, chances are that if you type wn.com/your_video_name and "your_video_name" is specific enough (i.e. not shared by many YouTube videos), your video will show up. If not, it will share a page with others with similar titles.
YouTube specifically forbids sites from "us[ing] or launch[ing] any automated system, including without limitation, "robots," "spiders," or "offline readers," that accesses the Service in a manner that sends more request messages to the YouTube servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, YouTube grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. YouTube reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Service, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Service (e.g., comments, email) for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Service with respect to their Content[/i]"
(http://www.youtube.com/t/terms, section 4.H), so that seems to fall under that section (robot is the key word in the excerpt above).
I'd be curious to hear comments from others about this (especially those having received the same "honor" as me). Should we report this site to YouTube? Elsewhere? Just live with it?
PS: for reference, but you don't have to follow the link, my channel name is my user name.
Edited by uwxplorer, 22 March 2011 - 04:23 AM.


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in the us, the white man has all the capital and has an innate bias for white men like himself(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648936&forum_id=2#33567942)
Whats up, cuz?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648936&forum_id=2#33568028)
I met some white girl online and she wasn't saying much. Sent her my cock pics and then all of a sudden she says we should meet up. I ramp up the dirty texts and then she says she's too innocent for me - apparently she's only had sex with one guy. I am pretty pissed.
The lulzy WGWAG twist: apparently when I sent her my cock pics, she showed them to some other white girl who liked my cock and then I got her kakako id from innocent girl and we're meeting tomorrow night and going straight to a motel to fuck. She's been sending nudes as well and she's pretty cute.
Of course, if everything goes as planned I will be making my usual post-fuck thread on Monday morning and it will have been my third white girl this year, breaking a dry spell of several months.
WGWAG Fuckboy Productions cumming to a town near you. Ya heard?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648936&forum_id=2#33568131)
They lack a culture where they will let massive institutions fail for the sake of efficiency even if it means sacrificing "tradition" or whatever. In Japan there are major corporations that are like 500 years old and have been bailed out dozens of times.
Also they don't do things like import tons of diverse low IQ third worlders for the sake of squeezing labor costs down. Asians do not have individual consciousnesses but feed into a handful of collective ones. These collective consciousnesses will not allow for immense cultural and demographic destruction even if it is highly lucrative because it is against the interest of that collective consciousness. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648936&forum_id=2#33568863)
38 made their money from tech. so it's an interesting place to start analyzing, look for patterns of who founded companies. (Other 2 are tiger woods and a thai dude who started a fashion line.)
Half of the 38 guys are Jews.
Jews are so over represented that everyone is under represented including white gentiles. Are Asians particularly bad at creating companies compared to whites (excluding Jews)? That's the more revealing question.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648936&forum_id=2#33570009)
White gentiles are 2/3 of America and founded 40% of successful tech companies in Silicon Valley in the past few years (going by the Forbes list).
Chopstick Asians are 2% of America but founded at most 5% of successful SV tech companies in the last few years. That means azns over represent white gentiles as founders but not by much and you have to factor in the advantage of so many Asians being born in California. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648936&forum_id=2#33570648)
All of the Asian entrepreneurs making $$ are in China. The ones who came here are prob just working for these tech doods as programmers.
Most $$ is now in China, not the US. The richest people are now in China, not the US.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648936&forum_id=2#33570470)
1 United States $18,569,100,000,000
2 China $11,218,281,000,000
China has 1.38 billion people, US has 325 million.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648936&forum_id=2#33570810)
evan is shtick and a very good one at that. he is obviously an office worker. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648936&forum_id=2#33571024)
It's not in the Asian American mentality to embrace failure. Look at Jack Ma. He grew up failing, did poorly trying to make in the US, so he was used to the risks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3648936&forum_id=2#33571390)

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CagePotato Roundtable #15: What's Your Favorite MMA Photograph of All Time?
(Photographer unknown. Level of badassery incalculable.)
For this installment of the CagePotato Roundtable, we invited a few of our photographer buddies over to discuss our all-time favorite MMA photos. Judging by our selections, shots of agony and defeat have a special attraction to them. I think it's because they allow us to get close to an incredibly intense, transcendent moment, without having to experience the pain of it. And isn't that why we love MMA in the first place? Our special guests for today are…
- Lee Whitehead, author of Blunt Force Trauma & The Mammoth Book of Mixed Martial Arts. You can see more of his work at www.leewhitehead.com, on Instagram, and on Twitter @leewhiteheadmma.
- Jon Sluder, who shot Bellator 34 for us back in October 2010. Check out his recent highlights at Sluder.net.
- Jason Wright, who shot UFC 119 for us back in September 2010; if you follow us on Facebook, you recently saw one of his highlights from that night. You can see more of J-Dog's work at jasonwrightphotography.com.
Disclaimer: There's a short list of MMA photographers who have asked us to stop posting their work on this site due to copyright issues, and a couple of contributors to this week's column happened to select photos taken by those photographers. We've used stand-ins in those cases, with links to the actual photos. Also, we don't know why BJ Penn is so heavily represented in this column. The guy always seems to be in the right place at the right time.
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I have many favorite photos from all the years shooting MMA but this one has to rank amongst the very top purely because of all the flack and accusations of photoshop manipulation with the blood spurt; professionals can spot a ringer, and this ain't one. The disappointing thing is that all negative comments detract from our main strength as MMA photographers — to understand the sport, spot smaller nuances, read the timing, and capture a key defining moment in a fight. To me, this brief slice of time from UFC 80 serves as the perfect reminder of how dominant BJ Penn was in his prime.Read More DIGG THIS


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Survey data released today by Junior Achievement shows that teens ages 14 to 17 are worried about jobs, the economy and education. The survey, which examined teens' views on the election, also showed that young people think the candidates aren't focusing enough on small business and entrepreneurs.
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Makes 6 to 8 servings
My mother cooked chickens this way when I was a child. I re-did this recipe many years ago, and wherever I go, especially Atlanta, someone always comes up to tell me it's one of their favorites.
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1 (5-6-pound) chicken, cut up
1½ cups all-purpose flour
vegetable oil
3 cups chopped onions
1 cup chopped celery
6½ cups chicken stock
hot cooked rice or boiled potatoes
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Sprinkle 4 teaspoons of the Poultry Magic® evenly all over the chicken and rub it in.
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Remove the skillet from the heat and let cool for 15 minutes. Pour the oil into a large glass bowl, leaving the sediment in the pan. Pour ½ cup of the cooked oil back into the skillet and place over high heat. Slowly whisk in ¾ cup of the reserved seasoned flour and cook, whisking constantly, until the roux is smooth and medium-brown, about 2 to 3 minutes, being careful not to let it scorch or splash on your skin. Immediately stir in the onions and celery and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the onions are wilted, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
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Local business partners that have helped provide office skills training to the students include Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, BAE Systems, Dartmouth Hitchcock, Dyn Inc., Eaton & Berube, Foy Insurance, Healthy at Home, Gateways Community Services and the City of Nashua.
Two previous graduates interned at Nashua City Hall and eventually obtained permanent employment by the city, according to Andreola, who said they are now performing great on the job. To date, 23 students have graduated from the program, and 15 have achieved their employment goals.
Linda Panny, a Nashua City Planner, said previously that there are more than 50 million people in the country living with disabilities, which is a large pool of potential workers.
"One of the things that I observed through our internship was that people with developmental disabilities have highly developed abilities as well," said Panny. "Many administrative tasks that consume pieces of time from staff members can be consolidated into a specific job function, increasing productivity across the board and increasing job satisfaction."
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Nesolagus netscheri
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Nesolagus netscheri (Schlegel, 1880)
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|There are no recognized subspecies of Nesolagus netscheri (Hoffmann and Smith 2005).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1
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|Meijaard, E. & Sugardjito, J.
|Smith, A.T. & Boyer, A.F. (Lagomorph Red List Authority)
Nesolagus netscheri is a naturally rare species, endemic to Sumatra, and is not well known locally. It is threatened by anthropogenic factors, primarily habitat destruction (Flux 1990). Its population is restricted to elevations above 600 m and it is known from only seven locations (Flux 1990). Based on suitable habitat, elevation, and location records, the species has an extent of occurrence less than 20,000 km².
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The species is endemic to the island of Sumatra, Indonesia (Hoffmann and Smith 2005). The majority of records are from west-central and southwest Sumatra, with one record from Gunung Leuser NP (Flux 1990).
N. netscheri occurs at a minimum elevation of 600 m and maximum elevation of 1,600 m (Flux 1990).
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Native:Indonesia (Sumatera)
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|Population size and density are unknown for this species, though density is suspected to be naturally low (Flux 1990). It is a rarely seen species, that has likely never been common in its range as there is little local knowledge of the species (Flux 1990). It is known from only seven locations (Flux 1990).
A sighting in January 2007 with a camera trap was the most recent since 2000, and the previous record was from 1972 (BBC News 2007).
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|Most records of Nesolagus netscheri are from land being cleared for coffee or tea plantations, rabbits were noticed as the forest was cleared at elevations between 600 m and 1,600 m (Flux 1990). The preferred habitat of N. netscheri is montane forest with volcanic soil (Flux 1990). This species has low tolerance to human disturbance (Meijaard and Sugardjito 2005).
Its diet consists of understory plants, and it is not seen feeding in clearings (Flux 1990). It is nocturnal, residing during the day in burrows most likely built by other animals (Flux 1990; Schneider 2001). HB length is 36.8-41.7 cm (Flux 1990).
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|The main threat to Nesolagus netscheri is the clearing of mountain forest for agriculture, primarily coffee, tea and cocoa plantations (Flux 1990). It is not apparently hunted routinely, probably due to its natural rarity (Flux 1990).
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A conservation plan for Nesolagus netscheri had been proposed in the past, but was never funded (Flux 1990). The discovery and protection of a population of rabbits is necessary for conservation, and surveys of the distribution of the rabbit and its presence in reserves and private land (Flux 1990).
N. netscheri had been locally reported as fairly common, by locals, in the protected area Gumai Pasemah Wildlife Reserve in Sumatra Selatan (Flux 1990). However, a return trip to the area discovered that a feral colony of Oryctolagus cuniculus was mistakenly identified as N. netscheri by the locals on the northern side of the reserve (Flux 1990). It has been caught by camera traps in Kerinci Seblat National Park (Fauna and Flora News 1998) and Bukit Barisan National Park (BBC News 2007).
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Moneyball Takes Manhattan
Why moving to New York would be good for the Oakland A's, and good for baseball.
When the Oakland A's hold their home opener on Friday night, fans will see a very different team than the one that took the field last fall. General manager Billy Beane disposed of half his pitching staff this offseason in a "youth movement" that was startling for the not-so-advanced ages of those sent packing: Gio Gonzalez, 26; Andrew Bailey, 27; Josh Outman, 27; Guillermo Moscoso, 28; Trevor Cahill, 23.
This year's ritual strip-mining of the Oakland roster—which followed prior seasons in which soon-to-be-expensive young stars like Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Dan Haren were sent packing—was accompanied by a new excuse. "For us to compete, we're going to have to have a new stadium," Beane explained, telling reporters that he's designing the team's roster to peak when the A's get a new ballpark in tech-dollar-rich San Jose.
Considering the A's move to the South Bay has been stalled for three years now, this is wishful thinking on Beane's part. Way back in 2009, MLB commissioner Bud Selig appointed a "blue ribbon committee" on the A's future. As of yet, that committee hasn't issued a final report. ("You could've written a Ph.D. dissertation by now," grumbled A's owner Lew Wolff last year.) The holdup, as Susan Slusser reported in the San Francisco Chronicle last September, is that Major League Baseball granted the San Francisco Giants territorial rights to San Jose back in the early 1990s. And even though the Giants are now happily ensconced in San Francisco's AT&T Park, they're refusing to give the rival A's a foothold in the lucrative Silicon Valley market.
This is a squabble that could happen only in the antitrust-exempted world of baseball: a team ransacking its own roster as a ploy to get baseball to consent to a new, far-flung stadium. But moving the team to San Jose still wouldn't solve the A's payroll problems. If that's the team's primary concern, there's only one solution: Move Billy Beane's boys to New York.
Thanks to Moneyball, the whole world knows the A's are one of baseball's poor cousins, scrimping each year on payroll and surviving on revenue-sharing checks from the league's richest teams. Yet if the goal is for the A's to be able to compete with the big boys, a move to San Jose might not be the panacea that it would seem. Wolff, to his credit, seems willing to build a new stadium without much public money. According to the best available projections, the A's owner is looking at around $550 million in costs for a stadium and related infrastructure, even for the scaled-down park that he's proposed. To pay that off will cost maybe $40 million a year—and with no public subsidies coming from San Jose, all of that money would come out of the A's bank account. MLB lets teams deduct stadium construction costs for revenue-sharing purposes, though, which would cut the annual cost to around $28 million.
If Selig arm-twists the Giants' owners into selling the A's their territorial rights, that's an additional check that Wolff will have to cut. Estimates of how much those rights are worth have ranged from a couple of million dollars a year (Stanford economist Roger Noll) to $12.5 million annually (Oakland stadium analysts newballpark.org). Let's split the difference and assume an annual payoff of $7 million. Adding in his stadium costs, Wolff will be in a $35 million-a-year hole before he sells a single ticket.
In exchange, the A's would reap the benefits of a new stadium in a new market: club seat sales, naming rights, cable contracts, the works. How much is that worth? Let's look to the Giants as an example. According to Forbes, the Giants pulled in $230 million in revenue last year compared to the A's $160 million. Let's say that the San Jose market is strong enough that the A's are able to turn themselves into Giants Lite, giving them $210 million a year. That $50 million-a-year bump would be enough to pay off Wolff's $35 million in annual mortgage payments and checks to the Giants and give him $15 million to spare.
That's a tribute to the size of the San Jose market, and shows why most cities touted as relocation sites (Portland, Las Vegas, San Antonio) shouldn't be taken seriously: They'd have a tough time generating enough added revenue to pay off a stadium, even without territorial payoffs.
But while an extra $15 million might help Lew Wolff's bottom line, it's not going to keep the next wave of young A's pitching studs in green and gold when they become eligible for free agency sometime during the Biden Administration. A stadium in San Jose simply won't do much to help the A's compete with the Angels and the Rangers for AL West dominance, let alone crack the Yankees-Red Sox axis of baseball big spenders.
Look across the country, though, and there is one metropolitan area that could boost a team's revenue, potentially into the baseball stratosphere. New York City is a television market that's triple the size of the Bay Area, and there are millions more households a short drive away in New Jersey and Connecticut. The New York metro area is the one market where a team owner could build a stadium with all the trimmings and end up with plenty of profit left over, thanks to the inevitable cable riches that would await.
Moreover, moving the A's to New Jersey or Long Island or Brooklyn would solve another of baseball's thorniest problems. The Yankees, by virtue of being in a media market vastly larger than anyone else's, can bid up player salaries into the stratosphere with the assurance that it will get that money back with TV revenue. (The Mets should get the same benefit of the NYC media market, but have been held back by a factor that's hard to legislate: incompetence.) It's this reality that has created the Rube Goldberg devices of revenue sharing and luxury taxes. The Yankees don't just have more money than anyone else: Because so many more fannies in the seats and eyeballs on flatscreens are at stake, players are worth more to the Yankees than anyone else.
Splitting the New York market among three teams instead of two would dilute that advantage and help make for a more level playing field league-wide. This, of course, is why neither the Steinbrenners nor the Wilpons would allow the A's to move to New York. (Unlike the Bay Area, which MLB has split into discrete A's and Giants territories, the Mets and Yankees both have veto power over other teams moving into the New York metro area.) The Mets' owners, ever protective of their territory, even rejected a much-needed payoff that would've allowed the Yankees' top minor-league club to play in Newark for a year, leaving the team wandering homeless this season as the Empire State Yankees.
But that's no reason that Selig and the other 28 owners couldn't overrule them for the good of baseball, just as Wolff wants the league office to overrule the Giants. It's reasonable, in fact, to assume that MLB isn't forcing the Giants to let the A's move to San Jose because the Mets and Yankees fear they'll be next in line. Once you've conceded that territorial privileges aren't a sacred right, there's no re-closing that door.
Losing the A's to the East Coast would undeniably suck for the remaining A's fans. These loyal supporters have devoted the last 20 years to following a cash-strapped team that has won four division titles but no championships, all the while forcing its fans to shell out for jerseys with the names of another round of future Arizona Diamondbacks. But if that's our main worry, moving the team to San Jose—which would constitute an epic drive for most East Bay fans, especially on a weeknight—isn't a great deal for A's fans, either. If MLB is concerned about giving the team's fans the shortest possible commute, they should leave the A's in Oakland. If they're concerned about what's best for the sport, damn the Steinbrenners—full speed ahead to NYC.


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I slander Robert Morton-Ranney is from Canada where, he told us, he grew up listening to Gilbert and Sullivan. The music has stayed with him all these years and when the Jamestown Community Chorus announced auditions for its concert version of the operetta "The Pirates of Penzance," Robert was there.
He will be singing the role of the Major General. In the operetta, the Major General is the father of Mabel with whom the apprentice falls in love with after he turns 21 years old and ends his apprenticeship as a pirate. A hard-of-hearing nurse had placed him there and he thought all along that he had been training as a pilot.
After a series of unbelievable events, everything turns out well. The pirates are found to be respectable individuals and the Major General is thrilled because, not only Mabel, but also all of his daughters could then marry.
Robert and his wife, Sonia, former members of the chorus, have returned to the JCC for the production. Robert has sung in the Jamestown Community Theatre's productions of "Fiddler On The Roof," "Music Man" and "A Christmas Carol."
Robert said, "After having listened to Gilbert and Sullivan many years ago in Canada, it's fun to now sing it and at the same time work with a great director, B.J. Whitehouse."
Teddy and John Leyon down in Florida say last week's poser, "All The Things You Are," is a great Valentine's song. Bob Kinder says it was sung by Ella Fitzgerald, and added, "Hope we have the promise kiss of springtime real soon." B.J. says the song is by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein and sung by many artists. It was introduced in the 1939 musical "Very Warm for May."
Wanna buy a duck? Lawn Avenue School eighth-grade students will be selling 1,000 of them to help defray the cost of their Washington, D.C. trip. Susan Baccari-Varrecchione reports that the students have decided to have the first ever Great Duck Derby at Mackerel Cove Town Beach on April 30.
Robb Roach and Christopher Varrecchione will dump rubber ducks into the water. The ducks will travel down a lane to shore where they will come down a chute and be collected. The first 25 ducks to finish will win a prize. Ticket holders for the first three finishes will be awarded cash, and if you're lucky enough to hold the ticket for the last duck to finish, you'll get a prize, too. There will be music, face painting, duck games and goodies to add to the day's festivities. The ducks will go into the cove at 3 p.m. and take about 30 minutes to finish.
"You can find students outside of McQuade's every weekend selling tickets for this event," Susan said. "They can also be purchased from any eighth grader or you can e-mail email@example.com and I will gladly drop them off. Please help support the eighth-grade trip and purchase a raffle ticket for the race. Your duck number will be on the ticket and you do not have to be present the day of the event to collect your prize. Help support the students at Lawn school and come join us for the first Great Duck Derby Race at Mackerel Cove Beach."
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John A. Murphy's question last week asking who coined the phrase "That's all she wrote!" brought this reply from Sam Bari:
"The statement 'That's all she wrote' has been used for everything from song lyrics to movie scripts. However, the most significant use, as I understand it, came from a practice that dates back to WWII when GIs would be away from home fighting in war zones for as long as three to five years.
"If any of them received a Dear John letter that said 'Dear John' (or whatever his name was) and nothing more, it meant the relationship was over. The woman who sent the letter didn't want to give an explanation. It meant that she was not going to wait for the soldier, sailor, or Marine to come home. Apparently, those cold 'Dear John' letters received by men in the heat of battle on the front lines resulted in many suicides. I heard this story from a couple of reliable sources who were there.
"Whenever a man would receive one and tell his buddies "… and that's all she wrote,' they would watch him closely for a few days to make sure he didn't do something foolish. Sometimes they didn't watch closely enough."
David Urban, owner of the Secret Garden, reports that this year's Valentine's favorites were the traditional red roses and mixed bouquets with roses added.
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Often the room we spend the most time in is overlooked in the decor department. That would be the kitchen. Sure, the new juicer could pass as a modern art sculpture, and that chocolate-splattered dish towel is a dead ringer for a Jackson Pollock -- but those kitchen walls deserve as much love as the other rooms you inhabit.
With this in mind, here are 10 pieces of art, appropriate for any foodie's happy place. Whether you affix an illustration to your refrigerator with some magnets or frame a watercolor alongside your treasured Le Creuset collection, these might inspire your own work of art -- a.k.a. dinner.
1. Evan Roberts, "Popsicles" print from Tappan Collective.
Nothing sends us into nostalgia overdrive quite like Popsicles. Though Roberts' print lacks the cheesy stick jokes of yore, hanging this in any room will make you smile ($125 unframed, $205 framed).
2. Jen Gotch, "Just Thinking Bout That Orange Orange Juice" print.
The L.A.-based artist, who claims to find excitement in the mundane, tries to take at least one picture every day. This scan of a Polaroid of oranges taken pre-squeeze is like having a tangible Instagram print on view ($25 for 4.5-by-4.5 inches, $65 for 11.5-by-11.5 inches).
3. Bridget Davies, "Fancy End Cutlery" watercolor from Anthropologie.


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Group DescriptionGames that involve the Hanseatic League as an important part of the theme, plot or gameplay.
The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hanse or Hansa) was an economic alliance of trading cities and their guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe in the later Middle Ages. It stretched from the Baltic to the North Sea and inland during the Late Middle Ages and early modern period (ca. 13th–17th centuries). The Hanseatic cities had their own legal system and furnished their own protection and mutual aid, and thus established a sort of political autonomy and in some cases created political entities of their own.
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Style # 207015
With a bandage design and A-line silhouette, this bebe bandage dress is a hot way rock an LBD. A heavy stretch fabric maintains structure and hugs your body just right.
- 90% rayon, 9% nylon, 1% spandex
- Center back to hem: 27" (69 cm)
- Invisible zipper
- Dry clean
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- Model is 5'9" and wearing a US size S
Fit & Flare Bandage Dress is rated out of 5 by 2.
Rated 4 out of 5 by LitPenn from Very cute and flirty:-) I had my eye on this flared dress for a while. I finally bought this on sale and when i received I was glad I did!! Fits really cute and flared. I got the xs, i'm about 5'1 110, and though its fitted I wouldnt mind it being a tad bit tighter. Other than that, great buy!!
Date published: 2013-01-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by Fairy11 from Very flattering fit! It' has a bit of a "princessy" look, which I love!!!! I really like that it has a silicone strip lining on the inside part of the top, so that you don't have to keep on pulling it up when you re dancing.
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Ruby is a language of careful balance. Its creator, Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, blended parts of his favorite languages (Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, and Lisp) to form a new language that balanced functional programming with imperative programming.
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I started with a CodeAcademy course before working on my first Rails project. The language is easy to read and Rails is an amazing framework. The online community is fantastic, the documentation is amazing, and there is no shortage of Ruby Gems which allows you to quickly "cobble" together a new project.
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We use Ruby for our APIs, coupled with Rails. We also use it for scripting and other open source applications. Check out https://github.com/cotap/stacker and let us know what you think!
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Most of our services are written in Ruby. We started out as a Ruby shop, but we're slowly also moving some stuff to Go. We're using Go more and more these days, actually, including some backend services.
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Only thing worth noting here is that we saw some major issues with memory swapping on Heroku with Ruby 2.1.2. We weren't the only ones. So we actually reverted back to 2.0.0. Here's what happened: . We're planning to upgrade to 2.1.4 once we've had time to test thoroughly.
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Jekyll is built on Ruby and its plug-ins are written in it and distributed as Gems. Great community!
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Ruby makes it fun to program! We love the object-oriented capabilities of the language, along with the amazing standard library like Enumerable. The best parts of Ruby? Bundler, RubyGems, and Rails!
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We are primarily a Ruby shop; our main apps are running on Ruby + Rails, our Slack bot is written in Ruby and our smaller projects are on Sinatra. It makes it really easy for us to re-use code and switch between different projects since they are all on the same language.
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Command-line tools, scripting, prototypes. Occasionally I'll make simple web interfaces, but I find the deployment story for Ruby apps to be more complex than just shipping a jar for personal projects.
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When we are comparing Turing complete languages it's not about what compiles faster or to the cleanest machine code, it's about what the developer can think in and write faster, including the availability of libraries. A couple of times I wrote some ruby scripts for this project. I just like the language best for some things. Love the syntax.
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It's Official: SQUEAL!!!!!!!
The Chicago Cubs released a statement late last night, announcing that Theo Epstein has officially joined the organization as its President of Baseball Operations. He'll be introduced at a press conference on Tuesday.
Compensation remains undetermined, but the Cubs and Red Sox decided that it should no longer hold the process up. They will continue to work on it.
Without further adieu, you can finally let out that pent up unbridled, child-like joy that has been swelling within you.
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Ben Affleck gets back behind the camera for this crime drama in which he also stars as a bank robber who falls for the one woman who can send him and his crew to jail. Co-stars Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively and Chris Cooper. Opens Sept. 17.
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Pheasant Run car expo celebrates raw power
Assembling a high-performance vehicle can be a daunting task for area novices and experts alike. Those seeking inspiration and guidance have a great local event to turn to, the Race and Performance Expo.
The three-day trade show, which just completed its sixth year, took place last weekend at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles. Although the focus is instructional seminars and aisles of the latest go-fast goodies and high-tech products, attendees were treated to a new section this year called the Car Builder's Showcase.
This showcase consisted of showstopping dream machines. The remarkable level of top-notch craftsmanship can be demonstrated by three examples from the show we highlight here.
1981 Pontiac Trans-Am Dale Schwartz, Schwartz Performance, Woodstock
If you want to go fast, you're going to need horsepower and this 1981 Pontiac Trans-Am, displayed by father/son team Jeff and Dale Schwartz of Schwartz Performance, packs plenty of it. The white asphalt missile is registering a whopping 1,038 ponies thanks to a heavily modified LS9 415-cubic-inch V-8, bolstered with twin 70-millimeter turbochargers. The vehicle was found in 2006 in Texas and offered a rust-free foundation.
"Dad has always loved the second generation TA. We built this to be his dream car with all the latest technology available," Dale said. "We strive to be different in our products and don't like to leave things stock."
After a multiyear overhaul, their performance Pontiac was completed in January 2012. In addition to the wild powerplant, the vehicle also features one of their G Machine chassis', a RideTech triple-adjustable coilover suspension and Baer six-piston calipers with 14-inch cross-drilled rotors.
"The car was built to be driven and not merely to put out impressive numbers," Dale said. To emphasize their vehicle's street prowess, the Schwartz team hopes to accomplish a major speed feat. "We're going to race and enter competitions to go 200 mph in a standing mile," he said.
1962 Ford Falcon Gasser Dan Ulreich, Derek Smunt, Midwest Hot Rods, Plainfield
When it came to straight-line performance in the 1960s, few vehicles were as iconic as gassers. These modified missiles had a specific look and Midwest's 1962 Ford Falcon nails it. The Coral Red cruiser was built by Dan Ulreich, owner of Midwest Hot Rods, and his employee Derek Smunt. They purchased the Arizona car in 2011.
"It was the perfect car to use to create a gasser. I've always loved the style of the early race cars," Ulreich said. The once ho-hum Falcon was stripped until it was a mere body shell before being rebuilt with a plethora of handcrafted parts and components.
Power comes from a 600-horsepower, 348-cubic-inch Ford small block V-8 mated to a Tremec T5 manual transmission. No gasser would be complete without a tunnel ram induction, straight front axle and hand-fabricated fenderwell headers, and this race-ready two-door has them all. In the cabin a full roll cage has been installed, along with black pleated vinyl upholstery. The project was completed just two days before the show and already Ulreich is planning massive seat time in the months ahead.
"We'll do some actual drag racing and see what kind of numbers we can achieve," he said. Not every trip will be for quarter-mile competition. "It'll also get to as many summer cruise nights as we can find."
1969 Chevrolet Camaro Roadster Shop, Mundelein
This 1969 Chevrolet Camaro rolled into the Roadster Shop as a fairly decent driver, yet before long it was transformed into a stealthy street cruiser. "It was a running, driving car but needed a whole lot of love,' said Phil Gerber, Roadster's vice president of sales and marketing. "When we were through with the vehicle, every panel had been removed and modified."
Work on the bow tie muscle car commenced in 2011. Underneath the jet black body is a Roadster Shop chassis, while a 585-horsepower LS3 V-8 is underhood. Gears are selected by a Tremec T56 six-speed transmission. Mounted behind the HRE 19-inch and 20-inch wheels are Baer 13-inch, six-piston disc brakes.
One of the elements that truly sets this Camaro apart is the amount of subtle body modifications. "There are a lot of little details that take hundreds of man hours to form and create," Gerber said.
These unique touches include a hand-fabricated chin spoiler, side gills and rear deck spoiler. The race-oriented cabin's appearance has been enhanced and modernized with the implementation of carbon fiber, which is inlaid in the dashboard and door panels.
"The project evolved as we went, with the final product being way more than the customer expected."


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NDA (II) Application Form 2018 has been released on 6th June 2018 .NDA exam is a gateway to get an entry in the Defence Forces like Army, Navy and Air Force. NDA exam is organized by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in various cities across the country. It is a national level examination, which is conducted two times in one year, namely NDA I and NDA II. A large number of students appear in the NDA exam every year. Students can get the details about NDA 2018 Application Form including how to apply, application dates, eligibility, etc.NDA (II) Application Form 2018 6th June 2018
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NDA 2019 application form will be available in month of January (for NDA I) and in the month of June (for NDA II). It is organized by theUnion Public Service Commission (UPSC). Through NDA exam, candidates will get selected in Defence Forces likeIndian Army, Air Force and Navy.
The median home value in North Manchester, IN is $ 90,900 . This is higher than the county median home value of $ 83,500 . The national median home value is $ 185,800 . The average price of homes sold in North Manchester, IN is $ 90,900 . Approximately 55.51% of North Manchester homes are owned, compared to 34.45% rented, while 10.04% are vacant. North Manchester real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale. Commercial properties are also available. If you see a property you're interested in, contact a North Manchester real estate agent to arrange a tour today! Learn more about North Manchester Real Estate .
Located in downtown North Manchester, this historic 3 story, brick building is full of potential! Remodeled in 2000, this property is zoned commercial on the 1st floor and residential on the 2nd and 3rd floors for a bed and breakfast. The first floor features a full commercial kitchen and dining rooms with lobby area. Start that coffee shop, bakery or restaurant that you have dreamed about while living upstairs! The second floor offers 2 rooms and 2 bathrooms. A spare work-out room and the 2 bedroom apartment are right down the hall. The 2 bedroom apartment has an open kitchen with island, a gorgeous living room and large master bedroom/walk-in closet. The apartment has a washer and dryer. The third floor has 3 more bedrooms and baths. The common space features a lovely library, office space and kitchen. Lots of open deck space! Impeccable landscaping! Owners currently offer short term leases and AirBNB nightly rentals.
There's no question that fast casual has become the centre of foodservice growth in the US, but it has become an international phenomenon as well, albeit one that has taken a much different form.
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Rather than manifesting via explosive growth through a few seemingly unstoppable chains, international fast casual has come as a result of a slow and steady evolution in consumer preferences. Just like American consumers, young people in wealthier cities all over the world are shifting toward more modern, more casual dining experiences, opening up opportunities for plenty of global growth over the long-term.
So far, fast casual segments in most developed markets have experienced an entirely different growth trajectory than in the US. The largest international markets are so far developing in Western Europe, with Germany, the UK and France topping the list with between US$1-2 billion each in 2014. However, each of the three has seen the segment growing slowly but steadily over the past five years at an average annual rate of between 2-8%. On its face this might seem to indicate that fast casual hasn't been quite as successful in Western Europe, but that doesn't tell the whole story. In all three of these markets, it has grown to a percentage share of the total fast food market that ranges from 7 in the UK to 14% in Germany, well within the range of the US's 10% fast casual share.
So what exactly does this mean to fast casual prospects? Is there an opportunity for growth in international markets, and for which operators? Below, we'll take a look at what's going on with international fast casual, where the growth is currently, and how best fast casual operators can take advantage.
A look at the largest markets clearly favours Western Europe, where there are high disposable incomes, highly developed dining cultures, and a preference for premium restaurant experience. These characteristics may seem primed for fast casual growth, but the slower rates seen in the region can be traced back to differences in the historical competitive landscape. The initial boom in fast casual in the US occurred during the recession, when consumers were eager for more value-focused dining options that didn't sacrifice on flavour and experience. There was an enormous chasm between full-service, with low prices, slower service, and higher quality, and traditional fast food, with fast service, rock-bottom prices, and utilitarian dining rooms. Fast casual slid easily into the white space in between, discovering billions in untapped demand and kickstarting the current movement.
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Multiply hydraulic options Get two sets of hydraulic hookups out of one tractor outlet when you use the ProMaster N2 hydraulic multiplier valve from Fasse Valves.
The unit mounts to existing SCV tractor outlets. The N2 valves have larger port sizes for faster flow (with a flow rate of 20 gpm) and sealed weatherproof connectors. Installation takes less than an hour, according to the company. Price was not available at press time. Contact Fasse Valves, Dept. FIN, Box 2348, Kearney, NE 68848, 800/345-7745.
Did you know? Reevaluate choice and pressure of tires on harvest equipment if you're modifying the machines; added weight can cause premature tire failure. Bin extensions of up to 160 bu. added to a 240-bu. bin can add 8,320 lbs. to the machine, causing tire overload.
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Price guide Before you buy, sell or trade a used tractor, check out the Used Tractor Price Guide from Intertec Publishing. This comprehensive reference covers models produced by more than 30 different manufacturers with detailed information about farm tractors produced from 1939 through 1999. It lists the approximate retail price of each tractor when it was new, plus a high and low range of its estimated used value. Specifications on engine size, transmission speeds, shipping weight and PTO horsepower also are given. A listing of serial numbers allows you to determine the year a tractor was built. Price: $13. Contact Intertec Publishing, Dept. FIN, Box 12901, Overland Park, KS 66282, 800/ 262-1954, www.intertec books.com.
Haul big machinery safely It weighs 18,000 lbs., yet the updated Trail-Eze Wideside machinery trailer can haul up to 60,000 lbs. of heavy machinery overall, or 30,000 lbs. on its double-drop deck platform. The Wideside features pullout 3- x 5-in. tubes set on 16-in. cross member spacings to increase width to the required 13 ft. needed for hauling combines safely and legally. The trailer features a sloping rear end to allow better clearance for tractor drawbars or for low-clearance machines. Price range: $35,000 to $40,000.
The company's TE70SA Sliding Axle trailer handles a 70,000-lb. load (distributed from front to tail). The slide axle allows the bed to tilt hydraulically to a 7_1/2 inch angle. This offers a low approach and departure angle for low-clearance machinery. Air ride suspension and hydraulic and remote winches come standard. Trailer weight is 16,500 lbs. Price range: $35,000 to $45,000. Contact Trail-Eze Trailers, Dept. FIN, Box 1188, Mitchell, SD 57301, 800/232-5682.
Clean up the air Dust- and pollen-filled days are just ahead but you can be prepared with a Wix cab air filter designed to keep tractor and loader cabs cleaner and allergen free.
A new cabin air filter can remove pollen and mold, as well as filter out exhaust fumes and dust. Air filters are installed in machinery cabs in the factory or can be added at your dealership. If you already have them installed in your cabs, now might be a good time to change them for fresh spring planting. See your dealer for installation or replacement filters. Filter prices start at $25. Contact Wix Filtration Products Div., Dana Corp., Dept. FIN, Box 1967, Gastonia, NC 28053, 704/864-6711.


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In this inquiry exploration, student design an experiment to test the absorption of heat by different earth materials. Materials required include plastic water bottles, soil, sand, water, thermometers, lamp with 60 watt bulb, and stopwatch. This... (View More) activity is part of the MY NASA DATA Scientist Tracking Network unit, designed to provide practice in accessing and using authentic satellite data. (View Less)
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Alison Brie on Save the Date, Kittens, and Community's 'Dark' Time
"NBC is in love with us, but they're not sure it's forever!"
Alison Brie plays Lizzy Caplan's sister in Save the Date, an atypical rom-com in which one character plans her wedding (with Martin Starr) while the other rejects a marriage proposal and tries to figure out what she wants. For Brie, it was a chance to spend time with Caplan ("She has the ability to bust your balls, and be crazy supportive at the same time") and explore an even more haphazard way of shooting than she gets to do on Mad Men or Community, the fourth season of which she just wrapped. Brie chatted with Vulture about grabbing takes between red lights, animal co-stars, and why a relationship with Abed isn't in the cards.
Community's Annie and your Save the Date character Beth are both Type-A. They're both perfectionists.
That's a through-line in a lot of the characters I tend to play! I tend to play responsible and practical and perfectionist, even though I'm not. I think when Beth comes into the movie, she's already a Bridezilla, but there's that one scene at the beginning where they're just hanging out and smoking and drinking and having a fun time. That's when you get the one glimpse: See, Beth is cool! Normally, she's fine!
Did Save the Date feel like a Party Down/Mad Men reunion? Was Geoffrey's wife and your Mad Men co-star Christina Hendricks on set?
She wasn't really on set as much as she was all over the place with us. Did you hear about what our process shooting was like? It was very rogue, all over Los Angeles. I'm sure we had permits — I'm not trying to out anyone — but we would all be just driving around and catching takes in between traffic, so it was pretty nutty. Like that scene in front of the bridal shop, where I'm yelling at Lizzy and it's all emotional? We didn't have permits to stop traffic on Wilshire Boulevard, so we'd have to wait for the red lights and then we'd be like, "Go! Act now!" And we'd have to grab the scene before traffic started again.
You know who was stealing scenes? That cat, Ferdinand, who was omnipresent during all the sex scenes. I'm assuming you're a cat person from your Twitter photo with the cutest of kittens.
Between Ferdinand the cat and the dog that was with Lizzy during her pregnancy test, the animals steal this movie. Unfortunately, I didn't have a lot of scenes with Miss Kitty, who played Ferdinand, but she was incredible. The cat in that photo, by the way, is a guest actor on Community — spoiler alert! [Laughs] I didn't realize my level of cat-loving until we were shooting this scene where they brought in a box of seven tiny kittens, and I just went crazy. I was so giddy. I was crying with joy! They give us these little treats, and then they abuse us, and then they give us some more treats. I'm kidding about the abuse!
Still, it's got to be hard, sometimes not knowing when the show will be back on, like the false alarm you had about October 19, which became February 7. It's as if the network has commitment issues, to put it in the context of your movie.
You know, that October 19 video, about October 19 being whenever you want it to be? That was Gillian [Jacobs]' idea. At this point, we feel worse for the fans than we do for ourselves about the changing time slots — getting strung along like that, and then finding out it's another three months, or only thirteen episodes. It was harder last year, though. That was a dark time. Talk about the darkest timeline! And now that we've been through that, what else is new? NBC is in love with us, but they're not sure it's forever! [Laughs] They want to marry us, until they meet someone new, and then they're wooed by monkeys.
Although you do share the same monkey: Crystal was on both Animal Practice and Community. And now that Animal Practice is canceled, she has more time to be Annie's Boobs.
Don't worry, she'll be back on our show. She's going to be fine. Crystal is very popular. I'm a little jealous of her. Sometimes I'll sneak into her dressing room and cut holes in her clothes, but it's like the mean girls — even if their clothes had holes in them, it would become the new thing, and everyone would want to do it. [Laughs]
You share a trailer with Danny Pudi.
I do. It's helped us become super-close. We try to add this whole Annie-and-Abed backstory, but it's all unspoken; secret handshakes and stuff. It all just happens naturally, because when you talk to someone when you're peeing — our bathrooms are separated by a very thin wall — you get really close. Don't knock it until you try it.
Annie and Abed made out in season two. Do you think they could have a full-fledged romance?
I think of him as a brother! I don't know if I see them together romantically. I do sometimes feel sorry for Annie on the love front, because I do want her to have a love interest. But the thing is, no one knows what Abed's taste in girls is. We've had hints that he has a lot of confidence in that area, so I would be interested in seeing more romance with him. And actually, we do in this upcoming season. Abed gets a new love interest, who is more Abed-like. I can't say who.
You've said before that you wanted Community to spoof horror movies more.
And we do this year. Although our Halloween episode is very much like an episode of Scooby-Doo — it's pretty goofy. And of course it won't be airing anywhere near Halloween now, but we didn't find out the airdate until we were shooting, so we tried some lines in it like, "This will be great whenever you see it!" Our Christmas episode is going to air in April. It'll be great! I think it's a nice way for fans to celebrate Christmas all over again. Everybody loves the holidays, right?
It's not a national holiday the same way, but you have a big birthday coming up: the big 3-0 on December 29.
What do you mean my birthday's not a national holiday? I thought everyone was going to celebrate it this year? [Laughs] I'm actually going to keep it small this time. I'm planning a trip to Napa for some wine-tasting with some close friends. I thought I'd go more intimate for the big birthday, instead of going all crazy and running off to Vegas. That's not my style. I'm much more prone to sending a quick text: "Hey, are you free this day? It's my birthday, I hope you can make it! If not, that's cool. This is where I'm going to be. Love ya!"


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Purchased a used 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 30k miles on 04/27/11. NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS!! First problem happened 2 months after ownership. Driving on highway and vehicle won't accelerate. Take to dealership twice to have problem fixed. First time gear selector assembly was done. Second time was due to a wire being pinched (paid $150 out of my pocket for something that wasn't my fault). Next trip to dealership service was 3 months after purchase.
This was for the driver side window stopping half way up when in operation. Regulators for both front windows were replaced (luckily no charge to me). Next problem happened 5 months after purchase date. Sitting at stop light and Jeep dies. Was told by the dealership service department that it could have been a "hiccup" in the system. They were unable to find any problems involving this concern. Next problem happened in 02/12.
Would drive Jeep, park it for less than an hour, get back in it and it wouldn't start. This happened numerous times and made 2 trips out to the dealership service. 1st trip they found nothing. 2nd trip they cleaned connections to the starter. Now... for the big Whopper of complaint for this vehicle and Chrysler.
The morning that I picked up my vehicle from the dealership 02/24/12 after the connections to the starter were cleaned, I drove the vehicle an hour and 30 minutes until my vehicle started shaking violently. I was on the highway and when I pulled over another man pulled behind me. He got out of his car and ran up to my Jeep as I was getting out yelling "it's on fire". The underneath, between the two rear wheels was on fire.
Called the fire department, got towed back to my local dealership in tears. Dealership service told me a pinion seal had busted which caused gears to lock up. Fire melted a brake line (roughly $4,000 worth of damage total). I figured everything would be fine and would be fixed - no problems because I have 2 different warranties on this vehicle that I have owned for less than a year. HA, I was wrong. After the dealership had submitted the claim through Chrysler, it was returned as denied.
I proceeded to make a complaint to Chrysler and refile the claim. It is now 03/20/12 and the claim has been denied for the second time by Chrysler. Supposedly a letter of denial was mailed out to me on 03/12/12 but I have yet to receive it. Supposedly (and I say this because it is what the dealership has been telling me that Chrysler is saying) Chrysler will not pay for the repair, although my warranty states it is covered, because there was a fire. Chrysler is saying because of the fire, it shows that I personally neglected the vehicle.
Now, from all the previous service calls that I have had on this vehicle, obviously I take care of my vehicle and obviously take it to service for any minor/major concern I have. And obviously I am NOT a trained technician to know that something is wrong with the vehicle unless a warning light came on or a weird sound of some sort was coming from the vehicle. As soon as I felt the vibration coming from this vehicle, I pulled over, had the fire extinguished, and was towed back to the dealership.
It completely blows my mind how Chrysler can deny to fix this vehicle under warranty and say this is my fault. Very first vehicle I have ever purchased from a dealership, first time I have ever had a car payment, and LAST time I will ever trust Chrysler!! All I want is for Chrysler to provide great customer service to me by fixing my vehicle.
SAN JUAN -- On 11/11/05 I purchased a Grand Cherokee at Chrysler Dealer in Puerto Rico (PR). The vehicle comes with a 3 year/36M miles and I was given an extended guaranty up to 84 months/70M miles. During the 3/36 guaranty period, any repairs were covered in a satisfactory manner. Now the air conditioning needs repair (same problem fixed 1 year back).
I took the vehicle to the dealer but because any future service must be covered with the National Auto Care extended policy I must take the vehicle to the Daimler Chrysler main dealer in PR. I did as instructed but when I requested the service the DC Rep told me that I have to call National Auto Care myself because they do not have the information in their system and would not know what services are in the NAC policy. They gave me the phone # 1-800-526-8678.
I called and after following the directions to choose the correct department and selecting what I felt was the contact, I was automatically left holding the phone (with music) until I had to hang up after 10 plus minutes. The problem here is that I think I should have received a service from Daimler Chrysler covered by National Auto Care but I cannot obtain the service or even the information as to what my policy covers.
SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA -- Within two days of purchase of a Jeep Overland Grand Cherokee 2007 (trade in with 2004) the old 5 star dealership, ** in San Rafael CA, who was in the middle of an ugly divorce, locked the doors. It took 6 months to get the registration sorted out. Initially Chrysler Daimler were uninterested in any assistance. The problems continue. Now calls are coming in saying that the warranty is going to expire on a vehicle that still doesn't have 20,000 miles on it.
Beautiful vehicle but there has to be some support when things go wrong. Try calling them - no one is interested in any kind of assistance. The next time we want to drop this kind of cash on a vehicle, don't think it will be anything associated with Chrysler. All they want is your money. We have choices. Shame though.
THORNTON CHRYSLER, ALABAMA -- Purchased a 2006 new Jeep Grand Cherokee from Thornton Chrysler in Florence Alabama. At about 1,500 miles the vehicle began to shudder or surge especially bad at 30-60mph. I also sometimes have a popping in the right rear. I have had the vehicle at the service department, called everyone at DaimlerChrysler: their consumer hotline, Tommy Lasorda the Vps office, **, and engineers. They give me the crazy story that it is normal. IT IS NOT!!! I have test driven several of the exact same make and model including 1 at the dealership for a week, and they perform fine. The reaction and attitude I have received from both are totally disrespectful and unacceptable.


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Eden, Twilight Fan Event Winner, Shares Her Experience of Meeting StephenieApr 14th, 2011 | By Stefanie | Category: Fandom, Featured Articles
Eden is the US winner of the Twilight International Fan Event that took place a few weeks back. TheTwilightSaga.com has posted her story: My experience with Stephenie Meyer and the other international winners was more than amazing, it was priceless. Meeting people from around the world that love the Twilight Saga as much as I do has
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Willie Olea is one of our culture's finest painters, so it's no surprise that he brings us this clean '56 that looks like it rolled straight out of the factory. His paint resume reveals a list of Lowrider heavy hitters, including John Kennedy's "Southside Player, and also his '62 "El Gringo," as well as other greats like "Rolling Four," "Orange Nightmare," and Anthony Fuentes' "Seducer" in 1990. It's no wonder Willie was the subject of one of our Painter's Profiles back in June of 2003. Willie honed his skills at the legendary Orlie's Hydraulics in Long Beach CA., a place he heard about at a very young age when his uncle had a '62 painted and lifted there. It's safe to say that Willie has been on the scene for some time now; in fact, he's been around auto painting for over 20 years. "I first got into painting Lowriders in '87," he states. 'My dad had a Gold '65 Chevy on Cragars, my grandfather had a '54 Chevy, and my uncles were rolling in '62's and '58's," he says proudly. "I remember way back, cruising down the street with my uncle and hitting switches in his Pearl White '62, on the way to the Show Boat to play video games, which is now Speedzone off the 60 freeway." Willie began learning at Orlie's shortly thereafter and those early days prepped him to become the painter he is today.
As for the '56, this car has been a long time coming, but not a long time in the making. After several previous builds that were left unfinished due to Willie's full schedule of working on others' cars, he knew he had to follow through on this one. The most recent journey was a '62 which Willie decided to sell in order to put some work in on his family home, a place he shares with his wife, Veronica and his two children Willie, and Hailey. A few years later, he decided to purchase another project car after going to a Costa Mesa Car Show. Willie and Veronica compared a '62 and '56 Chevy, deciding to go with a '56 to replace the previous project car.
Finding the right '56 wasn't so easy. After being close in negotiations with a '56 owner in Kentucky, Willie was suddenly turned down; for some funny reason, the car was no longer for sale before a deal was complete. "I don't know what happened. Did the man with the hard accent not like my last name? Or did he not want his prized possession to come to California?" Willie was perplexed. "Months later, I saw the same car for sale. I decided to call friend John Kennedy to see if he could make the purchase, but they turned him down too, as soon as they realized he was calling from California. Glad to say it wasn't because of my last name," Willie says.
The frustrating experience proved to be for the best, as Willie located a better car in nearby Fullerton, CA. The car was cruise ready and seemed to have been garaged its whole life. While the car was turning heads in the shape it was in, Willie had to make it his own. It is then that Willie stripped down all the stainless metal, as well as the bumpers and glass. His place of work at the time, Norwalk Collision Center was the hub as Willie and Javier Escareno started those countless hours of blocking and prepping to get that straight solid look that he knew he had to have. One month later it was then ready for paint.
"The vin tag called for yellow and green, so I thought it would be only right to keep it in those colors, but also add my own twist to the shades," Willie says. "In my 20 years in this business, I had never seen a green and yellow '56 around here. After this one, I think there's a good chance of seeing more green and yellow combinations to come!"
After the paint job was completed, Willie and his friends agreed that it would be a shame to only paint the undercarriage. "I knew this car had to be a full frame off restoration and I knew the right person for the job. So it was off to the New Years Day Cruise at Hollywood Park to find the right man for the job, Mike Lopez," Willie recalls. After sharing his plans and a few beers with Mike, Willie got the green light. "I called him the very next morning and off it went to New Life Restoration in Fullerton, CA., where Mike and Indio had the frame off and the chassis completely disassembled and ready to be sent out for powder coating in just two hours time." After Mike received all the powder-coated materials, chrome, and polished stainless, New Life Restoration got busy and reassembled the whole car perfectly in about three months. The car was then taken to Bow Tie Connection for a new interior wrap, and they chose the original colors, Yellow and Black. Last but not least, the car had to go visit a long time high school friend of Willie's, Ray Gonzalez of Laid Out Customs in Santa Fe Springs CA., who added the air ride suspension and threw on the O.G. Tru Spokes to give it that old school twist that Willie was looking for.
The entire build took right around four months, and the car lives up to Willie's expectations after so many years of incomplete cars. "I knew my reputation as a painter was on the line since people had high expectations of me," he says. Willie wishes to thank Mike Lopez for treating his car as it was his own, Javier Escareno for putting in long hours on the block work, and Ray Gonzalez for the air-ride suspension. He also sends his gratitude to Lee Mulholland, who fired up the crate 350, Jerry's Transmission in Norwalk, as the 700 R shifts like a dream, Mark Luna for handling the glass work, and John Kennedy from Bowtie, who wrapped a beautiful interior. Last but not least, he credits his wife, Veronica, for picking the '56 and he sends his love to his two children, Willie and Hailey Olea. We'll be looking for that '62 next, Willie!
Tech Specs
"Olea '56"
Year/Model: 1956 Chevy Bel Air
City/State: Norwalk, CA
Engine: Crate 350 Engine
Paint: Willie Olea laid a Nexa PPG Auto Color, high clarity clear coat over a Green and Yellow combination at Hi Tech Collision in Norwalk, CA.
Interior: John Kennedy of Bowtie Connection expertly wrapped the interior in a luxurious O.G. Yellow and Black.
Suspension/Setup: Mike Lopez gave the car a suspension suitable for Ray Gonzalez of Laid Out Customs in Santa Fe Springs, CA., to install an air-ride system.
Tire/Wheel: OG Tru Spokes, 5.20's.


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Tires shredded like paper, rubber flew everywhere and cars flitted in and out of pit lane like shoppers in a supermarket parking lot.
On a frustrating day for drivers and fans alike, nearly 80 pit stops were made during Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, highlighting what has become a major concern for Formula One teams five races into the season — the vulnerability of Pirelli's tires.
"At this rate, F1 is going to become a pit-stop contest with a few race laps thrown in," 1997 F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve said during television commentary.
Things won't get much better in time for the showcase Monaco Grand Prix next week, as Pirelli said it won't be able to make changes to the tires before the Canadian GP next month. However, tires should be less of an issue in Monaco because the course layout makes it difficult to pass and speeds are slower than in other races.
Most drivers had hoped for a three-stop strategy on Sunday but instead had to settle for four.
"I'm not here to defend four pit stops. We know it's too complicated," Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery said. "It wasn't what we wanted. However, there's also many factors behind that and we have to make sure we get it back in line with what we've been asked to do, which is two or three (stops)."
It was a confusing sight at the Circuit de Catalunya with leading drivers pitting as early as the ninth lap. With so many stops, it was hard for spectators to keep track of which driver was actually in the lead.
"With this year's degradation and this year's tires we see the races keep changing all the time. Whoever keeps the tire alive normally is on the podium at least," said Fernando Alonso, who won the race. "If it's too much confusion for the spectators? There is no doubt. I think it's impossible to follow one race now. ... If I'm sitting in the grandstand, without any radio, telephone or something, you only see cars passing."
Strips of rubber were shooting off Jean-Eric Vergne's rear tire less than 40 laps into the race, and championship leader Sebastian Vettel, who was fourth, fears races are being more influenced by tires than driving skills.
"We are not going to the pace of the car, we are going to the pace of the tire," Vettel said, adding that Red Bull got its strategy wrong. "I think we tried to hang on to the three-stop for too long in the race and had to admit toward the end we wouldn't make it."
Red Bull's team principal Christian Horner echoed Vettel's concerns.
"They are black and round and called Pirelli," he said. "And whoever masters and understands these tires best and most consistently will emerge (victorious) at the end of the year."
Pirelli made modifications to its hard compound before the Spanish GP, and gave drivers an extra set of hard tires to practice on, but this made little difference on race day, where orders barked out over race radio were usually about sparing the tires.
"There's something wrong. This is the pinnacle of motor sport," former champion Jenson Button said. "We shouldn't be driving round so slowly to look after the tires."
For the Canadian GP, Hembery said Pirelli will try to provide teams with tires that mix the stability of the 2012 tires and "the performance of the current ones." Hembery, however, thinks some of the criticism has been unfair, especially as Pirelli has had to do testing on older F1 cars.
"It's all right to sit there and criticize. We're not exactly given the tools to do a precise job," he said. "We have absolutely no in-season testing. We don't have access to these cars that are going around now. We have to run around on a 2010 car."
Although Kimi Raikkonen chose a three-stop strategy on Sunday, finishing second, the sight of top drivers changing tires early seemed to cause a panic reaction.
"Sometimes it's driven by the strategy of the first people that pit. If anyone was thinking of doing three, it might have been influenced by everybody else coming in and already deciding to go on a four," Hembery said. "Having seen it though, four was probably the right call. Kimi was hanging on.."
Even before Sunday's race, there were clear signs of degradation when Force India driver Paul di Resta lost the tread on his left-rear tire in practice.
"Completely unexpected, in the middle of a high-fuel run," technical director Andrew Green said.
Pirelli believes debris was to blame for both of Felipe Massa's punctures in the Bahrain GP three weeks ago. Fears that the tire is not resistant enough were also highlighted by Lewis Hamilton's left-rear tire failure during Bahrain practice.
"As long as it doesn't blow up at 300 kilometers per hour, that's OK. Touch wood, we've never had a problem with them for Lotus," Frenchman Romain Grosjean said. "But it's sure that you have to be careful, and it doesn't make things easy."


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By ZACH BERMAN
For those who want Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley to be the next Eagles coach -- and judging by my inbox and Twitter feed, there are many fans on that bandwagon -- the best news might have been the Falcons' 30-28 win over the Seahawks. That frees up Bradley to be hired by an interested team, and the Eagles and Chargers right now appear to be the interested teams.
One's judgment of Bradley should not be weighed by Sunday's game, though, even though the Seahawks surrendered a last-minute lead. For one, two passes in the fourth quarter of a road game against one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL is too small of a sample size to form any type of judgment. Also, it counters the very reasons a coach should be considered. Bradley oversaw the best scoring defense in the NFL this season, but that would be a foolish reason to hire him. Every season, top coordinators are hired by NFL teams. Every season, former top coordinators are fired by NFL teams.
The reason to hire a coach is for characteristics that go beyond scheme and stats -- what's his short-term, mid-term, and long-term plan; how does he lead a team; how innovative are his ideas; how well can he run a staff; how does he deal with problems in the locker room; how does he represent the team. When the coach is inside the building, he needs to hire skilled coordinators and strong coaches, and that's when scheme matters. (Of course, a good quarterback is also imperative.)
In speaking to Seahawks defensive players last week, three things seemed clear about Bradley:
1) Players want to play for him. He was described as a "player's coach" by multiple players. One player called him "new-school," and said that he's the type of coach whom players will listen to and follow.
2) He's full of energy and optimism. Cornerback Richard Sherman said Bradley never seems to have a bad day, ever boasting energy -- even when he's sick, or his voice is hoarse. So if a high-energy coach is appealing, Bradley should excite you.
3) The Seahawks run Bradley's defense. I wanted to know specifically what role Bradley possesses, particularly because Pete Carroll has a decorated resume with defense. I was told that Carroll has influence, but Bradley puts together the game plan and makes the calls.
None of this means Bradley will be the Eagles head coach, or even a good head coach if he becomes one. Frankly, that has as much to do with the roster that's assembled and the quarterback of the future.
But it helps show why Bradley is a popular candidate, and why he could potentially become the coach within the next days.


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Is it possible the reason I have been beating my head against a wall is that I have have a firewall conflict between, G4 Powerbook, with IP. FW. Extentions, to Westell DSL Modem, and my Air port? I am having serious slow downs.
Please advise.
BTW. It is litterally impossible to get one person in a Tech. support call that will not hang up when I try and tell them the problem. \\
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Dummy movement was well controlled. During rebound, the dummy's head hit the B-pillar.
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