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Model S Wiper Issues
Model S Wiper Issues
Heating elements in the wiper arms or in the "pockets" set to keep their temperature >=1°C?
Re: the wipers below the bonnet, lots of cars already park the wipers there. How do people in cold climes deal with it currently? Just wondering. Maybe they pour some hot water over the wipers before getting into the car on cold mornings?
mrspaghet -- Maybe they pour some hot water over the wipers
Don't do that, you'll crack the windshield for sure. In places where the temperature is close to freezing, cold water will work. In colder places cold water will just cause more ice to form, in those places chipping the ice is the only solution.
Perhaps an insert could be devised that would go between the bonnet and the windshield. The driver could insert that when parking to keep the wipers ice free.
Internal combustion engines work by burning stuff, remember? ;-) I guess it's only a matter of minutes of driving around with an ICE until the respective area between the bonnet and the windshield gets warm enough to make this a non-issue (no first-hand experience though). For the Model S, on the other hand, I don't know. Bar dedicated heating elements, it's not unlikely that this is going to be a problem.
This is an issue for ICEs, not BEVs.
Plug car in, turn on car, turn up windshield defrosters, go back in house and wait. When windshield de-ices, unplug car, drive away.
Only reason it's an issue for ICEs is the loss of range from idling while defrosting. A BEV doesn't idle, thus not an issue.
The wipers are well below the defrost vents. Defrost will be too slow. Even if they were on top of the defroster, removing that much caked on snow and ice takes a LONG time. And even if it freed the wipers from the windshield quickly, you still need to dig the snow and ice out of the area, but you can't because of the design. People leave work, scrape the windshield down, and go. That "use case" needs to be viable with the Model S.
So put it on a timer, or fire it up from the app when it becomes available. It doesn't take as long as people think, I've done it with gas cars and its taken less than 5 minutes to completely defrost the windscreen, side windows, rear window, and even the wiper blades themselves. Even with a couple inches of snow on top, it doesn't take long.
Heating elements on the windshield.
It's a standard feature on subaru and infinities for cold climate
Vawlkus, there seems to be a quirk the way the Model S currently works: Heating will only run as long as your butt is in the driver's seat! Once the car detects that you get out of the car, it shuts down the creature comfort... Ooops! ;-) I've seen it in one of the early owners videos, quite likely in one of these: http://www.youtube.com/user/goodwinb99
I take this lightly because it will definitely not stay like this for long, but it illustrates nicely what happens when the car thinks it can outsmart the driver.
There seems to be a quirk in the wiper. If you leave the vehicle with the setting on intermittent, when you return to the car and close your door, the wiper makes a pass because (I believe) the jostling of the car sets off the sensor and the car interprets it as rainfall. The solution is to shut the wipers off before you leave the car. (In some cases, the driver can outsmart the car)
@ VB: I haven't driven in snow in many a year now, but if it is snowing when you want to go, won't you need the wipers before you start out on the road? I guess scrape and go works if it isn't snowing.
@volker: that's odd, I was under the impression that you could set the car to maintain a temperature once reached while the car was parked. I know the timers and remote control (app) aren't available yet, but I thought that feature was.
Vawlkus, based on owner reports, not yet. But that's what was touted all along and I have no doubt will be available within weeks. Can any owners chime in here with first-hand experience?
We had some snow today and this is definitely an issue at the moment. Climate control turns off when you leave the car. Obviously it will be fixed when the app comes out. In the meantime I found that I can keep the heat on by leaving my door slightly ajar. I started it up 15 minutes before leaving work and I was good to go.
With regard to placement of the wipers, I have had other cars with wipers that normally come to rest under the bonnet, but there is usually a way to move them to a midpoint then raise them. I have not figured out how to accomplish that with the S.
It's an NNIC issue (Not Necessary In California).
@Brian H - re. NNIC - The TM employee from Manchester in the Norway test drive video says that he has to make "gentle suggestions" to the CA folks about NNIC items - like windshield wipers that actually wipe :-)
@BrianH -- Too funny. I was thinking the same thing last night.
I have a brief update regarding wipers that may be of some interest. When I went out this morning to defrost my car, I heard more noise than I expected as I walked away. On further inspection, I found that there was air blowing on the outside of the windshield from under the bonnet toward the area of the wipers. It appears to emanate from the area near the windshield wiper fluid nozzle. Perhaps others were aware of this feature, but it was news to me.
NJS1207, makes a lot of sense, thanks for sharing! Maybe we are still underestimating Tesla's attention to detail, after all... :-)
Maybe there needs to be a Cold Weather option package:
1) Heated steering wheel
2) Heated door handles
3) Headlight washers
Plus the option of rubber floor mats instead of carpet.
4) Wiper de-icer, hi-power version.
5) Windshield de-icer incl. Glass Buzzer (vibration of windshield to dislodge ice & snow, which I just invented).
I have another wiper issue…
There are only four settings; Automatic, Intermittent, On Normal Speed, On Fast. That's it…
It's the rainy season here (who knew? It rains in CA??).
At any rate, we have been getting some pretty decent Seattle Like weather over the last couple of weeks and the downpours that have been sufficiently heavy as to overwhelm our wipers.
Anybody else experience this? Fellow Seattleites chime in please??
Auto mode performs as good (or as bad) as on other cars with this feature.
Didn't have a problem with that.
We don't actually have that much rain, we just don't see the sun nine months of the year. When it does rain, it's generally doesn't come down that hard, it just goes on for days/weeks .......8-(
Sergiyz, Getting Amped
My last car(s) was/is/are mustangs. I live in Redmond wA and Sacramento CA.
statistics aside, I can tell you that I have experienced some seriously monsoon like downpours in the last 12 years of my living in the Seattle area and my mustangs' wipers performed admirably. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the "S".
--- Cherif
I'm finding that the automatic setting is very inconsistent. For a minute or two, it can wipe at full speed even with very little rain or mist and then a couple minutes later it will go 30 seconds between wipes while the windshield is coated in water.
Performs much worse than my wife's autosetting on her MB. Wondering if this is common to all "S"s or if mine is special...
On the flip side, my automatic wipers are about the only thing I can complain about in this car :)
Cherif - I wasn't making a comment on the wiper functionality of the Model S as I won't get mine until March. I was trying to inject some factual humor about rainfall rates in Seattle. It sounds like there is a problem that TM needs to address.
Some have suggested that RainX makes the wipers almost superfluous, unnecessary. Try that!
I'm not sure superfluous and eliminating rain go together, but I have found RainX to make wipers obsolete. But you need to drive fast. Now where can we get a fast car?
My apologies. I misinterpreted your message.
Re weird pauses and odd starts: yes, that's exactly what we experienced two days ago, on the freeway no less. An unexpected pause caused a thin layer of rippeled water to form and occluded our wind screen.
And yes one of the only things that I can truly complain about as it is a safety issue.
--- Cherif
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try some as soon add possible.
--- Cherif
When I took delivery of my car last weekend, the wipers were parked under the bonnet (are you a Brit Todd?). Now that I've had a chance to use them, they do not return to under the bonnet. They stay exposed even when turned off. Was this changed in a later software update (this thread is a bit old) or are mine not working right?
Geek EV -- I had the same problem you described (it developed spontaneously one day when I parked). This is a known issue affecting a small number of cars, and can be fixed by Tesla's service technicians. There's some kind of adjustment that they make (mine just got fixed this week). I have no idea why it ever gets off-kilter.
@michaelwm - Thanks! I'll add that to my punch list.
Ok, I called my local Tesla service center and they said that seeing wipers visible from outside the car was "normal" and all the new cars in their shop were like that. They said if I didn't want them that way they would adjust them the old-fashioned way with a socket wrench.
Here's what mine look like:
Anyone have something different? I think that possibly the earliest cars had hidden wipers and people in snow climates complained and they moved them up. Any truth to that?
@Got Amped - I just took delivery on Sunday and they were below the bonnet. It wasn't until I actually used them that they stayed above it... So, make of it what you will.
Here are mine:
@Got Amped, nickjhowe - Yeah, that's how mine are now too. But you can clearly see in this picture at delivery they were hidden. Click through to view higher res. as per Got Amped's comments I'll ask the to adjust them next time I have service.
@ Geek EV +1
Hidden could be a good thing during the summer (when the effects of the sun's UV rays are what really age and wear wipers).
Hah, actually, looking at my own picture more carefully I think I do see them barely peeking out past the hood. Perhaps it's the camera angle that makes then look more hidden than Nick's shot... Oops.
FYI, when I said "known problem" it may have been a slightly different problem. There are at least a handful of cars that have experienced a bug where the windshield wipers (when turned off) rest 4-6" UP the windshield. This is far more than just being visible from outside the car... they actually wind up very slightly in the line of sight of the driver from inside the car. An adjustment from a service technician can fix it. Both my car and a friend's car experienced the problem (for both of us, it just started happening without warning one day while we were using the wipers).
I think the state of the wipers being slightly visible rather than completely tucked under the hood is normal.
So, while looking at the wipers in greater detail today and contemplating adjusting their position manually, I noticed something. There are, what looks like, these two silver sideways L's showing through the glass of the windshield. They just happen to correspond to the edges of the wipers. So I guess they're exactly where they're supposed to be (which as shown in the pictures from Got Amped & nickjhowe). Check it out. Just lift up the left edge of the passenger wiper and the right edge of the driver wiper and you'll see what I mean.
in Montreal,quebec,canada ,many of us change our summer wipers for winter wipers,more flexible and more appropriate for snow, ice,sleet, and name it!!
I would think the best option would be to just have the wipers turn on when the car is turned on using the brake pedal. That way it is the driver's choice when to have the wiper activate.
I hope someone can help me identify the windshield wiper issue I am experiencing. Have had my S into service twice, both times they replaced the rain sensor and the outcomes were the same--same problem. I have 25,000 miles and since it was new the wipers just stop in mid wipe, not at the end of the cycle but in the middle of the windshield and they won't come back on unless I fiddle with the switch turning it off and on. Today it rained and the wipers must have stopped a dozen times, I am almost afraid to drive when it is raining. Has anyone experienced this problem? And what was the solution. Thanks
@bduke, I've been on this forum for over two years, and I don't think I have heard of that problem before. Sorry that's not much help. To help narrow this down, what setting were you using? Was it one of the auto-sensing modes, I guess? Does it do it if you use the single swipe instead of auto?
In a Volkswagen, one can park the wipers "up" by tapping the stalk after shutting off the car. So useful. We live where snow and ice hate cars. Tesla has no such thing but it would be a most welcome addition.
@FelixMendeldog, Quote: "In a Volkswagen, one can park the wipers "up" by tapping the stalk after shutting off the car. So useful. We live where snow and ice hate cars. Tesla has no such thing but it would be a most welcome addition."
Yes the Tesla does have that. It's just not easy to figure out how to get to it. It's in the menus as "maintenance mode". That was a feature that was added as a software update a about a year and a half ago or so.


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No Dempsey again.
Anxiously awaiting to see this one... The Yanks have made noticeable strides under Klinsmann. I am ecstatic that they no longer concede early in every match. That was my biggest complaint under Bob Bradley and 100% on the Manager IMO. This game won't be pretty at times, but I am hoping to see signs that the American side can move up a tier before 2014.
No Dempsey again.
Gooch....pullin' for ya but yer days appear to be numbered iffin' you keep on like tonight.
Other notes;
~Marcelo was the best player on the pitch. He rendered Donovan totally ineffective along with everyone else. He was also very dangerous coming forward.
~Michael Bradley is clearly the most creative player on the US squad. He has been for quite some time IMO.
~What a huge upgrade at LB to go from Bornstein to Fabian Johnson. A weakness has become a strength.
~Hercules Gomez belongs in the rotation up top.
~The official, although terrible in the first half, was much better in the 2nd half. He was on the screen the entire first 45. The second half you could hardly notice him, as it should be.
Looks like the attack is finally coming together. Is it only that way at the expense of the defense, that I don't know.
Always liked Gooch, but it seems those injuries have caught up with him. Problem is, is there anyone better than him?
Didn't get to watch the game yet because of the Devils last night, but from what I've heard the score wasn't indicative of how the US played and they looked good in the second half. Is that accurate?
I would agree that the score flattered Brasil, even though they were the better side. It just goes to show that against top teams we need our #1 side (ie Dempsey, Altidore, et al).
Gooch has become a liability
Torres isnt big enough (and I dont just mean in stature) for that stage
Jones is TOTALLY hit or miss
positive sides though; Bradley is excellent, Edu is starting to look comfortable, F Johnson (as everyone seems to agree) is a revalation
Brasil's goalkeeper was EXCELLENT, but I cant help but think if it were Dempsey/Donovan/Bradley on the end of that rebound its in the back of the net
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A great deal of curious speculation began to circulate through Ocala in March 1900 when huge crates of merchandise, addressed to an unknown business called "the Boston Store," began to arrive at the Florida Peninsular Railroad freight depot off North Magnolia.
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"Creative Critter Creations" is the theme for this month's edition of Kids Night at the Y, set for Friday, Nov. 9, at the National Guard Armory, 519 Division St.
Kids Night at the Y—an evening of fun conducted by the Northfield Area Family YMCA—is open to children ages 3 to 10.
Kids Night features games, crafts, music and dinner. The program runs from 5 to 8 p.m. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.
YMCA members pay $10 for the first two children in the family – a fee that include dinner – and $5 for each additional child. Nonmembers pay $15 for the two children in the family, $10 for each additional child.
The final Kids Night at the Y of 2012—Kids Winter Holiday Party—is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14.
Additional information about Kids Night is listed in the Y's Fall Program Brochure, which is available online at www.northfieldymca.org.
To register, complete a brochure registration form; visit www.northfieldymca.org and click the "Online Registration" button; stop by the Y's office; or call the Y at 507-645-0088.
The Northfield YMCA welcomes all who wish to participate in its programs, meaning no one is turned away because of inability to pay.
Information: 507-645-0088 or www.northfieldymca.org.


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Raffel recently was named to the 20-player team, which featured Player of the Year Taylor Nelson of Division I state champion Granite Bay -- the team that ended Paly's season in the NorCal semifinals.
Raffel, who had 14 kills in that final match against unbeaten Granite Bay, helped the Vikings finish 25-11 in 2013. She ended the season with 391 digs, 39 aces, 508 kills and 31 blocks. She was the only playter selected from the Central Coast Section.
Raffel was one of four local players named to an all-state team. The others were Menlo School's Maddie Huber and Elisa Merten plus Priory's Marine Hall-Poirier.
Huber was the MVP of the West Bay Athetic League (Foothill Division) and helped the Knights to a 32-6 record that included an appearance in the Division IV state finals. She and Merten were on the 20-player Division IV all-state team and the only players selected from the CCS.
Merten was one of seven juniors on the honor squad, which included Player of the Year Michaela Dews of Francis Parker, which defeated Menlo in the state finals. Merten, a setter, averged 9.1 assists and added 203 digs and 39 aces while helping the Knights reach the state finals.
Hall-Poirier was only one of two CCS players named to the Division V all-state team. The other was Lizzy Tardieu of Santa Catalina in Monterey. Hall-Poirier led the Panthers to the CCS title in Division V and was an All-WBAL first-team selection.
Gunn had a pair of fourth-place finishes to highlight a 19th-place team finish at the prestigious Mid Cal Invitational that wrapped up Saturday at Gilroy High.
Leading the Titans were junior Ian Cramer (134) and senior Stephen Martin (184). Both athletes exceeded their seeds and defeated top wrestlers from out of the Central Coast Section over the weekend.
Cramer scored 28 of Gunn's 105 points by going 5-2. He won a major decision (14-0) over Jake Perry of Atascadero; pinned Austin Wilson of Menlo-Atherton, lost to Jaden Enriquez of Mission Oaks, 4-3; decisioned Michael lee of Enterprise, 6-0; won a major decision (30-3) over Nick Valadez of Pitman; posted a major decision (10-1) over Max McCann of Monta Vista; and then dropped a 7-5 decision to Chase Herrin of Hughson in the third-place match.
Martin scored 29 points with a 4-2 record. He pinned Niko Schumann of Sacred Heart Cathedral in just 43 seconds to open his tourney. Martin then won in overtime in an ultimate tiebreaker over Noe Garcia of Gilroy, 5-3; pinned Chris Maex of Morro Bay in 3:32; and lost to eventual champion Skyler Gonzalez of Rocklin in the semifinals, 11-6. In the consolation semifinals, Martin won by medical forfeit over Carlos Monetjo of Frontier, but dropped a 3-1 decision to Antonio Melo of Hilmar in the third-place match.
Martin's two losses were his first of the season. He's now 19-2.
Other Gunn wrestlers competing included Cadence Lee (2-2 at 106); David Abramovitch (0-2 at 120); Tanner Kerrins (2-2 at 126); Tavor Baharav (3-2 at 138); Cedric Linares (1-2 at 145); Eric Calderon (1-2 at 220) and Kirill Demyanenko (2-2 at 285).
Aside team champion and host Gilroy and eighth- placer Bellarmine, every school in the top 10 was from out of the CCS. This year's tournament drew teams from all over the state and featured a 64-man bracket in every weight division.
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About six months ago, I was overexerting myself trying to get rid of a terrible virus on a client's PC (I own a PC repair shop and have been fixing computers for over 10 years). Given my level of expertise, I thought I'd be able to get rid of it fairly quickly and without hassle, but as was made evident by my colossal failure, I was horribly, horribly wrong.
I couldn't remove the virus no matter what method I used. I tried all the latest anti-virus software and all the usual tricks, but it was all in vain. Failure after failure, my life was slowly being sucked away as I spent more and more of my time trying to get rid of this otherworldly virus.
Frustrated and stressed by my own failure, I began distancing myself from my wife and children. After a few days, I began verbally abusing them, and it eventually escalated into physical abuse. I was slowly losing what remaining sanity I had left. If this had continued for much longer, it is highly probable that I would have committed suicide. A mere shell of what I once was, I barricaded myself in my bedroom and cried myself to sleep for days on end.
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A few weeks ago, I foolishly ran a strange executable file that one of my acquaintances sent me by email. As someone who doesn't know much about computers, at the time, I thought nothing of it. "Why would my acquaintance want to hurt me?" Following this line of thought, I ran the file without question.
How naive I was. Despite having what was supposedly the best anti-virus software out right then, a virus took over my computer and held it hostage. It was pretending to be a warning from Windows telling me to buy some strange anti-virus software I'd never heard of from a company I'd never heard of to remove the virus.
This immediately set alarm bells off in my head. "How could this happen? My anti-virus is supposed to be second to none!" Faced with this harsh and depressing reality, I decided to take it to a PC repair shop for repair. They gladly accepted the job, told me it'd be fixed in a few days, and sent me off with a smile.
A few days later, they called me and told me to come pick up my computer. At the time, I noticed that they sounded like whimpering animals, but I concluded that it must just be stress from work. When I arrived, they, with tears in their eyes, told me that the virus was so awful and merciless that they were unable to remove it. "Ah," I thought. "That must be why they sounded so frustrated and pathetic over the phone. Their horrible failure must have truly shattered their pride as professionals." I later found out that two of them had committed suicide.
After returning home, I tried to fix it myself (despite the fact that even the professionals couldn't do it). After about a day or so, I was losing my very mind. I stopped going to work, stopped eating, was depressed, and I would very frequently throw my precious belongings across the room and break them; that is how bad this virus was.
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A few days ago, a customer brought in their PC for repair. They told me that they had a very nasty virus that was holding their computer hostage and wouldn't stop unless they paid the creators $50. "Alright," I thought. "That's pretty standard."
But, soon enough, I found that I was overexerting myself trying to get rid of this virus. I had never seen a virus this bad before. Reformatting and using all of the usual software to try to remove the virus didn't help at all!
As a PC repair technician with 10+ years of experience, I was dumbfounded. I couldn't remove the virus, and to make matters worse, their gigabits were running slower than ever! I soon plummeted into a severe state of depression and anxiety.
That's when I found MyCleanPC. I went to MyCleanPC's website, ran a free scan, and the virus simply vanished from their computer this minuteness. I couldn't believe how fast their gigabits were running afterwards just from using MyCleanPC!
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A few months ago, I accepted what at first appeared to be a very simple job: remove a virus from someone's computer. Given the fact that I owned a PC repair shop (and I still do) and had over 15 years of experience, I was confident that I could complete the job in a timely manner without any complications along the way. Little did I know, however, that accepting this job would spiral my life into a nightmarish den of anguish and uncertainty.
First, I tried booting up the PC. When Windows finally loaded, it became apparent that this was no ordinary virus; it was a merciless monstrosity of a virus that would stop at nothing to ruin your entire life. However, despite this, I bravely pressed on and attempted to combat the virus. "I absolutely will not let a mere virus scare me off!" I thought.
After numerous unsuccessful attempts at removing the virus and after exhausting every single option to combat viruses that I had, I finally realized that the situation was absolutely devoid of hope. This was a virus more fearsome than any other, and it was simply impossible for someone with my abilities (skilled as I was) to fight against it alone. Even reinstalling the operating system completely didn't help. I quickly sank into a pit of depression and despair.
Being that I was extremely stressed due to my numerous failures, I began verbally abusing my wife and kids a few days after I received the job. This situation soon worsened when I began resorting to physical abuse in order to relieve some of my anger. Eventually, after not being able to withstand my daughter's constant moans and whines any longer, I locked her in the basement in order to retain an ounce of my sanity.
That's when I had a stroke of genius: "If I can't fight this nightmare alone, then why don't I call in the World's Greatest Minds?" I immediately contacted the World's Greatest Minds and pleaded that they examine the computer. To my delight, they accepted the proposal, collected the computer, and began their experiments.
After weeks of trial and error, numerous experiments, and many failures, the World's Greatest Minds had at last reached a conclusion. They contacted me by phone and told me that this, being no ordinary virus, called for extreme measures. They quite vehemently recommended the use of MyCleanPC to combat the virus and destroy its very existence once and for all. "MyCleanPC will completely eradicate the virus without a single problem," they enthusiastically told me.
As soon as I got the computer back from the World's Greatest Minds, I installed MyCleanPC, ran a free scan, and then sat back and watched in awe as it totally eliminated the very same virus that I had spent weeks trying to get rid of in mere seconds! MyCleanPC had accomplished a feat that nothing else in existence could have accomplished! I was positively astonished by MyCleanPC's miraculous performance.
What was my daughter's response, you ask? "MyCleanPC is outstanding! My dad's client's computer is running faster than ever! MyCleanPC came through with flying colours where no one else could! I recommend that you use MyCleanPC right this minuteness to fix all of your problems!"
MyCleanPC totally cleaned up my client's system, and increased his speed! As a computer repair professional, I highly recommend that you use MyCleanPC to fix all of your problems. That's not all: The World's Greatest Minds also recommends MyCleanPC for all of your computer repair needs. By using MyCleanPC, you're ensuring that your gigabits will be running faster than ever, that all viruses will vanish off of your computer in seconds, and that you'll be overclocking with the rest of us!
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Well, to begin, I'm just your average guy. But unlike your average guy, I once had everything anyone could ever want: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful two-story house, an adorable seven year old daughter, a stable job, and a nice salary. Basically, I was living the American dream. None of my needs or wants were left unfulfilled. The family always got along, and everything was perfect.
Until one day, that is. Following one of my routine doctor appointments, my doctor informed me that I had lung cancer and that I only had a few years to live at most. As you can imagine, I was shocked. Not just shocked; I could see all of my hopes and dreams being shattered right before my very eyes. Still, my doctor gave me hope by telling me that there was a chance, however slim, that Chemotherapy and various other things could help me. After speaking with my wife, I decided to receive the treatments.
All was not lost. I still had a perfect family that I could rely on and get emotional support from. I still had hope for the future. I'm a firm believer that you should make the best of things rather than wallow in depression. I had to press on: not just for my sake, but for the sake of my loved ones. But my strong resolve was soon shattered.
The family I thought I could count on betrayed me. My wife, whom I loved deeply, filed for a divorce. She said that she could not handle the emotional trauma of being with someone who had cancer. She apologized profusely, but no matter what I said, I could not change her mind. I screamed, I cried, and I begged her to rethink her decision, but it was all to no avail.
In my madness, I made all kinds of accusations. I said that she was cheating on me, that she never loved me, that she just married me for my money, and various other things. I soon learned, however, that a few of those were more than just baseless accusations. I began stalking her, going through all of her personal possessions, and trying uncover any secrets she may have been keeping. What I discovered horrified me: she had been cheating on me with another man for the past year. She must have been waiting for an opportune time to abandon me for this other man.
When confronted about her betrayal, she screamed at me, told me it was none of my business, told me that I was always a worthless husband, and told me that I was an abusive man. I soon discovered that there was absolutely nothing that I could do. My marriage was in shambles, and by this point, I was on the brink of suicide. The only thing keeping me going was my devotion to my precious daughter.
It wasn't long before I received news from my insurance company that they were getting rid of my coverage. They gave me multitudes of vague and bogus reasons, but anyone could figure out their true reason: they did not want to waste money on a dying man. Naturally, I planned to fight this with every fiber of my being, but I knew it would be a long, drawn out process.
In the span of a year, I went from a very happy man who had everything he wanted to a miserable shell of what I once was. I couldn't take it anymore. Despite the fact that I wanted to remain in this world for the sake of my daughter, I tried committing suicide four times. All four attempts failed. I needed something to take my misery, regret, and anger out on. First I began verbally abusing my daughter. It wasn't long before I began physically abusing her. Sometimes I did it with my bare hands, and other times I used various objects. Beating my daughter soon became my only pleasure. My life had spiraled out of control into a den of anguish, uncertainty, and madness.
That's when it happened: I found MyCleanPC. I downloaded it, scanned my computer, and had it fix all of my problems. MyCleanPC is outstanding! My computer is running faster than ever!
My wife's response? "MyCleanPC came through with flying colours where no one else could!"
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Fighting Words [1]
Not only do I spent a lot of time reading books, but I spend a lot of time reading about books. I recently ran across Flavorwire's article 'The 30 Harshest Author-on-Author Insults In History [2]' and I have to admit that I laughed out loud. Collected here are real quotes from authors about authors - disparaging in a cruel but also often funny way.
My favorite? Truman Capote on Jack Kerouac - "That's not writing, that's typing." Ha!
Curious about the lives of authors or interested in more author zingers? Check out these interesting books about authors:
Fighting Words : Writers Lambast other Writers--from Aristotle to Anne Rice [3] edited by James Charlton
Once again to Zelda: the Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications [4] by Marlene Wagman-Geller
Remarkable Reads: 34 Writers and Their Adventures in Reading [5] by J. Peder Zane
Artistic License: Three centuries of Good Writing and Bad Behavior [6] by Brooke Allen
How I Write: the Secret Lives of Authors [7] edited by Dan Crowe with Philip Oltermann


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1. We get our first glimpse of "real" vampires in this chapter. What was your impression of them as a group and as individuals? Did you connect the fact that their red eyes had to do with the type of blood they drank?
i didn't at first but afterwards i kind of guessed
2. To me, the book takes on a second sort of plot right here with the emergence of Bella being hunted and put in danger by someone other than Edward. Up until know, the book had a much different feel and rhythm. Do you get the same impression or did you feel something different?
same, it was more..... adrenaline rushed at that point on.
3. On page 383, Alice says that there is another option than just running away, which angers Edward into saying, "There-is-no-other-option." What's your take on this moment and what do you think that other option is?
changing bella
4. Do you think that Bella had the best plan? Do you think things would have worked out better had they gone with Edward's plan? Considering how things worked out, do you have suggestions over what they should have done differently at this point?
i don't even recall individual plans loll


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Diamond Speakers at CES 2012
This $68,000 Speaker is Made of Diamonds and Magic
This $68,000 Speaker is Made of Diamonds and Magic
CES is a place to find expensive gadgets and fine leather tech goods, but you may also stumble upon speakers made of diamonds and simulated wood grain products.
These $68,000 speakers were inspired by a flower in a wine bottle (you can see it now, can't you?), and were carefully crafted only after 3D mock-ups were perfected in a studio. Metal, leather, gold accents, and Russian diamonds cover the entirety of the speaker and accompanying subwoofer, while a brushed aluminum with floral accents keeps it standing upright.
You'll have to wait in line to get one of your own though, as the manufacturer, All Jack, hasn't released an availability date.
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Census: Fort Worth Grows Fastest In Texas, Austin Sees Population Decline
Fort Worth's 2.6 percent population growth rate between 2001 and 2002 was the highest among Texas' 10 largest cities, according to estimates made public Thursday by the Census Bureau. Cowtown expanded to nearly 568,000 people, about 10,000 shy of El Paso, which grew by 1.1 percent. If those paces continue, Fort Worth will supplant El Paso at No. 5 by next summer.
And, as one who has lived in both cities, Fort Worth is better in every single respect.
Other surprises:
More than 11,000 people moved out of Dallas between 2001 and 2002 despite its net increase of about 5,600. Texas state demographer Steve Murdock noted that San Antonio, which gained about 23,000 to reach 1.17 million last summer, by now should be on the verge of passing Dallas (1.21 million) as the state's second-largest city.
Best quote? It's about Austin:
Austin, which grew at a brisk 4.1 percent annually during its tech-driven heyday, was the only major Texas city to lose population as it shrank by about 1,100 between 2001 and 2002.
Austin is still a place where people want to live, says downtown-area real estate broker Kevin Burns. It seems to help, though, if they don't need a job.


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With the Real Avid ZipWire Flex Rod Gun Cleaning Kit, no longer is cleaning your firearms a messy, difficult task. This Real Avid cleaning tool is designed to pull debris toward and out of the muzzle, instead of pushing already-used patches and brushes across the top of lands and grooves. This is much more efficient and effective than traditional methods because the cleaning attachments rotate with the rifling of your firearm. This kit includes a compact, 360-degree rotating T-handle for pulling the brushes and patches through the barrel, slotted jags that provide a more uniform solvent application, and bronze-phosphor bore brushes designed to power through the most stubborn carbon fouling. All of these high quality cleaning implements come packaged in a compact, rugged case that is convenient to take wherever you go.
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Editor's Note: This is article VIII of 11-part series on race in America – past and present, sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation.
In 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan released a controversial report written for his then boss, President Lyndon Johnson. Entitled "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action," it described the condition of lower-income African-American families and catalyzed a highly acrimonious, decades-long debate about Black culture and family values in America.
The report cited a series of staggering statistics showing high rates of divorce, unwed child-bearing, and single motherhood among Black families. "The white family has achieved a high degree of stability and is maintaining that stability," the report said. "By contrast, the family structure of lower class Negroes is highly unstable, and in many urban centers is approaching complete breakdown."
Nearly 50 years later, the picture is even more grim — and the statistics can no longer be organized neatly by race. In fact, Moynihan's bracing profile of the collapsing Black family in the 1960s looks remarkably similar to a profile of the average White family today. White households have similar-or worse-statistics of divorce, unwed childbearing, and single motherhood as the Black households cited by Moynihan in his report. In 2000, the percentage of White children living with a single parent was identical to the percentage of Black children living with a single parent in 1960: 22 percent.
What was happening to Black families in the '60s can be reinterpreted today not as an indictment of the Black family but as a harbinger of a larger collapse of traditional living arrangements — of what demographer Samuel Preston, in words that Moynihan later repeated, called "the earthquake that shuddered through the American family."
That earthquake has not affected all American families the same way. While the Moynihan report focused on disparities between White and Black, increasingly it is class, and not just race, that matters for family structure. Although Blacks as a group are still less likely to marry than Whites, gaps in family formation patterns by class have increased for both races, with the sharpest declines in marriage rates occurring among the least educated of both races.
For example, in 1960, 76 percent of adults with a college degree were married, compared to 72 percent of those with a high school diploma — a gap of only 4 percentage points. By 2008, not only was marriage less likely, but that gap had quadrupled, to 16 percentage points, with 64 percent of adults with college degrees getting married compared to only 48 percent of adults with a high school diploma.
These differences in family formation are a problem not only for those concerned with "family values" per se, but also for those concerned with upward mobility in a society that values equal opportunity for its children. Because the breakdown of the traditional family is overwhelmingly occurring among working-class Americans of all races, these trends threaten to make the U.S. a much more class-based society over time.
The striking similarities between what happened to Black Americans at an earlier stage in our history and what is happening now to White working-class Americans may shed new light on old debates about cultural versus structural explanations of poverty.
Family life, to some extent, adapts to the necessities thrown up by the evolution of the economy. Just as joblessness among young Black men contributed to the breakdown of the Black family that Moynihan observed in the '60s, more recent changes in technology and global competition have hollowed out the job market for less educated Whites. Unskilled White men have even less attachment to the labor force today than unskilled Black men did 50 years ago, leading to a decline in their marriage rates in a similar way.
In 1960, the employment rate of prime-age (25 to 55) Black men with less than a high school education was 80 percent. Fast-forward to 2000, and the employment rate of White men with less than a high school education was much lower, at 65 percent-and even for White high school graduates it was only 84 percent. Without an education in today's economy, being White is no guarantee of being able to find a job.
That's not to say that race isn't an issue. It's clear that Black men have been much harder hit by the disappearance of jobs for the less skilled than White men. Black employment rates for those with less than a college education have sunk to near-catastrophic levels.
In 2000, only 63 percent of Black men with only a high school diploma (compared with 84 percent of White male graduates) were employed. Since the recession, those numbers have fallen even farther. And even Black college graduates are not doing quite as well as their White counterparts. Based on these and other data, I believe it would be a mistake to conclude that race is unimportant; Blacks continue to face unique disadvantages because of the color of their skin.
Most obviously, the Black experience has been shaped by the impact of slavery and its ongoing aftermath. Even after emancipation and the civil rights revolution in the 1960s, African-Americans faced exceptional challenges like segregated and inferior schools and discrimination in the labor market. It would take at least a generation for employers to begin to change their hiring practices and for educational disparities to diminish; even today these remain significant barriers. A recent audit study found that White applicants for low-wage jobs were twice as likely to be called in for interviews as equally qualified Black applicants.
Also, critically important in my view, is the changing role of women. In my first book, Time of Transition: The Growth of Families Headed by Women, published in 1975, my coauthor and I argued that it was not just male earnings that mattered, but what men could earn relative to women. When women don't gain much, if anything, from getting married, they often choose to raise children on their own. Fifty years ago, women were far more economically dependent on marriage than they are now.
Today, women are not just working more, they are better suited by education and tradition to work in such rapidly growing sectors of the economy as health care, education, administrative jobs, and services. While some observers may see women taking these jobs as a matter of necessity — and that's surely a factor — we shouldn't forget the revolution in women's roles that has made it possible for them to support a family on their own.
Women's growing economic independence has interacted with stubborn attitudes about changing gender roles. When husbands fail to adjust to women's new breadwinning responsibilities (who cooks dinner or stays home with a sick child when both parents work?) the couple is more likely to divorce.
It may be that well-educated younger men and women continue to marry not only because they can afford to but because many of the men in these families have adopted more egalitarian attitudes. While a working-class male might find such attitudes threatening to his manliness, an upper-middle-class man often does not, given his other sources of status. But when women find themselves having to do it all — that is, earn money in the workplace and shoulder the majority of child care and other domestic responsibilities — they raise the bar on whom they're willing to marry or stay married to.
These gender-related issues may play an even greater role for Black women, since while White men hold slightly more high school diplomas and baccalaureate degrees than White women, Black women are much better educated than Black men. That means it's more difficult for well-educated Black women to find Black partners with comparable earning ability and social status. In 2010, Black women made 87 percent of what Black men did, whereas White women made only 70 percent of what white men earned. For less educated Black women, there is, in addition, a shortage of Black men because of high rates of incarceration. One estimate puts the proportion of Black men who will spend some time in prison at almost one third.
Along with many others, I remain concerned about the effects on society of this wholesale retreat from stable two-parent families. The consequences for children, especially, are not good. Their educational achievements, and later chances of becoming involved in crime or a teen pregnancy are, on average, all adversely affected by growing up in a single-parent family. But I am also struck by the lessons that emerge from looking at how trends in family formation have differed by class as well as by race. If we were once two countries, one Black and one White, we are now increasingly becoming two countries, one advantaged and one disadvantaged. Race still affects an individual's chances in life, but class is growing in importance.
Isabell Sawhill, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, has written extensively on the family and the economy. Her most recent book is "Creating an Opportunity Society." This article, the eighth of an 11-part series on race, is sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and was originally published by the Washington Monthly Magazine.


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Osprey make a lot of packs: these are from their 'Superlite Ventilated' range. Sadly, we have to report that all the other models were just too heavy to be included in this survey. But these Exos packs are quite radical in their harness design. I will quote Osprey here first: "AirSpeedSuspension, which teams a 6061-T6 Aluminum frame with a 3D tensioned mesh backpanel and side crescent ventilation. The AirSpeed suspension works in tandem with the supportive and ventilated Bio-Stretch harness and hipbelt…"
What does this mean? Imagine a rim of white aluminium tubing (Easton tent pole type) twisted into a very fat inverted T shape, like distorting a large bicycle tyre. The vertical part of the T goes to the top of the harness, while the cross-bar at the bottom forms part of the hip-belt wings. Add a couple of thin reinforcing wires across the middle. Now stretch tough non-stretch nylon mesh over that frame. That's what Osprey have done: you can see the taut mesh in the middle photos, with bits of the white tubing at the edges.
But what about the lumbar pad? Well, there isn't one. Nothing there at all in fact. Very strange. The whole thing rides on the tension in the mesh across your back. Does it work? Indeed, it does, and the Exos design is quite popular. I suspect it might prove a little cool or even drafty in the snow, but in summer time it sure provides lots of ventilation.
The Exos range is another user of narrow webbing and matching buckles. The range also has some rather innovative shoulder straps. They seem to be nothing more than strips of perforated foam covered in a light mesh. Actually, I think most of the strength of the shoulder straps (and the hip belt) comes from the innocent-looking binding running down the edges. Anyhow, the shoulder straps work fine.
While the pack weights are fairly close to the mark, we have to point out that the measured volumes are significantly less than the claimed volumes. This is a pity.
Osprey Exos 46 Pack
|Exos 46
|A bit small, but very light
We let this pack sneak in when it was only 46 L, below our threshold of 50 L, but the measured volume is way below the claimed volume. Ah well. Doubtless for a fully-fledged UL walker in summer this might be adequate volume even so. However, I found it made an excellent pack for a serious day walk, shown in the right hand photo. It had plenty of room for all our gear, leaving my wife with nothing to carry. That was a novel experience for her! The pack rode quite well.
Osprey Exos 46, 1.05 kg (2.32 lb), 40 L (2400 cuin), S, M, L.
The back of the pack has fairly common open pocket on it, made of stretch fabric and held up by a buckle. That much is obvious. What is less obvious is that there is a vertical pocket behind the open one, with a vertical zip. You can just see the pull on the slider next to the buckle on the lid in the left hand photo. That is all very well, but try getting something into this pocket when the main bag is full. It is rather unlikely. Perhaps you could slip a small poncho in there, but it had better be dry as there are no drain holes.
The lid pocket has a key clip inside it and there is a zipped mesh security pocket under the lid. I suggest that anything you store in the mesh pocket should be in a waterproof bag. The lid pocket itself has reasonable capacity for a lid pocket.
Osprey Exos 58 Pack
|Exos 58
|Fair volume, carries well
Having already described the Exos 46, there is little new left to say about the Exos 58. It is bigger of course, and it has two concealed back pockets with vertical zips rather than the one on the Exos 46. Curiously, while the left and right pockets are separate, there is a mouse hole between them right at the bottom. Very odd. You can't get much in either one when the main bag is full. The novel shoulder straps were described above. It was noticeable that they were quite comfortable. The hip belt was quite comfortable too. There are zipped mesh pockets on the hip belt, but I found them of little use myself.
Osprey Exos 58, 1.19 kg (2.61 lb), 50 L (3000 cuin)
The lack of a lumbar pad did not worry me, but Sue was able to feel the aluminium frame tube running across the bottom of the harness on this Exos 58 pack, but less so on the Exos 46. Somewhat curiously, this bottom tube was well curved on the Exos 46 but less so on the Exos 58. Why this is so I do not know. On the other hand, the slightly greater curvature on the Exos 46 meant that the tube in the wings was closer to the sides of Sue's hips, and was slightly intrusive there – but not badly. Perhaps one could fine-tune the curvature in the tubular frame, but I am not sure how much of that the high-tensile aluminium tubing would take. Perhaps this is a design more suited to men than to women?
The photo on the right shows the Exos 58 in the Australia Alps, on a nine-day trip in autumn. No, I did not get food for the full nine days in there: we had a posted food drop half-way along. Cheating of course. With only half the food, the pack was still pretty full, but we were carrying some winter gear in all that. You can just see a trace of blue under the lid: that was my tent, sitting on top of the throat and under the lid. The single strap under the lid held it in place well enough. Why am I squinting like that? Because there was a howling gale blowing across the plains at the time!
I got most of the gear inside the main bag for this trip. I think I had my poncho in one of the zipped back pockets – that's all. Our blue foam sit-mats went in the open back pocket, the same as you can see in the right hand photo of the Exos 46 above. That worked fine. Over all the pack rode well on this trip, and I was quite happy with it.
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The last pic of the zero squad the guy in the middle is a former kenpachi the 9th I believe. He was rumored to be the kenpachi with a bankai that can only be used every six months because it is so powerful.


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The two old guys at the end look familiar…or at least their behavior is. Quick, let's silence the unpleasant truth!
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Newcastle v Leeds: Key Moments
Written by Newcastle Utd
Newcastle United FC
All the action from Wednesday night's Capital One Cup third round win over Leeds United
By Dan King - Newcastle United Digital Editor
Newcastle United 2 (Cisse 31, Gouffran 67)
Leeds United 0
90+3mins: The Magpies have progressed to the fourth round of the Capital One Cup thanks to goals in each half from Papiss Cisse and Yoan Gouffran. Alan Pardew named a strong side and it paid off at St. James' Park against a spirited Leeds outfit. Click here for the match report.
90+2mins: Obertan's pace is again used to good effect as Gosling releases him but again Kenny denies the Frenchman.
90mins: Fourth official Paul Tierney signals that there will be a minimum of three minutes of stoppage time.
84mins: The excellent Gouffran is given a well-earned rest as Haris Vuckic comes on for the final six minutes.
83mins: Gosling is caught late by Alex Mowatt. The Leeds man is a shade lucky to escape with a yellow card and Gosling is fortunate not to be seriously hurt.
80mins: After Tiote sends a long-range strike wide, Alan Pardew makes his second change with Dan Gosling coming on for Vurnon Anita.
79mins: Obertan races in on goal after Gouffran pounced on a loose Leeds pass but, after taking his time and shooting from ten yards, his effort hits the trailing leg of Kenny.
74mins: Marveaux plays a lovely ball with the outside of his boot for Obertan to race onto from his own half. The Frenchman advances before finding Dummett racing forward in support and the young left-back drills a dangerous low cross along the six yard box, but nobody can force it home.
72mins: With a confidence-boosting goal to his name, Papiss Cisse comes off to be replaced by Gabriel Obertan. It's his first appearance of the season.
69mins: Leeds, to their credit, rarely lie down for anybody and Stephen Warnock almost pulls one back with a great run from the Leeds left and then a low shot which Krul manages to grab at the second attempt.
67mins - NEWCASTLE GOAL (2-0): Gouffran has his first St. James' Park goal for Newcastle United with a fine finish, with Sammy Ameobi again involved. The England under-21 winger rolled the ball up to the Frenchman's feet and, just inside the box, he turned his man and placed an arcing effort beyond Kenny. That should be enough to guarantee United's place in the fourth round.
64mins: Diouf is on in place of Michael Tonge while Dominic Poleon is replaced by Aidan White in a double substitution for Leeds.
60mins: Smith's aerial prowess is causing problems for United and Sam Byran's chipped cross finds the striker, who sends a free header wide.
58mins: Marveaux carries the ball for some distance before letting fly from almost 30 yards out but his strike swerves well off target and the second half has yet to really get going. However, former Liverpool star El-Hadji Diouf is warming up for the visitors and he's always liable to be involved in something.
55mins: Smith gets his head to a cross from the right but sends his effort too close to Krul, who gathers with ease.
46mins: Newcastle get the second period underway with no changes for either side. Today's attendance is 36,220 with 5,971 here to support Leeds.
45+1min: The Magpies lead at the break and have shaded it, but Leeds did hit the woodwork early on through McCormack. However, Papiss Cisse's header is the difference so far. Click here for the half time report.
45mins: There will be just one minute added on at the end of the half.
43mins: Another good delivery from Ameobi goes all the way to Debuchy at the far post and his header back across goal isn't too far away. United have been strong on their left hand side tonight, with Ameobi at the heart of a lot of good work going forward.
40mins: With options, including the giant Smith, in the box, McCormack opts to shoot from out on the left wing and looks disappointed with himself as the ball sails into the Gallowgate.
34mins: After Debuchy appears to be fouled by Smith as he goes to clear a cross, the ball falls for McCormack who flashes a drive just across goal with Krul at full stretch.
31mins - NEWCASTLE GOAL (1-0): Just as he did last season, Papiss Cisse breaks his duck for the campaign in the Capital One Cup. Dummett's ball down the line was sent accurately into the box by Ameobi and Cisse had the simple task of heading beyond Kenny from eight yards. He did so emphatically and the Leeds fans are, for now at least, stunned into silence.
28mins: McCormack gets past Debuchy on the flank and crosses for Matt Smith, the ex-Oldham striker, whose header is well parried by Tim Krul after the ball took a nick off Coloccini.
26mins: Gouffran floats the ball over from the right and Cisse controls it well at the back stick but can only smash into the side-netting from a narrow angle.
24mins: Cheick Tiote breaks up play with a determined header, then overlaps Coloccini on the left to cut into the box and unleash a low shot which is blocked at the near post.
21mins: Sammy Ameobi works space with some neat footwork on the left and whips over a decent cross which Gouffran dives to meet but can only glance wide. It was a brave header but off target.
14mins: After Paul Dummett does well to win a corner, Sylvain Marveaux's left-wing delivery is met powerfully by the head of Fabricio Coloccini but cleared off the line.
11mins: 'Oh Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary Speed' rings out around the stadium from both sets of supporters as they remember a former Newcastle and Leeds hero. These two teams may not always get on but they are united in their respect and love for the Welshman.
10mins: Debuchy delivers a lovely cross from the right which Papiss Cisse goes to volley, but miskicks, then takes another swing but again scuffs his effort. Leeds partially clear their lines but Yoan Gouffran then races in on goal but sees Paddy Kenny block his shot and the flag was up anyway.
5mins: Ross McCormack makes a direct burst through the middle before going for a delicate chip from 20 yards which crashes back off the woodwork with Tim Krul beaten before Mathieu Debuchy's acrobatic overhead kick clears the danger. What a great effort from the Leeds man - he was so unlucky.
1min: While Liverpool and Manchester United will gain most of the headlines, another old-fashioned football rivalry is resumed tonight as Newcastle host Leeds United. The Yorkshiremen are in an all-gold away kit while the Magpies are in black and white and it's the visitors who take kick-off, attacking towards the Gallowgate. Up on level seven, they're backed by a huge away support - one of the biggest travelling contingents to descend upon St. James' Park in several years - and with the home fans also in good voice there's a tremendous atmosphere already.
Newcastle United (4-2-3-1): Tim Krul; Mathieu Debuchy, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini (c), Paul Dummett; Vurnon Anita (Dan Gosling 80), Cheick Tiote; Sylvain Marveaux, Yoan Gouffran (Haris Vuckic 84), Sammy Ameobi; Papiss Cisse (Gabriel Obertan 74)
Subs not used: Jak Alnwick, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Gael Bigirimana, Hatem Ben Arfa
Leeds United (4-3-3): Paddy Kenny; Sam Byram, Scott Wootton, Jason Pearce, Stephen Warnock; Alex Mowatt, Rodolph Austin, Michael Tonge (El-Hadji Diouf 64); Ross McCormack, Matt Smith, Dominic Poleon (Aidan White 64)
Subs not used: Alex Cairns, Michael Brown, Luke Murphy, Paul Green, Noel Hunt
Referee: Mike Jones


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|[Paper Hearts tank, Blurr pants, Sportsgirl cuff, Wolf Circus ring]
Knit tank, printed palazzo pants, aztec cuff, white crystal ring and a fading afternoon sun.
Certainly a lot going on here considering Steven and I were simply manning the verandah steps
so our cat could wander around outside without running away. I swear I do more interesting
things on other weekends, really I do. It goes without saying though that cotton palazzo pants
make for excellent lounging (or verandah-manning) attire. A step away from being in your
pyjamas, perhaps, but sans the shame. This crystal ring, meanwhile, has not left my finger since I
received it from the lovely Fiona of Wolf Circus Jewellery.This is precisely the type of jewellery
I like: bold and slightly unkempt, but still with intricate detailing and made with a lot of love.
Be sure to check out the entire Wolf Circus range: if you love beautifully-made jewellery with a
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Posted on: 10 December 2011
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Catherine @ The Spring
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DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.Failed:An operation is already pending
It happens the first time I add a pen drive but if I eject the pen drive and put back in (or even a different pen drive - the error does not show up until the next reboot). I did recently uninstall nautilus and install caja.
I've seen this error else where on forums but not with Xfce.
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Discussion in 'Trek Literature' started by captcalhoun, Dec 22, 2011.
I'm reading the Shiver trilogy (Wolved of Mercy Falls) by Maggie Stiefvater.
I have loved much of the DS9 Relaunch books except for the first 3 Mission Gamma books and the 3 Worlds of DS9 books. Enjoyed Mission Gamma Book 4 Lesser Evil and really liking the Warpath which follows Worlds of DS9.
Thanks. I was able to track it down. So, I'll read that one DS9 relaunch story with Brunt after Soul Key, but before Rise Like Lions.
^Ironically the last MG book was my least favorite, and I consider Twilight (the Mission Gamma book, not the vampire one) one of my favorite novels.
EIDT: I need some help. I need to clear some space of off my Nook wishlist, so I was going to buy a couple books, but I have several I'm debating and I was hoping for advice.
I want to get two of these, I just not sure which two I should get. And in an attempt to continue expanding my horizons beyond Trek I only want to get one Trek book.
Dresden Files bk 5: Death Masks
A Song of Ice and Fire bk 2: A Clash of Kings
ST: Cast No Shadow
STVOY: Children of the Storm
You should have seen the looks my friends were giving me a few months ago when I told them I was reading Twilight!
What a coincidence! I'm currently reading Death Masks (Dresden Files bk 5). Since it follows up in large part on the events of the previous book (with new mayhem thrown in), I'd recommend it. I'm only a few chapters in, but I'm enjoying it.
A Clash of Kings is waiting in my to-be-read pile.
I haven't read Cast No Shadow yet, so I can't comment on it.
I really liked Children of the Storm, and recommend that be your Star Trek purchase. It's a terrific story, with some nice character exploration of both screen characters and new literature characters.
Actually I'm thinking I will go with CotS and Death Masks. I just read GOT so it seems like a good idea to work on one of the other series I haven't just read, and I've heard nothing but very good things about CoTS.
Thanks to recommendations by readers on this forum. I just started reading The Sundered, a lost era book written by Martin & Mangels.
I'm sorry to hear that, as I feel that the Mission Gamma books have been the highlight of the Relaunch for me. The only one I haven't enjoyed as much as the rest were Abyss and Left Hand of Destiny.
Was unexpectedly strict with myself and finished Gemworld II. Over a year to read both books off and on, but finished.
It was OK but not that interesting - it would have probably made a better single novel.
I read it for Melora's background but although Gemworld is well explored, she wasn't...
Currently reading:
*The Door Into Summer-Robert Heinlein
*Facebook postings....
I did get the books last night.
The formatting for COS is kind of annoying though, there's a weird rectangle under the title on the cover, the title page covers only about the top right quarter of the screen, and the text of the actual story starts on the very far right edge of the screen. It's so far over it's almost hard to read.
I have saved Left Hand of Destiny for reading later. It was out-of-place compared to the other DS9 relaunch books at that time, wasn't it?
Well, it was set earlier in the timeline and in a different location, yes.
Was it set pre-or-post DS9 TV series finale?
^You know, there are websites called Memory Alpha and Memory Beta where you can look up answers to such simple questions all by yourself. Or, since you own the books, you could just read their back covers and see what they're about.
But as long as I'm at it, LHoD picks up Worf & Martok's stories immediately after the finale of DS9.
I recently read Star Trek: The Rings of Time, A Rising Thunder by David Weber, and Guardian of Night by Tony Daniel. I'm currently reading the Apocalypse Troll by David Weber.
Currently reading:
Demon Seed by Dean Koontz
(Looking to watch the film sometime, when time permits....)
How did you like Guardian of Night? Tony is old friend of mine; I actually published his first novel at Tor ages ago.
Haven't had a chance to read his new book yet.
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Ninety minutes of kicking, thrashing and whinnying didn't discourage rescuers Monday in San Dimas.
A horse that fell down a ravine and landed on its back was rescued by a county fire rescue team Monday. Some heavy equipment was brought in to finish the job.
The horse and its rider fell into a ravine near Sycamore Canyon Road and San Dimas Canyon Road in San Dimas about 4 p.m., said Inspector Frederic Stowers of the county fire department.
Stowers said the rider was trapped for a while, but a horse shoe specialist cut away some tackle from the horse. That allowed the rider, who suffered minor injuries, to escape the narrow ravine.
About 45 members of an urban search and rescue team arrived and, using a large heavy lift tow truck, were able to lift the horse out of the ravine, Stowers said.
"It took about 2 1/2 hours to pull him out," he said.
The horse was upside-down when it was hoisted from the ravine. Rescuers turned the horse around and, after a few unsteady steps, the animal walked on its own.
A veterinarian at the scene said the horse suffered only minor injuries.