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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tip for Spraying Adhesive on Slice Mat
I absolutely love my Slice hands-free kit. It really does make Slicing that much more enjoyable and with a better end result! When spraying the mat with the repositionable spray adhesive, I've found the following tip can help, so I wanted to share it with you today.
I love having a sticky Slice mat but I do not like sticky fingers! So I cover the edges of the mat with masking tape before I spray, and just about ¼ in all the way around on the mat itself (to the thick black line). I know I won't be cutting right up to that edge, so I know that it's not going to make a difference to the performance of my Slice. However, where it really saves time is when it comes to cleaning the mat – no sticky on the edges to remove!
This is what the mat looks like with the masking tape:
Then spray your board!
(OK I'll confess: the person who actually sprays my Slice mat is my husband, whose hands you see in these pictures… J )
Once it's sprayed, you can remove the tape, then the edges will still be smooth and not sticky, and it means less cleaning next time you need to respray.
For handy tips on using your Slice hands-free cutting mat and how to clean it, check out this blog post from Laura Vegas.
If you'd like more handy tips, giveaways and project ideas, make sure you become a fan of the Slice Facebook page!
~ Caroline ~
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great tip caroline! i have to admit, the sticky stuff on the edges of the mat drive me crazy! and it's sooooooo hard to get off. i have taken lighter fluid to it, and still can't get it all off. i was thinking of cutting a piece of cardboard to fit over the mat, with just the inside showing. but i think your masking tape ideas is much simpler and doable. i'm totally doing this next time i spray my mat :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a needed blog. Just the other night my attempts at cutting produced a wrinkled mess. After respraying adhesive it still happened. Then the thought...maybe the blade? Since my Slice friend had taught me how to change it I tried that and was on to happy cutting. Thank you slice friend!
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As the government looks to make more budget cuts, federal workers could be in for an unpleasant surprise.
"We're not going to be in a place where we can say that there's nothing else that will happen regarding federal workers, as the plan we put forward last week demonstrated," said Jacob Lew, director of the Office of Management and Budget. "I think federal workers understand that in times of fiscal constraint, there are tough decisions all around."
Lew made his remarks Sept. 27 at the Partnership for Public Service's offices in downtown Washington, where he was discussing a new report that highlights lessons learned from the government downsizing efforts of the 1990s. The Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton's report, "Making Smart Cuts," outlines the best and worst strategies for budget reductions and workforce reshaping and offers guidance for today's federal leaders.
It's "really, really easy to take costs out of a budget but really hard to do it in a way that doesn't diminish mission impact," said Max Stier, the partnership's president and CEO, in his opening remarks.
"You have to have a vision about what's important, what you're trying to achieve, and you have to have leadership engaged in that in order for that cost-reduction exercise not to simply result in a stripping of capacity," he said.
In discussing the 1990s' most-employed strategies to cut budgets, Stier highlighted personnel reductions as a sometimes inevitable approach but one that has serious implications.
The 1990s efforts to reduce personnel resulted in long-term damage to agencies, Stier said. Agencies were unable to produce in the ways they needed to, leading to issues that later had to be remedied, he added.
As an example of a hiring freeze gone wrong, Stier cited NASA, which froze hiring in 1987 and several times after that. In 1989, 18 percent of the agency's employees were under the age of 30. By 2004, that number had fallen to 4 percent, Stier said.
He said efforts to recruit talented employees cannot be disregarded.
"We can't shut up shop on recruiting talent in government, we can't shut up shop in developing the talent that we already have, or else we're not going to get where we need to go," he said.
Lew took the opportunity to address the public's declining trust in government in the middle of what he called "extraordinarily real" budget cuts. Given political gridlock, a sluggish economy and an aging infrastructure, confidence in the government is "probably at an all-time low right now," he said.
"There is a deep-seated tradition in our country to have skepticism in government," Lew said. "It's a strain of American thought that runs really back to our founding. But over the past several decades, there has been a relentless effort to make the case that government is actually part of the problem and not part of the solution. And I think that has had an impact on public opinion."
Managing the federal workforce is "obviously more complicated than private-sector workforce management," Lew said. Officials need to address the fact that the federal workforce is aging and must have a strategy for replacing retirees, he added.
"Getting the balance right between the pace of reductions and making sure that the federal workplace is an attractive place for young talent to come to start a career is as important as 'where do we get the savings?'" Lew said.
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March 30, 2017
Seasoned government managers are hopeful about an innovation effort backed by the president, but they see pitfalls and the possibility of duplication.
Early self-reporting suggests that 81 percent of agencies are on track to electronically manage email records.
The head of the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental says his goal is to drive culture change in the DOD's acquisition and innovation processes rather than make DIUx the acquisition arm of the DOD.
A plan to reorganize DHS' cybersecurity directorate that stalled in Congress last year is still on the agency's agenda.
Without confirmed subcabinet officials, President Donald Trump's executive order calling for a federal government reorganization will be managed by agency chiefs and career executives.
As promised, a budget blueprint from the Trump administration prioritizes military and homeland security spending, and pays for increases with dramatic cuts to civilian agencies.
Pension plans are ponzi schemes!!! All pension plans should be rolled into 401k plans today!!!
Unilaterally changing a contract without approval by both sides could raise legal issues. (changing retirement benefits for existing participants instead of grandfathering in the changes.)
I've said it before and I'll continue to say it... If you allow them to convince you this is a Govt Employee vs. a Contractor Employee issue, you're already screwed. The real issue, which both Congress and the Administration, refuse to look at, is this: What is the role of the Federal Govt in the United States? Why are ANY tax dollars being spent on any agency created outside the bounds placed on teh Federal Govt by the constitution? If you want to save money, don't look for FWA in agencies that are already undermanned, and doing their best with the resources they've got, look instead at closing entire agencies that shouldn't exist, and moving the resources (including human) to other agencies that need them.
Not sure where the comments on retroactive cuts come from, but they have cut pensions in the past, when Congress mandated that new hires go play the stock market to benefit Wall Street using the 401K plan. My sister was pressured for many years to convert to that plan but resisted. She is now retiring while those who succumbed to the pressure and converted over to a 401K are nowhere near retiring.Wonder why the congressional, court, and presidential benefits are not being talked about cutting back first? What ever happen to the "lead by example" philosophy? And on the link to Booz Allen Hamilton, did you notice that "more than 30 current and former senior federal officials and government experts" are the basis for the recommendations? The ones who are isolated from the realities of the work force, and in many cases may never have worked at anything below a SES level.
Here we go again. The Congress and The President pass Obamacare which is DIDN'T want; they are financially irresponsible; and now AGAIN the hardworking Federal Workers are asked to bear the burden. What a way to add to the homeless list! You are are NOT solving a thing. Why not work on a decent budget where tax is raised on all the millionnaires who are not even paying the rate of their secretaries 35% for secretaries and 10-15% for millionaires if that; those who are not paying taxes; and bring our JOBS HOME. When a person calls a technical computer line, we get INDIA. It takes 5 hours to discuss what could take 30 minutes or less in the United States. All we are trying to do is schedule an appointment for someone to fix our computers -- it is a crying shame when we have people in OUR COUNTRY losing their homes. Our people would be happy to schedule an appointment at minimum wage -- it's better than "zero" dollars. Why not penalize the companies who take their jobs out of the United States? Stop taking it out on the Federal Government Workers!!!!! Remember everyone, ELECTIONS are coming! Time to vote everyone out and start fresh!!! Concerned Ohioan.
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Bye Bye Home!
So it's official....we no longer own the house that we called home for the last 5 years. We took the kids to the house Sunday night just to say goodbye. We had a big family hug in the middle of the family room and the kids each got a little silly and kissed their bedroom walls and floor goodbye.
I never did get emotional. I guess I let go long ago knowing that we would be leaving eventually. We had some memorable times there as a family though. So goodbye sweet house, we hope the new family will enjoy many wonderful memories as well.
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As I like to say...what a BEEutiful home! (and on such nice, flat land!) I don't see how you didn't get emotional. I get so very emotional each and every time. Soppy girl, I am. It's nice to be soppy sometimes though...all those memories shared at home are so, so special.
Love your blog! I've been a "lurker" for a while now, although I really don't like that title. :-)Seems like just yesterday we moved you into this house. I still remember all the time an energy that went into this house, really don't know how you do it. But then we've been in our home almost 30 years. That's sick after seeing it inn print. HA HA Could be a generation thing. Doesn't matter Eight together you and TJ always create fabulous homes. I will miss it but I'm not kissing any walls. Can't wait to have dinner in you're new one. Luv Mom
ReplyDeleteYour new floor plan is so awesome...once that's done you all won't even think about this house anymore! Plus, the back yard rocks...the trees are great...the surroundings are peaceful and the sounds from the creek are just icing on the cake...I'm excited for you guys for what's to come...


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It was one of those nights where healthy food really sounded boring. I threw this together using things I had on hand and while the ingredients themselves were pretty healthy, combined it completely satisfied the junk craving I was having. I started out by making a cheeze wiz-ish sauce from Jo Stepaniak's The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook. I stirred for about 15-20 minutes to get it to thicken up a bit.
Meanwhile, I nuked some of Helen's Vegetarian Ground Beef in the microwave to thaw it out. For the pizza crust I used a whole wheat wrap. I spread it with the cheese sauce followed by the veg. ground beef, some onion slices and pickles, and then I squirted ketchup, mustard, and dollops of relish on top. I put this on my pizza stone at 375 for about 8 minutes until the crust had hardened up.
This was really fun to eat. We had to rip pieces off to eat it which was kind of inconvenient, but it was also entertaining for some reason. I loved this dinner! It came together so quickly and felt like real junk food :)
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Canon EOS 6D Firmware Version 1.1.2
Canon has issued a firmware update for the Canon EOS 6D digital SLR camera. Version 1.1.2 fixes a phenomenon which prevents movie files shot using the EOS 6D from being played back on YouTube. You can download the firmware upgrade from the website below.
Website: Canon U.S.A.
Firmware version 1.1.2 may present some Video Snapshot limitations. Please review the two scenarios and the workaround provided below.
1. EOS 6D running Firmware Version 1.0.9:
If a video snapshot captured when the camera was running firmware 1.0.9 is combined with a video snapshot created by a camera which was running firmware 1.1.2, the resulting video snapshot album will be corrupted.
2. EOS 6D running Firmware Version 1.1.2:
If you try to add a video snapshot from a camera running firmware 1.1.2 to the video snapshot album created when the camera was running firmware 1.0.9, a warning message "Cannot select this movie" will appear and the video snapshot cannot be added to the album.
Please follow this workaround which addresses the two scenarios described above.
1) Shoot a video snapshot and create a video snapshot album.
2) Import the captured video snapshot album to your computer.
3) Start ImageBrowser EX, an application bundled with the EOS 6D.
4) Select the video snapshot album, and select [Edit Movie] in the [Edit] tab.
5) MovieEdit Task will start.
6) Select [Add Image] and select video snapshot album to add the movie snapshot.
7) Select [Save] and [Save image type], and then click [Save].


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Friday, October 25 at 7pm CHARLES MCNAIR READING & SIGNING Ron Rash calls Pickett's Charge, Charles McNair's new novel, "a rousing depiction of William Faulkner's belief that the past is not dead, it's not even past." The story of a 114-year-old Civil War veteran, Threadgill Pickett, mired in old beliefs that are challenged when he undertakes an improbable journey, Pickett's Charge has earned comparisons to John Kennedy Toole and Flannery O'Connor, as well as Faulkner. McNair is the author of the novel Land O'Goshen, books editor for Paste magazine, and a book reviewer for WMLB 1690 AM in Atlanta. Malaprop's Bookstore & Café 55 Haywood St. Asheville, NC 28801 828-254-6734 www.malaprops.com


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The family Private accommodation at stables is located in the small village of Uherce. It is about 10 km from Pilsen. Tourists, families with children or groups of friends can enjoy not only the quality accommodation but also stay at a typical farm with...
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February 18th, 2007
Sebring Results
The Bike Sebring 12/24 Hour RAAM Qualifier took place this past weekend in Florida. Detailed trackside reports are not yet available, but the result cards show excellent performances by a number of recumbent riders. Noteworthy in the 24 hour RAAM Qualifier were Dennis Grelk at 522 miles in Warren Beauchamp's old Barracuda Streamliner, Bacchetta's John Schlitter at 479.5, Tim Woudenberg at 412 miles, and Bacchetta's Sara Kay Carrell at 367.7 miles. I'll follow-up as detailed reports become available.


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Innate Mentor Trail Sacs
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With more than 2,400 miles of backpacking experience…
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With more than 2,400 miles of backpacking experience under my belt and being a thru-hiker of the Appalachian Trail, I give my full endorsement to Innate's Mentor Storage Sacs.
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These are the only compression sacs I use and work perfectly for storing food, clothing, and non-bulky sleeping bags. The air release valve is ideal for optimizing space inside your pack and preventing moisture buildup. Highly recommended.
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A relatively conventional can't-we-all-get-along message is served up in an intense package in "American History X." Already controversial due to the neo-Nazi leading characters and the final cut dispute between New Line and first-time feature director Tony Kaye, resulting film digs to uncommon depths in examining the roots of prejudice and the wages of hate-inspired violence.
A relatively conventional can't-we-all-get-along message is served up in an intense package in "American History X." Already controversial due to the neo-Nazi leading characters and the final cut dispute between New Line and first-time feature director Tony Kaye, resulting film digs to uncommon depths in examining the roots of prejudice and the wages of hate-inspired violence. This jolting, superbly acted film will draw serious-minded upscale viewers interested in cutting-edge fare and the latest outstanding performance by Edward Norton. But New Line, in its attempt to attract more general audiences, will have to overcome the sociological, issue-oriented aroma most media coverage of the picture will emit.
At a time when most American films steer clear of difficult subjects and are afraid even of unhappy endings, "American History X" jumps right into the deep end and navigates through it with intelligence and, for the most part, psychological plausibility. While the storytelling lapses into the pretentious and the overheated at times, and certain character transformations are presented without enough dots being connected, pic's power, integrity and truthfulness are sobering and impressive. It is possible that some otherwise well-disposed critics may restrain their praise, even unwittingly, in knee-jerk sympathy with director Kaye, who disowns this cut and lost his bid to take his name off the picture. But while the film has its flaws, it is by no means messy, nor does it feel sanitized or airbrushed. Startling black-and-white kickoff has teenager Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong) bursting into the bedroom of his older brother Derek (Edward Norton) to tell him that two young black guys are breaking into his car out front. In a fury, Derek pulls out a pistol, charges out into the night and without hesitation guns down the two kids before being arrested. In the follow-up color sequence, Danny, who has a shaved head to go with his recalcitrant attitude, is upbraided by his black high school principal, Sweeney (Avery Brooks), for having written a favorable book report on "Mein Kampf." As a corrective, Sweeney insists that Danny take a private course with him he calls American History X and, for his first assignment, Danny is told to write a paper on his brother Derek, a former brilliant student of Sweeney's who has just been released from prison after serving three years for the nocturnal shootings and, it appears, is the reason for Danny's own burgeoning racism. Danny's account of his brother's life up to the night of violence effectively sets the picture on dual tracks. The extensive flashbacks, all shot in monochrome, chart Derek's rise as a charismatic leader of a bunch of previously aimless malcontents along the beach in Venice, Calif. Intercut present-day footage, in color, presents the matured Derek's difficult process of trying to disengage from the neo-Nazis, for whom he now has godlike status, and to slowly convince his astonished brother of the error of their old, hate-filled ways. Always a bright kid, Derek had his head turned around when his firefighter father was murdered by black criminals when he tried to put out a blaze at a crack house. Overcome with rage at blacks as a result, Derek found a channel for it with the insidious help of a shadowy white supremacist, Cameron (Stacy Keach), who fed the young man's resentment with propaganda, and dropped him in among the shiftless skinheads, who quickly embraced Derek as a leader with a vision. Derek, whose bedroom is draped with Nazi photos and paraphernalia, becomes the de facto head of the working class household, which, in addition to his idolatrous brother, consists of his ailing mother (Beverly D'Angelo), who spends most of her time in bed smoking, and two sisters. In a series of three scenes of ever-escalating shocking violence, Derek puts words into action by leading his goons on a raid of a Korean-owned grocery store; verbally and physically attacks his mother and older sister while kicking his mother's Jewish would-be new boyfriend (Elliott Gould) out of the house, and, in a scene that will have many averting their eyes, is shown horrifically finishing off the black kid from the opening scene who had the misfortune of only having been wounded. All of these grisly but gripping events are invested with credence and additional force by virtue of Derek's persuasive intellect and authoritative way of delivering his message. Not unlike his hero Hitler, Derek gives lowlifes and hooligans a sense of purpose, and "legitimizes" gangsterism through a political cause. David McKenna's screenplay can effectively trade in the issues it raises because it seeks their origins and causes, which it argues lie in the home. Although it continues to mix past and present, pic's second half tilts toward Derek's post-prison sense of moral clarity and attempt to rescue his brother from the Nazi fold. But just as it's revealed how Derek came to his senses thanks to some very nasty treatment by white power boys in the pen and his friendship with a black fellow inmate (a marvelous Guy Torry), Derek, upon his release, justifiably fears that both the skinheads and the blacks have it in for him. Final reels are steeped in paranoia and the threat of inescapable revenge. However "compromised" his vision has become, Kaye's scenes register with tremendous power as well as with a certain fierce beauty. For years a successful commercials and video director, Kaye, who also served as his own cinematographer, indisputably knows how to stage dramatic action to potent visceral effect, and only occasionally goes too far and overstates his case. McKenna's acute script graphs Derek's two major ideological/emotional journeys, shortcutting only in attributing the boy's xenophobia to one racist remark by his father, and in skirting the manner in which Derek came under Cameron's influence. Smart, realistic dialogue is relievedly free of cant and omniscient moralizing. Bulked up, tattooed, goateed and shaven-headed in the flashback episodes, Norton is fearsomely fine as the good kid-gone-bad-gone-good again. The range he continues to exhibit is phenomenal, as is the insight he manages to bring to exceedingly diverse characters. His Derek mesmerizes even as he repels, and the actor fully exposes the human being behind the tough poses and attitudinizing. In his best adolescent performance, Furlong is terrific and ultimately touching as the high schooler who, in the absence of a father, looks up to his strong older brother. Among the many significant supporting players, Brooks, as the sophisticated principal, D'Angelo, as a poor widow unable to cope with her unruly large family, and Ethan Suplee, as a hulking bully, stand out. Shot on gritty locations in L.A. beach communities, pic looks great and moves along remorselessly. Anne Dudley's orchestral score occasionally introduces portentous elements that invest the proceedings with a sense of bombast and pseudo-profundity at odds with the heightened realism of the film's style.American History X
A New Line Cinema release of a Turman-Morrissey Co. production. Produced by John Morrissey. Executive producers, Lawrence Turman, Steve Tisch, Kearie Peak, Bill Carraro. Co-producers, Jon Hess, David McKenna. Co-executive producers, Michael de Luca, Brian Witten. Directed by Tony Kaye. Screenplay, David McKenna.
Camera (Deluxe color/B&W), Kaye; editors, Jerry Greenberg, Alan Heim; music, Anne Dudley; production designer, Jon Gary Steele; art directors, Dan Olexiewicz, James Kyler Black; set decorator, Tessa Posnansky; costume designer, Doug Hall; sound (Dolby Digital), Steve Nelson; assis-tant director, Mark Cotone; casting, Valerie McCaffrey. Reviewed at New Line screening room, L.A., Oct. 20, 1998. MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 118 MIN.
Derek Vinyard - Edward Norton
Danny Vinyard - Edward Furlong
Stacey - Fairuza Balk
Doris Vinyard - Beverly D'Angelo
Bob Sweeney - Avery Brooks
Cameron Alexander - Stacy Keach
Davina Vinyard - Jennifer Lien
Murray - Elliott Gould
Dennis Vinyard - William Russ
Seth - Ethan Suplee
Rasmussen - Joe Cortese
Lamont - Guy Torry
Jason - Giuseppe Andrews
Lawrence - Antonio David Lyons
Chris - Keram Malicki-Sanchez
Curtis - Jordan Marder
Huge Aryan - Nicholas R. Oleson
Cassandra - Anne Lambton
Mitch McCormick - Alex Sol
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If you are the kind of gnarly old Hollywood grand-daddy who seems to have been hewn from the very rock on which America was built – in other words, Clint Eastwood – your film career can probably be oversimplified to three or four props. In his case these might be: horses, guns, stubble and cars. Automobiles have always been central to Eastwood's machismo, as important to his masculine image as the once-ever-present cheroot hanging from his mouth.
This is never truer than in the veteran actor's recent film, Gran Torino, in which his character Walt's vintage 1972 Ford Gran Torino is emblematic not just of the character's pride in his past career in the motor industry, but also represents a lost hope in the iron and steam of America's now-crippled industry. By extension that becomes an almost clichéd subversion of the American Dream.
Clint's alliance with wheels can be traced back to 1971's Dirty Harry, in which he sits behind the wheel of a 1968 Ford Galaxie 500. With its concealed dual headlamps, the car resembled the furrowed brow of the actor's face; its strength and power was enough to handle the loose cannon of San Francisco's finest.
In 1978's In Every Which Way But Loose, Clint drives a 1955 Chevrolet 3100, a strong and sleek, almost comically identifiable, truck. And who can forget the pink Cadillac of 1989's Pink Cadillac, which isn't Clint's, and isn't Clint's kind of car, either? Everyone, apparently.
So why has Eastwood's car preference changed over the years? "When you're younger you like cars with a lot of flash, convertibles, that kind of thing, but when you are older you like cars with a lot of iron around them," he says. Grrr. Now we really know who Jeremy Clarkson is modelling himself on.
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Your bag is just darling!!! Cute fabric.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Your bag is just darling!!! Cute fabric.
Wow that is so cute,and beautiful,I love the bags.
Malega K.
Love it, too cute!
You are welcome, I see you also asked about yardage. The pattern has a couple diff sizes included, I don't remember for certain but about 3/4 yard. The grommets are plastic and just snap on around the hole you cut, I glued mine before snapping them together, sometimes the fabric slips out if you don't.
Thanks for info. That's my next project, hopefully......
That's is just so cute!
Four things you can't recover: The stone.....after the throw. The word......after its said. The occasion.....after its missed. The time......after its gone
These girls are always cute no matter how they are used.
The fruit ladies, aren't they too funny. You used them so well in these bags. I love the fabric you put with them.


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"It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Those what (if's) in your head, they never tell the THRUTH! All they want is to bound you down, to hold you still from taking a stand and achieving your greatest potential! But the true and reality of the matter is that those what (if's) won't say, is that you can do it, it's possible, take that leap of FAITH, you will succeed!..."
Philip T. M.
"LET GO OF THE PAST! For the past is not holding on to you, you're the one holding on to it."
"Now, bring me that horizon."
Johnny Depp
"People who lack enthusiasm and motivation should really stop blaming life, and start believing in themselves."
Peter Grech
"Do you know what time is it?! Time to disengage from negativity, fears and disbelief."
"Our lives a series of defining moments, strung together by passing time. Surrender fully to this moment, because it is not the moment itself that defines us, but how we choose to live in it."
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The nation's sixth-largest cable operator has launched Time Warner Cable SportsNet and TimeWarner Cable Deportes, the nation's first Spanish-language RSN, to its California subscribers in the Bakersfield area.
Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes are available on Bright House systems in both standard-definition and high-definition to customers with its Standard or Digital Variety levels of service. Subscribers will be able to see the networks, which also orbit around Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy and the WNBA LA Sparks, as they present the Lakers' first preseason game against the Golden State Warriors on Oct. 7.
Deal terms were not disclosed. Published reports indicate that Time Warner Cable Sports has been seeking a combined $3.95 in monthly subscriber fees for both services. Typically, Time Warner Cable conducts programming contract negotiations for Bright House Networks. The parties declined comment on the discussions.
Time Warner Cable SportsNet is on SD channel 113 and HD channel 1113, while Time Warner Cable Deportes is located on SD channel 631 and HD channel 1631.
Time Warner Cable SportsNet will also be available to Bright House's analog customers on channel 23, starting on Oct. 30.


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So pretty Jen! I love how you do so much art with your students. Fabulous!
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Carried Away in KindergartenI LOVE your fall leaf pictures and your little girls is just a DOLL!
The Moffatt GirlsYou really have that passion in Art. I am so amazed with what you shared here. I am an art lover and an art believer, but unfortunately I was not given the talent to put into art my expression of it. Thank you for sharing this post and good luck to you and may you continue to share your talents to others.
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So we're talking with Josh Olin, Community Manager for Treyarch and Call of Duty: Black Ops. Now Josh, just so you know, I'm going to avoid any IW-related questions...
Josh Olin:
Everybody has asked that tonight though, I'm going to be disappointed if you don't.
No, no because I think I'm gonna get more out of you if I ask about your game.
Well played, sir.
(Josh now Tweets that he's talking to AusGamers)
Okay, first up a bit of house-keeping from the Australian side of things, and this was something that was suggested to me a little while ago but we have a very difficult time with online in Australia...
Yeah, I hear that because of your geographical isolation you get some lag.
We get some serious lag, and so match-making has always been a problem. Call of Duty 4 didn't do a very good job on the consoles with that, however, the PC version supported dedicated servers, but with you guys and World at War, match-making on the consoles was handled awesomely because you allowed for local server search options when looking for games and of course you had a dedicated server model for the PC. Fast forward to MW2 where those other cats decided they didn't want to maintain their dedicated server model, and also took their sweet-ass time fixing match-making on the console - I hear you guys are fans of dedicated servers... would that be a correct assumption?
That's an accurate assumption. In fact let me one up it for you: Call of Duty Black Ops will support dedicated servers for the PC.
That's awesome news.
In terms of console MP... I don't know why they undid what we did in World at War. It worked so, know that we're gonna make it even better for the console and the PC, so international gamers are going to have lag-free multiplayer experiences with our game.
Music to our ears. Now let's get into the nitty gritty of your new game - initially there were rumblings that it was going to be set in Vietnam and that was obviously somewhat proven in the gameplay demo we just saw and the debut trailer, but I'm of the mind that it's not necessarily focused entirely on the Vietnam conflict, and instead liken its Vietnam moments to the Afghanistan moments in Modern Warfare 1 or 2.
There you go!
And so maybe the game is instead focused around how the US became involved in that conflict?
It's not quite like that. Okay so here's how it goes - Vietnam is an aspect of our game because during the Cold War era, Vietnam was a big hotspot and it was the most famous hot war, everything else was a cold war but you had these various hot conflicts around the world and Vietnam was the biggest and most publicised one. So yes, portions of our game with occur during the Vietnam conflict, but I like to think of our story as a needle and thread; weaving its way through history. So our story is that thread, and history is happening around it. So in Slaughterhouse, which is that second level you saw, that was the battle of Hue City which was the beginning of the Tet Offensive. So that battle is actually happening around you, you as the player though, you're part of this SOG, this special Black Ops team who're CIA-backed and your objective is to go in and secure intelligence inside the MAC V compound, the MAC V is the Military Assistance Command in Vietnam - it's basically a CIA headquarters in Vietnam that was overrun during the Hue City invasion. So your objective as the player is to get that intelligence from that unit, not to fight the battle of Hue City - that's for the regular soldiers on the field, the AI around you. You play as Mason, an elite Black Ops operative whose objective is to get that intel and secure it. He doesn't care about the battle, that's happening around him, he just wants that intel, so he'll go in and commandeer whatever he needs - you saw in the demo he grabbed the radio off the soldier and called in the helicopter, which did what he needed it to do and then he threw the radio away - that's just how they operated. And it's funny because we talked to Major John Plaster, and he's the foremost published author on Black Ops - he was a member of SOG during the Vietnam war, so he knows how it all happened, and he told us about these cards they could pull out that they could use to commandeer anything, even a five-star general's jeep, and no matter what anyone had to yield to them and they would take the jeep or whatever and use it for their mission because these SOG guys were so imperative to the success of the Cold War that everybody yielded to them.
So for the first time in Call of Duty, you're the most important person on that battlefield. You'll play primarily as two players, Mason and Hudson, and you are the biggest bad-ass on the field. No longer are you just a normal soldier, you are now the guy - you can give commands and you're the one everyone is going to listen to. So, another first for Call of Duty, you're going to have a voice, you know in all the other Call of Duty games you're just a Private Miller or whoever, and you don't have a voice, everyone is shouting at you and giving you orders to go over here or there, but now you're the guy and you can tell other people what to do. So it's a completely different feeling and I think it's going to strike players as the biggest difference, you're an actual person, you even cast a shadow now. So you'll know what you look like, what you sound like - who you are. We really focused on giving you a character to play, and that's the Black Ops experience; a driving narrative full of cinematic intensity. We're telling a very complex and in-depth story here, we're very, very story-driven with our single-player campaign.
So Modern Warfare 1 and 2 are the first two thirds of what was a planned trilogy (not sure if it'll play out now), and you guys did World at War which was a little light on story, but from what I've seen here tonight, there's immense potential with Black Ops - are you guys planning on carrying this on beyond a single stand-alone Call of Duty?
That option is totally viable. It's not something we're planning for at this stage, right now we're just focusing on making this the best game it can be, but we plan on supporting it post-release, as aggressively as we can. So that's where we're at right now, but I guess you guys will ultimately decide if this goes further than what we already have planned. But I can objectively say... well before I worked for Treyarch I ran a fansite for Call of Duty 2, 3 and 4 that got so big, they approached me and asked if I wanted to come work for them, and it's a pretty cool story and I'm very fortunate, and so of course I have a little bias, but before I was here I was a fan and so I take myself out of my position a lot and look at the game, and you know I've seen the whole thing - I know what's in store and what the game is about, and I look at it from a fan's perspective and.. well, it's amazing. This is the best work Treyarch has ever done. And it's a privilege to be able to work on it because it's such a good game, and we just kind of want it to speak for itself which is why we showed you that footage today and played it for you live on stage, but we don't want to spoil the story for you, because it's such a story-driven game, but it's a real trip and there're a lot of twists and turns.
So there's a very rich and deep history to the Call of Duty lineage. Is there a chance that we might see characters or events from any of the most recent games crop up in Black Ops? A lot of the characters from Modern Warfare 1 and 2 are old-school guys who could have been around or involved in events you're touching on here.
Well I can tell you - and again, not to spoil the game - there is one character from World at War who is going to make a return, and that's Reznov. But I don't want to tell you what capacity he works in our game, but he has a pretty big part and the players who experienced World at War are going to recognise him. But that's all I can really disclose right now and believe me, I would love to tell you about the whole game but I just don't want to spoil that experience because this story is just so rich and deep.
So moving onto the action, the trailer you guys released tonight also featured the breach and clear sequence we saw in the demo being played, but it kind of went a bit quicker in the video than the demo - are you in control of that whole sequence?
Yes, you're in total control - you decide when to kick off and you're firing your weapon...
So you can aim anywhere? Like, you can shoot the top right of the window instead of the centre and it's all in real-time?
Yeah totally. I mean I'd recommend shooting the guy in the window as opposed to the top right or whatever, but you could if you wanted to and the game would reflect that.
So err, gameplay length...
Oh, taboo question (laughs).
Yeah because it's a main point of concern drawn from the last games...
You know what, I'm not even going to give you the PR spiel or any kind of run-around. The straight up answer is we just don't know. You know the game isn't finished yet and we're still building levels, but I can tell you it's going to be as long as it needs to be to tell this story, but at the moment, we just don't know.
And so co-op will be stand-alone?
Yeah, it's going to be four-player online stand-alone - a unique experience to the single-player. We're also supporting two-player split-screen, but we can't really talk about it. I know the fans are going to like it though. Multiplayer is going to be very rich and deep. We've had a team working on multiplayer from day one, and it's been huge. And so this time around we're focusing on two main core pillars - socialisation and customisation. So the game will exist outside of the battlefield, so when you're in the lobby and just chatting to your friends, or when you're online or at work or whatever, the game exists in all these other areas, and we really want to cater to players who want to play with their friends or with a clan or create tournaments or leagues and they're going to have tools and resources available to them to really focus on player socialisation. And then player customisation is also a huge thing, and it's something the genre has moved towards, you know players expect to be able to play the game the way they want to play it and one specific example I can give you is Create A Class. Obviously you know what that is already, but we've created more of a Create A Class 2.0, or honestly, it's more like 5.0 but we've really blown the system out and you can really customise pretty much anything. And I would love to tell you more, but this guy over here would probably throw me over that ledge, but the key factors to take away now are socialisation and customisation and that we've had a dedicated team working on making it happen from day one.
Okay Josh, absolute last question - you guys are obviously working off the same optimised engine used in World at War, and I saw the incendiary stuff, but what else has been added/improved here?
Well yeah, there's the incendiary stuff. We've improved our fire and water tech yet again, because you know that was a big focus for us with WaW, and we've re-tooled that even more here. Lighting has been completely overhauled with world-relative dynamic lighting, you saw the shadows and how dynamic they were in the demo - we've completely overhauled that system. And then the physics and destructibility of everything was another main focus, you know if you check out the trailer and see that building blow up - that's all world-relative physics, it's not a scripted explosion with pre-canned effects or anything. And you know there's just so much to mention, things like texture streaming, frame-rate, bump-mapping, the audio - the sound has been totally revamped... fire and water was a huge one though, and we have some cool underwater sequences in there...
Will I get to fly a Huey?
We'll have more information on that later on (bursts out laughing).
Will there be a recognisable soundtrack, given the heritage of Vietnam movies and the like?
Ah, no soundtrack we can talk about yet, or voice-acting, but obviously we'll be talking about that soon.
Okay Josh, thanks we'll leave it at that, you've been very accommodating, thanks so much.
I hope so. We love Australians, we know how hard you guys have it sometimes, so we're thinking of you.
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Posted 01:59pm 29/5/10
Looks sensational cant wait for this to come out , i still prefer MW2 to BC2 even with the s***** IW net rubbish..
Posted 02:06pm 29/5/10
iwnet ruined mw2, would have been the best game since cs if it wasnt for the s*** iwnet
Posted 02:07pm 29/5/10
For anyone to lazy to read the review: This will have dedicated servers for the PC.
Seems like this could be the first treyarch game thats not half bad.
Posted 03:21pm 29/5/10
looks and sounds great, but with activision publishing it im not going to get my hopes up.
Posted 03:24pm 29/5/10
s*** looks awesomeeee
Posted 03:28pm 29/5/10
"So for the first time in Call of Duty, you're the most important person on that battlefield"
Lol you would think you were in the previous games considering the Ai always ignored everyone else and focused on you.
Anyway this game sounds really great, much better than modern warfare 2.
Steve Farrelly
Posted 03:30pm 29/5/10
stay tuned for our preview going up shortly - it really does look f*****g cool though
Posted 04:11pm 29/5/10
That it does steve, I just hope we're not all being fooled.
Steve Farrelly
Posted 04:15pm 29/5/10
preview up now:
Posted 04:36pm 29/5/10
Yo guys were oscar mike up in this s*** lets oscar mike it so that oscar mike like oscar mike.
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Posted 07:03pm 29/5/10
I need new pants. God I want this game now. It looks f*****g amazing.
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I knew there was a reason why I always loved Treyarch. The only downer here is that it looks like I'm going to have to take it in the ass from Actigay.
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His documentary about The Clash - Westway to the World - won him a Grammy Award, and he has now spent a year making Punk: Attitude. He traces punk back to the American music of the 1950s, documents it through to its explosion on to the music scene in the 1970s and links it to anti-Establishment music, bands and youth culture of today. "When I was approached to make a punk-rock documentary, my instinct was, 'Oh no, not that again', because it seems that every few years we do a punk-rock revival," says Letts. "I thought about why this kept happening. I realised that what we were really talking about was counterculture that did not begin and end with punk rock. When I looked at the cultural climate as it is today, it seems as if punk rock never happened. This fired me up."
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We're a quarter of the way through the season, and only 37 per cent of League One matches have been home wins. History tells us the figure should settle at somewhere in the 40s by the end of this next quarter, so let's not shy away from a couple of speculative bets contributing to the expected increase on Saturday.
And when you're dealing in the variance of home advantage, where better to start than with the contrast provided by the return of Eddie Howe at Bournemouth. The atmosphere around Dean Court was increasingly tetchy throughout the reign of Paul Groves, but Howe's mere presence was enough to lift the Cherries to victory over Leyton Orient last weekend.
The 34-year-old homebird was doing a reasonable job in he Championship with Burnley but dropped everything once the call came from Eddie Mitchell, offering him and his assistant Jason Tindall a route back to Dorset, prompting jubilant scenes among supporters. Take the 6/4 about Bournemouth following up with another victory against early pacesetters Tranmere.
Forget the false start, the Cherries have been labouring under a weight of expectation but they have the personnel to be fighting for promotion and now they have the manager to sort out the wheat from the chaff in terms of tactical strategy.
Finding the right balance might take time, but Howe can count on greater intensity from the players while he makes his mind up. His past association with old faces is bound to put the expensive new arrivals on their toes and it should result in some much-needed competition for places.
Tranmere have been nothing short of phenonmenal up to this point but they're overachieving in a big way. To put the matter into context, consider the fact they would finish on 115 points if they maintained this form - and then appreciate that's more than they picked up in the past two seasons put together.
Indeed, Rovers dropped their standards when falling two goals behind at home to Yeovil last weekend only to then complete an extraordinary comeback and win the game 3-2. It said as much about the state of the Glovers' defence as it did about the Merseysiders soaring confidence, but Ronnie Moore's men are pushing their luck now and the bubble looks ready to burst.
Meanwhile, Carlisle had a lucky escape at Bury in midweek, snatching a point with a late Joe Garner strike deep into stoppage time, but we reckon those high-jinks at Gigg Lane will come at a cost when they make the long journey down to Colchester three days later.
Greg Abbott's haven't been performing to the standards we've come to expect in recent years. After four seasons of continual progress, the Cumbrians were widely fancied to push for a top-six finish this time around but last weekend's humbling 4-0 home defeat against Notts County reinforced the view that they are some way short without the talismanic presence of Lee Miller.
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Born in Auburn, Washington in 1950, Jo Ann Washam is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. At thirteen, she won the Auburn Golf Course club championship and went onto play college golf at Washington State University. Washam attended college on an Evans Caddie Scholarship, a scholarship designed to help golf caddies raise money to attend college, and was the first woman from the Pacific Northwest to do so.
In 1967, Washam won the PNGA Junior Girls' Amateur, allowing her to compete in the PNGA Women's Amateur competitions. In 1970, Washam entered the Women's Amateur and emerged victorious. She returned to win again the following year. With her confidence in place, Washam began playing on the LPGA Tour in 1973. The talented young athlete would enjoy a career in the LPGA that would last from 1973-1989 and result in three individual tour titles and two team titles, playing with long-time friends Nancy Lopez and Chi Chi Rodriguez.
In 1982, Washam was called back to her alma mater to receive an athletic distinction. Proud of the success of one of their student-athletes, Washington State University inducted Washam into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame for golf and basketball, having achieved greatness by performing at the national championship level in both sports. Though the honor was not bestowed upon her by an organization in association with the LPGA, it confirmed her career as an athlete and encouraged her to keep striving toward her goals.
In 1989, Washam retired and moved to DuPont, Washington. Exhausted by the stress of the LPGA and concerned with complications from pre-existing health problems, the athlete believed her dedication to golf was in jeopardy. Instead of fading away, she felt it best to retire while still satisfied with her accomplishments. Not content to surrender her calling completely, the former player took up a position working as a teaching professional at the Home Course in DuPont.
In 2002, Washam's health hit a new low. Struggling with diabetes, she also underwent six bypass surgeries to clear blockages in three coronary arteries. Complaining of neck pain and nerve damage, the athlete also underwent surgery to remove two vertebrae and three discs in her neck. As a person with diabetes and heart issues, Washam has learned to care for her body and watch for any pain that may develop.
Still an active teacher and golfer, Washam appeared at the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Hall of Fame induction ceremony held in her honor in April 2011, looking healthy and ready to take the course. Despite all of the former golfer's health concerns, she remains optimistic and willing to share her talent with anyone interested.
Find more athletes with diabetes.
1-Pacific Northwest Golf Association. Jo Ann Washam. http://www.thepnga.org/layout9.asp?id=521&page=37168&sid=3640&viewmode=new (Accessed 7/31/12.)
2-Washington State Cougars Official Athletic Site. Washam Gone From LPGA, But Not Forgotten. http://www.wsucougars.com/genrel/072202aaa.html (Accessed 7/31/12.)
3-Washington State Magazine. Jo Ann Washam to be inducted into the PNW Golf Association Hall of Fame. http://wsm.wsu.edu/mystory/index.php/2011/04/jo-ann-washam-to-be-inducted-into-pnw-golf-association-hall-of-fame/ (Accessed 7/31/12.)
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An old locomotive at Changa Manga Forest.
The forest covers an area of 48.6 square kilometres (12,000 acres) and is one of the largest man-made forests on the planet. The planting and irrigation of the land took place in the 19th century in the era of the British Raj due to the need for timber for the Indian Railways network. The most common species of trees are Dalbergia sissoo (sheesham), Acacia nilotica (kikar), both members of the Fabaceae native to the Indian subcontinent, white mulberry (Morus alba), popular in cultivation throughout South Asia, or Eucalyptus and Populus species.
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We have got so many kitchen appliances and kitchenware that they sometimes take up counter space, which is usually reserved as a work space for preparing meals. If you find yourself always having to clear away things from your kitchen counter top, it's time to get a furniture piece that will give you greater freedom and space when preparing meals.
Kitchen islands provide much-needed counter top space in which to prepare meals on. They also create storage space for kitchenware, dinnerware, and even bottles of wine. If you have decided that it's time you shop for a kitchen island, read on to know what styles are available so you'll be able to buy the most ideal piece for your space.
Built-in Kitchen Island: - If you have a large kitchen, a built-in kitchen island may be more the style for you. This is also a good choice if you own the house and are looking into long-term furniture investments. You will need to have this style of kitchen island installed. The great thing about this type of kitchen island is that you have more freedom to customize the piece. You can have your choice of finish, kind, and size of storage space, and even the type of counter top including stone, wood, tile, or steel. Since it is built-in, it is more stable and won't wobble even when you're chopping things on the counter top.
The built-in kitchen island will be permanent so make sure you have it made the way you want it. If you want storage space for wine, you can have a wine rack built in. You also have your choice of storage space, whether you'll have drawers, shelves, or a combination of the two. You can even put hooks on the sides of the built-in kitchen islands to hang pot holders and other accessories on. There are many design possibilities so do a bit of research before you customize your kitchen island.
Mobile Kitchen Island: - If you have a small kitchen or are renting an apartment and can't have a built-in kitchen island installed, a mobile kitchen island is the way to go. A mobile kitchen island or kitchen cart can be wheeled into a corner when not being used. It can be placed anywhere there's space in your kitchen. You can prepare meals on its countertop and keep kitchenware in storage space underneath the counter top for easier retrieval. This way, you won't have to reach elsewhere for things on overhead cabinets and other kitchen storage furniture.
Mobile kitchen islands are available in traditional and online stores. You can have a product tailor-made to your preference as some manufacturers offer the option to customize mobile kitchen islands. However, this option may not be available for all products. .
Butcher Block Kitchen Islands: - Butcher block kitchen islands can be mobile or stationary. Their best feature is counter top, made of a special type of hardwood that is glued together to form a strong, hard surface which is very durable and easy to clean.
Butcher block kitchen islands also have storage space. You can choose from shelves, drawers, or even a combination of shelf and drawer space.


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At last, it's February! We've been planning Quilting Month for a long time and have so much to look forward to. We hope you'll check in often, because we'll be posting at least once, if not 2 or 3 times every single day! We hope to encourage you to think about quilting (perhaps in different ways) and try your hand at some new skills... |
Stephanie loved the style and detailing of Amy Butler's new Anna Tunic. She gives it a very positive review and provides great tips too. It's easy to tell just how beautiful Stephanie's tunic is from her photos! Enjoy Stephanie's review and her introduction. * Please note that the design includes patterns for the Anna Tunic, cami, dress mini dress and fabric flower. |
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FANNIE AND FREDDIE used the occasion of this year's MBA CREF Convention in February to introduce some new faces in leadership. Fannie Mae's new executive vice president of multifamily, Jeff Hayward, was at the show, while Freddie Mac announced the hiring of John Cannon (pictured) as its new head of production.
Cannon left Berkadia back in October after a long stint with the company, which began as GMAC Commercial Mortgage and later became Capmark. The hiring of Cannon illustrates the circular nature of the multifamily finance world, where many former GSE execs become top GSE originators— and vice versa. For instance, former Freddie head of production Mitch Kiffe is now with CBRE Capital Markets.
"Three years ago, Mitch Kiffe would've been on stage at CREF giving an award to John Cannon as the leading Freddie Mac seller," says Brickman. "And today, John would be on stage giving an award to Mitch Kiffe, since CBRE was our largest seller in 2011."


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Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 412 designs enviados por 99 designers freelancers.
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I am an experienced organic gardener on a mission to encourage others to get out and enjoy the pleasures and benefits of growing fresh fruits, herbs, and vegetables right in their own backyards.
- Beginners interested in starting a new vegetable garden
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- Families concerned about the cost and quality of fresh produce
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Looking for a clean and simple design.
Concept of CORE Gardening is to provide a solid foundation and thorough knowledge of the essential aspects and skills required to grow a successful and productive vegetable garden.
CORE stands for "Creative, Organic, Real & Easy"
Tag line is; "Inspiring Creative, Organic, Real & Easy Vegetable Gardens"
The logo should include the words CORE Gardening with or without the tag line. Open to any color scheme.


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Turbo Cooling Fan Wiring Diagram
Does any know where I can get a copy of a wiring diagram for the cooling fan for a turbo? The fan has a 4 conductors connector and my Haynes manual and everything I find on the web shows three conductors. Thanks!
Re: Turbo Cooling Fan Wiring Diagram
The non-turbo's have (or use) only two speeds of the fan motor whereas the turbo models have (or use) a variable speed controlled by the PCM. That's probably why the difference in connectors.
Even the Haynes and Chilton manuals that cover the 2001-2009 models including the turbo's only had the diagram of the 3-wire fan motors. Here's the write-up from PT Do-It-Yourself.net Turbo Radiator Fan The radiator cooling fan is a variable speed electric motor driven fan. The radiator fan assembly includes an electric motor, fan blade, and a support shroud that is attached to the radiator. The radiator fan is serviced as an assembly (fan motor/fan/shroud). The variable speed radiator fan is controlled by the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) by way of a Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) signal. The duty cycle ranges from 30% for low speed operation then ramps-up to 100% for high-speed operation. This fan control system provides infinitely variable fan speeds, allowing for improved fan noise, A/C performance, better engine cooling, and additional vehicle power. To control radiator fan operation, the PCM looks at inputs from: Engine coolant temperature A/C pressure transducer Ambient temperature Vehicle speed Transmission oil temperature (automatic transmission only) The PCM uses these inputs to determine when the fan should operate and at what speed.
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Thanks for the info. How does one check to see if the fan is working at variable speeds? My fan runs when the engine gets up to temp, but I am having overheating problems and I was hoping to rule out the fan.
Re: Turbo Cooling Fan Wiring Diagram
Good question. I think I was the first one who tested the two speed fan by taking a hot and ground wire to the pins on the connection to the fan but nobody has ever said anything about the variable fan. Probably not a way of testing it since the actual speeds are controlled by the PCM.
Maybe there's a way with a good scanner since it can turn the low and high speed on of a non-turbo.
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Re: Turbo Cooling Fan Wiring Diagram
The four wires to the turbo radiator fan connector are: Pin #1 Bk 10 gauge - ground Pin #2 vt/rd 10 gauge - battery power Pin #3 dg/or 16 gauge - from auto shut down relay in the PCM Pin #4 db/dg 10 gauge - from the radiator fan motor control in the PCM |
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Hazel Park
Four suspects arrested in recyclables sting operation
Police: Stealing out of bins is illegal in Hazel Park
By Andy Kozlowski
Posted July 1, 2013
HAZEL PARK — More than a year ago, Hazel Park City Council passed an ordinance making it illegal to steal recyclables from their bins.
On June 23, Hazel Park police made good on this warning, arresting four men in a sting operation involving the placement of bins around the city.
"We've been receiving multiple complaints of individuals driving through the neighborhoods on Sunday nights, going through the recycling bins and removing metal that they then scrap for money," said Hazel Park Police Chief Martin Barner.
This is illegal, the chief said, and for good reason: The less the city recycles, the less money it receives from the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority (SOCRRA). The city currently pays SOCRRA $27.50 per ton of trash hauled. Conversely, the city makes $50 for every ton it recycles.
That's a lot of money lost when residents don't recycle or when their recyclables are stolen, and losing money is not what the cash-strapped city needs right now.
"They (the thieves) are taking money right out of the city's pockets," Barner said.
For the June 23 sting operation, police set up bins filled with recyclables at two locations in the city between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., conducting surveillance on them.
Four men showed up that night, each at different times and driving different vehicles. All fell into the same trap: When they tried to take the recyclables, they were arrested.
Among the night's catch: A 78-year-old and 38-year-old from Warren, a 27-year-old from Hazel Park, and a 52-year-old from Ferndale. Three bonded out; all four were given a ticket. Their vehicles were impounded and are subject to possible forfeiture.
At press time, the four men were awaiting their arraignment. The theft of recyclables is a criminal misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.
"Based on the number of complaints we were receiving, and the number of people who had witnessed the thefts themselves, including the mayor and council, we believed it was occurring on a regular basis, so we were confident (the sting operation) was going to be a success," Barner said.
The chief said they observed other individuals driving by to collect scrap metal, but they didn't stop them since they weren't reaching into the bins. They may have been collecting a bed frame or some other item set out at the curb, which is currently allowed.
The goal, he said, is to make sure the bins work as they should, and that what goes into them goes to SOCRRA and comes back to the city to help cover trash disposal costs.
"Our goal is not to punish people," Barner said. "Our goal is to get the word out this is illegal activity, and we will act upon it."
About the author
Staff Writer Andy Kozlowski covers Madison Heights, Hazel Park, Madison District Public Schools, Lamphere Public Schools and Hazel Park Public Schools for the Madison-Park News.
I can not begin to say how glad I am that this happened. Scrapping in the city has led to everything being stolen out of my yard. I can't even have a sprinkler out without it getting stolen. Once a wrought iron planter was stolen off the front porch while I was sitting just a few feet away. I was powerless to stop it. Good for Hazel Park!
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I've finished all the iOS emoji sections except the symbols/signs since really they don't change much between the two.
iOS Emoji is on top, the corresponding Google Hangout Emoji is on the bottom.
For Android, that is how they appear on the keyboard, once typed they tend to look different.
Nice work but Google changed it can you update please. Thanks
Could you do android vs iPhone emoji?