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Friday, December 21, 2007
Legodiles at the Junior First Lego League Expo in Harrisonburg VA
The team with their display and model:
Benny explaining solar power to the judge:
The team getting their trophies:
Happy team:
And in the van on the way home:
Sweet, smart little boys. They were charming, interesting, brilliant little people all day and we richly enjoyed the experience. :) Our next Expo will be in January with the full complement of members. We can't wait to show Shira how much fun it is.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
How to Build Gracious Collaborators
Our Lego League team is heading for the Expo in December. Today the model is done. The offshore platform, the gas processing plant, the gas company, the kitchen. And the pipes are in place. What's completely amazing is that all four children worked harmoniously on the same model. They did not fight over who got what partner, who worked on what structure, or what color bricks to use for the countertop. They were absolutely great. I was so proud, I almost exploded.
How was this accomplished? Well, the children we had to work with are exceptionally wonderful. They are all brilliant, opinionated, imaginative little people, and they do get on each other's nerves. When one of them gets a strong vision, they get very determined to follow it specifically, and it's hard for them to accommodate a partner. I did a little work to help them find their gracious behavior.
From the moment I knew that they were going to be working together all on the same 15 by 15 inch plate, I was worried about the conflict. So, for the last two meetings we worked in teams of two and practiced building the major structures: the kitchen and the offshore platform. First, both teams built the kitchen. Then, the next team, both teams built the platform. Breaking the team into partners for two builds meant that there were only two little heads bumping over that 15 by 15 plate, instead of four. Which gave us time to practice our gracious collaboration.
I am all about the vocabulary. I introduced the concept of "gracious collaboration" and dramatized, in a silly way, both examples of good collaboration and examples of rotten, dysfunctional collaboration. I had the children brainstorm situations that might arise in the building process where conflict could develop. First I demonstrated extremely ungracious behavior (which made them laugh) and we decided on gracious things to say. We wrote these down on the chalkboard. The children came up with three conflicts: two people want to do the same part of the work, the partners disagree about whether an idea is good or not, and the partners disagree about what to do next. They decided on three gracious utterances. The first two are ways to avoid conflict, and the third is a way to respond to someone else's graciousness:
"I hear your idea, but may I make a suggestion?"
"I defer to you."
"Thank you, dear partner. Let's do your idea next!"
We agreed that no one person should constantly be in charge of graciousness -- that it should switch by turns between the partners. If child A defers this time, then child B will defer next time. We talked about how you can only graciously defer if you trust that your partner will also graciously defer when it's his/her turn.
When we started the build, I had a sheet of little stickers in my hand. Every time I heard one of the children say something on the list, or some other improvised polite-itude, I would shriek with delight and gallop over and put a sticker on that child's hand. I didn't say it was a competition, and we didn't have a winner, but they did want to get a lot of stickers. And they did. I will shamelessly admit to making a big fat deal out of it -- at one point I clasped my forehead and claimed to be crying with joy over the politeness and the glorious teamwork.
After the practice, I was impressed with the children, but today was the toughest test. They passed with flying colors. I never would have thought that four children could be so nice to each other. Collaboration has been achieved. Go Legodiles!
Here's a video of the collaboration practice:
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
My True Screw: A Physics Song for Learning about Screws
Here's a link to the song sheet as a PDF:
Here are the lyrics:
A screw is a shaft with a helical groove
Or thread wound around it in a helical way
You use a screwdriver to make the screw move
Righty tighty, lefty loosey," as Joshua would say
Screw Screw Screw!
Are you a true simple machine?Or are you just another helical inclined plane?
A screw translates torque into linear force
When you turn it, that's torque but it doesn't just spin
It also goes straight down — that's linear of course
"What goes around goes down!" say the Silverberg twins
The drive of the screw is the slot in its top
Where you put the screwdriver to turn it around
It might be a cross, a line, square, or teardrop
"A proper tool for every job," as Benny has found.
Have you heard of Archimedes
He perfected a wonderful screw
To lift water or an object up
Like a golf ball, or a hot turnip
A screw inside a pipe
Is a screw of a mechanical type
A screw with a point on one end
Is a fastener screw, my dearest friend
Note: There are specific names in the song, which obviously would have to be changed to your children's names. To replace "The Silverberg Twins" with one name (if you don't have twins in your group) just say "says Rudolph again" or whatever name you need.
And here's the video, in which I completely bargled the lyrics, but as long as I have children to jump on my head and correct me, who cares:
Monday, November 26, 2007
Flat Sadie Has Hair
So, for a year, Flat Benny has been lounging around upstairs and flat Sadie has been bemoaning her baldness. This week I'm for some reason motivated to clear off some unfinished things on my sewing table, and one of those things is represented by a single ball of very pink yarn that Sadie picked out a few months ago for Flat Sadie's hair.
If you have sewed on doll hair, you know what a pain in the rhinoceros it is. If you haven't, may you never have to go through this kind of agony. Yarn by yarn, stitch by stitch, I forged the chains I wear, Ebeneezer. And then, it was half done, and Sadie said, in her tiny little high mousey voice, "But Mommy, I want Fwat Sadie to have haiw just like ME. With a ponytaiw!" So, she got a ponytail.
The baby's happy. Did I mention that she gave up her binky? Yeah, she could pretty much ask for ice cream at every meal and get it, this week.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Are you kidding me?
Really? Huckchuckfacts? HUCK CHUCK FACTS?
I'm all for having a sense of humor. I am. Especially in politics. But this is amazing. I'd like to send out a request, to the universe, at this time.
Dear Universe,
Please let the republican nominee be Mr. Huckabee. And please let the democratic nominee be Hillary Clinton. Those of us who have a dispassionate interest in dramatic elections would be truly grateful.
I mean, can you imagine? Can you imagine???
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Enchanted with Bunnies
We went to see "Enchanted." It was, by far, the best movie I have seen in a long time. Delightful. Funny, sweet, charming, inspiring, exciting, and dear. The performance delivered by Amy Adams (who played Giselle, the animated princess who comes to real life New York City) was amazing. I can't think of another actress who could have put out this kind of joy, this kind of untrammeled cheer and goodness, without it seeming tongue in cheek or artificial. She was amazing. A joy to behold. The whole thing was wonderful. We all loved it, laughed, beamed, and cheered. This was Disney animation poking fun at itself, and it was sweet, silly, and good-natured poking. It made the Shrek trilogy seem kind of snarky and mean. They even put in a big green ogre and he was a nice ogre. And... to top it all off... it was a musical. SIGH. Beauty.
After the movie, we went here:
Yes, the pet store. Because someone has given up her binkies:
Someone who is now the proud owner of a rabbit:
The rabbit, need I point out, is also the proud owner of a purple cage and pink fluffy bedding. Which she has pooped on. Many times. Her name is "Giselle."
Friday, November 23, 2007
To Join or Not to Join
The reason I joined Blogging Chicks was to improve my site's ranking on things like Google's PageRank and TTLB. I suppose I could say it was to make friends, to find cool new blogs, to belong in a more meaningful way to the blogosphere, etc. But mostly, it was to boost my linkage. Today, I took that blogroll off my blog for two reasons. One was that I went and checked out the Blogging Chicks site, and the owner has announced that due to school pressures she won't be adding anyone until the 16th of December. The other was because I checked out the page rank of some of the sites on the blogroll, and they're not better than mine. I don't need help to get a page rank of 3. In fact, having a wagonload of outgoing links can actually harm your ranking with some engines.
I know a lot of blogs that have what looks like thousands of links, both via blogrolls and also in handmade lists. I wonder how valuable some of these mega-blogrolls really are. I think I'm done with the big blogrolls, for now. I mean the ones that are generated by a third party and then called up by a script to appear on all the member blogs. On the other hand, I am going to work on my links list and develop a handmade blogroll of sites that I visit regularly, as well as those that link to me. I appreciate and reciprocate links, and I want to work on that aspect of this site. Now that I have a functional site index, I need a good links list.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Levers La La La: A Science Learning Song to Teach about Levers and Simple Machines
What I chiefly remember about University Physics was that I was in the middle of trying to get my school to boycott table grapes and thereby save the world from injustice. I'm pretty sure I missed a few labs and maybe even the final. I got an A the first semester, a B the second semester, and from there things got really bad and I ended up an English major. I'm sure my physics professor wanted to crack my head like a nut on several occasions. I was a terrible student. Really terrible in an epic, timeless way. Rotten. At the time, calculus was giving me hives.
Anyway, now that I have two bright young students on my roster and am no longer so completely absorbed in electric guitars and oppressed peoples, I went to the library and learned about levers. And, because I am me, I wrote a song about it to teach this info to the children.
Here is a link to a PDF of the song sheet lyrics:
Here are the lyrics:
In a first class lever, the fulcrum is between
The force and the mighty load
Which might be water or a kid named Jean
You use a first class lever to paddle a canoe
A seesaw or a scissors or the
Shoehorn in your shoe
Your load is so heavy and your fulcrum is fixed
But LA LA LEVER
If I apply some force today
We can lever all your troubles away
That's not all the levers we've got
Let's give the second class lever a shot
In a second class lever the force is at one end
The fulcrum's at the other end
The load is in the middle but the bar won't bend
A door is a second class lever, and a wheelbarrow's one too
If you like to use a nutcracker
Try lever number two!
That's not all the levers we've got
Let's give the third class lever a shot
In a third class lever it's the fulcrum, then the force
Then the load on the other side
Which might be an apple or a stick or a horse
Your arms are third class levers, your legs are levers too
And shovels, slings, and spoons
When you use them to fling food.
And here is a video of the Legodiles (plus one extra little brother) singing the lever song:
Here's my chance to publicly apologize to Dr. Fulcher for being a rotten student. Homeschooling a seven-year-old is a perfect chance to start over on physics, and this time I'm paying attention.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Woody's Cowboy Camp in Frontierland
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Animal Kingdom's Jingle Jungle Parade
Monday, November 19, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Hidden Mickeys: An Obsessive Child's Dream
People get obsessed about hidden Mickeys. People argue about whether something is or is not a real hidden Mickey. Is it a hidden Mickey if it's just part of the decor? Is it a hidden Mickey if it's an accidental grouping of three bubbles in a scene with a million bubbles? Obviously, the animator or set designer had to be doing it on purpose, for it to "count," and usually you can tell if something is intentionally hidden or not. Sometimes not though. Difficult to decipher. Plenty of people on the internet are trying though. Google "Hidden Mickey" and you'll find lots of people claiming to have seen Mickey in the clouds, or in a lemon they just cut in half, or in Cinderella's pupils, and more people telling them they're just experiencing wishful thinking.
I like the idea. The Disney people leave lots of little portals open into their secret magic world, which is really not secret, and not magical. It's fun to pretend it is though, and little breezes from open portals make it more enticing and mysterious. Finding hidden Mickeys gives you an insider feeling, a way to identify yourself as "in the know" and separate from the sweaty masses around you. It's another way that you can embrace the manipulation that Disney lays out for you -- enjoy it, examine it, and think about it -- but don't think too hard.
Last year, Benny collected a few hidden Mickey pins, but he didn't really get the whole mystery and intrigue of it all. This year he got it, BAD. On the way down, the kids were watching Lion King 1 1/2 and Benny found seven hidden Mickeys, almost accidentally. He found the first one without knowing what he was looking for, and then after I explained to him what they were, he found six more. He was hooked. Dan bought him a book called "Hidden Mickeys," which gives hints to finding the little suckers, and he found many. Many in the book, many not in the book, many that I privately thought were just naturally occurring shapes, and many that I was amazed he had noticed.
It was fun, it provided a whole other layer to his experience, and it was interesting for the adults in the family too. I highly recommend turning your little acutely "noticing" child onto the search for Hidden Mickeys. You can start with the DVDs you already have. For example... did you know that in the concert scene at the beginning of "The Little Mermaid," Goofy and Mickey and Donald can be seen in the audience of merpeople? Go on -- look. You know you want to!
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Goodbye Magic Kingdom
Here he is finding on in the Snow White ride's entrance:
The Haunted Mansion line was longer than we've ever seen it. Here's Benny pretending to be afraid of the line:
As for Sadie, she was just happy to be on the carousel:
The coming week is going to be huge here. I'm glad we're on our way home today. We're going to stop at the Lego Imagination Center in Downtown Disney and also the Build Your Own My Little Pony kiosk in the big toy store there. Both of those experiences were highly recommended to me during the last week by other parents. After that we're on our way home. Not a moment too soon -- I think we all need a week to recuperate.
Benny at Woody's cowboy camp:
It was a fun week, but an exhausting experience being led around by two adorable children with boundless energy and a wealth of interesting ideas for what to do next.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Mickey's Christmastime is Christmas at Christmastime Holiday Party
He and Sadie dressed like Woody and Jessie:
They were so cute it was making me faint:
The lines were so short! We rode Goofy's Barnstormer a dozen times *without getting off the ride* because there weren't enough people waiting to warrant them evacuating the whole train. Benny and Sadie sat together in the front car, and she screamed enthusiastically all the way around, every time. It was hilarious, and I also cried because there they were, sitting together in the front car, just like real people.
Here are Sadie and Dan pulling into the docking thingy from the Tomorrowland Indy Speedway:
Here's Benny driving his car:
We also rode Small World, Peter Pan, Snow White, Haunted Mansion, and more -- whatever Sadie wanted. We saw the fireworks. We saw the parade. And when Sadie fell asleep, Dan and Benny rode Space Mountain until the park shut down at midnight.
On his way out of the ride on his last trip, Benny actually fell asleep on the moving walkway. He said he was going to take a rest and put his head down on the moving handrail, and then the people he had been talking to were suddenly getting no response. They told Dan he had fallen asleep, and sure enough, Dan had to wake him up. He loves Space Mountain.
The party was a good party. Hot chocolate and cookies, real fake snow falling all down Main Street USA, all the characters dressed up for winter, and Sadie actually interacted with a character (Goofy) for the very first time. And survived. Here she is on the spinning teacups:
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Back to NASA: Kennedy Space Center
On the NASA tour bus:
Viewing the launchpad, currently all full of shuttle:
The shuttle crawls down this road from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad at 1 mph. The whole thing is so heavy it "pulverizes" the road every time, and every time they have to rebuild the road.
Saturn V Rocket. Model below, real thing above:
Benny as Jupiter in the "Mad Mission to Mars" show:
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Epcot Wednesday
Benny waiting for Test Track:
Cinderella and Dan at The Living Seas:
Benny and Dr. Nigel Channing:
Benny and Minnie:
Benny takes a great deal of joy in meeting the characters. He gets SO excited, it's almost mystifying. I haven't figured this out yet. The lady who was taking his picture here for the PhotoPass said, "That's the smile of a boy who's having the time of his life." Yes.
Cinderella operating a musical robot:
Dan and the kids playing a 3D "surgical training" game where you had to pick up and place organs and bones correctly on an operating table. Very cool.
Innoventions was fantastic -- much better than I remembered it. Here's Benny decorating some paper that he made at a little paper-making station:
Sadie building a robot:
After you build the robot, you run and jump on footpads to drive your robot through an obstacle course. Here are Sadie and Benny doing that:
By the time we got to the World Lagoon, it was dark already. It seems I didn't take any pictures there -- but the fireworks were fantastic, and we found a very good place to watch them this year. Hooray!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Animal Kingdom Tuesday
Monday, November 12, 2007
Magic Kingdom Monday
Princess ears:
Examining the Swiss Family Robinson's Tree House for examples of simple machines:
Aladdin's Carpetty Goodness:
Jungle Cruise:
Hello, Mary Poppins:
The lines today were fantastically short. Marvelous weather. Excellent time. Benny rode Space Mountain 5 times before 10:00AM. So, by that measure, this was the best day ever in the history of earth.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Kennedy Space Center
The Space Shuttle Simulator:
Satellite of Love (inside the old Atlantis):
IMAX in 3D:
Benny and a guy in an astronaut suit:
The children in an Apollo crew capsule:
Exercising our Latin:
Pretend lunar rover:


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Mixed race couples on the rise as the UK diversifies
Around 2.3 million married or cohabiting partners in an inter-ethnic relationships according to ONS, a rose of 2% since 2001.
People from mixed-race backgrounds were likely to find love with someone from a different ethnicity, with 85% have done so.
Rachel O'Brien from ONS said "As the nation becomes more ethnically diverse, no doubt the number of inter-racial couples will increase. The younger generation make up the majority of those mixed marriages, many of whom had parents from different ethnic backgrounds.
The biggest between the sexes was found in the Chinese community where women were almost twice as likely as men to be with someone from a different ethnicity.

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For years, a group of largely evangelical Christian conservatives have pushed the White House and Congress to abolish the so-called Johnson Amendment, a provision of the IRS tax code created in 1954 that bars non-profits and churches from endorsing political candidates. They now stand on the cusp of at least partly achieving their goal: a GOP-led Congress has quietly included a provision in their embattled tax bills that would chip away at restrictions prohibiting houses of worship from participating in electoral campaigns.
But even as supporters argue that removing the Johnson Amendment is meant to protect "religious liberty," new survey results indicate the proposal is deeply unpopular with Democrats, Republicans, and even evangelical Christians.
According to a poll from the Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland (UMD), an overwhelming majority of Americans—79 percent—oppose allowing churches and other non-profit organizations to endorse political candidates and support their campaigns financially or otherwise. Resistance to the idea is bipartisan: 88 percent of Democrats, 78 percent on independents, and 71 percent of Republicans all disapproved of the idea, and 55 percent said it is 'very important' to keep current law intact.
"The idea of churches and universities becoming channels for partisan political activity makes this proposal a non-starter with Republican and Democratic voters alike."
"The idea of churches and universities becoming channels for partisan political activity makes this proposal a non-starter with Republican and Democratic voters alike," Steven Kull, director of Program for Public Consultation, said in a press release.
UMD researchers said in the same press release that even when they focused on "very Republican" and "very Democratic" districts, the results were the same: 79 percent opposed repealing the Johnson Amendment.
And while the loudest voices calling for the abolishment of the Johnson Amendment are a bevy of evangelical Christian leaders (including Trump's own lawyer), the poll found a majority of evangelicals (56 percent) opposed allowing churches to endorse candidates. Only evangelical Republicans backed the effort as a group, and then just barely (52 percent).
The survey, conducted online among registered voters from September 7 to October 3 of this year with a 2 percent margin of error, echoes a similar 2016 poll from PRRI. In that poll, PRRI also found that most Americans (71 percent) oppose further politicizing churches by allowing them to endorse candidates, as did majorities of every major religious group—including white evangelical Protestants.
Meanwhile, nearly 100 religious groups signed an open letter to Congress in April asking lawmakers to avoid politicizing churches, and more than 4,000 faith leaders have added their names to a petition specifically opposing the repeal of the Johnson Amendment.
Yet leaders of the Religious Right have championed abolishing the Johnson Amendment all the same. Many maintain their reasons are rooted in concerns about religious liberty and free speech, despite the fact that the provision is rarely enforced by the IRS—even as thousands of pastors record sermons endorsing candidates and mail them to the federal government each year.
Some Republicans, however, have voiced a different reason for the backing the repeal. Speaking during a panel discussion at the Values Voters Summit in October, Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) suggested doing away with the provision would aid right-wing voices.
"The voices on the left were never shackled. Now it's time to unshackle the voices on the right," Walker said.
Indeed, abolishing the Johnson Amendment could have a significant impact on U.S. elections. The language in the current House tax reform bill, which the New York Times reports originated with the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, would allow churches and other faith communities to endorse candidates if done as part of the "ordinary course of the organization's regular and customary activities." While not a full repeal of the amendment, it would potentially allow megachurch pastors with large congregations an outside influence on elections if they begin preaching endorsements from the pulpit.
Tax experts have also expressed concerns that rolling back such restrictions could turn churches into an unusual form of SuperPAC. Unlike donations to political campaigns, donations to a church are tax-deductible—increasing the incentive for politicians to push faith communities to work on their behalf.


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At the Dallas County Republican Party's annual Reagan Day Dinner in February, we described Cedar Hill City Council member Wade Emmert as a rising star likely to become the party favorite in the race for county judge in 2010. Emmert wouldn't confirm his plans with us at the event, but now it's official: He's running with the support of several key GOP politicians including U.S. Congressmen Pete Sessions and Kenny Marchant, state Senator John Carona and state Representatives Dan Branch and Jim Jackson.
"Over the past year, I have talked to many Dallas County residents," Emmert wrote in an e-mail promoting his June 4 official announcement at Mattito's Mexican Restaurant. "Their message has been consistent and clear: Dallas County is in desperate need of new leadership. People are tired of the politics as usual. We want to be proud of our county government."
Emmert, a partner at Burford & Ryburn, L.L.P who handled the legal case for state Representative Linda Harper-Brown's recount, also nabbed an endorsement from former Dallas City Council member Gary Griffith, who was thought to be Emmert's only notable competition in the Republican primary. Emmert claims he has the knowledge and experience needed to confront the challenges faced by the county.
"I have also developed a reputation of working with people across city boundaries and party lines," he wrote. "Many area officials and business leaders from both parties have already pledged their support."
The Democratic ticket is more crowded as incumbent Jim Foster will face Clay Jenkins, Sam Coats and Larry Duncan. With endorsements from U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, state Senator Royce West, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and commissioner John Wiley Price, Jenkins poses a significant threat. And while he's a long shot, Larry Duncan should at the very least spice up the race with quotes like the one he gave Unfair Park back in July.
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"I'll get shit done," he told us regarding the county judge seat. "That will be my campaign motto."


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In today's attention economy, ideas don't need to be deleted or redacted to be silenced. They can be drowned out privately, screen by screen, by unchecked noise from decoy bots, doxxing campaigns, and filter bubbles.
In WIRED's Free Speech issue, Zeynep Tufekci describes how so many of the "most noble old ideas about free speech simply don't compute in the age of social media."


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Cobra 29 LX Harley Davidson Limited Edition
- All the great features of the Cobra 29 LX wrapped up in a limited edition Harley Davidson cabinet and microphone.
If you're towing your bike to Strugis in a custom Harley Davidson F-series pickup, you're going to need the CB to match. A limited-edition designed specifically with bikers in mind, this CB sports the same features as the Cobra 29 LX, but is fully wrapped in a Harley Davidson™ pattern. Just like your hog, this radio has all the bells & whistles including NOAA weather channels, built-in SWR, and a prominent channel display. Show this radio off to your tent-city mates, and you'll be their envy until the next bike rally.
|Model / SKU:
|Cobra 29 LX HD LE
|Recommended for:
|Use in pick-up trucks, semi trucks and other vehicles with ample room for mounting a full-sized radio. The Cobra 29 LX HD LE is perfect for professional and amateur CB users who want a quality, full-featured CB radio!
|Radio Features:
|Weather, Public Address, Backlit Display, Built-in SWR, Delta Tune, Dynamike Boost, High SWR Indicator, Instant Channel 9/19, Noise Reduction (NB/ANL), RF Gain, Tactile Controls
Compatible with:
|Compatible with all CB antennas on the market. Cable connection utilizes standard CB PL-259 connection. Radio mounts with "U" mounting bracket to any flat surface.
Product Includes:
Manufacturer Warranty:
|Two Years
Radio Dimensions:
|7.25" W x 9.25" D x 2.25" H
Download Manual:
|To download / view the manual please click here.
- Massive, Multicolor Digital Display - The enormous display offers information on all radio functions, can be set to one of four colors and can be dimmed for night driving
- NOAA Weather Channels - Offers instant access to national weather channels and alerts you to severe weather conditions, even if not specifically monitoring weather channels
- Channel Scanning - Never before offered on the Cobra 29 line, the Cobra 29 LX LE can automatically scan all 40 channels for transmissions and stop when activity is found
- Radio Check Diagnostic - Provides information on critical CB aspects such as battery voltage, RF power and antenna condition
- Adjustable Talk Back - Hear your own transmissions as others do with talk back, a feature that broadcasts your outgoing transmissions through the radio's internal speaker
- PA Capability - Use your CB radio as a public address system with PA speaker; incoming signals can also be monitored through PA
- Adjustable Dynamike Boost - Dynamically boosts microphone for increased voice clarity
- Tactile Controls - Allows you to feel where the dial is in its rotation without taking your eyes off the road
- RF Gain - Adjusts receive gain in weak and strong signal areas


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Citigroup said Monday third-quarter profit fell 57 percent, its biggest decline in three years, as the largest U.S. bank absorbed losses in subprime and leveraged loans, fixed-income trading and its U.S. consumer business.
Net income fell to $2.38 billion, or 47 cents per share, from $5.51 billion, or $1.10, a year earlier.
Revenue rose 6 percent to $22.66 billion, while operating expenses increased 22 percent to $14.56 billion.
Analysts on average expected profit of 43 cents per share on revenue of $20.81 billion, according to Reuters Estimates.
Return on equity was 7.4 percent.
New York-based Citigroup had on Oct. 1 projected a 60 percent drop in profit.
Results add to pressure on Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Prince, who is trying to boost a stock that has risen just 5 percent since he took over four years ago. Although he has received public support from Citigroup directors, many investors and analysts have said more changes are needed.
"The quarter reflected shortfalls across businesses and oversight areas (management of rates, risk, and expenses) in a year of 'no excuses,"' wrote Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. analyst Michael Mayo, referring to a prior statement by Prince.
"We still wonder what if any repercussions there will be at the Office of the Chairman," said Mayo, who on Friday downgraded Citigroup to "sell" from "buy."
Chief Financial Officer Gary Crittenden said Citi would suspend stock buybacks until it could rebuild its capital levels.
In the bank's third quarter, Tier 1 capital levels fell to 7.4 percent, which is just above the company's 7 percent goal, reflecting the impact of recent acquisitions as well as damage caused by turbulent debt and stock markets this summer. Return on common equity plunged to 7.4 percent from 18.9 percent a year ago.
Results included pre-tax writedowns of $1.35 billion for leveraged loans, $1.56 billion for subprime mortgages, and $636 million from fixed income trading.
They also included a $729 million from the sale of shares in Brazilian credit card processor Redecard.
Credit costs increased $2.98 billion, including a $780 million increase in net credit losses and a $2.24 billion charge to boost reserves for bad loans. Delinquencies on second mortgages nearly doubled last quarter.
"We're at the beginning of a worsening credit environment, so the question is how much of the big charge is one-time, and how much is ongoing," said Lee Norton, an analyst at JS Asset Management in West Conshohocken, Pa.
Other banks have also reported or projected losses from leveraged loans, mortgages, trading or a mix of factors, including Bank of America , Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch , UBS and Washington Mutual .
Citigroup shares closed Friday at $47.87 on the New York Stock Exchange. Through Friday, the shares were down 14 percent this year, while the Philadelphia KBW Bank Index was down 8 percent. Shares rose nearly 1 percent in premarket trading Monday.
Consumer Unit Shows Weakness
Corporate and investment banking profit sank 74 percent to $446 million, hurt by the subprime and trading exposures.
On Thursday, Citigroup announced the departure of trading chief Thomas Maheras and co-head of fixed income Randy Barker, and elevating Vikram Pandit to oversee investment banking, trading and alternative investments.
Profit in consumer banking, Citigroup's largest business, fell 44 percent to $1.78 billion, including declines of 55 percent in the United States and 15 percent internationally.
Consumer revenue rose 14 percent to $14.68 billion, but was little changed in the United States.
Wealth management profit, including the Smith Barney brokerage and private bank, rose 23 percent to $489 million.
Alternative investments generated a $67 million loss, hurt by lower revenue from investments.
Prince this year announced 17,000 job cuts as part of a plan to save $4.58 billion a year by 2009.
Citigroup ended September with $2.35 trillion of assets.


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arrived in London yesterday and dashed to our flat for a quick shower before going for dinner with some ITV pals at a wonderful resto' in Holland Park callled Julie's. Have to say it was actually a gorgeous wee place with a sensational menu. Full of nooks and crannies and wonderful artwork, sculptures and curios. We actually sat at the same table where Prince Charles had dinner on his stag night We're nothing if not royal!
Anyway, dinner over and with the weather sublime, we sat on the patio until our cars arrived. It's always so lovely to see London enjoying the warmth. Now if we could just get some of that up to Glasgow before we head home later this week! hey, we can dream...
Today we were up with the larks for our appearance on This Morning. We love guesting on that show and today we were with Phil and Ruth to discuss Home Is Where The Heart Is which starts tonight on ITV1 at 9pm. We talked about the time we spent with Jim, our house guest, and how it changed our perception of Britain's homeless community. The show endeavours to change the lives of four very different individuals. Our guy, Jim, has had a really dreadful past (by his admission) and struggles with an ongoing addiction to alcohol. It's a heart rending story of his homeless life and the fact he's been on the road for 18 years as a 'rough sleeper'. We'll leave you to judge for yourselves but we feel happy to have helped in some tiny way. He's had so much go wrong in his life but we really hope this show may signal a new start for him. We'll see if his dream of being an ordinary guy comes true. It's not a Waly Disney fairy tale and its VERY emotional. Our thoughts are with him.
Tonight we're going to have dinner outside if the weather holds and then watch the show. We really hope it inspires you guys.
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"Mendacity and implausibility . . . "
A very good piece from"The National" about the prorogation court case in Scotland . . .
I do like the bit about "woad painted Nats" !!
11th September
Andrew Tickell: Why 3 Scots judges saw through the Tory lie
By Andrew Tickell
"THE Prime Minister's advice to Her Majesty the Queen and the prorogation which followed thereon was unlawful and is thus null and of no effect." That was the shock verdict of three judges of the Inner House of the Court of Session on Wednesday. For their different reasons, Lords Carloway, Brodie and Drummond Young all concluded that the Prime Minister's sleekit prorogation for five weeks through October was unlawful.
We don't have a full judgment yet. That's going to be published on Friday. But even the judicial summary was stinging. This Court of Session bench wasn't buying Boris Johnson's spin, and they weren't prepared to embrace the old-school, "hands-off" approach of Lord Doherty last week.
Take the case back to first principles. The petitioners argued that Johnson acted unlawfully. They hoped to call him to account in an action for judicial review.
How? It's long been recognised that prime ministers have the constitutional authority to advise the Queen to prorogue Parliament. Surely Johnson was just exercising this discretion? Up to a point. But the courts have also – for some years – demanded that decision-makers in public life exercise their powers within lawful bounds. That doesn't mean that anything they do which has a superficial appearance of legality is A-OK. Intention matters.
If a local authority, a planning committee, a minister, or even a prime minister takes a decision on the basis of improper or unconstitutional purposes, the courts can intervene. That isn't a principle unique to Scots law. It has long been the position of English courts too.
So what was Boris Johnson's true purpose in proroguing Parliament through October? Was this purpose consistent with Britain's (admittedly fragmented) constitutional values?
Everyone and their dog – Brexiteer or diehard Remoaner – knows exactly what Number 10 was doing when it decided to bring the parliamentary session to an early close this week.
The official paper trail – produced by the UK Government in the course of the case – only tended to confirm the mendacity of the UK Government's position.
The papers showed Boris Johnson's administration denied it had any intention to prorogue Parliament in public, when arrangements to do precisely this were already in train. This was a lie. The idea that Parliament was prorogued because the Tories' domestic agenda needs the boost of a new Queen's Speech doesn't even have the hallmarks of superficial plausibility.
In Edinburgh on Wednesday, three Court of Session judges called out this mendacity and implausibility. For Lord Carloway, the "true purpose" of the prorogation was clearly "to stymie parliamentary scrutiny of the executive, which was a central pillar of the good governance principle enshrined in the constitution".
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For Drummond Young, "it was incumbent on the UK Government to show a valid reason for the prorogation". The circumstances, the judge concluded, showed Johnson's true purpose was "to prevent" and "restrict" legitimate parliamentary scrutiny of the UK Government behaviour.
The sharpest words came from Lord Brodie. For him, "this was an egregious case of a clear failure to comply with generally accepted standards of behaviour of public authorities". The "principal reasons for the prorogation", he said, "were to prevent or impede Parliament holding the executive to account and legislating with regard to Brexit". And who can credibly disagree with him?
This was a surprise outcome. At the outset of this litigation, I thought it stood a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding – but the odds have evened up as the arguments have been aired and tested, and the dodgy paper trail of the UK Government has been revealed.
The judgment has thrown the UK Government's spinners and political outriders into a frenzy. Some are attempting to imply that the Court of Session is some kind of hotbed for constitutional radicals. This is not only a slur on the professional integrity of three of Scotland's most experienced judicial figures – it is a bad joke. The idea that Lords Carloway, Brodie and Drummond Young are woad-painted Nats is for the birds.
But the ultimate outcome of this case is no sure thing. The last word on the legality of the Prime Minister's behaviour will go to the Supreme Court in London. On the 17th of September, the justices will decide whether to side with Lord Carloway and his two colleagues, or with Lord Doherty and the judges of the High Court in England and Wales, who concluded the prorogation was lawful. For the gamblers amongst you, this case may be worth a bet either way.


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Density-based comparisons of mollusc community in Lower South Bay.
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A: k-dominance curve of the gastropod assemblage found in Lower South Bay in 1917, 1967, and 2012 based on species abundances across all samples in each study. B: Cluster analysis (group average) built on Bray-Curtis similarity matrix of average yearly gastropod densities. Black solid lines are significant at P = 0.002 (SIMPROF test).


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Printer, scanner, daytimer, cat.... BeBop is a year old and--do I even have to say--adorable?
Note: I posted this and within the hour Janey on the East Coast did this painting!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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Cats! Gotta love 'em!!!ReplyDelete
Always, Rita
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Excuse me for a moment, I have to sneeze. And I think there's a cousin to this fluff muffin on my blog right now.ReplyDelete
Bebop has has even more personality that I could imagine! If he had any more, I swear, I'd be sneezing too, every time he appeared on my screen! This is just priceless, and Janey's painting. Just fabulous :)ReplyDelete
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Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) improves the health of British Columbians by seeking province-wide solutions to specialized health care needs in collaboration with BC health authorities and other partners.
To find printed materials of the resources:
In the following sections, you will find the full list of resources that have also been listed in individual pages on the Child & Youth pages. You will find articles, books, online videos, DVD, and online resources that would be helpful as you navigate your journey with your child and family. Resources specific to schools can be found on the Information for Schools page.
The following categories of books have been selected to help parents and families navigate through the literature available to support themselves, as well as their children, youth, and young adults.
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family.New York, NY: Random House. Nutt, A. E. (2015).
My Daughter He: Transitioning With Our Transgender Children. Rockport, MA: Stone Circle Press. Waldron, C. (2014).
Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son. New York, NY: Broadway Books. Duron, L., Harris, N. P., & Burtka, D. (2013).
Raising Ryland: Our Story of Parenting a Transgender Child with No Strings Attached. New York. NY: William Morrow Paperbacks. Whittington, H. (2016).
The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes. New York, NY: The Experiment. Ehrensaft, D. (2016).
Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children (3rd Revised ed. edition). New York: The Experiment. Ehrensaft, D., & Menvielle, E. (2011).
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Erickson-Schroth, L. (Ed.). (2014).
Gender Neutral Parenting: Raising kids with the freedom to be themselves. Verity Press. Lucas-Stannard, P. (2013).
Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children. Berkeley, Calif: Cleis Press. Pepper, R. (Ed.). (2012).
The Transgender Teen - A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teens. Brill, Stephanie and Kenney, Lisa. Cleis Press, 2016.
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I have a dell 2300, would turn on and then shut down; I took it apart to clean fans, and noticed a latch for the heat sink was loose. I read that this would cause it to shut down. However, when I got it all back together , it wont turn on at all. PLEASE HELP
Thanks Dale
Could of accidentally bumped the Cpu and bent a pin? this is a worse case scenario mind.
Could be a coincidence and your PSU went the same time.
Knocked a cable out by accident.
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With that word count, it means I have just over 1,600 words to hit this month's word count target of 10,000 words. I am naturally going to see if I can beat it by way and it is possible with over a week to go of this month. I could also get the just over 1,800 I didn't get last month.
The main reason for the big word count is the fact that my character (and I) have discovered she is a dab hand at duelling, even with a very basic knowledge of magic. Of course there is some fun to be had with that and is perhaps ideally revealed now as my FMC's secret has been announced to an after school club she has joined before going round the school like wildfire.
It is earlier than I anticipated but I am realising that realistically, when it comes to names, it would be very difficult for her to hide it and perhaps should have come out earlier. But it is out now and I know I can use it for some fun, especially as she and her classmates have not yet been sorted. All their true natures could come out and make sorting them for the school (and for myself) much easier. I still have no idea how they are going to be sorted or how I am going to make it a magical process. I just know it happens on Halloween.
I am actually excited by the possibilities suddenly opened up by revealing her name now, both at school and upon her return home and still the main plot line is intact. Something mentioned could actually now help play into the hands of it even though it was meant to be throwaway background information about my FMC.
Plan for this week is primarily just to keep writing and keep going with the story. Finish my word count and perhaps catch up last months words too then keep pushing to make my graph look all pretty and nice! As a quick aside, the picture is perfect since the new series of Doctor Who started today in the UK and I stopped writing this post to watch it. There is every chance I might be tempted to keep using it for the rest of this series' run.


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Wind River almost defies genre definition. It's ultimately a murder mystery thriller but it's also a drama about family, loss, suffering, respect, and compassion.
Written and directed by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario, Hell or High Water), Wind River takes place at the Wind River Native American Reservation in the mountains of Wyoming. In an interview with NPR, Sheridan explains that the motivation for writing the "inspired by true events" film, came from an inability to find any statistics on sexual assault and disappearances of women from reservations. The injustice they suffer by being ignored by practically every government group is summed up in the chilling words at the end of the film: "While missing persons statistics are compiled for every other demographic, none exist for Native American women."
The story is told through the eyes of Cory Lambert (an awesome Jeremy Renner) who works for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service getting rid of lions and wolves that prey on livestock. He's an expert tracker and knows the mountains like the back of his hand. At work one day, he discovers footprints and, following them, finds the body of a young woman, Natalie (Kelsey Asbille), his deceased daughter's best friend. She's been raped and beaten, finally dying from breathing the sub-zero air into her lungs as she fled her attackers.
Sent to investigate is Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen), a rookie FBI agent from the Las Vegas field office. It only takes moments to realize she's way out of her league when she shows up in high heels and a windbreaker. After borrowing winter gear from the locals, she hops on the back of Cory's snowmobile and goes to see the body. Realizing that she needs help, she enlists Cory and his abilities as a tracker to aid her with the investigation.
Wind River is not the easiest movie to watch. The flashback scene showing the crime is brutally violent and the resultant desire for revenge in Cory and Martin (Gil Birmingham), Natalie's father, makes one's heart ache for them.
The true gems of the film come not from the solving of the mystery itself but from the people and relationships that develop and shine throughout the ordeal. You have Cory. Three years ago his daughter was murdered and the case was never solved. He's separated from his Native American wife (Julia Jones) and still grieves for his daughter. He visits Martin to offer comfort to his good friend. Their conversation about the suffering caused by the death of one's child is beautifully insightful and one of the most impressive film speeches I've heard about redemptive suffering without explicitly mentioning God.
Then you have Jane, an outsider on the reservation who genuinely wants justice for Natalie. The fact that the FBI only sent her indicates that justice for Martin and his family is not high on their priority list. Still, Jane never gives up. Surrounded by tough mountain men, she learns how to hold her own, exercising the authority of her position. By treating everyone involved with the respect they deserve, Jane earns their respect as well.
The word compassion means "to suffer with." Cory's own experiences enable him to exhibit true compassion and he does precisely that. When a grieving Martin has no words to explain how he feels, he asks Cory to just sit with him. Cory says, "I can do that" and his reassuring presence comforts Martin. Cory has worked through his own grief and come out on the other side with a heart that not only shows true compassion but also feels genuine empathy for his friend. It's a heart that doesn't deny it's suffering, but uses that suffering, not to fold in on itself, but to reach out and embrace the suffering of others in sincere compassion.
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Libations opens at Bric-a-Brac Battambang BarBattambang Bar
It all started about a month ago, with a local Khmer answering our ad for staff.
In walked this beaming Khmer named Samnang, saying he was here for a job. I asked him what he was looking for and he replied "barman." But we don't have a bar in Battambang, let alone a restaurant I quickly retorted. "That's ok, but I want to be a barman."
So I asked him his background. And he responded that he is a barber. We were impressed with his personality — besides being suckers for a good alliteration — and we told him to come back in a week.
So after chatting with Robert we decided to hire the barber as a barman, creating the position especially f0r Samnang. So now we have a great wine bar, absolutely no beer (although if we van source Belgium Alembic we may reconsider) and a simple but well thought out menu of home-made potted pork rillette maison, charcuterie, a rare platter of exceptionally stinky French cheeses, plus excellent baguettes. All very civilised….
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PS: We're still to get a cut from our new barber, no make that "barman." He makes a mean mint julep to go with Robert's astounding rillette.


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Storyline 2: Screencasts and Software Simulations
Articulate Storyline 2 makes it easy to create screencast videos and interactive software simulations.
You simply capture the activity on your computer screen and then decide whether you want to use the finished recording as a video screencast or interactive simulation.
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Video screencasts are videos that show your recorded computer screen. They capture all of your mouse movements and any audio narration. The final output is a single video file. They're great for "how-to" videos but aren't very interactive.
Interactive Simulations
Interactive simulations simulate using the software. Instead of a video, you get single screens with linked hotspots and various help instructions. That means you can simulate much of the software's interactions by having the learners click on the right areas or enter text just as they would with the real software.
There are three ways to show interactive simulations:
- View mode: You walk through the process and the learner views what you're doing
- Try mode: The learner tries to walk through the process and you provide visual hints and captions
- Test mode: The learner can demonstrate the ability to complete a task through a simulated test in which they perform all of the required actions
Articulate Storyline offers both types of screen recordings. You start by recording a video and from there you can choose to insert the video or an interactive simulation using one of the three modes. You can even change your mind at any time.
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With the destruction of its Death Star battle station, the Galactic Empire has been shaken to the core by the ever-growing Rebel Alliance. Its iron-fisted order challenged, the Empire quickly finds an increasing number of systems slipping through its fingers.
In one of those systems, the remote desert planet of Jabiim held promise for Luke Skywalker and the Rebellion. But a well-intentioned diplomatic mission turned tragic when the Rebels' presence alerted Darth Vader and led to the complete subjugation of Jabiim's immense slave population.
Seeking to rescue one of their own left behind on Jabiim—an Alliance mathematician called Jorin Sol—the rebels mounted a daring and covert mission against an Imperial stronghold on Kalist VI. An operation that brought Luke Skywalker into direct and heartbreaking conflict with his childhood friend "Tank," now known to the Empire as Lieutenant Janek Sunber...
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Skinfood Rice Mask Wash Off Review:
Since I claim to be on a skincare journey, I wanted it to be as happy as possible. What other way to make it fun besides to get adventurous and exhaust options right? After all, Korean Beauty has a very wide range and interesting ingredients. From the odd ones (pig collagen and snail goo) to hanbang (traditional medicine like ginseng) there's just way too much variety it is impossible to run out of things to try on! One of the key ingredients that I have been interested on for a while is rice. "
Rice, what?!" I don't know about you but I live on this side of the earth where rice is just something that you put in your mouth whenever you are hungry. Apparently, rice is not only good for your grumbling tummy but is also good for your unnourished skin. Since I have fallen in love with Skinfood Black Sugar Strawberry Wash-Off Mask, it wouldn't make sense if I don't buy the rice variant right?
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+ Skinfood Rice Wash-Off Mask is a wash-off mask containing rice extract that moisturizes skin and brightens tone.
+ With its texture of ground rice, it leaves skin bright, soft and lustrous.
Water, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Caprylic/capric Triglyceride, Cyclopentasiloxane, Cetyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Water, Stearic Acid, Polysorbate 80, Hydrogenated Jojoba Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Peg-100 Stearate, Sorbitan Stearate, Carbomer, Dimethicone, Triethanolamine, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Sucrose Cocoate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Disodium Edta, Methylparaben, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Butylparaben, Fragrance
Volume: 100g
How to use:
- After cleansing, gently massage with ample amount over dry face avoiding eyes and mouth area.
- Concentrate around nose area and repeat it using grains.
- Rinse with lukewarm water after 10-15 minutes of massage
My Skin Type: Combination, Acne-Prone, Occasionally Dull and Sensitive
Skinfood Rice Mask Wash Off Review:
Skinfood Rice Wash-Off Mask comes in a pretty sturdy plastic jar. The packaging is straightforward the only down side is that, they have forgotten to throw in a spatula!
As I twist the lid, my nose is filled by a strong scent. I am honestly expecting real rice scent but to my disappointment, this product's scent is nowhere near my expectation. Sure, I could detect rice scent but in a very artificial way. While this product has strong artificial scent, I am glad that my nose was able to tolerate it.
The mask is white pearl with jelly bits on it. If you look closely, you would see that the consistency of this product is similar to Arroz Caldo or what is known more as congee (the Asian counterpart) .
I was so tempted to lick the product and see if it is indeed, cooked rice however I was taught well in my Chemistry Laboratory class to avoid putting things on my mouth in any case unless I am on a baking class.
I know, the product looked all mushy but when you start working it on your face, you would actually feel very fine grains that could serve as a gentle exfoliator! I continuously scrubbed my face for a good 5-8 minutes –I let the mask sit on my face for 15 minutes before I washed it off.
The experience was so good because the texture of this wash off mask is so fine it feels nice as I rub it on my face. I feel that people who complain about how the black sugar wash off mask is too abrasive would find variant perfect!
As I wash my face, I could already feel that my skin texture has improved. It felt baby soft and really smooth! Don't you wish you could poke on your computer and feel my skin?
Because I do! My skin looks bright after using this product but nothing too dramatic and I'm okay with that.
What I love the most is how this product could be a very gentle exfoliator. I love how it made my skin really really soft! After washing this mask off, I also get a normal finish unlike the strawberry mask which gives off a little oily finish.
If I am going to choose between Black Sugar Strawberry and Rice –I would pick the Rice jar without batting off my lashes. Although, I wouldn't lie that I love the other's scent better.
I recommend this product to any skin type; I feel that even one's with sensitive skin would like this too. I do suggest stay away though, if you happen to have open wounds or active acne because I feel that it might cause irritation.
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We have been at this for over 30 years (est. 1985), and are the industry leaders in truly capable, safe, and reliable GVM/GCM upgrades for your Towing "Workhorse".
At 6×6 AUSTRALIA Pty Ltd, we offer 3 main Automotive vehicle modification types for you to consider:
1)- Chassis & Suspension systems;
2)- Drive-line systems;
3)- Bodyworks.
Our extensive list of highly-advanced and ADR-compliant Suspension & Driveline system upgrades have been designed and prototyped here by ourselves, beginning as a small family operation since 1985.
Each 6×6 model's extensive testing to accomplish Federally licenced ID Plate Approvals (IPAs with appropriate Federal Dept. in Canberra) are used in certifying our modification works.
Any vehicles we don't have our own IPAs for, we simply have our Professional Mechanical Engineer Signatory inspect and certify the modification for your project build.
It's all a part of the service.
The IP in our designs for our Mil. Spec. Bogie-drive (6×6) Suspension & Driveline Assemblies are now protected as Registered Designs (Registered Design Nos. 201714910, 201714911, & 201714912):
Bob James (our Founder and Chief Executive) recently began finalising successful trials of our Power-divider with ZAMBONI Corp. U.S.A. and their world-renowned Ice-resurfacing machine brand, known workdwide as "The Zamboni".
It works to help solve challenges in balancing their traction requirements for working on Ice with traction and maneouverability, and adapting to when off-ice, e.g. concrete or bitumen, in order to avoid suffering drive-line damage/failure.
Applications in High-speed off-road 4×4 racing machines are also set for the coming year, later in 2019.
Australian Design Rules (ADRs) and legal compliance of vehicle modifications:
Australian Design Rules (ADRs) are the rules legally binding Vehicle Manufacturers and custom Automotive Engineers in vehicle design and manufacture, in order to design safe and reliable vehicles for all the Australian roads nationally.
All of 6×6 AUSTRALIA's conversions have full ADR Compliance, and most with our own Federal ID Plate Approvals (IPAs) under our Federally-licenced 2nd-stage Design & Manufacturer status.
Our IPA numbers certify our 6×6 Suspension and Drive-line modifications Nationwide.
This means you can register it in any State or Territory, and when you go to sell it, its IPA adds resale value, especially for potential interstate buyers who won't need to acquire a new Engineer's Report in their State or Territory (which they do have to do with individual Engineer Reports).
Federal IPAs are a long-winded and expensive process of Engineer Testing and Certification paperwork through the Federal Dep't of Infrastructure, Regional Development, and Cities in Canberra.
They took us years to achieve, and once we put our IPA plate on your converted vehicle, it stays there for the life of the conversion.
This following list reveals all the 6x6s we have IPAs for:
1) – Toyota Landcruiser 70 series 6×6 (all current model LC70s, e.g. VDJ79R, etc) for Middleweight GVM upgrade [Car Licence level] to 4,495kgGVM with IPA #43189;
and for Heavyweight GVM [Heavy Vehicle Licence upgrade] to 6,080kgGVM with IPA #46527;
2) – Toyota Landcruiser 200 series 6×6 (current model LC200) for Middleweight GVM to 4,495kgGVM [Car Licence upgrade]; and Heavyweight GVM to 6,080kg GVM [Heavy Vehicle Licence upgrade] with IPA #48397;
3) – Nissan Patrol Y61/GU 6×6 for Middleweight GVM to 4,495kgGVM [Car Licence upgrade] with IPA #47606;
and for Heavyweight GVM to 5,500kgGVM [Heavy Vehicle Licence upgrade] with IPA #47607;
4) – Mazda BT-50 6×6 (current model) for Middleweight GVM upgrade to 4,495kgGVM [Car Licence upgrade] with IPA #47852; and
5) – Ford Ranger 6×6 (current model) for Middleweight GVM to 4,495kgGVM upgrade [Car Licence] with IPA #48853.
New 6×6 models currently having our Suspension and Drive-lines adapted for their individual case's ADR-compliance and IPAs in 2019 include:
– Iveco Daily 5500 6×6 and 6×4 (current model) in Middleweight 4,495kg GVM [Car Licence operators], and Heavyweight configuration 8,000kgGVM [Heavy Vehicle Licence operators];
– Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 6×6 and 6×4 (current model) in Middleweight 4,495kgGVM, and Heavyweight 8,000kgGVM;
– Mercedes-Benz G- Wagen 6×6 (current model) in Heavyweight configuration 7,000kg GVM;
– Toyota Hilux 6×6 (current model SR5) in Middleweight 4,495kgGVM upgrade [Car Licence operators];
– Nissan Navara NP300 6×6 (current model) in Middleweight 4,495kg GVM upgrade [Car Licence operators];
– Ford F150 6×6 (current model) for Middleweight GVM upgrade to 4,495kg [Car Licence operators] and/or Heavyweight GVM upgrades to 7,000kg GVM [Heavy Vehicle Licence operators]; and
– Ford F350 6×6 (current model) for Heavyweight 8,500kgGVM upgrade [Heavy Vehicle Licence operators].
IPAs decrease the paperwork burden and the tyranny of Insurance & Registration costs for your truly superior new vehicle.
Some expensive hidden costs our unique Bogie-drive systems are designed to overcome, and which other providers of 6×6 cannot boat, all include:
i)- Excessive tyre-wear. This excessive "Tyre Scrubbing" as we have defined it, of the Bogie Rear-end's four tyres is due to the fact other Bogie-drive systems don't allow the axles to communicate with each other properly. This is because there is no effective 'Applied Loadshare' between their four wheels.
'Loadshare' is important, and for more than just redcuing costs from "Tyre-scrubbing". It is primarily about vehicle safety to us.
6×6 Australia's Coil Spring Suspension (International Registered Design No.s 201714910, 201714911, and 201714912) incorporates a mechanically integrated 'Roll-Steer' function, allowing the tyres to maneouvre under physical force from the Payload (carried above them) as the vehicle corners. Physical forces known as 'Inertia', 'Gravity', and 'Centrifugal' all combined).
Also, in combination with our 'Integrated Power-divider', the Coil Spring Suspension works to reduce tyre wear. This functional Roll-steering feature is very subtle and difficult to describe without a proper demonstration, which helps explain these concepts further.
It works similar to how a Skateboard steers, with the outer two wheels moving away from each other, and the inner two wheels contracting toward each other around a bend.
The raw image below attempts to explain it better.
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By my count there are 37 full medium armour sets in Guild Wars 2 and all but 1 include coats which extend beyond the waist. Furthermore, most are full-blown rain macs which go down past the knee (28/37). All but one includes butt-capes which stick stiffly out from our arse-cheeks, often they clip with boots, the edges of gloves or backpieces, weapons sheathed on the waist or back... every single medium armour player out there is dressed in a coat which you wouldn't be surprised to see donned by an old man hanging around the gates of the local primary school.
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I like the armours. I really do (Once I've completed the set I'm thinking of switching over to carapace or even luminescent if it dyes well). And I am super-super-super happy to have in-game armour added with at least some regularity now. But does it have to follow this exact same mold every time? Seeing players wearing these two armours at any distance but up close, it would be hard to tell them apart! Flared gloves, check, long coat, check, high boots, check. Its just such a wasted opportunity.
This problem is not limited to the medium armour professions, heavy armour seems to be also cursed with an over-abundance of armoured skirts as do the casters. But I think this lack of imagination is felt most potently in the medium armour professions.
The GW2 medium armour professions have so much scope for variety. It doesn't just have to be leather or cloth coats! What about light chain mail or a bodice/vest of hardened hide or chitin? What about scales, shells or fur? We had all three of those in GW1 and they didn't need a leather tail to balance out the set! There is so much opportunity for imagination, and whilst I don't doubt that whatever style this new armour set ends up having (and its important to note we've only seen the bare-bones image as of yet), it still appears to be a long coat, just like 36 of the 37 (now 37/38) other sets we have already.