The argument persists that older cars are more cost-effective than newer vehicles, due to the availability of better-made parts and ease of repair. For example, it has been said for years that the Volvo brand of vehicle is the best car to have if you are absolutely in love with and can repair older cars. Some people just don't want to invest a ton of money into a new vehicle. Whatever the reason, high quality parts are key to prolonging your car's life.
Parts are readily available and do cost more than most other brand of repair part. However, it is generally felt that once the major problem is repaired, it won't require the same repair 50,000 miles down the road. It is a plus if you have some mechanical ability yourself, as Volvos were built for ease of accessibility under the hood and in the chassis itself. Parts like gas tanks, transmissions and oil pans are usually easier to repair or replace as compared to other branded cars.
It is a well-known fact that they can run for over 200,000 miles with little major maintenance. Of course, maintaining any vehicle from the start is always a plus on the side of vehicle lifetime. Changing the oil, rotating the tires, checking hoses, fluids, and filters all help to keep the car running properly.
Easily available high-quality genuine Volvo parts are also an influence on keeping a car for more than a few years. Either you or your mechanic-of-choice can usually find a part for even a 15 year old car without much trouble. With the dawn of the computer age, it is certainly much easier to find a little-known part–even if it has to be shipped–and get the car back on the road in no time.
Why Would You Want to Keep an Older Car?
Older vehicles are sometimes more comfortable, have more leg room, and are usually easier to figure out mechanisms found on the dashboards. This is not to say that today's vehicles are not lovely and convenient, but older cars take less brain power to play your favorite song or to turn the air conditioner or heater on and off. Cheaper insurance and no monthly payment are both plusses on the side of older cars.
The one argument regarding older vehicles is the weather. Obviously, a 10-year old car in the northern half of the United States would experience much more road salt, snow and ice than a vehicle in the warmer states. This, of course, deteriorates the body and causes rust to form faster. However, even rust is easier to repair than most people think. A new fender or door is sometimes called for, but this type of maintenance is usually a once-in-a-car's lifetime repair. Many younger people are discovering the fun of driving an older car, and some even enjoy learning how to repair them. These young people do sometimes turn into the best mechanic around because they started with cars "before their time" and worked their way up to the current day, where computers are needed to diagnose vehicle problems.
Money No Object? Learn How To Pimp Your Ride Like A Boss!


In Episode 27 of Apolitical we speak with Steven Purcell, formerly a Labour Councillor and the Leader of Glasgow City Council. We chat about his time as Leader, the present situation faced by Scottish Labour and what an SNP-led council would mean for the city of Glasgow.
• His diagnosis and analysis of the present state of play for Scottish Labour.


Ansible playbook to build Apple (OSX) desktop.
A VIRL mockup of centralized firewall topology using VRFs for security zone isolation.
Pythong / Jinja2 script to configure networking switches based on standard configuration templates.
Puppet module to manage users, groups, and ssh keys.
Scripts and configs necessary to use policy based auto-signing in puppet.
Project that allows Infoblox to expire DHCP filter entries based on device inactivity instead of the fixed time frames offered by default.
Command line (CLI) script to configure Nagios host and service configuration files.
Puppet module to manage a common set of iptables rules.


The MSP role has the responsibility to support the NPPM but also to proactively and innovatively develop practices and processes to evolve, implement and deliver optimal outcomes and to report regularly on progress to the business as required. They will be a expert for MSP's and will liaise and collaborate with internal and external experts, particularly Legal to achieve that aim. This will necessarily include internal and external workshops and compliance auditing.


Margo Selski, detail of A Quest for My Muchness, oil and beeswax on canvas, 30 x 40 in.
For the purposes of The Bennett Prize, a "figurative realist painter" is one who paints in a style in which the realistically depicted human figure is central to and a principal focus of the work. Included within this definition are portraits, figure studies, nudes or scenes depicting human beings in which the focus of the work is the human or humans so depicted. The work need not necessarily be portraiture in the sense that it depicts identifiable persons or faces. Many strong examples of figurative realism may be found at the website for The Bennett Collection www.thebennettartcollection.com.
A fine art painter, for purposes of The Prize, is a woman artist who applies paint to a flat, generally two-dimensional surface to create an image or images. In this context, "paint" includes any form of pigmented material including oil paint, acrylic paint, egg tempera, encaustic, pastels, colored pencils, watercolor, etc. It does not, by definition, include drawings made with natural graphite or monochrome pencil, conte crayon, or charcoal, nor does it include photography, sculpture, or installation, video, or performance art (even if the installation, video or performance includes painting or some application of paint within it).
Given that The Prize is meant for those who apply paint to flat, generally two-dimensional surfaces, painted sculpture is not included within the definition of "painting," but painting on canvas, panel, plaster, or other generally flat surfaces is included.


 This is a Bengali oral history interview on January 5 2015, with professor Ranabir Sammaddar, in Saltlake and uhm.
 your place of birth, and then I have a follow up question from there.
 KM: What part of Delhi was it?
 So uh initially I remember we had this (anvil delegation???) to Calcutta, we didn't want to come, but our parents were forcing us.
 Calcutta was as strange place. But, that is it.
 did that come in your studies or did that come later on. Howe did you kind of find your personality, your intellecutal personality?
 to visit our house. We used to hear a lot of, you know, nationalist stories kind of the staple cultural diet on which Bengali middle classes brought up.
 competition in the school, you want to be a good student.
 KM: so in terms of going into, from leaving school, and going into uh, what did you do after? What was your next step, in terms of education?
 KM: So that was the, the Eaton Hostel?
 some importance perhaps to ... your development.
 RS: Did you read some of my writings on this period?
 KM: Called, repeat it again?
 realities. Those are, you know, a few of them covering (inaudible) and one of them in (inaudible). And the newspapers also come out.
 student movements would like to have met. Still Bengali newspapers refer to that.
 etc. detailed accounts written by me - on me, written by others.
 being expelled, was a valid path, or valorous path, or the proper path to take in the times, would you point to, would you like to point?
 KM: to be sure there was no?
 inspiration was (foreign?) the inspiration of course, Fanon, Che, Mao, Lenin.
 KM: You were reading these (inaudible)?
 educated. So our critique and our irreverence to the established cultural figures - we didn't have to culitvate that it came very naturally.
 know the - the popular movements and uh the radical culture how they interface but how their trajectories might take different paths to get their mutual part?
 KM: Um a question about hte spacial context these reading groups where were they taking place, where did you go were they taking in  the hostel did you travel somewehre uh, in order to be reading Che and Mao?
 drive, time driven, and looking driven, uhm studies and pursuits of thinking that I have (inaudible) that I don't think I have anything to do with that.
 archive of all literature: 30's, 40's, women's movement, (inaudible) movement, it goes around pamphelts, movement literature... novels!
 KM: This is your families house, in Delhi?
 movement and all that, and he used to blame my mother, that is because of (foreign?) hahaha.
 post-colononial thing, to me is a kind of an intellectual case or a framework that has been put later.
 KM: Because your imagination, your reference points, were not located necessarily in South Asia, they were in fact, spread out?
 other activsm as well. It was cumpolsory.
 KM: Um you, what happens after, just locating ourselves back in time, you are expelled from college.
 not know much, but I respect you.
 KM: And he was where?
 RS: In Calcutta University !
 RS: So I did my PhD after 20 years, or maybe 15 years, after passing of my mother. So I had to take up small jobs here and there.
 KM: When did you begin the, your doctorate, your - and when did you finish it?
 with foreigners I was involved in trade unionism so I, something interest me, so I thought that's the way to go.
 Lenin and Fanon, Mao and here you are, in a village context which has a very diffent horizon to it, and very different kind of material concerns than you previously knew.
 it will be nerve wrecking, because you are continously struggling within yourself to de-class - it's not an easy thing.
 in that collectivity the individuals- too much indivuality is never appreciated or never encouraged - for good or bad thats the way you live.
 might find that kind of collectivies within a rural group, you might find the same kind of colelctive thing within urban workers.
 KM: When was that, what year was that?
 enormously enriching, and whatever I am I think it is because of that.
 working as an organic intellectual - or is that the way that you would see what your life history is, what your life experiences allows you to do?
 RS: You see I think it is a very good question becase, would you like some more tea?
 KM: I'm good, thank you.
 because while it throws light on the need to have organic contact, with the material world, with the classes that you wnat to speak for, or want to be a part of.
 intellectuals also. Again Mao Zedong's idea was that take from them what is to be taken, reject what you don't think is appropriate.
 intellectuals who come from the lower classes and work for the lower class, think for the lower classes.
 political point of view" but Foucault himself says that part of it therefore - there was no need to write, if he had read dialectics of enlightment.
 but it has to be informed with the material world - with the class standpoint everyone takes *knock* - YES?
 KM: Yes, yes, please yes.
 they had uh that year uh something was going with Fanon, Fanon was the theme of that. So uh, they brought it out (inaudible).
 UNESCO (inaudible) he or she. And now I think you see uh I am still - I vacillate on this point, or maybe, vacillation might not be the right thing.
 In general, I have not disapproved of the kind of, as you say, counter-violence or that happens, in general I've not disapproved.
 tell, that violence is a cleansing thing, you know, through violence you can organize. Which is always featured in communist and uh militant nationalist thinking.
 to use violence - but that violence never wins the day until and unless you have made it a part of your broad revolutionary strategy.
 are accepted of their own choice, or you leave no other option to them but to suffer from the consequences that you have created.
 come to power - the kind of public policies they will take, each and every moment they will have to decide.
 material reality is being mystified and in which the suffering of vast groups of pepole are made palatable in everyday life.
 our vision is increasingly being viled or obscured and pacificed and depoliticized, or do you feel agnostic to that question?
 thought about the sky, no. So we are not thinking of a style who lived in a simple life (inaudible) that's all I wanted to say.
 different kinds of experiments partly failing partly they are succeeding - Latin America is an interesting example, I'm not saying their is a right path but experiments are going on.
 it with an extremly specific objective in in mind that the postcolonial critique of capitalism remains very valid, I think I've spoken enough.


Last night, I looked at some CDO-related stuff on MSDN, and then hibernated my computer.
Tonight, I woke up my computer after having watched an episode of Dexter.
Having a Firefox tab titled "BodyParts Property" didn't have any special connotations last night... Funny, that.


Honey Mustard chicken is a big hit in this house. I thought I would do a bit of a twist.
These were quite tasty served along with salad but you could shape them much bigger and use as a burger patty or serve in tortillas or spinach wraps.
These can be frozen and popped into the lunchbox or reheated for a quick lunch or dinner. Use this mixture for meatballs or sausage rolls.
A twist on honey mustard chicken.
Place veggies and parsley into bowl.
Blitz on speed 9 for 6 seconds. Scrape down.
Blitz on speed 7 until well combined.
Shape into 14 small patties.
Cook either in an oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes or in a frying pan over medium heat until cooked through.
Due to the honey, it may splatter slightly in a pan so keep that in mind. Turn the heat down slightly if that does happen.
Place veggies and parsley into a food processor.
Process on medium speed until fine. Scrape down.
Process on medium speed until well combined.
If you don't have a food processor, use chicken mince and grate your veggies before mixing.
Not a favourite but thanks for the recipe. I do appreciate your website and all the hard work that you do!
I made these tonight along with your tortillas and my husband called them amaze-balls, not honey mustard chicken balls!! I put lettuce tomato and capsicum in the tortillas and tomato sauce in the kids ones. I made about 18 balls and baked them in the oven as I didn't want to watch them in the frypan or worry about possible honey splatter!! Another winner in our house so thank you for amazing recipes to keep dinner time interesting.
Thanks for the recipe, I didn't love them but the rest of the family did. Couldn't even tell that the vegetables were in it.
These were lovely. Not dry at all. Great taste!
Has anyone tried these with Tuna instead of chicken? My kids don't like chicken, but will inhale tuna (strange I know), but I find when I try to swap the ingredients, the tuna makes it too runny and nothing stays together when its being cooked.


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Q: The diophantine equation $x^2+y^2=3z^2$ I tried to solve this question but without success:

Find all the integer solutions of the equation: $x^2+y^2=3z^2$

I know that if the sum of two squares is divided by $3$ then the two numbers are divided by $3$, hence if $(x,y,z)$ is a solution then $x=3a,y=3b$. I have $3a^2+3b^2=z^2$ and that implies
$$
\left(\frac{a}{z}\right)^2+\left(\frac{b}{z}\right)^2=\frac{1}{3}
$$
so I need to find the rational solutions of the equation $u^2+v^2=\frac{1}{3}$ and I think that there are no solutions for that because $\frac{1}{3}$ doesn't have a rational root, but I dont know how to explain it.
Thanks

A: How about using  infinite descent ?
As for any integer $a\equiv0,\pm1\pmod4\implies a^2\equiv0,1$
We have $x^2+y^2\equiv0\pmod3$
So, $3|(x,y)$
Let $x=3X,y=3Y$
and so on

A: Let $(x,y)=d$ and $\dfrac xX=\dfrac yY=d$
$$\implies d^2(X^2+Y^2)=3z^2\implies d|z,$$  $z=dZ$(say)
$$\implies X^2+Y^2=3Z^2$$
Now $X^2+Y^2\equiv1,2\pmod4$ as $X,Y$ both can not be even
$$Z^2\equiv0,1\pmod4\implies3Z^2\equiv0,3\pmod4$$

A: There actually is one solution: $(x,y,z)=(0,0,0)$. What you want to prove is that that's the only solution in integers. And you were off to a good start, showing that $x^2+y^2=3z^2$ implies $3\mid x,y$, so that the equation to solve becomes $3a^2+3b^2=z^2$ with $x=3a$ and $y=3b$.
The next step is to notice that we now have $3\mid z$, so that the equation now becomes $a^2+b^2=3c^2$ with $z=3c$. But this is the original equation back again, just with different, smaller numbers. The "smaller" is what's important: if $|x|+|y|+|z|\not=0$, then $0\not=|a|+|b|+|c|\lt|x|+|y|+|z|$. This gives us an "infinite descent" of solutions, each with smaller positive sum of absolute values than its predecessor, which is impossible, so we conclude there are no solutions except for $(0,0,0)$.

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I've done a complete copy and paste of Ben's Blog…but it's for a good reason!
Folks, I don't pimp my choir's shows very often. I know this audience is wide and largely uninterested. However… those of you living within reach of Campbell, CA (just west of San Jose) should make the trip on June 5th or 6th.
The Choral Project concludes its 2008-2009 season with Across the Universe, a light-hearted concert featuring music from film, television, stage, and radio. Familiar radio hits include songs by The Beatles, James Taylor, Queen, and Imogen Heap, as well as Broadway hits like For Good from Wicked, Where Is Love? from Oliver!, and much more! A little something for everyone!


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Now you can smell just like Stan Lee — on purpose!
Rob Bricken
JADS international, makers of fine colognes inspired by the Avengers, has lost their fucking minds is releasing a cologne based on Stan Lee. The scent is called 'Nuff Said. I am not making this up.
Avengers colognes bottle the Hulk's radioactive body odor
In anticipation of Joss Whedon's upcoming superhero remake of the Night of 100 Stars, olfactory…
While Lee is a creator of some of the most popular superheroes of all time and most definitely helped transform the comics industry, he is also a 90-year-old man, who are not generally recognized for emitting pleasing odors.
Says JADS:
"Nuff Said". Stan Lee's Signature Cologne is as sophisticated as Smilin Stan Lee himself. The fragrance is as adventurous as Stan's superheroes, yet it can make you feel a bit villainous. Stan himself wanted it that way for his beloved fans.
It has Stan's personal touch as it possesses crisp blends of bergamot, ginger, white pepper, basil, and violet layered in with accords of cedar, vetiver and musk. This enticing scent will make you a "True Believer".
I would have thought it smelled like Ben-gay, expired Old Spice and decay, but I admit JADS' version sounds better. You can order Stan's odor here for $25. It even comes with an authentic letter from Stan, which I have to assume reads, in its entirety, "Really?"
[Via Comic Book Resources]

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Alarm registration and tracking is handled by the Public Safety Corporation (PSC), a private vendor contracted by the City and County of Honolulu. PSC is the developer of CryWolf, an alarm tracking and billing system that is also used by many mainland cities.
The initial alarm registration fee is $15, and the annual renewal fee is $5.
New alarm users may register online at the Honolulu False Alarm Reduction Program web site.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) regarding the recent outsourcing of alarm tracking and billing functions can be viewed by clicking here.
Burglar alarms can make our homes and businesses more secure and assist police in apprehending lawbreakers.
However, 98 percent of the burglar alarms that police respond to turn out to be false alarms. This is costly to the City and County of Honolulu and takes police officers away from important calls for service.
We want to reduce the numbers of false alarms and allow our officers to use their time more productively in activities which effectively promote safer communities.
Alarm companies are cooperating in the effort to reduce false alarms. We are asking for your help also. Causes of false alarms can be identified and steps can be taken to minimize the chances of reoccurrences.
This information was developed to offer some suggestions about what you can do to help reduce false alarms.
All alarms must be registered before use.
If you fail to register your alarm you will be fined $100.
The initial registration fee will be $15 for the first year.
The renewal fee will be $5 each year after that.
You do not have any other false alarms within 30 days for the same problem. This is called the common cause provision.
If you accidentally set off your alarm, let your alarm company know. Remember your pass code and/or password.
Make sure that all alarm users and key holders to the building or home are trained to use the system and know the codes to arm and disarm the system including how to cancel a false alarm.
Do not call 911 to cancel a false alarm. You should call your alarm company.
You may arrange to have your alarm company call you or another designated person first, instead of the police, when your alarm is activated. This is known as verification.
If you expect workers, real estate agents, delivery persons, etc., you should not set your alarm. If you must set your alarm, meet with the people at your site to deactivate the alarm.
If your system sends a duress signal when an incorrect code is entered, you might consider having that feature disconnected. Often in a rush to arm or disarm the alarm, an incorrect code is entered and the police are dispatched.
Be sure that doors and windows are tight fitting. Adjust hinges and strike plates so the door only moves about ¼ inch when pulled or pushed on. Have an alarming delay of at least 45 seconds on all doors.
The Alarm Tracking Coordinator for the Honolulu Police Department is Sergeant Mark Suaglar. Sergeant Suaglar may be contacted at (808) 723-3216.
The Honolulu Police Department would like to thank you for taking the time to read and consider this information. We ask for your continued support in our efforts to reduce the number of false alarms on Oahu.
Community minded citizens like yourselves, in partnership with the alarm companies and the police can overcome the problems associated with excessive false alarms. Our island community will be a better place to live and work as a result.