3/16/2024 0 Comments 2002 mazda protege 5 liftgate trim![]() ![]() As a point of reference, this would be my sixth red car out of the thirteen I’ve owned up to that time. Next thing I know, I’m calling my wife to get her okay the trade of the Saturn in on this little red racer. I really wanted a 5 speed in yellow, but the only yellow one in stock was saddled with an automatic, so I took a red 5 speed for a test drive. I was already committed to buying one of these little wagons before I had even sat in one. She was enthusiastic, but not in a pushy way, and the buying experience went pretty well. My salesperson was a woman, a first for me. So anyway, one fine spring day, I headed over to Polar Chevrolet and Mazda in White Bear Lake to take a look at one of these little wagons. At least that’s how I rationalized it to my wife. The Saturn was fine, no issues, but it lacked the flexibility we wanted in a second car. Our second car was a 1996 Saturn SL2 which came into the fleet when I remarried in 2001. Since it was winter and I didn’t buy new cars in winter, the idea of going to take a look at the Protege5 just sort of simmered on the back burner. I came very close to pulling the trigger on the 323 derived Mercury Tracer wagon but ended up with a first gen Camry wagon instead. I have always liked the Mazda hatchbacks, going all the way back to the first gen GLC, but for multiple reasons ownership had continued to elude me. This was back when Car and Driver was still relevant and I was still a subscriber. ![]() In the fall of 2001 I had received a mailing from Mazda promoting their new little hot hatch and coincidently, Car and Driver had run a favorable review in their October 2001 issue. If you’ve been keeping track, this was my fourth Mazda, all of which had premature rust. This piece by Michael Ionno from 2016 captures my experience perfectly, right down to the inevitable rust problems that continued to plague Mazdas in northern states. In fact, they’ve been the subject of two previous COAL articles. I suppose it should come as no surprise that the Protege5 has some fans here at Curbside Classic. the slightly twisted spokes on the 2002s. Mine were 2003 painted 5 spoke alloys with squared off spokes vs. The only difference I can remember was the wheels. My Protege5 was late enough in the cycle that the dealer actually called it a 2002-1/2. I’m ready for a change once the snow has melted. I always seem to buy my cars in spring I suspect the boredom of winter and six months of driving salt stained cars wears me down. I really wanted one of these in yellow, but I settled for a red one late in the 2002 model year. ![]()
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![]() ![]() With that being said, the check engine light can mean a variety of different things. Some of these essential duties include ignition timing, controlling engine speed, shifting automatic transmissions and implementing cohesion control, just to name a few. Onboard computers increasingly have controlled and monitored vehicle performance since the 80s and do an assortment of things for your 2017 VW Golf Alltrack. ![]() This light illuminates in either an amber or red color and is part of the diagnostics system found on your vehicle. It can say "Check Engine", it can be a symbol of an engine, it can even be a combination of both. The check engine light is part of the crucial onboard diagnostics system, and displays in an assortment of different ways. One of the most generally misunderstood lights or indicators in your 2017 VW Golf Alltrack is the check engine light. While this code will tell you the issue that is detected, a true diagnosis still requires an experienced professional to determine the precisely correct issue and repair it. There are again a number of comparatively inexpensive code readers that are designed for do-it-yourselfers, should you prefer that route too. This code is read with an electronic scan tool that is used by our VW auto repair mechanics at Nalley Volkswagen of Alpharetta. When the light turns on, the ECM stores an engine code or “trouble code” in its memory that can instantly identify the issue, whether it's a sensor or a failing engine part. This amber or yellow light is typically labeled “check engine” or “service engine soon”, or the light may be nothing more than a picture of an engine, or a picture of the engine with the word “check.” ![]() When your 2017 VW Golf Alltrack's ECM (electronic control module), which is the vehicle's onboard computer, finds a problem in the electronic control system that it can’t correct, a computer turns on your check engine light. Ignoring that warning could end up causing major, considerable damage to pricey engine parts. But take a deep, peaceful breath and realize the light coming on doesn’t mean you have to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road and call a tow truck, but it is recommended that you get your 2017 VW Golf Alltrack checked swiftly. The fear of the unknown (or the cost of the unknown) can be just as stressful. If you’re like most VW owners, your heart sinks drastically because you may have explicitly idea about what that light is trying to tell you or how you should react. What do you do when you’re driving along in your VW Golf Alltrack and suddenly, a yellow light illuminates on your dash and says "Check Engine". Check Engine Light Service 2017 VW Golf Alltrack The check engine light warns of issues ranging from a gas cap that's not properly tightened to a more serious failure like a bad catalytic converter or a problem with one of the car's oxygen sensors, so it good to get the proper code reading and diagnosis. The good news, Nalley Volkswagen of Alpharetta offers entirely free multi-point inspections and free diagnostics, in most cases, to help determine the cause of your check engine light. ![]() The average cost for a check engine light diagnosis & testing is ordinarily between $88 and $111. How much does it cost to get the engine light checked? ![]() 3/16/2024 0 Comments Gmod starfall music player![]() It works well, but if you want full manual control you'll need a third-party plugin.Īs a slightly trimmed-down version of a premium product, MediaMonkey's interface has a little more gloss than its open-source competitors, but at the expense of some features. ![]() MediaMonkey arranges your music library in a logical hierarchy, and its File Monitor ensures everything is kept up to date as you add, edit and remove files. You can also tag music during playback, which is a great option that avoids the need to preview snippets of tracks before labelling them with a mood or genre to generate playlists. It identifies tracks with missing metadata and searches for the information online, and like MusicBee, its superb tagging tool lets you tag files using industry-standard formats. MediaMonkey plays and organizes both music and video, and unlike some dual-purpose media players, it does an excellent job of both. It's not as feature-filled as MusicBee, but its thoughtful design and carefully curated feature-set earn this free music player a respectable second place. ![]() The app also features some unusual built-in tools, including an alarm clock function that starts playing at a certain time, a wind-down setting that shuts down your PC at the end of a playlist, and a voice remover for making your own karaoke tracks. Some of the highlights are a YouTube extension that lets you build playlists from multiple videos, an add-on for streaming music from SoundCloud, and an extension for controlling the player remotely. ![]() By contrast, AIMP's plugins include some real gems. Most music player extensions are extra visualizations and skins that, although cool, have little practical use. Your AIMP library can be built using files from multiple directories and ripped from CDs, with automatic track numbering and tag filling to help you get it in shape.ĪIMP supports a huge number of formats, and additional encoders are available as user-created add-ons. Like all the best free music players, AIMP makes organizing your songs a breeze – even if your collection is currently a sprawling mess of tracks in different formats and locations, with incomplete or missing metadata. ![]() You won't find a more comprehensive free music player, and although it's not open source, it's completely free to use and tinker with for personal use. If all of that isn't enough, there's even an Android app for controlling MusicBee remotely, and support for WinAmp plugins. The free music player supports almost every audio format around and converting files is simplicity itself, with presets for different playback devices (though for MP3 encoding you'll need to download the LAME codec). Continuous playback eliminates silences between tracks (ideal for Pink Floyd fans), and you can choose to add silences or fades, normalize volume, and experiment with the equalizer. This free music player is designed to make the most of your PC's hardware, including top-end soundcards and surround-sound setups, with upmixing for stereo sound. MusicBee is a free music player created for serious music lovers and includes everything you need to manage and enjoy your collection, no matter how large (it's reportedly handled a library of over 500,000 tracks without a hiccup). ![]() 3/16/2024 0 Comments Nekojishi limited edition nudity![]() ![]() Last thing I heard about Senpai is that he dropped out of school and went back home. My only regret is that I never saw Leopard or Shu-Chi Senpai ever again. All in all, everyday has been full of precious moments. but at least Goddess Mazu is on our side so things should be fine. I don’t know what’s going to happen when I got back home to the temple. I can’t hold that against him.Īs far as school goes everything is back to usual. It’s a little annoying but I know he does it because he cares about me. He’s always there, watching me as I clean the house, telling me what to wear and asking about how I look. I guess it kinda means I don’t get anytime away from him. Lin Hu’s always looking for ways to tease me and make me blush. ![]() Other than that like any young couple, when we’re alone we really just spend most of our time being intimate together. I would have never imagined it a month ago, but these days Lin Hu is seriously a smart guy when it comes to science and technology. He’s always keeping up on the daily news and sometimes even helps to answer people‘s questions. He’s even started doing well on the tech forums too. Sometimes when I don’t feel like playing anything myself I just offer him my body so I can watch. It‘s actually pretty fun to watch Lin Hu play games. But now he’s gotten so used to me he could even go outside as me if he wanted. Of course when we started he could not control my body very well, even resorting to walking on all fours when he lost his balance. These days he‘s even higher ranked than I am. He’s really gotten in team-based online shooters recently. Other than that Lin Hu has been borrowing my body to browse forums and even start playing some games. According to Lin Hu, even their awareness of us is enough to increase his belief. Although, it doesn’t really matter if they believe us or not anyway, it’s just great to have followers. Of course most people don’t believe us but that can only be changed over time. For now we don’t have many followers but I’m hard at work on that, answering questions whenever I can. Social networks these days make this kind of stuff easy. With the approval of Goddess Mazu I went about setting up a fan page for Lin Hu. Even the goddess must have been amused by my request but I’m still happy she approved of us. At first she just replied with several Laughing Poe but eventually she returned three Holy Poe ”yes” responses in a row. I ended up having my brother use Poe Divination to ask the Goddess Mazu about us. they’re not the type of people who would accept me, let alone me dating a god. Equally people found us bizarre while others sent their best wishes. It didn’t take long for the gossip about us to spread like wildfire amongst gods and yaoguai alike. ![]() Liao then convinces Lin Hu to become a couple with him, and Lin Hu agrees on the condition that Liao allows them to start up a website so that he can dispense spiritual advice online.Īnd that’s how Lin Hu and I start our relationship together. ![]() Their strong relationship then allows Tiger to possess Liao during the final fight with Clouded Leopard, and giving Tiger the name of Lin Hu gives him the power boost needed to win, forcing Leopard to retreat. In particular, Liao must tell Tiger that he refuses to return home during the walk on the Tung trail, and must also become aware of the possibility of giving Guardian Tiger a proper name. This ending is achieved by developing a strong relationship with Guardian Tiger, and making several key dialogue choices. This article needs more information! Help us expand on relevant details by contributing. This article contains spoilers about the game's lore! Read ahead at your own discretion! ![]() 3/16/2024 0 Comments Among us logo pdf![]() ![]()
![]() The backwards ball pushes the furthest-out chain (depending on if all of the balls are connected) backwards for a short length of time. ![]() Time bonuses are also awarded if a player completes the level within ace time - ranging from thirty seconds to four minutes depending on the level.įour different types of power-ups show up in balls, which can be activated by exploding the ball with the power-up. There are bonuses for collecting coins (usually through gaps), for causing explosions through gaps of other balls, and for having a streak of always causing an explosion with each consecutive ball (coins and chain bonuses are a quick way to fill the bar). The level is completed when after the bar is filled, the player eliminates all of the balls on the screen. When three or more of the same color come in contact, they explode, possibly triggering other explosions as part of a chain reaction. To prevent the balls reaching the Skull, the player can eliminate the balls by firing a colored ball from the stone frog idol's mouth towards the chain of balls that will continue to push forward until the player fills the yellow bar, which is when the balls will stop producing off-screen. As soon as one ball reaches the skull, the others follow and the player loses a life. The player can carry two balls at a time and can switch at any time. The game is set in Aztec Mexico.The objective of Zuma is to eliminate all of the balls rolling around the screen along a given path, with other balls (the path is clearly visible in all of the levels except the last level), before these balls reach the yellow skull structure, which will open to varying degrees as a warning of oncoming balls. Zuma Blitz went live on Facebook on 14 December 2010, and was described by PopCap as "the social adaptation" providing players with "the first competitive and cooperative iteration of Zuma in the game's history." Gameplay The sequel, Zuma's Revenge! was launched on 15 September 2009 for Windows and Mac. ![]() Zuma received the 2004 "Game of the Year" award from RealArcade. An enhanced version, called Zuma Deluxe, is available for purchase in Windows and Mac OS X versions and as an Xbox Live Arcade download for the Xbox 360 and a PlayStation Network download for the PlayStation 3. It can be played for free online at several Web sites, and can be purchased for a number of platforms, including PDAs, mobile phones, and the iPod. Zuma is a fast-paced puzzle game developed by PopCap Games. ![]() 3/15/2024 0 Comments Beat saber update![]() ![]() Most likely we’ll be waiting until 2022 for new Oculus Quest titles to drop. According to the official Beat Saber 1.67 patch notes, the latest update added the Rock Mixtape featuring 8 heart-bumping hits from Nirvana, Guns N’ Roses, The White Stripes, KISS and more.Apart from this, Beat Saber patch 1. This kind of game is exactly what VR needs, as it will give creatives a unique chance to develop VR experiences, and players a plethora of new content to explore.īeyond that, we might also see announcements from other Facebook Gaming studios, such as a new game from BigBox VR, the team behind Population: One, and Downpour Interactive, which created Onward – although along with Unit 2, these studios are fairly recent acquisitions, so we don’t necessarily expect any of these new games to drop soon. A new Beat Saber update 1.27 is now available to download on PS4, PC, and Xbox One. Crayta, which was formerly exclusive to Google Stadia, is a Roblox-like game in which you make games and can play the content created by other users, and it would be a perfect addition to the Quest lineup. Following Facebook’s acquisition of Crayta developer Unit 2 (now part of Facebook Gaming) earlier this year, we think that the game creator tool might be headed to Oculus Quest platforms. A move away from this restriction would again help to put some space between Facebook’s social media woes and the company’s less contentious venture – though we still expect that you’ll need some form of centralized account as Facebook moves towards its interconnected metaverse.Īs for Oculus itself, there are a few games we’d like to see announced. ![]() Currently, players need to have a Facebook account to use Oculus headsets, something which many fans aren’t happy about. If this rebrand happens, we might also see the Oculus Quest 2’s Facebook account stipulation lifted, in exchange for a new ‘Horizon account’. It’s a name that carries a sense of heading into a bright future – a notion that the company would very much like to sell both to its users and the wider world. While Facebook’s new name is still a mystery at this point, our best guess would be something like Horizon – branding the company is already using with its Horizon Worlds social platform. Announcing the change at an event focused on its popular VR platform would be a smart move by Facebook, as a way to distance its new name from the terrible press its social media platforms have been getting recently. Facebook has been teasing its name change – most likely for the company rather than the social media platform – for a while now as it works towards crafting a ‘metaverse’. Its here A new update packed with tons of cool stuff just landed in Beat Saber Go get it now:- OST 5 featuring 6 exclusive free songs from artists loved. The anniversary theme was removed from the Main Menuĭownload free Beat Saber version 1.59 for PS4 and Xbox One.The potential announcement we’re most anticipating is a new name for Facebook.Boost colors are now a part of the color palette.Icarus – Madeon /map and lights by Zakka/.Rob Swire) – deadmau5 /map and lights by ConnorJC/ My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) /map and lights by Kolezan/.Rain On Me (with Ariana Grande) /map and lights by Zakka/. ![]()
3/15/2024 0 Comments Tik tok jewellers opening times![]() ![]() The White House said this week it was giving federal agencies 30 days to delete TikTok from government devices, and Canada and the European Parliament recently instituted similar bans. TikTok has denied sharing data with the Chinese government. In addition to issues of safety for young users, TikTok – whose parent company, ByteDance, is based in Beijing – also continues to face questions about whether its user data is safe from officials in China. TikTok has slashed its worldwide revenue targets for 2022 by at least 2bn as the fast-growing platform struggles to meet ambitious goals, becoming the latest tech giant to be hit by a global. ![]() "In that case, the motivation behind what you're doing on social media is more important than how long you're spending on it," she said. With 6.6 million followers on TikTok and 818,000 on Instagram, Bunny has become the poster girl for Ms. Rather, Charmaraman said, users who actively interact with other people on social media may have better experiences than those who passively scroll. "For some people, they could be on for three hours and feel very connected," but "other people could use it for 15 minutes and feel traumatized by what they're looking at," she said. Tik Tok Return to Oz Hanger/Ornament- Adventure Time Painted MINI Figure 2' (429) 12.99. Technology Snapchat's new parental controls try to mimic real-life parenting, minus the hovering Check out our tik tok jewelry selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our necklaces shops. ![]() 3/15/2024 0 Comments Angry birds 2 stella![]() ![]() For us, free-to-play is a positive thing: it makes it extremely accessible to people around the world.” “That’s where the industry is going: people want to get the game for free, but somehow you need to be able to build the game. “You can totally play the game without having to purchase stuff, but then on the other hand, if you want to purchase stuff, you can,” says Juti. Par for the course in free-to-play games, but a potential eyebrow-raiser for parents whose children are playing – if not quite as big as the sight of a £69.99 kart in the Angry Birds Go! game last year. It will be interesting to see how reactions play out once the game is available, with cartoons, toys, merchandise and books to follow later in the year.īoys and girls? There’s another sensitive topic when it comes to Angry Birds, which is how Rovio balances its appeal to children with the company’s desire to adopt the “free-to-play” business model that’s become so dominant in the mobile games world: giving the games away for free, then selling in-app purchases.Īngry Birds Stella has in-app purchases going up to £37.99 for a chest of 7,500 virtual coins. Having played it, I can testify that it’s not easier than previous Angry Birds games too. A game with strong female heroes that’s played by lots of boys as well as girls sounds pretty progressive, though. ![]() A pinkified gaming-ghetto for girls sounds bad. ![]() You can look at Angry Birds Stella in two ways. I do think it will attract females as well. But most importantly, we wanted to make a kick-ass game. “It does celebrate women: we have five female heroes and one male, and all the pigs. Juti says that when Rovio had a playable version of Angry Birds Stella on its stand at the recent Comic-Con convention “a lot of guys came to play”, and more convincingly, that just over 50% of people watching the game’s trailer on Facebook have been men. We really want to challenge this, and there is already a bit of a movement around it.” “We want to challenge stereotypes, both on girls – that they only play easy games – and on boys, that they don’t like anything pink. “Just as I hope people don’t think Star Wars is for boys, I hope they don’t say this is just for girls,” she says. Angry Birds Stella risks looking like an attempt to ghettoise female fans: Star Wars, Transformers, karting and RPGs over here for the boys, and something pinker and simpler for the girls over there.īlanca Juti, Rovio’s chief marketing officer, makes the company’s case against this interpretation. ![]() 3/15/2024 0 Comments Quadrant in the priority matrix![]() ![]() Items: Items are projects, tasks, goals, or anything you want to plot into your matrix.Commonly these matrices use a 2-point scale (I.e., urgent or non-urgent) but items could also be ranked 1–5. Scale: This represents how you’ll measure your variables.urgency and importance or impact and effort). Two axes (X and Y): X and Y represent the criteria you’ll use to prioritize items (i.e.We can break it down into four different components: It’s a powerful project management tool that helps you focus on what matters most and keep critical activities on track. ![]() This tool helps you focus on what matters most and keep critical activities on track.Ī typical prioritization matrix looks something like this:Ī prioritization matrix is a 2-D visual that illustrates the relative importance of a group of items (tasks, projects, goals, etc.) based on two sets of criteria. Get started with What’s a project priorities matrix?Ī project prioritization matrix is a 2-D chart that illustrates the relative importance of a group of items (tasks, projects, goals, and more). We’ll kick off this blog with the essentials, defining project priority matrices. In this guide, we’ll explain two popular prioritization matrices and how to choose the right one, depending on your needs. If you want to streamline project prioritization, we’ve got you covered. This tool ensures they’re spending time on the right activities. Oftentimes, one of a project manager’s greatest challenges is prioritization and to offset this, they may turn to a project priorities matrix. ![]() |
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