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PaQuí Tequila (Silvera)
Review: PaQuí Silvera Tequila 85/100
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Revisited May 05 2013
The name, PaQuí, is derived from the ancient Aztec language and means 'to be happy'. PaQuí (Pa'key) Tequila, then would be a tequila brand whose marketing emphasis would be focused on the fun and enjoyment of the tequila experience.
According to the information sent to me, PaQuí is handcrafted in small batches in the town of Tequila, Mexico, where the master distiller uses a process called Selective Distillation. This process separates the heart of the distillation resulting in a very pure tequila. This new brand is a result of extensive market research which sought to establish the credentials luxury tequila drinkers seek in a fine tequila, and to bring such a product to market.
I was contacted by the firm, Maury Rogoff, PR and Marketting, (I assume they were engaged by Tequila Holdings Ltd.) who sent me press release information regarding PaQuí Tequila, and requested a review of their Silvera. The sample bottle arrived in my possession about six weeks later, and after several sessions of tasting I can now share the results of my review:
In the Bottle: 5/5
The presentation of PaQuí Silvera Tequila is very attractive. The bottle arrives in a beautiful cardboard box which mirrors the bottle presentation and opens from the front to allow you to display the bottle within the box for your guests to enjoy. The decanter inside oozes style and luxury. In fact, it is one of the nicest decanter/bottles I have encountered. They even got the cork right as the bottle is topped by a high density synthetic cork which provides a nice satisfying 'pop' when the PaQuí is opened.
In the Glass 8.5/10
Upon pouring the glass I noticed a light sheen on the sides of my vessel which indicated the presence of a light oil. The Tequila has no colour at all, that is to say, it has, to my eye at least, perfect clarity. The aroma from the glass is laid back. An earthy agave scent is present; but it does not jump from the glass, rather it seeps out slowly. Very light citrus tones follow, but they do not try to assault the nostrils, rather they lie very gently in the breezes. At this point I would describe PaQuí Silvera as a very gentle approachable spirit.
In the Mouth 50/60
The gentle laid back style continues into the mouth. At the forefront of the flavour is an earthy agave and fruit. The flavour carries buttery nuances as well as a light citrus zest behind the agave fruit. The tequila has a vegetal quality, with the agave carrying more herbal tones than spice. In fact, the peppery spice which is at the forefront of most tequila I have tried, is pushed somewhat into the background here. Whether this laid back style is due to a filtering process, or whether it is due to the selective distillation process I am unsure. In any case what remains is a Tequila spirit with a soft Vodka-like delivery. The harshest elements are absent but the heart of the agave remains. I continue to believe that this spirit is extremely approachable for any spirits lover, but I also believe that the sharper spices which have been polished and buffed into submission will be missed by the veteran Tequila aficionado.
In the Throat 12.5 /15
The finish is very subdued with a mineral oil finish. There is no burn at all, and the agave leaves subtle traces of its presence in the throat. I usually hope for a little more kick than this spirit has, but I can definitely understand the appeal of a Tequila which is easy to sip and easy on the throat.
The Afterburn 9/10
Soft, gentle, mellow, and subdued are not normally adjectives I would use to describe Tequila. But that is exactly what we have in the bottle of PaQuí Silvera. If I were to introduce Tequila to a vodka or rum lover, then this would probably be the place to start.
You may read some of my other Tequila Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
Suggested Recipes and Bar Drinks
PaQuí Silvera Tequila strikes me as a spirit which will be very versatile in the realm of mixology. With the vodka-like delivery, I believe we can march off the beaten path of traditional Tequila drinks and explore a cocktail experience which would normally be reserved for Vodka. Having said that, I will however, begin with a traditional Tequila recipe. The Margarita, but I shall give the cocktail a little twist, by introducing Louis Alexandre Grand Marnier into the recipe rather than Triple Sec. This premium Grand Marnier will add a touch of sophistication to my Margarita.
Royal Alexander Margarita
1 1/2 oz PaQuí Tequila Silvera
3/4 oz Louis Alexandre Grand Marnier
1/2 oz Lime Juice
Rub the rim of the glass with the lime slice.
Rim the outside of the glass with salt.
Shake the other ingredients with ice.
Carefully pour into the salted glass.
Garnish with a lime and serve over ice.
A Vodka cocktail I like to experiment with is the Cosmopolitan. There is something about cranberry and lime juice which works really well for my palate. When I made the following Cosmopolitan style cocktail using PaQui Tequila instead of Vodka at a gathering of friends on a hot Sunday afternoon the response was overwhelmingly positive.
Metro Mexico
1 1/2 oz PaQuí Silvera Tequila
3/4 oz Grand Marnier
1 oz Cranberry juice
1/2 oz Lime Juice
Bar spoon of sugar syrup (optional)
Mix all of the ingredients over ice.
Strain into a suitable glass
Garnish with a lime slice
Please Remember, the aim of my blog is not to encourage you to drink more, it is to encourage you to drink better!!
You may (loosely) interpret the scores as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing Tequila. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, (we are probably still cocktail in territory).
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing delicious cocktails!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)


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Former President Bill Clinton and a number of other world leaders are declaring the "War on Drugs" a failure in a new documentary about the remarkable violence, illegal activity and mass incarceration caused by worldwide drug prohibition. The free online film notes the immense "taboo" for politicians against discussing shifts in drug policy. Below are some of the most noteworthy statements from national and world leaders, including Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the first sitting president to call for new approaches to drug policy and possible legalization:
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton:
Obviously if the expected result was that we would eliminate serious drug use in America and eliminate the narco-trafficking networks, it hasn't worked. […]
We could have fighting, killing over cigarettes if we made it a felony to sell a cigarette or smoke one. So we legalized it. If all you do is try to find a police or military solution to the problem, a lot of people die and it doesn't solve the problem. […]
I think there should be safe places where people who have addiction could come, and not think they're gonna be arrested and will have basic needs met. I have experience with this including personal experience. I have a brother who was addicted to cocaine, so I know a lot about this.
Former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso:
When I was in office in Brazil, of course I was aware of the situation of the drugs, but I was convinced that true repression would be possible to stop the production of drugs. But I was wrong at the time.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos:
I think a new approach, or at least to open up or break the taboo is what the world should do. There are many possibilities, including the possibility of legalizing drugs. Politically, I know that this has cost a lot. I have already incurred this cost. They have attacked me for saying what I am saying to you. But I don't think politicians or leaders of any country can only say what people want to hear.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (from the film's web page):
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
Former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria:
I personally fully disagree with the U.S. saying that they are being more successful just because they have more people in jail or because they have more sentences against traffickers than they had 20 or 10 or five years ago. That is not a good way to say that a policy is successful. … If they had less violence and less consumption, well that would be a success.
Former Swiss President Ruth Dreifuss:
I am sure that regulation by the state with very clear limitation is the solution.
Jorge G. Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico:
I think the war has created the situation. The situation did not create the war. The problem is that the Mexican military is not trained for this. It's not trained for police missions. This is a police task and you're asking it to fight a war it cannot win and it knows it is not winning. And so the military go in and they shoot. That's what soldiers do. All of this has been going on now for 4 or 5 years and it's getting worse and worse and worse.
Dr. Peter Moskos, criminologist and former police officer:
In the neighborhood I policed [in Baltimore], men who are born there have about a 12 percent chance of getting murdered in their lifetime. It seems like these problems are far more important than some sort of futile goal of creating a drug-free society. People should care more about all these deaths and by and large the vast majority are related to prohibition.
The documentary notes that two U.S. states passed ballot initiatives to legalize marijuana after filming was complete. Even more recently in late November (and not mentioned in the film), the United Nations ceded to calls from Latin American leaders to hold a symposium devoted to exploring new drug policy approaches — another indication that the moment may be ripe for a shift away from the War on Drugs.

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From Tuscany to the Mohave
A war bride's journey West
Guiseppena Bellandi Perry
Current hometown
Needles, Calif.
Favorite opera singer
Luciano Pavarotti
At midnight in the Mohave Desert, the wind is blowing so fiercely that Guiseppena Bellandi's husband, Harry Jolly, has to brace their broken-down truck to keep it from rolling over. Sand whips through the windowless cab and blots out the stars over the Needles Peaks. The couple and their baby girl, Frances, haven't eaten in three days.
It's taken all the money Guiseppena made from selling two Italian encyclopedias and her father's watch to get them this far from their troubles in Arizona, wherever this far is. Her knowledge of Western geography is as limited as her English. Then, a pair of headlights slowly approaches through the dust storm. A man pulls up beside them, yelling something in English Guiseppena can't understand. Trust me, she thinks he says to her husband. Give me your wife and the baby. I have a cafe not too far from here. I'll take care of them.
It's been more than 50 years since the truck broke down in the Mohave Desert and Guiseppena -- known to everyone as "Pena" -- got stuck in nearby Needles, Calif., where she still lives. One of the hottest places on earth, Needles is a husk of a desert town -- the "ugly stepchild" of San Bernardino County. The only reliable tourism comes from the elderly snowbirds who hobble across golf courses irrigated by the sullen, exhausted Colorado River, itself a few hundred miles shy of giving up completely in the Mexican desert. To most people, Needles closely resembles Hell. Pena, still petite and curvaceous in her 80s, her brown eyes bright and affectionate, apologizes for her thick Italian accent as she tries to explain how she got here, and why she stayed.
The only daughter of an engineer, Pena was a teenager when her home in the small medieval town of Pistoia, in northern Italy, was taken over by Nazi soldiers. Although Italy was allied with Germany until 1943, Pistoia was known as a center of anti-German resistance. When the S.S. invaded, Pena starved. A picky eater before the war, she ate wormy peaches from the trash and broke her tooth on an olive pit she found on the ground. Hunger, however, was one of the lesser terrors. To this day, at an unexpected noise or the smell of a damp, gray morning, she hears the screams of a pregnant woman as a German officer extinguishes his cigarette in her ear. She remembers 21 Italian men slumping against a wall, shot by an S.S. firing squad. There are other things she still can't talk about. Covering her mouth, she shakes her head, raising one hand as if to ward someone off.
When the opportunity to escape arrived, Pena seized it. She married an American soldier named Harry Jolly, who proposed to her when she was living in a bomb crater fortified by two-by-fours. Pena had misgivings about Harry but knew he might be her only chance at a better life. While she was waiting for her papers to clear, he sent her a postcard of what he said would be their future home: a domed mansion, topped by an angel with its wings outstretched against the Arizona sky. Nineteen years old, she boarded a ship in Naples and sailed to New York with 3,500 other war brides. In Chicago, she was shepherded aboard the Super Chief train and began the four-day journey to Arizona. As the train hurtled West, the land changed from green to brown, like a photograph turning from color to sepia. In the dead heat of August, dressed to kill in long black gloves and a wide-brimmed black hat, she arrived in Ash Fork, Ariz.
The town was little more than a cowboy trading post. Pena's mother-in-law -- a huge, disheveled woman -- picked her up in a filthy car and took her to a broken-down shack that held 14 people. This was it; the postcard Harry had sent her had been of the Arizona Capitol building. Pena collapsed on a dirty sofa while children rifled through her suitcase. After a few weeks living with the Jolly family, she walked into the desert with a pair of scissors and tried to slit her wrists.
Today, Pena's home in Needles, built on a ridge overlooking the Colorado River, is spacious and immaculate, a far cry from the Ash Fork shack or the chicken coop in the slums of Phoenix, where she lived with Harry Jolly before giving birth to their first child. A small chandelier hangs over the dining table, mirrors with floral etchings line the walls, and Italian-style arches frame the doorways.
Pena's second husband, newspaperman Lee Perry, built this house for her before he died 22 years ago. Lee could not have been more different from Harry Jolly, who she divorced after the couple arrived in Needles. "Mr. Jolly was ... not horribly mentally retarded, no," says Pena. "But very slow. When I realized ... it was too late." According to Pena, he lost one of many jobs by running someone over with his ice cream truck while ogling a pretty woman. Lee Perry, in contrast, spent hours staring out the window, smoking his pipe and ruminating over editorials for his newspaper, The Desert Star. When she met Lee, Pena was struggling to make ends meet as a single mother. Lee Perry hired her to clean his office and do chores for him, and after seven years of friendship, they married. "I will make you a good home," he told her. "I will restore you."
The marriage was not entirely idyllic. Sometimes Lee, stoic Westerner that he was, could be cold and distant. "I've never been loved by an Italian man and I'm mad about it!" Pena exclaims. "The American man is cold, honey bunny! The Latin men, they lie to you but they make you feel ... ah! Very romantic." Pena could not embrace the West the way Lee did. She hid and even sold some of his Western trappings -- a wagon wheel, pounds of turquoise jewelry, priceless Navajo rugs -- and planted cypresses all along their terrace to remind her of Italy. "This is raw desert, Pena!" Lee would cry. "Get it through your head!" Despite the operatics, Lee "made a woman out of me," says Pena. "The little that I know, I know through him."
Pena believes that her life has been miraculous, despite its tragedies. She recalls running through the streets of Pistoia barefoot as bombs fell, and never getting a scratch. After her house was blown to pieces, the only thing left standing was a statue of the Virgin Mary surrounded by rubble and broken glass. Her gratitude for the life of relative comfort she eventually found with Lee helps temper past horrors, but she is still haunted by regrets about the broader life she might have led. "What am I doing in Needles?" she asks abruptly. "I had talent! I have an imagination that could kill a horse!" If she had stayed in New York, she could have become a translator, perhaps, even an opera singer. But she has made an uneasy truce with Needles. She likes the moonlight over the Mohave Valley and the rainbows. But she still doesn't love the desert. She misses the colorful confusion of bodies walking close together in crowded streets, the way they do in cities -- like in Italy. Still, she says, in a softer, slightly proud tone, "I am surviving, don't you think?"
For more information, please see:
Interviews with Montana war brides
A World War II bride reunion in Seattle
A brief history of Needles, California


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Stocks closed lower on Wall Street as investors worry about forecasts for a weak season for U.S. corporate earnings and slower growth in Asia.
The Dow Jones industrial average lost 26 points to close at 13,584 on Monday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell five points to 1,456 and the Nasdaq gave up 24 points to end the day at 3,112.
Companies in the S&P 500 are expected to post an overall decline in profits for the first time in almost three years. Meanwhile the World Bank warned that a more pronounced slowdown is possible in China.
Falling stocks outnumbered rising ones three to two on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was very light at 2.3 billion shares.
Bond trading was closed for the Columbus Day holiday.


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Set up my email using Thunderbird
Learn how to set up your Workspace Email account on Mozilla Thunderbird. Then you can send and receive business emails from Outlook on your Mac or Windows computer. (The images below may not match yours depending on your version of Thunderbird.)
When you install Thunderbird, it will attempt to detect your port and server settings. If it's successful, Thunderbird sets up your email with just a few clicks. If it can't, you must enter them manually.
Note: Not looking for the Workspace Email Thunderbird instructins? See the Office 365 Thunderbird email set up or the Professional Email Thunderbird email set up articles.
- Open Thunderbird.
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- In the Accounts section, under Create a new account: click Email.
- Click Skip this and use my existing email.
- Complete the following fields:
Πεδίο Τι να εισαγάγετε... Your Name (Το όνομά σας) Το όνομα που θέλετε να εμφανίζεται ως το όνομα του αποστολέα. Email Address (Διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου) Workspace Email account email address. Password (Κωδικός πρόσβασης) Workspace Email account password.
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- Test that your email is set up properly by sending yourself a message from your webmail. When you receive it, reply from Thunderbird to test your outgoing server settings.
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Gainsborough Rifle and Pistol Club
Full range of shooting activities including disability shooting for more information email - email@example.com
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203 Gainsborough Squadron Air Training Corps
Meet Tuesdays and Fridays between 6.45pm and 9pm, at the Drill Hall on Ropery Road. Open to all young people aged between 12 (and in school year 8) and 17. contact 01427 614672 on a Tuesday or Friday evening, or by email to email@example.com.
Blitz Table Tennis Club
Table tennis for all members of the community, email email@example.com or call 07826436843.
Gainsborough Trinity Walking Football Club
Aimed at 45 plus age group – friendly club – ideal for getting exercise and meeting like minded people. Play at Roses Sports Ground. Monday 6.30 – 7.30pm (£2) and Wednesday 11 – 12am (£1) Contact Perry Smith on 07815 632929 or email email@example.com or just turn up for a game!
Gainsborough Aegir Cycling Club/ West Lincolnshire CTC
Wednesday Evening races – Time Trials Sunday – Leisure Rides (usually from Roseway in Gainsborough) contact Trevor Halstead 01427 617752
Gainsborough Bowmen Archery Club
Indoors Tuesdays at Lea Village Hall 7.00pm-9.00 pm Beginners course available for more information contact Club secretary firstname.lastname@example.com
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Wildfowling and Conservation contact firstname.lastname@example.com
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Golf Club, call: 01427 613088
Gainsborough Model Railway Club
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Meet Thursday Nights 7.30-9.30 Above Wright's Furniture Store(use same entrance as you would for The Studio) contact Hannah Wilkinson 07402 088200 firstname.lastname@example.com web site http://gainsboroughmusica.wix.com/gmts
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There are groups across Gainsborough for your nearest group contact Division Administrator Gill Gray 01427 612125
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Junior training on saturdays from 3.00 pm -5.00pm contact Nigel Freeman firstname.lastname@example.com
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Play at Roses Sports Ground cater for all age groups contact Andy Lobley on 01427 612885
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2 courts situated in the grounds of Lea Park. For membership details contact Phil Juhos 01427 613562
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Richmond Park Croquet Club
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Winter 2007/2008
More Than Just Deposit Insurance: The Many Ways the FDIC Helps Consumers
You know that the FDIC insures deposits if an insured bank fails. But there's a lot more to how the FDIC helps consumers. Here's a look at various ways the FDIC serves and protects individual households and local communities.
Supervising banks for sound operations and compliance with consumer laws: To promote safe banking practices, the FDIC and other federal and state bank regulatory agencies constantly review financial data from institutions. More detailed information is compiled and analyzed during formal examinations conducted at the banks. "The regulators give a high priority to the financial stability of banks and the banks' compliance with consumer protection regulations," said Christopher J. Spoth, Senior Deputy Director of the FDIC's Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection. "Our aim is to promptly correct weaknesses before they become serious."
Although the FDIC insures nearly all banks in the U.S., we only directly supervise some of the institutions we insure. Protection of consumers' rights at FDIC-supervised banks is among the cornerstones of the FDIC's oversight program. "Through our consumer-related examinations, we ensure that the banks we supervise follow important laws that help consumers receive the information they need to make financial decisions and that protect them from unfair practices," said Luke Brown, Associate Director for Compliance Policy.
These consumer protections include prohibitions against illegal discrimination in lending; requirements that consumers have adequate and truthful information about deposit, investment and loan products; prohibitions against unfair and deceptive practices; and safeguards for consumers' privacy and personal information.
Answers to questions or complaints about banks or banking practices: After deposit insurance questions, matters involving credit cards are the second most common reason consumers contact the FDIC. "Sometimes there's just a misunderstanding about a card's terms and conditions," said Janet Kincaid, Chief of the FDIC's Consumer Response Center. "But other times, things do go wrong, such as when a credit card bill is incorrect. We will review each complaint and, if necessary, investigate." Other common questions or complaints involve checking account features, assorted fees and other industry practices.
In general, Kincaid said, it's best to first contact your bank and try to get your questions answered or problems resolved. But if you believe your bank isn't being responsive to your situation or if you just need help understanding something, don't hesitate to contact your bank's primary federal regulator. You can find out which agency regulates a particular institution by calling the FDIC (see Contact Us) or going to the FDIC's Bank Find page at http://research.fdic.gov/bankfind/.
Free consumer education: FDIC is committed to helping consumers learn how to manage their money. In addition to FDIC Consumer News, our educational products and services include brochures and consumer alerts on topics ranging from deposit insurance to shopping for home loans and preventing identity theft. We also offer free videos on FDIC insurance coverage and how to protect against Internet scams.
The FDIC's "Money Smart" is a financial education curriculum for instructor-led classes and self-paced use on computers. "Money Smart can help anyone, particularly those with little or no banking experience, learn the benefits of effectively managing their money," said Luke W. Reynolds, Chief of the FDIC's Community Affairs Outreach Section.
Support for local neighborhoods and entire communities: "First, banks provide a reliable place for people to save money for their future, and that leads to more stable and more prosperous households and communities," FDIC Chief Economist Richard A. Brown explained. "But beyond that, deposits provide the funds that banks can use to make loans for homes, businesses and other purposes that foster community development and strengthen local economies."
The FDIC also promotes local economic development by fostering dialogue and partnerships between financial institutions and the community in support of needs such as housing for low- and moderate-income individuals and loans for small businesses.
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FAQsHow do I decide which is the best boat for me?
First accept that no one boat is always right. There will be times when you want to do something unusual such as take the neighbor and his family on the water along with your own family. Always chose a boat that suits your needs most of the time, and remember it has limitations in those extreme cases, and nothing will suit your needs all the time. Ask yourself how many people will realistically be on the boat, where you plan to use the boat, and what you would like to do with the boat, and then pick a boat that best fits those situations. Most importantly make sure it is a Key West Boat.
Should I be concerned about E-10 ethanol fuel in my Key West Boat?
Every component used in the fuel system of a Key West boat is the latest and most ethanol resistant material available at the time of production. All of our fuel tanks are either poly or aluminum and we have never used fiberglass tanks. Because of this there is no need for undue alarm because of E-10 fuel. This is not to say that alcohol in fuel causes no problems though and every effort should be made to stabilize the fuel when not in use. E-10 is less stable than straight gasoline and more prone to moisture absorption. Ethanol also contributes to the deterioration of even the most resistant fuel lines shortening their life span. Consequently all fill, vent, and supply lines should be inspected periodically.
How much horsepower will I need on my boat?
At Key West Boats we try to make this decision easy for the new owner. In the specifications we list not only the maximum horsepower for each model, but also a recommended range of horsepower. The maximum is not always the best choice. Today we have a wide variety of engine brands and technologies available such as the new four stroke engines and DFI two stroke engines. The best power for you may also involve your choice of these technologies. We are increasingly interested in efficiency, therefore the simplest answer to how much horsepower is to select an engine where it will be running at its most efficient RPM range when the boat is cruising at the speed it will be operated at most of the time. The reason for this is that sometimes you can go with an engine so powerful that to run at your chosen speed it actually runs too slow to achieve its potential efficiency. On the other hand an engine that is too small will run too hard to achieve efficiency and will also wear prematurely. It's not a simple answer and one best discussed with a dealer before the final choice is made.
Which is better, 2 stroke or 4 stroke, and what brand engine?
A book could be written to answer this question and at the end you could still be confused, but rest assured all engines built today are much better than engines built just ten years ago. Because of government regulations regarding emissions and the warranty covering items affecting those emissions, we are enjoying engines that not only run cleaner, but also are much easier to operate and do so on much less fuel, and seem to be lasting longer as well. Because of this, even though fuel costs are higher, the operating expenses are nearly the same as they were a few years ago. Whether we credit the government or the builders, boating is more fun today no matter which brand of engine supplies the power, or how many strokes it takes.
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AerateTo force air and oxygen into livewells to keep fish of bait alive. Also, to force air under the running surface of a hull.
aerator pumpA term usually used improperly. Literally it refers to a pump used to insert air into water thereby oxegenating the water for the purpose of keeping bait or fish alive. It is commonly used to refer to the pump used to inject water into a live well, which should be referred to as a live well pump.


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I am unable to contribute to the CW Mon campaign visually, because it is impossible to detect 15th magnitude with a full moon nearby, even with my 20" aperture. A similar problem occured a month ago with another campaign target.
Some CCD operators are able, but I think others are also seriously affected by nearby moonlight, especially with smaller instruments and "dirty" atmospheres.
I would like to strongly suggest that the campaign investigators/planners consider the proximity of the moon when scheduling these simultaneous ground based amateur observations!
A good criterion would be to require the moon to be >6 hours in R.A. E or W of the object during the prime observing windows.
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Ohio Northern University will add both men's and women's lacrosse to its varsity sports program in the coming academic year.
Lacrosse will continue to be played as a club sport until spring 2015, when the Polar Bears will start varsity competition in the Ohio Athletic Conference.
"The desire to add men's and women's lacrosse at Ohio Northern is not new. Lacrosse has been a club sport for several years, and the University's strategic plan recommends adding lacrosse and assessing athletic facilities in order to enhance student services," said Daniel A. DiBiasio, president of Ohio Northern University. "With the recent announcement to install artificial turf on two fields, this allows the Polar Bears to compete in one of Ohio high schools' fastest growing sports."
The lacrosse programs will bring the total number of varsity programs at ONU to 23, matching the championship sports offered by the OAC. Ohio Northern now will offer 12 varsity men's programs and 11 varsity women's programs.
"We are excited to add men's and women's lacrosse as varsity sports at Ohio Northern," said Tom Simmons, ONU director of athletics. "Lacrosse will allow us to recruit additional student-athletes who will be successful both on the field and in the classroom."
The lacrosse teams will be able to play their games on the new turf fields inside both Dial-Roberson Stadium and the ONU Track and Field Complex. The soccer teams will play their games inside the ONU Track and Field Complex.
Ohio Northern is the eighth OAC member to add lacrosse to its athletic offerings for student-athletes. The expansion of varsity programs at ONU is the first since women's golf was added in 1996-97. Lacrosse is the first men's sport added since men's soccer started in 1975.
A national search for head coaches for both men's and women's lacrosse is underway.


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'The Daily' Is Dead: What Does it Mean?
Rupert Murdoch and Apple's big bet on an iPad-only subscription-based old-school newspaper, The Daily, turned out to be a losing one. I'm not surprised. For as slick-looking as the iPad publication was, it never had the scent of success.
It's true, The Daily was ever-so briefly near the top of paid iPad app heap. On its first birthday, The Daily reported 100,000 paid subscribers and was the third-top-grossing iPad app in the iTunes store. That birthday party, however, was short-lived. Last summer, News Corp slashed The Daily staff, laying off 50. Now The New York Post will absorb some of the remaining staff and digital publication.
There was nothing wrong with The Daily. I've seen many iPad publications – mostly magazines—and visually and from a content perspective, The Daily looked just as good and read nearly as well as many of them.
The problem was The Daily's daily nature. It put it in competition not only with every daily newspaper and Web site in America, but put an enormous financial burden on News Corp. just to keep it running. It's pretty clear to me that the subscription model did not do what News Corp. and its partners anticipated when it launched in Feb 2011.
During the launch event Apple's Eddie Cue described The Daily as a new model for other subscriptions-based iPad products from other publishers. "We think subscriptions will only help them get more customers," said Cue. He might as well have followed that comment up with, "and rainbows always end in a pot of gold."
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch was, naturally, even more bullish, "[Our] ambitions are very big, but our costs are very low. In getting to this stage we spent $30 million dollars, all of which have been written off."
Murdoch, of course, knew better than anyone else, that the true cost of a daily publication (online or otherwise) is not the launch costs, it's the daily churn. At launch time, Murdoch put the run rate costs at "less than a half million a week." So a couple million down the pipe every…single…month.
Anyone who knows anything about publishing understands that you have to sustain astronomical growth in subscribers and advertisers to keep those costs from consuming you. 100K readers a year in does not equal "astronomical." The Daily needed millions of paying subscribers.
I honestly don't know if it was the costs or lack of subscribers that killed The Daily, but though I gave the enterprise a fighting chance, it's now quite clear to me that daily digital, original, hyper-curated content is not what 21st century digital natives desire.
Spend a moment thinking about your own content consumption habits. Do you spend an hour or more on any given day with a single digital publication or even platform? I know I don't.
For daily news and, especially, breaking news, I do my own curation. Twitter and its aggregator platform Tweetdeck is better and faster than any daily newspaper. Obviously, I often end up at sites like The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today. But I start on Twitter. Other people use curation/aggregation tools like Flipboard to create their own digital newspapers and magazines. We no longer trust a single publication to give us the worldview in real-time.
The other big blunder is a trend that is now obvious to everyone: News providers cannot survive on a single mobile product. If you want to be on one platform, say, iOS, you can potentially survive because at least you get to iPads, iPhones and iPods. In other words, those seeking the latest news and analysis will not stand for being forced to switch back to one mobile device just to read your news. And they do not want a news organization to choose one device (or even platform) over another.
The Daily's decision (with Apple's encouragement) to remain on the iPad alone for the first year was laughably old-school. It made The Daily as much like a traditional newspaper as possible: If you left your iPad at home, it was unlikely you'd see the current edition. Most people I see on the daily commute have a variety of devices in their hands. They are reading books or perusing their feeds. They tend to go wherever their feed takes them and could not be bothered to switch devices.
Eventually, The Daily made it to the iPhone, Android and popular Android-powered devices like Amazon Kindle's Fire, though it seems like it was too little, too late. I do wonder what would have happened if News Corp. had launched on all platforms back in 2011. Perhaps I'd be telling a different tale.
The Death of The Daily should not be equated with the death of journalism, long-form reporting or story-telling innovation – all things The Daily sought to bring to its readers. It's simply a reminder that, in the post-print digital world, the power has shifted from publishers to consumers. They build their daily digital newspapers on the fly. All publishers can do is seek how to become part of the mix.
For the time being, that means: multi-platform and recognition that you are simply one stop on your reader's never-ending journey through the news web.


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The spinet is a member of the harpsichord family. It is a keyboard instrument with plucked strings like the virginal, but varies from that instrument in that the sound box is not rectangular but sort of wing-shaped, rather like the modern grand piano. The strings lie at 45 degrees to the keyboard, allowing the bass strings to be longer thus giving the instrument greater sonority. Its shape gave rise to its being referred to occasionally as the "couched harp".
The term may have derived from an Italian inventor, Spinnetti, or from the "spines" or quills that act as plectra. It flourished for the century between the late 17th and about 1800, with instruments still being made at that later time. There were well known spinet makers in colonial America.
For the mechanics of the instrument, see virginal.
Reference: "The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music"


text: Released by Monotype in 1913 under the direction of Frank Hinman Pierpont, Plantin™ Family is based on a late roman design by famed sixteenth-century French punchcutter Robert Granjon. Christophe Plantin of Antwerp was one of the most important printers of the sixteenth century. Although not a type designer or typefounder himself, his namesake typefaces were so titled due to the important role he played in forming our rich typographic traditions. Plantin Family was deemed to have great potential for use with modern printing techniques, and that still holds true. Plantin's sturdy, economical forms are easy to read and appealing on the page. Plantin Family is an excellent book face, and the bolder weights work beautifully for display purposes. Character Set: Latin-1


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The most high-profile player among the 12 invited to work out for the Utah Jazz on Monday never took a shot or participated in any drill.
UCLA shooting guard Shabazz Muhammad attended the audition but could not play because of an ankle injury. His left foot was in a walking boot when he met the media.
Muhammad said his ankle "just got really sore" after a workout in Minnesota on Sunday.
He skipped working out for the Jazz as a precaution, although he wanted to meet the team's personnel and coaching staff.
"I'm glad I came out here, just to show my face" he said. "Some guys who are hurt just cancel. But I wanted to come and ... show how good of a person I am."
Muhammad averaged 17.9 points and 5.2 rebounds in his only season at UCLA. He remains a projected lottery pick, although his stock among NBA teams has dropped since the start of last season, when he was considered a top-five candidate.
What happened?
UCLA underachieved with Muhammad as its marquee player last season, and coach Ben Howland eventually was fired. Off the court, Muhammad was involved in a controversy involving his age. He alledgedly was a 19-year-old freshman. But it turned out he's 20.
Muhammad apparently competed against younger, smaller and less mature players growing up to make him look better to AAU and college coaches.
"There are concerns about anything we hear off the court," Jazz vice president of player personnel Walt Perrin said. "We weigh that with how good of a player he is, how well he will fit here in Utah and if he can help us become a championship contender."
The Jazz own the 14th pick in the first round, and, according to Muhammad, he has not worked out for any team picking lower than Utah.
"I think I'm a top-10 guy," he said. "But we'll see what happens."
Should Muhammad slip to Utah, he already has found a silver lining.
"It's a good situation here, absolutely," he said. "It's close to where I live [in California], and they have a lot of great pieces with Derrick Favors and a lot of young guys. I think I could step in here" and contribute.
The players who did work out for the Jazz included Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr., Duke forward Mason Plumlee, North Carolina guard Dexter Strickland, Butler center Andrew Smith, USC forward Dewayne Dedmon, Missouri guard Phil Pressey, Princeton forward Ian Hummer, Georgia Tech guard Mfron Udofia, Illinois State guard Tyler Brown and Azusa Pacific guard B.J. Porter.
Like Muhammad, Brazilian center Lucas Nogueira attended the session but did not play because of injury.


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Drop what you're doing — this is more important. Oregon sculptor Jud Turner has built a life-sized model of a Columbia mammoth skeleton, he's done it with 95% recycled materials (mostly old farming equipment and agricultural tools), and it's probably the most jaw-droppingly bad-ass thing I've ever laid my eyes on.
I'm sorry, did you miss that? Gigantic, metal mammoth skeleton. Farm equipment. Bad-ass. You really need to see this thing.
Turner is all about using found objects, welded steel, and repurposed consumer items in his sculptures. His choice of media makes for some absolutely mind-blowing assemblage pieces, which are definitely worth checking out, but let's cut to the chase: you're here for the mammoth.
According to Turner, he was commissioned to create the scale model for the Moses Lake Museum and Art Center in Washington state.
"In 1950, a farmer found parts of a Columbia mammoth while digging an irrigation ditch, so this sculpture ties those two elements together," Turner told boingboing. He continues:
Part of the challenge in building it in my studio in Eugene, OR was that I had to make it in a way that it could be taken apart, and re-assembled without any additional welding. Just taking it down was one of the scariest operations I've ever undertaken in the studio (over a ton of sharp, rusty steel 15 feet in the air had to be lowered with manual genie-lifts.)
Color us impressed. You can check out more pictures of Turner's marvelous metal mammoth — along with an awesome photographic account of the building process — on his website.
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Photos by Todd Cooper via Jud Turner
View from above of the Mammoth and Turner in his studio.
View from below the head.
The sculpture at the Museum in Moses Lake, WA.
Detail of the Columbia Mammoth front foot.


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I get frustrated by recipes which call for the cook to shape or form little balls out of a dough or cake or biscuit mix.
The recipe will say something like "form into little walnut sized balls ... should make about 16".
I always seem to end up with some larger than others. Individuals may look and taste good but it's a shame if they don't all look identical.
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Olympic gold medallist Grant Hackett has denied claims by his manager that he is entering rehab for an addiction to prescription sleeping drugs, saying instead that he had travelled to the US for a planned "retreat".
The Australian swimming great touched down in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, and immediately denied reports that he was there to receive treatment for a dependency to Stilnox medication.
"No, I'm not calling this rehab whatsovever," the 33-year-old told reporters at the airport.
"This is a retreat, to get away for a while, to recharge the batteries which I have been planning for some time."
Hackett said he was planning to "get away for a little bit of time to myself", adding: "Everything will be fine, I'm just looking forward to a bit of a break."
His claims directly contradict a statement made by his manager, Chris White, who told News Limited on Tuesday that Hackett was seeking treatment for a prescription drug addiction.
"Grant is currently in transit to seek treatment for a dependency to Stilnox medication," News Limited quoted Mr White as saying.
"His family and friends are enormously proud of his courage in pursuing this course of action."
Fairfax Media has contacted Mr White for comment on Wednesday morning.
Hackett made headlines this week after being photographed in a state of undress at Melbourne's Crown Casino looking anxiously for his missing four-year-old son.
Hackett was barefoot and shirtless, and appeared to be wearing a singlet around his waist, in the foyer of the casino as he searched for his son Jagger, who had disappeared from the hotel where they were staying.
Security staff are believed to have found the child on the 20th floor of the complex.
Hackett later told News Limited he was driven by fear and panic when he realised his child was missing, and rushed out of the apartment with only one thing on his mind.
"I was focused solely on finding Jagger and nothing else," he said.
"When I discovered him missing I went in hasty pursuit, but perhaps with a swimmer's sense of dress."
Hackett was staying in an apartment at the casino to visit his twin children, Charlize and Jagger, following the divorce from his wife, Candice Alley.
The incident at Crown was not the first time the Olympian has attracted attention for unusual behaviour.
In 2011, police were called to his prestigious 57th floor apartment in Melbourne to find he had up-ended a piano and smashed doors and walls after a day out at Derby Day and Crown Casino.
Images showed an interior door ripped apart, a grand piano overturned, plastered walls punctured with large holes from punches, equipment on the ground, a toppled Christmas tree, smashed picture frames and empty bottles of alcohol on the floor.
Hackett on Tuesday would not discuss further details about his US trip, but said he would release a statement to clarify his position.
Megan Levy is a breaking news reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, after previous stints at The Age in Melbourne and London's The Daily Telegraph. Email or tweet Megan with your news tips.


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Pullman Strike
The Pullman Strike of 1894 was the biggest strike in American history. The upstart American Railway Union (ARU), led by Eugene Debs, was supporting a factory strike in Chicago against the makers of Pullman cars.
The nation was in the midst of a deep depression, the Panic of 1893, and the strike in Chicago was failing. Debs escalated it by having his ARU members refuse to handle trains that carried Pullman cars (which were luxury passenger cars, and also carried the U.S. mail.) The railroads fired the ARU members, the ARU then tried to shut down the national railroad system in July, 1894. It largely succeeded west of Detroit (but failed in the East and South because it had few members there). The federal government under President Grover Cleveland, a conservative Democrat went to federal court to get an injunction against Debs and the ARU, noting federal responsibility to move the mails. They ignored the injunction and Cleveland sent in the U.S. Army to enforce the law, move the mail, and break the strike. Disorganized violence by strikers against the army and the railroads broke out in many rail centers from Chicago to the West Coast, but the army got the job done and the strike soon ended.
The strike was based in Chicago but affected the entire west, especially the Northern Pacific Railroad routes in Montana. The Great Northern and Union Pacific railroads experienced less disruption. The disruptions lasted several weeks in summer 1894. Violent union activists from the newly formed American Railway Union in Billings, Livingston, Butte, Helena, and Missoula tried to stop the movement of trains operated by workers who belonged to the older established railroad brotherhoods. President Cleveland sent in troops from the 22d US Infantry to patrol Northern Pacific tracks and depots. Union activists threatened and actually attacked the troops in Livingston. Unionized miners from western Montana supported A.R.U. efforts. After the strike collapsed, N.P. and U.P. officials blacklisted many Montana railroad employees. Six A.R.U. leaders were also convicted of violating an anti-strike injunction. The Pullman Strike was a central event in the labor turbulence and political activism, which swept Montana during the 1890s, fostered by strong anti-railroad populism among some farmers and many miners in the state.[2]
Noting that the mail is a constitutional duty of the federal government, Cleveland rejected the demands by Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld, a fellow Democrat, to stay out. Altgeld, with ties to the labor unions, was a leader of the radical left wing of the party, and was using states rights arguments favored by southerners who wanted no federal protection of the voting rights of blacks. "If it takes the the entire army and navy . . . to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered." he promised. Cleveland ignored Altgeld and the states rights argument—and indeed consulted with no one outside his cabinet—and sent in the army to take control of the rail yards in Chicago and dozens of other major cities. Cleveland had the strike leaders arrested as strikers attacked the army violently in numerous cities. The army reopened the rail system, ended the strike, and broke the union. Cleveland had made the most dramatic intervention of federal power into local affairs since the end of Reconstruction, and was bitterly resented by states-rights elements.
The aftermath was complex. Debs went to prison (for violating a court order) and his ARU disappeared. The traditional railroad brotherhoods, which had not supported the strike, went back to work, but ARU activists were blacklisted and could not get jobs on any railroad. The Democratic party was ripped apart. Governor John Peter Altgeld of Illinois, a left-wing Democrat, denounced President Cleveland and started organizing the forces that defeated Cleveland's supporters at the 1896 Democratic convention. It seemed for a while that the big winners were the Populists (Populist Party) who endorsed the ARU, and their vote increased in the fall 1894 elections for Congress. However they were splitting the Democratic vote, and the conservative Republicans, led by Ohio Governor William McKinley scored the biggest landslide in Congressional history. In New England, for example, the Democrats elected only one member of Congress.
The strike permanently shaped American labor relations, with the government demonstrating it would not tolerate a shutdown of the national transportation grid (in the days before automobiles and trucks, railroads were essential.) The AFL unions refused to support the strike and now moved to close cooperation with business and the GOP, as typified by the National Civic Federation. The next wave of major strikes hit the country in 1919, and again unions were badly hurt by their rash actions.
Further reading
- Lindsey, Almont. The Pullman Strike (1943)
- Lindsey, Almont. "Paternalism and the Pullman Strike," American Historical Review, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Jan., 1939), pp. 272–289 in JSTOR
- Papke, David Ray. The Pullman Case: The Clash of Labor and Capital in Industrial America (1999), focus on legal dimension
- Rondinone, Troy. "Guarding the Switch: Cultivating Nationalism During the Pullman Strike," Journal of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era 2009 8(1): 83-109 27p.
- Schneirov, Richard, et al. eds. The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s: Essays on Labor and Politics (1999)
See also
- ↑ The Arcade
- ↑ W. Thomas White, "Boycott: the Pullman Strike in Montana." Montana: the Magazine of Western History 1979 29(4): 2-13


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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2002 9:39 pm
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i have a super speed with a rodenstock graflex optar 135 f/4.5. i cant find a filter size anywhere. plus i was able to find an instruction manual online for the camera, but when i got it, it didnt talk about any lenses. is there a manual for the lens as well? thanks for all the continued help i get with my new camera.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2002 11:07 pm
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It takes a series 6. You unscrew the lens shade and it fits between the shade and the lens.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2002 1:55 am
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thanks for the info, but how do you unscrew the shade? i kind of tried, but it didnt budge and i didnt want to push it. also, do you know anything about a manual for the lens that might show me how to remove the shade
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2002 4:08 am
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1) purchase a lens filter wrench, available at most camera stores.
2) use a make do lens filter wrench, a length of #12 or #14 lamp cord wire cut long enough to clamp both ends in a pair of pliers or vice grips after going around the filter.
3) Go to Sears and get their new plastic handled with rubber strap strap wrench.
If filter is really stuck the entire front element group might come loose. This can be prevented by using two wrenches, one on the lens group the other on the filter.
I have used both #2 & #3 successfully!
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2002 4:37 am
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I use a large rubber band to loosen stuck filters and lens hoods. Try it in one location and then keep rotating the lens 20 or 30 degrees and try again. Keep doing that... it will come free. Just be patient, it's safer.
Of course, the rubber band is used to better grip the filter or lens hood.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2002 6:31 am
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Beyond your lens shade situation, I can offer further information and you are more than welcome to ask me any questions in the future. I have this shutter/lens combo, along with the 270mm Tele Optar with 1000 shutter. I'm in New York at the moment, so I don't have my literature in front of me. I believe the shutter was introduced in 1959 and lasted until 1970. The 270mm Tele Optar had a shorter production run and was never popular. It took me years to find one and suddenly last fall I found one new in the box! This 1000 shutter has a bad reputation for being delicate and easily jammed. There are a few tips on avoiding this problem. 1) Cock it slowly. 2) turn the shutter speed ring slowly. 3) NEVER cock or release the shutter when the close/open lever(marked "O" and "C") is in the open position. 4) When the shutter speed ring is set at O and the shutter is released...the shutter will remain open until the shutter ring is rotated to "B". Make sure your follow this procedure. Don't try to cock the shutter when it is open.
I had my 135mm Optar in this shutter rebuilt in 1980 by W. D. Service (now out of business). I have never had a problem since. But I don't use it that much...I mainly exercise the shutter. I would suggest gettin a repair manual for it.
There was a slight modification in the early to mid 60's. One of the shutter blades is angled outward at the tip. I think this was to avoid slicing the other blades if the shutter jammed (and this did happen!).
The lenses supplier with this shutter were Rodenstock lenses made in Germany. I believe that the other Optars were all made in America.
You will find it impossible to get anyone to work on this shutter, much to my chagrin!
As a result, I mainly just exercise mine because I want to keep them as collectors items. The 270mm lens in 1000 shutter is very rare! The fastest f/stop is f/6.5 and the lenses was considerably more than a conventional shutter setup which also had a speed of F/5.6. At the point that is shutter was released, the need for high speed large format was diminishing due to the popularity of smaller formats. The Zeiss lenses introduced for Linhofs (75mm Biogon, 135mm Planar and 250mm Sonnar) also suffered from the sudden change in smaller format popularity. These Zeiss lenses were introduced on the Technika IV in 1957 (earlier on the medium format Technikas). Till this day they are outstanding performers and have the used price tag to go along with it. They had limited coverage but performed very well at wide aperatures. Since large format photographers were getting away from hand held use of the camera, lenses with better coverage made more sense and the Zeiss lens popularity never got off the ground!
Back to the 1000 shutter, it was also made with flash contacts on the front of the lens board in both the 135mm and 270mm to be supplied with the "Speed Graphic Model 1000" (identical to a Crown Graphic but with different name badges and the 1000 shutter/lens supplied with it). Another set-up not seen too often.
Graflex did have an instruction booklet for various shutters typically supplied at the time. I beleive this booklet was released during the 1960's. I have one, but as I said earlier, I am away from home. I will be glad to quote you the info. on the 1000 shutter when I return home or I could FAX the page to you as well.
Best of luck!
J. P. Mose
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2002 1:25 am
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On my camera, you rotate the shade clockwise to cock the shutter, and counter clockwise to remove the shade and install the filter. It doesn't take much force.
I would be very afraid to use much force as this is a very rare shutter/lens, and parts don't grow on trees. I always unscrew my shade with the shutter uncocked but I don't know if it makes a difference.
The threads are quite fine and it is possiable that someone in the past cross threaded them. However I wouldn't think they could do that and get the flange flush.
I assume you do have the large chrome shade? I have seen them advertised on Ebay missing the shade.
I have been told that once they put the upturned corner on the top shutter blade, that the shutter is quite reliable but, I don't use mine either except for exercising it like the other poster, and I seldom use 1/1000 of a second even then.
Your best bet may be to buy a standard lens and shutter if you want to use the camera on a day to day basis. Then you get filter threads and a more repairable shutter.
The camera was sold in that configuration as a "Super Graphic"
I have been told by someone who went to school on how to repair this shutter that the tips of the blades at 1/1000 of a second move faster than the speed of sound.
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2002 5:22 am
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For clarity, normal filter/lens shade removal is 15 to 25 inch pounds of torque while lens group is around 150 inch pounds.
When installing 5 to 7 inch pounds of torque is sufficent to "snug". (144 inch pounds = 1 foot pound)
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Chivas USA 0, LA Galaxy 3 | MLS Match Recap
CARSON, Calif. -- The SuperClásico rivalry remained very one-sided Sunday afternoon at StubHub Center, with the LA Galaxy dissecting Chivas USA's defense for a comfortable 3-0 victory, their first of the 2014 season.
The Galaxy got goals from Robbie Keane, Stefan Ishizaki and Baggio Husidic to claim their 16th win in 21 rivalry games since the beginning of 2008; Chivas USA have only won once in that same span.
Much of the damage was done in a 20-minute flurry spanning both halves. Galaxy right back Dan Gargan, making his first start for LA in place of the injured A.J. DeLaGarza (shin), sent a header into the box that sneaked past goalkeeper Dan Kennedy to a waiting Keane, who walked the ball past the line for the tiebreaking score in the 37th minute.
Four minutes later, Ishizaki doubled the lead with a stellar chip to the far-side netting after speeding past Carlos Bocanegra and Kennedy. Despite the narrow window, Ishizaki capitalized on Juninho's well-placed pass for his first career goal.
Nine minutes into the second half, it was Husidic's turn. After a give-and-go from Keane to Landon Donovan, Husidic found just enough space at the top of the box and beat Kennedy with a low drive to the left corner.
The Galaxy (1-1-1) earned their third consecutive shutout in the rivalry, outscoring the Rojiblancos 9-0 since the sides drew in their first meeting last year.
Chivas USA (1-2-2), meanwhile, hardly tested goalkeeper Brian Perk, who started ahead of Jaime Penedo, who was available for the game but had to watch from the bench.
The Goats didn't record their first shot on goal until the 81st minute. It was another woeful performance from a patchwork Chivas USA defense that was already without usual starters Bobby Burling (labrum) and Oswaldo Minda (hamstring), and also missed starting left back Tony Lochhead (hamstring) on Sunday. Newcomer Andrew Jean-Baptiste earned the nod in his place to make his first appearance with the Rojiblancos.
The next edition of the cross-hall rivalry is scheduled for June 8, with the Galaxy serving as the designated home team. The third and final league match between the two is set for Aug. 31.
In the meantime, the Galaxy stay in town to host Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday, while Chivas USA hit the road to face the Portland Timbers that same night.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Landon Donovan
|Didn't get Goal No. 135 despite some great looks, but was nonetheless devastating when running at Chivas USA's defense and came away with two assists
|Robbie Keane
|Questions of handball on his goal, but his passing and movement were on point, and he played an important role in LA's third
|Stefan Ishizaki
|Best performance in a Galaxy shirt for the Swede, operating at the top of the midfield. Set up the first with a great cross-field ball and the chip for the second was inch-perfect


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There seems to be a trend to have themed engagement photos, as if getting married weren't stupid enough to begin with. This is the inevitable Star Wars shot. I really had a very hard time picking a photo for this post.
So I included a few. Enjoy. Update: The photographer has asked us to remove the photos. [Michael James via Petapixel]