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AUGUSTA — Sondra Dufresne went to the grocery store Monday evening, but didn't actually go inside, traverse the aisles or fill up a cart.
But she still went home to Richmond with an SUV full of groceries she selected herself.
The working mom of three kids chose her groceries online beforehand, showed up at the Whitten Road Hannaford supermarket, paid for them and then had them loaded into her vehicle at a drive-thru in front of the store.
"They pick the same stuff I would. It's great," she said. "It made my life a lot easier, not going grocery shopping with my kids."
The new Hannaford To Go service, previously only at Hannaford supermarkets in Kennebunk, North Windham, Westbrook, Biddeford and Yarmouth, started at the Whitten Road Hannaford in Augusta Nov. 12.
Matt Pazdziorko, assistant manager for customer service at that Hannaford, said the service is rapidly becoming popular, especially with young families.
"Young people with a bunch of kids love this. They say they love the convenience," Pazdziorko said. "We opened on the 12th and are already getting some repeat customers."
Count Dufresne among them, as Monday was the second time she used the service. She said it spares her from dragging her kids — 6, 8 and 13-years-old — shopping and saves time.
"It's good for moms and working people who don't have much time," she said. "And I'm both of those."
Priscilla Zarella, of Readfield, used the service for the first time Monday, driving up to the Hannaford To Go drive-thru and paying for her items, which were loaded into her vehicle, all while she never left the driver's seat.
She came by after work, shortly after 4 p.m., and said the time she saved by not walking through the store picking out her groceries in person would allow her to be exercising by 5:30 p.m.
She said the service is good for busy people and should also be good for elderly people who may have a hard time getting around.
Eric Blom, a spokesman for Hannaford, said the service should be useful for working parents, people who don't like to shop and people who may have mobility issues that make it hard for them to get around a store.
Customers must first set up an online account at Hannaford.com
Then they can pick out their items online from a computer or mobile device from Hannaford's site, choosing from the same items they'd be able to choose from at the store for the same prices.
The first trip is free and the maximum service charge after that is $5 per trip, though it is free if customers buy more than a specified value of groceries. Pazdziorko said customers in Augusta purchasing less than $125 worth of items are charged the $5 service fee, while the service is free for customers purchasing items totaling more than $125.
Zarella and Dufresne both said they thought the service was worth the $5.
Blom said Hannaford is the only supermarket offering such a service in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont. The service first came to a Hannaford in Dover, New Hampshire, several years ago.
Officials of Shaw's supermarkets, Hannaford's major competitor in Maine, could not be reached for comment.
Blom said customers can use coupons and pay the same way they would in the store, including with credit cards.
After customers place their orders, Hannaford employees, armed with hand-held electronic devices containing their order, go through the store and pick out the items on the customer's list. The employees then bag them up and have them waiting for the customers when they arrive at a scheduled time.
Customer vehicles can be loaded up at the drive-thru lane or, if things get busy, in one of six parking spaces reserved for Hannaford To Go customers near the front of the store. During two separate, one-hour-each time periods last week, no users of the service were observed parking in the reserved spaces, leaving them vacant.
Blom said adding new services and the parking they require while still providing customers the convenient parking they want and deserve can be a bit of a balancing act.
There are refrigerators, freezers and heating appliances in the Hannaford To Go area to keep customers' items hot or cold until they are picked up. Blom said customers can make special requests, such as a steak with lots of marbling or a certain number of bananas.
"We're always looking for new ways to help our customers, to make shopping easier for them. That's the overarching reason," Blom said of adding the new service in one of the two Hannafords in Augusta. "This is something that can speed the process for customers. Beyond that, customers are increasingly becoming more used to ordering things online."
Blom said the Hannaford employees who work in Hannaford To Go are specifically assigned to that job. Some are new hires, and others are employees who transferred into those jobs.
He said the company is not concerned the new form of shopping will hurt sales by decreasing the number of "impulse buys" shoppers may make as they go through the store.
Mike Norton, a spokesman for Hannaford, said the chain has long-term plans "in the pipeline" to add the service, maybe next year, in Bangor and the Hannaford by the Maine Mall in South Portland. He said the service won't necessarily be added at every store with those decisions to be based upon customer need and different markets.
Customers may pick up their groceries ordered through the service between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. with same-day pickup available on orders placed before 3 p.m. Customers generally need to allow for at least four hours between the time they order and the time they pick up their groceries.
Some items, such as greeting cards and prescription drugs, are not available through the service. Alcoholic items are available, as long as both the person paying for the items and the driver have identification indicating they are at least 21 years old.
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Aircraft mechanics, like other aviation certificate holders, are subject to many regulatory requirements - both with respect to obtaining their certification as well as how they exercise the privileges of their certificates. And although mechanics may be familiar with these obligations, sometimes it helps to be reminded of some of the specific requirements with which they must comply.
To that end, here is a short list of some of the regulatory requirements relating to mechanics and performance of aircraft maintenance.
This list is by no means all-inclusive. An aircraft mechanic is subject to many more regulatory requirements. However, this list highlights some of the requirements most pertinent to an aircraft mechanic's exercise of his or her privileges. And even though an aircraft mechanic may deal with these issues on a frequent basis, a quick refresher never hurts.
The Historic Aircraft Collection's extraordinarily rare, WWI-era Airco DH.9 light bomber took to the skies over Duxford Aerodrome on May 13th, 2019 for its first post-restoration flight following fifteen years of dedicated conservation and restoration at Retrotec Ltd. in Westfield, East Sussex. The aircraft hadn't flown under its own power for the best part of a century, and it is currently the only original WWI bomber flying anywhere in the world!
The DH.9, designed by the legendary Geoffrey de Havilland in 1917, was essentially a larger, modified variant of his very successful DH.4, with which it shared significant components. It was intended to fly at 15,000′ and had an internal bomb bay; a first for British designs of the day. Although it had a sound pedigree, the aircraft's Achilles heel was its powerplant, the Siddeley-Deasey Puma, which delivered at best 230 of the promised 300 HP promised. Added to this already near-fatal shortcoming, the engine was so unreliable that many DH.9s (and often their crews) were lost to engine failure. Even so, the Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd. (Airco – a forerunner to de Havilland) built four thousand or so DH.9s, although a good number of the later variants, like the DH.9A, used the far more reliable and powerful Liberty V-12 or the Rolls-Royce Eagle Mk.VIII powerplants. Despite the type's inauspicious beginnings, DH.9s and their variants served in more than twenty military air arms across the world, and a good number ended up with civilian operators as well. They soldiered on in every corner of the British Empire well into the 1930s, with the last flight believed to have taken place sometime in 1937.
Although Airco built several thousand DH.9s, only a handful still survive. Just three DH.9s were known to exist, none of them in the UK, before Guy Black confirmed the existence of a further three examples in India during the late 1990s. These three had been Imperial Gifts from the British in India to the Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh in Bikaner, Rajasthan, although it is doubtful they ever flew with their new owner. Black found that two of the DH.9s lay dismantled in the now-disused elephant stables within the maharaja's fortress, while a third example had been crudely put back together for display. After a lengthy period of negotiation, Guy Black was able to acquire the two stored examples, which formerly served in the Royal Air Force as D5649 and E8894. Their service histories are presently unknown, other than that both of aircraft spent time at a storage depot in Biggin Hill, near London, England during early 1918; Guy Black believes that neither of them flew in combat during WWI.
Both airframes were in understandably poor condition, and without engines, but would form the basis for one airworthy and one static example for display in England. It was clear that almost all of the wood would need to be replaced in any airworthy restoration, so in order to preserve as much original material as possible for the ground-bound example, Black chose D5649 for static restoration as its woodwork was in the best condition… albeit suffering from further indignities and damage at the hands of the team in India charged with preparing them for shipment back to England. In the years subsequent to their arrival in England, the restoration team scoured the earth looking for original parts, not to mention drawings and manufacturing details. Following decade-long sympathetic conservation, Retrotec completed D5649 for display in 2015. This example was originally built in Hammersmith, London at Waring and Gillow, a furniture factory impressed into war work, and now she was complete again following decades of decay. She now sits proudly in the Imperial War Museum's Airspace hangar at Duxford Aerodrome.
Due to the lack of any original drawings, and Guy Black's determination to produce as authentic a restoration as possible, E8894 took more than fifteen years to restore. One stroke of luck came when Guy Black realized he had a complete set of DH.9 wing struts in his collection that he had acquired before starting the project. He also found a significant collection of DH.4 drawings in the Smithsonian's archives in the USA, which provided useful data for the project since many DH.4 parts migrated to the DH.9 design. But the biggest problem was locating an appropriate, period engine to power the aircraft. Since the Siddeley-Deasy Puma was never used on any other production aircraft, for obvious reasons, it has become exceedingly rare, with just a handful or so rebuildable examples still in existence, and none available for acquisition. However, Guy Black was able to locate an even rarer Beardmore Halford Pullinger (BHP) engine within the Canada Aviation & Space Museum's collection in Ottawa, Canada. Interestingly, the BHP was used in the early examples of the DH.9 before Siddeley-Deasy took up its production as the Puma. Rushed into production, there were many design faults, but one of them seemed so egregious as to be unbelievable. The connecting rods had their part number and inspection stamp crudely whacked into them at precisely the same spot where most of the failures seemed to occur. As a result, the restored engine incorporates newly manufactured con-rods, sans the troublesome stampings, so they should be more reliable than the originals. Retrotec conducted the first engine runs with the BHP powerplant mounted in E8894 during October 2018. There is a wonderful video available below which should give our readers a good idea of what this ancient engine sounds like…
The first flight took place at Duxford on May 13th, and our very own George Land was on hand to record the details. George reports the details as follows…
"After many years of painstaking labor, the dream became reality when in October of 2018 E8894's first engine runs occurred, followed by ground testing and taxi runs that November.
Finally on May 13th, 2019, we were lucky to witness the first flight of an authentic DH.9 in many long years when test pilot Dodge Bailey, who is one of the most experienced vintage biplane pilots in the UK, finally felt that everything was in order for a test flight. He took E8894 into the air using an into-the-wind, cross-field take-off on the grass from the west end of RAF Duxford for the first time.
After numerous circuits of the airfield at differing heights, Dodge Bailey took the DH.9 on a run down the field in front of the tower before bringing the historic WWI bomber around for a safe cross-field landing and a successful conclusion to her first flight following restoration.
Since then, a number of flights have taken place and it is hoped that the first public display might take place during the Flying Legends air show at Duxford on July 13th."
Obviously, given the nature of its engine, the DH.9 will only fly occasionally, but it is marvelous to see it flying again; a tangible link to our collective past that is all down to the perspicacity of Guy Black and the ingenuity and hard work of all those at Retrotec Ltd. and HAC. As some will know, the Historic Aircraft Collection, and their restoration arm, Retrotec, have a prodigious reputation for unusual and complex restorations. These include a unique survivor of the Hawker Fury interwar biplane fighter, perhaps the most beautiful biplane ever built… at least to your editor's eyes… and a Hawker Nimrod Mk.II (a navalized Fury) to name a few. Currently, they are working on the resurrection of de Havilland Mosquito NF.36 RL249 for another client.
What are "Unapproved Parts?"
Aviation is such a complex industry, with so many (literal) moving parts. While learning about MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) operations, we touched briefly on the FAA Suspected Unapproved Parts Program, and I was intrigued. If you think about it, there are billions of aircraft parts in circulation in the U.S. Aviation Industry at any given moment. The majority of these parts are vital to aircraft operations, and can put passengers in danger if they fail. How do aircraft operators ensure that their parts are actually the high quality that they are relying on when they purchase them?
In 1993 the FAA created the Suspected Unapproved Parts Program in order to decrease the amount of aircraft parts in circulation with unknown or questionable history. The purchasing and installation of these unapproved parts can cause a hazard to flight operations, as their quality is undetermined and they may be unacceptable. The ultimate requirement of an aircraft operator is to maintain airworthiness as specified in the particular part of the Federal Aviation Regulations that governs that type of operation, which also includes all individual parts being in compliance.
Advisory Circular 21-29C defines a S.U.P. as, "A part, component, or material that is suspected of not meeting the requirements of an approved part. A part that, for any reason, a person believes is not approved. Reasons may include findings such as different finish, size, color, improper (or lack of) identification, incomplete or altered paperwork, or any other questionable indication." So really, a S.U.P. could be anything.
The Advisory Circular makes a clear distinction between aircraft parts that are sold with the understanding that it is for decorative purposes only, and parts that are disguised as airworthy. It is the responsibility of the buyer to request and receive the documentation necessary to show the purpose of the part. Selling a part that is clearly not airworthy is not a crime, as long as the seller does not do it under the premise that it is airworthy.
How are they caught?
There is a process that the FAA has created to report a suspected unapproved part. First, you could call The Aviation Safety Hotline to report unsafe practices that affect aviation safety, including the manufacture, distribution, or use of an S.U.P. Their number is 1-800-255-1111 or 1-866-835-5322. If requested, the caller may remain anonymous.
There is also a standardized form, FAA Form 8120-11, that outlines the information needed about the S.U.P. This includes the date the part was discovered, the part serial number, information about the company that supplied the part, a description of the issue, and several other important facts that the FAA will need to investigate. This form can then be sent to the Aviation Safety Hotline via e-mail or to their physical address in Washington, DC. Although this is a relatively low-tech solution to the problem, it is a solid system for reporting S.U.P. and has done a lot of good.
The FAA then investigates the S.U.P., and if it is found to be unacceptable they will send out an Unapproved Parts Notification (UPN). These are available to the public, and can be found on the FAA website. The most recently posted UPN was put on the site on February 15th, 2018, and outlines various parts distributed by Genesis Aviation Inc. This report recommends that aircraft owners who have installed the parts to inspect and remove them from their aircraft to keep it airworthy.
Why even bother?
The goal of the S.U.P. program is to improve safety and promote transparency in aviation. By having a system in place to detect and report unapproved parts, aircraft maintenance personnel and aircraft owners have an easier way to ensure they are using the best parts available. Removing all unapproved parts from the U.S. Aviation Industry is a huge undertaking, but with the task force making it their personal mission it is much more likely to come to fruition.
This leaves one to wonder what happens to the company or individual that gets caught selling unapproved parts. According to a press release fact sheet sent out by the FAA on the matter, "if the FAA determines that a manufacturer, air carrier or other user violated Federal Aviation Regulations regarding approved parts, they could be subject to anything from a warning letter to a stiff fine. In the case of criminal activity, the appropriate law enforcement authority and judicial system can pursue the case."
Unapproved parts are a very serious matter that affect the safety of air travel. The FAA has created a great way for any possible unapproved parts to get caught and removed from the U.S. Aviation system.
Are you one of the estimated 778 unfortunate aircraft owners affected by the latest Lycoming airworthiness directive ("AD")? If you are, I am hopeful this article will help you navigate your current situation. The Airworthiness Directive On August 4, 2017 Lycoming issued a "Mandatory Service Bulletin" requiring inspection, and potentially replacement, of connecting rod bushings in certain Lycoming engines that had been overhauled or repaired using replacement parts. The MSB identified the potentially affected engines and replacement parts, and it also included instructions for completing the inspection as well as the installation of replacement connecting rod small end bushings. It also indicated that the inspection and/or replacement be performed within the next 10 hours of engine operation. As we know, although a manufacturer may state that its service bulletin is "mandatory," for most operators flying their aircraft strictly under Part 91, service bulletins are not, in fact, mandatory. So, when it was issued, the MSB wasn't mandatory for most Part 91 operators. Unfortunately, the FAA received 5 reports of uncontained engine failures and in-flight shut downs due to failed connecting rods on certain Lycoming engine models identified in the MSB. Based upon its evaluation of the information available to it, the FAA determined that an unsafe condition existed or could develop in products of the same type design. As a result, on August 10, 2017 the FAA issued the AD with respect to the Lycoming engines requiring compliance with the MSB in order to prevent uncontained engine failure, total engine power loss, in-flight shut downs, and possible loss of the aircraft. And, as we also know, an airworthiness directive is mandatory, regardless of the particular regulations under which you are operating. So, if your aircraft's Lycoming engine is one of those specified in the MSB/AD you have no choice but to comply with the AD if you want your aircraft to be airworthy. Cost of Compliance According to the AD, the FAA anticipates that initial compliance with the AD (the inspection of the connecting rod small bushings) will cost engine owners approximately $1,425 in parts and labor. If connecting rod replacement is required, the FAA estimates the additional parts and labor costs will range from $2,170.00 for a four cylinder engine up to $6,850.00 for an eight cylinder engine. Of course, these are just estimates and they do not take into consideration any warranty coverage or variations in the costs of parts or labor. Fortunately, this AD isn't as extensive, or expensive, as the 2006 Lycoming crankshaft airworthiness directive. That airworthiness directive required replacement of the crankshaft in approximately 3,774 engines to the tune of about $16,000 per engine. So, what are your options if your options if this AD applies to your engine? Warranty Coverage One option is to pursue a warranty claim with Lycoming. Lycoming has several types of warranties: New and Rebuilt Engine Warranty; New Non-Certified Warranty; Overhauled Engine Warranty; and Replacement Parts Warranty. You will need to determine which warranty applies to your engine and then file a claim with Lycoming. Lycoming will then determine whether you have coverage and, if so, to what extent. Although I haven't reviewed Lycoming's various warranty programs, the coverage typically includes parts only. And it certainly does not cover loss of use or other losses an engine owner may suffer as a result of the AD. Litigation If you don't have warranty coverage, or if you are unsatisfied with the warranty coverage applicable to your engine, you could also consider suing Lycoming to try and recover the costs of complying with the AD and any other losses you suffer as a result of the AD. However, given the anticipated cost of compliance, unless you have other significant losses as a direct result of the AD, the cost of litigation would likely exceed your losses with no guaranty of recovery. (Although given the number of affected engines, I wouldn't be surprised if some owners attempted a class action lawsuit against Lycoming). Also keep in mind that manufacturer's warranties typically include language making the warranty your sole remedy and excluding your ability to pursue other claims for recovery against the manufacturer. So I would anticipate that Lycoming would raise this and other legal defenses in responding to any lawsuits. But litigation is certainly an option, although not necessarily a practical or preferred option. As you may recall, the Lycoming crankshaft airworthiness directive resulted in numerous lawsuits brought by engine owners against Lycoming. Of course the cost of compliance for that airworthiness directive was significantly higher than the current AD, which certainly made the economic analysis for litigation more attractive in that situation. Some lawsuits were brought by engine owners in their individual capacities, and others sought class action status on behalf of all affected engine owners. Lycoming also sued its crankshaft manufacturer, although it ultimately lost the case. Conclusion The bottom line for most engine owners affected by this AD is that they will need to comply in order for their aircraft to remain airworthy. How or whether they are able to recover their costs of compliance will initially depend upon how Lycoming handles the warranty issues. If Lycoming doesn't treat its customers fairly, I would anticipate at least some litigation. However, whether such litigation will be successful is hard to say at this point in time.
The owners of a turboprop were facing the possibility of significant avionics upgrades in the next few years. In addition to adding in ADS-B, they were considering a major upgrade to their avionics suite. They also had a good offer on a new aircraft that, when delivered, would have everything they were looking for, albeit at a higher initial cost.
The upgrade would add value to their current aircraft and might make it easier to sell. What path was best for the owners? When does it pay to do the upgrade, and when doesn't it?
The FAA requires ADS-B to be installed by 2020 to allow aircraft to use the air navigation system. If not done, the aircraft is essentially no longer flyable in its current capacity. Avionics installers have been warning that there is not enough capacity to complete ADS-B installs in all the remaining aircraft before the deadline. With residual values already low for most models, an older, non-compliant aircraft in 2020 may be unsellable except for parts.
Some long range turbine aircraft may require even more avionics upgrades to operate globally, especially in Europe. These FANS requirements and similar also can add considerably to install. But, as with ADS-B, they won't add value but just allow you to retain the value in the aircraft and keep it flyable in the future airspace.
When to Do the Upgrade
After keeping the aircraft compliant with air navigation standards, upgrades fall into two categories: adding new safety features and adding new capabilities. If you need the advantages of a new aircraft, such as more range, speed or cabin volume, but don't want the acquisition expense, the upgrade path may work.
There are a number of avionic upgrades available from companies like Avidyne, Garmin, Honeywell, Rockwell-Collins and others. Third party specialists are also doing modifications that range from updated navigation gear to a full (glass) panel replacement. When looking at new systems, consider what the current variant of your aircraft (or closest relative) has for its avionic system. Done right, these systems enhance both safety and reliability.
Possibly you may seek to add performance, such as better fuel efficiency or range. Companies like Aviation Partners, Raisbeck and Blackhawk have been quite popular for many years. They, and others, have aerodynamic and engine upgrades that allow your current aircraft to fly faster, further, or both. Sierra Industries offers Williams engine upgrades for older Citations that add speed and range.
In between refurbishment and new is remanufactured. Nextant Aerospace is remanufacturing older Beechjets into Nextant 400XTi's - complete with new engines, new avionics and a new interior. Nextant is being joined by an engine upgrade from Textron. Other companies offer engine modifications as well.
For the passenger cabin, interior specialists offer all sorts of options for in-flight entertainment and airborne Internet as well as new seat designs and modern materials. If you need "more" as in seats, payload or room, your only true alternative is acquiring a larger aircraft.
Before you undertake such a major project, consider your current aircraft's age. Older aircraft cost more to maintain than newer ones. Wear and tear items, aging aircraft issues, and engine overhauls all drive costs up. Your aircraft must be in excellent mechanical condition and essentially free of corrosion, otherwise don't consider the upgrades.
Do the upgrade if it has value to you. If it has value in the market place, so much the better but do it primarily for you. Unique is great with art, not with aircraft. Stick with established programs with a successful track record. Do equipment upgrades that mirror the new models or closest equivalents. Those will tend to have the best impact on resale value and also maintenance supportability.
For example: upgrading the engines on a King Air C90 can run to over $700,000. Adding in a new avionic system can run to another $750,000 or so.
A stock 20-year old C90B sells for about $1 million. Looking at today's market, its doubtful that the upgraded C90B can recoup 100% of the upgrade at resale. The engine upgrade will add to the aircraft's value, but don't do it just to resell the King Air after the retrofit. The avionics are great and add to the capability and situational awareness of the pilots.
If you are planning to sell in the next few years, these major upgrades won't pay a full return and you won't enjoy them long enough to benefit. Best just to do the ADS-B and start shopping for a replacement. Budget carefully and talk to other operators who have done the same upgrades. Look at the tax considerations as these upgrades may need to be capitalized. Consider the cost of borrowing the funds needed to upgrade or replace. As long as your current aircraft is in excellent mechanical condition and you plan to keep it for the next few years, the added utility and flexibility of the upgrade may add all the value you need.
The turboprop owner above elected to acquire the new aircraft and retain the current turboprop while adding just the ADS-B.
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The SpyFu dashboard is laid out using a navigation bar across the top with tabs for SEO Research, PPC Research, Keyword Research, Backlinks, the List Builder, Tracking, and Reports. There's plenty SpyFu can do throughout the spectrum of SEO tooling, but for this particular review we are focusing on its ad hoc keyword research capabilities. When a business is seeking to identifying the best possible search engine results pages (SERP) to target with an optimization plan, keyword-driven analysis is the legwork to get pages to rank higher. Keyword recommendations and direction capabilities are built in during SpyFu, but I started in the Keyword Research tab.
When testing each tool, I used the same set of five Key words to observe how results differed between every one of my competitors. The five keywords I used were electronic advertising pcmag, internet shopping, IT consultant, and small business accounting. I chose this mixture to simulate real-world terms that companies might search for (such as publishers such as PCMag) and to discover related search results and vulnerable competitor sites.
I found that, after conducting searches in my five test terms SpyFu creates and structures its keyword benefits and metrics somewhat differently than Moz Guru, KWFinder, or Ahrefs$82.00 at Ahrefs. Rather than populating a table of associated key words with Page Authority (PA) and Domain Name Authority (DA) metrics together with stats on cost per click (CPC) and keyword difficulty, SpyFu brings a far more apparent correlation with exactly how much cash a key word is worth. After hunting"digital advertising," for instance, another navigation bar appeared round the top of the results page further breaking down the search results. You can then drill down to key word overview, related keywords, advertiser history, ranking history, backlinks, keyword group, and SERP analysis. That's just for one key word revealing SpyFu does arguably the most granular investigation into key word data of the tools I tested.
Atop the primary results, SpyFu gave me not only CPC for the Key word, but a daily and monthly cost breakdown as well as how many unique advertisers had emerged on the keyword in the past year. I received exactly the exact same degree of cost breakdown when I clicked on the Associated Keywords tab, which also enabled me to narrow results employing a left-hand filter menu to a particular cost per day, daily search volume, difficulty score, and much more.
At the bottom of the results that are keyword was that the SERP analysis. This broke down every URL in the search results page, even though KWFinder and Moz Pro equally offer a much more detailed breakdown in this regard. SpyFu focuses. Results such as the Advertiser History graph, a long list and complex diagram of the ads appearing on that search page over time, was a bit too in the weeds for me as a newcomer SEO instrument user. However, for digital entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs, SpyFu can be a gold mine. Spy Site
SpyFu Kombat
With SpyFu Kombat you can look at overlapping and website Certain keywords To get up to 3 sites. For your PPC version you can also find a chart which goes back over a period of a couple years demonstrating the overall amount of key words being bid on by all 3 websites. You may also rollover the chart to see keywords specific to just two of the sites if you are feeling the 3rd website may not be doing as good a job (or vice versa) as 2 of those other sites. It will also show you that the PPC budgets of those sites as well as the amount of organic keywords rank in the top 50 results for said keyword.
When you click it will show you that the Keywords in whatever bucket you click, towards the right of this graph. You can view and download those key words for your use. As you can see I'm on the advertisements tab however, the options are similar when you click the organic tab (on the upper box, the organic one on the bottom shows you total organic keywords).
Switching between the organic tab and the ppc tab (as well as the Overall # of organic keywords + PPC advertisement budget should also give you a good idea of what of the bigger sites are more to the PPC or SEO aspect of things which can be a fantastic barometer to look at if you happen to be concentrating on a single place on the other hand.
SpyFu Classic
SpyFu Classic is the"flagship" section in order to speak. This is Where you input one domain name on the home page and also are presented using a slew of data such as:
– Daily AdWords PPC Budget
– Links through to SpyFu Kombat
– Average Position of Ads vs # of Clients
– Estimated Value of Organic Traffic (estimated visitors using a variable of CPC factored in)
– Paid Traffic In comparison with Organic Traffic Estimates
– Subdomains (helpful for looking at the way the site might break out parts of the main domain, perhaps a good place to look for niche keywords???)
– Top Ten Paid Keywords w/ Keyword Advertisement Background (links through to full Keyword Ad History tool)
– Total Paid Keywords
– Total Organic Keywords
– PPC Competitors (with a URL to overlapping keywords)
– Organic Competitors (with a URL to overlapping keywords)
– Category
The data here can be useful, as you can see the:
– Estimated PPC, Clicks, Price Daily, Total Advertisers. . .all with trend data
– Top Ten Domains Advertising on the Keyword, with Domain Ad History
– Additional Keywords Purchased By Relevant Domains
– PPC Ad Copy Using a URL to Keyword Advertisement History
– Top Ten Organic Outcomes with Title, Meta Description
– Associated Terms
– Associated Concepts (according to semantic relationships)
– Categories Spy Site
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Keyword management is baked into SpyFu throughout the platform. Within each of its three major research tabs–SEO, PPC, and Keyword–you will find choices in the drop-down menus for both SEO and PPC-specific keywords and phrases, and Keyword Groups. The Keyword Groups attributes in each tab are fairly similar, populating a table using minimal search volume, CPC, difficulty rating, and monthly cost. These are SpyFu's four main metrics where keyword research is worried. On the left of this desk are either the keyword you've researched and booted yourself, or high keyword class suggestions from SpyFu. At the top right of this table you can subsequently add chosen keywords to lists, or export your selected keyword within an Microsoft Excel file, CSV, or PDF. This basic keyword grouping functionality is much like SEMrush$99.95 at SEMrush and executed better in Moz Professional and KWFinder.
Where SpyFu's key word management capabilities really stand Out are in its List Builder and Tracking tabs. This is also where SpyFu makes its profound link between SEO and client relationship management (CRM). From the List Builder tab, there's a Best Lists section with concentrated lists of domain names and key words like"Domains That Pay the Most On AdWords," keywords with the maximum CPC. There's also a list of the most expensive keywords, which you can then filter by state, business, or a particular web-based technology: Ad buying platform, affiliate marketing, email marketing, and online shopping cart are a few of the choices.
Next to Leading Lists, there is a dedicated Company Leads tab. This acts the exact same manner as a search: You enter a location, keywords and industries, and refine results using filters like AdWords budget and SEO clicks. The research then returns a list of leads with this site ad budget and contact information that can subsequently be exported to direct management system or your CRM. I'd like to see SpyFu go a step farther with this and incorporate its SEO lead lists straight with a stage such as Salesforce$75.00 at salesforce.com, but this tool is currently ahead of the curve. SEMrush has a beta generation tool, but that's the closest comes to exactly what SpyFu offers.
However, SpyFu incorporated AdWords Templates as Part of a Google AdWords campaign. The templates consist of prewritten advertisements for groups that are key word in hundreds of businesses. Users may download the templates in the SpyFu site and upload into an AdWords account.
The system also includes SEO campaign management Using its My SpyFu Project Manager tool. SpyFu made this as a project management(PM) feature within the SEO platform for tackling integrated key word research and rank tracking within a campaign. My SpyFu is just available in paid plans (not the free trial), but it allows you to set up multiple projects tracking grouped keywords plotted against SEO position, traffic value, ROI, and a number of other metrics. All you need to do is open the My SpyFu menu and include a new project. It's the only and greatest case in this roundup of SEO-focused PM.
There's also Keywords you've identified and begin monitoring that keyword ranking changes and reports back with domain positions. I was able to prepare custom SEO reports in a few simple measures: Enter a domain name and then choose whether or not to conduct a report on SpyFu's suggested custom key words or domain keywords. I entered my five habit keywords in a field, picked up to five competitors' URLs, and then was given the option to run either a one time report or a monthly report.
This sort of aggressive analysis is another area in which SpyFu stands out, since it also includes a tool called"Kombat" that is offered from the SEO and PPC Research tabs. In PCMag's domain, I typed in Kombat and the instrument immediately built an interactive data visualization that revealed where PCMag's top keywords overlapped with our opponents. There's also what SpyFu calls for a"keyword world," list CPC, CTR, monthly cost, and monthly clicks for core keywords and recommended keywords. This study breakdown is just another feature that helps unearth ways for you to gain an SEO edge on your competitors. Spy Site
Together with the SEO performance of its Solution, SpyFu has introduced a research tool named Nacho Analytics, which provides access to the internet analytics of other websites. Through this platform, you can view time-of-day traffic, segments, and on-page behavior.
Keyword Advertisement History
You will be shown by keyword Advertisement History, through color coded bars, how often the Key words appeared in a domain's PPC campaign along with any changes in the advertisement copy (all of which can be exported into excel). It extends back to 2006 through the Bonus History Button and shows a year's worth of information up front.
So it is fairly straightforward, which is what I enjoy about SpyFu Tools. No over-reliance on"in-house metrics" it is only"here is the advertisement history of this keyword", plain and simple. If you find a keyword being promoted on by a PPC advertiser that is fantastic consistent then it's possible to look to employ that ad copy technique to some market of the keyword that is larger. If I had been advertising for"hotels in Oklahoma" I would pay attention to that which ad copy was successful, over time, for that main/core keyword"hotels".
Domain Advertisement History
Domain Ad History is similar to Keyword Ad History except it shows the Key word history of a specific domainname.
This tool is useful in looking at keywords that have been successful for Your opponents (or larger players on your market ) and which ones that they tried and left (which could be ones for you to avoid from the gate). All of this presumes the domain you are researching is capable PPC advertiser.
Keyword Smart Search
The Keyword Smart Search tool in SpyFu utilizes semantic word relationships, Publicly available keyword information, and PPC campaign information to return a list of keywords associated with the keyword(s) (up to 10) you enter. As you can see, you could filter by CPC, search volume, and you might exclude key words.
For me, I would rather use the Organic keywords found and the PPC keywords In SpyFu Classic or SpyFu Kombat. I love to use other tools for pure keyword research (Google tools, Microsoft Ad Center Intelligence, and Wordtracker). Mostly, I feel SpyFu is at its best when employed as a research instrument versus a research tool. Spy Site
Pricing and Strategies
Since I mentioned, SpyFu's Fundamental plan begins at $33 each Month when billed annually (or $39 month-to-month). Though, unlike other tools within this SEO tool review roundup, such as Moz Guru and KWFinder$12.00 in KWFinder, SpyFu doesn't cost by search success. All plans come with an infinite number of competitor/domain comparison search results name, key word collection, backlink, and domain combined with data export. The functionality that you get with SpyFu for your cost is an important element in the reason we gave it an Editors' Choice, along with the search volumes make the instrument even more attractive for ad hoc research that is keyword.
That's not to mention SpyFu doesn't cap anything. The Basic Program gives you a capacity of 250 sales leads and domain name contacts, and 5,000 weekly monitored keyword positions, along with 10 domain reports and 10 pay-per-click (PPC) reports through SpyFu's AdWords Advisor tool. The $78-per-month Professional program (also $58 per month when billed yearly ) bumps leads and contacts to 500 and weekly tracked keyword positions to 15,000, together with custom-branded reports and access to SpyFu's application programming interface (API).
Finally, SpyFu has added a $199 per month Team plan (billed annually, or $299 month-to-month) using 2,000 sales leads and domain contacts, 40,000 weekly tracked keyword rankings, and five user logins. SpyFu also includes a 30-day money-back warranty. The company has slashed on its pricing because our initial review, which makes it all the more attractive to SMBs.
I find their tools helpful for search. I do not use Their Keyword Smart Search that They give (in a straightforward fashion) in the price points that they provide is quite A combination that is nice. SpyFu makes its way into my arsenal on just about Each project. Spy Site
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Like hitting a home run, making a big sale is not easy. It can take many attempts, requires dogged determination, and results in failure more often than not.
Thus, a salesperson needs to maintain a resiliently positive attitude, and a sales team needs to maintain a resiliently positive culture.
This observation, and a terrific no-cost practical suggestion for maintaining a productive sales culture came from Adam Stock, CMO and Client Services Officer for Allen Matkins, at this year's LSSO RainDance conference in June.
Stock specifically pointed to studies demonstrating that the workplace productivity of individual workers (especially salespeople) drops measurably and dramatically when they feel ignored or have their work symbolically shredded by their leaders.
When asked what similarly demotivates them, attendees at RainDance listed failure to acknowledge success, berating of efforts, shooting down new ideas for bad reasons, requiring excessive red-tape for approvals, being rude, failing to ask for input, and clock-watching vs. monitoring of actual effort.
The really great and practical observation made by Adam Stock was that it costs nothing for management to detect and eliminate or minimize as many of these de-motivational forces as possible. Thus, the ROI from increased productivity resulting from just a little effort at maintaining a positive culture is nearly infinite.
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Hamilton (#1 Southwestern A) at Columbia Falls (#1 Northwestern A)
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After a terrible journey through the desert, I decided to start running again. As a fat person running, I believe that it hurts a lot more than if you're skinny. It would pretty much have to be. So I went to the gym to use the membership that I have been dutifully paying for the last 10 years. Don't get me wrong, I have used it once or twice, but running at the gym ranks up there with having a toot pulled. I was only able to run .33 miles and I thought I was going to die doing it. I was not going fast, 4 on the treadmill, so a 15 minute mile. I know you skinny people can walk faster than that, but that is all I have. I walked until I reached a 1/2 mile and then I went home. I was a little proud of myself for going to the gym, but mostly I was embarrassed. If you are overweight you know the feeling. How did I get to 240 lbs again… I've been heavier, but not much. At 5'6″, that makes me almost as big around as I am tall. Running is a lumbering gait at best. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
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Buruli ulcer is an infectious disease provoking chronic, disabling skin ulcers in mammals and humans. Buruli ulcer is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, an environmental mycobacterium synthesizing a toxin called mycolactone responsible for the pathogenicity. The reservoirs and the modes of transmission of M. ulcerans remain elusive, limiting the prophylaxis capabilities in rural areas in endemic countries. In Australia, several studies have demonstrated the probable role of possums as reservoirs. In Côte d'Ivoire, some studies have speculated on the potential role of grasscutters in the transmission cycle of M. ulcerans. In this study, we detected M. ulcerans–specific sequences in rectal contents and spleens collected in wild grasscutters hunted in Buruli ulcer–endemic area in Côte d'Ivoire, but not in farmed negative control animals and in domesticated animals, namely, pigs, goats, cattle, and dogs, living in close contact with the local population. Some grasscutters exhibited the same sequence pattern in the feces and spleen. These observations confirm the asymptomatic gut carriage of M. ulcerans in this mammal species. Moreover, these observations suggest the dissemination of M. ulcerans from the gut to the spleen in grasscutters. These observations suggest that, in some mammals, M. ulcerans is not only an inoculated pathogen but also a translocating invasive pathogen.
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We are, I have read, two weeks behind normal with regard to fall color, but a week or so of cold nights has finally jump-started leaf-peeping season.
Among the first leaves to change are those of Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), a native vine. It's a plant people often erroneously mistake for poison ivy, but as you can see its leaves are divided into five leaflets, not three, and they're sharply toothed, unlike PI, which has overall smooth (or "entire") leave margins except for a jag on one side that gives the leaves a kind of mitten shape.
The sugar maple is generally considered to be belle of the autumn ball, but I think that honor should go to staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina). Sumac is more accurately a shrub--an individual may have multiple stems, rather than a single trunk--but it's tall enough to count as a tree.
Usually, you'll see the fall color come into a tree from the top down, uniformly throughout a tree, or in a damaged limb, but sumac is unique in that the color climbs up the branches from the bottom. I've seen rainbow-colored ones with purple in the lowest branches, then red, orange, yellow, and green at the top (no blue, unfortunately).
I love how they give a festive, tropical feel to this time of year when we're starting to think about snow tires.
We don't have many sugar maples on our property, but we have a number of red maples (Acer rubrum).
Those that grow in swamps are usually the first sign in August or September that yes, summer is coming to an end. Our maples keep their feet dry and just began changing in the last week or two.
Rather than putting on a grand show, these white ash (Fraxinus americana) look like they're just planning to shrivel up and die.
Those leaves are from a small ash growing next to our driveway; the ones on these tall trees deeper in the woods look much more festive. I don't know if that's because they're farther away or if the trees are healthier.
Birch leaves have begun to change as well.
I'm pretty sure these are from the gray birch (Betula populifolia), due to the triangle-shaped leaves, but it's my understanding that they hybridize with white birch (Betula papyrifera) and in this area on our land, where many members of both species grow side-by-side, and the younger specimens haven't developed distinctive bark yet, it's sometimes hard to tell.
Wildflowers are winding down at our house--a few bright asters remain and fall dandelions (Scorzoneroides autumnalis) dot the lawn and roadsides, not quite as profusely as their eponymous cousins, but just as brightly.
The fall dandelion is much taller and spindlier than actual dandelion, with smaller, less-noticeable leaves.
What's wild in your neck of the woods?


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ClampTite Tool: A must have….
Update: A couple of folks of asked where I bought my tools (I have two). I picked it up at Gemplers, which has proven to be a great company.
I'm a higher primate. I like tools. Can't stand bad tools, though.
The clamptite tool is an amazing tool. One that every tool oriented primate should have.
With this tool and a bit of wire, you can create wire clamps of any size or tightness. I find myself using it for all kinds of tasks, ranging from emergency fixes to craft projects to gardening to permanent repairs. I use it so often that I picked up a 1,000 foot role of 19 gauge galvanized wire specifically for use with this tool.
Seriously, this thing is amazingly versatile. I have used it to:
- Attach vinyl tubing to a copper pipe. Zero leaks. Super strong.
- Fix wooden handles. Simply wrap in a little duct tape to keep things aligned and then use the clamptite tool to add a few wire clamps around the duct tape.
- Fix loose tool heads. I had a rake that kept falling apart. I drilled a hole in the handle and made a wire clamp through the holes and around the head of the tool.
- Connect posts together. For the crab party, I needed 8 foot tall posts for the corners of the tent over the back yard. Ben and I drove 6 foot metal posts deep into the ground and then used the clamp tool to tightly bind 8 foot tall wooden posts to the metal posts.
- Brew beer. Ben created his own counterflow chiller (pain in the ass, btw) and one of the ends was leaky. To seal, we wrapped it tightly in duct tape and then added tight double-wrap wire clamps at either end of the tape. Not a single drop leaks now!
- Repair my car. The silly little plastic wing thing on the back of my subaru forrester broke. I drilled a couple of small holes in it and used the wire clamp to tie the two pieces back together. Works great and looks neat (as in neatly done, not "cool"). The wire clamps can be used quite effectively to pull the ends of things together.
- Make Stuff. I used the clamp tool to tie together 4 candle holders to make a candelabra that hangs over our table in the back yard.
Excellent tool.
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North Eugene tried to establish Joe Kammerer early. Instead, after picking up his second foul, the 6-foot-9 senior center spent all but 15 seconds of the second quarter on the bench, his poor posture matching his team�s play.
As has been the case with their down-but-not-out season, Kammerer and the Highlanders got another chance.
The Highlanders forced a three-way atop the Midwestern League boys basketball standings by riding their strong post play in the second half and holding on for a tense 46-42 victory over No. 4 Thurston on Friday at North Eugene.
�That was a great high school game,� first-year North coach Jeff Hays said. �Thurston�s a good team. They�re tough and they�re disciplined. We made them work for everything, and they made us work for everything.
�We made a few plays at the end, and that was the difference.�
After going 2-7 during a difficult nonleague schedule, the Highlanders (7-9 overall) have won three straight to improve to 5-2 in league play, moving into a tie with Thurston and Churchill midway through the league season.
�It�s been a growing process for the whole team,� said Kammerer, who has signed to play at the University of Idaho. �We have a new coach and everything, and we grow every day in practice and every game.�
Adam Knight and Kenny Dent scored 10 points each to lead a balanced attack for North. Kammerer, Tyler Vanderhoff and Malakai Maita added eight points each.
Thurston held the Highlanders to just eight second-quarter points and led 26-22 at the break. In the locker room at halftime, Hays delivered a simple message: Get the ball to Joe.
�It was frustrating in the first half,� Kammerer said. �When I was sitting on the bench, I told myself I need to get back in the game and play to my potential and get the team back in it.�
He did just that, overcoming the early foul trouble and scoring three key buckets to push momentum in North�s favor in the third quarter.
He scored two quick baskets to open the quarter, tying the score at 26-all. He then took a feed from Maita and made a layup in the final minute of the quarter to give the Highlanders a 35-33 lead.
They never trailed after that.
�The second half we ran our little �loop� to Joe,� Vanderhoff said. �They couldn�t guard him, so we kept feeding him.�
Knight, a senior reserve, scored all 10 of his points in the second half. He had a layup to start the fourth quarter before Vanderhoff added back-to-back layups, the second on a nifty, spinning drive to give North a 41-33 lead with 3:17 to go.
�Just hang on,� Hays told the Highlanders during a timeout.
Thurston stormed back.
Calvin Green drilled a three-pointer as he was fouled by Kammerer, converting the four-point play to bring the Colts within 41-37. Knight answered with a three for North to push the lead back to seven.
Thurston got back within 44-40 when senior guard Payton McCalligan, who at 5-8 was the smallest guy on the floor, grabbed an offensive rebound, dropped back and sank a three with 1:20 left.
After North missed on the front end of a one-and-one, McCalligan hit a tough floater from the baseline with 20 seconds left to get the Colts within 44-42.
But Maita hit two free throws with 14 seconds left, and the Colts missed two long threes in their final two possessions.
The Highlanders had just three second-half turnovers and only one in the fourth.
�They�ve been working really hard in practice, and it just carried over to the game,� Hays said. �We�ve got to keep getting better. ... We can�t relax at all.�
McCalligan finished 16 points and Maddie Boehm added 12 for Thurston, which made 11-of-20 free throws.
�If you turn the ball over and don�t rebound, it�s a pretty bad recipe,� Thurston coach Doug Piquette said. �But I know our guys are going to get back (to work).�
Churchill 58, Willamette 44: Leron Bennett scored 17 points and Brendan Means added 14 for the host Lancers, who moved into a three-way tie for first in the MWL. Matt Dodson led the Wolverines with 16 points.
Marshfield 63, Springfield 51: Kyle Tedder�s layup with eight seconds left in regulation tied the score, then he had all seven of the Pirates� points in the first overtime and seven more in the second on his way to a game-high 30. Robbie Church led the visiting Millers with 15 points.
Southwest Conference
Sheldon 52, Roseburg 50: Tyler Reynolds scored 15 points and Billy Pinz added 13 for the visiting Irish.
South Eugene 65, Grants Pass 34: Hayden Rooke-Ley scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Axemen, who made 7-of-11 three-pointers. Spencer Coleman had 17 points and eight rebounds.
Sky-Em League
Elmira 42, Junction City 39: Max Beebe made four free throws in the final minute to lead the visiting Falcons. Britt Bay, who scored a game-high 16 points, made a three-pointer with 18 seconds left to give the Tigers a one-point lead before Beebe�s free throws.
Christian Stott scored 11 points to lead Elmira.
Marist 62, Sisters 48: Steve Bustrin scored 21 points and the Spartans hit 17-of-20 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off the visiting Outlaws.
Calvin Philpott added 15 points for Marist. Ross Erickson led Sisters with 19.
Pleasant Hill 58, La Pine 27: Jayko Beagle had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Devin Johnson added 10 points for the host Billies. Brandon Tirrill led the Hawks with eight points.
Far West League
North Bend 63, South Umpqua 59: Sam Lynass scored 16 points and Jake Lucero and Trae Collins added 15 each for the visiting Bulldogs. Ryan Smedley led the Lancers with 24 points.
PacWest Conference
Creswell 61, Chemawa 57: Aleks Gabrio hit all four of his free throws in the final minute and finished with 17 points for the host Bulldogs, who got a team-high 20 points from A.J. Beltran.
Harrisburg 46, Toledo 34: Jordan Buhler scored 19 points and Justin Smucker added 11 for the visiting Eagles.
Mountain View Conference
Central Linn 83, Glendale 34: Trevor Parker had 16 points and Zach Holloway added 13 for the host Cobras.
Monroe 37, Yoncalla 33: Keith Crowson had 10 points and 10 rebounds to lead the visiting Dragons. Heath Anson had 10 points and 15 rebounds for the Eagles.
North Douglas 69, Riddle 63: Cameron Derrick made 11-of-12 free throws and scored 23 points to guide the visiting Warriors. Mason Colburn added 13 points and Aaron Atencio 11.
Oakland 48, Oakridge 32: Coleton Baker had 11 points, 11 rebounds, four steals and four assists for the Oakers, and Tyler Fugate added 10 points. Jake Boyd led the Warriors with 12 points.
Mountain West League
McKenzie 56, Crow 43: Kiger Plews scored 14 points and Koby Dundon added 12 for the visiting Eagles. James Husk led all scorers with 19 points for the Cougars.
Alsea 60, Lowell 31: Tyson Schreiber had 15 points and eight rebounds, and John Mason added 14 points and 15 rebounds for the host Wolverines. Dustin Gibson led the Red Devils with 10 points.
Mohawk 62, Siletz Valley 43: Aaron Mason, who made six three-pointers, scored 11 of his game-high 22 points in the third quarter for the host Indians.
Skyline League
Days Creek 34, Elkton 24: Travis Fuller scored a game-high 15 points for the host Wolves. Noah Miller led the Elks with 13.


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Audiolepsia • Muses [CD]€13.00
Muses by Audiolepsia on CD.
Release: May 11th, 2017
Release: May 11th, 2017
InfoAudiolepsia from Barcelona formed in 2009 as a metal band but in 2011 they moved toward a more post-rock approach using their time to build up an atmosphere and don't hesitate to use some melodic, shredding climaxes. In 2014 they played at Aloud Music Festival who's co-releasing this album with dunk!records. After releasing Principio de Incertidumbre in 2013 this will be their second full album.


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Junk Stuff @ eBluejay.com Marketplace
*ITEM: RED DOT Rifle Gun Scope Used Unbranded Late 1990's NCStar Company Startup Style
*MANUFACTURER: Unknown, there are no manufacturing marks or any marking at all on this scope. Maybe a NCstar since I've seen simular body landmarks on NCStar Products but I do not know and cannot say for sure. NCstar has old second hand Red Dot Scopes in the marketplace that have an exact center body landmarks, styling and knobs. CVLife and Tasco have simular designs so maybe there was a legal issue and whatever company produced this Red Dot Scope dumped its unmarked inventory to recover the investment? This red dot scope looks real close to the NCStar design over all other companies designs.
*YEAR: Unknown. NCStar company startup was in 1997.
*MEASURES: Approx. 4 3/4 in. long
*MAGNIFYCATION: Doesn't appear to be any. There are threads on away tube for attachments.
*CONDITION: Scope was tested and all appears to be working properly. 0 to 11 settings and the red dot grows from small to large as the knob is turned. Lens looks good.
Product Features
* Clamp on track attachment
* Nice red dot scope for the kids to practise with
*A picture that can be magnified to full screen will be sent upon request.
*Buyer is responsible for any maintenance or repairs needed if any.
*This item will be sold "as-is" in used condition. No warranties or guarantees come with the purchase of this item.
*Buyer is responsible for making sure all is correct with the item and the item will suit the buyers needs and expectations before purchase. Buyer is responsible for making sure purchase of this item is not a mistake.
*Items sold are inspected and photographed at different angles before being boxed up and shipped to the buyer. Any attempts to return broken items in exchange for what's been shipped to the buyer, make the purchase and exchange parts that are needed then send unit back for a refund, extort partial refunds or get a refund due to a mistake made by the buyer in the purchase of the item will be reported immediately.
The shipping weight will be 2 1/2 lbs. A handling fee is charged to cover the time and any expenses associated with the packing and shipping of packages. Anything left is put towards the selling fee's.
Junk Stuff @ eBluejay.com Marketplace


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October 04, 2019
All event times are Eastern Time Zone unless otherwise specified.
Board of Trustees Meeting
WDPD Affiliate Call Out: Baxter Hall 114 Classroom, 12:00PM - 1:00PM
WDPD Affiliate Call Out
French Club Call Out Meeting: Detchon Center 220 Classroom, 12:00PM - 12:45PM
French Club Call Out Meeting
Dedication and Ribbon Cutting of the Wabash Gateway: Corner of Wabash Avenue and Grant Avenue, 4:30PM - 5:30PM
Join us at the dedication and ribbon cutting of the Wabash Gateway, honoring "The Big Cookie" Rem Johnston '55. We will gather at the gateway on the corner of Wabash Avenue and Grant Avenue.
AFC Townhall: Baxter Hall 114 Classroom, 8:00PM - 9:00PM
AFC Townhall
Theater Production: Biloxi Blues: Fine Arts Center T110 Ball Theater, 8:00PM - 10:30PM
October 2-5, 2019
Biloxi Blues
by Neil Simon
Directed by Michael Abbott
Eugene Jerome is a young army recruit during WWII, going through basic training and learning about Life and Love with a capital 'L' along with some harsher lessons, while stationed at boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1943.
Biloxi Blues opened on Broadway in the Neil Simon Theater on March 28, 1985, and won the Tony Award for Best Play that same year.
Guidance Suggested: May involve material parents might not approve for young children.


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Annapurna South Face [SIGNED]
London: Cassell, 1971.
First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 334 pp. illustrated with 48 color photographs and a folding plate showing the route of the expedition. Fine but for a slight spine slant. Signed by Bonington with a generic inscription ("All the best") on the front free endpaper. A vivid account of the first ascent of the south face of Annapurna, a triumph marred only by the death of teammate Ian Clough in an ice avalanche in the final hours of the expedition. Neate B127.
Signed by Author(s).
Item #11410
Price: $100.00
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