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This versatile plane boasts outstanding design and construction, including an ironmade from extra-thick 3/16" steel for edge retention superior to most otherplanes, Norris-style adjustment with lateral lock for versatility, precision-groundcasting for flatness, solid cherry handle and knob, and an adjustable throat plate fordifferent types of wood. The frog and base are cast as one piece to greatly reducechatter and make planing more effective and enjoyable. Hone the iron before use toachieve exceptionally fine shavings.
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Posted March 8, 2013
I'm a hand plane nut, and this is a generally good plane: a nearly perfectly flat sole, a thick A2 alloy blade, comfortable handles, and a bit heavy - the way I like it. I tried this one, but didn't buy because of a couple of design flaws that I'd rather not have to correct myself. First, the mouth doesn't close properly. You should be able to close the mouth of the plane down so that there is just barely room for the shaving to pass through it as the plane cuts. This is rather similar to using a zero-clearance throat plate on a tablesaw: it minimizes chipping and tearout. You can't do that on this model without some modification to the sliding sole assembly. No big deal, I could fix that in ten minutes. Second, the Norris-style lateral adjustment jams before you can adjust it far enough to either side for it to be of any practical use. You can't swing the blade far enough to get it aligned for a proper cut because the bed is cut no wider than the blade itself. Therefore, you have no lateral adjustment. Even if you grind the edges of the blade back to make room for it to swing a bit near the back end, the keyhole slot in the blade will jam against the cap iron screw, leaving you little better off than you were before. The only solutions are to sharpen the blade absolutely perfectly EVERY SINGLE TIME, or to widen the bed {anyone got a vertical mill?} or to grind the blade's edges down a bit and then widen the keyhole slot, which is in A2 tool steel - not the easiest stuff to grind, especially when it's as thick as this blade is. If Stanley would just fix the obvious error in manufacturing the blades, this plane would be a great value. As it is, I'd rather spend more for something that will work without having to invest a day in metal smithing first.
I purchased this plane to work...
Posted September 27, 2011
I purchased this plane to work on end grain on some red oak doors. It performed well right out of the box. I have used it on a few projects afterward including trimming down the millimeters of solid wood edging where it projected above the plywood shelf body due to the solid edging being intentionally cut a little thick. I was able to cut ribbons of wood from the solid edge and produce a smooth surface without tearing up the plywood veneer. No sanding required.
We can still make a good...
Posted August 16, 2010
We can still make a good product. The only minus to me is I prefer dark wood on my tools. I was a machinist for many years, so I know iron moves during and after grinding, it will also move as a result of heat, cold, storage,ect.Always check cast iron perodically.Mine performed out of the box. Will be around longer than I.
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Posted January 14, 2010
This may sound a little nit picky, but when you spend this much for a plane you should be nit picky. Out of the box I see a sliver of light between my straight edge and the sole of the plane. It took about 5 minutes using 320 grit sandpaper to flatten the sole completely. I put a secondary bevel (<30 degrees) on the blade and was shooting end grain with very satisfying results. The mouth does not close as much as the LN bevel up jack, but that does not really matter as long as you put a 40-50 degree secondary bevel to plane the face of a board. I suggest buying an extra blade if you want to use this plane for both edge and face planning unless you really enjoy resharpening.


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I live in Morrison, IL and maily fish Lake Carlton at the state park. I've been catching some baas the past few days. Been using shallow diving crankbaits, spinerbaits and a snag-proof mouse. With the mouse, I caught a 15"er hiding under the weeds. I've only had my boat out once this year so far. But I am looking for a canoe to use on a private lake I have access to from another NAFC member.
Other than Lake Carlton, I would say your best bets would be going to Shabbona Lake or the Mississippi River in Clinton area.
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More than former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's chance at political redemption is riding on the outcome of Tuesday's special election for the state's 1st District congressional seat, political observers say.
A win for Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch could ignite hopes that S.C. Democrats again can compete against Republicans for congressional seats and statewide offices, and help them lay the groundwork for picking up support among Lowcountry voters in 2014.
A loss, some say, could emphasize just how difficult a statewide win for a Democrat will be.
A win in a heavily conservative district would be a "great shot in the arm" for the S.C. Democratic Party, said longtime Democratic consultant Lachlan McIntosh. "Even if it's close, it shows we can compete with Republicans," he added.
Democrats are eyeing the governor's race in 2014, expecting a rematch between Gov. Nikki Haley, a Lexington Republican, and state Sen. Vincent Sheheen, a Kershaw Democrat.
Haley beat Sheheen 51 percent to 47 percent in 2010, with Haley taking the Upstate and much of the Lowcountry. Sheheen won in the Midlands and in Charleston County, the Lowcountry population center.
Colbert Busch and Sanford are competing to fill the seat left vacant by Republican Tim Scott's appointment to the U.S. Senate after Jim DeMint resigned. Whoever wins will face another election in 2014.
Some Republican activists in the 1st District are not thrilled about Sanford's candidacy. But if Sanford loses, they expect to easily reclaim the seat in 2014, said Scott Buchanan, a political scientist at The Citadel in Charleston.
A loss for Colbert Busch could hurt Democrats more. "If the Democrats cannot win against someone with the baggage of Mark Sanford, it's pretty dismal in the immediate future for Democrats across the state," Buchanan said.
Forget the tea leaves
S.C. political observers say a win for Colbert Busch would mean very little for predicting how the district will vote in the future. Special elections — driven by a candidate's ability to motivate voters, including party faithful — are not reliable gauges for other elections, they say.
The 1st District race also has unique circumstances.
Colbert Busch is the sister of television star Stephen Colbert, who has given the race air time on his Comedy Central show and campaigned for his sister. With support from national Democrats, Colbert Busch's campaign has outspent Sanford's by a wide margin, a point Republicans have tried to turn against her.
Sanford, a savvy campaigner whose Tea-Party-before-there-was-a-Tea-Party brand of fiscal conservatism was wildly popular among the GOP base, has had his share of campaign challenges beyond asking voters to forgive his transgressions while governor, including an affair with an Argentinian woman and ethics violations.
Sanford's camp also has had to deal with a recently surfaced charge of trespassing on his ex-wife Jenny Sanford's property.
How much that charge has hurt Sanford will be clearer Tuesday.
Polls immediately after the news of Sanford's trespassing charge showed Colbert Busch with a 9-point lead, but a survey released Sunday night showed Sanford with a slight edge.
Sanford's past is the only reason Colbert Busch, who Sanford has tried to tie to labor unions and U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, is competitive in the district, Buchanan said. "Everything being held equal, she nor any other Democrat would stand a chance."
Laying the 2014 groundwork
A Colbert Busch win could give Democrats a "toe-hold" along the coast and in Charleston, one of the state's most populated areas and a key to winning a statewide office, said Dave Woodard, a GOP consultant and Clemson University political scientist.
A Colbert Busch win could lay the foundation for Sheheen to campaign in the Lowcountry, where there are potential swing voters more interested in fiscal principles than social issues.
"That's a base to build from in one of the biggest population areas along the coast," Woodard said.
Gov. Haley, whose travel schedule shows frequent stops in the Lowcountry, also sees potential "swing" votes in the area, said Tim Pearson, one of Haley's political consultants.
Pearson said a Colbert Busch win is unlikely. But if she prevails, it will have little impact on Haley's campaign, which will focus on her record and on reaching voters around the state, he said.
'Close is saying something'
The S.C. Democratic Party's newly elected chairman, Jaime Harrison, said the fact that the 1st District race is "razor thin" means Democrats are capable of competing in a district that went to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney by 18 percentage points.
That means there will be a heated contest for the district in 2014.
"Democrats win regardless of the result of the election," Harrison said.
"The fact that Colbert Busch even makes it close is saying something," said McIntosh, the Democratic consultant. "She's got a great chance."
That will help recruit candidates for statewide and local races, McIntosh said.
But a loss could be hard felt by Democrats, some say.
"If she loses, it gets harder to recruit the next candidate for these races," especially "if a seemingly good candidate like her doesn't win," said University of South Carolina political scientist Mark Tompkins.
"If Sanford wins, the Democratic Party is in real trouble in South Carolina," Woodard said. "It's hard to get good candidates to run if they know they're going to lose because people are going to pull the 'R' no matter who's on the ballot."
Sanford's 'metaphorical shower'
Colbert Busch faces the prospect of being a one-term congresswoman if she wins Tuesday.
A Sanford loss would lead to a "long line of folks willing to take (Colbert Busch) on in 2014," Tompkins said, adding that could help the Democrat. "Inadvertently, a bunch of candidates competing for the seat could create a similar thing we had this time" — with a crowded field of GOP contenders wearing each other out.
If Sanford wins, he will likely hold the seat, Tompkins added.
He will have a year to "get married" and let voters forget his flaws.
A Sanford win will be "like a metaphorical shower for him," Tompkins said. "It washes away some of the irritating thoughts we have about Mark Sanford."
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A fading country star (Connie Britton, "Friday Night Lights") must tour with an ambitious teen starlet (Hayden Panettiere, "Heroes") per her record label's orders. There's also family drama when her influential, estranged father (Powers Boothe, "24") backs her husband (Eric Close, "Without a Trace"), against her wishes, in the Nashville mayoral race.
A family moves to an exclusive gated community and discover that all their neighbors are aliens. They also find that marital and parental problems aren't exclusive to humans. Starring Jami Gertz ("Still Standing") and Lenny Venito ("The Knights of Prosperity").
A widow (Radha Mitchell, "Silent Hill") must take over her assassinated husband's role in a crime syndicate to protect her family and reveal the truth about his death. Also stars Luke Goss ("Hell Boy II"), Lee Tergesen ("Oz") and Jamie Ray Newman ("Eastwick").
A paranormal magazine publisher (Anthony Edwards, "E.R.") is thrust into one of the world's greatest conspiracies when his wife (Jacinda Barrett, "Poseidon") is abducted. He must race against the clock to find her and save humanity, too. Also stars Michael Nyqvist (star of the Swedish "Girl with the Dragon Tattooo" films), Scott Michael Foster ("Greek") and Carmen Ejogo ("Chaos").
Series premieres: "Breaking Pointe," 8 p.m. Thursday, CW (professional ballet); "Longmire," 10 p.m. Sunday, A&E (contemporary Western).
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Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy I am pleased today to hold this hearing on the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2002, legislation to permit current and retired Federal, State and local law enforcement officers to carry their firearms to be prepared to assist in dangerous situations. I am proud that 29 Senators - including Senator Baucus, who joins us today as a witness, and Members of the Judiciary Committee, Senators Thurmond, McConnell, Edwards, Feinstein, Grassley, Sessions, Brownback, Cantwell, DeWine, and Harkin - have joined Senator Hatch and me to cosponsor this bill in an effort to make our communities safer and to better protect law enforcement officers and their families. I introduced this measure as a companion to H.R. 218, sponsored by Representative Cunningham, who is joining today to testify on the bill's behalf. The House bill has garnered 267 cosponsors from both sides of the aisle. In both the House and the Senate there is strong bipartisan support for this legislation. It is strongly supported by the Fraternal Order of Police. There are approximately 740,000 sworn law enforcement officers currently serving in the United States. Since the first recorded police death in 1792, there have been more than 16,000 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. A total of 1,789 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty over the last decade, an average of 180 deaths per year. In 2001 alone, there were 232 police deaths, representing a 49 percent increase from the 156 officers who died in 2000. Roughly 5 percent of officers who die are killed taking law enforcement action while in an off-duty capacity. On average, more than 62,000 law enforcement officers are assaulted each year, resulting in some 21,000 injuries. Until last year, violent crime in this country had declined each of the preceding 8 years. Indeed, it had fallen by 40 percent from a high of 4 million violent crimes in 1993. This dramatic decline, though, has come at a heavy price. Community policing and the outstanding work of so many law enforcement officers were vital keys in our crime control efforts. Unfortunately, last year the downward trend in violent crime did not continue and violent crime turned upward. The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2002 is designed to protect officers and their families from vindictive criminals and to allow thousands of equipped, trained and certified law enforcement officers, whether on- or off-duty or retired, to carry concealed firearms in most situations, thus enabling them to respond immediately to a crime. Many members of the law enforcement community feel that such national legislation is necessary due to the patchwork of conceal-carry laws in State and local jurisdictions. I submit for the record letters of support for S. 2480 from a variety of Vermont law enforcement officials, including Chief Osburn Glidden of Williston, and Officer Wade Johnson of Hinesburg. I also state for the record that I have received calls of support for this measure from Chief Trevor Whipple of Barre, and Captain Robert Hawke, the President of the Vermont Police Association. I also submit for the record a statement endorsing this legislation from the National Organization of Police Organizations, and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers. Off-duty and retired officers should be permitted to carry their firearms across State and other jurisdictional lines, at no cost to taxpayers, in order better to serve and protect our communities. Our bill would permit qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers across the nation to carry concealed firearms in most situations. It also preserves, however, any State law that permits citizens from restricting a concealed firearm on private property and preserves any State law that restricts the possession of a firearm on State or local government property. To qualify for the bill's uniform standards a law enforcement officer must be authorized to use a firearm by the law enforcement agency where he or she works, be in good standing with that agency, and meet any standards established by that agency to regularly qualify to use a firearm. A qualified retired law enforcement officer under the bill must have retired in good standing, been employed at least five years as a law enforcement officer unless forced to retire due to a service-related injury, have a non-forfeitable right to benefits under the law enforcement agency's retirement plan, and annually complete a State-approved firearms training course. As a result, our bipartisan legislation maintains the State or local jurisdiction's power to determine whether a law enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer is qualified in the use of a firearm. As a former State prosecutor, I know that law enforcement officers are never "off-duty." They are dedicated public servants trained to uphold the law and keep the peace. When there is a threat to the peace or to our public safety, law enforcement officers are sworn to answer that call. The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act enables law enforcement officers across the nation to be armed and prepared when they answer that call, no matter where, when, or in what form it comes. I look forward to hearing testimony today on this legislation. I want to thank, in particular, my good friend and the President of the Fraternal Order of Police, Steve Young of Ohio, for being with us today. His dedication on this matter has led all of us to focus on this measure that will help make our communities safer and protect those who are sworn to guard and serve the American public. It is my hope that we can consider and pass this legislation without delay to make our communities safer and to better protect law enforcement officers and their families. |


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A: As a Full-Service Florida Marketing Agency, we focus on serving clients in four main areas: Travel & Leisure, Home Services & Real Estate, Retail Consumer Goods & Services, Medical & Professional Services.
As a Florida Marketing Agency we work in an amazing business environment blessed by some of the world's most beautiful natural resources and the unique, creative individuals attracted to them.
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Inevitably, as people who come to play, decide to stay, a robust travel industry leads to massive construction & real estate development. Operating in the highly competitive Florida real estate, construction & home services markets, our Florida marketing agency helps Florida real estate, construction & home services brands grow their business.
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Q: When your Florida Marketing Agency takes on a new client, what happens?
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Quenzel & Associates starts by conducting Q&A Voice of the Customer Research. This is our Florida Marketing Agency's proprietary process for Brand Marketing Research. It helps us identify and understand how different groups of people (who seek different benefits & assess risks differently) perceive their competitive choices relative to the client's brand. This process allows us to identify a client's core customers (Highest-Volume, Highest-Value, Highest-Loyalty, Most-Vocal Brand Advocates) and uncover new & unique insights into this critical segment for growth.
Next, We Turn Customer Insights into a Brand Marketing Strategy.
New insights about the core customer's belief system and expectations drive the strategic direction. By clearly identifying and segmenting the 'core' customer from the 'consumption' customer, understanding what each customer segment truly values and comparing how each customer segment views the client's brand relative to other brands that offer the same or similar benefits, we lay a solid, data-driven, fact-based, foundation for defining the best way to win in the marketplace.
No business was ever successful without a growing base of loyal repeat customers. Our approach focuses on growing a client's base of loyal repeat customers and driving more business from the client's loyal repeat customers.
While every client & business situation is different, our Florida marketing agency's observed & learned that the most reliable way to build a client's business is to build the client's Brand Reputation. After all, the more consumers feel your brand (business) is the best solution for their particular needs; the bigger your business will become.
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A client's brand identity and brand message is often the first 'touch-point' in a prospective customer's experience with the brand. Working from a data-driven, fact-based brand marketing brief we provide creative thought-leadership to energize your Brand Promise, Brand Position, Brand Messaging Architecture & Brand Identity to grow your business efficiently, effectively and Fast.
Our approach isolates the big ideas to motivate consumer behavior change. By quantifying the most important elements of a client's Marketing Mix and Brand Value Proposition, our Florida Marketing Agency can identify the key drivers of brand choice within a category, measure the relative value customers place on the various aspects of a client's offering and determine which elements of a clients brand value proposition customers' perceive as noticeably different & better than the competition.
Finally, your dedicated Marketing Agency Team in Florida provides crisp execution of the Plan and Integrated Marketing, Website & Internet Marketing Tracking & Reporting
Great brands align their actions. This discipline is reflected in their strategy, products, service, communications, recruiting, training and physical atmosphere.
Our Florida Marketing Agency's approach integrates your brand marketing across the entire customer experience. We ensure execution of the strategy through all the business disciplines and with all customer touch-points, offers, actions and communications.
We measure your brand marketing's impact on your business results daily. We report results in a joint Agency-Client Monthly Brand Marketing Metrics review.
Q: Where can I learn more about how your full-service Marketing Agency in Florida can help my business Get More Customers?
A: The Fun Answer is come and visit our Marketing Agency in Florida. We would love to introduce you to our team, our process and, of course, our mascot Jaz.
Just click the links if you would like to learn a little more about our Florida Marketing Agency's basic approach to Branding & Brand Strategy, Marketing & Marketing Strategy, Web Design & Web Strategy or Internet Marketing & Internet Marketing Strategy.
We've also included some basic information about our Florida Marketing Agency's approach to Customer Acquisition & Customer Acquisition Strategy, Customer Experience & Customer Experience Strategy and Customer Loyalty & Customer Loyalty Strategy. Again, just click on the links.
For more timely or topical information about Branding, Marketing, Web Design, Internet Marketing, Customer Acquisition, Customer Experience or Customer Loyalty, please visit our Florida Marketing Agency's Blog. (See Below)
Q: Why should I work with a full-service Marketing Agency in Florida to Get More Customers?
A: When you need to find new ways to win in the marketplace, our Florida Marketing Agency will help you Get More Customers.
Running an Marketing Agency in Florida, we've observed first-hand how the natural resources that make Florida one of the world's most desirable places to visit, also make Florida one of the most desirable places to live and work. The 'came to play, but decided to stay' factor creates an environment that's very conducive to attracting and retaining some of the best Branding, Marketing, Web Design & Internet Marketing talent in the industry. We bring that talent to your marketing efforts.
Month after month, our Florida Marketing Agency helps a variety of brand owners, brand managers, brand advertisers & internet brands grow their business with fresh, fact-based & measurable branding, marketing, web design & internet marketing ideas.
What really distinguishes our Florida Marketing Agency is the monthly Q&A Marketing Metrics results report we provide each client on the effectiveness & cost-efficiency of our various branding, advertising, web design & internet marketing efforts on their behalf.
Q: How does your Marketing Agency measure results?
A: Q&A Marketing Metrics is our Florida Marketing Agency's unique, powerful and proprietary results analysis process for understanding a client's return on their marketing investment. Q&A Marketing Metrics provide clients a documented, fact-based method for making better creative, media & spending decisions.
Q&A provides every client with Q&A Marketing Metrics for the express purpose of improving management's visibility into their marketing investment and to enable continuous marketing performance improvement.
Q&A Marketing Metrics are a fact-based approach that brings 'fresh-eyes' and adds new perspective to our client's marketing performance. It summarizes the most critical marketing investment choices in a monthly marketing results review, which enables your team to grasp the inter-relationships of marketing investment choices. It also provides a framework for making the best strategic choices and trade-offs between competing marketing investments.
For each client, we develop specific criterion that directly links their marketing investment to their business results. We start by identifying those measures most appropriate to monitoring performance against specific objectives and that provide the most useful information for future marketing investment decision-making.
The selection of specific effectiveness, efficiency and customer satisfaction performance measures is a central part of Q&A's Marketing & Marketing Metrics process. In addition, we deploy those Metrics that help diagnose problems and/or identify new opportunities.
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Each Q&A Brand Marketing Audit includes a deep-dive into both the background and history of the key challenges affecting your business. Working one-on-one with a client's leadership team we also identify or develop the critical Business/Brand performance metrics, which we use to measure progress against the desired Business/Brand performance.
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Q&A Brand Marketing Audit – Key Deliverables.
A full Q&A Brand Marketing Audit includes the following:
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- Q&A Associate Survey
- Q&A Voice of the Customer Research
- Q&A Voice of the Customer Competitive Perceptions
- Q&A Brand Marketing Audit – Final Report.
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Google Announces 'Fundamental' Adwords Change.
To ensure our clients get more customers, at our Advertising Agency we council clients on the need to carefully integrate their Branding, Advertising, Web Design and Internet Marketing efforts to deliver the Right Message, to the Right Audience, at the Right Time, with the Right Offer. This approach requires significant co-ordination, but always pays-off in terms of superior results.
Today, Google made it quite a bit easier to make sure your Pay-Per-Click campaigns do just that with their decision to make Google AdWords campaigns 'Device Independent.' That means Internet Marketers no longer need to establish different campaigns for mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers. While you'll no longer need to set-up different campaigns for each device, you will be able to 'target' mobile devices through the bidding process.
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