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Medal Of Honor Recipient Corporal Larry E. Smedley
Carl | September 14, 2012
(Part of a continuing series of articles spotlighting United States Marines who have been awarded America's highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor.)
From the Presidential Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a squad leader with Company D, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division, in connection with operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam.
On the evenings of 20–21 December 1967, Corporal Smedley led his six-man squad to an ambush site at the mouth of Happy Valley, near Phouc Ninh (2) in Quang Nam Province. Later that night, an estimated 100 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army Regulars, carrying 122 mm rocket launchers and mortars, were observed moving toward Hill 41.
Realizing this was a significant enemy move to launch an attack on the vital Danang complex, Corporal Smedley immediately took sound and courageous action to stop the enemy threat.
After he radioed for a reaction force, he skillfully maneuvered his men to a more advantageous position and led an attack on the numerically superior enemy force.
A heavy volume of fire from an enemy machine gun positioned on the left flank of the squad inflicted several casualties on Corporal Smedley's unit. Simultaneously, an enemy rifle grenade exploded nearby, wounding him in the right foot and knocking him to the ground.
Corporal Smedley disregarded this serious injury and valiantly struggled to his feet, shouting words of encouragement to his men.
He fearlessly led a charge against the enemy machine gun emplacement, firing his rifle and throwing grenades until he was again struck by enemy fire and knocked to the ground.
Gravely wounded and weak from loss of blood, he rose and commenced a one-man assault against the enemy position.
Although his aggressive and singlehanded attack resulted in the destruction of the machine gun, he was struck in the chest by enemy fire and fell mortally wounded.
Corporal Smedley's inspiring and courageous actions, bold initiative, and selfless devotion to duty in the face of certain death were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
He gallantly gave his life for his country.
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In a game that will not be mistaken for a classic — or an average affair for that matter — Manchester United outclass Arsenal in a thoroughly convincing win at Old Trafford.
- It didn't take long for Robin van Persie to haunt his former club, capitalizing on a horrible Thomas Vermaelen mistake and placing a perfect strike in the left corner. It was a disastrous start for an Arsenal side that was already thin on belief. While much of the focus will be placed on Vermaelen's howler, van Persie did extremely well. That's why you don't sell your best player to a rival – a conversation for another day. van Persie's subdued celebration seemed almost apologetic. Class on his part.
- When the team sheets were announced the twitterati howled at the Andre Santos – Antonio Valencia match up. The predicted bloodbath came to fruition. Santos' performance was less than poor, flailing at Valencia on repeated occasions. To cap a terrible half, the Brazilian took van Persie's shirt as the two teams walked to the tunnel. The fact that he took the field after the break was embarrassing.
- Arsenal settled in after the opening minute shocker, but their inability to penetrate a less than stellar United defense was a harbinger of things to come. Wayne Rooney kept Mikel Arteta in his pocket all game — when Arteta is shutdown Arsenal go to sleep.
- Both teams were incredibly sloppy in the first half. United continued to dominate the right flank, but failed to add to their lead. Wayne Rooney's penalty miss at the end of the half summed up the poor quality of play. Why van Persie didn't take the kick was mind boggling.
- The final 45 began with Arsenal supporters chanting 'Theo" and "Wenger sort it out." Another Vermaelen blunder led to an excellent chance for United that was bungled by Valencia. The fact that he is the captain should not render the Belgian undroppable. He needs to sit.
- Walcott did take the field, replacing a hobbled Aaron Ramsey. Arsenal began to create chances — relative to the first half at least, they failed to register a shot on goal until injury time. The red devils continued to play with sloppy malaise, gifting Arsenal the ball on several occasions.
- The battle between Tom Cleverley and Jack Wilshere provided the most interesting tactical battle of the match. Both on yellows, the English pair were to lucky to escape reds after rash challenges early in the half. Ferguson opted to replace Cleverley before he drew a second yellow. Wenger left Wilshere in — not that he had much choice. The Arsenal midfielder would be sent off soon later. Wilshere was lucky he didn't draw a red before that point.
- The home side would seal the result in the 67th minute. Ashley Young found van Persie alone in the box, drawing an excellent save from Vito Mannone — Arsenal's best player on this day — though the play looked to be slightly off side. Off the ensuing corner Rooney found Patrice Evra, whose header killed any fight left in the Gunners.
- Santi Cazorla added a goal for the Gunners in injury time, but the scoreline was kind to Arsenal. This was an awful performance from a club mired in an identity crisis. In some ways this was worse than the 8-2 thrashing last year. That game could be explained by the absence of many key players from the Gunners starting lineup. The players Wenger will rely this season were all there today. Before the game Harry Redknapp said Arsenal achieving fourth with this squad would be Wenger's greatest achievement. I don't think he's wrong.
- Manchester United move top of the table — at least for now — and continue their excellent league form. The trio of Rooney, Young and Valencia were terrific, exposing Arsenal's lack of width and eliminating the threat of Arteta and Cazorla.
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2. Antonio Valencia
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I wanted to take closeups of my flowers but my HP PhotoSmart only does zoom - nothing about closeups. Someone suggested the Cannon Powershot w/macro settings. I've been to at least 8 stores that carry cameras and no one knew what I was talking about. All the digitals I looked at came with zoom but none with a micro/macro-setting for closeups. Is there another name for cameras that take closeups? Are special lens needed for digital cameras for clear crisp closeups? What kind of camera are you guys using and how is it set to take close-ups with only zoom lenses? I'd love to get some close ups of my orchids and cactus flowers this spring. |
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I have 3 digital cameras and the only one that does not need a special macro lens or adaptor to take photos like you want is my Olympus 3000, it has a macro setting on it. It takes great macros, my other two digitals are Canon EOS Digital Rebel and Canon Powershot S3-IS, and they both need a macro lens and/or adaptor to take close-up shots. |
- Posted by greenhouser (My Page) on Mon, Dec 17, 07 at 21:22
minrose Thank you Minrose. That's what I suspected. A special lens or camera would be needed. |
- Posted by sierra_z2b (My Page) on Tue, Dec 18, 07 at 11:33
greenhouser, May I suggest that you try using your zoom. What you need to do is find out the closest you can get your camera lens to your subject....and still get a focus. What you are trying to do, is fill the frame with your subject. Some cameras have capabilities to let you get really close some don't have this feature. Move your camera closer without zooming and see what happens. Be sure you can still get a focus. You also may want to try the portrait setting on your camera and see if that does what you want. The second option you have without buying a new camera is to take your photo at the highest resolution your camera will allow......then crop your photo in an image editor. Crop to make the subject fills the frame if you can. Once you crop, you can resize your photo. Most basic image editors will allow you to do this. The resolution of your camera will determine the size you can make your photo in an image editor. If you stretch it to far it will look pixelated. Micro is a term used by Nikon for their Macro lenses. I believe Canon uses the term Macro. I don't know of any other name for cameras or camera equipment for Macro. So when asking about this, ask about macro capabilites. Don't be surprised if you get weird answers...not everyone that sells cameras knows their products. Some point and shoot cameras have an extra macro lens that can be attached. The flower setting, usually gives you shallow depth of field.....which means the flower or bug will be in focus but the back ground will be blurred out. DSLR's have macro lenses, extention tubes, tele extenders and macro filters that can be used.You can also use a reverse lens, if you want to get into some really interesting macro photography. I hope this helps, it can be very confusing when you are first starting out with these things. |
- Posted by greenhouser (My Page) on Tue, Dec 18, 07 at 21:29
sierra_z2b Yes, it's very confusing. I know almost nothing about cameras. I will try what you suggested. So far all the close-ups taken with this HP315 have been blurry or overexposed or both. I just got the manual today and read part of it. There's very little info about close-ups. The portrait thing may work. I think it has a portrait setting. I have PhotoDeluxe to work on pics so that's no problem. :) |
- Posted by sierra_z2b (My Page) on Wed, Dec 19, 07 at 14:18
greenhouser, I was looking on a store website and found this. It looks like Tiffen offers a lens adaptor for the HP Photosmart C315 Digital Camera. and they also offer a +18 closeup lens. This is a filter that will let you get close to your subject. I am also not sure if this is your exact camera or not..but you could look into it...if this is what you are looking for. Since you have the manual now....it should tell you what accessories are available for your camera. If you have a good camera store with knowledgeable staff near you, they should be able to look this up and give you the information you need and order it in for you. Mostly if your photos are blurry it comes from two sources. I am also assuming in this case that the overexposed comes from the camera being on the wrong setting and being to close to the subject. If you are using a flash, what is happening is that the flash light is bouncing off your subject and right back into your camera lens....overexposing your picture. Do you have a library near you? There are several books available that explains Macro and Closeup photography, perhaps your library has them......or can get them in for you. Another source of infomation is a photo club...is there one in your area. Usually people in photo clubs are very generous with their knowledge. Good Luck! |
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Set in one of the country's most picturesque and peaceful locations, the Best Western Frensham Pond Hotel overlooks the beautiful Frensham Great Pond, which is actually the size of a lake. Local attractions of the city include Farnham Castle, Guildford Cathedral, Yvonne Arnand Theatre, Sussex, Hampshire, Aldershot, Godalming and Bordon.
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Since Carson Palmer rode the pine for the Bengals for his entire rookie season, I've found myself wondering if it is truly beneficial to a quarterback to spend much of that first year on the bench. Many experts will tell you that this is absolutely the case, that being able to stand on the sidelines and carry a clipboard allows the quarterback valuable time to learn the offense and get a feel for the flow of the game. Others, however, live by the theory that the best way to learn is to do; therefore, every play a quarterback runs in an actual game is beneficial to his development.
The following method is fairly unscientific, but hopefully it helps draw a conclusion or two. To begin, I took every current starting quarterback in the NFL (in a perfect world, I would have gone back and looked at every quarterback drafted in the last ten or so years, especially the first rounders, but I'm not getting THAT into this right now), then used Yahoo! to find out how many games each played in his rookie season. The quarterbacks were then grouped into three lists: those who played eight or more games as a rookie, those who played one to seven games, and those who did not play at all. Those lists are as follows:
Note: italics denote the player is a 2006 rookie.
Eight Or More (12): Matt Leinart (Arizona), Michael Vick (Atlanta), David Carr (Houston), Peyton Manning (Indianapolis), Byron Leftwich (Jacksonville), Joey Harrington (originally with Detroit), Eli Manning (New York Giants), Donovan McNabb (Philadelphia), Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh), Alex Smith (San Francisco), Bruce Gradkowski (Tampa Bay), Vince Young (Tennessee)
One To Seven (12): Steve McNair (originally with Tennessee), J.P. Losman (Buffalo), Jake Delhomme (Carolina), Rex Grossman (Chicago), Charlie Frye (Cleveland), Jake Cutler (Denver), Jon Kitna (Detroit, then with Seattle), Brett Favre (Green Bay, then with Atlanta), Tom Brady (New England), Drew Brees (originally with San Diego), Chad Pennington (New York Jets), Philip Rivers (San Diego)
Did Not Play (8): Carson Palmer (Cincinnati), Tony Romo (Dallas), Trent Green (drafted by San Diego and debuted with Washington), Brad Johnson (Minnesota), Aaron Brooks (Oakland, then with New Orleans), Matt Hasselbeck (originally with Green Bay), Jason Campbell (Washington), Marc Bulger (St. Louis)
Three rookies have played eight or more games already this season, with first round picks Matt Leinart and Vince Young taking the reins in Arizona and Tennessee, respectively, and sixth rounder Bruce Gradkowski being pressed into service following Chris Simms' injury early in the season. The remaining nine quarterbacks on that list present a mixed bag, with one surefire Hall of Famer (Peyton Manning), one guy who will stir some debate when his career is over (McNabb), six who might turn out to be journeymen or all-time greats (Vick, Carr, Leftwich, Roethlisberger, Smith and Eli Manning), and one who is hoping a change of scenery will jumpstart an otherwise mediocre career (Harrington). Given this, it appears that teams should be more careful about allowing quarterbacks to accumulate significant playing time early in their careers – in most cases, it does not reap positive results.
The group of QBs who played one to seven games in their rookie seasons only includes one rookie, Jay Cutler of Denver, who missed inclusion in the first category because Mike Shanahan stuck with Jake Plummer for about three weeks too long. Another player, Philip Rivers, is the type of guy for whom this type of debate was created: he sat behind Drew Brees for nearly two full seasons, appearing in just four games total before getting a chance to start this season and flourishing with a 96.3 passer rating through thirteen games. In that respect he is not that different from his Brees, who played one game as a rookie before earning the starting role in 2002, and McNair, who was a top five pick in 1995 and played just thirteen games over his first two seasons in the league.
The most celebrated late round pick in recent history is Tom Brady, who went late in the sixth round in 2000 and sat for almost his entire rookie season before stepping in for the injured Drew Bledsoe in 2001 and establishing himself as the leader of one of the NFL's great dynasties. He will be joined in the Hall of Fame one day by Favre, the Packers legend who was originally drafted by Atlanta before being traded to Green Bay after attempting just five passes for the Falcons in 1991. On the other end of the spectrum are a handful of guys who show some brilliance at times – Delhomme has a Super Bowl appearance on his resume, Grossman was the MVP of the NFL through four games this season, Kitna was a dependable starter before losing the Cincinnati job to Carson Palmer – but have never proven that they can perform consistently as NFL quarterbacks.
Of the final group, the only player who was drafted into a starting position and held out to learn the position was Palmer, who sat behind Kitna for a full season before being handed the job by coach Marvin Lewis in 2004. Only four of the remaining seven are still with their original teams (although Johnson left Minnesota, played for a few other teams, then returned for this tour of duty). Hasselbeck and Green are the proven stars of the group – each has played six seasons with his current team, with Hasselbeck leading the Seahawks to a Super Bowl appearance last season and Green putting up outstanding passing numbers for the Chiefs – and Romo has emerged as a quality player in Dallas.
After looking over the above lists, it seems evident that the middle group, in which guys played a handful of games as rookies before taking over a starting job, was the one in which the most successful of the current starting quarterbacks resided. With the possible exception of J.P. Losman and Charlie Frye, both of whom are still young, there are no real duds to be found.
Just remember: if an NFL team ever hires me to coach or run their football operations, and I insert a rookie quarterback into a starting role, forget you ever read this.
All career information courtesy of Yahoo!
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I've come to a sad realization lately: my closet kind of sucks. I played along last month with Freckles in April's winter fashion challenge—each day, Kayla gave a theme or an idea to inspire us to put together an outfit. The goal was to help us look at our closets in a new way, try new clothing combinations we hadn't tried before, get out of a style rut and go for something different. While most participants commented throughout the challenge about how inspired they were and how much they were loving all the new possibilities they found in their closets, I've gotta tell you that an unfortunate lesson I learned was how little usable clothing I have. It was definitely helpful and fun to have a push to put more effort into my appearance and experiment with style, but I hadn't realized that I own almost nothing with color or pattern or personality, not to mention that hardly anything I own really fits or flatters me. Quite sad.
The first big problem with my closet that I decided to address was a lack of pants that fit well. I hadn't fully realized until I was taking a daily outfit photo that all of my pants look like clown pants. What I really wanted was just one pair of great-fitting skinny jeans. I remembered a pair of jeans I've had for a few years—I used to work at Maurices, where I once scored a pair of Silver jeans (which sell for something like $75-100+) for less than $10. Only problem: even though the fit was great, they had really big, goofy flare legs. Bootcut jeans are one thing, but these were in a league of their own. It's going to take a lot of convincing to make me feel okay about wearing bellbottoms, so even though I've owned these jeans for at least 3 or 4 years and really love the way they fit, I've only worn them a few times.
I've seen tutorials here and there to turn bootcut or flared jeans into skinnies, so I decided to give it a try with my underworn Silvers. I read a lot of tutorials and instructions on how to make the switch before I got started, and they were all so different and left me a little confused about what to do—some of the tips and instructions listed in certain tutorials were specifically mentioned as "don'ts" in others; some were incredibly involved and laborious while others seemed deceptively simple. It was pretty confusing . . . I didn't want to potentially ruin the only nice-fitting pair of jeans I own, so I thought it might be helpful for others who have thought about McGuyvering their jeans to hear what I did and how it turned out. None of these ideas/instructions are my own . . . I pieced them together from a few different tutorials I found online (the ones I found the most helpful were these instructions from Mmmcrafts, this one from Borderline, and this post on hemming jeans from Sew Much Ado). I read many more sets of instructions than those, but those are the tutorials that I found the most useful and practical.
I started by putting the jeans on inside out and pinning the fabric along the outer seam, starting about mid-thigh and working down toward the ankle. This was a point of confusion for me—some tutorials said to only alter the inner seam, where your changes would be less noticeable; some said to only alter the seam that isn't topstitched (usually the outer seam); and some said to alter the fit equally along both inner and outer seams. I decided that altering the outer seam made the most sense to me . . . I knew I couldn't replicate the look of the heavy topstitching on the inner seam, so I didn't dare touch it.
Anyway, I just worked my way down the leg, holding the outer seam as flat as possible and pinning where I wanted the new seam to go. I took the jeans off and used a pen and ruler to mark a straight, gradual line along the pins that I could follow, and started sewing (make sure to use a heavy-duty needle!). I started at the bottom of the leg and worked my way up. I think the most important point to take away from the many tutorials out there is to make sure your stitch line is smooth and gradual, and to blend it as smoothly and seamlessly as possible into the original stitch line when you reach the point along the thigh where you began pinning.
This is what my pants looked like with one leg skinnified. (And yes, I'm standing on a bucket in my bathroom. This is why you don't keep your tripod in your baby's bedroom . . . he'll inevitably be napping when it's project picture time. It's also a good lesson on the importance of buying a full-length mirror next time I'm out.) You can see, about mid-thigh, where I didn't do a very good job of blending the new seam line into the old seam line—there's some awkward puckering and bulging along the outer seam a few inches above my knee. I went back and sewed it again, making a longer, more gradual stitch line that blended less noticeably into the original seam, and it looks much more natural now.
Here's what the stitch line looked like from the inside. One point I was confused about when I began was the "bowleg" issue. Many tutorials recommended using a pair of skinny jeans as a tailoring guide, and lining up the inner seam of the skinnies with the inner seam of the bootcuts, then marking along the outside of the skinnies to get our new seam line. My confusion was that this causes a sort of curved leg—unless you're taking material off both sides of the jeans, matching up the inner seams will leave you with a skinny leg that curves inward as it follows the inner seam of the flare (as you can see in my picture ab0ve). Maybe a professional seamstress would notice the difference, but in my case, I can't tell (nor do I care) that the legs are curved at the bottom. Once you're wearing the jeans, they're straightened out over your legs, so it hardly matters and no one will ever notice. Sew on!
Try the jeans on after sewing before you cut off the extra fabric to make sure you like the fit and can easily get your foot in and out. If something doesn't look or fit right, adjust. If you like it, cut off the extra material and zig-zag stitch over the raw edges. Instead of fitting and pinning for the second leg, I just folded the first leg over the second one and used it as a guide.
I had never realized before just how long these jeans are! I used Sew Much Ado's hemming tutorial (which uses the original hem for a more natural look) to take them up so they hit just below the ankles—a good length for flats and heels.
(Since I get a comment asking where these shoes are from every time they sneak into a picture . . . I got them a few months ago at KMart, of all places. They were on clearance, so they might not still be there now, but it's worth a shot!)
You can see the new, altered seam pretty well in that last picture above—the old seam at the top of the leg looks more "original," and my new seam line comes in just above the knee.
Overall, here are my thoughts on skinnifying bootcut jeans:
- I'll never hem jeans any other way—Sew Much Ado's method is fast, straightforward, and leaves the hemline looking very natural and unaltered. Definitely give it a shot if you have some jeans that need to be hemmed!
- Although I can tell that these jeans look altered now, I'm very happy with how they came out, especially considering how little time and effort I spent on them. At some point, alterations don't feel worth the work to me . . . if I'm going to be spending very much time, I'd rather just go buy something new that won't need any work done. But this project was pretty quick and simple—just pinning and sewing with a few little modifications afterwards to adjust any odd spots—and I'm not at all bothered by the look of the new, altered seam. I was worried that they'd come out looking too "homemade" and I'd be embarrassed to wear them, but I'm definitely happy with how they turned out . . . I'm not sure anyone would ever notice that they don't still have the original seam on the outer leg.
- I would definitely do this project again. It turned a pair of jeans that had been neglected and ignored for the past few years into my new favorite pair. They fit like a glove and I've worn them almost every day since I altered them. That's a success in my book.


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In 2009 Congressman Dingell introduced H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Care for America Act. The House passed Dingell's bill later that year, and in early 2010 President Obama signed into law sweeping health insurance reform. It is in large part thanks to Congressman Dingell that now every American has access to quality, affordable heath care.
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My cedar feeder broke the other day and I don't want to dish out $ for a new one. I was googling around and came across this milk jug bird feeder, I think it's a great idea!
Any other homemade designs that you would like to share? Sharon |
Here is a link that might be useful: Milk Jug Bird Feeder
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- Posted by northspruce z3a MB CDA (My Page) on Wed, Oct 24, 07 at 14:32
I made one like Pudge posted last year, with an old plant hanger and a terracotta pot dish. The birds liked it and it was easy to fill. But it got water in and froze, and fell apart. I wonder if they make frost proof terracotta dishes? |
- Posted by valleyrimgirl 2b (My Page) on Thu, Oct 25, 07 at 0:13
Gillian, you could use a plastic terra colored pot tray/dish and drill holes in the sides for the plant hanger to go through. Also, you could take a smaller drill and drill holes in the bottom of it to let any water through. I use sunflowers for the birds only so, the size of the holes could be a lot larger here than if you used the mixed birdseed because of the size of the millet. The only disadvantage that I can think of is that plastic trays wouldn't be as heavy as the terra cotta ones, but you could put a few rocks in it to add weight. The wind wouldn't blow it around as much then. The birds would still find the birdseed. Brenda |
- Posted by northspruce z3a MB CDA (My Page) on Thu, Oct 25, 07 at 11:28
Good idea Brenda, maybe I could even hang something heavy on the tassel at the bottom of the hanger instead of rocks in the dish. What I liked about this feeder was that the chickadees seem to prefer a more open perch than having to pick through a little slot in my other feeder. Oh and my #1 homemade bird feeder is two volunteer sunflowers, I just left them there and the nuthatches are all over them. That was easy! |
- Posted by valleyrimgirl 2b (My Page) on Thu, Oct 25, 07 at 12:13
Speaking of bird feeding... Yesterday I was sitting at the computer, checking the emails and saw this crawling on the floor of the foyer... I quickly put on my garden gloves and grabbed him and put him outside on top of the limestone pillar. It was about 3C outside. He thought so too!! He sat for a while in a ball and then uncurled himself... This is a regular golf ball that the dogs have chewed on to compare the size of him... A few minutes after the picture with the golf ball...a chickadee came along and picked him up and carried him to the lilac tree branch and had him for lunch. I wasn't able to get a picture of that because the lilac branches were in the way. Brenda |
- Posted by northspruce z3a MB CDA (My Page) on Thu, Oct 25, 07 at 13:09
LOL at the chilly curled up spider! Poor thing. It's a cat face spider, I get huge ones around the back door light but I've never seen one in the house (thank goodness). That's probably a real gourmet meal for a chickadee. |
- Posted by laurie_z3_mb sw MB (My Page) on Thu, Oct 25, 07 at 13:47
Eeeeeewwwwww!!! |
- Posted by valleyrimgirl 2b (My Page) on Thu, Oct 25, 07 at 14:20
Eeeewww! is right. That's why I used the gloves! It is nice to get a name for it. I love the fuzzy legs and multicolors on the legs. Where does the cat face name come from, do you know, Gillian? Brenda |
- Posted by northspruce z3a MB CDA (My Page) on Thu, Oct 25, 07 at 15:26
Apparently they're also called Jewel Spiders. The markings and colouration on them are extremely variable - I get almost white and dark brown ones living right next to each other - but usually you can make out a cat face pattern on their abdomen... you can kinda make it out upside-down on the darker spider on the left here. http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/jewelspd.htm |
Spiders...ick. That milk jug feeder is an excellent idea - I may try my hand at one. I like the terra cotta dish feeder that I fashioned. I've never had trouble with the dishes freezing or cracking, but yeah, they do fill up with water, snow, etc. Mine hold either Niger, Canary Seed or Canola. The House Sparrows never feed from them. I got DH to make a couple of hanging platform feeders that are screened on the bottom. We drilled holes around the outside frame and fed thru a bunch of cord, used a keyring as a hanger. I'm pretty sure I've posted pics of this before. They work well for mostly all birds except the big ones. The House Sparrows initially didn't like all that cord but they've now gotten used to it and feed from there. At least they don't knock all the seed out. Speaking of sunflowers, we dried some heads this year. Last year I just stabbed them onto a nail on the birdfeeding arbor, but this year I used 3 lengths (4', I think) of rebar, poked them in the ground (one straight up and the other 2 at an angle from the same point in the ground) and then put the heads on top of that - tres cool looking. The uses for lengths of rebar never fail to amaze me. I'd like to do another one - a 6' length straight up then 5 shorter ones at an angle around the tall one. Or, 5 different lengths close together all sticking straight up. |
- Posted by konrad___far_north 3 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 26, 07 at 0:00
- Posted by crazy_gardener ~Z2b~ AB Canada (My Page) on Fri, Oct 26, 07 at 2:20
Konard, I really like your 5gallon pail feeder! A person could fill it and not have to worry about feeding every other day. I have a few pails around, I think I'll try it. Sharon |
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But are you going to find it hard to study CIMA in Australia ? Is there much call for CIMA professionals in Oz ?
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vtraudt Posts: 52I have been following the discussion on leasing rates for Audi Q7.
Could someone take the time to explain to a total newby what all leasing terms mean (I kind of understand residual percentage; but what is money factor).
I am going to lease a Q7, trying to get a 4.2. My budget is $700/months for 36 months, 15000/year, zero down. I figure an MSRP of $60-62k should fit that budget?
And where is a good place to look up the dealer invoice?
Ideally, I would like to configure my car, then use the info published here (money factor, residual, MSRP) to massage it until I am close to my budget. Then approach the dealer to quote/find the car.
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vtraudt Posts: 52Trying to understand the lingo and math of leasing. I found the following example calc. Does that work?
Example Calculation Using the Leasing Formula
Let's assume you've decided on 3-year (36 month term) lease of a Toyota Camry XLE that has a sticker price of $24,600 (MSRP).
You've managed to negotiate the price down to $23,000 (Cap Cost). You decide not to make a down payment, but you have a trade-in worth $5000. Your Net Cap Cost is therefore $23,000 - $5000 = $18,000.
Now, the dealer tells you (because you asked) that the Money Factor is .00375 (.00375 x 2400 = 9.0%) and the Residual Percentage is 60% of MSRP. So your Residual amount, in dollars, is .60 x $24,600 = $14,760.
Now let's do the math:
Depreciation Fee = ( $18,000 – $14,760 ) ÷ 36 = $90.00
Finance Fee = ( $18,000 + $14,760 ) × .00375 = $122.85
Monthly Lease Payment = $90.00 + $122.85 = $212.85
(sales tax not included)
Please comment on the above example.
I am going to lease a Q7, budget is $700/months, 36 months, 15,000 mls/year, zero down. Trying to get a 4.2 w/ 20 inch, sunroof, backupcamera, or 4.2 premium.
What would be the factors I should use. Obviously MSRP (I figure $60-62 should get me there), negotiated price (how much should I deduct? Is 5% possible?), what money factor should I use? What residual?
I am in the Lansing/Ann Arbor/West Detroit area.
Where to go to find out the dealer invoice?
Thanks for your help for a lease newbie.
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vtraudt Posts: 52I have put the above math into an excel sheet and run my own example (please comment on the feasability of my numbers):
Car Audi Q7 4.2
Lease time 36 months
mile/yeara 15000
Negotiated 58000
Residual 53 %
Redidual 32860 $
Money Factor 0.00038
Downpayment 0
Net Cap Cost 58000
Depreciationg Fee $698.33
Finance Fee $34.53
Monthly lease payment $732.86
Please comment/correct.
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ny_driver Posts: 18I think an earlier post indicated the current money factor for a 4.2 non premium is at .0007 and the residual is only 50%. This will increase your finance fee slightly and depreciation cost. The rates are still subsidized by Audi but the residual is low.
Also, with no money down, you are capitalizing your taxes and all the other fees that a dealer would tack on (Reg, docs, prep, acq fee) which can be a few bucks.
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mikeoc1 Posts: 46Your expectations are unreasonable. First of all, you have very little chance of getting $4,000 off of MSRP. Second, the residual value is not 53%, it's no higher than 51% right now (52% if you add AudiCare). Third, you are forgetting taxes. A $55,000 3.6 Premium will run you at least $750/month including taxes. You'll be close to $800/month if not over for a $60k+ car.
Zero down just means that there is no cap cost reduction. Expect to pay about $1700 (including 1st month) out the door.
Go to www.edmunds.com to get the invoice pricing. -
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Welcome rmosley001. Generally speaking, dealers are usually willing to give consumers better deals on vehicles that they already have in stock than they are on ordered vehicles. There are two main reasons for this. The first is that dealers are constantly paying floorplan interest on the vehicles that they have in inventory. The sooner they sell the vehicles that they have, the sooner they can stop paying interest on them. The second reason is the old proverb a bird in hand is worth two in the bush. A lot can happen to spoil a deal between the time that an order is placed and when the consumer actually takes delivery. Dealers would always rather finalize a deal ASAP and put it in the books rather than risk losing it. This is not to say that you won't be able to negotiate a good deal on an ordered Audi Q7, just that this is often what happens.
Audi Financial Services charges a $575 acquisition fee on every vehicle that it leases. Individual dealers do not have the authority to waive this charge. The dealer fee is a different story. This essentially is a way for the dealer that you are working with to add additional profit to your deal. Make sure to take it into account as part of your truck's total price when you negotiate its selling price. If the total selling price of the Q7 that you want is less than or similar to what you would have to pay for it at another dealer it doesn't really matter how the deal breaks down.
I always find that savvy consumers who live in areas that have a decent level of competition can beat the TMV price pretty easily. Try stopping by the following discussion to see how much other community members have paid for similar vehicles lately: "Audi Q7: Prices Paid & Buying Experience".
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hey jregan03. Audi's lease program for the Q7 varies by term and mileage allowance. For now I will assume that you are interested in a 36 month lease with 15,000 miles per year. Let me know if you want something different. Audi Financial Services' current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2007 Q7 3.6 Premium with 15,000 miles per year are .00038 and 51%, respectively. The numbers for an otherwise identical lease of a Q7 4.2L Non-Premium model are .00070 and 50%.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi alexc561. The money factor that was used to calculate your lease payment is right in line with Audi Financial Services' current buy rate for the 2007 Q7 3.6 Premium. I would be happy to give you my opinion of this deal, but you never mentioned your truck's selling price. This number will show me how much of a discount you were given and help me to tell how good this deal is. If you let me know what your selling price was, I'll tell you what I think.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi alexc561. The money factor that was used to calculate your lease payment is right in line with Audi Financial Services' current buy rate for the 2007 Q7 3.6 Premium. I would be happy to give you my opinion of this deal, but you never mentioned your truck's selling price. This number will show me how much of a discount you were given and help me to tell how good this deal is. If you let me know what your selling price was, I'll tell you what I think.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Welcome Volker. Since you are new to the world of leasing, you definitely should check out the following informative articles that are available here at Edmunds.com prior to visiting any dealers: 10 Steps to Leasing a New Car and Calculate Your Own Lease Payment. As far as what all those lease terms that you see being thrown around go, you can find out what them mean by reading the following article: Edmunds.com Leasing Glossary.
You can find this truck's dealer invoice price by looking it up in the New Vehicle Pricing section of this site.
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aveghte Posts: 68Are the money factors and residual the same for 36 months and 15K miles a year if the Q7 3.6 Premium is delivered with the Technology and Infotainment packages? I heard that sometimes the residual is lower when options like NAV systems are included.
Also is the new Advanced Key for the Q7 more reliable than this feature for the Audi A6 2-3 years ago? I see several reports of problems with the Advanced Key on the Audi A6 forums. -
vtraudt Posts: 52Since quite a while, my check engine light is on.
Today, I used the key and odo button method and wrote down the following error codes with description from one source:
P0403 Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Solenoid Control Circuit
P0442 Evaporative Emission (EVAP) System Small Leak Detected
P0455 Evaporative Emission (EVAP) System Leak Detected
P1684 Driver 5 Line 4
Ohter source:
403 An problem was detected in the EGR solenoid control circuit.
442 A leak has been detected in the evaporative system!
455 A large leak has been detected in the evaporative system!
1684 The battery has been disconnected within the last 50 starts.
1) 0403: seems something in the EGR solenoid area.
2) 0442. 0445: both deal with leak in evaporative system. What is the evaporative system? The A/C?
3) 1684: battery was for sure not disconnect within last 50 start. Ohter code Driver 5 Line 4 does not tell me anything.
I would like to tackle the issue, and would appreciate tips and instructions.
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mikeoc1 Posts: 46I am all but positive that it would be impossible to do a lease like that. You could do a 45,000 mile lease and pay the excess wear and tear of probably 20 or 25 cents per mile. So that's $9000 - $12000 at the end of the lease.
Doing something like that also means that you will be leasing a car (meaning you don't own it) that eventually will be out of warranty. You will change the tires several times. You will pay a lot for maintenance for a car that you don't own.
My suggestion, as I actually did this, is lease the car you really want (Q7), and then buy yourself a used Honda Civic to eat the miles. -
bfeldstein1 Posts: 14I'm negotiating a 3 yr.lease, 15K miles per year on an Audi Q7, 3.6 Premium. The worksheet gievn to me by the dealer shows a money factor of .00064, but someone else told me that the current money factor is actually .00034. Is this inoformation posted anywhere, or can anyone verify the current money factor?
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mdiab Posts: 7I would consider a 36month 12,000 miles lease and then buy out at the end. That would probably be the best deal - so ignore the miles since you know you are buying out the car. The key of course would be to put money aside since the value of the car would be less than the residual, but why spend the money on the up-front lease.....
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start-up company down the road in Silicon Valley. He had been successful
enough that he was able to retire and live comfortably, even though he
looked to be in his 40s.
"My question is: Would you please raise my taxes?" the man asked. "I'd
like very much to have a country that continues to invest in things like
Pell grants, infrastructure and job training programs that made it
possible for me to get to where I am."
The audience applauded.
Obama: "What was that startup?"
Man: "It's a search engine." (Audience laughs.)
Obama: "Worked out pretty well, huh?"
Obama went on to tell him: "So often the tax debate is framed as class
warfare. As I said at the outset, American success is premised on
individuals who have a great idea, going out there and pursuing their
dreams and making a whole lot of money in the process. That's great. It's
part of what makes America so successful. As you just pointed out we're
successful because somebody invested in our education, somebody built our
schools, somebody created incredible universities. I went to school on
scholarship. Michelle [Obama], her dad was a stationary engineer in a
water reclamation district. He never owned his own home, but he paid his
bills, he had Multiple sclerosis but never missed a day of work, never
went to college but sent Michelle to college.
We benefit from someobdy somewhere making investments in us. I do not care
who you are. That's true of all of us."
Obama continued that his proposal to raise taxes on those making more than
$1 million a year is not "talking about punatative rates that will stop
you from working at a startup and being successful. Were talking about
going back to the rates of the 90s when, as I recall, Silicon Valley was
doing pretty good. During that period, the rich got richer. The middle
class expanded. Everybody was doing well. We're not punishing those doing
well. That's the last thing I want to do. The question is how can we
afford to continue making the investments that can propel America
He added that: "At some point, money makes a difference. If we do not have
enough science teachers in classrooms we have a problem. Somebody's got to
pay for it. Now we have lowest tax rates since the 1950s. Some Repubulican
proposals would take it back to where we were in the 1920s. We can't have
a modern industrial economy like that."
To the man who had asked the question, Obama said finally: "I appreciate
the fact that you recognize we are in this thing together. We're not on
our own. Those of us who have been successful have to remember that."
The man then responded that he knows "a lot of people" in his own
situation "and everyone told me that they would support raising our taxes,
so please..." The crowd applauded.
At the end of the event, Obama said: "People are just looking for common
sense... The problem is not outside of Washington but the problem is
everything has become so ideological and everyone is just focused on the
next election and putting party before country that we're not able to
solve our problems."
Motorcade was rolling again at 12:05 p.m. PST to San Jose Airport, headed
to a fundraiser in San Diego.
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I am completely new at this whole gardening thing, and I have no earthly idea what I am doing. I've made some mistakes already, but I'm trying to make the most of it anyway!
The first frost date I found was apparently for the nearest large city and not accurate for this area. So, I ended up starting my broccoli late. Our frost date is April 24, and I started them indoors on March 25. They're in the Jiffy Tomato pellets, 1 per pellet, under lights in a 68-degree room. They're starting to get their 3rd and 4th true leaves, and I think it's time to get them outside. Outside temps lately have been mid-60s during the day and low 40s at night. So, how do I harden them off? I know I'm supposed to move them outside into partial shade for increasing amounts of time each day. But, do I bring them back inside to 68-degrees at night? Do I leave them in my insulated (but not heated) garage at night? Do I need to worry about them not getting enough light during the hardening-off process? We have some milk jugs I can use for cloches, if that helps, but we don't have a cold frame or greenhouse. (This year's garden money has gone to soil improvements, seeds, growing lights, and tools like a wheelbarrow, shovels, hoes, etc.) |
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I have been taking my broccoli outside every suitable day since they germinated. I am retired and can manage them that way. I planted mine on March 16th and they are ready to be planted today, but I am holding off a day because of freezing weather. Your broccoli need to be hardened in moderately. By that I mean getting them out in partial sun for a few hours a day. I can leave mine out on nights that are 40 degrees or better in an enclosed patio that isn't sealed up. I don't want to leave them out during storms until they are planted. |
Are you sure your frost date is correct? April 24 sounds extremely early for zone 5/6. We're zone 6A and our frost date is mid May. |
Frost dates are confusing. There is the average date of the last frost - April 24 would be about right for that zone. Then there is the "frost free" date, which is later. The first date means there's a 50% chance of no more frost. The second means it's statistically unlikely. |
I guess I can't expect Mother Nature to be so understandable and cut and dry, but this stuff really is confusing! Depending on where I'm looking, I've found my zone listed from 5b to 7a... but it's most commonly listed as 5b and 6a, so that's what I've been telling myself. But I think I'm correct on the frost date now, though I was shocked by how early it is as well! I had found May 10 at first (which is closer to what you're saying, Lacey) and based all of my starting dates on that. Then, our local newspaper had an article in the gardening section proclaiming their excitement for April 24 being the last frost date! I did a search and found a freeze/frost date table put out by NOAA which confirms that April 24 is the date where there is a 10% chance it will get below 32. The 50% date was April 10! No wonder I got started late... |
Broccoli can take some frosting. I don't like hard freezes on new transplants though mature plants can handle even that. |
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Isn't that what you are doing albeit longer term. Are you not assuming that the market will trend upwards over the long term.
Sure, but here's the thing. I could have paid $25k for it in July and now I can have it for $15k. Think carefully now. Given a choice of buying in July or November, which would make me better off in ten years? You seem to believe that the "trend" will let you buy it for $10k in February. I think it's just as likely it will be $20k then.
I think I'm better off in 10 years to have paid the lesser amount. All things being equal in 10 years the price of the car will be the same regardless of what price I paid this year. So seeing that the trend is down I wait until the 08s come on the scene and pay less.
I tell them it's not going to zero and, if it's not going to zero, buying it for half off means they're getting a bargain.
So every thing is 1/2 off now. And it will stay above zero. What makes you think that it will be worth more in 10 years.
If it all goes to zero, even you will be in trouble. You just don't realize it yet.
Ah but I do . I also have beans and bullets.
So is that the extent of your financial plan? Buy and hold a basket of diversified assets.
To me a plan consists of where I want to go. How am I going to get there? How do I know I'm getting there and what am I going to do if the plan doesn't work.
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