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As a retailer in the surf industry for the past 21 years, I have had to use multiple sources to stay informed to the news within surf. Since the inception of the Executive Edition of Shop-Eat-Surf.com, I need only one stop. Thanks for providing such a valuable tool to all of us in the industry. Shop-Eat-Surf is a must read for all of our staff at Maui Nix.
- By George Karamitos, CEO, Maui NixBefore Shop-Eat-Surf, there were two sites I paid for premium content on. One is Surfline, the other is the Wall Street Journal. One is about all things surf, the other, the best business content site in the world. Shop-eat-surf is the intersection of those two worlds. Shop-Eat-Surf provides everything from coverage of events, people, brands and trends. However, beyond the Executive Edition "wall" is more meaty analysis and interpretation of financial statements, business models and brand philosophies; why certain brands and companies are succeeding, where others aren't. The Executive Edition is a must have read if the business of surf and action sports are on your radar screen.
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Sanuk is selling to Deckers Outdoor Corporation, a publicly traded footwear company and the parent company of the respected UGG brand, Deckers announced today.
Deckers will pay $120 million in cash, and possibly more based on a five-year earn out agreement. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter, and senior Sanuk management will continue to manage the brand, according to the press release.
Deckers CEO Angel Martinez said the Sanuk brand has "true global lifestyle potential," in a statement.
Dac Clark, co-owner of C&C Partners. C&C helped Sanuk leverage its potential with financial backing and operational expertise. Shop-eat-surf file photo.
The acquisition is the second industry acquisition to be announced this month. Just over two weeks ago, French luxury company PPR revealed it is acquiring Volcom.
Sanuk, the Thai word for happiness, is one of the hottest footwear brands in the surf market and recorded $43 million revenue in 2010, according to the release. The brand has been on a rapid growth curve, and is known for its creativity, sense of humor and for its product differentiation. In 2010, the company was on track to double sales when I interviewed executives in November, and they saw the potential to double yet again in 2011.
Founded by Jeff Kelley in 1997, the brand is owned by Jeff and partner Ian Kessler. Jeff is the creative force behind the brand, and is known for his out-of-the-box ideas, such as the Sidewalk Surfer, the Yoga Mat sandal and the Fur Real sandal.
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Dac Clark and Paul Carr of C&C Partners, have the license for Sanuk in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Their operational and infrastructure expertise, and their financial relationship with CIT, helped Sanuk manage its rapid growth. Jeff had turned to C&C for help growing the business when there was no more equity left in his home to tap.
Previously, C&C had the license for Gotcha, Rusty and Redsand. Currently, it is a partner in the well-regarded swim line *L Space.
John Vance, Chief Operating Officer, runs day-to-day operations at Sanuk.
The Deckers release did not specify how the proceeds from the sale would be divided between the Sanuk trademark owners – Jeff and Ian - and C&C, which runs the business side of things.
Moss Adams Capital, LLC acted as financial advisors to both Sanuk and C & C in the transaction.
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Fox's Charles Payne attempted to discredit fast-food workers' planned attempt to organize for union representation and a higher minimum wage by falsely claiming workers are arguing for a sliding scale of extra income.
Neil Cavuto hosted Fox Business contributor Charles Payne on the August 28 edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto to discuss protests planned by fast-food workers, who are demanding higher pay and the right to unionize. Payne claimed during the segment that employers don't owe a debt to their employees and mischaracterized the minimum wage increase as a sliding scale of pay:
PAYNE: Listen, I don't begrudge anyone for trying to earn extra money, but what they're essentially saying is that their salary should be doubled from where they are. It doesn't match the skill set. Now, if we start to talk about this -- and listen, it's something that's been echoed all day long with theme of the March on Washington -- that somehow corporations owe a debt to people who work for them. So if Susan has two kids, she gets X amount of income, then she has another child, then the corporation should pay more money specifically because they owe her a debt and she had another kid -- sort of the responsibility or the welfare state that's been such a burden on America is now being thrusted, or attempted to be thrusted on the shoulders of corporate America.
But workers aren't demanding a sliding scale of income. They're organizing for fair representation at work and a single minimum wage increase. As Ezra Klein explained: "most workers have less power to negotiate raises than they did a generation ago":
As fast food workers in 7 cities walked the picket line fighting for better wages and working conditions the conservative media turned its focus towards a solution to help lift up our working men and women out of poverty -- mock them.
To respond to the day long strike, Fox trotted out Richard Berman, failing to identify him as a highly paid consultant to the food and beverage industry. He proceeded to threaten fast food workers, claiming if they demanded incomes allowing them to live above the poverty line, the only solution would be to replace them with iPads.
On Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox Business's Charles Payne claimed that the striking workers' demand for a living wage was akin to rewarding "mediocrity."
From an air conditioned studio in Rockefeller Center, the handsomely compensated Fox contributor asserted that a wage of $15 per hour earned spending countless hours on your feet without a break, in front of a hot stove, serving hundreds of customers, would be "cursing" those workers, ridding them of the impetus to "get better," "go to college," or "improve" their lot in life.
At the luxurious wage of $15 per hour minimum wage workers would spend their days "play[ing] video games" and "hav[ing] large families."
Payne, who has a long history of suggesting that the poor live in comfort, that our social safety net keeps people in poverty, and that there needs to be more "stigma" surrounding food stamps, represents the conservative id surrounding the issue of poverty.
While 4 in 5 Americans will "struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives," the right believes the solution to all of their problems is scorn.
Fox News baselessly suggested that other U.S. cities may follow Detroit's lead in filing for bankruptcy, citing an outlandish estimate of total state and local unfunded pension liabilities, even though other estimates put the figure at a much lower amount.
On July 18, the city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, officially becoming the largest city in the United States to do so. According to USA Today, "The bankruptcy petition would seek protection from creditors and unions who are renegotiating $18.5 billion in debt and other liabilities."
On the July 23 edition of America's Newsroom, co-host Bill Hemmer interviewed frequent guest Art Laffer on Detroit's bankruptcy, noting "other cities that could be heading down the same path."
Hemmer and Laffer claimed throughout the segment that unfunded pension liabilities could force other municipalities to file for bankruptcy, with Hemmer going so far as to call pension programs a "Ponzi scheme."
During the segment, Fox aired a graphic that claimed in 2012, total state and local unfunded pension liabilities amounted to more than $4 trillion.
Fox News is floating the idea that Detroit's filing for bankruptcy could lead to other cities following suit, a claim that economist Jared Bernstein calls "analytically incorrect."
On July 18, the city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, officially becoming the largest city in the United States to do so. According to USA Today, "The bankruptcy petition would seek protection from creditors and unions who are renegotiating $18.5 billion in debt and other liabilities."
On the July 19 edition of Fox & Friends, Fox Business host Stuart Varney warned that Detroit's actions could cause a string of cities throughout the U.S. to also seek bankruptcy protection. Varney claimed, "This is a very big deal. Other cities might choose to go the Detroit route, because federal bankruptcy allows an escape route from these unpayable pension obligations."
Reacting to Varney's theory, co-host Gretchen Carlson stated:
This is the microcosm of the macrocosm in America. This is not just going to be Detroit, maybe Detroit is one of the worst, but this is going to be happening to big cities. You can't continue to do this. You can't continue to fund money that you don't have.
The speculation that Detroit's actions may set in motion other bankruptcy filings continued throughout the day. On America's Newsroom, frequent Fox Business guest Ed Butowsky continued sounding the alarm for municipal default, stating:
I mean this is going to happen all of the country, all over this United States if people don't start taking the proper measures.
Fox's narrative of a "domino effect" taking place in cities across the country ignores a number of economic facts. In an interview with Media Matters, economist Jared Bernstein, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, claimed Fox's suggestion that other cities will follow Detroit's lead amounts to nothing more than "scare mongering":
There will be no domino effect. There is a lot of scare mongering around that issue. That doesn't mean that every pension fund is in tip top shape, but the fact is that states and cities have been taking action to bring their costs in line and reduce their unfunded liabilities. In fact, between 2009 and 2011, 43 states have reduced the costs of their pension plans, including their unfunded liabilities, typically by modifying their obligations. Between 1970 and 2012, there were five city or county governments that defaulted. Okay, this is a rare event and for anyone to extrapolate from Detroit, which has faced extremely unique and tough economic challenges, to the rest of the country is analytically incorrect.
With a deal apparently sealed in the Senate that will end successful Republican filibusters on current presidential nominees to the executive branch, The Wall Street Journal revealed that its previous attacks on the proposed appointments were just an excuse to rail against long-standing progressive law.
The WSJ was an eager participant in right-wing media's attempt to bolster the GOP refusal to allow simple majority votes on President Obama's executive branch nominees. In particular, the editorial board was obsessed with smearing Thomas Perez, Labor Secretary nominee, and explicitly called upon Republicans to filibuster this cabinet pick.
In addition to calling him "tainted" because his performance as head of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division was purportedly "shady," a "flagrant abuse of his legal powers," "unacceptable in any government official," and part of a career of "bend[ing] the law to his ideological purposes," the WSJ also argued that the Republican opposition to him was "tepid" only because "[t]hey don't want to be seen opposing someone with a Spanish surname." On the eve of the bipartisan deal that finally curtailed the filibusters on seven nominees, the WSJ's last-ditch attempt to egg on continued GOP opposition to Perez was a reference to supposed "disdain" he has for the House Oversight Committee under Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA).
Now that a vote and confirmation seems assured, however, the WSJ's latest discussion of Perez is notable for the lack of the baseless attacks on his qualifications and character that were frequent in previous editorials. Instead, the WSJ confirms that their opposition was always to effective and long-standing civil rights law that recognizes discrimination can be illegal not only in intent but also because of its impact.
Dropping its villainous characterization of Perez, the WSJ now makes clear that what it really hates is the fact that multiple banks have been punished for predatory lending and other racially discriminatory behavior under civil rights precedent, which even its own editors admit is recognized by all 11 appellate courts. From the July 16 editorial page:
The courts are the last line of defense against the Obama Administration's regulatory onslaught, and the latest legal challenge comes from the insurance industry. The home insurers sued late last month to overturn the Department of Housing and Urban Development's new rule using disparate-impact theory to prove housing discrimination.
Disparate impact lets regulators charge discrimination merely by showing that some racial or ethnic groups received fewer housing loans than other groups. There's no need to show intent to discriminate or even prove racial bias in a specific case. In practice, this means lenders and insurers must impose de facto racial quotas or risk costly lawsuits.
HUD rolled out the new rule in February to rubber-stamp Thomas Perez's campaign at the Justice Department to accuse banks of racism before the Supreme Court could rule on disparate impact's legality in a pending case.
Meanwhile, we reported last month that the Supreme Court agreed to hear a disparate-impact housing case, Township of Mount Holly v. Mount Holly Gardens Citizens. But we now hear the parties are in settlement talks, which no doubt thrills HUD and Mr. Perez.
In advance of the increasingly likely event of filibuster reform, Fox News is repeating the GOP spin that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is only considering this "drastic" change because of pressure from unions.
Reid has announced that Senate Democrats will meet on Thursday in order to decide whether the unrelenting GOP obstruction of every facet of President Barack Obama's agenda - legislation, executive policy, judicial nominees, cabinet picks, agency leadership - requires changes to Senate rules so that this governing body can actually govern.
According to America Live guest host Martha MacCallum and Fox News personalities Chris Stirewalt and Stuart Varney, however, Reid's response to this "post-policy nihilism in which sabotaging the Obama agenda has become its only guiding governing light," as explained by The Washington Post's Greg Sargent, is merely political payback for unions that supported his last campaign against tea party candidate Sharron Angle, who bragged about her fundraising from "friendly press outlets" like Fox News. From the July 10 edition of America Live:
Due to an unprecedented decision issued by a currently rightward skewed appellate court, the president's last two nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will have their legitimacy decided before the Supreme Court next term. Because of this legal challenge, in conjunction with a previous Court ruling that prevents the NLRB from functioning with less than three active members, the president has submitted three Democrats and two Republicans for confirmation so the NLRB can continue to mediate disputes between labor and management.
Fox News is correct that unions would prefer that the NLRB, the sole avenue of recourse for many labor disputes in accordance with federal law established over 75 years ago, not be nullified by filibuster as currently threatened. And if Reid is able to get his caucus to agree to eliminate the GOP's ability to block an up-or-down vote on nominations to the executive branch - the limited reform being floated - a simple majority in the Senate will indeed decide the fate of the NLRB.
But to pretend that this is the only impetus behind Senate Democrats' possible and reluctant change to the rules is ridiculous.
The Associated Press ignored significant context about the role of organized labor in its report on the comeback of Hostess brands and the iconic Twinkie snack. The article privileged attacks from executives claiming unions were to blame for the company's demise while ignoring a history of union concessions, executive pay raises, and financial mismanagement that paint a different picture about the Twinkie's temporary expiration.
The AP reported Sunday that Hostess Brands LLC, a trimmed-down version of the defunct Hostess Brands Inc., is aiming to have Twinkies and other well-known Hostess brand products back on store shelves by July 15. The story noted that Hostess went bankrupt "after an acrimonious fight with its unionized workers" and described in he-said-she-said fashion how the company ultimately failed:
Hostess Brands Inc. was struggling for years before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in early 2012. Workers blamed the troubles on years of mismanagement, as well as a failure of executives to invest in brands to keep up with changing tastes. The company said it was weighed down by higher pension and medical costs than its competitors, whose employees weren't unionized.
To steer it through its bankruptcy reorganization, Hostess hired restructuring expert Greg Rayburn as its CEO. But Rayburn ultimately failed to reach a contract agreement with its second largest union. In November, he blamed striking workers for crippling the company's ability to maintain normal production and announced that Hostess would liquidate.
The trimmed-down Hostess Brands LLC has a far less costly operating structure than the predecessor company. Some of the previous workers were hired back, but they're no longer unionized.
The article's depiction of the company's fall omits crucial context and leaves readers with the impression that the act of discarding union workers is what allowed the "trimmed-down" company to re-emerge. The AP did not tell readers that, just three years prior to Mr. Rayburn's negotiations with labor, union workers made "substantial concessions" to aid the company's financial health, or that Hostess stopped contributing to workers' pensions and cut wages and benefits "by 27 to 32 percent."
While the five largest network and cable Sunday shows underreported economic developments in the past month, MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry provided ample discussion of the economy.
A Media Matters analysis of Sunday show coverage from May 12 to June 9 found that ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX and NBC devoted less than 36 total minutes to the economy. This lapse in coverage occurred despite multiple economic developments emerging over that period.
Of the Sunday shows analyzed, MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry stood out for its economic coverage. In five weeks, the show dedicated almost three hours to discussion on the economy -- by far the most coverage of the seven shows Media Matters analyzed. Melissa Harris-Perry was almost five times more likely to discuss the economy than CNN and network Sunday shows combined.
The show's discussion of the economy was diverse, touching on a range of topics including poverty in America, food insecurity, student loan reform, and the recent rebound of the housing market.
The show's ample and diverse economic coverage comes at a critical time -- according to a May 7 Gallup poll, a majority of Americans view an array of economic issues as high priorities.
The Wall Street Journal applauded another anti-worker decision of the extremely conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and touted its escalating attacks on the National Labor Relations Board.
The D.C. Circuit is considered second only to the Supreme Court in importance because it has jurisdiction over the bulk of challenges to government action and regulations ranging from national security to environmental law. It is currently skewed to the far right, due to a highly successful court-packing effort by the Republican Party. The results have been predictably devastating for government protections that offend big business sensibilities.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) - frequent bogeyman of the right - has been a victim of this ideological bias, and the WSJ highlighted the D.C. Circuit's radical decision invalidating the president's last two nominees to the NLRB when commentating on a more recent judicial "smackdown" of worker rights. From the WSJ:
[T]he D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling in National Association of Manufacturers v. National Labor Relations Board, struck down the NLRB's diktat that businesses put up pro-union posters in the workplace. That, the court said, violated employer free speech rights in place since Congress's 1947 Taft-Hartley Act. It got worse.
Before even getting to the heart of his opinion, Judge A. Raymond Randolph wrote, "Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be resolved before we turn to the merits of the case." That "one issue" is of course the now-famous Noel Canning case, the D.C. Circuit's January opinion which held that President Obama's non-recess recess appointments to the NLRB were illegal, and thus hundreds of past and current NLRB rulings are illegitimate. While the poster rule was not affected by Canning, the appeals court felt the need to remind the NLRB of its current, weak status. Ouch.
The specific case that the WSJ used to attack the legitimacy of the NLRB in general, National Association of Manufacturers, is disturbing in its own right, if sadly typical of an appellate court that has proven to be hostile to regulations that seek to curb corporate excess. Utilizing a strained reading of the First Amendment, the D.C. Circuit held that a NLRB rule that required employers to display a notice informing workers of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935 impermissibly compelled employer speech.
From the April 26 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:
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Fox News' Megyn Kelly and Chris Stirewalt attacked a program that would help people seeking health insurance understand the new health care reform law, baselessly suggesting that "unions and community advocacy groups" might use the program to steal patients' personal information -- even though Stirewalt admitted that "there's no evidence" Fox's claims were true.
On April 3, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed regulations for health care navigators, assistants who would provide "unbiased information" to help consumers understand the new health care law and enroll in insurance plans, as a post on Health Affairs Blog noted.
Kelly, appearing to echo a Washington Examiner post, led a segment on the April 4 edition of America Live by describing navigators' roles and then saying, "But now some are raising red flags, saying the rules allow these jobs of the navigators to be filled by organizations with political agendas, including unions and community action groups."
Kelly failed to explain why allowing union members to become navigators would be problematic, and the words "union" and "community action" do not appear in the proposed rules.
In fact, while the rules do include standards on who can apply for navigator jobs, these standards center on conflict-of-interest problems: since navigators will be required to provide unbiased information about insurance plans, the rules prohibit health insurance issuers or their lobbyists from becoming navigators.
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Fox News host Bill O'Reilly endorsed the idea that the state confiscation of money from private bank accounts currently underway in Cyprus is likely to come to America, agreeing with a viewer's suggestion that "California will be America's Cyprus." His fearmongering is based on misrepresentations about how debt works in general, and about California's budgeting realities specifically.
According to O'Reilly, California will inevitably default on its debt, and when that happens the state will simply start taking private property from Californians to settle up what it owes. From the March 27 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
But debt does not work the way O'Reilly suggests. California can continue to service its debt, avoiding default even without reducing the principal amount owed, provided it stabilizes its debt levels. And it's doing exactly that, with a projected surplus in the current fiscal year after a combination of steep spending cuts and significant tax increases. Standard & Poor's upgraded the state's debt as a result, which should help further reduce the state's cost of borrowing (which is already half of what it was when Gov. Jerry Brown took office in 2011).
Furthermore, according to CNNMoney, "California should have enough money next year to increase funding for education and pay down debt, while setting aside $1 billion in a reserve fund." O'Reilly failed to mention the state's recent, hard-won fiscal discipline, which belies his portrayal of the state's fiscal outlook.
The Cyprus comparison would remain ludicrous even if California were not exhibiting increased fiscal health, as former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chair Sheila Bair has explained that such an arrangement "would never happen in the U.S. because we respect the rule of law and we have a strong agency called the [FDIC] that stands up for insured depositors and protects them." But O'Reilly's factual errors served an additional purpose that's common in the right-wing media.
O'Reilly used the Cyprus fearmongering as a pivot to familiar falsehoods about the origins of California's debt. As Media Matters has repeatedly shown, the state's red ink stems not from union greed, but from budget laws that tie legislators' hands and ballot measures that simultaneously depressed tax revenue and increased the state's obligations. The conservative media's misdirection of blame for fiscal issues almost always ignores the cyclical, recession-driven nature of those balance sheet problems. But O'Reilly went further, ignoring the widely-reported end of Californian deficits to advance the same old canards about public finances.
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New England Patriots' Tom Brady will no doubt go down in history as one of the greatest quarterbacks to play the game, but he'll also be known as one of the sexiest!
The 34-year-old husband of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and father of two adorable little boys is gearing up to compete against the New York Giants in his fifth Super Bowl since joining the Patriots in 2001, and we have a feeling he could very well lead the football team to their fourth victory.
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This is something I haven't seen mentioned about Hi Points & may change my mind about owning one. That sounds like a design that is almost as bad as having to pull the trigger to field strip a pistol! Sorry, couldn't help my self. Actually, the only time I eject a live round is when I unload the SD ammo in one of my pistols to take it to the range for practice & since my Hi Point would strictly be a range pistol, it'd not be loaded with SD ammo.


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US 3511183 A Abstract available in Claims available in Description (OCR text may contain errors) May 12, 1970 T. GEFFNER 3,511,183 ' I SAFETY AND ARMING MECHANISM FOR FUZE Filed March 6. 1968 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. TED GEFFNER JOHN P. CHANDLER H IS ATTORNEY. May 12, 1 970 T. GEFFNER SAFETY AND ARMING MECHANISM FOR FUZE 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 6, 1968 FIG. 4 FIG. 5 If as ,gy/ INVENTOR. TED GEFFNER JOHN P. CHANDLER HIS ATTORNEY. 4 Y1 h '0 T. GEFFNER 3,511,183 I SAFETY AND ARMING MECHANISM FOR FUZE Filed March 6, 1968 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 FIG. 6 INVENTOR. TED GEFFNER JOHN P. CHANDLER HIS ATTORNEY. 'MayWIZ; 1970 1'. GEFFNER SAFETY AND ARMING MECHANISM FOR FUZE 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Maroh 6, 1968 INVENTOR. TED GEFFNER JOHN P. CHANDLER HIS ATTORNEY. United States Patent 3,511,183 SAFETY AND ARMING MECHANISM FOR FUZE Ted Gelfner, 48 Park Ave., East Merrick, N.Y. Filed Mar. 6, 1968, Ser. No. 711,123 Int. Cl. F42c 15/00, 15/40, 19/12 US. Cl; 1112-70-2 1 12 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE tions. In the cylinder is a piston, a sleeve slidable in the. bore, a barrel between the piston and sleeve with its forward end engaging said shoulder, and ball detent means between the piston, barrel and sleeve. Explosive means operate against the inner ends of the sleeve and cylinder to drive the sleeve forwardly, followed by release of the detent means and then driving the piston. When used as a safety and arming mechanism, forward end .of the piston has a transverse opening and a detonator in the opening which, in starting position, is radially out of line with the booster. The cylinder has an opening aligned with the booster to detonate the same when the piston moves forwardly to position the detonator in line with the booster. This invention relates to an explosively actuated valve of general utility which can be embodied into a valve which is normally closed or normally open. In a modified formthe valve can be used in connection with a fuze in a novel arming device for actuating a detonator for an explosive charge in a bomb. An important object of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement for a train of explosives which fire the bomb and which is simpler and safer in construction than existing devices and is confined within an envelope smaller than conventional ones. A safety and arming mechanism should move the detonator, from a safe or block position to a location directly in line with the booster explosive, which is housed in the main piston of the device. This main piston is positively locked first in safe position and is later locked in line position by a ball detent means, the locking being efiected by a series of spring urged balls which operate on the piston. The main piston is moved fromlocked position to a second position, effecting unlocking of the balls, by energy released from a driving squib either by electrical or by impact means. On explosion of the latter the first burst of energy moves a sleeve supporting the piston to unlocked position and the remaining energy drives the piston to in line position. Pressure between the forward end of the sleeve and the breach is quickly equalized and a spring returns the sleeve to starting position. The ball detent now locks the. main piston in line, i.e., the detonator is directly in line with the booster thus completing the explosive train. The present invention is novel in that it provides severaldistinct safety features. First, when the detonator is in. the out-of-line position, it is shorted out, which prevents premature firing. In this connection, the leads from the detonatorare attached to two contacts on one side of the main piston and both contacts engage a single conductor strip in the cylinder or housing. When the main piston is moved to the in line position, one button retains contact with the strip while the other button makes a new contact. The new contact and the strip can now complete a circuit to the detonator. The fire pulse circuit may then be closed. A second safety feature of this mechanism is in a safing switch, which switch is normally open or can be normally closed. When the main piston is moved to the in line position the forward end closes the switch. A safety pin arrangement is a third safety device. For ground handling and transportation, this means of safety indicates that the detonator cannot be in the in line or armed position. The safing pin with a red flag on the opposite end is inserted through the fuze shell and through the safety and arming mechanism. If the pin cannot be placed in the mechanism, it gives visual indication that the fuze is armed. When the pin is inserted, it mechanically assures a non-armed condition. The pin prevents the movement of the main piston from out of line to in line. A fourth safety means is a component combining a lanyard, safing pin and battery initiator. This part is self-contained in the safety and arming device. The component is inserted through the housing and main piston making it a shear pin. The forward end of the pin is the battery initiator. This is pointed with a cupping arrangement which houses a spring which preloads the point forward. At the opposite end of this pin is the lanyard ring. At a point forward of the mid-section of the length that is passing through the housing is an undercut which is so constructed that a pre-set tension, generally about 30 pounds pull on the lanyard will fracture the pin. Upon fracturing the forward end or battery initiator, due to the spring preload, will pull that portion of the pin out of the housing and strike the battery commencing its action. The lanyard will pull its portion of the pin out of the housing. Both portions removed from the housing have now freed the main piston. The safety and arming mechanism may now complete the explosive train by moving the main piston to a location that places the detonator in line with the booster. In the drawings: FIG. 1 is a central section taken through a normally open valve of the present invention with the parts in prefire position; FIG. 2 shows the position of the parts in transition after fire; FIG. 3 shows the parts in final position; FIG. 4 is a central section of the mechanism of the present invention applied to a safety and arming device for a fuse for a bomb, the parts being shown in prefire position; FIG. 5 shows the position of the parts in transition after firing; FIG. 6 shows the spent position; FIG. 7 shows the shear pin and battery initiator before firing; FIG. 8 shows the pin after fracturing. The explosively actuated slide valve of the present invention is illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3 in connection with a valve structure which is normally closed and it includes a cylinder 10 with a bore 11 having at its forward end a reduced section 12 forming a shoulder 14. This forward end is closed by a fixed wall 16 having a vent hole 18 to relieve the pressure when the charge is spent. The rear of the bore has a thread section 19 which receives a cap 20 containing a squib or cartridge (not shown). Electric leads 21 extend to a source of current (not shown) to fire the squib. A piston 22 is supported for sliding movement in a barrel 24 having a flange 26 at its forward end which engages shoulder 14, preventing forward movement of the'barrel. A sleeve 27 supports the barrel and the sleeve has limited sliding movement in the bore 11. The sleeve has a shoulder 28 which engages one end of a coiled spring 29, the other end of the spring engaging flange 26. The wall of the barrel has two through holes 30 receiving balls 31 and when the parts are in pre-fire position (FIG. 1) the inner sections of the balls are seated in an annular groove 32 in the piston. This forms two ball detent stops, locking the piston against forward movement since the inner annular face 34 of the sleeve prevents the balls from moving radially outwardly when in this position. The sleeve has an annular groove 36 to the rear of holes 30 when in the pre-fire position and the piston has an annular groove 37 still further to the rear. When the squib is fired, the explosive charge acting on the rear annular face 35 of the sleeve, moves the latter forwardly, compressing the spring 29, and lines up annular groove 36 with through holes 30 so the balls are forced outwardly and the piston is now free for forward travel under the influence of the explosive charge acting against piston face 39. The piston has an enlarged forward section 40 received in sliding relation in reduced bore section 12. The piston and bore 12 have annular recesses 42 and 44 to receive O-rings 46 for sealing purposes. The enlarged forward piston section 40 has an internal chamber 48 and an inlet opening 49 on one side communicating with an inlet port 50 in the cylinder. An outlet port 51 on the opposite side is closed by the cylinder wall. When the piston has moved full forward outlet port 51 is aligned with an outlet port 52 in the cylinder thus causing the valve to be fully open. Ports 50 and 52 have conduits 54 and 56 connected therewith. As earlier stated, firing the squib drives sleeve 27 first and then piston 22. Both would move simultaneously except that the detent restrains the piston. Sleeve 27 stops when it contacts shoulder 14 as shown in the first position of FIG. 2. As soon as piston 22 has moved forward to its stop, spring 29 returns the sleeve to starting position. When the piston reaches its full forward position of FIG. 3 all ports are open. The halls are now free to move radially inwardly into blind holes 37 and hold the piston in this forward, open position. It will be appreciated that by changing the location of the cylinder outlet port 52 the structure may be made into a normally open valve. The arrangement can also be modified to make the structure into a poppet valve instead of the sleeve valve. The apparatus of the present invention as applied to a safety and arming device for a fuze includes a square cylinder 60 having a round bore 61 extending inwardly from its inner end and having a short threaded section '62 which receives the threaded cap 64 which contains a driving squib having an explosive charge (not shown) with wires 66 leading to an electrical source for firing the charge. The bore has a reduced section 68 at the forward end 73 of the square cylinder (FIGS. 7 and 8). This reduced bore section forms an internal shoulder or seat 69 which limits inward movement of a flange 70 at the inner end of a barrel 71 carried within the cylinder. The barrel is supported by a sleeve 72 received in snug fit sliding relation in bore '61 of the cylinder and having an external annular shoulder 74. A spring 76 acts against this shoulder at one end and against flange 70 at its other end which keeps the barrel 71 firmly against seat 69. The sleeve further has, at its inner end, a diagonal, annular face 77. A piston 78 moves freely in barrel 71 and its inner end has a concave face 79 against which the explosion of the charge reacts. The piston has annular recesses 80 and 81 which in cross-section form arcs of less than half a circle. The barrel has two oppositely disposed holes 82 in its side wall which receives balls 84 and in the prefire position of FIG. 4 when all the parts are at rest the inner sections of the balls are positioned in the second annular recess 81 and the outer sections are located in holes 82. Their outward travel is limited by the inner surface of sleeve 72. The lesser diameter section 68 of the cylinder bore is square andextends forwardly to an end.-wall.88. The piston has an enlarged square section 89 freely movable in this latter bore section and has a round transverse bore 90 which receives the detonator 91. Contact buttons 92 and '94 carried by piston section 89 are connected with the detonator 91 to fire the same when current is applied thereto. In pre-fire position (FIG. 4) both contacts engage a conductive plate 96 whichis mounted-at the inner end of a conductive pin 97 and which shorts the contacts. When, however, the piston moves forwardly to its maximum position contact 94 leaves conductive plate 96 and engages a second conductive plate 98 mounted on pin 99 so that when current is applied to pins 97 and 99, the detonator will be fired. The shorting plate is the first safety device earlier mentioned. It will also be apparent that when sleeve 72 first moves forwardly the balls 84 are then cammed radially outwardly by the curved annular recess 81 and the outer sections of the ball reside in annular enlarged section 85 of the bore in sleeve 72. The forward end wall of the cylinder has an opening 100 through which a forward projection 101 of the piston passes when the piston has been fired. The circuit for the detonator includes another normally open switch comprising spaced contact members 102 and 103 mounted outside the forward end wall 88 of the cylinder. When the piston moves forwardly the projection 101 brings the contacts together (FIG. 6). This is the second safety device. The third safety device is a pin 104 which, when the piston is in the pre-fire position of FIG. 4, can pass through aligned holes 105- in opposed wall of the cylinder and hole 107 in the forward projection 101 of the piston. . A red flag attached at the free end of pin 104 when all the way in, tells the operator that the bomb is not armed. If the pin with the red flag is missing, however, and he tries, without success, to insert a pin, he knows that the bomb may be in the armed position of FIG. 6. The fourth safety device is a safing pin 106 which is positioned in aligned holes 108 and 109 in the squares cylinder section 73 and the square piston section 89. A lanyard 112 attached by a cable (not shown) to the craft passes through a terminal fitting 114 carried on the pin and the other end of pin 106 carries a battery initiator 116 formed with a point 118 which is spring loaded by spring 119. The pin has an undercut 120 of such depth as to cause the two parts to separate when a pull of predetermined magnitude is exerted on the lanyard, for example 30 pounds. So long as the pin is not fractured, it restrains all movement of the piston in the cylinder. When, however, the pin is fractured the section with the ring is pulled from the aligned holes and the other section moves forwardly under the influence of spring 119. The piston is no longer restrained and the point penetrates the fuse 122 of a thermal battery 124, thus initiating the voltage necessary for firing the detonator. While there have been described herein what are at present considered preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that many modifications and changes may be made therein without departing from the essence of the invention. It is therefore to be understood that the exemplary embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims, and that all modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be included therein. I claim: 1. A safety and arming mechanism for a bomb provided with a booster charge, and an electrically actuated detonatorincluding a circuit and a source of electricity for the detonator charge, the mechanism comprising a cylinder having a longitudinal bore extending from its inner end and formed at its outer end with a smaller section, forming a shoulder therebetween, a piston in the cylinder, a sleeve slidable in the bore, a barrel between the piston and sleeve with its forward end engaging said shoulder, and ball detent means between the piston, barrel and sleeve,.explosive means operable on the inner ends of the sleeve and cylinder to drive the sleeve forwardly, followed by release of the detent means and then driving the piston, the forward end of the piston in the reduced forward section of the bore having a transverse opening and a detonator in the opening, which, in pre-fire position is radially out of line with the booster, the cylinder having an opening aligned with the booster to detonate the same when the piston moves full forwardly to position the detonator in line with the booster, means to fire the detonator when in such position, and safety means to prevent untimely firing of the detonator. 2. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein the ball detent means include balls which lock the piston to the barrel until the sleeve has moved forwardly releasing the balls. 3. The structure as defined in claim 2 wherein a spring returns the sleeve to starting position. 4. The structure as defined in claim 3 wherein the balls lock the piston in fonward position after the sleeve is returned to starting position. 5. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein a squib actuated by electrical means is the explosive means. 6. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein a squib actuated by impact means is the explosive means. 7. The structure as defined in claim 2 wherein the barrel has opposed side wall openings receiving the balls and the piston has annular recesses into which the balls partially pass, restrained against outward movement by the sleeve. 8. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein the cylinder is made from insulating material. 9. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein a shorting plate is positioned in the forward section of the cylinder bore and contacts from the detonator engage said plate when in pre-fire position, preventing premature firing. 10. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein a switch with normally spaced contacts is in series with the detonator circuit and is closed by impact of the piston when it reaches full forward position. 11. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein the cylinder and piston have holes aligned when in pre-fire position and a pin is positioned in said holes to indicate an unarmed position. 12. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein the cylinder and piston have a second set of holes aligned when in pre-fire position and a frangible pin passing through said holes restrains movement of the piston until the pin is broken by a tension pull and removed from the cylinder hole. References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,737,890 3/1956 Brode 102-702 2,931,874 4/1960 Leaman l02--70.2 2,996,990 8/ 1961 Leaman 10270.2 2,796,074 6/1957 Daudelin 137-68 2,777,455 1/ 1957 Daudelin 137-68 BENJAMIN A. BORCHELT, Primary Examiner T. H. WEBB, Assistant Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R. 13768 Patent Citations
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Ok, all a purchaser has to do is enter license details and they are good to go. If you just simply do this there is no revenue being made by me or another author off your video.
Ok just got in contact with Adrev to confirm. A Youtube channel can indeed be Pre-Whitelisted before release/upload of a video. "In fact most major companies are whitelisted already"
I will be adding a suggestion in my item descriptions to producers of video content for clients that they contact me or use the adrev contact form to pre-whitelist a clients channel before handover of their finished product.
I certainly think all authors using Adrev to protect their property should be letting potential buyers know in their descriptions.
Hello Koster, im sorry if it's too late but I would be happy to help you out by whitelisting your clients YouTube account and that would solve any current claims or claims on future uploads using my music.
When we say educate we don't mean the companies that hire guys like you but more so directly informing you guys. A clients YouTube channel can actually be whitelisted before any uploads are actually done which would not trigger any claims.
As far as the use of AdRev its all we got at the moment track illegal usage and give protection or at least a little compensation which dare I say is actually deserved. If you saw the numbers you would be shocked to see how many stolen instances of my music there is, it snowballs. I got people/companies using watermarked versions, playing it in the background while recording their video, recording it with a cell phone and playing it back, it's crazy.
Yep, old was better, please put it back.
Jhunger is absolutely correct, it's either do a service like AdRev first or deal with the nightmare of having to prove its your music after someone else does it with your music.
Either way this is becoming the norm at least on YouTube. If you want to post videos and monetize them you now have to prove the content is actually yours to use. It's not just music, there are services for images and videos now as well. Everyones hard work deserves to be protected.
Elephantwoman, this is not considered or like a royalty at all. Please don't misinform people. Just use your license you paid for to a clear the video, takes seconds.
This is why when I make my YouTube videos I want to use Envato market place items instead of using questionable free footage. I have peace of mind knowing I have the license and can prove its my right to use the content I've chosen.
It's a win win for everyone, Envato gets new customers and potential for multi-marketplace sales, customers can feel secure knowing they have licensed content , and we have less of our hard work stolen and a chance to make back money if it is.
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Wonder if they'll let us select our markets than. I wouldn't sell anywhere where VAT was being taken out of the profit – these themes are already ridiculously cheap.Either that or double the price of all items!
Note: This is my opinion as an author. It does not reflect the opinion of Moderators, Envato Staff or Envato!
(From Google play store, making it super easy for their authors)
Tax rates & valued-added tax (VAT)
Important note for developers selling paid apps in European Union countries
Starting January 1, 2015, due to a change in Value-Added Tax (VAT) laws in the European Union (EU), Google will be responsible for determining, charging, and remitting VAT for Google Play Store app and content purchases for EU customers. Google will send VAT for EU customers' app purchases to the appropriate authority.
Once the change is in place, you won't need to calculate and send VAT separately for EU customers. No action is required on your part. Even if you're not located in the EU, this change in VAT laws will still apply.
Rest of article https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/138000?hl=en
It's not as big of a deal as some of us are making it out to be, takes all of 30 seconds probably to go through the clearing process. If someone buys a ticket to get into a movie they then have to show it to ticket taker who lets you in. Why sell a license if no one has to really use it?
Thanks to AdRev I have caught TONS of people stealing my music and then people stealing their stolen music, it's actually mind blowing how many people are using our music for free. I have actually heard on one video what sounds like someone held their cell phone up to the speaker and recorded my song and then used it.
I'm thankful I have this service as I have been able to send people who wanted to make things right and get the license to AudioJungle to make a purchase and possibly become long standing buyers and buying other authors music as well.
They can take as long as they want as long as they do the right thing. I think its a good sign they are taking longer, I don't think they had a clue of all the ramifications of the initial announcement. It was going to be a nightmare for everyone, not just the US authors.
Congrats on your track winning! You are awesome to give back like that.
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Just to say, I've had a customer contact me saying they cannot buy my item. This has happened a number of times now over the course of a couple of weeks according to a bunch of authours. A seven day wait for a potential customer to get a response from support basically means no sale.Can someone from staff weigh in and let us know what the best way to deal with this (pretty major) issue is please? Like I said, contacting support isn't an option if we want the sale, many clients need the file quickly for their projects.
TacoI've had a few of these come through now (just had another an hour ago in fact), one of which was for a $306 Music & Broadcast License.
Support got back to me a whole week later, simply with:
"It sounds like the instances you mention are around the same time we had experienced some temporary outages. If your buyers continue to have issues purchasing, please have the [sic] contact us directly. I'm sorry for the inconvenience."
Fortunately, as a non-exclusive, I was able to sell the Music & Broadcast license independently, off my own back. Not so good if this is happening to Exclusive authors here, where the issue is out of their hands pretty much.
Wow, potential money being loss everywhere, you were lucky they actually contacted you, others are not so lucky. The support thing is out of control, I think its time to hire a few more people.


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The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment
Director of Music: Flying Officer Chris I'Anson
Bandmaster: Warrant Officer Neil Warrillow
Band Sergeant: Flight Sergeant Andrew Allott
Drum Major: Chief Technician Ian Harding
The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment was formed on 20 August 1942 from the RAF Coastal Command Band when it was relocated to RAF Belton Park following the establishment of the RAF Regiment there in the same year. Following the closure of RAF Belton Park in 1946, the Band was relocated to RAF Catterick where it stayed until the closure of the station in 1994. The next five years were turbulent for the Band with no less than four relocations, the last being in 1999 to its present location at Royal Air Force College Cranwell in Lincolnshire, working alongside The Band of the Royal Air Force College.
The Band of the RAF Regiment has earned a worldwide reputation for outstanding musical quality. The Band performs around 250 engagements a year throughout the UK. These include Graduation ceremonies from Initial Officer Training at RAFC Cranwell, Pass out Parades for new recruits at RAF Halton, Homecoming Parades, Freedom Parades, concerts and Air Show displays. In recent years the Band has also taken part in state visits, Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, radio and television broadcasts and the Edinburgh Tattoo in 2004, 2009 and 2012. The Band travels extensively with recent visits to Basra, Iraq in 2004 for a Beating the Retreat and Sunset ceremony, Gibraltar in 2009, musical support for British Forces Cyprus in 2008 and 2013 and most recently to India in March 2012 to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
The Band of the RAF Regiment has made many recordings during its history. The most recent being a CD recorded in August 2011 at St. Michael's Church, RAFC Cranwell. From Russia with Love is a medley of music by Russian composers and associated with Russia. It includes well known works such as Shostakovich's Festive Overture and Jazz Suite No. 2 and a modern twist on Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Also included are the marches Den Pobedy and Proschaniye Slavjanki which were performed by the Band in May 2010 when they took part in the 65th anniversary parade of the Allied Forces victory in Europe in Moscow's Red Square.
The established strength of the Band is currently thirty nine musicians, all of whom are auditioned before acceptance into the service and are required to perform to a very high musical standard. Training at each rank is provided by Headquarters Music Services at Royal Air Force Northolt. All musicians are encouraged to improve their individual standards and to widen their musical horizons through private study and participation in musical activities outside the service.
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Located on private white sandy Atlantic Ocean beachfront, this resort features the Springmaid Fishing Pier with on-site tackle shop. All rooms offer ocean views from the private balconies.
Two lazy rivers and 6 pools, 2 of which are heated, are available at Springmaid Beach Resort. An 18-hole miniature golf course and a gaming arcade can also be found at the resort.
Tropical designs and cable TV are in every room at the resort. A microwave, refrigerator and coffee facilities are provided.
On-site dining at Marlin's Buffet is offered. It serves traditional country favorites. BARncles on the Pier is a casual bar and grill open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Cocktails and hand dipped ice cream treats are available.
Myrtle Beach State Park is 0.8 miles away. Family Kingdom Amusement Park is a 4-minute drive from the resort.
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This resort is located along the Grand Strand, a 70-mile stretch of beach on South Carolina's shoreline. It has a water park with indoor and outdoor pools and hot tubs.
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This smoke-free, oceanfront Dunes Village resort in South Carolina features Palm Water Park, a 30,000-square-foot indoor water park with a lazy river.
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In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, this beachfront resort features a water park, and 12 pools. Accommodations include free Wi-Fi access.
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This oceanfront resort is 3.5 miles from the Myrtle Beach Airport. The resort features 3 outdoor pools and one indoor pool. The rooms feature a flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi access.
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The off season room cost was good.
The room doors had gaps at the bottom and during cold winds the air blows into the rooms. Elevators by room went down and I had to haul all my stuff all the way across the complex on the fifth floor to get to an elevator. The restaurant was out of almost all food and wine. While the rooms were updated the entire complex has an old feeling about it. I did not feel entirely comfortable on the premises. The wifi was sporadic. Uploads worked some of the time but it was hit or miss. My room was very noisy between the HVAC fan, the fridge and the elevator. Hard to sleep.
The room, housekeeping, the staff, the buildings
the restaurants, the food service was awful, the food was cold.
Hotel is on beach, our room was in pretty good shape. There were few guests.
Staff was mix of friendly (front desk) and those who seemed very unhappy to be working there (gift shop on pier). Lack of sink in bathroom. Some kind of stream emptying into ocean next to hotel.
The staff was very friendly and helpful. The pet walk area was convenient and well-lit.
I was the only person in the "pet friendly" building. The building had not been used recently and the hot water had been turned off.
location, fishing wharf, restaurants in the area
front desk is in a separate building across a street. not so easy to access
The only problem we had with our stay was the breakfast buffet. Paid a high price for the breakfast that was not that hot & apparently did not have everything you normally have on the buffet.
Very friendly staff; very helpful and patient with all our questions since this was the first time we had been to Myrtle Beach.
We were on the 5th floor. There was a space marked "vending", but there were no vending machines and no ice. The water in the shower was hot and scalding - couldn't get it cool enough.
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Key to room did not work properly and should have been corrected, instead of me wondering if I was going to be able to get back in every time I left. Cell phones did not work in this area unless Verizon
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Trailer park across the street....away from all activities...very secluded
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Couldn't extend checkout, no airport shuttle.
Staff Honored special requests Rates View of ocean Size of rooms Beds are comfortable Room very clean
We did have trouble regulating the air conditioning unit; may have been our problem instead of unit.
Loved the pools, beach, and fishing on pier!
The bathroom/shower area was pretty small. the sink in kitchen area could have been a little cleaner and not so cluttered. also one of the bed was very unstable.
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We had roaches in our rooms and the shower kept flooding the bathroom floor even with the shower curtain tight against the wall.
This was a corner room which we could have tolerated, even tho it had hardly ANY OCEAN VIEW. However,roaches were everywhere| I cannot describe the horror in this space. Give me a call for details PLEASE.
Spring maid is a very nice resort area. Beaches are clean, The people are nice. The pier is great.
Our icemaker did not work even after maintenance came an checked it out.
Too many dogs that people don't clean up after. There were also lots of stray cats... My wife and I counted 12 in front of the restaurant in Palmeto area. That is why we decided to go eat elsewhere.
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ice maker not working big wet spot in the middle of the floor
Beds were very comfortable. The location was good.
The bath room toilet didn't work right, had to call for service. The hot water handle was messed up, had to get it just right to get the water to turn off. There is no vanity in the bathroom, only a sink. Made it difficult to get ready for a woman. Felt as though it may have been their worst room and that used it for those booking with online services. I wouldn't stay there again just because of the bathroom.
We loved the facility. Wish our room would have been on a higher floor for a better view....
Parking is the WORST we have EVER encountered...there aren't enough spaces for your guests and if your car is bigger than a golf cart, good luck fitting into the parking spot!


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When you have multiple HD devices with HDMI outputs, a good A/V receiver also acts as a "switch" to route the video to your TV while only using one of your TV's HDMI inputs. With a 46" TV and if you watch a lot of movies, I'd get an AVR personally, but...you'd need to upgrade your speakers to go with the receiver. |
Thanks! Also any advise on the speaker upgrade? I do like the current z-680 speakers (older version of z-5500). What speakers do you recommend?
I bought four of these recently http://www.amazon.com/Soundolier-...dalier+duo but I haven't installed them yet. Also A/V receiver acting like a switch isn't special anymore right? Considering most TVs come with multiple HDMI ports anyway? But what you said about optimal sound for a home theater might be the reason I need to buy these.
A lot of people speak highly of these speakers that are on sale [newegg.com] for just a few more days. If you want some more "boom", get a sub or opt for a set of speakers that have "floor standing" front/main speakers. Most TVs do have multiple HDMI ports. So if you only have a few HDMI devices and don't need the "high quality audio", then you wouldn't need a receiver. However, if you have an AVR, using it to switch your video is optimal as it requires you to run fewer HDMI cables to your TV (and/or "hide" them). Also, you'd need to run your items to the receiver anyway if you want to use it to power your 5.1 channel speaker system (or 7.1). |
The Yamaha was purchased as a similar investment. I expect it to last at least as long. |
Thanks OP, got 1, it does have some sort of microphone and automatic setup so seems like a good deal for me. My old pioneer is still going strong from 15yrs ago but no hdmi and only 25 watts to rear surrounds, I guess later they figured out they all had to have the same wattage.
None of these is needed beyond a particular value. The more the worse. Since, they got to compromise on other factors of the gadgets (the more important ones). That said, 25 watts is much more than what you would need for watching a movie. Unless of course if you are playing your movie in your backyard, with hundreds of people watching it.. |
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