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Microsoft To Open Additional Stores in 2013
Subject: General Tech | December 26, 2012 - 06:39 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: microsoft, Microsoft Store
A new year is nearly upon us, and Microsoft today committed itself to expanding its retail presence throughout 2013. In a blog post, the Redmond-based company talked-up the successful launch of its 51 physical Microsoft Store locations. Reportedly, the retail venture was successful enough to warrant expansion. As such, the compnay will convert several of its pop-up stores to permanent locations as well as opening six new Microsoft Stores in new locations next year.
Microsoft did not indicate how many of the pop-up locations will be converted and how many (if any) will be closed, but the post did detail the locations of the new stores. The lineup is as follows:
- The Shops in La Cantera, San Antonio, Texas
- Dadeland Mall in Miami, Florida
- Beachwood Place in Beachwood, Ohio
- Westfield San Francisco Centre in San Francisco, California
- City Creek Center in Salt Lake City, Utah
- St. Louis Galleria in St. Louis, Missouri
The expansion is encrouaging, and it seems that the store locations are worthwhile for Microsoft despite the less than stellar Surface tablet sales. The store in St. Louis will be interesting to see as it is somewhat close to me. You can find all of the details in the blog post on the company's Technet website.
What are your thoughts on Microsoft's retail expiriment?
Microsoft Unveils New Colorful, Modern-UI Inspired Logo
Subject: General Tech | August 23, 2012 - 05:30 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: windows, Microsoft Store, microsoft, logo
Windows 8 is not the only big change for the company this year as it retires the italicized logo that has been in service since 1987 in favor of a simple graphic and sans-serif type Segoe face. Reportedly inspired by the company's Microsoft Store logo and Windows Flag, the new logo is intended to signify the new direction the company is taking with its full lineup of software products.
Microsoft is making a number of rather large changes this year. It is embracing the ARM platform in a big way with a version of Windows (WinRT), pushing forward with Windows Phone OS, revamping the entire Office 2013 suite with a Modern UI /Metro-inspired interface, and releasing the next iteration of its desktop operating system with app store in Windows 8. And all those changes are before even mentioning the company's entrance into the hardware market with the Surface tablet, and the new Windows logo that had many users divided.
Speaking of logo changes, the company dropped the traditional Windows flag logo in favor of a simplified single-color logo reminiscent of an actual window. The two dimensional logo was a big shift, but was in line with the company's goal of presenting a flat Windows experience (namely by removing Aero Glass and the 3D effects with translucent windows borders) of simple colors as well as the new tile-based "Metro" Modern UI app interface and Start Screen. The flag logo will live on in a more basic form with the new Microsoft logo, however. Inspired by both the Windows Flag and Microsoft Store logos, Microsoft has unveiled its new company logo. The word "Microsoft" is no longer bold and italicized. Instead it is written in Microsoft's Segoe font in a light gray color. To the left of the written logo is an image of four flat squares of red, green, blue, and yellow arranged like the Windows logo but without the perspective shift.
Microsoft General Manager (of Brand Strategy) Jeff Hansen was quoted by the Seattle Times in stating that the new logo is intended to "signal the heritage but also signal the future — a newness and freshness" of the company. Further, the addition of color to the new Microsoft logo is meant to convey the idea that the company has a wealth of diverse products to offer.
The company is wasting no time in transitioning to the new logo, and it should be proliferating out to all of the company's online websites and social media accounts starting today. As Windows 8 nears release, we should further start seeing the new logo being used in TV and online advertisements for the company's products.
I know many people were against the Windows 8 logo, but what do you think of the new Microsoft logo? Will you miss the old logo?
Personally, I think it is rather nice as far as logos go, simple yet catching thanks to the addition of color. The bold and italic Microsoft text logo served the company well, but it's a much different world than it was 25 years ago. If it helps, Neowin points out that logo does look rather similar to an old image used during the 90's for Microsoft advertising, so the new logo is not totally coming out of nowhere.
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Microsoft will fix what their OEM partners break -- for $99
Subject: General Tech, Systems | May 17, 2012 - 03:13 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Microsoft Store, crapware
"Factory computers" have been loaded with demos and trials for several years now in an effort to subsidize part of the cost, get lower prices, and bloat your computer -- that last part is unintentional. Microsoft created their "Signature" lineup of PCs a couple of years ago to highlight products that only have software which Microsoft intended to install. Microsoft will soon offer a service to bring existing PCs to what Microsoft deems a Signature status for $99 if you can find a Microsoft store.
While our readers are affected by this story they are probably less so than just about any other blog.
If you did not acquire your computer by having it assembled -- and if you did, we hope you consulted our regularly updated Hardware Leaderboard -- you probably purchased it from an OEM. To make their product seem more appealing most OEMs load their products with product demos and other advertisements. This is particularly bad for PCs because they are not only annoying but also tend to bog the machine down.
What is it with Microsoft Stores and awkward $99 products lately?
(and yes I realize the image is inaccurate because I chose a non-consumer workstation)
Since Microsoft tends to get the brunt of the bad recognition when a Windows machine it comes to no surprise that they eventually attempted to encourage a more vanilla experience. The Microsoft "Signature" lineup of PCs were OEM-produced machines which have been removed of all software that should not come with Windows -- except maybe a few Windows Live Essentials products.
Microsoft will expand their Signature program to any PC if you can find a Microsoft Store and pay $99 to undo what their partners did.
It is unclear what specific goal Microsoft is hoping to accomplish with this program. Everyone's first reaction would be that they are attempting to cash in at the expense of their users but that just does not make sense. They could be attempting to promote the Windows store but this certainly seems less like a carrot and more like a wet noodle. They could also be trying to pressure their OEMs by reducing the cost-per-impression they can acquire for each ad because of how easily it could be removed.
It would be most like Microsoft to honestly believe that this service will be appreciated by users. If that is true, I must disagree. ZDNet has already used this as an excuse to promote Apple computers -- which makes me headdesk because $99 is pocket change compared to that -- so I expect that if that was Microsoft's intent it will backfire wholly.
What do you think Microsoft's goal is: selfish vulching their consumers or something less devious?
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ARLINGTON, Va., 21 Feb. 2013. DRS Technologies Inc. in Arlington, Va., is joining hands with Cypress Semiconductor Corp. in San Jose, Calif., to mass-produce uncooled infrared detectors for a wide variety of commercial and military electro-optical sensors.
Company executives announced that DRS will transfer its state-of-the-art microbolometer technology for uncooled infrared detectors to Cypress for high-volume manufacturing.
The proprietary production process, developed by the DRS Network and Imaging Systems (NIS) division of DRS Technologies, will transfer to the Cypress 65-nanometer class 10 eight-inch wafer fabrication facility in Bloomington, Minn.
The exclusive agreement will enable DRS Technologies to improve sensor production by using the Cypress advanced manufacturing processes for reduced wafer costs, company officials say.
The agreement will capitalize on Cypress advanced process technology and transfer expertise and the company's trusted fab accreditation and quality certifications for TS16949 and ISO14001.
DRS and Cypress officials say they expect to have qualified product by early 2014.
Cypress manufactures high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable technologies. DRS specializes in infrared solutions for military and commercial applications.
For more information contact DRS Technologies online at www.drs.com, Cypress Semiconductor at www.cypress.com.

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BLACKSTONE – As students, they made it through difficult economic times and the challenges of an unsettled and dangerous world.
Now the future looms for 104 members of Blackstone-Millville Regional High School's Class of 2011, and the purple-and-gold-dressed graduates walking into the school's 41st commencement Friday evening were told to count on successes already achieved to make it a bright one.
High School Principal Richard Porter pointed to the evening's perfect weather as making the ceremony a special one just as would the performances by a "fabulous" BMR band and chorus.
He also asked the graduating seniors to take a moment to stand and "show your appreciation" for all the years of hard work the school faculty had given them in preparation for Friday's ceremony.
Porter recalled meeting the students as "fidgety freshmen" whom he watched as they became a class of "talented characters and terrific kids." Their work over the years will send 72 percent of the graduating class to a two- or four-year college or university, and for some, to the most noted schools in the country.
Another 3 percent of the class will be heading off to military service, and Porter thanked those students for making such a commitment to their country.
The rest of the class will join the work force, he said, and in many cases earn the money needed to go to college or technical school in the future.
During his Valedictorian address, Luke Perreault offered that his classmates had already gained a taste of the "real world," while making it through their high school experiences.
"High school is as real and important as it gets," Perreault said while speaking from the podium overlooking the gathered class members, family, faculty and friends seated in front of the school's main entrance.
"This is not just a class going through pre-arranged motions, it's a community in its own right that made the long, hard journey from sandboxes to standardized tests, a class that always moved forward and never looked back," Perreault said.
"We take what we learned here, and what we became as individuals because of this school, into that 'real world,'" he said.
Perreault went on to remind his classmates that "every graduate here has had a unique experience at BMR, whether it be in sports, music, art, National Honor Society, student council, or clubs." The class members, he said, had put "in the time and effort to make those experiences excellent for themselves and others."
Perreault praised the school's athletes for their hard work in achieving many honors for BMR over the years, and also its music program and its "state-recognized" musicians. A member of the band himself, Perreault thanked his peers in the program and offered a special thanks to Band Director Buddy Bibeault for his devotion and passion for music and his students. "No words can live up to the example of excellence, commitment, and warmth you embody, and imbue in every musician you take under your wing."
Perreault plans to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute to take pre-med courses and advised his peers that "pursing your ambitions is really challenging."
"You might mess up, hit a roadblock or fail," he warned. "But that does not mean you stop trying; good God, no," he said. "If I have learned one thing from BMR, it is that we can overcome a roadblock. Even students in a school suffering from budget cuts and a nationwide recession can achieve, if not the goals they set out to achieve, something just as admirable," he said. "The trick is to muster up the courage and go out there into the real world they warn us about. Ignore those warnings and try," Perreault said.
Jennifer Daltorio, the class salutatorian, said that when she looked back on her years at the school while writing her address she found it almost impossible to sum up that period of time in just a 10-minute speech.
As she continued to struggle with her challenge in the late night hours, she finally realized that her problem was that all high school careers begin with a 'huge, gaping blank."
"The very halls of BMR were unknown, and forget about knowing what side to walk on," she said. Daltorio and her classmates had to wait "for someone to push us in the right direction," and soon they began to adjust.
"Soon we remembered that, when navigating the halls, right is always right without someone pushing us to the proper side. Stairs became a manageable and natural part of the pathways to our classes," she said.
"Soon we were not adjusting anymore, but excelling," she added.
The students struck up new friendships, discovered new niches in sports, musical programs, artistic pursuits, intellectual challenges and much more, she said. "In no time at all, we went from a class wandering the halls to a class leaving its mark in BMR history," Daltorio said.
Over the years, the class members have discovered new passions, talents and skills and transformed their blank pages into "such beautiful, colorful, individual pieces of art," Daltorio said.
"Today you see those resulting works of art before you, in each and every person sitting on this stage: the graduating class of 2011," she said.
The class also heard remarks by BMR teacher Bradford Monroe, retiring after 35 years with district.
Noting that the parents in the audience were probably asking themselves where all the time went, Monroe advised the class members to make good use of their time in the years ahead.
"My advice to you is appreciate time. It does go so quickly and nothing lasts forever," he said.
He also asked the Class of 2011 to "give the world the best you have. It may not be enough, but give the world the best you have anyway.''
Superintendent of Schools Kimberly B. Shaver-Hood joined Porter in congratulating the graduates and presenting them their diplomas as Assistant Principal Keith Ducharme called them to the stage, sometimes with a shout-out drawing cheers from the class and their families.
Before Bibeault and Choral Director Russ Arnold directed the music program members through the final performances of the ceremonies, Class President Louis Carney III, the master of ceremonies, offered his peers his own remarks on the day.
"Personally, I'd like to thank my mom and dad," Carney said while noting their support in his high school success. "Without you guys, I wouldn't be the man I am today."
He also had praise for a long list of successful BMR classmates and staff members.
"BMR has teachers that enjoy their students as much as we enjoy them," he said.
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Offering an outdoor pool and a spa, La Villa Bleue is located in Sidi Bou Saïd. Free Wi-Fi access is available. Rooms here will provide you with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, air conditioning. Some rooms have a sea view. At La Villa Ble..
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75 Avenue Habib Bourguiba TN - 2078 La Marsa
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Offering a restaurant, an outdoor pool and a spa with a wellness centre, Hotel Dar El Marsa is located in La Marsa. Free Wi-Fi access is available. Rooms here will provide you with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, air conditioning and a sea..
3 Mövenpick Hotel Gammarth Tunis
Avenue Taieb Mhiri - BP 36 TN - 2078 Gammarth
Prix from : 184 EUR
4 Golden Tulip Carthage Residences
Avenue de la Promenade - Les Côtes De Carthage Bp 606 TN - 2078 La Marsa
Prix from : 91.80 EUR
Golden Tulip Carthage Residences is located on the hills of Gammarth and offers a marvellous view over the Bay of Tunis. The residence has 13 apartments and 123 studios which are all equipped with a private balcony and air conditoning. Golden Tuli..
5 Golden Tulip Carthage Tunis
Avenue de la Promenade BP 606 TN - 2078 La Marsa
Prix from : 108 EUR
Located in La Marsa, the Golden Tulip Carthage Tunis hotel is on Gammarth Bay, overlooking the crystal clear waters of the Gulf of Tunis. Free Wi-Fi is provided throughout. All rooms and suites are comfortable and most rooms have a view of the sea o..
6 El Mouradi Gammarth
BP 597 Les côtes de Carthage Gammarth, La Marsa TN - 2070 Gammarth
Prix from : 73.10 EUR
This El Mouradi Hotel is located on the coasts of Carthage, 15 kilometres from Tunis. It offers 5-star accommodation and an outdoor and indoor swimming pool, hammam, sauna and thalassotherapy center. Guestrooms at the El Mouradi Gammath are air-cond..
7 Ramada Plaza Tunis
Les Cotes de Carthage TN - 1000 Gammarth
Prix from : 92 EUR
The Ramada is located on the Tunisian coast, near the sandy beaches of the Côte de Carthage. It has an indoor and outdoor pool, a Hammam, sauna and fitness centre. All guest rooms at the Ramada Plaza Tunis are air-conditioned and have a private bath..
8 Carthage Thalasso Resort
La Marsa - Les cotes des Gammarth TN - 2070 Gammarth
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With direct access to the beautiful sandy beach, Hotel Carthage Thalasso is a luxurious spa resort featuring water slides and a fully equipped business centre, just 25 minutes' drive from Tunis. Each room is tastefully decorated and beautifully appo..
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Situated in Gammarth overlooking the Gulf of Tunis, this 5-star hotel features a golf course and 2 swimming pools. Depending on the season, the hotel boasts a total of 6 restaurants including one on its own private beach. The spacious rooms at Résid..


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A digital inkjet printer sprays a paper-thin layer of adherent onto a box containing powdered, spherical stainless steel to form an impeller used in drilling pumps. Manufacturers are increasingly using 3-D printers to make production parts, rather than just product prototypes.
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About 20 miles east of Pittsburgh, the former heart of the nation's steel industry, a small company called ExOne is churning out a new generation of stainless steel boat propellers, oil pump parts and door knobs.
But there are no clanging hammers, wheezing presses or even computer-controlled milling machines.
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One Direction 3D Movie Gets A Title
March 19, 2013 7:34 AM
One Direction has officially announced the title of their 3D movie! The film will be called 'This Is Us'.
Following in the footsteps of Justin Bieber (Never Say Never) and Katy Perry (Part Of Me), the boys plan of releasing their 3D movie sometime this year but no date is set yet.
The name was announced after the boys sent fans on an internet scavenger hunt to find the different words that made up the title.
Just watching the trailer makes me so excited for this! I can't wait to see the boys in 3D. If you have a 1D Obsession don't forget to join Melony's One Direction Obsession Fan Club HERE!


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The popular musical talent competition for young artists, Radio Disney's "N.B.T." (Next BIG Thing), hits a higher octave in its fifth season beginning in the fall. This season's winner will perform on the hit Disney Channel series "Austin & Ally," have a single released by Disney Music Group and be the opening act for popular Radio Disney recording artists at the "N.B.T." finale concert this year in Los Angeles. Radio Disney and Disney Channel audiences will determine the winner when they are invited to look, listen and vote for their favorite artist.
Radio Disney will introduce its season five "N.B.T." artists at the first-ever three-night showcase at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort from FRIDAY, JUNE 22 – SUNDAY, JUNE 24 (8:00 P.M., ET). The showcase, hosted by Radio Disney on-air personality and "N.B.T." host Jake Whetter, will feature all of the season five artists, giving fans a taste of their varied musical styles. Season four "N.B.T." winner Shealeigh and runner-up Zack Montana will also take the stage for headline performances.
"This season's showcase event at Walt Disney World Resort and the integration with Disney Channel's 'Austin & Ally' exemplify our efforts to continuously expand 'N.B.T.,' providing our audience with an enhanced experience each season and delivering increased exposure for our young artists," said Phil Guerini, Vice President and General Manager, Radio Disney.
Kicking off July 1 at Chicago's Taste of Joliet, "N.B.T. On Tour" powered by Invisalign Teen is a multi-market concert tour featuring season five "N.B.T." artists, "N.B.T." alumni and popular Radio Disney artists. "Austin & Ally" stars Ross Lynch and Laura Marano are expected to make guest appearances throughout the tour, which will stop in more than 15 cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Sacramento and Seattle. Invisalign Teen will also sponsor the multiplatform competition on Radio Disney and Disney Channel.
"We are thrilled to come back for a second year as title sponsor of Radio Disney's 'NBT On Tour,' and look forward to engaging with fans and their parents about Invisalign Teen," said Thomas M. Prescott, president and CEO of Align Technology (Invisalign). "One of the keys to a successful performance is exuding confidence, and Invisalign Teen is a modern choice for straightening teeth that can help kids feel more confident as they pursue their dreams – no matter what their passion may be."
"Holding auditions in various cities this year helped us select a talented lineup of artists that represent a mix of musical styles from rockabilly to R&B and acoustic pop," said Kelly Edwards, Executive Director, Music and Programming, Radio Disney. She added, "In addition to hearing new music from five great artists, fans will also fall in love with their charismatic and dynamic personalities."
This year's artists, ages 12-17, are:
Chloe and Halle Bailey 13-year-old and 12-year-old (respectively) sister R&B singers and actresses from Atlanta, Georgia
Damian Otchere 16-year-old pop and R&B singer, dancer and actor originally from Brooklyn, New York, currently residing in East Orange, New Jersey
Elle Winter 13-year-old pop singer, songwriter and actress from New York, New York
Jack Skuller 16-year-old rockabilly singer and songwriter from Hoboken, New Jersey
Katherine Hughes 17-year-old acoustic pop singer and actress from New York, New York
"N.B.T.," a daily multiplatform competition that launched the careers of Hollywood Records recording artist and Disney Channel star Coco Jones ("Let It Shine"), as well as Kicking Daisies, Shealeigh and Allstar Weekend, puts the spotlight on aspiring young recording artists and provides them with the chance to showcase their music across national broadcast and online platforms. Over the course of 10 weeks, Radio Disney and Disney Channel audiences will be invited to look, listen and vote for their favorite artist via multiple entry points including RadioDisney.com and by texting* "NBT" to DISNEY (347639).
Radio Disney is the #1, 24-hour radio network devoted to kids, tweens and families. Kids help pick the music that is played and are encouraged to interact via a toll-free phone line to the Radio Disney studio. The network's current playlist, driven by listener requests and representing major record labels, includes recording artists Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, One Direction, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Cody Simpson, Mindless Behavior and Adele. The network is available on 31 owned terrestrial radio stations and is also available via RadioDisney.com, Sirius XM satellite radio on channel 79, iTunes Radio Tuner, mobile phones, the Radio Disney iPhone and Android Apps, and the Radio Disney Facebook page.
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In his classic work, Advice for Seekers, Spurgeon offers
Scriptural truths to help remove the obstacles so the simplicity of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ can be grasped.
From his own experiences and his years of ministry, C.H. Spurgeon
a gentle spirit of grace through his words to comfort and encourage
those desiring to know the Lord.
I am reading this book during my
morning devotions and love Spurgeon's unique insights into the daily
Christian walk. You will not be disappointed. You will feel your heart
thrill with the joy of understanding Biblical truths you never
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I have often seen this old barn on trips to the coast and wanted to stop to take a photo, but never did. On a recent trip I finally forced myself to stop. Glad I did. It's really a neat old barn. Mike.
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Denver Rescue Mission offers emergency services to thousands of needy people throughout the year. These core services correspond with our mission objective - to meet people at their physical point of need.
For many, the food we provide may be the only nutrition they receive. Last year, we offered 659,854 meals to the hungry throughout our facilities.
Many people who sleep on the streets live in constant fear of being robbed, beaten, or even killed. Last year, the Mission provided 171,480 nights of shelter for the needy.
The 1,150 square-foot clinic is located inside the Lawrence Street Shelter and provides medical, dental, nutritional, chiropractic, optical, and hearing services to program participants and homeless people who might otherwise not receive care. The clinic works with volunteer services providers and finds financial aid resources when needed. It also provides referrals to other health care facilities. Most services are provided free of charge. Last year, the clinic received 7,085 visits.
The clinic includes two dental chairs and operatives, an automatic dental x-ray processor, a daylight loader, all new sterilization equipment, and state-of-the-art optical equipment. Program residents can also learn new job skills in the clinic by assisting volunteer professionals and handling general reception duties.
The clinic is located inside the Lawrence Street Shelter at 1130 Park Avenue West, Denver, CO 80205. For appointments or more information, please call 303.294.0157 #2104.
Our Client Services Centers provide a wide range of emergency services from food boxes and clothing, to furniture and transportation assistance, while also offering emotional and spiritual support. Trained professionals assess and serve the needs of individuals and families who are struggling to make ends meet. Clients may be "walk-ins" or be referred by other agencies, shelters, Denver Rescue Mission programs, social services, or friends.
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American Dream Seekers
The creators of American Dream Seekers are on a quest to discover the next generation of successful entrepreneurs, inventors, creators and innovators. For those fortunate enough to make it through the application process and quarterfinal rounds, they will be given the opportunity to present their business idea, product or service in the semifinal rounds held at Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers, Florida on October 25th, 2014. After a full day of presentations, five finalists will be selected to compete in front of a panel of angel investors, venture capitalists, business professionals and successful entrepreneurs. Those finalists will then take the stage in front of a live audience vying for a chance to attract financial and creative investments to make their business dreams come true. Prize Money: $5,000
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Entire American middle class will fall under the poverty line in five years
Posted By kurtnimmo On December 31, 2010 @ 2:23 pm In Economic Crisis,Old Infowars Posts Style | Comments Disabled
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December 31, 2010
The entire middle class Americans will fall under the poverty line in five years, as the gap between the rich and the poor is widening in the United States, says an investigative journalist.
"The middle class, I am afraid, in the United States is not going to exist in another five years and everybody is going to be driven down to the lower poor class," said Wayne Madsen in a Press TV interview.
"They are going to be working, as many people do, maybe two or three minimum-wage jobs just to feed their families," he emphasized.
"I think it is all part of the steady drift of the United States into a corporate fascist type society. We have seen that through history before, when very small elite has most of the wealth," Madsen added.
The journalist quoted a Democratic Party economic advisor as saying that the US commercial real estate will witness a huge collapse in the near future.
"When we see the commercial real estate market collapse, it is going to make the residential real estate market pale, in comparison with that collapse, and this promise is just going to keep compounding," Madsen further explained.
A new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has revealed that the gap between the rich and the poor in the United States is stretching, standing at its largest level since the survey began in 1962.
The report shows that the richest one percent of US households are 225 times richer than the average household.
According to the survey, the figure has almost doubled since the 1960s. The last survey, conducted in 2007, had indicated that the richest one percent had 181 times more money than the average household, whereas in the 1960s the figure reflected a 125-fold wealth gap between the richest and average household.
The global economic recession has also hit the average US citizens much harder, with their assets declining 41 percent since 2007. The rich only lost 27 percent in the same time period.
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In 2009, the richest one percent had an average of $14 million, while the average household had average assets of around $62,200.
In calculating household assets, the EPI includes house ownership. The average US citizen has suffered far more from the impact of falling property prices than the rich, the report said.
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CHICAGO—As a kid, it is always a mystifying experience when you see a teacher outside of school. You recognize that they're people, people who may even live in your neighborhood, but the entire context of your relationship with them is centered in the classroom, not at the supermarket.
I had that feeling again today on the way back to my hotel from the Bruins' media session downtown. I was walking down Ontario Street and saw three Boston players coming my way. I've seen players away from the rink before, but it's generally been on the way to a game or practice at the same time that they're commuting. This was an off-day.
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This is one of those situations where being an overthinker really messes with your head. What's the social protocol? I'm not about to make a scene and shout, "Hey, guys! I know you!", but there's at least some familiarity with people you've been talking to for the past two months. There's also the simple fact that they are much more necessary to my job than I am to theirs. My job is to watch them work, not the other way around.
But, like I said, that's all overthinking. What I did was, I think, the normal thing to do, which is make eye contact and offer a friendly smile to three work acquaintances who were on their way to lunch at a sandwich shop. I am 100 percent certain that none of them gave any thought to this interaction before, during or after it, but as someone charged with chronicling these guys' professional lives, I felt awkward and almost guilty for a happenstance glimpse at their time away from hockey. I almost felt like I was invading their privacy by being on the same street at that particular moment.
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That's also why I haven't said who they were, although I will note that Zdeno Chara was not in the group because I would be fascinated to see how much he gets recognized on the street just from being 6-foot-9. There was that picture of him riding his bicycle after a Bruins practice during the Eastern Conference finals, but again, that's within the parameters of the professional world.
I came back to life in my regular world at the corner of Michigan Avenue, where a couple was finishing crossing as the light changed. An SUV driver honked her horn, and one of the pedestrians offered up a middle finger along with the seven-letter verbal message that it represents. This is a good town.


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I have been enjoying spending time this week and over Easter with a visiting friend – so much so that I forgot I had reduced the price of "Oriental Dance: Discovering the Art of Belly Dancing" for the Amazon Kindle.
I originally reduced the price so that members of my email newsletter list could grab the most recent edition for just $4.99. The price was supposed to go back up last Thursday but it slipped my mind, so I thought I would use it as an opportunity to let blog readers get a copy at the reduced price too.
I first released "Oriental Dance: Discovering the Art of Belly Dancing" as a .pdf ebook over 5 years ago. Since that time, both the book and technology have developed further. The most recent edition of the book contains a bonus chapter on the props of Belly Dance and 18 beautiful illustrations.
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Oh, and if you do take advantage of the special offer this Easter, please leave a review on Amazon and let me know what you thought of the book (good or bad).
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"I'd say buying natural makeup is worth splurging. Makeup has been around for centuries, but not the kind we put on ourselves today. Modern makeup is largely chemically based and to a large extent has never been tested for safety. Out of all those expensive perfumes at the beauty counter for example, almost none uses natural essences — they're made from chemicals rather than flowers. If you've ever walked into an empty room or elevator and could still smell the cologne of someone who'd left, you can bet that it was made from a synthetic fragrance because unlike natural flower essences, synthetic chemicals have a strong, long-lasting smell.
Many untested chemicals that we put on our skin go in our skin as well. Some of these chemicals that are in our make-up and skin creams are the very same ones used in industrial manufacturing to soften plastics, clean equipment and stabilize pesticides. Some, known as endocrine disrupters, can work in subtle ways by disrupting the body's ability to produce adequate quantities of hormones or by interfering with the body's hormonal pathways.
Become a good label reader and know that like ingredients on food packaging, labels on cosmetics are written in descending order, so the first ingredients on the list make up the majority of the product. Manufacturers may add some natural ingredients to make their product seem natural, but if you see the good stuff listed last instead of first, there could be less than one percent that's actually natural, and the rest being nasty chemicals. Keep it simple and buy products with the fewest and safest ingredients possible. I have a list of safe cosmetics in my book Super Natural Home. You can also check the website www.safecosmetics.org for reviews and ratings on cosmetics. In general, the makeup you'll find at stores like Whole Foods or Pharmaca will be much safer than those found in department stores and drug stores."


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Eileen was first introduced to the art of event design a few months before the start of her freshman year of college, while working for a florist who specialized in dramatic event décor. Torn between her new found love of event design and the desire to educate children, she made the difficult decision to continue on her original career path. After graduating from the University of South Florida, with a B. A. in Education, she immediately began a life in the classroom. Eileen loved teaching, especially children hindered by learning issues. She knew all too well their frustrations and lack of self-esteem, because she at the age of fifteen had been diagnosed with a learning disability. Therefore, Eileen taught her students the strategies she developed to retrain her brain. As a result, her students not only learned to process information, but scored better on standardized testing than students without learning disabilities. It seemed as if she had found her true calling, but Eileen knew the event planner/designer in her was her passion!
The opportunity to share that passion with others came a few years later, when Eileen became engaged to her Prince Charming…the C.P.A. Chefy. As she meticulously planned her wedding, it became obvious to family and the professionals she hired for her nuptials, that her talents belonged in the event industry. To test the waters, she designed a few celebrations for friends. Before she knew it, the phone began to ring with friends of friends asking for help in planning their upcoming events.
Therefore, with the support of her family, ten years ago Eileen left the world of teaching to open an event planning and design firm in Tampa, Florida. Her professionalism, creativity, attention to detail and enthusiasm for learning has earned her much respect from peers and clients.
Eileen's talents go beyond typical event planning and design. She grew up in a home deeply rooted in the belief of giving back to her community. In keeping with those values, Eileen has held positions on various boards of nonprofit organizations near and dear to her heart.
Being a part of those organizations has allowed her the opportunity to volunteer in her community, while learning the inner workings of nonprofits, fine tuning leadership skills and mastering the art of fundraising. Pair these elements with Eileen's unique sense for anticipating what people enjoy during a social event and you have the recipe for fabulously successful fundraisers! This past year, Eileen began providing consulting services to nonprofits around the country, sharing with them the art of successful fundraising in an up or down economy.
Eileen and her soul mate, Brad A/K/A the C.P.A. Chefy Hubby are the proud parents of three handsome boys and a schnauzer. When not working, Eileen savors dining out, vacationing…especially with her family to Walt Disney World, searching for the best sour apple martini, spending time with friends, shopping for anything and everything and relaxing on her deck, enjoying a good book with a glass of Riesling in hand.


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EXOTE, an indoor garden for invasive alien species
The European Union defines "Invasive Alien Species" as those that thrive outside their natural distribution area and threaten biological diversity. One of the most dramatic examples of it is the one of the descendants of an original cargo of 24 rabbits that were shipped from Europe to Australia in 1859 for the pleasure of a man missing the joys of rabbit hunting. Within ten years of their introduction, they had become so prevalent that two million of them could be shot or trapped each year without any effect on the population being noticed. European rabbits have no natural predators in Australia and their impact on the ecology is devastating. The hunting prey quickly became nothing more than pest that has to be eradicated by all means. The poor creatures are vilified to the point that the Easter bunny has been replaced by the Easter Bilby.
Theatre maker and visual artist Kris Verdonck selected terrestrial plants, crustraceans, insects, fish, amphibians, birds and other organisms in the list of IAS that live in Belgium. Then he put them all together in one big luminous garden on the first floor of the contemporary art space Z33 in Hasselt, Belgium.
The result is an artificial jungle of bamboo, parrots, bullfrogs, Japanese knot weeds, parrots and little trees carrying blue berries. Before entering, however, you are invited to wear white rubber boots, a pair of gloves, and a lab coat. As if you were about to enter a contaminated space? Or maybe it's the space that shouldn't be contaminated by you? After all, men are ultimately, the ones responsible for any ecological damage caused by non native species. They are the ones who introduced them into the new habitat, intentionally or by accident (when exiting Z33 with seeds that would further invade the local fauna for example.) What is sure is that the pristine antechamber in all its whiteness and sanitariness offers a striking contrast to the garden, all messy and multicolored. No one could have orchestrated the effect better than a theater maker like Verdonck.
Once you're inside, it's easy to forget that these are 'invasive alien species.' Take the green parakeets. In 1975, they were only roughly 50 of them when the manager of an amusement park decided to release them in the wild. Thousands of them can now be found in Brussels parks and suburbs. They are seen as a threat to native species because they have the potential to outcompete them for nest sites as they begin nesting several weeks before most species. American bullfrogs --carriers of infectious disease and predators of native of molluscs, fishes and young water birds-- are seen as such a threat to biological diversity that their eradication was strongly recommended by the Council of Europe.
Verdonck's garden opened in May and looked like a little piece of Eden. All lush flowers, green parrots, colourful plants, cheerful amphibians and mysterious moustachioed fish. When i visited the show a week ago, the place was still jaw-dropping but in a rather post-apocalyptic way. It felt a bit desolate. Good care was taken of the fauna and flora but the flowers were perishing, the parakeets had to be taken away because they were wolfing on any flower or fruit they could get their beaks on, tadpoles were vanishing, etc.
Here's a photo i took, that should give you an idea:
The sad outcome of the experiment was not planned but it certainly provides us with a lesson. This indoor garden explores alienation, men's relentless interference with nature. However, as the catalogue of the exhibition states, "EXOTE's aim is not to position itself within the scientific debate on biological invasions, but to be a metaphor to reflect on our interaction with the environment in which we live."
EXOTE is part of the exhibition Kris Verdonck - EXIBITION #1, on view at Z33 House for Contemporary Art until August 21, 2011.


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ccl2003: Is it true that the G X Vario PZ 14-42mm lens is not that good especially on max zoom? I read somewhere that max zoom produces blurry shots. I'm seriously considering the GX1 and to be honest I have no intention of changing the lens because it will function as my daily point and shoot cam. I'm hesitating in getting a Canon 550D or 600D due to their size and I'm after the GX1 due to its size, weight and performance.
Any inputs will definitely be appreciated. Thanks!
Also consider max aperture at the telephoto end, compared with the fast 45/1.8.
a practical man: There are images of the function buttons appearing to show rub wear at:
Cant sy for sure, but that does not look like wear to me.
Looks nice, but there are clickings heard from the Auto Focusing (I presume) in the videos people have put up on Youtube for example..
a practical man: The GX1 appeared to be ticking all the right boxes for me and I was on the point of purchase. However, I have just noticed that a number of web images of the camera show what appears to be considerable wear to the silver finish on quite a few of the function buttons on the rear panel, rendering them cosmetically very scruffy.
I don't know if these are pre-production examples, but I would certainly be disappointed if my shiny new camera looked the same after a couple of months' use....
Has anyone else noticed this?
Nope, maybe it's just on the preproduction models.. any links?
patchfree: When we got a review on dpreview?!
The GX2 will be already out when this review will appear...
I cant wait! Also the G1X would be nice, to be able to compare them side-by-side.
I thought i read somewhere Canon claimed that there would be no zoom noise recorded om the audio-track.. video one has very loud zooming noise.. shame.. I hope there is not AF-noisea s well.. I hope they can fix it!
realsand: Nice pictures! Which will give the best indoors shots without flash? - G1X or GX1..?
Thanks but isn't the G1x's lens 'slower', so that the iso advantage is lost in the end?
Nice pictures! Which will give the best indoors shots without flash? - G1X or GX1..?
realsand: What is the click I can distinctly hear after four seconds of the first video? Is it the AF ?!?! Please say it is not........
Acutally, I think it is when the zoom-out starts.. :(
That will be a pain if it clicks every time ome zooms..
I wonder if the gx1 is any better in this respect.. I will do a lot of filming of the kids indoors and I dont want camera-sounds on my audiotrack.. more research tbd..
What is the click I can distinctly hear after four seconds of the first video? Is it the AF ?!?! Please say it is not........
Jan_Shim: Yes I do have a burning question and it's none other than the minimum focusing distance ... (cross posted as follows from comments left at Preview page)
I shoot with two 5D Mark IIs professionally and for everything else I use the G11. Essentially two very important considerations: the flip out LCD and the 1 cm macro capability (excellent feature for food photography). The G1X with all the other great features has compromised this with a focusing distance of 20cm (according to Dpreview Specs). The G1X quickly went from "high exciting" to a big let down for me.
Question: Does the bigger sensor result in a magnification at such that at 20cm, it's (by any chance?) equivalent to 1cm on the G11/12?
Please test if there is any clicking or other noise from the zoom or autofocus in a recorded video!
When recording for example a conversation indoors with no other backgroud noise and zooming and making the autofocus refocus. I would really like a sample video! I have heard af-clicking and zoom-noise noise in videos from several other cameras...
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AVI meetings in 2003
updated March '03
Need for stronger collaboration between AVI and AV
While during the previous twenty years, the AVI Association held its annual meetings in one of the member countries, this is now going to change: the Centres have expressed their wish to have their meetings, at least every other year, take place in Auroville itself! Understandably, the contact between Centres and Auroville has grown more solid and close every year, and certainly its long-term members who often come and live here for some time, are considered by us here to be as much "Aurovilian" as the residents on site. With both Auroville and Centres now maturing, a strong need for a closer working-together between AV and AVI emerges, and this new arrangement will surely be conducive for this.
AVI meetings in Auroville and France in '03
As the Centres are very serious about stepping up their interest and activities, there are TWO Auroville International meetings planned for this year! One in Auroville itself from February 1 - 4, 2003, and the other one in mid-June '03 in France, near Paris, which will follow the agenda of the more official General Assembly of the AVI Association as per the requirements of the Association's Statutes.
Well-functioning exchange mechanism
The AVI-meeting in Auroville in February '03 has been very special. One of the reasons was that the main focus of the meeting was on Auroville's International Zone. The February-meeting worked on building up a close collaboration and well-functioning exchange mechanism between the various nations which are ready to start building there and the International Zone team working here on site.
Warm invitations for participation
Already now, we invite heartily all Aurovilians, newcomers, friends, AVI-members, guests of Auroville and anybody else interested to participate in the AVI-meeting in June this year, 2003.
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This was a very good cabin with a great cabin steward. It is a short walk to the aft elevator and longer walk to the middle elevator. We did not notice the ship was even moving. The cabin was clean. Looking down from the balcony you do see the tender boats . I think if you were on the deck below this cabin you would have a partial obstructed view . We liked this cabin very much.
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They seem to get smaller and smaller, although it's nice having a shower curtain instead of the sliding door like reminds me of something out of Woody Allen's movie Sleeper. The balcony barely fit two straight chairs and a small table. Dining on the balcony? Hah!
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Rooms were nice and clean. Bathroom were a little bit smaller than other ships.
The rooms were poorly soundproofed, we heard the next door's couple talk very clearly, the TV and some morning there alarm. They were a loud noice (like a huge fan pushing air into our room) coming from the ventilation when we openned to balcony door.
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A little smaller than the cabins we have had on other ships but, ample room for comfort. There was plenty of storage for toiletries in the bathroom. The closet and drawer space was sufficient to allow us to empty our suitcases and store them in the closet with our hanging clothes. The balcony was small but private and accommodated two chairs and a table with enough room for two people to sit comfortably. The (queen) bed and pillows were exceptional. The room was in good repair and always clean.
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Nice and quiet location. We could see the tenders below our balcony, but it didn't block our view of the wide open sea.
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Cabin was ok
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Smaller than the balcony cabins on the previous Princess ships we've sailed on, especially the balcony itself. The closet and drawers are smaller as well. If you want space, book a higher class of cabin. We won't book this class again.
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We were very happy with our cabin, location and size was good. It was very quiet and we had good views.
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The cabin was nice, the only issues were that sometimes with the balcony door open a slight crack in the door frame made a whistling noise. Robe doors would swing open.
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Quiet room in a great location mid forward near staircase. An easy place to navigate throughout the ship from. If you are doing a lot of shore excursions, just a quick and short flight down the stairs to the Princess Theatre where many shore excursions meet.
A long walk from the laundry room if you plan on doing laundry.
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A very good cabin with quality finish and comfortable bedding. The TV entertainment system sometimes falters put its fixed quickly.
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A701. Double balcony cabin set up with a queen size bed. Near elevators. Good size. Clean and quiet. Shower was larger than previously experienced with good sized wall mounted shower gel and shampoo dispensers. Adequate storage facility. Great wall mounted TV with lots of choice.
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Bit bland.
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Comfortable, balcony on the small side.
Lots of hanging space and hangers, not that much drawer space.
Don't think the extra space of the deluxe balcony is worth having, will probably go for standard balcony or mini-suite next time.
Shower a bit bigger than on other Princess ships, which is good, also corner shelves bigger.
Positioning of toilet roll dispenser seems badly thought out to me.
TV very good, when they get over teething troubles with the loading time for on-demand programmes.
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Gun Dealer In New Mexico Smuggling Conspiracy Gets 60 Months
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May 25, 2012
A federal judge in Las Cruces has sentenced a gun dealer to 60 months in prison for supplying a ring that smuggled arms to Mexican cartels.
Dealer Ian Garland was the second of 14 people charged in the conspiracy to be sentenced. All have pleaded guilty.
Other defendants include the former police chief, former mayor and a former trustee from the New Mexico border town of Columbus.
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This free website's biggest source of support is when you use any of these links when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live. Thank you! Ken.
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Introduction top
I've been breaking my cameras for decades.
Here are the places with which I've had good luck.
Just as important as fixing the camera is that a real repairman leaves no tracks: no marks on the screw heads or anywhere to suggest that he's been inside the camera. If you get a camera back and there are marks on it, that was a bad repair. I refer to these marks as "technician tracks."
Before you ship anything to anyone, be sure to confirm that they really are at the address I've listed for them.
Nikon & Canon Digital top
For current digital cameras, I always send them straight to the manufacturer's own repair facility closest to me.
Few if any independent repair facilities are Nikon or Canon certified or trained. If they are, be sure to ask for what cameras.
For digital cameras one especially needs full access to very specialized test equipment, firmware, software and tools for in-depth service of DSLRs and point-and-shoots.
Independents can clean and do most things, but if I really break a DSLR, I send it directly to Canon or Nikon because I know they have the most complete facilities.
Canon or Nikon have referred me to local authorized independent repair shops, which also do great work. For instance, Kurt's in San Diego has all the factory equipment for Nikon.
I've always had very good results with both Canon and Nikon's repair depots. If anything wasn't done properly the first time, a polite request got it done the second try.
Nikon 35mm Cameras top
If you've got a current F6, of course send it to Nikon. Nikon also can fix everything back to about the F3, depending on the availability of parts.
For older cameras, as well as newer cameras for which Nikon no longer stocks parts, these are the guys I've used.
None of these guys has a website; they do repairs, not websites.
Gus Lazzari,
TLC Camera Repair
Gus is my guy. I send him everything that I don't send directly to the manufacturer.
Gus can fix anything, and never leaves any tracks. He fixes classic LEICA cameras, too, so Nikons are easy for him. Gus has worked on many, many cameras for me.
Berrie Smith
Berrie is one of the guys Nikon sends out to large sporting events to provide live repair and sensor cleaning service to the NPS pros covering the event.
He's also an independent repairman. I sent him an FE that needed repair, and it came back quite clean. I haven't sent him anything else yet.
Canon 35mm Cameras top
Steven Swerington
A reader sent me a Canon T90 that had the usual EEE shutter error. I looked for a T90 repairman, and it turns out that Steven is a T90 specialist.
Since I had him on the phone, I also sent him a New F-1 and a Canon A-1, as well as a T90, for overhaul.
Everything came back working perfectly, and looking far better and cleaner than when I sent it in.
Contax top
ToCAD America serviced Contax up through 2015, and handed it off to:
Nippon Photo Clinic
LEICA top
Gus Lazzari
Gus has been fixing anything LEICA that I can throw his way, especially screw-mount and other LEICA delicacies from as far back as the 1930s.
Not only does Gus get it fixed, he never leaves any marks. The more complex and delicate and difficult the repair, the more excited Gus gets. Unlike other repair shops who won't touch old cameras for fear of breaking them, Gus knows how to rebuild and repair anything. He's not just swapping parts.
I have never been able to stump Gus with anything he couldn't fix well.
Of course Gus fixes Nikon and Canon and Mamiya and everything else I've sent him, too.
I've even had Gus work on sealed LEICA M3s, preserving the L seal. Gus is the guy for LEICA repairs.
If it's worth having done right, it's worth sending to Gus. The even better news is that his pricing is still a lot less than you'd expect for LEICA repairs. Gus was charging only about $225 + parts in 2011 for LEICA body overhauls. Don't expect Gus to stay this inexpensive for long; he's getting very busy, for good reason.
Likewise, Gus is an expert repairman and he does the work himself. Since he's getting so popular, expect to have to wait a while. Gus takes the time to do it right; he's not just trying to farm out all the work or slam though your job fast to get to the next one.
This is why I use Gus for everything. I want it done right and don't mind waiting.
Kurt's top
Kurt's repairs just about anything, and is even certified by Nikon to do warranty repairs for free, as well as fixing slide projectors. Especially if you're in San Diego, check them out.
Kurt's Camera Repair
Kurt's has been in San Diego since 1975, and I've used them since the 1980s. In 1997, they adjusted the rangefinder to my Mamiya 7.
I haven't used them recently, however everyone who uses them tells me they are as good as ever. They are factory authorized for Nikon, Canon, Olympus and Minolta.
Help me help you top
I support my growing family through this website, as crazy as it might seem.
The biggest help is when you use any of these links when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live. It costs you nothing, and is this site's, and thus my family's, biggest source of support. These places have the best prices and service, which is why I've used them since before this website existed. I recommend them all personally.
If you find this page as helpful as a book you might have had to buy or a workshop you may have had to take, feel free to help me continue helping everyone.
If you've gotten your gear through one of my links or helped otherwise, you're family. It's great people like you who allow me to keep adding to this site full-time. Thanks!
If you haven't helped yet, please do, and consider helping me with a gift of $5.00.
As this page is copyrighted and formally registered, it is unlawful to make copies, especially in the form of printouts for personal use. If you wish to make a printout for personal use, you are granted one-time permission only if you PayPal me $5.00 per printout or part thereof. Thank you!
Thanks for reading!
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Rockwell, Ryan and Katie.
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Mr. Bell: asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry if his Department has received the report on hydraulic pier tests on Clogherhead Pier, County Louth; and when the report will be given to Louth County Council.
Minister for Fisheries and Forestry (Mr. O'Toole): The hydraulic model investigation in relation to Clogherhead Harbour has now been completed and the report is being finalised at University College, Cork, where the tests were carried out. The report will have to be considered in the Office of Public Works and in my Department before it is made available to the Louth County Council.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Consider it a one-stop-shop for products and services that cater to your pets. The Twin Cities Pet Expo is being held Saturday and Sunday at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Among the things to see is a new technical device called the PetChatz. It allows dog owners to communicate with their pooch while at work and even dispense a treat.
The Pier Pups will also show off their leaping abilities and the Minnesota Companion Bird Association is holding a parrot show.
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District 1 Paper Recycling 1/5
Attention Madison residents in District 1: This Monday, January 1st was a recycling holiday. As such, District 1 paper recycling will be picked up Thursday, January 5th. If you have any questions please contact the Department of Public Works at 973-593-3088.
Garbage Collection
Attention Madison Residents! Effective September 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012, residential garbage collection will occur once per week. Please note, the recycling pickup schedule will remain the same. To find your new garbage collection day, click the link below: http://gov.rosenet.org/uploads/958/garbageflyerv2.pdf
Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Days
The County Household Hardardous Waste Disposal Days are set for Saturday May 7, 2011 and Saturday June 11, 2011. All programs are from 9am - 2pm and located at the Firefighter & Police Training Academy, 500 West Hanover Ave. Randolph NJ (just west of Greystone). For more informattion, visit http://www.mcmua.com/HazardousWaste/HHWDisposalDays.htm
Fridge/Freezer Recycling Program Extended!
Update April 4, 2011...As per NJ Clean Energy, funding for this program has been exhausted and as such, it is no longer available. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Energy Star Refrigerator/Freezer Recycling Program is available for your old working refrigerator or freezer. Recieve $50 for recycling these working appliances. Call 877-270-3520 to schedule a free pick up of your old refrigerator or freezer. Madison residents MAY qualify for an incentive ONLY if you purchase a new ENERGY STAR® qualified refrigerator. This offer is valid until June 30, 2011 or while funding lasts. A legible copy of a dated and itemized sales receipt is required. Restrictions apply, please call 866-NJSMART for more information.
2011 Recycling Calendar
The 2011 recycling calendar is on-line. To see the calendar, please visit... https://gov.rosenet.org/uploads/958/2011_final_newsletter.pdf
Rescheduled recycling pickup for this Thursday.
Because of Monday's snow, the comingled recycling that was scheduled to be picked up in District 1 on Monday will be picked up this Thursday.
Appliance Rebate Program
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) and New Jersey's Clean Energy Program™ has announced the continuation of the federally funded appliance rebate program. These rebates will give all New Jersey residents an opportunity to upgrade their appliances to ENERGY STAR qualified models, which will help reduce their home energy usage, save money and protect the environment. Click the link below for more information: http://gov.rosenet.org/uploads/958/app_reb_7_10.pdf
Donate Your Items to ReStore!
On the last Saturdays of June, July & August: June 26th, July 24th, and August 28th, a ReStore truck will be at the Madison Area YMCA parking lot from noon to 4pm so that area residents may conveniently drop off items for donation. Located in Mine Hill, ReStore sells new and gently used building supplies, home furnishings and appliances at a fraction of the cost of retail. ReStore's inventory is 100% donated by businesses and individuals. All items are either dropped off at the Mine Hill warehouse or picked up by a ReStore truck. ReStore is largely staffed by volunteers and the bulk of the sale proceeds are used to build affordable housing in Morris County. Support this great cause (donating is a form of recycling!) and donate your new and gently used items! For more information, visit www.morrisrestore.org