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Interesting read, thanks for that!
What are peoples opinions on their argument with speaker cables?
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It's been some time since i ventured into the dark depths of the forums... i think i lost a few years of my life in here somewhere...
anyhoo I also wanted to comment on the issue of the "Two really nice guys sold you two impressively large speakers at an amazing price from the back of their truck in a supermarket parking lot."
I work as a custom installer in Hamilton, Western Victoria and had a guy call me this week wanting me to come over and install his brand new system that he got real cheap. He picked up this full 7.1 theatre set from the Hungry Jacks carpark in Geelong.
Maybe they have been forced out of the supermarket carparks in the city and are heading West to satisfy all the bargain hunters in the country...
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Sorry, but I can't see how the customer is at fault if they manage to find a price that is cheaper than your first offer............. particularly if you are willing to match it when they come back to you!
Posted 09 April 2008 - 07:17 PM
If you can find a sales guy who can add more than just read what's printed on the box but agree in principal when you find a good one!!
Looks like you didn't read his post. If you want the cheapest price do as you suggest. If you want service do as the post before yours suggests. Simple.
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You do know this is an Australian forum, yes?
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Ten Biggest Mistakes of Speaker and Home Theater Shopping
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1. You went for an all-inclusive surround sound speaker package from a big brand name manufacturer noted for electronics and TV sets.
On the surface, it's not that irrational. If ________ (fill in Sony, Kenwood, any major electronics brand) knows how to build CD players, audio/video receivers or TV monitors, they must know how to design and build excellent loudspeakers, right? Not always. Good speaker design is so specialized, and requires such extensive acoustical research, measurement, and listening tests that the best speakers continue to come from companies with a long history of acoustical research and speaker design.
2. You bought speakers in a rush, without listening to them with your favourite recordings, and now you're disappointed because they sound boomy or harsh.
Experienced listeners and professionals will tell you that making careful judgments on different speakers takes many hours of listening so don't be rushed. Visit several stores, taking the same group of recordings of music you know and like, for each test. If you have the option of auditioning the speakers in your own house, so much the better. That's the room where the speakers you buy will be placed, and there's no better place to listen to speakers than in the room you'll use them in. In any case, you'll likely keep them for years, so take your time and don't let sales staff pressure you.
3. You were knocked out by the deep bass from the subwoofer and didn't concentrate on the center channel and main left and right speakers.
Sure, deep bass from a subwoofer is desirable, and it's impressive, but whether you watch movies or listen to lots of music, most of those midrange and high-frequency sounds--and all of the movie dialog--will come from the center channel and main left and right speakers. Listen critically to actors' voices. Do they sound "boxy" or unnatural and hollow? Are "ssss" sounds at the beginning of words exaggerated (sibilance) or sharp sounding? Do male actors sound nasal or if they had a head cold? Or are their voices "chesty" and too full? These are all speaker "colorations" -- unnatural changes in the tonality of speaking voices introduced by the loudspeaker, and they'll become tiresome and annoying after a short time. Voices should sound natural and dialogue should be easily understood.
4. You went for those attractive little cube speakers because they're so tiny and unobtrusive, but when things get loud with home theatre, the sound gets strained and off-putting.
They may look cute and almost disappear into your room's decor, but those tiny satellite speakers can move only so much air. They're okay at quiet background levels but the little 2-inch cones inside get rattled when things start to rock and roll. Nor will a subwoofer fill in all the important upper bass and lower midrange sounds that the 2-inch cubes can't handle.
Any speaker with any claim to authentic high fidelity, even a fairly compact model, must divide the sound spectrum into at least two segments, the bass/midrange for the woofer, and the treble for the tweeter. A single cone just can't do it well in normal rooms. As the price spectrum climbs, the best speakers divide the spectrum into three parts--bass, midrange, and treble--and use multiple drivers to achieve very clean high-level high-quality sound.
5. You saved money by getting two compact speakers you thought would be just fine to fill your 25- x 20-foot cathedral-ceiling living room with high-level sound. But they sound strained and edgy when you turn up the volume.
A speaker is a kind of electromagnetic air pump, and a modest single woofer and tweeter can't be expected to fill a big volume of space with wide-range sound at high listening levels. Too many shoppers expect a "bookshelf" speaker to produce deep, resonant bass. Unfortunately, the laws of physics dictate otherwise. Sure you can get listenable pleasant bass to about 50 or 40 Hz from a shoebox-size enclosure, but if you want the resonant, deep and satisfying sounds a big pop band or orchestra makes or the deep rumbling of movie soundtracks, you must get a subwoofer or floorstanding speakers--or both!
6. You set up your subwoofer at the side of the room and you're disappointed at the lack of deep, low bass.
Room placement of any speaker is critical, and with subwoofers it becomes crucial. Even shifting the subwoofer (or where you sit) by a few feet can have a profound effect on the quantity and quality of low bass you'll hear. If the subwoofer is placed in the middle of a "standing wave," the deep bass may almost disappear. Moving the sub a few feet along the wall or towards a corner may entirely correct the problem.
Experiment with subwoofer locations! Every room produces "standing waves"--areas in the room where bass may seem too boomy or may almost be absent. Yes, subs are awkward, but you'll only have to position them once. And you can try moving the couch or chair as well, if that's easier.
7. You bought a receiver or amplifier advertised as having "200 watts total power output" and now it seems to be underpowered.
Watts are comparatively inexpensive nowadays, but lots of amps and receivers are still advertised using the misleading "total power output" ruse, which sums the individual power for all five channels. That "200-watt" receiver may have only 40 watts per channel (40 x 5 = 200) which would be okay in a den or a dorm room (barely) but inadequate for good home theater in a living room.
Look for the receiver's power output per channel into 8 ohms at a specified distortion level over a rated frequency range, preferably with at least two channels driven. The power at a single frequency, usually 1,000 Hz (1 kHz) is often quoted in ads, but it can be misleading. A receiver or amplifier with rated power output of 80 to 100 watts per channel, from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, at 0.3% distortion (THD), with at least two channels driven, should be more than ample for all but the very largest rooms.
And don't forget dynamic headroom . . . don't even get me started on that one!
8. Two really nice guys sold you two impressively large speakers at an amazing price from the back of their truck in a supermarket parking lot. Somehow, the sound seems to be lacking something. . .
Don't laugh. This scam has been going on for years and even normally intelligent otherwise sane folks fall for it. The speakers will often have a brand name that's sort of familiar, like "Sonic Research", something close to that of a familiar brand. But such speakers are terrible. Often, they have tweeters or woofers that aren't even connected. They're just for show.
The best speakers come from dedicated speaker designers who most often have been in business for 20 years or more. It takes that long to refine and develop really great loudspeakers.
9. You bought good speakers with excellent reputations and let your spousal unit or companion persuade you to put them out of sight inside an antique armoire or entertainment unit.
Why buy really good speakers if you're going to place them inside shelving units or armoires? It's the old law of boundary effects. The more surfaces nearby or surrounding a speaker, the greater the likelihood of unpleasant colourations (see above). A speaker needs to operate more or less in free space. Smaller speakers sound their best on stands. If you must put them on a shelf, move the edge of the speaker so it protrudes from the shelf a bit to minimize boundary effects. Leave the armoire for electronics and storing CDs!
10. You went for the package speaker system from the famous-name manufacturer that runs the slick advertisements everywhere you look, and spends millions on promotion and little on research and design. The sound is a disappointment.
Sad to say, certain companies use the cheapest possible cone drivers, and spend millions on slick advertising, diverting most of their profits not to research and development of better sounding speakers, but to getting manufacturing costs even lower. The systems ultimately disappoint; indeed, in some cases the basic design hasn't changed in 30 or 40 years. But the ads are very compelling.
Before you buy, check out detailed test reports in reputable audio/video magazines and on the internet. Read message boards for owner's comments on particular brands and models of speakers. Ask questions about the quality and type of the individual component parts. And don't be seduced by fancy-sounding hype in slick ads.
by Alan Lofft, Axiom Audio (reprinted with permission)


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Picture carpets of periwinkle-blue cornflowers in a field in southwestern France. This was the inspiration for Klorane Eye Makeup Remover, a demure beauty product that has retained its popularity over the years. The Centaurea cyanus L., or the cornflower, is an heirloom annual your grandmother may have called bachelor's buttons. When the blue petals are distilled, cornflower has soothing and decongesting properties.
Launched in 1967 in the infancy of Klorane Laboratories, founder, pharmacist, and botanist Pierre Fabre specifically wanted his company to seek a formula for sensitive eyes. Klorane Eye Makeup Remover with cornflower was the result.
If you've tried many commercial eye makeup remover products, you've experienced products that sting or leave a greasy feel around the eye. Klorane Eye Makeup Removers are rigorously and consciously lab tested (never on animals) for sensitive skin and eyes, and are hypoallergenic. Pierre Fabre was keen on using plant extracts for his full line from Klorane Laboratories, but he also committed to using them in a way that would be gentler and kinder than most beauty products available, an approach that was quite innovative for its time. Klorane Eye Makeup Remover remains just as valuable today.
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PEORIA, Ariz. Cory Luebke knows he will be returning to the Padres one day.
The left-handed pitcher just doesn't know when.
Luebke has been in baseball's version of exile since last May 25 when a potentially brilliant season ended abruptly for "Tommy John" elbow reconstruction surgery.
"All my life, I've played baseball in the spring, well, for as long as I can remember," Luebke said last week. "At this time of the year, I've always been preparing for Opening Day."
But at this moment, Luebke is preparing for mid-June, or the All-Star break, or the end of July, or . . .
No one knows for sure when Luebke will be ready to pitch again. "They say it could be 12, 16, 18 months," said Luebke.
At the moment, the 28-year-old isn't even throwing. He was throwing up until two weeks ago when he felt pain in his surgically reconstructed right elbow. The Padres immediately shut him down. Reports from two leading physicians in the field were positive. But it will be another week or more before Luebke resumes a throwing program.
This doesn't necessarily mean his return to the Padres rotation will be delayed.
Luebke's rehab program is still inside the parameters of the rehab protocol for elbow reconstruction surgery.
"There are bumps in the road," Luebke said while discussing the lengthy rehab from "Tommy John" surgery. "The bumps are sort of built into the timetable. I was really doing well, bump."
Luebke is still looking to return "in that 12-month window."
"I'm not off that 12-month timetable," said Luebke. "I didn't hear the 16 or 18-month part. I'm looking to resume throwing.
For time being, however, Luebke busies himself by hanging around the infielders at the Padres spring training facility.
"Buddy does a great job keeping me busy," Luebke said of Padres manager Bud Black. "He's sort of lent me to Glenn Hoffman to help on infield drills." Luebke has been catching throws at first base and fielding grounders. But no throwing.
Luebke calls his present status "purgatory."
"Things are definitely a lot different than a year ago," he said.
That is an understatement.
At the end of last spring training, Luebke signed a five-year contract extension with the Padres that guaranteed the Ohio State product at least $12 million with the possible take being $27 million through 2017.
The Padres believed Luebke was going to develop into an ace and through his first four starts he showed signs of becoming a top of the rotation starter. After going 6-10 with a 3.29 earned run average in 2011 while advancing from the bullpen to the rotation, Luebke was 3-1 with a 2.61 ERA after his first five starts of 2012.
And he was getting better with each start.
He allowed one run on six hits over seven innings in Colorado in his fourth start. Returning to Petco Park, he shut out Philadelphia on two hits over a career-high eight innings in his fourth start (while walking two and striking out nine). Luebke then held the Giants to two runs on seven hits over six innings.
But Luebke said "he felt a little something" the day after his start against the Phillies. "And something was a little out of whack," against the Giants.
Luebke went on the disabled list May 2 with an elbow strain. But an MRI showed the ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow was destroyed.
"I wondered 'how could that be?'" said Luebke. To have his extension approved at the end of March, Luebke had an MRI that was studied by all the parties including an insurance company.


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Sgt. Rafael Cervantes from Detachment Hawaii (left) takes a shot against a member of the Orlando Magic Wheels during a scrimmage match. The Marines participated in a scrimmage match against the Orlando Magic Wheels, a member of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. The Marines played in the game as part of the Wounded Warrior Regiment Wheelchair Basketball Camp at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Marines and Marine veterans participating in the camp will enhance their skills in the areas of passing and shooting, as well as both defensive and offensive techniques. The Warrior Athlete Reconditioning Program (WAR-P) provides activities and opportunities for wounded, ill or injured Marines to train as athletes, while increasing their strength so they can continue with military service or develop healthy habits for life outside the service.
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It is because most of the films on that channel, if not all were shot before they changed the aspect ratio to what it is today. As a result the films fill the screen in SD, but not HD.
Aspect ratio has nothing to do with standard and/or high definition.
Up until the 90ies, most film was shot on 35mm film. If the original reels are still available, these can be used to make a high-definition version of any film.
Take this movie as an example:
A Bridge Too Far, 1977 - has been digitally remastered and can be seen in its entirety on Youtube. You can select up to 1080p quality.
The aspect ratio.... is different than 16:9, I grant you that. It is 1.37:1 instead, resulting in a wider screen, which in turn on a 16:9 screen would result in black bars at the bottom and top. For television broadcast, sometimes movies are cropped so they fit on the screen.
As far as TCMHD goes, they have many digital tapes with movies that aren't necessarily in HD, but are of better quality than SD broadcast on 480i. These tapes were often made in the 90ies, before actual High Definition was even an issue, on DVCPRO or BETACAM tapes. These tapes contain a version of the movie that was also derived from the original 35mm film, edited for broadcast, and is still in use today. The quality of the movie on the tape is significantly better than SD, and when these tapes are used to broadcast movies - and many stations that broadcast pre-90ies movies probably use these kind of tapes from their library - via a HD medium, you will see a significant improvement of quality.
In the industry, to be considered "high definition", it has to have a better resolution than 480i. It doesn't have to be wide screen or conform to any sort of aspect ratio. As a matter of fact, in the late 90ies and early 2000s, quite a few TV's were sold - especially the rear-projection kind - that could accept and show 720p HD through component cables, but had a 4:3 screen resolution. Most people just used them as SD TV's. Often, these could also use 4:3 resolutions like 800x600 and 1024x768 to display video, and purely from a technical/theoretical standpoint, those resolutions ARE "high definition", they just aren't one of the currently defined 720/1080 standards.
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Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) has scheduled speakers for its 2014 Wallace Stegner Lectures.
The annual series features thought leaders whose work sheds light on ways to protect the natural environment. All lectures are slated 8 p.m. at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St.
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• April 28: Nicolette Hahn Niman, attorney, author and rancher
• May 12: Brian Fagan, author, anthropologist and archaeologist
For select subscribers, a bonus lecture April 7 will feature author and gardener Amy Stewart.
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I have noticed that when car-free living is promoted as a solution to social-economic problems, there is a tendency for backlash. At first, this backlash seemed as simple as any other form of backlash against criticism of status-quo. The roots of this kind of backlash would be as simple as, "I drive therefore anyone doing otherwise is implying that my choice to drive isn't the best choice and therefore denigrating and threatening me."
Now, however, I have started to think that the cause of backlash could go even deeper, having to do with the mainstreaming of motor-transit itself. Basically, it seems the expansion of motor-car popularity occurred together with the creation of New Deal economics, which had the goal of generating a more robust consumer economy where higher wages and more social spending would make it possible for more people to afford Ford's new mass-producable motor-cars along with all the other goods and services faster (automotive) transportation would give people access to.
So the modernizing economy of the 20th century was sort of a synergy between economic growth policies and practices that expanded automotivism/consumerism and the expansion of cities and intercity/interstate infrastructure that facilitated the ensuing growth in travel and commerce. Part of this growth involved intensifying economic pressure for people to participate in the economy in order to facilitate the benefits that everyone else would receive by them doing so. In other words, a culture emerged in which economic freedom began to be viewed as a threat to maintaining large-scale growth and consumerism. Compounding this was the problem that the idea of economic freedom itself became associated with serving and benefiting from the growing mass economy.
People who grew up in the 20th century culture of nearly-imperative economic participation also grew up with pressure to relinquish any beliefs or fantasies that they could be free to get around except by driving. While many rode bicycles as children and some people used public transit if they lived in areas where that was available and it wasn't made culturally taboo in their minds, growing up was construed as a process of 'biting the bullet' and submitting to making economic investments in motor vehicles and housing that would subjugate oneself to a life of debt-servitude. People who questioned and/or resisted this were scolded and badgered into conformity and sometimes ostracized or otherwise maltreated for exercising freedom.
So now that green consciousness is causing widespread rethinking of economic patterns and practices that were pushed on so many people so forcefully throughout the 20th century, the backlash may be due to the fact that people unintentionally or intentionally internalize the social pressure that was applied to them and pass it on to others. Compound this with the fact that taking personal responsibility for living more sustainably is also being pushed in the same way that unsustainable economic practices were before and the likelihood of emotional frustration is that much greater. As a result, they take out their frustration against the culture that seems to be in conflict with the one pushed on them at first.
Ultimately, I think people who are able to see and understand the reasons some economic practices become unsustainable and why others become more promising for the future are able to deal better with conflicting social pressures due to economic/cultural shifts. On the other hand, if a person is just trying to respond to social pressures in a way that keeps them out of trouble, such a situation must be more difficult to deal with. Because such people are confused, they attack difference in an attempt to eliminate any form of choice. I.e. they think that life is simpler if any alternative to the must-drive economy is unimaginable so they attack anyone that promotes the growth of alternatives.
Is this logic too cultural-psychological to be significant or do you think this describes and explains a general pattern in the anti-green backlash? Also, do you think that such backlashing can subside without resulting in substantial setbacks and delays in continuing the pursuit of more sustainable transit and economic patterns? Or do you think that the culture behind the backlash is so strong that it will perpetually work to undermine any alternatives that threaten its absolute dominance? If it does, what do you think the next test of its sustainability will be? More economic crashes? Wars? Gridlock and chaos?


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Step into the batter's box at The K! Home Runs for Hunger is this Saturday, November 10
This blogger has been a part of the Royals organization for nearly seven years. The experiences have been unique – I have played catch with Satchel Paige's son (who was throwing out a first pitch), competed in the Hot Dog Derby (I'm not a sprinter) and roamed the outfield during our corporate sponsor event days.
One thing that I had not done – until last week – was bat on the field at Kauffman Stadium. I had the chance to do that as part of a Royals Charities event for front office associates. While I didn't hit any home runs, it was an experience that I'll always remember.
You can create your own memories (and also the opportunity to play the outfield) this Saturday, November 10. Royals Charities and the Royals Grounds Crew are hosting the first Home Runs for Hunger event. Fans who donate canned food items or make a cash donation to Harvesters-The Community Food Network will have the unique opportunity to take batting practice on the field and shag fly balls in the outfield.
Fans can secure one swing against a pitching machine on the Kauffman Stadium field by donating three non-perishable canned food items or by making a $2 contribution. There will be a maximum of 20 pitches per participant. Batters will be entered into a drawing for autographed memorabilia for each home run hit.
Fans will also have the opportunity to shag fly balls in the outfield for 15 minutes by donating $25. Participants are responsible for bring their own gloves for outfield shagging. The Royals will provide bats, baseballs and helmets for the event.
Home Runs for Hunger will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (weather permitting). Please note that children must be at least 48" tall to participate, and all children under the age of 17 will need a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.
As fans enter Kauffman Stadium, Royals staff will be on hand to collect canned food items and donations and will give each participant a number indicating the hitting order and respective number of pitches and/or shagging time. Family and friends are welcome to attend and may watch from the seating bowl.
Complete details on the event are available at www.royals.com/homerunsforhunger.
Fans who are unable to attend but wish to make a monetary donation may send checks to Royals Charities at One Royal Way, Kansas City, MO 64129. Please note in the memo of the check that it is for Home Runs for Hunger.


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1967-1972 Ford F-100 Vintage Air A/C Install - The Bumpside Build-OnWritten by on December 1, 2009 Install A Custom Vintage Air A/C System, Part 1
In a world so full of kits and bolt-on parts, it's rewarding to do something unique and out of the norm-but sometimes veering off the beaten path is done out of necessity. Take air conditioning for example. There are a plethora of retrofit kits out there for just about every vehicle-as long as it's a popular vehicle. I know '67-72 F-100s still aren't sought-after trucks, but that doesn't mean you have to sweat while driving one!
Most all the original '67-72 Ford trucks you see with air conditioning have vintage dealer-installed units that hang under the already-cramped dashboard and are very noticeable. These particular trucks aren't alone on this topic of unsightliness. Most classic trucks have short and shallow dashboards-it just depends on how much effort and thought you want to put into making something that works-and looks good.
After talking with Vintage Air about my needs both in the cab and under the hood, they assured me that we could put something together that would fill both bills. I already knew that Vintage Air has made quality air conditioning systems for over 30 years, so that was not a worry, I was concerned with the appearance of the visual parts inside the cab, like the vents or louvers, the A/C controls or switches, and also the size of the evaporator unit that goes under the dash and behind the glovebox.
After spending some time on the Vintage Air website, I was pretty sure that I liked their rectangle Streamline louvers with polished outers. They seemed to match the style of the rest of the truck. There isn't much in the way of circles or round things on or in the truck, so I decided against the ball-type louvers. Vintage Air makes several kinds of switch panels-some go in the dash and some go under it. My initial plan was to use their Gen II Four-Knob Underdash Pod and take the switches out of the pod and mount them right in the dash, but it worked out well to dissect the stock heater controls and use its bezel, which sits under the stock radio. That takes care of two of my three concerns.
As for the evaporator unit selection, Vintage Air has some helpful options in this all-too-critical area. They now have empty plastic mock-up shells of each of their evaporator units that can be borrowed from your local Vintage Air dealer or bought inexpensively from Vintage Air so you can be sure the evaporator you buy will fit. It was a close race between the small Gen II Mini and their new, big Gen IV Magnum, while the middle-sized Gen II Compac was a no-go. I eventually decided to go with the venerable Gen II Mini because it would leave more precious underdash space to work with, plus a well-insulated and sealed truck cab is pretty easy to cool.
Because an air conditioning system is actually pretty complex and because I decided to do a bunch of dashboard fabrication to arrange things just so, we'll cover the start of the installation described above this month and finish it in the January issue. Vintage Air has quite a bit of technical information both on their website and in their comprehensive catalog, not to mention their expert tech line, for anyone contemplating taking the cool plunge into air conditioning. So follow along to see what you can do to make your truck more unique and "cool"!
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Mounting the evaporator unit can be a tricky balancing act by yourself, but once you get the first mount secured, it gets easier. Just remember to plan to make the unit sit level, and in this case, parallel with the bottom of the dash. You can see the first mount to the right and in the rear.After pulling the unit back out, I attached the left rear mount, which is a simple sheetmetal strap. For each of the three mounts there are threaded inserts in the evaporator so no drilling or rigging is necessary.While holding the unit back up in place, I marked the hole for the left mount then removed the unit again. Next I drilled an 1/8-inch pilot hole and then reinstalled the unit using No. 6 sheetmetal screws.If you notice in the previous picture, there is another strap on the front of the unit that points straight up through the glovebox. This will be the third mount. Again, it bolts to a threaded insert in the front of the unit. I want to put a 90-degree bend in it so it'll attach to the bottom lip of the dash.After making a mark where the bend needs to go and bending it in a vice, I marked a hole to be drilled in the bracket, then transferred it to the dash, and drilled a 1/4-inch hole. I also rounded the corners of the bracket and will use button head Allen bolts in both for a nice finished appearance.Not bad. Very little of the unit is seen hanging under the dash from eye level. These trucks weren't designed with A/C in mind and if you do see old A/C systems in them, they were a dealer-installed system that hung below just about the whole width of the dash. Make sure you still have room around the unit to deal with the ducting and hoses that will be installed, not to mention windshield wiper motors and linkage.From straight in front of the dash we can see that the evaporator sits level with the dashboard. Most evaporators will have horizontal parting lines like this one that are good to use for eye ballin' it.OK, now the fun begins! Like I mentioned, there aren't really any natural-looking spots for all this A/C stuff in here, so I'm going to do a little remodeling to give the vents a stock-looking place to call home. I don't smoke and don't need an ashtray, especially since I'm looking for a '62-64 Galaxie 500XL center console to keep spare change in, so the ashtray is outta here!Vintage Air has these nice rectangle Streamline louvers or vents with polished outer rings that fit the angular look of the truck. A few of these in the dash should do just the trick once there is room for them, but I need to cut out the lip the ashtray mounted in and fill the hole with a new piece of sheetmetal.
After making some measurements, I cut out a patch from 18-gauge cold rolled sheetmetal with the tin snips. This style of snips only bends one of the cut sides, which helps eliminate distortion on the other side. I also like to use layout fluid like Dykem in an aerosol can along with a sharp scribe when doing metalwork like this to keep gaps to a minimum.I also prefer to TIG weld most things, especially sheetmetal because I can hammer-weld it and keep grinding and warpage to a minimum. Here I'm using 0.030-inch MIG wire for filler since there is a minute gap to butt weld all sides of the patch into the dash.Hammer welding is basically using a hammer and dolly to hammer on the still-warm weld to flatten it back out and reverse the shrinkage from the heat from welding. It takes quite a bit of practice to get the hang of hammer welding, but it is very rewarding once you get it.Taking a break from the cramped welding in the cab, lets check out the controls for the new Vintage Air system. Above is the stock heater control assembly and below is Vintage Air's Gen II Four-Knob Underdash Pod. It worked out well that they are comparable in size since I still want the dash to have a stock look to it after all this is said and done and the knobs on the Vintage Air switches have that late-'60s/'70s look to them.I'm going to try and use the stock heater control bezel to house the Vintage Air switches. First, I know I need to make a sheetmetal filler panel to cover where the slots for the stock sliders went. This should fit nice and tight into the bezel and will have holes to mount the new switches after they are taken out of the black plastic pod.After final drilling and going over the filler piece with a Roll-Loc Scotch-Brite on an angle grinder things are looking good. The filler can get epoxied to the stock bezel once it's done or after rechroming. I'll probably paint the filler flat black for that stock look.But first, most of the center area of the stock bezel needs to be cut out to make room for the switches.After a break and thinking about it more, it seemed there needed to be a little symmetry in the dash layout and that there should be another vent on the other side of the radio and heater control panels. Plus, there isn't a good spot in these trucks on the left side of the steering column for another vent without attaching it to the bottom of the dash, which is fine, but not what I wanted to do. After some careful measuring, I decided to narrow the glovebox 4 1/4 inches and add another patch in for this vent.
After some careful measuring, trimming, and fitting I tacked the left side of the narrowed glovebox surround back into place with the MIG welder, since I didn't have a free hand.Just as with the left side of the dash, a filler piece needs to be made and welded into the new hole. A rough cut piece of the same 18-gauge sheetmetal was sprayed with Dykem and, once it was dry, I scribed the shape of the hole onto it and began hammer welding it into the dash with my trusty Miller TIG welder.Here's the "new" dash layout with all the new sheetmetal welded into place and all three spots sprayed with Dykem so I can start laying out the vent placement. Vent placement is pretty straight forward, but is also the most visual part of the A/C system, so take your time and don't put them in crooked!I made the area on each side of the radio the same width. First we find the vertical centerline, then the horizontal centerline, then mark the dimensions of the vents precisely centered from left to right and top to bottom.And there we have it! The shape and size of the Streamline louver looks right at home in the dash. I didn't think the circle-type vents or louvers would look right in a truck that is all squares and angles.After I was sure I liked that center vent where it was, I began marking the horizontal centerline for all three across the dash with a long straightedge. Finding the horizontal centerline can be tricky on some dashboards like this that have no hard lines to go off of.Here's the final product of the vent placement and dash rearranging. Sure, it seems like a lot of work to go through for something as simple as A/C vents, but I feel it was well worth the effort in the end. I still need to narrow the glovebox door and move the latch assembly, but that won't be too bad. Stay tuned next month as we walk you through the rest of the A/C install, now that the basics are in place.


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Scottsdale, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - The Oakland Athletics and Arizona
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Sam Fuld and Brandon Moss both homered off Cahill.
Gerardo Parra, Martin Prado and Alfredo Marte each had two RBI for Arizona.
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Thanks for your concern all! It was quite an experience. I'll ask the pedi about future stings, it was one thing I was worried about. Hope you are right Kar that they are different than bee stings!
Of course, if you're concerned talk to the pedi, but there has to be more to the story to warrent a big concern and epi pen prescription. bees have a venom that tends to cause allergies far more commonly than yellow jackets. And, apparantly robin doesn't care for my pointing it out, shame on bdc for deleting my post that said so this morning, but you can count on her disagreeing with anything I have to say, and I didn't want you to be overly concerned before getting to the pedi and talking about this. It's very unlikely to be a problem requiring a profilactic prescription unless other factors are at play we're unaware of so while it was awful and scary, try to let it go.


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2011 Finlandia University International School of Art & Design Faculty Exhibit
Exhibit Dates: February 24 to March 22, 2011
Opening reception: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
HANCOCK, MI - Finlandia University's International School of Art and Design will present an exhibit of work by university faculty February 24 to March 22, 2011, at the Finlandia University Gallery, located in the Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock.
An opening reception for the artists will take place at the gallery Thursday, February 24, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
This year's exhibit features new works by Finlandia University art and design faculty, faculty emeritus, and adjunct faculty.
Ceramics, sustainable design, painting and drawing, fiber art, and graphic design are among the media represented in the exhibit. The artists are Yueh-mei Cheng, Phyllis Fredendall, Arthur Hill, Rick Loduha, Denise Vandeville, Jon Brookhouse, Colleen Carroll, Cynthia Coté, Carrie Flaspohler, Greg Green, Melissa Hronkin, Laura Smyth, and Derik Spoon.
Phyllis Frendendall, associate professor of fiber arts and fashion design, will exhibit jacquard fabric that she designed using the computer software she teaches her students to use.
"The fiber studio at Finlandia has three main directions: weaving and off-loom structures, dyeing and printing, and garment design. With so many areas within one concentration, it is important that I explore the processes we study along with the students," Fredendall says. "Some of these explorations are in the show."
Rick Loduha, associate professor of integrated design, will present his work from the Sustainable Keweenaw Resource Center's Green Map project. The Keweenaw Green Map is an online map charting how local businesses, projects, happenings, and other activities play a part in sustainable community development.
A fabric piece titled "Levity" by Cynthia Coté, adjunct professor and director of the Copper Country Community Arts Center, Hancock, explores the question, If a soul was a tangible thing, what would it look like? The piece is part of a series she is creating in an effort to mend and celebrate the hardworking components of her body.
Adjunct professor Melissa Hronkin's contribution to this year's exhibit uses encaustics, an ancient medium using pigmented beeswax.
"I approach this medium experimentally," notes Hronkin about her use of encaustics. "And I use it as a medium to bind together my photography, drawing, sculptures, and ideas."
The 2011 International School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibit is on display at the Finlandia University Gallery through March 22.
The Finlandia University Gallery is in the Finnish American Heritage Center, 435 Quincy Street, Hancock. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., or by appointment.
Please call 906-487-7500 for more information.
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Photo 1: "Kuusamo Stripes", Knitted yardage by Phyllis Fredendall
Photo 2: "The Train Wreck of Hugert Yards", 2010, oils on canvas, by Greg Green
Photo 3: "Reconstructing the hive II", 2011, by Melissa Hronkin


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I'll show you MINE if you show me YOURS ......
Very nice! I see lots of little chrome bits covered up, ya done good
Here's where we are so far, SB...Mike and S&S in Michigan
I draw a small crowd ! It's a great conversation starter....very cool way to meet new people.
Just wanted everyone to know that everywhere I stop on my Black and Chrome G5 Deluxe, I draw a small crowd ! I recently stopped at a truck stop on my way back from Lake Tahoe and had six guys checking out the bike and two taking pictures. It's a great conversation starter....very cool way to meet new people.
OK - Here is my best effort so far ..... it ain't perfect and it ain't finished yet, either - so don't beat me up TOO badly ..... It's mostly put together from scratch and dent, returned "won't fit" and other stuff deemed unusable by the general public. I'll post some pix when I get it all the way done and detailed out the way I want it ....... if I live that long! Hahaha!
Very nice, that rack is exactly what I had in mind for my C5, now I know it can be done
Ah yes, the old hell with a hammer and a devil with a torch routine!
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With the 80th Map of the Week we continue in the borderlands town of Óðinn's House in the Kingdom of Slovania. This week we take a look at the main palace building of Óðinn's Fortress, above the Outer Town south of the main settlement. Many locations in the Jörðgarð (TM) campaign setting will have certain areas set aside where no official definitions will be published in order to give game masters the opportunity to develop their own material. The two upper stories of the main palace are such locations.
Main Palace Building
This is a three-story structure with a cellar. The second story is a large, unused ballroom. The third story hasquarters for resident members of the Northern Circle. There are no official floor plans for these two upper stories. They are reserved for future custom development by game masters.
The main area of interest in this building is the dangerously trapped entry to the Dwarven Highway in the cellar. The dwarves of Midsilver Deep no longer use any part of this highway within a few miles of the fortress. Indeed, it is unknown whether they use any part of this highway at all. When Óðinn sitill occupied the fortress, the dwarves used the highway to deliver items of iron to the god-king.
Cellar Level (Ceiling height 20 feet/6m). Most of this level is empty. There is some worthless rubble, however.
1. Stairway to the ground floor.
2. Entry to the Dwarven Highway. Note the instant death trap that the magicians of the Northern Circle have placed upon the oak doorway at the foot of the stairs. The door is fortified with bands, hinges and latches mad of miðsilfur. There are aditional traps in the highway's tunnel beyond the door.
Ground Floor (Ceiling height 20 feet/6m).
In Óðinn's time, the ground floor served as the god-king's throne room and conference area for the Æsir deities. Óðinn sat upon the middle throne. His wife, the goddess Frigg, sat upon the throne to his left. When she was in Óðinnsvirki, his first daughter, the Valkyrja Brynhildr, sat to his right. Arnfinnur uses the throne room only rarely for conferences.
3. Entrance.
4. Guards. Two warriors or rangers of the Northern Circle always stand guard here and block entry by unauthorized beings.
5. Guard Magician. A wizard or mage of the Northern Circle always stands watch here, ready to aid the guards at Positions 4.
6. Dry Fountain. The magical fountain has remained dry and unused since the departure of the Æsir.
7. Stairway to the Second Story. (the building has not been mapped beyond this point.)
8. Supply Room. This room no longer is used for storage. It contains only empty wooden crates and the trapped oak door that leads to the cellar and the Dwarven Highway. Instant Death and Flash Flame traps have been placed upon the cellar door.
9. Throne Room Chairs.
10 Óðinn's Throne.
11. Brynhildr's Throne.
12. Frigg's Throne.
The traps:
Instant Death Trap: Anyone who comes within 5 feet/150 cm (one map square) of the marked position is slain immediately. In Dungeons Daring 3E the difficulty level (DL) for disarming this trap is 35. In OGL 3.5 campaigns, there is no saving throw. The difficulty class (DC) for disarming it is 40.
Flash Flame Trap: Anyone who comes within 5 feet/150 cm (one map square) of the marked position is hit by a magical flame flash that causes d20 + 10 points damage in a Dungeons Daring 3E campaign and 12d4 points damage in an OGL 3.5 campaign. In Dungeons Daring 3E the difficulty level (DL) for disarming this trap is 30. In OGL 3.5 campaigns, there is no saving throw. The difficulty class (DC) for disarming it is 35.
You can get these floor plans in two versions:
1. The Fractal Mapper (TM) 8 map in FMP format, fully editable, from our Jörðgarð web page (12 MB).
2. As 2 JPG flat maps of 2500 Pixels x 2550 Pixels (4.6 MB), available above.
Both versions are released for personal and commercial use under the Open Game License Version 1.0a, which you can read on the Jörðgarð website at:
Next week: Óðinn's Fortress - The Magicians' Tower


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SISTERSVILLE - Drew Wells' low score of 37 lead St. Marys to a victory Wednesday during a quad prep golf match at Sistersville Country Club.
Tyler Consolidated finished the match in second being paced by Corey Wells' 39. Dylan Tippins (52) and Luke Carpenter (58) also shot for the Silver Knights.
John Marshall came in third behind Malik Jordan's 46. Collin Griffith and Garrett Ingram both shot a 56 for the Monarchs while Chris Fordyce finished with a 57.
Paden City's Kyle Postlethwait shot the low score for the Wildcats with a 50.


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At TheLadders, we will be celebrating our 10-year anniversary this summer. For the past decade, we have hired more than 500 people, constantly focusing on getting the "right person on the bus," and constantly ensuring that they are sitting in the right seat on that bus. We always strive to hire the best and get the most from our staff. Coaching, just like in sports, is the key to empowering employees to reach above-and-beyond. Just as with Sir Roger Bannister, we want TheLadders to break the four-minute mile; achieve what they might perceive to be unachievable.
Not surprisingly, TheLadders alumni network in New York City is strong and vibrant. When we ask them what they miss most about working at TheLadders (besides Bagel Friday!), they say it is the people. Over and over, we hear from our current and former employees that what makes the difference are the incredible colleagues they have worked with or are working with.
At TheLadders, we do not expect our staff to work here forever. Eventually, we know that people will leave. Furthermore, we know that as much as we enjoy promoting from within, we cannot possibly promote every great hire to a Vice President or C-level position. That said, one measure of our success is to assess where our alumni end up, post-employment with us. It is always a great sign when one of them lands a top job. That is the way that Jack Welch, Chairman and CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001, looked at his company. In the 90s, when a company needed a loan, it went to a bank. When a company needed a CEO, it went to General Electric, which minted business leaders the way that West Point mints generals.
Last week, I was thrilled to read in All Things Digital that Ware Sykes, TheLadders' former VP of Sales & Services, became the CEO for NoWait, the OpenTable for restaurants that don't take reservations. Ware joined TheLadders in 2006 as an MBA intern from Columbia Business School and worked his way up the executive rank.
Last month, when I heard that Jake Levine, General Manager at Digg, made Forbes' iconic "30 under 30" list, I tweeted and posted the following link: http://onforb.es/Ws5iRZ. Prior to joining Betaworks/Digg, Jake did strategy work at TheLadders, directly reporting to TheLadders' Founder Marc Cenedella and me.
Here are several other alumni who became CEOs and entrepreneurs after working with us:
- Derek Pilcher, Managing Director and owner, TheLadders.co.uk
- David Carvajal, Founder and CEO, Dave Partners, LLC
- Michael McCurdy, Co-founder and CEO, TestingMom.com
- Thilo Semmelbauer, President and COO, Shutterstock
- Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Founder and CEO, Care.com
However, not everyone wants to be a CEO. We also have alumni who are function leaders at other successful New York City tech firms:
- Alain Benzaken was Vice President of Technology at TheLadders for five years. He is now the Senior Director of Software Engineering at Buddy Media Salesforce.
- Ofir Shalom was Vice President of Engineering at TheLadders for five years. He is now the CTO at Group Commerce.
- Angela Romano Kuo started as a recruiter with TheLadders, working seven years before becoming Vice President of Human Resources. She now is the Vice President of Human Resources at SecondMarket, Inc.
- Leslie Semegran started as a marketing manager at TheLadders in 2005 before working her way up to Vice President of Marketing and Engagement, reporting directly to me. She is now Vice President of Marketing at Care.com.
As previously mentioned, TheLadders also proudly promotes from within. For instance, I promoted two leaders to the executive rank, just last month:
- Kyri Sarantakos was promoted to Vice President of Engineering at TheLadders. He joined the company in 2005 as a software engineer. During the past seven years, he has moved up the ranks to become a manager of core architecture and development, an application architect, and, most recently, a principal software architect.
- Selena Hadzibabic was promoted to Director of Product and UX at TheLadders. After graduating from Dartmouth College, she joined the company in 2006 as a junior community associate, an entry-level position. Subsequently, she was promoted to product manager in our U.S. operation, and then became the sole product lead for two years in our former UK operation, where she was based in London before returning to New York in 2011.
If you are a tech professional in New York City and are looking for your next challenge to enhance your skills and your career, join TheLadders! Why?
You may say: "My friend is starting a company and I can be the VP of Technology and get a lot of options."
Yes, that may be true, but is your friend giving you the leadership training necessary to succeed in that job? Will you be out of a job in six to 12 months because the company did not raise sufficient capital or you do not possess the skills required to lead and drive performance from a team? You will learn that skills on the job at TheLadders.
You also may say: "I have a generous cash offer from Amazon, Google, or Facebook."
What is going to make you successful are the people you work with, the challenges you will face, the opportunity you have to influence the strategy, and your access to leadership. As a software engineer in New York working for Amazon, Google, or Facebook, you may never be exposed to Jeff, Larry, or Marc. At TheLadders, you will get frequent exposure to the CEO. At TheLadders, we won't give you the answer to a problem. We will give you a problem statement and will ask you to determine the answers that fulfill our shared vision.
At TheLadders, your last interview will be with me, the CEO. You will hear directly from me that during the next four years of your life, you will experience tremendous professional growth. That is a guarantee that TheLadders offers. Your experience with us will take your career to the next level.
So, is TheLadders a CEO factory or are we just lucky? You be the judge.
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U.S. soldiers and airmen with the Colorado National Guard participate in the "Salute to Service" program at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, just before the Denver Broncos host the Kansas City Chiefs in Denver, Colo., Nov. 17, 2013. All 32 National Football League teams are paying tribute to each branch of the U.S. armed forces as part of the NFL's "Salute to Service" campaign in the month of November. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)
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Marshall County officials say Williams Partners, which operates natural gas processing facilities in the area, has been cooperative and responsive to local concerns. That's good....
But Mike, government regulation is EVIL! You tell us so on an almost daily basis!
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If you really do want to get some idea of how bad this problem is, how great the dangers are, check out the Wikipedia article "List of pipeline accidents in the United States in the 21st century". They have a similar one for the 20th century, all drawn from NTSB stats. And, not all of the ruptures are recorded. One that doesn't seem to be is the third natural gas pipeline that's exploded in WV in recent times. Back on Aug. 5, 2002, a pipeline exploded and caught fire near Lanham, WV. According to the WV State Journal: "Parts of the pipeline were thrown hundreds of yards away ... . Crews could not contain the fire for several hours because valves to shut down the line did not exist. The glow of the flames could be seen for several miles".
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA9) -- Authorities say a 28-year-old woman was convicted on Thursday on charges of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a child, sex trafficking of a child, and interstate transportation of a minor for the purposes of prostitution.
A federal jury convicted Stephanie Chapman of Fairfax, Va., who now faces a maximum penalty of life in prison, with a mandatory minimum term of 10 years of imprisonment. She is set to be sentenced on January 24, 2014.
According to authorities, Chapman was indicted on July 11, 2013. Court records and evidence at trial revealed that between February 27, 2013 and March 12, 2013, Chapman and her boyfriend, Ronnie Holmes, met a 15-year-old girl and recruited her to be a prostitute for them. Authorities say Chapman and Holmes took sexually suggestive photographs of the girl, sent them to potential customers, and posted them on Backpage.com. They then drove the girl to meet customers at locations in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. After the girl had sex with the customers, Chapman and Holmes took half of the money, according to records.
Ronnie Holmes previously pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a child.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities say one man was hospitalized and another was arrested after a fight during the Florida-Georgia football game in Jacksonville.
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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says police were flagged down Saturday afternoon and directed to a fight outside Everbank Field during the game's first half
Authorities say the hospitalized man was in stable condition Saturday night. The sheriff's office initially described the man's injuries as life-threatening.
The sheriff's office says no weapons were involved in the fight. Additional details about the fight and the men were not released. It was not clear what charges the man in custody is facing.
In 2005, a University of Florida student was beaten to death after that year's Florida-Georgia game. Three men were convicted in connection with that death.


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Sumatra Classic Mandheling - Liquid Amber - Panama Decaf
Continuing with the theme of using more complicated profiles for roasting we took this Classic Mandheling to City+ and a final temperature of 436 degrees, final roast time was an average of 16 minutes. To try and develop more character in the cup we started the roast off with the gas throttled down a bit until the beans began to show some yellowing. Then the heat was brought up to full blast until the thermoprobe read 370 degrees. This was about 10 minutes into the roast, then we dropped the heat back significantly to draw out the roast. Hopefully this will help maintain the structural integrity of the bean imparting more complex flavors and balance to the cup. We brewed up a pot today and it shows promise, we'll see how it tastes after a full day of resting. The Liquid Amber was similarly profiled to build up a healthy charge on the front side of the roast and then draw out the already extended first crack which started at 406 and continued all the way until the 430 degree mark. For this espresso blend we favor a Vienna or French roast level so final temp was 460 degrees and total roast time was an average of 16:30. The batches were dumped well into second crack and continued to snap and crack as the coffee cooled in the tray. We'll pull some shots late today or tomorrow after the coffee has had plenty of time to rest and see how we did. The Panama decaf was roasted to City+ with a final temp of 420 degrees and roast time of 15 minutes. For this decaf I built up the heat in the drum a little more slowly before lowering the gas to create a gentler first crack.


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Alma Delia is the organizer of a group and is asking for a loan which she will use to stock her shop with grocery staples. In the future she hopes to have a large, well-stocked place of her own.
The other members of the group work in business.
Organiza un grupo y solicita un préstamo que lo utilizará pra la surtir su tienda de artículo de consumo diario. Espera en el futuro contar con un local propio y grande bien surtido.
Las demás integrantes del grupo se dedican al comercio.
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About Asociación ASDIRASDIR (Asociación de Desarrollo Integral Rural - Association for the Development of Rural Communities) is a community-based organization that works to promote development in the villages and communities where it serves. It was founded in 1999 in the village of Nimasac, Totonicapán Department, by a handful of local men and women to support community projects and group loans. Today ASDIR has 5 offices across 3 departments (Totonicapán, Sololá and Suchitepéquez) serving more than 6,000 clients, most of them in rural communities.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
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The easiest way to choose furniture for a meeting space is to start in the center of the room and work your way out. An attractive conference table sets the tone for the space while providing the necessary work surface so executives have a place to keep their notes, laptops and writing implements. Before choosing a table, a basic layout for the space should be mapped in order to determine how large of a work surface can fit in the room with all of the other office furniture.
Elegant conference tables come in a variety of shapes. The rectangular shape is a classic favorite. A boat shape has a similar seating capacity to rectangular tables of comparable dimensions but with softer rounded edges that also provide each person with a bit more space. For a small meeting area inside an executive office, round conference tables have a friendly feel which puts all professionals on equal footing because no one is sitting at the head of the table.
Quality and reliability are essential when purchasing anything that is meant for long term use. Our conference tables come from top office furniture manufacturers including DMI, High Point and Mayline. They feature elegant finishes in a choice of natural wood hues. With this selection, you can coordinate colors with other pieces of furniture in the room. For the ultimate in coordination, we even have models that are part of conference furniture collections so you can get a perfect match. Many models feature solid wood bases for super sturdy standing.
Whether you are negotiating a merger, signing a contract with a new client or planning the next quarter's sales strategy, comfortable seating is essential for a successful meeting. When conference participants are supported properly, they can focus better on the task at hand, rather than being distracted by aches and pains. When choosing the ideal office chairs for any meeting space, particular attention should be paid to visual appeal, physical support and price.
The right office chairs depend on how large a conference table is and how many people you need to seat around it. Task chairs with swivel bases and casters make it easier to get in and out without asking other people to move if the table is crowded. They also feature some combination of adjustable ergonomic features which enable clients and colleagues to create a custom fit that will provide proper support for the duration of the meeting. Make sure to take note of cushion thickness as well.
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"Setting goals is a big thing, not just in high school but in life," said Karnes City head coach Jim Wood. "We kept our sights on the goal and I'm proud of the kids for accomplishing all we set out to do."
Both of the Badgers' scores in the first half came in the first quarter. The first was at the 8:09 mark as Dylan Wright scored on a 4-yard run, though the kick failed. The second was with 59 seconds to go as Wright scored once more, on a 3-yard run, with John Garcia's kick putting the lead at 13-0. The lead stood through the second quarter and into halftime.
The Badgers scored twice in the third quarter. The first came with 10:53 left on a 46-yard run by Nick Adams, with Garcia's kick finding its' mark. The second came with 1:48 on the clock as Wright scored his third and final touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run. Garcia's extra point extended the lead to 27-0 to end the third quarter.
The fourth quarter's lone score and the final score of the contest came at the 2:45 mark as Dylan Lopez punched it in on a 9-yard run, with Garcia's PAT putting the final tally at 34-0.
"Our offensive line's really coming together and becoming more and more physical," said Wood. "We were able to take advantage and made plays when we needed to."
Statistically, the Badgers gained 298 yards of total offense, with 222 yards rushing over 48 carries and 76 yards passing over seven completions. The Wolves were held to 97 yards of total offense, with 30 yards rushing over 21 attempts and 67 yards passing over six completions. The penalty total favored Karnes City as the Badgers were flagged eight times for 70 total yards and the Wolves were flagged 12 times for 88 total yards. The Badgers' lone turnover was an interception, whereas the Wolves lost a fumble and threw two interceptions.
"That's one reason why our offense is clicking," said Wood. Our defense gets us the ball back. Our defense takes it to heart to get a stop."
This week, the Badgers will have a "Bye" in the bi-district round. Karnes City will face the winner of the Danbury vs. Blanco game in the area round.
"We're going to start working on a game plan," said Wood. "We're going to go back to fundamentals and treat it like a regular bye week."
Information on the Badgers' area round contest will be posted online at www.mysoutex.com as soon as it becomes available.


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