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Zuni Silver Jewelry – Location
The Zuni Indian Reservation is located 32 miles Southwest of Gallup, New Mexico, it is unique and very interesting – we recomend you visit if you are in the area. You can buy Zuni Silver Jewelry at the village of Zuni and you can tour the village as well.
Zuni Silver Jewelry
The Zuni Indians are well known worldwide for their Zuni Silver Jewelry with exceptional stone work. The Zuni's generally make three types of Silver Jewelry, Petit point, Needlepoint and Inlaid Silver Jewelry. Petit Point is where the Zuni's hand cut tiny round, oval, square, rectangle or triangular gemstones and mount them in Sterling Silver Jewelry items such as Zuni Rings, Zuni Bracelets and Zuni Earrings. Needlepoint is much like Petit Point but the stones are cut in the shape of an eye of a needle and this is why they call the Zuni Silver Jewelry made with these stones Needlepoint. Zuni Inlay Silver Jewelry is where the Zuni's make a piece of Silver Jewelry with channels and then hand cut individual gemstones to fit in these channels, Zuni Inlay Silver Jewelry as well as all Zuni Silver Jewelry is beautiful. Also see Zuni Silver Jewelry by Wikipedia.
Zuni Silver Jewelry by Durango Silver Company
Durango Silver Company has been buying and selling Zuni Silver Jewelry for nearly 40 years and we have ran our historic Trading Post here in Durango, Colorado USA since 1976. We have been dealing in quality Zuni Silver Jewelry for several years prior to building our Trading Post and have been known for having some of the finest quality Zuni Silver Jewelry in the Southwest. Think of Durango Silver Company when looking for Zuni Silver Jewelry!

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text: Denon Ceol RCD-N7 sound system review Gadget Reviews 04 February 11 by Dave Oliver 8/10 Wired rating Wired Good looks, compact dimensions, plays almost anything, DLNA wireless streaming, Apple AirPlay and iTunes integration Tired Supplied speakers clear but lack bass, streaming occasionally stutters, not a true multi-room system, AirPlay requires extra money to download Price £600 (£500 without speakers) Denon's latest do-it-all music system packs in CD player, iPod/iPhone dock, FM/AM and internet radio as well as network streaming. So far, so normal, but it's also one of the first devices to be compatible with Apple's new AirPlay streaming system that allows it to integrate with iTunes on your computer, making this whole network streaming business that bit easier.First though, the basics. The Ceol (pron kee-ohl -- Gaelic for music, apparently) is a compact 28x11x30cm, only available in white plastic with a design that sparks memories of early iPod models, long before they got all touchy-feely.At the front is a large OLED display with three lines of text (not a lot, but at least you can read it from the other side of the room), plus player controls, a slide-out CD disc tray, 3.5mm headphone jack, aux input (for non-Apple music players) and a USB port, which allows you to play back tracks from a memory stick.On top is a covered iPod/iPhone dock and at the back are proper stereo speaker binding posts, subwoofer and aux analogue in/outputs, optical in, aerials for FM/AM radio and Wi-Fi, as well as an Ethernet port.It comes with a pair of Denon's SC-N7 speakers, which have a revealing midrange and sweet tone in the upper register, but are severely lacking in bass. If that doesn't sound like your cup of Metallica, you can buy the Ceol unit without them plug in your own. The 65-watt class-D amplification can certainly drive more powerful speakers than these. The Ceol's DLNA capability meant it was easy to hook it up to my Wi-Fi network. It found the network straight away and once connected I was instantly able to access internet radio. Streaming was no problem either, both for connecting to shared folders on my PC, and for playing back the tunes stored on my Buffalo LinkStation Mini NAS server. It recognised playlists I'd set up in Windows Media Player, too. Specifications Size 280x112x299mm Weight 4.3kg Amplification Class D, power output 65W +65W Display 3-line OLED Inputs USB, Ethernet, Toslink optical, aux,3.5mm aux, iPod dock Outputs Aux, subwoofer pre, 3.5mm headphonejack Speakers (optional) SC-N7, 12cm mid/bass, 2.5cmdome tweeter Other features DLNA, Apple AirPlay Read page 2 12 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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The many Mitts
Campaign 2012 | Tax cutter or big spender? Friend or foe of small business? For or against universal health coverage? Massachusetts conservatives debate the legacy of former governor and lead GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney
Ask Kris Mineau about his work as a social conservative in liberal Massachusetts, and the director of the Massachusetts Family Institute quips: "We're fighting back the Huns at the gate."
Ask Mineau about working with Mitt Romney during the Republican's tenure as Massachusetts' governor, and Mineau offers an unflinching assessment of the now-presidential-candidate: "He was a startling breath of fresh air."
If that's a surprising assessment to some social conservatives skeptical of Romney's standing on issues like abortion, the positive sentiment also flows from some notable fiscal conservatives in Massachusetts.
In the tourist haven of Cape Cod, Republican state congressman Randy Hunt works as a certified public accountant at his four-man firm in Sandwich, Mass. The accountant's clients include small business owners grappling with the effects of another part of Romney's legacy: healthcare legislation that requires Massachusetts citizens to purchase insurance or pay fines. With insurance premiums rising in the state, Hunt says the law's effects hit hard for small business owners looking for reasonable rates: "We're basically out to lunch on this."
But Hunt also says he's endorsing Romney for the GOP nomination. Despite healthcare woes, Hunt liked Romney's fiscal policy and his dealings with small businesses in Massachusetts: He sees Romney as "the adult in the room."
With at least six other candidates vying to be the adult in the room when voters choose the GOP presidential nominee, Romney's hurdles are formidable. Despite a strong showing in initial polls, the candidate faces some of the same questions he battled during his 2008 bid for the nomination: Is he really a social conservative? Will voters-particularly evangelicals-vote for a Mormon? Does the multimillionaire relate well to average voters in a struggling economy?
And Romney faces a new foe this cycle: his own healthcare legislation. The Massachusetts plan that drew relatively limited attention during the last cycle is now a battleground for many conservatives worried about President Barack Obama's healthcare law and how it compares to Romney's policy. Some voters wonder: Does the candidate touting fiscal conservatism have a troublesome big-government streak?
Voters looking for sound-byte answers may be disappointed: Significant support from notable Massachusetts conservatives who worked with Romney while he was governor undercuts the notion that Romney is merely a fair weather conservative. Mineau-a conservative evangelical-says Romney was a consistent ally: "We sorely miss him."
Meanwhile, the often-overlooked support of some national conservatives for Romney's healthcare legislation during its passage undercuts the notion that the idea was a blatantly liberal scheme. Three months before Romney signed the bill, Edmund Haislmaier of the conservative Heritage Foundation called the governor's plan "one of the most promising strategies out there."
But Romney's critics have legitimate concerns, and the candidate faces a steep challenge to explain how what he calls conservative intentions sometimes in his career have gone significantly awry. For the candidate with sweeping ideas and big-business expertise, it was the details that sometimes undermined the outcome. Another challenge: convincing some Republicans that his intentions are as conservative as he promises.
Romney's stint as Massachusetts governor began with a blunt plea from a local conservative. Barbara Anderson of the Massachusetts-based Citizens for Limited Taxation told The Boston Globe she remembers leaving a phone message for Romney when he was trying to salvage the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics from financial ruin: "I know you're really busy now with the Olympics, but when you're finished, please come back and save Massachusetts."
By most accounts, Romney did help save the 2002 Olympics, using the same brand of corporate savvy that made him a multimillionaire while leading Bain Capital in Massachusetts. Could he apply that savvy in a state suffering fresh economic losses from the bursting of the dot-com bubble and a budget deficit projected to approach $3 billion?
Four years after Romney's single term in office ended, fiscal conservatives in Massachusetts don't say that Romney saved the state, but many do admire the Republican's fiscal accomplishments in a state with a Democratic-controlled legislature.
Jim Stergios, who directed Romney's office of environmental affairs, now leads the conservative Pioneer Institute in Boston. Stergios says the private research organization applauded Romney's narrowing the state's budget shortfall while preventing a broad-based tax increase.
Indeed, Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3 percent to 5 percent. The legislature blocked the plan, but the governor succeeded in pushing a bill to prevent the state from applying capital gains taxes retroactively. That gave taxpayers a $275 million rebate on capital gains taxes the state had collected in 2002.
The conservative Beacon Hill Institute gave Romney a B- for his first state budget. David Tuerck, the group's director, says the governor's policies helped bolster business in the state. Those policies included economic incentives to streamline regulations and ease burdens on local businesses. Small business advocates are generally positive: Jon Hurst of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts calls Romney "pro-employer," and Brian Gilmore of Associated Industries of Massachusetts says Romney was "overall, positive toward business."
But the praise isn't unalloyed. National groups like the anti-tax Club for Growth and the libertarian Cato Institute note that Romney increased a slew of fees for permits, licenses, and government services. The 45 percent increase in fees captured some $330 million. The governor also closed what he called tax "loopholes" for corporations, costing large companies nearly $300 million during the first three years.
Gilmore called the loophole closures "tax increases" for businesses required to pay more money to the state. Tuerck said the policy was unhelpful to business, but he doesn't think it represents a major failure by Romney.
For Tuerck, a much bigger worry looms when assessing the governor's legacy and his presidential prospects: "The big alarm bell that keeps everyone awake at night is Romneycare."
Bells weren't ringing when Romney signed his famous healthcare legislation at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall in April 2006, but the atmosphere was festive: A fife and drum corps entertained 300 ticketed guests, and the crowd greeted a beaming Romney with a 30-second standing ovation.
On stage, the supporters surrounding the governor were as striking as the elaborate ceremony: Conservative Robert Moffit of the Heritage Foundation and liberal Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy looked on as the governor signed the bill.
It was an unusual combination for an unusual bill. Romney hadn't pushed universal healthcare coverage during his run for governor, but the issue quickly surfaced: The state faced losing nearly $385 million in annual federal funds that Kennedy had secured for Massachusetts healthcare costs. The Bush administration warned Romney in 2004 that it would cut the money in 2005.
Romney and Kennedy-bitter rivals in the 1994 race for Massachusetts senator-convinced the administration to allow Massachusetts to keep the funds in exchange for a lofty plan: The state would achieve universal health coverage-something Kennedy longed to accomplish-while using the market-based solutions Romney supported.
Romney's plan was multi-layered: He took a large chunk of money the state gave hospitals to cover healthcare costs for the uninsured and created subsidies for low-income citizens to purchase healthcare for themselves. (The final legislation created the Commonwealth Care system that expanded subsidies to lower-income families ineligible for Medicaid.)
He also created a state health insurance exchange that would help individuals shop for healthcare coverage from a slate of private insurers. Another key piece of the plan: allowing individuals to purchase insurance using pre-tax dollars.
By January 2006, Romney was promoting his plan at a Heritage Foundation event in Washington, D.C. The group advised Romney's administration on the bill, especially encouraging the health insurance exchange and allowing individuals to use pre-tax dollars to purchase coverage. But the complex bill carried a major provision that's now an Achilles' heel in Romney's run for the presidency: a mandate to buy insurance.
The idea wasn't new or exclusively liberal: Romney followed some conservatives in arguing that taxpayers shouldn't have to cover emergency room costs for patients without insurance. Requiring individuals to purchase insurance was requiring them to be responsible, he argued.
A bigger sticking point was a different mandate: requiring employers to offer insurance to employees. Romney opposed the idea and vetoed the item before signing the bill. But the legislature, not surprisingly, overturned the veto, imposing fines on businesses with 11 or more full-time (or equivalent) employees.
Shortly after signing the legislation, Romney told The Boston Globe that the law would be a major part of his legacy as governor, but added: "I have no way of telling if it's going to be a help or a hindrance down the road."
Five years after Romney signed the bill, one reality is indisputable: Most Massachusetts citizens have insurance. But there's another indisputable reality: Massachusetts has the highest healthcare costs in the country.
Analysts say the reasons for high rates are complex, but most agree that the healthcare bill didn't include a substantial plan for containing costs. The legislation's focus on making healthcare accessible did little to make it affordable to families not receiving subsidies. Other problems: The legislature added requirements that weren't in the original bill, including higher standards for the minimum plan citizens must carry.
One of groups hit hardest by the legislation is the coalition that Romney had otherwise helped: small businesses. Hurst of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts says that the group's members have seen insurance premiums rise at least 15 percent each year.
That's a substantial cost to employers struggling in a weak economy. Some employers are opting to drop coverage and pay the relatively modest $295 fine per employee. That's particularly true of employers with workers earning up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level, since those workers are now eligible for state subsidies to help cover costs. (An individual making up to $32,508 is eligible for subsidies.)
But other employers want to offer benefits: They struggle to pay the costs. Stergios of Pioneer Institute says the plan doesn't allow small businesses to negotiate better rates, and has been "wholly unresponsive to small business." Another problem: If employers offer insurance but don't comply with additional mandates, they could face substantial fines.
On a recent weekday morning, Bill Fields battled Boston traffic to assist a small business facing $35,000 in healthcare-related fines. Fields is director of Health Plan Solutions, a Massachusetts-based group that helps individuals and employers navigate the healthcare law. He says that's a complicated task, especially for employers who can't afford a human resources department: "If you try to read the regulations, your eyes go crossed."
The client that Fields is meeting today offers insurance to employees, but state auditors say the business didn't meet all the state regulations. (Requirements include paying a state-mandated percentage of premiums and filing reports.) Fields thinks he can help the business owner avoid the fines, but he says others end up paying. In one case, a small eatery that cleared less than $30,000 during the year faced $30,000 in fines, he says: "What they've done with small business is unconscionable."
Hunt, the CPA and congressman from Sandwich, Mass., says some of his clients have faced similar trouble. Others have struggled to conserve cash and pay insurance costs themselves. In a struggling economy dependent on small business for jobs, Hurst says the challenge is substantial: "I would argue that healthcare has been the single biggest deterrent for small business job growth in this recovery."
Analysts debate how much Romney's plan affected healthcare costs and whether he's responsible for changes the legislature made after he signed the bill. Michael Franc of Heritage says his group still thinks the original ideas were good, but says problems flowed from changes added later. Other conservatives who once spoke positively of Romney's plan-including Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and GOP presidential candidates Tim Pawlenty and Newt Gingrich-have tempered or withdrawn their approval in the wake of Obama's unpopular federal healthcare law.
Tuerck of Beacon Hill thinks Romney is culpable for the bill he started: "He had to know that the legislature was going to have its way with this issue." And Tuerck shares the concern of other conservatives over the healthcare mandate: "If you start telling people to buy one thing, you can start telling them to buy something else."
While Romney has said his plan "wasn't perfect," he hasn't said it was a mistake. Indeed, the former governor argues that states should experiment with local solutions to local problems. He says instituting such plans on a federal level would be a mistake. He promises to repeal Obama's healthcare law. (He also says he would press for tax breaks for individuals buying insurance and would push medical malpractice reform to reduce costs.)
Yet it may be difficult for the governor to distinguish his plan from Obama's, especially since administration officials have said they admired Romney's work. The Obama plan does include central features of Romney's effort, including a healthcare exchange and an individual mandate. Tuerck says he worries that the similarities would hurt Romney in a general election: "It takes a major debating point off the table. . . . Romneycare is a poison pill for the presidency."
Hunt, the Massachusetts congressman, understands concerns over Romney's healthcare plan, but believes he's still the most qualified candidate for the GOP nomination. He hopes that Romney can overcome the healthcare hurdle, even if it remains a substantial roadblock to the nomination.
Romney faces other hurdles, but he may find them lower than he did during his last run for the presidency. The once pro-abortion governor says he became pro-life while studying the issue of embryonic stem-cell research in Massachusetts. Critics accused him of flip-flopping on the issue during the last election, but his GOP opponents haven't pressed the issue this time.
During the first televised debate for GOP presidential candidates in New Hampshire in June, the CNN moderator asked Romney's fellow Republicans whether they questioned his position on abortion or thought the case was closed. The candidates remained silent until Herman Cain muttered: "Case closed." The case could re-open again over Romney's refusal to sign a pro-life group's pledge (see sidebar).
Mineau from Massachusetts Family Institute said Romney and his staff were helpful on issues related to life and marriage while he was governor. While some critics say Romney could have done more to block gay marriage in the state, Mineau says: "Nobody did more to fight same-sex marriage than Gov. Romney." (A group of eight Massachusetts social conservatives signed a letter supporting Romney's record in 2007.)
Anne Fox of Massachusetts Citizens for Life also said her group found Romney's staff accessible and easy to work with during his tenure. But Fox-who endorsed Republican Sam Brownback in the last GOP nominating contest-said she's disappointed that Massachusetts Commonwealth Care helps subsidize abortion. A Massachusetts court ruling mandated that any state-covered healthcare must cover abortion, but Fox and other pro-life advocates say it's troubling. "I'm not saying it's [Romney's] fault," says Fox. "But with this kind of program, these things are inherent, and we're learning that now."
Though Romney is a well-vetted candidate, there's still more to learn. Conservatives will likely ask more questions about issues like his support for ethanol subsidies, and how his belief in global warming would affect his policy.
Many evangelicals will ask how Romney's Mormon beliefs affect his approach to policy, and consider whether they would support a Mormon for the presidency (for a debate on that point, see p. 39). Meanwhile, the candidate may grapple with how much he should address the subject he mostly avoids in public.
Romney will also likely try to cultivate his image as a candidate who can connect with struggling Americans. During a recent chat with a group of unemployed citizens at a campaign stop, the multimillionaire quipped: "I'm also unemployed." Though the group laughed, the joke may have sounded tone-deaf. Romney chuckled, but his next statement was no joke for a man who seems determined to work hard: "I have my sight on a particular job."
Mixed oaths?
Romney counters one pro-life pledge with another of his own
By Jamie Dean
If Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was looking for an opportunity to prove his pro-life credentials to skeptical Republicans, signing a pro-life group's "presidential pledge" could be tempting. But the former Massachusetts governor raised eyebrows instead by declaring: He's thoroughly pro-life-and he's not signing the pledge.
The Susan B. Anthony List, a private foundation that promotes pro-life candidates, asked Republican presidential hopefuls to sign a pledge declaring their pro-life commitment in nominating judges, appointing cabinet positions, de-funding abortion providers, and advancing legislation to protect unborn children capable of feeling pain.
While most of the GOP candidates signed the document, at least two declined: Romney and former Godfather's Pizza executive Herman Cain. Reaction was swift, mostly focused on Romney: GOP candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum said he was "stunned" at Romney's refusal.
Romney didn't retreat. Instead, he penned his own pro-life pledge, explaining his objections to a particular piece of the Susan B. Anthony document that reads: "Advance pro-life legislation to permanently end all taxpayer funding of abortion in all domestic and international spending programs, and defund Planned Parenthood and all other contractors and recipients of federal funds with affiliates that fund or perform abortions."
Did that mean defunding every hospital system that performs abortions? Romney said that he supports defunding Planned Parenthood, but added: "It's one thing to end federal funding for an organization liked Planned Parenthood; it is entirely another to end all federal funding for thousands of hospitals across America."
Romney said he was also uncomfortable with the pledge's requirements for exclusively pro-life appointments to certain cabinet and executive branch positions, saying it "unduly burdens a president's ability to appoint the most qualified individuals to a broad array of key positions in the federal government."
It's unclear whether Romney's discomfort with the fine print's broad implications will satisfy voters, but the candidate-who believes abortion should be limited to cases of rape, incest, or saving the life of the mother-said he supported a slew of other pro-life ambitions: reversing Roe v. Wade, upholding the Hyde Amendment, reinstating the Mexico City policy, and advocating laws to protect unborn children from pain.


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Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, Ireland. Accredited
to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864. Citation. Off Yazoo City,
Miss., 5 March 1864, embarking from the Marmora with a 12-pound howitzer
mounted on a field carriage, Laffey landed with the gun and crew in the
midst of heated battle and, bravely standing by his gun despite enemy rifle
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How do we strengthen the Nagoya Protocol implementation?
18 February 2013 | News story
As part of the GEF ABS LAC activities on access and benefit sharing (ABS), IUCN is developing the Virtual Forum "Nagoya Protocol Implementation" (www.foroadb.jimdo.com). This space will allow participants to discuss the national policies and legal frameworks on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) in different countries. The Virtual Forum is carried out from January to March.
The forum will gather information about uncertainties within countries that are part of the project on the implementation on the Nagoya Protocol regarding the development of benefit-sharing contracts, intellectual property and biopropecting.
During January, the participants had the opportunity to discuss two important issues: the genetic resources property and the States participation on profits.
On the issue about the genetic resources property, Carla Cardenas, Virtual Forum moderator, concluded that within the region, legal framework established that genetic resources are public. Citizens have the right to use and enjoy them, but these resources must have an administrator. In this case, governments are responsible for regulating the conditions on how to benefit from the use of genetic resources. They will ensure equity access among citizens.
About the second issue, it has not really been analyzed in the region, creating uncertainty about the potential of the resource which will be accessed as well as the meaning of what benefit sharing is, as if was said by Luciana Silvestri, researcher of the Territory at the UNESCO Cathedra and Environment of Rey Juan Carlos University.
Besides being beneficiaries of genetic resources, Governments have to be responsible for overseeing the contracts compliance and processes that are carried out to access to genetic resources as well as PIC, MAT and equity between users and providers.
The following weeks, participants will discuss other issues such as the development of access and sharing process, indigenous people participation, among others.
The GEF UNEP IUCN Regional Project ABS LAC aims to ensure that the principles of conservation, sustainability, equity and justice of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in regards to access and benefit sharing and the protection of traditional knowledge.
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Were the European Bank Stress Tests Too Easy?
Banking regulators tested the soundness of 91 European banks this week to see if they could withstand a financial crisis, and only seven failed to pass muster. But some analysts say the tests may have been too easy, and wonder what would happen if a real "worst-case scenario" hit.


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My Lenovo hard drive became corrupted and wouldn't boot up so I put in a new one and downloaded Zimbra DT onto the clean drive.
I can still read the old hardrive--it's in a USB case--but I'm not sure which files are the contacts and email. Can I "just drag" them to correct folder in the new Zimbra application folder?
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Learn to Quilt at the Belgrade Library
Learn to make a quilt from start to finish. Learn construction techniques for several traditional blocks, then assemble the blocks to make a table topper, wall hanging or larger quilt if desired. The class will also cover quilting and binding techniques. This class is designed for beginners, but every level quilter is invited to participate. This class will meet every Saturday from Jan. 5 to Feb. 9, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Register online at griver.org under events, or call the library at 320.254.8842. For teens and adults. Limit 10.


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Thankful for deals: Shoppers flock to stores on Thanksgiving
Published: Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 10:06 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 10:06 p.m.
Ocalans came out in full force Thursday night to take advantage of advertised deals at area stores opening up just hours after Thanksgiving dinner.
Eager shoppers lined up outside Toys "R" Us and Target as early as 10 a.m. Thanksgiving Day to wait for the stores to open that night. Toys "R" Us opened at 8 p.m., and Target opened at 9 p.m.
Last year, Toys "R" Us was open at 9 p.m., and the year before it was 10 p.m. Other stores such as Target and Best Buy also opened earlier last year and this year to promote deals on a variety of items.
Earlier opening times at stores and waiting in line all Thanksgiving Day didn't keep lots of those shoppers from having dinner or spending time with their families — they found creative and interesting ways to make it happen.
Jeanine Lanza, part of the second group in line outside Toys "R" Us on State Road 200, commissioned her friend, Renona Dorsey, to wait in line for her while she had Thanksgiving dinner with family.
"So what I do is actually pay her (Dorsey) to come (stand in) line and wait here for me. So I paid her to come here," Lanza said looking over at Dorsey. "I had my Thanksgiving dinner, and I paid her to come (stand in) line for me."
Dorsey said she cooked a quick dinner, ate and was in line at Toys "R" Us at around 1:30 p.m. Lanza paid her $100 and brought her some dessert from her dinner to stand in line for her.
And it's an agreement they have every year.
Lanza had her eyes on the big video game deal at the store: Buy one video game and get the second for a $1.
After Toys "R" Us, Lanza said she also paid Dorsey to wait in line for her at Kohl's, which opened at midnight Friday.
Ed Hynes, who drove from Inverness to be one of the first people in line at the Toys "R" Us, said he and his family had their dinner on Wednesday night instead of Thursday so he could wait in line.
"It's a day, we still had family come in. It's a day, we just changed the day. Instead of Thursday, it was Wednesday," Hynes said.
He waited in line since noon Thursday.
Jhordin Eihardt and his family were the first people in line at Toys "R" Us and got to the store at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
Even though they were there early, they had a friend come to hold their spot while they went to relatives' houses in the area to have a quick Thanksgiving dinner.
"We had her sit here; we left to eat Thanksgiving dinner," Eihardt said.
By around 7:30 p.m., a long line of shoppers snaked from the front of the store, through the parking lot and out onto the sidewalk on SR 200.
Shoppers were ready with shopping carts and sat in fold-up chairs reading books, had tablets or phones to keep them occupied or talked with friends and family online.
At the Target on SR 200, those wanting to take advantage of deals on televisions and iPods sat outside the store until it opened at 9 p.m.
Tracy Madera, who was near the front of the line at Target, said she was waiting in line to get an iPod Touch for her daughter, whose birthday is Dec. 12.
Her family had Thanksgiving earlier in the day, and she was in line at the store about 4 p.m.
"We pre-cooked some of the food on Wednesday, and then we did the rest on Thursday morning, and we were done by 12 (p.m.)," Madera said.
Next year, if stores decide to open even earlier than they did Thursday night to promote deals, Madera said she'd plan to be in line earlier.
But Lanza, who paid her friend to wait in line at Toys "R" Us for her, said she wouldn't.
"If they go any earlier next year, I don't think I'll be coming," she said. "Even if I paid someone, I wouldn't even do that to another family."
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Ah. Now for the fun part of my reply. There was a point a couple of years where me, my wife, my brother and sister in law, and my friend and his fiancee played a Star Wars Roleplay at my house for almost a year. Now, I forgot all of the characters or their race name, but this is what I remember. I played this green squid head guy I called "Hun-Gari" who was the rogue pilot, my wife played a female space elf that was my co-pilot (he let her create that), my brother-in-law played a male Bothan who was our assassin, my sister-in-law played a female zabrak jedi master, and my friends fiancee played a space ferrett / squarrel / rat thing that was a jedi apprentice... we don't know what the race was... and my friend was the DM. Oh the stories. Sadly, I can't go into too much detail due to site rules, but we had some fun times with it:
Fun moment 1) So, there was this time where my Squid head, and the bothan walk into a bar. Twi'lek dancers everywhere. Well. Both our characters got a little tipsy and they both ended up having a "fun night." For me anyways. See. Supposedly, the Bothan got so drunk he ended up going to a room with a Gungan... and the gungan walked out a happy man. My character on the other hand caused such... "a disturbance in the force" that of the two ladies he was with, one committed suicide, and the other was so messed up on the inside, she couldnt have kids anymore... and then my character got banned from the bar.
Fun moment 2) So, our characters are standing around trying to figure out what to do, and the DM hinted that the Jedi master should role a force check... well, she rolled a force check and got a 1. Her response? "Hey guys! Guys!.... I think... I'm a jedi!"
Fun moment 3) Our characters were later captured by a hutt lord and thrown into a pit with a rancor. Well we killed the rancor and were making our escape when I joked, "Pfft, I bet I could take on all of these guys!" Since like, 20 guys had jumped into the arena with us. Our DM looked at me and told me to roll a dodge check for every guy there and lucky for me, I didn't get hit once.
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For once I agree with Nancy, that McCarney would not be back had ISU lost to UNI. I have never been on the fire Mac band-wagon, however last night I was 7 feet away from jumping on.
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I thought it was a great article. Hit the nail right on the head, no matter how Mac spins it.
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I didn't like that article at all. Did our coach fumble at the 1 yd line or was that Flynn? Did McCarney throw the interception on an out returned for a touchdown or did Meyer? Did McCarney muff 2 consecutive punts or did Baum? Did McCarney get a false start penalty or a hold in the red zone near the end of the half? Granted, I feel a coaching mistake clearly happened at 4th & 2 at the end of the half when we didn't get 3 pts or the first down, it was a gamble that didn't pay off. Still, we shouldn't have even been in that position if it weren't for the penalties. UNI played error free football (no turnovers) while we commited multiple turnovers. Those turnovers and penaties seemed somewhat out of character for us under McCarney, perhaps more representative of earlier & less successsful regimes than McCarney's. At times, it seemed we had no luck at all, yet we played hard and play-called aggressively down the stretch to do what we needed to do to win against a very, very good division 1-AA team. Instead of feeling our coach's job should be in jeopardy, we should be feeling that if we could take better care of the ball and catch a few more breaks, that we could have won by over 20 instead of by 1 last night. If we can eliminate the mistakes, we can have a good chance against a ranked Nebraska team next week.
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That's the thing, though. "If we can take better care of the ball"..."if we can eliminate the mistakes"... that isn't up to the fans to change. It's up the the coaches to do something about it. To properly prepare the players to perform consistently well on the field. If we were to lose to our Division I-AA neighbors, a huge red flag pops up as "why in the world did we just lose this game?" If our team really had nobody talented on it, well, then that's tough to deal with. But it does have talented players. And if a loss like that comes that never, ever should happen, then you have to look at what is going on behind the scenes and say something here is going wrong. That's where the stuff about the coach comes in.
As I posted in a separate thread earlier in the week...
Coaches coach and players play.
Wins are the result of good coaching and good execution on the field.
Conversely, losses are a result of both mistakes made by coaches and players.
So both sides are correct. We aught to be able to out coach UNI enough to go into the 4th quarter with a comfortable lead. Also, we aught to be able to execute well enough to have the same result.
Instead, we're in a tight game that relied on a missed kick to win.
I did think the play calling last night was about as good as it's been this season. The team came out flat though, especially after the early turnover.
So maybe that's where the coaching staff needs to improve - crisis management. Each time this year we've had something bad happen, we've folded up shop for a while. Seriously think about it...each game when we had droughts on offense and poor play on defense...came after an adverse play. Interesting.
On the players...we gave them 3 turnovers that resulted in 13 points. In addition...those 3 turnovers took away from us at minimum 7 points...if not likely 14 or more. We can't do that, especially as we enter the Big 12.
Why not call a time out when the other teams offense is chewing up yards and try and slow their momentum plus light a fire under the defense and maybe make and adustment?? To me that falls under coaching.
Just one mans opinion.
Skyh13. Great post. Nice to see that others understand that coaches are responsible for their players actions on the field. Mistakes, penalities, and poor execution can be minimized by good coaching.
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Skyh13. Great post. Nice to see that others understand that coaches are responsible for their players actions on the field. Mistakes, penalities, and poor execution can be minimized by good coaching.
I would agree to an extent. One thing that has really gotten to me now is the way we are tackling our opponents. From Junior High on I was thought year after year to tackle between the knees and hips. We would be ripped in practice if we dove for ankle tackles. In the last three games, we have had WAYYYYY to many missed tackles, and I would think that is one thing that could easily be changed in practice and I do not understand how we could be so poor at it 3 weeks in a row.
As, far as the penalties go, we were very good at not committing too many penalties the 1st 3 games, and this has really changed in the past 2 weeks, but last night was better then it was down in Texas.
Ryan Baum had better be running laps all day today. Fumbling a punt 2 TIMES IN A ROW??? That mistake should never happen, let alone 2 times in a row.
Flynn is a good player and he will learn from the mistake he made tonight, but in the position we were in last night, Flynn was just looking for a huge play, which he almost got, but he did make a mistake that he has never made before as a receiver, and trust me he will learn from it.
Now if the mistakes we made last night were mistakes we had been making all year, they I would hole heartily agree that it is coaching, but that is not the case. Knowing that, I find it very hard to blame last nights game on coaching.
Our defense could did not stop UNI at all in the first half until the punt at the end of the half. The coaches made their halftime adjustments, and kept UNI from moving the ball. Our coaches motivated our team to come out in a big way after halftime, outscoring UNI 21-6 in the second half. Take away the Baum and Flynn fumbles, and it could of arguably been 28-3 in the 2nd half.
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I agree that are coaching needs to get much much better but lets be honest.... Baum's fumbles and Flynn's fumble were not coaching. These guys have played football since they were 10 and are seniors on the football team. It is there fault and there fault only at getting the job done. Mac can't make Baum catch the ball. If he was Bill Belichick it wouldn't matter, cuz you can't coach catching that. And then flynn reaching at the end zone was dumb BUT at least he was giving extrodinary effort to get there. He dragged his guy 5 yds. So i can live with that. But that too is not coaching. Coaching is a run up in the middle in jumbo formation on 4th and 2. Thats bad coaching. And not figuring out that UNI has two plays that work offensively. Drag across the field and off tackle with the running back. Every now and then they would throw a 5 yd out in there but come on. With our LB speed they should be able to guard the drag relatively well.
Great article by Nancy. Just hope that this win didn't keep Mac his job. A 1 point win to UNI should still be a big red flag (among many) that Mac needs to go. It would be sad to have to stick with Mac because he pulled out this win.
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Great article by Nancy. Just hope that this win didn't keep Mac his job. A 1 point win to UNI should still be a big red flag (among many) that Mac needs to go. It would be sad to have to stick with Mac because he pulled out this win.
Remember when a win over a Nebraska or Oklahoma used to save Walden's job? Now a win over UNI saves Mac's job.
who else is starting to think that all the hype that surrounded the hiring of Cotton a few years ago was just that, hype? I have not been impressed with our offense since he arrived.
I have two questions:
1.) Why wasn't someone in Baum's face after the first Fumble? He got bailed out and anyone on the coaching staff should have grabbed his face mask and told him to calm down and catch the ball first before trying to do any special.
2.) Who the hell coaches players to reach for the goal line? Thats the reason why Flynn fumbled was because he was reaching for the goal line. This should never happen especially after last years Baylor game. Don't F*cking reach!?! We have Ryan Kock who can easily punch it in.
Until I get answers to these question, I hold DMac responsible for last night.
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I have two questions:
1.) Why wasn't someone in Baum's face after the first Fumble? He got bailed out and anyone on the coaching staff should have grabbed his face mask and told him to calm down and catch the ball first before trying to do any special.
2.) Who the hell coaches players to reach for the goal line? Thats the reason why Flynn fumbled was because he was reaching for the goal line. This should never happen especially after last years Baylor game. Don't F*cking reach!?! We have Ryan Kock who can easily punch it in.
Until I get answers to these question, I hold DMac responsible for last night.
Watch the replay Flynn was not reaching for the goal line he twisted around and came down on a UNI player trying to get the extra yard.
Clark's column was to the point, and dead-on, whether we like it or not. The debate going on with this thread seems to be over which mistakes that were made were the responsibility of the coaches or the players. For those who defend Mac and say he can't be responsible for all that goes on the field (which is true)... let's say, if for example a team plays disciplined (few to no penalties), tackles well, catches most balls that should be caught and have few to no fumbles, well, is that just by chance and luck that those players on the field play that way, or is that the result of GOOD coaching? Has anyone noticed that prior to a game, no matter who its against (Texas, or D-IAA opponents) McCarney gives galactic praise to the other team? saying how "theres no doubt about it, _____ team is going to be a tremendous challenge for us" Do the players hear this to from him all week? I mean if they do no wonder they play down to the levels of some of these teams... I would hope the coaching staff shows a little more confidence and less uncertainty behind closed-doors in practice.
But lets step back from dissecting this game in particular and look at the big picture.... why is it that the 2006 Cyclones, DMac's 12th squad, with TEN returning players on a veteran offense, even let a D-IAA stay in the game with them? Oh, thats right, we have a young defense. Huh? why do we have such a young D? of course the Eboh, Berryman, and Robertson debaucles were costly, BUT, any staff that's been around 12 years should recruit well enough and have the foresight to be deep in the positions that are absolutely essential to win in the Big 12 (particularly D-lineman in this case?)
Is anyone alarmed that in the three W's this year, all the games came down to the last play of the game by the other team? Why aren't we hanging 3 touchdowns on teams like those we barely eeked out victories over so far? I mean how many of the next 7 games does anyone see us winning realistically?
I've never been a fan of Cotton. He is old school Nebraska. He played at Nebraska. He thinks like Tom Osborne does, very conservatively. He played a simple style of football some called "3 yards and a cloud of dust" which worked well at Nebraska 20 years ago, but I just cannot stomach anymore watching this offense, saturated with potential, sputter against D-IAA, MWC and MAC defenses. Pop in a tape of any game from 2000 or 2001, those offenses were FUN to watch and effective.
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After President Bush warned Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq or face the military might of the U.S., healthcare providers in several states, including Illinois, began to receive the smallpox vaccination.
Even though the plans to inoculate healthcare workers were laid out last November, political experts say it is no coincidence that these immunizations coincide with the president's call for war.
A war with Iraq is seemingly just days away, and hundreds of medical personal and key first responders will begin to receive the smallpox vaccination here in Illinois. Experts say that it is not a coincidence that the president waited before each of the states began their public emergency health plan before announcing his plan for war.
This is all about America's war plan. Nearly 200 emergency room doctors and nurses in Winnebago county are expected to voluntarily receive the smallpox vaccination over the next month. This is phase one of a three part plan to protect our community from a possible terrorist attack," said Tom Flemming, political expert.
"The probability is low that this could happen but the consequences are significant," said Mike Bacon, Winnebago Co. Health Dept.
Some 500,000 military troops and 17,000 civilian medical personal have already been vaccinated with minimal adverse reactions. Tuesday four healthcare workers here volunteered to receive their inoculations and had no concerns about potential side effects.
The county says they are confident they can inoculate everyone in Winnebago County within 96 hours of a large-scale smallpox release. For now the inoculations will remain on a voluntary basis for medical personal until the U.S. Department of Health directs otherwise.
The second phase of the smallpox vaccinations is expected to start when the U.S. goes to war with Iraq that will include inoculating police, fire and paramedics on a voluntary basis. No word yet when the public will be allowed to receive a vaccination.
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CARPE : launched of the Seventh Phase of their Small Grants Program
30 January 2013 | Article
The Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) and IUCN-The World Conservation Union wish to inform the general public that they have just launched the Seventh Phase of their Small Grants Program. We receive applications from January 29, 2013 to February 28, 2013. The main objective of the program is to strengthen civil society organisations to 1) Conserve and sustainably manage forest resources in Central Africa; and 2) facilitate the implementation of REDD+ processes and programs to mitigate the negative effect of climate change.
To this effect, interested NGOs and local associations, Non Governmental research centres, independent researchers, women and minority groups in all six countries covered by CARPE (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon) are expected to send in their project proposals on or before February 28, 2013 to the respective IUCN-CARPE Focal Points (see addresses below)-each organization is expected to send in only one project proposal.
Just like in the previous Phases of the Program that witnessed the funding of 129 projects in 9 countries (including Burundi, Sao Tomé and Principe and Rwanda), priority will be given to Climate change mitigation and adaptation (REDD+ readiness, PES, etc). However, we potential applicants can also send proposals covering the following themes: Capacity Building (Training, study tour etc…); Natural Resource Management Policy; Natural Resource Management governance; Capitalization and sharing of lessons learned; Gender equity; Landscape issues related to policy and to build constituency for its sustainable management; and Bush meat management in term of Policy and regulation to set forth for advocacy
It should be recalled that the CARPE Program is an initiative funded entirely by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote the sustainable management of natural resources in the Congo Basin, notably by maintaining the ecological integrity of its humid forest ecosystem.
For further information :
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- Equatorial Guinea : firstname.lastname@example.com
- Cameroon : firstname.lastname@example.com / firstname.lastname@example.com
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ATLANTA -- Bargain shoppers are gearing up for spring consignment sale season where savvy consumers can save big on kids clothing, toys and gear.
Here is a rundown of some the big ones coming up:
The enormous Kidsignments sale at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds starts on Tuesday, February 12th at 9 a.m. It's one of the largest in the nation featuring 1,400 sellers.
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Keep in mind no children, babies or strollers are allowed before 2 p.m. on the first day. The sale ends Saturday the 16th, when everything not marked NR is an additional 50 percent off. The address is 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville.
In Marietta the All 4 Kids Consigment Sale takes place February 21st through the 23rd. It is at the Cobb County Fairgrounds at
2245 Callaway Road in Marietta.
And later this month Rhea Lana's of North Atlanta holds its spring sale at 5508 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Chamblee. The sale runs from February 24th through the 28th.
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Hello, I am humbly asking if someone may draw me two maps, well more like redraw them. The maps I want redrawn are as follows:
imgur: the simple image sharer and imgur: the simple image sharer
They are two maps for a non-profit, story wiki at Omniverse: Erudite Tales Wiki, the first map being my region and the second map being the continent on which most of the story takes place. Though sadly I cannot pay, the picture shall be credited to its author as stated below in the Copyright section.
Some notes for the maps for whoever wants to take this request, for clarity's sake:
*For the second map (the one of the continent), please ignore the country names and boundaries and don't draw them. This was simply for informational purposes on the wiki considering territories.
*In the first map (the regional one), the Morde is a large swamp. Also, the curved lined under the large band of mountains shows the edge of the Catalonin Highlands to the left area, while the dark green area to the bottom right of that particular section is the Aila Forest. Also, the little islands at the end of the rivers to the west and south are called Azute and Minamisur respectively.
I would like both maps to be similar to the map style shown here -> http://blog.lefigaro.fr/hightech/middle-earth-map.jpg
Quality & Size
Though I hope for a professional work if I am lucky, I'll also accept semi-professional as well. As for size, I have no specific size, though moderately large (for viewing purposes) will do.
Time Constraints
There is no time constraint, an artist can take as long as needed. I just ask for a rough estimate for how long, so that I may know.
Credit will go to the artist on the picture's profile, as well as a link to this site and/or any other site to the artists creations if he/she wants.
Contact Details
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There have been several new updates of important ASTM standards affecting concrete producers. Here is a summary of some committee announcements released in the last few months.
New Approved ASTM Standards:
C1077 - Standard Practice for Laboratories Testing Concrete and Concrete Aggregates for Use in Construction and Criteria for Laboratory Evaluation has been revised to C1077-06a.
C1116/C116M - Standard Specification for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete has been revised (with designation change) to C1116/C116M-06.
C114 - Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Hydraulic Cement has had an epsilon edit, available as C114-06e1.
C1227 - Standard Specification for Precast Concrete Septic Tanks has been revised to C1227-07.
C1365 - Standard Test Method for Determination of the Proportion of Phases in Portland Cement and Portland-Cement Clinker Using X-Ray Powder Diffraction Analysis has been revised to C1365-06.
C1609/C1609M - Standard Test Method for Flexural Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (Using Beam With Third-Point Loading) has been revised to C1609/C1609M-06.
C1610/C1610M - Standard Test Method for Static Segregation of Self-Consolidating Concrete Using Column Technique has been revised to C1610/C1610M-06a.
C403/C403M - Standard Test Method for Time of Setting of Concrete Mixtures by Penetration Resistance has been revised to C403/C403M-06.
C780 - Standard Test Method for Preconstruction and Construction Evaluation of Mortars for Plain and Reinforced Unit Masonry has been revised to C780-06a.
C900 - Standard Test Method for Pullout Strength of Hardened Concrete has been revised to C900-06.
C1634 - Standard Specification for Concrete Facing Brick is a new standard, now available, C1634-06.
C426 - Standard Test Method for Linear Drying Shrinkage of Concrete Masonry Units has been revised to C426-06.
C55 - Standard Specification for Concrete Building Brick has been revised (with title change) to C55-06.
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Beyonce's backstage demands have been exposed in a newly-obtained contract rider grabbed from a recent video shoot and it appears the superstar likes white.
Editors at In Touch have published the request form in the new issue of the publication, and alongside food demands like a turkey deli tray, fresh strawberries, jalapenos, pineapples and green olives are decor suggestions for her dressing room and vanity room.
The "Halo" singer asks that her dressing room is not only completely baby-proofed for her daughter Blue Ivy, but that it is furnished in all white and that "all of her food be served on a crisp white tablecloth".
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The Color Changing Knife and the Hot Rod are together for the first time in this beautifully Hand-Crafted piece of magic. A knife with colors of Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Purple, and Blue is shown on both sides. A color is chosen, and suddenly the knife changes to the selected color.
Ray Szwec came up with this clever idea and Joe Mogar has crafted it to perfection. A collectors quality piece.
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Lester Belding and Marcy Thurwachter are two of six individuals who will be inducted into North Central College's Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 26, during the 2013 Homecoming Weekend.
Belding had a wealth of experience before his arrival at North Central College in 1945 and used his skills as an administrator and coach over a 20-year tenure to set the stage for the Cardinals' many successes to follow. More


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You can do ANYTHING with a Sawz-All, some junque parts and a welder ...... - oh - and don't forget the frosty, fermented beverage of inspiration .......
Ah yes, the old hell with a hammer and a devil with a torch routine!
Hammer to fit - paint to match, I say! Hahahaha!
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.
Now you are talking my language.....My brothers Good old Irish ingenuity as a good friend would say. That is a pair of militarys done right! Cool as hell ! Scooter, I'm noticing a G-5 engine in a C-5 frame, No? Love those ammo boxes and the rear fender rack, modified from a C-5 passanger seat perhaps? Nicley done. Use what you got and make it work, like it was there all the time. Damn, now I want one of them to
Sounds like we apprenticed under the same task master.Are you a fellow alumni of the Kellen Keller school of flash burn welding ?
I learned to weld like a Gorilla - Strong, but ugly!! Hahaha! Now - if I could weld like a GASHOUSE Gorilla, I'd be pretty pumped up!
Shit.....that makes two of us. I ain't the best nickle roller around either. Thank the lord for the guy who invented the electric hand grinder and the sanding disk. Cleans up them splatters and fat spots real nice.
Thanks, SB... now I've gots lots more ideas floating around in the noggin...This is "green technology" that I understand... Mike and S&S in Michigan
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It's A Superchips Hemi Hoedown!Written by on January 11, 2006 Even the Florida heat can't keep Hemi fans from having a good time
With the rebirth of the Hemi in 2003, a glory name from the past returned to the front lines of the automotive world. Now a 5.7-liter fuel-injected modern marvel, the Hemi has a monstrous following. Available in the Dodge Ram, Charger, Magnum, and Chrysler 300C, more and more cars on the street today have Hemi power under their hoods. To celebrate all the new vehicles with Chrysler's most famous engine design, Superchips held Hemi Day, inviting Hemi-powered cars and trucks to come down for a day of showing off and fun.
Embracing the public's thirst for more performance from their Hemi V-8s, the aftermarket has been working at a breakneck pace to get products to market for the various Hemi vehicles. Leading the way has been tuning specialist, Superchips. The Sanford, Florida-based company has a long history of working with electronic vehicle systems for maximum performance, starting back in 1983 when the company was founded in England to support the British racing community with high-end electronic tuning.
With the release of the new Hemi, Superchips faced one of its biggest challenges. The original computer system for the new engine featured three separate control modules: one governing the engine; another, the transmission; and a third managing other vehicle functions. Featuring the latest in technology and computer programming from DaimlerChrysler, cracking the code to see what the Hemi was "thinking" inside its computer brain was a tough task for the computer wizards in the Superchips R&D department.
Eventually the code was cracked, and a new tuner hit the market for the '03 Hemi. Craig Ancel of the Superchips R&D department told us that one of the biggest challenges in developing the tuner was the new Hemi's throttle-by-wire system. Tuning for performance while giving the driver throttle "feel and control" was difficult, but not impossible. This shows in the tuner for the '03 Hemi, and the new tuner coming out for the '04-'05 Hemi engines. One curveball Superchips had to contend with was the model year changes to the Hemi computer. Each year of Hemi production--2003 to 2005--DaimlerChrysler made major changes to the computer system controlling the engine. For every model year, Superchips had to start back at the beginning to develop a tuner to work with the new computer.
Even though having to start over each time was difficult, Superchips--because of their intensive research and experience--was able to pull previous knowledge from Hemi tuner development, which made the process much easier. Through all the hurdles of Hemi product development, the Superchips team stayed the course in making a great tuner for Hemi owners.
Hemi Day turned into a fantastic event. The Superchips staff was only expecting about 75 cars and trucks along with about 150 people for the Saturday fun. But over 141 Hemi-powered vehicles showed up, along with about 300 people. Superchips employees were surprised when people started showing up at 7:30 in the morning! People at the show were able to tour the Superchips' state-of-the-art facility to see what goes into making the "little box" that can unlock so much power in a vehicle.
Watching the live on-site dyno tests, Hemi fans got to see the painstaking process Superchips goes through in testing and developing its handheld tuners. While most dyno runs just measure overall performance, Superchips takes horsepower and torque readings through every gear, monitoring peak power and torque levels, and using the data to calibrate transmission shift points and other engine tuning functions. They also monitor engine temp, oil temp, and air inlet temp, so they can see everything the computer is seeing to get the best calibration possible.
Great barbeque and Winghouse wings were on hand to keep the Mopar faithful from starving under the baking Florida sun. The event culminated in a huge raffle. Attendees were given raffle tickets for a chance to win one of 22 preproduction '04-'05 Hemi tuners, a set of pre-production '05 Hemi MSD plug wires, and Superchips hats and shirts.
After the great turnout and terrific fun had by all, Superchips is already planning on a bigger Hemi Day for 2006.
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Turnout for Hemi Day was great--141 cars and trucks showing up for the fun along with about 300 people. the event didn't start until 11 a.m., but Mopar Hemi fanatics were showing up as early as 7:30 a.m. Plans are already in the works for a bigger and better Hemi Day next year.No, it's not a Chrysler body, but inside this streetrod beats a piece of Hemi history: a 392 Hemi. The grandfather of today's 5.7L engine, the 392s were the backbone of NHRA Top Fuel racing through the '60s and part of the '70s.Inside the Superchips distribution center, you can see the care and work that goes into packaging and shipping of all Superchips products.Here, you can see the progression of the Superchips product line, starting with simple E-prom performance chips all the way up to the modern handheld tuner.The parking lot at Superchips was full of modern Mopar muscle. The new programmers for the Hemi engine not only give more horsepower and performance, but can also give the user an extra estimated 2-4 mpg.A crowd quickly gathered to see the live chassis dyno demonstration of how the Superchips tuner worked and what kind of performance gains are typically seen.Superchips went all out for the Hemi Day food menu. The smell of the barbeque and Winghouse wings alone were enough attract a crowd. Nothing beats the smell of burning rubber and barbeque!The dyno at Superchips features the latest sensors and data acquisition equipment so everything and anything the tuner affects can be monitored. This also allows for precise measurements of the gains achieved by using a Superchips tuner.
The Seminole County Sheriff's Department was on hand for the festivities with their Magnum undercover cruiser.The raffle of Hemi tuners, Superchips apparel, and a set of preproduction '05 Hemi plugwires from MSD was one of the highlights of the day. Superchips gave 22 tuners away and stayed around to help anyone with problems as they tuned their Hemis.


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I almost hate to ask, but any clue on when the next release of the Zimbra Desktop will be made available? I've been dying to give it a try since day 1, but ran into the "Certficate Problem" described in this thread. A post in the thread from 04/04 says the problem has been fixed in the next release which should be "soon". Then another post in the thread from 04/19 says of the next release "most likely it will be next week".
Sorry for being impatient, but the Desktop really could help in my environment, and I'm anxious to start testing even if it is only "alpha" software.


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Orion Atlas w/ go-to upgrade vs. "original" go-to
Posted 02 April 2009 - 01:39 PM
that an Atlas that was a go-to model from the start, or are the two versions pretty much equivalent?
Thanks in advance,
Posted 02 April 2009 - 02:39 PM
I asked this same question many months ago. That was the answer I got.
Posted 02 April 2009 - 02:46 PM
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Posted 02 April 2009 - 04:09 PM
If it were me, I would want to get one that is newer rather than older.
Other variations over time are the reticle and calibration scales for the polar finder. Also, the older models do not have a polar reticle illuminator and the upgrade kit does not include one.
Having said all that, I am still very happy with my mount.
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Posted 02 April 2009 - 05:34 PM
Good point, Jeff. I'll bet you're right.
One thing I have never seen addressed is the quality of the components common to all models. In particular, worms and worm wheels. I suspect that the quality has improved over time.
Posted 03 April 2009 - 06:47 AM
Don't know what the "original GOTO" means.
See http://www.cloudynig...601#Post2635601
Also note at one time, I heard SynScan upgrade kit is no longer produced.
Clear Skies!
Posted 03 April 2009 - 07:25 AM
By "original go-to" I meant a mount that comes packaged from the factory with go-to, as opposed to a go-to option that is added on at a later date as an upgrade. Sorry if my wording was confusing.
Don't know what the "original GOTO" means.
Posted 03 April 2009 - 08:49 AM
ccs_hello: At one time, the difference between non-goto and goto was contgroller board on the mount, drive motors, and hand controller, which contains the computer. Presently, the only difference is the hand controller.
The motors and controller board made a HUGE difference for me. It transformed my mount from a visual to a photgraphic mount.
I did upgrade bearings, reset the RA worm mesh with new spacers, and relubed. Using the Orion autoguider, I did a guiding test the other night and got an average +/- 0.51 arc sec over 4 hours. One more teardown to set the Dec mesh and I expect to be set for a very long time.
Posted 03 April 2009 - 12:04 PM
That's a pritty good result!
Did you run PEC also at the same time??
Maybe you'd want to try another guiding program
called Metaguide, also for free!
I've got average PE-error over 11 cycles of
+- 0.28".
Anyway, it's not a big difference, since seeing
and FWHM are much worse where I'm located
Posted 03 April 2009 - 02:15 PM
WOW!!! That's better than many of the "premium" mounts. Was the rebuild difficult to do?
I did a guiding test the other night and got an average +/- 0.51 arc sec over 4 hours.
Posted 04 April 2009 - 12:28 PM
My stock EQ6 had a peak PE of +/- 40 arc seconds. I have torn it down several times. Now I had a peak PE +2.37 and - 2.74 arc sec. The max correction was 2.92 arc sec. Seeing was poor and there was a bit of a breeze, too. I am pretty sure there are "wind events" in the data, as the numbers do change if I trim down the dataset.
Mert: I used PHD for guiding. I have EQMOD set up and want to try PEC and the variable speed thing. I do want to check out MetaGuide, too. Thanks for the tip! Please see my other thread regarding transfer gear tooth noise.