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I am a newer knitter. I would like to learn some colorwork. Which is easier for a beginner in colorwork? Intarsia or fairisle? Can someone lead me to some resources for casting on to working it and how to add the 2nd color, etc? Any help would be appreciated.
Do you have a specific project in mind or are you planning to just work up some swatches? A particular project will help you decide which to learn first.
There are some videos on this site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6n561SMZXQ (scroll down) or you can search on youtube and finds tons of how-to videos.
I found stranding (fair isle) to be a little harder than Intarsia, but neither is particularly difficult.
I agree with the poster above. Fairisle isn't difficult so long as you remember your hierarchy of colours.
Main colour needs to sit high and secondary colour(s) below it in order of the pattern.
Most patterns will say Main Colour and then C1, C2 (contrast 1 and contrast 2). So long as you keep C1 below the Main Colour and C2 below C1, you'll avoid getting into a muddle.
Hope this helps?
I agree with Antares that it depends on the project. Each technique is useful and fun to learn. Find a pattern that you like and try one of them out.
In many patterns, the cast on and ribbing or border are done in one of the colors and the other colors added for the main body of the project. Starting a new color is just a matter of holding the end of the yarn in place with one hand and beginning to knit with the new color. There are videos here for intarsia and for fair isle. You can see that one of the main tips in both is to cross the colors so that you don't get holes where you've change colors.
Good luck choosing a pattern and come back if you have questions!
I did a stuffed toy for my GDD that used intarsia and it wasn't difficult at all. Of course it only had one extra color so wasn't dealing with a lot of colors. I started with a small project so I could get the technique down and would feel more comfortable tackling a larger project.
I have also found that when using multiple colors, bobbins are best.
I'd love to learn colour work this year, but I can't even tell you what the difference between Intarsia or fairisle are LOL
Have you thought about trying doubleknitting? It is very simple to learn and will help you to get used to working with two colors (managing two different color yarns simultaneously) and there are some simple patterns you could start out with.
Some Doubleknit Patterns:
Doubleknit Scarf
Falling Flowers Scarf
Snowstorm Scarf
Helpful doubleknit instruction videos:
Double-knitting: Casting On
Double-knitting: Working a Charted Design
Double-knitting: Fixing Mistakes and Binding Off
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Cheyanne came up with this craft all on her own and did it all on her own.
I think she did a great job turning a wooden spoon into a fish. I love it when my kids use their imaginations.
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that is really cute.
She truly is your little "mini-me"!
Cool fish! :-)
Creative little one! She looks so proud of her creation. :)

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In T 472/92 (OJ 1998, 161) the board ruled that the existence of a joint venture agreement implied an obligation to maintain secrecy. It was found that an existing joint venture agreement would normally include an explicit or implicit confidentiality obligation between the common daughter and its parents.
In T 633/97 the opponent had to prove that an alleged prior use had in fact been made public, i.e. there was no obligation to maintain secrecy between the respective contractors. The board stated that, depending on the nature of the business relations and the status of the companies involved, the existence of such an obligation might be assumed on a prima facie basis without the necessity of a written agreement. In the case at issue, LLNL was acting in the national interest of the United States of America in fields which had to be considered classified. Specifically, the glass blanks delivered by CII to LLNL and referred to by the appellant were to be used in the Atomic Vapour Laser Isotope Separation (AVLIS) project depending on the highest quality fused silica available. The very nature of this project, i.e. uranium enrichment technology, led to the conclusion that all persons involved had to be bound to secrecy.
Similarly, in decision T 1076/93, the board considered a weapons manufacturer normally not to form part of the public but to be implicitly supposed by its contractors to behave as if an agreement of secrecy had been specified (T 633/97, T 1619/06).
In T 163/03 the appellant (opponent) contended that the technical details of the apparatus as shown in the drawing D2 became state of the art when this drawing was given, without any confidentiality restriction, to BM. in May 1990, i.e. before the priority date of the patent in suit.
The board held that where, as there, the terms and conditions of a technical cooperation, including related obligations of secrecy, had been explicitly specified and agreed upon by the partners of the cooperation by way of a written contract, the contractual provisions prevailed and left no room for construing implicit obligations of the parties which differed from or were incompatible with anything which the partners, on proper interpretation of the contract, had fixed therein. The board found that there was no reason whatsoever to assume, in the absence of any explicit secrecy obligation, that BM. could nevertheless have been under an implicit obligation to keep secret the manufacturing technology disclosed to it by the opponent within the framework of the SE project. This conclusion was not refuted by BM.'s possible interest in keeping details of the SE project and related know-how secret, at least until the M60 engine had been put on the market.
The board noted that, under these circumstances, even if BM. itself had imposed on its employees or third parties a confidentiality obligation in this respect, vis-à-vis the opponent it was not bound to do so. For these reasons it was established that before the priority date of the patent in suit the technical content of the drawing D2 became state of the art within the meaning of Art. 54(2) EPC 1973.


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|Pastor Robert C. Blakes, Sr. (1938 - 2013)
Robert C. Blakes, Sr., a native of Woodville, Mississippi has resided in New Orleans, Louisiana for over 50 years. God called him into ministry in 1959 and in 1965 he was appointed Pastor of the New Home Missionary Baptist Church. In 1977 God brought about a miraculous change in his life and called him to be a Prophet to the nations. This change caused him to take a tremendous leap of faith into the fivefold ministry, where God has used him mightily, with signs and wonders following. The powerful words "WHAT PRAYER CAN'T DO, CANNOT BE DONE" was given to him by the Holy Spirit and he adopted it to describe the ministry God has appointed him to. He sincerely believes and lives by these words.
He is known as a MAN OF VISION, for his great accomplishments in the office of APOSTLESHIP through establishing thriving churches in southeastern Louisiana and Texas. He is also known as a MAN OF INTEGRITY, as he continues to be the mouthpiece of God to many thirsty souls longing for a true word from God through HIS PROPHET. Thirdly, he is known as a MAN OF DEDICATION, because of his commitment to reach lost souls and wounded hearts through EVANGELIZING, PREACHING and TEACHING the uncompromised word of God.
He is perceived by many young men and women as a "Father" in ministry. He labors in love as they flock to him seeking Godly wisdom and directions for their lives and for the ministry God has assigned to them.
Bishop Robert C. Blakes, Sr., passed into eternal glory on Thursday, April 11, 2013. He was a man of much love and great faith who believed strongly that "with faith all things are possible" He not only preached love and faith but lived a life that demonstrated compassion and conviction to his mission of serving God's people.


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- Worst-case release scenario with community effects
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Ailing Gates opens door for Manumaleuna
SAN DIEGO - The Chargers' Mike Goff was asked to spell Pro Bowler Antonio Gates' backup's last name. Goff, who dresses next to Brandon Manumaleuna in the locker room, first stole a peak at the tight end's name plate.
Come Sunday, Manumaleuna might be better known to all the Chargers and their fans.
The Chargers returned to work Wednesday in preparation for Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game with the Indianapolis Colts. But they did so without Gates, the team's leading receiver.
Gates dislocated his left toe in Sunday's win over the Titans and was getting around in a walking boot. It doesn't appear he'll be fit when the Chargers try to advance to their first AFC title game since the 1994 season.
"We'll see where he's at later in the week," coach Norv Turner said. "I have hope that he will be able to play."
And if he can't?
"He's such weapon and can do so many things that he draws attention away from other people," Turner said. "Some of the looks we get on the outside, single coverage and those type things might be a little different."
Manumaleuna, unlike the sure-handed Gates, makes his living blocking people instead of catching passes.
"It's a nice opportunity, but I approach every game like I'm going to start because you never know," said Manumaleuna, who had 10 receptions for 86 yards and a score during the regular season. "So this is just like a regular game."
Manumaleuna started seven games this season when the team opened with a double tight end alignment. But in those instances, he was counted on to block.
Not so, come Sunday; his teammates, while missing Gates, aren't worried.
"Brandon's going to be asked to do a lot," quarterback Philip Rivers said. "I think, and I mentioned this the other day, Brandon is a starting tight end in this league, with his ability and his experience. It just so happens he and Gates are here together, which we reap the benefits of that."
Neal returns
Fullback Lorenzo Neal practiced for the first time since fracturing his fibula against the Titans on Dec. 9.
"I think it's mostly just confidence, just being out there, you know, getting back in the feel of the game and just knowing your assignments," Neal said. "I mean, football doesn't change. You've got to just know who you're blocking and just work on the technique.
"Today was just one of those days you just wanted to get, for myself personally, just get my feet back under me and get my timing back and just go out there and execute and minimize my mental mistakes and that's what it's about."
The Chargers had three players land on the All-Pro team: cornerback Antonio Cromartie, Neal and LaDainian Tomlinson.
"The All-Pro selection is an honor because it's the whole league," Tomlinson said. "It's not just the AFC or the NFC, but it's combined. Obviously, when you look at an All-Pro team, that's the team that people would say you would thin out; that's the best in the league. If we had to go play another country, for example, like Team USA Basketball does, these are the guys you are going to go do it with."
The New England Patriots led the selections with five players.
Injury update
In addition to Gates, those not working were wide receiver Chris Chambers and defensive tackle Jamal Williams - the reasons were listed as team decision on the club's injury release. Both players are expected to play Sunday. Kicker Nate Kaeding (leg) and Neal were restricted in their work.
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AFC wild card: Chargers 17, Tennessee Titans 6 - Jan. 6, 2008
For the second straight game versus the Titans, the Chargers found themselves down at the half and yet to score a point, only to come back and win. Down 6-0, the Chargers scored 17 points on three consecutive possessions in the second half to earn the win. San Diego held the Titans to 248 yards, while also forcing two turnovers, en route to its first playoff win since the 1994 season. Vincent Jackson and LaDainian Tomlinson each scored for San Diego.
AFC divisional playoff: New England Patriots 24, Chargers 21
Jan. 14, 2007
The top seeded Chargers came out slow but scored 14 points in the second quarter, thanks to Tomlinson and Michael Turner touchdown runs, to take a 14-10 lead into the locker room. Unbeaten at home during the regular season, the Chargers turned the ball over four teams, three of which were converted into Patriots scoring drives. San Diego lost despite outgaining the Patriots in rushing yards, 148-51 and total yards, 352-327, while also intercepting three passes from Tom Brady. The Patriots scored 11 points in the games final five minutes to oust the Chargers from the playoffs.


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RALEIGH – Members of the Triangle Muslim community held an open house at one of their newly expanded facilities for residents to visit and learn more about the religion and those who practice it.
Taiyyaba Qureshi, one of the open house organizers, said the event was held as a meet-and-greet session.
"[We want to] show them what the mosque is about, show them what Islam is and what Muslims in America live like," Qureshi said.
The "Meet your Muslim Neighbor" open house was held at their newly expanded Islamic Center off Atwater Street in Raleigh. The facility offers a place where people can learn about Muslim educators, politicians, judges and their contributions to American society.
"Muslims have been in the United States since the early 1500s even," Qureshi said.
Ali Zelmat is an Outreach Committee leader with the Islamic Center of Raleigh. She said they offer a variety of services to the community.
"Counseling, social services, help with legal activity if you need help with various things. We have a food pantry which is open to anyone. In addition, we have a lot of service projects," Zelmat said.
The 40,000-square-foot facility houses schools, prayer rooms, libraries and several conference rooms. But organizers said it also houses a spirit of community that they want to share with the rest of the Triangle.
"It's not proselytizing. It's not in order to create new Muslims," Zelmat said. "It's to correct misinformation and get the correct information out there."
For example, one question was about clothing – specifically the head scarf worn by many Muslim women.
"You're going to hear the word hijab, and hijab has come to mean the outfit that Muslim women wear to cover themselves," Zelmat said. "Usually that means the face and the hands and possibly the feet."
Many people asked about how Muslims pray.
"The five daily prayers, which are ritualized with a specific format including Arabic, we're reciting from the Quran," she said.
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Mindy McCready has been laid to rest.
Nine days after being found dead, the country star's family and friends gathered today to honor the late singer during funeral services...
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Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
A. A. Milne
Source: Pooh's Little Instruction Book
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So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are over; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore.
Aikin Barbauld (1743 - 1825)
Source: The Death of the Virtuous
His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.
A.E. Housman (1859 - 1936)
Source: A Shropshire Lad, 1896, no. 14, st. 1
These, in the day when heaven was falling, The hour when earth's foundations fled, Followed their mercenary calling And took their wages and are dead. The British regulars who made the retreat from Mons, beginning August 24, 1914.
Source: Last Poems, 1922, 37 (Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries), st. I
There was no point of controversy between Jesus and the Jews; Jesus brought no new doctrine unto them. Jesus said, What the masters in Israel teach, what the Pharisees and the Scribes teach, is perfectly correct. There was no dogma which was the cause of controversy between Jesus and the nation; there was no new custom that Jesus introduced: He went into the Temple every day. He observed the ordinances and festivals of Israel. What was the subject of dispute and controversy between Jesus and the Jews? It was no doctrine, it was no innovation, it was Jesus Himself whom they rejected. There was an antipathy in them to the person of Jesus: it was the Lord Himself whom they hated, because they hated the Father. . . . But Jesus knew . . . that it was because He was one with the Father, because He was the express image of His being, because He was the perfect manifestation of the character of God, that they hated Him; and therefore Jesus was pained, not because they hated Him, but because they hated in Him the Father.
Adolph Saphir
Source: Christ and Israel
The day of individual happiness has passed.
Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
Senator [Stephen] Douglas is of world-wide renown. All the anxious politicians of his party, or who have been of his party for years past, have been looking upon him as certainly, at no distant day, to be the President of the United States. They have seen in his round, jolly, fruitful face, post offices, land offices, marshalships, and cabinet appointments, chargeships and foreign missions, bursting and sprouting out in wonderful exuberance ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
Source: speech at Springfield, Illinois, July 17, 1858.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.
Source: "Proclamation of Thanksgiving," Address, October 3, 1863
It has pleased Almighty God to prolong our national life another year, . . . to favor as well our citizens in their homes as our soldiers in their camps, and our sailors on the rivers and seas, with unusual health. He has largely augmented our free population by emancipation and by immigration, while he has opened to us new sources of wealth, and has corned* the labor of our working-men in every department of industry with abundant rewards. Moreover, he has been pleased to animate and inspire our minds and hearts with fortitude, courage, and resolution sufficient for the great trial . . . into which we have been brought by our adherence as a nation to the cause of freedom and humanity. . . . Now, therefore, I . . . do hereby appoint and set apart the last Thursday in November next as a day which I desire to be observed by all my fellow-citizens, wherever they may be then, as a day of thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God, the beneficent Creator and Ruler of the Universe. And I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid, that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust, and from thence offer up penitent and fervent prayers and supplications to the great Disposer of events for a return of the inestimable blessings of peace, union, and harmony throughout the land which it has pleased him to assign as a dwelling-place for ourselves and for our posterity throughout all generations. *preserved
Source: Proclamation of Thanksgiving, Address, October 3, 1863
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Definition of potation in English:
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1An alcoholic drink: lite potations are very American
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- The leader of that Party is put down as a dry sherry man, a potation now associated, if at all, with golf club socials that are likely to be all-white and elderly.
- When the patrons at his restaurant would like to indulge in a decadent potation, they will have to choose between Dom Perignon and Krug.
- Bland is simply a preparation of whey, but owing to the quality of the grass or to the climate becomes here a truly palatable and nourishing potation.
1.2 (often potations) A drinking bout: he became somewhat bloated in middle age, and his potations did not improve his appearance
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- Perhaps Shakespeare had particular reason when, in 1598, he had the bibulous Sir John Falstaff complain so bitterly on the subject of 'thin potations'.
- But, indeed, nature herself seemed to have been his vintner, and at his birth charged him so thoroughly with an irritable, brandy-like disposition, that all subsequent potations were needless.
- Shakespeare makes the point that even the other beer-and-whisky drinking northern Europeans are nothing, in the size of their potations, compared with the Englishman.
Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin potatio(n-), from potare 'to drink'.
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Some Bay Area children and families who are mailing their holiday requests to Santa Claus can expect a response from the jolly old elf himself with the help of volunteers and the U.S. Postal Service.
The postal service in December will continue its 101-year-old "Letters to Santa" program, in which workers and volunteers answer letters to Santa Claus and make the letter writers' holiday wishes a reality.
"During these difficult economic times, many families and children write to Santa as a last resort," said Mark Martinez, manager of the USPS Bay-Valley District.
Martinez said that "in most cases, the children who write are asking for something for a sister or brother, or other family member, instead of themselves."
Postal service employees, customers and organizations can help fulfill those wishes by heading to one of USPS' Operation Santa locations and adopting a letter, bringing a wrapped gift back to the same location and paying for postage to mail the present to the recipient.
The gift will then be shipped to the letter writer with the return address Operation Santa - North Pole.
Children's personal information will be redacted in the letters, according to the USPS.
The program begins on Tuesday with a celebration at the Oakland Processing and Distribution Center and will run through Dec. 19.
Those looking for more information about the "Operation Santa" program can call (510) 874-8737 or visit http://about.usps.com/corporate-social-responsibility/letters-to-santa
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A study conducted by US scientists on 340 pregnant women in Bangladesh found that rates of influenza among babies under six months born to mothers who were given the flu jab fell by 63 per cent.
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Use CALL SYMPUT is you need to assign a data step value to a macro variable.
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- The second argument is the character value that will be assigned to the macro variable. The second argument need to be always a character value or if a numeric value is to be used it should convert first into character variable before assigning it to macro variable. It may lead to problems, if you don�t do the conversion from numeric to character. In this case, SAS automatically converts numeric value of the variable to character value before assigning it to macro variable and prints a message in the LOG saying that conversion happened.
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Russian security forces staked out the partner of the Volgograd suicide bomber, Naida Asiyalova, in the republic of Dagestan. He admitted to organizing the terror act and was killed in a fight after refusing to surrender, authorities said.
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Eduardo Da Silva "Bijoux" Barbosa was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He started music theory studies at a very early age and began playing mainly with jazz fusion-oriented bands, contributing to a large number of original works. While in Brazil he performed with well known national acts such as Sonia Abreu, Tomas Marsh, BNMC, and his own jazz fusion quartet, Quarteto Concreto. He also participated in many recording sessions and taught at the Bass Institute of Technology in Brazil from 1989 through 1991.
In 1991, Barbosa moved to Caracas, Venezuela and began working with the very popular Brazilian band, Cafe Brasil. While there, he studied Latin music, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean rhythms, and he studied Contra bass with renowned Nestor Perez. He played with many national artists in Venezuela, including Luz Marina, Maria Rivas, Alicia Plaza.
In 1997 he moved to Denver where he works as a freelance jazz musician and participates in master classes at many Colorado universities. He is one of the top studio session bassists in the area with thousands of hours of recording experience on both electric basses and acoustic upright bass. He has performed for over four years with his own jazz trio and is also an innovator playing seven string electric basses, both with frets and fretless.
Barbosa has performed with such musicians as Dave Grusin, Don Grusin, Herbie Mann, Nelson Rangel, Dave Amran, Russell Ferrante, Ron Miles, Hazel Miller, Oscar Castro Neves, Kevin Lettau, Michael Shappiro, Chuck Loeb, and others. He has also performed at many national festivals, as well as festivals in Brazil, Venezuela, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and several Caribbean islands.


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|Tannehill: a sure top-10 pick?
The third helping of draft rumors looks more closely at the chance of an offensive player run in the top 10, which would suit the Cowboys' needs just fine.
— Michael Floyd is a hot name, with one source saying he's heard the Jaguars could grab him at pick 7. This would make some sense, as Laurent Robinson is currently the team's best receiver. If this rumor came to truth, it would push another offensive player into the top 10. This would benefit the Cowboys.
Consider that three quarterbacks (Luck, Griffin and Tannehill) could go in the top 10. If Trent Richardson, Justin Blackmon and Floyd join them, that's six skill position players. Add two offensive tackles, say Matt Kalil to Minnesota and perhaps Riley Reiff to Buffalo and you have eight offensive players up top. Only Morris Claiborne and another defender would go in the top 10.
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— Ryan Tannehill is now seen as a top 10 pick, with the usual suspects Cleveland (4) and Miami (8) topping the list.
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— Trent Richardson's position remains fluid. One source said he becomes an immediate trade-up target if he gets past the Bucs at 5, and thinks he probably would not slide to 14 and become a tradeable asset for Dallas because, "teams want to be safe [with their first picks] and he's safe."
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— One source said of Stanford TE Coby Fleener, "I keep hearing 1st round, but I can't find a team that says they'll take him." He nonetheless thinks Fleener's floor is the Colts at pick 34. He would be an ideal complement to his college QB Andrew Luck.
— This is hardly news, but the sources confirm that Peter Konz will go in that donut between Dallas' 1st round and 2nd round picks, with Baltimore (29th) behind his backstop. He could come into play if Dallas trades down, but how many higher-rated players will be passed on to work this scenario?
— The buzz meter on Bruce Irvin has gone still. The character concerns probably put him in the 3rd or 4th rounds now.


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Crack repair has become one of today's hottest topics because good rebuildable cylinder heads for many late model engines are getting harder and harder to find. Some are nearly impossible to acquire at any price. So many engine rebuilders are now repairing heads they would have thrown out only a few years ago as unsalvageable.
There have always been options for repairing cracks in cast iron. Pinning and furnace welding are both viable options that have long been used to repair cracks and other kinds of damage. But pinning has its limitations, and furnace welding is not something a novice can learn overnight.
Repair also involves a certain amount of risk. That is why most of the crack repair activity in the past was limited to high cost heavy-duty diesel heads, antique heads or other jobs that justified the time, effort and risk. Most passenger heads were too plentiful and too cheap to bother fixing, unless a crack was relatively minor and could be easily pinned. Even then, it was often cheaper to simply replace the head. But no more.
In todays high competitive market, crack-free cores are a scarce commodity. Thin-wall castings and higher operating temperatures cause many heads to crack, and often in areas that are difficult to repair. Cracks between the seats, that extend deeply into ports or run all the way across the top of the head are commonly encountered in many engines: Ford 2.9L V6, Ford 2.3L and 2.5L, General Motors 2.5L, GM 250 six-cylinder heads with integral exhaust manifolds, and 1987 and later Chevy small block V8 "Vortex" heads.
"Aluminum heads are relatively easy to fix, but cast iron heads are not," said Randy Neal, of Cast Welding Technologies, Norcross, GA. "For a long time, pinning was the only repair alternative available to most rebuilders. Pinning can stop leaks but adds zero structural integrity. Welding, on the other hand, restores integrity and allows you to fill cracks, holes or even change the shape of the metal. But hot welding (furnace welding) is a black art that is hard to learn. It takes a lot of heat and cannot be used on blocks because the casting will distort. It also takes more time to heat up and slow cool the head.
"The other alternative is powder welding (flame spray welding). The basic technique has been around for 40 years but it is been misapplied in the past. The nice thing about it is it gives you just as strong a repair as hot welding without as much heat. You still have to preheat and postheat the head, but not as hot nor as long. Only the weld area gets hot so you do not get the distortion you do with hot welding."
Neal says his company's approach to flame spray welding is the outcome of research and development work done for the OEMs on cast iron repairs, and is a refinement of previous methods. It makes use of special powders and a redesigned torch that makes it easier to get good results.
Flame-spray welding requires a special oxyacetylene torch with a trigger-operated hopper that feeds nickel powder into the flame. When the powder is exposed to the flame, it melts and fuses to the sides of the crack to fill the repair area. The process requires preheating the head to about 700 degrees, and post-heating the head after welding to relieve stress.
"We are able to achieve better adhesion and get a faster fill rate with our torch by carefully controlling the particle to fuel ratio in the flame. We also swirl and slow down the particles as they hit the work surface so they stick and do not ricochet off. This allows us to get in, fill a weld area and get out much more quickly.
"We can fill a three inch hole in less than a minute with our process, and without shocking the head. Hot welding the same hole would probably take at least three minutes, and then you would have to slow cool the head for seven or eight hours to keep it from cracking. We prevent cracking by post heating and stress relieving the head after it has been welded.
"With this process, five welders can do the same amount of production work as fifteen people doing hot welding. Welding can also eliminate the need to machine a head to accept a valve seat insert if the old seat is damaged. A seat creates a barrier that can inhibit the flow of heat away from the valve. You do not get that with this process. The high performance people really love it."
Neal says his welding powders, which are all nickel based alloys, come from Germany and are available in five different grades to match different applications. The base powder for general repairs provides a hardness of 18 to 22 Rc. Another can provide hardness from the high twenties to the low thirties for spray welding valve seats. There are also harder powders for welding camshafts and crankshafts.
Cast Welding Technologies offers training courses in flame spray welding, which Neal says is the key to getting good results with this process. The basic three-day course is $495.
"When I first heard about flame spray welding, I was very skeptical. But we have been using the process for two years now with a better than 90 percent success rate," said Eddie Browder of Eds Automobile Machine in Abilene, TX. Browder recently attended the Cast Welding Technologies school and said he was "very impressed" with what he learned there.
"The secret is 95% preparation, 4% welding and 1% Murphys Law. Every head is different, so you have to vary the procedure if the casting is thick or thin. It takes patience and previous welding experience to get good results."
Browder said he uses the flame spray welding process everyday on everything from diesel heads to high performance heads. He says he has had few problems with porosity or cracking. If a head did show porosity after welding, he blamed it on failing to prep the head thoroughly, not the welding process.
"We can now recycle cast iron heads that would have been taboo before. Being able to weld heads allows us to chase a niche market because we can fix heads other people cannot. The neatest thing about this process is that we can weld a head and be completely finished with the job in less than an hour and a half. Furnace welding can take seven or eight hours because it needs a long cool down period afterwards. This is also a much cooler process. We work the heads at 700 degrees instead of 1200 to 1400 degrees," said Browder.
Mike Schaefer at Southern Illinois Crankshaft, Red Bud, IL is another who has discovered the benefits of flame spray welding. Schaefer said he found the process to be a "little shaky" at first, but is now getting good results on diesel engine blocks.
"We are fixing blocks we would have thrown away a year ago. I wish I had some of those blocks back because now I could weld them."
Schaefer also had one of his people attend Cast Welding Technologies school. "We probably gained a years experience with that class," he said. "We still have to learn as we go, but now that we have a better understanding of the process it is much easier."
John Spangler of Franklin Power Products Welding Division, Peru, IN, says he is just now in the beginning stages of flame spray welding. "We have always used fusion welding to repair cylinder heads here, but I can see some real possibilities with this new process."
Those who have not had good results with flame spray welding say they have had problems getting the powder to stick or fill properly, or that heads often recrack because of the stress created by welding.
Marlo McGraw of Waterhouse Motors, Tacoma WA, said he tried flame spray welding three years ago with disappointing results. "If we cut a welded head to put in a seat, the weld would fracture. We also found the welded areas were hard to machine. The overspray was also difficult to get off."
McGraw says he tried different heating and cooling procedures but could not achieve consistent results with the equipment he was using. He says other rebuilders he is spoken with say they have had similar difficulties getting the process to work well for them.
"We found the torch was a high maintenance item. If you did not keep it doctors office clean, it would plug up and backfire. We also had problems with the plastic powder cup distorting and even melting from the heat."
"If a head needs repairs, we furnace weld it. We do not do any pinning. Furnace welding works well for us, but we cannot use it on blocks because blocks cannot take the heat like a head can," said McGraw.
Jim Anderson of Maintenance Welding in Laguna Hills, CA, says his company pioneered flame spray welding for the aftermarket. "If someone is not getting good results with the process, it is because they are not following the proper procedures. We have developed detailed tech sheets for specific applications to help our customers use the equipment properly."
"We have been using the process for four years and think it is one of the biggest blessings we have ever come across," said Jim Wright of Motorheads in Elyria, OH. Motorheads does mostly passenger car and performance engines and heads.
"We tried furnace welding cast iron heads, but just could not do it profitably. So when we saw this at an AERA show, we thought we would try it. We are glad we did because now we use it on everything."
Wright says with any type of welding, there is a learning curve. "It is no different than trying to TIG weld aluminum if you have never TIG welded before. It is not something a novice can pick right up. It takes practice. A beginner will either try to weld too hot or too cold. If the metal is too cold, the weld won't stick and you will get porosity. If it is too hot, you will get cracks.
"This process has a very narrow temperature envelope. When you put the torch on the metal, you have to be patient and allow the heat to creep into the weld area until it turns red. Within a couple of seconds the area will form a skin and start to sweat. So as soon as you see the sweat, you have to hit the powder to fill the crack. If you wait too long, the area will get too hot and you will overstress the metal."
Wright says he recommends flame spray welding with untinted safety glasses so you can see the metal as soon as it starts to sweat. "Once you get how to do it, there is nothing to it. You can weld in the combustion chamber, down the ports, virtually anywhere. You can create and fill port walls one eighth of an inch thick with no problems. The welded areas are the same hardness as the base metal so machining is not a problem either.
Wright admits that over the years he has had a few comebacks. But said it was not the fault of the welding process. He blamed it on failing to do a good enough job cutting out all of the crack prior to welding it.
Ralph Picariello of Casting Salvage Technologies, Falmouth, VA agrees that successful crack repair requires careful preparation of the crack beforehand, but does not agree that flame spray welding is the best way to repair such damage. Cast Salvage Technologies repairs heads and blocks, and also offers training courses and videos on all aspects of head repair including pinning and furnace welding cast iron as well as welding aluminum.
"Spray welding is okay for repairing cracks in the tops of Ford 2.9L heads and some other things. But if a crack can't be repaired by pinning, which 80 percent can, I prefer either furnace welding or braze welding. Braze welding works great on applications like damaged bolt holes and even cracks in head ports because it is a simpler process.
"If you look at the operating environment, the outside of most castings only run at about 200 degrees. Even the inside of an exhaust ports will only see about 400 to 500 degrees at the metal's surface because of cooling in the head. So I have successfully brazed cracks in exhaust ports with no problems at all.
Picariello says he likes braze welding because the process can be done at 800 to 900 degrees, which means the casting only gets to about 400 to 500 degrees and does not distort or melt.
"I have brazed the tops of Ford 2.9 heads very easily. You can see where the repairs were made because of the color difference, but other than that it is a good repair."
"If you are furnace welding a head, heat management is extremely important. You cannot just heat up a head with a weed burner. The right way is to preheat the head in an enclosed furnace or oven so the heat comes up through the head from the bottom. You have to keep the head insulated with a blanket and prevent any drafts while welding it otherwise you will get cracking and porosity in the weld. The head then be slow-cooled afterwards."
Picariello says the need for combustion chamber crack repairs may be lessened by the use of new high tech sealers. Many engine rebuilders currently use some type of sealer after pinning or welding a head as added insurance to prevent seepage or plug porosity leaks in the casting. There are many such products on the market, but none compare to a new sealer that Picariello says he is currently testing. "It is like putting an inner tube inside a head."
Picariello says the sealer uses a chemistry similar to that
used to coat the inside of underground pipes. The chemicals react and form a coating on the side of the cooling jacket that prevents leaks through small cracks in the combustion chamber and elsewhere. "You still have to drill and pin the ends of the crack to keep it from spreading, then peen it shut. But the sealer is what actually plugs the leak. If you are cutting the head to put in a seat, you do the internal coating afterwards."
Furnace welding cast iron is often called the "black art" of crack repair because it requires high temperatures and a lot of skill. Learning how to "recast" damaged heads is not something an inexperienced welder can pick up quickly. Those who have mastered the process say it takes at least six months to a year of constant practice to master it.
"If furnace welding was easy, everybody would be doing it," said Rick Geertsema, vice president and general manager of A & C Casting Rebuilders in Kelseyville, CA. "It is a hot job that does not exactly appeal to a lot of people."
Geertsema served his apprenticeship in the black art by learning how to furnace weld diesel cylinder heads for Northwest Motor Welding. Four years ago, he started his own head repair business. Today, most of the work he does is on passenger car heads, including a lot of specialty restoration work on older heads off classic cars and antiques.
"We repair about 80% of the cracks we see with pins. We mostly use tapered pins with a sealer. After the crack has been pinned, we circulate our own special ceramic sealer through the head at 180 degrees and pressure test it at 140 lbs. to force the sealer into any crevices or porosity in the casting. If a crack cannot be pinned, though, then we will furnace weld it."
Geertsema said the price of the head usually determines the type of crack repair technique he uses. "If it is a $200 head, we will usually pin it. If it is a $500 head, then it is worth the effort to weld it."
Geertsema said he may use either furnace or powder welding to repair a crack depending on the application. Either way, the first step is to fully identify the cracks, then grind them out with a hand-grinder.
If a crack is being repaired by furnace welding, Geertsema first preheats the head to 1300 degrees F (cherry red) in an oven. Other engine rebuilders we interviewed who also furnace weld heads say they use preheat temperatures that range from 1000 to 1500 degrees F. All agree that preheating is absolutely essential to minimize thermal shock and to relax the metal so it won't distort when the torch is applied to the casting.
When the head preheat temperature has stabilized (it takes about an hour), a "neutral flame" oxyacetylene torch with slightly more acetylene than oxygen is used to melt the cast iron (which melts at 2400 to 2600 degrees F). Geertsema says he uses a Tucker cast iron filler rod (Martin Wells is another good brand) and borax flux. The trick here is to keep the weld clean by adding a little flux so the impurities will rise to the top. The impurities can then be floated out of the repair area with the torch.
"If we are building up a valve seat, we will make a carbon graphite plug to fill the hole, then weld up around it. The puddle will be about half an inch deep and maybe two inches in diameter. It takes a lot of heat to do this, about 5000 degrees."
After the crack has been filled comes a long, slow cool down. This step is also absolutely essential to prevent the head from recracking. If cast iron cools too quickly, one of two things can happen. The surrounding metal can shrink away from the weld causing new cracks to open, and/or the carbon in the iron can turn to carbide making the metal too hard and brittle to machine. The casting must therefore be cooled very slowly to prevent these undesirable metallurgical changes.
Geertsema says he wraps the heads in an insulating blanket and keeps the head in a hot box so the head will cool at a rate of no more than 200 degrees per hour. Others we spoke with also stressed the importance of slow cooling but quoted cool down rates that ranged from 50 to 100 degrees per hour.
At this rate, it can take quite awhile for the head to cool down to ambient temperature: 8 hours to overnight. So one cannot be in a hurry when furnace welding cast iron heads. Geertsema says once the head has cooled, it is cleaned to remove the scale, then rough machined and submersion pressure tested in hot water at 100 psi for leaks.
Steve Spradley of Hills Cracked Block Service in Indianapolis, IN says after he furnace welds a head, a process he says generally takes anywhere from 40 to 120 minutes depending on the extent of the damage that is being repaired, he pressure checks the head three times: once after the head has cooled down and has been cleaned, a second time after the valve guides and seat outside diameters have been rough machined, and a third and final time after the valve seats have been installed. To some this might seem like a lot of unnecessary effort, but he has found that this procedure has virtually eliminated any chance of leakage.
Spradley says another step that is necessary after furnace welding a head is to replace the exhaust valve seats. The high temperatures of furnace welding destroy the induction hardening in the valve seats. So the seats have to replaced to keep the valves from pounding the seats out.
Spradley also said that furnace welding can be affected by a number of things, including ambient temperatures, drafts and humidity. If the preheat, welding and cool down temperatures are not closely monitored, you can end up with leaks and cracks.
Pinning is the most commonly used technique for repairing cracks in cast iron head, blocks and manifolds because it is fast, reliable and cheap. Pinning has been around for a long time and is familiar to most of our readers. It is a relatively easy technique to learn and use, does not require much in the way of tools except a drill, guide fixture and tap, and uses no heat. That is why almost everybody relies on pinning to one degree or another to repair many types of cracks.
There is not a lot of mystery to drilling holes in a crack, installing overlapping pins to fill the crack, then peening over the pins to seal and blend the surface. Even so, there are two basic methods of pinning cast iron: tapered pins and straight pins. Each type has its advantages and may work better in certain situations than the other.
Tapered pins pull themselves into a crack as they are tightened to provide a tight seal along the entire length of the pin. This occurs because the threads on both the tapered pin and hole have an interference fit. Sealer really is not necessary, but is often used for added insurance. The holes for tapered pins must be carefully hand tapped and the pins hand tightened for a tight seal. Straight pins, on the other hand, are faster to install because an ordinary tap and power drill can be used to install them. Straight pins are designed to twist off when tightened, eliminating the need to cut or grind the heads off (as is necessary with tapered pins). Straight pins also have an interference fit over their entire length, and a tapered shoulder that crushes into the surface. This eliminates a thread line on the surface enabling the surface to be machined. This type of straight pin can also eliminate the need for installing valve seat inserts in cast iron heads. Thus each type of pin has its place.
Ordinary tapered and straight pins cannot handle certain kinds of cracks, such as those along an outside edge or corner that require support to hold the sides of the crack together. The same goes for cracks in an area of a casting that would open up or pull apart when the casting is under load or gets hot. For these types of crack repairs, locking devices and/or pins with a self-gripping ability can provide the required reinforcement and strength. "Castmaster" pins (manufactured by Lock-N-Stitch) have a unique "spiral hook" or "reverse pitch" thread pattern that grips both sides of a crack when the top shoulder of the pin bottoms against the metal. This type of pin can actually hold a crack together rather than just fill it, and may be used to repair cracks that cannot be fixed with ordinary tapered or straight pins.
Another crack that is difficult to repair by pinning is any crack that occurs in very thin (less than 1/8 inch wall thickness) area of a casting. Pins will not hold unless there is enough metal to grip and support the threads.
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Hee Haw alum Lulu Roman has a voice as large as her personality. But on At Last, "a collection of standards and classics," she succeeds by reining it in, interpreting such gems as "At Last" and "Summertime" with a steadiness that belies her boisterous TV years as a cornfield comic.
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Newly inaugurated pipeline connecting Armenia and Iran (ITAR-TASS)
March 19, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his Armenian counterpart, Robert Kocharian, today formally inaugurated a pipeline that will pump Iranian natural gas to Armenia, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported.
March 19, 2007
The two leaders opened the pipeline's first stretch in Armenia in the town of Meghri, near the border with Iran.
"Just 15 years ago, in Meghri, there was nothing that could connect our countries," he said. "There were only the barbed-wire fences that symbolized the border of the Soviet Union. That's a fact. The bridge on which I greeted my Iranian counterpart today didn't exist. But just last year, 600,000 tons of goods were transported over that bridge alone."
Armenia seeks closer ties with Iran because of an economic blockade imposed by neighboring Azerbaijan and Turkey over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
The pipeline will also reduce Armenia's reliance on increasingly expensive Russian gas.
Once completed, the pipeline is expected to pump about 2.5 billion cubic meters of gas a year to Armenia.
An agreement to build the pipeline was signed in 1992, but construction began only in 2004.
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pattern on all sides. More than
2" of space around the object will only waste material and make the mold
less flexible. If you can't find an existing container that's slightly bigger than your object, construct a box
out of cardboard, sealing all seams with a hot glue gun so the container doesn't leak.
Glue the flat side of the master pattern to the bottom of the container
to keep the object from floating when you pour in the silicone. Draw a
line on the container to indicate where the back of the object is positioned, because once the silicone is poured in, you won't be able to tell
back from front. Later you may need to cut the mold in order to remove
the object, and a cut will be less noticeable at the back.
To pre-measure the silicone, pour some uncooked rice into the container
until there's a
2" layer of rice on top of the object. Pour the rice out
into a measuring cup: this is the amount of silicone you'll need.
When you purchase the silicone, the package will have 2 bottles: the
silicone and the catalyst. Thoroughly mix the silicone and catalyst
together to make the amount you need; immediately they become
activated and the slow hardening process begins.
Pour the mixed liquid silicone around the object until it covers it by
2". Tap the mold gently on a work surface to remove the air bubbles.
(Alternatively, you can remove the bubbles by placing the mold on top
of a running clothes dryer loaded with a few tennis balls for 30 minutes,
or you can put it on top of a stereo speaker with the bass cranked up for
30 minutes and dance until the bubbles are gone.) Then let the silicone
cure for 12– 24 hours, or as directed on the package.
Mark a line on the hardened silicone that aligns with the line you drew
on the container to indicate the back side of the object. Rip or cut the
container away from the mold. Remove the master pattern; it might
pop right out of the mold, but if you have trouble removing it, use a
utility knife to cut a small slit in the backside of the mold to create an
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I apologize for the less-than-stellar photo. I am not a photographer by any stretch of the imagination but I always like to include a photo or two of the recipe about which I'm posting because I think it's always helpful to be able to see what the finished dish is supposed to look like. I know that when I go recipe hunting myself, I won't even look at a recipe anymore if there isn't an accompanying photo. Yup, I've become a snob. But mind you, I'm not a photo-snob; I'm just a lack-of-photo snob.
That said, I typically won't even post if the photos I've taken of my current recipe aren't up to par. I just blabber on about something else that day. But this particular recipe received such rave reviews from hubby, that I'm forced to enter it here just so I can remember and duplicate it in the future.
His exact words: "We won't even have to have sex tonight after eating that. It's all been taken care of already." (Is there any higher form of praise??) TMI? OK, we'll move on.
Potato, Leek and Bacon Gratin
2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled then thinly sliced. Place in pot and cover with cold, salted water. Bring to a boil and boil for a minute or two. Drain and set aside.
1 bunch leeks (3 large) white and pale green parts only, chop first then rinse to remove grit.
3 Tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tsp chopped fresh thyme
salt and pepper
3 Tbsp flour
1/2 tsp. dry mustard powder
2 1/2 cups half & half, warmed in microwave
1/3 cup grated parmesan (reserve a little bit for the topping)
1/2 cup grated gruyere (reserve a little bit for the topping)
dash of nutmeg
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
5-6 strips of bacon, cooked until crisp then crumbled
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 1 1/2 to 2 quart baking dish with cooking spray.
Heat oil in a large skillet. Add leeks and saute until softened, 3-5 minutes. Add in garlic, thyme, salt and pepper. Saute for another minute or two. Reduce heat, sprinkle with flour, then cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly to avoid burning. Gradually stir in the half and half. Bring back to a boil and cook until thickened. Stir in the mustard powder and the cheese and stir until smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat and add nutmeg and parsley. Taste and season with additional salt and pepper if needed.
Spread potato slices in casserole dish. Top with the leek mixture. Sprinkle the reserved cheeses on top. Scatter crumbled bacon pieces over all. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.
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CONS / It doesn't come with all of the necessary cables, and the software isn't available for download.
VERDICT / Roxio's Game Capture HD Pro is the go-to device for recording your in-game footage on consoles. The combination of solid hardware and excellent software makes this game capture device a compelling option.
Roxio Game Capture HD Pro focuses specifically on video game capture. This game capture device provides a good balance between ease of use, quality and design. The hardware isn't particularly difficult to set up or use, and it comes with software to edit videos and quickly upload them to the internet. Game Capture HD Pro is our Top Ten Reviews Gold Award winner in game recording devices because it provides you with a host of gaming-specific features and tools.
Recording Tools
Game Capture HD Pro records audio and video footage of your gameplay from any Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 or PS4. The application captures games on your PC while you continue to play in full HD on your TV. It can capture the video recordings in up to 1080p, a resolution that provides excellent results. Just remember that 1080p video can take up a lot of storage space.
This video game recorder does not come with all of the necessary cables to begin recording. The only cable in the packaging is the USB cable that connects the device to your computer. You'll have to purchase other cables separately. In the case of the PS3, you'll need special component cables that are compatible with the PS2 and PS3. You can't record PS3 video over HDMI using the Game Capture HD Pro because it's secured with High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection technology.
In addition to capturing the streaming audio from your game console, Game Capture HD Pro has the ability to record audio from a microphone. This comes in handy when you want to add a voice-over or tutorial to your recordings. You can also create a voice-over when you are doing a live stream. Game Capture HD Pro comes with a video editor that it automatically sends your captured files to so you can edit and add customized audio as desired.
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With the full-feature video editor that comes with Game Capture HD Pro, you have an impressive number of tools at your fingertips. This is the best game capture device because of its powerful and plentiful editing tools. Once you capture games, the game recorder gives you the tools you need to perform basic video editing such as cutting, splicing, focusing attention and zooming. You can also split your audio and video files, creating two different files, or you can join your audio and video files to create a single file. We were able to use the video editor to create more engaging videos by cutting and splicing video footage to show our game highlights and adding text titles and music. The video editor is fairly easy to use, the tools are high-quality, and it saves your projects automatically.
The application also comes with advanced features, including a 32-track timeline editor that allows you to create a picture-in-picture or video-in-video file. The application also offers green-screen editing, animated credits and motion effects that allow you to slow down or speed up your footage. Once the gaming footage is complete, you can upload the files directly to YouTube, Facebook or WeGame.
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With the quick setup guide that comes packaged with this video game recorder, setup is simple. For example, the first thing you see is an informative graphic that displays a picture of where you should plug in each cord. However, these simple instructions can be a drawback if you would appreciate more in-depth documentation. A picture isn't always enough.
One of the few gripes we have with Game Capture Pro HD and Roxio is that the software is only available on the disk that comes with your HD game capture device. You can't download the software from Roxio's website or anywhere else. This creates a major problem if you lose your disk or if your computer doesn't have a built-in optical drive, as many computers are going all digital.
The application has a hot key that starts and stops all recordings and allows you to upload videos directly to the internet. We were impressed with the clean design of the application's interface, which makes the software simple to use.
The display on your computer throughout the game recording process includes information on elapsed recording time, file size, remaining recording time and total space left on your drive. You can also easily access and view your recent captures, and upload or edit them as desired.
Roxio's full-feature video editor is easy to use. The design is clean and easy to navigate. The left-hand side of the window provides tools that allow you to add content to your file, including a photo or video, background audio, text, overlay, video effects and transitions. Across the top is a menu bar and a toolbar that includes shortcuts for tasks like adding text titles, recording from a microphone and directly uploading to the internet. Most of the editing tools offer one-click access, making it simple to customize your footage.
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Help resources are easy to access from within the game recorder's software. The menu bar gives you access to file functions, viewing options, tools and help resources. You also have access to a variety of useful resources through the Roxio website.
Roxio offers all of the support options you'll find with the best game capture devices. You can contact the support team through email or by phone. You can browse the knowledgebase, manuals, tutorials and user forums. All of these options combined should be enough to solve any problems you encounter.
Roxio's Game Capture HD Pro is easy to install and use, and it has more features and tools than other HD game capture devices. The hardware and software combination focuses specifically on game recording, which ensures your game highlights come out looking good. We recommend Game Capture HD Pro if you're a gamer who wants to focus on the game during play and then easily edit and share the footage afterward.


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Ross Fisher relinquished the lead of the Portugal Masters today despite a two-under-par 69 as he played through pain from a strained ligament in his foot.
Fisher is still well placed in second going into the final round at the Oceanico Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura but was overhauled by Bernd Wiesberger of Austria, who carded a flawless six-under 65 to rise to the top of the leaderboard.
Six birdies between the eighth and 14th holes in a bogey-free round lifted Wiesberger to a one-shot lead over Fisher, who injured his foot when he slipped leaving the 1st tee in


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It takes Bandwidth when it communicates (not by just being On). You can tune
the Metrics so that the communication will go through the wired NiC.
Jack (MVP-Networking).
"Liam Curtis"
wrote in message
> Hi All,
> We are using wpa to secure our wireless network and it works great (other
> than roaming.) The problem we have is that employees with laptops leave
> the wireless nic turned on while docked, wasting bandwidth off of the AP's
> from mobile users who need it.
> I'm wondering if anyone has been able to somehow script or automatically
> turn off wireless radio while docked? (Not sure if it would be a hardware
> profile thing) Also..many users like to 'hot dock', so not sure if
> hardware profile would help.
> Thanks much


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An Irish Writer Redeems Black Sheep
By MEL GUSSOW
Published: December 28, 1998
Although novelists have written plays, and playwrights have written novels, it is rare for a writer to be equally adept at both arts, with one definite exception being Samuel Beckett. But at 43, Beckett's countryman Sebastian Barry seems well on his way to such an accomplishment.
''The Steward of Christendom'' (presented last year at the Brooklyn Academy of Music) is a harrowing drama about the redemption of Dublin's last police chief before Irish independence. Mr. Barry's 1998 play, ''Our Lady of Sligo,'' acclaimed at the Royal National Theater in London and at the Abbey Theater in Dublin, is his darkest, most mordant work.
With his second and latest novel, ''The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty,'' Mr. Barry shows a command of the narrative form and the lyrical sweep of his poetic Irish predecessors. Eneas is the latest in Mr. Barry's empathetic gallery of exiles, a peaceful man who is treated as a pariah in his community. Through the life of his title character, the author depicts the cruel paradoxes in 20th-century Ireland.
Mr. Barry is part of a wave of talented and remarkably prolific new Irish playwrights that includes Martin McDonagh, Billy Roche and Conor McPherson. ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' is the first in Mr. McDonagh's ''Connemara Trilogy'' about working-class people in provincial Ireland. Mr. Roche, whose work has not yet been seen on the New York stage, wrote ''The Wexford Trilogy,'' dealing with the grittiness of day-to-day life in his hometown.
Mr. McPherson has moved from the boy's-night-out world of ''This Lime Tree Bower'' to spectral tales like ''St. Nicholas'' (a one-man play acted Off Broadway last season by Brian Cox) and ''The Weir,'' scheduled for Broadway this season. These four writers and others, including Marina Carr, are in the great Irish tradition, from O'Casey and Synge through Beckett and on to Brian Friel.
Mr. Barry's plays and his novel are inspired by moments in the lives of the author's relatives, who have been neglected by history and forgotten by their own family. Through his art, he reinvents them as dramatic characters.
In a recent interview, he explored his motivation for writing what he calls ghost plays: ''If some of the people in your family have been erased -- for religious reasons or for what they have done -- that means that part of yourself has been erased.'' His search is for the metaphorical DNA that links him with his ancestors. Through Mr. Barry's work, theatergoers and readers can track the genealogy of his family of characters, as well as the course of Ireland.
The title character in his new novel, based on his great-uncle, is an Irishman without a country. Unable to find work in Ireland before World War I, he becomes a British merchant seaman. Later he joins the Royal Irish Constabulary. Although he is regarded as a traitor to the cause of Irish independence, he is a hero who stoically follows his heart, placing morality above patriotism. In a reading of his work at New York University's Ireland House, Mr. Barry chose a pivotal section in which Eneas is threatened by a childhood friend who demands that he leave Ireland or face assassination. Like his Virgilian namesake, Eneas becomes a wanderer.
Speaking about his great-uncle, an outcast like Eneas, he said, ''I was trying to restore him in the book of life, and, ironically, the only way I could do that was to invent a life for him.'' His fictionalization is, he said, ''a lie of a life, but it's the only life I can give back to this man.'' Descriptive details differ, but the essence remains, the tragic story of a man -- fact and fiction -- trapped by his own and his nation's history.
Similarly ''The Steward of Christendom'' was inspired by the life of his great-grandfather, a police chief who was demonized by his neighbors as an agent of the British. The title character in ''Our Lady of Sligo'' is his grandmother, Mai O'Hara, who, along with her husband, waged a private war against the injustices of Irish nationalism. ''A fearsome and dangerous creature,'' Mai died two years before her grandson was born. ''I can't say that the play presents her as a wonderful role model,'' he said, ''but it does give her a place in the world. That pleases me, to have done that strange service for my grandmother.''
''Eneas McNulty'' started out as a play. Unable to complete it to his satisfaction, he put it aside. The problem with making it a play, he said, was that Eneas was not a reflective man. ''Confusion, as Friel said, is not an ignoble condition, but Eneas is perpetually confused. That didn't seem to work in a play. It's like forcing a person to speak when he has no intention of speaking.'' When he picked it up again, it seemed to fit naturally into the novelistic form.
In the manner of George Bernard Shaw, who grouped his work into Plays Pleasant and Plays Unpleasant, Mr. Barry set out to write seven Plays Familial. But he wrote only six. For him ''Eneas McNulty'' completes the cycle. Now he is thinking about writing what he refers to as a public play, dealing more directly with events in contemporary Irish history.


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Drowsy-driving crash injures driver on Route 17
A driver was injured Monday morning when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel, then awoke and overcorrected his steering, flipping his truck off Route 17 near Exit 122A in Goshen, police said.
State troopers out of Middletown said the man, whose name wasn't available, was driving a Dodge Ram westbound at about 10:30 a.m. when he began to doze off. When he awoke, the driver told police, he overcorrected and hit a dirt embankment, flipping the truck several times near the Fletcher Street exit.
The man was pinned inside the vehicle and had to be extricated by firefighters. He was airlifted from outside Burke Catholic High School to a regional trauma center. Police said the man's injuries weren't life-threatening.


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Authorities with the Vermont State Police said a man was killed in an ATV crash Thursday.
Police said EMS crews transported Peter Stavrou, 27, was to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities said Stavrou was ejected from his ATV after hitting a pool of water.
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