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text: Crimestoppers is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man who stole a cell-phone from an at-risk adult. Police say the phone was attached to a lanyard that was on the neck of the woman. It happened on the 16th Street Mall on October 7th.

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The business and entertainment world have been recently buzzing with news about the first online gaming concept in the Middle East via ADSL. Now LINKdotNET the leading privately owned service and solution provider in Egypt and the Middle East, is proudly the originator of Interactive Gaming in Egypt. LINKdotNET is coordinating the introduction of its robust service with BOOMTOWN, the leading developer and provider of online games; an icon of creativity, style and convenience that has earned itself an increasingly rising position in the international market of online entertainment.
Online gaming, exclusively offered in the market by LINKdotNet for its ADSL users, aims at catching up with speedy technologies worldwide. To bring fun and mind stretching exercises to computer desktops everywhere without the least delay, LINKdotNET will host gaming servers at its center to provide its users top quality multiple gaming as well as the latest news on online games.
"LNKdotNET's choice of Boomtown, a global leader in the online gaming world, reflects its passion for being fast paced in introducing the latest and only the best where users can exchange fun and excitement with other players even from all over the globe". Karim Beshara, LINKdotNET CEO, stated.
Games offered are famous and designed by super star brands. The hit-list includes games like Counter Strike, the world's number 1 online action game offered by Valve Company where users engage in a realistic warfare taking out enemy sites and rescuing hostages. The Counter Strike: Source features state of the art graphics and new sounds which makes it a must-have for ardent gamers. In the Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Battlefield offered by Electronic Arts. While, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat features a propaganda-fueled single player campaign where gamers see both sides of a conflict in one of the most treacherous regions in the world. Gamers will plunge headlong into the fog of war and must ultimately choose sides in a furious showdown where nothing is as it seems.
"The concept of online gaming extends beyond entertainment; it is a process by which the mind stretches its ability to draw strategies, coordinate activities and manage time" commented Jens ---- one of the professional gamers in Europe.
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LINKdotNET, the leading privately owned Internet service and solutions provider, is a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding Company, the largest integrated telecommunications services provider in the region. LINKdotNET has regional offices in Dubai, UAE; Riyadh, KSA and Islamabad, Pakistan. The company employs more than 800 consultants, web developers and support staff in Egypt and the Region to deliver world class Internet and e-solutions to its users and clients.
The company has won several awards and earned a variety of certifications in Internet-related fields. LINKdotNET is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Integrated E-Business Solutions, Microsoft Business Solutions, Custom Development Solutions, Information Worker Solutions and Advanced Infrastructure Solutions. LINKdotNET is also ISO 9001:2001 and CMMI level 3 certified.
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What does Alfred mean?
Definitions for Alfred
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Alfred.
Princeton's WordNet
Alfred, Alfred the Great(noun)
king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
Alfred the Great, early king of England
Origin: From Old English ælf- = "elf" + -ræd or -rēd = "counsel".
Alfred is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 5,237 at the 2010 census. The Town of Alfred has a village named Alfred in the center of the town. Alfred University and Alfred State College are located in the Village of Alfred.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Alfred in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Alfred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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I felt as if I'd walked into the Alfred Hitchcock film 'The Birds,'.
I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.
Master Alfred de Musset says great artists have no country. They have also no world! They belong to the space, to the universe, to anything infinite!
Imagine a world without Darwin. Imagine a world in which Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace had not transformed our understanding of living things. What... would become baffling and puzzling..., in urgent need of explanation? The answer is: practically everything about living things....
She was able to integrate so many cultures... she is not even American but she is totally part of American culture like she is totally part of the Swedish, Italian, French, European film making, she worked in five languages, she worked with directors from my father to Alfred Hitchcock, from Jean Renoir to Victor Fleming, from( George) Cukor to Ingmar Bergman, it gave her a range that is probably bigger than other Hollywood stars like Katharine Hepburn, to give one example.
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Another one to add to "Reason to carry at home" file.
I am starting to gather a collection of news clips to show to those who do not understand the need for 24/7 protection.
This is a discussion on BAD: String of daytime carjackings at homes within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Still trying to find print. Here is a link to the video. Denver 2 News Denver 7 News article Police Looking For Carjacker Police Say ...
Still trying to find print. Here is a link to the video.
Denver 2 News
Denver 7 News article
Police Looking For Carjacker
Police Say Man Broke Into A Home
POSTED: 4:49 pm MDT October 26, 2008
UPDATED: 9:50 pm MDT October 26, 2008
DENVER -- Littleton police used dogs to search for a man Sunday afternoon, wanted in a home break-in and carjacking.
Police said it at all began about 1:30 p.m. when the man broke into a home near South Bowles Street and Sheridan Avenue. The homeowner confronted the intruder, who then showed a gun and demanded the homeowner's vehicle.
The intruder fled in the victim's vehicle to a neighborhood nearby and officers located the stolen vehicle using On-star, police said. The thief then carjacked another couple and took their vehicle.
The suspect is still at large.
He is considered armed and dangerous and is believed to be driving a stolen 1999 black Jaguar sedan he stole from the couple.
Officers continued to look for the man Sunday evening.
Grasseater // Grass~eat~er noun, often attributive \ˈgras-ē-tər\
A person who is incapable of independent thought; a person who is herd animal-like in behavior; one who cannot distinguish between right and wrong; a foolish person.
See also Sheep
Another one to add to "Reason to carry at home" file.
I am starting to gather a collection of news clips to show to those who do not understand the need for 24/7 protection.
The first rule of a gunfight: "Don't be there !"
The second rule: "Bring enough gun"
jfl (NRA Life Member/Instructor - GOA - IDPA - GSSF - ex-IHMSA)
And this is exactly why I tell my wife I appreciate she doesn't make fun of me for carrying my gun around the house to every room I go to.
We frequently go over the "plan" of what we will do if we encounter a situation like this. She is totally on board and knows we only have one chance to protect ourselves. The time we leave our guard down is the time we'll become victims.
Glock G19 - Generation 2 (our first)
Glock G26 - Generation 3
Glock G21 - Generation 3 (Bought 8/2010)
Taurus PT709 Slim - mostly used as a bug (Sold 8/2010, did not like the quality after owning it for a few months)
I too, stay armed at home for just this reason. I leave a revolver in a drawer for my wife who is at home when I'm away. I do believe she would shoot to stop any threat...I have tried to convey to her, the 'no questions' approach to strangers entering our home.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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And that is what is reported. I have been listening to the on-line scanners. All I have to say is 24/7 arming is a must.


text: A 70-year tradition will be back in Bangor this weekend. It's time for the All Souls Church Annual Bazaar and Holy Stitchers Quilt Show. The church will have crafts, baked goods, and other treats for sale, in addition to live music and a silent auction.There's a $3.00 suggested donation for attending the quilt show. "The money that we raise from the bazaar goes to the church for all of our mission work, all of our projects, and the life of the church in general," said Doctor James Haddix, Pastor at All Souls Church.The event is on Saturday, November 12 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the All Souls Church on Broadway in Bangor.


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Enough primary!!!!!
Enough primary!!!
I guess we need to accept Romney as the Republican candidate. (my opinion)
We also need to stop bashing the crap out of each other and allow him to concentrate on the main goal of retaking our White house. The dems have enough ammo to deflect stuff from their puppet and for the most part we are responsible for it. In fighting needs to stop now and unity has to start. I'm not really ok with this but is is the way it is. Time to come together as united brothers for this Christian country and take back what the enemy stole from us!
I'm tired of living in France West and just want to live in the good old USA!!!!
Because if another 4 years happens the Muslim Brotherhood may be in charge. :ph34r: Mitt isn't my first pick but if that's all we get then he's the man. He's going to need to pick a strong conservative as vice president to balance his moderate policy.
i find it hard to stand behind Romney. he would have to pick one heck of a strong conservative VP to get my Vote. i could just see it now. he picks another moderate aka closet liberal. i vote for them, because any-ones got to be better than Obumer. they win. then they continue running our country into the toilet, and i haven't got a leg to stand on complaining about them, cause i voted for them. He will destroy our rights and liberty's too.
I have typed out a few things. then erased them. then typed more and erased that too. my words just cant express how i feel right now so i will have to just post some quotes.
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
Thomas Paine
Boy Hunt, it sure took awhile to drag you out of the woodwork! LOL
The way the primarys are now going I could be wrong but it will be just the way
Someone else wants it.
As for erasing and redo my entries I used to do that a lot but now I limit my time watching Fox and the truth so I'm not so fired up and angry for days and days.
I need to keep my focus Upward rather than forward. I'm not saying we should not be concerned but I have a limited amount of time worrying (the Word says "
Do not worry") so I just try to move on and keep doing the best I can.
I'm done rambling now, thanks for listening guys!
I'm still only about 50% successful on worrying but I'm improving
hunt nh... agree with you man, but I believe the ultimate question is this: "DO YOU WANT OBAMA for another 4 years?" If you can honestly say "NO" then you have to vote for Mitt or whoever makes the republican ticket. If you say "YES" then vote away for another 4 years down the crapper. If you say "MAYBE" then you're probably not going to vote at all, thus pretty much giving Obama another vote b/c it'd be one less that the republican party gets. Now, I guess you could always do a write in- but when's the last time a write-in actually HELPED a polictical party, let alone won a presidential election?
I mean no disrespect... All I'm saying is I don't like Romney either- can't stand the guy. But he's a saint compaired to Obama and I DO believe he will make some necessary changes. The main focus of our nation needs to be "GET OBAMA OUT".
I think we all would have picked someone else, but sometimes you have to play the cards you are dealt. I wonder what would happen if there was a split Rep delegation, how does that get resolved? Santorum may not win but he is a gutsy fighter and I give him credit.
The last thing we need in the white house besides Obama is a billionaire president. by that quality alone he is out of touch with mainstream America. he don't have the same value system or the same lifestyle, so he cannot even begin to understand what we need or want.
I hope Santorum whips his arse.
So daddus1, the answer is for me to bury my head in the sand, so i wont be so mad all the time? just let my country get flushed down the toilet.
OK any way. i think it is safe to say that none of us got what we wanted out of the primary. i think the best thing that can happen now, is for Newt to drop out and give his electorits to Santorum. (maybe some kinda deal were Santorum would make him his running mate). so that A. santorum would have almost as many electorits as mitt. and B. newt and santorum would no longer be dividing to conservative voter base. At this point i think this is the only way we will not get stuck with Romney.
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I would like to thank our sponsor XPEL for helping to make this article possible. I would also like to thank Chicago Auto Pros who did the installation work shown in these photos. As many of you may know, I've had some form of clear bra on various cars I've owned going clear back to 1998 when I first discovered that a car's paint could be protected with a clear film. I also know that a clear film is not necessarily for everyone, feel free to visit the debates in our forum to read some of the reasons for and against a clear bra. For me the decision was simple. A brand new GT4 that was going to be driven 550+ miles its first time out, why would I want to punish the paint of an instant classic such as the GT4? I didn't want to, plus if this car is going to be visiting the track it is going to need something to keep all that track debris from turning a gorgeous racing yellow into a grey poupon.
Since my knowledge of films was a little bit dated I decided to dive in and do some research on various films. I ultimately (no pun intended) landed on the XPEL Ultimate film, not only for its visual clarity but for its ability to heal itself from minor scratches or swirl marks. (Some good information about the self-healing properties on XPEL's Website) I can certainly point to places on my 10 year old 987 Cayman S where the clear bra has some swirl marks and light scratches and while you don't immediately notice them on a yellow car if the light hits the car just right they are noticeable. One of the things that also bothered me about my prior 3M film was the amount of visual orange peel that it added to car at certain angles. It was never "bad" but again, look at it just right and you noticed it. One other item that has changed in the last decade is that larger rolls of film are produced now which means instead of having a piece that only went half way up my hood and created a place to avoid when waxing the car, now the hood of the GT4 could be covered and the edges wrapped with one solid piece! Suffice it to say that if you are forming your opinion about clear bras based on decade plus old experiences then it is time to update yourself and re-think what I believe to be a virtual must for any car the caliber of a Porsche let alone the COTY GT4!
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text: AP Photo,David Duprey15 Tax Escape ArtistsAs GE continues to draw criticism for avoiding U.S. taxes, The Daily Beast looks at other corporations, from Google to News Corp., that have creatively kept billions from Uncle Sam.03.27.11 2:15 PM ETAP Photo,David DupreyAP PhotoGeneral ElectricCEO: Jeffrey Immelt 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $14.2 billion Taxation strategy: GE's "innovative" accounting methods—which allowed it to accrue a $3.2 billion tax benefit in 2010, $833 million in 2009 and $651 million in 2008—are legendary. The company employs an entire team of former IRS and Treasury officials, dubbed the "world's best tax law firm," to make sure that profits are recorded in tax havens, tax breaks are maximized and laws passed on Capitol Hill are favorable to its interests. In the last five years, its fillings show $26 billion in domestic profits, padded with a net tax benefit of $4.1 billion.Sean Gallup / Getty ImagesGoogleCEO: Eric Schmidt 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $10.8 billion Taxation strategy: Transfer pricing. Incomes are reported in foreign tax havens while liabilities are reported domestically. Google's patents are also licensed outside of the U.S., allowing it to license its patents domestically and write off the expense.Scott Olson / AP PhotoBoeingCEO: W. James McNerney 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $4.5 billion Taxation strategy: Despite a double-digit tax rate, Boeing has managed to escape paying federal taxes for the last three years thanks to a plethora of foreign subsidiaries, which act as a tax haven. According to Citizens for Tax Justice, the airplane maker paid 0.3% of its pre-tax income in federal income taxes in 2010.Mark Lennihan / AP PhotoPfizerCEO: Ian Read 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $9.4 billion Taxation strategy: Like many pharmaceutical and technology multinationals, Pfizer has used transfer pricing to record sales in one country to profits (on paper) in another country entirely.Paul Sakuma / AP PhotoOracleCEO: Lawrence Ellison 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $8.2 billion Taxation strategy: Transfer pricing—though not without implications. Oracle suffered a bit last fall when its Japanese subsidiary had to negotiate an advance agreement with tax authorities in the U.S. and Japan so that it wouldn't get hit with transfer price taxes in Japan. But the agreement forced the subsidiary to agree to pay higher royalty fees and had to lower its earnings projections. Its stock closed 9 percent below the previous day's close on the Nikkei, the Japanese stock market.Scott Olson / Getty ImagesAltria (Philip Morris)CEO: Michael Szymanczyk 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $5.7 billion Taxation strategy: Between 2001 and 2003, the cigarette maker took advantage of $3.3 billion in tax breaks, which effectively cut its taxes by one-third. One cause for the tax-cost cutting: accelerated depreciation, which estimates an asset's declining value faster in earlier years of ownership as a way of deferring income taxes.Louis Lanzano / AP PhotoIBMCEO: Samuel Palmisano 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $19.7 billion Taxation strategy: In 2009, the tech giant shrank its effective tax rates by nearly 10 percent by postponing the taxes it earned abroad. Between 2001-2003, the company's tax liabilities were slashed by 95 percent thanks to a litany of breaks it was able to claim.Mark Duncan / AP PhotoGoodrichCEO: Marshall Larsen 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $804 million Taxation strategy: In the past, Goodrich's effective tax rate was as low as 11.3 percent. Since Goodrich is an aerospace company, one straightforward reason is the tax breaks it can claim are related to the depreciation of assets.Mark Lennihan / AP PhotoTime WarnerCEO: Jeffrey Bewkes 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $3.9 billion Taxation strategy: The entertainment conglomerate managed some swift accounting to use its merger with AOL in 2000 to leave it with little tax to pay. Between 2001 and 2003, Time Warner claimed tax breaks that cut its taxes by 121 percent—and allowed the company to pay nothing at all in taxes for two years.Richard Drew / AP PhotoMorgan StanleyCEO: James Gorman 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $6.2 billion Taxation strategy: Stock options tax savings have provided Morgan Stanley with hundreds of millions of dollars over the years, as has its low-tax finagling abroad. When the American Jobs Creation Act was passed (with help from extensive corporate lobbying) and companies were allowed to repatriate earnings for an income tax rate of 5.25 percent (much lower than the standard 35 percent), Morgan Stanley was among the major corporations to take advantage.Richard Drew / AP PhotoHartfordCEO: Liam McGee 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $2.2 billion Taxation strategy: Hartford is just one of many insurers that have been "benefiting from a variety of provisions in the tax code intended to favor the industry." According to The Wall Street Journal, the life-insurance company, which claimed it was eligible for between $1.1 billion and $3.4 billion in TARP funds in 2008, had paid just $1.4 billion in taxes in the preceding decade (or an effective rate of 7.7 percent).AP PhotoNews CorpCEO: Rupert Murdoch 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $3.3 billion Taxation strategy: In December 2008, the Government Accountability Office reported that 83 of the 100 largest companies in the U.S. had subsidiaries in foreign tax havens. One of the companies with the highest number was News Corp., which then had more than 150 subsidiaries in tax-haven locales.Derick E. Hingle / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesDevon EnergyCEO: John Richels 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $3.6 billion Taxation strategy: Using accelerated depreciation, tax breaks, and benefits from stock options allowed the oil-and-gas company to sneak by with an average tax rate of just 3 percent from 2001 through 2003. In 2009, the company's total tax benefit was $1.7 billion.Paul Sakuma / AP PhotoHewlett-PackardCEO: Leo Apotheker 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $11 billion Taxation strategy: As a tech company, H-P does what most do. It keeps its IP and incomes registered in other countries. In 2004, when companies were temporarily allowed to repatriate earnings abroad, H-P claimed $14.5 billion of the $15 billion it had earned abroad as domestic earnings.Paul Sakuma / AP PhotoMicrosoftCEO: Steve Ballmer 2010 Pre-tax Profit: $25 billion Taxation strategy: Microsoft has a history of shifting its reported income through various foreign locales—to Bermuda via The Netherlands via Ireland—to limit domestic income. The tactic isn't just for the long-established techies, it has also been adopted by Facebook.


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QBs Continue to Improve
March 30, 2011
LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky football head coach Joker Phillips said after a two-hour, full-pads practice Wednesday that he was pleased with the development of quarterbacks Morgan Newton and Maxwell Smith, stating it was important now for both players to continue their development and not regress.
Newton and Smith threw the ball well in Wednesday's workout, punctuated by the final play of practice in which Newton hurled a bomb to wide receiver Nik Brazley, who caught the ball in full stride and raced to the endzone untouched. Although pleased, Phillips said there is still work to do.
"It is a process," Phillips said. "If you look at the way our spring practices looked last spring, especially in the throwing game it was horrendous. Then you look at the stats and we were second in the league in passing yardage. We will continue to get better as long as the quarterbacks continue to study and progress the way we want them to. They just have to build on today. They can't go backwards. They have to build on what they did today."
Smith, a grayshirt freshman from Granada Hills, Calif., has performed well so far this spring in practice under the tutelage of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Randy Sanders. Phillips said with the progress that Smith is making there is no doubt the future looks bright for the 6-foot-4, 225-pound quarterback.
"He is still a freshman," Phillips said. "He is going to hold on to the ball a little bit longer than needed and sometimes he doesn't realize the speed of which the game is played at this level. When he knows what to do and plays with great fundamentals (he is going to be good for us). The ball comes out of his hand as good as anybody we have ever had at this stage. As long as Max continues to progress, he will be a good quarterback here at Kentucky for a long time."
Defensively, Kentucky continues to install its full defensive package with the coaches adding a little bit more of the defense each day. Phillips said after this week they will quit installing both offensively and defensively and concentrate on sharpening the systems.
After a full-pads practice Friday morning, the Wildcats will do some scrimmaging in the second half of Saturday's practice.
"Saturday won't be a full scrimmage but we will do some passing scrimmages," Phillips said. "One of our big emphases this spring is to make sure we come out of this thing feeling good about our passing game and becoming more efficient with these two quarterbacks. We will practice and then at the end of practice we will have a 25- to 35-play passing scrimmage. That is for everybody. It will give our defense a chance to show some of their blitz and passing-rushing ability as well. Also, it will give our quarterbacks a chance to see some live looks. We won't hit the quarterbacks, though. But they need to be in the stadium and need to see some live sets coming at them."


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Please help! Meter socket question
Hooking up power off my house to my new shed for our buisness, wanting to put it on a different meter for tax purposes. Have 200amp pannel 200amp meter socket and the 3/O wire to run.I have the wire coming up from the ground a few feet over from my existing socket and I was planning on mounting the new meter socket right next to my house socket, piping them together, and piggybacking them together feeding both meters. The oncore guy came by to check it out before I actually knew what my plans were and had said that their line from the pole to the house would hold up to the 20,000 watts I plan on adding to the back, he told me to buy a dual meter socket but Can I just do as planned and piggy back off original 200a house meter to new meter or do I need to take off original single meter and install a new dual socket meter?
You should probably check with the power company. They will tell you what you can (and can't) do.
Are you trying to use the same service drop or latteral for both services? If not, you do not need to touch the existing service. I agree. You need an electrician and a utility guy for this. You say its a business? Well here comes your first business expense. Good luck and do not try to do things you do not know how to do safely.
In my area, before you do anything, you call the power co and tell them what you want to do.
They will come by and put a tag on the building where they want the meter to be.
That is where you mount the meter. Period.
You need to check with the POCO, they have the final word on this.
Please put your location in your profile.
He said buy a dual meter socket. I assume this means that you are asking them to read the meter monthly and bill you separately for the business.
If you really, really think you have the better idea, you can try talking to the Oncore Guy one more time. I wouldn't waste my time. I would go buy the new dual meter socket.
Thanks for explaining oncore and giving your input. The oncore man came out before I had ran the wire and conduit, I didnt ask him about piggybacking the two meters together, I was siply trying to find out if the main wire from the pole could handle the shed load and my house. He said it was fine since most of my house runs off gas and to just install a dual meter socket. As far as oncore picking the location for the meter TTW... thats not how it works around here, and no permits are required either, I have built this whole shed and laid the slab with my own two hands and plan to wire it next week, with no experts and no permits, and at this point the shed is built better than most houses!!! Got quoted 27K and did it for 13.5K!!! Huge savings and I dont plan on stopping now! lol I DO have a electrician hooking up the actual wires in the meter but I am installing the box and socket myself and really thinking about just doing it all. I am going to apply for a temp disconect on the house so whats really the risk. I just wanted to double check my plans before I carry on. I figured it would be a easy question for somebody on this forum, if anyone has delt with this issue before or knows forsure what to do please feel free to give me your input!!! Thanks
Can you purchase a dual meter socket from the POCO?
I'm not sure how you are going to hook the meters together. Oncor wont let you double lug them and they dont like (but might accept a trough) or gutter before the meters. Call up Oncor and see what they prefer.
You might find this interesting:
Why are you not just building a new service for the business? Why does this have to be complicated? What am I missing in this discussion? Seems real straight forward to me.
Great input!!! I was trying not to run a new service because of two driveways I would have to bore under to run the wire, its about 150ft from the shed to pole vs. 70ft now, and I have to dig a trench through my yard vs. the conduit it runs through now! Just all around more money and hassle, if I didn't have to run a new service it would be nice. It is going to be a chalange either way I do it but if worst comes to worst I will just run the new line! It would be better anyway! I have called Oncore and have another apointment set up, Im going to explore my options with him and I will let you guys know what happends. Thanks for the link Auger01! :hang:
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Adrian Peterson rushing for a 78-yard touchdown against the Detroit Lions. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) The Minnesota Vikings began the season on a sour note against the Detroit Lions on Sunday. If you watched only the first half you would have expected the Vikings to pull away and win the crazy ball game. Unfortunately for Vikings fans this was not the case. The Lions went on to beat the Vikings 34-24, outscoring the Vikings 21-10 in the 2nd half. Adrian Peterson took his first handoff of the season 78 yards for a score on a well executed block by second year offensive tackle Matt Kalil. I figured I should share the one shining moment in this game before we discuss the rest of this horrendous performance. Now comes the difficult task of making sense of a performance that was plagued with turnovers, poor tackling, and lack of discipline. Starting at the quarterback position, Christian Ponder had a day to forget. He threw for 236 yards and a touchdown, but threw three interceptions, including one that put the game out of reach for Minnesota. All of his interceptions were tipped at some point in the attempt, but the decision to make some of those throws weren't necessary; Ponder could have thrown the ball away or taken a sack. It seemed as if he was trying to do to much. This may be the reason he also fumbled on a botched handoff to AP. Ponder accounted for all four of the team's turnovers in the game. After watching Ponder play Sunday I realized that he may not be ready to put the franchise on his shoulders and lead the team to a Super Bowl. The struggles weren't only on offense, the defense looked below average in the second half. Recently-acquired Lions running back Reggie Bush gashed the defense on many occasions, including a 77-yard touchdown reception where the defense seemed to forget how to tackle. Bush finished the game with 191 total yards of offense. The defense nearly gave up 500 total yards to the Lions and missed what seemed like a thousand tackles. The thing that got me fired up the most: the low hit on Vikings center John Sullivan by Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh early in the second quarter. Suh was flagged for an illegal chop block on an interception return that would have been a touchdown. This should get the team fired up for their next matchup with Detroit in Minnesota week 17. Despite being well behind the play as DeAndre Levy entered the endzone untouched, Suh still made a low block from the side, hence the 15-yard flag. The good news: it is only week one so we have to do our best as fans to not look too deep into the first game of the season. The bad news: we will all be restless until the team gets on track. This goes for Vikings players just as much as fans; good luck sleeping this week. Take Our Poll
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Well, if she's ever looking for a friend, send he to my wife. She has her 642 and that's all she wants. She could use a little feminine convincing.
This is a discussion on Opinion on two very different 1911s within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by jbonfadini I'm deciding with one I wand sig scorpion carry or kimber pro raptor with one would you choose, this will be ...
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"Terrorists: They hated you yesterday, they hate you today, and they will hate you tomorrow.
End the cycle of hatred, dont give them a tomorrow."
Well, if she's ever looking for a friend, send he to my wife. She has her 642 and that's all she wants. She could use a little feminine convincing.
Good Lord. I should be so lucky......
Two Wilson's, a kimber cdp, Taurus with and without rail, danwesson gaurdian, rock island .... Ati fat boy " bought for the name lol" and I recived two ww2 colts from my grandfather. I sold a few guns and a couple ar15s so the cash was there just waited for the deals to swing my way
Nice collection.
Would love to see the WWII Colt's sometime.
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"Terrorists: They hated you yesterday, they hate you today, and they will hate you tomorrow.
End the cycle of hatred, dont give them a tomorrow."
I think I'm going to buy the sig, he'll maybe both ill post pics tomorrow after I pick it up
And for the OP....I don't think that there's a wrong answer.
I have 3 Sigs and would definitely get another (or a few) more. I have a 1911 Nightmare carry. The ONLY caveat with Sig 1911s is they decided to be different and built the slide slightly more square. Your Sig may not fit any of the leather you have for your other 1911s. I have a hybrid Old Faithful holster for mine and it fits beautifully, but when I checked out a few at the LGS the standard 1911 holsters did not fit the Sig.
Maybe a leather one will eventually get broken in? Maybe judicious application of heat could make a Kydex fit? I do not know and have not tried.
The Sig was my first 1911 so I can't really compare. I've fired a few rounds through an S&W and a Kimber, but not enough to have a very well-formed opinion. However, the Sig is sweet to shoot, so I'm happy.
I saw holsters can be a pain, ill have to order up a cross breed or something.... The sig looks and feels very well made!
Ill post pics on what I decide to invest in
Not familiar with the Scorpion, but did own a RCS. Never had any problems with it. I'll cast my vote for the Sig.
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since SIG does not make a true "1911", the choice is easy.
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If you actually own that many 1911's, I doubt anyone on this forum has more experience than you, in order to offer said advice.
I carry a Kimber Ultra Raptor as my primary carry weapon, and have for a number of years. Yeah they have some issues (bad finish particularly), but I still love mine. If I were going to buy another, I'd send it off to Wally Birdsong and Associates and have the Black T treatment before I holstered it the first time. Good enough for our SEAL teams, it's good enough for me.
Good luck with #30. LOL Be Safe.
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I shot, fired examined Wilson, Kimber and others for a long while. I bought the sig tacops 1911 under 1K for a third the cost of the others I was considering. It's been the best 1911 I've ever fired or owned. The support from Sig is very good and as I have worked on the staff at local and state matches I've watched every level and brand of gun malfunction while my Sig has performed with remarkable consistency and no malfunctions. I shoot entire IDPA and USPSA matches with not one single fail to feed, eject, jam or anything. Sure I can MAKE the gun malfunction shooting crappy ammo or weak loads but as long as the ammo is reasonably good and loaded to at least 730fps or greater it's stone cold reliable, barrel locks in tight as hell and the accuracy gets comments from other competitors and the RO/SOs. I also practice every week with about 200-400 rounds plus about 600 per month in matches or events. I've put about 20K rounds through the Sig 1911 and the finish has not even worn off the slide rails yet. It basically still looks like a new gun. Not even holster wear and I've dry fired and dry holster practiced thousands of times. No idiot scratch on the frame and I'm not even careful when assembling. The finish is far superior to the Kimber black finish. Buy 3 sigs instead of one Kimber, shoot with pride. Carry it with confidence, own it with the knowledge you made a smart choice.


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I'm not buying into the age theory. The biggest prick I ever ran into waterfowl hunting is retired. Probably late 50's to early 60's. And it was on ground we had hunted for 30 years. You could tell they lacked basic ethics and hunting skills as soon as they got permission to hunt on the property. Their night shooting cooks the roosts in a couple of days.Their sky blasting is just nuts. Never let the birds work. Just blast anything in the sky. They seem to have the landowner fooled. It isnt worth having to fist fight or get in a gun fight with a bunch of jerks who want to come in late and claim it is their spot. A 60 year old man with the rear window of his topper covered with hunting stickers must have a little man complex.
Two years ago we also had a grandfather bring his grandson into a marsh after legal shooting time and set-up 100 yards directly in front of us on the other side of the marsh. When we said something to him, he went off on us. So I took the boat over and offered to give them a ride to our side of the marsh. He decided to walk some place else.
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Mobile payments specialist HybridPayTech says it has chosen Vodafone's M2M platform to provide connectivity for its service.
A subsidiary of Freeport Capital (Montreal, Canada), HybridPayTech claims to offer the world's first completely secure, end-to-end mobile payment service that can process both credit and debit card transactions.
The company says its technology allows businesses to equip their employees with smartphones or tablets that can securely process credit and debit card payments globally – with Vodafone's (Newbury, UK) network and roaming agreements providing connectivity services.
The operator will contribute global M2M SIM cards, remote device management tools and other connectivity features for the mobile payment devices.
"The ability to process credit and debit card payments anywhere in the world using a wide variety of standard mobile devices will drastically simplify how companies charge their customers,"said Massimo Barone, the founder and chair of HybridPaytech's Advisory Board. "The fact that we can support both credit and debit cards means the mobile payment market can now really take off."
"By working with Vodafone we not only benefit from a highly secure, comprehensive global network – we also receive international SIM cards and management tools that make it easy to remotely monitor, repair and update the payment terminals," Barone added.
Vodafone said the deal proves that M2M is having the same radical impact on the payments industry as on sectors like automotive and advertising, through connected cars and smart digital billboards.
"This won't just help mobile businesses – it will give peace of mind to customers who, for example, would rather pay for pizza at the door on a secure card machine rather than sharing details over the phone," said Andrew Morawski, the head of M2M Americas for Vodafone.
HybridPayTech says its service includes mobile applications for Apple, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices that can support credit and debit payments through plug and play card-reading technology.
However, it points out that businesses can also use standard mobile payment terminals.
The company says encrypted transactions are sent over Vodafone's network to HybridPayTech's regional switch, which then authorizes payments through card providers.


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Erin's Review
Love and Splendor by Patricia Hagan
(Retro) Historical romance published by Samhain Publishing on April 17, 2012
This book caught my interest due to the Faberge plot line. There is not much historical romance based in Russia or around the Romanovs, but it is a time period that I really enjoy reading about. I didn't realize when picking up the book that it is one of a series, but that did become readily apparent upon reading.
Dani Coltrane is a spoiled nineteen year old reconnecting with her father and stepmother after her tumultuous past. She is suspicious of anyone trying to manipulate her and wants to exert total independence. The problem being she does not understand what independence actually means and she is constantly making selfish decisions in the name of independence. In fact she's not far off what I imagine many 18-22 year old girls today can act like.
Drake is a Russian playboy, for lack of a better description. He has spent the last ten years or so in exile from Mother Russia and searching for the key to restoring his family honor (by finding the Faberge Egg). He is a womanizer and his moral code is pretty loose believing that behavior is justified so long as the intentions are good. He's a snake that you want to like because you think he can change and grow up, but deep down you know it's not true.
The best way to describe this book is Dynasty meets Jerry Springer. The author spends inordinate amounts of time describing how elegant, cultured, and sophisticated this family and their associates are only to have them open their mouths and act completely opposite. Dani can be shrew, demanding, and bratty. You expect Drake to be extremely refined, and at times he is. While other times he's a complete ass. Both of them are oblivious to how their actions are seen or the havoc they cause, or they are just to rich to care. While atypically,you do not meet the hero until about 15-20% through the book, which was okay given how she presented the start of the story. But from there until about 75% through the book was horrible, three ring circus mess that seemed to go on forever.
There was no need for the Coly/Lily subplot line at all. It added nothing to the story except making me hate all the characters. Dani for being so wishy washy and such a teen. Lily was just horrendous and I absolutely expected a hair pulling cat fight between the two at some point. But even worse, the author perpetrated the myth that men just can't control themselves, sexually, around any slightly attractive and willing woman. The only fairly explicit sex scene in the book is Drake's running dialogue of how much he can't stand Lily, how much he dislikes her and doesn't want to do this, how he thinks Dani may be the one, all while he's pounding away at Lily. Of course, this was a repeat of Colt's inability to control himself around Lily either, but at least he thought he liked her. If your going to have the hero of the novel be unfaithful, at least let it be for a better reason then he had some slight desire, she was there, and well I just can't stop myself.
The author gets around to pushing the actual plot of the story in the last 25% of the novel. This entire plot is extremely rushed and ends up being an afterthought in the novel. Also, Dani and Drake finally coming together is so shallow. He tells her his family story and she forgives his lying cheating ways. She does so, in spite of him currently lying to both her and Colt. All in all, the entire romance lacked maturity. It held the flavor that rich and beautiful (or handsome) was all that was needed to make a couple happy. This couple lack any depth and are barely tolerable let alone sympathetic or romantic.
Several times I almost gave up on this book. I started skimming at about 55-60% through just because I did want to know what happened to the egg. I half expected that plot to roll over to another book when it still had not been barely mentioned three quarters through the book. The resulting ending was unsatisfying and I wish I hadn't bothered reading on. It would have saved me from being disgusted with both couples.
Grade: F
You and read an excerpt here or buy a copy here.


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March 22, 2014
Site: Bloomington, Ind. (Bart Kaufman Field)
Score: Indiana 5, Michigan 1
Records: U-M (8-14-1, 0-2 Big Ten), IU (12-8, 2-0 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, March 23 -- at Indiana (Bloomington, Ind.), 1:05 p.m. (TV: Big Ten Network)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The University of Michigan baseball team had just five hits in a 5-1 loss at Indiana on Saturday afternoon (March 22) at Bart Kaufman Field. IU pitcher Kyle Hart struck out seven to limit the Wolverines.
The Hoosiers scored all five of their runs in the first four innings in the middle game of the series. Indiana plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the second on an RBI groundout from Tim O'Connor and an infield single by Casey Rodrigue. The Hoosiers put up another run in the third after a wild pitch scored Brad Hartong. Sam Travis gave Indiana a 5-0 lead after four complete with a two-run single up the middle.
Michigan had only three hits through the first eight innings but threatened in the top of the ninth. Sophomore Jacob Cronenworth (St. Clair, Mich./St. Clair) led off the frame with a bunt single. Junior Jackson Glines (Coarsegold, Calif./Fresno City College) and freshman Jackson Lamb (Temperance, MIch./Bedford) both walked to load the bases. Junior Kyle Jusick (Portage, Mich./Portage Central) singled to right to score Cronenworth, making it 5-1. Indiana closer Scott Effross induced two flyouts and a strikeout to end the game.
Junior Eric Jacobson (Chicago, Ill./St. Ignatius) had two hits to lead U-M's offense. The loss went to sophomore Evan Hill (Mt. Pleasant, Mich./Mt. Pleasant), who gave up four earned runs and 10 hits with three strikeouts in four-plus innings. Junior Donnie Eaton (Ann Arbor, Mich./Father Gabriel Richard) and senior Alex Lakatos (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Central) had eight striekouts in four innings out of the Wolverine bullpen.
The Wolverines and Hoosiers finish off the three-game series on Sunday afternoon (March 23) at 1:05 p.m. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
Contact: Kent Reichert
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If you put BBC The Burbage Map into a search engine you will see perhaps the oldest rock map also known as the Soar Stone, this will be on display during the festival of british archaeology this year, put leicestershire into their info
Sep 20, 2010 Chris Catling 1
Strict rules govern the erection of Blue Plaques, the circular memorial tablets in Wedgwood blue that mark the residences of celebrated historical figures. The person commemorated must have been dead for 20 years or have passed the centenary of their birth; should be considered eminent by other members of their profession or calling; have made an important contribution to human welfare or happiness; must have resided in the property at a time of importance in their life or work; and their name must be recognisable to the 'well informed' passer by.
Such strict criteria do not seem to bother the scheme's many imitators. A recent survey of commemorative plaque schemes shows that local authorities have begun to adopt Blue Plaques as a means of promoting tourism, occasionally aided and abetted by the Heritage Lottery Fund, as is the case with the Rhondda Cynon Taf heritage plaque commemorating the renowned Dr William Price.
Never heard of him? Shame: he performed 'the first legal cremation in the UK in modern times', according to his plaque; as a Druid, he believed burial was a sin against the earth, and so he cremated the body of his dead five-month-old son, Iesu Grist (Jesus Christ) on 18 January 1884. Price was prosecuted, but won his case on the grounds that an action is not illegal in law unless it is specifically proscribed. When Price himself died in 1893, his own public cremation, on a hill overlooking Llantrisant, was watched by 20,000 people.
Commemorating Price might seem a sensible choice given some of the more peculiar locations deemed worthy of a plaque. These include the Broadoak Hotel in Ashton-under- Lyne, famed as the location for the recording of the first ever edition of Radio 4's long-running Gardeners' Question Time, or the former ICI research laboratory in Northwich, Cheshire, proclaimed as 'The Birthplace of Polythene'. Laurel and Hardy once stayed in a hotel in Southend, so that gets a plaque, as does a building in Aylesbury, Bucks, that stands on the site of a theatre where Ronnie Barker first performed on stage. Diana, Princess of Wales, is a popular choice for a plaque: Swadlincote, in Derbyshire, gets one even though she never visited the place; it marks the spot where people laid wreaths following her death in August 1997.
English Heritage is sometimes derided for the strictness with which its Blue Plaque Committee applies the rules, and for rejecting, for example, Mark Bolan and L Ron Hubbard as suitable subjects for a Blue Plaque on the grounds of their 'insufficient stature or historical significance', but their rules do seem sensible when you consider the alternatives.
Westminster Abbey Chapter House (see CA 244) was officially reopened on 26 May 2010 with a new set of gargoyles. Thirty-two new heads have been added to the building's eight pinnacles, replacing some of the Victorian heads that had become unstable through erosion. There are now 64 heads in total, and in keeping with masonry traditions, the new heads are portraits of the people involved in the project. They include the members of the 20-strong team of master carvers and stonemason who worked on the restoration, Westminster Abbey clergy, and members of the English Heritage project team.
Astonishingly this harmless bit of fun, following a tradition long-established in stone-masonry circles, provoked outrage in certain sections of the press. The Daily Express declared the portraits of English Heritage staff to be a 'monument to the vanity of quangos', while the Taxpayers' Alliance declared that the heads should have depicted the 'taxpayers who funded the project' (what, all 26 million of us?) but then decided that perhaps the heads should stay as 'a warning to future generations about the dangers of letting quangos get too pleased with themselves'. It was sad, though, to see Building Design magazine joining the braying mob and demanding to know why English Heritage saw fit to 'award itself such an honour'. They at least should be well aware that the members of the English Heritage team had all played a significant hands-on role in the project, and were far from being the faceless bureaucratic paper shufflers of the popular imagination.
The fickleness of fame (or infamy, in this case) was demonstrated all too vividly last month with press pictures of Josef Stalin's statue being torn down in Gori, the town of his birth in Georgia. It follows the news that the Morris Singer Art Foundry — responsible for casting the bronze lions that adorn London's Trafalgar Square, the Old Bailey's dome-topping figure of blind Justice, the statue of Boudicca and her chariot outside the Houses of Parliament and the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace — has been placed in administration.
The reason given for the financial collapse of the company, founded in 1848 as the J W Singer Foundry in Frome, Somerset, is that governments around the world have cut back on grand monuments of the kind in which the foundry specialised — in particular, governments led by tyrannical megalomaniacs. Saddam Hussein, for example, was a big customer of the Foundry — except that, in the manner of cruel and oppressive dictators, he refused to pay the bill for the boastful monuments that he commissioned, and this forced the company into receivership once before in 2005.
Most recently, the company (now based in Braintree, Essex) has been producing bronzes for contemporary sculptors, though not on the scale of the 1960s, when public art was in great demand and the foundry was kept busy casting bronzes for Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and Eduardo Paolozzi.
English Heritage is not for sale (yet); but imagine if some future Government did decide to privatise the nation's heritage assets, how much would it cost to buy Stonehenge? Nigel Lewis, a property analyst with nothing better to do in the currently sluggish property market, asked 500 fellow estate agents for a valuation. The figure they came up with, based on annual visitor figures of around 900,000 and income of about £6m, was £51m.
Far cheaper is 10 Downing Street, at £5.2m; such a bargain price smacks of that typical estate agency trick of setting a low price to get a bidding war going among those who might aspire to live at one of the world's most secure and well-known addresses. By comparison, Windsor Castle would cost you £390m, despite the proximity of Heathrow airport and Egham sewage works, while Brighton Pavilion is valued at £52m and Blackpool Tower at £60m.
On this basis, said Lewis, 'the Government and Crown probably own enough land and property to pare down the national debt pretty significantly.' Come to think of it, selling historic monuments is not as unlikely as it sounds: didn't a Missourian businessman — Robert P McCulloch — purchase John Rennie's London Bridge in 1968 from the City of London for US$2m and ship it to Lake Havasu in Arizona?
Rather than purchasing Stonehenge, an Australian Rotary Club stands to save a tidy sum by building a full-sized replica at a cost of A$1.2m ( £722,749). 'Stonehenge Down Under' will be built on a site overlooking Twilight Beach, in Esperance, 460 miles south-west of Perth, in Western Australia. The small coastal community — whose only other attraction is small piece of the US Skylab which fell onto a nearby farm in 1979 — hopes that the project will generate much-needed tourist revenue. Kim Beale, a spokesman for the Esperance Rotary Club, said the Australian version would be a faithful reproduction of the original Neolithic structure in Wiltshire. It will be constructed of 100 stones, each weighing up to 45 tons, donated by a local quarry — though there is room to doubt just how faithful the facsimile will be when you learn that the local stone is pink granite!
In Norfolk, local entrepreneurs are also looking to heritage to give their seaside town a new lease of life. The tiny resort of Hemsby has decided to host its first ever Viking Festival this summer, featuring the odd bit of rape and pillage alongside ABBA tribute bands and re-enactors 'torching' a Viking ship on the beach. Roads into the village already feature signs depicting a Viking carrying a bucket and spade and the legend: Welcome to Hemsby — 1,200 Years of Seaside Fun.
The festival was dreamed up as a response to the closure of the former Pontin's holiday camp at Hemsby, whose demise left local business owners worried for their future. Simon Middleton, the brand strategy guru advising the local community on ways to attract tourism, said that he chose the Viking theme when he looked into Hemsby's history and discovered that 'it didn't start in the 1950s; it started in about AD 800 when the Vikings invaded'.
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Policy paper
Review of efficiency in the schools system
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This review aims to better understand the relationship between how a school allocates its budget and the results it achieves.
Schools spend a lot of public money every year, and how they spend it has a profound impact on pupils' achievement and future prospects. An efficient school or education system is central to the country's future prosperity.
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Concrete Does not Match
I recently has a stamped concrete sidewalk installed (37' x 6'). The contractor made an error that required the last 9' to be removed and re-poured. Despire assurances from the contractor that the new pour would match the first one, it doesn't. The concrete is a tanish brown color, but the pours are different shades; definitely noticable to the naked eye.
The pours occurred 3 days apart.
I am looking for ideas on getting it to all match. Is an acid stain the solution? Other ideas? I am pleased with the existing colors (both of them), but want them to match. I hate to make the color completely different and also hate the idea of tearing the entire thing out.
what about getting the contractor back to match the color...he must have some impurities in the mix
What I want to know is if staining it will create an exact match or if the sections will still be different?
there're NEVER 2 successive loads of conc from the same plant - truck - driver that'll match in color & too many varying factors to allow it ( humidity of cement in the silo, sand, silos ) just too many,,, imo, the only way you'll get both pours to match closely is to overlay w/thin layer of polymer modified cement-based concrete ( typically 1/8" ),,, yes, all concs's different - even my driveway :laughing:
if your guy's good w/acid, that's a possibility but i've never met ( or even HEARD ) of anyone that good,,, if there is, he's not wasting time or $$$ placing conc,,, never expect uniformity from conc - even an overlay,,, too many factors affect the color from placing, sun/shade, curing time, humidity - that's why we break up the color - so our eyes won't notice objectionable variations.
if all else fails, get throw rugs :thumbup:
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even the 2 sections individually are not all the same color as hardener & release powders do leave variegated appearance,,, washing off the release changes color,,, skill of the artisans changes color,, using different brands of the same ' generic ' color is always DIFFERENT, TOO,,, understand its stamped ( you don't mention the depth which is relevant to resolution ) but brooming another thin layer over it won't ' lose ' the pattern,,, you'd have to adjust the coloring BUT overlays can work - we do it every day.
smith paint ( in pa, i think ) may work,,, colored sealer may,,, if exterior, dye won't for your mess,,, the rug ( grass mat ) was my early morning attempt at humor but maybe it was too early,,, IF you're hung up on perfection, either change some thinking OR rip it all out & do it over.
btw, this patio's only 1/8".
Ivan, how long ago was the concrete poured?
Is it sealed yet?
Was the color Intregal (in the conc. truck) or spread over the surface?
Was a colored release used also?
And IRC, I would have never guessed you had that kind of talent! :thumbup::laughing:
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like that ? ? ? howzabout this 1 that's done over a lousy stamped conc job,,, LOVE h/o's who thought they were smarter than the artisans ( writing specs & setting ' price points ' [ wtf did THAT term come from ? ? ? ],,, when the job get's f'd up, you never hear back from 'em 'cause they're too embarrassed,,, we do get calls from others & its easy to tell what happen',,, fyi, i haven't seen anyone using integral color in transit mix for the above reasons.
what you can't see in this pool's apron is the amt of crks that had to be repaired,,, not only did the stamp job look like **** BUT there weren't enough contraction jnts to prevent random crking,,, it'd been only a few yrs but we also had to do some sub-surface sealing due to poor original base compaction & lack of jnt sealing which led to base erosion & void creation,,, btw, this work was done by a guy w/20yrs experience,,, his explanation was ' all concrete cracks eventually ! '
Color was mixed in concrete turck (brownish), but there was also some type of chemical put on top that is supped to be powerwashed off (not sure if it is all supposed to come off or if some is supposed to remain....it is black). I did the powerwashing ymself after I fired the contractor. Who knows, maye I wasn't supposed to do this.
Pardon my ignorance, but I do not know what a colored release is or if it was used.
As for thickness, the sidewwalk is 4", the designs on the surface are meant to look like stone (and do and look good, it is just a color problem). I am guessing the depth of the cuts to create the illusion of stone are about 1/4", but that is just a guess. I suspect you guys will know better then me what the standard is. It seems consistent w/ other work I have seen.
I am working on getting pics posted...should be later today....Thanks in advance for your ideas and pateince.
Concrete was poured last Tuesday (section 1) and last Friday (section 2).
integral color tough so, impo, its no wonder there's not a good match for the many reasons 1st posted,,, we've tried it w/no success which led us in other directions ( also posted ),,, the ' type of chemical ' could've been a liquid ' release ' [ bubble-gum smell ] which allows the stamps to be removed w/o tearing the stamp'd conc's surface,,, haven't heard of it being p/wsh's off, tho,,, sure it wasn't a fine powder instead ? ? ?
fired the contractor rather'n try to resolve the problem WITH him ? ? ? like to help but not sure we speak the same language
maybe he was color-blind :( i'd have done the same w/this exception,,, held back 25% to diminish repair costs,,, otoh, we've only seen your side til pictures're posted.
am curious - you washed it before OR after he was dismissed ? ? ?
I sopke w/ another local place and they are suggesting either acid or Smith's. Trying to get a new conctractor out to look at it and make suggestions. Trying to get more knowledgeable this time.
I feel worst for my wife. This was her project and she is a mess over it (in tears). She loves the design and does not want to tear it all out. We just want the color to look good (and uniform). And by uniform, I know that earthy colors are not all uniform, but in my current case, it is so blatantly obvious that it is two separate pours.
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Hope this helps
Ivan, the pictures & additional info do help quite a bit.
First off, it's a good thing that there is no sealer yet, as that leaves far more options to correct & blend this together. I would first let this concrete sit a few weeks to allow the second pour to cure some more, assuming it hasn't sat for weeks already?
Second, get both pours wet (with water) to mimick the color enhancement that the sealer will produce. It will hopefully blend together better than when dry. Whatever you do DON'T seal anything until you are confident that it is satisfactory to yourselves..
It sounds like the contractor used a clear liquid release (hence the "bubble gum" odor IRC is refering to) with a powered colored release mixed together. This is a fairly common practice as it is generally "more forgiving" than other methods. Generally, the release gets rinsed off the following day, so if it stayed on the first pour say 5 days & only 2 days on the second, that could definatly contribute to some of the color variation. Regardless, you need to find out the EXACT manufacturer & color of the release used so you can attain some of it. You can mix the release with certain sealers to create a tinted sealer to help blend this all together. It takes some time & testing, but it is possible.
Acid or water-bourne stain is another option, since the surface isn't sealed yet. But, I don't think simply staining the entire sidewalk will hide ALL variation in color, as you the cold joint may still be noticeable, especially to yourselves. I have a patio at home similar to yours (random Sandstone) as well have done similar stamps in the past. The benefit to the acid or water-bourne is you have the ability to stain individual stones various colors to give a more natural appearance. We do this with stamped brick borders many times each summer. This process may actually help hide the variation the best, but will again take some time & experimenting.
I'll see if I can find some pics of random colored stamping from acid staining. IMO, it does a good job of breaking up the monotinous look of regular stamping.
Regardless of how you follow up on this, Good Luck.:wink:
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How much is too much? When it comes to sharing personal information online, less is more
Jan 26, 2012 9:30am
By William F. Pelgrin of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center
In today's hyper-connected society, it seems that everyone knows just about everything about everyone. The amount of personal information we share online is staggering.
Does the world really need to know that you and your family are vacationing in the Bahamas next month? … that your favorite color is hot pink? … or who your closest five friends are?
To a cyber criminal, these types of personal details can be used to harvest data about you for possible social engineering attacks, identity theft or other scams.
When it comes to sharing personal information online, less is more. The less you share, the more you can protect your privacy and minimize the chances of becoming a victim.
In addition to limiting the amount of personal data you share, there are many other steps you can take to help protect your information and privacy. In recognition of annual Data Privacy Day on January 28, take a few minutes to review these best practices:
For more resources about online security, visit the Center for Internet Security.
William F. Pelgrin is the founder and chair of the MS-ISAC and is a nationally-recognized expert in cyber security.


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Ah, the smell of wood stoves during the cold, winter months. The Norman Rockwellian smoke trailing slowly from brick chimneys, the cancer-causing particulates that mutate our DNA…wait, what?
As homeowners start to crank up their wood stoves this holiday season, what many might consider to be a symbol of energy self-sufficiency could actually be one more plume in global warming's cap.
"I think many people who heat with wood are motivated in part by not having to 'pay the man,' the home heating equivalent of 'living off the grid,' " Cutler Cleveland, founding Editor-in-Chief at Encyclopedia of Earth and Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, tells TakePart.
"I think many people view wood fuel use as 'greener' because it is renewable. In some respects it is, but combustion releases pollutants and forest ecosystems harvested for wood can be mismanaged as well," says Cleveland.
According to Environment and Human Health, Inc., while we may all yearn for the smell and feel of a warm fire in our fireplaces and stoves, the components of wood smoke and cigarette smoke are closely related in that they are equally carcinogenic. As in, you're breathing in secondhand cigarette smoke every time you inhale that cozy smell.
MORE: As Climate Science Gets More Dire, Climate Policy Limps Along
Wood smoke actually contains fine particulate matter, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, sulfur dioxide and various irritant gases such as nitrogen oxides that can scar the lungs, cause cancer, damage DNA and activate genes in hazardous ways comparable to cigarette smoke and car exhaust.
The U.S. EPA tells TakePart that many municipalities have incorporated local nuisance ordinances to address excessive smoke from wood-burning appliances and for burning trash. The agency also initiated a wood stove changeout campaign in 2005 with projects in Lincoln County, Montana and in Southwest Pennsylvania, and since then in several other locations throughout the U.S.
In a changeout, consumers receive rebates to replace older appliances, incentives that amount from 10 to 15 percent of the purchase price of a new EPA-approved appliance.
The EPA's site Burn Wise reports that approximately 10 million wood stoves are currently in use in the United States, and 70 to 80 percent of them are older, inefficient, conventional stoves that pollute.
The EPA's primary interest in the changeout program is to help areas reduce wood-smoke emissions where there are known air-quality issues due to residential wood-burning appliances.
"Since 2005, more than 50 state, tribal and local government agencies have implemented wood-burning appliance 'changeout' programs replacing or retrofitting more than 24,000 wood stoves and fireplaces. EPA estimates that these efforts have resulted in the removal of 63 tons of hazardous air pollutants and 370 tons of particulate matter from the air annually; providing approximately $135 to $329 million in estimated annual health benefits," the EPA tells TakePart.
JP Webb founded The Iron House on Cape Cod 37 years ago. Over the years he has seen many stove designs come and go. Webb has even created his own stove models from scratch.
How does he feel about all the new changes?
"We should be happy that the EPA is helping to clean this up and that dealers are making these new stoves," says Webb.
"They might cost more money at first, but their efficiency in terms of burning ends up saving the homeowner money and gives the environment some clean air. Which is what we want to do, right?"
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