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Syria crisis: Amateur video 'shows Aleppo attack'
Syrian government forces have killed dozens of civilians in air raids in the northern city of Aleppo, activists say.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says about 90 people - most of them civilians - died when helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Saturday.
Unverified amateur footage appears to show the aftermath of attacks on the city, which has seen bitter fighting between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels.
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No, FOX, I do not want to buy Digger gear. On the other hand, hey ESPN, how about some Nicole Manske gear?
2:09 p.m.
Is Nick Saban asleep? Wake up, coach.
2:15 p.m.
Hey, did you know Budweiser is the great American lager?
2:25 p.m.
No use trying to predict who will win until the last half of the last lap. So I will wait.
2:26 p.m.
Junior takes the lead. You get the feeling this race could make or break his season. Not statistically, but mentally.
2:28 p.m.
Lap 8: The Big One.
2:35 p.m.
Half the field is out. You hate to see guys taken out of the race for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Looks like Kenseth and Gordon were the culprits. Everyone else pays the price. That's Dega. Who's out? Looks like Gordon, Martin, Labonte, Kahne, Allmendinger, Riggs, Gilliland and McMurray.
Said it before and I will say it again. The Burger King "King" is just plain creepy. What's with that perma-plastic face? Also, what happened to the Angry Whopper? Bring it back!
2:41 p.m.
Nice piece of driving by Jimmie Johnson to get through the wreck. Hate to see Mark Martin sidelined.
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The race sets up perfectly for Junior. Great chance to win and get his season turned around. Just has to race smart and stay out of trouble.
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I do not like "square butts," Burger King. I just feel like people should know that, in case it starts to catch on.
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Did you know Budweiser was the great American lager? I had no idea.
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Michael Waltrip – nice save. Could have been the end of his day. Third caution of the day.
3:23 p.m.
Junior grabs the lead. Dega goes nuts.
3:34 p.m.
Like when FOX "Cranks It Up" and just airs audio of the cars. Wish they would mic the grandstand. Can never hear the crowd on TV.
Kurt Busch makes a save in same spot Waltrip did.
Harvick and Kahne back on track after wreck.
3:42 p.m.
They're running two wide in Dega!
3:44 p.m.
Interesting strategy by Kyle Busch, falling to back of pack intentionally.
3:54 p.m.
Marcos Ambrose just sent a Tweet about his article in The New York Times. Maybe he should focus on the race.
4:12 p.m.
Jimmie Johnson now in points lead.
4:15 p.m.
Great coverage by FOX of the battle for 37th place. Gordon-Harvick! The points lead hangs in the balance.
4:33 p.m.
Wishing I could remember the brewer of the great American lager.
4:54 p.m.
Forty-five lead changes.
Twenty-four leaders.
Can't say this one was boring.
5:04 p.m.
Hard not to pull for Hornish and Burton today.
5:05 p.m.
Mad Max called. He wants the No. 2 car back.
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Truex and Kyle spin out.
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Newman and Hamlin team up to make a move to front. Edwards' strategy paying off.
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The Second Big One. Involved: Truex, R. Gordon, Hamlin, Stremme, Mayfield, Montoya, Johnson, Waltrip, Labonte.
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RENO, Nev. Washoe County District Judge Robert Perry has decided to reduce the verdict in the Wyeth drug case from $134 million to $58 million, according to the Associated Press.
Perry claimed that "passion and prejudice" inflated the verdict, which was over three women suing the drug maker of the hormone replacement drugs Prempro and Premarin. The judgment now stands at $23 million in compensatory and $35 million in punitive damages, a dramatic change from the $35 million in compensatory and $99 million in punitive that were originally granted.
The three women: Jeraldine Scofield, Arlene Rowatt, and Pamela Forrester will receive $19.3 million, $17.6 million, and $21 million respectively for winning the argument that the drugs caused their breast cancers.
Wyeth officials welcomed the ruling but still planned to appeal. "While it's encouraging the district court has acknowledged the excessiveness of the award to some extent, it doesn't change the fact that the verdict was irreparably flawed and fraught with error," Wyeth spokesman Doug Petkus said.
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A suspected drunken driver pleaded not guilty Thursday to gross vehicular manslaughter and other charges stemming from a fiery rear-end collision on North Torrey Pines Road in which the other driver burned to death.
Michael Patrick Landri, a 30-year-old bartender, was ordered held on $150,000 bail. Defense attorney Brad Patton said Landri lives in Carmel Valley.
Deputy District Attorney Renee Palermo told Judge David Szumowski that Jared Franklin Purton left work at Scripps Research Institute about 10:30 p.m. last Sunday and was southbound on North Torrey Pines Road when the defendant's speeding car smashed into the back of the 33-year-old victim's Volkswagen Passat, pushing the rear tires almost into the front of the sedan.
Both cars burst into flames and spun out of control in different directions, the prosecutor said.
A passerby pulled the defendant out of his Infiniti G35, but the victim remained trapped in his car, Palermo said. He said Purton, who was burned on more than 80 percent of his body, died at the scene.
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The Boston Globe ran a rather ridiculous op-ed today entitled "Why Jon Stewart isn't funny". The argument isn't so much about Jon's mirth-creating abilities, but rather the effect of "The Daily Show" on younger people who could become public servants.
Using a composite (a la Nick Sylvester), the writer describes a recent graduate, progressive and "Daily Show" viewer who goes into financial services rather than beginning their careers working for, I suppose, local or state government. The idea is that watching "The Daily Show" makes talented minds less likely to engage in our political process because they see it so full of idiots that they feel better than it.
Completely ludicrous. There's all kinds of paths to political change, and, considering the amount of money required to win offices these days, working in financial services might make you in a better position to run for office than a career politico (see Bloomberg). There's going to be no loss of brilliant minds to politics because of "The Daily Show." The show is not responsible for making politics entertainment; it's the 24-hour news channels which show flacks aiming their talking points at each other and then chuckling when the other gets a good one in. They've made it a game and "The Daily Show" points that out regularily and not from some ironic "aloofness". The show sublimates the anger under it's fake news persona, but it's outraged at the level of spin and the lack of the truth from political leaders. Both it and "The Colbert Report" make viewers more engaged in politics simply by making it clear you're not the only one who feels so frustrated by our current political system. Pointing out what's broken doesn't mean that nobody will want to fix it; it makes them want to fix it more.


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John Malkovich has teamed up with Yoox.com on a capsule collection of pieces that can be "mixed and matched" with ease.
The American actor-and-director has teamed up with Yoox.com on an exclusive 17 piece range.
The summer line comes under John's Technobohemian fashion label which he launched in 2009.
"This capsule collection for Yoox.com is based on both old and new sketches," John said. "It includes summer clothes and accessories produced in the best factories across Italy. Some pieces are very colourful, others are more understated, but they all feature comfortable fits and are easy to mix and match."
The items included are swimming trunks, T-shirts, Bermuda shorts and deconstructed jackets, along with a selection of accessories.
Yoox.com is the world's leading virtual store for multi-brand fashion, design and art. John's line will go on sale on the website from tomorrow.
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"I have always cultivated interest in fashion and I always loved it, I like the design, I like the details and for me it is simply another form of self-expression. Style is important. I try to convey through my creations. I try to do things in a personal way, in relation to this. Sometimes I draw inspiration from the cinema, sometimes I look at people on the street," he explained. "There is a strong correlation between the job of the designer and the actor who takes on different roles each time transforming itself. I like to experience the transformation even in the clothes we design, every transformation is basically a confirmation that we are constantly being born."
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Arnold's men will head into Saturday's clash at Suncorp Stadium needing to beat Brisbane by three goals after the Roar put one foot in the grand final with a 2-0 win in the first leg at Bluetongue Stadium on Saturday night.
The Roar, who took their record unbeaten streak to 26 matches, have not lost by three goals at home since the Mariners won 3-0 there back in October 2009.
But Arnold is planning more of the same, believing the Mariners were competitive in the first leg but let down by their finishing.
"I think once you start doing that stuff, you're going against your methods and can confuse the players," he said. "If it doesn't work, you've got to play the week after and go back to square one again.
"But what's made us successful this year is what we'll stick at and again just hopefully finish the chances this time."
Arnold has vowed his players will "go for it" in Brisbane, safe in the knowledge they will get another shot at a place in the grand final in the preliminary final even if they lose.
"That's the benefit of coming second, I suppose; we've got a double bite at the cherry so you can just go for it," Arnold said.
Roar coach Ange Postecoglou insisted there would be no room for complacency among his players.
"The game starts nil-all and like we have every other game, we'll approach it the same way," he said.
"We've been good at home all year, we're undefeated there and we're hoping for another big crowd.
"We just want to turn on another good performance. It's just about continuing what we've been doing and finishing off the tie," he said.
Victory will secure Brisbane's first national football grand final since the Brisbane Strikers beat Sydney United 2-0 in front of more than 40,000 fans at Suncorp Stadium to win the 1997 National Soccer League crown.
"It is a dream. It's been a long time for Brisbane to get up where we are now," said captain Matt McKay, who watched that game from the stands as a 14-year-old.
"It's a great opportunity and we won't waste it, that's for sure."
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Courtesy photo A journey to Italy included Catherine DeMarco's obligatory visit to the famed Leaning Tower of Pisa. Courtesy photo Three years ago, Corky (left) and Catherine DeMarco (right) celebrated the marriage of her son and new daughter-in-law, Jason and Shoini Milano in Calcutta. Courtesy photo During a 1991 trip to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, Catherine DeMarco and a friend enjoyed a ride on a camel. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- You can join the Navy to see the world. Or put in 30-plus years as a travel agent and go just about everywhere imaginable. Bitten by the travel bug as a New Jersey teenager, Catherine DeMarco eventually realized her globe-trotting dreams as an international travel agent. The tailor-made work took her to all sorts of exotic places -- expenses paid and a salary to boot.Highlights in her been-there-done-that story range from celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall to scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef. She did it all in a golden era of airline travel when airlines pampered their passengers, particularly agents responsible for booking trips.In 1996, marriage brought her to Charleston where she settled into a desk job as state travel manager. No more lavish trips. Oh, well. The grounded Ms. Gulliver can nourish her wanderlust with three decades of worldly memories. "It used to be fun to fly. Back then, I would never think of going to the airport without wearing a dress, high heels and stockings. The airlines would never upgrade you if you looked like a slob."Before frequent fliers got all the first-class tickets, they let travel agents sit in first class. I got very spoiled. When I went to Calcutta on coach, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. It was a 16-hour flight!"I loved the Third World countries, the ruins, Pompeii and my favorite museum, the Prada in Madrid. I've been to Hong Kong three times and Italy seven times. I've crawled through the pyramids, scuba dived on the Great Barrier Reef, visited Lenin's Tomb in Russia, sailed down the Nile, stood on the Great Wall of China, partied at the Berlin Wall three days after it fell. They were still partying."In Communist Moscow, cars were very rare because no one could afford them. We were told if we wanted a cab to just hold a pack of Marlboros up because nobody could get Marlboros. They couldn't get anything. We left gratuities for our housekeepers, Tampax and deodorant, things they couldn't get in stores."There were lines for everything. They were in line for clothing irons and meat. When I went back and it wasn't Communist, there were lines, and they said they were waiting for Barbie dolls. It was so different."Travel is your best education. When my son graduated from college, I gave him an open ticket from Newark to London and a Eurorail pass. I told him, 'Knock yourself out. Do everything and see everything you can.'"That's back when a passport meant something. You were safe. If you ever got stopped by a policeman, all you had to do was take out your U.S. passport."One day in high school, I saw a picture of Jamaica. I had been at the ocean all my life and had never seen water that color, the blue, clear water. I vowed that I would go there someday. That's when I got the travel bug. "I was born in Atlantic City, a Jersey girl. We were at the beach every day. That's what I miss about living in West Virginia -- the shore."My dad was vice president of the Atlantic City Electric Co. Mom was an RN. "I wanted to be an illustrator, but I got married too young. I wasn't even 21 when Jason was born. So that changed my whole course of life."When I had Jason and the art thing fell apart, I had started college, but it was too much. So I went to my next passion, which was travel. I went to travel agents' school for six weeks."We didn't have computers. Before deregulation, old fares were in a big, thick book called the ARC. If you wanted to go from Charleston to Atlanta, you would look in that book for the fares."We typed itineraries on a typewriter, picked up a phone and called the airline and booked your reservation."I worked at Travel-Rite in Hightstown, N.J., about three years. Then I got a corporate position. Travel agents don't make that much money, but the Fortune 500 companies subsidized your salaries to get good agents to work on their accounts. "The company was Travelco out of Philadelphia. They were opening a branch office in Princeton, N.J., at RCA. I opened the office to service the RCA account. I was branch manager for eight years. That's when I got the bug for the international side of travel. "When RCA merged with GE, all the vice presidents would go to these exotic places. I met one of my clients for lunch in Hong Kong."Travelco was about to merge with another company when Desert Storm happened and travel stopped. The merger fell through and the company closed, so I had to head in another direction. I wanted to be an international specialist, maybe on the management side."I worked for Merck Pharmaceuticals Elizabeth, N.J. They would go to places like the Congo to get these viruses, so you had to figure out how to get them to all these strange places."I wanted to move closer to home, so I moved to Carlson Travel and specialized in international travel. Their accounts were mostly oil companies, people going to all these oil countries, like Pakistan."International agents had to figure out the tariffs and make our own fares for these guys. If he was a foreign national going to some strange place, you had to make sure what visas were needed and that they had all their documents. There's a whole different side to international travel."The companies would look for the best of the best in travel agents and subsidize your salary. A Carlson posting came out for Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines in Atlanta. They recruited all across the U.S., and I was one of their top southern recruits. That was such an honor, being that good."They hired me at Coca-Cola and moved me there. That's another whole area of travel. These Coca-Cola guys were trying to get into Vietnam and we had to figure out a way to get them there. "Coca-Cola didn't like me down there. I guess it was my Jersey accent. So I moved back home and got a job with Squibb in the international department. That's when I met Corky, my husband."I was on a flight from Pittsburgh to Charleston to visit my sister in Glenville. This bald, short guy sat next to me and he made me laugh the whole way."We had this long-distance friendship for two years, and it turned out the way it turned out. I gave up my career to move down here."There are no Fortune 500 companies here, so in 1996, I went to work for National Travel doing what I did in the beginning. I wasn't happy because it was like going back to 1980. So this position came open as state travel manager."I administer the state contracts for the travel agency. Now National Travel is my vendor. The credit cards, the car contracts, I negotiate all of that and write the governor's travel rules and administer them. If you work for the state and do something that involves travel, you get my approval to get reimbursed."I'm under constant effort to negotiate discounts, but those are going away. You are only going to end up with a handful of carriers, and they are going to control the prices."When I was an international agent, reps from the airlines would come sit at your desk to woo you for business. Japan Airlines or TWA would ask if you wanted to go to Rome for the weekend. We would get paid for it because we were working. The airline or the country would sponsor it, and we always went first class or business class and got these great suites in the hotels."I got infected with hepatitis C when I was 17 or 18. It doesn't manifest itself for years. I got a checkup in 2000, and went on these treatments. Last year, they came out with a super drug. It did get rid of the virus. But there was a complication that nobody knew about. It destroyed my liver in the process."I got a new liver. I had a good surgeon and a good liver, and I'm grateful for that."I got the transplant last August and went back to work part time in October. On Jan. 2, I came back full time, but I couldn't sit up. I'm an active person. This was an irritation. Now I'm back to part time, just getting my strength up."I miss traveling. There are a couple of places I regret not going. My father was born in Messina in Sicily. I never got there. I wanted to go back to Hong Kong. I wanted to go to Prague."But when I got really sick, I thought, if I die tomorrow, I can't complain. I've had a great career. I've got four passports. One is stuffed full. I've done things that 80 percent of the population wouldn't get to do. I just wish I had kept a journal."Reach Sandy Wells at email@example.com or 304-348-5173. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Obama pulled Zuckerberg aside to warn him about fake news on Facebook 2 Parole hearing set for Putnam man who claims wrongful sex assault conviction 3 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 4 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 5 Gazette editorial: Capito has second chance to do the right thing Bulletin Board: July 22, 2013 Previous Story Benjamin opinion agrees with court's decision, but not reasoning behind it Next Story


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Marion injury forces Carlisle to get creative with lineups
With Shawn Marion's injury, Carlisle has had to get a little inventive with his playing rotation, especially when it comes to filling in the minutes at power forward when Dirk Nowitzki is resting.
That used to be Marion's job.
Without him, Carlisle has used Brandan Wright. He's had to use some unusual lineups, too.
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Cymer Merger Effort Gets Another Approval
The acquisition of San Diego's Cymer by Dutch company ASML has cleared another regulatory hurdle, the two said Thursday, as the Japan Fair Trade Commission cleared the company's acquisition deal. The two have been grinding through a long list of government clearances (so far, from the U.S., Taiwan, Germany, and Israel) since the deal was announced last October. Cymer said it still is waiting for approval from South Korea. Cymer is a developer of laser light sources used in the semiconductor manufacturing industry; ASML is a developer of lithography systems for the chipmaking process.


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This thing worked for about a year and then the temperature started flashing, beeping and cutting out all together. Thought it was the unit so, I replaced it to no avail. Apparently very sensitive to engine vibrations. Clock and Voltage seem to work OK.
Item works as it should. Installation instructions were hard to follow and wires could have been better quality.
Needs to be water proof. While riding in the rain water can enter it and ruins it.
works ok I guess.
haven't installed mine yet, but the other ones in our group work great
Love it, voltage, temp, clock(no take hand off handlbar n roll sleeve), timer for trips, tells if road may be icey.
I like the features, but it has not seen rain, yet.
Easy to read, easy to install, useable functions, with exception of ice warning..if your on your bike at that temperature...well... :-)
This meter has just what I wonted but when I set it up and had it perfictly like I wonted it till it got dark and to see at night must sit just a certen way got that adjusted and all was good. But it only lasted for one week and the led display went out the lights work fine and look good but look odd up there with no display. I have a gold wing so after taking off all thoes covers and such not happy it was nearly $40 for one week.
The first 5- function meter I purchased... only the backlighting worked, nothing else. JP Cycles replaced it. The second one... The temprature would not register for the first three weeks after installation. I have it zip-tied to a fabric windsheild bag on am Kawasaki KLR 650 duel sport. Suddenly it began working with out error.I havent had it wet yet. RB
Looks great, works great. Does not shut off display when key is off so it does draw about 4 miiliamps and could be a problem if bike is not started in a while. (I also cut off the outside air temp probe as it is not needed except if mounted in a car.) Easy to read even for an old guy.
Easy to install using goop adhesive or the provided adhesive pads. Some installations require gluing this meter to the top of an instrument cluster. Some fairing installations require the forming of two aluminum brackets. I've got 3 of these meters installed on three of my vintage and current bikes. The air temperature feature is helpful and the voltmeter helps tell when the charging system may be overloaded such as the use of electric garments when idling, etc.
I burned up two batteries, two turn signal modules and lots of bulbs before I found out my voltage regulator was putting out 18.9 volts. The bad part about this is that the battery will take the overcharge just long enough for you to get far from home before everything burns out. My '93 Evo does not have a voltage gauge so I was completely stumped until a friend suggested I check the voltage output. I purchased the digital 5 Function volt meter about a month ago. It was easy to install and the information it provides makes life so much better. I know what is going on at a glance. At night the background light is not too bright to be distracting. This is a must on some of the older bikes that don't have a volt meter. It is all plastic. Don't know how it will hold up, but so far so good.
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Elegant rooms offer a patio or garden views and come with wood-beamed ceilings and exposed stonework. There is also a satellite TV and a minibar.
An Italian breakfast, including tea, coffee, orange juice and croissants, is served daily in the breakfast room. Guests can rel...ax in the garden. The farm produces olive oil.
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WATSONVILLE >> It's not as if the Scotts Valley High softball team was lacking motivation against host Monte Vista Christian on Wednesday. The Falcons were in search of their first postseason victory in program history, after all.
Earning another shot against rival Soquel may have provided a little something extra, though.
"That also helped, especially at the end of the game," Scotts Valley junior Sarah Reyes said. "We want to get the next one."
The Falcons will have their chance. Narrowly defeating No. 6 MVC 8-7 on Wednesday advances No. 11 Scotts Valley to the Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinals, where it will square off against No. 3 Soquel in an all-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League showdown.
The game — pitting the SCCAL champion Knights (21-8) against the SCCAL runner-up Falcons (19-11) — takes place Saturday at the Salinas Sports Complex at 10:15 a.m.
"I'm looking forward to it so much," Falcons sophomore Grace Giguiere said. "It's another opportunity."
Giguiere's clutch at-bats helped ensure another opportunity against the Knights.
The third baseman broke a 5-all tie in the fifth when she hit an RBI double over the center fielder's head. Then, after the Mustangs tied the game at 7 in the home half of the sixth, Giguiere provided an RBI single to plate the go-ahead run in the seventh.
MVC, which led 5-0 through two complete innings, went in order in the final frame.
"It's exciting," Reyes, who earned the win in the circle, said of the program's first CCS victory. Scotts Valley qualified to the postseason for the first time last season, falling to Carmel in the first round.
"We definitely made it a little hard on ourselves, falling behind 5-0 at the start," Reyes added. "But we just pulled together as a team."
Said teammate Ann Codiga of the Falcons' slow-and-steady approach in games, "We're like a crock pot kind of team, you know?"
"It takes a while to get going."
Hitless through the first two innings, Scotts Valley finished with 12 hits total. Reyes was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run, Seryna Tapuloa was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, two runs and a stolen base, and Marne Chacon was 1-for-3 with an RBI double.
And then there was Giguiere, who found herself up to bat in two crucial late-game situations and delivered.
"She definitely stepped up," Reyes said of Giguiere, who got a late start with softball due to her commitment to the basketball team.
"So it was a slow start," Scotts Valley coach Lisa Rasmussen said. "But once she took off, there was no stopping her."
The Mustangs had an answer to Giguiere's hit when trailing 7-5 in the bottom of the sixth, as Kelli Graham's two-RBI single up the middle knotted the game at 7-all. But trailing again one inning later, MVC (17-8) couldn't erase the difference.
Still, the team was upbeat afterward. After all, it was the first time MVC had qualified to the CCS playoffs since 2003.
"I'm super proud of my girls for fighting," said MVC coach Mark Treanor, whose Mustangs tied for third in the Monterey Bay League's Pacific Division. "That's been the mantra, 'Fight, fight, fight.' And we've done that."
MVC will graduate just two seniors in Nicki Peternel and Mara Arroyo from next year's team. Arroyo, for one, felt that although it was a difficult loss, it was still a positive ending.
"It's just crazy. My freshman year playing varsity, we won half as many games," Arroyo said. "But we've improved every year and now getting to the playoffs, it's crazy to see the progression and how everyone has improved.
"It's awesome."
Arroyo was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, while Peternel, Stephanie Amstutz and Rachel Vanni each provided two hits. Elissa Cooper was 1-for-1 with an RBI, a run and two walks.
Graham took the loss for MVC.
"She did awesome," Arroyo said. "Being one of our only pitchers, she did great."
And she nearly earned the win against the high-powered Falcons, who needed all seven innings to best Graham.
Come Saturday, the Falcons will look to do the same against Anna Gurr and the Knights.
"I have a lot of confidence in our team," Giguiere said of the Falcons, who handed Soquel its only loss in league play on April 17.
"We did it once," she added, "we can do it again."
Contact Andrew Matheson at 831-706-3272.
The Scores
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D-III, First round
• No. 11 Scotts Valley 8, No. 6 MVC 7
• No. 7 San Lorenzo Valley 10, No. 10 Stevenson 7
• No. 5 Notre Dame-Belmont 4, No. 12 Pacific Grove 1
• No. 4 Half Moon Bay 12, No. 13 Castilleja 2 (6 inn.)
• No. 8 Carmel 10, No. 9 The King's Academy 0 (6 inn.)
Saturday's Quarterfinals (at Salinas Sports Complex)
• D-III: No. 7 San Lorenzo Valley (20-7) vs. No. 2 Notre Dame-Salinas (23-3), 10 a.m.
• D-III: No. 11 Scotts Valley (19-11) vs. No. 3 Soquel (21-8), 10:15 a.m.


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Located just 25 minutes from Queenstown, Gibbston Valley Winery Restaurant merges our stunning surrounds with the elegant beauty of our wine and food.
Prepared by Executive Chef Mark Sage, our seasonal menu features carefully-selected ingredients that reflect local flavours and expertly-match our wines. Seating is available inside and in our sunny courtyard.
Bookings are recommended for groups. The restaurant is also available for private evening functions.
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Excellent food, wine, cheese and ambience. Good menu with variety of selection for the whole family. We travelled to Queenstown NZ and enjoyed being there. Beautiful surrounding scenery and a nice drive from Queenstown.
BobxxxCindy, North Palm Beach , Florida
Nice winery tour along with tasting about six different wines while in the cave. Friendly informative bartenders, food is rated very highly, but we had already eaten.
tracylanpink, Folsom, CA
Stopped here midday on a Wine Tour and couldn't decide what to order from the inspired selection. All 5 of us chose something different and we were all delighted with our selections. I had a fabulous wild hare... Divine in my mouth and worthy of a glass of the finest Pinot Noir.
Christopher T, Merseyside
We had a wine tasting of about 3 wines followed by a meal in the restaurant. The service was excellent with several very friendly and helpful staff who attended us... The accompanying wines were excellent. The surrounds are pleasant. Prices were reasonable. We will definitely be back again.
barrye09, Melbourne, Australia
We made an unscheduled stop here and did a wine tasting which was great. Their pinot gris is outstanding, and I immediately joined their wine club. We decided to stay for lunch and although we had no reservation the staff were great and found us a table for two.
Located just 20 minutes from central Queenstown, the winery restaurant is renowned as one of the region's finest dining experiences.
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Does baking soda really kill lice eggs?
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I am sure that baking soda doesn't work. If it did, people would have used it in pioneer times. My mother said that they used kerosene! Don't fool around with home remedies. Use the proper products purchased in the drug store, save your self a lot of grief, and avoid spreading the lice to the whole neighbourhood.
Wow! I've had lice (from trying on a hat at a thrift store!) & so have my kids, & If it were me, I'd not mess around with baking soda or any of the "natural" products, but would use a product that kills the eggs right away, on contact. I used the product called "Nix". It's a cream rinse (not a shampoo) & unlike most products (like Rid) that only kill the lice, Nix kills the lice AND their eggs (nits) too!
* Take care of this right away! & as effectively as possible because I had a friend that didn't want to use anything toxic on her kids or pets but then her house got TOTALLY infested. She tried EVERYTHING! ...Eventually she had to get rid of ALL of her upholstered furniture & carpeting & even some of her bedding It took her a whole month to do this. Eventually their whole house was almost bare! It's the only way she could get rid of the nasty critters!
Here's an article about getting rid of the eggs without chemicals:
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But, it comes down to combing the nits away, day after day, with a fine tooth "nit comb"(& hoping you get each & every one of them!) Miss one & you're infested all over again!
My daughter brought lice home, and was nice enough to share it with my grand daughter, When my son and his family moved, They took the lice too. One of his friends told him to put Listerine on her head, then put a plastic bag over her head and sleep on it, and sure enough the next morning the bugs and eggs just fell out of her hair and you hair is very soft afterward, I have used this too and YES it does work.
I use Diatomaceous Earth A.K.A. DE Earth. It's 100% all natural, it kills everything from lice, mosquitoes, fleas and everything in between. Get the Food Grade, NOT the pool grade. The food grade can be taken by humans and pets whereas the pool grade has chemicals.
I'm telling you, this is miracle stuff here! I plan on starting my daily diet of 1/2 teaspoon for a week and then upgrade in 1/2 teaspoon increments until I reach 2 teaspoons. Please look it up, it's fabulous.
I don't know about lice in furniture, but my husband buys a chemical called Demon at the feed store. It is a powder packet that has to be dissolved in water and then sprayed on the floor and all furnishings, top and bottom, very thorough. It is a very strong poison and a mask should be worn. There should be someone outside to check on the person inside and once the spraying is over you need to leave the house for about 2 hours, with the windows up. Keep all children and pets away from the spray until it dries totally.
It will kill roaches, ants and most all pest except fleas. For a flea poison, you can go online and search for a poison called Flee, it is expensive but it is worth is because it last a long time. It is the same as what the exterminator uses. It is not supposed to be toxic to people or animals, but we stayed away until it had dried. It has no odor. We found that we didn't have to put any flea drops on our dogs while using Flee spray in the house. It is also designed to use outside, under the house and on the outside pets betting.
Oh, Salt is suppose to get rid of fleas as well, inside and out, but salt is very abrasive and will harm your carpet, but will work well outside and kill any plants it gets on. I hope this helps you some.
Diatomachious earth is the best stuff I.have found for any kinda flea or pesticide infestation. No need for harsh chemicals and to kill yourselves over
It kills a lot of stuff not just fleas. U can use it on furniture And on animals all safe to use
Check it out. Problem solved. Only costs about 8 bucks or less.
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I got this email this week (I get hundreds a day so I Just glanced over it), and it was about videos of me being up on the Web. See I did the Heroes Happen Here Product Launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL 2008 and Visual Studio. I got to do the launches in 6 cities around the US. I even did the one in Dallas, my home town. At the Dallas one there was a film crew taping everything, but I didn't think much about it. They were from France. The room I presented in was crazy. Dallas has the huge convention center, that has many rooms and new areas they have added in the last few years. For what ever reason we were put in the Arena, which is a very very (at least 40 years) old Arena. It was for basket ball games. The total room seats about 7000 people. We had about 1500 come to the HHH launch there. Even my parents got to come see me present.
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How Personal APIs and Other Trends Will Change Us at the 2013 Business of APIs Conference in New York City
Earlier this month, we kicked off our Business of APIs Conference (BAPI) season with style in San Francisco and we are doing it again October, 1 in New York City. Be sure to request an invite.
As we pack for New York, we have been thinking a lot about the trend of personal APIs, which was tackled early on by Naveen Selvadurai, co-founder of Foursquare. Selvadurai will be speaking at BAPI New York, presenting "Finding the Unmarked Trail," a talk dedicated to helping you better connect with customers using real-time data and the power of APIs.
The idea of the personal API exists so that people can find value in their personal data. Early adopters, such as Selvadurai, have recorded tons of data about themselves, including weight gains, books read, movies watched, and much more, but until the existence of a personal API, this data lived in isolation.
Many people see value in a personal API for health and fitness purposes. Finding trends in data such as body composition or reactions to food or medications may lead to healthier and longer lives.
On his website, Selvadurai states that he has always been interested in a quantified version of himself. An API publicly shares information about him that goes beyond a tweet or a check-in and to find a way to utilize this information to enrich his life.
At the conference, you will have the chance to hear from Selvadurai firsthand about his thoughts and potential uses for a personal API. But Naveen Selvadurai isn't the only great speaker we have on the future of APIs. Here is a complete list of speakers for our NYC event:
- Developers + Data = The Future of Business, presented by Alexis Ohanian of reddit
- Finding the Unmarked Trail, presented by Naveen Selvadurai, Co-founder of Foursquare
- Reinventing the Establishment, presented by Joshua Greenough, Senior Director of Innovation for Capital One Labs at Capital One
- Creating a Single Pane of Glass (Centralized API Architecture), presented by Mac Devine, Director and CTO of Cloud Portfolio at IBM
- The Evolution of Your API and Its Value, presented by Jesse Givens, Head of Product at CarePass by Aetna
- The Product Manager's Digital Dilemma, presented by Dave Abbot, CTO of SportsData, LLC
- Managed Partnerships in the Cloud Era, presented by Kyle Armbrester, Director of Business Development at athenahealth
- Commerce Enabling the Internet of Everything, presented by Sal Visca, CTO of Elastic Path
- Your API: A Big Enough Box of Crayons?, presented by Peter Coffee, VP and Head of Platform Research at Salesforce.com
- The API Corporation, presented by Lynda Smith, CMO of Twilio
- Building Apps that Change the World, presented by Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource
But that's not all. In addition to all of our speakers, there will be panel discussions, breakout sessions and a lot more. For a complete agenda and for more details on the talks slated for the event, visit the BAPI website.
Are you as excited as we are? Then don't forget to request your invitation. For those of you in the UK, we will be hosting BAPI London on November 13. Looking forward to seeing you there!


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I love this album's art more than Cymatic Cymbol's.
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The first of 56 wind turbines is being put into place at a new wind farm south of Ludington in Mason County.
The Lake Winds Energy Park is in Riverton and Summit townships.
Consumers Energy started putting the first tower into place Friday. Each tower is 350 feet tall and topped off with three large blades. After the blades are in place the turbines are 476 feet tall .
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The verdict is in on whether the state should license the folks who manage homeowners associations, townhome complexes and condos and it's a surprise.
After a four-month investigation, the Department of Regulatory Agencies has determined the state should not get into the business of regulating the 1,200 or so people who manage HOAs.
Instead, DORA believes the state should regulate the companies that employ those managers to best protect the estimated 2 million Coloradans living in HOAs, or "common-interest communities," from harm.
"There is no shortage of horror stories related to common-interest community living," DORA said in its 24-page report. "Regulation is justified and widely supported."
But DORA rejected licensing individuals, as suggested by the Colorado chapter of the Community Association Institute, a property manager trade group.
CAI requested the DORA investigation in November, suggesting there would be fewer complaints about the way HOAs are managed if the state licensed and imposed professional standards on the folks who enforce covenants, collect dues and hire maintenance and landscaping crews, among other manager duties.
CAI's proposal didn't envision regulating companies and the DORA finding was a surprise to property managers and state officials alike.
"I was really surprised," said Aaron Acker, the HOA Information Officer who fields complaints from HOA residents.
"I didn't even think this was a possibility," he said.
In January, Acker, delivered to lawmakers a scathing analysis of the property management industry based on complaints his office received in 2011. His report produced calls for more state oversight of the state's 8,000-plus HOAs.
Acker said the question now is whether Colorado lawmakers will act before the end of the 2012 legislative session.
"At this point, it's a race to the Legislature if somebody wants to draft a bill," Acker said. "The recommendation is out there and anyone can take it and be as creative as they want with a bill."
It's unclear what CAI intends to do next.
"Taken aback," was the general CAI reaction, said Jan Mangum, executive director of CAI's Southern Colorado chapter.
"We're trying to decide where we go from here," Mangum said.
She said CAI disagrees with the DORA findings, noting that many HOAs are managed by individuals not associated with property management companies.
"This leaves a lot of homeowners and HOAs open to mismanagement," Mangum said.
The report raises lots of questions for David Stiver owner of Team Strategy, a Colorado Springs management company since 1992.
"If you go to company licensing, could you have people without credentials working under the umbrella of the company?" he said.
"Who is going to set the standards?"
Stivers said "there needs to be a cleaning up" of HOA managers but said lawmakers need to take it slow.
He supports giving Acker's office authority to police property managers and HOA boards. Within reason.
"Right now, his office has no authority to enforce anything," Stiver said. "Companies behaving poorly ought to be placed on notice without having to create an enormous, oversized bureaucracy."
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It's been quite a year for the Grand Rapids Shopping Deals blog. Of all the ads we posted, these were the five most popular with readers.
1. "Little Caesars coupons: 99 cents for crazy bread, $6.99 for a large pizza with crazy bread and sauce"
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The U.S. Marine Corps has chosen Northrop Grumman's directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) system for its CH-53E helicopters in a $19.7 million deal. It will be the first application of the company's two-color infrared missile warning sensor system coupled with its mini-pointer/tracker assembly, forming a DIRCM suite to protect the CH-53Es from threat missiles. The deal includes delivery, installation, field evaluation and maintenance of 50 DIRCM shipsets.


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The Padres have shown improvement at home recently, with a 6-4 homestand getting them back to .500 at 30-30 at Petco Park.
But despite winning three of four at Cincinnati at the end of their most recent trip, the Padres are still road kill when traveling.
Their road record of 17-36 is the third worst in the National League and the fourth-worst in the major leagues. Before winning three straight against the Reds, the Padres had lost 10 of their previous 12 games on the road.
Tuesday night's game in Milwaukee opens a six-game trip into the National League Central, where the Padres have had some success. The Padres are 13-13 against teams from the Central this season.
But they are only 3-7 on the road against the Central and will be facing division-leading St. Louis for the first time over the weekend before returning home to host the Cubs and Cardinals.
Richard vs. Brewers: 0-0 career and this season, 0.84 ERA in two starts. Richard at Miller Park: 0-0, 0.00 ERA in one start.
Brewers vs. Richard
Ryan Braun: .167 (1-for-6, 2 SO)
Mike Cameron: .333 (1-for-3, 2B, BB)
Prince Fielder: .167 (1-for-6, HR, 3 SO)
Bill Hall: .500 (1-for-2)
J.J. Hardy: .000 (0-for-3, 2 BB)
Jason Kendall: .250 (1-for-4)
Felipe Lopez: .000 (0-for-3)
Casey McGehee: .000 (0-for-4, BB)
Looper vs. Padres: 4-3 career, 4.56 ERA in 32 appearances, five starts (0-0 this season, 10.80 in one start). Looper at Miller Park: 4-6, 5.23 ERA in 24 games (15 starts).
Padres vs. Looper
Henry Blanco: .273 (3-for-11, 3 BB, SO)
Kyle Blanks: .500 (1-for-2, HR, BB, SO)
Everth Cabrera: .000 (0-for-2)
David Eckstein: .1.000 (2-for-2, 2B)
Adrian Gonzalez: .400 (6-for-15, 2 2B, 2 HR, BB, 2 SO)
Tony Gwynn: .286 (2-for-7, BB)
Chase Headley: .400 (2-for-5)
Nick Hundley: .500 (1-for-2, 2B, SO)
Kevin Kouzmanoff: .400 (2-for-5, SO)
Will Venable: .333 (1-for-3, HR, SO)


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Body language didn't used to get much respect. Lynne Davidson, Ph.D., a professor of business and organizational behavior at New York University, quips about an incident in the mid-1970s when she was teaching social psychology at another institution. "I submitted a description for a course called Body Language and it was turned down because it was considered too trite and not academic enough," she says. Without changing as much as a comma in the science-based course description, Davidson, who studied with masters in the field including Albert Scheflen, MD, got the course accepted by renaming it Kinesics and Symbolic Interactionism.
Potato, potahto. Fast forwarding four decades, now that the importance of body language is more widely accepted, let's look at how you can project confidence nonverbally. Joe Navarro, author of Louder Than Words and other books on nonverbal intelligence, says, "As a former FBI agent and police officer, I had to act un-scared even though at times I was scared. I had to act sure of myself, even though many times I was confronted with things that were destabilizing. I had to act the part because that is what is required."
The operative word is act. Feeling confident can take years. Acting confident, which is important in most business interactions, doesn't have to take long to learn. Are there any special considerations if you're an introvert? "We know from the research that introverts tend to be less outgoing," says Navarro, who describes himself as an introvert in the manner of the late talk-show host Johnny Carson. Navarro says he "really, really prefers to be alone or only in small groups." He likes to read, walk, and kayak solo, and he's not a big partygoer. However, Navarro adds, "As needed, we perform what we have to do to accomplish our job or mission."
So how do you appear confident even if you're low key by nature? "Look at Secret Service agents," says Navarro. "They exude confidence while being very demure. You don't have to gesticulate a lot or act out to be noticed or to lead. You do have to be visible, you do have to have posture, you do have to have situational awareness. But all of these things can be adopted and perfected."
How did Navarro learn to project his sense of confidence? "When I was young I looked at people like Cary Grant and I adopted behaviors from him that I thought would be useful." He continues, "I know a lot of people who think the nonverbals of Colin Powell are exceptional - they are. Here is a man who is very soft spoken and yet nonverbally he commands respect, as I noted in Louder Than Words. This is all based on his dress, grooming, and bearing."
What can you do to convey confidence nonverbally? Drawing on insights from Davidson and Navarro, as well as my own work coaching clients to improve their presentation skills and job interview skills, follow these ten tips - with special insights for introverts.
1. Rest up, prepare, and practice. This mantra can come in handy for anyone. However, introverts benefit by resting up during their quiet time to refuel their social energy. Preparation and practice are essential for introverts because we are less inclined than extroverts* to think on our feet. Also, we're not multi-taskers by nature. So the better we prepare for job interviews, negotiations, presentations, and other meetings, the more likely we'll come across as confident.
2. Make a positive first impression.
2. Make a positive first impression.As I shared in my book, Self-Promotion for Introverts®, a study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology states: "Decades of research in social psychology illustrate the surprising power of first impressions. From contexts as diverse as evaluating classroom teachers, selecting job applicants, or predicting the outcomes of court cases, human judgments made on the basis of a 'thin slice' of observational data can be highly predictive of subsequent evaluations. Here's why this is particularly important for introverts: we don't make fast friends. Instead, we take our time to build relationships over time. That's fine. But don't forget how you come across - from head to toe - the moment you walk through the door.
3. Keep your cool. "Great leaders don't get agitated," says Navarro. "They don't yell and scream and they don't throw fits." Instead, he adds, "They try to conceal emotions, they don't belittle others in public, they are cool and calm. And all of these things can be learned and modeled and actually fit quite nicely with being introverted. But to lead you must be seen."
4. Listen attentively. Introverts spend more time listening than talking. Use the information you glean to your advantage. You'll come across as more informed and more confident. Ask questions to learn more.
5. Stand up. "You're sitting at your desk and a demanding person enters your office. What do you do?" I ask Davidson. "Stand up immediately," she replies. That puts you on equal footing.
6. Command your space. "When we are confident and comfortable, we spread out," says Navarro in his book, What Every Body is Saying. Davidson offers an example: "You can gesture by extending your forearms."
7. Stand with your feet apart. Davidson recommends a wide stance with one foot forward pointing in a direction to suggest "some dynamic motion," she says. Navarro's writing is a treasure trove of information on the language of the feet and legs (and on up!). He goes into depth about this in his popular book about poker tells, Phil Hellmuth Presents Read 'Em and Reap. In fact, Navarro believes that feet are the most honest part of the body because, as he says in the book, "the behavior is a limbic brain response that has been hardwired into our nervous system during an evolutionary period that spans millions of years."
8. Interject.
8. Interject.Boisterous meetings and networking events can be especially challenging for introverts. How can you project confidence? Interject. Lean forward, raise a finger, make eye contact with someone who is speaking, say her or his name, smile, and just jump in. You may not like to interrupt anymore than you like to be interrupted. However, I can tell you from my days on Wall Street, if you don't interject, you can appear worse than under-confident - you'll become invisible.
9. Modulate your voice. The biggest misstep I've seen on job interviews is candidates show their nervousness by speaking in a monotone. Relax your voice and practice "punching" key words. You'll sound more compelling and you'll come across as more confident.
10. Avoid verbal filler. "Speech hesitations are not the same as pauses," says Navarro in Louder Than Words. Avoid punctuating your speech with um, er, you know, like, and other filler, which makes you sound less than confident. If you need extra time to compose your thoughts - something common for introverts - it's fine to buy a little time by saying, "Let me think about that for a moment" or "That's a compelling question. I'll get back to you on that." Avoid apologizing for not having a great answer at your fingertips; instead say what you can offer.
That's your starter toolkit. Other techniques for projecting confidence abound, including making effective and culturally appropriate use of eye contact, mirroring your conversation partners, and dressing to the nines. Can't get enough of learning about communicating without words? Check out the Fox TV series Lie to Me, which is based on the vast work of Paul Ekman, Ph.D., a psychologist and trailblazer in the study of emotions and facial expressions. Also, see Malcolm Gladwell's story, "The Naked Face," in The New Yorker. Need an RSS feed of this stuff so you don't miss a beat (or a grimace!)? Check out Navarro's "Spycatcher" blog for Psychology Today where you'll learn to further sharpen your nonverbal intelligence.
*Also spelled "extraverts" by Carl Jung and the communities of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® and other personality assessments such as the Five Factor Model.
Excerpt from Nancy Ancowitz, Self-Promotion for Introverts®: The Quiet Guide to Getting Ahead, McGraw-Hill, 2010.
Jared R. Curhan and Alex Pentland, "Thin Slices of Negotiation: Predicting Outcomes from Conversational Dynamics within the First 5 Minutes," Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 92, no. 3, 2007, p. 802.
Update made to one of Davidson's quotes after this story was published.
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Last month we looked at the MIG process, which is definitely the most popular type of welding used for classic trucks. This month we'll explore TIG welding, which many people consider the premiere welding process.
Since MIG welders offer a good-quality weld with a moderately priced machine, coupled with high strength and high speed, why would you consider anything else? It really comes down to control, versatility, and the hardness of the weld bead.
TIG welding produces temperatures up to 35,000 degrees Fahrenheit, yet this concentrated heat can be precisely controlled and directed. When filler metal is required, it can be added manually by feeding welding rod into the puddle, similar to oxyacetylene welding. In fact, oxyacetylene welders usually pick up TIG welding fairly easily.
TIG welding involves a handheld torch that holds a slender electrode through which the welding current passes. The electrode is surrounded by a ceramic cup that directs the flow of an inert shielding gas (usually argon), which keeps atmospheric oxygen away from the weld zone. Most machines have a foot- or hand-operated control that changes the welding current on the fly. These features offer unrivaled control over all aspects of the welding process. A skilled operator can make a weld that has good penetration with a small, crisply defined, low-profile weld bead that is quite ductile, or workable. The workability of the weld is an enormous advantage for high-end bodywork, since the best way to repair the distortion caused by welding is to hammer on-dolly on the weld bead. MIG welds, while quite strong, are more brittle than TIG welds, and may crack if they are hammered too much.
TIG welding can bond just about any metal. Not only is it great for steel and aluminum, but it's also great for stainless, titanium, copper, bronze, and magnesium, to name just a few.
TIG welding has been around since the 1940s, and although it was considered esoteric at first, now that many people are aware of its advantages, the machines have become quite popular and affordable. Most of the better street rod shops (and many serious home builders) utilize TIG welding for both body and chassis work. Once you've become accustomed to the incredible control it offers and the beautiful look of a well-formed TIG weld bead, most people get hooked!
The type of TIG machine you should purchase depends on the type and thickness of metal you'll be welding. A TIG welder with a 180- or 200-amperage output and AC/DC output capabilities will handle most automotive applications. (You need both AC and DC output if you want to weld on steel and aluminum.) For bodywork, it's a real advantage to have a machine that will go down to very low settings-starting a weld around 5 or 10 amps is often beneficial. Some older machines only go down to 25 amps, and it's a bit tricky to do delicate welding on very thin metal with that much amperage.
While TIG welding offers many advantages, learning to make pretty weld beads, which involves coordinating your hands, feet, and eyes, takes patience and lots of practice. When you become proficient at TIG welding, the results are very satisfying. Here are a few tips to get you started.
1.Clean everything carefully, including both sides of the base metal and the welding rod. TIG welding is particularly sensitive to any contaminants, which can severely compromise the weld's integrity.
2.Before you start to weld, get in a comfortable position and relax. Maneuvering a TIG torch is like trying to write neatly in a small space. Brace your arms, move slowly, and focus your attention on the tip of the tungsten electrode-in fact, many people grip the torch like a pencil.
3.Hold the torch at the proper angle. Travel angle is defined as the angle relative to the torch in a perpendicular position. Normal welding conditions call for a travel angle of 15 to 20 degrees. Travel angles beyond this lead to less penetration, poor direction of the weld metal, poor shielding gas coverage, and general arc instability.
4.When TIG welding, always use the push technique-pushing the torch ahead of the weld puddle. Pushing offers you a better view of the weld puddle, provides good gas coverage of the weld, and ensures oxides have been removed when using alternating current, as you will when welding aluminum.
5. Practice welding on scrap. Start by running a bead on a flat piece of metal-don't try to weld a joint or add filler at first. Experiment with the amperage control to find the right amount of heat. Learn how to control the size and shape of the weld puddle.
6.To start an arc with a high-frequency machine (most good machines are), hold the electrode about 1/8 inch from the work and depress the foot pedal-never touch the electrode to the work during a high-frequency start. Many people tilt the torch and rest the gas cup against the work, establish the arc, and then shift the torch into the proper welding position.
7.Maintain consistent arc length-about one electrode diameter from the work. Varying the arc length produces inconsistencies. One common error beginning TIG welders make is lifting the torch or tilting the torch too much to get a better view of the weld puddle. If you need a better view of the weld area, shift your head down and to the side.
8.Maintain a travel speed consistent with the bead shape you desire. Moving the torch very quickly creates a bead that is too narrow, while moving the torch too slowly produces an excessively wide bead. When TIG welding, don't move the torch forward until the weld puddle reaches the desired size. Remember that holding the torch too long in one spot can result in melting a hole through the base metal, especially when welding thin metal.
9.Once the arc is started and you've established a weld puddle of the desired size, you can begin to add filler metal. Hold the filler rod at a 15- to 20-degree angle up from the work piece, creating a 90-degree angle between the filler rod and the tungsten. Be sure to move the torch and the filler rod progressively so that the weld pool, hot filler rod end, and solidifying weld are covered by the flow of shielding gas. A common mistake is touching the electrode with the filler rod, or touching the weld pool with the electrode. In either case, the tungsten usually becomes contaminated. Always stop and resharpen or reball the electrode before you continue.
10.It takes a long time to learn how to combine all the movements TIG welding requires-where to hold the torch, how fast to move the puddle, and how much rod to feed. Have patience, and practice the same moves over and over again-that's the only way you're going to learn to make a good TIG weld. If you need more information on equipment or welding techniques, a couple of good online sources are www.millerwelds.com and www.htpweld.com. You'll find extensive resources with e-training, tech tips, and more information to help you get the most from your welding experience.


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Having never been to Africa before, we were a little nervous before our safari last year. Once we got there, however, we forgot all our concerns as we could see we were in able hands. The people from Africa Adventure Consultants took great care of us and their knowledge of the surrounding area and local people made our trip the adventure of a lifetime. Camping in the Serengeti and having lions and hyenas around camp was one of the best experiences we've ever had. There were so many other unforgettable moments such as canoeing on Lake Manyara and a game drive in Tarangire National Park where we were so close to elephants we thought we could touch them. Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro is a challenge yet to be undertaken, but one that will make our African experience twice in a lifetime. Kudos to Kent and Kelly for the amazing work they do.
The safari was amazing! The lodges, the service, the animals all were fantastic. The best lodge for us was the manor and we could have stayed there longer, the service there was amazing and the accommodations were amazing. Overall, it was an unbelievable trip!
This was my favorite trip ever. I will never be the same and can't wait to get back to Tanzania as I love the people and especially, the children who are so joyful, eager and motivated to learn! Thank you for arranging this trip for AfricAid.
The climb up Kilimanjaro via the Western Breach was more than I bargained for, but definitely worth it once we arrived at the summit. The guides were particularly helpful.
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None at all. He also takes seroquel I guess for sleep and she has filled that 58% of the time. Im concerned about his health. He has been diagnosed with panic disorder.
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She has not taken him to his Phychologist since May. His Phychiatrist is leaving the practice and she canceled his OCt. 7th Appointment but will honor scripts. Dad called office to join in on appointment and that is what he was told. I think he is overmedicated when he takes all 250 thats why he skips. BUT is is not healthy and mom dosent really care. They are currently going through post decree matters and I think she is keeping him sick. Its been a year since motions.
This is really very sad. I can see that you are very caring and he's very fortunate you're there. It feels as though he's being treated as a bother by his mom and she's looking for easy answers, thus these very powerful meds. He needs a child psychololgist or psychotherapist who deals with divorce, anxiety disorders, etc. with children. Is there any way that you two can take over finding the therapist?
Dad is also residential parent and he has contacted his phychologist and is waiting on a call back. But I guess I feel bad giving him meds knowing it does nothing (or something bad) if he is not taking them as prescibed I would feel aweful and responsible if soemthing happened to him. Thanks so much and I will make sure dad does everything he can.
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Childhood Dream: Crayola Releases Nail Polish Line!
Think back to being a kid and opening a brand new box of Crayolas-- those sharp, unused tips! The array of colors! That fresh box of crayons smell! So exciting. Pretty sure I'm not the only kid who dreamed of coloring my fingernails every color in the Crayola box... and now I can! Well, some colors anyway-- Crayola has just released a new line of nail polish.