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At the trail register into Robbers' Roost Canyon – a several-hundred-mile complex of towering walls and deep slots in remote southern Utah – a backpacker had scrawled a warning. A cougar came into his camp at night, yellow-eyed and prowling, and the hiker, "badly spooked," stayed up throwing rocks to keep the animal at bay. My friend Travis, a wisecracking Texan in his fifties, scoffed at the backpacker's note. "What would Butch have done?" he said, holding up the .380 pistol he'd brought with him. He meant Butch Cassidy – the real one, not the Hollywood version made famous by Paul Newman in the 1969 movie 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.' In the 1890s, Cassidy and his band of merry psychopaths, the Wild Bunch, holed up in the Roost, one of the wilderness hideouts along the 2,000-mile length of what was known as the Outlaw Trail, the redoubt of the most successful bank and train robbers in the Wild West. "Couple rounds from this and a shot or two of whiskey," said Travis, "and we'll be fine."
A week earlier, in Grand Junction, Colorado, Travis had been accosted by a meth head, and he had drunkenly pulled a knife to defend himself. The guy backed off, but Travis made the mistake of sheathing the weapon, at which point the meth head decked him. Now his right eye socket and cheekbone, both broken, looked like they'd been smeared with tar. I'd wondered if he'd want to do the trip in that condition – he could barely see out of the busted eye – but with Butch Cassidy as motivation, he'd decided to man up.
Originally, I had wanted to use horses to trace the Utah portion of the Outlaw Trail, which is in fact a network of paths sprawling from Texas to Montana. Horse and cattle thieves during the 1860s were the first to blaze these byways, decades before Cassidy. In Utah, outcast Mormons wanted for murder or polygamy established some of the first settlements along the trail's most remote parts. But it was April, and the days were already hot, and no horse guide would take us into the Roost this time of year, as good water would be hard to find. So we shouldered our heavy packs under the sun, in a spring wind that stung our eyes, and headed out on foot.
That night, we camped at the bottom of the Roost, near the Dirty Devil River, which runs wide and shallow, silted and undrinkable. Our canteens were running low, the desert night was cold, and I kept thinking of the cougar. "Yep, that old mountain lion's watching us right now, got 10 times our night vision," said Travis, before drifting into a grinding snore.
In 1976, Robert Redford, who plays the Sundance Kid in the movie, traveled the trail for several hundred miles as part of an article he authored for 'National Geographic.' "As technology thrusts us relentlessly into the future, I find myself, perversely, more interested in the past," Redford wrote. "We seem to have lost something – something vital, something of individuality and passion. That may be why we tend to view the western outlaw, rightly or not, as a romantic figure."
Edward Abbey, environmentalist and self-described anarchist, who joined Redford on his ride along the Outlaw Trail, once wrote that the deserts of the American Southwest were a safe house of political liberty, "a refuge from authoritarian government." In his 1968 book, 'Desert Solitaire,' he described "revolutionaries, operating in mountain, desert, and jungle hinterlands with the active or tacit support of a thinly dispersed population." He was thinking of Vietnam and Cuba, but his words could equally apply to Butch and the Wild Bunch, who were able to survive because of the support of the Utah locals. "If guns are outlawed," Abbey continued, "only the government will have guns…and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws."
Once upon a time in America, a man could point a gun at a banker and flee with his money into the wilderness and not get caught. Renegades like Cassidy found their way on the Outlaw Trail, operating across terrain that remains even today some of the most forbidding in America. They survived – they thrived – because it was dangerous, unmapped territory. My idea, probably a foolish one, was to see if I could find a place in the wild reaches of the American West where an outlaw, or at least someone who wanted to feel like one, could still hide out.What we know of Butch Cassidy is as much fable as fact, and those who keep the history have often not been much interested in separating the two. It doesn't help that Hollywood's version of the story, with Newman and Redford carrying the banner of half-truth, is the one most people recognize. We do know that Butch Cassidy was born Robert LeRoy Parker, in 1866, in Beaver, Utah, the eldest son of Mormon parents. Growing up poor, Parker, at age 14, went to work on a ranch in Circle Valley, north of what is today Bryce Canyon National Park. There he met Mike Cassidy, a small-time rustler who was influential enough that Robert took his last name. Rustling was one of the only ways small ranchers and cowboys could survive in this era, as cattle corporations and barons had seized the best range. Utah author Charles Kelly, Butch Cassidy's earliest biographer, wrote in his 1938 book, 'The Outlaw Trail,' that when the barons "succeeded in squeezing out or running off a homesteader or small rancher by force, as often occurred, they frequently created an outlaw. Not being able to defend himself otherwise, the victim retaliated in the only way he knew how – by turning cattle thief."
Butch ended up running lots of stolen stock into the badlands of Bryce Canyon, into the stony wilderness of the Robbers' Roost, and beyond – into southwestern Colorado, through the tough cow towns of Mancos and Dolores and Cortez. Under Mike Cassidy's tutelage, he learned to ride bareback, rope steers, plant a hot brand, and handle guns. He learned the fast draw and how to make a standing leap into a moving saddle.
He soon drifted into Wyoming, Montana, and Nebraska, cowpunching on ranches for a meager living, and by 1889 he was in the mining boomtown of Telluride, Colorado. There he trained horses, hauled ore in treacherous horse trains, and became known as a skilled jockey in the horse-racing and gambling rackets that were the chief entertainment of cowboys. According to Charles Kelly, he was a well-built and charming young man, with "a disarming smile" and a "rapid-fire way of talking, which later served him well." He was "universally liked" and known across Utah as "the best shot in Circle Valley," this despite the fact that we are told in varying accounts that he abhorred bloodshed, was "never vengeful," "was quiet and inoffensive," and "cared not at all for liquor or cards."
In Telluride, he met a horse-racing buff and cattle rustler named Matt Warner, who one day persuaded him to fire a tremendously powerful gun while seated on a horse-watering trough. The gun – which Warner had, for reasons lost to history, nicknamed Butch – knocked young Cassidy flat into the water in the trough. To honor the occasion, he took the name of the gun, and Butch Cassidy was born.
Butch's first large robbery that we know of, in 1889, netted $21,000 from the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride, which he took down with Warner and two criminal associates. Chased by the law, he headed for the Outlaw Trail, fleeing west to Utah and then forcing his horse on a grueling 200-mile ride north toward the Wyoming border. After a rest of just three days, he doubled back, heading to the safety of the Robbers' Roost, which was already well established as a hideout for horse thieves and murderers.
By 1896, after having been caught near Lander, Wyoming, and then doing two years in state prison for horse theft, Butch had formed around him the core of veteran robbers and bad men who would eventually come to be known as the Wild Bunch – and sometimes as the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang and sometimes as the Train Robbers' Syndicate. It was a loosely run outfit. "There was no compulsory drafting of men into projects," writes historian Michael Rutter. "You worked if it suited you and you liked the job." Along with Matt Warner, Cassidy's band included William Ellsworth "Elzy" Lay, a cowboy intellectual who is said to have read history by firelight, and with whom Butch planned and executed some of his most difficult robberies; William "News" Carver, a sometime member of the murderous "Black Jack" Ketchum Gang, who enjoyed seeing his name in print; and Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan, described in most accounts as a cold-blooded murderer who was more feared than Butch Cassidy.
Somewhere along the way, Butch met up with a transplanted easterner from outside Philadelphia named Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, who had studied Shakespeare as a teenager and come west at age 15. In 1887, Longabaugh faced 18 months in jail in Sundance, Wyoming, after being charged with stealing a gun, a saddle, and a horse. He wrote a letter to the local paper "to set my case before the public in a true light….I have always worked for an honest living," said the man who would come to be known as the Sundance Kid, "but having got discharged last winter, went to the Black Hills to seek employment – which I could not get….After this my course of outlawry commenced." (The friendship between Butch and Sundance was exaggerated; most researchers agree that they committed, at most, three robberies together.)
And so began the short, sweet heyday of the Wild Bunch. In August 1896, Butch and Elzy Lay hit the Bank of Montpelier in Montpelier, Idaho, for $7,165 in cash, gold, and silver. A posse chased them for a week, giving up only after the outlaws vanished into the desert. In April 1897, they snatched at least $8,000 from the mine payroll at Castle Gate, Utah. 'The Salt Lake Tribune' declared the robbery – mounted by Butch and Elzy in broad daylight, in a narrow canyon settlement with only one point of egress – "one of the most daring affairs ever recorded." Butch holed up with his haul for three months in the Robbers' Roost, where he was now considered, as Kelly writes, "king of the Roosters, an aristocrat among mere cattle rustlers." When supplies ran low, Butch dispatched his women – hookers for the most part – to the lonely towns nearby for booze and bullets, sending them across miles of hard, waterless desert. Butch lived well in the Roost: He built tents and held big barbecues, all-night gambling sessions, pistol competitions, and horse races.
Between 1897 and 1900, Butch led or helped plan nearly a dozen major bank and train holdups. The assaults on the express-car caches of the Union Pacific Corporation made him infamous nationwide. 'The New York Herald', in 1899, described him as the leader of "lawless men who have lived long in the crags and become like eagles." He was hunted by U.S. Marshals, the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and Union Pacific mercenaries. Over the 10 years it was active, the Wild Bunch made off with roughly $200,000, the equivalent today of more than $4 million. They also committed at least 20 homicides, though Butch was never implicated in pulling the trigger. "I never robbed an individual – only banks and railroads that have been robbing the people for years," Butch told a lawyer friend in 1899. Charley Gibbons, owner of a general store in the Utah village of Hanksville during the 1890s, said Butch always paid his debts and "always paid cash." Kelly, in 'The Outlaw Trail,' wrote "all old-timers interviewed for this biography, including the officers who hunted him, were unanimous in saying, 'Butch Cassidy was one of the finest men I ever knew.'" Butch was Robin Hood with a Colt .45, and enough sources attest to his decency streak that it might even be true.After two days on the trail, Travis and I made for the highest reaches of the canyons of the Roost, where that hiker had encountered a cougar and where we hoped to find some evidence of Butch or the Wild Bunch in the caves. It was a hellacious slog. The sun bashed down on the canyon floor, the walls heated up in a furnace effect, and the trail was nothing more than deep, wallowing sand.
Soon we were parched and needed more water. Butch, who understood this land better than just about anyone, had fewer problems. He knew the springs and secret seeps that kept him one step ahead of lawmen, who feared they'd die of thirst if they chased him into the Roost. After an hour of hunting around and cursing, we finally came across a seep under a cliff furred with supple vegetation. It dripped as slowly as a stopped clock, and we spent another hour in the sun, battling the gnats, to gather one liter of the precious stuff. At one point, I thought I heard the voices of other people coming to the spring for water. "We'll have to fight 'em for it," said Travis, practicing his Texan tough-guy twang. No one appeared, but Travis still drew the pistol and fired 50 rounds into the ground, the reports launching against the canyon walls. The gigantic silence squelched the last of the shots, and we ate canned sardines and couscous for lunch, with an aftertaste of dirt. We never found the caves.The goal, after three more days of wandering in the canyon, was to head east in our rented Jeep on the miles of intestine-bashing road that skirt the Roost, following, as best we could, the Outlaw Trail toward Horseshoe Canyon, the site of another of Butch's camps (we never found that one, either). Not far from Horseshoe, we came upon a group of six half-lost college kids straggling along a dirt road in shorts and T-shirts, their eyes ringed, their faces hangdog. They had gone too deep on a canyoneering expedition, couldn't find the exit as the daylight waned, and were forced to spend the night in the canyon, unprepared, with no survival gear. Only a few miles away was the spot where canyoneer Aron Ralston famously trapped his arm under a chockstone and then amputated it below the elbow. Ralston's story is captured in a movie, '127 Hours,' although given the choice I'd rather have Paul Newman than James Franco play me.
We gave the kids water from the five-gallon jug in the back of our Jeep. Travis shook his head as they plodded away. In every direction, there was cliff, canyon, sand, rock, and no shade worth dying in. We were five hours by from the nearest outpost of civilization. "The view from the summit of the Roost country," as Kelly put it, "is either sublime or depressing, depending on the amount of water in one's canteen." Travis' assessment was toward the depressing. "Anything goes wrong – get hurt, get sick, horse goes down – you're screwed. A wounded man out here is a dead man." Later, we sat around the campfire and muttered over the dregs of the whiskey. "Know what those old-time sheriffs needed in the Roost?" said Travis finally. "Hellfire drones. Outlaw is sitting in his little canyon, got his Old Crow in his tin cup, horses are happy, he thinks he's got it made – whoosh! Boom! You're dead!"
A few days later, Travis went home, and I moved on to another vast wilderness in Utah called the Book Cliffs. It was 60 miles north of the Robbers' Roost but only a day's ride or less for a horseman like Butch, who once claimed he rode a horse 110 miles in 10 hours. "The fact is that Butch…had made some of the most demanding rides ever known," wrote author and horse guide Simon Casson, "with the added pressure to outpace pursuit, avoid ambush, and evade capture." The astounding horsemanship of the Wild Bunch was key to their success as thieves in the American wilderness.
I was joined by a 66-year-old veteran horse packer from Colorado named Ronni Egan, who runs a conservation nonprofit called Great Old Broads for Wilderness. As a young woman, Egan worked for the legendary packer A.C. Ekker, who, during the 1980s and 1990s, maintained a ranch at Crow Seep in the Robbers' Roost, one of the springs where Butch watered his horses. We rode in Egan's truck past the town of Green River, where the Wild Bunch often resupplied, and through the abandoned mining village of Sego, where Butch and Elzy Lay stopped in 1897 while driving a string of "fine horses." Beyond the seemingly impassable line of cliffs was the East Tavaputs Plateau, a folded country of high-altitude canyons and forested ridges. The Outlaw Trail, where it passed into the cliffs and over the Tavaputs, was once a major line of transit for cattle and people, connecting the Roost country with another redoubt on the trail known as Brown's Hole, 150 miles to the north.
The road turned to rough dirt and cobbles, rising 3,000 feet through the cliffs into the high country. A friend of Egan's named Dana Ivers was waiting for us at a campsite at 8,500 feet, under tall pines and with a hundred-mile view south across the Roost and beyond. Ivers, who is 62, was tiny and quick-footed and had a cackling laugh.
The fourth member of our party was Travis Buck, a 29-year-old ranch hand from Colorado who would serve as horse wrangler on the expedition. Buck was tall and bone thin, had shining blue eyes, and wore a wide Stetson and a torn leather vest, over which hung a 9mm pistol in a shoulder holster. When we arrived, he was tending to a line of five horses picketed between pine trees, brushing them down, looking for burrs. The pistol was in case he'd have to shoot one of them if it broke a leg.
In the morning, we headed out under grim, cold skies with provisions for a night and two days, the goal to follow the trail 20 miles or so into a roadless wilderness full of elk and cougar and bear. "Back in the outlaw days," said Ivers, "this was the middle of nowhere."
"It's still the middle of nowhere," said Egan.
Buck said he smelled the musk of elk in the distance as we rode, and sure enough, we spotted a herd on a ridge not far away. We had six dogs with us – collies, an Akita, a Scottish terrier – and they took off like rifle shots, giving chase as the elk thundered in flight. Our horses ignored the commotion, plodding dutifully, and when the dogs came back empty-mouthed and sad-eyed, the steeds slapped them off the path.
Egan rode Jim, a sorrel quarter horse that stood 16 hands tall, the alpha of the herd. He was "broncky," as horsemen like to say, tossing his head, fighting the reins, ignoring commands, and threatening to shrug Egan off his back. Buck was on Diablo, a cranky Appaloosa gelding who got his name a few years back when he spooked and charged, wrapping Buck's testicles on the saddle horn. Ivers had taken Tailstar, a.k.a. "The Professor," a thoughtful Tennessee walking horse. I was given Ironfoot, a palomino said to be "good with children."After riding four slow hours over a trail through the woods and atop the ridges, stiff in the ass, knees on fire – sometimes vice versa – I was happy to make camp in a narrow vale that Buck had chosen for its supply of rich spring grass. Night fell, a fire blazed, beers were opened, buffalo steaks were set on a grill. We talked about racehorses and lazy horses and outlaw horses – horses that refused to be trained. "Horses don't love us," said Egan. "They love each other. Where's the oats? That's what they're asking. You show up every day with grain and treats, then they'll love you."
Buck nodded. "You know a dog will stay with you if you're dying. A horse won't," he said. The cowboy-outlaws, Egan said, who used and discarded their mounts as necessary, treated horses the way they should be treated. "People want to make horses into pets, into dogs," she said. "They're just big, dumb livestock who are very useful."
We talked about Butch. Buck liked what Butch stood for. He told the story of how Butch gave $500 to an old rancher couple to pay a banker threatening them with foreclosure. (When the debt was satisfied, Butch found the banker and stole back his money.) Or how he stopped hard in the middle of a chase, a posse close behind, to give away a white horse he'd promised to a wide-eyed boy on a ranch in Nevada.
"Butch was sick of seeing the big cattlemen, the rich people, taking from the lower classes," said Buck. "He was fightin' an unfair system, fightin' for the little guy. Yes, he was a criminal, he was a fugitive, but he didn't do so much wrong." Buck, too, shared the belief that Butch had never killed anyone. "Never hurt a man – I still think that's pretty neat," he said.
Buck unfurled his bedroll close to the horses that night. Jim, the alpha, had attempted an escape at dusk, so Buck was watchful. He told me later that it had been a long time – many months – since he had slept in the open, and it made him happy. This reminded me of something Charles Kelly had written about Butch and the Wild Bunch, how they "hated the monotony of settled communities. Their greatest joy was found in exploring new country, camping in the desert, and telling tall tales around a campfire."By 1900, technology was at the heels of the Wild Bunch: the expanding network of telegraph wires; the invention of the telephone; the new paving of roads; the high-speed locomotives, outfitted to move a posse most anywhere needed. The renegades fell one by one. Elzy Lay, Butch's smartest man in the saddle, was caught and given a life sentence. Matt Warner did two years in a penitentiary and went straight. The "Black Jack" Ketchum Gang was decimated, its members killed or dispersed. News Carver was killed; Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan, cornered by a posse near Rifle, Colorado, shot himself instead of being taken alive.
Foreseeing a dismal future in the U.S., Butch fled, in 1901, to South America, accompanied by the Sundance Kid and Sundance's girlfriend, Etta Place, who was described in Pinkerton files as "a refined type." Etta may have been a schoolteacher, but she may also have been a prostitute. In Argentina, planning to go straight for good, the group started a ranch. By 1906, however, Etta disappears from the history, and Butch and Sundance leave the ranch and become outlaws once again.
Two years later, after robbing a mine payroll near San Vicente, Bolivia, they were surrounded by soldiers and killed in a bloody gun battle. One version of their deaths – there are many – relates that Butch shot the dying Sundance with a bullet to the head before turning the pistol on himself.
Yet there were also rumors that Butch returned to the States without Sundance sometime after 1908, changed his name, went on to start a number of manufacturing businesses – among them, a company that made, of all things, counting machines – and that one day in 1925, he showed up in Circle Valley to visit his family, driving a shiny new black Ford. Bill Betenson, Butch's great-grandnephew, believes this is the real story. "The two men killed at San Vicente were buried as unknowns," Betenson told me. "They were never identified. And the grave site has never been found. To me, there are still a lot of questions."On my last day on the Outlaw Trail, Buck took me out alone, he on Jim, me on Ironfoot, trotting along a path through tumbled ridges. "You said you wanted to gallop – well, you wanna?" He tapped Jim's flanks with his boots, shook out the reins, and shouted, "Hyah!" Jim shot away, Ironfoot following, and for two minutes that felt like a long death, we galloped. I rose in my stirrups, realized this was exactly the wrong move, and felt my body shifting off the saddle, saw the fall coming: my ankle broken, skull cracked, the sun blotted, teeth and nose and eyes shredded in sharpened dirt. I gripped the saddle with my thighs, hunkered my frame, and held on. It was terrifying and awful and beautiful, the surging of the horse like a series of electric shocks fired up my legs and spine and out the top of my head.
Later that day, after we made it back to camp and the horses were turned out in the grass, Jim led an escape with Tailstar in tow, and we could not find them. Buck called and called. Ironfoot and Diablo stood at the picket line under the pines, whinnying, stamping their feet, longing for the security of the herd. Buck ran to his truck, and with Dana Ivers and me, tore out to the jeep road. They found a trace in the sand leading from the Tavaputs and out of the Book Cliffs, south toward Colorado. "Goddamn, they think they're going home," said Ivers.
Six miles down the road, on the dizzying descent out of the Book Cliffs, was a cattle guard where the horses could get caught and break their legs, which would mean they'd have to be killed on the spot. Buck sped the truck along the twisty road, looking for evidence of passage: the snaking line of the halter ropes, then a pile of fresh manure, then hoof tracks. It was late afternoon, the light blue and dank as the sun failed over the ridges.
Finally, we spied the horses jogging in the distance. At the sound of our engine, they turned to look, and as if caught in a crime, they shook their manes and ran faster.
Ivers took the wheel, and Buck bounded from the truck. In a single, running, catlike leap he was on Jim's saddleless back, high on the animal's withers, legs splayed, his left hand gripping the mane. He grabbed the halter line that still held Tailstar and wheeled both animals around and grinned. "You turds," he told the horses. "He's got it," was all Ivers said as we sped back up the hill in the truck.
A few minutes later, we stopped at an overlook, waiting for Buck, worried now because he hadn't followed. From the perch, I could see the entirety of the Robbers' Roost where Travis and I had backpacked and been thirsty and wanted out. "We need these places like we need air," Travis had said. "A free man can't live in the termite existence of the cities. If you're gonna rebel, you need wilderness."
Travis told me later that I should "romanticize the hell out of our trip," that if this were a cowboy tale, we'd have met the cougar in the Roost and roped him, discovered a slug from Butch's gun, walked 50 miles with no water. Instead, there was only the silence of the country, the unspeakable enormity of it, the distant plateaus, the perilous deserts, the impossible canyons. Unlike in Butch's day, though, this space had been mapped. We were only a couple of hours from Grand Junction. Ivers had a signal on her cellphone. If anything went wrong, we could call in our location, and the Hellfire drones would be on their way.
Three thousand feet below us, I was scheduled the next day to meet an environmental activist who had told me there were plans to develop the East Tavaputs. Rich veins of oil-shale and tar-sand deposits waited to be exploited. The area would be ploughed under with new roads, the forests felled, the streams fouled, the wilderness strip-mined. I wondered what Butch would make of this: a tragedy or an outlaw's opportunity? I suppose it would depend on where they kept the payroll.
"See him?" Ivers said. I did not, but I heard the hooves. Buck was nearby, galloping the horses up the road. Ivers and I stood on the perch and listened. The sun, disappearing in the west, stained the land shades of sepia. There was a sweetness and melancholy to the fading light, and the hooves clattered and echoed. "There," she said. Around the bend came Buck, riding bareback, fast and head forward, and I swear he was a figure out of myth.
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An autopsy confirmed that a Virginia woman who died aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship suffered a heart attack, according to the FBI.
According to Royal Caribbean, 64-year-old Katherine Kennedy's husband found her body in their cabin aboard the Enchantment of the Seas on Sunday. The ship returned to Baltimore as scheduled Monday.
The FBI told News4 she was a resident of Midlothian, Va., in the Richmond area.
Royal Caribbean said in a statement that it contacted the FBI and local police as part of standard procedures. FBI agents boarded the ship when it arrived in Baltimore.
"We extend our most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends," the statement from Royal Caribbean read in part.
The Enchantment of the Seas sailed to Florida and the Bahamas on a seven-night journey.

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text: After the WISE telescope used up the coolant needed to operate its detectors, its primary mission as an infrared survey telescope ended. NASA's Amy Mainzer describes how the agency is repurposing the dormant craft for a new three-year mission looking for near-Earth asteroids. Astronomer Brett Gladman also discusses a newly spotted asteroid-like object trailing Uranus.


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Update: 12/1/10:
Here's the archived video from the webinar. Enjoy!
Archived Webinar Video
Steve and Pixability CEO Bettina Hein discussed which video camera you should get, which accessories make sense, how to look good on camera, where to find great shooting locations, and how online video can help your business.
Pixability webinar 12/1: "Get Seen: Online Video Secrets From Steve Garfield"
Webinar Introduction Video
Join us to learn from the best in a free 60-minute webinar. Steve Garfield, the "Paul Revere of video blogging", and Bettina Hein, CEO of Pixability, will share with you the latest trends that online video and related media have to offer.
You'll learn:
- benefits of marketing with online video
- how to shoot video like a pro (recording, editing, exporting, etc)
- how to build presence with video on the social web
- how to increase views for your video
We will also raffle off ten copies of "Get Seen: Online Video Secrets", an amazing book by Steve about online video, (2) Pocket XShots and a new iPhone 4 case.
Space is limited, so register now.
The webinar will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST on December 1st, 2010
Webinar Registration
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Content Rules: Looks Like Someone Got A New Pair
Looks Like Someone Got A New Pair, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
I just noticed what was written on the side of my shopping bag.
"Looks Like Someone Got A New Pair."
Can you guess which brand's bag this is?
Answer here.
I'm thinking twice about the message on this bag, because I just happen to be in the middle of reading my friend's Ann Handley and CC Chapman's new book, Content Rules.
Having a voice
In Content Rules, Ann and CC talk about brands having a voice.
A voice that stands out from the crowd. One that is authentic and has a personality, without making excuses.
I'd say that this brand has it nailed.
They know who they are and aren't afraid to show it.
Ann and CC are the same way. While reading the book, I can hear their voices come through without apologies.
Photo: American Idol. Distracting.
Know who you are
Ann shares how reality TV was a distraction for her while writing the book, and then ties that experience together with analyzing the fact that successful American Idol contestants "know who they are."
Photo: CC Chapman. Write the way you talk.
Write the way you talk
I can hear CC talking in the section about writing the way you talk. CC and I joke about how everything he writes usually needs an edit, so I can hear him talking when he advises, "Break some rules. Despite what you learned in school, you can start sentences with and, but, so, and because. So go on! And try it!"
I'm up to Chapter 7 and haven't found anything that needs editing!
Six characteristics of good content
The 'six characteristics of a good content idea or story' provides good suggestions for content creators:
True, Relevant, Human, Passionate, Original and Surprising.Create a publishing schedule
There is a nice section in Content Rules about creating a publishing schedule. In it they modify and annotate Russell Sparkman's "1-7-30-4-2-1" publishing schedule.
I found this very interesting. It's a good guide for content publishers.
Photo: Ann Handley. Behind the Scenes.
What to say
Next up is figuring out what to say. Ann and CC provide 25 examples of what kinds of content you can create including sone of my favorites, including photo sharing, behind the scenes, and how-to content.
One are that I hardly ever is is going into my archives. I've got 10 years of blog content and should take a look at revisiting and updating some of that.
I am somebody!
Congratulations to Ann and CC for getting Content Rules published. I was happy to see my name in the Acknowledgements page, and know from peeking at the index that I show up in the Video chapter. ;-)
Looking forward to reading the rest of the book.
And I don't have to finish this blog post because, as Content Rules states:
Leave Stuff Undone.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Speed Test vs Comcast Speed Test and HOW TO: Add Google DNS Servers on a Mac
One of these things is different than the other.
I just changed my DNS server to Google and got astonishingly faster results on SpeedTest.net:
HOT TO: Add Google DNS Servers on a Mac:
1. Go to System Preferences -> Network -> click "Advanced"Note: I also left the existing Comcast DNS in there as the last option.
2. Click the "DNS" tab and then the " + "
3. Paste or type in 22.214.171.124 and 184.108.40.206.
Using Google Public DNS.
Important: Before You Start:How's your speed?
Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS, be sure to write down the current server addresses or settings on a piece of paper. It is very important that you keep these numbers for backup purposes, in case you need to revert to them at any time.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Back in Brooklyn - In A Berlin Minute
Brilliant 1 minute video gives you a sense of New York.
Bagels and lots of cream cheese!
Buy Nothing Day
Buy Nothing Day, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
A 24 Hour Moratorium on Consumer Spending.
North America - Nov 26th
International - Nov 27th
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!
Basting Thanksgiving Turkey, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
I think this was our first Thanksgiving. A blast from the past.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Be safe.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
All iPad Paid Apps Lost on Update. Not. #Fail
After my most recent iPad update I thought I lost all my paid apps.
I used the 'Transfer Purchases From iPad' menu option when iTunes told me to. I don't like it when the software is be so user friendly as to shield me from what is going on. I clicked the button, then I had to re-authorise my computer. Nothing seemed to happen, so I clicked to update anyway.
After the update was complete, I didn't notice that Apple iTunes had installed Game Center on screen 1:
That pushed Mashable to screen 2.
It looked like everything else was GONE!
But, all my apps were still on the iPad, on pages 3-7. LOL
I used the 'Transfer Purchases From iPad' menu option when iTunes told me to. I don't like it when the software is be so user friendly as to shield me from what is going on. I clicked the button, then I had to re-authorise my computer. Nothing seemed to happen, so I clicked to update anyway.
After the update was complete, I didn't notice that Apple iTunes had installed Game Center on screen 1:
That pushed Mashable to screen 2.
It looked like everything else was GONE!
But, all my apps were still on the iPad, on pages 3-7. LOL
Please don't Auto-Install your precious Game Center App to page 1.
Add it to the LAST page.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business. Read INTRODUCTION for FREE
Get Seen will make a great holiday gift for someone who wants to learn how to put video online.
Comcast Speed Test 18 Hours After After Extreme 50 Upgrade
You should see the faster speeds after 12 - 24 hours. This isn't looking any better.
Comcast Speed Test 11 Hours After After Extreme 50 Upgrade
Comcast Speed Test Just After Upgrade but Before Modem Reset
Comcast Speed Test After Netgear WNR1000v2 Wireless-N router 6/11/10
Note: ST - SpeedTest.net
BlogTalkRadio: Today's Pick's - Steve Garfield
BlogTalkRadio has chosen this afternoon's LIVE radio show with Mike Ball as Today's Pick.
Mike will be interviewing me at 2:30 Eastern.
BlogTalkRadio's description:
SHOW NAME: Steve Garfield
DESCRIPTION: Video-blogging pioneer Steve Garfield, who was inducted last year into the International Academy of Web Television, drops in on Mass Merrier host Mike Ball to examine how politicians used online video during the midterm elections—and what to expect in the 2012 presidential race.
See BlogTalkRadio's Featured Shows.
I like BlogTalkRadio because they make it easy for you to have your own show. You can also call in and chat.
Thanks to Mike Ball for having me on Left Ahead radio.
On Demand audio:
Listen to internet radio with massmarrier on Blog Talk Radio
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Comcast Speed Test 11 Hours After After Extreme 50 Upgrade
Monday, November 22, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
HOW TO FIX: Adobe Presenter 7 Installer: "Unable to detect Microsoft Powerpoint"
I have Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 Trial version.
I tried to install the Adobe Presenter 7 presenter.msi from the Adobe Connect Pro website.
I get the error:
"Unable to detect Microsoft Powerpoint"
Here's the fix from dawpa2005 on the Adobe Forums:
All you have to do is sniff the executable URI and copy it to a writable location.This worked great for me.
If the installer still complains, using SuperOrca, drop LaunchConditions, CheckToSeeIfPPOpen, and NoUpgradeonVista under InstallUISequence.
C'mon, this is so easy. Any kindergartener can do this!
To review:
1. Get SuperOrca, Open presenter.msi
2. Click 'LaunchConditions' and select DROP
3. Under InstallUISequence, select CheckToSeeIfPPOpen and click DROP, then select NoUpgradeonVista and click DROP.
4. Save and Run presenter.msi.
Focus Global Test Drive Video Invitations: One-On-One in the Public Square
Focus Global Test Drive Video Invitations: One-On-One in the Public Square, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
Becky Johns has a great write up on Ford's Focus Global Test Drive special video invitation PR campaign, PR PITCHES HAVE CHANGED COMPLETELY.
She gets a great quote from Scott Monty of Ford:
"We decided to use personalized video invitations for the Focus Global Test Drive because we wanted to be sure we had the attention of the high-level influencers we wanted to reach. Moreover, we wanted to be sure that it would be in a format that they could easily share with their readers. We believe that video is one of the most personal and intimate ways to communicate online, and it's also a medium that allows us to showcase our products at the same time. A video invitation, shared with the world, is basically one-on-one communication in the public square."Great use of web video.
If you want to learn more about easily creating and putting casual video like this online, check out my book: Get Seen.
I'm here. Just paying partial attention, and it's OK
This is a response to Chris Brogan's post, I'm not really here.
Ask First
I had lunch this week with someone in the PR business. At the same time, 30 min into lunch, my recorded session for a virtual seminar was was being played. I scheduled some tweets with Hootsuite to enhance the presentation, but also wanted to check the twitter stream to see if I could add value there, during the event. Before I turned on the phone, I asked, "Is it ok if I check twitter?" ... and explained the situation. Not a problem. She did the same.
Photo: Grace has a cellphone.
Everyone's Doing It
Chris, I also remember that I was recently with 3 other people, and we were all talking in a circle, while checking out streams. We were laughing about it. It's OK.
Photo: Crowd at 140 Conference
Tweeting is Sharing and Caring
As for being in a conference and being online at the same time, there's value in that too. Tweeting out quotes, informing others that the session is good (come join me), or bad (I'm heading out), and looking up things on Google that the speaker is talking about, that you want to learn more about.
You know this.
On the other hand, I've also put down my phone to pay full attention to speakers that deserve it.
Using your phone is OK.
Just don't take a phone call. ;-)
I was talking with a friend about an event she'd attended. She said that it was okay, but she noted that a lot of people there were really into their Twitter accounts and not really giving as much attention to the people in front of their faces. Whether it's text, Facebook, FourSquare, or Twitter, I've noticed a lot of this behavior, myself.Wrong.
It's not okay.
Ask First
I had lunch this week with someone in the PR business. At the same time, 30 min into lunch, my recorded session for a virtual seminar was was being played. I scheduled some tweets with Hootsuite to enhance the presentation, but also wanted to check the twitter stream to see if I could add value there, during the event. Before I turned on the phone, I asked, "Is it ok if I check twitter?" ... and explained the situation. Not a problem. She did the same.
Photo: Grace has a cellphone.
Everyone's Doing It
Chris, I also remember that I was recently with 3 other people, and we were all talking in a circle, while checking out streams. We were laughing about it. It's OK.
Photo: Crowd at 140 Conference
Tweeting is Sharing and Caring
As for being in a conference and being online at the same time, there's value in that too. Tweeting out quotes, informing others that the session is good (come join me), or bad (I'm heading out), and looking up things on Google that the speaker is talking about, that you want to learn more about.
You know this.
On the other hand, I've also put down my phone to pay full attention to speakers that deserve it.
Using your phone is OK.
Just don't take a phone call. ;-)
Friday, November 19, 2010
SteveGarfield.tv 11/18/10 featuring Maggie Rulli and Raw Milk!
On Demand: SteveGarfield.tv 11/18/10
Giving Maggie Rulli video tips on SteveGarfield.tv.
Get Seen: If you can see the lens of the camera, it can see you
Kristen Canty, producer of Farmageddon, explains that Drinking Skim Milk Makes you Fat!
Farmageddon on twitter
Farmagedon website
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Girl Talk - All Day
Girl Talk - All Day, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
See what samples are being used as the song plays in real time. Brilliant!
All Day - Wikipedia:
All Day is the fifth album by American mash up musician Girl Talk, released by the record label Illegal Art on November 15, 2010 as a free download. The album consists of 372 overlapping samples of other artists' songs.[
Monday, November 15, 2010
[Video] Calming the Baby Beast
If you were having a bad day, that's all over now.
When baby Embry acts like a little monster, his mom puts on Florence and the Machine's hit 'Dog Days Are Over,' and he immediately turns that frown upside down.
Embry transforms from grumpy to calm when the song starts, and he's in a full-on baby dance freakout by the time the handclapping chorus kicks in. Just don't turn the music down or let the song end, because that sends the baby back into a tiny little fit.
via [ URLesque ] via [ Zadi ]
Aol Daybreak with @LindsayCampbell Premieres with a Question: What do you want in a morning show?
My friend Lindsay Campbell premieres her new show today, Aol Daybreak, with the question: What do you want in a morning show?
Great way to start, except for the fact that as of 9:43 Am Aol Daybreak is still not on the Aol.com homepage.
I'm a big fan, going back to her groundbreaking show MobLogic.tv.
Moblogic featured on Vlog Soup
On MobLogic.tv, Lindsay did a great job of including the audience before, during and after her news segments. The other thing that was refreshing was that we got to hear Lindsay's perspective on the news.
I'm also happy to see my friends Adam Elend and Jeff Marks are Executive Producers:
I'm excited to see where this goes.
Update 10:04:
Found it:
Image: Aol Video Player
It's a text link. See it?
Update 11:00:
Image: Aol Video Player Featuring Daybreak
@stevegarfield It's a revolving player. You can get your @lindsaycampbell fix on the Aol homepage now.less than a minute ago via Tweetie for MacAolDaybreak
Update 5:05 PM:
Aol Daybreak episodes at video.aol.com:
Ed Burns New Film Cost $25K to Make
Nice Guy Johnny Official Site
Available on iTunes, VOD, DVD, iTunes and more on October 26th!Nice Guy Johnny Facebook
Sure, she can be a little overbearing sometimes, but baby-faced Johnny Rizzo loves his fiancée Claire, and he made her a promise: by the time he's 25-years-old, he'll trade his current dream job as a local sports talk radio host (even if it is the 2 a.m. slot) for something that'll pay bigger bucks. And Johnny's nothing, if not a man of his word.
Now he's flying to New York to interview for some snoozeville job that Claire's well-to-do father set up. Enter Uncle Terry, who lives in New York, a rascally womanizer bent on turning a day in the Hamptons into a final fling for his nephew. Nice guy Johnny's not interested, of course, but then he meets the lovely Brooke...
Starring: Edward Burns, Matt Bush, Kerry Bishé, Anna Wood and Max Baker
Nice Guy Johnny Twitter
Nice Guy Johnny YouTube
Click to get the film on iTunes in standard and high-definition. Check your cable provider for on demand, as well as Amazon, Netflix and more...
I just added this to my Netflix queue and moved it to position 1.
I love the idea of how this film was made, like the story line, and am interested in seeing how the distribution method works out.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Swans, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
Fall Leaves
Fall Leaves, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
Saturday, November 13, 2010
West Wing Week by Official White House Videographer Arun Chaudhary
NY Times: Arun Chaudhary is the first White House videographer, producing "West Wing Week" online.:
Mr. Chaudhary is the official White House videographer and the first person to hold the job, a part documentarian, part White House-message-machine post. He travels with the president on roughly two-thirds of his trips, documenting the behind-the-scenes occasions and public theatrics.This is great and the first I'd heard of it.
He pulls his video together into "West Wing Week," a signature production that comes out on the White House Web site every Friday and offers a pithy look at the president's past week. Mr. Chaudhary, 35, serves as reporter and promoter...
More here:
Making Video From the White House
White House photographers joke that you can't take a good picture of President Obama without Arun Chaudhary, the first official white house videographer, being somewhere in the frame.
Arun Chaudhary on twitter
Content Marketing Crash Course
Content Marketing Crash Course, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
Content Marketing Crash Course (affiliate link)
Our expert instructors like David Meerman Scott, Brian Solis, Joe Pulizzi, Steve Garfield and Kristina Halvorson will show you how to set your strategy, build a sustainable content program, and more. By the end of this online course, you'll have mastered what you need to bridge your company and your customers using creative, engaging content that works.
Plus, we're presenting Content Marketing Crash Course LIVE over two weeks in December. That's right: nearly 14 hours of live, online training. And, after that, you can access the complete course on-demand to catch what you've missed, brush up on the details that matter most to you ... or see it all from the beginning.
My session:
VIDEORegister here:
6 Easy Ways to Produce Compelling Video (That You Hadn't Thought of Before)
Monday, December 13—2:30-3:00pm ET
Your video content is 50 times more likely to appear on the first page of search results than your standard text- based content, according to a recent Forrester Research report. Can you see why it's important to include video as part of your content mix? Unless you went to film school, creating videos can be a scary prospect. But the good news is that the ease of recent video innovations makes the prospect less frightening, allowing you more options than ever.
· How to create videos on the fly to embed on your site or blog
· Ideas for content that's best suited to video
· All about affordable and easy-to-use cameras and other video options
www.marketingprofsu.com/register/59?coupon=VIDEOCM (affiliate link)
There are 2-3 classes per day scheduled on seven days (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from December 3-17). Each class is 30-60 minutes long with time for Q&A.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Jimmy Fallon Talks "Late Night", Social Media and Steve Garfield [INTERVIEW]
Great interview with Jimmy Fallon in Mashable today, Jimmy Fallon Talks "Late Night" and Social Media [INTERVIEW]. Love this part where Jimmy talks about how I helped him out when her first started his video blog:
Thanks for the mention Jimmy.
Here's my first video blog post and some video from Jimmy's first week on the web:
Steve Garfield and Jimmy Fallon - First Video Blog Posts
Steve Garfield 1st Video Blog 1/1/04
Jimmy Fallon 1st Video Blog 12/8/08
Jimmy Fallon 2nd Video Blog 12/9/08
Jimmy Fallon comments on first video submissions
I got a chance to interview Jimmy at CES and we talked about how cool web video is in that it makes people feel like they know you.
Jimmy Fallon talks with Steve Garfield about his new show, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, at CES.
I have interviews with Jimmy and Gavin Purcell in my book, Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business. Check it out:
Jimmy wrote the blurb for the back cover:
"Steve Garfield is hilariously awesome. He gave us timely advice when we started our videoblog, and now he's put that advice and more into this ridiculously thorough guide."
—JIMMY FALLON, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Q: With the spontaneity and the craziness of social media, has there been anything that's been surprising?At the time, everyone on YouTube was saying that they were making a new vlog each time they put up a video. Since it was Jimmy's first video I wanted to tell him that he wasn't making a new vlog each night, he was putting a new video ON his vlog every night.
Fallon: How helpful people can be, I think, and nice. It's really awesome, I think it shows how good we can be … as a world, as a country. I mean, people are really thoughtful and nice if you just ask them. Like, I go to this guy, Steve Garfield, when we were doing our videos on our blog. I was like "Alright, welcome back, this is our third vlog and, you know I'm going to send another vlog." And he sent in a thing and he goes, "Hey Jimmy, I just want to say you're doing a great show, this is really cool what you're doing, but uh, they're not called 'vlogs.' You have a blog and what you're doing is uploading videos to you blog, so hope that helps you." And I was like, "How cool is this dude?" That really does help me. I did not know that that's the terminology.
Thanks for the mention Jimmy.
Here's my first video blog post and some video from Jimmy's first week on the web:
Steve Garfield and Jimmy Fallon - First Video Blog Posts
Steve Garfield 1st Video Blog 1/1/04
Jimmy Fallon 1st Video Blog 12/8/08
Jimmy Fallon 2nd Video Blog 12/9/08
Jimmy Fallon comments on first video submissions
I got a chance to interview Jimmy at CES and we talked about how cool web video is in that it makes people feel like they know you.
Jimmy Fallon talks with Steve Garfield about his new show, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, at CES.
I have interviews with Jimmy and Gavin Purcell in my book, Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business. Check it out:
Jimmy wrote the blurb for the back cover:
"Steve Garfield is hilariously awesome. He gave us timely advice when we started our videoblog, and now he's put that advice and more into this ridiculously thorough guide."
—JIMMY FALLON, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
My Blog is 10 Years Old Today! Happy Blog Birthday Blog.
Happy Birthday to my Blog.
Here's my first Blogger blog post from Thursday, November 09, 2000:
Prior to having a blog, using the Blogger platform, I hand coded a blog for the Karlson and McKenzie radio show back in 1997-1998.
Happy Birthday to My Blog. Happy Birthday to You.
Although I've made new friends with twitter and Facebook, I still like you.
Happy Birthday to my Blog.
Here's my first Blogger blog post from Thursday, November 09, 2000:
Today we had a really good meeting and lunch. The best part of the day was when our meeting went off on a tangent and we started discussing the current election. After lots of talk about Saturday Night Live and the Hamburger sketch (watch it in the screening room Season 3-5 3/18/78), we decided that this stuff had to be logged somewhere.There a link to the archives on the right hand sidebar.
Prior to having a blog, using the Blogger platform, I hand coded a blog for the Karlson and McKenzie radio show back in 1997-1998.
Happy Birthday to My Blog. Happy Birthday to You.
Although I've made new friends with twitter and Facebook, I still like you.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
.Mac is dead to me
.Mac is dead to me.
MobileMe: .Mac HomePage Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
Apple hasn't heard of a redirect?
Error:Apple just broke all my .Mac hosted image links by shutting off .Mac support of images on web pages.
Access denied by access control list.
MobileMe: .Mac HomePage Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
Q: I published content to homepage.mac.com using my own HTML editor and my content is located in the Sites folder of my iDisk. Do I need to do anything?Oh right, like I'm going to go back and change IMG tags for content going back 10 YEARS!
A: Content within the Sites folder of your iDisk will still be available for viewing on the web and can still be edited with an HTML editor. However, any website content stored in the Pictures, Movies, or Public folders of your iDisk will be unavailable in your web pages after November 8, 2010 (although a folder called Pictures within the Sites folder would continue to work).
If your web pages reference content from any of those folders, you will need to move the content to your Sites folder and update your HTML accordingly.
Apple hasn't heard of a redirect?
Future of Marketing Virtual Conference
Future of Marketing Virtual Conference, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
November 16, 2010
This is going to be fun AND fast!
I know all these people and they are all great.
"60 leading thinkers have 60 seconds each to share 60 tips every marketer needs to know to thrive in 2011."
We'll be talking about this conference with steve Haase on SteveGarfield.tv on Thursday November 11th at 2:00 Eastern. Watch LIVE on The Pulse Network.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Overhaul: New Book Lifts the Lid on GM and Chrysler
Motor Trend's Todd Lassa writes about Steven Rattner's book Overhaul in Notes From the Revolution: Rattner's Overhaul:
Overhaul makes a strong case for the bailouts, though. Saving GM and Chrysler was not socialism. It was pragmatic, balanced capitalism with government oversight. It saved jobs, and with the distasteful bailout of the banking industry, likely prevented a depression potentially far worse than the great one of the 1930s.
"It is disappointing that the companies seem to be doing so well in this economy, and there's overwhelming opposition" to the bailouts, Rattner told me. He credits the opposition to "frustration and unhappiness about the state of the economy."
Fall Trees
Fall Trees, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
Taken with Instagram on an iPhone 4.
Monday, November 08, 2010
The ONE Story Baratunde Thurston is thinking about today: Conan O'Brien
The ONE on AOL. CLICK the image to see the video.
Smart move by AOL to have Next New Networks produce a daily show for the front page of AOL.com.
My friend Tim Shey, Co-founder of Next New Networks, sent me an email about it:
Today, we launched The ONE, a new daily series on AOL, as part of the innovative new relaunch of AOL.com.Focusing ONE video, on ONE topic, with ONE interesting contributor is a great idea.
With The ONE being presented on AOL's homepage to their audience of 15 million unique U.S. visitors daily, this may be the biggest placement for a daily news series to date, and all of us at Next New Networks are honored to be the first company to launch an original series like this with AOL.
The ONE is all about cutting through the thousands of stories presented to you daily -- on the web, on TV, in your friends' Facebook and Twitter feeds -- and giving you a great perspective on the one story that really matters. Today, November 8, we're talking about the Conan launch on TBS, and brought on comedian and author Baratunde Thurston, digital director for The Onion -- to talk about it. The series is directed and produced by Kathleen Grace, our head of production and creator of hit web series The Burg and The All-for-Nots, who co-created it with me.
New episodes will be live on AOL.com at 1pm daily, Monday through Friday, and feature a roster of great contributors from around the web.
This way someone might tune in to hear the contributor because they are a fan, or tune in to hear about the topic because they are following it online or want to hear more about it.
It's also short and doesn't require a large time commitment.
Good luck.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Boston Media Makers 11/07/10 Photos
Boston Media Makers Meeting Report: Nov 7, 2010 w/tweets, photos and video.
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Rake, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
Friday, November 05, 2010
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Thursday 11/4 at 2:00 on SteveGarfield.tv
Thursday 11/4 at 2:00 on SteveGarfield.tv:
A cool new USB speaker, Did Massachusetts poll workers break the law, Conan for Halloween, Video Chat with Brian August of Watchitoo, Sarah Evans @prsarahevans and you, plus Video Soup where an iSight video is good enough, and a new cover from Alexa Goddard.Join in for a LIVE Watchitoo video chat fest at 2:30.
This is the @Watchitoo link for the LIVE VIDEO chat during SteveGarfield.tv today 2-3 Eastern:
http://www.watchitoo.com/show/waw-872Watch live at The Pulse Network.
SteveGarfield.TV on TPN brought to you by the .TV domain name
A portable USB Soundbar for any device in the world!
I got a SoundbarUSB from Edifier to try out on my MacBook Pro.
SoundbarUSB connected to MacBook Pro
For the Mac, you plug the SoundbarUSB into an available USB port and then go into system settings and direct output to the USB device.
Worked simply. No external power required.
I like devices that work simply.
On my Mac I've grown used to Cambridge SoundWorks dual speakers with a woofer. Big difference.
But for times when I'm out on the road speaking, and the conference organizer forgets to order a sound system, this 10" USB powered speaker could come in handy.
It does cover up the function keys if you place it directly underneath the MacBook Pro screen.
SoundbarUSB covers functions keys on MacBook Pro
I also tried it on my iPhone and it's a great match there too, although it needs to be plugged into USB power.
Note: I did get a notice that some USB device was drawing too much power, so I unplugged my USB keyboard and plugged the SoundbarUSB into the Mac directly., The error went away.
But wait!
iPhone Power Plug
It works when you plug the supplied USB cable into the iPhone power wall plug, but the sound doesn't go as loud as when it's plugged into the Mac. A good portable speaker solution for your iPhone!
Edifier SoundbarUSB plugged into iPhone Power Adapter
The volume control on the side of the Edifier Soundbar USB allows you to crank the volume to a pretty high level. You press the volume button to raise the level and hold the button in to lower the sound.
USB Portable Power
I have these iogear portable USB power packs that allow you to charge them up and then you can charge things like your iPhone when you aren't near power. Those power the SoundbarUSB too, but like the iPhone Power plug, the sound doesn't go as loud as when it's plugged into the Mac.
USB Cigarette Lighter Power
Those cigarette to USB power adapters for your car work too.
So overall, I can see lots of places that the SoundbarUSB could be used despite it only being powered by USB.
Even my Monster Power Outlets to Go 3 has a USB port on it.
But wait, there's more. I also plugged the USB power into the iPhone power adapter and plugged it into the wall and then plugged the audio in jack in from an iPad to the Soundbar USB. It worked great. Then it didn't. More testing is needed.
Edifier SoundbarUSB amplifies audio out on iPad
Edifier Soundbar USB from stevegarfield on Vimeo.
Soundbar USB
Steve Garfield
Update from Edifier:
The Soundbar is available in December on the Apple online store. Starting November 5th it can also be bought on the WIRED Store website (http://www.wiredstore.net/)
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Safety Harbor Bolt Action .50 Uppers are now considered firearms by ATF
Yikes. Another reversal of the ATF long after the fact they were considered legal non firearms:
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The trick is in what one emphasizes.
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy.
The amount of work is the same.
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|July 31, 2018, 09:10
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Next thing we know, when BATFE is done reneging on Safety Harbor, other AR's and FAL's will have uppers and lowers each classified a firearm.
Then it will be revolver cylinders and individual barrels, slides and frames... on and on, ad infinitum. A$$holes.
Gun Control isn't about guns, obviously.
"Hey, I'm shooting 2 guns at once!"
The trick is in what one emphasizes.
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy.
The amount of work is the same.
Carlos Castenada
|August 06, 2018, 20:07
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They are going for the European assimilation/union: a bolt is registered as a firearm if by itself.
All I'm really asking for here is a knife that will not jam and a unicorn that doesn't need sharpening. Will_Power
It's been my experience that all you really need to harvest a deer is a car. They come right through the windshield just fine. 357ross
That poop is priceless. MFC
|August 06, 2018, 20:16
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bolt gun has the trigger as part of the receiver. (attached)
.50 upper has bolt, but no trigger assembly attached.
not sure how this could hold up in court
Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play. The tune does not matter, so long it is the only one the public is allowed to hear. Eventually they will all dance. Joseph Goebbels
"And if you believe ANYTHING a musloid or a Marxist tells you, even about simple, rudimentary arithmetic, you deserve whatever hell you get." - Ann Barnhardt
|August 13, 2018, 05:41
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I covered my view on this elsewhere on the Files, I'll elaborate on it some here:
I am rather certain the issue is that the upper submitted for Import review that led to this is likely magazine fed.
Here's the situation
The FAL lower is non regulated due to it not containing the magazine as an AR series firearm does. Basically what's probably happened is upon review ATFE has taken the position that magazine fed AR uppers cross the threshold and meet the test as defacto "firearms" due to this
In the past the Bureau see sawed on some weapons, the Armalite AR18 was one. On one hand the auto sear was attached to the upper so one school of thought was that was the firearm. This created serious consternation in the 90s when Numrich brought in a mess of 18s and was told to cut the uppers. A number of months later someone at the Bureau realized the screw up and got on Numrich to recall all the shipped kits. As such AR18 machingun recievers still turn up on auction cash and carry
Another weird one is the USAS12
in that case the lower is non regulated. It's about roughly similar to an AR lower except there is no mag well, just the magazine catch assembly so the upper became the defacto "firearm"
technically a single shot AR lower really don't pass the test for regulation. Thing is BATF had already established a standard on the model so that crossed over to the new single shot lowers
confusing huh'
Well it's not really
See the real problem is it wasn't an issue until some dipshit goober contacted the Bureau for an opinion and made it one.
No, this won't endanger most other uppers that retain the conventional layout. It MAY eventually hammer AR57 uppers that use the FN P90 magazines as well as Tactical Innovations AR180 upper that uses AM180 drums as both feed through the upper, not the lower.
Crazy thing is the AR180 uppers are all open bolt & designed only for use on NFA which likely means ATFE is just a pen stroke away from demanding forfiture of them as "unregistered" MGs
This is just my best guess as what led to this, not much info has been released.
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Android turns five today! It doesn't seem like all that long ago that BlackBerries ruled the world, the iPhone was brand new, and the Open Handset Alliance showed everyone its new open source software standard called Android.
These days, Android phones make up a huge portion of all the world's smartphones—75 percent of shipments last quarter—and are at the center of giant international lawsuits and advertising campaigns. And they're good now, too. So happy birthday, Android. What's your favorite Android-based memory? [CNET]


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Welcome to our BIG list of arts and cultural events happening in the NSW Central West gathered from artists, event producers, great local venues and groups across the region.
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Fight The Fire Benefit – Fundraiser Concert
Fri March 13 at 7:00 pm$40
Featuring Lisa Hunt, Forever Soul. Not all heroes wear capes, together we can help. Raffles, auctions and lots more
Cost: $40 per person, over 18's event, with 100% of ticket sales going to the Local RFS.
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Six figures is pretty steep, even for a Mac. (Getty Images)
I expect a Macbook to put quite a dent in my wallet. IPads and iPods are also always a chunk of change.
But $160,000 for an Apple product? Would they like my firstborn child, too?
This isn't the new price for a Macbook Air. Apple Insider reports that Christie's, the famous London auction house, is selling the Apple I, one of Apple's first personal computers according to the Huffington Post.
The computer set to be auctioned is number 82 out of the 200, and is estimated by Christie's to be valued from $161,600 — $242,400.
The New York Times reports that the Apple I was built by Steve Jobs and fellow Apple founder Steve Wozniak in 1976, sold for $666.66. According to the Times, the price adjusted for inflation would today be $2,560. Only 200 Apple I's were produced and sold before becoming obsolete by Apple's next computer, the Apple II.
The Apple I's features will come as a bit of a culture shock for millenials: an Apple 1 motherboard, eight kilobytes of random access memory, three capacitors and a cassette board connector.
According to Geekosystem, "the original Apple I has the sort of specs that we associate with deficient calculators today — 8 KB of RAM, a MOS 6502 microprocessor with clock speeds between 1 and 2 MHz — but was nevertheless a feat of engineering for its day."
Certainly the Holy Grail of collectors items for rabid Apple fans, the Apple I is only a motherboard, requiring users to provide their own monitor and keyboard.
Oh, how far we have come.


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AUSTRALIAN GEOFF OGILVY used to have composure problems. Used to. Nothing seemed to bother this slender cat as he slipped around the Plantation Course the past few days in Maui. This guy is as smooth as they come − especially, it seems, as a front-runner.
My cable was acting up, so I didn't see much of the final-round action. But Ogilvy had the Mercedes-Benz Championship in his pocket on Saturday night after firing an eight-under-par 65 that separated him from the field. He went on to win by a comfortable six shots.
Ogilvy leaves Maui with an early-season win and $1.12 million. Geoff should be on everybody's short list for winning another major. He has the game and the temperament.
−The Armchair Golfer
Ogilvy Defends Daly in Camera Incident
Sunday, January 11
Geoff Ogilvy Is a Cool Cat
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- Da Judge said...
Agree with your assessment of G.O. keeping his cool, however his win was not as easy as it looks from the final score. Going into #8, he had a two shot lead, and had bogeyed the previous two holes - and DLIII and AK were closing fast. However, to you point, he stayed cool and closed like a Champ...
- The Armchair Golfer said...
Good point, Judge. It could have gotten out of hand for Ogilvy had he not dropped that eagle putt on No. 9. I've heard playing with a big lead is a lot harder than it looks.
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SAN FRANCISCO — After a year of planning, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Mission Bay's Bakar Fitness and Recreation Center sponsored a pilot community access program that offers free exercise classes and nutritious food for children and seniors who live in underserved communities near the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
The University-Community Partnerships Program formed partnerships with six senior organizations and five youth organizations. For seniors, specially tailored classes in water aerobics, yoga, Tai Chi and line dancing are offered. For children, this project enhances current after-school programs by offering options such as hip-hop and martial arts classes.
Sixty-five seniors and 62 elementary and middle school-aged children signed up for the 14-week pilot program.
Suya Colorado-Caldwell, communications manager for UCSF Fitness and Recreation Programs, has been working to incorporate a community outreach program since the Bakar Fitness and Recreation Center opened its doors in October 2005.
"It's not just a fitness club; it's a community center, so this program fits in with our mission to reach out to the community," says Colorado-Caldwell. "We are so excited for this program. The responses of the participants so far have been just delightful."


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KT Sullivan and Karen Kohler - Vienna to Weimar
Vienna to Weimarbrings together two of New York's favourite cabaret artists, KT Sullivan and Karen Kohler, in a provocative blend of voices and feminine sensibilities. Journey with them from 1870s Vienna and the operetta of Strauss and Lehar to 1930s Berlin and the cabaret music of Hollaender, Weill, Brecht, Spoliansky, and more. These two award-winning interpreters of the Great American and European songbooks prove that love, lust, power and illusion are as timeless today as they were nearly 100 years ago.
"It's a fascinating collection of material. The evening's most astonishing surprise, a song about 'Attila the Hun' from 1922 which is as scurrilous as you can get and makes Kander & Ebb's Cabaret or Chicago songs read like nursery rhymes. As civilized entertainment as you'd get anywhere. Don't miss! - What's On London
In 2012 the show was nominated for two BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards in the categories of Best Cabaret Show Revue and Best Duo/Group.
KT Sullivan is one of America's top cabaret performers and her shimmering soprano voice and interpretive skills make her one of the hardest working and most in demand singers in cabaret, often performing at the major jazz and cabaret rooms of the world.
Born in Germany, raised in New York and a Texan for 15 years, the iconoclastic Karen Kohler has won all three major New York cabaret awards – Nightlife, MAC and twice the Backstage Bistro - and has performed in cabarets, concert halls, consulates in many countries.
Jed Distler will accompany Kt Sullivan and Karen Kohler on piano.
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Show Information
Tuesday, 22nd October 2013
Saturday, 26th October 2013
Venue Information
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has apologised after the addresses of subscribers to some of the ACC's information alert services were published online.
In a statement, the consumer watchdog said the Recalls Australia, Product Safety Australia, SCAMwatch and the ACCC Public Registers websites were affected.
"They were not indexed by search engines or linked from a Web page on our sites. They could only be found if specific URLs were tried," the ACCC said.
It said that it was "not yet clear" how many users had been affected or how long the addresses had been accessible.
According to the watchdog, it resolved the issue "as soon as it became aware of it" and to prevent further access to the email addresses.
The ACCC added that it was investigating the issue and had reported the data breach to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
"The ACCC takes the issue of privacy, including any breaches, very seriously and apologises to affected users. The ACCC has no further comment at this time," it said.
An OAIC spokeswoman confirmed that it had been in contact with the ACCC, which had provided some information about the breach.
"The OAIC is considering this information to determine if any further action is required," the spokeswoman said.
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At a glanceTommee Tippee Closer to Nature Air Style Soothers 6-18m (2-pack)
Product features
- Baby Approved*
- Symmetrical Orthodontic Shape
- Reversible soother teat
- Available in 2 age stages – 0-6m and 6-18m
- BPA-free for ultimate reassurance
Product Description
Mums know there's nothing more wonderful than a calm, content baby so tommee tippee has developed a new range of soothers that are approved by babies. The symmetrical orthodontic teat has been specially designed to help optimise baby acceptance and in independent tests more babies accepted these new soothers first time.* So when you need to turn screams and sobs into smiles and sleep, simply pick up a Closer to Nature® soother.
Key Features
Baby Approved Teat Babies can become attached to their favourite style of soother teat. That's why all of the new closer to nature soothers have the same baby approved* teat, so you can easily switch between different shield styles within the range without causing baby any confusion.
Supports Natural Oral development The Symmetrical Orthodontic Shaped teat has been designed to improve balance making it easier for babies to hold the soother in their mouth and supports natural oral development
Close to a Bottle Teat The teat shape on the soother is more like a bottle teat for a more familiar feeling for a baby
Air Style
Holes in the shield encourage improved air flow between the shield and baby's delicate skin to help minimise the risk of irritation.
Baby Safe
All the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature soothers are BPA-free for total reassurance.
*Independent product trial conducted by Swift Research, February 2013, with 59 UK mothers and babies. 78% of mothers confirmed that their baby accepted this soother teat within 3 attempts.
Range options
The closer to nature® soothers range is available in a two age stages. 0-6 months which has a smaller teat and shield shape for little mouths and faces and 6-18 months which is the same shape, just larger, for growing babies.
We recommend changing your soothers every month and they should be thrown away at the first sign of damage or weakness.
Why choose Tommee Tippee?
tommee tippee®, from the UK based Mayborn Group Limited, is the number one baby feeding accessories brand in the UK and one of the top brands of infant products and accessories in the global market. The brand was recently awarded consumer Superbrands® status in the 2013 survey.
Designed in conjunction with breastfeeding experts, the award winning tommee tippee® closer to nature® range offers a wide selection of newborn and baby feeding and healthcare solutions which have been specifically designed to make life easier for you and your little one. The range is as close to breastfeeding as a bottle can be, meaning mum, dad and family can easily combine breast and bottle feeding.
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The heart of any pet door is the flap, and pet door flaps have always been a big disappointment to the pet door owner. They leak, they don't insulate, they pinch the pet, they blow open, they don't fit the pet and they wear out quickly so the user needs to buy an expensive replacement flap and start over again. Until Now! The award winning Endura Flap Pet Door for Walls is the premium solution for adding a pet door to your home. If you've never owned a pet door before, you're going to be very satisfied - it does everything you think it should. But if you have ever owned a pet door, hold on to your socks. You're not going to believe how much better this is that what you've had in the past.
Advantages of Installing a Pet Door in a Wall
You may have no other convenient locations for your pet door in which case it's handy to know that the wall is an option. A pet door in a wall can always accommodate a double flap which will always insulate, seal and stand up to wind better than a single flap. If you want to remove the pet door at some future date (say you sell the house and the buyer doesn't want the pet door) and you've installed the pet door in a door, then you'll be buying a new door which can be expensive. On the other hand, depending upon the type of construction, a pet door in a wall may be removed and the wall patched inexpensively.
The standards which the Endura Flap Pet Door is built, and no other pet door is, are as follows:
- Be flexible and safe
- Seal tightly against weather - Insulate like dual pane glass - Not yellow in the sun
- Last 'forever' - Remain flexible in very low temperatures - Have appropriate dimensions
- Stand up to wind - Be visually clear - Be environmentally friendly
- Reflect superb engineering - Be Made in the USA
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Please Note: Endura Flaps are not recommended for use by kittens or very small dogs. Cats have been successful using the #06, however a few have found the #08 difficult to use. We would not recommend using the #10 or #12 or any of the double flap versions for cats.
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Choosing Between a Single Flap or Double Flap
An important consideration in a wall mount pet door is whether to have a single flap or a double flap (flap on both sides of the wall). The air-space between the two flaps of a double flap wall mount will insulate much better than a single flap pet door and the double flaps will stand up to wind much better also. Finally, it will look more finished to have the flap on both sides of the wall.
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Rambus Unveils Binary Pixel Technology that Dramatically Improves Photo Quality in Mobile Devices
Breakthrough technology Provides Single-Shot High Dynamic Range and Improved Low-Light Sensitivity in a Single Exposure
Sunnyvale, California, United States and Barcelona, Spain - 02/25/2013 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), the innovative technology solutions company that brings invention to market, today unveiled breakthrough binary pixel technology that dramatically improves the quality of photos taken from mobile devices. The Rambus binary pixel technlogy includes image sensor and image processing architectures with single-shot high dynamic range (HDR) and improved low-light sensitivity for better videos and photos in any lighting condition.
"Today's compact mainstream sensors are only able to capture a fraction of what the human eye can see," said Dr. Martin Scott, chief technology officer at Rambus. "Our breakthrough binary pixel technology enables a tremendous performance improvement for compact imagers capable of ultra high-quality photos and videos from mobile devices."
As improvements are made in resolution and responsiveness, more and more consumers are using the camera functionality on their smart phone as the primary method for taking photos and capturing memories. However, high contrast scenes typical in daily life, such as bright landscapes, sunset portraits, and scenes with both sunlight and shadow, are difficult to capture with today's compact mobile sensors - the range of bright and dark details in these scenes simply exceeds the limited dynamic range of mainstream CMOS imagers.
This binary pixel technology is optimized at the pixel level to sense light similar to the human eye while maintaining comparable form factor, cost and power of today's mobile and consumer imagers. The results are professional-quality images and videos from mobile devices that capture the full gamut of details in dark and bright intensities.
Benefits of binary pixel technology:
The Rambus binary pixel has been demonstrated in a proof-of-concept test-chip and the technology is currently available for integration into future mobile and consumer image sensors. For additional information visit www.rambus.com/binarypixel.
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EAST AFRICA: Kenya hosts regional agricultural trade advisory forum in Nairobi
(EAST AFRICA) — A study commissioned and coordinated by the Eastern Africa Grain Council and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has shown that Kenya's agricultural sector is more protected through higher tariffs than any other sector in the region.
According to the study, the average tariffs on agricultural commodities are at 19.5 per cent compared to 13.4 per cent of non-agricultural commodities, yet most imports of the food products are from extra-EAC region.
The study will be presented today at the launch of a regional agricultural trade policy advisory forum in Nairobi.
Among other study findings are that import and export bans mainly put in place to encourage domestic production may have increased the food production index in most countries, but may have counterproductive impacts on consumer prices in the region.
It said producer prices have meanwhile increased four-fold in Kenya since the 1990s, while in other countries maize producer prices have remained relatively low and have shown a much less increase since the 1990s.
Additionally, there has been a continuous high trend in consumer prices despite the agricultural and trade policies put in place over the last ten years.
Both intra- and extra-East African Community trade in foods has been on the increase while intra-EAC trade has remained relatively low, accounting for about 10 per cent of the total region's food import, and with the bulk of food imports coming from outside the region.
"This suggests that different countries' food policies have not contributed to the most common objective of 'self sufficiency' in food," the report said.
The advisory forum is therefore the cork off the bottle, as it were, which has been popped to give direction and a coordination mechanism to alter the effects of the policies in the region.
The forum will provide a framework to gather and collate supportive evidence-based policies and thereafter recommend appropriate remedial measures.
The forum is coordinated by the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) and the United Nations' FAO.
It brings together experts from Eastern and Southern Africa countries including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Malawi, Zambia and Ethiopia.
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9 Super 7® 3x2 Carb/Offy Intake Manifold Kit, 1942-48 Flathead
Three Carburetor Quantity, 2-Barrel Carburetor Barrels, 2-Barrel 3-Bolt Carburetor Flange Type
Build Your KitYou're almost there! This kit has an option or two for you to select. Let us know which options you want for your new kit.
This tri power kit uses the Offenhauser Flathead Ford 3x2 intake with Speedway's 9 Super 7® carbs. It has progressive linkage to give you good driveability and economy, but power when you need it. It includes three carbs, the intake, air cleaners, linkage kit, fuel block, fittings and red fuel line. Assembly required.
Has 4-5/8" carb centers. Features a mount flange at the front of the manifold for Offy fan carrier 560-3499 (sold separately).
The 9 Super 7® Carb ® makes setting up a multiple carburetor induction system easier than when Strombergs were available new. All that's required to do so with our kits is a Uni-Syn syncing tool and a little patience. Our 3 Carb kits come with one primary carburetor and two secondary carburetors while the 2 Carb kits are both primary carbs. See our Multiple Carburetor Tech Tip for more information on using the 9 Super 7® in a 2x2 or 3x2 carb set-up.
- For 1942-48 Ford Flatheads
- 4-5/8" carb centers
- Has boss or flange for generator or fan assembly to mount to
- Three Deuce carburetor setups come with two "secondary" carbs for front and rear intake position and one "primary" carb for central/middle position
- All-new tooling for crisp, flawless castings
- New aluminum base assembly allows for cooler fuel temps and better fuel efficiency as compared to the original cast iron design
- Stainless steel screws and hardware
- Original troublesome needle and seat replaced by a Grose-style fuel inlet valve to better cope with higher fuel pressures and improved high speed running
- Will not stick or dribble like the old Viton-tipped needle and seat setups
- Extended brass throttle shaft to simplify multi-carb linkage
- Primary Carb - (1) Middle Position
- Choke assembly, accelerator pump, and jets have all been faithfully retained and accept standard Stromberg parts
- Secondary Carb - (2) Front and Rear Position
- Special base plate with no idle circuits or choke linkage
- Special butterflies and shafts installed
- Works best with progressive linkage
- Idle only off the center or main carburetor
- No more plug foul
Note: The secondary carbs have NO choke, and they have NO idle system.
Note: Not recommended for use with Ethanol fuels.
9 Super 7® Primary Carbs -
- Features .045" main metering jets and a number 65 power valve, which is the same as a stock 97 carb.
- Replacement jet access plug gasket use # 91011542, replacement needle & seat gasket use # 91011543.
- Includes base gasket.
- The 9 Super 7® Carb ® will operate suitably with fuel pressures ranging from 1-1/2 psi to 4 psi, with a desired setting of 2-1/2 psi to 3 psi. Fuel pressure from 4 psi to 7 psi will cause the carburetor to run excessively rich and may cause flooding. Flooding or leaks caused by excessive fuel pressure do not indicate a faulty carburetor. A fuel regulator such as # 560-58500 must be utilized in order to keep proper fuel pressure at the 1-1/2 to 4 psi range.
- Our independent tests produced these flow numbers:
- 3" of Vacuum - 60 CFM
- 10" of Vacuum - 110 CFM
- 15" of Vacuum - 136 1/2 CFM
- 28" of Vacuum - 184 CFM
See what other industry experts are saying about the 9 Super 7® ® here.
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What's In The Kit
Offenhauser 1074 1942-1948 Ford Flathead Triple Carb Intake ManifoldPart # 5601074Qty x 1
8 Inch Swedged Aluminum Throttle Linkage Tubes, 3/16 (10-32) ThreadPart # 94055301-8Qty x 1
Progressive Slide LinkPart # 1356686Qty x 1
3" Single End 3/16" TubePart # 1356687Qty x 1
3 x 2 9 Super 7 Linkage KitPart # 1356723Qty x 1
97-Style Carburetor Fuel Inlet Fitting, 1/2 In-20 to 5/16 Hose, ChromePart # 91611066Qty x 3
Red See-Through Fuel Line Hose, 5/16 Inch I.D. x 6 Ft.Part # 91011449Qty x 1
Primary 9 Super 7® 3-Bolt 2-Barrel Carburetor, Plain FinishPart # 91511655Qty x 1
1 1/4" Carb Stud Kit Bag of 4Part # 13559Qty x 3
Speedway Three Outlet T-Style Chrome Fuel Distribution BlockPart # 5506151Qty x 1
Helmet Style Air CleanersPart # 91011025Qty x 3
1932-1948 Ford Flathead Intake GasketPart # 91021003Qty x 1
Stromberg 97-Style Center Carb Throttle Shaft ArmPart # 5606181Qty x 1
Secondary 9 Super 7® 3-Bolt 2-Barrel Carburetor, Plain FinishPart # 91511656Qty x 2
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The hosts of "The View" (Getty Images)
A heated debate between "The View" hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg and Bill O'Reilly on yesterday's episode of the talk show culminated with Behar and Goldberg walking off set, the Huffington Post reports.
The topic of discussion? The proposed Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero, that has been characterized by some politicians and areas of the media as "The Ground Zero Mosque."
According to the Huffington Post, the exchange became heated after O'Reilly declared a "gulf" between President Obama and the American people, because of the president's qualified support of the cultural center.
The debate, full of exclamations to "listen to me" and "pinhead," devolved into heated interruptions by both the hosts and O'Reilly, until O'Reilly said, "Muslims killed us on 9/11."
Behar and Goldberg, after responding that extremists were responsible for the terrorist attacks and expressing their outrage at the statement, walked off the show's set.
Watch the video here:
As the tension died down, "The View's" mama bear Babara Walter admonished her co-hosts:
"You have just seen what should not happen," Walters said. "We should be able to have discussions without washing our hands, and screaming, and walking offstage."
Walters, also critical of O'Reilly's statement, told the pundit that he cannot demean an entire religion for the actions of a few.
After an apology from O'Reilly, saying "If anyone felt that I was demeaning all Muslims, I apologize," Behar and Goldberg returned to the set.
The Huffington Post also reports that O'Reilly, on his Fox News show "The O'Reilly Factor," addressed the walk-off situation from his visit to "The View."
According to O'Reilly, his intention was not to insult Muslims, but that he was "tired of the political correctness surrounding the 9/11 attack. The truth is that if moderate Muslims around the world stood with Americans against radical Islam, the terrorists couldn't exist…I'm not in the business of sugarcoating harsh realities."
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Dutch Reactions to an Incoming Tide (1948-2005)
Published: 4 July 2013
- Author(s):
- Jieskje Hollander
- Year:
- 2013
- Language:
- english
- Size:
- 16 x 24 cm
- Pages:
- 360
- 9789089521392
- ISBN E-book:
- 9789089521408
- Edition:
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"Constitutionalising Europe. Dutch Reactions to an Incoming Tide (1948-2005)" aims to solve the question of how the relation between the Netherlands and Europe came under pressure. Widely renowned as one of the Founding Fathers of the European Coal and Steel Community and as one of the most loyal participants of European integration in general, the Netherlands surprised friend and foe when on 1 June 2005, its people rejected by a substantial majority the European Constitution. Until now, no satisfactory explanation has been given for this. This study offers a new, long-term perspective. Based on a wealth of primary sources – i.e. parliamentary accounts, Council of State advice and interviews with key figures in the process – and a rhetorical approach, it is argued that the germ for the gap between the Dutch political elite and society at large, which became manifest on 1 June 2005, was already latently present within the identity of the Dutch polity for a long time. It is shown that the more the Netherlands stressed its identity as an open nation, the more it got estranged from its own political and constitutional character. The very zeal to constitutionalise Europe blinded the Dutch political elite for the downsides of this process for national democratic relations. In June 2005, the governmental elite paid the price for that.
About the author
After receiving her MA in political history (with distinction) in December 2007, Jieskje Hollander (1983) started a PhD track at the European Law department of Groningen University. Her research was funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Intrigued by the peculiarities of national democracy, in February 2012 Hollander decided to move from the academic to the political domain. She now works for the mr. Hans van Mierlo Foundation; the think tank that aims to feed and deepen the social-liberal ideas of the political party D66.