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The fourth album from Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – solidifying what we learned pretty early on from the indomitable soul spirit that is Sharon and her impeccable combo the Dap-Kings – it's that this is not some retro soul revival novelty act, what they are is the greatest active embodiment of a true soul sound that will never go away! We've always loved that Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings recognize the studio and the stage as different worlds. On stage, Sharon is the possibly the most energetic, charismatic presence you'll ever see and the band brings heft and heat. In the studio, they stretch out and diversify wonderfully, bringing both raw, unpolished funky soul realness to some more stripped down numbers and a full on Stax or Hi level heaviness to the bigger ones. The songs are better and more memorable than ever on this record – with "The Game Gets Old" and "I Learned The Hard Way" (an astoundingly strong one/two punch for the opening minutes) plus "Better Things", "Give It Back", "Money". "The Reason", "Window Shopping", "I'll Still Be True", "Without A Heart", "If You Call" and "Mama Don't Like My Man". © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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According to a press release, CSI awards are presented to dealers who scored in a pre-determined percentile based on results from customer surveys. Thirteen Newmar dealers earned this coveted award by providing excellent customer service to Newmar customers receiving warranty work.
The 2011 award winners include: Ansley RV, Duncansville, Pa.; Buddy Gregg Motorhomes, Knoxville, Tenn.; Coachlight RV Sales Inc., Carthage, Mo.; Dave's RV Center, Danbury, Conn.; Dick Gore's RV World, Jacksonville, Fla.; Guaranty RV Center, Junction City, Ore.; Independence RV Sales & Service, Winter Garden, Fla.; Midstate Camper Sales, Black Hawk, S.D.; Midtown RV LTD, Penticton, B.C.; Midway Motor Homes Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.; North Trail RV Center, Fort Myers, Fla.; Professional Sales RV, Colleyville, Texas; and Tom Johnson Camping Center, Marion, N.C.
"Newmar feels this award is important because we value how our mutual customers are treated and that the service experience is a positive one," said Newmar's Vice President of Service Operations Matt Utley. "Newmar is pleased with the customer support provided by our dealer partners. As confirmed by their customers, the dealers earning this award possess a strong commitment of customer satisfaction that permeates through their entire organization. We are proud of their achievements."
Four dealers this year also earned the Mahlon Miller Service Excellence Award. Miller is the founder of Newmar and the award in his name recognizes those dealerships that most embody the spirit of customer service.
This elite group includes North Trail RV, Guaranty RV, Dave's RV and Coachlight RV Sales.
"Mr. Miller and the entire Miller family have a passion for customers," added Utley. "Through his guidance and leadership, customer service will be forever engrained into the fabric of Newmar."

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At one time Marvel Studios' post-credits teases were a fun bonus for fans patient enough to sit through the film's credits - often teasing characters or plot lines that would go over the head of the average moviegoer. However, as Marvel's shared cinematic universe became a pop-culture sensation (and box office powerhouse), button scenes were no longer a harmless reward - they became a staple of the experience.
As a result, movie fans are sitting through Guardians of the Galaxy's credits with expectant eyes. Those outside of comic book fan circles (or anyone who wasn't paying much attention to movies in 1986) might be confused by what they saw after sitting through all those end credits, but we're here to help explain. Our discussion is going to be full of Guardians of the Galaxy movie SPOILERS from here on out. READ NO FURTHER unless you're all caught up.
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Given Guardians of the Galaxy's connections to interweaving storyline depicted in The Avengers team-up and solo movies, fans were probably expecting a teaser for The Avengers: Age of Ultron. After all, Thanos and select Infinity Stones (The Tesseract and The Aether) have already been featured in both Phase One and Phase Two of the shared movie universe - so it would only make sense for the studio to use Guardians' end-credits scene to get people excited for the studio's next (and biggest) film.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier gave a sneak peek at two new characters from Age of Ultron; plus, it is expected that the Guardians of the Galaxy will eventually team-up with The Avengers down the road (the studio even teased Guardians in the post-credits scene for Thor: The Dark World with an appearance by Benicio Del Toro's Collector). Yet, for now the Guardians are off on their own and, after showcasing dancing Groot in a pre-credits scene, director James Gunn used his post-credits scene as an opportunity to provide audiences with one more zany laugh.
In the scene, we see Taneleer Tivan aka The Collector (Benicio Del Toro) bruised and despondent, sitting amidst the ruins of his museum on Knowhere, following the unplanned detonation of the Purple Infinity Stone. As Tivan sips a martini, the soviet space canine (aka future Guardian member Cosmo the Spacedog) begins licking The Collector's face. Tivan takes solace in the dog's show of comfort - only to be interrupted by an abrasive voice that asks "What do you let him lick you like that for?" The camera pans over to reveal Marvel comic book character - and 1980s feature-film star - Howard the Duck, sipping his own martini while standing next to a broken museum cage.
Eagle-eyed viewers might have noticed the character imprisoned above The Collector earlier in the film but, free from his cage, Howard the Duck gets snarky with Tivan. Taking another swig of his martini, Howard adds "Gross" and the scene fades to black - revealing lettering clearly identifying the character: Howard the Duck created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik.
Who is Howard the Duck?
As the scene indicates in its closing, Howard the Duck was created back in 1973 by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik - first appearing in Adventure into Fear issue 19. Howard was typically used for the purpose of social satire, making fun of real-life people as well as fictional Marvel characters, from an outsider point of view.
Even though the character might seem like a downright bizarre inclusion in Guardians of the Galaxy (a movie that also includes a talking raccoon and tree), his biography is actually filled with outer space adventures and battles with cosmic beings. In fact, while he's a relatively obscure character now, Howard was almost always accounted for during important story lines in the Marvel Universe - including Civil War and Secret Invasion, among others. He also enjoyed repeated run-ins with Avengers characters such as She-Hulk and Doctor Strange - even donning Iron Man-knock off armor as Iron Duck.
Recently, the character even appeared in an episode of Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. titled "The Collector" - where he has been imprisoned, along with the Fantastic Four and The Avengers, as a living member of Tivan's collection.
Of course, non-comic book readers will likely remember Howard the Duck from the 1986 live-action film starring Lea Thompson and Tim Robbins - with Chip Zien voicing the titular character.
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The race for president may be close in Florida but President Barack Obama will "not cede any ground to Republicans," said DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Wednesday in a conference call with reporters.
That may explain why Obama's two-day trip to Florida Thursday and Friday will include trips to Jacksonville, where he lost narrowly in 2008 and to Lee and Collier counties, where he lost badly before winning the state with a 2.5 percentage point margin.
Wasserman Schultz, a Democratic congresswoman from Weston, noted that the president announced the Recovery Act legislation in Fort Myers and "planted the flag in the South" by setting the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC. (History buffs will note, however, that the president also planted a hug on former Gov. Charlie Crist during that same Fort Myers visit, helping usher in Marco Rubio into the U.S. Senate.)
The president will also visit Century Village of West Palm Beach, the senior citizen retirement haven that remains a reliable but shrinking stronghold of Democratic senior citizens.
Romney's repeal of Obamacare would also lead to the re-emergence of the so-called prescription drug "donut hole," the coverage gap that left many seniors with steep out-of-pocket costs, Wasserman Schultz said.
In the past, Romney has fired back against these claims, noting that no president has ever cut Medicare for seniors and that polls show that seniors opposed the health-care reform law in large numbers. A recent poll by Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 poll found that only 43 percent of voters statewide support the Affordable Care Act and 52 percent oppose it, with 5 percent undecided.
Wasserman Schultz said the other constituency in which Obama has an edge in Florida is among Hispanics, who comprise 13 percent of state voters. Romney's supports the "Tea Party extremists who refuse to support immigration reform,'' she said, while Obama's policies are focused on "closing the achievement gap with the Hispanic community by investing in education and health care."
Jeff Bechdel, spokesman for the Romney campaign in Florida, called it "just another dishonest attack from one of the most dishonest presidential campaigns in modern history. " He said Romney has been consistent that he wants to improve the legal immigration system "in a way that doesn't reward illegal immigration or encourage future illegal immigration."
A new national poll by Latino Decisions, a Latino polling and research firm, found that Obama has a 70-22 lead over Romney among Hispanic voters.
Both Wasserman Schultz and Ben LaBolt, Obama campaign spokesman, dismissed recent polls, including the Herald/Times/Bay News 9 poll last weekend that showed the candidates in a virtual tie. They expect the race in the nation's biggest battleground state to go down to the wire, as it has in every presidential contest in the past two decades.
"We have no expectation that either candidate will get to the point of 10 points up or down,'' he said. "We think this will be close and competitive right up until the election and that's why we're building the largest grass roots campaign in history."
Bechdel, from Romney's team, said that the president's visits, and those of his surrogates, along with an estimated $19 million in television advertising have done little to move the dial since his first fateful trip to Fort Myers, where the unemployment rate has remained steady.
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Can the Redskins avoid an 0-3 start? Find out that and other stories to watch in Week 3.
Ryan Grigson is the only general manager in the NFL who works for an owner who is prone to tease followers on Twitter that a major trade is in the works.
It happened again this week, when colorful Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay posted that the earth was shaking with a deal.
Sure enough, the Colts soon sent shockwaves through the NFL by landing running back Trent Richardson from the Cleveland Browns for next year's first-round draft pick.
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"Everyone knew we needed a starting running back," Grigson told USA TODAY Sports. "So, no matter what was said, the market value wasn't going to change."
Grigson laughed when asked whether Irsay's tweets make him nervous.
"They may actually help get some people to reach out," he said of potential suitors.
Grigson, in his second year on the job, has already made 15 trades as the Colts general. He has quickly gained a reputation within the league for his aggressiveness, almost always willing to talk trade.
He was pressed to find a running back after losing Vick Ballard for the season with a torn ACL, and said that he talked to five or six teams about trading for a back until the deal for Richardson quickly materialized.
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Interestingly, it was an old connection that helped land the deal for Richardson — which at the moment appears to be a coup for the Colts, while anger in Cleveland rages on with fans disappointed that the team parted ways with the franchise back.
Grigson worked the deal with Browns President Joe Banner, whom he worked under during his years in the Philadelphia Eagles personnel department.
During a significant part of his eight years in Philadelphia — he progressed from scout to college scouting director to personnel director — he sat in a box with Banner on game days. So it seemed natural that he struck the deal with Banner, rather than with Browns GM Mike Lombardi (who Grigson worked with on a trade during the draft that landed defensive tackle Montori Hughes with a fifth-round pick, in exchange for a fourth-round choice in 2014).
"The thing I know about Joe is that he's up front," Grigson said. "And you know it wasn't going to come cheap."
With the last statement about the price for Richardson, Grigson sounded gracious.
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He landed a player who was picked third overall in 2012, two slots after the Colts took Andrew Luck and one slot after Robert Griffin III.
That Richardson was traded is stunning enough in a league that rarely sees top players exchanged, and particularly during the season. That the price wasn't higher was another part of the surprise.
Perhaps the Browns, building for the future, will make good use of the first-round pick and land a franchise quarterback or another pillar player. But barring a Colts collapse this season, it's unlikely that the pick will be a top-10 selection.
The merits of the deal will be proven in time.
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Richardson has had some injury issues, though none serious enough to keep him off the field for extensive time. He played in 15 games as a rookie, demonstrating an ability to play through injuries.
Grigson, though, has nothing to second-guess.
"We got our first-round pick, seven months early," he said. "And when will I get the opportunity to get the third pick in the draft?"
Besides, Grigson knows that the draft is such a crapshoot.
"Now the mystery is gone," he said. "We know what we've got. With college players, you're still doing mental gymnastics in trying to project them: What will he do against NFL talent?"
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Landing Richardson — who will play in Sunday's game at the San Francisco 49ers, but could be limited in passing situations because of the new playbook — came on a week when the emotions were mixed for Grigson.
Tight end Dwayne Allen, an emerging star, was lost for the season with a hip injury.
"The injuries can kill you, but that's life in the NFL," Grigson said.
Last year, in addition to coach Chuck Pagano's battle against leukemia, the Colts had 13 players on injured reserve.
"But if we hang our heads for a second, we lose," Grigson said. "So we've got to go roll. That's how we live here. You get crushed by injuries, but you have skin like an alligator and carry on."
And so what if Irsay tweets about the big deal that's about to happen.
No need to feel jinxed.
"He's the owner," Grigson said. "He can do what he damn well pleases. But he's not going to compromise anything. He's too smart to ever put us in a position where he's going to hurt a deal. He's way too smart and too savvy for that."
Other items to ponder as Week 3 rolls on:
Three intriguing storylines
— Aldon Smith and the 49ers. Two days after smashing his truck into a tree and getting arrested on charges of suspected DUI and marijuana possession, 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith will chase Andrew Luck on Sunday as his team's premier pass rusher. While Smith — whose Breathalyzer test measured at 0.15 — deserves his due process in the legal arena, the 49ers have no restraints that would prevent them from sitting him down. Except, of course, that he's the third-year pro who produced more sacks during his first two seasons (33 1/2) than any player in league history. Coach Jim Harbaugh's contention that the league will handle the discipline is a cop-out. Remember the death of Dallas Cowboys practice squad player Jerry Brown in December? He was the passenger in a vehicle driven by teammate Josh Brent, now facing an intoxication manslaughter charge. Smith could have killed someone, even himself. Last season, when backup defensive tackle DeMarcus Dobbs was arrested on DUI and marijuana charges, the 49ers left him home when the team traveled to St. Louis. And during Super Bowl week, the club swiftly took a stand to denounce cornerback Chris Culliver's anti-gay remarks. Yet in this case, it's business as usual — even worse when considering this is Smith's second DUI arrest in 15 months. Last season, then-Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner played the Sunday following a DUI arrest. So the 49ers non-move on Smith is not unusual. It's also reflective of an alcohol policy that doesn't have enough teeth in it. Despite the lip service and other efforts made by the NFL and the NFL Players Association — Smith apparently didn't seek assistance early Friday from various resources offered by the league and players union — there are times when people with authority can take a stand with their actions. The 49ers — and Harbaugh — have just flunked that test.
— Ed Reed returns. We know that the former Baltimore Ravens safety is coming back to M&T Bank Stadium with his new team. But when the Houston Texans arrived in Baltimore on Saturday afternoon, it was still undetermined whether Reed, 35, will make his season debut after missing the first two games following hip surgery. It would be fitting enough. The Ravens will honor one of Reed's longtime teammates (Ray somebody) on Sunday, which could fuel a few flashbacks. That Reed — who was limited in practice this week and is listed as questionable — has been delayed in getting up to game speed also brings to mind some of the physical struggles he's had in recent years, with shoulder and neck injuries that prompted him to mull retirement. If he returns Sunday and resembles the player who was one of the greatest safeties in NFL history, that's more bad news for a Ravens offense that has had an assortment of woes that include making big passing plays downfield.
— Cowboys rushing woes. The last time the Dallas Cowboys faced the St. Louis Rams, then-rookie DeMarco Murray accomplished something that surpassed the best of Hall of Famers Tony Dorsett and Emmitt Smith: Murray set the franchise's single-game rushing record with 253 yards. That was nearly two years ago. Now, with the Rams coming to AT&T Stadium, things have changed a bit. The Rams had the NFL's worst run defense in October 2011, but are vastly improved with the league's fifth-ranked run defense allowing just 61 yards per game. And there's clearly a different vibe with the Cowboys rushing attack, tied for 26th in the NFL (62 yards per game). Murray hasn't had a 100-yard game since the 2012 season opener, and Dallas' plans to put more emphasis on establishing the run has hardly materialized — even with coach Jason Garrett handing off play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Bill Callahan. The Cowboys have had passing plays on 71.1% of their 135 snaps (91 passes, 5 sacks), versus 39 rushes, including four by quarterback Tony Romo for 2 yards. Last season, the Cowboys rushed on 33.8% of their snaps. So even with the revised emphasis — and a track record showing the Cowboys are 4-0 when Murray cracks 100 — the projected rushing uptick hasn't happened. Sure, it's a passing league. This isn't 1970s football. Yet teams still need to run when they have to or want to in order to seal a game. Romo's impact on this can't be ignored, either, with the quarterback getting more leeway to change the plays at the line of scrimmage after scanning the defense — which he acknowledged this week has surely occurred.
— Who's hot: Jay Cutler. The Bears quarterback hasn't had a 300-yard game since Week 1 of the 2012 campaign, so this is not about eye-popping numbers. It's about results in crunch time. Cutler has directed two last-minute, fourth-quarter touchdown drives to send the Bears into Sunday night's clash at the Pittsburgh Steelers with an undefeated record. Last week, a 16-yard TD pass with 10 seconds on the clock to new tight end Martellus Bennett — quickly emerging as a Cutler go-to target in the red zone — pushed the Bears past the Vikings. Cutler's 95.6 passer rating is worth noting, too, as he tries to find a flow with new coach Marc Trestman's scheme. He's never rated higher than 88.1 in a full season. And with the Bears allowing just one sack in two games, the protection has been better…which makes the life of any big-armed passer that much more comfortable.
— Pressure's on: Robert Griffin III. It's tough that RG3 hasn't been able to make enough of a miraculous rebound from his reconstructive knee surgery that, in addition to quarterbacking, he can't have double-duty impact with a Ronnie Lott-like presence on the Washington defense. For all of the troubles that Griffin has had in regaining his rhythm as the field general, Washington's worst-ranked defense — allowing 201 rushing yards per game — has made matters even worse. Washington has been outscored 50-7 in the first halves this season — and the seven came off the return of an errant Philadelphia Eagles lateral — to put a torch to the game plans. Last season, RG3 energized the entire team as the rookie phenom. Yet, as Washington tries to avoid its first 0-3 start since 2001 on Sunday against the Detroit Lions, it seems that opposing defenses aren't the only defenses putting pressure on RG3 as he tries to find his groove.
— Rookie watch: EJ Manuel and Geno Smith. Although it was widely projected that Smith would be the first quarterback selected in the NFL draft in April, the Buffalo Bills took matters into their own hands and selected Manuel with the 16th pick overall. That, despite the widespread speculation that first-year Bills coach Doug Marrone would draft his quarterback at Syracuse Ryan Nassib (who was taking in the fourth round by the New York Giants). Smith was taken by the New York Jets in the second round, 39th overall. That both landed in the AFC East allows the debate of which quarterback should have been drafted first to be extended with head-to-head matchups. The first of perhaps many is set for Sunday at the Meadowlands, where Manuel and Smith will bring 1-1 records. While there are so many variables that come into play when measuring quarterbacks — scheme, coaching, surrounding cast, support from the defense, to name a few — the eyeball test is not to be ignored. In Week 2, Manuel won in crunchtime by staying poised on a last-minute TD drive. Smith unraveled with three INTs during the fourth quarter of a winnable game at the New England Patriots, which was the opposite of a debut in which he improvised to make several huge plays. With three of his four picks this year coming while he has scrambled, it will be interesting to see if that pattern continues for Smith on Sunday. As for Manuel, a key subplot revolves around whether he will stay poised while facing a Rex Ryan defense that will be the most sophisticated he has seen yet.
— Stomach for an upset: Panthers vs. Giants. Fourth quarters have been so unkind — or so revealing — for the 0-2 Panthers. Last Sunday at Buffalo, Carolina allowed the winning TD with two seconds left. In the opener against the Seattle Seahawks, the Panthers blew a fourth-quarter lead as the defense was shredded by Russell Wilson. This pattern didn't just begin. Since Ron Rivera became coach in 2011, the Panthers have lost 10 games in which they led in the fourth quarter. Now comes a chance on Sunday against a team that has had its own late-game issues. The Giants have committed an NFL-high 10 turnovers, and whatever the last-minute magic that Eli Manning is known for has yet to surface this season. Four of his NFL-high seven picks have come in the fourth quarter. What gives? The team that reverses a trend, wins.
-- Next man up: Lamar Holmes. The second-year Falcons tackle will likely slide over from the right side to the left, to protect Matt Ryan's blindside, as Sam Baker is sidelined by knee and foot injuries. Then recent veteran pickup Jeremy Trueblood can slide into the right tackle post, with rookie Ryan Schraeder in the wings. The shuffling of an already-suspect offensive line — facing a Dolphins defense in Miami on Sunday that entered Week 3 tied for the NFL lead with nine sacks — is just one of the issues for a Falcons squad that had perhaps the worst week of any NFL team on the injury front. Running back Steven Jackson (thigh) will miss Sunday's game, while the best linebacker, Sean Weatherspoon, and the most versatile defensive lineman, Kroy Biermann, joined fullback Bradie Ewing on injured reserve. Baker's setback also coincides with two other teams suddenly missing their left tackles — Houston (Duane Brown) and Denver Broncos (Ryan Clady). For Holmes, it does not figure to be an easy switch. He'll be matched up against Cameron Wake, who had 2 1/2 sacks in Week 1 at Cleveland when matched against one of the NFL's best left tackles, Joe Thomas.
— Stat's the fact: With a league-high 90 points, the Broncos are just the third team in the last 30 years to score at least 40 points in each of their first two games. It's the second time Peyton Manning has been a part of such, following the mark with the 2001 Colts (the 2009 New Orleans Saints, triggered by Drew Brees, was the other team to open with 40-plus in back-to-back games). Manning, leading the NFL with a 131 passer rating (9 TDs, 0 INTs), is on pace to throw 72 touchdown passes. But first things first: With 3 TDs against the Oakland Raiders on Monday night, Manning would surpass the 11 TD passes that Tom Brady threw in 2011 as the most ever during the first three games of a season.


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Liberal MP Cyril Smith wrote to the BBC in 1976 criticising its investigations into the "private lives of certain MPs".
The politician, who died in 2010 and has been accused of abusing children, expressed "deep concern" about an inquiry into an alleged South African campaign to discredit members of parliament.
According to letters in the National Archives, Smith told director general Sir Charles Curran: "I have reason to believe that you are employing a team (maybe two) to investigate the private lives of certain prominent MPs.
"So far as I am aware I am not one of them, and hence I write without personal involvement."
Smith said: "You are asking, I understand, for increased licence fees, and I think some of us, certainly me, would like to be assured that your expenditure is careful, wise and useful."
In another letter, Smith urged the then home secretary, Merlyn Rees, to ensure the BBC was not using public money for "muck-raking".
Former children's minister Tim Loughton told the BBC the former Rochdale MP's letters were "bully-boy tactics". "It was an abuse of position that somebody as an MP was saying: 'You shouldn't look at us, we're above the law'."


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Looks cool! Is that electrons jumping from one orbital shell to the other like in neon lighting? And what were the bottles used for?
"I haven't been an EE major long enough"
Old school, unless you find an old geezer… you'll probably never learn about bottles. They stopped including them in courses …probably about 35 years ago.
Looks like this when grid bias is correct:
When the bias is either way to hot or in "runaway", they glow deep red and eventually melt a hole through the glass.
That nice blue glow is the electrons interacting with stray particles in the bottle, plasma. Even when running at spec, elements of the tube are hotter than the surface of the sun.
I haven't been an EE major long enough to know what a 6L6-GT is, but I can imagine current overload that you're talking about. The most dangerous electrical accident I ever witnessed was a backhoe hitting a primary service lateral. The resulting explosion turned the sand to glass.
Watching a 6L6-GT with ruaway bias and 750v 5a going through it is almost hypnotic, until you realize what it can take with it and kill power. It really sucks when it happens at a gig.
It's amazing to watch a beam of electrons from, basically just a modded light bulb; melt through metal and glass though.
I've been an electrician for 8 years, so working with 5 volts is certainly a pleasant change.
Just be happy that your voltages are low enough that the "lead dress" can't induce a melt-down, ha ha...
~ Richard (high-voltage thermionic vacuum tube experimenter, who has seen melt-downs)
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WASHINGTON — As negotiators in Congress squabble over the size and scope of spending cuts for the remainder of the fiscal year, Democrats and Republicans outside the Beltway differ dramatically in how they want their leaders to handle the budget stalemate, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
In a contrast that illustrates why the standoff has pushed the federal government to the verge of a shutdown, the poll finds an overwhelming majority of Democrats wanting the leaders of their party in Congress to compromise, and a majority of Republicans wanting theirs to stand firm.
According to the poll, 68 percent of self-identified Democrats, as well as 76 percent of political independents, say they want Democratic leaders in the House and Senate to make compromises to gain consensus in the current spending debate.
By comparison, 56 percent of self-identified Republicans — and 68 percent of Tea Party supporters — want GOP leaders to stick to their position, even if it means the inability to achieve consensus.
Other political news of note
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But while the Republican base is calling on its leaders to stand firm, key swing voters send a very different message — with 66 percent of independents saying they want GOP leaders in the House and Senate to compromise.
"In the Republican and Tea Party electorate, they want action in terms of [cutting] spending," said GOP pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted the survey with Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart.
"There is no question that has to drive the leadership in terms of being responsive."
If there's a government shutdown, the poll finds that there will be enough blame to go around.
A plurality of 37 percent say they would blame congressional Republicans, while 20 percent say they would blame President Barack Obama and another 20 percent would blame congressional Democrats.
Seventeen percent say they would blame everyone, and another 2 percent say they would blame both Obama and congressional Democrats.Story: What a federal shutdown would look like
Yet both McInturff and Hart caution that these numbers could radically change if there is indeed a shutdown, given that only 19 percent of respondents in the poll believe that the current disagreement will result in one.Poll: Who would bear the blame for a shutdown?
Measuring Ryan's Medicare overhaul
In the midst of this spending debate, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Tuesday unveiled a budget proposal for the next fiscal year that would, among other things, phase out Medicare, the government-run health insurance program for seniors.
Under Ryan's plan, seniors would begin receiving a subsidy — the amount depending on one's income — to pick the insurance plan of their choice. But this wouldn't apply to those 55 and older.
According to the poll, however, a majority of Americans don't believe Medicare needs significant changes.
A combined 44 percent think the program needs "major changes" or a "complete overhaul," versus a combined 53 percent who think it needs just "minor modifications" or is "OK" the way it is.
Those numbers are virtually identical to the combined 44 percent who said in January 2005 that Social Security needed "major changes" or a "complete overhaul," versus 54 percent who said it needed "minor modifications" or was "OK." George W. Bush's effort to reform Social Security that year was unsuccessful.Video: Could shutdown backfire on Dems? (on this page)
By comparison, at the outset of Obama's ultimately successful — but also incredibly polarizing — health care reform effort, a whopping 70 percent said the health system needed "major reform" or "complete overhaul."
When the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey asked respondents about changes to Medicare that are similar to Ryan's proposal, 21 percent said they were a good idea, 22 percent said they were bad idea and 56 percent had no opinion.
Yet 48 percent of respondents agree with the statement by reform supporters that Medicare is financially unsustainable and the plan will give seniors more health care choices, while 35 percent agree with the statement by opponents that the proposal will result in less coverage and more out-of-pocket costs for seniors.Story: Uncertainty might be biggest shutdown cost
The poll was conducted of 1,000 adults (including 200 by cell phone) from March 31 to April 4, so before Ryan's budget rollout on Tuesday. It has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points.
Obama and 2012
Obama's approval rating in the poll stands at 49 percent, up one point from the last NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey; 45 percent say they disapprove.
"With the exception of that January bump-up [after the Tucson shootings], it's the best job rating he's received since May 2010," said Hart, the Democratic pollster.
An identical 49 percent say they approve his handling of foreign policy, but the president's numbers remain upside-down on the economy, with 45 percent approving and 52 percent disapproving.
On Monday, Obama officially filed his paperwork to run for re-election in 2012, and 43 percent of registered voters in the poll said they will probably vote for him, while 38 percent said they will probably vote for the Republican nominee.
But who will end up being Obama's GOP challenger?
Romney in first, Trump tied for second
In the survey, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads the hypothetical pack with support from 21 percent of Republican primary voters — followed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and real-estate mogul Donald Trump at 17 percent each, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 11 percent and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at 10 percent.
(Trump hosts the "The Apprentice" on NBC. Msnbc.com is a joint venture between NBC-Universal and Microsoft.)
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is at 6 percent, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann gets 5 percent, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum receives 3 percent and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour gets 1 percent.
Strikingly, Trump finishes first among Tea Party supporters (with 20 percent), followed by Romney (17 percent), Huckabee (14 percent), Palin (12 percent) and Gingrich (9 percent).Poll: Trump tied for 2nd in 2012 GOP field
When the field is whittled down to five Republicans — Bachmann, Barbour, Gingrich, Pawlenty and Romney — Romney leads with 40 percent, Gingrich comes in second with 20 percent and Pawlenty is third with 12 percent.
The poll also measured candidate attributes. The most popular among all respondents: being a woman (a combined 85 percent said they were either enthusiastic or comfortable with that attribute), being an African American (84 percent), being a governor (81 percent), being a Catholic (77 percent), being a Hispanic (75 percent) and being a business executive (68 percent).
The least popular: being a former lobbyist (16 percent), being a FOX News commentator (31 percent), being a Tea Party leader (35 percent), being a person with multiple marriages (46 percent) and being a Mormon (49 percent).
On Libya and Afghanistan
Turning to foreign policy, majorities said they supported U.S. forces engaging in military action in Libya (52 percent), and establishing a no-fly zone there (66 percent).
Overall, 54 percent approve of Obama's handling of Libya, while 40 percent disapprove.
But the public's attitudes about the war in Afghanistan are more mixed.Video: Obama to GOP: 'You have to make compromises' (on this page)
Fifty-four percent say the war there has been "somewhat successful," but 60 percent say they're less confident it will come to a successful conclusion.
Hart, the Democratic pollster, believes these numbers suggest this message: Declare victory and get out.
Overall, 46 percent approve of Obama's handling of Afghanistan, which is down three points since January.
Mark Murray covers politics for NBC News.
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Bill Seeks to Close Mo. Stores for Thanksgiving
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - An incoming Missouri Democratic lawmaker is trying to stop "Black Friday" shopping from ruining the Thanksgiving dinners of workers.
Jeff Roorda, of Barnhart, plans to file legislation that would prohibit retail stores from opening on Thanksgiving.
He has dubbed it the "Thanksgiving Family Protection Act." He says the holiday should be about families and not about profit or greed. He says Thanksgiving should not become "Black Friday eve."
Restaurants, gas stations and drug stores would be exempt from forced closure. Roorda says some other states also require businesses to close on that day.
He says retailers' efforts to lure customers have left fewer hours for workers to spend time with their families on Thanksgiving.


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Narcy Novack's Quest for the Pot of Gold
What would you do to get the Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow? How far would you go? Would you be willing to steal, embezzle or plot a murder? Which one would you be willing to undertake for all the gold? Or will you be willing to do whatever it takes and more.
Well, that's what Narcy Novack did! All of the above, First, her mother-in-law was found dead an the lust for more would not allow her to stop, as though her life depended upon more blood, as she began to hatch yet another more devious plot to eliminate the last person that stood between her and the "Pot of Gold." That person would be Ben Novack,Jr.
It appears that from the very beginning it was a "Marriage for Murder." What would possess Ben Novack, Jr. to stay with Narcy even when it was obvious to everyone around him that she not only wanted him out of her life, she wanted him dead?
Could a love for another be that mind-altering that you would place your own well-being in harms way? Is this what they mean, when you hear someone say, "I love you to Death?" Did they mean that figuratively speaking or just meant as a literal translation?
Could the outcome of your life depend on something you said in a passing fancy and not meant to be taken serious? Do most people take relationships as a means to and end with hidden agenda's that really have nothing to do with you? That is something to think about in this day and age!
The murder trial for the Fontainebleau heiress accused of killing her husband and mother-in-law will once again be delayed several weeks as the U.S. Department of Justice considers whether Narcy Novack and her brother, Cristobal Veliz, should face the death penalty.
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My first grader came home with a homework assignment to
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree With Fall Leaves
My first grader came home with a homework assignment to
create a picture with fall leaves.
Inspired by the book Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert.
We took a stroll around the neighborhood to collect
our collage materials (assorted leaves, bark, twigs)
First, she made a Bird/ Leaf Man:
I made an underwater fish scene
(Hey, mom wanted to play too!).
Then, she decided to make a tree.
(logical idea when you're working with leaves and bark!)
She started by tearing green paper for a ground line,
glued it onto a blue sheet of paper,
and added a piece of real bark as a trunk.
A variety of leaves filled the top,
but it needed something more....
Then the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree
on our fridge inspired her to grab mom's stash of sharpies
and make this:
What kind of art can your kids make with some
natural materials?
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Second set of James McAvoy photos this week. Click here if you missed the shots from the other day with his wife Anne-Marie Duff. Here he is shooting Danny Boyle's Trance with Rosario Dawson on Wednesday night. Not much to say, other than enjoy, and ...
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Several Burbank residents met Wednesday to organize a fight against a planned wireless telecommunications facility atop a nearby church. Their battle includes filing three appeals of a decision by the Planning Board allowing the project to move forward.
Board members approved the facility last month, despite the opposition of several residents living near the Little White Church on Avon Street.
The Burbank City Council is scheduled to hear the appeals on May 22.
One of the main issues for residents is that the project will set a precedent.
The T-Mobile project is the first wireless telecommunications facility proposed in a single-family residential area in Burbank since the City Council approved an ordinance in September allowing such a move, as long as the equipment is on a structure, such as a church or school.
The facility's 12 antennas will be placed inside a steeple-like structure on top of the church, while other equipment will be installed on the first floor of the two-story building.
T-Mobile officials have said the equipment is needed to fill a service gap in the area and improve existing service. Other locations were considered, such as a Petco sign to the north, but height issues knocked that option out of the running and the church was the only viable option, T-Mobile officials said.
Lawrence Huber said he doesn't want the facility because it will hinder his ability to rent a house he owns next to the church. Huber, along with his wife, Laurel, filed one of the appeals.
He said he will have to disclose the proximity of the antennas to prospective tenants, making it more difficult to rent the home.
Their daughter, Kathryn Huber-Merlo, currently leases the house and has also filed an appeal.
She said she's concerned about how the facility will affect her young daughter's health. If the facility is installed, she and her family will move, she said, leaving her father with a vacant house.
Huber-Merlo and her husband gave up their cell phones three years ago because of health concerns about radio emissions.
"That was our personal choice," she said.
However, she argued, they had no choice regarding the installation of the cellular equipment.
"You've taken away that choice from me and imposed it on me, and I don't appreciate that," Huber-Merlo said of the commission-level decision.
She acknowledged that she can't use health concerns in her appeal argument because the City Council can't take those issues into consideration. Federal law prohibits state and local governments from regulating the placement, construction or modification of wireless facilities on the basis of environmental effects of radio frequency emissions
Huber-Merlo said her neighbors are researching other arguments, such as possible noise pollution from two air-conditioning units that are part of the project.
Residents also said they are worried the facility will drive down property values and could harm students at two nearby schools — Bret Harte Elementary and Luther Burbank Middle School.
Burbank Unified Supt. Stan Carrizosa has been contacted by a school parent concerned about the situation, said district spokeswoman Kimberley Clark.
In an email response to the parent, Carrizosa said the school district has no jurisdiction over the placement of the facility at the church because it's not being installed on school property.
He also stressed that school officials are always concerned about the safety of students.
"Having said this, the placement of cell towers near schools is fairly common across the county and state," he said. "The [Federal Communications Commission] and several other agencies and institutions have studied the impact of cell tower frequencies and found them to be safe.
"Additionally, there are reports that demonstrate that districts and neighborhoods where towers have been installed have had no negative impact."
During the next few months, opponents plan to rally around their cause with yard signs, a letter-writing campaign and petition drive, T-shirts and banners.
At the neighborhood meeting, Huber-Merlo had this message for fellow opponents: "We can do this."


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Shawn Matthias is entering his seventh season with the Florida Panthers, where he plays center. During the 2012-2013 season, Matthias scored 14 goals, which tied him for second place on the team.
Currently conditioning in the grueling training camp, Matthias works out hard every day with his teammates. And when the season begins on Oct. 2, he'll continue to work out daily, even after games.
To fuel his body, he eats six times a day, culminating with a late-night meal of four or five eggs and his third protein shake of the day.
As he says, "During the season, it's almost like you're always eating to keep recovering."
Q: Why do you keep fit?
A: Obviously for the team I train hard. But even if I didn't play, and when I finish, I'll still exercise. So many benefits, and you feel better about everyday life. You have more energy and are healthier. And it's nice to look good, too.
Q: What are your workouts like during training camp?
A: During camp and season, we do a lot of maintenance to keep what we've built up over the summer. In camp, we're always skating so that's cardio, but also a lot of running, sprinting and weightlifting. You're not trying to build up [muscles] anymore, just keep what you got.
Q: What about during the season?
A: Two days before a game, I'll do a 40-minute circuit of legs and some major lifts to stay lean and keep my strength up. Get a good sweat on and push yourself hard. The day before a game, I'll do an upper-body circuit and major lifts to keep my strength up. After games, I'll go for a run and try to lift at a comfortable weight if we're off the next day. If we play the next day, just stretch out.
Q: What are major lifts?
A: Squats, lunges and a lot of jumping and bouncing. A lot of agility work. For upper body, it's a lot of pull-ups, things like that.
Q: How is a hockey player's body different from other athletes' bodies?
A: We're not in the gym doing biceps curls and bench press for the chest. In hockey, you don't want a big chest but to explode up, power out and be quick. A lot of what we do focuses on that. We do a lot of back exercises. We want to be strong everywhere but mainly our core and legs, our backs and shoulders. You have to get good cardio and not get too heavy. You don't want to be built up like a body builder because you'll lose speed. Same with getting fat.
Q: Do you exercise in the off-season?
A: Every day.
Q: Do you have a personal fitness motto or philosophy?
A: Always be the hardest worker, whether in the weight room or at practice. I like to pride myself thinking I'm doing more than the next guy.
Q: Any injuries affect your playing or workouts?
A: No, knock on wood. Obviously you're beat up in the shoulders and ankles, but that's part of it. You have a personal trainer and he goes through that with you. He strengthens your weaknesses. In the summer, we work hard in the weight room but also get massages and treatments to keep our body as healthy as can be for the season.
Q: Have you played other sports?
A: I played rugby, golf, soccer, lacrosse, pretty much everything. And cross-country running. Now in the off-season I golf. And I do a lot of mud races, the 5K runs with obstacles you're climbing over. It's like CrossFit. I've done some CrossFit tournaments.
Q: Do you smoke or have any other health vices?
A: No, I've never smoked or done anything like that. Not a big drinker either. My diet's pretty good. I don't want to do those things that take away from so much effort I put into everything else.
Q: What's your typical daily diet?
A: In the summer, you watch your carbs because you're not burning as many calories. But in season, you have to eat more. During the season, it's almost like you're always eating to keep recovering.
Six times a day I'll eat. First breakfast, then after practice. Then snacks with protein shakes. Then dinner. Then protein shake. Four or five eggs about 9 o'clock at night and another protein shake.
We buy all our food from Whole Foods or other organic grocery stores. Not a lot of junk food or sugars. We're pretty tame.
Q: Ever cheat from your diet?
A: We have our cheat meals every now and then — a scoop of ice cream. We're not eating perfect. We're on the road a lot so we eat at restaurants. But you know in the back of your mind that what you put in your body affects it.
Q: Take any vitamins?
A: Fish oils. And magnesium at night to help me sleep and digest my food. No more multivitamins. I didn't notice a difference when I took those.
Shawn Matthias
Age: 25
City of residence: Parkland
Height/weight: 6 feet, 4 inches; 220 pounds
Occupation: Professional athlete with the National Hockey League


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NEW YORK - Sixteen years into her career as television's chief justice, Judy Sheindlin is as comfortable in her role as the nation appears to be with her.
"Judge Judy" is such a familiar part of daytime TV that now, in the post-Oprah Winfrey syndication world, it's easy to overlook how dominant it is. The show averaged 10.1 million viewers each day during the third week of January, a typical week, more than the next three courtroom shows combined, the Nielsen company said.
Without her black robe with the white lace, Sheindlin can walk down a Manhattan street undisturbed on a chilly winter afternoon. Just try that with Dr. Phil, Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Oz or Katie Couric. Each have daytime shows with an audience less than half of what "Judge Judy" draws each day.
The people who choose to have their disputes settled on camera by Sheindlin know to expect a sharp tongue and sharp judgments. She believes most people take comfort in order, like newborn babies swaddled tightly in a blanket.
"They want to do the right thing, most people," she said. "For that little core that doesn't want to do the right thing and gets away with it routinely, most people want to see them get a good whupping. And I am your girl."
Some of her cases have changed over the years - she appeared uninterested and a little befuddled during a recent discussion about an Xbox hard drive - but Judge Judy doesn't. It's instructive to watch Morley Safer's 1993 feature on "60 Minutes" about Judge Sheindlin of Manhattan's Family Court to see how similar it is to the "Judge Judy" courtroom today. Same Brooklyn attitude and impatience. Same steamrolled plaintiffs (or lawyers, or defendants) muttering under their breaths. Almost the same robe. Safer even coined a phrase, "the evil queen in a lace collar," that's just as applicable now.
That report caught the attention of Hollywood syndicators, who turned Sheindlin from a Tylenol-popping public servant to a celebrity earning a reported $45 million a year with homes in New York, Connecticut, Florida and Wyoming.
"In the field in which she works, I would put her in that class of people throughout the history of broadcasting who really manage to appeal to millions of people at a time yet give you that sense in some way that they're intimately relating to you, like you can go out and have chili with them," said Robert Thompson, director of Syracuse University's Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture.
Thompson admits to underestimating Sheindlin, saying he predicted the growth in DVR usage would be Sheindlin's downfall because many people watched because there was nothing else on. Apparently not.
The self-certainty and willingness to say things others might suppress drives her appeal like it does for Simon Cowell, he said.
"I don't mind getting my hands dirty and I don't mind getting to the truth of a situation and saying, `you're right, you're wrong, next case,'" she said. "If I wasn't right most of the time, we wouldn't be having this conversation today."
As a girl growing up in Brooklyn, Sheindlin said she got her moral compass from her dentist father. He worked part-time for the city and suggested the government could save money by making some of its own dental equipment instead of contracting it out to people who charged more than it was worth. It earned him death threats. He wanted to persist pushing it but backed off because his wife was scared. The effort made an indelible impression on his 8-year-old daughter.
On "Judge Judy," Sheindlin will rapidly cut through arguments and counter-arguments to get to the heart of a case, often with moral judgments attached. "You can't go into a lease with someone and stick `em," she said to former roommates squabbling over back rent.
A tattooed bartender who asked her roommate to drive her children to school because she had worked late stood no chance recovering damages when that roommate got in a car accident. She cared less about the accident than the notion the bartender had passed on her responsibility. If Sheindlin is confronted with a young woman who has multiple children with different fathers, she doesn't hesitate to say: "You have enough children."
"I believe it," she said. "You may disagree with me. But I think if you're 26 years old and you're unemployed and your children have no stability and one lives with grandmother sometimes and you have different men coming into your house fathering these children, the chances that you are going to have a successful person come out of that house, with that upbringing, is diminished. You're not supposed to say it."
Knowing people and their behaviors is her strong suit, certainly not judicial temperament, she said. She admits to being "bratty," in classic ends-justify-the-means style, recalling a Family Court case where she dumped lengthy motions written by expensive lawyers in the trash and told them if they didn't reach a settlement, she would tell their clients the lawyers wanted to bleed them financially.
Sheindlin doesn't want to be briefed by producers about cases before going on the air, preferring to look over their legal arguments and question them herself. Anything else feels uncomfortably like acting to her.
She's signed to continue "Judge Judy" into 2015, but that's not a deadline. "I'm not tired," she said. "I'm still young - 70 is the new 50. I hope I'll know when to say goodbye. Right now I'm not there yet."
Her transition to TV felt fully complete one day a few years ago when she stopped at a bagel restaurant with her husband Jerry, a retired justice on New York state's Supreme Court. They overheard two women arguing about "Judge Judy," one saying she watched and hated her, couldn't get over how rude she was. The other woman said she loved Sheindlin. Judge Judy realized she could take it either way.
"I like it a lot better if you like me," Sheindlin said. "But if you don't like me and watch me every day, what's the difference?"


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I was at F.ounders for about ten seconds last week (I know, I know) and met only a fraction of the awesome people I should have. However I did get to have coffee with the mother of a young developer who's just entered secondary school (high school).
Her son has been programming games for the last two years. The school in question has a new computer lab but only teaching resources for students in second year onwards. And what will her code-writing son learn when he eventually reaches this point? Powerpoint and Word.
We have a huge problem here.
CoderDojo is a superb movement with enormous merit (and it's clear that James Whelton is just getting started). But we need to get this expertise into classrooms faster. How do we help teachers make this happen?
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The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon has selected Rodolfo "Rudy" Soto, former student body president at Portland State University, as the 2013-14 Mark O. Hatfield Fellow.
The fellowship was founded in 1998 by the Confederated Tribes. Each year one Native American is selected to be the Hatfield Fellow and serve in Washington, D.C. as a staff member of one of Oregon's representatives in Congress. Soto will work as a legislative assistant to Rep. Kurt Schrader. The internship starts in November and lasts nine months.
Soto is an enrolled member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe. He was born and raised in Nampa, ID, and moved to Portland during high school. He earned a scholarship to attend Portland State University and became the first in his family to go to college. He served as president of the Associated Students of Portland State University in the 2007-08 academic year.
As a student, he was elected coordinator of United Indian Students in Higher Education. He also served as project assistant for a suicide prevention grant at the Native American Rehabilitation Association. He later received training in community organizing in Washington, D.C., as part of the Native American Political Leadership Program.
Soto is currently a youth engagement specialist with the National Indian Child Welfare Association, and is a member of the Oregon National Guard.


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How to Get Ready to Start a Web Store
Before starting your own Web store, make sure you have a plan, financing, and dedication to your project. Building a Web store requires preparation and commitment. Consider this list of first steps and ideas before you undertake your online endeavor:
Business paperwork: If you're planning to open a new Web store, you should consider getting a Reseller's Permit from your state government, a Business License from your city hall, and perhaps a Fictitious Business Statement (also known as a d/b/a) from your county government.
Business bank account: Unless you want the money from your Web store to be mixed in with all your other revenue and expenses, you should probably set up a new bank account for your Web store. This will allow you to accept checks made out to your Web store name, and you can use this account to order a debit card, which you can use to buy items for your Web store that require a credit card.
An idea of what you want to sell: If you want to open a store, hopefully you have your initial product line in mind. Understand, however, that you don't necessarily have to sell tangible, "stuff-in-a-box" products. You can open a store that sells other people's products by joining their affiliate programs and reselling their products. You could sell information in the form of e-books, audio, or video files. You could put a lot of information on your Web site and sell the advertising space on your site.
Time: It's the one commodity we never seem to have enough of, but if you bought this book, that means you should have the time to construct your Web store, polish it up, launch it, and maintain it as you receive orders. Don't forget to budget some time once you launch your store, as you will need to update your store regularly.


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Sikorsky airport to gain in municipal agreement
STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Walter Rimkunas remembers that Wednesday night on April 27, 1994.
"The fog was so thick I couldn't see 20 feet to the street," said Rimkunas, who lives on Second Avenue in Stratford. Sikorsky Memorial Airport's Runway 6-24 is visible from his backyard. "Why that pilot tried to land I don't know. But he came in long" -- landing about 1,000 feet from the end of the 4,667-foot runway -- "and plowed into the fence."
Jagged pieces of the fence tore into the plane, causing fuel to explode and burn, killing eight of the nine passengers.
"The fog was heavy enough that when we got there, the ambulance and my car and the airport security car lost sight of each other, and we were only 50 feet apart," Stratford Emergency Medical Services Administrator Bruce Connery told the Connecticut Post that night.
The fiery crash became the poster child for a safety zone and runway improvements mandated by Congress at small airports like Sikorsky Memorial Airport.
After decades of squabbling, Sikorsky will get both as a result of a major accord reached two weeks ago between Bridgeport, which owns the property, and Stratford, where the airport is located.
"If we had the EMAS (engineered materials arrestor system safety zone) and no blast fence, none of those people would have died," said John Ricci, the airport's manager. "All would have walked away."
Since then, there have been at least six other non-fatal crashes in the same area, the last on June 25, 2011, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. All were attributed to pilot error.
The project was nearly delayed again last week when Sandy's winds and rains flooded Sikorsky.
"The airport was under water Tuesday," Ricci said. "It looked like a lake. Some of the aircraft had water up to their wings. I thought for sure we had major damage."
But by Wednesday, Ricci said the water began receding. Crews were able to clear the debris and check the electrical systems, which for now are in good shape."
"Salt water is very corrosive, so I can't guarantee them long term," he said. "The visual navigational aids will have to be replaced. But the runway and taxiway lights are working."
By Friday, Ricci said the airport was open for flights, allowing him to turn his attention to the renovations.
Late last month, officials in Bridgeport and Stratford signed off on what Stratford Mayor John A. Harkins called a "historic accord" he believes will end decades of squabbling between the two municipalities, as well as two federal lawsuits brought by Stratford. Much of that squabbling stems from the airport's location in Stratford -- although owned by Bridgeport.
The accord calls for the construction of a 300-foot safety zone at the northeast end of Runway 6-24 -- something Bridgeport championed -- and also bars further airport expansion, a major concern of Stratford residents.
However, the construction of the safety zone out of aerated concrete blocks designed to collapse when run over by landing gear requires a portion of the adjacent Main Street to be redesigned, rerouted and heightened. The latter is expected to alleviate flooding.
The former is a concern of Marcia Stewart, the past president of the Stratford-based Preserve Our Environment and a Stratford senior citizen.
It's their evacuation route, she said. She wonders how Lordship residents will leave in an emergency when the work is going on.
"Lordship and Stratford residents will be extremely pleased with the outcome when the Main Street relocation is finished," said Morgan Kaolian, a Lordship resident and former Sikorsky Airport manager. "The flooding problems will be solved once and for all, and that's the truth."
The agreement cedes ownership of 45 acres of wetlands and marshlands, including the airport's Long Beach West parking lot, to Stratford.
Rimkunas believes Stratford already owned the parking lot. He cites the title search work done during James Miron's term as Stratford's mayor.
The accord also requires Bridgeport to clean up blight at the facility and could open the door to regionalization down the road.
Rimkunas believes that could create further problems by adding state control.
Even a signed legal document is not enough to allay airport expansion concerns.
"My concern, and I've seen it before with Bridgeport, is they don't live up to their promises," Rimkunas said.
That's one thing Stephen J. Nocera, Stratford's chief administrative officer, promised to be vigilant about. "We will be watching," he said.
And it's something Ricci claims shouldn't concern Stratfordites.
"I don't think (Bridgeport) Mayor Bill Finch would sign an agreement he won't live up to," Ricci said. "All we ever wanted was the safety improvements. There was never any intention to expand the runway to accommodate larger jets."
Bridgeport City Attorney Mark Anastasi could not be reached for comment Friday.
The deal prohibits lengthening either of the runways.
What it does is allow Runway 6-24 to be dug up and repaved with its width reduced from 150 feet to 100 feet, according to Kaolian.
"That's the new criteria," Kaolian said of the 100-foot width. "I don't like the idea. Larger airlines on landing will have to make a 180-degree turn to turn around. But the plan is to take 25 feet away from each shoulder."
David Faile Jr., president of Friends of Sikorsky Airport, said the runway's reconstruction is necessary because planes and maintenance work are kicking up chunks of asphalt.
"They could easily be sucked into a jet engine," said Faile.
"Or damage propellers," added Kaolian. "That would be disastrous."


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2 Suspects arrested in kidnapping of Amish girls in New York state
HERMON, N.Y. - A man and a woman were arrested Friday in the kidnapping of two Amish girls abducted from their family farm stand in northern New York state, authorities said.
The girls were reunited with their family after they were apparently released Thursday evening.
CBS affiliate WWNY identified the suspects of Stephen Howells II, 39, and Nicole Vaisey, 25, who live together in the town of Hermon. They were each charged with first-degree kidnapping. A neighbor described the suspects as boyfriend and girlfriend, and said three children also live in the home.
Investigators were searching that home Friday night, Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain told Syracuse.com.
The Amish sisters, 7-year-old Delila Miller and 12-year-old Fannie Miller, vanished around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday after a car pulled up to their family's farm stand in Oswegatchie, a rural town on the Canadian border, about 130 miles north of Syracuse. The girls had gone to serve customers at the farm stand while the rest of the family was in the barn, tending to the evening milking.
An Amber Alert was issued and a massive search was launched. Since the Amish do not take photographs, authorities had no photos of the girls to distribute. The family worked with a sketch artist to produce an image of the older girl.
About 24 hours after they disappeared, the girls turned up at a home in Richville, some 15 miles from their home. WWNY reported they had been driven to the area, told to get out of the car and stay put. Instead, they ran to a nearby home and asked for help.
Authorities said Friday the girls were safe at home with their family.
Investigators were releasing no details about what happened to them but Rain said she planned to hold a news conference Saturday morning.


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