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Month: November 2007

Arriflex 16MM camera model S

Arriflex 16MM camera model S

Troubleshooting the obvious and less obvious: Camera will not run. Check to make sure the motor clamp is snug. The camera motor body is the return electrical path and must be touching the motor housing clamp tight enough for a good electrical contact. The film buckle switch might not have been set properly. Open the sprocket wheel mechanism and then close. You don’t see it but a little plunger resets the film buckle switch to the “ON” position by open…

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Black Mountain 2004, Fat Cat, Cabernet Sauvignon

Black Mountain 2004, Fat Cat, Cabernet Sauvignon

Good flavor. Excellent price. Enjoyable in all respects. I am the canary in the coal mine. If there is any chemical additive in meat, I will get a headache. This is also some times true with wine. I can not figure out why I get headaches with wine. I do not think additives are the cause, but I am not sure of that. This wine created no headache the next morning. My doctor told me to drink wine as it…

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Yellow Tail Chardonnay 2006

Yellow Tail Chardonnay 2006

Simply awful tasting wine. It tasted like it was altered. I picked up the taste of clove. We threw the contents of the bottle out. This is most surprising as Yellow Tail has been an ok wine for us in the past.   Yellow Tail is made in Australia. My wife and I took a honeymoon cruse on a cruise line that offered French wine with just about every dinner. Before, during and after that cruise just about every French wine…

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California Audits CSU compensation practices. (Nov. 2007)

California Audits CSU compensation practices. (Nov. 2007)

Bureau of State Audits presented its audit report concerning the California State University’s (university) compensation practices. “Average executive compensation increased by 25.1 percent over this time period, with salary increases contributing the most to the growth. Average compensation for Management Personnel Plan employees (management personnel), such as managers and professional technical staff, increased by 10.4 percent. In contrast, average compensation for tenure-track faculty and other faculty increased by 5.6 percent, and 6.2 percent, respectively.” “The chancellor’s office establishes systemwide compensation…

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Kimmie’s Coffee Cup in Fullerton, California

Kimmie’s Coffee Cup in Fullerton, California

Kimmie’s Coffee Cup 1605 W. Commonwealth Fullerton, Ca. 92835 Phone 714-449-1580 Hours: Mon-Fri 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat and Sun 7 am to 2 p.m. Reviewed: 11-16-07 at 11:15 a.m. I found this place by catching an older person, possibly the owner at Spadra’s in downtown Fullerton and asked him where the best place was for breakfast, knowing full well that that would be a difficult question to answer because there were few to choose from. Immediately he said…

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Cheese Cake Factory, Brea, California for Sunday brunch.

Cheese Cake Factory, Brea, California for Sunday brunch.

Cheese Cake Factory 120 Brea Mall Way Brea, California, 92821 Phone 714.255.0115 Date: 11-4-07, Sunday. Brunch at 10 am when the restaurant opened. This restaurant also offers curbside to-go service. My wife and I had Sunday brunch right after the restaurant opened. If you have never entered a Cheese Cake Factory Restaurant before, it is a visual treat. I was mildly shocked when I first entered. I did not know if I had entered Disneyland or some other fantasy theme…

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