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Investment Business Daily Falls Far Short In Its Opinions.

Investment Business Daily Falls Far Short In Its Opinions.

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Investment Business Daily, or IBD, is devoted to investment facts and teaching you how to buy stocks and mutual funds.  For that purpose, it does a fine job.   Naturally you would expect a financial publication to have a Republican slant in its opinion section.  This publication, in our opinion, is for all practical purposes, devoid of any practical level of being unbiased in favor of the Republican viewpoint.  For this reason, it is our feeling that the opinion section…

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Icom HS-51 Headset

Icom HS-51 Headset

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I have previously purchased Prime headsets for my hand held radio also called a handy talky or HT for short.  I need the headset for two city RACES events a year.  Problem is that the Prime microphone fails to function properly after two events.  This failure happened twice in two years.  Buying these headsets every year was getting expensive.  I called my local Ham Radio Outlet store and explained my problem.  The salesman suggested I consider buying the Icom HS-51….

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Vitamix Vita-Prep Blender Web Site Allegidly Misleading

Vitamix Vita-Prep Blender Web Site Allegidly Misleading

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Our old blender failed and I took a lot of time to research buying a really good blender.  The choices I came up with were Blendtec and Vitamix.  It looked like it would cost me about $400 for either.  The reviews for both were excellent and came in as being pretty close and choosing one over the other seemed pointless.   I finally settled upon the Vitamix because it offered the Eastman Tritan copolyester container that reputes to have no BPA…

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Logitech G9 Mouse

Logitech G9 Mouse

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I purchased a Logitech G9 mouse for use when I use my Mac laptop for Team Fortress computer game after a LOT of research.  Team Fortress is a Windows application and the G9 really improved my game.  I am a terrible player and needed an edge.  The G9 gave really worked as a terrific gaming mouse.  I was using a Microsoft laptop mouse when running Mac applications becaue the G9 took so long to move across the computer screen when…

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Apple On Line Store Has Problems.

Apple On Line Store Has Problems.

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I ordered a new Mac Book Pro for my self with apple care and a iTouch for my daughter.  My E-mail notifications for this order came to be a bit weird.  The order was cut into two. The iTouch was on one order while the laptop was on the second.  The iTouch arrived extremely fast, with gift wrapping that I do not remember ordering, and was charged $5.  The iTouch qualified for a rebate but I never was notified how…

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Vacation planning ideas for you to consider.

Vacation planning ideas for you to consider.

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My wife and I wanted to go on vacation this summer but gas costs being so high we decided not to fly or travel by car too far.  Our family decided to vacation in San Diego.   Trying to find the best accommodations was a chore probably because we tend to comparison shop and kept at it for three days.  Here are some tips for you to consider when looking for the best resort/hotel/motel. 1. When looking at brochures and web…

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Home Builders Allegidly Waste Time and Money for Shippers and Customers.

Home Builders Allegidly Waste Time and Money for Shippers and Customers.

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We live in a Meridith built home. My wife tells me that Meridith is a very good home builder. In my opinion, it IS in some regards but NOT in others. I believe many home builders intentionally cut costs in a number of ways especially items that will take you some time to figure out. Our very large house has one door bell and it is located in the family room, north east corner, ground floor. The door bell can…

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3 Day is 1 and 3 Day is 5?

3 Day is 1 and 3 Day is 5?

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I placed an order for Apple laptop, iTouch for my daughter and Apple protection for the laptop. I added 3 day shipping so I could get my laptop in the hope it might arrive before the weekend.  Here is what went right and wrong with Apple’s shipping. June 17, Tuesday, order was placed late in the evening so statistical purposes the order should start on the 18th. June 18, Wednesday, The clock starts.  Credit card company called to authorize large…

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Team Fortress Computer Game Promo Movies.

Team Fortress Computer Game Promo Movies.

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Following is an e-mail sent to us from Sirusblk. “Alright here’s the videos… An early promotional piece (a lot of stuff has changed since then): http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=931&cc=US Meet the Heavy (first look at the extremely cool facial animation system): http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=960&cc=US Meet the Soldier: http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=985&cc=US Meet the Engineer: http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=987&cc=US Meet the Demoman (My Favorite): http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=997&cc=US Meet the Scout (The latest one): http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=5032&cc=US As you can see they all have a distinct cartoon look, and everything you see is actually in games stuff…

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LaCie All-Terraine Hard Disk (250GB) Recommended

LaCie All-Terraine Hard Disk (250GB) Recommended

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One of the major pains for me is to find an external storage solution for my Mac Power PC G4. This model limits its USB port power to the 500ma specified in the standards for this type of port. Problem is that hard drives will draw a lot more than 500ma, especially for start up. You will find that most all manufacturers that sell portable hard drives fail to include the USB Y cable to draw power from two USB…

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