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Robert Emmanuel "Bobby" Franks Grave Location

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Bobby Franks Sept 19, 1909 - May 22, 1924. Murdered by Leopold and Loeb "by their desire to commit a perfect crime." Why is the location still so hard to track down on the internet? The Franks family asked that Rosehill Cemetery not reveal the burial site, but it has been 88 years. I doubt it's much of a tourist attraction anymore. (Are any direct descendants still around?) So, SPOILER: It's not that hard to find. It's in the Jewish section in the Southwest. Jacob Franks Mausoleum. It's right next to the road, not even that hidden, in Section T.

iPhone Tips and Tricks

Taken from csmonitor.com These are my favorite/useful tips & tricks for the iPhone: 9. Scroll to the top, and fast For music enthusiasts who have an extensive iTunes library, scrolling to the top of your Songs list may be a tedious process. (The problems we have to worry about these days.) But quite honestly, for iPhone users who have more than 10,000 songs stored, getting from ZZ Top to ABBA can require too many thumb thrusts. There’s an easier way to rocket up a long list: Tap the clock at the top of the screen. It'll automatically send you to the beginning. One click is all it takes. The trick works for contacts, e-mail, and websites as well. 18. Take a screenshot Want to show your friends a ridiculous text message conversation you had last night or easily save an image to your photo library? The screenshot option on the iPhone allows you to take a picture anywhere and anytime of anything on your 3.5-inch screen. W...

EWWW. Cat Pee.

Unfortunately we had to utilize this website this weekend. 24 hours after the fact. Dried. Skip to step 2. http://www.catsofaustralia.com/clean-cat-urine-mattress.htm 2. Mix a solution of 50% vinegar and 50% water in a jug or other container. Pour a small amount of this solution over the area of cat urine...Blot. 3. Sprinkle a good handful of baking soda over the stain. 4. Mix a quarter of a cup of hydrogen peroxide with a teaspoon of dishwashing detergent and drizzle it over the area where you have sprinkled the baking powder and work it in using your fingers (wear rubber gloves) or a brush. Leave it to work for 15 minutes then begin blotting again. If you don't have hydrogen peroxide on hand you could substitute it in an emergency for a spray laundry stain remover. ***I used Resolve Carpet Stain Remover with Oxy*** 5. When the mattress is dry vacuum thoroughly.Use a hard bristled brush to loosen up the baking soda if necessary.  ***I used my Dyson DC25 and the...

Excel Spreadsheet Formulas for the Week

I'm in charge of the direct mailing at my office. Our leads come in via Excel sheets, which get fed through RoboAgent, and out pops an auto quote. We recently had Database101 run our previous leads through their database to see if we could collect any phone numbers and/or emails. We have 8 separate leads files, and 1 big amended file (with all the leads in no particular order). In order to get the quotes updated, I have to use the ReQuote feature, but wanted to update the individual leads files with phone/email. I opened the leads file, and copy/pasted the Amended file as Spreadsheet 2. So the Phone and Email columns were empty in Spreadsheet 1. Be sure that your columns are aligned! (ie if Phone column in Spreadsheet 1 is column C, then it better be C on Spreadsheet 2).  I used the following 2 links for the formula, just adjusting the columns to match and transplant: =IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($C7, Sheet2!$C:$C, 0)), INDEX(Sheet2!H:H, MATCH($C:$C, Sheet2!$C:$C, 0)), "") ...

Really? One of these guys could be President?

On one hand we have Newt Gringrich. He's had 2 (known) affairs, which broke apart 2 marriages. He and one of his wives owed between $250K-$500K at Tiffany's. He was also formally disciplined for ethics violations by the House of Representatives. His (in)famous quotes are: "I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much." This man could be Commander-in-Chief: “If combat means living in a ditch, females have biological problems staying in a ditch for thirty days because they get infections and they don’t have upper body strength. I mean, some do, but they’re relatively rare. On the other hand, men are basically little piglets, you drop them in the ditch, they roll around in it, doesn’t matter, you know. These things are very real. On the other hand, if combat means being on an Aegis-class cruiser managing the computer controls for twelve ships and their rockets, a female may be again dramatically better than a male w...

My Authentic Decals Fall Apart and Disintegrate! (UPDATE)

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I bought a set of 1/72 decals for a Messerschmitt Bf-109F-2 on ebay. When I went to apply them to my project, they disintegrated on contact with water! Fell apart completely! So I had the ebay seller send me a new set, thinking I got a bad batch. Nope. Same issue. The email address on their website is wrong too. contact@olimpmodelsgroup.com does not work, but the packaging has contacts@olimpmodelsgroup.com listed, so I'm emailing them to make things right instead of the seller. If they don't though, I'm gonna have to get a refund from the seller for carrying a crappy product. No Disintegration! Kinda appropriate given my project: EDIT: I emailed photos of the decals, and after a few weeks Authentic Decals has sent me a refund of $10 for the decals that fell apart. It doesn't mean that I'll buy any more Authentic Decals, but at least they're a good company. I still have to track down decals for my Messerschmitt project though....

Custom R3-D3 Star Wars 4GB USB Sony MicroVault ClickFlash Drive

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This astromech has TONS of memory! Custom R3-D3 Disney Star Tours Exclusive Astromech, assigned to the Starspeeder 3000 USB Flash Drive Made with a 4GB Sony Microvault Click Flash Drive--Preloaded with Data Compression Software Clear dome glows blue when in use!