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<h1><big><font color="green">Welcome to Clif Notes Newsletter</font></big></h1>
<p><b>March 4, 2007</b></font>
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<table><tr><td width=200>&nbsp;<img src="http://freewarewiki.pbworks.com/f/clifsilver.jpg" class="wikiimage" />&nbsp;<p>Hi Everyone.<p><p>Thanks for reading my newsletter. Each week, I will have freeware reviews, tips, tricks, news, and lots of cool websites for you to check out.<p><p> I hope you enjoy this week's letter. Be sure to write me for advice or yell at me for messing up.<p><p><small><a href="http://flow-to.com/email/w1171846855lqmz3fu9.mth">Email me</a></small><p><p><a href="http://gabbly.com/http:&#47;&#47;freewarewiki.com/ClifsCurrentNewsletter">Click here to chat while<p>visiting this newsletter!</a><p><p><img src="http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=clif_note_s" alt="" width="12" height="12" /><a href="ymsgr:sendim?clif_note_s">_Online?</a><p><p></td><td><div style="font-size:90%;"><table style="background:transparent;border:none;margin:0;padding:0"><tr style="background:transparent;border:none;margin:0;padding"><td style="background:transparent;border:none;margin:0;padding"><div class="toc"><ol type="1"><li><a href="#WelcometoClifNotesNewsletter">Welcome to Clif Notes Newsletter</a></li><li><a href="#REVIEWS">REVIEWS</a><ol type="a"><li><a href="#DriverMaxbackupallofyourWinXPorVistadrivers">DriverMax - back up all of your WinXP or Vista drivers</a></li><li><a href="#XMPlaygreatinternetradioandmp3player">XMPlay - great internet radio and mp3 player</a></li><li><a href="#Moveitmoveinstalledapplicationstoanotherharddrive">Moveit - move installed applications to another hard drive</a></li><li><a href="#Yugmawebconferencingsoftware">Yugma - web conferencing software</a></li><li><a href="#LetterSwapperfreegametoflexyourspellingmuscles">Letter Swapper - free game to flex your spelling muscles</a></li><li><a href="#WorlduponWorldsspacethemeforyourdesktop">World upon Worlds - space theme for your desktop</a></li><li><a href="#OldNewsletter">Old Newsletter</a></li></ol><li><a href="#TIPSANDFEEDBACK">TIPS AND FEEDBACK</a><ol type="a"><li><a href="#ReactionstoDistractionscandriveyoutodistraction">Reactions to Distractions - can drive you to distraction</a></li><li><a href="#HowdoIoverlaymusiconpictures">How do I overlay music on pictures?</a></li><li><a href="#Commentslastweek">Comments last week</a></li></ol><li><a href="#COOLWEBSITES">COOL WEBSITES</a><ol type="a"><li><a href="#CarolsCornerOfficeMicrosoftOfficetipsandhelp">Carol's Corner Office - Microsoft Office tips and help</a></li><li><a href="#AvisitwithTomMercado">A visit with Tom Mercado</a></li><li><a href="#WebsitesIvevisitedrecently">Websites I've visited recently</a></li></ol><li><a href="#NEWNEWS">NEW NEWS</a><ol type="a"><li><a href="#SnapFilescomnewandupdatedfreeware">SnapFiles.com - new and updated freeware</a></li><li><a href="#NewsfromSarahinTampa">News from Sarah in Tampa</a></li><li><a href="#SecuritynewsfromMalwareAdvisor">Security news from Malware Advisor</a></li></ol><li><a href="#OTHERSTUFF">OTHER STUFF</a><ol type="a"><li><a href="#ChattingatFreewareWiki">Chatting at FreewareWiki</a></li><li><a href="#Frapperyoupeopleliveallovertheworld">Frapper - you people live all over the world!</a></li><li><a href="#Writeyourownreview">Write your own review</a></li><li><a href="#Whatdoyouhavetosay">What do you have to say?</a></li></ol></li></ol></li></div></td></tr></table><br clear="left" /></div></td></tr></table>
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<h2><a class="WikiLink" id="p-a01f92f0cb941ef2c8f31ee1b7d1a880ba82a8b3" href="/DriverMax">DriverMax</a> - back up all of your WinXP or Vista drivers</h2>
<p>review from <a class="WikiLink" id="p-f72eded1da9aba0d0a637a4c68b35e72203a87d0" href="/ClifNotes">ClifNotes</a>, Mar 2007, <a href="DriverMax">permalink</a> <a href="https://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?pedit=DriverMax">_</a> <a href="http://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?ptag=Backup%20Tools">Backup&nbsp;Tools</a>
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<p>CC wrote me last week to tell me about this program. I had to try it out and it worked just as advertised. I can remember lots of times when I could have used backups like these. The only drawback is that you have to register your email address at the author's website. They apparently send out an occasional newsletter about their software. They also promise not to ever share your email with any third parties. I'd say that's a pretty good trade.
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<p><a href="http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2130/drivermaxap9.jpg"><img src="http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2130/drivermaxap9.th.jpg" align="left" hspace="15"></a><b>Quote from the website</b>
<p><em>DriverMax is a new program which allows you to easily reinstall all your Windows drivers. No more searching for rare drivers on discs or on the web or inserting one installation CD after the other.  Simply export all your current drivers (or just the ones that work ok) to a folder or a compressed file. After reinstalling Windows you will have everything in one place!
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<p>Note: DriverMax only works on Windows Vista and Windows XP (all service packs).</em>
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<p><a href="http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/">http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/</a> <br clear="left">
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<p><img src=/f/pencilonpaper2.gif><a href="javascript:HaloScan('DriverMax');" target="_self"><script type="text/javascript">postCount('DriverMax');</script></a> <hr align="left" class="wiki"/>
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<h2>XMPlay - great internet radio and mp3 player</h2>
<p>review from <a class="WikiLink" id="p-f72eded1da9aba0d0a637a4c68b35e72203a87d0" href="/ClifNotes">ClifNotes</a>, Mar 2006, <a href="XmPlay">permalink</a> <a href="https://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?pedit=XmPlay">_</a> <a href="http://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?ptag=MP3%20Players">MP3&nbsp;Players</a>
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<p>XMPlay is a fast, lite, music jukebox program that plays many music and streaming audio formats. There are skins available, and it also supports some <a class="WikiLink" id="p-86a15848e20382913a9df41acfba047af2e61559" href="/WinAmp">WinAmp</a> plugins. XMPlay may not do everything but it keeps getting better and it's very good at what it does. Thanks to Nob for reminding me about XMPlay. 
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<p><em>XMPlay is an audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2 / MP1 / WMA / WAV / CDA / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio formats, and PLS / M3U / ASX / WAX playlists. A load more formats are also supported via plugins. When XMPlay was first released in 1998, only the XM format was supported, hence the name "XMPlay".</em>
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<h2>Moveit - move installed applications to another hard drive</h2>
<p>review from <a class="WikiLink" id="p-f72eded1da9aba0d0a637a4c68b35e72203a87d0" href="/ClifNotes">ClifNotes</a>, Mar 2006, <a href="MoveIt">permalink</a> <a href="https://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?pedit=MoveIt">_</a> <a href="http://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?ptag=File%20Management">File&nbsp;Management</a>
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<p>This program seems to work. I tried it out on an installed program I have. It was a program I wasn't planning on keeping, so I wasn't worried about losing it or messing it up. Moveit gave me an error message and said it couldn't move my files for me but I just skipped the error message and continued. Moveit scans all the registry looking for references to the program you want to move. It changes the registry entries so that you can run the program from the hard drive you've chosen. It took a long time for it to scan the registry. When Moveit was done I just copied the program I wanted to move to the area on the other hard drive where I wanted it to run. It's not trouble free but it did work.
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<p>I've had reports from others who haven't had much luck with Moveit. 
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<p><em>On Xp I tried to move (using Movit) <a class="WikiLink" id="p-093e6f67c8d514a66b47a6d6814c2354e03b2e4a" href="/OpenOffice">OpenOffice</a> v. 1.1.3 but it failed, I lost the application ! :-) Coa2 seems better, I moved Office 2003, Winmx, <a href="http://www.azpoint.net/news/Area_Download_2934.asp">Pop&nbsp;Peeper</a>, <a class="WikiLink" id="p-80b06ddc86f15850ba7c8de819736810cc4ea1f1" href="/TugZip">TugZip</a> and other and it seems to work better</em>
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<p><em>Having a lot of programs on your hard drive is a usual thing today, but someday such users certainly will face such problem as moving registered program from one place to another. It is a problem, because almost every program stores some data into registry (such as used file paths, for example), and you can't just move program folder from where it is to another location, because in 90% cases application will not run correctly anymore. So was before. Today MoveIT! will help you to solve this problem</em>
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<h2>Yugma - web conferencing software</h2>
<p>review from Derby Paul, Mar 2007, <a href="YugmaWebConference">permalink</a> <a href="https://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?pedit=YugmaWebConference">_</a> <a href="http://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?ptag=Remote%20Access">Remote&nbsp;Access</a>
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<p>Derby Paul recently submitted this brief review of a new free web service that enables you to share and display access to your PC with others across the internet. Yugma also provides premium (paid) services with more features and options. I'd categorize it as <a class="WikiLink" id="p-6ffc609581acde57586d188bc0b6b56822939e74" href="/LiteWare">LiteWare</a>, not <a class="WikiLink" id="p-0773d60c05c8669edb4095c0eae6c97bc1654c0c" href="/FreeWare">FreeWare</a>.
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<p>Later, <a href="http://wyrwolf.150m.com/">Bob&nbsp;Constans</a> had this brief comment about the same service:
<p><em>Yugma - Sweet interface, eh? Very slick. Impressed me so much when I ran across it that I immediately signed up...and put it in my Links!</em>
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<p><div class="breakout"><p><b>Derby Paul wrote the following:</b></p><p>IS IT FREEWARE? Yes. Free forever.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WHERE IS THE WEBSITE AT? <a href="http://www.yugma.com">http://www.yugma.com</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM IS IT? It's a KILLER app for FREE Web Collaboration. FREE and VERY EASY TO USE Web Conferencing, Desktop Sharing, Whiteboarding, free telephone conferencing, private and public chat, annotation tools.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WHAT VERSIONS OF WINDOWS ARE REQUIRED? Windows 2000, XP, Vista. Also Mac OS 10.3 or later. Linux coming soon.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DOES IT REQUIRE ANYTHING ELSE? (LIKE .NET) No. Just Java.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>IS IT A LARGE OR SMALL DOWNLOAD? Small. 3.4MB</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>IS IT AN EASY PROGRAM TO INSTALL? Very easy to install!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DOES IT COME WITH AN UNINSTALLER? Yes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WHERE DID YOU FIND IT? Lifehacker.com</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WERE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? Yes. This is a perfect fit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WHAT ARE YOU USING IT FOR? Project Meetings.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WHAT WERE YOU USING BEFORE YOU FOUND THIS? gotomeeting.com.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>HAS IT SOLVED A PROBLEM YOU WERE HAVING? Yes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WHAT PROBLEMS HAS IT CAUSED? None. It's very secure and reliable.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>IS THE PROGRAM EASY TO USE? Extremely!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DOES IT COME WITH HELP FILES? Yes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WHAT FEATURES DO YOU LIKE OR NOT LIKE? Very EASY and FREE forever.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WHAT FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR TAKEN AWAY OR CHANGED? Integration with AOL AIM.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
<p><img src="http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7609/100883medium9207f8egt1.jpg" align="left" hspace="15"><b>Quote from the website</b>
<p><em>Yugma is a free web conferencing service that enables people to instantly connect over the internet and to collaborate using any application or software, using both Windows and Mac. Businesses can connect on-demand and real-time with clients, prospects or employees whether they are across the city, nation or even the globe.</em>
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<h2>Letter Swapper - free game to flex your spelling muscles</h2>
<p>review from <a class="WikiLink" id="p-f72eded1da9aba0d0a637a4c68b35e72203a87d0" href="/ClifNotes">ClifNotes</a>, Feb 2007, <a href="LetterSwapper">permalink</a> <a href="https://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?pedit=LetterSwapper">_</a> <a href="http://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?ptag=Games">Games</a>
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<p>Letter Swapper is a great program to help you keep those spelling muscles toned up. It's a stand-alone or portable program so you can take it with you on a thumb drive. It doesn't seem to work well in Win9x systems.
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<p>Most of my friends, family and co-workers seem to enjoy word and spelling programs more than others. I believe that may say something good about those that I associate with.
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<p><em>Letter Swapper is a perfect mix of word and puzzle games challenging your erudition and combinatorics skills. Your goal is to clear the board from letters by combining them into words.
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<p><img src=/f/pencilonpaper2.gif><a href="javascript:HaloScan('LetterSwapper');" target="_self"><script type="text/javascript">postCount('LetterSwapper');</script></a> <hr align="left" class="wiki"/>
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<h2>World upon Worlds - space theme for your desktop</h2>
<p>review from <a class="WikiLink" id="p-f72eded1da9aba0d0a637a4c68b35e72203a87d0" href="/ClifNotes">ClifNotes</a>, Mar 2007, <a href="WorldsUponWorlds">permalink</a> <a href="https://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?pedit=WorldsUponWorlds">_</a> <a href="http://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?ptag=Desktop%20Tools">Desktop&nbsp;Tools</a>
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<p>Here is a great theme for sci-fi fans anywhere. Take a look at my screenshot for a glimpse. This theme is hosted at themeworld.com, a great place for clean free themes.
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<p>If you need a good theme manager for your older PC's, be sure to check out <a class="WikiLink" id="p-3e14df6d8f60c255ff0b06754effaaa015b6d8e7" href="/DesktopArchitect">DesktopArchitect</a>.
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<h2>Reactions to Distractions - can drive you to distraction</h2>
<p>Tip from Tiffany, Mar 2007, <a href="ReationsToDistractions">permalink</a> <a href="https://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?pedit=ReationsToDistractions">_</a> <a href="http://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?ptag=Tips">Tips</a>
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<p><img src="http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6228/distractionsqe2.gif" align="left" hspace="15">Here's a deceptively easy little game called <a href="http://clickonthis.ca/road.html">Reactions&nbsp;to&nbsp;Distractions</a> that will make you think and act quickly, while keeping you on your toes. This interactive game will challenge your reactions to all kinds of distractions on the road, and find out just how good you really are at multi-tasking while behind the wheel. The game will test your reactions to varying distractions while driving, and see how well you handle various situations while under stress. It's really quite interesting as well as an eye opener.  Many of us believe we can drive perfectly fine while talking on the phone and/or doing other things at the same time.  This unique game/test proves otherwise and makes you aware of just how dangerous  multi-tasking behavior can be; especially when performed in conjunction with driving a vehicle. It's truly a valuable lesson for everyone who is guilty of "multi-tasking" behind the wheel.  Try it now, and see how you score!
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<p>Best wishes for a happy weekend to you and your family,
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<p><a href="http://hello-kitty.group.stumbleupon.com/">http://hello-kitty.group.stumbleupon.com/</a>   =^..^=
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<p><b>Try it out!</b>
<p><a href="http://clickonthis.ca/road.html">http://clickonthis.ca/road.html</a>
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<h2>How do I overlay music on pictures?</h2>
<p>question from <a class="WikiLink" id="p-f72eded1da9aba0d0a637a4c68b35e72203a87d0" href="/ClifNotes">ClifNotes</a>, Mar 2007, <a href="HowDoIoverlaySoundsOnPictures">permalink</a> <a href="https://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?pedit=HowDoIoverlaySoundsOnPictures">_</a> <a href="http://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?ptag=Misc">Misc</a>
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<p><div class="breakout"><p>Hello Clif</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am doing a DVD of photos for my Grand Daughter.  I have 28 years of photos that I am putting on the disk and I want to overlay some music that my Daughter liked before passing on last year.  Do you know of some Freeware or Cheap Shareware that will allow me to add the music?  The photos are no problem.  Just need a way to overlay the music.  My Grand Daughter will always be able to look back at some thing like this.  I will just keep updating the media as the technology changes for as long as I am around.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Gary</p></div>
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<p><div class="breakout"><p>Hi Gary,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I recommend using Windows Movie Maker to add photos and music to make a movie. However, I'll ask my readers how they would do it. They often know more than I do.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Windows Movie Maker comes on every installation of Windows XP (as far as I know).</p><p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/default.mspx</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Clif</p></div>
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<h2>Carol's Corner Office - Microsoft Office tips and help</h2>
<p>review from <a class="WikiLink" id="p-f72eded1da9aba0d0a637a4c68b35e72203a87d0" href="/ClifNotes">ClifNotes</a>, Mar 2007, <a href="CarolsCornerOffice">permalink</a> <a href="https://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?pedit=CarolsCornerOffice">_</a> <a href="http://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?ptag=Computer%20Tips">Computer&nbsp;Tips</a>
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<p>David at <a class="WikiLink" id="p-9a2dbd8587869f4cc13e9c1562a8b96544c681a8" href="/DavesComputerTips">DavesComputerTips</a> wrote me to tell me about a project that he and Carol (Carol's Corner Office) have just unveiled. Many of you are probably familiar with Carol's MS Office tips which have been displayed at <a class="WikiLink" id="p-65ba56fa43069e2875c15cc26053ee8f5b7b794d" href="/InfoPackets">InfoPackets</a> and <a class="WikiLink" id="p-9a2dbd8587869f4cc13e9c1562a8b96544c681a8" href="/DavesComputerTips">DavesComputerTips</a> newsletters.
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<p><b>Carol has a new website.</b>
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<p>Now many of Carol's tips are included at her new website. 
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<p>If you use any MS Office products at home or at work, you really should sign up for the <a href="http://www.carolscorneroffice.com/free_home.html">free&nbsp;newsletter</a>.
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<p><em>This site is meant for those who wish to learn more about Microsoft Office. My main focus is on Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Power Point, and Publisher. And so I'm here to help you out. There is almost always a way to accomplish what you're seeking and I am the woman to see when you need to make that happen.</em>
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<p>review from <a class="WikiLink" id="p-f72eded1da9aba0d0a637a4c68b35e72203a87d0" href="/ClifNotes">ClifNotes</a>, Mar 2007, <a href="VisitWithTemerc">permalink</a> <a href="https://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?pedit=VisitWithTemerc">_</a> <a href="http://freewarewiki.com/tags.php?ptag=Web%20Service">Web&nbsp;Service</a>
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<p>Last month, I was in California for my son's marriage. My wife and I had a great time there and we really hated to leave. The real problems came when we arrived at the airport and found that most flights to the east had been cancelled because of a snow storm. We ended up taking a flight to Phoenix that day hoping we could catch a flight from there to Ohio. The flight to Pheonix was a quick and uneventful trip and after a little calling around we were able to arrange for a room at a local hotel.
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<p>After settling in at the hotel, my wife reminded me that Tom Mercado lived in Phoenix. She wasted no time and jumped on the internet and left him a message on Yahoo Messenger. The next morning Tom called us and we met in the hotel lobby before we went to the airport. Tom and I had a nice visit. He's as generous and friendly in person as he is online. 
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<p><em>In these forums you will find lots of good useful information and tips, not to mention you can post your questions and one of our members will be able to specifically address your issue.</em>
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<p>Website - <a href="http://temerc.com">http://temerc.com</a>
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