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			<title>Home Depot Discounts</title>
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			<dc:creator>TMWillingham2845</dc:creator>
			<description>If teams need supplies for their robot or practice field build, and your team is non-profit in organization,   you can sometimes get  $25 off coupons from Home Depot: http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/about_team.html  (scroll down to the &quot;other ways&quot; Home Depot helps section).  I think each Home Depot provides the discounts differently, but our local one requires a letter of request, and proof of 501 C3 status.   This year alone, we've saved $75 on purchases.  They won't always provide  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:14:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Alternative Source for some FTC Items</title>
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			<dc:creator>grajalese1902</dc:creator>
			<description>All,



Here are a couple of alternatives sources for FTC items



Multi-Nut Pliers

http://www.techni-toolcatalog.com/lg_display.cfm/page/182/catalog/120



Most local hobby stores will sell the servo, however, I've found that

it is usually the gears that strip or break. Here is a source for the gears:

Servo Gear Replacement

http://www.advantagehobby.com/product.php?productid=44916&amp;cat=321



If you are brave enough to fix the encode cables...

Here are the Digikey parts  ...</description>
			<category>Resources</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:58:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hitechnic Items</title>
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			<dc:creator>grajalese1902</dc:creator>
			<description>All,



The Hitechnic Sensor Multiplexer and IR Beacon are available on the Hitechnic website.



Here is the link for the Sensor Multiplexer

http://www.hitechnic.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&amp;key=NSX2020



Here is the link for the IR Beacon

http://www.hitechnic.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&amp;key=FTCBCN



and at:  http://www.robotc.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=41&amp;t=1872

Xander Soldaat has RobotC code to demonstrate how to use the new Sensor Multiplexer.

His  ...</description>
			<category>Resources</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:48:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>TETRIX Robotics</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[TETRIX Robotics has a helpful site here: <a href="http://www.tetrixrobotics.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tetrixrobotics.com/</a>]]></description>
			<category>Resources</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:54:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>LEGO Education Quality Assurance Contact</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Team Built and Dangerous (B.A.D.), aka Lyman Robotics (http://www.builtanddangerous.com/index.html), shares a helpful LEGO Education contact:
<br />

<br />
- Mr. Ed Snider, with quality assurance at Lego Education 800-362-4308
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<br />
Who had proven helpful last season in helping the team deal with motor problems.
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<br />
Thanks, B.A.D!]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:20:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Stee-rike 3.com</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Official game balls: <a href="http://stee-rike3.com/" target="_blank">http://stee-rike3.com/</a>]]></description>
			<category>Resources</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:21:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>FIRST 2009-10 Hot Shot! Game Docs</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/content.aspx?id=962" target="_blank">http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/content.aspx?id=962</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:20:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>JETS – Junior Engineering Technical Society</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[JETS is a national non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting engineering and technology careers to our nation's young people. As a prominent force at the secondary school level, JETS engages students in various engineering education programs that are an essential part of fostering the engineering profession. They have an e-newsletter, annual design challenges and an annual scholarship program for seniors.   <a href="http://www.jets.org/" target="_blank">http://www.jets.org/</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:15:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Math and Science resource: Cogito</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[For students passionate about math and science, Cogito provides a place &quot;for  learning about amazing scientists your own age, what they're doing and how they managed to do it, &quot;as well as news and features on topics ranging from global warming to bioethics to nanotechnology. <a href="http://www.cogito.org/" target="_blank">http://www.cogito.org/</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:14:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>SharingFIRST</title>
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			<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
			<description>Sharing FIRST is a social networking site *especially for girls* where FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, and FIRST LEGO League members can all share technical and non-technical experience with peers as well as with newer and/or younger teams. To help us complete the grant supporting Sharing FIRST, we invite you to add information to the site. In late April, we will be contacting you to help us evaluate the site.



Things you might upload on the site include: lessons on torque,  ...</description>
			<category>Resources</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:31:23 GMT</pubDate>
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