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This will hopefully be a series of articles that will chronicle a budget buildup of a 454 Chevy I am currently working on. This is a VERY cost concious job and I think it will be an interesting project. Parts will be sourced from a variety of places including ebay. My goal is to put an effective combo together that will make tons of torque and pull very hard to 6000rpm. Some things that I do to this engine will not be for everyone. There will be more expensive and fancier ways than what I detail, but that is not the point of this build-up. Typically I would just do all the machine work in my shop, but the idea here is a rebuild that the reader can do themselves. Comments are welcome of course!
A little about me
I made my living working on diesel engines and power systems. I would estimate that I have overhauled, rebuilt or done major repair to at least 1000 engines in the last 25 years. I own a business know as MAX EFFORT ENGINES. www.maxeffortengines.com This a modest engine building and machine shop. I am a certified Superflow chassis dyno tech and have training in applied failure analysis and other areas. I hope that my exprience with engines may be helpfull to someone else.
This is my first try at an article like this, please bear with me!
This current project is for a friend who wanted a street/strip type BBC.
The first step was to obtain a rebuildable core. A month of scouring the want-ad and asking around turned up a 1973 454 for $500. The engine was supposed to be in running condition when it was pulled from the camper special pick up truck it was in.
Once we had it home we pressure washed the exterior and then tore it down. All parts were kept in order. The rod and main caps were already stamped. Make sure you do this when tear an engine down. The block and heads were visually checked for cracks and the crank and the block were measured up.
Some good news and some bad. The engine had some decent parts. The block, a two bolt main, was in pretty good shape, only .002-003. taper in the cylinders. The mainline was checked with the strait edge and the lifter bores were fine. The cam gear thrust surface was also in good shape. The crankshaft was the #7416 forging. The rods were the heavier 3/8s variety, all but one rod was ok. The 049 oval port heads were in good shape, the valve guides showing little wear.
The BAD news was that the number eight rod bearing was spun and the crank was worn .023, most of the wear on one side of the journal. The number eight cylinder showed plenty of scratches from the metal being thrown into the cylinder.
The next step was to prep the block and make a decision on the crankshaft. A scat9000 cast crank was considered, but we decided to see if the forged crank could be reground without welding. The local crank grinder was able to help out. He reground the crank with a slight offset to the stroke and this gave him a little more material to work with. He also reconned a rod for us. Total cost for the grind and the rod was $120.
I cleaned up all the casting flash on the block with a die grinder and carbide burr. The oil return areas were smoothed and all the excess removed in the lifter valley. The deck surfaces were carefully cleaned by hand and checked for straightness. All bolt holes were tapped out and the freeze plug holes cleaned of scale.
We made the decision to keep the bore standard. This saved the price of the bore job. We hard honed all eight cylinders for forged piston clearance. When done we had under .001 taper and out of round avg. This was done with a heavy duty hard hone, these are made by Sunnen or Lisle Co. The trick is to use the old style Chevy/Trw pistons that require a fair amount of clearance. Some shopping on ebay turned up a set of slightly used trw domed pistons that would give about 10.2:1 compression with our heads. Buying used pistons is always a gamble, but $125 was a bargain when a new set of forged pistons are $400 and up these days. After honing the bores were cleaned with hot soapy water and a bore brush. Then the block was thoroughly pressure washed and the oil passages brushed and jetted clean. The bores were then oiled and the blocked sprayed with wd40 to prevent rust.
Thats enough for tonight. In my next segment I will go over the short block assembly, cam selection and other parts purchased.


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"Thanks Dan," Jay said.
Taking the five crisp, new bills, he deposited the money in the cash register, and turned to shake the older man's outstretched hand.
"Are you sure about this Kid," Dan asked as he held onto their grasp for an extra second. "I know that's the last one you wanted to sell."
Jay's bronze skin reddened as he dropped Dan's beefy hand. Sweat beaded across the cherubic features of the 300 pound man as his blue grey eyes took on an indigo sheen.
"I'm sure, Dan. Some things are more important than cars."
Jay's stony expression melted as a crooked grin lit his face. Dan's Salt and pepper hair seemed to bristle when he hefted his bulk away from the counter. Jay reached out with the receipt. Dan took it from where it hung between them, peering deeper into Jay's strained expression. ""I won't be getting to her for another few months, so if you change your mind let me know."
Jay fought the urge to rush Dan from the shop with a forced smile. Slapping Dan's hulking shoulder instead, he steered him toward the exit. Jay choked back the lump in his throat, as they walked into the windy parking lot. "I'll keep that in mind."
Dan turned and shook his hand once more repeating that he would be back tomorrow afternoon to pick up the car. Before Dan settled his bulk into his 65 corvette, Jay watched a cascade of guilt ridden expressions spill over the older man's doughy features. They both knew that even in this condition that car was worth much more than Jay accepted for it. He wondered if some hint of the haunting regret tearing him up could be seen from behind his professional smiles. It was all he could manage to conceal the wound he suspected was driving Dan to the retreat of the corvette.
Turning back to the dark glass door of Galvez Auto body, Jay shoved back into the office. He flipped the lock and turned the sign to closed, before flattening the shades blank against the night beyond. Sighing, he pulled his wristwatch out of his pants pocket to see the numbers staring back. 6:20 the red digits flashed at him. That should be plenty of time for Alex to have either made it to the airport or be lost somewhere and in need of directions. He walked back to the desk and chair against the rear wall, sprawling into the greasy vinyl. Moving the stacks of paperwork from where he had piled them during his hectic day, Jay searched for his cell.
Digging out his phone, he glanced back at the dark, empty bay to make sure the metal doors were closed. He leaned back in the rickety chair while dialing Alex's cell phone. When she called him this afternoon he never imagined that now, six hours later, he would be calling her to make sure she was catching a flight to waste her time and his money on her loser boyfriend.
"Charles Strathmore, that arrogant, good for nothing piece of…" Jay bit back his bitterness as Alex's voice picked up the call.
"Hi, it's Alex. Leave me a message and I'll call you right back."
While the digital voice explained the process, Jay settled his thoughts so he could speak without her sensing what this little trip of hers had just cost him. When the beep echoed in his ear, he attempted to soften the harsh edges of his words before he spoke to her.
"Hey Lex, it's me. Are you OK? Are you lost? Call me back before your flight leaves. Please," he added, the tang of desperation breaking into the recording.
Hanging up the phone, a twist of worry stabbed pain across his shoulders. He should have closed up and driven her, he knew she hated maneuvering the crowded freeway in Las Vegas.
But When she'd come in this afternoon needing five hundred dollars for a round trip ticket to New York, he'd been caught off guard.
Jay groaned with an exasperated sigh, slamming his fist down on the desk top. His frustration sent receipts and work orders flying into the air. He dug into his temples as his irritation settled around him in a paper cloud across the greasy floor.
"I should have told her no." he mumbled as he bent in the chair to gather the pages. He didn't have that kind of expendable capital, but what was he supposed to do. When she'd explained her trip, a spark of light flashed in her sea green eyes. A light he hadn't seen since Charles followed his parents to New York three months earlier. Now, the jerk was probably lonely or hungry, or horny, and wanting her to come take care of him. Jay shook his head to break that thought loose from his already boiling mind. He hated to think of the power this moron had over her. Charles had figured out long ago that Alex was a sucker for the attention and affection any man would be more than willing to give her.
"Too bad he has nothing else to give her," Jay spat, the sentence clinging in a static hiss throughout the hollow office.
With a self-conscious glance around, Jay realized he was having an audible conversation with an empty room. He spun in the creaking chair to close off the open door between the office and the work bay. Chemical fumes and crisp air shredded his frayed nerves into smoldering tinder.
Pausing in the open doorway, he wiped his burning palms on his thighs.
She'll be fine. She'll be back.
Stepping down to walk through the darkened garage, Jay replaced tools and capped paint cans before returning to the office. With a flip of the lock, He rotated back to stare at the looming phone, silent and useless. He closed his eyes against the image only to see her face in his mind. Alex's bright expression as he'd gotten on line to use the corporate credit card to buy her ticket. The ferocity of her hug after he'd put the paperwork she would need for the flight into her bag. Promising to pay him back, Alex hadn't looked him in the eyes. He believed her, but he didn't bother to ask when or how. She'd wanted a round trip fare with an open ended return, which was the only piece of information he cared about. She was planning somewhere in her mind to come back. Knowing what too much time with Charles could do to anyone's patience, he was willing to iron out the details later. The sinking of the coral sun against the storming sky was turning that willingness into worry.
"Sooner, Lex." He whispered into the dark office, "Make it sooner."
Alex cast her gaze back to the flight board in the walkway. Her flight was listed now but instead of a departure time only the digital letters 'delayed' met her tired eyes. Most of the flights on the list were delayed. She scanned the digital scrawl once more just to reassure herself she had not been mistaken the last three times she checked. Reaching into her bag to replace her mother's manuscript and the red pencil, she groped for her cell phone. Peeking at the clock on its screen, she winced at the time. Alex calculated it was after seven in Utah. A spark of guilt stung at her as she berated herself for not checking in with Jay when she arrived.
He was more terrified of her driving in Las Vegas than she was: the confusion of merging vehicles, the sheer number of drivers, and her tendencies to panic under pressure sent butterflies through her stomach. Jay was probably chewing through the corrugated door of the shop waiting for her to call.
She'd seen the struggle in his eyes when she'd skirted around the details of her plans to meet Charles in Manhattan, the jump of tendons beneath his jaw when she couldn't look at him anymore, the unspoken questions she was sure were calling to her from his pursed lips while she drove away.
Alex gulped back regret, the sensation like thumb tacks down her throat. She squeezed her eyes shut against the memory. He had just nodded when she'd asked for his help, but she knew that look, the one that always ripped across his features when Charles was around. Alex knew Jay didn't like her boyfriend and his tense silence only reinforced her tumbling concerns.
She had harbored a secret desire for him to lecture her about being thoughtless. She'd known it was a false hope. .He'd just set his jaw, stopped his work on a caved in mini-van, and listened. Jay hadn't even asked for details, or told her how much of a mistake he thought this was. He'd simply gone to the office computer and bought her ticket. She'd finally gotten scared then, until he'd begged her to call him after she arrived.
Alex let her mind wander through the downpour beyond the airport terminal. She could do this, thanks to Jay and the steady presence he'd provided since she'd met him, seven years earlier.
She and Jay had been best friends since her sophomore year at Dixon High.
Dixon wouldn't have been considered a large high school by most cities standards, but Alex had moved from a school where the entire student body was only 400 kids or so. The junior class at Dixon covered that number alone. Alex had spent her first day wandering from the wrong classroom to the wrong locker until her lunch break finally provided reprieve. She sat under a large Mulberry tree near the vast student parking lot, picking at her bagel and watching a car in the lot. It looked to be some kind of foreign job, mazarati, or Lamborghini but she couldn't place its body shape. Her dad was a car guy and she had learned a few things about cars from listening to him, but its make and model remained a mystery to her probing gaze.
This car was silver with red racing stripes glittering in the fall sunshine. It wasn't the car that had actually caught her attention, it was the two seniors making-out in the front seat which kept drawing her eyes to the car's noticeable presence. He was wearing a football jersey and she a cheerleader's uniform. Alex had taken it as an omen that only the cool kids had boyfriends. The endless, lonely day and maybe even year loomed in front of her punctuated by the sparkling car as insult.
A dark form emerged to block her view of the parking lot, arms crossed and feet braced into the sod. His black hair fell across his brown sugar skin as he looked down at her with his charcoal eyes.
"You like that car?" he asked watching her face for reaction.
Alex gulped down her bagel while she met his steely gaze. "It's OK" she said with a shrug. "It looks like it's trying too hard."
He tossed back his dark tangle of curls to laugh, sinking cross legged on the ground in front of her.
"That's because it's a fiero,"he said with a caustic smirk. "You buy a body kit and some paint and wa la! Instant Lamborghini."
Alex offered a questioning smile, confused by this stranger's sudden familiarity. "Yeah well… it isn't fooling anyone." Her eyes remained focused on her crumbling lunch. "There's not enough twisted steel for sex appeal."
She looked up from under her lashes to see him grinning from ear to ear while extending his dark hand.
"I'm jay, Jay Galvez. We have the same Spanish class."
Alex had hesitated for a moment before grasping the edges of his fingers with a quick shake.
"Alex Meconnell."
Jay knitted his brows together and picked a blade of grass from beside his leg. "Alexandra? Lexi, maybe?"
"Just Alex." She insisted, "I was Lexi when I was little but I prefer Alex."
"Okay, on one condition.
" Alex raised her eyes to his face noticing a strain flickering at the edge of his features. "What condition?"
"That no matter what else you find out about my name, it's just Jay. Fair enough?"
He held his hand out to her once again. Wrinkling her brow for a moment, she clasped his large palm, shaking it. "Ok just Jay." She said enunciating his name, "deal."
A crooked smile broke across his lips before he looked back over his shoulder at the plastic impersonator in the lot behind them.
"You've got good taste in cars. So I'm trusting that I won't be disappointed with this name thing."
Alex jumped and dropped the memory as her phone vibrated in her palm. Her missed call message flashed from the screen. She went to the call information with a thrill singing through her veins. Charles' cell phone number did not greet her as she opened the call log but Galvez auto body's did.
Alex frowned at the screen. She could already hear Jay's probable frustration with her unanswered calls. The lines of tension in her brow imbedded themselves permanently while she listened to the message. His deep molasses voice teasing and fretting, all at the same time.
Alex tapped the phone against her forehead. She owed him better than this. She could always count on him and now she had left him worrying needlessly for too long. Hanging up from his message, she started to call his cell when her fingers shook over the keypad. Now that she had some time to talk, Jay would want to know what her plans were, how she was going to pay him back, when she would see him again. Questions she didn't have the answers for. What would she say to him? Her mind flashed back to that first promise she had made him, "Just Jay." His voice rang as clearly as if he sat beside her. She would have to be careful about what she told him tonight.
Three weeks after their 'lunch' under that tree, Mr. Jordan had passed around a printout of the class list for enrollment in the Spanish Club. They were each supposed to mark yes or no next to their name and then pass the list along. Alex had gotten it first. She had followed the list of names down to hers crossing out the 'andra' from the printout and marking her response. She'd then dragged her finger up to 'Galvez' but became confused when she couldn't find Jay's name in the three 'Galvez's" on the list. As she'd scanned the sir name's her mind had finally grasped, Eduardo, Jorge, and Monica, left only Jorge as a possibility. Grinning to hold back her laughter, she looked to where Jay was strumming his fingers in quick staccato against his seat.
"Pass it back Alex." He hissed under his breath. 'Hurry."
Alex had been tempted to respond to his frustration by calling out to him with his full first name. Instead, she'd turned her back on him, scribbling on the paper. It wasn't long before Jay held the list in his trembling hands. Alex had watched as he practically tore the page in his desperation to find his name. She was sure he'd found it the moment he'd raised his head to smile at her, his granite eyes flaring with relief. Everything except the 'J' had been eliminated from his name with a deep scratch from her black pen. She'd known then that she never wanted to see disappointment in his eyes.
Alex sucked in a shuddered breath, dropping the phone in her lap. Telling him the whole story over the phone meant she didn't have to watch his expression. However, living with her memory of his face the last time she'd seen him would be worse. .She was going to have to get some answers from Charles, before she could talk to Jay.
Stay tuned for the next leg of Alex's trip-coming in November!

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In an interview with the London Telegraph in November, PJ O'Rourke said something interesting:
He said his teenage daughter was complaining, "'Life is not fair, life is not fair.' I got fed up. I said, 'You're cute. That's not fair. You're smart—that's not fair. Your family's well off—that's not fair. You were born in the U.S.—that's not fair. Darling, you better get down on your knees and pray that things don't start getting fair for you.'"
Hello, perspective.
I've never been one to expect life to be exactly the way I want it (or what some people call "fair"), but I'll admit that I've had my moments. Most of them involve wondering why I wasn't born rich and famous. You know, because that seems to work out so well for those kids. *insert sarcastic smirk here*
But then I realize: I was born rich, comparatively. I had clothes and food. I went to school. We weren't well-off by America's standards, but we had what we needed. I often wonder how I had the good fortune to be born where I was. Then I realize it's not good fortune at all; God put me here for a reason. He put me in a country where people have a voice (which I'm using) and opportunity (which I'm sadly not using).
My life is unfair. Not to me, but to the people of the world who live with poverty and oppression. It's not fair that I live like a queen while others can't feed their kids or have a roof over their heads.
What can I do about this? Hmm. I made some loans through Kiva.org the other day. Not sure it's a giant step, but it's a step. I sponsor two children (Sofia in El Salvador and Margaret in Zambia). Another baby step. If I were given $1 million, I know I'd be the only millionaire in the world with empty pockets (and not Hammer style). Silly bleeding heart of mine.
What more can I do? What do you do? I'll take suggestions!


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Today was a fun day and a hard one all at the same time. Today Steph and I had to say farewell to a dear friend - not forever, but for now as Judy moves to Oregon.
It reminded me of all the special friendships I have been blessed with in my life. Women that have been there in the "seasons" of my journey of life this side of heaven. High school friendships - College roomies - military wives - Moms sharing our lives trying to figure out how to raise our children, Bible study groups, ministry partners and more.
Some for long seasons some for short seasons but impact always the same - forever friends.
With a culture of "busy" it is easy to miss the "moments" and let them fly right by - I would encourage each of you to watch for a way to connect and enjoy the company of the friendships God puts in your pathway of life. There are many ways to live life together and as your seasons change you will carry the memories with you. And then, when you get the opportunity for the "visit" after a time you can "pickup right where you left off" and enjoy all over again.
Thanks Judy for sharing your life in Fredonia with us and with all of us at Girlfriends God's Way. You are a treasure.


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Monday, 22 March 2010
Fixing paw damage at Bodyfuddau.
As the ground has actually thawed and a few daffodils are sprouting, my thoughts turn to the garden. The most urgent is to reclame the lawn I made last year and was so pleased with. Since Silver arrived she has, quite unconsciously, been turning my lawn into two circular race tracks as she zooms around in response to any excitement. The photo shows Silver looking innocent and wondering what all the fuss is about.
I bought some square grids that one can put just under the surface of the lawn in the worst mus spots. I have placed a few in the smaller race track round one of the raided flower beds with a large weldmesh on top till the ground settles a bit. Then I strategically placed a narrower section of weldmesh in a badly damaged bit of the large ciruit and filled below and above with earth and turf [retrieved fron Silver's attempt to build the great wall of China there. Now fingers crossed.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Ducks have relented
At last the remnants of the snow have gone from all the hills in the immediate vicinity and the sun has shone for several days.
One very welcome extra benefit of this is that the ducks have stopped sulking about the weather [they hate snow and will spend hours in the freezing stream rather than sit on it] and have started to lay. There is rejoicing all round as there are enough for friends who like them and also for me to sell at the market.
Also recently someone gave me another white drake who will hopefully turn out to be more effective than Sir Francis, who has not produced a single offspring in two years.
The gentleman in the picture above is long gone, not Sir Francis. This is Llewelyn and here follows a poem about him and his family,
Feathered Paternity
Llewelyn Fawr is very grand
And knows exactly how to stand
To look imposing,
Which is most important to a drake
Who needs the ladies to impress
And to have a harem
Of enthusiastic mother ducks
For future generations' sake.
His feathers are a gleaming white
And his beak canary yellow.
His wings, though not in use for flight,
He cleans with infinite care,
Feather by flawless feather.
His feet are golden triangles
That plod majestic through the mud
Like shoes of magic leather.
His wives are speckly coloured
With sapphire in their wings.
Much of their day they spend
Hunting for interesting things,
Snails and slugs and such delights,
Until, in need of change, they wend
Their way to pond or stream, upend
Themselves and dabble there
For frog spawn, fish eggs, dainty bites
To be found in mud below, while
Feet wave freely in the air.
At night the ladies to their nests repair
And lay their eggs all white or green
And hide them under leaves and grass
From beady eyes of crows who pass,
Searching like spy planes from the air.
Then comes the day, one gets the urge
And snuggles down upon the eggs,
With beak on breast, deep in feathers,
And sits for weeks midst yellow flags
Oblivious of inclement weather,
Just waiting till she hears a peep,
And one by one small beaks emerge.
When all are free of broken shells and dry,
She leads them forth in one long line
To float upon the stream, chasing flies
Invisible to human eyes,
Flashing, dashing everywhere,
Propelled by tiny feet
Under mother's watchful eye,
Turned skywards lest hawk or crow
Descend upon her little fleet.
Llewelyn past them softly glides,
Bursting with parental pride.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Wheels at last
So all this time Emma has been coming up every day with her dog, Rocky, and running them all in the field. She can run and can throw a lot further than me. So they've had a great time, but I have been thoroughly frustrated.
Yesterday my friends took me to see a nice little white van and now I have wheels. As I am supposed to get down to Carmarthenshire for my book launch on Friday, this is a weight off my mind. Also the dogs will be able to go to the forest again. The back of the can is all metal so Silver will not be able to chew it.
Creature Comforts
Locally we have one email swapshop and one freecycle. Someone on the latter gave me an enormous carpet with underlay and
everything. They are going to have a wooden floor so the carpet was unwanted, practically new and very thick. The first peoblem
was that the people who were giving it to me needed it out of the way quickly and simultaneously with being offered the carpet I
got snowed in during our last serious wether problems. Clearly even if I could get out I couldn't lift it into my trailer so I sent out
an SOS to Julian and co. Although they live practically at sea level, this time they were snowed in too. Fortunately the people
were understanding and as soon as the snow there permitted the ganf set out with a trailer and Twm's beloved landrover. Thus
equipped they got up my lane and piled it all into the dining room.
When the weather finally let up the whole family came and laid the carpet in the sitting room, which is now luxurious. My feet
hardly know themselves. The dogs like it too, especially as I spent a good part of Christmas making nice soft covers for their
beds. The carpet is a plain light salmon colour, not suited to 12 muddy paws, but fortunately the dogs usually head for the other
end of the house where they expect to find me, so they mostly don't go in there with muddy paws.
There was a lot left over and at first I thought of the dining room but then I thought that, since the layout of this house is such
that the dining room is the main thoroughfare for humans and dogs, that seems asking a bit much of such a nice clean carpet. So
Emma and Phil came up the other day and laid it in my study and I now have warm feet while I work.
In the picture above, Dyfi has been awoken from his post-field nap and is wondering why I suddenly need to take a photo. It is to
show a bit of the carpet but doesn't really do it justice.
Some days later Emma and Phil came and laid the rest of the carpet in my study. Now that is cosy too. What's more, because the combination of underlay and carpet is so thick my office chair does not slide back when I heave myself out of it. Things are really getting better around this house,
Friday, 5 March 2010
Meet My Dogs
Dyfi came because a farmer gave him to me and I was foolish enough not to ask why he didn't want him. The reason soon became apparent as he is an inveterate sheep chaser. I have managed to teach him to behave with my three pets but can't trust him with other people's sheep. To go down the lane he wears a muzzle and is attached to Jess, whi is better behaved.
Silver was from a dog rescue place where she had been handed in as 'no good'. Actually she is very good with sheep but excessively nervous of the world in general.
Here are some photos of them


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This morning I discovered that a friend of mine had taken his own life.
I've spent all day trying to get my head around it all, to process it all.
I can't.
I don't even have the words to express…
I remember our massive Skype sessions when we'd first started talking and I'm so glad I have a few of them recorded – I listened back to one today, a whole 3 hours and I laughed and then when it had came to an end I cried my fucking heart out.
You'd correct me on Twitter if my grammar/punctuation was shitty and on the odd occasion that you had made an error that I would point out before you'd got round to correcting it, you'd get faux-angry.
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While many who watch indie movies are familiar with Greta Gerwig from her work in such films as The House of the Devil and Baghead, she's making her mainstream debut this weekend in Noah Baumbach's (The Squid and the Whale) Greenberg, as she's one of the three leads. While she's only been in a few films, she more than holds her own in Greenberg and I'm extremely confident you're going to see a lot more of her soon.
Hit the jump for my interview with Gerwig and more on the film:
While I tried to come up with a short summary of Greenberg on my own, the synopsis from Focus Features is perfect:
Roger Greenberg [Ben Stiller], single, fortyish and at a crossroads in his life, finds himself in Los Angeles, house-sitting for six weeks for his more successful/married-with-children brother. In search of a place to restart his life, Greenberg tries to reconnect with old friends including his former bandmate Ivan [Rhys Ifans]. But old friends aren't necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself spending more and more time with his brother's personal assistant Florence [Greta Gerwig], an aspiring singer and also something of a lost soul. Despite his best attempts not to be drawn in, Greenberg and Florence manage to forge a connection, and Greenberg realizes he may at last have found a reason to be happy.
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***Onboard audio outputs did not work correctly in Hackintosh except for the front 3.5mm connectors that are plugged into the HD Audio port on the mobo.
UPDATE: The 4GB 1600 MHz RAM stick has now successfully been overclocked to 1866 MHz along with the other two 8GB sticks which are rated for 1866 MHz; first run of Windows after overclock resulted in a blue screen but everything has been very nice and stable since.
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This case came in the barebone kit that I ordered from TigerDirect and from day one I wasn't too happy with it for a couple reasons: 1) It's a cheaply built, low budget case that has a side panel that wobbles around like crazy when you take it off. 2) There are some sharp parts to this case; yes, I cut myself in two separate places on my hand during assembly 3) The first week I already lost count of how many times I pushed the reset button because of how it is positioned and how easy it is to accidentally push it as a result. 4) Later on, I discovered that the reason behind the lack of performance of my wireless card besides the power surge was the actual magnetic field of the case, and I know this because upon using the card outside of the case it started working reasonably well again and while researching the issue I found some users of this case experienced the same issue with their wireless cards... not impressed at all to say the least. 5) Front USB and headphone jacks are cheap and low quality 6) It originally came with a 450W PS that was absolutely garbage and constantly triggered voltage warnings on the monitoring software for the mobo.
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OK....it's time. I can only wait so long before I have to get off my ass and record a new song. I will be recording a new song at Studio Ballistico with the same guy's starting next week. Both Erik (bass) and Dave (guitarist) now have the latest rough (and I mean rough) draft to work with prior to going into the studio.
This one is a bit different than the rest as it has a quicker tempo and has room for intense vocals. As always, this one has room for intense creativity as well which I always encourage to Erik, Dave and Tim and they never dissapoint! To put it simply: I am totally excited about this one!
I plan on having this song completed by the 23rd of this month. I will be releasing it for sale on my site as wel as CDBaby, Amazon, Napster, etc during the last week of this month, or early November.
The full length video "In the Studio with Ian Narcisi. The Making of Phone Call to Infinity" is still sitting there on my hard drive staring at me and sighing every so often. I don't blame it! I'd be pissed too if I was neglected for so long! I plan on getting this polished up and uploaded to YouTube by the end of this month, or early to mid November. It's almost complete. It just needs my fingers on the keyboard and time.
More songs are on the way in the upcoming months! I will keep you posted :~)!
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Dramas are very concerned with society. Dramas affect society and society affects dramas in return. Therefore, when we watch some dramas, we can frequently notice current issues of society. 'War of Money' is an example. This drama was televised last year, and dealt with the life of private moneylenders. It realistically showed the negative consequences of personal debt. It makes viewers notice our social problems with the private money market. Recently, this problem came out in the news in bold relief. Two months ago, a male talent was found dead in his car in what the police called a suicide. They linked his death to his personal debt to private moneylenders. The number of cases concerned with private debts increases every year and it makes people think of the private money market negatively. Therefore, through the drama, not only can we notice our social problem but also become seriously concern about it.
The private money market in KoreaWhen we watch cable TV broadcasts, we see many commercials about personal loans. A scale of the private money market is huge and it is continuously growing. According to a survey conducted in June 2008, the number of people who participate in the private money market is about 1,900,000. Approximately 50% of them get a legal government clearance, and 17% of them are illegal businesses without any permission. The rest of them are individuals who borrow from acquaintances. The survey shows that more males use private loans than females. The biggest customers of the private loan company are from twenties to thirties. It is also shown that well-educated people tend to make loan more than the uneducated. After the Korean economy crisis, a gap between rich and poor has gotten wider and it is connected to Korea's weak economic strength. This caused people to borrow money from the private loan companies for living expenses, as it is easier to borrow money from private companies than from first financial sector. The rate of people borrowing money from the private company is rapidly growing. People find private companies either through commercial advertisements or online.
Japan controls the Korean marketJapanese companies control the Korean private money market. After the Korean economic crisis, many Korean banking organizations became bankrupt and many Japanese banking companies penetrated the Korean baking market. The biggest personal loan company in Korea is founded by Korean residents in Japan. The second biggest one is also established by the Japanese. If Japanese domination over Korean banking market gets serious, the money flow of Korean private companies will become dependent on Japan.
Their false and overstated ad'Interest-free loans for a month', 'Loan without collateral for women', 'Loan service faster than pizza delivering service'- We can easily see such catchy phrases in the advertisements. These words craftily attract common people who have money problems. However, these words are false and overstate things. In the first half of 2007, their false and overstated advertisements gave rise to public criticism. A specific company claimed that they could lend money interest-free for 40 days. However, its falsity became clear. Actually they lend the money interest-free for only 5~10 days. The words "Although we ask for your credit information from a credit information company, your credit rating won't be an influenced." are often presented at the homepage of the company. However, it is also false. If clients' credit information is aquired by the company, their credit rating will be lower because the credit information company notices private moneylenders' are inquiring. The credit information company thinks that because customers' economic strengths are unstable, they go to the private loan market. Because of this, many customers are disadvantaged in public banking facilities.
The blackness power of the private loan marketIf you watched 'War of Money', you would experience the character's terrible life that no one should have suffered. Although the scenes of the drama have a little artificial manipulation, people who really experienced the private loan market will see this more realistically than anyone else. They know that a little money they borrowed from the market, their private debts are multiplied rapidly by high interest rates in a short time. Therefore, the customers, who cannot payback their debts on time, experience some terrible incidents with the moneylender. The moneylenders make a contract with the debtor stating that they will abandon his/her body if he/she cannot pay back on time and this is happening in real life. Although the police try to arrest the illegal private moneylenders who raise interest rates above the rates the government limits as a ceiling and commit violence toward their debtors, it is difficult to find them. As the Korean economy develops into bad shape, the frequency of the incidents will increase. Finally, many insolvent debtors may chose suicide. Experts say that the Korean suicide rate doubled after the Korean economic crisis. Its record is the highest record among the OECD countries.
Our coping with itAs we can see in the drama 'War of Money', in the illegal private loan world, money has a powerful strength. It is like a black hole in that once a borrower goes into this world, it is difficult to get out of it. Therefore, we should have an attitude to never go into such a terrible world. The best way is that we should not contact them. Customers of the private loan market have a common thing that their credit rating is low. Therefore, they cannot borrow money from banks of the first financial sector where its interests are relatively low. There are banks of the second financial sector (ex: savings banks) that can offer relief to them with lower interests than the private loan market. People who have a low credit rating can borrow money from there. Therefore, if you want to borrow money but your credit rating is low, you should first visit the second financial sector rather than jumping into the terrible market. In Korea, there are many saving banks such as HK savings bank, Solomon saving bank and Hyundai Swiss savings bank.
In the past, private moneylenders contributed to the economic growth in that they lent money to medium and small enterprises. However, recently they (not all of them) make some social problems and people regard them as a social malady. Thinking of a talent's death because of his private debts, we should be aware of its danger and act wisely. Be aware that you can fall into a black hole like the drama 'War of Money' at anytime and become lost.


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Huge letdown to be denied the right to walk under the national flag: Shiva Keshavan
'We face the humiliation caused by people who have not taken their responsibilities seriously.'
'I know what it will take to get on the podium, and I will be working towards it till the Olympic Games in Korea 2018.'
Luger Shiva Keshavan, who will participate in his fifth Winter Olympics at Sochi next month, tells Rediff.com's Harish Kotian why he is motivated to perform for India despite not getting enough support from the government and sports officials.
Ever since Shiva Keshavan decided to take up the luge, winning an Olympic medal and proudly witnessing the tri-colour flutter on the biggest sporting stage is his dream.
As he gets ready for next month's Sochi Winter Olympics, with an eye on the coveted gold medal, he is hugely disappointed with the International Olympic Committee's sanctions against the Indian Olympic Association, barring Indian athletes from competing under the national flag.
Despite the setback, he enters the Games confident, having won the silver medal at the Asia Cup in Nagano last month.
Keshavan has represented India at four Winter Olympics. At 16, he was the youngest athlete at the 1998 Games, at Nagano. At Sochi, he will be the lone athlete representing the country.
In an e-mail interview with Rediff.com's Harish Kotian, the 32-year-old Manali-born athlete, whose father hails from Kerala and mother from Italy, talks about his preparation for the Games and his determination to succeed.
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Image: Shiva Keshavan leads the Indian team into the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Photographs: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
'We face the humiliation caused by people who have not taken their responsibilities seriously'
How disappointing is it to compete under the IOC flag and not the Indian tri-colour?
The essence of the Olympic Games is to 'represent'. We, as sportspeople, are motivated to perform, because we represent our people wherever we are competing.
In the first place, it is a huge let down to be denied the right to walk under our national flag by some people from our own country.
It not only exposes the state of affairs of sport, and the people who govern it, to everyone in India, but to everyone around the world.
We athletes are the face of the country and we face the humiliation caused by people who have not taken their responsibilities seriously.
You just need to do a simple Internet search to see that almost every country's national newspaper has run the news of India's ouster from the Olympics. I am deeply saddened.
Do you support the IOC's stand barring corruption-tainted officials from contesting elections to the IOA? Will it improve Indian sports administration?
There is no question about the fact that the IOC Charter needs to be followed.
More so, without anyone from the outside having to dictate it, it should be assumed that ethics must be followed in every walk of life, whether it is sport or politics.
Including the IOC Charter in the IOA's constitution is the first step.
Implementation is what will define how Indian sports administration will improve or not.
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Image: Shiva Keshavan in action.
Photographs: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
'This story is of hundreds of athletes who are denied facilities'
Indian athletes for the London Summer Olympics got a lot of financial support. Is it depressing that you had to seek support from fans to fund your training for Sochi?
This story is not just of mine, but of many hundreds of promising athletes who are denied basic rights and facilities.
I am not easily depressed. I am motivated to work towards the betterment of sport in India.
It is all the more encouraging when the people of India, my fans, friends and family come together to make this into a country's mission.
How much help did Olympic Gold Quest provide?
OGQ has provided extensive support. They have supported me for over two years now, helping cover training and equipment needs, while also providing other basic support, like access to physiotherapists.
In 2013, they launched a crowd-funding campaign through Ketto, one of the first of its kind in India, towards helping me procure equipment.
This helped bring thousands of people around the country together to be personally part of this colossal Olympic mission.
The spirit of the campaign was patriotic and motivating.
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Image: Shiva Keshavan gets ready for the event.
'I have been training these past three years with very limited resources'
How have you prepared for the Sochi Games? How confident are you of winning a medal?
I have been training these past three years with very limited resources.
I won two gold medals and a silver at the Asian Championships during this time.
My form has kept getting better.
The challenge is to compete with teams that have invested high amounts of money and resources over four years to get top class coaching, training and technologically superior equipment, unique to each country, while I have struggled to put things together in my garage.
I know what it will take to get on the podium, and I will be working towards it till the Olympic Games in Korea 2018.
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Kodi box app is a media streaming player which lets you access all kinds of content on various devices. Though it was released in 2002, it gained popularity recently. Back then it was called XBMC(Xbox Media Center), in 2014, the creators behind it decided to change the name to Kodi. This article focuses on the Download & installation of Kodi app for Android.
Kodi is a 100% free, open source software that allows you to run media from all different places. It is supported by the majority of Operating Systems and runs on hundreds of different electronic devices that feed on these OS. The Major OS that runs Kodi are Linux, Windows, Android, iOS, Raspberry Pi, etc. You can watch locally stored media, Live TV, stream movies online, Videos, music, customize, and so much more with the player.
Downloading & installing Kodi on Android has never been much easier. The setup is now available in Google play store itself and based on your device's configuration it automatically decides which version (ARM(32bit), ARM(64bit) or x86) of Kodi you need. You can also do the Manual Installation from the apk file which is present on the official site of the streaming media center. I'll provide you with the download link but before that let us see how to enable installation for Kodi on Android.
How To Setup Kodi On Android
1. Enabling Installation
These steps are valid for most of the devices running Android.
For Android(Normal)
1.1 Locate the settings menu on your Android device and search for the "security" menu.
1.2 Enable "Unknown sources" option. This will allow you to directly install Kodi on android phone or tablet as easy as you would install it from Play Store.
For Android(TV)
1.1 From the Android TV launcher, scroll down to and select "Settings".
1.2 From the "Settings" menu, scroll down and select the "Security & Restrictions" menu.
1.3 In the "Security & Restrictions" menu, turn on "Unknown Sources".
2. Download
For Android (Normal)
You can either download Kodi app for Android devices through Google play store or from the Kodi.tv servers.
Download Kodi from Play store:
Download Kodi from Kodi's official website:
Click here on your Android web browser and select the Android icon. Most users will want to select the ARM file unless you have an Intel or AMD CPU. After clicking on the icon, you will have to manually select whether you want the 32-bit or the 64-bit version. Once selected, you may get a warning based on the browser you are using. Click OK to proceed & wait for the apk file to download.
For Android (TV)
2.1 Open the web browser(such as Chrome) either by voice command or by Sideload launcher.
2.2 Download Kodi tv in the same fashion as for Android (Normal).
3. Installing Kodi
If you downloaded Kodi from play store then it will automatically get installed. If you downloaded the apk file from the Kodi.tv servers then follow the below instructions:
3.1 Select the apk file for Kodi you just downloaded. You can select that using a file explorer or through the open files feature of the web browser.
3.2 After selecting the file you might be asked for the program to open it up with. Select "Package Installer" or "Google Play".
3.3 You will get a confirmation box asking whether to install or cancel. Click on install.
3.4 Wait for the Kodi box package to install on your device.
3.5 All Done! Open Kodi app through the shortcut icon. The first time you run Kodi, it will take a bit longer as it installs the support files. It will open a lot faster for the second time.
- Also Read: Must Have Rooted Apps For Android Phone
How To Use Kodi App
Now you know how to download & install Kodi on Android device. But how to use it? The first time you run Kodi app, you won't see it like the image shown above. It will be an empty media player without any content. something like this:
The Left side of the panel shows the navigation bar while the right side is where your library will show up. Kodi is a very customizable media player with a lot of potentials. It has a robust settings menu which you can access through the gear icon on the left side of the panel.
The settings menu has a lot to offer. You can completely change the way how Kodi works for you. Settings menu include:
Player Settings: Use this option to change the video, music, pictures, Blu-ray, and accessibility settings. It will help you to adjust skip rate, skip delay, languages, and many other things.
Media Settings: This will enable you to control how Kodi handles the media stored on your local device.
PVR & Line TV: This subsetting is for the live TV section and recording it. It is not applicable if you are using Kodi on your phone/tablet.
Interface: Here you can change the look & feel of your media player. Change the skin, create a lock, set a screen saver, etc.
Profile: Manage the different profiles through this subsetting.
System: Here you can change the display, audio, input/output methods, power saving settings.
File Manager: Kodi also has a built-in file manager to access and move your files around. Through this subsetting, you can control the file manager.
Kodi is not only used to access the files that are stored locally but you can also watch live TV on it and even record it. It is also very handy in streaming online content through its add-ons & repositories. It has hundreds of add-ons that you can install the app itself.
How To Install Add-ons
- Click on the Add-ons menu from the left panel.
- It will take you to the add-ons menu where you can select the type of add-on you want to install.
- The options include Video add-ons, Music add-ons, Android apps, Picture add-ons, etc. Once decided, choose the type of add-on you want to install.
- Browse through the different add-ons available and pick the one you want.
- Click on it and press install. That's it, now enjoy it through your Kodi player.
Wrap Up
That's how easy it is to install and use Kodi app for android device. Because of its open source nature, there are a lot of updates that keep coming to the streaming player. Some of them are pretty cool while some can be unstable also. All in all, Kodi box is an amazing and very useful software which has a lot to potential and a bright future.


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Welcome to the website of United Bank of India Officer Employees Association
It is really a matter of great joy and pride that UBIOEA central council has launched its own website named ubioea.com w.e.f 01.06.2012. The website is broadly classified into six groups namely a) Home 2)About us 3)Committee 4)Constitution 5)Wages & DA 6) Feedback. It also contains several links like a) Circulars/Letters b) Committee members c) Album d) Holiday home e) Membership/Welfare fund f) Achievement. It also provides scope to the members to express their views/observations in the FEEDBACK LINK. Separate e-mail ID has been created for every Regional Secretary to have access to the website.
The purpose of the website is to enlighten the members about recent development of our association and AIBOA, our parent body, very fast so that they can always keep them updated and avoid wastage of time for receipt of hard copies. The purpose of the website will be served if the members make it habit to visit our website on a regular basis and download the pertinent information for wide circulation of the same among the members.
Any suggestion to improve the website will be highly appreciated.


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