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April 2010 TechlinePosted in How To: Tech Qa on April 1, 2010
TBI 350 Into Old Blazer Swap Q. I have a 1977 Chevy Blazer and a 1995 Chevy Silverado, both with 350s. I want to swap the '95 engine with the TBI into the Blazer. Can you give me a list of things I'll need or need to do, wiring harness, motor mounts, fuel pumps, etc.? Jon Tomlinson Via fourwheeler.com
A. The good news is that the engines use the same motor mounting system. Considering that the "new" engine is still some 14 years old, it would be a good idea to buy new rubber mounts.
Now the hard work comes into play. You're going to need the complete wiring harness from the Blazer, not forgetting the wiring that goes to the "Check Engine" light and the oxygen sensor, along with the ECM unit (computer). Be sure you mark every wire's "goes to" location. Don't forget the MAP sensor (manifold absolute pressure), which reads manifold pressure, or engine load. It should be mounted within 12 inches of the throttle body, above the vacuum source. Also be sure to grab the Electronic Spark Control, which feeds the distributor key data.
You're also going to need the 02 sensor, which will need to be installed into a welded-in bung on the exhaust manifold. Probably would be a good idea to replace the old one with a new one. You're also going to need what is called a vehicle speed sensor, installed in line between the transmission and the speedometer.
Gathering up the wiring harness can be a real pain, so maybe you want to spring for an aftermarket wiring harness such as the one Painless Wiring offers (www.painlessperformance.com). It's pretty cool in that all the wiring is pre-labeled, and some great instructions come with it. If you go with the factory wiring harness, I suggest you somehow access the wiring schematics for both trucks. It will make things a lot easier when you know where things go.
Now you have to deal with the fuel system. GM fuel injection uses an in-tank electric fuel pump. However, to make things easier, you can mount a special pump on the outside of the frame as close to the fuel tank as possible and as low as possible. You will want to add a fuel filter in front of the pump as the internal rotor clearances are quite tight, and being that it spins at about 3,500 rpm, it only takes a small particle of crud to damage it. Arizona TPI (www.aztpi.com ) has what you need. You may be able to adapt the fuel sender and pump assembly from the Blazer into your truck's tank. Oh, and don't forget that you will need a fuel return line from the throttle body back to the fuel tank. You will have to find a way to get the returned fuel back into the tank if you can't use the Blazer's fuel pump unit. Usually, you can solder a fitting to the pick up/sender plate.
Okay, what else did I forget? Probably a lot of things, like transferring the throttle-body linkage over to the truck, as they are a bit different. I only kind of covered the basics here, so be prepared for a bit of work.
If you decide that you don't want to go to all of that work of making the TBI work, you can swap the Blazer's engine over to a carburetor. Between 1987 and 1995, Chevy went to a new-style intake manifold where the two center bolts on each side are not angled. You can take the manifold off the '77 truck engine, have these holes machined to the proper angle, and use it and the truck's carburetor-or you can buy a correct aftermarket manifold that definitely will improve the engine's performance. You also will need to swap over to the older distributor or go to an aftermarket unit.
V-8 Toyota Needs Drivetrain Beef Q. I'm looking for any ideas or input on how to make my '87 independent suspension Toyota survive my small block V-8 with 15 pounds of boost. Will adding ladder bars help? I am running 40-inch tires with stock gears and stock housings. Christina Via fourwheeler.com
A. Ladder bars, depending on the design, may control wheel hop but generally limit articulation unless properly designed. But the ladder bars are the least of your problem. A small-block V-8 with 15 pounds of boost and 40-inch tires means instant destruction to most of the drivetrain components when the throttle is hammered. You need to sit back and realize the drivetrain that was designed for 150 or so horsepower, and while it's quite stout, it will never live for long when the power is more than doubled. The IFS is particularly subject to breakage, even with a few steps above stock in tire size in its factory configuration. I suggest that you browse through websites such as All Pro Off Road (www.allprooffroad.com) to get a better handle on just what is needed.
Torsion Key Lifts: Pros & Cons Q. Question for you on something that's been bothering me for awhile. In the Jan. '10 issue, there was an article on lifting torsion-bar Chevys with a replacement torsion key. I've seen these before. The article says you can lift the Chevy by cranking the torsion bars, but it ruins ride quality and accelerates front-end parts wear. The solution, as I understand it, is to replace the torsion key with one that is indexed differently to allow you to crank the torsion bars even more than the factory key. How, pray tell, is that any different than just cranking the factory key? It still achieves lift by increasing the twist on the torsion bar, you still have increased angles on the CV joints, and you still have different angles and stress on front-end parts unless you drop the front axle assembly with spacers to match the lift, right?
The same article comments about putting Loctite on shock bolts. I'm about to replace my pickup's shocks, and Loctite is the furthest thing from my mind. I'm planning on lots of anti-seize. I've never had a nut loosen from the shock bolt, but I've spent hours with a hacksaw cutting out a bolt that's permanently rusted inside the sleeve in the shock eye. Bruce Erickson Frenchtown, MT
A. Generally you don't have a lot of adjustment on the torsion bar key or cam, so with an offset key you can get more lift than just with the adjustment screw. Yep, you're right, it ruins ride quality and accelerates wear on front-end parts. Think about it as pushing the wheel downward. Now you have limited (to no) downward wheel travel, depending on the amount of lift. With no downtravel, ride quality and traction suffer in that direction, and as the torsion bar has to twist more to allow upward travel, the spring rate increases, which doesn't do ride quality any good. It also puts more load or twist on the torsion bars, which shortens their life. With the suspension at full droop, then most of the time the axle CV joints are running at maximum angles, which really shortens their life, too.
What you're saying about shock bolts and Loctite is also true. I can't ever remember having a shock bolt work loose, but I guess it could happen. I generally either use some type of locking nut on all my fasteners and tend to shy away from lock washers. When I was racing, we used Loctite on every nut and bolt as a safety precaution. The advantage of using a low-strength Loctite on such a bolt would be that you would block out any moisture from getting on the threads where the nut made contact and the resulting rust. My vote is for the nasty silver stuff and a locking nut.
Wheelhop Rx: D.I.Y. Traction Bars? Q. You had a letter in the Dec. '09 "Techline" dealing with wheelhop, or some variation of it. Wheelhop has killed many trannys, U-joints, spiders, and ring gears. To cure that, you need what old-time drag racers called traction bars.
To replace the housing is going to incur considerable time and expense. So don't replace the housing, straighten it. How? There's an old-time roundy-round trick for this as a lot of roundy-round cars banged tires (rear) and bent the housings. Use a straight edge to determine where it is bent, then cut the housing on the opposite side and bend it straight-use a straight edge or dial indicator or whatever. I actually made a jig out of a piece of 5-inch channel and used some large C-clamps to pull the housing straight. I had some bent so badly that over a half inch of material had to be removed to get the housing straight. When it's straight, weld it up. I finally got smart (a little, not much), and welded a 5-inch piece of 1/4-inch flat stock on edge from one backing plate to the other. F.P.Elbel Via fourwheeler.com
A. Thanks for your input. I always like to hear different solutions to problems. However, conventional "traction bars" may work just fine for a car that only turns to the left, or for a drag race car with limited suspension travel, but on an off-road vehicle they are a "no-no." Why? Because they really limit suspension travel, and when articulation exceeds the movement of the traction bar, something has to break or bend, which it quite often does. Yes, there are some specially designed ones that work off of a unique shackle design, but one is better off designing the suspension system correctly in the first place to prevent axle hop from happening.
As to straightening an axlehousing using the method you describe, well, it may work, but it's not something that I would recommend. Generally speaking, the axletube of a vehicle used off-road usually bends right at the location where it enters the housing, or right at the spring mounts. Both of these locations would be difficult to locate and/or straighten with just a straight edge. Cutting the opposite side would allow you to more easily move the axle tube, but I just can't see that one could do it without some kind of giant C-clamp and lots of brute force. Then you have the problem of controlling the bend in the opposite direction from the heat of welding when you weld the cut back up.
I have scratch-built many axlehousings over the years and found it is quite difficult to keep them perfectly straight when the final welding is done. The only way that I've been successful in keeping them true is by using an "alignment bar," which mounts on bushings, that center it on the outer ends of the axle tubes as well as the carrier bearing location within the housing. I have used various methods to straighten bent housings over the years, ranging from applying heat and quenching, to a come-a-long and some special fixtures, to a very large 100-ton press and special fixtures. Any way you do it, it's a lot of work, and in reality has to be done with an alignment bar to ensure that the axletube is straight when you're finished.
Horsepower Tips For 5.9L Dodge Q. I have a 2001 Dodge 3/4-ton extended-cab pickup with a 5.9L V-8. It's a nice truck, but it's a little short on power. It has stock exhaust and a K&N air filter system. I also have a JET performance chip installed that has helped somewhat, but this system is still underpowered when I haul and tow things. Do you have any ideas as to what would help me out here? As with most people during this recession, I have fairly limited funds. I'm pretty much figuring that my gas mileage will not get much better if at all, around 11 to 12 mpg, so if I could get some more horsepower out of this engine, I would settle for that. It's a very nice truck with several new items installed including a new automatic transmission, so I'm hesitant to get rid of a paid-off rig right now. Fred Maurer Bend, OR
A. I used to own a '97 Dodge with the five-speed and 5.9L motor, so I am well aware of the overall lack of power and the poor fuel mileage. I went with some short-tube headers from a major manufacturer, a new low-restriction muffler and an aftermarket air cleaner. There was some gain from the air filter, but not a bit of gain in either performance or fuel mileage from the headers. I kind of expected that because of past experiences with short-tube headers, but had to give it a try and at the time they were the only ones available. Perhaps if you could find some long-tube headers you could gain a bit, but the payback will be a long time with only a mile or two increase in fuel mileage.
On a good day of interstate driving, I would see a high of 14 mpg if I was careful and kept the speed low. With a camper in the bed and pulling a trailer to, say, Moab, and fighting a headwind, sometimes I got as low as 5 mpg. The reason I am telling you all this is that there is not a lot to be gained with modifications. You have to live with your truck and accept the fact that it is paid for, and it just might be cheaper to pay for gas up front and not have truck payments. Oh, and I don't care what the TV ads say: In the real world, the new 3/4-ton 4x4 trucks do not get 20 mpg, but a lot closer to what you're presently getting.
Newly Rebuilt 350 Losing Power Q. I bought a small block 350 Chevy from an ad on a local bulletin board to put in my 1970 Blazer. The motor had been rebuilt with some quality parts about five years ago, but had never been run (the seller showed me all the receipts). It had forged pistons, "pink" rods, and a Chevrolet factory performance cam package that included valvesprings. I removed the distributor and spun the oil pump with a driver and electric drill as well as following all the tips from one of your "Willie's Workbenches" some years back that I had saved on new motor start-ups.
Everything went fine, but after a week or so, the motor has developed a miss at idle, and the power seems to have been reduced even though I have never done any full-throttle runs yet. I've gone through the ignition components, and even replaced the distributor, rechecked the timing, swapped the carb for a buddy's, and checked for vacuum leaks. I even did a compression check, and the cylinders were all between 150 and 165 psi. The engine runs clean and doesn't smoke out the tailpipe or the breather. Marty Smith Los Angeles, CA
A. Well, the compression pressures should be a bit closer together, but that could be attributed to the rings not totally seating yet. My guess is that you have a valvetrain problem. You didn't say what type of oil you used, or if you had added a break-in lube.
What I suggest is that you pull off a valve cover, start the engine and watch the operation of the valves and rockers. My guess is that you're going to find one or more that are not coming up as high as the rest. If so, this indicates that either a cam lobe has gone flat or you have a bent pushrod, or even one that's not properly seated in the rocker. Look closely at the valvesprings and make certain that a coil isn't broken. However, being that the motor is five years old and had never been run, I'm going to guess that at least one cam lobe has gone flat from improper lubrication. Sorry to tell you this, as it's a heck of a lot of work to change out the camshaft.
Here is where the problem lies. Some years back, the oil companies and the vehicle manufacturers got together and figured that they could meet emissions regulations and prolong catalytic converter life by taking several high-pressure additives out of the oil. Not a problem because all the new engines had roller camshafts, which did a much better job of distributing the load over the camshaft than did the old flat-tappet design. Every aftermarket cam manufacturer, as well as specialty oil producers, now offer a special break-in oil or additive designed for the "old" flat-tappet cam that will prevent this wear.
Ford AOD Tranny Tips Q. I have an '86 Ford Bronco with a 302 EFI V-8 and an AOD tranny behind it. I burnt out the Overdrive and need to replace it. What is the difference between my transmission and an AOD from an '89 model? I can't find anything out online, so hope you can help. James Talliere Virginia Beach, VA
A. The '89 AOD will work in your '86. There are things that a trans shop can do to improve it in the form of upgrades. You can swap newer geartrain components for better gearing.
Overdrive is this transmission's weakness. There are companies that make high-performance bands and high-performance servos for it, which are a good idea.
Just like a 700R4, the AOD throttle cable adjustment is vital to this transmission's life. It is not just a kickdown cable! Do not drive around with it disconnected or broken.
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Pear Tarte Tatin
A few months ago I bought a bag of pears for easy snacking. Most of the time I much prefer eating fruit raw rather than cooking it, unless it's jam of course. But although these pears were on the smaller side, they were a little too tart and hard to eat on their own. Prior to this I'd never eaten nor baked a tarte tatin and thought these pears were a good candidate. Let me just say it quickly became my favorite dessert! The was quick and simple: cook some butter and sugar together, add sliced pears, top off with a crust, and pop it in the oven for 30 minutes or so. The pears softened and sweetened up nicely as it baked in a buttery, caramel sauce and the edges of the crust became slightly chewy yet also slightly crispy. I ended up eating almost the whole thing myself. This definitely tasted best right out of the oven. I even made it for Christmas dinner, prepping everything before hand and popping it into the oven as we cleaned up the dining table.
Pear Tarte Tatin 1 flaky pastry crust (see below) 1/2 c sugar 3 T butter 3-4 pears, peeled, cored and sliced juice of 1/2 lemon
Preheat oven to 425° F. Toss sliced pears with lemon juice and set aside. Roll out pastry crust and cut into 9" circle about 1/4" thick.
In an 8" cast iron skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add sugar and stir until golden and caramelized, about 10-12 minutes. Remove from heat. Drain and discard any excess liquid from pears and arrange inside skillet in a circle (I used tongs for this). Carefully lift pastry crust and drape over pears, tucking edges in. Cut a few steam holes in crust, then bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
Let cool for 10-15 minutes, then run a knife around the edge to loosen up. Place plate over skillet and quickly but carefully flip over. Serve with tea and/or ice cream!
Crust: These are really quick directions for a crust so feel free to use your favorite pie crust recipe or even store bought puff pastry if you like. 1 c AP flour 1 t salt 6 T butter, cold and cut into small pieces
Combine ingredients in a medium sized bowl and rub butter into the flour using your fingertips, until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add 1 T cold water (and up to 3 T) and gently knead until dough starts to form. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.


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U.S. Equal Employment
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African-American, Haitian, Nigerian, and West Indian Workers To Receive $635,000
NEW YORK -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $635,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit against Salomon Smith Barney (Salomon), a subsidiary of Citigroup and the nation's second largest retail brokerage firm. The suit, filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was brought by EEOC on behalf of 13 current or former employees of Salomon's Greenwich Street Data Center who were subjected to disparate treatment and harassment based on their race and/or national origin.
The suit, filed in September 2000, alleged that Salomon discriminated against five charging parties employed as computer operators due to their race and nationality African-American, Haitian, Nigerian, and West Indian as well as a class of other similarly-situated employees by subjecting them to repeated and offensive comments that created a hostile work environment. The suit also charged the global financial firm with paying the class of workers disparate wages, denying them salary increases, promotions, and equal opportunities for promotion because of their race and/or countries of origin.
"As the nation becomes increasingly diverse, it is in employers' best interest to provide equal opportunities to all workers, regardless of their race or national origin, in order to attain and retain the best possible talent," said Commission Chairwoman Ida L. Castro. "This case should remind every employer from Wall Street to Main Street that targeting groups of workers for discrimination not only violates the law, it also damages the corporate culture and hurts the bottom line by decreasing productivity and morale."
The settlement was approved late Friday, June 13, as a Consent Decree by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In addition to the $635,000 in monetary payments to the victims, Salomon agreed to take major steps to enhance the promotional opportunities of four charging parties who are still employed as computer operators and to develop specific criteria for the promotion of computer operators in the Data Center. Additionally, the Consent Decree requires that Salomon:
"We are pleased that Salomon Smith Barney worked cooperatively with the Commission to settle these claims quickly after the lawsuit was filed," said Katherine Bissell, regional attorney of EEOC's New York District Office, which handled the case. "This settlement is significant not only in terms of monetary benefits and the message it sends to the securities industry, but also in terms of the comprehensive injunctive relief that will ensure future equal employment opportunities at Salomon."
In addition to enforcing Title VII, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin, EEOC enforces the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; the Equal Pay Act; Titles I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments; prohibitions against discrimination affecting individuals with disabilities in the federal government; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Further information about the Commission is available on the agency's Web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Politics and the English Language
Wending their way through the U.S. Congress now are several Republican-sponsored bills to reform the Endangered Species Act under the guise of "sound science." If you didn't know any better, you might think these laws would ensure the use of better analysis to preserve species. Instead, they set the scientific bar so high that federal agencies would have a hard time acting to protect vulnerable species, or even to list them as endangered in the first place.
The proposed legislation isn't the only place we've seen the deceptive phrase "sound science." It's been employed repeatedly by the Bush administration to brush off its critics on environmental issues ranging from climate change to drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve to the risks of arsenic in drinking water. The actual policies adopted by the administration on scientific issues-especially on climate change-rarely jibe with the consensus views of the scientific community. But the Bush advisers don't want the public to know that, hence the carefully confounding language. The fact that some people outside the administration still use the phrase "sound science" innocently, as if it actually means what it says, hardly helps matters.
What appears to have begun as a pro-industry campaign to undercut scientists now feeds talking points to the president and his spokespersons. The "sound science" concept was employed by Philip Morris in the early 1990s as part of a strategic push to discredit a scientific consensus on the health effects of secondhand smoke. More recently, it popped up in a notorious memo advising Republicans on how to talk about the environment [see Environmental Intelligence, page 8].
"Sound science" even has an antonym, "junk science," which broadens the whole Orwellian lexicon. "Junk science" isn't really used to describe poor, deficient, or fraudulent work; instead it appears to be a label attached to research that doesn't mesh with the pre-set views of regulated industries. According to a 2001 media analysis of uses of the phrase "junk science" published in Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly, an overwhelming number of the uses occurred in the context of an "anti-regulatory message or admonition, asserting that a particular policy or regulatory perspective or program should be reversed or opposed because it is based upon junk science."
The people now following in the footsteps of Philip Morris are reading from the same cheat sheet. And it's one that has been crafted to obscure from the public both what it is that scientists actually know about contentious issues and what the Republican party's science-or anti-science-policies actually are. Scientists have grown increasingly outspoken, of late, in their warnings that the current administration abuses science in the formulation of policy. At this point, we have some 20 Nobel Laureates on one side of the fence and the "sound science" slogan on the other. Who are you going to trust?
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Chris Mooney (www.chriscmooney.com) is writing a book about the Republican Party's war on science.


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The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society is nearing completion of a project to restore three historical houses that, along with the O'Neill Museum, will make up a new Los Rios Historic Center.
The buildings are the 1918 Arley Leck bungalow, the 1890s Oyharzabal House and the 1794 Jose Maria Silvas Adobe. They and the O'Neill Museum, an 1870s Victorian also known as the Garcia/Pryor House, are on a 2.6-acre portion of Los Rios Street in San Juan's oldest residential neighborhood.
"The Los Rios Historic Center will provide restored historic structures to house the extensive cultural collections of the (Historical) Society for all to enjoy," said Tom Ostensen, the group's president. "Each of the unique structures has significant historical stories associated with them."
The concept was originally developed in the mid-2000s by Historical Society leaders Tony Forster and Don Tryon.
Restoration of the Oyharzabal and Leck houses has been completed. The Historical Society and its partners in the project are trying to complete restoration of the Silvas Adobe, including seismic retrofitting. The work is expected to cost $140,000. Donors have contributed about $45,000 so far, Ostensen said. A drive to obtain the rest of the funding will take place in the spring.
The adobe is to be used as a public museum for the Historical Society's American Indian artifacts. The project is expected to take nine months to complete.
Ostensen said a building permit has been issued and archaeological studies completed. Several area tradespeople and businesses are involved in the project, including Rancho Mission Viejo LLC, which is providing equipment.
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A brief history of the Los Rios Historic Center properties, provided by San Juan Capistrano Historical Society President Tom Ostensen and the group's website:
Garcia/Pryor House: Built by saloon owner Jose Delores Garcia in the 1870s for his wife, Refugio Yorba, it is one of the first frame houses in San Juan Capistrano and was originally behind what is now El Adobe restaurant off Camino Capistrano. Albert Pryor and his family lived there from 1903 to 1955. In 1976, the Cornwell family, which owned El Adobe at the time, donated the house to the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society, which raised funds to move it to a new location on Los Rios Street. The house was restored in 1979 for about $150,000. The O'Neill family donated $60,000, and the building became known as the O'Neill Museum. It is headquarters for the Historical Society's archives of photos, books, documents, maps, genealogical records, oral histories and more.
Arley Leck House: Built in 1918 by citrus rancher Leck for his wife, Alicia Forster. In 2005, it was moved to Los Rios Street from a hilltop overlooking the Capistrano Valley near Ganado and Rancho Viejo roads. The house was restored in 2008 by William Lyon Homes for about $527,000. The Leck building houses many artifacts from the Historical Society's collection, along with various other historical displays.
Oyharzabal House: Built in the 1890s, the board-and-batten structure was slated for demolition in 2011 due to severe wood rot. During deconstruction of several add-on rooms, the original single-room house was discovered to be in fair shape, and the Historical Society decided to save the original house and restore it. The exterior restoration was completed last year for about $15,000. Interior restoration is planned for late summer.
Jose Maria Silvas Adobe: The two-room structure was built by local American Indians in 1794. The land was part of the vast Domingo Yorba properties later purchased by the Oyharzabal family. The adobe's restoration project is ongoing.


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The Digital Encore Pi PIR detector is specifically designed to provide optimum catch performance and enhanced false alarm prevention in environments containing pets. It utilizes digital technology, a microprocessor, Multi Level Signal Processing (MLSP)*, dual operating parameters, automatic temperature compensation and a unique pet rejection lens (patent pending) to provide effective and reliable detection of human motion and good protection against nuisance alarm associated with pets weighing up to 60lbs (27.3kg).
The detector also provides excellent immunity to such false alarm producing influences as RF, static and electrical transient. This technology,plus exceptional design care and careful factory testing, ensures years of trouble free performance.
Digital Encore Pi PIR provides effective immunity to single or multiple pets whose total combined weight does not exceed 60lbs (27.3kg) when installed and configured in the following manner.
- Encore PIR motion detectors use a digital, microprocessor-controlled fresnel lens to deliver stable and accurate detection without sacrificing catch performance.
- Vertical Beam Shaping (VBS) provides pet immunity up to 27 kg (60 lbs), while a unique cover hinge allows the detector to be installed right up to the ceiling.
- Fresnel lens technology
- Digital signal analysis for consistent detection throughout the coverage pattern
- Digital temperature compensation
- Patented Multi-Level Signal Processing (MLSP)
- Vertical Beam Shaping (VBS) provides pet immunity up to 27 kg (60 lbs), available with EC-300DP series
- Optional swivel-mount bracket for the ultimate in
- detector location and installation flexibility
- Concealed wiring channe
Additional Info
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|(1) DSC Digital Encore Motion Detector
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|Operating Voltage
|Supply Voltage Ripple
|3.0V pp @ 12VDC
|Standby Current
|(Nominal) 15mA
|Current In Alarm
|(Nominal) 18mA
|Contact Rating
|100mA @ 24VDC
|Alarm Contact
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|Operating Temp.
|Storage Temp.
|Operating Humidity
|5-95% RH non cond.
|Storage Humidity
|up to 99% RH non cond.
|RF Immunity
|RF 10 V/m with 80% AM from 80MHz-1GHz **
|Static Immunity
|8kV contact, 15kV air
|Transient Immunity
|2.4kV @ 1.2 joules
|Walk Detection Speed
|0.5-10'/s (0.15-3m/s)
|Coverage Angle
|75° minimum / 90° maximum
|Mounting Heights
|7.5' /2.3m


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Virtually maintenance-free, the Harmar CPL is a preferred mobility solution in many homes. Its top-mounted motor and electrical box simplifies servicing and protects the lift from standing water, making the CPL a safe and reliable accommodation for your wheelchair or power chair – inside or out.
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Ok, so I've moved to Wordpress and this is the last post you will ever see on this dear old bloggy of mine. Blogger has been so good to me. I've been here almost 5 years.... built a house through this blog , built a full time business through this blog, built a new career through this blog, built a new life through this blog , built life-long friendships through this blog. What more could I ask for?
Thank you Blogger.
So all you have to do, to move with me, is:
1. Change your sidebar link to my blog, if you have me on your blog roll on your blog, to: http://thehousethata-mbuilt.com
2. If you don't see me in your readers any more, update your feed to: http://thehousethata-mbuilt.com
3. Blow a farewell kiss to 'blogger' and come on over!
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CupcakeLife brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 58 Designs von 24 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
I need a graphic to go across the top of my blog, http://www.cupcakelife.com.
This site provides reviews/suggestions of current fashion, gadgets and occasionally recipes. I like to tell people about new great brands or 'finds'. I try to appeal to men and women, but the site ends up appealing more to women. I do have readers now from all over the place and would like it to look a little more professional so I can start doing PPC on Google.
The site is a hobby for me primarily. I have some affliate partnerships, such as eLuxury, Amazon, Office Depot, Yoox, Bliss Spas. Would like to start making money from the paid placements.
This is a Google Blogger site if that is required information...
Want it to have the current saying "Cupcake Life Want more frosting? Get Yours Here"
I had an idea of a graphic of a hand that was writing and things were flowing out of the pen like a lot of funky, miss matched black and white patterns.. This is not a done deal though. I am open to other ideas. Just want it to be easy to read.
- No rainbows. Cupcakes are ok I guess. I like designs like bagaddiction.com. Like designs more than pictures for a logo/ banner.
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JACKSON, Miss.—A pair of wins over Millsaps College, 7-2 and 7-4, Monday afternoon at Millsaps Softball Complex in Jackson, Miss., propelled Birmingham-Southern to its second-straight conference series win to open the Southern Athletic Association schedule. The Panthers took three of four in the rain-delayed series to improve to 9-9 overall and 6-2 in conference play. Millsaps now stands at 12-5 on the season and 3-5 in the SAA.
A solid effort from BSC in the second inning, both at the plate and in the circle, set the tone for game one. The Panthers, down 1-0 at the start of the second frame, scored quickly when a single from sophomore Maddie Ridgway brought home freshman Amanda Ballew. Three batters later and with the bases loaded, junior Taylor Bassett laced a double down the left field line to bring home Ridgway and junior Hannah Harris. Junior Bethany Fronk also came across courtesy of a Millsaps throwing error.
With a solid 4-1 lead in hand, Fronk (4-7) entered the circle in the bottom of the second with Millsaps runners on first and third. She proceeded to retire the next three batters with a pair of ground outs and a strike out to keep the three-run advantage. In her six innings of relief she would allow two Major hits and surrender only one run while striking out three.
BSC would add another run in the fourth when Fronk's single plated Harris. The final Panther runs of the doubleheader's opening game came in the fifth when a Ballew single scored freshman Torrie Garner. One batter later freshman Taylor Brewer singled home junior Alyssa Statham to bring the Panthers to their seven runs for the contest.
In game two, BSC relied on consistent, steady offensive production to claim an early lead. The Panthers scored a run in each of the first three innings to claim a 3-1 advantage after three innings. A Millsaps run in the fifth cut the lead to 3-2 before BSC used a strong top of the sixth to blow the game wide open. With Ballew on second and freshman Ashley Leonard on third, freshman Alex Skene hit a two-RBI single up the middle to score the two Panther runners. Skene soon found herself crossing home plate after Millsaps committed an error trying to thrown out Ridgway during her successful attempt to steal second. Harris then singled home Ridgway to conclude BSC's big inning. Up 7-2 after the top of the sixth, Millaps would post a run in their half of the final two innings to bring the contest to the final tally of 7-4.
Freshman Taylor Harkins tossed 4 2/3 innings of four-hit ball to earn the victory and go to 5-2 on the season. Fronk's 2 1/3 innings of relief led to her first save of the season.
BSC returns home this weekend for a conference series against Centre College with noon doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday at BSC Softball Park.


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Grandparents as Parents
"When people look at me with a 15-year-old, I tell them it's NOT a medical
"You're not prepared at all, because this is a totally different world...Instead of playing canasta or bingo, you're a soccer mom again!"
More than 17,000 grandparents in Idaho are raising grandchildren. They are part of a national trend first pinpointed in the 2000 U.S. Census, which documented that at least four million kids are being raised by their grandparents, a number that grew by more than 50 percent between 1990 and 1998.
There are many reasons grandparents end up caring for their children's children, but most are the result of crisis situations. The majority involve drugs, but incarceration, abuse, HIV/AIDS or other medical problems, physical disabilities, and economic instability are also causes.
Using documentary pieces and a live call-in discussion, this special Dialogue on grandparents as parents aims to assist grandparents who are taking on this role.
This Dialogue special was made possible by a grant from AARP Idaho


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(CNN) -- Michel Platini, the president of the governing body for European football (UEFA), has hit out at the large fee offered by Real Madrid for the Portugal playmaker Cristiano Ronaldo.
Platini, the boss of European football's governing body, has crticized Ronaldo's proposed transfer
English Premier League side Manchester United announced on June 11 that they had accepted a world record transfer fee of $130M for the 24-year-old from the Spanish side.
The news came in the same week that Real confirmed their capture of Brazil forward Kaka for $92M from Italian side AC Milan.
The news has prompted Platini, who's vowed to clean up the finances of football to create greater parity among sides, to criticize the move. Goalmouth: Real flexes financial muscle
"These transfers are a serious challenge to the idea of fair play and the concept of financial balance in our competitions."
"UEFA is working hard with clubs to set up a new set of rules as soon as possible to clean up the system and give it a more solid, transparent base," he added.
The new arrivals to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, Madrid's home ground, are key elements in the strategy of new president Florentino Perez, who has pledged to bring success back to the club by signing the world's top footballers whatever the cost.
Perez's policy is a repeat of his actions in his first stint in charge between 2000-06. In what became known as the "Galacticos era", Perez signed a number of multi-million dollar superstars that included Luis Figo, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane.
The free-spending policy brought the club great success commercially, most notably through Beckham's high-profile, as it exploited the marketing potential of its brand globally.
The former Manchester United midfielder's popularity unlocked lucrative markets across Asia in particular, bringing in millions of dollars from shirt sales and other merchandise.
Despite the depressed economic climate, the re-elected Perez has embarked on an eye-watering spending spree to reverse this apparent recent decline of the side who have ceded domestic supremacy to arch-rivals Barcelona.
"What the world considers to be an exorbitant cost, he (Perez) considers as the only way for Real Madrid to survive," Luis Nieto, deputy editor of Spain's AS Sports Newspaper, told CNN.
"For Real Madrid to earn €100 million ($140 million) in the pre-season, he needs the best players in the world to sell T-shirts in Asia or to make a USA tour." Watch more about the Ronaldo bid »
Privately-owned by its 93,000 members, Real Madrid are one of the richest clubs in the world with an estimated annual turnover of more than $450 million. In addition to the revenue from ticket sales and lucrative sponsorship deals, Real are tied into a ground-breaking television contract with Spanish broadcast company Mediapro worth around $210 million a season.
Crucially, they enjoy considerable support from Spanish banks. Unlike rivals such as Manchester United, who are part-financed by hedge fund companies and international banks demanding high rates of interest, Real do not face the same pressures, such is their influence in Spain.
"The money comes from what's in the bank, plus the loans the club gets, plus the income from the players that he (Perez) will sell to other teams," added Nieto.
In 2001, Perez -- a property magnate -- masterminded the sale of their training ground in central Madrid for a staggering $478 million. The sale helped clear the club's massive debts at the time and paved the way for the purchase of players such as Figo and Zidane. The site is now home to four skyscrapers that dominate the city's skyline.
With the arrival of Ronaldo, the Perez policy of "speculating to accumulate" will swell the club's coffers by $75 million a season, according to research commissioned by Weber Shandwick Sport with one of the world's leading sport business experts.
"Ronaldo can be viewed in the same bracket as Beckham when it comes to global commercial impact, if their image is controlled right and Real Madrid improve their results in the UEFA Champions League as a result of their arrival," said Professor Simon Chadwick, Director of the Center for the International Business of Sport (CIBS) at Coventry University in England.
He added: "Becks sold a million shirts in his first six months at Real Madrid when he was just one of several 'Galacticos' turning out for the all-whites, alongside the likes of Zidane, Raul and the Brazilian striker Ronaldo amongst others.
"Even if Real signed one or two of the other stars, there would be a real focus on Cristiano Ronaldo's and Kaka talents on the pitch, but also their brand off it. That will pay for their transfers several times over, even with a bumper salary package."
All About Cristiano Ronaldo • Manchester United FC • Real Madrid CF • Portugal • European Football


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Telecom has ruled out compensation for the thousands of customers across the country who went without broadband for several hours this morning.
About half the company's 450,000 broadband customers were initially thought to have lost their connections when an issue arose during planned maintenance on a server this morning.
Telecom later said only about 25,000 mainly residential customers had lost service.
Spokeswoman Jo Jalfon said the outage was caused by a fibreoptic cable failure after system upgrade work started about 6am.
"Almost immediately we noticed there was an issue with the broadband. It took three hours to restore, but during that time customers were affected across the country.''
Ms Jalfon said technicians managed to identify the problem quickly and broadband connections were restored about 9.10am.
Telecom has apologised for the inconvenience - but it has ruled out compensation for customers who lost productivity due to the outage.
"The broadband and the mobile network, there's no guarantees around that service - that's in the terms and conditions that people sign up to at the front.
"In this instance it was resolved relatively quickly, and the fact [is] that it happened relatively early in the morning, when not many people would have been using their internet.''
Ms Jalfon said if customers did have concerns they could get in touch to discuss the situation on an individual basis.


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Fly Neighbourly Advice for the Tasman National Park
Hybrid diesel-electric shuttle buses at Cradle Mountain - a first for National p
AFAC Independent Operational Review of the 2018-19 bushfires
Podcasting allows you to download audio files to your computer to play at any time, or transfer the files to an iPod or portable MP3.
We also have a number of videos available on the Parks and Wildlife Service's YouTube Channel.
The 60 Great Short Walks App shows you how to get a taste of Tasmania's wild places, and be back in time for tea! The app features over 200 beautiful photographs; over 100 brief, first-hand stories from walkers; maps and other essential details for each walk; space to add notes, and to share your experience via social media; essential safety tips; and tips on caring for the environment as you walk. The 60 Great Short Walks app is available now, for free, from the App Store. Note that this app will only work on Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
The ultimate, hand-held guide to the frogs of Tasmania, with frog calls, high quality scalable images, information on habitat, distribution and breeding. You can even use the app to help us by 'logging' occurrences of frogs in the wild! This app is available from the App Store. Note that this app will only work on Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
With this app you can be sure of having not one, but 49 birds "in your hand" when you next head bush! As with Frog Log, you can use the app to assist us in recording occurrences of birds in the wild! This app is available from the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and from Google Play for Android devices.
This page produced by the Parks & Wildlife Service,
a unit of the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment This page was last modified on Monday, 1 October 2018


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Well Blogger boss it is like this... I have been real busy with some other stuff and haven't had a lot of time to work on my book. I know, I know - no excuses. I promise by the end of the week you will see a draft of my introduction and the table of contents typed up. When you hired me you knew I was easily distracted.
It isn't like I have been doing nothing blogger boss. Here is what I have been working on lately... a preview of my first attempt at a quilt. I am embroidering all the baby animal squares and I bought some fabric I love for it. I also finished knitting Gigi's birthday doll but you can't see that until I get some clothes made for her (you know how those pictures can come back to haunt you).
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Weekly Progress Report
Well Blogger boss it is like this... I have been real busy with some other stuff and haven't had a lot of time to work on my book. I know, I know - no excuses. I promise by the end of the week you will see a draft of my introduction and the table of contents typed up. When you hired me you knew I was easily distracted.
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Labels: Books
Monday, June 28, 2010
First Time For Everything!
1. I got my first stitches (not from a surgery) while making granola bars for camping (only two and just missed the tendon- phew!)
2. Max got car sick for the first time on our way to go camping - throw up in the car when you still have 40 minutes to go isn't a good time
3. We went camping as a family
4. I drove a dirt bike and managed to survive.
Camping with a baby requires a lot of gear. I was happy I brought her a chair to sit and eat in because holding a baby while trying to feed one isn't so much fun. I had to convince Kevin that it was necessary but I think he saw the value in it once we were there. Sleeping in a tent with a baby that has just learned to crawl also was a bit of a challenge. We put Max in the pack n play and Gigi slept in my sleeping bag with me, which was fine, but meant that I had to go to bed when she did and didn't get to hang-out with the grown ups.
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the riding the dirt bike. And by riding I mean driving - not sure on the dirt bike lingo, because I had been on a dirt bike before, just not driving it... I digress. Third gear was all I made it to but I am pretty proud of that. I told Kevin not to get me one until both kids were also riding or else it would just sit in our garage taunting me. Too bad Burley doesn't make an off-road dirt bike version.
I loved how dirty my kids were when we got home. The bath water was definitely dingy. So if you need clean kids that don't eat pine cones, dirt and sticks, I do not recommend camping with babies.
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Labels: Life
Monday, June 21, 2010
Father's Day Post - A couple days late
My kiddos decided to get up at 4:30 and then 5:00 am on Father's day. After resigning myself to the fact that they weren't going back to bed I got up and got busy making Dad a strawberry rhubarb pie.
- 1 pastry for double-crust pie, sufficient for top and bottom 9 inch crust
- 2 lbs rhubarb, stalks unpeeled and cut into 1 inch lengths (5 cups)
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup quick-cooking tapioca or cornstarch
- 1 orange, zest of, grated
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- milk or cream
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Roll half of the dough and fit into a 9-inch pie pan leaving a 3/4 inch overhang all around and refrigerate.
- Roll the other half of dough into a 12-inch round and refrigerate.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Put rhubarb into a large bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk together sugar, tapioca or cornstarch, zest and salt.
- Combine dry ingredients with rhubarb and let sit for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Pour rhubarb into bottom crust, dot with butter.
- Brush overhang with water, cover with top crust, seal edge and crimp or flute edges.
- Cut steam vents into top crust.
- Lightly brush top of pie with milk or cream and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake for 30 minutes, reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake 25-35 minutes longer, until crust is browned and juices bubble through the vents.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Bye Baby Man, Hello Toddler Man
Am I seriously getting upset that my son is in the process of being potty trained? I think so...
Don't get me wrong I am NOT going to miss all the diaper washing, the big cloth diaper butt, having to convince him to sit still while I change him or lugging half the diapers we own ever time I have to leave the house.
But diapers seem like the last little bit of baby left in him.
Today we had an almost completely diaper-free day and it just struck me how fast it is all going. Didn't we just bring him home a couple months ago? Where did the big-boy bed come from? When did he become difficult to pick up? I am sure all these hyper-sensitive emotional thoughts are being aggravated by the fact that I was listening to Trace Adkins's You're Going To Miss This (I know - so cheese-ball but I am a sucker for this stuff) and by the fact I also spent the morning at my friend's house inheriting her girl's baby clothes knowing how hard it was for her to part with those favorite outfits and thinking how I need to do the same. (Thanks Jayna).
For all you fellow sentimental fools out there here is the Trace Adkins' song and for a double whammy you can watch it with the quick slide show I made. I am off to go snuggle with my little guy.
Posted by Sarah at 7:04 PM 2 comments
Labels: Life
Monday, June 14, 2010
Spring Organizing
Maybe I am procrastinating working on my book but I have a hard time focusing on a project when there is clutter around. After staring at them forever I finally tackled the bookshelves in the living room.
There isn't a huge difference but at least now when I sit in the living room I am not distracted by the chaos. You also can't see by these pictures but I was able to throw out a whole garbage bag worth of things I thought I needed but clearly could live without.
I really dislike my refrigerator in case you were wondering. There isn't enough space in the drawers for fresh food. I guess that is what you get when you have to buy a fridge ASAP because the one at home full of food just shit the bed.
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Labels: Life
Cocktails and Crafts - Challah Bread
This week's craft wasn't so much a craft but more of an art - bread making. I have not been too successful at making bread, normally I can get a good rise but it still comes out brick-like. Thank goodness one of our fellow Crafters also used to work at a bakery and literally held my hand through this recipe.
The bread we picked was Challah from the Joy of Cooking and the drink was the perennial favorite - the margarita. My glass isn't full because I could resist taking a sip before remembering to take the picture.There are a million different margarita recipes out there, but we kept it simple:
- 1 1/2 oz tequila
- 1/2 oz triple sec
- dash of lemon or lime juice
- 3 oz sour mix
- salt to rim the glass
- Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
- Shake
- Salt the rim of the glass
- Pour contents, with ice, into the glass.
Challah | Joy of Cooking
- 1/2 c. warm water
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 3 c. bread flour
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 large yolks, lightly beaten
- 3 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 3 tbsp. sugar
- 1 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 egg for egg wash
- Poppy or sesame seeds (optional)
- Combine yeast and water in the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer. Let stand until yeast is dissolved, about 5 minutes.
- Add 1/2 cup of the flour, the eggs, yolks, oil, sugar, and salt to the yeast mixture. Stir until blended.
- Gradually stir in the remaining flour.
- Knead the dough for about 8 minutes by hand or with the dough hook on low to medium speed until the dough is smooth and elastic and no longer sticks to your hands or the bowl.
- Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl and turn it once to coat with oil.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
- Punch down the dough, knead briefly, and return to the bowl. Let rise until nearly doubled.
- Divide the dough into 3 pieces. On an unfloured surface, roll into balls. Let rest, loosely covered, for 10 minutes.
- Grease and sprinkle a baking sheet with cornmeal (to prevent the bread from sticking).
- Roll each dough ball into a 14-inch long rope. Braid the dough. Pinch the ends together and tuck both ends of the braid underneath the loaf to hide the seams.
- Loosely cover with lightly oiled plastic wrap and let rise until almost doubled, about 45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- Whisk together water and remaining egg for the egg wash. Brush the top of the dough with the egg wash, then sprinkle with seeds.
- Baking until the crust is golden brown and the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped, about 30 to 35 minutes.
- I had Jayna helping me
- I added in vital wheat gluten
- I didn't add the same amount of flour I normally do when kneading, which apparently a lot of us do. Who knew it was supposed to be so sticky??
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Labels: Cocktails and Crafts, Food
Friday, June 11, 2010
Birthday Bag
I made it out of Michael Miller's Chain Flower.
Look - a flat bottom!
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Labels: Sewing Projects
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Waiting Patiently
I know I have to get them to stop somehow or when they do start laying we will just have a bunch of poop covered broken eggs - sounds lovely. I am open to any suggestions on what to do to get them out of the nesting box during the night.
Rose and Elaine - the Polish Crested
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Labels: Chickens
Friday, June 4, 2010
Cocktails and Crafts - Elephants on Parade
This pattern requires very little fabric but a lot of patience with all those tight little curves.
The cocktail - the Cosmopolitian
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz cranberry juice
As for me and my sewing machine I think we reached some sort of detente. I hope the peace lasts.
Posted by Sarah at 5:01 PM 0 comments
Labels: Cocktails and Crafts, Sewing Projects
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Eyes Bigger Than My Fabric Stash
Over the Memorial Day weekend Joann Fabrics had Simplicity patterns on sale for a dollar. I stocked up! I bought some that I am still on the fence about but for a dollar could they be that bad of a purchase?
Posted by Sarah at 1:20 PM 0 comments
Labels: Sewing Projects
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Getting Started
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."
-Mark Twain
I am really good at big ideas, not so great on taking action on them. Now that I no longer have performance reviews, staff meetings or kaizens, I am no longer held accountable for my day-to-day activities. If the kids are alive at the end of the day I have done my job.
Well no more! (of the no action part, not the keeping the kids alive part) I have a goal now - to write a book. What you see here is the start of that, an empty journal. This is now my way of being held accountable - even if it is my pretend blogger boss.
Each week I will set myself a goal and will let my boss know where I stand on my progress. This week's goal is to commit to the project, buy a journal and write the Table of Contents. I have finished two out of the three already and it is only Wednesday.
Oh, and in case you hadn't figured it out, the book will be about hosting your own Cocktails and Craft party. I want to say thank you to all those that I have floated this idea to (and the million ideas before) that have provided me with nothing less than 100% support. Thank you!
Now if you don't mind - I have some writing to do.
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Labels: Books, Cocktails and Crafts, Life


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About The Event
The goal of this workshop was to begin envisioning the astrophysics that could be accomplished from space in the 2020 era and beyond. Astrophysics in the 2020's will build upon the results obtained by JWST, ALMA, LSST, GMT, TMT, and other remarkable facilities now being planned for the coming decade. While predicting the precise areas in astronomy and astrophysics that will be most important in 15 to 25 years is difficult at best, the research topics that will be ripe for investigation will most likely be those that require sensitivities, discovery efficiencies, and/or spatial resolutions that significantly exceed what the above facilities will routinely provide.
These next levels of observational performance will surely be achieved, in part or wholly, using large space-based facilities. NASA's plans to operate the Ares V heavy launch vehicle means that many of the current technical barriers to placing large, massive and/ or voluminous astronomical payloads in orbit will be eliminated or greatly reduced. Additionally, robotic servicing technologies may well enable the ability to construct, deploy, and upgrade complex astronomical facilities in space. The time to start considering the scientific opportunities that these systems present is now, given that lead times of at least a decade are required for the most ambitious of these space-based astronomical investigations.
We also discussed critical pathfinder missions and technological innovations that need to be accomplished in the coming decade in order to enable innovative astronomy beyond the next decade.