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109.6. Extended roll in electronic data processing records. With the consent of the auditor and tax collector and approval of the board of supervisors, data normally appearing on an extended roll and abstract list may be retained in electronic data-processing equipment and no physical document need be prepared.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, where no physical document of the extended roll and abstract list is prepared, all entries required to be made on the extended roll and abstract list shall be entered into the electronic data-processing records.
The data shall be so stored that it can be made readily available to the public in an understandable form.
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text: http://despre-toate-si-despre-nimic.blogspot.ro/2013/03/what-about-audience-mr-cinquanta.html Picture this: skaters performing their programs beautiful, intricate programs in an empty arena. No ones cheering, no ones clapping. No ones there. Seems like an impossible scenario? Trust me, it isnt. The public doesnt understand the scoring system; and, sooner or later, full of questions and frustrations, might leave the ice rinks for good. As many examples have shown, the scores seems to be going in a different direction than the choice of the audience and this could very well be the end of figure skating as we know it. Simply put, the audience doesnt connect anymore with the ubiquitous line: Ladies and gentlemen, these are your medalists. Frankly, in many cases, theyre not. The scoring system is faulty and something needs to be done in order to address that. Where we stand now: along with hockey competition and opening/closing ceremonies, figure skating events are the most expensive when it comes to the Olympics. Tickets cost an arm and a leg somewhere between 495 and 627 euro for mens free program next year in Sochi (depends on whos selling: Sochi Organizing Committee or a specific Authorized Ticket Reseller). But, really, will the public continue to spend huge amounts of money on the tickets, getting in return bitter and incomprehensible scoring experiences? The lesson to learn is that: ladies and gentlemen, figure skating officials, dont take the audience for granted; you might be wrong. The scores dont seem to represent what weve just seen on the ice Lets begin with a sure thing: with the new scoring system (adopted by ISU in 2004, in response to the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal, involving the pairs event), figure skating became a very complicated sport. Even long-time watchers are having difficulties in understanding the scores received by a specific skater. In theory, the algorithm is known: we have the technical marks, on one hand, and the program components, on the other hand. Each technical element receives a number of points; and the components are, also, divided in categories: skating skills, transitions, performance/execution, choreography, interpretation. We know the rules; but when it comes to summing them up, the scores dont seem to represent what weve just seen on the ice. In many cases, theres a huge gap between the judges and the public when comes to the final result. And when this happens, there are many surprised and inquiring faces in the arena; and it might also be a lot of hissing. Is this the right direction in figure skating? Patrick Chan at the Worlds 2012: a controversial win Case study: World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, last year. In the mens event, the audience felt that the Japanese skater Daisuke Takahashi was the winner of the evening. In the free skate, Mr. Takahashi pulled out a fantastic program, both technically and artistically; a program beautifully choreographed by Pasquale Camerlengo on Blues for Klook, suiting Daisuke like a glove. It poured with flowers on the Japanese; the audience was happy and enthusiastic, and so was Mr. Takahashi. Then the Canadian Patrick Chan took the ice Mr. Chan, considered (for some years now) the wonder-boy of figure skating, given the rich content of his programs and his teams ability to build for him programs which take 100% advantage of the new judging system. But, surprisingly, Mr. Chan was less convincing; he pulled out a very difficult program, but seemed to be in a rush, managing to fall in the middle of his exercise, while attempting a double Axel. At the end, he didnt seem to be the winner. The audience an international audience, to be clear saw Patrick Chan as a silver candidate. But, given his scores, Mr. Chan was given the gold. And the arena started to hiss; and people continued to do that even during the medals ceremony, when the judges representative came to congratulate the medalists. Chan stated later he hadnt heard the hissing, he hadnt felt the disappointment of the public. It is as if figure skating became a closed affair, between the skaters and the judges Just a few days ago, in London (Canada), Patrick won his third World title after another not-so-convincing performance. Favorite of the home crowd, Patrick only needed to do his exercise in order to win the event; he was first and far ahead the other skaters after the short program. Instead, the Canadian fell on his Triple Axel and Triple Lutz, had a hand down on his Triple Salchow in combination and doubled another Lutz. I was tired, said Patrick to his coach, while waiting for the scores. And when these came and Mr. Chan took the lead over the Spanish Javier Fernandez it was another victory of the scoring system over the figure skating admirers and long-time watchers. As one of my friends has put it (a huge figure skating fan), it is as if this particular judging system is anti-audience. It really doesnt reflect peoples taste and choices. So, heres the question: when did the public lose his powers when it came to figure skating? After all, those marks given for presentation in the old 6.0 system seemed to have very well reflected the general impression of the watchers. The answer cant be but this one: the gap between judges and the public started (and continued to grow) with this new ISU judging system. Introduced in order to eliminate the potential subjectivity of the judges they have been, during the years, under intense scrutiny, accused in some cases of making deals, in order to favor one or the other this new scoring system managed to make the audience completely disappear. It is as if figure skating became a closed affair, between the skaters and the judges; nothing less, nothing more. Now its not about the final impression of the program, about the best performance of the night in terms of jumps, art, emotion; its about adding 3.21 points from there, another 5.59 from there, 4.73 from there, 7.38 from there... Minus 2 points and heres your champion, ladies and gentlemen. Is this the right thing to do? We got rid of the old system because, they say, it was subjective and vulnerable to abuse and we have a new one, devoid of emotion; devoid of the audience voice. And heres another annoying detail. Whenever someone asks: What is it about those scores? I dont get them, theres always an answer like: You should study the scoring system before asking your question; you clearly dont understand it (it the system). This is obviously true: bud when did a sport become mathematics? What about the joy of watching figure skating and sharing the emotion? Where did all these things go? The system creates the impression that certain skaters are unbeatable And heres another problem of this judging system: it creates statues, deities, aliens. It creates the impression that certain skaters, certain couples are unbeatable. Over the season, their scores get higher and higher, becoming Himalayas of the figure skating. This is, of course, the case of the same Patrick Chan. But this also applies to the American ice-dance couple Meryl Davis and Charlie White: the gap between them and the Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir seemed impossible to close during this entire season, in spite of the Canadians efforts. Take, for example, the ice dance final at the Worlds in London: the audience a Canadian audience this time felt that Virtue and Moir did everything in order to keep their World title; according to the scores, they didnt. On the other hand, according to the same system, both couples the Americans and the Canadians seem to be at a distance of ages from the other competitors. In the eyes of the audience and former skaters, the French Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat had a wonderful free program last season, on an Egyptian theme. But, in spite of their strong skate over the season, they remained well behind the couples from Canada and USA. As they remained behind the other Canadians, Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, considered by some to have presented in Nice, last year, the highlight of the free dance event an emotional program on Je suis malade. This Deities-Rule applies also to the Russian Tatiana Volosozhar&Maxim Trankov, skating in the pairs event. Second in the World Championships last year, Tatiana and Maxim became better and better this season; and, during the Grand-Prix events, the distance between them and the others, when it came to scores, was tremendous. And the scores were huge in spite of the errors which have really torn their programs apart: at the Grand-Prix Final in Sochi, Maxim fell while preparing to throw Tatiana in the air, for their triple Salchow, and she almost fell too they needed 17 seconds to get back in the program, as Jackie Wong (Figure Skating Examiner) pointed out. That long and ugly break affected their performance but you wouldnt see that in their scores: theyve won the final over their teammates Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov. Why should we watch figure skating if (the impression is) the dices are already thrown? If you ask me, this is bad for the audience. But its definitely bad for the skaters; especially for the younger ones. Heres an example from the Worlds in London (Canada): after an amazing performance coming from Denis Ten, in the mens final, the boy from Kazakhstan burst with enthusiasm in front of his coach Frank Carroll, when seeing the scores: Wow! I almost beat Patrick! If you ask me, he should have been happy for (almost) taking the gold, not for (almost) beating the Canadian... But Patrick, as previously stated, is regarded as a God in figure skating, given the scores he receives. And every other skater wants to defeat Patrick, makes a purpose out of defeating Patrick. (The Spanish Javier Fernandez managed to claim the gold at Skate Canada, defeating Patrick Chan, mostly because his coach had him jump three quadruples in his free program a strategy to win over Chan). You may say competition is good, that competition brings the best in a skater, but this is not OK; this is not at all OK. With this kind of attitude as regards him, all that Patrick has to do at the Olympics next year is to show up. The gold will come easily. He could fall twice and still win. But what does this mean for the state of mind of everyone else involved in figure skating? For everyone else watching figure skating? Why should we watch it or, even better, why should we attend the Olympics, at the expense of our pockets if the dices are already thrown? I miss simplicity in figure skating When I was a child, scoring figure skating was easy. I had a parallel system, invented by me and used in order to get feedback from everyone in the family who was watching the programs. I had a point (● for bad or so, so, a circle for good (o) and a circle crossed by a line for very good (ø). After a skater had finished his/her performance, I would ask mom and dad to state their vote; I was doing the same. My figure skating notebooks and a have a lot of them; Ive been watching figure skating since I was 7 are full of these graphic signs. In most of the times, we would pick the right guy/girl/couple. In other words, there was a correspondence between our scores and the official ones. These were simple, good times. Could we, please, get back to that? I miss simplicity in figure skating.


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Transitional justice mechanisms have often had an impact that has exceeded their original mandate, and have played a fundamental role in development. Many post-conflict nations have benefitted from truth commissions, which have worked effectively to enhance human rights, or have paved the way for progressive government to do so. Federica D'Alessandra will present a few case studies of countries in Latin America and Africa where truth commissions have made ambitious recommendations concerning the government's obligation to protect the victim's right to health, and how this has translated into government legislation in some cases, and a tool to be waved in domestic courts in others.


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This group is obviously for those of us that sell, buy or drink wine. Share, learn, discuss. This is a healthy group.
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For over 5 years, FohBoh has been providing a global platform to food and wine professionals to help you in your business. Now, in partnership with Sippify, the Wine Club will help you make smart wine decisions too. But, rather than focus on B2B wine sales, we decided to treat our business members like consumers...interesting, eh? Since, at the end of the day, all food, hospitality and wine industry professionals are consumers too. Moreover, I think as a group, we are generally better informed, knowledgeable and probably dine out more frequently than the average non-industry consumer. The Sippify Wine Club is being created with you, our professional industry members in mind.
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text: So....I got arm twisted into this all girls dinner party with people I went to high school with , half of whom I didn't even like in high school. Originally, I was told it was four people including me and there was no one on the list that I don't mind seeing. Now it has bloomed into eight people and the added four...I don't even want to see. Ever. But since I'm the only one who moved away from the town we went to high school in...the date was planned around me, so I feel obligated. That's all annoying enough. Then, somehow, in the last 24 hours, it has morphed into a pot luck. So far...here's what people have announced they are bringing.... Hostess: steak, salad, red & white wine Others: rice dish, bread, dessert, fruit, cheese plate and crackers, steamed vegetables Now I feel obligated to bring something. I had volunteered to bring white wine (I often tote it to parties as I am allergic to red and most people only serve red). The hostess informed me that she only likes certain whites and doesn't "want something undrinkable" and would buy it herself (can you all see why I'm not wanting to spend an evening with these people?). If I show up with nothing--since the list is looking like a complete meal--I know several of them will bitch at me. But I have no money (substitute teaching does not pay well in the summer) and already have to drive 75 miles one way.... Anyone have an idea of something cheap and decent to take?


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|In previous posts, I have discussed the integration capability between WebSphere CloudBurst and Tivoli Service Automation Manager. Most recently, I discussed this in the context of integrating WebSphere and IBM CloudBurst. Today, I am happy to announce the publication of an article I co-wrote with Marcin Malawski from TSAM development on the subject of this integration.
|If you are a WebSphere user interested in a holistic approach in building out a private cloud, I strongly recommend that you check the article out. If you are currently an IBM CloudBurst, IBM Service Delivery Manager, or Tivoli Service Automation Manager user and you provision a significant number of WebSphere environments, I strongly recommend that you check the article out. In fact, regardless of your current situation, do me a favor and check the article out!
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The human body contains many extraordinary systems. How they work, function uninterruptedly, take precautions in the face of difficulties, and never make a mistake is beyond belief. However, all living things on Earth, from giant whales to ants, from single-celled algae to tigers, have equally amazing features. It is literally miraculous that anyone witnessing this extraordinary state of affairs should still deny the works of Allah:
Even if We sent down Angels to them, and the dead spoke to them, and We gathered together everything in front of them right before their eyes, they would still not believe unless Allah willed. The truth is that most of them are ignorant. (Surat al-An'am, 111)
Let us take the example of polar bears, who live in a cold ice-shrouded environment. By grasping the surface of the ice via a vacuum effect, by way of the cavities between its toes, a polar bear can travel long distances on ice. This web-like structure between its toes also enables it to walk at a speed of 10 km per hour (6.2 mph) and travel 100 km (62 miles) without resting. The apparently white hairs in its special 5 cm (2 in) thick fur are actually transparent and, because of their fiber optic properties, prevent heat loss and transmit the Sun's warmth to the black hairs beneath. Immediately under the fur is a 10 cm (4 in) thick layer of fat that provides further protection against the cold. When it swims, its hairs form a protective shield by adhering to one another and serving as a waterproof diving suit. Thanks to all of these features, a polar bear can maintain its 37-degree body temperature under water or on the ice.
Such highly detailed and flawless structure reveal that it could not have come about by chance. Moreover, scientists cannot produce them. Allah flawlessly creates all things. In the case of the polar bear, He places this animal on the ice and enables it to survive its harsh environment. This is a constant reminder of the greatness of Almighty Allah, Who creates the states and behavior of all things by His will:
And He has made everything in the heavens and on Earth subservient to you. It is all from Him. There are certainly Signs in that for people who reflect. (Surat al-Jathiyyah, 13)


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Logan • Of the 4,161 students receiving undergraduate degrees at Utah State University's 126th commencement Saturday, 57 percent were women.
"That is the largest gender gap we've had," USU President Stan Albrecht said as he addressed the crowd gathered in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
Kaysville resident Stephanie Mulford, 24, was among that female majority, receiving her degree in social work.
"I was pretty astounded by the gap," Mulford said, "but it makes me feel really proud that I went on to get the degree. It took me six years to finish."
A decade ago, 51 percent of Utah State's graduates were men, while 49 percent were women, but within the past couple of years, those numbers flipped, said USU public relations specialist Maren Cartwright. She added that no one is sure quite yet why the gender gap widened so dramatically this year.
USU alumnus and Nike Brand President Charlie Denson gave the commencement address, encouraging the new graduates to first celebrate their achievements, then pursue their personal passions and fulfill their own expectations.
"Boredom will never allow you to be your best," said Denson as he urged graduates to believe in their ability to change the world.
Denson was hired by Nike as a store manager in 1979 and said he thought he'd give the then-young company five years of his life because of his passion for sports and business.
Today, 34 years later, Denson's work with the giant shoe and apparel company has launched him on many world travels and vaulted him into the presence of presidents, prime ministers and "some of the greatest athletes of our time."
"Your generation is blessed with timing," Denson told the graduates. "We live in a global community, one that offers tremendous opportunities. We can connect and communicate instantaneously with each other all over the world."
However, those possibilities also can bring conflict, Denson said. He urged them to learn how to adapt and change economically, environmentally and even socially because "we only have one world."
He also asked them to be mindful of the Earth's limitations.
"We can't continue the way we have," Denson said. "We're running out of natural resources, we're altering our ecosystems and slowly destroying our planet."
Denson received an honorary doctorate in business for his career with Nike, where he has served as a driving force in the company's global expansion into 190 countries, reaping 2012 revenue of $21 billion.
Orrin Hatch, now in his seventh term in the U.S. Senate and the longest-serving Republican in that body, received an honorary doctorate of humane letters, as did attorney Sam Alba, the son of immigrant parents from Mexico who served as a U.S. magistrate judge for 20 years and today is a shareholder in the Salt Lake City-based law firm Snow, Christensen and Martineau.
Mathana Santiwat, president of Bangkok University in Thailand, received an honorary doctorate of business. One of her passions has been to help improve the status of women worldwide.
All totaled, Utah State handed out 4,552 degrees this weekend: 3,633 bachelor's, 821 master's, 93 doctorate and five education specialist degrees. Graduates hailed from 26 countries and 46 states.


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dhammer weld.
In the old days it was called hammer welding, done with Oxy-acety torch with a small tip. the weld spot is hot and expanded. Bill Hinds still uses a torch to do most of his work. the metal cools and shrinks causing distortion, To expand the metal back you Hammer on Dolly, weld, cool, hammer, weld, cool, hammer, Sometimes I have had someone else hold the dolly where my arm wouldn't reach. get some body shop dumpster panels and practice. heat shrinking , welding, hammer expansion, An english wheel domes a piece of sheetmetal by compressing it as you roll over that spot. you make that spot a microscope measure thinner, the metal is pushed outward and expands.
|thank you, can you post a picture of the "stone" you use, what shape is it? thank you
what I do is hammer & dolly as I go, one spot weld at a time but grind the weld first and I use a stone not a grinding disc,I've seen a lot of warpage done just with the grinding.
A shrinking disc can be very helpful from what I hear...I never used one
|Thank you for the replys! is there a way to get this sunk in panel out a bit? perhaps with heat? sometimes i found if i dolly out the warp the weld will crack.
|You guys are being way to critical on yourselves..the only way to get good at not warping a panel is to actually warp one,just like painting without runs,, you have to get runs first. this isnt something you can just read about and do ,sure theres a lot of good advice here but it takes practice lots of it ,I warped quite a few panels in my day and so has everyone else,just keep plugging away and doing it and you'll get good ,hopefully it wont take as long to learn as those of us that started before the internet was around... If you got the panel welded on at all your doing better than most its a lot of work just getting to that point.and just the fact that you want to do better the next time shows us you got what it takes to get good.Thats what being a craftsman type is all about.enjoy your mistakes thats how you learn to be better...Practice,practice,practice
|I agree with the forced air over the welds. If I do use it I let it naturally cool for a couple minutes than trigger the air so it doesn't shock the metal and warp it. Naturally cooling it is best hands down. Also knowing whether or not the area is prone to warping helps.
" what am i doing wrong??!?!?!?"
"try to keep the heat down sometimes blowing with compressed air--"
heating things up and cooling them down with compressed air is called 'shrinking' and will warp the panel.
the new panel should just lay in place, if you need to clamp it down into place it will warp.
practice your welder settings on identical metal and try for enough penetration, not too much build up and the smallest 'heat ring' you can make, then use the 'tack and move' method, letting everything cool naturally.
The time you waste waiting is more than saved on finishing.
Ive had the same issues. The first time i did a patch panel it was a buttweld with a small but tight gap maybe 1/32 and the weld "sunk" on me about 1/4". I was real worried about using too much filler so I picked up a lead/tin body sauder kit and used that to bring up the worst spots then used a light coat of filler to finish. It was a patch panel about 1'x1' and It took me 4 hours to weld. First tack'd it in, let them cool 15 min, split those gaps and so on every 10-15 minutes id do another set of tacks till it was complete. I also used a damp rag to cool the weld, from what I read now is not reccomended.
Just last week i did two large wheelwell patch panels on my bronco. I decided to get one of those pnumatic flanger tools and flanged the top side of the patch and buttwelded the sides. I also cooled this one with my air hose as I went along. Anyway, my sides turned out great but the top (where the flange is) sunk again. made me want to cry. I thought since it was much thicker it wouldnt sink. I thought wrong. From everything ive been doing to figure out why this happens to me, BE SURE to let the welds cool on there own. And make sure to use a gap the size of the sheetmetal. This is very arguable but in my expierence it seems the tighter the gap or no gap the harder it pulls on the metal around it. It depends on the welder I suppose. I have yet to master this craft of patch panels but I think my heat settings and tack welds are hotter than need be.
HI wondering how to avoid warpage when welding in new panels/pieces on bodies of cars, i try to do just a small tack, and skip around from place to place, i also use this jigging putty from eastwood around the weld area, or this gel i have, when i grind the welds down i use to use a 9" grinder but have switched to a small 3-4" 1/4" thick disc and try to keep the heat down sometimes blowing with compressed air-- what am i doing wrong??!?!?!?
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The original Caparison Dellinger / Dellinger II were the first models produced as part of the Regular Series. The Dellinger range now includes several evolved models however the original configurations are still incredibly popular and have formed the basis for some of our Artist signature models.
Both the Caparison Dellinger and Dellinger II feature a combination push-push switch / tone control that splits the coil immediately between the bridge pickup and neck pickup. These guitars can truly deliver a wide range sounds for even the most demanding player and are a great introduction to the Caparison concept.


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Got a call from my friend Sam Rappold to work my labrador retrievers for a hunt he is having at his Duck Preserve this coming weekend, but I was already committed bad as I hate it.
Last year Sam hosted the " HUNTERS HELPING KIDS" organization at his duck preserve and I was asked to bring the dogs down to work for the kids and I was most pleased to do so. You see, few folks get to see what a well trained retriever can do and how it can be used as a conservation tool. It has been my pleasure to show the dogs off to folks over the years and hopefully influence folks to buy their own Retriever and train it up.
I was so impressed with the Dads at Hunters Helping Kids, taking their kids out to this and it gave me such pleasure to be able to show them that Duck Hunting is more than just pulling the trigger, fact is most of the time I am just pleased to take the dogs and let others shoot the birds, my pleasure is watching the dogs work, watching the kids and their Dads, as the Dads work with them on their aim, telling them when to shoot and afterwards the kids who want to play with the dogs. At the end of the Hunt one of them a Preacher gave an end of the Hunt Blessing, Could not have been a more rewarding experience.
If you ever want to get involved with helping others, especially youngsters get involved with the outdoors, the Hunters Helping Kids org is a good one. See Link: http://www.huntershelpingkids.com/default.htm


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Margarita Herrera-Alonso, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Herrera's CAREER funding will support her goal of better understanding the structure and property relationships of new polymers inspired by nature.
Her research will enable these building blocks to be used in the context of other bio-inspired materials applications, such as drug carrier design. The CAREER Award recognizes the highest levels of excellence and promise in early-career scholars and teachers.
Herrera joined the Johns Hopkins University faculty in early 2010. She is an affiliated faculty member of Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology. She earned her PhD in polymer science and engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Find out more about the projects the Herrera Group is working on at this website.


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I am currently doing research for my MSc dissertation about the impact of E-Business, IT and the Internet on the English language teaching industry. I would be grateful if you could please do my online survey and add any experiences you've had of teaching with technology.
Here is the link to the questionnaire (if you are a teacher, trainee teacher, or learner)
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/258156/e-b ... r-s-survey
If you are a manager, Director of Studies then I would be grateful if you could please fill in a slightly different survey which looks at things from a managerial perspective:
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/258411/elt ... ent-survey
I am interested in getting as many opinions as possible from a variety of different locations.


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a place for zinesters - writers and readers
Time: July 30, 2009 at 7pm to August 1, 2009 at 7pm
Location: Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison
Event Type: zine, readings
Organized By: Queer Zinesters
Latest Activity: Oct 13, 2009
At the very end of July 7 queers are going to be reading from their zines in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison.
Thursday, July 30th - 7pm
Uncle Fun Gallery
1337 W. Belmont
Friday, July 31st - 7pm
Cream City Collectives
732 E. Clark
Saturday, August 1st - 5pm
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Dave Fried is a twenty nine year old queer Jewish man. He has been writing zines since the early '90s and has been putting out Black Carrot since '04. He also plays drums in the queerpunk band Bromance. He enjoys the finer things in life, such as black metal, ice beers, and bear porn.
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KenSPT wrote:Really?
Pop and Lock is a dance, the words also represent soda and a mechanical device used to secure possessions. Thus, those inanimate objects are doing their namesake dance.
People find it entertaining when inanimate objects dance, that's how Paula Abdul built her career.
O*MG thats funny...
Re: Burnin' Blubber!
HA! thats pretty cool trippreagan. very nice movement. WOOOORD!
Re: paper motions
Hi - changed the shirt color but everything else I attempted to do just mucked up the design. Sometimes things are well enough as they are. Enjoy please!
Re: Go Turtle Go! (resub)
took all the transparency out and now it is all just regular brush strokes. I think i actually like it better now...hopefully you do too!!!
Re: Low Motion
That is some serious detail. The thumb does not do it justice.
Andy47240 wrote:Trust me, this bothers me as well. I just can't bring myself to pull the trigger yet.
It might be worth it just for the ability to vote.
Re: Super Turtle
By the way .... to those of you that knew i was about to become a dad.... we are set to induce on Wednesday. Pretty soon i'll be seeing way more motion than i bargained for. Wish me luck by voting on my shirt (heheh you saw that coming didnt you)
Re: Big Wave
id say move the design up the shirt a tad. otherwise great. not enough surfer representation on woot.
Regardless of tucking, AA shirts tend to run long and it would get lost in the crinkles at the bottom of the shirt. I'd advise a squarish design area with the helicoflopter coming from the left top to bottom right of the the "square", to make sure it stays in-bounds, so to speak!
Jewdave wrote:Some do Brownian Motion... I couldn't figure out how...
That's funny - I was trying to figure out a way to do that too. Maybe you could have a zoom-in window on the shirt showing particles and little "jiggle" lines around them.
Re: Wear this shirt: to annoy your friends!
Personally, I think the gradient should be allowed. It's essentially the color of the shirt, so it's a nice way to show off the design while still allowing you to see the comp behind it.
I think it rocks too, so I'm biased
jbedwar1 wrote:By the way .... to those of you that knew i was about to become a dad.... we are set to induce on Wednesday. Pretty soon i'll be seeing way more motion than i bargained for. Wish me luck by voting on my shirt (heheh you saw that coming didnt you)
Good luck (on both fronts)! I have two of my own and goodness knows luck is a good thing to have.
Oh, and love the flying turtle!
Re: RGB
Looks like clothes in a dryer, to me.
Re: Water Wheel
woah this is really nicely rendered. Almost calming.
Re: Bunny Hop
Cute! I like that it's big and off-center.
Re: Bullet time!
The detail image looks like the candy corns might be engaged in some naughty acts.
Re: Perpetual Emotion
I really like how the ones on the end seem so happy - and just a bit, um, dazed.
KenSPT wrote:People find it entertaining when inanimate objects dance, that's how Paula Abdul built her career.
artulo wrote:Good luck (on both fronts)! I have two of my own and goodness knows luck is a good thing to have.
Oh, and love the flying turtle!
Thanks... I wanted to give him a cape...but was affraid it would make less obvious that it was a turtle
I am so effing tired of penguins. Not a bad idea though.
Re: Marching by.
Nice! I knew this was an edgar the second I saw it. GMV
Re: The Occasional Stretch
Lincoln can't lose, can he?
Bryan818 wrote:i made it thicker then the other two... but the way the voting is goin i doubt i have to worry about that
Why do people always shoot the messenger? 99.999% of the time it is NOT your monitors fault!
Re: Mass Extinction
Yes!!! Second chance!!!
At 2am last night, as I was heading to bed, I was struck by the desire to create a turtle shirt as well. I think I'm going to try it... don't worry though, it's nothing like this. =P
Re: GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!
When the metoer is a'comin, you best move out da way with haste. It's da end of da world, an' all you can do is run! RUN AWAY!
dekonstruct wrote:Nice! I knew this was an edgar the second I saw it. GMV
I haven't been on woot for a month yet and even I could tell. XP
jpolson wrote:I am so effing tired of penguins. Not a bad idea though.
Hahahaha! That's funny, because I was too! But after losing to penguin, after, monster, after turtle, after [insert animonster here], I figured I'd do a little pandering to the masses!
Plus, I did the trails first because I couldn't decide on the "trailblazer", then I just settled on making this guy. As far as penguins go, though, I like him the bestest!
This is my 1st derby entry... I hope did this right...
KenSPT wrote:Do young people actually tuck shirts in? I'm 25 and haven't tucked a shirt in since the 4th grade ... :-)
I'm turning 20 in September. I don't tuck T-shirts in, though I do with dress shirts.
Re: FIRE!
One squirrels plot for world domination seems to have gotten another into a strange position! fear them as they toss nuts at unsuspecting victims, one even crashed into the shirt! D=
Oh and, yes that is a fork XD
hmmxkrazee wrote:Thanks! I hope they don't mind white as well. The other one was done with all black silhouettes so I couldn't do any speed lines. I think it looks better without it on the green shirt. It gives it a more simplistic military-style look. I dono. :D
You could achieve the same effect starting with black and then, instead of fading to grey as on this shirt, fading to a lighter green.
rabbitjr wrote:I know, NO TEXT rule - but it soooo helps the shirt! i love the composite with the text alongside the vacuum.
There isn't any text. Those are just measurement ticks.
Re: Newton's Horror
I love the facial expressions on the little guys hehehe
Thanks guys!
snarkygal wrote:I love the facial expressions on the little guys hehehe
I prefer the expressions on sokowa's, though I think this looks more like the real thing -the strings on the other one are really short.
Re: FLAMING ORIOLE CAN MOOOOVE
I sort of wish it was a peregrine falcon. =P
SailorButterfly wrote:Kitty! *votes*
snortz!, that was my exact response.
Re: Bubbles
Looks like gradients or transparency. Can't do that, I'm afraid.
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Re: Directory[]
Hi Hans,
> Directory[] gives the name of the Mathematica working directory.
> Is there a possibility to get the name of the directory in
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> For example: I neet to import data files into Mathematica,
> and the data files are located in the same directory as the
> notebook file itself. If I use absolute pathnames, importing
> will not work if the notebook and the data files are moved to
> a different directory.
If you're using a version >= 6, you can use
to do this.
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Arsène Wenger has urged Fabio Capello to "consider the consequences" of Jack Wilshere's dual England role this summer.
The Arsenal midfielder has enjoyed a breakthrough season for club and country and made his 50th appearance of the campaign when Manchester United were beaten at Emirates Stadium last weekend.
Wilshere has a busy summer ahead too: he has been named in the provisional England Under-21 squad for the European Championships in Denmark and is expected to receive a call-up for the senior side's Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland in June.
The 19-year-old will not get a much-needed rest until after those internationals and, although Wenger will not stand in the way of Wilshere's England ambitions, he fears that the teenager's heavy workload this year could have a knock-on effort when England need him at Euro 2012.
"I would never say that [he should not play], first of all because I don't feel I have the right to do that," said Wenger. "I'm not English and I educate English players to play for their country, if they can.
"But I would ask Fabio Capello to consider the consequences of a boy who is 19 years old who has played around 50 games at the end of the season, who has played for the first team and then a tournament on the back of it.
"What will the consequences be for the next season? I don't know but I feel the youth system is there to promote the players to play in the top team.
"I can see it from [England Under-21 manager] Stuart Pearce's point of view. I called him and explained to him why I am against it and I told him as well that at the end of the day I would give him my honest opinion and I would respect the decision of the FA.
"Only the federation can master this decision and the federation has to act in a responsible way. You cannot ask Jack if he wants to play - do you really think he will say no? I don't think that's realistic.
"I am happy that he wants to play every single game for his country. The question raised by him playing are the consequences for the country, for England."
The counter-argument points out that Germany's World Cup performance in 2010 was not undermined by the fact that many of their players took part in an Under-21 tournament the previous year. But Wenger does not see it that way.
"I hear many times the comparisons with the German players that I find completely inaccurate," he said.
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Network Config Toolby Javantea
July 2, 2006
A graphical network config tool for AltSciOS. This tool is in development and is mainly a theoretical discussion of how a network configuration tool should work to allow the easiest and quickest use.
AltSciOS is currently in development and is written in Python. It was built for the PDA of a video game, called Hack Mars. It works very much like other Posix OS (Unix, Linux, and BSD). The back end looks very different, though.
Although AltSci Net does not currently exist, a suitable replacement currently exists called Tor.
Gateways serve two purposes: 1) as a remote shell, and 2) as a VPN. It allows scripted communications, which is quite necessary for long distance networking (latency = 90 minutes). It also hides the traffic among many other hacker's traffic. Since gateways are shared, any possible tracing goes back to "AltSci" which does not officially exist. Hackers connecting to a gateway have plausible deniability since plenty of legitimate uses exist for gateways. In fact, all legitimate use of the networks involve gateways. Gateways also allow multiple hackers to communicate without transferring any data publicly.
Gateways currently exist only as configurations of servers. A Linux/BSD server running SSH can do both of these if configured correctly. Setting up a VPN is not trivial, but should easy with this tool.
PDA1 connects to a router with a local network interface.
The router connects to AltSci Net via Mars Net.
All connections to AltSci Net are encrypted and anonymized so that they cannot be traced.
We connect to the gateway over AltSci Net. The gateway gives us a powerful system to script our communications. It is useful for extra anonymity and convenience (start a transfer at 9 am, pick it up at 10:30 am). All AltSci hackers have access to one or more gateways on the AltSci Network.
The gateway is a part of AltSci Net. The gateway goes down from time to time. AltSci Net only goes down when bad things happen on Terra and Mars. But it's mesh routing allows it to come back up soon after.
The gateway connects to the AltSci Net which encrypts and anonymizes the communication to the destination.
|If the pda is not connected to a router, a red X shows up instead of a black line. The user can click the router or the X or the PDA1 to decide how to connect to a router.
|At any time, a user can click the destination host to connect directly to local area hosts.
|If your gateway is down, a red X shows up next to it. The user can click the AltSci Net to connect to destination hosts indirectly while a gateway is down. If the destination host is remote, the local host must stay online until the response is received. If a man in the middle attacker knows the timestamps on the packets outgoing packet and the incoming packet on the destination server, s/he will be able to say with some probability that the person in question is the origin. Even though AltSci Net protects the identity of the local host from an attacker who is watching one side of the transaction and not the other, it cannot protect the identity of the local host if an attacker has the timestamps. This is known as a side-channel attack.
|At any time, a user can click the AltSci Net to connect to destination hosts indirectly. This allows encryption and anonymity without requiring access to the gateway, which might be overkill for simple activities. While the convenience and power of a gateway is lost, the usefulness remains.
|At any time, a user can click the router to choose a different network route. A host may be connected to any number of routers using the setup.
|At any time, a user can click the AltSci Net to configure which routes are chosen at a certain point of time.
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Can the Retiree Health Benefits Provided By Your Employer Be Cut?
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Can the Retiree Health Benefits Provided ByYour Employer Be Cut?
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Providing for health care is an important part of retirement. Some employees are fortunate: they belong to employer-providedhealth care plans that carry over to retirement. However an important question arises for employees and retirees: How secure are my health care benefitsafterretirement? Under what circumstances can the company reduce or terminate my health benefits?
Employees and retirees should know that private-sector employers are not required to promise retiree healthbenefits.Furthermore,whenemployers do offer retiree healthbenefits,nothinginfederallawprevents them from cutting or eliminating those benefits--unless they have made a specific promise to maintain the benefits.
The key to understanding your retiree health benefits lies in the documents governing your plan.
Review Your Plan Documents
To understand the terms of employer-provided retiree health benefits, you should first review your plan documents.
The Summary Plan Description (SPD) is a summary of the terms of the plan. Employers are required to provide a copy to you within 90 days after you become a participant in the plan.
For retirees, the SPD that was in effect when you retired may be the controlling document.You should save a copy of it.You also should save any SPD changes affecting your benefits after you retire.
In addition, there may be formal written documents that outline how your health plan is operated.These may include a collective bargaining agreement or an insurance contract.
You Should Know -- Coverage can Change
If your employer has reserved the right in the SPD or controlling plan document to change the terms of the plan, you may lose coverage at any time during your retirement. If your employer made a clear promise that you will have specific health carebenefits for a definite period of time or for life, and did not reserve the right to change the plan in any formal written plan document, you should be covered.
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Check all your plan documents with the following questions in mind:
- Do the SPD or other plan documents promise that health benefits after retirement will continue at a specified level fora certain period of time?
If there is no specific language describing retiree health benefits in your plan documents, it is unlikely that you have guaranteed coverage.
- if there is such language, how specific is it?
Sometimes language covering retiree health benefits is included in the documents, but it is too vague to stand up to a test in the courts. Conversely, there is language on
employee health benefits that has held up in court. Here is an example:
"Basic health care coverage will be provided at the company's expense for your lifetime."
- Even if a specific promise is made, is there also language that gives your former employer the right to change or terminate that specific promise or to amend or terminate the entire plan?
Typical language giving theemployer that right might read:
"The company reservesthe right to modify, revoke, suspend, terminate or change the program, in whole or inpart, at any time."
This is an actual example, but other similar language may be found anywhere in the plan documents.
If you are an employee reviewing the current plan, it is important to remember that it can change in the future.The documents in effect when you retire may be the ones that will determine your health benefits,if any, in your retirement. However,court rulings in these matters have not been uniform.
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Benefit plan documents are often not easy to interpret, and the language described above, providing an employer's right to change benefits may be ontined in any part of the documents.
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Hi from the UK, this week we saw the end of our main yearly show which held a few surprises.
As of Wednesday Japan has closed the camera side of Kyocera, doors locked at UK and Europe offices, Japan will no longer support the money losing camera division - Contax will at the momnet still be kept going.
The banks which have kept Leica going for the last 3 years in Germany have told Leica that they will no longer support them, Leica are already well into the red in europe, rumours abound that the tie in with Panasonic will end in a buy out but don't expect much product to be carried on
A lot of roumours are starting to abound that Pentax are also in a cash flow problem and are looking at the camera side to see if it's worth keeping going.
and the plus;
Looks like Konica bought Minolta to keep them going otherwise they would on the list above, HP which is throwing a lot of money from it's printer division to the camera division might be on the look out to buy a troubled camera maker for the name and reputation to brand their products.
all the information came from lots of very well placed people in the trade.
Fez (in the snow)
Rip - Kyocera , Leica, Pentax
Started by Guest_Fez_* , Mar 05 2005 10:34 PM
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Posted 05 March 2005 - 10:34 PM
Posted 12 March 2005 - 06:12 PM
Cheers Fez, already heard most of this but it's interesting what you say about Pentax...
Mark Goldstein
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Posted 16 March 2005 - 01:31 AM
Holy Cow Batman!
These age old giants of photography cannot becoming obsolete.It's a mad mad world that we live in.
These age old giants of photography cannot becoming obsolete.It's a mad mad world that we live in.
#4 Guest_Fez_*
Posted 21 March 2005 - 10:23 PM
well confirmed about Leica and the banks this week, Pentax have started the clear out of staff including the head guy in the UK, also another rumour, Olympus in order to get the number one slot have sold a lot of gear at no margin to get this position and are now having cash flow problems, will not cause too much problems long term and they will recover but just ask them why they would not pay for the airfare and hotels for the staff from Japan at PMA
Posted 21 March 2005 - 10:39 PM
It's sort of true then an old classic Leica will be worth a small fortune.When I was working at Olden Camera in NYC alot of Japanease would come in and buy up the old classic Leicas.Back then we even had a gold plated one that was reportedly forged but a real beauty.I don't think these modern digital cameras will ever match the grace of our classic 35mm bodies and lens.
Posted 13 October 2005 - 11:57 AM
Leica cameras have a shutter action which is far less mechanical than other cameras. That's why the older generation snappers preferred it. But, when the digital revolution happened, they ignored it. Not clever. When you are in trouble in any market, diversify out if it. Or create your own niche which is profitable. Trying to carry on regardless is suicide.
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What is the firearm????????????????????????
I am planning on replacing my stock recoil spring.When I looked at Wolf spring they have 3 to choose from.The stock is 14.5 and the others are 16 and 18lbs.What is the advantage of a stronger spring?Or disadvantage.
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Oh my bad Im blaming senility.I have a cz-82 in 9x18
If I am not mistaken, a stronger recoil spring will let you shoot heavier loads, and even with regular loads, keeps your slide from hitting so hard at the back end. In my Beretta 96's, I had standard 13# springs, and changed them to 15#....I could actually feel that the recoil was a bit less, using the same ammo. I am sure, that someone with more knowledge will chime in.
You will have a slower rearward travel, but a faster forward travel. Your cycle time changes little. Faster means that your mags should be in good shape, otherwise you may have cycling problems.
So far no mag problems as I use factory mags.Im thinking buying a stock 14.5 lb and a 16lb.Swapping it only takes a few seconds.It is a used surplus pistol so no telling how many rounds have been through it.I have about a 1000 or more and found now it occasionally will not fully go into battery.It only started after I bought new mags.Im thinking maybe the mag spring is so strong that a weakened recoil spring is making it hard to strip the round.My thumb ached so bad after loading the 12 round mags at the range.I love this pistol but I cannot tolerate any failures.I am thinking that the recoil springis the culprit as I do not know its history and spring failure is from flexing.I only hope I am correct as it is a cheap and easy fix.Thanks berattabone for the info
You haven't invested in a Maglula magazine loader? My Beretta mag springs are SO stiff, that there is no way I could continually load them without one.
.My thumb was hurting so bad the last range visit I broke down and bought it.Is it the maglula-uplula?The greatest invention since sliced bread.The package said 9mm-45acp but the thing works beautifully on the 9x18.And covers everything.


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Ke$ha, noted pop singer, appropriator of native culture, and false ally of trans woman can apparently add maker of rape jokes to her CV, according to this month's Rolling Stone (to which I am suddenly getting a subscription I didn't particularly want). During the recording of her current hit with Nat Motte and Sean Foreman of 3OH!3, "My First Kiss", Motte said "She called Sean a little bitch and told [producer] Dr. Luke she wanted to rape me."
I'm not going to question Ke$ha's use of a slur against women to describe a man; bitch is her word to re-claim, I suppose.
But rape is not funny. Making a faux rape threat doesn't show how outrageous she is. All it shows is that she is only concerned with impressing men by utilizing violence as humor recklessly.
Rolling Stone's printing of this as a hilarious joke is particularly disturbing because it suggests that sexual violence against men is so unlikely as to be hilarious. Sexual violence is done to men, and it's not hilarious. As Cara wrote:
The increasing pop cultural change from women victims as the butt of rape jokes to male victims is only indicative of a shift in cultural attitudes towards gender, but not towards the normalcy and acceptability of non-consensual sexual conduct in general. When rape is still being portrayed as normal, no matter who the victim, rape culture is being heavily reinforced — and it's not just the butt of the joke who is affected. It is a danger to us all, and it is the absolute last thing that needs to be heard and repeated in a rape apologist society in which we live.Ke$ha is an artist who strives for frivolity and irreverence. That's fine; I don't mind frivolity. I even like Ke$ha, because I don't exactly have impeccable taste in music.
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More parts coming this week...going through the muncie trans Sat..Eveything looked fine..If everything arrives on time we should have the motor in over the weekend........
You putting a T-10 four speed in it? A five speed would suit the revvy Q4 better.
A V-8 or V-6 WILL fit in the Rambler without cutting. I have an old late 50's "Speed Mechanics" magazine with an article where a guy stuck a "Corvette V-8" (283) in a 54 Nash Rambler, which is nearly identical under the hood to the 58-63 American (inner fender panels and suspension are unchanged, firewall changed on the 61-63 American). They stuck the stock exhaust manifolds on backwards (switched side to side) and ran the exhaust from the front and under the suspension, I believe. that took care of clearance around the steering column. I take back the "no cutting" -- to get to spark plugs they took the front tires off and cut holes through the inner and outer walls of the engine bay. The holes were just big enough to get a socket through. It was that or pull the engine every time the plugs needed changing. Today that wouldn't be bad with a computer controlled engine and platinum plugs, but in the late 50s? You know, I need to look up that article. The humps may have been trimmed as described below... it's been a while since I looked at it.
I've put an early 2300 Ford in one. Had to cut the hump off on one side (left?) to clear the intake.
The "hump" I'm talking about is the bulge right above the suspension. You can't see the upper A-arm mounts in the photos, but the bulge has a ridge running down the center. It's easily visible in the first photo ramzoom posted showing the original engine in. Look to the left of the oil filter. Just below the ridge you can see the edge of a flange -- that's the top edge of the reinforcement for the suspension mount.
In the third pic you can see the angled front and rear of the bulge. The plate to the left of the air cleaner housing is the serial number plate. It's welded on. Many people trim the bulge all the way back to the edge of the fender, but you really just need to trim it back starting where it kicks out toward the engine and meets the vertical side just above the suspension. Look at the ridge -- it angles toward the engine then kicks out. That's the point I'm referring too. That will gain another 3" or so on each side. We had to cut one of those back to clear the intake on an early 2300 with a carb, which doesn't stick out as far as an EFI intake. Most fours are tall, but some of the EFI intakes stick way out from the engine -- further than trimming the hump will clear.
Hey Farna,
Yes a 5 speed would have been nice but this green coupe is pulling $ away from my rotary wagon project so we had the 4 speed laying around..it came out of a 68 SS 396 Chevelle so no worries there..the car had around 10k miles on it so we knew the trans was good just wanted to open it up to inspect first and reseal. I looked for a T5 out of a late 80's s-10 pickup but they were all around $350 for a used one and I just couldnt see spending the extra cash at this point. Like everyone else I am on a budget with this one and unfortunately its the wagons budget I thought about selling the muncie but it has had a broken ear that was rewelded so that hurts its value..so I know that quad 4 wont hurt that Muncie so in its going.. My parts for the quad 4 conversion did not arrive on time so we will have to go for next weekend to get that engine in. The V8 article sounds interesting..again I am trying not to shoehorn a motor in..besides I like the "being different" factor that the Quad 4 or rotary bring to the builds..
Talk to you later,
wow. i thought I was going to get lynched for wanting to put a different trans in my rambler!
Nice to see people thinking outside the square. Cool ride
No lynching here
You MIGHT get a good tongue thrashing if talking about something like this on one of the AMC boards, but you don't go to a Mustang board and not expect to get thrashed if you ask how to put an SBC in either! Here it's a different story. Hot rodders don't have much respect for keeping anything stock (some, but not much!), and don't mind mixing and matching parts as long as it's an upgrade and interesting.
Far more fun this way too...all about doing something different I reckon.
Do what you want its a Rambler...People flare fenders on Corvettes! Now that to me is wrong..but a Rambler..no one really cares that much..and if you run in to a Rambler purist that gets shook up..well........I told one last week what I was doing with my coupe and you could tell he was bothered by it....I thought it was kinda funny....Heres a pic of me when I go out in my Ramblers...
Just have fun with it...you might even be able to pick up some hot babes when your cruising in your Rambler......
Bolted up the bellhousing and trans to mock things up and check placement of motor and clearances........Check out this fit..
A little tilt and the tailshaft slid down under the firewall and we were on our way
Right about now were feeling pretty good because the bellhousing and trans are actually fitting in the trans tunnel!
The dreaded steering box..We have clearance..The oil filter is the only thing down low near the steering box but we were clear
Pass. side where we will fab exhaust and have the water return pipe ran..
Plenty of room at front.....
Cleared tie rod!
Just mocking some things for the heck of it
Picked up a new Rebel Wire 20 circuit kit so we will be rewireing the car next..
Overall we are very happy with the fit of the Quad 4..Everything just seemed to be right and the Rambler didnt throw us a curve with any clearance issues. I am excited to get this car finished and see how she runs out..should be a peppy little car. Finally feels like were getting somewhere.
SWWWWEEEEETTTTTTT!!!! Looks almost as if it was designed to fit. So cool
Does there seem to be enough room if you wanted to run a 5 speed or an automatic?
There's plenty room for a five speed or auto in that body. In 58 the big cast iron Borg-Warner M-8 auto was available. A three speed with add-on overdrive was also used and was pretty long. The trans tunnel isn't very deep as the body sits so high... only protrudes 3-4" up into the floor.
ramzoom -- just make sure you put that upper brace back in! That's the main support for the front fenders. I see it cut out all the time, and sometimes left out. A bolt in mod will work, maybe make a tubular brace -- take a piece of steel 1" conduit and flatten each end in a vice, then drill and bolt to the stubs left from the brace. The engine originally went in (and came out!) from the bottom, that's why the brace is welded in. The fenders will get a bit loose without that brace, or something similar in its place. That Q4 sure does fit good! Do you have a stock intake? If you do, could you see if it would fit on the engine in the car? Sure would like a pic of that even if it doesn't fit!
Hey Farna,
You mean Rambler stock intake or Q4 stock intake? We are using the stock Q4 intake but going to modify it. We will be installing a new brace between the fenders after we get everything else done..Throw out bearing came in and floor mount clutch pedal so things are speeding up now. Plan to work on the car all day tomorrow. Started rewireing the car..Pulled out all the old wires and began running new stuff..I still am trying to get this car done in March..I will post some more pics soon.
Are you going to mount the engine via the suspension "crossmember" (or a more beefy substitute) or are you going to mount to the frame rails?
If you ever get around to the 5 speed, you might want to skip the S10 T5 and instead run a 26 spline V8 version with an S10 tailshaft (the shifter location on the F-body versions will just about hit the front bench seat, depending on how far back you place the motor). All of the non-V8 T5 ratios are really wide for your peaky motor and lightweight car. I haven't swapped the tailshaft on my conversion yet, but it looks to be pretty straightforward, there's even a detailed post on the HAMB.
Keep those pics coming!
I mean the stock Q4 intake. That "hump" on the left inner fender may get in the way. If the stock Q4 setup will fit with at least 1/2" of clearance WITHOUT removing that hump I'd sure like to know! That would make it a good swap candidate for that body. Right now the only thing that will fit without modifying the body is a Ford 200/250 six, the one with the intake cast onto the head. At least the 80s 250 uses an SBF bell bolt pattern, opening up some transmission possibilities. The 200 isn't really much more (if any) power than the old 196, though parts availability is much better.
chevsen -- the 58-63 American and all other pre 63 AMC/Rambler/Nash cars don't have the engine mounted to the suspension cross member. They use the old four point mount system with two on the front of the engine and two on the bell housing, with no trans support -- it just hangs off the bell. All others used a similar mounting system in the early 50s. You'd think the trans would need something under it, especially the very heavy early automatics like the Hydramatic and Borg-Warners (cast iron main bodies!!), but they didn't. Of course some of the bells were cast iron too -- probably had to be to support that weight! 56-62 big Ramblers actually have a suspension crossmember strong enough to support an engine if desired, but the pre 64 Americans don't -- they just have a stamped steel brace that helps steady the suspension.
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Glad that you solved the problem. Are you getting a screw from Lenovo? Or it's just some real common metric screws that you can get anywhere?
In any case, this may serve as an example of a careless resembling process with a mediocre QA system. How can it let this fall through the crack? Though, it's great that this is not some fundamental design issues. And the few moderators/people from Lenovo has been very helpful indeed!
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Thanks for the great write up and the youtube video. Hopefully, you'll expand your review to look beyond the keyboard as you spend some more time with the system... I think we'd all be interested in your ongoing thoughts.
Mark, (or anyone else at Lenovo that could comment) thank you for this feedback here. I think the community is very excited about the T-series refresh. Something's been bugging me, and maybe you could offer some info.
You thank Erik for his review and ask him to expand further. Customers are getting their new T-series machines in hand now for the past few days. However, it appears that Lenovo has not sent out the new T-series machines to any of the typical professional review sites (like notebookreview, engadget, thinkpadtoday, thinkpads.com). If you search for "Lenovo T410 review" or "Lenovo T510 review," not a single professional review shows up.
This is not only frustrating to a consumer who would like to make a purchasing decision, but unexpected and confusing. The new T-series isn't just a CPU upgrade - there's a lot of changes and it really is a new generation of machine. How can it possibly that, weeks after launch, there have been no professional reviews yet? This really just boggles me. Is it possible that you could provide some illuminating information?
Thanks so much for all you do here and the great Lenovo machines.
erik_h wrote:On paper, this is an impressive machine: Intel i7 620-M quad core processor, NVIDIA 512M graphics card, 4G of RAM, and Windows Ultimate 64 bit.
The i7-620m is not a quad-core processor. It's dual-core with hyperthreading.
I'm continuing to post new reviews. The latest ones are on the screen and input devices. More coming shortly.
I'll get a screw tomorrow--i have a local mac dealer who has one.
How is the noise level?
The noise is excellent, which is to say there is very little noise. I currently have it set at max performance (I've been running Passmark.) I have a desktop running in the other room, and I'm typing this on the Thinkpad. The desktop is louder in here than the T510.
It is audible, but not by much. I don't know if I have the fan maxed out yet, though.
Passmark scores and Windows scores are now posted in the latest iteration of the review.
Glad to hear that you've solved the problem.
Someone posted that his T410 has an issue that with I7,the CPU temperature is always over 40c on startup and the fan keeps running without stress. Does your T510 have tthe same issue?
KEYBOARD: It's not the screw--I replaced it and still have the same problem. I have to assume that I either have a slightly warped keyboard, or that I have some minor assembly defect in the plastic shell, which leads the keyboard to not seat properly.
I'll try to get a new keyboard and see if that solves the problem.
NOISE (or lack thereof):
I had to sleep my desktop to see if my laptop was making any noise.
I frankly don't think the fan is running at all at startup, and if it is then it sure is quiet. In all seriousness, I have to put my ear up the laptop to hear it at all.
I haven't run any particularly high demand programs: no gaming, no importing of lots of photos; no burning videos. So i haven't stressed the processor enough to even really turn on the fan, I don't think.
I recently owned (and eventually returned) an HP laptop that sounded like a fighter jet as soon as you started doing anything of substance. This one seems a heck of a lot quieter.
Today i'll be installing some other things, which should allow me to test the laptop noise at higher loads.
how is the screen on this thing in terms of brightness/colors/black levels/viewing angles/contrast?
Brightness is not particularly good. I have not been using it in especially bright areas and it needs to be near the top of its range. I am often at max brightness. I wish it was brighter.
Contrast seems fine as does color, though I do not consider myself a good judge of either.


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Have received word from several people that we're getting an unresponsive script warning in FF. We're working on it.
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thought it was just me. FWIW, I thought it might be related to the most recent update of FF, it showed up right after I updated.
I just updated my SeaMonkey browser, and it shows up in it as well.
NoScript works in SeaMonkey, and I would think works in MF.
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js:5 , but you already knew that.
1:15 EST, still getting error msg. Using most recent FF update.
NoScript is your friend.
Those who don't use Twitter can just put the whole Twitter domain into their adblocker.
NoScript is your friend.
Yup. Word to the wise.
what, are you going to throw yourself into the boiling water?
Talk about a rabbit, stewing!
an unresponsive script warning in FF
There's a viagra joke lurking in there somewhere
What's worse is that Firefox keeps getting hung up, despite having an option to terminate the script in the future without asking.
I've been using Chrome for work and FF for personal stuff — since this problem, I'm using Chrome for both, with separate user profiles. (I had tried the feature before, and hit some bugs, but now it's working perfectly.)
IMHO Firefox with NoScript > Chrome > Firefox without NoScript. Nothing can beat not letting ANY scripts run unless you say they can. Adblock Plus and NoScript are the two things that make FF still worth using.
Good summary.
I like it. Quicker response even than Chrome. (Perhaps there's an equivalent there? Whatever.)
thanks for the suggestion. I've notice more and more websites hang FF. I added No Script. let's see if that helps.
I just don't want to use Chrome, as I don;t trust Google not to record every single thing.
That's not an unresponsive script.
That's a stalwart and principled insistence on abiding by traditional American conservative political and cultural values.
Also: We can haz management?
this deserves several harrumphs
Looks like it might be the widget that allows readers to Tweet the post. You could remove that and see if the script errors continue.
The script errors will continue until morale improves.
Yes, I noticed the problem. Good to know that I wasn't being punished for disagreeing with the blog on the constitutionality of same sex marriage.
Yeah, I still got the error, but the link to Twitter.com/share is still there at the bottom of the post, too.
No problems with he Ipad
script still there @12:56 PM 02/23 EST
Still doing it, not worth dealing with. Will check back in a week.
Seems fixored?
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