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According to Sports Illustrated's Jim Trotter, the 49ers are moving forward with Colin Kaepernick as their starting quarterback. According to Trotter, here is how head coach Jim Harbaugh broke the news to Alex Smith on Wednesday night:
"I'm going with Kaepernick. Alex, I'm sorry."
Kaepernick gave himself a chance to get on top of the depth chart after completing nearly 70 percent of his passes and registering two touchdowns and no turnovers against the Bears in a 32-7 beatdown on Monday night. Smith missed the game due to a concussion.
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And now it looks like Smith will remain on the sidelines even when he's healthy, although he still hasn't been cleared to play after his Week 10 concussion.
From a football standpoint, I think the 49ers are doing Smith wrong here. Kaepernick was absolutely golden against the Bears, but how can you take the team away from the quarterback who has completed 70 percent of his passes this year and has won 21 of the last 28 games he has started for a man with one start under his belt? Don't say that Smith got Pipp'ed; Wally Pipp was in a massive slump and deserved to be benched on July 2, 1925 for someone named Gehrig. I don't think Smith deserved this.
But from a fantasy standpoint, hells to the yeah, this is awesome. Smith was always a game manager, and Kaepernick has a ton more upside. He showed on Monday that he can be an accurate passer with outstanding touch as well as a strong runner. Tight end Vernon Davis must be smiling like The Cheshire Cat. With the Niners playing the Saints this weekend, I would fit Kaepernick easily into the top-15 at QB.


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Last year, I started my first volunteer TEFL job, teaching in South East Asian. The role involved teaching college age students (18+) and I was allowed to design my own work plan for the students and it was hoped i'd be able to develop some sort of regular curriculum for the college to use for other TEFL teaching volunteers.
Before I joined, I advised them, i'd never taught before and the company advised it wasn't a problem as there was going to be another TEFL teacher going as well as myself. So we could work together.
Sadly, that didn't happen and I went there alone.
Going alone wasn't an issue, but trying to implement what I wanted to do in terms of a curriculum was a problem.
I was left alone with a class of students who struggled to understand what I was saying and no teacher from the college sat in my lessons to help assist or translate and eventually,a lot of students stopped attending my classes except the ones who's English was quite advanced.
This meant I struggled to implement what I wanted to do for the college and I got very annoyed that the teachers didn't care enough to help the students use the opportunity to work with a native speaker. Everyday I would go to class and only a few students would turn up, it was really a disappointment.
The next problem came because I wanted to take a week off to see some of the country and I had a massive fall out with the college principle because he didn't want me to go alone for a week. I know he was just trying to show concern, but we fell out because his bottom line was, you can't go alone, you're a woman and my bottom line was, i'm going, i'll be back in a week.
As this was my first teaching abroad experience, it's really put me off going abroad again for some time. But now I feel i'm perhaps ready to try again. But I'm unsure what to do about putting this on my CV. Because I left on bad terms, I'm not sure putting the college down on my CV would be a good idea, on the other hand, that is the only teaching experience I've got.
Does anyone have any advice on how to get around this? and does anyone have any recommendations on countries to teach in? I was considering China next, if anyone has any stories about China, i'd love to hear about them.
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The distinctive differences between these two forms of entrepreneurial ventures – and their importance for governments and policymakers wanting to support long-term economic growth – is the subject of a new paper released today by the Kauffman Foundation. "A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs: Understanding Differences in the Types of Entrepreneurship in the Economy," examines IDEs and SMEs, their roles in local, regional and global economies, and their differing needs in terms of financial and policy support.
"People who use entrepreneurship as a 'catch-all' phase to capture a single economic activity make an important mistake," said Bill Aulet, managing director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and coauthor of the paper. "Each type faces different hiring challenges, funding needs, growth potential, risk levels and other needs that support organizations must understand to successfully help these companies."
"Both SMEs and IDEs are critical to a successful economy, but IDEs are particularly important for accelerating economic growth because of their potential to contribute jobs and advance new innovations," said Fiona Murray, faculty director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship; David Sarnoff Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management; and coauthor of the paper. "IDE entrepreneurship must be a major element of government strategy and policymaking, with separate and equitable organizations created to support the success of both types of ventures."
While traditional SMEs don't require an innovative product, process or business model to succeed, IDEs are based on building competitive advantage through innovation on one or more of these dimensions.
For this reason, IDEs are more likely to be founded by teams of individuals with diverse skills and often higher levels of education than SME founders. SMEs focus on local or regional markets and create "non-tradable" jobs, whereas IDEs consciously pursue global markets and create jobs that can be performed in different locations. Funding sources also differ: SMEs tend to be individual or family owned with little outside investment, while IDEs have a diverse ownership base with external investors.
Because of their global aspirations and the criticality of both capital investment and competitive advantage, IDE entrepreneurs face much greater risk than SMEs – but the payoff can be much greater. Unlike SMEs, which typically grow in a linear fashion, IDEs tend to start out losing money, but achieve exponential growth if successful. Government policies and programs, however, tend to favor SMEs, which often produce faster, more visible results – an approach that may undermine the success of potential new IDEs.
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having researched the forum recently about the above device in an AppleTV, i made the plunge. the unit is installed, and i have verified its operational at boot time and selected it as the renderer in xbmx settings.
the source for the media is on a USB drive attached to my iMac. this is shared via an FTP share, across my 100Mbps LAN. i have verified that this is running at optimal throughputs with network traces. this causes no issues for SD content, or HD content played through native QuickTime player on the ATV (alot of my films have already been converted to .m4v, specifically for the ATV).
playback of HD sources through the Crystal HD unit is stuttering, quite badly. i am presuming that the fps is too low, though on this platform, i dont know how to bring up stream debug-type info at the top of the screen (on my linux box, this was the Enter button, but doesnt seem to be an equivalent on ATV)
the main test was against a sample file of the Inglorious Basterds film, as it was smaller to copy around, etc. below is the details from MediaInfo regarding the encoding of the film:
Complete name : /Volumes/JINGOmovies/Movies/m-isbs-1080p-sample.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 76.3 MiB
Duration : 58s 858ms
Overall bit rate : 10.9 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-11-18 21:23:54
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.9.8 ('C'est le bon') built on Aug 13 2009 12:49:06
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container [email protected]
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 58s 792ms
Bit rate : 9 142 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.248
Stream size : 64.1 MiB (84%)
Language : English
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 58s 858ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Video delay : 9ms
Stream size : 10.6 MiB (14%)
Language : English
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : English
instead, i have copied 2 xbmc.log files (normal & debugging), links here:
if i attempt to watch a full blown film, it is forever buffering during playback, then few seconds of playback, before buffering again.
i wasnt aware of any other settings to apply, and thought this was relatively straight forward process. i am hoping someone maybe able to offer more insight into my issue(s)...
XBMC: followed thread for Crystal HD install, so running SVN r26841


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It has become clear that our nation has a severely crippled political system where the will of the majority and the best interests of the nation are being ignored so a very few obscenely wealthy individuals and many international corporations can reap absurd profits. Our American democracy and way of life are under serious attack by elite, powerful forces exploiting grave weaknesses in our system of government.
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posted at 6:44 pm on May 26, 2013 by Ed Morrissey
This is an amazing, and true, story of an altar in a small town and the value of a life well lived. I'm not going to offer any names, since I haven't had a chance to ask those involved whether they want to be identified (see update), but in the end the names aren't important — the story itself and the lessons are what is important. And the story is so beautiful that I hope they won't mind me sharing it.
Many years ago, a young family came to a small Minnesota town to open a small business, as the husband had been stricken with polio at 22. The disease left the man with only the use of one arm and could no longer work the family farm, but he worked hard and his business prospered. When the local church needed an altar, the man partnered with a friend to build this beautiful altar, and soon after that, a confessional:
The young man became a pillar of this community, serving as its mayor for 20 years and raising a family. However, by the time his daughter was about to deliver her first child, the man suffered unforeseen complications from routine surgery and fell into a coma. After the baby was born, family members came to tell him that he had a grandson. Tears came from his eyes, and he passed away few hours later.
More than thirty years later, the baby born on that day has entered into the priesthood, and held his first Mass at the altar built by his grandfather, whom he never met but who has been with him in spirit all along. I was privileged to be there to celebrate with him, and to participate in some small way in the unfolding of this story.
Never doubt the value of a single life, and how all of us contribute in ways we may never understand even in our own lifetimes.
Update: Aha! I see the Catholic Spirit already published the story of my friend and newly-ordained Fr. Leonard Andrie:
When the little parish was in need of an altar, my grandfather, along with his friend, Jerry Frandrup, stepped forward and constructed it in the basement of my family's home. When the parish needed a confessional, they built that as well.
Without question, my grandfather was greatly admired, as evidenced by the fact that he served as mayor of the little town for 20 years.
Unfortunately, just a few days before my birth, my grandfather suffered complications from a routine surgery, causing him to fall into a coma. As my mother went into labor, my father and other family members did their best to move back and forth between hospitals.
After I was born, my family went to see my grandfather, and upon telling him about his new grandson, a little tear came forth from one of his eyes. He died the next morning.
Somewhat akin to the opening of Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities," for my family, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." In a matter of 24 hours, my mother suffered the loss of her father and was blessed with her first baby boy.
As I have made my way through seminary, like every seminarian I had my doubts and struggles about my vocation. During those times, I often pictured the smile on my grandfather's face and kept in mind the beautiful altar that he built. I am told that he never complained, and displayed an infectious joy that was simply contagious.
Even more, I have thought about the beauty of God's plan not just for me and my family, but for all of his children. My family certainly could not have imagined during those most trying times that one day, their little boy born the day before Leonard passed away would one day celebrate his first Mass on that altar.
And yet, it has been the Lord's plan all along. Indeed, the Lord has a plan for each of us and it is really something. Our task is to welcome it in joy and ask for the graces needed to cooperate with it for the Lord's glory and our own good.
I haven't known Fr. Andrie for very long, and I didn't want to presume to publish the story with names without explicitly getting permission first. We spent most of the day yesterday at his ordination, and I was privileged to take pictures of his Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Agatha's in Coates. I hope readers will forgive my caution, and thanks to Unclesmrgol for linking the Catholic Spirit in the comments. (I'm also glad that I can congratulate Fr. Andrie by name in this post. He's going to make a great priest.)


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'When it was over, the Sabres trudged to the dressing room with their first losing streak of the season. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, showed what all the offseason fuss was about.'
Archives for October 2008
Lightning gives Sabres a jolt
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'"It's good to see we're slowly getting healthy and getting some bodies back," coach Lindy Ruff said in HSBC Arena.'
Friday's Tampa Bay Coverage
Bolts Shuffle Off To Solid Win (Tampa Tribune)
Stamkos Shines In Bolts' Victory (Tampa Tribune)
Stamkos' first NHL goals power Bolts (St. Petersburg Times)
Next road trip important, GM says (St. Petersburg Times)
Lightning Run Road Win Streak to Two (TampaBayLightning.com)
Photo gallery (TampaBayLightning.com)
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10 things you should know about the Sabres-Lightning game
'The Lightning bolted out of the lockerroom, threatening literally in the game's opening seconds and outshooting the Sabres 5-0 in the first five minutes, and that's all you really need to know.'
Stamkos Scores First Career Goals; Lightning Beat Sabres 5-2
'The Sabres have now dropped two straight games in regulation time, falling to 6-2-2 on the season.'
Keep it simple
'"We've got to get back to simplifying things, especially at home," Pominville said. "It seems like when we get home we try to make that extra play, try to make it a little too cute and it ends up costing us. We can't do that against a team like [Tampa Bay] that has players such as Lecavalier, St. Louis and Prospal, who can make things happen out there."'
Boyhood dreams take shape
'"The key for him is he went to camp and got a shot, and he did well," said Portland left wing Mathieu Darche. "He played on special teams and did well. He got some confidence. He came here and got some points in the first few games, and he got more confidence. That's a state of mind a hockey player wants. He's playing with confidence right now, and he's not afraid to make plays."'
Stamkos scores 1st 2 NHL goals in Tampa Bay win
'Clarke MacArthur and Thomas Vanek scored for the slumping Sabres, who have dropped three straight, including one in a shootout. Buffalo began the season with eight consecutive games without a regulation loss.'
Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo 2
'"I think we're lucky they only got five," Buffalo head coach Lindy Ruff said. "You might not like some of the goals, but there wasn't a lot to like about anybody on the team — forwards, defense, goaltender, it was a tough effort.'
eNew' Numminen taking on larger role for Sabres
'"Now the questions are, 'How come (Numminen's) playing so well?'" Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said.'
Mair's scrap with Ottawa's Neil not surprising
'Like a few Sabres and Senators, Mair and Neil have scrapped several times. They even battled in juniors. In 2001, when Mair played for Los Angeles, he came off the bench during a brawl in Ottawa and fought Neil. That earned Mair an automatic 10-game suspension.'
Rivet, Tallinder return to the ice
'"It's going to be slow but each day has been getting better and better," Rivet said. "I'm feeling pretty good. Just with the skate today, it wasn't real hard, but a real solid first day and I'll be looking to improve on that tomorrow."'
Sabres talk about cutting their losses
'"We learned a lot last year," left wing Thomas Vanek said Wednesday. "My first two years here I think we got spoiled, winning a lot of hockey games. When we lost one, we usually came back and bounced back pretty soon. Last year, we would lose five, six, seven in a row, then all of a sudden guys would show their urgency."'
Gaustad is ready for season debut
'"I'm ready to be back," he said in the Amherst Pepsi Center. "It's been a lot of hard work, but right now I feel really comfortable coming back on the ice."'
Sabres goalie will light holiday tree on Nov. 23
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HO, HO, HO! Merry Christmas! Come ring in the holidays this December with A TUNA CHRISTMAS, produced in our Black Box Theater. It's Christmas in the third smallest town in Texas. Radio station OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities, including the blistering competition in the annual holiday lawn decorating contest. In other news, the exceedingly eager Joe Bob Lipsey's production of "A Christmas Carol" is jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. Many colorful Tuna personalities join in the holiday fun as one spaceship, twenty-one characters, 300+ costume changes, and 1,000 or more laughs cause your sides to split. A TUNA CHRISTMAS comes to Clarksville!
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Missouri bill HB1116
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Please contact your state representative and ask them to SUPPORT Missouri HB 1116 AS IS, which will prevent municipalities from passing any ordinance related to dogs that's breed-specific. It's very important to state you support the bill AS IS, without any amendments. This only takes a minute.
HB 1116 will not prevent cities from passing leash laws or generic dangerous dog ordinances, which all cities need. It will prevent cities from passing and enforcing any breed specific laws. As such, Independence/Gladstone/Grandview/Liberty/Excelsior Springs' etc. "pit bull bans" would become a thing of the past and make it easier to keep good dogs in good homes. There are Dangerous Dog Ordinances on the books to deal with any bad dog.
The trend in the St. Louis, Missouri suburbs has been to repeal breed-specific dog ordinances. HB 1116 was introduced by Rep. Ron Hicks from the Wentzville/St. Charles/Lake Saint Louis area.
HB 1116 would also do away with Kansas City, Missouri's mandatory spay/neuter ordinance for the "pit bull breeds". KC Pet Project, the private, non-profit contractor that operates the city's shelter has stated the MSN is detrimental to their efforts to achieve and keep no-kill status but the city persists in enforcing and promoting the ordinance. The ordinance passed in 2006, nearly eight years ago, so theoretically there should be almost no "pit bulls" in the shelter. I invite everyone to go to the Kansas City, Missouri municipal shelter and take a look at the shelter population to see how well the ordinance is working.
This will NOT affect Lee's Summit, Missouri's MSN as the Lee's Summit MSN covers everything (all dogs and cats). It is not breed-specific. They also don't really enforce it unless your dog or cat gets loose, so keep your pets up if you live in Lee's Summit and please start encouraging your city council to get rid of this unnecessary ordinance. This will also not affect the city of St. Louis, which has MSN for everything, much like Lee's Summit.
The main opposition to the bill has come from (1) the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation (MAAL), which thinks poor people shouldn't own dogs and the "pit bulls" may fall into the "wrong hands", so municipal (government) shelters should be allowed to kill them without trying to find homes for the dogs (now there's a "glass half-empty" attitude), and (2) the city of Kansas City, Missouri, which passed a ridiculous Emergency Resolution encouraging their reps and senators not to support the legislation. The vote was 11-0 with two council members absent. that topic will be covered in a separate e-mail for Kansas City, MO residents.
So far we've heard nothing from Springfield and Independence, the second and third largest cities in the state, respectively, which have pit bull bans. I've heard Springfield would like to do away with their ordinance but would prefer the state do it for them. Independence has municipal elections tomorrow (Tuesday, April 8) and municipal elections tend to "shut down the stupid" in Independence. Who knows what will happen once the elections are over.
There's also been no organized opposition to HB 1116 from the Missouri Municipal League, which is unusual.
Please contact your reps ASAP. Below is a message from Anne Edwards, the Vice President of the Missouri Federation of Animal Owners, with information on finding and contacting your state rep.
In the event Anne's link to find your state rep doesn't work, here is the link: Missouri House of Representatives
In the event the link to find your state rep's phone number doesn't work, here is the link: Representative Directory
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On Monday the Wall Street Journal ran a story on hacking back titled, "Support Grows to Let Cybertheft Victims Hack Back." The article describes a growing desire to permit the private sector to retaliate against attackers. Being proactive is one thing, but the notion of enterprises retaliating against attackers is ludicrous. I honestly cannot understand why this topic is still in the public discourse. I thought debating this was so 2012. Legality is an issue, but so is the ability of companies to successfully conduct these types of operations without blowback.
The article explains, "… companies that experience cybertheft ought to be able to retrieve their electronic files or prevent the exploitation of their stolen information." I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but for most organizations, once the data has left your environment the chances of you retrieving it are very slim. Your data has left the building and it isn't going to "re-spawn." If you couldn't prevent exfiltration of this data in the first place, what would make you think that you could prevent the subsequent exploitation of it?
As I said back in January in my "Five Steps To Build An Effective Threat Intelligence Capability" report, "If you have a mature security program, you can consider counterintelligence operations, but leave the hacking back to governments and militaries."
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No. 1 USC Women, No. 6 USC Men Sweep Arizona
Nov. 9, 2012
Senior Haley Anderson and sophomore Andrea Kropp won three races apiece while junior Jack Wagner and sophomore Chad Bobrosky won twice each as the No. 1 USC women's swimming and diving team and the No. 6 men swept visiting Arizona in Pac-12 dual-meet action Friday at USC.
The Trojan women improved to 4-0 overall, 3-0 in the Pac-12 with a 155-134 win over the Wildcats (4-1, 1-1) while the USC men moved to 2-0, 1-0 with a 181.5-109.5 win over Arizona (3-1, 0-1).
Arizona's women's 400y medley relay won in 3:36.96 to open the meet, edging USC's unit of freshman Kendyl Stewart, senior Kasey Carlson and freshmen Jasmine Tosky and Kasia Wilk (though Troy was later DQ'd for an early start during the race).
In the men's race, USC junior Chase Bloch used his fly leg to overtake the Wildcats while sophomore Cristian Quintero held off Arizona's Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or to give the Trojans first (times were unofficial in the race).
Anderson, USC's distance stalwart, turned the 1000y free into a one-woman race between her and USC's 1984 pool record in the event (9:42.80, held by Carol Peterson). Slightly off the pace past the halfway mark, Anderson turned it on and touched in 9:42.37 to break the 28-year-old mark. Freshman Nikki Chang took second (10:02.94) while junior Lynette Lim was third (10:05.45).
USC freshman Ted Singley controlled the men's 1000y free virtually the entire time and won in 9:07.50, good for a top 10 time in the country. Junior Nick Johnson was second (9:13.02) while sophomore Cary Wright was third (9:13.42).
Tosky battled Arizona All-American Margo Geer in the 200y free and the freshman came back to win over the final 15 yards, 1:46.44 to 1:46.58. Senior Kate Shumway claimed third (1:48.39).
Bobrosky took out the men's 200y free in quick fashion and was never challenged, winning in 1:37.05, a USC best this season and an NCAA `B' cut. Quintero followed in second (1:38.56) while Trojan junior Sean Mulroy took third (1:39.39).
Arizona's Lauren Smart won the 100y back in 54.30 with Stewart taking second (54.70). On the men's side, USC sophomore Luca Spinazzola won the 100y back out of lane 2 in 48.36 (USC best this year, NCAA `B' cut) while senior teammate Alex Lendrum took second (48.53).
Kropp, a 2012 Olympic Trials finalist in the 200m breast, won the women's 100y breast in a season-best and NCAA `B' cut 1:01.14 with Carlson second (1:02.05) and Arizona's Chelsey Salli third (1:02.08). USC senior Jessica Schmitt's 1:02.09 was a hair back in fourth in a strong early-season effort for the 200 specialist.
The men's 100y breast finished as a tie as USC freshman Morten Klarskov and Arizona's Carl Mickelson each touched in 54.77 (a season-best and NCAA `B' cut for Klarskov). Trojan sophomore Sergio Lujan-Rivera was third (55.01, `B; cut).
Anderson doubled up by winning the 200y fly in 2:00.13, USC's second-best time of the season and just off a `B' cut. Arizona's Ashley Evans was second (2:02.21) and senior Yumi So was third (2:02.22).
USC senior Justin DiFederico won the men's 200y fly in 1:47.32 while sophomore teammate Dakota Hodgson was second (1:47.58) and freshman Maclin Davis took third (1:50.49). DiFederico and Hodgson both set season-bests to improve NCAA `B' cuts.
Geer, second at the 2012 NCAAS in the 50y free, won the event here in 22.97 while Tosky took second (23.02), senior Christel Simms (23.34) was third and Wilk was fourth (23.62). In the men's 50y free, Wagner won in 20.34 while freshman Fred Abramyan was second (20.66) and freshman Zach Wagner was third (20.82).
Following the diving break, the meet resumed with the women's 100y free. Geer out-touched Carlson, 49.17 to 49.64 while Simms took third (50.75). Geer was third last year in the race at the NCAAs.
In the men's 100y free, Jack Wagner won again in a season-best 44.80 with Quintero second (44.95) and Shapira Bar-Or in third (45.23).
Arizona's Bonnie Brandon won the women's 200y back in 1:56.35 with Stewart second (1:57.42). Lendrum won the men's 200y back in 1:44.61 (season best, NCAA `B' cut) with Bloch second (1:46.63).
Kropp won her second event with a 2:10.30 in the women's 200y breast with Schmitt second (2:14.16) and Salli third (2:13.91). Mickelson won the men's 200y breast (1:58.07), coming back on Klarskov, who was second in 1:58.54.
Anderson won for the third time with a 4:45.69 in the 500y free with Brandon, back in the pool quickly, taking second (4:47.73). Bobrosky won for the second time with a 4:26.81 in the 500y free, edging Quintero in second (4:28.75).
Arizona's Smart won the 100y fly in 54.32 while So was second (54.73). In the men's 100y fly, Bloch touched first in 47.64 with Arizona's Giles Smith second (48.23) and Davis third (48.72).
Kropp tripled up with a big win in the 400y IM, taking the race in 4:15.48 while Schmitt was second for the third time in 4:17.75. Wright swam a great race to touch first in the men's 400y IM in 3:54.33, just under the NCAA `B' cut.
Arizona's women's team won the 200y free relay in 1:31.82 to USC's 1:33.26. USC's men's team won the men's 200y free relay in 1:21.30 to Arizona's 1:21.44.
Sophomore diver Haley Ishimatsu swept the 1-meter (260.70) and 3-meter (277.50) springboard events. She edged Arizona's Ashley Herrera (250.43) on 1-meter and freshman teammate Sam Adams on 3-meter (271.05).
In men's diving, Arizona's Rafael Quintero (329.85) edged USC sophomore Jordan Gear (305.33) on 1-meter while Trojan freshman Spencer Madanay (323.85) edged Wildcat Carter Craft (311.18) on 3-meter.
USC will host the ASU men and women on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.


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Arts & Minds Celebrates Five Years at the Studio Museum
with Exhibition at Word Up Community Bookshop
Arts & Minds is celebrating five years at The Studio Museum in Harlem with an exhibition at Word Up Community Bookshop, a non-profit, volunteer-run bookstore and art space in Washington Heights. On Sunday, March 8th, participants, friends and family members gathered for the opening reception.
Every two weeks, people with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias and their caregivers gather at the Studio Museum to discuss the art on view and to respond creatively in the studio. This ongoing experience is the catalyst for the art now on view at Word Up. Co-curated by Executive Director, Carolyn Halpin-Healy and Arts & Minds intern Jessica Kemper, the works in the exhibition range from collage and chalk drawings, to watercolor and acrylic painting.
An ode to RadicalPresenceNY.org
by Curatorial Intern Ciaran Finlayson
Check out Curatorial Intern's, Ciaran Finlayson, post about radicalpresenceny.org, a website designed designed by William B. Marshall in collaboration with Jamillah James, Communications Coordinator at The Studio Museum in Harlem, with assistance from Monique Long, Curatorial Fellow chronicling black contemporary performance art over on our friends at the Walker Art Center's website.
To a T
Kamau Amu Patton for the Times
One of my favorite features of T, The New York Times Style Magazine, and the T Magazine Blog, is their ongoing initiative to have artists and designers reinterpret their iconic "T" logo, both in print and online (I only recently made myself take down Donna Wilson's knitted version from the "mood wall" behind my desk in a fit of late-summer cleaning). So I was thrilled to see current artist in residence Kamau Amu Patton's Original Model T video go live this week.
Version's Versions
this is not your average brochure
We're so excited about Marc Brandenburg: Version, our upcoming exhibition at the Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building (make sure to join us for the opening this Friday). In collaboration with the artist and designers karlssonwilker, we produced a really exciting brochure for the show, which just arrived from the printer today.
Art Invades the Museum Store
Saya Woolfalk's Diorama for Empathic Life
Visit the Museum Store and you might suspect that you've stumbled upon a rift in the space time continuum. In an area where you previously would have found our usual displays of fantastic books, jewelry and gifts, you'll encounter mysterious figures clad in elaborate costumes, emerging from an other-worldly terrain.
Performing with Benjamin Patterson
This video documents Saya Woolfalk performing the score, Ring Small Bell from Benjamin Patterson's Methods and Processes, 1962, and the audience performing Patterson's Paper Piece, 1961, at the Studio Museum, March 31, 2011.
Fluxus is a great state!
Performing with Benjamin Patterson
If you attended last night's unclassifiable performance/discussion with Benjamin Patterson and Valerie Cassell Oliver, you know exactly how fun it was. If you missed it, kick yourself now. It was my favorite type of public program, where you learn a lot and laugh even more! Mr. Patterson spoke charmingly and elequently about his amazing work and his many adventures--which would have been a great program in itself--and then challenged the entire audience to participate in perfoming some of his scores. And perfrom we did! In the next blog post, look for a first-person account by one of our brave soloists, Matthew D. Morrison, who will never think of a beet the same way again.
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Endings and Beginnings: Teresa Mora & Xaviera Simmons
October 27 marked the final night of junctures (transmissions to), featuring Xaviera Simmons and her collaborator of the evening, singer, historian and interior designer Teresa Mora. Teresa grew up in Detroit, and consequently, much of the night's conversation revolved around this city. Topics included: the creative energy Detroit harvests, which has manifested itself particularly in music and visual art; its now-clichéd reputation as a city of ruin and abandonment; and the recent influx of artists there. This "juncture" seemed a fitting end to the five-week exhibition, bringing full circle the show's focus on themes of place and site, ritual, process and the examination of beginnings within artistic practice.
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"So Many Rooms to Enter": Tunde Adebimpe & Xaviera Simmons
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The Ramblin' Session of Austin McCutchen & Xaviera Simmons
Wednesday, October 13th introduced singer, songwriter and musician Austin McCutchen into Xaviera Simmons's studio space down on East Third Street. Austin has been playing in the local music scene for over four years. His work reaches deep into the traditions of authentic bluegrass and country music, immediately channeling Americana, Appalachia and the American South, producing a sound that is distinctly traditional. Austin and Xaviera have known each other for about two years, and this past year Xaviera invited him to collaborate on a song for an exhibition called The Record at the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University.


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For those of you waiting on helmets there all shipped out, soryr for the delay. For those waiting on a new run of helmets ill be out of commission for about a month and wont be doing anything for at least 3 week or so.
I just had surgery on my head to remove some cancer, no worries everything went well and they got it all but my head has about 40 staples in it right now and im pretty house bound for the time being. With that said Ill get back doing a run of helmet onces the swelling has gone down, and for those of you that can handle the blood and gore you'll get a kick out of these wound pictures
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Love that color, I was going to get a black Escalade until I saw what they call Stealth Gray but its more of a blue and I got that. I haven't seen 1 Escalade around me in that color and I also get compliments about my color. I keep mine clean all the time and is always parked in my garage, looks good!
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Brandstudio Press will celebrate its 5th Anniversary this coming March. I, personally never thought we would last a full year, let alone five and the way things are shaping up for us this year, it seems Brandstudio Press will be among us for another five.
I want to formally and officially thank all the fine people who have supported our efforts right from the start and those of you who are new to our operation, as well. You are responsible for us remaining alive as a business and as an alternative to whatever is out there.
To celebrate our 5th anniversary and as a token of my appreciation for your friendship and patronage, you can buy any and all Brandstudio Press books at 25% discount for the remaining days of February and throughout the entire month of March.
Go to BRANDSTUDIO PRESS.COM choose all the books you would like to purchase and before you pay enter this code: FBX252012. This coupon is good until March 30th 2012.
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Feliz Aniversario adelantado!!! Abrazos Alberto!!!!
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Feliz 5to aniversario, Alberto!!! Here's wishing you another 10, buddy!!! Great job with everything, keep it up, man. I wish you continued success with everything you do, very happy for you!!
Now I'll go buy me some books!!! Cuidate mono!!!
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Un abrazo y muchas felicidades Alberto
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f-bird'88 lift rule 350-vortec
After reading these posts for I dunno how long, I am going to do one of T-bird's suggested builds centered around the Isky lift rule camshaft and Vortec heads.
I was gifted with a low-mile crate 350 that I tore into today. No piston ridge but I found that it has those awful dished pistons. For some reason I was believing it had flat top pistons.
My goal today was to measure the deck height in order to insure I had the proper quench with my .015 steel shim head gaskets.
I want flat top pistons. I need flat top pistons! What is the next step?
It seems I should continue to tear it down to the block & drop it off to be hot tanked.
Should I have them make a pass over the deck to insure it is flat?
Should I have them take a bunch off to aid in my quench pursuit?
Should I go ahead a order the pistons so the holes can be fit to them?
The bores look absolutely great, no harm to be seen, so I am not thinking of an overbore.
The only problem with stock bores is that GM does not plate hone their blocks and a stock engine don't build the cylinder pressure that a performance engine will build and maybe and issue later on.
If you take a block with with round cylinders and set a torque plate on it and measure the bores you will see up to .004 distortion from low to high between the cylinders.
If you are going to bore the block have the decks squared to to insure a true 90 degrees to the crank and a tue 45 degrees from the crank and cam center lines.
Good luck with your build Carl
Look at a set of stock pistons they blowby all the way to the oil rings.
Here is a link to look over for you as a non beleiver of using a torque plate.
We buy alot of new blocks form GM and NO they do not plate hone their blocks and we have seen quite a few of the crate engines out of cicle track cars and have gone though them and those are not plate honed either.
Stock engines run very lean compared to a performance engine and there is very little byproduct from the combustion proccess.
Over the years we have done a few rebuilds for friends and have gone through the blocks the right way line hone, deck, bore and plate hone and the engines have run better then they did when they were new and the fuel milage improved alot as well..
On other thing to remember that GM bores the cylinders off the pan rails Which is not very accurate, Some time take a depth mike and measure the depth of the main housing bores from the pan, We have found that the pan rail and the crank center lines are off a lot. Would a guy ever deck of the pan rail ?? GM blocks are machined very crude compared the Bowtie blocks.
Regardless of how GM does it, you won't be able to rehone your block without going oversize in some way. The block was honed to fit your pistons, then the rings wore it larger, then honing it again will make it bigger yet.
The deck should be checked for flatness, but if you don't need to shave it, don't. No need to make the decks thinner if they don't need to be... just like you're not anxious to overbore unless you need to. With flat tops .020 in the hole plus your .015 gasket will make a nice tight quench.
Most good shops wait for the pistons to come in so they can measure that specific set and do final honing for your pistons.
In most cases budget builds don't come out as good as non budget engines as have seen quite a few budget engines over the years that other shops have built on a budget and the customers are not happy with the results and in most cases they were promised they would be happy with the power. So we have seen more then one guy rebuild there engine the right way.
But remember we get calls on the bad ones not on the good ones.
Last edited by CNC BLOCKS NE; 05-31-2008 at 04:04 PM.
We have seen blocks that shops bore off an unsquared decks and in most cases if the block won't go .060 because it didn't pass a sonic test its know junk.
If your going to have a block machined for performance use do it once right as it makes for a much better running engine in the end.
Ther are a lot of shops out there doing shorty work because thay don't have the proper equipment to do it right, Don't get me wrong building a bone stock engine you can get away with a lot but building performance engines the substandard machine work will show up after a while.
There is a right way to do things and I guess there is a semi right way LOL.
You guys done yet?
Last edited by machine shop tom; 06-01-2008 at 07:08 PM.
Piston choice
Ok, so what I am going to do now is:
1. have the block decked JUST enough to make sure Ihave it indexed 90 degrees to the crank.
2. have a flat surface for optimum sealing for the .015 steel shim head gasket.
3. have the heads checked for flatness and milled if needed. Perhaps .020.
4. I am considering an .30 overbore to fit a set of pistons. I have seen these and am wondering if they are ok or not. I was looking for something with less than +7.00 cc. +5 cc sounds good if I want to keep the compression up.
These Pistons from Summit.
It seems silly to me to get a .015 head gasket, mill everything & then go to a +7 cc flat top piston.
I need help with this guys, there is so much stuff to keep track of.
Last edited by DENCOUCH; 06-01-2008 at 06:18 AM.
You need to set a goal, a realistic goal. Then, no matter what you use, or how you go about getting there, make your goal. IMO those are el cheapo cast pistons, and sure they'd work, but what is it you are going to do with this engine? You could throw them in and add some cam along with some budget priced stuff and get what you want, or, go whole hog and make it exactly what you want without worry. First thing though, you need a specific goal for this engine and need to know where it is going to spend it's life, happily.
I have modified 2 auto engines, and been disappointed in both.
I would like a truck built around a 350 sbc. When I step on the gas, I would like it to go as fast or faster than traffic. mileage is not an issue with me. I am willing to give up some bottom end torque for some scoot. My plans are to address the rear end with 3.73 or 4.11 gears, coupled to a stall converter with around a 2600-3000 stall to work with the cam that was recommended.
All of my motors in the past have been built around 79cc heads, and I have learned the low compression is one heck of a hurdle in the pursuit of decent HP.
What I am learning now is the importance of proper quench and thee role it plays in compression, detonation and proper spark curve. I am learning this stuff and some here are helping me a great deal.
Some are forthcoming with the help, and others have to have the information dragged out of them with an engine hoist. I like the attitude of F-bird'88. Tech-inspector is another wise one, but sometimes he comes across as a bit condescending.
If indexing the block and heads is a requirement (born of experience and knowledge of others) for a proper motor set up, then this I will have to do. I have in the past always asked for a rebore when fitting new pistons. From what I know, pistons were always bored undersized then honed for each piston clearance. Maybe things are different now.
I need to be able to call on others to tell me if I am going cheap (bad!) or bargain with my parts selection. Some stuff is a bargain because it has been out there for a zillion years. That does not make it a cheap part.
This is my F-bird'88 suggested build:
a basic 350ci SBC short block with flat top pistons
+ 062 or 906 GM vortec heads
Isky #205D valves springs minus the inner damper
Stock OEM vortec retainers, seals locks and rocker arms
Isky #201278 camshaft 278-278 .450" .450" lift 234-234@.050" 106° LSA
Edelbrock Performer RPM Manifold and 750cfm 4bbl carb
1-5/8" headers 2.5" dual exhaust.
This combo makes more power and torque than the Edelbrock RPM cam will make without needing vortec cylinder head machining modifications to accomodate the .488"-.510" valve lift of the Edelbrock RPM camshaft.
Should use a 10" high stall torque converter and 3.73 to 4.10 rear gearing for best results. (same as the rpm cam needs)
Isky #201288 will make even more top end power all with just .450" valve lift.
Degree the cam in on a 102°-103° intake C/L for best results.
All help is appreciated always.
I am not so smart as to know everything there is about this subject, and I am smart enough to know that. This is where you guys come in.
Your success is going to be shared, and I thank you for that. I really do.
You don't need to machine for the performer rpm can, just use the old style o-ring type valve seals (don't use the umbrella seals!). That will get you around 525" lift with the vortec heads.
I've ran 510" roller cams on them with no machine work whatsoever spinning 6200 rpm. basically the exact same setup fbirds saying..intake and all.
they run great.
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Plus, Vor-Tec valve don't have the o-ring groove in them.
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text: We've done the all-time game. What about the modern game? One game, one series, one season, etc. Which 12 current NBA players would you pick for your team? Me: C: T. Duncan, A. Davis PF: D. Nowitzki, K. Love, S. Ibaka SF: L. James, K. Leonard SG: K. Durant, P. George PG: T. Parker, C. Paul, S. Curry LeBron and Durant are the obvious ones. Because Durant, at almost 7-ft tall, has all the skills to play and guard the 2, I'd put him there where he's an incredible mismatch. I'd put LeBron at the three for the same reason. There are C's, PF's and PG's with better numbers than Duncan, Dirk and Parker.. but those are my picks there. I think all three do a lot of things that are unnoticed, even by modern statistics. Very smart players with all the intangibles. CP3 is a fairly obvious pick as backup point. Curry I want on there for sure for his 3-pt threat. Ibaka and Kawai I want on the roster as a defensive big and wing. Davis brings a lot of the same things as Duncan, and more than Howard or Griffin, without the ego. George is my scoring wing off the bench Creates mismatch problems, like Durant and LeBron. Solid defender. Humble attitude (spare me the Melo, Harden, Westbrook headaches). Love is my scoring big off the bench. Might start over Dirk. Brings all the traditional 4 assets, along with a 3-pt shot and ball-skills to spread out the court from that spot like Dirk and LeBron.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Pat Washington, who has 15 years of coaching experience in the Southeastern Conference and also played in the league, will be the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator for the Wildcat football team, Coach Joker Phillips has announced.
Washington's most direct tie with UK coaches is through his 11 seasons on the Tennessee staff when he coached with current Wildcat offensive coordinator Randy Sanders. Washington has not coached with Phillips but is acquainted with the Wildcat leader.
"I met Pat when we crossed paths during recruiting and was impressed with his professionalism," Phillips said. "He has outstanding coaching ability and enthusiasm for the Southeastern Conference."
Washington and Sanders were together at Tennessee from 1995-2005. The Volunteers posted a 105-31 record that featured 10 bowl appearances - three Citrus Bowls, two Fiesta, Peach and Cotton Bowls, and one Orange Bowl.
Washington also helped Tennessee earn four trips to the SEC Championship game. A win in the 1998 title tilt propelled UT to the Fiesta Bowl, where the Volunteers dispatched Florida State 23-16 to cap an undefeated national championship season.
During his term at Tennessee, Washington produced a string of notable receivers such as Joey Kent, Marcus Nash, Peerless Price, Cedrick Wilson, Donte' Stallworth and Robert Meachem. Nash, Stallworth and Meachem were National Football League first-round draft picks and all six players enjoyed NFL careers. Kent, Nash, Wilson and Price still remain, respectively, as the top four pass catchers in school history.
"Pat has a lot of energy and expertise and is an outstanding person," Sanders said. "He is also an excellent evaluator and recruiter, both in handling his recruiting territory and in evaluation of wide receivers."
Washington's coaching career began at Auburn, his alma mater, as a graduate assistant in 1987-88. His first full-time post came as the receivers coach at Louisiana-Lafayette (1989-91), followed by a two-year stint at Texas Christian. In 1994, he helped guide Baylor to a spot in the Alamo Bowl before going to Tennessee.
Following his stint in Knoxville, Washington coached the receivers at Kansas State in 2006 as the Wildcats earned a berth in the Texas Bowl. Two of his wideouts, Jordy Nelson and Yamon Figurs, went on to play in the NFL.
Washington returned to his SEC roots in 2007-08 as the receivers coach at Mississippi State, where he was on the staff with current Wildcat assistant David Turner. MSU broke a six-year postseason drought by winning the 2007 AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
In 2009-11, Washington coached the running backs at Southern Mississippi. His deep backfield played a key role in Southern Miss' Conference USA championship in 2011. Four different backs notched 100-yard rushing games during the season. Southern Miss led the league and ranked 20th in the nation in rushing with 205.1 yards per game. Overall, the Golden Eagles ranked 17th in the nation in total offense and 14th in scoring offense.
Washington had accepted a position at East Carolina as run game coordinator and outside receivers coach in January before coming to UK. All totaled, Washington's 25-year coaching career features 18 bowl appearances.
"I appreciate Coach Phillips giving me this opportunity," Washington said. "I've had a strong relationship with Randy Sanders for a long time and I wanted to work with him again. I love the Southeastern Conference and having been here (with visiting teams), thought that Kentucky would be a great place to coach and live."
A native of Mobile, Ala., played four years at Auburn (1982-85). The Tigers went to postseason play all four years, including the 1982 Tangerine Bowl, 1984 Sugar Bowl, 1984 Liberty Bowl and 1986 Cotton Bowl. Washington was the starting quarterback as a junior and senior, leading the Tigers to a 17-8 record. In 1985, Washington helped teammate Bo Jackson win the Heisman Trophy. Washington completed his degree in management in 1987.
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Still I enjoyed playing until in their shop I discovered a sponsorpay option this is where you can do surveys and the like to gain game currency for your efforts
I decided to go ahead and give this a shot the next day I decided to buy some platinum as their currency is called, when I discovered my account had been banned from making any transactions.
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I went to buy platinum to discover that my ban was not lifted and again opened a ticket with gameforge as you have to go through them first and again the run around response that it would be sent to Verify.
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- 2 cups all-purpose flour
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- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup ice water
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- In a food processor, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and shortening; cover and process until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. While processing, gradually add water until dough forms a ball.
- Transfer to a floured surface. Roll dough into a 10-in. x 8-in. rectangle. Cut into 10-in. x 1/2-in. strips. Twist each strip four times and place on baking sheets. Brush with oil. Combine coarse salt and thyme; sprinkle over breadsticks.
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|This weekend i took my setup apart to clean it, so i thought i might as well take pictures of what i did. I took a square plant box, cut 2 of the lips off made a bracket, and bolted it to the car. It protects the filter from water and dirt really good. Sorry if the pictures are posted sideways, i dont know why my phone does that. Attachment 146505Attachment 146513Attachment 146521Attachment 146529Attachment 146537
Fairly trustworthy, I've "tested" it by pressing the reset button on the end to see if it returns to the same reading after driving a bit. One way to make sure it isn't stuck.
This type gauge is quite common on large trucks (also tractors, large power equipment of all kinds), familiar with it from them.
|J/Y parts to save your stock from damage sounds good, fuel economy would only be helped if your current filter is excessively restricted IMHO.
I'm looking to do this in a couple weeks (waiting for payday). I had a couple of questions that may save me money or some hassle. Plus the website is down so I can't look up the original instructions.
I have about 150k miles on my car and I really don't want to spend money for the same restrictive air filter when I can do something like this.
Should I go down to the wrecking yard and build this intake from the parts of a dead car? I would rather do that than possibly messing up on my original intake and ruin something. I've read that website a few times but I don't remember if this mod was destructive or just a matter of unbolting and taking things apart.
The goal with my car (mod-wise) is just to possibly improving gas mileage, not so much getting horsepower out of my car, even though it's always welcome. Will this improve my gas mileage by any significant number or at least anything noticeable?
Thanks in advance!
Just performed this mod today! I am quite pleased with the results. I disconnected the negative battery cable while I was working, and reconnected it when I was ready to fire her up.
I just crawled under my car and secured the cone filter to the MAF tube after I had yanked the old factory element off.
The car was a little hesitant to start the first few cold starts, but now she seems to be running smooth with no Check Engine light. :)
I can't feel much of a difference personally, but just for looking at how filthy the factory element was and how much better the engine sounds, I am pleased with the results.
Got it on last night! I always have trouble with those black screws that you have to pry out but i just pulled the fender liner back enough not to have to worry about them.
Since I didn't have the stock MAF tube and resonator on the car to begin with all I had to do was get that old airbox out. Two of the bolts were so rusted I couldn't really turn them. Solved the problem by yanking down on it hard enough to break the airbox off at the pastic held in by the bolts. It's a little unprofressional and not very clean looking but you gotta do what you gotta do.
The K&N RX-4120 filter that BlazingCopper_ZX3 reccommended on his website (see link in the OP) worked perfectly. I attached it to the stock MAF tube I got from _fifth_ using some of the filter oil (it wasn't gonna be hard to fit without it but it is suggested), screwed my old MAF sensor into it and started to bolt it onto the car with the 1/2" bolt. This is the only part that may not be done right and will have to be fixed sometime down the road. The screw didn't go into the hole all the way. I checked to make sure it was the right spot (it was) and tried again. There could be rust or debris in there but its good enough for now.
Bolted the resonator with hydrocarbon trap onto the MAF tube. The TB boot was already attached to the resonator. If anyone is going to do this mod, do the opposite and attach it to the TB first. It took a while to get it on the TB properly but eventually I just broke out the filter oil, lubed it up and twisted it on there. Got the other side on the resonator and tightened the clamps. I'm not sure exactly what it is but theres some hose or valve or something that goes into the boot.
Then I took the air dam that I melted the cracks back together (practice for the bumper cover) and started to bolt it to the front holes in the bumper, then moving towards the sides and finally the driver side fender liner (the passenger side is cut there, but i did just get a new one to put on there. Whats awesome about the air dam being on there is that since its screwed into the bumper cover, its straightened the bent and cracked parts of the bumper cover and makes it look noticeably better.
I put the drivers side tire back on and was going to replace the cut fender liner, but the car had enough modding for the night and the lugs wouldn't come off with the tire iron. Need to have someone with an impact gun help me out.
Turned on the car and it idles about the same as the old SRI, haven't taken it for a test drive yet.
EDIT: Just did the test run to take some things back to my house. I can't really tell if it has better peformance than the old shoddy custom short ram but I do love it for the simple reason of being able to hear my engine instead of WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH from air being sucked into the SRI. It feels a little quicker and crisper but I'm not sure if that's real or just my imagination.
Yes, any lubricant will work to get the filter over the MAF tube, as I've stated countless times it will take some effort to get a 3" filter on a 3 1/2" MAF tube though.
They sell black duct tape for your broken splash guard, just say'n.
I'm considering this. I'm trying to replace this custom pipe/spectre filter SRI combo some (insert expletive here) put on the car before I bought it. I'm calling him a (insert expletive here) because me and another member discovered a week or two ago that whoever did it put the MAF sensor in backward and left an extra hole in the pipe for some reason. Also, he left the actual air filter part on the car. *facepalm*
It's fixed now but I've bought a stock intake complete with the airbox. Many people tell me that the airbox part is terrible for the car. This seems to be a good way to get rid of that custom pipe (looks to be leftover from an eBay turbo kit), use half of that stock intake, retain a stock sleeper look, and get a performance boost.
The main problem is that I don't have an air dam/splash shield on the car. Grabbed a broken one at a junkyard and I'm going to try to melt the cracks back together. My front bumper cover is also damaged but I believe it won't be a problem. Now I just need to find a suitable filter. Thinking the 3" ID Green Filter with the pre filter. Also considering a U pipe or elbow pipe for more splash protection. As for lubing the filter when putting it on, would filter oil work?
TL;DR: Previous owner iz dumb, considering stealth CAI, complaining about hurdles.
Wow! Nice to see this mod is still being considered.
Dam "orangePeel" that's a big filter! You must have gotten the 6" long one.
I still have mine installed, going on 8 years and 103,000 miles now! I clean and re-oil it every 5000 miles when I change the oil. Still the best thing I've done.
Though I love this car I'm thinking of selling it to get a 2014 Fusion, my wife doesn't like it. She says it's too loud and too small.
Here is a list of mod I've done:
Stealth CAI
Custom Magnaflow cat-back exhaust
Full SVT suspension
New rear sub-frame member with easily adjustable camber
17" SVT EAP wheels
SVT center console
SVT leather shift boot
Ford Racing Strut tower brace
Ford Racing Short throw shifter
Ford factory mid wing spoiler
Sony Xplode Premium sound system, 6 disk changer, speakers and sub woofer
Tinted windows all around
Fog light switch Mod
Clear side marker lights
LED door locks
Cup holder LED's
Silver tint front turn signal bulbs
The "How To's" may also list the door lock LED and fog light switch mod but if not I'm sure there is a link on the "Stealth CAI" page for it.
Glade you all enjoy Mod'n you cars.
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