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I am trying to clean up my desk and I have been looking through stacks of pediatric articles that I felt were really interesting.
An article by Dr. Barbara Howard entitled "Three Magic Words Offer Food for Thought" made a wonderful point regarding family meals and eating habits. She states that one of the best questions to ask a child during a "well-child" visit only requires three words, but offers so much insight into a family's interactions. What are the magic words? "How are your meals?" I know you know how much I believe in, and promote, families eating together. There has been a lot of data substantiating the many positive side effects that stem from family meals.
You can look at some of the studies by going to The Promoting Family Meals Project, http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/CFP/promotingfamilymeals. Not only does eating together as a family help improve food choices which may help prevent obesity, it also leads to children who have improved vocabulary and language skills, social skills and manners.
Family meals have also been shown to lessen the chance of risk taking behaviors in adolescents. There has also been an association with fewer eating disorders among adolescents who have regular family meals. So, when I ask children about their meals, I also get parental feedback. The biggest complaint is that their children are "picky eaters". Many children and parents will say that they don't eat together as a family as everyone eats something different. I don't think being a "short order cook" is a job requirement of any parent.
Social worker Ally Slater, delineates parent's responsibilities with regard to food as "what, when and where" while leaving children, "how much and whether". I love that!! Parents control the grocery cart, meal and snack choices and food offerings on the plate. It is nice to always offer at least one food that most family members like. Once that food is offered and we are gathered together to eat, parents need to back off. Is that easier said than done? Maybe in the beginning, but over time it actually simplifies family life.
I think it is really fairly easy if you "buy into" the idea of family meals and know that children will make better and wider food choices if given that opportunity. It may take up to 100 times, and many months for your child to try different foods, but eventually you will be pleased that you have a child who is a healthy eater, and who also enjoys a wide variety of foods. Trust me, your children when raised this way, really turn out to be great eaters as adolescents and young adults. I think my boys are less "picky" than I am! (no sushi for me).
Make family meal time a priority. Your children will respect the rules, learn table manners, and enjoy dinnertime conversation, while eventually developing a more mature palate. It just takes time.
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I built screen bottom boards and made a tray out of galvanized metal. I definitely kill thousands of SHB with them. That is the first time I have seen this video and will have to try it.Did you notice that the second he brushed his bees they immediately stung him. I haven't used a brush since I first time I used one to remove honey and they got real aggressive and stayed that way for the next 3 weeks.Jim
Jim, which size mesh are you using? #8 looks to small, #6 lets bees through...#7 is apparently mythical and is packed in the saddlebags of a unicorn somewhere in Strawberry Shortcake Land....???The bee brush... It looked like he swept the bees rather than "flicking" the bees. Rolling the bees is reported to give them a bad hair day. The guy *seemed* pretty comfortable with the bees to start with...guess he pushed the envelope too much. ???Thanks,Ed


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What I really want is some poseable hands that can hold the blaster or do just about anything. I have come up with this idea, so let me know what you think.....
First I mix together something called Alginate, its like a rubbery/jelly kind of goop that hardens. I then put it in a bowl/bucket and drive a hand into it with fingers all spread out.
Once it dries (you can either use quick drying stuff that takes 5mins or slow drying) I remove my hands and am left with a cavity in the shape of my hand.
Next I get some wire coat hangers or thinnish wire rods and suspend them in the mould with one down each finger and thumb.
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|69 widetrack
Your right about the DP40 and the lead content...it was deadly...but, ever since they took the lead out, it wasn't quite the same product...just like Centauri from Dupont...when they took the lead out of that Acrylic Enamel it never seemed to cover as well (if I remember correctly yellows where a real bear to get coverage on after they took the lead out) or shine as much and the durability seemed to drop of as well.
But that's old school paint and water under the bridge.
As to the OP Question: If he did everything according to Hoyle, then it could be, like Deadbodyman suggested a couple drops of sweat or wrong primer.
For the our situation with the deck lid and dozens of small bumps: I think the only answer is to put it in the Archives under "Unsolved Mystery's" & "Lesson Learned". Having said this, I seemed to remember the reason we continued to use one light coat of DP40 thinned down, under the paint. If not for insurance against chemical burn-in,....then because we noticed that the polyurethane seemed to lay down flatter and smoother. It might not behave the same now that the lead is gone. This was our hobby - turned restoration pro and made our living for twenty-some years.
Glad DP40 no longer has lead in it,...this is one hazard of the trade, that needed to be gone.
Mabee the OP used lacquer primer..and was too embarresed to come back...
|Bare metal, DA, DP40, bodywork, primer, DP40 thinned down, scuff for mechanical adhesion, then paint. We always strived for concourse restorations through out the years. One of our cars was judged 99.99. This has been a interesting discussion - time for my night cap - have to get up early. Goodnight.
|Forgot to answer the sink question: No, this was a perfect deck lid needing very little bodywork or fillers.
|69 widetrack
Wow, your right...this is an assignment. I still say that the Rep was wrong...sorry, I'll try and explain why. If the paint was so hot and the paint flashed over before the thinner could evaporate it wouldn't blister, it would solvent pop...and the fact that it almost went away when the sun went down tells me it's not thinner, it's expanded air...one way to get air to expand is by oxidization or off gassing and it doesn't take much oxidization to create a gas between metal and paint. Even if you trapped thinner, how would putting DP40 over top seal it and stop the bubbles? Because it was so hot, could it be tiny bits of water vapor from the compressor?
This may need to go on "Unsolved Mystery's"...LOL...but I can't see it being trapped thinner...that would cause a pop, not a blister...I could see it being moisture from an over heated compressor...not droplets...atomized moisture going through the paint gun.
One more stupid question... did you go, bare metal, body work, DP40, paint or bare metal, DP40, body work, primer, DP40, paint...Or how did you guys do it back then?
|Wow - This is like a assignment, but for austerity I will try to answer your questions. Because we had success we continued to follow the process as I outlined. We only scuff for mechanical adhesion adhering to the 72 hour window. I still have a few bodies that like you say sealing isn't necessary. When we used chemical strippers we always use a DA after to remove any bit and pieces left behind. The rep opinion at that time was - that we may have trapped thinners into the substrates, because the paint at that time was so hot that it burt into the substart and then flash off before the thinners could evaporate. That's why he recommended sealing with a epoxy. The car actually when into storage for quite a long time before taking it to Arizona where it set in the hot sun and broke out covered with bumps. Funny thing when the sun went down the bumps almost disappeared. When we got back to Montana and took down to the metal bit by bit to see what happened and there wasn't any signs of rust. Montana is a fairly dry state and this particular car had very little rust anywhere. After shipping we always DA for mechanical adhesion. It was a complete tear it down take it appart restoration. Prior to using this poly we always used enamel so this was quite the shock. Luckly, we never had this kind of problem again and we continued to poly paint. Thanks for you input hope this answers your questions.
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Not sure what happened to the thread starter, but thanks for not getting offended.
I don't know about this Ditzler Rep. DP40 is an epoxy and even when it was called DP40 (now it's DP40LF...the LF stands for lead free) should not have needed to be sanded. It should have a 72 hour window before you need to scuff it or open it for mechanical adhesion, anytime in that window and at about 70 degrees you can top coat it without scuffing. I firmly believe that if a vehicle is prepped properly, sealer isn't required.
You mentioned that you chemically stripped the deck lid and dried it...did you rough up the metal with the DA before you put the DP40 on? If you didn't, you could have had some residue left from the chemical stripper that could cause oxidization (same type of reaction as rust) and cause lifting.
Do you remember how long after painting it took for the bubbles to show up? If it was traces of chemical stripper on the panel the reaction would be fairly quick...if it took a while like the thread starter (his took a year and that's why I say it's moisture causing rust) then it wouldn't be the stripper.
The way I would have done the job would be to strip the panel, do my body work, 2 medium wet coats of DP40, let the DP40 flash, 2 to 3 coats of primer, (I would only use 2K primer up until recently), let the primer cure, block sand and paint. I would not have gone bare metal, body work, light coat of DP40, scuff and paint. Did the body work areas ever sink?
|Hello Old Fool, I like the idea of fake bullet hole stickers. It's too bad the photo look pretty straight. Fix it the right way - dig into it - as you say find out and then fix it. But without knowing what was used - we all just shooting in the dark.
|Hello 69 Widetrack. No worry, I am too old to be offended and I am always ready to learn. Anyway you are most lightly right about this particular situation of small paint bubbles/blisters. With my situation, the deck lid brook out in little raised bubbles after sitting in the sun for a few hours. The Deck lid was chemically stripped down & dried before applying DP40 metal sealer, followed with body fillers and primers. I am sure we were using Ditzlers Polyurethane Black Paint, being black may have something to do with it. The mistake we made according to the rep (I want make a correction it was a Ditzler rep) he said we were supposed seal with DP40 before laying down the paint, to keep the paint from burning into the substrates. We took the deck lid down to metal & redid the body work, got it all in the same substrate and followed the rep suggestions, spayed on a light reduced coat of DP40, scuffed lightly with scotchbrite before laying down the paint. Wrong or right - it turned out great. To make a long story short - we continued to do other cars with the same process. This was a long time ago - have been retired for over ten years - I guess things have changed. Anyway, what happened to this thread starter?
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Doesn't look like he even returned to the post?
He could shave the surface off and see what is under there, a careful shave cut and one of those fake bullet hole stickers and he would be set <jk>
My hunch is acid wash primer or similar as the original cause. But I am not a gambling man, so I wouldn't put any money on my hunch,LOL.
It could even be a lacquer primer if that was used... we need to know if it was stripped to the metal and what was done after that metal preps ,primers did you wax & grease it...theres a ton of stuff but moisture\oil in the air line and lacquer primers or improper metal prep are the most common.but explain the proceedure and materials used from start to finish. but be prepared ,when you see bubbles even small ones theres only two ways to deal with it ,,,,live with it or sand down untill the bubbles are gone,most times it has to go all the way to the metal before they're gone..but you might get lucky and only the paint has to come off...never know but you cant just buff them out ,you need to fix the problem or just deal with it..
.It looks pretty good from here though
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[QUOTE=ReflectImage;1630742]That's a terrible feeling when something like this happens; I've been there! Like the other replies if your going to get help you need to tell what products & what procedure you used. From experience and advise from PPG that we received - you need to 'seal' before laying down the the color. This could be what happened if didn't you seal the primer surfacer before painting. It could be that the color was so hot (chemically) that it burned right into your surfacers and body filler and then trapped moisture under the surface. If you haven't solved the problem yet, as I see it the only way is to find out. Would be to first lay down a strip of masking tape on all four side of the bubble and shave it off with a razor blade. Then let the viewers know 1)what you see, 2) what products you use maybe then someone can give you hand in where to go next. Just so you know I am not current on todays 2 stage products, only experience is with one stage and sealing with with DP-40 before paint.[/QUOT
I wasn't going to reply but after thinking it over I decided I better and the only reason is that if someone else reads this they are not getting the right information.
ReflectImage....I don't mean to offend you but in this case you are wrong...If this is the information that a PPG rep gave you...The PPG rep was wrong. Sealer has absolutely nothing to do with what happened here, sealer is a product designed to even out poor substrates, for example, if you have a vehicle with several different substrates, say lacquer primer and or whatever Acrylic Enamel, or a vehicle that is not sanded with the fine grit required so sand scratches won't show when painted. If a vehicle is prepped properly and the substrate (either existing paint or a quality primer) is consistent, sealer is not required and has no bearing on what happened here.
The problem is either trapped moisture under the paint causing rust or existing rust that was not removed completely before painting.
So again ReflectImage, I'm not trying to offend, I'm just trying to correct...And yes, I was a Rep for PPG.
|That's a terrible feeling when something like this happens; I've been there! Like the other replies if your going to get help you need to tell what products & what procedure you used. From experience and advise from PPG that we received - you need to 'seal' before laying down the the color. This could be what happened if didn't you seal the primer surfacer before painting. It could be that the color was so hot (chemically) that it burned right into your surfacers and body filler and then trapped moisture under the surface. If you haven't solved the problem yet, as I see it the only way is to find out. Would be to first lay down a strip of masking tape on all four side of the bubble and shave it off with a razor blade. Then let the viewers know 1)what you see, 2) what products you use maybe then someone can give you hand in where to go next. Just so you know I am not current on todays 2 stage products, only experience is with one stage and sealing with with DP-40 before paint.
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Bjorn Lomborg's Climate Consensus Center just released an un-refereed report on geoengineering, An Analysis of Climate Engineering as a Response to Global Warming, by J Eric Bickel and Lee Lane. The "consensus" in the title of Lomborg's center is based on a meeting of 50 economists last year. The problem with allowing economists to decide the proper response of society to global warming is that they base their analysis only on their own quantifications of the costs and benefits of different strategies. In this report, discussed below, they simply omit the costs of many of the potential negative aspects of producing a stratospheric cloud to block out sunlight or cloud brightening, and come to the conclusion that these strategies have a 25-5000 to 1 benefit/cost ratio. That the second author works for the American Enterprise Institute, a lobbying group that has been a leading global warming denier, is not surprising, except that now they are in favor of a solution to a problem they have claimed for years does not exist.
Geoengineering has come a long way since first discussed here three years ago. [Here I use the term "geoengineering" to refer to "solar radiation management" (SRM) and not to carbon capture and sequestration (called "air capture" in the report), a related topic with quite different issues.] In a New Scientist interview, John Holdren, President Obama's science adviser, says geoengineering has to be examined as a possible response to global warming, but that we can make no such determination now. A two-day conference on geoengineering organized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences was held in June, 2009, with an opening talk by the President, Ralph Cicerone. The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has just issued a policy statement on geoengineering, which urges cautious consideration, more research, and appropriate restrictions. But all this attention comes with the message that we know little about the efficacy, costs, and problems associated with geoengineering suggestions, and that much more study is needed.
Bickel and Lane, however, do not hesitate to write a report that is rather biased in favor of geoengineering using SRM, by emphasizing the low cost and dismissing the many possible negative aspects. They use calculations with the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy (DICE) economic model to make the paper seem scientific, but there are many inherent assumptions, and they up-front refuse to present their results in terms of ranges or error bars. Specific numbers in their conclusions make the results seem much more certain than they are. While they give lip service to possible negative consequences of geoengineering, they refuse to quantify them. Indeed, the purpose of new research is to do just that, but the tone of this report is to claim that cooling the planet will have overall benefits, which CAN be quantified. The conclusions and summary of the report imply much more certainty as to the net benefits of SRM than is really the case.
My main areas of agreement with this report are that global warming is an important, serious problem, that SRM with stratospheric aerosols or cloud brightening would not be expensive, and that we indeed need more research into geoengineering. The authors provide a balanced introduction to the issues of global warming and the possible types of geoengineering.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Green Bay won two games and advanced to the semifinals of the Horizon League Championship, and 11 days after a heartbreaking 70-69 loss to Valparaiso, the Phoenix finally gets to return to the court, opening the CollegeInsider.com Tournament at Bradley on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The game is being played at Bradley's Renaissance Coliseum in Peoria, Ill.
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1. SOPHOMORE SCORING: Sykes, on the strength of his career-high 31 point effort in the Horizon League semifinals at Valparaiso, has scored 521 points this season. That total is just 11 points short of breaking Jeff Nordgaard's mark for most points by a Phoenix sophomore. With 10 or more points in 30 of 33 games this season, Sykes now has 856 points in 63 career games.
2. LONG RANGE: Three-point shooting has not been the focus of the Phoenix offense this season, but the team was been effective from long range in Horizon League play, ranking third in the conference. Junior Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) shot 44.4 percent from beyond the arc in league play and has made 28 threes this season. Sykes made a career-high four triples against Valpo and has knocked down 30 on the year. Brown and Sykes combined for just 11 three-pointers in 2011-12.
3. COMPETE, DEFEND, REBOUND: Wardle has stressed this phrase and this emphasis since he was hired prior to the 2010-11 season, and it highlights the team's strengths in 2012-13. Green Bay led the Horizon League in field goal percentage defense, blocked shots and rebounding margin in conference play. In its opening round win over Milwaukee, all three of those stats were on display as the Panthers shot just 26.5 percent, had eight shots blocked and were outrebounded by 12. It was the fifth time this season a Phoenix opponent failed to reach 50 points, the most since 2000-01. Green Bay is 14-0 this season when holding teams below 60 points.
• THE SERIES VS. THE BRAVES: In the only meeting between the Phoenix and the Braves on Jan. 24, 1973, Dennis Woeffler totaled 17 points and seven rebounds to lead Green Bay, but the Phoenix fans could not overcome 22 turnovers in a 66-60 loss at Bradley. Leon Mitchell also reached double figures for the Phoenix, scoring 12 points. Gordon Patterson had a team-high nine rebounds for Green Bay, who had a 29-28 edge on the boards. The Phoenix lost despite shooting 26-of-45 from the field for 57.8 percent.
• PHOENIX IN THE POSTSEASON: Green Bay is making its ninth appearance in the postseason in its Division I history. The Phoenix has played previously in the NCAA (four times), the NIT (two times) and the CBI (two times), compiling a postseason record of 3-8. Green Bay last appeared in the postseason in 2010, defeating Akron 70-66 at home in the first round and losing at Saint Louis 68-62 in overtime in the second round.
• LAUDED ALL-LEAGUE: Keifer Sykes, Alec Brown and Jordan Fouse were all honored by the Horizon League with postseason accolades. Sykes, who ranks in the top-5 in the conference in points and assists, was named to the first team while Brown was a second-team selection after averaging 15.6 points in league play. Fouse was the runner-up for Newcomer of the Year and named to the All-Newcomer team.
• SECOND-HALF SYKES: Sykes, one of just two Horizon League players to be named Player of the Week at least three times this season, has done the majority of his damage in the clutch. In the past nine games against Horizon League foes, he has scored 126 of his 170 points in the second half or overtime, averaging 14 points after halftime. For the season, Sykes averages 9.8 points per game after halftime.
• INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE ARC: Brown has played the best basketball of his career down the stretch this season. The 7-foot-1 Brown has 1,195 career points, and against League opponents this season, he is averaging 15.8 points per game. Since the beginning of February against conference foes, Brown is averaging 17.8 and 2.3 blocks per game.
• DOMINANT DEFENSIVE DUO: Brown and Fouse both were named to the five-player All-Defensive Team after helping the Phoenix rank first in field goal percentage defense, rebounding and blocked shots in league play. Brown and Fouse are the first Phoenix players to be named all-defense since 2008-09 and the first Green Bay duo on the team since 1997-98. In addition, Fouse is the first freshman in the conference to be named to the All-Defensive Team since another Phoenix player, Terry Evans in 2005-06, and the first freshman to lead the Horizon League in rebounding since Northern Illinois' T.J. Lux in 1995-96.
• TOP OF THE CLASS: Fouse's rookie campaign has included impressive consistency, and he is now the holder of Green Bay's freshman records for rebounds (257) and steals (55) in a season. His 48 blocks are the fourth-most in a season by any Phoenix player, more than any Green Bay player not named Alec Brown. Fouse's 257 rebounds are the seventh-most in a season by a Phoenix player and second-most in the Division I era (Randy Berry, 283, 2009-10).
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I have embarked on my first ESB Fett Helmet and Im building one of Asoks CCC lids. First let me say this lid is awesome. Im all prepped up and ready to paint but I have hit a wall.
I have read everything I can find on the site about templates and I have tried to scale every type thats been posted on here and I cant get any of them to line up on the back. The dimensions are tricky since the cast seems to be wider in the back plates so simple scaling of the image doesn't work. Ive tried stretching and tweaking and scalling by size and % and no luck getting them to line up.
Ive been at this for a week and I cant make it work. Does anyone have a solution to getting the templates to match or do you perhaps have templates already scaled for the shape of Asoks awesome helmet.
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text: Caught some of the game last night. Pretty much concur with everyone's take on AJ. He played his arse off last night, with the exception of a couple (two) missed assignments, he played with the same tenacity that I have seen in the past. When and if TGRH comes back from his injury, he needs to be part of the bench crew, subbing in for AI. Hopefully there is more going on here than a groin injury instead, the preliminaries for a trade that Joe may be cooking up. The lineup last night may have sealed the deal for Curry. A starter will have to come off the bench if we are going to be a playoff contender, there is no doubting that. Amir may have made a strong case for himself. Either he will be the picture of consistency (learned some things with all the DNP's) or he will revert back to picking up a foul a minute and looking lost (Darkoesque).


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I have seen a ton of show me you this or that thread but do not think that I have ever seen a thread where everyone specifically shows off their home made "Improvised Building Tools".
So at the request of one of the members here I thought that I would start one.
I have been real busy trying to build everything from scratch. It has taken me several weeks at least to get this far. It certainly would have been far easier to just buy the darn things but, it was far easier to convince my better half that I needed a drill press and x-y axis vise than a "flat bending jig".
I found a local Steel distributor and bought all the scrap 1.25" steel that they had in their scrap pile and a few larger and smaller pieces that I figured that I could probably use.
Scrap steel cost there 0.30$/foot so 60# only cost me $18. I actually had to go back to the pile several times just to make the weight to meet their minimum $ to use my mac card.
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text: Educators and parents testify against Stand initiative Educators and parents squared off against Stand for Children supporters April 10 at a hearing on Stand's ballot question before the Joint Committee on Education. Testifying on the first panel against the initiative were MTA President Paul Toner, AFT Massachusetts President Thomas Gosnell, Massachusetts PTA Past President Mary Ann Stewart, 2008 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Michael Flynn and Boston Public School Teacher Jessica Tang. Stewart and Flynn are two of the seven plaintiffs on the MTA-backed lawsuit challenging the initiative. The Stand initiative would make numerous changes in the state's education and labor laws, including limiting bargaining rights over personnel practices and denying professional teacher status to part-time teachers. Several speakers noted that the initiative is a "distraction" from what students really need to succeed and could have a "chilling effect" on teachers speaking out on behalf of their students for fear they could lose their jobs. Several opponents of the initiative and even one supporter testified that complex education policies are better made in the Legislature rather than on the ballot. The Legislature has a limited role in the initiative petition process. It can approve the question, in which case it will be withdrawn from the ballot; or it can report the bill out unfavorably or take no action, in which case supporters will have to collect more signatures to qualify it for the November ballot. The Legislature could also approve a different but related initiative to be considered by the voters at the same time as the Stand petition. Among those who testified, Massachusetts PTA Past President Mary Ann Stewart and 2008 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Michael Flynn. Toner's testimony on the initiative is below. More information about the ballot question can be found here. MTA Testimony on Stand for Children Ballot Initiative Good Morning, Madame Chairs and members of the Committee. I am Paul Toner, President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Today I join Massachusetts Education Secretary Paul Reville and many other education experts and stakeholders in opposing House 3883 and Senate 2197. The MTA respectfully urges the Joint Committee on Education to reject this attempt to bypass the open, deliberative and collaborative process that has helped Massachusetts create the best public education system in the nation and helped millions of students succeed. The MTA has long advocated for high standards for those who enter the teaching profession and those who remain in the field. Indeed, we believe strongly that every child deserves a high-quality teacher in every classroom. We also understand the need to continually improve our public education system. In recent months, the MTA has been a leader in developing a more effective and comprehensive educator evaluation system – one that includes clear goals to help teachers hone their skills and ensure student achievement. This new system is being rolled out statewide over the next three years. Stand for Children was a member of the task force that developed this new evaluation system, which was ultimately adopted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The recommendations of the task force were reached through a process of collaboration and compromise over a number of months, and many of Stand's proposals were adopted. Soon after this innovative new system was approved, however, Stand proceeded to draft a long and complicated initiative petition without conferring with other education stakeholders. Ten days before the deadline for filing ballot questions, Stand's leader told me that the group was considering this step. At the time, I asked to discuss the issues of concern to Stand. That conversation did not take place, and one day before the filing deadline the MTA was told that Stand would be pursuing a ballot initiative instead of filing legislation. While proponents claim that the initiative only ensures that the evaluation system will be effective, in fact it will have far-reaching impacts on many other areas. These include what can and can't be negotiated regarding evaluations, professional status for part-time teachers, regionalization, the negotiating process, and the scope of review in teacher dismissal cases. In November 2011, as signatures were being collected, Secretary Reville said: "I fear that the ballot initiative would set up a distracting and divisive battle, engendering an over-simplified public dialogue that would alienate educators and prevent us from achieving a variety of reform goals." The new teacher evaluation process was designed to advance the goal that we all support: ensuring that all students in our public schools receive an excellent education to prepare them for the future. Multi-dimensional policy changes in education should not be brought about by gimmicky slogans designed to make complex issues seem simple. Stand's proposal is extremely lengthy, dense and difficult to understand. On Election Day, a voter can only give a yes or no answer. As legislators, you know that a ballot initiative is not the way to make such far-reaching and intricate decisions. The Legislature has set up a process that allows for debate to determine whether in fact change is needed and, if so, to allow for refining a proposal so that a consensus can be built that serves the children of our Commonwealth. This is no time to disrupt the new evaluation system, as the initiative would do. The system provides employees and local school districts with the option to collectively bargain certain details to meet the specific needs of their particular communities, and it is certain to prove effective in achieving its intent. In truth, it is clear that taking this matter to the ballot ill-serves the long-term interests of students, who should be front and center in this debate. As you probably know, the MTA has asked the Supreme Judicial Court to not allow the ballot question to go forward. Briefly, we believe that the Stand initiative: Asks voters to give a single yes or no answer concerning multiple unrelated issues. Unconstitutionally affects the powers of the courts. And is described by a summary that fails to inform voters of everything that is involved, including the impact on teachers' collective bargaining rights. Attached to my testimony is a copy of the MTA legal brief. The MTA has been a leader in supporting initiatives to help students achieve at the highest levels and promoting the voices of educators with proven expertise in collaborative efforts to help schools succeed. Massachusetts schools are doing well by national and international measures, but we are always open to ideas about how to make them work better. We believe that cooperation and discussion among all affected parties is a far better approach than forcing an up-or-down vote on a complicated and deeply flawed ballot initiative. The Stand campaign simplistically and deceptively claims that a yes vote is for "great teachers" and implies that those who oppose it are against quality schools. It is education policy by bumper sticker – not by thoughtful collaboration – and its attempt to circumvent the legislative process clearly demonstrates this to be the case. I respectfully request that you oppose House 3883 and Senate 2197 and give them both unfavorable recommendations. Thank you for your consideration of this vital request.


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The American Society for NanoMedicine (ASNM) will hold its third annual meeting November 9 -11 at the Universities at Shady Grove Conference Center in Gaithersburg, Md. This year ASNM has worked closely with the Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, and National Institutes of Health to create a conference with a special focus on nano-enabeled cancer diagnostics and therapies, and the synergy of the combination of nano-improved imaging modalities and targeted delivery.
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Out of all the semi auto's that you have ever handled, shot, etc...........which one had the easiest(least amount of effort) slide to rack, new, out of the box?
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Out of all the semi auto's that you have ever handled, shot, etc...........which one had the easiest(least amount of effort) slide to rack, new, out of the box?
I'd have to say that the easiest was actually my Springfield GI 1911. The hardest, by far my Kahr CM9.
Beretta .22 Neos, yes its a target .22 so it should be, but you did say ANY semi-auto. Friends four year old son did it all by himself. My PT-92 is pretty easy as well.
Springfield XDM-9 4.5"
Colt GI 45...
If the reason you are asking is for someone handicapped try this
Find ANY auto that has fairly large rear sights and then you can rack the slide against any sharp edge(door jamb, table edge) using the rear sights.( My brother is handicapped and was taught this way by dad).
I've heard the small sig P238 .380 is one of the easiest slides to rack. The smoothest that i have is a blued 92G 1993 model which is slick as greased glass.
The reason I asked the question was.....my wife is not very accurate with the smaller handled revolvers, and there is too much recoil for the size of the grip...I would like to see her shooting a semi, but grip strength is a problem(that's her only handicap so far)...she can't rack the slide on my 84fs, nor my 96, nor my Bodyguard...actually, I have a hard time with the slide on the 84(needs breaking in) so, I just wanted to see if there were any easier slide autos out there.....I have racked a Sig P238...about the same as my Bodyguard......wouldn't want cock and lock anyway.....but thanks for the input...
My husband's Sig Sauer Scorpion was waaaay easier than either of my guns.
I will have to check one out, thanks....
Compacts of decent caliber have stiffer springs than their larger counterparts. Look at mid to full-size guns. Another problem with the Berettas like the 84 etc. is that there isn't as much surface area where the cocking serrations are.
Are we talking for carry or just range shooting?
There's a wide variety of aftermarkt grips avaialble for small-frame revolvers such as the J-frames that offer more grip to hang on to. As for the accuracy of a small revolver, no kidding. You have no sight radius, a heavy trigger, and no recoil absorbing mass. A 4" K or L frame revolver is a better revolver to learn on etc.
My Beretta M9, no question about it.
For centerfire pistols in primary SD calibers (9mm and up), I'd say the Smith and Wesson M&P 9mm and the Taurus PT92 9mm probably have the lightest slides I have felt. Might be inclined to add the Kahr T9 and the Browning Hi-Power Mark III-S. The Kimber Custom in .45 has a somewhat light slide for the caliber. Too many guns over the years so it's hard to remember all or even a decent number of them.
Should look into getting her one the 3rd gen S&W (59's). I've got a 5904 ex service pistol and my wife loves shooting it almost as much as me. Been so many rounds run through it the slide almost takes no effort at all. Very low recoil with the CCI 115grs. I will never sale that gun, it is fantastic!! Someone had a post that there are NIB 5906's $250 I think. Going to get one for myself!
Walther P5 was by far the easiest slide to rack that I've tried. Probably because of the double recoil spring system.
My old Gov issue Colt 1911a1 is as slick as snort on a glass door knob.


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Denmark, Copenhagen Post: "Mayor Labelled A Prostitute"
Big deal, most of the US Congress sells their souls for money.
South Africa, Mail & Guardian: "Metro Police To Integrate With SAPS"
Is this a dumbing down of the police or is it meant to become smarter?
UK,Guardian: "Clown From Outer Space"
We sure could use one to bring peace to the world.
Germany, The Local: "Skinny Models Look Better"
On the other hand, some of us prefer softik women.
Canada, Toronto Star: "Church St. Losing Gay Image"
From now on only sad faces will be allowed on Church St.
Australia, Brisbane Times: "Man Sleeps Through Fire"
I wonder what his body temperature will be when he hits Hell.
UK, The Independent: "Each Year 275,000 Britons Disappear"
And, some claim there are no alien space ships hovering above!
South Africa, Argus: "Cops Must Not Behave Like Criminals"
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Arsène Wenger says the next three weeks will decide whether Jack Wilshere plays for Arsenal this season.
The England midfielder has not made a first-team appearance since last summer's Emirates Cup after undergoing surgery in September. Wilshere has made steady progress in his rehabilitation but Wenger insists Arsenal will not take a gamble on his fitness.
"We will know in the next two or three weeks [if he will play this season]," said the manager.
"We try to keep the hope alive for him and not take too many risks. That means we adapt day to day, to manage him, to improve his physical state and get him fit as quickly as we can without taking too big a risk. That means when he has irritation or discomfort we stop him."
Wilshere became a mainstay of the England set-up last season but it remains to be seen whether he will be fit for the European Championships in June.
"We are now at the end of March, that means to go to a big competition without having played at all is impossible," said Wenger.
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I don't remember what the timing is set on, but the guy that installed the curve kit set the vacuum advance and the timing when he done the heads and cam swap. I haven't messed with it because I don't seem to be very good with the ignition system. As soon as I get a chance I'll check to see what it's set on.
What about the WOT, is it pretty much safe to say it needs leaned down, or should I double check the ignition first?
|I took it out today and drove about 12 miles at different speeds and the gauge showed to be in the 11s at idle and just off idle. It staid in the 12s until I got up to about 55 and it leaned down a little. It seemed to be staying right on 14 to low 15 between a quarter and half throttle, like pulling a small hill. At WOT it dropped into the high 10s for a second and then staid in the mid 11s. From what I could tell it was showing rich everywhere but at moderate throttle.
It takes a good half hour of driving to get the motor completely warmed up to operating temp. The AFR reading will be all over the place so do be too concerned.
Be sure to get the dist setup correctly first. By all means use a vac adv if you want good mpg.
Download the Logworks program and make some runs to establish a base line. Make sure you note what you did on each log.
You will need a set of number drills from about 40-80 to measure the restriction and bleeds and jets.
Mark all of these down so you have a base line here too. Make sure you do not have any exhaust leaks before the o-2 sensor.
Also make sure yo
The guy that installed the heads and cam for me installed a curve kit in the distributor when he done the swap.
I calibrated the gauge as the instructions explained to do. I ran a ground directly to the battery to avoid any noise.
I have a manifold vacuum gauge also.
I'll update after I do some test driving.
|I got an Innovate MTX-L wide band AFR gauge. I installed it yesterday and let the engine warm up. It was staying in the low 12s then it dropped as low as 11.3 at idle after it had gotten warmed up. Looks like I have a pretty major rich condition. I am going to change the oil and take it out and see what it does at different driving styles this week before I do anything to the carb. That probably explains the terrible MPG and low power wouldn't you think?
|just tune the carb you have. Edelbrocks deliver some of the best mileage you can get from a carb, and are dirt simple. Even with it in perfect tune at best you're only going to se about 9 mpg's with your combo.
IMO, the things that are killin your MPG are:
* the 230 deg cam
* the tq converter
* the 315's wide tires on the rear
* the 750 carb
I would start with the cam. Get something with around 220* at .050, and 112 LS. This may wake up the motor because you will have a compression increase. When you do the cam, also install a 2 piece timing cover (much easier to swap out the cam later on)
Next I would replace that TQ converter to match your new cam. Get something with a low stall. As much as I like that Gear Vendors Unit, I could never pay that much. Maybe one day I'll find a cheap one on ebay.
You will need at least a 31" to 33" rear tire to offset the 4.11's. Just keep it around 11" wide
I would sell that 750 carb and get a rebuilt 625-650 cfm carb. The smaller carb will "work" better with the air velocity increase & the new cam. You can find great used carb deals all day long on line. The good news is that your 750 carb has a good resale factor, so you might make out good on that
The o2 meter kit is a good idea. If you cant afford to get one now, at least order an O2 bung & cap from Summit when you get the cam - like 7 bucks
With the cam & torque converter change, you are looking at around $450.
You can also find a good used vac advance dist on-line (vac advance = MPG)
Not counting the tires, the changes above should give you about 12-13 MPG
In order to make the AFR work or better yet to use it properly, you must have a very good understanding of how the carb works. You need to know how the idle circuit, transition power and cruise circuits affect the AFR.
Best bet is to get the Holley book with the cut away view of a 4500 on the cover. I don't have mine handy but just check Amazon.
Above all don't get "drill happy" before you understand what you are doing.
The AFR gage simply tells you what is going on. It can be misleading if you don't understand the carb. It's not hard learning you just have to put your mind to it.
[QUOTE=bentwings]I thinkthe best thing would be to install an Ait Fuel gage (AFR gage) These run a couple hundred bucks. Innovative motorsports is very popular and they have an active forum. This will help you with the tuning. I get 15-16 mpg with the blower so you should be able to get the same or better....this is on 87 gas too. Also install a vacuum gage. These are a great load sensor....low vac means low mpg.
I'm sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I have been looking at some air/fuel ratio gauges. That sounds like that would be great for tuning. It would definitely help for calibrating the carb wouldn't it? I would think it would be pretty easy to do just basic tuning with one wouldn't it? Is the gauge and the sending unit all I would need?
I thinkthe best thing would be to install an Ait Fuel gage (AFR gage) These run a couple hundred bucks. Innovative motorsports is very popular and they have an active forum. This will help you with the tuning. I get 15-16 mpg with the blower so you should be able to get the same or better....this is on 87 gas too. Also install a vacuum gage. These are a great load sensor....low vac means low mpg.
Next you will have to ditch the gears. Hoosier makes a Pro street tire in the 31 inch range. I have these and they have 18k miles on them now. They work great in the rain...even in the light snow last week. With a good suspension they will hook quite well too. These run about $700 a pair and work tubless. I'd gear for about 2500 rpm at 60 mph +/- a little what ever it takes to get this.
An OD trans is shaky at best....JMHO I cruise with over 150 guys and there are a lot of OD's in the group. There are a lot of them in the shop for repairs too. You will spend $1500-1800 for anything that will hold up and even that is shaky at best. If you had factory EFI the story might be better. Bottom line is any OD is going to be relatively expensive. I like my T-350 without a kickdown. I just manually drop it down a gear if I really want to charge on the highway otherwise I just step on it.
|the carb I have now is the Edelbrock 1407. I have the calibration kit for it. Do you think I could calibrate it to get better MPG?
I don`t like Edelbrock carbs, not a big fan of Holley`s either. Most holley`s come with straight leg boosters, these aren`t as bad as down leg boosters however, as dog legs are completely worthless.
A annular booster carb is perferred. It gives it better throttle response and real nice manners. However, annular booster carbs are more expensive.
I perfer a Quadrajet carb and they are pretty much all I use.
Not to say a holley won`t work for you as it will. So if you want to go holley by all means do so. The only cheap carb with annular boosters I know of is the summit racing carb, however you have to get the carb that`s a mechanical secondary which would work fine for what your doing.
How to improve mileage, first off, with a 3000 stall and the low gear good mileage isn`t to be expected, however you should be getting better than 5 miles to the gallon. What`s the timing set at? What plug wires are in use?
First off, if you haven`t already, get the process started by packing the front wheel bearings with synthetic grease. Then fill the rear with royal purple or other synthetic lube if you haven`t already. If your not running synthetic oil swap over to it. Lowering resistance is the first step in the right direction. To get decent mileage you have to keep the revs down which is difficult with your rear gears. You could somewhat defang the engine by going with a smaller cam such as the comp 268H which will still give it a lopey idle, but it`s duration figures are on the mild side. With the heads and combo you have it would still have good power. Then you could switch to a lower stall converter.
You can cut the effect of the 4.10 axle by going to larger tires. A 33" tire should fit on your truck without any mods. Something like a 285/70/17 or 285/75/16 would work. A very standard truck size is 235/85/16, but its a little shorter (32"). The cheapest choice is usually to use 16" wheels, since they were offered stock on many trucks, but the stock GM wheels are only 6" wide which is is really too narrow for anything more than about 255 or 265 width tires.
You could swap an Edelbrock 1406 600 cfm carb and maybe pick up a little mileage. You would need to tune it for your cam, since the stock jetting is probably too lean. The stock step-up springs will also create an incredible bog with a high lift cam because it will transition from cruise to power mode way too late.
I have a very mild 350/TH350 in my '75 GMC truck, and I can't get much more than about 10 mpg if I drive it on the highway at about 55-60. If I kick the speed up to 70, my 4.10 gears drop the gas mileage down even further. These trucks are built like a brick, and its hard to overcome the drag. I'm running stock height 31" tires, but I haven't wanted to spend money on trying any other combination.
The swap to a TH700R4 is fairly easy and would help highway mileage, but you will have to spend money on building a good one if you plan to still race it.
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Our SOA Compass book is out in Russian and in Japanese, on different international book vendor sites. These were translations done from our own English version and released just recently. Norbert from our author team, indicated that they tried to translate the meaning of the title rather than a literal translation. Our names are also translated phoenetically according to Norbert's wife who learned Russian in school.
Now if I can only figure out the web site enough to purchase a few copies for myself... Can anyone translate?
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SOA Compass book still in the lead
Our SOA Compass book is still going strong after one year on bn.com and on Amazon. It changes places sometimes when new books come out, or with events, but I'm just glad to see it in the top ten for SOA books. It's been a year to this month that the book went out and we've had quite a few comments, reviews, and questions about it over the year. . In that time, the number of SOA books out there are rapidly climbing and as this technology (or is it business?) evolves, I'm sure even more will emerge.
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I'm told our SOA Compass book ( Barnes&Noble , Amazon)has been translated into Korean and will soon be available, withJapanese and Russian versions down the line. Now, I can pontificate inlanguages I don't understand. :) [My Japanese is too rudimentaryto read this level of text] Nonetheless, I'm going to get a hold of acopy just for keeps. It does well still I believe, but I only get realdata twice a year, and not again until October.
The funny thing is that the five authors (Norbert, Marc, Sanjay, Keithand myself) have yet to still get together in a single face-to-facemeeting. We all live in different parts of the world and we justhaven't had the chance to find a common event we can all go to. Isn'tglobally distributed collaboration fun?
PS: Also check out other IBM Press books and the latest addition to the developerWorks line under it, Visual Modeling with IBM Rational Software Architect and UML, by Jim Palistrant and Terry Quatrani.
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Okay, I take that back. We're not behind Stephen King. Right now it's #21, ahead of Jim Collins' Good to Great.
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We're #1: SOA Compass
Okay, I try to avoid being the braggart but I have to say that this week our SOA Compass book that I co-authored with four other engineers from IBM is today's #1 in all computer books on the Barnes & Noble's site, amusingly enough even ahead of Lou Gerstner's Who says elephants can't dance?.
This is only for today and only on Barnes & Nobles rather than Bookscan or the NY Times list of course, but it put a smile on my face. After years of writing, this is about as good as it has gotten. This is a good day for developerWorks Books.
Amusingly enough, we are also #24 amongst all fiction and non-fiction books right after Stephen King's latest book Cell and ahead of other books I admire like Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, Larry Bossidy's Execution: The discipline of getting things done and even Dan Brown's paperback version of Angels and Demons.
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Situational applications rising
Cnet's article on Small is beautiful for Web 2.0 start-ups gives attention to the growing sentiment that the application development process needs to become more lightweight.
This is something that can go in several directions:
While Jason Fried of 37Signals believes the idea of enterprise software is "dead", it's more likely a space that small projects just don't play in. Also there may be a great many more small projects going compared to large projects but it's difficult to argue either way that a number of small projects equals one large project or vice-versa. (Obviously, I'm not defining what "small" and "large" means; think of those as what they mean to you)
On the other hand, small projects may be a difficult idea for some organizations to handle, especially when they are focused on going for large ones. It's a matter of overhead; With each small project, the relative size of the overhead for running the project may seem a lot higher than the overhead of a large project.
However, the techniques needed to operate a large project many not be the same as the ones needed for small ones.
The real winner is the one who figures out what kind of project management techniques are most appropriate for any given project, anticipating its complexity and size. Of course, if you could see the future and know how much work was involved right away, it'd be a simple trick.
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eBay Developer Challenge - build with Web services
eBay is having their Developer Challenge 2006 until January 31st open to individuals and teams. The idea is to build an interesting application using their Web services API. dW also has a three-part series of articles on eBay's API that could help.
For the individual ranks, judging is based 40% on innovative use of their API, 30% on demo-ready look, feel and stability, and 30% designed for eBay users.
For teams it is 30% innovation, 20% look and feel, 20% eBay ready, and 30% on the quality of collaboration between team members.
Prizes (individual): $5000, $1000, and three iPod Nano winners
Prizes (team): XBox for up to 4 members, and free trip to demo your application at the O'Reilly Emerging Tech conference in March. Two other teams can win up to 4 iPod Nanos per team.
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Okay, editors hat on... I disagree that we should be lazy and call it "Service Oriented Architecture" as is what people are labelling it. It's a sign of the continued degradation of the English language.
Not only is it grammatically correct to have it as "Service-Oriented Architecture", but it also has historical precedence in "object-oriented architecture".
The hyphen implies the focus on Services. Grammatically, if you didn't have the hyphen, it is somewhat non-sensical:
"Service Oriented Architecture" would indicate that you have an architecture that has something that is a "Service Architecture" and something that is an "Oriented Architecture" but not that it is oriented around services.
So people, get with the English.
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Our SOA book made it to Amazon rank below 2000
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I'm excited. The SOA Compass book that I worked with a team of four other authors finally when to four digits and then even below 2000: i.e., 1979. I think that means that it was (for a moment) the 1979th from the top selling book on Amazon.
If you consider that most of the very top books are fiction bestsellers like The DaVinci Code and the Harry Potter books, and most computer books are way below them, that's not too bad for something that has barely been out for less than a month (and did not have the kind of promotion that those books did).
In books on Computers and the Internet on Amazon it currently shows as #87.
On Barnes & Nobles it did even better: for a day it was in the top 5 best-selling books on Computers and the Internet (right next to Ray Kurzweil's book on the coming of the Singularity). It has a smaller audience than something like John Batelle's book on how Google transformed our culture.
What I find interesting is how I've become a Ranking watcher. :o)
While Amazon or B&N certainly doesn't reflect the entire book industry, it nevertheless gives a significant snapshot and rankings that they have show the relative social interest in the topic (in a captialistic sense).
People use such rankings all the time and often they are self-reinforcing. E.g., go to any bookstore and look for the shelf on the current bestsellers. The best tend to stay higher up because they are visible to more and more people. Of course, it's not all marketing; the item still has to have its own intrinsic value. But, given sufficient top-selling position tends to keep it at the top and if it's there long enough, secondary items tend to pop-up around it.
There's no better example than the Apple iPod. It wasn't the first and certainly not the last MP3 player out there but once it reached the top, it started spurring a big industry all around it for accessories, even designer names.
PS: If you're hoping for an iPod for the holidays or before the years end, for to DevX and look for the developerWorks competition on the right hand side to try to win the latest 30GB iPod)
Our book will probably never reach that because the general public isn't the audience. However, any top-selling computer author can tell you that all of a sudden, speaking opportunities start popping up, and consulting gigs, etc. (My former life from magazine work).
Thus, having a ranking system can lead to a great deal of stuff which is why it surprises me that people are sometimes stumped at the thought of having a ranking of people in any large social community.
It doesn't surprise me that me that people can get nervous about something like that because of potential for abuse of such a system (Just imagine how many people try to boost their eBay rankings). So you have to think it out properly.
something to ponder...
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From the Web 2.0 conference
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A summary of the topics at the recent O'Reilly Web 2.0 conference the three significant ideas that emerged were:
On the first idea, the focus is on syndicating outwards your data, and not trying to control what happens on the other end of the connection. This is a crucial idea that many companies are not quite prepared to handle. Legal and marketing groups in many companies have so long focused on exactly how some offering is presented that they may balk at the thought that in Web 2.0, they need to loosen their grip. There's always the worry of "what happens when someone does X or Y with it?" It's not quite so terrible.
This is actually quite related to SOA terms. Essentially, what you establish is a service-level agreement and a level of trust in your users and customers. The SLA defines your service endpoint, how it can be used, and how it will perform. You then trust the consumer of that service to make use of it according to the defined policies.
Once you use the word "policy" (however loosely), it seems to put the hawks more at ease. Obviously even "policy" is a vague and relative term. Watching Pirates of the Carribean (again) last night, they should think of it more as guildelines than as The (Pirate) Code. :)
Coincidentally, that is just where the fear stems from: that it would lead to "piracy", "stealing" or misuse of a service.
To paraphrase Princess Leia Organa to the Imperial Grand Moff:
"The more you tighten your grip, the more [they] will slip through your fingers."
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Immodest self-promotion of SOA Compass book
I've finally seen my new book on a physical book shelf at an actual bookstore. The Service-Oriented Architecture Compass is a project that I started working on as part of a team with four other authors, all senior architects. It took a long time to get this book off the ground simply because SOA is such a wide-ranging topic at IBM. There are products and projects that spread across our entire family of middleware products. Needless to say a lot of people were interested in the work and I'm happy to say we got a lot of support putting this book together.
This is also the first book in the developerWorks series of IBM Press which I helped to conceive. This partnership with the Pearson group of publishers (Prentice-Hall, Addison-Wesley, Penguin, Pearson Education, etc.) aims to produce the high-quality content of developerWorks into an even more in-depth format beyond our articles and tutorials for topics that need such broad coverage.
For SOA, even this one book is only the start. This book focus on the initial aspect of figuring out what an SOA project entails, how to explain that to your management, how to start planning your team, and the technical areas that you need to consider.
We're (across IBM) will be working on more books on the topic of SOA, so that we can get the full scope of what this technology really entails starting from the planning to business process modeling, services programming, services assembly, and eventual monitoring and administration.
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First about the background of my idea.. Concerning this engine's bottom end I'm kinda on a budget because I'm back in college now and I'd really like to finish this before summer. Doing machine work for a SBC here (in Europe) can be kinda troublesome. For balancing, I'd have to send the whole cranktrain out to UK, for instance. So that's how I got the idea to use a good used stock LT1 rotating assy. The -5cc flat tops you mentioned would prolly be in the same range as the LT1 (imho they are 6 or 7 cc). Do you have a pointer as to why I should make overboring an item on my To-Do list?
As for the deck, I'd likely have the machine shop work on it since it can be done local, I'm probably gonna have it decked a little to make it sharp straight or IOW a 'true plane'. So I'm not sure how much deck I will end up with. I was gonna make a heads milling/HG decision after putting the bottom end together.
Imho it all adds up.. New pistons and while I'm at it I could also get some other rods or otherwise I'd prolly need some ARP rod bolts. Add in the machine work and shipping.. An LT1 rotating assembly would be almost in the same range for strength and weight but is cheaper, and if I can find one local I could also save some on shipping, plus it doesn't need balancing. Good idea!?
I am aware that the MiniRam is, depending on displacement, more a mid- to high-rpm intake, but thanks all the same for reminding me
Exhaust system for now is a single 3" highflow Catco and mandrel-bent Hooker Aerochamber catback. Up front is a 'ported' 1 5/8" Hooker shorties system with a 3" Y-pipe.
Thanks a lot for your time and advice
P.S. I forgot to mention the cam I plan on using.. I already have a XR276HR, it's 276/281 (224/230 @.050") and .536/.544 w/ 1.6 RR, LSA 112 and IVC is 66. So a tad more than the LT4 HOT (218/228, .525/.525 @1.6RR).
well well... like so many times before ... life got in between ^^
so i'm still working out details for this build and i have hopes of completing it before summer starts
i recently came to the conclusion that by retaining the 12cc dished pistons (pre-90 L98 had these for the lower CR) I'd have a hard time setting up a decent CR and squish. so.. i got the idea of putting in a 94/95-up LT1 bottom end, since it's got flat top pistons and in general is lighter, stronger and said to be balanced a lot better than the L98/GenI bottom end i have.
any input on this is welcome
another question i have is concerning milling the AFR heads i have.. the 67cc chambers are too big.
i'm considering getting the L98's block deck checked and straightened if needed, so whatever deck clearance i will end up with will dictate my need for HG and chamber size to reach the desired CR.
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|Yes if you are putting in ARP main studs. Be sure an at least line hone it to make sure it runs true. Good luck with your build an keep us posted.
Bowtie man, thanks for the input. Actually i will accept any good power below 6krpm i can get of course, the 350hp was just a minimum, anything higher that can be done on a rebuilt short block is fine with me i guess
I was assuming the same concerning the heads, thanks for clarification there. I'll go and measure the valve sizes next time i get to the garage. I did already CC one port / chamber and i got 67cc for the chamber, 197 for the intake and 66 for the exhaust runner, to make sure what i got.
From what i gathered, the stock L98 dish pistons are 12cc, so if piston to valve / head clearance is fine, the felpro 1094 should make a good squish clearance. I might have the block resurfaced slightly, but min. squish i'll get is somewhere between 0.35 and 0.40.
The arp rod bolts would be a nice insurance i guess. I would have that done by a machinist. What do you think about the mains? Do i need an align hone when getting better studs/bolts? Just trying to get a cheap bottom end build for now that will hold up for a few seasons (maybe 10-20kmls).
Any other input? Go ahead, i welcome it
Thanks again
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We will start with the 195's. you do not need a lot of head to do what you want to do. I am sure the 195's have at least 2.02's. You could gasket match your heads an intake an that should be enough. Yes, they are on the big side. But porting them out will just make it worse. All you will be doing is handing them money.
The lower end is going to do ok with around 6000 rpm's. But, you need ARP bolts in the connecting rods. The lower end needs to be gone through an done right. Would be nice to balance the lower end.
All your parts need to work together or they will not compliment each other an will work against each other. That is why you need the right combination. I can not comment on anything else. Because you have not told us anything else about your engine.
ok some more specific question here:
i heard some of the early 1pc blocks are prone to cracking, anyone on this?
how is the L98 bottom end gonna hold up to 6krpm without balancing?
and do you think the AFR 195 are on the big side for this build?
|anyone else wants to chime in here please?
|my brother has a 350 with 380hp with vortecs and they flow at less cfm but maybe the way they flow is different ? you my try contacting F-BIRD'88 he seems to know a'lot about sbc and how to get the hp out of them .
thanks all the same, but i'd rather have some input from people who have experience with at least one specific of my combo.
at any rate, i know for sure that the Gen I (SBC) & II (LTx) cams are the same, at least for the rollers and not considering the dowel pin. also, yes - i would venture to state the range for AFR 195 heads just starts at about 300-350hp
|i looked up the specs and the heads you will work fine for 350hp and a lot more . i was not familiar with afr heads before. and like i said not sure on cam fit you could go with a compcams roller cam instead .
|i was referring to corvette . what is the cfm flow rating on your heads ? and i'm not 100 % positive that the lt4 cam will fit any roller motor i think in only fits lt1/lt4 and the zz4 .
CARS, thanks for your reply. From what i recall the F-body 350 heads aren't that good of a head, maybe you were referring to the L98 Vette head, or maybe i'm just wrong =)
At any rate, as stated in first post i do have AFR 195 heads and a MiniRam intake kicking around, so i'd rather use these, than get the heads (i just got the shortblock, remember?) and spend time on them with porting.
What do you think?
|and with the heads in my previous reply your compression ratio would be about 10:0:1 pump gas safe .
|hi andi i would suggest using the L98 heads with a little porting they can put out 400hp they flow at 195 cfm stock. or find at set of 5.7 vortec heads 227 cfm stock they can do it with no porting but you'll need a aftermarket intake only about $150 . both sets of heads can 350hp with no sweat just get the springs for that lt4 hot cam and you should be good to go .
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