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Halloween-themed Twitter Party 10.3.11 9pm ET (RSVP required)
September 29, 2011 at 9:56 am melissaanddoug Leave a comment
Join Us For a Halloween-themed Twitter Party on Monday 10.3.11 at 9pm ET 🙂
RSVP HERE: http://bit.ly/qWTpEw
You must RSVP and attend the Twitter Party to be eligible for giveaways and to claim prizes!
Twitter Party Tips:
___ Follow MelissaAndDoug on Twitter
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___ Know your hashtag: #mdparty
___ Think of a kids' joke to share
___ Tell a friend to join us!
___ Prepare for Fun!
Q. What's a Twitter Party?
A. A Twitter Party is a virtual party where partygoers connect over Twitter. A host leads the discussion and partygoers tweet to join the conversation, using a special hashtag to categorize comments as belonging to the party. A party can be searched by its hashtag. (See also http://www.twitterpartyguide.com/what-is-a-twitter-party)
Q. What's the hashtag for the Melissa & Doug Twitter Party?
A. #mdparty
Q. What is a hashtag?
A. A word becomes a hashtag, or keyword, when it's preceded by a # symbol. This signals Twitter to categorize a tweet according to that keyword so it will come up in search results. So, for instance, when you do a Twitter search for #mdparty, you'll see what an amazing time we're having Monday night! (Also see https://support.twitter.com/articles/49309-what-are-hashtags-symbols)
Q. Why do I have to RSVP?
A. We pick names from the RSVP list for our prize giveaways. So technically you don't HAVE to RSVP–but you won't win prizes if you don't! (To be eligible for giveaways, you'll need to both RSVP and attend the party.)
Q. How far in advance should I RSVP?
A. You can RSVP as late as during the party. We refresh the RSVP list before each giveaway winner is selected.
Q. How long does the party last?
A. Our Twitter parties usually last one to two hours. You can come for just a few minutes, stay the whole time or anything in between.
Q. Do I have to participate?
A. You may participate as little or as much as you'd like. You need only be present at the Twitter party in order to be eligible to win giveaways.
Q. What will we do at the Twitter party?
A. During the Twitter party the host (@MelissaAndDoug) will ask questions about parenting, toys, Halloween, kids jokes and more, and you can answer each question or comment on another person's answer. Remember to use hashtag #mdparty so everyone can see your comments.
For example, @MelissaAndDoug might ask, "Q1: What Is Your Child's Favorite Holiday? #mdparty" You could answer "@MelissaAndDoug Halloween! #mdparty"
Each question is tied to a giveaway. Partiers are given a few minutes to answer each question. Once the question is closed we choose a winner for that question.
Throughout the party we also share information about our website, new products, upcoming events & promotions, tell jokes, get advice from other parents and more. Each party is different, but they are always fun! 🙂
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Open Beta Test June 20th
After two successful rounds of closed testing, Black Gold Online will move into Open Beta Testing beginning on June 20th!
Barely two weeks away, the Open Beta will feature a patched version of CB with optimal adjustments and balancing.
Black Gold Online is FREE to PLAY, with continual patches and future content updates. Fans who have participated in previous tests will be able to enter the game with their existing accounts, while those interested in joining signup & download the client before the test servers launch!
In addition, the Black Gold Online premium Conquerors Edition is now available for Pre-Order from our retail partners at Amazon, BestBuy and GameStop. This pack will grant players access to special exclusive content for the Open Beta Test and beyond. The full release to follow in the future will have no character wipe, meaning fans will be able to continue their characters from the OBT into the future.

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Bush looks offshore for remedy to high oil prices
2008-06-18 10:12:01
By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) A House panel put off a vote Wednesday on extending Congress' ban on offshore drilling, even as President Bush was poised to publicly renew his call for lawmakers to open U.S. coastal waters to oil and gas development.
Drilling for oil and gas off nearly all the American coastline has been banned over the past quarter-century, in part to protect tourism and to lessen the chances of beach-blackening spills. Now, $4-a-gallon gasoline prices are a part of people's daily lives and motorists are clamoring for something to be done about the record price of oil, much of it produced in foreign countries.
In response, Bush was to call again Wednesday for exploration, arguing that it's high time to battle high prices with increased domestic production. He planned to ask Congress to lift the drilling moratoria that have been in effect since 1981 in more than 80 percent of the country's Outer Continental Shelf and to let states help to decide where to allow drilling.
"The president believes Congress shouldn't waste any more time," White House press secretary Dana Perino told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "He will explicitly call on Congress to ... pass legislation lifting the congressional ban on safe, environmentally friendly offshore oil drilling."
Keith Hennessey, the director of the president's economic council, said that Bush will lift a parallel executive order banning offshore drilling if Congress does likewise with the law. Asked why Bush doesn't act first and lift the ban, Hennessey said: "He thinks that probably the most productive way to work with this Congress is to try to do it tandem."
Bush, in a Rose Garden statement, will also call on Congress to make it easier for oil refineries to be expanded.
Even a quick change in law is expected to have no immediate effect on oil supply. The impact, Hennessey said, "is definitely measured in years." But he said that allowing a greater oil supply in future years could trigger the market to use more supply now and reduce the price of oil.
For their part, some lawmakers had their own plan: Legislation that would continue the ban into late 2009, and which had been scheduled to be considered Wednesday by the House Appropriations Committee. But the session was postponed because the committee was focusing on disaster relief measures involving the Midwest flooding.
Congressional Democrats, joined by some GOP lawmakers from coastal states, have opposed lifting the prohibition that has barred energy companies from waters along both the East and West coasts and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico for 27 years.
On Monday, GOP presidential candidate John McCain made lifting the federal ban on offshore oil and gas development a key part of his energy plan. McCain said states should be allowed to pursue energy exploration in waters near their coasts and get some of the royalty revenue.
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for president, opposes lifting the ban on offshore drilling and says that allowing exploration now wouldn't affect gasoline prices for at least five years.
McCain called for reform of the laws governing the oil futures trading market, and drew a standing ovation from his audience Wednesday when he repeated his day-old support for an end to the federal moratorium on offshore oil drilling. He favors allowing states to decide whether to explore offshore waters.
That drew a rebuttal from Obama, who said his opponent had switched positions from when he first ran for president in 2000. "I think he continues to find himself being pushed further and further to the right in ways that in my mind don't show a lot of leadership," he said.
Obama also said there is "no way that allowing offshore drilling would lower gas prices right now. At best you are looking at five years or more down the road."
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, energy secretary during the Clinton administration, called it "another bad idea."
"It's going to take 10 years to fully get that oil out of the ocean. It's a fragile ecosystem," he said on CBS's "The Early Show."
"You know this president, all he wants to do is drill, drill, drill. There is very little on conservation, on fuel efficiency for vehicles. Just last week the Congress failed to pass a solar tax credit give more incentives to renewable energy, solar and wind. A one track mind drill drill drill that's not going to work," Richardson said.
The 574 million acres of federal coastal water that are off-limits are believed to hold nearly 18 billion barrels of undiscovered, recoverable oil and 77 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to the Interior Department. The country each year uses about 7.6 billion barrels of oil and 21 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
In another development, Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida has dropped his long-standing support for the federal government's moratorium on offshore drilling and endorsed McCain's proposal to let states decide for themselves.
When Republicans held the majority, the House twice voted to lift the ban, only to have the legislation die in the Senate. The Senate last month by a 56-42 vote rejected a GOP energy plan that would have allowed states to avoid the federal ban if they wanted energy development off their coast.
Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush, issued a parallel executive drilling ban in 1990, which was extended by President Clinton and then by the current president until 2012.
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While not having an actual immediate effect on the true market, it would have an effect on the mentality of the investors and the general public. I think it would bring down the prices as people look for another solid commodity to invest in.
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It doesn't make sense, but I agree with the President.....prices will drop not because of actual availability or production, but because of the initiative to make it change.
How many times has the price of gas gone up the same day some event has happened even though true prices shouldn't be affected for weeks or months (or not at all)?
|June 18th, 2008, 01:23 PM
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It doesnt matter how much oil is out there, someone will find a way or an excuse to keep the prices high, I dont think the offshore drilling will make any difference. Its not like the people drilling are going to sell us the oil for half price, they will sell it for market value to who ever wants it. The only people that will gain anything from this will be the oil companies and their share holders. They will be able to double their volume of oil sold and they will get the ban lifted, its a win win situation for them. If the president gets congress to help him with this and they start drilling, then all we will have is high fuel costs and bunch of floating oil rigs everywhere.
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I started with the company in May of 2000. About 6 months after I started the railroads started doing fuel surcharges because the price of crude stayed above $18/barrel.
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Be ready for a steady stream of disinformation before the election. There are thousands of wells now capped and millions of acres already leased to big oil with nothing being done til they are satisfied that the price is high enough to exploit it. The record profits being made now will pale.
Public opinion being dissuaded on "false intelligence" is nothing new to this cabal.
Cheney's "secret" energy meetings agenda could not be much in doubt when greed is involved.
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Cam Fuller's 10 Questions with Tom Boockmeier
By: Cam Fuller (@Fuller_Cam)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (HorizonLeague.com) – Every week, former Green Bay men's golfer Cam Fuller (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.), now the Championships and Communications Intern with the Horizon League, will talk with a Horizon League student-athlete who exemplifies integrity and excellence in both the classroom and on their respective playing field. This week, Fuller talked with former teammate and Green Bay junior Tom Boockmeier (Green Bay, Wis.), who on Tuesday was named Horizon League Golfer of the Week after back-to-back victories.
Meet Tom Boockmeier
Year: Junior
Hometown: Green Bay, Wis.
High School: Green Bay Preble
Career Snapshot
- Three-time individual medalist (2013 Butler Spring Invitational, 2013 Green Bay Fall Invitational, 2013 John Piper Fall Intercollegiate)
- Had a stroke-average of 76.7 during the 2012-2013 season.
- Finished tied for sixth place at the 2011 the Erv Kaiser Invitational.
2013 Season Highlights
- After opening the season at the 18-hole Green Bay Shootout with a 76 on Sept. 8, Bookmeier has caught fire winning his last two tournaments.
- On Sept. 10, down two-shots heading to the final nine holes at the Green Bay Invitational, Bookmeier rallied to take medalist honors. The junior closed with a two-under par 34 to win the tournament by one shot over Nick Dennis of Loyola.
- One week later, Bookmeier found himself in a similar position, playing from behind at the John Piper Intercollegiate at Bowling Green. After opening with a 75, the right-handed golfer from Green Bay, Wis. found himself 11-shots back of the leader. After firing consecutive under-par rounds of 68-70, Bookmeier stormed back for a one-stroke victory over Chris Melvin of Bowling Green.
- Has played the first 102 holes of the 2013 fall at -2 par (71.7 average)
1. You're off to a hot start-winning the Green Bay Invitational (71-70) and the John Piper Intercollegiate (75-68-70), explain your recent success on the course?
I'm playing a lot more solid, I'm not making a lot of mistakes, I'm making a couple extra putts and I'm keeping the ball in play. Coach [Bill] Lindmark always says respect the putter and that's the one change from last year to this year, the putts are falling.
2. Was this summer any different than last summer in terms of preparation, practice, etc.?
This summer was a little different; I played in more upper level events. I played in the Wisconsin State Amateur and the Wisconsin State Open for the first time and it showed me what it takes to play at a high level and play with the best guys in the state.
3. The Horizon League has a stable of some very talented golfers in Andrew Bailey (Cleveland State), Evan Bowser (Oakland), Kyle Henning (Valparaiso), Brendan Leonard (Detroit) and Wil Wittmann (Detroit). What's it going to take to go toe-to-toe with these guys?
To be honest, no mistakes is what it's going to take to go toe-to-toe with those guys. They all shoot really solid scores and they're not going to let up and make mistakes and let someone win it. You got to play your best.
4. Speaking of Henning and Wittmann, they're both Wisconsin natives. The whole Green Bay squad is from Wisconsin. Cold climate states like Wisconsin have a tendency to get looked down upon with such a short season. How does one prepare for the golf season in Green Bay, Wis., coined the frozen tundra?
You really have to try and make due of the warm weather we have in the summer and get ahead of the game. The biggest thing for me is time off. That's what keeps me going in golf; I'd get burned out if I played year round. The offseason is valuable time off and as a team we still get inside and work on the swing to keep it solid. Just hitting the ball indoors at the Kress Events Center and making solid swings keeps me in good form.
5. Looking back at last year you had some very good rounds but struggled to finish off some other rounds. Are you approaching the final stretch of holes any different this year?
I'm playing well which obviously helps; I shot 63 before the season started so that's helped my confidence. I'd say now I'm more comfortable under par this year. Last year I kind of struggled coming in and would shoot good scores turned to okay scores. Now this year I'm turning good scores into great scores by being more comfortable and making more birdies down the stretch.
6. You recently won your first Horizon League Golfer of the Week honor on Wednesday, how exciting was that?
It almost doesn't feel real. Last year it didn't seem obtainable and this year winning the player of the week is a possibility, it's a pretty cool feeling.
7. As a team, the Phoenix took first at the Green Bay Invitational and took third at the John Piper Intercollegiate, just four shots out of first place. How's the Phoenix going to stack up with the rest of the Horizon League?
With Joe [Du Chateau], he's shot some pretty good scores as a freshman which really helps our teaml. Gene [Kiela] and Dan [Ozga] played really well last year and Joe [Collard] is also playing well this year so we have a really deep team this year.
8. Your family has owned a golf-course in northeast Wisconsin for quite some time. Do you see yourself using your Accounting Degree after graduation or do you see yourself working in the golf industry?
I don't plan on working in the golf industry; but I can't 100% say no. I'm sure coming out of college my dad said he wouldn't be working in the golf business and he's been doing it his whole life, so I can't say I won't be working in the golf business down the road. I'd like to get into the business world, possibly banking. I guess the golf course is a good fall back to have.
9. You grew up in the backyard of the Green Bay campus, was Green Bay always a place you wanted to attend since you grew up so close?
It was always there, but I didn't really think of where I was going to attend college until my junior year of high school. There were a few kids from Green Bay Preble where I went to high school that were student-athletes at Green Bay and I thought it would be kind of cool to be a go there.
10. As a student-athlete, what's been your favorite class at Green Bay?
My favorite class was Popular Music since 1955. I also took a weather class called Ocean of Air with Professor Myer and he has been my favorite professor. They were both interesting classes and I know both have nothing to do with my accounting major.
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Classic Setting Up Build Environment
From AragoWiki
Create a new directory for the build environment:
$ mkdir $HOME/oe $ cd $HOME/oe
To be able to download sources from the net, it may be required to configure Proxy Settings.
Now check out the following repositories:
$ git clone git://arago-project.org/git/arago.git $ git clone git://arago-project.org/git/arago-oe-dev.git $ git clone git://arago-project.org/git/arago-bitbake.git
Replace "git" protocol with "http" or "ssh", depending on the required access.
The directory should now be populated with 3 subdirectories –
arago-oe-dev and
arago/setenv file and make sure environment variables are set properly.
OEBASE should point to the directory you've created in the beginning:
export OEBASE=$HOME/oe
Also, in order to use a separate "scratch" area outside of home directory, you may want to enable
SCRATCH variable and point it appropriately:
export SCRATCH=/sim/scratch_AID
Now, source this file to set the environment variables:
$ . arago/setenv
Or alternatively (which is the same, but maybe required if using other shell than bash):
$ source arago/setenv
TI Note: Users of TI RHEL4 systems should also source the
arago/ti-rhel4-setenv to set additional paths:
$ . arago/ti-rhel4-setenv
Make sure your
arago/conf/local.conf points to the CodeSourcery toolchain (refer to Getting CodeSourcery Toolchain for obtaining one):
If not done before, set the
PATH variable to point to the CodeSourcery toolchain:
$ export PATH=/opt/arm-2007q3/bin:$PATH
Extract the
arago-csl-sdk.tar.bz2 from http://arago-project.org/files/short-term/extras/ on top of the CodeSourcery toolchain (that may require root permissions, depending where CS toolchain was installed):
# tar -jxvf arago-sdk-bins/arago-csl-sdk.tar.bz2 -C /opt/arm-2007q3
Now it should be ready to start the build of the minimal filesystem image:
$ bitbake arago-base-image
To build the kernel, use the following command. Please note, that currently only PSP linux kernels for OMAP3 EVM are supported. In the future, it should be possible to build kernels for DaVinci platforms.
$ MACHINE=omap3evm bitbake virtual/kernel


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How Obama's Debt Reduction Plan
Will Impoverish Millions of Americans
and Cause the Greatest Transfer of
Money in Modern History
More money will change hands in this decade than at any time in the last 100 years.
People who don't protect themselves risk losing everything to deceptive government policies, but those who take action now will be on the receiving end of a historic shift of wealth...
Keep reading to learn how to become one of the recipients...
Dear Fellow Investor,
The US government is working hard to resolve the national debt crisis... but not in ways you might think.
Frankly, what they're doing should be outlawed.
Obama and his cronies are trying to reduce all that debt – an unsustainable $14.84 trillion dollars – through fueling the number-one enemy of the economy: inflation.
The result will be millions of Americans losing most of their hard-earned assets.
Granted, the government could also pare down debt through tax hikes and big spending cuts, but those are politically unpopular. Raise taxes, and people get angry about smaller paychecks... slash spending, and those who lose jobs or benefits from cut entitlement programs take to the streets.
If inflation falls too low or inflation expectations fall too low, that would be something we would have to respond to because we do not want deflation."
Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman
(Just look at what happened in Greece when the government implemented austerity programs to help pay down its debt – Athens was wracked with riots, looting, and arson.)
No, our leaders would rather take what seems to be the easy way out. They perceive inflation as being the most politically painless way of staving off the fiscal mess we're in.
But it will cause more pain than you can imagine...
How Washington is robbing your savings
Our politicians are using a number of different stimulus and bailout programs to try to inflate away the national debt, including getting the Federal Reserve to create money in order to buy US Treasuries. Although these programs differ from each other in intricate ways and go by a number of different names, their core purpose is to increase the total money supply.
And increase it they have.
As the following chart shows, since 2000 the Federal Reserve has more than doubled the amount of money in circulation – known as M1 – from about $1 trillion to $2.1 trillion (M1 also includes notes and coins, travelers' checks, demand deposits in commercial banks, and negotiable order of withdrawal deposits at credit unions and other non-banking institutions).
But M1 is just a small portion of the total amount of money that the Fed has pumped into the economy.
Take a look at this Federal Reserve chart of M2 (M2 includes M1, plus savings deposits in banks, time deposits of less than $100,000, and individual money-market deposit accounts).
U.S. Economy: Production Stalls on Autos, Housing Starts Drop"
Bloomberg Businessweek, May 17, 2011
How Increasing the Money Supply Causes Inflation Let's suppose a country's economy produces $1 billion in goods, and that each of these goods costs $10, making for a total of 100 million units (100 million x $10 = $1 billion).
Now let's further suppose that country doubles its money supply, but there's no change in economic output.
There would still only be 100 million units of goods, but twice as much money chasing them.
The eventual but inevitable result – a doubling in price to $20 for each unit.
You would now have an economy worth $2 billion, but the number of goods (and real usable value in the economy) would be exactly the same.
Bottom line: Twice as many dollars in an economy makes those dollars worth half as much unless there is a corresponding rise in economic output.
As you can see, the overall supply of money in the economy has increased by about 633% since 1980 – from $1.5 trillion to $9.5 trillion.
Imagine if you had the ability to magically increase your bank account by over 600%. It would be a lot easier to pay off your bills, wouldn't it?
Well, in effect that's our politicians' grand plan – use huge infusions of new dollars to pare down debt and fund government obligations.
But all this extra money in the economy will eventually cause higher prices. The reason is that there are many more dollars chasing the same amount of goods and services than existed before. This wouldn't happen if there was a corresponding increase in economic production, but that is definitely not the case.
The following chart of the US Dollar Index (a measure of the dollar's value relative to the exchange rate of six major world currencies) shows the dollar has dropped about 35% during the past decade.
As long as the government continues to inflate the money supply, this trend will continue...
This decrease in value reduces the purchasing power of every dollar you're holding in savings and investments. It's nothing short of sneaky politicians in Washington ROBBING you in order to pay for their out-of-control spending.
But the really horrible part of all this is that most Americans – most people worldwide, for that matter – are clueless about how to protect themselves from this government-sponsored thievery.
You sure can't protect yourself by dutifully depositing your money in the bank. Do that and you'll watch its value dwindle away... perhaps to nothing.
Make no mistake – your hard-earned cash won't simply disappear. Every day it will simply be worth less.
But there's an investment strategy that actually increases your purchasing power in this inflationary environment.
Investors who implement it will acquire assets that appreciate as the dollar declines (and if history is any guide, that appreciation could be breathtaking).
I want you to be one of those investors – not like most of your friends and coworkers, who will sit idly by and watch inflation rob them of everything they've ever worked for.
The strategy to get the assets I'm talking about isn't complicated. It isn't new, either. In fact, investors used it during the Great Depression to create fortunes...
How a few smart investors quintupled
their investments... while most portfolios shrank 60%
In September 1929, the Dow peaked at 381.17. Six years later, it was 127.27 – a loss of 66.7%.
If you had invested $10,000 in the Dow in 1929, by 1935 it would have eroded to $3,330.
But not all markets tanked during the Great Depression. Some – like the resource sector, which traditionally thrives in crises – performed well, with gold and gold miners leading the pack.
How big will the coming
wealth transfer be? No one knows, but consider this statement from David Stockman, President Reagan's budget advisor, as quoted in CBS News:..
"In 1985, the top five percent of the households, wealthiest five percent, had net worth of $8 trillion, which is a lot. Today, after serial bubble after serial bubble, the top five percent have net worth of $40 trillion," he explained.
"The top five percent have gained more wealth than the whole human race had created prior to 1980."
- Homestake Mining was $80 a share in 1929 and shot up to $495 in 1935, gaining 519% during a time of soup lines and dramatically falling living standards (plus, stockholders collected $128 in dividends during that time – $56 in 1935 alone!).
- Shares of Dome Mines were $6 apiece in 1929; by 1933 they had skyrocketed to $39.50, a gain of 558%.
Your $10,000 investment in each of these stocks would have yielded $65,800 for Dome Mines and $61,900 for Homestake... a far cry from the $6,670 loss you would have suffered by throwing your 10 grand at the Dow.
As you can see, those who had invested in these mining companies were on the receiving end of a tremendous wealth shift.
History repeats itself in 1973-1974, devastating the Dow... and rewarding
resource investors
During the next great US stock market crash of 1973-1974, the Dow lost 44.6% of its value, from 1043.80 on January 3, 1973 to 577.60 on December 6, 1974.
During this time, inflation rose from 3.65% to 11.03%, reducing the purchasing power of every $10,000 to $8,897.
But once again, gold mining stocks performed extremely well.
The Barron's Gold Mining Index, which was comprised of the best mining stocks of the day, shot from 43 to 147, a gain of more than 260%.
Think about it. During a severe bear market when the Dow took a nearly 50% haircut... during a period of high inflation that stole 11% of your money's purchasing power... you would have turned every $10,000 investment into $26,000 just by holding your mining index shares for just under two years.
Now let's fast forward to today...
Current conditions are ripe for another huge transfer of money into the accounts of resource investors
On September 29, the Dow fell 778 points for its biggest one-day drop ever. The result – a loss of $1.2 trillion in market value.
The situation today is eerily similar to 1929 and 1973... yet things are actually far worse.
None of the nasty economic issues that caused financial markets around the world to tank in 2008 have been resolved. Quite the opposite, in fact...
- The eurozone is spiraling out of control, with a default by Greece all but certain.
- US debt is approaching $15 billion, with unfunded liabilities at $61.6 trillion* and growing by the day.
- Governments around the world are continuing to destroy their currencies by creating more money out of thin air, hoping against hope to inflate their way out of debt (according to the CIA's World Factbook, 10 countries were saddled with public debts of over $1 trillion in 2010, including $8.5 trillion for Japan, $2.4 trillion for Germany, and $2.1 trillion for Italy).
As it becomes increasingly obvious just how much purchasing power government-caused inflation is stealing from everyone, more and more investors will seek to protect their assets through buying gold and the companies that mine it... just like they did during the Great Depression and in the early 1970s.
But the festering global economy isn't the only reason gold and gold producers are poised to surge. There's another element at play – a rare occurence that I'm absolutely convinced will help you reap rewards in select mining companies that will dwarf the gains made in previous decades.
It's an anomaly in the precious metals sector that's going to accelerate the coming wealth shift. This anomaly will enable you to leverage the government's crackpot deficit reduction plan to huge gains.
But it's imperative that you position yourself immediately or you'll lose this historic chance...
The anomaly in the metals market that
can change your life
Here it is: Gold mining companies are underperforming gold itself by a wide margin.
This situation is highly unusual – mining stocks typically outperform gold by 3 to 1. And from 2001 to near the end of 2007, they did even better, outgaining the yellow metal by 5 to 1.
The following chart shows what I mean. It compares gold producers, as measured by HUI (the Amex Gold Bugs Index, shown by the red line), to the SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD, in blue), which is designed to track the price of gold:
Gold stocks outperformed physical gold
by 5 to 1 from 2001 through 2007
But it's totally different today – this historical trend has completely reversed! Gold is now outperforming mining companies by a margin of about 3.6 to 1, opening up a rare opportunity for massive profits.
The next chart – again comparing gold producers, as measured by the Amex Gold Bugs Index in red, to physical gold tracked by the SPDR Gold Trust ETF in blue – provides a stark illustration...
Gold stocks are lagging gold by 3.6 to 1 –
A rare divergence overdue to correct
What Big Investment Funds and Metals Analysts Are Saying About the Potential of Gold Mining Stocks
If money decides it has to come into this space, it's going to be like Internet stocks in the '90s, except that mining stocks are going to have real fundamentals."John Embry, Chief Investment Strategist for Sprott Asset Management
Our analysis suggests that most of the gold producing companies appear undervalued... we recommend an overweight position in gold equities…"Dundee Capital Markets
I'm looking for gold stocks in general to be re-priced… Mining stocks will be producing great earnings, while the rest of the economy is stalling out...That to me will be very positive for mining stocks..."Tocqueville Gold Fund
We recommend investors take advantage of the strengthening precious metal prices by accumulating gold and silver equities."Raymond James/Canada
Our analysis indicates that gold stocks are reflecting a gold price in the $1,200-$1,300/oz range."Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
Many (gold companies) are still buidling models based on $1,000 gold. So to me, there's a lot of value still within the gold sector that has not been realized."Blue Phoenix CEO John Licata
There is a substantial opportunity to buy healthy gold mining companies at historically low prices compared to gold..."US Global Investors Chief Investment Strategist Frank Holmes
While there's no guarantee this divergence will reverse, big investment funds – like Dundee Capital Markets and HSBC Global Asset Management – as well as many precious metals analysts are convinced it will...
"Gold and gold stocks offer protection that is going to become more valuable in the months ahead. It's possible that the long-awaited period, when gold stocks outperform bullion, is coming soon. "
– BMO Financial Analyst Don Coxe
The bottom line: If – as the experts expect – gold mining stocks revert to the historical norm of outperforming gold by 3 to 1 (or shoot up to 5 to 1 like they did from 2001 through 2007), you'll be sitting on gains that will easily protect you from the government's insane plot to cut the deficit by destroying the dollar.
But not if you stay on the sidelines.
If you're not positioned when the divergence between gold and gold miners ends, you will have effectively lost your best chance to both protect your assets from government thievery and leverage their deceptive policies to new wealth.
But you can't just buy any gold producer and expect to make money.
You have to get answers to important questions like these before you buy a single share:
- How sound is the company's management?
- How successful has it been at turning promising properties into producing mines?
- Does the company have the capital – or access to it – to pursue development plans?
Failure to get accurate answers to questions like these before investing in any mining company is a recipe for disaster.
Fortunately, you don't have to do all this work yourself.
My method for finding precious metal mining companies ripe for success
I'm Jeff Clark, senior precious metals analyst for Casey Research and editor of BIG GOLD, a precious metals advisory.
You might say gold mining runs in my blood.
I've worked gold claims on my family's land in California and Arizona – as well as a mine in a place that I can't reveal.
(Let me tell you, there's nothing like finding gold in the bottom of a pan or sluice box!)
I got hooked early… and never looked back.
Now I spend my time tracking the market forces behind gold, as well as silver and other precious metals.
My decades of experience have given me an insider's understanding of the gold industry and what it takes to make a mining operation profitable.
Here are some of the things I look for in mining companies…
- Strong Growth Prospects – Companies that are significantly growing production are high on my list of potential buys (they tend to perform better than the more mature companies – and buying before big growth kicks in can bring in hefty returns). One company in our portfolio – and which we're recommending buying again – expects to more than double production by 2015, making it one of the fastest-growing senior gold producers.
- A Minimum of Political Risk – Many countries are hiking taxes and royalty requirements on miners, and some are threatening to nationalize their gold industries altogether (like Venezuela did in August). While no jurisdiction is perfect, we target companies working in countries where politicians are less prone to embrace anti-mining legislation, like a gold royalty company in our portfolio that has 83% of its operations in low-risk political jurisdictions like North America and Australia (we expect its stock price to climb 34% sometime in 2014 – and if gold really takes off... look out).
- Strong Finances or Access to Adequate Financing – Does the company have enough cash to weather a downturn in metals prices, advance its projects, and make acquisitions? Most of our recommended companies have no debt. And one of our companies has $550 million in the bank, more than enough to fund additional mine-development plans. As of this writing, our target on this stock is 44% gain.
We consider it a must for any serious precious metals portfolio.
- Potential Catalysts that Can Drive Prices Higher – Before recommending a stock, at BIG GOLD we always investigate to see if there's anything in the works that can boost prices quickly. If there is, it increases the likelihood of a recommendation. One silver producer we're holding has a new mine that will be going into production by the end of the year, as well as another mine that's just starting production. We expect these and other developments to boost production by over 75% within two years. This stock is a double wating to happen.
Sound Management – Have they had any big successes? Are they competent and well organized? Do they have experience navigating financial, regulatory, legal and accounting issues? If these questions aren't answered to our satisfaction, we steer clear.
The management team of one of our favorite companies owns 45% of the stock. And considering that it operates in a country of low political risk and has ample cash on hand to fund future mine developments, we're recommending that subscribers load up on more shares now.
Overall, we view gold producers as severely undervalued. And we're convinced that the mining industry is destined to provide the 3-to-1 leverage to gold we've seen in the past.
Getting in on the right gold miners before that happens will not only protect you from unconscionable governmental monetary policies that are stealing from everyone in America – it will provide you with opportunity after opportunity for consistent profits.
As a result, while others watch their money depreciate, your gains will greatly outpace inflation… making you a recipient of the coming wealth shift.
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- Gold miners are severely underperforming the metal itself, even though they historically outperform gold by 3 to 1 (and when that divergence is reversed, stockholders of well-run gold producers will be smiling!)
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P.S. Mark my words, the masses will eventually see how governmental inflation is stealing them blind. And when they do, they'll start pouring money into gold mining companies with reckless abandon because they won't be able to afford the metal itself (by then it could be thousands of dollars an ounce).
And don't forget, miners are currently underperforming gold by a wide margin – something that seldom happens. When they revert back to the historical norm of outperforming gold, you will see their share prices explode.
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Mr.Glad is leading us astray by suggesting that the engine in the Mustang funny car "looks like a 385-series big-block making it likely a 429". How about an FE series and more likely a 427 SOHC?
That is definitely a 427 SOHC, king of FE engines. I'm surprised Douglas didn't recognize that one, since he has seen one of those engines installed in my '64 Galaxie at the CC Summer Nats a couple of times. Jack Chrisman was using those engines all the way back to '65, in his blown fuel funny cars. But in 1969 it was Mickey Thompson, also running a cammer powered '69 Mustang, who won the first NHRA Funny Car title.
Jeez guys, "Remain silent and be thought a fool, open your mouth and remove all doubt." If you don't know what motor it is and can't be bothered to read the valve covers don't guess! This is worse than the November Rear view describing a pair of Bowers magnesium blowers as 4-71's! Makes me wonder about all the other info in the mag...lol...seriously, it appears you need a old fart on the staff to keep your history in lineTom


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With this Drought that is hitting most of the Midwest states what sorts of things should be expected come Duck Season?
Many field wont have much in the way of food same for many ponds and creeks lowlands that have dried up . Assuming things do not change much I would think the rivers and lakes will be about the only areas holding Birds. Any thoughts?


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Over the past 10 years our popularity has grown from 8 vehicles participating to as many as 65. All types of Subaru's are welcome on this trip. Our groups of enthusiasts have driven everything from the XT6, GL, DL, SVX, Legacy, Impreza and Brat to the WRX STi. Our participants have included EMT's, doctors, lawyers, members of the financial industry, mechanics, printers, whole families, and students. The only requirement is a love of Subaru and a commitment to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
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You'll notice That we're no longer starting at Cherry Hill. Due to our ever increasing attendance we've outgrown Subaru Of America's Headquarters. Accordingly, SOA has graciously moved our opening venue Friday morning to the New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, NJ. Should be a really great time.
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I've done this many times on my Penn Yan and in the water. Do it on the hard if its your first time. If you find it easy, then its your choise from there. I recommend you get a dental pic or the pic tool they sell for getting the stuffing out. Remember, one circle of packing at a time and stager the joints. Do not install in a continuous wrap. There are also inexpensive wrenches for the large nuts. You need 2 wrenches, one for the nut and one for the stationary assembly. If you don't hold the assembly with a wrench, you'll break the hose or worse. Do not use a plumbers wrench, it will round off the brass nut edges. Count how many rings you took out and make sure you have the right size packing befor you start. Yes, there are many diameters. Its also made in the standard wax or more expensive teflon. Make sure you only have it hand tight to start and let it run in awhile. Then tighten until you get the proper drip for cooling while running. If too tight, you will burn the packing and ruin the shaft. Feel the nut after running for temp. Here is a link for a goot step by step. One of the best things i did was replace the assembly with a dripless P.S.S. dripless packing years ago. No more water and works great.
I agree with Hellosailor.
I also often take out the speed log to clean it.
This is one of the (few) advantages of a very shallow bilge of Benneteau 423. The sounder is less than a feet under the surface, so the preasure is really low and not like a fire hose. It is an easy accesible place - remove one floor panel in front cabin. Easy to do replacement - one plastic out, another in -finished in seconds.
I would not undertake the work with the gland - too complicated and in most boats not an easy to reach place. Not to mention that if it all fails for the sounder case you can easy use a wooden plug. Not so easy with the shaft...
my "HPF" rating for the speed removal -7 the first time, 5 the second and 2 to 3 every other time.
|Clarification please. If the stuffing box is dripping, the drip would be coming from around the nut and thread area, or are you referring to the clamps and the actual "box" area? Mine appears to drip a little too, but higher up on the shaft by the nut and thread, I think. Don't quote me on that. I can take a Mustang engine apart and put it back together, but all this extra sea water engine stuff is new to me.
|Sounds like we need to quantify the PF. Let's say a PF of 5 is "neutral", 4 and below would be really relaxed with no worries. A PF of 6 or more, up to 10 would be increasingly, well, puckered.
Good point about the pucker factor with respect to the packing gland.
Transducers aren't bad if you have practice... It also depends on how deep down the transducer is... on one boat I worked on, it was about three feet below the surface...and the water did jet up about two feet... and a good bit more than a quart came in. That was a bigger powerboat though...
Working solo on the packing materials while in the water...that could have a high pucker factor (HPF) as there's just no easy way to stop things once you are committed. And while there are "safe" ways to do it (i.e. packing wax or putty around the shaft from the outside, which isn't hard to do in warm water) there's still a HPF because you know that if you haven't repacked properly...you've got to keep working till you get it right and tight, or else get hauled ASAP.
But replacing a transducer? Heck, I pull the speed log every time I secure the boat, and reinstall it every time I get on the boat. (Unless I'm being lazy and leave it out.
Threading the cap down, sure, takes a bit longer and needs more care, but once the dummy plug is in...no big deal, there's no water coming in. Too many folks are scared at the prospect, but it really is no big deal. Best to let someone else demonstrate it, hands on, to get rid of the HPF before you do it for the first time.
Of course, both are good reminders why we all have damage control plugs tied on next to every hole in the hull. Right?
|Bill...lol...you ought to copy that over tothe mistakes thread as a permanent record!
Now that is a good yard story... Thanks, Bill
Roger that... Thanks, Cam
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I concur with Cam..
Don't do it in the water except in dire emergency. Some one at the dock told me that I didn't need to haul out to put my transducer in. LIAR I removed the plug with the transducer ready to go in place ( imagine a 2" fire hose going off in your face) I gave that transducer CPR for the next 30 minutes or so hoping the plastic would not give way and I wouldn't cross thread the damn plastic nut and the love of my life sticks her head into the comanionway and belts out "why did you have to wait till we were ready to leave to do that" bless her heart. Never will I attempt that again except in an emergency. This happened on a Sunday and I had to get back to work, Monday was a Holiday for the normal folks, I had to work and all I could think about was holding pressure on this stupid leak I created till Tuesday. Now more intelligent cruisers will attest to the fact that you can pull this maneuver off with a toilet plunger. To that I say hind sight is always 20/20
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Cindi, About 25 years ago, (God I'm old) I planted a small tulip poplar. It was about five or six feet when planted. Shortly after I planted it, a strong wind came along and broke it over at ground level. I stood it back up and duct taped a splint around the damaged area. Well today that tree is over fifty feet high and is a beautiful tree. So you were correct when you said "Trees have a wonderful way of rejuvenating themselves when broken."Steve
I would appreciate that if you could find the name, thank you.


text: Educators offer views on how to improve schools Three out of four Massachusetts educators believe that their schools are good places to work and learn, according to a statewide survey that is being released today. However, high percentages of educators express concerns about the teaching and learning conditions in their schools, and those concerns are more pronounced in low-income urban schools than in suburban and rural communities. The Massachusetts Teaching, Learning and Leading Survey (Mass TeLLS) was conducted by the New Teacher Center at the University of California-Santa Cruz and was sponsored by a coalition of education associations, policy organizations, civic groups and the Commonwealth. More than 40,000 educators -- both teachers and administrators -- took the survey early last year. That is about half the total number of educators in the Commonwealth. "Support for teachers is one of the four pillars of the Readiness Project because we all recognize that we need excellent and empowered individuals in classrooms if our students are to succeed," said Governor Deval Patrick. "I am firmly committed to engaging our many talented teachers in the conversation about improving our public education system in Massachusetts and am pleased to receive this survey." The survey asked participants for their views on a wide range of issues, including whether educators are meaningfully involved in making decisions, the quality of professional development offered, whether there is enough time to teach the required curriculum and what external factors most influence student achievement. Findings were analyzed in relation to MCAS scores, how long an educator has been teaching, student poverty levels and other indicators. Staff in any school in which 40 percent or more of the educators took the anonymous survey received access to their school's results last May and were encouraged to use the findings to address problems that were identified or to reinforce successful practices. The purpose of the survey, which was administered in five other states last year, is to improve practices at the school and district levels as well as to inform state education policies. Access to the data was restricted to affected educators until today to give them time to analyze the results and incorporate the findings into their school improvement plans. Schools and districts were offered training in how to interpret the results and work internally to address problems. Educators from 42 districts participated in the training. Eric Hirsch of the NTC authored the final report, which can be found at www.masstells.org, along with school and district results. Among the positive findings: Seventy-seven percent of educators believe their schools are good places to work and learn, and 83 percent plan to remain at their current schools. Nine out of 10 (90 percent of teachers; 93 percent of administrators) report that the faculty is committed to helping every student learn, and even more (94 and 95 percent, respectively) believe that the curriculum taught is aligned to the state's Curriculum Frameworks. Challenges identified include: Only half of all educators (46 percent) say they are meaningfully engaged in decision-making in their schools and just over half (55 percent) say they are recognized as educational experts. Only 4 out of 10 (39 percent) believe they have enough instructional time to meet students' needs. Among principals, only 3 out of 10 feel that they have enough time to be instructional leaders in their schools. Elementary teachers in particular (45 percent) report they do not have enough non-instructional time during the week to plan lessons and collaborate with their peers. Despite this concern, elementary teachers were more positive overall about conditions in their schools than secondary teachers. Only half (49 percent) believe their schools are environmentally healthy and clean. Two out of three believe that the achievement of their students is negatively affected by excessive absenteeism and tardiness. This finding is more pronounced in high-poverty schools, where tardiness (83 percent) and absenteeism (85 percent) are cited as significant impediments to learning. Even in the most affluent quartile of schools, however, half report similar concerns. Consistent with findings in other states, Hirsch said, there is a direct correlation between educators' positive perceptions about the teaching and learning conditions in their schools and student performance. The NTC analyzed student MCAS results in light of the TeLLS findings and found that, while student poverty and other external factors are the greatest predictors of student achievement, other factors over which governments and districts have some control do make a difference. Teachers' workload was especially important at the secondary level, while factors related to school leadership, professional development and resources had a significant impact on elementary student achievement. Not surprisingly, the study found that teaching conditions have a big impact on teacher retention. For example, only one in five (20 percent) of the teachers who said they want to move to another school report that there is an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect in their schools, compared to two-thirds (65 percent) of those who plan to stay. Report recommendations include: Ensuring that teaching conditions are part of future efforts to recruit and retain qualified teachers. Improved teaching conditions were viewed as just as important as financial incentives in attracting teachers to hard-to-staff schools. Providing school leaders and other staff with more support and professional development to help them work collaboratively to establish positive conditions in their schools. Closing the teaching conditions gap by targeting resources to high-poverty schools and reaching out to community stakeholders to improve student readiness for schools, including reducing absenteeism and tardiness. Continuing to survey educators with TeLLS or other survey instruments to learn their views on how to improve teaching and learning in their schools. Releasing the final TeLLS report were the following coalition members: Massachusetts Teachers Association, American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, National Education Association, Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, Massachusetts Elementary School Principals Association, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, The Boston Foundation and Nellie Mae Education Foundation. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts supported the project with funding for training in use of TeLLS data for school and district improvement efforts. Comments on the TeLLS from some of the coalition members: Maura Banta of IBM represented the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education on the coalition. She is currently chair of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. "I have been doing these kinds of surveys for 35 years at IBM. It is very important to get feedback from employees and to give serious consideration to their opinions. It is critical that schools and districts solicit the same kind of feedback and to use the results in developing action plans for the future." Paul Grogan, president and chief executive officer of The Boston Foundation "The Boston Foundation is very pleased to have supported this important opportunity to hear directly from thousands of teachers and administrators across the Commonwealth about the work they do, the conditions under which they do it and the key challenges they face, all in an effort to help improve conditions for one of our most valuable resources -- the teaching profession." Anne Wass, president, Massachusetts Teachers Association "About 10 years ago we came up with a slogan: 'If you want to know how to make schools work better, ask a teacher.' We believe that just as strongly today, which is why the MTA became actively involved in promoting TeLLS. Teachers and administrators know what they need to help their students succeed. It is very important to ask them for their views so that we can continually improve the quality of our schools."


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May 01, 2013
Imagine you were designing and constructing a racing car � it�s not so far from developing apps. Both
must be powerful and quick. They cannot crash, whatever the conditions. They must outperform their
rivals. New technology can either create a competitive advantage or a fatal flaw.
It�s a fast-moving environment where winners grab the headlines and underperformers fail. Would you enter a grand prix without putting it through its paces on the test track first? A test track is all about performance testing. Only successful, thorough testing can create a high performer from a prototype and ensure it delivers where it matters most.


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First, my congrats on such a great magazine. Of the half-dozen plus car mags I subscribe to, PHR is the one I always look forward to the most due to the mix of cars, (totally appreciated Project Talladega as I own two 73-77 A-bodies), the tech, and the overall layout. Well done.If my memory serves me right, PHR was going to have coverage of Holley's 74 Chevelle wagon project car in the April (!!!) issue. As of the October issue, ... nuthin'! I really hope coverage of this cool wagon is still in the pipeline. I am particularly interested in the LS 6.0L swap as that is exactly what I have planned for my 77 Lemans Safari wagon. Don't make me beg over here!Thanks again for such a great read each month, and I look forward to your "positive" response in regard to the Holley Project Wagon!Cheers,Gavin.
Good to have you back, lets get active & post some more on this fine forum..
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Thanks for the kind "welcome back"! I'll do my best to drop in more often. So back to my question. Are we still good for that feature on Holley's Chevelle Wagon? Johnny H. what do ya say?
Aw man, a Chevy in a Pontiac? Can't convince you to put a 4" crank in a Pontiac 350 for 383 cid, can I ? 14 degree heads, enough crankcase for chevy bb connecting rods, no need for a torque plate b/c the heads screw into the block rather than the deck, and an ability to take Pontiac BB heads...yum yum Seriously, at least you're saving these tanks. Jim Hand had a 455 in his station wagon w/the factory GTO nose option. beats heck outa an SUV or minivan to tote the rugrats around. gonna try to squeeze a cam am or grand am nose on that draggin' wagon?now you got me remembering this hot dishwater blonde back in college named Crystal...hairmetal chick, had maybe a 1974 Malibu wagon with the woodgrain down the side, that weird gray/green factory color. she had to get rid of it b/c the only thing left to the brakes was the rivets holding the pads on...sure would love to have gotten either ride bore the factory 350 .06 over and stroke the crank to pre-68 connecting rods for 370cid...that woulda moved those 4000lbs down the road....to the next gas station her boyfriend meanwhile, had a banana yellow Mustang II coupe and I think a '74 Charger with a 360 and hood bubble scoop...didn't grab those either when I had the chance (but not the $$, isn't that the way it goes?)
Just because you can't do it...doesn't mean its impossible
Now THAT'S a colorful response gtomustang! LOL! I like your style!Don't despair about the "Chevy in a Pontiac" thing. I think I've earned the right to try something different after working on Ponchos almost exclusively for over 30 years. I've toyed with the idea of a Can Am hood on the wagon but I dig the sleepy flat hood look too. The Grand Am stuff won't fit, at least not without a huge effort.The plan is to drop a 6.0L into the wagon backed by a fresh turbo 400 I had slotted for another project that sold. Considered stepping up to a 4L60 or 80E trans but the gearing in the wag is very highway friendly already so for now I'm passing on the added expense of one extra gear. Once the combination is sorted out my long term goal is to put a turbo on it. (A side note to this: my buddy has a 600 hp, (dyno'd), Pontiac with Kauffman heads, etc., and FAST EFI system in his ultra-sweet 72 Firebird. He recently pulled down 20 mpg on the highway! While that is spectacular and a tribute to his tuning and that EFI, he probably has more invested in that induction system alone than I will have into the entire 6.0L.). The goal of this project is to create something fun, different and fast, all on a relatively tight budget. My one indulgent upgrade already installed is a Detroit Speed 700lb drop front springs and 1 3/8" tubular anti-sway bar package plus KYB gas shocks and poly bushings. The improvement to the handling of the car is amazing! Thank you DSE!Finally, just to balance the "engine swapping ledger", I also have a 55 Chevy, ex-California straight axle gasser that was campaigned in the 70's. It's a long term project with no drivetrain. I have a strong Pontiac .030 over, solid cam 455 that I am swapping into that backed by a fresh M21 with a Dana 60 rear! So there.Now my rant. My observation is that back in the 50's, 60's, and 70's car builders were much more open to swapping different brand engines back and forth into different brand cars without suffering this ridiculous present day tight azz, suffocating, constraining attitude of keeping an "X" engine in an "X" car. That open attitude of years ago was what made that period of hot rodding so exciting, and frankly, what makes car guys wax on so poetically about that time in the hobby! Anything was possible! I think that spirit of ingenuity and inventiveness was what filled car magazines with content, brought readers to those magazines, and what translated into those readers running out to their garages to work on projects that REALLY showcased creativity and individuality. In turn there was greater variety at the track, which was then covered in the magazines, which..., well, you get the point. It was the perfect circle! My attitude is that I want to honor that great spirit in all of my projects.So to that I say, don't be afraid of doing a project that really connects with you, (regardless of whatever engine you choose into whatever car you choose), but is one you may be avoiding because you think others might criticize you for it. To put it politely: screw the critics. Go to almost any car-guy internet forum and observe that 99.9% of the negative feedback on any topic is from profoundly insecure "individuals" who don't have the balls to put their own projects on display for criticism. When I see some of the vitriolic, stupidly mean-spirited crap commentary out there I simply ask, "do I respect this persons opinion, and would I want them as a friend?". If the answer is "no" to either question, then turn the other cheek, as the saying goes, and continue to follow your heart!Now get out there and work on your freakin' cars and fearlessly create something cool!Now about that Holley Wagon feature... ;-)
I figure so long as you don't hurt others--like killing some rare classic so future generations won't know what type of hotrods Detroit offered--it doesn't matter what you do with property you paid for.So, just for the sake of discussion...back in the 1950's, where the replacements for the gasping flathead were few--the Cad 331, the Olds 303, the 1st gen Hemi, all of which were luxury car engines and thus expensive--the high revving 283 deserved to be the choice of many. As the solid lifter rats (the L78 and L72 or even L71) came around in the 1960's, I can see how they too became the LS1 of the good ol' days...tho there were plenty who knew how to hop up a MaxWedge or FE ford and dump them into lighter, earlier, cheaper cars near the end of the '60's. Think of how many show cars from the Barris brothers were running 289 "Cobra" fords, tho it did help they were getting them free If you aren't a major engine rebuilder, then there's nothing wrong with a $4000 crate engine that has a warantee under the hood (but I can't say anything is possible and people are using ingenuity when they are all doing the same thing). But, interchangeable parts aside, the other reason you see so many people go straight for the Chevy bent eight is b/c you see it so often chosen in the magazines. Ask someone why they didn't bore the stock 350 in their Olds out to a 425 piston, stroke the crank a quarter inch to a Chevy 6 inch small block connecting rod and get 380 cid, and you get the, "huh? didn't know that was possible" look.Yes, its expensive if you want to get exotic. I have a post elsewhere here about articles in PHR and HotRod Magazine that show when you compare a carb'd engine and the same engine with port injection on the same single plane intake, the difference is...1 hp. yep, that's right. EFI is great when you design an intake for it--maybe you want your 427cid windsor to have Crower calliope-style individual runners, ok, get a ford A9L computer with TwEECker assistance and enjoy that the 351W and 5.0 HO have the same firing order--but for most people not taking their 10mpg car far enough to experience an elevation change or using their toy as a daily driver in a place that sees water on the pavement, it may not be worth the $2500 entry fee. Most of this magazine's project cars are carb'd, even when they got the engine for free. you get more out of running a coil pack, distributor-less ignition (I think its around 40hp, due to the lack of missfires a cam-driven distrib creates), and its probably the same price on an oddball car as it may be on a chevy.there's a lot of power to be found with proper machinework, lengthening the con rods, managing oil flow, etc...and the costs are close, say with a Pontiac (use Chevy BB connecting rods, there's already an intake design like Edelbrocks raised RPM intake). the cost of playing inside a chevy versus other block...isn't far apart.i'm not saying running to the Chevy camp is wrong...but there are other options. people used to say Fords were too expensive, until the Fox 5.0 got popular. then people bought the parts, costs came down, more parts were researched and created. Demand fuels lower prices (except in the case of gas--we export it now, we make so much more than we use. that should lower the price, and yet it hasn't).Here in CT, I go to a car show every monday night (markscruisenight.com) that on a bad night, has 200 cars, and a good one, 900. guess how many chevies I see at that one show, every week? the guy with a 400hp 355 wishes he had gotten a 383 with 500hp...and that guy regrets he doesn't have a blower with 600hp...and that guy lament he isn't like the other cool guy with the LS1.its possible to have what others have not...and not pay an arm and a leg for it. it does require knowledge, but if fanbois read about how to do something, and realize, "hey, I can do that!" and spend the money they save living w/ mom and pops to do it, and the price for parts goes down as a result...well...what's so bad about that? Finally, just for the interested, that EFI setup your buddy runs that so expensive..you do know they don't make any more HP, right? PHR proved it when they ran a 281 SOHC ford mod v8, and August 2011 StreetRodder magazine found it out again, when they added FAST EZ EFI to a crate Ford 302. Page 74, bottom left corner, they said back to back tests show only a 1hp difference, and that prior experience has proven that to always happen.for driveability, its great, tho MegaSquirt can be cheaper. But its not necessary for making more power than a carb, unless you get into fabricated manifolds, cam tuning, etc.
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The Toronto School Board is voting on whether to introduce an Afrocentric alternative school among a host of other issues related to multiculturalism and school violence. According to urban planner Mohammad Qadeer of Queens University, the reality is the existence of culturally diverse schools due to population factors in Toronto. However, he notes, despite large concentrations of people from a particular ethnic background, Toronto schools are much more diverse than what is found in American urban areas. "Schools are one of the places where people form social bonds, like offices, clubs, and even bars, so schools that are segregated do pose a problem. You want to increase exposure to people other backgrounds so the children will know each other– or at least know of each other."
On the other hand, Ainsworth Morgan, an adviser on Afrocentric programs, argues the reality exists of segregated schools and it is necessary to confront how best to handle the situation. It is only recently that Toronto got around to compiling statistics on racial or ethnic backgrounds of its students. There are schools in which nearly 90% of students are from Punjabi background or schools in which a majority are of Chinese backgrounds.
There is never a single solution when dealing with issues of multiculturalism. In some schools parents can be used to assist in situations requiring someone with language ability to aid teachers, in another situation, students can engage in projects to explore the impact of discrimination on people of many backgrounds in the course of Canadian history. In itself an Afrocentric school is not the issue, the more important factor is the type of educational program that is offered.


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Hello friends!
I am a college student currently back home in Los Angeles for the summer and I would love to complete a bucket this summer. I have trying to build one since I have been about 8 or 9 but of coarse its hard to build one when your that age. I don't have a ton of experience building but I am a somewhat experienced painter. I have been looking around the forum for about an hour and I can't seem to find any good starting places. I wouldn't mind spending about $100 but not much more and would actually not mind doing a lot of work on the helmet. I hope to have a completed bucket by the end of the summer!
Edit: After some looking around the forums I see the ASOK helmets talked about a lot but I don't really know where to look to get one. Again I am willing and want to put a lot of work into it I just need a place to start.