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Cotton Dresses for Toddler Girls
Cotton Waterfall Dress - Girls
Party? Ready! This throw-on-and-go dress is reason enough for celebration — its trio of tiers is a waterfall of wonder, each playfully finished in crochet pom-pom lace trim. Crafted in lightweight cotton voile, with adjustable straps and center-back elastic for a just-for-her fit. * Relaxed fit * Slightly ruched at center neckline * Adjustable narrow straps * Center-back elastic * Waterfall t...
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Pima Cotton Boatneck Dress - Girls
Say bon voyage to boring with our French nautical boatneck dress. This ooh la la of a dress charms in soft, smooth pima cotton. Featuring contrasting color on the sleeves, pockets, and neckline. * Pull-on style * Seasonless A-line silhouette * Classic boat-neckline, with lap shoulders and contrast trim * Patch pockets * 3/4 sleeves * Above-knee length * Pima cotton * Peru
Price: Was $38.00 Now $18.00
Linen & Cotton Tulip-Hem Dress - Girls
As easy and enjoyable as the season, this delightful dress is styled just for her with ruffles at the front and back neckline, crochet trim at the cap raglan sleeves and hem, and a twirl-tastic tulip hem that moves as she grooves. Crafted in airy linen and cotton, with a lightweight cotton lining. * Relaxed fit * Ruffles at front and back neckline * Cap raglan sleeves * Tulip hem * Knee length * Li...
Price: Was $58.00
Now $38.00 - $58.00
Jolie Embroidered Cotton Dress - Girls
With modern style and traditional Mexican flair, this dress dazzles at playtime and parties. Effortless to wear, it delivers on the details, featuring front and back pleats, decorative stitching, pom-pom trim at sleeves and hem, and contrast embroidery on front bodice. * Relaxed fit * A-line * Round neck * Keyhole back with button * Side pockets * Above-knee length * Lined * Cotton poplin * Importe...
Price: Was $48.00
Now $28.00 - $48.00
Sophie Dress - Girls
This magical mix-up pairs a relaxed jersey-knit bodice with the structure of a woven voile skirt — for a too-cool two-in-one dress. Gathers galore define the neckline and arm openings; the lined skirt is all dressed up with a fixed tier, pintucks, and open-stitch detailing along the hem. Finished with metallic silver elastic trim at the waist. * Relaxed fit * Pull-on style * Scoop neckline * ...
Price: Was $44.00 Now $28.00
Bella Bell-Sleeve Dress - Girls
The bella of the ball! Our dreamy dress is playfully grown up, with festive bell sleeves and finished with ombré crochet-lace trim at the neckline and waist. Crafted in slubbed cotton jersey, with elastic smocking around back that ensures a comfy fit. * Relaxed fit * Pull-on style * Surplice neckline * Bracelet-length bell sleeves * High waist with smocking at back * Lace banding along front n...
Price: Was $38.00 Now $24.00
Poetic Corduroy Dress - Girls
She'll be poetry in motion (even when sitting still) in this sweetly sophisticated dress. Delightfully accented with a contrast-color ruffled placket and buttons. Crafted in fine-wale cotton corduroy for the ultimate in cozy comfort. * Garment-washed for superior softness * Relaxed fit * Jewel neckline * Functional, ruffled placket, with five buttons and purl-edge trim * Long sleeves with elastic c...
Price: Was $54.00 Now $24.00
Hooded Sweatshirt Dress - Girls
Super-smiles are a side effect of this sweatshirt dress. Sublimely cozy in brushed terry fleece, it charms with bold prints, color-block style with contrast binding, and made-for-play detailing. * Pull-on * Roomy fit * Hood * Slight V-neck with crossover trim * Long sleeves * Kangaroo pockets * Shirttail hem * Ribbed trim * Cotton/poly * Imported
Price: Was $48.00 Now $24.00
Little Joule Embroidered Swing Dress - Girls
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Our friends at Little Joule love to take a classic style and give it a fun, unexpected twist. Case in point: this cute and comfy swing dress with delightful embroidered details and an easy-to-wear, twirl-friendly silhouette. * By Little Joule * Rounded neckline * Sleeveless * Knee length * Brushed for softness * Woven cotton/rayon * Imported
Price: Was $78.00 Now $54.00
Sweet Stitches Flutter-Sleeve Dress - Girls
Crafted with artistry and attention to detail, this everyday knit dress has serious special-occasion cred with its perfect proportions, cool color combinations, and a pop of playful embroidery at the yoke. * Easy pull-on style * Swingy shape * Center-front ruching * Flutter sleeves * Above-knee length * Cotton * Imported
Price: Was $38.00 Now $28.00
Stepped Tulle Knit Dress - Girls
A dress-to-impress that's impressively easy to wear! Crafted in comfy slubbed cotton jersey, with an even comfier T-shirt dress silhouette. Featuring cap sleeves, ruching at the front neckline, a keyhole back closure — and the unexpected fun of stepped mesh tulle at the hem. * Relaxed fit * Scoop neckline with soft shirring at the center * Cap sleeves * Keyhole back closure * Crochet-lace-tri...
Price: Was $48.00 Now $28.00
Cap-Sleeve Tiered Knit Dress - Girls
Cheers for tiers! This swingy A-line dress in organic cotton and great new graphics has a terrific twirl factor. Pretty gathers at the neckline and cap sleeves are proof that we take our play dresses very seriously! * Reinforced seams add durability * Soft rib-knit cotton, with great range of motion * Knee length * Eco-friendly organic cotton * Imported
Price: Was $36.00 Now $22.00
Organic Cotton Tiered Knit Sundress - Girls
Our everyday knit sundress is now crafted in soft organic cotton jersey. Fashionably fun with gathered lettuce-edge tiers in a cheerful display of coordinating colors. Easy to wear, thanks to the pull-on style and a stay-in-place racerback; designed to last with durable reinforced seams. * Relaxed fit * Pull-on style * Straps with slight racerback * Knee length * Organic cotton jersey * Imported
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In his CM: the Next Generation series, Joe Farah gives us a glimpse into the trends that CM experts will need to tackle and master based upon industry trends and future technology challenges.
There are a lot of best practices in the CM trade. You might be hard-pressed to pick the best ones out. But that's exactly what we'll try to do in this month's article. You may see a few that you're quite familiar with. There may be a few that are hotly contested issues. I'll bet there's more than a few that you haven't fully considered before. Of the dozens of CM/ALM best practices we use ourselves, I've tried to pick the top ten. It was a difficult task, so I'll start by mentioning the 10 runner-ups.
20. Organize Shared Code into Separate Products
When you're producing software that is shared by different products, issues such as development ownership, timing of releases, etc. are typically difficult to manage because the different products utilizing the shared code have different sets of requirements, and possibly differing processes. Often the shared code starts out as part of one product's
development but business logic dictates that it be shared in multiple products.
The best practice in this situation is to partition the shared code into one (or more) separate products. That product has as its customers, the other product teams. Control of releases, frequency, features, etc. really have to be managed as a full product is
managed. Different customers will want to move to new releases of the shared product at different times. Some will want the new features, some won't want the risk. The shared code may need to branch into different release streams to support the various customers.
19. Use Change Promotion instead of Promotion Branches
Branches are often used to track changes. This strategy works, but it is generally used because of insufficient tool and process technology. Promotion branches help ensure changes are promoted through the promotion levels dictated by the process. However, they assume a pessimistic strategy which caters to the worst case rather than the most usual case. As a result, there is a lot of merging, labelling, etc. that is unnecessary. Roll-backs are also difficult. As well, it's quite difficult to adjust the change process to support additional promotion levels, because of the cost of each promotion level in terms of merging/labelling, and because of the administrative issues involved with the insertion of new promotion branches among the existing ones.
Ideally, you should use technology where promotion is simply a status change on the change object (assuming there is one). With the appropriate processes and technology, merge operations should only be required when changes don't flow through the change promotion process in the same sequence from level to level. So generally, the configuration management is reduced to simply change management - promoting/rollback the change status. The technology should allow you to view configurations at each promotion level based on the change status alone. So although this is a best practice, it is highly dependent upon the proper technology.
18a. Separate Customer Requests from Engineering Problems/Features
Customers want to raise problems, ask for new features, or simply specify how
they believe the tool should operate, without reference to whether it is a feature request or a problem report. Some customers will ask for the same features as other customers, perhaps with a different twist or priority. Customers want to know the status of their requests, many of which can be dealt with directly by the technical support team
without involving the engineering team. Some are data configuration issues, others non-problems. The customer just wants the majority of requests addressed successfully.
The engineering team doesn't care about how many customers report a problem or request a feature - they just want their marching orders: a list of problems to be fixed
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iPad mini - Dual-core A5 processor, 1GB RAM
Google Nexus 7 - Tegra 3 processor, 1GB RAM
Testing tech day-in day-out has told us that you can't always rely on specs to judge whether product A is faster or more powerful than product B. The Google Nexus 7 sounds like it packs more of a punch than the iPad mini as it has a quad-core chip rather than a dual-core one.
However, the efficient nature of the iOS system means the iPad mini is likely to significantly outperform the Google Nexus 7 in at least a few benchmarks. The A5 CPU is what's used in the iPad 3, and here there are fewer pixels to process, which will result in higher frame rates in 3D games in particular.
iPad mini - Lightning port, WiFi, 4G, Bluetooth
Google Nexus 7 - microUSB port, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC
Before the iPhone 5 arrived, all of Apple's mid-range and top-end mobile devices used the 30-pin socket. It was in iPods, iPhones and iPad. But now it is virtually no more.
Apple has replaced it with the Lightning connector, a much smaller 9-pim design that's much more in-line with the design standards of the day. It's a bit of a pain if you already have a half-dozen 30-pin cables lying about the house, though, especially as you know there will come days when you simply can't find your Lightning cable. Official replacements cost £15.
The Google Nexus 7 takes the much more accessible route, using a microUSB connection to charge and transfer files. You can buy cables from eBay for pennies, and if you're a gadget fan it's likely you'll have several lying about the house.
The iPad mini has the option to come with 4G capabilities while the Nexus 7 is restricted to getting online only where WiFi access is available. As expected, both devices come with Bluetooth, but the Nexus 7 also boasts NFC which Apple have, for the time being at least, decided to omit from their entire range of products.
iPad mini - 16/32/64GB, non-expandable
Google Nexus 7 - 8/16/32GB, non-expandable
The Google Nexus 7 launched with 8GB and 16GB models, neither of which offered expandable storage. However, the 32GB edition has just been "leaked", set to sell for the same price as the old 16GB edition, £199.99. Memory remains non-expandable, though.
Some may argue that using non-expandable storage is most un-Android, but it's becoming a common trend among Android devices.
Apple's mobile devices never offer expandable storage, and it's no different here. Storage starts at 16GB and maxes out at 64GB. As many iPad games are over a 1GB these days, voracious gamers should consider stepping up off the bottom rung of the storage ladder.
iPad mini - 5-megapixel "iSight" main camera, 1.2MP Facetime camera
Google Nexus 7 - user-facing 1.2MP
Before it launched, there was plenty of discussion about whether the iPad mini would have no cameras, two cameras or just the one. We now know that is has two, one on the rear for taking snaps and one on the front for use with FaceTime.
The user-facing one is particularly handy if you have friends or relatives who you don't see too often. FaceTime works a bit like Skype, letting you video chat with far-away folk, and it works very well.
The Google Nexus 7 leaves out the rear camera, with just a user-facing sensor for video chat. And Fatbooth style apps, of course.
Asus said it left out the rear camera because it could only afford to jam in a poor-quality one at the price, and it figured 'what's the point in that?' It's another good design decision by Asus.
The user-facing sensor is 1.2MP, which is actually well above average quality for a video chat camera.
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The Nexus 7 is no slouch when it comes to battery life. Asus and Google quote battery life at 9 hours and our independent tests show that they're not far off with the battery lasting for more than 8 hours playing video on medium brightness. Once again the iPad mini trumps the Nexus 7 though, with Apple claiming that the battery can last for 10 hours while in constant use. We'll be testing this claim ourselves soon.
These are both great tablets, but we're not entirely convinced that the iPad mini can completely eclipse the Google Nexus 7, not among real gadget fans, anyway. Costing over £100 more than the Google tablet without offering masses of extra features, we can imagine many budget buyers sticking with the Android offering.
The iPad mini also has problems inherent to its fan base. If people own an iPad and an iPhone, will they really buy an iPad mini too? We can understand Apple's reasoning - it's much better for use on-the-go - but will this translate to purchases?
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- "They'll make anyone sick!"
- —Slogan of the product[src]
Edible Dark Marks are sweets that were created by Fred and George Weasley. Shaped like the Dark Mark used by Voldemort, they were sold at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, in a bin with the label "They'll Make Anyone Sick!". George Weasley caught a little boy trying to nick some of these sweets and warned him that shoplifters would "pay in more than Galleons".
They were probably made to mock Voldemort and Death Eaters.
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Re: Windows ME fonts
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> On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 05:54:37 -0500 (EST), Steve Luttrell wrote:
> > I have a problem with Mathematica 5 and Windows ME. After running for a
> > while the fonts in the notebooks displayed on screen become garbled. A
> > while
> > later various other screen fonts (e.g. icon labels, etc) become garbled.
> > This problem does NOT occur with Mathematica 4.2.1. I have tried various
> > settings for the display (i.e. screen resolutions and colour depths) but
> > nothing seems to help.
> >
> > Has anyone else had this problem? Even better, has anyone got any
> > suggestions how to work around it. I would rather not go through the
> > hassle
> > of upgrading to Windows XP.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Luttrell
> > West Malvern, UK
> This is a known issue in Mathematica 5.0.0 for Windows. Wolfram tech
> support is aware of the issue and can provide an update to fix the
> Anybody experiencing this problem should contact them at
> support at wolfram.com. Don't forget to include your license number.
> Sincerely,
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i never got a chance to play around with the vacuum advance much. i had an adjustable crane can on it and i had it setup for the 305 in the car prior to the 400.
Unfortunately, i lost the cam in the 400 after about 5 miles. it was comp xe268. about half the lifters went concave. i was pretty pissed since i put basically all the money i earned with my summer job last summer into buying the complete 30k mile motor and doing heads for it, cam, intake, carb, noisy gear drive, high pressure melling oil pump, aluminum water pump, etc. altogether i had about 2000 into the drivetrain.
now im about to take it out (as soon as im home from college for the summer) and drop in a 71 350 for the time being.
ive been reading a lot of articles on excessive flat tappet cam failures as of recently. theres been lots of things contributing to this. i think i had problems with the break in because i used stiff springs that came on the heads, comp cams red lube that came with the cam didnt stick well at all and kind of just ran off the cam (next time im using moly lube or comp cams special lube) i did have the valve adjustment right but i also used cheap oil and now that ive read some articles i realize that flat tappet cams need high zinc content which almost no motor oils have anymore because all new cars have roller cams. ive also heard about comp cams having quality control problems and having a high amount of soft cores. also some lifters are from overseas and are not well made.
either way i now have to disassemble the 400 and see the extent of the damage. i also managed to break a pushrod which was probably due to a backfire from the failing cam and the unforgivingness of the gear drive on pushrods (read that gear drives add up to 70% more stress on pushrods). i will keep posted my progress after i get home from school and start work on the car again.
thanks for the help, i have spent a lot of time playing with carb adjustment and vacuum and mechanical advance and managed to get a very strong running 305. i will now see what i can do with a puny vavle (1.72 intake) 350.
You mention that your vac. adv. is already connected to the manifold port, which is good. Do you know the specs on the can you are using? In order to make the most of the manifold vacuum setup, I had to use Crane Cams' adjustable vacuum advance kit (which also includes a vac. adv. limiting plate that is VERY useful).
The goal here is to get the vac. can set to peg out below the least amount of vacuum (which is at idle in gear of course). I set my 406 to 18 initial and with the vac. advance it idles with about 33 degrees total. The motor runs great like that (and the throttle blades are almost entirely shut). My 355 was the same - Crane Cams adjustable kit, 15 initial, for a total of 32 at idle.
The adjusting plate that comes with the kit is nice because you can limit the amount of vac. adv. that you get, and then you use the screw in the vac. port to adjust the "Hg that allow it to open.
All this will help your fuel economy too. I've found a lot better mileage after setting the vac. adv. up well. Although both motors still run a little rich at idle- but never load up or foul plugs.
Another thing: I drilled holes in the 670 HOlley for the 355 - it actually didn't seem to do that much for me. I had better luck getting the idle correct with the vac. adv., but the holes don't seem to have hurt me. The 406 is much hotter, only has a 750 holley, and I cracked the secondaries just a little. Have the primaries almost totally shut here, too, made possible by vac. adv.
Good luck!
|I wouldnt change carb or drill yet. You shouldnt have these problems with your size carb
|57 Chevy
Don't drill anything unless your real sure you know what your doing.
This is an area for pro-tuners or at least their guidance.
the vacuum advance is hooked up to manifold vacuum and the other port on the metering block is plugged. as for the timing i will prob try bumping it ahead to 15-20 as you guys recommend. i thought about modifying the carb or getting a bigger one because i thought the same thing that the carb is idling on the main metering circuit and i need to let more air by.
i dont know the affect changing the timing will have though. i only have the idle speed screw up this high because it needs it to run because the motor will not idle which still leads me to believe i have a vacuum leak. i still havent got any time to start up the car and run it again though so i havent gotten any further. by drilling the throttle blades i will be able to keep the idle speed screw turned in farther but not draw as much fuel correct?
i will get back to you guys as soon as i get to run the car again.
thanks for all the help so far
If his timing is too low, then the required throttle opening would be affected no? meaning if he bumps up his timing his carb is fine
If you have the idle speed screw in that far then the carb is idling the main circuit (blades open past the transition slots). You either need to get a bigger carb (bigger throttle blades) or you need to drill some holes in the front throttle blades to let air in without opening up the throttle blades past the transition slots. A 0.100" hole in each front blade should do it.
Also a 268 cam should have about 15 to 20 degree initial ignition timing.
Try using paragraphs next time. Your post is very hard to read.
Try this.
Unplug your vac advance and plug it at the carb.
Set your timing to 12 degress advance
Hookup your vac advance to the "MANIFOLD" port on the carb.
Reset your idle and mixture screws
|also i did make the mistake of totally rebuilding a carb to start this motor just cause the carb is fresh and i was confident with my carb tuning skills. the only reason i tore apart the 450 was because i thought it would be too small but it prob would have been fine for break in and tuning. the 600 is set back to just about stock and it is clean and nothing leaks. i will try the carb cleaner/wd 40 method and wil play with idle mixture screws. its definitely possible that its a carb base gasket leak. my friend says that he has 20-25 initial timing in his 357 with the same cam and he says the motor loves it. i thought this was high but i guess i could be wrong. any other suggestions?
|the car has manual brakes so i know that isnt the problem. but what would be a better initial timing to start with?
|why is the timing initial set so low?
|just a thought do you have power brakes?
|yes,i also think it sounds like a vac. leak.sounds like you're going to have a good light to light motor with those heads.i'd be curious to here about it when you get the problem solved.did this carb work before on the old motor?one thing you never ever want to do is start a new motor with a defective carb. but i know how yuo feel at this point.we've all been there.try spraying the wd-40 and see what happens and come back if need be.good luck
|yes ive used that method before, i will probably try that tomorrow. i do have a vacuum gage but have not got to use it on this motor yet. but thanks for helping to steer me towards the problem.
|57 Chevy
|That almost sounds like a vacuum leak. Do you have a vacuum gauge? Some guys spray carb cleaner or WD-40 around the base plate and other areas to see if there is a change in RPM.
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 , Lightroom or Topaz Adjust???
Whats the diference between the three of them?
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Hey guys. I've been gone for a while. Good to see things are still going on over here!
So I've finally gotten down to the point where I'm adding some electronics to my mando. I have a voice amplifier from Radio shack, and some weird things are going on with it. This is the small one that takes a 9V battery. Its item #277-100BC if that means anything to anyone.
I've got two microphones, one for my computer that has an earpiece and boom mic, and another for my blackberry that has two ear buds as well as the mic. A funny thing happens when I plug it in to the amp - the only way I can get sound out of the amp is to talk to the ear piece! I took the amp into the local RS, and tried a different type of earpiece, and even tried a dedicated microphone. The different headpiece was the same story - the earbud portion worked and the mic didn't. The straight up microphone didn't work at all.
WHat am I doing wrong? While I can get by for tomorrow talking into an earbud, I really want this thing to work properly. Am I missing a component in the system?


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my name is Brano, I come from Slovakia, but I am living in Thailand for almost 5 years. I did my PADI in Koh Tao (oh, well), and I came to UW Photography, currently I got almost 200 dives, I have been diving in Thailand (almost everywhere), Indonesia (Bali, Lombok, Komodo, North Sumatra, Norh Sulawesi), Malaysia (Perhentian, Borneo, Tioman), Philippines (Boracay).. I bought Ixus 860 IS with Canon housing, and I made some nice pictures with it. Then I moved to Canon G11, but in meantime I got Sanyo HD2000 with Epoque housing, so I "move" to make a videos. Normally I bring to boat both, one dive I did with Camera, another dive with video camera and then I combined the result and made some 3-5 minutes UW clip, all my videos is without strobes/video lights.
If you like to see my videos and pictures, you are welcome, and also comments are appreciated.
Now, when my G11 is broken (locked lens), and Epoque housing is cracked for Sanyo camera, it is time to invest some money to the better equipment. I am thinking about buying Panasonic GH2 for making the videos, but more about that here.
So thats all for the start.
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yup about 5yrs ago..
have you ever had a power cut on christmas day..
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have you ever had a power cut on christmas day..
Have you ever forgot where you hid a present?
no never..
have you ever helped to decorate someone else"s christmas tree..
Yes - used to set up the tree at work
Have you ever bought the same git for everyone on your list? (One year I bought teeshirts for all my nieces and nephews - with quotes on them to fit each of their personalities
no never..
have you ever went to a christmas panto..
Never - but I have gone several times to the "Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular" in Manhattan as well as local productions of The Nutcracker and The Christmas Carol
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|mustang 671
how much power from 671 weiand on v8
hi all. have had some great advise about my timimg issue which i will resolve at the weekend.
how much power do you think i will be getting ?? also whats the max boost i should go for. but i do want a nice weekend driver and not a hairy pig !!
also does my cam sound ok for supercharging ??
|mustang 671
check out the ecu i have. may help some people on here ??
ok i have emailed the company and listed out what you have suggested. i think they may send me a new map to upload to the ecu. if its easy then i think i could change the settings to be more in line with your suggestions.will wait and see.
now on the ecu software it says changes of 1 incrament in my timimng alimanet setting box = 30 degrees. i have it set at 1.35 . so i presume thats about 41 degress ish? but advanced or retarded ? i will find out as im not sure.
on the crank trigger wheel it has a missing tooth and that shows tdcat piston number 1 when it is at the strobe timing light. so thats reading correctly. obviously waiting for the 4 strokes and passes of the missing tooth to come around. suck squeeze bank blow ah !!!
the only sensors i have for now are
map sensor ( srewed into the inlet manifold which senses manifold presure)
tps sensor ( on side of carb primary butterfly spindle)
crank sensor ( trigger wheel on front of pulley )
knock sensors ( one each side of the block inbetween the 2 middle cylinders)
i remember they set the timmimg to be set depending on the current tps sensor reading. it reads from 30 to 241. its a little elctric devise that i have mounted on the side of the primary throttle spindle bar. so it shows closed and wot as readings of - close =30 ( ie butterflys on both carbs closed) and my foot to the floor with carbs wide open = wot @241 reading. hope that makes sense ? so they have made the ecu read the timing from where the tps sensor is. so the timimng will change depending on the tps reading.
thought i should mention that.
will let you know
thanks shaun
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this is what i wanted !!!!! you guys are great, thankyou so much.
ok. my 600 holleys have had uprated power valves and the springs are stronger (somewhere in the carb ?)
as my carbs are back to back and not side to side i could only fit 1 x metering plate on the rear carb as there wasnt enough room on the front one as it would hit the rear primary casing ( thats on the secs ).
i explained this to the performance guy my side and he said that in a perfect world i should go side to side but he felt i could get them flowing well as its only 1x carb that doesnt have jets in the secondary metering plate.
i have a book on carbs for supercharges and also the well known supercharging book that is mentioned on here. i am happy with the weiand blower and feel i can get a nice reilable ride out of it and hopefully around 600bhp ??
i will check what timing it has at present and check the starter motor cog.
i feel that i need to get it running better and then start fine tuning the carbs to get the lumps and flat spots out of them as i go ??
at some stage i need to go to the rolling road that specialises in my ecu software and get it tweeked , but how long should i wait until giving it some on a dyno ??
good point on the possible air issue. i will double chech that one. that does add up as it gets bloody hot at the end of the headers. glowing red !! i do have exhaust wrap though so i expect a bit.
i have checked the float bowls and they do not have leaks. one of my needles was sticky so i changed that.
my money is on timing and carb set up issues.
guys , on my holleys can you reccomend from the start what mods i can do to my carbs that would need doing anyway ? (ie set up for supercharging ) i bought it as a set from a guy who had them on his car for a short while before the wife decided to take him to the cleaners. but i didnt hear the car running. so i would like to treat them like they are not set up for blowers !!any good advise ? or should i get it running first then start drilling, moding and changing bodies ??
with all that said once running what sort of power do you all reckon ? its been a long 10 yr project this
did you look on the you tube clip ?
thanks alot guys. awsome !!!!!!!!!
|Max pressure for a Holley is 6 1/2 psi at the bowl inlet. Regulate your pressure to 6 psi. No need to run the pressure right up against the wall. More pressure will blow fuel past the needle and seat and into the manifold and create tuning nightmares like you are describing.
What kind of timing are you running? You want about 18 deg at idle, and 34 to 36 total advance, and have it all in by about 3k rpms.
The starter issue could be timing related as well. As for the starter sticking, that sounds like a clearance issue, you may need to shim the starter until you have the thickness of a paper clip between the teeth when engaged. You'd have to pull the gear into the flywheel to check that.
Sneezing the blower (spitting out the carbs) is either timing way off or cranking the motor while opening the throttle...a no no with a blower motor.
What's your fuel pressure at the carbs? 7 - 9 pounds is a good starting point.
The high idle sounds like your pulling air in somewhere, check around the back side of the blower at the manifold. Maybe a vacume line off? Idling shouldn't be a part of it, but are the carbs blower referenced?
With timing and all set correctly, pump it two or three times, that motor should fire off within one revolution with a bang. Blower motors are like that, mine is.
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671 weiand blower on 351w (problems)
Hi all. im a new member and have been reading some posts regarding blowers. seems to be alot of great advise on this forum so here goes !!!
i have a starting problem with my eleanor ford mustang 67. it has a 351w bored over 30+thou.
its now at 5.89 litres rather than 5.7l
compression ratio of 7.48 to 1
spec of engine equipment.
high volume canton sump with windage tray and scraper
high volume oil pump
re-ground balanced crank
crane supercharger crank specs are -- fair to moderate ride,rpm 3.400-3.800 cruise rates at 8.5-1 max
degrees duration 226d @ .05"
degrees advertised 286d @ .05"
lobe seperation 112d
open and close intake 6d and exhaust 40d
gross lift .502"
crane hydraulic lifters on roller rockers
comlete engine has studs and nuts from arp
forged rods with hyperutectic pistons ( keith blacks)
edelbrock performer heads (need to find the spec but are good for a blower)
high volume engine run fuel pump
weiand 6/71 blower with 2x holley 600 vac secs carbs all rebuilt polished etc
other updates to the engine.
i have an ecu which reads from euipment i have fitted which are,
tps sensor
knock sensors
crank sensor
vacum sensor (manifold)
atmosphere sensor
i have also fited water methanol infection for coolant in to the manifold via 4x injectors. ( not yet running though)
i have a rattler balancer on the crank and have had my botom pulley machined to fit over it rather than bolted to the front of it ( to save space )
bottom pulley = 45 teeth
top pulley = 51 teeth
divided = 0.88 so its being underdriven
its been worked to get me up to 7psi ?? is this correct at around 6000rpm ?
i have a c6 re built auto box. fitted is -
high stall torque coinverter 3000 i think ( has welded bits to it ? its an b&m one for supercharging)
manual reverse shift pattern being run by a b&m mega shifter.
i have fitted a heavy duty hitachi starter motor recently due to the stock one not being a happy chappy. it also turns the engine 300 rpm quicker.
1, when cranking sometimes i here the starter motor making a noise like its being forced back (like a clonk noise on it) when this happens the starter then does not turn and i have to put a socket on to the front top pulley and turn the engine slightly to disingage the starter cog ?? thats what the nosie sounds like.
2 alot of the time when trying to start i will get blow backs of unburned fuel out of the top of carbs. enough to blow the unfastned lids which sit ontop of the round k&n filters ???
3 when it runs ( eventually after alot of cranking and coughing and starter knocking) it will not idle less than 1700 ish. after a while it will just stop running and cough
i feel i have a fueling issue and also a ign timing issue. i have had so much advise and people saying so many different things to do.
the car has not been on the road or driven like this yet as i dont want to load up the engine, i am worried about bore wash and am now not going to start it until i have looked into the issue further.
4 the omex ecu i have is great as i plug it in to my laptop and can change everything. so with that in mind what timing would you reccomend ???
start up ?
idle ??
the company that has been working with me on the ecu have provided me with a base map which they say should get me started. which it has. but its not right and i feel i need some hard core supercharging advise.
the tyres on the back are 375s on 18s
i have tried to answer all the usual questions that have been asked of in the posts i have read.
i am after advise on the points 1-4 and also any general tips and help you think i could do with.
the jets in the carbs have been sized by dave powell at performance unlimited. will find out what they are but he feels they are ok to start with. rather it rich to begin with
please see the engine running on you tube to hear the lowest rpm i can get it to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvc7PnhtmH0
i will not get the water meth inj working until the egine is running smothly and fully ran in . it has millers running in oil which will be dumped after 500 miles at max of 300 rpms.
thanks guys let me know your thoguths. regards shaun .
will post some pics below in a bit. ta
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I'm having problems wiring a Jeep Wagoneer 2-speed REAR wiper motor attached to a generic 2-speed wiper switch to make it function correctly. BTW, it is not going in a Jeep but a '51 Hudson as the front windshield wiper. The reason for this particular motor is that it is 2-speed and it has a long transmission shaft which is needed.
I want just a wiper switch on the dash not on the column.
1. The wiper switch is the one used for New Port Engineering's product. It has off, low and high.
2. The Wagoneer electrical schematic shows that it can be hooked up to a standard switch (no pulse) and without the wiper module.
3. When wired to the generic switch and you go from off to low, it works fine. When you go to high, the motor makes one swipe and goes to park.
4. I have ordered a Wagoneer rear switch to replace the generic switch but I doubt it will have the correct positions on it. It is a rocker switch.
5. The Wagoneer schematic doesn't indicate if you need the main wiper switch mounted on the column with the rocker switch in between.
Any ideas?
Try this.
1-Make sure the motor is good. The diagram indicates you can do these tests as all wires are brought out of the housing to a terminal block.
Disconnect all (5) wires at the terminal block.
Connect the motor to a ground (black wire - #1 on the terminal block).
Then connect 12 volts to the low speed wire (white - # 2 on the terminal block). If the motor runs disconnect it.
Connect 12 volts to the high speed wire (red - #3 on the terminal block). If it runs the motor should be OK.
2-Test the limit switch.
Again, all (5) wires remain diconnected at the terminal block.
Using an Ohmmeter or a continuty tester, rotate the motor to the parked position of the wipers. Connect the tester to ground and the gray wire # 6 on the terminal block. The "Wipers down" limit switch should close (giving you continuity). Operate the motor and watch the switch open and close as goes in and out of the park position.
You may not be able to rotate the motor by hand if it is a worm drive type, you will need to "bump" it with 12 volts in low speed for this test.
Next, test the "wiper up portion of limit switch. Connect the tester to the blue #4 wire and the gray #6 and rotate the motor. You should have continuity when the motor is running. I can't tell what the purpose of the "wipers up" switch is. The drawing doesn't show the entire circuit.
If all this tests out the wiper motor assembly is good.
If the motor tests good, you probably do NOT have a switch that will work for this motor.
Any DP3T switch, (3) position, OFF-ON-ON, maintained in all positions, should work.
Don't forget that when the switch is off the motor gets grounded on the low speed wire as soon as it gets to park (via the TAN wire). This is to prevent coasting or run-on caused by the residual magnetic field.
Hi Vicrod,
Thanks for taking the time to look at my problem.
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interesting information re - Strep zoo and evolving genetics of parvo and even behaviour Deadly bacterium strikes shelter dogs - DVM
Deadly bacterium strikes shelter dogs - DVM
strep is scary stuff How Harmless Bacteria Quickly Turned Into a Flesh-Eating Monster
If anyone cares to get back to whether this "new" strain is actually parvo or not, I'd like to know if any of the rescues there have run necropsy tests for Strep Zoo.
The symptoms (coughing -- mucous -- blood) make me wonder whether it may be a "strep zoo" outbreak, which seems to run as a secondary infection to kennel cough in some but not all dogs in exposed kennels. Our shelter had an outbreak of strep zoo last year -- LSU vet school figured out what it was and confirmed it through necropsy, and tested antibiotics on it to see what would work. It was lethal, contagious, and nasty--dogs crash quickly, with lots of bloody mucous. I recall hearing from the vet staff that injectable Batril was the only thing that seemed to work to save the dogs that survived.
It's very, very rare -- there was an outbreak in New York somewhere too. I almost wonder if that's what's popping up.
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Question: I was told there is an outbreak of the Parvovirus in Pennsylvania. I havent vaccinated my adult dogs in years. I was told by a friend to do 3 sets of vaccines on adults to help in the event of Parvo. I am concerned to do that. What is your recommendation? Thanks so much for your time and help.
Dr. Dodds: Oh, my that is overkill every time you give a properly vaccinated adult dog another MLV canine parvovirus vaccine especially if they are already immunized (protected), the vaccine can temporarily neutralize and reduce the existing antibody level for several days until the vaccine stimulates another immune response (in 3-10 days). It also takes three days, if you vaccinate a dog with MLV canine parvovirus vaccine when they have been exposed to the native live virus, before any protection will develop. [This is unlike canine distemper virus where native live virus exposure and simultaneous vaccination with MLV distemper vaccine will mount protection immediately.]
So, over-vaccinating well-immunized dogs because of fear of parvovirus disease with regional outbreaks (they are happening everywhere now with the virulent parvo2-c strain) can leave them more vulnerable to the live native virus. Realistic and safe options are: 1) measure parvovirus vaccine (can measure distemper titer at the same time for equal price; ~ $45-50) titers now on adult dogs; or, 2) give them just one booster of parvovirus only (e.g. NeoPar by NeoTech, available in single or more doses from Revival Animal Health, among other sources).
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When I checked with my vet is pricey like that too for titer tests. Maybe Kris will have some more information on the rabies titer, I've never checked into it.
Here's a link to the Kansas State University Lab with testing fee schedule: Rabies Laboratory and the fee schedule for testing at Hemopet Hemopet .
|I did mine as an add on for my yearly panels and I think they were $45 each. I did not do the rabies titer but one is available through Antech which is the lab group my vet uses. Pricing is not on the Antech web page but they offer a lot of different tests.
When I checked with my vet is pricey like that too for titer tests.
Maybe Kris will have some more information on the rabies titer, I've never checked into it.
Originally Posted by Heidigsd View Post
I do parvo/distemper every year for Nikki and our vet doesn't have these test kits yet. I pay $100 for the parvo/distemper but the rabies titer was much more. If I remember correctly (I have to look up the receipt) the shipping alone was $75 and the total was over $200. I was told it has to be shipped to Kansas, it's the only place that does the rabies titer...or has it changed?
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HeidiGSD I'm quoting this link about less expensive titer tests that Kris shared up earlier in this thread. The expense was a problem but with these tests it should help.....
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HeidiGSD I'm quoting this link about less expensive titer tests that Kris shared up earlier in this thread. The expense was a problem but with these tests it should help.....
Originally Posted by Kris L. Christine View Post
Titers are much less expensive if you ask your veterinarian to get in an-house kit so that they don't have to be sent off to a lab. Two different types are commercially available, TiterChek & Vaccicheck:
Here's the link for the 15 minute in-house titer tests for distemper and parvo: TiterChek Synbiotics
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I would love to see rabies titer testing become the exemption. They can offer that in place of the shots IMO.
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Do yourself a favor and avoid the Cinch's worst bindings I ever owned. At first I really liked them but as the season wore on they showed themselves to be real big turds. The lateral flex in them is terrible and I had issues keeping the guide cable in the clip on the high back because I rotated them etc. Just a big waste of time that really wasn't any faster to get in or out of.
I hear you on the flows and although I agree they've got the best of the rear-entry set-ups, if you're not into the way the feel it's a moot point.
I went from the Cinch's to the Ever's with the auto tech from K2. If you're looking for a traditional binding with a quicker in and out I suggest looking at this line because it really does give you the best of both worlds.
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I found this deal online - thoughts on last year's DS30 compared to this year's RK30? Normally the DS30 is much more expensive.. that doesn't necessarily translate into "better" when it comes to a flexible freestyle binding, I know.
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I'm intrigued by these Fastec bindings. Who's got these who can comment?
I ride with a big group of people, one of the girls in my group has a hookup with Roxy and scored a set of their bindings. She loved them.
I've seen Gnu Park bindings (2012 model) going for $160-$200, and they are the closest to functionally identical to the Roxy's of these two.
No Park model this year, but this Choice (2013 model) is the same chassis, and similar straps.
In researching the Gnu's online, I found the K2 Cinch's are also built by Fastec.
Tonight, I stopped by a local shop that carries K2, and they had some of the 2012 K2's I could get for about $180 locally.
But there's big differences - these definitely aren't just rebadged versions of the same binding:
The K2's seem solid as a rock in person, but while I'd like to spend my money locally, I was a little psyched on the idea of the tension relief feature the GNU bindings have.
That makes me lean towards the GNU bindings, but I haven't seen them in person.
Also- [before the road goes there] I'm not interested in Flow bindings. Another buddy of mine has a set, I've ridden them - definitely no tension relief, not even when the highback goes down.
And they feel different when riding. Even he hates them, and he's used to them. I'm not going down that road.
I'm a veteran rider, I've been riding traditional 2 strap bindings since the early 90's.
What intrigues me about the Gnu and K2's is that they look to hold just like a 2 strap binding, and still offer highback adjustment (I dial mine back).
Thoughts on the K2 vs GNU?
Or any females with experience with their Roxy's?
I found this deal online - thoughts on last year's DS30 compared to this year's RK30? Normally the DS30 is much more expensive.. that doesn't necessarily translate into "better" when it comes to a flexible freestyle binding, I know.
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The highbacks were another thing scaring me away from the GNU bindings - I'm picturing them clamped right against your leg, which isn't how I ride.
There are two local resorts here, neither has big vertical, and I have a season's pass to the one that's got the shorter runs. "Mountain" would be too strong a term to use.
Essentially it's all ridden like a park, even outside the park areas.... it's all groomed, never soft stuff, lots of jibbing and hitting things skate style.
I'm going to Colorado late January, but that's a few and far between thing. Last time I was at a resort of that scale, it was Vermont, somewhere around '98 or so.
I want to make sure that I've got something right for daily use in my area, and I'll make due in Colorado - I'll have to adjust everything for that trip regardless.
The Flux's are intriguing, the RK30's. And still defaulting back to the Burton Custom Restricted's. I found there's a shop near the 2nd resort that carries Flux's... it's a small resort town, maybe I'll take a date down there for a little B&B overnighter, and I'll check out the bindings while we're walking around checking out the shops.
Flux are great if you don't need canting and too much dampening. Super solid and light, great ratchets and straps.
The difference between the RK30 and the TT30 is that the RK30 highbacks are very soft. I found them very comfy but mainly suitable for jibbing and park. The TT30 highback has that typical all mountain flex. not too soft but still pretty flexy. Can't go wrong with them.
Checked them both out - quite a price difference between them, and besides the stabilizer pads and "light" designation, I'm not seeing much difference between them - possibly the DMCC had the more advanced ankle strap, but the regular strap on the TT30 doesn't seem like a compromise. What's the big upgrade on the DMCC vs. the TT30?
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Also, Flux has an excellent website. From their product page, I'm wondering if the DS30's might better fit - more flexible, more of a skate feel. $250 is still up there in the price range, and makes me wonder similar to the above, what's the real differences between that and the SE30's, which is a midgrade binding with more flex (according to their very generalized mouse-over popup)? Half the cost, nearly.
Maybe I shouldn't say their website is excellent - trying to find the difference between the TT30 and RK30 is puzzling...
Both claim to use allllll the same parts... but are different bindings
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Looks like the RK30 highback is urethane while the TT30 is nylon. I might like the more flexible back better, I rode back in the 90's cut-down era, I don't put much lean in my highbacks, I don't really rely on them.
From Flux you'll probably like TT30's or DMCC Lights.
Personally for 2013 I like the strap on the standard Cartels more than the asym.
And the Cinches actually have a less rigid baseplate. That lift arm is the reason.
I think based on the flex ratings on GNU's site, I'm second guessing either.
The K2's I worry about play in the binding, and seem like they have very rigid bases.
The GNU bindings seem the same - the Parks I was looking at have an aluminum base, and a stiffer rating. Strap comfort is important to me as well, which is an unknown.
I have been checking out Burton's 2013 line, and the bindings that seem best suited for this kind of riding seem to actually be the Custom Restricted (re:flex), over the missions - or the Cartels I used to own - and they actually cost a tiny bit less. The restricted's have the upgrade of the asymmetrical strap over the basic customs.
On that note - a buddy of mine who lives in California recommended Flux bindings - I don't believe anyone even sells them locally so that throws a wrench in the process a bit - but I'm interested if anyone has any comments about Flux bindings that would compare to a Burton Custom (good flex, comfortable, secure, with bulletproof rachet hardware)? He didn't mention a particular model, I may call him to find out.
I have 2012 Choice and I imagine they are quite similar to the 2013.
The tension relief does not do too much at all. Not really something I do as you kinda have to release it before you do anything - I am pretty lazy
Also I am finding with my left binding (I'm goofy) that the buckle is slowing down with its release significantly and I have about 15 days use on it.
The release of the bindings when you pull the high back down makes the smallest difference with any other rear entry binding.
This is all just my experience with it.
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I just downloaded and installed Backtrack 5r3 with KDE and I installed it on Virtual Box, I ran into an issue. I have a 1600x900 resolution monitor but my Virtual Box will on go up to what you see in the picture below. Is there a way to increase the resolution? If so, please let me know! Sorry for the size of the photo.
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by Apollo Creed, Dec 20, 2012.
Funny. I'm 13 inches away from being Pamela Anderson's boyfriend.
THANK YOU! So sick of hearing our win against them get qualified. Who are blank are the bengals?
AJ Green is great, but you telling me he never drops passes? The one dropped at the 5 was on 3rd and goal and there was no guarantee he gets in the endzone.
Newman can't catch cold barefoot in snow.
And why does no one mention Gresham's one handed snag? That was a huge play in the game that he seldom makes. Great athlete, but he has hands like feet. That play alone makes up for some unexpected drops....
Either way, catching and dropping counts and is often the difference.
Carr's INT was a great catch and if he doesn't make it, maybe we lose.
The Giants game still sticks in my craw. They dominated that football game from the second quarter on and should have won.
They're a better team the Gints this season, too bad all they have is a split to show for it.
I'll say the same thing I said after the WAS game: it's still a long season. We can easily end up 8-8. But, yeah, it's not all necessarily about the record, anyway. The line between 8-8 and 12-4 is not that significant. We see in the playoffs every year how little that four-game advantage means when it's the team with the worse record that happens to get hot at the end of a season.
I believe the Dallas Cowboys organization is in as good a shape as it's been in since Bill Parcels was here, and I believe JG's best days are still in front of him. He's doing so much right behind the scenes; with luck, it translates to two more wins and at least a mini playoff run leading up to an offseason where we've got a chance to really be contenders in this league for a long while.
not to mention we had quite a few drops as well...
True but you also have to think, we probably should have not had any business winning the Browns or Bengals game. Heck, some even say the Steelers game last week. Steelers had every opportunity to win that game and just didn't. It's the way it goes. You will have a few games in the season that if this or that went our way, we win. But then you can't forget the games where those things did go our way and we won. We are where we should be right now.
Not only that, but who's to say we play with the same intensity against Cincy and Pit? Can't just look at these plays in a vacum and just say 1+1= 2
And he wasn't. Which is why it was a blown call.
If it didnt appear like he was down, then what?
Blown call is a blown call.
We are just as close to having 4 or 5 more losses as we are to having those 2 more wins.
Yep, we could've easily lost to Tampa and Carolina. I think this team we're seeing now is different than back then in the first half of the season. We're making crucial defensive plays in the 4th quarter, and Tony has been on a hot streak.
The offensive line is poor. No amount of rewriting history will change that.
Woulda shoulda coulda is a fun game, but Dallas lost. They didn't almost win.
Best post of 2012, and maybe best post EVER!
let's say that we "coulda, shoulda, woulda" been 16-0. well, so what? what does that mean? what kind of action do you think it should trigger?
the only reason this is a worthwhile discussion is if you frame it the way the front office will frame it once the season is over, which is like this:
"do we have a good team that got unlucky with some losses that broke bad, or do we have a bad team that got lucky with some wins it didn't deserve?"
they need to know what needs to be fixed, how much it would cost and whether the expense would be worth it. if they think this team is one stellar right tackle and a hulking nose tackle away from a super bowl appearance, then they might trade up in the draft or pay big bucks in free agency for those last pieces of the puzzle. but if the holes are too many to plug in one offseason and the stars too few and too old, they might take a longer term approach.
This is a great post.
The two plays I mentioned came in the last 10 seconds or less and would've directly impacted the result of the game. Not just oh well 'we didn't deserve to win that one'.
I was eight years old and sat in the stands and watched the very first Cowboy regular season game.
Think on that. Stealers at Dallas.
I have invested a lifetime with this team. Several things I've learned over the years.
One of the most important.
Almost never wins the game.
Another thing - it ain't just one play.
Jackie Smith did not lose the game by himself. Those plays you mention don't matter, because there were a bunch of other ones that cost the game.
Making up results doesn't change the problem with this team.
I am not going to find another team. I am going to point out you are rewriting history, because in this scenario, you are the one making up results.
I think a more logical take is that the league has created an environment where a few dozen plays make the difference between success and failure for almost every team. Even the teams who consistently win 12, 13 games or more have multiple games per season that could have gone either way if not for a play or two. And there's another dozen teams who finish at the 6-10 level and thereabouts who are literally all those couple-dozen plays from somehow qualifying for the playoffs. The margin is razor-thin, and the things that can have you winning or losing those games are too numerous to guess at or manage effectively. It can be coaching, personnel, scheduling, the relative health of your team, the relative health of the teams you're playing, matchups, home or away, do you have a QB?
The best teams manage these factors consistently, and it shows up over multiple seasons. What makes it gut-wrenching is that it's a game of inches in a lot of cases, but that's not how you measure progress. Probabilities say that any team is going to lose it's share of toss-up plays. The best teams find a way to keep a larger percentage of their regular season games out of the toss-up category, and then consistently find a way to win a higher percentage of the toss games they inevitably do get into.
We've done a much better job of the latter this season than we have in a long time, and that's hopeful. We've done a poor job of the former. Romo said it in his interview this week that the team understands that, with all the injuries, they're going to have to win their games by making plays in crunch time every week. This group is mentally tough, and that's how they're winning, but they're not talented enough at this point to win the games going away.
I can live with that. I think the mental toughness part has been lacking since before Parcels, and I couldn't be happier to see it surfacing now. We'll have a challenge against another really, really good offense this weekend. If we survive that, we'll have what's going to be (with the possible exception of the CIN game, under exceptional circumstances) the most mentally-challenging game of the season in WAS. If the team holds up, it's a very, very good sign in my book. We're demonstrating that we can add talent under this current administration. If we're also able to build a team of players who can win a statistically significant number of the toss-up situations every NFL team has to win in order to advance, we'll be in good shape. If we can't, it's a long slog trying to find the solution to this bog we've been in under the last four head coaches.
You're missing the point. The OP was saying that with a couple of breaks, we might a piece or two away from being a serious contender.
All I'm saying is that with a couple breaks the other way, we might be out of the playoffs playing the draft game already.
The only thing I did initially was say that if we are going to count the breaks that didn't go our way and say that they'd be wins, you can do the same thing the other way and we end up with more losses.
You can measure, though, in terms of how often good teams win those toss-up games. I agree that looking at a play or two in a game or two isn't a good way to make the point. I also think we're doing a better job under Garrett of winning the games we should win and of at least staying competitive in games where we're overmatched. At least so far this season, anyway.
Give it a rest already.


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I went out today since the temps were up close to 50, to have a peek at my hive. I last inspected in October, and they seemed good, they had re-queened in august, but seemed to be doing ok, had brood, etc etc etc. Now, all the bees are gone. There's maybe 50-100 dead bees on the bottom of the hive, nothing like the number that should have been in the cluster if they stayed steady to the numbers that I saw in october. No dead bees head down in the cells like it was just too cold to get to the stored hone... just empty... there's not a lot of stores left, but there are some. a frame and a half of capped honey? and all the brood is the top third honey or there abouts.
I am sure that Mouse will be able to do his own research into CCD and neonics now, and that he is going to be aware, that a lot of disinformation is spread by the pesticide corporations, which would lose billions if these chemicals were banned.If he goes round to his beekeeping neighbors he might find that they have similar problems with keeping their bees alive, and that in areas without these pesticides, bees are still thriving. Never mind all the other pollinators that are disappearing wherever these pesticides are used, as well as the birds, whose food source (aphids, worms, beetles, etc.) have been killed off. :-x
also (not that it really matters) mouse is a "she" ;)
...Mostly we have a lot of native meadows, small gardens, and some fruit trees. plus the tiny local graveyard next to us is literally carpeted with thyme ...
before anyone goes off the deep end about CCD...http://www.beeculture.com/content/ColonyCollapseDisorderPDFs/7%20Colony%20Collapse%20Disorder%20Have%20We%20Seen%20This%20Before%20-%20Robyn%20M.%20Underwood%20and%20Dennis%20vanEngelsdorp.pdfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorderhttp://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572no one knows the reasons for it, but reports predate most of the things that people insist on getting hysterical about. all the way back into the 1800's.


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We eat a LOT of chicken in our house. I grew up on boneless, skinless chicken, and we had it quite often. When I started cooking and shopping for my own family, I followed suit and make sure that we have plenty of chicken parts in the freezer.
The problem with eating a lot of chicken is that you get bored.
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Pawtucket police say a man's ear was bitten off during a fight outside a nightclub.
Maj. Arthur Martins says it happened late Saturday outside the Met nightclub.
He tells The Pawtucket Times that 21-year-old Nicholas Parlee of Providence and his friend, 43-year-old Jeremy Hilton of Pawtucket, got into an argument while leaving the club. Martins says Parlee grabbed Hilton's head and bit his ear completely off.
Hilton and his ear were brought to Rhode Island Hospital. A hospital spokeswoman says Hilton was treated in the emergency room and released. She wouldn't say whether doctors reattached his ear.
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I have been doing quite a bit of elisp hacking lately, for some bigger project. Multiple buffers must be coordinated, as well as some external process. Although my elisp is slowly becoming more idiomatic, I find that it offers little to help with modularity, information hiding etc., so it all comes down to self-discipline.
Having an interactive environment is nice, but can also be rather confusing, i.e. how to ensure that the function that's being called is the one I want, not some old version that still lives on in the netherworld.
Some of this is clearly the impedance of a brain wired for C; but still, some of the glue for modularity that e.g. Guile delivers would be very welcome.


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Shortly after John F. Kennedy assumed the presidency, author Michael Harrington wrote a powerful book depicting the plight of migrant workers in America and Edward R. Murrow filmed the famous "harvest of Shame" episode on TV. It inspired the Kennedy administration to take action. Fast forward forty five years and an English newspaper is printing stories on its front page about the plight of America's migrant workers, Leonard Dolye, reporting from Florida, describes fruit pickers held captive and subjected to brutal work conditions. three of them recently broke free after a year of being terrorized by their employer and reported to police conditions on the fruit plantation. The workers were locked up at night and if they took a shower using a hose, $5 was deducted from their wages. "The story of slavery and abuse in the fruit fields of sub-tropical Florida threatens to lift the lid on some appalling human rights abuses in America today."
In words that could have been written by Michael Harrington years ago, Doyle points out the mainly Hispanic work force gets paid 45 cents for every 32 pound bucket of tomatoes collected. A worker has to pick nearly two-and-a-half tons of tomatoes to even earn the minimum wage. The police investigation reveals workers are forced into debt and don't even get the luxury of making money to send home. Detectives found 11 men held captive in a bungalow. The entire operation was run by a family named, Navarette. Despite the hard work of the men they were deeply in debt due to punitive charges imposed by the employer who lived in abandoned vans which also were the only place for toilet activities. The men were forced to pay rent of $20 a week to live in a locked furniture van and to urinate and defecate in a corner. They paid $50 a week for meals which usually consisted of rice with a few bits of meat thrown in.
Florida migrant workers have no protection under the law to unionize. The Bush/Cheney administration is hostile to any union activities and has stacked the National Labor Relations Commission with pro-employer appointees who make difficult any attempt at forming a union to protect the rights of workers. Several large franchises such as Burger King and McDonalds have been urged to insist on better pay for farm workers. McDonalds recently signed an agreement whereby farm workers would get an extra penny a pound for picking tomatoes.
The so-called liberals running for the Democratic Party nomination for president are too busy worrying about early childhood writings of their opponents to take a stand for migrant workers– after all, they don't vote in the primaries. Not a single one has yet gone to Florida to stand behind these workers or to make a statement in support of the poor people of this nation. John Edwards is the only candidate who even hints there are two Americas, one of the affluent and one of the poor. The shame of America is that such stories appear on the front page of an important English newspaper– will they ever appear on the front pages of American newspapers?
Oh, don't expect the Navarette family to be punished other than paying a few dollars in fines. Now, if they stole fruit from a store, it would be jail time.


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It all began here last year for trainer John Sadler. A perennial contender, Sadler captured the first training title of his career at the 2007 Hollywood Park Autumn Meet with 21 wins — ten more than his nearest rivals.
After finishing second to Mike Mitchell last winter at Santa Anita, Sadler has added the last three major stops on the Southern California circuit — Hollywood Park Spring/Summer, Del Mar and Oak Tree — to his fast-growing list of championships.
Sadler and assistant Larry Benavidez supervise large divisions here and at Santa Anita. Despite the cautious outlook, Sadler still figures to wield plenty of clout at this meet. He said he will take a closer look the next few days at several Breeders' Cup participants at Santa Anita last week and outlined stakes options for them and others if they are healthy.
Whatsthescript, his best Breeders' Cup performer with a third-place finish in the Mile, could return in the $400,000, Grade I Citation Handicap at 1 1/16 miles on turf Nov. 28 — opening day of the three-day Turf Festival — according to Sadler. The Irish-bred 4-year-old colt returned from a six-month layoff to score an upset victory in the American Handicap here in June.
Cost of Freedom, a vet scratch from the Sprint, is penciled in for a return in the $100,000-added Vernon O. Underwood Stakes at six furlongs Nov. 22. "He's been galloping," said Sadler, assured of the soundness of the Ancient Title Stakes winner. Noble Court, an impressive allowance winner at Oak Tree, is also under consideration for the race.
Crack turf sprinter Get Funky, unplaced in the Turf Sprint, will get another chance in the $150,000 Hollywood Turf Express on Nov. 29.
Evita Argentina, unplaced in the Juvenile Fillies, could join Alpha Kitten, runner-up in the Anoakia Stakes, in the $100,000-added Moccasin Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at seven furlongs Nov. 16.
Emmy Darling, fifth in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, is under consideration for the $100,000-added Miesque Stakes at one mile on grass Nov. 28.
Black Mamba, unplaced as the favorite in the Las Palmas Handicap Friday, is a possibility for the $500,000 Matriarch Nov. 30.
"Becrux, who won an allowance race Friday, could run in the Native Diver (Handicap at 1 1/8 miles Dec. 6)," added Sadler.
Doug O'Neill, a six-time training leader at Hollywood Park, has been supervising his barn by telephone from his home in Santa Monica since being stricken by chicken pox Friday.
"I feel a lot better," said O'Neill by phone Thursday. "I'm trying to clear up that chicken-pox look and be back in the barn Saturday morning."
O'Neill, 40, felt under the weather last week while trying to prepare five horses for the Breeders' Cup, including Juvenile runner-up Square Eddie. He checked into the emergency room at St. John's Medical Center in Santa Monica Friday night.
"They recognized what it was right away, put me in a quarantine room for four hours and sent me home with anti-itch medication to let it run its course," said O'Neill.
O'Neill, who said he had between 40 and 50 horses stabled here and another 40 at Santa Anita, said he has rested better knowing his horses were being looked after by chief assistant Leandro Mora, brother Dennis O'Neill and Benjamin Perez.
Rafael Bejarano took a call from O'Neill to ride Escalon in the $100,000-added Real Quiet Stakes for 2-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles Nov. 8.
Trainer Marcelo Polanco expressed optimism for Oro Blanco, a maiden, in the $100,000-added Sharp Cat Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles on Cushion Track Saturday.
Oro Blanco finished third in the Grade I Oak Leaf Stakes at 74-to-1 odds in her third start Sept. 27, five lengths behind winner Stardom Bound, who returned to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
Oro Blanco showed her readiness for the Sharp Cat with a bullet work in :45.60 for four furlongs Wednesday at Santa Anita. "I had her in 46 and two," said Polanco. "She's a very smart filly and always does everything right. Her running style depends on the competition."
A Kentucky-bred by Hold for Gold out of the Quiet American mare White Angelica, Oro Blanco drew the outside post under Martin Pedroza in a field of five. The feature will go as the third race.
Oro Blanco will face from the rail out a Bob Baffert-trained entry of Toro Bonito and Ten Churros, Pamona Ball and Magic Roberta. Toro Bonito and Magic Roberta finished fifth and eighth, respectively, behind Oro Blanco in the Oak Leaf.
Oro Blanco is a homebred owned by Jeffrey Nielsen's Everest Stable, leading owner at the Spring/Summer Meet.
Trainer Craig Dollase said Thursday he expected improvement from Bai and Bai, who finished sixth as the 2-to-5 favorite in the California Cup Matron at Santa Anita Oct. 5, in the $65,000-added Its In The Air Stakes for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on Cushion Track Sunday.
"She was flat on that day and still only beaten by two lengths," said Dollase. "She's had two good works here, and hopefully this will get her back on track. But it's a tough spot for $65,000."
Dollase looked at a challenging lineup that included Model and Double Trouble. Bai and Bai, a multiple stakes-winning 5-year-old mare, has won 10 of 25 races and earned $667,618 for the Robert and Beverly Lewis Trust.
FINISH LINES — There will be a matinee with a regular 12:30 p.m. first post for the first Friday card of the meet this week. That will be followed by three Friday night cards with a 7:05 p.m. post Nov. 7, 14 and 21. Matinees will resume at 12:30 for the remaining Fridays — Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, 12 and 19.


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Hey all, new to this forum, though I'm a member of the RPF, 3PObuilders and lurk many boards over the years. I've finally decided to join up and get my Fett officially looking better.
So, are there any tutorials on the proper way to wear the Boba armor? I've recently noticed little details like the backplate attaching to the collar armor via the keyboard (buttons). And, same with the cod piece and buttplate. Is this accurate or common sense?
I also wonder about shin tool placement, belt layering, hose placement, how far the jet pack is supposed to hang, etc. Just some details I haven't seen discussed (or haven't found yet!)
Thanks for all the great info here!