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Art Alexakis (born April 12, 1962, West Los Angeles, California) was raised in a lower-middle-class household by his single mother. His father left the family during Alexakis' childhood, an incident that would later pepper many of Everclear's most popular songs. The dual deaths of his brother and girlfriend (his brother by heroin overdose; his girlfriend by suicide) convinced him to kick his own cocaine habit in the mid-'80s, and he later formed a country-punk band named Colorfinger in San Francisco. The group released one LP on Alexakis' own Shindig label, but the album (and an EP) went out of print after distributor Rough Trade folded. The band subsequently imploded, and Alexakis moved to his girlfriend's hometown of Portland, Oregon. In 1992, he met Craig Montoya (born September 14, 1970) and Everclear's first drummer, Scott Cuthbert; the trio recorded a demo EP for $400 and released the disc on Portland's Tim/Kerr label. Alexakis grew frustrated with the company's lack of promotion, so he hired an independent promoter to push the EP and personally mailed copies to media outlets and distributors.
Everclear then added several songs to the EP, retitled it World of Noise, and issued the expanded package in 1993 on Fire Records. Throughout the following year, the group toured relentlessly and underwent several key changes, replacing Cuthbert with Greg Eklund (born April 18, 1970) and signing to Capitol Records in June. Their second album, Sparkle and Fade, appeared in 1995 and attracted a much wider audience. Alternative radio outlet lent their support to the singles "Santa Monica" and "Heroin Girl," and the album eventually rose to platinum status. Meanwhile, Alexakis became a major alternative media figure, even reporting from the 1996 political conventions for MTV. So Much for the Afterglow followed in 1997 and went double platinum, particularly due to the success of three Top Five modern rock hits, "Everything to Everyone," "I Will Buy You a New Life," and "Father of Mine." Alexakis had become a father himself around this time, and the birth of his daughter prompted the singer to become even more politically active. He testified in front of Congress regarding child support laws and campaigned with several presidential tickets, among other efforts. Everclear was also hailed as Modern Rock Artist of the Year by Billboard magazine in 1998.
A double-barreled concept effort appeared in 2000 with the poppy Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile surfacing in early fall and the harder-rocking Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time for a Bad Attitude appearing a few months later. (Learning How to Smile was initially planned as a solo effort for Alexakis, given its deviation from the band's standard three-piece rock sound.) Both records produced several charting singles, with the AM radio pop of "Wonderful" finding the most success. Everclear returned with the more straightforward Slow Motion Daydream in 2003 before the aptly titled greatest-hits compilation Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004 appeared in October 2004. In between, Alexakis ventured on a brief 2003 solo acoustic tour before the entire Everclear lineup would shift around him. He remained the only original member as the group expanded past a trio to include bassist Sam Hudson, guitarist Dave French, drummer Brett Snyder, and keyboardist Josh Crawley.
By then off the Capitol roster and back in the indie world, the newly minted Everclear released Welcome to the Drama Club on Eleven Seven Music (in association with ADA/Warner Music Group) in September 2006. Spearheaded by the single "Hater," the album was meant to be an homage to some of Alexakis' earliest influences. Drama Club cracked the Billboard Top 200 and hit number 11 on the Top Independent Albums chart, while Everclear subsequently headed out on a college club tour through the fall. Released in 2008, The Vegas Years was a set of covers; 2009's In a Different Light, an album of acoustic reinterpretations of the group's songs, turned the tables. Two years later, Everclear continued to look backward, cutting a bunch of new versions of their hits -- along with a few covers -- on the album Return to Santa Monica. Their first album of new material in six years, Invisible Stars, arrived in in the summer of 2012; it peaked at 119 on the Billboard charts. Three years later, the group returned with the heavier Black Is the New Black, released on The End Records. ~ John Bush
Selected Discography
Track List: Black Is The New Black (Bonus Track Version)
Track List: Black Is The New Black
Track List: Invisible Stars
Track List: Return To Santa Monica
Track List: In A Different Light
Track List: Deep Cuts
Track List: The Vegas Years
Track List: The Best Of Everclear
Track List: Welcome To The Drama Club
Track List: Welcome To The Drama Club (Explicit)
Track List: Ten Years Gone: The Best Of Everclear 1994-2004
Track List: Slow Motion Daydream
Track List: Songs From An American Movie Vol. Two: Good Time For A Bad Attitude
Track List: Songs From An American Movie Vol. One; Learning How To Smile
Track List: So Much For The Afterglow
Track List: Sparkle And Fade
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I love this time of year! I love the blustery days and the chilly evenings and snuggling under blankets to keep warm. I love the cacophony of colors offered up by the deciduous trees, and of course, I love the panoply of fall produce – my favorite of which are pumpkins and squash.
They are just so beautiful – all the shapes: round, oval, flattened, tubular, and fluted like an amber bead, or goose-necked, with bumps and warts and all. And the colors – warm shades of orange, ochre, yellow and deep earthy green – some striped, some with a gradation of color fading from one into the next. Such variation in color and shape – and flavor! There are so many ways to prepare pumpkins and squash, that it seems unfortunate that we generally relegate these vegetables to pies or soup. All too often with the familiar triumvirate of spices – cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and more often than not – too much sugar.
By themselves, many pumpkins and squash are already quite sweet and don't need much sugar to make their flavors really shine. My two favorites – the Butternut and the Kabocha – are amongst the sweetest. I often use them to temper dishes with sour flavors offered by pomegranates, sour grapes, lemons, or limes.
Across the Asian continent there are a myriad of ways to prepare pumpkin and squash. As main dishes, many cultures stuff them – with rice, or a combination of meat and grains. They appear mixed with curries, stews and braised meat dishes. They are layered in casseroles, topped with sauces, curried, stir-fried and coated with spices and baked. However they are prepared, they are another gift of the New World to the Old and have been dearly embraced since their introduction only a few hundred years ago.
In Western Asia, they can be stuffed with marigold petals or pomegranate seeds in Georgia, layered in an Armenian casserole called Ailazan; baked with eggs in an omelet called a "kuku" (after the Persian work for egg) or braised with fowl or lamb in a delectable cardamom and pomegranate sauce in Iran, used as a stuffing for pastries or prepared with tomatoes and sour grapes in Afghanistan.
In South Asia, pumpkin and squash are curried in rich ginger and garlic-laden sauces, baked and pounded into dips with or without yogurt, used in rice pilafs, mixed with pulses for dals, mixed with seed spices (such as fenugreek, onion, mustard and poppy), cumin, a handful of chili peppers and lemon juice in sweet and spicy dish, and sweetened with coconut cream.
The Central Asians use squash in casseroles like Damlyama flavored with copious amounts of cumin and black pepper, stuff them with their own pulp flavored with tarragon and lemon or nuts, sour cherries and nutmeg and pepper or baked with cinnamon and black pepper, or cooked with tamarind, fenugreek leaves and garlic.
In the Himalayas, the Bhutanese have delectable pumpkin fritters spiced with cumin and use squash or pumpkin layered in their biryani, the Nepali have their Tarkari curries with garlic, ginger and lots of cilantro, the Tibetans coat squash slices in chickpea or lentil flour spiced with chili peppers, star anise, lots of black pepper and some cinnamon and fry the slices until golden, and the Burmese have make a stew of them with shrimp and soy sauce, lime juice, ginger and garlic and lots of pungent peppers. And in the Indo Pacific, one of the most common ways to prepare them are using a tomato-based sauce flavored with sweet soy, vinegar, nutmeg and pepper.
In the far-east, the Korean's have their black-peppered squash cooked with soy, ginger and garlic and garnished with sesame seeds. The Japanese cook them similarly using sweet soy or a soy-ginger sauce, and in Southern China there is fish-flavored eggplant named after the method of preparation with brown bean paste, fish sauce and rice vinegar, often used to cook fish. In Thailand, pumpkins or squash are used to flavor the rich spicy curries and are used with a variety of meats or cooked rapidly in a stir-fry with lots of spicy Thai basil, or cooked with crushed black peppercorns, lemon juice and fish sauce to form a rich sour sauce around a sweet kabocha squash. The Cambodians use squash in mixed vegetable stews and stir fries, and use them with in stews with beef, coconut milk, and their ginger-spice paste called Kroeung, the thick fish sauce tuk prahok and lots of Kaffir lime leaves. And lastly in Vietnam, squash and pumpkin are sometimes enjoyed with stir-fried with lemongrass and peanuts, and roasted and pounded into a dip with lime juice, fish sauce and basil.
Certainly not an exhaustive list of Asian pumpkin and squash recipes, but ones that reach far beyond the familiar flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and too much sugar, and all of which are available in the Silk Road Gourmet volumes already published or yet to come.
So enjoy our seasonal bounty of pumpkins and squash, but think outside the box and try an unfamiliar recipe or two. You may discover a favorite vegetable you've never tried before – like the Sri Lankan curry posted below. (Words by Laura Kelley. Photo of Autumn Pumpkins by Haywiremedia @ Dreamstime.com; Photo of Pumpkin Curry by Sarsmis @ Dreamstime.com. Recipe in Silk Road Gourmet Volume 2).
Curried Pumpkin in a Ginger-Garlic Sauce
This curry is sour, sweet, and hot due to its curry leaves, vinegar, coconut milk, sugar, and ground chili peppers. Blended together, these flavors make this dish quintessentially Sri Lankan, but it also complements a wide variety of other cuisines as well.
1 medium butternut squash or small kabocha pumpkin, peeled, sliced and seeded
2 tablespoons oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon coriander powder
1 teaspoon whole mustard seeds, ground
2 teaspoons garlic, peeled and diced
1 tablespoon grated ginger
½ cup coconut milk
1 teaspoon chopped chili peppers
10 curry leaves, crushed
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
Preheat oven to 375°. Place sliced squash or pumpkin on an oiled or sprayed baking sheet and when the oven is hot, bake for 20–25 minutes. Remove from oven, cool, and slice into quarters or eighths, depending on the size of the slice.
Heat oil in a medium sauté pan and sauté onion until it softens and starts to color. Add the turmeric, cumin, coriander, and mustard and stir for a couple of seconds. Add the garlic, ginger, coconut milk,
chilies, and curry leaves.
Add the vinegar, salt, and sugar and bring slowly to a boil. Add the squash or pumpkin pieces, stir, and simmer on a low heat for 5 minutes until the pumpkin is warmed.

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Initialized with the intent of being a recording project and not a band in the truest sense, Sage formed Wipers in 1977 with drummer Sam Henry and bassist Doug Koupal. Sage's original goal was to release 15 records in ten years, free of traditional band aspects like touring and photo shoots. However, he found out early on that being involved with independent labels involved plenty of compromise -- and that independent labels took a great deal of independence away from him, rather than empowering him.
After a debut 7" on Sage's Trap label (an outlet that Sage also used to release a pair of Portland scene compilations), Wipers recorded Is This Real? on a four-track recorder (free of overdubs) in their rehearsal space. Park Avenue Records was willing to release it, but they insisted that Sage and company re-record everything in a professional studio. Despite the relatively polished outcome, Is This Real? remained the group's rawest and most direct outing. It was full of Sage's raging but agile guitars and what would become his trademark songwriting style, dealing with extreme isolation, confusion, and frustration with an agitated sense of melody. 14 years after its release, Sub Pop picked up the record and reissued it without any involvement from Sage.
Prior to the recording of the group's finest moment, 1981's Youth of America, Henry left to join Napalm Beach. Koupal stayed on long enough to play on a couple of the album's songs but left the band to move to Ohio; Brad Davidson moved in to play bass and Brad Naish took over on drums. Having been unimpressed by the professional studio experience, Sage took it upon himself to record and engineer everything by himself. The move paid off, resulting in a furiously spirited but brief LP full of extended passages that allowed Sage to flex his astounding skills on guitar without sounding like a showoff.
For 1982's excellent Over the Edge, the structures of the songs tightened, the pop sensibility hit full stride. As a result, "Romeo" and "Over the Edge" each sustained a fair amount of radio play in the U.S., thanks to a few stations that were developing play lists that would later be identified as alternative or modern rock. Another factor in Wipers' somewhat increased exposure had to do with the better distribution of their new label, Restless. Before Over the Edge's release, Sage fell out with Park Avenue on a number of unresolved issues.
The next studio record, Land of the Lost, didn't appear until 1986. During the lull between studio time, the band toured, Sage released his first solo album (1985's hushed Straight Ahead), and the band released a self-titled live album. Naish left the group in 1985 and was replaced by Steve Plouf. Follow Blind came out in 1987 and The Circle followed in 1988. Aside from some slight production nuances and the occasional dabbling with stylistic curveballs, the three studio albums between 1986 and 1988 more or less swam in the wake of the first three but are far from embarrassments.
A 1989 tour was accompanied with an announcement from Sage that Wipers would be ending. The end result of mounting frustrations with the independent music business and the fact that the band had lost the lease on a studio space they had devoted three years to developing, Sage packed up and headed for Phoenix to remain close to his mother. He left a town that he couldn't get arrested in, let alone reviewed. Plouf came along to Arizona (Davidson married, moved to London, and sporadically played with the Jesus & Mary Chain), and Sage built a fully operational studio in his new hideout. He recorded a second solo record, Sacrifice (For Love), and released it in 1991.
Meanwhile, several alternative rockers became vocal about their admiration for Sage. The most notable was Kurt Cobain, whose band Nirvana covered Wipers songs and asked Sage to open for them on tours. Never wanting to be opportunistic and never wanting to draw attention to himself, Sage politely turned down the offers. Sage would also reason that the timing was never right, as he and Plouf had trouble securing a bassist who would be willing to learn over 100 songs and tour unglamorously to little fanfare. Sage himself was never a fan of touring; trudging through the States to promote records had been nothing but one nightmare after another, he never got a thrill from the attention that comes with being a frontman, and only a couple towns -- specifically Boston and Chicago -- were regularly supportive. Wipers enjoyed most of their touring success in Europe, where they were treated with much more respect and filled theaters holding a couple thousand fans.
With a 1993 tribute record called Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage & the Wipers floating around, the Sup Pop reissue of the first record, and the attendant exposure gained from them, Sage effectively squashed any steam his "career" was gaining by releasing Silver Sail in 1995, a Wipers record that hardly resembled the storming fury that made his back catalog suddenly revered. And then, once the attention waned, Sage and Plouf returned to their '80s aggression with 1996's The Herd. Three years later, the duo unleashed Power in One on Sage's new Zeno label. In 2001, Sage used his own label to release a three-for-one package of Wipers' first three albums. Remastered with plenty of bonus tracks, it's probably one of the most unselfish moves committed by a musician. Electric Medicine, Sage's third solo record, came in 2002. ~ Andy Kellman
Selected Discography
Track List: Power In One
Track List: The Herd
Track List: Silver Sail
Track List: The Best Of Wipers And Greg Sage
Track List: The Circle
Track List: Follow Blind
Track List: Over The Edge
Track List: Youth Of America
Track List: Is This Real?
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By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Green Bay and Harvard fought back and forth for much of Friday night's semifinal contest of the Great Alaska Shootout, but in the end a dry spell on the offensive end was too much for the Phoenix to overcome in a 76-64 defeat. The Phoenix, 3-2 on the season, will look to bounce back on Saturday at 9 p.m. CT and claim third-place against Tulsa (1-5), which fell 72-65 to TCU in Friday's other semifinal.
Danny Manning's Tulsa team is much better than its record would indicate. The team's losses include games against nationally-ranked opponents Wichita State and Creighton, and the Golden Hurricane defeated Indiana State 63-62 in the third-place game on Thursday night.
In Green Bay's loss to Harvard, the Crimson used a 10-run late in the second half to turn a two-point deficit into an 8-point lead. Harvard then sank all 10 of its free throws in the final three minutes to seal the victory.
The game between Green Bay and Tulsa will televised on national television by CBS Sports Network, but the contest will not air until 1:30 a.m. CT. For the third-straight night, Brent Stover (play-by-play) and Pete Gillen (color analyst) on the call.
G – #24 Keifer Sykes, G, Jr., 5-11, 175
G – #5 Lamin Fulton, G, Jr., 5-10, 175
F – #4 Jordan Fouse, F, So., 6-7, 225
F – #15 Greg Mays, F, Jr., 6-9, 222
C – #21 Alec Brown, C, Sr., 7-1, 235
LIVE COVERAGE: Fans can listen live to a radio broadcast of the contest on WNFL 1440 AM or online at GreenBayPhoenix.com with Matt Menzl (play-by-play) and Andrew Gavin (analyst) on the call.
CLOSE TO A GRAND: Sykes enters Saturday night's game with 986 career points, and with 14 or more points against Tulsa will become the program's 26th member of the 1,000-point club. The 5-foot-11 Chicago native would become the third fastest player in the program's Division I history to reach the milestone behind Tony Bennett (56 games) and Richard Sims (68 games). Saturday is Sykes' 70th game, and the junior is averaging 14.3 points per game in his career.
SEEING 20/20: After totaling 26 points on Friday, Sykes has now scored 20 or more points in four-straight games (32, 21, 23, 26). He is the first Phoenix player to score 20 or more in at least four consecutive games since Jeff Nordgaard accomplished the feat in five-straight contests from Jan. 20-Feb. 10, 1996.
STREAKING SOPHOMORE: Sophomore Jordan Fouse has opened the 2013-14 season by extending two impressive statistical streaks. The 6-foot-7 sophomore wing has blocked at least one shot in 28-straight games. The reigning rebounding champion in the Horizon League has also grabbed five or more boards in 24 consecutive games. In five games this season, Fouse is averaging 8.6 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots.
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posted at 4:22 pm on November 6, 2010 by Dafydd ab Hugh
Since I'm speaking about national issues, as opposed to Californian, I'm going to be the glass-half-full guy today.
I'm somewhat optimistic (just a bit) that maybe Barack H. Obama will be able to change course, at least a little, so that we don't have complete civil war for the next two years — which might well turn off the electorate that just elected the GOP.
In the wake of the midterm elections, the president — after hilariously proclaiming that the Democrats only lost because the TOTUS* didn't do a good enough job explaining to voters how Obama plans to radicalize America — has actually offered two very substantial concessions to traditional American values:
Mr. Obama this week already has moved, at least slightly, on two major issues.
He said he no longer believes he can pass a broad energy bill that would impose limits on greenhouse gas emissions, and instead called for all sides to work on renewable and clean energy sources, such as nuclear power.
The White House also signaled movement on tax cuts — the issue that deeply divided Congress just before it left town in September, and that will await lawmakers when they return this month.
Mr. Obama earlier said the Bush tax cuts that went to wealthier Americans must be allowed to lapse. But asked about a temporary extension, Mr. Gibbs said Thursday that Mr. Obama would "be open to having that discussion and open to listening to what the debate is on both sides of that."
One possibility I've seen floated would be to extend the Bush tax cuts until — drum roll — early 2013. The point is clear: If Obama loses reelection in 2012, then the next Republican president can try to make the tax-cuts permanent, if he can overcome the Democrats in the Senate.
But if B.O. is reelected, he will have a substantial argument that the American people don't want them to become permanent, else they would have elected the Republican — who will, naturally, run on a platform that includes permanizing the tax cuts.
And of course Republicans on Capitol Hill would be overjoyed to work with the president and many Democrats in expanding our nuclear reactor force to take the place of as many coal- and oil-powered electricity plants as possible.
All it really would take would be to dramatically streamline the approval process and grant partial legal immunity to nuclear projects, to protect them from baseless lawsuits by environmentalists, which could stymie construction forever. As it happens, a number of environmentalists have already rationally concluded that nuclear power is less damaging to the environment than burning oil and coal; so the opposition is already divided.
I see these as much more significant than does the Washington Times' Stephen Dinan. By throwing both Cap and Tax and the Hands-Free Tax Increase under the bus, I think the Obamacle augurs that the era of big transformation has ended — for a time, at least. It's hard to imagine him permanently giving up his ultimate goal of remaking America as a Eurosocialist welfare state; but Obama is obviously gobsmacked at the moment, unable to conjure a scheme to pull it off.
I still don't see him as a Clintonian triangulator; but perhaps he is so unused to defeat that, for a while at least, he will be too stunned to resist the pressure to make concessions. Another way of looking at it: Maybe for a few months — before he shakes himself, like a cartoon victim of an explosion, and returns to his natural self — the One will find himself bowing at the waist and kow-towing to his personal, American "enemies," the way he's already used to doing to America's foreign enemies.
Quick, let's take advantage while it lasts! When Obama comes back to his old, arrogant, messianic self, then Republicans can return to fighting him, hammer and tooth. But perhaps by then we'll have some substantive and substantial accomplishes under our belts… all the better to head into the 2012 showdown.
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It aint done yet but its working great, so I couldnt wait to unveil. Most of the parts are from an AMD 65 AK47. The bolt and carrier are from an AK74. The barrel and mags are from a PPSH 41. The magwell is from Lichtenberg. The flash hider is from an L1A1.
Here are the details.
Barrel It is a PPSH 41 barrel. The rear of the barrel was turned down and sleeved (and a tack weld) to fit the AMD 65 front trunnion. Another sleeve was installed for the rear sight block. The barrel was turned to fit the gas block and front sight block of the AMD 65. A sleeve was added to the barrel in front of the gas block to fit the front hand guard retainer. The barrel was threaded for LH 14x1 threads. A cut was taken from the chamber end of the barrel for extractor clearance. Minor radiusing of the lower half of the chamber lip was done after a round caught on it during testing. The gas vent hole started at 0.125 and grew to 0.170 during testing.
Flash Hider I drilled out an L1A1 flash hider and pressed in a steel bushing. The bushing was then drilled out to 13 mm and tapped for LH 14x1 threads.
Receiver I traced an AK Builder flat (love your flats man!) onto 0.040 thick 4130 steel and cut out everything but the magwell. I did some measurements and hacked out my estimate of the opening. I bent the receiver on my own jig. The magwell opening was cut too big as was as the back clearance notch for the bolt carrier. A new receiver is planned before final finishing.


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Madam Valli, an inhabitant of Singapore sued the Redemptionist Church of Novena for its failure to cast out the evil forces that were controlling her body. She claims the exorcism left her suffering from a Post Traumatic Stress disorder and wants compensation for either was done or what was not done. According to her daughter, in the midst of the exorcism, Madam Valli began shaking the church gates and then fainted. As the trial proceeded there was continuous laughter in the courtroom.
We thought this trial might be an interesting Halloween story. It is unclear as to the exact nature of what was being exorcised other than it was something evil. One can only wonder on this Halloween night if there is a possibility the American people can exorcise the demons of Bush-Cheney from their collective body. We won't even sue for post traumatic stress since our stress will disappear once the demons have left our community body.


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By Roy
Does a planted aquarium mean that I have to purchase an expensive lighting system?
When I started in the planted aquarium aspect of our hobby 3 years ago, I did not want to spend a bundle of money. I did some research before starting putting my first aquarium together. I checked out The Krib, ADA, Aquatic Plant Central, and The Planted Tank as well as other more obscure websites.
From my readings I learned that light, fertilizers, and good filtration were major factors for success with planted aquariums. Further readings provided insight on the problems with some commercial fixtures on the market such as cheap ballasts, noisy fans, and poor quality reflectors that were made of inferior materials with poor reflective qualities. In addition, some fixtures had reflectors that were too small, too tightly spaced, and some even two bulbs with only one reflector!
Several of the more experienced members on these sites talked about AH Supply and the excellent kits and reflectors that they offered. I have a little experience with wiring however my skills as a carpenter are marginal at best, but I wanted a quality light that was quiet. So I built my first light almost three years ago using the plans for a wooden enclosure provided with the AH Supply kit. The completed product definitely did not have a professional finish, and did not look as good as the enclosure shown below, but it worked well, provided excellent light, and it was quiet. It wasnt as skinny as I would have liked either with a 6 front to back dimension and it interfered with the opening of the All Glass (Aqueon) Versa-Top glass covers. The enclosure materials (I wanted oak to match furniture in the room) were not inexpensive either with a cost of about $50.00.
About 3 months later I acquired my second aquarium and built my second kit, also in a wood enclosure. It was a little better looking, and did the same a great job lighting my tank. I was able to shave ¼ off of the front to back dimension but it was still a little too large and boxy. Material costs was basically identical so I was putting together good lights that provided good results with a total cost of about $120 per fixture including the bulb(s). This made the fixtures comparable in cost with commercial fixtures which looked cosmetically better but were technically deficient.
Fast forward two years and I find myself with two aquariums that a fellow GSAS member posted on our club chat. I wanted to give them to my nephews (they spend hours in front of my aquariums when they come to visit) but other than the aquariums and one full incandescent hood the rest of the equipment needed to be replaced. By the time I bought filters ( oversized Aquaclear HOB so they had good circulation and could feed DIY CO2 into the intakes), heaters, and a stand for one of them, my budget was just about gone .what was I going to do for a quality light for the second aquarium? I wanted to do the AH Supply kits but I didnt want to have to spend $50 per enclosure so I did a little more research online and put together the prototype for what you see pictured below. My AH Supply Gutter Light!
Roys Prototype AH Supply 1X55 Watt Gutter Light (Front)
My 24 light measures 24.25 X 5 X 3.25 high and it is much more compact and professional looking than the wooden enclosures I put together. It is skinny enough that I dont have any issues with my glass canopies. The light is air-cooled so it is quiet and has no fans to breakdown or become noisier over time. I put 1 diameter vents in each end of the enclosure and mounted the ballast outboard on the back of the enclosure to further reduce the heat on the inside.
Roys Prototype AH Supply 1X55 Watt Gutter Light (Back)
Roys Prototype AH Supply 1X55 Watt Gutter Light (End w/ Vent)
Lastly is utilizes the excellently engineered, high quality MIRO 4 reflector that AH Supply is best known for. It is documented that the AH Supply provides significantly more light to greater depths than standard Power Compact fixtures. Here is an excellent thread with a graph that shows the performance difference of different bulb designs including the Power Compact AH Supply kits.
I tested the my fixture and got a PAR meter reading in my 30 gallon of 125 (slightly above High Light) at the substrate level bottom of the aquarium 13 from the fixture through the Versa-Top glass cover..
Roys Prototype AH Supply 1X55 Watt Gutter Light (Interior)
Some people may say, Roy; Power Compact lights are old technology. Plants do not care if the light they receive comes from a T12, T8, T5, T5HO, or Power Compact (which is basically a T5HO bulb bent back onto itself) bulbs as long as there is sufficient light in a useable spectrum for photosynthesis. Here is an excerpt from an excellent thread on the differences of various bulb types.
T5 HO Lighting
bulb: FP39/841/HO (PENTRON T5 HO)
power: 39W
length: 34"
life: 20000 hrs.
avg. lumens: 2803
lumens/watt: 71.9
For this T5 bulb, the difference compared with T12 is that it uses 9 more watts (30% more energy) and produces 50-70% more light. As above, the bulb diameter is 60% smaller and the bulb has a longer rated life.
Compact Fluorescent - Twin Bulb - Similar Wattage
bulb: FT36DL/835 (Dulux L) (uses T5 bulb diameter for a total width slightly wider than T12)
power: 36W
length: 16.6"
life: 12000 hrs.
avg. lumens: 2494
lumens/watt: 69.3
For this CF bulb, the difference compared with T12 is that it uses 6 more watts (20% more energy) and produces 33% more light. The bulb diameter is slightly wider than a T12 (+.5") and the bulb has a shorter rated life. However, in this case, the overall bulb length is less than 1/2 as long.
In addition, Power Compact / Compact Fluorescent bulbs have very good lumen maintenance with a 10-15% loss total loss over the entire 12000 hour life.
So what did my AH Supply 1X55 Watt Gutter Light cost to assemble?
2 Brown Vinyl U Gutter @ $2.00 total cost ($10 for 10)
2 each Vinyl U Gutter end caps @ $7.50 total cost
1 AHS 1X55 watt SL Kit @ $44.99
1 55 watt 6700K bulb @ $17.99
Krylon Spray Paint (Black) $6.00
AHS Shipping @ $10.00
Total Cost $89.00
So, what do you think? Do you have to spend a small fortune for an expensive lighting system for a planted aquarium ..I think not!
I think that's a right dandy looking fixture! Bravo!
Hi NatCh,
Thanks for the compliment! It wasn't that hard to build either; the painting process took the the most time; and total time putting it together was about 3 hours.
Nice job.
I'm a big fan of AH Supply lighting.
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This has been in the safe for almost 13 years now. It will eventually be an ESB version.
Has anyone here de-chromed one of these and how did you do it?
I once read that soaking it in brake fluid might work.
I have access to a bead blaster, but I was thinking that might rough up the surface.


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Almost every fleet manager (I know of no one who doesn't) recognizes the major impact tires have on efficient operations. Tire maintenance, or the lack thereof, represents the greatest vehicle operating expense behind fuel.
When it comes to tire care, there is one aspect that counts more than any other: proper air pressure. It's the key to success. Of all the components that make up a tire's structure and contribute to tires operating as they were designed to, air is the most critical. Without sufficient air, a tire can fail, and its failure can be catastrophic in the short term, and costly in the long-term.
When air is confined to the inside of a tire, the assembly becomes a structural component to the vehicle as well as an operating element. The inflated tire becomes an extension of a truck's suspension. The sidewalls are designed to flex the casing to contain air and hold a particular shape when loaded to design capacities.
A properly inflated tire enables the tread to contact the pavement or ground in a certain way, and allow the proper amount of energy to be transferred from the powertrain, enabling vehicle movement.
When a tire is under-inflated, flexing of the sidewall increases. When inflation drops to about 20% of recommended levels, flexing becomes excessive. This unplanned movement creates unplanned friction between the metal strands and the encapsulating rubber. In time, the friction can generate internal heat in the tire's sidewall that is hot enough to melt rubber where internal components bond together.
You can demonstrate this by repeatedly flexing a paper clip. Bend it rapidly and it breaks. If you touch the point of fracture, you could burn yourself. The same things happen to tire cords in belts and sidewalls.
Have you ever looked at the strips of tire rubber along a highway? If you see wires, those are probably not recaps. These fragments are from treads that separated and were thrown because of under-inflation and heat build-up.
Less dramatic, but still costly in the long-run, are reductions in fuel economy and tread life caused by under-inflation.
How does your own fleet measure up when it comes to tire inflation? According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 7% of truck tires were under-inflated by 20 psi or more. Just as worrisome is that only 44% of all tires were within 5 psi of their target pressures.
The cost of under-inflation
The smaller the fleet, the greater the likelihood the tire is under-inflated. According to the Technology and Maintenance Council's Recommended Practice RP235A, "Guidelines for Tire Pressure Maintenance," under-inflation is responsible for about one road service call per truck per year. The group also estimates that improper inflation increases total operating costs by $600 to $800 per truck annually.


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there are top post clamps called marine terminals you can buy at napa. they clamp onto the top post terminals of the battery and have a stud that protrudes upward from there. they come in 5/16 bolt thread or 3/8 bolt thread. the cables will bolt onto the studs. get the brass ones if you can find them. make sure the battery posts are clean and straight. I have seen some that were cleaned with a brush style of post cleaner, and they were nice and shiny but they were not straight, so the post doesn't contact the whole terminal because there are voids where the two parts don't actually touch due to a low spot on the post. maybe from a bad connection there previously that overheated and distorted the post or maybe from corrosion. I now use the tapered reamer style of post cleaner that sort of shaves the post down till it is actually straight and clean and shiny from top to bottom.install the marine terminals, then the cable gets a crimped and soldered eyelet style connector that will bolt on to the battery terminal marine clamp. you can use some shrink tube here to cover the bulk of the connector and onto the cable to seal that atrea. shrink tube comes in seberal styles so ask for the stuff with the glue inside. it will heat up and sqyuish out to help seal the connection. they come in red or black (or whatever colour) and will help to keep the cable designation (pos or neg) for future reference. it works pretty well, just also make sure that the other end of the cable is connected well too. the battery negative cable connection is one that gets skipped alot because people tend to write off the ground as unimportant, but if you think about it, it is just as important as the positive side. the power flow can't happen properly if either side is compromised. make sure there is a good ground on the engine and also the frame and the body. from the actual ring connector to a good clean bare metal surface with a star washer under it. then you can paint it with some primer or whatever to keep the elements sealed out. the same goes for the positive side. right from the battery to the starter and alternator, all the way to the fuse box or relay centre or however your configuration is set up. also, if the cables are older, check inside the insulation for corrosion that can work it's way down inside and compromise the conductivity of the cable. I have seen cables with the bolt on connectors that were corroded, so i took the clamp off and was about to cut the cable back some and install the new ring terminals only to find that every time i cut off a piece of cable to start fresh, there was corrosion down inside the insulation. on some that I replaced the other day the corrosion ran pretty much the full length of the cable. no wonder the dude was having starting issues. the marine terminals work pretty well for vehicles that have the big sound systems installed and take power to run the system right from the battery connetion. sometimes these areas can get pretty cluttered and have some "interesting" connection styles to connect enough cables to run all the extra stuff guys need.
if you get the battery cables all good and you still have starter issues, but it will start with a boost, get the starter checked. maybe the starter draw is excessive and a new starter is in order. you can also do a voltage drop test from the battery to the starter to see if there is an issue with conductivity of the cables or grounds.
just a thought.
Another way to use the 0 gauge wire is to use eye terminals that are soldered and crimped on the cable, then attached to the battery terminal by a stud and nut.
A quick search shows there are other 0 gauge battery terminals, like shown: http://www.noco-usa.com/pdf/Noco-Cat...inals-Lugs.pdf. They take a hell of a crimper, though! They can be crimped using a two piece anvil-type crimper that you hit w/a big hammer, or by using a pneumatic or hydraulic crimper. Crimping can be combined w/soldering, but I wouldn't use solder only.
the funny thing is that the pic of what battery terminal not to use, is the one i have HAHA!! i guess i will do the right thing and get a better one. any ideas on which kind are the best to use? and i have some 0 gauge wire i can use to replace the thin stock wire that is on there.
1996 S-10 V8 not working properly
My 96 s10 v8 (350sbc) was working just fine for 2 straight months. I went out one day to start it and it didn't want to start. i "assumed" it was the battery, i bought a new battery and it started back up. Just today it didn't want to start and i thought it was weird because it is a brand new battery. so i was "assuming" that it was the alternator or starter. i went to Auto Zone (yeah i know) and they said it was neither. that it was wiring issues. i dont even know where to start looking. any ideas of whats wrong with it?
p.s. im not too good with doing diagnostics.
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I've been thinking about Mingo County a lot lately. Admittedly, it's not hard with prosecuting attorneys, sheriffs, and judges being indicted left and right. The unbelievable abuses of power are mind-boggling and unconscionable. This type of a small town tyranny is destructive. It angers me. It angers the citizens of Mingo County. The decisions and actions of a few people have tarnished this community—a community that has been working so very hard to overcome a legacy of challenges. And that's what upsets me the most—that all of the good things that hardworking and honest people and businesses are doing are overshadowed by the wrongdoing of others. We need to remind ourselves that there's more to Mingo County than corruption.
This past summer, I visited Williamson. I walked into the iconic Coal House that serves as a visitors center. The first thing I saw was WV Living Magazine displayed prominently among other West Virginia-made products. I was greeted with a bright smile and a hearty welcome—and it was one of the nicest Chambers of Commerce I've visited in the state. I walked out with a T-shirt, a cookbook, and a couple of toys for my children—all made locally. I was given a wealth of information on the county and surrounding sites, a few recommendations of restaurants for lunch, and a couple of options for an overnight stay. I met a descendent of Devil Anse Hatfield (and, much to his chagrin, even took his picture). And that was all in 10 minutes. Once I saw the vibrantly painted pigs lining the sidewalk, I was smitten.
As I walked the streets, I could tell this Blueprint Community was on the move in the right direction. I was impressed with their efforts at economic diversification. I ate lunch at a hip coffee shop called The Righteous Brew and then cozied up to the counter at Hurley's Old Fashioned Drug Store. I walked into the Mountaineer Hotel, not quite sure what to expect, and my mouth hit the floor. This boutique hotel is on the National Register of Historic Places and the lobby is incredible—a hidden gem, to be sure. (I've not stayed in the rooms, but I plan on doing so on my next trip south.)
Everywhere I went in Mingo County—from Delbarton to Gilbert to Matewan—people were friendly and engaging. I left thinking this was a place I wanted to return. Are there problems? Yes. But name one community in this country that doesn't have issues that need to be addressed.
Every time I pick up the paper or watch the news and Mingo County is mentioned, I say a little prayer for all those I met this summer. Hold your head high. Don't give up. Keep building. Keep working to improve your schools. Don't let the actions of a few bring you down. And when all the dust settles, you'll have an even clearer vision of who you are and who you want to be as a community. I'm reminded of a quote by Confucius: "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."


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The presidency of George Bush will undoubtedly go down in history as one in which repeated diplomatic errors were committed by a government that claimed to be led by an individual skilled in business efficiency. Perhaps, only President Bush could transform a simple relief expedition into one which arouses the anger of recipients because he found a way to violate the laws of their nation. Last week, the Philippines suffered a terrible disaster when a ferry over turned in a typhoon with the loss of over 800 people. The United States offered assistance in recovering bodies trapped inside the hull of the capsized vessel. But, of all the ships President Bush could think to send on this rescue mission, he dispatched the USS Ronald Reagan, a nuclear powered aircraft carrier. The Philippine constitution forbids the entry into any of its harbors of a ship possessing nuclear weapons and members of the nation's legislature are infuriated over the diplomatic blunder.
Minority leader, Rodolfo Blazon, expressed the feeling of many colleagues by noting, "We do not know, however, whether or not the USS Ronald Reagan is carrying nuclear weapons because if that is the case, it is a clear violation of our Constitution."s
The more interesting question is why an aircraft carrier was sent to help in rescue operations of a capsize ferry? One would assume there are other vessels better equipped to handle such an operation.


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Participants of Arsenal in the Community's mental health project welcomed a surprise visitor to one of their weekly sessions recently when Ashes hero Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff dropped by to take part in a football coaching session.
The cricketing star, who helped England to its first Ashes success in 18 years in 2005, was filming at St. Aloysius College in Islington, as part of a BBC documentary in which he explores the impact of depression and mental health problems on professional sportsmen.
During the programme, Freddie speaks to a number of sporting stars who have suffered from mental health difficulties before visiting Arsenal in the Community's 'How Are You Feeling Today?' programme delivered by the Imagine Your Goals initiative. As part of England's biggest anti-stigma programme, Time to Change, this offers football sessions twice a week for service users at Islington Mind and the Camden and Islington Foundation Trust and uses the sport to help improve participants' physical and mental well-being.
Funded by the Premier League and Sport Relief, the project forms part of a national campaign. It is delivered in partnership with mental health programme, Time to Change, together with Camden and Islington Mental Health Foundation Trust, which aims to challenge attitudes and prejudices about mental health.
Despite being a fan of Premier League rivals, Manchester City, Freddie was full of praise for the Arsenal in the Community project and was happy to participate in a football match and hear their stories about how the programme has helped them tackle their own personal issues.
Commenting on the scheme, Freddie said: "It was great to visit the Arsenal in the Community project as part of the documentary. The work that they do is invaluable and is making a real difference, helping individuals to overcome depression and mental health problems. It made me realise the positive influence that sport can have on people and the reason why I started playing in the first place!"
Arsenal in the Community Mental Health Officer, Jason Kelvin, added: "During the sessions our participants are encouraged to leave their problems aside for two hours and actively participate in the session and indeed, when appropriate, lead a warm-up session. This subtle but intrinsically important role of leadership gives them a real sense of worth and significance."
Director of Time to Change, the anti-stigma programme run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, Sue Baker added: "Sport can really make a difference to people with mental health problems and help to combat the isolation that people often face.
"The Arsenal programme, which is part of our Imagine Your Goals scheme, uses the powerful influence of football to help level the playing field for people with mental health problems. As a hugely admired sporting hero, Freddie's honest and insightful documentary will benefit sports players, sports fans and the rest of society, and will also encourage more people to break down the powerful stigma that surrounds mental health."
To find out more about Arsenal in the Community's Mental Health work, contact Samir Singh on 0207 704 4158 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
To find out more about Time to Change, visit www.facebook.com/timetochange or www.time-to-change.org.uk. If you want to know more about help available locally, visit www.candi.nhs.uk.
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The Loadmaster was not designed to perform as you wish. If you decap at station 1 then fill with powder at 2 the powder will trickle out of the primer hole on the way to 3.
I reccomend you use whichever brand /style loader as they were designed to be used at least untill you get a few miles under your belt. I use the loadmaster but rather than performing additional operations I oft times use the case loader to speed the process but actualy use 2 or 3 passes in performance of the overall operation.
1st pass to deprime and size prior to cleaning. 2nd pass to prime although most times I hand prime while watching TV. 3rd pass for powder bullet seating and crimp.
Priming can be problematic and in the long run I find the overall process is faster and more reliable when performed in multiple passes.


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The public sector is certainly hot these days – definitely in the hot seat, in hot water. Concerns about public sector finance persist, with the discussion in some cases targeting specific causes beyond just vague notions of overspending. The Economist recently came down pretty hard on public sector unions.
However, for some tech vendors, the public sector really is hot – as in a hot opportunity. Despite revised earnings and warnings about public sector forecasts by some tech vendors, others are instead optimistic. Steria, a French IT services company, is not too concerned about the lingering malaise of the public sector, although it has not been immune to the crisis. A UK public sector spending moratorium in 2010 brought all projects of more than £1 million to a temporary halt, for review. Steria and other suppliers and service providers held their breath through much of the fall.


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At least through '73, "Formula" had no fender flares, either. Just the big scoops "out front" on the hood (I still have a '73 hood stashed in the shed). They were fiberglass hoods. The '70-'72 had the option of "Ram Air" where the scoops were open and sealed to the air cleaner. They claimed it made power, but the only real advantage I see is the introduction of ambient air instead of hot "under hood" air. Still, those scoops are in better position than the early Firebird "400" and GTO scoops. The "shaker" is the better one. The rear opening accesses the high-pressure area at the base of the windshield. I saw a couple "delivered" with the rear spoiler, so it must have been on the option list.
The springs would have been "big block" Camaro springs. We changed a few small block cars to big blocks, and had to get them. Same in Chevelles...
Hey Jim,
That's an interesting point about the shaker hood. I didn't know only T/A's had them. It's been a long time, but I thought the Formula had larger fender flares, is that not true?
I do know it was factory orange, but I suppose a T/A could have been ordered in orange.
The shaker hood was either factory, or someone did an exceptionally good job cutting the hood, which, is highly unlikely.
It must have been a T/A. The next time I talk to my ex-partner, I'll ask him if he remembers.
Your comment about the BBC reminded me of something I had completely forgotten about. When the motor was put in, it smashed the front end down a bit too much. It just wouldn't have worked.
One of the advantages of owning a parts store, (back in the dark ages before the Internet), was access to the parts catalogs, and the chance to spend time with them looking for alternatives.
We got some new springs from TRW, if I remember correctly, with a higher spring rate, and put them in.
We put off new shocks until we had a chance to drive it, but we never really had a chance to drive it much.
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T/A and Formula are separate models. Formula did not have a "shaker", only T/A (unless you include that abomination that was on "Chips" so long ago...).
BBC is a good engine, no doubt. In a Firebird, though, it will hurt the "balance" of the car drastically (200 additional pounds "up front"). The 455 is more capable for a "driver" in the heavy street car. 440 Pontiac would the HOT lick, but that's another story...
Frankenstein? Nah, that's damn near a Concours compared to a '70 TA Formula a former partner and I built in the early '80's.
At the time, we owned an amalgam of shops/businesses under a couple of roofs. There was a auto repair shop, a body and paint shop, an industrial sand blasting and paint biz, a glass shop, and a parts store. We had employees doing all the real work, so my partner & I could do antique restorations and build street rods & other toys.
Anyway, we had bought a 70 Formula for $100 -motor and trans because the front group had been blown off in a wreck and the OEm rubber-baby-buggy bumper front group was way expensive.
One night while getting inspirational, we got to wondering if a Camaro front clip would fit. Off to yard in the morning, and we cam back with a $20 hood with carb fire damage, a full L fender, and two free R fenders: one was crunched in the front and one was crunched in the rear, (that's why God created the wire welder, isn't?)
The Formula came with the 'shaker' hood scoop, so that took care of the carb fire damage.
The fenders didn't fit perfectly, but the curve was right. At the bottom of the fender behind the wheel, the Camaro notched in. A bit of welding and the Formula had a new front end. We bought a Z-28 air dam to finish it off, and came up with some older alum slotted mags in good shape.
Now, we needed a motor. Not long after, a thumping, loping Chev 4x4 pulled in. It was loud, it snarled, and popped. Out came a nearly 60 year old guy climbing down from the cab, cussing the entire time.
Turns out his kid had the car fever, but didn't have a car, so he did the next best thing, put a a bunch of money into a BB Chev and put it in his dad's work truck.
Needless to say, Dad was not impressed. He wanted to know if we could put a stock SBC back in it. Turns out he didn't have much money, so we made him a deal he loved, we found a low mileage stocker at the yard, and traded him straight across for the BBC. We even installed it for free.
The BBC went in the Formula 28/ZTA/Frankenstein with a Frankenstein TH400 I built. (I did some automatic rebuilding back then - I would keep all the good leftover parts and build Frankensteins. We'd install & warranty then for $150 to somebody who was broke and needed a new trans.)
So, Frank went into makeup, and came out with black lacquer.
We took it to a show in Portland, got a good location so the car was sideways to the lookers, and laughed our butts off at the neck breaking dbl-takes all weekend.
On Sunday night as we were trailering it, a guy walked up and offered us $5000 for it. Then we really laughed, all the way to the bank. Never saw it again, and never got any pictures of it.
It was weird looking, though.
Any 455 wakes up with a cam and intake swap. The right head on it makes it even better. There is no dog when it comes to 455s, only not enough airflow being allowed through it. The bottom end is the same on all of them except for the SD.
A pair of SD heads will make it run pretty hard despite the 8:1 compression they had. Same with 71-72 HO heads. Its all in the heads, the bottom end is essentially the same.
455 H.O. Pontiac
I have been helping a good friend of mine with his 1978 TA that was retro fit with a 1972 455 H.O. Recently, we came across a set of Super Duty heads and, since they are so rare, I recommended he scoop them up immediately. Reading this post I became confused because the T2 is what is on this engine now and the shaker lines up perfectly. It doesn't appear to have any hood modification and has a Quadrojet carb that was built by a master. It out performs most Holley set ups I have put together. This car is amazing. It has the TH350 and I am unsure of the rear gears but it seems to jump to 100 mph with the slightest application of the go pedal and cruises there below 3500 rpm. I have one mile timed this car at over 160 mph without red lining it. Can't wait to tear it down when we transform it into a Super Duty and see what was really done inside. (Sorry slightly off topic but best thread on 455 I have found)
|another member is asking for a viewing. meanwhile i've found a built but never run 76 455 for a reasonable price. i know that's a dog of an engine but it's supposed to have a mild cam and i'll mover the torquer intake and the holley over to it. it may be all i'm looking for for now. this car is more for show than go for now. i may start building a 400 after i've had time to do a little studying on the best way to do it and eventually make a screamer out of it.
Too bad you're not closer I might be interested. You shouldn't have too hard of a time getting rid of it though. There aren't an abundance of them for sale. It's not like a small block chevy.
|thanks bob, it's a 70 455 h o out of a grand prix. it's out and needs a build. i'm going to sell it.
Don't know why...
nobody suggested looking at the drvr side of the block, just ahead of the motor mount, it'll be cast into the block what size it was in stock form(unless it's and early block). Easiest way I can think of to determine size.
|30 over crank is 20 under. tops of rod bearings are bad. Jim pretty much called it. detonation. i'm probably going to sell it and might put a 350 back in it and start restoring the car to what it actually is. a 69 firebird 350.
this could get ugly. pontiac/frankenstein
If you want to do a head swap to lower the CR, you want 6X-4, 5C from a 400, 96, or 7K3. The 7K3 will need manifolds or adapters because the end exhaust bolt holes are not there and there is no material to drill. They are big valve heads with guide plates. The 96 is from a 1971 400 and they are big valve low compression heads. The others have a 1.66" exhaust valve, which really doesnt hurt much on the street.
If you dont mind getting some work done to the heads, you can use certain 350 heads. The 1971 vintage 350 head, I think the casting number is 46 or 47, have the right size chambers for just over 9:1 on a 455, but they are small valve heads, some have screw in studs some dont. You can have them ported, bigger valves installed and screw in studs installed if they dont have them. They will work just like any other D port head that has been ported.
Also other heads that have pressed in studs but will work are 15 heads, they were the low performance 455 head in 1970. All of these are D port heads, and while round port heads will work great, even the HO heads they are more expensive and require more expensive headers or manifolds.
You want around a 90cc chamber, give or take a little depending on deck height, to run pump gas. I had some machine shop ported 5C heads on a 455 and it ran very well on 87 octane, no ping at all, and it had a 224-230 cam in it with a Qjet. 13.50s @105 with 2.93 gears, stock converter in a 4100lb car with traction issues isnt too bad for a low compression engine.
Those 64 heads will work great on a 400, puts the compression right around 9.5 with a zero deck.
Otherwise, pull the engine down and install dished pistons. To me a head swap is easier, and a fuel change is easier still, if you can find it.
|looks like the 66 castings had d ports. those were the 325 hp heads in 71. any thoughts on the performance of those?
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As much as the focus should be on the field and the teams fighting for national titles during lacrosse's biggest weekend, this year in Foxboro, attendance was definitely the biggest topic of discussion.
This year's championship weekend attendance of 79,595 (31,774 Saturday, 17,005 Sunday and 30,816 Monday) was the lowest for the Final Four since 2002, the last time the event wasn't held in an NFL stadium. And at nearly 20,000 fans off last year's total and more than 40,000 from the high of 123,225 (52,004 for the Semifinals) who watched in Baltimore in 2007, the downward trend — weekend attendance increased every year from 2003-2007 and has decreased every year since — is definitely alarming for a sport that has seen dramatic increases in participation over the last five years.
Lacrosse fans were talking about the potential of selling out an NFL venue five years ago, and now it's a more likely possibility that the event moves to a smaller stadium after Philadelphia (2013) and Baltimore (2014) host the next two Final Fours.
Jeff Jarnecke, associate director of championships at the NCAA, said Monday that no one thing drove this year's lower crowd totals but that they'll be looking at the entire event (venue size, geography, ticket prices, timing, marketing) later this year or early in 2013 when bids are accepted for the 2015 and '16 championship weekends. Sites will be announced in the summer of 2013.
Jarnecke and Executive Director of Lacrosse at Gillette Stadium Phil Buttafuoco agree that the negative trend is substantial enough that changes need to be made.
"People are starting to make a lot of decisions that are affecting this event," Buttafuoco said. "We need to collectively evaluate how we can get the event back on track to where we all want it to be, and identify where we can make those improvements and make a commitment to do it."
Among the potential changes that Jarnecke said have been discussed, the most dramatic may be moving the Final Four a week later into June and playing the Quarterfinals on Memorial Day weekend. He said the idea of stretching out the weekend so the NCAA DI Final is a week later than the Semifinals hasn't been addressed; in the early-June championship weekend scenario, he predicted it would be the same format as the current event.
Adding a week to the season does have some bigger hurdles, however, since that would keep students on campus longer after classes are over and there are costs associated with that. But removing some of the "opportunity costs" of playing on a holiday weekend might benefit the championship event, he said.
"If there's a model and it makes sense, it's something we'll consider," he said. "So we will explore that, but that part may be harder to come by than the other pieces."
The Final Four has rotated between 68,756-seat Gillette Stadium, 71,008-seat M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore and 68,532-seat Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia over the last 10 years. Jarnecke said a 40-50,000-seat venue may be more ideal for championship weekend; he said the possibility of going back to a campus facility is a possibility as well.
"It's a tough model to try to find that perfect site; that's why we've gravitated to NFL venues over the last few years," Jarnecke said. "That doesn't mean another venue doesn't exist out there. We need to be more intentional and seek that out doing our research, but that's not going to be to the exclusion of the existing partners we have in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Foxboro. It just means it may be time to be more creative in how we're packaging and positioning the weekend."
When asked about the possibility of moving championship weekend outside its traditional Northeast locations, Jarnecke said the answer might have been different a year ago. Bids for the 2014 NCAA Quarterfinals are due this summer, and the sites will be announced this fall. He said it's unlikely a non-traditional area outside the Northeast would get a Final Four without first having a Quarterfinal. Next year one Quarterfinal site is in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium, the first time the NCAA has picked a site outside the Northeast for a Quarterfinal or Semifinal.
One point brought up by Buttafuoco was that rising Quarterfinal attendance (PPL Park and Navy Marine Corps Stadium drew a combined 24,160 fans this year, a slight increase on the 11,655-fan-per-site average over the last five seasons for that round) could be impacting the Final Four. Jarnecke said the emphasis will always be on championship weekend and building back through the NCAA Tournament.
Denver has been a hot topic among lacrosse fans, and it was mentioned by Jarnecke when asked about championship weekend moving outside the Northeast.
"I don't know that you'll see us be as liberal in that approach," he said. "There's still an opportunity for it and the role we need to play in taking the championship to a different site. Denver is still on our mind and we'd be wide open to receiving bids and interest there, knowing that it's an area that supports lacrosse in a big way. It's just going to have to feed into the new strategy that we look to roll out in the next few months."
Next year's Final Four will place more emphasis on marketing to youth fans and getting them involved in clinics and tournaments in Philadelphia. Jarnecke said they also want to get more families involved, in terms of "further segmenting the house." That means focusing on the highest price point in the club level and the cheapest in attracting families to spend their entire weekends at the event.
The local organizing groups set ticket prices based on operating costs in relation to the financial guarantee they have to provide to the NCAA. Those guarantees were set during the last bidding cycle, when attendance was higher, Buttafuoco said.
Rising ticket prices have come up a lot from fans when asked about lower Final Four attendance, and the economic downturn that has come since those crowd records were set in 2007 hasn't made things easier. Championship Monday tickets started at $35 face value this year, with three-day packages starting at $70; that all-session price was double what it was in 2006 in Philadelphia (and there was even a group ticket deal for $25). Jarnecke said they released single-game tickets earlier this year in an effort to boost lagging ticket sales.
"We're going to look at that hard in the coming months to better understand the thresholds that people are willing to pay for a ticket," Jarnecke said. "I don't think we're horribly off; I just believe there's an opportunity to further segment the market and attract different folks."
Other factors at play this year were the lack of any DI team within 300 miles of Foxboro (Jarnecke said their research shows that a three-hour drive is about the limit for the majority of fans), the absence of traditional big draws like Syracuse and Johns Hopkins and the location outside the traditional mid-Atlantic hotbeds.
Increasing and improving television coverage of the sport could play a role as well, as ESPN continues to broadcast more and more games every spring. Television pushed last year's NCAA Final to 3:30 p.m. in Baltimore, but negative responses from fans helped bring that back to 1 p.m. in 2012.
Buttafuoco said the explosion of summer camps, tournaments and travel teams has put both a financial and time burden on a lot of families as well. Parents will be spending money and traveling all summer, so the prospect of doing that on Memorial Day weekend might have become more intimidating. Also, Massachusetts high school state playoffs start Tuesday, so the timing is difficult in Foxboro.
Lacrosse fans have been bemoaning the product on the field for the last few seasons and demanding change to speed up the game, but few people in Foxboro this weekend blamed the current pace of play on this year's weak attendance.
Change could be coming this summer when the Rules Committee meets to address possible improvements to the game, driven largely by fan complaints over the past two seasons.
It sounds like the fans might have spoken again, and could drive change in the Final Four to get the game's biggest event back on track.
"Were our minds and vision too grandiose a few years ago when attendance continued to rise?" Buttafuoco said. "People kept thinking we were going to hit 60,000 soon. You know what, we didn't. And the economy tanked and people don't have as much money anymore. So how can we reevaluate the entertainment value of this event and create more value so people will start coming back."


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Lucas: Home Again
No one knows everything about Rashad McCants, which I suspect is just the way he wants it. But anyone who knows anything about him can tell you this: he has never, ever been able to completely hide what he's feeling.
That's how he became one of the most dissected players in Tar Heel basketball history. Rashad is crossing his arms over his chest--Rashad is mad at someone! Rashad is throwing up the diamond sign--Rashad is happy! Rashad isn't smiling while everyone else is smiling--Rashad is frustrated!
I firmly believe that his inability to mask his feelings cost him potential allies in the media, because when you ask Rashad McCants a dumb question, he will give you a look that says, "That's a dumb question." He may roll his eyes. He might shrug his shoulders. He will definitely react, and that's something that almost everyone else tries to avoid.
But that's the thing about McCants: his emotions are visible. Sometimes, it can cause problems. Sometimes, though, it provides one of the best available windows into what he's thinking.
With 10:39 remaining in Carolina's otherwise forgettable 79-63 win over Georgia Tech--that's a good sign of how far these Tar Heels have come, because two weeks ago we were thirsty for any victory, and now we're picky about how artistic they are--the game went to a timeout. McCants was standing near the tunnel, and he was shown on the Smith Center video board, with the caption, "Rashad McCants, 2005 national champion."
You may not be able to identify with some of McCants's life choices, or with his prodigious raw talent, but you can identify with this: he grew up in Asheville a Carolina fan and dreamed of being a Carolina player. When he shot baskets in the driveway, he imagined wearing a Tar Heel jersey. Most of us know what that's like.
Most of us don't know what it's like to see our picture with the caption describing us as a national champion, and as a wide smile spread across McCants's face, you could see--with him, you can always see--what it meant to him.
"It was exhilarating," he said after the game. "I felt the energy again. I always embraced the crowd and wanted to entertain them by playing the game the way it's supposed to be played. It brought back so many memories for me."
It was the first time McCants had been back for a game since Dec. 31, 2006, when his jersey was honored along with national champion teammates Raymond Felton and Sean May. Both of those players have been Chapel Hill regulars in the years since they left. McCants has been a sporadic enough visitor that it still raises an eyebrow when he calls, as he did on Monday, and says he's in town to visit his parents and wants to get some shots up at the Smith Center.
On Tuesday, he played a few games of one-on-one against many of the current Tar Heel guards. So, Reggie Bullock, how did it go against the "old" guy, the one you said you don't even really remember watching play for Carolina?
Bullock is usually quick to reply. The pause tells you everything, but then Bullock comes clean.
"Offensively, he's probably the toughest player I've ever had to guard," he says. "I don't see how anyone guards him for 40 minutes. Basically, my strategy was to hope he missed."
What about you, Dexter Strickland?
"It didn't go well for me," he said. "He's the toughest guard I've ever played against, and that's a big compliment coming from me because I like to think I'm very good on defense. There were times I played my best defense, and he just had better offense...In my opinion, he would start on any NBA team."
But he's not. Instead, he just signed with the Texas Legends, an NBDL team with which he has had an on-again, off-again relationship. He expects to play for them Friday night in Frisco, and in the moments after the Tar Heel win, McCants was in the players' lounge trying to book a flight to Texas. He'll leave town tomorrow.
There is absolutely no way to know for sure when he'll be back. We might see him again this season. We might have to wait seven more years before we see him again at a game.
He is, to me, the single most interesting character of the Roy Williams era. He can be incredibly engaging. He can be sullen. And just when you start to forget about him, there he is, behind the bench wearing a James Michael McAdoo jersey ("I think it was the only one they were selling in stores," McAdoo said of the odd sight of a player with an honored Carolina jersey wearing his jersey. "I don't think he walked in there and said, 'Give me the McAdoo jersey.'"). That's when all the memories come rushing back, about how one of the greatest shows of the Williams era was watching McCants in pregame, when he would effortlessly start out shooting 20-footers, and eventually work his way back to 30-footers without even a hint of strain in his jump shot.
With McCants, it almost always comes back to his talent. What was it that Williams told the current players in the locker room this week? "Rashad McCants was probably the most talented offensive player we've had since I've been back here," he told them. That's high praise.
I don't pretend to know everything about McCants. But I know the current players were in awe of his talent, and I know he seemed genuinely pleased to have connected with them. I know he bristled when it was mentioned that his commitment to Carolina has sometimes been questioned. "I chose to come to Carolina, it wasn't the other way around," he said. "This place has always been in my heart. I've always been a Carolina fan and always will be, and I'm always very proud that I was part of it."
In the span of a month, we've seen Matt Doherty and Rashad McCants sitting behind the Tar Heel bench at the Smith Center. Six months ago, I would have given you better odds on Roy Williams coaching at the PNC Center in Sidney Lowe's red jacket than in both of those gentlemen sitting in the Smith Center for a game. Both received warm welcomes that seemed to ever so slightly take them by surprise. Here, you can make mistakes, and here, you can struggle, and here, you can fall out of favor, but also here--eventually--you can come back and you will be home again. Here is where Matt Doherty is a 1982 national champion and Rashad McCants is a 2005 national champion, and time seems much too short for anything else to matter very much right now.
I know for sure McCants is a national champion because I watched him when he walked through the Smith Center tunnel, and his eyes immediately snuck a glimpse at the rafters, trying to find his number-32 jersey and the 2005 national championship banner in which he played a significant role.
"It's the first thing you have to do when you come back here," he said when his wandering eyes were mentioned to him. "My main goal was to leave an imprint here and win a championship. So after you've been away for a while, you have to make sure those things are still here."
Then he stood back, arms folded, and watched the 2012-13 Tar Heels do their postgame media interviews. He has been where they are. And on this night, at this particular moment, it finally didn't seem very complicated at all. Carolina seemed like a good memory for Rashad McCants. Which is all you'd want it to be.
Adam Lucas is the publisher of Tar Heel Monthly and the author or co-author of seven books on the Tar Heels.


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Kudos to all you Northern and frozen ones that over-winter bees year after year!!! :cheer: Here I am in South Florida, and pretty much stressing out over a couple nights in the low 40's. I always say that it is all relative...I am not used to 40* temps, nor are my girls! First time going into this kind of weather with my girls. (They were kind to me this spring and fall!). I HAD to do a split a couple weeks ago, so I am concerned for the NUC mostly. And I am concerned for my other 'weak' hive (working 9 of 10 frames thus far)...both of which have SBB. I added the mite board this afternoon as a bit of insulation. My strong hives all have solid bottoms, so not concerned about them too much. Anything else I should do?? I have absolutely no clue what breed I have, as all hives came from swarms. (Though according to my State inspector a couple weeks ago, they are "text book perfect"....which I just about jumped around in celebration to hear!) Since they are Florida swarms, I hope they have the stamina to tolerate cold temps! (which I guess they had to do as feral hives, too) Any advice? Feed, yes/no? A blanket on top of hives? Or just quit worrying and take it as it comes.... Seriously, I feel like the parent of a new baby. They're all doing so great, I hate to let a stupid oversight on my part mess things up! Thanks in advance for any and all input!!
Jim134...I grew up in Hingham...I am verrry familiar with the New England weather. (That is exactly why I moved to Florida!) :-D
Jim...No bees in Hingham, though I will be headed there this Spring to set my Mom up. She caught the bee fever when visiting me, so we'll get her set up. ;) Know any reliable sources around there where I may be able to find her a package or Nuc or two? She will be attending her first local meeting next month to get to know some local beeks. I spent a few years in the Springfield area, too...so I empathize with the inner state weather, too. Been in Florida 20+ years now, and sorry but no regrets!


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Farmers say new food safety regulations hurt small NH farms
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Union Leader Correspondent | August 20. 2013 7:51PM
Local farm consumer and writer Dorian Yates of Strafford, Vt., tells the panel at Tuesday's hearing at Dartmouth College that the FDA's proposed farm regulations make no sense. (MEGHAN PIERCE)
Gabrielle Meunnier of South Burlington, Vt., whose son was hospitalized for a week during the 2008 peanut product salmonella outbreak, speaks in favor of the Food Safety Modernization Act during Tuesday's public hearing at Dartmouth College in Hanover. MEGHAN PIERCE
The farmers said they are all for food safety. There was a consensus among the farmers that they are already regulated and that the proposed regulations would not make their food safer, but more costly to produce.
While large corporate farm owners may not even step foot on their own farmland, small New England farmers live and work on their farms, eat the food they grow and know their customers.
Michael R. Taylor, FDA deputy commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine, said the Food Safety Modernization Act updates regulations created in 1930s.
"We're eager to find out better ways, safer ways," Taylor said. "We have to work together to make this work. ... We're trying to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach."
"You're going to have to revamp it cause it sure as hell looks like a one size fits all right now," Sprague said.
One organic farmer said the proposed regulation regarding manure would involve a time period much longer than organic farming regulations.
In 2008, her 7-year-old son spent a week in the hospital after contracting salmonella from a manufactured peanut product in the country's largest food borne illness outbreak, she said.
Taylor said he did not want to diminish any concerns expressed by the farmers, but modernizing federal farm safety regulations is important.
However, many of small farms represented there would likely be exempt under the proposed regulations, Taylor said.
Farmers, though, were concerned that exemptions could be taken away by any FDA official at any time, as the proposed law states.
He said the public comment period has been extended to Nov 16.


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I want to ask only one question. I m Albanian& Turkish and I want to be an English teacher. if I take a TEFL certificate, can I be a teacher? (not only in Turkey)or should I take any other certificate? or what must I do?
thanks for ur answer
by the way if someone want to learn something about Turkey I can answer their questions?


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I am trying to install packages with BT3 with slapt-get (like the Debian-way). However, it seems I am missing the "sources" file. Ok that we can create, but then any one has actual working sources for Backtrack (or slax) for that matter?
Not sure about Slax but under Debian, you have experimental, testing and unstable. Is it the case the Slax?
I will do some googling on this, but I decided to open a thread for other users and if we end up with a good "sources" file, we can post it here.


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The 45 ACP did the job for the military for what 75 years? I think it is an excellent fight stopper. The 40 S&W was developed for Police work because of some of the reported short comings of the 9MM. Ammo development has helped level the playing field.
There are generally two schools of thought on caliber: big and slow or small and fast. Basically a large caliber heavier bullet moving at a slower speed like the 45 ACP. It makes a large hole and penetrates deeply. The second is a smaller caliber lighter bullet traveling at a higher rate of speed. At impact the bullet is supposed to expand rapidly and impart tremendous shock. The 9MM is the typical example used in this regard.
I tend toward the first school although my primary home defense weapon is a Ruger P94 in 40 S&W and it is accurate and totally reliable. My carry weapon is a 357 mag 2 1/2" revolver which is an excellent caliber as well. If I haven't given you a definitive answer it's because I don't think you can go wrong with either. I own both but my go to is the 40 just because of reliability issues with my 1911 45 and I favor a double action auto as I'm uncomfortable with the cocked and locked of a single action auto.


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I use to shoot marten bows but I had a string failure right before opening day last year, so i ended buying a mathews z7 cause it was the only thing around in stock which was ok, until i got to shoot a PSE EVO yesterday. I tell you THE PSE dream season EVO is faster according to the chronograph by 20 fps, smoother draw, and is more accurate in my hands. I think PSE is going to give mathews a run for the money this year because of this bow.
I was wondering if anyone else had a EVO yet?


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Next week will be special for me, as I will be making my first blood donation after a nearly six year hiatus!
The six year wait was necessitated by the requirement that I complete all cancer treatment and then have a clearance time period before being eligible to donate again.
I had been donating a long time and had received my 100 donation badge.
I am blood type O Rhesus factor negative, what is often called a universal donor as in an emergency it can be used for the other blood types, A, B and AB.
These with the Rhesus factor are the two major blood antigens. (There are other blood antigens such as Kell, Kidd etc which also have an effect on transfusions.)
I donated as a way of giving back and making a difference.
He was also a blood type O. I don't know how many donations he made but I am pleased that we have both done something that can make such a difference, literally the difference between life and death!
So yes, my blood is worth bottling! How about yours?