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Video: Hostess chief on the labor dispute that killed Twinkies
posted at 11:12 am on November 16, 2012 by Allahpundit
Via the Washington Free Beacon. This was, in fact, a long time coming:
What's clear is that a worker strike isn't the only headache for Hostess.
PrivCo, a company that researches privately-held firms, estimates that at the end of 2011, Hostess had $40.3 million in cash and $1.43 billion in liabilities, including $303 million in debt that came due this year. PrivCo CEO Sam Hamadeh calls these figures a "recipe for a disaster in the making."
Hamadeh says the company's "onerous union contracts and its massively unfunded pension obligations" are a big part of the problem. "As of January 2012, Hostess' pension fund was approximately $2 billion underfunded," he says.
Toss in a broader social trend towards calorie-counting leading to lower demand and it's a perfect storm. But don't despair: Someone's bound to buy the brand in liquidation and resume production. The question is whether tomorrow's bland spongy lowbrow eclairs will be as tasty as yesterday's bland spongy lowbrow eclairs. I can't deny it — reading the news today, I've already got a craving for one.
Update: A solid summary from Mark Hemingway of just how insane the union's behavior was here. Some workers took to crossing the picket line because they realized the union was on a kamikaze mission. Too late.


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hello im new to all of this. so any help would be greatly appricated. what im looking for is to get both my girlfriend and i into archery. first on my agenda is to get her set up. i know very very little about this sport. anyhow what im looking for is some info on a good womans bow that she will be able to enjoy and learn with. we both want to dive head first into this sport so i know we will both work very hard at it, and if we both feel comfortable enough with it try hunting next fall. any advice will go very far and i would greatly appriciate it
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Crowe. The best advice that could be given to you is to find a good, reputable archery pro shop. Even if it is a little out of the way, it would be well worth the time and effort.
A "good" pro shop will take time to properly fit you to a bow (poundage, draw length, smooth draw cycle, etc). They will have many makes and models and probably a price range to fit your budget. They will also have the proper accessories for your bow.
At a good pro shop you will leave with a bow that you have shot several times on their range, and you will feel comfortable knowing that you have the proper bow that fits you and the feel of the bow is right for you. Also, you will know that bow can shoot accurate (notice that I said the bow is accurate). They will also be more than happy to make minor adjustments as you become more knowledgable in what you want out of the bow. Usually if it is minor and you bought the bow from them they will do this free of charge.
There are just too many variables to chance buying one from a chain or online store. If you buy from a good pro shop you will have a bow that is enjoyable to shoot. There is nothing like having a bow rig that you just hate to shoot. I know, I have had them in the past.
I recently bought a Parker ChallengerII outfitter for my wife, and I have to say that it was money well spent. It is very light, has a comfortable grip for a smaller hand, quiet, forgiving, has a good draw weight and length adjustment range, and is very affordable.
The only problem I had was that she was shooting 3" groups after the initial sighting in! (she's a natural)
Looks like I'll have to practice more so she doesn't make me look bad!
Good luck, and let us know what you get!
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Here you go guys.. 16 or so hours of testing condensed down to about 2 minutes. Hope you enjoy.
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Here's is what i'd like to have :
-I don't care if its P2P, F2P, B2P.
-Great Graphics, like really.
-Good game content : no things like "kill 20 monsters of this - only quest"
-Instances from at least mid-level to end-game
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-Fast-paced, I want it to be skills/reaction based.
-Good PVP content.
-Good economy : I do love getting rich in games. A great exemple of bad economy would be FFXIV.
-Optional : Crafting would be nice.
I think that's it. I've been playing so far FFXIV, but the end-game content is just not enough for me to keep playing it.
Games I already tried/played : WoW, Atlantica Online, Aion, FFXIV and prolly much more but I don't remember them all.
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Newton has a game that we play with him - we call it gitchy gitchy goo . We chase him - he absolutely loves it and then he will turn around and run at us full speed and we try to touch him as he runs past. He usually gets so excited that his hackles raise
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Before we got the puppy, Havoc invented an elaborate game that involved him running loops around the fountain, touching a tree with his nose and pouncing on an invisible friend. Now that he has his own dog, he involves her in the game but it still has the same rhythm as his solo game.
This reminds me of a joke about games that sad children play, "Hide and Be Lonely" and "Studio Apartment."
|When Stark was a tiny puppy we brought him to the park and had him play on the playground... go up the stairs, down the slide, walk on the unsteady bridges. We did this to get him used to all kinds of surfaces and we treated him and made it a very positive experience. Now, when we go to the park he will drop his ball at the stairs, climb up and run down the slide and I throw his ball. He will do this forever. He just runs down the slide, gets the ball I threw and drops it back at the stairs as he climbs up to do it all over again. He made this game up, lots of great exercise for him and a tired, well behaved puppy later for me
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This is a a fun game WD invented himself. He is in a down position on top of the (carpeted) stairs holding a ball while I am sitting downstairs looking up at him (yes I know, but I can afford it ).
He drops the ball and watches it bounce down the stairs, I catch it and I throw it back at him and he catches it and it starts all over.
Variation as his impulse control has improved dramatically: I catch the ball, he remains in the down on top of the stairs and I hide the ball. I release him to go find it and he does, runs back up the stairs (his invention!), lies down and drops the ball again Since he invented it himself he is awfully consistent.
Curious to read of your dogs' creativity.
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My name is Randy and I two hobbies I love, one being Photography where my sign-in comes from. But I have had a passion for firearms for years, I have bought and sold many through out the years mostly long guns. My current focus has been on Handguns for a few years now. I have had my CCL for close to 2yrs now, I own Sig P-250C 40 cal, Springfield XDS-45 Smith&Wesson MP40. I have carried all three with a variety of Holster styles I have and like to share anything I can that will save someone from making some of the unneeded purchases I did until I figured out what worked, and always enjoy this type of Forums for any input on carry or equipment, or just chit chatting


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During initial months after the over throw of Saddam Hussein, many Sunni Iraq leaders and groups were subject to revenge attacks by Shiites who had suffered under the regime of Saddam Hussein who was a Sunni. About a year ago, the Sunni Accordance Front withdrew from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Maliki charging they were not being accorded equal rights at governance. It now appears likely, the Accordance Front will rejoin the Maliki government within the coming days. Salim al-Jubouri, a spokesman for the Front commented "many of our demands have been executed.. sharing of responsibility and the issuance of the Amnesty Law." Since Saddam's government was so overwhelmingly controlled by the Sunnis, it resulted in American officials initially preventing Sunni leaders from assuming positions of power in the Iraq government.
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To answer your direct question: No, I hadn't seen the videos. Thank you for sharing. Last March, I bought my first SIG from a SIG "Master Dealer" (or whatever they call them). He explained to me that SIGs like to be lubricated, then he handed me a bottle of Militec and said simply to throw out all my other lubrication products. I've used Militec almost exclusively since then, and I've been very pleased with the results.
Early in the summer, I bought a Kahr PM9 directly from Cylinder & Slide gunsmiths, who had performed their magic on it. It was thoroughly lubed with whatever they use. During my first range session, within the first 50-100 rounds, the lube coating the outside of the barrel simply went away. I assume it "cooked off". I had some Militec with me, put it on the barrel, and continued shooting. The Militec did not cook off, and the barrel still had Militec on it when I cleaned the gun that night.
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Ramirez OK after home-plate collision
Ramirez OK after home-plate collision
Ramirez did not get up at first, and Marlins trainer Sean Cunningham rushed out of the dugout. Ramirez winced in pain, but was able to walk off the field with a slight limp, favoring his left leg.
After a quick double play ended the Marlins' scoring threat, Ramirez returned to the field to man his shortstop position. Then in the second inning, he threw out all three batters runners on ground balls to shortstop.
Through the sixth inning, Ramirez showed little sign of discomfort, finishing 2-for-4 with no errors in the field.
"Anytime you have a player involved in a play like that and he's slow to get up, it's a scare," Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Thankfully, he's fine and will start [on Monday] against Boston. He wouldn't miss that. That's his old team, so he likes playing against those guys."
After the sixth, Ramirez returned to the clubhouse, where his left ankle was heavily bandaged. He favored the left ankle a bit as he walked, but said it is "just a little sore" and that he will "ice it a little and it will be fine."
In October, Ramirez underwent an arthroscopic procedure to repair a labrum tear in his left shoulder. The shoulder was not affected in the collision.
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Last season, the 2006 National League Rookie of the Year batted .332 with 29 homers, 81 RBIs, 125 runs scored and 51 stolen bases.
Earlier in the day, Ramirez had his contract renewed for 2008, along with 12 other Marlins. Ramirez hopes to remain in Florida.
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Trying to guesstimate HP
I'm trying to guesstimate my engines horsepower.
Stock bottom end 70's 350, cleaned up rebuilt heads/stock, 294/.510 cam, roller tip rockers, Edelbrock torker intake, Edelbrock 600cfm carb, street fire distributor, full tube headers.
Any guesses? Here's mine, 310HP?
I would assume a 670cfm carb would be ideal for more HP.
330 would be possible.I would use a 750 carb,thats just my choice,the 600 is fine.hope the exhaust is full 2 1/2 or bigger
Exhaust goes into y-pipe 3"then an open dump. Haven't tried it closed yet.
arew you looking to make any improvements?
Yes of course but right now my rear suspension is the weak link. It's still stock in 86 Camaro. I think with a 3200 stall and 3.73 gears, plus upgrade rear suspension parts, will see much improvement. It still has stock 1600 converter and stock 2.83 or w/e rear gears.
My next engine parts will be larger carb and a possible 75 shot plate n2o kit. Maybe ditch the torker for rpm air-gap.
A 294 cam will make power from 3000 to 7000 and will require 11.0:1+ static compression ratio.
A Torquer intake will make power from 2500 to 6500.
Your stock cylinder heads will make power from idle to 5000. They were designed to haul grandma to bingo and back, not to make high rpm hp.
Can you see a mis-match of parts?
Do you have any idea of the static compression ratio of the motor?
Do you have any idea of the squish you built into the motor?
What rear gear are you planning to run? The 294 cam will require something in the 4's.
Have you bought your 3500 stall converter yet?
Most of you younger fellows have not learned that a camshaft IS NOT a stand-alone part. You can't just grab the highest duration cam you can find, stab it in the motor and expect a world beater. It must be considered as a major part of the entire combination. If you have no idea of the exact static compression ratio of your motor, don't even THINK of trying to choose a camshaft for the motor.
Oh yeah the bottom end power isn't there till about 3k rpm's and i shift my 700r4 at 6300rpm's. The heads have been cleaned up and rebuilt with poly locks and dual springs.
I would start with a better exhaust,consider techs converter and gearing,and I think I would want some work done on those heads or buy some heads that flow 230 cfm intake and 180 cfm exhaust, that also give you the CR you want.The car should really wake up,,,consider a new intake/carb later
When the time comes and i can afford some better heads, i will also have the block machined for splayed caps and forged bottom end. But till next year this is what i have to work with.
If you have no money then just drive it as it is. not much can be done for free
I can afford the converter and rear suspension now. And rear gears after new years. Possibly stumble onto a larger carb, i think the guy down the rd still has a shelf full in his garage.
To which I'll add that to get to the needed compression will not only involve a better than a 1970's head but you've got to consider the piston as well. A lot of research has gone into combustion over the past 20 years as a result of government mandates to lower emissions while increasing fuel mileage. It turns out that a lot of goodness for the Hot Rodder and the Racer has come out of this. Witness the Chevy LSx series, Ford's Modular, and Chrysler's Magnum; all produce power and mileage at levels not only unheard of 25-30 years ago but not even thought possible. A key (not the only one but certainly a major one) to these results is the combustion chamber shape inclusive of the piston crown. Let me say that your obsolete 1970 engine drew you unknowingly into the old hot rodders syndrome of a big cam cures your low power woes. This was thinking typical of the pre-L31 Vortec head days. Before the mid 1990's very few people including many pro-racers understood that bolting on a head with the right chamber shape could increase power output by 40-50 horses with no other changes. Then those who could afford to score a Brownfield small block head back in the 1980's surely found out and it became an immediate secret you didn't share with the competition. Even the the similar chambered and well idea advanced LT1 and LT4 of the 1990's didn't make a big splash in rodders thinking. But when the L31 Vortec arrived the community went nuts when they discovered that these things, while not Brownfields in performance nor cost, would boost power an easy 20 often 30 and if you had the intake and exhaust system optimized sometimes 40 or 50 ponies grew where there were none before. Today most heads OEM and aftermarket domestic and foreign that have gone to tight, small, heart shaped chambers where not too many years the mantra was open chambers because they breathe better at least on a flow bench while the combustion process was ignored.
The piston must be considered with the cylinder head and cam, as the cam used needs to drive the compression ratio. The greater the duration and lift the higher the compression needs to be. The down side limit is that modern pump fuels do limit how far the compression can go. But you need to keep in mind that modern heads such as the L31 Vortec do stretch the pump rated octane of the fuel by 4 or 5 more marks allowing a 92 octane to react as if it were 96 or 97. Aluminum heads will push this even further as they easily allow another full ratio over cast iron because they pull heat out faster. So you run the engine a bit hotter 10-20 degrees and run the compression up, this more than compensates for the heat loss out of the chamber and rewards you with yet more power.
Compression is everything in terms of getting the power out of the cam, in that vein you need to drive out the Dynamic Compression Ratio, this is the ratio that accounts for where the piston is on the compression stroke when the intake valve seats. It becomes a reciprocal game mathematically to calculate against the Static Compression Ratio which is the sum of all the cylinder's volumes divided by just the volume above, but including the piston crown, when the piston is at TDC. The problem long cams present is that it's hard to get the ratios up where needed without going to a domed piston where the fuel may only allow a flat top or D-dish for overall octane tolerance. So it gets to be pretty easy to over cam the engine for these other major constraints. DCR calculators are easy to find on the web, they are fun to play with and you need to do this as a means of parts selection not the other way around.
This also arrives at the ignition system. High compression and high chamber activity demand more from the ignition system. A good Capacitive Discharge (CD) with multi strike capability is a must, these are especially helpful for the engine that sees a lot of street time as high compression engines with highly active chambers can be difficult to light off in typical street driving situations resulting in missfires, fouled plugs, fuel diluted oil, etc. The head in the attached picture is not what you want, this is a poster child for inefficiency and low power output. Some where not too long ago there was a set of pictures by Cobalt or Tech, I don't recall which one put them in which are typical of what you should be looking for.
Heck, the cam is almost the LAST thing you pick, to match it correctly to the rest of your setup!
I agree that motor will make you sad will. Not be near anything u hoping for if you can afford gears an. Other stuff I would take some that money and pull cam and replace.it with something that will wake the motor up be cheaper for now then all the parts you need to wake the cam up
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In effect, we propose taking exerts from some very popular movies (i.e. Harry Potter) and presenting it with sound manipulated to show original version and then provide a chance (with dialogue stripped off) for participants to perform their version (with on-screen word prompts). This would be backed up by full interactive DVD menus and course notes.
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Come take a trek of discovery along Georgia's Southern Rivers Birding Trail. The trail winds its way from the rolling hills of the Georgia Piedmont on the north southward across the broad expanse of the Coastal Plain before curling eastward and eventually terminating in the Okefenokee Swamp, the Land of Trembling Earth.
The 30 sites along the trail have been carefully selected to provide the wildlife watcher with a broad spectrum of wildlife viewing experiences. If you take the time to visit all of these sites, you will have the opportunity to visit some of the region's most beautiful and diverse natural communities as well as some altered by the hand of man.
Many of the sites are located along two of the state's great rivers the Chattahoochee and Flint. For untold generations, these rivers have provided the life blood to the region. They have served as arteries of commerce and travel as well as providing the region with abundant reliable sources of water. Today, they also offer the outdoor enthusiast a wealth of recreational opportunities such as boating, fishing, hunting and bird watching. Yet they are only part of the picture.
Along this rural byway you can travel back in time and bird on the grounds of an elegant southern plantation devoted to the sporting life, walk through a longleaf pine/wiregrass community patrolled by gopher tortoises, hear the roar of the alligator in the mysterious Okefenokee Swamp, watch birds through what is arguably the world's most famous birding window, trek into one of the state's largest remaining Carolina bays and watch hundreds of wading birds returning to roost for the night; birdwatch from a golf cart, search for warblers and thrushes among one of the world's largest collections of azaleas, and try to locate tiny songsters flitting in the tops of centuries-old cypress trees.
Along the way you can see the rarest of the rare, the red-cockaded woodpecker; wild turkeys, wading birds such as wood storks, ring-necked ducks and other waterfowl, hear the Bob-white call of the northern bobwhite, see blue grosbeaks and indigo buntings looking much like brightly colored ornaments hung on shrubs growing in field borders, as well as Mississippi kites, ospreys and bald eagles exhibit their mastery of the air. All told, 263 species of birds have been identified at sites along the trail.
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I would really like to consider a compact XD in .40 but no one seems to have them.
I can't believe this, I'm sick and can't afford to keep this up. Kansas, I went to one of our local gun stores that I knew had a lot of XD's. I knew the 45 is gun of the year but I just got my Glock 21c, so I held the XD S&W 40 sub and it was love at first site. I bought the thing. I have just been dry firing it with some snap caps and I think I'm going to like this gun better than my Glocks and for you guy who know how I feel about Glocks that a tall order. I thought there would never be a gun I like beter that the Glock. I'm heading for the range and will report back later this afternoon. The holster sucks no big deal
I can't believe I'm going to say this BUT I like the XD much better than any Glock I've owned. It is the best shooting gun I've ever owned and I think it's the way the tigger feels. I won't sell my Glocks, I still love them but I will own every XD model out there by the end of the year. Kansas, just ask your dealer to order you one. My dealer said there are penlty out there and he can get them the next day. This will be my main gun now as soon as I get a good holster for it and put 1000 rds through it which should be by Tuesday.. The one that comes with it sucks but the mag holder and reloader are very nice.
The first target is from 35 feet with a 12 rds mag. The hits in the black are caused by three rds each. I shot it very quick.
This next target is from 75 feet. Not bad for a sub compact.
I am so dam happy with this one. I won't sleep tonoght because I'll be thinking about my next visit to the range.
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Glad U like the gun, U ex-Glock-a-holic :-D
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The Walmart Supercenter in Epping will hold a "Stuff a Bus" drive on Saturday with help from Epping Boy Scouts and Fire Department Explorers.
People are encouraged to drop off backpacks, pencils, pens, notebooks, crayons and other items that children can use at school.
The goal is to fill a mini bus provided by Seacoast Learning Collaborative with supplies.
"With school supplies I imagine it will be a lot of smaller items," said Cliff Cray, a committee member who works with Epping Boy Scouts and also serves as an advisor for the Epping Fire Explorers.
"It seems like there are a lot of kids who don't have what they need to have when they start school. The school can only supply so much," Cray said.
"It's amazing the amount of stuff people will donate when they find out it's for a good cause," Cray said.
"Some of the teachers even take out of their own pockets to buy the items," Book said.
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Part 4 in a video series accompanying the Pulitzer-Prize winning article: The Accidental Artist.
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Jon Sarkin is a self-taught contemporary American artist. The neurological effects of a stroke in 1989 led him to be a wildly prolific artist. This condition, known as "sudden artistic output," profoundly affected his perception of the world, and this change is reflected in his art. His work is influenced by popular culture, comics, literature, and music. He has been featured in many publication and documentaries, including GQ, The New Yorker, The New York Times, ArtNews, Primetime Live, the Discovery Channel and the BBC. He has exhibited in several locations, including New York, London, Los Angeles and Boston. His biography, Shadows Bright As Glass, was written in 2011 by Pulitzer-prize winning author Amy Ellis Nutt. Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise have purchased his life rights for an upcoming movie.
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I picked this set up from the ebay seller schubywon, he was mentioned in another thread for his store that sells Fett armor. It came with some very simple straight silver battle damage, so i did a little reworking.
can anyone give me a quick tip on how to reform sintra? i need to reshape the groin piece a little so it curves a little more at the bottom, to better fit in the well...groin area!
any comments / suggestions? its my first set of armor. i misted it with some black / grey paint. added some rust / yellow to the silver weathering, added additional steel paint to the weathering to make it stand out more.
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also, next thing i need to do is cut in the holes for the chest display...
and the knee pieces have no rockets...those wil have to be added as well.


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Generally speaking, it's better to spec the cam for 1.5 rockers from the get-go. There are reasons one might need to use 1.6 rockers, like in the case of the SBC roller engine that doesn't play well w/cam lobe lifts higher than 0.354". Higher ratio rockers is one way around that to get more lift w/o causing the dog bone to lose contact w/the roller lifter. Maybe not the best way, but it is an option that costs less than the better aftermarket roller lifters.
The valve train has a few places that you can get into trouble when adding lift, like spring coil bind, retainer to seal or guide boss interference, etc. Most things like this are covered in the Points to check link above.
Yes, clearances can be an issue, especially if you have guide plates, and if you don't have guide plates and screw in studs, then you should upgrade to them! Also be sure to order hardened pushrods when you get new ones, as standard pushrods can wear on guideplates and break.
Buying 1.6 rockers sounds like cheap HP upgrade, but it causes a trickle effect, and can lead to some work, and a fair amount of money to make them work. Be sure you've got valve to piston clearance for the higher lift too, as Bogie mentioned.
Be sure to check the clearance at the push rod guide hole in the cylinder head. 1.6 rockers will put the p-rod very close to- if not touching it.
You can easily make an adjustable push rod length checker from an old push rod.
Some info:
Valve Train:
• Rocker arms has info on ratios and using a Lewis tool to open the push rod guide holes in the head.
• Valve spring installed height
• Points to check
• Geometry
• Adjust lifters
• Cam break in
You also need to check for valve spring coil bind, needed .050 inch minimum between each coil. Clearance between the spring retainer and valve guide including the guide oil seal needs to be checked this also should not be less than .050, preferably more.
When you start getting toward .5 inch lift at the valve it's also time to check the clearance between the open valve and piston. Here .080 inch on the intake and .100 inch on the exhaust is considered safe.
If you need them lash caps that fit on the end of the valve stem are available to increase stem length if this becomes necessary to put the contact pattern in the correct place. It's not a bad idea to keep a set around when checking to see if more stem length provides better angles and patterns.
|Do you take the tool and act like your doing a valve adjustment until you get the right length
|Yes, they make an adjustable pushrod to check for proper length. Then once the pattern is derived you can measure the pushrod and buy a set at that length.
|Ok and there is a tool to measure what pushrods I need right.
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They made me a new set of 1.61 Hi Lifts for my engine and moounted them on a new shaft and also towers. I ahd to rearrange a few on the shaft to get it right but they work like a charm. Remember there are different length Chevrolet Push Rods too and bet sure to get that right too. These folks have been doing this since I was racing at LADS in the LA area years ago. When "the Snake" was running big block Ford V-8's they were doing this then.
|You may not know this, but you can't just swap out 1.5 rockers with 1.6 and not check the pushrod length to ensure proper pattern on the end of the valves. If the contact pattern is off from the wrong length pushrod and a higher ratio rocker it can cause damage to the end of the valve at the least, and possibly worse things if a keeper comes off or something else fails.
WOW Thats amazing. I have some dual springs I kept off of some 84 vette heads I think they were 293's but do you know if they would be good to hold onto. Also I have a cam I installed in my truck with the following specs::
IntakeExhaustAdvertised Duration262°272°Duration @ .050"204°214°Valve Lift w/ 1.5 Rocker Arms0.4200.442Valve Lift @ Cam0.2800.295Max Lift Angle107°117°Lobe Separation112°Cam Timing @ .050" - Opens-5° ATDC44° BBDCCam Timing @ .050" - Closes29° ABDC-10° BTDC
Would it be safe to install 1.6 rockers later down the road to improve torque. I have the 193 heads which I know they are desingned for low end torque and fuel mileage and not so much for performance. But Could I squeeze a little more towing potential out of my chevy pickup by doing this.
The math for rocker ratios is ratio your going to divided by the ratio your coming from in this case 1.6/1.5 equals 1.0667. That answer times the known valve lift for a 1.5 ratio rocker will yield the lift at the valve for the 1.6 rocker. So .420 times 1.0667 is .448 on the intake and the exhaust is .442 times 1.0667 which nets .478. Also the lift event happens faster with the increasing ratio as does the loading on all the components, no free lunches allowed.
Springs are fun in a not very funny way, get this wrong and you ruin a lot of expensive parts.
- Typically a single spring is just that a simple winding of a piece of really good wire.
- A single spring with damper is the addition of a flat cross section wire wound into a spring that rides against the inner coils of a single spring to absorb (dampen) the natural harmonics of the single wire that would cause it to continue bouncing once excited (just like the shocks on you car's suspension in purpose).
- A single spring may also come with variable distances between windings which tends to dampen harmonics without a seperate damper, they may be made from wire that is not round you will see the term "ovate" and in more modern designs we see a variable diameter of the winding in what's called the beehive. Beehives have a lot of advantages in being more self damping and will tolerate more RPMs before loosing control with less spring rate and pressure. A lot of this is due to using a smaller thus lighter retainer.
- Dual wound is actually two springs a smaller nested inside a larger. They are wound in opposite directions to gain damping of harmonic responses in either but the main attraction is increasing spring rate and pressure without increasing diameter, lenght or wire size.
- Tripple wound is more of the same as dual with one more nested spring.
I highly recommend that you use the camshaft manufacturer's recommended springs and retainers if not lifters and valves as well if these are specified. They have the equipment like a Spintron that lets them do the testing to determine whether a selected spring actually performs the task of keeping the valve train tracking the cam. Loss of control quickly leads to broken parts in some cases even the loss of the engine. While a major player in keeping control of the valve train can be found in spring rate and pressure, the harmonic respose of the spring, also, needs to be studied and included into the spring design This is more complex to calculate and needs to be studied for actual events compared to calculated to be proofed by test that the spring doesn't get out of control harmonically somewhere in the RPM range.
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|AWWWWW, ok I didnt know all that, but I was talking about chevy small block. I didnt know it was that complex. Sorry guys. So if I am using a .420INT and a .442EXH Lift cam with 1.6:1 rockers its actual lift is what????? I cam up with .672INT and .707EXH. That dont seem right. Also what is dual and single pattern
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RED FLAG: 1.5 or 1.7? Mixing up engine "families". What engine are we talking about? Small block Chevy? They use 1.5 or 1.6:1 rockers (multiply "lobe lift" by rocker ratio to attain actual "lift at the valve"). Big blocks use 1.73:1. Small Fords are 1.6 or 1.7. Pontiacs are 1.5 or 1.65... Of course there ARE variations, but these are the "common" ones.
Like Bogie says, a LOT more here than meets the eye.
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"I grow my own herbs, and this dish showcases them perfectly," says Marilyn Pozzo from Salmo, British Columbia. "Red pepper slices and a sprinkling of parsley dress up the pasta shells in a simple yet eye-pleasing way. My husband and our three young children enjoy this on the side with grilled pork, bee, chicken and fish."
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- 12 ounces uncooked medium pasta shells
- 1 medium sweet red pepper, julienned
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh tarragon, basil, thyme or oregano or 1 tablespoon dried tarragon, basil, thyme or oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, saute the red pepper and garlic in butter and oil until tender. Drain pasta; add to pepper mixture. Add the remaining ingredients; toss to combine. Serve immediately. Yield: 6 servings.
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"Excellent dish! easy, with outstanding flavor. I used a 16oz box of shell pasta so I increased milk to 3/4cup and used 1&1/2Tbs of dried tarragon and about 3/4 cup fresh parsley. I sauted pepper and 4 garlic cloves in 3 Tbs each of butter and oil. I served this with meatloaf and fresh steamed broccoli. My husband wants me to serve this with italian sausage. I am anxious to make again and try a different herb, or maybe use italian seasoning. This dish has alot of potential with variations of herbs and will complement a variety of main dishes."
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For the more information about the geologic resources of the National Park Service, please visit https://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/.
Geologic Resources Inventory
Geology is the foundation of park ecosystems and provides important information needed for park decision making. Helping parks understand the role that geology plays in the landscape and environment is a core function of the Geologic Resource Inventory (GRI).
The GRI is one of 12 natural resource inventory efforts within the National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program. The Program is a cooperative effort between the NPS and Colorado State University. It strives to advance science based management of natural resources in the national parks and raise awareness about geology and the role that geologic features and processes play in the environment.
The GRI team, working closely with a variety of partners, provides each of the 270 natural area parks with a geologic scoping meeting, digital geologic map data, and a park-specific geologic report. These products are designed to enhance stewardship of park resources by providing valuable information about geologic formations, hazards, and links between geology, history, and other natural resources. The maps and reports are available on the GRI publications page.
Scoping Meetings and Summary
The GRI team conducts scoping meetings at parks to review available data on park geology and discuss geologic issues. In addition to GRI staff, meeting participants may include: park managers and staff; geologists from the U.S. Geological Survey, state surveys, academic and private sectors; and other interested parties. Together, they evaluate the extent and quality of existing geologic maps and park-specific geologic resource management issues. The GRI may provide funds for new mapping in parks that lack or have inadequate map coverage.
Following the meeting, a scoping summary is produced. The summary document details the main points of the meeting and lays out the geologic mapping plan. While early scoping summaries focused primarily on geologic map issues, more recent summaries also include outlines and discussions of geologic issues, features, and processes. The summaries also include a list of meeting participants.
Links to Scoping Summaries can be found on our publications page.
Geologic Maps (GIS)
Digital geologic maps reproduce all aspects of traditional paper maps, including notes, legend, and cross sections. The GRI may use bedrock, surficial, and special purpose maps such as geomorphological or geologic hazard maps to create digital data and meet park needs. This product allows geologic information to be easily viewed or analyzed in conjunction with a wide range of other resource management information in park geographic information systems (GIS).
- Geologic maps are digitized and/or converted to the GRI data model.
- GIS data is produced in ESRI Geodatabase and Shapefile formats.
- A helpfile (.hlp format) or PDF document accompanies each map and includes all aspects of the original source products, including the geologic units and their descriptions, geologic cross sections, the geologic report, references and all other pertinent images and information contained in the original publication.
Links to Geologic Map data can be found on our publications page.
Geologic Reports
After the geologic map is completed, a geologic report is prepared. GRI reports contain five major sections:
- Identification and description of key geologic resource management issues;
- Discussion of geologic features and processes important to park ecosystems and management;
- A map unit properties table that identifies characteristics of geologic map units;
- A brief geologic history of the park area; and
- An overview of the digital geologic map data.
Links to Geologic Reports can be found on our publications page.
View current status of scoping meetings, geologic reports, and digital geologic map data.
Park Uses of Geologic Information
- Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - Document glacial response to climate change
- Buffalo National River - Explore groundwater and karst interaction
- Dinosaur National Monument - Identify threatened plant habitat
- Coronado National Memorial - Locate threatened animal habitat
- Yosemite National Park - Identify areas with rockfall potential
NPS GRI Program Contacts
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