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Florissant Fossil Beds
National Monument
Today, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is a wonderland of meadows, forests, and wildflowers. Noting this brilliance, an early settler from Missouri gave this area his hometown's name since it means "flowering" in French. Yet 34 to 35 million years ago a description would tell another tale. Lake Florissant, stretching 15 miles through an ancient forested valley, dominates the scene. Lush ferns and shrubs thrive under towering redwoods, cedars, pines, and a colorful mixed hardwood forest of maples, hickories, elms, and oaks. In this warm, humid climate, thousands upon thousands of insects crawl, fly, and buzz about. Fish, mollusks, birds, and mammals inhabit the lake and its shores.
Nearby, a volcano rumbles. In the past, volcanic mudflows blanketed parts of the forest surrounding Lake Florissant, killing entire trees. Now as the volcano again erupts violently, the devastation is widespread. The exploding volcano showers the countryside with millions of tons of ash, dust, and pumice. Caught in this deadly cloud, insects, leaves, fish (anything that cannot escape) die, and many fall to the lake bottom, where they are buried. These eruptions occur again and again for perhaps as long as 700,000 years. Each time, fragments of life are trapped in a layer of volcanic sediments at the bottom of the lake. Eventually these sediments become a finely layered shale and transform the buried plant and animal life into fossils.
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument preserves this site. The fossil beds are internationally renowned for the variety and number of fossils, particularly of insects and plants, they have yielded since their discovery in the late 1800s. Paleontologists have collected more than 60,000 specimens for museums and universities around the world. These fossils reveal, in remarkable detail, what life of so long ago was like. Ever so fragile and a tiny creature as a butterfly may be preserved as a fossil that clearly shows its antennae, legs, hairs, and the pattern of its wings. Massive petrified redwood stumps are evidence that ancient life here had its giants, too. Yet, little remains of other ancient Lake Florissant life. Fossil bones, teeth, shells, and feather impressions reveal the existence of mollusks, fish, birds, opossums, mesohippus (an ancestor of the modern horse), and oreodonts (extinct pig-like animals). But unless a mammal or bird actually died in or near the lake, its chances of preservation were very slim. Future scientific explorations promise to unearth more of Florissant's "buried treasures."
Fossils of Ancient Lake Florissant
The rich deposits discovered at Florissant Fossil Beds give us an unusually detailed look at life in an ancient North America. These impressions of prehistoric plants and animals are relatively young in geologic terms. The Florissant fossils hint at what life may have been like about 35 million years ago during the close of the Eocene Epoch; approximately 30 million years after the age of dinosaurs and at least 33 million years before humans appeared.
Today most of Florissant's fossils are exhibited and studied at various museums and universities. A small number are displayed in the park visitor center. Others, unfortunately, have been taken as private souvenirs over the years; what valuable information they might have provided cannot be known, for each fossil is an irreplaceable piece in the puzzle of the past. Fortunately millions of other fossils in yet undisturbed portions of the fossil beds are now protected by the park.
Fossil Plants. Fossils of an incredibly diverse mix of more than 100 species of trees and other plants have been discovered at Florissant. Most commonly fossil leaves are found, but fossil twigs, seeds, cones, flowers, and pollen grains also occur. Like the insects, plant fragments have usually been preserved as lifesize, color-enhanced impressions. A quite different type of plant fossil found at Florissant consists of massive petrified stumps of redwoods and other trees. They stand today where they were buried by volcanic mudflows millions of years ago. The stumps turned to stone as minerals seeped into the wood and gradually crystallized within living tissue. The fossil record suggests that the ancient forest was not like any now in Colorado. In it grew many trees and shrubs whose closest living relatives are now found in widely scattered places such as the southeastern United States, Mexico and China.
Fossil Insects. Insects are rarely preserved as fossils because they are so fragile. The the fine sediment that settled in Lake Florissant was finer than talcum powder and ideal for the delicate job of preservation. Thousands of insect fossils have been recovered from the fine-grained, fossil-bearing shales. An amazing number of insect species (more than 1,100) have been identified. The insects are usually preserved as exquisitely detailed impressions in the shale, colored brown or black by a thin residue of organic matter - all that remains of the actual living thing. Some insects look perfect, other are crushed, and some are just parts: a delicate wing, a headless body. The fossils indicate that insects 35 million years ago were much like those today. However, many types that once lived at Lake Florissant no longer inhabit Colorado. Some like the tsetse fly, are gone from North America. Others are wholly extinct.
The General park map handed out at the visitor center is available on the park's map webpage.For information about topographic maps, geologic maps, and geologic data sets, please see the geologic maps page.
A geology photo album for this park can be found here.For information on other photo collections featuring National Park geology, please see the Image Sources page.
Currently, we do not have a listing for a park-specific geoscience book. The park's geology may be described in regional or state geology texts.
Please visit the Geology Books and Media webpage for additional sources such as text books, theme books, CD ROMs, and technical reports.
Parks and Plates: The Geology of Our National Parks, Monuments & Seashores.
Lillie, Robert J., 2005.
W.W. Norton and Company.
9" x 10.75", paperback, 550 pages, full color throughout
The spectacular geology in our national parks provides the answers to many questions about the Earth. The answers can be appreciated through plate tectonics, an exciting way to understand the ongoing natural processes that sculpt our landscape. Parks and Plates is a visual and scientific voyage of discovery!
Ordering from your National Park Cooperative Associations' bookstores helps to support programs in the parks. Please visit the bookstore locator for park books and much more.
For information about permits that are required for conducting geologic research activities in National Parks, see the Permits Information page.
The NPS maintains a searchable data base of research needs that have been identified by parks.
A bibliography of geologic references is being prepared for each park through the Geologic Resources Evaluation Program (GRE). Please see the GRE website for more information and contacts.
NPS Geology and Soils PartnersAssociation of American State Geologists
Geological Society of America
Natural Resource Conservation Service - Soils
U.S. Geological Survey
Currently, we do not have a listing for any park-specific geology education programs or activities.
General information about the park's education and intrepretive programs is available on the park's education webpage.For resources and information on teaching geology using National Park examples, see the Students & Teachers pages.


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The story of Nintendo's rise and the beloved icon who made it possible
Nintendo has continually set the standard for video game innovation in America, starting in 1981 with a plucky hero who jumped over barrels to save a girl from an ape.
The saga of Mario, the portly plumber who became the most successful franchise in the history of gaming, has plot twists worthy of a video game. Jeff Ryan shares the story of how this quintessentially Japanese company found success in the American market. Lawsuits, Hollywood, die-hard fans, and face-offs with Sony and Microsoft are all part of the drama. Find out about: Mario's eccentric yet brilliant creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, who was tapped for the job because he was considered expendable; Minoru Arakawa, the son-in-law of Nintendo's imperious president, who bumbled his way to success; and the unexpected approach that allowed Nintendo to reinvent itself as the gaming system for the nongamer, especially now with the Wii.
Even those who can't tell a Koopa from a Goomba will find this a fascinating story of striving, comeuppance, and redemption.
©2011 Jeff Ryan (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
"One of America's favorite pastimes is covered in exhaustive, enthusiastic detail." (Publishers Weekly)
"Truly super!"
Wow! What a great read!
Don't get me wrong, I love my nonfiction, documentarian fare when it comes to reading; but when it comes to books of this type, I am accustomed to informative rather than entertaining.
I finished this book in under 24 hours (where typically I take days or weeks). It was just that interesting and fun(!) to listen to!
To be sure, it contains a few (minor) factual errors, and the narrator occasionally produces a cringeworthy pronunciation...but if you have any interest in Nintendo, Mario, or the history of videogames in general, read this well-researched, well-written book. You won't be sorry.
"A Must! For the gamer, 80's nerd, business man."
As someone who was born in 71, this book was meant for me. It should be required reading for people who read Ready Player One, which I highly recommend. I knew things the reader was going to say before he said it, which is always a treat when listening to an audio book, but the real treat was that he would then give you the behind the curtain details. Pop culture has put forth so many myths about games, characters, and the Big N itself and this book dispels them all. This book even features snip-its about Mikhail Gorbachev, George W. Bush, astronauts, the Beatles and to many others to list. As the book went through each era, I can remember where I was, who my friends where, the rumors that would fly about the next greatest thing that was coming out. It's easy to be an armchair quarterback and hindsight is always 20/20 right... but I can look back and remember how my friends and I would think than Nintendo was genius at times or wondering what the hell they were thinking. This book gives you real insight to the evolution of a business, an industry, a culture and a way of life. From a business stand point this shows how making sure it's right before it comes out is critical... "there's no such thing as late game once it comes out, but a bad game will always be bad". On the other hand the race could be over by the time your unbeatable car is finished.
"Not Exciting"
Ray Porter is my favorite narrator and his reading can make an average book feel great. I think this might be why this book gets such good reviews. Either that, or die-hard Nintendo fans love hearing lists of the gazillions of variations on all the Mario games.
What I got from this book was that Nintendo found a formula that worked and were careful to not change things too much and milk that baby for all they could get out of it.
Don't get me wrong - I like Nintendo. I like that their devices and games are usually high quality, family friendly and I especially liked the Wii with its introduction of less sedentary gaming.
But after the first hour the book, it became less of a personal story and entrepreneurial success story and more like a high level chronology of a corporation's product rollouts.
Still, Ray Porter can make the ingredients list on a packet of peach rings sound enthralling :-)
"Good history of Mario"
I've read a number of other video game books but never listened to one -- the read does an incredible job on this. The book itself is quite good and even the biggest Nintendo nerd will learn something. Note to the author however, what's with the stupid Green Peace mention at the end? Completely out of place and annoying, but it's only like a minute or two so don't let that ruin the book. I would love to see the author do a full history of Nintendo, this covers a lot of it, but there is a lot of stuff missed as well since this focuses more of Mario. Highly recommend this to any video game / technology / child of the 80s nerd.
Funny, clever, interesting writing with energetic poise narration. I often found myself laughing aloud and being refilled with a long lost desire to revisit my favorite Nintendo games as I continued to listen to this great audiobook. Well worth the time and money!
"It's a Mario!!!"
I bought this book in search of nostalgia, and I wasn't disappointed.
I think Ray Porter could read the back of a shampoo bottle and make it riveting.
"A sweeping work of fun geek journalism"
Jeff Ryan's style is rather akin to the kind of writing one finds in the A.V. Club or Wired magazine--smart, brisk, and lightly sarcastic. And this is the kind of story you'll read in places like those, too--just expanded into epic full-length book form.
This is the first Ray Porter narration I've listened to. His voice and rhythm reminds me a lot of James Spader for some reason. This is certainly no complaint.
"Who Knew !! What fun !"
Watching my kids and their friends play video games as they grew up, I never knew what was going on in the production and business end of gaming. Ryan brings it all out and in a most entertaining and enlightening manner. Is Mario Mario ?
"Good light reading for fans of gaming"
I grew up in the eighties and played loads of Nintendo games. This book is a straightforward look at the founding and rise of the game company, which was actually founded in the late 1880's as a card company in Japan but made its first big splash in the U.S. with the 1981 release of Donkey Kong (a mistranslated title that the designers originally intended to be something along the lines of "Stubborn Ape").
This book is not intended to have Pulitzer-level writing, so yes: as some reviewers have pointed out, the author uses awkward and frequent metaphors. Take, for example, the following excerpt in which the author explains that Shigeru Miyamoto, the game designer who created Mario, generally avoided complex storylines while his engineers sometimes "snuck" them into his games: "All Miyamoto wants from [Mario] is a connection to gamers. He's at one end of a tug-of-war, pulling for Mario to be recreational, away from the half-hour cut scenes of the storytellers on the other end of the rope. But Miyamoto is only one man, and thus some very clever story sometimes sneaks in under the portcullis."
The book focuses on describing the design, marketing, gameplay, and ideas behind many of Nintendo's most- and least-popular titles and game systems. Readers will no doubt remember many of these with great fondness. The book covers far less detail about the personal politics between the people involved in the game company itself... you hear scattered stories about how people arrived at or left the company, but there is nothing earth-shattering or extremely controversial. (If you're looking for a saga about the internal politics at Nintendo, this story will give you a very cursory overview; look elsewhere.)
I wasn't a big fan of the audiobook narration, but it's passable and not the most critical aspect of a book like this. Ray Porter's voice sounds, remarkably, like a perfect combination of Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd. His reading reminded me of the way a sportscaster speaks, which lends itself somewhat to the tone of the book.
Overall, the book is a light and engaging read. If you grew up in the eighties and played Nintendo games and are even slightly passionate about gaming, this book is probably a good choice for you.
Hero of Time
"Marred by Poor Narration and Research"
Likely a comedy
No. The author, while expertly researching and chronicling many aspects of Nintendo's corporate history, seems not to have a personal connection to the games themselves. Consequently, many games and game franchises integral to Nintendo's story and success are glossed over or skipped, and many details fairly basic to an understanding of a specific game are erroneously reported. While the author may have a passing enthusiasm for Nintendo and video games in general, he seems to have more of a connection to the business side of Nintendo's history, which lends his book to an insufficient understanding and reporting of the history of the games themselves.
While I had no problem with the narrator's skills in general, his mispronunciation of several names and phrases - Samus Aran as "Same-us A-rau", Bob-omb as "Bob-O.M.B." (yes, he spelled the second part out), and moychandizing (from Mel Brooks' fantastic movie "Spaceballs") as "moysh-en-dizz-in" are just a few examples that spring readily to mind - really took me out of the story and led me to wonder why, when said narrator reached a word with a pronunciation he was unsure of, an attempt to deduce the correct pronunciation was not made before simply barreling through anyway. I can't remember ever hearing a narrator have so many issues with pronunciation, let alone any. It's incredibly detrimental to immersion in the story.
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Accreditation is an important credential to look for when choosing a university because it's an assurance to you and the public that an institution meets or exceeds standards for quality of faculty, curriculum, student services, and fiscal stability.
Types of Accreditation
Capella University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
The Higher Learning Commission is among the six regional accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Regional bodies accredit colleges and universities; national bodies accredit trade and vocational schools.
In addition to our regional accreditation, Capella has achieved specialized and program-specific accreditation recognizing the quality and legitimacy of our degree programs.
The Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs (ACBSP) has accredited Capella University business programs and select specializations. The full accreditation statement and the list of accredited programs and specializations is available here. Established in 1988, ACBSP is the only organization offering specialized business accreditation for all degree levels, from associate to baccalaureate to doctoral degree programs.
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These online resources are free for the patrons of the Cedar Falls Public Library. Unless otherwise noted, you can use these resources from home with your Cedar Falls library card number.
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Early reports about the resignation of the president of Madagascar indicated that Marc Ravalomanana decided in the interest of peace and security in the nation to offer his resignation. However, latest reports indicate he signed the resignation with weapons pointed at hi. "I never resigned. I was forced to hand power over at gunpoint" he now says. Ravalomanana told a special meeting of the Southern African Development Community he had no desire to resign but was forced to by members of the military. The SADC made an unusual decision to suspend Madagascar due the manner in which the current government assumed power. A foreign diplomat who was in the area said he never saw any military forces in the area when the resignation took place.
The SADC is upset at how Madagascar is ruled but it refuses to take any action against President Robert Mugabe who stole an election and has brutalized the nation of Zimbabwe. Is there a double standard as to who can or can not assume power in an African nation?


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CHAMPIONS! Softball Captures HL Tournament Title
By Rachel Buck (@GBRachel)
DAYTON, Ohio (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Continuing its strong hitting and pitching throughout the Horizon League Tournament, the Green Bay softball team captured its second conference tournament title in program history with a 9-0 five-inning win over Valparaiso on Saturday afternoon in Dayton.
The tournament title is the second in program history, and gives the Phoenix the Horizon League automatic qualifier ticket to the upcoming NCAA Softball Tournament. The NCAA Tournament field will be announced on Sunday evening at 9 p.m. CST.
Senior Ashley Nannemann (Burlington, Wis.) was named to the all-tournament team, received the tourney pitching award and was also named the Tournament MVP after hurling her third complete game. In Saturday's contest she threw a five-inning shutout, allowing just two hits with three strikeouts.
Nannemann was joined on the all-tournament team by sophomore Kelli Hutchinson (Trevor, Wis.), senior Shannon Butts (Greenfield, Wis.), freshman Abby Brinkmeier (Eagan, Minn.) and sophomore Marissa Michalkiewicz (Appleton, Wis.).
Striking quickly in the game, senior Miranda Reinke (Milwaukee, Wis.) and Michalkiewicz put up back-to-back hits before Shannon Butts delivered a shot down the right field line to bring home Reinke and put the Phoenix ahead, 1-0.
The Phoenix offense came up big in the bottom of the third inning, batting around while getting five runs on two hits and a Valparaiso error to jump out to a 6-0 lead. Loading the bases with one out, freshman Katelyn Huemmer (Sun Prairie, Wis.) reached on a drop fly ball by Valpo second baseman Amanda Wisniewski that also allowed the first run of the inning to score. Junior Miranda Spangberg (Wausau, Wis.) then hit an RBI groundout to second for another run, and senior Stacey Butts (Greenfield, Wis.) cleared the bases with a triple to right that put Green Bay ahead, 5-0.
After giving up the triple, Valpo starter Sierra Pico exited the circle and was replaced by Mollie Lindeman, who gave up a single to her first batter faced, Hutchinson, for the final Phoenix run of the third.
Green Bay got three more runs in the bottom of the fourth as it built its advantage to 9-0. With one out, Shannon Butts singled to center and replaced by pinch runner Hailee Frey, who came home as Brinkmeier doubled to left center for the first run. Huemmer followed with a suicide squeeze bunt to score Brinkmeier and one batter later Stacey Butts reached on a Valparaiso error that allowed Huemmer to score and put the Green Bay advantage at 9-0.
Green Bay outhit the Crusaders, 9-2 in the game. Shannon Butts finished the day 2-for-2 at the plate, while Hutchinson was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
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Police say man was doing 111 on 101 on 12/12
Felix Rivas Torres, 21, was clocked by police aircraft during an aircraft detail about 11 a.m. Wednesday and charged with reckless driving, police said.
During the detail, police said, they stopped 45 motorists, issuing 24 tickets and 21 warnings.
Seven of the 45 were clocked at 85 mph or higher, police said.


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The Fairfield University men's lacrosse team snapped a two-game slide with a 13-11 win over visiting ECAC Lacrosse League foeBellarmine University on Lessing Field Saturday afternoon. The victory improves the Stags record to 5-4 overall and 2-1 in ECAC play, while the Knights fall to 4-7 on the season and 0-2 in league play.
Fairfield wasted little time getting the offense going on Saturday, as Sam Snow (Bainbridge, Wash.) netted a pass from Max Trunz (Upper Brookville, N.Y.) 46 seconds into the game. Brent Adams (Norwalk, Conn.) struck twice in the first quarter for the Stags, including a man-down tally, to push the advantage to 3-0. Bellarmine broke through 3:36 into the second-quarter with a man-up goal from Luke Acton, with Adams and Doug Kuring (New Milford, Conn.) answered to give Fairfield a 5-1 advantage, The teams alternated goals in the final 7:01 of the second quarter as the Stags took a 7-4 lead into halftime.
Fairfield netted the first four goals of the second-half, with Kuring, Adams, Trunz and Snow all touching net over a 9:28 span to push the lead to 11-4, but Bellarmine answered. Mitch McLaren started the comeback with the final goal of the third quarter and the Knights struck three times in the first 5:27 of the final stanza to cut the deficit to 11-8. Matt Plominski (Port Washington, N.Y.) stemmed the tide momentarily with a man-up goal at the 7:55 mark, which would prove to be the decisive tally.
McLaren made the score 12-9 with a goal at the 4:21 mark which Shawn Honovich (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) answered on a pass from Adams. The Knights struck twice more, 12 seconds apart, with 78 and 66 seconds to play, to make the score 13-11, but Nick Tandoi (Manhasset, N.Y.) forced a Knight turnover after the ensuing face-off to secure the win for the Stags.
Charlie Cipriano (Williston Park, N.Y.) finished the game with 13 saves and a caused turnover to earn the win in net for Fairfield. Dillon Ward stopped 11 shots and had six ground balls in net for the Knights.
Adams tallied a game-high six points for the Stags, scoring four goals and handing out two assist. The Stags had eight different players score a goal, with Snow and Kuring both striking twice on the afternoon. Jordan Greenfield (Dover, Mass.) handed out three assist, while Snow had two on the day to finish with four points.
McLaren, four goals, and Will Cary, two goals and two assists, led Bellarmine's offense with four points apiece. Luke Action and Jordan Wong both touched net twice as well as handing out an assist each.
Fairfield committed 11 of the games 15 penalties, but was able to control the damage by killing off 7-9 of those man-down situations. The Stags were 2-3 in man-up chances on the day. Bellarmine committed 14 turnovers, seven of which were caused by Fairfield, led by the three of Drew Palmer (Webster, N.Y.). The Knights had a 32-16 advantage in ground balls, including a 20-9 edge in the second-half. Fairfield was 14-27 at the face-off on the day.
The Stags continue ECAC play next Saturday when they travel to Baltimore, Md. for a match-up with Loyola University Maryland.


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I have no doubt that a strike on Iran by Israel will take place within weeks to months.
We lost a very high tech Drone because we are looking at targets in Iran and then sharing that info with Israel. That tells us that war is close indeed. I by no means want war again, but I believe there is no other option. War will happen. Keep watching the news.
It's only a matter of time. May God be with Israel and the USA.


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Balancing academics, student organizations and a new social life is challenging for freshmen, but for the past four years, the University of St. Thomas' Mendenhall Summer Institute has provided students with the tools to succeed academically and become leaders on campus.
Established in 2008 as part of a gift from Trini Mendenhall Sosa, the Mendenhall Summer Institute is a 5-week program allowing a select group of 50 incoming freshmen students to start their college education early and earn a grant for tuition at UST. Students take classes in English and Math and have the opportunity to participate in social activities, receive individualized tutoring and improve their information literacy skills through library and computer instruction.
UST student Eduardo Mulanovich attended the very first Mendenhall Summer Institute in 2008 and graduates this year with a degree in bioinformatics.
"The mathematics class at Mendenhall is what introduced me to the bioinformatics major," Mulanovich said. "Before the program I wanted to study psychology or biology. The English portion of Mendenhall gave me the tools to make all A's in college English, and I now tutor writing in addition to biology and physics."
Mulanovich has been very active on campus, co-founding the Health Awareness Club and the Bioinformatics Club. He completed two research projects in biology and bioinformatics, and has been accepted to medical school in San Antonio.
Dena Yanowski, a current junior and 2009 participant in the Mendenhall Summer Institute, said for her the best part of Mendenhall was becoming familiar with professors, students and the campus before starting school full time.
"I would not have had the same experience at St. Thomas if I hadn't done Mendenhall," Yanowski said. "When I moved into Guinan for the first time, I already knew the people living there. At orientation, people knew my name and it gave me a great foundation."
Pete Karagozian, another 2009 participant from Cedar Park, Texas, said attending Mendenhall helped him transition to living in Houston and manage his time well.
"I have a lot of respect for programs like Mendenhall because they give students the opportunity to acclimate to campus life and their freshman year," Karagozian said. "I fell in love with the St. Thomas family. The best part of Mendenhall is that I made friends and I learned to create study groups for my classes."
Both Yanowski and Karagozian said Mendenhall's time management skills have allowed them to pursue their passion for service work.
Yanowski, an education major, is a three-year Presidential Ambassador on campus and served as a Sophomore Advisor in Residence Life. She actively volunteers with a local organization to provide donated food to the hungry.
Karagozian volunteers at the Seton Medical Center Williamson as a volunteer patient representative, and for his biology service project he worked at a farm that feeds homeless people. He said the service project led to an interest in environmental issues, and he is now the vice president of the UST Garden and Environmental Club. Karagozian was one of four Honors students chosen to attend the National Collegiate Honors Council last year.
Simberly Rodriguez, a communications major and French minor, said she was encouraged by the 2010 Mendenhall program to take on leadership roles on campus.
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- Cinnamon sugar, optional
- 1-3/4 cups apple cider or unsweetened apple juice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 cinnamon sticks (3 inches)
- 4 whole cloves
- 1 bottle (750 milliliters) dry red wine
- If desired, moisten the rims of seven mugs with water. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on a plate; dip rims in cinnamon sugar. Set mugs aside.
- In a large saucepan, combine the cider, sugar, cinnamon sticks and cloves. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
- Add wine and heat through. Remove from the heat. Cover and steep for 10 minutes; strain. Serve in prepared mugs. Yield: 7 servings (3/4 cup each).
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The Saguaros moved to within 1.5 games of first place after Friday's victory over the division-leading Peoria Javelinas.
Surprise first baseman Chris McGuiness (.315/.414/.534 in 20 games) batted cleanup and reached base twice–-with a single and a walk––in four plate appearances. He drove home three runs, giving him a league-leading 23 RBI in those 20 games.
Brett Nicholas, who was added to the Saguaros' roster prior to Friday's contest, appeared as a pinch-hitter for McGuiness in the eighth inning. He walked in his only plate appearance.
Nicholas, 24, was drafted by the Rangers as a catcher in the sixth round of the 2010 MLB Draft. But he played almost exclusively at first base this past season, when he posted a .285/.351/.413 slash line in 122 games at High-A Myrtle Beach.
Lefty reliever Jimmy Reyes surrendered his first run of the Arizona Fall League campaign while finishing the game. Reyes allowed a run in 1.1 innings, giving up a hit, walking one, plunking one, and striking out one.
Playing in his first Dominican Winter League game, Jurickson Profar got the start at second base and batted fifth. To the surprise of nobody, he came through with a big game-tying single in the eighth inning. Licey took the lead later in the frame.
Overall, Profar went 3-for-4 with a double in his debut.
Right fielder Engel Beltre, the league's leading hitter, raised his batting average to .400 with two singles in three at-bats. He also stole his second base and drove home a run.
Leonys Martin was 1-for-3 with a walk, a sacrifice bunt, and an outfield assist. The centerfielder gunned down a runner at third base.
Cibao leadoff hitter Leury Garcia (.271/.301/.443) singled once in four at-bats. He split his time between second base and third base during the game. Catcher Konrad Schmidt, who batted ninth for the Gigantes, walked twice before being lifted for a pinch hitter in the eighth inning. He did erase the game's only attempted base stealer against him.
The 28-year-old Schmidt has scuffled offensively in his 15 Dominican Winter League games thus far. The former Diamondbacks catcher is 7-for-44 (.159) without an extra-base hit. He's drawn three walks and whiffed 13 times.
No Rangers appeared in LVBP on Friday.
Tiburones first baseman and left fielder Jhonny Gomez singled four his only knock in four at-bats. Despite the relatively quiet performance on Friday, Gomez has carried his club's offense in 20 games played.
Through those 20 games, Gomez is 31-for-80 (.388) with three doubles and three home runs. He's also drawn seven walks, been plunked three times, and struck out just six times. His slash line currently stands at an impressive .388/.456/.538.
Magallanes third baseman Elio Castillo (.218/.306/.255) also went 1-for-4. Right-handed reliever Randol Rojas (5.19 ERA/.257 BAA) hurled a perfect eighth inning, getting two groundouts and a strikeout.
Joey Butler's Venados de Mazatlan played an 18-inning game on Friday that took nearly seven hours to complete. Butler played the entire game in right field, getting three singles, an intentional walk, and a hit-by pitch in eight plate appearances.
Mazatlan and Hermosillo went a combined 2-for-27 with runners in scoring position during the 18 frames, stranding 34 total runners on base.
Leones de Ponce catcher Jorge Alfaro had two of his club's four hits in their 7-1 defeat on Friday, as he went 2-for-4 with a double. Through his first two contests, the talented 19-year-old prospect has four hits in seven at-bats with a walk and two strikeouts.
DH Mike Bianucci (0/4, K) and first baseman Brandon Snyder (0/3, BB, K) both went without a hit. Bianucci had played in Thursday's season opener while Snyder was appearing in his first Puerto Rican Winter League game.
Batting leadoff for Brisbane, centerfielder Hirotoshi Onaka went 1-for-5 with a double. He also struck out once.
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3Byron Moore
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- 2013 Phil Steele Preseason Third Team All-SEC
- CFPA Hon. Mention DB of the Week (Sept. 24)
- Southern Pigskin Defensive Player of Week (Sept. 24
- TSWA Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 25
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- Games/Starts: 12/0
- As a reserve in the secondary, made 25 tackles, had two passes defended and a forced fumble in 12 games in 2013
- Tied for second on team with six special teams tackles
- Posted three tackles in college finale at Kentucky (11/30)
- Made four tackles vs. #7 Auburn (11/9)
- Three tackles including a TFL at #10 Missouri (11/2)
- Four tackles and forced a fumble at #1 Alabama (10/26)
- Three tackles vs. #6 Georgia (10/5)
- Two stops and two passes defended vs. WKU (9/7)
- Opened 2013 with team-high five tackles vs. Austin Peay (8/31)
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- Games/Starts: 12/12
- Starting strong safety for first three games, slid over to start at free safety after Brian Randolph's injury, where he started final nine games
- Second on team in tackles with 86, with five interceptions
- Tied for eighth in the NCAA in total interceptions (five)
- Tied for 11th in the NCAA and first in the SEC with 0.42 interceptions per game
- Double-figure tackles in four of final nine games with 66 total tackles in those games (7.3 per game)
- Finished season with three tackles vs. Kentucky (11/24)
- Interception and two tackles at Vanderbilt (11/17)
- Career-high for second week in a row with 12 stops vs. Troy (11/3)
- Career-high 11 tackles including a TFL at #17 South Carolina (10/27)
- Seven tackles vs. #1 Alabama (10/20)
- Tied career-high with 10 tackles at #19 Miss State (10/13)
- Picked off fourth interception of season, returned INT 35 yards for first-career touchdown at #5 Georgia (9/29), also made six tackles with 0.5 TFL
- Honored As Southern Pigskin SEC Defensive Player of the Week and CFPA Defensive Back Weekly Honor Roll (9/2)
- Career-high 10 tackles along with two interceptions vs. Akron (9/22); first Vol with two interceptions in a game since Eric Berry in 2007
- Tied for second on team with seven stops vs. Florida (9/15)
- Five stops vs. Georgia State (9/8)
- Posted career-high eight tackles and first-career interception in opener vs. NC State (8/31)
- With eight tackles in opener, more than doubled season total of six from 2011
- Games/Starts: 11/2
- Played 11 games with two starts in first season at UT
- As a nickelback, had six tackles and a pass defended
- Started for second time vs. MTSU (11/5) made one tackle and forced a fumble in win
- First-career start vs. #14 South Carolina (10/29) in nickel package, saw most playing time, making career-high two tackles
- Made a stop at #2 Alabama (10/22)
- First tackle of the season vs. Buffalo (10/1)
- UT debut vs. Montana (9/3), no tackles
- Rivals: 4-star (No. 5 overall junior college prospect)
- Scout: 4-star
- Named Defensive Player of the Year in the Central Division-Western Conference of the Southern California Football Association
- At Los Angeles Harbor Community College, totaled 42 tackles and nine interceptions, two of which were returned for touchdowns
- Coach at Los Angeles Harbor: Brett Peabody
- Redshirted
- 2008 honors as a senior include Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, ESPNU 150, Prep Star Dream Team, Sporting News Top 100, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West First Team, Orange County Register Fab 15 First Team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Golden State Preps All-Southern California First Team, All-L.A. City First Team, Los Angeles Times All-Star First Team, South Bay Daily Breeze All-South Bay First Team and All-Marine League Offensive MVP
- As a senior at Narbonne High School, compiled 83 tackles, four INTs (two TDs), three fumble recoveries (one TD) and a pair of forced fumbles
- Offensively, tallied 61 receptions for 963 yards and eight scores
- Also notched 820 return yards along with four TDs
- Graduated from high school and signed with USC, where he redshirted as a freshman
- Competed in track and field in high school
- As a senior in 2009, was rated as the No. 98 overall prospect nationally, No. 6 overall safety and No. 11 player in the state of California by Rivals
- Coach at Narbonne: Manual Douglas
- Full Name: Byron Terrell Moore, Jr.
- Born: October 24, 1991 in Carson, California
- Son of Monica and Byron Moore, Sr.
- Majoring in Sociology
- Tackles - 12 vs. Troy, 11/3/12
- Forced Fumble - 1 vs. Middle Tenn, 11/5/11 & at Alabama, 10/26/13
- Interceptions - 2 vs. Akron, 9/22/12
- Touchdowns - 1 at Georgia 9/29/12
- 10-Tackles Games - 4 (last 12 vs. Troy, 11/3/12)


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|69 widetrack
Just to clarify several points...For primer I use a 1.6 tip and....mismatched paint is when the jobber mixes base coat for a customer and they make a mistake, like over pour on one or two toners to make a color, the color won't match and renders it useless. They either sell it really cheap as a ground coat or end up throwing it out.
I should have mentioned these things in my first post but didn't so thought I would explain.
|69 widetrack
And Thank you "dirtyfingers", The formula number I gave you for an orange mid coat is pretty much universal for orange mid coat in PPG and would work in your situation...You are correct and I've said it before on this site, "life is the easiest thing we go through, only people get in the way". To many people don't care enough to listen, learn and just give rat's you what to go just a little up and above what's required of them. That's the difference between a caring jobber and one that just wants your cash.
Price is not always an indicator of quality, but, if you compare PPG's Deltron to Omni, there is a big difference in price and quality. I've had discussions with several paint manufacturer's management people regarding cost of there "higher quality" paint and have been told that people are paying for advertising (Jeff Gordon and Dupont), expensive gifts to major body shops under contract (I know several in my area) and warrenty. So is automotive paint over priced by major and the big manufacturer? The simple answer is yes, but they also do have quality products today in comparison to a few years ago.
What kind of primer and gun are you using? Generally a 1.8 tip is plenty big enough for automotive primer and I prefer a smaller tip for better atomization which results in a more even and flatter finish. Please excuse me for saying this but 1.8 tip is just a bit of a garden hose and your more pouring the product on as apposed to spraying it on.
Don't know if I'd spray a gun or two of the base coat your putting on your car to get it right, your call and I appreciate you wanting to get it right, but that's lots of money for learning. If you buy your paint at the PPG jobber, tell him to throw in a quart of mis-matched base coat...should be free for what your spending and practice with that.
Hope this answers your questions for now, if you need any more information I will try and help.
Best to You
Well , Widetrack, I finally am getting some where. Thanks for the info on DBC 500. Thats all I wanted the paint store to tell me. After that info I googled and am finaly getting some answers. Don't get me wrong,im still going to use PPG products, but I think that there are people in every field that just go to work and punch a clock. As far as, I might have to pay more for quality, Im 65 years old and figured that out. I am not going to sink $$$ into this project and put cheep paint on it. I admit I am ignorant[a fact of not knowing], about painting, but im not stuped,[Knowing and not doing].As far as testing on panels first , I probebly will shoot a gun or two just to get it right. But I do have another question. Have a devilbiss and the 18 tip shoots 2K primer but should I go a 2 so it will flow better or reduce it to keep atomizing better?And thank's for all the post's, I will continue to reed them and learn.
[QUOTE=69 widetrack;1616290]Good Post BarryK...Paint is Paint..
LOL, not really sure that would come out of my mouth! BWK
The OP mentioned he went to PPG and got no where...that's one jobber for PPG not all of them, that's why I listed part number's for PPG.
Yes that is a problem as I do know not all PPG, BASF and Matrix jobbers carry the special color line mixes.
Feed back I have gotten, is the BASF and Matrix seems to have the colors dialed in the best and the best cost. BWK
For the OP I think it would be time and money well spent to do some test panels like on a scrap hood or fender to see how things work before painting the car..Once you are satisfied with the results and have an understanding then you are good to go..
|69 widetrack
The OP mentioned he went to PPG and got no where...that's one jobber for PPG not all of them, that's why I listed part number's for PPG.
Some colors are made to order or custom made by either a paint shop or a jobber, if that's what he wants, the wallet needs to get deeper to pay for building custom colors and spray out panels of custom colors to get exactly what he wants.
My PPG chip books cost $75.00 three years ago, so Barry, I'm sure your close.
I tried to explain the process and arm the OP with enough information to assist him when he went to his jobber for help.
The bottom line is, if you want to paint that color, it is no big deal other then how thick your wallet is.
BUT all all the guessing in the world and playing on a computer is going to do nothing for you but cause you to spend money, you don't need to and end up with the wrong color when done.
IF you want this color, go to House of Color and buy there color chip book, last one I bought was 10 or so years ago and I think it was $50 dollars, so even if it is a $100 now, it will be money well spent as it will show that color and the slight changes made by using different color undercoats.
Now you know exactly what colors you want and then you can go to a Basf, PPG or a Matrix jobber that has their company "custom color mixing system" in stock and with the numbers you have they can mix it exact.
Now you can shop the colors with codes in hand and I can see where a color like this it could mean a $500-800 saving.
This does not have to be as complicated as it is being made out to be, as this is actually done everyday in bodyshops around the world.
|69 widetrack
You would begin by painting the car with straight black PPG Deltron 2000, your mid coat would be a clear carrier...the part number is DBC 500. To the DBC 500 (which is a transparent base coat using the regular DT reducer line) you would add a dye (what ever color you want, PPG makes many colors of Dye)...I grabbed the closest one I saw in my mixing room, turns out it's a blue dye, part number DMX 216...that's blue, not orange or red, they are different part numbers. Generally 2 to 3 coats of the mid coat is all you would need to get the effect your looking for...high points red or orange, your choice, in sun and black in the shade. After your mid coat, apply as many coats of clear that it takes to make you happy.
If the jobber doesn't know about this, tell him that the PPG computer program that he has can teach him, the program has formulas for this. If you want Orange use this PPG mixing number 908326/2 That is the PPG formula for an Orange mid coat. These should be readily available at any PPG jobber as well as color chips...part number for the Vibrance Collection binder with color chips is DOX 600.
I hope this is the information you where looking for...If I have a Vibrance collection binder so should your jobber. There are many more colors available than just what there is in this binder...there are also two Vibrance/Radiance fan of chips available as well...both mine are out on lone right now to one of my customers or I would give you those part #'s as well.
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|It's only a picture I used to try to get some info, but I was told the color was brandywine shot over ? base
|charlie chop top
|Love the color on that Willys, mind telling me what it is and I will shoot my 40 Ford that color. I'm in R.I. so I dont think anyone will say I copied you. Thanks,Charlie.
I was just giving an overview of a three stage straight up uses of todays HOK stuff I am lost, haven't done it in years.
I'm sorry I jumped in here when I don't have a clue what HOK has these days. Hopefully Barry will chime in with some good info being you aren't going to get anything from me but the basics from a hundred years ago.
Here is a custom paint forum.Custom Paint Forum
In my area there is a great custom paint store that would have all the answers, maybe there is something in your area?
I was cooking strudel,my 15 year old was on my computer all day, but finaly got to read this stuff,thanks for all the help. Im getting closer to my answer. I think I was on the wrong track. I was told that to get the results like what was painted on the willys,[picture], I would have to start with a black basecoat then paint my midcoat over that. A few coats and you would hardly see the midcoat maby only in bright sun.Add more coats and you would see it in less ligth,the highlights that is. I want a mostly black paint job,[ black candy base coat], with a mid coat that will give me the look like the willys in picture. Now this is where it gets tricky.In stead of brandywine, what I think is in his mid coat, I want to use a orange like manerin orange that h.o.k puts out. My problem is very simple but because of my lack of knowleg, need to know the steps. Do I use the consitrate and add it to clear,do I add somthing to make it flash quicker,or do I buy the mid coat already mixed and what's in the mix. I know someone painted that car, but I cant locate him, and even if I did it might be his secret.
I think this is what the original poster is after, what is the "mid coat" in a candy paint job.
The "colorless basecoat" of today isn't what he is after I don't think, we will wait until he comes back.
I know that matching that pearl and candy three stage (again, only did it a few times) wasn't that big of a deal IF you knew what the actual color was in the original. Doing a let down panel is all you need as the amount of coats applied provide the "Variants" and you pick the proper one. If you had a little more or less pearl or candy in the clear the let down panel lets you sort that out.When you don't know, that is a whole different story. I have sanded off the pearl to the base and cleared it then matched that base color, then matched the pearl with a let down panel.
The true candy paint job you paint the base coat, typically a gold or silver, then spray the "mid coat" candy which is a tinted clear, it's transparent like a tinted window. You apply that over the base in as many coats as you want to provide the color you are after. You then apply a clear clear over that to protect it.
On a pearl, you apply the base coat which there is no typical color, any color you want and everything in the world has been done at one time or another. You then apply a "tinted" clear over that which is a clear with pearl it with the amount of coats you want to achieve the color you are after,then clear clear over that.
A "colorless basecoat" is the way to do this today with modern basecoat clear coat systems, but years ago it was a regular clear. I don't know but HOK may still do it that way, again, I am NO custom painter by any stretch of the imagination but that gets you a little more basic info. House of Kolor- the Official Site for House of Kolor Custom Finishes
Last car I did that way using a homemade pearl set up was on a new black vett.
Gray scuffed the factory paint, added three different pearls to the clear, shot two coats and then went to three coats of just clear.
Like I told the guy who was a good friend of mine, there is no such thing as ever matching this car if you damage the door.
I am certainly no custom painter but back when I did do a few candies and pearls the midcoat WAS the same clear at the final clear. You added pearl or candy to that clear, applied it over the base color then the clear was sprayed over that.
Is it not done like that at all anymore?
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. —Visiting Nazareth outscored 14th-ranked Springfield 6-3 over the final 15 minutes Friday to come away with a hard-fought 15-13 win over the Pride in a non-conference men's lacrosse game. The game was rescheduled to Friday in the anticipation of inclement weather in New England this weekend.
Both teams are now 1-1 overall. The Golden Flyers play their first home game Saturday against Geneseo at 1 p.m.
Against Springfield, senior midfielder Brian Wright scored three goals as did junior Trevar Haefele and freshman Luke Wooters. Wright and Wooters each scored twice in the fourth quarter to fuel the Golden Flyers' comeback.
"I'm pleased with the way our young guys stepped up," said Nazareth Coach Rob Randall. "We got behind on the road, but I thought we showed a lot of character in coming back."
Trailing 10-9 heading into the fourth quarter, Nazareth got a man-up goal fromTrevar Haefele less than three minutes in to tie the score. The teams exchanged goals and the score was tied at 13-13 with less than five minutes left before sophomore midfielder Nick Loscalzo netted the game-winner with 3:58 left. Nazareth's Drew Simoneau controlled the ensuing face-off and Wooters added an insurance goal, his third of the day, with 2:42 to go.
Simoneau won yet another face-off, his 18th of the game in 31 draws taken, and Nazareth was able to maintain possession the rest of the way.
The game was close throughout, but Springfield opened a three-goal lead, 10-7, late in the third quarter when Bryce Cerriello and Ryan Murphy scored goals just eight seconds apart. Wright scored with just :23 left in the quarter and Simoneau won the next face-off and scored just six seconds later to close the gap to 10-9 heading into the fourth quarter.
Nazareth was able to overcome a jittery first quarter in which the Golden Flyers committed eight of their 17 turnovers and were outshot 14-4. Springfield, though, was able to manage just a one-goal lead at 3-2 as Nazareth used goals from Trevar Haefele and Troy Haefele to stay close.
Nazareth then scored four of the next five goals to go up 6-4 late in the second quarter. Goals by freshman middie Jason Boike, Wooters and Trevar Haefele put Nazareth up 5-3. Then after a Springfield man-up goal, junior Chris Aycock scored unassisted for Nazareth with 2:17 left in the half to make it 6-4. The Pride, however, scored twice in the final :32 of the half to tie the score at 6-6 at halftime.
Springfield had 44 shots overall to Nazareth's 43. The Golden Flyers collected 33 ground balls to Springfield's 30. Simoneau had 11 ground balls and Loscalzo had six more. Freshman Scott Brown made his first career start in goal and made 14 saves in 60 minutes. The Pride scored on four of their five man-up opportunities, while Nazareth converted once in five opportunities.


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I just had this pic emailed to me. Look what is strapped on his back!!! I dont suppose someone can identify the comic this pic came from in the hopes to get a better glimps of his SWORD!!
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With UNC trailing 62-60, Ruffin-Pratt stole the ball from Krystal Saunders and hit two free throws after being fouled by Stefanie Yderstrom.
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|this is how i would ck for an internal vacuum leak back in my jeep days this was a very common problem on the 318 = 360.. remove and plug pcv remove and plug breather.. take a vacuum gage with the large adp install into pcv grommet in the valve cover.. start the eng bring up the idle a little and see if the gage pulls a vacuum.. if you have a vacuum than more than likely you intake gasket is leaking... anyone disagree would it work on a sbc....
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You may find that the cork end seals do not allow the intake to pull as tightly down to the head as they need to be. I never use them anymore for this reason, it has tripped me up a couple of times, the hot tip is the trick of using a 3/16" or so bead of RTV instead of the cork strips. Lay a nice bead and let it skin over before laying the intake on.
The times I've had sealing issues and oil usage like this, you couldn't see oil evident on the backs of the valves, you could only feel it on the port walls using a dry finger. Fuel wash is constantly cleaning them and they are hotter while the engine is running than the port, the oil comes off them easier(thinner).
I don't know if your mechanic's pressure test idea will work but it should, it's just like a leakdown test in the cylinders basically. Wouldn't hurt to try, fabbing up a plate and fitting to cover the carb opening should be easy.
Aluminum intake: Professional Products Crosswind (air gap clone), felpro 1206 gasket with RTV sealant on end seals. Heads and blocks not milled.
First rebuild it had a felpro 1205 sealed in the same manner. I then pulled the intake at around 700 miles or so (suspect sucking oil from galley) but I did not see any evidence in the intake ports of oil laying on backside of valves; replaced with 1205 in same manner. Recent rebuild builder used a 1206 (better port match) and sealed up in the same standard manner. He wants to rule out intake, but I don't understand if the back of the intakes were clean in the past and assume they still are now that intake sealing could even be a possible issue.
|If this is with an aluminum intake, what gasket brand and type have you been using?? What sealants?? What brand intake?? Heads or block milled?? What end seals used on the block-to-intake area??
Can you provide some more engine info. What heads, intake, valve covers. Have you had the heads off? If so what did the pistons look like. If you have a clean out side edge on the pistons that would indicate oil coming from the rings. What does the exhaust ports look like. dry or wet with oil.
I just went thru this with a friends 32 he built a 350 and had a oil problem on the right side and we could not find it. new rings, new .003 over valves in the heads new viton seals, etc. nothing helped. we noticed that #8 exhaust port was wet with oil so we check the exhaust valve and it was good. We put a diffrent set of heads on and the problem went away. I think there was a crack in the head down around the short inside bolt and it was getting into the exhaust.
Oil consumption due to possible sucking oil from intake valley..signs ?
I'll try not to go into much detail but as some of you may recall I am having the same oil consumption issues on my recent SBC 383 10.5:1 rebuild as I did prior to the rebuild and for the 1st 500 miles I was averaging 1 qt +++ oil useage. The car has been with the builder for 2.5 weeks and it has just had been one ordeal after the other and seems like unrelated items keep braking including a recently replaced lower speedometer cable that failed by melting on exhaust, dipstick tube breaking at block etc (moved to make room for wires). Anyway here is a recap of the items already troubleshooted by the builder.
1. Compression test (185 exactly in all cylinders..no cylinder to cylinder variation)
2. leak down test (good)
3. new viton valve seals for 2nd time (previously changed during rebuild) and valve guides within spec (wanted to rule out heads)
3. PCV (suspect); "temporarily" removed and replaced with dual breather setup...believes it was sucking oil due to incorrect/faulty PCV.
4. new plugs (hot) and wires...old plugs were oil fouled with the worst ones on the driver's side (much more evident).
So far a faulty PVC and bad wires (couple cylinders on driver's side were getting minimum spark) were diagnosed and the latest test drive showed ~1/4 qt of oil consumption in 50-60 miles (about 1/2 as before so progress is being made) with smoke during idle eliminated however it seems like when you rev the throttle you get smoke mostly on the driver's side. One plug was pulled on each side after the test drive...the passenger side is showing the start of a good burn pattern and the driver's side showing some slight oil glazing. Also to note that there is baffles in the valve covers and NO oil residue at all in the breathers even after 600 miles or so, which I would expect the breathers to be drenched with oil with that kind of oil consumption if it was an issue with blowby due to rings/cylinders but I could be wrong.
Anyway to get back to the post subject the next item my builder wants to rule out is the intake sucking oil from the galley. I beleive his plans are to back off the rockers to close the valves, remove the carb and construct a custom plate so to pump compressed air in the intake to observe if there is any leaks in the intake gasket causing oil to be sucked up from the lifter galley.
My question wouldn't that issue been evident when the intake was removed previously ? (I had it off prior to rebuild and back of intake valves had no signs of burn oil, they were bone dry and clean); however when the builder dissasembled before rebuild he noticed inside the intake was oily which was evident when he wiped a clean rag in the intake. I know if you see clouds of blue smoke coming out when engine is revved that it is a sign the intake is "puddling" up oil in high vacuum conditions and it`s not being drawn in until it`s revved. If this is the possible case would it also be evident of oil on back of intake valves and associated deposits ?
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Nalioth: I suggest that you get all of your facts from someone other than the government or the main media. The newest facts to come out of the trail do not in fact bear out your contention. I would suggest that you read information provided by either glen beck or lou dobbs , both of whom have studied the whole transcripts. And if those fail you, then perhaps the pages of the NRA or the GOA might suffice to show you what is really going on. It is also of interest that he was given an honorable discharge from the army , whom the prosecution has contended he was given a letter of reprimand for gun charges; something that the army disputes. Of course the government can call a you a terrorist because you like guns and that by its very nature makes you a law breaker.
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I read this last month when this news was fresh.
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It's to bad that 80 million gun owers can't get togather and flex thier views on such great injustic as this one. I know that the BATF is realy a bunch of whickos that loves to make a good PR story, no mather what or who it concerson.
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To further Oldred's last post, I went with a friend went to buy a Sears 1/2" clicker torque wrench - 3 out of 3 on the shelf were no good - that is you could wind the handle up to some high torque number, and they would turn free. Of course I still have my back up beam Craftsman torque wrench, but the stamp on it says PA Sturdevant(sp)!!
I have several posts here about my history with Craftsman ratchets - it's bad - and I still have at least three 1/4 and 3/8". As far as their "hand" wrenches, combination, box, etc. it's been pretty good though I haven't done mechanical work professionally for many years. My pro tools which I still have - well they're Snap-on, S-K and MAC. I have no Sears sockets except 1/4". I use them as a commodity item - they're expendable - and I do prefer 6 point as the 12 point round off. My Snap-on's - they're treated with care.
For the occasional home and car maintenance or even as a hobby tool, Sears Craftsman tools are fine - that is all but the ratchets
That is EXACTLY the same thing that happened to a Craftsman torque wrench (clicker type) I had! Last year I got that thing down from where it had been hanging on a peg board rack for about 6 months and the handle did just as you described, it had been hanging there with a zero setting and had worked fine the last time I used it but evidently whatever broke did so during the time it was hanging on the peg board! Now about that "great" Craftsman warranty, did you try to get yours repaired or replaced? Mine was two years old and had been used about 4 times before it broke so I took it back to Sears to see if they would repair or replace it and was told that it only had a 1 year warranty. They said they could send it off for repair and recalibration but the cost of the repair (they have a fixed price for that) plus the cost of recalibration, which is NOT included in the repair price, came to within less than $4 of the price of a new torque wrench! I bought that POS when my wife and I were shoping at Sears one day and I happened to find it on sale at what I thought was a good price, good price yeah right, it is now just used as a long handle ratchet and was replaced with the SK that I should have bought in the first place.
|Here is a great example of trying to make craftsman work in a professional environment. I had to go to a remote site to replace a head gasket on a generator that's used for prime power. I grabbed the craftsman torque wrench that had been working fine for a long time out of my box, put it in the van. When i Went to put the head on this particular engine had the cylinder head seal against the thermostat housing, so it had to be sealed with silicone. When I went to adjust the handle on the torque wrench, it just spun freely and slid up and down and then fell off. Now this torque wrench was not abused, it was just stored in a toolbox with the handle wound down. So after having to find a torque wrench and wasting 45 minutes, the silicone did not cure properly causing a water leak, which caused a second trip, and doing the job all over, only the second time I had a new snap on torque wrench. Bottom line do not try and get by with cheaper tools if you use them daily. I sure learned my lesson the hard way
|Let's put it in perspective here, obviously Craftsman are decent, probably the best non-professional tool out there, and for normal home shop use they make a lot of sense but they do not belong in the professional mechanic's tool box. It would make exactly zero sense for a home mechanic to go out and spend the kind of money it would take to build up a nice set of Snap-On, Proto, Mac, etc unless they just don't mind spending the money and Craftsman will fill the bill nicely at a good price. The problem with Craftsman is that they do have a high failure rate under heavy use, the ratchets have several problems from just being sloppy to breaking and the sockets (especially the 12 point) will crack with hardly any effort at all. Sure they have a good warranty but that warranty don't mean much when you are losing money because you have to take the time to replace a tool or make do without it until you can. As I have mentioned before I have many years as welder/mechanic in the mining industry and I have seen Craftsman tried a bunch of times but when working beside Snap-On, etc it becomes apparent real quick just how much difference there is.
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|I have been a mechanic for 30 years now. Don't Like sears tools. I have a Mac tool box. Trade my old one in last year paid 13500 for it and got 12000 on trade in for my new box. I used that box for 5 years . My tool man gave me 12000 for it can not do that with a sears. Snap on are the ones that make a good wrench They make the best line wrench ot there. They are not cheap but I have never had one fail on me. Can not say that about sears. I Like SK and corn well ratchets. If you are going to do the job right you must use the right tool. And this is only my way of thinking. And what is right for me may not be right for someone else. And yes I have had a tool bill for 30 years. and will have one as long as I am a mechanic. Just part of the Job
|Craftsman tools are fine! I've never really had any problems using them. I know a lot of people always need to spend a lot to get "The Best" stuff you can buy, but I personally don't care. They are fine for most people. Craftsman tools are used by lots of professionals as other people here said. The warranty means a lot!
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|Well finally. The Snap-On rep that came by to collect money came thru with the replacement tools....ONLY took 8 months to get warranty on tool. Good thing we had some junkie Craftsman to make a living with.
Craftsman tools are ok, but they dont hold well, I have some of their ratchets from new, that suck, I had to take to Sears. They went thru almost 4 ratchets to find that works.
I like the Craftsman ones from the internet/ or catalog.
At school I use Craftsman and Snap On( only ratchets)
I myself would be considered a newbie to this whole thing (professionally). However I grew up in a shop with my grandfather and dad and all that was ever used was craftsman tools... many a muscle car, truck, hot rod, etc has come out of that shop with no issues... maybe we were lucky. Hell, I've built a few 350's and done work for years with sears tools with no issues at all. Im leaving the Navy this September after 9 yrs of service and I'm attending UTI (Universal Technical Institute) this fall so I started building a set of tools with... you guessed it, Craftsman tools. I hope my lucky trend continues.
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I Think it might be Snap-ons hard nosed attitude about what the independent tool dealer has to have as the reason why you don't have a dealer yet, a massive truck & inventory witch requires the independent dealer to go into debt for as much as some houses cost, then you have to extend credit to the techs, I don't see why he can't do the same thing in a pick-up or van, give the techs a phone # to an answering machine, need something? call, or a web site, click to order, & you make your daily rounds with some common hand & air tools, along with snap-ons latest offerings, they don't need to have a bunch of boxes & tools with them everywhere they go, use catalogs, fliers, go talk with the techs, utilize the kiss system.
|Well being as this thread got dug up again. Just wanted to let everyone know. That the Snap On southeast rep came by on Jan 7th to get the techs money on accounts that they owe. What was really funny is this was the same guy I talked to months ago. When I confonted him about their piss poor service he did not know what to say. He promised me there would be a rep out in the next few weeks. Well still no tool and still no Snap On truck. It has been over 7 months now. Still no service from Snap On.
|I'm sure this was stated already. Look at the used Mac, Snapon tools from the truck or Craigslist. Better to not go into debt ever. Shawn
The best warrenty is the one you dont have to use,
That is what the snap on man said
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