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By Corpus Christi Hooks | October 31, 2013 8:10 AM ET
General Manager Michael Wood is one of the four original members of the Hooks front office staff. He came to Corpus Christi in 2004 from the Texas Rangers, where he served as director of ticket operations, and was promoted to Hooks GM in 2007. Wood, who was named the '07 Texas League Executive of the Year, talked with CCHooks.com about the upcoming 10th year of Hooks baseball and what exactly goes on in the front office after the season's final out is recorded.
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What goes on in the Hooks office during the first months of the off-season?
We take the first few weeks to rest up a little bit and recover from the season, then we start the planning process for the next year. There's budgets to be set; there's sponsors to be renewed; the season ticket holder process is underway. A lot of people think we don't do anything once the gates are closed, but as (director of communications) Matt Rogers says, "If we're not playing, we're planning," and that's what we're doing right now, is planning for next year.
Is it fair to say there might even be MORE work on the sales side during the off-season?
The sales season really is in the off-season, you want to get everybody in place as quickly as you can for the start of the year. The most important relationships that we have are all really managed during this time with the season ticket holders, the big sponsors, things like that.
The ownership transaction from Ryan-Sanders to the Astros was completed at the beginning of October. What kind of changes will we see at Whataburger Field between now and opening day?
I don't think there will be a whole lot of visible changes. There will be some more Astros branding outside the ballpark and around the ballpark to highlight that relationship. It's likely that we'll have some promotions here and there highlighting the fact that we're now owned by our parent club. Most of the changes that are taking place will be behind the scenes, creative stuff. A lot of the changes that (fans) will see will not be because of ownership, but because of the upcoming 10th season.
With season number 10 coming up, what are some of the differences that you've noticed since you arrived in 2004?
It's been a great experience to be a part of it from the very beginning. I remember answering telephones after our press conference when we announced the team name as the Hooks and how many people called me and were mad; just couldn't stand the name and hated it. I think what I told them at that time has come true, which was, "Hang in there. This is going to be your team, it's going to grow on you, and you're going to love the name." I really do believe that we've been embraced by Corpus Christi and it's become Corpus Christi's team.
What were some of the other options for a team name that fans called about?
I think a lot of people wanted to look back at the past and look at maybe the Barracudas or SeaGulls, some of the team names that (the city) has had in the past. In general, those first few phone calls, I got more people not liking the name Hooks, rather than having an alternative suggestion. Like a lot of things, you might not like it the first time you see it, but as you see it more and more it grows on you. I think it's become part of the community here.
What type of 10th season merchandise will be available before the season starts?
We're going to have a commemorative logo that we'll have out there, we'll probably have some t-shirts, it will be placed on some hats, so we've got big plans for announcing that and we'll be unveiling (the logo) within the next couple months.
How else will the Hooks' 10th season be commemorative?
We're going to use our start times to point to the (10th season), instead of doing a 7:05, 2:05 or 6:05 start all of our games will start at 10 after the hour: 7:10, 2:10, 6:10. We've got a couple of other 10th year related promotion-type things. We'll be announcing a 10th year Hooks team and that'll be a fun process to go through and weigh all the great players that have been here.
Who are some of your "can't miss" guys on the 10-year team?
I think that gets harder and harder as you go on. One of the guys that sticks out in my mind is Josh Anderson, who is such a popular player, centerfielder the first two years of the team. He was on the championship team as well as being on the inaugural team, but then George Springer comes along last year and has an unbelievable minor league season and we were lucky to have him for the 70-plus games that we had him. So, it's hard to come up with those no-brainers and there will be different categories. Some guys will be on there because they're fan favorites like Jimmy VanOstrand or Wladimir Sutil. Other guys will be on there because of their fond memories from the championship team like Josh Bonifay or Mark Saccomanno. And other guys will be on there because they were absolutely awesome players while they were here, I think Springer and Hunter Pence would fall into that category. So (picking the team) is actually a harder process than you might think because people like players for different reasons.
After a decade, why does Hooks baseball seem to resonate with South Texas?
First of all, people here are so passionate about baseball to begin with. We've got year-round travel baseball teams and the youth circles. We've got great high school level baseball being played down here, I think we've had seven or eight Texas high school state champs in the time that we've been down here, which is just incredible. Baseball itself resonates with folks and the Hooks have done a good job of making ourselves available to the community, making people feel warm and welcome at the ballpark, and giving everyone an opportunity to enjoy this place.
Do you have a most memorable Hooks moment?
I'll say two. The obvious one is the championship game (in 2006), and we hope that we'll be able to repeat that soon. For us to win Game Four in the '06 Texas League Championship Series in 14 innings was unbelievable. You had extra innings, you had a dramatic sliding catch to preserve the tie in one of those innings, the Hooks turned a triple play in the top of the ninth inning - runners on first and second with nobody out and the best player in Minor League Baseball at-bat, Alex Gordon who's now with the Royals. He hit into a triple play in that game, so just some incredible stuff. And then to be able to win in walk-off fashion and see everybody run around the field, the players running with goggles on to protect their eyes from the champagne. It was a great moment. The other thing that resonates with me, because I was so involved in it, is the Texas League All-Star Game, which we had in 2007. I thought that was a really special event to showcase Whataburger Field and the city of Corpus Christi. We know we're going to be able to do that again in a couple years. In 2015 we'll be hosting that again.
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FILE- In this Feb. 13, 2011, file photo, a John Deere tractor is parked at the Stevens Implement Company, a John Deere dealership, in Petersburg, Ill. Deere & Co. said Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, that it earned $687.6 million for the quarter, or $1.75 per share. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tractor maker Deere & Co. is taking a cautious view of 2013, as drought and economic uncertainty hold back spending in some of the world's biggest farm economies.
Also, its most recent quarterly profit missed analysts' expectations. Deere shares fell $3.16, or 3.7 percent, to close at $82.83 Wednesday.
Deere is the world's largest maker of agricultural equipment, like the bright green tractors and combines that prowl farm fields during planting and harvest seasons. Its fortunes rise and fall with those of farmers.
In recent years, that's been a booming business as strong crop prices have put money in farmers' pockets. But there [auth] were signs of a slowdown in farm spending in Deere's outlook for the fiscal year that began this month.
And with the so-called "fiscal cliff" of potential tax increases and spending cuts looming in the U.S., Deere is cautious about big spending projects.
Deere expects agriculture sales in the U.S. and Canada to be flat for the year, as farmers continue to recover from a major drought in 2012. It predicted farmers will have $402.5 billion in cash receipts for 2013 — down by $2.5 billion from Deere's August prediction — but still higher than in 2012 or 2011.
It also predicted that European sales would be flat to down 5 percent, and little changed in Asia. It expects 10 percent growth in South America. Overall Deere predicted that worldwide equipment sales will rise 5 percent for the year.
Labor expenses are rising, too. Deere hired 5,000 more people this year to support its growth. And it will have spent $480 million shoring up its pension plans in fiscal 2012 — $5 million more than it had expected — and will spend some $550 million in the current fiscal year.
Still, it predicted a fiscal 2013 profit of $3.2 billion, slightly above the expectations of analysts polled by FactSet. It said prices for its equipment will rise 3 percent for the year, on top of a 4 percent gain in the fourth quarter.
In the quarter that ended Oct. 31, Deere's net income rose 2.7 percent to $687.6 million, or $1.75 per share. Revenue rose 14 percent to $9.79 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected earnings of $1.88 per share. A year ago Deere's net income was $669.6 million, or $1.62 per share.
Equipment sales rose to $9.05 billion, topping analysts' forecasts of $8.93 billion. Sales were strong in the U.S. and Canada, rising 26 percent for the quarter. Elsewhere, sales fell 2 percent. Sales of agriculture and turf equipment rose 16 percent, while construction and forestry equipment sales rose 7 percent.
In addition to farm equipment, Deere makes construction and forestry equipment such as backhoes, excavators, riding mowers and leaf blowers, making the company sensitive to movements in the global economy.
Deere is holding off on big spending projects as much as possible until January because of economic uncertainty, said Chief Financial Officer Rajesh Kalathur on a conference call.
"As the economics now become clearer, we may modify our plans. We will pull levers and cut down on investments if the scenario worsens, and we may accelerate our plans" if economies turn more positive, he said.
For the full fiscal year, Deere earned $3.07 billion, or $7.63 per share, up from $2.8 billion, or $6.63 per share, during the prior year. Revenue rose 13 percent to $36.16 billion for the year.
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Missoula County Prosecutor Fred Van Valkenburg filed charges last week against AmVets manager Mike Might for running an illegal gaming operation at the popular downtown bar.
Van Valkenburg alleges Might illegally operated 11 video gaming machines for nearly 20 months. If convicted on all 12 counts, including one felony charge for unlawfully obtaining money by gambling, Might could face 10 years in prison and a $55,000 fine.
When contacted by the Independent, Might said he disputes the charges, but refused additional comment.
"Until I see paperwork, I don't have a lot of things to say," he said.
Over the years, AmVets has been a destination spot for Missoula's local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Independent readers consistently vote the underground Ryman Street bar a favorite queer hangout in the annual Best of Missoula poll, with victories every year since 2007.
According to charging documents, Might, who's managed AmVets for decades, told state gaming officials that he simply put off renewing his licenses. "He said that it was really stupid on his part," the records state, "but between health problems and running two businesses it just didn't get done."
The charges are the latest in a string of allegations for the popular establishment. Between 2001 and 2008 the Montana Department of Labor (DOL) filed four Workers' Compensation liens against the bar totaling approximately $13,000. The DOL files such liens when an employer is penalized for failing to provide workers' compensation coverage and doesn't pay the penalty.
In 2008, the DOL took Might to court for not providing AmVets' payroll records at the agency's request for approximately six months. Might eventually provided DOL with the payroll documentation and paid the state claims. Three of the four cases were paid and subsequently closed, according to DOL spokesperson Casey Kyler-West.
Meanwhile, in January, a woman confined to a wheelchair alleged that Might and his staff discriminated against her based on her disability. Might disputed the allegation in an interview with the Independent, and claimed the charge was an attack fueled by the local gay community, which is, he said, unsatisfied with its tenuous claims to the Ryman Street watering hole.
"We are not a gay bar," Might said last winter. "They want it as theirs exclusively."
But members of Missoula's LGBT community say their allegations of discrimination and criminal activity—then and now—are about far more than just a turf war. The local post falls under the national AmVets service organization's charter, and is therefore tax exempt. That status doesn't sit well with some, including Tim Adams, who serves on the Western Montana Gay & Lesbian Community Center Board of Directors.
"I definitely find it offensive and misleading that when you have a sign above your establishment that says that you're part of a national service organization, people are going to assume that the money and the profits that are being spent there are going to help out veterans," Adams says.
Adams says that's largely why he contacted state officials in March to inquire about AmVets' business affairs. According to charging documents, it was Adams' inquiry that triggered the criminal investigation by the Montana Department of Justice into Might's gambling licenses.
Generally, tax records for nonprofit entities like AmVets are public information. But according to Internal Revenue Service records, because the operation claimed less than $25,000 in annual earnings between 2005 and 2008, AmVets was not required to file a tax return. In turn, it's impossible through a public records search to document exactly how much the organization has contributed to veterans of the armed forces. But Might says he's held his own, donating money to construction of local war veteran memorials and service groups.
"We give to the Salvation Army, food bank, schools, supplies for Honduras," he says.
Without documentation, Adams doesn't buy it. He also bristles at Might's contention that AmVets, which has for years profited off of the local LGBT community, isn't a gay establishment.
"Being part of a gay community in such an isolated and rural place—this is history going back several decades—the importance of a physical space that's supportive of gay people really just can't be understated in Montana, because there are so few of them," says Adams. "That's why it's also particularly upsetting to me, is to know that people go down there and think they're participating in a safe space. And then they have the owner of the establishment, or the manager, just basically slap them in the face and say, 'Oh, we're a veteran's organization.'"
The latest charges against Might are prompting leaders from the national AmVets headquarters in Maryland to scrutinize the local chapter, says Jay Agg, national communications director for AmVets.
"Should the Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, determine Post 3 did in fact violate any laws or ordinances, AmVets National Headquarters will take immediate and appropriate action at that time, possibly including the revocation of Post 3's AmVets charter," Agg said in a written statement.
Might is scheduled to appear in court June 15 for his arraignment.


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The soprano Susanna Phillips brought to the WQXR Café a set of Mozart songs that have their roots in salon music, meant to be sung by mainly amateurs in living rooms and at social events. In keeping with this sensibility, she sat beside pianist Myra Huang at the keyboard in a strikingly un-diva-like approach.
This is not Phillips's typical performance setting. She has a busy agenda at the Metropolitan Opera this season where she's singing Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Rosalinde in a new staging of Strauss's Die Fledermaus and Musetta in La bohème – a reprise of the role in which she made her house debut in 2008. She's also slated to appear with the major orchestras of San Francisco, Philadelphia and St. Louis, the latter being a concert performance of Britten's Peter Grimes at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 22.
But on this day, she decided to take it down few notches. As she told the assembled audience, "Mozart didn't write too many songs but he always kept a notebook of song texts that he would use. I have a feeling that if he had lived longer, he would have set more." One of Mozart's most famous songs, "An Chloe," ("To Chloe") uses simple lyricism to convey a romantic encounter between two people.
Next in the set was Mozart's song "Als Luise die Briefe Ihres Ungetreuen Liebhabers Verbrannte" ("As Louise Burned the Letters of Her Faithless Lover"). As it happens, this has a text by a woman, Gabriele von Baumberg, and its cumbersome title explains its dramatic storyline. The Huntsville, Alabama-raised Phillips notes that she sang this song for her college auditions, a choice that apparently paid off: she was accepted to Juilliard, from which she received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees.
Phillips compares Mozart's music to "a really great Gucci or Armani suit," with clean lines and timeless quality. "I find that Mozart is the bellwether for a good vocal technique and whenever I'm not doing well vocally I go back to Mozart and find what my voice is again," she said. "You can't hide in Mozart. You must vocally be very pure and lined up."
Asked about her favorite Mozart roles, Phillips points to Fiordiligi from Cosi. "She's fiery and deep and has a real true heart and struggles a lot with the conception of the voice that I've given her," she said. In the recent Met production Phillips sang alongside her former college roommate, Isabelle Leonard. "I know her singing, I know her style and I know her dramatic impulses. It's fun to have our voices blend."
Phillips's set ends with Mozart's soaring, proto-Romantic "Abendempfindung" "(''Evening Thoughts'').
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Haven't been able to work on the real thing, so I found a model to help me dream -- 1:18 scale diecast model of a 1950 Olds. It's as close to my '49 as I've been able to find. A bit pricey, but it's very detailed. Working hood, doors, suspension, trunk, seatbacks, seat, steering, driveshaft. Major visual differences from my '49: one-piece windshield, different hood ornament. Now I just need to figure out how to cast a copy in epoxy or something so I can experiment.
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Sharp looking model. I like those old Olds :).
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I love Beef Stroganoff, it always reminds me of my childhood. My mother made the best Beef Stroganoff. She didn't make it often, because with 5 kids under foot it was tough to find the time, but when she did we'd fight over seconds.
When I got married and moved out, I asked for the recipe but she couldn't find it. I've never found a recipe that even came close to hers, but this one is pretty darn good! Actually, it's better than good.
The only modification I made was to use beef tenderloin instead of chuck roast, and it was a huge hit!
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- 1/2 cup red wine, divided (I used Cabernet Sauvignon)
- 1 Tbsp evoo (extra virgin olive oil)
- 1 stick unsalted butter, divided
- 1 large onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 1 cup sliced white mushrooms
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/3 cups beef stock
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp prepared yellow mustard
- 1 tsp crushed red pepper
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 3 oz cream cheese, softened
- salt
- pepper
- Combine beef and red wine in a bowl and salt/pepper to taste. Marinade for 10 minutes, then remove beed and pat dry. Reserve remaining marinade.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the beef; cook and stir until browned, then transfer to a plate, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain any remaining grease from the skillet. Melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Stir in the onion, garlic, and a pinch of salt. Cook and stir until the onion is soft and translucent. Transfer the onion mixture to the plate with the prepared beef; set aside.
- Melt another 2 tablespoons butter in the same skillet over medium heat, and stir in the mushrooms. Cook and stir until the mushrooms are tender, about 10 minutes. Place the cooked mushrooms in a bowl and set aside. Melt 1/4 cup of butter in the skillet. Whisk in the flour, cook and stir until the flour no longer tastes raw, about 4 minutes. Slowly whisk in the beef stock. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, then reduce heat to medium low. Pour in the reserved red wine marinade, Worcestershire sauce, prepared mustard, and red pepper flakes, then add the beef, onion, and mushroom mixture. Heat through and season with salt and black pepper.
- Stir in the sour cream and cream cheese just before serving.
- Serve over wide egg noodlees.
- **If you use beef chuck, cover and simmer over low heat, before adding sour cream and cream cheese, 1 hour until meat is tender.
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Count the Jacksonville Jaguars among NFL teams with an interest in BYU's Kyle Van Noy.
Van Noy is scheduled to visit Jacksonville this week, according to this report.
Last week, the New England Patriots were in Provo to work out Van Noy on Thursday.
The Detroit Lions apparently also have some interest.
In his latest NFL mock draft (the draft is May 8-10 this year), ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. projects the Lions to take Van Noy with their second-round pick. Of course, that would reunite Van Noy with his good friend, Ziggy Ansah. The Lions took Ansah with the fifth pick of last year's draft.<


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Guillermo Barros Schelotto earned Player of the Week honors with a penalty-kick goal and two assists. All eyes will be on him this Thursday when he takes on Marcelo Gallardo and D.C. United in the first MLS matchup of these Argentine veterans, former stars for Boca Juniors and River Plate, respectively.
Seldom in their 13 years of existence have these MLS teams borne many similarities, either in style or results, yet Crew head coach Sigi Schmid has adopted a somewhat D.C. persona to his offensive approach: with Schelotto as the focal point, he wants Alejandro Moreno, Robbie Rogers, Eddie Gaven, Nicolas Hernandez and whoever else joins the attack to interchange and figure out ways to carve open the opposing defense while covering vital areas in the attacking third.
"We let our guys roam about a little bit," says Schmid of a philosophy of letting his attackers work within a rough framework but rely on their instincts as well. It's not unlike how D.C. had played the last few seasons with Jaime Moreno, Luciano Emilio, Fred and Christian Gomez, who is now with Colorado. Having added Gallardo and Franco Niell, United hopes it can be even more dangerous and just as unpredictable. But somebody has to run the show.
"We let Guillermo dictate and so sometimes he's in the middle and Niko's on the flanks," says Schmid. "Sometimes Guillermo's on the flank and Niko's in the middle and Rogers was on one. As long as one of those three covers those three spaces, I'm okay with it. It's good to have those kind of choices and it's good to have that competition."
So far, Hernandez has lost the competition for playing time, with just 28 minutes of action in the Crew's first three games. The Crew have scored six goals: Schelotto, Moreno, Rogers and Gaven have combined for five goals and four assists. Also in the mix is Brazilian Guilherme So, who has yet to play in a league match.
In the season opener against Toronto, after Adam Moffat drilled home a long-range shot in the first half, Columbus sealed a 2-0 win when Gaven collected a ball in midfield and played a pass that fell perfectly for Moreno to finish off. In the Meadowlands, the Crew surrendered two quick goals and labored futilely to break through a massed Red Bull defense, yet still it cranked out 20 shots even though Schelotto came off at halftime.
Restored to the orchestrator role against Chivas USA, the former Boca legend set up Moreno for a go-ahead goal on a counter stemming from a Brian Carroll midfield tackle. Moreno played the ball to Schelotto, who held the ball to draw out keeper Brad Guzan and returned the pass for Moreno to shoot low into the net.
Schelotto reprised the sequence on the third Crew goal, this time setting up Rogers after he'd sprinted to keep the ball in play. Moreno played it to Schelotto, and Rogers beat the offside trap and slid a shot between Guzan and the near post.
With Schelotto working both sides as well as the middle, Schmid stresses effective use of the flanks as essential. Rogers and Gaven are nominally the flank players; Moreno can run the channels as well as receive passes with his back to goal, and like many modern creators, Schelotto prefers to start plays from wide positions, whether he serves from those spots or decides to come inside.
"We want to get a lot of attacking play out of our flank players so I think we're pretty flexible there," says Schmid. "Sometimes it looks like a 4-4-2, sometimes it looks like a 4-3-3, and sometimes it looks like a 4-2-3-1. It depends a little bit on the opposition and who's in form on a given day.
"We want to see Robbie higher more often this year, perhaps playing in conjunction with Moreno at times." Last year, Rogers scored three goals in 10 games after leaving Dutch club Heerenveen. He netted the third and fourth goals against Chivas USA.
Schmid wants consistency from all of his attackers to avoid the problems of last season, when Schelotto, through listlessness or zealous opposing pressure in midfield, didn't bring his best effort.
"It's great fun when he's up for the game, and he knows that," said Moreno after a Guzan error gave Columbus the winning goal on a Rogers shot in the 82nd minute. "We depend a lot on what he does and when's [he's] going from the get-go, it makes things a lot easier for all of us because he can find the passes that not many people in this league can find."


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Replacing your clutch
Ok, first a list of tools/materials you will need.
Metric Allen (hex) wrench set
10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 17mm and 19mm sockets
10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 17mm and 19mm wrenches
Various extensions for the ratchet/air tools
Pry bars
White Lithium grease (NOT THE SPRAY)
Brake Cleaner
PB Blaster
Transmission fluid
If you are working on a bugeye, you'll also need a pin punch and a hammer to remove the axles from the transmission.
Now get the car on a lift or jackstands. Make sure if it's on jackstands that you can comfortably be on your side under there and that the car is securely. Start draining the transmission fluid, you'll thank me later.
#1- Pull the TMIC
#2- Unbolt the downpipe, dogbone, starter, slave cylinder, and the little spring. All you will need is a 14mm ratchet and a 17mm box wrench I believe. From here on NOBODY TOUCHES THE CLUTCH PEDAL.
#3- Using a 10mm allen wrench, pull the cover off the clutch fork pin. It's just below where you pulled the slave cylinder off. Then using a fairly strong magnet pull the pin out. You may have to wiggle the clutch fork as you do this.
#4- Take the other two upper bolts out of the transmission, one on each side. 14mm again and these are fairly long. Also, disconnect all the electrical connections. Don't forget about the ground that is attached to the firewall.
#5- Climb under the car and drop the driveshaft cover off the rear axle, 14mm again.
#6- Lock the e-brake and unbolt the driveshaft. You'll have to let off the e-brake in order to turn it to get to all the bolts. Also pull the carrier bearing. Pull the driveshaft toward the rear while supporting both sides of the carrier bearing.
#7- Disconnect the front axles. Depending on the year, this will need either a pin punch and hammer or a small pry bar. You may find it easier to unbolt the spindle from the strut OR disconnect the tie rod and ball joint in order to get the axles off the transmission.
#8- Disconnect the shifter linkage as well as the support, these are 12mm. Keep track of the bushings as they can fall out.
#9- Unbolt the cross braces from the frame and from the transmission. It can be done without taking the 3 pieces apart.
#10- Pull the remaining transmission bolts along with the 2 nuts. Again, 14mm
#11- With the help of either a low profile jack or a friend, pull the transmission towards the back of the car and lower it to the ground.
Now to the pressure plate and clutch.
If you have an impact wrench, it comes in really handy right now. Unbolt the pressure plate from the flywheel using the 12mm socket. Pull it off the locator pins and remove the old clutch. Switch over to a 14mm and unbolt the flywheel from the crank. Carefully remove it, it's going to be heavy.
1. Clean out the old clutch material from the bell housing of the transmission and the back of the engine using brake cleaner.
2. Lube the throw-out bearing guide around the input shaft of the transmission, and the "ears" of the throw-out bearing. Slip the bearing onto the guide, insert the clutch fork, and secure it with the pin you removed in step 3.
3. Press the new pilot bearing into the new or resurfaced flywheel
4. Bolt the flywheel to the crank. Evenly tighten the bolts. Clean the flywheel with brake cleaner. While you have the cleaner out, clean off the pressure plate too.
5. Using the alignment tool supplied with the new clutch, place the new clutch disc and pressure plate onto the flywheel. Be sure to line up the locator pins. Bolt the pressure plate to the flywheel, evenly tightening bolts all the way around. Remove the alignment tool.
6. Lube the alignment tool on the tip and the spines, reinsert the tool to lube the pilot bearing and the clutch splines. Wipe off any excess. This will help when putting the transmission back in as well as prevent any noise.
7. Install transmission. Carefully line up the input shaft and wiggle it into place. You may have to use the long bolts to help draw it in. Once it's in, reverse the teardown steps and you have a new clutch.
Give the car at a minimum 500 miles to break the clutch in. This means NO LAUNCHING, and granny shift everything.
This is going off memory from the numerous clutches I've done. I should have pics up in a week or two.
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Purchasing the How Lane, New Brunswick, N.J., facility to ensure Saint Peter's long-term ability to treat the area's predominantly indigent population
In addition to its services in downtown New Brunswick, Saint Peter's University Hospital (SPUH) provides vital health services to a medically underserved primarily low-income Hispanic and African American community at its satellite facility on the southern edge of the city. The high costs of renting and maintaining this satellite facility, however, hampers its ability to increase staff and pay for the dramatically increasing need for medical services in this area. This grant provides support to help SPUH acquire that facility. The success of the project will be based on SPUH's ability to acquire the building, thereby assuring its long-term presence in this high need community. Additionally, the SPUH funds that would have been used to rent the facility will instead be used to expand the clinical space and to hire additional medical staff to serve many more people. This project is consistent with the RWJF goal of improving the health and well-being of the state's most vulnerable populations. Programs at the satellite facility are funded by patient revenue and support from foundations, corporations and government grants.
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Amount Awarded $5,000,000.00
Awarded on: 3/14/2007
Time frame: 4/1/2007 - 3/31/2008
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 has a 16-megapixel sensor and f/2.2 lens with a equivalent focal length of 31mm. The Galaxy S4 has a 13-megapixel sensor with an f/2.2 lens, and initially the new model seems like a pretty uninspired upgrade. This continues when we look at the size of the camera sensors.
The Galaxy S5 sensor is bigger than the S4's – ½.6 inches to the S4's 1/3.06 inches. However, all this means is the new phone can get to a higher resolution without reducing the size of the sensor pixels. Both the S4 and S5 have 1.12 micron sensor pixels. That's pretty small, and the size of these pixels has a big hand in low-light performance.
Don't care about the Galaxy S5's camera hardware? Skip straight to S5 camera image quality.
This sensor is much more of a step forward than you might initially assume, though – both technically and politically. The Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4 both used Sony camera sensors, but the Galaxy S5 uses a new Samsung-made sensor featuring ISOCELL tech.
Samsung offers loads of highly technical information about ISOCELL on its website, but it revolves around a new sensor architecture that creates a physical barrier between sensor pixels to lower crosstalk. This will let the Galaxy S5 use higher ISO sensitivity settings without introducing too much image noise. Samsung's claim is that crosstalk is down by 30 per cent. We are not CCD engineers at TrustedReviews, but it appears to make good tech sense.
There's another innovation in the Galaxy S5, too. It is the first phone to use phase detection focusing as well as contrast detection.
Contrast detection is used by all other mobile phone camera AF systems, and it analyses the contrast in areas of an image to attain a solid focus. In-focus objects will always offer higher contrast than the smushy out-of-focus ones. It's a system that's blissfully easy to explain in a basic manner, and most high-end phones now offer excellent contrast detection systems – the iPhone 5S's is a particularly notable star.
Phase detection is a good deal more complicated, mostly because it requires separate hardware and is implemented in various ways in different kinds of cameras. Traditionally in DSLRs a slightly translucent mirror is used to divert some of the light away from the image sensor to a separate PDAF (phase detection autofocus) module.
However, with the Galaxy S5 we get a mirror-free on-sensor phase detection autofocus system. As a concept this is nothing brand new, having been used in a smattering of compact, bridge and compact system cameras since 2010. The first camera to use this technology was the FujiFilm FinePix F300EXR.
To understand phase detection you have to look into the basics physics of the camera system a bit. The light that reaches the Galaxy S5's image sensor is passed through a series of six plastic lens elements, and they are curved. When the focusing element isn't in the right place, the light from the extreme left and right (or top/bottom) ends of the front lens element will not reach a point of convergence on the sensor.
What phase detection does is to separate out the light received from these extreme ends of the lens and compares them to see how out of whack – or out of phase – they are. Although Samsung hasn't explained this in official documentation yet, the PDAF layer that sits in front of the image sensor will feature a series of microlenses that separate out this specific 'left' and 'right' information for comparison.
The focusing element is then simply moved until the information from the two ends of the lens is correct, signalling the image is in focus.
The most obvious question – why is phase detection better than contrast detection? If you've looked into the Galaxy S5's autofocus yourself, you'll probably have heard the frustrating generic 'it's faster and more accurate'. However, the systems both have their limitations.
The issue with contrast detection is that the system has to go slightly beyond the point of focus and then 'track back' in order to know that it was indeed the point of highest contrast. If you have a good phone, you may not even have noticed this 'back and forth' focusing. But it does happen, and it is what slows contrast detection down a little bit.
Contrast detection also has trouble in finding focus on objects – you guessed it – that don't have much contrast to speak of. However, in our experience dedicated camera contrast detect systems have much more notable issues with this than top phones. It maybe down to phones having to make up for their tiny lenses and tiny sensors with clever software.
An issue with on-sensor phase detection is that it relies on specific microlenses that sit above the sensor. So the points of focus available to the system are limited.
Handily (sarcasm), Samsung has not confirmed how many phase detection focus points there are, or any specific details of how the PDAF system works. But hopefully we've given you an overview of the matter.
On the next page we'll see how it works in action.
For all the phone's camera innovation, there's one serious omission from the Galaxy S5's camera hardware. It does not have optical image stabilisation, instead relying on a software-based alternative Samsung calls Picture Stabilisation. We'll look at how this works on the next page.
Its a keeper.
According to PA, loudspeaker of S5 is louder than HTC One(M8) hmm...
Louder doesn't necessarily mean better. You've also got to consider location and actual quality. S5 loses on both points.
Location of speakers, your review of One(M8) stated that "As your thumbs move directly over the drivers, your digits' movements do (slightly) alter the tonality of the sound" Indeed I found this noticeably annoying whilst playing a game and etc.
It seems like the location has cons and pros, don't you think? Of course you are entitled your opinion, but I'm just saying people don't think the location of speaker as an outright winning factor.
I'm a different Andy (Yes, I appreciate the confusion), and yes you have a point. We still think the HTC's are better overall, though.
Im a big fan of Samsung products but why oh why would they have a protruding camera lens which detracts from the look/ feel.
I won't be buying it for one reason. It's a Samsung.
Water resistant :)
looks really Nice :)
I was able to hold one in a Voda shop today.
So like the Note 3 I recently did a deal on but more pocketable.
I wish I'd waited. Sighs.
PS, some sites claim it uses a nano sim?
And the reason I won't buy it: Knox!
I held one of these yesterday.
It actually looks worse than the S4.Those bezels are HUGE.
It feels nasty and cheap.
The interface design is awful. You've got Touchwiz, Tizen and Android all looking and handling differently and all fighting for space on one handset. There are FOUR texting apps and THREE music players. The settings page is SIX SCREENS long. It's insanely cluttered and impossible to enjoy.
I can't see how anyone would look at this handset and choose it over even an S4. Physically the S4 is the better looking of the two (they're both ugly) and the S4s software isn't quite so schizophrenic.
I'm.. how is this a 9/10 handset guys? How? It's actually less good than the phone it's replacing.
Totally agree, This is a piece of overpriced plastic!
And how did they decide the price is £499, I can only see offers for £569?
I have some of the same criticisms. I think the HTC One M8 is a much 'nicer' phone, and I rate the Sense software more highly than TouchWiz.
However, the excellent screen quality and very good camera quality won us round.
The display in particular is a lot better this time around. It surprised me quite how good it is in various conditions - I've always been an LCD rather than OLED fan in phones (plasma in TVs, natch). But the S5 has won be around.
The camera too is a big improvement in certain conditions. I've heard some criticisms of the new 'faux stabilisation' feature. However, the way it is effectively built into the Auto mode means it'll result in better pictures for a whole load of people.
For me, though, the screen is the biggest winner here. And SOME of the S5's bad bits can be patched away with customisations either supplied directly by Samsung or Android.
The comment about the display being so much better than the one in the M8 is a bit strange, as Samsung's displays still have obvious issues : lower brightness than LCD and fuzziness due to the pentile arrangement. It really is a matter of preference. I sense a bit of ''fanboyism'' here. Shouldn't happen in a professional review.
I can smell a flop from Samsung's top model this time. Why Samsung decided they can have the highest priced flagship phone while they are making it out of plastic? In the UK it is £569 SIM free, which is more than the Sony Z2 £549, the HTC One M8 £529 and the iPhone 5S £549!
It's not surprising they announced a drop in profits.
What is wrong with 'plastic'? What better material is there? Robust. Light weight. Impact absorbing. RF-transparent. Engineers to fine tolerances. I can't readily think of another material which fits the purpose so well. Quality is fitness for purpose, not bling.
Sheesh - they missed that in the review, it's a Samsung?
"Samsung's displays still have obvious issues.."
So why even bother reading a review - you already know that all Samsung displays are the same hence this one is necessarily the same as its predecessors.
Plastic is unpleasant to the touch, gets static charge, lacks reasuring weight, flexes, creaks, poor aesthetics.
I agree it has many great uses, but not in a TOP OF THE LINE product. Don't forget you are buying the most expensive smart phone out there and what you get a rubish bin plastic shell.
I actually have a S5, so my comments are based on interaction with the phone and not hearsay.
The good:
- a really amazing screen, and rated the best by everyone who has tested it. It really IS that good
- a huge improvement in the camera
- scaled down TW (works and looks better)
- dimpled soft touch back cover is a pleasure to hold
- ultra power saving mode (I travel a lot, and often used to run out of juice after a long day of normal use)
- heart rate monitor and S-Health (I had a 3rd party HR monitor on my S3 as I do exercise regularly)
- it's water resistant
- lightning fast download (10% faster than S3 over same wi-fi
The bad:
- the square shape (I preferred the more curvy shape of my S3
- the chrome look plastic surround ( satin fining on S3 was classier)
Why do you feel the need to up-vote all your own comments?
I really like the M8 (except for the name) too.
I went in to have a look at the S5 because my work will have a look at it for employees and had my Lumia 1520 with me, and the difference between the two in terms of quality is, to my eyes, enormous.
The Lumia feels and looks like £500 worth of electronics, the S5 doesn't. And then you try and actually use the S5 and its WEIRD mish mash of three OS's and the gap just gets wider.
It really seems odd to me to give such high marks to a handset that is, as delivered by Samsung, mediocre both to look at and to use.
Because the designers at Disqus decided posters should have this option and I am using it - as designed.
i have a galaxy phone and i'm telling you apple is way better than his piece of crap i have right now
For the life of me, I just cannot understand why people hate on the samsung products because they are not some aluminum unibody design. Polycarbonate is rather durable, resistant to scratches and reduces the overall weight of the phone. The texturing of the polycarbonate is the only thing I have issue with (See S4).... smooth PC is a fingerprint magnet.
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Drivers side door hits rear quarter
I bought my car (69 Camaro) as a roller chassis that was in pretty bad shape but it did have a new floorpan, trunk and quarterpanels welded in. Anyways, both quarters were stictch welded in well except for where they meet the doors, they aren't lined up with the door panels in the middle. Besides that, the drivers door hits the new quarterpanel as it closes, no gap at all, its enough to jam the door closed. I tried adjusting the hinges to move the door forward as much as possible but it was already fully forward.
How do I fix the quarters and the door? Why is it so tight on the one side? For the door besides adjusting the hinges I don't know what to do short of grinding down the back edge a lot.
For the quarterpanel should I just cut the body behind the quarter panel seam and push it in? What about the bottom edge in front of the wheels? It looks to me like they aren't welded in anywhere, when I push in the panel to match the door, will it just close in the little gap at the bottom and should they be welded in down there anywhere? I know there is supposed to be a clean seam there but I'm unsure if that should be welded or not.
don't do anything...
until you have someone with experience on fabricating and welding look at it and make a plan for the fix.
the reproduction panels never do fit exact, normal to modify the post hinge mount to move forward (or back) for a gap then build up weld up the door edge and grind down to get a straight line.
Reason for a good opinion, $100 welding will probably save you $500+ at the body shop....
I HIGHLY recommend you follow Reds advice, you MUST have someone with some experiance look at this car. I don't want to scare you, but some serious work may be needed with those quarters before you procede. "What is wrong?" you ask, "Why one side and not the other?", well a human being mounted them. A human being with unknown skills mounted them. A human being likely mounted aftermarket quarters of which there are many different qualities on the market.
You should NEVER have to push the door as far forward (or rearward, or up, or down) as it will go to fit. If you have to push it as far as it will go, there is likely something wrong.
If the car was wrecked, and never had the unibody shell straightened correctly, then had qtrs welded on, you gotta move the hinge forward (and then go nuts lining up the front fender/door line)
Can't tell without seeing the car. Maybe just "cheat" a little is enough.
Worst case for a correct fix is not to bad, frame shop and probably do the qtrs again.
I feel it is always best to make the "incorrect" part (be it aftermarket "incorrect" or incorrectly installed) fit the correct parts. It is most always a mistake to "cheat" by modifying a good part aka the door or hinge piller to fit the poor fitting part.
I "cheat" (though that word should never be used in the shop) all the time. A pro MUST make a modification here and there and most importantly KNOW when it can and can not be done. THAT is one of the things learned with experiance.
A long chain of modifications usually follow, EVERY part from then on will likely need to be modified as well, doesn't sound like a good plan to me.
When moving the door forward (especially modifying the cowl) you are then messing with more than just the gaps. Sure, you may get the gap good but then you have too tight a gap on the INSIDE at the cowl. You can modify like that and end up with a door that doesn't leave enough room for the door rubber, or on the 69 Camaro a "pin switch" for the dome lights. The modified door may "fit" and look good from the outside but it closes hard and "pops" out when you unlatch it.
Or on other models with a pot metal vent window post on the door like the 67 Camaro or a Mustang of the same vintage. You move the door forward to make the rear gap right and end up with the vent window post smacking the windshield post, you can't modify that.
Then after you modify the door forward, you have to modify the fender, then the bumper, then the hood doesn't fit, it goes on and on and on. No, the best way (and usually the fastest) is to PROPERLY correct the problem at it's source.
If you are using aftermarket parts, well then of course they are the ones that should be modified, NOT the adjacent OEM panels.
Johnny, your Camaro had a folded lip at the bottom of the rocker, they were welded from the inside of the quarter down into the rocker. These welds are difficult and are usually "cheated". Of course one man's "cheat" is another mans "hack" it is hard to say what they did. They are often trimmed at the bottom and then "plug welded" to a small lip of the original quarter that is left there. This is why Reds advice to see a pro is the way to go. It is VERY hard to know what is going to happen when you push that quarter in a the door, it just can't be said and anyone over the computer who tells you is just guessing. I do this stuff every day, I hang at least a quarter a week, each one is different, even on the same cars they will have different issues.
Like RED and Martin said, you really need to have someone that really knows what they are doing look at it. Sometimes it is a reeal bear to change quarterpanels the first time. It is almost always considerably harder to correct an improper installation. You can have general information, but as Martin pointed out, they are all different. Every change that you make will have an effect on something else. Experience tells you what you can adjust for and get by with and what you can't.
As an added note, if you had your location in your personal information, possibly there is someone in your area or someone that can be recommended.
He says that the floor pan had been replaced. My suspicion is that they failed to properly brace the door opening before they cut out the old pan, and welded the new one in, or the car was bent before they started, and it was not properly adjusted before they started. While it is great to replace the whole floor pan at once, I prefer leave the car mounted on the frame (if there is one) and to do a section at a time, with the doors and trunk lid in place, properly aligned, and some braces tacked in place to keep things from moving. That way, any forces and stresses that kept the car fitting are not released, and you don't end up with the door fitting fine on the quarter, but the top of the window sticking out 1/2 inch.
Very good point Pontiac. This is of course the toughest part about this whole discussion, what part of this MAJOR repair was done properly. For instance, just as I said, if you start modifying..........
There is a good chance the floor was done wrong, that led to the quarters being "modified" to fit........"Theres a hole in the bucket dear Liza dear Liza, a hole in the bucket dear Liza a hole". After you start modifying a part.......now we are taking about the front fender and hood!
Of course, I hate to see Johnny sick to his stomach right now popping TUMS. Johnny, there are a million and one reasons for these problems. PLEASE before you let us get you worrying, have someone check it out in person. It may simply need a little "cheat" to get it going towards completion.
Yikes. Theres a lot to worry about now. I didn't think the floorpan would have anything to do with it but I can now provide some more information about that because now it seems relevant. The floor pan was not entirely replaced, under the drivers seat and LR passenger footwell is still in good condition with three other sectionals welded in.. Drivers footwell (not welded at the top yet :p ) and passenger footwells welded in. The welding looks good, fairly even but not completely uniform. The window of the door fits perfectly to the weatherstrip all around, the door jam area has no rust and shows no signs of the door hitting it, the original door weatherstrip is intact with no tears. The striker and mechanism needs cleaning but no unusual wear there. The door hinges aren't sagging and the metal is strong there. The sill plate below the door is perfectly straight as well, roofline above the doors is good...I did however notice a 7" long c-shaped bulge on the roof over the quarter windows on both sides of the car, they make me think the body did flex there at one time in its day, maybe someone jumped it off a ramp and the front end hit hard? Anyways, it only took me 1/2 hour to remove both to perfectly flat using just a body hammer and DA 120 grit sanding. Both the front and rear subframes are in perfect condition (minus the LH exhaust hanger hole lol) the rebuilt rear end I put back in went in right with no alignment problems.
When the door closes, its basically jammed in at the top against the quarterpanel but not touching the very top edge, 1/8" clearance there. It seems to jam at the new weld point at the top to the midpoint of the door, maybe a little higher. The bottom of the door then bends outwards about 1/2" and I cannot tell how far it is from the quarterpanel because of that. I've tried just pushing the top hinge fully forward and also both full forward, neither helps and throws the door out of alignment.
Well Johnny, theoretically all you need to do is make the door level across the bottom with about a quarter inch gap with the hinge to cowl at the mid point in movement to establish the "perfect" place for the door. Then MAKE the quarter fit that.
This is of course a "roughout" way to get close. You really need front fenders on as well to get that "bestest" fit all the way around. But honestly, if the rockers and cowl are original and it doesn't have any obvious front or rear end "frame" damage, the cowl to rockers is all the reference you need.
By the way, the damage you discribe on the roof is CLASSIC "jump on the roof" or "hit the roof with a basketball" kind of damage. Don't worry about that.
You said the car had been wrecked? It dosn't take much on the camaros if it took a lick on the frame horn or the front suspension, the cowling is probably sprung back. It might not be very much, 1/4 inch or so. The top which is a supporting factor on the camaro will then have a stress buckle in it some place. Like the rest, I suggest a good frame shop, they have all the proper measurements and can move the cowling back where it should be. Like martin says the lower quarter will have to be welded from the inside, there is plenty of room and openings to get some spot welds in there.
Don't grind on the edge of the door or you will ruin it.
Even if you slot the hinge bolt holes and make the door fit, the glass probably wont.
The bottom of the door will adjust in with a hinge adjustment also.
These photos should help, finally moved them to the server
sounding more like...
plain old unibody twist, to many years of to many "street wars" and maybe worn hinges
Johnny, it's the driver door hitting right? Passenger side is ok? right.
Tape a bunch of paint sticks to the rocker sill, hand tight mount the door on the sticks to see if the qtr line is straight...
"Further" clarification of "cheating", you can only cheat about 1/16" to maybe 1/8"......take a little off the face of the hinge for the glass and gasket, add a little to the post holes depending on the cowl. DON'T just make all the adjust at one place.
Still recommend another person look at it, very rare for an old car to NEVER have been hit and bent "a little" some place....hard to find...need extra eyeballs... cause the qtrs are new.
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Well, the big mystery here is solved. Look at the first picture, look at where the quarter is welded on! These are not complete quarters, they end three or four inches from the top. The doof that put the quarters on overlapped them INTO the jamb. This closed up the gap. THUS, the incorrectly installed quarters need to be repaired so the original and alignable doors can be fit properly.
"When you hear the sound of hooves, think horse not zebra"
It's just like mechanical work. If you have a running car that you do a tune up on. After changing the plugs, wires and cap the motor is back firing thru the carb. You don't assume the timing chain has jumped. FIRST you have to go over all that YOU did with the plugs, wires and cap.
If you think this is a goofy, unrealistic analogy, think again. My brother has had a repair shop for about 25 years. I have seen MANY, MANY cars brought in with this exact or similar story. It ended with the guy installing the timing chain wrong and then replacing the distibutor and a few other things BEFORE he brought it in to the mechanic.
The FIRST thing you have to do with something like this Camaro is figure out WHAT WAS DONE TO IT. After you determine everything was done right you move on looking for zebras.
the first pic looks like a normal (but screwed up?) qtr skin job to me... which would overlap the jam (and the jam should have been bent back for the new second layer)
"anybodies" eyes are better than mine though for seeing detail in a pic'....
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Detection and/or Evaluation of Dense Breast Abnormalities Using Tomosynthesis and Digital Mammography
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The purpose of this study is to compare 3D mammography with digital mammography in women with dense breasts for the detection and evaluation of masses and/or breast cancer.
|Breast Neoplasms Breast Abnormalities
|Procedure: Breast Tomosynthesis
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|Assessment of Emerging Technology: Comparison of Breast Tomosynthesis and Digital Mammography in the Evaluation of Heterogeneously Dense and Extremely Dense Breasts
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- Measure of digital tomosynthesis and digital mammography test performance. [ Time Frame: 3 weeks ]Interest of sensitivity, specificity and area under region of concern curve for malignant mass detection. During review, the number of masses and location and size of each mass will be recorded. An additional estimate of probability of malignancy will be recorded for each image sets.
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- Has undergone clinical two view mammogram and diagnostic breast imaging evaluation.
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- Prior personal history of breast cancer.
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