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Livingston contractors still waiting on money
LIVINGSTON (WBRZ) - Contractors who worked to clean up debris following Hurricane Gustav will still be waiting on money from the parish after FEMA decided not to foot the bill for their work.
FEMA claims the contractors cleared vastly more debris than what was deposited by the storm, so therefore, it will not honor payment requests from Livingston Parish.
"I had to hire 30 bucket truck crews and I paid everyone of them 90 percent, that's something that came out of my pocket, my life savings for that job, I am on the verge of bankruptcy," said Wendell Anthony, a contractor who worked after the storm.
Now the parish is on the hook for nearly $60 million, but even Parish President Layton Ricks admits they can't pay that.
"We've been waiting for years and years thinking we were gonna get paid because we did the work, there were no fraudulent findings in it from what I understand, and that's the reason it was shut down, because of that, so if you don't find any findings why not pay," questioned Sam Mack, a contractor who is still owed nearly $800,000.
The contractors said they had to foot the bill to their employees during the work, but now they may not be able to recoup their money and it's given their business a black eye.
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i wouldn't mind Mike Martz begin the OC too, if Norv get swoop up by another team. I think the Raiders have Offensive players to run that offense.
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You might want to check the following things. For starters... What is the mileage, does the whining sound like a metal chain dragging? Is the noise just when you start the engine or is it constant? Anyway, you should check the timing chain tensioner (chain slap on start up), timing chain guides (constant metalic whine/sometimes accompanied with a check engine light and vibration), and engine codes (this should be your first check). Although you claim you don't have a CEL, fault codes can indicate a failed or failing part. You should also check for a vacuum leak. Remove the plastic engine cover, start the engine, and spray carb cleaner around the intake, manifold, injectors, etc. A rise or fall in rpm would indicate a leak. Next, is the car emitting white smoke from the exhaust? If it is, you may have a bad OSV. Finally, check your catalytic converters. Clogging can cause the engine to hesitate, vibate excessively, or lack power. Simply unscrew you O2 sensor and see if your problem improves. If you have bad cats, you need to determine if your E38 is 48 state or California legal as the cats are different. Good luck.
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350 with odd casting number...
Hi all, my engine is confirmed 350. The back side casting code says it's a 350 but the front passenger side head casting number can't be seen. I'll I see is the number "22." I know that crate engines don't usually have the casting code so I'm thinking its a crate? I was told when I first bought it that it was either a 71 or 77 (can't remember the year he said) corvette engine. I think it's a 71 because he also had a 71 stingray at the time an I think he put that stock engine in the elky. Any ideas? If u need pics to maybe help just say so. Please and thanks guys.
Are you talking about a number cast into the head or the numbers stamped on the pad in front of the head, on the block?
The number I'm referring to is the one stamped into the pad on the front of the block. The number that would indicate the factory, year, original vehicle and all that.
350 with odd casting number...
Maybe the block has been decked which is why you can't see the numbers. Is the motor out of the vehicle so you can get a good look? Crate motors have numbers stamped on the front of the block usually starting with the letters CE.
Dude, follow the link in my last post above- everything you need to know is laid out for you. And no- the block casting number cannot be found on the cylinder head.:rolleyes:
What you want to know AFA for buying parts, etc. is the displacement and when the block was cast- and even the date isn't important if you can tell if the crank is a large or small journal, if it has a 1 or 2 piece rear main seal, and whether it is equipped to use a factory hydraulic cam.
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Impatient man's dosing regime
I just made this up :tongue:
Basically I don't like ordering online even though it's great and all
I've found it can be difficult to find what you need, so I'm wondering if anyone has any clever ideas
Here's how I am currently rolling:
KNO3- Hi -yield stump remover - Hardware store ~ $6 for maybe a year's worth
PO4- Fleet Enema- Buy a bunch and laugh at the people who look at you ~$3 at any grocery store not sure sure but seems like at least 6 months worth
K2O- ? This is what I would like to know, I've found stuff like greensand at nurseries but I don't think that's water soluble. There maybe some hydroponic stuff but I am looking for a common product that is easily "locate-able"
It seems if you go around asking people for "sulfate of potash" they look at you like you're crazy
Some one out there may know of something yes?
If you think you/actually need to dose calcium or magnesium it seems certain brands of ice melter are pure calcium (something or other), I've heard "damp-rid" available at homer for about $8 is good for calcium
Epsom salt is easily attainable for mg
Please correct me if I'm wrong about anything
and please help me avoid paying too much money to seachem :icon_smil
You can buy all the dry ferts for around $10-15 and that will last you at least a year, instead of having to drive to all those different places to buy all those ingredients that are "watered" down. Some of this forum's sponsers sell dry ferts, give them a look.
"Basically I don't like ordering online even though it's great and all"
I guess I'm asking people to humor me here, just to see what comes up.
"nosalt" salt substitute for kcl, instead of k2o.
Here's the thing, your going to go out and play kitchen chemist using a lot of products that you don't know what else is in them to try and save some money. In doing so, you'll also put your tank at risk. All you need is one item that isn't safe and you just wiped out your tank.
In addition, you'll spend a lot of time tracking all this down.
While you many not like buying online, it really is the best solution. You place the order, wait a few days, and it arrives. You'll have exactly what you want, and no risks to your tank.
I found potassium sulfate at the nursery a long time ago but the same nursery doesn't carry it any longer. You would go broke fast using a salt substitute for K. Isn't some water softener potassium chloride? Be careful dosing the Fleet, it doesn't look like anything but has plenty of phosphorus in it.
Plaster of paris is a good source for calcium and baking soda is carbonate but unfortunately also sodium. Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate plus a lot of water.
And read the labels extremely carefully and research the exact brand online to avoid unpleasant surprises.
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thin-orm (License: MIT, npm: thin-orm) by Steve Hurlbut is a lightweight ORM module for SQL databases with a MongoDB-inspired API:
var orm = require('thin-orm');
.columns('id', 'login', 'firstName', 'lastName', 'createdAt');
It's designed to be used with existing libraries, like pg and sqlite3, so you'll need one of those modules installed to use it.
thin-orm currently supports the following features:
Steve has included Nodeunit tests that cover the basic functionality, and some integration tests for PostgreSQL and SQLite.
node-tar.gz (License: MIT, npm: tar.gz) by Alan Hoffmeister is a
tar helper module and command-line utility, built with Node's zlib module, tar, and commander.
The module can be used to easily tar and compress a folder, and it will install a
targz script that supports the
zxvf flags. There are also Vows tests.
connect-bruteforce (License: GPLv2, npm: connect-bruteforce) by Pedro Narciso García Revington provides middleware that can help prevent bruteforce attacks. It will add a small delay to requests when an attack is detected.
The author has written a useful example that requires captcha validation after a successive number of validation failures: express-recaptcha.
For a simpler example, see express-hello-world.
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Put Leadership Training on the Front BurnerLynn Taylor
When organizations worldwide took belt-tightening measures after the recession officially began in December 2007, training in general was on the chopping block—and along with it went leadership training. In a 2008 study conducted by learning service firm Expertus, 48 percent of the 84 corporate and government training professionals surveyed reported they were slashing their 2009 training budgets. That was up from 41 percent the previous year.
As the recession progressed, organizations continued cutting these programs. A 2009 article in The National Law Journal noted: "Leadership consultants said that firms are reducing leadership training, scaling back earlier training commitments."
Now that the economy is showing signs of strength, it's time to bring back leadership training.
Keeping Weeds in Check
A protracted lack of training is much like a neglected garden; ultimately, weeds stifle and choke organizational growth. Over the past three years, job insecurity and economic uncertainty have dampened morale. Add to that the lack of leadership training and cohesive guidance from top management, and you have a double drain on productivity.
During lean times, managers have been in crisis mode, not taking the time to motivate or follow the corporate vision, but rather maintaining the status quo instead. People skills have fallen to last place on the priority list, and the company vision broadcast in 2006 is stated nowhere but on some dusty rolled-up poster.
Now imagine how a new leadership training program, even a modest one, can provide much-needed manicuring to the untended garden. Your chief executive—the landscape architect—should initiate the effort via a vision of growth and innovation and ultimately, greater profits.
When Results Can Be Immediate
Organizations may have cut funds for training, but they may not be able to afford putting it off forever. Perhaps the myth still exists that leadership training is a costly, time-consuming measure with only long-term gain—when in fact, relatively low-cost measures can reap immediate results.
For example, you could give a one-day workshop on strategic growth initiatives, motivating staff through enhanced communications or improving skills for virtual-team leadership. Sure, this will mean time spent planning the workshop and perhaps money invested in hiring an outside facilitator, but it could contribute to the bottom line in hours. A motivated salesperson, invigorated by a sales manager's genuine public praise one morning, can easily precipitate a sales spike that afternoon.
Other good subject matter for leadership training sessions includes: implementing career pathing for employees; setting objectives and expectations and monitoring them among staff; delegating tasks to others; team building and creating a sense of community; mentoring and helping teams maximize their potential; and establishing alignment with business and personal goals.
These days, businesses have a segment of employees inspired to work only because they want to keep their jobs. But as employment improves, survival won't be enough to compel them to leap out of bed in the morning.
A Key to Invigorating Employees
Leaders must know how to motivate their teams to work for mutual success and the larger success of the company. Even with the economy still faltering, more progressive companies are considering restarting leadership training. They recognize it as a wise investment in creating an invigorated workforce.
Researchers from Harvard and McGill universities carried out a six-year global study of companies that sought improved working conditions at all levels of their business and managed to be profitable at the same time. The researchers found that these companies—ranging in size from small outfits of 27 employees to Fortune 50 corporations of 126,000—knew how to support leadership at every level and how to listen to employees. One company, Costco, found that developing the skills and talent of its employees helped recruitment and improved the long-term quality of management.
Managers must include interpersonal intelligence in their leadership tool kit. They must demonstrate that they are trustworthy and transparent. In numerous studies conducted by our own firm, the "trust gap" between the boss and employee is clearly evident. But the trust gap can be reset.
You can initiate the charge for leadership training in your company. Components of such a program may include the following:
Connecting with staff. Managers need good communication and emotional-intelligence skills—sensitivity to people's feelings and the ability to work through those feelings. Whereas many managers will do anything to avoid conflict, emotionally intelligent ones thrive on confronting situations and resolving them.
Making managers better coaches and mentors. Leaders should be trained by senior management and HR on how to guide employees in their career development. Managers should carefully review policy manuals and uphold expected "good character" standards and serve as role models for other employees. That also means being open to suggestions and genuinely appreciating diverse opinions.
Listening and giving feedback. When designing a training program, solicit managerial input as much as possible. Ask frontline employees for their insights on what kind of corporate learning would make the company more competitive, for example. Customer-facing employees possess a treasure trove of data that is rarely mined sufficiently. If a client expresses interest in a modification to a product or service—but your representative feels like a cog in a wheel who is too junior to act on such "high level" input—it can mean lost revenue opportunities. In one study our firm commissioned, 93 percent of employees said that job satisfaction improves when managers are receptive to new ideas and approaches.
Having a clear vision. Make sure leaders understand the corporate vision and can enlighten employees about it. If the company wants to focus on its hometown roots instead of its global capabilities, for example, leadership training should outline that plan. If the company's mission is stated clearly and often, it will help guide employees in their thinking and create a sense of purpose.
Understanding how parts make up the whole. Leaders need to learn how to communicate the company's big ideas and objectives to workers and to commend individuals for their contributions toward goals. For example, a manager might say, "Your data mining project is really helping to increase sales, because we can now target users with advertising better than ever before." By keeping employees in the loop, leaders constantly uplift and engage staff.
Companies that weed out bad practices and nourish new leaders will see renewed growth, yielding a flourishing landscape of profits.


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November 21, 2002—In this issue:
- More Than a Little Help from My Friends
- COMDEX: Microsoft Delivers Final Visual Studio .NET 2003 Beta
- Microsoft Provides Upgrade and Debugging Information
- Results of Previous Instant Poll: What's Your Job?
- New Instant Poll: Moving to 64-Bit SQL Server
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Online peer support communities such as the Microsoft newsgroups and SQL Server Magazine forums are invaluable resources. Like many of you, I contribute to and learn from these communities every day. Peer support is a great option and can meet your support needs much of the time, especially when your problem isn't a down mission-critical server.
But peer support isn't always the best option. You can't expect your peers online to solve all your problems, especially in emergency situations that require an immediate response. You also shouldn't rely on peer support to solve your problems when a misstep might cause irretrievable loss of your data. Nevertheless, I see a surprising number of messages posted to the SQL Server newsgroups that look like this:
Subject: Help!!!!
Message: I've done a terrible thing to my production database, and I'm not sure how to fix the problem. The database is completely inaccessible, and I'm afraid that the data may be lost. My boss is furious. Please respond ASAP with a fix for my problem.
Of course, I've exaggerated the situation a bit to demonstrate my point. But such messages often come from SQL Server newcomers — the folks least likely to be able to solve the problem on their own.
Although peer support can provide great information, the answers you get don't always appear right away. After all, the people on the other end are simply volunteering their time — they have jobs and other responsibilities just like you do. Sometimes, you get what you pay for. Personally, I wouldn't rely on a newsgroup posting if crucial corporate data was at risk, time was of the essence, or my job might depend on solving the problem. Instead, I might use one of Microsoft's paid product-support options. Some people who are new to SQL Server might not know that these mechanisms exist, and often these newcomers are most in need of a fee-based helping hand when their data is at risk. Sometimes, paying a small fee can save the day — and your database.
I can't possibly cover the myriad ways to get paid support from Microsoft. The company provides different kinds of support depending on your licensing agreement and other relationships you might have with our friends in Redmond. Microsoft has posted a list of support options at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;offerprophone&sd=msdn. And you can always buy a single, per-incident phone call for $245 by using one of the following numbers:
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(contributed by Paul Thurrott, email@example.com) Microsoft announced at COMDEX Fall 2002 this week the immediate availability of Visual Studio .NET 2003 (code-named Everett), which includes the final version of the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework for smart devices based on Windows CE .NET (formerly code-named Talisker). Visual Studio .NET 2003 is an incremental update to Visual Studio .NET, and Microsoft will finalize it early in 2003. Microsoft will launch the product with Windows .NET Server (Win.NET Server) 2003 in April, the company says, although customers who want to launch applications written to the .NET Compact Framework before then can do so with a new Go Live license, which will be available in the coming weeks.
Visual Studio .NET 2003 includes support for the latest Web services specifications, such as WS-Attachments, WS-Routing, and WS-Security; support for Windows Forms in Visual C++ .NET; and integrated version of Visual J# .NET. The beta also includes support for more than 200 mobile devices based on Windows CE .NET, the Pocket PC, and the Pocket PC Phone Edition.
The next generation of Visual Studio .NET will be based on the Yukon series of technologies, which will debut with the release of the next version of SQL Server. This Yukon-based Visual Studio .NET version — due "a little bit more than a year from now," according to Microsoft's Dan Hay — will be a major release featuring an easier-to-use interface for Visual Basic .NET and SQL Server stored procedures that are written in any .NET language, including C#.
Visual Studio .NET 2003 will be a free upgrade for Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) customers. Other users can upgrade to the new version for $29.99
Microsoft has released two articles that can help you make the most of your database technology, whether you're just migrating to SQL Server or you're a seasoned SQL Server 2000 administrator.
If your organization is using the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE), the article "INFO: Upsize SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine to SQL Server" (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;\[LN\];Q325023) explains how to expand your database. MSDE has a 2GB data limit. When your organization outgrows that limit, SQL Server can provide the scalability you need. Because MSDE is based on core SQL Server technology, you can migrate to SQL Server without making costly and time-consuming changes to your existing applications.
If you're a regular user of the Transact-SQL debugger in SQL Server 2000, you'll want to read the article "INF: Transact-SQL Debugger Is Turned Off By Default for Earlier Clients After You Install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3" (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;\[LN\];Q328151). This article tells you why the debugger won't work after you've installed SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and how you can restore the debugger's functionality.
The voting has closed in SQL Server Magazine's nonscientific Instant Poll for the question, "Which of the following best describes your job?" Here are the results (+/- 1 percent) from the 438 votes:
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- 70% IT staff (e.g., database administrator, application developer)
- 13% Consultant
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The 64-bit version of SQL Server (code-named Liberty), which is scheduled for release in first quarter 2003, will be the first 64-bit application that Microsoft releases to run on its new 64-bit OSs. Michael Otey discusses the advantages 64-bit SQL Server will bring in "The 64-Bit Era," which appears in the November 2002 issue of SQL Server Magazine. The article is available online at
Johnww had a SQL Server 2000 database running with a RAID 1 mirror. His team decided that improved performance was more important than security, so it switched the database to a RAID 0 configuration. But instead of improving performance, the change has decreased performance. What went wrong? Offer your advice and read other users' suggestions on the SQL Server Magazine forums at the following URL:
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When you create a subscription through Enterprise Manager, both the pull and push options let you set a specific replication schedule, so you can implement your own less-frequent schedule specifically for the third subscription. Note that many installations need to retain a record of changes against production systems. This requirement can be hard to meet when you run a GUI tool such as Enterprise Manager directly against the production database, so if you want to retain the scripts for change-control purposes, simulate the action in a nonproduction environment. Then, you can use SQL Server Profiler to capture the SQL code that Enterprise Manager uses and modify the code to match the needs of your production environment.
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When it comes to your health,
you do have a choice.
Choice Acupuncture & Chiropractic
2021 Midwest Road Suite 100E
Oak Brook, IL 60523
ph: (630) 568-5942
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At the age of 11, I planned to go to medical school. My life road for the next 15 years was clearly mapped out, or so I thought. As an undergraduate English major, I took all the science classes necessary to apply to allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, and even had a couple of interviews.
While working on my undergraduate degree, I took a couple of years off to teach English in South Korea. There I was first introduced to oriental medicine when an oriental doctor used acupuncture to help me overcome a severe sinus infection that I had had for several weeks. I was surprised at how quickly the pain and infection disappeared without the use of drugs. Also, a good friend at the time (who later became my husband) had Bell's palsy cured with the help of acupuncture.
I returned to the United States with a different perspective — both on my career objectives as well as how to approach health and sickness. I started reading everything I could get my hands on about natural and alternative medicine. I realized that I might have some symptoms of PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). I went to an MD to make sure that I didn't have any major pathology. She told me my lab values were normal for the most part and that I could live with the symptoms using birth control and diet and exercise. However, I walked away frustrated because I didn't receive any instruction on how or what I should eat and which type of exercise was best. As a patient, I decided to explore the various approaches to health and healing offered by chiropractic, naturopathic, and oriental medicine. I found that I resonated with the individualized approach to healing offered with acupuncture and oriental medicine. I had great response to some of my symptoms associated with PCOS such as fatigue, weight gain, digestive issues, insulin resistance, and painful, irregular periods.
I had such a marked difference in my health with acupuncture and herbs that I decided I wanted to become a practitioner who could help frustrated women live healthier lives. I love what I do, and would love to help you too.
Update January 2014: After 18 months of fertility acupuncture and herbal treatment, I was able to conceive naturally and give birth to a healthy baby boy at home with the help of excellent home-birth midwives.
Copyright 2014 Choice Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine. All rights reserved.
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Incoming E-Mail
Incoming E-Mail in OpenACS works with the latest version of acs-mail-lite in a general fashion using callbacks. We will first take a look on what needs to be done to get incoming e-mail working and then continue on to see how packages can benefit from this.
The up to date version of this documentation can be found at http://www.cognovis.de/developer/en/incoming_email
Install incoming E-Mail
For the installation instructions we assume the following
hostname: www.yourserver.com
oacs user: service0
linux user: service0
home dir: /home/service0
users mail dir: /home/service0/mail
The service0 user does not have a ".foward" file and is only used for running the OpenACS website.
inet_interfaces=$myhostname, localhost
virtual_alias_domains = www.yourserver.com
- Install postfix
- Install smtp (for postfix)
- Install metamail (for acs-mail-lite)
- Edit /etc/postfix/main.cf
- Edit /etc/postfix/virtual and add the regular expression to be able to deal with incoming emails.
@www.yourserver.com service0
- Edit /etc/postfix/master.cf - uncomment this line so that postfix is able to process incoming emails
smtp inet n - n - - smtpd
- Create a mail directory as service0
mkdir /home/service0/mail
- Configure Mail Services Lite Parameters
BounceDomain: www.yourserver.com
BounceMailDir: /home/service0/mail
EnvelopePrefix: bounce
The EnvelopePrefix is for bounce e-mails only.
These parameters should be renamed to IncomingDomain and IncomingMaildir and BouncePrefix, to reflect the fact that we are now dealing with more types of incoming e-mails.
Furthermore, setting the IncomingMaildir parameter will be a *CLEAR* indication that incoming email handling is setup. This is useful for other packages to determine if they can rely on incoming e-mail working (e.g. to set the reply-to email to an e-mail address which actually works through a callback if the IncomingMaildir parameter is enabled).
- Configure Notifications Parameters
EmailReplyAddressPrefix: notificationConfigure other packages likewise
EmailQmailQueueScanP: 0
We want to have acs-mail-lite incoming handle the Email Scanning, not each package separately.
- Call postmap to recompile virtual db:
postmap /etc/postfix/virtual
- Restart Postfix
/etc/init.d/postfix restart
- Restart OpenACS
Processing incoming e-mail
A sweeper procedure like acs-mail-lite::load_mails should scan the e-mails which are in the Maildir directory on a regular basis and process them (using a parsing procedure). Then it should fire off callbacks. But before it parses the e-mails, it should check if the e-mail came from an auto mailer. Vinod has done this using procmail as follows below, maybe we could get this dragged into Tcl code (using regexp or a procmail recipe parser) instead, removing the need for setting up procmail in the first place.
:0 w * ^subject:.*Out of Office AutoReply /dev/null :0 w * ^subject:.*Out of Office /dev/null :0 w * ^subject:.*out of the office /dev/null :0 w * ^subject:.*NDN /dev/null :0 w * ^subject:.*[QuickML] Error: /dev/null :0 w * ^subject:.*autoreply /dev/null :0 w * ^from.*mailer.*daemon /dev/null
To make things granular a seperate parsing procedure should deal with loading the e-mail into the Tck interpreter and setting variables in an array for further processing.
ad_proc parse_email { -file:required -array:required } { ... }
An email is splitted into several parts: headers, bodies and files lists and all headers directly. The headers consists of a list with header names as keys and their corresponding values. All keys are lower case. The bodies consists of a list with two elements: content-type and content. The files consists of a list with three elements: content-type, filename and content. The array with all the above data is upvared to the caller environment.
} { }
Processed and put into the array should be:
- message_id
- subject
- from
- to
- date
- received
- references
- in-reply-to
- return-path
- .....
- X-Mozilla-Status
- X-Virus Scanned
- .....
As we do not know which headers are going to be available in the e-mail, we will just set all the headers we can find in the array. The callback implementation would then have to check if a certain header is present or not.
#get all available headers set keys [mime::getheader $mime -names] set headers [list] # create both the headers array and all headers directly for the email array foreach header $keys { set value [mime::getheader $mime $header] set email([string tolower $header]) $value lappend headers [list $header $value] } set email(headers) $headers
Body parts
An e-mail usually consists of one or more parts. With the advent of complex_send, OpenACS supports sending of multi part e-mails which are needed if you want to send out and e-mail in text/html and text/plain (for old mail readers).
switch [mime::getproperty $part content] { "text/plain" { lappend bodies [list "text/plain" [mime::getbody $part]] } "text/html" { lappend bodies [list "text/html" [mime::getbody $part]] } }
Handling of incoming files
Due to the fact that we support the tcllib mime functions, getting incoming files to work is pretty easy and straight forward. We just have to look for a part where there exists a "Content-disposition" part. All these parts are file parts. Together with the scanning for the mail body it looks something like this:
set bodies [list] set files [list] #now extract all parts (bodies/files) and fill the email array foreach part $all_parts { # Attachments have a "Content-disposition" part # Therefore we filter out if it is an attachment here if {[catch {mime::getheader $part Content-disposition}]} { switch [mime::getproperty $part content] { "text/plain" { lappend bodies [list "text/plain" [mime::getbody $part]] } "text/html" { lappend bodies [list "text/html" [mime::getbody $part]] } } } else { set encoding [mime::getproperty $part encoding] set body [mime::getbody $part -decode] set content $body set params [mime::getproperty $part params] if {[lindex $params 0] == "name"} { set filename [lindex $params 1] } else { set filename "" } # Determine the content_type set content_type [mime::getproperty $part content] if {$content_type eq "application/octet-stream"} { set content_type [ns_guesstype $filename] } lappend files [list $content_type $encoding $filename $content] } } set email(bodies) $bodies set email(files) $files
Take a note that the files (attachments) are actually stored in the /tmp directory from where they can be processed further. Therefore it is up to the callback to decide if to import the file into OpenACS or not. Once all callbacks have been fired they will have to be deleted again though.
Firing off callbacks
Now that we have the e-mail parsed and have an array with all the information, we can fire off the callbacks. The firing should happen in two stages. The first stage is where we support a syntax like "email@example.com". Then incoming e-mail could look up the object_type, and then call the callback implementation specific to this object_type. If object_type = 'content_item', use content_type instead.
ad_proc -public -callback acs_mail_lite::incoming_object_email { -array:required -object_id:required } { }
callback acs_mail_lite::incoming_object_email -impl $object_type -array email -object_id $object_id
ad_proc -public -callback acs_mail_lite::incoming_object_email -impl user { -array:required -object_id:required } { Implementation of mail through support for incoming emails } { # get a reference to the email array upvar $array email # make the bodies an array template::util::list_of_lists_to_array $email(bodies) email_body if {[exists_and_not_null email_body(text/html)]} { set body $email_body(text/html) } else { set body $email_body(text/plain) } set reply_to_addr "[party::get_by_email $email(from)]@[ad_url]" acs_mail_lite::complex_send \ -from_addr $from_addr \ -reply_to $reply_to_addr \ -to_addr $to_addr \ -subject $email(subject) \ -body $body \ -single_email \ -send_immediately }
The object_id based implementations are mainly useful for automatically generated "reply-to" addresses. But with ProjectManager and Contacts it is also handy, because the Project / TaskID is prominently placed on the website. So if you are working on a task and you get an e-mail by your client that is related to the task, just forward the email to "$firstname.lastname@example.com" and it will be stored along with the task. HIGHLY useful :).
Obviously you could have implementations for:
forums_forum_id: Start a new topic
forums_message_id: Reply to an existing topic
group_id: Send an e-mail to all group members
pm_project_id: add a comment to a project
pm_task_id: add a comment to a task and store the files in the projects folder (done)
Once the e-mail is dealt with in an object oriented approach we are either done with the message (an object_id was found in the to address) or we need to process it further.
ad_proc -public -callback acs_mail_lite::incoming_email { -array:required -package_id } { }
array set email {} parse_email -file $msg -array email set email(to) [parse_email_address -email $email(to)] set email(from) [parse_email_address -email $email(from)] # We execute all callbacks now callback acs_mail_lite::incoming_email -array email
For this a general callback should exist which can deal with every leftover e-mail and each implementation will check if it wants to deal with this e-mail. How is this check going to happen? As an example, a package could have a prefix, as is the case with bounce e-mails as handled in acs_mail_lite::parse_bounce_address (see below):
ad_proc -public -callback acs_mail_lite::incoming_email -impl acs-mail-lite { -array:required -package_id:required } { @param array An array with all headers, files and bodies. To access the array you need to use upvar. @param package_id The package instance that registered the prefix @return nothing @error } { upvar $array email set to [acs_mail_lite::parse_email_address -email $email(to)] ns_log Debug "acs_mail_lite::incoming_email -impl acs-mail-lite called. Recipient $to" util_unlist [acs_mail_lite::parse_bounce_address -bounce_address $to] user_id package_id signature # If no user_id found or signature invalid, ignore message # Here we decide not to deal with the message anymore if {[empty_string_p $user_id]} { if {[empty_string_p $user_id]} { ns_log Debug "acs_mail_lite::incoming_email impl acs-mail-lite: No equivalent user found for $to" } else { ns_log Debug "acs_mail_lite::incoming_email impl acs-mail-lite: Invalid mail signature $signature" } } else { ns_log Debug "acs_mail_lite::incoming_email impl acs-mail-lite: Bounce checking $to, $user_id" if { ![acs_mail_lite::bouncing_user_p -user_id $user_id] } { ns_log Debug "acs_mail_lite::incoming_email impl acs-mail-lite: Bouncing email from user $user_id" # record the bounce in the database db_dml record_bounce {} if {![db_resultrows]} { db_dml insert_bounce {} } } } }
Alternatively we could just check the whole to address for other things, e.g. if the to address belongs to a group (party)
ad_proc -public -callback acs_mail_lite::incoming_email -impl contacts_group_mail { -array:required {-package_id ""} } { Implementation of group support for incoming emails If the to address matches an address stored with a group then send out the email to all group members @author Malte Sussdorff (email@example.com) @creation-date 2005-12-18 @param array An array with all headers, files and bodies. To access the array you need to use upvar. @return nothing @error } {
# get a reference to the email array upvar $array email # Now run the simplest mailing list of all set to_party_id [party::get_by_email -email $email(to)] if {[db_string group_p "select 1 from groups where group_id = :to_party_id" -default 0]} { # make the bodies an array template::util::list_of_lists_to_array $email(bodies) email_body if {[exists_and_not_null email_body(text/html)]} { set body $email_body(text/html) } else { set body $email_body(text/plain) } acs_mail_lite::complex_send \ -from_addr [lindex $email(from) 0] \ -to_party_ids [group::get_members -group_id $to_party_id] \ -subject $email(subject) \ -body $body \ -single_email \ -send_immediately } }
Or check if the to address follows a certain format.
ad_proc -public -callback acs_mail_lite::incoming_email -impl contacts_mail_through { -array:required {-package_id ""} } { Implementation of mail through support for incoming emails You can send an e-amil through the system by sending it to firstname.lastname@example.com The email will be send from your system and if mail tracking is installed the e-mail will be tracked. This allows you to go in direct communication with a customer using you standard e-mail program instead of having to go to the website. @author Malte Sussdorff (email@example.com) @creation-date 2005-12-18 @param array An array with all headers, files and bodies. To access the array you need to use upvar. @return nothing @error } { # get a reference to the email array upvar $array email # Take a look if the email contains an email with a "#" set pot_email [lindex [split $email(to) "@"] 0] if {[string last "#" $pot_email] > -1} { .... } }
Alternatives to this are:
- $firstname.lastname@example.com (where component_name could be openacs or dotlrn or contacts or whatever), to store a new bug in bug-tracker
- email@example.com (to do mail-through using the user name, which allows you to hide the actual e-mail of the user whom you are contacting).
Once all callbacks have been fired off, the e-mail needs to be deleted from the Maildir directory and the files which have been extracted need to be deleted as well from the /tmp directory.


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This module provides a wrapper for the Flashy video player:
The base module depends on SWFEmbed, and provides an object-oriented API for embedding flash videos in your site. If you have the getID3() module, it will also try to auto-detect the size of the video if you do not specify an explicit size for the player.
The included flashy_filefield and flashy_link modules provide CCK formatters for the filefield and link CCK fields, respectively. That allows you to upload a .flv or other supported file format into a CCK-based node, configure a formatter, and have it "just work" to display the video. Referencing linked 3rd party videos using the link field is also supported. Additional configuration options will be added if there is demand (and if people submit patches!)
Some background and a demo can be found on the Palantir.net site.
This module requires PHP 5.
Required related modules:
Recommended modules:
Installation notes
If you have Drush installed, run
drush flashy post-install to quickly and easily download the latest version of the flash player itself from Google Code.
Project Information
- Maintenance status: Unsupported
- Development status: No further development
- Module categories: Content Construction Kit (CCK), Drush, Media
- Reported installs: 43 sites currently report using this module. View usage statistics.
- Downloads: 3,384
- Last modified: 16 December 2015
- This project is not covered by the security advisory policy.
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I've had some pretty weird reactions when I tell people I don't use shampoo.. Just check out the comments in some of my curly girl videos... smh. I think it's really a gut reaction people have, and they don't listen to the explanation behind it; they just make snap judgments.
But on the other hand I've had fairly positive reactions to it as well. I agree that saying no sulfates, no silicones is the way to go. Some of my friends and my mom have even asked me to type their products or recommend things without "bad ingredients." I've also discovered from other curlies that some of them avoid shampoo just like I do, without even knowing about curly girl.
The worst is when a girlfriend asks to borrow shampoo though lol. I just have to be like, sorry don't got none. Or hand them my no-lather cleansers, which isn't what they think of when they say "shampoo."


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how to repair bottom of rusted out 10" steel pipe.
pipe transports water from springs to fields for irrigation. Pressure is <20 lbs. "Leaks" - some extend length of 20' sections. Width is variable to 4 to 5". I have considered wrapping pipe in fiberglass fabric and then coating with various products like polyester, epoxy, EPDM, TPO, Hypalon. Also thought about using 3M 5200 sealant to adhere 26 Gauge HVAC/stove pipe Galvanized Steel cover leaks. All are expensive! Anyone have a cheeeeep alternative other than replace line completely?
That would be like playing wack a mole.
Time to replace the line with PVC.
Or black plastic.
Iam supporting joe on this one ....replace it....:yes:
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Winter's Dream Lyrics
Artist: Carbon Leaf
Album: Meander
I just dreamed what it's like for me to be dead
my icy body sunk in a black lake
with the leaves swirling around me
the fall can leave such a bad sting in the water
my dream ended my life because
no stays for the winter
all these dreams never really meant that much to me
always brings a hand of security
my life was spare because it was only a dream
suffice to say the water was not as cold
as the vision is old
God why can't things live when it is freezing?
ironic when I'm forced to my cave when
It's my favorite season
I don't wan't to freeze
something's missing
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If you own an IPhone then you will know that there a literally hundreds and thousands of IPhone Apps out there available for purchase. It can get very confusing when you are trying to wade through them all.
The ITunes App store for example has new applications being added every day. If you want to find a good application then you will need to consider looking at IPhone App reviews in order to work out which are the best ones on the market. This in itself can present problems as you need to find a reliable and trustworthy site in which to look for decent reviews. There are plenty out there and some are better than others. The best review sites are the ones that seem to be used the most and get a far wider range of opinions to help you make an informed decision. How many times as an IPhone user have you purchased any applications or games that are terrible? However, by then you have spent your hard earned cash on something that is useless and you will most probably not use again. Some of these apps just do not function as you expected. It is incredibly easy to keep making the same mistakes over an over again of buying apps that just are not that good. However, without proper guidance this will continue to happen. So now, the best thing to do is check out the following reviews that are on reliable sites. Additionally you can also check out IPhone Game reviews on here as well. AppVee are one of the largest sites for reviews online today. They are professional and offer hundreds or high quality reviews on any apps you can think of or want to purchase. Each of these applications contains a review that is well written and a video to walk you through the application itself. If you are registered then you are able to leave your own reviews. The applications that are considered the best value for money are highlighted in the comprehensive list you can search through. Apptism is a review site that is easy to understand and navigate round as the user. You should be able to find the application you want quickly and easily and save your favourites so they are simple to find the next time you are online. If you want to keep track of your personal favourites and highlight them then this is perfect. Finally, when it comes to applications for the IPhone then the site 148Apps is ideal for you. This site has more applications on its top list than most other sites. You will find several listings that each list the best applications that you can either buy or are free. Also games apps are listed here too for you to search and make your choice. Reviews on this site are very detailed as well and leave nothing untouched. There are many screenshots associated with each review so you can see what it looks like for yourself.
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Release Date:
May 7, 2014
The Center for Business and Economic Development (CBED) at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus is partnering with the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce to host SPARK Columbus, a networking event for entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, inventors, small business owners, young professionals, students, educators, and others interested in start-up and new business ventures.
The free event will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4 in the LHP Building at 703 Washington Street, located on the northeast corner of Seventh and Washington Streets in Columbus. A cash bar will be available.
According to organizers Greg Knudson, CBED director, and Cindy Frey, chamber president, this first-time SPARK Columbus event will celebrate "bootstrapper" entrepreneurs and inventors.
Participants can network with a number of creative risk-takers who are launching new business ventures.
The keynote speaker is Rick Johnson, president & CEO of Johnson Ventures, a capital investment firm which owns restaurant, convenience store, construction materials, and publishing companies. The Johnson family founded the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (JCEI) at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in Bloomington.
Johnson will discuss the importance of entrepreneurial activity in Hoosier communities and share his thoughts on what makes entrepreneurs successful.
Other speakers will include:
"We hope the June 4 event will be the first in a series of networking opportunities that will bring the business and university communities together to meet, share ideas, network, and help each other become successful," explained Knudson.
Frey said the chamber is working to create a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem where new ventures can find champions, capital, and a supportive environment that enables them to thrive. "Working alongside the Center for Business and Economic Development, we hope to expand the support available for start-ups and young ventures in our community," she added.
IUPUC and the chamber are discussing a number of possibilities for future programming, like entrepreneurial boot camps, sessions on financing for start-up ventures, and workshops for new CEOs.
To register online, go to columbusarea.chambermaster.com/events. Contact Kami Adams at firstname.lastname@example.com for registration questions.
For information about the June 4 and future SPARK Columbus networking events, contact Greg Knudson (812.348.7301 | email@example.com) or Cindy Frey (812.379.4457 | email@example.com).


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cannon wrote:KRB wrote:cluckmeister wrote:Is it legal to ground swat those trap? LOL
Use your discretion
No lie: my daughter was practicing on the line last week when a pair of birds lit within 5 yards of the pit. She said "pull," pulled off the target, smoked one of the pair as it took off, and looked over her shoulder at the judge and then said "oops."
Daddy's girl.
Nice shot, the ultimate question is then, were clay pigeons in season LOL


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Looking for new markets? A microsite could help you reach them.
By Melissa Campanelli
Entrepreneur Magazine - August 2006
Branching Out
Gerald Prolman launched OrganicBouquet.com in 2003 to sell sustainably grown flowers that are freshly picked and then gift-wrapped. But as the company grew, he needed a better way to meet the increasing demand from florists, event planners and other whole-salers. So in June, Prolman launched a microsite (www.organicbouquetwholesale.com) to make it easier for these customers to place orders.
A microsite lets you focus on a specific purpose, such as selling clearance or discounted items, selling products to businesses (vs. consumers), promoting new merchandise, or trying out a new product line. Sometimes the design and navigation of a microsite differs from its parent site. "[Unlike consumers], florists shop by variety and color, so the site is set up to help florists find what they need quickly," says Prolman, 46, who projects 2006 sales of up to $5 million for his San Rafael, California, company.
So why didn't Prolman just launch a separate section on his existing website to focus on wholesalers? Simple: to prevent consumers or future competitors from having easy access to the customized pricing available to wholesale customers. "The pricing is tailor-made for each customer based on volume," says Prolman. "Once approved as a wholesale account, they will be given access to the site."
Michael Parker, co-founder and director of marketing at Gravitate Design Studio, a web development and marketing company in Vancouver, Washington, offers the following advice for entrepreneurs thinking of launching a microsite:
• Consider the costs. Building a microsite costs essentially the same amount as setting up a traditional website--from $2,500 to $50,000 or more. Keep in mind, though, that a microsite may require additional employees. (To date, Prolman has added six.) "Maintaining another site--even a microsite--takes a lot of work," says Parker, who suggests evaluating whether the same results could be achieved using your current web infrastructure.
• Take your brand strategy into account. If you sell products with two totally different focuses or brand identities, "then you're a good candidate for a microsite," says Parker.
• Know your search strategy. Some companies create many microsites that point to the main site in an effort to rank high on search engines, says Parker. Others prefer to have a larger site with a lot of updated content. Before moving forward, check with your marketing department or the company handling your search marketing programs.
URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/ebusiness/ebusinessideas/article160092.html
Melissa Campanelli is a marketing and technology writer in New York City.
Originally published in the August 2006 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine
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Our eco-friendly flower arrangements include roses, calla lilies, tulips, gerbera daisies, hyacinths, sunflowers, alstromeria lilies and blue iris. In addition to a complete line of flower arrangements, we offer gift baskets, fruit baskets, nut baskets, gourmet chocolates, gourmet cookies, plants and wreaths. All of these products are certified eco-friendly and/or provide for environmental benefits through our participation in Carbon Offset programs.
Whatever the occasion, our flowers make the perfect gift- birthday celebration flowers, anniversary flowers, holiday flowers, or floral arrangements simply to say thank you. Sending flowers from Organic Bouquet says that you care not only about the person receiving the flowers, but also about the environment. All of our gift items are shipped nationwide to all 50 states. So whether you need to send flowers to Florida, New York, California, or Colorado, we can guarantee overnight delivery to ensure they arrive fresh and ready to put a smile on someone's face.
Whether you are purchasing online, or through one of our customer service specialists, you can be assured you are ordering the freshest quality of flowers and environmentally friendly gifts.


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So after searching, it seems as though there are still a lot of questions regarding a TBE. I have found specific examples for states like Utah and Texas, but seeing as how I live in VA, it doesn't really do any good.
I would like to run a TBE, however I think using one cat would be a must. Does anyone here live in VA and like to shed some light on the situation?


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How fast is your PC? It's a simple question, but there's no easy answer. When we talk about computer speed, we're often referring to the clock frequency of the processor – that doesn't necessarily tell us much about its performance.
CPU architectures are continually being improved and refined, so a recent Intel Core i7-860 processor running at 2.8GHz will run rings around an older Intel Core 2 Duo E7400, despite its identical clockspeed. This doesn't take into account the number of cores: for multi threaded tasks, the quad-core i7 processor has twice the processing capability of the older Core 2 Duo.
Focusing on the CPU additionally ignores the numerous other components in your system that contribute to overall performance. The quantity of memory in your PC can have a huge impact, as can the speed of your hard disk and, for 3D purposes, the capabilities of your graphics card.
In this feature, we'll discuss the nuances involved and show youhow to benchmark your own system.
Historically, computer benchmarks have been used to define a standard unit of performance, so as to compare systems with different hardware. One of the first benchmarks to be developed was Whetstone in 1972. It carried out a series of commonplace mathematical tasks based on how long the tasks had taken and gave a performance score in instructions per second. This benchmark could be used to compare the performance of many different types of computers from different manufacturers.
Information such as this has always been useful to businesses considering upgrading their systems, as it gives a clear measurement of the performance benefit of new hardware. But benchmarks aren't only for businesses. At home, benchmarking can help you to compare the performance of your current PC with one you'reconsidering buying – and if you upgrade a component, benchmarking can expose the performance benefit (or lack thereof).
Approaches such as Whetstone have their limits. Back when Whetstone was created, the mathematical operations it carried out might have been a reasonable simulation of the workload a typical business computer would face. But they were only that – a simulation. Whetstone allowed you to estimate how quickly a computer would perform in real use, but what it really told you was how quickly the computer ran Whetstone. In other words, Whetstone was what's called a synthetic benchmark – an artificial test designed to tax a computer in a very precise and particular way.
Since synthetic approaches remove that uncertainty, they can determine the capability of a particular piece of hardware to do a specific job. Whetstone targets the CPU, but there are plenty of other benchmarks that measure hard disk performance, memory performance and so on.
The strength of synthetic benchmarking is that it gives you a measure of specific aspects of your hardware's performance without other factors interfering. Arguably, though, this is also a weakness.
In 1972, business computers probably did spend much of their time performing a single type of operation. Today, however, a multitasking desktop PC is likely to be doing all sorts of things at once. And when you're using your computer you don't have the luxury of disabling or ignoring other processes or conditions. So the results you get from a synthetic benchmark may be a world apart from the actual experience of using your PC.
If you want to assess the real-world performance of a computer system, the only way to get a meaningful measurement is by timing real-world tasks. This is the approach we use here at PC & TA: our Real World Benchmarks use popular software such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop to carry out everyday tasks, and time how long these operations take.
When we want to test the performance of a harddisk or flash drive, we do it by using Windows to copy files to and from the drive, as you would in actual use. As we noted above, this approach means our results may be affected by plugins, or by the amount of available memory – or by the version of Windows we're using, or by a dozen other factors. But those issues would all affect you if you were using these applications for real, so our results reflect the actual performance of the system.
Real-world benchmarking may seem an improvement over synthetic testing, but it too has its limitations. Although we refer to our "Real World Benchmarks", there's still a synthetic aspect to the process. A preset workload may be designed to resemble real work as closely as possible, but no two people use a computer in exactly the same way.
If you do a huge amount of 3D work, and very little word processing, a benchmark that gives equal weight to both tasks won't be particularly helpful. Even when a benchmark script doesexactly the same job as a human, it typically does so without taking breaks or pausing to think about what it's doing, which can increase the load on your memory and disks, and bog the system down unrealistically. And since the system is tested holistically, real-world benchmarking may conceal bottlenecks.
For example, your PC might have a super fast processor but very little memory. In a situation such as this you'd see poor performance, and might wrongly conclude your CPU was underpowered. A synthetic approach, which isolates each component, would show that this wasn't the case. Ultimately, if you're determined to get a representative, all-round picture of your computer's real-world performance and capabilities, you'll need to use a combination of realworld tests and synthetic benchmarks.
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And I thought I was going to more or less take the weekend off, maybe finishing up a second reading of Rare Earth and enjoying some of the delightful spring weather that has taken hold around here. So much for that. Server issues caused this site to be transferred to a new server, which subsequently brought the whole site down. When it came back up, most of my customizations were gone and I haven't yet figured out how to get them back. It's been a long day and I'm not sure how long this is going to take, so please bear with me. It seems more important to get the site up and running again even if it's suddenly in a minimalist guise. I'll tune it back up as time permits.
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- April 19, 2009 at 4:13
Thank you for you dedication, I like your site/blog very much
- April 19, 2009 at 7:49
Paul: I am thinking that enjoying the weather might be more important…yes, we are all hungry for our golden words:-), but we are experiencing a similar incredible bout of weather here in Florida, and I know I'd rather not fuss with computers.
Take the day off…the universe will wait.
- April 19, 2009 at 8:36
Thank you both! But I'm obsessive about these matters and find myself right back here this morning running some tweaks. Maybe a nice walk later in the day…
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hello afonso,michael and paul, yesterday i began to worry because i could not sign on to the site but now i see the reason!afonso you are 101% correct,pauls dedication deserves an award i know we all thank him ! paul hope you do enjoy that walk because michael is also right! the universe is not going anywhere,or so it is to be most devoutly hoped! with my respect to all your friend george
- April 19, 2009 at 12:54
Well, things have at least stabilized, so I plan to get in the walk this afternoon. Much site adjustment remains to be done, but the emergency stuff is over with (I hope) and things can begin to settle down. What a weekend!
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Found this on goDrag Racing.com, They have thousands of pictures and sweet graphics.
betcha can't do that in a turbocharged import
edit: even if it was in reverse
You're right Chevelle, the imports can't do that. But, if you're into racing, you know a wheelstand like that will probably lose you the race. They are good for the photographers only.
In all honesty, I don't care for the imports much. I never thought a car smoking the front tires was very cool. But, some of them are VERY fast, and have to be given credit.
Ironically, over the years, I have had my share of small blocks, modified 6 cyls., a Plymouth ramcharger, a Fairlane GT, and a few others. What do I drive today? A Dodge SRT-4. Why? Economics. It was reasonable priced, had a good warranty, gets great mileage, and has all the performance most anyone on the street would want. And it AIN'T an import. It's just fun to drive.
The wheelie bars on the FWD cars are used for an entirely different purpose, not to prevent wheelstands.
When the car stages, the wheelie bars, which are hydraulic or air operated, are activated and push down on the track, lifting the rear wheels off the ground. This puts all the weight on the front drive wheels. After the car launches, the bars gradually let the rear wheels back down.
Kinda goofy, but it works pretty well. American inginuity......it's a wonderful thing. Some of these cars I believe have cracked the 6 second barrier and are over 200 mph, so they do go.
From the postings about thecar, it came down bustin up the front suspension and put it in the wall. They say the car is almost back together and fixed.
Not a Import But a 1975 Caddy Eldorado's rag top doing a Front wheel drive burn out is a kool experience all 500 CID open wide open :mwink:
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Started a new thread on Panel box problem
Hi again.
Thanks for the info already given on the thread I high jacked --LOL-- sorry.
Okay here is what I have found out so far.
1. the power from the breaker that supplies the main power to the garage panel reads perfect 122 on each hot line.
2. The power at the garage panel reads 221 on the top 120 volt line and about 15 on the bottom 120 volt line ( see picture below )
3. The lines run under grounds in electrical PVC ( the grey type ) and we had some foundation work done and I think they may have done something to it because it has worked fine for almost 30 years.
4. As you can see there is a green wire that is run separate for the neutral ground and also the three big wires two on the right are 120 volt each and the one on the left is the ground wire.
I think the green wire is bad because you all have said the neutral is loose or disconnected.
Why do the neutral and the common ground hook up in the same bus??
Looks like I will need to run a new green neutral wire first and see if that works. What do you all think?
If that doesn't work then I will need to run a whole new 240 romex neutral included.
Here is a picture of the box
Let me know what you all think.
Thanks Keith:)
Did you try testing the voltage in the panel with all the breakers off?
If you had a bad neutral with this configuration your green ground wire would be doing all the work and would get really warm if you had a large load on there. Hot to hot should be 240 neutral to each hot should be 120. If it's damaged underground you would have to find and repair the bad conduit before you go pulling new wire in there.
Yes rolleston I did.
I also just disconnected all the wires from the garage panel and got the same reading with the hot wires on EACH of the grounds ( neutral and common grounds ). I am thinking the foundation people have cracked the PVC and some water has gotten in the pipe and corroded one or some of the wires.
I guess I need to run all new wires
The green wire is the equipment grounding conductor. Although it is required by code, the panel will work without it or if it is compromised.
The 2 heavy black wires on the left are your 2 hot conductors, the heavy wire on the left with the white tape is the neutral.
Turn off all the breakers in this panel and test from each hot leg to the neutral, should be about 120 volts on each leg. If one of the blacks shows low or no voltage, you have a problem with that wire in the conduit or at the supply breaker in the house. ( Note: if you test with any of the breakers on you will get a false reading due to voltage being back fed thru a load.)
Thanks rjniles ,That is what I did. The bottom one of the HOT!! wires is the one reading the 8 to 10 volts. So that wire is the problem wire. I am going to go ahead and pull and replace that wire first and see if that will do it. I will post results :)
May have trouble pulling new wire in there after you pull that one out. If it's damaged I don't think it will pull too easy. And you could end up damaging the new wire pulling by that damaged conduit.
And make sure all wires are disconnected and breaker is off.
Okay Guys after further inspection All the wires have been smashed together from the ohm reading test I did on each single wire. So I am going to put new PVC and new wires from the house to the panel in the garage.
I disconnected all the wires at each end and got me a long piece of 24 volt electrical wire and clamped it on ONE!! of the wires in the house. I then did an ohm reading test on each wire an all had an ohm reading. So therefore they are all smashed together.
Thanks for all the help and suggestions and this is a cool forum and I will be visiting often to learn and give my two cents.
Thanks Keith :)
Rather than retrench the whole run, you might excavate were the foundation work was done. You may be able to pull out the old wires, repair the conduit and pull in new wires.
When you replace the wires bring that sub up to code by signalling a separate ground bar and separate your grounds and neutrals.
R.J. I have dug up the old pvc up to where it goes under the patio slab. I have decided to re route the new pvc to where it goes up in the soffit at a different place and I am able to use the pcv 90 that goes into the garage to get to that panel box. I don't want to jack hammer the patio up because some of it in closed in and has tile on it. So I am routing the new pvc to a place where all I have to is dig and lay the pipe and 90 up to the soffit .
When you say put a new neutral bar in I understand that . But aren't the ground and the neutral bar supposed to be hooked together? so does that mean I have to jumper the new bar to the original ground pole?
Thanks for the in sight :)
If this is a Sub panel the neutral will float (not bonded) and the ground bar (bonded to the box) and ground wires will be seperate from the neutral.
If the wires were smashed together, you would have a short and the breaker would trip.
I think you need to recheck the ohm readings.
I checked a rechecked the readings and they were the same. I think water has gotten into the pcv from the foundation repair ( they had to jack hammer out some of the patio to install a pier )and is causing continuity between the lines. I checked these lines disconnected on both ends so there has to be some where in between the garage and the house breaker that they are all getting an ohm output. Other wise the ohm meter would not respond unless the line was clear . ??? I don't know but I am going to go ahead with plan B and re route with new wire . It is plastic PVC and the jack hammer probably damaged the wire coating and the water made it worse???
While you're at it, replace that panel as well.
Not only you will have to rerun new conductors but as soon you post the photo that is Zinsco they have alot of quirks with them and It will be wise idea to replace with more modern panels so you will have more breakers when you need more circuits.
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