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Ozuna, Yelich fuel walk-off stunner04/24/2013 3:39 PM ET
By Danny Wild / MLB.com
Christian Yelich said the Jacksonville Suns stole an unlikely win on Wednesday. But the man who completed the theft, Marcell Ozuna, was just looking to end a long game.
"A couple guys were thinking we'd lose," Ozuna said. "And we came back."
Ozuna hit a pair of homers, including a walk-off three-run blast, and Yelich drove in four runs as the Double-A Suns stunned the Chattanooga Lookouts, 12-9, at Bragan Field.
"I thought I'd hit a fly ball -- one out, men on second and third, I wanted to hit the gap to win the game," said Ozuna, the Marlins' No. 6 prospect. "I hit it hard and made good contact. It was a long game."
Ozuna, who went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, ripped the first pitch he saw from reliever Greg Infante over the left-center field wall to cap Jacksonville's improbable comeback -- the Suns scored nine runs in the final two innings for their 11th win, overcoming Chattanooga's four-run ninth.
"I thought we stole that one," said Yelich, the Marlins' top offensive prospect. "Trailing twice, in the ninth we were down four runs, and we put up seven. You don't really expect something like that. For us to put some hits together and Ozuna hitting that walk-off, that was a big win. We haven't been playing all that great lately, we had chances in a lot of games and didn't make it happen, but to steal that win, it was great for our team."
Ozuna, who bats second in the lineup behind Yelich, led the Florida State League in homers, RBIs, runs scored and total bases (233) last year. He began this season back with Class A Advanced Jupiter, rehabbing a small fracture of the hamate bone in his hand. Both Ozuna and Yelich opened the year on the disabled list along with fellow outfield prospect Jake Marisnick, who broke his hand in Spring Training and will join the Suns when healthy.
"I like to hit behind Yelich, he gets on base a lot, and today he had some pretty good ABs and swung the bat well," said Ozuna, adding he often encourages the 2010 first-round pick on the field. "When the pitcher makes mistakes, you need to be ready. When I see Yelly out there, I tell him, 'Hey, you're the best. Take it easy, don't hold up, get ready, have fun, don't think too much, just swing the bat and get ready.'"
Yelich, playing in just his fifth game with Jacksonville, saw plenty of Ozuna last year in Jupiter and knew what to expect.
"I had a feeling he'd give us a chance to win," Yelich said. "Sac fly, base hit or homer, and it ended up being a homer. He's always been a good RBI guy, he knows how to hit with runners in scoring position, so I had all the confidence in the world that he'd come through."
Ozuna's first homer of the year, a solo shot off Onelki Garcia, came in the third after Yelich scored on a balk in the first.
Chattanooga, the Dodgers' Double-A affiliate, took the lead with a pair of runs in the seventh before tacking on one in the eighth and four more in the ninth. Yelich's two-run double in the eighth briefly tied the game, 5-5, but the Lookouts got homers in the ninth from Miguel Rojas and Blake Smith to go up 9-5.
Jacksonville answered with its seven-run rally. J.T. Realmuto singled and scored on Audy Ciriaco's base hit as the Suns went on to load the bases and chase reliever Ryan Acosta. Infante came on with one out and walked Aaron Dudley, forcing home Jake Smolinski, before surrendering a two-run double to Yelich. Ozuna followed with his second homer of the day to tag Infante with his second blown save.
Yelich had a pair of hits after going 3-for-17 in his first four Southern League games, while Ozuna had been 4-for-15. The early injuries have been hurdles for both.
"You never want to start the year on the DL, it's kind of unfortunate that it took a little longer than I expected or anyone expected," Yelich said. "But it's good to know it's 100 percent healthy. I'm just trying to get back in the swing of things after coming off the DL. I haven't been able to find it at the plate, so to be able to help with two doubles feels good, it's a step in the right direction."
Yelich hit .330 with a dozen homers and 48 RBIs last season with Jupiter before developing a foot ailment this spring -- some reported the injury to be a be a "stone bruise" on his left heel, while Yelich said he was told it could be plantar fasciitis. Either way, it's history.
"It took a while to go away, so I'm glad it finally did," he said. "We had a chance to be good here right away, and Marisnick should be back in the not-too-distant future. He'll help our team win when we're at full strength. With guys going down, it's been unfortunate for everybody, but I'm happy to finally be healthy and be able to play."
Yelich said the toughest part of preparing for the Southern League was the lack of time the injury provided.
"It's tough to see live pitching. You see a little bit, but those aren't Double-A arms, so it takes awhile, it takes time," he said. "You gotta be patient with it and I think if you do that, you'll be fine. You can't panic, it takes time."
For Ozuna, the promotion to Double-A hasn't affected his game much -- just his surroundings.
"The difference, I've never been able to hit here [in Jacksonville]," he said. "In Jupiter, we played there all season and in Spring Training and in the [Gulf Coast League], but over here, we don't know the park, how the ball carries. That's the difference, nothing much."


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Doesn't indicate whether they were still armed. Wonder if they were, or if they were armed only with small arms and perhaps MGs that the troops took when they left.
Three Nazi bunkers on a beach have been uncovered by violent storms off the Danish coast, providing a store of material for history buffs and military archaeologists. The bunkers were found in practically the same condition as they were on the day the last Nazi soldiers left them, down to the tobacco in one trooperâs pipe and a half-finished bottle of schnapps.
This bunker was entombed under the sand dunes until a violent storm swept away the sands three months ago.
The bunkers had not been touched since the war.
Old Godziller, he lives over there in Jay-pan and that's a long ass commute just for a beat down.
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Doesn't indicate whether they were still armed. Wonder if they were, or if they were armed only with small arms and perhaps MGs that the troops took when they left.
Absent comrades (sound of breaking glass)
im sure any infantry weapons..ie....rifles and machine guns were taken by the troops who left said bunkers...now the schnapps being left behind is really odd,what good german soldier would leave that behind?
From the video that I've seen, the German withdrawal from Denmark (especially) was rather ignominious and pretty sad. It made me feel bad for the Landers that took the 'long walk home' over the peninsula.
Fascinating article, thanks for sharing!
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Never Forgotten.
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A friend who grew up in North Africa told me he had spent many hours playing in old WW2 bunkers near where he lived. He had a collection of grenade fuse remnants he'd picked up there, I think most were a French type grenade. No telling who occupied those bunkers or when, maybe Vicy French, or maybe the grenades were thrown in by Free French fighting Germans or Vicy.
Some French Legionaires chose to side with the Vicy while others chose to fight alongside the allies.
Its a tough call really deciding where ones duty lies,especially for a career soldier.One is raised to serve the state and whatever enemies may threaten it,what does one do when the enemy is its own people ? Our own civil war was full close friends and even brothers or fathers and sons that chose opposite sides,regarding states rights versus federal authority.Robert E Lees letters and such show he was very deeply conflicted as to his duty : a US officer versus a Virginian. I belive JEB Stuart had a Brother In law that was a union general . Thruout history men have had to make the extremely hard call as to what was right for them that way..Even ancient stories such as the Illiad and "song of roland" have players conflicted as to whom the serve and how.Some French Legionaires chose to side with the Vicy while others chose to fight alongside the allies.
[QUOTE=davef;697194. I belive JEB Stuart had a Brother In law that was a union general . [/QUOTE]
Not only a brother-in-law, but Stuart's father-in-law (Maj. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke) was an esteemed earlywar Union cavalry commander. One of Abraham Lincoln's brothers-in-law was killed at Chickamauga at the head of a Confederate infantry brigade, George Thomas was disowned by his family by placing loyalty to the Federal government over his home state of Virginia, sons and grandsons of Henry Clay fought on both sides, etc.
"Do your duty in all things; you cannot do more, you should never wish to do less."
Robert E. Lee
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
Ernest Hemingway
The US Civil War was not about states' rights, per se, no matter how deep south and/or exposed to the myth of the "lost cause" you are. Notwithstanding, many might've called themselves Virginians first.
Those bunkers being found is so cool. I wish I could have been the one to find them and be the first to explore them.
What has our country become? More takers than givers.
Just be thankful you weren't one of the slaves used to construct them.
There is still time to be the first to graffiti-tag them! Oops, too late.
Speaking of bunkers....did anyone ever see the Peter Sellers' movie The Blockhouse? Supposed to be a true story of some French workers that took refuge in a bunker on D-Day and got sealed in for several years living off the battalion stores inside.
Interesting movie especially if it really happened.
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The surplus of verbiage oft times consummates in a loss of perspicacity!
Took a ferry ride a few years ago from Dover, England to Calais, France. As we approached Calais I noticed a number of concrete emplacements along the shoreline. After arriving in Calais we explored the beach area and found a number of these German concrete bunkers left over from the German coastal defensive line, which was particularly strong in the Calais area. One of them, which had been constructed on an overlying bluff had overturned (apparently due to erosion of a dune) and was lying upside down on the beach. People had written all sorts of graffitti on it. Wish I had some photos but it was too dark when we got there. I am glad they have not been removed as it is an outdoor museum of WWII history. Just wish the one lying upside down could have been put back in place.
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In the early 70's I was stationed in Zweibrucken, Germany, 20 clicks east of Saarbrucken. There was an old bunker right outside the front gate, and there were remnants of others all around the area. Most had been blown up by US combat engineers after they were examined to prevent souvenier hunters from going down in them and getting into trouble.
My roomie had managed to venture down into one somewhere and he had retrieved a Nazi helmet - rusty and pitted, but the real thing. I had heard a story of another guy who supposedly dug some live mortar rounds out of a bunker and somehow got them back on base. He was ratted out by someone (probably the guy in the next room!) and EOD had to come get the things. The rounds supposedly went off very nicely when EOD took them out and used some C4 on them.
I think the GI got an Article 15, IIRC. Seems to me that a SCM would have been more appropriate.
It was pretty common in that area for construction crews to dig up UXO from WWII. One crew on base was using a Ditch Witch and they dug into an air/ground rocket, maybe from a P-47. EOD extracted it without incident and destroyed it.
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand, to live and die in Dixie!
While I was in Germany (1966-68) every construction job in the Frankfurt area (especially the then -on-going U-bahn project) would encounter UXB from the late unpleasantness. Anything from 250 and 500 pound GP bombs up to the big 4000 pound "Cookies", frequently pretty deep, too (40-50 feet down). Of course, Frankfurt is in the Main Valley and much of it is on alluvium, so stuff can dig in pretty well there.
Absent comrades (sound of breaking glass)
About 5km from my house real estate developers clean an area, which was abandoned since the war. Almost daily they find UXO 500lbs bombs and have to evacuate some few thousand people to unfuse the bombs. They use remotely triggered rockets to screw the fuses out of the bombbody. Many of those bombs had acidfuses which are to dangerous to unscrew with handtools.
Its a jungle out there (Randy Newman)
Don't the French still have an army unit who's job is disposing of WW1 munitions?Stuff must be wonderfully unstable after 90+ years in the ground.
That had to be quite a find. I would have loved to been able to explore one of those bunkers. A great article, thank you.Sorry to go off topic, but that was a great movie.Originally Posted by DaSOB
helmich, i too took that ride. it gave me goose pimples to see those bunkers. on the dover side, along the cliffs, there are giant iron doors, that lead to tunnels that go through the cliffs and come out on the other side in valleys in the small town and hamlets. wish i could have gotten the history on those also. i like on the beach on the french side a big sign reads "we welcome our allies". the most humbling thing i saw was on the way to st.omer, a beautiful little town, (as far into france as we went), were all these little cemetery plots in amongst the farm fields. we went off road to see what they were. they had rows of white crosses designating the name, rank age of each allied soldier, along w/ the date of their death. among the whit crosses were other crosses and plaques w/ the names of the locals, their ages and their death dates. in each one we stopped at, the deaths were all in the same 2-3 day period for that cemetery. they must have been little battles that took place over a 2-3 week period from what we could tell by the dates. VERY somber. rick
Plenty of war cemetries over here. It makes me sad when I read the ages. Mostly fom 18 to 25 years old. No chance to enjoy a life.
Its a jungle out there (Randy Newman)
Geologically interesting from the standpoint that much of the "clear" areas later become dangerous as the deeper spent projectiles or bombs gradually work their way to the surface.
I remember reading about this in regard to the zone rouge with an aside to the unexploded projectiles from weapons such as The Paris Gun. Its shells buried in at supersonic speeds. Gonna be another hundred years before any of them make their way close to the surface.....which they might do right beneath a shopping mall. :eek:
"We thought about it for a long time, 'Endeavor to persevere.' And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union." Lone Watie
For those interested, a good book on the subject of UXO is:
Aftermath: The Remnants of War: From Landmines to Chemical Warfare--The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat (Paperback)
Was present at a 'surprise, surprise' about thirty years ago, give or take. I had been invited, with a couple of colleagues, on a picnic into the French countryside. We were picnicking in an area where there was some construction going on, and several large trees had been cut down, recently. Our German colleague sat down on the stump, sipping on his wine, and stood up, after a couple of minutes, wiping at his buttocks and swearing. By the time we got back to town, he had massive blisters on his backside. Seems there was a lot of mustard gas absorbed in that stump.
Pistol keeps me safe.
Shotgun keeps me fed.
Rifle keeps me free.
Absorbed "Mustard Gas" was not the cause of your friends blistering.
This may be slightly off topic, but a couple of years ago a movie
was released called "The Bunker". It was about a group of German
soldiers who take refuge in a bunker towards the end of WWII.
Its supposed to be a horror movie, but it basically shows how battle
fatigue and fear make them see things that arent really there.
My Opa (Grandfather) was stationed at the very end of Denmark in such a bunker with Sweden just across the ocean. I know the unit's he was in while in Denmark (He was with the Kustartilleri) and after the war was over he was in a POW camp there.
He liked the Danish people and after the war went back twice to visit.
It would be nice to know the town or area that these bunkers were found at?
No, not the same place... Opa was at Skagen/Frederikshaven.
There are still military bomb disposal units, in Belgium and France, clearing unexploded ordnance from the Great War. There was a Smithsonian article about them a fair while ago. Some of their members have been killed by the stuff still ploughed out of the beet fields.
"Always carry a firearm east of Aldgate, Watson."
I've noticed something.
Has anyone else noticed that German bunkers appear "different" based upon their concrete characteristics.
Maybe its just European in general, but I've never seen poured concrete in the U.S. that looks like what you see in your normal German fortifications.
"We thought about it for a long time, 'Endeavor to persevere.' And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union." Lone Watie
Hello J.Stein,
"Has anyone else noticed that German bunkers appear "different" based upon their concrete characteristics."
- A lot depends on the time and place they were build.
I live just North of Antwerp and in my village you can see pre WW1 Belgian fortifications, WW1 German bunkers (fields full of them), trenches, an interbellum made wet anti tank ditch, Belgian 1930's bunkers with eggshell camouflage and German made anti tank walls.
For example the pre WW1 Belgian forts are made of unreenforced concrete, they look strong but they aren't: the shells from the German siege guns (Big Bertha) penetrated them very easily.
Thanks "Peter u" for your input. Knowing the Germans, there must have been some purposeful science (exposive/penetration resistance) behind their construction. It appears that in addition to regular rebar/steel rod reinforcement, the Germans thinly stratified their pouring - sometimes horizontally, sometimes vertically.
Their fortifications remind me of their tanks. There is just no mistaking them.
"We thought about it for a long time, 'Endeavor to persevere.' And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union." Lone Watie
Hi J.Stein,
Before the Belgian governement gave its consent to build the concrete forts, in the 1880's, the army did also tests and the army engineers corps came to the conclusion that unrenforced concrete was better to build forts then renforced concrete.
- Strange but true.
And it was a fact that in 1914 the forts could resist 280mm shells, the type that also was used in the pre war tests but the Germans & the Austrians brought up their big pieces of 380mm & 420mm.
If you have the time, take a look at this intresting website, look for the history of fort Loncin.
Pictures on which you can see the damage:
Fort Loncin exploded on August 15 1914, 12 tons of blackpowder ignited after a 420mm shell penetrated the forts powder magazin; the result was that almost the entire fortresse crew was buried alive, 350 men.
Thank you so very much Peter.
I can spend days navigating foreign (even foreign language) web sites devoted to the Great War.
In my youth, well before the availability of photos on internet, my books would reference the "forts" of the Great War and -being an American- I could never completely grasp the idea.
As an American our "forts" are limited to either the brick coastal forts of our history (Fort Sumpter [civil war] and Fort McHenry [Star Spangled Banner]) or the wooden post forts of our Cowboy and Indian movies.
"We thought about it for a long time, 'Endeavor to persevere.' And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union." Lone Watie
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
If it takes a bloodbath, lets get it over with - Ronald Reagan
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
If it takes a bloodbath, lets get it over with - Ronald Reagan
As far as (early) surrender is concerned, when the bad guys start dropping rounds that prove able to penetrate into the gun rooms and magazines, well - what would YOU do? Yeah, that's what I thought. Me too.
Absent comrades (sound of breaking glass)
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
If it takes a bloodbath, lets get it over with - Ronald Reagan
I wrote a mistake indeed the Austrian siege mortars were 305mm and not 380mm. Thanks Clyde.
The Belgian forts in 1914 isn't a simple subject matter.
I would be writing here for many houres.
In the 1860's the Belgian army and governement decided to defend the country with a "redoubt national" that was based in Antwerp and some of the strongest forts ever constructed were build around Antwerp, for their time they were very modern and in 1870 neither France or Prussia were intrested in a siege of fortresse Antwerp.
Because of this succes also Liege & Namur were fortified.
When the forts were designed and build they were very modern but siege artillery technolgy caught up very fast and in August 1914 the forts were in fact all obsolete.
The forts were a nuisance for the Germans and they had to take them out and they had the tools to do it.
An example when the Germans shelled the Belgian forts with their big siege guns they did it from a distance of +/-8Km, the guns of the fort had only a range of 6Km.
Those poor fellows inside the fort couldn't even shoot back, it was a very one sided battle.
But it still took more then a couple of shots to crush the forts, some examples of the number of 420mm & 305mm shells fired at some of the Antwerp forts:
- Breendonk: 563
- Walem: 556
- Sint Katelijne Waver: 498
- Koningshooikt: 524
It was industrial warfare, these shells were fired in usually two days or less.
The conditions in these forts during bombardment was hell: the concrete cracked and the air became unbreathable from the dust & toilet odor.
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The impact of a 420mm shell on fort Kessel.
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Never Forgotten.
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love the black and white cutie! I want another puppy, too, although my youngest sheltie is only 16 months old.
oooooooooohhhhhhhh! I want a puppy again!
Oh, that is too cute. I'm still laughing at that sweet baby having so much fun! The hopping and zoomies are great!! Hugs to Jasper!!
Aww. Thank you for posting this video of Jasper! My bi-black Sheltie just turned 16 in January. I miss the days when she was a little pistol like this. Enjoy every moment of it <3
I love how he's just finding his voice, with that tiny little "raarrrr" of a bark. Puppies never stop being irresistable. Our "pups" are 2 years (two of them from one litter) and our youngest is 10 months. The good news is that they never really grow up.
OMG, how adorable is that. Love the puppy bounce and those baby zoomies had me laughing out loud, literally!
I needed that today. I want another puppy!!!
Oh, how I miss those days! My two sheltie kids are 12 and 9 years old. However, there are times when the 9-year-old still thinks he's a puppy.
How did you manage to stay quiet during all of this? I'd be laughing so hard it'd be impossible to hold the camera stable.
I think you've got a little pistol on your hands! So very cute!
Ahh Puppy Play, is it not great.
Too Cute!!!
Cutie is funny!
Omg I want to eat him up
thankyou for posting….i love puppies and this makes me want another one:)
OMG! So cute!
This video makes me miss the spaztastic puppy bounce! Not quite sure how to use their bodies yet. My puppy use to fishtail around corners and lose control on the floor and crash into a cabinet! Just like a car!!'
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Tesla Motors has a lot of hopes riding on its new Model S electric vehicle. The company hopes that the
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and began deliveries to customers.
However, despite the excellent performance and sexy looks, one of the problems drivers have with any electric vehicle is range anxiety.
Drivers who might otherwise be interested in an electric vehicle become concerned that the car may run out of power before they reach their destination and often opt for a hybrid or conventional car instead of the EV due to that fear. Tesla has announced that it intends to install a revolutionary network of high-performance electric chargers around the country that it is calling the Supercharger network. The chargers will be available to Model S and other Tesla vehicle owners at no cost.
"Tesla's Supercharger network is a game changer for electric vehicles, providing long distance travel that has a level of convenience equivalent to gasoline cars for all practical purposes. However, by making electric long distance travel at no cost, an impossibility for gasoline cars, Tesla is demonstrating just how fundamentally better electric transport can be," said Elon Musk, Tesla Motors co-founder and CEO. "We are giving Model S the ability to drive almost anywhere for free on pure sunlight."
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Tesla has revealed the locations for the initial six Supercharger stations. The stations are installed throughout California and in parts of Nevada and Arizona. The electricity used to recharge Tesla vehicles using the Superchargers comes from a solar carport system installed by SolarCity. According to Tesla, using these solar installations means that there is almost zero marginal energy costs after the installation.
By next year, Tesla plans to install Superchargers in high-traffic corridors across the continental United States. The goal is to provide fast purely electric travel from Vancouver to San Diego, Miami to Montréal, and Los Angeles to New York according to Tesla area
The company will also begin installing Superchargers in Europe and Asia in the second half of 2013. Supercharger is an apt name for the new charging systems that are able to provide almost 100 kW of power to the Model S. The charging stations also have the potential to go as high as 120 kW in the future. The charging capacity is enough to allow the Model S to drive for three hours at 60 mph after 30 minutes of charging.
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OK folks I need to hear some opinions on this choice. I've got a SBC 350/TH400 for my '46 Chevy Panel. It does have just a mild cam nothing radical. Its going to be just a crusier no racing or anything like that. I've looked at both the Demons and the Holly Street Avengers for carbs and they both seem close. I've had Holly's in the past and did not like having to adjust them all the time. Now its been quite awhile since I've built a car so things have changed and I'm not sure how, good or bad. So your opinions of these carbs will help me decide which way to go.
Thanks folks
I use the Holley Street Avenger carb and am pleased with it. For street use, I'd stick with a vacuum secondary carb and an electric choke.
Bluepen, Holleys & the new Demons have come a long way. I use to feel the same way about Holleys, but not anymore.
What max RPM do you plan to run your 350 to ? John
Demon or Holly?
The Street Avenger system is a step above the standard Holly Carb but the Demon has a certain appeal for its unique design so its all up to you man. Both are good systems, both have great qualities and good appearance on the intake! I have the Avenger on the shelf and plan to purchase the Demon to compare one to the other as I can. I am leaning towards the 600cfm Road Demon jr for $260 out of the Summit catalog for street use. The 650cfm Avenger cost nearer to $400 with the mods and is for drag racing. But the easiest setup so far was the 600 cfm Edelbrock manual choke for $230 from summit. Just my 2cents of course.
Rat Rods Rule!
The carbs I'm looking at are the Holly Avenger 670 CFM, and the Demon Jr at 625 CFM and the Road Demon at 625 CFM. Now I'm not looking to pull monster HP or anything but the Holly calls for a 570 CFM for less than 300 HP and I was alway thinking about a 650 CFM would be about right but with the 625 CFM we'll be right there in the middle so I think thats where I should go, I'm just not sure. For rough figuring I've figured that with 29" tires and 3.50 rear gears at 70 MPH it should be about 2500 to 2800 on the RPM with a max of maybe 3500 to 4000 RPM once in awhile (gotta play a little). The other thing I'm looking at is parts availability for the Demons and the difference between the Demon Jr. and the Road Demon. Is it worth the extra $100.
Thanks folks for any help you can give me.
The Jr. should be fine for your application, I run one on a mild 350. the biggest difference with it and the Holley is, Holley`s quality control is somewhat less than outstanding, the demon is made of billet which is non breakable. he down side to the Demon is, it takes a while to tune them, there not like a holley tune wise, if you buy a Demon it`s not bolt it on, turn a few screws and go, you gotta read the booklet that came with it and read it closely 1 step at a time until it`s right, but when it`s right the reward is good throttle response and it stays in tune pretty good. Demon is also the only carb company i`ve seen that has a member here, which is Tech @ BG, and there just as helpful here as they are if you call them.
alls you really need for a 350 thatll never go over 5000RPMs is a 570CFM Hollet Street Avenger. I built a near stock 350 for a friend of mine recently, has a lil 570Holley on it. Works great.
A 625 Demon should work just fine too.
Ive run em both,strait up,all a demon is is a refined holly,the larger you go,the less its going to respond and be finicky. If your only going to turn it to 4000 or so,I would seriously consider running the road demon jr 525,I think you will find the flow to be plenty enough for that range and it wouldn't give you any tuning grief,not to mention your off idle response would be killer.
The demons are great carbs, i have both a speed demon 650 and a holley 3310 750. I like them both, the demons flow more than they say they do that much i know. I have not tried the jr. but they sound good. from what i hear they are the less extreme version of demon, I know my 650 was jetted way rich for my fairly hot 355. I tuned it and she purrrrrs. My 750 is on a 429 ford and it also pulls like crazy. either way you go they are good. Im not a fan of edlebrock however. Theres not enough to tune Id go nuts with nothing to do all day.
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Insulating HVAC junction in unconditioned attic
In my unconditioned attic space I have a large, probably 2'x2' metal box that has a 9" duct coming in and four 6" ducts coming out into 4 upstairs rooms. The ducting is insulated but this box is not. I cant imagine that a metal box in a 100+ degree attic is very effecient in the summer when trying to run the A/C. Is there a product made to insulate these items or is this something I need to "rig" Thanks a bunch!
Are you certain it's not insulated on the inside? The majority of metal duct is made with internal insulation.
Regardless of that fact, yes, you can buy duct wrap. It's basically fiberglass insulation with a reinforced metallic covering. It's usually silver in color but it is also sometimes white. It is attached using brand specific tape that is about 3" wide, or you can buy aluminum tape in 2" or 3" widths at a big box store for about $7.00 a roll.
No, Im not positive. Like I said, the ducting IS insulated on the outside. Its flexible coil ducting wrapped in insulation. I have not looked inside this distribution box but when I tap on it, it does not sound like it is insulated. Ilil have to look closer I guess before I seal up the roof. Thanks a bunch!
If when the A/C runs, its not sweating. Its insulated on the inside.
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Can Japan's Cozy System Come To Terms With Change?By
Like many of the things you buy, this column was made in Japan, where I am spending some time trying to unravel the mysteries of the Japanese economy. Since Japanese scholars who have devoted years to this task still find themselves somewhat in the dark, I do not expect to figure the whole thing out in two weeks. Nonetheless, as I travel around sultry Tokyo talking to economists, business executives, and government officials, two terms keep cropping up. These expressions will not surprise you: "long-term" and "cooperation." Whether the subject is employment practices, linkages among business firms, or the role of government in the economy, the essence of the Japanese system seems to be long-term, cooperative relations.
It's true that workers and companies stick together much longer in Japan than in the U.S. Practically no one gets fired. And labor-management relations are, by our standards, astonishingly cooperative. In the U.S. and Europe, the "us vs. them" attitude often impairs industrial productivity. In Japan, it is just "us."
Much the same can be said about relations between companies doing business with one another. Japanese companies tend to remain more loyal to their suppliers, banks, and distributors than is typical in the U.S. These relationships-some would say cozy relationships-are not formalized in written contracts but are based on mutual trust built on long-term associations.
BOTH/NEITHER. The same two words come up in discussing relations between government and business. Why is the business-government relationship, which is so adversarial in the U.S., so amazingly cooperative in Japan? One main reason is that Japan's big companies know they will encounter the country's powerful ministries time and time again. There is not much incentive to stonewall, ignore, or double-cross the other guy (yes, they are all guys) when you know you will be dealing with him often throughout your career. Besides, businesses believe that the ministries are there to help. Does that mean that government controls business or that business controls government? Actually, it's both-and neither. A Japanese businessman will either comply with a bureaucrat's wishes or humor him; outright defiance is bad form-and unwise.
Long-term, cooperative behavior holds some evident rewards. It enables Japanese workers, companies, and ministries to invest in physical capital, skill formation, and human relationships much more than their U.S. counterparts. And it increases economic efficiency by sharply delimiting incentives to engage in opportunistic behavior for short-term gain. This much is obvious. But when we think more deeply about these matters, certain problems arise.
There is such a thing, for instance, as staying together too long. Basic economics teaches that the invisible hand works best only when labor and other resources are free to move. Indeed, during the 1980s one popular diagnosis of "Eurosclerosis" was that Europe suffered from locking resources in place, while the U.S. let them move. In Japan, however, midcareer job mobility hardly exists, manufacturers tend to use the same suppliers and distributors for years, and it is far from clear that even capital flows freely to maximize its return. Yet, somehow, the Japanese have done very nicely, thank you. Could it be that the virtues of mobility have been oversold?
MEMBERS ONLY. A second puzzle is how long-term, cooperative arrangements are maintained in the face of what appear to be other powerful incentives to break them. Consider the gentlemen's agreement not to raid other firms for talent. Suppose Yoshio is a talented executive at Sumitomo Bank, but his career path is blocked by Kazuo, who has been with the bank a year longer. In the U.S., Yoshio would probably find a new job. But in Japan, the doors at other banks are shut. Why? On the surface, it would appear that Yoshio, the competing bank, and the Japanese economy would all benefit from mobility. But Japanese mores and business practices block the way. Somehow the lid is kept on.
There's the rub. Foreigners pose two kinds of problems for Japan's long-term, cooperative system. First, while long-term relationships may be efficient, they are also inevitably exclusionary. So foreign businesses entering Japanese markets complain that they cannot gain admission to the club. Japan must therefore choose between modifying its eminently successful system or seeing itself embroiled in endless trade disputes.
The second problem pertains to the potential conflict between imported self-interest and cooperation. If, for example, an American bank opens up in Tokyo, it will be only too happy to hire the talented Yoshio. Once there are enough foreign banks in the Japanese market, the boat will be heavily rocked.
The Japanese see change coming; you hear them say so everywhere. The pressure to change comes partly from the outside world and partly from the younger generation, which finds the status quo somewhat stultifying. Japan's leaders are understandably concerned. What happens, they wonder, when a system that is not broken gets fixed?


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Howard Kurtz highlights former Clinton national security adviser Sandy Berger's complaints over ABC's upcoming 9/11 docu-drama in a piece in today's Washington Post.
Top officials of the Clinton administration have launched a preemptive strike against an ABC-TV "docudrama," slated to air Sunday and Monday, that they say includes made-up scenes depicting them as undermining attempts to kill Osama bin Laden.
Former secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright called one scene involving her "false and defamatory." Former national security adviser Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger said the film "flagrantly misrepresents my personal actions."
Kurtz tends to be a fairly honest broker most of the time; however, he drops the ball on this one. As I pointed out in a recent post on my home blog, Berger is not exactly the guy to lead any charge on setting the record straight, particularly as regards 9/11. He's an admitted liar and thief. It shouldn't be too much to expect a little context for Berger's complaints from a presumably un-biased media source.
On July 19, 2004, it was revealed that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating Berger for taking as many as fifty classified documents, in October 2003, from a National Archives reading room prior to testifying before the 9/11 Commission. The documents were commissioned from Richard Clarke about the Clinton administration's handling of millennium terror threats. When initially questioned, Berger claimed that the removal of top-secret documents in his attache-case and handwritten notes in his pants and jacket pockets was accidental. He would later, in a guilty plea, admit to deliberately removing materials and then cutting them up with scissors. Some suggested that Berger's removal of the documents constituted theft and moreover had serious national security implications, while others claimed that the documents were taken, only drafts and all were flattering to Clinton and Berger (relating to the failed 2000 millennium attack plots).


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Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Grants 2013-14
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|Number: NSD-SNP-10-2013
|Attention: Food Service Director
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Chief Financial Officer
|Date: March 2013
|Subject: Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Grant Opportunities for Elementary Schools (July 1, 2013–June 30, 2014)
|Reference: Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) Grants 2013–14
The California Department of Education (CDE), Nutrition Services Division (NSD), announces a grant opportunity for elementary schools to participate in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP). This FFVP grant period is July 1, 2013–June 30, 2014. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers the FFVP at the federal level, and the NSD administers the FFVP in California.
All eligible agencies (please see the Grant Eligibility section for more information) interested in receiving a 2013–14 FFVP grant must respond to this request for applications, including both current FFVP grantees (2012–13), and new applicants.
The purpose of the FFVP is to provide all children in a participating elementary school with a variety of free fresh fruit and vegetable snacks throughout the school day as a supplement to (and not part of) the school breakfast and school lunch programs, and to teach students about good nutrition. The FFVP also encourages schools to partner with other entities in the community to support their program efforts.
Program History
The FFVP began as a pilot project authorized by Congress in 2002. The pilot provided funds to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables in four states. The purpose of the pilot was to determine the best practices for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption.
The success of the pilot led to the enactment of legislation in 2004 to expand the FFVP and to make it a permanent program under the National School Lunch Act. In May 2008, Congress permanently authorized the FFVP nationwide and provided a significant funding increase each year.
- First participated in July 2008 with $184,101 and funded 24 pilot schools
- Received an additional $2.5 million in October 2008 and funded an additional 107 schools during school year (SY) 2008–09
- Received $5 million in SY 2009–10 and funded 144 school sites
- Received $7.6 million in SY 2010–11 and funded 209 school sites
- Received $10.8 million in SY 2011–12 and funded 315 school sites
- Received $11.2 million in SY 2012-13 and funded 342 school sites
California's FFVP funding for SY 2013–14 is expected to total $11.5 million to support the funding of approximately 350 schools. The NSD will provide funding for these grants as long as funds are available, and will award grants on a reimbursement basis. Grant awards will be based on student enrollment and range from $50–$75 per student per school. As required by federal law, the NSD will choose schools based on their percentage of free and reduced-price students, with priority given to schools with the highest percentages of low-income students, to the maximum extent practicable. However, the NSD may select a school with a lower percentage of free and reduced-price enrollment over a school with a higher percentage to either manage the per-student allocation requirements of $50 to $75, or if there are significant concerns about a school's ability to properly implement and operate the FFVP.
Grant Eligibility
The eligible agencies will be referred to as School Food Authorities (SFA). According to Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (7 CFR), Section 210.2, an SFA is defined as "the governing body which is responsible for the administration of one or more schools; and has the legal authority to operate the Program therein or be otherwise approved by FNS to operate the Program."
The following are considered SFAs and are eligible to apply for an FFVP grant:
- School districts and county offices of education (COE) are eligible to apply on behalf of their school sites. In addition, the school district or COE may apply on behalf of a direct-funded charter school if the school district or COE operates the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) for the direct-funded charter school.
- Direct-funded charter schools that operate their own NSLP are eligible to apply individually.
- Private elementary schools that operate their own NSLP are eligible to apply individually.
- Residential child care institutions that operate their own NSLP are eligible to apply individually if they operate an elementary school during the day.
An SFA must be in good standing with the operation of all other child nutrition programs (CNP) (including the NSLP, School Breakfast Program, etc.) to be eligible to receive an FFVP grant. This means that an SFA has not been documented as being deficient in managing any USDA CNP, or that an SFA has no outstanding administrative or program findings documenting violations of the requirements of any CNP (7 CFR, sections 211.10(c), 226.6(c)(3)(ii), 225.11(c), and 210.24; and the USDA FFVP Handbook for Schools, December 2010, pages 4–5).
To be selected for an FFVP grant, a school must meet the following minimum criteria:
- Be an elementary school
- Operate the NSLP
- Have 50 percent or more of its students eligible for free and reduced-price meals
- Agree to make free fresh fruits and vegetables available during the school day as a snack to all enrolled children
- Widely publicize the availability of fresh fruit and vegetable snacks within the school
- Have documented support of the food service manager, principal, and district superintendent
- Submit a grant application package by the deadline
- Be in good standing with the operation of all other CNPs (as defined and noted above). Please refer to the grant application instructions for the grounds under which an agency's standing may be determined.
Grant Application and Deadline
You may download the grant application package and instructions from the CDE Available Funding Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/.
The NSD must receive an original grant application package from the SFA, by mail or hand delivered, by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted. The NSD will not process incomplete, illegible, or late applications. Copies, faxed, or e-mailed submissions will not be accepted.


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Not to beat up' I recent sold off my 'old beat up carry gun' this S&W 6906 is second in line.... carries well ,shoots great, feeds like a champ......
This is a discussion on Official "I love my beat up carry gun" picture thread within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Okay, I love looking at pictures of others peoples guns, that is often called "Gun Porn". Nothing better than a beautiful NIB looking carry gun. ...
Okay, I love looking at pictures of others peoples guns, that is often called "Gun Porn". Nothing better than a beautiful NIB looking carry gun. However sexy they may be, at the end of the day when your not looking for something pretty, just something reliable to get the job done, I want that old reliable.
As soon as I get my camera fixed, I will post mine. In the mean time can you make help me feel a little better about how mine looks? My 1911 is 12 years old, and never been to the shop and has so many rounds through it, I lost count at ten thousand and that was 5 about 5 years ago. She shows her wear, but still works well. I gave up carrying her due to the weight and a bad back, but she is still my first love.
"Gun Free Zones" is where only criminals carry guns.
Not to beat up' I recent sold off my 'old beat up carry gun' this S&W 6906 is second in line.... carries well ,shoots great, feeds like a champ......
This is my current favorite.
NRA Member
Glock 26 XD9sc
Ruger SR9c Ruger LCP
Though I carried them daily, none of mine are really very beat up or worn!!
I carried this pre-loaded Champion for several years.
Then picked up this parkerized GI Champion and carried it for a couple of years.
But this is my pride and joy and I have carried it now for over 5 years...a Wilson Combat Professional.
The only thing needed for evil to exist is for good men to stand by and do nothing!!!
All these look like they just got out of the box.
Here is one I have been carrying more often. I got it for the LOML when she became a probation officer for off duty carry but she just carries here Glock everywhere.
This thing has developed styling that make farm implements blush.
Nice az; that 1911 A-1 looks like it ought to
Trust in God and keep your powder dry
"A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty. A people stripped of their right of self defense is defenseless against their own government." -source
I agree Earlthegoat2. Just give 'em a few years.
Same 'ol', same ol'... after 35 years of steady use.
This one had only a hint of holster wear on either side of the barrel at the front near the muzzle and had no ring around the cylinder when I first got it. Blue holds up pretty well, all things considered.
It's amusing to read of folks over on the various revolver forums fretting about cylinder rings. The ejector rod is worn bright. Lots of empties have been ejected from its cylinder over the years.
Charter Member of the DC .41 LC Society "Get heeled! No really"
No possible rapidity of fire can atone for habitual carelessness of aim with the first shot.
Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter, 1893
The holster wear is even worse! I beat the hell out of this little gun.
No camera right now but I have noticed some holster wear on my G27. Years ago that would have bothered me but now it's just what the heck, this is what I bought it for!
It's not the destination, it's the journey.
....and this old beater does it very well.
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I've always liked character better than chrome any day. I have a few Glocks, but they don't really show any noticeable wear..
Glock27/ KaBar TDI/ MTAC Holster. I have more also, but this combination works well..
In the first picture you can see some of the holster wear on the gun and you can see some of the gun wear on the holster.
I've carried this everyday for over a year now.


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The late great management guru, Peter Drucker, helped to innovate theidea that there is a whole economic class known as the Knowledge Workeronce said: "Nobody has really looked at productivity in white collarwork in a scientific way. But whenever we do look at it, it isgrotesquely unproductive." In other words, trying to define how tomeasure the productivity or performance of Knowledge workers (commonlycalled white collar workers), is an exercise in futility.
Davenport's bookpoints out that it is hard to create a common correlative measurementaround "knowledge workers" as a whole class. In fact, he describes thatthe typical way of dealing with knowledge workers is the HSPALTA approach: Hire smart people and leave them alone. Unfortunately, this doesn't really examine how to improve the system or help people improve themselves.
Maybe we will eventually discover some future magical formula thatmeasures this performance and how to improve it. In the past, inAgricultural societies, we had found ways to improve agriculturaloutput. Farmers from the dawn of time will tell you that "farming is anart", but the truth is that farming is also a science. Art issubjective, hard to measure, quantify and teach. Science is morestructured and actually can be taught (although not necessarily easily).During the Industrial Age, we achieved similar goals for manufacturingoutput. Now that we are in the Information Age, we are stumped, becauserather than a physical unit output, it is more of a mental qualitativeoutput, and that seems to us a very subjective element.
The good news is, as Davenport points out, there is at least one way to measurethe quality of knowledge. It's been done for centuries: the Peer Reviewprocess. It's most common in academia, whereby a group of your peersexamines your output and gives an analysis of what they think of it.It's how Masters and PhDs are still given out for the most part,worldwide.
I think that this is a good thing for us because that Peer Review process is atechnique that can be applied to unstructued knowledge on our site. Inits simplest form it is a Ratings systemwhereby anyone reading a piece of information on the site can vote 1through 5 on what they think of the article. It's entirely subjectivebut if you get a large number of ratings, it tends to average out whatpeople think of the information. This can apply to structured as wellas unstructured knowledge. This is the first level of a Ratings model.
That's a very basic notion. In fact, to be more useful, you may want tocollect all those ratings per a person's knowledge output and store itand those knowledge output items as part of their identity. Thus, youcan see what a person has contributed and produced and what peoplegenerally think of their output (their level of quality). This is amore evolved Rating system, generally referred to as a Reputation model.
Then, in turn, you could use a person's current rating as a weightingfactor to any rating they apply to others; i.e., normalize the value ofthe function of "my current rating" multipled by the rating value theyascribe. Thus when an industry luminary says you have a good idea, itweighs more towards the rating of that information, than when a novicerates it. Thus you have a weighted average of your Reputation based onwho actually rates your articles. This is a second evolution of Ratingsinto a weighted or a Ranked Reputation model.
How do you yourself become such an "industry luminary"? Essentially, alot of high-ranked people giving you good ratings implies that a lot ofknowledgable or influential people think that your output has a highlevel of quality. Thus, you would appear higher on the rankingshopefully amongst those lofty people who are the luminaries.
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The bigger valves wont effect where your engine makes power,but it might hurt performance all over.When putting larger valves into your heads you need to make sure you have suficient clearance around the valve inside the combustion chamber,as well as proper clearance between the edge of the valve and the cylinder wall if the camshaft is really big.Bigblock combustion chambers are wider thn smallblock chambers which gives the valve more room to breathe,and the valve are canted toward the middle of the chamber so that they open away from the cylinder wall,and any 396 built for performance will benifit from having the top of the cylinder bore relieved in the area of the intake valve.In the case of the smallblock,most stok production heads dont have enuff material to support installing the bigger vlaves because if you relieve the chamber as needed you will cause the head to become thin.On many small aftermarket heads you wont have enuff room for a bigger valve,but you usually can have the chamber cut to clear the valve.400's have a big bore so you might be able to keep the reshaped chamber matched to the size of the bore.After installing the bigger valves,you need to blend the bottom seat angle into the bowl area as well.any time you can put bigger valves in any chevy engine and do the job right,the engine will make more power all over the rpm range and more torque as well.In all chevy engines,both bigblock and smallblock,the intake valve is a bottle neck,and as long as you are putting the bigger valve in right,the engine will kep making more power.Good luck.
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Logan at the Hilltop- June 2010I cannot believe another year has gone by so fast. Logan will turn two on the 26th. We are going to Florida to help celebrate Angela and Tyler's big day and to take the Bear to his first trip to Disney. Everyone morning Logan says "We see Mickey and Minnie soon Momma."
Speaking of years going by, Matt and will be finishing up our school year soon- nine more days to be exact (including Saturday and Sunday). For me, the year went by surprisingly quick; I think it felt longer for Matt. It was a busy year for Matt- he took his last grad. class and completed his practicum. In May, he finally received his Masters. Logan, Otto and I are so proud of him.
Going back to the Bear- Logan is growing into a delightful boy. He is so smart. I stop keeping track of his words because he is talking all the time. His vocabulary is amazing for a child his age. He knows all the parts of the body, animal noises, the ABC's and can count to twenty. Logan can also identify several superhero and their catch phrases. Logan has wonderful manners- please and thank you. He LOVES to read. We read every night and now he wants to "read" to us. His favorite story to read is Rikki Tikki Tavi, by Rudyard Kippling. "Oh there is Rikki Tikki and the birdies. "Oh no Rikki Tikki, snake!" He is going to move onto the Toddler Two / Preschool Room in the Fall. I cannot believe it. Logan current obession is Buzz Lightyear. Matt and I are thinking about taking him to see Toy Story Three- his first movie at a theater. In fact Logan knows that Buzz says "To infinity and beyond." Logan is an awesome eater- he eats what we eat and loves tofu, sushi (cooked), blackberries, and hummus. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful little man in our lives.Logan and Matt on Matt's long awaited day
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UPDATE: West Seattle tremor patient's successful treatment: "I can eat out, read books, type"
On Friday Drs. Ron Young and Ryder Gwinn, surgeons from the Swedish Neuroscience Institute, hosted a livestream on the affects of Essential Tremor (ET), the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgical procedure used to treat ET and the other innovative treatment options for ET available at Swedish and throughout the country. ET is a progressive neurological condition that causes a rhythmic trembling of the hands, head, voice, legs or trunk. It is often confused with Parkinson's disease and is often un-diagnosed.
A West Seattle patient, Matthew Miller, 43, of Delridge, had a severe case of ET and was successfully treated by the doctors with this procedure. He appeared in the livestream broadcast. He explained his DBS device, like a pacemaker for the brain. During the surgery, a tiny wire is implanted in the area of the brain that controls abnormal movement. This wire modifies the brain's electrical signals to help control tremors and other abnormal movements.
Miller told the West Seattle Herald how this procedure changed his life and granted him more freedom. He said that Dr. Gwen is brilliant, a genius.
"My surgery was done September, 2005," Miller told the West Seattle Herald. "I was one of the first people in Seattle to get it done. It started when I was about 8 years old and it didn't even have a name. I wasn't diagnosed until I was about 22. I didn't even realize what it was when I was young. I was accused of being an alcoholic, a drug addict, because of the shakiness. I grew up in Alaska and so it was kind easy to hide because 'nothing's wrong with me. I'm just cold.' But when I moved to Seattle that's when it really started progressing and becoming noticeable, in 1992. That's what makes my case not typical. It's usually not this far advanced when you are that young. By the time I was in my 30's it was very difficult to even feed myself so that's when I started seeking treatment.
"I avoided going out to restaurants," he said. "The food would be flying everywhere. I stayed home a lot. Thankfully all the jobs I had were at a keyboard in a cubicle where I was not seen. Eight hours a day when I was keyboarding for a corporate travel agent and you have to deal with people staring right at you, and for an essential tremor patient, anything that makes your adrenaline go up is going to make you shake. I stilll feel it inside me. It just doesn't shake anymore.
"There is no pain with the condition itself," he said. "But let me say though that although there is no pain it takes a tremendous amount of energy to try to remain still and to not shake when you are trying to do activities. It is very exhausting so by the end of the day your muscles are just aching because you spent so much effort trying to remain still.
"There is a period with most patients, a honeymoon phase after the surgery, when the electrodes are implanted into your brain and a period of time where the tremors are completely gone while the brain is repairing itself. So for the first 10 days after the surgery I had no tremor at all. I remember the moment it returned, and it returned just like it was before.
"That was very discouraging because you can think that maybe the surgery didn't work. I didn't get rid of the tremor again until I went back to Swedish and was 'programed' by the neurologist.
"I have two batteries in my chest, power sources to the electrodes in the brain. They have to hit the right combination between the pulse, bandwidth, and voltage. There are over 65,000 combinations to hit the right setting. It took months. I have a remote, like a television remote, but much smaller. I turn off the battery when I go to sleep to save the battery power, which lasts about five to seven years before I go back to the hospital for another surgery. When I relax I'm not shaking. That is where essential tremors are different from Parkinson's.
"I can turn the remote off to show people and it's the best party trick ever," he laughed. "Seriously, I will demonstrate it to those interested in the disease. Maybe they have a family member with it.
"All my family has it. Both sets of grandparents, both parents, both brothers. Mine is to a degree that is unmanageable without surgery. I'm the only one who had the surgery so far. I don't know if it is anything heroic. I had to do what I had to do. And for some people it doesn't work at all. For others it helps to varying degrees. I say why not take the chance?
"I work at Children's Hospital, two different jobs. One is float work. My main job is doing triage for the consulting nurses. It's been a really nice career change. It's nice to work with patients in the neurology clinic. I identify. I know what they're going through. Brain surgery is brain surgery. It's scary to go through. But I have no regrets and would do it all over again."
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Just thought i would share that with anybody that is interested in his services. I was happy about it. now i can get my car tuned again!!
Awesome news Mike. I really need to get my stuff straight and get some more parts for the car. I got the girlfriend approval, Im just kind of stuck as to where to go right now.
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awsome I was one of the last he did online when I got my new turbo now I can get my bigger injectors and intercooler slapped on and get a good tune.
Mike thanks for the help. One "problem" now. My girlfrien just got an 05 WRX (automatic though) today. I have to get EM and TBE for her before I continue on my adventures, lol.
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Ive been using your MiBox360s theme and it is by far my favorite theme i have ever used. But i have a few suggestions you might want to put in mind. The dock should be put in to the theme folder bundles/com.apple.springboard/ and the dock must be named SBDockBG.png and there must be a copy named [email protected] for the dock to show up. i had to do this myself. also i had to change the pathways for the lockscreen and homescreen to the lockscreens and homescreens images in the theme folder. which was quite annoying. I believe this is because of firmware 4.2.1. Also the icons for the slides such as the ipod icon and games icon goes slightly below where it should be positioned so i see some of the white showing out from the background where it shouldnt be on some icons this makes it look ugly. (email if you want a photo. Also i think the gamercard should be retina display also. I hope you take these suggestions in and continue to make this theme better.
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What's that song from Japanese backcountry video?
I remember a video of 3 Japanese guys hiking up then digging into the hill to check the avy danger. They say "Moderate..." "mmm...moderato" and then they start riding down the hill in EPIC pow with this song playing.
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Hair, a musical has been written about it, people are known for colouring it, cutting it and doing wild things to it when they feel like a change. Many of us grew up with the adage that their hair is their crowning glory. But what happens when hair falls out due to age or illness? What alternatives are there? Well there could be some weird and wacky cure or you can head down to the local wig maker and get yourself a brand new head of hair.
From Ancient Egyptians to the tragedy of Greek Theatre and the drama of court, the wig has been a fashion icon for many years. With many materials ranging from sheeps wool, palm leaf fibre, yaks hair, horse hair, goat hair, synthetics and human hair used to make the wig. Time has moved on, but the question remains how is a wig made?
According to Andrew there are now 3 different type of wigs, European, Asian and synthetic but Andrew only works with European hair. To fill demand, hair is imported from hairdressers and private sellers locally and the world over.
The process of making a wig takes about 2 weeks and is very labour intensive.
1. Initially measurements of the head are taken, Front to back, ear to ear around the back, circumference, temple to temple around the back and ear to ear around the front
2. The measurements are then transferred to a wooden block.
3. A wig balloon is then shaped around the measurements on the block creating the shape of the wig.
4. Nets are then made into the shape of the head.
5. One net (which has two layers), the inner net is a soft net, the outer net is a stiff net shaped over the wig balloon.
6. Once that is done the net is then sewn up and taken off the block.
7. Next, wig springs are sewn into the net, this helps keep the shape of the wig and keeps the net stretched out on the head.
8. Once at this stage the net is checked on the clients head to make sure that everything is matching.
9. The net is then placed back on the block and the hair is hand knotted onto the net, about 3 or 4 strands at a time.
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Social media platforms can provide opportunities for students to collaborate, share ideas and develop their creative and critical thinking skills once they are guided in the right direction. Students simply need to be taught how to use social media effectively. This can be a tricky subject, but in this issue we showcase many ways to use social media with students in a safe and structured manner.
One of the reasons social media, and technology in general, is becoming so popular in the classroom is because it encourages students to think outside the box. Students are not using social media to write five paragraph essays or create traditional presentations. Instead, they are gathering information and sharing what they have learned in new and creative ways.
In our game based teaching section, we found some great resources in Sumdog, an online platform for free Math and English games. For STEM teachers, we talked to Executive Director Gail Wheatly of Edheads, another great free educational games platform. For teachers interested in easily making their own games, there is an article on The Teachers Gaming Network. We also looked at a truly unique audio-only game – Blindside. It's hard to believe, but the game is designed to give both seeing and blind users the same gaming experience. A great resource for disability awareness training and tolerance teaching. Other tools covered are GoSoapBox, a classroom response system, Popplet for mind mapping and mix of app reviews for you to read.
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Magic Eye Music Video Hides 3D Images With Optical Illusions [Video]
Indie rock band Young Rival plays depth perception tricks on your eyes.
Young Rival just took stereograms, or Magic Eye pictures as you may know them, to a whole new level with their latest music video "Black is Good."
Magic Eye pictures are those flat patterns or crazy images of static that you stared at in grade school attempting to see the hidden image. The trick was to relax your eyes, which became maddeningly difficult the harder you tried.
Young Rival applied this same concept to a music video to create a random dot autostereogram. A stereogram is an image that uses a "crossed-eye" or "parallel-eye" method to create the illusion of depth perception on a static image when viewed with two eyes. By relaxing your eyes, you're able to "look through" the static to see the hidden image.
Admittedly, this took multiple attempts to view, and even then it was difficult. By relaxing your eyes, and making the screen as large as possible, the static magically transforms in words, people, and pulsations. The subtle pattern changes combine the information gathered by both eyes into a single image, allowing you to see the unseen.
The music video was directed by Jared Raab and programmed by Tomasz Dysinki using a computer and an Xbox Kinect. The video description gives a more in-depth technical explanation:
To make your own autostereogram, one must first create a thing called a "depth map" which is a 2D representation of 3D depth information. We collected real-time depth data of Young Rival performing the song using an X-Box Kinect hooked up to a computer. The computer was running software called RGBD toolkit, designed for capturing the depth information from the Kinect using its built-in infrared system. Once we had our depth information, we unpacked it into image sequences and edited these sequences as if they were regular video.
To complete the video, they used an algorithm to convert each frame into a stereogram image. Can you see the hidden images? Check out the video below.
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The Power has been searching for a spark to right its second-half malaise and nearly got it Thursday night, winding up one strike short.
Cody Dickson worked 4 2/3 strong innings and the Power ripped seven hits in four innings off Greensboro starter Ryan Newell to take a 3-0 lead before the South Atlantic League game was suspended by rain in the top of the fifth at Appalachian Power Park.
The game is set to resume at 6:05 p.m. today, and the teams will play a seven-inning game after that.
Actually, West Virginia was just one strike shy of grabbing a win.
Dickson had a 3-2 count on No. 9 hitter Coco Johnson with a runner at first and two out when the rains intensified as the Grasshoppers batted in the top of the fifth. Another strike or out would have meant an official game, with the home team leading after 4 1/2 innings.
"Dickson was pitching real good,'' said Power infielder JaCoby Jones. "He had a great start for us, and we were putting up some runs and good hits against them. But that's what happens.''
If not for a couple bad breaks, the Power might have wrapped up the win on Thursday.
Just before the rains picked up, time was called as both Dickson and catcher Reese McGuire appeared to be stretching out pulled muscles. (The teams played in a light rain starting in the top of the fourth.) After about three or four minutes of checking by trainers, they got the go-ahead to resume. Then the big rains hit.
Once the umpires signaled for a delay, the grounds crew experienced a snag in rolling out the tarp about halfway through the process and had to retreat and start over. By the time they got the infield covered, a lot of water had pooled on the diamond.
Following a 26-minute delay, the umpires and managers met and decided to suspend the game.
The rains came at a bad time for the Power (10-11), which was humming along Thursday despite having lost nine of its last 11.
Dickson (4-8, 4.59 ERA) allowed just three singles in his stint, with three strikeouts and two walks. He held Chad Wallach (.347) and Avery Romero (.333) — two of the league's top four hitters — to a combined 0 of 4.
Meanwhile, Power hitters were ripping the offerings of Newell (8-6, 3.24).
Michael Fransoso smoked a leadoff homer over the right-field wall in the first. Jones and Edwin Espinal stroked RBI singles in the third. Jones had two hits and a stolen base in two at-bats.
In the field, the Power had no errors, turned a 6-4-3 double play to close out the second and McGuire cut down a runner trying to steal second.
Jones said even though the Power missed a chance to rack up a "W" on Thursday, the team might use the sharp effort as a springboard.
"I think we've been playing well the second half,'' he said, "and that's helped a lot. Dickson has been pitching real well for us the second half — all of our pitchers have.
"I feel we're a different team than we were in the first half, and we can carry this momentum on to each and every game. I think it's helping.''
Greensboro (14-7), the first-half champion in the Northern Division, also entered the game tied for the second-half lead. The Grasshoppers have won nine of their last 12 and own a 19-8 mark against the Power over the past two seasons.
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