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Legislation introduced in the Kentucky General Assembly would eliminate the controversial Next Generation Science Standards.
Like much state government does, noble intentions accompany these standards. After all, I've been calling for more rigorous education standards since starting this column seven years ago.
High-performing public schools, including charter and private schools, consistently demonstrate that students' academic performance usually escalates when standards rise. Results often are nothing short of amazing as students thought to carry little potential rise to the top and live successful, productive - often amazing - lives.
Such stories only get told, however, with higher standards. And that's where Kentucky's science standards are more incomplete than completely inadequate.
While they seem to offer ample challenges to improve the academic performance of younger students, the standards jump the tracks when it comes to setting the bar high enough for Kentucky's high school juniors and seniors.
The train Frankfort's political leaders and education bureaucrats have jumped on is taking us down a path where requirements related to traditional high school chemistry and physics courses get thrown overboard.
Since tests evaluating students' knowledge won't contain material omitted by the standards, it will be difficult for local school districts to resist the temptation to toss these more costly classes while blaming funding shortfalls.
The potential consequences of such decisions are unbearable for those who understand that without these courses, many students will remain ill-prepared to compete for future lucrative jobs in science, technology and engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Such neglect is one reason why a legislative subcommittee opposed implementing the deficient science standards by a 5-1 vote before Gov. Steve Beshear used his power to put them into operation anyway.
Law allows Beshear such latitude.
Logic, however, questions why a governor who claims to support the kind of rigorous education that offers students STEM opportunities uses his executive power to implement half-baked standards that discourage districts from providing traditional physics and chemistry courses needed for such careers.
Thankfully, these concerns do not escape the higher education community. Some University of Kentucky professors have designed an online class to better prepare high schoolers for advanced chemistry courses.
More than 5,000 students have signed up for the class - despite the fact that it's an optional, partial-year course that doesn't offer enrollees credits toward graduation.
With our universities picking up K-12's academic slack, Beshear may have offered misplaced priorities in his recent budget address when he proposed slashing higher education funding while sending more cash to public schools.
Beshear in that same speech announced he wanted funding for the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science, a residential high school at Western Kentucky University for juniors and seniors interested in STEM careers.
If the Gatton Academy went no further than the minimalist requirements in the state's new science standards, its students likely would be ill-prepared for chemistry and physics classes in Kentucky's universities, much less top schools like Yale, Harvard or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In fact, if the new standards offer sufficient K-12 preparation, why should we continue to fund Gatton - a school of choice emphasizing STEM readiness - at all? Isn't that unfair to all the rest of Kentucky's STEM-aspiring students?
Ironically, UK's online chemistry course begins on Monday during National School Choice Week.
If legislators decide to keep the deficient standards, the least they could do is also allow parents the option of sending their children to a public charter school that offers rigorous science courses - not because an inept bureaucracy demands them, but because Kentucky's future scientists and engineers want, and need, them.
Jim Waters is president of the Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky's free market think tank.
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|Miernyk, Jan
|Randall, Douglas
Submitted to: Protein Expression and Purification
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/15/2000
Publication Date: 3/1/2000
Citation: MORENO, J.I., MIERNYK, J.A., RANDALL, D.D. STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A AS A FUSION PARTNER DIRECTS SECRETION OF THE E1A AND E1B SUBUNITS OF PEA MITOCHONDRIAL PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE BY BACILLUS SUBTILIS. PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION. 2000. V. 18(2). P. 242-248. Interpretive Summary: In layman's terms, respiration is the use of energy to do work by living cells. Both growth and reproduction are affected by respiration. As a result, respiration must be carefully controlled or wasted energy would decrease crop yields and reduce agricultural productivity. The control of respiration in plant cells is a subject of ongoing study. A complex protein that is likely to be involved in an important control step in respiration was isolated from garden pea and studied. Comparisons were made with a similar protein from animals and microbes, in order to identify which characteristics might be important in control of respiration. A method was developed to prepare large amounts of the plant protein that had full biological activity. This method will allow future studies of the gene or genes for this protein complex. Additionally, being able to produce large amounts of material will allow detailed analysis of the structures. This information will be important to researchers in their attempts to increase agricultural productivity by altering the control of plant cell respiration, and to other plant scientists who will try to design more efficient crop plants through either classical breeding or biotechnology.
Technical Abstract: Staphylococcal protein A (SPA)-based vectors were constructed to direct secretion of the E1a and E1b subunits of Pisum sativum mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis. These proteins were not exported when the signal peptide from levansucrase (SacBSP) was fused to their N-termini. Both SacBSP-E1a and SacBSP-E1b fusion proteins were insoluble in the cytoplasm. However, when the SPA open reading frame was inserted between SacBSP and E1a or E1b, corresponding fusion proteins were secreted from the cells. The first (E) IgG binding domain of SPA was sufficient to direct low level secretion of both fusion proteins (SacBSP-E- E1a and SacBSP-E-E1b). Adding the second (D) IgG binding domain improved extracellular protein yields 3-4 fold over E alone, but was not as efficient as secretion of the full-length (EDABC) SPA-fusion proteins. All constructs were based upon the pUB110-derived multicopy plasmid pWB705. Separate B. subtilis strains transformed with SacBSP-E-E1a-His6 or SacBSP- E1b were co-cultivated in the presence of Ni-NTA agarose. The native pyruvate dehydrogenase a2b2 structure was bound to the affinity matrix, demonstrating assembly after secretion. The use of SPA as a fusion partner during expression of heterologous proteins by B. subtilis provides the basis of a versatile system that can be used to study both secretion and protein:protein interactions.

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The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo (*), works towards the welfare of all animals that need help, shelter and protection. In existence for more than 80 years, the Society, sadly, experiences each day the abandoning and consequently suffering of enormous amounts of animals and does everything it can to prevent this and future suffering. In many instances we are the only place for these poor creatures. However, due to a never ending-lack of enough financial support we feel there is so much more we are not doing. Therefore we do need your help, please.
The Society is a non-for-profit organization, and we receive no governmental, or financial support from any other official body. The Society is run by a committee of volunteers, of which on an almost daily basis at least one of them is present in the Society, to oversee and help with the activities there, thus saving on salaries. We do have a handful of salaried workers, all of them caring, dedicated people, who don't receive very much in pay, but give an awful lot and in addition do often volunteer extra in their free time. Next to them we have the help of many wonderful people who volunteer with various tasks when their jobs, studies, family-lives allows them. We do so appreciate them.
But going back to the lack of money! Every month we are forced to pay out thousands of shekels for continuous expenses. The income from veterinary services, from adoptions and from boarding services do not cover the many expenses (just think of simple costs as for water, electricity, telephone, expenses on running the car, the motorcycle, insurance, salaries). The difference between income and expenses can only be filled by contributions, grants and wills. Only the support of goodhearted people contributing money to our Society prevents the closure of our facility. The last few months have made us deciding to have our place open to the public with one and a half hour a day less than previous was possible. We had to let some personnel go. On the other hand we experience more animals in need of our help. It does not add up: at the one end more help and expenses needed and at the other end having far less financial support to do our work.
Your help, your contributions allow us to operate our clinic for long hours, to subsidize surgeries and various treatments, to improve the conditions of the animals that take refuge in our facility, to increase the use of the rescue vehicle service for assisting animals, to run educational activities for new generations and more.
In order to continue our facility to stay open and thereby trying to prevent some of the suffering of animals, we desperately do need your help. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo (*), calls on you to be our partner, and to contribute to its continuance and thereby to the advancement of the welfare of animals in Israel. Every contribution, even the smallest, does help us in our activities.
The Society is committed to using the funds contributed to the Society only for its work done with and for the animals.
Contributions in Israel are recognized for tax purposes, and we hope shortly also to obtain the same recognition for contributions in the United States and maybe other countries later. We will keep you informed.
Thank you,
Hilma Shmoshkovitz, chairperson (volunteer, non-paid) of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo (*).
(*) Although we make it a habit always to mention the name Tel Aviv-Yafo connected to our official name (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Israel), one should know that by no means we are a Society that only operates in Tel Aviv-Yafo. On the contrary, not only are we each week, either with our own car or with rented vehicles going to many places in Israel when our help is needed, but also, from all over Israel people find our place either to come to adopt an animal but surely they know to call us when they need help or when there is a case of suspected abuse or anything else.
Details for contributions to the Society:
Non-profit organization number: 580000156
Mercantile Discount Bank Ltd., 16A Jerusalem Boulevard, Tel Aviv—Jaffa, Branch 653, Account Number: 1066.
In case you decide to use this method, by directly sending your donation to the bank of the Society, we like to ask you to inform us about this, so that we can see when the money came into our account and if it is in a foreign currency, how this was mentioned by the bank. Also, this way we can send you a receipt for your donation immediately. Thank you.
Contributions by credit card can be made on the website of the Society or by
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Checks made out to the "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo" can by sent by mail to:
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Francis Duggan
So Little Time - Poem by Francis Duggan
Their lives are brief so very brief or so it has been said
And the butterflies you see today tomorrow may be dead
So little time for making love or pleasure to enjoy
An hour to them three years to us they soon grow old and die.
An hour to them must seem a lot time for them must pass slow
But of the lives of butterflies not much I claim to know
And going by those who know about them their lives measured in hours
So little time to flit about the breezy sunlit bowers.
So little time for love affairs by tomorrow they'll be old
And they must mate and lay their eggs where flowers bloom in white and gold
Or beneath the broad leaved cabbage safe from the wind and rain
The butterflies will soon depart but their young will remain
To fly around the sunlit bowers for a day or maybe two
And find a mate and lay their eggs as Nature bid them do
And in years from now on a day in Spring a little girl and boy
Will run to their mum and dad to say we've seen a butterfly.
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Mariners Prospect Primer: Peterson healthy
Third baseman looking to rebound after scary season-ending injury
By Tyler Maun / MiLB.com | March 27, 2014 10:00 AM ET
Some players are on the verge of stardom, others are entering a crucial phase of their development and still others are getting their first tastes of full-season ball. With the 2014 season approaching, MiLB.com takes a look at the most intriguing prospects from each MLB organization.
Breakout prospect: D.J. Peterson, 3B
Peterson's 2013 season came to a frightening end when he was hit in the face by a pitch late last August. Now, last year's 12th overall pick is ready to make up for lost time. He's also ready to move past talking about his injury.
"I'm feeling really good," Peterson told MLB.com shortly after the start of Spring Training. "And your next question is going to be, 'How is the injury and how did you get through it?'"
Those watching Peterson's development, though, are not quite as ready to move past the beaning and the 22-year-old's impressive response to it.
"He's reacted really well," said Jack Mosimann, an assistant in the Mariners' player development department. "Our training staff did a great job. They were on a plane basically the next day to Clinton, Iowa, to be with him, and his response has been great."
Peterson was in the midst of a sizzling stretch in the Midwest League. After making the jump from Short Season Everett to Class A Clinton in July, the third baseman hit his stride, batting .352 with five home runs and 16 RBIs over 19 August games. Then came that fateful pitch, the broken jaw, two surgeries that wired it shut and an offseason derailed.
"He was on pace to be in the Arizona Fall League, and then he had this minor setback," Mosimann said. "You never know how someone's going to react to that kind of injury, but he's been awesome."
MLB.com's No. 88 prospect hasn't shown any ill effects this spring. In seven Cactus League games with the big club, Peterson batted .286 with a homer and four RBIs. Beyond the showcasing of his signature offensive prowess, Peterson has caught the eye of coaches and staff with his progress defensively at third base, a position he moved away from in college. The University of New Mexico product, who crossed the diamond to play first while with the Lobos, has been steady at the hot corner this spring.
"All the coaches and the front office are giving him the thumbs up. He's holding his ground [at third]," Mosimann said. "Just like his hitting, you couldn't ask for anything better there. He's been great. He's been the first-round pick we expected him to be, and I think he's going to take that ball and run with it."
Back on track after an extraordinary turn to end 2013, Peterson is expected to open the season at the offensive haven that is Class A Advanced High Desert.
Full-season debutant: Austin Wilson, OF
At 6-foot-4, 210 pounds, Wilson is the type of projectable athlete scouts love, and the Mariners are hoping 2014 is the year he finds himself.
"From a body perspective, he's just unreal," Mosimann said. "I mean, he hits balls that are still going in BP. All the potential in the world is there. One of the things that's overlooked with him is his knowledge and his aptitude and intelligence for the game."
It isn't just the game that draws such a mental investment. Wilson, a Stanford product, had some college coursework left unfinished when the Mariners selected him with the Draft's 49th pick a year ago.
"He wanted to go back to Stanford and wrap up some classes," Mossiman said. "I think that's a measure of his character."
Wilson lost half of his final season in college due to an elbow injury, but he began to settle into a groove toward the summer's close. In 56 games with Everett, the 22-year-old batted .241 with six home runs and 27 RBIs, but five of those six homers came in the season's final month when he registered a .973 OPS.
It's not just the offensive upside that has Wilson on Seattle's radar. He's also an above-average runner with a strong arm, making him a prototypical right fielder who should ascend to Class A Clinton this season.
Major League-ready: Carson Smith, RHP
Smith may always be known as the guy with the funky delivery. If he keeps striking out batters at the rate he has through his first two Minor League seasons, he'll be able to add another qualifier to that description: Major Leaguer.
"The sky's the limit for him," Mossiman said. "Carson was named our Minor League Pitcher of the Year last year, so he's done it on the field at the Double-A level in Jackson. Right now, it's about getting him innings and allowing him to succeed at the higher levels."
A right-hander from Texas State and Seattle's No. 11 prospect, Smith has flown through two levels in two years and could be knocking at the big league door in 2014. He works from an unorthodox, low three-quarters arm slot and is devastatingly deceptive to the tune of 11.2 strikeouts per nine innings in 2012 and 12.8 a season ago with Double-A Jackson.
Employing a tough sinker-slider combination, Smith saved 15 games for the Generals in 2013 and was nearly unhittable over the season's second half, posting a 1-0 record, eight saves, a 0.31 ERA and a .133 opponents' average in 22 appearances. This offseason, after a stint in the Arizona Fall League, Smith met Mariners faithful at the team's annual FanFest in Seattle. Those who got to know him at Safeco Field in January hope to see Smith there again sooner rather than later.
"The ball's kind of in his hands as far as where the future goes," Mossiman said.
More to keep an eye on: Heralded hurlers Taijuan Walker and James Paxton, both of whom made their big league debuts last season, should graduate fully to the MLB level, though Walker was shut down for a spell earlier this spring with inflammation in his throwing shoulder. ... Just 17 years old, Brazilian lefty Luiz Gohara is likely ticketed for a return to Rookie-level Pulaski, but the Mariners are high on his talent. ... Shortstop Chris Taylor has batted .316 over four levels through his two Minor League seasons and could open at Tacoma in 2014. ... Outfielder Gabriel Guerrero, nephew of nine-time MLB All-Star Vladimir, is likely headed to Class A Advanced High Desert.
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Analysis of detection performance in spectrum sensing optimisation for long sensing periods
Chang, Kevin, Senadji, Bouchra, & Chandran, Vinod (2011) Analysis of detection performance in spectrum sensing optimisation for long sensing periods. In Pahlavan, Kaveh & Dkukic, Petar (Eds.) Proceedings of 22nd IEEE International Symposium of Personal Indoor Mobile Radio Communications, IEEE, Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, pp. 457-461.
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Spectrum sensing optimisation techniques maximise the efficiency of spectrum sensing while satisfying a number of constraints. Many optimisation models consider the possibility of the primary user changing activity state during the secondary user's transmission period. However, most ignore the possibility of activity change during the sensing period. The observed primary user signal during sensing can exhibit a duty cycle which has been shown to severely degrade detection performance. This paper shows that (a) the probability of state change during sensing cannot be neglected and (b) the true detection performance obtained when incorporating the duty cycle of the primary user signal can deviate significantly from the results expected with the assumption of no such duty cycle.
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Hard time finding angle valve for toilet
I'm having a difficult time finding an replacement angle valve for a toilet replacement job. The original angle valve had to be cut off and the replacement valve seems to be elusive. The pipe size for the valve is bigger than 5/8 OD but smaller than 3/4OD. The fact is I'm not sure that its less than 3/4 OD but I'm sure that the pipe is larger than 5/8OD. Any ideas?
Post a picture--it sounds like you cut off a threaded pipe---in which case you would need to unscrew the nipple from the wall---
What is the pipe made of? How old is the house? Are you prepared to open the wall if the old nipple breaks off inside the wall?
It could also be one of those valves that have a chrome extension that slides over the copper. If it is that type then you need to unsweat the chrome part to get to the copper.
yes mike and paul covered both areas of this which seems to be one or the other...ben post a pitcure...
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I didn't want to get into the whole story behind this issue but if you see the picture, you might be wondering WTF.
My parents recent purchased a new toilet/bidet and they installed it. If you see the picture you really can't say installed it properly. Anyway, installing the new toilet required a new angle valve/stop. The person who installed it struggled to find the right part and "jimmied" the fix.
Let me describe the scenario if the picture is not clear enough. The angle valve is connected to a copper pipe which is connected to a clear plastic hose secured by hose clamp. The other end of the plastic hose is connected to the inlet pipe (not sure the right term) secured by hose clamp.
So I need to fix this. The problem is I can't find the right angle valve that fits the "inlet pipe". Does this make sense?
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I still think it's 5/8 O.D. Some times a tubing cutter will flare the end of the pipe as it cuts- making it slightly larger. This makes it next to impossible to slip on a fitting or ferrule. Try taking a file to the "ridge" or cut it back about a 1/2" with a high quality tubing cutter
I've tried with 5/8" OD and definitely doesn't fit. I haven't filed it down but that seems wrong. Or is that a common practice?
What did the original valve look like?
I have seen many old houses that were plumbed with soft copper, though most often they used 1/2". Very possible they used 3/4" here.
While rigid copper is sold in sizes such as 1/2" or 3/4" that is the inside diameter, with soft copper it's also sold as 1/2" or 3/4" but that is the outside diameter.
That's pretty interesting. Sorry. I don't have the original.
That tile tells me that that house id old---is the house plumbed in threaded steel pipe?
The picture does not show the original pipe---I put my money on this---You have a threaded nipple.
Someone cut off the threaded stop valve---
If I'm right---the answer is to unscrew the nipple (which might just break off inside the wall) and add a new threaded nipple.
Soft and hard copper is the same exact size outside dimension. I believe that air conditioning copper is the one that has different outside sizes.
The house, I think, was built in the 60s. Mike, I believe the pipe sticking out of the wall is the original pipe. How do I test that it was plumbed with a threaded nipple? Do I try to untwist the thread? What if its not threaded? Is it possible to break it off inside the wall?
Take off the tubing and valve that are there now and take a picture of the pipe sticking out of the wall. Take a picture from above and also looking into the end of the pipe.
Threaded pipe would be at least 4 times thicker then just plain copper pipe. It also would be silver, gray or brass colored not a copper color.
If it is copper and this pipe froze at some point it would have expanded enough that a new fitting will not fit.
Look at any exposed original piping in the house----copper was less common in the 1960s than threaded pipe---I can not think of another reason that the pipe is not the typical size of copper .
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Javier Mascherano has warned his Argentina team-mates they cannot just rely on Lionel Messi as they bid to reach a first World Cup Final since 1990.
The South Americans face Holland in the semi-finals in Sao Paulo on Wednesday night but have yet to produce a truly convincing performance on their run to the last four.
Messi has been Argentina's inspiration so far with four goals but Mascherano admits the rest of the team must start delivering.
The former Liverpool midfielder said: "Leo has rescued us in a few matches but we can't just rely on him. The team should be there to support him just as we were against Belgium, when he controlled the game with everyone's help.
"That's what we're aiming for: even though we know we have great individual players, the team comes first."
Despite needing a penalty shootout to win their quarter-final against Costa Rica, Holland have been one of the most impressive teams of the tournament and Mascherano admits Argentina will have to be at their best to beat the runners-up from four years ago.
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What is "Medicated Junkisui"?"Medicated Junkisui" is approved by Japan Ministry of Health. In Asia, Kose Junkisui Series has "Medicated" wording on the package. Due to the popularity of Medicated Junkisui among our customers, we offer mainly Medicated version but you will still find "Non-Medicated" Junkisui in our store. Most of them are body products and samples which are in original package and available in Asia and North America.Kose Medicated Junkisui Washing Cream (120g):Contains several Chinese herbal extracts, such as Mountain Bark Extract, Peony Root Extract and Fennel Extract, to clean the dirt and remove dead skin cells, while preventing acnes and blemishes without drying out the natural moisture of the skin. For normal to oily and oily skinHow to use?Wet the hands and face. Take out an appropriate amount from the tube and lather. Clean the face in circular motion and pay attention on t-zone and chin areas where acnes and blackheads are most likely accumulated. Rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water. For more information about Kose:www.kose.co.jpwww.kose-tw.comwww.kose-sg.com
Dear Elle,
Kose Medicated Junkisui Washing Cream is available in Japan, Hong Kong and some selective Asian countries. Due to different marketing concerns and regulations, Kose has two versions of Junkisui available worldwide but in terms of formulation, I don't see much difference between medicated and non medicated.
That being said, our customers, most of them are Asian, prefer medicated as they use this version back to Asia, so we only stock medicated to cater their needs.
Best Regards,
BeautyKat Team
Dear Ashley,
Kose Medicated Junkisui Washing Cream is suitable for oily and acne prone skin. You can use this cleansing foam, Junkisui Lotion (used as toner) and Emulsion to improve your skin problem. But speaking about early signs of aging and large pores problem, I will suggest SK-II Facial Treatment Essence which is used after Lotion and before moisturizer. You can buy a sample size to see if it is suitable for you.
I have large pores problem as well and I see my skin texture and pores are refined after using the essence for 2 weeks. Although the visible result may varied, I still suggest you to try SK-II Facial Treatment Essence which is one of our best selling items at all time.
This essence helps to encourage skin cells turnover so over the time, the dead skin cells that sitting on top of acne spots will be peeled off naturally for softening and smoothing results.
However, if you want to improve your acne skin problem, I will suggest Kose Medicated Junkisui or Ettusais for cleansing, refreshing and balancing sebum production. Here are product details of Kose Junkisui and Ettusais:
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In his preview of the Bluegrass Brawl, Kevin Wirth told us that Kentucky Lake was in great shape for summer ledge fishing. He pointed out that the temperature was right, the color was right and the lake level was right. He was right, too.
Most of the Elite Series anglers targeted the ledges, and almost all were successful to some degree. Of the 107 anglers who launched on Thursday morning, 99 returned to the dock with limits. That number was 97 out of 107 for Friday; 48 of 50 on Saturday; and 12 of 12 for Sunday.
He also said this would be a largemouth tournament with only an occasional smallie brought to the scales. He was right about that, too. Most of the bass weighed in were green, only a handful showed brown.
And, unfortunately, he was also right about his own situation. He made the cut to the Top 50 but ultimately finished a disappointing 36th with a total three-day weight of 46 pounds, 1 ounce. His concern about the size of his fish was well-founded. They weren't big enough.
"I was able to catch fish. I knew the spots and places and baits. I just couldn't get the quality bass that I had to have to make the Top 12 cut and have a chance to win," he lamented after the event.
"And, I made a tactical error by not giving myself enough time on one spot towards the end of the third day. The bigger fish were there. I just didn't give myself enough time to catch them."
The story he told us about having 12 rods on the deck of his boat during Tuesday's practice and catching bass on 11 of them was confirmed by the experience of another angler, winner Kevin VanDam. His most productive bait was a deep diving crankbait but KVD also reported catching keeper bass on spoons, jigs, spinnerbaits and big worms.
VanDam was Wirth's first pick to win the event.
"I know picking VanDam to win is beginning to be a habit with some of us, but this tournament was different. Like I said last Tuesday, this is a Tennessee River impoundment. It's made for his style of fast fishing with hard baits and his run and gun approach to the sport.
"I said last week he's death on water like this and that if he started running the ledges it could be lights out for the rest of us. He did, and it was."
Wirth's weight predictions were solid, if a bit conservative. He said it would take 26 pounds to fish on Saturday. In fact, the last angler to qualify for the Top 50 was James Niggemeyer with 30 pounds, 6 ounces. (You had to drop all the way down to Fred Roumbanis in 72nd place to reach the 26-pound mark.)
He also predicted that the Top 12 weight would be 50 pounds. In fact, Terry Scroggins claimed the 12th slot with 52 pounds, 1 ounce. (Fifty pounds flat would have added another five anglers to the final day's launch.)
His winning weight prediction was "at least 80 pounds." He was right on the money with that one. VanDam claimed victory with 84 pounds, 13 ounces. Tim Horton placed second with 83 pounds, 12 ounces.
And Wirth believed the big bass of the tournament would weigh 7 1/2 pounds. Rick Clunn caught her on Friday. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces.
Kevin Wirth knows Kentucky Lake and it showed. As a soothsayer he rates a grade of B.


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Elite Paris Spring/Summer 2015 Show Package–Newly formed, Elite Paris debuts its first show package. With Paris Fashion Week beginning later this month, Elite Paris has all its best models on hand. From Conrad Bromfield and Guerrino Santulliana to Stephen James, we are alto familiar with the great talent that will undoubtedly hit the catwalk.
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Sin[30*Degree] vs Sin[29*Degree]
What is happening here:
which makes it appear that only the first line of input works?
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The Hartman Group's weekly food and beverage industry newsletter delivers the latest data, insights and thought-provoking analysis about the trends and consumer behaviors reshaping todays – and tomorrow's food and beverage culture.
Mention "going out on a date" and one might conjure up images of dinner at a fine dining restaurant loaded with romantic ambience. But what of the "mini-date?" A "date" that consists of snack?More »
Our culture is changing, and so is how we eat. Shifts in the culture and demographics of the U.S. are impacting the what, when, where, who, and why of consumers' eating habits.More »
The yogurt category has long flourished beneath the halo of health and wellness, but almost exclusively through the lens of dieting.More »
Milk used to be something that the average American wouldn't think to question. For decades, it's been an 'of course,' an 'obviously,' a 'when' rather than an 'if';' in other words, a cultural norm.More »
In 2007, popchips launched to a very intense media blitz that continued for several years as the brand's sales seemed to be on a high-growth, early-stage path to stardom.More »
New protein sources are likely to become increasingly important as more consumers make a conscious decision to eat less meatMore »
As a culture, we've been thinking about animal welfare for at least a century: Upton Sinclair sounded an alarm about both animal and worker welfare with the publication of "The Jungle" in 1905.More »
At The Hartman Group's A.C.T. "Food Culture Forecast 2015" this past April 2 held in Austin, TX, professionals and practitioners from across the broad spectrum of the food and beverage industry converged for an immersive learning experience on...More »
An aura of mystique about how to interact with Millennials has long shrouded this generation.More »
What do Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials and Gen Z have in common? Much, much more than marketers would want to believe.More »


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Aunt Candy of Aunt Candy's Toy Company was thrilled with the turnout during the last weekend of Harvest Festival, especially the tons of kids in the annual costume contest. Cars lined the streets of Rockford right up past the business district for Saturday's events, which included free horse-drawn hayrides, a petting zoo, mascots and more.
The Heart of Rockford Business Association organized the third weekend of Harvest Festival, which was a great success. A petting zoo at Garden Club park with pony rides drew children. Mascots, such as Roo Bucks from the Rockford Community Federal Credit Union, spread cheer among the crowd.


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It's not easy being the youngest of seven sons in a family of notorious sorcerers, especially for Ayden Dracre. In a world where sorcerers only practice dark magic and wizards only practice light magic, Ayden has a problem; he is very bad at being bad. Try as he might, all of his spells to cause mayhem go awry. When he finds out that his family has had enough of his mistakes, he decides to take destiny into his own hands.
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Ayden Dracre, the youngest son in a family of notorious sorcerers, is content with his magical studies until Merlin leaves Caldaca in order to find a way to break his curse. While waiting for Merlin's return, Ayden makes a mistake that causes him to question his magic. He soon discovers both his aunt and Merlin are in danger, and in order to save them, Ayden is pushed further than ever before. With two powerful enemies and a dark presence haunting him, Ayden will have to be very careful about who he trusts.
Ayden Dracre, the youngest son in a family of notorious sorcerers, is successfully developing his reputation as a curse breaker. Maybe too successfully. Unfortunately, the Dracre name is not easy to escape. When Dessa warns Ayden that his mother is after him and others like him, he will have to go on his toughest quest yet.


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Recently Published
In Love With Earth in Squamish & Whistler - This new 105 page book is your guide to the landscape and ecosystem around the Sea to Sky Corridor. With over one hundred colourful photos and accessible text for the layperson, this is the only book to interpret the local landscape as well as the forests and wildlife of this beautiful part of British Columbia.
This book is perfect for those who are interested in learning about the geological origins of the landscape as well as the flora and fauna of the temperate rainforest. It includes background information, sites to visit, full page photos and a description of some of the plants and animals to be found.
Our World
We live in an amazing world. It is older than we can truly comprehend. It is more complex than we will ever fully understand. It is more beautiful than we can ever really appreciate.
As individuals we each have our own relationship with our planet. Part of mine is to interpret it for others, to scratch the surface of explaining the science of nature. In doing so I continue to learn and love even more this home we call Earth. That's my relationship with it. What's yours?
About the Author
Diane is the Curator at BC's Britannia Mine Museum, a mom and a landscape/nature enthusiast.
Dane's inspiration for the book In Love With Earth in Squamish & Whistler came from living in the stunning Sea to Sky Corridor, north of Vancouver. Having grown up in Scotland, it was Canada's rugged beauty and wilderness that called to her.


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SOUTH HADLEY, Mass.– After sitting in third place as a team after Day 1 of competition, the Merrimack College women's golf team wrapped up its final invitational of the 2013-14 campaign with a two-day third-place finish at the Jack Leaman Women's Championship hosted by Amherst College.
The Basics
Team Score: Merrimack (3rd / 15 Teams)
Top Finisher: Junior Ali Reed (3rd / 82-74 +10)
Location: Hickory Ridge Golf Club / Orchards Golf Club | Amherst/South Hadley, Mass.
How It Happened
For the third straight week, junior Ali Reed (Westborough, Mass.) was the top Warrior finisher, leading the Navy and Gold with a two-day 10-over-par, placing third in a field of nearly 90 competitors to help Merrimack place third out of 15 teams.
Behind Reed, senior Louise McGillivray (Banchory, Scotland) performed admirably in possibly her last collegiate outing, finishing just back of reed for the fourth overall spot in the individual leader board thanks to her 12-over-par finish (75-83—158).
Sophomore Jaclyn Drew (Lunenburg, Mass.) placed tied for 16th with a solid two-day 17-over-par finish to round out the Warriors' top three, while junior Bethany Arnold (Wrentham, Mass.) finished 33rd with a two-day score of 85-87—172. Finally, rookie Sam Gervais (Chelmsford, Mass.) rounded out Merrimack's quintet with a 49th-place finish, shooting 37-over-par over both days.
As a squad, the Warriors enjoyed another fine outing; after finishing Round 1 in third place, Merrimack made sure it lost no ground to settle for the final podium spot over the two-day tournament, as the Navy and Gold shot 649 as a team (65-over-par) to place third in the team standings.
Up Next
Concluding its final tournament of the regular season, Merrimack will now await its fate to learn if it has qualified as a team to the NCAA East Regional Championships, or if any individual Warriors will be representing the squad at NCAA Regionals in the coming weeks.
For continuing coverage of Merrimack College Athletics, visit MerrimackAthletics.com and follow the Warriors on Twitter and on Facebook.


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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Great Falls with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Popular property highlights
Situated in Great Falls, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Four Season Arena, Great Falls Convention Center, and Holiday Village Mall. St. Ann's Cathedral and University of Great Falls are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
An indoor pool, a fitness center, and a spa tub are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Additionally, a business center, a meeting room, and dry cleaning are onsite.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Hampton Inn Great Falls provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This hotel offers access to a business center and a meeting room. A complimentary breakfast is offered. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available 24 hours). This business-friendly hotel also offers laundry facilities, dry cleaning/laundry services, and an elevator (lift). Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Hampton Inn Great Falls is a smoke-free property.
- Free airport transportation
- Business center
- Total number of rooms - 97
- Free breakfast
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Laundry facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Indoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
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- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Free WiFi
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- In-room safe
- Shower/tub combination
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Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast.
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An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
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CANADA STOCKS--TSX set to open higher as Ukraine tensions ease
July 22 - Stock futures pointed to a higher opening for Canada's stock market as traders saw hopes of easing of tensions between Russia and the West after rebels in Ukraine handed over the black box recorder from Malaysia flight 17 to Malaysian authorities.
September futures on the S&P TSX index <0#SXF:> were up 0.13 percent at 0755 ET.
The stock index took a step back from last week's all-time high on Monday, as a 3 percent jump in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc was more than offset by declines across most major industries.
No major economic events are scheduled for the day.
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures were up 0.28 percent at 0755 ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures were up 0.33 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures were up 0.43 percent.
(Morning News Call newsletter link.reuters.com/nex49s; The Day Ahead newsletter link.reuters.com/mex49s)
Canadian National Railway Co, the country's largest rail operator, reported a big spike in profit as it moved record volumes of goods and made a swift recovery from last quarter's brutal winter weather. Continued...


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A self-referential default brain state: patterns of coherence, power, and eLORETA sources during eyes-closed rest and Transcendental Meditation practice
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DOI: 10.1007/s10339-009-0343-2
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- Travis, F., Haaga, D.A.F., Hagelin, J. et al. Cogn Process (2010) 11: 21. doi:10.1007/s10339-009-0343-2
Activation of a default mode network (DMN) including frontal and parietal midline structures varies with cognitive load, being more active during low-load tasks and less active during high-load tasks requiring executive control. Meditation practices entail various degrees of cognitive control. Thus, DMN activation patterns could give insight into the nature of meditation practices. This 10-week random assignment study compared theta2, alpha1, alpha2, beta1, beta2 and gamma EEG coherence, power, and eLORETA cortical sources during eyes-closed rest and Transcendental Meditation (TM) practice in 38 male and female college students, average age 23.7 years. Significant brainwave differences were seen between groups. Compared to eyes-closed rest, TM practice led to higher alpha1 frontal log-power, and lower beta1 and gamma frontal and parietal log-power; higher frontal and parietal alpha1 interhemispheric coherence and higher frontal and frontal-central beta2 intrahemispheric coherence. eLORETA analysis identified sources of alpha1 activity in midline cortical regions that overlapped with the DMN. Greater activation in areas that overlap the DMN during TM practice suggests that meditation practice may lead to a foundational or 'ground' state of cerebral functioning that may underlie eyes-closed rest and more focused cognitive processes.


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In his General Session at 16th Cloud Expo, David Shacochis, host of The Hybrid IT Files podcast and Vice President at CenturyLink, investigated three key trends of the "gigabit economy" though the story of a Fortune 500 communications company in transformation.
Narrating how multi-modal hybrid IT, service automation, and agile delivery all intersect, he will cover the role of storytelling and empathy in achieving strategic alignment between the enterprise and its information technology.
Speaker Bio
David Shacochis currently leads the Cloud Ecosystem team at CenturyLink, responsible for partner integration, technology evangelism, and platform metrics for one of the major cloud computing platforms in the world. As a senior leader within the CenturyLink Cloud Development Center, he is commercially responsible for cloud ecosystem growth as well as technology partner success.
Mr. Shacochis has been in the Information Technology industry for over fifteen years, with experience in many of the major divisions of a technology organization including global operations, customer service, software integration, strategic marketing, product management, corporate development and systems integration. Over the past seven years Mr. Shacochis has been a focused on the product lifecycle at CenturyLink since taking responsibility for the Utility Computing platform and supporting its transition to the industry-leading CenturyLink Cloud platform in place today.
A former engineering professor at George Mason University, his professional experience with firms at the heart of the cloud computing revolution - such as UUNET, Exodus Communications, Digital Island, Cable & Wireless, Fusepoint, Qwest, Savvis, and Tier 3 - has built a wealth of IT infrastructure experience with a variety of clients across diverse industries in both the public and private sector.
20th International Cloud Expo, taking place June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world.
Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has transformed into the reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy. Meanwhile, 94% of enterprises are using some form of XaaS - software, platform, and infrastructure as a service.
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More than US$20 billion in venture capital is being invested in FinTech this year. @CloudExpo is pleased to bring you the latest FinTech developments as an integral part of our program, starting at the 20th International Cloud Expo June 6-8, 2017 in New York City and October 31 - November 2, 2017 in Silicon Valley.
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As the state this week marks the first anniversary of the deadly floods, the Insurance Council of Australia pointed to figures showing at least 85 per cent of the 26,554 residential claims had been processed.
The most recent industry update, issued in late November, showed 15 per cent, or 4078 residential claims related to the 2010-11 Queensland floods, remained ''open''. This meant the claims were yet to be resolved, often because repairs were still under way or quotes were still being sought.
The council was unable to provide more recent figures but, when the summary was issued, $1.62 billion had been paid out and $780 million had been reserved for further payments. Of all classes of the 58,463 flood insurance claims, 50,017 had been processed, including those that had been approved or rejected, and 8446 were still to be determined.
The insurance industry received much criticism after the floods amid complaints some firms did not cover all types of flood in their policies and avoided paying out claims.
It prompted a federal government review calling for a standard definition of flood, greater coverage, product disclosure statements that would be easier to understand and a four-month limit to process claims.
In a statement to mark the one-year anniversary of the floods, the council said the standard definition would be ''quickly implemented by the industry'' once it was written into the relevant federal legislation in mid-2012.
And a year after it was set up, the Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal has raised $281.5 million to help those affected by the floods and cyclone Yasi. Figures suggest more than $4 million has been donated in the past three months, despite the appeal winding down.
A report issued by the distribution committee in October showed more than 40,000 Queenslanders received a combined $72.8 million in emergency assistance through the appeal, while about 4400 households received extra payments to help them rebuild their homes.
About $20 million had been delivered to the St Vincent de Paul Society to help those suffering hardship. A spokesman for the Premier, Anna Bligh, said any further cash donated to the appeal was being given to the charity. The biggest corporate donations were from BHP Billiton ($11.2 million) and Wesfarmers ($5 million).
The state and federal governments each gave $11 million. Governments have also had to spend billions on infrastructure reconstruction.
The federal government is raising $1.725 billion through an Australia-wide flood levy. Collection of the one-year levy, payable only by those earning more than $50,000, began through the pay-as-you-earn system on July 1. Those who were not affected by the disasters are paying half a cent for each dollar more than $50,000 they earn and 1¢ for each dollar earned over $100,000.
Figures showing the amount raised so far were unavailable on Friday, but the federal government expects to raise $1.5 billion this financial year and the remaining $225 million next financial year.
The government says $2.256 billion in advance payments were made to Queensland under national disaster relief arrangements last financial year and a further $1.9 billion would be paid this financial year.


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The tail feathers of the peafowl are used to attract a mate and to ward off enemies.
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Got some more work done this week and weekend. This will be kinda short because I smashed my finger working on the car this weekend. Leaf spring fell on it. Good thing it's my ring finger that I use to play guitar with and it's a good thing I DOn't have a couple shows to play this coming friday and sat. It's all good though. That's why we have four fingers.
Here's a pic of the wheels Ray lent me so I can compare to see if I'll like my wheels black. These are the same wheels and these are for the rear. 18" x 9.5 Thanks Ray!
I thoroughly cleaned the wheel bearings, thrust washer and castle nut to later find out I had bought new bearings. : Well, the bearings were in really good shape so I'll hang onto them, put new ones in, for future maintenance.
Painted the spindle and dust cover and installed.
Sand blasted the calipers.
Took them apart to clean them and found a good bit of corrosion. Notice the rust on the dust boot.
I cleaned them and then blasted the inners to find out that one of the pistons had some corrosion which gave me doubts about using for rebuild. So I just bought a new caliper for $10 from the Zone.
Bearings packed, new seal, and rotor assembly installed with the good ol 2" spacers. Tire rod / steering linkage installed too. Front susp. finished.
I started finishing up the rear suspension but smashed my finger. So I called it a day. After removing the rear diff cover. ;D Finger didn't slow me down really. Just ran out of time really.
You probably know but, don't tighten the upper and lower control arm bushing bolts, along with the leaf spring mounting bolts until the full weight of the car is resting on the suspension. They will be in a bind otherwise.
BTW, you are making really good progress!
these things are wicked in person, and its cool to see one built. you'll be on the road soon
Alright, alright...(in my best Matthew Maconha voice) Progress.
Sandblasted the diff cover inside / out and the shock / u-bolt mount.
Drained the gear oil, which didn't look too bad, and added the new stuff after scraping away all the old gasket, on the diff cover and matting surface, with a gasket scraper.
I sand blasted the diff cover at work. Here it is installed. I used some of edelbrock's gasket sealer on both mating surfaces to ensure it seals up nicely.
Here the rear is after a good wire brushing and painting with some Master Series. It came out decent even though there still was some build up I couldn't remove. Seals still must be good cause there was no leakage after it staying like that for days.
Painted the shock mounts, leaf springs, and shackles.
Here's a picture of the completed rear. Well, minus the shock tower bolts which I later added. Everything is hand tight for now cause the rear will need washers or something to make up for the extra space left by the .5" narrower leaf springs. Once the body is secured and I have the 18"s on I'll do a final setup of the rear diff.
I had decide that I would move the front leaf mounts forward and move the rear back on the leaf springs to make up for it. I did this to help keep the shackles away from the fenders. They were an inch away from the fenders with the way it was previously setup. Well, that didn't work out so well. Here's the front mount moved forward 2". I drilled 1/2" holes to secure the mounts and drill an over size hole so I could mount the Isuzu leafs. The 3/4" were not cheap. They look manly though.
You can see that the is now further away from the inner fender. The problem I ran into is moving the rear diff back 2" started having a weird effect cause I'm moving further up the arch of the spring. I planed to secure the rear by making something similar to these.
Maybe I'll try just an inch instead of 2". Or perhaps I'll make some shackles so that they're not so close to the fenders.
Here you see the rear it reassembled with and the body it back on. I tried rolling the chassis out so I could take pictures of it 95% finished and so I can clean up my garage but it was bumping into the boards that support the body. So I figured I'd put the body back on. It's been sitting up on them blocks a little to long for comfort. ;D That and I wanted to see the new stance with the 2" lowering spindles and the 3" block in back.
From this angle you can see how the 18" wheels will be very close to the wheel leaving very little of a gap, which is what I wanted. The tires will tuck into the fenders. I was just wanting to see how things looked.
These are going to look nice. I'll have them on next progress post.
She sits fairly low. Even though a only did a 2/3 drop it seems almost slammed when I stand next to it. I'm really loving the stance and I'm sure it'll go down another 1-1.5" once everything is in and settles.
The front end aligned up nicely. The passenger wheel was 2" further inside the fender and make the car look off. Now, they're even and have the same wheel gap.
Here's the problem I was running into. The arch of the leaf spring combined with the lowering blocks pushed the wheels forward. I can move the axle back that would just amplify the effect.
I'll get her sitting right again. Next time. If it ain't one thing it's another.
Well, I got the rear mocked up and hand tightened. The wheels fit nicely and look cool. I've got a bout 1/2" on each side from the fender hitting the side wall. I'm sure I could get more by slightly opening the bottom of the body since it's not permanently mounted just yet.
Today when I get home from work I'm going to roll the chassis out and get some pictures. Then clean up the garage and organize my engine parts and tools so I can start build the motor. Finally.
A little bit of Bad and Good News...kinda. Lemonade out of lemons.
So I started taking the short block apart this weekend. I got far enough that I noticed some play in the #1 piston rod. I knew right away what it was and I didn't even bother to check cause I trusted the guy I traded motors with. Lesson learned.
The BAD:
So the rod bearings spun on the #1 and #2 rod journals. It seems as though the engine wasn't ran long which is good cause there's minimal wear. The crank looks like it'll clean up with a .020 or .030 grind.
To get the 355 rotating assembly back to spec it'll take grinding and polishing the crank, having the assembly balanced, and either new connecting rods or machining to get them back to spec. After all those costs it'll probably be cheaper just to get a new rotating assembly balanced and ready to drop in from the manufacturer.
The Good...
I'm thinking about just bumping up my motor to a 383 ci. The cost of new parts and or machine work will be well within the range of a new 383 bottom end balanced.
I've also been looking into just getting new set of Speed Pro dished 4.030" hypereutectic pistons with a 1.425" wrist pin height, a new 3.75" Eagle internal balance crankshaft, and buying two replacement connecting rods. I found a whole set of 8 for $20 (stock set). I'll just upgrade the connecting rod bolts to APR. Then have the whole assembly balanced. I already have new piston rings bearings, flexplate and damper that'll fit an internal balance 383 crank. The cost will be less as well.
I did the math and with 12cc dish pistons, the .015 shim head gasket, 64cc heads, and a .021 deck height I'll be right at 10.27:1 CR. Which will be fine with the vortec heads cause you can get away with .5 more CR and still run pump gas.
I've got some thinking to do, more saving and selling of parts. So the building of my engine has been put on hold for another month at least until I save the cash and have decided which direction to go.
I should pick up about another 40-50 hp and tq though so that's good.
Save yourself some money by just getting the crank reground. You can get the 1 & 2 rods checked for twist and to make sure the big end bore is still OK .Buy a new oil pump ( there has to be a reason why the bearings failed...) and you should be right to go . You only need to rebalance if you were installing new pistons /rods etc.
BTW I would leave the cars ride height until after you have the body loaded with glass, seats and ballast weight to check fuel tank load with you and passenger on board ( I use large plastic buckets filled with water ). That saves heartache when you drive and you find the car is scraping on the ground too much.
I called the machine shop and they said chances are that the crank is trash. The crank has already been ground .010 under and you can catch your fingernail in the grooves.
I have a new oil pump. Everything I'm going to put on the engine (or was) is new. Only the block and rotating assembly were going to be reused. That has now changed.
Well, some good news. I ordered an Eagle Specialty Products internal balance stroker crankshaft for my 350.
And I bought some (383) Speed Pro dish pistons.
Both parts will work well with my stock 5.7" rods. So I'll save some $$$ there. Coolest part is I did some shopping around and found the crank for $231 here...
and a set of 8 pistons here...
...I called summit up and said, "I'd like to buy these parts (I listed stock #s and he gave me the pricing) but I found them cheaper here (I then gave him the website URLs)". They beat their competitors prices by $1 for each product. Summit has a beat-a-price guarantee so I thought I'd see if it was baloney. It wasn't. I got the parts for $407 with shipping. At Summit's pricing it would've been $522 total with shipping. So I saved over $100 smackers.
So I have all my parts, or they're being shipped, and the motor can go together soon. That is after hot tanking, decking, and balancing. I might not have the assembly balanced if the bob weight of my pistons, pins, rings, bearings, cap screws and rods are fairly close to the neutral bob weight of 1825 +/- 2% from Eagle. Maybe balancing will be cheap enough if I give the machine shop the bob weight and they only have to balance the crank? We'll see...
Received my new pistons and crankshaft for the 383 build. I have to send the crank back though cause there's a scratch on the one of the rod journals from shipping. It's from one of the shipping staples poking up into the box. You would think it's from the box the luxury treatment. LOL, look at that box. Oh well...
Match set is always good.
Made in India, that's good too right? LOL...
This is exactly how I received it...great job UPS and FedEx!!!
It looked OK. There was a little rust on of of the bob weights, but then I found an unacceptable scratch...back it goes.
A plastic bag of this weight really shouldn't have tears in it like it does. Wouldn't you think?
The replacement 3.75" crank came in and it was in much better shape.
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