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Couple years back a friend purchased RHS Vortec heads bare. He had the valves, springs, and everything else needed so we took them to my machinist and he assembled them. We installed them and the car smokes like a steam train. I went back to the machinist and asked him what kind of seals did he use, he said he didn`t install any seals on the exhaust valves so needless to say this is why it smokes like crazy. He said he didn`t install them as he thought they were race only heads and they didn`t need them, I thought they needed them regardless of how there being used. It smokes from the very second it`s fired up and doesn`t let up, the heads we had on it prior didn`t smoke at all.
The car has been sitting a while now and were going to install some exhaust valve seals before firing it back up. I`m wanting to know what`s the best type of seals to use? This car sees street use and some strip use.
When I bought my Brodix Race Rite heads,it was the same as your buddy's,no exhaust valve seals.And apparently,thats the way they are put together for race useage,as a way to insure the exhaust guides get lots of oil.I installed new Viton seals on mine,I didnt want a "Smoker" for my mostly street car.From what I found out,it seemed like the Viton type were the best way to go.It was fairly easy at the time,the heads werent installed,and I pulled them apart for a thorough cleaning and checked installed heights,open pressure and installed a set of locators in place of the thin shims that came with them.Something like these;
Usually the exhaust doesn't need much in the way of a seal. This is because the exhaust side sees pressure in the port most of the time which tends to blow oil out of the guide to stem clearance space. Compare that with the intake side where the port is under vacuum from a greater (idle/coast) to a lesser (WOT) extent, this tends to pull oil in the guide to stem clearance.
Either of these conditions are also affected by internal engine pressure, that's to say an engine with blow-by will be internally pressurized and this will tend to push oil down the guide/stem clearance. So piston seal can be a contributor to oil consumption down the guides. I bring this up for diagnostic consideration that you will need to consider, since off the bat I don't trust your machinist given what he said and didn't do.
But let's get to basics first; that is valve guide to stem clearance. This needs to be know by you, there are tests for specific engines, they are fairly simple it's a case of measuring side to side movement of the valve when it's positioned in the guide with the stem exposed X number of inches. It typically isn't much movement. A failure to maintain proper clearance is a problem seals can't solve.
For seals there are two schools of thought. One is to reduce the amount of oil that gets on the stem. This uses umbrella seals or simply an O ring and metal shield on the upper part of the spring under the retainer. This system does not seal the stem as such but directs oil away so that it isn't present on the stem in quantities that cause smoking problems. The second way is to use a real seal such as the Perfect Circle, these are made of a hard plastic or rubber. They attach to a machined surface made on the outside of the guide and fit tightly about the stem.
Typically a competition engine uses hard seal on the intake and an umbrella on the exhaust. This is also suitable for a street engine although most OEMs tend to use umbrella or O rings on engines prior to the 1990s. Later models will usually use a positive seal as a method to reduce oil contamination of the catalytic converter.
Guides made of bronze alloys will run with a tighter clearance and less lubrication than older cast iron. But where RPMs are kept under 6000, cast iron is just fine running dryer.
A caution to look for, there is a guide restoration technique called knurling which leaves a spiral groove thru the guide. Guides treated thusly need to have positive seals as this groove will allow a lot of oil thru the guide.
Just a suggestion .... How is the intake sealing up to the heads ? If the heads were milled and the intake wasn`t it could be that it is pulling oil into the intake runners. Yes it will pull oil in without causing an engine miss because its not leaning the cylinders out as would a vacuum leak to the atmosphere. As Bogie said there is relatively no negative pressure (vacuum) on the exhaust side (except during valve overlap ) to pull any significant amount of oil into the cylinder.
Here is a quick check you can use . Back off all your rockers where the valves are all closed . Install your valve covers. Inject compressed air with a pressure regulator set at 3-5 PSI in the PCV hole and listen for leakage around the throttle bores in the carb. If you get some leakage there is an open runner that can pull oil in. This will also show up any external leak points around a rear main seal, valve cover etc.....
Hope this helps ,
Dan Hurst
Thanks for the replies. I see what your saying Bogie and it makes sense.
The heads weren`t milled. They are new castings out of the box when bolted on and don`t even have a 50 miles on them. I`m positive there aren`t any intake leaks as this was the first thing I suspected and did all the checks.
When the car is at idle or going down the road it`s boiling smoke.
Since the cylinder heads are the only thing we changed from the old heads which didn`t smoke it points towards something is amiss with the heads so I`ll have to check both the intake and exhaust seals as well as guide wear. If everything checks out okay then I`ll be completely lost as to where the oil is getting in at. The engine is also fresh built, it has a little over 1000 miles on it at the most. Thanks for the help guys.
In this day and age there seems to be plenty of machining errors to go around, it could be the the head or manifold are not meeting at the same angle, or the same alignment along a side or bottom of a port leaving a gap that draws oil out of the valley into the intake. This can be tested by introducing a propane flow into the valley area of the engine when idling, a leak would cause the engine RPMs to come up, but this is sooo dangerous to do as you're essentially making the engine into a cast iron grenade.
Your description of smoking heavily on idle or part throttle certainly points tp oil getting into the intake system. This could also be a faulty PCV or a situation where the oil separator on the rocker cover isn't doing its job.
One also can't discount the rings, an engine that wasn't sealing well with heads that weren't allowing much compression can suddenly start pulling a lot of oil, this doesn't sound like your case, but I'm not there, so I've got to dump what data comes to mind.
When I built my Vortec engine with close to the same specs, I mistakenly used the stock fel pro gaskets. Needless to say, it didn`t seal and it smoked but not bad. I pulled the carb and oil was everywhere in the plenum. So I replaced the gaskets again same result. It was then I learned use the gaskets edelbrock recommended. On my friends engine we used edelbrock gaskets the first round and after the smoking started we right away pulled the carb and found the plunum dry, no oil anywhere.
We did a compression check and got 190 psi so it seems to be sealing up good, however I don`t have a leak down tester. We also suspected the PCV and disconnected it entirely and that didn`t slow the smoking down any. It has little blow by so it doesn`t seem to be in the rings either. Unless these are just bum heads if the seals and guides don`t pan out I`ve tried everything else I know to try. My friend says if we can`t find anything wrong with the heads we`ll go ahead and pull it back out and check the rings and the bores out closely. I`ll go ahead and list the specs on this engine on the next post as to not make this one too long. Thanks again guys.
1998 880 Casting Vortec 350. (found in a junk yard in a pile of other engines)
Bored .030 over, honed to piston size specs. Decked .010. Honed for moly rings. Bores scrubbed to be sure no hone grit remained.
PM Rods. Factory windage tray.
Stock 350 cast crank.
Mr. Gasket head gaskets, .028 thickness.
Speed pro Hyper coated skirt 2 valve relief pistons. Mocked up to .016 in the hole. .044 Quench distance.
Speed pro moly rings.
Comp Cams hydraulic Roller cam. .215 duration @.050. .500 lift.
OEM Roller tappets. 1.6 ratio self aligning rocker arms.
Cloyes single roller "Vortec" timing chain set straight up.
RHS Vortec heads. 64cc fast burn chambers. 170cc runners. Manley Street master 1.94 intake 1.50 exhaust valves. Comp cams matching locks retainers and springs.
Edelbrock performer Vortec intake.
Hedman Headers.
HEI Ignition with pertronix internals. Spiral core plug wires.
TH350 tranny. B&M 2400 stall converter.
SMI Quadrajet.
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Smoke ?
Another possible maybe .... Does the car have a transmission with a vacuum modulator ? If it took a good backfire and popped the diaphragm you could have a trans fluid injection system causing your smoke. Pull the hose off the modulator and see if fluid runs out.
Dan Hurst
Yep Dan, I checked that as well. Soon we plan to yank the valve covers and pop some springs to investigate the seals and guides, I`ll let you know what we find out.
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A beloved nature writer and environmental voice, Williams writes emotionally and even erotically of her relationship with the red-rock landscape surrounding her home outside Moab, closely analyzing the wildlife, human characters, and Anasazi petroglyphs of this magical, arid region. --Shawn Carkonen
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - UNLV sophomore Ace Matias has earned Mountain West Men's Tennis Player of the Week, while Nevada senior Emma Verberne has been named the MW Women's Tennis Player of the Week for matches held April 3-9. It is the second-straight MW weekly award for Matias, and third of his career, while Verberne takes home her second MW weekly honor of the season.
Hailing from Rotterdam, Netherlands, Verberne was a combined 6-0 last week as she guided the Wolf Pack to three Conference victories. At No. 2 singles, Verberne shut down Simona Synkova of Wyoming, 6-4, 6-4. She and Michelle Okhremchuk teamed up at No. 1 doubles to defeat Synkova and Veronica Popovici, 8-4, as the Wolf Pack defeated the Cowgirls 4-3. In Nevada's 6-1 win against Air Force, Verberne toppled Tiffany Tran in the No. 2 singles position, 6-0, 6-1, while she and Okhremchuk beat Hannah Dake and Melissa Cecil at No. 1 doubles, 8-2. Verberne closed out the week with a pair of victories in her team's 6-1 win over Colorado State. She won in straight sets at the No. 2 slot versus the Rams' Natalie Heffron, 6-2, 6-2, and claimed the No. 1 doubles victory with Okhremchuk against Heffron and Adriana Wojakowska, 8-2. Verberne has won 12 consecutive matches and has not lost a set since Feb. 8.
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^ This is what I should have mentioned in my post; previous EU games would be a bit of a stretch. Although there are plenty of choices and consequences in EU, it's not quite as "personal" as a "role-playing" experience, such as the managing of a dynasty in CK.
I'm quite looking forward to EU4. I feel that the combination of EU's scope with CK's more personal approach is going to lead to quite a fantastic experience. I just wonder if this merging of gameplay will spell the end of CK. After all, if both series become too similar, there wouldn't be much point in carrying on with both. As a bigger fan of CK than EU, I hope they can both continue to co-exist.
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Apart from a puppy gambolling across your tufted rug or the glint of a new relationship shivering off the walls, the only thing that can turn a cramped and dirty one-bedroom flat into something verging on magical is an expensive scented candle. The best ones fill a room with the loving glow of an on-screen family and the gorgeous perfume of a posh hotel before a fond one-night stand. I love the black Acqua di Parma candle (£67, harveynichols.com) for the smell, and the Fornasetti Profumi per la Casa candle (£95, selfridges.com) for the absolute art of it.
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Speed Limit Bill is "the Best We Can Do," Says Councilman
Efforts to lower New York City's speed limit to 20 miles per hour run up against Albany's rule, says New York City Council member David Greenfield. Now, his bill would mandate a 25 mile per hour limit on some streets. He says that's not what he wanted, but adds it's part of a larger plan to get the state to give the city more authority to control its own roads.
Greenfield said the altered bill is the result of an "inability to pass 20 mile per hour legislation, based on our understanding of state law."
Now, Intro 535 would lower the speed limit to 25 mph on all one-lane, one-way streets, as well as require the city's Department of Transportation to add seven more so-called "Slow Zones" a year.
The state's control of the city's speed limit chafes many local legislators and is the subject of some confusion among advocates. (See @transportnation's recent twitter feed for more.)
"New York State micromanages New York City's traffic regulations," Greenfield said. "As a result, despite the fact that we would like to lower it to 20 miles per hour, we don't have the ability to do that."
But what about the part of state law that says the city can lower the speed limit near school zones?
"I'm going to refer you to legal counsel," Greenfield said, "but having spoken to them about it...they don't believe that we have that. We've explored it and we didn't think we had the ability to do that."
Emails to the NYC Law Department were not immediately returned.
But Greenfield says the bill is part of a larger strategy to convince Albany that the city needs more home rule when it comes to roads. "Hopefully we can get the state to give us back the authority to regulate our own traffic regulations."
"We've worked on this again and again and again and again, and this seems to be the best we can do," he said.
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов (April 15 (April 3, Old Style), 1896 – September 25, 1986) was a Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1956, jointly with Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, "for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions".
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Nikolai Nikolaevic Semenov was born in Saratov on April 3, 1896. He graduated from Petrograd University in 1917 and in 1920 he took charge of the electron phenomena laboratory of the Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute. He lectured at the Polytechnical Institute and was appointed Professor in 1928. In 1931, he became Director of the Institute of Chemical Physics of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences (which has moved to Moscow in 1943); from 1944 he has been a Professor at the Moscow State University.
Semenov's outstanding work on the mechanism of chemical transformation includes an exhaustive analysis of the application of the chain theory to varied reactions and, more especially, to combustion processes. He proposed a theory of degenerate branching which led to a better understanding of the phenomena associated with the induction periods of oxidation processes. Semenov has made valuable contributions to the field of molecular physics; he has also carried out investigations on electron phenomena, dielectric breakdown and the propagation of explosive waves.
Semenov has written two important books concerned with his work. Chemical Kinetics and Chain Reactions was published in 1934 with an English edition in 1935. It was the first book in the U.S.S.R. to develop a detailed theory of unbranched and branched chain reactions in chemistry. Some Problems of Chemical Kinetics and Reactivity, first published in 1954, was revised in 1958; there are also English, American, German, and Chinese editions.
He became a Corresponding Member of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences in 1929 and Academician in 1932: he was awarded five Orders of Lenin and the Order of Red Banner of Labour. He is a member of the Chemical Society (London), Foreign Member of the Royal Society, and foreign member of the American, Indian, German, and Hungarian Academies of Sciences. He also holds Honorary Doctorate degrees of Oxford and Brussels Universities, and since 1960 he has been Chairman of the All-Union Society for Propagation of Political and Scientific Knowledge.
He married Natalya Nikolaevna Semenova; they have one son and one daughter.
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iPad Gets Wedged in Bumper As Woman Drives
We've probably all had something wedged in the front part of our cars, whether it be rocks, bugs and other debris. One time I had a relatively large bird fly right into the front bumper of my car. When I got home, it wasn't pleasant removing what was left of it from the front of my radiator. But what would you do if an iPad got wedged in your bumper?


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Monday, March 8, 2010
A Lake and Some Guacamole
But y'all, the lakehouse? It was beautiful. Beyond what we expected fo' shizzle (which means "for sure" for all your suburbanites and Canadians out there). We spent so much time talking (and NOT just about our kiddos and our ministry . . . which was refreshing and surprising and beautiful). We sat outside overlooking the water and read books and fished. I'll let you decide who did what. We prayed. We played games (most notably, I beat the tar out of Adam in poker). We ate lots of food. We chilled (er, warmed) in the hot tub. We watched The Office and Modern Family. We enjoyed the overwhelming quiet. And did I mention that it was sunny and semi-warm? So pretty much it was a perfect weekend.
For some reason I have no pictures of the ballin' lake house, or even the full view. However, here's some snapshots of our weekend for your viewing pleasure.
Adam making homemade guacamole. I have never loved him more.
And because I love my bloggy friends oh-so-much, I took a picture of the chips we used for said-guacamole. Because they may have been the best chips ever. I tend to go through chip-phases. First it was those Tostidos golden corn ones, which have since dropped off the face of the earth. Then there was the days of "hint of lime," followed quickly by "hint of jalapeno." Lately, I've been all about the Multigrain Tostidos (which are clearly extremely healthy because hello? multigrain.) But I may have been converted. I do believe we may have entered the era of the Southwestern On the Border chips. Hallelujah.
Adam can't help but climb on large machinery with giant blades. Seriously, it's a sickness I think. And then he forces me to take pictures. Which makes me feel exceedingly nervous. Have I mentioned I'm a rule-follower?
Yes, the owner of the lake house is Canadian. And so am I. Clearly, a match made in heaven.
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I'm so glad you guys had fun and that the house was awesome! Love the pictures! OH, and I take pictures too. I love looking at all of yours. : )ReplyDelete
Such a perfect weekend!!!! I loved seeing all the pics! And thank you for the valuable chip info....that is why I love you.ReplyDelete
Glad ya'll had fun! Happy Anniversary!!!
SO thankful you were able to get away and sow time into your FIRST ministry! Praise God!ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary :)
It looks a beautiful get away... & forget the Bahama's when you can wisk away & have your husband make guacamole? Oh man.. that trumps EVERYTHING! :)ReplyDelete
looks like a lovely weekend - everyone needs a break and time to get away and be refreshed!ReplyDelete
Because I am nothing if not helpful, I find the Santitas to be a delightful chip. They hold the guac very well.ReplyDelete
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Oooh, how awesome!! That hammock says it all!! Peace and Quiet! So glad you guys got to get away and recharge!! With guacamole, no less : )ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! I am so glad ya'll were able to step away and enjoy each other for a moment....ReplyDelete
Lately I've really been struggling with the concept of wealth and with my understanding of what God calls us to, and stories like this one, stories of people sharing their wealth and belongings to bless and refresh those in ministry, remind me that God grants wealth for the use of his kingdom.... What a blessing to be able to share!
BEAUTIFUL pictures, Becca!! (This is Court, under our other profile.)ReplyDelete
Jealous! Your anniversary sounds like such a great time. Beats going out to dinner and drinking way more than you should, only to wake up with one doozy of a hangover the next day (not that that has ever happened to me...ahem!)ReplyDelete
Wish I lived closer so I could sample some of your hubby's guacamole. I LOVE me some guac!!
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As i was looking to the hi res pics that i took at the Star Wars exhibition... i noticed this while looking at this pic.... :eek :eek
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SAN FRANCISCO -- If you had suggested before the start of the Division Series that Vinny Castilla, Javy Lopez, and Keith Lockhart would knock in more runs in the first three games than the heart of the Braves lineup -- Gary Sheffield, Chipper Jones, and Andruw Jones -- you might have been fitted for a strait jacket.
Yet, as the Braves headed into Game 4 Sunday night, that's exactly where the offense stood, with Castilla & Co. leading Sheffield & the Jones boys 10-5 in RBI and 4-1 in home runs.
"Guys up and down the lineup are doing something," Lockhart said. "I don't know why it's like that in the postseason, but you see it on different teams. Guys you don't expect step up and do something."
Said hitting coach Terry Pendleton: "Maybe the excitement of the playoffs gives them that little extra boost. I just hopes it continues."
Sheffield has been noticeably absent from the offense, hitting .100 (1 for 10) in the first three games, while the Jones boys were a collective 6 for 20 (.300). In the first three games, the Giants chose to work around the trio, issuing 10 walks, and forcing the bottom half of the lineup to produce.
"If (the Giants) don't want to throw us strikes, Vinny, Javy, and Keith have made them pay," Chipper Jones said. "We have a pretty good offense when it's firing on all cylinders. But for most of the season, it wasn't firing on all cylinders."
Sheffield has been guilty of chasing pitches out of the strike zone. While he'd struck out just once, he had hit more weak pop ups and grounders than he had in the last three weeks.
"It's one thing if I don't feel good at the plate, but I do," Sheffield said. "I don't have to change anything. As long as I'm swinging at strikes, I'm all right."
M. Franco rides pine
Matt Franco remained on the bench for a fourth straight game Sunday as manager Bobby Cox stuck with first baseman Julio Franco.
"Julio is swinging great," Cox said.
Cox also acknowledged that Matt Franco's history against Giants Game 3 starter Jason Schmidt and Game 4 starter Livan Hernandez was a factor in his decision. Franco is 0 for 6 in his career against both pitchers with three strikeouts. Julio Franco isn't significantly better, a collective 2 for 11 with two RBI against the Giants duo.
Millwood resting
The Braves sent pitcher Kevin Millwood back to Atlanta Sunday morning to rest for a possible Game 5 start tonight at Turner Field.
"We thought that would be the smartest thing to do," Cox said. "There's not much time between landing if there is a game tomorrow and pitching, so we wanted to make sure he got at least a decent night's sleep."
Cox acknowledged that he pulled Millwood from last Thursday's Game 2 after six innings, he had Game 5 in mind. The Braves were leading 7-2 when Millwood was lifted, and won 7-3.
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The Artes Mundi prize results in one of the finest exhibitions in the art world calendar and the Artes Mundi shortlist 2012 was announced in early 2012, leading up to the 5th installation at the Welsh National Museum of Art in Cardiff later in the year. Bringing together some of the world's best contemporary artists, the prize is worth a massive £40,000 to the winner and the results have been worth every penny based on the sheer blinding quality of previous exhibitions, shortlisted artists and winners.
The shortlist for the fifth Artes Mundi Prize was announced on the 26th January 2012 by Ben Borthwick, Artes Mundi's Chief Executive and Artistic Director. The seven artists picked for the Artes Mundi shortlist 2012, are discussed in more detail below. The prize was sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch as part of its Arts and Culture Programme, and publicly funded by the Arts Council of Wales and Cardiff Council.
Artes Mundi 5, 2012 shortlisted artists:
- Miriam Bäckström (Sweden) – Miriam's tapestry, Smile as if we have already won, was a big feature of the Artes Mundi 2012 exhibition with it's 3m high and 12m wide double-sided view hanging depicting figures in a room made entirely of mirrors to interlace the concepts of memory with media.
- Tania Bruguera (Cuba) – Tania's rebellion against the constraints of gallery space meant that her installation, social intervention and performance art were displayed in the open spaces of the Museum itself and in the city beyond, which included a poster campaign for her Immigrant Respect Campaign.
- Phil Collins (England) – Luckily not the singer, Phil explores the nature of humanity in performances captured in film and photography for Artes Mundi 5.
- Sheela Gowda (India) – Exploring social issues that envelope India through a mix of media including painting and installation.
- Winner: Teresa Margolles (Mexico) – Teresa's work centres for her entry to Artes Mundi 5 centres around the social difficulties in Northern Mexican territories where drugs and organised crime have spawned little but violence, bloodshed and murder.
- Darius Mikšys (Lithuania) – Mikšys' work for the exhibition centres around the formation of art through conceptual pieces that challenge our understanding of it and its origins.
- Apolonija Šušteršič (Slovenia) – The socio-political, economic and environmental issues surrounding modern regeneration projects take centre stage in Apolonija Šušteršič's video work for the 2012 Artes Mundi exhibition.
Their submitted work went on to be brought together for the Artes Mundi exhibition at Wales's National Museum of Art from the 6th October 2012 and earned them £4,000 for their contribution. Running for 14 weeks, the exhibition celebrated the amazing creativity and artistic voice of the contemporary artists shortlisted.
The exhibition was also marked with the announcement of the prize winner half-way through the exhibition in November 2012. Theresa Margolles went on to win the prize for her mix of sculpture and performance installations as she probed her forensic scalpel under the skin of the economy of death.
You can read more about the previous event at our Artes Mundi 4 review page, but you can also find out about the next exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff with our details on Artes Mundi 2014.


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Greyhound Gap's Autumn Show - 2nd October 2016
Greyhound Gap's Autumn Show - 2nd October 2016
Each year we hold two Fun All Breed Fun Dog Shows at the Walsall Arboretum Annex. The shows are wonderfully well-attended and provide us with an opportunity to get together with our brilliant supporters, adopters, volunteers and the wider dog-loving community while raising money for Greyhound Gap. Your Gap and non-Gap dogs of all breeds are more than welcome - they are the stars of the show!
The show opens at 11am and runs until approximately 4.30pm and entry is free. The show classes commence at 12pm and will be as follows:
Most Handsome Dog
Prettiest Bitch
Best Black Dog
Best Smooth Coat
Best Rough Coat
Best Gap Rescue
Best Non Gap Rescue
Best Puppy (under 18 months)
Best Senior (8 years and over)
Best Brace/Group –
Dog the Judge Would Most Like to Take Home
Open Class (any dog that hasn't won a rosette)
Best in Show
Entry to the classes is £1 per dog per class, to be paid on the day. The winning dog receives a trophy, dogs placed first to third receive a goody bag and dogs placed first to fifth receive a rosette. In the 'Open Class' ALL dogs entered receive a rosette. We invite all winners of classes to stay for Best in Show. The winner of Best in Show and the Reserve Best in Show both receive additional trophies, prizes, goody bags and rosettes.
In order to cover the costs of the show classes we invite sponsorship, if you are interested in sponsoring a class details may be found here.
In addition to the show classes, there will be a variety of stalls at the show including catering, merchandise and other rescues as well as the 'Fastest Recall' competition that will run throughout the day. There is always a fabulous raffle to raise further funds for Gap. Donations to the raffle are very welcome and should be taken to the registration stall - tickets for the raffle can be purchased throughout the day at the registration stall.
We are always in need of volunteers to ensure the smooth running of the show. If you would like to spend some or all of the day assisting please see the volunteers thread here.
The show is very accessible to all with parking at the side of the show area and also at the Arboretum car park, where the toilets are also located (including disabled toilets).
Details of how to get to the show can be found here.
We ask that all dogs attending the show are kept on lead and are under control at all times. We also ask that everyone bears in mind particularly that this is an ALL BREED show and that your dog is muzzled if necessary. We hope that you will have a wonderful day and whether you are a regular attendee at our shows or are coming for the first time we look forward to seeing you and your dogs there!


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Shamel Shiloh delivers extraordinary biblical truths while at the same time maintaining a heavy street sense. The word Shamel represents the sun. The word Shiloh represents the son. Together, it means to shine for Christ. His realistic verbal communication cuts deep to the core. Shamel Shiloh, based in Northern Virginia/Washington DC metro area (DMV), is an artist who communicates the gospel message through hip hop music. He travels around the country including places such as New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, Washington DC, North Carolina, and Florida just to name a few. In addition, he is involved with mission trips and performance opportunities in the Dominican Republic.
Shamel Shiloh's independent debut album "He is Alive" was released in January 2008 and debut at #200 on the Amazon Rap MP3 Charts and quickly skyrocketed to #3. "He is Alive" was nominated as the Best Rap Album and Shamel Shiloh was nominated as Best Male Rapper by the Velocity Magazine Awards. "He is Alive" productions are by various producers such as Selrahc, Rocksoul's Lee Jerkins, (cousin of Darkchild's Rodney Jerkins) Lee has produced hits for his wife Michelle Bonilla, Out of Eden and Ki Ki Sheard to name a few, also produced by Cross Movement Record's Mac the Doulos from Everyday Process, and Tony Stone who has produced for Christian Hip Hop heavy hitters such as Lecrae, Flame, R-Swift and many others.
Shamel Shiloh – "4 Ever"
Shamel Shiloh is an American Christian hip hop artist signed to Holihs Music, the record label that he founded. Shamel Shiloh released "He is Alive" in 2008, and collaborated with Sean Israel and MattyB in 2009 to form the rap group District Connection. District Connection released a full length album entitled Monumental.
On September 27, 2010 – Holy Hip Hop Awards announced that they united with the Gospel Music Association (GMA)/Dove Awards.
On April 20, 2011 at the fabulous Fox Theatre located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia Shamel Shiloh received the 2011 Holy Hip Hop Honoree Award.
On June 19, 2012 Shamel Shiloh released the hit single "4 Ever" which is being played on stations around the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.
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Anyone ever heard of these?
Great way to spend be bucks on ammo...pretty effective though...I like to see the IWB holster for that weapon...:blink:
Whoa, I'd think that ones best for OC,...haha.
Man,I'd love a drum mag like that, keep it for bedside,so when the zombies attack I've got along way to go before needing a reload
Supposed to be very popular in Rio- the Glock 18 that is, I don't know if they have access to the drums.:wink:
I found the G18 to be neat, but pointless. Add on the drum mag, I'd rather just have a carbine.
My Dept. used to have them for entry weapons, but eventually got rid of them and went to all mp5's and AR's. The G18's required an enormous amount of training, and the overall advantage gained using them was negligible.
A 200 rnd drum in a semi would seriously make you trigger finger tired.
Never seen that vid before. Couldn't afford to shoot it. It would take me three days and lots of aspirin for thumb pain just to load it up.
Ah, but that mag would be perfect for the G17 version of the Kel-Tec Sub2000. :king:
Its a Beta C mag- the only one made for 9mm is for an MP5 -so this one was modified??


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Man loses wedding ring at garbage dump
DIVIDE, Colo. - Imagine losing your wedding ring at the garbage dump. It happened to a man in Divide, Colorado while throwing out his trash.
It was like finding a needle in a haystack, but a day later an employee recovered the ring. Elric Winterer didn't think he would see the wedding ring his wife made for him ever again. It was lost in a sea of trash.
"The first bag I grabbed and picked it up and went to fling it out, and when I did my ring came flying off my finger," said Winterer.
Fortunately, it was found one day later.
"Right when I was getting ready to close up (shop), something just kept catching my eye to this one area and I walked over there, kept seeing the top of this ring. Just a silver ring coming out of the dirt pile," said Waste Management worker Robbie Vallejos.
Believe it or not, this isn't the first time Winterer has lost his wedding band. He said the last time it went missing he found it in a box of ice cream treats in the freezer.


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by Noelle Hanrahan and Stephen Vittoria
The U.S. Senate used hatred of Mumia Abu Jamal to defeat Debo Adegbile's nomination as chief of civil rights at the U.S. Justice Department. "U.S. Senators and political pundits regurgitate blatant lies that seek to demonize Abu-Jamal because they face zero accountability regarding their use of the purported 'facts.'" When it comes to Abu Jamal, they are free to lie at will.
Behind the Flash Mob Attack on Obama's DOJ Attorney General Nominee Debo Adegbile
by Noelle Hanrahan and Stephen Vittoria
"Clearly this isn't about the right to counsel. It's about race and it's about class."
Mark Twain once wrote that, "There are lies. There are damned lies. And then there are statistics." With apologies to Mr. Clemens but when it comes to Mumia Abu-Jamal "There are lies. There are damned lies. And then there's the State of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia" – the so-called City of Brotherly Love. It's a metropolis the march of history documents as one of the most ruthlessly racist cities in America – and never has that been more apparent than during the current disingenuous backlash on the Debo Adegbile nomination process. It's been nothing less than a "flash mob" attack on a distinguished attorney and the man he defended.
When Adegbile headed the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund and was part of Abu-Jamal's legal team, we believe the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was still in force – it reads:
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense."
No story. No controversy. Nothing. An attorney defended his client. But the great lovers of America somersault into your living rooms ranting about how diabolical and abhorrent this lawyer truly is as they charge him with the unspeakable act of defending his client. Clearly this isn't about the right to counsel. It's about race and it's about class. Remember, law is politics by other means.
Here's the story that lies behind the Adegbile partisan fight on the Senate floor and his subsequent defeat. If you want to understand why the reactionary wing of America's one-party system is using Adegbile's association with journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal as a flashpoint in their attempt to block his nomination, take a long hard look at the trajectory of Abu-Jamal's life. This examination will reveal a mountain of substantiation regarding his life as a vibrant journalist as well as a black revolutionary targeted by the Philadelphia Police Department as well as the FBI's COINTELPRO program – a truth that has been conveniently disregarded by the right-wing echo chamber and the American media. But that's nothing new. The narrative embroidered by those hell-bent on perpetuating America's white supremacist power base has been one chock-full of lies and race-charged innuendo.
The ruckus over the United States Senate's cloture vote on Adegible's nomination began in the wake of his clearing the Judiciary Committee. According to an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal, Adegbile's representation of Mumia Abu-Jamal was reason enough to derail his confirmation. The Fraternal Order of Police, Fox News (aka the Cartoon Network), and bipartisan derision from Pennsylvania politicians like Republican Senator Pat Toomey and Democrat Bob Casey fueled this manufactured drama.
"Albert Sabo, the original trial judge, boasted in chambers to another judge, 'I'm going to help them fry the nigger.'"
It is a drama where U.S. Senators and political pundits regurgitate blatant lies that seek to demonize Abu-Jamal because they face zero accountability regarding their use of the purported "facts." Try this one on for size: in another Op-Ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Toomey writes (or whoever writes his public statements), "And when Danny Faulkner's blood-stained shirt was displayed at trial, the jury saw Abu-Jamal turn in his chair and smirk at Faulkner's young widow." Horrible, right? Except it never happened. Court records prove that the day Faulkner's "blood-stained shirt" was introduced in the courtroom, Abu-Jamal wasn't there – yet this story has been repeated time and time again. You tell a lie long enough and it becomes the truth.
Here's another fact: When court reporter Terry Maurer-Carter came forward and swore in an affidavit that Albert Sabo, the original trial judge, boasted in chambers to another judge, "I'm going to help them fry the nigger," Philadelphia Common Pleas court judge Pamela Dembe ruled it "irrelevant," and that Sabo's statement was not an indication that the case was racially biased. As Bob Dylan wrote years ago: "Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game."
The media and congressional pundits deplore that Abu-Jamal's death sentence was overturned and that he was removed from death row. They repeatedly attribute this result to the advocacy lawyers who they claim put forward a fabricated tale of racial bias. Come now, really? Racial bias in the U.S. Criminal Justice system? Racial bias in Philadelphia? Philadelphia? – the city where the Liberty Bell rests on the dirt that covers George Washington's slave quarters? "Philadelphia has a veneer of liberalism and this whole Quaker mystique," says long-time journalist Linn Washington. "The reality is it's been this ruthlessly racist city from its inception." Frederick Douglass agrees: "There is not perhaps anywhere to be found a city in which prejudice against color is more rampant than in Philadelphia." In 1899, the great W.E.B. Du Bois reached the same conclusion in his classic work "The Philadelphia Negro" – the first sociological study of black people in America. Add in the corrupt shenanigans of Frank Lazarro Rizzo along with the city-state-and FBI domestic bombing of the MOVE home in 1985 (11 Americans murdered including 5 children) and it's easy to see why race matters in Philadelphia.
The media and congressional pundits also conveniently ignore that Abu-Jamal's death sentence was overturned by an American court: the U.S. Third Circuit and that decision was upheld by the United States Supreme Court – hardly a bastion of radical enlightenment.
"Abu-Jamal is dangerous to the status quo because his work directly challenges the false but convenient "we have realized the dream narrative" that everyone from Time Magazine to Obama is promulgating."
But why is Abu-Jamal relevant at all? Why are those on the screaming right so concerned if he lives or dies? Why is the vast majority of those on the left so silent regarding justice for Abu-Jamal? What does he represent that threatens them so deeply? What the hell are they so afraid of? The venerable Dick Gregory summed it up this way: "One day we will find out that he was the voice of America – the voice of America is a fraud." There's also something deeper at work here, something that would reveal yet another miscarriage of justice. By shining a bright light on the fraudulent arrest, prosecution, conviction, and death sentence of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the U.S. justice system will once again be exposed as the class and race driven scheme that it is now… and always has been. And let's not forget how many in the Philadelphia establishment made their careers on Abu-Jamal's case.
Plain and simple, Mumia Abu-Jamal is an internationally acclaimed public intellectual who writes in the tradition of Franz Fanon and Howard Zinn. The fact that he's accomplished what he has from a Pennsylvania prison cell over the last 33 years (30 of which were spent in solitary confinement on death row) is nothing short of remarkable. The one-time journalist for National Public Radio and "All Things Considered" has written seven books from death row as well as 3,000 radio commentaries. His weekly worldwide broadcasts and bestselling books have been translated into nine languages.
The late Nelson Mandela, along with the European Parliament, Maya Angelou, E.L. Doctorow, Amnesty International, Alice Walker, Cornel West, and many others have called his trial a miscarriage of justice while at the same time celebrating his incisive writing. Abu-Jamal is also dangerous to the status quo because his work directly challenges the false but convenient "we have realized the dream narrative" that everyone from Time Magazine to Obama is promulgating as the country embraces the safe "I have a dream" Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and not the revolutionary "greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: my own government" Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The United States government, along with their lapdogs in the press, has consciously and deliberately attempted to suppress the hopes and dreams of many Americans; for African Americans the road has been harsher, bloodier, and more brutal. Whether it's comfortable or not to admit, the "dream" was assassinated by a host of culprits. But Mumia Abu-Jamal has survived. To those who aren't afraid of the truth, the continued demonization and incarceration of Mumia Abu-Jamal remains just another stain on the unfortunate canvas of America.
Noelle Hanrahan is the Director of Prison Radio and producer of the 2013 documentary "Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary." Stephen Vittoria is the writer, director, and producer of "Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary."


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Gator Baseball Drops to .500 on Season
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Redshirt junior right-hander Drasen Johnson (2-0) threw 6.1 scoreless innings and Illinois (6-4) scored twice in the third and three times in the eighth inning to notch a 5-1 victory over No. 23 Florida (6-6) on Sunday afternoon at McKethan Stadium. The Fighting Illini captured all four games they played this weekend in the double round-robin event against the Gators and FGCU.
Illinois mounted a two-out rally in the third inning and used a two-run single by redshirt junior Reid Roper (2-for-5) with the bases full to take a 2-0 lead. Freshman Ryne Roper (2-for-3) had led off with a base-hit up the middle off of freshman A.J. Puk (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) (1-1) and advanced to second on a balk with one down. After junior Michael Hurwitz was plunked with two out, junior David Kerian drew a walk to load the bases. Reid Roper stroked a single through the left side of the infield that gave the Illini two runs.
The Illini threatened again in the fourth by loading the bases with one down but were keep off the board by sophomore Eric Hanhold (Palm Harbor, Fla.). The right-hander relieved Puk (3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 3 K, 2 BB) with runners on the corners and hit redshirt freshman Zack Kolakowski to fill the bags but then had junior Will Krug fly out in foul territory and Hurwitz ground out to keep the Gators down by a pair of runs.
After freshman Ryan Larson (Orlando, Fla.) reached on a two-out throwing error in the fifth, sophomore Richie Martin (Brandon, Fla.) (2-for-5) extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a base-hit into right field. However, Johnson had junior Casey Turgeon (Palm Harbor, Fla.) fly out to right field to end the frame.
Although freshman Peter Alonso (Tampa, Fla.) (3-for-4) collected his third hit of the afternoon with a leadoff double in the sixth, the Gators were unable to score. A grounder by junior Taylor Gushue (Boca Raton, Fla.) pushed Alonso to third but he was cut down at the plate on a ground ball by junior Braden Mattson (San Antonio, Texas). Junior Zack Powers (Seffner, Fla.) followed with a base-hit into right field for runners on the corners before Johnson had junior Josh Tobias (Greensboro, N.C.) hit a comebacker to the mound that completed the frame.
Illinois extended its lead to 5-0 in the eighth with three runs on four hits. Sophomore Ryan Nagle (3-for-4) delivered an RBI single off of sophomore Danny Young (Boca Raton, Fla.) that plated Reid Roper, who had a leadoff double. With the bases loaded, Kolakowski smashed a hard single off freshman Shaun Anderson (Coral Springs, Fla.) that enabled Nagle to score and a fielder's choice by Krug brought home junior Casey Fletcher.
Martin delivered a sacrifice fly in the ninth to score freshman Buddy Reed (Finksburg, Md.) with UF's lone run. Sophomore Tyler Jay picked up his third save for Illinois by working the final 2.2 innings.
Postgame Quotes
Head coach Kevin O'Sullivan
On today's performance and this weekend overall:
"We have got to get better, it's as simple as that. It's obviously frustrating - you get runners on third (base) with less than two outs - you've got to drive them in. We didn't execute and we're not giving ourselves a chance."
"We're just in a rut right now. We're not scoring very many runs and every pitch is so important, it's taxing on your staff. The bottom line is we've got to stay positive, we've got to move this thing in the right direction and it's our job as coaches to get them going. We've got to make better adjustments; all they did was slow the ball down all weekend so their runners would get on base. It's not like we don't know; our approach is just not changing quickly enough during the course of a game. We just have to stay positive and make some adjustments."
Freshman first baseman Peter Alonso
On his batting performance today (3-4):
"I am just trying to put good swings on the ball and get on base to help my team win."
Junior right-hander Ryan Harris
On this afternoon's overall game:
"We have a lot of confidence in our offense. We are going to come back and we are going to hit. Pitching is pitching. You try to do your job and get the zero no matter what. We are going to come out Tuesday with some energy and play the game."
Series Between Gators & Illini
· Illinois now leads the all-time series, 3-1, and improved to 2-1 in Gainesville.
For Starters
· Lefty freshman A.J. Puk made his first career start on the mound for the Orange and Blue.
· Peter Alonso made back-to-back starts at first base for the first time in his career.
· It was junior Braden Mattson's second consecutive and fourth start in the year behind the plate for the Gators.
· Junior Taylor Gushue started as the designated hitter for the second game in a row and fourth time this season.
Sunday Highlights
· Freshman Peter Alonso extended his hitting streak to five games with a single though the right side in the opening stanza to give the Gators their first hit of the game.
· With a single to left center in the second, junior Josh Tobias has now gone back-to-back games with at least one hit.
· Alonso recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the season with a single to right field in the fourth, his second of the ballgame. He finished 3-for-4.
· Alonso also recorded his first career double, sending one down the right-field line in the sixth.
· Sophomore Richie Martin kept his hitting streak alive with a single to left center in the fifth.
· Going 2-for-5, Martin tallied his fifth multiple-hit game this season.
· The Gators played errorless baseball for the fifth time this season.
From the Mound
· In 3.1 innings of work, Puk notched three strikeouts, matching his career-high.
· Sophomore RHP Eric Hanhold made his sixth appearance this season, relieving Puk with one out in the fourth inning.
· Hanhold pitched a perfect fifth inning as he struck out three consecutive batters, matching his career-high in K.
· Freshman lefty Kirby Snead came in the sixth to force a fly ball for his sixth appearance this season. He was followed by junior RHP Ryan Harris for his fifth outing this year.
· Left-hander sophomore Danny Young came in for Harris in the eighth and made his team-leading seventh appearance of the season.
· Young was followed by freshmen RHP Shaun Anderson and Dane Dunning.
Up Next
Florida will travel to Pensacola for a Tuesday night meeting with Southern Miss (6-6). The contest will be carried in Gainesville on Cox Communications channel 259 or 1259 HD on Cox Sports at 7:30 p.m. with Nick Belmonte and Todd Kalas and can be heard on the Gator IMG Sports Network with Jeff Cardozo and Steve Russell.
Follow the Gators
Live stats for each game are available on GatorZone.com and fans can also receive updates of each game on @GatorZoneBB, the official Twitter account of the Gator baseball team.
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