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Hopkins is a city in the Twin Cities.
Until 1893, Hopkins was part of Minneapolis. That year, residents of Hopkins sent the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners a petition signed by 41 residents, asking that a separate village be formed. Following an election, the community was then incorporated as the village of West Minneapolis. In 1928 the village name was changed to Hopkins, and in 1948 Hopkins officially became a city.
Hopkins is a dynamic community of over 17,000 residents located just 13 minutes west of Minneapolis. Founded rich in tradition and growth, Hopkins offers the advantages and conveniences of a large City but yet the security of a small town.
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The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport is only fifteen miles from Hopkins.
By car
Highway 7 runs east-west through Hopkins and connects the city to Interstate 494 and Highway 100. Highway 7 also continues east into Minneapolis. Highway 169 runs north-south connecting the city to Interstate 694 and Interstate 394.
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Most people travel by car in Hopkins. Metro Transit serves the Hopkins area with bus service and the schedule can be found on the Metro Transit website [23]. Taxi service is also available by request, although it would be rather hard to hail a cab down from the street.
Hopkins has the unique distinction of being the trailhead for the Southwest Regional LRT Trail and the North Trail Corridor. It also contains 18 parks and recreational areas, a large percentage of its 4 square miles.
Hopkins has a concentration of hard-to-find specialty shops and family-owned restaurants. Most businesses are located along Mainstreet.
Hopkins has a good selection of unique restaurants, especially along Mainstreet. For travelers on a budget Hopkins is home to quiet a few different fast food restaurants.
There are not many places to stay inside the Hopkins city limits, however, there are plenty of places to stay in the bordering cities.
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Earlier today, I wondered what was up with Rihanna's somewhat washed out skin tone on the cover of British Vogue. Well, now the whole accompanying editorial is available online, and in addition to the creepy Photoshop work, it feels a little bit…incoherent? Thrown together? In half the pictures, she's this glamorous American starlet, and in half she's dressed like a French beat poet who has forgotten her pants. I mean, she looks good in all of these outfits, because she is Rihanna, but it's still not quite gelling for me. Check out the photos and see if you agree.
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This is the final part in a series of posts based on the content of the Query Optimizer Deep Dive presentations I have given over the last month or so at the Auckland SQL Users' Group and the SQL Saturday events in Wellington, New Zealand and Adelaide, Australia.
Links to other parts of this series: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Our test query produces an optimized physical execution plan that is quite different from the logical form of the query. The estimated cost of the execution plan shown below is 0.0295 units.
Since we know the database schema very well, we might wonder why the optimizer did not choose to use the unique nonclustered index on names in the product table to filter rows based on the LIKE predicate. We could use an index hint to force the name index to be used:
That's great, and no doubt the index seek is cheaper than the scan we had previously, but the optimizer has still chosen to use a merge join, and that means having both inputs sorted on Product ID. The result of the index seek is ordered by name (the index key) rather than Product ID, so a sort is required. It looks like the new sort adds a little more cost than the seek saves over the scan, because the estimated cost of the query plan with the index hint is 0.0316 units.
Naturally, these numbers are rather small since AdventureWorks is not a large database, but these differences can be important in real systems. Anyway, let's persist with the index seek idea; why is the optimizer so keen on a merge join, even though it involves an extra sort, and we don't have an ORDER BY Product ID clause on our query? Without a top-level ORDER BY, we are giving the optimizer the freedom to return results in any order that is convenient – perhaps we can do better by forcing the index seek and a hash join instead of a merge join?
Well the sort has gone, so the plan looks visually a little simpler, but the estimated cost has increased again, to 0.0348 units. Hash join has quite a high start-up cost (and it requires a memory workspace grant). We could try other things, but it certainly seems that the optimizer had it right to begin with in this case.
The manual exploration above shows that the optimizer does generally find a good plan quickly (and sometimes it may even find the best possible plan). The terms 'good' and 'best' here are measured in terms of the optimizer's own cost model. Whether one particular plan shape actually executes faster on a given system is another question. I might find, for example, that the first merge join plan runs fastest for me, whereas you might find the seek and sort runs fastest for you. We might both find that which is faster depends on whether the indexes and data needed are in memory or need to be retrieved from persistent storage. All these things aside, the important thing is that we are both likely to find that the optimizer's plans are pretty good most of the time.
There are three principal models used by the optimizer to provide a basis for its reasoning: cardinality estimation, logical relational equivalences, and physical operator costing. Good cardinality estimation (row count expectations at each node of the logical tree) is vital; if these numbers are wrong, all later decisions are suspect. Fortunately, it is relatively easy to check cardinality estimation by comparing actual and estimated row counts in query plans. There are some subtleties to be aware of – for example when interpreting the inner side of a nested loops join, at least in SSMS. If you use the free SQL Sentry Plan Explorer tool, many of these common misinterpretations are handled for you.
The model used in cardinality estimation is complex, and contains all sorts of hairy-looking formulas and calculations. Nevertheless, it is still a model, and as such will deviate from reality at least to some extent. I'll have more to say later on about what we can do to help ensure good cardinality estimates, but for now we will just note that the model has its roots in relational theory and statistical analysis.
Relational equivalences (such as A inner join B = B inner join A) are the basis for exploration rules in the cost-based optimizer. Not all possible relational transformations are included in the product (remember the goal of the optimizer is to find a good plan quickly, not to perform an exhaustive search of all possible plans). As a consequence, the SQL syntax you use will often affect the plan produced by the optimizer, even where different SQL syntaxes express the same logical requirement. Also, the skilled query tuner will often be able to do better than the optimizer, given enough time and perhaps a better insight to the data. The downside of such manual tuning is that it will usually require manual intervention again in the future as data volumes and distributions change.
Physical operator costing is very much the simplest of the three models, using formulas that have been shown to produce good physical plan selections for a wide range of queries on a wide range of hardware. The numbers used probably do not closely model your hardware or mine, but luckily that turns out not to be too important in most cases. No doubt the model will have to be updated over time as new hardware trends continue to emerge, and there is some evidence in SQL Server 2012 show plan output that things are heading in that direction.
All models make simplifying assumptions, and the cardinality estimation and costing models are no different. Some things are just too hard to model, and other things just haven't been incorporated into the model yet. Still other things could be modelled, but turn out not to add much value in practice and cost too much in terms of complexity or resource consumption. Some of the major simplifying assumptions that can affect real plan quality are:
There are three approaches to working with the optimizer:
All three are valid approaches in different circumstances, though the third option is probably the one to recommend as the best starting point. There is much more to helping the optimizer than just making sure statistics are up-to-date, however:
This is probably the biggest single item. The various models all assume that your database has a reasonably relational design, not necessarily 3NF or higher, but the closer your structures are to relational principles, the better. Cardinality estimation works best with simpler relational operations like joins, projects, selects, unions and group by. Avoid complex expressions and non-relational query features that force cardinality estimation to guess. Also remember that the cost-based optimizer's exploration rules are based on relational equivalences, so having a relational design and writing relational queries gives you the best chance of leveraging the hard work that has gone into those rules. Some features added in 2005 (e.g. ranking functions) operate on sequences rather than multi-sets (hence the Sequence Project physical operator); the original rules all work with multi-sets, and the seams between the two approaches often show though.
Use check constraints, foreign keys, unique constraints to provide the optimizer with information about your data. Simplification and exploration rules match patterns in the logical tree, and may also require certain properties to be set on the matched nodes. Constraints and keys provide some of the most powerful and fundamental logical properties – omitting these can prevent many of the optimizer's rules from successfully transforming to an efficient physical plan. If an integer column should only contain certain values, add a check constraint for it. If a foreign key relationship exists, enforce it. If a key exists, declare it. It is not always possible to predict the benefits of providing this type of optimizer information, but my own experience is that it is much greater than most people would ever expect.
Provide more than just default-sampled automatically-created statistics where appropriate (for example where distribution is unusual or correlations exist). Create indexes that will provide potentially useful access paths for a wide range of queries. If you have expressions on columns in your WHERE clause, consider adding a computed column that matches the expression exactly. The computed column does not have to be persisted or indexed to be useful; the system can auto-create statistics on the computed column, avoiding cardinality guessing.
Large, complex queries produce large, complex logical trees. Any errors tend to multiply (perhaps exponentially) as the size of the tree increases, the search space of possible plans expands greatly, and things just become much more difficult in general. Breaking a complex query into smaller, simpler, more relational, steps will generally get greater value out of the optimizer. A side benefit is that small intermediate results stored in a temporary table can have statistics created, which will also help in many cases. There will always be cases where a large complex query is required for ultimate performance, but very often the performance difference is relatively small and may not be worth the future maintenance costs as hand-tuned monolithic queries tend to be fragile.
User-defined functions (other than the in-line variety) may seem convenient, but they are almost completely opaque to the optimizer – it has to guess at the cardinality and distribution of rows produced. Newer features also tend to have much shallower support in the engine than longer-established features that have been around for multiple versions of the product. By all means use all the shiny new features, just be aware that combining them may produce plans of variable quality.
To summarize the flags used in this series (all assume 3604 is also active):
7352 : Final query tree 8605 : Converted tree 8606 : Input, simplified, join-collapsed, and normalized trees 8607 : Output tree 8608 : Initial memo 8615 : Final memo 8675 : Optimization stages and times
The above were used in the presentation because they all work from 2005 to 2012. There are a large number of other optimizer-related flags (some of which only work on 2012). Some are listed below for people that like this sort of thing:
2373 : Memory before and after deriving properties and rules (verbose) 7357 : Unique hash optimization used 8609 : Task and operation type counts 8619 : Apply rule with description 8620 : Add memo arguments to 8619 8621 : Rule with resulting tree
As usual, these are undocumented, and unsupported (including by me!) and purely for educational purposes. Use with care at your own risk.
I hope you have gained some insight and intuition for the workings of the query optimizer: logical trees, simplification, cardinality estimation, logical exploration and physical implementation. The geeky internals stuff is fun, of course, but I rather hope people came away from these sessions with a better understanding of how query text is transformed to an executable plan, and how relational designs and simpler queries can help the optimizer work well for you. Taking advantage of the optimizer frees up time for more productive things – new projects, tuning the odd interesting query, whatever it is you would rather be doing than fighting the same query-tuning battles over and over again.
There are some great resources out there to learn more about SQL Server. Make full use of them to continue to improve your technical skills and just as importantly, experiment with things to build your experience level. Take a deeper look at query plans and the properties they contain; there is a wealth of information there that sometimes requires a bit of thinking and research to understand, but the insights can be invaluable.
The original slides and demo code is again attached as a zip file below. Thanks for reading, all comments and feedback are very welcome.
Finally, I would like to thank Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) for introducing me to the QUERYTRACEON syntax all that time ago, and Fabiano Amorim (blog | twitter) for his email last year that kick-started the process of developing this presentation and blog series.
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I asked last year if you would be presenting at PASS as you should like a great speaker with your in-depth knowledge. Are you trying for this year?
Great series of posts, as always.
Thanks for sharing the presentation material with us.
P.S. I wonder why you didn't talk about the trace flags (9292, 9204) used to look at the interesting statistics considered by the QO during compilation / recompilation.
@Chris: Yes, almost certainly. I very much enjoyed giving these talks, even though I will never love the travel/cost side of things, that's for sure.
@Alejandro: The session already runs for 2.5 - 3 hours, so there was inevitably some stuff I couldn't cover. Also, there are more than a hundred trace flags that directly affect the optimizer, and I didn't want my talk to be just about the magic numbers!
No doubt that your session could go longer than 3 hours, so I understand well the inevitability of the cut.
Magic numbers?
Jajajaja, I like your humor.
Hi Paul, I loved the series and I'm honored that you remember me :-)
Your blog rocks, I'm your big fan since the first blog post.
Fabiano Amorim
Hi, Paul.
I just finished studying with the series, greate articles for me.
I'd like to say very thank you and I'm very pleased to read your posts.
Thank you again.
Jungsun Kim
Excellent article series. Very interesting advanced stuff.
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absolutely adore your magazine, sesame.
looking around the blog community because i'm new (been meaning to introduce myself!) and finding new friends and blogs -- would love to swap links and feature you!
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I love the tall lady with the hat at the chocolate counter, tres chic non?
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Warriors aim to move closer to playoff spot vs. Blazers
Only a major disaster down the stretch can keep the Golden State Warriors from capturing a playoff berth and they will try to move closer to that goal Saturday versus the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Warriors haven't made the playoffs since 2006-07 and are currently sixth in the Western Conference -- 1 1/2 games ahead of the Houston Rockets and four games clear of the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers.
Golden State continued its current five-game homestand with Wednesday's 105-98 loss to the Sacramento Kings and had won two straight and four of five games. David Lee posted his second straight 20-point, 10-rebound game (27th overall) and Steph Curry ended with 17 points and a season high-tying 12 assists in the setback.
The Warriors were coming off an impressive win over the Lakers and dropped to 24-11 at home. Sacramento had a 21-9 advantage in second chance points and held on for the win even though Golden State had a 68-38 difference in the paint. Still, Warriors coach Mark Jackson had issues.
"We talked about it (pre-game): We are not good enough to show up and (expect to) win ballgames," Jackson told NBA.com. "That's not who we are, and we will not be successful with that approach. If we gave the same energy and effort that we did against the Lakers (on Monday), we win this ballgame. We did not."
Jackson's unit will host New Orleans on Wednesday, then will visit Phoenix before returning home for three straight games. A win Saturday will give Golden State its first winning season since 2007-08 (48-34).
Portland is back on the road for two games and lost both of its home games on its last residency. The Blazers, who went 2-3 on a recent road trip, lost to Brooklyn on Wednesday and suffered a 105-95 setback to Utah Friday night.
Playing without star big man LaMarcus Aldridge (sprained right ankle), the Blazers were dominated in the second half to the tune of a 63-43 difference. Rookie Damian Lillard led the charge with 24 points, Nicolas Batum and J.J. Hickson both had 17 points and rookie Meyers Leonard and Wesley Matthews ended with 12 apiece in defeat, Portland's third straight and fifth in seven tries.
"They played well, we made some mistakes defensively and turned the ball over maybe five out of eight possessions," Lillard said of the playoff-hopeful Jazz. "They took advantage of it."
Utah scored 24 points off 16 Portland turnovers.
The Trail Blazers are 11-26 away from the Rose Garden and 3 1/2 games behind in the Western Conference postseason chase. They will also visit Utah before heading back home for five in a row.
Aldridge, meanwhile, is averaging 21.0 ppg this season and could make a return Saturday against the Warriors with the playoffs at stake.
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And with three weeks to go, former University of Colorado star Spencer Dinwiddie appears to be moving up the draft board.
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First up, hoopshype.com, from USA Today. This mock draft caught our eye because it has Dinwiddie joining former Buffs teammate Andre Roberson in Oklahoma City. The reason the writer thinks OKC might be interested in Dinwiddie with the No. 29 pick, "The Thunder have been known for enticing players to enter the draft by giving them a promise early on in the draft process. Dinwiddie's decision to leave school after suffering a season ending ACL injury is a little bit suspicious. ..." Feel familiar to anyone else?
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Washington, DC – Ray Allen scored 23 points and led the Miami Heat to a 103-98 win over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.
Although LeBron James (hamstring), Dwyane Wade (ankle) and Chris Bosh (knee) did not play, Miami was still able to hold its own and take the victory, its 62nd of the season, breaking the franchise's single-season record set by the 1996-97 team.
In addition, Miami also clinched at least a share of the best record in the NBA and homecourt advantage throughout the entire NBA Playoffs.
Rashard Lewis scored 17 points, Shane Battier added 15 points and Mike Miller had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Heat.
"Between the streak and now this, if we do our job it will be something nice to look back on," said Miller.
A.J. Price had a team-high 23 points off the bench for the Wizards, who were looking to win their 10th straight game at home for the first time since Dec. 13, 2006 - Jan 20, 2007. John Wall nearly recorded a triple-double with 17 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds in defeat.
"This is one you want to win with those guys not playing," Wall said referring to Miami's Big Three. "Give credit to them for doing what they had to do to win the game."
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The Wizards got within one, 87-86, with less than five minutes to play, but the Heat remained in control, outscoring the Wizards 16-12 through the rest of the period.
The first half was close, with neither team able to pull away. The Heat began the game on an 8-0 run, and led 25-22 after 12 minutes, but Miami was unable to build its lead higher than four for the remainder of the half.
With Washington trailing 46-45 with 1:08 to go in the second quarter, Nene made a layup and Martell Webster drilled one from beyond the arc with 2.9 seconds left to give the Wizards a 50-46 lead at halftime.
The Heat kept the game close in the third, but because they shot just 36.8 percent from the floor, they were unable to take the lead.
Game Notes
Allen scored 11 points in the fourth quarter ... Mario Chalmers had 13 points and eight assists for the Heat ... Miami's Chris Andersen made all eight of his free throw attempts ... Miami was 20-of-23 from the foul line ... The Heat recorded 11 turnovers in the first quarter and 25 for the game ... Miami has won four of their last five games against Washington at home ... The Heat win the season series 2-1.


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Modelling of a Differential Sensor in Eddy Current Non-destructive EvaluationA. Rosell[1], and G. Persson[2]
[1]Volvo Aero Corporation, Trollhättan, Sweden
[2]Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Interaction between the probe and a defect in eddy current non-destructive evaluation is studied. Evaluation of sensor signal response is the basis for the calculation. In this work a differential sensor is considered and the problem regarded here is problem 8 from the testing of electromagnetic analysis methods (TEAM) workshops.
The truncation, referring to the position of the outer boundaries of the finite element model, is evaluated in three dimensions (3D) by the use of an analysis in axial symmetry. The truncation can therefore be evaluated in an axisymmetric analysis which then can be used to assure a good result in 3D. The axisymmetric model is compared to an analytic model with good results.
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BracketRacket: Boeheim the film critic, R.L. Stine, pizza and a rare train trip for the Terps
Welcome back to BracketRacket, your one-stop shopping place for all things NCAA.
For our final Sweet 16 edition, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim chuckles at NFL film study, author R.L. Stine marvels at the NCAA tournament's knack for mass hypnosis, Pizza Hut plans a shockingly good deal at Wichita State, a rare travel plan for the Maryland women and the tournament's interference with educating tomorrow's leaders.
You know how those NFL coaches bury themselves in the film room? AP Sports Writer Joseph White reports from Washington that's just not Jim Boeheim's style.
"I'm not a big proponent of scouting, film work," the Syracuse coach said before facing fellow Big East member Marquette in a regional final. "I probably watch less film than anybody in the country. We know what we need to do. Everybody in this business knows what they need to do. It's a question of if you can execute it in the game."
That much was evident in the Orange's win against top-seeded Indiana on Thursday night. The Hoosiers just couldn't solve the Syracuse zone even though they knew what was coming.
"I always laugh at football coaches," Boeheim said. "They know every play, every position, every move that these other guys are going to make because they watch 36,000 hours of tape. Their players have no clue what they're talking about. ... I always say if the football player can do one-tenth of what those coaches know, they would be geniuses, because you can't.
"It's not what the coaches know or what you know, it's what the players know and how they execute, and sometimes it looks like we didn't coach 'em at all, you know, but we do. We do try. We do coach 'em."
Author R.L. Stine has spent two decades scaring children with his "Goosebumps" youth horror books. Stine, who went to Ohio State, is also fascinated with the way the NCAA tournament puts the nation in a trance every March.
"This is why the tournament is so brilliant, with all the brackets," Stine told AP Business Writer Christina Rexrode. "That's incredible mind control."
Stine — his latest work, "How I Met My Monster," is out this week — said he doesn't fill out a bracket and doesn't follow the sport much until the tournament arrives. But his wife, Jane, always does a bracket.
"She has very strange methods," Stine said. "Last year, she just picked schools that began with K, and she did great."
Evidently so, considering Kentucky beat Kansas to win the national title.
Wendy Thomas is the red-headed girl featured in the name and logo for Wendy's fast food restaurants. The daughter of founder Dave Thomas is keeping a close watch on this year's round of 16.
Wendy Thomas went to Florida, but cheers for Ohio State because she lives in Columbus, Ohio. She even told Rexrode that, while she wanted the Gators to beat tournament darling Florida Gulf Coast in Friday night's South Regional, she would've been OK had the game gone the other way.
"I love underdogs," she said. "Everybody deserves a chance."
As for her late father, well, he liked one of the blue bloods.
"There was a time there — I hate to say it — when he did cheer a lot for Duke," she said. "But I think he did it just to make me mad."
Three more wins by Wichita State, and it's time for an all-time college-student favorite: free pizza.
If the Shockers win the title, Pizza Hut officials have promised to feed the students in the original restaurant building on campus the Thursday after the final game.
The first Pizza Hut opened in 1958 in Wichita and the building was later moved to campus in 1986 for use by student groups. Spokesman Doug Terfehr said in an email Friday night that the chain will bring in a mobile kitchen to prepare and serve the pizzas, and open the restaurant building for students to sit and eat.
The chain would also offer a $9 pizza deal, matching the Shockers' NCAA seeding, for people who sign up online.
Any more last-second 3-pointers from Ohio State — which has won two straight in dramatic fashion to meet the Shockers in the regional final — and Wichita State students will be depressed AND hungry.
Over in the women's tournament, AP Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg reports, the Maryland women took a different route to get to Bridgeport, Conn., for Saturday's regional semifinal against Connecticut.
The Terrapins couldn't fly since Maryland is within 350 miles of the site, so they took the train.
"We felt like it would be a tremendous experience for a lot of our players," Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. "I asked them and over three-quarters of them had never taken the train. To give them that experience through basketball was a phenomenal opportunity and one we really enjoyed together."
The Terps were able to spread out and held study hall during the 4-hour trip.
"The train ride was very different," Terps senior Tianna Hawkins said. "I'm not really used to all the stops and people coming and going. When I was younger I traveled a lot, but we flew."
The Terrapins will bus back to Maryland. They had sent a bus to their hotel with their gear and luggage.
The Flint Journal reported this week that a Michigan school district recently had to block access to college basketball games over its computer network.
The reason? People watching tournament games online last week slowed the Genesee Intermediate School District network so much that it prevented students from viewing online material at school.
Perhaps not coincidentally, it happened the same day Michigan and Michigan State opened tournament play — though only Michigan State played during school hours.
Check out this quick hitter about a man determined not to interfere with fellow Kansas fans watching the Jayhawks in the NCAAs: http://yhoo.it/YIK3hy
Indiana is the latest top-ranked team from the preseason to fall short of the Final Four.
The Hoosiers' loss to Syracuse in the round of 16 marked the fourth straight year and ninth time in 15 years that the No. 1 in the AP preseason poll didn't make it to the tournament's final weekend, according to STATS.
Only three preseason No. 1s — Connecticut in 2004, Florida in 2007 and North Carolina in 2009 — have gone on to win the national championship since 1999.
"To lose a game this way, I know our guys are just crushed right now, and this will be a tough one to get over for a long time." — Kansas coach Bill Self after Friday night's overtime loss to Michigan.
Midwest Region
Louisville 77, Oregon 69
Duke 71, Michigan State 61
South Region
Michigan 87, Kansas 85, OT
Florida 62, Florida Gulf Coast 50
East Region
At Washington
Marquette (26-8) vs. Syracuse (29-9), 4:30 p.m.
West Region
At Los Angeles
Ohio State (29-7) vs. Wichita State (29-8), 7 p.m.


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Consider a series of punches (junzuki). We are standing in a left shizen danchi with our left hand extended. We are going to step forward and punch with our right. This is like the 8th movement of Fukyugata Ichi.
OK. So in a left shizen dachi, where is our tanden? It is facing about 45 degrees to the right, as are our shoulders. This is a hanmi position. When we complete our right punch, we will be reversed -- our tanden will be facing about 45 degrees to the left, as will be our shoulders.
So, our tanden and shoulders will go from one 45 degree angle to another. Right?
It is not that simple.
As we begin to punch, we will osae (press) with our left hand. This is to occupy the center and prevent the attacker from entering while we punch. As we osae, the alignment of our tanden and shoulders will change -- we will turn to the right until we are almost sideways.
At this time, our shoulders will become aligned -- the right shoulder will be behind the left. In fact, many of our joints will be aligned -- our left hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder, as well as our right shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand. Our hips will also be aligned, as will be the joints of our legs.
It is almost as if we are holding a spear with our left hand forward. Just as you would thrust a spear in a straight line, so too would you align your joints to execute a straight punch.
Joint alignment is one of the most important aspects of body dynamics.
Getting back to the punch sequence, when we move from a left punch to a right punch, our shoulders do not simply move from one 45 degree angle to another (90 degress in total), they actually first recede to a 90 degree angle, and then move forward to the next 45 degree angle (135 degrees in total).
It is during the extra initial 45 degree angle (from the 90 degree angle back to the original 45 degree angle), that the koshi is used to generate and initiate power. Without the extra initial 45 degree angle, it is very difficult to fire the koshi. And again, the extra initial 45 degree angle (done during the osae), allows us to align our joints -- to get our power in a line.
Of course, actual angles vary and are not exact. My own hanmi is actually a little greater than 45 degrees. Some people might prefer a smaller angle.
Charles C. Goodin
Hanmi -- Joint Alignment
Consider a series of punches (junzuki). We are standing in a left shizen danchi with our left hand extended. We are going to step forward and punch with our right. This is like the 8th movement of Fukyugata Ichi.
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- These articles were first published many year's ago and whilst some are as relevant today as they were when new, many are now mostly of historical interest as modern research and coaching methods have superseded them.
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No leg strength - no speed.
Frank Horwill
THE key factor in distance running success is weight relative to Weight. The ideal weight is twice the height in inches converted to pounds, give or take 5 pounds either way. Thus, a 6-foot tall man, that is, 72 inches, should weigh 72 x 2 pounds = 144 pounds. Women should weigh slightly less.
Dr George Sheehan
Losing weight is a simple matter. Draw up a list of high saturated fat foods and ban them from your diet. The ten worst high fat foods are: beefburger, roast pork, bologna, frankfurters, roast beef, bacon, T-bone steak, pork sausage, cheddar cheese and cream cheese. The five worst high saturated fat oils are: Palm, palm kernel, coconut, peanut and cottonseed.
Frank Horwill
The fat burning zone in your running is very close to your lactate threshold running zone. That's around 90 per cent of your maximum heart rate, or 10 seconds per mile slower than per mile in your best 10km time.
Owen Anderson
Iron on its own is practically useless. It requires vitamin C, vitamin B6, folic acid, zinc, vitamin B12 and vitamin E.
Dr.Michael Colgan
Author's note - iron capsules which contain all these ingredients are to be found in QUEST synergistic iron tablets from health food shops.
Many marathoners stuff themselves with any sort of carbohydrates for 48 hours before a marathon. However, high glycemic carbs are practically useless for storing glycogen. All runners should eat low glycemic carbs such as: fructose, soyabeans, kidney beans, lentils, sweet potatoes, apples, oranges, whole wheat spaghetti, oats, brown rice, buckwheat pancakes, whole wheat bread, pears, chocolate milk, chick peas and skimmed milk. High glycemic carbs taken within 30 minutes of concluding training or racing, makes sense.
Frank Horwill
A good way of calculating your carb requirements is to multiply your weight in pounds by four and convert it to grammes. If you weigh 100 pounds it will be 400 grammes of carbs.
Owen Anderson
There are certain things that runners should never utter. One such is "I can't" Instead, say, "I will try."
Frank Horwill
Someone said to me, "Do you think it's right that you as a coach should smoke cigars? " I replied that I did not smoke when coaching. Anyway, a general does not fight in the trenches with his troops."
Frank Horwill
I could not touch my toes with straight legs, but I could break four minutes for the mile.
Roger Bannister
If you are going to be an athlete - look like one. An athlete should be able to hike 100 miles in 48 hours, swim a mile and lift his bodyweight overhead.
Percy Cerutty
Twice I led all the way in the Combined Services Mile Championships, only to be out-kicked by the same army captain. I decided I couldn't sprint so I spent a winter with my club sprinters. I took some stick. They called me an "elephant", and when I turned up for sessions they jeered, "Here comes the donkey." But, I persevered and out-sprinted the army captain (Chataway) on my third attempt.
Derek Ibbotson
It is not enough to win a race. You must contribute to it by taking your share of the lead.
Emil Zatopek
When you are tired, the person next to you is probably tired. But, by increasing speed for a few yards you may dishearten them and may drop them. Many times I have used this trick successfully.
Alan Perkins, National Cross Country winner
Speed is defined as rate of stride times length of stride. There's not much you can do about the former. However, the latter relies on leg – strenth and you can do something about that. If athlete A runs at 5 strides a second and has a stride length of 6 feet, but athlete B runs at only 4 strides a second but has a stride length of 8 feet, then B will be running 2 feet a second faster than A. Strengthening one's legs with hopping up grass gradients, stepping up and down onto a chair with a ruck sack containing half your body weight for 30 seconds on each leg, are all worth trying to get those few extra inches of stride length for sprinting.
Frank Horwill
It takes 12 weeks of a minimum of every other day training of not less than 35 minutes duration to bring about major changes in the body for the better. For example, lower pulse rate, reduced weight, the opening up of capillaries in the legs and feet, etc. From scratch, it takes 3 x 12 week blocks of training to get everything working efficiently in the body. That's 36 weeks in total. One training session takes 10-12 days (hopefully) for compensation to enhance the body's fitness.
Fox and Matthews
Maximising the VO2 max is the number one priority for all distance runners. The method I advocate is to run full out for 4 minutes. Put a marker down on the track where you reach after 4 minutes. For instance, it might be 1,200 metres. Remember that distance. After suitable rest, run the same distance, at 90 per cent effort. That's 90 per cent of 4 minutes (240 seconds) which is 240 secs + 24 secs = 264 secs. Run at this rate and distance many times in one session with only 30 seconds recovery. After a month, rerun the 4 minutes maximum effort. You will find that you can now run further than your original distance of 1,200 metres. Your VO2 max has improved.
Olaf Astrand
The 1,500 metres distance uses the LA-O2 energy system predominantly (55 per cent). What does that mean? It mans that more than half of the training reps are between 1½ to 3 minutes duration. For example, 5 x 600m with twice the time of the repetition as recovery. If the 600ms are done in 105 seconds, the recovery will be 210 seconds. Another example:4 x 800m in sets of 2 x 800m with the same time as the repetition for recovery. If the 800m are done in 2 min 30 secs, then the recovery will be 2 min 30 secs. The rest between sets will be double that – ie 5 mins.
Fox and Matthews
There are certain types of runner who will never better themselves. First, we have the moaner, who will moan about the weather, the training session set, the cost of running gear, etc. Then we have the excuse maker, who always has an excuse for not racing well or finishing a session. "I could have done much better, but my big toe hurt." Look out for those words, "I could have …" The simple fact is, if you line up for a race you must think you are fit. If not, don't race. Then, the most despicable of the lot – the poseur. Only the very best attire will suit them – sometimes it is a complete copy of the GB international track suit! They like to do flashy sprints, but when it comes to anything more than 400 metres distance, they have an "injury". Finally, there is the thinker. This person reads all the magazines on running and hops from one training idea to another in search of a quick solution. They don't realise that success comes from regular training at different levels of effort each week.
Frank Horwill
Lactic acid is a completely harmless substance. I have injected lactic acid into athletes while working on a treadmill with not the slightest ill effect. So, what makes an athlete slow down in an 800m race? It is the protons that are conveyed by the lactic acid which do all the harm. However, it is unlikely that my findings will alter the hackneyed expression, "Bloggs is coming into the home straight, his legs swimming in a sea of lactic acid." It sounds better than saying "…swimming in a sea of protons".
Professor Tim Noakes, South Africa
Trivial training gets trivial results.
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For best visualization of these movies, please select the full screen feature in your AVI player.
These videos demonstrate the results of the policies generated by our algorithm on the two Freecraft domains described in the paper:
Planning world
3 footmen and 3 enemies
AVI video
We planned in a model with 3 footmen and 3 enemies. These footmen coordinate their attack and are able to kill the enemies, losing only one footman in the process.
Generalization world
4 footmen and 4 enemies
AVI video
We generalized our value function to a problem with 4 footmen and 4 enemies. The coordination strategy generalizes very effectively. Note in the video that at first, all footmen attack one enemy. As this enemy weakens, they coordinate, decreasing the number of footmen on this enemy, until only one footman is left. This footman finishes off the enemy, and moves on to the next one.
Generalization world
5 footmen and 5 enemies
AVI video
We then generalized our value function to a problem with 5 footmen and 5 enemies. Here, the footmen also demonstrated interesting coordination. For example, in the beginning 4 footmen attack one enemy and 1 attacks another. Our model says that the probability of killing an enemy with more than 4 footmen is the same as the one with 4 footmen. Although we never planned in a problem with 5 footmen, our generalization captures this characteristic of the model. Unfortunately, at this point, we do not take into account the position of the units. In this example, one unit spends a lot of time trying to reach an enemy. This inefficient causes our policy to lose to Freecraft's one in a close battle.
Planning world
2 peasants, 1 barrack, 2 footmen and 1 enemy
We planned in a model with 2 peasants (a builder and a regular peasant), 1 barrack, 2 footmen, and an enemy. Note that only after both footmen are built, they start attacking the enemy. Nonetheless, both are killed by the stronger enemy. However, as the enemy becomes weak after this attack, in the next round, only one footman is sent to attack it.
Generalization world
9 peasants, 1 barrack, 3 footmen and 1 enemy
We generalized to a model with 9 peasants (a builder and 8 regular peasants), 1 barrack, 3 footmen, and an enemy. Here our policy waits for the 3 footmen to be built before attacking. They are able to kill the enemy, and only one footman is lost.
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1. Blushing Maria
A fizzy tequila-based cocktail is sure to set the mood. Blushing Maria, anyone?
Here's what you'll need:
- 2 oz. Casa Noble Crystal
- 1 oz. Pomegranate juice
- 1 oz. Pink grapefruit juice
- 1/4 oz. Agave Nectar
Combine the tequila, juices and agave nectar in a shaker tin with ice and shake until chilled. Strain and serve in Champagne flute; top with rose sparking wine.
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Here's what you'll need:
- 1 1/2 oz. Avión Reposado
- 3/4 oz. Black Peach Tea
- 1/4 oz. White Peach Puree
- 1/4 oz. Lemon Juice
- 3/4 oz. Brown Sugar
- 1/4 oz. Cranberry Juice
- 3 Blackberries
- 1 Blackberry and Lemon Wheel for garnish
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- .5 oz cranberry juice
- Splash of club soda
In a shaker combine vodka, cranberry juice and cassis. Add ice and shake. Pour a splash of club soda into a chilled cocktail glass. Fine strain the contents of the shaker into the glass, over the soda.
5. Crème de Vanilla
Sweeten up the Valentine's Day mood with this creamy and deliciously romantic cocktail, Crème de Vanilla, created by Mixologist Franky Marshall of Clover Club.
Here's what you'll need:
- 2 1/2 oz. SKYY Infusions Vanilla Bean
- 1/2 oz. White Creme de Cacao
- 1/2 oz. Stumptown Cold Brew Coffee
- 3/4 oz. Half and Half Cream
- 1/2 oz. Cinnamon Syrup
- Milk Chocolate Shavings
- 2 Vanilla Beans
6. Sangria Sparkler
Just the name Sangria Sparkler makes us want a sip of this. Ice tea (Lipton, anyone?), grape juice and fresh fruit combine to make this delish drink. Take a walk on the refreshing side this Valentine's Day with this Sangria Sparkler.
Here's what you'll need:
- 1/2 cup Lipton® Lemon Sweetened Iced Tea Mix
- 3 cups cold water
- 2 cups chilled grape juice
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 1 lime, sliced
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1 peach [or nectarine ], cut into chunks
- 2 cups chilled club soda
Combine all ingredients except soda in large pitcher; chill. Just before serving, add soda.
7. Je t'adore
Spyglass Mixologist Joe Goglia created this Je t'adore cocktail, so you're sure to end the night on a sweet note.
Here's what you'll need:
- 5 oz. Prosecco
- .5 oz. Combier Rose Liqueur
- .25 oz. Grenadine
Serve in a champagne flute. Garnish with a watermelon cube.
8. LULU's Love Potion
Who needs love potion #9 when you've got LULU's Love Potion from Hoboken, New Jersey's newest hotspot.
To make it at home, here's what you'll need:
- 1 oz. Belvedere Vodka
- 2 oz. Moet Rose Champagne
- 1 oz. Strawberry Purée
- 1/2 oz. Agave
Combine all ingredients in acocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with rock candy.
9. Mole y Avión Espresso
Whoa whoa whoa — an espresso cocktail? That's right chicas! This is a whole new take on café con leche. No matter what your plans are this Valentine's Day, re-energize with some Mole y Avión Espresso.
Here's what you'll need:
- 2 oz. Avión Espresso
- 1 oz. Premium Hot Chocolate
- Fresh Whipped Cream and Mint Leaf for garnish
Combine ingredients in glass and heat. Garnish with fresh whipped cream and a mint leaf.
10. Lover's Paradise
A Lover's Paradise is surely filled with lots of chocolate, especially on Valentine's Day. So why not pair this cocktail featuring Godiva Chocolate Liquer with a box of chocolates for a decadently sweet Valentine's Day?
Here's what you'll need:
- 1 ½ oz Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
- 1 ½ oz Frangelico
- ½ oz Dry White Rum
Chocolate shavings (garnish): Carefully draw a vegetable peeler across the broad surface of a bar of semisweet or milk chocolate. This works best if the chocolate is at room temperature. For narrower curls, use the side of the bar.
In a cheater tin, add Godiva Chocolate Liqueur, Frangelico and White Rum. Fill the cheater tin halfway with ice and shake for about 8 seconds. Strain the cocktail into a coupe and garnish with chocolate shavings. Serve.
11. The Pavan Rouge
When we think of Valentine's Day, we think of the color red. That's exactly what this cocktail — The Pavan Rouge — gives us. Its luscious red color screams, "Romantic!" making it perfect for V-Day.
Here's what you'll need:
- 1 part pavan
- 1 part vodka or gin
- 1 part lemon juice
- 1 part sparkling rosé (preferably prosecco)
- 1/2 part thyme honey syrup
- 5 raspberries
Thyme honey syrup:
In a sauce pan or small pot, add:
- 3-4 grams of thyme (aprox 6 full big sprigs)
- 1 cup honey
- 1 cup water
Add all ingredients, excluding the sparkling rose, to a blender. Blend for 30 seconds. Strain through tea strainer (fine strainer) into a double rocks glass that already has the sparkling rose. Garnish with 2 raspberries and 2 small thyme sprigs.
12. Te Amo
When you're whispering "Te amo" in your beau's ear this Valentine's Day, make sure they have a glass of Te Amo in their hand. It's a sexy blend of tequila and everyone's favorite choco mil. So, why not serve your love?
Here's what you'll need:
- 2 parts Sauza® Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila
- 1 part DeKuyper® Razzmatazz
- 6 parts chocolate milk
- 2 dashes of Taza Chocolate Mexicano Extract
- Chocolate shavings for garnish
- Raspberries for garnish
Combine all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Strain the mixture into two martini glasses rimmed with chocolate shavings. Garnish with raspberries.
13. Potion for Seduction
Seduce your Valentine with this sweet (with a twist!) Potion for Seduction. It's currently being featured at La Concha Resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico. But if Puerto Rico is too far away - make it at home for tu amor!
Here's what you'll need:
- 1 ounce Citron vodka
- ½ oz Peach schnapps
- ½ oz Chambord
- 2 ounces Cranberry juice
- 1 ounce Lime juice
Combine all ingredients and shake. Serve and enjoy!
14. Be My Valen-Thyme
Will you be our Valen-Thyme? Really, though, this cocktail is garnished with a thyme sprig.
Here's what you'll need:
- 1.5 oz Hennessy V.S
- .5 oz Apricot Liqueur
- .25 oz Yellow Chartreuse
- 3 dashes Paychaud bitters
- Lemon twist
- Thyme sprig
Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice, shake untill well chilled. Strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube. For garnish, twist a lemon over the glass and discard, garnish with a sprig of thyme.
15. Strawberry Seduction
In the mood for some strawberry shortcake post-Valentine's dinner? Mix up this Strawberry Seduction with Pinnacle Strawberry Shortcake Vodka (um, yum!) to satisfy that sweet craving.
Here's what you'll need:
- 2 parts Pinnacle® Strawberry Shortcake Vodka
- 1 part DeKuyper® Pucker® Strawberry Schnapps
- 2 part Cranberry Juice
- 1 part Half & Half
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Rim glass with crushed peppermint.
16. Ketel One Cupid's Cosmo
Cupid has more than an arrow to strike this Valentine's Day — he has a cocktail featuring Ketel One Citroen!
To make Cupid's Cosmo, here's what you'll need:
- 1 1/2 oz. Ketel One Citroen
- 3/4 oz. cranberry juice
- 3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
- 1/4 oz. simple syrup
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
17. Love Bubbles
Like your drinks a little bubbly? We do too! Elevate the romance on V-Day with this scrumptious cocktail, Love Bubbles featuring Malibu's (NEW!) Rum Sparkler!
Here's what you'll need:
- 3 parts Malibu Rum Sparkler
- 1 part pineapple juice
- 1/4 part simple syrup
- Dash fresh lime juice
Build in a chilled flute glass. No garnish.


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I know you members who don't live in or around Houston, Texas, don't have a feel for the pricing of automotive repairs in this area, but here's my question: if you had to replace the rear main seal in a Ford pickup, would you take it to an independent repair shop, or a Ford dealer (after checking price estimates of course). I have a 2003 F-150 with the 4.2 V6 and auto transmission and have determined that if I ever want a clean driveway, that I'm going to have to have the seal replaced.
Trade it for a Chevy.
I would get quotes from both and discuss what was involved. You might also see what an automatic transmission shop might be able to do. I would avoid any dealership that is owned by a national firm, and deal only with a locally owned dealership.
You need to have a good feeling in your gut about the folks you choose.
My guess is that its pretty straight forward: Remove the driveline, transmission and flywheel and you should have access. I would think that a dealer would charge 4 hours labor plus parts or about $450-500.
in order to replace the seal, the engine most likely has to be removed, and crankshaft lifted out. its a big job, and to have it done by any shop would probably cost close to $2000.
if you can remove the pan, you can do it inside the vehicle.
of course thats all assuming these modern vehicles dont use some kind of weird external seal.
of course im thinking of the type of seal housed inside the rear main cap that is comprised of either rope, or the two piece lip seal with a steel rod inside.
Mathew. it is a one piece seal, installed from the rear.
Wuuut! I wonder how you get that over the crankshaft flange
Matthew, You're right. It would make the job cheaper and simpler if the seal Ed shows is inserted as he says, but I'm like you. How do you get it over the crankshaft flywheel flange? (or am I completely stupid?)
Here is the crank. There is no flange. The endplay is controlled by the rear most main bearing. The seal rides on the large diameter to the rear of it.
well thats interesting, that is a far more convenient and less archaic way of sealing the rear of the crankshaft,
im actually surprised they didnt start doing that earlier.
Terry: If you have it done by a local guy only he will warranty the work. Any Ford dealer will warranty it if done by a Ford dealer. But, it is not that bad a job if it just the seal. Seals do not go bad for no reason. What made the seal go out? Miles on the truck? I had one leaking on a 83 bird, pulled the engine and while it was out did mains, rods and new oil pump. went another 175k. Dan.
It all boils down to the guy actually doing the job whether its at an independent shop or a dealer.
Thats been my expeirence.
Even though there may be a warrenty make sure to read all the details so you can hold them to it.
The transmission has to come out (much easier than the engine), If it is a four wheel drive that makes it a little more work. If you know a really reputable independent, I think that would be the way to go.
Matthew, ford has been doing it that way on most since the late 70's. KB
Well that solves it then, all ive got are model Ts, FEs and y blocks.
Terry, V6 Auto trans calls for 4.6 hrs labor that includes trans and flywheel removal
I have the same kind of pickup and same year. Same engine too. Mine doesn't leak. How many miles do you have on yours? I would like to have an idea of how much longer I have before mine starts leaking?
One thing you could do is park it with your Model T's. Then you would not know which one was leaking!
just put a diaper around the bell housing.
It is leaking enough to leave a puddle stain, probably 18" or so on my driveway, but really just a stain. I really haven't noticed any standing oil puddle, but this week I had a mechanic put it on his lift and check it and he said there's definitely an oil leak there. I am going to try some seal rejuvenator that is guaranteed 100% or a full refund of my purchase price by the maker, and see if that stops it. My truck is a 2 wheel drive with over 130,000 miles but less than 135,000. I don't remember the exact mileage.
By the way, thanks for the pictures, Ed, and thanks to everyone else who answered. Jack D., I hesitate to trade it for a Chevy. I have never been in a wreck in a Ford pickup, but was in two wrecks (not at fault) that totalled both of the last two Chevys that I've owned.
Looked at oil stain, again, Its closer to 24+" by 18+".
Terry, Check or better yet replace the PCV valve. Make sure the filler cap seals off. On a Ford you got to have a vacume in the block.
An excellent suggestion Bob. A crudded up PCV and perhaps a bit of blow-by and that Texas T will find a way out with a bit of pressure behind it. The only thing that really bothers me about this is the condition of the crank's sealing surface. Years back with transmission converter main seal leaks we ended up replacing the converter along with the seal about 50% of the time because the converter's sealing surface was NG too. As to the "flanged" cranks: they used a seal similar to the T's front seal. Rope-like material pulled through and cut off to size and you'd better know what you're doing too.
The catolytic convertor was stopped up on my dads truck.Once that was replaced it stopped leaking at the rear seal.Dodge but similar to ford.
I bought a Haynes manual today and they show the seal and talk about possible causes. They do recommend testing the PCV valve and replacing if necessary. I see how the seal works, now. It seals around the outside of the flywheel or T.C flange, not the surface where the rear main bearing rides, like older cars. Man, that is a large diameter seal. I would have never imagined.
imagine the surface speed that thing must endure.
The seal goes on the flange.
Most cars are that way since about 40 years ago.
Including VW bug, Toyota, MGB. Chevrolet Nissan, Honda, Ford, you name it.
Take it to an independant transmission shop.
The biggest part is trans removal and re-installation. They do that work all day and usually are not paying a journeyman to do the work.
Ask them to also replace the front transmission seal too. Even the rear trans seal while the driveshaft is out.
Terry, I am a shop owner with 30 years experience as a mechanic. I can tell you that this is not my favorite kind of repair, because of the success rate. There are many reasons for a rear main crank seal to leak, one of which is excessive bearing clearance. Bearing clearance is a two-fold problem. As the clearance increases, crank movement and oil flow both increase, making the seal's job more difficult. I am not saying it is an impossible job. My point is to take it to someone with experience, don't price shop.
I'd do it for 300 or so, those v6 with the 4R70 tranny are fairly easy to get at, I've done one with 200k and got it sealed, oh and I'm just south of you in Stafford,
Jeff, I thought you were in Schulenburg.
Ed, I bought the truck, used with about 134K or 135K on it, It now has a little over 136K on it. I don't know what kind of care it had by the first owner, but if the physical appearance is any indicator, it was well cared for. The PCV does appear to be plugged, so I'm going to try that tomorrow.
Checked PCV today. Seems to be OK. Added a bottle of seal softener made by the same company that makes Sta-bil gas treatment. Its guaranteed or money refunded.


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Characteristic farmhouse located in the hills between Pisa and Volterra, in a landscape that changes with seasons, from the intense green of spring to the golden-yellow of summer wheat fields.
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Characteristic farmhouse located in the hills between Pisa and Volterra, in a landscape that changes with seasons, from the intense green of spring to the golden-yellow of summer wheat fields. On the hills olive groves, cypresses and vineyards stand out against the sky and in the distance, the town of Volterra, one of the most important Etruscan centers. The property is near the Theatre of Silence (Teatro del Silenzio), the wonderful natural amphitheatre, where the tenor Bocelli has a concert every year. The farmhouse has been turned into holiday apartments set partly in the main house and partly in 3 annexes. The property is surrounded by a large grassy area with built-in barbecue, shared swimming pool (7x14)(17.5.-26.9.) and a communal laundry room (washing machine to be used on request and to be paid on the spot). Each apartment has its own equipped outdoor area. Possibility of breakfast and restaurant in the property. Baby bed to be requested at the moment of booking. Internet wi-fi available. Parking. NOTE: for reservations from 3 to 6 nights add 70 euro to the booking price. Kitchen linen is not provided.
ACCOMMODATION: (60 m2, in the annex 2): Gr. Fl.: living/dining room with double sofa bed and kitchen corner, 1 double bedroom, 1 twin bedded room, 1 bathroom with shower.
LOCATION: 4 km Laiatico (various shops), 20 km Volterra, 30 km San Gimignano, 52 km Pisa, 57 km Lucca, 83 km Florence, 45 km beaches.Please note that all extra costs must be paid in Euro on the spot
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"Well, as I usually tend to say - it largely just reflects us, the people :p (people in general are highly partial to lobbying / whatever brings them funds)"
I don't really think the business interests pressuring our governments reflect the public interests. We judge politicians all the time for failing to represent us. But on the other hand, maybe most of us might be corruptible given the same political positions with similar opportunities. If the money were there and pushing business interests could help secure one's family well being, there's no denying that it'd be a very real personal conflict for all of us. Take a typical lower/middle class worker who's in financial duress and place him in a political position of large financial gains by implementing policies that are harmful to the public, how many would do it? Some might even view it as a no-brainer to help their family even if it sets back everyone else.
I sometimes envision alternate forms of self government to avoid this conundrum, but that's trailing off topic.
Edit: Perhaps it's a bit overstated, since not all politicians cave to business interests at every turn, but it does seem there's significantly more opportunities and lobbying funds going towards those who push the big business agenda. It is a problem that business campaign contributions have made politics so expensive, it rules out representatives who could best represent the lower & middle classes.
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