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Propped up on the panel like bristles, the nanowires concentrate light, capturing even more than Fontcuberta's team expected; their prototype already captures 10 percent more light, and uses 1,000 times less material, than traditional models.
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Fontcuberta's team are experimenting with additional efficiency boosters as well; they have also dotted the nanowires with indium arsenide, to act as stimulants to increase light absorbtion even further. Although Fontcuberta says, "It might take ten more years before nanowires can be found on the market." The EPFL's School of Engineering website reports making this technology available on the market remains the team's goal.
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[ * Ed note: as a reader pointed out, while Opportunity and Spirit had gallium arsenide solar panels, the current Mars rover Curiosity is nuclear powered]
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Here is an update on the rigorous Klimov work, proving conclusively that one can find a process that will extract and use excess free energy from the vacuum (EFTV). The work has also been independently replicated, and they are moving to the amplification of lasers with this type of prototype EFTV technology.
Notice the http://www.blickueberdenzaun.de/viagra-purchase clear statement that the initially excited electron (after being hit by the incident solar radiation photon) first dives momentarily into the seething virtual state vacuum, popping back up with a great deal of additional energy (having been taken on from its submergence in the virtual state vacuum flux). The superexcited electron then abruptly decays into up to seven normally-excited electrons.
So here we have the very clear and rigorous scientific proof that one can indeed extract free and usable EM energy from the vacuum, accomplished in a great national laboratory. It has also been replicated independently in a second great laboratory. It is now proceeding forward for potential use in amplifying laser emission, using the excess energy acquired and used from the seething virtual state vacuum.
Note that it only takes one single white crow to prove that not all crows are black.
This Klimov work is the rigorous "white crow" that proves you really can extract and use free extra EM energy from the seething vacuum. And it's been done in the hard science community, by two great labs, and now replicated by other researchers in other labs as well.
And note the very good site best prices for viagra stated COP theoretically achievable being 700% for this first process. The researchers have already easily achieved COP = 200% (they express COP as percent rather than decimal number 7.0 and 2.0).
Now contrast this to the sad archaic old EE model used by all our electrical engineers to it's cool cheap levitra pills do their "power" systems. That old 1880s/1890s model assumes there is no active vacuum at all, and hence one cannot take excess energy from the vacuum because it's "just emptiness" in that model's silly century-old assumptions. It was also deliberately symmetrized in 1892, to exclude all such "asymmetrical" systems and tramadol next day delivery retain only those EM systems that self-enforce COP1.0.
Scientifically, with its independent replications, the Klimov and related work and experiments are all the proof that is required by the scientific method, to rigorously prove that energy-from-the-vacuum is a viable concept capable of being realized and used in real, operational systems.
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Brody, Herb. Victor Klimov in Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has constructed a solar cell which can absorb the light of a specific wave length in such a way, that one photon can energize more than one electron. As soon as the electron absorbs a photon, it disappears for a very short moment into the quantum field. Being in the virtual state the electron can borrow energy from the vacuum and thereafter appears again in our reality. Now the electron can energize up to 7 other electrons. This leads to a theoretical coefficient of buy real viagra online performance (COP) of 700%. A COP = 200% can be readily achieved and it has been. The experiment has also been replicated successfully by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden Colorado. [Herb Brody, "Solar Power - Seriously Souped Up." New Scientist, May 27, 2006, p 45].
Quoting: "Make solar cells as small as a molecule; and you get more than you bargained for. Could this be the route to limitless clean power?"].
Comment by T.E.B.: Note that the super-excited electron, after emerging from the seething virtual state vacuum immersion, actually splits into two or more electrons! So the output current of the solar cell process is viagra sent from canada freely amplified by excess energy from the local virtual state vacuum. Note that at about COP = 3.0, one could conceivably add clamped positive feedback of one of those output electrons back to the "dive back into the seething virtual state vacuum" input, replacing the original electron input, and the unit would be "self-powering" (powered by energy from the vacuum) while putting out the other two electrons as output.
Or by using some of the output current in a radiation-producing process, one could have the positive feedback input as a radiation photon, to replace the initial solar input entirely. In this fashion, once "jump started" by some source of solar radiation, the resulting "solar panel" system would become totally self-powering, taking all its input and cialis from canadian pharmacies output energy directly from the seething vacuum itself
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If you have a talent or ability, is it wrong to not use it?
I have a many skills and talents. Some were innate, and some were gained through painful effort. I do not have a desire for money or fame. I'm content playing my music in the comfort of my home, or writing poetry and fiction for myself. Because of this I find myself repeatedly having conversations with my friends concerning my "need" to do something with it. They tell me "it's a shame" to keep my talents to myself. Is it? And if I gave up playing music, for example, why would that be considered as some sort of crime? If you have a talent, should you feel obligated to share it with the world?
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M.j. PennyMar 18 2013: I think there is a vast intelligence that seeks expression through us - it is only when the talent is infused with the urge to express and the passion to realize the talent that man strives forward. So no, I don't think if you have a talent it is necessarily wrong to not share it or express it. It's only when a talent or a gift is held back and the urge to share is dampened by fear, lack of self confidence and fear of failure that makes it a tragedy.
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Hold on to your seats, Porsche fans. There may be something brewing in Stuttgart that will completely change the landscape of Porsche in the coming years.
According to the German site, AutoBild.de, the German automaker is working on a completely new model called the Porsche 961. By now bells should be ringing in the heads of hardcore motorsports fans who remember a certain 961 racer that did a brief stint in the 80s. The old 961 only ran a total of three races - 24 Hours of Lemans, Camel GT Championship, and Lemans once again - before it experienced some technical difficulties and was laid to rest in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart.
The 961 racer from the 80s was modeled after Porsche's 959 sports car, but the newest rendition is rumored to be a V8-powered flagship car that takes after the Porsche 918 and will be slotted above the iconic 911 . Details are still sketchy at this point, but rumors are that the 961 has been tagged under the internal code '9X1' and in addition to having a powerful engine, the car could also be built as a hybrid, with an electric motor providing additional power to the car to the tune of somewhere around 600 horsepower.
Rumored price tag for the upcoming Porsche 961 has been pegged at somewhere in the neighborhood of €200,000, which is a little under $300,000 based on current exchange rates. The flagship coupe is also expected to make its official debut in 2013, giving us enough time to digest all this information and build up the hype of what is you can bet is going to be Porsche's new crown jewel.
UPDATE 09/27/2011: British magazine, CAR, has set up some new rumors about the upcoming Porsche supercar which will be placed between the current 911 and the upcoming 918. It seems that the new Ferrari 458 Italia competitor will be codenamed project 960 and will be built on Volkswagen Group's new Mimo platform. The new 960 will have nothing in common with the 918 Spyder and will use the same components as the future facelifted 911. You won't see a twin-turbo V8 engine under the hood either; instead Porsche will use a twin-turbo 3.8-liter boxer engine with an output of about 600bhp and 550 lb-ft of torque. Porsche will offer both coupe and roadster versions and prices will start from €200,000, or $270,000 at the current exchange rates. (CAR)


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Florida Highway Patrol and the Lee County Sheriff's Office responded to an accident just before 7:00 a.m. Monday morning where a student was struck by a vehicle on Gladiolus Drive in Fort Myers.
According to FHP and LCSO, the accident happened on Gladiolus at Straight Street.
The student is a 16-year-old female who was attempting to cross Gladilous eastbound at a crosswalk.
The vehicle was attempting to turn right from Straight Street onto Gladiolus when he struck the girl. The driver will be cited since the girl was attempting to cross at a crosswalk.
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Due to travel conditions, MSSU Basketball game postponed until Monday evening
Joplin, Mo. -- After considering the conditions of the roads and the hazardous travel that would have entailed, the basketball game between Missouri Southern and Central Oklahoma for tonight has been re-scheduled for Monday, February 25.
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With the White Sox leading 3-1, Wells leaped up against the left-field wall to make a spectacular catch and rob Johnson of the game-tying homer. It was one of several great defensive plays by the White Sox.
Alex Rios added two hits and an RBI for Chicago and Jose Quintana scattered nine hits in 5 2-3 innings for the win.
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White Sox relievers Ramon Troncoso and Donnie Veal each retired the two batter they faced and Nate Jones pitched a scoreless eighth. Closer Addison Reed pitched scoreless ninth for his 25th save in 29 chances.
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'Torak', is a 3rd person single-player adventure game featuring an extraordinary world with diverse ecosystems, destructive enemies, epic boss battles, innovative gameplay and the ability to control your own army of elemental minions. You can assist Torak on his quest for revenge and enjoy exploring the planet's various lands while searching for Skunge Tumours and gaining essense based abilities.
48hr Game Making Challenge 2013
Hey everyone it's that time of year again and Team Carrot has some new faces but is all geared up and ready to go. We are all very excited to see what every team can come up within 48hrs.
Gamesta Article
A Big thanks to Gamesta for the exposure! click here to go check out the article.
We also have an upcoming industry showcase. Hopefully we can win a award, stay tuned to hear the results.
WHAT?! An Early Mac Release Aswell!
Big news! Along with our early release on Windows, we now have a Mac download too!
Twice the fun, for twice the audience. We hope you enjoy the game as much as we enjoyed making it!
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We will keep you updated as the content goes up but don't forget about the release date of Torak... 29/10/12.
Final Stages Approaching
We are freezing up the production of our game now; all the sound is in, the bugs are under control, the cinematic is amazing, there's basically nothing left to do!
Only 15 days till the release of our download, so keep yourselves updated on our news, and be one of the first to play the release of Torak!
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Our team, known as Team Carrot in the competition, cleaned up on the weekend and won People's Choice, Best Graphics and Overall Indie Game Winner 2012. We also got runner up in Best Sound. There are some minor bugs that need to be fixed before the game is released and we are currently in the publishing stages of Torak so stay tuned; we will have two games for you to play very soon.
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(c) All references in this code to the West Virginia Division of Veterans' Affairs and the Director of the West Virginia Division of Veterans' Affairs shall mean the Department of Veterans' Assistance and the Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Assistance, respectively.
(b) The department may receive federal funds.
(c) The secretary serves at the will and pleasure of the Governor. The annual compensation of the secretary shall be as specified in section two-a, article seven, chapter six of this code.
(b) The secretary has the power and authority specified in this article, in article two, chapter five-f of this code and as otherwise specified in this chapter.
(c) The secretary may employ staff, assistants and employees as necessary for the efficient operation of the department.
(d) The secretary may delegate his or her powers and duties to assistants and employees, but the secretary is responsible for all official acts of the department.
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(b) The Veterans' Council may annually honor each West Virginian graduating from the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with the highest grade point average by bestowing upon him or her the "West Augusta Award." The award shall be in a design and form established by the council and include the famous Revolutionary War phrase from which the award's name is derived: "Once again our brethren from West Augusta have answered the call to duty." The council shall coordinate the manner of recognition of the recipient at graduation ceremonies with each academy.
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[A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's Globe, 2013; Matthew Tennyson as Puck, John Light as Oberon]
The Globe's 2013 Dream is the gayest production of the play I've ever seen - and I mean this as a great compliment, because it was excellent to see how certain directorial choices acted as a counterpoint to the text's ostensible celebration of heterosexual marriage and straight teenage love-lunacy. The queer subtext got a proper airing out of the closet, and made the show feel all the fresher for it.
The costumes were gorgeous - think Elizabethan courtly love meets sylvan erotica - and the spirit world was peopled by beasts and creatures of the woods - all tusks and hooves, feathers and hair, soil and suede - as far removed from the light and glittery fairies of Victorian imagination as Sendak's Wild Things. Magic here was pagan rumpus: powerful, rooted in nature and dangerous.
It was a very unusual Dream also in the fact that last night was the first serious bout of autumn weather after our prolonged Indian summer. It was COLD. (An Oberon strongly reminiscent of Khal Drogo did heat things up a little.) As ever, the open air nature of the Globe has tremendous powers over the perception of the play. The chill in the air highlighted all the references to darkness, storms, and climate change in Titania's speech: trouble in faerieland brings chaos to the mortals' planet. Once peace is made between the faerie Queen and King, nature is restored: the wind blows strong, the sky goes dark, the nights grow cold. Summer bids farewell… and winter is coming.


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I just wanted to say a few words about the passing of this jersey. It went by the name Rapha Classic jersey but I knew it as The Favorite. The only jersey for which I followed the washing instructions to the letter. That's love. Always top of the jersey stack, always chosen for special rides, organized centuries and the like. it was in my life for 6 years but every time we got together it felt new.
It was immaculately-tailored. Rich, velvety, flat black with an elegant stripe on one sleeve. Slimming, even when I felt very un-slim. Which was often. So attractive I could commute in it, wear it at work, then commute home without batting an eye. It gave me warmth, comfort, wicking and massive cred at group rides.
Without a single logo (even the Rapha logo was embroidered in white-on-white, pure class) it could quietly alpha-male all the logo'ed up, local club knuckleheads. And when paired with my light blue I.F Crown Jewel I felt like I was experiencing the height of cycling luxury.
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Pickled Spiced Cucumber, Carrots, and Daikon
The golden carrots represent prosperity in this spicy-hot, make-ahead condiment.
Yield: 16 servings (serving size: about 2 1/2 tablespoons)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 26
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 0.4g
- Saturated fat: 0.1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.2g
- Protein: 0.3g
- Carbohydrate: 5.7g
- Fiber: 0.6g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 0.1mg
- Sodium: 296mg
- Calcium: 9mg
- 2 cups (1-inch) chopped peeled English cucumber (about 1 cucumber)
- 2 cups (1/2-inch) diced peeled daikon radish
- 1 cup (1/2-inch) diced peeled carrot
- 4 teaspoons coarse sea salt, divided
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon chili oil
- 3 Sichuan peppercorns, coarsely crushed
- 1 Thai chile, minced
- 1. Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Add 2 teaspoons salt; toss well. Let stand 20 minutes. Transfer vegetable mixture to a colander. Rinse well with cold water; drain well.
- 2. Combine remaining 2 teaspoons salt, sugar, and remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Add vegetable mixture; stir well. Transfer to an airtight container, and refrigerate for at least 2 days before serving.
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Triple H made remarks about that statistic, noting that SummerSlam has been sold out for the past five years at the home of the Lakers, Clippers and Kings. He also joked about being a special guest referee in Sunday's WWE title match between John Cena and Daniel Bryan. "Nothing ever goes wrong in WWE when you have a special referee."
Bryan, the challenger, noted that this was the first time WWE has ever invited him to be part of a news conference like this. He shared a story about sleeping in his car in L.A. so he could train at a gym to prove himself worthy to work in Japan as a wrestler. And now he embarks on the biggest match of his career.
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Here is a place to post suggestions, topic requests, and in particular, papers (old or new) that fit the general feel of the blog (whatever that is) and would be good topics for discussion. We'll see how this goes.
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August 21, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Just a note – I'm hosting the next Carnival of Mathematics at thoughtcounts.net tomorrow. The carnival page lists no host, so I have a lower than usual number of submissions. If you have anything to submit, I'd love to hear from you.
April 12, 2009 at 11:55 am
Hi, I'm an undergraduate student and I'm interested in AG. Now that I began to read some books I found very often the word "generic". So I think it would be nice if someone post a blog about it. I found a definition (Griffiths-Harris book) of the generic word in AG but it's too technical.
April 12, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Thank you so much for your help. I hope you find the time soon. I'll be waiting for it.
May 17, 2009 at 9:33 am
Hi Charles,
I've looked on your page at the oral exams: can you please tell me what do mean?
Also, after how many years (if any) of grad school did you take those oral exams?
October 12, 2009 at 7:02 am
Hi, Charles,
What is "essentially of finite type morphism" (from Koll'ar's book)? If a scheme is "essentially of finite type" over a locally noetherian scheme, does it imply, that it is also locally noetherian? Sorry for presumably trivial question.
August 23, 2010 at 5:19 am
I have a question about proper maps: if f: Y −→ Z is a proper beetween quasi projective varieties and let
X ⊂ Y such that the restriction of f to X is again proper is the embedding of X into Y proper?
Thank you
June 8, 2011 at 11:55 am
Just wanted to drop a note to say I've been finding your AG from the beginning blog posts extremely helpful in my own studies, thank you for such a readable introduction to AG!
September 20, 2012 at 7:31 am
Hello Charles,
I want to thank you for the excellent work you have done through your blog. It has made my life a lot more comfortable tackling the demon that is Algebraic geometry.
I would really love it if you could write a similar blog for Commutative algebra, as it is a subject that is quite often ignored a thorough treatment when instructors teach algebraic geometry.
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text: To my shock and dismay, to win a race, you have to finish. Damn. And not spin. Damn. And not blow up. Triple damn. As you'll recall, I embarked on this racing adventure after helping found a low-buck racing series for SR20-powered Nissans. In addition to getting on the track for cheap, the main goal was to use my ghetto-fabbed cheap bucket to tear ass on another SE-R--one meticulously designed and fabricated by our own nerdmaster general Mike Kojima, funded by the deep pockets of retirement queen Grandma Paule (judge of the Grandma test for USCC) and driven by her good-for-nothing crack-gigolo nephew Tom. The race season lurched toward that goal initially, with our race meeting sending Grandma's team home in shame. I was set to repeat the pummeling at another encounter at Willow Springs until a piece of asphalt, thrown up by another car, found its way through the cooling holes in my bumper and core support and gnawed through several radiator fins. In just a couple of laps, we went from ass-kicking to detonation, a blown head gasket, and the end of my race. Before losing compression on all cylinders, however, we had seen impressive power gains, documented in the following pages with just bolt-ons and cams. With this engine terminated, seeing the glass as half-full, I figured "well, at least I'll be able to take on a project way over my head, spend lots of money I don't have, and probably fuck up the first engine I ever build." And with that, we dove in. The SE-R Cup class is regulated by a 15:1 power-to-weight ratio. Make more power, and you have to add more weight to maintain this ratio. With this class structure, a big torque number, not horsepower, is the Holy Grail. Why not then build a high-compression engine to make more horsepower and torque and then tune down from there? So we did that. And it didn't make all that much more power. And then we blew it up (overheated it, actually) in the kind of red-misting mechanical rage that only tremendous investment with disappointing results can provoke. We also spent two full days on the dyno playing with various cam configurations so you won't have to. You'll be amazed how much of a difference one degree of cam timing can make. Transmission Prior to this race series, we dealt with the car's transmission, the great flaw in an otherwise exceptional powertrain package. Front-drive SR20 transmissions aren't horribly robust, with frequent third gear failures and fifth gear pop out. Moreover, the stock viscous limited-slip differential dies after just a couple of run-ins with R-compound tires and high loads seen on track. At the same time we installed a mechanical limited-slip differential, we had the gears cryo-treated and the case reinforced where it's known to crack. In an attempt to lengthen the life of the tranny, we poured in Redline Shockproof tranny fluid, the color of Pepto-Bismol and the consistency of molasses. It has worked great, so far. Engine My 1991 SE-R is powered by a roller-rocker SR20DE, which is found in '00 and newer Nissans. This engine claims identical output to the previous SR20s, but boasts a slightly better torque curve. The biggest changes are roller-rocker cam followers and other steps taken to remove frictional losses, and massively decreased rotational mass. For more detail, check out page 117 of the May '02 issue. But this new SR20 doesn't just drop in and replace an earlier one. Nissan saw fit to completely change the engine management, so making the new engine run with the old wiring harness and ECU requires a fair amount of rewiring, like the sensors and injector leads. This isn't a swap for the cautious or, frankly, the intelligent. Jim Wolf Technology produces the only performance cams for the roller-rocker SR20. Designed as street cams usable with the stock valvetrain, the impressive power gains we saw point to the extent to which the roller-rocker engine was geared towards low emissions levels. We saw 11 hp and 5 lb-ft of torque over the stock cams with no cam tuning and using a JWT-tuned ECU program. Keeping the early 1991 ECU allowed this tuning, as the code in the OBDII ECUs, which came paired with this engine, has not yet been unraveled. Whereas JWT spins standard SR20s to 7700 rpm with its standard ECU upgrade, the valve springs in the roller-rocker head are quite a bit softer, so the fuel cut had to be set at 6700 rpm. A thousand less rpm is not ideal when you have the same gearing as everyone else, but we figured the torque difference would offset this. Many second-gear rolling starts, however, have proven that theory wrong. The solution is heavy-duty valve springs and a higher redline. Race exhaust Thanks in no small part to our Mad Max-style cage, our car is a little porky. We ran the first race with a stock midpipe and a cobbled-together muffler section, which didn't do much for power. The solution is cheap, simple, and loud. Inspired by the 3-inch JG Edelbrock B-pipe, also known as a dump pipe, which made huge horsepower and torque gains on our Project Civic, we headed to Hotshot, which fabricated the car's previous header system. Andris Lavins hacked an old B-pipe assembly, welding the two secondary pipes into a single 3-inch section. We guessed on the length, about 3 feet, and gained 6 hp and 4 lb-ft of torque, made more horsepower and torque throughout the rev range and saved 25 pounds over the old system. However, earplugs are now a must. With 145 wheel hp and 2,200 pounds, we're safely with the 15:1 ratio, and even could stand to lose a few pounds. The Parts Bin idea It just so happens that if you overbore the SR20 1 mm, 87mm non-turbo Z32 300ZX pistons will give you an 11:1 compression ratio. JWT stocks these low-cost pistons, and if you have JWT bore your block, it uses a torque plate that makes for a perfectly round bore, which is then plateau-honed for faster ring break-in. JWT also drills and taps the oil passages in the bottom of the block to fit the oil squirters from the SR20DET to aid in piston cooling. All this planning was dashed when 0.006 of an inch was removed from the block, and .008 from the head to reverse the damage caused by the overheating episode. This raised the compression ratio approximately .3 points, for a total of 11.3:1. Tolerances/bearings The roller SR20's crank has half the counterweights of the model it replaces, reducing rotational mass by 8 pounds. Sizing the bearings is essential. Unlike many older American engines for which just one stock bearing size is offered, Nissan offers five. By decoding the journals using numbers stamped on the crank and block along with your Nissan service manual, which you, of course, read cover to cover before attempting any of this, you can see what bearings were fitted to the engine when new. This obviously doesn't account for wear. We fortunately had access to precision micrometers so we could measure the crank and block journals to the 0.0001 of an inch. Plasti-gauge is always an option, but we found it to be far too imprecise for the tolerances required. In theory, you should get the precise bearing match for each journal and order them from your dealer. In reality, we had a selection of Nissan bearings on hand and a race at the end of the week. Fortunately, most of the journals were close to par with what we had on hand, and on the tight side of factory specs, which creates high oil pressure, ideal for road racing where the extended g-loading can produce undesirable low oilpressure situations. Crank Although the factory crank comes forged, balanced and micro-polished from the factory, as we balanced the rest of the engine internals, we figured it was worth having the crank more precisely balanced, repolished, and sized slightly for our new bearings. After numerous calls to reputable engine builders, one name kept coming up: Castillo's Crankshaft Specialist. Tucked away in an unassuming industrial complex in La Mirada, Calif., the Castillo brothers specialize in hard-to-do, one-off cranks for companies like Dutweiler and for projects like the stroked-crank MR2 Spyder James Chen brought to the USCC last year. Monkeying Because my monkey-ass was doing the build-up, some snafus were inevitable. It seems my monkey twin was working at the shop that did the valve job. Instead of removing the alignment dowels from the head before resurfacing, they machined them flush with the head. I noticed this only after assembling the head. Being the week before a race, I did what any competition-crazed, sleep-deprived primate would do while building his first engine. I ripped some dowels from another engine, used a drill to carefully remove the old dowels, and proceeded with assembly. Of course, those dowels are hollow, and a head bolt passes through each one. That means we were drilling in a head bolt hole, which goes through to the top of the head, where the cams, rocker arms, valve springs and lots of sticky assembly lube lives. To drill out the dowel, the head has to be upside-down, of course. Gravity pulls all those sharp little dowel fragments down into the top of the head. Luckily, monkeys have lots of flea-picking practice, so the long night of meticulously chasing every little shard of metal brought back memories of my childhood in the jungle. Octane SR20DEs are not as good as the Honda B-series at running ludicrous compression on 91-octane pump gas, so making this engine happy requires careful tuning and a little bit of octane enhancement from our old toxic friend Toluene. Toluene is "look at me sideways and I'll give you cancer" nasty, and is commonly available through paint stores, where it's sold as a solvent. Toluene also happens to be 114 octane, and is a common ingredient in octane boosters, as well as one of the more important octane enhancers in Japanese fuels. Remember those crazy 1.5-liter, 1,500-hp F1 engines from the '80s? They drank mostly Toluene, which also has particularly good resistance to detonation. Internet wisdom dictates that when mixed with 91-octane fuel, a 30-percent ratio of Toluene will yield a 97-plus octane mix. Oh, and this doesn't get the thumbs up from the EPA, so the cops who test your fuel when they pull you over can write you a ticket or something. Yeah, that'll happen. ECU Tuning After drinking a break-in diet of straight 30-weight oil for 20 minutes at 3000 rpm, we changed to 20W-50. The break-in period consisted of trolling the newly born but pissed-off sounding engine through an industrial park, much to the delight of everyone in a three-mile radius. That 3-inch dump pipe has its downsides. Once the rings were seated, we ripped off a baseline run of 151 hp and 146 lb-ft of torque. SR20s with 11:1 compression often make 160 to 170 hp, so we were a bit mystified by our results. Then I remembered that I built the ingine. Even with the 97-octane diet, the car was still running a 9.5:1 ECU program, so we headed to JWT in El Cajon, Calif., for a remapping with a stock exhaust system installed. Our SE-R was mounted to its Dynapack dyno and Clark Steppler hooked up a Horiba A/F analyzer and a Nissan Consult and went to work. After installing a base high-compression map, Clark played with fuel and timing until he had a nice, fat program that erred on the side of safety. Cam Tuning With the mandated 15:1 horsepower-to-weight ratio, torque is the name of the game. In the time between receiving our S3 roller cams from JWT and rebuilding our blown-up engine, JWT came out with a set of trick valve springs and titanium retainers that would raise our rev limit. Designed for the stock 6500 rpm rev limit, the roller S3s nose over fairly hard after 6200 rpm, not ideal for road racing, where the engine lives mostly between 5000 rpm and redline. By playing with cam timing, we hoped for increased performance in the upper rpm. We procured a set of anodized, adjustable billet SR20DE cam gears from Stillen to do just that. Cam tuning on the SR20 is always a pain, requiring removal of the valve cover, but these gears allow easy adjustment with Allen keys once the cover is removed. We've seen a cam gear with only four adjustment bolts slip, so we were happy to see six bolts with anti-slip washers on the Stillen units. Once you have the ideal cam adjustment figured out, another option is to buy preadjusted eight-hole cam gears from someone like JWT, which completely eliminates the risk of slippage and is a good idea on racecars where everything tends to go wrong, always. With many runs to make during business hours, we had to bolt a quieter exhaust on to the car, which would also better approximate what people will run on the street. We settled on what we could beg, borrow and steal: a stock cat, midpipe, and rear section tubing with an Edelbrock RPM-series muffler. With the Clark Steppler magic tune, our Dynojet read 148 hp and 144 lb-ft of torque. Not exactly what we hoped for. Rushing for our first race, we had advanced the intake cam 1 degree and the exhaust 2 degrees, hoping to get midrange and kill the top-end power a bit. We were successful. Putting the cams straight up, we got 151 hp and 141 lb-ft of torque. Retarding just the exhaust cam yielded both inferior horsepower and torque numbers, so we put the exhaust cam back to zero and moved on to optimize the intake cam. By advancing the intake cam and opening the intake valves sooner, we saw better torque numbers with minor peak horsepower penalties, but with big roll-off on the top end. The best horsepower numbers were often matched to the best torque figures as well. The engine was happy with 2 degrees advance on the intake. While we were happy with the horsepower and torque numbers, power was still nosing off heavily at 6200 rpm. We returned our attention to the exhaust cam. With the intake cam advanced, the engine was highly sensitive to having the exhaust cam retarded, thereby increasing overlap. We got our top end, but with huge penalties in horsepower and torque before 6200 rpm. For a street engine, having an extra 13 lb-ft of torque at 3500 rpm is worth a softer top end. Spending as much time as we do on the racetrack in the last 1000 rpm before redline meant having to make that tradeoff. We moved the exhaust back to .5 degrees retarded, hoping to fall somewhere in the middle of good midrange and top end. Exhaustive testing complete, we bolted on our race dump pipe for the big number. Over two points more compression, a slight increase in displacement, and much dyno time yielded us a whopping 3 more hp and 3 lb-ft of torque more than our stock cam timing, stock compression engine. This could be a function of a crescent wrench I left in a cylinder bore or coagulated knuckle blood on bearing surfaces. Your mileage may vary. The moral? A box-stock roller SR20 is one kick-ass engine, can be yours for about $400, and with just a few bits from the wizards at JWT, is a torquey wonder for your street or racecar. Or you can try to build an engine. So halfway through the season, we have blown engine number two, and harbor an enthusiasm deficit. Like a phoenix, however, the #27 will rise from its head gasket ashes--with a stock compression engine, upgraded cooling system, weaknesses addressed, all while keepin' it cheap, keepin' it real. JWT's roller cams produced impressive power gains, but were designed for a powerband limited by the light stock valve springs. Stiffer springs and titanium retainers later allowed us to raise the rev limit, but there was little extra power to be had on that end of the tach. JWT's roller cams produced impressive power gains, but were designed for a powerband limit On a stock engine, the JWT roller cams are impressive, delivering 11 hp and 5 lb-ft of torque. This included a retuned ECU, however, something that can't yet be duplicated on the ECU that actually came with the roller-rocker SR20. On a stock engine, the JWT roller cams are impressive, delivering 11 hp and 5 lb-ft of tor Be careful with your engine parts. The block somehow got a nice ding on the head gasket sealing surface, meaning it had to be surfaced, raising our compression. Be careful with your engine parts. The block somehow got a nice ding on the head gasket se The head was slightly warped in the overheating incident, and needed to be slightly surfaced as well as having a valve job, as none of the eight exhaust valves sealed properly. The head was slightly warped in the overheating incident, and needed to be slightly surfac So you need backpressure to make torque, eh? Isn't it about time that myth died? Lopping off the exhaust and replacing it with a 3-inch diameter, 3-foot long pipe made power everywhere. And noise. Everywhere. So you need backpressure to make torque, eh? Isn't it about time that myth died? Lopping o Good lube is a must, always; we took no chances and used Torco engine assembly lube, coating near every wear surface with the stuff. Good lube is a must, always; we took no chances and used Torco engine assembly lube, coati JWT machined the block for these stock Nissan oil squirters, which aid in cooling the pistons. JWT machined the block for these stock Nissan oil squirters, which aid in cooling the pist We cleaned up the bearing on the small end of the rod using a ball hone soaked in oil on the end of a drill. We cleaned up the bearing on the small end of the rod using a ball hone soaked in oil on Tap the wrist pins into place using an extra pin on the bottom for alignment. Heating the pistons causes them to expand slightly to more easily accept the floating wrist pins. We bought this toaster oven at Goodwill for $6. Heating the pistons causes them to expand slightly to more easily accept the floating wri The sides of the connecting rods must be shaved .010-inch per side for proper clearance in the 300ZX piston. The sides of the connecting rods must be shaved .010-inch per side for proper clearance i For a street engine, this might be a fun setup. Advancing the intake cam gave huge low and midrange torque, but sacrificed the top end. For a street engine, this might be a fun setup. Advancing the intake cam gave huge low an The stock piston/rod assembly is on the left; the extra heft of the Z piston is easily visible. The stock piston/rod assembly is on the left; the extra heft of the Z piston is easily vi Rings must be checked for proper gap before installation on the pistons. The rings, as received from Nissan, were all within spec and required no filing. Rings must be checked for proper gap before installation on the pistons. The rings, as rec Tuning for the high-rpm performance our engine needed killed our earlier torque gains. On the track, though, the engine is always spinning. Tuning for the high-rpm performance our engine needed killed our earlier torque gains. On We prepped the pistons by removing sharp edges on the piston surface caused by the factory machining process, which could form hotspots and thus detonation. We prepped the pistons by removing sharp edges on the piston surface caused by the factory With the 3-inch dump pipe back on, over two points more of compression, a slight increase in displacement and much dyno time, we still only made 3 more hp and 3 lb-ft of torque more than our stock engine with JWT cams. Both engines overheated on the track. With the 3-inch dump pipe back on, over two points more of compression, a slight increase We double-checked all our clearances as installed with our Castillo-serviced crank. Don't forget the easily overlooked step of oiling the head bolts before torquing them to spec. This ensures your torque wrench is reading true bolt torque, not thread friction. Don't forget the easily overlooked step of oiling the head bolts before torquing them to s After assembling and filling the head with metal shavings, be sure to spend some quality time with brake cleaner, an air gun, Q-tips, tweezers, and your fingers removing every last bit of metal. After assembling and filling the head with metal shavings, be sure to spend some quality t The Stillen adjustable cam gears have six bolts to minimize the chance of slipping. If you're made of money, the safest route is to use the Stillen gears for tuning and the JWT gears for competition. The JWT gears absolutely cannot slip, but the Stillen gears are much easier to adjust. We just stuck with the Stillen gears and had no problems. Well, none related to the cam gears, at least. 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While it might be premature to say Bryant is having a Pro Bowl season, he's certainly got the numbers to support it, especially here in the Cowboys' recent winning streak of three straight and five of six victories. In those last six games, Bryant has scored eight touchdowns, including one in each game.
"I'm just more confident than ever, that's all," Bryant said. "Just trying to stay focused, trying to do the best that I can to try to help my teammates and go where we want to go."
When asked if he feels like he's a different player, Bryant shrugs off the notion this transformation is anything physical. He always had the tools, but know it's a metal thing, he says.
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Not playing because of Bryant's fractured index finger was apparently never a possibility. He played through the injury against Pittsburgh last week and while there is obvious pain, Bryant said he's fighting through it again this week.
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Zacks rates the exchange business a 'strong buy.'
By Eric Dutram
Although financials continue to lead the market higher, newer segments are taking the reins in Q2. In addition to smaller regional banking institutions, many investors are seeing solid performances out of companies in the exchange business, such as CBOE Holdings (CBOE).
While probably less famous than fellow Chicago-based exchange CME Group (CME), CBOE has been soaring higher for much of 2013 as demand for listed options on securities remains strong. This is especially true in two of the company's key products: options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index as well as the S&P 500 Index.
Both of these benchmarks are widely followed by traders and investors alike, and the CBOE's monopoly position on futures and options trading for these two indexes have been increasingly lucrative. In fact, trading in CBOE index options was up 28% from a year earlier in the recent quarterly release, and these index-based contracts now make up nearly 38% of total trades for the company.
Given the company's nearly unassailable position in these key markets and the high investor demand for the index-based products, good days could continue to be ahead for the company. That is why many analysts have been raising their estimates for CBOE, helping to push the company to a top Zacks Rank of 1 or "strong buy."
Estimate picture
The current quarter estimate picture has been rising, while investors have also seen analysts bump up their current year and next year forecasts for the company as well. Furthermore, there has actually been total agreement on this front, as all new estimates in the past two months have been up with not a single one going lower.
Investors should also note that while expectations might be elevated, the company has beaten out estimates every time in the past four quarters, producing an average surprise of roughly 7.6%. This suggests that the company has no trouble matching high expectations, with big beats being the norm for CBOE.
If that wasn't enough for investors, it is also worth noting that many analysts are still baking in sizable growth for the firm going forward. Double-digit earnings growth (year-over-year) is projected for the current year and next year periods, while the PE is below 20 and the PEG is below 2, meaning that the firm is still a decent value despite the abundant opportunities for growth present for the firm.
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This impressive earnings picture is enough to put the CBOE into elite company with a Zacks Rank of 1. However, it is also worth noting that the firm has good company even in its own industry, as the securities exchanges group is currently ranked 75 out of 261 meaning that the industry also has a pretty favorable estimate picture as well.
CBOE is also doing a great job from a profitably standpoint as well. In particular, the net margin is over 30%, while the ROA and ROE are, respectively, 46% and 65%, implying a pretty high level of profitability.
Lastly, it is important to once again highlight the monopoly-like position the company has in the index option market. While many of its competitors have tried to break into this space, they have so far been unsuccessful meaning that the CBOE has tremendous pricing power for these key products.
Bottom line
CBOE is clearly deserving of its top rank, as analysts are in total agreement about the rosy future of the company. After all, the company has a solid financial position and tremendous profitability, leaving it in a great spot going forward.
So if you are looking for a great pick in the financial world, consider CBOE for exposure. It pretty much has a monopoly on two of its key products, and these instruments are only increasing in importance, suggesting that more revenues -- and higher earnings -- could be ahead for this often-overlooked company.
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