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Will the US unemployment rate be 4.7% in July 2014?
By Chelsea Vail
February 04, 2014
In January, the Grumpy Economist
gave us a look at a slide deck from Torsten Slok
, chief international economist at Deutsche Bank. Among the interesting charts he posted was one that showed a correlation between the Fed balance sheet and the number of words in FOMC statements—both of which are on the rise. Now, he's sharing more from the same deck. Will the US unemployment rate be 4.7% in July 2014? Take a look at the comments section on the original post and you'll see that's not quite settled yet.
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Centerforce Clutch SwapWritten by Jeff Smith on March 1, 2008 If The Connection Between Your Engine And Transmission Feels Like It's Slip-Slidin' Away, It's Time For A Classic Clutch Swap
Manual transmissions are making a major comeback in the performance world. Regardless of whether you have a four-, five-, or even six-speed manual gearbox, the one common denominator with any of these trannies is that they get their power directly from a spinning clutch-and-pressure-plate assembly. If that clutch doesn't make a firm connection, the chain of power is broken and all your hard-earned horsepower will make is a bunch of lining-melting heat in the bellhousing.
A clutch-and-pressure-plate assembly can be considered a consumable item. Sooner or later, it will wear out and you will need a new one. Such was the case with our four-speed-equipped cruiser, which needed help in the clutch department when oil got onto the clutch disc from a failed rear main seal. We sent a call out to Centerforce for a brand-new flywheel, clutch, and pressure-plate assembly, and we thought you might like to tag along as we run through the details on a clutch-and-pressure-plate revival. There's nothing fancy here, no multiple disc chicanery or fuss about hydraulic linkages. Just a simple clutch install that will remind you how to do it right the next time you suffer a slipped disc.
Yanking The Trans
The best way to make this job easy is to begin with a clean working area and the right tools. We are lucky enough to have access to a hoist to make the photos better, but you can easily do the work on the floor. Support the car as high and as safely as your jackstands will go so you have sufficient room to work. Lift the car at all four corners, as this will make moving around underneath easier. You'll only need a few handtools, and unless you're working on a GM six-speed or possibly a Chrysler New Process cast-iron four-speed, most manual transmissions are light enough that you can yank them yourself. Here we go.
Swap Check
Before you start bolting all the parts in place, take a few minutes to check on the parts you plan to reuse and to make sure all the new parts will fit properly. For example, we noticed that our clutch fork had seen better days, and the pivot-ball stud was also worn. Luckily, we had Year One pieces left over from a previous project that filled the bill. We also realized that the clutch linkage was in sorry shape. This might be a good time to upgrade the linkage pieces (see the Linkage Rebuild sidebar). Spending a little more time in this area will not only save you grief later, but also make the entire clutch operation much smoother.
Tech Tip
Sometimes the trans just won't slide all the way into place no matter how much you wiggle, curse, and shove. When this happens, it's usually because the clutch is not perfectly aligned with the pilot bushing. Start all of the trans bolts, but do not tighten them against the trans, and never try to pull the trans into the bellhousing with the mounting bolts. Hook up the clutch linkage and have a friend lightly push the clutch pedal just enough to reduce pressure on the disc. Push the trans in toward the bellhousing at the same time. This will usually seat the transmission into the bellhousing.
Hurst Shifter Rebuild
If you're like us, there's a Hurst Competition Plus shifter attached to your four-speed. In addition to needing a new clutch, our shifter has seen better days. Rather than plunk down around $220 for a new shifter, it might be worth checking out the Hurst shifter rebuild service. According to Hurst, it will completely rebuildyour shifter for the reasonable price of $165 plus $9.50 for shipping. Hurst also rebuilds automatic and Dual/Gate shifters. The whole rebuild process will likely take several weeks, so if the downtime isn't a problem, this is a great time to service your shifter while you upgrade the clutch. The first step is to go to hurst-shifters.com, click on the rebuild service button, fill out the form, and send it in. The service is located at Hurst's facility in Chatsworth, California.
Linkage Rebuild
Classic musclecar clutch linkages are actually pretty crude. On our Chevelle, both clutch linkage arms and the Z-bar are metal-to-metal pins with no lubrication. These tend to wear, especially if the car has been subjected to a stiff pressure plate. Our clutch linkage is well past the four-decade mark and is showing its age. We've welded the pins before and polished them smooth, but the best solution is to eliminate them altogether and go to spherical rod ends. There are several approaches, but we like to use thin-wall tubing and weld in 51/416-inch threaded bungs on each end. Then just thread in a pair of male spherical bearings with jam nuts set to the length of the original rods and you're done. You need to make up one rod from the clutch pedal to the Z-bar and the other rod from the Z-bar to the throwout bearing release arm. We bolted our pieces together with fine-thread bolts and locking nuts to prevent them from coming loose. We found our parts at Art Morrison Enterprises. If you don't want to build this system, you can buy similar pieces from SpeedDirect.
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Before getting under the car, we removed the shifter knob and the locknut from the shift handle. Underneath, we removed the driveshaft and plugged the open tailshaft with an old slip yoke to avoid dripping gear lube down our sleeve. If you're not sure about the shifter-linkage layout, shoot a digital picture of the rods and pads layout and then remove the shifter. In our case, the Hurst shifter unfastens with two bolts and the three nuts that retain the shift pads on the side of the trans.We removed the crossmember bolts at the frame on both sides as well as the two transmission-mount bolts, then used a jack to lift the trans enough to unload the weight off the crossmember so it could be removed. We also had to unbolt the exhaust to create enough room to remove the crossmember. We used a 31/44-inch socket, a long extension, and a 11/42-inch drive ratchet to remove the four trans bolts. Now you can pull the transmission and lay it aside.There are six bellhousing bolts on a small-block Chevy, and those at the top can be difficult to access. First, we unhooked the clutch linkage from the fork. We used a 91/416-inch swivel socket on a long extension to remove the bolts, then pulled the bellhousing.Most pressure plates are attached to the flywheel with six bolts. Loosen all six bolts, remove the bottom five, and use your free hand to hold the pressure plate and clutch in place until you can remove the last bolt.If you have one of those nice flywheel-turning tools (Year One has 'em), use it to hold the engine while loosening the flywheel bolts. We didn't have one, so we just used a large screwdriver. Then you can remove the flywheel. Do this even if you are reusing the flywheel.If the pilot bushing is stuck in the crank, try shoving chassis grease in behind the bushing and hammering on a dummy input shaft to push the bushing out. If that doesn't work, you can always carefully chisel it in half to get it out.We chose this new Centerforce Dual-Friction clutch, pressure plate, and steel flywheel system for our four-speed Chevelle. The Dual-Friction disc offers outstanding holding power when combined with the centrifugal assist of the weights on the diaphragm pressure-plate spring. If you plan on reusing the original flywheel, the new clutch requires a fresh friction face, which means the flywheel needs to be resurfaced.Anytime you handle the clutch disc, pressure plate, or flywheel, make sure you keep the friction surfaces grease-free. Be sure to clean the friction surface of the flywheel and pressure plate to remove the antirust treatment. Also test the clutch disc over the input shaft splines to make sure it will slide freely.We decided to use all new fasteners, including new ARP flywheel bolts. Never use star or lock washers under a flywheel or pressure-plate bolt. To ensure that the bolts remain tight, use the green Loctite or other thread-locker chemical and make sure the threads are clean. Torque the flywheel bolts to the factory spec and install the new pilot bushing.
Here's how the clutch disc is placed on the flywheel, with the spring hub facing outward toward the pressure plate.Position the Centerforce pressure plate and disc on the flywheel by starting a couple of bolts while holding the disc in place with the dummy shaft. Put Loctite on the pressure-plate bolts and use a star pattern to evenly load the pressure plate. It is an important step in not tweaking the pressure plate. Hold the dummy shaft as square to the flywheel as possible, and then with the bolts snug, torque them to the factory spec.Bolt the bellhousing in place. We like to use two transmission studs made out of old bolts in the top two holes to help guide the trans into place (arrow). The studs keep it aligned and prevent the input shaft from tweaking the clutch disc if the trans does not fully seat into the bellhousing. Never use the trans bolts to pull the trans into the bellhousing; that's how those dainty ears get broken on Muncie four-speeds. If the trans won't seat, read the Tech Tip sidebar we've included. If that doesn't work, there's something amiss. Pull the trans and figure out what went wrong.Now you can bolt the trans, shifter, crossmember, and driveshaft back into place. This is also a good time to spend a few minutes adjusting the shifter. Removing and reinstalling it can cause it to go out of adjustment. For Hurst shifters, be sure to use the alignment pin. If you don't have one, use a drill bit.

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Is it "chaises longues" or just "chaise longues"? Both examples exist in different dictionaries. Or should it be something else entirely?
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closed as general reference by Alenanno, Thursagen, Robusto, Callithumpian, kiamlaluno Jun 9 '11 at 19:40
This question is too basic; it can be definitively and permanently answered by a single link to a standard internet reference source designed specifically to find that type of information.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
For this question, dictionaries disagree. Oxford says chaises longues. American Heritage and Encyclopedia Britannica say chaise longues. And Merriam Webster says both.
The French plural is chaises longues, although neither pluralizing 's' would be pronounced in French. I can't imagine anybody pronouncing chaises with two 's's. The default rule in English, to add an 's', produces chaise longues. Google Ngrams shows both spellings are quite common.
So I'd say both spellings are acceptable. For pronunciation, I can't imagine saying anything but "shays longs". However, Oxford says the plural is pronounced the same as the singular, and Merriam-Webster says both shays longs and shays long are correct, so I suppose there are two correct pronunciations, as well.
According to Encyclopædia Britannica, it is Chaise Longues.


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Jessica Polonsky, a 17-year-old high school senior, stood in what used to be her family's living room in Union Beach, N.J. Instead of fielding typical questions about applying to college, she's getting used to answering another query: How did you fare during Sandy?
She isn't always sure how to tell people that her house was destroyed and she, like thousands of others in the New York area, is now homeless.
"It's a little awkward," she said. "But knowing that everybody's trying to help, it's a good enough feeling. There aren't many good feelings with what's happened, so it's nice to know that people care."
Three weeks after superstorm Sandy leveled swaths of towns across the region, students whose families were displaced find themselves struggling to settle into an unfamiliar routine. Not only are they grappling with sudden homelessness, some are surrounded by strangers at a new school, while others are sitting among former classmates in a different building.
It is unclear just how many students were left homeless by the storm. Over time, families have been moving out of shelters and into hotels or other temporary housing.
There were only 126 children between the ages of 3 and 18 still in New York City shelters as of Wednesday, officials said, though it wasn't clear how many of them were students. And the city recorded more than 1,500 Sandy-related transfers, though it wasn't clear whether students were transferring multiple times or which ones had damage to their homes.
Simply tracking down students has been a challenge. Families have picked up and left town. Other parents have kept their children home, unsure of where to go without power for communications. In some places, teachers had gone door to door, searching for their students.
"We don't know where all the kids are," United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said last week. "So many of them have had to relocate and don't have houses."
Municipalities have had different responses to the crisis. All schools must accept students dislocated by storms. New Jersey's Department of Education opened a hotline for families to answer questions about where to send their children. New York City's Department of Education has ordered schools to accept any transferring students, without questions, and many have.
A city Department of Education spokeswoman said staff members have been dispatched both to shelters and city schools to help parents and school staff members meet children's needs.
Still, it hasn't been a smooth transition in all cases.
Roni Anderson, whose apartment in Far Rockaway no longer has walls, tried to enroll her children at first in schools close to the Queens College shelter where she was staying. But the schools turned them away, saying they weren't taking "hurricane children," she said.
So instead of trying to find another school for her 6-year-old daughter, who has special needs, she kept her home.
Ms. Anderson's sons, who are 16 and 17, have endured long commutes to make it to school. "I would have rather they had 12 teachers come to the [shelter] site and teach," she said.
Pamela Cantor, founder of Turnaround for Children, which works in high-poverty schools, said students most at risk for long-term problems from the storm are those who have already experienced trauma.
"It's sitting on top of a lot of other, very, very stressful events and memories in their lives," said Ms. Cantor, a child psychiatrist.
Keeara Milliner, a shy, 14-year-old eighth-grader, transferred to a school near the Queens shelter where her family was staying until Friday. She said she'd rather stay there than go back to her old school, even though the work is harder.
Her father, Barry Milliner, 49, of Far Rockaway, said on top of everything else, he was told by someone at the shelter that if he didn't send his children to school, a social-services worker would open a case into his parenting. "I wanted them to learn, I want them to go to school, but they didn't have to come at me like that," he said. "It's bad enough I'm living in a hostile environment with people I don't know."The family moved to another shelter Friday, and Mr. Milliner isn't sure what will happen to the children. Like many others, the family is still figuring it out as they go.
Across the region, there are stories of parents sacrificing for their children's education. In Oceanside, N.Y., a Long Island town where floodwaters made many houses uninhabitable, school attendance has topped 95% since the district reopened Tuesday, Superintendent Herb Brown said.
"Parents have just made a herculean effort," he said. "They're determined."
Russell James said his son, Jason, 14, of Massapequa, stayed home from school last week to help his family repair their home. When Jason returned, he was told he'd be tested on material he had missed and wouldn't be excused from homework. It was tough, given that they have essentially been "camping" in their home, the first floor of which is set to be demolished next week, the father said.
The Polonsky family considered living out of their car before learning the Federal Emergency Management Agency would cover their stay at the Holiday Inn in Hazlet, N.J., until they move into a rental in December.
Robert Polonsky said Jessica has been worried about whether the experience will pull down her grades. Her SAT was canceled, and she was up until 11:30 p.m. Thursday doing homework. "My back was hurting just sitting there watching her do it," he said.
Rebecca Polonsky, 14, said one of her worst moments was when she told her teacher she didn't have her schoolbooks. Another classmate piped up that her books were the first things she packed.
"I almost cried just because she said that," Rebecca said. "I was like really? Don't need it."
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A bill before the West Virginia Legislature adds county magistrates and municipal court judges to the list of those in occupations not needing a license to carry a concealed weapon, and local magistrates say it's "a good idea."
House Bill 2552, introduced by Del. Randy Swartzmiller, D-Hancock, has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
Current law excludes working law enforcement officers from needing a concealed carry license, as well as employees of the West Virginia Division of Corrections, active duty military personnel, circuit judges, prosecuting attorneys, assistant prosecuting attorneys or investigators employed by prosecuting attorneys.
Magistrates contacted said they also should be exempt from the need for a concealed carry license.
"It provides us the means to protect ourselves," said Ohio County Magistrate Joe Roxby, who also is a retired Wheeling police officer. "We are out here at all hours of the night with criminals. There are no baliffs or security here at that time, and you're sitting across the table from each other. ... It's a very common sense thing. ... Nobody is going to protect you like you do yourself. You have a vested interest."
He added that when attending his freshman orientation class for new magistrates in 2009, "probably three-fourths of the class" were former law enforcement agents who already carried concealed weapons.
"This is not a case of people not familiar with firearms and confrontation," Roxby said.
Marshall County Magistrate David Buzzard is not a former law enforcement officer, but he is a military veteran. He believes magistrates should be able to carry a gun if they wish.
"The reason is obvious," he said. "We are continually dealing with some dangerous people and emotionally disturbed people - and sometimes we have to come out in the middle of the night."
Swartzmiller said since most magistrates are retired law enforcement officers, many already have a concealed carry license and his measure would simply exempt them from paying for their permit.
"They tell me, 'An assistant prosecutor can carry a gun without license, we feel like we're in this system, too," Swartzmiller said. "It's not so much about having a gun, but not paying for a permit."
He noted that a number of other weapons-related bills are coming before the Legislature, including one introduced by House Speaker Richard Thompson, D-Wayne, that unanimously passed the House Friday. HB 2471 would prohibit the restriction of "otherwise lawful possession, use, carrying, transportation, transfer, display or storage of a firearm or ammunition" during a declared state of emergency.
"What prompted this was Hurricane Katrina," Swartzmiller said. "They told residents during the state of emergency, 'You can't carry your guns, go lock them up.' But with all the looting going on, that's when people needed them."
Swartzmiller, speaker pro tempore in the House, said he doesn't expect the House to pass any measures that infringe on gun owners' rights.
"I'm an avid hunter, and I carry a concealed weapon. And the speaker - no one hunts or has as many guns as he does," he said, noting House Majority Leader Brent Boggs, D-Braxton, also is a gun owner and hunter. "The top three people in the House are all carriers of guns, and all sportsmen. Like everyone else, we want to make sure gun rights are protected."


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During his Senate confirmation hearing, Obama's pick for CIA director John Brennan defended the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists.
Following an epic, old-school,13-hour filibuster of John Brennan's confirmation to helm the CIA, the Senate nevertheless approved the nominee today by a vote of 63-34, with a number of Republicans breaking ranks to vote in his favor.
Brennan, who has long served as the president's top counterterrorism official, was widely expected to gain Senate approval for the job. But his nomination has come to stand as a proxy for the Obama administration's secretive and controversial targeted killing policy, and lawmakers on both the left and the right have spent weeks delaying his nomination in pursuit of more specific information about exactly who, where, and under what circumstances the administration deems itself authorized to use drones.
Of particular issue were the terms under which the U.S. might use lethal force against an American on U.S. soil, a possibility that Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed this week is plausible in cases of "extraordinary circumstance."
Yesterday, in a dramatic culmination of this debate, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took to the Senate floor for a lengthy and notably non-silent filibuster, promising to "speak until I can no longer speak" in order to get the answers he demanded.
"I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan's nomination for the CIA. I will speak until I can no longer speak. I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important, that your rights to trial by jury are precious, that no American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court," he said.
Ultimately, Paul stepped down to go to the bathroom -- he quipped in an interview with Glenn Beck this morning that he had considered using a catheter -- but he made his point. This afternoon, Attorney General Eric Holder answered Paul's question in a brief, almost palpably snarky letter.
"It has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question: 'Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?'" Holder wrote. "The answer to that question is no."
Upon receiving an answer to his question Paul, who had pledged to hold up Brennan's confirmation vote until he heard from the White House, agreed to let the vote proceed.
"Yesterday I spent a considerable time -- amount of time on the floor talking about the idea of whether or not Americans are protected by the Fifth Amendment always, whether or not you can be targeted for drone strikes in America without your due process rights," Paul said, in remarks on the Senate floor after receiving the letter. "It has taken awhile but we got an explicit answer. I'm pleased that we did, and to me, I think the entire battle was worthwhile."
In the final vote on Brennan's confirmation, Paul, unsurprisingly, voted no. He was joined by several Republican senators and, notably, one Democrat: Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who has cited his own "waning patience" with the administration's slow responses to questions about its drone policy, also voted against him.
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America is on the verge of an energy renaissance that a few short years ago would have been unthinkable. This coming energy boom - if it's allowed to happen - would provide a much-needed shot in the arm to our economy. It would spur job creation, lower energy prices, and put America on the path toward energy independence. The only obstacle in the way of this game-changing opportunity is, naturally, Washington, D.C.
As everyone in Eastern and Southeastern Ohio now knows, we are standing atop one of the largest natural gas reserves on the planet. Recent technological advances in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling have made reaching these enormous gas deposits possible. But, as we've seen with so many private sector success stories, bureaucrats and politicians in Washington have a habit of racing toward success and throwing wrenches into the engine of progress. And I fear, they're starting to look for wrenches in the case of our oil and natural gas.
These wrenches come in all shapes and sizes. Among others, they come in the form of increased and duplicative regulations by the federal government. Just last week, the non-partisan Congressional Research Service released a report with mixed results. From 2007-2012, natural gas production surged by 20 percent nationally. However, this 20 percent increase in production came entirely on private lands. Unfortunately, the same report states that natural gas development on federal lands - huge swaths of the western United States and off-shore managed and controlled by President Barack Obama and his administration - plummeted by 33 percent during the past two years. The private sector - American workers, businesses, and taxpayers - is trying to take advantage of this opportunity, while the federal government is content to block progress and collect taxes off of their labor.
In his State of the Union address, the president stated that America is producing more natural gas than ever, but he failed to point out that this surge in natural gas production is happening in spite of his policies, not because of them. In that same speech President Obama told the American people that his administration will "keep cutting red tape and speeding up new oil and gas permits." This statement is in sharp contrast to what's really happening. Maybe he doesn't know that the average time to process a drilling permit has increased by 41 percent from 2006-2011.
This trend, that began before Obama took office, continues unabated. And, it does not make sense for America.
We have an abundant supply of natural gas right under our feet, but it is now selling at extremely low prices. In order to ensure this resource remains economically viable to produce, and that we continue to see jobs and economic development in Eastern and Southeastern Ohio, we must open up new markets. To make sure this happens, I drafted a letter to the Secretary of Energy - a bipartisan letter signed by 110 of my House colleagues - urging the Obama administration to begin looking for exporting opportunities.
If Washington was to allow America to be an energy powerhouse - a global energy producer - it would have important geopolitical benefits as well. For decades, Russia has, at times, used their natural gas as a weapon to squeeze their energy customers in Eastern Europe, like the Ukraine and Poland, by threatening to turn off (and in some cases actually turning off) their natural gas supplies in the dead of winter. Imagine if Eastern Europe had another reliable option, like America, from which to buy their natural gas.
Asian countries like Japan and South Korea are looking to fuel their economies with imported natural gas. Iran is still able to bring in revenue from exporting their natural gas. Wouldn't it be wise to further isolate a rogue nation like Iran by taking its energy customers?
Natural gas is a vital part of a true "all of the above" approach to energy production that utilizes America's God-given energy resources to create jobs, increase America's energy independence, and lowers energy prices. And, all along the Ohio River, we have at our fingertips a tremendous opportunity to be an important player in America's energy renaissance - if only the federal government would become a partner in progress.
(Johnson, R-Marietta, represents Ohio's 18th Congressional District.)


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I don't currently own a pair of cycling shorts. I just wear a pair of running shorts underneath some running leggings. I'm thinking of getting my first pair of cycling shorts, but as there are so many choices available, what should I be looking for? In terms of padding, is there some type of padding that is better (more durable, more comfort) than others?
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What type of shorts?
First you need to work out what sort of cycle shorts you are looking for:
What features to look for?
Now, what are the features that you are looking for in good quality bike shorts:
A die-cut and formed chamois will generally be more comfortable than just a plain pad. This type of chamois will usually have pre-formed creases and differing levels of padding in different areas.
More "panels" will generally contour to fit your body better than fewer panels. All of my favorite shorts in the past have been 8-panel or higher. I also prefer shorts sewn with flat seams.
I personally prefer bib-style shorts, and will wear them under a tough shell if mountain biking. I find that the waist band of regular shorts tends to bunch and roll under my stomach when I bend forward at the waist.
The lycra comes in different weights or thicknesses as well. The thicker the fabric, the more support and durability, but the trade-off is more heat.
As far as personal comfort goes, you want a chamois that's thick and stiff enough to provide padding, but not so thick or stiff as to feel diaper-ish. A thick pad that you can squeeze to almost nothing with your fingers will act the same way when you sit on it.
But whatever you do, don't skimp on your shorts. Everyone will have personal preferences as to comfort. Some prefer a gel chamois over a foam one, and vice versa, but the key is to get the best shorts you can afford, and the more you pay, the more likely you are to be comfortable on the bike.
I personally prefer bib shorts over any regular shorts I've ever tried, and will probably never buy a pair of non-bibs again. I find that the bibs hold the shorts in place much better (could be because I have a bit of a gut :p) and that I don't feel myself wanting to adjust my shorts while I'm riding.
Just a small tip : be sure that the fabric is not to transparent. You don't want the person riding behind seeing things they'd rather not, especially when it's sunny this is happened to me more then once.


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WHEELING - H. Lawrence Jones issued a few challenges Friday to area students whose college funds will receive a boost thanks to the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley: Remember those who shaped who you are, do something - and most importantly, pay it forward.
The foundation held its annual scholarship luncheon Friday at Oglebay Park's Wilson Lodge, recognizing 114 students from 23 area schools who received a combined total of more than $171,000 in scholarship funds administered by the foundation this year.
Jones, head of the Community Foundation's scholarship committee and a former superintendent of Ohio County Schools, urged the students to remember they are the product of good parenting and good teaching, and embrace the choices adulthood will bring - as well as the responsibilities that come with them.
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And he told them not to let the fear of taking the wrong path prevent them from giving all they have to achieve their goals. One's course is not etched in stone at age 17, he said.
"As mature 19-year-olds, you will have the opportunity to correct your aim. ... As much more mature 50-, 60- and 70-year-olds, we are still correcting our aim," Jones said.
Scholarship donors, Jones noted, easily could have chosen to spend their money on a nicer car or a bigger house. He said the best way to thank them is to remember that, and be just as generous when the students are in the position to do so.
"You do it by giving forward," Jones said. "You live a life that honors their sacrifices."
Community Foundation Executive Director Susie Nelson said the luncheon is something foundation members look forward to each year, for a number of reasons. One of the most important, she said, is the event gives students the chance to interact with scholarship donors and makes those people more than a name on a brochure in their high school's guidance office.
"Not all of them do interviews during the selection process. ... This is something that personalizes it not only for the donors, but also the students," Nelson said.
Community Foundation scholarships this year ranged in value from $250 to $5,700. Some are awarded for students pursuing a particular area of study, such as engineering, business, nursing, education, or music, while others are specific to a student's high school or chosen college.


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Issues of Shalom Bayis (peace in the home) and any other deciding factor aside, does the husband have any "right" or "privilege" (from a halachic standpoint) to decide how his wife will cover her hair (tickle (kerchief), sheitel (wig), etc.)? Or for that matter can he decide on other issues of tznius (what type clothes his wife will wear, etc.)? I'm looking for sources in seforim, poskim, etc. if any exist (and not hashkafic answers based on experience, madrich chassanim (a bridegroom teacher), etc.).
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Rabbi Moshe Feinstein clarifies his view in Igros Moshe EH4:32, sections 6 & 10, addressing Rabbi Elyakim [Getsel] Ellinson:
In general most poskim rule that the women has to adopt the customs of the husband. See for example Yabiah Omer vol. 1 OC 37 (and the many refrences there), Iggres Moshe OC 1:158, Halichos Shlomo Tefilla Chapter 1 footnote 7 and Techuman vol. 7 pg. 79 from Rabbi Chaim Dovid Halevi (past Cheif Rabbi of Tel Aviv).
R' Ovadia Yosef and R' Moshe Feinstein learn that the obligation is likened to a person who moves to a new place and does not plan to return who adopts the stringencys and leniencies of the new place. R' Shlomo Zalman Auerbach argues and maintains that the obligation stems from the fact that the wife is subservient (meshubad) to her husband.
Therefore if the husband's family custom is to dress in a certain manner of tznuius or cover women's hair in a certain way the wife is obligated to confine.
Well, a husband can divorce his wife and not pay her Ketuba money if she doesn't cover her hair "properly" (Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer 115:1, 119:4). So if he is willing to threaten her with divorce then that would seem to give him a right (or at least an ability) to decide for her. That said, if the husband makes this threat it wouldn't surprise me if the wife decides she wants a divorce!


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I've recently read some papers and books involving simply connected domains in Euclidean space (dimension at least 2), where domain is an open connected set. The usual definition is a (connected) set for which every continuous closed curve is (freely) contractible while some authors only require that every continuous simple closed curve is contractible. The authors who define simple connectedness using simple closed curves do so in order to use Stokes' Theorem or the Jordan curve theorem somewhere in the sequel; however, they never mention (not even with a reference) that their definition is equivalent to the usual one! My question is if there is a proof written down somewhere (with all the details) proving the equivalence (for domains in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with $n \geq 2$)? If not, does someone know of an "easy" proof using a minimal amount of knowledge, say that of a first course in topology?
As pointed out by Pierre and Paul in comments, there are several standard ways to deal with this kind of issue. A good answer really depends what you're assuming you start from, and where you're trying to go to. The Jordan curve theorem and Stoke's theorem are both fairly sophisticated and difficult for beginners to grasp, so it's a bit hard to see how only analyzing embedded curves is streamlining anything, except perhaps helping with people's intuitive images---but even so, it may do more harm than good.
Perhaps it's worth pointing out that this statement is false in greater generality, for instance for closed subsets of $\mathbb R^3$. Here's an example in $\mathbb R^3$: consider a sequence of ellipsoids that get increasingly getting long and thin; to be specific, they can have axes of length $2^{-k}$, $ 2^{-k}$ and $2^k$. Stack them in $\mathbb R^3$ with short axes contained in the $z$-axis, so each one touches the next in a single point with long axes parallel to the $x$-axis, and let $X$ be their union together with the $x$-axis.
Any simple closed curve in $X$ is contained in a single ellipsoid, since to go from one to the next it has to cross a single point, so every simple closed curve is contractible.
Anyway, here are some lines of reasoning that can overcome whatever hurdle needs to be ovrcome:
The equivalence is conceptually easy: each closed curve is a union of simple closed curves. If you can contract each simple closed curve, you can contract the whole curve. Each simple closed curve also lives in the set of closed curves, so the equivalence the other direction is simple. This sort of proof shouldn't be too hard for you to construct, assuming you have the knowledge of a first course in topology. Some care might need to be taken in constructing the explicit homotopy and in dealing with a curve which has infinitely many self-intersection points, but these are both issues you should have seen in such a first course in topology.


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Haven't played WoW in a while and just getting back into it with the new expansion. I recall there used to be (long ago) advantages for attacking from behind as a rogue ('rogues do it from behind'). Are there still advantages and if so what are they?
So, there are a few reasons to stand behind a mob, the first three being generally useful to all melee, and the fourth being important specifically to Rogues (and Feral Druids, but they're just wannabe Rogues anyway.)
When you stand behind your target, you do more damage.
Standing behind a melee target negates that enemies chance to parry and block your attacks. In PVP, it negates their chance to dodge as well, but NPC creatures can dodge attacks from behind. Parried attacks do no damage, and Blocked attacks both do less damage, and are unable to crit. If you want to do the most damage possible, stand behind your target.
When you stand behind your target, you take less damage.
This rule is a bit less hard and fast than rule one, but a great many (heck, I'd go so far as to say most) PVE mobs in dungeons and raids feature one or more of the following abilities: Cleave, Breath, Shockwave, etc. The thing they all have in common is that they are targeted in a cone in front of their caster. That means, by standing behind your target, you are safe from these effects. While there are some encounters in which this logic is inverted, or where special mechanics demand that you stand in range of these effects, those are exceptions that you'll learn about on a case by case basis. For the most part, the area in front of a boss is analogous to what most PVE players refer to as The Fire. Don't stand in it. In PvP, players are, for the most part, completely unable to attack you if you are out of their line of sight - read: behind them. If you want to take the least damage possible, stay behind your target
When you stand behind your target, your tank takes less damage.
In general, when an NPC successfully parries an attack, their swing timer (the time before their next attack) is reduced by somewhere in the ballpark of .5 seconds. As a Rogue, if you stand in front of a boss, your attacks will be parried a lot. This will have the effect of making the boss swing substantially faster, causing the nice person who is tanking this boss for you to take substantially more damage. Often, this leads to a scenario referred to as a 'Parry Gib,' wherein a tank takes unhealable amounts of damage in a very short period of time because of a high frequency of parries. As a Rogue, you attack very very fast, and boss mobs have a high chance to parry. In PVE, If you want your tank to take the least damage possible, stay behind your target.
And finally, this last note is specific to Rogues:
When you stand behind your target, you gain access to additional abilities.
As a Rogue, you have three very important skills that can only be used if you are standing behind your target. Backstab, Ambush, and Garrote. In PVE, Subtlety Rogues use Backstab as their primary attack, and Ambush as often as possible (During Shadow Dance, whenever Vanish is available off CD, to open the fight). Assassination Rogues use Backstab instead of Mutilate whenever their target is below 35% Health. Combat Rogues do not use Backstab. In PVP, Subtlety Rogues use Backstab as a primary attack, and all rogues use Ambush to open with a large burst of damage, or Garrote to open with Damage over time and a Silence effect (particularly devastating against mages). If you want to use Backstab, Ambush, or Garrote, stand behind your target.
Being Behind an enemy does three things:
I will let a certain 7k+ rep rogue handle the roguish details, but all melee should try to attack from behind:
All 3 of the defenses (Block, Dodge, and Parry) are affected by position, though not all on mobs:
There may be other effects, this is the only one I could remember off the top of my head, and I don't play a rogue!


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WELLSBURG - It's a tough road to win a championship.
The Steubenville Catholic Central Crusaders traveled that road for the second straight year by knocking off Bridgeport in the semifinals, and then Frontier in the finals to claim the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Class 2A volleyball championship Saturday at the Brooke Wellness Center.
"It means everything (to win back-to-back OVAC title)," said Central senior Rachel Antonelli.
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The Steubenville Catholic Central volleyball team won the OVAC Class 2A championship for the second year in a row.
-- Fred Younce
"We worked hard for this and I'm so proud of everyone.
"It was amazing winning today. This whole year with this team has been amazing."
Added first-year Central head coach Renee Silvidi, "It feels great to win win with this group of girls and be part of their second championship in a row.
"I'm just so proud of them. They did a really good job."
The Crusaders were taken a full three sets in the finals by a game Frontier squad. After claiming a 25-22 first set, Central found themselves on the short end of a 25-15 second set that put momentum squarely on the Cougars side of the net.
"I just tried to keep encouraging them," said Silvidi. "I just tried to keep them on task and let them know they are capable of doing this.
"They were here for a reason, that they played well enough to be here, and they just needed do the things they needed to do. To take all the things we've done all season and try to turn the match back around."
And turn the match the Crusaders did. After falling down 2-0 early, the Crusaders quickly came back to take a 4-3 lead and held the lead the rest of the way to a 25-18 set three victory and the chance to hoist the OVAC trophy.
"When we play as a team I think we're capable of playing with any team," said Silvidi. "We just tried not to make mistakes to help our opponents, and weren't really worrying about what they were doing.
"We knew they would be a good team, so we just wanted to come out and give it our best. We did that and were able to win the OVAC title."
Maddy Gulan was a force at the net for the Crusaders in the finals tallying 10 blocks. She also added five points and two aces with her serve. Setters Robyn Runkel and Jenna Ogden had 10 and nine assists respectively. Runkel added three points and six digs.
Monica Rigaud and Rachel Antonelli each had eight kills with Monica Fischer adding seven. Fischer also chipped in six blocks and two points with Antonelli tallying two blocks. Kamy Belardine shipped in two points and four kills.
The Crusaders made short work of Bridgeport 25-8, 25-19 in the semifinals.
Rachel Antonelli had two kills and eight digs; Jenna Ogden had eight points, four assists, and three digs; Rachel Rigaud had three kills; Kamy Belardine had two kills and nine digs; Monica Fischer had two points, four kills, and eight digs; Maddy Gulan 11 points, five aces, and three digs; Monica Rigaud had seven kills; and Robyn Runkel had six points, eight assists, and six digs.
Frontier reached the finals by defeating Clay-Battelle 25-12, 25-13 in the other semifinal.


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By ANGIE FENTON
Managing Editor
Even if they don't ask, Matthew Badger knows the question most people are thinking: How does a father move on after losing all three of his young daughters and their grandparents in a fire on Christmas Day?
The answer, at least today, is you don't. There is no moving on, there is only moving forward.
"The loss of my children was the loss of being a father, and I lost the very most beautiful treasures in my life and the very thing I thought was the best part of me," Badger said of Lily, 9, and twins Sarah and Grace, both 7, who died in their mother's Stamford, Connecticut, home on Dec. 25, 2011, along with their grandparents Lomer and Pauline Johnson, longtime Louisville residents.
When the reality of what had transpired sank in, Badger crashed to "a place where I was in tremendous anger and frustration. I was suicidal and homicidal, and I was at the bottom of my life's experience."
But the devastated dad couldn't give up. "(There was) this image of how to keep loving my kids and giving them a legacy. … They were going to have some impact in life and that had been stolen (along with) their purpose on the planet."
At least it would have been stolen if Badger hadn't conceived of a way to honor his daughters. Like their father, the girls were dyslexic and struggled in school, but through art they found solace – and more. So, Badger started the LilySarahGraceFund to support what the girls loved most in life: art.
"This is the very thing that gives me oxygen and gives me reason to get up and out of bed every day. The fund itself is what makes total sense to me," he said.
Now Badger hopes to help the fund make sense to educators, parents and, ultimately, students. Thus far, more than $430,000 has been granted for use in classrooms all over the country. The funds are awarded to teachers in underfunded public elementary schools who use the arts to help connect students of all learning levels to their subject matter.
On Sunday, Nov. 4, Badger's bus will stop in Louisville to deliver a free, informational presentation to educators and anyone who wants to learn about the LilySarahGraceFund. The session is from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts School, 930 E. Main St.
"This is not a fundraiser," said Wade Johnson, Badger's ex-brother-in-law, the girls' uncle and the son of Pauline and Lomer Johnson, who perished in the fire while trying to save their granddaughters. "This is an informational session for anyone who wants to know about Lily, Sarah and Grace Badger, the fund their father started to benefit those who use the arts to teach any subject, and for people who simply want to meet Matthew, a man who has taken an inconceivable tragedy and turned it into an endeavor that positively affects kids across the country, all in memory of his beloved daughters."
Wade Johnson, who resides in Louisville, is helping Badger spread the word about the fund as a way to honor his nieces, who were loved by their cousin, Morgan, 13, Wade's daughter, a student at Highlands Latin School.
At the funeral, Wade's sister, Madonna Badger, challenged people to "remember her daughters out loud. This is my effort to help Matt do that, and I know that Mom and Dad would be so proud that we are doing things in Louisville. They lived here for 40 years."
LilySarahGraceFund Bus Tour
Free Informational Session
What: Matthew Badger, the father of Lily, Sarah and Grace Badger, who died in a fire on Christmas Day 2011 along with their grandparents, longtime Louisville residents Lomer and Pauline Johnson, is coming to Louisville to talk about the LilySarahGraceFund. Matthew will conduct an informational session for public elementary school teachers – and anyone else who wants to attend – to discuss the mission of the fund and how teachers can apply for grants from the fund, which has awarded $430,000 to educators thus far.
When: 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.
Where: Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts School, 930 E. Main St., Louisville.
Cost: Free.
Etc.: This is not a fundraiser. Rather, this is an informational session for anyone who wants to know about Lily, Sarah and Grace Badger, the fund their father started to benefit those who use the arts to teach any subject, and for people who simply want to meet Matthew, a man who has taken an inconceivable tragedy and turned it into an endeavor that positively affects kids across the country, all in memory of his beloved daughters.
Website: www.lilysarahgracefund.org
Remembering Pauline And Lomer Johnson
The following was written by Wade Johnson, a Louisville resident who lost his parents, Lomer and Pauline Johnson, when they died in a fire in Stamford, Connecticut, while trying to save their three granddaughters, Lily, Sarah and Grace Badger.
The night before, Lomer had been hired to dress as Santa Claus – something he did at Saks Fifth Avenue regularly – and attend a party. Less than 10 hours later, he would lose his life. Lomer left his "Santa glasses" at the holiday party. Eventually, his son, Wade would get them back. "He died hours after making others happy," Wade said. "And then he died a hero."
The following are Wade's words, some of many that he has written about his parents.
In mid-January,
I was sitting in a 1950s style diner in Stamford, Connecticut, that Dad would have loved. I was getting an off-the-record debrief from a few law enforcement officials. We drew up a map of the house, each floor separate. They walked me through who went where and where they were found. I broke down hard. So hard. I jumped to the conclusion that when Dad came downstairs with Lily, he must have seen Mom and Grace on the floor near the stairs. There's no way he didn't, I thought. That would have broken his heart to see Mom there. I had to believe that he thought Mom and Grace had escaped. The fire chief had assured me it was dark and loud and there was smoke everywhere and Mom may well have come back to the spot after Dad had gone into the guest room with Lily.
Their being gone hit me hard on Mother's Day. I was walking through Target in St. Matthews and unintentionally came upon the Mother's Day card display. I stopped and cried. I cried because I missed Mom. I cried because I couldn't imagine how Madonna was getting through that day. I cried because Morgan had not awakened that morning and phoned her Nana. But then, unexpectedly, a warmth came over me. I was suddenly grateful that Dad was never going to experience the very moment I was experiencing. He was never going to have to figure out how to get through a day without Mom.
1+1 = 2.
Tomorrow the sun will come up in the East.
Lomer loved Pauline.
How to Get A GRANT
The LilySarahGraceFund offers two types of grants each semester. Those teachers that meet the criteria below qualify for funding.
- Grades K-5.
- Show how you will use the arts and creativity to teach academic lessons.
- Document the activities with a digital camera and send us those pictures (If you need assistance, we are always here to help).
- The LilySarahGraceFund may choose to film your project. This would mean that a small, three-person crew would visit your class during the project and document it. We will also likely interview the teacher.
Types of Grants
- Full Semester Grant
Budget: $500 to $5,000 (grants higher than $5,000 may still apply. Determinations will be made based on the project and funds available).
- Short Term Grant
Budget: $100 to $1,000
Short Term Grant applications have no deadlines and will be provided throughout the year as funds allow on a project-by-project basis.
All applications are carefully reviewed by a team of teachers and academics. Those applicants that have been approved for funding will receive a letter from LSGF notifying them. Please note, submission of an application is not a guarantee of funding.
Contact writer Angie Fenton at email@example.com and 502.551.2698.


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NJ Health Statistics
The population estimates presented in this report were prepared by the Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census. The county estimates were provided by five-year age groups (0-4, 5-9,.......85 and over), sex (male, female), and four racial groups (white; black; American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut; and Asian and Pacific Islander) for July 1 of each year 1990 through 1997. Population estimates by Hispanic origin (Hispanic origin, non-Hispanic origin) are also available. This set of estimates is consistent with the postcensal estimates for the U.S. and the states by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin for 1990 through 1997 published by the Census Bureau.
County estimates provided in this report were developed in a two-stage procedure. First, the Census Bureau generated a set of state estimates by single year of age (0,1,2,.....,85 and over), sex (male, female), modified race (white; black; American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut; and Asian and Pacific Islander), and Hispanic origin regardless of race (Hispanic and non-Hispanic). The state estimates were developed using a cohort-component methodology. In this methodology, births during a time period are added, deaths during the same time frame are subtracted and net migration for the period is applied to the population at the beginning of the time period, resulting in a population estimate for the end of the time period (or the beginning of the next).
The modified age, race, sex, and Hispanic origin files from the April 1, 1990 Census were used as the starting point for the process, which produced population estimates for July 1 of 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. After the cohort-component method had been used to produce detailed estimates of state estimates, the ratio method was used to make these estimates consistent with previously published state and national estimates. This was accomplished by controlling each year's estimates by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin to the corresponding year's estimates for each state by age and sex that had been independently generated by Census Bureau staff and rounding these numbers to integers, while preserving their consistency with the state and national controls.
Starting with the April 1, 1990 modified Census counts for age, sex, and modified race/Hispanic origin and using the state estimates by age, sex, and race/Hispanic origin determined through use of the cohort-component method, the estimates for counties were developed using the ratio method of controlling to the state totals. The ratio method is a technique for adjusting data to sum to a pre-determined total. It consists of multiplying each data element by the ratio formed by dividing the desired total by the sum of the data. When there are multiple totals to which the data must be adjusted, as with the county estimates, the data are first partitioned into groups corresponding to the desired totals, then ratios are generated and applied for each group. These steps were repeated to obtain estimates for counties by age, race, Hispanic origin, and sex for each of the data years.
Estimates presented in this reported are distributed by five-year age groups, sex, and three racial groups -- white, black, and all other races -- for the state and each county in Tables P1 through P22 and for the Hispanic population (of any race) by sex and ten-year age groups for the state and counties in Table 23.
The figures presented here are part of an evolving project of the U.S. Census Bureau to develop postcensal population estimates for states and counties by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Census Bureau staff expect to prepare estimates for years subsequent to 1997 and to annually revise the existing series of estimates back to 1990.
The Census
Bureau does not consider these estimates to be accurate for each individual
cell and recommends aggregating the individual cells to larger groups
when the data are used for purposes of analysis.
Return to Health Statistics 1997
© State of New Jersey, 1996-2004


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Bearings Clearance Basics - Best BearingsWritten by on January 5, 2012 One of the abilities that separates the experienced engine builders from the novices is properly fitting the bearing clearances for both the crank and rod journals
When you get right down to it, many of the tasks involved in building a race engine are mundane. It isn't too difficult to drop a piston in a hole or bolt up an intake manifold. And neither is checking your valve lash or fitting your main and rod bearings. The trick is knowing how to do it right, taking your time to pay attention to the details and having the proper tools which can make your life a lot easier.
This month we're going to take an in-depth look at how to measure for the correct clearances between your crank and rod journals, their corresponding bearings and how to install them.
One of the most important factors when it comes to the health and durability of your rotating assembly (crank, rods, and pistons) and the block itself is the amount of open space between the main and rod journals on your crankshaft and the bearing shells they are spinning within. This space is known as the bearing clearance, and it's critical because that open area is filled with oil which provides a cushion between the journal itself and the bearing. When everything in the engine is right, the oil keeps the steel of the crank journals and the babbit of the bearings separated, and they never touch.
But problems can enter the picture pretty quickly when the bearing clearances aren't correct. Too little clearance and you'll have trouble keeping your oil temperatures in check, and a spun bearing is much more likely. On the other hand, if the tolerance is too loose you hemorrhage oil out from around all the bearings. Obviously, too loose is better than too tight, but hitting the center of the bullseye is always preferable.
As a general rule for a race engine, you want to have approximately 0.001-inch of bearing clearance for every inch of journal diameter. So for a 2.100-inch rod journal, it's always a good idea to shoot for 0.0021 or 0.0022 bearing clearance. And once again, because too little bearing clearance can mean a spun bearing, we always aim to wind up too high rather than too low.
Adjusting the clearance is easy, but probably a bit more expensive than most of us would prefer. Most quality bearing manufacturers make three versions for all the popular styles. First, there's the standard bearing. This is where you start. If you find you need more clearance, you can purchase an undersized bearing. This means the bearing shell is thinner, which creates 0.001 more clearance than a standard bearing. An oversized bearing is the opposite. It's thicker and takes away 0.001 of clearance.
One one-thousandth of an inch is a big jump, but you can actually make adjustments in 0.0005 increments—that's one-half of one thousandths of an inch. To do this you mix half the shell of a one-over or one-under bearing with half the shell from the standard bearing. This means you may have to purchase a couple sets of bearings to get everything just right in your race engine, but sometimes that's the price you have to pay. Just remember when mixing shells to always keep the sizes in the same alignment. In other words, if you're using one-unders with standards for your main bearings, put all the one-unders in the cap with the standards in the block side of the housing bore, or vice versa. So with that said, let's get on with it.
One of the most important factors when it comes to the health and durability of your rotating assembly and the block itself is the amount of open space between the main and rod journals on your crankshaft and the bearing shells they are spinning within
Problems can enter the picture pretty quickly when the bearing clearances aren't correct
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Install the bearings into the caps the same way. Install and torque the last one in place. For a Chevrolet like this with four-bolt mains, the inner bolts are torqued to 70 ft-lb and the outers to 65 with motor oil lubricating the threads and underside of the bolts.To do this job right does require a few specialty tools. Powerhouse Products offers both micrometers (seen here) and a dial bore gauge that are affordable for non-professional engine builders. Use the micrometer to get the outer diameter (od) of the journal to be fitted.Use a dial bore gauge (they're available from Powerhouse for about a hundred bucks) in the inner diameter (id) of the bearing. Position the gauge so that it's vertical in the bore and rock it back and forth until you get the smallest reading (that way you know the gauge is truly vertical). Be careful not to measure the groove in the bearing shell. Now zero out the dial indicator.Lock the micrometer securely in position (you can use a vise, just lay a rag over the jaws to protect the mic) and place your dial bore gauge in it. In this photo we're only using one hand so you can see what's going on better, but use two hands to hold the gauge steady. You will know you have the gauge square in the mic when you get the smallest number. This will tell you the clearance between the journal and the bearing.To help you keep track, mark your clearances on the block's pan rail with a Sharpie. Here, this main has 0.0025 clearance. Later, once everything is done, you can move your data to your more permanent buildsheet.Now repeat the process with the rods. Performance rods and bearings have a chamfer to create clearance for the fillet in the crank journals. When installing the rod bearings, make sure the chamfered side of the bearing is in line with the chamfered side of the rod.With the bolts holding the main caps in place, light motor oil is normally sufficient for lubricating the threads. But the technology for the rod fasteners is a bit more exacting. Most rod manufacturers recommend ARP's new Ultra Lube, which doesn't polish the threads if the rod bolts are tightened and removed multiple times. This keeps the rod bolt stretch more consistent time after time.These are Eagle's lightweight H beam rods, and Eagle recommends torquing the cap screws to 63 ft-lb for proper loading. We checked the bolt stretch afterward and they were dead on. Bearing crush affects the final id size, so the rod caps must be properly torqued beforehand in order to correctly measure the bearing clearance.
Rod bearings get narrower as you approach the parting lines, so make sure to measure the bearing id perpendicular to the rod cap's parting line (parallel to the beam of the rod). Also, it's possible to measure the rod bearing id with the rod sitting on your workbench, but if it wobbles at all it will ruin your accuracy. A much better practice is to secure the rod in a rod vise like you see here.Once all the bearings are measured and properly sized, you are finally ready to drop the crank into the block. First, make sure to properly lube with main bearings in the block with some type of assembly lube. We're using Royal Purple's synthetic assembly lube. Just make sure it's thick enough not to wipe away the first time you spin the crank in the bearing saddles.Besides the clearance between the main bores and the main bearings, you also need to make sure the crank has proper endplay. The best way to do this is to install a dial indicator over the nose of the crank like you see here.Also, make sure you have the rear main seal installed to avoid having to pull the crank back out once you have realized your mistake. A small amount of silicone or gasket sealer will help lock the seal in place and ensure no oil leaks out from underneath. Make sure the lip of the seal points toward the engine, and clock the seal a bit as you see here so that its parting line doesn't match up with the parting line of the cap.When installing the main caps in the block—no matter if you are fitting bearings or final assembly—don't use the bolts to pull the caps down into the register. This is supposed to be a tight fit and doing it that way can damage both the cap and the register in the block which will lead to cap movement. Instead, slide one side into the register, thread the bolts in a bit to make sure the cap is properly aligned, and use a rubber mallet to tap the other side of the cap into position. Now you're ready to torque the caps.You also need to set the thrust bearing shells. Do this with the first four main caps installed and torqued down. With the cap containing the thrust bearing (the rearmost on Chevys) in place but the bolts not tightened, use your rubber mallet to smack the nose of the crank to push it backwards in the block. Then hit the rear of the crank to push it back forward. This aligns the two thrust bearing shells. Always align the thrust bearing with as much forward clearance as possible (by hitting the crank toward the front of the block last) because the clutch is always trying to push the crank out the front of the block. Now you're ready to tighten your final main cap.Now that all the main caps are torqued down, check the crankshaft endplay one final time with the dial indicator. You should have between 0.005 and 0.010 of movement.We had proper clearance using the King bearings, but if you don't, you may have to lightly sand the thrust surfaces on the bearing. Place a sheet of very fine sandpaper over the flattest surface you can find—a surface stone is ideal—and sand both thrust faces very gently in a semi-circular pattern. Thoroughly re-clean the bearing and try again. You may need to repeat a few times to get the correct clearance.


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Emily Explains: Getting Started With Chock
In the summertime, I love having a simple shawl at hand in case I need to cover up from the sun or a cool breeze. Chock, a beautiful lace pattern from Norah Gaughan vol. 14, knit in Maya is a perfect choice. Read more