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|I had some leftover new motor oil so i dumped it on a rag and wiped each cylinder with it, then i turned it over a few times. I already learned my lesson about rust lol
Hey, just thought of it.. You need to lube the cyl a little after. I like to use a little gear lube. Just a finger full, to wipe around the cyl.
Remember, the surface is lubed (somewhat) 'under' the rings and you've just done a nice job cleaning the upper cyl, so just give a slight wipe with it.
Ya don't want to shove the piston up a cyl without lube.
If you already have the heads on again, just squirt some pennetrating oil in the spark plug hole and let it seep around or manually turn it over by hand. The oil will follow the rings around the cyl.
It might smoke a little at first but that should clear up after warmup.
Thanks for all the input. I think i have everything all cleaned up
I vacuumed it with the shop vac and then wiped the cylinders out the best that i could, then i blew around the rings with 130psi and caught it in another rag, then i wiped the cylinders again, then i turned the engine over a few times and watched for anything to get left behind out of the rings as the pistons travel down.
nothing seemed to score the cylinder walls and nothing came out of the rings all of the gasket seemed to come right off of the deck, so everything should come together just how i want it to.
I even managed to squeeze new motor mounts under the engine with it in the car, with all the cuts on my hand to prove it lol
|machine shop tom
For deck 'clean-up' just get a little box of straight razors and push the edge (away from you, NOT toward you) with minimum pressure. The edge will curl under before any 'digging in' of the cast iron. (Just be VERY CAREFUL on aluminum blocks/heads) Just keep the angle pretty low. Not more than 20deg.
the thin blade will bend some versus a big, thick gasket scraper or sharpened putty knife that just loves to dig in JUST when you don't want them to.
Remember that where the 'fire ring' around the H/G does the sealing of the cyl pressuer. Depending on the blocks/head condition, you may have pitting of the surface from the coolant over time. If this pitting can be detected where it would be under that fire ring, have it decked.
Now, that would entail taking the whole engine apart and delivering it to a shop etc.. Then one has to make sure they have the same deck hight on both sides. That would be a crapper, that one side is lower than the other..
I've used the little wire wheels/grinders many times throughout the decades and a neat little trick is to use a can of cheap shave-cream to fill up everything from intake ports to stud holes (Did you ever use a blow nozzle to clean out a clogged EGR passage, and all that carbon just BLOWS EVERYWHERE!! Yeah, you thought that you were smart!! )
After the porting/cleaning/repair you can just suck it out with a shop-vac with all the debris (well, most. the rest a rag can usually handle)
Now I don't think that Joe Gibbs racing would use it but when times are tough... There usually isn't much residue at all left over.
Which brings me to another area. Cleaning the Head stud/bolt holes. A pistol cleaning kit/rod for say a 40cal. on a cordless drill and some brake clean usually will get all that sealer/anti-seize out. Semi-hardening material usually takes a little more effort (products like Lock-tite will be best removed by a bottoming tap, and then the cleaning process) The 'wire' is usually a brass or bronze, and the wires themselves are alot longer so they tend to bend over rather break off (jsut as long as you don't change direction all the time)
I'd hate for you to get it all nice looking and have a couple head bolts not torque down enough because of a little crap in the hole NOBODY LIKES CRAP IN THE HOLE.
In addition, the dead holes are one thing, the 'through' holes will just drop the sealer down into the block. If and I know sometimes one can't but after most everything is bolted up for the coolant, run some water (NOT A HOSE) through the block/heads/intake with the drain plugs out in the middle of the block by the pan-rail to get some of the floating sealer bits out. You don't want to clog any radiator passages with it, overheat and blame it on the job you just did.. Radiator flush doesn't break that silicone sealer down. It just floats around.
Now You could start the bore brush at the bottom first and come back up with the threads. That way all/most the 'stuff' will end up on the deck that can be easily wiped/blown off.
And not knocking the others but, the top ring only has a gap of usually .012-.018+, so I'd doubt that lots of crap got down past them. It's what gets in between the ring lands. But about 120-180psi of compressed air should work.
(It's the extended running of a bad tune that builds up carbon soot mixed with other contaminants that will build up behind the rings and slowly force them out and over time, wearing the cyl walls uneven like a reverse hour-glass.
BUT that's a different thread..
I got confidence in ya.. I think you'll be fine. Just take your time and go over things, even take a buddy too! (leave the beer for after though)
|4 Jaw Chuck
As far as the original issue. Stop, don't do anymore. Really, the only way to fix what you've done at this point is to disassemble the whole thing and clean it out. If not, you've definitely shortened the life of the engine, whether it's by a few thousand miles or if it will fail the next few hundred miles depends on how much work you did.
Not sure about the WD40 thing, will read the thread later, but in general, my lube of choice to prevent and to clean up minor rust is ATF (any reasonable amount from sitting around for a couple of days you should be able to wipe off with a cloth soaked in the stuff). Steel wool is probably much safer, and some good, high quality emery type sand papers are somewhat better (something that fractures as you use it like garnet paper is the same or worse than the scothbright), but you really want to avoid using any kind of an abrasive in an engine.
scotch brite
Tape a piece of 1/2'' copper pipe to a vacumn you don,t like and flatten out the pipe to conform to bore curve (roughly is good enough) and suck up the area around the upper ring. Problem gone.
does anyone have thoughts on what i should do to prepare the deck for mounting the cylinder heads? i know the deck was machined the first time the engine was put together, the code was machined off, but now i've taken the original head of, and the replacement head, so this is the third time heads will be bolted on.
will this be a problem?
|The biggest evil with ScotchBrite is those little 2" bonded cookies used on a mandrel pad on a die grinder. They throw large bits of crap everywhere, and will mess up machined surfaces in a hurry(especially aluminum).
I just remembered something As i stated i have used scotchbrite several time and i never did have any problems either. But what i remembered about my friends engine was it wasen't scotchbrite he was using when i told him not to it was while he had the heads off he was cleaning it all up with a wire brush on the end of a drill and i told him not to use that because the little slivers of wire would get down in the engine. And he went ahead and did it anyway and when he called me with his problem we found the little wire pieces in the oil-pump. Sorry about my brain fart. But i have learned and read where they say not to use scotchbrite or anything that can come apart and leave pieces in the engine. But like eric said if you are careful and clean it out you should be ok. I was just stating the what if factor in it all. Just trying to help that's all.
well, if the cross hatching is just there for the rings to seat i'm guessing they're seated, the motor probably has over 10,000 miles on it now. But it is very clean on the inside and i intend to keep it that way. the first time i took the heads off to put the summit heads on the pistons were still reflective in most places like they were just put in a few months ago
and when vacuuming the cylinders some of the carbon came out and revealed the shiny surface again
what all should i do to get this carbon buildup off of my pistons so it doesn't break loose and score my cylinder walls up?
and tomorrow i'll wipe the wd-40 out and use something else, i never knew that before, but now that i read that post i realized that the things i spray lots of wd-40 on seem to get sludgy after a while
The paper towel was a good thought.
I've used it before and had good success. Although I didn't use 'brand new' sheets of Scotch-brite pads, some that were worn slightly. For a lubricant, I've used fuel-oil and then wiped up/down with laquer thinner, then a VERY thin coating of gear lube (just because stuff like WD-40 evaporates too quickly) to stay in the surface until the piston assy can be installed.
I just picked up a Vortec 350 that had a bad h/g and water poured from 2/4 spark plug holes. Pulled head, cleaned the mating surfaces with my Scotch-brite discs on the end of a diegrinder and cleaned the cyl with an older pad using carb cleaner and air to blow out the residue from the top rings, keeping rags to contain it.
And even had used the flex-hone with HOT soapy water as a lube then the gear lube while the block was still in the car! Just covering the crank with rags and steam pressure after. They ran fine for months with no smoke and good mileage before selling for another project..
I've been amazed with tearing into a engine that I knew ran well (to freshen up) and seeing years of crap either in the lifter valley or rocker area that you would think, HOW THE HECK DID THIS RUN SOO GOOD?.. But it did and did for hundreds of thousands of miles. Its' kinda like the goof that eats and drinks and smokes and parties and seems to live to make your life miserable (who never goes away) and the guy down the street who is a tri-athelete who dies of a heart attack during a race..
To me, that 'little particle' thing doesn't make sense seeing otherwise.
I'd go ahead and do it, just don't go nuts with it.. The crosshatch only is there to hold some oil until the rings seat. Like I stated above, I've torn into motors that the cyls were almost shiny, but the compression was good and didn't burn through the rings..
I know your NO GOOF, Use common sense and save some money.
If you covered things like you said, I would not worry about it. Tthe block so that that cylinder is facing down and hose it out with brake cleaner, then an air hose. You'll be fine, it's the guys that don't even realize there is junk left behind and do nothing to stop it that have problems.
On thing not a whole lot of people know is a scotch brite speed secret, involves using it on a newly bored block. Take scotchbrite, wetted in solvent or Gunk engine cleaner and scrub the cylinder walls up and down in each cylinder until you can notice a definate smoother feel through the scotchbrite. This takes all the microscopic sharp points off the surface of the hone job alowing the rings to seal up faster and with less wear. Take you about 1/2 hour to do all eight.
New rings on a new honed cylinder would normally have to rub off all these micro peaks which wears into the rings at the same time.
My uncle taught me this years ago when he was sprint car racing, and I see it is also in David Vizards books.
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One of the main features in the oil complex this week has been the ongoing widening of the Brent/WTI spread. Ever since the announcement that the flow through the Seaway pipeline would be constrained WTI's discount to Brent has been growing with the rest of the complex once again moving much more in sync with Brent rather than WTI as the surplus of crude oil in the mid-west does not look like it is going to dissipate anytime soon. The March Brent/WTI spread is trading solidly above the last resistance level of $19.50/bbl (now support) and seems clearly headed to test the November high of around $20.90/bbl. Further supporting the bullish side of the spread is the start of the spring refinery maintenance season which will result in a decline in demand for crude oil in the mid-west (and elsewhere in the US) and thus further delay the surplus of crude oil in PADD2 and Cushing, Ok from dissipating. For the moment both the fundamentals and the technicals are bullish for the spread.
As I have been discussing in the newsletter geopolitics are acting as a price floor for the oil complex even as the West and Iran and are scheduled to meet on February 25th in Kazakhstan. Today the US will tighten sanction on Iran by blocking buyers of Iranian crude oil from paying in US dollars. Under penalty of expulsion from the US Banking system buyers of Iranian oil will now be restricted to using their own currencies and keeping their payments in escrow. Iran will thus only be able to use the funds for locally sourced goods and services... sort of a barter transaction.
On the macroeconomic front most of the data from the main regions of the world have been relatively positive coming in better than expected and thus suggesting that the global economic recovery may have turned the corner and may be now growing at a faster pace. There is no question that the US economy (for example) is in a growth pattern. The main problem is the pattern is still much too slow to result in a significant change to areas of the economy like employment and consumer spending (which represents about 70% of the US GDP). Much like in the US many of the developed world countries are flooding their economies with liquidity in the form of very low short term interest rates and large amounts of quantitative easing. Although the global economy is in a growth pattern the very accommodative monetary policies in play around the world are still very much the reason why the economy is growing at all. Another example the Japanese Yen hit a three year low in overnight trading in anticipation that the Bank of Japan may ease even further and in larger increments (QE).
As long as many major central banks continue to operate in a very accommodative manner the downside for most risk asset markets like equities, oil and most other traditional commodities will be limited. That does not mean values will only go higher. I still see most risk asset markets as being overbought and very susceptible to further rounds of profit taking selling as we experienced on Monday. What I do not see is a major collapse in values and the start of a sustained downtrend in the short to even medium term. With money continuing to move into the global equity and commodity markets I would expect that most of the future rounds of profit taking selling will likely be met with bottom picking buying thus limiting the downside moves to increments of 1 to 2% at any time (equities).
With the oil complex moving very much in sync with the equity sector any further downside corrections in equities will quickly spread to the oil complex. The market sentiment is similar to what it was at the end of the first quarter of 2009 when market participants started to discount the nearby conditions and focus on what the economy would be like down the road if it remains in a growth pattern. As in 2009 the so called perception trade drove values and it is once again driving most risk asset values at the moment. From time to time the current fundamentals have an impact but the main driver is the perception that the global economy will be more robust down the road.
Global equities were relatively flat over the last twenty four hours as shown in the EMI Global Equity Index table below. The Index is still down by about 1% for the week with the year to date gain currently at 1.6%. The Japanese bourse is surging and is now a showing double digit gain for the year as the Yen continues to depreciate in anticipation of further monetary accommodation. A falling Yen is very supportive for this export driven economy. China is a close second as most of the economic data that has been released over the last month or so have been suggesting that the main economic and oil demand grwoth engine of the world may now be growing at a faster pace than last year.
Yesterday's API report was mixed with a larger than expected build in crude oil, a build in gasoline within the expectations and a surprise draw in distillate fuel. Total crude oil stocks increased by 3.6 million barrels versus an expectation for a more modest build. Gasoline showed a build in inventory while distillate fuel stocks decreased versus an expectation for a small build. The API reported a 3.6 million barrel build in crude oil stocks versus an industry expectation for a modest build of around 2.5 million barrels as crude oil imports decreased but offset a tad by a modest increase in refinery run rates by 0.2%. The API reported a modest draw in distillate and a build in gasoline stocks.
The API report is neutral to bearish as total stocks built even with the draw in distillate fuel. The oil market is mostly lower heading into the US trading session and ahead of the EIA oil inventory report at 10:30 AM today. The market is usually cautious on trading on the API report and prefers to wait for the more widely watched EIA report due out this morning. I view the current gains in oil prices to be more related to the economic data and not the API report. The API reported PADD 2 stocks decreased by 0.4 million barrels while Cushing stock decreased by just 24,000 barrels. On the week gasoline stocks increased by about 1.6 million barrels while distillate fuel stocks decreased by about 1.4 million barrels.
My projections for this week's inventory report are summarized in the following table. I am expecting the US refining sector to decrease marginally. I am expecting a modest build in crude oil inventories, a small build in distillate fuel... as the weather was not very winter like over the east coast... and a modest build in gasoline stocks during the report period even as refinery runs continue to decline ahead of US maintenance season. I am expecting crude oil stocks to increase by about 2.5 million barrels. If the actual numbers are in sync with my projections the year over year comparison for crude oil will now show a surplus of 32.3 million barrels while the overhang versus the five year average for the same week will come in around 43.8 million barrels.
I am expecting a build in crude oil stocks in Cushing, Ok and in PADD 2 as the Seaway pipeline has been has been running at constrained levels for most of the report period. This will be bullish for the Brent/WTI spread in the short term as the spread is currently trading well above the level it was trading at just prior to the Seaway pipeline announcement.
With refinery runs expected to decrease by 0.2% I am expecting a modest build in gasoline stocks. Gasoline stocks are expected to increase by 1.6 million barrels which would result in the gasoline year over year surplus coming in around 2.1 million barrels while the surplus versus the five year average for the same week will come in around 4.2 million barrels. If the actual gasoline build is in sync with my projection gasoline stocks will have built by about 37 million barrels since November.
Distillate fuel is projected to increase by 0.3 million barrels. If the actual EIA data is in sync with my distillate fuel projection inventories versus last year will likely now be about 15.7 million barrels below last year while the deficit versus the five year average will come in around 16.5 million barrels.
The following table compares my projections for this week's report (for the categories I am making projections with the change in inventories for the same period last year. As you can see from the table last year's inventories are mostly in directional sync with this week's projections. As such if the actual data is in line with the projections there will only be modest changes in the year over year inventory comparisons for just about everything in the complex.
I am downgrading my view for WTI to neutral to cautiously bearish but maintaining my view at neutral bias at cautiously bullish for Brent and the rest of the complex. That said I am continuing to fly the caution flag as any additional equity market corrections will impact oil prices in much the same way... round of profit taking selling (as we saw yesterday).
I am moving my Nat Gas view and bias to neutral as the weather forecasts and nearby temperatures remain somewhat supportive. As I have been discussing for weeks the direction of Nat Gas prices are primarily dependent on the actual and forecasted weather pattern now that we are still in the heart of the winter heating season and currently those forecasts have turned a tad more supportive at the moment.
Markets are mostly lower heading in the US trading session as shown in the following table.
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Midway through year two of the grimmest recession in decades, many architects are wondering where their next projects are coming from. Across the spectrum of project types—from large public commissions to private homes—the pickings are slim. But those lucky enough to still have clients—and the staff to serve them—are faced with yet another worry: how to collect payment for work completed. Chasing down debt is unpleasant, and it's a task architects are doing more of these days. Until the banking industry regains its footing, the reality is that many clients are dealing with shrunken or frozen credit lines—or worse, bankruptcy.
Getting paid requires constant vigilance even in good times. It's accounting 101, the topic on tap at industry conventions and business round tables. But these days, the standard advice—ask for a retainer up front, bill promptly for services rendered, and work only with clients you trust—is no guarantee of solvency. Now, previously reliable patrons are months behind on their payments. That leaves design firms, particularly those who've maxed out their own credit lines, in financial limbo and straining to cover operating costs. Residential architects are many things to many clients, but banker is a role no one wants.
If it's any consolation, almost no one is immune from the economic fallout. There's the sense that we're all in this together. So, as we wait for the tide to turn, what's an architect to do? Everyone wants the job to go on. Even a token paycheck is better than none.
But with lending at a virtual standstill, what does it mean to be resourceful in your various financial relationships? And when it comes to debt collection, what's the right balance between persistence and patience? This is no time to burn bridges, after all. A fine line must be walked.
trickle-down economy At many architecture firms, work was continuing apace until a year ago, when the mortgage crisis turned the credit markets to ice. A recent phone call to Steven House, AIA, House + House Architects, San Francisco, found him penning a reminder to a client that an invoice was six months past due. The delinquent client is a developer with whom the firm has a solid 20-year relationship. But after working together on two successful resorts in Honduras, the third one has stalled. "He began the project right when the economy started turning and has sold only two units this year," House says. "It couldn't have launched at a worse time."
As House tells it, after he sent out the $30,000 invoice for completed working drawings, months went by. The developer promised to send $10,000, but more time passed. House got on the phone again and negotiated a payoff of $5,000 increments. Recently, with the balance down to $7,500, the client offered to pay $3,750 and the other half the following week. But no checks have arrived. "I think architects need to realize that the developers, who in many cases are their primary clients, are in the same boat that architects are in," House says, adding that a two-way phone conversation is more effective than a letter. "You don't want to create an adversarial situation, so you're as patient as possible," he explains. While it's frustrating to get paid in small chunks, these are unusual times. The bill will eventually be paid off, House adds, and there will be no hard feelings.
A similar scenario is playing out at GYMO, an architecture and engineering firm in Watertown, N.Y. One bright spot in this town, near the Canadian border, is the demand for new army housing at Fort Drum. "We aren't seeing a decrease in billables, but we are seeing an increase in receivables," says principal Stephen W. Yaussi, AIA, LEED AP. That's because most of the work is being done off-base and with private developers, at least three of whom owe the firm money. They say the financing they counted on is not there.
"Some of them we believe will come through in the long run, but others we're worried about," Yaussi continues. "We sent our smaller clients to collection agencies, but you're not going to do that for a big developer who owes you six figures." Until the lending situation thaws, several of his clients are chipping away at their bill.
One defensive strategy is to break up payments into small chunks to reduce the amount left on the table if a client shuts down the project, suggests Daniel R. Long, RA, NCARB, of Daniel R. Long Architect + Associates in Geneva, N.Y. Another is to drill clients on the importance of speaking up when they're troubled about how things are going. That discussion heads off accusations about the quality of work as an excuse for not paying the bill. "We've had to play chicken with a few clients to obtain payment prior to sending out drawings for permitting," Long says. "It's a hard thing to do, but the good clients don't question it."
Since last fall, collections have been a problem across all project types at Grew Design, an architecture and construction management firm in Woodbury, Conn. Lump-sum payments are almost a rarity these days. A private client who lost his Wall Street job is honoring a stretched-out installment plan for design work on a major house renovation. Two developers are also paying in increments each month, hoping to refinance to free up money. But a third has "just plain bailed. We'll have to pursue collection or suck it up and say, Is it worth the time and effort?" says CEO Milton Gregory Grew, AIA. Either way, it will take each of his three other clients a year to pay back the money they owe. While he waits, Grew has had to borrow money to make payroll.


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There old website & email address is no longer active:
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By Jonathan Raymond / Special to MLB.com
Jonathan Schoop, born and raised on the Dutch island of Curacao, has a lot of family in Holland, but before last year, he'd never been to Europe to visit them.
The impetus for his journey was a result of probably the most important victory in Dutch baseball history, the one that ushered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands as a player in international baseball, one that gives them credibility as a sleeper in this year's World Baseball Classic.
Schoop was a part of the gold medal-winning 2011 Baseball World Cup squad in Panama. The tournament, run by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), can sometimes be a mixed bag -- the U.S. team, for instance, was without any Major League stars.
Still, the Netherlands went 11-1 overall during the tournament, beating the likes of Venezuela, Panama and, yes, the United States.
The most impressive victory, however, came in the final, a 2-1 nailbiter against Cuba, an international powerhouse that brings it's A-team to nearly every international tournament. Schoop figured rather importantly in that game, driving in the second run of a two-run fourth that proved to be the decisive tally.
In the process, he earned his first trip to Europe. "I went to Europe twice last year," Schoop said. "It's cold out there, but it's nice. I have a big family that lives there, in Rotterdam. It was the first time I had ever been there because they asked us to come for the ceremony, because we won it all in Panama."
If the Baseball World Cup was the first step toward international legitimacy for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, than surely a strong showing in the World Baseball Classic would consolidate those gains. Schoop admitted that his team is viewing this year's tournament as a big chance to take the development and exposure of the Dutch game to another level, four years after the Netherlands twice defeated the Dominican Republic in the 2009 World Baseball Classic before falling in the second group stage.
"For me right now, it's big. We look forward to this cause every time we play in this tournament we do a pretty good job," he said. "And then the scouts go to Curacao and Aruba and see those guys and see if we can't get more guys in the USA to play baseball."
The World Cup team even drew some fans to Panama, a development that wowed Schoop.
"Those fans are great. In Panama, we didn't know where they came from, but a lot of Netherlands fans were out there cheering for us. It was real nice."
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For about a generation now, baseball has been the sport of choice in the Dutch Antilles. The ABC islands -- Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao -- situated off the coast of Venezuela have been the hotbed of Dutch growth in the sport.
"Everyone wants to play baseball in Curacao -- they look up to Andruw Jones," said Schoop. "Every kid wants to go to the Little League World Series, every kid wants to be a pro one day and make it to the big leagues.
"The thing I can remember back then [playing as a kid] was that it was a lot of fun. You go to the field, practice, play, stay out there for a game after practice, just stay all day at the field. It was just baseball, the best thing to remember."
The current generation of potential Dutch stars, including the likes of Schoop, the Braves' Andrelton Simmons and the Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts have followed the trail that Andruw Jones -- practically a national hero -- blazed.
"You play with Wladimir Balentein, Andruw Jones -- you've seen them play since you were a kid and now you're playing with them. It's awesome. Like a guy you've seen since you were a kid and look up to, now playing as a teammate -- I can't explain it."
Schoop, the Orioles' fourth-ranked prospect by MLB.com, is one of the key players for the Netherlands. He's manned second base and hit in the two-hole in each of the first two Pool A games for the Dutch, a 5-0 win over Korea and an 8-3 loss to Chinese Taipei.
The 21-year-old from Willemstad has been a quick advancer in the Baltimore system, moving from the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League in 2010 to Double-A Bowie, where he played 124 games with the Baysox last season.
Despite his youth, Schoop managed to hold his own in the Eastern League, hitting .245/.324/.386 with 14 homers, 24 doubles and 56 RBIs. The year before, split between Class A Delmarva and Class A Advanced Frederick, he hit .290/.349/.432 as a 19-year-old.
Perhaps one of his most impressive showings came following the 2012 season, when he batted .270/.446/.429 in 21 games with the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands will play its final Pool A game Monday night at 11:30 p.m. ET, against Australia, and a victory will likely send them to the second round of the tournament in Tokyo. The mission, according to Schoop, is to advance at least as far as the World Baseball Classic Semifinals.
"We have a good team, and I think we can get pretty, pretty far. The team is coming along good. We've played since we were kids, and now we're together here. It's been good -- we're playing the game the right way.
"It's a business still. We're serious. We've got good veterans, good young guys, it's a good mix. The goal is for us to go to San Francisco. We'll see what happens."


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so after having done some research through the forum these 2 past weeks about the different armourers, i have some questions.
I'm going for an ESB Boba Fett so i need an ESB helmet with the wavy brow and the increased flare out. I know the GMH is cast from an original and so extremely accurate, however i read the wainting time is very long and FettPride is based in the US. I also know that the BM helmet is especially designed for ESB, though i read somewhere it would be good if he could fix his stalk and inaccurate dent, but looking at his website it looks like he has done it. And as i'm based in EU i would certainly save money in term of shipping cost and customs.
My question: Is the BM a good choice for an ESB helmet and in term of accuracy?
About the armor parts, i'm lucky enough to have the same body-type that Jeremy Bulloch had during ESB (5'11'' and rather thin) so i'm looking for an 1:1 armor set. I read the RKD set is more for bigger guys (even though he has made new molds since the post i read).
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- No. 1 North Carolina claimed a midweek sweep of visiting James Madison (20-25) on Wednesday with a 6-1 win in a rain-shortened contest that was called in the sixth inning.
The Tar Heels improve to 44-4 on the year with the win as senior Chris Munnelly moves his record to 5-0. Munnelly threw five innings of one-run ball as he allowed two hits and struck out six.
Michael Russell paced the Tar Heels at the plate with a 3-for-3 performance with a run scored and two RBIs.
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The sophomore shortstop would hit a chopper through the middle of the infield scoring Moran and Holberton and extending the Tar Heel advantage to 6-1.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by buddahfan, Aug 28, 2007.
How do you know this stuff? Don't tell me that Lee told you.
Linwood, you are asking a lot of questions about YKW. Do you know what happened to the last guy who started asking questions?
Exactly. It's been a dirty little secret in the NBA that players don't want really good players on their teams. I think Darko made some early attempts to look bad (getting a dunk blocked by the rim, etc.) but then the natural talent took over and he was alienated from the other players due to his exceptional talent. I imagine someone will write a dissertation on it soon. I checked Dissertation Abstracts but nothing yet.
The search engine at Dissertation Abstracts is very picky, so you have to choose wisely when submitting key words on the Advanced Search form. Try "sandbagging", "blood flow", and "i just vant to play".
From Darko's family.
Solid answer. And I can respect that.
I'm almost convinced that Darko SHOULD actually make the HOF. If for no other reason than the incredible creativity with which his supporters produce "reasons" for his lack of production and inability to make a home in the NBA. Maybe he really IS that good.
Memphis might make the playoffs this year but Conley, Gay, Gasol, Miller, and Warrick will contribute more to that playoff run than Darko. Memphis made the playoffs 2 years ago. If injuries did not occur last year they probably would of made it again. If Memphis makes the playoffs the main reason that their will be such a turn around from last season is because of injured players like Gasol returning. I bet Darko comes off the bench and the 5 guys I mentioned start. If Darko starts it's only because the Grizzlies don't want to play Warrick, or Gasol at Center.
I wonder - was there a Chauncey HOF club in Denver deluding themselves with visions of grandeur until he made a place for himself in D-Town, won a ship, earned the Finals MVP?
the grizzlies are just a better team. they picked up navarro too in the offseason. i'm not saying darko is the sole reason. i'm just saying darko + full season = playoffs on any team. but to go further not only will they make the playoffs but they will be a very tough round series. they will have one of the best frontcourts in the league. darko will help gasol so much he may return to the all star game. darko will start. that's why they brought darko in because they don't want to play warrick or gasol at center.
His family thinks he should make the HOF...that's a solid enough recommendation for me.
The same thing was initially said about Ben and DMC, then Howard and DMC. After a while, Darko starts outworking the superstar and makes him look bad. The superstar goes to management, and Darko is gone. The pattern should be obvious. Look for Darko to be traded by January.
Sheed and Billups still talk up Darko
Does anybody else remember when the DHOFer's were saying Darko's problem was that he was playing out of his natural position the 4 to play the 5. It just bugs me that stories can change so damn much, I mean how many excuses can we give the guy. If I was new to the whole Darko thing I might actually think he is the best player ever reading some of this stuff, when the truth is he is a talented 7 footer to bad he is also a lazy unmotivated chain smoking sissy, who will never amount to anything unless his attitude changes. I wanted him to succeed as much as any other piston fan here but he didn't. And his attitude seems to be the biggest reason why, hell just look at some of the crap he said when Orlando didn't make an effort to resign him. NEWS TO DARKO you are not the greatest thing since sliced bread get over yourself, once you do that you may actually be a player in this league.
What''s Darko worth? Well according to the free market, less than Gerald Wallace, but more than Jason Kapono and Luke Walton. Considering his lack of PT on previous teams, and lack of coaches that wanted to coach him, that's not a bad place to be.
The tires on my car are round in one plane. The first thing I do each morning is pee. Those are facts too. And equally related.
Sorry, you lost me when you say Darko played. When was this?
Check it out: a 3-4 year project maturing in...4 years. It's rocket science.
The only thing Darko represents to me right now is a thrown away complete waste of a #2 pick. In the last 25 years the Pistons have only had 3 top picks. Isiah, G.Hill and Darko. Which one does not belong in that group? If Darko keeps improving then I will enjoy watching him but he is never going to put on a Pistons uniform again. That ship has sailed. Too many bridges burned. We did get Rodney Stucky out of the deal. Any chance Stucky could make us forget about losing a #2 pick?
One can only hope Max. and yeah, I agree about the waste.
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KDE SC 4.8.3 is out now
The may bugfix release for KDE SC 4.8 series was just announced today. I know Kubuntu users already have it available in the update PPA, but I am sure other distros will be making it available in the next few days. According to the OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, this bugfix release brings "...significant bugfixes (that) include improvements to the Kontact Suite, bugfixes in Dolphin and many more corrections and performance improvements all over the place..." As is the case with most bugfix releases in KDE SC, it is recommended as it will not incorporate new features, but only further performance and stability benefits. I am wondering, though... Will the Dolphin animations that got lost in KDE SC 4.8.1 be back with this bugfix release? Let's wait and see. EDIT (May 7th, 2012): I have now received the KDE SC 4.8.3 updates on my Chakra machine and I can still reproduce the Dolphin animations bug, they are still missing. I have been trying to find information about this and why the animations disappeared, but can't find anything... Anyone knows why they got lost after KDE SC 4.8.0?
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The Dolphin engine was rewritten for 4.8.0. That's probably why they disappeared.ReplyDelete
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The animations I describe were part of KDE 4.8.0, and successive bugfixes are just that, bugfixes. I doubt a complete rewrite of the engine would take place inside a bugfix... I just think the bug fixes introduced in KDE SC 4.8.1 killed the animations for one reason or another and maybe they were kept that way because the had a negative effect on something? Just guessing here, but a bit more info from KDE would be appreciated.
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