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Originally Posted by RichH View Post
Simply looking to see if the leeward shrouds are loose/slack/etc. when on a heel is ........ 'nothing' sensible.
Its quite easy to go forward and adjust the forestay tension ....just 'ease it'. I find when cruising its the simplest and most effective way to 'balance' all the tensions.
But I insist on a clubfooted staysail .... and I wont go there because of all the controversy about the 'safety' of a clubfoot.
Thanks Rich for the reply. I made a copy of your response to have when I re-tune the rig. I don't go through it that often and without an adjustable back stay I can't adjust easily while underway.
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Originally Posted by lancelot9898 View Post
I think we both have Tayana 37's and I've used the folding rule method as a means of applying proper tension in all shroads and stays with the exception of the forestay which has a roller furling foil. Not sure how this would be measured other than assuming that the tension in the backstay can be correlated to that in the forestay.
On my Ty37 FOR UPWIND I tension my staysail @ less than 10% (sometimes entirely slack) so that most ALL the backstay tension goes into the headstay .... so that the 'luff hollow' of the GENOA matches the curve/sag of the headstay. Sometimes I just add to the backstay tension via runners ... depends if cruising or racing.
I use 'luff stripes' on the headsails so that I can easily visualize if I have the backstay, etc. tensions 'perfect'.
My typical Ty37 tension set up is: 15% caps, 18-20% fwd lowers, 10-12% aft lowers, 15% intermediates, 20-25% backstay (for upwind)/headstay, 10% forestay, and bobstay at 15%. I try to keep a 3/4" fwd. pre-bend in the mast at the spreaders to keep the mast from pumping without the need for running backstays. DownW or BeamW, I progressively tighten the forestay depending on the windstrength. If staysl with no topsail, then forestay goes to 15%++.
RichH Ty37 #423
Here's a nice simple article on rig tune from FX Sails.
Basic Rig Tune for Most Sailboats
by Dan Dickison
Where I live—on the southeastern coast of the U.S.—spring is definitely in the air. Sweet-smelling confederate jasmine is in full bloom, the days are warm and the nights are cool, and local boats are slowly becoming more and more active. This is the time of year when anticipation about the impending sailing season swells and owners profess excitement about the new gear they've acquired over the winter. Veteran sailboat owners will tell you much of that excitement pertains to new sails. But sails alone (new or old) shouldn't be any owner's sole focus right now, particularly after a period of time when you haven't used the boat much.
Typically, springtime for sailboat owners is a double-edged sword. It's tinged with all that aforementioned anticipation about days to come on the water, but it also means work—work getting your sail-handling systems ready, making sure the engine is up to snuff and the bottom paint is attended to, that sort of thing. And regardless of whether you sail a Swan 56 or a Catalina 22—or anything in between—if the rig in your vessel isn't somewhere close to being in tune, all that other work won't amount to much when it comes time to set your sails.
Rig tune is a simple phrase used to encompass a concept that can be as complex or as straightforward as you want to make it. Essentially, any boat will benefit from having its mast(s) in the right position in the boat with the proper amount of tension applied to the shrouds and stays. Just accomplishing this elementary level of rig tuning will help you prolong the life of your sails, your rig, and your boat. And don't be afraid to seek guidance beyond the scope of this article. Proper rig tune varies from design to design, so the advice herein is intentionally general.
A number of elements can affect rig tune, including the condition (the shape) of the sails, the nature of the mast, and the age of the boat. To give you a better idea of what that means, consider the words of rigger extraordinaire Brion Toss, who likes to explain that rig tune is all about relationships. 'When you alter the tension on one member, that affects something else.' I'm paraphrasing here, but essentially that's the idea: Loosen the starboard lower on a single-spreader rig and you'll end up with a mast that bows to port. Loosen the headstay on a masthead rig and you get more forward bend in the middle of the mast, etc. So, to get your rig tuned—or at least in the ballpark—here's a step-by-step primer:
1. Start by making sure that all your turnbuckles function properly. And while you're at it, take a moment to lubricate them. (Some riggers specify Lanocote, others suggest Teflon or SeaLube, and some swear by Wichinox, and that's just a sampling of the products that are available.)
2. Then, back off the turnbuckles so that each shroud or stay is slightly floppy. If a tuning guide exists for your boat, consult that to determine just how much rake (the fore and aft inclination of the top of the mast) your rig should have. If no tuning guide exists, make the headstay turnbuckle hand tight, and keep in mind that this affects the rake of the mast. (Some boats don't have an adjustable turnbuckle on the headstay. If that's the case with your boat, no problem, it's one less adjustment to worry about.)
3. Now, use the main halyard to determine if the masthead is centered in the athwartships direction. To do this, you simply cleat the halyard off and use the end you normally attach to the head of the mainsail to measure how far the masthead is from the chainplates on either side of the boat. At this stage, you intermittently tighten the upper (or cap) shroud turnbuckles by hand and keep measuring until the masthead is equidistant from the port and starboard chainplates and the cap shrouds are snug. Then tighten the turnbuckles on each upper shroud until the shroud is taut. Usually that means turning them an equal number of turns.
4. At this stage, you can check your work by sighting up the aft side of the mast to determine if the mast is straight. If it is straight (the spar doesn't bow to one side or the other), good work, you've got the mast "in column." If it bows, you simply tighten the lower shrouds correspondingly (or the intermediates if your rig has them) to take out the bow. But don't over-tighten. Remember, tension on the shrouds (and the intermediates) affects the fore and aft bend of the mast as well, and you're simply trying to get the spar into a straight position at this stage.
5. Now, sight up the mast from one side or the other to check the fore and aft bend (whether or not the center of the mast is jutting forward). If there's no perceptible bend, that's fine. If there's a slight bend, that's fine, too. Once you get to this stage, you can begin tightening the lower shrouds by turning them an equal number of turns on each side. As you do this, check to see if the mast remains straight (in column) and adjust accordingly if it doesn't. If your rig has a single set of lowers, tighten them until they are just tighter than the upper shrouds. If you've got two sets of lowers, make them slightly looser than the upper shrouds. If your rig has intermediate shrouds, these, too, should be slightly tighter than the upper shrouds.
6. At this juncture, your rig tune should be somewhere in the ballpark, at least enough so that you can safely have a look at how that setting performs under sail. Of course, this is best done in light to moderate breezes. When you do this, take the opportunity to note how loose the leeward shrouds are when you're underway close-hauled. And get someone to take the helm for you while you sight up the mast to determine whether or not the middle of the mast sags to leeward or the top of the mast drops off noticeably. These assessments are all clues. Too much looseness in the leeward shrouds and you'll need to be tighten them; too much mid-mast sag to leeward and the weather-side lower shroud should probably be tightened.
If you really want to get serious about rig tune, there's a lot of good information available in print and online, and most experienced riggers can guide you through the basics. But keep in mind that even though your shrouds and stays are fashioned from stainless steel, this material does stretch (if only in minute percentages) and it definitely fatigues over time. The most productive step any owner can take regarding rig tune is to keep an eye on it. Be aware if your mast is out of column and consider what might have caused that if that is the case. If there's a turnbuckle that's slowly loosening due to vibration, you'll almost certainly end up with lousy rig tune, and there's a good chance you might wind up without any rig at all.
About the Author: Dan Dickison is known throughout the sailing community for his in-depth articles on a variety of sailing topics. His resume includes stints as a staff editor at Sailing World, Editorial Director of SailNet, and Editor of Practical Sailor. In those capacities he has written principally about racing, sail handling, and maintenance. He has also written over 50 freelance articles that have appeared in major sailing publications around the world.
Originally Posted by RichH View Post
If you dont have proper forestay tension you will NOT have any good shape in the jib/genoa.
The DEFINITIVE answer for simple sloop rigged boats (cruising, not racing boats) is cap shrouds and lowers plus headstay/backstay at 15% tension.
Rig tension not only 'holds the mast up' but also provides a known/predictable 'curve' to the forward part (luff) headsail/jib ... and a sailmaker EXPECTS (for a plain-vanilla cruising-cut sail) that all the rigging is tensioned at ~15% so that the headsail will be HELD IN PROPER SHAPE (by the proper tension in the forestay). If you dont have proper forestay tension you will NOT have any good shape in the jib/genoa. Too loose and the boat will heel aggressively, wont be able to 'point', will be very SLOW, and the keel will be skidding off to leeward (and the wake coming out the stern will be at an angle and not coming off 'straight').
A too loose rig, besides being quite vulnerable to shock and impact loads, will not provide the proper tension that the sailmaker EXPECTED to be in the forestay.
A too tight rig, will be vulnerable to rapid FATIGUE FAILURE --- you really dont want your 'normal' sailing rig tension to exceed 30% tension when the rig IS 'FULLY STRAINED'. Too tight rig tension will also result in improper jib/genoa shape (max. draft too far forward and leech sections 'over-flattened' or falling off to leeward)
Simply looking to see if the leeward shrouds are loose/slack/etc. when on a heel is ........ 'nothing' sensible.
You need either a proper rig tension gage ..... OR use the formulas in the following to set up your rig with **EYEBALLS and a STEEL TAPE MEASURE** .... Rig tuning instructions - adjust your rig
These 'steel tape' / tension methodologies are applicable/appropriate to ALL sizes of rigging wire diameter.
If they're that slack when, it is probably causing the shrouds to shockload when you tack or gybe. Probably not a good idea and they probably need to be adjusted and tightened quite a bit If you aren't comfortable with adjusting them... hire a rigger to do so.
Originally Posted by ekenna View Post
Yesterday I was out sailing in 20+ and I noticed the leeward shrouds where very loose. They were just dangling. Is this normal? I bought the boat last june and the prior owner stepped the mast. The only thing I have done since is mouse the threads so they will not come loose.
As zz... said, the answer depends on how your boat is rigged - there is no definitive answer applicable to all boats.
I just had an opportunity to deal with that two weeks ago when I broke a cca 30 year old chainplate. When new one was installed, we hand tightened + a bit more the turnbuckles, sailed out in cca 16+kn and than tool out some slack from the leeward shrouds (counting how many turns on turnbuckle), tack and do the same amount of turns on the other side.
Main rule is: mast has to be straight. Second rule: shrouds should not dangle. Then watch for if your mast remains straight (watching the sailtrack or groove from bellow the mast).
Two days later we sailed through near gale with very choppy seas and the mast seemed perfect straight, leeward shrouds with no tension, but tight.
My understanding would be that when the boat rocks around you don't want the mast to get any momentum because of a loose shroud.
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There is no magazine issue without reports on speed events, on the new lust for speed, and the revival of slalom racing. Those who've tracked their high speeds and the miles covered on the display of a GPS device, or have felt that special tingle on brutally fast downwind courses will know what this is all about. So it's no surprise that the once most popular windsurfing style is on its way to becoming the number one again. And this is happening at almost every spot, since riding at full throttle is possible everywhere.

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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by Joshmil53, Oct 29, 2012.
I doubt it. Not many TEs make it.
I think the voters have a general bias against the Cowboys, so this could affect him.
However, he's such an overall good guy that I say he gets in. If he gets a ring (which is doubtful), he's a shoo-in. Absent the ring, he still gets in, although I don't know about being a first ballot HOFer.
If anyone deserves a Super Bowl appearance, Witten does.
First ballot.
Believe me...I certainly hope not. I'm just thinking of any reason why voters would not vote him in. That's really the only thing i could come up with.
Great ones do. I'll put my money where my mouth is. Will you?
Nobody said there is a "super secret conspiracy." It's just the way that the voters have always voted. It's more difficult for Cowboys players to get in the Hall of Fame than it is for their comparable peers.
how is this even a question. he's clearly one of the best TEs of the generation
He should be a first ballot guy
But by the time he is retired and eligible the new basically wr type TEs will be the rage and he will be considered old fashioned.
I believe he will get in one day but it could be a long wait.
Not right since he is the best complete TE in the league and has been that way for years but there you are.
See Floyd Little and Don Perkins for reference, among many others.
See Drew Pearson.
I agree. Gonzalez is a sure thing, Witten will get in eventually. Gates will probably go in ahead of Witten. Not saying he should but that he will.
I draw comparisons.
Drew compared to Lynn Swann.
Harvey Martin to Fred Dean.
Cliff Harris to Roger Werhli.
Chuck Howley to Ray Nitschke.
Thank you for mentioning the Beautiful Harvey Martin. It's a cruel joke he isn't in the HOF.
You damn skippy hippie.
I think Witten will make it one day to the HOF as far as 1st ballot I guess that depends on who else would be eligible for the HOF 5 years after they retire.
He's not getting in 1st ballot. Shannon Sharpe didn't even get in 1st ballot. I would love for him too but he isn't.
You should talk to Paul Zimmerman then because he says that there IS a conspiracy among the HoF voters to keep Cowboys out of the HoF.
Just because it sounds implausible and you don't want to believe it doesn't mean that it's not true.
One thing the HOF like is longevity.
With his stats and being on one team for many years and possibly breaking the all-time receptions record, he has to be in.
What is key is the number of All Pro selections. Some of the people who choose the all-pros are also the ones who select who goes in the HOF if I'm not mistaken.
Gates will get in also.
He was part of the decade team and almost all of them eventually go into the HOF.


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|Check the bolts on the flywheel and pressure plate. The person is correct on a shouldered bolt. He isn't correct in the name, but what he is trying to say is that the bolt must have a shank that is long enough to go through the pressure plate. A fully threaded bolt is not to be used. The contact area is not the same and the pressure plate can move. My other thought would be flywheel bolts. I would check them both. The transmission input bearing should have acted up in neutral with the clutch engaged(pedal out) and the vibration should stop if the clutch is disengaged(pedal in). Bolts need to be Grade 8. They sell them at most auto parts stores with a Mr. Gasket line or similar.
|Barry Cromp
don't want to be a wise guy
how was the pilot bushing
Shoulder bolts????
BOY I HATE Vibration problems!!! I DON'T think "shoulder bolts is your problem. ANY 3/8" bolt will have same dia. of 0.375" so having a shoulder won't do anything. BUT you have to have a GOOD grade bolt ...say GR. 5 minium or GR. 8! But this again is not your problem. I'm guessing the main input shaft bearing is bad! On rebuilds alot of the time guys clean up the parts and use the ones that don't look bad. The main input bearing can "look" good but still be bad. I use to check mine by using compressed air to drive the thing up to speed, and if they were bad a harmonic vibration would set in (damn things would almost take your fingers off!). Sometime "cheap new bearings" would do the same thing. I would go back to the trans re-builder and talk with him. Ask him how he did yourr trans. My 2 cents ...Good Luck! ...Mark
can't help you with your problem but i bet if you suggest to the tranny shop that they are at fault they are just going to turn around and blame you if you're the one who put it back in the car. they'll say it was fine when it left here kind of thing.
I just installed my rebuilt Muncie. It was rebuilt by a local tranny shop that has a good rep. When I installed it I put in a new Centerforce II clutch. I had the Flywheel resurfaced. and thought I'd be golden. Drove it about 15 miles and it seemed fine. Now I have a major Vibration.
I spoke to Centerforce and asked if they thought it was the clutch or tranny. He said probably not the Clutch but there have been problems when people don't use the correct bolts when installing the clutch. He said the bolts need to be shoulder bolts. If not the clutch could slip 0.030" and cause the vibration. I don't remember if they were shoulder bolts or not.
It seems more in 1st and 3rd gear and when the car is on jack stands and you rev it a little you can see the engine vibrate. I checked the wires, engine mounts etc..and they seem fine. I beleive it's definately in the clutch or tranny. If it is the tranny it would be covered by the tranny shop if not it's my problem.
Any ideas ???
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Put up Paul Markel's review of the KRISS Vector SDP pistol today. Not sure what a practical use for it would be, but it looks/sounds pretty fun. Here's his range report:
"The Vector SDP pistol is essentially a citizen version of the sub-gun. Its large, to be sure, but the trade off is a handgun that holds 30 rounds of .45 ACP ammunition. Speaking of ammunition, all KRISS firearms are chambered in .45 ACP and can be fed with a standard Glock 21 13-round magazines, or the KRISS-modified 30-round versions. Why Glock magazines? Simple: Theyre reliable, readily available and relatively inexpensive to manufacture compared to other all-steel stick magazines.
This gun is built on a black polymer frame. The steel pieces feature a parkerized finish.
The Vector SDPs outward appearance is certainly unique. The pistol grip is separate from the magazine well, which is located in front of the trigger guard and Super V action. A large/wide ejection port is located up front on the right side of the frame. An ambidextrous safety lever is located above the trigger, and the magazine release button is recessed into the frame on the left of the gun.
Because theres no slide to operate, the Vector SDP employs a charging handle located on the left sight of the frame along the barrel axis. The handle doesnt reciprocate and folds down against the side of the gun when not in use.
KRISS has installed M1913 picatinny rails atop and underneath the barrel. Each Vector SDP ships with flip-up/fold-down, fully adjustable iron sights. The end user can install any optic they desire, of course. For this review I installed an Insight Technology MRDS. The bottom rail would be a logical place to install a white light or light/laser combination.
The Vector SDP features a 5.5″ barrel that comes with a threaded muzzle. The semiauto Super V action is technically a delayed-blowback. When empty, the Vector SDP weighs 5.8 lbs., and it measures 16.75″ long overall.
At the butt end of the pistol, in lieu of a stock, KRISS has installed a single-point sling attachment. A black nylon single-point sling comes with each pistol package.
Although it looks futuristic, the Vector pistol is a marvel of engineering simplicity. The pistols body is actually a two-piece design, and you can disassemble it without tools by simply removing four pins. The Super V action breaks down into only two basic components for cleaning and lubrication, and you cant reassemble the gun incorrectly. If you inadvertently insert the bolt backward, the gun wont go back together.
Range Time
Semiauto firearms can be finicky eaters, so to test the Vector SDPs appetite I took along several different .45 ACP loads for my range sessions. Ammunition included FMJ practice loads from Black Hills, controlled-expansion loads from Double Tap and Winchester, and a specialty frangible load from International Cartridge Corporation.
In steps one and two I chronographed each load, and then I benched the gun for accuracy testing. The results:
Black Hills 230-grain FMJ: 795 fps, .8″ group
Double Tap 185-grain JHP: 1,187 fps, 1.27″ group
I.C.C. 115-grain HP frangible: 1,142 fps, 1.53″ group
Winchester 230-grain PDX1: 981 fps, 1.15″ group
The average speeds were what I would expect from the each load fired through a 5.5″ barrel. The pleasant surprise came when I began to slowly put rounds on paper. As you can see, every load was able to cluster five rounds into groups below 2″ from 25 yards. The number one performer: the Black Hills load with a stellar .8″ group. The others werent far behind. If would seem that the hefty weight, a fixed barrel and a good trigger all combined to make the pistol consistently accurate regardless of the ammunition fired through it.
I had co-witnessed the iron sights and the MRDS red-dot optic. However, for the follow-up shooting drills I folded the sights down and simply used the red dot. I conducted dynamic drills while moving forward, rearward and engaging multiple targets on cardboard and steel.
While engaging the steel targets inside of 20 yards, I used the I.C.C. frangible ammunition exclusively. The compressed copper bullets turn to dust when they strike steel and targets can be engaged safely inside of 5 yards. I wouldnt try that with 230-grain ball ammunition because the jacket fragmentation spalls in all directions.
During the testing period I fired somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 rounds through the gun. All of the ammunition cycled reliably. Both the 13- and 30-round magazines fed the gun without issue.
Bottom line: As long as the shooter does their part, the gun will put the rounds on target."
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I have $10.5k in my 332" 302 motor. Reliable HP doesnt come cheap. And making 500+ hp from a n/a small block requires a lot of cam. No way around it.
The twin of my motor made 530 hp on an engine dyno, so that's what I go by. I installed it in a Mustang II that I lightened, the car weighs in at 2550 lbs without me.
With 275/40ZR17 street radials, 3.10 gears with a detroit locker carrier,(9" housing I swapped in from a 1959 T-Bird donor) a custom built manually-shifted C4 "mighty mite" transmission from Dynamic with 5000 rpm converter, the car will hit 85 mph in about 6 seconds using half throttle. At 140 mph, it will pin me into the seat the same way it does at 60 mph, and I'm not sure where it would stop pulling, as I let off it long before the motor reaches its limit of 8500 rpm.
My recipe for 500 hp from 332 cubic inches is 10.95:1 compression, 260 deg dur @.050" solid lifter cam with .625" lift. Victor Jr intake, jetted 750 Race Demon, machined TFS Track-heat heads with o-rings, 5.5" eagle H-beam rods with floating pins, JE ultralight forged pistons, ARP fasteners, forged billet steel crankshaft, billet steel main stud girdle, Melling 85 psi oil pump, SVO race pump shaft, Cloyes double roller timing set, MSD ignition and distr. set at 20 degs initial advance, +18 deg more by 1500 rpm. I enlarged and smoothed the oil return holes in the block to avoid oil starvation at high rpm.
I run underdrive pullies and swapped to manual steering to save weight(about 35 lbs!) and wasted hp. I also have dual mr. gasket electric fans to save wasted hp.
Fine tuning of the fuel and ignition curves is critical for making maximum power. Even if you have the right parts, the wrong state of tune will prohibit you from reaching your hp goal.
I'm figuring on 400-425 hp at the wheels, I'll have it on the chassis dyno this summer, hopefully I'm not disappointed.
When I look over various uploaded videos on the internet, it seems that everyone's car is making 600 hp at the wheels, yet in the videos they post, at full throttle, the skinny street radials arent spinning. Hmm.
The import guys seem especially prone to claims of 600+ rwhp from .001 liter or whatever motors with hairdryers, and again, no tire smoke at all.
Anyway, here's a couple of my own videos.
Half throttle run up to 85:
And the gratuitous smoke show:
We've know forever that the cops fake radar data and the courts swear to it. But anybody that's really gone a 147 miles an hour knows it takes a crap pile more rocket science everywhere in the vehicle than simply having big horsepower numbers to go that fast and not experience free flight.
Combat story; Many years ago I was at the San Diego County fair where there was an Ambulance company with a display claiming to get 450 horse out of a 390 Caddie engine. At the time I had a highly modified 390cid/401 HP Ford and getting 450 hp out of it, on the dyno, I was sweating blood. How they did it with a mild street cam, single Rochester WCFB four barrel carb, cast iron exhaust manifolds, etc. and an automatic transmission is apparently way beyond my abilities. Apparently you need a degree in advertising instead of engineering to do stuff like that.
This was the way it was explained to me... As I said one has to figure out why the numbers are over 1320... Looks like traction on the 383... Reaction times and dial-ins are non existent.. Maybe a shorter tire on the 305 would bring up the revs and bring down the 1358 to the 1320 magical number... Maybe if the 383 was "walked off the line" things would change... I don't know. This is a brand new type of competition if you'd want to call it that.
The money is great at 2G per Sund. and you can get as many runs as you want. How one would go about getting the 1320 is going to be interesting.
Slamming the brakes on or having the proper gearing would certainly help if the numbers are somewhat near or below 1320.
"If over 1320 you are leaving power on the table and under 1320 which not many people are, your engine is overly-efficient.."
This sounds like traction , not HP.
Because my car with a 305 running 15.8@86mph =1358.8
and the same car with a 383 runs 12.9@105=1354.5
Pretty close. But the 383 is making way more HP!
On your next trip down the 1/4 mile, multiply your E.T. times your speed and see what you come up with... Should be 1320 if you are close to the ultimate setup... If over 1320 you are leaving power on the table and under 1320 which not many people are, your engine is overly-efficient.. Check it out!!!
There is / was a dyno book published that if you knew the weight of your car and the trap speed there was a certain HP level that you had... Witten by a Dr. Dean Hill entitled "Pocket Dyno"... There are other computative features in this neat booklet...
Starting this weekend at a track near Mtl. called Sanair, they are trying out a Speed times ET system of racing in which reaction times and dial-in times do not even come into play.... The closest one to 1320 as in the first paragraph wins a pretty big purse. Believe it to be $2G. Can run as many times as you want, and again reaction times and dial in times are not important in the least... Supposed to be some sort of European racing system and much safer for the competitors... Will be interesting to see how many cars show up as many racers with big $$$ cars have stated they want nothing to do with this in any way... Still 2G is a lot of scratch... We will see...
|Real funny thing the Ford popped at the end of last year owner threw in a 350 with mild hyd cam no comp. and was almost as fast proving once again in dirt racing setup and driver is where it is at.
|I think a lot of it is computer dynos and optomistic parts selection.I.E "there ain't no way my engine is that weak I better use the max ported flow numbers" I use ea pro but anything it tells me I knock abou a hundo off the top to be realistic. Altho around here the dirt hobbystock motors have been turning between 550 to 690 on a real pump.The 690 version was a real Bad a** 427 stroker Ford with N351 heads a lot of work.
|Well, I have a .030 over 350 with a cam, headers, manifold, MSD ignition, and pocket-ported heads. According to my fanny-dyno, it makes 223.75 HP @ 4750 RPM, with enough torque to spill 2.4 ounces for Pepsi from the cup in the drink holder, or spin a tire on sharp right-hand turns. Deduct 5% for each 1000 ft elevation above sea level. Your mileage may vary. Not valid in Rhode Island, or if you are left-handed.
I think with common engines, its just the proliferation of experience. If I post a question that goes something like, "how much hp will I get with X heads, this compression, this cam, these exhaust manifolds, etc..." chances are there are four guys on this board who have done a nearly identical assembly and had it dynoed.
Its also just good old fashioned guessing. You can get really close just knowing about how much cam and compression it takes to get a 350 to make X hp.
The other phrase I HAAATTTE is "balanced and blueprinted." Bulls#!t. You slapped new bearings and pistons in an untouched 30-over shortblock. That does NOT mean B&B.
I understand what you say! I cringe every time I here the kid in the shop next to mine says "all of my motors have 650HP they cost me 5K". I know better having tuned them for his engine builder who states the rated HP off of a desk top dyno program. His builder tells me they should be 420HP realistically because of the early camel hump heads the kid wants to run. They are lucky if they have 380HP in chassis with my built in dyno our Lord gave us after tuning.
I know how much you have to spend to get real horse power having spent 22K total for 560HP out of a Boss 302 Ford (twin turbo-ed in the early 70's, 65K total to get 981HP out of a 481CID BBC(dual stage nitrous injection) in the late 80's. Both were engine dyno tested. This Corvette (in my pictures)was 405.5HP in chassis 4 years ago, and it is much faster now(he now calls it his Screaming Yellow Zonker). It is going back for a re-dyno later this summer
after suspension replacement changes to the 35 year old parts.
That is a gross understatement in my neck o' the woods.
I have a huge pile of junk heads, that were once useful, because of these hacks. I've also had these a-holes buy heads from me and have their names carved into the accessory pads, or put their valve cover stickers on an engine that I built.
Ehhh, this kinda junk is a real sore spot with me.
|Guy Hiltz
I can give you a real life comparison.A friend of mine did a dyno sim program on my big block for me,with all the right parts & specs.His program came up with 637 HP.On a real dyno,with no "fudging",it showed a best of 554 HP.This is a huge difference.
yep, lot of head porters out there too, but without the bench.
The worst thing anyone can say to me is "ported and polished" AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH
Well, that and "how will this cam sound?" DOUBLE AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH
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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by Vash01, Jan 30, 2014.
Would love to hear answers to these. But mostly I am fixated on the DNA. Those damn biology classes!
I've said I don't know if Amanda is guilty or not. I have not seen the entire transcripts, nor would I be able to apply Italy's laws to the situation. But...
Let's look at the scenarios:
1. Amanda is guilty. She served 3+ years in jail, while awaiting appeals. Her conviction is overturned and she leaves Italy. If she is guilty, she has only served a portion of what the sentence would be. And is most likely not going to be sent back to Italy to face the re-trial or whatever it is called. It is Amanda who benefits from the "mistrial of justice",
2. Amanda is not guilty, yet served 3+ years in jail. travesty of justice for Amanda.
But the Kerchers are victim in all scenarios. And they are not able to talk to, hold their daughter no matter what. Amanda's parents are.
I don't get the need to compare tragedies here.
I don't have 100% faith in ANY legal system. They all have miscarriages of justice at times. I'm rather surprised you do as normally you are quite cynical.
I should hope people would feel free to point out injustice when they see it. Just because something happens according the rules doesn't mean it can't be unjust. The very rules may be unjust.
ita, just because they are linked, i see no need to argue over who suffered more.
Never said it did. But I'm not going to have too much sympathy for someone who falsely accuses another of a crime as serious as murder. If Patrick Lumumba did not have an alibi, he could have been serving time in an Italian prison and Amanda Knox and the American media wouldn't give a crap about that miscarriage of justice. Bad enough that he spent two weeks in custody.
But again, if Knox didn't commit the murder, how would she know if she was falsely accusing someone or not? The police were looking for someone of African heritage from the very beginning of the investigation after they found hairs from the attacker in Meredith's hands. They latched onto Lumumba because of his text message exchange with Knox about work scheduling. Is it not possible Knox was just trusting the police when they told her they knew he was the killer? Of course it was terrible that happened to him and he was a victim too, but even without an alibi he would have been released in the same manner that he actually was - when it was proved that massive amount of physical evidence left at the crime scene matched Guede, not him.
Different country, different rules, different judges, different lawyers.....same essential issue. Was justice served?
I'm sure it was, as it was confusing for me, too.
Try this:
A defendant is tried and convicted of criminal charges.
The defendant's lawyer can file an appeal, citing some sort of judicial error in the trial. The prosecution cannot appeal a not guilty verdict.
An appeals court takes the argument on judicial error and reviews the trial; the prosecution and defense both get to make arguments about the judicial issue (not the entire trial). The appeals court can:
*Reject the appeal--no finding if prejudicial error
*Reverse the conviction completely--something very wrong happened during the trial; the defendant goes free
*Reverse and remand--throw out the conviction and order a new trial
If the defendant believes that the appeals court made a judicial error in their decision, there are other appeals, but they work the same way--there is no new trial, but a review of the trial and the legal issues involved.
No one has any contributions to make about the evidence? I find criminal cases very interesting--there is always conflicting evidence, always the element of coincidence, and there is often doubt about what occurred. I'm not interested in bashing Italy's legal system; I think it's interesting to look at evidence--and not just in criminal cases. That's what really interests me about argument and rhetoric--what is the evidence? What part of it is persuasive and what part is not? How do you take that evidence and create a coherent argument out of it?
This is from the Daily Fail, however it was the only interview with Patrick Lumumba, I could find.
So it's pretty clear that the reason he was arrested was because Knox told the police that he committed the murder. Don't know why you are defending her baldfaced lies that she is on record as having made.
Maybe she was coerced? You have to remember she was just a teenager who was living in a foreign country at the time. Amanda Knox was interrogated for 8 hours. Overnight. Without food or water. In a police station. In a foreign country. In a foreign language. By a dozen different officers. Without being allowed a lawyer
In the five days after the murder of Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox was interrogated by detectives for 43 hours. Think about that for a minute. That's not a number in dispute. 43 hours of sitting at a table being badgered by questions from detectives in five days. 8 hours a day for an entire work week. In a foreign country. In a foreign language.
As Allezfred has said - she did lie, and she has admitted to lying and apologised for it in interviews (although apparently not in person to Lamumba).
It could well be that an immature 19 year old who made some bad choices found herself in a situation she didn't fully comprehend, being interviewed in a foreign country about a murder that had taken place in her house, panicked and implicated someone just so she could get out of the interview. Or, she could have been there after all and lied to save herself. I don't know. The point is she DID lie, and knowingly, but I think she's served her time for that. Why she lied only she knows.
I agree. I just find that certain people on this thread, and on the previous FSU thread at the time of the appeal, and on comments on news articles (which I should never read because they make me lose faith in humanity ), believe that the Kerchers are bitterly refusing an obvious truth that Knox and Sollecito are innocent and have more sympathy for the falsely accused. Except that doesn't seem to be the case at all - Stephanie Kercher said they want the whole truth so they can draw a line under it and try to rebuild their lives.
I agree with you, there are no winners in this.
I don't know that anyone is defending her lie. And I think we all agree that Lumumba was treated horribly, and should never have been detained. He was a victim. I think several of us are simply asking how the lie happened. Did she volunteer the information, did she offer Lumumba up as the killer. Or did the police put that suggestion in her head by asking her to imagine it was him and describe the scene? A deliberate, bald faced lie is worse than a panicked, confused, manipulated, statement.
Jen, I agree there are and never will be winners here. A life was lost and many others changed forever.
There have been a lot of news stories lately of people being in jail due to coerced confessions here in the US, at least in my news feeds. I think that weighs on people more than it might have at another time when it wasn't so much in our consciousness. Just like there is some science behind the idea that we can't know if someone is a liar just by looking at them (re: the link posted here), there is also a lot of science about how to get someone to tell you the story you want to hear (also detailed in some links posted here, I believe). It's really easy to mess with a human's memory.
I think that knowledge is coloring how people are reacting to Knox' lie. It certainly makes it more understandable to some.
I also somewhat discount some of the more dramatic statements. Such as "she's never apologized to me." Maybe she has and Lumumba isn't willing to forgive her and so won't admit it publicly. Maybe her lawyers told her not to for some obscure legal reason that makes sense if you understand the law. Maybe she hasn't because she's a bitch. Who knows? It seems irrelevant to me when it comes to her guilt on the murder. Being a horrible, spoiled brat who tells lies doesn't make you a murderer. And some murderers are actually quite pleasant people when they aren't stabbing you to death.
The other thing that I find mystifying is the whole idea that (a) she's obviously guilty because she's pretty and a sexpot or (b) she's obviously not guilty because she's a pretty white American. Maybe it's just me but I don't think she's pretty AT ALL. I think she's kind of a dog in looks. (And I agree with Sharpie that her current haircut is a bit tragic.) I don't get why those Italian police officers think she was so full of sex either. To me that makes THEM kind of creepy and says pretty much nothing about her because it doesn't really seem to be about her but about their own ideas of womanhood.
LOL. I haven't met any murderers so I had no idea.
Don't forget, she "smelled of sex" per one of the Italian police officers present on the scene.
ITA, the officers' observations seemed creepy to me as well, just as much as the prosecutor's allegation of a violent sex ritual without evidence of such. I do, however, think she is attractive but the new haircut is fug. Must be evidence of something, not sure what.
Often their friends and neighbors say this about them. Don't you read any True Crime or watch it on tv?
I actually met someone at a party who had just been released from jail after killing someone. He was originally in there for manslaughter but on appeal got out by successfully arguing it was self-defense. So technically he wasn't a murderer. But it sure didn't seem like self-defense to me. (It was a bar fight but after the fight was over, he went out to his car and got a baseball bat and chased the guy down and based him to death. Shudder.) Anyway, he was a lot of fun and if he hadn't told me his history, I never would have guessed.
I also dated a guy for a short time whose brother was in the Trenton Home for the Criminally Insane for being a serial killer. I never met the brother but people said he was the sweetest guy. He was mentally ill and he had tried to get help before he killed the girl he got caught for killing and couldn't get anyone in the mental health industry to help him. Doesn't change the fact he electrocuted a bunch of young girls though.
It's evidence that Seattle is not a hotbed of fashion. Or something.
Guilty as charged
Will Seattle be allowed to appeal?
And appeal and have another trial, rinse, repeat. This HAS to be one of those exceptions to double jeopardy.
you can only have so much circumstantial evidence before you have to assume it is true
No, in the court of fashion and style there is no appeal. It is first impression only.
Fashion police has already said they smell of grunge.
I live in the Seattle area...
We're sorry...
Smells like Teen Spirit to me.
Well, it's not like I live in the fashion capital of the world
Is that you?
Hell to the no.
LOL, I was gonna ask if you were Amish.


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I'll post more on this tomorrow, but in the meantime, now is the time to get your winter kale in the ground.
There is 100% agreement that we all need to have weapons to protect ourselves in the event of unrest or collapse, and that we need to stockpile food and water. But how many of you garden or raise lifestock?
My wife and I have gardened for a few years now. So far we have eaten our produce as it ripened and frozen tomatoes, peppers, shredded zucchini (for zucchini bread and muffins), as well as blueberries and strawberries. Yes I know the weak link is freezing and we recognize that fact and will ty our had at canning next year. We dry store onions and potatoes.
We are also looking at raising chickens and cattle for beef next year. We have a 10 acre field that is perfect for pasture.
So tell me what you do in this regard...
Life's a crap shoot. Sometimes you say crap and sometimes you shoot. Make sure that you don't mess those 2 up!
I'll post more on this tomorrow, but in the meantime, now is the time to get your winter kale in the ground.
In truth? Not enough. Here in Kalifornia, I have just over 7,000 Sq. Ft. of property, and my house sucks up more than 1/3 of that.
I grow herbs, zucchini, and tomatoes in pots. If we had to survive on that, we would starve after a day. I am re-learning a lot of lessons my Dad tried to teach me. We are going to invest in a Wriggley Ranch (worm powered composting contraption) to provide the fertilizer and "tea" to power up the pot-grown stuff.
You might want to look into goats. Good Meat, and they will eat damn near anything. You can grow a number of "easy" root crops to feed them.
I know a lot more than I really know in this regard, but when we lived in Saudi Arabia, we grew lots of carrots, turnips, parsnips and some kind of bitter potatoes that were the size of an orange to feed to the goats. We had about an acre of land to feed 6 goats. They gave good milk, and made more than a few baby goats.
10 Acres! I can only dream of that. Maybe someday. Count your blessings, and make good use of your bounty. Canning is not half as hard as it looks at first. Get a good canning Pressure vessel. Spend the extra $50. You will thank me later.
Just my $0.02.
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I would scrape together some extra MEDICAL stuff.
My wife and I have it pretty good where we live. We have 14 total acres, a pond that is normally about 150 by 100, but now is damn near dried up. A small patch of woods with what I call bird drop black raspberries. Bird drop because the only way they could have ended up where they did was from some bird eating berries somewhere else and crapping the seeds out in that location.
We have a older home that we are remodeling, an unattached garage converted into an office/family room, and a 36 by 56 pole barn. By next winter the pole barn and the house will be heated, or at least partially heated with wood. I have probably 10 pick up loads of wood stacked already.
Our garden is roughly 50 by 100 with raised bed boxes for tomatoes, peppers, and onions. My wife is going to plant lettuce and hebs in the boxes too. We regular garden yellow squash, zucchini, watermelon, pumpkins, and potatoes. We are trying our hand at strawberries and hoping next year will be better.
We know we have it pretty good and are thankful every day for what we have.
Life's a crap shoot. Sometimes you say crap and sometimes you shoot. Make sure that you don't mess those 2 up!
I can go days without eating..
Six pack of beer and a potato..
Irish 7 course meal..
If I run out of beer, you will see a insane zombie on the hunt.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
Got about 30 acres (8 acres wooded) with high mountain stream/creek. No garden because I am never in one place long enough. Have lots of fish and game and a multiyear supply of freeze-dried, canned and dry bulk food. kind of set and have no problems - ready to "Go Galt" and let the idiots run the asylum into the dirt.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
Most places I have visited, meat is a luxury, not a staple..
Not speaking of the city folk now..
Electricity nah, well some if their lucky.
If they read Black Blades survival forum, they would say..
"What are they talking about, does not everyone live like that. What are these survivalists?"
Yes yes they go too the the markets and pick up kilo's of rice.
Usually have 6 months supply on hand..
All in the countryside have a garden in their back yard..
Lost my damn picts. of Cambodia.. My Bro has them, I will get them back..
Water.. Use the stream..
Very clean healthy people..
One heavy gauge electric wire "on the ground" be careful kids.
Went too 8 village houses.. One light for each home.
Power loss, who cares, light the candle..
Cooking was woks, very small fuel consumption..
All owned chickens, a few village hogs..
Are they happy, hell yes..
Very very family and community oriented..
Hunt with crossbows.. Legal there..
So who will suffer the most, with a world wide meltdown?
They do not have to study survival-ism, they are natural survivalists and they would not know what we were talking about..
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
It's funny, I tell my kids and my step daughters, kiddingly of course, that they will be among the first to die if the power goes out permanently. They always look at me quizzically, and then I say when you can't text or call on your cell phone, your laptop, your iPOD, your kindle, and your tv are all dead you will wander aimlessly until you starve to death.
Look I love my electronics as much as the next guy but to depend on them for every element of my life simply does not happen. I have plenty of carpenter tools and hand tools that do not count on electricity or batteries if the power goes out. I have things to entertain myself and my family that do not count on power, otherr than the power of the mind and the body.
Am I a mountain man? Nope, but neither am I a helpless city slicker. Moving towards more indepedence every day.
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Life's a crap shoot. Sometimes you say crap and sometimes you shoot. Make sure that you don't mess those 2 up!
Every kid in America should spend a summer with the Asian friends I met in my travels...
Very humble nice people..
School in the morning, then work when you are old enough to help support the family unit. Or..
Small kids, help Mom work the garden..
Garden fails, no veggies, that simple..
Wash clothes by hand.. Clean all around good people.
Catch frogs, fish, dinner..
X box, T.V..
Guess who is going to survive when the SHTF.?????????
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781


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Dear Lucy
I have trawled your very helpful forum but still need a little guidance please.
I have just completed the four week International House Celta course (phew! - hard work but I recommend it). I have another job working from home, but want to get into TEFL, teaching on a one-to-one basis at home, probably focusing on business clients but happy to take on any age or background. If it goes well I would like to increase my teaching and reduce/give up the other job, and potentially work abroad also in due course. But for now it's as above.
Where I need help is in how to plan a course for my first client. I understand your point about knowing the student, so I won't make any decisions until I have one. I have had a quick look at the New English File that you recommended and it seems good, similar to Language to Go and Cutting Edge which we used at IH, but more up to date. Please can you help with the following:
Do you recommend English File for adult students being taught 1-2-1? If not, any suggestions?
Is a text book (student and teacher) sufficient for me to plan a course of lessons, bearing in mind I've done the CELTA course so I have some basic experience of teaching classes?
What is the best method of testing a new student to ensure I've got the right level?
Whilst I am happy to buy books if I'm going to use them myself, am I expected to provide one for each student?
Would my plan look something look this:
Meet student - get to know student's background and needs - test student to ascertain level in all four skills - buy appropriate set of books - lay out an intended syllabus for me and the student, with flexibility to adapt as required - get teaching!
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I see Facebook has hastags now, just like Twitter. If I use a hashtag, can anyone see my post or still just my friends?
Hashtags – denoted by the # key in front of a word – are a popular way to categorize and search on social media. For example, a post about Star Trek might be hashtagged #startrek or #startrekintodarkness. You'll sometimes see a hashtag at the bottom of the screen of a television program, inviting viewers to comment on the show via social media. Using the hashtag allows people to search out other posts on that same topic. Just by clicking on the hashtags, you will be able to see other posts with the same hashtag. In order for the search function to work, the hashtags must be functional.
Up until now, a user could add a hashtag to a Facebook post, but nothing would happen if you clicked on it. Now that the links are active, you'll be able to see other posts with the same hashtag.
Here's an example of a Twitter hashtag:
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The good news is that using a hashtag on Facebook will not change your privacy settings. If only friends can view your posts, only friends will see your posts when they search using hashtags.
In the image below you'll see my Facebook status bar. My privacy settings are on "Friends", so if my friends were to click on a #worldstart hashtag, they would see my post. Other users would not.
I suspect you will see a flood of hoax posts on Facebook saying that hashtags will now permit strangers from other countries to peer into your soul, but don't get worked up about it. As long as you have good privacy settings, you should be fine. Most importantly, hashtags are optional. You don't have to use them and you don't need to click on them.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Podcast Week 21
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Listening to the 'casts has inspired me. I've submitted the following storylines to CBS. Waitin to hear back.
> Jana is actually hidden at the GC SeaWorld. She bonds with the Orcas, becomes a trainer and then disappears. (I know, I know farfetched but what the heck.)
>David Hasselhoff returns as Snapper Foster and joins with Danny Romalotti and JT Hellstrom to form a coffehouse trio. They'll be in every scene at Crimson Lights. Givin advice and hittin on chicks between sets.
>Paul admits himself into rehab in the new Patty Williams wing of the GC nuthouse. Paul becomes addicted to Goobers, popcorn and The Three Stooges.
>The portrait of Dr. P talks to Patty, but in the voice of Daddy John Abbott telling her to "check with Maimee" when she becomes confused.
>Dr. P becomes a human koo koo clock. She pops up every hour humming Nadia's theme. Tucker McCall purchases her and puts her in his office.
>Lily and Mac start a new charity called "Wigs for Rich People." Devon is the spokesperson and wears a different wig on every show.
Well whaddya think? Everybody needs to start somewhere.
- February 27, 2010 at 5:25 PM
- Amanda said...
Love it! Except I really think Jana is being kept in the old LOST set, and as soon as she figured out how to get a Fish-er biscuit, she'll be allowed to join the Dharma Initiative, working with Miles as the resident "I talk to dead people" specialist.
- February 27, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- The Soap Girl said...
Wigs for Rich People. Niiiiice. Can we also include the Newmans' favorite charity: "Organ Donation for the Super Rich and Powerful Who Get Injured Through Manically Manipulating Others' Lives"? I know it's a long name - they are working with PR to make it more concise.
- February 28, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- Adam said...
Popcorn with raisinets have rearranged my taste buds. I will never be the same. This is all Tricia Cast's fault. Advise for anyone who tries it at home: let the popcorn cool first or you will have very sticky fingers from the melted chocolate.
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Fantasy Baseball Morning Update: Back to Balfour in Oakland?
After seeing David Price throw another terrific game last night, I have to say that I'm feeling pretty good about predicting him to win the American League Cy Young Award. I probably shouldn't feel too good, since my NL pick was Tim Lincecum. Oh, well.
Kris Medlen's shutout made me look smart and raised the streaming starter record to 74-50 on the season. The weekend picks are Ross Detwiler (owned in 24 percent of FOXSports.com leagues) versus the Mets tonight, Bartolo Colon (17.8 percent owned) against the Indians on Saturday, and Clayton Richard (8.4 percent owned) against the Giants at PETCO on Sunday.
On to the news:
- Grant Balfour got Thursday's save for the A's, coming on for the ninth inning after Ryan Cook got the final two outs in the eighth. When Cook got demoted into the A's nominal committee last week, manager Bob Melvin said that he wanted Cook to throw some "clean innings" before getting his job back. Cook has thrown two scoreless innings since then, but allowed at least a hit in each. Balfour, on the other hand, has given up one run in 16 appearances since June 29, and saved two games in the last week. Could Cook get his job back at any time? Sure, because closer job security is always unpredictable. Still, if I was hunting for saves this weekend, I'd grab Balfour (23.3 percent owned) and hope nothing changes for awhile in Oakland.
- The Cubs and Reds play a doubleheader on Saturday, so get their hitters in your lineup.
- Mark Teixeira apparently had a recurrence of his left wrist injury, and his status for tonight is uncertain.
- Unless something has changed - and nothing has publicly - Nationals SS Ian Desmond will be activated from the DL today. Get ready to start Desmond if you have him.
- Blue Jays 1B/DH Edwin Encarnacion was scratched Thursday due to forearm and shoulder soreness, but he thinks he'll be back tonight.
- Diamondbacks SP Joe Saunders hurt his thumb trying to stop a comebacker on Wednesday, but expects to make his next start.
- If Brewers SP Shaun Marcum gets through a bullpen session today without any complications, he could be activated early next week instead of making another rehab start.
- Braves OF Jason Heyward hit his 20th homer of the season last night. J-Hey also has 60 RBI, 72 runs scored and 16 stolen bases. Remember a few months ago, when all his owners hated him?
- The Marlins' website reports that Emilio Bonifacio is expected to play in one more rehab game tonight before being activated on Sunday.
- Neil Walker's dislocated pinky seems to be improving, but it's hard to say when he'll be back in the lineup.
- Phillies 3B Placido Polanco is still on target for a Monday return from the DL.
- The Mets plan to give 3B David Wright and 1B Ike Davis each a day off this weekend. Watch the daily lineups if you own either player. Sunday is a day-game-after-night-game, so that should be the day for at least one of them.
- Look for Rockies SP Jhoulys Chacin to rejoin the Rockies' rotation next week. Chacin was pretty bad over his first five starts of the season, and went on the DL with a chest injury in early May. Chacin is owned in 1.3 percent of FOXSports.com leagues, and if healthy, he can be effective enough for deeper mixed leagues. He had ERAs of 3.28 and 3.62 in 2010 and 2011, and that's not bad for a guy who pitches in Coors Field half the time.
- Orioles 1B/3B Wilson Betemit (wrist) has been placed on the DL, and is aiming for an August 27 return.
- Tommy Hanson comes off the DL to pitch tonight for the Braves. Start him if you have him.
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I am at my second year in ESL teaching at ULaval and am looking for some advice toward mentoring high school students. I think I have the knowledge to do it, although I do not feel that secure when it comes to build a small syllabus for a specific student in a specific grade. What can I do to make sure I am helping my students in order to make them succeed their year? There is a high chance I will give private mentoring to a few high school students during May and the beginning of June and I really want my students to succeed. Should I require them to bring me all their school material in English so I can adapt after quickly evaluating their level? How should I do it?
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We are members of the International Slow Food Movement living near the Sacramento Delta and in the shadow of Mt. Diablo.We believe in the sustainability of our local food system and honor our agricultural heritage.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Pork on Your Fork
For information and tickets go to: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/61251
4 comments:
- AnonymousApril 17, 2009 at 10:34 AM
I cannot understand why a Slow Food Movement can condone the slaughter & butchering of a pig for entertainment & fundraising for local ranchers. This is barbaric. A true Slow Food Movement should be vegetarian, or at least non-violent!! I wish peace & grace upon those who are considering participating in this cruel event.ReplyDelete
This event is an educational event hosted to allow people to learn where their food comes from. Slow Food promotes good, clean and fair food. That food includes meat. Throughout history people have eaten meat and have killed it in responsible and humane ways. We think this event is an opportunity for people to learn about the alternatives to our current food system.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 17, 2009 at 2:58 PM
I am an omnivore. I eat meat. All of the meat I eat must be slaughtered and butchered before I eat it. I feel that it is wrong for me to avoid the realities of animal slaughter if I am to continue to eat animal flesh. It is wrong for any of us to pretend that slaughter of animals for our benefit doesn't happen. Children have grown up throughout the history of the world, whether on farms or in cultures closer to nature, familiar with the death of the animals they eat.ReplyDelete
We are not planning to join this event for entertainment, but for education and to broaden our understanding of what goes on our plates.
Perhaps you are a vegetarian, and I respect that. Perhaps after this experience, I will be, too. At any rate, I shall gain appreciation for and offer gratitude to the animals (and plants) that die so that I and my family and friends may live.
Yours truly -- A Slow Food Member
- AnonymousApril 18, 2009 at 9:59 AM
A true Slow Food event will in deed allow us to acknowledge where every piece of our meal begins and ends. If you eat in the slow food style as a vegetarian, then knowing where the meat on your plate begins and end is moot for you. I had the opportunity to help prepare the turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner, from beginning to end. I have nver appreciated the meat on my plate as much as I did that day. So did all of our guests.ReplyDelete
The other valuable tool this event can give to people is how to clean their own meat should they choose to hunt the non-native, invasive, wild boar in California. In my opinion, as long as my food NEVER begins on a factory farm, I want to know as much as I can about the good eats going into my body.


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My name is Superjedi and I'm a Fettaholic. . .
Yes, this is the beginning of a shiny new progress thread!
My latest commission is for Steveo4529. Yesterday I received fiberglass GMH #22,
along with some very tasty accessories. I've gotten around 90% of the trimming and
sanding done. Very dusty work! I sneezed a few minutes ago and it was like a blizzard!
OK, that's an exaggeration. Safety tip: Wear appropriate protective gear when sanding
or trimming fiberglass! Goggles and a dust mask are must-have items.
Here's the helmet with its accessories.
The bits and baubles include Mojo's aluminum ear set, along with the RF stalk; a Terminalfettler
RF topper kit; a brass Borden replica; a real genuine MQ-1 calculator circuit board (this is the first
time I've ever even seen one of these up close. . . it's very cool!), and a shade 3 visor (not pictured.)
I still have to drill out the molded-in Borden. That will be done when I get to the next phase of prep:
filling in the PP2 physical damage for the transformation to ESB.
My personal GMH is one of the fiberglass kits that I painted as PP2. Honestly, it's been so long since
I painted mine that I forgot these were done in white gelcoat. When I first opened the box, I was like,
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Stretch of warm weather helps fair draw big crowd
By BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent | September 30. 2013 10:08PM
Jim Cooney, of Tewksbury Mass., and the East Coast Antique Tractor Club, takes down a tent Monday morning following a successful Deerfield Fair. (JOSH GIBNEY/UNION LEADER)
"The town is very pleased that the Deerfield Fair enjoyed such a wonderful weekend; it was long overdue," Town Administrator Leslie Boswak said. "The fair is one of the town's largest taxpayers, and they are a long-term community partner."
"When people think of Deerfield, they think of the fair," she said.
Sarah Lindquist, owner of Clearly Creative Agency, which handles the fair's marketing and publicity, said this year's fair was fabulous.
David O'Neal, president of the Deerfield Fair, agreed.
Lindquist said that along with the weather, this year's fair had a special vibe to it.
"There was so much going on," she said. "There was a baby calf that was born right at the fair. The horse-pulling is always an attraction, and a tractor was given away. It was amazing how many people registered for that. A lot of people loved the rides, and of course the food was great."
"Seeing the kids for the first time be able to see a baby cow or horse or goats — it's just amazing when you see in their face all that joy," Lindquist said.
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I've searched, but haven't found a good answer yet.
I just need to know what primer is ok to use for a DP, whether I should sand (before and after priming?), and also is a regular flat black ok for the ESB upper cheeks (Walmart COlorplace?)
I've heard that the Colorplace Walmart brand gray primer is ok to use even though it says for Wood and Metal. And also the same brand for the flat black.
Also, I've gotten all my ESB colors, except for the lower back one. Could someone please let me know what one closely matches it? I heard the Japanese Navy Green is ok, but not quite as "bluish".
Lastly, I'll be getting a regular welding shield to replace the DP visor. I don't know whether to screw it in or glue it? And also, if I get a flimsy one (cuz I think that's all that I can get), should I reinforce the mandibles somehow?
Any help would be appreciated!


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I for one couldn't stand the prospect of going through all the effort of creating the perfect Fett helmet only to top it with a solid plastic-looking rangefinder. I did my share of searching for record players, custom resin parts, and so forth, but in the end I caved in and decided to scratch-build my own. My MarrowSun resin piece gave me a sense of scale, but the Hyperdyne kit I was installing really drove the custom dimensions. Then there was the matter of the clear part a challenge in itself.
So here is the result. Disregard the stalk as it is there only to illustrate the concept. I have a new stalk in work to replicate the prop part. I wanted a lighted, working replica with no seems for lids or doors to access the electronics.
The clear part I attacked first. I settled on clear cast acrylic (stay away from extruded plastics since they are so much harder to work with). I worked the plastic over in a woodworking shop. After drafting a set of dimensions, I ended up with two separate shapes for ESB and ROTJ. My helmet is going ESB, so these pics are of that version. I'm still in the process of modifying the clear part to better match the real prop so maybe I'll show that stuff later. The black window frame is also scratch-built from sheet styrene. And inside it is a piece cut from the lens of some cheap Wal-Mart reading glasses to give it that refracting look.
The main body is constructed of sheet styrene and is attached to the stalk by a bent steel plate that forms the very bottom of the rangefinder and slides into the outside edge firmly. The rangefinder is removable from the stalk in order to access the batteries and the clear plastic part if I want to change it or if it becomes damaged. The steel plate is also attached via a small screw so I can swap the post whenever I want.
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I have an advanced adult student that I don't know what to do with (I am a new teacher).
She's intelligent, generally doesn't have any problems with understanding me, and expresses herself pretty well, but still makes a lot of errors with verb tenses and seems to lack vocabulary. She really has no use for English in her work or daily life, so our class is the only time she practices. (I'm not allowed to give homework in my job.) She mostly wants conversation, but doesn't seem to object to me instructing her in grammar and things like that.
When I quiz her she knows most of her grammar rules, but fails to apply it to her speech naturally.
What activities can I do to force her to use the correct verb tenses in conversation and increase her vocabulary? And also not bore her. I'm not a fan of most of the activities I find on the internet, which seem very childish and silly to me.


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Committee That Will Scrutinize Attorney General John Swallow is Named
Utah House Speaker Becky Lockhart has named the nine House lawmakers who will serve on the special committee, investigating allegations surrounding Attorney General John Swallow.
Republican Lowry Snow -- a St. George attorney and former president of the Utah State Bar -- will chair the committee.
The group features five Republicans and four Democrats.
Lockhart announced the committee members, following Wednesday's special state legislative session.


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Hello all! You know, I've been stalking on these boards for a while, getting ready to start on a Boba Fett costume, and it didn't hit me till today that I had not made an introduction post yet! So here it goes!
I was born and raised in Mississippi and I still call it home. Live here with my wife and kids, really just an old dog trying to learn a new trick. Currently researching and planning on making an ESB Boba (the search function is your friend!) and am right at the point of taking my first big steps.
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Re: Have you ever hit a shipping container?
Guess we should all get ahold of BS for a Brentboat - they shrug that stuff off like confetti.
Re: Have you ever hit a shipping container?
A good friend of mine hit a loose piece of dredge pipe while sailing in the Mississippi Sound. he didn't sink but it brought him back to Jesus.
An Aegis cruiser hit something one night south of Horn Island, while running at really high speed and holed itself. It barely go back to the dry dock at Ingalls. That was a warship.
I used to have a picture of a big old steel float, about five feet in diameter and about 15 feet long that washed up on the beach at Long Beach, MS one time. I would have hate to have hit it.
There is stuff out there.
Re: Have you ever hit a shipping container?
This is one of those things that is best left un-thought.
In my little dinghy, on a little lake... a shipping container is unlikely, but logs, or tree stumps when the water is down... is a possibility.... and since I am kind of a greenhorn, not much time is spent looking for anything beyond the shore and other boats...
On the other hand, it is a possibility, like getting hit by lightning... more like lightning in a box. And it doesn't sound like there is a lot you can do to avoid it.
Re: Have you ever hit a shipping container?
Yes..that was a very interesting trip.. saw a sub launched missile...a hatch board in a verticle position that looked like telephone pole bobbing up and down on a moon lit night..whale breath (blow hole)that smell like bad shrimp...
There is a lot out there if one keeps his eyes,ears and nose alert....
Re: Have you ever hit a shipping container?
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A legendary offshore danger - Ocean Navigator - March/April 2013
I've had my photos published in several mags...
Re: Have you ever hit a shipping container?
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Or survived the inspection of one.
I've had my photos published in several mags...
Re: Have you ever hit a shipping container?
More than 50 years plying the Atlantic and never saw a single one.
Re: Have you ever hit a shipping container?
What are the odds of someone going totally off-topic in a response to a thread that died nearly two years before they came across it? Higher or lower than the odds of someone sailing with an improper watch and hitting flotsam of any kind?
I'm so confused, ever since Jimmy the Greek died, I haven't been able to get firm odds on anything, and these days, Jimmy won't even give odds through Harry Houdini's ghost!
"Die, Vampire, Die!"
Re: Have you ever hit a shipping container?
So, the next question is has anyone found any cool stuff in a lost container? Or survived the inspection of one.
Re: Have you ever hit a shipping container?
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Hellosailor posits that 10,000 shipping containers go over the side each year. It appears that these containers eventually sink or wash ashore. Let's just say they stay afloat for an average of six months. This means we've got about 5,000 containers floating out there at any given time. A standard shipping container is aprx. 40' x 8' resulting in a maximum surfaced area of 320 square feet. Five thousand of these results in 1.6 million square feet of hazard. Total surface area of the world's oceans are 3.6x10 the 15th power square feet. Dividing container sf by ocean sf ocean sf results in 4.4x10 to the negative 8th power or 0.00000000044 percent chance of encoutering a container at any given time.
This is very generalized, of course. Containers are certainly more concentrated near the shipping lanes and ocean currents may tend to concentrate them even further.
Not trying to pooh-pooh the concern of hitting one, but given the odds, it does not surprise me that we don't hear many stories of folks running into shipping containers.
You boat is going to "slice through" the surface of the ocean/bay from one side to the other.
So, just rattling this off without too much thought in it... the odds of hitting a container is proportional to the length of your voyage, the number of containers afloat in the waters that you travel, the beam our your boat (kind of), and the beam of a shipping container (kind of). (Since shipping containers could be broadside to your path or not, use the average of the lenght and width of a shipping container. I'm ignoring height for this, although a container could be tilted, etc.) The odds are inversely proportional to the area of the waters you travel. (This along with the number of containers actually gives us the container-density).
Actually, the odds aren't exactly proportional to the beam of the boat and the beam of container. That would be true for one if the other had minicule width like a floating lobster pot buoy. Noodling it a bit, it's more proportional to the two beams added together.
So if I may do this with estimates and in the metric system to make the math easy...
. . . . . . . . . . TripLength * NumbConts * (BoatWidth + ContWidth)
. . . . .odds = ----------------------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . . . . . AreaOfWaters
Trip = 1,000km
Number of Containers currently floating in your ocean = 1,000
Boat width = 2 meters
Shipping container width = (13m + 3m)/2 = 8 m
Breath of ocean = 1,000km
Area of Ocean that containers are distributed across = 1,000km * 1,000km
. . . . odds = (1,000km * 1,000 * 10m) / (1,000km * 1,000km)
canceling out one set of "1,000km":
. . . . odds = (1,000 * 10m) / 1,000km
. . . . odds = 10km / 1,000km
canceling the "meters" from both side and dividing by 10
. . . . odds = 1 / 100
So if there were 1,000 containers floating in an smallish ocean, and you were to sail across that ocean, the change of hitting one is 1 in 100! (Even 100 containers floating in your small ocean would mean a 1 in 1000 chance of hitting one!)
Obviously there aren't that many containers still floating or there are fewer sailboats making such long trips. Either that or we just explained some of the sudden disappearances of sailboats.
(And yes, we could use the boat's smaller beam at the waterline instead. Like I said, this is quick noodling.)
Another way to picture this is to look at the area of your path, much like the area cleaned by a single push of a vacuum cleaner. And then compare that with the area of the ocean. If you path is longer, you have a greater chance of hitting something.
Hope this helps with a better approximation of the math. Not sure it's complete yet, but it's a bit better, and a bit scary.
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