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As part of the 14th annual Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, astronomer Roger Romani, Ph.D., of Stanford University, will discuss Black Widow Pulsars: Vengeful Star Corpses, an illustrated, non-technical lecture Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills. Admission is free and the public is invited. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early to locate parking.
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revealed a violent high-energy universe full of stellar explosions, black hole jets, and pulsing stars. These cosmic objects are often faint when observed with visible light, but glow bright with gamma rays. Dr. Romani will describe the quest to discover the true nature of the most puzzling of these gamma-ray sources. Several turn out to be a kind of star corpse called a 'black widow' pulsar. When a massive star dies, it leaves a collapsed remnant called a neutron star. When such a star corpse has a companion star, it can be reanimated by material from the companion. Ironically, the revived corpse then begins to vaporize its mate. Dr. Romani will discuss his group's discovery that these black widows may be the heaviest neutron stars known, on the edge of final collapse to black holes.
Romani is professor of physics and member of the Kavli Institute at Stanford University. His research focuses on neutron stars and black holes. He enjoys finding new, strange phenomena in the sky and then building theoretical models to explain them. Past recognition for his work includes Sloan Foundation and Cottrell Scholars fellowships and the Rossi Prize of the American Astronomical Society.
The free lecture series is sponsored by the Foothill College Astronomy Program, NASA Ames Research Center, SETI Institute Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Past Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures are now available free on YouTube, at the series' own channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/SVAstronomyLectures/. The site gives instant access to over two dozen past lectures, including Steve Beckwith on the Hubble Telescope's deepest views, Mike Brown on his discovery of worlds beyond Pluto, Natalie Batalha on the Kepler mission planet discoveries, Chris McKay on what it's like on Saturn's moon Titan, Sandra Faber on the origin of galaxies, Alex Filippenko and Roger Blandford on black holes, and Seth Shostak on new approaches to finding extra-terrestrial civilizations.
Parking lots 1, 7 and 8 provide stair and no-stair access to the theatre. Visitors must purchase a parking permit for $3 from dispensers in any student parking lot. Dispensers accept one-dollar bills and quarters; bring exact change. Foothill College is located off I-280 on El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills. For more information, access www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7888.


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I'm not a trapper, so I have a question for you guys. I took a boat ride last weekend out to one of my duck spots just to watch the birds, while going around the marsh I spotted about 15 stakes w/ muskrat traps, and eight of them had dead rats in em. They looked like they had been dead for quite awhile. Up on one of the islands I also found a coon in a foot hold trap that looked to be dead for a couple weeks. I didnt touch, as I know it is illegal to mess with a licensed trappers rigs. My question is; is this guy a legal trapper, or is this something I should mention to my local fish and game office?

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Re: Spade rudders vs blue water passage making
Nathaniel Herrshoff was using spade rudders on some of his his designs.
I think he predates Pearson and C&C.
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But today I am equally as confident that the spade rudder is best for any boat.
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There's a Sun-27 on my dock; another sweet-handling little boat. I think this Perry fellow may know a thing or two about yacht design.
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Never heard of an I-28 losing it's rudder.
I'm here to help any time I can.
I appreciate your kind words on the balance of your boat. I will go to bed now with that thought in my mind.
Bob P.
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Interesting stuff! Especially for someone with an "old" 1977, Bob Perry designed spade rudder on an amazingly well balanced little boat, the I-28. I have never sailed a boat with a nicer helm. That said, with the boat on the hard I will be dropping the rudder for a cutless bearing replacement. Time to do a shaft inspection, too!! I have already repaired the skin of this boat's rudder. When I got the boat the entire surface of the rudder was spyder cracked. I assumed it had filled with water and frozen. It had been on the hard for several years in New England. The cracks were evenly distributed. I drilled some holes and drained a lot of water. I ground down the cracks, not through the skin, filled them with an epoxy resin and tediously teased into place fg mat, then added a layer of fg mat in epoxy resin over the entire skin. I carefully sanded and faired the entire surface leaving a continuous epoxy/mat layer surface covering.
The stuff that drained out of the rudder the first year was septic. I was going to drill out some large plugs for inspection at that time but decided to see how things looked after a season of coastal sailing. I did inject foam into the holes I had drilled using a long feed tube placing the foam deep in the holes. I used a long 3/8 bit and drilled up from the bottom edge of the rudder as well as some holes up high. I repeated the hole drilling and foam injections for a couple of years and quit after no drainage or apparent "wasted" core showed up. No signs of the original surface cracks have ever appeared. I closed the holes with epoxy paste each time. It has worked so far!
Now I guess it is time for an exploratory dissection since I can take the rudder into my shop and a careful look. Where should I expect to find signs of failure as I inspect the rudder shaft?
Bob, have you ever heard of one of your I-28s loosing a rudder? Any suggestions?
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"Tank tests have shown that a vertical or slightly raked foreward rudder is more efficient, and less likely to stall, than one raked aft. "
Did they really write "foreward"? Better check your references. I think the word is "forward".
Present the data and make it current. CURRENT. Back up your words with reality. I know that is a challenge for you.
Oh Brent, there you go again making things up again.
Open those eyes. Look around. It won't hurt. You are determined to be blind.
You had to build a Pipe Dream before you figured out the rudder was in the wrong place.
I was a kid when I saw that design and I knew it was an antique. Of course the rudder was in the wrong place. Thank goodness I did not have to build the boat to figure that out.
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Seems to be a commonly held perception, that "the forces" are somehow generally larger on a spade rudder, relative to a traditional attached rudder, or skeg hung...
Among the most critical "forces" one should be considering in terms of rudder design for an offshore boat, are those that are transmitted from the rudder, to the helm, through the various components (quadrants, cables, etc) of the steering system... These are the things that are most likely to be overworked to the point of failure during an extended passage, rather than a complete failure of the rudder itself... And, a balanced spade rudder, being the most 'efficient' in hydrodynamic terms, will result in a far 'lighter' helm, and will as a rule introduce considerably less load into the overall steering system, than more traditional low-aspect 'barn door' style rudder attached/trailing a keel or skeg...
My boat original rudder was skeg hung, and as a result was not balanced, the shaft being very close to the leading edge... About 10 years ago, I rebuilt it with a new, far more substantial shaft. And, with the generous and superb advice of our resident expert Jeff H and others, I eliminated the skeg, and built up the leading edge of the rudder to 15-18% of the chord length forward of the shaft - the generally accepted optimum point to achieve hydrodynamic 'balance' in a rudder...
The result was a MASSIVE improvement over the original, unbalanced design... And I was reminded last winter after running a Cape George cutter south - a boat of equivalent size and displacement to mine - with its attached rudder requiring a huge tiller that swept the entire length of the cockpit, how much heavier the loads can be on such a comparative 'barn door', and how much less efficient they can be... Making a course correction in a heavy quartering sea in such a boat, required FAR more force than what would have been required in my own boat, with a more 'nimble' split underbody configuration with a balanced spade...
Personally, I think that a partial skeg extending perhaps 30% down the length of an otherwise high-aspect, balanced rudder, represents the ultimate overall solution in a bluewater rudder... Rich H is spot on in his earlier comments, it's not rocket science to properly engineer and size the components of a spade rudder, it's just gonna cost you... And, many of the failures of rudders we hear about on passage, were in boats that might not have been designed for such service to begin with, and were 'under-built' in this regard... whenever the "Production vs. Blue Water" debate rears its ugly head, I think rudder engineering is the principal category in which many production boats fall short, and where problems are likely to develop...
Something along these lines - a partial skeg, and a partially-balanced rudder - is what I'm trying to describe...
Tank tests have shown that a vertical or slightly raked foreward rudder is more efficient, and less likely to stall, than one raked aft.
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Re: Spade rudders vs blue water passage making
A friend bought $1200 worth of air tools at Boeing surplus for $125 . Last time I was there, unused drillbits, with the plastic coating still on them, were $1 a pound. What do you call someone who buys the same stuff in a hardware store, at retail prices, in the same town?
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Brent: You are asking me to school you on rudder design? Can't see that happening.
There are good bearings and not so good bearings. Just because the bearing fails does not make the design of the rudder fail. I use,,,,,,,bearings exclusivey with great success.
Don't shop at Boeing Surplus Brent. That's more your style.
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Re: Spade rudders vs blue water passage making
A friend had to replace the bearings on his Dash 34 with a spade rudder which had not all that many miles on her, and has never been offshore. It was expensive.
You can make a skeg as strong as you please, without a serious size or weight penalty, then use some greatly oversized gudgeons and pintles, with no real penalty. The weigh difference between going for 1 inch pins and1 1.2 inch pins is negligible, but the safety factor goes up tremendously. With a spade rudder you have more serious limitations.
As Bob points out ,a skeg hung rudder has a twisting load on ,over a much shorter distance ( the chord) than the cantilevered force on a spade rudder ( the length, a much greater leverage). The load on the hull bearing is huge ,and the catilevered load on the shaft at the top of the rudder, compared to the spread out loads on pintles, as it is on the shaft, and thus far more prone to fail on a spade rudder. If you have a pintle on the bottom of a partial skeg, it puts the bending load on the much stronger blade, rather than on the shaft .
Bob. What do you use for sleeves where the carbon fibre wears on the bearing? Bronze? Titanium , more affordable in Seatle and near Boeing Surplus? It seems that crevice corrosion under the sleeve would rule out stainless.
Then there is always the concern of fouling a line between the rudder and the hull, which is common sense which doesnt show up in computer calculations. A good low aspect skeg eliminates this problem, a liability on spade rudders.
On my first boat, a pipe dream designed by Kinny, in my early 20's ,I visualized a skeg hung rudder, 6 ft futher aft from the keel hung rudder specified. Then I thought "I have zero sailing experience, so I better stick to what the highly regarded designer specified. After sailing her accros the Pacific I did exactly that, a huige improvement.
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Last week tweets were a tweeting about U.S. Cellular adding the Samsung ATIV Odyssey Windows Phone to their smartphone lineup and today the wireless provider made it official.
Starting today the Samsung ATIV Odyssey will be available online and in stores on July 11th. The 4G LTE Windows Phone will run your $49.99 after contractual discounts and a $50 mail in rebate. The Odyssey is a good, entry level Windows Phone with a 4" Super AMOLED screen, 1.5GHz Dual Core Processor, 8GB of storage, microSD card expansion, a 5MP rear camera, NFC support and more. The Odyssey joins the ZTE Render (a Windows Phone 7.8 device) as the wireless providers only Windows Phone 8 device.
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Progress on the block and filler work, but a question on getting fender lip line
I have almost amazed myself, on how well the body work and block sanding is going on the rear quarters.
Whenever I am unsure of something, I do a search here and find what I am looking for, when I don't find it, I ask. And the tips are invalueable!
So what I have learned so far, is to do the body filler in managable sections. Only do what I can place and sand in one night.
Don't leave the filler on overnight! (it is way to hard to sand)
The 12" sanding block, an 18" piece of 2" round plastic electrical conduit, and a 5" x 2" durablock, are my best friends right now
When I prep the car at night, I prep it, (sand/clean/vacuum )so I can place filler on another section right away on the following night. That way I can work efficently.
Tonight, I learned that using the large double halogen light is great for visibility, but cures partial sections of the bodyfiller too fast!
One tip I have, 25 years ago I learned from an old timer, when they used to use lacquer primers, the would layer multiple colours of paint so they could see the highs and lows visually.
This I am doing with the bodyfiller. I have three colours of hardener, white, blue, red. As I sand the consecutive layers, it gives me a good visual of how I am doing, and I can watch problem areas before I sand through to metal/primer.
The quarters are a real challenge, probably the most difficult part of this car. The one side was badly messed up by the welder, and I have flared the metal, so they are not the stock shape. That being said, they are looking good.
I am just about finished with the 40 grit, and ready to step to a finer grit.
I want to get a real nice sharp line where the fender lip meets the quarter, especially near the top 1/3 of the wheelwell similar to the stock quarters.
How to I do that? Masking tape?
The fender lip is not a constant dimension, so it seems a bit tricky to me.
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Arsène Wenger and his squad flew out to Serbia today ahead of Tuesday's Champions League Group H clash with Partizan Belgrade.
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Chances are you'll have to reach out to one of the makers, Batninja, Arkady, etc., and see if they'll do one for you. Because that's not a color used by most you can expect to pay a few dollars more since they won't be able to take advantage of a bulk discount.
Batninja did a custom gray color for my Jodo. I paid a little more for it but it was worth it to have his workmanship.
When I was looking at Bobamakers Facebook he was making a black flack jacket for someone.
How expensive are we talking here? this is my first attempt at costuming, and I have a very low budget.


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When I set out to write Life, Liberty, and Pursuit, I knew I would have to research the ins and outs of boot camp for sailors and the program requirements for being a Linguist in the Navy, but I thought I understood the long distance romance part.
After all, I had a long distance boyfriend and lived apart from my husband for 9 months while doing my Ph.D. research.
When I dived deep into the story, I realized how wrong I was. Military families not only face the stress of separation, but both the service personnel and the families have to worry about each other in their absence. Facing ongoing danger as well as separation is part of life for military families, especially active duty personnel serving our country. We owe thanks not only the men and women in our armed services, but to the families they leave behind – often for months or years at a time.
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit takes a look at the hard choices a young couple has to face in following their dreams, but in the end it's an uplifting story about how love is stronger than anything, even distance and time.
This last weekend we celebrated the birth of the U.S. as a free country. Since that freedom comes directly from the sacrifices made by our military families, I want to give away a copy of Life, Liberty, and Pursuit plus a $25 Barnes&Noble Gift card, but here's the catch: the winner has to be part of a military family, with a loved one in the military (active duty or retired). So please tweet, FB, and share this with everyone you know, so we can reach as many military families as possible.
To say "THANK YOU!" for all you have sacrificed. And to give a little something back.
Author bio: (taken from Goodreads)
Susan Kaye Quinn grew up in California, where she wrote snippets of stories and passed them to her friends during class. Her teachers pretended not to notice and only confiscated her stories a couple times.
Susan left writing behind to pursue a bunch of engineering degrees, but she was drawn back to writing by an irresistible urge to share her stories with her niece, her kids, and all the wonderful friends she's met along the way.
She doesn't have to sneak her notes anymore, which is too bad.
Susan writes from the Chicago suburbs with her three boys, two cats, and one husband. Which, it turns out, is exactly as a much as she can handle.
You can find Susan Kaye Quinn on Facebook, Twitter, and her Ink Spells blog. The Life, Liberty, and Pursuit website contains fun stuff about boot camp, love letters, and ways to support our military personnel. Life, Liberty, and Pursuit is available for purchase at Omnific Publishing, Amazon.com, and BarnesandNoble.com.
Giveaway details:
Susan is giving away a copy of her YA novel, Life, Liberty, and Pursuit as well as a $25 B&N GC. Woot!
Giveaway rules:
- You must be a follower of this blog
- If you're not already following Susan's blog, Twitter etc., you really should!
- You must be part of a military family as stated above
- You must leave an email addy you can be reached at with your comment
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The boys from Dial Square: 1886-1891
Given the sporadic nature of newspaper reports, and the absence of any surviving eyewitnesses or visual evidence, it's hardly surprising that there is conjecture about what really happened 125 years ago, when what became known as Arsenal Football Club was born.
Stories and tales which did the rounds at the time were committed to print, regurgitated in assorted Arsenal histories, and established as "gospel truth", but upon closer inspection many remain unsubstantiated. The story which has been handed down over the generations is that on 11th December 1886, a group of footballers from the Dial Square workshop in the Woolwich Arsenal crossed the Thames on the "famous" Woolwich ferry, and walked to a piece of land which one of them had discovered on the Isle of Dogs.
The boys from Dial Square, playing on a rough and ready surface (club secretary Elijah Watkins commented: "Talk about a football pitch! I could not venture to say what shape it was...a portion was – I was going to say a ditch, but I think an open sewer would be more appropriate.") won 6-0, and then went back to Woolwich.
Recently, Arsenal historians Andy Kelly and Tony Attwood have challenged this version of events, and suggested that the waters are murkier than first thought. Official histories have mentioned there were other Woolwich Arsenal armament factory clubs which pre dated Dial Square, but as no written evidence exists of their respective playing records, historians have taken it as red that Dial Square were the distant forefathers of Arsenal FC.
The fact that Dial Square also travelled to the Isle of Dogs ( an arduous journey and a venue with precious little municipal land at the time) also appears curious, given that, if other clubs from the factory did pre date Dial Square (and there was nearby Plumstead Common) there must surely have been some football pitches nearby, even if Woolwich was predominantly a rugby playing area at the time.
There is also the fact that the Woolwich ferry wasn't actually there until 1898, that there is no record anywhere of Eastern Wanderers, and that the evidence we have surrounding that first match hinges on the testimony of one onlooker – Elijah Watkins.
Despite the uncertainty, other elements of the club's formative years appear much clearer. Given that there were no licensing hours for pubs at that time, and that Christmas Day was a paid holiday, it's entirely possible that the majority of the Dial Square side met in the Royal Oak pub on Christmas Day morning in 1886, and formally established the Royal Arsenal Football Club, and the club, struggling to establish itself, moved around North Kent trying to establish itself.
Of those early Royals stars, it was Scottish midfielder Jimmy Charteris who was arguably the most notorious. He came from a troubled background. As a child, he'd seen his bigamist father jailed, and was palmed off to various member of his extended family. For opting to venture south to play for Royal Arsenal, he was virtually ostracised by his neighbours in Kirkcaldy, Fife. The local press issued the warning: "There is little honour playing for some of these English clubs."
There was also Morris Bates, a pugnacious defender who was supposedly capable of heading the old fashioned football half the length of the pitch. The team had played in red ever since Nottingham Forest kindly lent the team their kit (Bates and goal keeper Fred Beardsley also ventured south from Forest), and quickly began to enjoy success on the pitch, securing the Kent Senior Cup in 1890 (3-0 versus Thanet in the Final), the 1890 London Charity Cup (3-1 v Old Westminster) and the London Senior Cup in 1891 after they defeated St Bartholomew's Hospital 6-0.
Their cult following grew, as the Kentish Independent reported: "...there was shouting and singing everywhere all evening and, we fear, a good deal of drinking was mingled with the rejoicing and exaltations" after success on the pitch.
The principal reason why Royal Arsenal survived those testing early years, and why the history of the team becomes gradually clearer, is due to the sterling work of the club's founding fathers, Jack Humble and David Danskin. Both men remain original working class heroes. In the mid 1880s, Danskin ventured south from Scotland to take up a post at the flourishing Woolwich Arsenal armaments factory. The recently passed Factory Acts gave Danskin and his co workers Saturday afternoons off, and the Scot quickly discovered that plenty of his co workers shared his passion for football.
Given that Kent had always been regarded as a rugby stronghold, the chances of a team based in Woolwich being anything other than an opportunity to keep fit and to socialise were remote, but Danskin was nothing if not determined, and he used his contacts north of the border to ensure that talented footballers were found work inside the Woolwich Arsenal. Those early Royal Arsenal sides contained a number of burly, moustachioed Scots. Already the cohesion, robustness and structure required for survival in a dog eat dog environment was beginning to take shape.
Danskin and Jack Humble (both men appeared for Royal Arsenal in the early days) were a formidable pairing. Humble, born in County Durham, grew up in poverty, and although the story claiming that together with his brother Arthur, he walked 400 odd miles south looking for work may well be apocryphal, he believed passionately that working class men should be able to enjoy more leisure time.
Humble was a member of the Radicals, later a fully fledged member of the emerging Socialist Party, and was also an active member of the Royal Arsenal Cooperative Society. Within the organization, both Humble and Danskin were able to raise the profile of the team, and despite the financial and geographical constraints, push the club forward. By March 1891, Royal Arsenal had already won silverware, were attracting a great deal of publicity in the local area, and were being steered by two hugely influential individuals. But events were about to take a dramatic turn....Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Light painting portraits are distinctive, innovative, and magical. The photos have a dreamlike futuristic feel and lend themselves to tech company portraits, editorial work, advertising, book covers, and portraits of musicians.
I do not digitally manipulate the images. The effects are created by painting the subject and the surrounding area with colored light in a dark room while the camera shutter is open. This makes for images that feel especially organic and believable despite their surreal nature. My subjects and I have a great time creating light portraits together.
Fame in front of millions of Americans
A light painting group I created and performed in was on Americas Got Talent and was hailed as spectacular.
- "I've never seen anything like this. I loved it!" - Howard Stern
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- "Spectacular" - Sharon Osbourne
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For years I have been doing creative fast portraits at parties and corporate events. 98% of the people at photograph at events and up with a great light painted image of themselves. It's through 25 years of light painting experience that this is possible. When doing live performances or working with a film crew, speed, creativity, and reliability are all vital.


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Sig Sauer Auto Pistols Final Test Quiz Questions - P210/P220 Series
I am semi-retired and I am taking a self-passed and self-taught Armorers course on Sig Sauer Auto Pistols. I hope to become a part-time light Gunsmith in the future.
There are over 60 quiz questions covering this firearm and I have answered most of them. During my study and research I am having some problems related to some of the following quiz questions. Either I am not sure of the correct answer or I have conflicting answers.
Can you help me determine the correct answers for these few final 5 quiz questions? Please coorect my wrong answers!
Thanks for your help.
Note #18. What is the difference in the American and European style magazine catches?
a) There is no difference
b) The European magazine catch moves from right to left
c) The American magazine catch is located on the bottom of the magazine
d) None of the above
Note# 19. The main difference in early and later Sig pistols is in the slide. What is this difference?
a) The slide contains a breech block (insert) and inner and outer roll pins
b) The firing pin is hexagonal
c) There is no firing pin block safety
d) All of the above
Note #20. Which of the following should an extractor should be able to do?
a) The extractor should be pushed slightly out to the right when a cartridge slides into place
b) It should be able to hold the extracted case up in the slide face
c) It should be able to snap over a rim of a cartridge
d) It should be able to leap a tall building in a single bound
e) a and c
f) a and b
g) band c
h) a, band c
Note #21. You should always use new roll pins when reassembling the breech block (insert) into the slide if the firearm will be used for defensive/offensive purposes. - True or False
Note #22. The extractor spring and the extractor pin (or plunger) must go in after the extractor is installed in the slide. - True or False


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GunnersGaming by Betsson, Arsenal's Official Betting Partner, give us the rundown on some of the markets on offer ahead of Sunday's North London derby against Tottenham...
After a disappointing fortnight in the Champions League and FA Cup, Sunday's fixture takes on great importance for Arsenal. While Tottenham may enjoy a 10-point advantage and be on course to finish above Arsène Wenger's side for the first time since 1995, form tends to count for little as both sides battle it out on derby day.
Arsenal are 3/2 to win the game but a scoring draw at just under 10/3 also represents good value.
Arsenal's 3-0 win at home in 2009 was the only time in the last eight meetings that the sides have been separated by more than one goal so 10/3 for the Gunners to win by a margin of one goal looks a rewarding bet.
Robin van Persie has scored more than twice as many goals as Gareth Bale, Tottenham's leading goalscorer, so why not back the Dutchman to score first on Sunday at 9/2? Aaron Ramsey was Arsenal's solitary scorer at White Hart Lane and the Welshman is 11/2 to repeat that feat this weekend.
With Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain missing out on a place in Stuart Pearce's senior England squad, the youngster will be keen to continue to demonstrate his credentials once more. He is 13/2 to score in an Arsenal win.
The last player to score a hat-trick in the North London derby was Alan Sunderland in 1978. Van Persie is 23/1 emulate that feat on Sunday.
GunnersGaming would like to wish the team all the best against Tottenham on Sunday. New to GunnersGaming, receive a £25 free bet when opening an account! In addition, place a £25 bet online before February 27 and you could win VIP tickets to watch Arsenal v AC Milan at Emirates Stadium!
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At 65 yrs old I am obligated to tell the complete story asked or not.It is my pay back for yrs of help I received.
I neither have the time or inkling to write a post in Wiki.
My same life's experiences has proven ref articles to fan magazines,especially when it comes to testing, are neither accurate or reliable.
I'll ask you to please not post to me in this fashion given my senior status.
I am telling you (yet again) that in this case there's no place to even start, not knowing what the OP wants or knows. But at the same time, YOU do a cut and paste in one post- w/o ANY of your own words or anything remotely explaining things, and then in another post sort of recommend a race intake. And the rest of the time you complain. So if anyone was going to be brought into question about the quality of their posts, it would be you.
But hey- if you think you can do better, then DO IT! Because by what I have seen you don't take your own advice as far as being thorough. How's about this- every thread you post to, give ALL the info on the subject. Not just a cut and paste or a line or two, I mean in your own words, lay it all out. Then do that for EVERY thread you post to. See how long it takes before you realize the smarter thing to do is to let the questions from the OP dictate how much detail you go into (as well as the tone/timbre of the post and your own instincts).
BTW, I have written extensively in the Crankshaft Coalition (CC) so I can link to the articles there to add to the information I post. That's the only practical way I can cover a very large amount of ground in a post w/o writing a book on every thread I post to. So when you see links in my posts, they're almost never to a magazine article (1/2 of 1% maybe? Or less?). Most often the links you see are links to CC articles that I have either written in their entirety, added to, or read and know the info is good.
BTW II, my post count was mentioned in reference to getting a feel for what a poster needs and wants, not as any qualifier or to indicate the efficacy of a poster- me or anyone else. That's why I had my post count zeroed out some time ago. I am totally secure in the quality of what I post, w/o needing a large post count. And between you and me. it's 20,000, not 2,000.
Now, this is the last time I am going to address this. I have spent more time trying to explain things to you than I should have needed. Get a clue: I am not changing ANYTHING about how I post or the info I choose to include. Save your breath and use your time to answer posts or something instead of worrying about what I do.
Too bad the situation of how engines work doesn't fit the question.
Mark-I didn't say for him to buy a new L31.What I said was for him to get a good pick and pull and rebuild it himself.
Do honestly think 2,000 posts is a qualifier??. New to this forum only.Gezzz it's got to be I don't know how many yrs I have been on other sites.But here is a lesson for ya.I've seen newbies that are as sharp as a pin and guys with tons of posts that are dumb as a stick.I don't have much faith in post counts and for me I don't pay much attention to mine.
So Mark put yourself in my shoes.Guy X buys a Goodwrench and wants a build up from us.Who do you think he is going to blame if it throws a rod or loses oil pressure??. And who do you think get's to cover those losses in labor to be sure that doesn't happen??.
I promise you the Mexican connection isn't sending me any checks.
So, it's "don't do as I do, do as I say".
Last time: In the scope of THIS thread, being as vague as the question was- almost as an afterthought the way it was presented- I will almost never go into any great amount of depth until the OP comes back w/more. And in this case it appears that my instincts was right on target. When you've put up 20,000 posts on this forum like I have, you get a feel for it.
About crate engines:
I'm sure everyone in the market for a replacement engine would like to but a new Vortec engine and be done w/it. But in the REAL world, where guys have car payments, kids in college, mortgages, job layoffs, etc., often compromises must be made.
As far as crate engines from GM being bad, etc. at least they have a warranty that the buyer can hold the feet of the dealer to the fire with. I have never heard of someone w/a legit warranty claim being ripped off, although I'm sure if you google you could find examples. But judging by what I hear about other rebuilders, if I HAD to buy one- I would opt for something from GM before I would go elsewhere. YMMV, and that's OK, too.
That is kind of to the point I have been making.You can't/shouldn't just pick out one part(the heads)of a combo.People do that all the time and the question should be larger than just that.If he wanted just L31 96 to 2000 results,then he should buy that,Vortec heads and all and rebuild it.Engines are a system and just one pc of it isn't sufficient.Compression ratios.cam.well you know what I mean.I think the days(thank god) of stab a cam into a engine and go are long gone.We all know way too much now.
I sure am damm tired of loosing money in labor fixing clearances on Goodwrench crate's since yrs ago GM farmed that out and the QC went to hell in a hand basket.The idea of a crate meaning anything is long gone from anyone.
That leaves a distinct possibility that the engine will have either a really small cam: .383"/.401" lift and around 200 degrees duration @ 0.050" lift on the 260 hp model, or a crappy cam when mated to a too-low CR, like the 290 hp model sports.
The bottom line is that open plenum raised port race intake on a crate 350 w/Vortec heads and either of the lame cams above would be a total pos. And to lead the OP into believing anything different would be a real disservice to him unless ALL the info pertaining to the intake and its suitability for use in his case is included.
You are new here, so I do not expect you to "know" me or my credentials. Suffice to say I have been at this for a VERY long time and I stand by every word I type. While I'm not infallible, I do consider my contributions here to be fully adequate- and judging by all available criteria we have to measure such things, the people responding to my posts seem to agree.
There are always compromises when it comes to how much info to provide, whether it is is not enough or is it too much, or just right? I try to give as much info as I believe is needed, and if more is needed, it will be provided when the OP asks for it. On this thread, the OP thanked me and has asked for no more. If he's satisfied, then my job is done.
You are correct- techinspector1 is great resource and I am glad he's here. There are MANY good contributors- too numerous to mention because if I tried surely I'd miss someone and I wouldn't want to leave anyone out. But they- and we- know who they are.
TI and I are friends. He knows of my work and I of his. I can also say (TI, correct me here if I'm speaking out of turn) we have a mutual respect for each others contributions both here and on the Crankshaft Coalition wiki where we are both admins.
So before you get some skewed view of me or anyone else here, take the time to see what's up and you'll see things MUCH clearer than you could possibly do in the short time you've been here.
You don't have to agree w/me- but you might consider just sticking to addressing the OP and his issues if you really care about the perceived quality of the answers given on this board, instead of taking issue w/me. Because I can assure you, I am not going to be doing anything differently than I have for the time I've been here.
If you want to continue this discussion, PM me- this is way off topic.
Regards, Mark
Cobalt-I consider you as a friend.Question is what have you done and not what you have read and believe.If it is what you have read,the O/P can do that himself.I am trying to get you to change for source of info to reading trade publications to become a life long student of the tech and applying that to your builds.Be able to read between the lines from sources that have a selling agenda.Become a expert in the tech of air/fuel dynamics,cam design,materials and how that impacts parts to name afew.
If you read Techinspector1's posts you see a guy who appreciates big picture builds.Considers that these engines are a system.Knows the tech and how it gets applied.
All these posts in the forums from O/P's involve more than the original question.It serves the O/P to bring those things to his attention because he didn't think of them or maybe didn't know.
|Aaaaa yes we have used that intake on a street driven car.Responsive off idle threw-out the rpm range.You wouldn't think so,but cam selection does come into play as apart of the combo.Growth potential is built into it as well.
Funny you mentioned comic book bench racing earlier.
The Bow Tie Vortec heads are a good head. But as far as intakes go, the suggested early intake GM p/n 10051103 (shown below) is a raised port competition orientated single plane intake recommended to be used w/a 2" spacer. This style intake is not something you would ordinarily use on a street 350. And in that the OP originally asked about using the Vortec head on a GMPP crate engine having heads inferior to the Vortec heads (otherwise why swap them in the first place?), it can be safely surmised that he's interested in a street combo, IMO
As I indicated above, only raised port style intakes have a tall enough port to be used on a Vortec head. But just because the port is tall enough does not mean the intake will match up correctly to the Vortec intake ports w/o modification to the intake or head, or both. Nor does it mean the design is going to match up to a street application.
A much more suitable intake for a street 350 SBC w/Vortec heads would be the Edelbrock Performer p/n 2116 or the Performer RPM p/n 7116 for the Vortec. Cheaper, too. Even the GM p/n 12366573 would be better than the p/n 10051103, but the price is too high IMO.
|As suggested two part numbers for intakes.The overall features make them best buy.
|Dual pattern intake holes are not very useful. Because of the height of the Vortec intake port, only the single plane 'raised port' race intakes have enough height to actually mate to the Vortec port- but then they may be too wide or have other port fitment issues. The dual plane intakes that I know of do not have enough meat above the port to be ported to match the Vortec port, either, w/o having a vacuum leak or razor thin sealing surfaces above the ports.
These are a good match for a 350/355 SBC.Chevy was pretty liberal in the term Vortec.You see these already have all the machine work done and a dual intake bolt pattern.185cc intake runner is just about right with that cc chamber it is a best buy.
Vortec Bowtie Cylinder Head Technical Notes:
• Cast-iron small runner or large runner cylinder heads*
• 66cc combustion chambers
• 0.450" deck thickness
• Hardened exhaust valve seats
• Machined for 2.000"/1.550" valves
• Maximum 0.530" valve lift (without modifications)
• Straight spark plug design
• No heat risers
• Drilled and tapped for 7/16"-14 screw-in studs
• Dual bolt patterns for Vortec and early style intake manifolds (early
model P/N 10051103; Vortec intakes P/N 12366573,12496820,
12496821, 12496822 or 12489371)
• Use intake gasket P/N 12529094 for Vortec intakes or dual pattern
intake gasket P/N 12497760 for early model intakes or Vortec design
intake manifolds
• Dual bolt patterns for perimeter-style and center-bolt valve covers
• Vortec intake manifold three-step torque specs: 2 lb.-ft.; 9 lb.-ft.; 11 lb.-ft.
Small Port Vortec Bowtie Cylinder Head Assembly
• Completely assembled, ready to bolt on
• 185cc intake ports
• 65cc exhaust ports
• Use Fel-Pro® P/N 1470 exhaust ga
mertolson, check your PM box.
The Vortec head has some limitations in their stock form. One of the biggest drawbacks is the limited amount of valve lift caused by the height of the valve stem guide boss. Anything over 0.420" lift needs to be checked closely for clearance between the retainer and valve stem seal. More info can be seen at the wiki page Valve train points to check.
There are several ways to address the limited available lift, from the cheap "ghetto grind" to the relatively expensive (but very effective) conversion to beehive valve springs and retainers along w/cutting the guide bosses down shorter and reducing their diameter to allow aftermarket valve stem seals.
The Vortec heads also require center bolt valve covers, a Vortec-specific intake, and either self aligning rocker arms or installing screw in rocker arm studs and guide plates to use non self aligning rockers.
The page Vortec L31 cylinder head has info you might find useful. This barely scratches the surface, so if you have any other questions please feel free to ask.
|Honestly I do not know why you seem to believe any of the numbers presented in the articles (that are the same numbers from the same articles cited by oldbogie in his post above, BTW) are "comic book bench racing". What I DO know is I'm not going to waste any more time or bandwidth trying to convince you that the numbers there are real world. At least the OP seems to be satisfied, and in the end THAT is why I'm here.
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Record It
Make a Recording
Make a Recording
With studio technology becoming increasingly affordable, the options available to composers/songwriters wishing to record their music, have risen accordingly in recent years. Commercially successful compositions – both chart and production –are often recorded in home studios.
However, while the cost considerations of recording are arguably not as high as twenty years ago, many aspects are just as important as they were in previous decades.
Some composers/songwriters have the luxury of writing and developing their music in a studio, either thanks to a large advance, or because they own their own facilities. However, most of those who are at the early stages in their career are likely to have a limited budget. Therefore, preparing thoroughly before recording begins, is essential.
While some of the following suggestions might seem elementary, regular recipients of demos will testify to the fact that many musicians fail to follow them. Ultimately, this can lead to a demo being discarded, so it is worth taking account of the following points.
Choose The Best Three Songs
It is unlikely that more than three tracks will be listened to, and if somebody is keen to hear other compositions, they will get in touch. However, as a musical calling card, three tracks are enough.
Often those most involved in the writing and performance of compositions are not able to judge which are likely to make the most impact. Therefore, it is worth asking as many people as possible which are their favourite compositions.
Put the most popular track first, followed by the second most popular, etc.
Is It A Cover Version Or An Arrangement?
Where a 'cover version' of somebody else's song is to be recorded, it should be considered whether the new version remains true to the structure of the original. If it is a radical reworking of the composition, then it might be deemed to be an 'arrangement,' which in turn requires permission from the copyright holder. If in doubt, contact the Music Publishers Association [MPA].
The more time spent in the studio, the higher the costs, so it is crucial to eliminate as many potential problems that might cause delays in the recording.
Every generation has those who claim that "these days you don't need to be able to sing, it's all done in the studio", but for a long-term career, musical ability is usually necessary.
Composers/songwriters who do not feel they can sing a song, or play a particular instrument proficiently, should get somebody else to do it.
Moreover, although it is easy to come up with numerous examples of successful pop/rock bands with poor vocals, out-of-tune guitars or rhythm sections which are out of time, a lack of musical ability is likely to see an unknown act cast into the bin.
If practice does not solve the shortcomings, lessons might do the trick, or it might be necessary to replace the inept band member.
Make Sure Instruments And Equipment Are Working
Apart from thoroughly rehearsing the compositions in advance, it is also important to be sure that all equipment is working properly. A studio should not be relied upon to have a preferred type of strings, or a certain make of instrument or equipment favoured by the composer/songwriter/band. Furthermore, having something as simple as an extra battery could end up saving a lot of time and money.
Agree Songwriting and Playing Credits
Where more than one person is involved in the writing and/or playing of the composition, it is important agree the writing and/or playing credits.
As highlighted in the Publish It section, the BACS can provide advice on how to approach the publishing royalties.
Moreover, it is important to clarify the role of each person featured on the recording. If session musicians or guests are invited, will they be paid a one-off fee, or are they to receive royalties? Both BACS and the Musicians' Union can advise on the different possibilities, but an agreement should be made in writing before the recording begins. Where Phonographic Performance Ltd [PPL] royalties are concerned, all those playing on the recording will be entitled to a share.
Clear Any Samples In Advance
In the past 20 years sampling, or using a piece of somebody else's music in another composition, has become increasingly common. A sample can be anything from a drum sound to a whole chunk of a song, but in every case, permission must first be sought from the copyright owner before it can be used.
It is highly likely, that most samples will still be in copyright, both in terms of the publishing [the composition] and the sound recording. Therefore, before incorporating a sample into a new piece of music, it is necessary to clear it with the rights owner(s).
The MPAcan provide assistance in terms of tracking down the appropriate publishing company, while PPL or the record label, should be contacted for permission to use the copyrighted sound recording.
Although it can take months to secure permission to use a sample, failure to do so, can result in the copyright owner(s) demanding 100% of the royalties of a song, even if the sample only forms part of the composition. Therefore, it is worth finding an alternative, or making sure that it can be used.
Decide Who/What The Recordings Are For
It is important to consider what goal is to be achieved with a recording, as this will have a bearing on the budget and the type of studio to use. For a young band hoping to secure some gigs with a demo, the considerations will be different to an act planning to release the tracks commercially, or a budding composer hoping to sell production music.
Decide On A Budget
How much money is available to record will have a fundamental impact on the number of songs that can be recorded, the type of studio, the number of musicians featured and the amount of studio time available.
Where bands are concerned, it is crucial that everybody agrees on the budget, as well as how the recording will be funded.
Throughout the UK, the law treats a band as a partnership, which in turn means that each member is liable for the debts run up by the other partners. If one member wishes to go over budget, this must be agreed by everybody, preferably in writing.


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CANNED GOODS! Although Splatmandu is now closed to the public, we will always be continuing our Canned Food drive for the Domestic Assault Shelter of Three Rivers. The women and children at the shelter are in need of our help. Please do your best to help support this cause. For more information about the Domestic Assault shelter, visit http://www.dasasmi.org and view their Wish List.
PAINTBALL IS CLOSED TO PUBLIC, BUT SPLATMANBOO HAUNTED FOREST LIVES ON: Starting May 2, 2015 starting at 12:00 noon we will have our first work day on the fields. If you want to come out to help, we would greatly appreciate it. We are also always accepting of building materials (plywood, 2x4s, posts, paint etc.) Just ask Ted and Kathy first and then bring it on out!
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Students looking for stress relief or the cuddly comfort that only man's best friend can provide have a new option for therapy from the Office of Counseling & Disability Services: Percy, the therapy dog.
The four-month-old Maltese/Shih Tzu mix belongs to Debby Jones, assistant director of Counseling and Disability Services, and Percy is part of a new program for the office.
"Dogs like Percy have been bred over the centuries to be loving companion animals," Jones said. "They are also considered to be relatively hypoallergenic as they do not shed and produce very low levels of dander, a common allergen."
Currently, Jones is administering basic command training herself; however, Percy is on the waiting list to join Faithful Paws, a therapy animal organization that offers training towards the AKC Canine Good Citizen certification, which will take several months.
"After he achieves this certification, he and I will join their ranks and visit approved organizations, like hospitals and assisted care living facilities, once a month," Jones said.
In this new program, Percy will be available to come in to some counseling sessions with students if they wish to have his company. In addition, the dog can attend gatherings and events to meet new people and be a goodwill ambassador for the office. Jones said students or staff should know that they can certainly choose not to interact with Percy. If someone requests it, Percy can be moved to another office in the C&DS suite, and for any allergic person who does not want to be exposed to a dog, the conference room remains canine-free for consultations and meetings.
Jones said literature has shown that using trained animals as an adjunct to counseling can be very effective.
"Having a therapy dog as part of a university counseling center program is a growing trend across the country," she said. "We have been in contact with at least a half-dozen centers in places like North Texas, Arizona, and Florida that have dogs of various sizes. In each of these locations, staff members report positive responses to having a canine presence in their offices."
Jones said the "sweet-natured ball of fluff" has received overwhelmingly positive response from staff and students.
"Therapy animals provide calming comfort to people who may be experiencing stressful emotions," Jones said. "Our goal is for Percy to take on this role as well as offer some playful fun for students, whether they be clients of Counseling and Disability Services or just passing by, wanting to play with a small pup for a quick break."
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Green Bay Falls to Northern Iowa at Home Saturday
By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay women's tennis team (1-8, 0-1 Horizon League) dropped a 7-0 decision to Northern Iowa (8-4) Saturday afternoon at Western Racquet and Fitness Club. The Panthers swept the doubles point before winning each of the six singles contests in straight sets.
"Northern Iowa was a very tough matchup," Phoenix head coach Sara Schubring said. "They are a very deep team that is solid from one through six. However our team learned a lot today and we are continuing to get better as the season progresses."
After dropping the first set 6-1 to UNI's Chelsea Moore at the No. 4 singles spot, Phoenix junior Maria Anderson (Marshfield, Wis.) battled in set number two before dropping a close 7-5 decision. Freshman Samantha Iwen (De Pere, Wis.) also put forth a strong effort at the No. 6 spot, battling to a 6-3, 6-4 defeat at the hands of Panthers' junior Stefannia Sampaio.
The Panthers also proved to be too strong at the top singles and doubles spots. The UNI duo of Cassandra Dix and Krissy Lankelma cruised past Jennifer Bradfield (Fairfield, Iowa) and Morgan Weuve (Green Bay, Wis.) at the No. 1 doubles spot 8-0. Dix and Weuve then faced off in a long singles bout at No. 2, with the Panther freshman prevailing 6-2, 6-1. Bradfield fell at No. 1 singles, dropping a 6-1, 6-0 result to UNI's Nina Phahler.
The Phoenix has a long break before its next match, taking four weeks off from competition before hosting Horizon League opponents UIC and Valparaiso on March 31 and April 1 at Western Racquet and Fitness.
No. 1 - Cassandra Dix/Krissy Lankelma (UNI) def. Jennifer Bradfield/Morgan Weuve (GB) 8-0
No. 2 - Jessica Kunzelmann/Nina Phahler (UNI) def. Rebecca Nelson/Maria Anderson (GB) 8-2
No. 3 - Stefannia Sampaio/Chelsea Moore (UNI) def. Amanda Timm/Samantha Iwen (GB) 8-4
No. 1. - Nina Phahler (UNI) def. Jennifer Bradfield (GB) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 - Cassandra Dix (UNI) def. Morgan Weuve (GB) 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 - Jessica Kunzelmann (UNI) def. Amanda Timm (GB) 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 - Chelsea Moore (UNI) def. Maria Anderson (GB) 6-1, 7-5
No. 5 - Krissy Lankelma (UNI) def. Rebecca Nelson (GB) 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 - Stefannia Sampaio (UNI) def. Samantha Iwen (GB) 6-3, 6-4
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Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott Is Expecting!
Getting ready to happily expand her family, Lady Antebellum front-woman Hillary Scott has announced she and her husband, drummer Chris Tyrrell, are expecting their first child.
Eager to share the news with her fans, the 26 year-old songstress took to her Twitter page on Friday (December 7), writing, "Chris & I are excited to announce that our Christmas gift has arrived a little early this year! We are having a BABY! We feel so blessed!!!"
Since the big announcement, it looks like Hillary is being showered with congratulations, as she later tweeted, "Arrived in Vegas, & so overwhelmed by the outpouring of love about our news! Now some shut eye...this growing a baby thing makes ya sleepy!"
Scott and Tyrell first met during Tim McGraw's Southern Voice Tour in 2010, before later getting engaged over fourth of July weekend in 2011. The happy couple tied the knot earlier this year.


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With most of their team adjusting from a lengthy run in the football postseason, the John Hardin Bulldogs heavily relied on one of their youngsters who got hot in the first half.
Sophomore guard Brandon Price scored 15 of his 22 points in the first half on 7-of-10 shooting and just missed a triple-double to lead the homestanding Bulldogs to an 87-66 win Wednesday night against visiting 17th District rival Fort Knox.
With Fort Knox keying on players like junior post Hunter Holloway, junior guard Jeremy Harness and senior guard Malcolm Foster, Price had arguably the best game of his young career.
"I've got to credit my teammates," said Price, who also had 10 rebounds and seven assists. "They were worried about Hunter down in the post, and they were worried about Malcolm and Jeremy shooting it. They weren't guarding me, so I had to take advantage. My teammates were unselfish. They drove, the defense collapsed and they kicked the ball out."
Price cooled off in the second half as he went 3-of-11 from the field, but the damage was already done.
Price scored nine points in the first quarter as the Bulldogs (1-0 overall, 1-0 district) jumped out to a 25-9 lead.
"I think he was a big part of why we won the game," John Hardin coach Mark Wells said. "He distributed the ball well and he rebounded. He had a good all-around game. I'd like to see him do some things better defensively, but he's slowly becoming a leader on this team with our seniors. We need him to keep doing what he's doing.
"Our seniors and other players did a good job early of recognizing we had a guy that was hot, and we got him the ball," he added. "Other teams are aware of Malcolm and Landon (Savoy) and Jeremy, and that allows an opening for Brandon to get a lot of shots."
After his performance Wednesday night, Wells expects Price's name will pop up more on scouting reports.
"Teams are going to find out who he is and do things to stop him, so I don't expect that stats performance every night," Wells said, "but I do expect that type of effort."
For the first game, Wells said he was pretty pleased with his team's effort –especially in the first half when the Bulldogs shot 55.2 percent (21-of-38) en route to a 47-29 halftime advantage.
Fort Knox coach Kip Rambo didn't think the Bulldogs would be rusty.
"Oh Lord no. When you have the type of athletes that are in this school, they may be a little rusty but I didn't anticipate that," he said. "I thought they'd have some nerves early, but Coach Wells is going to have his team prepared and they did a nice job."
Price and the Bulldogs certainly didn't make things easy for the Eagles (2-3, 0-2). Fort Knox pulled within 53-41 late in the third quarter before the much faster Bulldogs pulled away.
Senior guard Brandon Cullum paced Fort Knox with 22 points, five rebounds and four assists, while senior guard/forward London Moore added 21 points and nine rebounds.
"London is a heckuva ball player," Rambo said. "Even the nights where he doesn't perform like he did tonight, he's doing a lot of little things on the court that people in the stands don't realize. He's an emotional leader for the team, and it means everything for him to perform well for us."
Harness finished with 15 points, three rebounds and one assist, while senior forward Blake Bonner had 11 points and five rebounds. Foster finished with nine points, and junior forward Ervin Montgomery, who played at Fort Knox last season, had eight.
Wells expects the early going to be a bumpy ride for his team, which has two more games this week as they play at 5th Region rival Bardstown (2-0) on Friday night and host Paducah Lone Oak in Saturday's Army Bulldog Classic.
"We look like a team that hasn't been together for very long," Wells said. "Obviously we enjoy having a good football program here, but on the basketball end we expect the first week or two to be really ugly. We told the kids 'Let's just try to win and play hard.' We know we're not going to do everything correct."
The Bulldogs did just enough Wednesday night.
UP NEXT: John Hardin plays at Bardstown at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Fort Knox plays Louisville Collegiate at 5 p.m. Friday in the Louisville St. Francis Invitational.
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From HaskellWiki
A value is polymorphic if, depending on the context where it's used, it can take on more than one type. Polymorphism is widespread in Haskell and is a key feature of its type system.
Most polymorphism in Haskell falls into one of two broad categories: parametric polymorphism and ad-hoc polymorphism.
1 Parametric polymorphism
Parametric polymorphism refers to when the type of a value contains type variables (denoted in Haskell by names in types starting with a lowercase letter) with no constraints (e.g. class constraints; see below) on them. Then the value may adopt any type that results from substituting those variables with concrete types.For example, the function
Since a parametrically polymorphic value does not "know" anything about the unconstrained type variables, it must behave the same regardless of its type. This is a somewhat limiting but extremely useful property known as parametricity.
2 Ad-hoc polymorphism
Ad-hoc polymorphism refers to when a value is able to adopt any one of a finite number of types because it, or a value it uses, has been given a separate definition for each of those types. In many languages this is called overloading, and in Haskell it is achieved via the system of type classes and class instances.
Despite the similarity of the name, Haskell's type classes are quite different from the classes of most object-oriented languages. They have more in common with interfaces, in that they specify a series of methods or values by their type signature, to be implemented by an instance declaration.So, for example, if my type can be compared for equality (most types can, but some, particularly function types, cannot) then I can give an instance declaration of the
3 Other kinds of polymorphism
There are several more exotic flavours of polymorphism that are implemented in some extensions to Haskell, e.g. rank-N types and impredicative types.
There are some kinds of polymorphism that Haskell doesn't support, or at least not natively, e.g. inclusion polymorphism and subtyping, common in OO languages, where values of one type can act as values of another type.
4 Further reading
- On Understanding Types, Data Abstraction, and Polymorphism (1985), by Luca Cardelli, Peter Wegner in ACM Computing Surveys.
- Type polymorphism at Wikipedia


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I am thinking with all the hassles building a 223, maybe I'll rebuild to a 7.62x39.
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Map Maker is an Android application for creating maps in a disaster zone. It is designed to allow aid workers to quickly and easily create a map of the area they are working in. After a disaster such as a hurricane or earthquake the landscape can change so fundamentally that existing maps are rendered out of date. Knowing things like which roads are passable, where field hospitals are and suitable aircraft landing areas makes it far easier to manage an emergency.
We've all worked in areas where mobile phone coverage is spotty at best. MOGO Wireless has a wireless signal booster for mobile phones that claims to reduce dropped calls and boost signal strength. There is a home version that plugs into the USB port of your laptop and also a mobile version that plugs into the power port in your car. The only down side is it seems they only do 800/1900MHz so globe trotting aid workers might want to wait until other antennas are available.
I've been experimenting with geotagging lately. Its very useful for keeping track of where you took your facility security, post-incident , and other photos. Most systems are still a little kludgey but a friend pointed me to the GPS Photo Finder. Simply carry it around while you take your pictures. Later, put your camera's memory card into the GPS Photo Finder and all the location data is merged with the digital photos. Your photos can then be used GPS compatible photo software or sites such as Google Maps and Flickr.
Better Energy Systems has introduced a couple of new models of their universal solar battery charger known as the Solio. I've used the original model for a couple of years. It comes in really handy for keeping your mobile phone and gadgets charged when you are working in areas without reliable electricity. All of the models are small enough to fit into your field bag. It only takes about four hours of tropical sun to charge fully... longer at more temperate latitudes.
The only thing I don't like about the Solio is having to carry all the little adaptors needed to support my various phones, iPods and other gadgets. Of course that's really not Solio's problem. I pray for the day when gadgets come with standardized ports.