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Just a couple of days ago I wrote about all this mess the ELVs are causing because every single rugby Union is adopting their own version, and yesterday we've heard about SARU (South African Rugby Union) dropping the additional Experimental Law Variations they were allowed to use to trial three further experimental laws known as the 'sanctions regulations'.
Mainly the South Africans are keen to abandon the sanctions regulations to move in line with the rest of the rugby-playing world, particularly with the British and Irish Lions touring the country next June.
Of course, the two other SANZAR Unions are quite disappointed, because both New Zealand and Australia want the use of the sanctions laws to continue in next year's Super 14 competition but because all decisions within SANZAR have to be unanimous that seems unlikely to happen.
In the meantime we have also heard from Guinness Premiership players and coaches, that after a month of playing under the new laws things are not going well.
Leicester Tigers Martin Corry, who played his first game of the season last weekend, said to the Daily Telegraph that the current climate was simple confusion.
"Interpretation of the breakdown is the key change. You can pick any breakdown and you can penalise either side," said Corry.
Sarries coach Eddie Jones believes "referees are looking so hard at the ELVs they find it difficult to see the other laws." And that "There are still problems and great indecision about the tackle and ruck and what is allowed".
While Harlequins coach Dean Richards is particularly concerned at the inconsistencies which have brewed in the officiating, "Coaches and players are pulling their hair out because you do not know what's going to happen next," he said. With Jones adding that under the pressure of the new laws, referees were showing "great indecision".
Wasps boss Ian McGeechan points out that "It seems to me that a strong kicking game and a decent chase are enough to win you a match, while anything more imaginative stands every chance of losing you one".
But from the far side of the world we hear Wallabies coach Robbie Deans giving the impression he couldn't care less about the ELVs.
Robbie Deans' idea is that sanctions ELV or not, or even full ELVs or not, the game is still going to be pretty much the same."From a player's perspective, the game doesn't change; the same decisions are being made by the referee, it's just the potential consequence that's different.
Deans has six fixtures forthcoming: the Bledisloe Cup contest with New Zealand in Hong Kong followed by matches in Europe against Italy, England, France, Wales and the Barbarians, and all will be played under the global ELVs – which involve full penalties…


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With the World Cup fast approaching, people from all around the world are waiting by with eager anticipation for their nation's first match. There are high hopes for the Brazilian side and the Germans, while plenty of other countries are fielding teams with the necessary skill and experience to take home the trophy. Here's what you need to know about the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
When does it start?
The first match kicks off in Moscow at 4pm BST on the 14th June. In this opening match, the hosts take on Saudi Arabia. The group stage ends on the 28th June and the rest of the matches will then take place as follows:
Which nations are competing?
As has been the case since the tournament was revamped in 1998, 32 teams will be competing in this year's edition. They are divided up into eight groups, which are as follows:
Group A: Egypt, Uruguay, Russia, Saudi Arabia
Group B: Morocco, Iran, Portugal, Spain
Group C: Peru, Denmark, France, Australia
Group D: Croatia, Nigeria, Argentina, Iceland
Group E: Costa Rica, Serbia, Brazil, Switzerland
Group F: Sweden, South Korea, Germany, Mexico
Group G: Tunisia, England, Belgium, Panama
Group H: Colombia, Japan, Poland, Senegal
Who are the favourites?
With a total of 5 previous World Cup victories, Brazil are many people's favourites for the tournament, closely followed by reigning champions Germany and 2010 winners Spain.
Here's a more detailed look at who the bookies currently fancy (odds supplied by SkyBet on 3rd May):
Brazil (9/2)
Germany (5/1)
Spain (11/2)
France (6/1)
Argentina (9/1)
Belgium (10/1)
England (16/1)
Portugal (25/1)
How can you get involved?
It was reported that more than one billion people worldwide tuned in to the 2014 World Cup final! And don't worry, you won't be left out this year. Every match will be broadcast live all around the world. In the UK, all matches will be available for free, on either ITV or BBC. The final will be aired live on both channels. If you're wondering how to tune into your the matches you want to see, here's a complete list of who will be shown on which channel.
Watching in person
As is customary, Russia has opened its borders to the world, allowing all nations to come and watch their teams compete live. However, if you are planning to fly out to Russia, you should be aware of recent safety warnings. Due to recent political events between the UK and Russia, there have been reported threats from some Russian vigilante groups. As such, it has been advised that you never stray far from the stadiums or your chosen accommodation. Also, stick to the areas where matches will be held and don't venture elsewhere in Russia. You can read up more on the UK government's safety warning and advice here.Get In Touch About Event


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|Marco Rubio in 2008 (DavidAll06)
The former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Rubio boasted a son-of-immigrants story which rivaled Senator Ted Cruz, Rubio fended off infrequent, off-hand attacks, like misusing his credit card and avoiding payments.
He campaign on entitlement reform, in the state which Washington Post columnist George Will once called "God's ante-chamber" for the number of senior citizens living there. He defeated the current Republican Governor, who had taken the Obama Kool-Aid stimulus, and hugged him in the process (Christie should have learned from Crist's example. The "established" GOP candidate lost the primary, then switched Independent, back-pedaling from previous assertions to run and stay.
Rubio's conservative stats and credentials broke the mold, and he captured the US Senate in a landmark victory. Rubio's meteoric rise seemed destined to crest and dazzle the political landscape. Hoping to increase Hispanic GOP voter registration, party leaders propped up Rubio following President Obama's State of the Union speech, only to receive another barrage of empty criticisms after he reached for a bottle of water during his SOTU Response.
|Rubio during SOTU Response (C-SPAN HD)
Following the disappointing 2012 Elections, Rubio still stood his fiscally conservative ground, rejecting the Fiscal Cliff deal, even while his Republican counterparts in the House (including Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan) voted for the deal.
Then came the betrayal. Working with another Gang of Eight in the upper chamber, Rubio cosponsored Immigration "Reform", bringing along sixty-seven colleagues. Bipartisanship is one thing, but compromise must be based on principle, not politics. US Senator Rand Paul worked on juvenile delinquency reforms with other Democrats, yet still voted against bloated budgets and pushed Right-To-Work legislation in the process. Christie caved to Democratic talking points, and so did Rubio.
The notion that any Congress could trust President Obama, who had engaged in arbitrary lawless changes to his own legislation while rejecting the precedent of prior Congresses, should have dissuaded any federal representative from pursuing immigration policy. Republicans in the House were willing to work with the president to streamline the process, even set up a pathway to citizenship. Yet border security and integrity remained the sine qua non (indispensable condition), and since Obama had already flouted the rule of law with Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, a nightmarish policy which bypassed Congress and unilaterally permitted young(ish) illegal aliens to reside in the country and receive temporary work permits. Charles Krauthammer sounded out this policy for what it really was: "Utter Lawlessness".
Yet in spite of the infidelity of the President, Rubio felt the pressure from the Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic identity activists, and went along.
Tea Party supporters from 2010 felt betrayed in 2013, and rightfully so. On other notes, where was the legislation on entitlement reform? What about the fiscal discipline? While Rubio has cast reliable votes on life (even sponsoring a bill to end abortion after twenty weeks, much like the Texas law which pink-shoed Wendy Davis failed to filibuster), Rubio's breach of constitutional integrity and consistency cost him dearly with conservatives.
Granted, he regretted his support and vote for the 2013 Obamacare of Immigration Policy, but Rubio has failed on this front again. Returning to immigration, recent reports confirm, in spite of his communication director's pleas to the contrary, Rubio supported and argued that Obama's executive actions have benefitted illegal aliens, and he would not remove them. And he did so in Spanish on a Spanish-speaking television program. Whatever happened to E pluribus unum?
So, one first-term Senator praises another, and upholds his illegal, executive overreach to boot? Ouch! Now more than ever, this country needs leadership. Poor executive judgment, and outright unconstitutional rule from the current commander-in-chief (who plays golf rather than enforcing the law) have pushed this country's republican core and democratic aspirations to a crisis point.
The last thing this country needs is another executive whose previous experience was relegated to running an office on Capitol Hill. Senator Rubio, now throwing his hat in the ring for the highest executive office in the land, has nothing to offer but a legacy of following the opinions of Washington DC elites.
|Rubio embraces "gay" as identity, but not gay marriage? (Slate)
Where does his star power reside, then? Young voters like his youthful exuberance, or do they embrace his seeming softeneness on key stances, like gay marriage? So, he announces that he would attend a gay wedding. Then he declares on "Face the Nation" that homosexual behavior is not a choice, yet he calls the conduct "sexual preference". Preference indicates choice, and more research affirms that sexual conduct/attraction is not necessarily genetic. Let no one presume that he could have punted on those media gotcha questions, since Rubio had done so when queried about the age of the earth.
Rubio may steal away his former mentor Jeb Bush's chances for the 2016 GOP nomination, but for a growing consortium of constitutional conservatives, Rubio's magic is rubbing off fast. In the words of CNN's Jake Tapper, Rubio is indeed "the candidate of yesterday", a politician with conservative credentials misspent, and ultimately lost.


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"It is easier to build strong children then to repair broken men."
― Frederick Douglass
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Dads For a Day was created in direct response to the growing number of fatherless homes found throughout our Central Florida area. "One in three children in the Central Florida Region live in father-absent homes". Many fathers have abandoned their children, others died in accidents or from health problems, some are incarcerated and there are those who died in combat while serving in the military. Regardless of the reasons, we at Dads For a Day stand ready to fill the gap left behind after fathers are permanently gone from the lives of their sons.


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by Alexey Koltzov (1809 – 1842).
An Old Man's Song
I shall saddle a horse,
A swift courser, he,
I shall fly, I shall rush,
As the hawk is keen,
Over fields, over seas, 5
To a distant land.
I shall overtake there
My young youth again.
I shall make myseklf spruce
Be a blade again. 10
But alas! No road leads
To the past we've left,
And the sun will not rise
For us in the west.
"Koltzov might best be described as a tame Burns. The adjective applies to the poetry more than to the poet, though even here we find a soberer man. He was a cattle-dealer and the son of a cattle-dealer: a cross between a trader and a cow-puncher. He spent his life in the sordid surroundings of his native town, with the exception of a few visits to the two capitals. There he met the literati of the day, dinnered with lairds, and was stared at in fashionable salons. He returned with a swollen head, which caused him a great deal of misery at home. The effect of his intercourse with the intellectuals was seen to be equally lamentable in his attempts at philosophic poetry. His last years were embittered by poverty, neglect, and a tragic love which ended in a lurid disease.
His art maintained his umbilical connection with the people. He carries on the tradition of the Russian folk-song, whether the stuff of his lyrics is the works and days of the peasant, or themes of universal emotional appeal. He uses the free rhythms of the folk-song and, curiously enough, his favorite metre coincides with that of the Sophoclean choruses. Of his one hundred and twenty-four poems, three-fourths have been set to music by some one hundred Russian composers, among whom are Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakoff." —from Modern Russian Poetry: an Anthology (1921) translated by Babette Deutsch and Avarahm Yarmolinsky


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Introduction: HomeMade Digital Source
This Instructable was based on the vídeo from Youtube chanel - Muy Fácil de Hacer.
Tired of not having how to test your electronics projects without buying a battery? Do you want to have a source of energy that can be used for different projects? And still with a low cost?
Your problems are over !
This digital electric source is simple and inexpensive to do and every step to develop it you find in this instructable.
If you want to see this instructable in French, use the PDF file below.
Special thanks to La_Factorerie Fablab & Coworking for the translation.
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Step 1: Materials
To make the digital power source the following parts are needed:
- 1 x 12V power supply (we used a 2A one)
- 2 x Alligator clips
- 1 x 10K potentiometer
- 1 x 1K Ohm Resistor
- 1 x LM317 Regulator
- 1 x Switch button
- 1 x Female P4 connector.
- 1 x Heat sink
- 1 x Mini digital voltmeter
- 1 x Knob
- MDF sheet or any other material (We used a 3mm MDF sheet for this one)
- copper wires
Tools that you will need:
- Thermal paste.
- Tin.
- A Cutting tool for make the design (We used a laser cutter).
- Soldering Iron
- drilling machine
Step 2: Electrical Schematic
In the electronic part we used a PCB to centralize the wires of all components. The design of the board can be found above.
If you don't want to put the circuit in a PCB, you can either weld it directly into components or use a mini protoboard, following the circuit in the first or fourth picture.
Here you can find all the files related to confection of the board through Proteus software and its execution with a CNC, including the gerber and G code files (used to mill te board).
Step 3: External Design
The DXF models of the digital source box are on our page of thingiverse: DXF MODELS
The outer dimensions of the box are: 100X60X60 mm (L x H x W).
We developed that model using Solidworks and a Laser cutter to make the cuts in MDF. But you can make your own model for the external design. Always paying attention to the size of the components so that they fit right into the holes.
In our source the holes for the components have the following measures:
- Potentiometer: 7mm circular hole.
- Switch button: 21,4 x 12 mm (L x H)
- Alligator clips: 2mm circular hole.
- Female P4 connector: 7mm circular hole.
- Digital Voltimeter: 45,2 x 29 mm (L x H)
Step 4: Gathering
When the box and circuit are ready, you need to put the two together.
Begin by placing the base of the carton and the front of the unit (with all components already attached). Then place the right and the back side of the source. Finally place the left side and top, always making sure that everything is tight.
Note: If the straps do not get too tightly attached you can pass some glue.
Step 5: Results
This is the final result of our digital source, with it you can connect all types of source with input P4 (12V 1A, 12 2A, 9V 1A etc ...) and have the desired output. All this with a cost that does not exceed $ 20.
We intend to develop a version 2 of this source with many improvements in functionalities and design.
Keep waiting...
Note: Soon we will put some videos and photos of the source operation.
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that's a neat project. I'm trying to build one too, but I stick at the voltage regulation. I've got a 12 V input source and I only get a maximum of 10.3 V output. Will your circuit put out the maximum of 12 V?
Hey korzer, last time we tested the prototype it reached 11.6V at the output.
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The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that the enemies' attempts to harm the Islamic Republic Establishment have failed, adding that the enemies have acknowledged themselves that Iran has left behind the critical or semi-critical situations through vigilance, patience, and resistance.
According to the official website of the Iranian presidency, President Rouhani made the remarks in his 13th press conference on Monday.
Politically and internationally, the Islamic Republic of Iran is much better off, Rouhani said, adding that "on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting it was clear to us that all the great nations of the world acknowledged that Iran was in a stronger position than last year." He further said that everybody admired the great Iranian nation.
The president said that the Iranian nation has left behind the difficult time of foreign economic pressures, pointing out that the country's economic indicators are returning to normal.
He further noted that the economy is recovering and is stable through the efforts of the government, especially, the economic organs like the central bank of Iran.
Furthermore, the president referred to the steps that Iran has taken so far to get away from the commitments under the nuclear deal, stressing that the country will continue cuts to its JCPOA commitments until the European countries fulfill their promises.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he called for an end to the war in Yemen, stressing that ending the conflict in the war-torn country would clear the way for de-escalating the tensions in the region.
"Yemen is an important issue for solving regional issues including the issue between Iran and Saudi Arabia," he noted, adding that reaching a ceasefire and ending the war in Yemen would be a breakthrough in Iran-Saudi relations.
The president went on to emphasize that the regional crises could be resolved through diplomacy and cooperation between the regional countries.
He also said that Iran's relations with the United Arab Emirates have improved over the past months and that there has been exchange of visits by the two countries' officials.
Source: Mehr News Agency


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DBF to MDB Converter HelpDBF to MDB Converter allows you to convert your dbf files to Access database (.MDB or ACCDB).
Microsoft Access is a database application developed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows..
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HOUSTON — The Covington girls basketball team led most of the first half, but Houston battled back and took the Lady Buccs into overtime before Covington won 44-43 in both teams season opener.
"Give Houston credit, they really played hard in the second half and got back in the game," Covington coach Craig Maschino said. "We just had way too many turnovers. Unofficially, I had us for 18."
Brooke Gostomsky and Jordan Crowell both hit big threes to get Covington into the overtime.
"Actually, Jordan's (Crowell) three tied the game with 30 seconds to go in regulation and we held on to get into overtime from there," Maschino said. "We were down four and hit two big threes."
Covington took the lead in overtime and held on for the win.
"We started with a set play to Jessie (Crowell)," Maschino said. "She scored and we never looked back. She also hit two big free throws in the overtime before fouling out."
Houston had a chance to tie at the end.
"We were up two and Rayna Horner hit one of two free throws," Maschino said. "They missed a couple threes. They got the rebound on one and scored. I had told the girls I wasn't to worried about giving up a two-pointer in that situation. I didn't think we played well tonight, but give Houston credit for playing hard."
In the first half, Covington had jumped out to a 6-0 lead on two baskets by Jessie Crowell sandwiched around a basket by Tori Lyle.
Houston turned up the defensive pressure and got baskets from Macey Stang and Rebekah New to close within 6-4.
The two teams traded threes, with Gostomsky hitting from long range for Covington and Kari Meier doing the same for Houston.
Carly Shell scored for Covington, before Jenna Jarrett scored for Houston to make it 11-9 after the opening quarter.
In the second quarter, Rayna Horner hit two free throws and Jessie Crowell scored to make it 15-9, before Stang scored four points to make it 15-13 midway through the quarter.
Covington had the momentum going to the second half, but Houston forced the Lady Buccs to rally to get into overtime and pull out the win.
Jessie Crowell led Covington with 16 points, while Gostomsky scored eighth and Horner added seven.
Stang led Houston with 15 and Jenna Winner scored 13.
Covington will host Fairlawn tonight, while Houston travels to Newton.
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RUSSIA — The Sidney Lady Jackets had all they could handle from the Russia Lady Raiders in the season-opening girls basketball game Friday night at Russia.
But they held on down the stretch to post a 61-56 victory.
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In May, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) loudly trumpeted its latest incursion into the lives of ordinary Americans with a press release announcing its approval of a new rule that would extend the agency's tobacco regulatory authority to electronic cigarettes. Obviously, many in the e-cig industry were alarmed at the news for a variety of reasons – including the simple and obvious fact that the FDA's choice to "deem" tobacco-free products to be tobacco-related is an obvious and tortured fiction of epic proportions. Despite that simple truth, those regulations are now a fact of life.
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The mindset behind the new rules governing electronic cigarettes is truly Orwellian. The agency itself declared that "Today's announcement is an important step in the fight for a tobacco-free generation."Regardless of how one feels about e-cigarettes, that statement is patently ludicrous. The fact is that millions of people have utilized e-cig technology to escape their addiction to dangerous tobacco products. The very idea that we can create a "tobacco-free generation" by clamping down on a non-tobacco industry that has helped millions escape tobacco use is so absurd on its face that it is scarcely deserves to be debated.
Still, the real question is simple: will these actions have any real impact on public health? Will these new rules actually diminish tobacco use and benefit public health, have no impact at all, or create more problems for those trying to escape their tobacco addiction? To understand the real impact, it can be helpful to look at the changes going into effect:
- By deeming e-cigs as tobacco, the agency will now enforce laws restricting access to e-cigarettes by minors.
- The new rules require manufactures to submit product listings to the agency, including ingredients, so that the FDA can provide a "premarket review and authorization."
- Products will now have to contain health warnings – despite the absence of any clear scientific evidence that suggests that e-cigarettes pose any serious health risk.
- Other silly rules designed for the tobacco industry that some enlightened souls in the FDA believe to be equally applicable to non-tobacco products.
The Impact
It's easy to look at the lovingly-crafted list of FDA rules and leap to the conclusion that these must all be positive changes – otherwise, why would the agency move to enact them? The sad fact is that these are exactly the type of regulatory actions that Big Tobacco and its allies – the ones who actually create, market, and distribute harmful tobacco products, mind you – have long sought to rein in their electronic cigarette competitors. By enacting these regulations, the government is actually benefiting Big Tobacco by making it harder for its competitors to operate in the marketplace.
The product approval process alone can cost an estimated $1 million for each new product. For tobacco companies worth many billions of dollars, those costs are all but negligible. For small e-cig firms, they can be prohibitively expensive, and may even be enough to bar entry into the marketplace altogether. In essence, by making it more difficult for e-cig companies to compete, the FDA is providing a boost to tobacco companies – and that is certainly no way to achieve its imagined "tobacco-free generation."
The Bottom Line
The end result of this is still not clear, but some things seem likely. As e-cig manufacturers adapt to the higher costs associated with compliance with the standards imposed by their new imaginary status as "tobacco" peddlers, these companies will either go out of business or pass those costs on to their consumers. Tobacco users who want a cheaper and safer option for nicotine will lose one of the most attractive features of electronic cigarette usage: the cost savings. Tobacco usage is likely to remain the same or increase, as e-cigs become less attractive.
And that means more people dying due to tobacco use. No matter how these rules are spun by those with an agenda, making it more difficult for people to access healthier alternatives to tobacco will almost inevitably result in more people dying from tobacco. Sometimes, rules are necessary. Stupid rules, on the other hand, almost always have bad consequences. The consequences here are a matter of life and death.
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can anyone make sense of this system..
the car is an EF wagon has the following :
impco model L converrtor
impco 200 mixer
impco commander fuel controller
efi start controller
in the first pic that black thin tube is plugged and goes nowhere it should go to a little solenoid thingy like on my other car
I want to hook this tube up so it runs in closed loop properly...but as you can see in pic 4 the wires have nowhere to go...
whats the procedure for tuning these things?
id have to richen it up first wouldnt I, as the controller can only lean out not rich up?
strange thing is that this car runs well on lpg and returns good economy
also whats the start controller doing there? what happens if I get rid of it?
Last edited by gogetta on Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:02 am, edited 1 time in total.
gogetta wrote:
in the first pic that black thin tube is plugged and goes nowhere it should go to a little solenoid thingy like on my other carIt should go to your FCV (flow control valve), which controls mixture - makes a ticking noise, a hose from the lower engine side of the converter hooks up to it as well. Also has two wires (maybe purple and yellow - check the impco commander pic, and what you've circled). There was a thread with pics on the FCV, asking what it was, can't find it unfortunately.
gogetta wrote:
also whats the start controller doing there? what happens if I get rid of it?Leave it, it's for petrol start.
Tuning is done via the two mixture controls on the mixer in the first pic lower right - idle (spring loaded screw) and the other (part/full throttle). AFAIK, you need a testbox to hook up to the two FCV wires, as well.
There should also be somewhere a little black box with wires going to it - safety cutout for the lock offs, has tacho signal going to it, etc.
96 XH Longreach 'S': LPG, Alarm, 3.23:1 LSD, Cruise, Trip Comp, ABS, Power Windows, Mid Series Dome Lt, Climate Ctrl
You also have to ask yourself why it was plugged in the first place. Usually its because the FCV gets worn out from continually bashing its valve seat, and fails to correctly control the mixture. If the commander controller is faulty, or the EGO sensor isn't working properly, this may have been why it was changed back to open loop, and it might not work properly any more if converted back.
Also, that particular mixer (looks the same as mine) can run at least two different kinds of air valve/diaphragm. One will give great computer control with the FCV in closed loop, but apparently runs horrible (or not at all) if used in open loop. The other diaphragm is designed for open loop, but will still work ok in closed loop with the FCV - but with less range in fuel control. The difference is in the shape of the metal cone-shaped valve in the middle of the diaphragm.
If you have the non-FCV air valve, tuning of the mixer will need to be more precise or you may suffer problems with economy or backfires when you convert it back to closed loop.
Assuming the controller is working ok, you should expect to see a duty cycle on the FCV of ideally 50% on a capable multimeter. If it sits at, say, 95% and doesn't move, its seeing a continually rich mixture and has run out of ON time to make it leaner with the vacuum from the mixer tube. The opposite applies if it stays at 10% or so, and you'll need to richen it up.
EF II Sedan
well this is how the car has been since i bought it....
it runs well on lpg and i really should just leave it...you know if its not broke dont fix it
the mixer is probably the one that came with it originally so its probably the open loop one your refering to, but it runs fine the way it is (closed loop)
EBGIZMO - where can i find more info about this stuff? is there a book or something?
I only know of this from many long conversations with a guy I used to know who was an Impco Rep. He also supplied me with my parts at a great price
If it runs fine, and you're happy with the economy and performance, it might be better to leave it as is. The dept of transport might have something to say about it, but as long as you don't end up going for an inspection, you should be ok.
EF II Sedan
ok so your the impco brain round here then...
does the impco controller have any sort of memory or does it just keep constantly reading 02 and adjusting the fcv?
what sort of imputs does it use? just o2?
so to tune it i need to hook up a duty cycle meter to the fcv and then adjust the 2 screws on the mixer till the fcv reaches about 50%
I wouldn't go that far
I have a different computer - its a CDP Oz, also made by Impco. It has a tacho input as well as the O2. As far as I know, it doesn't have any sort of memory - it only adjusts the fuel metering until it sees stoic at the O2 sensor.
It may have some advanced features that are enacted when it sees the tacho signal changing - I don't know
If the tacho input is missing, it stops pulsing the FCV.
This tuning method works for my CDP Oz, and if the commander works like snap0964 said, it sounds exactly the same.
EF II Sedan
EBGizmo wrote:
This tuning method works for my CDP Oz, and if the commander works like snap0964 said, it sounds exactly the same.
could u explain the tuning method for me again, im not sure i understood what snap0964 was saying.....cant see why it would need a "special" plug in tuning device....
Because of how the CDP Oz works (by pulsing the FCV), you can use a multimeter to read the duty cycle of the FCV, and see if it has enough contol over the vacuum to the converter.
Impco also make a tuner which does the same thing, but it probably displays it as a rich/lean/correct readout. I've never used or seen one, but they do exist.
The tuner would be easier to use, as it would be designed for the particular unit. Also, not all multimeters are capable of measuring duty cycle, or don't update the result fast enough.
Snap0964 is probably more in-the-know for tuning specifics. The screw with the spring controls your mixture, but it works in reverse to a petrol carby screw. It controls how much air is allowed to bypass the diaghragm (rather than controlling fuel allowed in). Therefore, screwing it in (clockwise) makes the mixture go richer as less air is allowed to get into the throttle body. Anti-clockwise makes the mixture leaner.
EF II Sedan
so basically these systems when runnning right are in constant closed loop from idle to full throttle?
By default, I think so. My setup is different, however. The dump valve in my setup wasn't reacting well enough, and the CDP Oz didn't control the mixture fast enough when I floored it at the lights, or under rapid acceleration. The result was that my engine would hesitate like it had no power for half a second, then take off - not good when you're trying to slip in at an intersection!
I made a work-around for this using a tacho switch kit from Jaycar. My car now runs a little rich in open loop mode from 0 to 50km/h (FCV is disconnected), and after 50km/h the FCV is reconnected and the computer runs in closed loop. It remains in closed loop until the speed is reduced to 40km/h or less, then goes back to open loop. The 10Km/h hysteresis is necessary to stop the FCV and computer from going haywire if I was to hover at the changeover speed for too long.
Doing it this way also prevents higher vacuum from being exposed to the converter during quick throttle actions below 50km/h.
I'm also going to put a switch on the gear selector that puts it into open loop whenever its in 1st/2nd/3rd. That way, you can knock it back immediately when you need power quickly, and not have to worry about switching over any home made economy switch.
EF II Sedan
gogetta wrote:
im not sure i understood what snap0964 was saying.....cant see why it would need a "special" plug in tuning device....More than likely you can use a meter as described - my LPG mechanic had a special testbox.
EBGizmo wrote:
This tuning method works for my CDP Oz, and if the commander works like snap0964 said, it sounds exactly the same.The CDP Oz will have a separate plug near the unit itself, don't know what it does - as your normal tune goes off the 2 FCV wires.
Actually the wire colours for the gas commander are the same as the CDP Oz - wouldn't surprise me if they are identical in connection.
It certainly looks like it's been modded to run open loop - that green wire in the engine bay may possibly be the O2 sensor line that goes back to the gas commander.
Since a changeover relay would've swapped the O2 sensor between gas and petrol, I wonder whether the O2 sensor is hooked up to the ECU??
How's your petrol operation ??
96 XH Longreach 'S': LPG, Alarm, 3.23:1 LSD, Cruise, Trip Comp, ABS, Power Windows, Mid Series Dome Lt, Climate Ctrl
EBGizmo - whats the dump valve? wheres it attach?
can it be seen in any of my pics?
snap0964 - the car has a fair bit more power on petrol and economy isnt too bad...also do you have a diagram for the commander and CDP Oz?
gogetta wrote:
snap0964 - the car has a fair bit more power on petrol and economy isnt too bad...also do you have a diagram for the commander and CDP Oz?I did have, but I think I've lost it - I did my own install on my wagon 2 yrs ago - impco system and CDP-Oz. So might need a little memory jogging.
As it stands, your gas commander is doing nothing, as it has no FCV to control, and the O2 sensor to the LPG side will not be there.
Your petrol start unit and safety cutout (whereever it is) will probably still be working.
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Understanding a car's service history
I believe that a good service history is one of the most important factors when purchasing a used car. Modern cars are generally pretty reliable if they are correctly serviced – it's that simple:
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As a spiritual person who votes in presidential primaries and campaigns, I find it increasingly difficult to hear a variety of political views and opinions amongst church goers and life long republicans who are being inundated with propaganda that forces the weakest of them to vote for a pro-life candidate without considering the candidate's qualifications or position on other more urgent issues.
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Hope you like it…
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A group of people who perpetuate themselves as the Christian party, seemingly based solely upon their pro-life, anti-abortion platform (everybody loves babies, right?), apparently ignorant of the fact that this was acually a supreme court decision, not one decided by voters or the President. Their followers have seemingly abandoned the teachings of Jesus Christ and replaced it with the feel-good politics of being "right" or "righteous" concerning abortion, a matter which is out of their control and not even in the realm of power of a particular party or their presidential candidate. Meanwhile, amidst the pro-life banter, a silent and overlooked tragedy continues to unfold in America. These people choose to ignore their American brothers and sisters who are living in poverty, are homeless, jobless, sick and sometimes dying of treatable diseases (if they only had the money), because they would prefer to help sustain the strong arm of the self-preserving government of the wealthy republicans. They are a proud people, proud of their pro-life position, proud to be republicans.
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How do you become the Worst Mom Ever? Ask your kids to go sugar free at Christmas!
What would your kids do if you asked them to be sugar free at Christmas?
Is it even possible to be sugar free this time of year?
There's the cookie exchanges, hot cocoa with marshmallows, grandma's fudge, gingerbread house decorating, reindeer food, and peppermint bark.
Can you even conceive a Christmas without all these sweet treats???
It was a difficult decision to ask my girls to be sugar free this year. So let me explain why I put forth this request.
In August of this year, I gave up sugar.
I can't brag that no sugar has touched my lips for the past 6 months, because there are always occasions. Always.
However, I can look you in the eye and say on a day-to-day basis I am living a happy, content life without sugar.
No sugar. Nada. No white sugar. No honey. No maple syrup. No coconut or date sugar. No sugar by any name.
I'm not going to lie, it was incredibly difficult at first. The sugar cravings are real.
However, this wasn't the first time I'd gone sugar free, so I knew all I needed to do was stick it out, and it would get easier.
Not only did it get easier, but as time has gone by, what I have felt has surprised me.
I feel free.
I no longer get those crazy cravings that result in hanger. My moods have stablized.
I no longer feel deprived because I'm not eating sugar. In fact, I can walk right by the endless retail displays of sugary treats and not be tempted.
For the first time in my life, I am satisfied.
What started out as a way to take off a little weight (I'm down 10 pounds) has led to my happiest life ever.
That is why I asked my daughters to be sugar free this Christmas.
I want them to be able to break free of the guilt associated with indulging in too many sweet treats.
I want them to find how freeing it is when hunger no longer controls your emotions.
I want them to learn that celebrations are still celebrations even when no sugar is involved.
I don't want my girls just to be saying no to sugar, I want them to be saying yes to a lifetime of good health.
How did my girls respond?
They were onboard for a sugar free Christmas as long as we could still enjoy blueberry stuffed french toast on Christmas morning. (Here's a similar recipe to what I make)
That was an easy yes. By having only one treat, it puts the "special" back in special treat.
We've been sugar free since December 12th and I'll be honest, it has not been all rainbows and unicorns.
Don't be fooled, sugar has a very tight grip on our kiddos.
But I declared our house a sugar free zone and I've been determined to keep it that way. So I told both sets of grandparents that we will not accept any of the special desserts they were planning to bring to our house. This didn't go over well for anyone–the grandparents or the girls.
As my girls have experienced how hard it is to live without sweets, we've looked into some sugar substitutes that satisfy our sweet tooth without activating our insulin response.
We've made a few treats sweetened with Erythritol and/or stevia. The taste is not the same as refined sugar, but overall I'd say we've enjoyed experimenting with recipes.
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Both girls have said they are okay with continuing to be sugar free during Christmas break, even though it has been HARD. They also have said they don't think it is sustainable for them in the long run, but that they will be more conscious of their sugar consumption.
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From releasing their Snowdonia LP in February to putting out a covers album later this month (and touring relentlessly behind it all), Surfer Blood has had a busy year. The indie rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida is now bi-coastal, with lead singer JP Pitts living in California, and after a tumultuous few years, their most recent release is surprisingly their most light-hearted. At first listen, the songs seem to channel fellow indie mainstays like Vampire Weekend, Pavement and even vintage Squeeze vibes, all with Pitts' recognizable lyrical style and warm, droning vocals front and center.
Ahead of Friday's show in Pittsburgh at Cattivo and the band's upcoming covers album later this month, we talked to lead singer JP from their unofficial home base in Florida. He took a break from packing the van to fill us in on the band's touring rituals, inspiration behind their covers album and even a few of their favorite things about visiting Pittsburgh.
Have you guys played Pittsburgh before?
We have. We've played quite a few shows over the years. We played Brillobox a few times and opened for Silversun Pickups at Stage AE, so we've kind of run the gamut of venues there.
Is there anything that you really like or remember about being in Pittsburgh?
I think of the character of the old streets, houses, stuff like that. We'll probably get to spend a whole day there before the show, and it's not a bad place to spend the day.
What kind of stuff do you guys like to do on the road? Is there anything that you look for in every city?
We've been trying to do more outdoorsy stuff lately. Lindsey and Tyler are camping enthusiasts, and this time we're going through the Appalachian Mountains. Last time we pulled off on a spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway to go hiking. There's not always time, but we try to pull off to find some spots.
What about food? Any food you love?
We try to pull off and find Indian lunch buffets. We usually try to have our big meal early in the day so we don't want to take a nap before the show.
You're releasing a covers album — how did you decide that now was the time to do it?
I record on an old desktop Mac, and I've been recording on it for years. This year I realized that we're like two covers short of a full length. A lot of those had been used for B-sides, one was used for a charity auction, kind of random things that weren't necessarily releases, and over the course of 7 years they started piling up. Our guitarist has a warehouse space, a recording studio and rehearsal space, so we said, "Lets go in there, record a few more covers, see what happens," and we got a few done in one night. I would like people to hear these 'cause we had fun making them. They were all recorded in different places, on different equipment, with different band members, kind of all over the place. It's just a fun thing and we wanted more people to hear them.
The songs you chose are so varied. How did you decide which songs to cover?
They're songs we all liked – something from every decade, every recording style. It's fun to look back on the past 7 years, which is something I do a lot more now that I'm old. You get to see where your head was at at different points. You start listening to different songs and your whole philosophy on songwriting and recording changes […] A lot of these songs were songs we played in the van on tour – some we played every day and got sick of, then came back years later and loved them again. It's kind of a shared musical experience with three other people.
I have to ask: what about the Polaris song [The theme song from The Adventures of Pete & Pete] — did you cover it because of the show, or did you just love the song?
Oh, we loved the show. It was important in all of our childhoods. Sometimes we cover it live and you can always tell the people who are almost exactly the same age as us cause they freak out, and the 19-year-olds don't really know it. It's a weird song — it's weird and wholesome and heartwarming at the same time, but also very surreal. It's a strange mix of feelings, which is also what I try to do in my songwriting.
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I mailed by deposit check last week, it is official, I'm going to Michigan in the fall!
I'm not sure how this is going to work out. There's still so many things I have to figure out: how I'm going to pay for my pre-req classes, where I'm taking them, when to leave my job, when to move to Michigan, where to live in Michigan, maybe buying a car, finding a part time job at Michigan. I'm hoping everything will work out simply because it has to.


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Parents, I'm about to scare the poop out of you. Today my pediatrician informed me that a child's brain doesn't resemble an adult brain until the child is 22-25 years old.
22? I was married with a baby at age 22. And 25? I was married with two kids. By age 26 I had three kids. By my pediatrician's standards, I was a kid having kids.
And in many ways, I guess it's true.
Our doctor clarified that while most of the brain is developed by the early 20's, the frontal lobe that controls decision making and impulse control is still under a little bit of construction.
At that moment, reality punched me in the face. I knew that my car ride to school this morning might very well be what my mornings look like for years to come. My ten year old daughter left an assignment at home because she wasn't sure if she needed it.
So let me get this right, you left your assignment home because you weren't sure it was the right one? What harm would come from bringing that paper with you to school? Would the paper attack you?
"MOMMMMM! Stop!"
So if it was the right assignment, it's home. And you get marked with a missed assignment. If it was the wrong assignment, and you brought it to school, it would have sat in your folder unharmed. Just trying to understand your thinking process.
After talking with our pediatrician today, I realize that ten years old doesn't mean sound reasoning. Twelve years old doesn't mean sound reasoning. My babies are going to think like kids for a long time. They will mature and get better with age, but it's my job to stay on them and help them make good decisions.
Decisions that actually make sense.
This afternoon, after all this brain development talk at the doctor's office, I jumped on the computer and found this,
The research has turned up some surprises, among them the discovery of
striking changes taking place during the teen years. These findings have
altered long-held assumptions about the timing of brain maturation. In
key ways, the brain doesn't look like that of an adult until the early
20s.....The parts of the brain responsible for more "top-down" control,
controlling impulses, and planning ahead—the hallmarks of adult
behavior—are among the last to mature. -The National Institute of Mental Health
Lovely. The area of the brain that controls acting like a responsible human being is the last to develop. With my youngest munchkin being just four, I'm looking forward to
approximately 20 more years of reminding my kids not to be idiots.
That's a lot of reminding. Especially considering I've been at it for twelve years already. Lord give me strength. And patience. And wisdom.
And please make sure I'm still sane when my babies are old enough to make rational, sound decisions. Amen.


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HARARE – As Zimbabwe's economic meltdown continues to escalate, the cash-strapped Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) on Wednesday closed its loss-making second television station and fired hundreds of its employees using the recent Supreme Court ruling that confirmed that employers could terminate the contracts of employees on three months' notice.
Only last week, the State broadcaster fired four of its top officials — suspended chief executive officer Happison Muchechetere; former General Manager of finance, Elliot Kasu; ex-General Manager of Radio Services, Allan Chiweshe; and the Head (Finance) Ralph Nyambudzi. Now it has moved to wield the axe on journalists and supporting staff, in a desperate attempt to stay afloat.
Although the Daily News could not establish the exact number of people affected, as ZBC's spokesperson Gladman Bhandama was not picking up his phone, sources said at least 300 employees were left in tears yesterday when they were given the letters terminating their contracts.
Apart from firing its workers, the corporation also closed its second television channel, while its Gweru-based Voice of Zimbabwe operations were said to be hanging in the balance.
A letter that was written to the dismissed workers by the company cited the recent Supreme Court judgement as the basis for the dismissals.
"We write to advice that the employer has decided to exercise its right in terms of the Common Law, and Section 12 (4) of the Labour Act (Chapter 28:01) (Hereinafter referred to as the "Labour Act") to terminate your contract of employment on notice with immediate effect.
"In this regard, you are hereby given three (3) months notice in terms of the provision of Section 12 (4) of the Labour Act.
"The employer absolves you from any of your contractual duties during the notice period. Accordingly you shall receive your notice pay whilst you are at home, subject to any existing commitments by way of debts or obligations.
"You shall also be entitled to cash in lieu of leave as per relevant provision," it reads.
Some of the more prominent personalities who were affected include news anchors Evermore Sandati and Marian Shaba.
"It was a surprise to us. We were given our letters in the morning and told to pack our belongings. The situation was very sad," an affected employee who asked not to be identified said.
Last week the state-controlled Zimpapers, publishers of The Herald, the Sunday Mail and the Chronicle newspapers, also fired hundreds of its workers.
Virtually all the country's media organisations have now trimmed their workforce as Zimbabwe's economic crisis continues to bite.
For Zimpapers and Alpha Media Holdings — the publishers of Newsday, the Standard and the Zimbabwe Independent — this is the second time in two years that they have embarked on retrenchments.
Thousands of formal sector workers have lost their jobs over the past few weeks following the recent confirmation by the Supreme Court that employers, just like employees, can terminate employment contracts on three months' notice.
Other entities which have recently cut staff numbers include parastatals such as the National Railways of Zimbabwe, Air Zimbabwe, the Grain Marketing Board, the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe National Road Administration, as well as private sector companies like Croco Motors, Econet Wireless, Moonlight Funeral Services, Sino Zimbabwe, Steward Bank, Unilever Zimbabwe, Choppies, TN Holdings and Medtech.


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Salinas Valley Water Project (SVWP)
The Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) has been utilizing a collaborative effort with Salinas Valley interests to develop the Salinas Valley Water Project (SVWP) to address the water resources management issues within the Salinas Valley. The SVWP provides for the long-term management and protection of groundwater resources in the basin by meeting the following objectives: stopping seawater intrusion and providing adequate water supplies and flexibility to meet current and future (year 2030) needs. In addition, the project provides the surface water supply necessary to attain a hydrologically balanced groundwater basin in the Salinas Valley. Future project elements may, however, be necessary to achieve this objective. The SVWP the Nacimiento Dam Spillway Modification Component, which includes enlargement of the spillway and installation of a rubber spillway gate at the dam and a diversion facility , which is another rubber dam on the Salinas River near Marina, to allow diversion of river water for treatment and piping to nearby farms for irrigation. The SVWP, approved by an overwhelming 85 percent of property valuation in the Salinas River Basin in 2003, is intended to help stop seawater intrusion, improve flood control and Nacimiento Dam safety, recharge the aquifers and improve river flow for migration of the federally designated threatened Steelhead trout. Construction of the Nacimiento Spillway Modification was completed in 2009 and Salinas River Diversion Facility began its operation in April 2010.
Nacimiento Dam Spillway Modification
The purpose of the Salinas Valley Water Project's Nacimiento Dam Spillway Modifications Component is to address safety issues associated with the flood flows that must be conveyed through the reservoir and the spillway. The two main regulatory agencies involved include the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC] (due to the existing hydroelectric plant located at the base of the dam) and the State Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD). These agencies have participated throughout the design phase to ensure the design meets the high safety standards they have established. They will continue to participate during the construction phase by reviewing and approving proposed design changes and conducting inspections. Dam safety and the protection of lives and property is the mission of both agencies and the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA). Without this project, the MCWRA would have to provide additional flood storage equal to 17 feet of elevation by lowering the reservoir level as of January 1 every year to 765 feet.
Description Of Facilities
Construction of Nacimiento Dam was completed in 1956. It is an earthfill dam with a maximum height of about 215 feet from streambed to dam crest. The total crest length is 1,630 feet, including the spillway bridge. The dam crest is at elevation 825 feet and has a width of 30 feet. The existing empty space for flood flow retention is approximately 190 feet. The dam impounds about 378,000 acre-feet at the current spillway crest elevation of 800 feet. Nacimiento Dam is under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The FERC has jurisdiction over the project due to the existence of the hydroelectric plant located at the right abutment. Exhibit 1 shows an aerial view of the dam and spillway.
The spillway consists of a trapezoidal, unlined approach channel, an un-gated concrete ogee crest weir with a crest elevation of 800 feet, and a 540-foot long rectangular, concrete chute that terminates in a flip bucket at about elevation 630 feet. The flip bucket is approximately 20 feet above the streambed. A double lane bridge spans the spillway. The spillway crest is a 150-foot wide, ogee-shaped weir that is curved in plan with a 309.23-foot radius. Up to 60-foot-high retaining walls flank the ogee and the approach channel. The spillway chute tapers down to a 100-foot width and varies in slope from 0.15 ft/ft near the crest to 0.5 ft/ft near the flip bucket. The chute has sidewalls that vary in height from 13 to 25 feet. The flip bucket has a 50-foot vertical radius of curvature and directs the flow into a plunge pool.
Outlet Works
High- and low-level outlets are gated and can be opened and closed to regulate the flows out of the reservoir during low-flow conditions. The low-level outlet, intake elevation of 670 feet, is located adjacent to the powerplant. The high-level outlet is installed within the spillway chute. An 80-foot wide spillway approach channel conveys water to the high-level outlet. The invert of the approach channel is at elevation 750 feet. This channel delivers water to two 8-foot by 8-foot slide gates (inverts are at 755 feet) that discharge into a cast-in-place concrete conduit under the dam's crest before intersecting the spillway and discharging flows down the spillway chute.
Hydroelectric Plant
A 4-megawatt powerplant is constructed at the right dam abutment. The plant contains both large and small turbines that operate in the range of 25 cubic feet per second to 400 cubic feet per second. To maximize power production, two sets of runners have been provided. One set is used at low reservoir elevations and the second at high reservoir elevations.
Construction Elements Of The Spillway Modification
- Partial demolition of the existing spillway ogee weir to accommodate a new Obermeyer (rubber) Gate System (no change in spillway elevation which remains at maximum reservoir elevation: 800 feet);
- Installation of the Obermeyer Gate System - Gate height of 12.25 feet;
- Raising and strengthening existing chute walls, and anchoring the chute walls with "Sister" walls ;
- Strengthening and anchoring approach channel walls;
- Modifying the High-Level Gate Operations System with an updated mechanical system; and
- Strengthening the Bridge pier with steel reinforced concrete.
The Salinas River Diversion Facility (SRDF)
Project Description
Seawater intrusion, due to over pumping of the aquifers has been recognized as a problem for the Salinas Valley since the middle of last century. The first stage of the solution was the construction of Nacimiento and San Antonio Dams for flood control and recharge of the aquifers. The second stage of the solution was construction of the Monterey County Water Recycling Project consisting of the Salinas Valley Reclamation Project (recycled water) and the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (distribution and supplemental well system) serving 12,000 acres of prime farmland in the Castroville area. Even with the recycling project providing two-thirds of the growers' needs, there continued a heavy reliance for pumping groundwater for irrigation.
The Salinas River Diversion Facility was constructed to provide treated (filtered and chlorinated) river water, significantly reducing the need to pump groundwater except in periods of extremely high demand. Without this project, seawater intrusion would continue to advance and there would be a continuing need for groundwater extraction to meet the irrigation needs of the growers in the CSIP area. At the request of growers, MCWRA has constructed a project that supplies a water source of a quality which equals, if not exceeds, the recycled water they have been receiving for more than 10 years.
Project Elements
- Pneumatically controlled diversion dam spanning the width of the Salinas River
- Intake structure
- Fish bypass facilities, including a fish screen and ladder
- Pump station
- Pipeline connection to the 80 acre-foot recycled water storage pond
- Filtration facilities
- Chlorination facility
The SRDF was constructed to further reduce groundwater pumping. When SRDF is operational, well pumping has been reduced by about 80% during peak agricultural demand periods.
It takes 5 to 7 days for water released from the dams in South County to reach the SRDF. Full Impoundment (9 Feet depth at the dam) holds approximately 120 acre-feet of water and extends approximately 3 miles upriver. The SRDF dam has two main sections, the Regulating Weir (which has one gate) and the Main Section (which has 8 gates).
The SRDF incorporates a fish ladder to allow fish passage up and down river when the dam is raised. The operating permit requires that certain volumes of water be released from the SRDF at different times of the year. The required volume is entered into the SRDF control system and the control system opens the fish ladder and lowers the regulating weir to bypass the required volume of water.
At the end of the season, after the impoundment has been slowly emptied over a 28 day period, the dam is lowered.
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Typically a temporary visa is first granted for those who meet the eligibility requirements while the permanent visa is being processed which can take between one and two years but which may be granted soon after the temporary visa in cases of long-term relationships.
The application process varies whether the partner is applying while living in Australia or living overseas.
For those who apply while living in Australia a bridging visa will automatically be issued while the partner visa is being processed which allows the applicant to continue enjoy the same work or study rights once their initial substantive visa expires. The bridging visa may have restrictions on travelling outside of Australia and applying for government subsidies.
Around 50,000 people come from overseas each year to reside with their Australian partners, the majority from China and India. Both parties in a relationship need to complete an application for the partner visa, one being an application for migration to Australia by a partner and one being a sponsorship for a partner to migrate to Australia. Both parties will be required to submit identification documents and evidence of citizenship or permanent residency status in the case of the sponsor.
Things you need to be aware of
Partner visas in Australia are expensive. Currently there is a base fee of $7160. For additional family applicants including children the fee is $1,785 for each person aged under 18 and $3,585 for persons over 18. On top of this there are costs for a police check and a medical exam. Any children of the partner will also need to undertake health checks, whether or not they are being included on the application. There are additional fees when using a migration agent or migration lawyer.
For married couples, the marriage must be valid according to Australian law. Unmarried couples, i.e. those in a de-facto relationship, can apply for a partner visa but have to provide evidence that the relationship has existed for longer than a year. Evidence to prove a de-facto relationship is genuine could include records of joint finances in the form of bank accounts, loans or property leases, and recognition of the relationship by family and friends in the form of statutory declarations. People who are married but separated from their spouse may also lodge an application for their new partner as long as they can provide evidence of being legally separated.
Applicants are encouraged to continue submitting evidence even after their application is lodged both to keep the immigration department updated with any changes and also to further support that the relationship is genuine and ongoing. Such evidence could include travel itineraries and details of functions attended as a couple. Applicants are also advised that the immigration department may cross-reference publicly available records such as social media posts.
More information on partner visas is available on the Department of Home Affairs website.