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Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Vår Frelsers gravlund Oslo Norway – 08/2014
Sculptor: Arne Durban
Tilbake til Unstad
Lofoten, Norway - 03/2017
Longyearbyen, Svalbard - 09/2015
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Lofoten, Norway - 03/2016
Unstad kirkegård
Lofoten, Norway 02/2015
The Glasgow Necropolis (4 and last)
Glasgow, April 2012
The Glasgow Necropolis (3)
The Glasgow cathedral - April 2012
The Glasgow Necropolis (2)
The Glasgow Necropolis
First photograph of four from the Glasgow Necropolis taken in April 2012. This is a fascinating Victorian cemetery adjacent to the Glasgow Cathedral that is definitely worth a visit. More about the Glasgow Necropolis here: http://www.glasgownecropolis.org/history/
Église Sainte-Radegonde de Talmont
Sør-Fron kirke - Hundorp
A quiet neighbourhood
Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh.
La penseuse
Bilder fra en kveldstur
No complaints from the neighbours
St Cuthbert's churchyard,Edinburgh What happened in 1818? A quick search reveals that a lot of things happened that year. My favorite event is by far that King George IV of England sets a trend by ordering a pair of boots made to fit his left and right foot respectively. Until this, all shoes have been straight, and left and right shoes have been interchangeable.
Vlad's track?
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THORNTON - If you have ever driven by Interstate 25 and 136th Avenue and wondered if you were missing out by not stopping by and playing a round at Thorncreek Golf Course the answer is a firm yes.
The course that always looks a lush green off the highway is even better on foot, and Thorncreek offers an out-of-town golf experience just 15 minutes north of downtown Denver.
"You will definitely have a golf experience and not just play a round of golf when you are at Thorncreek," Thorncreek staff member Peyton Lindbloom said.
The 18-hole course that is also Thornton's only municipal course is more than 7,200 yards from the championship tees, but it can also play 6,500 yards from the white tees, making the course welcome to players of all abilities.
The course, designed by Finger Dye Spahn, Inc., just celebrated its 20th anniversary. It has been just over a year since the City of Thornton took over day-to-day operations of the course from previously management. Thornton spent over a quarter-of-a-million dollars in renovations and took an already popular course to the next level in terms of overall course conditions.
Landscaping additions, new fences, new turf seed and overall appearances of the fairways, cart paths and even clubhouse were just some of the makeovers the course received.
"The company that has been running the course has let a few things go, and the course's overall condition slipped a little bit. But right now the course is beautiful," Thornton resident and Thorncreek regular Phil Wells said.
Thorncreek has a well above course rating of 73.6 and was given a 4-star rating by Golf Digest as "Best Places to Play."
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Home Page Chess Life Online 2008 August Erenburg and Stripunsky Take Atlantic
|Erenburg and Stripunsky Take Atlantic
|August 25, 2008
Atlantic Open (D.C, August 22-24) with 4.5/5 each. Erenburg defeated Senior Open Champion Larry Kaufman in the penultimate round and drew with Leonid Kritz to clinch a tie. Stripunsky gave up a draw in round three to Japanese-American Shinsaku Uesugi but won his final two games against Raymond Kaufman and Zlotnikov to slide into a tie for first.
GMs Sergey Erenburg and Alexander Stripunsky took first place in the
TD Michael Atkins told CLO: "This is probably the all-time high turnout for the Atlantic Open, at least for as long as it has been at this hotel since 1995. 405 players (394 plus 11 re-entries) are competing along with GMs Kritz, Shabalov, Kudrin, Erenburg and Stripunsky." We had to use all the boards in one of the skittles rooms and before dropouts started, most of the boards in the second skittles room. The increased turnout may be because unrateds were allowed to play for free in any section with prize limitations, sections were done at the mid-class level (2100, 1900, 1700, 1500, 1300 and 1000), and the final section is mainly for trophies and has lots of kids."
Here are two of co-champ Stripunsky's games, the first against Shinsaku Uesugi. Shinsaku will be representing Japan at the Dresden Olympiad, but is a permanent resident of the US. He is 17 years old and hopes to make FM soon. You can read an article about him in the Potomoc Almanac.
The highest rated GM at the Atlantic Open was Alexander Shabalov. The New york Knights board one couldn't make it through the Friday afternoon traffic in time for the 7 PM round 1 start time- despite leaving NYC at 1 PM! After attending a Saturday morning wedding in the area, he took two byes for rounds 1-2. He defeated Abby Marshall in round three but dropped out after another half point down (to Zhi-Ya Hu) took him out of prize money contention. Elizabeth Vicary was observing the Marshall-Shabalov post-mortem pictured below and she told CLO that Abby had good winning chances if she sacked with 29.Rxe6! and then took on d5 instead of 29.Qc6. Even more winning, she added, was another exchange sack, 29.Bxd5 Bxd5 Rxf6! For those interested in Sveshnikov theory, you should pay close attention to the following notes from the post game analysis: Instead of 12.Bxd3, the game De Firmian-A.Balasubramanian continued 12. exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 0-0 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.0-0 when Ne7? is a mistake because 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Bxf5! In Marshall-Shabalov, the position after 17...Ne7 is similar to the game from the note except the position of the rook on c8, which prevents the sack on f5. To justify the rook on c8, Black should play energetically on the queenside with a5 and b4.
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?We wanted to make an important record in the way that people used to make records. Bands rarely have the time that allows them to create a game-changing album like Born to Run, Rumours, or Damn The Torpedoes. So we said, ?Let's set ourselves up to do that. Let's believe in the songs enough that we're willing to take the time they need and really push ourselves. It may sound na?ve, but we still have a dream that we're going to make a record that's going to change everything for us.?
When NEEDTOBREATHE's Bear and Bo Rinehart set out to write the songs that appear on the band's new album, The Reckoning, they felt something bigger awaited them. It wasn't just commercial success either. The band's last album The Outsiders hit No. 9 on Billboard's Rock Albums chart, went Top 20 on the Top 200, saw the band sell out venues such as Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and Chicago's House of Blues, and score an impressive number of placements in blockbuster films and numerous prime time television-shows. Bear explains ?There was always this creeping reminder that we needed to show what the last ten years on the road had taught us. If we couldn't do that, everything we had worked for was meaningless.?
With their reputation as a must-see live act built from non-stop touring, the Rinehart brothers, pastor's sons who hail from the rural South Carolina town of Possum Kingdom, along with drummer Joe Stillwell and bass player Seth Bolt, were determined to create a statement-making album that truly captured the magic behind this genuinely appealing rock band.
?We considered every note, every sound, and every lyric that went on this album,? Bo says of their fourth album The Reckoning, which was co-produced by the band with Rick Beato (who worked with the band on their records The Heat and The Outsiders), and was recorded over seven months mostly at their Plantation Studios in Charleston, SC. ?Everything was put through the ?Do we really believe in this or not,' filter. We never settled. We were looking for a spark. Sometimes in the studio you've got to keep searching until something happens that feels magical. We were waiting for that moment to strike on each song before we called this album finished.? Bear adds, ?At one point, we had done 10 different versions of the same song, but that process is what the record came to be about. We felt like no one could take this moment from us. I think you can feel the pressure we put on ourselves in every note of this record. The songs and the album became something much bigger than us ... something we had to live up to.?
Lyrically, all roads lead from the album's title, which Bear says has several different meanings, one of them being the justification of accounts. ?I like the idea that you put in all this work and at some point it comes to a peak -- that's the reckoning time.?
What the band emerged with is a timeless-sounding album rooted in classic American rock and roll, unafraid to veer off into unexpected directions. Songs such as ?Maybe They're On To Us? address the paranoia of wondering whether people know too much about the band. ?It also asks, ?Are we still driven in the same way?' We're always questioning ourselves,? Bear says. Even the songs that may sound light-hearted on the surface, like ?White Fences,? ?Slumber,? and ?Drive All Night,? explore serious themes. ?'White Fences' is about the American dream of growing up in a big house with a white picket fence, but when the dream is broken and things don't pan out the way you planned, asking who's going to fix it,? Bo says. ?'Slumber' is meant to be about how beauty is all around you but you just can't see it because of the funk you're in,? Bear says. ?It speaks to something that we really care about which is giving yourself a chance.? And there's ?Drive All Night,? a galloping barnstormer that Bear sees as a statement on the false idea that one can run away from one's problems. ?The truth is, the more you run away, the worse it gets, whereas if you embrace the things around you, the more joy you're going to have,? he says.
With their intriguing melodies and bright choruses, the songs on The Reckoning are certain to translate in the live setting, something that is crucial to the band. ?The worst thing that could happen is you get done playing and people don't think about you again. We'll do whatever it takes to force people to make a decision about our band, whether they love us or not. It makes for more passionate fans.?
?We've always bought into the fact that anything worth having is going to cost you a lot, so I think we were prepared to lose everything. The Reckoning is our investigation into everything we believed to be true and a justification for everything we still do.?


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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
The IACUC has launched a new application submission and tracking module as part of the online program called "CAP". Applications are no longer accepted via email or hard copy. Please use the new module in the CAP system. If you need assistance, have questions, or would like a personal help/training session, please contact Andrew Ellis, Asst. Dir. of Research Compliance, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 773-508-2689.
University policy and federal law require a review of research and teaching projects involving live vertebrate animals for humane treatment and judicious use of vertebrate animals. At Loyola University of Chicago, adherence to this policy and federal law is assured by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) through review of this application. Loyola University of Chicago is committed only to complying with regulations, and to requiring the highest possible standard of professional and ethical conduct of all its faculty, students and staff. This application form serves that general goal in several important ways. It permits the IACUC and the Office of Research Services to maintain accurate records to meet statutory requirements. It also offers Loyola faculty the chance to explain - to their peers and potentially to a wider public - the ways in which animals are vital to their work and how that work serves the public at large.
For additional information, please contact the Office of Research Services at 773-508-2471.
Principal investigators and course directors must obtain approval from the IACUC before initiating any research, testing or instructional project involving the use of live vertebrate animals. FAILURE TO DO SO IS A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW.
The primary investigator (PI) of a research project or course who is applying for approval must be a Loyola faculty member holding one of the following academic ranks: instructor or research associate; assistant, associate or full professor; assistant, associate or full research professor. Faculty with adjunct, emeritus, or visiting appointments may also apply.
- Research Projects: Responsibility for obtaining approval from the IACUC lies with the PI. The PI should submit materials for IACUC review well in advance of the proposed start date for the project. When applying for external funding, the grant application may be submitted to the agency with IACUC approval listed as "Pending"; this option does not, however, absolve the PI of his or her responsibility for obtaining IACUC approval before the research commences.
- Instructional Projects: Responsibility for soliciting approval from the IACUC lies with each course instructor who must first apply for clearance through the Department Chairperson of the department in which the course will be offered. Course instructors should submit applications well in advance of the deadline for scheduling courses for the semester in which animals will be used. This will ensure that adequate space can be provided for the animals at the appropriate time. It must be stressed that the IACUC approves the use of animals in a specific course and by a specific instructor. If a second individual is designated to teach the same course, an amendment must be submitted so that IACUC members can review that individual's credentials as well as the procedures to be used.
- Application Forms: Applications for IACUC approval must be made using the ORS Compliance Approval Portal (CAP) system. CAP can be accessed at https://cap.luc.edu/Secure/Login.aspx. The deadline for submitting applications is the last Friday of every month. When submitting a completed application, investigators must also include their current CV and documentation of completion of the on-line training modules for all research personnel (PI, students, doctoral fellows, other staff and faculty, etc.). For additional information on training modules, see http://www.luc.edu/ors/citicourse/. In addition, a "Verification of Tetanus Inoculation" form must be submitted for all non-student personnel (see section "Forms" below.
- General Instructions: Please fill out the Application completely; do not answer questions by simply referring to your response on another question. The Application was designed to simplify reporting requirements and ensure full compliance with the law. Please remember to sign the Application and, if applicable, obtain signatures of the Biosafety or Radiation Safety Committee Chairperson before submitting it to Research Services. The IACUC chairperson and the attending veterinarian will add their signatures once the protocol has been reviewed and approved by the IACUC.
- Funded Projects
It is important that investigators interested in applying for external funding consult with the IACUC chair and the chairperson of their respective departments when developing a research protocol. The experimental program and procedures must be discussed to ensure that Loyola is equipped to house and care for the animals and to ensure the safety of investigators and the university community at large. Only then, should investigators proceed to submit a grant proposal to a funding agency.
After the funding agency has granted final approval of the project, investigators must submit both the Application (12 copies) and the approved grant proposal (3 copies) to the IACUC for review. Research activities may not begin until the IACUC confirms that the proposed experiments in the grant correspond with those described in the application.
- Review Mechanisms The IACUC can review new protocols and proposed changes to previously approved protocols via two mechanisms: full committee review and designated member review. In either case, the investigator must submit a complete Application to Use Vertebrate Animals to the committee. Full committee review means that the protocol is reviewed at a convened IACUC meeting. All protocols will be reviewed via full committee review unless a designated member review is specifically requested, in writing, by the primary investigator, a member of the IACUC or the Assistant Director for Research Compliance.
Requests for designated member review are appropriate for:
- Protocols falling under category C of the "Humane Use Categories" described in Section E of the application: Category C- Animals upon which teaching, research, experiments, or tests will be conducted involving no pain, distress, or use of pain relieving agents;
- Amendments to any current protocol that would decrease the pain and distress of the animals involved; or
- The addition of students or staff to the protocol.
When a request for designated member review is received, the protocol is distributed to all IACUC members who are given three business days to review the protocol and decide if they concur with the use of a designated member review mechanism for the protocol. If any member requests full review, the protocol is sent to the next meeting for full review. If a designated member review is to occur, the IACUC Chair or designee will select another committee member to review the protocol. On behalf of the committee and in consultation with the veterinarian when necessary, they will approve, conditionally approve, or refer the protocol for full review at the next meeting. The IACUC chair will notify the investigator in writing of the decision within seven business days of submission.
- Requirements for Approval and Outcomes of Review
In order to approve an initial Application or an amendment to an already approved protocol, the IACUC must determine that the protocol conforms to the requirements set forth in the Public Health Service Policy (PHS) and the United States Department of Agriculture Regulations (USDA). After assessing the protocol in accordance with these requirements, the IACUC will vote to approve, conditionally approve, table, or disapprove.
- Approve If all requirements are satisfied, the IACUC will approve the project as outlined in the application and the IACUC chair will notify the investigator of the approval in writing.
- Conditionally Approve
If the IACUC determines that minor changes or clarifications are required that do not pose a significant threat to the care and safety of the animals, it will grant conditional approval of the project. If the project is granted conditional approval, the IACUC chair will inform the investigator in writing, indicating the conditions that must be met to secure final approval. The investigator must reply in writing, explaining how the project will satisfy these conditions. The IACUC chair and/or other designated member(s) will review the revised proposal and determine if the conditions have been met. If all the conditions have been met, the IACUC chair will notify the investigator in writing that the project has been approved and the research may proceed as outlined. Please note that the research may not proceed until the IACUC chair notifies the investigator of final IACUC approval.
- Table
If the IACUC lacks sufficient information about whether the project satisfies these requirements or major concerns exist about a threat to the care and use of animals, the IACUC will table the protocol and the IACUC Chair will notify the investigator of this in writing, explaining the reasons for the committee's decision and indicating the conditions that must be met in order to secure approval. The investigator must respond by submitting an original and 10 copies of the revised application; this will be reviewed by the IACUC at a subsequent meeting and the IACUC chair will notify the investigator in writing of the outcome of this review.
- Disapprove If the IACUC believes there are serious concerns related to one or more of the requirements, it will disapprove the project and the IACUC chair will notify the investigator of this decision in writing, explaining the reasons for disapproval.
[NOTE: The requirements in this section represent directives of the LUC lakeside Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and are applicable to all lakeside campuses locations. The standard operating procedures of the Animal Care Facility (ACF), which are accessible through the CAP system, may be more restrictive.]
Quarantine Requirements
Aquatic animals: Animals received together from the same source should be maintained in a container (or containers depending on the number of animals shipped) separate from the rest of the ACF animals for 7 days following delivery.
All other animals:
Approved Vendor: Animals received from an approved vendor with a successful serological exam do not require quarantine. The IACUC reserved the right to require quarantine procedures on a case by case basis. This applies only to animals obtained directly from these approved sources:
Charles River
Wild caught: Animals received together from the same source should be housed in a room isolated from the other animals housed in the ACF and their health monitored daily for 10 days following delivery.
All other animals: Animals received together from the same source should be housed in a room isolated from the other animals housed in the ACF and their health monitored daily for 7 days following delivery.
At the end of the designated period if all the animals from that shipment are healthy and alert they can be released from quarantine. If any animal is delivered ill or becomes ill during quarantine it will be reported to the Veterinarian for diagnosis and if necessary, treatment. The disposition of the rest of the animals from that shipment will be determined by the Veterinarian.
Ordering and Delivery Procedures
Aquatic animals:
- Investigators must have an active protocol, approved by the IACUC, to place an order.
- If ACF housing is required, contact the ACF Supervisor to confirm housing arrangements.
- Once housing has been arranged, order animals from the vender listed in the IACUC protocol, arrange for the PI to be notified to receive the delivery, and obtain a delivery schedule.
- Let the ACF supervisor know the delivery schedule.
- Upon delivery the animals should be received and inspected by the PI, a Quarantine Intake Form should be completed and posted in the room where the animals will be housed in a separate container for the designated time period (see quarantine requirements above).
All other vertebrates:
- Investigators must have an active protocol, approved by the IACUC, to place an order.
- If ACF housing is required, contact the ACF Supervisor to confirm housing arrangements and the availability of the quarantine room.
- Once housing has been arranged, order animals from the vender listed in the IACUC protocol, obtain a delivery schedule and request that an animal health report be sent with the animals. The animals should be shipped directly to the ACF, LSB (1050 West Sheridan Road), Room 015, Tel: 773-508-2776.
- Let the ACF Supervisor know the delivery schedule and finalize the reservation for the quarantine room. If the ACF Supervisor is not available, the Assistant Director for Research Compliance must be informed instead.
- The ACF supervisor will notify the PI when the animal shipment has arrived.
- Upon delivery the animals should be received and inspected by the PI, a Quarantine Intake Form should be completed and with the corresponding health report supplied by the shipper, posted in the quarantine room.
- The animals should be housed in the quarantine room and monitored daily for the designated time period (see quarantine requirements above).
Census Reports
IACUC approval is valid for up to three years, However ongoing projects must be renewed each year. At the end of each year, PI's should determine whether they wish to renew their IACUC approval for another year or close the IACUC file. If the PI wishes to request renewal for another year, he must complete and submit a brief annual review form which solicits information about animal use during the past year and any potential protocol changes for the coming year. This annual renewal form is submitted to the IACUC using the online, CAP system. Failure to request an annual renewal or close the project with the IACUC may be considered serious non-compliance with University Policy.
Amending a Protocol
Before making any changes in animal research or instructional activities, PI's must obtain approval from the IACUC. When submitting an amendment, investigators must provide a cover letter explaining the changes and a revised Application form in its entirety; the form should be clearly marked or highlighted to indicate the changes being proposed. If the investigator is simply adding new personnel, he/she need only provide a revised cover sheet and response to Section G of the Application.
Overseeing Personnel
The PI is responsible for ensuring that all personnel involved in animal research or instructional activities:
- are listed on the IACUC approved application;
- are properly trained in the care and use of the animals (supervised research personnel must complete on-line training modules; instructions are available at http://www.luc.edu/ors/citicourse/);
- have all necessary up-to-date immunizations;
- are informed of, and adhere to, the protocols outlined in the IACUC-approved proposal; and
- are informed of and adhere to the policies and procedures outlined in Loyola's policies for Live Vertebrate Animals in Research and Instruction and in the two National Research Council publications: Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals.
Provisions for Reporting Animal Care Concerns
Upcoming 2022 IACUC Meeting Dates:
- November 16th
- December 14th (a week earlier due to holiday)
Meeting times will be from 8:30-10:30 AM, Location TBD.
Upcoming 2023 IACUC Meeting Dates:
- January 17th
- February 21st
- March 21st
- April 18th
- May 16th
- June 20th
- July 18th
- August 15th
- September 19th
- October 17th
- November 14th
- December 12th
Meetings will be held in LSB room 316 unless otherwise noted.


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The Secret Beyond Matter
Sadun Engin, traveled to Colorado representing Mr. Adnan Oktar and held a conference for some members of the International Cultural and Spiritual Research Community (CIRCES - Cercle International de Recherches Culturelles Et Spirituelles), which is a sub-committee of OSTI (The Ordre Souverain du Temple Initiatique) Templar Knights, on the 24th of September 2011.
Sadun Engin spoke of the collapse of materialism and the Oneness of Allah under the title of the Secret Beyond Matter and anoter representative spoke to the fact that Islam is a religion of peace, love and brotherhood, how Muslims should look at the People of the Book (Jews and Christans), and that the members of all three religions should unite in order to spread the Existence and Oneness of Allah and for the establishment of peace and brotherhood. In addition, in the continuation of the conference, he made a statement about the portents of the End Times we live in, the emergence of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), and the environment of love, brotherhood and peace in the time of Golden Age.
At the conference, which was attended by a selected community made up of people from different states of the USA, and among whom there were high level government officials, Harun Yahya's books were presented to the attendees. During the conference, Timothy Hogan, who serves as the Grand Master of the OSTI Templar Knights, made a speech about the importance of Islam and Istanbul for the Templars in attendance.


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It's certainly not a shocking revelation that enterprise customers don't want to be tied to any one cloud service, but a new survey commissioned by Rackspace shows 86 percent see portability as a key consideration when choosing a provider.
Rackspace CTO John Engates said in an interview this week that concern over provider lock-in validates its decision to spawn the OpenStack initiative, borne nearly two years ago with the contribution of cloud compute code co-developed with NASA. Now with 180 software, hardware and infrastructure providers on board, Engates said OpenStack should take vendor lock-in off the table.
"OpenStack clouds have a better story because the more fragmentation that exists between cloud providers, the more people will gravitate to something that looks and feels and starts to have familiarity between different cloud providers," Engates argued.
But will they really gravitate to OpenStack to get that portability? Consider Engates' recent remarks targeted at Citrix, in which he called out the vendor for pulling away from its earlier support of the OpenStack compute initiative in favor of its own compute engine and ecosystem CloudStack. There was clearly bad blood when Citrix, an early OpenStack participant and proponent, jumped off the bandwagon and released to the Apache Software Foundation CloudStack as an alternative open-source cloud compute project it acquired last year.
Engates said in a keynote address at the Open Data Center Alliance Forecast 2012 conference two weeks ago that Citrix should have combined CloudStack with OpenStack's Nova compute engine. In response, Sameer Dholakia, group VP and general manager of Citrix cloud platforms group, said at Cloud Expo in New York Citrix decided to decamp from OpenStack and push forward with CloudStack after six months of unsuccessfully trying to bring it together with Nova.
Jonathan Bryce, chairman of the OpenStack Project Policy Board and co-founder Rackspace Cloud responded to those charges saying Citrix never made any moves to submit CloudStack to OpenStack.
"We have these public processes for submitting new projects for incubation and potential inclusion and they never formally submitted any of these things," Bryce said. "They had discussions with different community members but I don't think they submitted blueprints or an incubation proposal to include their CloudStack software into OpenStack."
Combining the two, he added, would be technically challenging. "OpenStack is a bunch of Python services that tie into all these different technologies and CloudStack is basically a Java application," he said. "There was already a different approach from the technology standpoint and how they were built."
Bryce said while that will result in two open source compute cloud systems, he didn't see that as a major setback for OpenStack. "It's not a huge disaster," he said. "It's a very big market and they're different companies with different needs and different types of clouds. What we have tried to build with OpenStack is flexible and scalable cloud components that include compute but also advanced networking and storage as well. Just looking at the breadth of the technology included in OpenStack, and the size of the community we have with the number of developers and the number of companies we have including Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM and Rackspace. We have a pretty broad base of support and that's why we're still moving forward."
But there are still other camps. Among others, there's Microsoft's Windows Azure, which is now emerging into an IaaS, the newly announced Google Compute Engine and of course the huge behemoth Amazon Web Services, which is believed to be the most widely used IaaS. Many players are looking to forge interoperability with Amazon, including CloudStack, Nimbula (a startup formed by the early developers of Amazon Web Services) and Eucalyptus, which recently announced an agreement with Amazon to allow Eucalyptus customers use of Amazon's APIs.
Rackspace's Engates was unbowed by the Eucalyptus-Amazon API sharing pact, which lets customers move Amazon workloads to public and private clouds running the Eucalyptus platform.
"You can try to mimic Amazon APIs, but you are going to be in this constant cycle of reverse engineering whatever Amazon has done and trying to copycat the technology underneath," Engates said. "You don't have Amazon's technology, you don't have their underpinning. You're really trying to build a surface level compatibility without the underlying technology and that's very hard to do in a sustained way."
Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos said in an e-mail that it has a large stable of customers already using clouds that are compatible with Amazon. "It's the customers that matter," he noted. "There is a rapidly growing number of them. They love our product, they run hybrid clouds, they are experiencing the everyday benefits of API compatibility. Any statement to the contrary is ludicrous and says more about the one who uttered it than about APIs."
Asked about the implications of OpenStack, he replied: "We will welcome OpenStack as a true public cloud service for the world. If and when they reach a sizeable market share, we will be happy to support whatever API they at that point operate with."
So while users of cloud services are concerned about vendor lock-in, there are a number of viable options for certain levels of portability. OpenStack is clearly one of them with substantial and prominent backers but it's not the only game in town.
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My new art studio is starting to take shape. It's amazing just how much stuff came out of my old studio, the little bedroom upstairs. Now, I'm in the process of reorganizing and giving everything a new home. And that's no small job!
One of my projects was to build a shelf to hold my paints. I wanted it to have lots of shelves, but not too deep. So, I made it myself, and really, I should have built two!
My other paints will have to be stored in bins. That works anyway since those are paints I don't use too often....like outdoor paints, enamal paints, etc.
It started out with a pile of lumber. The funny thing was I was able to build it in less time it took me to paint it!
Here's the unfinished shelf before I gave it three coats of paint, distressed it, and then coated it with finishing wax for a nice sheen.
Lots of my paints are practically empty, but I like to use every drop. I cut open the bottle with a razor knife when I can't get more out and then use my brush to lap up the remaining paint that sticks to the sides...which actually it a lot of paint that would otherwise be waisted in the garbage can.
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Right now, I should be at home working on organizing my studio, but, yes, I had the opportunity to travel with my hubby again. I would be silly to give up that opportunity. Being an empty nester is not so bad afterall! So, I'm back in Charlotte NC after being in Columbia SC yesterday.
At this very moment, while I'm writing this post, I'm sitting in a really cute little artsy cafe called The Common Market in the SouthEnd of Charlotte. I'm taking a lunch break after soaking up loads of inspiration at local art galleries. Ahh what a blast!!
I just met local artist, John Hairston, who brought in his huge canvas and tub of paints. He set up just 3 feet to my left. So after chatting with him a while I thought I would share his artwork with you here.
He's getting ready for a solo show called 1962 The Age of Marvels, "Heros Aren't Hard to Find". You can learn more about him on his website, All City Studios.
It was fun watching John finish this piece for his upcoming show. I won't be in Charlotte to see his show, but it was neat to meet John and see him in action!
Well, now I'm off to visit a few little antique shops down the street. You never know what might be found for a mixed media piece! I'm gonna go see...


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The RNQL-HSQ is an exciting new research project that to provide an educational opportunity for hospital based nurses from the UCLA School of Nursing, titled "Registered Nurses Referring to Quitlines: Helping Smokers Quit (RNQL-HSQ)" led by Dr. Linda Sarna (Principal Investigator) and colleagues Dr Stella Bialous, Dr. Marjorie Wells, and Jenny Brook. It is designed to improve nurses' referral of patients who smoke to the Quitline from 8 hospitals in Kentucky and Louisiana.
This study was the first to demonstrate that a nurse-tailored, Web-based intervention to increase nurses' performance in tobacco dependence treatment was effective, particularly in significantly increasing nurses' referral to the telephone quitline (Quitline) for smoking cessation. Nurses, the largest group of healthcare professionals, have the potential for an important impact on public health by expanding the number of healthcare professionals who can intervene with hospitalized smokers.
The Tobacco Free Nurses Initiative, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was the first national program focused on helping nurses to stop smoking.


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15 Apr 2002 Anti-Sprawl Policies Undermine Programs to Help Minorities and the Poor
Competing Government Policies Both Promote and Deny Homeownership Opportunities for MinoritiesNatural Resources Defense Council 'Cries Wolf' Over Consultation on Bush Energy Plan
Anti-Sprawl Policies Undermine Government Policies Promoting Homeownership Opportunities for Minorities and the PoorIt's three steps forward, but two steps back. Policies removing barriers to minority homeownership are favored by governments, but the competing objective of combating the perceived threat of urban sprawl by some of these governments is simultaneously restricting homeownership opportunities for people of color.
More than 70 million American families own their own homes. Of that number, 6.1 million families are African-American, 4.2 million are Hispanic and 2.2 million are Asian-American. African-American homeownership is at 47 percent. Financial institutions such as Fannie Mae advertise their commitment to raising the level of black homeownership, and it is one of many sponsors of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's (CBCF) "With Ownership, Wealth" initiative seeking to help one million more African-Americans become homeowners by 2005.
Homeownership increases prosperity. As the CBCF's web site points out: "Homeownership provides wealth and economic security for families… One-half of all homeowners in the U.S. hold at least 50 percent of their net worth in home equity. For African-American families (specifically the elderly), other minorities and low-income, it is 60 percent."
To protect and promote homeownership among minorities, low-income citizens and the elderly, governments are seeking to prohibit "predatory lending." This is when financial institutions attach high fees, large end-of-loan "balloon payments" and other rules that essentially rob people of their home equity. According to the Coalition for Responsible Lending, a local organization fighting predatory lending in North Carolina, such practices are expected to rob North Carolinians of approximately $1 billion over the next few years.
Federal agencies such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Federal Trade Commission are considering recommendations to prevent the spread of predatory lending. Various prohibitions have already been enacted in places like North Carolina and Washington, DC.
With the government on the alert about predatory lending, it's perplexing that some of these same governments are promoting policies restricting homeownership opportunities.
"Smart growth" policies enacted to curtail urban sprawl prevent the construction of new housing and business developments in metropolitan areas. These business restrictions negatively effect job creation and the generation of new tax revenue, while also creating less opportunity for homeownership. In the case of minorities climbing the socioeconomic ladder, this situation creates a barrier from moving out of the cities to the suburbs. It keeps others from finding a place to live, period. It's a new, albeit unintentional, segregation.
Portland, Oregon provides a baseline for smart growth since it has the strongest anti-sprawl policies in America. Applying Portland standards to the more minority-populated Atlanta, Georgia Public Policy Foundation senior fellow Wendell Cox found that "if Portland trends had applied to Atlanta from 1990 to 2000, 25,000 fewer African-American households would own homes, and 3,400 fewer Hispanic households." Cox noted, "Because minorities have generally lower incomes and are entering the home ownership market at greater rates, any policy, such as smart growth, that reduces housing affordability will especially disadvantage minorities."
In the suburbs of Washington, DC, neighboring counties are setting aside tens of thousands of acres for rural preservation. In Fairfax County, the majority of land available for housing is restricted to homes on lots of a half-acre or larger. With 412,000 new jobs and only 204,000 new dwellings created in the past decade, housing availability and pricing is rising astronomically – forcing some families to live together or seek public housing assistance.
Susan M. Wachter, a former HUD official who now teaches real estate at the Wharton School, told the Washington Post: "One of the reasons that housing prices are rising so fast is that land-use controls are more pervasive in their impact than before. They restrict the supply of housing." Housing advocate Marlene Blum adds, "Many of the more affluent people who go to McDonald's don't necessarily stop to wonder, 'How do these people afford to live?'"
Smart growth remains popular with those who already have their piece of the American Dream, but it is clear such policies are unfair to everyone else. While governments are admirably vigilant against unfair lenders, those same governments must also be rational enough to avoid land-use policies that cause families – especially minority and low-income families – difficulty in qualifying for home loans in the first place.
by David Almasi. David W. Almasi is the executive director of The National Center for Public Policy Research
Natural Resources Defense Council 'Cries Wolf' Over Consultation on Bush Energy PlanSupposedly worried that environmental groups were not consulted when the Bush administration developed its energy plan, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit to force the Department of Energy (DOE) to release documents revealing the names of consulted organizations. However, according to a series of articles in the Washington Times by Patrice Hill, a letter from the DOE to the General Accounting Office shows that the DOE did seek advice from many environmental groups, including NRDC. Some environmental groups declined to provide advice to the administration. The Times also reported that the NRDC initially did not return phone calls and messages from DOE, and later simply referred DOE to a pre-existing document they had released.
NRDC's accusations are another attempt to wrongly make it appear that the Bush administration has an anti-environmental agenda. The NRDC criticized the Bush administration for allegedly adhering to industry proposals while not consulting with environmental groups. However, when the administration asked environmental groups for advice, many were unenthusiastic about providing counsel. The environmental movement is attempting to diminish the administration's ability to protect the environment while criticizing it for a supposed lack of success.
According to the Washington Times, the Bush administration asked for input from environmental groups such as NRDC, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and others when formulating energy policy. Reports that the administration is solely adhering to industry ideas are false. According to the Times, the American Petroleum Institute made 25 recommendations to be included in the administration's plan, only four of which were adopted. Similarly, the National Mining Association had only two of its 20 recommendations included in the energy plan. Environmentalists fared far better: The administration adopted nearly half of the 17 recommendations in NRDC's report.
by Chris Burger. Christopher Burger is Program Coordinator John P. McGovern, MD Center for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, The National Center for Public Policy Research


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The Simret 4000 is intended for testing the braking execution of rough terrain vehicles. It is smaller and lightweight, with a vast, illuminated screen and separable printer.
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The Simret 4000 records normal brake proportion, test slope, speed and ceasing separation, and in light of the fact that the brake proportion is estimated freely of inclination and speed, tests can be done in various situations and conditions.
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The most recent expansion to our scope of HGV brake analyzers, the Simret 4000 is the world's first Bluetooth-empowered substantial vehicle brake analyzer. So there are no awkward wires or links to stress over.
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A pass or bomb light will be lit up following the test, and more definite outcomes are shown on the vast, illuminated screen. A printed record of the normal brake proportion, test slant, brake defers time, ceasing separation, and speed while braking was started, alongside a brake proportion/time chart, can be created straight away on the going with remote printer. The Bluetooth-empowered printer can likewise speak with other Turnkey instruments.
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What are the long term permanent side effects in my throat from radiation?A.
Depending on exactly where you receive radiation, a number of side effects can occur either on a temporary, long-term, or delayed basis. They include changes in sensation (the ability to feel), secretions (dry mouth), taste, and range of motion (when tissue hardening restricts movement and posture). These side effects can then affect key physical functions associated with the mouth and throat, such as speech and, especially after radiation, swallowing.
Whether these side effects turn into a chronic condition (or lead to other problems) often depends on how soon they are recognized and treated. Certain precautions such as addressing dental issues, can be taken before treatment begins to reduce—if not outright prevent—long-term side effects. A publication from the National Cancer Institute, Oral Complications of Chemotherapy and Head/Neck Radiation, provides an overview of possible treatment side effects and how to manage them.
Here's an additional resource that might be helpful:
I underwent a modified radical neck dissection. I lost feeling on the left side of my neck, head, tongue and shoulder. I have no sense of taste and have difficulty swallowing. Will the feeling and sense of taste return?A.
There are a number of changes after treatment similar to what you've described, some of which can be permanent. Rehabilitation, however, can ease the side effects of treatment, and there are ways to cope with these effects over the long term.
Given the complexities of treating head and neck cancer, a team approach which utilizes a variety of different specialists is essential to minimizing the complications and maximizing the chances for recovery. In addition to the treating physicians—an oral or ear, nose and throat surgeon, a medical and/or radiation oncologist, a plastic surgeon, prosthodontist, and a dentist among them—a number of other health care professionals can assist with your recovery. These other team members include dietitians, social workers, nurses, physical therapists, and speech-language therapists.
Check with your surgeon regarding the loss of feeling on the side of neck. While nerves may have been cut in the area during the node dissection, you should not rule out at least some sensation returning over time. Have your taste and swallowing problems evaluated using tests such as the modified barium swallow (a kind of x-ray) or fiberoptic endoscopy. A speech-language pathologist can provide advice and guide you with therapeutic exercises to improve swallowing ability. There are also medications (both prescription and over the counter) that can help with saliva problems and dietary changes (such as avoiding foods that are made up of small particles) to ensure you continue to obtain sufficient nutrition.
Consider joining a peer support group at your local medical center or through organizations such as Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC) or CancerCare.


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The Turnbull government has announced a deal that will see the remaining refugees held in offshore processing centres offered resettlement in the United States.
Speaking at a press conference this morning with Immigration and Border Protection minister Peter Dutton, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the deal is a "one-off agreement" that will only be available to people currently in the off-shore centres. [Read more…]


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This is a feature I've been excited to see added. Thanks to Jeff, it's pretty simple: There are new buttons to assist you in posting all videos (look at where the bold, quote, img, url, etc buttons are.)
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Pharo image mirror
There is now a mirror for the pharo images. Read more
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
ESUG 2012 slides
James Foster reports that the ESUG 2012 slides are available.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
VASmalltalk 8.5.2.
A new version 8.5.2. of VASmalltalk is out.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Squeak Windows VM 4.10.2
Ian updated the standard Squeak VM (non-cog) also for Windows. Feel free to help testing.
Smalltalk Programming with Spoon
Craig organizes a Guru session on "Smalltalk Programming with Spoon" in Amsterdam.
"I love Smalltalk" ribbon
Want to add an "I love Smalltalk" ribbon to your webpage. Here it is.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Zinc Websockets project
from Sven is available as a first official release
Source Code Tour Guide
There is a small tool called "SourceCodeTourGuide" which may help you digging into Pharos code. Here is how to use it. Worked for me in Pharo 1.4. Here is a demo video.
Squeak Unix VM 4.10.2-2593
Ian released the Squeak Unix VM (non-Cog version) 4.10.2
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Fuel Pump Flow Test - Power Hungry
Going inside modern Mustang fuel systems on Kenne Bells' fuel flow bench
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Power-adder Coyote fans are a happy bunch. The free-breathing V-8 eagerly responds to power inducements, and enjoys well-engineered cooling and fuel systems. Up to the octane limits of pump gasoline—about 540 rear-wheel horsepower—making Coyote power is about as easy as howling at the moon.
But as tuners have reached above pump-gas levels, they've run into Coyote fueling trouble. The old tricks of increasing pressure for more flow haven't worked, with many opting for multi-pump fuel systems or fuel-pump voltage boosters. Kenne Bell was one of those ambushed by the '11-and-newer Mustang GT fuel system's quirks. After toying with the usual tricks, the Kenne Bell crew went back to basics. It was the only way to understand how the new Mustang's hardware and software works and how it is best modified.
The Kenne Bell team quickly concluded that the new fuel system design coupled with the more complex '11 fuel circuit made on-car testing difficult. To better study the system, they opted to build a fuel bench. This is an involved bit of custom cabinetry with fuel-flow meters, pressure gauges, and some electronic measuring instruments for things such as voltage and amperage. It allows duplicating the entire Mustang fuel system on the bench so that pressure and flow measurements can be made at any point in the system. The fuel bench also allows standalone testing of any single component, such as the fuel pump, lines, fuel rails, injectors, and because it's Kenne Bell, a Boost-A-Pump fuel pump voltage augmenter.
Kenne Bell discovered that the '11-and-later Mustang fuel system fundamentally differs from its predecessors. Of course, the '10-and-up system is returnless, but with the addition of a mechanical pressure-relief valve in the fuel tank. Having a pressure-relief valve means you can do whatever you want—the latest Mustang fuel system caps fuel pressure at 58 psi. If the pump exceeds this value, the mechanical pressure regulator simply dumps the excess fuel pressure back into the tank just before the gasoline enters the line leading to the engine.
In other words, you could replace your Mustang's fuel pump with a space shuttle turbo-pump and you still wouldn't get over 58 psi coming out of the tank. It's no wonder raising fuel pressure to increase fuel flow hasn't worked well, causing tuners to essentially resort to replacing the fuel system in big-power cars.
Another discovery is that the stock Mustang fuel pump is a surprisingly capable piece. Amped up to 21 volts on the bench, it showed a capacity to free up to 900 hp worth of fuel at the system's 58-psi maximum fuel pressure.
Now, in the real world, there are many losses—to things such as the fuel line length and cooling orifices, so there is no way a stock Coyote fuel pump is going to support 900 rwhp. In the car using the stock 13.5 volts and nominal 55-psi fuel pressure, and not having to work against supercharger boost, Kenne Bell figures the stock pump is good up to 281 liters per hour, or 753 rwhp. Obviously this is one heck of a pump, and you don't have to buy it or install it because your Mustang came off the showroom floor with it.
Kenne Bell reasoned that increasing fuel flow without increasing fuel pressure was a good answer for heavily supercharged 5.0 Mustangs, and an easy, cost-effective way to do this is to increase the flow rate by way of larger injectors and supply them with more fuel by boosting the electrical power to the stock fuel pump. The fuel pressure doesn't rise because the larger injectors act as a larger hole at the end of the fuel line, but fuel flow does increase and thus more power is supported. Obviously some electronic tuning is required to reign in the big injectors at idle and low-speed driving. A set of larger injectors, Boost-A-Pump, and tune will do the job for most applications.
What terminates such thinking with highly boosted Coyotes is that eventually there is too much boost pressure in the intake manifold for the 58-psi fuel pressure limit to overcome. The flow requirements are so high with hugely boosted engines that it ultimately becomes necessary to step up to a bigger pump. But this is well above bolt-on power levels, so it isn't a concern for most of us.
To see how various pumps performed at stock and elevated voltage levels, we hit the bench. Our photos detail Kenne Bell's Fuel Flow Dyno 3000, as the fuel bench is dubbed, but the reason that compelled the KB team to build the bench is worth reinforcing. Until the '11 Mustang GT (and other late-model Detroit hot rods) came along, Kenne Bell relied on in-car testing or an older, less sophisticated fuel bench they had built many years ago. However, the new fuel systems were unknown and complex enough that in-car testing could no longer show sufficient detail of what was going on in the fuel system.
The goal was to build a bench that would support the entire fuel system out of the car, allowing the measurement of flows and pressures at many points in the system. This allows easy testing of the fuel system, both as a whole and as individual parts. Kenne Bell says the fuel bench has proven invaluable as an engineering development tool, and also supplies sales leverage because it gives them the data to prove how its equipment works.
If electrically boosting the stock fuel pump is the real-world solution for the vast majority of Coyotes, there are still plenty of pre-Coyote and hero-class power applications where a larger fuel pump is the way to go. And seeing how Kenne Bell has already tested nearly every pump available on its new fuel bench, we're presenting some of the data on four popular fuel pump options to put numbers to their performance. What follows is data showing the pumps at both the stock 13.5 volts and augmented to 21 volts by way of a Boost-A-Pump.
First of the popular options is the stock Coyote pump. Here's a detailed look at it, flowing by itself on the fuel bench at four voltages. We're showing the 12-volt readings to illustrate what happens to fuel flow should there be a voltage drop (as could happen without the BAP), and the 17.5 volt numbers better extrapolate fuel flow at a moderate voltage increase:
Again, it is obvious the stock pump has a generous flow capacity—remember when Fox Mustangs came with 88-lph pumps? And the relationship between electrical power supplied to the pump and the resulting flow and pressure is easily seen.
The other three pumps we'll look at are the Aeromotive Stealth, the TI 400, and the venerable Walbro 225. This last pump has been around for about a decade and is used in many performance applications, so it's a familiar Mustang upgrade.
On the other hand, the TI Automotive 400 is new. Its official name is the TI 90000262, and it's a real squirter that puts out big numbers. Likewise, the Aeromotive Stealth is another well-respected pump from that long-time racing fuel system specialist:
Horse Sense: Boost-referenced systems work OK until the system voltage drops and the fuel pump slows down, causing the engine to lean out and detonate. A BAP keeps voltage elevated to guarantee sufficient fuel supply. Curiously, headlights are the primary culprit of voltage drops.
|Stock Coyote Pump at 12 Volts
|Stock Coyote Pump at 13.5 Volts
Boost-A-Pump Primer
So, what is this Boost-A-Pump box that Kenne Bell sells? The short answer, it's an aluminum box of electronics that augments an electric fuel pump's output, mainly by speeding it up. The colloquial description from Kenne Bell main man Jim Bell is "it's a pump supercharger."
The more accurate assessment, also from Jim Bell, is it's a voltage amplifier and regulator. In other words, the BAP not only increases voltage to the fuel pump as necessary, it also supplies a steady voltage to the pump. So, despite the input voltage, it regulates to an exact output voltage, either what is preset or what a controller (the engine computer or Fuel Pump Driver Module) commands. This delivers consistent fuel-pump performance.
Kenne Bell references its BAP's via either vacuum in naturally aspirated applications, or more commonly, to boost in supercharged cars. In the later case, it activates at 3 pounds of boost, so fuel-pump operation is stock unless significant boost is present. That means the fuel isn't being heated uselessly 99 percent of the time.
Jim notes the stock fuel pump circuit is not regulated for voltage other than the overall charging system voltage of the car. This varies somewhat with headlights, air conditioning, stereo, electric steering assist, dying batteries, and other electrical loads, which can be troublesome when high electrical demands coincide with high fuel demand. A BAP eliminates this issue by keeping fuel pump voltage rock steady, a trick it can perform with as low as 10 volts coming from the charging system.
As you'd guess, the BAP keeps voltage steady by varying amperage (electrical volume of flow). In other words, when the fuel-pump demands more power to maintain its set voltage (and hence pump speed), the BAP supplies the necessary increased amperage. And the BAP can be used to "supercharge" the fuel pump by increasing the voltage set-point determined by the engine management computer.
Kenne Bell offers two Boost-A-Pumps—a 17-20 amp and a 21-40 amp—plus a dual BAP pairing for Mustangs with dual Fuel Pump Driver Modules, namely GT500s. All are adjustable for voltage using control inputs.\
|Stock Coyote Pump at 17.5 Volts
|Stock Coyote Pump at 20.8 Volts
|Walbro 225
|13.5 Volts
|21 Volts
|Aeromotive Stealth 340
|13.5 Volts
|21 Volts
|TI Automotive 400
|13.5 Volts
|21 Volts
From the data, it's clear the stock Ford pump slots in with the familiar performance pumps. From a flow standpoint, there is little or no gain from replacing the stock Coyote pump with another single pump. Dual or triple pumps are another story.
We emphasize this data is no more than a snowflake atop the iceberg of Kenne Bell pump and fuel system data gained from its flow bench. If you have something special in mind with your KB blower application, speaking directly with KB tech support could save much time and expense.
It's tough not to conclude Ford has stepped up the Mustang's fuel system to the point where there's not a lot to be done to support meaningful power increases. It's much the same with the suspension, brakes, steering, and driveline, so we guess it shouldn't be too much of a surprise. Guess we'll just have to aim for making even more power!
Pressure & Flow
Low-, medium-, and high-flow circuits are provided to improve measurement accuracy in the fuel bench. The low-circuit flows from 0 to 303 liters per hour; the medium circuit sees a lot of use at 174-871 lph; while the high circuit accommodates everything from 291 to a rather racy 1,457 lph. That's 385 gallons per hour, or around 4,600 hp worth.
This white plastic assembly is the fuel pump basket from an '11 Mustang GT. It houses the fuel pump, fuel-pressure regulator valve, and the fuel-level sender, plus various hose nipples, filters, and other accessories. One of its main purposes is to form a reservoir of fuel around the fuel pump to avoid fuel starvation. One of its largest practical considerations is that its many jobs and complex construction makes it difficult to modify or replace. Here Ken has his left hand on the fuel level float and his right on one of the stainless steel rods that hold everything together.
Broken down into some of its major parts, it's easy to see how tightly packed the fuel basket is. Any replacement fuel pump needs to be an exact fit to work in the basket.
Here it is, the fuel pressure regulator. A mechanical part, it has a simple job—to vent any fuel back into the tank once fuel pressure reaches 58 psi. Given that it is an integral part of the packaging of the fuel basket, simply removing this pop-off valve is not a reasonable option.
Mustangs have used three systems to control fuel flow and pressure since the advent of the Foxes in 1979. In early cars, fuel was pumped to the engine, through the fuel rails, and then back to the fuel tank—hence the return system moniker. A fuel-pressure regulator at the end of the second fuel rail pinched off fuel flow back to the gas tank to regulate the fuel pressure. This system was used until 1998.
Because a return fuel system heats the fuel, restricts flow through long tubing lengths, and promotes higher evaporative emissions, it was replaced by a return-less system in 1999. Pressure and flow volume control is provided by pulsing the electric fuel pump.
One characteristic shared by the return and return-less systems is tuners have the ability to raise fuel pressure—and hence increase flow at the injectors. That was done with a manually adjustable fuel pressure regulator on '79-'95s, and varying the pump duty cycle on later cars.
Starting in 2010, the third system hit the showrooms. It too is a returnless system, but crucially, it adds a non-adjustable, difficult-to-bypass pop-off mechanical regulator in the fuel tank. It vents fuel pressure so it never rises above 58 psi. Ford controls the fuel system pressure and flow with a combo of varying the fuel pump and injectors duty cycles.
Jet Pumps
Work around the Coyote fuel system and it won't be long before someone mentions the "jet pumps," as if everyone present knows what the heck is meant.
The answer starts with the shape of the S197 fuel tank, which is shaped like a pair of saddle bags laid over the driveshaft. Fuel is trapped on either side of the central tunnel, and the jet pumps are simply nozzles shooting a stream of gasoline aimed to scoot fuel from the passenger side of the tank over the central tunnel, to the driver side and the single fuel pump. It's like using a high-pressure water hose to bail water out of a boat.
This saves the cost, weight, and complexity of multiple fuel pumps or fuel pickups around the nooks and crannies of the fuel tank, but it also means some of the fuel pump capacity is spent making fountains inside the gas tank. This reduces the pump's output to the engine, which is one reason the Coyote fuel pump is such an animal.
Previously when Ken tested Boost-A-Pumps, the team used battery power on the early Kenne Bell fuel bench. This drained the battery enough to vary the input voltage. On the new bench, KB installed this 30-volt, 100-amp power supply. "It's a real Frankenstein," says Ken, who notes he used 4-gauge wire to feed the BAP test station as the new generation of fuel pumps really suck up the electricity.
Kenne Bell referred us to a two-page summary sheet of pump data it had acquired while testing at least 12 different pumps flowing by themselves. The test variable was input voltage, resulting in 741 data points of flow, pressure, and current draw information. We narrowed that to these four pumps of greatest interest to Mustang tuners—from left, a stock '11 Mustang GT, Aeromotive Stealth, Walbro 225, and Ti400.
Kenne Bell referred us to a two-page summary sheet of pump data it had acquired while testing at least 12 different pumps flowing by themselves. The test variable was input voltage, resulting in 741 data points of flow, pressure, and current draw information. We narrowed that to these four pumps of greatest interest to Mustang tuners—from left, a stock '11 Mustang GT, Aeromotive Stealth, Walbro 225, and Ti400.
Because even the gnarliest fuel systems benefit from a clean power supply with variable voltage capability, Kenne Bell is developing a mega Boost-A-Pump. Dominating the standard BAP, as shown here, the experimental BAP puts out an arc-welding 60 amps! There's no word on if or when the bigger BAP will hit the market.


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Like any serious food lover dining in New York, Kareem Mayan, 35, did his due diligence. Before coming to the city in late February, Mayan, who lives in Vancouver but travels often, made reservations for a birthday dinner with his girlfriend at Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria, a NoHo Italian joint that opened last fall, and whose $21 pastas, $38 short ribs and $40 plates of jamon Iberico di bellota have received raves from critics.
Despite their reservation, they ended up being seated next to each other on stools at a tall communal table in the store area at the front of the restaurant.
"We were looking to have a more intimate dinner," recalls Mayan.
"Communal tables make me think 'casual, fun conversation over hearty, tasty food.' Forty bucks an entree says to me: 'fine dining.' "
The two grabbed what he calls a "phenomenal" drink and a meat plate, but didn't stay for dinner. Instead, they plan to save their fine-dining celebration for a meal at Babbo next month, presumably at a table for two.
While communal dining has long been standard at cheap ramen joints and casual pizza parlors, it's becoming increasingly common among the city's trendier, pricier restaurants like newly opened RedFarm and Il Buco Alimentari. They join downtown hot spots like gourmet pizzeria Co., Momofuku Ssäm, Sorella and Socarrat, which have crammed their customers into cafeteria-style dining for years.
And not everyone is happy to get to know thy neighbor — especially after making reservations weeks in advance or waiting hours for a table.
Maria Miller, a 26-year-old Upper West Sider, recently had what she called on Yelp the "worst experience I've ever had at a restaurant" at RedFarm, the small but hugely popular West Village Asian fusion restaurant, where there are routine waits for its 42 seats, 28 of which are at communal tables.
Miller and her husband were seated across from each other at the 2 ½ -feet-wide farm table in the middle of the restaurant, and were barely able to converse across the expanse. She says she doesn't mind sharing a long table for a cheap meal at Le Pain Quotidien, but "at RedFarm you're easily spending $100, so I think you should get better accommodations."
Communal dining can make for other kinds of awkwardness.
Jason Brandt Lewis, a 58-year-old wine industry retiree, was visiting from California and having lunch at a communal table at the East Village's Momofuku Ssäm last fall when he realized the obnoxious stranger next to him was gossiping about a mutual friend he was seeing for dinner that very evening.
"It was all just too funny!" he recalls. "Whoever said New York was a big city?"
Historically, New York restaurants did have communal tables. "Even the tony Rotunda at the Astor House was communal dining," William Grimes, the author of "Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York," says of the favorite luncheon spot for the city's gentlemen in the late 1800s. As more restaurants opened, he says, "eating at your own table became the norm."
In recent years, though, it's started to become more of an exception. "There are a lot more communal tables than there used to be," says The Post's restaurant critic, Steve Cuozzo, who, along with Grimes and others, roughly traces the current trend to Asia de Cuba opening in 1997 with a noteworthy long, high, glowing marble communal table. "It's part of the relentless informalization of dining, which is a wonderful and a terrible thing," Cuozzo says.
John S., 50, works in publishing, lives downtown and used to frequent Il Buco Alimentari regularly until the crowds — and the communal tables — got to be too much. (He declined to give his last name just in case he decides to go back.)
"I'm not such a sensitive person," he says of a recent dinner there, but "it felt like we were next to a crazy bachelorette party . . . there was a lot of screaming." It was especially uncomfortable given that he and his wife were dining with some "slightly stiff" Upper East Side friends who consider dining downtown a risky adventure. "All their prejudices were fulfilled," he says.
Despite such complaints, restaurant owners are standing behind their big tables.
"The people that complained, by the end of their meal, they're usually smiling," says Donna Lennard the owner of Il Buco Alimentari.
At Tertulia, the acclaimed West Village tapas restaurant, chef/owner Seamus Mullen says his two communal tables, which make up about 16 of the 84 seats, help remind us that "food and wine are really about enjoying the company we keep and not to be taken too seriously."
RedFarm's Ed Schoenfeld is a bit more pragmatic. "It's what made sense in terms of the space," he says, admitting that the setup helps fit in more diners, and works with the cozy farmhouse decor.
Despite nightly complaints, he still plans to have similar seating at a new Upper West Side location opening later this year.
"[It's] consistent with our kind of style of service and wanting to be a place that's hard to get a table," he says, adding that at least "I have backs on my chairs" — unlike some other places he won't mention by name.
And there are still plenty of diners who are more than happy to share a table.
"It definitely adds to the experience," says Aaron Toomey, a 25-year-old Park Slope resident who works in finance, after sitting next to strangers while dining at Momofuku Ssäm last month.
Carol Anderson, 65, a RedFarm regular who lives on the Upper East Side, still fondly recalls her first communal dining experience — at Asia de Cuba years ago, of course — and has even kept in touch via e-mail with people she's met at RedFarm.
"It's a microcosm of NYC," she says, "like riding the subway or standing in the checkout line at Fairway."