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Albers placed on paternity leave; Zeid called up
By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- Astros relief pitcher Matt Albers was placed on paternity leave Tuesday and was replaced on the roster by right-hander Josh Zeid, who began the season at Triple-A Oklahoma City. Zeid is expected to be in Toronto for Tuesday's game against the Blue Jays.
Albers and his wife, Tara, are expecting their first child on Tuesday in Houston.
Albers, signed to a one-year, $2.45-million contract in December to pitch for his hometown Astros, pitched in three games during the first week of the season, allowing four hits in 4 1/3 scoreless innings. Players are allowed to take up to three days of paternity leave for the birth of their child.
Zeid was optioned to Triple-A late in spring camp after posting a 4.15 ERA in seven games. He appeared in 25 games in relief for the Astros last year in his Major League debut and was 0-1 with a 3.90 ERA, stranding 15 of the 17 runners he inherited.
Albers, who attended Clements High School in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, appeared in 56 games last season for Cleveland and was 3-1 with a 3.14 ERA. He's pitched eight years in the Majors, including his first two with Houston (2006-07) and three with Baltimore (2008-10).
Fowler back with Astros, but not in lineup
HOUSTON -- Astros outfielder Dexter Fowler rejoined the team on Monday following a bout with a stomach virus that had kept him at home for a few days and even put him in the hospital for a night. He told reporters he was feeling better, but was still unavailable to play.
Fowler, who has lost eight pounds during the ordeal, hasn't played since last Thursday, when he went 2-for-4 for the third game in a row. He was set to travel with the team to Toronto for a three-game series against the Blue Jays, beginning Tuesday.
"I'm pretty weak right now," Fowler said. "I'm going to see if I can eat some food now. I haven't eaten in three days. It's all been liquids and rice and stuff. I'm getting better and just happy everything has slowed down a little bit and I can go out there and be with the team."
Fowler was in good spirits as he joked around with teammates prior to Monday's game.
"I'm just happy to be around the guys," he said. "I was happy for them [for Sunday's win]. I missed them a lot."
The Astros have definitely missed Fowler at the top of the lineup, but manager Bo Porter understands Fowler needs to build up his strength. Fowler went 6-for-12 in the team's first three games with two doubles, a triple and a homer.
"One of the best decisions the doctor made was allowing him to rest the last few days, instead of trying to rush him back," Porter said. "He showed up today in better condition than he would have shown up yesterday, so that's promising."
Fowler said he hasn't been told what caused the virus and said doctors are still doing tests.
"It happens," Fowler said. "It's part of life. Like I said, it's a blessing that it wasn't worse than it was. It was pretty bad, but luckily I'm still not hospitalized."
Krauss looking to find form in early going
HOUSTON -- He was one of the biggest feel-good stories with the way he swung the bat during Spring Training, but infielder/outfielder Marc Krauss has opened the regular season in an 0-for-13 slump entering Monday's series finale against the Angels.
"It's been tough," said Krauss, who hit .293 in the spring. "You never want to start the way I have. I felt pretty good in spring and kind of didn't play that often because I had a couple of injuries. That threw off some timing. I just haven't been able to get that first one out of the way. Maybe I'm putting a bit too much pressure on myself to do that.
"Obviously, I'm not happy with it, but at the same time it's baseball and you're going to go through stretches like this and mine just happened to be at the start of the year, when no one wants to struggle. The positive is we've managed to be .500 [through six games] and I'm not killing the team completely. That's a good thing."
Krauss did miss some time toward the end of Spring Training with the same type of stomach virus that has sidelined Dexter Fowler, in addition to dealing with some stiffness in his lower back.
"No excuse," Krauss said. "I've had the reps and had the chance to get back in the flow of things and just haven't been able to put that swing back out there. I've been working everyday on getting back to that point, but I'm confident I can get back there."
Astros manager Bo Porter says he's not worried about Krauss.
"It's all part of it," Porter said. "A lot of times you have a great spring and then the season starts and you press a little bit and try to get it all back with one swing. I think he's going to be fine. It's early on, it's a small sample. From what he showed in spurts last year and showed in Spring Training, he's going to continue to get opportunities, and we believe he's going to hit."
Dominguez getting head start on homers
HOUSTON -- Last year, Astros third baseman Matt Dominguez had 31 hits under his belt before he slugged the first of his 21 homers. In fact, Dominguez didn't hit his first homer of the season until May 11, which came in his 122nd at-bat.
Dominguez has already slugged a pair of home runs in the first six games of the 2014 season, which account for his only two hits entering Monday. He was 2-for-18 with homers Wednesday against the Yankees and Sunday against the Angels.
"I'm just trying to hit the ball hard," Dominguez said. "I'm not really trying to hit it out of the park. It's just kind of weird that my first two hits are home runs, but I felt like I've been swinging the bat well. It's nice to square balls up and have them go out of the yard. I'm working hard on swinging at good pitches and getting good pitches to hit and getting good swings on them."
Dominguez has had a few good swings. On Sunday, he hit a line drive to left field that Josh Hamilton tracked down with a sliding catch.
"Once those start falling, I think things will start going a lot better," Dominguez said. "My numbers will start improving, like my average. I'm focusing on getting good pitches to hit."
Dominguez is the first Astros player to have his first two hits of the season leave the ballpark since Rick Ankiel a year ago.
Worth noting
• The Astros have hit 10 homers in their first seven games. The last time they had double-digit homers through seven games of a season was in 2006, when they hit 11. Houston led the American League in homers entering Monday and added one from Carlos Corporan.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Egdon Resources PLC said it is encouraged by results of a resource evaluation that indicates that geological conditions appear favorable for development of a potentially material shale on two UK East Midland licenses in which the company holds interests.
RPS Energy evaluated PEDL 139 and 140, in which the company holds 13.5% interests, and assessed potential gas volumes and the geological chance of success based on analogous US plays.
PEDL covers 100 sq km and PEDL 140 takes in 141 sq km in an area of Lincolnshire underlain by the Gainsborough trough, a basin that contains a 125-m thick sequence of the Carboniferous age Pendleian shale more than 2,000 m deep. The Pendleian shale is the approximate age equivalent of parts of the Bowland shale, the main shale gas reservoir target under evaluation in the Bowland basin in northwest England.
RPS estimated mean gas in place of 1.76 tcf net to Egdon's interest, of which 1.22 tcf is accessible following a review of surface and subsurface access constraints. The mean prospective resource net to Egdon is estimated at 190 bcf based on recovery rates in analogous US plays. RPS estimated the geological chance of success to be 24%.
Egdon will participate in a deep exploratory well during 2014 subject to obtaining all necessary consents and approvals. The company's costs are carried through this work program. Operator of PEDL 139 and 140 is eCORP Oil & Gas UK Ltd., a subsidiary of eCORP International LLC, Houston. Dart Energy Ltd., Brisbane, has a 16.5% interest in the two licenses.
In addition to the Pendleian shale, Egdon interprets potential for significant additional shale-gas resources in the underlying Carboniferous succession on the blocks that will be evaluated by any future drilling. Egdon is also evaluating the unconventional resource potential in certain of the company's other East Midlands licenses.
Egdon said, "We welcome the announcements in December 2012 by the UK government in relation to gas strategy, the setting up of the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil, and the approval for restarting of shale-gas exploration in the UK. There is now a clear regulatory framework for the exploration of the UK's unconventional oil and gas resources which have the potential to make a significant contribution to the UK's economy and energy mix over the coming decades." (OGJ Online, Dec. 13, 2012).
Egdon noted that any development would have to take into account permitting, legal issues, environmental issues, and availability of project finance and that RPS had not made a risk assessment of these factors. RPS did assume that adequate rigs and fracing units will be available to drill and complete the large number of horizontal wells that would be needed for full development.


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Repeat after me:"leading scorer in the NBA". Only fickle KNICK fans complain about a player leading the NBA in scoring. What else do want???? Melo to do your taxes too??? It's time for the other 11 guys to play up to thier potential as well. That means JR has to stop being an idiot with shot selection and ball security. That goes for Feltip as well. That means novak has to do what he is paid to do and sink open three's. That means STAT needs to man up and play like his bankroll. Not even crybaby Bron could carry the cavs to a title on his own and he is the self appointed" greatest player on the planet.". He needed help which is why he "took his talents to South Beach" to play with two other all-stars. Who is going to step up on the KNICKS roster and help our MVP candidate????? That is the question KNICKS fans should be asking........
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There is no way u can compare Melo to Iverson .. Iverson were the unconditional first pick of the draft, plus Iverson publically stated to fans and the NBA during his rookie season "that he is not a PG, reguardless of the 8 to 12 assist he gives out per game". Which forced the Philly 76ers to trade their high scoring SG-Stackhouse to get Iverson a PG name Snow. The tandem backcourt of Snow & Iverson took Philly to the finals, plus made Philly a 3rd or 2nd round playoff team each season. Not a first-rounder like Melo.
Iverson biggest controversy were telling the League he is not a PG! (something Marbury shouldve did)
Iverson controversy was not being the first player to wair braids, or to miss ego coach Larry Brown practices (every star player missed Larry Brown abusive practices starting with Suger Ray Richardson, David Robinson, Rodman, Reggie Miller, Mark Jackson, and practically all of the Championship Detroit roster.).
The Denver Nuggets forced a running-uptempo Iverson to play PG with slow-ball moving SG-JR.smith & SF-Melo. This is why u always seen a running-transiton Iverson scoring a layup on a 1 on 2 or 1 on 3 defenders beating the shiii out of Iverson .. u rarely seen JR, Melo, Nene, Camby run on a fastbreak with Iverson.
This is why Melo & JR look lost on every fastbreak the Knicks run the past two seasons...
u right, we only needed Melo on the court for the first 14 minutes of the game so the worst team in the NBA could take a 22 point lead on us in just 14 minutes .... how many points did Spieght score in those 14 minutes? compared to the points he scored for the game???
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why do we need melo when we have jr??... jr is certainly capable of hoisting up 2x..or even 3x the amount of shots he is taking now...i say move melo's ass out of town, give the ball to jr and get out of his way...BOMBS AWAY.....
Yes, it was Iso-Melo slow-ballin halfcourt-offensive set on every offensive-possession for 14 straight minutes that let headcoach Byron Scott transition strategy with Irving & Spieght take a 22 point lead.
I guess u didnt notice K-Mart & Kidd sitting together on the bench watching their same moves being used on the Knicks when Byron Scott were their headcoach.
We won 36 games out of 57 games on the STRENGTH of HOF Jason Kidd.
Owner Cuban and headcoach Carlilse have a big reason to be angry at Jason Kidd.
Jason Kidd has a long-long career of improving his teammates talents & skillz
This season with Kidd we had a 18-5 start.
Last season without Kidd we had a 8-15 start with Melo averaging 31 points per game.
It took Linsanity without Melo & JR to go on a couple of win-streaks to make us a .500 team.
Do the Math
Do the math again so your next response will have logical-facts
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Kiyaman you can easily compare those two together when you are comparing them by 1) Shoots the ball way to much 2)Don't want to share the ball or become a team player and 3) More worried about padding their stats than winning 4)Does'nt play no defense at all.Thats what im talking about and you know all of that is the truth to both AI and Mello..I have nothing againist melo and I wish him nothing but the best BUT the things that I just told you are all facts and a team cannot win when they have a guy on their team that does that.Melo could be so much better on the floor were he is so gifted and talented but you have to use that talent like all the greats did and Melo isn't doing that.jmo
i really made this thread as a joke. as of tonight, the knicks are 5-5 when Melo doesn't play. 21-9 when Amare doesn't play (17-13 with amare)
ppl criticize melo way too much. just imagine if this team didn't make the trade a couple years ago and we kept our young talent and stat. we'd have a .500 team with a broken down former star player, and no free agents would want to come here. jus had to mention that.


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- Korean Grand Prix - Qualifying
Alonso not worried by Red Bull pace
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Fernando Alonso says Ferrari will have to play to its strengths in order to be in with a chance of fighting for victory on race day at the Korean Grand Prix.
Alonso has a four-point lead in the championship ahead of this weekend's race, but couldn't match title rival Sebastian Vettel for pace in qualifying. He will start fourth on the grid in Sunday's race but believes Ferrari will be more competitive in the race.
"I feel reasonably confident I can do a good race," he said. "The long runs yesterday were good. In the race there are many factors, in qualifying the quickest car gets pole position but in the race it's not only about having the quickest car. You need to have a good strategy, good tyres, good pit stops, a good start and so many things that can be around. And on that, in general, I think we are the strongest team with all these factors.
"Thanks to that strength we are leading the championship so we need to use our good points and hide a little bit our weakness, which is perhaps qualifying. Today we did a good qualifying and tomorrow we need to use our strong points."
Alonso said he was not overly concerned about Red Bull's pace in the final sector of the lap where he was 0.3s slower than Vettel.
"I think all weekend they were very quick in the third sector and they have been in the past as well. There are many corners in there like Suzuka, where they were also quick, and in Abu Dhabi in the last sector maybe they will be quick too. They lack a little bit of speed on the long straights because of the philosophy of the car, which is biased towards more downforce. But I'm not worried for tomorrow and not worried for the next five races. It's going to be tight but we knew that. They have one advantage which is the car and we have one advantage which is the team."


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Alps - Eastern Part > Hohe Tauern GROUP > Schober GROUP > Boeses Weibl > Climber's Log
Boeses Weibl Climber's Log
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|Christoph De Windt
|Boses Weibl
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2015
|Went over it on the way from Glorerhut to Elberfelderhut. Nice and easy +3000m summit.
|Posted Aug 17, 2015 12:00 pm
|Made a classic traverse. Really nice weather, worsening in the evening and resulting in a fierce storm during the night.
Gernot bivak is really fantastic!
|Posted Oct 5, 2012 2:35 am
|Böses Weibl, September 1989
|I went up from the Lucknerhaus and down to the Elberfelderhütte. Technically no problem at all, unfortunately I wasn't lucky with the weather.
|Posted Dec 18, 2009 6:23 am
|a perfect day
Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2009
|A group of friends (6 people) ascended from Elberfelder huette, on a beautiful sunny day. Great view from the summit.
|Posted Aug 2, 2009 6:48 am
|3h solo
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2008
|Solo from Luckner Parking. 3 hours to the summit. Summit travers.
|Posted Oct 10, 2008 11:29 am
|From Kals
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2007
|Very nice day!
|Posted Sep 23, 2007 12:08 pm
|Route Climbed: From Lucknerhütte Nr.911 Date Climbed: July 19, 2005.
|Climbing team: Lorant Balla /my father/, Bela Harangi /my cousin/ and my brother Martin /dalton1 on Sp./
Hot weather, great mountain. I stayed on the ridge on the last few metres!
|Posted Jan 1, 2006 9:36 am
|Route Climbed: From Lucknerhütte Nr.911 Date Climbed: July 19, 2005
|There was a very hot weather we nearly got a sunburnt. We had a nice climb with a great view on Grossglockner and Grossvenediger, but it was a bit far!
|Posted Aug 2, 2005 4:16 pm
|Mathias Zehring
|Route Climbed: several Date Climbed: 1983 – 1990 – 1993 - 1996
|August 16th 1983
On my first hiking trip through the Hohe Tauern Boeses Weibele was my first 3000 m-mountain to climb ever. We came from Glorer hut vie Peischlachtoerl pass and Kesselkeessattel pass and descended to Kals
August 8th 1990
On a solo trip I started in Heiligenblut and hiked through the Leitertal valley, then on along the Moosbach creek to the Peischlachtoerl pass (the marked path in the map of the german alpine club did not exist!) and from there following the Wiener Hoehenweg trail along the Peischlachkesselkees glacier (as 1983) to the summit. Descent was to Elberfelder hut.
April 9th 1993
Ski tour from Lucknerhaus via Nigglalm and Peischlachtoerl pass. The upper 100m had to by climbed on foot. Nice powder on the Kesselkees glacier
August 9th 1996
During a one-week round trip through the Schober Group that I had organized for our alpine club we crossed Boeses Weibele from Elberfelder hut to Lesachalm pasture. It was the best day of the week and we had fine views to the Grossglockner
|Posted Aug 1, 2004 4:56 am
|Route Climbed: From Elberfelder Hut Date Climbed: August 2000
|Nice view to Großglockner group !
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Very quick question.
What does this mean when it is a constructor?
Rectangle(const Rectangle&);
What does this type of constructor receive?
Your help and/or advice is greatly appreciated.
Regards, global
Very quick question.
What does this mean when it is a constructor?
Rectangle(const Rectangle&);
What does this type of constructor receive?
Your help and/or advice is greatly appreciated.
Regards, global
A constructor is what the compiler tells an object to do when its created.
In the above example when you call something like:Code:class foo { public: foo(int parameter) { bar = parameter; } private: int bar; }
It will create a brand new foo object where the bar member is set to 5. Now the one you said is called a "copy constructor" since it can be used to copy an object over. It will allow you to initialize one object by setting it equal to another object of the same type upon object creation. For doing the same at any other point you would need to look into overloading the equals operator.Code:foo x(5);
are you sure it doesn't say
or something similar?Code:Rectangle(Rectangle const &rect);
That's the standard copy constructor declaration.
The constructor takes a reference to and object of the same class, usually to instantiate an identical copy of that object.
Otherwise I've no idea since the stub you give doesn't give a type for Rectangle and the & operator gores before the variable name not after.
(damn beaten to it)
^ prototype my good friend. Nothing illegal or erroneous that I see.Code:Rectangle(const Rectangle&);
dohOriginally Posted by master5001
that's 2 stupid mistakes in less than 2 minutes.
I should go to bed now. (I hate when people don't declare the variable name in the prototype, I hate it, hate it, hate it)
Yeah I hear ya. And no biggy, we are all allowed to be wrong. Another advantage to using names in a prototype (aside from the fact that my compiler will tell you them by name) is that they can clue someone reading over the header as to what the parameter does.
master5001, sigfriedmcwild - thank you very much for your help.
I did not know that if it has:
Rectangle(const Rectangle&);
...that it signified a copy constructor - but i suppose (thinking about it), it must do because your using one object in the creation of another. So, if i wanted to do this somewhere else in the program, i would have to overload the '=' operator.
I understand the general concept of it, however (because i'm new-ish to this) - i am slightly confused as to why there needs to be an '&' operator after the object - why can't i just have the object as the parameter?
I really do appreciate your time and help.
Thank you once again.
Regards, gloabl
The copy constructor isn't as intuitive as it seems once you understand how to use it. I mean to anyone starting just using the equals operator should be sufficient. But once you realize that an operator can only be called after an object is created, you realize "oh wait! it makes perfect sense now!"
The & indicates that you are passing a reference instead of a copy of the object.
Copying objects is bad cause: 1) they are big, 2) unless you do it properly they don't get copied right (after all that's why you are implementing a copy constructor, if copying the object was trivial you wouldn't bother)
For what a reference is exactly... well I'll let someone else more versed with words than me do this part. If I tried I'm sure it would come out as something completely wrong.
>For what a reference is exactly
you do fine.
Its a reference to another object. It isn't really its own object, its just a placeholder for another object at a given place in memory. It parallels the way pointers work.
Thank you for your explanation - i knew that the '&' operator passed something by reference, it's just that, i guess when your starting - your never quite sure whether or not it could mean something completely different - so in this case, it's just being passed by reference, to make sure you actually receive the real object. I get it now.
Thank you for your clear and quick help, it is very much appreciated.
Regards, global
First, a quick review of references:
The '&' means that the parameter is a reference to an existing object. When you don't have the '&', then a copy of the argument passed to the function is made so that you aren't actually changing the original variable. For example:The bar function changes the value of mainInt because it takes a reference to it as its parameter. The foo function doesn't change mainInt because it gets a copy of the value of mainInt.Code:#include <iostream> void foo(int intCopy) { intCopy = 5; } void bar(int& intReference) { intReference = 7; } int main() { int mainInt = 3; foo(mainInt); std::cout << mainInt << std::endl; // outputs 3. bar(mainInt); std::cout << mainInt << std::endl; // outputs 7. }
When passing class objects by value (not by reference), the compiler makes a copy of the object to give to the function. The way you make a copy of a class instance is to call the copy constructor.
So you can see how maybe using an object parameter instead of a reference might not work for copy constructors. If it took an object by value, then in order for the copy constructor to run it would have to call the copy constructor to make a copy, which would have to call the copy constructor to make a copy, which would have to call the copy constructor to make a copy, and so on and so forth. So a reference is used so that you can get the data from an object without making a copy.
[EDIT] - Beaten severely, but the key is that you cannot take an object as a parameter for the copy constructor because that would require a copy that requires the copy constructor.
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>Beaten severely, but the key is that you cannot take an object as a parameter for the copy constructor because that would require a copy that requires the copy constructor.
True, but what you lacked in speed you more than made up for in a quality thorough explanation with inclusive examples.


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Drury Peak Climber's Log
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|Ted Bauer
|7 Summit Day
Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2016
|Other than losing my phone it was a great day.
|Posted Aug 16, 2016 5:34 pm
|Marion Mountain Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2015
|Five peak day in this order:
Mt. St. Ellens (unofficial)
Marion Mountain
Shirley Peak (unofficial)
Joyce Peak (unofficial)
Newton Drury Peak
|Posted Aug 3, 2015 1:44 pm
|First Time
Date Climbed: May 9, 2015
|A group of 8 started from Marion Mountain TH on snow-covered trails and summited Marion Mountain (up to the base of the summit block), Shirley, Jean, Newton-Drury, Folly (only 2 hikers went all the way to the summit, not including me), and San Jacinto peaks.
|Posted May 11, 2015 7:50 pm
|six peak loop
Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2014
|six peak loop including miller, san j, folly, newton drury, marion, and jean.
|Posted Jun 15, 2014 1:40 pm
|Traverse from Jean Peak
Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2013
|Finished off the San Jacinto 10K' peaks with Drury. Dropped down from Jean to a small saddle, then up to summit. Enjoyed the easy blocks at top. Completed the Marion loop by heading down into Little Round Valley, then to Deer Springs & PCT, and finally to Marion TH.
|Posted Aug 14, 2013 7:00 pm
Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2011
|An unremarkable peak. Tough climb up to Jean. With Cornell, Miller, San J, Folly, Jean, and Marion.
|Posted Oct 3, 2011 12:18 am
|7 Peak Loop
Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2011
|From the tram including Cornell, Miller, SJ, Folly, Drury, Jean, & Marion. The views here were better than I expected they would be after seeing the summit from the top of Folly.
|Posted Jun 6, 2011 10:35 am
|6 Peaks By Snowshoe
Date Climbed: Feb 27, 2011
|Bryan and I climbed 6 peaks even though there was a foot of fresh powder. Cornell, Miller, San Jacinto, Folly, Newton Drury, and Jean.
Video by Bryan:
|Posted Feb 27, 2011 11:41 pm
|7 peak loop
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2009
|Posted Aug 4, 2009 9:55 am
|Marion Mtn Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2008
|Took my daughter, Paige, on her 4 ascent on a Cali mtn....along the way broke a tooth and got stuck in the eye socket by a branch. Never got the rain that threatened. Nice steep hike and beautiful white granite! Was thrilled again to have her reach a summit beside me.
|Posted Aug 28, 2008 12:39 am
|Fun day
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2008
|Decent views, could see San Gorgonio to the north. Part of a 6 peak hike with a Sierra Club group.
|Posted Jul 20, 2008 1:00 pm
|via Marion Mt trail
|Only once in the seventies, I don't believe I looked for a register.
|Posted Jul 1, 2008 11:20 pm
|Alex Wood
|Nice Little Peak
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2008
|Easy little peak to add on to the day.
|Posted Jun 30, 2008 2:21 am
|Augie Medina
|Over from Folly
Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2007
|Cross-country from Folly. Drury is not a pretty peak, but the views are there. Fourth peak of a loop hike that included Cornell, Miller, San Jacinto, Folly, Jean and Marion.
|Posted Nov 26, 2007 5:13 pm
|Part of 7 peak loop
Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2007
|Hiked Cornell, Miller, San Jacinto, Folly, Drury, Jean and Marion. All are great summits, lots of 3 class and summit blocks. Here are my GPS tracks and photos.
|Posted Nov 25, 2007 8:57 pm
|Traversed from Marion Mtn Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2007
|Class 1 scramble with almost no brush and easy class 2 summit. From the trail to Little Round Valley, I left the trail at about 10,300 feet and traversed to the saddle between Jean and Drury. 5 minute scramble from there and returned to Little Round Valley.
|Posted Jul 6, 2007 1:06 pm
|midnight summiet
Date Climbed: Mar 27, 2005
|climbed at night, required crampons above the snowline, also hit SJ, marion, drury, folly, jean before dawn.
|Posted Jul 1, 2007 11:33 am
|Take it from the trail at 10,200
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007
|First attempted it on the Way back from Marion Mountain but got fed up fighting the bushes and returned to the trail junction between San Jacinto and Jean. Took the Marion Mountain trail down to 10200 and cut across. Much easier that way.
|Posted Jun 11, 2007 7:10 pm
|Little Round Valley
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1996
|From a camp in L.R.V.
|Posted Dec 19, 2006 12:54 am
|Cookie Addict
|1 of 4 in a day
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006
|One of four that I climbe that day from the Marion Mtn rail head. Nice little peak. Last one of the day.
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Cablevision To Offer LeBron His Own Channel?
Sep 09, 2009 7:09 PM EST
Frank Isola has heard a rumor that Cablevision will offer LeBron James his own television channel if he lands in New York.
Cablevision is in the process of spinning off its Madison Square Garden operation, which includes the Knicks, into a separate corporate entity.


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Thursday evening from his home in Stockton (Calif.), four-star running back Justin Davis will make one college football fan base very happy.
No lights, no camera, no media hype. Davis, who rushed for 2,380 yards and 36 touchdowns last year, is ready to announce his college commitment.
Davis will call college coaches and send out a text message to media outlets Thursday night at approximately 6:00 p.m. PST to inform the public of his decision.
Davis has been worth the wait for many colleges. Since announcing he would make a decision in May, the 6-foot-1, 200-pound tailback has piled on the honors. Davis arrived at the Army All-American Combine last January with a scholarship offer from Oklahoma. A month later, Washington and Cal joined the race for his commitment.
In late February, Davis attended the Trojans Junior Day and was one of only two recruits offered a scholarship by USC. The other was five-star quarterback and to-be Trojan commit Max Browne.
In all, the nation's No. 5 rated running back and No. 48 overall rated prospect received scholarship offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Boise State, Cal, Colorado, Florida State, Fresno State, Houston, Michigan, Ole Miss, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, Oregon State, Purdue, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington and Washington State.
The scholarship offers Davis has received are honor enough, but he was also named to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl last month. Davis will compete in Atlanta (Ga.) next month among the top 100 players in the country for the Rivals Five-Star Challenge.
Although Davis has almost two dozen college options, Washington, Cal and USC appear to be the three schools he has narrowed his decision down to.
"I like Cal because of Coach [Ron] Gould. He put all of those running backs in the NFL," said Davis after his unofficial visit to Cal in April. "I like Coach Gould and I like how he would coach me and make me a part of that legacy. And of course, the upgrade they're getting in facilities is very nice."
Davis sees Washington as a football program in on the rise as well.
"Washington is getting an upgrade to their stadium too," said Davis. "The campus there is beautiful, and I really liked the city too. Plus, I like how Washington has turned around their program. There doing the right things now.
"A couple of years back or so, they went winless. Now they've made it to a bowl and are starting to do much better."
At USC, depth chart and tradition stand out for Davis.
"They really made me feel like they needed me to continue their legacy," said Davis after his unofficial visit to Los Angeles. "They made me feel like they've got to have me. I've been impressed with their academic programs and the degree they offer also."
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Varitek shrugs off nagging injury
Red Sox's captain dealing with neck, shoulder pain
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
As it turns out, Varitek has had some discomfort in his left shoulder and left side of his neck for a while now and he simply never said anything about it to the media.
"It's OK," said Varitek. "I don't think you can play my position and not have things that get banged up. It's all right. It's nothing new. Paul wasn't necessarily working on my shoulder, he was working on my neck. It's kind of a combination of both."
Varitek never talks about injuries. Instead, he plays through them. So again, Varitek was in the Red Sox's lineup on Wednesday, batting sixth.
How long has Varitek been dealing with his current ailments? He cut off that line of questioning in mid-sentence.
"That's all I'm going to say about it," Varitek said. "I could go down a list, and if I [sat] because of everything that ever bothered me, I would never play. The most important thing is that I get out on the field."
After getting off to a strong start offensively, belting 10 homers in the first two months, Varitek has cooled off lately. Boston's captain had gone 51 at-bats without a home run entering Wednesday's game, and he had a .196 average for June, with five RBIs.
Two of those RBIs came in Tuesday's 11-3 win vs. the Nationals, when Varitek broke a tie in the seventh with a sacrifice fly and added an RBI single in Boston's six-run eruption in the eighth.
If physical nags have had an impact on Varitek's offense, he wouldn't acknowledge it.
Red Sox manager Terry Francona reiterated that there are no big injury concerns surrounding the captain.
"The left side of his neck is a little stiff," Francona said. "Maybe the sixth or the seventh, he gets the hot stuff on it. He's been doing that for 11 or 12 days."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I don't know where else to say this and it totally doesn't merit it's own thread, so a 10ftw thread seemed like a good spot...
LONGEST days of the season. Need basketball. Any basketball. Playoffs start tomorrow. Thank JesusAllahBuddha...Why does Hinduism get shafted?
One day, tenforthewin will say something actually logical, and everyone on here will be at a loss for words.
I need a Vacation too. Guess i'll go with Rudy and Amir to China
Tenforthewin will never not be entertaining to me
Lowry- Video should be his biggest assest, working on screen and roll, fast breaks and as stupid as it sounds throwing a good alley oop.
Demar- Shooting obviously, ball handling, i dont even know what aspects besides saying all aspects of defence.
Rudy- 3pt shot, more playmaking for others like demar has learned to do (no seriously.) Focus coming into next season with his leadership.
Amir- post moves, maybe some more strength if it doesnt hurt his speed.
JV - Post moves mainly working on his counters to his left hand. STRENGTH. and then go be the man at FIBA and dominate (i hope.)
Ross- Strength, shooting, more agressive attacking basket. Get games with minutes in drew leauge is solid idea actually.
Q- Strength, size, post moves, shot, foot speed.
All of the videos, good ol' comedy, almost as good as tenforthewin threads
Thanks Vykis, I haven't seen that in years.....love AliG
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Every time a NASCAR race is run at Charlotte Motor Speedway, something new happens. It�s not necessarily a visionary advance in racing arts and sciences. Sometimes it�s weird or quirky or funny.
CONCORD � Every time a NASCAR race is run at Charlotte Motor Speedway, something new happens. It�s not necessarily a visionary advance in racing arts and sciences. Sometimes it�s weird or quirky or funny.
For instance, prior to Saturday night�s Bank of America 500, someone � his name was Nik Wallenda -- found a new entrance to Victory Lane. If the trophy had been there, Wallenda might�ve been a cat burglar. After walking in mid-air � technically, he was walking on a cable � from the grandstands to a spot high above the place where race winners congregate, Wallenda, whose great-grandfather once crossed the Tallulah River Gorge in Georgia, �landed� in Victory Lane.
Imagine a race in North Carolina in which no one in North Carolina raced. A tight-wire act is serious business, but no one from the Old North State? It happened. Kannapolis�s Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a concussion. Bahama�s Scott Riggs couldn�t go fast enough. Thomasville�s Brian Vickers didn�t have a ride.
The realization came slowly. First word arrived that Earnhardt didn�t get a doctor�s clearance. People thought, gee, whoever heard of a race at CMS without an Earnhardt? The last time that happened was in 1979.
Then someone � it doesn�t matter who because he didn�t keep it a secret -- was looking at the lineup wondering how many North Carolina drivers were in the field, and found to his amazement that there were none.
�What in the name of Herb Thomas is going on here? Has this ever happened?�
As it turned out, NASCAR ran a race in California one time, back when Jack Kennedy was president, in which all the North Carolinians were racing, ironically, in Charlotte. Now there were no Tarheels racing in Charlotte, and they weren�t racing out west, either. There wasn�t even a Carolinian, north or south. Meanwhile, seven Californians surfed their way into the field. Next thing you know, they�ll be making salsa in New York City. All told the state had representatives of 21 states and two foreign countries.
Someone do something. Richard Childress has a couple grandsons in the hopper, working their way up through Trucks and Nationwide.
It used to be that the Carolinas accounted for about three fourths of the stock car racers who mattered, but it was a long time ago, and not many of today�s fans even know who Jim Paschal was.
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The event, which included an induction ceremony and dinner, recognized four retired MSU emeriti professors and outstanding student affairs professionals, including Jones.
Jones, who currently resides in Tyler, Texas, is the second son of the late Ralph N. Jones and Jane Smith Jones, lifelong residents of Russellville, and grandson of the late Dr. Robert Louis Smith, founding owner and head surgeon of Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. He graduated from Arkansas Tech University in 1950 and then pursued a master's degree from the University of Arkansas (U of A).
Serving as school principal at Washington Elementary School from 1955-57, he was employed by the U of A in a number of roles, including Dean of Men. As an active National Guard member, he was called into active service during the Korean War, serving two winters in the Seventh Division Artillery. He was a recipient of the Bronze Star. After his return to the U of A, he completed his Ph. D in 1966. Jones also served as vice president for hospital administration at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Jones began nearly two decades of service at MSU in 1967, when he was hired as the university's first vice president for student affairs, with the charge to initiate and implement a modern, professional organization to meet the needs of a rapidly changing and growing student body.
Jones brought a level of professionalism and national networking that MSU needed, including the mentoring of young staff, establishing trained residence hall head residents, a student counseling and career/placement center, collaboration with freshmen academic departments, aggressive student recruitment programs, student leadership training programs, freshmen, parent orientation programs and intramural programs.
Jones was challenged immediately to defuse and successfully redirect students' activities in the midst of society's upheavals. Some of these volatile themes included the Civil Rights Movement, the Jackson State and Kent State tragedies, the John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations, the Vietnam War protests, and the Women's Liberation activities, including Title IX implementation. The Student Affairs Division continues to reflect and benefit from the groundbreaking work performed by Jones and others.
"Their innovative ideas, best-practice concepts, and strong, focused leadership continues to serve the institution into the 21st century," Dr. Bill Kibler, current Student Affairs Division vice president, said. "Our new Hall of Honor pays tribute to those who provided sustained and distinguished service to Mississippi State University."
Jones left behind a "legacy of success and growth," reflected in the university's current 20,000-plus student body enrollment, Mississippi's largest university.
After leaving MSU, Jones served at The University of Texas at Tyler as vice president for administration and as chief student affairs officer from 1984-94. Jones resumed full-time graduate teaching in 1994, as professor in higher education leadership at UT-Tyler. Jones retired in 2000 as professor emeritus. Jones has been honored by UT-Tyler as the namesake of the Robert L. Jones Student Leadership Award, an annual honor bestowed on an outstanding, peer-selected student leader.
Additionally, the state of Mississippi recognizes an annual peer-selected recipient for the Mississippi Association of Higher Education's Robert L. Jones Professional Leadership Award. Jones is a past president of the Southern Association of College Student Affairs (a 15-state professional organization).
He was also a charter member of The National Vice Presidents Group, a 22-member "think tank" in student affairs in higher education, initiated in 1967.


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Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at Mount George Church of Christ. Burial will be at Mount George Cemetery in Dardanelle. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
A complete obituary will be published in Sunday's edition of The Courier.
Arrangements are by Cornwell Funeral Home, Dardanelle. Online guestbook and condolences at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com.


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OCEAN CITY- Lightning struck twice in a couple of different ways last week at the conclusion of the Mid-Atlantic $500,000 tournament with a record-tying 92-pound white marlin caught by a boat fishing out of Ocean City swooping in to take the event's top prize for the second straight year and the same boat winning a tournament held in the resort for the second week in a row.
When the "Reel Joy" out of Ocean City hauled a record-tying 92-pound white marlin up the scale on the final day of the Mid-Atlantic $500,000 tournament last Friday, there had to be feelings of déjà vu for everybody on the boat and for tournament organizers, participants and fans for several reasons. The 92-pound white marlin caught by angler Susan McCart aboard the "Reel Joy" weighed on the last day of the tournament last Friday leaped to the top spot in the glamour division's leader board and knocked several boats fishing out of the event's sister port in Cape May down in the standings and the prize money.
Practically the exact same set of circumstances occurred in the 2007 version of the MA500 when another Ocean City boat, the "Phat Mann" weighed a tournament record 92-pound white marlin in the 11th hour of the last day to leapfrog into the top spot on the leader board and take the event's top prize. The 92-pound white caught by the "Reel Joy" tied the tournament record 92-pounder caught by the "Phat Mann" the year before to take MA500's top prize and stun the New Jersey-dominated field for the second year in a row.
As if that wasn't enough of a coincidence, Captain Dale Gurgo and the crew aboard the "Reel Joy" had just won the Poor Girl's Open tournament in Ocean City the week before, with Susan McCart and the other lady anglers releasing four white marlins including two by young Taylor McCart to win the event's top prize. In the span of less than a week, the "Reel Joy" crew took the top prize in two major offshore fishing tournaments in the area, the second coming in dramatic fashion on the last day of the MA500.
With its 92-pound white marlin, the "Reel Joy" took first place in the MA500's white marlin division and was awarded a check for $699,306. The "Dealer's Choice" was second with an 88-pound white marlin worth $124,955, while the "Miss Annie" took third and was awarded $68,747.
After a relatively slow first few days, action heated up in the MA500's last hours with hundreds of white marlin caught and released and a handful brought to the scales for weighing. All in all, 29 white marlin were landed during the tournament and 355 were released, bringing the total to 384 for the tournament. For the record, the White Marlin Open winner "Fish Whistle" had another great tournament with several releases and one 72-pound white weighed at the scale at Sunset Marina, although it did not finish in the money.
There were far less blue marlin caught and released or weighed at the scale during the tournament, although there was no shortage of drama. The "Impulse V" weighed a 719-pound blue on the tournament's first day and the big fish held up all week to take the top prize and a check for $192,622. The "Kwik Raze" was second with a 625-pounder worth $124,955, while the "Atomic" finished third with a 501-pounder and was awarded $62,477.
The "Runaway" took first place in the tuna division with an 80-pounder and third place with a 77-pounder and earned a combined $250,277 for the two fish. Wedged in between was the "Exile," which took second place with a 78-pound tuna and earned $47,540. The "Anthracite" took first place in the dolphin division with a 43-pounder and earned $41,300, while the "Sea Cure" took first in the wahoo division with a 74-pounder and was rewarded with a check for $10,000.


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While some may view our shovels as a homeowner's tool that lives in a garage or tool shed, we see them as an iconic symbol of our heritage. For us, our shovels serve as a reminder to keep pushing strong because of the great impact they have made on the world around us throughout the years. Whether our shovels were used in times of war, to build new paths for transportation, or to construct parts of our country's infrastructure, they've contributed to building America as we know it today and will continue to keep our land strong.
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Nate Renaud – Founder – Calgary Metalfest
On September 14th, 2016 the biggest rendition of Calgary Metalfest (CMF) will be kicking off it's fifth year and the line up has been catching international attention. The big deal this year is of course the final night of the festival where attendees will be treated to a "Historic Night of Canadian Metal" featuring Annihilator, Exciter (original 1985 line-up), Razor and Sacrifice, all sharing the same stage on September 17th, 2016. The preceding nights have killer draws as well with The Exalted Piledriver headlining Thursday September 15th at the Distortion Music Venue and Toxic Holocaust, the only international act on the bill, will be tearing apart Dickens Pub on Friday night. The rest of the bill is packed with a selection of local heavy hitters and new acts that the founder of the festival, Nate Renaud, thinks you should check out.


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The U.S. Under-20's fell 4-1 to Spain in their Group A opener at the U-20 World Cup in Turkey.
Two LA Galaxy Academy products Javan Torre and Jose Villarreal earned the start for Tab Ramos as Spain quickly distanced themselves from the Americans.
Torre, in particular, struggled as he was targeted early by the Spanish. On Spain's first goal, which came just five minutes into the match, Gerard Deulofeu was able to capitalize on the space given to him by Torre and send in a cross to Jese for the first goal. The UCLA defender was again taken advantage of on the second goal as Deulofeu fired a right-footed shot that sailed past U.S. goalkeeper Cody Cropper in the 42nd minute. Jese would add a third just before the end of the first half to put the U.S. down three after the first 45.
Deulofeu completed his brace in the 61st minute to stretch the Spanish lead to four. However, the Americans would pull one back in the 77th minute as Real Salt Lake midfielder and Garden Grove native Luis Gil fired a powerful left-footed strike for the Americans' lone goal of the game. Three Galaxy Academy graduates earned time against Spain as Villarreal played 72 minutes, North Hollywood's Mario Rodriguez went 45 minutes while Torre played a full 90 minutes in the defeat.
The U.S. return to action against France on June 21, the French defeated Ghana 3-1 in their tournament opener.


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Apparently every Tom, Dick and Harry knows that Bosh is walking next summer. How come no one told me?
Source - Click hereRaptors GM Bryan Colangelo knows that Bosh is leaving following this season and there is nothing he can do to prevent that. Losing Bosh with no compensation to free agency is a worst-case scenario so Colangelo should deal Bosh now to maximize his value. If Colangelo wants to save his job he has to deal Bosh this season to minimize the bleeding.
Petrie has accumulated the ammo for a Bosh deal by drafting well and retaining those players to reasonable contracts. The reason why Tyreke Evans, Omri Casspi and Jason Thompson are not included in any potential deal is because Petrie has probably marked them as untouchable franchise cornerstones. This should not be a deal breaker though.
Kevin Martin would be the main attraction to the deal from the Raptors perspective. Martin is an offensive dynamo; capable of averaging 30+ points per game in a fast tempo offensive system like the one the Raptors run. Martin is only 26 and has yet to reach the ceiling of his potential.


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I got a slight idea of this when trying to reinsert the rod with the old felt on it. Is there a trick or suggested technique? I would not be surprised if there was some $50 specsil tool for itThe new felt might be hard to install. A bit fiddly.
The nipple you refer to is a grease nipple so the clutch arm slides on the pin. It looks like your grease nipple is a bit of a bodge...like the original required a refurb and this was the solution. As long as grease gets to the pin, you're fine.
How is that rod held in place on the clutch arm? I see the grooves cut into the pin...usually that means there's a circlip that snaps in to secure it. This is one of the difficult clips to put in and take out. It needs to be securely fastened in such a way so that the pin cannot fall out. If the pin does migrate out, one pull of the clutch will put uneven loads on the tranny bosses and snap one off.
As for the felt, get it positioned on the rod already soaked in oil. Start the rod with felt from the front and help the felt into the bore of the input shaft. Once in you just need to keep applying firm pressure on the rod to slide it home. I'd leave about 1/4" of the rod showing on the front end.
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The circlip was missing, but there is a pin that goes through the mounting arms on the transmission and blocks the rods movement by aligning with one of those notches. I do not know how much good the circlip would do anyways since the rod moves freely out either side. Obviously someone has been in there monkeying around before and perhaps replaced a few Parts. I may order a replacement nipple / rod / circlip / pin. It sounds like a failure here would be pretty substantial.
The circlip is likely the later design...that's what I have. I think the earlier arrangement was the cotter pin which is probably easier to install and more secure. The main thing is to keep this pin installed between the two bosses, and greased up, so that the clutch arm can freely rotate on it.
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mine-ineye-deatheah-pielayah-jooa-kalayus. oolah-minane-hay-meeriah-kal-oyus-algay-a-thaykin', buddy!
That all makes sense, I went ahead and ordered a new pin and grease nipple, seems like i should be in as good of shape as possible. I gave getting the nipple off a half hearted attempt and it did not seem to want to budge, so I may need to hit it with some penetrating oil and heating it up a tad.
thanks again.
So I am feeling pretty solid about the clutch / tranny / etc. I am hoping to get it back together in the next few evenings, which will bring me to my next part of the project, working on the front forks. I have dug through the information on both duane and snowbum's sites and have what I feel is a pretty grasp on alignment of the forks with the cold flow and all. Before I get there I wanted to do a good cleans and rebuild of them. I have new fork seals, but know there are probably some other parts that should be replaced in there (she was sitting for 4 years), and the forks were never perfect even before sitting.
So i guess my main two questions are:
1) what all should I replace in the forks for good measure
2) what is the best way to really clean them out?
At a later date I am thinking of replacing the fork springs and rear shocks with progressives, but for now I am going to try to keep em stock.
I went and looked at a '72 R60/5 today for sale. Could not get it started. Seller is headed out on vacation with his family so we decided to hold off till they return. Plus it gives me some time to do some research. Been reading this thread and it has been helpful. The one I'm looking at has not been startd in over a year. Needs battery, fresh gas, carbs cleaned up etc.
Getting good info - thanks!
Mine sat for two years, I charged up the battery, and she fired right up. Then I let her sit another two years, and thats when I started this thread. As long as the bike is close to tuned (valves, point gap, etc) I almost guarantee that with fresh gas / charged battery / clean carbs the bike would fire right up.
You may be able to talk him down a lot on a bike that is not starting, save a little money in exchange for him saving some effort. But if you do want to start it before purchasing I would suggest swapping out the gas, taking the carbs and dropping them in a chem dip for 20 or 30 minutes (with the plastic bits etc removed) then blowing them out thoroughly with some carb cleaner, and either charging or replacing the battery. Also check the oil levels etc, maybe even put a little wd40 in through he spark plug hole just to lubricate the rings a little since they will potentially be dry. I am willing to be the bike would start.
If purchased I would definitely go through the whole thing bit by bit to get it in good tune. The airheads are truly wonderful bikes to work on. Best of luck.
Out of curiosity what is the asking price for the bike?
I have the bike back together, but have not fired her up yet. She is still on the lift with the fluids drained. I did notice that once I re-attached the rear wheel and set the clutch cable all up I can hear the clutch rubbing when the clutch is pulled. It is definitely engaged when I release lever, but when it is pulled and I rotate the back wheel or move the kick start I hear what I am pretty certain is the clutch plat lightly rubbing the pressure plate.
Is this normal? Is there an adjustment I missed (adjusted the cable to have a slight amount of play, then adjusted the bolt on the back of the transmission to just be just shy of making contact with the throw out assembly).
I am hoping this is just from not having the clutch broken in yet, but any advice would be appreciated. I am not afraid to tear it all down again if needed.
Not sure I understand your description of how you adjusted the clutch. Might be right, maybe not.
Do a quick search of this forum on clutch adjustment and you will get a nice description. It starts by using the adjuster at the handlebar lever to get the arm on the back of the transmission positioned properly, then using the bolt on the back of the throwout bearing to get the free play right for the hand lever.
Look for the Airhead clutch adjustment procedure in the Resources and Links thread...under General Maintenance. Making the adjustment to be "just shy", etc., might be what's causing the noise. In addition, under real engine load, once the clutch has been separated, the clutch disk is supposed to float on the tranny input shaft. In the non-running situation, there's nothing to make the plate float or move around on the splines. So, it could be rubbing just because it hasn't moved yet. I'm sure you did grease the input splines...
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mine-ineye-deatheah-pielayah-jooa-kalayus. oolah-minane-hay-meeriah-kal-oyus-algay-a-thaykin', buddy!
yup, splines are nicely greased. I am going to go through the adjustment process again, and throw some fluids in there and see if it is still happening.
Thanks again, will post some pictures of the bike cleaned up and put together. Finally got an original wheel back on there. Forgot how sext that /5 hub was.
screwed in all the way at the handlebar clutch lever I am still about 10mm shy of 201mm. So I am thinking I simply have the wrong cable on there? May have to grab a new one next week. Bummer.
edit: I went through the rest of the adjustment, and it seems to have gotten rid of the sounds almost completely. Going to fill up all the oil and see if she is catching nicely.
Ok, instead of filling her up I decided to dive into the front forks. May as well while she is off the ground, and this will give me a great opportunity to clean up a lot of those hard to get to parts in the front end.
So the forks on this bike have never been right, always sluggish and lazy feeling. I know there is some gunk in there, etc, and assumed they need to be aligned as well.
The geters were split from sitting (I found a fresh set in a box, sweet).
And the fork seals were covered with crap
The fork sliders have a bunch of crap in the base
I may want to even remove the screw plugs to really be able to get in there to clean.
I went ahead and pulled the springs (one is about 1/4" longer then the other, may be time to replace with some better progressive springs, suggestions would be greatly appreciated).
The pipes were gross, and there is so much gunk build up i can see why they were preforming so poorly
The fork tubes look to be in good shape, and a quick check shows that they appear to be aligned well already (but I need to do more detailed tests)
Is it normal that the holes in the fork tubes are not aligned?
here is everything pulled out
and now a little bike porn to show how the back end cleaned up and went back together
Looking pretty nice a shiny
Final drive cleaned up really nice
/5 wheel looks great back on there
this side did not clean up quite as nice as the other but still pretty solid
I am heading out of town again, but hope to get back into the garage next weekend.
Will read over the fork articles in detail until then.
Thanks everyone.
My experience has been that you can get the adjustment in the "ballpark" if you have had the clutch assembly out, but it probably won't be exactly right until you have run the engine.
Once you get it started and engage/disengage the clutch five or ten times, things will settle in where they belong. I wouldn't worry about that 10mm, difficulty pulling in the lever, or any minor sounds just yet.
Run it a few minutes, exercise the clutch, the go back and redo the adjustment.


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Instead of buying massive amounts of an ingredient just to save money, Wilks, his son, Adam, and partner Aaron Serruya have created a store concept called Buy 'N Bulk.
The 3,900-square-foot store lets shoppers avoid pre-packaged items and buy as much or as little as they need of dry ingredients such as pasta, rice, cereals, nuts, spices and soup mixes by weight. The first of its kind in Orange County, Wilks said, the store offers more than 1,000 acrylic bins containing healthy items. There are also specialty items like sugar-free candies, gluten-free products and organics. Yogen Fruz, a popular Canadian brand of frozen yogurt, will also be offered at the store. The yogurt has a unique blending system that allows customers to choose fresh fruit to customize their flavor mix.
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"We're the other pendulum of a Costco, said Wilks. "People can come here and buy a small quantity just for a specific recipe. We know we're not all things to all people but we're a real nice complement."
Wilks, now living in Newport Beach, said he came up with the concept after coming to do business in the U.S. from Canada in the mid-1990s. Familiar with the popular Bulk Barn, a chain store in Canada, he saw a niche for the concept in California.
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To Unidentified Recipients:
Now "they" want the government to support teaching the history of religion.
Well, maybe we should do just that—teach the history of religion: the Crusades; the Inquisition; the Salem Witch Trials. That sort of thing.
And, there are more of us than "they" know. Maybe a lot more.
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May 5, 2009
House Resolution on "America's Spiritual Heritage"
Would Promote Religious Heritage Week
Action Needed Now to Stop Government Promotion of Religion!
On Thursday, May 7, 2009, members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus will hold a press conference in Washington, DC to launch a new effort at passing the "America's Spiritual Heritage" resolution, formerly known as HR 888.
Introduced by Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA.), the measure would put Congress on record to "Recognize that the religious foundations of faith on which America was built are critical underpinnings of our Nation's most valuable institutions…" It would also decree establishment of a "Religious Heritage Week" "for the appreciation of and education of America's history of religious faith."
Among the religious right luminaries slated to appear at Thursday's conference are Gary Bauer ("American Values"); Maureen Wiebe (American Association of Christian Schools); Wendy Wright (Concerned Women for America); and William Murray (Religious Freedom Coalition); and James and Shirley Dobson (Focus on the Family). The event is schedule to coincide with ceremonies marking the National Day of Prayer, a Dobson-run event.
Legislators, particularly Congressional representatives in the House, need to hear from America's Atheists, Freethinkers, Humanists and other secularists who are marginalized by this exclusionary and unconstitutional measure. Government has no business promoting religion, especially in the form of a one-sided "history" that ignores the important role of the First Amendment and Separation of Church and State. This bill is also being seen as a reaction to President Obama's recent statement in Turkey to the effect that America is not as "Christian nation."
Visit the American Atheist web site at http://www.atheists.org and Dave Silverman's NO GOD BLOG (http://www.nogodblog.com) for more background on this story. The full Resolution text can be found at the Congressional Prayer Caucus web site, http://www.house.gov/forbes/prayercaucus.htm/
Send letters, faxes and E-mails to your Congressional Representative. Better yet, call. Visit http://www.visi.com/juan/congress for a complete listing, or the office House of Representatives site at http://www.house.gov . Be concise and polite. Tell your representative that this bill is a ploy to promote a "revisionist" view of American history, and that it does not mention the many negative effects religious orthodoxy and strife have had in our nation! Point out that government has no proper role in promoting religion, or a biased and un-balanced view of American history. Ask for a written response from your representative!
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An Atheist public policy group says that it supports the call by conservative Christians to establish a Federal "Religious History Week,"
and already has suggestions for a proposed curriculum.
A federal bill, the Spiritual Heritage Resolution introduced by Rep. J.
Randy Forbes (R-Va.) details how religion and politics have played vital roles in American history. The measure has won enthusiastic support from members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, as well as Gary Bauer and James and Shirley Dobson of the Colorado-based National Day of Prayer.
The bill will be re-introduced after NDOP events this Thursday.
"We think that 'Religious History Week' can be a tool for informing the public about the positive and negative roles that religion has played,"
said Dr. Ed Buckner, President of American Atheists. "Our organization would like to participate and make sure that this federal event presents an objective, scholarly view."
Among the topics Buckner suggested were discussion segments on religious authoritarianism in colonial-era America; the notorious "Blue Laws" that punished those not observing the Sabbath; the use of public taxes to support "Established" religions prior to the American Revolution; the effects of religious orthodoxy on free speech and other civil liberties; the resistance of religious groups to the Revolution and "disestablishment" of churches; support by religious groups for segregation, racism and stopping women from having voting rights; and the more contemporary role religious groups play in opposing equal treatment for gays, lesbians, youth and women seeking abortion and birth control.
"We have other topics we'd like to bring up, too, as part of this wonderful event," said Dr. Buckner.
Dave Silverman, Communications Director for American Atheists cautioned that those introducing the Spiritual Heritage Resolution "should refrain from cherry picking only the positive things some religious groups have done throughout our country's history."
"We have to acknowledge that, yes, many progressive religious leaders had good ideas. These must be weighed against the role religion, particularly fundamentalist Christianity, has played in retarding political, social and even technological progress."
Mr. Silverman added that he and Dr. Buckner look forward to working with any federal or private agencies planning the "Religious History Week" if the bill is passed by Congress.
"We just have so many wonderful topics to bring up," said Dr. Buckner.
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40 Million Nonbelievers in America? The Secret Is Almost Out
By Ronald Aronson, Religion Dispatches. Posted May 5, 2009.
Secularists have very quietly become one of America's largest minorities — how long before they use their power?
As reported recently in the New York Times, a South Carolina chapter of Habitat for Humanity prohibited a group of Secular Humanist volunteers from wearing their "Non-Prophet Organization" T-shirts; a Charleston-area teacher "came out" as a nonbeliever after years of church dinners and demurrals; and Humanist Loretta Haskell struggled over her role as a church musician. While such stories remain commonplace, a related story with a substantial bearing on these anecdotes is one of America's best-kept secrets.
A recent Newsweek cover—in a bid to (finally) match the celebrated 1966 "Is God Dead?" cover of Time—read, in the shape of a cross: "The Decline and Fall of Christian America." Editor Jon Meacham's story highlights Newsweek's latest poll results showing that 10% fewer Americans identify as Christian today than twenty years ago. But more importantly, and mentioned only in passing, is the growth among atheists and secularists of all stripes.
According to the latest American Religious Identification Survey(ARIS) of more than 54,000 adults, between 2001 and 2008 the number willing to identify themselves as atheist and agnostic has gone from under 2 million to 3.6 million. Small numbers compared to the whole, of course, but most notably it's a rise of 85% of those willing to describe themselves as living without God during the years of our most overtly religious presidency!
Even more newsworthy, when the widely-scorned labels "atheist" and "agnostic" are replaced with specifics about beliefs ("There is no such thing" as God, "There is no way to know," or "I'm not sure," and added to those who refused to answer) it turns out that over eighteen percent of Americans do not profess belief in a God or a higher power.
According to ARIS, then, there could be as many as 40 million adult nonbelievers in the United States!
Personal God Going the Way of the Dodo?
Consider: If these numbers are correct, nonbelievers amount to more than the highest estimates of African Americans or gays. Secularists are one of America's largest minorities. It is no longer possible to proclaim, as the Gallup Poll announced fifty years ago: "Nearly all Americans believe in God." That is today's most significant change.
So what explains the impressive increase among those willing to identify as atheist or agnostic? For those who think that books and ideas simply don't matter, it is dramatic tribute to the success of the "new atheist" writers—including Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens. To paraphrase the title of Dennett's book, their goal has been to "break the spell" of religion—and they have evidently helped more Americans "achieve" that goal.
If a new confidence is in the offing it is also visible in the American Humanist Association's scandalous Christmastime bus ads in Washington DC ("Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake."). No less striking is the "Out" campaign ("Come Out," "Reach Out," "Speak Out," "Keep Out," "Stand Out,") especially among students and young people.
One of the few writers who has paid attention to these phenomena, Konstantin Petrenko, writing for Religion Dispatches, does so in order to dismiss them [see "Godless America? Say Hello to the 'Apatheists'," March 19, 2009]. He stresses the discrepancy between those embracing the "atheist" or "agnostic" label and those who describe themselves as not believing in God. "It appears that most of the unaffiliated individuals are not atheistic or anti-religious in any activist sense, but are rather apathetic toward organized religion and reluctant to join any particular denomination or sect."
True enough, but the same can be said of most religious believers. This is no reason to downplay the fact that so many have clearly fallen away from religion—that is, they live their lives without any sort of God. Nor can we ignore ARIS's statement that the six percent of Americans who refuse to answer the question about their beliefs "tend to somewhat resemble 'Nones' in their social profile and beliefs." Which means, according to ARIS's most striking conclusion: "The U.S. population continues to show signs of becoming less religious, with one in five Americans failing to indicate a religious identity in 2008."
Furthermore, among those who do, over 12% of the total sample describe their belief in ways that ARIS concludes are "deistic (a higher power but no personal God)." One in eight American believers are as religious as… Thomas Paine. Those who continue to believe in a traditional Jewish, Christian, or Muslim personal god have dropped to under seventy percent of the American population. Despite all efforts to ignore or minimize this, it is big news.
Moments of Prayer into Moments of Silence
And the discrepancy between those willing to be public and open about their religious disbelief and those who are not is also big news. Among nonbelievers, judging from my discussions with hundreds of them over the past several months, many are not "new atheists" (militantly doing battle with religion) but are, inPeter Steinfels' terminology, "new new atheists." These people are not primarily concerned with arguing against the belief in God, but are trying to find ways of coexisting in a society in which both nonbelievers and believers can expect to be around for a long time to come. They shy away from labels as they seek their own bearings and their own comfort zone in today's America.
Secularists welcomed President Obama's shout-out to nonbelievers during his inaugural address, but are painfully aware that when launching his campaign he criticized them for trying to keep religion out of the public square, but not the religious right for its attempts to erase the line between church and state.
They worry, along with Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, that Obama's renewal of the Bush Faith-Based Initiative in the new Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships has not ruled out proselytizing and discriminatory hiring for religious social service programs that are granted Federal dollars. And they wince when recalling that he subjected himself to the informal religious test of being drilled like a catechism pupil by Rick Warren on his own particular way of believing in Jesus Christ (the same Rick Warren who announced that he would never vote for an atheist for president).
Above all, rather than combating religious belief at every turn, many nonbelievers would cheer if the President initiated a genuinely multicultural approach to both believers and secularists in today's America. This might entail, as was not done at the Democratic National Convention last August, inviting secularists as well as believers to platforms that normally exclude the irreligious (i.e. the "values and unity" event preceding the Convention that was exclusively for religious believers). It might entail as much political attention being paid to nonbelievers as believers at public events—transforming moments of prayer into moments of silence. In other words, it would mean abandoning the implicit assumption of so much of American public and private life that religious values, norms and practices apply to everyone—and show respect to American's enormous nonreligious minority.
Ronald Aronson is author of Living without God: New Directions for Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists and the Undecided (Counterpoint, 2008). He teaches history at Wayne State University.