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P0403 OBD-II: Exhaust Gas Recirculation "A" Control Circuit
Get diagnosis and repair information for trouble code P0403
What Does P0403 Code Mean?
OBD-II Code P0403 is defined as a Exhaust Gas Recirculation Circuit Malfunction
NOx gases, which cause acid rain and respiratory problems, are formed when the engine's combustion temperature is too high (2500° F). EGR (Exhaust Gas Re-Circulation) systems are used to reduce the combustion temperature, thus reducing NOx formation.
Code P0403 means that the PCM is not seeing the proper EGR Vacuum Solenoid voltage readings when it allows or denies vacuum to open or close the EGR valve.
P0403 Symptoms
- Check Engine Light will illuminate
- In most cases, there are no adverse conditions noticed by the driver
- In some cases, there may be performance problems, such as pinging on acceleration, when the engine is under load or when driving the vehicle at higher speeds
Common Problems That Trigger the P0403 Code
- Defectiive EGR Vacuum Solenoid
- Restriction in the EGR passages, usually caused by carbon buildup
- The EGR Valve is defective
- Lack of proper vacuum or electrical signal to the EGR valve
Lack of proper EGR system feedback to the computer from the:
- Manifold Absolute Pressure Sensor (MAP)
- Differential EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor (DPFE)
- EGR Valve Position Sensor (EVP)
- EGR Temperature Sensor
The Basics
The exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system recycles a small amount of exhaust gas from the exhaust system (usually no more than 10 percent) and mixes it with the intake manifold air entering into the combustion chambers. The addition of this inert (or non-combustible) exhaust gas limits the peak combustion temperatures to a range that is below 2500° F, where the formation of nitrogen oxide (NOx) is know to occur. In some cases where the engine is pinging and/or knocking badly from a severe lack of EGR flow, misfires can take place which allow raw hydrocarbons (HC) to be released from the tailpipe.
P0403 Diagnostic Theory for Shops and Technicians
The PCM controls vacuum flow to the EGR valve by grounding the EGR Vacuum Solenoid, it shuts off vacuum supply by opening the EGR Vacuum Solenoid ground circuit. P0403 can be set under normal driving conditions or when the EGR OBD-II monitor test is performed. The EGR OBD-II monitor deploys a set of test criteria that are usually run during at least two different driving conditions—steady speed freeway driving and steady speed city driving. Some monitors use a long deceleration along the steady speed data to determine if the EGR monitor properly passes.
The engine control module determines proper EGR flow in many ways:
- Temperature increase in the EGR passages when the EGR is supposed to be flowing
- Measurable amount of Manifold Pressure change when the EGR is supposed to be flowing
- Measurable change (usually a decrease) in the front Oxygen Sensor Signal
- Position change in the EGR valve as measured by an EGR Valve Position Sensor
- Amount of Spark Knock as measured by the Knock Sensor
- Amount of decrease in exhaust back pressure as measured by the Digital EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor
The code P0403 is often not a problem with the EGR valve itself. Rather, the EGR Vacuum Solenoid circuit is telling the PCM that there isn't the correct voltages in the EGR Vacuum Solenoid circuit. Thus, there isn't the correct amount of EGR to flow back into the combustion process to sufficiently cool the peak firing temperatures. Once the code P0403 has been retrieved with a scan tool, the freeze frame data should be documented and analyzed in order to determine what engine conditions were present when the code was triggered. It is recommended that the vehicle be driven in such a way as to duplicate the code setting conditions with a data streaming scan tool connected, so the behavior of the EGR Valve Position Sensor, actuating components and feedback sensors can be monitored.
Common Tests to Determine Whether the Problem Is an EGR Control Problem, a Plugged or Restricted System, or a Defective Feedback Device
- Does the engine die, not just stumble, when the EGR valve is manually raised to its maximum?
(Use either a vacuum pump or bi-directional scan tool if it's a digital EGR valve.)
- Is the EGR valve getting sufficient vacuum? (Use the manufacturer EGR vacuum spec.)
- Is the EGR system restricted? (The engine stumbles, but does not die.)
- Is the EGR system plugged? (Engine RPM does not change.)
- Does the EGR valve work?
- Raise the RPM to 3000 and check manifold vacuum. Then open the EGR valve to its maximum—the manifold vacuum should drop by at least 3" of mercury. If it does not, there is a flow and/or restriction problem.
- Test the EGR temperature sensor (if equipped) with a propane torch and a DVOM.
- Test the accuracy of the EGR valve position sensor with a scan tool or DVOM by raising or lowering the EGR valve.
- Test the Digital EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor (DPFE) with a data streaming scan tool to verify that the voltage or lift percentage changes according to spec.
- Verify that the front Oxygen Sensor readings drop and the Short Term Fuel Trim increases when the EGR valve opens. (EGR leans out the mixture.)
If the NOx goes down when the EGR valve is raised (this test is most commonly performed on a Dynamometer), it is likely that one or more EGR passages or cylinders are plugged or very restricted, making the EGR only go to one or two cylinders. When this occurs, you may notice misfires and even have misfire codes along with the P0400. This can occur on vehicles that use EGR "runners" for each cylinder.

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Dodgers' spirited Yasiel Puig: 'I'm just me'
LOS ANGELES -- Yasiel Puig arrived at Dodger Stadium last weekend with something unmistakable etched into the hair on the left side of his head.
A snazzy, large star.
"Are you ready?" a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers' public relations staff asked Puig.
Puig, the team's 23-year-old star Cuban outfielder, gave a quizzical look. Then he grinned. Clearly, as much as the PR woman understood why Puig is sporting a fresh haircut with the star, Puig understood the question.
Is he ready for the All-Star Game in Minneapolis - and his biggest stage yet?
Today, Puig is scheduled to compete in the Home Run Derby. Tuesday, he will start in the outfield for the National League. Both days, he will be the subject of much attention, a fact one of his agents made sure to pass along.
"I told him, 'Hey, there's going to be a lot of eyes on you at the All-Star Game,'" said Andy Mota of Wasserman Media Group, which represents Puig. "Everything you do, everything you say…''
There is little concern about what Puig will do on the field, where he performs as if designed by DreamWorks: Displays of acrobatics and raw power, all accentuated by bat-flipping, finger-kissing celebrations.
His Instagram and Twitter accounts transmit images almost as arresting, extending a personal brand best described as unadulterated fun.
Look, there's Puig in the snow! And at the zoo...on the New York subway...mugging with celebrities as diverse as Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Snoop Dogg...hugging the Stanley Cup.
And then, there's Puig signing autographs, buying baseball equipment for children and cradling puppies. All of which contrasts sharply with the Puig who occasionally rankles teammates, mystifies the Dodgers and keeps a wary arm's length from the news media.
As a pre-arranged interview was to commence before a game last week, Puig closed his eyes, as if nodding off. "He's tired," a PR staffer said sheepishly - and no one knew what to expect next despite signs of change.
There is a new regard for the cutoff man and a more disciplined approach to hitting.
"His patience at the plate has really been shocking, a quick adjustment,'' Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "The other part is just paying attention, slowing down a little bit and playing under control.''
There is a new willingness to listen to teammates.
"The things we share with him are situations after they happen, kind of be able to reflect on them,'' Dodgers first basemen Adrian Gonzalez said. "Explain to him why he did this good or why he shouldn't have done this.''
There is a new understanding of publicity, said Yvonne Carrasco of the Dodgers' PR staff, and she cites a recent request from Nickelodeon. The cable network asked if Puig would participate in a segment to introduce its Kids' Choice Sports Awards. If the request came last year, Carrasco said, no chance. This year…
With the Nickelodeon crew ready to film, Puig broke from the script. He picked up 11-year-old Breanna Yde, who stars on one of the cable network's shows, and used her as a weight while performing arm curls. He did push-ups with her on his back. He followed along when she taught him her version of a home-run celebration dance.
"You could tell he's a big kid at heart with a great sense of humor, and it's no wonder he has a huge appeal with kids,'' Jay Schmalholz, an executive producer for Nickelodeon, said via e-mail.
So even as Puig pretended to nod off last weekend, he quickly did something he's doing with greater regularity.
Open his eyes. To his day-to-day responsibilities, to those who can help him, and to those he can help. Stirring to the moment, Puig addressed several topics with USA TODAY Sports with help from an interpreter while speaking in Spanish.
Puig's offseason was marked by a 26-pound weight gain and a reckless driving arrest after police clocked him driving 110 mph in Florida.
With questions about Puig's commitment and focus mounting, Mattingly called a team meeting.
Andy Mota said what transpired illustrated Puig's growth. Puig told his teammates that he welcomed their advice and guidance, according to Mota.
"Andy talks too much," Puig said several times with a slight grin. "That meeting with my teammates, I did that because they have more years than I do in the big leagues, playing ball here. And I wanted them to tell me what they thought of my first year here, speak on all types of things I can learn better for this season."
He can be a loud and boisterous presence in the clubhouse, sometimes interacting with third baseman Juan Uribe like the playful but pestering little brother. Puig said he listens intently to hitting coach Mark McGwire, assistant hitting coach John Valentin and Manny Mota, Andy's father and the former Dodger outfielder who has mentored many of the club's Latino players.
"He has helped me a lot; he tells me to trust myself," Puig says of the Dominican-born Mota.
"I listen to my coaches and also to others, who are older with even more experience. And I just listen, do what they tell me to do, learn. Pay attention so things can turn out how I want them to.''
A few days after the 2013 season ended, Puig, his cousin and a friend visiting from Cuba drove to a spot next to Dodger Stadium that affords a panoramic view of the city. The friend wanted to take photographs. But suddenly they saw something else: a baseball field full of Little Leaguers.
Puig's cousin suggested they visit with the kids, and before long Puig was throwing batting practice, offering pointers and brainstorming about what came next: his hosting those Little Leaguers, all 200 of them, during an event at Dodger Stadium.
Footage of the visit soon went viral. Yet Puig, who seven months ago became a father for the first time — his son, Diego, and the boy's mother live in Arizona — said visiting a kids' practice would be far less remarkable in Cuba.
"Over there, it's different,'' he said. "Over there we play with kids every day. They were fans of us, but not like here, where it's not really possible to see guys like Albert Pujols just anywhere, or to see me, Yasiel Puig.
"Kids here don't really have access every day to big leaguers. In Cuba you see ballplayers, just walking around and then we just play with kids. Here the kids go crazy. 'Sign for me Puig! Sign!' "
During an offseason fundraising event, Puig asked that money raised be used to buy a equipment for a Little League in East Los Angeles, where children in need of resources reminded him of his own upbringing.
"Yes, that's the reason why I try to help the kids here in the United States, because I had a need for things in order to play,'' Puig said. "Although here you get can access to things faster than you can in Cuba...I try to help, so they can get things faster than I did, develop as players faster than I did, reach the major leagues even faster than I did.
"...I want to help these kids get what they need because we are able to do that for them now. For us we had what we had, and no one could really help us out."
Last year, despite an electrifying, record-setting major league debut, Puig lost out to Freddie Freeman in a fan vote for the final NL All-Star spot. About a week and a half ago, when Puig checked the voting totals and found himself in third place among the outfielders, he and the Dodgers got busy.
He taped a segment for Jimmy Kimmel, taped two interviews for ESPN and the Dodgers went into promotional overdrive .
When the All-Star voting ended, Puig discovered he was the top vote getter among outfielders. He was selected by NL captain Troy Tulowitzki for the Home Run Derby.
"What do I expect?" Puig said. "I don't know, I'm just happy that the fans voted me and (grateful) to all the media that helped to remind people to vote. It's my first All-Star Game, and I'm going to do the best I can in the All-Star Game and in the Home Run Derby now that I was chosen by Tulowitzki, who I'm very grateful to for picking me. And I'm going to try to do my best I can to make him look good, to hit with a lot of strength.''
Puig's family defected after he did; his parents and younger sister live in Miami and his mother visits Los Angeles frequently.
His social media interactions suggest a 23-year-old assimilating, yet also amazed by the USA.
Carrasco, of the Dodgers PR team, helps Puig post photos and translate his thoughts from Spanish. But the broken English suggest it's really Puig actively updating his Instagram and Twitter accounts.
"I'm always doing new things, discovering new places, so I put those photos up because fans can't be with me everywhere I go,'' he said. "And I'm happy when I do these things…so I like to share that. I do it so kids can see what I'm like, what I'm up to when I'm not playing baseball. And also so they see photos of me playing or getting ready for a game so maybe I inspire them to keep practicing (baseball)."
He has mingled with the rapper Pitbull, comedian George Lopez and Kobe Bryant. But Puig said his celebrity has value beyond who he can attract and what he can get.
Last year, Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers took Puig to Children's Hospital. Puig went back two times on his own.
"I take the time to visit kids in hospitals because we as ballplayers should do things like that so we show we care for them. I do it so they don't feel alone. They can't come here, they're in the hospital, so I like to go there.''
Puig has grown more accommodating, if not enthusiastic, with the news media after much of his first year as a major leaguer was marked by one-word answers, vacant stares or interviews cut abruptly short.
"This year with the help of my teammates, other athletes in other sports, they have told me I need to spend time with media, to respect them,'' he said, agreeing when Carrasco said the media helped drive his All-Star voting totals. "Yes, they help me a lot. They bother me a lot, but they do help me a lot.''
Puig's popularity is undeniable - sales of his jersey rank ninth among major leaguers, according to MLB. But while the bat flips, chest pounding and other acts of exuberance enhance his popularity, it elicits criticism from some media, fans and occasionally peers .
This week, Puig will spend two days among the game's greatest players, and have a national stage for consecutive evenings. Perhaps that chasm will narrow.
"If they don't understand me, there's not much I can do," Puig said. "I always try to show the best of me, and I don't try to disrespect my teammates or opposing teams in any way.
"Well, I just have fun playing ball. I go out there and have fun. And other things I've done, well, I'm just me."
Contributing: Jorge L. Ortiz


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Mitt Romney Likely To Campaign In Tennessee And Georgia Ahead Of Super Tuesday
ABC News' Michael Falcone reports:
Though Mitt Romney is trailing in the polls in a series of Southern states holding contests on Super Tuesday, his campaign says it plans to make an in-person play for delegates in at least two of them.
Romney is hoping to peel away some delegates from opponents Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich in states that are not necessarily ripe for Romney wins: Georgia and Tennessee.
Tentatively, Romney plans to make stops in the Knoxville, Tennessee area and Atlanta this weekend, just days before next Tuesday's primaries. Georgia and Tennessee are two of ten states where voters will go to the polls on Super Tuesday - a day when there are a total of 437 delegates at stake.
"No states are monolithic," a Romney aide told ABC News, "there are different of pockets of opportunity in these areas."
Campaign strategists say they see opportunities to over-perform in the eastern part of Tennessee, which includes the tri-cities area - a region that borders Virginia and where John McCain and Mike Huckabee each ran strong four years ago.
The campaign also sees a chance to pick up delegates in the greater Atlanta area. Romney won the five counties surrounding Atlanta in Georgia's 2008 primary.
Romney came in third in both states four years ago, behind Huckabee and McCain, and according to recent polling, the former Massachusetts governor faces an uphill battle again this year.
In Tennessee, a poll conducted by Middle Tennessee State University shows Santorum with a 20 percentage point lead over Romney, 42 percent to 19 percent. And in Georgia, surveys give Gingrich the edge with Santorum and Romney trailing behind. Gingrich has been crisscrossing Georgia ahead of primary there and Santorum has visited both states already this week.
Georgia congressional districts are winner take all, so if a candidate wins a district he receives three delegates out of a statewide total of 76. In Tennessee, three delegates are also awarded in each of the state's nine congressional districts, but they are allocated proportionally based on the popular vote within each district. Fifty-eight delegates are at stake there.
On Super Tuesday the Romney campaign is counting on victories in Massachusetts, Vermont and Virginia with other states, like Ohio, which represents the second-largest delegate prize of the day, up for grabs.
ABC News' Chris Good contributed reporting.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Georgia College men's basketball team (6-9, 2-6 PBC) spotted Augusta State University (9-5, 5-3 PBC) a 20-point lead to start the third edition of the Battle of the Cats rivalry game, battling throughout to fall 69-44 Monday night.
Junior guard Aaron Robinson (Lawrenceville, Ga.) was the lone Bobcat in double figures at 10 points, adding four rebounds and a pair of assists. He went 3-of-9 from the floor and 3-of-5 from the free-throw line. Scott Ferguson (Roswell, Ga.) added nine to the scoring line.
The Bobcats were out-shot 44 percent (25-57) to 28 percent (16-58). They were also out-rebounded 45-34, but hung with the Jaguars on the offensive glass, falling 12-11.
Georgia College couldn't find the mark for the first 9:20 of the game, a drought broken by a Tarrence Chatman (Macon, Ga.) jumper. He finished with five points.
The Jaguars put three in double-figure scoring, led by 2012 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Freshman of the Year Devon Wright-Nelson at 17 points and seven boards. Devonte Thomas had 13 points and eight rebounds, while Ryan Weems notched a double-double at 11 points and 12 rebounds.
The Bobcats are back in action Thursday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m., traveling to USC Aiken.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Plate LXXXVII Roxana Arcuana
Released in the collection, "A History of British Moths," these lovely hand drawn plates were done by the "parson-naturalist" Rev. F.O. Morris. The first edition was published in 1859-1870, with two more editions being released afterwards. Depicting various moths, Morris showed them with their wings spread, and what's more exciting, the moths were drawn and printed to the accurate size.
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December 27, 2011
Quick Summer Gazpacho
10 comments:
this is exactly what I need except that now Christmas is over, i'm heading out to a birthday lunch! GAHHHH >.< and also, we still have so much leftover food to get through. I have to detox next week i think!!!ReplyDelete
Yum, this looks so good and healthy...just what I need after Christmas, straight to the 'to make' list!ReplyDelete
The summer gazpacho looks delicious! But it's kind-a funky for me to prepare a summer soup, when it's all white with snow outside :)))ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas, Maria! It was a pleasure finding inspiration in your meals through the year! :))
Delicious! That is something I love.ReplyDelete
Looks great! Bangalore is quite cold now so I might want to warm it up a bit!!ReplyDelete
Have never used chickpeas, which would really make this quite a filling meal! Also have not tried the addition of sweet paprika: so, here is another of your recipes to be 'next on the list'!ReplyDelete
I have just made this Maria - beautiful! My two children aged 5 & 2 even ate it for lunch. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous28 December 2011 at 12:33
I've always hated Gazpacho, but that one actually looks edible. Good job!ReplyDelete
A lovely healthy delicious soupReplyDelete
Perfect post all the over indulgence!ReplyDelete


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Written by Duana
Did you see January Jones? Did you love it? Did you see her reminding you, in case you forgot, why all the Walking Deads and the Boardwalk Empires in the world will not sway you from your original cable network love?
Aside from the two very obvious reasons up front, Jones is awesome because she's angling for something so different than the other girls. Lainey and I argued with some friends tonight over whether Tilda Swinton is or isn't dressing to compete with the ballgown girls. I say she isn't – and I feel the same way about January. This architectural-y, fringe-y, glamourous/dangerous thing is saying the same thing as the gorgeous (to me, anyway) plastic blue dress at the Emmys. She's all "You better know what you're buying. I'm nobody's traditional blonde". It's absolutely satisfying to watch her use her face and body and voice. I don't remember a word of her conversation with Seacrest and neither does she – because her work was done as soon as she climbed on the carpet.
Moss, on the other hand, still doesn't know what she's selling. She knows a lot more than a couple of years ago, where she was so austere and formal and taffeta. She's fresh from a divorce, and unlike poor Eva Longoria, she knows she has to look like she's having the Time! Of ! Her Life! (PS, She kind of probably is, I mean, do you really think Fred Armisen would be the most fun ever?)
But the dress doesn't know what it's selling. It's green and glamorous, like lots of other gowns tonight, but it's not the sexiest or the most dramatic, and she's kind of wearing it…casually, for lack of a better word, and if I didn't know better, I'd say she's actually imitating Jones' unbrushed hair from the Emmys.
I don't know why I get such a high school vibe from these two. Moss is (I think it's clear) the more talented and the one who's going real places. Yet there's a bit of silent envy there, somehow. And obviously this is partly projection, because I don't think anyone's ever even seen Moss talk to Jones offscreen, but something tells me they won't be giggling in and out of each other's trailers, either.
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Since 1967, PAWS has united more than 130,000 companion animals with loving families, cared for 115,000 injured and orphaned wild animals, and made the world a better place for countless others through advocacy and education.
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- The importance of ending companion animal overpopulation.
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- The trust that the public places in us with regard to animal care and the management of our resources.
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- People and animals are well-served when everyone gives thoughtful consideration to how their attitudes, actions, and behaviors impact the animals with whom we share the earth.
- Public outreach and education efforts are most effective when presented using legal and non-confrontational methods. PAWS advocates for animals by leading issue campaigns, working with elected officials, proposing animal-friendly legislation, and providing education to the public; and through the compassionate and appropriate way we treat the animals in our care.
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Research led by Museum scientists shows that ammonites, an extinct type of shelled mollusk that's closely related to modern-day nautiluses and squids, made homes in the unique environments surrounding methane seeps in the seaway that once covered America's Great Plains. The findings, recently published in the journal Geology, provide new insights into the mode of life and habitat of these ancient animals.
In the Black Hills region of South Dakota, researchers are investigating a 74-million-year-old mound of fossilized material where methane-rich fluids once migrated through the sediments onto the sea floor. When the face of this cliff recently slumped off, a wide variety of bivalves, sponges, corals, fish, crinoids, and, as recently documented, ammonites, were revealed.
Studying these well-preserved shells, the researchers tried to determine the role of ammonites in the unique seep ecosystem. By analyzing the abundance of isotopes (alternative forms) of carbon, oxygen, and strontium, the group made a surprising discovery. The ammonites at the seep, once thought to be transient, had spent their whole lives there. The seeps also likely attracted large clusters of plankton, the ammonites' preferred prey.
"Ammonites are generally considered mobile animals, freely coming and going," said Neil Landman, lead author of the Geology paper and a curator in the Division of Paleontology at the Museum. "That's a characteristic that really distinguishes them from other mollusks that sit on the sea floor. But to my astonishment, our analysis showed that these ammonites, while mobile, seemed to have lived their whole life at a seep, forming an integral part of an interwoven community."
With these findings in mind, the researchers think that the methane seeps probably played a role in the evolution of ammonites and other faunal elements in the Western Interior Seaway. The seeps might have formed small mounds that rose above the oxygen-poor sea floor, creating mini oases in a less-hospitable setting. This could be a reason why ammonites were able to inhabit the seaway over millions of years in spite of occasional environmental disturbances.
For more information on this study, see the Museum's press release.


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Doumbek, Darbuka Lovers / Re: Metal dumbek's goat skin head replace !« on: November 07, 2017, 09:41:21 AM »
The old heads were stretched over a metal ring and then held in place and tightened by the top hoop and bolts to the lower hoop. You need to remove every thing and get and save the "flesh ring" that the original skin was on. This metal hoop is VERY important. Soak that old held in a tub of water until it becomes limp and get that ring.Check the bearing edge on the drum to make certain that it is smooth and there are no breaks or sharp edges. If there are then use some emory cloth and smooth them. Also check the hoops and make certain that they don't have any sharp edges or raised sharp bumps on them, if there are, then smooth them also. It is these sharp edges that can lead to a head failing. Purchase another goatskin that is at least 6 inches larger in diameter than the ring and soak it in a tub of water until it becomes quite limp. Place this very limp, wet and pliable new goat skin over the drum shell and then put that very important ring that you saved over it and pull the excess skin up all around so that you are capturing that ring in the new skin. replace the top hoop (the one with the bolts in it and allow the excess skin to be wedged between the bearing edge of the drum and the hoop and replace the hardware. You want to keep pulling on the excess skin until the flesh ring is almost level with the
e top of the bearing edge and tighten all of the bolts so that the skin is securely sandwiched in place and everything is very high on the drum. Pull the excess skin hard enough that there aren't any wrinkles and ripples in the drum head but don't tighten to tune anything at this point. The skin is wet and hasn't tightened yet and is very fragile at this point. Don't trim any of the excess skin at this point and be patient. Allow the skin to dry Subito.it
thoroughly for a few days. (it takes a lot longer to thoroughly dry on the flesh ring, so even though it may seem dry to the touch on the head itself, it could still be very wet or damp on the flesh ring. This is where patience is very important . Let it dry.
Once dry, the skin will feel hard, but it will be terribly out of tune and real low. Now start cranking up the bolts going from side to the opposite side (like tightening lug nuts on a tire) and tap the head about an inch and a half in from the rim towards the center of the drum head until you get exactly the same note at each lug. Then once it is equal all around, in quarter turns of the tuning lugs tune it up to where you want it to be. Then very carefully, you can trim off all of the excess skin flush to the hoop (if you are using a sharp knife, don't cut towards the drum head but away from it towards the hoop , please be very careful here, you don't want to damage your new head. This is the best way to do it.


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Thursday, May 10, 2007
What came first, the Blue Jays or the misery?
In the bottom of the first, when Glaus gets caught napping off first, turning a bases loaded, one out situation into a quick end to the inning, you just had to feel like it wasn't going to go well from then on.
This is what happens to bad teams.
Nine losses. No closer. And no relief in sight.
We're wondering what sort of votes of confidence will be handed out tomorrow amongst the brain trust that put this team together.
5 comments:
- Jack said...
What's up with Roy? Something has to be hurting him, no? Those are two strange starts.
I remember ESPN's Buster Olney having a blog item about three weeks back about his mechanics being off, possibly to compensate for an injury.
- May 10, 2007 at 10:16 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
I was wondering if something was up with his armslot, and he's not getting enough movement on his pitches.
Then again, he seems to labour when he has to pitch out of the stretch for extended periods of time. And both of those big innings came with two outs.
Scary. Losing Ryan sucks...losing Halladay...there's not enough bourbon in Kentucky to make that go away.
- May 10, 2007 at 10:21 PM
- THE GREAT LAKES KNUCKLEBALLER said...
I read the Olney piece too, thinking, "naaah, things've gotta be OK. Roy knows what he's doing." Buster's usually on his game, though. I don't want to even think about something really being wrong with #36. If there was, you might see actual tears spill from a computer screen for the first time at firegibbons.blogspot.com.
Bourbon might be the only item on the menu this summer if this shite continues.
- May 10, 2007 at 10:34 PM
- THE GREAT LAKES KNUCKLEBALLER said...
you know I meant #32. too much wine tonight.
- May 10, 2007 at 11:30 PM
- Stinky Fingers said...
THE GREAT LAKES KNUCKLEBALLER said...
"too much wine tonight."
There's not enough beer in the world that could/would kill the nasty-ass taste in my mouth from this sorry swoon. Over the past several days...okay since Sunday...I've found myself wondering WWGD? What Would Gillick Do? We know the answer. Asscan Jimy, bring in Cito. Do it, JP and you'll be a freakin' saviour. Oh, and sign some freakin idiots who can gawdamn pitch.
- May 11, 2007 at 12:09 AM


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Helene von Nostitz, née Hindenburg (1878–1944), granddaughter of the German ambassador to Paris, met Rodin in 1900 at the Exposition Universelle. A very cultured young woman, knowledgeable about literature and music, she introduced the sculptor to her favourite writings. Thus began a very intellectual friendship.
The first bust of the countess was modelled in 1902.When she returned to Paris, in 1907, she posed for him again, this time for longer sittings. After the marble, carved in 1908, Rodin went back to the original bust and had a glass paste version of it made by Jean Cros, son of Henri Cros, who had developed this technique. Other busts or heads – Hanako , Rose Beuret and Camille Claudel – were also translated into this experimental medium.
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Following the liberal media's precedent at GOP conventions, CNN hit the Republican Party for being too extreme and intolerant on Monday morning. As NewsBusters reported Monday, the media have repeatedly lectured Republicans at the conventions for being too conservative and exclusive of women and minorities.
"Some Republicans worry that the Republican Party will come off even more conservative during – over the course of the next three days," warned anchor Carol Costello, framing the party's hypothetical rightward shift as a bad thing. Anchor Ashleigh Banfield questioned the party's "big tent" label.
Banfield interviewed an Alabama delegate over her efforts to allow for an exception for rape victims in the section of the party's platform that banned abortifacients. "If the Republican Party wants to be considered a 'big tent' party, how 'big tent' is it, given what you went through, and how do you feel now, post that discussion?" she pressed the delegate.
Costello quoted former "ultra conservative" Dan Quayle criticizing the GOP for sometimes being too exclusive. She also called Quayle "the Paul Ryan of his time." So is she thus branding Paul Ryan "ultra conservative"?
Costello also fueled the narrative of Republicans being anti-women. "But Congressman, the gender gap is humongous between Romney and Obama. Obama is on the winning side," she lectured former Congressman Tom Davis (R-Va.). Davis responded that "with men he's [Obama's] on the wrong side."
A transcript of the segments, which aired on August 27 on CNN Newsroom, is as follows:
[9:24 a.m. EDT]
CAROL COSTELLO: Some Republicans worry that the Republican Party will come off even more conservative during -- over the course of the next three days. I mean, even the former Republican Vice President Dan Quayle came out. You might call him the Paul Ryan of his time. I mean, he was Mr. Murphy Brown according to the Democrats.
He told The New York Times, this is from Dan Quayle, quote, "The philosophy you hear from time to time, which is unfortunate, is one of exclusion rather than inclusion."
"You have to be expanding the base, expanding the party, because compared to the Democratic Party, the Republican Party is a minority party."
This is coming from Dan Quayle, who in his heyday was considered ultra conservative.
TOM DAVIS, former congressman, (R-Va.): Right. I think the party's a pretty big party at this point. It's a coalition of people who are upset with the policies of the Obama administration --
COSTELLO: Yes, but that's not what the polls show, though.
DAVIS: It's a very – it's a very wide net. Now, you can talk about ethnically how it's made up. The Democrats basically aren't a party. It's one interest group stacked on another interest group.
COSTELLO: Women?
DAVIS: But the party has got pretty broad support. We have a lot of women. We have lot – women in Congress. We've got women committee chairmen. We have women.
COSTELLO: But Congressman, the gender gap is humongous between Romney and Obama. Obama is on the winning side.
DAVIS: It is. Well, with women he is. With men he's on the wrong side. And let's see how this ends up at the end of the day. Part of the Democratic narrative is to say the Republicans are somehow anti-women. I don't think so. Women have suffered more under the economic policies of this President than almost any other group.
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ASHLEIGH BANFIELD: And the reason we're talking to Jackie is she's the youngest person on the platform committee. She's a member of Alabama's delegation to that convention. And, Jackie, you actually had a part in forming that plank. You helped to draft the original part of that plank and, yet, you put your hand up and you said, hold on there. I think we're missing something. Can you tell me what it was you thought you were missing, why you put your hand up to say so, and how you were received when you did?
JACKIE CURTISS, Republican delegate from Alabama: Yeah, there was an amendment opposed – or, there was an amendment that was sponsored to ban – to have the FDA ban any drugs that could be considered abortive.
And, you know, I just – the language was really broad and, so, I just simply raised my hand and asked if that included the morning-after pill for rape victims and the answer I got kind of – it told me that it might and I wanted it to be very clear that it did not count the morning-after pill for rape victims and that we did have an exception there.
And when we voted the amendment, it passed, but we started a discussion about the exceptions and I think that's really important.
BANFIELD: So, just to be very clear, when we're talking about, you know, pills, abortive-style pills, there are the Plan B-style pills. There's the RU-486-style pills and, ultimately, the platform doesn't allow for any of these pills, correct?
CURTISS: It does -- it wants to have the FDA ban any pills that could be abortive.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:39 am
Post subject: 7886 The Batcycle: harley Quinn's Hammer Truck
Surprised this hasn't been reviewed yet oh well here goes.
In this set you get the obvious two vehicles: The Batcyle and Harley Quinn's Hammer Truck. I'll start off with the smaller of the two. The batcycle is essentially a mixture of brick and technic pieces. The outer portion for the Batcycle is essentially 4 technic pieces connected together to create a basic but still very nice frame. The inner workings where Batman sits erhm I mean stands is entirely brick built. The frame connects to the body by two
of these peices
. The connection is very sturdy. Overall this vehicle has some nice details. The front features something like engine headers (think that's what they're called) and on the rear there are two batwings. It's a more movie-esque vehicle, but still nice none the less. The bare technic holes on the side are a little annoying but can easily be remedied by a few 1/2 technic pins and a few plates/tiles. It does have flick fire missiles that really don't fire more then an inch or two. Thankfully though thy stay in nice and snug thanks to
Now onto the second vehicle of this set. Harley Quinn's truck to start of is rather wide and a pretty decent truck. It's more of a hummer made monster truck type of deal. Assembly is rather simple. There are a few technic pieces thrown in but they are hardly noticeable when fully assembled. Building this set is straightforward. There is a slight repetition in one or two of the instructions for the top body frame parts and for the tire assembly. It's nothing boring though. The main color scheme of this set is an alternating black and red deco that looks very nice. This vehicle like the Batcycle does feature flick fire missiles (which again don't fire very far) at the back of the truck. The main weapon though for Quinn's truck as the name would suggest is a large hammer. It's decent looking hammer that's mostly brown. A very nice detail is the sticker you apply to the actual hammer which says "Whack a Bat". A very nice little humurous detail much like the "push" button sticker located near Harley whilst she drives. The hammer is pretty fun to play with. It is attached to the main truck by way of a long technic rod that attaches to another technic rod which feeds to the back where round bricks act as the knob to turn. It has the ability thanks to this to whack obligatory objects or chasing Batman's on either side of the truck. Only problem is the hammer is very limited into how far away it can whack something. The reach is only about an inch away from the tires. This can easily be fixed though with a few additional parts.
Overall this set is quite nice. It has great play value thanks to Ms. Quinn's truck. This set retails at $34.99, but you can easily get it for $26 and under if you look around.
7 /10 This set has a decent set of parts, but nothing unique compared to other sets
10 /10 This set includes the much anticipated Harley Quinn figure as well as a Batman with a new styled suit.
7/10 There are some nice details on both vehicles, but this set loses out only because of the excessive amount of stickers
10 /10 Quite fun to play with, kids will have a lot of fun whacking Batman on the head.
Price to parts:
8/10 Nothing too special with this set since it's mostly basic parts with a few newer elements. Price to part is still decent.
10 /10 This set is available at many retail outlets.
9/10 Great set that I highly recommend. Nice minifigures and a nice set of vehicles to go with them
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Hey, great review of the set. I'm really hoping to get this for my birthday, but all the stores I've called here in Singapore say the set is "discontinued". Where might I find it, even online?
Ironic, huh.
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Jedd- try bricklink.com they have all kinds of sets on there. Batman sets are very hard to find nowadays. Anyways the review was great and has me wishing I got this set.
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Yeah I'd say bricklink is your best bet. I just checked amazon and cheapest they go is about $90 US. Whereas on BL you can get a new one for about $43 US and up.
You could try and wait it out and see if S&H re-stocks, but it's hard to say so soon after the holidays.
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Thanks guys. Anyway, I've located a guy in Singapore who's selling it on Ebay for approximately USD 40, now if only I can convince my Dad...
Ironic, huh.
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The Five Skills of the Quantum IT ProfessionalBy Charles Araujo | Posted 01-22-2013
The Five Skills of the Quantum IT Professional
By Charles Araujo
In 1992, General Motors and the United Auto Workers (UAW) set up about three dozen "skill centers" across the country to train auto workers in new skills. These workers were not displaced--at least not yet. The union and GM had negotiated this training because they saw the industry was changing and it would likely lead to fewer jobs and a lot of displaced workers. So they proactively established these training centers to prepare workers for what was to come.
Eventually, more than 100 of these skill centers were established and chartered to fill a gap. GM and the UAW recognized that autoworkers were going to need new skills to compete in an evolving economy. They realized that the very skills that had served the workers well--in some cases for more than 40 years--would no longer be sufficient in their rapidly changing industry.
We are in a similar situation in the IT industry today. The technical skills that have been in such great demand for IT professionals over the last 10 or 20 years are rapidly being devalued. As technology becomes commoditized, standardized and globalized, the technical skills that were in such short supply just a few years ago are now becoming marginalized. And like the auto industry a generation ago, IT professionals need to rapidly learn new skills to compete as the IT industry transitions to a new era.
New Skills For a New Age
Previously, I explored the forces driving fundamental changes to the IT business model. This is leading to what is being called the Quantum Age of IT--an era in which IT success and value is driven less by technology and more by relationships and interactions. We examined how this is leading IT organizations to develop five organizational traits to become learning organizations, disciplined organizations, transparent organizations, intimate organizations and, finally, dynamic organizations.
But these organizational traits can only be fueled by people. It is IT professionals who must come to embody these traits. To do so, a new set of skills is required. A set of skills that will help IT professionals reorient themselves toward the demands of this new age. These skills are:
• Financial management
• Critical thinking and analytical skills
• Marketing and communication
• Innovation and collaboration
• Leadership
These skills are often called "soft skills." But that term is a misnomer. They are actually much more difficult to acquire than technical skills and, in many cases, will come much less naturally to IT professionals. But successfully acquiring them will be the difference between irrelevance and thriving in the Quantum Age of IT.
The Five Skills of the Quantum IT Professional
The five skills of the quantum IT professional are aligned across a spectrum from more technical to more creative and from more concrete to more abstract. They do not necessarily build upon one another, nor are they arranged in a hierarchy, but this structure may help you organize the most effective approach to developing them. Whatever approach you take, what is important is that you develop them and apply them to what you do every day--and that you start now.
The Five Skills of the Quantum IT Professional
Financial Management Skills
The biggest challenge with financial management may not be the technical skill, per se, but simply being willing to care about it. There are really two parts to the skill of financial management. The first is the technical component, such as learning how to read financial statements and how to understand investments in terms of return on investment, net present value and similar measures. These are important and, thankfully, there are many ready sources of education to learn these basics.
The more challenging aspect to financial management, however, may be the understanding that in the Quantum Age, financial management will become one of the primary mechanisms used to manage the daily operations of an IT organization. For most elements of an enterprise, financials are at the center of all activities and decisions. This is not the case in most IT organizations. Financial management is the thing that must be done in order to get a project funded, but after that it is rarely discussed except at the uppermost levels of the IT organization.
To be a quantum IT professional you must take a different approach. You must learn the financial skills and then embed them into your operational management model. Whether you are an individual contributor or a part of senior management, financials must become one of the primary metrics and tools used to monitor and drive operational delivery of the IT organization.
Critical Thinking and Analytical Skills
Many IT professionals probably feel that they have all of the critical thinking and analytical skills they need. This may be true from a technical perspective. IT professionals are natural problem solvers and love to get to the bottom of technical challenges. The problem is that these same problem solving skills are often not applied to the disciplines of management, process and governance.
The heavy reliance on "best practices" and the sense that problems in these disciplines are less interesting to solve have left many IT organizations vulnerable to stagnation. On one hand, IT professionals tend to love change if that change comes wrapped in a new form of technology. But we are often very unwilling to change how we operate on a day-to-day basis. This is where critical thinking and analytical skills must be developed and applied.
It is rarely the lack of technical disciplines that cause frustration and service failures in IT organizations. It is almost always a lack of robust operating procedures, management disciplines and governance protocols that cause them. To thrive in this new age, quantum IT professionals will need to get comfortable with challenging the way things are done, to understand the business drivers behind operational delivery models, and creatively adopt, adapt and integrate effective industry practices to meet their specific needs.
Marketing and Communication Skills
IT professionals do not always like to admit it and probably wish it were not true, but we are always selling ourselves, our value and our services to our business customers. This has almost always been the case, but the mystique and "cloud of complexity" that have historically come with technology has created a buffer. But this has changed.
The Five Skills of the Quantum IT Professional
Our customers are more technology savvy than ever before and they rely on our technology solutions to enable and drive virtually every part of the business. Most importantly, they are often comparing and contrasting the services they receive from us with those that they receive on a personal level and with those services from new competitors who are selling directly to them. The challenge for them--and, more critically, for us--is that we do not typically make it easy for them to compare the value they receive. While consumer technology firms and cloud providers are speaking "their language," most internal IT organizations continue to speak only in the "language of technology."
Quantum IT professionals will understand that to compete and thrive in the Quantum Age, they will need to speak in terms of service and value that the customer can understand. You will need to master the ability to understand how IT services produce business value, understand the various customer segments that you service, and to map your services against your competitors to identify both differentiators and areas in which you are simply not competitive. You will then need to learn the art of communicating that value message in terms that are both meaningful and consumable by your various customer constituencies. It is probably a lot more than you signed up for, but it is the reality of competing in the Quantum Age.
Innovation and Collaboration Skills
Technology is all about innovation, right? Collaboration is fueled by technology, isn't it? The irony is that while technology is one of the greatest engines of innovation and collaboration the world has ever seen, IT organizations are notoriously bad at both of these skills. This is mostly the result of the ever increasing complexity that exists within IT organizations. The level of technical discipline and domain expertise required to effectively manage our modern, complex technology architectures builds a set of inherent technology-driven silos that are difficult to overcome. From the outside looking in, most non-IT people think that we are just a bunch of interchangeable geeks. We know, however, that the reality is different. It can be very difficult to innovate and collaborate when we don't even speak the same "technology dialect" as the person in the next cube.
Innovation in the Quantum Age is no simple task. There will be no true innovation within a silo. Innovation will only come through collaborative efforts that rise up to the highest common denominator--the business problems that need solving. Innovation and collaboration is difficult when it is only allowed to exist at a technical level. But when it is elevated to the level of identifying the "Big Hairy Audacious Goals" that an entire team can rally around, then it is not only possible, but fun and engaging.
The skill that the Quantum IT professional must master is therefore not how to come up with better ideas. Instead, you must master the skills of clarity and inspiration. You must learn how to see the big problems that need fixing and then develop the ability to inspire others to see the opportunity with you--and their role in fixing them. It is this ability to clearly see the big problems and opportunities--those that will drive meaningful value--and then to "rally the troops" around solving them that will create a new era of innovation and collaboration for IT organizations.
The Five Skills of the Quantum IT Professional
Leadership Skills
The most abstract of the five skills of the IT professional is leadership. What is leadership? Let's start with what it is not. It is not managing people. While we all hope that our manager is also a leader to us, simply managing people does not make you a leader. Nor does the fact that you manage no one mean that is impossible for you to be a leader. In fact, some of the most impactful leaders in the world have been those who led when no one was compelled to follow.
In fact, that may be the very best definition of leadership you can use. Leadership is inspiring others to act because they believe in your vision. If you look carefully, you will see that the building blocks of leadership are sprinkled throughout the other four skills. To lead, you must have a vision--a goal, an end state in mind. You cannot lead if you have no destination. You then must be able to inspire others to act on that vision. That requires communication, empathy skills and, yes, a bit of marketing.
But should everyone in IT become a leader? Does everyone in IT need leadership skills? Absolutely, positively, 100%, yes. If you think through the five organizational traits and think what it will take to realize them within your organization, you will quickly see that it will take countless acts of leadership at all levels of the organization to make them a reality. Leadership is about seeing a future that is better than it is today and leading the charge to realize it. It is the raw essence of the Quantum Age.
Thriving in the Quantum Age
The Quantum Age is upon us and for IT professionals it means that a lot is about to change. In the very near future, our organizations will look very different than they do today. The skills that we will need to compete and thrive are not the skills that we have been learning, honing and refining for all of these years. These new traits and skills may make us feel uncomfortable and lost for a time, but the Quantum Age is not an end, it is a beginning.
While change is always uncomfortable, this is a time of great hope and great opportunity for those IT professionals who are willing to grasp it. The impact of technology on business and on every aspect of our lives is going to grow exponentially. And while some elements of IT will become commoditized, there will be a vast need for those who can bridge the ever widening gap between the complexity of the technology and the value to be realized from harnessing it.
The greatest innovations are still yet to come. The full realization of IT's promise is about to come to fruition. It is an amazing time to be an IT professional--as long as you are willing to learn the skills you need to enter the Quantum Age.
About the Author
Charles Araujo is the founder and CEO of The IT Transformation Institute, which is dedicated to helping IT leaders transform their teams into customer-focused, value-driven learning organizations. He is the author of the book The Quantum Age of IT: Why Everything You Know About IT is About to Change, is presently at work on two new books. Araujo is also the creator of DeepRoots, an organizational change methodology designed for IT teams. He frequently speaks and writes on a wide range of subjects related to his vision of the future of IT.