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The 355ci Small-Block In Jeff Blitz's '66 Nova Has Valvetrain Issues. We're Gonna Fix It.
Hot Rod To The Rescue
The Original Combo
Jeff Blitz purchased his '66 Chevy II Nova four years ago, complete with a carbureted 10.5:1 355ci small-block Chevy, a TH350 automatic with a 3,000-rpm stall-speed converter, a 3.55:1 12-bolt rearend, and a manual front disc-brake conversion. Although built up using a factory roller-cam–style block, as received the engine ran a hydraulic flat-tappet cam and GM Vortec cylinder heads modified for close-tolerance pushrod guideplates and cut-down valveguide bosses compatible with high-lift cams.
The Problem
Blitz was continuously plagued by noisy lifters. "They tick at all times," explained a frustrated Blitz. "It's very slight during cold-start, but after it's fully warmed up there's a large and audible ticking. Only some of the lifters tick, generally on the driver-side bank." A rocker-stud on the driver-side bank also broke.
The Modified Combo
Initially, Blitz tried to resolve the issues himself and gain some power at the same time via a cam and head swap. He replaced the flat-tappet cam with a healthy Lunati hydraulic roller cam (Cam Specs chart, page 130). The roller-cam–style block accepted affordable GM production roller lifters retained by the factory spider. Aluminum, early production, Air Flow Research (AFR), 190cc intake-runner heads purchased from a friend were reconditioned by a local shop with a new valve job, valve guides, valve seals, and hydraulic roller-cam–compatible valvesprings. The heads already had large (7/16-inch threads top and bottom) rocker studs, but were missing guideplates, so the shop installed guideplates it claimed would work on the AFR heads. New 5/16-inch-od hardened pushrods of the right length for the roller cam block with factory roller lifters plus Scorpion 1.6:1 roller-rockers completed the upgraded valvetrain.
Although the engine definitely ran stronger, Blitz still had the same complaint. The new lifters still ticked. Rocker-arm studs still failed randomly. "One stud broke near the top where the nut hits the rocker under normal, freeway-cruise speeds — 70–75 mph — with no warning on the way to work," complained a still-frustrated Blitz. "I'd like to go cruising with my 2½-year-old triplet girls, but it's got to the point I'm afraid to drive the car."
The Shop
HOT ROD couldn't bear to see daddy's little gals disappointed, so we sent Blitz to Motor City Speed. Founded by veteran LS engine builder Billy Briggs, the shop is located just northwest of Detroit and routinely builds everything from naturally aspirated, 500hp, streetable LS engines all the way up to 3,000hp single-turbo drag LS V8 world-record-holding drivetrains. Yes, we said "drivetrains," because Motor City can build and tune complete integrated cars and drivetrains. Although its bread-and-butter work is on late-model LS high-tech wonders, Motor City's more than capable of working on an old-school, carbureted, Gen I small-block like Blitz's car. It's kind of like bringing a bazooka to a knife fight, but we knew the car would be fixed right the first time.
The Diagnosis
To initially rule out any serious internal short-block issues, Motor City first drove the Nova around the block at low speeds and then let the engine idle for a while to make sure no cylinders had lost compression due to a bent or leaking valve or a lifted piston ring land. It ran pretty well and sounded good. "It was smooth, with no spitting or popping. However, the average guy would probably want to run a compression or cylinder leak-down test," Briggs explained. Blitz had dodged a serious bullet; fortunately, the broken studs hadn't bent any valves or damaged a piston.
The next step was to pop the valve covers and check-out the valvetrain. Inspection revealed pushrod guideplate slots ground-out for clearance. A good rule of thumb is that with close-tolerance guideplates, there should be about 0.008–0.010-inch clearance between the pushrod and the slot in the guideplate. In this case, clearance was as much as 0.125 inch — not good for valvetrain stability.
The Nova was also using no-name, poor-quality, offshore rocker arm studs. They might have eventually failed even without the sloppy guideplates, but in this case they certainly couldn't withstand the added side loads. Briggs explains, "A lot of people look at fasteners as a 'whatever' purchase — they think it doesn't really matter where they come from; they are all the same. Well, that's just not true. The studs in this engine were just not good enough for a performance application. Throw on top of that pushrods flapping around in the breeze and you can understand why the studs were breaking."
Luckily, the rest of the upper valvetrain was OK. The rocker arms exhibited no signs of binding, brinelling, cracking, or general distress; the pushrods weren't bent; the valvesprings weren't into coil bind; and the retainers weren't hitting the seals or guides.
A slight audible ticking sound is normal with hydraulic roller lifters — but it's all in the eye of the beholder. Although Blitz found the perceived noise annoying, Motor City's hands-on inspection didn't find anything particularly wrong with the stock lifters. Blitz's noise complaint may just have been caused by the pushrods or guideplate moving around. On the other hand, excessive lifter noise can be indicative of more serious problems — so it's not something to take lightly. Stock hydraulic roller lifters may not be up to the job with cams that have higher lift and more duration than the mild cams they were originally designed for. OE GM lifters have lots of lifter plunger-travel, and their bleed-down rates can vary widely between different lifters because of the mass-produced units' production tolerances. If the lifters bleed down too quickly, they can't compensate for lash when the lifter plungers return on the lobes' downside past peak lobe lift — hence the lifter noise. Long-term, this will accelerate wear. If the vehicle consistently sees high rpm, such valvetrain separation can result in increasingly severe valvetrain problems (for a detailed discussion of this issue, see Pit Stop, Nov. '13, "Roller-Lifter Noise").
The Fix: Lifters
To fail-safe the lifter issue, the stockers were replaced with a set of premium Lunati short-travel tie-bar lifters that are manufactured to tighter tolerances than the stockers. This solved Blitz's perceived noise problem while also enhancing high-rpm stability.
The Fix: Valvetrain
The centerline distances between each intake and exhaust rocker arm stud pair as well as the pushrod slots on a single-piece guideplate must be correct for the cylinder head. Obviously, Blitz had the wrong guideplates for his early AFR heads. Although one-piece guideplates aren't currently available for its early heads, AFR was able to supply a set of universal adjustable "scissor-style" interlocking plates. It also sent a set of premium rocker arm studs, which — like all AFR threaded fasteners — are made in America by ARP.
By pure chance, the distance between the lifter plunger and roller wheel turned out to be the same for both the GM and Lunati lifters, so no pushrod-length changes were needed. Motor City was then able to move on and properly set up the interlocking guideplates, ensuring the rocker arms' roller tips were centered over the valve stems without putting the pushrods into bind. Briggs says "some old-school people used to tack-weld the two halves together once they were properly adjusted and tightened down, but this ruins the heat-treat and will cause cracks at the weld. Once the studs are torqued, the interlocking plates aren't moving."
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The engine sounded healthy when it was fired up, but the Motor City Speed guys felt they needed to run the engine hard to know they solved the problem. First Motor City qualified the repaired Nova on its sophisticated Mustang Eddy-Current all-wheel-drive (AWD) chassis dyno that's capable of handling more than 2,000 rwhp. With no fine-tuning, a reading of 273 hp was recorded at the rear wheels, using the conservative SAE J1349 "Net" correction factor, the same method Detroit uses to rate its late-model engines. Typically, "Net" ratings are about 4 percent down from the common J607 factor used by most hot rod dynos. Figure another 18 to 20 percent loss through the old-school loose converter, TH350 trans, and 12-bolt ring-and-pinion, and you're looking at around 340 hp or so at the flywheel. Briggs feels the Nova is being held back by a mismatched converter/cam/cylinder-head combo: "Blitz could easily pick up 75 rwhp with the right parts. The current cam is too small for the AFR heads. He needs a cam with 0.050-inch duration in the high 230s to low 240s. With the larger cam, he should replace his current 650-cfm carb with a larger carb and move up from the current Edelbrock Air Gap dual-plane intake to a single-plane Victor Jr. Those upgrades will better match the characteristics of Blitz's 3,000-stall converter, which is too loose for the current setup." Welcome to the upgrade treadmill!
After torturing the engine on the dyno, Motor City extensively drove the car under real-world Street conditions. No further issues were found. Subsequently, owner Blitz confirmed that "although I'm kinda disappointed on what it pulled on the dyno, the car runs great — better than it ever has. I'm driving the car regularly again — not just cruising, but jamming through the gears — and there's been no problems at all."
Lessons Learned
Be sure to get the right parts for your combination. If things don't seem to fit right, find out why before getting out the hammer (or a grinder). Don't skimp on quality parts, especially when it comes to often-overlooked (until they fail) fasteners.
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Grains finished mixed again with more corn and soybean spreading. March corn finished 5 ½ cents higher at $6.11 ½, March wheat up 4 ¾ cents at $6.10 ½, and March soybeans down 10 at $11.87.
We started the day session with stronger than expected export sales for corn, soybeans, and wheat. Initially the market opened weaker despite these strong sales. The early weakness was likely caused by another break below $100 in crude oil and unfavorable outside markets. By the end of the day corn and wheat managed to finish higher. Cash bids for corn continue to come in strong and have helped push the front month corn markets higher. An increase in estimated corn acreage from Informa didn't help the price of new crop corn.
Here are the following results from the Weekly Export Sales:
1/20/2012 Estimated Range
Corn 759,900 MTs 550,000 MTs - 750,000 MTs
Wheat 584,200 MTs 350,000 MTs - 450,000 MTs
Soybeans 991,100 MTs 550,000 MTs - 750,000 MTs
Placements: 94% as expected
Marketings: 98%, the estimate was 97%
On Feed: 103% the estimate was 104%
The CFTC's Commitment of Traders report was also out today. The "managed money" increased their net short position in Chicago wheat by 13,827 contracts. They also decreased their net long position in corn by a whopping 47,443 contracts and lowered their net long soybean position by 11,068 contracts. They were obviously caught long for the report and were exiting positions/and or getting short.
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As the saying goes, the only constant is change.
And change there has been — and quickly, too.
In Nova Scotia, Opposition Leader Jamie Baillie was out of a job on Wednesday after an investigation into complaints made by a female staffer in his office about inappropriate behaviour.
In Ontario, Opposition Leader Patrick Brown left the same day, after CTV revealed complaints about his behaviour involving two young women, complaints dating back to when he was a member of Parliament.
Then, it was federal Sports Minister Kent Hehr — removed as a minister by the prime minister after complaints about inappropriate sexual remarks allegedly made when he was an Alberta MLA surfaced on Twitter.
A CTV news anchor, Paul Bliss, was suspended Friday after a blog post by a former network employee revealed — without identifying Bliss by name — that she had been sexually harassed by a fellow CTV employee. She wrote the blog post after seeing the man she says harassed her posting on Twitter about Patrick Brown's political downfall.
Then, Ontario PC Party president Rick Dykstra resigned over the weekend, two hours after being contacted by Maclean's magazine about allegations that he sexually assaulted a Conservative staffer at a party in 2014 — despite knowing about the allegations, the Conservatives let Dysktra run under the Tory banner in the 2015 federal election.
By the time you read this, there may well be more.
If there haven't been more by then, there almost certainly will be more in the next few days or weeks.
First, because the team nature of politics, the culture of drinking and, dare we say it, the personality traits of many successful male politicians literally make opportunities for abusive behaviour.
Second, because voices that have been stilled in the past — individual, often young, women trying to make themselves heard over the grinding wheels of the respective political machines — finally have the public ear.
Look at the dates on some of these complaints; some haven't been properly dealt with in over a decade. That means there is potentially a backlog of improperly handled, or even unreported, harassment stretching back for years.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:52 pm
Post subject: Do you prefer the AAT in sand-brown or blue?
I prefer the original AAT. wish lego would bring it back.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:03 pm
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The original has always been one of the reasons I like TPM. The droids were amazing bad guys in THAT film. The new one represents the stupid droids and thus isn't as good.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:11 pm
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i have the old aat and the new one is shipping to me at the minute, but i prefer the classic brown/cream/beige colour scheme
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:12 pm
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I like the original FAR better (yes i have it). I'm not even buying the new one.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:29 pm
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I like the original one if for no other reason that it was reasonably priced.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:18 pm
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I happen to have neither. However, when I saw CW, I said "What the heck, why didn't they keep brown?"
So brown all the way.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:36 pm
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The old one rocks so hard: printed pieces, tan/brown pieces, tan droids, awsome and simple design. Yes, it is a little skimpy compared to the new one, and I admit I completely love the new one's design, but, I'm all to easily disgusted with the new CIS color scheme. Ecchh!
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:05 pm
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Master Fetty wrote:
The original has always been one of the reasons I like TPM. The droids were amazing bad guys in THAT film. The new one represents the stupid droids and thus isn't as good.
That's actually a good point; the droids are so stupid that:
A. They need either SBDs or Droidekas to be deadly.
B. They need a big souped up tank to be deadly.
To define B, I mean that the AAT's deadliness is increased to make the droids more dangerous while escaping their stupidity.
However, I think the old one would look better modified with new parts.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:37 pm
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If only the new one came in tan...
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Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:02 pm
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I must say that I definately prefer the tan version; in fact I think it's one of the best Phantom Menace sets produced. It holds up just fine with all of the 2007 redesigns. Love it!
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:14 pm
Post subject: Re: Do you prefer the AAT in sand-brown or blue?
SilverSurfer wrote:
I prefer the original AAT. wish lego would bring it back.
The new one is an improvement on the design, but I prefer the TPM color scheme.
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:32 pm
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I prefer the new AAT. I don't own it (yet), but I did have the old one, and I surely do not regret selling it a few years ago. It really did not have much an interior, and like most LEGO Star Wars sets at the time, was rather crude in design (i.e. dangling gun cannons). I always had a feeling Star Wars sets could be much better designed (I was validated when 2002 rolled around). The only thing that stops me from getting the AAT now is, of course, the price. I'll await a sale.
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Location: Los Angeles, California
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:42 pm
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I really think that the tan and brown look better on the old AAT, but I don't own either, so my judgement comes from just looking at pictures. Sure, the design of the new AAT is nice, and so are the minfigs, but $50 just for that? Come on!
I think that more people would like the new AAT if it were priced around $30. When i first saw pictures of the new AAT, i estimated a $30 price for the set. However, it turns out that I was WAYYYYYY off.
Now, if the set was $30, I might actually say I like the new one more, but at the current price, it's a rip IMO. But LEGO can't make a tan and brown AAT and call it a clone wars set, because the one in the movie was blue.
Let's just hope that TLC will release ep1 sets in the future and hope there's an original TPM AAT set.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:45 pm
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Frankly I don't have much of a preference, but like Master Fetty I'm a little annoyed by the stupidity of the new battle droids which is slightly represented by the new blueness of the AAT.
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TK-425 wrote:
I happen to have neither. However, when I saw CW, I said "What the heck, why didn't they keep brown?"
So brown all the way.
The original AAT belonged to the Trade Federation, and was brown by their choice. When the Trade Federation joined the CIS Separatists, they changed the color on most weapons/tanks to the blue color scheme (such as dwarf spider droids).
I'm actually not sure which I like better. The original is skimpy in design but a classic, and has the tan coloring (thus making it the canon version). However, the new one has a good parts-to-price ratio, comes with a new Yoda (which is far better than the old one), a clone, 2 droids that are identical to the ones in the old set (minus the blasters), and 3 super-pimped out rocket launcher battle droids. Plus the tank is beefier and more detailed, plus I just like the blue color scheme.
*NOTE:* The old AAT actually had a good parts-to-price ratio too, because it was 100-something pieces for $19.99 (USD). I always forget that because on Ebay and Amazon the prices for the old one are rediculous.
I could go either way on which I prefer.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:06 pm
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I preffer the colour scheme of the old classic one. But I like the shape/design of the new one new better.
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Location: New England
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:16 pm
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DestructiveDelirium wrote:
I preffer the colour scheme of the old classic one. But I like the shape/design of the new one new better.
Same here. Though I own neither, so I guess the point is moot.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:35 pm
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All in all, I don't have any AAT.
The new one is fine by me, despite its color. I just want an AAT.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:51 pm
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I don't have either set but I prefer my AAT in tan but I also like the new design. I might pick up the new AAT at some point though.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:40 pm
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I like the blue. I don't know, I guess it just seems "fresh" and I like the change-up. Couple that with the fact that the new designs is better IMO, and I'm really liking this model.
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Location: Australia
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:46 pm
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I'm really not sure about it.
i mean the Tan colour looked wicked in TPM, but thats all it suited, if we had a clone wars MTT for comparrison in the show it'd be interesting to see if that was brown or if they changed that too....but the other comparrison is the vulture droids....
the blue, signifies the confederate army, not just the trade federation....so im not really sure that a tan tank would look right amongst all the blue stuff...
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:06 am
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I think the original tan design is better in all respects (coloration and design). Though the new one is sleeker, it has ridiculous proportions, especially the gargantuan side-arm blaster cannons. I'm not particularly excited about the new minifigs, either (not ready to condemn the new Yoda, but I don't think he's an improvement over the old one).
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Location: UK
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:08 am
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I like them both ... because they both relatively accurately depict the vehicle as seen in two different forms of showing the star wars saga.
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Location: Victorville, California
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:23 pm
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I like them both and will most likely display them side by side. I like to see different variations on the same vehicles and minifigs. I know people here tend to want things to stay similar, but I just find that boring.
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:53 am
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For me it's the same...
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Location: Naples, Florida
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:15 pm
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Are the major blue parts from the new set available in brown or tan?
My current
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:17 am
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I do own the old version, but I don't own the new version (as I think the price is ridiculously too high, especially in CND).
But like others have mentioned, even though the design looks better, the proportions of the new one are just WAY off. And I too think that all of the Trade Federation equipment looked way better in tan and brown.
So, for me, the old one is the winner.
Oh, and BTW, that new Yoda looks ridiculous. Seriously.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:42 pm
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Sure the new one is nice and spiffy, and it's got cool pieces and colors, but the old one holds higher sentimental value for me. The original colorschemes of the droid army were much better looking, in fact if their space fleets would have retained these colors they would have been much more imperial looking as something of a foreshadowing to the next few movies. But the old one wins, all the way, because it represents a better time, when minifigs had yellow heads, and non creepy faces.
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:03 am
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The building/design of the second one is better and it has more minifigures.
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:45 pm
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Definitely original one.
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SCH's Thomas expressed similar sentiments, saying "Our freshmen have been playing very well and confidently, and they really don't look like freshmen out there. I'm also impressed on defense with Gianna Pownall, who is a senior but who never picked up a lacrosse stick until a few weeks ago. She has really been able to apply the defensive principles she knows from basketball [Pownall was a first team All-Inter-Ac selection) out on the lacrosse field."
Following the Mount encounter, SCH scrimmaged PIAA powerhouse Radnor High School. The Red Raiders are coached by Brooke Fritz, former head coach at the old Springside School. Visiting Radnor did not bring along all of its first-string players, which helped level the playing field for the Blue Devils.
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The depletion of our oceans is a textbook example of what happens when exploitation is given a green light long before the conservation and sustainability concerns have been addressed. A recent scientific study featured in The Guardian reveals that exploitation of the oceans has had more devastating effects than previously estimated. Human activities, such as excessive and destructive fishing, deep sea mining, oil and gas extraction and marine litter, coupled with the impacts of climate change, have had a profound effect on deep-sea habitats, resulting in biodiversity loss and the loss of goods and services provided by these ecosystems. The study also explains how human activities multiply the effect of a single activity on the oceans and tells us that ecosystems such as cold-water corals, canyons and seamount communities will be in even higher risk in the future.
It is sometimes hard to believe that while we have global (and many regional) agreements on how to carve up the exploitation of fish and mineral resources, there are still no rules when it comes to specifying the responsibility of states and industry on the conservation of marine biological diversity, on the establishment of no-take areas and the conduct of environmental impact assessments prior to exploitation. If you want to fish, drill or mine the global commons there is a place to go and a process to follow. But if you want to protect the commons, things get – conveniently - complex and vague. The result is that while 40% is needed to be set aside as no take marine reserves to let the oceans recover, less than 1% of the high seas is protected. The commitment of our governments to establish a network of marine protected areas in our oceans and seas expires in 2012 with very little to show for.
In May the UN biodiversity working group made a breakthrough after years of informal talk by agreeing to recommend to the UN General Assembly to kick-start a process in 2012 to fill these legal gaps. It is absolutely necessary that countries adopt a Biodiversity Agreement under the UN Law of the Sea Convention (the Oceans constitution) that will spell out the binding obligation and the tools to protect biodiversity in the high seas. It is promising that the G77 countries recently called for such agreement in a Ministerial Declaration. The EU countries have also been supportive. The few countries still in opposition include the US, Norway, Iceland and Russia.
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While I am here delivering the message of the crisis to our governments, my colleagues in Greenpeace are out there bearing witness and taking action to defend our oceans and deliver our Emergency Oceans Rescue Plan. Over the years Greenpeace has exposed the oceans plunder and has provided indisputable evidence of the devastating impacts on deep sea marine ecosystems.
Sofia is a senior policy advisor working on oceans policy for Greenpeace International and currently in New York, keeping a watchful eye on the UN meetings on Oceans law.
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Richard Williams, Head of Energy Policy at the Consumer Council said, "The cost of a 500 litre fill has dropped by almost half since prices peaked in February 2013. This decrease is good news for many consumers as home heating oil is used to heat the majority of homes in Northern Ireland.
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Patina Miller, Matthew James Thomas and More to Lead PIPPIN at A.R.T. - Full Cast Announced!
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) today announced that casting has been completed for its production of Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O. Hirson, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus. Previews begin at the Loeb Drama Center (64 Brattle Street, Cambridge) on December 5, with press opening on January 3, and running through January 20, 2013. Tickets will go on sale on October 23, the 40th Anniversary of the opening of Pippin on Broadway.
Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's beloved coming-of-age musical is directed by Diane Paulus with circus choreography by Gypsy Snider of the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main (also known as 7 Fingers) and choreography by Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse. Set design is by Tony Award-winning designer Scott Pask, costume design by Dominique Lemieux, lighting design by Tony Award-winning designer Kenneth Posner, and sound design by Tony winner and A.R.T. Resident Sound Designer Clive Goodwin. Orchestration is by Tony Award-winner Larry Hochman, Music Supervision by Nadia Di Giallonardo, and the Music Director is Charlie Alterman.
The cast is led by Matthew James Thomas as Pippin, with Erik Altemus as Lewis, Andrew Cekala as Theo, Charlotte d'Amboise as Fastrada, Rachel Bay Jones as Catherine, Terrence Mann as King Charles, Andrea Martin as Berthe, and Patina Miller as the Leading Player. Other members of the company include Gregory Arsenal, Stephanie Pope Caffey, Lolita Costet, Colin Cunliffe, Andrew Fitch, Orion Griffiths, Viktoria Grimmy, Olga Karmansky, Rachelle Rak, Phlip Rosenberg, Yannick Thomas, Molly Tynes, and Anthony Wayne.
Matthew James Thomas, Gregory Arsenal, Lolita Costet, Orion Griffiths, and Yannick Thomas are appearing with the permission of Actors' Equity Association. The A.R.T. gratefully acknowledges Actors' Equity Association for its assistance on this production.
Royal heir Pippin is spurred on by a mysterious group of performers to embark on a death-defying journey to find his "corner of the sky." The original production of Pippin, directed by Bob Fosse, premiered on Broadway in 1972. It won nine Tony Awards and four Drama Desk Awards, and ran for close to 2000 performances before closing in 1977. Pippin has become a staple of the American Musical cannon, noted for many memorable songs including Corner of the Sky, Magic To Do, l Guess I'll Miss The Man, Glory, No Time at All, Morning Glow, and Love Song.
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International Year of Astronomy 2009 and St Patrick's day
24 March 2009
Astronomy was the theme for St Patrick's day parades in all major cities of Ireland. In Dublin, this year's theme for the festival Parade was 'The Sky's the Limit!'. Over 675,000 people lined the Dublin streets and over six million were watching either live on RTE or through the internet. Thousands of performers and characters joined together in a carnival of dancing and music as they wowed on-lookers with uniquely commissioned original pageants accompanied by marching bands from Ireland and across the globe, with several pageants exploring the link between humanity, astronomy and space. The International Year of Astronomy 2009 was well branded along the length of the entire parade on billboards and in the pageants. In Downpatrick, the highlight of the festival was the famous St Patrick's Cross Community Carnival Parade, which for 2009 embraced the theme of 'The Sun, the Moon and the Stars'.
The Cork Parade, announced by Blackrock Castle Observatory in conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in all television, radio and press coverage, saw over 65,000 people celebrating the theme of 'Cosmic Chaos'. Schools, community groups, voluntary and sporting organizations, musical and circus companies joined in the revelries in a riot of colour and astronomical performance! Rockets, robots and radio telescopes vied for space with stars and planets, cosmic serpents, the elements, scientists and lots of little green men. Cork welcomed Professor Michael Redfern, School of Physics, NUI Galway and SPOC and Chair of the Irish committee for IYA2009 in attendance at the Cork St Patrick's Day Parade as Galileo Galilei.
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BanglaCricket's Shameran Abed once again brings you a BanglaCricket exclusive
report on the 2nd day's proceedings from Fenner's, Cambridge.
Bangladeshis vs. Brit. Unis: Second day review
by Shameran Abed
Published: 11th May, 2005
My report for the day unfortunately will lack any coverage of one of the most
dramatic events of the day; Ashraful's hundred and his dismissal. I
had arrived at the ground today at about a quarter past eleven, ruing the fact
that I had missed a quarter of an hour's play, only to find that the game had
been started early to make up for lost time.
Again the sun played games in the morning, showing itself in glimpses and the
first half of the morning session was more cloudy than sunny. However, the bowlers
did not do very much other than to bowl a more disciplined line than they did
for most of yesterday and our two batsmen, Omar and Rajin played very defensively.
It was boring cricket to say the least for the first hour of the morning (or
atleast the first hour I watched).
Javed Omar started slowly but continued from where he left off the night before
once he got his eye in again. It was very much a similar story to yesterday
with him being harsh on balls pitched up and comfortably defending anything
on the stumps. He did not look troubled at all in the morning, but played a
lazy shot to the left-armer to get out in the early afternoon. Pehaps one piece
of roast too many in his lunch.
Rajin Saleh's batting was similar to Nafees Iqbal's. He looked rusty and was
very tentative with his shots. He nudged a couple of singles but didnot really
look all that comfortable. I was hoping at the time that I would get an opportunity
to write that he started off poorly but played himself back into some sort of
form, but he played a bad shot to get out, hitting a ball outside off-stump
straight to the hands of the point fielder. It was too adventurous a shot for
someone who was not middling much at all and he should have had the sense to
stick around and get some decent batting practice out there. The opposition
will only get tougher from here on and this was his chance to spend a bit of
time out in the middle.
Khaled Mashud batted as he usually does, with a lot of purpose. He came out
and was immediately looking for the gaps so that he could run some singles and
his arrival to the crease jump-started the Bangladesh innings after a very pain-staking
partnership by Omar and Rajin. Mashud played reasonably well and will only get
better the more balls he faces in England. He keeps things simple, which is
rare among Bangladeshi batsmen and a useful quality for a batsman trying to
come to terms with English conditions. He was out playing a pull shot and having
the catch plucked up a few inches off the ground by the square leg fielder.
It really was not a bad shot - he just did not get on top of the ball enough
to get it down before it reached the fielder - rather a case of falling to a
fantastic bit of fielding.
Mohammed Rafique batted as he always does, having a go at anything that took
his fancy. He hit a couple of decent blows and then got caught by mid off while
trying to loft one down the ground. Not much to say here, we know Rafique and
what he is all about.
The revelation of the day, batting wise, was Mashrafee Mortaza. His batting
looked superb and without trying to sound overly dramatic, he actually looked
better as a batsman than some of our top order batsmen. He middled almost everything
and played a couple of cover drives for four that would have made any of our
top order batsmen proud. He played the seamers with ease both sides of the
wicket and really could have fooled the English spectators into thinking that
he is a top-order batsman. Perhaps his maiden FC century has boosted his confidence.
He got out trying to play a lofted drive off the left arm spinner when perhaps
forcing the pace was the instruction from the dressing room. Mashrafee's technique
is good and he obviously has an quick eye. If he continues working on his batting,
he can become a genuine all-rounder for Bangladesh.
Tapash Baisya played doggedly as he always does. Shahadat Hossain Rajib, on
the evidence of today, is very much a number eleven, out by playing on, off
the pads, to the left-arm spinner.
Overall, the batting was good without being dominant, apart from the periods
when Ashraful and later Mashrafe to a lesser extent were unleashing some top-notch
shots. The total that Bangladesh made was respectable, and I am reasonably happy
with it given that it is their first match of the tour and a couple of the guys
seriously looked out of touch. The major disappointments were Shahriar Nafees
and Rajin, as both gave their wickets away.
I would like to mention a few technical observations about the BD batting.
Firstly, I noticed that most of our players have a slightly open stance, even
when facing right arm over the wicket bowlers. I do not really understand why
this is and they would be better off in my opinion to get more side-on to the
right arm bowlers in swinging conditions. In any case, a lot of our batsmen
also do not bring the bats down straight, rather, with the slightly open stance,
the bat comes down from pointing towards gully and this in my view increases
the chance of getting edges to the slips. A bowler like Hoggard will surely
exploit this.
Secondly, and this might sound trivial to some, our batsmen seem to play with
sub-standard bats. Most of the time, there was a loud ugly thud that echoed
around the ground when the ball hit the middle of the bat, and when the ball
was not middled, it sounded like the bat is breaking in half. However, when
the Universities side came out to bat, there was plenty of the crisp clucking
sound that you expect when the ball hits the middle of the bat. Anyway, just
an observation. Picking up a few Gray-Nicholls sponsorships along with the couple
of county contracts that we are hoping for would not hurt.
Our bowlers came out to bowl in the mid-afternoon with the sun shining brightly
and no clouds overhead. The pitch and outfield had also dried out under the
pretty harsh afternoon sun. I should say at the outset that their bowlers definitely
got the better of the conditions.
Mashrafe started quite casually and sent down some pretty harmless overs during
which he ambled up to the crease and bowled without putting his back into it
much at all. In his first three or four overs, he did not bowl much quicker
than the Universities bowlers had, and this was slightly disappointing as I
had been waiting to watch him bowl upfront for a long time. However, he probably
did not want to push himself too hard, which given his injury history, is understandable.
Tapash at the other end struggled with both his run-up and his line. He was
bowling quicker than Mashrafe at this point but was no-balled quite a few times
and strayed on to the leg-side often, getting hit for four on each occasion.
He took his first wicket with the only ball in his first spell that he got right.
The ball pitched on off on a good length and moved away just a shade to take
the edge to Ashraful at second slip. He looked jubilant after he got the wicket
but his bowling deteriorated and he was quickly taken off the attack.
Enter Rajib, the man I had been waiting to see more than anyone else in this
match. I have to say, he did not disappoint. He is definitely very quick, probably
a tad quicker than Mashrafe. But more impressively, he is tall and uses his
height well. He comes off a very long and straight run-up and bowls with a high
arm action. He hit a good line almost from the get go today and bowled a pretty
quick and fiery first spell. The great thing about it was that watching Rajib
steam in seemed to ignite the fire in Mashrafe at the other end. As soon as
he had Rajib at the other end bowling quick and aggressively, Mashrafe too sent
down some very quick overs; creating all sorts of problems for the Universities
batsmen. This was by far the best passage of play for Bangladesh while they
bowled with both bowlers bowling with speed and accuracy. It was only right
therefore that both got wickets during this spell, both batsmen edging to the
Tapash bowled much better in his second spell when he was brought back from
the other end. His no-balls continued almost throughout the day but his line
and length were good and he deserved his second wicket, trapping the batsman
plumb in front. However, it was quite clear from watching him against the Universities
batsmen today that Tapash will have to be very disciplined in his line and length.
He neither has the pace nor the height to get away with loose deliveries, and
the batsmen took full advantage everytime he got it wrong.
last bowling spot for the England Tour
Rafique took a wicket in his first over when the batsman padded up to a straight
ball and was correctly judged LBW. However, he looked totally harmless thereafter.
The batsmen blocked him away for most of the evening and scored some runs as
well down the leg-side everytime he strayed. Strangely, he started off bowling
from over the wicket (round the wicket for him) and did that all evening. I
thought he should have bowled a couple of overs from his more usual round the
wicket position. But I suppose with the wicket taking very little spin, he felt
safer bowling from over. The 6th wicket partnership really seemed to have gotten
a measure of Rafique and played him quite easily, which is a little scary.
Mashrafee's second spell was very much like the way he started his first, completely
lacking in purpose. Again he ambled up and bowled and it did look like he was
more interested in trying to make his body go through the motions rather than
getting the batsmen out. I think he might have even had instructions not to
go all out, so I will not make much out of his bowling today. The three or four
overs in the middle when he bowled in tandem with Rajib proved what he is capable
Rajib's second spell was similar to his first in the sense that he really put
in a lot of effort and bowled with considerable pace. He also obtained some
impressive bounce off the otherwise harmless wicket. He did not appear to move
the ball much, but maintained a good line and length. He had a good shout for
LBW which the umpire turned down, but he definitely hurried the batsmen on several occasions.
The part-timer bowlers, Rajin and Ash, were completely ineffective.
The bowling overall was decent. Rajib was the most impressive because he put
in the most effort, obviously trying his best to get a place in the team for
the first Test. I wa s impressed with his attitude, as he kept running in and
banging the ball in, even late into his second spell when the wicket had completely
dried out and the two batsmen were batting quite well. He did his chances no
harm. Mashrafee is evidently easing himself into the tour and even without putting
in the effort, did not bowl too badly. Rafique bowled decently on a pitch that
did not offer him anything. Tapash was the weakest link and he will have to
bowl more consistently against better opposition.
The fielding was very good. The slips took all the catches and the ground fielding
was generally good. A couple of balls went through now and then, but that is
expected in the first game on tour and when the fielders are not about to give
their lives to stop the boundaries.
A good day's play I would say. It would have been perfect had we got another
wicket before the close of play. Hopefully, Mashrafe and Rajib will start off
the procedings tomorrow and get a few early breakthroughs so that we can get
this side out for about 250 before settling in for another long bat, perhaps
with Shahriar Nafis opening instead of Javed.
About the author(s): When Shameran Abed scored his first (and last) half century at the Nirman
Championships, those fortunate enough to watch him bat were soon locked in debate
about whether he was a future Lara or a future Tendulkar. Sadly, for all his
talent and early promise, he was never able to repeat his feat and was duly
dumped from his school side, which prompted him to take up coaching the girls
squad! This largely explains his crusade on the BanglaCricket forum against
all talentless performers, and his love for all talented underachievers, a
bunch with whom he can identify. He goes by the nick Sham and although he
was given the honorary title of BanglaCricket Advisor, most of his advice is
usually laughed at and then deleted so as not to waste space on our limited
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ROLLINSFORD — A public hearing was held at Rollinsford Grade School on Saturday morning to address the school budget for the fiscal year 2013-2014.
A proposal is in motion of negotiation between the school board and the budget committee.
The room brought a heated discussion of where certain cuts should remain or be eliminated all together. The public expressed their opinions and how certain town spending has affected their budget personally.
Many spoke on the children's behalf and asked the budget committee to take the education and dire needs of the school into consideration before any major cuts were contemplated.
"As a school board member, we try to keep a balance. We do have to start realizing we are spending too much money on the school's maintenance that should be put toward our students," said Paula Wooley.
The proposed expenditure change is 2.72 percent or about an increase of $141,414 compared to last year's budget, according to a draft of the Rollinsford School District proposed budget. Rollinsford School District does have contractual obligations; salaries make up 31.42 percent, benefits 15.05 percent, purchase services make up 50.91 percent, all of which adds up to 97.38 percent of the total proposed budget.
There was great concern for members of the budget committee for the cost of replacing the fire alarm system in the grade school. The Principal of Rollinsford Grade School, Kate Lucas, addressed the safety issue and extensively explained that the situation has been assessed and would be a top priority.
According to a draft of the warrant articles from Rollinsford School District, a first session of the Annual School District Meeting to hear explanation, discussion and debate will be held at the Rollinsford Grade School on Feb. 2, at 9 a.m. A second session will follow on March 12 vote by ballot to elect officers, to vote questions required by law to be on the official ballot, and to vote on all warrant articles from the first session. Polling hours for the March 12 sessions are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Rollinsford Town hall.


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