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Truth limps in long afterwards, hanging on the arms of time." -- Balthazar Gracian
Q&A with Michael RiveroThe following was a Q&A session in early 2012 between a student writing a paper on bloggers and blogging, and Michael Rivero.
Q: Biographical and educational history?
A: I was born in Boston, and was originally a farm kid from New Hampshire. My family moved to Los Angeles when I was 12. I had a brief stint as a child-actor, worked my way through college as a professional magician, then settled on astronomy as my career choice. I worked for NASA on Viking, Voyager, Apollo 12 (Post mission), and some other projects, then got hit in the post-Apollo aerospace depression. A friend of a friend of a friend who knew about my strange background of actor/magician/NASA image processing expert sent me over to this whole-in-the-wall cinder block place I had never heard of in Van Nuys called Industrial Light and Magic! Classic case of being in the right place at the right time and I spent the next few decades working in visual effects and computer animation. You can look up my name on the Internet Movie Database for some of my credits.
Q: What interested you in becoming a writer/ broadcaster, and activist?
A: I would love to tell you I felt a higher calling to get the truth out, yadda yadda yadda but the truth is it was entirely an accident. I had a small computer animation system in my home in North Hollywood in 1994 and I was working in there when the ABC feed coming into the video switcher started showing this photo leaked by the White House purportedly of the hand of White House Deputy Council Vincent Foster and the gun he supposedly committed suicide with. Now film fackery was what I was good at and the photo screamed "fake" to me, so I hit the frame capture and printed a hard copy which I took with me to this animation shop I was working at during the day. We shared the same building with CNN's Hollywood bureau, and lunch was at a sidewalk cafe next door. I still recall a bunch of the CNN people listening to me intently from the next table as I showed the picture and explained all the things that was wrong with it. Next thing I know I am fired without explanation and getting death threats over the phone on the middle of the night. My career evaporated before my very eyes despite a couple Emmy and Oscar nominations and a bunch of Cleo awards. My career ended as abruptly as that of Jean Seberg in the 1960s, destroyed by the FBI. So, my wife and I moved to Washington State, I worked overseas when I could, an otherwise worked to find out just who it was I had scared bad enough to blacklist me, and expanded my website. Eventually, a Japanese film offered me a job, since they did not care if the White House hated my guts and my wife and I moved to Hawaii where we lived to this very day. Since then I succeeded in working my way back into a film career and worked on "The Day After Tomorrow", "LOST", "Hawaii Five-0", and "Off The Map". At the same time I built up the political website, moved to our own servers, and was invited to do a talk radio show for GCN and then later RBN. While I was on "Off The Map" I decided the time had come to quit the film and TV business and focus 100% of my time on being a peace activist. So that brings us up to the present.
Q: Tell me about the site What Really Happened. When was it founded and why? What are the goals you hope to achieve?
A: I answered the origin question above (I think). The goal is simple. The US leaders have gotten into a huge financial mess, and history shows that governments that get into a mess use a global war to get out. Crash of 1907, WW1. Crash of 1929, WW2. Crash of 2008, WW3. Washington DC wants to solve this economic mess with another word war, and over and above opposing war on moral principles, my concern is that the US will lose this war! For the bankers who profit from wars, they do not care who is the victor. Both sides go into debt to fight the war and both sides go deeper into debt to rebuild from the war so the bankers do not care which sides wins or loses. As a side note, there were no world wars before the Federal Reserve came into being!
Q: What drives you - inspires you - to press on with the "good fight" in making sure that information reaches the public?
A: My personal motto is "Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem." I would like to say it is the Rivero family motto, but it isn't. The motto on our coat of arms is boring in the extreme. I got this one from a movie. But the translation is "What man is a man who does not make the world better", and I have a great resonance with this because I hold it as the highest moral principle that we leave to the next generation a better world than was left to us. Sadly, at this time in history, we are failing.
Q: In your opinion, what has happened (good or bad) the general news media over the years?
Q: Why are progressive freelance journalists/broadcasters important to the news media?
To keep them honest. More than a few times the TV networks are forced to cover a particular news story because the alternative news made it common knowledge.
A: The corporate media has been consolidated and brought under corporate control, to the point where there is no longer any real news, only advertising masking as news.
Q: Why are progressive freelance journalists/broadcasters important to the news media? To keep them honest. More than a few times the TV networks are forced to cover a particular news story because the alternative news made it common knowledge.
Q: Do you feel there are efforts to "quiet" this sector the media?
A: Yes. Both overt and covert. Plus a lot of planted silliness to "kookify" the blogs. Propagandists call the tactic "poisoning the well."
Q: Do you think most Americans merely accept what they hear from the corporate media?
A: Not as much as they used to. The lies about Saddam's nuclear weapons were the wakeup call.
Q: Has your readership/listeners increased, and if so, why do you feel this happening?
A: Our numbers for both the website and radio show are trending upward. People are very scared they are being driven in a direction that is not the best course of action for the American people as a whole, no matter how much Wall Street and Washington DC may profit from it. They know they are being lied to and they want to know the truth, even if it is to be found on blogs and radio shows operating on pennies.
Q: Have there been any efforts on the part of the government or pressures put on you to shut down the website/content because of the nature of the articles that the site publishes?
A: Yes. Killing my career was one, press smears another, death threats another, and there are constant cyber attacks on our servers.
Q: Do you feel there will come a time that censorship will become a problem?
A: It is already a problem or I would not be doing what I do.
Q: On what is happening in the country and world - What do you feel is the primary cause of the decline in the economy of the US?
A: This nation fought a revolution to be free of private central banks and debt-based currencies. Sadly, the people of the United States have been sold back into the slavery of private central banks three times by corrupt congresses and corrupt Presidents. most recently in 1913. But the bankers and indeed the government know that private central banks issuing the public currency as a loan at interest have a fatal design flaw which leads to eventual collapse of every nation thus enslaved. That is what is happening now in the nations under the control of the Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Central Bank, etc. The system always creates more debt than money with which to pay that debt. By design, debt always exceeds available money. It does not matter how hard the people work or what they sacrifice, the debt trap is permanent.
Q: What steps have to be taken to reverse this?
A: Only in systemic collapse or revolution is the trap destroyed.
Q: Why isn't Congress taking care of the "we the people" sector of the US (with the inclination to follow the whim and desires of lobbyists and corporations)?
A: Because We The People cannot out-bid the lobbyists and corporations.
Q: Is there any real difference in the Democrats and Republicans these days? Do most professional politicians belong to the same "club" of scoundrels?
A: There is a difference only in the small cosmetic details visible only during election years. Both the Republicans and the Democrats have long ago gone down the dark path towards fascism ... which is why anarchy is looking so attractive these days.
Q: How can Americans truly make a difference and will voting really matter (in the face of voter fraud, caging, and the possibility of electronic manipulation of votes)?
A: We are at the point where reforming the system is impossible because of the massive vote fraud taking place. To quote John F. Kennedy, those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. Sadly, we are about to prove how correct he was.
Q: How has Citizens United affected the process of elections?
A: In granting legal personhood including the right to freedom of expression to corporations, congress has elevated the fiction of a corporation above the status of citizens, who unlike corporations have limited lifespans and limited resources. Of course, it is silly to say corporations have freedom of expression when it is the corporate executives who use that legal fiction to exercise an influence on politics ordinary citizens cannot equal. I think Citizens United is a major enabler of the fascism taking root in this nation.
Q: I heard it stated that Obama wants to confiscate all the guns owned by private citizens. What do you think about this and how well will that go over in the US? What could the end-game on eliminating private ownership of guns?
A: Even Hitler's gun confiscation did not get all the guns, which is why the Jews were able to stage the Warsaw Ghetto revolt. America's cultural identify is firmly rooted in our right to keep and bear arms. I doubt the American people will surrender their firearms without a fight. But even if the guns are grabbed it does not matter because this revolution is being fought and will be won with keyboards.
Q: The NDAA - what is your opinion of this and how could that law play out when it comes to American citizens? Why would they pass such a law? Do you consider it constitutional? How could it affect freedom of speech and of the press?
A: Clearly it is not constitutional, and I think the real purpose was to scare the American people back into silence with the threat of arrest and indefinite detention without trial. It does not seem to have worked to quiet dissent.
Q: Do you think the troops in the military would actually participate in actions against American citizens - just follow orders to take up arms and aid in enforcing repressive policies against its own citizens?
A: No. I have spoken to a great many soldiers who assure their officers they will help in such actions, but only because it is clear that is what the officers wish to hear. Privately, most soldiers are strict constitutionalists, and most I think will side with the people as they did in Egypt.
Q: Do you think the states will adopt resolutions against the NDAA, since it obviously can render almost everything in the Constitution and Bill of Rights "null and void?"
A: They will adopt such resolutions (indeed have already started) but the Federal government will ignore them. The National Guard is supposed to be the states' armies, answerable to the governor, but Bush used the Los Angeles Rodney King Riots to Federalize the National Guard, thereby stripping the states of any ability to resist the Federal Government; the original intent of the Second Amendment.
Q: The US government calls this country a democracy. Is that still a fact, are we actually a democracy, or is that an illusion that most want to believe?
A: Technically, this is a Republic with democratically chosen leaders. Thomas Jefferson predicted it would only last 100 years before accumulated corruption required it to be torn down and replaced with something else. I foresee the next evolution of civil government as a small permanent body charged with caring for the infrastructure, but all major national decisions, like bailing out Wall Street or going to war, decided by direct popular vote. Obviously we need to have a truly accurate and honest digital election system, and a death penalty for election stealers to make it work.
Q: Nuclear energy - Do you think the people are being told the "truth and nothing but" when it comes to the safety of nuclear energy? Why would the government be hiring companies with proven "bad records of building, oversight, and manipulation of safety reports" to build more plants in this country? (I am from Texas and see who is in line to build the South Texas Plant)
A: No, I do not think people are told the true dangers of a great deal of things going on, as the Deepwater Horizon incident proved. The particular type of nuclear power used in the United States, uranium fission, is supported and favored by the US Government because it produces materials that can be used in weapons.
Q: What has to be done to make nuclear energy safe, if that is possible?
A: In a general sense, taking the key safety decisions away from the money-junkies is a good start. Beyond that, there are two technologies that hold a great deal of promise. The first is the Thorium Cycle reactor, much safer and with far less waste disposal problems that current reactors. This is an already established technology already in use in other parts of the world. A little more "blue sky" is hot fusion power, but the Chinese have already achieved breakeven with their first reactor. The US could easily have invested in both technologies had the government not borrowed and spent almost $100 trillion to save Wall Street from prison for the mortgage-backed securities fraud.
Q: What about the nuclear waste dumps? One of the largest nuclear waste dumps is in business in Andrews, Texas, sitting over one of the largest water aquifers in the United States. I have to wonder about their claims that it will not affect the water supply, and their claims of safety standards.
A: Obviously, people using that water should have radiation meters and test their water on a regular basis. If I recall correctly, that part of the state has a cap of post-Eocene rock which is probably the base of the aquifer. If the waste is disposed of below that level it is probably contained, but I would prefer to check for myself than take any official's word for it.
Q: Monsanto - why is the government allowing Monsanto to do what they are doing with the "seed control" factor?
A: Because if you control the food, you control the people.
Q: We are constantly reminded about the Holocaust. In truth, how different is the Holocaust from waging war all over the world, decimating civilian populations with unfounded wars, satuating areas with DU and creating zones of radiation that destroy the local populations (as well as doing injury to our own troops). Our government claims to be humanitarian...and yet...are we really a humanitarian nation?
A: At the end of WW2, the founders of Israel faced a major problem. The whole world had just united against the Nazis on the principle that one government did not have the right to simply take another peoples' lands for their own, and yet this is exactly what the Zionists wanted to do to Palestine. So they needed a propaganda device so powerful that the same people who had spent their gold and blood telling Hitler he could not steal Poland would allow Israel to steal Palestine. So, slave-labor camps became death camps, delousing showers became gas chambers, insecticide became poison gas, the incinerators built (after the war) to deal with contagious bodies of typhus victims became the ovens where people were burned alive, etc. Israel's entire justification for the theft of Palestine rests on that story of deliberate extermination, even though obviously, after the collapse of the Nazis, Germany was probably the safest place on Earth for them to live, certainly far safer than Palestine. As for our government, it is only humane when someone is looking.
Q: About the depleted uranium and its connection problems with the US troops health, how much of a factor is that? Why are the vets seemingly on the short end of health care once they return, both physically and mentally?
A: Because they are no longer useful to the war machine.
Q: Occupy Wall Street - How much of an affect have they had on the outcome of any policies, attitudes, etc?
A: The occupy movement has scared Wall Street and Washington DC. The worst disaster that could happen is for the rest of the world's investors to get the message that We The People will no longer pay for stupidity or criminality of Wall Street. That promise that the American taxpayer can always be made to cover investment losses in the US is what keeps that foreign money here. The occupy movement is sending a message that the US Government may not be able to keep that promise and foreign investment is starting to look for safer places.
Q: A lot of people want to think that the OWS activists are nothing but a bunch of losers with nothing else to do (that is the attitude in many of the ultra-conservative sectors in Texas). What professional sectors and concerned citizens have you seen that are a part of the movement, that would discount that notion?
A: The occupy movement includes all ages, genders, and professions. The only people not in the streets are those financial wizards who rely on the taxpayers' bailouts to keep operating, and of course they hate the occupy movement with a fierce passion.
Q: Will the government eventually put the movement to rest (or in jail)?
A: No. There are simply too many. With the spring thaw, Occupy will return. The US Government cannot use violence against occupy without discrediting its own justification for going into Syria, Libya, etc.
Q: Greg Palast wrote about the "vultures"? Who, in your opinion, are the vultures?" Can they be stopped?
A: I call them money addicts or money-junkies (a term I heard from Buffy Sainte-Marie). And like any other addict, they cannot stop themselves. They must be stopped. A revolution, is, after all, merely a money-junkie intervention.
Q: Do you think the "insider trading law" that was passed will really have an effect on what is going on in Washington?
A: No. What was going on is already illegal. That law was simply not enforced and neither will this one be. It's just election year decoration.
Q: What about the oil companies? They get away with doing so much destruction and yet, any fines or penalties are drop in the bucket compared to the profits they garner from sloppy and corrupt practices.
A: Same with the banking, pharmaceuticals, or any large corporation. The fines are just part of the cost of doing business and are passed along to the customers.
Q: Why do you think that anyone who questions the government or their "take"(propaganda, if you will) is labeled as un-American, a conspiracy theorist, or even as a terrorist?
A: Because the government can't actually answer the questions.
Q: Do you think that most of the American people are open to alternative theories (especially when faced with evidence), or had they rather stay in their cozy corner and stick their heads in the sand?
A: 18 years ago, when I first started this, most Americans stuck their heads in the sand. Today we are a sadder but wiser population who learned via Saddam's non-existent nuclear weapons that the US Government and the media do indeed lie to us. So, while there are still some Americans in denial, every day more and more Americans pull their heads out of the sand.
Q: What can Americans really do to make a difference? Is it too late or can all this be turned around?
A: I fear it is too late. With rampant vote fraud, Americans have been disconnected from their own government. It will take a total collapse of the system or a revolution to allow us to restart the nation in a form that will serve the people. Personally, I hope for the collapse.
Q: Why should all Americans wake up and become "activists?"
A: To avoid being slaves.
Q: Feel free to add thoughts that were not addressed in the questions.
A: If we do not choose to fight against the money-junkies now while we still can, we will soon have no choice but to fight for the money-junkies from now on!


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In a further sign that China shows no signs of loosening up on political dissent, a Beijing court Sunday sentenced one of the country's most prominent human rights activists to four years in prison.
Xu Zhiyong, a lawyer and leader of China's New Citizens movement, was convicted in Beijing Intermediate People's Court 1 of "creating a public disturbance" in connection with a peaceful rally last year that sought better education access for children of migrant workers.
Human rights advocates say the prosecution had nothing to do with that public protest but was aimed at muzzling a budding political reform movement that had pressed for public disclosure of the wealth of Chinese Communist Party officials, a sensitive issue among the China's ruling elite.
"This is a shameful but sadly predictable verdict," Roseann Rife, Amnesty International's East Asia research director, said in a statement. "The Chinese authorities have once again opted for the rule of fear over the rule of law."
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The U.S. Embassy in China also expressed concern about Xu's conviction. Previously, Ambassador Gary Locke had questioned if the prosecutions of Xu and "other good-governance advocates are retribution for their public campaigns to expose official corruption and for the peaceful expression of their views."
Xu, 40, had expected that he would be convicted and refused to mount a defense in protest of how the court carried out the trial. He did, however, attempt to read a statement at the end of the trial, which was later made public as a 6,000-plus-word manifesto that's been widely distributed outside of China.
"When hopes of reform are dashed, people will rise up and seek revolution," Xu said in his statement. "Peaceful transition to democracy and constitutionalism is the only path the Chinese nation has to a beautiful future."
Xu's conviction comes just a day after Chinese authorities accused a leading Uighur economist, Ilham Tohti of promoting "separatism" in his home province of Xinjiang. The province, located in the far western frontier of China, has been the site of regular clashes between Chinese police and settlers and Uighurs, the Turkic-speaking Muslim minority.
Beijing authorities have held Tohti in an undisclosed location since he was escorted from his apartment on the campus of Minzu University of China on Jan. 15.
Tohti's supporters say he has done nothing more than advocate on behalf of his people and now is likely to be sent to prison for many years under the heavy-handed charge of separatism. "This is the latest of a series of arbitrary detentions, harassments and reprisals going back for years to which Professor Tohti has been subjected," the Munich-based World Uighur Congress said in a recent statement.
In Xu's case, he could have been sentenced for up to five years, but only received four, for reasons unexplained by the court.

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Bertrand apologises for tweets
Chelsea's Ryan Bertrand has been forced to apologise after using an expletive on Twitter to condemn reports he had pulled out of England's World Cup qualifier with San Marino with a "sore throat".
The FA's official description of the illness that has prevented Bertrand from training since Monday was clearly viewed as an insufficient explanation of his condition.
"Just to clarify.... Its not a "sore throat" Im ill. swollen glands in my neck... And constant headache for 3 days now and freezin cold," Bertrand explained on Twitter. "Do you think a "sorethroat" could stop me being apart of a match for my club or country? #yourf******nuts this is what every boy dreams of."
Coming less than a week after club colleague Ashley Cole landed himself in hot water with his own Twitter rant, and two days after FA chairman David Bernstein confirmed the England squad had been spoken to about a new code of conduct that will be in place for next month's friendly with Sweden, the timing of Bertrand's outburst was unfortunate.
Although Bertrand was far more vague than Cole - who made a direct attack on the FA - he quickly realised his error, deleting the offending post and issuing an apology.
"sorry if i offended anyone by swearing as i don't encourage that type of language," Bertrand wrote. "was just disappointed at the thought of people thinking i only have a sore throat.. which is not the case..."
It remains to be seen whether the FA will take any action against the defender, who will return to the England squad on Sunday for further assessment ahead of Tuesday's match with Poland.


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If I create UML diagrams with the actual Bouml version > V6.0, is it still possible to open and
change these UML diagrams with the latest free version of Bouml or are there any incompatibilities?
I want to use Bouml first to make UML diagrams for class views and not for Code generation.
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Sleeping Giants: Aviation Afterlife in the Desert
DateJune 2001
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Through a visual collage of photographs, ambient slide guitar, and audio narration, this Web site gives the public access to life inside this remote aviation retirement center.
From the sky, it appears like a vast tapestry stretching for miles across the Arizona desert. Arranged in intricate parking patterns, thousands of military aircraft that once flew over Vietnam and Saudi Arabia shimmer in the relentless sun. This is AMARC (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center), where retired military aircraft come for rest, recycling, and rehabilitation. Using photographs by Kodak.com editor David Kassnoff as the basis for the design, the site is structured to allow the animated aviation photography—and the voices of AMARC employees—to speak for themselves. Visitors are serenaded by desert-inspired acoustic guitar riffs as they follow the process of planes from Hibernation to Awakening to the Flight Out.
Press & AwardsMacromedia Flash Interface Design, Darcy DiNucci, 2003 (Macromedia Press)Communication Arts, Interactive Design Annual, 2002One Show Interactive, Finalist, 2002HOW, Interactive Design Annual, Merit Award, 2002Print, Digital Design Annual, 2002SXSW Web Site Competition, Finalist, Online Movie/TV, 2002Macromedia, Site of the Day, October 1, 2001Yahoo!, Picks of the Week, September 24, 2001Flash Film Festival, Finalist, Story, 2001
Part of SapientRazorfish /© 2019 Second Story, Inc.
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- Seb Chevrel, Sam Ward
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Addressing Poor Performance
Student performance should be reviewed periodically, apart from quality control of content created. Performance may suffer from any number of causes, including:
- personal, psychological, or physical problems;
- boredom;
- repeated distractions of any sort;
- software problems;
- inadequate training;
- difficult issues presented by the material to be digitized, or
- by the demands of the metadata entry.
It is the policy of the Digital Services department to recognize that students are valuable human beings worthy of respect and consideration. We must always take into account that they are here at the university primarily to obtain an education, and that education may create stresses that are very difficult for them. We must be always aware of the possibility that any student who is not performing well may need professional help. Counseling services are available on campus: [Counseling Center] and immediate assistance can be found online [ULifeline].
If the student is showing signs of distress (depression, agitation or acting out, disorientation, drug and alcohol abuse, suicidal thoughts, violence and aggression), seek help immediately from a faculty member, the UA Counseling Center (348-3863), the UA Student Health Center (348-6262) or the UA Police (348-5454: ask to speak with the supervisor on duty). Be aware of safety issues first and foremost, and avoid escalation of student distress. Stay calm, ask direct questions, and be respectful.
If the student is not in distress, then the following steps should be taken.
- Observe the process the student follows when digitizing; look for any potential problems which may be causing the poor performance.
- remove any problems found
- reeducate the student as needed
- raise the student's awareness of the issue of poor results, and the need for remediation
- If no problems were found, and the student is unable to improve speed of digitization, the following options are available:
- Accept that this student is incapable of improvement, or needs more time to improve, and adjust expectations
- train the student on higher-speed equipment and reassign there for at least some portion of the work hours
- assign to other forms of work, for example, quality control
- consult with the department head about reassignment, reducing hours or relieving student of the position
If at any time during this process a supervisor finds the student or him/herself upset, immediately halt the interaction and consult with the department head.


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ASHEVILLE, NC -- The Southern Conference Sports Media Association today announced its mens and women's basketball all-conference team and award winners.
The men's first, second and third teams and the women's two teams were selected by sportswriters, sportscasters and sports information directors throughout the SoCons five state membership area.
Jody Lumpkin, a 6-8 senior center for the College of Charleston, was voted the Southern Conferences Player of the Year. Lumpkin is averaging 17.0 points and 7.6 rebounds and has helped the Cougars to a 22-6 record.
The SCSMA named East Tennessee State head coach Ed DeChellis as Coach of the Year. DeChellis led the Bucs to the North Division championship, an 18-9 overall record, and the best conference record in the league at 13-3. The Bucs improved from a 14-15 mark a year ago.
Jay Joseph of UNC Greensboro was named the leagues Freshman of the Year. The 6-4 guard is the top scoring freshman in the Southern Conference with a 13.5 points per game average.
The five-member first team includes Lumpkin, Wofford guard Ian Chadwick, VMI center Eric Mann, Furman forward Karim Souchu and UNCG guard Courtney Eldridge.
The second team consists of guards Jeff Bolton of College of Charleston and Julius Jenkins of Georgia Southern, forwards Kashien Latham of Georgia Southern, and center Oliver Morton of Chattanooga.
The third team includes guards Mike Lenzly of Wofford and Dimeco Childress of East Tennessee State, forwards David Schuck of UNCG and Donald Payne of Appalachian State and center Josh Shehan, also of Appalachian.
The 81st annual Mountain Dew Southern Conference Tournament begins play with four games on Thursday, March 1 at the BI-LO Center in Greenville, SC. The championship game is slated for a 3:30 start on Sunday, March 4 in a game to be televised nationally by ESPN.
SCSMA All-Southern Conference Team
First Team
Jody Lumpkin, College of Charleston
Ian Chadwick, Wofford
Eric Mann, VMI
Karim Souchu, Furman
Courtney Eldridge, UNC Greensboro
Second Team
Jeff Bolton, College of Charleston
Julius Jenkins, Georgia Southern
Oliver Morton, Chattanooga
Cory Largent, Western Carolina
Kashien Latham, Georgia Southern
Third Team
Dimeco Childress, East Tennessee State
Josh Shehan, Appalachian State
Donald Payne, Appalachian State
David Schuck, UNCG
Mike Lenzly, Wofford
ETSU head coach Ed DeChellis also earned Southern Conference Coach of the Year as selected by the league's coaches.
Childress was also selected to the All-Conference team by the league's coaches.


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We got our washer and dryer. Cylindria is a laundry fiend. She's had withdrawal. She'll be cheerier after she's had her fix.
We took the boys to the vet for the first time in Denver. The vet (like nearly everything else) is very close — about 1 mile away. We suspected the dogs were sick. They've been at the dog park every day with tons of other dogs, have been drinking from the water dish at the dog park (which ends up being half water and half dog saliva) and have not been vaccinated with Bordetella (which protects against doggie colds). The vet said they likely don't have it or have a very mild case. They've been dog park deprived all weekend, though.
We bought our window treatments. They're these in Camel with top down and down up. We should have them in a couple of weeks. We'll continue practicing our naked window avoidance skills until then.
We bought trash cans for the bathrooms and drawer organizers for the kitchen. EXCITING!!
I finished sealing the kitchen granite tile counter top. Phew. I also got our wood floor cleaning supplies. It looks really nice after a good washing.


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The City of Edinburgh Council steps up its fight against scams
Friends Against Scams is excited to announce that the City of Edinburgh Council has stepped up its fight against scams by joining forces with us.
The Council is the first organisation in Scotland to make the Friends Against Scams pledge to change the perceptions and raise awareness of scams amongst staff and the wider community.
Community Safety leader Councillor Joan Griffiths (picture on right) made her official pledge on Friday 3rd February promising to educate people about cons such as fake lotteries, deceptive prize draws and sweepstakes, clairvoyants and computer scams.
All members of the Council's Trading Standards team are registered Friends Against Scams and work to make staff aware of scams, to help them spot the signs of a scam both in work and at home, and to take steps to prevent people falling victim.
The team have also pledged to take this training to partners and third sector organisations who come into regular contact with potential victims to train as SCAMchampions, who can advise people on the tricks used by con artists and how to avoid them.
On completing the free online learning, Councillor Griffiths said: "I'm very excited to take this pledge and become a SCAMbassador for the Friends Against Scams initiative.
"Scams are heartless but very lucrative operations often taking advantage of people's good nature and conning them out of their hard-earned money.
"Friends Against Scams is designed to promote awareness and remove some of the embarrassment that can be experienced by those who respond, encouraging people to share stories of their experiences with friends and family and normalise this type of conversation.
"I would urge everyone to look out for their friends and relatives who may be more vulnerable to scams, which can be very clever in their presentation, and can take a variety of forms."
Anyone in the Edinburgh area who suspects they or someone they know have been the victim of a scam should contact Edinburgh's Trading Standards team on 0131 529 3030 for more information.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Israeli archaeologists recently made two sensational finds, one thanks to the work of the police.
Earlier in the week, Israeli police publicized the recent arrest of tomb raiders who had stolen 11 coffin boxes dating back to the time of Jesus. The coffins were from the Jerusalem area.
Meanwhile, in the southern Negev region, an ancient Byzantine-era monastery was discovered together with its ornate and intricate mosaic floor (pictured).
The recovered "bone boxes," which were found by police during a raid on the home of an antiques dealer long suspected of trading in stolen goods, are believed to have been used for the burial of nobles and prominent citizens living in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
Police Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the boxes were presumably stolen from a cave near Jerusalem, a practice that is not all that uncommon in a land overflowing with historical artifacts.
The discover of the Negev monastery was completely unexpected, coming during routine archaeological checks in preparation for road construction.
Israeli experts believe the monastery is the remains of the Byzantine city of Horvat Hora. The mosaic floor is believed to be part of a large communal prayer room. Numerous pieces of pottery and coins were also found, indicating an affluent local citizenry.
Israel's Antiquities Authority plans to rebuild parts of the monastery and open the site to the public in the near future.
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Oh what I love Christmas and hope you're enjoying it yourself and having a lovely time wherever you are.
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ALAMEDA — Way back in 1998, two players sat in the so-called green room at the start of the NFL draft. By day's end, Peyton Manning was on his way to the Indianapolis Colts as the top pick. Cornerback Charles Woodson went to the Raiders three picks later.
On Monday night, Manning and Woodson will be on the same stage once again, this time as enemies in the first divisional game for both teams this season.
Interestingly, Manning and Woodson came close to being teammates this season. The Broncos met with Woodson during the offseason and attempted to add him to their defense.
Ultimately, Woodson decided to return to the Raiders for a second stint after spending the past seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers.
"You can't blame us for not trying," Broncos coach John Fox said. "We tried."
Manning said he met with Woodson when the Broncos were in the process of wooing Woodson. Not even the allure of combining their Hall of Fame-caliber resumes and bringing them to bear on the rest of the league was enough to sway Woodson.
Fox and Manning said that you can see the impact Woodson has on the Raiders defense, just by watching tape in advance of their game Monday.
"I have no doubt that Charles Woodson will do great things for (the Raiders)," Fox said. "I know it's early in the year, but you can see his stamp on the way the defense is flying around, running around and playing with confidence. There's nothing like having leadership in the locker room."
— The Broncos lead the league in scoring at 45 points per game. However, they failed to score in the first quarter of both games. That means they are averaging 15 points per game in the second, third and fourth quarters.
The Raiders allowed only seven points in their first two games. So, it should be interesting to see if things hold to form Monday night.
— It's standard for quarterbacks to talk up the cohesion and tight bond in the so-called quarterbacks room. Found Terrelle Pryor's answer to what things are like among the quarterbacks rather interesting.
"I've just got to focus on the job at hand," Prypr said. "The guys have been really great support to me, and I just have to keep on focusing on the job that I have to do to help the 'we' of the offense. I can't really worry about, or think about whether guys are still dwelling on stuff. I've got a job to do, my butt's on the line, so I've got to get the guys going and not really worry about that stuff."
General manager Reggie McKenzie said he isn't sure how Matt Flynn took the news of being passed over for the starting job in favor of Pryor late in training camp.
"That decision was told to him by the head coach," McKenzie said. "I wasn't in the room to see if he was shocked or see what his mannerisms were like. But he knew that his arm was giving him problems. I know he can't be shocked too much with that.
"But when (Allen) said we're going to go with Pryor as our guy, I'm sure anybody worth their salt, they aren't going to be excited about it. They want to compete and see if they can get that job back. But that's something that you'd probably have to ask him or Dennis about."
Well, we've tried to get Flynn's take on how he views the turn of events. For now, Flynn isn't speaking with the media.
— McKenzie said he is certain that his players will be ready for the bright lights Monday night. You can be certain that the Broncos won't be overwhelmed by the magnitude of the game.
They opened with a game against the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens, with everyone watching, given theirs was the only game being played.
Next came a game against the New York Giants, with a ton of hype given to the game because of Manning going against his younger brother, Eli, for only the third time as NFL players.
After the Raiders game Monday night, the Broncos host the Philadelphia Eagles, then travel to Dallas and Indianapolis within a three-week span.
"That's what the NFL is today," Manning said. "I like to think we have the right kind of guys to understand what a privilege it is to play every single Sunday or Monday in the NFL and that every game is big and the biggest game is the next one but it is special.
"You're playing the Raiders on Monday night football, it's a division opponent, it's the biggest game because it's this week's game. It's going into my 16th season or going into your second season, if you're not excited about the opportunity to play an NFL game then something's wrong with you again."


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Corbin helps D'backs blank Braves
Phoenix, AZ – Patrick Corbin turned in another solid performance, tossing seven innings of scoreless ball and Arizona completed a four-hit shutout of the Atlanta Braves with a 2-0 victory on Tuesday.
Corbin (6-0) walked five and didn't have his best stuff, but scattered just three hits and was good enough to help the D'backs rebound from a blowout loss in Monday's series opener and end a three-game skid.
"Coming off yesterday, I wanted to come in and get a good feeling in this clubhouse again," said Corbin. "Go out there and attack these guys, go after them. They are a pretty good hitting team"
He has not allowed more than two runs in any of his eight starts this season and is the first Arizona pitcher since Brandon Webb in 2008 to start 6-0.
Didi Gregorius provided the offense with a two-run single, while David Hernandez and Heath Bell kept the lead in tact with a scoreless inning of work. Bell notched his fifth save.
Julio Teheran (2-1) was saddled with his first loss of the season despite a strong effort. He went six innings and was charged with both runs on seven hits.
"It's a shame Teheran gets the loss on a night where he pitched pretty well," said Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez.
Justin Upton wasn't nearly as successful as his first game back in Arizona, going 0-for-2. The Braves were 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position and never put a runner on third base.
The D'backs scored both their runs in the third, which Cliff Pennington led off with a single and advanced two bases on Gerardo Parra's double. Gregorius then came through with a two-run single to center to give Arizona a 2-0 edge.
That's all the support Corbin would need, and although he walked five batters, three of them led to double plays. The 23-year-old lefty wrapped up his outing by keeping Arizona from advancing past first base over his final four innings of work.
Pinch-hitter Brian McCann represented the tying run at the plate in the eighth following Andrelton Simmons one-out bloop single. McCann hit a solo homer and drove in three on Monday, but Hernandez struck him out.
Upton, who racked four hits against his former club in his return to Chase Field on Monday, also went down swinging to end the Braves' last threat.
Bell worked around first baseman Paul Goldschmidt's error in the ninth by striking out Evan Gattis and Dan Uggla, and then getting Chris Johnson to fly out to end the game.
Game Notes
Atlanta suffered its first loss of the season with Teheran on the mound. They had won in his first seven starts ... B.J. Upton sat after getting plunked in the shoulder of Monday's game ... Eric Chavez had two hits for Arizona.


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By Beth Ellen Hunziker and Elisa Grassi
Nayla Hayek of Hanaya Arabian Stud in Switzerland, has been breeding straight Egyptian horses for many years. The very first Arabians she purchased came from Egypt, nearly 30 years ago. This was the beginning of Hanaya Stud and her internationally respected breeding program.
Nayla shared some of her history, "I have been around horses all my life and my very first horse was an Anglo Arab mare. My very first encounter with a purebred Arabian horse was a real gift to me and formed my future life. When I was just a young girl of 17 years, a prince from Saudi Arabia was visiting with my family. This gentleman told me he would gift me with an Arabian mare and shortly after, I received Aisha. I could not register her in the Swiss Arabian Horse Stud Book, because at the time, some registries did still not recognize horses from Saudi Arabia. Even though Aisha was never recognized as a purebred Arabian, I still decided to breed her and had three foals from her that were registered as partbred Arabian horses.
"Horses have always meant a lot to me. They are a very important part of my life and are like part of my family; most of my free time is dedicated to them. My decision to breed Straight Egyptians is not related to any particular bloodline. It's mainly a matter of taste, and the Egyptian horses are my favorite."
Nayla built her farm, Hanaya Arabian Stud, on the Swiss mountains in a very beautiful, quiet and serene place. It is an ideal place for the horses to have a peaceful life. The fields are expansive and the horses are able to spend most of the summer time outdoors. The facility was designed with the horses' needs, health, and well being in mind. The stallion barn has large, spacious stalls; each has an attached, private paddock outside, so the stallions can go out and come in whenever they like. In addition, the mare and foaling barn has huge boxes for the moms and babies to enjoy.
Nayla loves her horses and it is important to her to have them near. Although many of Nayla's horses stand in Germany with Frank Spoenle and Elisa Grassi, due to show or breeding reasons, Nayla is always most happy when her horses return back home. One of the horses Nayla had the hardest time being separated from is her beloved mare, Elf Layla Walayla. That is why Nayla decided to bring Elf home from Germany and retire the mare from breeding. To the world, Elf Layla Walayla is an icon of Arabian beauty. She is an international champion and the dam of champions including the international superstar and important sire, El Nabila B, by Kubinec. To Nayla Hayek, Elf Layla Walayla is all these things, but she so much more - something that is almost impossible to express.
Nayla and Elf have a very close relationship; Nayla always calls her a once in a lifetime mare. Elf is more precious today than ever. A few years ago, Nayla experienced deep heartache when she lost two of Elf's fillies. However, that terrible loss was softened when Elf blessed Nayla with two more beautiful fillies; Hanaya Habibtee and Hanaya Elissar. The first filly was sired by Nayla's own stallion, El Khaled, and the second filly was sired by Nader El Jamal. Today, both fillies are at home in Switzerland with Nayla, who says she loves seeing them daily and loves to watch them enjoying their life. These fillies are Elf's legacy at Hanaya Stud and soon they will start their own breeding careers. No doubt, when the time comes, Nayla will carefully select just the right mate for these precious fillies - perhaps a stallion from her own exceptional herd.
Hanaya Arabian Stud stands more than ten stallions and in the last couple of years, Nayla added some really outstanding stallions to her breeding program. Last year she purchased ZT Farid (Anaza El Farid x ZT Fardiyyah by ZT Fa'Iq), a handsome young bay straight Egyptian colt from the renowned farm of Count Frederico Zichy Thyssen in Argentina. ZT Farid is standing in Germany with Frank Spoenle and Elisa Grassi. They say ZT Farid is a very promising young colt, "ZT Farid shows all the same extraordinary qualities that made this bloodline so influential in our world through horses like Gazal Al Shaqab and Marwan Al Shaqab. We believe ZT Farid will be a great breeding stallion and has the potential to have a strong, positive influence on mares of all bloodlines. We all love him!"
More recently, Nayla acquired the straight Egyptian stallion Laheeb Al Nasser (Al Adeed Al Shaqab x Bint Saida Al Nasser by Imperial Mahzeer). Last year, Nayla fell in love with one of his daughter; Desha Bahreyn, out of Bint Katyah by Ansata Hejazi, that she purchased from her breeders at Deshazer Arabians. When Nayla was presented with the opportunity to have Desha Bahreyn's sire, Nayla didn't think twice and bought him. Laheeb Al Nasser was recently welcomed in Germany by Frank and Elisa who said, "Laheeb Al Nasser is an incredible stallion. He has all the qualities you look for in a breeding stallion; classic type, a beautiful face, correct conformation, powerful movement, and on top of it - he is a real gentleman. Everybody in the barn loves him. Laheeb Al Nasser's book for the 2013 breeding season will be closed because Nayla wants to breed a selection of her mares and possibly take Laheeb to some shows. Laheeb was shown only once in Qatar as a young colt, and we are all excited to see what he will be like in the show ring."
In 2013 and 2014, Nayla will also have an exciting young colt coming from Egypt, Kenz Albaydaa, bred and owned by Al Baydaa farm. Nayla leased the stunning grey colt for two years. Kenz Albaydaa is sired by Jamil Al Rayyan and he is out of the exotic, beautiful snow white mare, Karima Sakr by El Habiel. Nayla also purchased Kenz's full sister, Kamla Albaydaa. The full siblings will arrive in Germany early in 2013.
Today, Nayla is as active as ever in breeding and buying beautiful straight Egyptian horses. She is always very busy because the breeding program at her farm continues all year round. Nayla's excitement for the 2013 foals is very high. She has approximately 12 foals coming from the sires Al Adeed Al Shaqab, Ansata Nile Echo and from her own stallions, El Khaled, Laheeb Al Nasser and Al Aneed LDA.
As the new year begins, Nayla will gather all of her horses closer to home. Soon the last horses she had in Texas with Arabians ltd. will arrive in Germany. This will be a happy time for Nayla - to have all her horses on European soil and not so far away from home. In the group arriving from the United States, Nayla looks forward to welcoming an exotic, flea-bitten mare, a daughter of Thee Desperado, Bint Fariha Magidaa, out of Fariha Magidaa by Shahir IASB. Nayla cherishes the bloodline of Bint Magidaa and she fell in love with the beautiful Bint Fariha Magidaa at first sight. Although a horse's pedigree is important, most important to Nayla is the overall quality of the individual and Bint Fariha Magidaa meets both criteria for Nayla. This philosophy is evident throughout her herd of beautiful, and well-bred, straight Egyptian stallions, mares and precious foals. The arrival of the horse from Texas, gives Nayla exciting new possibilities to enhance and expand her straight Egyptian breeding program.
Wherever Arabian horses exist, the Egyptian Arabian continues to be revered for its history, cherished for its beauty, and valued for its priceless contributions to the breed. Nayla Hayek acknowledges that every day she is blessed with the joy her Egyptian Arabians bring to her and she is dedicated to preserving these horses, and these bloodlines, for future generations to enjoy.


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U.S. Geological Survey - Ecosystems
Science Support Partnership (SSP)
Meeting Science Needs
Through the Science Support Partnership (SSP) Program, the U.S. Geological Survey partners with the Fish and Wildlife Service to understand and provide the critical science information required to effectively manage our nation's resources.
"Within the funds provided for the Biological Research Division, the managers have earmarked $3,400,000 for mission-critical science support for the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The managers reiterate that these funds are for research needs solely identified by FWS..."
FY2001 Conference Report on Department of the Interior Appropriations
Program History
In FY 2001, the USGS devoted $3.4 million per year to the SSP program that meets priority science needs identified by the FWS. An additional $750,000 of funding from the former Species At Risk program has since been included, increasing the total level of SSP funding to $4.1 million annually. Through this partnership, the USGS has undertaken 350 projects in support of FWS local, regional, and national programs such as:
Though the SSP program has been in place for a relatively short time, it has already provided tremendous benefits to FWS efforts in conserving our nation's fish and wildlife resources.
Current Details
The FY2013 edition of SSP supported 77 total SSP projects, 33 of which are new. Quick Response supports 18 awards. Some studies were funded by both SSP and QRP (see award announcement).
The FY2012 edition of SSP supported 88 total SSP projects, 34 of which are new. Quick Response made 15 awards. Some studies were funded by both SSP and QRP (see award announcement).
In FY2011, SSP will fund 84 projects 28 of which are new awards and 56 are ongoing activities. The Quick Response Program will fund 17 sngle-year proejcts (see award announcement).
SSP will fund 94 activities in FY2010, 51 of which are new. The average project is receiving $43,500, with ranges from $3,000 to $128,000.
Selections for FY2008 were announced on October 18, 2007. This year SSP will be funding 94 activities, 33 of which are new. The average project received about $43,000 this year, and ranged from $1,300 to $112,000.
In FY2007, SSP is funding 90 activities total, 45 of which were new for the year (more on 2007 selections). The average project was in the area of $41,000 per year, and ranged from roughly $1,500 to $112,000.
In FY2006, SSP funded 89 activities total, 33 of which were new for the year. The average project was in the area of $40,000 per year, and ranged from roughly $4,000 to $180,000.
Project Planning
Each year, the FWS research coordinators from each region and the Washington Office issue a call for research proposals. Local FWS sponsors and USGS scientists collaborate in writing proposals for studies to address FWS mission-critical science needs.
The FWS Regional and Washington Offices review, prioritize, and recommend projects based on the funds available. Once FWS and USGS leaders approve the projects selected, SSP funds are distributed to USGS Science Centers and Cooperative Research Units to support the studies identified. FWS sponsors and USGS scientists work closely together to complete the project and implement its results. Further details on this process may be found on the Study Approval Process and Funding Process pages.


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Check Out The Video Of Gunner Dousing Michele With Blue Color At The Color Run
The first color run in the valley was yesterday. The Color Naches Fun Run was put on by the Yakima Greenway and it was a huge success with 500 runners of all ages!
The run started at the depot in Naches and went down the Greenway path to Allan warehouse. Along the way were multiple color stations with blue, red, yellow and green at the end with the volunteers dousing us with color.
Gunner was one of the volunteers at the blue station and as I made my way back he chased me down pouring blue all over me. Check out the video ... it's pretty funny.
Thank you to the town of Naches, the Yakima Greenway and all the volunteers!


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Professional Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice was established to provide professional development education and training to Public Safety, Public Service, Social Justice, and Criminal Justice agencies and organizations. In addition, robust non-credit certificates enhance the professional qualifications of practitioners across a broad spectrum of disciplines. The goal is to deliver the highest quality services in accordance with the overall mission of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In addition to providing subject matter that comply with state certification rules and industry standards, where applicable, Professional Studies strives to incorporate in its programs core learning skills that not only enable training participants to perform their duties as effective and efficient public safety professionals, but also as good citizens in a diverse, complex, and evolving society.
At the core of our programs are our faculty, scholars and instructors who are committed to innovative analysis, interdisciplinary approaches and global perspectives to further the discourse on the complex issues surrounding crime, justice and public safety in a free society. By bringing together John Jay's distinguished and diverse academic community with working professionals, Professional Studies serves as a catalyst for new ideas and cutting-edge practices that help academics, policy makers and practitioners serve the public now and in the future.
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text: Advanced Solutions for Increased Demand September 28, 2013 03:03 AM Tweet 4400 Series Corn Header TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email To meet farmer demand for cutting-edge performance and to comply with federally mandated emissions requirements, Case IH deepens its lineup with 2014 model year machines. Among what's new are tech-savvy planters, on-target sprayers, high-horsepower tractors, folding corn headers, faster hay equipment and tough tillage tools. Big machines parallel big agricultural equipment demand, and that demand isn't going away even as forecasters see lower commodity prices on the horizon, says Jim Walker, vice president, Case IH North America. Within the equipment industry, the agricultural slice of the "pie is still going to be a great one to deal with," noted Walker on the company's Red Power Tour, when Case IH introduced the new machines. From the start. 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There's something I don't understand about the proper procedure in torqueing head bolts. The answer to my question is no doubt in the forum someplace, but even with using several different "key word" combinations, I can't find an answer. My question is this:
Some very knowledgable "T" guys have stressed the point that head bolt threads should NOT be oiled prior to torqueing. My question is, "WHY NOT"? I have always applied a small amount of oil to the threads, and also a bit of oil on the bottom side of the bolt head (or the bottom of the nut in the case of studs), but I guess this is wrong. WHY?
This is how it seems to me; if you torque to a value of say, 55 ft/lbs, it stands to reason that part of that torque will be expended in just overcoming friction, and the rest will exert actual downward force. It also seems to me that because this downward force is basically what we want, why not use a bit of oil and have a larger percentage of that 55 lbs actually exert downward force instead of overcoming friction?
In other words, 55 lbs is 55 lbs, whether half of that torque is just overcoming friction and the other half is exerting downward force. What does it hurt if we oil the threads and only one fourth of the 55 lbs (hypothetical of course) is applied to overcoming friction, and three fourths of the 55 lbs is actually applying downward force. Isn't maximum downward force what we want?
Because I am definately not an engineer, there's probably a good reason, but right now, I just don't "get it"!
The bolts should be free to turn in the threads. If you have so much friction that the bolt won't turn, such as bottomed out. You will get a false reading. I personally see no problem with oiling, however I don't oil them, I just make sure the threads are clean and don't bind and that the bolts don't bottom out before the head is all the way down.
Harold - I'm Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering and maybe that's the difference between being bachelor and master that a master may know why. ;-)
I have also always applied a little oil.
I could think of two reasons to not apply oil:
1) If excessive oil applied it may fill the room in the bottom of the hole and then the torque is used to compress that oil
2) The lesser friction makes it possible for the bolt to unscrew.
Of these 1) is a real issue, but can be controlled while 2) to me is rubbish. I have never experienced top bolts being loose.
I oil them too - actually, I use anti-seize on head bolts. The model T was built with no torque specifications whatsoever so claiming a head bolt torque AND saying don't oil the threads is absolutely ridiculous, in my opinion.
Greasing, oiling, or adding anti-seize to the threads prevents corrosion. On something 80 plus years old, that should be plenty good reason to do it.
Unless otherwise stated, all torque chart values are for "DRY" torque. That is, clean and no lubricants on the bolt and in the hole. There are separate torque value charts for "WET" torque. Google "Wet Torque" and you will find many charts for wet torque values.
I seem to remember a specific paste type product for torqueing bolts used by engine assemblers. I can�t seem to find and information on it. It's another one of those memory vs. age issues.
Your torque may vary ...
Regardless of your engineering degree level, the reason that torque specs are given in terms of dry versus oiled are that you can snap a head bolt if you use a dry torque spec on an oiled bolt.
There is no official Ford torque spec for any part of a Model T. Ford and any other manufacturer of the era did not have torque specs, they used appropriate sized tools so that an average man would tighten the specific fastener to an appropriate amount.
One should be aware that Model T blocks cast before about 1916 have very poor metallurgy, it is common to strip out one or more head bolt holes if you go beyond 45 pounds dry torque. Another greeat reason to make sure the threads are clean and dry.
Just as easy to use a 3/8" socket wrench on head bolts, these normally have a 7" long handle, and then tighten with one hand, the old Armstrong pull. The leverage using a short handle won't cause harm to head bolts, unless you can pull like Gov. Arnold
Back in the days, there weren't torque wrenches anyway, I have a pointer style torque wrench, but that long handle scares me, and who claibrated that Chinese tool anyway?
Your just getting the head on tight enough to squish the gasket fully and keep the water ports and cylinders sealed. Use a bit of Anti-seize on the new bolts, have the holes cleaned well and tested with a bottom tap. Fit the gasket correctly, then tighten down in sequence
and...if it seeps somewhere after warming up the engine, wrench the bolts a bit more
The one hand method was explained to me almost fifty years ago by a then elderly gentleman. He said the true indicator is when the hair on your arm stands up!
Lightly lubricated threads provide more uniform torque from bolt to bolt. I have probably overhauled 40 different makes of engines in my time, and most, if not all, service manuals call for either motor oil or a thread sealant such as International Compound on all head bolts or studs. I have never seen a service manual that called for head bolts to be installed dry.
I've torqued a hell of alot of headbolts, T and mostly otherwise. While modern vehicle specs may state oiled or not there is no spec for a T. I oil the threads. At a relatively low torque of 50 pounds friction can skew your readings pretty good. Also don't be to sneaky to get up to torque, I go snug, 35# then 50#. Use a good torque wrench and be sure to retorque after warm up.


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Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Thursday rejected a White House plan to avert the so-called fiscal cliff at year's end that would generate nearly $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue over the next decade and require Republicans to allow Congress to relinquish its control over the nation's statutory borrowing limits.
"A complete break from reality," is how the plan, delivered to Boehner and other congressional leaders by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at their Capitol offices, was described by a congressional Republican aide familiar with what was proposed. President Obama's liaison to Congress, Rob Nabors, also was at the meetings.
At a news conference after the meeting, Boehner revealed no specifics of the White House plan, but said generally there had been "no substantive progress" in talks over the past two weeks. He also accused the White House and Democrats of refusing to offer specific spending cuts.
The White House and congressional leaders are trying to prevent the combination of more than $500 billion in automatic tax hikes and spending cuts from taking place at the start of January. The impact is seen as potentially further damaging the nation's fragile economy.
According to the congressional Republican source, what Geithner did offer Boehner and other congressional leaders is a plan that would instead call for $1.6 trillion in tax hikes -- all upfront -- in exchange for $400 billion in spending cuts later. The proposal also would extend the 2-percentage-point payroll-tax cut and allow as much as $50 billion in stimulus spending on infrastructure projects.
The only entitlement changes they proposed came from the president's budget, said the aide, who emphasized the White House offer is not just unrealistic, but unbalanced.
"They also want a permanent, unlimited debt-limit increase -- for free," the aide added. That was a reference to a request that Congress give up its authority over federal borrowing to avoid another showdown over increasing the nation's borrowing authority. The government is expected to hit the limit as early as next month.
"No additional cuts or reforms," the aide said of the plan, though it would also boost spending to extend unemployment benefits and delay looming cuts to Medicare payments to doctors.
In averting the fiscal cliff, the plan would prevent the $109 billion in automatic sequestration spending cuts set to kick in on Jan. 2.
But the aide complained: "There were only seven weeks between Election Day and Christmas. The White House has now completely wasted three of them. After weeks of negotiations, they just demanded all of their favorite proposals, with no sign of compromise whatsoever."
Still, House Democrats led by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California were optimistic that a deal could be reached by year's end.
"This doesn't have to be a cliff-hanger," said Pelosi, during a late afternoon news conference, after she and other top House Democrats met with Geithner.
Pelosi said she was confident that Republicans will come around and "see the light" to freeze tax rates at current levels for a majority of Americans -- the "middle-income tax cut" that would cover net personal incomes up to $250,000 -- but let the lowered rates on income in excess of that amount expire as part of a broader, final deal. That is what the Senate already has already passed. The added revenue gained through the expiration of the high-end tax cuts is estimated to reach at least $800 billion, she said.
"This is a big down payment that we are suggesting and it opens the road to much more," Pelosi said. "In terms of what we do in terms of addressing strengthening entitlements, reforming the tax code, (and) making further cuts that we can do in the next Congress."
House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen of Maryland echoed Pelosi, and said the optimism that Republicans might budge on their refusal to pass just the middle-class tax cut extension is based on comments from some Republicans themselves, such as Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, that tax rates should be frozen at the current levels for most of Americans in time for Christmas, and consider what to do about the 2 percent who see the rate on their excess income rise later.
Van Hollen said he thinks Boehner's House Republican Conference is "reading the tea leaves, they're beginning to look into the future." And like Cole, he said, more are recognizing that their insistence that the tax rates on portions of net incomes above the $250,000 threshold also should be frozen is an "unsustainable position."
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Need a new, modern, updated website for our church to communicate our vision, mission and values as well as opportunities for online community - blogging, news, calendar of events, etc.
We need a graphic face lift that is attractive to college students, urban professionals, arts community, young families and single adults.
Victorious Life
Re-designed website to encourage internet community participation and give visitors a snapshot of the mission, vision and values of the church community.
Give the existing website a fresh, clean, modern aesthetic that is especially attractive to young, urban, professionals, families and college students.
- Must be modern, forward looking, edgy, urban
- Must be clean and simple
- White space is encouraged
- Must re-use logo on existing website but feel free to give it a more modern look - feel free to change proportions, color, shape, etc. (go to http://www.vlcctroy.org)
- Tagline is "Loving God...Loving People...Making a Difference" though this may be changed.
- Check out http://www.desiringgod.org for good example
- Get the website out of the eighties!
- Use of artistic, modern photography that communicates the love of Christ and/or the tag line message is encouraged
- Must appeal to young, urban arts and college community
- Need psd file images to later be cut up into wordpress document - or use wordpress
- Will require both main page and typical content page
- No cliche church graphics
- Don't like the existing website
- Don't like existing color scheme
- Don't want church cliches
- Can't be "churchy" - must be more modern, urban and edgy.