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|Having the same problem as you but with a 39 Ford. This post is a year old so you may have solved your problem. I am notching out the top of the crossmember on that side and re-boxing it so I will have a decent shot at the steering column. Steve
Vega Box For S-10 Swap ?????
Have Pretty Much Ruled Out Using A Rack & Pinion At This Point Without Swapping To Completely Different Front Suspension. Still Considering Swapping To A Vega Box Instead Of The Stock S-10. Any Suggestions Or Experience With This? Have A New Vega Box And It Looks Like The Arm Length Is The Same. Will Post Some Close Up Pics.
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Will Try To Get Some Pics This Wknd. Have Mated Engine & 700r4 For Mock Up, And Will Survey The Steering Issue Again With Engine In Place. Thnks C-cab
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There's no doubt that's going to be fun to work out.
Is there any room if you use a two piece link from the bottom of your steering column to a rack? You would need a pillow block (or two) on the frame at some point to keep things in line.
Can you get a few close up pics of the whole setup?
Thanks For The Reply C-cab
Yes, Need To Lighten The Front As Much As Possible. As Far As Changing Steering To A R & P, Would Luv To But: I Channeled The Front Of The Body About 4 Inches Over The Frame Which Will Make It Even More Of A Challenge To Get To The Box On The Rack Because A Straight Line From The Steering Column To The Rack Would Pass Directly Thru The S-10 Suspension Just Inside Of The Coil Spring, Below The Top A Arm And Above The Bottom. Too Much Gyration For U-joints. Back To The Drawing Board For Me. Perhaps I Do Another Season Or Two With The S-10 Front & Then Bite The Bullet And Cut It Off!
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Well, this is sort of a multiple question really...you seem to be more concerned about keeping the front end light than anything else. Correct me if I'm wrong here.
The safety aspect should go without saying, so we must assume that whatever you do will have that in mind.
I'm not quite sure whether switching steering boxes will help you much, I would be more inclined to go for a R & P setup.
That little red T you see had a Honda R & P installed and I hooked it up to a Buick front end.
You may well be right about getting the steering shaft up to the rack, but with two U-joints it should be quite possible.
I found that the steering with the Honda rack was excellent...power might have helped when parked, but when rolling it was just fine.
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I Purchased A 33 4 Dr Ply Street Rod That Has An S-10 Front End Grafted Onto 2x4 Frame Rails. I Want To Lighten The Front Without Sacrificing Any Safety. Can I Swap A Vega Steering Box For The Stock S-10, Or Has Anyone Gone Rack & Pinion? Looks Like It Would Be Difficult To Get Steering Shaft To The Rack. I Have Smoothed The Graft Both Front & Rear, So I Would Rather Keep It On At This Point. It Is Sbc Right Now But Plans Are For Blown Bbc In A Year Or Two. Will Need To Lighten As Much A Possible. Original Owner Backed Off Sway Bar To Top Of Threads, Do I Even Need It & All That Weight At This Point. Car Rides Decent And Doesn't Lean In Turns Or Wind. Appreciate Any And All Suggestions, Etc.
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Do not think only of your own joy, but vow to save all beings from suffering. This is sharing in its highest form and purity beyond all poisons of this world.
— Avatamsaka Sutra
Helping Others and Helping Yourself
There are basically four ways we can look at the art of helping:
Helping others, but not helping yourself.
Helping yourself, but not helping others.
Helping neither yourself nor others.
Helping both yourself and others.
The first possibility mentioned above is fundamentally a contradiction in terms. The bodhisattva understands that the self and others are one being. If you help others, you must be helping yourself. In this world, however, it sometimes does appear as if someone is helping others while bringing no help to himself. As long as this sort of compassion is not a mask for self-abuse, it is a beautiful and rare occurrence. It is always the behavior of one who is inspired by the highest truths of life. The mental and moral growth of anyone who performs any deed in this consciousness will be very great and it will be inevitable.
Helping the self without helping others also contains a basic contradiction since it is not ultimately possible to help the self without helping others. In this Saha world, however, it often appears to be possible to get more than we give and it often appears to be desirable to do so. This is the reasoning of delusion. As long as you feel that this kind of reasoning has any hold on you, you can be sure that your awareness still has room to grow. There is nothing to be gained in delusion and delusive reasoning will not lead you to the truth.
Sakyamuni Buddha understood this truth better than anyone and that is the reason why he gave forty-five years of his life to preaching the Dharma. He taught the bodhisattva path and he lived it. He taught all of us who follow him the compassionate way to liberation from suffering. This way is based on helping both the self and others at the same time. When one understands the truth of compassion and the wisdom of bringing aid to others, the bodhisattva path opens before one as the only natural course in the world. How could there be another way? How could it be right to help yourself without helping others?
The bodhisattva's commitment to others is both emotional and wise. When both wisdom and emotion are directed toward the same goal, nothing can prevent its attainment. There is nothing stronger in the world.
Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty (960-1278) said, "Think firstly of those who suffer in this world and have compassion for them. Think secondly of the joys of this world and share them."
Amitabha Buddha's vow to help both himself and others at the same time was so great it was a sufficient cause for the creation of his Pure Land. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva vowed, "Until hell is empty, I will not become a Buddha." The compassion and determination that produced this vow is truly amazing. This is the highest level of strength a bodhisattva is capable of. Strength based on dedication to others is so wonderful the mere thought of it must move the heart. All of us should frequently contemplate the depths of compassion that produce vows of this nature. Few of us can expect to reach these depths ourselves, but all of us can benefit from contemplating the strength and generosity of those who have.
Sharing in Its Highest Form
Sharing is a kind of generosity or compassion. In its highest form, sharing entails sharing ourselves. When we share the best of ourselves—our best wisdom, our best thoughts, our best feelings—we make a gift of ourselves to the world. The giving of this kind of gift must be done with complete humility. We must clear our minds of illusions about ourselves or preconceptions about other people. To share the best of ourselves means simply to give our best at all times.
Sharing of this kind is one of the most wonderful methods of all for practicing Buddhism. It can be likened to using the flame of a candle in our own hand to light the wick of a candle held in another's hand. Our action does not diminish at all the light of our own candle while it only increases the amount of light available for everyone.
We could also compare sharing to planting a seed. In the moment it may appear that a few seeds have been lost, but soon it will become apparent that a whole harvest has been gained. When we share, we lose nothing. We only gain. Whenever we share, we transmit positive energy to others in such a way that all beings everywhere are improved by the act.
The Commentary on the Avatamsaka Sutra describes ten basic kinds of sharing:
Taking from ourselves and giving to others. In this form of sharing we especially give our merits to others.
Taking the small and giving to the many. In this we use our small abilities and small accumulation of merit to do our best to benefit sentient beings everywhere.
Taking from the selfish path and giving to the great path. In this we use our small realizations gleaned from lesser paths and contribute them to the great path of Mahayana Buddhism.
Taking small causes and turning them into great results. In this we recognize that all phenomena spring from causes. Rather than placing our attention on the results of past karma manifesting now, we place our attention on the causes we are creating now; these causes ultimately will result in great goodness for all sentient beings if we are properly mindful of them now.
Taking the imperfect and making it perfect. The bodhisattva is able to adapt to the ways of ordinary people in order to lead them toward the highest truths.
Taking all the troubles and details of this world and turning them into the means of enlightenment. In Humanistic Buddhism especially, we do not ignore the realities of this world and we do not turn our backs on others. On the contrary, we use the trials of this life to hone our practice and make us fit to be a benefit to all beings everywhere.
Taking the events of this life and turning them into the truths of an enlightened mind. We must learn to see everything that happens in this world as a manifestation of a higher truth that is neither born nor dies.
Taking differences and seeing in them the one. We must learn to see the underlying unity of all sentient beings and of all phenomena. This is the vision of the unobstructed Dharma that flows everywhere.
Taking the mundane and seeing in it the transcendental. All goodness practiced in this world becomes a means for transcending this world. Knowledge of transcendental truths is an important basis for teaching and helping others.
Taking the ultimate truths of the Dharma and applying them to the events and phenomena of this world. This is a perfect summation of the task of the bodhisattva. A bodhisattva is a conduit for transcendental truths and a standard in this world of the perfection of the Dharma.
How to Practice Sharing
True sharing is selfless. It is a flow of energy between the "self" and the "world." Since ultimately the "self" and the "world" are both empty, sharing itself can be said to be nothing more than higher awareness. Like compassion it is an aspect of the enlightened mind.
"All glory to the Buddha, all benefit to others, all strength to the monastery, all merit to benefactors." When one is truly inspired to share, one keeps nothing for oneself since the self is entirely lost in the act of sharing. All of us should spend some time every day contemplating how much of our lives already are based on sharing with others. Our food, clothing, motor vehicles, jobs, language, education and even our deep psychology are entirely dependent on sharing; without the contributions of other people we would be bereft of all of these things. When we recognize this sharing from a Buddhist point of view, we begin to feel almost as if we are floating among the commingling energies of other people and other things. This is a true picture of reality. We are, all of us are, those other beings and things. In reality, there is no separation between us.
The Lotus Sutra contains the following lines that can be chanted whenever one feels that something good may have been accomplished:
I hope that whatever merit has accrued from this deed will spread to all beings in the universe. And I hope that all sentient beings, including myself, will all achieve Buddhahood.


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The object of this game is to put all the 8 queens onto the chess board without the queens capturing each other. A queen can capture another piece if it is on the same row horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Can you find a way to put in all the 8 queens?


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Painting pottery is only one of the reason why I go to the Clay Cafe.....
Thursday, November 19, 2009
7 comments:
- Leenie said...
Thanks for the breath of warm air and sunshine from the southern hemisphere.
- November 19, 2009 at 8:21 PM
- avant garde design said...
certainly beautiful, that butter yellow is soothing. we are heading into our colder weather and i'm already missing flowers, and bees and the ocean as i dive in. :) but it will be summer again soon enough. for now i'll live vicariously through your warm weather and beautiful photographs!
- November 19, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- Cindy said...
it's so bright and sunny just like your new mixer!
- November 19, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- Line said...
I would love to go for a walk there it looks amazing, love that house1
- November 20, 2009 at 4:00 AM
- nathalie et cetera said...
Alors je peux t'écrire e nfrançais et tu peux me répondre en anglais :)
- November 20, 2009 at 4:40 PM
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Thanks to Spain daily... I like your pictures (specially those of "confession")... I shall return...
- November 21, 2009 at 7:49 PM
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lovely photos! thank you for the warmth they bring. kenza.
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- Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG: "We are shocked by the scale of the flooding"
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AUDI AG is to help the victims of the heavy flooding. The company is spontaneously making an amount of €1 million available for the persons affected. This donation has been approved by the Audi Board of Management. In addition, the Works Council will appeal for donations to be made by the members of the workforce.
The company's donation is available for various projects in Germany and Hungary, and will benefit charitable organizations and the direct aid for the flood victims.
Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG: "My Board of Management colleagues and I are shocked by the scale of the flooding. With our donation, we want to help to reduce the material damage. As well as in Germany, people in Hungary are also in distress. We want to demonstrate our solidarity with all of them."
Chairman of the Group Works Council Peter Mosch has promised: "Our colleagues at Audi want to help the people who are suffering as effectively as possible. In addition to the company's donation, we are therefore starting a campaign for donations to be made by the employees as a gesture of solidarity."
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Friday, July 04, 2008
Wyoming! You do like me!
But now I see that I was worrying over nothing. Now I have the full set! And, being a boy, you'll appreciate just how important it is to always have the full set.
Hello Wyoming! You've made a big kid very happy.
And a happy 4th of July to all of my American visitors. Have a great day!
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- Tess Kincaid said...
We used to play a road trip game when my sisters and I were little. We watched for license plates on cars and tried to see one from each state. Wyoming always counted extra because it was so hard to find. So, there you have it.
- July 04, 2008 1:51 am
- Stevyn Colgan said...
So that's it ... they're all hiding in Yellowstone ...
- July 04, 2008 1:58 am
- Spanglefeather said...
Wyoming is our least densely populated state, with many sheep and cattle ranches. Someplace like Alaska might actually have better internet access, because of populations concentrated in small towns along the coast. I have a friend who grew up on the 10, 000 acre ranch famous for its champion bucking bronco pony, Steamboat, seen on the Wyoming license plates.
I found your blog while searching about Rev Hawker, another notable British eccentric. What is it about you guys?
--- A. in Washington State, USA
- July 05, 2008 8:13 pm
- Stevyn Colgan said...
Hi Spanglefeather (Great tag!) - yeah, I did read that Wyoming is pretty unpopulated and that a major chunk of it is sat in the cone of a supervolcano!
As for eccentricity ... I reckon the USA has its own fair share. But we do seem to lead the world for some reason. Must be something in the water ...
Thanks for popping by!
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SALEM (AP) — A Massachusetts man is under arrest and police in Salem are searching for a second man in last week's theft of a valuable bird.
Police say they arrested 34-year-old Jason Connolly of Lawrence on Monday after getting a report that he was trying to sell power tools in a Home Depot parking lot. He was charged with being an accomplice to shoplifting in connection with the theft of a $1,900 bird taken from the SeaWorld Pet Center a week ago.
Police are looking for Joseph Murabito of Lawrence, 35, on a shoplifting charge in the same case.
Police first came across the two men shortly after the bird heist, as they investigated a fatal traffic accident. Investigators say a car driven by Connolly was one of two cars that struck and killed a motorcyclist in neighboring Pelham. Murabito, who was riding in the car, was caught after running into the woods.
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Brian was drum major of the award-winning Belfast show from its inception in 2013, before being appointed assistant producer in 2016. He was also assistant producer of the successful inaugural Liverpool Tattoo, which took place in September 2018.
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Belfast International Tattoo Scoops Two Awards in One Week
The prestigious award was presented to Event Producer Colin Wasson and Drum Major of the Belfast Tattoo, three-time world champion Brian Wilson MBE at the BEFTAs, held at the Crowne Plaza, Belfast, on Thursday night.
It is the second accolade bestowed upon the successful event in the past week. Last Thursday the Belfast International Tattoo was also highly commended in the Most Promising Authentic NI Event category in the 40th Annual Northern Ireland Tourism Awards.
"What a week this has been" said Colin Wasson. "All our hard work is being rewarded and we are very proud indeed. We are a small team with a big but simple vision: to showcase the artistry of the marching band within the context of the outward-looking Ulster Scots culture.
"One in three of our audience travels to the Belfast event from outside Northern Ireland. They are staying here in the province and spending here in the province, so the event is increasingly generating business and other tourism and economic benefits for Northern Ireland.
"XO Events is a small business in growth and this kind of recognition is very encouraging indeed. Already we have expanded into Glasgow and our first Liverpool Tattoo takes place the week after the Belfast Tattoo this September. Colin added, "I would again like to thank everyone who has participated in or spectated at our events and to the small team who work hard to make it all possible."
The Hospitality and Tourism Business of the Year award is aimed at Northern Ireland's growing number of small tourism and hospitality related enterprises. Also shortlisted in the category were Naturally North Coast and Glens, Lost City Adventure Golf and Rayenne House Holywood.
The Belfast Tattoo, held at the SSE Arena over three nights in September 2017, featured over 600 performers, attracted over 13,000 visitors, created over 7,000 bednights and generated over £500,000 in direct economic impact for Northern Ireland.
The event was recorded for subsequent television broadcast on the BBC securing a primetime Saturday evening slot on BBC2 last October, attracting a viewing audience over 80,000 across the UK and Ireland. On the opening night, patrons were wowed by a planned RAF fly-pass overhead at the SSE Arena, Belfast. The 6th annual Belfast International Tattoo takes place on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th September 2018 at the SSE and will showcase its most diverse line up yet with performances from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, The Band of the Ghurkha Rifles, the Band of the Irish Guards and much more.
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Well folks, tonight is the first of our big nights. Tonight we join many other shortlisted businesses and people involved in the tourism industry, to see if we have been awarded a winners award at the 40th anniversary Tourism NI Awards, this year held in Belfast. No matter what happens tonight, a big "thank you" to all of the team both past and present, for getting us to this point. A Special big thank you to all who have attended over the six years, from near and far, who spent their hard earned money helping us create the reputation for being a friendly show. A big thank you to all of the bands and artistes from across the globe , who have travel from near and far, and entertained us so well and created so many memories. Lets all cross our fingers !!!!!!!
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We were very proud to announce recently The Belfast International Tattoo had been shortlisted for one of this years Tourism NI awards to be announced on the 24th May in Belfast.
We can further announce The Belfast International Tattoo has been shortlisted for the Business Eye, First Trust Bank, Small Business Awards in the Hospitality & Tourism Business of the year category.
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Belfast International Tattoo has been shortlisted for and award from Northern Ireland Tourism!
Final results will be revealed at the gala event, which will be held on Thursday 24th May at the Europa Hotel where the first awards took place in 1978 and will be presented by former BBC newsreader and Belfast native Maxine Mawhinney.
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Senior Drum Major Mickey Munro will be leading the Massed Pipes and Drums
We are delighted to have him with us again but this time as the Senior Drum Major. He brings with him a wealth of experience, having appeared around the world in most of the major Tattoo events including The Edinburgh Military Tattoo. We thank his commanding officer and Adjutant for granting permission to allow this to take place.
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This is indeed a great honour and recognition by Tourism NI of all of the work that goes into this show by a very small group of people.
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We in the Belfast International Tattoo Team thank you all for your support and we hope we do you proud on the night of the awards.
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The Lucerne Marching Band, Appearing at The Belfast International Tattoo 2018
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Vow Accordion Band Mini Tattoo
Our friends in The Vow Accordion Band are holding a Mini Tattoo in the Ballybrakes Bowling Centre, Ballymoney on Saturday 24th March 2018, admission to the event is £10.00 per Ticket with profits going to the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance Charity.
If you are able and can make it why not support this excellent project and excellent band.
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I'm a fairly passive user. I respond to nearly none of the 'Sup?' and wildly inappropriate pickup lines. Occasionally, I'll entertain a compliment and then quickly ghost – online dating freaks me out, okay? – so, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that as someone with 500+ matches, I have met only two in real life.
Neither turned out to be Prince Charming.
The first I met in a coffee shop. After thirty minutes of tedious conversation about his dream career in finance, he informed me that he actually hated coffee and suggested a walk because he "didn't want to have to pay for this expensive crap". Desperate not to have to spend another minute discussing various investments he would like to make someday sans caffeine, I made up some excuse about needing to feed my nonexistent cats and bolted.
Yet, he still texts me sometimes.
The second I met at my favorite college bar. With my best friend in tow, we searched the crowded dance floor for an American flag bowtie – the only identifying information he gave – before finding him by the bar. We laid our eyes on what could best be described as a "fratty Ansel Elgort". He was way overdressed for this type of bar on a Saturday night; and he seemed to be a pretty smooth talker. He bought a drink, we danced, and close to last call, he invited himself to the post-game.
But, for the next hour, my friends and I listened to him talk about rugby (he was the team captain!), his ankle injury (he was the best on the team, but he couldn't play right now), and his workout regimen (he lifts!).
Rule of thumb: If he talks like a bro, looks like a bro, he's probably a bro.
He never stopped talking; and interestingly enough, he never made a move. Well into the night, my friends and I remained the sounding board for his awesomeness. When asked if he wanted to find his friends, he insisted he hang with us – to which he continued to talk about himself for the next hour. When he finally left, he promised to keep in touch – but he never called. I like to think he's out there doing big things in the rugby world.
We need answers.
Maybe these are bad examples. I'm sure there are Tinder success stories, right? Still, I felt that both of my failed encounters deserved a bit of reflection. I asked myself: what are twenty-something guys even looking for? Why bother with Tinder? What is their end-game?
To finally get some answers, I took to Tinder to ask the guys themselves. I asked 247 of my matches: "why are you on Tinder?" and, depending on their responses, I continued prodding them.
Answers were demanded. And, oh, did their answers did not disappoint.
Because casual sex with strangers and monogamous relationships go hand in hand, right?
I also prefer just going wherever the wind takes me.
Your sarcasm stings, buddy.
I told, y'all, it helps with the pain of a broken heart.
Why is the sky blue? Oh, I thought we were playing the question game.
Thanks for perpetuating the creepy Tinder stereotype, dude.
Aww, thanks.
Good luck, pal.
What I learned from this experiment was that most guys aren't really looking for anything – and if they are, they don't know what they want.
We all just want someone to show us some attention, I think. Happy swiping, friends.
Related stories recommended by this writer:
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Machine tools and die manufacturers continuously seek new opportunities for generating business leads that gets to RFQs and its closure by improvising their services. Current inbound marketing techniques, such as digital marketing brochures do generate plenty of leads. However; from manufacturer's perspective, it is a time-consuming task. According to them, 3D designs generated with CAD software such as SolidWorks, Autodesk's AutoCAD etc. for tools and dies design to fabrication and all the way to closure with RFQs by better design delivery. Ultimately, it adds value to their entire lead generation process.
In this era of boosting sales through digital medium, 3D CAD models with rendering and assembly animation videos, it helps in increasing design intent communication. Due to several such reasons, 3D CAD models are referred to as 'sales activator' by most of the tools and die manufacturers.
Most CAD software has the basic inbuilt rendering tools and plugins, to avail better finish of the assembly model that can be used in product sales catalogue. Better design intent and communication is just one of the advantages. The list of takeaways for manufacturer by using CAD is very long. We bring you a listicle that shows several beneficiary aspects of CAD impacting sales directly.
CAD allows correcting, editing and upgrading initial 2D drafts at any point of design stage. This makes CAD designs flexible and versatile; while empowering manufacturer to align those designs to their shop floor's changing condition. Additionally, animation videos and walkthrough of 3D CAD assembly models make the complex design of machine tools easy to perceive.
The convenience remains same for the distributors and other professionals downstream the supply chain for tools and dies manufacturers. Standard designs make the manufacturer, a quality supplier in market and not someone who constantly gambles on the price and standards to make profits.
Machine tool and die designers too, are in a much better position to offer DFMA [Designs for Manufacturing Assembly] and VAVE [Value Analysis and Value Engineering] for each design they draft. The manufacturers, for whom these design engineers work, are eventually put in the market forefront.
Whether the end product is a customized tool designed for different shop floor setting or a design of dies for batch production, CAD design approach optimizes product development time and strengthens the entire process. 3D CAD models intend to take shorter design curves and deliver the products in lesser time to markets with no extra delays or counter effects on sales.
The need of CAD technology for manufacturers of tool and dies do not stop at 3D models, in fact, it is just the beginning for them. Fabricators emphasize on having a design delivery team or a service provider capable of delivering designs understanding the shop floor settings for better alignment.
Especially for tool and die manufacturers, the complex design (with accurate dimensioning and geometry) for casted, molded or pressed parts can be easily prepared with 3D CAD models with annotated PMI. Such annotated CAD models open up new opportunities for adopting manufacturing techniques that substantially reduces rework and hence product manufacturing cost.
3D CAD models and 2D drawings act as supercharged content to manufacturers in moving business leads closer to RFQs at a quicker pace. With faster RFQ responses and CAD ready Bill of Materials – BOMs, manufacturers are empowered to entertain the leads faster and account for scalable profit margins. Quicker response and accurate quotes increases the opportunities to deliver satisfactory results and build long term relationships with the buyer.
Manufacturers rely more on comprehensive design data to have robust solutions for manufacturing homegrown variety of customized tools and dies. CAD software essentially moves up the value chain standards by delivering comprehensive designs to tool and die manufacturers who are looking to optimize the engineering lead time.
With the persistent amount of disproportionate demands, and goals of maintaining the leadership in market; expert manufacturers resort to CAD in order to drain out market instability effects. It has not only helped them improve manufacturing methods but also to stay focused on their major concern of profits through sales.
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Title: Reimagine, Refocus & Reboot: Remaining Relevant During Rough Times
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Reimagine, Refocus & Reboot: Remaining Relevant During Rough Times
Denise Castille
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The Cable
Shah: GOP budget would kill 70,000 children
As Congress struggles to negotiate a budget deal to keep the government running, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told lawmakers Wednesday that the GOP version of the budget bill would result in the deaths of at least 70,000 children who depend on American food and health assistance around the world. ...
As Congress struggles to negotiate a budget deal to keep the government running, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told lawmakers Wednesday that the GOP version of the budget bill would result in the deaths of at least 70,000 children who depend on American food and health assistance around the world.
"We estimate, and I believe these are very conservative estimates, that H.R. 1 would lead to 70,000 kids dying," USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah testified before the House Appropriations State and Foreign Ops subcommittee.
"Of that 70,000, 30,000 would come from malaria control programs that would have to be scaled back specifically. The other 40,000 is broken out as 24,000 would die because of a lack of support for immunizations and other investments and 16,000 would be because of a lack of skilled attendants at birth," he said.
The Republican bill, known as H.R.1, was passed by the House, and would fund the government for the rest of fiscal 2011. It would effectively cut 16 percent from the Obama administration's original fiscal 2011 request for the international affairs account.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) pointed out that H.R. 1 would provide $430 million for the International Disaster Assistance (IDA) account, which is 50 percent below the president's fiscal 2011 request and 67 percent below fiscal 2010 levels.
Shah said that such a cut "would be, really, the most dramatic stepping back away from our humanitarian responsibilities around the world in decades." The IDA account supports 1.6 million people in Darfur, so halving the account would place 800,000 people at risk, he said.
"[T]his would lead to a significant amount of reduction in feeding programs, medical programs and food and water programs for people who are incredibly vulnerable," he added.
Shah was also testifying in defense of the administration's fiscal 2012 budget request, which also faces the axe on Capitol Hill. Subcommittee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX) opened the hearing by announcing that the administration's fiscal 2012 request was dead on arrival.
"While I understand the value of many of these important programs, the funding request for next year is — is truly unrealistic in today's budget environment," she said. "We simply cannot fund everything that has been funded in the past. And we certainly cannot continue to fund programs that are duplicative and wasteful."
Granger said she would support USAID programs that have national security implications or contribute to the ongoing missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Her Democratic counterpart, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), said that national security is threatened by instability in other parts of the world as well.
"Drastic cuts to USAID would risk a great deal in stability and security around the world which could spawn the kinds of threats that cost this country the lives of men and women in uniform and billions in treasure," she said.
Shah argued that foreign assistance is crucial to the long term economic recovery because it helps develop markets for American goods.
"USAID's work also strengthens America's economic security. By establishing links to consumers at the bottom of the pyramid, we effectively position American countries to enter more markets and sell more goods in the economies of the future, promoting exports and creating American jobs," he said.


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UGT is part of the international project "Innovations for sustainable use of agricultural resources and climate adaption in the arid steppes of Kazakhstan and Southwestern Siberia (ReKKS).
The project aims at the development and implementation of innovative solutions for an economically and ecologically sustainable land management. It consists of research in the field of a possible is adaption to climate change in one of the most important agricultural areas worldwide. The main goal of the project is the development of innovative sustainable climate-adapted agronomic concepts.
The work will be performed at two spatial scales. At the level of the whole steppe, the climatic-dependent impact of different land use and soil use and soil management on soil erosion, soil organic matter and nutrient availability will be identified along climatic gradients. At research fields of research institutions and on-farm novel agronomic approaches will be identified along climatic gradients. At research fields of research institutions and on-farm novel agronomic approaches will be developed and optimized. This will be accompanied by research on soil erosion, soil water budget and nitrogen use efficiency and step restauration.
First soil testing with the auger
The task of the UGT- company are focused to two topics – the development and fabrication of a weighable lysimeter station that operates during the whole year and the construction of a mobile wind tunnel. The measuring results are decisive and will be used in the project by all scientific partners to fulfill their tasks. Dr. Manfred Seyfarth was part of a work team that consisted of scientists from Leibniz University Hannover, University of Halle, UFZ Halle. The colleagues visited last week Kazakhstan in order to do the preparative work for the lysimeter station.
With the scientific investigation using LYSIMETERS and soil hydrological measuring stations as well as comprehensive climate measurement technology there will be provided new insights into the establishment of sustainable and climate-adapted farming concepts for dry steppe areas. The target is also to develop and give recommendations for a sustainable soil management.


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It's a question we ask one another generally speaking. But since Enrichmentality is a blog about enriching your future, I thought I should reflect on our journey over the past 1.5 years. And that means a spending review.
Tag: Budget
What's the difference between gearing and cash flow?
In the last post, we looked at the buzzword 'negative gearing' (where the interest you are paying on the loan is more than the income), and why positive gearing (where your income is more than the interest) can be more attractive. But for anyone looking to retire early, or have the financial freedom to quit their job, pursue creativity, or raise a family, the concept of cash flow is perhaps even more important to know about than gearing. And it's something we all need to know about – not just investors.
Continue reading "What's the difference between gearing and cash flow?"


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John Wilcock was a miner living in Merritt, British Columbia when he joined up in January 1916. He had previously served with the Royal Engineers in South Africa, and listed his brother, Peter, as next of kin. From his parents' grave at St. Matthews, we know John was the son of Peter and Sarah Wilcock of Victoria Terrace. John had two other brothers Thomas and William and a sister Martha.
On his attestation paper John gave his birth date as 7 May 1879 which would make him 36 at the time. But John's age was given as 7 in the 1881 census which would have made him about 42, and this is confirmed on his parents' grave. The age limit at the time may have been 38.
North Wales Coast Pioneer, June 24th 1916
CORPORAL WILCOCK MISSING – Mr. Wm. Wilcock, manager of the Buckley Picture House, has received word from the War Office that his youngest brother, Corporal John Wilcock, of the Canadian Contingent, is missing. Corporal Wilcock had been in Canada about nine years when the war broke out. He is a second class mining engineer, and has been most successful financially. He had not long been in France, and had only been in the trenches three times before the last terrible battle the Canadians fought. His many local friends hope Mr. Wilcock will have good news of his brother soon.
John was also remembered on his parents grave at Bistre.
In loving Memory of Sarah Wilcock of Buckley who died September 25 1887 aged 56
also the above named Peter Wilcock who died July 11 1889 aged 60 years
"Thy will be done"
Also John son of the above
Killed in France June 2 1916 aged 42
Past to where beyond these voices
There is peace
Click here to view John Wilcock's Attestation papers


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This Is What's Next in Natural Products: Expo West 2015 NEXTY Award Nominees
Blossom Water receives NEXTY nomination at 2015 Natural Products Expo West, premier trade show drawing almost 72,000 attendees from 113 countries with 2,700 exhibiting companies. Every year, industry researchers scour exhibits to find products and brands they predict will shape the future of natural products. In bestowing a nomination upon Blossom Water, they commented, "The beauty and lightly sweet taste of flower extracts have come alive in a new line of refreshing, all natural essence waters…uniquely flavorful, aromatic and lightly sweetened with agave…for a smooth, tasty and artfully sophisticated experience."


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1. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.
2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem
The following conundrum is my gift to you. You will find no ease in solving it.
How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Par is about half an hour.


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Foodborne illnesses don't always qualify as an injury claim. But in unique instances, you may be eligible for compensation.
You went to your favorite restaurant and ordered the dish you always do.
Everything tasted the same, but once you got home, you realize something isn't right.
Your stomach is upset, and over the course of the next few days you become violently ill. You miss work; you might even be hospitalized.
Was it the food?
If so, can you hold the restaurant responsible for your illness?
Clients often wonder if food poisoning is grounds for a personal injury claim. While an illness, it was caused by someone. The answer to whether or not you can file an injury claim depends on the circumstances. Also, the time between when you ate the food and the illness' onset plays a heavy role.
It is best that you consult with an attorney if you want to file a suit over food poisoning. An attorney can evaluate your case and better decide if you have a claim or not.
Common Causes of Philadelphia Food Poisonings
Food poisoning comes from contamination. While restaurants and supermarkets are required to keep their premises clean and the food they prepare safe for consumption, there are numerous bacteria that can lead to severe illness out there.
Salmonella is a common cause of foodborne illness, and it is found in raw meats, milk, and eggs. When food is not stored properly or not cooked thoroughly, it spreads quickly. Salmonella symptoms and the illness itself does not last long – usually 24 to 48 hours. In rare cases, it can lead to permanent injuries. Also, for small children, the elderly, or those with a compromised immune system, salmonella can be life-threatening.
Shigella occurs when employees do not wash their hands after using the restroom. Symptoms of this illness are usually gastrointestinal, and the illness lasts anywhere from five days to a week. Treatment requires antibiotics, but rarely will you have complications as long as you remain hydrated and receive medical treatment.
Clostridium botulinum (botulism) comes from soil and fertilizer used to grow food. Also, if canned foods are not sealed properly, the bacteria spreads and becomes toxic.
Botulism is a serious illness that can be fatal if left untreated. Symptoms include nausea, lethargy, double vision, difficulty speaking, impaired breathing, and droopy eyelids. If untreated, a person could die in three to 10 days after exposure.
Anyone showing symptoms of this infection must seek medical treatment right away. Often it requires hospitalization and continuous monitoring.
For most people, listeria causes an upset stomach. For pregnant women, children, and the elderly, listeria is potentially fatal.
E. Coli (Escherichia)
E. coli causes serious, permanent damage to the intestinal tract and can spread to other organs. It usually occurs in undercooked contaminated meat. Symptoms last anywhere from one week to 10 days; in some cases, kidney failure might occur. Treatment for E. coli requires a course of antibiotics to remove the bacteria.
The Theories of Liability and How They Apply to a Food Poisoning Case
To determine if you have a case, one of more of the following theories of liability must apply.
Strict Liability
Most states use strict liability, which means you do not have to show that the company, supplier, or manufacturer contaminated the food. Instead, you must show the food made you sick; how it was infected is not a factor. Any time a food supplier, restaurant, wholesaler, or manufacturer is negligent in how they distribute a product it could fall under strict liability.
While the burden of proof is easier, you still must prove (using a preponderance of the evidence) that the food itself was the reason you were sick – and not something else.
If strict liability does not apply, you may argue that the workers or owners of the restaurant acted negligently, and it resulted in your injuries. For example, the manufacturing or way the food was supplied caused contamination, or management forced sick workers to work near food – leading to contamination.
Breach of Warranty
Another theory is the breach of warranty. Products have minimum standards imposed by the state, which means that there is an implied warranty. When foods are contaminated, it may constitute a violation of that implied warranty.
Is It Worth Filing a Lawsuit?
No one likes getting sick – especially from the food they ate. If you are confident that you can prove your case and show the restaurant or eatery caused your illness, you might have a case.
However, deciding if it is worth it comes down to damages. If you missed one or two days from work and suffered a bout of stomach upset, it might not be worth the effort.
On the other hand, if you were hospitalized, missed several weeks of work, or suffered from severe organ damage, filing a lawsuit is an option.
Consult with an Attorney First
To determine if your food poisoning case constitutes negligence or qualifies for compensation through an injury lawsuit, you should consult an injury attorney first.
If a food product injured you or a loved one or you suffered permanent injuries from a foodborne illness, speak with an attorney. To get started, schedule a free case evaluation by contacting Jeffrey H. Penneys, Esq. You can call the office at 800-465-8795, cellphone at 215-771-0430, or fill out my online contact form with your questions.


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So as you've probably noticed, I've been thinking about crossovers a lot. What they mean and why they happen. And how crossovers tend to get larger and larger, always trying to "out crisis" the last one. Which brings me to my absolute favorite crossover: Final Crisis (2008).
This selection may seem strange. After all, I just wrote a whole series about Marvel crossovers and my favorite is one from DC? One that almost everyone agrees is incredibly convoluted and hard to decipher? Well yeah. Because 1) it's awesome and 2) once you do decipher it, it's all about getting rid of the darkness of comics. It's a Meta Crossover, a crossover about comics themselves, about what would happen to the heroes if Evil Won, and it has such an incredibly hopeful ending. This is all due to the fact that it is written by Grant Morrison, author of such meta masterpieces as Animal Man, The Invisibles, and the current Multiversity.
So what is Final Crisis about? Well, that's hard to say, because it's about so many things. We'll start with the easy part:
"There was a war in Heaven. The wrong side won. The Dark Side won."
Orion is dead. The last of the New Gods has died in the gutters and Detective Dan Turpin found him. The Gods of Apokolips are dead, but still alive: they possess the people they want now.
And Darkseid has become Boss Dark Side. He fell through time, wounded and dying.
The Monitors are still watching, but there's something wrong. Nix Uotan, the youngest Monitor, has been banished. The Justice League has been set on condition amber. The skies are turning red. Darkseid transfers his essence into Dan Turpin. "Give in."
And then he unleashes the Anti-Life Equation:
loneliness + alienation + fear + despair + self-worth ÷ mockery ÷ condemnation ÷ misunderstanding × guilt × shame × failure × judgment n=y where y=hope and n=folly, love=lies, life=death, self=dark side self=dark side SELF=DARK SIDE
Batman is captured, Superman is missing, a virus turns superheroines into Darkseid's new Female Furies, and half the world's population is enslaved in one day.
Darkseid has won.
I. Am. The. New. God. All is one in Darkseid. This mighty body is my church. When I command your surrender, I speak with three billion voices. When I make a fist to crush your resistance. It is with three billion hands. When I stare into your eyes and shatter your dreams. And break your heart. It is with six billion eyes! Nothing like Darkseid has ever come among you: Nothing will again. I will take you to a hell without exit or end. And there I will murder your souls! And make you crawl and beg! And die! Die! Die for Darkseid!
Meanwhile, Superman has been pulled outside of New Earth to join a group of alternate Supermen in a quest in Final Crisis: Superman Beyond 3D (yes, they had a 3D comic, just go with it). They end up in Limbo, the place where comic book characters go who are never used.
And then Superman goes to the Monitor's world in a thought-robot with armor made of plot and fights against Mandrakk the Dark Monitor, the literal embodiment of the darkness of comics:
"Let me feed and feed until nothing remains but Mandrakk! Bloated and alone beneath a skyful of murdered stars!"
Superman defeats Mandrakk before getting going home and then getting sucked into the future by the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Meanwhile, Darkseid has enslaved nearly all life. His minions have put Batman in a machine, but Batman had more tricks up his sleeve. He escapes with the bullet that killed Orion, the bullet made out of Radion, fatal to New Gods.
(Oh, I should also mention that it was a time traveling bullet.)
In the future, Braniac-5 shows Superman something called the Miracle Machine, a device that can grant one wish. In the present, Batman confronts Darkseid and this happens:
Batman shoots the God of Evil and then gets hit with the Omega Sanction. (Image from the DC Wikia.)
And the Superman returns and finds his charred body. And Darkseid declares victory:
You turned your back and I wrecked your world. I robbed your people of their powers, their hopes, their future, themselves. What will you do when your friends, your enemies, your lover, are all Darkseid? When there is one body. One mind. One will. One life that is Darkseid. Will you be the enemy of all existence, then? What irony that will be, Son of Krypton.
And then the Flashes (Barry Allen and Wally West) lead his Omega Beams right back to him and the Black Racer comes for his body. Darkseid is dead. The world is still doomed.
The sun has set forever. There is a black hole where my heart should be.
The last issue of Final Crisis condenses a number of epic sequences into very short spaces. Only a few pages are dedicated to Wonder Woman being brought back and then wrapping Darkseid's body with her Lasso of Truth, undoing the Anti-Life Equation. And the world is still being dragged into the black hole that is Darkseid's heart. So everyone goes to the JLA Satellite, the last outpost of humanity.
And Superman builds the Miracle Machine. And powers it with the last solar cells in his body. And before the spirit of Darkseid can use it, he banishes him with a single note of the multiverse.
And then Mandrakk the Dark Monitor comes back:
(Image from this article about the meaning of Final Crisis.)
And he is defeated by Nix Uotan, the new Multiversal Monitor, the Judge of All Evil, along with an army of Superman from alternate Earths, Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew, and the Green Lantern Corps who proceed to stake Mandrakke in the heart with a giant green stake.
And Superman brings the universe back with one single wish: to have a happy ending.
And that's Final Crisis. Well, that's the main story. There's Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds about Superman's adventure in the future with the Legion of Super-Heroes and Final Crisis: Revelations about the Spectre and the Question and Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge which about the Rogues getting revenge, but you can basically skip those.
Some say that Final Crisis is too complicated, but that's sort of the point: it's complicated to the point of incomprehensibility in places. It's steeped in years of DC lore. It's about Superman and Batman and what they mean: the Sun God who can do anything and the Dark Knight who can escape any death trap. It's about years of darkness infecting comics being expelled by hope.
And that's why it's my favorite crossover.


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Nothing expresses itself as makes sense. A need for sex comes out as snappish anxiety. A need for time to myself, journaling, or mind-wandering, can often only be noticed when all I want to do is stitch. A restless mind and a desire for 90s music translates to a need for a good night's rest. Frantic cleaning is usually sign of missing friends, of wanting someone to clean up for. My body and mind and soul speak different languages.
As of yesterday, I am 35 weeks pregnant, meaning that soon this baby will no longer be hiccuping and stretching and kicking and prodding from the inside but on the outside. Meaning that sleep will no longer be interrupted by weird aches and compressed lungs and heartburn and needing to pee but for endless nursing and mysterious fussing. Meaning that soon I will be leaking all over. Meaning that soon there will be a tiny, snuggly, beautiful, milk-scented new person in my life. It's no longer a thousand years away, but soon. I'm beginning to stock up on birthing supplies, beginning to think about the After as something tangible. There will be a spring, even if it's hidden under three feet of snow.
Meanwhile, my back complains and the baby, slowly realizing that space is becoming scarce, jabs at my ribs and grinds into the base of my pelvis. Sometimes I feel round and ripe and glowing, but mostly I just feel soft and sun-deprived and weighed down. It has been too cold to even spend much time outside, even with our rather lenient standards on what is "too cold," and so my son is frantic, sleeping less, having trouble focusing without his usual hours of outdoor activity. He is still bright and loquacious and creative and mischievous and affectionate, but space between us has been nearly as limited as space in my belly, and my patience thins. Friends are too busy to meet, or toddlers or sick, or weather interferes.
I miss sun-heat on my skin. I miss moisture hanging in the air. Two cold winters with a mild summer in between, and I miss the sense of balance. I know, all things in their time, but I think, too, that the wanting is part of what makes it good.


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The vampire has been defined down the ages as an accursed body which cannot rest in the kindly earth, but nightly leaves its grave to prey on sleeping men and women through whom they are believed to maintain a semblance of life by sucking thence the warm blood of such victims while they sleep. Webster's International Dictionary confirms that the vampire is a "re-animated body of a dead person … believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep causing death." The Oxford Dictionary agrees with all the above, describing a vampire as "a ghost that leaves his grave at night and sucks the blood of sleeping persons." Sir James Frazer in the second volume of his work The Fear of the Dead in Primitive Religions (1934) is in no doubt that vampires are "malicious ghosts who issue from their graves to suck the blood of the living, and stringent measures are deemed necessary to hinder or arrest this horrible proceeding."
They are, of course, demonic. In certain circumstances (though these are few and far between) those who expire from the parasitic undead's visitations and quaffing of their life-blood will themselves be at risk of becoming undead in their turn. This does not occur where the person is in a state of grace; where any mortal sin that stains their soul has been absolved. And by no means are the great majority of victims destined to return as undead. It would seem that those who become undead in this way are fewer than might be imagined. This nevertheless remains an enigma where probable candidates are those who have led a life of more than ordinary immorality and unbridled wickedness; where the individual has possessed a surfeit of selfish passions, evil ambitions and cruelty. Such undead, however, are thought to be those who have delighted in blood and devoted themselves during their life to the practice of diabolism and the black arts. Thus an undead is more likely to result from exceedingly base and cruel actions; especially where devil worship and devotion to the black arts has occurred.
The supernatural agency is demonic and, whilst human beings cannot actually transform into demons themselves, they may be possessed by them, and thus appear transformed. In the case of contamination followed by expiry of a candidate there exists the possibility that their malevolence sets in action forces which might prove powerful for terror and destruction even beyond the grave. It is hardly to be supposed that such persons would rest undisturbed while it is less difficult to contemplate the existence of this hideous life in death where the demonic is extant and seemingly manifests itself as a corporeal form. The smallest drop of blood can be employed by a demonic entity, enabling the wraith to form in a tangible manner. Revenants are attracted to blood which allows them to effect their purpose. The ancient Israelites would not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood. The Hebrew word that translates as "life" in Deuteronomy 12: 23 ("Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life") also signifies "soul."
The undead partakes of the dark nature and mysterious qualities of both revenant and demon. The exorcist must always be mindful of these alarming characteristics - not least the undead's terrible blood lust - and must never go unprotected when putting himself at risk during operative field work. Manifestation via the blood is the undead's means of metamorphosis into a form often indistiguishable from a corpse. Since the undead do not exist in time - they dwell in what is described as "anti-time" - they will cast no shadow, nor will their reflection be seen in a mirror or water's surface. The crucifix symbol itself is utterly abhorred by them, and indeed all forms of evil. The object and what it is made of does not possess any power, yet it is so strongly symbolic of the triumph of good over evil that it alone repels evil and whatever is an emissary of evil. However, when employed by a person the intent and faith of the person employing it is paramount. This might seem like a paradox. Christian items and holy places utterly repel evil people who oftentimes delight in their sacrilege. Likewise supernatural evil shuns these holy things.
It is indubitably unwise for these sacred symbols to be adopted as mere fashion items. Similarly, of course, it is unwise in the extreme for diabolical symbols to be adopted and worn. So the power of the crucifix exists, but will be magnified one thousandfold when supported by faith. Exorcism does not "kill" the demonic agent. It rids our sphere or dimension of the supernatural predatory wraith. The corporeal host once exorcised obviously returns to its true state and is no longer plagued by the apparent supernatural ability to manifest as though it were living.
"Whether we are justified in supposing that cases of vampirism are less frequent today than in past centuries, I am far from certain. But one thing is plain ~ not that they do not occur, but that they are carefully hushed up and stifled." - Montague Summers (The Vampire in Europe, 1929).
Seán Manchester
Montague Summers