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Touring Royals Country on Caravan
It has been a busy week at the office! Last week, ATH joined team representatives on Caravan visits to Cameron, St. Joseph and Maryville, Missouri, then on to Topeka and Wichita, Kansas. Hopefully you saw some of our pictures on Twitter @aroundthehornkc. Here's a recap of the Missouri tour:
Our journey began in Overland Park on the morning of January 15, where ATH met the bus and checked in with Ben Aken, Sr. Director of Community Relations. Ben thought the players and staff would want a hot breakfast – so off I went to pick something up. Once back, I took a seat on the bus behind Royals Hall of Famer John Mayberry and across from broadcaster Steve Stewart, who was joined by his son John (a.k.a. Little John on this trip).
The bus made a quick stop in downtown Kansas City to pick up designated hitter Billy Butler and pitcher Danny Duffy (pitcher Greg Holland was already aboard). We made our way through North Kansas City and on to Cameron (one hour north of KC), where our first stop was just off of I-35 at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
Steve Stewart introduced Butler, Duffy, Holland and Mayberry to the fine fans of Cameron. The line weaved its way through the store to the front table, where fans mingled with our Caravan crew and picked up autographs from our foursome. I visited with several season ticket holders while Aken and Stewart did radio interviews on KKWK, the Royals affiliate in Cameron.
Ben suggested that I take lunch orders for our traveling party of 10. One thing that I learned over two days was the easy-going nature of our three current players on the trip. I've known Billy since 2007 but I didn't spend much time around Danny or Greg last year. I took Danny's order and proceeded to Greg, who said he'd take the same. And for Billy? Anything…just order what Duffy and Holland were getting. Easy enough! The only problem was that the listed phone number for the sandwich shop was for a fax or modem. Time is critical on Caravan – you want to get to your next stop as a line of fans will be waiting. Luckily I found a ride to the sandwich shop and started our order.
The bus pulled up shortly thereafter and we were on our way to St. Joseph, 45 minutes to the west. I listened to stories from Big John Mayberry and John Stewart pointed out the town of Stewartsville to Steve. We rolled into St. Joe, where a long line was waiting at Hy-Vee. Once again, Steve Stewart did the introductions, this time over Hy-Vee's intercom! "Attention Hy-Vee shoppers…"
I handed out schedules to the fans in line before proceeding back to the autograph table. Our players and alumnus began walking the line in order for all of the fans to get autographs in our allotted time. I assisted Big John, a natural at these types of events. Once the autographs were complete, our current players met with the local media.
We climbed back onto the bus and kept tabs on the NFL playoffs while traveling north to Maryville. Our stop was at the Nodaway County Senior Center. Several fans approached me and talked of how much it meant for us to visit. This hits home with me as I grew up in a small town and usually made it to one big league game a year as a youth.
The sun was setting as we prepared to leave Maryville. With our stops complete, Billy, Danny, Greg and Big John posed for a picture next to the sign which advertised our stop. We had visited three different venues with a common theme: Fans who were very happy to see us and looking forward to the 2012 season. When I arrived home that night, I could think of only one thing…the thrill of doing it all again the next day!


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What we want to do is have all the e-mail we have in our CRM stored into VMware Zimbra Open Source Edition. This is something we can easily do.
However, we want to synchronize between Zimbra and our CRM:
- When we mark a message read in our CRM, we want to push this change to Zimbra (so the message gets marked read in Zimbra too).
- When we mark a message read in Zimbra, we want to push this change to our CRM (so the message gets marked read in our CRM too).
We want to do this for everything: Marking read/unread, deleteing, moving, copying, set any other flags, etc. etc.
We will mainly use the IMAP component.
The CRM -> Zimbra part isn't hard, we can just open IMAP sessions and mark the messages read etc.
But the Zimbra -> CRM part is something I'm not sure of yet. I don't see how we can make a plugin that allows us to handle these events.
Would we make this plugin through a Zimlet? I cannot find any proper documentation regarding creating Zimlets that do something with the Java-side of Zimbra. All I find is JavaScript Zimlets. Which is a possibility, too, though. But I don't think we can properly rely on this.
Does anybody have any ideas? I would appreciate some thorough documentation that helps me creating a plugin for Zimbra.

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This example focuses on the species transport within the gas diffusion layers (GDLs) of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. The geometry models a cell with two adjacent flow channels of different pressures, a situation that may occur in a cell with serpentine flow channels, or in a cell using an interdigitated flow field design. The model uses current balances, mass transport equations (Maxwell-Stefan diffusion for reactants, water and nitrogen gas), and momentum transport (Darcy's law for the gas flows) to simulate a PEM fuel cell's behavior.


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that i was playing rock papers scissors at a competitive international level and kept winning
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that i was playing rock papers scissors at a competitive international level and kept winning
Regular show plot?
never saw such an episode
Well its not the same plot, but it deals with both of them getting ridiculously good at rock paper scissors.
when i was in elementary school i used to meticulously think of how to win psychologically at rock paper scissors. but no one really played it that much so i never had time to test my ability.
it's not psychology, it's maths. more people use rock to begin with, so start with paper. nobody ever uses scissors
I don't think lords very good with Maths.
pretty sure you just described psychology lord
You gotta remember God that people usually aren't up on their rock paper scissors skills, so you can easily fake them out.
Statistically more people start with rock. That's what lord meant.
Always start with paper.
It's all probability, and from most popular move to least is rock > paper > scissors.
oh by the way i had a pd related dream a couple of days ago. basically trixie posted her picture online and said shed been working out. it was a before and after picture with the before being a bathroom-mirror-cameraphone pic of a stereotypical indian 'urban' college girl and the after being pretty much the same picture except she was flexing and had biceps and a six pack. other stuff probably happened but i dont remember.
to this day i dont get the whole paper beats rock thing
you cover stone walls with floral wallpaper, hence victory... the rocks feel ashamed and give in.
very professionally said.
i am enlightened!
do what I can.
but if it isn't floral wallpaper, does it still count? I mean rocks shine too
I had a lucid dream last night. It was awesome.
Yeah, I'm pretty much the RPS master, don't even try to challenge me, you'll probably lose


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I've been having problems where someone is targeting key user accounts including my own. I've been trying to track down the offending IP's using audit.log and zmauditswatchctl but I'm not having any luck. What I keep getting are reports that my own server is trying to hack my account. (account/domain/ip changed for this posting):
2013-04-30 00:20:58,167 WARN [btpool0-2199://mydomain.com:7071/service/admin/soap/] [firstname.lastname@example.com;ip=192.168.20.9;] security - cmd=Auth; email@example.com; protocol=soap; error=authentication failed for [firstname.lastname@example.com], invalid password;
I have to assume this means that the attacker is using the web interface to try and log into the account. Zimbra's account lockout function seems to be working fine but unfortunately when an account is locked out that means my phone, my tablet, my laptop and my PC also cannot access my mail until the lockout has ended.
How can we get the actual IP of the attacker to be reported instead of the server's own IP?


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A cooperative effort by the Facilities Management Department and the Safety and Transportation Department will create and maintain a keying system which will ensure a reasonable balance of physical security and convenience to persons authorized to possess keys to University facilities.
The effective control and security of university buildings are necessary requirements for the safety and protection of university personnel and equipment. Therefore, the following policy is established for the issuance and security of university keys, which are the heart of an effective building security system.
All keys are property of the university. The duplication or transfer of any university key is strictly prohibited. Possession or duplication of keys to the lock of any building or other property owned by the university or any agency thereof without proper permission will constitute suspension or revocation of key privileges and/or associated charges.


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A live-action version of Disney animated classic "Dumbo" is in the works.
"Transformers" franchise writer Ehren Kruger has been tapped to pen the script for the upcoming feature, which will introduce a family arc into the story, in addition to the original tale about a circus elephant with big ears who befriends a mouse and learns how to fly, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The original film was released in 1941 and won an Oscar for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture.
This isn't the only live-action version of an animated film in the works by Disney executives – they are also developing a "Beauty and the Beast" and "Cinderella" remake.


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- A concerned Toni Nadal after watching Rafa go down to Lleyton Hewitt 6-4, 6-3 during their exo at Hurlingham Club in London
Uh-oh. If Uncle Toni is spewing this shite, there is definitely cause for worry. There's still no confirmation on whether he will be healthy enough to defend beginning next week.
Stay tuned!
UPDATE: According to his website, Rafa will hold a press conference after his match against Stanislas Wawrinka to announce his plans.
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This morning, the annual Bunbury Music Festival, coming up July 11-13 and returning to Sawyer Point/Yeatman's Cove along the Ohio River, announced the first acts for this summer's event. Fall Out Boy, which won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Alternative Band last night, will be joined at the fest by consistent Pop/Rock hit makers Paramore (who were up against FOB for that People's Choice Award and are doing a co-headlining tour with the band this summer, something that leaked early, allegedly angering Paramore) and up-and-coming Danish alt-rockers New Politics (also on the FOB/Paramore jaunt).
The full lineup for the Bunbury Music Festival is scheduled to be announced next month. Tickets are on sale now; below are details:
One-day, Any-day: $55.00 (U.S.) Buy on layaway until January 31, 2014
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Please note that ticket prices will increase after February 15 and again after July 1.
Also this morning, it was announced that The Afghan Whigs, one of the best musical exports to ever come out of Cincinnati, are returning to the road in 2014 to play (at least) the Coachella festival in California this summer. (The full Coachella lineup, which was released this morning and includes Arcade Fire, OutKast and The Replacements, can be found here.) Sounds like a good fit for this year's Bunbury lineup, too.
CityBeat met with drummer and instrumentalist Josiah Wolf (Yoni's brother) at The Comet and spoke to him about Cincinnati, his new projects, upcoming shows and WHY?'s latest albums.
CityBeat: Cincinnati is your hometown. You and Yoni grew up here?
Josiah Wolf: I was born in Philadelphia but came here when I was, like, two. So yeah, I grew up here. I lived here all of my formative years…left when I was around 21.
CB: I saw that WHY? is nominated for the "Indie/Alternative" category for the Jan. 26 17th annual Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (CEAs). How does it feel to be nominated?
JW: I don't ever expect to win those things, but it's nice that we're on the radar of the city. We were nominated last year too and went down to The Madison. I think [the CEAs] have gotten bigger. It's cool — it's kind of a way of getting the music community and art community together.
CB: Do you interact with some of the local bands here?
JW: Uh, never, no. [Laughs] Just kidding. Yeah, I've met some good friends here and some good bands here. I've met a lot of people through WHY?'s other drummer Ben Sloan — a lot of his friends that he went to school with. They have a collective, The Marburg Collective, and they play at The Comet every Monday.
CB: Aside from WHY?, I know you've been working on some other projects, such as Dream Tiger with your wife, Liz. Can you tell me about that?
JW: I'm doing stuff for myself right now that is only in infancy. Some of that might be music I release myself or I might collaborate with Liz on it. Some of it might become WHY? songs. I have a lot of tracks that are in their beginning stages.
CB: So with WHY?, do the members work on music individually and then come together?
JW: Yeah, we do that a lot of the time. Every record is different, though. Like with the last record, Mumps, Etc., Yoni worked on almost all of that by himself. With the Golden Ticket EP, I did all of the music on that. Yoni wrote the songs on the piano and then he sent me the tracks and I put music around it.
CB: How is it different to do your own stuff versus stuff for WHY? or Dream Tiger?
JW: WHY? is kind of Yoni's band in a way even though we've had times of collaboration. It's my band also but he's the main guy. Dream Tiger is Liz's band. [Laughs] In both bands, I kind of take a side role. The difference is working with my brother versus working with my wife. They're different but both are good in my life. Lately, I enjoy working by myself in a way, as far as coming up with ideas.
CB: You'll be playing at The Comet on New Years Eve with WHY? for your last show of the year. How do you feel about that?
JW: I love The Comet. It'll be a fun, low pressure show for us. I'm excited about it. I'd say that intimate shows [are] my preference.
CB: Which of your albums is the band's favorite to perform? I know at the Fountain Square show this summer, you guys played a lot from Alopecia, which is one of my favorite albums. How do you choose which albums to play?
JW: Right now we're focusing on the new record, Mumps, Etc. We do most songs from that but, yeah, we do a lot from Alopecia. Some Elephant Eyelash. We don't really do much Eskimo Snow right now. The Alopecia songs do lend themselves to the live performances better than some of the other ones — they are more exciting songs in a way. For some reason, the Eskimo Snow songs are a little more difficult to pull off live [but] we do a couple.
CB: So Mumps, Etc. came out last year after a three-year break. How would you say the band's sound has evolved in that latest album? And since then?
JW: That record was mostly Yoni as far as the arrangements go. He didn't play a lot on it but the rest of us got the parts he arranged and learned them and embellished them a bit. The goal was to get a very clean, large sounding record with minimal instrumentation — not too cluttered. I think we did pretty good with that. When I listen back to the instrumentals, it's clean, and that's what we were going for. Nowadays, the newer stuff that we're working towards is a little more homemade — a little more experimental. We're trying to get back to some of that stuff and get away from being in a big studio. Next up, we're going to record more at my house in my basement studio.
CB: And then there's the September EP Golden Tickets from this year on the Joyful Noise label. It is a described as "a collection of personalized 'theme songs' for and about seven specific WHY? fans who were Internet stalked." Can you tell me a little bit more about that project?
JW: It first came about through our web store three years ago, I believe, right around this time. We had this one t-shirt that was a misprint. All of the other shirts had a certain color but one shirt was gold. It was like a test print. Somehow we came up with this idea: How about we put up a contest online and say whoever gets the golden shirt will have a song written about them. And the first guy who bought the shirt — it was Hunter Van Brocklin, the guy — was sent the shirt and we wrote a song about him. That's how it started. From there, we did another merch contest and then we kind of got away from the merch contests and did more of a charity after the Japan [tsunami]. We did an auction where whoever gave the most to the benefit got the song written about them that month — that was the golden ticket. So every month, it became a little different.
CB: When the fans found out about their "theme songs," how did they react? Creeped out? Flattered? Shocked?
JW: Everybody liked it! At least nobody expressed a [creeped out] sentiment. Maybe some people were creeped out [Laughs], but people seemed to like it a lot. People wrote us about it. We were lucky; all of the people we selected were really cool people. If you're going to put your information out there on social media, we can write a song about it. It's all public information. We had a good time doing it. Yoni would send me the tracks and I would make the music around it. It was just a fun little project.
Dream Tiger (Josiah and Liz) plays Mayday this Friday and WHY? performs at The Comet on New Year's Eve.
Check out WHY?'s website for more information about the band.
It was sometime back in September that I stumbled upon the story of Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry, and her piece in The Guardian about the unfortunate realities she faced as a female musician. Only days later, I heard the stories of classical composers wearing their own diadems of misogyny. All these forces were crumbling away at what I once believed to be the most progressive industry we had at our hands.
With such revelations came a personal desire
for truth at a closer proximity. I honed in my lens and turned it on the state
of our own music scene, and the circumstances of female musicians in the Queen
I may have stumbled a bit the first time I saw Molly Sullivan perform. It could have been the champagne. It could have been the wine. It could have been the sheer, uprooting shock of such a sneakily sultry voice filling all the quiet corners of a room.
It was 2011 and the setting was a birthday party at the neo-historic Marburg Hotel, and local heroes Shadowraptr had just finished their set in the basement — a lush and operatic performance of their usual brand of psychedelic Prog-Rock, with Jazz sensibility. They didn't disappoint with an expectedly raucous presentation, and we didn't back down as an ever energetic crowd. It was in a quiet aftermath, among friends and fellows just as imbibed as our beer-soaked shirts, that I wove my way through a hallway maze and sauntered into a living room with an organ against its back wall. At its helm sat Molly Sullivan.
As she would come to tell me nearly three years later, "Going back to when I first started playing out as a singer songwriter, I always felt this extreme pressure and insecurity of being a female musician…whose music was tending to be more on the delicate side of things, an emotionally driven side of things. It required a little stillness from the crowd."
But back looking back on that night in March 2011, stillness was inevitable. Warm from wine and an approaching spring, the handful of us that sat in the living room did so with an active passivity. But even as heads lolled against neighbors' shoulders or against the walls at our backs, there was an intensity in every pair of eyes that I glanced into; all were watching, focused, as Molly struck a chord and then another, taking us through the coziest part of the evening with two or three ballads of life, lovelorn.
It was an intimacy that couldn't have escaped those of us even if it had tried, and only a brief, drunken sampling of where Sullivan had started her story, rising to the ranks of the recognized, respected and regaled. Before that, she was front woman for the electronically infused No No Knots and a few months after that, she would play out as a solo artist with a backing band, making a stop at The Heights Music Festival and a New Year's Eve show at the Southgate House Revival in 2012, before a brief hiatus kept her choruses hushed.
Sullivan admits that a lot of the anxious cogs of her earlier years were weighed on heavily by being a female musician in a primarily male-dominated scene.
"I feel like it's a lot
easier for men as artists," Sullivan Says, "generally, because you have the
potential to be the heartthrob, and also it's not necessarily a sissying thing
to go to for a guy. So I feel like there's more of an audience inherently built
In the later months of 2013, however, she re-emerged, armed with a loop-accentuated sound and a solo confidence that she speaks fondly of. Crafting songs, sonically clad with vocal layering and solid to the string guitar work, Sullivan took her one-woman symphony on the Cincinnati circuit, to high acclaim — winning the solo artist bracket of FB's local "Last Band Standing 2013" battle of the bands, and earning herself a spot on one of the participating MidPoint Music Festival stages.
Sullivan had dedicated time to playing earlier shows in spots she would normally not perform, in venues and around crowds she would normally not consider being her primary audience. She says she found new courage in taking these risks. Though initially unsure about even participating in the event at FB's, Sullivan came to find her hesitation was unnecessary.
"I made some assumption about the clientele there – it's kind of known to be like a bro bar," Sullivan explains. "I was thinking, 'They're not gonna get my art.' That ended up not being true."
When asked about the
progression of her performance presentation, Sullivan says, "I think I've
actually come to learn — just by doing it when I'm in a bar and everybody is
silent — just like recognizing that there's something captivating about the
simplicity and the emotion of being present with your songs. It's a really
empowering thing when people are dedicated to listening and joining you in that
Sullivan also recognized the power of community, and the part that earnest encouragement from within the Cincinnati scene played in her career as a musician. One pillar in her support group is claimed by The Daughters of The Midwest, an ensemble stage set of premier, female musicians dominating the Cincinnati area.
"I've definitely kind of
geared my energy towards being supportive of other female musicians," Sullivan
says, "supporting Kelly (Fine), Mia (Carruthers), Maya (Banatwala). And now
that I'm back out there again, because of the support that I've been shown."
"I think it's a really powerful thing to have a female musician community to support each other," she continues. "And as soon as I got back into it, it made it a lot easier to go with the flow and be excited for people wholeheartedly."
And looking outside of the just the female musician community, Sullivan vehemently recognizes the support of Cincinnati as a whole. Sullivan expresses an appreciation for her time playing with The No No Knots, as well as the support she received from the members of Cincinnati's Marburg Collective. As she explains, "There's mostly positive reinforcement floating around. There's kind of this really solid to the earth community here that exists that wants to support."
She admits that what hides outside of Cincinnati is what scares her most. We traded stories and conversations about recent revelations of ignorance and misogynistic skeletons in some of contemporary music's most renowned scenes, tales of classical composers saying woman have no place in conducting pieces.
Sullivan acknowledges being weary of "the whole, big wide world," with such possibilities floating around in clouds of reality.
"Cincinnati scares me in its
own ways," she says. "Almost what scares me more is beyond what's Cincinnati,
just the competitiveness that can be fruitful if you're successful in the game.
And I think part of me has been afraid of success, because with that success,
you know what's gonna come: it's gonna be that banter online, all those
anonymous people hemorrhaging bullshit…Why bother?"
Even with such uncertainty for outside markets, Sullivan exhibits an insight and strength that propels her forward, even more so because of her acknowledgements of the bad that can come with the good. She says she's learning to navigate her way around "the hemorrhaging bullshit." Her awareness of everything that can dampen an otherwise well lit stage is what makes her voice so definitive on the conversation about the regressive mentality of misogyny that can still exist in our present day music-scape.
There exists within Molly Sullivan a partnership between community appreciation and individualistic impetus. She acknowledges the power of community backing, saying it's a "powerful thing to have a female musician community to support each other." And she recognizes the groundwork that's been laid out in years past.
"We've seen the rise of a few
female fronted bands come through," Sullivan says, "and people are more willing
to be excited for that and support it." (She cites the Seedy Seeds and Wussy as
pioneers for female musicianship.) Sullivan is aware of where we've been and
where we are. But what's more, she's ready to take us to where we need to be.
And she's ready to do that with a self-made spirit.
"I'm getting to a point where I don't give a fuck really," Sullivan says.
It was with a new impetus
that she's approached her musicianship. "I've grown stronger as a female
musician," she says. "Now I'm just kind of like, well, if you don't want to
listen to it then fuck you, you don't have to be here. It took me a long time
to get to that point, and I still kind of have some insecurity about it. But
most of the time I'm just like, 'Molly, grow a pair, get over it.' "
Sullivan also explains the intentionality behind her current solo-set performances. Much in the same vein of playing in new venues, under possibly uncomfortable lights, she exhibits a drive to explore her boundaries, and expand past her limitations.
"I've chosen to do these
things by myself," she says. "If I'm going to play with a band later, I need to
be OK playing solo first. It's been really empowering, doing all of that." She proves herself to be relentless and,
though hurt, unscarred by the outside forces of misinterpretation and
misogynistic pressures.
It's with a knowing, weathered paddle that she navigates these future streams. And it seems she couldn't be more pleased with the direction she's headed.
"So far, it's been really
lovely being back." She takes a moment, at the end of our conversation, to
reflect out loud. "Would you look at that? I did that. And I don't need anybody
else. I'm all about collaboration, but it's really good to know that I don't
need anybody. I'm capable."
So far, the videos released from The Queen City Project's series of clips from The MidPoint Sessions (a day party that took place at the Art Academy during September's MidPoint Music Festival) have showcased three great Ohio acts — Athens' The Ridges (also the curators of the Sessions), Cincinnati's The Happy Maladies and Columbus' Indigo Wild. Today you can check out the final clip from the performances, this one featuring another Cincinnati artist — intriguing singer/songwriter Molly Sullivan. While the previous performances were acoustic, Sullivan strums an electric guitar and utilizes loops to create a haunting effect.
Click here for more about Sullivan. And you can see/hear her live this Thursday at MOTR Pub in Over-the-Rhine as she opens for Lexington, Ky.'s Ancient Warfare, which also played this year's MidPoint Music Festival. Find details on the free show here.
Cincinnati five-piece Zebras in Public has released some propaganda to promote its new single and sophomore album.
Actually, it's a new single and accompanying music video for the group's strong new song "Propaganda," an ear-grabbing AltRock track that is slated for the new Zebras in Public full-length, Paradise Leg. The follow-up to the eclectic band's 2010 debut album Scars & Stripes is due early next year.
The "Propaganda" MP3 single is on sale now through iTunes, Google Play and Amazon. Click here for more on Zebras in Public.
Papadosio is a trendsetting, progressive voice in the world of Rock, mixing an electronic sound with improvisation and dashes of psychedelia. The North Carolina-based band has created a groundswell through the musical landscape with steady tour dates and the development of its own festival, Rootwire, in Southeastern Ohio, the group's birthplace. CityBeat caught up with drummer Mike Healy, a Cincinnati native, and chatted about his Ohio roots and the development of the Rootwire Music and Arts Festival. Papadosio storms into Bogarts this Friday night for an evening of high energy and eclectic sounds. Click here for tickets and further information.
CityBeat: I wanted to ask you about the Rootwire Festival. How did you guys start the festival and decide on the location?
Mike Healy: Some of us went to school in Athens, Ohio, and we actually played some festivals there before we started doing Rootwire six or seven years ago. We checked out the property and really liked it and had an idea to do a festival ourselves from traveling a lot and making so many awesome friends across the country we could collaborate with and create an amazing event. We decided (on) that land because we had previously visited it, Kaeppner Woods, outside of Athens in Logan. It is absolutely beautiful, some of the oldest mountains in the world in the Appalachian foothills. There is a lot of great energy there, it's beautiful and it just couldn't be a more perfect place to throw a festival the last four years. That's how that place came about. The festival, we have just been collaborating with so many amazing friends. We just invite our friend bands and friend artists from all over the country and installation artists from all walks of life. It's just been an absolutely amazing time for four years.
CB: I saw the band for the first time this year at the All Good festival (in Thornville, Ohio). Listening to your music, it feel like there is a little bit of a spiritual element to it. Do you guys consider yourself spiritual or religious and how does that inspire your music?
MH: I would say that none of us are religious. There are definitely all sorts of messages throughout our music of some sort of divine connection to Mother Earth and taking care of the place we live and taking care of others and loving others, all kinds of common things we like to talk about. I guess if you want to call it spiritual you can — we call it a no-brainer. You love your neighbor you take care of each other. You want peace in the world and all these universal values I feel like people can connect to. There are definitely a lot of those messages in our music. I don't find any of us to be religious at all. Music is our religion, honestly. We are always searching for alternative thinking. We are all into the green movement and really into eco-building and sustainable living and alternative energy. All these things are on our mind a lot and we speak about them in music.
CB: The band has relocated from Ohio to Asheville, N.C. I heard you moved to a cabin somewhere outside of town. You must be together as a band a lot of the time — or all the time. Is it hard being around each other so much?
MH: We actually don't live in that cabin anymore. We are spread out around town living with our girlfriends and stuff. We do spend a lot of time together. We are on the road 200 days a year. We are always just hanging out on the tour bus together. Even when we are home we still get together and hang out. We are a big ol' band of brothers (and) just love spending time together. We really enjoy making music and we are all really great friends. It is totally insane. We are gone all the time and it is hard on our ladies, spending so much time away. It's quite the crazy lifestyle. It is not for everyone. We love it. We try to do the best to make it work.
CB: What is your favorite part of being on the road?
MH: Definitely playing music every night. That is what we live for. The whole set up and tear down and all the long hours of waiting around are not so fun, but once you get on stage and are able to create and get people dancing and seeing all these smiling faces everywhere, that definitely fuels us. Some of the favorite times too are when we are on the road and have a couple days off that we get to go do beautiful things like go visit beautiful national parks or go on some crazy hikes or go relax at a really nice hotel or someone's house. Those kind of times we look forward to because it is nice to relax and see friends all around the country.
CB: What is your favorite song to play live?
MH: That's a hard one. We have like 50 songs that we have in rotation. I love all of them. I really like playing a new one that Anthony (Thogmartin) wrote called "New Love." (There) are really fun new songs we have been playing live a lot in every town. Everybody has been really digging it. It is hard to pick a favorite because I love all the material.
CB: The band has played a lot of festivals, particularly around Ohio. Do you have a favorite festival moment?
MH: There are so many. I guess we love playing All Good every year, because those have been some of the biggest crowds we have ever got to play in front of. We got to play on the main stage last year in front of 15-20,000 people. Previous years … we got to play after Flaming Lips one year and right before Primus one year and those crowds were like 30,000 people. It was totally insane. It was so cool. Those are definitely high moments. Obviously Rootwire is a big moment.
We have started playing some festivals on the West Coast and all over the country. We are really enjoying trying new ones out. We have played so many in the Midwest and East Coast and it has been so nice to try some new festies out west. This year we are doing some of our first international plays. We are really excited to go down to Central America and play … in December. There is so much going on.
CB: Can you describe your songwriting process?
MH: There (are) several different ways we go about doing it. We will have a jam session and we come up with a song on the spot and write it together in the rehearsal room, and somebody will have a riff and we will go around adding pieces of the puzzle together as a group. Other times, somebody will have almost a completely finished song idea and bring it to the table. People will learn their parts and put their own flare on it. Sometimes someone will have half a song and come to somebody else to help finish it and someone else will write lyrics.
It all depends on what is happening during the creative process. Sometimes we will be on tour sitting on our laptops and all of a sudden a riff will come to our heads and we will start writing the song while sitting on the van or the bus and then bring it back after (the) tour and bring it to the band and go from there. Sometimes we are walking through the woods and we get an idea in our head and sing it into our phone real quick and then we will go back later and hop on the computer and our instruments and figure it out and bring it to the band later. It just comes to you sometimes. It's crazy how it works. It is part of the creative process — you just never know when you will get an idea that will pop into your head and you have to jot it down somehow.
CB: Being with the band in Athens, I am sure you have spent a little time in Cincinnati. Do you have any fond Cincinnati stories from the past?
MH: Oh yeah. I grew up in Cincinnati. I lived there until I was 18 and then I went to Athens for school for seven years and then I moved down to Asheville. I've been playing drums since I was 3 years old and I have been in a band non-stop since fourth grade, so from fourth grade all the way through senior year I was in so many different projects. I played at Bogarts all the time for the Battle of the Bands in high school and got a lot of exposure back then with my younger bands. Now it's full circle and now my band Papadosio is back playing at Bogarts again. We played there last year for the first time since high school. It was great. It has a lot of memories for me (from) when I was younger.
CB: Where did you go to high school here?
MH: I went to Clark Montessori in Hyde Park. I played in a steel drum band all through junior high and high school too and played all over the city and also toured the country. I played in Hip Hop bands and Rock & Roll bands, Metal bands, Alternative Rock bands, all sorts of bands in Cincy, as well as steel drum ensembles and the steel drum band in high school. I was quite the busy musician all throughout my childhood.
CB: This is basically a hometown show for you, so it will be fun to be back.
MH: It's great — so many friends and family.
Over the past few weeks we've been sharing some great new videos shot at September's MidPoint Music Festival by The Queen City Project. The clips feature performances from The MidPoint Sessions, a day party held during MPMF at Art Academy of Cincinnati in conjunction with FotoFocus' Reverberation concert photography exhibit. The event showcased acoustic performances by four Ohio acts — Athens' The Ridges (who curated the lineup), Cincinnati's The Happy Maladies and Molly Sullivan and the star's of today's video debut, Columbus Indie Rock foursome Indigo Wild.
Indigo Wild formed in 2010 and, if the name sounds familiar, it may be due to the band's frequent shows in Cincinnati. So far, the band has only issued one recording, the 2011 EP If By Sea, but for The MidPoint Sessions, Indigo Wild unveiled a newer song titled "Be Patient."
The band's website says "Be Patient" "lays a stepping stone" to Indigo Wild's first full-length release. Keep updated on the album's progress and all things Indigo Wild at indigowildmusic.com.
Click here to view The Ridges' MidPoint Sessions video and here for The Happy Maladies' performance. And come back next Friday for the final MidPoint Sessions clip featuring Molly Sullivan.
Tomorrow (Friday) at Over-the-Rhine's Know Theatre of Cincinnati, a special photography collection will be on the display, showcasing some of the best work of local photographers who especially shine when shooting live music events.
In the spirit of the Reverberation: Capturing the Live Music Experience exhibit presented by FofoFocus at the Art Academy of Cincinnati this past September leading up to the MidPoint Music Festival, the photographers whose work is published at the great local music site CincyMusic.com have put together a collection of some of their favorite shots. The photos — by Jacob Drabik, Brian Bruemmer, Kelly Painter, Phil Dawson, Julia Huber, Matt Steffen, Mike Clare and Sarah McDermott — were all taken at club shows, festivals and concerts in the Cincinnati area (including ones from MidPoint and the Bunbury Music Festival).
CincyMusic.com hosts tomorrow's free event at Know, which kicks off at 5:30 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m. There will be light appetizers and the venue's lower-level bar will be open for business. And if you're up for a little theatre afterwards, tickets are still available for Know's 8 p.m. staging of Bull, a play about adult bullying (timely!). Rick Pender reviewed Bull in CityBeat earlier this month, writing, "You won't like anyone you see onstage in this savage tale. You'll probably question your own enjoyment of the show's dark humor and vicious actions. But the acting and staging of Bull make this a riveting piece of theater." Get tickets here or at the theatre if any remain.
Along with creating captivating, dynamic music that has helped to make it one of Cincinnati's finest Hip Hop groups, Valley High has released several stellar music videos over the past few years to accompany its tracks. This year has seen some of the best clips yet from the group, including ones for "That One Too" and, more recently, "8 Ball."
The group blends sounds from several genres and features live instrumentation, like guitars and keys, to back the ear-grabbing flow of MC's Moxy Monster and The M.O. Hour. Self-described as a "new wave hip hop band," the latest video from Valley High (which really needs to parody the Van Halen logo on a T-shirt or something) is for the track "Let Me Get Em," described as "a hard jazzy gritty street track that is a throwback to the 90's era." The track is featured on the group's 14-track album titled, appropriately enough, 90's Tape, which is available for free download here.
Find out more info about Valley High, visit valleyhighordie.com. Click here to view VH's other videos.
One week ago today, on Nov. 14, the fun and increasingly acclaimed Michigan-based Electro Pop band Stepdad was bringing its nearly two-month, nationwide tour to a close and was set to perform at Cincinnati's MOTR Pub. The band had a great fall tour; outside of some trouble with its tour van, things had gone smoothly until that point. With a few final shows on the tour after the Cincinnati date in their home state, the band members were heading into the homestretch and returning home triumphantly.
Then one of them them got arrested. Stepdad had played Pittsburgh the night before its MOTR date, driving through the night and grabbing a room at the Super 8 motel in Cincy exburb Mason, Ohio, (north of the city and near the Kings Island amusement park, where the Brady Bunch once frolicked) to get some rest. Early in the morning of Nov. 14, Stepdad's Nathan John Klages — a multi-instrumentalist and also a solo singer/songwriter who works under the name Nathan K. — was arrested at the motel, charged with public indecency and "obstruction official business," according to the police report. Klages got arrested for doing something many, many men have done — taking a piss outside. He was booked into the Warren County Jail. The look on his face in the above mugshot is one of understandable confusion, probably a little anger and definitely a lot of fatigue after working all night and then traveling.
Those souls in attendance at MOTR Pub for the November 14 show by underground pop superstars STEPDAD won't soon forget it. Neither will Stepdad's NATHAN K. He might never forget it -- because of a very wrong reason.
The evening before the show, the band, which hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan, was staying at a motel in Mason, Ohio. It was there where Nathan K. was arrested for -- allegedly -- urinating in the great outdoors. Nathan was subsequently charged with public indecency and taken to the Warren County Jail, where his arms and legs were placed in shackles and he was placed in a cell.
He was fined, processed, and eventually released just before showtime, so as to avert what would have been the compounded injustice of having to cancel the show.
Taking into account the advice of the legal defense, we will say nothing about the charge levied against Nathan. However, Nathan is saddled with fines and travel expenses related to this episode. He must return from Michigan to Southwest Ohio on Tuesday, December 17 to face the judge, and we, at MOTR Pub, want to help.
Nathan has agreed to play a set at MOTR Pub on Tuesday, December 17 at 9 p.m. We are asking fans of Stepdad, and fans of blind justice, and fans of rock 'n' roll, and fans of Nathan K. to attend the show and join us in throwing a fiver or a ten-spot in Nathan K.'s hat to offset his debts and to make something good of the bad.


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Horizon PC58By Capt. Richard Thiel
A Power for the Masses
Horizon's first mass-market multihull is a Cat that monohull boaters can love.
A lot of boaters do not like catamarans because their interior spaces are too—well, cat-like. The typical cat scenario is an enormous full-beam saloon and tubular staterooms in each of the narrow hulls. Horizon's PC58 has the big saloon but she also has two staterooms that are as roomy as you'll find on any comparably sized monohull, plus a more typical third one.
The reason all this space can exist is an innovative layout that begins with a master that is fully forward on the main deck. This not only allows for a much bigger stateroom but also great views out of the expansive windshield. The master head does not intrude because it's down and forward in the port hull. The after part of this hull, up to the port engine room bulkhead, is a separate two-berth stateroom and head that, to ensure privacy for the owner, are accessed via a saloon companionway. There's also a third stateroom, a VIP whose dimensions make it worthy of the name. It's all the way forward in the starboard hull but lies athwartships and extends under the foredeck's big triple sunpad. Consequently headroom here is restricted but not so much so that you cannot sit up in bed without banging your head. The remaining space in the starboard hull—a pretty small one—is aft, and on my test boat it functioned as a pump-room-cum-machinery-space. Horizon reps say that if an owner wished, the company could move the gear out of here and turn it into a crew cabin/kid's stateroom, although it would have no head.
Combined with the generously proportioned saloon, with its commodious L-shape galley to starboard and aft and its nav station to port and aft, the PC58 provides an interior layout that can comfortably accommodate six adults. Aft saloon doors open eight feet wide onto a giant (13'0" long x 23'8" wide) aft deck, where the six-person dining table sits, covered by the cockpit overhang. With the doors open, the saloon and cockpit become one huge space. Although there's an L-shape settee in the saloon, its table is too small for serious dining, thus the outdoor one will be the venue of choice for meals.
So the 58 has roomy accommodations. But how is she superior to a similar-size monohull? Well, there's that beam. You're not going to get a cockpit of these dimensions on a monohull, and the advantage carries up top, where in the aft part of the flying bridge there's room to carry a 15-foot tender with an outboard athwartships—with no overhang. And one other advantage of that beam: 16-inch-wide side decks—not covered—that don't compromise interior space and do make short-handed line handling much easier.
Then there's performance. The PC58 has symmetrical semi-displacement hulls with "planing wedges" aft. (Basically they're pads that produce lift to get the hulls up out of the water.) Each prop is in a tunnel and protected by a small keel that also enhances tracking.
Another notable design feature is the full-length "wave breaker," a V-shape protrusion on the underside of the superstructure that disperses large waves that enter the tunnel. Many cats have a version of this, but I've never seen one that is full-length. The hulls' interior sides also cant inward to give the boat a lot of reserve buoyancy. The idea is to avoid not only impact but a large wave closing off the tunnel, which can force spray back out the forward opening—the notorious "spitting" found in many cats.
I got an excellent chance to match the 58's real-world performance against her theoretical design constructs thanks to 15-knot winds and four-foot seas that occasionally piled up into five-footers—perfect conditions to test seakeeping but not so great to measure test numbers accurately. I'm not in the habit of making excuses for the test results, and a top speed of nearly 22 knots is nothing to apologize for. But if we'd had flat water, I'm pretty sure the 58 would have squeezed out a couple more knots, if only because it would have allowed the planing wedges to work better. I should also add that being Hull No. 1, our boat was probably heavier than subsequent models will be, even though she has Divinycell coring laminated using the SCRIMP process. The PC58's seakeeping needs no qualification. Yes, I did manage to get her to pound and spit, but only when I ran her into a big hole at nearly full speed. Had I been out there in a monohull (I watched a couple of 60-plus-footers poke their bows out and promptly reverse course) or a conventional catamaran, the afternoon would have been much longer, much less pleasant, and much wetter.
I also liked the way the 58 answered the helm—she U-turned in about three lengths at WOT (even in big seas) without any disconcerting outboard lean. But I can't say I was a fan of her numb ZF electronic steering, though since the system is electronic, some adjustment may be possible. But as tested, it didn't match up to other electronic steering systems I've tested.
Even so, the PC58 is the best-balanced power catamaran I've driven. The fact that she's Horizon's first production multihull makes the success all the more remarkable. I'm betting this cat will turn a lot of monohull adherents her way once they've spent some time aboard. Especially if it's rough.
This article originally appeared in the May 2012 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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FTR Shippers Conditions Index points to tough stretch for shippers
January 23, 2014
The market environment for shippers was largely negative in November, even while improving for the third straight month, according to the most recent edition of the Shipper Conditions Index (SCI) from freight transportation consultancy FTR.
FTR describes the SCI as an indicator that sums up all market influences that affect shippers, with a reading above zero being favorable and a reading below zero being unfavorable and a "less-than-ideal environment for shippers."
The November SCI, which represents data for the most recent month available, was -6.0, which, while still in negative territory, showed growth for the third month in a row, following a low of 8.7 in August.
FTR said that the SCI will likely continue to moderate mildly as regulatory pressures are temporarily reduced because of freight multipliers due to a shift in the economic mix from industry to service, adding that anecdotal evidence indicates ongoing capacity tightness that stands as a negative for shippers.
"We are currently seeing things tighten up in the market, and it is not yet reflected in the November numbers," said FTR President Eric Starks in a statement. "I would expect to see the SCI index weaken further as we move through the first quarter. This is not a good sign for shippers. The biggest concern right now is a tightening in trucking capacity. In early December, we saw a spike in capacity utilization and it was exacerbated by the recent storms. It will be interesting to see if the tightness continues as we start to approach February. If it does, then we will likely see a surge in shipping rates for all of 2014, as shippers typically put out bids and lock-in contract rates in the first quarter for the balance of the year."
To what degree the anticipated rate surge would reach is unclear, but industry stakeholders have told LM that the market for carriers continues to gain traction, as evidenced by a strong spot market and the possibility that meaningful rate increases could stick.
A research note by Jason Seidl, transportation analyst for Cowen and Co. cited recent channel checks indicating an uptick in truckload demand and truckload rates improving, which, in turn, could lead to more shipper conversion from highway to rail to offset transportation expenses.
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Choosing The Best Oils For Your Mopar Engine - LifebloodWritten by on February 8, 2010 Picking The Right Oil For Your Mopar Muscle Car
If you're like us, you work on your Mopar yourself, performing oil changes and other routine maintenance in the garage or driveway where you live. And while accomplishing such work can be rewarding, a trip to the auto parts store to select the oil for your car can be a frustrating experience. There are literally hundreds of oil types, brands, and viscosities to choose from these days, and picking the right one for your car depends on many factors. This month we'll try to simplify things for you a little, and give you the information you'll need to choose the right lubricant for the engine in your Mopar.
Why Worry About Oil?
Much like the heart and blood of the human circulatory system, the oil pump and oil in your engine is critical to the engine's life expectancy. Engine oil serves three distinct purposes, and must do each very well to offer the maximum protection and performance. First, pressurized, sprayed, and residual oil lubricates critical internal engine components, preventing metal to metal contact and wear. Next, the oil cools the engine, trapping heat from hot spots like the valve guides, pistons, and rod bearings, and dissipating it through contact with cooler areas such as the oil pan. Thirdly, the oil cleans the engine by suspending contaminants that are removed through filtration and oil changes, keeping the engine free from deposits and protected from corrosion.
Technology has certainly evolved since the invention of the automobile, and this evolution is no more apparent than in one of the most technical parts of the car, the engine. Today's automotive engines offer great power and durability, while using a fraction of the fuel, and creating a fraction of the emissions when compared to musclecars of the past. While modern electronic fuel injection is responsible for some of these improvements, accurate machining and modern internal engine parts account for a portion of this efficiency as well, allowing the use of thinner oils to promote power. And although the engines in our Mopar muscle cars are still pretty old, the rings, bearings, seals, and machining techniques used to rebuild them are more like those utilized in cars manufactured today, so a modern engine oil might be a better choice for your older car.
Luckily, most catastrophic engine failures are not caused by using the improper oil, but rather due to oil starvation. No type of oil can compensate for an inadequate or poorly maintained oil system or for a worn out engine, so the first step in ensuring engine durability is to have a healthy engine, the proper oil capacity, and sufficient pumping power for the intended use of your engine. A windage tray and high capacity pan will help prevent oil starvation, and for racing engines the oil pan should have acceleration, cornering, and braking baffles or an aftermarket pan. So assuming the oil system of your engine is adequate for the intended use and operating properly, your engine probably won't fail catastrophically regardless of which oil you choose.
Though oil selection generally won't cause your engine to blow up, choosing the right oil can affect horsepower, and will definitely determine how long your engine will last. So if you plan to keep your car for a while (and who doesn't) choosing the proper oil can ensure that your engine will perform well and last a long time, and can even keep costs down when the time comes for a rebuild. So now that we know a little more about the purposes of engine oil, let's discuss what engine oil really is and the different types you might choose for your car.
What is oil Made of?
No matter what brand of oil you use, the bulk of the oil is comprised of a base stock, which can be petroleum (crude oil), synthetic, or a blend. Various chemicals are then added to the oil to provide anti-wear, anti-foam, corrosion protection, neutralization of acids, maintenance of viscosity, detergency, and dispersancy properties. These chemicals are called the additive package, and depending on the oil they can simply meet, or far exceed the requirements of the American Petroleum Institute (API).
Petroleum Based Oils
These engine oils are called conventional oils and use petroleum that has been refined from crude oil as their base stock. An additive package of chemicals is then added to the oil, giving it the proper active ingredients to protect and lubricate your engine. These oils perform well in most automotive applications, and are relatively inexpensive to manufacture because they use natural crude oil as a base stock. A drawback with conventional oils is the limited capacity of the base stock to lubricate critical components and carry particulates as the oil ages, and the breakdown of the oil's shear strength with heat and over time. For these reasons, oil changes should be performed more frequently when using conventional motor oil.
Synthetic Oils
Synthetic Engine oils are made from a base stock that is synthesized from relatively pure chemicals for specifically designed performance characteristics. While this does increase the cost of the base stock, thereby increasing the cost of the oil, the benefits can be great. Synthetic oils offer superior low temperature flow, getting to critical engine parts quickly on startup and especially during cold starts to prevent engine wear. Synthetics also generally respond better to additive packages and are engineered with a greater capacity to lubricate under extreme heat and pressure conditions, so they offer superior wear protection. Synthetics can reduce engine deposits, reduce oil consumption, improve fuel economy, and will definitely make cold-starts easier if you live in a cooler climate. Jet engines use synthetic oils exclusively, so there is definitely a proven advantage to synthetic oils. So if you don't mind spending a little more when it comes time for an oil change, using synthetic motor oil will protect and lubricate your engine better, with a longer service life than conventional oil, meaning fewer oil changes.
Synthetic Blends
Just like the name sounds, a synthetic blend or "semi-synthetic" engine oil is simply a mix of conventional and synthetic base stock. While this type of oil does offer many of the benefits of full-synthetic oils, it also has the drawbacks of conventional oils. We generally feel that the middle of the road price of synthetics equates to middle of the road performance, but if you feel your engine needs some of the benefits of synthetics without the cost of full-synthetic oil, a synthetic blend might be right for your engine.
The viscosity of engine oil is the oil's most important property, and the term viscosity refers to the oil's resistance to flow. Since the engine oil must be able to flow to engine parts when the engine is started in cold conditions, and must also remain viscous, or "thick", enough to lubricate the engine at high temperatures, a good property of engine oil is to have minimum viscosity change for a given temperature change. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Viscosity Grade is a system based on a variety of tests, resulting in 11 distinct SAE grades of motor oil.
While the engineering term defining an oils range of operating temperature is called the viscosity index, the SAE grading system simplifies things slightly, offering a cold, and hot performance rating, typically depicted as "10W40" or a similar number. In plain terms, you can think of the "W" in this rating as "Winter", and the number prior to the W indicates the cold weather performance of the oil. The larger number after the W indicates the high temperature performance of the oil. So simplified, the lower the first number, the colder weather the oil will perform in, and the higher the second number, the better the oil will perform in high-heat and high-load situations.
Choosing the correct grade oil for your engine can be as simple as looking in the owner's manual, but more often depends on how and where you drive your car. In colder climates, a low first number in the oil grade will give you superior flow and protection during cold starts, but if you drive your Mopar aggressively you'll likely still need the protection of a higher second grade number. Conventional oils are limited, and generally synthetics will offer a wider spread, or wider viscosity index, for better all-temperature protection. Another consideration is the power it takes to move the oil through the engine. Since thicker oils take more power to pump, using the thinnest oil that gives adequate oil pressure can make more horsepower available to the rear tires.
Special Consideration For Flat-Tappet Camshafts
While we could dedicate an entire article to choosing the appropriate oil for an engine equipped with a flat-tappet camshaft, in this article we'll give you the basic information you need to protect your engine's cam and lifters. As engines have evolved over the years, so has oil technology, and so have the government regulations governing what additives can be added to engine oils. As a result, the amount of zinc and phosphorus in modern engine oils is often inadequate to properly protect a flat-tappet camshaft and lifters. For these reasons, you should pay special attention to the oil used during engine break-in, and also to the oil you run day to day in a flat-tappet cam equipped engine. Racing oils, such as Valvoline VR1, and synthetics, generally contain more of the necessary additives than off-the-shelf oils from your auto parts store, and for break-in we certainly recommend an additive like Comp Cam's break-in lube.
Realizing the need for higher zinc content in oil, manufacturers such as Brad Penn, Comp Cams, and Joe Gibbs Racing have developed "race only" oils that don't necessarily meet government regulations for street use, but do contain the additives needed to protect your flat-tappet camshaft. So if you want the ultimate protection for your solid or hydraulic flat-tappet camshaft, and you don't drive your car on public highways, one of these oils may be right for your application.
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A windage tray helps prevent oil starvation by capturing the return oil and oil slung from the crankshaft in the oil pan, covering the pickup and preventing oil pump cavitation.Catastrophic failure is rarely due to the improper oil, and more likely due to oil starvation. Low oil pressure caused excessive heat and stress in this example, leading to a spun rod bearing and eventual rod bolt failure, which led to complete engine failure.A stock oil pump will perform well in a stock engine, but for maximum oiling you might consider upgrading to a high-volume or high-pressure unit.For severe duty street and race applications, an external oil system like this one from Milodon is the only way to protect your engine. If your engine sees more than 7,000 rpm, the stock oil system is just not sufficient.The American Petroleum Institute mark on the back of an engine oil bottle certifies that the oil meets the protection and fuel economy requirements of the International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC), a joint effort of U.S. and Japanese automobile manufacturers.All oils perform the same duties, but some perform them better than others. What factors do you consider when choosing a motor oil?The API motor guide can be found online, and indicates which API Service Categories of engine oil are current, and which are obsolete. We recommend using oils that meet or exceed API certification standards, as these oils will likely have a better additive package. The letter "S" in the API rating indicates a "service" rating for automotive gasoline engines. The letter "C" indicates a "commercial" rating for diesel engines.


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ALTitude AZimuth ALIGNment for iDevices
Posted 07 June 2011 - 01:04 AM
Just to give you a heads up, I have released on the app store a useful utility for those of you with a computerised Go-To scope/mount (and even those with other styles of mounts may find it a handy tool) called "ALT AZ ALIGN".
It can be found here: App Store
The purpose of the application is to help identify the best two stars in the sky at the current time and location to use for your two-star alignment feature. It includes 60 or so of the brightest stars in the night sky which the majority of these stars should be available in your mount. The app presents you with a list of "Star Sets" which you can scroll through to select the best one for your system.
The app calculates the list for those "Star Sets" which have the smallest angle to the Zenith 'z'. The list also shows you the Separation angle 's' which you can use as well in selecting which set is the best, the bigger the Separation angle the better. Stars that are too low in the sky or too close to the Zenith are discarded as these can affect alignment accuracy.
You can let your location be determined by your iDevice automatically or you can enter in your location via the settings screen.
NOTE: There is a small issue with some iDevices locking up on the "Acquiring Location" screen at start up due to the location services not being detected correctly. If this occurs, please make sure you have the location services turned on for both the app and system wide on your iDevice. This issue will be addressed in the next update.
You can zoom in and scroll about by double-tapping/triple-tapping (especially useful on the iPhone as the display can look cluttered) and you can turn on or off many display features that you deem unnecessary.
The standard mode is a red night time view (to prevent your night vision from being affected) but there are also three other colour modes (white, green, blue) for you to play around with.
Anyway, check it out on the app store and see if it would be useful to you. I use it with my Celestron CPC scope and have also tested it with a servo-cat/argo-navis system and it works well. If you have an EQ type mount then you can maybe set the latitude to +90 or -90 which might help you in locating alignment type stars.
Cheers and clear skies,
Simon (sibimon.net)
Posted 08 June 2011 - 02:00 AM
Posted 19 June 2011 - 11:39 PM
The update fixes a few bugs and add some new features such as picking a location by Country & City, selectable star catalog (Celestron 40, Meade 33 or All 65). I've also improved the scrolling feature when zoomed and increased font sizes along with finger scrolling of star lists instead of using the buttons.
The update should be approved within 7 days.
Thanks and cheers,
Posted 03 August 2011 - 04:31 PM
Update V1.0.3 of AltAzAlign should now be available on the app store.
This update improves the 'Star Set' calculations, adjustable horizon for each quadrant, presents a better 'Settings' screen and a much clearer and easier to read 'Help Screen'. There are also a few other small improvements and bug fixes which you can read about on iTunes.
Thanks and cheers,
Posted 09 August 2011 - 03:07 AM
I couldn't help myself and have updated the app to 1.0.4.
You can now view solar system objects (sun, moon, planets except Pluto), adjust the time in steps of 5 minute up to 24 hours by dragging across the screen when in User Time mode, and touching on an object will bring up an information window (a bit hard on the iPhone due to screen size but you can zoom in and do it).
I also made a change to the Julian Date calculations in order to help improve precession accuracy.
Thanks and Cheers,
Posted 18 November 2011 - 12:16 AM
Update 1.0.5
It should now be easier to select objects on the screen as I've increased the touch area for them. Also, the data block window will stay on until the user taps them.
Posted 06 December 2011 - 05:55 AM
Update 1.0.6
Fixed an issue with the data block and also corrected a couple of incorrect star coordinates.
Also, I've had a report of a problem with the app on an iPhone 3G. The user says that the star list area does not scroll for him. I have a 3G test unit and whilst the app runs quite slowly and responds slowly to touch it does work on my unit. If anyone has an older 3G and is using my app I would like to hear any comments you may have about the app.
Posted 06 December 2011 - 10:49 PM
Posted 07 December 2011 - 12:29 AM
Why can't I find this app when I search the app store from my iPhone?
Hi Ira, if you can't find it try searching for "sibimon". That is my app store name and the app is listed under that.
Posted 07 December 2011 - 05:19 PM
Posted 08 December 2011 - 09:04 AM
Why can't I find this app when I search the app store from my iPhone?
Hi Ira, if you can't find it try searching for "sibimon". That is my app store name and the app is listed under that.
Found it. You should look into why it won't show up under the app name in the iPhone store from the iPhone. Shows up from iTunes on a Mac.
Posted 09 December 2011 - 02:19 AM
Sorry for any confusion.
Posted 21 December 2011 - 01:57 PM
Please consider expanding the Horizon Calc Settings from the current 4 quadrants to 8 octants? With my tree challenged back yard, having 8 directions to configure would be make this app extremely more valuable. Thanks!
Posted 06 January 2012 - 05:25 PM
I'm currently working on a new revision that will be a lot more informative. As part of it I'll be adding more catalogs for other scopes, increasing the number of viewable stars, and I'll also look at adding an option for 8 horizon settings. I'm also going to add some new features depending on time.
Thanks to all who are using the app and keep the suggestions coming.
Posted 17 March 2012 - 11:45 PM
Update 1.0.7
* Added 3 new catalogues as per user requests and as a result the number of bright stars increased from 65 to 87.
* Check out the app website for more information - http://www.sibimon.net
The update is currently waiting for review so I expect it to go live before next weekend.
Posted 01 May 2012 - 04:33 PM
Update 1.0.8
* Updated images for new iPad, the app should run on new iPad with no issues.
* Increased information area on the iPhone to make it easier to read.
* Changed Solar System objects to circles to make them easier to see when compared to stars.
* Extra stars added (109 in total).
2 new controller catalogs added:
-> Nexus - 91 stars.
-> Argo Navis - 35 stars.
If you have a SynScan Controller, you can use either one of these new catalogs. I will be adding a new SynScan catalog in the near future.
Posted 01 May 2012 - 07:26 PM
Do you have any plan to support three star alignments?
Posted 02 May 2012 - 12:56 AM
Hi Simon.
Do you have any plan to support three star alignments?
At the moment I'm not. The only controller I have handy that has a 3 star alignment procedure is my C9.25 CPC and to be honest I only once used the 3 star procedure. From my understanding the third star is more of a confirmation star than anything else. If this is not the case (especially with other types of controllers) then I'd have to get the algorithms on how the alignment works.
I'm not dismissing the idea but it might take some time to implement. I've put it on my things to do list for the app in the future. If anyone using AltAzAlign is able to provide descriptions on how these alignments work I'd certainly look into them.
Posted 04 January 2013 - 11:11 PM
A big thanks to everyone who has purchased and is using the Alt Az Align app, hopefully it is giving you good alignment.
Just a quick update, I've been on a bit of a break with app stuff so I have decided to reduce the price of the app down to the lowest possible price tier (99c for the USA). I have some updates to add to it and will hopefully put some time into them in the near future.
Don't forget to grab Sky Harbinger, it's free
Posted 05 January 2013 - 06:31 PM
I really like SkyHarbinger so I just bought your Alt-Az alignment app to try out. I definately see how it will be useful for my CPC1100, but i was wondering for an equatorial... perhaps a feature could be added that gives us the best two stars to align on the western side of the Meridian and then gives the best set of calibration stars on the other side, in order of alignment?? that way your app would cover both alt-az and GEM mounts? I'd happily pay a couple of $ for a version upgrade that does that...
Posted 17 March 2013 - 07:19 PM
Telescope: GSO 8" f/5 newtonian reflector
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6GT
Eyepieces: Andrews 4mm, 12.5mm and 20mm and Andrews 2x barlow
Camera: Nikon D90 DSLR
Binoculars: Zhumell Tachyon 25 x 1000's
Posted 19 March 2013 - 07:36 AM
Hi Simon, any chance of porting this to Android?
I would be interested in this, as well.
Posted 18 April 2013 - 01:45 AM
Unfortunately due to time constraints I've had to put off a lot of my programming stuff for a while (thus no updates to be seen for both Alt Az Align and SkyHarbinger).
Posted 01 October 2013 - 05:24 PM
Posted 26 November 2013 - 09:45 AM
Hi Simon, any chance of porting this to Android?
I would be interested in this, as well.


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AUSTIN, Texas- The No. 24 Iowa State women's golf team tied for fourth at the Big 12 Championship this afternoon with a 54-hole 886 tally. ISU fired the third lowest round this afternoon (291), as the Cyclones finished fourth or better in the Big 12 Championship for the fifth-straight season.
Oklahoma won the tournament title at 861 (291-292-278), setting the new Big 12 Championship record. The Sooners' Chirapat Jao-Javanil was also the individual champion at 209.
A pair of Cyclones earned Big 12 All-Tournament honors for the first time in junior Chonlada Chayanun and senior Sasikarn On-iam. Chayanun notched her third top-10 performance of the season, leading all Cyclones by tying for fourth at 216. Chayanun was solid all week, firing rounds of 73-72-71.
On-iam joined Chayanun on the all-tournament team by tying for ninth at 220 (75-73-72). On-iam never finished outside the top-25 as an individual in her four Big 12 Championship appearances.
The Cyclones have had eight players place in the top-10 in the last five Big 12 Championships: 2014 (Chayanun, T4th; On-iam, T9th), 2013 (Punpaka Phuntumabamrung, 2nd; Cajsa Persson, 5th), 2012 (Phuntumabamrung, T8th), 2011 (Victoria Stefansen, T4th), 2010 (Phuntumabamrung, T7th; Laurence Herman, T7th).
Sophomore Cajsa Persson (77-72-76) and senior Prima Thammaraks (77-76-72) both finished tied 21st with a three-round 225 tally.
Iowa State will lock up its record-setting fifth-straight NCAA Regional berth tomorrow afternoon.
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1. Oklahoma 291-292-278=861
2. Texas 297-289-292=878
3. Baylor 297-299-288=884
4. Iowa State 302-293-291=886
Kansas 297-297-294=886
6. Texas Tech 295-306-300=901
7. Oklahoma State 298-308-300=906
8. Kansas State 293-311-312=916
Iowa State Scores
T4. Chonlada Chayanun 73-72-71=216
T9. Sasikarn On-iam 75-73-72=220
T21. Cajsa Persson 77-72-76=225
Prima Thammaraks 77-76-72=225
38. Carmen Vidau 77-76-82=235
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2. Yupaporn Kawinpakorn, Kansas 69-73-69=211
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Regional Semifinals
ALBANY: UConn vs. Texas, Noon
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Houston vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Toronto (ss) vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla, 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta vs. Toronto (ss) at Dunedin, Fla., 1:07 p.m.
Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Colorado vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Oakland vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
San Diego vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
SF Giants Futures vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
New York at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Golden State at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 p.m.
Denver at Portland, 10 p.m.
Nashville at Washington, 12:30 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
San Jose at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Anaheim at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Detroit, 2 p.m.
Florida at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Columbus at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Buffalo at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
San Jose at New England, 3 p.m.
Orlando City at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at D.C. United, 7 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at New York City FC, 7 p.m.
New York at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 8 p.m.
Seattle at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Formula One, Malaysian Grand Prix Qualifying, Kuala Lumpur, 5 a.m.
ATP World Tour/WTA, Miami Open, Key Biscayne, Fla.
PGA Tour, Valero Texas Open, San Antonio
LPGA Tour, Kia Classic, Carlsbad, Calif.
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EAST: Louisville-N.C. State winner vs. Oklahoma-Michigan State winner at Syracuse, N.Y., TBA
SOUTH: Gonzaga-UCLA winner vs. Duke-Utah winner at Houston, TBA
Regional Championships
OKLAHOMA CITY: Baylor-Iowa winner vs. Notre Dame-Stanford winner, TBA
GREENSBORO: South Carolina-North Carolina winner vs. Florida State-Arizona State winner, TBA
N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Miami vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Detroit vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore (ss) vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:07 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.
Colorado (ss) vs. Arizona (ss) at Hermosillo, Mexico, 3:10 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Arizona (ss) vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Houston at Washington, 12:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m.
Minnesota at New Orleans, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.
Detroit at Miami, 6 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Boston, 6 p.m.
Memphis at San Antonio, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m.
Boston at Carolina, 5 p.m.
Florida at Ottawa, 5 p.m.
Calgary at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Detroit at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.
Anaheim at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Toronto FC at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.
Formula One, Malaysian Grand Prix, Kuala Lumpur, 3 a.m.
NASCAR Sprint Cup, STP 500, Martinsville, Va., 1 p.m.
NHRA, Four-Wide Nationals, Concord, N.C., 1 p.m.
ATP World Tour/WTA, Miami Open, Key Biscayne, Fla.
PGA Tour, Valero Texas Open, San Antonio
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Some of the documents related to the water contamination aboard Camp Lejeune for decades are now available for anyone to see.
The Navy published the documents online, which Senator Kay Hagan hailed as a "step in the right direction." The Democrat senator said she'll push for all the documents related to the tainted tap water to be released.
Several illnesses, some fatal, have been linked to the water at the Marine Corps base that was contaminated by chemicals from a dry cleaner.
You can view the documents by clicking the link below.
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The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that will require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide health care to veterans and their family members who have certain diseases and conditions as a result of exposure to well-water contaminated by human carcinogens at Camp Lejeune.
The Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act is included in the Honoring America's Veterans Bill.
North Carolina Republican U.S. Senator Richard Burr wrote the Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act. He says, "This has been a long time coming, and unfortunately, many who were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune over the years have died as a result and are not with us to receive the care this bill will provide. "While I wish we could have accomplished this years ago, we now have the opportunity to do the right thing for the thousands of Navy and Marine veterans and their families who were harmed during their service to our country. I am encouraged that the House will pass this bill quickly and it will go to the President's desk for his signature."
North Carolina Democrat U.S. Senator Kay Hagan said, "This bill will ensure that those who were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune will receive the health care they need and deserve. I applaud the efforts of Chairman Murray and my colleague from North Carolina, Senator Burr, who has worked tirelessly on this issue. Since I joined the Senate, the issue of water contamination at Camp Lejeune has been close to my heart, and I have been working to help provide answers to veterans and their families who have lived or worked on the Marine Corps Base. The push for answers continues, but in the meantime, veterans and family members are suffering. Many need treatment today and cannot afford to wait while studies are completed. The Marines and their family members affected by this tragedy have sacrificed to keep this country safe. After decades of denial, this country owes it to them to ensure they are taken care of in their time of need."
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DA will review LA church files for crimes
"We could open up another firestorm - and it takes us years to recover from those," Mahony wrote in an Oct. 6, 2000, memo. "Is there no alternative to public announcements at all the Masses in 15 parishes??? Wow - that really scares the daylights out of me!!"
The aide, Msgr. Richard Loomis, noted his dismay over the matter when he retired in 2001 as vicar for clergy, the top church official who handled priestly discipline. In a memo to his successor, Loomis said Baker's attorney disclosed the priest had at least 10 other victims.
"We've stepped back 20 years and are being driven by the need to cover-up and to keep the presbyteriate & public happily ignorant rather than the need to protect children," Loomis wrote.
"The only other option is to sit and wait until another victim comes forward. Then someone else will end up owning the archdiocese of Los Angeles. The liability issues involved aside, I think that course of complete (in)action would be immoral and unethical."
Mahony preferred targeted warnings at schools and youth groups rather than a warning read at Masses, Hennigan said. Parish announcements were made two years later.
Baker, who was paroled in 2011, is alleged to have molested 20 children in his 26-year career. He could not be reached for comment.
The files also show Mahony corresponded with abusive priests while they underwent treatment out of state and worked to keep them out of California to avoid criminal and civil trouble.
One case involved the Msgr. Peter Garcia, a molester whom Mahony's predecessor sent for treatment in New Mexico. Mahony kept Garcia there after a lawyer warned in 1986 that the archdiocese could face "severe civil liability" if he returned and reoffended. Garcia had admitted raping an 11-year-old boy and later told a psychologist he molested 15 to 17 young boys.
"If Monsignor Garcia were to reappear here within the archdiocese, we might very well have some type of legal action filed in both the criminal and civil sectors," Mahony wrote to the director of Garcia's New Mexico treatment program.
Mahony then sent Garcia to another treatment center, but Garcia returned to LA in 1988 after being removed from ministry. He then contacted a victim's mother and asked to spend time with her younger son, according to a letter in the file.
Mahony moved to defrock him in 1989, and Garcia died a decade later.
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