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Painting at Home with Summit Racing's Two Stage Urethane Paint System - Time To ShineWritten by on February 1, 2012
In the final installment of our "paint your car at home" series, we finally come to laying on the color. Body and paint prep is a long process when done correctly, and cutting corners will show in the final results. While by no means a fully inclusive series, hopefully you'll have an idea of what goes into such a job, and feel encouraged to tackle painting your next project yourself.
Summit Racing's two-stage urethane basecoat/clearcoat system certainly makes things simpler, takes a lot of the mystery out of the process, and is formulated to meet National Rule VOC emissions standards. However, some areas, such as California, have more stringent regulations, for which low-VOC paint is available. Summit's sales reps can help you with this. As with the primer stages, personal safety is paramount, though for topcoats, in addition to a good quality respirator, a spray suit is recommended (which features a hood), and though I didn't use them, latex gloves too. The chemicals in paint can be absorbed through skin, so covering up isn't just to prevent dust coming off your clothes while painting! For more details on the Summit paint system and related products, check out the company website, which is far more inclusive than the catalog. The paint guns, for example, don't appear in print, but are listed online.
Before we get into the nitty-gritty of painting, let's mention a couple of other things. If you're painting at home—or anywhere other than a dedicated paintbooth to be honest—preventing dust and debris from falling or being blown up onto wet paint is going to be tricky, but much of it can be eliminated by lining the garage with polythene sheets, Dexter-style, and wetting down the floor prior to painting. Don't soak it, just wet the floor and brush it around and under the vehicle uniformly. It'll stop the overspray sticking to the floor too! While painting, ensure you hold the air hose with your free hand, preventing the first 6 or 8 feet of hose from dragging on the wet floor, and to stop it hitting the lower portions of the bodywork as you work around the vehicle.
Then there's the subject of removing airborne overspray from the garage. Paint booths have very powerful fans to do this; I used a couple of $10 plastic box fans, one in the open doorway (there was absolutely no wind throughout this job or I'd have shut the door), and one in a window. I also have a small one built into the roof of the garage too. If you have close neighbors I'd recommend rigging up a water mist system directly in front of the fan, so the overspray is caught by the water and carried downward into a receptacle, not over the fence and onto a neighbor's car or house windows. Just because it's possible to paint at home doesn't mean it's not anti-social!
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I thought I'd spotted all the pinholes in the body filler, but the black primer revealed a few more. This is the last chance you'll get to remedy anything like this before topcoat! A little putty was applied before sanding with 400-grit paper, used wet.With the masking removed, you can see how the result is a "soft" edge rather than a hard line, which you'd get from simply using tape. The joint will now be imperceptible when the color is applied to the outside of the truck.The entire vehicle was wet-flatted with 800-grit paper on a flexible block. Note: Do not add soap to the water. A sponge keeps the water flowing slowly to prevent the paper clogging and leaving scratch marks. Here I'm sanding the rear of the cab. I didn't use a guidecoat as when the water is squeegee'd off, any non-sanded sections become obvious.Almost ready to install the doors and start painting, but first all masking was removed and re-applied. As is illustrated by dragging my finger across the paper, there's plenty of overspray dust from the primer stages, and fresh masking will eliminate any of this blowing up and landing in the color or clearcoats.As I wanted to paint the truck with the doors in place, it meant I had to paint the front of the doorjambs by the hinges, as well as the corresponding inner doorframe, as these sections would be unreachable with the doors on. While specialty masking foam is available to mask a "soft" edge, I've always used regular masking tape, folded over and taped down. Here's how it's applied.With the outside of the cowl masked off, I used a little spot-repair gun from Harbor Freight to apply basecoat to the jambs and inner doors.With all masking removed and re-applied, any remaining debris was blown off using an air line and wiping the bodywork by hand, before degreaser/surface wash was applied and wiped off. Note the polythene sheeting used to line the garage walls, as well as the roof. This not only reduces the chances of debris landing in the fresh paint, but also protects toolboxes and the general paraphernalia that collects in home garages, from overspray.Once thoroughly degreased and blown clean again, a tack rag was used to remove any remaining debris. These sticky cloths pick up any dust or lint particles immediately prior to painting.Finally we get to paint! And you thought it was simple huh? Here are the components that comprise Summit Racing's two-stage basecoat/clearcoat system. The gallon cans at the right rear are the clearcoat, the gallon can at left rear is the clearcoat (and primer) reducer, the round gallon cans contain the basecoat color, while the smaller cans, from left to right, are 4 quarts of "warm" basecoat reducer, 4 quarts of "moderate" basecoat reducer (for use depending on temperature), and 3 quarts of clearcoat hardener/activator.
Summit Racing also supplied the HVLP (high volume, low pressure) guns. This kit is a DeVilbiss StartingLine HVLP gun kit comprising a primer gun and a paint gun, the latter with blue fittings. The paint gun comes with a 1.3mm fluid tip, while the primer gun has a 1.8mm tip. The kit also includes a gun cleaning brush set, wrench, and a regulator with gauge (not shown), all in a molded case.Not wishing to encounter any problems with color variation between the three 1-gallon cans of basecoat (not that there should be, but you never know if all the cans were mixed from the same batch), I purchased a large bucket from my local auto paint supply house and mixed them together.After donning a painter's coverall, also from Summit, I used an old door from a previous project, which I'd previously primed black, to set up the new paint gun.The basecoat was then decanted from the bucket using one of the smaller mixing cups supplied by Summit, into the largest. These are all marked with various mixing ratios, making it a snap to add the correct amount of reducer. The Summit basecoat is mixed 2:1 with reducer. Basecoat doesn't need an activator. I mixed enough at a time to fill the spray gun twice, which was needed to apply a single coat to the truck.Once happy with the gun, and after another pass with the tack rag and air gun, I was ready to apply the basecoat. Every painter has a preferred method, and as my truck has no roof, I started at one rear corner and worked my way around the truck, though the windshield frame was painted first, both inside and out, prior to each pass around the truck. This is the first pass, and as you can see, it'll take several coats to cover the black base.Seven coats later, allowing a five-minute flash time between coats, and an hour before applying the clearcoat, the job was complete. Summit recommends only two coats of clear, while I'm used to applying three. I followed the instructions though, as the clear flowed well and I was able to put on two fairly heavy coats. The clear is mixed 4:1:1, meaning four parts clear, one part activator, and one part reducer. Again, this is easy using the marks on the mixing cups. Once the overspray had cleared from the air, I shut the door and let the paint dry overnight. Incidentally, note how the overspray sticks to the water where the floor was wetted down around the truck. This means it won't stick to the actual floor and can be swept up—something to bear in mind if you're doing this job, like me, in your home garage.No I hadn't forgotten the hood. As I'd wanted to paint the top and sides of the cowl, which are under the hood, plus the fact that the hood overlaps the fenders by over an inch, I couldn't paint the truck with the hood in place. I just had to remember how many color coats I'd applied to the body and repeat the same on the hood to achieve the same shade.If you think lining the whole garage with polythene sheeting is unnecessary, take a look at how much crap landed on the top of the sheeting in the roof during this job! That's without the extra dust that would be thrown around without the sheeting in place.You'll highly unlikely avoid getting some "orange peel" in the clearcoat, as illustrated in the neon light's reflection (arrow), but that is easily remedied during the color-sanding phase yet to come. The Bronze Pearl was more like Orange Metalflake once the clear was applied, and while initially a surprise, I've grown to like it a lot. This does underline the importance of test spraying a panel before tackling a whole car though, or at least seeing another car in the same shade, rather than trust a paint chip!
Flat horizontal areas will always attract debris falling into the wet paint, and this is the largest that befell the truck, right in the middle of the top of the right front fender! Notice in addition to the "flat" appearance of the paint, the fine dust particles that landed in the clear, probably overspray which wasn't evacuated from the shop quickly enough, owing to my use of two cheapie fans rather than a high-speed industrial unit. Nonetheless, all this will "disappear" during color sanding.Air Supply You won't get very far at all if you want to paint your car at home without an air compressor, and for this job Harbor Freight supplied one of their new 2hp, 29-gallon, 150-psi compressors. It delivers 5.9 cfm at 90 psi and 7.3 cfm at 40 psi, and features dual pressure gauges and a built-in quick coupler. It operates on 120 V and 15 amps, and while not huge, capably handled this paintjob, though admittedly it does struggle to keep up with a DA sander for long periods of time, but then a DA sander does require an awful lot of compressed air! Overall, this is an ideal compressor for home use, and is way more affordable than a two-stage compressor, capable of handling anything a hobbyist should require. It's also easily portable, meaning it can be moved outside the garage during painting.Color sanding is a bit of a misnomer when flatting clearcoat, as there's no "color" sanded off, but the process involves wet sanding the topcoat with very fine paper to eliminate the orange peel and dust particles. Many proponents of the art will recommend starting with coarser grit, such as 800, then repeating the process with a fine grade such as 2,000. However, as this was my first experience with this paint, and the fact there were only two coats of clear applied (you DON'T want to sand through the clear!) I opted to use only a "superfine" 1,500 grit paper.This is the ONLY time you should add soap to the water when wet flatting paint. Again, a sponge will help keep your work "wet." A flexible rubber block should be used to back the paper, though various other "blocks," such as old radiator hoses or squeegees can be used to reach curved areas or sharp corners.Once the surface is smooth, it's time to break out the polishing mop and compound. Polishing compound comes in various grades, so start with a coarse grade and work up to a fine one, cleaning the mop head thoroughly between each. I used a Harbor Freight polisher here, though an adjustable speed version would have been preferable.Admittedly photographed prior to color sanding and buffing, as I wanted to take the truck to a show, here's the "finished" result. I blew some basecoat over the primer on the pickup bed, so the truck was almost one color, as that still required some repair and patch panels before paint. This is definitely a work in progress.Constantly squeegee'ing away the water will enable you to check your progress. There's plenty more to do here yet, as the low spots will attest. Flat the paint until it's totally smooth.


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"Camp crisis" Continued...
For refugees living in South Sudanese camps, a heavy rainy season has brought a deluge of misery. The UN estimates at least 160,000 refugees have fled bombing campaigns in northern Sudan since last year, and many have settled in camps just over the border in South Sudan.
WORLD reported on harsh conditions for some 20,000 refugees living in the Yida camp this spring (see "In the shadow of war," May 5, 2012). Since that report, the refugee population in Yida has more than doubled to nearly 55,000. Aid workers say bombing campaigns in the nearby Nuba Mountains are driving hundreds to the camp each day.
Heavy rains have restricted aid flow to the area, which was already running disastrously low on food and supplies. The World Food Program airdropped 32 metric tons of food to camps across the region in August, but the need continues to grow.
Meanwhile, Doctors Without Borders reports that child mortality rates have raced past emergency levels: An average of five children die every day in Yida from illnesses like diarrhea and infections.
The medical aid agency is one of several groups, including the Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse, working to offer aid in the camp. UN spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said the rising mortality rates and escalating number of refugees make the work an urgent task: "This is a race against time."
Help now wanted
Thousands of Iranian earthquake victims looked for help from an unexpected source in mid-August: outside countries. Two days after denying that the nation needed help after a pair of earthquakes killed 300 and injured more than 3,000 on Aug. 12, Iranian officials reversed course. "We would welcome help by any country," said parliament speaker Ali Larijani.
The 6.4 and 6.3 magnitude quakes left some 50,000 Iranians homeless in the country's rural northwestern region, and caused an estimated $600 million in damage. Iran sits on seismic fault lines that have led to far worse damage: A 2003 quake in the southeast killed some 26,000 people.
It wasn't immediately clear which countries Iran would ask for help. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the country hadn't accepted an American offer to help, but "our offer stands on the table."
Power grab
How much power does newly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi aim to amass? The Muslim Brotherhood stalwart offered a clear answer on Aug. 12: more than Hosni Mubarak-Egypt's former dictator.
After a militant attack killed 16 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula on Aug. 5, Morsi used the moment to overhaul the military and the government: The president ordered the retirement of the military's defense minister and chief of staff, and installed officials expected to support his agenda.
Morsi also issued a constitutional declaration that gives him more power than Mubarak held during his 29-year authoritarian rule: The leader gains nearly complete control of both the executive and legislative branches until the next parliamentary elections, and asserts authority to appoint the writers of Egypt's new constitution. A week earlier, Muslim Brotherhood members of parliament appointed 50 new editors of state-owned publications.
Officials in the Obama administration downplayed the power grab that gives Morsi and the Brotherhood dramatic control over the country's military, laws, constitution, media, and foreign policy. Experts and writers in independent Egyptian newspapers were less optimistic. "We are now rid of a state run by the military," wrote columnist Mohammed Amin. "What is left for us to do is rid ourselves from the state of the Brotherhood."
Making it legal?
Thousands of illegal immigrants lined up with paperwork at workshops set up by immigration advocates around the country on Aug. 15, the first day the federal government would accept applications for a deferred deportation program created by President Obama. The new program implements many of the immigration policies Democrats have failed to pass through congressional legislation called the Dream Act. Obama in June bypassed Congress by issuing an executive order that accomplished many of the Democrats' immigration goals without a vote on Capitol Hill.
Illegal immigrants ages 15 to 31 who were brought to the United States as children are now eligible for temporary residency and work status if they have lived here continuously for five years or more. To qualify for the two-year deferment, applicants also cannot have serious criminal convictions and must be in school or have earned a high-school diploma or its equivalent. Officials estimate that about 1.7 million immigrants, or 15 percent of the nation's illegal immigrant population, are eligible for the program.
The move by the Obama administration comes as Obama is trying to shore up the growing Hispanic voting bloc ahead of this November's election. But not all states are complying fully with Obama's amnesty effort: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, on Aug. 15 issued an executive order of her own that prevents immigrants who are given the reprieve from getting public benefits or obtaining driver's licenses. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, also a Republican, announced a similar policy on Aug. 17: "President Obama's deferred action program to issue employment authorization documents to illegal immigrants does not make them legal citizens."
Akin and abortion
If both presidential campaigns had hoped to avoid a pointed discussion of abortion, Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., changed their plans a week before the Republican National Convention was set to begin in Tampa.
The six-term congressman apologized for comments he made during a television interview on Aug. 19 when responding to a question about whether abortion should be legal in cases of rape. Akin said that scenario is rare, and that if it's "a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
A firestorm erupted, and top GOP leaders called for Akin to drop out of his Senate race against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill. They worried that if Akin lost in November, the Republican Party could lose a chance to regain the Senate. Akin apologized for his comments: "I used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that I apologize."
A handful of pro-life advocates supported Akin, and noted his impeccable pro-life voting record. Still, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called Akin's original comments "insulting, inexcusable, and, frankly, wrong." A campaign statement added that "a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape."
Many pro-lifers have opposed Romney's support for abortion in the case of rape, and say what Akin could have stated succinctly in his interview: The violent tragedy of rape doesn't justify the violent tragedy of abortion.
Pro-lifers hope Republicans will continue to support compassionate care for victims of sexual violence, but also draw attention to the 1.2 million unborn children aborted in America every year-the vast majority outside of the context of rape.
Co-op politics
Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), a large consumer cooperative and national outdoor recreation chain, has thrown its weight behind efforts to redefine marriage in a move that may prove divisive among its 4 million members.
REI posted its new policy in an obscure corner of its website (rei.com/content/dam/documents/pdf/Marriage_Equality_Policy.pdf), and CEO Sally Jewell announced the news to staff through a post on an employee-only blog on Aug. 13. The cooperative has in the past limited its public policy statements to those that deal with issues of interest to members, but Jewell said "it became clear to me that not taking any position would likely be construed as sending a signal that was inconsistent with our commitments to creating an inclusive environment at the co-op."
The new policy, however, has had the opposite effect for some Christian employees who feel their previously good working environment has turned hostile. "It's created a very uncomfortable situation," one REI store manager told WORLD on the condition of anonymity. (At least some employees received an email warning them not to speak with the press about the new policy.) Jewell said in her blog post that employees should feel the freedom to disagree, but the manager who spoke with WORLD said, "I don't feel like I can comment on this or respectfully disagree because my future is at stake."
Although other large companies have endorsed same-sex "marriage," REI's status as a cooperative renders it different, since its members have a stake in the company. Member Lance McCaskill, who lives outside Washington, D.C., said he's uncomfortable with the position because it is irrelevant to the company's mission and members had no say: "A position on either side is divisive."
Going viral
West Nile virus is on track to have a record year in the United States, with about 700 cases reported by mid-August, and around 30 deaths. Nearly half the cases were in Texas: In Dallas, Mayor Mike Rawlings declared a state of emergency and twin-engine planes flew 300 feet above city neighborhoods to spray aerial pesticide for the first time since 1966.
Some residents worried about breathing the pesticide, called Duet, although the EPA has declared it safe for use in residential areas. Dallas resident Vanessa Van Gilder, who started a petition at Change.org to stop ground and air spraying (it had about 2,000 signatures by Aug. 20), told the Los Angeles Times she found some of her honeybees dead the morning after the first flights.
The virus spread in other states as well, including Pennsylvania, California, and Illinois. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, four out of five people infected with West Nile virus never develop symptoms. The rest usually experience mild symptoms such as headache, fever, or rash. In less than 1 percent of cases, the virus can cause tremors, coma, or death.
West Nile virus first appeared in the United States in 1999. This year, an early spring and hot summer made favorable breeding conditions for mosquitoes, which pass the virus to humans with their bites.
Carbon contraction
The amount of carbon dioxide the United States releases into the atmosphere dropped to a two-decade low earlier this year, thanks to warm weather, the sluggish economy, and an evolving energy sector. The Energy Information Administration, tallying CO2 output from electricity generation, residential and commercial heating, transportation, and industry, reported that January through March 2012 saw fewer emissions (1.3 billion metric tons) than any first-quarter period since 1992.
Natural gas played the main role: With hydraulic fracturing technology making the gas abundant and cheap, many electric companies have switched to natural gas for power generation. Natural gas releases less CO2 than other fossil fuels.
The EPA is a player, too: The regulator set rules last year requiring coal plants to install expensive pollution scrubbers. Power companies have opted to shut down dozens of plants instead. Coal generated about half the nation's electricity in 2005, but this year has produced only a third.
Tireless fighter
Nellie Gray, tireless pro-life advocate and founder of the annual March for Life, died of natural causes on Aug. 13 in her Capitol Hill home at age 88. Gray, a Catholic, was a lawyer who worked for the State Department and then the Labor Department until 1973, the year the Supreme Court issued its Roe v. Wade decision forcing states to legalize abortion. Gray left her government job and organized the first March for Life in 1974: The first march drew thousands and she used a pickup truck as a platform and spoke through a bullhorn.
Gray continued to organize the annual marches, and every year on the January anniversary of the Roe decision the marchers have gathered on the National Mall and walked to the steps of the Supreme Court. The March for Life has become the largest annual protest in Washington.
Gray, who was found dead the same day as female sexual liberation icon Helen Gurley Brown, became an important female leader for a movement depicted as "anti-women." Gray's motto on outlawing abortion was "no exception, no compromise," but in one of her last emails to Father Frank Pavone, the head of Priests for Life, she expressed the need for unity among pro-life Americans: "We shall unify and stop the evil of abortion because it is evil."

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Parts needed:3/4"X1/2" clear vinyl tubingFram FV 401 PCV valve or equivalent or a reducing elbow 1/2" to 3/8"Flapper valve from the catch-canPlastic tiesRoute the timingcase breather tubing and secure with ties as pictured in the second photo.
tooseevee,On the timingcase breather tubing, I just left it open. If you are concerned, you could put a duckbill flapper valve on the open end. Nfieldgear has them for $5.95, part number 140167. It will be in the performance section. If you route the breather tubing from the timingcase high and out of the weather, not low like I did, a little round filter would work just fine. If you route the breather tubing down low like I did, I would not use a filter. It will just get wet and clog-up if you ride in the rain or mud or wet streets or ford streams and such, I love the mud. Cheers,Bill
I believe the duckbill is there to restrict the air from entering your crankcase, but allowing pressure to vent. The only 4 stroke bikes I have ever owned that did not have some form of checkvalve were big twin Harley's. They had a rotary valve built into the oil pump drive. A whole lot of trouble, kinda think it may serve a pourpose.
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LOCUST GROVE, Ga -- It is not a new crime, but it is rare. Police said it's another example of what lengths criminals will go to just to make a few bucks.
Henry County Police are looking for a man who stole nearly 50 pallets from a Publix on Highway 155 in Locust Grove.
Police released a surveillance video from the Publix that shows a white box-type truck back up to the loading dock behind the store. A man dressed all in black uses a hand-fork lift and loads 32 plastic pallets and 12 wooden pallets in the back of the truck.
"We haven't really connected it to any other thefts in our county," Sgt. Joey Smith said. "We've seen it before in the past, evidentally there's a market or a need for them somewhere."
Smith said the suspect came back the same day and stole three bales of cardboard from the loading dock. "He just appears very confident," he said. "Either he does that for a living or he does it a lot. He just appears to be very comfortable taking those items."
Sgt. Smith said Publix estimated the pallets cost $30-$40 each. A re-cycler told 11 Alive News the thief could only get a few bucks for each pallet.
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RE has dabbled in more than one type of V twin
Sorry, no cocktails yet but not enough coffee this morning: Those last lines should have read, ".....throwback to their own copy bike of the 1960's ? If sound is what sells REs in India a 270(degree) oughta do it. Nigel.
When you look for torque and are willing to avoid high revs, this thing will go like ape shit
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Currie Enterprise's 9-Plus - BulletproofWritten by on July 27, 2010 Trust Your Truck To Currie Enterprise's 9-Plus
There's a lot of different ways to go about choosing the components we incorporate into our classic truck projects, and many times circumstance guides us as much as personal preference does in that regard.
A good example of this is my homebuilt '57 Chevy project. As I've said in the past, not only do I want to end up with a cool-looking classic pickup but I'm also aiming for one that'll function as well as a workhorse as it will as a daily driven hot rod-while still being somewhat affordable in the process. So with that delicate balancing act of preference and circumstance in mind, I've pretty much worked out the areas/components I might scrimp on versus those that I either can't or won't. In my case anyway, I've decided to spend the bulk of my budget on mechanicals and begin the penny-pinching after the suspension and driveline are handled.
In my case, the '57 is destined to pull a 27-foot long, 7,000-pound camper trailer, hopefully rather regularly. So naturally I'm just as interested in a finished product that's every bit as powerful and reliable as it is cool looking and fun to drive. So far I've upgraded the parallel-leaf solid axle frontend to a high-quality coil-sprung independent Total Cost Involved Engineering system equipped with a power rack-and-pinion and an equally high-quality TCI four-bar coilover rear suspension system. This combination will give me the strength, handling, and the heavily lowered stance I'm hoping to achieve. Along with these components, I made the decision to go with what has been my first choice in rearend assemblies for nearly as long as I've been building hot rod cars and trucks, the Currie 9-inch Ford-style rearend assembly. I say Ford-style because it's been more than a few years since the supply of rebuildable Ford 9-inch rearends has basically dried up, and Currie tooled up and began producing completely new performance rearends in the original Ford configuration. The Currie 9-inchers, known as 9-Plus, are 100 percent brand-new assemblies and components, not junkyard rebuilds. All 9-Plus components meet or exceed original OEM specifications. They're made of superior materials, like cast-iron nodular housings, and precision machined for extraordinary reliability and long life-and they've served me flawlessly for years.
That said, I measured my original Chevy rearend and ordered an identically sized 9-Plus to go with my new rear suspension. Upon placing my order, I inquired about the possibility of hanging out and snapping some pictures of my rearend's assembly, and the guys were more than willing to let me watch it being assembled. (But only after I promised to stay out of the way and not ask the countless stupid questions I'm known for asking.) So take a look at the birth of my rearend (how's that for a stomach-turning invitation), and keep Currie in mind as one of the best sources for classic truck, hot rod, muscle car, and off-road differentials and rearend assemblies you could ever consider.
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Currie's 9-Plus hot rod-style 9-inchers are upgraded duplicates of the original '57 Ford 9-inch housing right down to their small-web centers with rounded backs and 3- by 0.188-inch axle tubes. And their third members are legendary when it comes to strength and durability, making them a great choice for backing up a high-horsepower classic pickup no matter what its badge. But for those who wish to stay a bit more true to their preferred make, Currie also builds and sells GM A-, G-, and F-body style rearends as well as 12-bolts and Dana 60s.The day I wandered into Currie's facility to watch the guys assemble my 9-inch it was buzzing with activity (as it always seems to be). The company occupies a 27,000-square-foot complex not far from our offices over in east Anaheim, California. And even in the last 15 or so years that I've been dealing with them, the company has grown in size and the product line has continued to expand. Currie Enterprises now has nearly 50 employees and boasts a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. The Curries design, build, modify, test, sell, and install rearend and drivetrain products, all under one roof.

 I found my way to the 9-Plus assembly area and a cart full of what was to become the rearend for my '57 was ready and waiting.The heart of the 9-Plus is its third member, and for my future workhorse I chose Currie's standard street assembly that's basically designed for street rods, muscle cars, and trucks with up to 450 hp. These units use good seasoned factory Ford cases pinion supports, and 1330L yokes along with T.S.D. limited slip differentials, and brand-new gears in the customer's choice of ratio (I chose 3.50:1 for the Chevy).Gonzalo is my main man when it comes to the 9-Plus, If I recall correctly he's built the last three Currie rearend assemblies I've purchased and he was ready to go as soon as I walked in. Gonzalo loaded my housing onto the 9-Plus assembly jig in preparation for the build.The initial step of any Currie build starts by pulling up the original work order. The work order has all the pertinent assembly information like the overall dimensions, axle choice, third member gear ratio, and axle bolt pattern. The info is then matched to the components so that the rearend that gets built is exactly as ordered by the customer.With the information in front of him Gonzalo begins the process by checking the housing measurements to that of the work order.Upon their fabrication the brand-new housings are treated to some time in a media tumbler to clean and deburr them. Part of the assembly prep is to make sure that all of the media is cleaned out of the seams and crevasses of the housing. This is done by first inserting the axle seal installing tool (without the seal) into each tube and giving it a couple of good whacks to help jar any of that remaining media loose.After that a wire brush is chucked up in an air drill and run in and out of each axle tube a couple of times to clean out those areas too. The final step is to thoroughly blow out the housing with high-pressure compressed air to remove any media particles loosened by the hammer blows and wire brush.A small round magnet is then inserted and adhered to the bottom of the housing center to draw and gather any future metal particles that will over time be manufactured by normal gear wear during use and keep them trapped at the bottom of the case so they don't stay suspended in the gear lube causing premature third member wear.
The next step is determining that the axles are the correct length. Gonzalo inserts one axle, a specially designed jig, and then the opposite side axle. If all is as it should be the axle ends will just touch each side surface of the jig-indicating that the axles are correct for the housing.The axles are then removed and the seals installed in each axle tube using a purpose-built installation tool, which seats the seals perfectly, as you can see here.A bead of sealer is applied to the housing, a gasket lowered over the studs and a second bead applied to the top of the gasket.Then, with the help of an overhead winch, the third member is lowered into place in the housing and the self-locking nuts started.As is the case with any mechanical assembly, following proper torque sequence and specs is extremely important so Gonzalo torques each bolt-on component.
With the all-new brake assemblies in place, the next step was to ready the new 28-spline Currie Performance Axles for installation. The axle retainers and bearing assemblies were slid over the axles and then pressed into place using a hydraulic press.Once the bearings were pressed into place the axle seals were pre-lubed and the axles inserted into the housing. The retainer nuts were snugged and then torqued to spec.With the axles seated and the retainers tightened, the assembly was about done. For the final step fresh new drums were slid into place and held temporarily with a couple of nuts so they'd stay in place during their trip back to my home shop.And there you have it, the birth of a Currie rearend assembly. The complete process was amazingly quick. I think it took about 25 minutes from start to finish-and that includes loading into the back of my truck!

 Dollar for dollar the brand-new Currie route is the way to go, especially for a vehicle that's going to see a lot of use and a lot of years on the road. In my case, the roughly $2,400 investment is worth every penny in peace of mind alone. Like I said earlier, I'll make my investments in the mechanics of my project and pinch my pennies when it comes to the eye candy.


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Signs of spring
Walking through the Pentagon City Mall today, I spotted a guy wearing a Chicago Cubs jersey.
Number 12.
Sigh. It's a good thing Marnie wasn't with me to see this.
Walking through the Pentagon City Mall today, I spotted a guy wearing a Chicago Cubs jersey.
I am so sad that Soriano has left DC, but at least it wasn't to the White Sox. Maybe the Cubs will have a chance at the Pennant this year (and I will win that category of the annual New Year's Predictions). Of course, just by me saying this, I have jinxed them...
When the Cubs lose, it will have everything to do with the fact they're tied up an obscene amount of money in Soriano, a player who is below the league average in the single most important offensive statistic: on-base percentage. (Career OBP: .325, which is merely worse than all but three TEAMS in 2006.)
Yes, he's exciting. Yes, he made the Nats more fun to watch. Yes, in 2006 he was the best player the Nats have ever had. (Though the stats say Nick Johnson not far behind.)
But he will not help the Cubs win a pennant.
Maybe I shouldn't have used career averages. Maybe I should just talk about his career numbers on that stat. Nice improvement in 2006.
I don't see any reason to believe why he'll maintain it in 2007. This is the chart of an improving player.
Grumpy ol' Man Josh--can't you just let me believe in the Cubs?
Plus, comparing Soriano's OBP to team stats doesn't have anything to do with a team not being able to win the pennant. Sure it helps, but the Cardinals were #14 on that list with a team OBP of .337 and the Tigers were #24 with a team OBP of .329. Neither of those stats are that far away from Soriano's stat last year.
I know that Soriano is no spring chicken, but he is one of the fastest, most exciting players to watch, and I hope that he does well with the Cubs.
I like the Cubs. I was a Cubs fan from about 1988 to 1991 or so.
(I was an early member of the Mark Grace bandwagon for some reason. He was totally robbed of the 1988 NL Rookie of the Year Award. Stupid Chris Sabo. Screw him and his goggles. Those goggles were worthless!)
And I only wish Soriano the best. I'm just glad that my team isn't spending money on him, especially for the next hundred years. (I would especially like if my team had taken the $10 million they WERE paying Soriano and doing something with it. Say, purchasing the services of flyball pitchers who can take advantage of the friendly un-confines of RFK instead of "saving" the money for future payroll. Yeah, right.)
A couple clarifications: I said OBP is the most important offensive stat. And I believe that both the Tigers and the Cardinals went to the playoffs on the strength of their pitching. Especially the Tigers. (I was so wrong about the Cardinals all year that I don't know how or why they were any good.)
Also, the question isn't whether Soriano is almost as good as a particular team (particular when was objectively worse in that regard) ... I'm comparing him to the league averages. If Soriano is hitting WORSE than the average leadoff hitter (and his OBP was worse than, say, Jamie Carroll (look it up, Jim Bowden defenders)), that's pretty weak. If it's worse than entire teams -- when he should be LEADING a team (given his considerable salary), that's really really bad.
It was a sad Cubs-Sox cactus-league matchup yesterday for a Cubs fan. Just wait til next year!
"I'm just glad that my team isn't spending money on him..."
Ha! You said the Nationals are your team!! Score one for me and DL004D!
I sort of hope a crevasse opens in the infield at Wrigley and swallows the whole damn team. Ideally, Tribune executives will be present, too.
The Nats are my NL team. I've never wavered on this. And I'm especially irritated at being asked to spend money on the Nats this year when Kasten, et al., have no plans to do the same. And Jim Bowden is an idiot. I hate them all, and I root for the Nats (as long as they aren't playing the Red Sox or playing a game that could impact the Red Sox. I'll see a quark with my naked eyes before I see a Bowdenite in the World Series).
I would never get this irritated with equally stupid franchises in, say, Pittsburgh or Kansas City.
That was supposed to be "Bowdenite team," meaning a team in the image of Jim Bowden.


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1954 Chevy 3100 - Summers Well SpentWritten by on January 31, 2007 Contributors: Malcolm Stevenson Malcolm Stevenson, tomball, tx
Last month, we said we were going to include features as part of the DIY Corner, and we have another good one for you. Nineteen-year-old Malcolm Stevenson may be young, but he's definitely got some walk to back up his talk. Every summer since he was 9, Malcolm has worked full time in a steel fabrication shop, which was a huge shot in the arm that gave him the skills and confidence at an early age to tackle just about any project as well as a keen eye for detail. When Malcolm sent us the pictures of his truck, they told a pretty good story by themselves, so here's Malcolm's story, and we're sure he's sticking to it!
"When my older sister Mikayla was about to start high school, she told my dad that she thought it would be cool to drive an old truck after seeing a '54 Chevrolet 3100 sitting next to an old homestead on the side of the road. My dad has had quite a bit of experience with most anything mechanical, cars included, and he thought it would be a good learning experience for his daughter and would create the opportunity for good family time. After stopping to talk to the gentleman who owned it, we found it was in modest shape, running condition, and had a clear title, although its exact history was unknown. On the trip home after making the deal, one of the U-joints snapped and we had to tow it home, but it made for a fun day anyway.
"Some of the guys who worked for my dad helped my sister in the disassembly process. The shop foreman welded in the Heidt's SupeRide II my dad had ordered, but when things started to get busy again in my dad's shop, the guys could not help anymore. Mikayla started high school and soon couldn't find the time to work on the old blue truck, and so it sat from spring 2001 till fall '04.
"The body had sat in a small metal building behind our house ever since the day after we had it hauled home, and around Thanksgiving break of my junior year of high school, I got tired of watching that old iron rust. Mikayla, with the help of some of the guys, had sanded some of the original paint off, but had left the steel bare and exposed to the elements. I had originally intended to just be a kind little brother and finish sanding and maybe shoot some primer so it would not rust anymore. Well, after many, many packs of Imperial Wet or Dry sandpaper, I asked my dad how much work it would take to finish the truck. He said more than I could imagine, but I decided to ask Mikayla if I could buy it from her and finish it. By then she was a sophomore at Texas A&M University, and she said sure.
"That summer I sold my '95 F-250 and used the money to buy some necessities like glass, weatherstripping, and some reproduction latches and handles for the '54. I also bought the four-link from Heidt's and installed it with some help from Dad. When fall '05 rolled around, I had to concentrate on school, but once football season was over, I had so much more time to get out there and getstuff done.
"One of the most time-consuming parts of the project was figuring out the fitment of all the rearend sheetmetal. Behind the cab, all the tin is new pieces from MAR-K and Brothers. I started setting up everything by placing the crossmembers on the frame where they would line up with the original bolt holes. Then I had to fit the front bed panel on top of the forward crossmember and line up the bedsides. After that came the tailgate, the fenders, and then the running boards. The rear crossmember posed a great challenge because it absolutely did not fit. The license plate box on the roll pan hit the lower part, and the light boxes for the taillights hit the lower half as well. I ended up cutting the crossmember in half down the length, which would make it much weaker, so I sectioned up the drop piece, flipped it so it fit just right, and welded it back to my halved crossmember.
"Another challenge was the roll pan. I did not want the lights to have gaps around them and look like they had been installed improperly, so when I cut the slots for the lenses to fit into, I cut them about an 1/8-inch too small so I could trim the excess steel with a file instead of a cutoff wheel. I was determined to get the lenses set in the roll pan before I went to sleep that night, and I did, but by the time I closed up and turned off the lights, the sun was just coming up!
"Over the last summer, I worked nonstop on the truck as well as researching some different crate motor companies. I ordered a 450-horse LS1 from Turn Key Engine Supply. The owner, Kolby, recommended Keisler Engineering for a manual transmission. After reading a few articles and some web surfing, I ordered one of their PerfectFit 6-speed Double Overdrive kits. The original 235ci straight-six fit pretty well under the hood and between the fenders, but the new LS1 was a whole different story! I had to cut, shape, bend, stretch, and weld many pounds of sheetmetal to make it fit. The inner fenderwells required a peculiar amount of attention to get sorted out, but everything eventually came together in the end. The lower part of the toeboard took a bit of cutting as well, but nothing too serious.
"Currently, I'm getting the rest of the wiring loomed up and some details ironed out, and after I get sorted through the last little bit of knickknacks, I'm going to send it to Fred Harmeyer of Rosehill Paint & Body for some color. I should be on the road soon."
Malcolm has done a huge amount of metal work on his '54, and in his modesty he neglected to mention that he also shaved all the emblems and door handles, removed the hood strip, frenched in Hagan headlights and their Caddy-style taillights, filled in both cowl vents, installed one-piece door glass, and smoothed all the factory spot welds, to name a few more things. The Chevy rolls on 18-inch American Racing Torq-Thrust IIs and BFGoodrich tires. Inside, he used '01 Camaro buckets, an '03 Dodge Stratus console, and RodDoor's door panels to round up the interior along with A/C from Classic Auto Air, Auto Meter gauges, and a column and wheel from Flaming River. Keep it up, Malcolm!


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Or you might have heard some people refer to it as their church. Either way, it is my addiction. Correction, my healthy addiction. Whether running, walking, biking or just plain sitting, nature is my crack! When I am there, I feel most whole.
Today I wanted to stress how important it is to FIND your healthy addictions. The root cause of what drives to make a better YOU! Sometimes we focus TOO much on our weaknesses and get so busy trying to curb those addictions that we forget to look at the positive!
This is hard to do, and I'm sure, just as hard as quitting smoking or drinking. Its like backwards-thinking forward-thinking positivity. Are you still with me??
I have another healthy addiction and lifetime goal of completing a 5K in all 50 states. Since starting in 2011, I have successfully finished 4 races. I will cover more of that in the near future.
For now, here are some examples of healthy addictions:
1) Zumba
2) Skydiving
3) Rock Climbing
4) Bikram Yoga
5) Disc Golf
6) Running
7) Fencing
8) Cycling
9) Xbox 360 Kinect
10) Dancing
All the options are there, you just need to REMOVE the fear from your head and go out and do it! Get yourself a motivator! For some people, its Jillian Michaels. For others, its that friend that never lets you miss a gym class for fear of going alone.
The point is not to fear whether you can do rock climbing or sky diving. Its about staying active and the journey to finding what makes you tick!
What is your healthy addiction?


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Jerry Buss, Lakers' flamboyant owner, dies at 80
Jerry Buss had been a chemist and a mathematician long before he bought the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979. The self-made millionaire with a head for business and an impresario's heart immersed himself in the NBA with every skill he acquired along the way.
With his personal alchemy and charisma, he blended two generations of marquee basketball stars and big-name coaches into 10 championship teams. His financial wizardry allowed him to pay top dollar to get the best players and keep them together without a huge personal fortune.
Buss built a glittering life for himself and the Lakers, playing a huge role in the NBA's move from a second-tier pro sport into can't-miss Hollywood entertainment while polishing his oddly nicknamed franchise into a glamorous global brand.
Magic, Kareem and Big Game James. Kobe, Shaq and Pau.
They were the stars, but Buss created Showtime.
The applause still hasn't died down.
Buss, who shepherded the Lakers from their 1980s dynasty through the current Kobe Bryant era while becoming one of the most important and successful owners in pro sports, died Monday at 80.
"Jerry Buss was more than just an owner. He was one of the great innovators that any sport has ever encountered," said Pat Riley, who coached four of Buss' 10 title teams. "He was a true visionary, and it was obvious with the Lakers in the `80s that `Showtime' was more than just Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It was really the vision of a man who saw something that connected with a community."
Under Buss' leadership, the star-studded, trophy-winning Lakers became Southern California's most beloved sports franchise and a signature cultural representation of Los Angeles. Buss acquired, nurtured and befriended a staggering array of talented players and hoops minds during his Hall of Fame tenure, from Johnson, Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy to Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard.
"Think about the impact that he's had on the game and the decisions he's made, and the brand of basketball he brought here with Showtime and the impact that had on the sport as a whole," Bryant said a few days ago. "Those vibrations were felt to a kid all the way in Italy who was 6 years old, before basketball was even global. His impact is felt worldwide."
Few owners in sports history can approach Buss' accomplishments with the Lakers, who made the NBA Finals 16 times during his nearly 34 years in charge, winning 10 titles between 1980 and 2010. Whatever the Lakers did under Buss' watch, they did it big - with the big-name players Hollywood demanded, an eye-popping style of play and a relentless pursuit of success with little regard to its financial cost.
"His incredible commitment and desire to build a championship-caliber team that could sustain success over a long period of time has been unmatched," said Jerry West, Buss' longtime general manager and now a consultant with the Golden State Warriors. "With all of his achievements, Jerry was without a doubt one of the most humble men I've ever been around. His vision was second to none; he wanted an NBA franchise brand that represented the very best and went to every extreme to accomplish his goals."
Buss died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said Bob Steiner, his assistant and longtime friend. Buss had been hospitalized for most of the past 18 months while undergoing cancer treatment, but the cause of death was kidney failure, Steiner said.
"When someone as celebrated and charismatic as Jerry Buss dies, we are reminded of two things," said Abdul-Jabbar, the leading scorer in NBA history. "First, just how much one person with vision and strength of will can accomplish. Second, how fragile each of us is, regardless of how powerful we were. Those two things combine to inspire us to reach for the stars, but also to remain with our feet firmly on the ground among our loved ones. ... The man may be gone, but he has made us all better people for knowing him."


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Sra. Catalina has been selling curds and hens for more than 30 years. Her dream is to someday see her daughter become a professional. She is requesting a loan to buy hens and curds.
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Fundación Leon 2000This loan is administered by Fundación Leon 2000. Fundación Leon 2000 began operations in 1993 as the first microfinance institution to serve the western part of Nicaragua, a country which continues to be one of the poorest in the western hemisphere. Fundación Leon 2000 works to further the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises through credit services and management, applying the best credit industry practices and technical expertise. Additionally, Fundación Leon manages several business and financial education programs in the community, specifically for young entrepreneurs and at-risk youth. Fundación Leon 2000's group of experienced and dedicated employees works in 7 offices in Leon, Chinandega, Chichigalpa, Somotillo, Jinotepe, El Sauce, and Nagarote and serves several thousand clients (the majority of whom are women).
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 6 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Aug 26, 2011
- Listed
- Sep 15, 2011
- Currency Exchange Loss:
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Just posting this as a heads-up for other Mac users and admins.
After upgrading to Mac OS X 10.7.0 Lion I found a few issues with iCal and ZCS 7.1.1, but several of them seemed to have been fixed in the course of upgrading to ZCS 7.1.3 and Mac OS 10.7.2.
However in the past few weeks a couple of new bugs seem to have cropped up, the first having to do with autocomplete in iCal, the second with using "apple-style" delegation in iCal. The bugs are:
Bug 66406 - [iCal 5.0.1] autocomplete not working in iCal 5
Bug 67567 - [iCal 5.0.1] Delegated calendar not shown in iCal5
As suggested by the titles, there's a suspicion that these bugs are specifically due to the iCal 5.0.1 version included in Lion 10.7.2. Zimbra has opened bug reports with Apple (based on the comments in the bugs).
In the meantime, it might be a good idea to review the bugs to see workarounds, and to test Lion 10.7.1 vs Lion 10.7.2.


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All along we had been visualising Cooper being born on a hot sunny day with a relaxed BBQ
atmosphere. Well you know the saying be
careful what you wish for. It turned out
to be the hottest day of the year (Sunday May 23). All along I kept telling my MW that Cooper
would be born during the day as I like my sleep too much. No night time labor for me ;)
The week before I'd had a feeling that Sunday would be the day. I'd been having irregular surges on Saturday
morning and went off to the store to get some burgers to BBQ for lunch. When I got into the store the lines were
ridiculous – everyone else was BBQing too!
I got a couple of bits and then went home – thankfully the lines were
gone when I went to check out.
We just chilled out for the afternoon and then went to our brother in laws house for another
BBQ on Sat evening. We got there had
some more BBQ and everything eased off…no surges or tightenings for about 2
hours. But as soon as we got in the car
to go home things got started again.
I went to bed - put on my GentleBirth CD and slept through the
surges until Midnight. I couldn't sleep so put on Sex and the City and thought
I might go back to sleep. I couldn't get
back to sleep so around 2am I wasn't comfortable being in bed any more. I got up and watched reruns of Frasier just
sitting on the ball. I wanted to leave
Philip and Jack to get some rest. At
around 4am it was getting bright outside and things were beginning to intensify
so I woke Philip up to start filling the pool for me. The pool was heaven. I was
able to just relax and float…. The
surges were every 7 minutes mostly
pressure – the sensations seemed to be focused around my hips and the top of my
legs which I wasn't expecting. Jack got
up around 8am and we arranged to have him go hang out in his friend's house for
the day.
Jack left and things ramped up to every 5 minutes I asked DH to call the Midwife and my
doula. I thought things were progressing quickly and I had lots of birth
show. Marguerite my doula and Colette my
MW both arrived around 9.30am. Cooper
was doing perfectly and I was dozing in the pool between surges. My midwife offered to examine me around 10am
and I was 5cm. I was delighted – I
thought we'd definitely be having an early afternoon baby – just in time to
BBQ! The midwife brought out the gas and
air and that was great for keeping my breathing slow focused at the peak of the
By 3pm I was beginning to wonder what the delay was…..I had a banana and was sipping on sports drinks thinking that Coopers BBQ was going to get
started very soon. I was 7cm and Cooper
was moving down well – his heart rate was perfect the whole time. Things were heating up – weather wise and
with the sensations… Cooper was posterior
so I moved from the pool and spent some time in the back garden with my doula
putting counter pressure on my back. I knew that Cooper would rotate into a
good position if I kept moving. The
surges were now every 3 minutes and very intense. I had to really focus on
taking each surge one at a time. I had
myself convinced that each surge was the last one – ever. I had to stay in the moment. We spent time in the kitchen….dining room and
eventually found myself back in the quiet, dark, cool 'pool' room. DH took lots of video and made sure everyone
was well fed.
Around 6pm I started to experience a fleeting urge to bear down……it wasn't something that
I was consciously doing but as other GentleBirth Mum's have experienced my body
was just doing it. On my next trip to the
loo my waters went with a pop and there was even more pressure.
The urge to bear down was only every 3rd or 4th surge but it began to
get stronger and literally take on a life of it's own. I'd had an epidural/induction with Jack so
had no urge to push so I was so looking forward to letting my body do it's
The closest sensation I can describe is that it's a bit like throwing up…..but your body is throwing 'down'………all I could do
was breathe and float. Around 6.30pm my MW offered to check me in the pool and
I was 10cm….words I'd been so looking forward to.
For the last few hours of Cooper's birth I almost felt like I was submerged under water.
I could hear what was going on around me but it sounded like someone had
turned down the volume. I was so focused.
It was just Cooper and I. The
affirmation that stuck in my head was ' my body knows what to do – my baby
knows what to do and 'open'. I talked to
Cooper throughout – I remember saying 'come on Cooper let's do this' As the surges started to nudge Cooper down it
was such a satisfying feeling of my body doing it all perfectly – I just had to
stay relaxed.
My MW just told me to listen to my body – at this point your
body is 100% in charge and all you can do IS listen and follow it's lead. It
feels like an energy that is moving through you and you have no choice but to
surrender to it. I didn't push at all – my body didn't need any help from
me. I could feel Cooper's head start to
emerge and then slip back again and I knew he'd be here soon. At this point I was still on my side with the
MW getting ready to catch. Cooper's head
emerged with the next surge – the relief of that pressure was amazing. I knew
at that point he was not going to be a small baby. We waited on the next surge for his shoulders
to be born but the midwife was concerned that Cooper's shoulders weren't
turning properly so after a few manoeuvres in the pool the MW asked me to get
out of the pool. I got out of the pool
walked to the bed and the MW helped turn Cooper and he was placed on my chest,
pink and alert. That was at 7.40pm The
cord was left to do it's job and he had his first feed……I couldn't get over how
big he was. About 40 mins later Philip
cut the cord. I went to the bathroom
where the midwife put a bowl in the toilet and the placenta just dropped out
into the bowl. Cooper was 10lbs 7oz and barely fit into the Midwife's weighing
Jack arrived home around 8.30pm to the news that his baby brother had arrived. His face was priceless when he met Cooper for the first time.
Philip rang all the family and the grandparents came up to meet their newest grandson. I had 3 stitches (keep up your perineal
massage) and was sitting in the living room with the family eating a huge bowl
of pasta at 9.30pm. Not long after I
was showered and tucked up in bed with Cooper.
Tired but ecstatic.
It was the most amazing, satisfying experience of my life and to be honest there were a
few times when I thought I'd like to 'pause' the day - go have a nap and finish the birth the next
day! It wasn't completely pain free but
the combination of GentleBirth
affirmations, my CDs (once I got over listening to my own voice), great support
and the pool made what could have been a very long day very manageable and a
very calm birth for both Cooper and I (even with the special circumstances at
the end).
Cooper is feeding well and we're sleeping when we can.
We had daily visits from the MW for the first 10 days which was
fantastic. I can't believe he's 2 weeks
old already – he's so chilled out.
I'm sure I've left out bits - if anyone has any
questions let me know. It already feels like it was a lifetime away. These early few weeks getting to know your
little ones are just magic!
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Have you been wanting to brush up on your computer skills? Would you like some help learning how to navigate the internet? If so, you are in luck because Hastings Memorial Library is partnering with Mid-Plains Community College to offer computer classes in the month of December. On Dec. 8 the library will host a class on Computer Basics. This will be followed by a class on Internet Basics on Dec. 15. Both sessions will last approximately 2-3 hours and are free of charge. Space is limited so please call the library today at (308) 352-4894 to reserve a spot.


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The late Reverend Dr. Tallulah Fisher '74 Williams became the third name added to the Wall of Witness in Kiekhofer Hall, which honors graduates of North Central College and/or Evangelical Theological Seminary for their lives of witness to their faith and service to humanity.
"Thank you, sister, for being such a dynamic role model," said Renetta M. Butler '84, (right), who accepted the award at Homecoming on behalf of her sister Tallulah. "Thank you for not holding your light under a bushel. You continue to influence me and women of all colors."


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Testimony :: Congressman Joseph R. Pitts
Commissioner - Helsinki Commission
Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this important hearing on the problems facing the Roma throughout Europe. Unfortunately, as clearly documented by various organizations, ethnic persecution and discrimination persist against the Roma in most nations in Europe. Stereotypes of the Roma abound throughout Eastern and Western Europe. Unfortunately, there is not overwhelming evidence that the majority ethnic groups in Europe desire to help end these stereotypes and the racism that does exist.
As a number of experts and journalists have reported, educational opportunities and reform of educational systems appears to offer hope for bringing positive change for Roma children. News articles over the past few years detail the common attitude towards Roma students: "The special schools are tight for most Romany children. They are more comfortable there … We assume these children will not be any kind of scientists or studying types. Their calling will be the manual crafts." There is nothing wrong with children learning manual crafts, but there is most definitely something wrong with assuming that simply because a child is Roma in origin, he or she will not be "scientists or studying types." Another educator stated, "The fact that so many Romany children go to special schools is not a mark of discrimination. It is a matter of intelligence." An appalling and very disturbing statement that oozes racism.
In the early 1990s, one of my staff members lived in a small town in Romania while teaching English classes. When she arrived in the town, many of her students warned her to be careful of the "gypsies" because they were dirty, dangerous, violent, lazy, and were thieves. When my staff member challenged these attitudes during class discussions, the students protested that all those things they said were correct. Only one student said, "I never thought about this before. I was always taught that this was true. I have to think about this." Sadly, most of the students did not feel challenged to think about the views that had been passed on to them and accepted without question.
Education is the key to bringing positive change to individuals' lives. I commend the work of the people of Vidin, Bulgaria for their efforts to bring change.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I look forward to hearing from our distinguished witnesses.


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Swedish House Mafia tickets for One Last Tour are your last chance to see this supergroup before they go on hiatus. Come and rave and love them back on Swedish House Mafia tour dates!About Swedish House Mafia
We all know that the best trance comes from Europe, and a specific niche of progressive house hails from Stockholm. If you want Stolkholm style trace, then you definitely want Swedish House Mafia tickets. Swedish House Mafia, also known as SHM, is a group of three house DJs named Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso - famed ectro DJ Eric Prydz was a member of the group until he pursued a solo career.
So what makes Swedish House Mafia tickets so valuable? The band may have only signed a record deal with EMI back in 2010 but their talent runs deep. Axwell reached the number 10 spot for the 2010 Top 100 DJ poll in DJ magazine. Axwell has worked with Tara McDonald under the Ministry of Sound and has boldly remixed music ranging from Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" to Ushers "Burn." Steve Angello reached the number 14 spot for the 2010 top 100 DJ poll in DJ Magazine. Like axwell, Angello loves experimenting with classic sound - he's mixed things ranging from the Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" to Robin S "Show Me Love." Sebastian Ingrosso is one of Angello's childhood friends and claimed the #16 spot on DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJ list. He won the award for highest new entry into the Top 100 DJ list back in 2009 when he reached the number 11 spot. He has remixed artists ranging from Justin Timberlake to Royksopp and Moby.
With a repertoire like this, Swedish House Mafia was bound for stardom and with one major album under their belt, the band is hitting the road to bring "Until One" to an arena near you. So if you like to dance, tracks like "Miami 2 Ibiza" and "Get Dumb" will be waiting for you to boogey on down to. If you have the stamina to endure an all out party at one of the Swedish House Mafia Shows, then these Swedish House Mafia tickets are ripe for the picking!
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|Christensen seeking second term
By Jan Schultz
The Imperial Republican
Imperial's Mark Christensen has filed for re-election to the District 44 state legislative seat he now holds.
A check with the Secretary of State's website shows Christensen is the first to put his name on the line for the May 11, 2010 Primary Election for the seat that includes Chase County.
Former state senator Tom Baker of Trenton announced recently he intends to run, but as of Tuesday, Nov. 24 had not yet filed with the Secretary of State.
From his office in Lincoln, where Christensen remains this week for the special legislative session, he said water will continue to be one of the top issues as he seeks another four-year term in the legislature.
During the 2010 session, which starts in January, Christensen said he will introduce legislation that would allow NRDs, after approval from its district's voters, to levy an additional tax within their own district to deal with water issues.
In an email sent to area newspapers, Christensen said, "Water has been a huge issue in the district since 2000 and still needs to be finished.
"Leadership and understanding the issue have been the dividing factors" between the drought of 2000 and today, he added.
"The water issue has been ignored and not dealt with for far too long," he added.
Christensen said the state has not done enough to deal with the issue, and said his LB 701 did accomplish getting the basin out of a water short year and balancing the first five-year average.
However, litigation challenging measures within LB 701 has set things back, he acknowledged.
But, he added, "I have attacked from the start and brought forth the only solution to prevent a total shut-off as has been proposed by the Department of Water Resources.
"Local solutions are always better than what is proposed from state government," he said.
Christensen said he's also been pleased to work on other issues.
Included has been "the ability to clean up legislation on concealed handguns left in place before I was elected," he said.
He also cited his work on tough pro-life issues, which included support for a ban on human cloning and, secondly, working to increase adult stem cell research instead of using embryonic stem cells.
On the latter, Christensen said there have not been any cures from embryonic stem cell research, but several advances are being realized using adult stem cells.
Christensen said working with senators on each side of an issue is an important virtue to being a success in the legislature.
He feels his ability to listen to people when issues get emotional is one of his strengths as a state senator.
Christensen was elected in 2006, taking office in January, 2007.
He's served on the banking, commerce and insurance committee since taking office. The past two years, he's also been on the natural resources and judiciary committees, as well as the executive board. He's also on the legislature's reference committee, which determines the committee to which bills are assigned.
Christensen farms, ranches and is a business broker. He and his wife, Kathy, have seven children and two grandchildren.
Special Session Expected
Christensen said the special session that started Nov. 4 on closing the $334 million funding gap in the state's two-year budget should conclude on Friday, Nov. 27.
He noted from an original 16 bills introduced, senators had narrowed them to four.
Among the measures is a two and a half percent cut this year, and five percent reduction next year to most state agency budgets.


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Major Water Line Break Floods South Wheeling
February 14, 2013
WHEELING -- City crews are on the scene of a major water line break near 30th and Chapline streets in South Wheeling. Water has flooded several streets....
How about not beeping my iPhone for stupid stuff? The last how many alerts have been for boil orders and water breaks. How about for some news instead? The Water News Register, all the boil order news that's fit to print!
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How about a HOME RULE water down version?
Why not a fee for running water in the streets to be paid by the residents of the city. Took care of that problem HOME RULE has so many uses.
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Tine fior city leaders to stop wasting our limited tax revenues on window dressing, fluff and pet projects of the powers behind the throne and get serious about improving the basic infrastructure we need to survive.
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Morgan State Board Removes Chairman
In the latest episode in a twisting drama involving Morgan State University's leadership, members of the board of regents on Feb. 5 ousted their chairman, officials said.
Though he will remain on the board of regents, Dallas R. Evans, who has headed the board for 13 years and has served on the panel for more than 20, will no longer serve as its leader. The decision to remove Evans, which was made on a 9-5 vote, came during a regularly scheduled meeting at the northeast campus. He is expected to serve out his term on the board which runs through 2015.
"Morgan State University and the Board of Regents want to express appreciation to Chairman Dallas Evans for his many years of service as chairman as well as his willingness to continue to serve on the Board of Regents," the board said in a statement released by the university on Feb. 5. "The Board has decided to proceed in a new direction and looks forward to working collaboratively in the best interest of the University."
Martin R. Resnick, vice-chair of the board and founder of Martin's Catering, will serve as interim chair.
Some faculty members saw the move as the latest incident in a battle between Evans and university President David Wilson. The board in early December announced that Wilson's contract would not be renewed after two and a half years. Two weeks later, the board reversed itself and announced that they had extended Wilson for a year. Evans was the lone member of the board of regents to vote against the plan that included the extension.
"I think it is a good decision," said Dr. Gabrielle L. McLemore, chairwoman of the faculty's university council. "I am on the president's side because he's been good for the school."
McLemore said she believes "something is afoot" on the campus because faculty and staff are still in the dark as to why the board decided in December to remove Wilson from the presidency.
The decision led to protests from some students, faculty, and staff.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), a regent for the university, told the AFRO immediately following the Dec. 28 meeting where Wilson's contract was extended that communication played a part in the institution's administrative woes. Wilson issued a statement admitting that he had not communicated appropriately and pledged to improve.
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|Darci Tomky joins staff at Holyoke Enterprise
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Darci Tomky, who has been a valued fill-in interim staff member at the Holyoke Enterprise for close to six months, has recently accepted full-time employment on the newspaper staff.
Among her many duties will be advertising design, commercial printing job design, news reporting, photography and uploading the Enterprise website each week.
A 2004 graduate of HHS, Tomky served a summer internship at the Enterprise in 2007 and proved herself immediately as a conscientious, creative and reliable staff member.
Last May, Tomky graduated from Hastings College in Hastings, Neb. with a B.A. degree in media production with emphasis in advertising and public relations and also a B.A. in music/piano performance.
During college, Tomky was active in Campus Crusades all four years and served on the leadership team for a year and a half. She served a 10-week program in San Diego, Calif. on a mission-type venture. She worked at Sea World and interacted with co-workers, as well as fellow Campus Crusade members.
During her spring break one year, Tomky volunteered to assist with Hurricane Katrina clean-up in New Orleans. During a J-term experience during her college years, she traveled to Italy.
While at Hastings College, Tomky was a member of the marching and concert bands, playing alto saxophone all four years and mallets for a couple of years. She also provided piano accompaniment. As a college freshman, Tomky was a member of the band that performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Tomky was a member of Alpha Omega, a Christian sorority at Hastings College.
Since her return to Holyoke, Tomky has been assisting with leadership for the Holyoke FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) chapter and is playing piano for the Saturday night contemporary service at First Baptist Church in Holyoke.
Darci is the daughter of Darrell and Debbie Tomky of Holyoke.


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Update on the Sharing Power: A New Vision for Development Conference
The key messages of the Sharing Power Conference provided guidance to the CEESP Executive Committee in the recent 3-day planning session for the new CEESP manadate and work programme to be presented to the World Conservation Congress being held in Jeju, South Korea (September 2012). …
07 Dec 2011 | Article
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Whakatane Assessments are moving ahead
The IUCN and CEESP, in partnership with indigenous peoples' organisations (IPOs) and the Forest Peoples Programme, will soon pilot rights-based assessments of protected areas called the "Whakatane Assessments". The agreement between indigenous peoples' representatives, chairs of IUCN Commissions, conservation organizations and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) that lead to the design of these assessments, as well as a number of other key decisions regarding indigenous peoples' rights, was described in the last CEESP Newsletter. …
04 Aug 2011 | News story
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Sharing Power: A New Vision for Development – Conference Report
The Sharing Power Conference was held in Whakatane, New Zealand, 11-15 January, co-sponsored by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP) and two Mäori (indigenous) organizations, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa (a tribal authority) and Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi (a tribal university). As described on the Conference website: …
02 May 2011 | News story
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Comments from the Chair (Issue 0710 | May 2011)
"Because the planet can't sustain our current development model" was the sub-heading of the successful CEESP Conference, Sharing Power: A New Vision for Development, held in Whakatane New Zealand 12-15 January. …
02 May 2011 | News story
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What did you think?
What did the Sharing Power Conference mean for you? What did you learn and how has this influenced your work? Please share your thoughts and ideas here! …
03 May 2011 | Article
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