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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The NFL issued a statement Tuesday that supported its replacement officials following the controversial finish in Seattle's 14-12 win over Green Bay on Monday.
While the NFL said Seattle receiver Golden Tate should have been called for offensive pass interference before being credited with a catch for the winning touchdown -- a call that would have ended the game in Green Bay's favor -- the league supported the field officials' ruling of simultaneous possession and the decision to uphold the on-field call upon video review.
On the final play of the game, Green Bay defensive back M.D. Jennings appeared to corral Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson's desperation heave to the back of the end zone, with Tate also getting his arms on the ball.
One official ruled it a touchdown on simultaneous possession, which is always awarded to the offensive player, although another official appeared set to call it an interception and a touchback. The touchdown ruling stood, but the referee never conferred with the two officials in the end zone and went to a video review.
The league's statement follows:
"When the players hit the ground in the end zone, the officials determined that both Tate and Jennings had possession of the ball," the league wrote Tuesday. "Under the rule for simultaneous catch, the ball belongs to Tate, the offensive player. The result of the play was a touchdown.
"Replay official Howard Slavin stopped the game for an instant replay review. The aspects of the play that were reviewable included if the ball hit the ground and who had possession of the ball. In the end zone, a ruling of a simultaneous catch is reviewable. That is not the case in the field of play, only in the end zone.
"Referee Wayne Elliott determined that no indisputable visual evidence existed to overturn the call on the field, and as a result, the on-field ruling of touchdown stood. The NFL Officiating Department reviewed the video today and supports the decision not to overturn the on-field ruling following the instant replay review.
"The result of the game is final."
The rule of simultaneous catch states that it is not considered simultaneous if one player "gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control."
Replays appeared to show that Jennings first had control and Tate quickly followed, but it was not ruled that way on the field.
Monday's bizarre conclusion, along with several other notable gaffes during the first three weeks, has fueled the call from players, coaches and fans for the NFL to end its lockout of the regular officials.
Reports have indicated that the league and the Referees Association met over the weekend without coming close to a resolution.
The Sports Network


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This time around we roasted two exceptional coffees from Central America. The Guatemala Candelaria Lote Venecia which is a wet processed coffee and the Costa Rica Los Crestones Finca Alaska which is technically a honey processed coffee though the layer of mucilage from the coffee fruit that is left on the bean is very thin.
The Guatemala Candelaria Lote Venecia is a well balanced coffee. Being a wet processed coffee, it has a brighter and clearer acidity that I think tastes like apple. It also has a light flavor of sweet grain. It reminds me a bit of a sweet Oolong tea with a twist of lemon.
The Costa Rica Los Crestones Finca Alaska has a milder and smoother acidity and that is a product of the honey processing. It has a bit more pronounced fruit note a bit like plum, which is another result of the honey processing. The mouthful is more viscous and the sweetness also comes across more syrupy, like honey or caramel.
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|More health facilities meet or exceed infection rate standard
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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's annual Health Facility-Acquired Infections report shows more health facilities in the state met or exceeded (better than) the national standard for infection rates in 2012.
There were 528 facilities that met or exceeded the standard in 2012, compared to 509 in 2011.
The report compares the incidence of health care associated infections at Colorado facilities to the national mean and shows whether each facility was the "same," "better" or "worse" than the national standard. In 2012, 24 health facility reports scored "worse" than the national mean, compared to 39 in 2011.
As part of a comprehensive reform to address health care associated infections, 34 states, including Colorado and the District of Columbia, have mandated public health care associated infection reporting to create greater transparency between health care facilities and the public while supporting greater accountability.
Colorado's legislatively mandated report contains data for surgical site infections in cardiac, orthopedic and abdominal operative procedures; central line-associated bloodstream infections in adult and neonatal critical care units and long-term acute care hospitals; and dialysis related infections in outpatient dialysis treatment centers. Data provided in the report are self-reported by each facility.
Dr. Chris Urbina, the department's executive director and chief medical officer, said, "Since the Health Facility-Acquired Infections Disclosure Act was passed in 2006, the number of reports has increased as new surgical procedures (breast and colon procedures) and new facilities (rehabilitation hospitals) have been added to the report. This increased surveillance of health facility-acquired infections helps to focus efforts on reducing the number of infections at these facilities."
In reviewing facility infection rates, readers must consider that infection rates can be influenced by factors such as better surveillance and reporting compliance, and less healthy populations, rather than poor infection control practices.
To assess the validity of reported data, the department's Patient Safety Program has conducted three validation studies to date on central line-associated bloodstream infections, hernia surgical site infections and dialysis infections. All three validation studies provided the opportunity to identify areas of misunderstanding about infection surveillance and reporting and provide focused education to health facility staff about surveillance definitions, rules and practices. A fourth validation study for hip/knee procedures is currently under way.
Urbina said, "We hope health care facilities will use the data in this report to target and improve infection prevention efforts and that consumers will use the data to make better informed health care choices."
For more information about this report or patient safety initiatives under way at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, contact the Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division at 303-692-2800 or visit www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CBON/1251590876310.
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One of the more extraordinary trips I experienced while a Peace Corps Volunteer in Micronesia was on the trading vessel Maria Carmela. I needed to travel from my home island of Ettal in the lower Mortlocks of Chuuk (formerly Truk) to the district center 150 miles away. The trip took five days.
Because Ettal had no pass into the lagoon, all loading of seagoing vessels took place via outrigger paddling canoes. We passengers and all of our gear bobbled up and down on the ocean swells as we waited to climb aboard the larger Maria Carmela. The climb itself was very awkward for those of us wearing skirts, the only acceptable dress for outer-island Chuukese women.
Aboard, the weathered deck of the Carmela trembled with each throb of her engine and the fetid odor of diesel fumes rode heavily on the humid, tropical air.
The captain pushed his way through the colorful crowd attempting to prepare his vessel for departure. He shouted orders to passengers and crew, and at last the visitors clambered over the side and back into their canoes. The engine rumbled louder, and we were on our way.
The deck of the hand-hewn Carmela was 39 feet long. There were 48 men, women, and children aboard as it traveled away from Ettal. There were also 13 hens, a rooster, and a litter of pigs.
Freshly caught tuna hung from the mast and hundreds of green drinking coconuts filled the deck and wheelhouse. Even the engine room had its share.
When I asked if anyone had ever been lost overboard on a moonlit night, the captain glanced around the crowded deck, grinned, and said, "I have no idea."
The trip itself was filled with storytelling, singing, and laughter. I heard traditional tales of caution and wonder, and gossip unending about islanders from near and far.
Favorite among the stories were those about local Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs). Like the couple who had become so upset when the case of toilet paper they had ordered was lifted soaking wet from the bottom of the field-trip ship's hold. What could they possibly want with that big box of wet paper, my shipboard companions wanted to know.
There was one about a Peace Corps fellow from...well, never mind the island. He'd been caught dallying with a local girl behind the schoolhouse. I'd heard the story before, but the embellishments added during the Carmela retelling turned it hilarious. The islanders often competed with stories about their PCVs—who could speak the language best, who could sing, or sew, or paddle a small canoe without tipping it over.
I sat blushing through a tale of bravery I had unwittingly created when a sailing canoe on which I'd been a passenger had passed directly over two sleeping whales. Never mind that I didn't know at the time what the whales were and had thus hung curiously over the side to inspect them as we passed.
"If the whales had awakened, they would have played with the canoe," the storyteller assured his audience. "The whales wouldn't have hurt the people, but after they left, the sharks would have."
The story brought slowly shaking heads and many clicking tongues. Ettal was fortunate to have such a fearless American among them, the listeners agreed. Only a few grinned openly.
The weather remained calm and placid throughout the voyage, a blessing to the Chuukese women, who assured me they would otherwise have been quite seasick the entire way. For the same reason, I was more than happy to be sailing on a summer-smooth sea. Dolphins paced the Carmela from time to time, leaping and spinning, racing ahead, then dropping back to ride the bow wave. We saw giant sea turtles and schools of flying fish, but no whales. That resulted in another telling of my fearless whale adventure. I noticed a number of added details the second time around.
I was an artist when I entered the Peace Corps, and I took my paints and brushes so that I could document my stay. I hadn't counted on the ants eating the sealant off my carefully stretched canvases, or on the vivid tones of the tropics. My pallet included colors better suited to landscapes near my Colorado home.
So I began writing down the scenes I wished someday to paint—describing the giant breadfruit tree outside my house, the low sweep of green surrounding the pristine blue of Ettal Lagoon, the faces of laughing children.
In the meantime, I listened to the stories the islanders told. As my language skills grew, I began to recognize how they turned simple news into anecdotes to capture their listeners' interest, and when a story proved worth retelling, added more and more colorful details. In my journal, I began adding details, too—sounds and smells, tastes and textures. My tales grew more complex. By the time I left, my words provided a much clearer image of the islands than my paintings ever could.
I have continued to write since that time. I trained and worked as a journalist first, then returned to telling stories of the islands. Now I write novels and short stories and plays, based most frequently on Pacific Island lore and lifestyle. When I read from my first novel, Reefsong, on the University of Hawaii at Hilo campus, a group of Chuukese students came to listen. They grinned at settings and events they recognized, and laughed freely at my island characters' foibles. I felt like I was back on the Maria Carmela.
I can still smell the diesel fumes and the thick pungency of fresh-roasted copra that rode with us on that trip. In fact, I can still hear the captain's panicked call on the last day when the steering chain suddenly jammed. We were just entering the Chuuk Lagoon and were in serious danger of going aground. There was a mad scramble as chickens and children and piglets and fish were passed from hand to hand to clear way for the search. A hat blew overboard and a crewman almost followed. He was caught by those standing near and pulled back aboard.
Finally a cry of success came, then a wave of relieved laughter. A coconut, the last of those piled aboard at Ettal, had become wedged tight against the open steering chain. It was yanked loose, and after a brief detour to rescue the lost hat, we were once again safely under way.
The story of that errant coconut was told many times during the following months. Each time it grew in excitement and tension. My Peace Corps experience taught me that the world is full of stories. Good or bad, sad or happy, everyone everywhere has tales to tell. The people of Chuuk tell some of the best.
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The Early Hemi Guide of DeathWritten by Marlan Davis on May 21, 2012 Contributors: The Manufacturers
Among hot rod engines, the flathead Ford V8 and small-block Chevy V8 are usually considered the most significant milestone powerplants. But there's another mill that ranks right up there with the Big Two: Chrysler's first-generation Hemi of the '50s, Detroit's first serious attempt to build a mass-produced, no-compromise engine using advanced (for the time) hemispherical combustion chamber technology previously reserved for aircraft or exotic sports cars.
Chrysler's early Hemi grew out of experience gained during World War II with developing Hemi-headed aircraft and tank engines for the war effort. After the war, Chrysler needed to remain competitive with the new Caddy and Olds overhead-valve V8s, so it began developing brand-new motors. Early testing of alternative head and valve layouts revealed that the hemispherical combustion chamber was superior to other designs.
The result was the 1951 debut of the 331 Chrysler Hemi. DeSoto and Dodge Hemis followed in 1952 and 1953, respectively. Each division's Hemi had a unique block, heads, and cylinder-bore spacing. Virtually no internal parts interchange between them. In the Chrysler line, the 331 grew to 354 ci in 1956, and finally--using a raised-deck block--to 392 for '57 to '58. In the process, hard-core racers quickly discovered the engine's potential. The Hemi's efficient combustion chambers responded well to the new high-octane gas and was unsurpassed while running on alcohol and later nitromethane, a legacy maintained by the Hemi's modern-day descendents.
Alas, the engine was more massive for its displacement than its competitors' products, making it harder to package in increasingly streamlined engine compartments. The heads' fully machined combustion chambers and complicated valve layout made it costly to produce. In 1959, Chrysler turned to the cheaper wedge motors, bringing the first-gen Hemi's short, eight-year run to a close.
Today, first-gen Hemis and their full-race Donovan 417 offspring live on in nostalgia fuel racing. Street rodders tired of cookie-cutter, me-too small-blocks are snapping up old Hemis for use in retro rods. Their unique, in-your-face appearance makes a badass engine swap, even in a classic muscle car. For many years, early Hemi parts were scarce, but renewed interest in them has made it profitable for aftermarket parts vendors to push out improved parts that now make those old Hemis bigger and faster than they ever were. Pickings are still a little slim for the DeSoto and Dodge versions, but the situation is improving even for those oddball offshoots. Nevertheless, this article will concentrate on the more available Chrysler Hemi. As of early 2012, the only major parts lacking for fully resurrecting these engines are new blocks and affordable aftermarket cranks, but we expect this to be remedied by early next year.
For the scoop on first-gen Hemis, we consulted Gene Adams, one of the pioneers of early Hemi development who continues to build and race them to this day; Bob McKray, ace Hemi engine builder and head porter; Gary Patrick of RockerArms.com (formerly Rocker Arm Specialist); and Bob Walker, owner of Hot Heads, your complete one-stop source for early Chrysler, Dodge, and DeSoto Hemi hot rod parts.
Chrysler Vs. DeSoto Vs. Dodge
Early Hemi block lengths from the rear bellhousing face to the front of an adopted Chevy V8 short water pump pulley mounting flange: Dodge, 27 inches; DeSoto, 27-1/4 inches; Chrysler (without integral bellhousing), 28-3/4 inches.
All production blocks are cast iron and have two-bolt main caps. If it passes a sonic check, Adams says you can overbore a normally aspirated 331 up to 0.125 inch (1/8 over stock). A 354 or 392 can take 0.060 over. For supercharged gas street engines, you need to maintain at least 0.125-inch wall thickness after overbore on the thin or thrust side, which usually mandates limiting the max overbore to 0.030 inch.
Unbeefed production blocks have adequate strength for normal usage--about 400 to 500 hp on a 354, 500 to 600 on a 392. Replacing your 50-year-old bolts with ARP main and head studs provides good insurance. As Adams puts it, "Don't use bolts--use studs everywhere you can." Nevertheless, running more than 11.0 to 12.0:1 compression, cramming in 8 psi or more of boost, or packing lots of nitrous or nitro stands a good chance of failing the cylinder walls and main webs. In the '60s, the main solution (pun intended) was to use a support girdle for the two-bolt caps in addition to filling the block with concrete (or half filling them for street use). New four-bolt conversion caps have made girdles obsolete (although TR Waters still sells them).
Race-only aluminum blocks have been developed (as in the Donovan 417), but they lack water jackets and/or won't accept most internal or external production parts. Later this year, Adams, in collaboration with Claude Lavoie, plans to introduce all-new, water-jacketed, iron and aluminum replacement blocks with siamesed cylinder walls that permit up to 4.310-inch bores. The aluminum casting is a dry-sleeve design that prevents water seepage into the oil pan. All production parts fit, including oil pans, bearings, cranks, and front covers; externally, the blocks retain stock engine-mount provisions and accessory bosses. A 392 deck height is standard, but the decks are thick enough to permit milling to the lower 331/354 height. Four-bolt caps on the center three mains plus added metal in the main web area and lower cylinder walls greatly strengthen these blocks over the old production castings. In place of the original (and much maligned) rear main rope seal, the new blocks will use widely available (and reliable) Ford FE big-block main seals.
Block Identification
|Year and CI
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|'51-'54 331
|'55-'56 331
|1551629, 1619629
|'56-'58 354
|'57-'58 392
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All stock early Hemis had beefy forged cranks and are internally balanced. According to Adams, "Some Chrysler 300 and industrial engine cranks may be nitrided." "The old-school Fueler guys used to make 1,200 to 1,500 hp on stock Hemi cranks back in the day," McKray points out. Although Hot Heads' Walker says he "mags every crank we use--the only bad ones I find are ex-race-car cranks, and they're almost always cracked." McKray finds that the "first failure point will probably be a crack through the mains."
The 331 and 354 cranks physically interchange--they have the same stroke and main- and rod-journal diameters. However, the 331 crank has only -1/4-inch oil-feed holes; for racing, you need to open and chamfer them to the 354's larger 5/16-inch size. The 331/354 cranks won't interchange with the 3.906-inch stroke 392 crank, which has larger main and rod journals. Any of these cranks can turned by as much as 0.040 inch undersize. To maintain adequate strength, McKray cautions, "Be sure to put in a good radius when turning them undersize." Bearing availability was once a problem, but now King Bearings has stepped up and offers good trimetal main and rod bearings in standard and up to 0.040 inch under through selected distributors like Egge and Hot Heads.
You can increase a stock crank's stroke by offset grinding, which moves the rod journal centerlines farther away from the main bearing journal centerlines. The new, reduced-diameter offset journal must be the same size as one used by a different (but still commonly available) rod. On early Hemis, the cam-bore location is so high in the block that rod-to-cam interference with stroker cranks is not a problem as it often is on many small-block engines. On the other hand, it can be hard to find a virgin early Hemi crank that hasn't already been straight-ground severely undersize. Assuming you can find a "good" crank, offset-grinding down to the big-block Chevy's 2.20-inch size and using big-block Chevy-style rods and rod bearings is a popular option. On the 331/354 crank's 2.250-inch mains, this yields about a 0.045-inch stroke increase; with the 392's 2.375-inch journals, about a 0.170-inch increase is achieved. (The "missing" 0.005 inch is a safety factor to allow for journal cleanup.) A 6.75- or 6.800-inch center-to-center rod length is usually a good fit with these combos. The slight 0.006-inch difference between the big-block Chevy 0.990-inch piston pin and Chrysler's 0.984 pin is easily accommodated with a slightly thicker rod pin bushing. Alternatively, you can order your custom pistons for the big-block Chevy pin from the get-go. As can be seen in the table (pg. 82), in the early Hemi's case, a 392 attains significant displacement increases using the big-block Chevy journal size.
Still a problem is the lack of affordable aftermarket cranks. Hot Heads is working on a 4.160-inch-stroke 392 billet crank that with a 4.035-inch bore yields 426 ci. At the top of the food chain there are Sonny Bryant and Crower custom-order Top Fuel–level cranks, but they're priced accordingly. A high-end, custom-order, 5/8-inch stroker on a 0.060-over 392 yields 469 ci, or 529 ci with a 4.310-inch bore in Adams' new thick-wall aftermarket block.
Most stock harmonic dampers are long used up. Even in their day they were prone to failure. Using a Mopar 318/340 small-block's neutral-balanced damper is a practical budget approach; Hot Heads sells converted and indexed 340 dampers that are direct early Hemi bolt-ons. Fluidampr and BHJ offer dedicated, SFI-approved early Hemi balancers.
Hot Heads carries lightweight stock- replacement aluminum flywheels; 146-tooth versions fit '51 to '56 engines, and 172-tooth units fit '57 to '59 engines. Steel and aluminum replacement flywheels are also available from Wilcap.
Where it all Began
Chrysler developed its first Hemi--the 2,500hp XIV-2220 V16 inverted engine--as a potential replacement for Pratt & Whitney's R-2800 radial motor in the World War II P-47 fighter. By the time the engine was ready in 1945, the war was ending, so it did not go into production. Chrysler also collaborated with Continental on the air-cooled AV-17905B V12 hemi-headed engine used in the postwar M47 Patton tank.
Crank Identification
|Forging Numbers
|1323335, 1335001, 1409241, 1419421
|1409421, 1491421, 1523335, 1619647, 1617184, 1635690
Offset-ground stroker combos using big-block chevy rod journal
|Stock CI
|Old Stroke
|Stroke Increase
|New Stroke
|New CI
Rods and Pistons
All stock early Hemi rods are forged steel with 3/8-inch bolts and come bushed for floating pins. The 331/354 rod length and journal sizes differ from the 392. Properly rebuilt, the rods are OK for most normally aspirated engines. At a minimum, stock rods should be shot-peened and subjected to magnetic-particle inspection, the big ends rebuilt, the small ends rebushed, the beams polished, and the assembly fitted with modern ARP rod bolts (they're the same bolts as those on B/RB Chrysler wedge engines).
Alternatively, you can swap in more modern rods--either production or aftermarket equivalents--with minor mods. Hot Heads will sell you modern rods with the required mods already performed. Remember, alternative rods require rebalancing the engine and in some cases even adding Mallory heavy metal to the crank.
Pontiac 400 rods can be used in a 331/354. Bore the small end to accept the 354 wristpin bushing, drill and chamfer the rod top 1/8 inch for additional pin oiling, and use Pontiac rod bearings.
Some builders create a low-deck 392 by installing the 392 crank in a 354 block. To do this, use 383/400 Chrysler rods and bearings, turn down the 392 crank's main journals to 2.500 inches, resize the thrust surface to the short-deck block's size, and bore the 354 0.062 over.
For a normal, high-deck 392, 440 Chrysler rods work. At 6.76 inches center to center, this 0.200-inch-shorter rod is widely available, inexpensive, and uses a low-cost bearing. The 440 rod has a wider beam, so either the journal must be ground wider or the rod and bearings narrowed about 0.020 inch. Yet another alternative is even stouter 426 Hemi rods with 7/16-inch bolts. Custom pistons with the right compression height and a 1.090-inch pin bore are needed as well.
Then there are aftermarket aluminum billet or forged rods. Bill Miller, GRP, or Venolia can, as Adams puts it, "make an aluminum rod any way you want it." Popular on race cars, street use remains controversial due to aluminum's finite fatigue life. You may have to clearance the oil-pan rails and the bottom of the cylinders to use aluminum rods; be careful not to run into the water passages.
Stock Hemi pistons were cast aluminum. Aftermarket choices run the gamut from stock cast replacement-style (Egge, Hot Heads, Kanter), to Keith Black cast hypereutectic (392 only), to shelf-stock forgings(Arias and Ross), to custom, made-to-order forgings (just about all major piston outfits, but check especially Arias, Hot Heads, JE, Ross, and Venolia).
Walker says early Hemis "really like 10.0:1 compression. They'll run all day on 92-octane gas. With our aluminum heads, you can run more. I'm building an 11.0:1 engine now for the street to prove it." McKray concurs, going as high as 11.0 to 11.5:1 with aluminum heads, "depending on cam timing." For N/A racing on good gas, McKray says, "Go as high as you need it if you can get it on a piston. Sometimes it's hard to run super-high compression due to the Hemi's dome profile." If putting a huffer on it, hold compression down around 8.0 to 8.5:1.
To benefit from the latest and greatest piston-ring technology, it pays to custom-order aftermarket pistons for at least 1/16-1/16-3/16 rings instead of the Hemi's original 5/64-5/64-3/16 ring pack. Ring availability is not a problem for the 392's 4-inch bore (which many other engines share). Even for the oddball 331/354, you can now get high-quality, modern rings from Hot Hemi, Total Seal, and others.
BHJ offers cylinder honing plates. McKray considers them "optional on the street, mandatory for racing." However, Adams says, "The blocks are pretty stiff. The bolts aren't too close to the cylinder wall, and they don't go into water. Plates aren't as critical as they are for some other engines." Preferred honing techniques are pretty much in line with any of today's engines.
The '51 to early-'55 331s used a long, threaded front snout to retain the cam sprocket; '56-and later engines use a short snout with a bolt, a cupped washer, and a thrust plate to retain the cam. All aftermarket cam cores are the late, short-snout style. Short-snout cams and timing sets for '55-and-later low-deck engines can be used to replace earlier long-snout cams.
Rod Identification
|Forging Numbers
|331 - 354
|1324222, 1821345
Cam and Valvetrain
Most early Hemis had hydraulic flat-tappet cams, but some high-perf, marine, and industrial engines had factory solid grinds. The nonadjustable, hydraulic-cam valvetrain parts were different from the adjustable (and rare today) mechanical valvetrain. Special valve covers with bumps were needed to clear the adjustable rockers, making it easy to identify a solid-lifter–equipped engine. Early engines had long-snout cams and unique timing sets that are long gone, but Hot Heads and other early Hemi specialists can convert existing long-snout cams and front ends to use '55-and-later short-snout cams.
All 392 engines take short-snout cams, but because the block's lifter bores are slightly relocated to maintain proper valvetrain geometry on the high-deck block, 392 cams have a slightly different lobe orientation. The 331/354 and 392 cams physically interchange in the block, and the engine will even start up and run, but the timing events won't be right. There's no easy way for the average Joe to tell the difference without degreeing the cam.
High-perf, short-snout cam cores are available, but often the cam itself must be ground to order. Catalog grinds include offerings by Comp (392 hydraulic flat-tappet Thumpr grinds), Crane (early Hemi retrofit hydraulic and mechanical roller cams for both 331/354 and 392 engines), Hot Heads (hydraulic and solid flat-tappet and hydraulic roller cams for all early Hemis), Schneider (solid and hydraulic flat-tappets and solid roller cams), Engle (392 solid roller), and Isky (hydraulic and mechanical flat-tappet cams).
As for specific cam timing, Hemis flow so well on the exhaust side that a dual-pattern cam isn't really needed. For the average performance flat-tappet hydraulic street cam, McKray recommends a grind with about 225 to 230 degrees at 0.050. Add another 10 to 13 degrees on a solid.
An early Hemi hydraulic flat-tappet lifter is similar to the hydraulic lifters specified for the Chrysler LA small-block ('64 to '87 273/318/340/360 non-Magnum) or B/RB big-block wedge ('64 to '78 only). The difference is the early Hemi hydraulic valvetrain pushrod seat has a -1/4-inch ball-seat pushrod tip, but these later lifters have a 5/16-inch ball-seat pushrod tip. Therefore, if early Hemi hydraulic flat-tappet lifters are out of stock (check Hot Heads or Comp Cams), substitute widely available lifters from these specified later engines by changing to custom pushrods with 5/16-inch tips on the lifter ends and (to maintain compatibility with the stock upper valvetrain) -1/4-inch tips at the rocker-arm ends. Likewise, with the right pushrods, solid lifters from specified later engines fit, as will hydraulic or mechanical roller lifter bodies (less the guide links). Crane and Hot Heads sell complete, dedicated early Hemi hydraulic- or mechanical-lifter-paired assemblies complete with the proper links.
For hard-core use, the stock 5/16-inch-od pushrod bodies should be upgraded to 3/8 inch or even larger. This may require opening up the pushrod holes in the heads for clearance. The use of 7/16-inch pushrods with more than 0.850-inch-lift cams for extreme racing may require pushrod sleeves because grinding the necessary clearance excessively thins out the head. Check pushrod-to-head clearance through the entire valve opening/closing cycle, not just statically.
The basic upper valvetrain is OK for street use, but the stock, cast, shaft-mounted rockers will fail under severe use--blowers, max compression ratio, gonzo spring rates, or high-rpm, all-out racing. The exhausts have the most problems and usually fail first. "With more than 0.500 lift, you need to consider an aftermarket exhaust arm," Adams maintains.
Some racers say the nonadjustable hydraulic valvetrain is stronger overall because the mechanical valvetrain's rockers are weaker in the adjuster area. Due to the strength factor and scarcity of stock adjustable-valvetrain parts, for years racers used adjustable pushrods to obtain needed adjustability on the hydraulic valvetrain.
RockerArms.com specializes in rebuilding and refurbishing Hemi shaft-mounted upper valvetrains (as well as for many other old engines). It can bush the stock rockers and hard-chrome the shafts for severe use. Heavy-duty chrome-moly shafts are also available. Other services include correcting geometry problems, compensating for long valves by reradiusing the rocker tips so the scrub radius moves farther outboard, and even altering the effective rocker ratio beyond the stock 1.5:1. The -1/4-inch pushrod cups in the rockers can be machined to 5/16, eliminating the need for hybrid-tip pushrods when using later Chrysler lifters. Hydraulic valvetrains can be made adjustable without using the rare, stock-style mechanical valvetrain parts (although RockerArms.com does stock OE adjusters). Some of these services are available through Hot Heads, too.
For high-end use, adjustable, aluminum roller-rocker shaft-mount valvetrain assemblies are available from Hot Heads, RockerArms.com, and T&D. RockerArms.com will soon offer a fully rebuildable, high-tech 17-4 investment-cast stainless-steel rocker with an adjustable insert tip that allows easy ratio changes or compensation for valve stem–induced wear.
Complexity or Simplicity?
At first glance, the double-shaft Hemi valvetrain appears overly complicated, but Adams says, "It's the simplest thing you can make. You can pull the heads without pulling the distributor or the headers. Remove 10 bolts and you can lift off both the intake and exhaust rocker shafts and rockers together as an assembly."
The efficient stock oil system needs few mods. One thing to watch for is excessive lifter bore wear. All main bearings except the rear receive oil from the passenger-side lifter gallery. If there is more than 0.0025 inch of lifter-to-bore clearance, the main bearings can become starved for oil. This can be solved by bushing the lifter bores. Shoot for a 0.0005- to 0.0010-inch clearance.
Wear-induced, loose clearances between the rocker arms and shaft allow too much oil upstairs. With only 5/16-inch oil return holes in the heads, the oil pan can be starved. The fix is to ream and bush the rocker arms, then turn and hard-chrome the shafts.
The stock oil pump is adequate. Melling has retooled early 392 Hemi pumps, but they won't fit 331/354s. A modern alternative is a modified 318/340 oil pump. Don't use a standard-volume 318/340 pump; it flows about 15.5 percent less than the standard Hemi unit, while Melling's high-volume 318/340 pump flows about 3.5 percent more.
For a modern, spin-on oil filter, ax the stock filter mount for Hot Heads' 30-degree, up-angle mount or vertical mount. Wilcap has a forward-facing spin-on mount.
Air, Fuel, and Spark
The original factory parts are obsolete for anything other than a straight resto. But thanks to the Hemi's resurgence in popularity, there are plenty of modern aftermarket options.
Intake Manifolds: There was once a heavy factory 2x4 intake for dual Carter AFBs that's said to be worth 50 hp more than the equivalent factory iron single-carb intake--good luck finding one. Offenhauser once offered a slew of multicarb intakes, but nowadays they're swap-meet-only items. Hot Heads offers modern intakes that far surpass any of this old-school stuff, anyway. And there's always EFI .
Ignition: Bolt-in pointless distributors are available from Mallory (Unilite or magnetic-trigger), MSD (Ready-to-Run), and Performance Distributors (drop-in large-cap DUI). Hot Heads offers adapters for installing Chevy V8 distributors. Chrysler 318/340/360 distributors bolt in using longer Hot Heads intermediate shafts. Joe Hunt and Vertex still sell magnetos; Vertex also has a pointless distributor that resembles its traditional magneto on the outside. Pre-'55, 6-volt electrical systems must be upgraded to 12 volts to use a later distributor.
Exhaust: Reputedly, truck manifolds (identified by their four-bolt exhaust pipe mounting flange) are the best factory units, but that's not saying much. For performance, nothing beats tube headers. Hot Heads stocks shorty, universal-block-hugger, full-length-block-hugger, Gasser, and over-chassis styles. Sanderson Headers sells shorties as well as classic-style, full-length Roadster headers. Any premade header requires a Hot Heads adapter plate to fit early 331, small, round-port heads. For fabricators, Hot Heads also sells welded- and bare-flange header kits. Headers By Ed offers exhaust flanges and prebent tubing sections for early Hemis and just about every other engine as well. McKray likes to see 15?8- or 1-3/4-inch primaries into 3-inch collectors for most streetable applications, but for no-compromise power in a 354 race application, Adams specs 2-inch-od x 30-inch primaries into 3-1/2-inch-od x 8- to 10-inch collectors.
Forced Induction: Roots blower kits are available from all the leading supercharger outfits, including Blower Driver Service, Dyer's Blowers, Littlefield, and Mooneyham. Adams says the best early Hemi supercharger manifolds are exclusively available through Hot Heads.
331/354/392 vs. 426
The easiest way to tell early Hemis from a 426: The early Hemi had a rear-mount distributor, an internal oil pump, and a separate valley cover. The 426 Hemis have a front-mount distributor, an external oil pump, and no valley cover with stock intake manifolds.
Primary Sources
We want to specially thank Al Kirschenbaum and Pat Ganahl, along with the following companies that contributed to this article.
Bob McKray Performance; Mission Viejo, CA; 949/458-7087; firstname.lastname@example.com: Early Hemi engine builder and head porter
Gene Adams Performance; Anderson, CA; 530/357-5570: firstname.lastname@example.com. Early Hemi engine builder and racer, new replacement blocks coming soon.
Hilborn Fuel Injection; Aliso Viejo, CA; 949/360-0909; HilbornInjection.com: Individual-stack mechanical and electronic fuel injection systems and intakes
Hot Heads Research & Racing Inc.; Lowgap, NC; 336/352-4866; HotHemiHeads.com: Aluminum heads and your one-stop shop for Chrysler, Dodge, and DeSoto Hemis parts and info
RockerArms.com (Rocker Arm Specialist); Anderson, CA; 530/378-1075; RockerArms.com: Shaft-mount valvetrain refurbishing, modification and upgrading; roller rocker systems
More To Come...
We ain't done yet! Stay with us next month as we delve into early Hemi cylinder heads (including flow numbers), look at modern transmission adopters, scope out front-end drives, and offer up a complete early Hemi supplier source list.
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The '51 to '53 331 "long bell" block (right) had a cast-in extended bellhousing, making it harder to mate to a modern trans. You're SOL if you're missing its separate lower half. Beginning in 1954, the cast-in bellhousing was eliminated in favor of a conventional mounting pattern (left).There are two different block deck heights; 331/354 share the same deck height (right); a 392 (left) is about 3⁄4 inch taller and 1/2 inch wider. Note that the 331/354 water-pump boltholes (A) are near the deck; on a 392, they're about 3/4 inch from the deck (B).> The model year and engine code is stamped on the machined surface at the top of the block behind the water pump. A list of these codes is on Hot Heads' website.> Although there are no "bad" Hemi blocks, some racers, such as Gene Adams, claim 392 blocks with foundry-ID A1 have consistently thicker cylinder walls and may have been cast with higher nickel content. A1 is cast in several places, including in the rear face as shown here.> Hard-core guys replace the center three main caps with Hot Heads or Pro-Gram Engineering billet steel, angled four-bolt main caps. Billet steel front and rear two-bolt caps are also available. With studs, four-bolt main center caps, and no concrete fill, a production 331/354 block is reasonably safe for 700 to 800 hp; a 392, about 850 to 950 hp.> Hemi cranks are easily identified by the forging numbers on the counterweights. Here, "1673755" (A) ID's this one as a 392 crank. Hemi journals have rolled fillets (B) that greatly enhance strength. Normally, the snout has a step (C) . Some industrial engine cranks lack the step, which is needed for a standard timing gear; any good crank shop should be able to add it.Replacing a Hemi damper (right) with a 340 neutral-balanced damper (left) requires rebroaching the 340 unit's 3⁄16-inch keyway to the early Hemi's 1/4-inch size, then remarking the TDC indicator to the Hemi location relative to the keyway. In lieu of rebroaching, TR Waters sells a stepped crank key.Most prefer neoprene rear main seals (top) to the hassle of stock rope seals. But McKray says they may get chewed up if the crank surface's seal serrations are too sharp, causing a leak. On the street, he uses Egge's nylon-based rope seal (center) that's easier to install than the original asbestos-based seals (though they won't stand up to nitro).
A stock cast-aluminum Hemi piston like this Egge 331 replacement unit (right) is heavy and bulky by today's standards. For serious performance use, consider an aftermarket forging set up for thin rings, such as this Arias high-compression 354 piston (left).The '51 to early-'55 331s used a long, threaded front snout to retain the cam sprocket; '56-and later engines use a short snout with a bolt, a cupped washer, and a thrust plate to retain the cam. All aftermarket cam cores are the late, short-snout style. Short-snout cams and timing sets for '55-and-later low-deck engines can be used to replace earlier long-snout cams.The 331, 354, and 392 have the same timing sprocket center-to-center distance. With a short-snout cam, modern 340/360 Mopar timing sets—including billet roller chains with multikey sprockets—are a direct bolt-on. For early Hemi–specific geardrive or beltdrive setups, go to Milodon and Hot Heads.> Crane Cams is one of the few outfits selling early Hemi hydraulic roller lifters (PN 68532). Crane's new 2012 catalog also lists three hydraulic roller and seven mechanical roller cams for both the 331/354 and 392 engines.> So what's bad geometry? How 'bout the rocker or roller tip not centered over the valve stem? The valves here are way too tall for these rocker arms. The Hemi's severely angled exhaust side is especially problematic.> Ahhh, much better: This is a RockerArms.com aluminum rocker arm assembly on stock 354 heads, showing good geometry for tall valves. Achieving this may require altering rocker arm length, rocker stand height, and pushrod length. Refurbishing shaft-mount systems or upgrading them for high-end use is what RockerArms.com is all about.> This, believe it or not, is the valvetrain on Don Enriquez's dragster engine shown in the opening photo. Yeah, it's basically a stock hydraulic nonadjustable rocker-shaft setup running adjustable pushrods hooked to a solid roller cam, certainly a testament to the design's basic soundness (as long as valvetrain geometry is maintained).> The stock oil-bypass relief valve (inset, left) goes in this hole (arrow) under the rear main cap. If left out, oil won't go to the oil filter. For racing or with a modern spin-on filter that has its own bypass, replace the stocker with a Hot Heads (inset, right) or Wilcap block-off that forces oil to go to the filter at all times. Another method is to install a small cup plug, bottoming it against the hole's first step.
> Hot Heads sells Melling 318/340 high-volume pumps modded with an adapter plate and a different-length, chrome-moly, driveshaft for all early Hemis. This one (left, versus stocker, right) fits a 354. Milodon has similar conversion parts. Billet, heavy-duty main-cap maker Pro-Gram Engineering offers main caps that directly accept a 340 oil pump.> Oil pans, blocks, and timing covers must all match. On '51 to '54 car, all truck, all marine, and industrial pans up to ID 24A, the front pan mounting holes are near the seal radius (A) and match corresponding holes in the front timing cover (not shown); the holes in the block pan rail will be all in line (C). On '55 to '58 cars and post-24A industrial engines, the front oil pan holes are about 1 inch back from the seal surface (B), the front cover has no pan boltholes, and the front block pan rail holes are offset inboard (D).> Oil pans, blocks, and timing covers must all match. On '51 to '54 car, all truck, all marine, and industrial pans up to ID 24A, the front pan mounting holes are near the seal radius (A) and match corresponding holes in the front timing cover (not shown); the holes in the block pan rail will be all in line (C). On '55 to '58 cars and post-24A industrial engines, the front oil pan holes are about 1 inch back from the seal surface (B), the front cover has no pan boltholes, and the front block pan rail holes are offset inboard (D).> Hot Heads has repro and high-perf pans and windage trays for all early Hemi engines. This one (PN 21811) is a direct replacement for '55 331 and 354 car and industrial 56 and 56A engines. Pans are also available in a variety of applications and configurations from Billet Fabrication, Milodon, and Stef's Fabrication Specialities. Moroso can fabricate custom pans on a special-order basis.> Weiand still makes a low-rise, single-plane 2x4 intake (PN 7263) that's set up for in-line Carter AFBs. Mounting Holleys in line requires Hot Heads 1/2-inch offset spacers.> Using Hot Heads' Weber intake (PN 50052) that accepts either four Weber 48IDA carbs or four EFI throttle-bodies with the IDA base, this 365ci early Hemi made 613 hp and 539 lb-ft in the '09 Engine Master Challenge, beating three 426 Hemis and three Ford Hemis.> If you must stay with traditional stock-appearing exhaust manifolds, Hot Heads stocks updated cast-iron replacements that Walker says do a much better job than the restrictive car manifolds.> From 2,800 to 7,800 rpm, Hot Heads Street Tunnel Ram intake is the way to go. It's designed to accept carb or Hilborn mounting plates with the same bolt pattern as that of the 6-71 supercharger carb mounting plates, allowing the use of 1x4, 2x4, or (available through Hot Heads) Six-Pack–style 3x2 Holley carb setups, as shown here.
> 331/354 (right) and 392 (left) distributors have different shaft lengths. All maintenance parts for the originals are available, but as Walker puts it, "Why bother? You can't buy a lawn mower with ignition points anymore." If you just gotta maintain the original outward appearance, Crane has a universal XR-700 electronic conversion kit (PN 700-2226).> This is MSD's 392 Pro-Billet Ready-to-Run 392 Hemi pointless distributor (PN 8389). Installation is via a simple three-wire hookup, and it even has a built-in rev limiter. PN 8391 fits the low-deck 331/354.> Nothing shouts "Hemi" better than a BDS 6-71 blower on top (and Hemi guru Bob Walker next to it). This 392 mock-up shows lots of Hot Heads' cool stuff: full-length, 2-inch headers (best available early Hemi set), a blower intake, custom valve covers, a front-end crossover, a timing cover, universal side engine mounts, and Chevy water pump adapters.


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Holyoke students in grades 5-8 recently performed at the Ogallala, Neb. solo and ensemble competition Saturday, March 24.
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•Led the state of Indiana in rebounding as a senior in high school in 2008-09 (17.1 rpg).
•Averaged a double-double in each of his final three high school seasons.
•Set 16 school game, season and career records during his four seasons at Covenant Christian High School.
•Finished as his high school's all-time leading scorer and rebounder.
•One of nine players who share Butler's single season record for games played (38).
•Finished second in the Horizon League in field goal shooting (.593).
2010-11 Highlights:
Saw action in all 38 games, including 32 as a starter...finished as Butler's second-leading rebounder and third-leading scorer...scored 10 points in 15 minutes in Butler's season-opener against Marian...had eight rebounds in a reserve stint at Louisville...came off the bench with seven points and six rebounds against Ball State...had eight points and seven rebounds in a reserve role at Siena...came off the bench with eight points and five rebounds against Evansville...tallied four points and three rebounds at Loyola...scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds against Duke...had seven points at Xavier...scored nine points against Mississippi Valley State...tallied 10 points, all in the first half, and grabbed five rebounds in Butler's victory over Stanford...hit all five of his field goal attempts and scored 14 points against Washington State in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic...hit four of five shots and scored eight points in Butler's home victory over Valparaiso...recorded first career double-double with a career-high 22 points and 10 rebounds in Butler's home win over Cleveland State...had seven points and four rebounds in 19 minutes in Butler's home win over Youngstown State...sparked the Bulldogs with 15 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots at Detroit...led the Bulldogs with 15 points and eight rebounds in 31 minutes at Wright State...hit all five shots that he attempted and finished with 12 points in Butler's home win over Green Bay...played just 19 minutes with six rebounds and three points at Valparaiso...tallied 11 points and six rebounds at Youngstown State...had 13 points, five rebounds and a career-high three assists in 32 minutes at Cleveland State...scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds against UIC...hit all six shots that he attempted and finished with 15 points in Butler's home win over Wright State...had four points, eight rebounds, two assists, two steals and a blocked shot in 35 minutes in Butler's home win over Detroit...shared Butler's rebounding lead with eight at Green Bay...scored 16 points and shared Butler's rebounding lead with nine at UIC...came off the bench with career-highs of 11 rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals in a career-high 36 minutes in Butler's final regular season game against Loyola...had 12 points and shared the team rebounding lead with eight against Cleveland State in the semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament...had six points and led all players with 10 rebounds in the Bulldogs' Horizon League Tournament championship gave victory over Milwaukee...scored 11 points and shared the team rebounding lead with six in Butler's second-round NCAA Tournament victory over Old Dominion...scored seven points, including a go-ahead basket with less than three seconds remaining, in Butler's third-round NCAA victory over Pittsburgh...suffered a sprained ankle against Wisconsin in the Southeast Regional semifinals, but still finished with eight points and six rebounds in 24 minutes of action...had three points and a team-high eight rebounds in 25 minutes of action as a starter against Florida in the Southeast Regional championship game...shared the team lead in rebounding with nine against UConn in the national championship game.
2009-10: Played in 24 games, including Butler's final three NCAA Tournament contests...pulled down first collegiate rebound at Northwestern...grabbed three rebounds against Minnesota in the 76 Classic...had three rebounds in 10 minutes against UCLA in the second round of the 76 Classic...scored first collegiate points with a pair of free throws at UAB...tallied a career-high six points in 11 minutes in Butler's home victory over Green Bay...came off the bench with five point and three rebounds in six minute in Butler's home win over Youngstown State...recorded first career assist at UIC...played nine minutes and had one blocked shot in Butler's home win over Loyola...came off the bench with four rebounds and two points in Butler's home win over UIC...had two points and a rebound in Butler's final regular season game at Valparaiso...scored two points and had a blocked shot in three minutes against Wright State in the title game of the 2010 Speedway Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship...came off the bench with three points and two rebounds in a career-high 12 minutes against Kansas State...had one point and one rebound in three minutes against Michigan State in the national semifinals.
High School: Second team National Christian Schools Athletic Association (NCSAA) All-American as a senior at Covenant Christian High School…chosen to the NCSAA Super Regional Team…honorable mention All-State as a senior…named the Indianapolis Star All-City Player of the Year in 2008-09…averaged 23.3 points as a senior…led the state in rebounding with a 17.1 average in final prep season…tied for 17th in the state in blocked shots (2.3) as a senior…averaged 14.5 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.8 blocked shots as a junior…chosen to play in the Hoosiers' Reunion All-Star Classic following his senior season…selected to play in the North/South Indiana All-Star Classic and the 22nd Annual Hoosier Basketball Top 60 Senior Boys Workout in 2009…High School Coach: Scott Flatt.


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Hi Everyone,
We've just got the Zimbra server installed and everything is working largely okay with one problem. I've tried with 3 seperate machines (OS/Arch) to use Outlook 2010, email works fine, but contacts or the cal are not syncing at all. You can create contacts or appointments in the web or outlook, they never sync together. I've tried this with Outlook 2010 x32 and x64, on XP and Windows 7. On Vista x32 with Outlook 2007, everything seemed to work fine.
I've turned on logging on ZOC and nothing really jumps out at me as being the cause. Is this a known issue, and what are the best steps to go about debugging the issue?
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A Jacksonville man accused of fondling himself while visiting a female inmate over the weekend at the Onslow County Jail was given a cell of his own, authorities said Tuesday.
Donnie Lee Morton, 32, of Old Hickory Road, was charged Saturday with secretly using a photograph. As of late Tuesday, he was still in the Onslow County Jail under a $2,000 bond.
Morton went to the Onslow County Sheriff�s Office to conduct a video visitation session with 18-year-old Billie Jo Fife.
All visitation at the jail is conducted using a two-way camera and monitor system where the visitor is on the first floor of the jail and the inmate remains in their cellblock.
During their closed-circuit video conversation, Morton apparently became aroused. He began to fondle himself in the public visitation area, Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said Tuesday in a news release.
�The female employee monitoring video visitation called for backup,� Brown said, adding that Morton was taken into custody and incarcerated in the jail.
Brown said he wasn�t sure of the relationship between Morton and Fife, but that Morton was on her visitation list.
Morton has court dates for previous arrests which include having a fictitious or altered license plate, no motor vehicle registration and failure to maintain lane control, according to the N.C. Criminal Calendar.
Fife is in jail for allegedly violating her probation, and charges of larceny and consuming alcohol while less than 19. She was convicted in October of larceny, according to the N.C. Department of Pubic Safety.
Brown said inmates are not allowed to video visit each other.
Contact Daily News Senior Reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8455 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter and friend him on Facebook @ 1lindell.
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A Jacksonville man is accused of fondling himself while visiting an inmate at the Onslow County Jail.
Donnie Lee Morton, 32, of Hickory Road, was charged by the Onslow County Sheriff's Office with secretly using or installing a photograph.
According to authorities, Morton visited the Onslow County Sheriff's Office on Saturday to do a video visitation with a female inmate, Billie Fife.
During the visitation and conversation, Morton allegedly became aroused and began to fondle himself in the public visitation area.
The female employee monitoring video visitation called for backup.
Morton was taken into custody and incarcerated in the jail.
Bond was set at $2,000.
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It's gotten to the point where, as soon as I see Brock Lesnar's name in the same sentence as the words "Hall of Fame," I know I'm about to have a stupid argument that will only get me worked up over nothing. I know it, and yet I can't help myself. I keep taking the bait, keep having the argument, and then in the end I wonder why I bothered to debate whether a man who doesn't care what we think of him is deserving of an honor that doesn't even really exist in this sport.
You'd think I'd know better by now, and yet here I am again.
This time, it was the phrasing that got me. When I read the story by Danny Acosta on Saturday that quoted Lesnar's old pro wrestling running buddy Paul Heyman as saying "of course" Lesnar was worthy of a spot the UFC Hall of Fame after a 5-3 run in a four-year career, I had to stop and read it again.
Of course? That's what you say about a guy who won a handful of fights and then quit so he could return to the world of scripted combat, where the punches are pulled and the submission holds are just for show? I realize Heyman and Lesnar are boys, but can't we get a little perspective here?
I don't want to beat up on Heyman, because I like the guy, and not just because I've personally seen him rock a three-piece suit in a gym full of sweaty dudes and somehow not look ridiculous doing it. He's one of those weirdly charismatic people who, even when I don't agree with him, I still enjoy listening to. It's just that, his case for Lesnar is especially weak. It's the kind of argument only a friend could make, and also the kind that only a friend would accept.
When you boil it down, what Heyman is saying is that Lesnar deserves a place among the greats because of who he fought rather than how he fared against them.
"Five and three?" Heyman said of Lesnar's record. "But look at the five – and look at the three."
Don't mind if I do, Paul. First there's Min-Soo Kim, who also sports losses to Bob Sapp and an over-the-hill Don Frye on his record. Then there's Heath Herring, who, by that point, had been winning one and losing the next like it was part of some schedule he felt compelled to keep. There's also Randy Couture, who had no business fighting at heavyweight, and Frank Mir, who won one and lost one against Lesnar, but somehow only seems to get credit for the latter. Finally, there's Shane Carwin, who might have beaten Lesnar if he'd had better cardio or been smarter about how he used it.
That wraps up his victories as a professional fighter. You add in two first-round TKO losses, and you have his entire body of work. Five and three. A career that spanned just over four years. That's his case for a spot on the wall next to guys like Matt Hughes and Chuck Liddell? Sorry, but I don't see it.
That's not to say that Lesnar's time in the UFC wasn't remarkable, for several reasons. He jumped into this sport and sprinted straight for the top. It's impressive how quickly he became a champion and how willing he was to take on far more experienced opponents time after time. But I'm not sure if simply accepting those fights is itself a Hall of Fame-worthy act, as Heyman seemed to imply. Shouldn't that be expected at this level, especially when you're making Brock Lesnar money just to step in the cage?
And sure, we can point to his struggles with diverticulitis and say that kept us from finding out how great he really could have been. Mickey Mantle had that drain pipe cover, and Lesnar has his intestinal ailments. Still, once we start talking like that we're well off into the land of hypotheticals, the same territory occupied by all the boxers and pro wrestlers who love to tell us how they totally would have gone into MMA and been awesome at it if only it had been around when they were younger.
For some reason, when it comes to Lesnar, people seem to want to lower the bar. It's never just "look at what he accomplished." It's always "look at what he accomplished, given the circumstances." People point to his lack of experience or his illness or the quality of competition he faced as if they want him to receive some sort of mitigating factors award. It's like those friends we all have who still claim that, while they got an unspectacular score on the SATs, they did it hungover, so that should count for something.
Lesnar fans also love to talk about what he did for the sport and for the UFC simply by hanging around and generating so much interest and attention. The fact that he did this exclusively for his personal gain doesn't get mentioned. Suddenly the unintended consequences of his own career are justification for treating him like one of the greats.
Again though, the maddening thing about this argument is that it doesn't even matter. MMA does not have a real Hall of Fame. Not yet. Instead we have the UFC's list of its favorite employees. The company honors who it likes, excludes who it doesn't, and at times wholly ignores important chunks of its own history. That's fine. That's the UFC's right as a private company. We just shouldn't make the mistake of thinking of the UFC Hall of Fame as if it's a real thing that matters.
And yet, every time I allow myself to get pulled into this argument, I know I'm contributing to it. By debating Lesnar's Hall of Fame worthiness, I'm accepting the flawed premise of the question itself. I'm also doing it for no good reason, since Lesnar clearly doesn't care what the MMA world thinks of him, and since it's not as if I'm going to convince someone like Heyman that his friend had a good and interesting and noteworthy MMA career, though not a great one.
Even if I could, so what? Who cares about the difference between good and great? If MMA had an actual Hall of Fame, you could argue that inducting unworthy or unproven fighters cheapens the honor for those who truly earned it, but you can't even make that case if there is no Hall of Fame to begin with. It's a pointless conversation, but one that I can't seem to stop myself from having when I hear people performing the necessary rhetorical gymnastics that make Lesnar's fame into a species of accomplishment.
I guess the problem is, I want words to mean things. I want someone like Liddell or Couture or Hughes to know, when we point at them and say "Hall of Famer," that we are referring to a real thing that they have really earned. I don't want it to be the athletic version of an honorary degree or an Employee of the Month award. I want it to be something that matters, because I think they deserve it.
But then, that's my problem. It's not Lesnar's and it's not Heyman's. They can throw around whatever words they want to describe his brief, though memorable career as a professional mixed martial arts fighter. I don't have to agree, but I do have to learn how to stop having this discussion, at least for now. Maybe we can pick it up again in the future, when the honor we're arguing about actually exists.


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I started up my laptop and had no network connection. Neither my wire or wireless connections had an address, since they are both DHCP.
I started zdesktop server. I then started the UI. A dialog box popped up on the screen saying I had to select 'offline mode' from the menu, and the Zimbra display remained blank. (I'm afraid I don't have the exact text of the error).
I did have the loopback interface up.
Does Zimbra Desktop need an active network connection, and consider offline mode simply as not being able to connect to the server? I didn't think so, but I may have missed something.
Next time I'm in the same situation, I'll try firefox instead of prism for a connection.


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As more than one billion people oppressed under United Nations member regimes struggle to live on less than $1 a day, the UN's "human rights" brigades visited Detroit this week — where the average welfare benefits amount to almost $30,000 per year — to call for a national "affordability standard" for water. According to the planetary human-rights bureaucrats, the taxpayers and the bankrupt city government must continue to provide water even for residents who have not paid their bill in months because apparently free water services are now among the "most basic human rights."
Ebola Scare DisappearingWritten by Bob Adelmann
The Ebola scare story is disappearing from national headlines, so it is safe to assume that the media is moving on to other more relevant topics.
The global-government-promoting Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) published a new report this month demanding further integration of North America, calling for deeper "cooperation" on everything from energy, law enforcement, and healthcare to labor regulations, trade, and education. With the globalist architects well aware of how unpopular their sought-after "North American Union" scheme remains among the public, the CFR appears to have toned down its extreme anti-sovereignty rhetoric. Instead, the new report emphasizes what the outfit called a "new focus" on North America dealing primarily with energy, community, and security. The scheme, however, remains just as radical.
The success of the Mexican automotive industry celebrated by Forbes hides the dirty secret of NAFTA: It's a step toward the New World Order.
As protests and looting continue in Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is demanding that local law enforcement adhere to what his office cryptically referred to as "international standards." The latest UN meddling in U.S. affairs concerning local and state government is part of an accelerating trend, sparking alarm among critics of the dictator-dominated global outfit and advocates of national sovereignty. Those tempted to seek UN-inspired "international standards" for local police forces should be careful what they wish for.


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2001 Dodge Intrepid - Charging BackWritten by on February 1, 2000 Dodge Division, Your Friendly Dodge Dealers, and Ray Evernham Partner for a 2001 Daytona 500 Two-Car Team Debut.
It sounds a long way off, but the clock is ticking. February 2001 and the Daytona 500 are just over a year away, and while that time continuum seems ample for most efforts, the work that Ray Evernham has before him is daunting even to this modern-day Winston Cup talent. Obviously, the powers that be at Dodge saw the potential of Ray Evernham, and on a list of potential team owners/managers, the 20-year-veteran of NASCAR competition headed the short listthats if a list was ever made.
But behind Evernhams goal of fielding a two-car effort at Daytona in 2001 are Your Friendly Dodge Dealers. The dollars behind the effort come from 39 individual dealer advertising associations. Jim Julow, Vice President-Dodge Division, said in his address to the media at Talladega, The dealer association presidents had an important job to do. They had to go back to 39 individual dealer advertising association boards and get their buy-in. It wasnt immediate and in some cases, it wasnt easy, but I am proud to say that in less than two months we had all 39 associations supporting Dodges return to the sport. That unanimous agreement is what led us here today and with our partners, the dealers, we think we can really leverage this initiative when we are finally on the track to race.
Ask anyone in Winston Cup racing about the daunting efforts and money will always come to the forefront. We must assume that the dollars necessary to assemble a winning team are there. But there is one thing that money cant buytime.
Evernham would drive that point home throughout the October 15 press conference. While most of the media in attendance were more interested in who would drive, specifically what kind of driver he was looking foran experienced veteran or young talentRay Evernham made his intentions clear, but quickly refocused. He said, Youd love to have a 21- or 22-year-old driver with experience. That would be the ultimate. Right now my focus is going to be on building a competitive car and building a competitive race team. If we can prove that we are doing that, that will create a high degree of interest from drivers.
Evernham continued, We are going to focus on a competitive car and team. Like the Field of Dreams, if you build it, they will come. If we do that, a driver who wants to win [will come]. The best drivers will race you as hard for $1 as they will for a million dollars. The guys that want to win and be competitive and get with a group of people who are committed and passionate about winning will be interested in this program with Dodge.
Evernham also spoke of the time line. He noted an Intrepid show car will be displayed at the January North America International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, in January 2000, with hopes to begin testing an actual car soon after. In order for that to happen, Dodge hopes to work very closely with NASCAR to make the process of approving a car as smooth as possible.
Currently, development is taking place temporarily at Evernhams Busch Grand National shop. Other forms of racing development are taking place in satellite offices. A permanent shop is hoped to be found in the Mooresville/Concord, North Carolina area.
Because we have speculated in Mopar Muscle about the engine that will power the WC Intrepids, we asked Mopar Performances Lou Patane if David Rampys Competition Eliminator small-blockwith a sprint car block and NHRA Pro Stock headswas potentially the package that will be the basis for the Winston Cup Dodge engine. Patane noted that there are several engine programs in place that are working on this effort, however, no one builder has been singled out and no engine has been formally presented for approval to NASCAR.
As for the focus of DaimlerChrysler engineers, Dodge Motorsports, and Mopar Performance, Patane said in his opening remarks, We believe racing should give us opportunities beyond the race track. Thats why the goal of all of our motorsports programs has always been threefold. To help develop products better and faster. To explore new technologies for future products for our customers. To give our engineers valuable training in the pressure-packed environment of motorsports.
In meeting these three goals, Patane continued, our motorsports programs have become an important part of our product development process in Auburn Hills today. Stronger, stiffer platforms; more efficient engines; and improved braking and steering systems are just some of the small things we can attribute [to our motorsports] involvement over the past five years. Patane went on to note that engineers would be involved in the NASCAR effort by evaluating and acquiring data in the fast-paced environment of Winston Cup competition.
As for the question that every Mopar fan is interested in, Evernham showed his enthusiasm and ability to have fun with the press. Evernham was asked if a young driver with a distinct family background in Chrysler racing was being considered as a candidate for a driver spot. Ray respectfully recognized Dodge racing dignitaries in attendance. Well, I have Buddy Baker and Richard Brickhouse here today and those two guys are first on my list. They both won races in Dodges and they are probably the first two guys Im going to look at. They are both here and available. Baker responded, Id like to withdraw at this time.
With a more serious tone regarding testing and driving, Evernham said, As for testing, we dont have drivers lined up for that yet, but then again, driver applications will come in and Dodge already has many very good drivers under their employ in the Craftsman Truck Series. We look forward to get that going and by the time that we have a car we hope to have a lot of resumés for drivers.
While speculation about Evernhams drivers was clearly a hot topic, it was also clear that more than one team of Intrepids will be encouraged to participate. Surely, the Evernham team is the first priority, but other Dodge teams will likely be fielded. The answer to whether Petty Enterprises will be fielding a No. 43 Intrepid will have to be answered lateror will it?
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Tim Wellborn, wing car aficionado extraordinaire, provided historic Dodges for the Talledega announcement."NASCAR Winston Cup fans are our kind of customer. They are the most brand-loyal people on the planet....They number over 100 million people.... That alone is a convincing enough argument for Dodge to go NASCAR racing..."
"We took a bunch of our Dodge Dealer Association board members down to the Cracker Barrel 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway last month... People came up to us, spontaneously, and said 'When are you going to get back in this sport, we've missed you. I own a Dodge. When are you going to give me something to cheer for?'" - Jim Julow
Vice President, Dodge Division"What makes this important is that we are in a big motorsports program, we're not just sitting in the stands anymore. The association with Winston Cup allows us to forge even closer ties with our customers - who are the most brand-loyal of any in the country. It's hard not to be excited about the entire Winston Cup atmosphere. The fans are energizing. That is what helped us clinch our decision - not to mention what our Winston Cup car will look like." -Carl Galeana
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Executive Committee ChairmanThe October 15, 1999, Press Conference at Talladega Superspeedway included Dodge dignitaries (from left) NASCAR veteran Buddy Baker, Ray Evernham, Richard Brickhouse; Jim Julow; Lou Patane; Ted Gray, Senior Manager for Dodge Dealer Advertising Association; Carl Galeana; Bill Tracy, Senior Manager Motorsport Operations and Mopar Performance Parts (hidden); and Bob Wildberger, Mopar Performance, Senior Manager NASCAR Motorsports Operations.
The opening of Alabama International Motor Speedway, better known as Talladega, was to be a grand affair. That was until the Professional Drivers Association voted two days prior to the Talladega debut that they would withdraw. Bill France, Sr. demanded that anyone not racing on Sunday immediately leave the track. As a result, 32 Grand National racecars left, leaving 13 Grand National cars and 23 GT race cars. Of those 13 GN cars was Richard Brickhouse in the number 99. It would be Dodge's first victory at Talladega and Brickhouse's only GN victory. Brickhouse was at Talladega for the 30th anniversary of that victory as well as the announcement of Dodge's return to NASCAR's premier series. - Winston Cup.Buddy Baker was not only one of the few to spin in a winged Dodge, but also the first NASCAR driver to surpass the milestone of 200mph. Lighthearted Baker was at the Dodge Press Announcement at Talladega and was even singled out as a driver for Evernham's team, which he politely asked not to be considered for."It was a well kept secret. But I tried to give you as many hints as I could. I was dodging questions. I kept saying 'It's time to do something different.'"
"Everyone asked why I wanted to leave. A warrior needs an ultimate challenge and to be able to come back to the sport with Dodge and become a team owner is a challenge, but it is the American dream. I am given a great opportunity to do that by being part of the Dodge Dealer Association."
"The racer in me is dying to get to work. Yesterday I had 492 days, now I have 491. I need to start. To get to work. We have a starting point. We have a goal, the Daytona 500 in 2001, and we are working on our road map to get there. I sincerely appreciate what the Dodge people have done in giving me this opportunity." -Ray Evernham
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Hey ladies so im really confused, i was only due on yesterday so not massively late but I usually have no af symptoms at all but for past few fays ive had such bad back ache and really tender boobs however I have done a test and it came back negative, Im just not convinced. I definitely feel pregnant and I already havre two children so I can sort of remeber the feeling so why am o getting bfn? Am I pregnant or not? So confusing and im so impatient lol xxx


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A few years ago I had some fresh cranberries and fresh lemons on hand. Now, I could have done the sensible thing and made cranberry sauce and lemonade. Unfortunately, I had a craving for cake.
The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions
I was too lazy to find a proper recipe that used those ingredients, so I used my regular brownie recipe, subtracted the cocoa, and added cranberries and lemon juice. I knew that something was amiss before the "cake" (if one can even dignify it with that word) had even finished baking. An odd sour smell was permeating the kitchen. The timer beeped, and I removed my creation from the oven.
Quarantine the "Cake"
Diseased was the only way to describe it. The surface was pale and sticky. The cranberries had turned the interior a strange mottled pink, and it had an unappetizing grainy texture.
Palate of Pity
Feelings of guilt compelled me to taste it. Somehow, it was even worse than I had expected. Drinking straight lemon juice would have been a more pleasant experience.
Into the garbage it went, as leaving it outside for the squirrels and raccoons would have constituted animal cruelty.
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In short, if you decide to experiment with your baked goods, be prepared for things to go badly wrong. Find recipes, and learn more about baking in general, with these two books.
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Dear friends. Here in Brazil the daylight saving time ended yesterday, but this week Zimbra is still showing appointments with one hour less. The appointments on next week are ok and the time server and the users' machines are ok too.
Anyone know what can be done to fix this problem? Thank you and sorry my english.