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On the beach in Maui, this all-suite resort is within easy reach of West Maui Beach, 4 miles from historic Lahaina, and within 5 miles of the championship golf courses at Kaanapali and Kapalua.
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Kaanapali Beach Club Resort by Diamond Resorts104 Kaanapali Shores Pl Lahaina HI 96761
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The all-suite Kaanapali Beach Club is on North Kaanapali Beach, 1 mile from Whalers Village shopping, 2 miles from Kaanapali's golf courses, and 5 miles from Kapalua's courses.
In addition to the pool and beach, recreational options include an 18-hole miniature-golf course (surcharge) and a fitness center. The resort presents weekly stargazing sessions with telescopes (surcharge). The daily activities program (surcharge) for children 5–12 features cultural and outdoor activities such as hula dancing and koi feeding.
Additional highlights include an on-site sundry store, a beauty salon, and a wedding gazebo. An activity center features wellness activities such as tai chi and yoga classes, as well as children's activities such as lei making (surcharges may apply). The hotel caters to couples and families.
- Free valet parking
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- Total number of rooms - 413
- Number of floors - 12
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Where to Eat
Ohana Grill & Bar - Located poolside. Lunch menu of salads, sandwiches, pizzas, and burgers. Light-dinner menu includes stir fries, fajitas, chicken dishes. Cocktails, live Hawaiian music. Open mid-morning to mid-evening.
Lion's Den - Poolside spot for coffee, pastries, smoothies, snacks, ice cream, and soda to go.
Nearby Things to Do
The freeform pool includes a 24-foot water slide, a sundeck, and a spa tub. Sandy North Kaanapali Beach offers great walking and limited snorkeling opportunities. Kaanapali Beach Club rents kayaks, boogie boards, and other gear. An 18-hole miniature-golf course (surcharge) and a fitness center are also on site. Yoga classes are offered for a surcharge. Guests can sometimes spot whales from the resort grounds from around mid-December to mid-May.
The golf courses of Kaanapali are two miles south of this Maui resort. Five miles north, Kapalua offers three renowned courses and a golf academy. Other West Maui activities include skydiving, parasailing, mountain hikes, and boating.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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- Breakfast fee: USD 15.00 per person (approximately)
- Late check-out fee: USD 200.00
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Re: Ezra Klein Chooses Fear Mongering the Big Coin, I Choose...
Ezra is just trying to protect the prerogatives of the Central Bank system. That's what's at stake here. The fact that he's a pinhead is just a bonus.
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Here's a commentary on Ezra Klein's recent diatribe against Platinum Coin Seigniorage (PCS).
But there's nothing benign about the platinum coin. It is a breakdown in the American system of governance, a symbol that we have become a banana republic. And perhaps we have. But the platinum coin is not the first cousin of cleanly raising the debt ceiling. It is the first cousin of defaulting on our debts. As with true default, it proves to the financial markets that we can no longer be trusted to manage our economic affairs predictably and rationally. It's evidence that American politics has transitioned from dysfunctional to broken and that all manner of once-ludicrous outcomes have muscled their way into the realm of possibility. As with default, it will mean our borrowing costs rise and financial markets gradually lose trust in our system, though perhaps not with the disruptive panic that default would bring.
Name calling, labeling, and fear mongering aside, does Ezra understand the first thing about PCS? Does he know that if a $60 T coin were minted, and the Treasury General Account (TGA) filled with $60 T in electronic credits, the US would be able to just say goodbye to the international markets? If we were paying off the national debt as it fell due, we would not only not be defaulting, but would be paying all our creditors on time and in full, and without benefit of further debt instrument issuance. Nor would we care whether the markets trusted us or not; since we would not be borrowing money from them for the foreseeable future. So, how could our borrowing costs rise?
And, as far as predictability is concerned, what would then be predictable is that we would be paying all our obligations to everyone whether Wall Streeters, denizens of the global markets, pensioners, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients, and everyone else we have obligations too without anyone getting the short end of the stick. Now, I'd like to see that kind of predictability from this Government, without any drama, histrionics, deficit terrorism, or whining about how our moral character is too weak to endure the Washington Post's favorite meme, "shared sacrifice."
The argument against minting the platinum coin is simply this: It makes it harder to solve the actual problem facing our country. That problem is not the debt ceiling, per se, though it manifests itself most dangerously through the debt ceiling. It's a Republican Party that has grown extreme enough to persuade itself that stratagems like threatening default are reasonable. It's that our two-party political system breaks down when one of the two parties comes unmoored. Minting the coin doesn't so much solve that problem as surrender to it.
Well, Ezra, that's your notion of the worst problem we face. My notion of a problem is that our national debt is hopelessly misconstrued by people, and that its existence is being used by radical "free market" extremists who want to sharply cut the social safety net, and who also want to block the passage of other Government programs that would benefit most Americans. So, I want to get rid of "the national debt" as a political issue. The best way to do that is to get rid of that national debt. That can be done by using PCS, and in a way that will not drive the economy into depression, or working people into even deeper poverty.
The platinum coin is an attempt to delay a reckoning that we unfortunately need to have. It takes a debate that will properly focus on the GOP's reckless threat to force the United States into default and refocuses it on a seemingly absurd power grab by the executive branch. It is of no solace that many of the intuitive arguments against the platinum coin can be calmly rebutted. It's the wrong debate to be having.
Only your version of the platinum coin. You clearly have in mind the Trillion Dollar Coin (TDC) PCS option. I agree that it would only delay a reckoning, and that a debate over its legality is not the debate to have. But a $60 T coin, would eliminate the debt ceiling as a factor, make the debate about getting rid of austerity irrelevant, and also make it impossible to use any of following to oppose progressive legislation:
-- "The Government is running out of money." (Not with a $60 T coin in the bank.)
-- "The Government can only raise money to spend by taxing and borrowing" (Not with PCS)
-- "We can't keep adding debt to our national credit card." (We won't be using any of the money on the credit card.)
-- "We need to cut Government spending and make do with no more money." (Only if more spending would definitely cause inflation.)
-- "if the Government borrows more money, then the bond markets will raise our interest rates." (The Government won't be borrowing anymore.)
-- "If we continue to issue more debt, our main creditors: the Chinese, the Japanese, and our oil suppliers, may cease to buy our debt, making it impossible for us to raise money through borrowing which, in turn, would force us into radical austerity, or perhaps even into insolvency, which would then be followed by radical austerity and repudiation of our national obligations." (Again, the Government won't be borrowing anymore, so who cares if they no longer want to buy our debt)
-- "Our grandchildren must have the burden of repaying our national debt." (There won't be any debt or any burden.)
-- "Now, the final step – a critical step – in winning the future is to make sure we aren't buried under a mountain of debt." (Again, no debt; either mountain or molehill.)
-- "Our government spends more than it takes in. That is not sustainable. Every day, families sacrifice to live within their means. They deserve a government that does the same." (But it is sustainable. If we use PCS, then we can have gaps between taxes and spending every year.)
-- "We need to cut entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, because we are running out of money and they are not fiscally sustainable." (But they are with PCS, because we won't be running out of money!)
-- "If we make the hard choices now to rein in our deficits, we can make the investments we need to win the future." (Given PCS, what we do now about deficits has nothing to do with our capability to make the investments we will need)
-- "We need to reduce our deficits to be fiscally sustainable." (Deficits have nothing to do with fiscal sustainability in the sense of continued capability to spend, which will be very plain to people if $60 Trillion is sitting in the TGA.)
-- "We face a crushing burden of debt. The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy, and grow to catastrophic levels in the years ahead." (Can't say that if most of the debt is about to be paid off.)
-- "Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly." (PCS can confront it responsibly, but the bipartisan horror just enacted can't.)
-- "We believe the days of business as usual must come to an end. We hold to a couple of simple convictions: Endless borrowing is not a strategy; spending cuts have to come first." (Right! So let's stop borrowing and use PCS.)
-- "Everyone knows that the U.S. budget is being devoured by entitlements. Everyone also knows that of the Big Three - Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security - Social Security is the most solvable. . . . " (The budget can be as big as we need it to be with PCS.)
-- "The Social Security Trust fund is a fiction, a mere bookkeeping device.. . . There is no free lunch. There is nothing in the lockbox." (There will be if we pay back the trust fund through PPCS.)
-- "There is a deficit/debt reduction problem for the Federal Government that is not self-imposed." (What's the problem? We can't run out of money with PCS!)
-- "The Federal Government is like a household and that since households sacrifice to live within their means, Government ought to do that too." (What nonsense! As PPCS shows very well; the Government is not like a household. Households can't create unlimited funds through PCS; but the Federal Government can.)
-- "The only way to tackle our deficit is to cut excessive spending wherever we find it." (It's always good to cut spending that's not in the public interest. But if spending is having good results, and we're using PCS, then there's no reason to cut it, whether taxes cover the spending or not.)
-- "We should also find a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations." (With PCS, we can easily strengthen SS by extending benefits, and we don't need to do it through a bipartisan Rube Goldberg contraption.
-- "The United States is in danger of becoming the next Greece or Ireland." (Even without PCS it can't become Greece or Ireland, only the next Japan. But with PCS it can become the United States again.)
-- "Fiscal Responsibility means stabilizing and then reducing the debt-to-GDP ratio and achieving a Federal Government surplus" (With PCS, the debt-to-GDP ratio will be stabilized and reduced, but no "surplus," in the sense of more tax revenue than spending, will ever be necessary for revenue purposes.)
Ezra goes on to say that using the Platinum Coin will trigger a debate within the Republican Party, that will strengthen its worst factions, because its extremists will be able to argue against:
. . . a wild, unprecedented, inflationary power grab by an overreaching president. Making matters more difficult, it will become impossible for more cautious Republicans to break ranks. It's one thing to argue, as many are already doing, that inducing default risks destroying the Republican Party for a generation. It's another to abet such a blatantly unconstitutional, dangerous move from the executive branch.
Well, it's not blatantly unconstitutional at all Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe thinks it's legal. Yale Law Professor Jack Balkin thinks it's legal. The lawyer who came up with the idea, beowulf (Carlos Mucha), thinks it's legal. Philip Diehl, former Director of the US Mint thinks it's legal. And, I, a Ph.D. political scientist with some background in Constitutional Law, also think it's legal.
Even Ezra says it's legal earlier in this very column. So, who are the Republicans to label it "blatantly unconstitutional"? What evidence would they have that it's "blatantly illegal? If the President uses it he will have legal opinions supporting its legality. In addition, the plain language of the law says it's legal. Arguments that it's not are more complex and detailed than the plain language of the law. So, how will this play in the court of public opinion?
Ezra goes on to suggest that using the coin won't end the conflict; but will cause the Republicans to work even harder and in a united fashion to get what they want. Well, isn't that too bad, they're just going to work harder at being even more nasty, so the rest of us shouldn't do anything that will get them really ticked off. What kind of advice is that, the advice of a columnist who works for a newspaper with a deficit hawk editorial director, and a financial deal with the world's most prominent deficit hawk: Peter G. Peterson?
Can't you just picture it? Ezra gets called into a meeting with Fred Hiatt who asks him whether he can't do anything to dampen this platinum coin wave that everyone is riding, and Ezra replying says: well, maybe I can write something that will make people very, very afraid of the tea partiers fomenting a new American Revolution.
Of course, Ezra may be right about a big coin making Republicans even more determined to destroy the US economy than they are now. Things could happen that way; but if a very high face value coin, like a $60 T coin, is minted; then the mere presence of the $60 T in the Treasury General Account (TGA), and its use to pay down debt, will change the political context, and make Republican propaganda look much more fanciful, than it does in an imagination that assumes the political context and the future won't be changed by minting a big enough coin and using it to fill the public purse.
So, Ezra, notice what happens to the memes Iisted above. They're just not going to work anymore, if a $60 T coin gets used. If the Republicans remain stiff-necked, what justification would they then have for austerity? Now, they have the debt, and no apparent means of paying it off except lowering spending and raising taxes. But what would they have after that coined filled the public purse? The answer is ZIP!
It is likelier that the platinum coin would drive the Republican Party towards a much more dangerous and enduring standoff. If Republicans never permitted another debt increase, would we just keep minting platinum coins? Would the Federal Reserve abet the strategy and work to hold down inflation, effectively putting itself in the middle of a titanic political fight? Would the market eventually begin to panic because American governance has entered into unknown territory?
If the Administration minted a $60 T coin, then it would probably never have to mint one again, since the first one would lead people to understand that the world won't come to an end if Treasury can print money to fill the public purse to spend Congressional appropriations. Would the Fed help hold down inflation? Of course, it's their mandate. It's not about politics. They'd have to act that way. If they didn't; there'd be immediate talk of folding them into Treasury! Finally, minting and using a $60 T coin to pay for debt and deficit spending won't be inflationary.
There are two ways to truly resolve the debt-ceiling standoff. One is that the Republican Party needs to break, proving to itself and to the country that the adults remain in charge. The other is that America is pushed into default and voters — and the world — reckon with what we've become, and what needs to be done about it. Sadly, there's no easy way out. It's heads America wins, tails America loses.
Well, rule out the platinum coin, and sure, these may be one's only two choices. But Ezra hasn't shown that using a really BIG coin would elicit real problems, other than getting the Republicans and the right wing really, really, mad (maybe they won't have lunch with him anymore), and there are compelling arguments suggesting the contrary. So, I think that Ezra's gone off the deep end in this column, especially when you consider the cost of default to people, and also the cost of the austerity alternative. Both default-induced austerity; and major party-induced austerity by compromise are both utterly unacceptable.
We must find a third way! Ezra can't just assume that there is no way out of his Hobson's choice. He and we need to consider game-changing PCS before condemning the nation to default.
(Cross-posted from New Economic Perspectives.)
Ezra is just trying to protect the prerogatives of the Central Bank system. That's what's at stake here. The fact that he's a pinhead is just a bonus.
Exactly - it IS a breakdown of our 'current system of governance' - the shabby shenanigans which are currently trying to unravel the New Deal. It's shaking the cage of recent legislative practice.
Seems like Ezra Klein is still stuck in the traditional Third Way Dem view of "shared austerity" through a "balanced" approach of tax increases and spending cuts to "temporarily" bring down the deficit. In short, a kinder, gentler form of Reaganism designed to make austerity go down a bit sweeter..as compared to the "shock therapy" and stern rectitude of the TeaPublicans.
I'd be more interested in a real debate/discussion with more traditional Left thinkers (and by that I mean serious neo-Marxist/socialist economists like Doug Henwood) over whether PCS and MMT could be a viable Left solution.
I have to say that I'm a more traditionalist Leftist who believes in backing up what you spend with taxes or cuts in most cases; I'd support restoring the pre-Reagan tax rates, restoring the principle of ability-to-pay and taxing income from work the same (or slightly less) than income from capital gains), and reducing corporate welfare, defense spending, and other forms of wasteful and insufficient spending in order to redistribute resources to those who need it.
Thusly, I'd use PCS more sparingly and would target particular areas such as infrastructure and/or cradle-to-grave free health care/education and/or guaranteed livable wage/income, to be funded by a combination of shifting existing revenue via redistributive taxation and shifting priorities, along with PCS. I'm a bit more hesitant in using PCS alone in funding a general expansion of affirmative government spending.
Plus...isn't there the real danger that the Right could very well assimilate PCS as well, and exploit it for their pet causes as well? It may conflict with their "gold standard"/"hard money"/"live within your means" memes, but that never stopped them from embracing deficits or running high-cost programs that enriched them off budget, now hasn't it??
Just throwing around some thoughs here....
"balanced approach" that the Administration is touting.
Here's a link to the Fiscal Commission (or Bowles-Simpson's) recommendations.
Honestly, IMO their proposals amount to Shock Doctrine. Especially as they pertain to Social Security "reform."
Ezra Klein is not so much an Upton Sinclair man: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it" as a guy who learned early on that the easiest way for him to make it was to wear a pair of kneepads, that is he isn't struggling to understand, he sold out a long time ago. He's saying that the platinum coin is madness and the ruination of the country. I think paying, what is it? $440 billion in interest on the national debt to the rich, banks, and foreign countries is flat out criminal.
In brief, you can look on Ezra Klein as a younger David Brooks, another Conventional Wisdom talkingpoints machine, a straightforward propagandist in other words.
I can see the Democrats stirring the pot with the idea of the platinum coin in the game of poker they are playing with the Republicans, but I remain sceptical that they would actually do the platinum coin for the very simple reason that Democrats are Republicans. They are every bit as corporatist and anti-99%. Their atmospherics just vary a little.
This brings me back to my standard position. We live in a kleptocracy. The rich and the elites only debate how to loot us and use the surface political debate to distract us from their intent to loot, or even more gallingly to convince us of our need to be looted. No group in Washington has any interest in solving anything, only in what can be looted and how. As a result, from an intellectual point of view, there is some merit in discussing the platinum coin because it represents an opportunity to explain how money actually works, and that our political classes have no interest in using this knowledge to help us in the 99%. From a practical view, however, if the powers that be had the sense to go the platinum coin route, they would have had the sense to fold the Fed into the Treasury and use the money system for the public good, to build the society we want and deserve.
The rich and the elites only debate how to loot us and use the surface political debate to distract us from their intent to loot, or even more gallingly to convince us of our need to be looted."
Much of the technical discussion of minting a Platinum Coin is probably above my pay grade.
But one thing I know is that I worry that the PtB might be using this discussion as a "shiny object" distraction, while they fleece us by striking a Grand Bargain. [To some extent, I worry that this is also true of the recent discussions of gun control and the upcoming Cabinet appointments.]
And yes, Klein amounts to a "junior" Jonathan Alter, or a David Brooks with a "D" in front of his name.
BTW, thank you, Joe, for all your work on this issue. Sounds like it's groundbreaking, and that we all owe you a debt of gratitude.
brooklynbadboy over in billmon's crappy diary:
Yeah, that's been my main point about the coin. It gives republicans a reason to avoid the debt ceiling. Which, they shouldn't do. They should be forced to knuckle under and pass it.
As an alternative, what could be done in the event Republicans default is issue scrip. Worked for California.
Doing whatever it takes to get the economy moving again must take second place to playing chicken with the Republicans and crushing them once and for all. And we could just issue scrip cuz that's definitely NOT crazy and somehow wouldn't take away the beloved debt ceiling as Obama's big bargaining chip.
a "bigmouth." LOL!
Personally, I don't think that aside from the Teahadists on the "fringe", most Repubs aren't so opposed to raising the debt ceiling. Their main goal is to use it as a bartering chip to force the Democrats to cut deep into social spending in the name of "deficit reduction", and thusly blow the latter party up for future political advantage. Plus, it's not as if the Repubs don't have enough issues that will cause them to implode on themselves, anyways.
"Issuing scrip", IIRC, refers to the method of the Fed issuing what are essentially IOU's in place of money to pay for nonessential services in the event of a default. This is what California did during the 2000's when they had their brief default after a minority of Repubs attempted to blow up their government over debt. California ultimately solved that problem by giving Dem gov Jerry Brown a supermajority in the state Assembly and Senate.
I still think that Obama would prefer a Grand Bargin deal which codifies social spending cuts with some modest tax increases, delivered through "bipartisanship", and busting the Republicans is a secondary goal. Only reason the $1T coin is even in the discussion in mainstream circles is because of the extremism and dedication of the TeaPublicans to risk default to push Obama to cave in on busting out the social welfare portion of the State.
that most Republicans aren't opposed to raising the debt ceiling.
Seems like almost everything we "see" is Kabuki Theater, these days. I'm so tired of it, I've 'taken a sabbatical' from listening to C-Span and the various business news programs that I usually tune into (or, at least I've cut back a bit).
In many ways, I just wish they'd shut up, and move on. We all know that they are going to implement a form of Shock Doctrine. They must be pretty terrified of public reaction, to put themselves and the nation through all of this posturing, just for political "cover."
These folks are truly disgusting and self-serving.
facetious and joking, but misread what he said.
I'm sure that one of the first rules of blogging is "read carefully before you reply." :-)
Anyway, I thoroughly agree that the "debt ceiling" should never have been allowed to become an issue, or in any way a "negotiating tool," However, that would not be a major concern to me in regard to whether or not a Platinum coin should be minted.
And I'm totally clueless as to what BBB was saying about "issue scrip," so I'll just keep my big mouth shut on that one. LOL!


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Genealogy researchers now have an added resource in their search of family trees.
The New Bern-Craven County Public Library�s Family Bibles Collection is online, featuring Bibles that date from 1723 to the mid-1900s, with information on many families in Eastern North Carolina.
The online collection, which has 35 Bibles, is a project of the library and the Craven County Genealogical Society of North Carolina.
Lois Gregory, past society president, said the online service would add another layer of accessibility convenience for researchers.
�It is really very valuable because the Bibles give a great deal of information about families,� she said. �We have a lot of inquiries from people outside the area who are trying to find information on relatives.�
The Craven group, which incorporated in 1994, will add the library Bibles link to its own website, which serves as a starting point for many genealogy researchers.
The Kellenberger Room at the library has long been a major source of information on family histories.
Research Librarian Victor Jones said the library and genealogy society first held photocopying sessions in October 2002 and 2003 and families brought in their old Bibles.
Since 2003, other Bible records have been added to the collection, Jones said, estimating the 35 Bibles include names of about 500 individuals.
�These records have been shelved in the Kellenberger Room for researchers to use, but now they are available for everyone to use on the internet,� he said.
North Carolina did not have birth or death certificates before about 1913, leaving Bibles as a primary source of information. Jones said family Bibles usually have birth, marriage and death dates of individuals. Sometimes they also have the births of slaves.
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WASHINGTON – Virginia lawmakers have just two weeks left to strike a compromise on a lone bill that would reform and rejuvenate the state's transportation funding.
But a move in the House of Delegates Wednesday to derail a power grab by Senate Republicans, who wanted to redraw election maps in their favor, will likely smooth the path to a deal.
One version of the $3 billion proposal from Gov. Bob McDonnell remains. And although Senate Democrats rejected the governor's plan initially, Minority Leader Dick Saslaw tells WTOP senators will work with the House to modify the legislation and pass a transportation funding bill this session.
"I think there's a pretty good chance. We're going to work with the (House) speaker to see if we can't reach an area of common ground and see if we can't make this thing happen," says Saslaw, D-Alexandria.
But Saslaw says any final bill should lack a key piece of the governor's transportation package: a repeal of the state's gas tax.
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Other legislators, including some Republicans, have said they are concerned about eliminating the gas tax because it is user fee, paid for in part by out of state visitors. Increasing the sales tax as McDonnell's plan would do is considered a regressive tax that would adversely hurt poorer Virginians.
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"If they choose to kill this bill, there will be not be transportation funding to provide relief to the most congested area of the state — Northern Virginia," McDonnell says.
Money for roads, bridges and commuter trains, including Phase 2 of Metro's Silver Line project, would be in jeopardy if lawmakers don't come up with a solution.
Virginia is running out of cash available to maintain the state's highways and local roads and has few options other than tolls to pay for new infrastructure like bridges, tunnels and interstate lanes.
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Chevrolet 383 Stroker Build - Junkyard Heap To 383 Neat, Part 1 Of 2Written by on June 6, 2011 Machining and Building a 383 Bottom End
When I set out to build a Chevy 383 stroker motor there was one thing that I found very important and that was resources. Horsepower numbers and timeslips don't mean anything to you or me when the parts that you ordered online don't fit the motor right. One of the toughest things I have found in the past is getting the right part that fits without searching all over to find it. Lucky for me I happened to stumble across the Summit Racing website and began looking around for the much needed parts for a 383 build. I was originally going to rebuild a mild Chevy 350 using a standard junkyard motor, but then I thought why not build a 383 out of the same block and get some more torque and horsepower. Besides, the 350 rebuild would have been just that--a rebuild with lackluster dyno numbers, and who wants to read about that? Plus, almost all of the same rules for rebuilding a 350 apply to the 383.
I have installed tons of aftermarket parts on 350 platforms, but I have never jumped into a complete build from a junkyard motor. My plan is not to show how to completely build a 383 motor, but rather to provide a parts guide and insight into some of the mysteries of a 383 stroker. So I did some research before looking for the right donor block. The Chevy 350 small-block was introduced in 1968 from GM and is still one of the most readily available motors in junkyards, dealerships, and parts houses.
Over the years there have been several differences in the motors, like two- or one-piece rear main seals and two- or four-bolt main bearing caps. The '67-85 350 came with two- or four-bolt mains and two-piece rear main seals that tend to leak if not installed correctly. The '86-95 pre-Vortec motors had a one-piece rear main seal that didn't tend to leak like the two-piece seal and also came in two- or four-bolt mains. So what year 350 did I chose and why? With any 350 you want to find the one with a four-bolt main, and I like the idea of having a one-piece rear main seal, because if GM liked the one-piece seal enough to put it on modern cars then so do I. I went with a '88 Chevy 350 that was equipped with a factory hydraulic roller cam, a cam thrust plate, and a one-piece rear main seal. I could have used an older two-bolt main 350 that was lying in my garage, but there is just something about those extra bolts holding the crank down when stepping on the gas.
So what did I learn from building a 383 bottom end from scratch?
For starters it is very important that the machine work is done correctly and that the engine builder knows what he or she is doing with the motor. Things like vehicle weight, transmission, towing, drag racing, autocross, or daily driver all come into play when selecting parts.
You need to look at the overall picture, like what heads you are going to use and piston dish. The heads can easily be changed while in the motor but the pistons cannot, so first figuring out the compression ratio that will suit your needs is ideal before putting the motor together. Pistons that are domed will usually cause increased compression; dished inward will decrease the compression ratio. Cylinder heads have what is called combustion chamber. This is the space on the underside of the head around the valve area and usually measured by the manufacture or engine builder. Depending on what piston you have is a factor that determines the compression ratio compared to the combustion chamber on the heads. If the cylinder head chamber is 64 cc and you have a dished-style piston of 16 cc you will have a lower compression ratio, about 8.5:1 to 9.6:1 depending on other variables. If you had a domed piston with that same 64cc head your compression will be higher, 11:1 and up depending on other variables. The same domed piston and a larger combustion chamber head of 74 cc will lower the compression ratio. I could have used a slightly smaller D-dishedtype piston to increase the compression, but with a set of RHS 64cc heads (PN 12053-02) and other things considered that should bring me up to a 9.6:1 compression ratio. Also when using aluminum heads a rule of thumb is that you can get higher compression without the worry of detonation. I am going to play it on the safe side when pushing the compression envelope. Look into building the motor you already have; that way it is built for your needs and can handle the type of driving you put it through. CT
Parts ListJunkyard block: '88 Chevy 350
Eagle Specialties 383 kit: PN B13052L030
COMP Cams Extreme Energy Camshaft: PN 08-432-8
COMP Cams timing set: PN 2136
COMP Cams lifter hardware w/thrust plate: PN 08-1000
COMP Cams 10W-30 oil: PN 1594
COMP Cams two-piece cover: PN 210
TCI Crankshaft Balancer Rattler: PN 870001
Summit Racing water pump: PN SUM-312449
Summit Racing fuel pump: PN SUM-250000-1
Summit Racing fuel pump push rod: PN 134-8701
ARP engine bolt kit: PN 534-9802
ARP four-bolt main bolts: PN 134-3701
ARP crankshaft bolt: PN 134-2501
Milodon oil pump: PN 18755
Milodon oil pump pickup: PN 18311
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I started by removing the worn-out heads, cam, pistons, rods, and crank and inspected the bore for major damage that could not be repaired by the honing process. Look for cracks and coolant along the sides of the block as this may be a sign of stress cracks in the block that will leak coolant. Also, measure the bore to see if oversized pistons have been installed. If you have .040-or-bigger pistons already in the block I suggest looking at another block; if anything happens you might not be able to save it. It was obvious that this motor was in need of repair—to add insult to injury, the head had burned valves.The 350 block had already been bored 0.030 over to the total of 4.030. So I headed over to the Summit Racing website to do a quick search on what 383 kit my motor would fit. I decided to order the Eagle Specialties Products kit (PN B13052l030) that includes forged aluminum +16.00cc dished D-shaped pistons, wristpins, plasma-moly piston rings, cast-steel crank, 3.750 forged 5140 steel I-beam connecting rods, rod bearings, and main bearings, minus the cam bearings.I delivered the block to VW Paradise and Machine Shop in San Marcos, California, where Joe Hernandez helped with the machining and set the Eagle bottom end in place. Here, Hernandez removed the cam bearings freeze plugs and oil galley plugs and sets the block into the hot tank for cleaning.Hernandez measured the piston diameter on each piston to make sure they were all the same size and to figure out how much to hone the block. The Eagle Specialties kit will come with a spec sheet that will give you piston-to-wall clearances. Make sure you are within specs.Since the block was already bored out to 4.030, Hernandez decided to do a really light hone to clean up the imperfections in the cylinder walls. Since I am planning on using the motor for autocross and street use, setting the motor up a little loose is a good thing. When a complete engine is cold started the internals will start to warm up and tolerances will become tighter as the engine reaches operating temp. Give the machinist/builder your desired use to properly set the piston-to-cylinder wall tolerances.Hernandez made sure the lifter bores would float freely by cleaning them with his rotating brush attached to a drill.Hernandez checked the deck of the block with a straightedge; it was not distorted or warped. He then cleaned up the head gasket surface and tapped all the holes on the block. Make sure to blow all debris away from the inside of the holes after tapping.Hernandez installed the camshaft bearings and made sure to line up the oiling holes when fitting them. We then cleaned the new crankshaft to ensure the metal from the manufacturing process was all out of the oiling holes. Hernandez measured the crank, main bearings, and block to ensure the bearings were the correct size. Next, Hernandez applied COMP Cams' assembly lube to the bearings and installed the four-bolt main with ARP bolts (PN 134-3701) torqued to 65 ft-lb.
Each piston ring needed to be filed to fit. Hernandez placed the primary and secondary piston rings in the cylinder and filed them to fit using a piston ring file. After the piston rings were filed to the desired specs (primary .020/secondary .018) the rings were left in the cylinder wall to avoid mixing them with different cylinders. Make sure to round the sharp edges of the piston ring gap that you created during filing.Here, Hernandez shows the importance in staggering the rings and making sure they go in the right order. If you flip or install a ring incorrectly it could cause the motor to burn oil and lose compression. If you install the ring gaps straight air will pass easily and lose compression with blow-by.The connecting rods' ARP bolts were hitting the block because of the longer stroke on the 383 crank, so some slight clearance was needed (0.060 inch). Hernandez used a carbide bit and a die grinder to remove the metal from the block that caused interference. This step could be done at home, but make sure to only take off the minimal amount of material needed to provide .060 of clearance. You should also check the connecting rods-to-cam clearance as there may or may not be interference depending on your setup. If you have interference then .060 of material removal should be enough for the cam to connecting rod.After the entire block was clearanced for the rotating assembly it was torn apart, and all of the parts were hot tanked to clean the debris.The COMP Cams Extreme Energy hydraulic roller cam (PN 08-432-8) was lubed and placed into the block followed by a cam thrust plate I purchased as a kit with lifter hardware (PN 08-1000). The COMP cam offered .0510/0.520 lift, 230/236 duration, and 110-degree LSA.With the machining complete on the motor, it was off to Westech in Mira Loma, California, where the final bottom end assembly would be performed. Steve Brulé started by putting the piston close to TDC and installing the COMP Cams timing set (PN 2136) set. Make sure to read the instructions carefully. You can make mistakes by lining up the timing marks like a nonadjustable timing set.Brulé then used a degree wheel on the crank and a dial indicator on top of the number one piston, and attached a movable wire firmly to the block. He turned the crank until the dial indicator read 0.20 one way and jotted down the crank degree. Then, he rotated the crank in the opposite direction until the dial indicator read 0.020 and jotted down that number/degree. Brulé took the two numbers/degrees, added them up, and divided the total by two; the final number is the true TDC in degrees. Brulé then set the degree wheel to the final number, and, using the wire attached to the block, moved it to the TDC on the degree crank wheel.Then, a camshaft lift indicator was placed inside the intake lifter hole. Brulé referred to the COMP Cams spec sheet for the cam's intake centerline. COMP Cams recommended 106 degrees at intake centerline. Brulé then turned the crankshaft clockwise until the camshaft indicator read 0.020 and recorded that number on the crankshaft wheel: 74.5 degrees. Then, he continued to turn the crankshaft clockwise until he got 0.020 on the camshaft dial indicator and recorded that number: 136 degrees. Add both numbers (75 + 136 = 211) and divide the total by two (211 ÷ 2 = 105.5). This number is where the cam is set in degrees (105.5) and should be as close to the recommended intake centerline per your cam spec. If your cam is off then it is necessary to adjust the cam gear and start all over, including measuring the piston TDC.Brulé then set the crank to TDC, removed the degree wheel, and installed the COMP Cams two-piece front timing cover (PN 210). Make sure to install the cam button if you don't have a thrust plate like the newer motors. Also, you will need to seal the gaskets with silicone and where the two pieces come together in the middle. Next, the TCI Rattler balancer (PN 870001) was carefully installed without moving the crank, and the pointer was set to TDC. The ARP crankshaft balancer bolt (PN 134-2501) was then torqued to specs.
A Summit Racing fuel pump (SUM-250000-1) and pushrod (PN 134-8701) were installed using the ARP engine bolt kit (PN 534-9802). The 80-gph pump may be replaced for a higher flow one depending on the motor's demand.Next, I installed the Milodon oil pump (PN18755), Milodon oil pickup (PN 18311), oil pump clip, and shaft (PN SLP-224-6146). Make sure you install the clip between the oil pump and the oil pump shaft, or the oil pump shaft could start to move and cause engine damage.The Milodon oil pan (PN 30702) and gasket (PN 41001) were the last things on the list for the bottom end. Brulé used black silicone sealant and snugged the ARP bolts in a cross pattern. If you are intending to use the motor for normal use then this oil pan will work fine, but if you plan on driving autocross or road racing then an oil pan with more oil control is recommended.


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Street Closure Due To Crane Rail Installation
(Le Mars) -- Wells Enterprises will be installing a new crane rail which will mean the closure of 18th Street SW on Monday. The street will be closed between 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon to accommodate the installation of a new crane rail at the high rise freezer. 18th Street SW will be closed between 6th Avenue SW and 12th Avenue SW.
Le Mars School Board Concerned About Allowable Growth Funding
(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars Community School Board is scheduled to meet this evening, and on its agenda, the board will review two recent legislative seminars hosted by the Northwest Area Education Agency and the Le Mars Chamber of Commerce. A concern the Le Mars Community School Board has, along with many other school boards across the state, is the unknown amount of funding to be allocated to schools as part of the allowable growth as determined by the state legislature. At last week's Chamber Legislative Luncheon, Le Mars Community School Board Director Mark Hemmingson summed up the feelings of many school board officials.
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State representative Chuck Soderberg of Le Mars says the percentage of allowable growth can be misleading.
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The School Board will hear reports from each of the principals, as well as a report from Ted Hallberg explain the Orchestra's trip next spring. The school board will begin discussing their position for teacher salaries. The Le Mars Education Association is expected to present their initial bargaining proposal for the 2013-14 master contract to the Board of Education on January 7th.
First Snowfall Causes Several Accidents
(Orange City) -- The first snowfall of this winter lead Sioux County authorities to investigate ten separate auto accidents that occurred Friday evening, December 7th. The accidents occurred between 4:30 p.m. and 12:00 midnight. In each instance the drivers lost control of their vehicle, presumably due to the snow and ice on the roadways. Fortunately, with each accident, there were no injuries reported. The area had between a half an inch and an inch of snow reported from Friday's snowfall.
Hospitals Adapt New System To Share Patient Information
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Some Iowa hospitals and clinics have begun using a state computer system to quickly share patient records.
Most hospitals and clinics have begun using electronic medical records, but many of their systems are so different they can't share information. The Iowa Health Information Network aims to
solve that problem.
The network also lets hospitals search for records of patients seen at other Iowa hospitals or clinics that also are on the network.
Kim Norby, of the Iowa Department of Public Health, says that the system is mostly financed by more than $8 million the federal government granted Iowa under the 2009 economic stimulus.
A standard patient confidentiality form will, with patient consent, give a hospital authority to share information via the new system.
Branstad Indicates He Will Compromise With Democrats
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -Governor Terry Branstad is approaching the 2013 legislative session open to compromise and chastened by Iowans' reaffirmed preference for divided government.
Branstad says in an interview with The Associated Press that as an improved economy brings in more tax revenue, he would be willing to accept higher spending requests from Democrats, if that's what it takes to gain approval of his proposals, especially those
dealing with education and property taxes.
The Republican governor's conciliatory tone comes as he signals plans to seek re-election in 2014 and marks a change to his approach.
Now, with Democrats retaining a Senate majority and cutting into the GOP's margin in the House, Branstad says he's willing to bargain during the 2013 session before campaign politics again
descend on the Capitol.
Iowa Spends $25 Million On Overtime Pay
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa spent more than $25 million on overtime pay during the last fiscal year, but that is less than the state spent in recent years.
The state's overtime spending has been around $30 million for the four previous years.
A nursing assistant at the University of Iowa Hospitals collected nearly $226,000 in overtime last year - the most in the state - by working 8,507 extra hours.
Officials say the $25 million total remains a concern, but there's been improvement.
Iowa Management Department Director Dave Roederer says the state adopted new practices to limit overtime, and the state is trying to do a better job of predicting vacancies.
Roederer says the overtime should continue to decline because the state is becoming more efficient.
Hunter Finds Body Under Bridge
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Authorities are investigating a man's death after an Iowa hunter found his body under a bridge east of Cedar Rapids.
The Linn County Sheriff's office is leading the investigation. KCRG reports the death is considered suspicious.
Officials aren't sure how long the middle-aged man's body was there before the hunter found it under the Squaw Creek Bridge on Saturday.
Officials would not discuss the condition of the body or release the man's identity.
The man's body was taken to Ankeny for an autopsy.
Davenport Dead Man Identified
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Authorities have identified a man whose body was found in a field outside Davenport, but they are still investigating his death.
The Des Moines Register reports that 41-year-old Robby Kohn was found dead early Saturday morning. Davenport police released his identity on Sunday.
Kohn's body was discovered by a Scott County deputy around 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
Davenport Police haven't released many details about Kohn's death, but Assitant Chief Donald Shaefer says visible trauma to his body prompted a full investigation.
An autopsy will be performed on Kohn's body on Monday.


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Great news! The new IBM® Serviceability Tool for Sametime® (version 8.5.2.x) is now available for download. V8.5.2.x is the first release of this tool and it will be enhanced by IBM Sametime Development with periodic updates. The IBM Serviceability Tool consists of the following four components.
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The Sametime Configuration Validator is a plug-in designed to load the entire configuration information for your Sametime environment, and validate the configuration. It examines configuration settings to verify consistency, and then produces a Configuration Report.
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The Sametime Support Bot plug-in provides a Sametime bot within a Sametime Community. Sametime users can contact the Sametime bot and receive automated responses that can be used for troubleshooting or for reporting a Sametime issue. Data is collected, and then administrators can generate a PDF report of the collected data to submit to IBM Support.
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The Sametime Community Monitoring plug-in provides a view for monitoring the Sametime Community Statistics generated. Updates can be configured from 5 secs to 10 minutes. The administrator can monitor multiple Sametime Community Servers and see totals, such as current log-ins for example, across all servers and for individual servers. This component is for live monitoring only.
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beautiful bull,
What a nice Bull!! Congratulations!!
Congrats!!! That's a great elk!!!!
That is a great first bull and and awesome first post. Congrats!
Great 1st Bull! and great story
Just yesterday was the last day of my Arizona Coues Deer hunt and unfortunately, I have to eat tag soup! I missed my shot, at dark, night before last. I took a 500 yd shot on a gray ghost that was up the ridge on a 20-25 degree uphill slope. Needless to say, I am sure I shot over his back. I knew I was going to be high, but I didn't know how much.
After that miss, I went back to my RV and found an app for my phone that will calculate the hold over for long shots shooting up/down hills. The last time this happened to me was back in the '70's when my cousin and I unloaded our rifles on 3 blacktail bucks running together. We were shooting about 400 yards downhill and between the 2 of us we blew through 10 shots. On a shot that long, you should usually have plenty of time to input the range, slope, wind direction and speed if any, then press calculate. It shows you about how you should aim through your scope.
I am finally heading home this weekend after being gone for several months. The good news is archery season starts on December 13, 2013 and goes through January 31, 2014. If I happend to get a Coues buck in December, during the rut, I can get a tag for the 2014 Coues seasons and start hunting once again on January 1. There is still plenty of big game hunting in my very near future.
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thanks for the story. sounds like an adventure. congrats!


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The power of integration
24 January 2013 | Article
Diego Juffe says that better integrating IUCN's knowledge will improve the world's ability to make informed decisions about the environment. IUCN's wealth of knowledge is already central to the emerging IPBES. The aim is not to reinvent the wheel, but to make sure this knowledge is made easily available and most useful to those that can help tackle biodiversity loss.
Read more on the IUCN blog here.


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Bulletin Issues
Current Issue
Past issues of the Bulletin are available here, or through the ASIS&T Digital Library.
Editor's Summary
Posters presented at the 2013 Research Data Access & Preservation Summit (RDAP) spanned an array of topics of current interest for research data managers. Helping doctoral candidates archive their research data was the focus of one, stressing the need to provide support early in the researchers process. Another described a multi-format data literacy program geared to graduate level researchers. The presentation on one universitys DataDay described a training workshop designed to help librarians understand the research data lifecycle and pass on essential points to researchers. Another team of presenters offered a methodical approach to establishing the provenance of research datasets that later appear in other contexts. Several posters addressed data management policies and practices at the institutional level, with one offering model policy language and guidelines and another analyzing current and likely future trends and needs to support archiving research data. The full collection of posters reveals the breadth of issues, progress to date and advances to come for the area.
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Bulletin, August/September 2013
RDAP13 Poster Session Summary
by Jennifer Doty
With presenters covering topics ranging from provenance to preservation to publication of data, the RDAP13 Poster Session provided a wealth of information on recent trends in research data management. Posters ran the gamut with new explorations into systems and support for accessing, preserving and sharing research data.
The poster presented by David Fearon and Betsy Gunea of the Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services team demonstrated the challenges inherent in supporting previously published data. In a time when many librarians and information professionals are exploring methods to engage with faculty and student researchers, JHU presents a compelling model for working with PhD candidates to archive data related to their publications. The experience posed a challenge in providing support to document and prepare data underlying already published results and reaffirmed the importance of working with researchers earlier in the data collection process to effectively create project metadata.
Data information literacy for graduate students was the focus of the poster from the IMLS-sponsored project represented by librarians from Cornell, Purdue and the Universities of Minnesota and Oregon. By focusing their lens on researchers at the graduate level, the project has developed a comparative model for packaging data literacy instruction in a variety of formats (for example, online course, in-person seminar or workshop, embedded librarian) and applying it in a range of situations with students in scientific disciplines. The team adopted an integrated and tailored approach, and one of their most interesting findings is the usefulness of focusing on the mechanics of data management and the local, immediate needs of a specific research group.
From instructional programming for graduate students, we turn to an example of participant-driven training for information professionals. The librarians at the University of Colorado Boulder presented a comprehensive overview of their first ever DataDay training designed for subject librarians. The program development began with participant input, which resulted in creation of an interactive one-day workshop that incorporated hands-on exercises, panel presentations and informal discussions. Pre- and post-training assessments revealed that workshop participants self-reported having higher levels of understanding of the research data lifecycle and greater confidence in their abilities to incorporate assistance with research data management into their established roles as subject librarians. The success of the initial session is attributed in part to the direct involvement of the participants in designing the workshop training, and future plans include additional assessment of the librarians training needs to strengthen this iterative process of acquiring knowledge about research data support.
Institutional data management policies have not yet been consistently implemented or reliably enforced at many higher education institutions. In the wake of the February 2013 Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) memo regarding federally funded research outputs, however, those with plans to raise the issue with campus stakeholders would do well to consult the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) Research Data Coordinating Committee presentation on a Model for Developing Data Management Policy Language. A collaborative effort from librarians at several ASERL member institutions, the process included an environmental scan of developments in data management support. The final outcome was model language for establishing institutional policies with clear guidelines to support researchers as they try to meet existing and potential funding agency mandates, as well as institutional expectations, for managing research data.
The challenge of establishing provenance and ensuring reproducibility of research for items lacking adequate metadata was explored using a representative figure from the National Climate Assessment (NCA), which serves as the base for the Global Change Information System. Justin Goldstein et al from the U.S. Global Change Research Program, stepped through their sample process for tracing the lineage of a particular image in the NCA, displayed through three different representations. The complexity of dealing with representations and publications that pull data from multiple sources, especially when not all the data are archived or accessible, can be expected to pose an ongoing challenge for many systems. This measured and methodical approach, firmly grounded in best practices for diagramming the provenance of research data, provides a useful example in delineating the origins of digital objects.
The Cornell University Library used a two-pronged approach to postulate present and future trends for depositing research data in institutional repositories. Wendy Kozlowski et al analyzed usage of eCommons, the Cornell University institutional repository (IR), for existing deposits of items designated as datasets (currently a small fraction of the repositorys holdings) and conducted interviews with researchers to identify the highest priority data management features and functionality. Their findings were consistent with prior assessments of researchers perspectives and include the desire for functions such as citation support, discoverability, versioning, self-service submission and linkages between publications and related datasets. Future developments for eCommons are expected to address those functions that received the highest ranking from researchers. Soliciting input from the users, current and future, to prioritize additional improvement is a commendable approach and an encouraging trend for IR administration.
On the classification and metadata front, the Biodiversity Heritage Library presented a new program using open scientific name data to more completely describe items in their collection. In collaboration with the uBio initiative to develop a comprehensive catalog of biological names, this application of open metadata elements to the digitized books has enabled BHL to organize its collection in a more meaningful manner for biologists and zoologists [1]. It also serves as a useful model for other online collections of digital publications and data to emulate when seeking to incorporate open, collaborative metadata schemas to classify items.
This overview highlights just a handful of the informative and engaging posters on display at the RDAP13 Summit. The variety of projects and research demonstrated in one session bodes well for the advancement of research data access and preservation.
For a complete list of the posters presented at RDAP13 please see the program at www.asis.org/rdap/program/#post
Slides from a selection of posters (as well as keynote, panel and lightning talk presentations) from the Summit are available on slideshare at www.slideshare.net/asist_org/tag/rdap13
Resource Mentioned in the Article
[1] Biodiversity Heritage Library, example illustration: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35221806
Jennifer Doty is a data management specialist with the Emory University Libraries. Her primary focus is developing services and support for the management and curation of research data at Emory. She can be reached at jennifer.doty<at>emory.edu.
Articles in this Issue
Partnerships Between Institutional Repositories, Domain Repositories and Publishers
The Relevance of Research Data Sharing and Reuse Studies
Tracking Citations and Altmetrics for Research Data: Challenges and Opportunities
The Research Data Alliance: Implementing the Technology, Practice and Connections of a Data Infrastructure
The DCC's Institutional Engagements: Raising Research Data Management Capacity in UK Higher Education
RDAP13 Poster Session Summary
An Asian-Pacific ASIS&T Chapter?


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So who brings home the sexy bacon back to Ohio? According to gossip blog reputable journal of record TMZ, it's Miami Township Rep. Jean Schmidt.
An avid marathoner who has completed 88 races, Schmidt is probably better known for calling decorated Marines "cowards," making dubious claims about her college education and flip flopping about whether the president is an American citizen than her sculpted quadriceps.
Schmidt ranked No. 5 in the list 20-member list of "Sexiest U.S. Politicians – The Right to Bare Buff Arms." She beat out such noted sexpots as Bill and Hillary Clinton, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Merkin Muffley.
We at CityBeat say "keep on it, squirrelfriend!" and can't wait to see her on a "babes and hunks of Congress" calendar one day soon.
Here's a video of Schmidt looking pretty great when she misunderstood the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act. (She thought it was struck down.)
Confirming rumors that swirled for two days through media circles, The Enquirer's top editor has written a memo outlining how some editions of Sunday's newspaper included a photograph with the word "fuck" in it.
Once editors learned about the photo, several thousand copies of the newspaper that hadn't yet been distributed were trashed. The edition was reprinted without the offending photo.
Enquirer Editor Carolyn Washburn confirmed the gaffe in an email to staffers sent at 4:10 p.m Monday, which CityBeat received today.
"I learned about this after midnight Saturday when someone in our operation saw this photo and alerted us," Washburn wrote. "We stopped the presses to change the photo and threw out thousands of papers still sitting at our dock."
Reportedly, Washburn has been fielding complaints from readers who received the paper for the past two days.
The page in question was laid out by a "design hub" in Louisville, which is part of a push by The Gannett Co., The Enquirer's owner, to centralize some functions like many copy-editing duties into regional locations.
The same design hub was responsible for a similar incident in December when a Gannett paper in South Carolina, The Greenville News, published an article with the word "fuck" randomly inserted into it. The gaffe caught the attention of several websites including The Huffington Post and Romenesko.com.
Sunday's incident occurred just two days after four veteran copy editors at The Enquirer left after taking an "early retirement" severance deal to reduce the newspaper's expenses.
Here is the full text of Washburn's email:
Sent: Mon 4/16/2012 4:10 PM
From: Carolyn Washburn
To: Cin-News Users
Subject: in case you are getting calls about a photo in Sunday's paper
A photo ran on the state government page of a protestor holding up a sign that used the word f#*&. It was caught on the press and replated but it still went out to several thousand homes.
Here is how I am responding.
Yes, the photo was completely inappropriate, on many levels.
I learned about this after midnight Saturday when someone in our operation saw this photo and alerted us. We stopped the presses to change the photo and threw out thousands of papers still sitting at our dock. Unfortunately a few thousand papers had already gone out to carriers.
I deeply apologize and am working this morning to understand why this photo was chosen in the first place and why it was not caught sooner. I take this very seriously.
Again, I apologize.
Happy birthday to Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel! The treasurer and GOP candidate for U.S. Senate turns 35 today, and the Ohio Democratic Party celebrated the occasion by delivering a new pair of pants to the treasurer's office.
"If anyone needs a new pair of pants for his birthday it's Josh Mandel, who has earned more 'Pants on Fire' ratings from Politifact Ohio than any politician in state history — hopefully he will get some use out of these before his next lie about (Democratic U.S. Sen.) Sherrod (Brown)," Ohio Democratic Party spokesman Andrew Zucker wrote in a statement.
Mandel has earned six "Pants on Fire" ratings — the signifier given to an outright lie by the fact-checking agency run by The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, PolitiFact Ohio. Mandel holds the most "Pants on Fire" rulings of any politician reviewed by the group.
Mandel doesn't have a monopoly on lies: In a Wednesday fact check, PolitiFact Ohio ruled a Brown campaign advertisement that claimed Ohio's investment fund has not improved under Mandel was "false."
Zucker told CityBeat Mandel's staff seemed surprised by the gift (American Apparel trousers size 34) and promised to deliver it, but said the treasurer wasn't in the office.
The pants were folded and tied with ribbon. They contained a note reading, "Josh — So many of your pants have caught fire from Politifact's ratings that we thought you could use a new pair. They'll look great for your next fundraising trip to the Bahamas! Happy Birthday, The Ohio Democratic Party."
Mandel's press secretary has not responded to CityBeat's call and email for comment as of this posting. This blog will be updated if we hear back.
If the folks at CityBeat can finagle it, I want this entire blog to be in the color green. You know, to support Iran. Because nothing shows the despotic Shah (or is it the Ayatollah now? It's hard to differentiate between ruthless dictators nowadays) that we Americans won't stand for stolen elections like wearing the color green and Twittering (as far as I'm concerned, if it can't be said in 140 characters or less, it's not worth saying).
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-West Chester) is getting some serious face time on YouTube these days.
A person named Josh Stanley has created a mash-up of Boehner's angry "Hell no, you can't" rant on the floor of Congress from the March 21 vote on the health care reform bill with the popular song, Yes We Can. The latter was created by singer will.i.am of the Black-Eyed Peas, to support Barack Obama in his successful 2008 presidential bid.
Much has been written about George W. Bush's new memoir, Decision Points. Among the revelations in the tome are that Sen. Mitch McConnell secretly pushed for a partial troop withdrawal from Iraq in 2006, Bush's admission he personally approved the use of waterboarding on detainees and that Bush allegedly formed his anti-abortion stance after his seeing his mother's miscarried fetus in a jar.


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Tonight's episode of CSI featured a story where a little girl killed a crazy cat lady with a ball point pen.
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Case Western Reserve University is committed to the health and safety of its students, faculty, staff and those who visit campus.
From disaster preparedness to public safety communications, the university's Office of Emergency Management focuses on improving the quality of life on campus. The emergency management office works closely with police and campus security, occupational safety and other campus management centers to help prepare for, protect against, respond to and recover from any and every crisis situation.
Emergencies can develop anywhere, anytime, without warning. They range from natural disasters to chemical spills to armed intruders. Case Western Reserve's emergency management office communicates with the univresity community and works directly with first responders, including university police and security services, to ensure students, faculty, staff and visitors are ready if or when the time comes on campus.
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Admin & governance news
More books for Blackader-Lauterman
The Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art has received outstanding collections of books from the estates of two emeritus professors from the School of Architecture. The Norbert Schoenauer Collection has 1,500 books and the John Bland collection has close to 1,000 architecture books.
Senate report (October 1)
VP Morty Yalovsky presented the final numbers for last years budget. The numbers are down overall, but there is some hope on the horizon.
Centennial Project
A new library is in the works for Macdonald Campus
New Dean for Arts Renaissance
John Hall is the new dean of the Faculty of Arts.
Maintenance at McGill
McGill's current tally of deferred maintenance is currently $165-million. It's an uphill battle to catch up on the work, complicated by McGill's many heritage buildings.
Staff Development fall calendar
The Department of Human Resources offers a wide range of training opportunities for staff, including workshops on Leadership & Coaching, Customer Focus, and French Conversation at Work.
Performance Dialogue
Performance Dialogue is the name chosen to describe McGill's new performance management process, a partnership between supervisors and staff members which involves feedback and coaching. Workshops are ongoing, and interim guidelines are available.
Nicholas Kasirer to be the next Dean of Law
Nicholas Kasirer to be the next Dean of Law.


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tokidoki x Sanrio Characters Crossbody Bag
Item # 14955-201310
Sanrio is super excited about this limited edition tokidoki collaboration. For the first... more details
Sanrio is super excited about this limited edition tokidoki collaboration. For the first time, it brings together all our favorite Sanrio characters! The collection includes this colorful crossbody bag with clean lines and a zippered interior. Taupe accents and cute character charms bring extra elegance. Destined to become a daily favorite purse!
- 9.75"H x 10.75"W x 1.5"D
- Optional, adjustable shoulder strap: 52"
- 24" maximum drop length
- Quilted faux leather crossbody/shoulder bag with zippered interior
- tokidoki x Sanrio Characters pink polyester lining
- 1 regular pocket and 1 zippered pocket inside
- Magnetic snap button closure
- 3 removable tokidoki x Sanrio Character charms
- tokidoki charm zipper pull
- This product is not machine washable. Wipe clean with damp cloth and air dry
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New favorite handbag
Loved the collection. I'm waiting for new products.
I absolutely love this messenger bag!
I primarily use it to carry my iPhone & wallet and they fit perfectly. I like the real leather smell of the bag. The leather is a nice beige color. I am 5'2 and I had to adjust the strap to the longest setting to reach a little below my waist. It's the perfect length. The characters on the bag are so cute. I love the tokidoki & sanrio look. They are two of my favorite brands for cute designs. The inside of the bag is beautiful and hot pink with white designs. It compliments the beautiful design of the exterior. There is a zipper compartment inside for your phone. And a small open pocket and a slightly larger one where you can keep your earbuds or keys. In the back there's another pocket that is about the size of the actual bag. It's great! I don't regret this purchase. It took a while to be delivered. I love on NY and it ships from Ontario, Canada. Also the cute dangly pendants clink and complete the bag. I love the characters on them. They're so unique.
Cute, but too small, hard to use
This is a cute bag, but I wish the gusset was bigger. The pleather scratches easily. As for usability, I found it a bit of a hassle to flip the top around to the other side. You'd have to hold on to the flap to keep it open while you fish for your stuff inside. I wish I could exchange for the purse, but since I got this on sale I found out after receiving it that Sanrio doesn't accept exchanges or returns on sale items. So I'm stuck with a bag I probably won't be using.
I'm Giving This 4 Stars BC When I Saw It I Thought It Would Be Bigger It's As Small As The Handbag But Still Cute
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i paid full price for it at a Sanrio store when it first came out. too bad i couldn't wait for it to go on sale.. i have gotten soo many compliments on it even more than my Coach or MK bag (everyone has one of those...) i also have the mathing clutch i use as a wallet and it fits perfectly theres enough length to lay right on my hip. its easy to clean and the leather is good quality (it smells leatherly... but in a good way) i hope tokidoki mashes up with sanrio again. BUY IT NOW!
Love it! It's a Plus A!!!
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Amazing! I Love It!
The bag is fantastic!!! It is super high quality, and I'm in love with the artwork. It's a tight fit to get much stuff in there, though, so if it were a pinch bigger it would be a 5. Still, it's incredible! ^-^
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Bought this bag along with the Backpack and cosmetic pouch, i use it for my art supplies when i go drawing and it came with the Pom Pom Purin Sanrio Tokidoki X Characters Plush, its a little small for a guy or large sketch book but purrrfect for travel pencils and my Ipad mini!<3 so Kawaii Even Purin in in the middle print but Hangyodon Remains my Favorite Tokidoki character adaptation by far<3 <3 <3
Love this bag. Super cute, nice quality.
Love it
Perfect size, wish it had another zip pocket inside... Would be a 5 then!


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For your budding environmentalist, here is an information sheet on a well-known endangered species, the Komodo dragon!
Endangered Species: Przewalski's Horse
Introduce your student to an endangered species, Przewalski's horse, with this information sheet. She can color the illustration as she reads.
Endangered Species: Sumatran Rhinoceros
Help your child read this page about the Sumatran rhinoceros, where he can color an illustration as he learns about why this animal is endangered.
Endangered Species: Forest Owlet
Teach your child about an endangered species with this information page, all about the Forest Owlet. He can color as he reads some interesting facts.
Endangered Species: Spectacled Bear
Help your child understand why it's so important to take care of the environment with this info-sheet about an endangered species: the spectacled bear.
Endangered Species: Red Wolf
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Endangered Species: Iranian Jerboa
Help your child understand the importance of preserving the environment, with this info-sheet about an endangered species: the Iranian jerboa.
Endangered Species: Red-Shanked Douc Langur
Get to know one of the most unique and colorful monkeys, the red-shanked douc langur. Read about why they are an endangered species with this info-sheet.
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I've budgeted up to $1,500 for a new mount. I want something more suited for deep sky photography. I'd love to have an Astrophysics or Takahashi mount, but for $1,500, I don't see that happening anywhere near my budget range.
If you look below at my signature you can see my payload. Add in a few odds and ends (Telrad, focal reducer, etc...) to up the weight a little. But when I put it all together, the CG-5's two 11-lb counterweights have no problem balancing it all out (one at the far end of the shaft, the other about 1/2 way up). The motors don't struggle with the weight, so I'm not worried about payload overload (of course, the lower the payload weight to mount capacity, the better).
Unfortunately, On exposures of as little as 30 seconds, I often end up with egg-shaped stars or worse, even with a good alignment. I've tried running just the 80 mm scope and camera, but still end up with non-round stars (though I can usually get up to 5 minutes like this). The mount is simply not optimal for photography. Yes, I know some people have luck with it, and hyper tuning it might help. But I'm dead-set on getting something new, with less backlash, and simply more suitable for photography.
I'm currently looking at the following options:
- Celestron CGEM - list at $1,500, but I'm confident I can get it a little cheaper
- Celestron Advanced VX - list at $800, best price option I've seen, but I'm not sure about its performance yet and its at the lower-end of the payload capability. I don't expect to increase my payload much, if any, but I'd like the option.
- Orion EQ-G - both this and the CGEM have similar specs, they're both made by Synta, right? Is there an appreciable difference?
- iOptrion iEQ45 - Someone I know has an iEQ45 he'll sell me in my price range. I've never heard anything bad about this mount, but I've never used it. How does it stack up against the above options?
Is the iEQ45 a no-brainer, or would one of the above mounts be better? Is there anything better still that's in my under $1,500 price range that anyone can recommend?