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Vlad and his wife Maree's twin daughters, Tanya and Vicki, were toddlers when the family moved in. Vlad had designed the neighbouring house (his clients still live there) and liked the location so much he decided it was where his family would live.
Tanya and Vicki were soon joined by Shas and then the youngest of the four Cacala girls, Liza.
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"They would be given a spade and had to dig. Most of my friends helped to dig dad's pool," laughs Vicki.
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"It was like a playground here," says younger brother, student Andrew, 21. "We could sleep on the couches. He let us do whatever we wanted."
With three generations' worth of love and history here, it's a wrench to let the house go, but Vicki says it's now time. "It's been such a happy house. Dad was so relaxed here."
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Minimum check-in age is 21
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 9 and USD 16.99 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 36.75 per day
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 20 per stay
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- Philadelphia Wyndham Historic District
- Wyndham Historic
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- Wyndham Historic District Hotel
- Wyndham Historic District Hotel Philadelphia
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- Wyndham Historic Philadelphia
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- Holiday Inn Philadelphia Historic District
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Re: st: How to put max and min values in a loop
Xixi Lin <email@example.com>
Re: st: How to put max and min values in a loop
Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:59:50 -0400
Hi Nick,
You are right, the min() and max() seems to be not working. My
original code is like:
foreach z of numlist 2/120 {
foreach x in x1 x2 x3 x4 x5{
foreach j of numlist 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55{
qui ttest Return if inlist(group_`x',1,10) & Period==`z' &
Sector==`j', by(group_`x') unequal
display "`x'" "Period " "`z'" "Sector " "`j'" `r(p_l)'
`r(p)' `r(p_u)'
however, for some independent variables, group 10 is not available,
and I wanna use 9 instead, that is why I try to use max() instead of
specifying 10 or 9 or even 8 . Do you know how to change the code
which will ttest the first group and the last group?
Thank you so much.
Xixi Lin
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> This is likely to be wrong for several reasons.
> -min()- and -max()- in this context can only be Stata functions and
> each requires two or more arguments. This is not quite explicit in the
> help.
> Also, even when legal, statements including -min()- or -max()- will
> only evaluate within observations.
> You assume that we know what you want to do, which is not true.
> However, we can guess that you want minimum and maximum of some
> variable, in which case -summarize- first will give you r(min) and
> r(max), which you can use within -inrange()-. -summarize, meanonly- is
> sufficient if min and max are all you need.
> But, but, but: it is vacuous that any variable lies between its
> minimum and maximum, so there is no point to doing this unless the
> calculation of -summarize- refers to something different, e.g. a
> different subset or a different variable.
> Nick
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Xixi Lin <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to use inlist(var, min(var), max(var)) in a loop; however,
>> min(var) and max(var) seems to be wrong codes, does anyone know how to
>> code it in a right way?
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
* For searches and help try:
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I still think they still need to maintain a focus on upgrading the Linebackers corp. There are mobile QBs in the NFL now that can extend plays and avoid the pass rush with ease. But more importantly, you also want LBs that can stuff the run constantly so the QB is forced to pass the ball against the pass rush. It's a team defense and everyone plays an important part.
Day 1 starting OL are usually selected in the first 1-10 picks rare that their are any definite day 1 starters past 15. 10-20 is where you find your day 1 starting CB/S/pass rushing DE / all purpose DT. I have to agree with Red on this one. I am a big Eifert fan and I don't think he is good value at 19. to bad cause i really believe he would explode in our offense.
So it sounds like we are screwed. FA is the only way to get immediate change, and we don't have the money to sign top players. We could get lucky and draft a few real studs for OL and LB and DE. Oh that won't work, TC won't play rookies either. So barring major changes in coahing philosophies, I guess we stop worrying about next year and write it off. (some red ink here)
We have professional coahes and athletes. Many of the players we have written off, we havent't really seen play. We may have a few diamonds deep in our pockets that didn't play due to TC's bent toward Vets and distrust of rookies and young players. There is also a chance the coaches could analyze this years performance and decide to change their schemes and play calling.
We all know changes need to be made. I'm just not willing to get so worked up about things now. Not before the teams has even made any meaningful moves to address whats going on. Let's not hate on each other for opinions at this point. None of us really know what the hell we are talking about anyway.
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What caliber? For the .45 ACP, I presume?
I use six grains of 231 for everything from 200 to 230 grains.
It seems to be just fine, but I've never chronographed it, or tested it for pressure. It doesn't show any pressure signs in my 1911s.
(Anybody who unquestioningly uses loading data picked up from a forum posting is foolishly taking his life and safety in his own hands. The fact that the loads I've mentioned work satisfactorily in my pistols has no bearing upon how they will work in yours. Start with five grains of 231, or less, and work up to a more powerful load, testing for pressure and velocity as you go along.)


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Commercial IDP vs Suricata or Snort?
Does anyone have any practical experience the Juniper line? Are they worth a damn?
General Discussion of Incident Response topics and related certs.
The Juniper products seem to have a bunch of marketing speak and outside of maybe quicker rules updates
This gives you some level of confidence that signatures are as up-to-date as possible whereas with Snort and Suricata, you're at the mercy of the community and yourself.
mambru wrote:I don't agree that you are guaranteed to receive quicker quicker updates from a commercial solution, you can write your own rules with open solutions. Yeah, maybe you cannot equal the volume of rules produced by a whole team dedicated to that effort. Or for example, a solution like Tipping Point benefits from a program like ZDI in a way they can offer protection against 0-day vulns sooner. But how can you be sure those rules are effective enough? Once you learn what exactly the rule is proptecting you from, you may bypass it (I've done it a couple of time), so you are at the mercy of the vendor to fix/tune up those rules, while with the open solutions you can do it by yourself.
how many Fortune 500s or better are running Suricata versus Jun or Tipping.
mambru wrote:how many Fortune 500s or better are running Suricata versus Jun or Tipping.
I just don't think that commercial solutions are always better than free ones.
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It's October. There is only one thing on all of our minds: Halloween. No matter how you split it, that's what October is about. Well, it's also about playoff baseball but this isn't the site for that. If you are thinking about Halloween, and you know you are, then you are already thinking about your costume. I've seen some great costumes over the years, from all out Boba Fett get-ups, to mega-creative zombies and so on. I'm not even going to think about the amazing cosplay costumes I've seen as well.
Well, I thought about them. Thanks, Wired.
So what if you are cheap (like me) and want to get a cheap, but still geeky costume for that Halloween party that is just around the corner? Not to mention, you just don't have the time to spend on creating a mega creative and still cheap costume. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather spend $100 at the comic book store than on a costume. Plus I'm just too damn lazy and time pressed to put much effort into one. Feel the same way? Well, here are some geeky costume ideas that will save you money (and tons of effort) and still let you keep your geek cred.
10. Doctor Who. Take your pick. I'd go with either the Tom Baker Doctor, sporting a long scarf, plaid shirt, hat and jacket (all can be picked up cheap at your local Goodwill) or the David Tennant Doctor. He preferred a trench coat but could often be seen sporting dapper leather jackets and T-shirts, all of which you should already have in your closet.
9. Agent Smith. This one is perfect for guys like myself, who don't have the hair to pull off a Neo costume. The balding and angry Agent Smith is perfect, all you need is a black suit, white shirt, thin black tie and sunglasses. It's the same emo outfit you wore to all those Ska concerts!
8. Bele or Lokai. You can buy Star Trek uniforms, so they are out. So how about obscure characters from the original series? That's totally in. Episode #70 "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" featured a couple of aliens named Bele & Lokai, who were clear representations of racial problems back in the 20th century (real life.) On screen, easy costume to replicate. Black and white face paints, with grey shirt and pants. Done. Additional geek data: Bele was played by Frank Gorshin whom you may remember as The Riddler.
7. Carl Sagan. That's right. Go dressed up as one of the greatest astronomer/authors ever. He was frequently seen sporting a nice turtleneck sweater or a simple dress shirt and jacket. The important thing to remember here is the hair. A wide comb over to the left should do. Show lots of forehead and smile bright. That was Carl.
6. Silver Surfer. You may have to go to the gym with this one. Not to mention walk around naked. Tons of silver body paint and a silver banana hammock and you've got a very simple and cheap costume. If you want to paint a surfboard silver and carry it around, feel free, but those things aren't cheap.


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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Staples reported that total company sales for the first quarter of 2011 increased 2% to $6.2 billion compared with the first quarter of 2010. Net income for the first quarter of 2011 increased 5% year-over-year to $198 million, and diluted earnings per share, on a GAAP basis, increased 8% to 28 cents from 26 cents in the first quarter of 2010.
"Our first quarter results show that we're making good progress on our key growth initiatives and we're gaining share in North America, but at a cost to our bottom line," said Ron Sargent, Staples' chairman and CEO.
Staples retail division reported first-quarter sales of $2.3 billion, an increase of 1% in U.S. dollars, and down slightly in local currency compared with the first quarter of 2010. First quarter 2011 comparable-store sales decreased 1% versus the first quarter of 2010, primarily reflecting a decrease in customer traffic in the Canadian Retail business, partially offset by higher average order size.
Staples reported that international sales for the first quarter of 2011 were $1.3 billion, an increase of 4% in U.S. dollars, and a decrease of 2% in local currency compared to the first quarter of 2010.
According to Staples, its results were weaker than expected, and as such it has adopted a more conservative sales and earnings outlook. For the second quarter of 2011, the company expects sales to be flat to slightly positive compared with the same period of 2010 and expects to achieve diluted earnings per share on a U.S. GAAP basis in the range of 18 cents to 20 cents. For the full year 2011, Staples expects sales to increase in the low single-digits compared with 2010 and to achieve diluted earnings per share on a U.S. GAAP basis in the range of $1.35 to $1.45.


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I have expenditures post-stroke at one month intervals and want to predict these expenditures by number of months post stroke controlling for other covariates. For this purpose, I am using dummy variables for the number of months post stroke. For example, if I have 12 months of follow-up I'm using 11 dummies for each month up to 11 months and keeping 12th month as my ref category. Now, after fitting this OLS I want to take the mean of predicted values for each month and compare the predicted values across months. When I do that what I find is that the mean predicted values are the same as the mean observed values for each month. I just can't conceptualize why they are the same. When I stratify the predicted values by gender, I again get the same values as I would if I stratified the observed values by gender. Can someone help? ---------------------------------------------------- Puneet K Singhal, M.S. Doctoral Candidate Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Program University of Maryland Baltimore, MD-21201 Phone: 410-706-1805 Fax: 410-706-1488 ---------------------------------------------------- * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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The most frustrating thing to see as a fan, is your defense not being able to get off the field, and being able to predict the fact that they are just going to abuse our ****ty corners all night. Every passing down I thought to myself "I hope there's better safety help than the last play..." knowing that it probably didn't even matter.
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The Flying Dutch are ranked nationally among NCAA Division III women's golf teams in a pre-season poll of Golf World and the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA).
Hope is ranked 23rd in the poll. The top-ranked team is defending national champion Methodist, N.C. The MIAA has three teams ranked in the top 25 with Olivet in 11th place and Saint Mary's 13th.
Hope ended the 08-09 season ranked 25th nationally after finishing third in both the regular season MIAA standings and the MIAA's qualifying rounds for the NCAA championships.


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Music Review: The 2nd Law by Muse
Apocalypse please! Muse has managed to incorporate two of our favorite guilty pleasures, dubstep and Queen, and hacked them both to death with snappy bass lines.
Apocalypse please! Muse has managed to incorporate two of our favorite guilty pleasures, dubstep and Queen, and hacked them both to death with snappy bass lines. We're nostalgic for a simpler time, when Matt Bellamy's incredible symphonic rock ballads were all that was in their repertoire, but lately they've seemed to be straying from the good thing they've had going since their breakthrough album Absolution. There's a lot going on in Muse's fifth album, The 2nd Law, so don't feel bad if you don't get it the first time you listen.
Starting with a 007-inspired song, which in their opinion could've been the title song for Skyfall if not for that pesky Adele, "Supremacy" is quite frankly the song that pleases a Muse fan the most. It's got the soul-crushing string arrangements, thrashing guitar and all of that prog-rock goodness. Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin believes the second track on the album, "Madness," is the best Muse song ever recorded, but we don't know what he's smoking because to us it sounds like Achtung Baby remixed with some Skrillex B-sides found on the cutting room floor.
"Panic Station" has a hilarious '80s bass line that would be well suited to a sitcom (at this point we began to accept the fact that this album is more of a Queen homage than what we were expecting) and is followed by the least played but most endorsed London 2012 Olympics song, "Survival," whose lyrics should strip Bellamy of all the Best Lyricist titles he's garnered over the years. For a man whose head is usually full of technology, atheism, apocalyptic scenarios and Orwellian future, there's just something that doesn't sit right with the lyrics:
Race, it's a race But I'm gonna win Yes I'm gonna win And I will light the fuse I'll never lose
All pessimism aside, the end of the album had some pretty interesting pieces. The songs "Save Me" and "Liquid State" are the first songs sung by someone in the band other than Bellamy. Both of the tracks, penned and performed by bassist Chris Wolstenholme, tell the story of his alcoholism and subsequent sobriety. His meekly sweet voice tackles the important issue with a non-judgmental grace that was a refreshing break from the Queen stroking. The song "The 2ndlaw: Unsustainable" is likely the most remarkable track created for the album, as it was all written electronically and recorded with anything but a synth and a mixer: every sound you hear is not sampled or created, it's all performed by the band's instruments.
A mega band is changing, and for better or for worse we're going to keep tagging along for the ride. It's not that we don't like when musicians branch out and explore other genres, it's just that we really miss what they brought in their early albums. They're just not there yet with this new sound, but they'll get there.
Best Tracks: "Supremacy," "Save Me," "The 2nd Law: Unsustainable"
Skip These: "Survival," "Explorers"


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a new year's eve dinner
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So pretty and unique! I love love the clock faces. What a great idea. I pinned it.ReplyDelete
This looks fantastic! I think I just found my New Year's Eve table! Thanks so much for sharing! :)ReplyDelete
Hi there, new follower from Crazy Beautiful Life's Blog Hop. This post is inspiring me jazz it up for our new years eve party! I love your style and look forward to following. Happy New Year! SharonReplyDelete
What a gorgeous, elegant New Year's Eve table you've set! I love the clock-face plates, and the silver compost with the noisemakers in them--fun!ReplyDelete
What a Beautiful Table setting, love the clock plates!ReplyDelete
Such a clever and stunning table scape for a New Year's party! LOVE it!! I found your link at Funky Junk.ReplyDelete
I love all of your creative ideas, especially the clock face plates and the chalkboard tray on the wine bucket!ReplyDelete
I love this Fabiana! So very pretty and lovely! Happy New Year's! Angie xoReplyDelete
Everything looks gorgeous! I love all the silver and the clock faces are perfect. I'd love a glass of bubbly too. :)ReplyDelete
Everything looks Party Perfect!! Could you please post a link, to print the clock faces. Thank you so much!! I would love to recreate this look. Happy I found your blog.ReplyDeleteReplies
I just did a google search for "clock face printables". You will have a great selection to choose from. Goodluck and Happy New Year! Take some photos and post on my facebook page! I would love to see them.... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ciao-Newport-Beach-Blog/273145579396628Delete
Wow, your table is beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Debbie :)
Looks great!Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
Your New Years Eve tablescape is fabulous! Love the printable clock faces. Very creative. Thanks for sharing. Wishing you all the best in the New Year.ReplyDelete
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Your table is fabulous-you will have a super festive New Year's Eve! We are celebrating with a dessert bar, champagne and dancing at our home tonight. Just back from Christmas in London and Paris so I'm a bit behind on making my table so pretty. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Glad we have connected in blog land.
Happy 2013!! Cheers, xx Heather
Wow - your New Years looked so special. You inspired me for the next upcoming year!ReplyDelete
The entire table turned out wonderful. What a great idea with the clock faces. Thank you also for joining our Upcycling group on google+.ReplyDelete
Trés chic!! Such a good idea. Now I am sorry I gave my daughter my glass plates.ReplyDelete
Very cute! Love the plates!ReplyDelete
Love the idea! I will have to try this on new years eve in San DiegoReplyDelete
can you share what size the clear plates are you used? Are they 9 "? Thank You in advanceReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, Mary Kay. The are 9". Share some photos with me if you are planning on recreating the look. I would love to see it!Delete


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Thinking toward next year, I am getting ready to buy and assemble 40-50 medium 8 frame supers. I have used Dadant and Brushy Mt. and like both. Brushy Mt. costs a little more but does seem better.
I am going to pay the extra roughly $2 for Select instead of Commercial.
Due to price I am now deciding between Dadant and Mann Lake (the prices are $10.50 I can pickup and $10.40 shipped).
Anyone have a strong approval or disapproval? OR a recommendation of a less expensive (including shipping) but comparable quality source.


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A battle that involves at least two people, that is fought using long cardboard tubes that launch balls of fire. Using roman candle in this way can be dangerous, but over all it's worth the fun.
Holy shit dude, I got the worst burn ever in that roman candle war on saturday. Oh well, it's a cool looking battle wound.
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I got in the habit when I lived in AZ - it only took about half an hour for everything to dry there and cut down on the utility bills.
Same as Maviskw, my old top loader never did this. My expensive LG front loader does it all the time. I can not stand my new washer. I've had it 2 years and want to get rid of it so bad but just can't afford to do that.
I hang mine on the garage clothes line, then just fluff in the dryer for 10 minutes.
Sounds like my washer and dryer. I think I'll try putting the fabric in a pillowcase or mesh bag. As far as the dryer goes, I try to remember to check it about half way thru the cycle and straighten things out and then finish drying.
Wow! What a lot of problems! I was never so happy as the day my top loader died! I have a wash sink in my laundry area and I put my fabric in a tub (use a lot of those pink hopital tubs) and fill it with totally hot water and leave it for a bit. If it runs, I know it, and in any case if it is going to shrink, it will. My new front loader has a "rinse and spin" 12 minute cycle and if the fabric doesn't need treatment for bleeding then it goes into that cycle and comes out in great shape and into the (old) dryer. I've never had problems; I do bring it out when "just" dry, or even needs to hang for a bit dry. I almost never iron new fabric, and when I do it's because it was stored wrong and got too crunched. I wonder what the difference is? My front loader was expensive, but I got California rebates that took off a lot of the extra cost because it is a water and energy saver.
my wsher twists, but the dryer doesn't. so I just untwist before moving between machines.
And I always prewash...smile.
Yes! My washing machine -- a great and reliable Maytag that I've had for years -- does this with sheets or any long fabric. But this twisting into a coil seems fairly recent to me so I'm puzzled about why.
this is one of many reasons why I gave up prewashing 25 yrs ago-way too much time involved.


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Heelside Carves
First of all, I did use the search function, and I couldn't find anything related to this topic, so either I'm really bad at using it or the topic titles are really mis-guiding.
I'm having some trouble with heelside carves. I can do toeside just fine, but whenever I go heelside I find the snow keeps falling away from under my edge and I have to re catch it (if you know what I mean), which just ruins everything. It's as if my heelside edge won't dig in as efficiently as my toeside edge.
It's frustrating because I really enjoy carving and its a shame going from a powerful toeside carve into a shaky heelside.
Any thoughts?
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Female rider, groomed trails with ice underneath a small layer of snow (thanks east coast), duck stance @18.
When I started getting into intermediate skill level I had a similar problem. Toe edge carves were nice and smooth, but heel edge felt shaky.
What I noticed I was doing when I went into toe edge carves my body naturally tended to lean forward downhill through the carve keeping even weight across the board. When transitioning to heel edge I had a tendency to lean back a bit without thinking about it. This backseating would cause my board to slide out from under me through the carve which is what I think is happening to you?
After focusing on keeping even weight distribution by leaning forward a tad through the transition the problem for me disappeared.
Adding on to Snowolf's response... On heelside's, bend your knees and drive your hips towards the snow, while maintaining an upright body. Get the board high on edge. Higher edge angles have better edge hold. Try some drills where you change the angle of the board (mid-carve) solely by driving your hips uo and down, then solely by bending your ankles up and down. That works great to help you feel the relationship of each. Also, try setting your highbacks forward so your calves have something to brace against. Your heelsides should become much more powerful.
Haha, Yes, Hardboots with forward angles and an alpine deck definitely help, though the fundamentals are the same with any snowboard gear. :D That pic just demonstrates the text clearly.
Snowolf, Yes, In that pic my lower body is inclined, which helps with a high board edge angle (bite) but has the upper body upright to prevent the center of mass from being too low and overpowering the edge with lateral pressure. In great ("hero") snow conditions, extreme carving (not this pic) can also be done with the upper body straightened against the snow and in-line with the legs (no angulation), which are extended at the apex of the carve down the fall line. The difference in the "degree" of inclination you see in the conventional carving pic, I suspect, probably stems from the capability of hard vs. soft gear. Softboot riders with that much board angle usually need even more knee bend and are maxed out on angulation for the edge to hold. There are some great hardcarving softboot vids on youtube, which show this. Again though, the pic is just intended to show the relationship of inclination and angulation.
On the flipside, it is sometimes problematic to thigh- or butt-out on heelside carves that have "too" much inclination though. That's where your thigh/butt gets too low to the snow and bears enough weight to unload the board edge. You're headed for a downhill spin in that case, like a toy top. Similar (and perhaps more problematic) is for the knees to bottom out on the snow in toeside carves (all with very angulated, non-extreme carving, which uses a very different technique).
Snowolf, For the given edge angle, softboot setups typically need deeper knee bend/more angulation. Alpine deck lengths vary widely depending on the speed, intended carve radii, and conditions, from the mid 150's up, suited to the rider. No longer necessarily stiff, newer shapes and materials have made alpine decks much eaiser to carve...and more versatile and forgiving in the last 5 or so years. Deck length goes hand in hand with rider weight, sidecut, aggressiveness, speed, etc. Slalom radius decks usually start in the the 150's. GS decks commonly go to 185 or so. A rare few go to 200+. "Ice coast" freecarve decks seem to mostly range in the 160's and 170's. I'm fond of my 182, but have to rail a little harder in heavy crowds. :D
With the newer decambered nose/tail geometry, even a "long" board rides like much shorter board when skidded turns are needed because the nose and tail aren't set with a high enough edge angle to be engaged with bulk of the cambered body. When carving (using high edge angles), they are engaged, and help intitiate with hookup, guidance, and release, and provide the full running length for maximum edgehole. The "titanal" aluminum alloy now used in most high end decks also has an incredible dampening property, taking away significant chatter. The now-prevalent variable sidecut also has a dramatic impact on initiation, release, and overall variable turning radius. Of course, some models are "hold onto your @ss", rip down the fall line setups, but we've come a long way from the PJ, baby. :thumbsup:
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I actually feel more comfortable on my heel edge than my toe edge... I just want to describe how I attempt to "carve" and see if it's ok or not, since everyone seems to have different ideas (keeping in mind, that I'm still sort of intermediate).
When I switch from the toe edge to heel edge, I tend to squat low, bending my knees, and then lift the front foot, followed quickly by the back foot, not rushing the turn until I feel the heel edge bite in. I then do lean back a bit, bend my ankles upwards (pull my toes towards my shins), and push out with my knees to drive my heel edge harder into the snow.
It seems to keep speed really well, and I feel this 'push' upwards like the board.
I want to know if this is right or wrong, or if there is any way I can improve this. Although I draw a nice thin "C" across the snow, I feel like the transition turn to turn is still kinda slow. Everytime I try to speed up the turns, I end up catching an edge :(
For some reason, I can't seem to get those tight, sharp turns on my toe edge as easily. I think its that I'm not comfy leaning into toeside turns.
I miss my PJs.
Carving boards got narrow real fast after the era of the PJ and lost the versatility that those early shapes had. I was racing at the time but enjoyed laying out nipple drags more than bashing gates. So when my boards got down to 160 in the waist I hung up my Megaflexs and rode softboots from there on out.
It took years, and magnetraction, for me to get that feeling of laying a board all the way out with reckless abandon again with softboots.
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Well, I got a 2004 new to me SVT Focus 5 door. So the Tick will be more of a garaged car and tracked. So will be starting a slow full out build and interior gut out for cage and race seat.
Found this hood at the junk yard.
Requires some fiberglass work but for $23 is worth a shot to restore and repair to then paint. I got a paint gun for Christmas also to do auto body paint. Might be the first project to work on.
|I've been following this build for a long time. You've put so much work into this! very impressive! Looking forward to more updates on this guy!
I did a Google search on the vin and it looks like it had 159,494 miles on it when it hit the auction block on July 8th so motor had what I am calling 160,000 miles on it. Being that my speedometer is a bit slow still my car has 194k rounding up to 200k miles I still got a motor with less miles than the body.
Got the motor in:
But when it started the clutch would not fully disengage. I could start the motor in neutral and let it run all day. but no mater how many times I would bleed the slave cylinder it still world not shift. I could hear the clutch "slipping" when I pushed the clutch in. I was suggested that I may have put the clutch in backwards also.
So I got parts ordered for a new slave cylinder and master cylinder while I was at it. Remove the transmission and the pressure plate.
And that is what I did wrong end to the fly wheel.
Nothing to bad. I think due to the ARP hardware the springs are not that bad and the bolts are not that bad either.
Then once I got the thing all put back together it was not starting. When I started the starter would just click. Not a bad battery, double checked grounds.
I took the starter out and with clamps on the posts it started and spun fine. I hook it back into the cars electrical and it would short again. Turns out the solenoid was loose enough in the crimp housing that when the bolts were torqued down it rotated the housing just enough to push the braid against the metal housing of the starter.
Well I got a new starter anyway (life time warranty and the current one was 6.5 years old) and put some tape around the starter so in any future case it could not short against the case.
Car is running well and working on tuning from Tom. So data logs back and forth now.
It no longer stalls with the AC turns on and no more ticking noises!!!!
I am going to clean up the old block and pistons and likely try to turn it into a coffee table for our room with a glass top.
And for the build I am going to be going to the junk yard when the weather gets nicer and pulling a short block. This will be the start of the next build. The plan is so I can do a weekend motor swap once I have the new motor completely built.
I am thinking of going for NA high compression. Getting 11:1 compression pistons, 0.030" shave of the head, Stage 3/4 Crower cams, Oil pump gears (for the high RPM).
I have some time to think about it before I have $ for the pistons.
intake manifold, starter, T-Stat installed.
going to try to clean up the injectors and get them installed.
final clean up and might try to get it in the car tonight or tomorrow.
Status update...
Got a motor on Wednesday from the junk yard for $215 after taxes, warranty, and core charges. Found a 2000 Zetec motor on a automatic transmission in good condition. Things so far are checking out good, fingers crossed it will still run and fire up good.
the timing belt and pulleys were all shot so replaced those with items off my motor. So timing belt and pulleys replaced. along with transferring the water pump.
put on additional brackets yesterday.
This morning put on the alternator and mounted up the transmission. Always the hardest job for a 1 person effort.
have some odds and ends to clean up and work on before I put the motor in the car.
Fluids should be here on Monday. hope to have it ready to fire up on Monday with fingers crossed.
as a note I did already swap the crank position sensor with my manual sensor also.
motor and transmission out.
parts are all in the basement. garage is now cleaned up and will be ready for a motor from the junk yard.
|That would be sick! I think it would kinda ruin the handling though haha. From memory, there are kits out there to toss a V8 in a Focus, and I'm pretty sure a kit without the engine is like 20 grand, so if you're looking for opinions, I would probably either just keep the rods, try and find one new one, or just buy a new set. ~$400 to me seems a lot easier to swallow. But that's just my .02 cents :)
|thanks... depending on if I feel like it's safe to use the rods again I am questioning how much the financial difference would be in doing a V8 5.0L 302 swap...
|Dang man, that's no fun to find those kinds of issues. Hopefully the next go goes a lot better!
|thanks. going to get a whole motor and a block. put the motor in the car so I can still DD it while I get the funds to build the motor back up.
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