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Dave Good 7 p.m., May 24
United States President Barack Obama is in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, meeting with world leaders during a G-20 summit. A large portion of the meetings are dedicated to discussing the European fiscal crisis and the future of Greece.
Press members attending the meeting soon noticed no Secret Service agents were staying in their hotels. Agents were allegedly sent emails before the trip to tell them to be on their best behavior. Agents were also told to attend mandatory training courses for a new set of guidelines during trips.
In April, Secret Service agents were involved in an incident with prostitutes while in Cartagena, Colombia. Since the incident, at least 12 agents have left their positions or have been reprimanded. The incident in Colombia has revealed a plethora of accusations including Secret Service agents abroad.
President Obama is expected to finish up with meetings and leave Mexico today, June 19th.

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SAC Capital Ex-Manager Will Plead Guilty Today in Insider Probe, U.S. Says
Former SAC Capital Advisors LP manager Donald Longueuil, joining other defendants who have admitted wrongdoing in a nationwide insider-trading probe, will plead guilty to federal charges, a U.S. prosecutor said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Leibowitz told U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan that Longueuil would enter a guilty plea today. The statement came during a hearing yesterday on whether to separate Longueuil's case from co-defendant Winifred Jiau, a former hedge fund consultant for Primary Global Research LLC.
Longueuil, a former junior portfolio manager at SAC, and Jiau were accused of conspiring to commit securities and wire fraud from 2006 to 2010. They pleaded not guilty, rejecting U.S. allegations that nonpublic information Longueuil allegedly received was from an insider at Marvell Technology Group Ltd. or Nvidia Corp., or that Jiau received inside information.
The prosecutor's statement came a few hours after he told Rakoff that Don Ching Trang Chu, a colleague of Jiau's at Primary Global, was also in plea talks with the government. In the past week, ex-Galleon Group LLC trader Craig Drimal and lawyer Jason Goldfarb also have pleaded guilty to insider- trading charges as part of the related investigation.
The defendants are among about three dozen people charged in what prosecutors said was a series of insider-trading rings tied to Galleon and the indictment of the hedge fund's co- founder, Raj Rajaratnam. Longueuil, Jiau and Chu were part of the third ring, the government said, involving the use of so- called expert networking firms that employed technology company insiders to provide nonpublic information to hedge fund clients.
Raj Rajaratnam
Rajaratnam, 53, gained $63.8 million from tips leaked by corporate insiders and hedge-fund traders about stocks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), Intel Corp. and Clearwire Corp., the U.S. alleged. Rajaratnam, who said he based the trades on research, faces as long as 20 years in prison if convicted of the most serious counts. The jury in his case completed its third day of deliberations yesterday.
At yesterday's hearing in the Jiau case, Rakoff asked prosecutors if "Longueuil is pleading guilty tomorrow?"
"Your honor is correct, he is changing his plea," Leibowitz said.
Craig Carpenito, a lawyer for Longueuil, didn't return a voice-mail message left at his office yesterday.
Passing Information
Jiau is accused of passing inside information to an unidentified hedge-fund portfolio manager and to Noah Freeman, who was an SAC Capital portfolio manager based in Boston.
Joanna Hendon, a lawyer for Jiau, declined to comment.
Longueuil, who worked in SAC Capital's CR Intrinsic unit in New York from July 2008 to July 2010, gave information to Freeman, who, in exchange, passed material non-public information to Longueuil that he had obtained from sources including Jiau, according to prosecutors.
"Longueuil communicated regularly with Freeman" and the unidentified co-conspirator "to share the material nonpublic information each learned from his respective sources," according to the indictment. "These communications occurred over the telephone, as well as through e-mails and instant message communications."
Prosecutors alleged that in addition to Freeman, Longueuil got inside information from unidentified public company employees and "independent research consultants."
Twenty Years
Longueuil would face as long as 20 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charge against him.
Charges against Longueuil were initially filed by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in February when the office also announced insider-trading cases against Freeman, Samir Barai, the founder of Barai Capital Management, and Jason Pflaum, who worked for Barai. Pflaum pleaded guilty in December as part of a cooperation deal. Freeman pleaded guilty Feb. 7.
The charges are connected to earlier arrests of eight employees or consultants at Primary Global Research, a Mountain View, California-based expert-networking firm that links investors with industry experts who work for public companies.
Prosecutors said that after Longueuil read a news report on Nov. 19 about the government's insider-trading probe, he went to his office at about 2 a.m. and took pliers to two external drives on his computer, destroying them. He then walked for 20 blocks, dumping the parts in four separate garbage trucks, prosecutors said.
"Chopped it up, chopped up everything," Longueuil wrote in a text to Freeman, according to the criminal complaint.
SAC Capital, based in Stamford, Connecticut, has said it cooperated with the U.S. investigation.
The case is U.S. v. Jiau, 11-cr-00161, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
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Art and Science Meet in the Name of Wonder at NYU
For nearly 12 hours on Saturday, the stage of the Cantor Film Center at New York University will be populated by neurobiologists, perfume critics, photographers and musicians who are participating in Lawrence Weschler's "Springtime Wonder Cabinet."
The day of talks and performances will be all about wonder, which to Weschler, is about pillows of air: "It's occasions of marvel, where you've got a pillow of air lodged in your throat and you realize you haven't breathed for 10 seconds."
The "Springtime Wonder Cabinet," which has been held two times in the past, is Weschler's brainchild. It's meant to blur the boundaries between art and science, and to co-mingle the two subjects just as they were back in the sixteenth century. Weschler is an author and the director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at N.Y.U.
Saturday's program includes a presentation from artist Barbara Hodgson, who will present her latest work, "WunderCabinet," a specialty book that is also a type of wonder cabinet—that's a historical term for a collection of artifacts—with drawers containing shells, feathers and other palm-sized pieces meant to inspire wonder.
"The way most of us are educated, you take science or you take art and you're not encouraged to join the two," Hodgson said. "But as soon as somebody really explores either world in depth it's impossible to separate science and art."
The "Springtime Wonder Cabinet" begins at 10:45 A.M. at the Cantor Film Center at 36 East 8th Street and wraps up at 9:30 P.M. The event is free and open to the public. Click below to see some of what to expect.
A still from Australian filmmaker Daniel Crooks' short "Static No.12 (seek stillness in movement)."


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1 Oct 2010
On a couple of good ideas and a lot of pain
I really like what they are doing with the seasonal beers. They started a few years ago with Starobrno's Zelené Pivo (which, by the way, seems to be turning greener and worse with every year) sold at Easter. Last year they got serious with it when they presented Dožinkové Pivo, a pretty decent wheat beer brewed in Austria by Krušovice's brew master and sold at the end of Augusto, and a Christmas special. This year all of them have been joined by Svatojanské Speciál and Svatovacklávské Dopplebock, both brewed at Velké Březno, like the Christmas one. The former is a 13º Polotmavé brewed for Midsummer day and the latter and, at the moment, newest, was presented earlier this week for St. Wenceslas day and it's a lager of 21º Plato that has matured for 100 days and that, although I still haven't tasted, I have strong reasons to believe is that really good Březňák Dopple-dopple bock that used to be brewed for the German market.
Another one that has got on the seasonal thing is K Brewery.
According to what Zdeněk Radil, the company's CEO, said at a recent interview for E15, KBG has already finished tuning up all their seven breweries and now wants to focus on using the available capacity they have. He also added that he sees the segment of speciály (beers with at least 13º Plato) as very dynamic and with a lot of potential for growth.
And fitting into that category, and just like Heineken, KBG has decided this year to brew their own beer in honour of the Czech Patron. Their Svatováclavské, though, is a 13º Wheat beer (it reminded me a bit to Schneider Weisse, but I wasn't paying too much attention yesterday when I drank it, so don't take my word for it). Besides being quite good, this pšenka confirms what I had been told at the press conference earlier this year about the company's interest in top fermented brews.
Together with other seasonal specials that are in the pipeline, KBG's Svatovaclávské is part of a new project of the company called Cesta pivních znalců, which is obviously influenced by the "čtvrtá pipa" phenomenon that has so much benefited tem. As the press release says, around 200 pubs from all over the country will offer their clients, besides their regular beers, the possibility of tasting a different beer every two weeks.
Clever people, in both companies.
The ones who have not been acting very cleverly recently are the folks at Prazdroj.
Beer production in the Czech Rep. is in decline. It is estimated that this year the fall could be of up to 12%. However, at the same time Bernard, Svijany and K Brewery are having record years with respective growths that could reach 20%! So basically, it is the big boys who are suffering the most, and among them, nobody seems to be hurting more than Plzeňský Prazdroj, who this year are having one PR blunder after another.
First it was the accusations against Kout na Šumavě, then the fines against restaurant owners who had decided to switch suppliers. To be fair, though, it could be said that Prazdroj is technically right in both cases, but they are still damaging the image of the company. To this we should add the incredibly clumsy campaign in response to the "tetrahopgate", which not only backfired but also has has had some pretty interesting repercussions. Because of it several brewers have left the Czech Brewers and Maltsers Association and some have also accused the organisation of having become a tool of the multinationals, among other things.
And if all that wasn't enough, now the giant from Pilsen has returned to the courts, this time against K Brewery, with a case that is flimsier than the one against Kout.
The other day Mike left a comment linking to a piece published in a local newspaper. According to the plaintiff, "Prima", a brand brewed by KBG at Pivovar Uherský Brod, and its image are way too similar to "Primus" one of Prazdroj's cheap brads that has been getting some significant advertising lately.
The article implies that Prazdroj has declared K Brewery as their enemy no. 1. Not only it seems the company property of SAB-Miller can't get over the fact that some of the management of KBG are their former staff, but also that they are also fuming because the group of regionals is slowly, but successfully, pushing Gambrinus out of many pubs.
So far Prazdroj has been unsuccessful, both a Municipal and an Appeals court have rejected their case, ruling that neither the names, nor the labels are similar enough to confuse the consumer (to which I should add that both beers are sold in different looking bottles). The giant has not given up, though, and have appealed to a higher court that will deal with the case in the following weeks.
I understand that for the suits and accountants who run the Czech SAB-Miller subsidiary loosing market share is something unacceptable, but even if we said they are right in their complaints, the image they are giving is that of arrogance, desperation and, to a certain extent, of a company that can not accept the realities of a free market economy.
So, this is how on the one hand, we have a couple of companies that are trying to adapt to new trends by offering new and varied products and on the other, a company that is trying to annoy everyone else.
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Is the KBG Svatováclavské the same one that they've had on tap at Minirest next to Masarykovo nádraží this week? Is it known exactly where it's brewed?ReplyDelete
And talking of the pšenky, the 13ka I had at Království a few days ago was very tasty...
The beer is brewed at Černá Hora, so it is likely that it was the same you had a Království (man, I haven't been to that place for ages, must correct that!).ReplyDelete
Don't know about the other place, though, but it's possible because I know they have Velen as one of their regular beers.
Well when I was at Minirest Velen was crossed out and they were advertising 'Svatováclavský pšeničný speciál' at the bar, without specifying the brewery. And I didn't bother to ask at the time. And Minirest does Rychtář, which, like Černá Hora, also belongs to KGB, so I was wondering if it was the same beer as in Království.ReplyDelete
And as for Království. My girlfriend and I have been there twice in the last week; our new flat is 5 mins. walk away. I think it might become one of our locals. I'd forgotten what great service it is there; very friendly and the staff went out of their way to offer us the pšenka, which tasted very fresh (noticeably more so than at Minirest). You could almost cut it with a knife...


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Glaxo Executive Unable to Leave China Amid ProbeBloomberg News
GlaxoSmithKline Plc's finance chief in China is unable to leave the country as local authorities investigate allegations of economic crimes at the maker of the world's top-selling drug.
The travel restriction was imposed at the end of June, Simon Steel, a Glaxo spokesman in London, said yesterday by phone. Steve Nechelput, the executive, hasn't been questioned or arrested and isn't being detained, he said. The British embassy is providing the British national with consular assistance, John Gallagher, a Beijing-based spokesman, said by phone.
Glaxo has had four of its senior executives detained amid an investigation involving 3 billion yuan ($489 million) of spurious travel and meeting expenses, and trade in sexual favors, China's Public Security Ministry said July 15. Mark Reilly, who has led the London-based company's business in China since 2009, left the country on June 27 after his colleagues were detained, the ministry said.
"This could be the government killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, using the GSK case to send a signal to pharmaceutical companies to say 'maybe it's time to stop this type of practices,'" said Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and author of the book, Governing Health in Contemporary China. "This case just represents the tip of the iceberg."
Routine Trip
Reilly returned to the U.K. on a routine, planned business trip and has been working from Glaxo's headquarters on the response to the probe, a person with knowledge of the matter said July 15. The person, who asked not to be identified because he wasn't authorized to speak on the subject, declined to say when or whether Reilly will return to China.
The company hired Ernst & Young LLP to conduct an independent audit, the Financial Times reported. Terence Ng, a Hong Kong-based media relations manager at the auditor, declined to comment on the report.
Glaxo faces a review from the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Susan Givens, a spokeswoman for the fraud office, said she couldn't confirm or deny the report. Garry Daniels, a Singapore-based spokesman at Glaxo, declined to comment today.
CEO Role
Separately, Glaxo said Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty will step down from his role as non-executive director at the U.K. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The decision isn't related to the probe in China, the company said yesterday.
"Andrew's three-year term at BIS is due to finish at the end of 2013, so as always planned he will be stepping down at that point," Glaxo said.
State broadcaster China Central Television aired a prime-time segment on July 16 detailing how executives at the U.K.'s largest drugmaker used a travel agency to funnel bribes to government officials.
The CCTV report featured Liang Hong, operations manager for Glaxo China, explaining how executives passed bribes to drug regulators, pricing officials at the National Development and Reform Commission and hospital officials. Liang is among the four Glaxo executives in police custody, CCTV reported.
The allegations are "shameful" and would be a breach of internal systems and values, Glaxo said in a statement.
Chinese Crackdown
Efforts to clean up the nation's $350 billion health-care industry have gained prominence since police said last month they were investigating Glaxo for suspected economic crimes. Yesterday, the China Food and Drug Administration said it will "severely crack down" on fake medications, forged documents and bribery.
China's drugs regulator will conduct a crackdown from July to December, Yan Jiangying, a spokeswoman for the agency, told reporters at a briefing in Beijing yesterday.
Recent investigations have so far implicated Glaxo, though other foreign companies may also be involved, Gao Feng, head of the economic crimes investigations unit of China's Public Security Ministry, told reporters at a July 15 briefing.
Glaxo makes the asthma treatment Seretide, the world's top-selling drug last year, according to IMS Health Inc.
At least four multinational drugmakers are facing probes by local anti-corruption units in China, according to Wendy Wysong, the head of anti-corruption practice in the Asia-Pacific region at law firm Clifford Chance. No other foreign drug company apart from Glaxo has been named so far by Chinese authorities in connection with the investigation.
Other Drugmakers
Novartis AG, Europe's biggest drugmaker by sales, hasn't been contacted by Chinese authorities with regards to the bribery probe, Joe Jimenez, the Basel, Switzerland-based drugmaker's chief executive officer, said on an earnings call with reporters yesterday.
AstraZeneca Plc, the biggest U.K. drugmaker after Glaxo, said in its 2012 annual report that it is investigating indications of inappropriate conduct in countries that include China. The company has no update yet, Esra Erkal-Paler, a spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.
Sanofi, France's biggest drugmaker, declined to comment on questions from Bloomberg News about whether it's had any contact with China's government in relation to bribery probes, or whether the investigation could have any implications for its business in China.
No Approach
Bayer AG spokesman Guenter Forneck said the company hasn't been approached in China by the authorities in connection with any misconduct, and declined to comment on the Glaxo situation.
Merck & Co., the second-biggest U.S. drugmaker, hasn't been contacted by the Ministry of Public Security, spokeswoman Kelley Dougherty said.
The focus on corruption coincides with the government's objective to improve access to health care, lower drug prices and improve public hospitals, said Huang at the Council on Foreign Relations.
China's top economic planning agency is investigating the costs and prices of drugmakers including Glaxo, Merck, Novartis and Baxter International Inc. to improve the pricing system for medicines. The National Development and Reform Commission will examine 27 companies for costs and 33 for pricing, according to a July 2 statement.
"No non-Chinese company, in pharmaceuticals or any other field, should be gloating," said Erik Gordon, a business and law professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, in an e-mailed statement. "What they should be learning is that they could be next if they fail to keep China happy."
— With assistance by Allison Connolly, and Natasha Khan


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Fret End Dress (maple/finished fingerboard) - $35
Fret Level & Crown (non-maple fingerboard) - $100
Fret Level & Crown (maple/finished fingerboard) - $120
Refret unbound non-maple fingerboard - $220
Refret bound non-maple fingerboard - $250
Refret maple/finished unbound fingerboard, no sanding - $240
Refret maple/finished unbound fingerboard, sanding, matte/semi-gloss refinish - $275
Refret maple/finished unbound fingerboard, sanding, full mirror gloss refinish - $350
Refret maple/finished bound fingerboard - add $50
NOTE: For EVO frets, add $40.
~ (all refrets include a full level & crown & polish) ~
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Electronics Wiring - $35 (typical - can be higher)
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Custom routing, drilling, gluing and tweaking of both bodies and necks - email or call to discuss.
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Electric guitars and basses typically have a wide latitude of adjustments - truss rod, bridge, string saddles, bolt on neck tweaking, and perhaps the nut. Setups can run higher in price for special guitar considerations such as "weird" unorthodox bridges, 12 strings, B-benders, multi necks, etc.
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"Partscaster" instrument assembly typically includes joining the neck and body, installing tuners and string trees, pickugard/pickup installation, bridge and tailpiece - all based on hardware costs, work time and complexity. Intstalling and fitting a nut is a separate assembly function, as is pickup and electronics wiring. Body wood routing for pickups, controls, internal battery, PCB board, etc. all require an additional charge, also based on work time and complexity. NOTE: there is a minimum $20 added surcharge for any electronics work on hollow and semi-hollow instruments!
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Pickup installation/removal, electronics rewiring, changing pots, switches, jacks, custom wiring, etc., are priced based on hardware costs, work time and complexity. Body wood routing for pickups, controls, internal battery, PCB board, etc. all require an additional charge, also based on work time and complexity. NOTE: there is a minimum $20 added surcharge for any electronics work on hollow and semi-hollow instruments!
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Installed, cut and set up to the string gauge of your choice. Saddle material choices are either ivory/amber vintage bone or black African water buffalo horn.
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Fret Level & Crown - If the fret divots and flat spots are deeper than 30% the height of the original crown height, it's really time for a refret. There are different schools of thought and action regarding fret wear. If the wear doesn't bother playability or action or tone, some folks just leave well enuf alone and wait 'til the frets become an issue, and typically that's the time for a refret. Others prefer to get one or two L&C's done before a refret is required in order to keep the playability and action consistent (as the frets really wear down, the only compensation is to raise the action to help kill the buzzing). Just some things to consider.
Refret - All refrets include a level and crown and high fret polish. If the fingerboard is maple, and you wish the board to be sanded level, you'll have a choice of leaving the board raw (no charge), tung oiled, or refinished. I specialize in refretting unbound maple fingerboards without the need to refinish.
Frets can be of most any crown dimension you prefer and I carry a wide assortment of sizes in stock. I only use 18% German nickel silver hard frets. As with most techs and luthiers, I won't work on stainless steel frets - when proper tools for handling stainless steel becomes available, I'll offer to work with them, but so far no tool manufacturer is offering luthier cutters, files and abrasives that will work properly and have a decent life span with stainless steel.
If the new frets have crowns that are higher than the original new frets, a new nut will probably be needed since the current nut slots will be too low for the new frets. I only use either vintage unbleached cow bone or African water buffalo horn nut materials, installed with the string gauge of your choice. If the neck in question is a bolt on, but not licensed Fender neck, I'll need the entire guitar in order to install a new nut.
If the guitar has a bolt-on neck licensed Fender neck, I don't need the entire guitar to do a refret, just the neck. If you send off the entire guitar, it'll get setup with new strings, all at no charge.
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I offer hand rubbed and buffed Min-Wax Wipe On polyU sealer finish for unfinished necks and bodies, over unfilled natural or stained raw wood. These are very *thin* coats - each separated by a light buffing. This produces a satin or near semi-gloss finish. No "mirror" hi-gloss finishes, no solid color opaque finishes. NO NITROCELLULOSE FINISHES. I don't fill the wood grain - close grained woods such as alder and maple are typically not affected, open grained woods such as ash, korina and mahogany show the grain "pin holes" when looked close or at an angle in good light. IMO, a light and durable finish allows the wood to better vibrate and keeps from building up a thick, heavy, dull, sonic killing finish "overcoat". These simple finishes are durable and it's easy to repair the inevitable scratches and dings that all guitars acquire - simply re-apply some clear (even clear nail polish works well) to the scratch or ding. I do not advocate applying any "protection" over the finish - no waxes or resin agents - this will only make repairs tough to complete. Clean with a slightly damp rag - for real stubborn dirt, use a bit of naphtha (lighter fluid) on a paper towel. You can always have your guitar wood finished elsewhere and shipped to me for assembly.
Neck, stained and clear coated, semi-satin - $50/non-maple fingerboard, $70/maple fingerboard.
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I have a 2010 Tundra Crew Max. I would change the dash layout and a little nicer interior. Its actually my wifes. She got rid of her Mercedes ML and bought that. We haven't had a single problem with it yet. It has 17,000 miles on it now. I used to buy GM trucks for my company but I haven't had one make it past 10,000 miles without them having to be towed to the shop. All new company trucks are Toyota. Much more reliable based on my experience.
I'm just holding out hope that Subaru will come out with a 5.0+ liter boxer V8. It'd be AWESOME! Hands down, it'd be the best truck money could buy.
kurthaudio:there was never a problem with the transmission...where are you getting your facts from?????? the "engine" only had a problem with a batch of camshafts that were made out of bad metal. the problem was immediately recognised by Toyota and fixed, not to mention it was all of about three to four hundred trucks that where a problem! The chassis is FAR superior to anything else in the half ton segment. a lot of people watch that video on you tube where they show trucks driving over a rode with large bumps and and large potholes. They see the tundras bed wobble and assume that, that is bad........again do a little research........ every heavy duty truck on the market employs the same type of frame used in the tundra. The frame is designed for work, towing , and hauling. Not to go over a set up road in a test video designed by ford... Do the people on this forum actually read motor trend?????"Do the people on this forum actually read motor trend?????"actually the same can be asked of you since this years TOTY states that the new silverado HD uses a fully boxed frame design that completely blows the old C channel HD out of the water and matching or Exceeding the C channel Super Duty. so the whole C channel frame "especially when done with half ton thick steel..." is really just a myth.
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kurthaudio:I am a contractor in southeast Wisconsin. I tow a 12,000 lb trailer with my tundra. I have been in the trades for 17 years and have never seen a road that even slightly resembles the one in the video. Cheap manufacturing? can you tell me ware you got that little piece of fact? Ok, I am officially done arguing this point. People are going to believe whatever they want.um, arn't there laws against overloading a vehicle like that?
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kurthaudio:Thed,Because I only have a couple of posts on this forum I shouldn't be aloud to give my opinion or try to educate some people about this so called "japanese" truck. My intention wasn't to make the wrong first impression with anyone, but this is a forum hosted buy motor trend, right?I did not deny you any right to post in ANY thread, and I am not trying to discriminate you because of your post count. And if you did feel like I was trying to call you out, I'm sorry. It's just a general trend that people that just start out on this forum go down into the depths of time to threads that we forgot even existed. I hope you become a regular poster, I really do. The more the merrier! But this whole bankruptcy, big loans, and bailout crap was kind of put to rest a long time ago. It's kind of like everyone agreed to disagree. So can we please do the same? And let's not forget what this thread was intended for, discussing what we think should be done for the 2014 Tundra. The poster even said he didn't want it to turn into a D3 against Toyota thread. So please, stop doing the comparos. If you want to start comparing trucks, there are older threads that do so and I invite you to make one for yourself if you want to (but starting a thread like that would be very unwise). My best advice to is to watch what you say, there are A LOT of HUGE domestic fanboys here.
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kurthaudio:Thed,You missed the point entirely! the Tundra is more American than the F-150, look it up!!!! Rust? that's a new one to me. I live in south east Wisconsin with plenty ol snow and salt. My 07 tundra with 168,000 trouble free miles doesn't have a spot of rust on it. In fact I've never seen a new body tundra with any rust. Why do you think the more "ridged" a chassis is, the better? could it be because that's what the f-150 commercials want you to think? Do you have any idea of how the chassis in the tundra is designed? To me it's a shame that this truck might be discontinued. It is the closest thing to an American truck we Americans can buy. It put the big three on notice when it came out 4 model years ago. I really hope it makes it to see a redesign where it will once again sit on top of the hill. All ford, Chevy, and dodge have to do is start building their trucks here. Stop buying so many parts from the chines and they to would be American trucks. People need to get past the badge on the nose of a truck it doesn't always represent what they think it does!And was this for me of jdlinder1?
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impalastreetracer17:i would like to see toyota give up... thier truck is pretty much a joke in the group. one thing asians cannot do is come up with a superior truck. They have talked about taking their losses and leaving the full size truck market. which would be a smart moveGood thing they build FAR superior small trucks.The Toyota Tacoma and Nissan Frontier are the only small trucks worth buying in the states.In ROW markets, the Hilux is king. It's probably the best truck ever made.
Mustang_Fanatic:They shouldn't even bother. The American trucks got the segment locked down. Especially the F-150.Is that like saying the American cars shouldn't bother, since Toyota/Honda have the compact to full size family cars segment locked down?
Mustang_Fanatic:They shouldn't even bother. The American trucks got the segment locked down. Especially the F-150.Glenicus Benicus:Is that like saying the American cars shouldn't bother, since Toyota/Honda have the compact to full size family cars segment locked down?Good one!
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Just throwin' this out there.....bought a new 2012 Toyota Tundra Double Cab Long Bed for work...the specs. quote 97.6" inside "lenght" dimensions of bed when actually with the gate closed the clearance is 95.5". "CAN'T PUT 8' MATERIALS IN IT AND CLOSE THE GATE"...had I known I would have never purchased this truck for work. I think Toyota should stay out of the "WORK TRUCK" business if they can't get it right. A costly mistake.
necromancy!either way I would imagine the Tundra may be sitting on Toyota's chopping block or heavily re-engineered..
It should get Lambo doors and a heavy metal flake in green paint. Maybe beef up the diameters of the wheels to stock 25"ers. Cool.
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G-Street:Beat me to it, ATV. Good catch.atv:When GM switched their HD trucks to a fully boxed frame, they were able to increase strength by a significant amount without much weight gain. When Ford switches the SD to a boxed frame, they are expected to retain the strength they already have and drop around 700lb of weight. It's clearly the better way to go.i don't think a boxed frame will make the Super duty loose weight XD a smaller everything will do that more then anything. but seriously the SD has a lot of room to downsize without problem. those things are almost to big... or they could just go back to the older "and still used by GM and Dodge" method of putting a heavy duty frame under a 1/2 ton body.as for on topic. I still say smaller, better looking, and more fuel efficient. that goes fro the Tacoma to, except Tacoma looks good. a compact truck should NOT be getting 19 out of a V6...
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First Tundra needs to get Super Duty or Heavy Duty kind of truck and shrink the regular duty. The same goes for the D3 I mean 1/2 ton trucks are getting quite big and a pain to find a parking spot in some shopping centers. Second they need to improve their FE numbers, even my tacomas is getting worst FE than modern F-150 and the new Ram.


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Don't get too excited; The Nation's Jeremy Scahill's scathing criticism comes as part of an argument yesterday on MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes over a lack of critical analysis of Barack Obama's record from the Left. Scahill expressed disgust over the "jingoism" in the ongoing "football spik[ing]" over the Osama bin Laden raid during the convention, and MSNBC's utter lack of critical analysis of it. The Daily Beast's Michelle Goldberg claims that it would have been "political malpractice" to have left that topic out of the convention, but she misses the point of Scahill's complaint. It's directed at the media, not the convention, although he does have some pointed words for the revisionism on the Iraq War from John Kerry and Joe Biden:
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No doubt about it. The officiating was terrible, continuing a trend that has plagued this NCAA tournament. Forty-nine fouls - 27 vs. Syracuse - were called by the crew of John Higgins, Michael Nance and Thomas O'Neill, making them, rather than the Orange and Ohio State Buckeye players, the focal point. (Can't help it, but Marv Levy's marvelous "You over-officious jerk" line kept popping into my head while watching this Elite Eight contest quickly devolve into a foul-fest.)
That said, the overzealous whistle-blowers weren't the main reasons SU's season ended one game shy of a fifth Final Four with a 77-70 loss Saturday night. Even Jim Boeheim, who was nailed with his first technical in three seasons for straying too far from the bench, said as much, citing his team's offensive inconsistency and the play of future NBA lottery pick Jared Sullinger as more important factors.
While losing for just the third time in 37 games, Syracuse blew at least seven layups and committed several unforced turnovers during crunch time. Before this contest, I wrote the Orangemen would go as far as Dion Waiters carried them and that senior forward Kris Joseph would need to step up big-time against the Buckeyes. I also wrote that this might be the matchup where the inside of their Fab-u-less zone defense was exposed.
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Joseph, meanwhile, continued his slide, scoring 10 points on four-of-11 shooting. The player who participated in more wins than any player in SU history (119) played passively much of the night and unfortunately ended his career with a whimper.
SU's offensive inconsistencies were evident during the first half. The Orange failed to take full advantage of Sullinger being anchored to the bench with foul trouble for 13 minutes. This was a time when Syracuse should have made hay, not to mention shots. Instead, the Orange converted just 10-of-28 field goal attempts and the Buckeyes were able to go into the locker room with a 29-29 tie instead of a deficit.
With Sullinger back out there for almost the entire second half Ohio State was a different team. Baye Keita, who impressed with 11 rebounds and four blocks, did his best against the Buckeyes' 6-foot-9, 280-pound wide body. But Sullinger, who eschewed the NBA draft after last season, was too much to handle. He finished with 19 points and seven rebounds, and created numerous scoring opportunities for his teammates because SU was forced to commit two players to pay constant attention to him.
To their credit, the Orangemen continued to battle, spurred on by junior guard Brandon Triche, who finished with 15 points - all in the second half.
But SU's comeback ran out of gas, and the Buckeyes iced the win with 13-of-14 free throws in the final 68 seconds.
Unlike his senior teammate, Scoop Jardine finished his career strongly, scoring 14 points and handing out six assists to earn All-Region honors. Like several of his teammates, he couldn't contain the tears afterward. His on-court decision-making may have caused consternation at times, but I thought he was one of the best leaders in SU hoops history. He set a positive, selfless tone. He was a young man who truly benefitted from his college experience, maturing tremendously along the way while earning his degree.
The mantle of leadership now falls on senior-to-be Triche. He is a gifted player whom I believe is ready to have a monster senior season. This will be his team to guide, and, hopefully, he's learned from the examples that Scoop and Joseph set.
Triche will be leading a team that will have a dramatically different look, with Jardine, Joseph, Waiters and suspended center Fab Melo gone. But the Orange won't lack for talent. Michael Carter-Williams, who showed flashes as a freshman, will man the point. A McDonald's All-American, he is more talented than Scoop, but you're going to have to live with the growing pains and the turnovers as he learns to run the offense. Triche will take some of the burden off him. C.J. Fair and James Southerland have the inside track at forward, and Keita and Christmas may split time at center. (Advice to Keita: Spend a little more time in the cafeteria and weight room.)
Trevor Cooney, red-shirted as a freshman this season, will give the Orange a legitimate outside shooting threat. He's been called a taller version of Gerry McNamara. He can light it up.
And look for DaJuan Coleman from nearby Jamesville-DeWitt to push for a starting job as a freshman. Rebounding is a huge problem for SU and Coleman, a 6-foot-10, 280-pound forward, can help prevent the Orange from being pushed around on the boards. The fact he's been compared to a young Sullinger is cause for excitement.
The question will be how well these players mesh. Again, much of that will depend on Triche and upperclassmen like Fair, Southerland and Keita. They will set the tone.
It's unlikely, though, they will have the chemistry that this year's team had. The wounds of their loss to Ohio State are still fresh and it will take time for them and for SU fans to fully appreciate their achievements - which include a 17-1 Big East regular-season record, a No. 1 ranking for several weeks and an amazing 34-3 final record.
Of course, this season also will be remembered not only for the wins, but for the tumult. There's never been a more insane hoops campaign at SU than this one. Starting with the child sexual molestation allegations back in November against fired assistant coach Bernie Fine, through Melo's two suspensions, the defamation of character suit against Boeheim by Fine's accusers and the Yahoo! story about Syracuse players from the past violating the school's drug policies, it's been one sordid drama after another.
And, still, somehow this team managed to keep its focus on basketball. The Orangemen played smothering defense, were unselfish and careful with the ball on offense and they genuinely seemed to care for one another.
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I have one hive that needs to build up, but they will not take sugar water. The other hives drink up. I wonder why?
I have one hive that needs to build up, but they will not take sugar water. The other hives drink up. I wonder why?
I'm in a much different part of the country, but the one hive I had during the fall that didn't take sugar water turned out to be queenless. You might want to check for a queen, or a sign of a queen (eggs).
Try some apple cider vinegar in the syrup, just a splash to give it some odor. Sometimes bees can't figure out that the odorless syrup is food for some reason. I had a hive like that last year, and was getting concerned since it was getting onto October they didn't have adequate stores but still ignored the syrup.
I added some apple cider vinegar, and they slurped up 9 gallons in a week....
You can also use Honey Bee Healthy or just a tiny bit of lemon grass oil, which should do the same thing. They appear to need an odor clue.
If they are queenless, you will need to fix that, too.
What kind of feeder are you using? If there's feed available (and there isn't natural forage), they should be using it if it's there and accessible.
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Not taking syrup is a classic sign of Nosema C.
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I feel your pain....
I'm battling the exact same problem. Started with 2 Nucs in mid January and was feeding them with an open feeder. About 2 weeks ago I moved them to their hive boxes and started feeding via internal feeders. One hive is slamming the Sugar water, probably at the rate of a quart every 2 days. The other basically hasn't touched it.
I have all the same fears mentioned here, plan on going in to check as soon as I get a decent day of weather. Today may be doable, but it's not looking real good.
I do like the flavor suggestion so I'll try adding a little lemon grass oil today....Almost seems like that would be too good to be true. A guy can hope!
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Photojournalist Jake Lyell arrived in Nepal three days after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck April 25 and accompanied ChildFund's emergency relief team as they delivered supplies to devastated communities. Here is his personal experience of this humanitarian crisis. You can see more of his photos here.
Parts of Nepal are devastated. I say parts because I expected my plane to land in a rubble-piled wasteland; it didn't. There was a runway, an immigration officer and a functioning baggage carousel.
Kathmandu's ancient temples, however, are in ruins. Many multi-storied buildings have toppled down. But the capital city, still in shock, manages to keep pace at least somewhat. I still have the bandwidth to create this blog post, after all.
Upon exiting the Kathmandu valley, things become steadily worse. To the northeast, in Sindhupalchowk District, despite being further away from the epicenter of the earthquake, homes have been flattened. People sit in uncertainty by the side of the highway, while others comb through the wreckage of their former dwellings, searching for food or possessions.
I begin to experience something that I never have felt before — an eerie sixth sense that comes from gaping at grand mountains and pristine rivers juxtaposed with piles of debris and the stench of bodies. Death seems nearer than ever before.
After a long journey, I arrive with ChildFund staff at one of their food distribution points. As the car comes to a stop, Aileen Santiago, the ChildFund Japan emergency worker who has been sitting next to me since we left Kathmandu, bolts out of the vehicle to meet a woman she recognizes. It's clear that they haven't seen one another since before the quake hit. Without a word, they embrace as grief paints their faces and the tears come, expressing what I'd been meaning all along but couldn't quite put into words.
Assistance is arriving to Nepal's hardest-hit communities. Despite what you may have read, not all food and other resources are held up at roadblocks or customs. ChildFund and other organizations are contributing to the relief effort, and I can attest firsthand to the blessings a contribution toward that work brings.
Good news will come; but for now, we take a moment to grieve.
Headlines fly by fast, even when tragedy happens, like the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Nepal on April 25. Right now, families like Ayush's are struggling to get back on their feet after losing their homes, jobs and even loved ones. This video, filmed by Jake Lyell, shows the personal toll the disaster has taken on Ayush's family, and this was before Sunday's 7.3-magnitude aftershock, which has taken more lives and destroyed more homes. Please watch this video, share it and give what you can to help ChildFund's relief efforts in Nepal. Thanks.
Conditions in Nepal are dire after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake April 25. As of today, the death toll is more than 7,500 and climbing as assessments continue. The country's National Emergency Operations Center, operating under its Ministry of Home Affairs, reports that more than 160,000 houses were destroyed, and nearly 144,000 more have been damaged.
ChildFund Japan, our Alliance partner, has worked in Nepal for 20 years and is helping distribute food in four villages in Sindhupalchowk, among the hardest-hit districts. On May 1, ChildFund Japan representatives brought 10 tons of rice, 1.5 tons of dhal (lentils) and salt to more than 10,000 children and family members. Longtime ChildFund freelance photographer and videographer Jake Lyell is documenting damage and relief efforts in Sindhupalchowk and elsewhere.
Jake has been to disaster zones before and says, "On my third day in the field, I can say that the area around where ChildFund works is the worst I've seen. It's more remote, and the damage was very severe. It made our hearts sink."
Jake's not mincing words, but we are able to get help to some of the Nepalese families who need it most. Take a look at his pictures (as well as videos), and then donate what you can to help Nepal's children through ChildFund's Emergency Action Fund. You can follow our emergency updates, too.
To commemorate ChildFund's 75th anniversary, we invited the leaders of each of the 12 ChildFund Alliance member groups to reflect on the past and future of their own organizations and the Alliance. Today, we hear from Japan.
Love reaches beyond national borders, as we know. In 1948, 65 years ago, when our grandparents were in their youth, Christian Children's Fund (then known as China's Children Fund) began assisting children in Japan, where postwar confusion continued. The situation of child-care institutions in Japan at that time was desperately severe. Most of the institutions could not provide children with nutritious food or clothes.
From Postwar Beginnings
The 1940s was a very difficult decade for Japan. There was World War II, and at its end in 1945, the country was in ruins. Many children lost their guardians and relatives. They were literally children living in the streets. CCF brought the love of people in the United States to these destitute Japanese children. CCF demonstrated that love can reach beyond international borders and save suffering children.
The Christian Child Welfare Association was established in 1952 with management assistance from CCF. One piece in a book called "Love Beyond the Frontier" about CCWA's history attracted my attention. It was written by the director of a child care institution taking care of war orphans after World War II:
"In September of 1949, I received a notice that my institution would soon receive the first subsidy from CCF. Under the very difficult situation which we were in, this was a blessing shower from God. All the workers together with children, remembering sponsors of U.S., offered thanks giving prayers to God. With this donation, we were able to provide children with supplemental food, additional clothes and educational materials."
Assistance for Japan Meaningful in Several Ways
Japan was among the first recipients of CCF's assistance. Moreover, ChildFund Japan is the first country office that became independent from Christian Children's Fund in 1974, and in 1975, we started assisting marginalized children in the Philippines.
In 2005, we made an important decision to disunite from the Christian Child Welfare Association to focus on international development cooperation, although CCWA continues to serve children here in Japan. At that time, we joined the ChildFund Alliance as the 12th member organization. We were able to expand our assistance to children in Sri Lanka in 2006 in collaboration with ChildFund International, and in 2010, we began assisting children in Nepal through the sponsorship program.
As I look back, ChildFund Japan indeed demonstrates love beyond frontiers. Love that reaches beyond national borders is essential for assisting children in need around the world.
By Kate Andrews, ChildFund Staff Writer
From ChildFund Japan, one of our ChildFund Alliance partners, comes a touching video about how the seaside city of Ofunato is recovering from the deadly earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011. "The Garland of Smiles," which focuses on ChildFund's people-centered approaches to healing and rebuilding, is nearly 22 minutes long, yet if you are interested in seeing what has happened in the aftermath of the tsunami, it's well worth viewing.
More than 15,000 people in Japan died as a result of the disaster, and as we see in the video, numerous homes and buildings were destroyed, forcing as many as 8,000 people in Ofunato to live in temporary housing. It's in this makeshift community where we meet ChildFund Japan project manager Yoshikazu Funato, who oversaw many initiatives to bring back some normalcy to children and adults.
ChildFund Japan, which normally assists children and families in the Philippines and Nepal, had to focus its energy inward after the disaster. With financial support from other ChildFund Alliance members, including ChildFund International, ChildFund Japan concentrated its activities in Ofunato because outside support was less available there than in other stricken areas. Beginning its work in the weeks after the earthquake and tsunami with a variety of volunteers and staff, ChildFund completed its projects in March 2013.
In preparation for the rebuilding, Funato and others conducted a door-to-door survey to see what Ofunato's residents wanted and needed most. Some projects were small — building wooden benches in the temporary communities to promote socializing — while others were more ambitious, like providing grief counseling to preschoolers and creating a collective farm that keeps residents supplied with healthy food.
As a result of ChildFund Japan's work throughout the past two years, some residents in temporary housing became invested in the improvements, from working at the farm to taking part in a residents' association.
As you'll see in the video, Ofunato has undergone a transformation in the past 24 months — not just physically but in attitude as well.
by Kate Nare, ChildFund Marketing Specialist
The devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11 left hundreds of thousands of families homeless, and hundreds of children orphaned.
Following this disaster, ChildFund Japan, with the help of child sponsors and other ChildFund Alliance members – including ChildFund International, was able to quickly create an emergency and reconstruction plan to help the hard-hit community of Ofunato, located in the Iwate jurisdiction.
Response included the delivery of emergency goods, psychological care and grief workshops and other community development projects. ChildFund Japan soon became a lead agency supporting children with counselling services to address the psychological effects of the tsunami and the loss of family members.
Last summer, local government officials asked ChildFund Japan to help build a sense of community in the temporary housing units where many displaced families were living in Ofunato. The goal was to create a space where residents could gather, have tea and socialize, with the key message being: We are with you! You are not alone!
Volunteers from the local university joined carpenters and community members to build colorful benches and tables to serve as a meeting place for the residents. Shortly thereafter, preparations began for a summer festival. Five months after the tsunami, residents were able to find enjoyment in socializing with their new neighbors and reconnecting with community.
Additionally, ChildFund Japan implemented a grief counseling program for teachers to deliver as they continue to interact with students who were in class on the day the tsunami hit, forcing them to flee for their lives. Today, an after-school daycare center provides children with a safe environment where they can once again laugh and play.
One child said, "Since we became victims, the after-school child center changed and became a bit quiet. But my friends are more cheerful now and that's good."
Although recovery and rehabilitation continue, these children are a symbol of hope and resiliency for Japan.
View a video from ChildFund Japan highlighting the emergency relief and development work following the earthquake and tsunami.
This week, we'll be bringing you reports directly from the Philippines, where the ChildFund Alliance is meeting for business sessions and ChildFund project visits.
By Cheri Dahl
Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs
It's close to midnight when I exit the Manila airport. Even at this late hour the air is hot, thick and moist — a big departure from the crisp fall temperatures I left behind in Virginia more than 24 hours ago. I've come to the Philippines to meet with ChildFund Alliance colleagues from 11 countries and to collaborate on how best to help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children.
I see a familiar face at the baggage claim. Hiroshima, a board member from ChildFund Japan and his wife Mae Grace are here. Hiroshima teaches social work at a university in Tokyo. "MG," as his wife is called, is Filipino.
We exit the airport and catch a waiting shuttle to our hotel. I am struck by the calm stillness of the air. I was expecting whipping winds and roadside flooding — too much Weather Channel I suppose. Prior to my departure, I had kept a close eye on the weather reports. Typhoon Mirinae slammed into Manila only days ago, toppling trees, damaging homes and taking lives. It was the fourth storm to batter the Philippines in less than 90 days.
MG shares that even though tropical storms are expected here, her parents, who live in a neighboring city, report that the quick succession of recent storms has taken its toll on residents.
Later in the week, we will visit communities in metro Manila and Quezon where ChildFund serves children and families. Some have been severely affected by the recent storms. I am looking forward to talking with the families and learning more about how they cope with the constant threat of severe weather and flooding.
On the ride to the hotel, MG teaches me to say hello and thank you, "maramirg Salamat," in her native language. I love the musical lilt of the words, and I am relieved to arrive at the hotel at least able to greet and thank my hosts.
For more on ChildFund's work in the Philippines, click here.


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Monsignor John Brown, the former pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church was awarded for his contribution to the community after Hurricane Sandy. Monsignor Brown, along with Walgreens and the New York Mets, were all given the 2013 Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience by the Department of Homeland Security.
In the aftermath, Monsignor John Brown of Belle Harbor, Walgreens drugstores and the New York Mets all worked tirelessly to help their communities recover from the storm. Under Monsignor Brown's leadership, St. Francis de Sales Parish became the largest relief center on the Rockaway peninsula, providing hot food, medical care, mental health care, trauma counseling, clothing, cleaning supplies, pet food, veterinary care and more. At the height of the effort it served between 4,000 to 10,000 people per day.
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The Academy is the mini, colt and junior section of St Peter F.C., one of the oldest and most well established football clubs in Jersey. We have around 20 coaches and 12 teams across all age groups from 6 to Under 16.
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The age of the participants is a huge factor in how a session should be structured and what content it should include. It is too often the case that coaches view younger players as undersized adults and coordinate sessions that represent this manner of thinking. Not only are the majority of the players not biologically or technically equipped for such sessions, they are also not psychologically prepared to perform such tasks. There is a major difference between what a young player seeks to gain from a session compared to that of an adult. At the St Peter F.C. Academy we accept this and as a result our coaches structure the session accordingly. The time line below highlights how players' aims and their process of thinking develops through the years, therefore establishing what the coaches at St Peter's Academy main emphasis should be during sessions:
Minis: Up to 9 years old: Training for FUN – The participants engage in football for enjoyment and many just wish to kick a ball, they are uninterested in their role as a holding player in a midfield unit or how they can interact with another striker.
Minis to Under 13′s: 9 to 13 years old: Training to LEARN – Players have now established a love for the sport and look to build on the fun aspects by learning new techniques that will allow them to progress onto the next stage. Session satisfaction is obtained through learning to do something new. Commonly regarded as the 'golden age of learning' for children.
Under 14's and Under 15's: 13 to 16 years old: Training to IMPROVE and BEGIN TO COMPETE – Players wish to improve on the basis that already have and find greater satisfaction out of sessions that they feel they have improved their ability during.
Under 16's: 16 upwards: Training to COMPETE – Players now wish to win within a competitive setting. Therefore training is based around this success and players enjoy sessions that lead to the feeling of potential or actual victory.
These variables are not independent of each other (for example a player may not be able to compete effectively if they do not learn a new concept or technique or improve upon a present one) and a player will not jump from one to the other just because their age has increased. For many players fun will always remain the foundations of their participation, they will incorporate the other elements as well but they will provide less significance for them. Other players may naturally, or forcibly, accelerate through the stages before players of a similar age. This could be down to technical ability or pressure from peers and family, that they find themselves in a win or lose environment before they should be. It is the job of a coach to recognise when certain individuals are ready to step up from playing for fun to playing for competition. After all the worst-case scenario is that the talented player forgets why football was fun and quits before their full potential is realised. Therefore at St Peter's Academy we only run one team from the Under 14 age group upwards and begin to play and train for competition; however we still incorporate learning, development and fun.
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Heres an update and opinions would be appreciated:
I bought a holley book which confirms everything posted here. Still, I have a minor issue if you read:
1) Got my IDLE SPEED screw almost down to zero. Its maybe 1/4 turn now and under the carb is "square"
2) My idle MIXTURE screws are about 1 turn out each. Any farther in the car begins to stall, farther out does nothing
3) I have the SECONDARIES opened just slightly. Maybe the thickness of 2 pieces of paper opening. Very very small
Car idles at 1000 rpm with this setup, BUT, to me it feels like its not a clean idle. Its almost feels like a fouled plug (these are litterallly 2 weeks old). Revving the engine the car seems ok, no backfire no roughness.
If I grab the secondary rod (to open them more) I can get the car to go into any rpm I want. 3000 rpm is possible. So I'll assume I DONT want to mess with the secondary adjustment anymore
The Holley book I got says that sometimes you ALSO need to drill the holes in the plates but it doesnt say what might indicate I need to do so.
I raised my idle timing from 18 to 30' for ZERO affect. The car didnt seem to idle any better.
Is it possible I also need a hole or 2 in the plates for more air?
Right now Im at 1000 rpm idle but a bit rocky. Even with my setup I know this car can idle smooth at 800rpm even with the k-klack k-klack of the engine.
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