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Fitting the intake gasket to the head. I noticed that my intake ports are way larger than the gasket that edelbrock recommends. . I know the heads were ported a bit. So my question is do the ports on the gasket want to match the ports on the head? And I port matched the intake maifold to the smaller gaskets. Should I grind more out of the intake. There is a very big difference. What is the general criteria ?
Just get the correct gaskets that fit the intake ports on the heads and be done with it. Unless there in an extreme mis match in port location on the intake it would just be a waste of time.
take the time and port match the intake to the heads. it is not a waste of time!is there enough materal in the intake gaskets to match them up or do you need to order the bigger port gaskets? what heads do you have?to do a port match the right way you will need to take a straight edge and mark each port on the head where you can transcribe to the intake with the proper gaskets in place pulled up tight to the water pump housing. that way your ports line up perfectly when your done porting!the head ports that are bigger than the intake is better than the intake ports being bigger than the head ports! the incoming air would hit the head and cause turbulents with the bigger intake ports.
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Shawn,What intake are you trying to fit and what heads are you trying to fit them to?Rowsley/MB68 is correct IMHO. Having smaller intake ports and bigger head ports is a better combo than the other way around. As long as the intake ports are more or less centered in the head ports. it probably won't a difference until you get over 5K RPM. Only problem I can see is at higher RPM's once the fuel/air misture leaves the smaller intake ports and enter the larger head ports it will tend to slow down, loosing some of the velocity to fill the cylinder. So as long as your don't plan on exceeding "street" type RPM's I'd say no big deal. Just match the gaskets to your head.(assuming that doing that does not leave an air gap) Only other alignment issue is horizontal so that the center dividers on the ports are lined up.
I have the round port edelbrock heads. The guy I bought them from had the ported but I understood light porting for street /racing. The gaskets that edelbrock calls out for are much smaller than the head port. I have the old edelbrock torker intake. Thanks for the info. So I guess I'll order some gaskets from kauffman racing. And if I wanted I could port the intake more? (plenty of metal there) but the intake should be ok ..because the ports are smaller? Thats what I was thinking also. Any correction or info would be appreciated. Thanks
Hellofel pro has different gaskets too, any parts store or race shop can order.Yes you can port your intake providing the port on the head does not obstruct flow in any way, if it does it should be corrected.No it is not necessary on a moderate street build.Ye you will gain some benefit from it.WARNING - You should paint upper intake surface on head, install gasket, scribe outline of top of gasket so it can go in same location, install intake on head leaving gasket in place. If gasket is larger than intake then outline around top of intake so you can lay it on the intake in the correct location after removing intake from head. Grind away. ROWSLEY had briefly described the process in his post above.If head needs blending it needs to be blended at least 1/2" in to port. If you simply put a radius on the edge of head so it matches the intake it is about the same as doing nothing at all.
i looked up some fel-pro's #1233 port size 1.888 x 2.208 i need to figure out what will work with my eddy heads also.
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Its weird like eddy specs gaskets for the non ram air application
What suze are the eddy ports?Eddy should have their own that fit or they should be a std size.A gasket maker can make them in paper for around $30.00.Fel pro makes 2 over sizes I think, at least for a "different" brand anyway, lol.
I just realized I was using the stock gaskets. Not the ram air ones. I think I might be ok with the felpro 1223. But the intake a alot more grinding to go.
Shawn,The Eddy round port heads (performer RPM) are sized as RA IV on the intake side. These gaskets will fit that.http://www.summitracing.com/parts/edl-7280/overview/make/pontiacIf your intake has been ported, these may even be to small and restrictive. If they extend into the port area any at all, they will tend to act like a wall that the F/A mixture hits and tends to drop the fuel out of the air causing small droplets to form. You'll loose a fair amount of power that way. You may end up making a custom set of intake gaskets if the RA IV's are too small. If your intake port is even smaller yet, that may be your saving grace. If you port match the intake to the heads, then pay close attention to the gaskets and if they extend down into the port area or not.
Thanks. You guys are very helpful. So what I did was gasket match my intake to a stock gasket.. not ram air. I just ordered the fel-pro 1233 from summit.. Then I will gasket match the intake and will keep in mind to not go so far as to surpass the ports on the head. Sound good? Good thing I didnt just bolt this junk together lol. " Cut it twice and its still to short"...next question. . Rejet the carb to accommodate the new port size? Whats the rule of thumb here. Go up?? 3 jet sizes mabey?
run it with new plugs first and read them to see what it needs.um what carb and jets are you using now?
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I have a number matching quadrajet. I never opened it. Bought from a guy who had a firebird. It runs great with rhis carb. Seems a like it could take more fuel now. I would guess the jets are stock for 1969 gto. Should be pretty easy to change.. what do I so pull the too of the carb off. I also have a 795cfm quadrajet edelbrock carb 1904. It is what came on the car when I bought it. I have a rebuild kit for it. Whats with checking the plugs? How does that work
Yeah, pull the carb top, check jet size and simply buy 3 sizes larger.Drive it for a day or so then check plug color.


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Dimitrenko-Povetkin Update!
By Alexey Potapov
WBO #1 ranked heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko (29-0, 19 KOs) could fight against official challenger IBF heavyweight world title Alexander Povetkin (16-0, 12 KOs) for the vacant EBU (European) heavyweight title. On April 4th, Povetkin is set to meet with Jason Estrada (15-1, 3 KOs) at the Burg-Waechter Castello, on Duesseldorf, Germany. The camps have until April 21st to discuss details of the fight.
Alexander Dimitrenko has given a comment to Fightnews.com:
"I know Povetkin from when we were in amateur boxing. We often acted as sparring partners in the ring. For me it will be a very interesting and important fight because the winner will receive a fight against WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. For me, that is my number one goal. I am ready to fight with the best fighters and to win."

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At the beginning of 2013 I launched a big course that i'd spent lot of time creating called Content Academy, and gave it away as a gift to our community of Artists. I've been overwhelmed by the amount of glowing testimonials, thanks you's, and comments we've received, and i am very pleased to see that so many got so much out of the training, and applied themselves. I am very happy to have such an enthusiastic and talented little tribe of you hooligans! Through the feedback and interaction and things I learned about you through that course and through my private clients and students, i've learned much more clearly what your biggest challenges are and what attributes, benefits, and solutions you need most.
For those of you who don't receive/or didn't read the newsletter, I'm pleased to announce Modern Artists Academy is the solution created to serve you with what you need to help bridge the gap between where you are now, and where you would like to be. It is a proven roadmap to financial and artistic control in 2014.
More to come on this, and i've been working hard on a comprehensive 6 part training series to kick the launch off when i release it in January.
I appreciate all the feedback and i LOVE hearing your success stories as well as your questions and comments. Keep em coming.
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Do ANY of the following statements expressed by my students resonate with you?
As i nail things down, please take a minute to go over these patterns i've noticed, and tell me if there is anything else you'd like to add or comment on about the list of issues mentioned below.
My students of Content Academy: The Content Business Bootcamp – repeatedly expressed the same challenges and frustrations. Here were some of the ones that were repeated over and over again. Share with me in the comments below if there are any critical elements you want me to address that are not covered here.
What is the biggest problem or stumbling block with growing your content business as an artist in the modern world?
Finding balance between the marketing side, the skills development side, and the creative side. There is so much that I want to be doing on each of these legs. Making money. knowing where to focus.
I'm overloaded with TRYING to significantly grow my fanbase & clients, while being true to my art. Pushing for a sustainable career on my own terms..
There seems to be so many hats to wear, as all the pillars of business need to be strong. That is the hardest part..
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Finding fans feels like trying to find needles in a haystack. The sheer size of the internet audience is overwhelming. I need to learn where to focus my energy.
Time. Available time. I have a lot of work on my plate. So, figuring out how to best focus my time would be beneficial, as well as how to become more efficient in the way that I work.
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I have not been able to connect with large groups of people and I have trouble standing out from the competition. I've been at it for two years now and haven't gotten very far, although I have posted 50 songs nd over 30 videos.
My biggest source of frustration right now is the big gap I feel there is between what I am learning (also outside of the context of this course) and what i can actually implement.
I sometimes feel overwhelmed because, beside my duties as musicians and content creator, there is an entire set of new skills that I need to learn to promote my music effectively: social media, online marketing, live promotion, blogs, etc. There are many sources I need to follow to keep up to date and therefore there is a huge amount of information I need to analyse and integrate in order to get the bigger picture of my project.
Again, it's my limited, although growing, knowledge of the tools and techniques required to create an effective Internet presence.
Dedicating the time to the website, mailing list, social networking, etc is difficult when the payoff seems so far away. It is so easy to become discouraged with all the work that is needed to be done before I will even begin to see some results.
Building a local following while trying to build the brand that will take my content to where I can build a tribe all over the world.
Easily distracted by the massive info storm on social media and I sometimes have a tendency to get stuck and lose focus on what I do
Keeping focus and getting my message out to enough people
I guess I am frustrated by not knowing how to efficiently market myself.
Marcus Demello
Mt biggest problem is I don't know where to start. And I don't know how to structure it.
Understanding my goal.
I don't even know where to begin. I feel like there's a million things to do and all of the things I have done have gotten me local respect but not global or even national or even state! Finding a balance between artist (creator) and Entrepreneur. Feeling as if I have to do everything.
Beau B.
Mainly in trying to create really good content, and then having no real audience to see it… OR, conversely, working diligently on Promotion and Marketing only to get people to a site with incomplete or less-than-best content.. To manage to do both at once is a bit overwhelming for a lone entrepreneur.
I suppose my biggest complication has been seeing Content Creation and Promotion/Marketing as 2 different areas to be worked, rather than as a cohesive whole to be integrated.
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The mental checklist of 'keys, mobile, wallet' before you leave the house could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to the rise of the mobile wallet and NFC contactless payment.
As major banks, network providers and retailers take tentative steps in contactless payment in the UK, many industry experts say this is the year when adoption of the technology will become mainstream, but others are less convinced.
Compared with other markets, the UK lags behind when it comes to using NFC to enable contactless payments in-store via mobile devices. Orange and Barclaycard have been the major proponents of the service in Britain, rolling out the 'Quick Tap' contactless payment scheme last June. It has made purchases using a handset possible at food outlets including Pret A Manger, EAT, McDonald's and Subway.
While contactless payments make sense for chains such as Starbucks (see box), where it can reduce queuing times, major retailers are yet to adopt, or at least roll out, the technology. Despite the growing number of NFC-enabled handsets on the market, and the availability of an NFC conversion sticker for phones, penetration remains low.
'Its use is growing, but not as fast as we would like,' says a spokesman for Subway. 'People are sceptical from a security perspective, (but) it is also a peer thing. When people see others use it, they may be more likely to use it.'
Mark Austin, head of contactless for Visa Europe, argues that the London 2012 Olympics will be a 'major milestone' and driver for contactless payments. To this end, Visa has partnered Samsung to launch an NFC-enabled Olympic phone.
However, O2, which last week launched its 'mobile wallet' proposition, does not yet enable contactless payments. Sally Cowdry, marketing director of O2, says that while NFC technology is an 'exciting prospect, there is still a need to educate all parties about how to best use the technology'.
She adds: 'It's still in its infancy and until there's a national infrastructure in place and privacy concerns are addressed, NFC will take some time to be adopted en masse.'
O2, Everything Everywhere and Vodafone announced last June that they had joined forces to speed up mobile payments, in an initiative named 'Project Oscar'. However, the venture is now the subject of an antitrust probe by the European Commission, over concerns it could stifle innovation, with the ruling expected in August.
Even those brands using NFC, such as PayPal, which handled $4bn in payments last year, and enables NFC through its Android app, are guarded about its future. PayPal says it is only a small part of its focus. Moreover, Rob Skinner, head of social media at PayPal, is unconvinced that the mobile will replace the wallet anytime soon.
'The reality is that, in the UK, barely anyone has NFC-enabled phones,' says Skinner. 'NFC requires more retailers to change their systems. It's a big investment.'
Another issue hampering uptake is security. A recent Channel 4 investigation claimed that millions of Barclays contactless Visa card users were vulnerable to having their card data 'pickpocketed' with a swipe of a mobile phone (see box), reflecting wider consumer concerns.
Nonetheless, Geoff MacGillivray, manager of services security, payments and NFC at BlackBerry-owner Research in Motion, argues that NFC is more secure than other technologies. 'You have the ability to remotely wipe it or lock it,' he says.
Skinner agrees, but adds that the industry must do more to explain what consumers should do to keep their information secure.
Whether 2012 is the year contactless payments gain traction is far from certain. However, with so many brands - from Asda to Burger King - having invested in this area, and the hotly anticipated UK launch of Google's Wallet, NFC seems destined to some day usher in 'frictionless' shopping trips for the masses.
A Channel 4 investigation, broadcast in March, brought the issue of contactless payment security into the spotlight. The report claimed that millions of Barclays contactless Visa card users were exposed to fraud, because data could be stolen from cards in wallets and pockets with a swipe of a mobile phone.
The investigation, in conjunction with mobile phone security company ViaForensics, claimed it had lifted information from a Barclays-issued Visa card, which could then be used to purchase products on Amazon. The transaction was possible because Amazon does not require the three-digit security code on the back of the card.
In the broadcast, Thomas Cannon, director of ViaForensics, said that all he did was tap his phone over the person's wallet, and the wireless reader on the phone was able to lift the details from the card. This included the long card number, expiry date and name. 'It was simply a case of the details coming out through the air,' added Cannon.
Barclays said the issue was not with contactless payment but with retailers who took insufficient 'card not present' payment checks.
In a statement, Barclays said: 'The security of our customers' money and personal details is a top priority, so we are concerned about these transactions. The only information which can be obtained from a chip is the same as that which is printed on the front of the card - this does not include secure information such as PIN or signature (CVV) code.'
Barclays said it was now engaging with retailers 'as a matter of urgency' to ensure the latter run adequate checks.
James Le Brocq, managing director, O2 Money
- Why did you launch your mobile wallet without NFC services?
There is a brilliant opportunity to bring ecommerce to mobiles. That desire is greater than desire for NFC technology; but NFC is brilliant, and at the right moment we will be keen to provide those services.
- Is regulation around 'Project Oscar' standing in the way of NFC in the UK?
There are no barriers to NFC. The challenge is persuading organisations that they need to make an investment to do it. It may be that retailers perceive the cost of NFC transactions to be greater. There are some bits of grit in the system, but, over time, customers will be crying out for NFC capabilities. NFC is not just about payments; we could be using it to discover exciting information.
- When will this happen?
The turning point will be when TfL switches Oyster to the EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) payment standard. The next will be when a major UK retailer makes it available in all its stores.
- When do you envisage mobile phones replacing the wallet?
For different people it will happen at different paces, but the need for cash or a wallet will disappear as contactless becomes widespread.
Rather than waiting for NFC technology to become more widely available, Starbucks decided to go it alone and create its own custom-built mobile payment app.
It meant that consumers did not need to have an NFC-enabled handset to make a payment. An iPhone app made its UK debut in January 2012 and an Android version is to launch later this year. The app is available only to members of the Starbucks Loyalty programme.
'Since we launched in the US, we have had 42m transactions,' explains Ian Cranna, vice-president marketing and category, Starbucks UK and Ireland. 'It has also been massive in the UK. We hear from our customers all the time that they like the speed of it, and not having to carry cash with them.
'We get a lot of comments on Twitter and Facebook all the time about the app. One customer recently tweeted: "My life is now complete after I discovered the UK Starbucks app."'


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Jim and Pete kick off the second week of the Fantasy Football hour looking at what the Patriots did on offense against Philadelphia on Friday night. The Pats have some interesting possibilities for impact players in fantasy football this season.
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All right everybody welcome to the fantasy football hour on Jim Hackett and I'm joined by our fantasy football expert. Pete Davidson the chief Tennessee football writer for -- bond -- on our broadcast and is brought to you by our friends at draft -- they're the leading provider. A daily Tennessee sports a draft can knock on. And by Clark Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in the the when nobody beats Clark -- -- Now nobody nobody does. All right I want a job I wanna dive right right candidates in terms of what we saw on Friday night's action with the patriots Eagles. There's a lot to clean it felt like I was watching the NBA all star game it was the Muslim -- defense being hidden team and that game it's hard play defense and every time you try to play defense that Troy yellow thing yeah I mean lot of flags on word. And not just in the and the patriots game but yeah I mean. Hopefully that is not something seen earlier on the regular season. Yeah -- it it was reminiscent of being on top of the Empire State Building and looking down the sea of yellow that was all over the field. It was like looking at taxi -- from however many floors you are up there but it was seven -- shall take a it's true well it was tough to watch but that the -- personally when I go on without -- -- -- -- don't know -- At -- people -- yeah but but the saving grace I think was the offense right on both -- 42 to 35 there was a lot to see -- to analyze for -- -- purposes which is good for -- -- no -- -- Now this week as opposed to crop -- the story I guess all three quarterbacks story right. Yeah they all agree that you looked yeah look like Brady and that pick -- it was his fault. -- I'm not sure we're gonna see. That young fellow who is the offensive lineman playing tight end and I think breaking left when he should've broken right -- out and how much more of a future we're gonna have -- them. And Brady's Richard conceded run at the guy -- -- -- yet you know I think I think the whole thing was was was fine at Berea was good overall. He did -- in -- looks game one ready for sure there or not a lot of patriots on offense -- who. Didn't look good. You know some guys were up and down voice obviously at his good moments. I thought he looked good on that reverse play an actual -- -- -- grab on the next play and of course some penalty -- -- loses they lose a touchdown which they did get back I believe but yet to drop as well so. Voice a little up and down. But you know I thought for the patriot offense that you saw a lot of what you wanted to see it. How good is Julio not to pat yourself on the back or myself right. He has and he just he's so strong looking for a for a small guy he just looks. Like he's in charge you know of what he wants to do using control eking kind of dictate what he wants to do and that's not always easy when you're an undersized. Player in that league -- but he just seems in such control I'm doing this he's got phenomenal change of direction ability which I can't get enough credit for you -- out of that punt return just a little played against goofy as a football player through and through as we said two years ago missed it stays healthy he can do great things Adam you know this year as opposed to being a guy who. Catch a ton of balls but the -- 67 -- to the defense is keying on them via you know weekend you know. Dobson healthiest if gronkowski can stay healthy all the -- elements going to be making big place yes and as you can be getting single coverage is not going to be getting the best of federal right and and things can change a lot and I think people. A lot of people I think wrongfully -- element as I just sort chips away -- the defense that was his role in last year's patriot office correct and I think you deserve all the credit in the world for. You know being that guy. You know we've never done before with defense keynote so I personally look for -- to be a more of the big play threat this year. Because he's not going to be the folks. -- into an impact -- planner I think. Yet especially if you are formats can point for every perception. Absolutely he's getting a lot of -- The other story you know there are multiple on on both sides of the ball but down. The other story I just did that really popped two mile watching the game was the running back rotation with the patriots in. You know ice. I said before the pot on the podcast and I think we may have set for show and Patriot -- field obviously we'd like to feature -- -- Africa obvious that the death yet there's a ton of them end. Happened is a lot of ways that they can go in a lot of directions that they can take in its gonna make a direct impact on the field. Into your -- opportunities that will not happen throughout the year. But what's interesting you have guys on this team Jim whose value goes up by being cut. Right now the yeah or they go well a guy like Boldin comes to mind you know he's not an easy guy absolutely he's a roster. Patriot he's made an impact. I think the only reason he's kind of you know stop where he is is is really injury but he's up. He's a guy who gets the ball is a good burst your reminds me of Chris Ivory a little bit in the way and that kind of almost stand up Mike quick burst. Flash that you see with him but yeah I mean I don't think he's got ivories agility but yeah I I know what you mean for his size and -- got he he he he's got a really nicely cut. Which he he cuts in its. Our guys and it's effective. He he's -- -- east will look at and its you know the draft reverse article that I wrote yes we'll get into that later and you know he's done. He's one of our guys that he's featured young -- and and by the way of sort of off the problem. You know I think I'm from upstate that we mentioned in the article. You know he may have more value to get cut like like I said he could end up with the giants something like that. And that need it back if that's -- now principled for the giants everybody else in the giants' backfield that worry yeah -- -- -- video. Yes and so it's it's interesting at looking at it right now I sent a tweet out during the game passages you know like I'm seeing from the patriots not only in the run pass mix. Play action which you saw a drop below do very effectively sold it well and then Nam my -- -- Finale ML good you know -- eat it as good as I think he can look in my opinion he looked the bested that I've seen him look as patriots so far yes. So that that's ten that's good news if your a patriot banner -- who works in the patriots. Front office because I mean. His value had to go a little bit off last night yeah you with a guy that's an extra. He can throw he's he's that he's -- a high level NFL throw our view is that -- definitely getting all the other stuff that's the trick. Have a good what what what really stuck to the verses the the mix of run and pass. In the play action in the improved play of crop of mallet. And the sustain. The sustain -- drop what was the personnel mix I mean the patriots are really. You know mixing people in and out and it made -- think. And getting ready for the show about the patriots running back depth and in if you if if you don't mind I'd kind of like to give. My opinion of what I see so far and where they rank in how can shake out we can sort through that the first -- here much pent up America's. So I look at it Odyssey really is at the top of the -- again. Not doing himself any favors putting the ball on the ground again last night so everything is and that's -- wanna talk about this has everything is fluent in -- is a high eight. Value target. When he's on the field but he keeps putting himself in a position where he isn't self. Instead it's weird I mean you know if you can talk about whether that. Fumble was technically a fumble and it was not. But the ball still came out right you know for -- the ball coming out at all -- standardized. Yet and I feel bad -- -- -- -- it. -- an -- it's somewhere in the brackets are talking about over at these really working hard this year. Maybe it's me -- he's never struck me as a player network partner he is a hard I don't know a hard worker rights to me that's that that's the -- Projected he's the place right now that if he's walking around the locker room and there's a napkin on the floor near him someone's gonna think he dropped it. Well look I mean that I think we spoke about this of one of one of our recent podcasts. You know how -- got the reputation so yeah you know even a place where maybe guys would normally be going for the ball. They're going to be go for the ball so yes that he has to be better hanging onto the football back because he's targets right into it and again we've talked about this and in our podcasts about labels in the NFL this is what you lock India you might not be you what you more than like Houdini would head is a third down back wheel turns out -- -- a 106 carries last year you know. Honor and a lot of receptions yeah so so so getting back to the patriots running back fields so really again he's at the top of the -- keeps shooting itself in the foot. The second guys almost in his own category two before you get the next day to its doing will release at the top of the change. That's great question I don't even though the changes we have H it's an assumption by bright and right yeah I mean my top of the -- Farina. Who went by no means would I bet my mortgage on the you know it's it's -- that ought they to have great job of a subterfuge up there yeah to some extent they deserve credit for but it's tough trying to figure out exactly what the patriots back it's going to be week one week to week basis I guess that's why you're going to last -- it's funny and made the voice excuse -- that's okay. It's all the more on the radio Nevada had. Well placed FF I I have I have the -- -- and I have. You Vereen and a sub bullet because he's really his own -- look at like the -- players. You talk about it a lot in terms of you know the tears -- draft people -- really is kind of on his own island. But so like I put him kind of separately. As a as an impact player across the field. Yet in the -- interest -- it in behind in the depth chart I've got. Up a camp battle with with James White the young rookie and Brandon Bolden -- and that's rice the maybe one roster spot coming maybe Belichick's up to something maybe keeps both I don't know France and then I see Roy finch who I think. Might find -- home because he's showing some value in special teams Jonas gray. Gonna put Tyler Gaffney aside is on IRL and let's not forget you know. The though James Devlin is really an H back and he's playing tight end as well he's a running back is a fullbacks so that's a roster spot that. And that's why I think maybe it could be a mix between James White embolden I don't know -- gonna go. Yeah I mean look there's no -- these guys make the team calm and guys like I mean that. Just pulling back and looking at it I think great intention of the guys don't get in right. But they can both play achievements -- -- back. So you know kudos to the patients are having all these count the guys all around the same time their teams out there and get a vote on -- running backs in the -- -- picking these guys up for free. Somebody's not doing their job. Yeah not and and that person does or canoeing. Hit the DVD seemed to get these guys and it's funny in New England the fan base. Oftentimes you know during this fourteen year wonderful run the patriots have made. It's an annual joke around April -- may that they -- not drafting -- from the doing something right in terms of player personnel. Because they're not big freeagent spenders I mean you know put put may be. Revis decide in and a couple others but. You know they get these guys who can all contribute they'll kind of fit the suit -- we like this -- Can we do it's -- and it -- -- eleven plus games like every year. How bad can be -- you do it's obviously doing almost everything right right so yes -- you know. What the patriots had a couple shaky traps and that's -- But you know what most organizations don't have a great trapped every year that's football job. Yeah I've always felt that. Ripping of the patriot straps a little bit a little bit strong new identity. Yes and you know the one thing nobody ever would give the pictures credit for you know they take a swipe at the one -- but they would never give credit for the fact that they lead the draft with draft picks. Look at those draft picks that you acquired during a traffic you now have for the next year. That's part of your hall and equity and you write and the people who would be that I've heard in the past ripping patriot track performance very rarely. Remembered for a capital -- it just so you know they what -- oil. Yeah it is it they're always paid for paying it forward and that's why they were able to move up for some defensive guys a couple of years ago. Because they have assets to do it that's how they roll and it's. You know -- in the jets had just started doing that same kind of thing and I I couldn't be happier that the follow the patriot model is at some completion before Somalia should -- -- -- 49ers Seattle you know they're good teams it's not a coincidence let's stay within a wanna come into. After the break on talk a little bit more about this game and what we saw what we saw on the other side of the football the Eagles some interesting stuff Sports Radio W yeah.


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Abigail Beckel and Kathleen Rooney in The Editor's Corner at VIDA
Over at VIDA, Abigail Beckel and Kathleen Rooney of the hybrid-genre Rose Metal Press talk about their roles as editors and publishers. We're especially interested in presses that support as yet-undeffined genres, so we were especially curious to hear Beckel and Rooney discuss their editorial philosophy.
Our main philosophy/mission is to broaden the literary landscape beyond traditional genres and open up more opportunities for both writers and readers to experiment with and experience innovative forms in writing. We chose this focus for Rose Metal because we noticed that many writers were doing exciting, culturally important work in hybrid genres, but that they had limited opportunities to publish that work since the market is not particularly friendly to things that are hard to define. But innovation is how every field, including creative writing, moves forward and evolves, so we've tried to champion that in-between space and encourage writers to push boundaries.
Although there are more presses interested in hybrid-genre work than their used to be–consider Les Figues Press, for example–authors who work beyond generic conventions still face significant challenges to publishing their work. Not surprisingly, this is why Beckel and Rooney founded Rose Metal Press in the first place.
…[W]e essentially started the press because the publishing climate was so bad for hybrid-genre works. The big box bookstores had the majority of the buying power and they didn't like to stock things that didn't fit neatly into sci-fi or romance, let alone books that spanned genres of form. As a result, few commercial publishers accept cross-genre submissions due to concerns over profitability and marketing.
To a large extent, this remains the case—big publishers are, if anything, even more averse to taking risks on literary work whose "marketability" is not obvious. And the big bookstores are facing struggles of their own, but certainly aren't looking to showcase more unusual work.
But the great thing is that both readers and writers have ever-increasing access to writing and publishing outside of the large corporate scene. And in the seven years since we started Rose Metal Press, we've seen more and more small publishers and journals broadening their definitions of genre and seeking out hybrid work, which is wonderful. Flash fiction and flash nonfiction, particularly, have exploded as far as people writing in the genres, talking about them, holding contests, teaching classes in those genres, etc.
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LG will start rolling out its high-end 4G LTE smartphone "Optimus G" into over 50 countries this month.
New Delhi: LG will start rolling out its high-end 4G LTE smartphone "Optimus G" into over 50 countries this month. The Optimus G has already been launched in the United States, Canada, Korea and Japan, and now the company is aiming to build on the excitement already generated to launch the device in other LTE markets.
According to a source, with information about the India launch plans of the LG Optimus G, the phone will be launched in India in February, adding, it might be launched in India on February 20.
The Optimus G will be available starting at the end of January in Singapore followed by other markets worldwide offering 4G LTE service.
Since the launch of Optimus G last September, the smartphone is claimed to be enthusiastically received by audiences as one of the most advanced 4G LTE devices currently available.
It is powered by Qualcomm's advanced Snapdragon S4 Pro Quad-Core processor. The Optimus G boasts a 13 megapixel camera which a user can instruct to take snaps by talking to it, plus a 4.7-inch screen with a sharper picture quality than both the iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy S III.


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Magician Steve Truglia is to show how his career as a record-breaking James Bond stuntman helps explain the mysteries of card tricks and gambling cons.
The daredevil from east London has created a show, The Card Shark, which will give audiences a glimpse into how gamblers and card cheats have operated from the Middle Ages through Wild West saloons to the modern day.
He said the best operators relied on the same kind of sleight of hand and eye used in stunts he performed for the Bond films Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough.
"It's very much about pretending you're something you're not," said Truglia, 50.
He also said that he drew on his experiences serving with the reserve SAS and SBS regiments to show how the psychological operations used by the Army to influence emotions and behaviour parallel the work of the trickster.
But the root of the show is Truglia's life-long fascination with magic —although as a member of The Magic Circle, he cannot entirely give the game away or he would be expelled.
"What I am doing is quite deliberately different from any other magic show. It's the historical story of gambling cheating, mainly with cards. There are so many colourful characters," he said.
Many of the moves used in card tricks for entertaining children or corporate dinners "originated in the darker places of the dangerous gambling dens," he added.
Truglia, who holds a Guinness World Record for fast-abseiling and another for a loop-the-loop driving stunt performed on Channel 5's Fifth Gear, will use an eight-metre screen for the audience to see his card magic close-up.
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"It's just what I do," Ken Cook says. "I rope horses and punch cows and write poetry."
Cook recognizes this isn't exactly normal behavior for either a cowboy or a poet, but Cook also knows he isn't the only one who sees ropes, horses, cows, and poems as all of a piece. In fact, he's just one member of the popular (and growing) cowboy poetry movement that has, over the past decade, proven itself adept at gathering up one thing most more "mainstream" poetry has not: an expanding audience of devoted fans.
If you don't live in a state with a sizable amount of desert, or a livestock-to-human ratio that gives the animal kingdom a fighting chance, then this may come as a surprise. Bookstores in temperate coastal climates aren't very likely to stock more than one cowboy poetry title at any given moment, and that solitary book, if they even carry it, will be shelved in either the poetry section or the humor section, depending on the whims of the store's staff. Based on the evidence on display in any of these bookstores, you'd never realize that cowboy poetry so popular, drawing thousands of fans to events and festivals across the U.S.
Cowboy poetry festivals take place in dozens of towns across America—virtually every state west of the Mississippi—from Alpine, Texas, to Monterey, California, to Green Forest, Arkansas. Every year in January, thousands of people gather in Elko, a small town in northern Nevada, for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. The gathering—now in its 26th year—was founded primarily thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Cowboy poets record best-selling CDs and podcasts and have been nominated for Grammys (and even won one). By any standard, cowboy poetry has been a hit. By poetry standards, it's a smash. But if you ask its practitioners, the real success of cowboy poetry is that on the page it attracts normal people—people who would otherwise never pick up a book of poetry—and on the stage it's a performance that most non-slam poets don't bother to grasp.
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Like most modern cowboy poetry, many of Ken Cook's poems look to the past, or use the past as a lens through which to remark on the future. Over the phone, Cook—a rancher out of Martin, South Dakota—is polite and plain-spoken, and very forthcoming about the sources of his love for cowboy poetry. He was involved in theater in high school, and while he liked some of the poets he had to read back in the day—"Robert Frost and all that"—he really fell in love with cowboy poetry when he attended a reading by NPR commentator Baxter Black in the mid-'80s. These days, as the current cowboypoetry.com Lariat Laureate, Cook writes biographical poems about his grandfather and about the pride he feels when his son announces that he wants to be a cowboy himself. His work isn't over-serious, but it's no joke.
Brenda "Sam" DeLeeuw, a previous laureate, represents the other half of modern cowboy poetry: the jester. Her poems are funny and rich with exaggeration; one poem, "Cowboy Jumpstart," involves angering a bull to get a truck going again; another, "Spreadin' Sunshine," is about an erudite woman from "back East" who visits a ranch and mistakes an old, beat-up manure spreader for modern art. And a poem titled "Boolie Shoppin'" ("boolie" is western slang for underwear) is a response to an earlier poem by a rancher named Bill Hirschi. Hirschi's poem "Buying a Bra" is a modern cowboy classic—much-replicated across the Internet—in which a quiet cowboy is sent to buy a bra for his wife. The cowboy stammers and wonders at all the different types of lingerie available, and doesn't know what cup size his wife is. DeLeeuw's "Boolie Shoppin'" explores the world of men's undergarments and finds that things aren't as simple for dudes as they used to be: "Whoa!! Just which of you wears a G-string? / Thongs wedgin' in the darndest places!" The poem ends with DeLeeuw taunting the men in the audience to drop their pants and show off just what they're hiding, in a boolie "fashion show."
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To put it lightly, there's a bit of a gap between mainstream poetry and cowboy poetry. It's easy to see how poetry connoisseurs could completely disregard cowboy poetry as a genre; the poems all more or less stick to ballads, with stanzas constructed of strict ABAB or AABB rhyming patterns. And the subject matter, to someone on the outside, can feel constrained; when all you're discussing is cattle punching—slang for tending cattle, usually while on horseback—and life on the range, you can understand why urban or suburban readers would think that's a small canvas on which to paint.
Cowboy poets, too, frame themselves as outsiders from the mainstream; while they're welcoming to newcomers, you get the sense that an academic study of cowboy poetry would be frowned upon by most of the poets and fans as unnecessary. But cowboy poetry represents a real American tradition of poetry, with strong ties back to the 1800s—ties so strong that it's almost as though a contemporary of Ralph Waldo Emerson's was still alive today.
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To understand the appeal of cowboy poetry, it helps to go back to the beginning. Two classic compendiums of cowboy poetry in the public domain are now readily available for free in e-book form: 1908's Songs of the Cowboys, edited by Nathan Howard Thorp, and the 1920 classic that basically introduced the genre to the world beyond the American West, Cowboy Songs: and Other Frontier Ballads, edited by John Avery Lomax. Besides the incidental mention of a truck or a thong, there's not much difference between the poems in these books and the poems of Cook or DeLeeuw. Some of the verse provides useful advice for young men who are just getting started:
Work in Montana
Is six months in the year;
When all your bills are settled
There is nothing left for beer.
Work down in Texas
Is all the year around;
You will never get consumption
By sleeping on the ground.
Some of the poems are very funny, like Austin Corcoran's "Chuck-Time on the Round-Up," a backhanded tribute to a ranch chef named Old Doughy, which ends:
And I've come to this conclusion, and right here I want to say,
When you eat at "Cafe Doughy's" you feel all right next day,
For here is "Doughy's" record, and beat it if you can—
He's cooked for us twenty years and never lost a man.
The satire here often reaches the level of Twain. Quite a few of the poems mock Mormonism, whose popularity was increasing exponentially in the West at the time. Some of these poems make light of polygamy:
Oh, Brigham, Brigham Young,
It's a miracle how you survive,
With your roaring rams and your pretty little lambs
And your five and forty wives.
But some of the poems, such as "The Mormon Bishop's Lament," are downright vicious. This poem, told from the perspective of a fictional man who was recruited by Brigham Young, concludes:
Oh, my poor old bones are aching and my head is turning gray;
Oh, the scenes were black and awful that I've witnessed in my
Let my spirit seek the mansion where old Brigham's gone to
For there's no place for Mormons but the lowest pits of hell.
Despite what it might seem like from the above, the morality in most cowboy poetry wasn't the kind of cut-and-dried conservatism people associate with John Wayne movies or Toby Keith songs. In his 1897 book Jim Marshall's New Pianner and Other Western Stories, William Devere, the self-described "Tramp Poet of the West," published an extraordinary poem titled "Jeff and Joe. A True Incident of Creede Camp, Colorado," which describes a lifelong love affair between cowboys. The sympathetic portrait argues against any shock Brokeback Mountain might have had for cowboy poets.
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Back when civilization was still a tenuous experiment, poetry was the most efficient way to impart information and educate large groups of people at once. As its utility faded and its artistry increased, poetry evolved into something else. But back when America was still figuring itself out, and pushing at its edges to see what else was out there, poetry again regained that spirit of old. Cowboys wanted stories to depict the morality that organized religion, with all its trappings of cushy East Coast life, couldn't offer them in the West, where a rougher, more natural law was in command. Cowboy poetry reflected that morality; and those poems, and the traditions of those poems, still survive.
When asked if he thinks that cowboy poetry will still be written and performed in 100 years, Cook sounds a little nervous—he's not comfortable speculating—but he finally says, "As long as there are men and women out on ranches doing what we do, I believe there will always be stories to be passed on and things to be written about." When I ask what he'd have to say to "mainstream" poetry readers who would like to try reading some cowboy poetry, he's a lot less shy: With cowboy poetry, he says, "There is a world of poetry out there that they don't know a lot about but I'm sure that, as artistic people, they would love it. That way, we all get to know each other. We all got a lot of friends out there in the world," he says. "We just haven't met 'em yet."
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Before he terminated his do-little term as governor to kick off his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney planted a ticking time bomb at the University of Massachusetts — one that recently exploded.
The trustees and university administrators themselves lit the match when — after the students were safely off campus and the faculty was assumed to be dozing — they unveiled a reorganization plan of questionable merit that was hatched behind closed doors. This sort of power play, while not unheard of in academia, is more typical of what the public gets from the backroom on Beacon Hill. The difference is that, when competent politicians play hardball, they are usually ready for the consequences. That was far from the case here.
The faculty at the Amherst and Boston campuses was outraged and, in a highly unusual move, voted no-confidence in UMass president Jack Wilson. The internal damage was so severe that a special committee was named to clean up the mess. It is a measure of just how severe the toll is that a certified educational heavyweight, recently retired Northeastern University president Richard Freeland (who, as a young academic, cut his teeth as an administrator at UMass Boston) was tapped to lead the rescue mission.
The roots of this disaster are simple and disturbing. Because Massachusetts is rich in private colleges and universities, it lacks the ingrained tradition of and respect for public higher education that is customary in the Midwest, New York State, and California. At best, UMass suffers from benign neglect. Too often, it becomes a political football.
And that is what it was during the Romney years. Romney at one point suggested that the university's flagship Amherst campus be severed from the Worcester Medical School and the working-class campuses in Dartmouth, Lowell, and Boston.
When that idea fizzled, thankfully, Romney waged a successful campaign to force the resignation of former state Senate president William Bulger, who was named UMass president in 1996. Bulger was a controversial and problematic political figure, but as UMass president he was an outstanding success, restoring energy and a sense of élan not seen at UMass since Robert C. Wood, the MIT urban scholar and former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, led the school in the 1970s.
Bulger's problem, like Wood's, was that he was good at his job. By every quantifiable measure — from applicants' SAT scores to money raised — Bulger was a success. But for some reason, high-powered, successful educational leaders threaten governors, and Bulger was squeezed out.
Romney may now be history, at least as governor, but before his exit he packed the UMass board of trustees with politically pliant appointees who wasted no time electing lobbyist Stephen Tocco chair. Tocco, a highly regarded Republican apparatchik, served the previous Republican administrations of William Weld and Paul Cellucci before he served Romney. Whether the impression is accurate or not, UMass president Wilson is seen as Tocco's guy.
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From the booth to the court—and court of law, X to the V lets his imagination take over with his latest recording, produced by B. Dolla. Clever concept. Great flow, nice beat. That's a triple double.
Produced by Just Blaze, XV takes us through his hometown for his latest viral tour. Directed by Elan Alexenberg. No yellow brick roads included.
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Critics of the war in Iraq compare it – rightly or wrongly – to Vietnam. But there's no disputing that like Vietnam, this war has split the nation down the middle. It's enough to make one yearn for earlier times, when the nation united against a common enemy. Or did it? This hour of BackStory is about what happens on the home front when America goes to war. The guys are joined by author Nicholson Baker, and a three-star Marine general, to explore the question of whether any American wars have not been controversial.


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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Dear Friends,
It is Saturday evening and we had a full day, but we wanted to update you just a little. Again we are all safe, as are all other ABC-International Ministries missionaries here in Japan.
The leadership of the Japan Baptist Union (JBU), our sister denomination here in Japan, has spent the day trying to make contact will all the pastors of the churches in the areas devastated by this earthquake and the following tsunamis. We have not heard from 6 pastors (Hachinohe, Kuji, Tagajo, Shichigahama, Matsushima, and Kashimadai churches). Other pastors and their families have been evacuated, and some have reported damage to their church buildings.
We know these wonderful folks personally, yet I know that your hearts go out to them just the same as ours. Steps are being taken by the leadership of the JBU to find ways to reach out to those in need. The several Baptist denominations of Japan are working together to provide help and support. American Baptist Churches have already released $20,000 from the One Great Hour of Sharing fund for relieve support.
You can add to that support by going to the web page for International Ministries at
We will try to keep you up to date with what is happening with, in and through our brothers and sisters here in the days and weeks to come.
Thank you for your prayers.
Grace and Peace in Christ,
Tomoko and John Armagost
International Ministries missionaries in Japan
"The Lord is near to all who call on him..." Psalm 145:18a
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Outback NSW Bird WatchingAuthor: Carl from Pahrump (More Trip Reviews by Carl from Pahrump)
Date of Trip: January 2007
In 2006 and 2007 we spent 255 Days driving around Australia. We started in Darwin, drove south to Alice Springs, backtracked to Cairns, went down the East Coast to Rockhampton, cut over to Melbourne, went across the Nullarbor Plain to Perth, drove up the West Coast to Broome, and finished by crossing the Kimberely Region on our way back to Darwin -- 24,000 miles & 6 rental cars. Along the way we stayed in 56 cities and saw 693 bird species/subspecies.
This Trip Report covers the 9-days we spent bird watching while based in 2 locations in Outback NSW in Jan 2007– Dubbo & Tocumwal/Deniliquin.
We saw 131 bird species at 10 parks. The parks where we saw the most bird species were: Island Sanctuary = 63, Tocumwal Wetland = 41, Newell Hwy = 38, Slaughter Ponds = 43, Macquarie River Walk = 34, Dirt Rd NE of Deniliquin = 30, Ulupna Island = 30, Deniliquin Salt-bush Plain = 21, Riverina Hwy = 14, & Gulpa Island SF = 12.
The cities where we saw the most birds: 3 days in Deniliquin = 105, 4 days in Tocumwal = 55, & 2 days in Dubbo = 40.
Dubbo - We stayed at the Comfort Inn (32.254S 148.604E) in downtown Dubbo.
If you put these coordinates into Google Earth, you can see the locations I am discussing. Typically, there will be lots of pictures as well.
Tocumwal - We stayed at the Coatchman's Cottage (35.819S 145.577E) near the Murray River and Tocumwal Wetlands. The cottage has bore water, so flowers and green grass abound. The owner was proud of her family of Laughing Kookaburras. They have birdbaths, so there are lots of house birds.
If we were planning the trip again, I would:
Stay in Dubbo at least 3 nights, more if I could find a reasonable B&B or cottage.
Stay in a cabin at the Deniliquin Riverside Caravan Park for a week (http://members.optusnet.com.au/~jesterhall1/accommodation.htm 35.529S 144.968E). The Coatchman's Cottage was a nicer accommodation, but you really need to be in Deniliquin for the best birding (it takes about an hour to drive from Tocumwal to Deniliquin).
Highlights of the Region:
Meeting a keen local birder in Deniliquin who took us to where we could see Red-vented Blue Bonnets, Superb Parrots, Red-backed Buttonquails, Southern Boobook Owls and Tawny Frogmouths.
Seeing waves of Long-billed Correllas.
Seeing 29 Koalas along the Murray River.
We didn't see the Plaines Wanderers, but we didn't go out at night either.
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Parameswaran Hari, M.D., M.S., associate professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology, has been named the first Armand J. Quick/William F. Stapp Professor in Hematology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Hari is an internationally renowned researcher in multiple myeloma, and serves as director of the adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program (BMT) at Froedtert Hospital. He is also the scientific director for the plasma cells disorder working committee at the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research.
The late Dr. Quick was Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at Marquette University School of Medicine (the Medical College of Wisconsin's predecessor institution) from 1944-1964. His research in the fields of blood clotting and the diagnosis and treatment of bleeding disorders brought him international recognition. He is best known for developing the "Quick Prothrombin Time," a clinical blood test to diagnose bleeding disorders and monitor dosage of anticoagulation therapy that was a critical driver of research in the field, and is still used widely.
The Armand J. Quick/William F. Stapp Professorship was established this year by MCW from an endowment provided by the late Dr. Stapp, an MCW alumnus (1951), and his family to honor the memory of Dr. Quick and to provide support to a leader in hematology research and practice.
Dr. Hari joined MCW in 2004. He received his M.B.B.S. in 1992 from the University of Kerala in India, and his M.D. in 1995 from the Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medicine in India. He completed fellowships in internal medicine and hematology at The Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists in the United Kingdom in 1997 and 2000, and in medical oncology and transplantation at MCW in 2004.
Dr. Hari has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, reviews, and abstracts. As a clinician, he has been recognized as a Best Doctor in America, and recently received the Patient Appreciation Award from the Wisconsin chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He was also the 2011 recipient of the MCW Department of Medicine's prestigious Engstrom Award for Clinical Contributions.
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Is part of topic Te Papa's Bush City
Macropiper excelsum
Habit: Large shrub to small tree.
Claims to fame: Relative of kava (Piper methysticum) which is used to make a drink popular in many Pacific Islands.
Traditional uses: Treatment of skin complaints and wounds, toothache, colds, kidney problems. Also an aphrodisiac. Smoke from burning leaves used as an insecticide for crops (Brooker et al., 2002, New Zealand Medicinal Plants, Reed). Ripe fruit can be eaten. The seeds have potential as a culinary spice. The leaves can be used to flavour drinks (for example, tea or beer), but, because of potential toxicity, there should be caution about the quantity consumed (Crowe, 2004, A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand, Penguin).
Distribution/ecology: Lowland forest of the North Island and the northern South Island. Also on the Kermadec Islands, Norfolk Island, and Lord Howe Island.
Relationships: As well as kava, kawakawa is related to black pepper (Piper nigrum).
Identification: The somewhat heart-shaped leaves, which are often riddled with caterpillar-holes.
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Dining room renovation + Tray ceiling
Well, rewind 4 months and I came home from my first night of grad-school to find a puddle on my dining room floor. The toilet in the master bath had leaked and ran onto the ceiling, pooling water in several locations.
What I SHOULD have done is just cut out the bad spots, put in some drywall patches, and repainted the ceiling. Underestimating how much time grad-school was going to take, I took on much longer of a project than I anticipated.
What I did, was start with what I should have done, and went further:
First, I built some ladder-frames out of 2x4 and 1x4 boards. I build them on the ground, then put them into position and shot nails into the studs in the wall and ceiling.
I ran 12/2 Romex to 2 sides of room, for recessed lighting. I added an outlet on the face of the "tray" for what will be cove lighting. I replaced the simple switch with a 3-switch version that fit into the existing double-box.
The switches work the chandelier, the recessed lighting, and the outlet for the cove lighting.
Drywall begins and lights are installed:
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The super-suck part of the job, drywall finishing:
Then, mid-project, I had to stop and put everything back together for Thanksgiving. Though unfinished, I would envision what it might look like:
Post Thanksgiving, back to work finally finishing the drywall all the way:
I had to lower the cold-air return ^^^
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Which brings me to last weekend. On Friday night after work, I primed the ceiling and 2 walls... ran out of primer, doh. Saturday I primed the remaining walls and Sunday I painted.
The color on the walls did not match the color sample :furious:. It was supposed to be "iced tea" - like a brownish color. It turned out to be burnt-orange. My dining room looks like a muscle car. Too late to undo, this needs to get done. I might eventually put a faux finish over it, a glaze or something of another color to break up the orange.
Here you can see the taller baseboard I will be putting up. I also have the crown molding that will be going along the bottom of the tray's face. Behind the molding will sit white rope-light. The bottom edge of the molding will have a piece of colonial molding to help close any gaps on the bottom (hard to explain, future pics will show better). I haven't decided whether or not to put a lower level of crown on the wall and lower ceiling... which means I'll need to lower the cold air return, again.
For one more insult, the room decided to allow me to put a hole in the wall under the window, when I was trying to pull the old baseboard, held on with the longest trim-nails I have ever seen.
You can also see how orange the color is... it was supposed to be closer to the color of those curtains.
So, that's where I am at currently. I just pulled the tape during my lunch-hour. Suck. The paint didn't bond very well to the primer, and the tape pulled a lot of it down. So, there are a lot of touchups to do.
My list for completion:
Lessons learned:
Glidden primer sucks. It's the first time I ever primed a room before painting. Even though I followed the directions for curing time and time before painting, the paint really has not bonded well with the primer. On my second coat on the walls, there were parts that the first coat of paint pulled off the wall and onto the roller. I had to put it on kind-of thick to keep this from happening. Now there are some sags due to that, which I will need to sand and touch up, but that's for a later time.
I have also decided that when I finish my basement (might be the next project), I will hang the drywall, and then call a professional. Not because I cannot finish it, but because I HATE mudding and sanding. I'll pay someone to do that, and while they're at it, they can prime and paint too. Much likely to get done faster than the 4 months it took me to do this project.
I have lived in this house almost 7 months. 4 of those months this room was under construction... way too ambitious of a project for the available time I had to work on it.
You're learning, both at and away from school. Looks like your project is turning out nice. I would add a chair rail molding to your list. I would also put a crown below your tray, maybe a little smaller than what your putting up above.
I am not sure why you had the paint problems. Sounds like not enough drying time in between coats. When in doubt, let it sit for another day. If you were trying to put multiple coats on in the same day, that usually isn't a good idea. I like Sherwin Williams paint products. I have been using them for over 30 years and they have served me well.
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Nothing wrong with burnt orange color if you're from 'round these parts. Hook Em Horns! :)
Good job on the project. It's something I've thought of doing in one of my rooms, but 8' ceilings don't leave a lot of extra space for dropping down a trey.
Looking forward to seeing the molding up.
I do like the suggestion of using a smaller piece of crown in the lower corner, that will help it to not look too 'busy' up there.
You said you used Gliden primer, what did you use for a finish ?Just curious.
After further review, I don't think it was the primer - but the paint. {Puts on flamesuit}, I was working off a home depot gift card... so you can guess what brand the paint was (behr). I know there are MANY, MANY, MANY people that hate Behr paint. I used it to paint my entire last house, and some of this house, and never had an issue with it. In fact I liked it. In this room however, I have experienced every complaint that anyone has had with Behr. Perhaps it was the finish. I used satin in this room, but primarily use eggshell and flat finishes.
The base and shoe is installed, the crown and lip are up on the tray, cove lighting is in, and 3/4 of the crown is up on the lower part of the ceiling. I hope to finish that shortly, and will probably have some new pictures up soon.
I, too, had used nothing but Behr for every room in my house and never had any issues. My rooms are or have been painted various shades of green, yellow, tan, and blue. The performance of the paint was acceptable in all those rooms. But when we did our kitchen in "autumn maple," a deep red color, man what a nightmare. It took six coats to get decent coverage. It still came out kind of iffy. I've since read that red paint is the worst for coverage. I've also since painted something with Sherwin Williams paint and man what a difference. I don't think I'll use Behr again. In the past I thought Behr was acceptable and it was, but only because I hadn't used anything better.
Here are some pictures of where it stands right now. Tomorrow I will need to paint the moulding, where I caulked today. Other than that, we want to change the chandelier and maybe some new curtains. I also want to put some casing around the entryways, but that's for another project.
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Might I suggest NOT using the Behr for the trim? I do have experience with their supposedly best quality trim paint in semi gloss and it took 3 coats of white to cover already primed trim.I use this.
You should be quite proud of both your work and the tasteful elegance with which the room is presented. Great job!
Wow, really great job. This is actually something that I want to do as well. Although, I am with you. Framed and drywall then leave the taping and painting to others. Could you post a photo showing what you used for the base molding, I am assuming it is two/three pieces?? It is very nice.
As for paint, I have been managing property for over 10 years. Benjamin Moore has always worked without fail. I recently had a 1 hour long talk with my paint guy (been selling paint for 25 years). I guess Ben Moore recently (last few years) upgraded all their lines. So the Super Spec (which used to be just so-so) is now what the Regal Finish was and the Regal Finish is just a lot better (not sure what that means??) Anyway, we have begun using the Super Spec (to save a little money) on several project and I have to say, for the money it looks very nice and goes on well. If you don't mind the money the Regal is still the way to go though.
Thanks for the positive comments. For the painting the moulding -yeah, I've had the same gallon of Behr semi-gloss that I've been using for moulding since I bought the house. 3 coats seems about right - I paint 2 coats while it's in full length, prior to installation. Then cut, install, and caulk. Then, a final coat after that (which is where I am today).
The base is a 1-piece base & cap combo from HD, it runs $1.69/ft. Obviously there is a piece of shoe attached on the bottom edge ($.37/ft) for a total of $2.06 per linear foot. I used this in the hallway/foyer wainscot project, and my wife and I liked it so much that we started replacing all the plain 3" base with it, just a little-bit at a time. I would go poor/crazy changing all the base in the house all at once.
Here is a picture from their website. Later, when I go down to the basement, I'll take a picture of each kind of moulding I used (total of 5 different pieces on the project).
Looks great. I to switched to sherwin williams paint and have had nothing but good results with it. More expensive but it's worth it to skip the headaches.
I used to hate finishing to but it seems the more I do it the more I like it, or don't like it less! I've learned some things along the way and also read a lot on finishing tips and seems the more I do it the easier it gets. Now my least favorite part of it is cleaning up all the tools!
What sized can lights did you use and how much clearance did you have in the soffit?
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This year's batch of used whiskey barrels is now available! These are 5 gallon charred white oak barrels for $75 each. They have been used to mature our Ranger Creek .36 Texas Bourbon and then re-used to mature either our Rimfire Mesquite Smoked Single Malt or our .44 Texas Rye. Reservations are limited to 2 barrels per person as we have limited quantities. Barrels do not come with a stand. RSVP here and pre-pay for your barrel to secure your reservation. Your barrels are not reserved until we receive your payment. The "seats" field is the number of barrels you would like to reserve (do not choose more than 2 or your reservation will be declined). After clicking "send your booking" you will see an option to pay via PayPal. You must be available to come pick it up from Ranger Creek on Sunday, Nov 17 from 3:00-5:00 pm.
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