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The completion of cryomodule 1 is special as it represents the key building block of a future planned collider system called Project X as well as a potential future ILC. Project X will house about 30 - 40 cryomodules, while the ILC would hold between 1600 and 2200. Each module holds eight 3-foot long "cavities", which are produced from purified niobium, a superconductor that has the highest critical temperature of the elemental superconductors (9.2 K) and features a very high melting point of 2477 degrees Celsius, or 4491 degrees Fahrenheit, as well as a power gradient of 35 MV/m (megavolts per meter).
The cavities receive a charge of 300 KW each and exposed to a pulsating electric field clocked at 1.3 GHz to accelerate the proton beam to a total of about 1.5 GeV when all six cryomodules are in place. Liquid helium is used to cool the niobium cavities, which consist of a string of 9 cells, which are bathed in liquid helium at a temperature of 2K, while additional cooling layers on the outside have a temperature of 5K and 80K. The first cryomodule carried a cost of about $6 million, but the scientists hope that the cost will eventually come down to about $1 million - and, remember, the ILC will need at least 1600 of these.
At the end of 2012, Fermilab plans to test-fire the collider and hit an initial energy level of 300 MeV.
As a side note it is critical to slow down the powerful 1.5 GeV beam as well. Fermilab will be using a tomb built from a graphite core as well as aluminum plates that is equipped with a water cooling system and is encased in a 20ft x 20ft x 20ft steel and concrete container - to hold the radiation caused by the beam. I was told that the graphite and aluminum layers are designed to quickly transfer the heat created to water that is running through the metals via drilled holes and is transported away through its pipe system. Fermilab scientists said that the water is estimated to heat up from about 80 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit in the process.
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It is unclear whether Fermilab will get approval for the ILC, while scientists are optimistic to get funding for Project X, which will also use SRF technology developed and tested at the facility for a 120 GeV neutrino collider. Scientists are currently making amazing progress toward a much more efficient future collider and it appears to be common sense that the ILC is just a matter of time and that it will, at some point, be replacing the LHC, depending on the results the CERN collider delivers. Given Fermilab's expertise, it appears reasonable to assume that it is the natural choice for a location of this new accelerator.
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To the best of my knowledge it's to discover more properties of subatomic particles that could one day explain how the Big Bang came to be. However being in America I have my doubts about politicians letting an accelerator that's better than in Europe be built here, just look at the uproar and one could deduce an even bigger one here.
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To the best of my knowledge it's to discover more properties of subatomic particles that could one day explain how the Big Bang came to be. However being in America I have my doubts about politicians letting an accelerator that's better than in Europe be built here, just look at the uproar and one could deduce an even bigger one here.
K-zonYa know, seems llike alot of "Billion" dollar projects these days in and around some places.
I can understand sometimes for sack of new from old of course, especially with more known then what was say before with new on old, but the ideas of lack "None-before" kinda don't fit well, but that again is based on ideas of what is before and what isn't though i think more then none.
But ya know infmartion is sarce of it usually a complete for somethings, but for any one thing not?? Oh well, deductive or adductive thinking would be the place of interest for lack f interest usually for it. Stil though of the most when not applied all of what it is would be?
But again though rather they build a new one, there is one being built somewhere either way. Rather helpful or not is anyones guess of course but still. What gets to be results of anything would be the idea of interest for what is not bieing built, what is and has been built to say. Yes? Don't worry, it takes something usually to change something.
If some common place of interest could be derived from something, this might be a good start, but who knows..??
Okay, but if one of these colliders ever lead to the discovery and greater understanding of the higgs boson, and subsequent development of anti-gravity devices, then you are last in line to get one.
or it could go to scientific investigation, which could drastically improve our every day lives depending on the discovery. The goals of this project are big, and would without a doubt make huge advances in understanding of our world, huge advances in technology, and therefore huge advances in medicine and other important parts of our daily lives. Plz dont suppose that scientific investigation is a waste of money.


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Got my set today. They are definately masterpieces. I got the pieces trimmed and have glued one side of the hinges. I should have them ready to RnB in the next couple days if I get a good working on it on Sunday.
This is definatley one upgrade Im going to make!
The Gauntlets look AMAZING, when do you think the next run will be mate?
Here is where I am at right now with these awesome gauntlets!
Assembled except for the hoses on the right gaunt. Waiting for the darts to dry in place first. Getting close to complete. All RnB'd Hinges assembled. At this point I just need to get the saber darts and the spike. I am loving them!
Those are looking sweet!
Small update: The weekend was just way too busy with family to get any work done. But I did make some new pulls before, so today I'll be trimming those up and preparing the rest of the orders for shipping.
I love them! They fit great. Oh, I am taking that little container of black liquid is a weathering liquid? Because I haven't really looked at it.
Yep, it's charcoal paint for weathering, if you need it. I just sent you a PM about your slider switch and red LED. Glad to hear they fit good.
i just painted my green light with testors tail light red paint...lol i tried putting the other red plastic thing in there and gave up...figured i dont intend on lighting it up anywho...
You have to trim the LED housing just below the threads and then all of the internal stuff will fall out. Then you can push the green lense out through the bottom and insert the red LED I included.
Ok, I'm getting there. The first post has been updated with more shipping updates. Each package has been shipped via USPS Priority mail insured with delivery "confrontation", so a signature will be required for delivery.
Hi Cruzer,
I received mine a few days ago along with the holsters and they are both fantastic quality. Your a real craftsman.
Thanks very much.
I feel the need to send you more money for your shin pieces soon.
Thanks again
Any updates on these Cruzer?
No, not really. I spent a good 10 hours yesterday making two new holster molds (4 total)...so that I could get the holsters out asap to the people who are waiting for both gauntlets and holsters from me. So now today I'll put in enough leather for two sets of holsters, and chalk up the rest of the day to setting hinges. The hinge work is now the priority since the gauntlet kits have all been shipped. But there's a catch, I only have enough hinge for 3 sets....so I'm coordinating with Dark-Side to send me more asap.
I'm hitting the gauntlet work hard this weekend since last weekend I didn't have time for any work due to the fact I was playing Jedi at a birthday party most of last Saturday:o and had too many family committments that Sunday.
Small update:
Tonight I'll be finishing the first two pairs of gauntlets that needed to be hinged. For those members who asked me to hinge their gauntlets, I also decided to finish trim your shells, spot fill any larger air bubble holes in the gelcoat, sand, and apply a coat of primer.
I have about 3-4 sets of shells left that I have decided are too rough to ship because they were damaged or just plain "beat up" as they were sitting around. So, since I'm waiting on more hinge anyway, I'll be making new/fresh shells this weekend for anyone who is still waiting for their gauntlets.
Tonight I'll post some pics of the gauntlets I am currently working on since I haven't been able to create a tutorial thread.
Now I have finished my gauntlets,and i think they looks good,or?
BTW,Thanks again Cruzer for the awesome Gauntlets,and Dark-Side for the great parts !!!
..great work jabo !!!
They look really clean.
You did a great job on them!
Small Update for those still waiting on their gauntlets:
Illandriel, SoulAssassin, & TB750, your gauntlets and/or hinge work is completed and your holsters should be finished by this weekend.
Darksaber212, your gauntlets and hinge work is completed and will ship out by the middle of this week.
Thank you so much for your patience guys.
Wow Cruzer! these gauntlets look incredible!
Hope to be on the list next time
The gauntlets look great!
L, pm sent with shipping info. 8)
NICE work.. must look into these
Stink, this thread is eight years old.
I have one, new in the box that I am going to be selling soon with my entire kit. Just trying to decide if I sell it with the kit since my gauntlets needed this upgrade, I just didn't do the work. I'll be posting it soon.


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Also did some reading on compression. Apparently it doesn't raise hp as much as i thought it would. Plus with the effeciency i'd gain from flat tops might be a halfway decent idea.
Compression Calculator - SummitRacing.com
w/ a 3.48" stroke, 4.03 bore, +5 pistons, .04 quench i'll have about 10.38:1
vs 11.54:1 w/ -3.5cc pistons.
So looks like maybe 15hp/tq lost? according to different threads and articles its not much of an area to gain unless you are literally trying to make a pure drag engine. While I would like to spending 200-400$ more doesn't seem worth it for forged pistons to gain that much. Well I learned something new.
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Deathmunchy, I am recommending this calculator because it computes static compression and dynamic effective compression ratio. United Engine & Machine Co. Incorporated. The DCR is an effective way to know if your engine will use 91 octane pump gas or not. All you need is the intake valve closing @.050 which is listed on the cam card. Here is an article that explains DCR. Dynamic CR
Here, I'll show you how to do it.....
We'll use this cam since I already have it copied.....
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Draw a circle on a piece of paper, about 1" to 2" in diameter. Size doesn't matter (in this case, LOL). Visualize the circle as an analog clock face. Make a mark on the circle line at 11:00 O'Clock. Mark it IVO. This will be the intake opening point @0.050". Make a mark on the circle at 4:00 O'Clock. Mark it IC. This will be the intake centerline, or highest lift point of the lobe. Make a mark at 8:00 O'Clock. Mark it IVC. This will be the intake closing point @0.050".
You see on the cam card that the intake duration @0.050" is 230 degrees. Write 230 in the middle of the circle so you can reference it. Draw a line under the 230 and write 115 (half the 0.050" duration) so you can reference it.
Now, beginning at IC, move counter-clockwise around the circle until you reach 115 degrees from the IC. You will be using up 106 degrees to get back to top dead center and will have 9 degrees left over. Write in 9 at the 11:00 O'Clock mark you made on the circle. Now we know that the intake valve opens @ 9 degrees before top dead center. We can prove this by adding 9 plus 106 to equal 115. See, that's why I had you write 230/115 in the middle of the circle, so you could prove your work.
Now, we know that the intake valve will not close before the piston gets to the bottom of the stroke and heads back toward top dead center. Therefore, going clockwise from the intake opening point, we can add 9 and 180 and find that we have 189 degrees of 0.050" duration from the time the intake valve opens to the time the piston gets to bottom dead center. (180 degrees in a half-circle). Referring to the middle of your circle and using the 230 you have written there, subtract 189 from 230 and find 41 degrees. That's the intake closing point @0.050" tappet lift. Prove your work by adding 189 and 41 to produce 230.
After you have done this a number of times, you can do the math in your head without the circle.
One of you guys could do a good deed by posting this on the wiki. I don't need any more wiki credit, let's get someone else started......
Yea thanks tech. Thats reassuring so I am doing that right. I typically draw the lines to represent the TDC and BDC cycle. This seems to get me the same answer so I'm going to assume it works right?
Also yea Minter I had to read that guide a few times when i first saw it before I finally grasped it. I got the idea of a DCR I do believe. Also like I said at one point. I believe with my compression and the cam and 6" rods I'd have about a 9.2 DCR.
just to check though basically the longer the cam is open ABDC the less of your stroke is actually used. But at higher RPM's the Inertia of air actually comes into play and this is what affects your VE and different RPM's?
Oh also I went by comp cams today. They said a custom ground solid roller w/lifters will be "about five hundred".
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tell comp that the cost of a custom cam should be similar to a shelf cam. If not then ask another cam grinder the same question.Comp cam sells a lot of custom grinds to crate engine builders so I doubt its a custom grind. My cam is a comp custom grind,buts its also a shelf grind for Jeff Lukovich
Went to a machine shop today. Apparently to have the block bored decked and the assembly balanced its going to be about 375. This doesn't seem too bad.
To get a valve job is 180 for the pair. So if the brodix heads do come with the valve job like you were saying then neat I'll save money. but would it be worth it to look into a 4 or 5 angle valve job?
They said they'd inspect the crank and rods during balancing because they might not need resizing and if they don't why waste money? I don't remember if there was a charge or not but would it be safer to resize them anyways? Is there any benefits to resizing or just safe vs sorry?
Lastly, they said they recommend locaters (i think thats what they said) vs valve cups. So that you don't have to resize the spring pockets(if you would have to). What do you guys think/recommend? I don't remember if I mentioned wether my heads were aluminum or not so I don't know if theres a difference.
Ok I'm really confused now.
Yes I would think that resizing would be followed by balancing. I would think though it would be best when bringing the assembly in to have this done on the same trip.
They wouldn't resize only a couple of rods right? (your statement makes me think maybe this could be the case. I do have a tendency to over think things. I would imagine this would cause instability if someone did this.)
When I asked about spring cups, he said something about most after market heads coming with big enough pockets. I think it was something like 1.5" pockets. If you use wide springs they pockets have to be expanded if you use cups as they take up space. But if you use locators most of the time this is not the case. This is what I got out of that.
Is this correct? I could have mis interpreted what he was saying.
I'm confused as to what makes people think I'm trying to cut corners. I'm not. I may have to wait till I'm healthier before I post as my brain seems to be kind of addled.
let me throw in some confusion:
you dont drop parts at the machine shop,get work done,take home and then assemble them.
You become like best friends with the machinist for a couple weeks:::
you need to bore the block before you can trial assemble the engine to check deck height,usually you bore and hone to custom fit each piston,,,,
any engine that is raced or looking for maximum power will have as much blue printing as the assembler is willing to put into his efforts. block needs to be alighn honed and squared,final decking cannot be done until at least one trial assemble(partial). Your block will be machined at least 2 times.not counting final piston to wall honing,each piston will be hand fitted. crank is also custom polished for final bearing clearance. Crank is checked for straightness,polished to fit each bearing set,checked for rod side clearance.(another trial fit),,,,block can probably go back for decking. test fit after decking(after measuring piston to valve clearance) machine pistons if requires,crank,rods,pistons,balancer,flywheel etc can go for balance check. we weigh all the rings and bearings in extreme cases(for each set) another trial fit assembley,double check P to V,
take it all apart( good idea to recheck crank for straightness after balancing) any fine adjustments,do now. clean everything like you are going to do surgery with the engine parts,get all the parts in order,clean dust free shop,,,
this is just a very mild hint of the details involved. 40 hours to assemble an engine is a fast build imo. dont make any mistakes,have someone else take measurements to confirm yours are all correct.fix any differences. every part is trial fit before final fit. short blocks are often assembled more than 4 times.If you assemble the parts after you get them with out checking them and its a one time thing I doubt the engine will be all that great
maybe oldbogie can detail my post better as he seems pretty good at this kind of articulation
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Vinnie that wasn't confusing. That sounds fun. I've found these in regards to blue printing and have them bookmarked.
4g63 Blueprinting Basics - YouTube
Engine Blueprinting (Part 1) Precision Engine
Blueprint Your Motor For Mere Dollars-Super Chevy Magazine
Like the second guide states I've found I can only do so much at home but I think I grasp the fundementals relatively well. Still going to take it to the machine shop.
This is to give you guys an idea of what I've been doing. Lots and lots and lots of reading. And this is just the favorite ones. I haven't watched the videos yet.
Also just so you guys can further understand. If it was 1000$ for all the machine work OR I could rent the equipment/tools for 24 hours for 2000$. I'd choose the latter. I think I'm giving the impression I'm doing stuff to save money. I'm not.
Yeppers going to follow your initial piece of advice f-bird. Kind of disappointed I can't find any of those rebuilds for 6" rods. But basically lets take my original build. Use your idea for the bottom end. I REALLLLLYYYYY like that cam. and thats the engine itself.
If this seems solid then I'm going to start buying more stuff. Like I said, I have the intake and carb pistons are next so I can start the block machine work.
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MK1 rear disk brake kit recommendations ?
hi im new here
and im looking to convert my 2003 ford focus ZTS to rear disk brakes
but i couldn't find any reliable cheep rear brake kits
so if anyone has any recommendations or even a list of company's that make the rear disc kits i would appreciate it
also if there is an ABS kit any recommendations for that would be appreciated also
idk if there is anyone still making rear kits these days. When they did they were EXPENSIVE around the $800-$1500 range.
What most do that want rear disk is swap out for the SVT breaks. However you must do both front and rear, if you dont the rear disks will be larger than the front and you wont get a desired result for breaking. You can source the parts yourself from a junk yard if you can find a wrecked svt. or they do pop up on the B-S-T area every once in a while.
Now in reality unless your road racing all the time there isnt really a huge need for rear disk breaks on these cars. Sure they look nice but a good set of front rotors and pads will do just fine for every day driving with some fun spirited stuff too.
well what i really want is the ABS system and as i understand it
the ABS system works far better with disk then drum
im not even sure if you could get ABS from the factory without 4 weel disc
also i feel cheated by ford in that the ZTS is the best edition of the focus you can get and it didnt even come with 4 weel disc let alone ABS
SVT excluded because it was a special order edition
sounds like ill go junk yard hunting then
if i find SVT brakes will i NEED the larger rims?
or can i keep the stock 16 weels of the ZTS?
thanks alot for the reply
Adding ABS to a car not originally equipped with it would be a huge undertaking. If you really want ABS, buy a car that came optioned with it - they are out there. It wasn't just the SVT cars. My '03 ZTW has it.
what i meant was the SVT it was a standard to have both 4 weel disc and ABS
it was optional on all other versions
and my current understanding so far is the ABS system consist of a computer
a control module and an ABS ring on each spindle but then again ive never seen a conversion kit for it
probably would be better to cannibalize a SVT for the parts
im even now wondering if the engine control computer would have to support ABS also because the dash computer isw supposed to have a warning light
for the ABS
it might be far simpler to say screw it and just worry about the disk brakes
im starting to wonder if i even need a kit
can i just buy of the shelf parts and piece the rear disc system together?
Dude, you are not going to be able to add ABS to a car that didn't come with it, unless you buy a parts car and completely swap the CPU, and more parts than you can imagine.
ABS does not work any better with 4 wheel discs than it does with rear drums, if the brakes can lock up the tires, more clamping force at the brakes does nothing.
If you want the disc brakes so badly, watch the for sale section here, in the last month there have been two or three complete SVT front and rear brake conversion kit for sale at $600-700 for both ends.
Ford no longer sells the caliper brackets, the rest of the little parts one could buy off the shelf and piece together a kit for even more money.
+1 elsolo. The brakes can only give as much stopping power as the tires will provide, so if your current drums will lock up your wheels then disks won't help you stop better. The only difference is that they look cooler and probably are slightly cooler (loose heat faster). SVT swap is the way to go if you can find it. But keep in mind you won't be able to run 15's or 14's for winter tires anymore if you care about that sort of thing.
A great start is to get the front SVT kit= 300mm rotors/bigger calipers. You can use your stock brake lines, but I'd get a set of SS lines. You'll need either svt spindles or '05 only spindles & the '05 ball joints to go w/ the '05 spindles. For rear disc's, '05-'07 ST rear disc are easier to get, then the svt ones. Like elsolo mentioned to convert to a abs system, you'll need a parts car.
What gains are there to be had by switching to all disc brakes? I understand that the discs on the SVT are larger, but is the 60-0 distance lessened dramatically? Or would it be more cost effective by going to ceramics?
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Current Sled(s): 2013 Indy and 2005 IQR 440 moded to 600ho
Previous Sled(s): 1989 sport 340/1992 indy440/1998 storm/1996 xlt/2001 xcr800/
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Posts: 1,958
Current Sled(s): 2013 indy sp
Previous Sled(s): 07f6 09 dragon 800sp 99 zl 600 efi,85 377 safari 04 xcsp 600
Location: nova scotia
Favorite Riding Area: bathurst nb.cb.highlands
16-17 Mileage: 464
15-16 Mileage: 500
14-15 Mileage: 2265
13-14 Mileage: 2330
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i have the sp the rear end needs some help shocks revalved and different track other then that no issues.
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Current Sled(s): 16 pro x 800 e-start snocheck model
Previous Sled(s): POLARIS,CAT AND DOO
Location: VT
Favorite Riding Area: VERMONT
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After looking at the changes they did to the 2014 indy's you would be crazy not to just pick up a 2013 at killer prices rite now,base model 600 only change is seat and side panel color,it still has the old style iq bars without hooks and the iq style skis and .91 shockwave track and ryde fx non rebuildable shocks,the sp model same ,only seat ,rear wheel kit,and color of sled changes,wish they would have put the 1.25 shockwave track on the sp model instead of the hacksaw,i think this is going to be a zero issue sled,keep belt deff snug on it,check chain tens and oil level from getgo and your good to go,fuel map seems great no flat spots or hesitation at all,very fun sled on trail.HEMI
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Current Sled(s): 2016 SKS
Previous Sled(s): Indy 600 144, Reny 1000, Mountain Cat 500
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Favorite Riding Area: Mont Valin
Age: 31
Riding Since: 1996
I got my Indy (base) 2 weeks ago.. Put on 600km and I'm really really happy I bought it. I came from a 2007 Renegade 1000 and I do not miss it at all.
The indy is quick for a 600, I raced my buddies 03 MXZ 800 and left him in the dust. Also raced a 2012 XF and gave him a hard time until about 50mph. The indy feels very light, you can throw it around off trail very easily!
The only mod i did was put on a 1.75" BackCountry track, it made this sled an unreal boondocker. I also just took it on a trip in the mountains where there was 5-6feet of snow. It climbed very well for a short track.
The only complaint I have is poor snow removal from the running boards. It would need some slots cut into them. The handlebar hooks also need to be added.
I'm 170lbs and the rear suspension does just fine for me on Medium setting.
I paid 7700$ taxes in out the door. I could not complain AT ALL!
I couldn't justify the 1000+ for the SP model. I can build up mine better than the SP for that price.
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Current Sled(s): 2014 Assault 8002012 Rush 800SB 2013 Indy 600
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Great sled, no problems with mine so far. In tight trails you can throw it around with confidence and keep up with the group without a problem. Do not like the track at all. If you keep the stock track (which I did) put studs in it or it will fish tail on loose powder trails. When you take price in consideration, you can live with the track. Remember if you stud it you have to add to the exsisting tunnel guards. Only stud down the center on this sled would be suggested.
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I am also very happy w/ the base model. There are a few things that need to be done to get it where I want it. I don't like the handlebars. I am going to order the sp bars and grips and swap them out ($65 for the bar, $28 for the grips). New track or studs,(not sure which one yet) from what it sounds like, neither track is ideal. Bergstrom triple points and shims are a must for me. I'm 230 and the rear is doing ok for now, but we'll see. The front suspension is where its at with the Indy. It is very forgiving and predictable once set up right. If you like to tinker and mod like me, get the '13 base for a smoking deal and make it your own. Unbelievable sled for the price. Make sure to completely go over it when you get it home. I didn't, and the dealer never filled the chain case and ended up needing new sprockets and chain(covered under warranty)
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Current Sled(s): deTweaked 13 Indy, 01 600xcsp, 00 600xcsp
Previous Sled(s): 3 arcticcraps
Location: Central Mn
Favorite Riding Area: from my house
Age: 37
Riding Since: 85
No problems here. For myself my unsp needed better shocks. No much else worth complaining about. Its an awesome ride!
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Current Sled(s): XCR 800
Previous Sled(s): O.M. 1000, 700 Heavy Mod, 700 IS XCR 1253, XC1214, P.S.700
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Don't forget to add stud protectors if you're going to run studs.
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With over $70 billion in cash, everyone is staring at Apple's cash like it's a birthday piñata after 23 rounds with the kids. Seriously do those things ever break?! Almost everyone is calling for Apple to crack & start paying a dividend.
I, personally, disagree. I've been pretty vocal for Apple to do anything but (even if it means pursuing some of my tongue-in-cheek growth ideas).
As it is, for the last year or so the rumor mill has been in full tilt for Apple TV to become a reality. There's no question this could be another big product for them and the fanboys (like me) were titillated even more this week by an ex-Apple employee who was in the TV group talking to the press.
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Apple's lead designer Jony Ive has "a slick 50 (inch) TV" in his locked-down studio at Apple's headquarters, according to a former Apple employee who spoke with Scott Martin at USA Today. The anonymous employee worked in the Apple TV group. This person says the major problem for Apple is that it can't secure content for its Apple TV. Apple can't get its hands on "first-tier TV network programs for an à la carte iTunes TV service," says Martin, citing sources.
And that's the thing, iTunes as-is has a great library to rent and purchase but nothing, zero for streaming and they really have no first-run TV to speak of.
The old men running the cable companies have long, safe relationships with the TV studios. They're kicking and screaming just like the music execs did when it was their time. And Apple, while arguably ultimately saving music from digital demise, will need more than even Steve Jobs could bring to the table at the negotiations. They'll need leverage, and I think there is a company that could give it to them: Netflix.
This idea of Apple (Or Google, Or Amazon, or even Facebook) buying them isn't anything new. And at $300 a share, I don't think anyone in their right mind would want Netflix. But with today's quote being just around $80 (and a $4 billion market cap) — now, that's a different story.
And while it's true buying Netflix doesn't really give Apple (or any of the other companies in the wings) instant gratification to circumvent the cable companies strong-arm hold on TV studios, it certainly gives them a lot more klout with the TV studios on the back of Netflix's close to 22 million streaming subscribers (especially when you combine it with iTunes). It's also been reported that Apple is pretty far along in talks with movie studios to begin a streaming service via iCloud, no word on TV studios though. Grabbing Netflix would give any acquirer an instant, significant foothold in streaming video, including TV shows.
Assuming anyone would pony up for the company, it would be really smart to burn the boats at Netflix and dump the DVD business altogether. As it is, this last quarter Netflix was streaming 2 billion hours of video, which according in a recent interview at MarketWatch with Peter Kafka of All Things D, makes it now the 15th largest "channel" in the Cable TV market.
The WSJ went even further in 2010:
Apple and Netflix already are playing nicely together. U.S. Netflix subscribers now can stream movies and TV shows directly on their TVs through Apple's revamped Apple TV device. Likewise, Netflix is becoming intertwined with other Internet-mixed-with-TV gadgets such as Samsung TVs, Sony PS3, TiVo and Apple's iPad. Closer ties with Apple can help Netflix more quickly transition to a streaming video company, and not a DVD company.
And truth be told, isn't everyone ready for Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to move aside after last year's embarrassing "we take it back" apology after trying to seperate the DVD division from streaming in lock-step with price increases. I think the blogosphere's reaction was actually worse than Bank of America's $2 fee fiasco.
Now, while Apple likes companies with a certain DNA and have eschewed anything too big, I think what we have here in Netflix is a pretty clean palate to work with. It's largely digital, making change much easier, and with new (Apple) leadership, especially with the experienced team in place at Apple. I could see even more growth opportunities through deeper content relationships from the combined user base. As it is, last year Netflix still added 20% more subscribers than they had the year before. So, this puppy is clearly growing despite (mis)management's best effort to derail a huge secular trend.
So, let me get this straight– Apple would be picking up a viable subscription business that is (still) in the early innings of huge growth – offering even more leverage with studios, and would simultaneously be proliferating a growth strategy of content across multiple platforms (Windows, PS3, Xbox, Kindle, TVs, etc.), like iTunes & the iPod did when Apple jumped the chasm to play nice with Microsoft.
I haven't even touched the cost savings from combining the two.
So, tell me again… why on earth wouldn't Apple buy Netflix? Sure- as an individual investor, buying shares in a company like Netflix because it's a potential takeover candidate is the equivalent of a scratch ticket, I know, but I'm just thinking out loud here…
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The city of San Francisco has partnered with the Exploratorium, a science-education museum that's geared toward children, to make public spaces more interesting in areas that are frequented by office workers and tourists. One of the most popular exhibits is a pair of satellite dishes that encourage people to whisper into them. The dishes are actually parabolic acoustic amplifiers, which can amplify a whisper so that it's loud enough for someone else to hear 50 feet away.
Dubbed "Living Innovation Zones" by the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation, the spaces attempt to liven up daily life for those who might find themselves in the local area. The Mayor's office even has a strike force of "Innovation Fellows" that have developed creative solutions to other everyday problems such as how to figure out local law.
In order to showcase the fields of technology and applied-science that many locals work on for a living, the city provides the real estate for a year or two, while each zone is sponsored by a company, arts or cultural institution. Shannon Spanhake, a Deputy Innovation Officer, spoke about the project:
We live in this amazing tech kind of city, but when you walk down the streets you don't really feel that. This [project] brings that layer of public innovation to that realm.
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I was adopted but some how they didn't remmeber to do all the things for me they were suppose to. I was do for a follow up hom check and whne they kept avoiding us a neoghbor walk up and told us Frsoty Mylo was in a bad way.
We bought the contract with us and Tuckers Way Rescue and showed them refusal to submit to a hom check or compliants from neighbors can cause the lost of adoption of the dog .. We told them do we need to call the police or surrender the dog, they did.
He was comepletely broken out again and seem to have the sniffles. So he was taken to the vet where they began treating him right away.. Soon a cold turn to very bad upper respitory infection then pneumonia.
As if it couldn't seem to get any worse, we had them do an x ray and ultra sound as he got worse that's they saw large shadow seeming to be a possible heart conditon or lung but that was not the worse of it I had a rare form of cancer where you cannot operate but it grows into you heart my next hope was for them to do radition to shrink it and go from there..
I never got strong enough to be put under to try and start treatment each day I got worse. I had IV antobotics two by mouth and a host of other medications..
Today 3/8/2013 I died my breathing became to much for me and I started having a seizure and well I have gone to rainbow bridge, gone but not forgotten,
Please hug you furbabies for me.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The people of Portland, Oregon enjoy a reputation for living somewhat outside the mainstream, so it should come as no surprise that a group of the city's cello players is using its classical instruments to lay down hip-hop beats.
What rappers such as Kanye West and Jay-Z do with syncopated rhymes and rhythms, the Portland Cello Project bangs out with strings and bows. And they don't stop there. Pop tunes from Britney Spears' "Toxic" to Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around" also bring cheer to their fans.
"It just seemed like the natural thing," Doug Jenkins, a founding member of the band told Reuters. "We began stumbling around trying to find the most fun or confusing songs to perform on the cello to play with people's perceptions."
Now on national tour to promote their new album "Homage," which was released this past Tuesday, the collective aims to challenge the conventions of their instrumental classification.
Portland Cello Project formed six years ago as a loose group of cellists who kept bumping into each other around town and decided it only made sense to hang out, drink beer and jam. Eclectic in background and taste, some brought indie rock sensibilities to the table, others clung to jazz and folk.
After playing in each other's living rooms, they went live in their first public gig in 2006 at a local lounge. Rather than perform something expected like Beethoven - they did what any good-natured Portlander would do - they opted for Spears and over time became a local sensation.
Seizing on their celebrity, the crew of about 10-20 rotating members then branched into hip-hop, making symphonic arrangements out of songs like West's "All of the Lights," Jay-Z and West's collaborative "H.A.M" and Lil Wayne's "Lollipop."
"Hip-hop right now is the most vibrant American cultural art form," said Jenkins. "Like it or not, it sells a lot of records, and is extremely influential. It was also a challenge because these songs aren't obvious musical compositions. They have really fascinating productions behind them." Continued...


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Democratic opponents of the tax credits are slowing down action in the House and Senate while they and the bill's Republican supporters wait to see if the Alabama Supreme Court will let the governor sign the tax credits into law.
"For the foreseeable future, we will filibuster every bill and have every bill read at length," House Minority Leader Craig Ford, D-Gadsden, said Monday.
House Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, said Ford is upset that Republicans "took bold steps to reform and improve public education," but the Democrats' stalling tactics are nothing worrisome.
"At the end of the day, it's ok if we don't pass as many bills — Republicans are the party of smaller government," Hubbard said.
The legislative session began Feb. 5 with lawmakers quickly making sure they kept a promise to pass a bill requiring the repayment of $437 million taken from a state trust fund to shore up the state operating budgets. Lawmakers also got to work getting approval in at least one chamber for bills merging law enforcement agencies, placing tighter restrictions on abortion clinics, and providing $50 million in bonds for new equipment in high school technical programs.
Then the House and Senate passed different versions of a bill designed to give school systems more flexibility in complying with state education laws. The House and Senate sent the bill to a Republican-dominated conference committee to try to work out a compromise. Instead, the conference committee rewrote the bill Feb. 28 to triple its length and add tax credits for parents who choose to send their children to a private school rather than a public school rated as failing. The Republican majorities in the House and Senate cut off debate by Democratic opponents and approved the revised bill on party-line votes.
Democrats have responded by slowing down nearly every item of business since then. They said those tactics will resume when the Legislature returns Tuesday.
A Democratic member of the conference committee, Sen. Quinton Ross of Montgomery, said the trust that had existed between the Republican majority and Democratic minority is gone, and Democrats don't want a bill to zip through again without proper discussion.
"We have to slow it down and read bills to be certain," he said.
The Alabama Education Association is challenging the tax credit legislation in court. The state teachers' group contends the Legislature didn't follow its own operating rules and the state's open meeting law when approving the bill.
A Montgomery judge blocked the governor from signing the bill into law last week. Republican legislative leaders have appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court, saying the judge's order was unprecedented interference by the courts in the legislative branch of government.
If the Alabama Supreme Court allows the governor to sign the bill, another legal challenge appears to be developing. Ross said the revised version of the bill passed out to members of the conference committee by the Republican majority on Feb. 28 is different from the one marked as officially passed by the House and Senate later that evening. He said the version he got contained this sentence: "Nothing in this act shall be construed to force any school, whether public or nonpublic, to enroll any student." The official version in legislative records does not include that.
Jerry Bassett, director of the Legislature's bill-writing service, said his office prepared a version of the bill with that language included. He said the final official version was not prepared by his office, but it doesn't have to be.
Republican legislative leaders said the version without the one sentence was always the correct version, and no switching was done. Ross said he expects to see someone file suit over that issue.


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Last Friday (27th June 2008) we found a lump in DeeJays neck and hind leg, these lumps were not there a week before, as a concerned owner she was taken to the vet to make sure everything was right, the vet was unsure and wanted to take samples to clear things up. The tests came back that afternoon and told us that DeeJay had Cancer of the Lymphnodes and was sadly put down Saturday morning (28th June 2008). My mum and I decided to have her cremated so we could keep her in our home and hearts for ever.
DeeJay was the best dog we had ever owned, it was only be coincidence that we recieced her as a 3yr old when her owner was convicted and again by coincidence suddenly taken away from us, she was the highlight of every day, she was my best friend, the one who was always sad to see me leave and happy to see me come home.
Bubba came home today (3rd July 2008) in a rose wood box and velvet bag with the ingraving DEEJAY SLEMMINGS rest in peace bubba girl 00/08, it feels good to have her home again :)
What i want to tell other pet owners, is that if you feel something different in your beloved pet please get it checked out, even if it is nothing.
Cherish each moment :)
Today I heard Naysa (owner) talk to some one on the phone about having a check up about a lump, then I heard her say my name (gulp!) then they started talking about a toe... i figured maybe they were talking about my toe, well rather my toe they took away from me. I had a syst on it a month or so ago, and it had to be removed. i remember that day once I got home, I was still all druggy and sleepy and Naysa had the camera out taking pictures of me, it was the last thing I needed but she kept laughing for some reason then I heard her say "mum, look at bubba's tounge" (it tends to hang out when im tired... Don't laugh ok!!!
So basically it looks like I'll be heading to the vet soon again. :(
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Technical Abstract: Tallgrass prairie has been replaced by corn and soybeans and mixed-grass prairie is being replaced by various annual crops. Annual crop fields support vegetarian diets but not much wildlife. Alternatively, integrating pastured livestock farming with annual crops can provide wildlife habitat. For example, a farm in South Dakota, surrounded by corn and soybean fields, restored 203 ha (500 ac) to tallgrass prairie and generates income from grass-based farming. Assuming farmers provided labor, net income was $60,000 in 2012 (5th year) and is expected to grow. Bobolinks, dickcissels, grasshopper sparrows, meadowlarks, and upland sandpipers were abundant nesters. Bobolink numbers reached 50 males per 100 ha in 2012. There have been significant increases in amphibians in restored wetlands especially spring peepers and western chorus frogs. These results indicate potential for increasing wildlife on the Great Plains when grass-based farming is added to landscape dominated by annual crops.


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our nightly routine has been the same since f was tiny. dinner, bath, brush teeth, read books, sing songs, go to sleep. over the years it's become comforting, i think, the knowing what's next and how close we are to lights out. sometimes the best conversations we've had all day happen as i'm tucking her in. sometimes we reconnect if we've been at odds. sometimes she asks me profound 5 year old questions that give me a chance to open my mind to what's going on in hers. sometimes she sings to me, or talks about people we love who have died, or says her own little version of a prayer for, say, her great-grandma or the baby lizard we found squashed outside our back door.
tonight was not one of those times.
when she picked her books, i was tickled that she chose a walt whitman poetry collection along with mother goose and 'where the wild things are'. she brought them over, and we started with mother goose, and i was trying not to do anything that would somehow alter her book-vibes and change her mind about the walt whitman. i read the poems with funny voices like she likes, i read a few more when she asked, i was doing everything in my power not to rock the boat so that we might, in fact, actually get to the whitman poems before she changed her mind. she wanted 'where the wild things are' next, so i obliged. so far, so good. and when that ended, i nonchalantly opened the walt whitman book.
me: "ahem. let's see. aha! 'song of myself, 1 and 2'."
and i began, just stupid over-the-moon that my 5 year old was actually going to listen to some walt whitman. having been an english lit major and a lifelong bibliophile, i was nerding-out. my girl! she's going to be so smart and she's going to love this and all the while, i was trying to keep my cool and not disturb the course of whatever planets have aligned that created the vibes that had led to this giant pile of awesome. so.
"i celebrate myself, and sing myself,
and what I assume you shall assume,
for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
i loafe (f, that means relax. loafe means to relax) and invite my soul,
i lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
my tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air,
born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their
parents the same,"
(holy cats, she is still listening! clearly she is brilliant. best day ever.)
"i, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
hoping to cease not till death."
and i paused for a minute, just to see if she had any questions or input, and inwardly high-fived myself, just ridiculously stoked that our little girl was DOWN WITH WHITMAN. deep breaths.
i continued: "creeds and schools in abeyance,
retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten,
i harbor for good or b---"
"MOM!! MOM! LOOK." her face was lit up. "LOOOOOK!"
i'd been so caught up in the moment, savoring each word and trying to fully soak in how precious this moment was, how truly monumental, that i hadn't noticed what she was doing. so i did, i looked. laying on her belly, f had pulled up her nightgown and hiked her cinderella panties as high up as they would go into a serious self-inflicted wedgie.
the "full-noon trill," indeed. more like the full-moon trill. pretty sure you could hear my bubble bursting for miles around. i cracked up, though. i couldn't help it. it was a pretty impressive wedgie.
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Super NERVOUS for BA Tomorrow! -
5'7, 125 LBS , 34A---Small chest, want a more natural, fuller look that compliments my body! Will post pics (before and after) Any suggestions!? BA scheduled for Friday---deciding between a 350CC or 325CC? My PS reassured me that often his patients want to go bigger after surgery. I was nervous I may look too "big" (I want to be a small C at the most, full B), so we decided on 325CC,... READ MORE
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BA Surgery on Friday--Need Help Deciding Size? (photo)
I am scheduled to have surgery this Friday. I originally decided on 300CC but my PS suggested 325CC which we ultimately decided on. I am now trying to decide between 325CC and... READ MORE
Smoked Two Cigarettes 48 Hours Before BA Surgery is that OK?
Hi! My BA surgery is on Friday at 9AM...48 hours essentially. I am not an occasional smoker but today I smoked two cigarettes and also three cigarettes last week. I am 24 years... READ MORE
PS Made a Comment About my Tissue After BA?
Hi! Thanks for taking the time to read my question. I am 2 days post-op.(32A, 339CC Allergan Natrelle Silicone unders) Everything went well, however, my PS mentioned something... READ MORE
Post-op Bra Uncomfortable. Pain and Indentation, Normal?
Hi! I just had my BA surgery Friday morning...I was out by 1PM...So I guess tomorrow will technically be 2 days post-op (but the third day). I was sent home in a surgical bra... READ MORE
Strong Tissue More Likely To Lead to CC?
I recently had 339C Natrelle Style 15 unders. I am exactly two weeks post-op. Healing seems to be going well, except for the fact that I may have over-exerted myself after six... READ MORE
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Nervous for Breast Augmentation Tomorrow!
I am scheduled to have surgery tomorrow at 1PM! I am 5'7 125LBS, 34A. I am very confident in my Doctor's ability to preform, he is amazing...He suggested I go with the... READ MORE
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Hi VirginiaLee! I have very similar stats as you, I am 5'6 34/32A , 127LBS. I am 2 weeks post-op and healing very well! I was very nervous about being too big! I can remember telling my PS that I wanted to be a full B/small C, I did not... READ COMMENT
Thank you! I really appreciate it! Believe it or not, I also spent a good chunk of time reading your story pre-op and it helped A LOT, so thanks for sharing as well! READ COMMENT
Thank you, I truly appreciate the comments! Today is day 2 post-op and I am a lot more sore!!! I have some pre-op pictures that I took that just need to be uploaded, and I plan on taking post-op pics tomorrow, just resting for now... READ COMMENT
Hi!! So I am a couple hours post-op, I should be sleeping, I am very tired but it is like myself to try and fight it!!! I am not the type to "relax"--I really don't know how!!! I ended up with 340CC (right) and 370CC in the left, didn't... READ COMMENT
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Ednor Therriault orders beer and a double Mo burger for lunch. At least I think I'm eating lunch with Ednor—the 46-year-old freelance graphic artist and father of two who's dressed in shorts and Chacos on this spring-bordering-summer afternoon—and not his alter ego Bob Wire, but that's only because the guy across the table's given me a simple criterion for distinguishing: "If I'm wearing the hat, it's Bob. If I'm not, it's Ednor."
Still, every once in a while, despite the hat's absence, I'm pretty sure it's Bob sitting across the table, mainly because, as Therriault puts it, "Bob will say things in public that I would not say—usually involving the word vagina."
As, for instance, when my interlocutor, whoever he is, gleefully relates how Bob Wire got Ednor Therriault in trouble by reciting a nugget from chucknorrisfacts.com—"When Chuck Norris breaks up with a girl, he doesn't break up with her. He just punches her in the vagina, and she goes away"—that made its way into some patter during a recent show at the Union Club. The reaction? "I had some woman read me the riot act after the show." Reflecting on the incident, and Bob's tendency to crassly refer to genitalia in inappropriate settings, Therriault says, "You know, it's just not worth it."
Maybe not, but it's unlikely Therriault's Bob Wire persona will get retired anytime soon, since this Saturday Bob Wire and the Magnificent Bastards release their debut CD, American Piehole. The studio effort, coproduced by Magnificent Bastard bass player Ron Setzer, sports 14 tunes of straightforward, traditional country music driven by storytelling and a reflective equilibrium honed with Bob Wire's aesthetic sensibility: "Every time I write a line or the music to it, I immediately think of how it's going to go onstage at the Union Club," where Therriault spent scores of nights playing as part of Bob Wire and the Fencemenders, with whom he released Waiting for Dark in 2000.
While gigging with the former band (the Fencemenders still occasionally reunite, by request), Therriault explains, "I wound up becoming Bob Wire sort of by default" because, at the band's inception, "none of us were going to be Bob Wire…But after playing live with that name people started calling me Bob Wire—like Deborah Harry being called Blondie—and I thought this is kind of fun to get up onstage and play this character."
Therriault's story of hooking up with the Fencemenders, a project which Garth Whitson—now of The Countryists—shared the fronting duties, foreshadows Bob Wire's emergence. About six months after moving to Missoula in 1993, and a brief stint with the stalwart bar band Betty for Sheriff, Therriault hooked up with Whitson, who was then playing in a three-piece called Small Town Deputies.
"I put an ad in the Indy in the music section: 'Guitarist, singer looking for a band. Style is Johnny Cash, a stick of dynamite up Jerry Lee Lewis' ass and Hank Williams lighting the fuse'," remembers Therriault. "These guys called me up. They just wanted to see the guy who had written the ad. They had no spot in the band. So I kind of tried to ingratiate myself into their band…Pretty soon it imploded, and I kept on with Garth who was the drummer. So he and I found a harmonica player and bass player, and we formed the Fencemenders after that."
That was 1995. Bob Wire and the Fencemenders stopped gigging regularly in 2004, and Therriault sees Bob Wire and the Magnificent Bastards as more than a personnel change.
"The Fencemenders have always played about 90 percent covers, some fairly obscure covers," he says. "The new band is almost inverse to that, about 75-percent original. Also, I look at the hierarchy a little bit differently. Garth and I pretty much ran that band, made all the decisions. I look at the new band as a solo artist and his backing band."
Taking that sort of control seemed essential to Therriault for achieving his "ultimate goal" of making a living as a songwriter. "I put [the Magnificent Bastards] together with the specific goal of putting together a CD of all original material, saying, okay, you guys can help me arrange the songs and bring them to life but here's the songs."
Many of those songs, captured on American Piehole, wouldn't seem to fit well on the dedicated country music slots of the FM dial, which Therriault acknowledges.
"I'm not really prone to wrapping things up in a nice little bow at the end," he says. "People tell me that all the time, 'Why didn't the guy make up with his dad at the end of the song?' 'Why didn't the guy get the girl?' That's what you expect. I just want to challenge people a little bit."
He doesn't hear that challenge on contemporary country radio, which instead features what he describes as "feminist soft-rock country, soccer mom empowerment tunes. They're all built around a bumper sticker, some clever phrase…I just can't write like that. I'm a writer at heart, with words."
That means, says Therriault, "putting together stories with interesting characters and a good story arc—a beginning, a middle and an end." And if stories about a Midwestern killing spree ("Cold Blooded Killer"), or putting off an imminent reckoning with a self-destructive hell-raising streak in favor of one more day of crapulence ("Clean Livin'"), or a soldier in Vietnam who's so well-adjusted to dystopia that he doesn't want the war to end ("Saigon"), or even just a "Rio de Meurte (River of Death)" in the mountains outside Oaxaca, Mexico, don't appeal to the people radio is aimed at, Therriault is unapologetic.
"I would rather fail at trying to get my stuff on the radio," he says, "than to learn how to write the stuff that's on there now."
Still, he aims for commercial success, saying, "I'm hoping the pendulum has swung far enough towards pop culture that it's going to come back toward something more authentic." And either way, Therriault (or maybe Wire) isn't in an accommodating mood. "I'm not going for the big demographics…Personally, I consider myself a feminist, but I have a hard time writing songs from a woman's perspective. I gotta write what I know. I don't have a cock holster. I'm a guy."
Even if Nashville fails to move to Therriault's position, Missoula suits him just fine. "I feel I'm very, very fortunate to be in a town, especially this size, where I can get away with playing mostly original music and people respond to it…Here, if you work hard and get together some decent material and have an entertaining show, it doesn't take long for people to start coming."
And as far as keeping a handle on his handle, Therriault has found a balance that suits him for now. "I've tried to maintain some separation between Bob Wire and Ednor," he says. "Anything to do with music, I'm Bob Wire; anything to do with getting paid, I'm Ednor."
Bob Wire and The Magnificent Bastards throw a CD release party for American Piehole on Saturday, May 6, at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.


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There is so much on tap today per hour of open market time. It may be some sort of record. Not on the economic calendar below, but still potentially significant is the European Central Bank Announcement at 7:45am. Then Draghi returns to complicate the post-NFP trading with a press conference that begins at 8:30am (same time as NFP and several other pieces of data), but doesn't begin taking questions for usually 10-15 minutes.
While there is other data in the 8:30am time slot, the focus is--of course--on NFP. As we discussed on MBS Live yesterday and in the MBS Recap, June's employment metrics in other pieces of economic data have been almost exclusively stronger than the previous month. Given that today's forecast calls for a drop from the previous month in both nonfarm payrolls and private payrolls, it doesn't strain credulity to assume markets are prepared for a bit of a stronger number.
If anything argues the opposite case effectively, it's that the June release historically misses the forecast, and by quite a bit. When it comes to NFP, anything can happen though, so it's best not to plan on a particular outcome or even an "if/then" reaction ahead of time and simply enjoy the show. At stake today, is the potential for the recent weakness to extend even more.
Technical indicators have been unanimously negative. That much should be clear simply because the past several sessions have seen a bottoming-out and reversal. Perhaps less clear is that there's room-to-run from that technical standpoint, with 2.66% being the most compelling overhead target.
As far as NFP days go, that wouldn't be much movement, and the next zone likely to bring in more supportive buying wouldn't be reached until 10's were over 2.70%, and that would put MBS nearly a point lower from Thursday's close (this isn't to say we would get there in a day, simply that a big, negative move following NFP would be akin to setting the GPS for that zone, arriving some time in the next few days, notwithstanding any significant bumps or detours).
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