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League Businesses
Thank you for your interest in the businesses of the Junior League of Jackson. To further our mission, the Junior League of Jackson operates four fund development businesses. Funds raised by these businesses directly support the thirty plus community projects that we implement each year and the mission of the Junior League. Volunteer efforts also raised money to found our two signature projects: the Mississippi Children's Cancer Center at the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, and the Mississippi Children's Museum.
Our fund development businesses are organized and led by outstanding volunteers who, like all of our membership, are committed to making a difference in the lives of others by positively impacting our community. We are excited about the great opportunities that will be afforded to children in Jackson through our 2016-2017 fund raising efforts.
Junior League of Jackson Publications, or JLJP, began in 1978 with the publications of our timeless cookbook, Southern Sideboards. In 1991, the League published a companion cookbook, Come On In. These two widely popular books have laid a strong foundation for JLJP. In response to the shift towards digital media, the cookbooks were converted into e-books and made available for purchase on Amazon. In 2016 we will relaunch JLJP as Junior League of Jackson Productions, allowing the League to expand beyond print into other avenues to help generate revenue to support the League's mission.
Entering its 36th year, Mistletoe Marketplace is Mississippi's premier holiday shopping destination. This magical event is held the first week of November and truly has something for everyone. Located in the Trade-Mart Building in Jackson, Mistletoe Marketplace is considered the kick-off for the holiday season and is the largest Fund Development business for the League. Merchants from across the country and shoppers from all over the south come together for a three-day shopping extravaganza that includes fantastic special events sure to entertain.
The League's newest fund development business is Junior League Jumble, which serves as both a fund raiser and a community project. This February event promises to offer great bargains in its third year as the ULTIMATE rummage sale. The event-packed weekend begins with the fabulously casual Reveal Party fundraiser on Thursday, followed by the early-riser's Peek and Purchase on Friday morning, and culminating with General Shopping on Friday and Saturday. Truly the ULTIMATE Rummage Sale, the Jumble has outstanding deals on gently used merchandise including furniture, appliances, home decor, adult and children's clothing and so much more!
Touch A Truck® Jackson rolls into Trustmark Park in April with over 45 vehicles, construction equipment, and exhibits for children to CLIMB, EXPLORE and TOUCH. The event begins with Field Trip Friday, which hosted twenty-five schools from across the state with almost 2000 students registered to attend in 2016. The "wheelie" good time continues on Saturday, with our early access Big Wheel VIP event, including breakfast and shorter lines, and continues through general admission throughout the day on Saturday. Touch A Truck® Jackson is truly a unique experience for the entire family.
For more information about each of our fund development businesses, and our Keystone Fund which supports the long term sustainability of the League, click on the link for each business on the homepage of our website. Through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers, our fund development businesses provide the monetary resources needed to serve our community. Thank you to our volunteers, community partners, corporate sponsors, and JLJ supporters for making our community a better place!!
Alison O'Neal McMinn
2016-2017 Fund Development Vice President


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The No. 11 Tennessee baseball team's bat fell silent Sunday afternoon as the Volunteers dropped their series finale to Georgia 4-1 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols conclude the regular season 39-17 (18-11 SEC) and finished in second place in the Southeastern Conference standings, marking their best regular-season conference finish since tying for second place in 2001.
Georgia improved to 30-25 (12-17 SEC) and snapped a five-game losing streak to Tennessee. The Vols won the series 2-1.
It was a frustrating day for the Vols offensively, as they managed just five hits and stranded eight runners. Tennessee was 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position, with the lone hit not producing any runs.
Vols seniors Joey Andrews, Rob Fitzgerald, Chris Howell, Eric King and Alex Suarez were honored during a Senior Day ceremony prior to the game.
Tennessee put runners at first and third base with two outs in the bottom of the first inning, and plated their first run of the day when UGA third baseman Adam McDaniel bobbled a grounder by King and then threw the ball over the head of first baseman Josh Morris. Vols junior Josh Alley scored on the play to give UT an early 1-0 lead.
After homering to give the Bulldogs their only two runs Saturday night, Justin Jacobs singled through the left side of the Tennessee infield to drive in Matthew Dunn in the top of the third.
Georgia took its first lead of the series when Dunn scored on an RBI double to left-center by outfielder Kyle Keen in the top of the fifth inning. Dunn made it home all the way from first on the play to give UGA a 2-1 lead.
Dunn scored again in the top of the seventh. His third run of the game came on an RBI single to left field by Jacobs. An RBI fielder's choice by Bobby Felmy then plated Keen to give the Bulldog's a three-run advantage.
Tennessee mounted a rally in the bottom of the seventh when junior Michael Rivera led off with a single to center field. Fitzgerald was then hit by a pitch, and both he Rivera moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by Suarez.
Georgia then called left-hander Will Startup out of the bullpen to face Alley with one out. Startup got Alley and junior Eli Iorg both to groundout, preserving UGA's three-run cushion.
The Bulldogs went three-up, three-down in the top of the eighth, and Tennessee stranded one runner in the bottom half of the inning.
Freshman All-America candidate James Adkins (7-4) started on the mound for UT and allowed four runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings. The Mt. Juliet, Tenn., native struck out six batters and took the loss.
Tennessee sophomore right-hander Sean Watson replaced Adkins in the top of the seventh and scattered three hits while striking out two Bulldogs in 2 2/3 innings of action.
Georgia starter Brooks Brown was efficient through 6 1/3 innings, giving up just one unearned run on five hits. He got credit for the win and improved to 4-2 on the year. Startup was perfect through the final 2 2/3 innings and logged his fifth save of the season.
Tennessee heads to Birmingham, Ala., as the No. 3 seed in the 2005 SEC tournament, which runs Wednesday through Sunday at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The Vols face No. 6 seed South Carolina (37-19, 16-14 SEC) Wednesday at 1 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on CSS.

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When the words "FERC Order" are uttered, most people's eyes either glaze over or worried frowns appear as they wonder if they need to understand the conversation. Let's try to figure out what this order means for the clean tech world in words we can all understand.
First, here's the summary of Order 745:
SUMMARY: In this Final Rule, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) amends its regulations under the Federal Power Act to ensure that when a demand response resource participating in an organized wholesale energy market administered by a Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) or Independent System Operator (ISO) has the capability to balance supply and demand as an alternative to a generation resource and when dispatch of that demand response resource is cost-effective as determined by the net benefits test described in this rule, that demand response resource must be compensated for the service it provides to the energy market at the market price for energy, referred to as the locational marginal price (LMP). This approach for compensating demand response resources helps to ensure the competitiveness of organized wholesale energy markets and remove barriers to the participation of demand response resources, thus ensuring just and reasonable wholesale rates.
So, what does this all mean and how will it impact clean technology investment and deployment? With the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Congress recognized the importance of demand response; this Order 745 is the result of a proactive effort by FERC Chairman Wellinghoff to ensure that demand response--and everything it enables--is treated as an energy resource. Over 150 commenters--- Independent System Operators (ISO's), Regional Transmission Operators (RTO's), environmental organizations, citizen groups, regulators, utilities, DR providers--filed with opinions and arguments on all sides of the issue. The FERC decided to take a stand on its jurisdiction and assert that it does in fact have the authority to set the compensation level for demand response in organized wholesale energy markets, and that the Commission can and should regulate the market rules under which an ISO or RTO accepts a demand response bid into a wholesale market.
FERC acknowledges in this order that "a market functions effectively only when both supply and demand can meaningfully participate." Smart grid aficionados have been saying all along that a smarter grid allows the supply and demand sides to interact seamlessly and in perfect balance to the benefit of everyone on the grid. This order now puts a value on that delivery.
Demand response has for the past few decades consisted of utilities having direct load control capabilities (the ability to switch off air conditioners, for example, during really hot days) and/or having the ability to call large customers to reduce load on the system. The consumers in these cases received some benefit--a one-time credit for the summer or perhaps a special time of use rate (in the case of large consumers in particular) that reduced the price or issued a credit during curtailment times. In all of these cases, the utility was very much in control of the demand response action and of the monetary benefit accruing to that action. The utility function for demand response programs will not go away and that jurisdiction will remain with the states. But now the consumer has the ability to participate--with or without the utility as the enabler--in the larger wholesale energy markets.
What this means is that a variety of entrepreneurs and technology solutions start-ups will have a chance to create value for their product and consumers will have the ability to make choices in the energy markets. The Order states, "Effective wholesale competition protects customers by, among other things, providing more supply options, encouraging new entry and innovation, and spurring deployment of new technologies." For example, a business with a solar rooftop system and a storage battery can use that energy during high peak demand times, getting credit for production as a generator. Energy efficiency (as negawatts) will have value as generation. And owners of clean (but perhaps dynamic) generation can choose when to consume that clean power, which will appear as 'demand response' to the wholesale grid operator, who will now pay the full wholesale price of generation for that demand response. The Order allows owners of clean tech to fully monetize their investment for the first time.
"Disruptive" technologies--microgrids and electric vehicles, for example--will begin to have value in the energy markets. Buildings will become resources as well as loads. Energy storage becomes even more relevant in the mix. Systems--electric, gas, telephone, water--that need electricity--will become intertwined into one system that can function as a virtual power plant.
In addition to spurring innovation, wholesale demand response will increase reliability, lower the cost of energy production, and increase competition from generators. The Independent System Operators and Regional Transmission Operators have been offering a variety of market tools around demand response for a number of reasons depending on the system; now this Order ensures that innovators and consumers will be adequately and consistently compensated.
Demand response is physically equal to generation, perhaps providing even greater flexibility because a plant will not need to be fired up or a new resource built simply to handle peak loads. In addition, environmental and social benefits can be mitigated since peaking plants are often aging, dirty and inefficient. Real time reliability impacts can be even higher with demand response than with increased generation, significantly affecting the bottom line for data centers and other consumers with critical loads that require 100% reliability.
Now, as long as demand response actually delivers negawatts and meets a net cost benefits test, it will be compensated in the same manner as generation. Demand response is a cost-effective alternative to building new generation which can help balance the system, allow new resources (that were not even previously considered resources) to be compensated, and engage consumers, putting them in the decision-makers seat.
When both supply and demand--producer and consumers--can actively participate in the system--we have a truly smart grid.


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1. They often choose to take the shortest route, which may mean darting out between parked
cars, rather than take the safer route of crossing at corners.
2. They're poor at evaluating potential traffic threats.
3. They're more likely to disregard their peripheral vision and are less attentive of their street
4. They have a tendency to believe they're indestructible and are more likely to take risks.
5. They need to be told that some people driving cars will not slow down for them.
6. They can't cross streets as rapidly as adults.
7. They may be distracted by other children's costumes, behaviors, and home decorations.
Here are some important Halloween safety tips that every parent should know:
Purchase or make Halloween costumes from flame-resistant materials.
Pick brightly colored costumes or add your own reflective tape so motorists can see them.
Attach your child's name, address, and phone number somewhere inside the costume.
An adult should always accompany children under age 12.
To avoid tripping, make sure your child's costume is not too long, and that shoes are the proper
Use washable face paint instead of masks, so your child's vision isn't compromised.
Plan the route your children are going to take, especially if they're going out unsupervised. They
should go in a group.
Teach your children never to respond to a driver or pedestrian that calls out to them.
Provide your children with a healthy meal ahead of time, so they don't get hungry before
returning home.
Make sure your children don't eat any candy or food without checking with you first.
Keep your walkway free of debris so that children coming to your house won't trip or fall.
Keep your pets away from the front door so they won't scare trick-or-treaters.
Tell your children not to go to homes with barking, jumping dogs and not to approach any stray
Make sure your children have flashlights, especially if they're staying out after dark.
Establish an appropriate curfew for children to return home.
Make sure your children have change for a phone call and know their phone number.
Don't let young children carve pumpkins. Get them involved by drawing the outlines before you
cut them out as well as helping with other decorations.
Don't hand out candy that could be a possible choking hazard to younger children.
Teach your children to stay on the sidewalks and cross only at corners.
Teach your children to look, listen, and be aware of cars not stopping at corners.
Teach your children to only go to houses with porch lights on, and to never enter anyone's house.
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* I Wander Lonely Not A Cloud - Poem by Rommel Mark Dominguez Marchan
I wander lonely not like
a cloud
as the cloud wanders
overlooking scenery ground
the wild bushes, the wide seas abound
I wander lonely beneath
that wandering cloud
that blocks my vision's way
where sunlit is behind
I gaze sharply up the cloud
then it stares back at me
and we've realized where both lonely
transforming with each other
into self-exchange shock absorber
eventually tears have been pouring
down hitting my cheeks
not from my teary eye but from the
solitary cloudy sky
and my sweat is evaporating up
to the nowhere sky
Is that downpour tears from the cloud of
or that drizzling rain is a prize
to wash my dusty-loaded feet
as reward of being its sole comforter?
How's my sweat being evaporated to the nowhere
Is the cloud concern enough to wipe my 'tears'?
A rain of mine drenching my
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After a slew of tweets on the royal baby yesterday afternoon, the Speaker's wife Sally Bercow, not noted for her verbal continence, promised to belt up. "No more royal baby stuff from me til it's born," she wrote, after dissing Liz Jones's Daily Mail article on maternity wear and explaining hyperemsis.
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Japanese utility takes blame for nuclear crisis
TOKYO (AP) — The utility that operates Japan's crippled nuclear plant says it deserves most of the blame for the crisis, in the company's strongest remarks about its own shortcomings.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. acknowledged in a report today that it was not prepared to deal with the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged northeast Japan in March 2011, causing meltdowns at its Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. TEPCO had earlier maintained that the tsunami was mostly to blame for the crisis.
The report said that TEPCO's equipment and safety measures were insufficient and that the meltdowns should have been avoided. It also said TEPCO did not try to inform the public of risks and troubles at the plant.
Car bombs kill 19 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say four car bombs have struck Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killing at least 19 people and wounding 72.
A police officer said the deadliest bombing was in western Jihad neighborhood when a parked car bomb exploded as worshippers were leaving a mosque after prayers today. Seven people died there and 25 were wounded.
Another police officer said four worshippers were killed and nearly 20 were wounded in a bombing in eastern Qahira neighborhood. He said three people died and 15 were wounded in the eastern Zafaraniyah district and that another car bomb killed five and wounded 14 in the northeastern Binook neighborhood.
Three health officials confirmed the causality figures.
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COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Ousted Central African Republic President Francois Bozize is requesting exile in the tiny West African nation of Benin days after rebels invaded and overthrew his government of a decade, officials said.
Bozize has made a request to reside in Benin, the country's Foreign Affairs Minister Nassirou Arifari Bako confirmed late Thursday. Thousands of armed rebels invaded Bangui, the Central African Republic capital, last weekend, and Bozize and his family fled to neighboring Cameroon amid the chaos.
Regional mediators brought the rebels and Bozize together for peace talks in Gabon in January, and an agreement was reached that kept the rebels from attacking Bangui. However, the accord quickly unraveled as the rebels accused Bozize of failing to deliver on his promises. Rebel leader Michel Djotodia declared himself president until 2016 days after Bozize fled.
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VIENNA (AP) — Austrian police and firefighters have taken on the role of urban cowboys in a two-day round-up of a herd of cattle that broke out of a fenced-off pasture and decided to go into town.
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Manchester City have agreed to let the player leave to join Italian outfit AC Milan.
"We are all so sad because Mario was an important player for us," said Mancini. "With Mario we won the Premier League and the FA Cup in two years.
"He's a fantastic player but, for him, this could be an important chance to go back to Italy and play for a big club in Milan. It will be a good chance for him to stay with his family, to play for Milan. I think he can improve and I'm happy he will become one of the best players in the world."
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I've been doing some thinking. Would it be possible to built a twin turbo blown engine. Let's say I have a 350. Put a weiand 144 blower on it then feed twin turbos into the carb on top of the blower. If my math is correct at 10psi of blower boost(without turbo) is a 168% increase over atmospheric pressure. So if I have a twin turbo setup feed the blower with 10 psi then increase that by 168% then theoreticly I should make 16.8psi of boost at the manifold. But if you do the math that blower moves 708ci of air for every cycle of the engine to make the 10psi of boost, so I would need turbos large enought to feed 708 ci at 10psi at max rpm, right. Only problem I for see is air charge temp. But it would definitely be intercooled. What you think. Could it work. I know its not practical. That's not what I'm going for. I'm going for the wow factor.
Rick Dobberton did that in 1982. Twin turbos feeding a roots blower in a box Nova.http://www.google.com/search?q=rick+dobberton+nova&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=JR33Ufj1BIHA9QS76IDgBg&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1920&bih=932
That's kind of what I had in mind. It looked like his carbs where mounted before the turbos. I don't really like the looks of that. I was thinking put a carb on the blower and run the turbos through it like a blow through carb setup.
it will run much better,and help minimize the chance of burning pistons if you use port fuel injection. this will also allow the use of a hat type throttle body with BIG cfm.this will reduce back pressure from the turbo compressors.


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RE: Simplify using custom function
expr = -1 + 2*x + 2*E^x;
f[x_] = x + E^x
Eliminate[{expr == y, f[x] == z}, x]
Block[{f}, result = First[%] /.
z -> f[x]];
resultE^x + x
-1 + 2*z == y
-1 + 2*(E^x + x)
result = -1 + 2*f[x]
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To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg47697] [mg47676] Simplify using custom function
What I'm trying to achieve is to find a certain function in a more
complicated expression:
example: complicated expression: -1+2 x +2 e^x
function: f[x_]=x+e^x
Mathematica should return: -1+2 f[x]
I've been looking at TransformationFunctions and FullSimplify, but did
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Date of Birth
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LFC Debut
18 Aug 1956
LFC Appearances
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Scottish-international Tommy Younger was Liverpool's goalkeeper in the latter part of the 1950's, after joining from Hibernian where he had achieved tremendous success.
He won the Scottish League with Hibs two years running in 1951 and 1952, was picked for the Scottish League three times and played eight internationals. He did his national service in Germany where he was a P.E. Instructor and had to fly back every weekend to play for Hibs.
Younger went straight into Liverpool's first-team, replacing Doug Rudham and Dave Underwood, who had shared the goalkeeping duties during the previous season.
Tommy played in all but two of the league matches that first season (1956-57) and missed only another four during the next two seasons.
Younger added 16 internationals to his name while at Liverpool and captained Scotland's 1958 World Cup squad.
Younger once played up front for Liverpool against Derby on October 19, 1957. He got injured in the match and Ronnie Moran went in goal. When Younger returned to the field of play, Liddell was switched to left-back and Younger went up front!
Younger lost his place to Bert Slater at the start of the 1959-60 season and moved to Falkirk as player-manager.
A back injury led to him ending his career but after finding out that the injury was not as bad as first diagnosed, he returned to England with Stoke. Next stop for Younger was Toronto, Canada, where he played so well that Stanley Matthews recommended him to Don Revie at Second Division Leeds.
Younger played 42 games in 13 months at Leeds and then retired.
He later became a prominent board member at Hibernian and voted the president of the Scottish Football Association, a post which he held until his untimely death on January 13, 1984, only 53 years of age.
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Hutchison Vale (amateur), Hibernian, Falkirk, Stoke, Toronto City (CAN), Leeds


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The university coalface gets 28 cents in the dollar!
The question posed last week was how much of the money sent into the university sector at the point of DEEWR\DEST actually reaches the coalface in terms of teaching and research. My best guess answer is about 28 cents in the dollar, with the rest essentially going into admin.
The way to calculate this is more properly explained in this presentation I did for the Australian Conference of Economists in 2011 (Presentation academonomics ACE July 2011), but the simplified version is the use of this formula:
Money to coalface = 100* (1- cut going to DEEWR\DEST) * (1- cut going to uni admin) * (1-%time of acad on admin)
We thus break the calculation into three unknowns: the percentage creamed off by the education ministries itself, the percentage creamed off by university admin, and the percentage academics themselves have to spend on admin.
The first one of these is actually the hardest: how much do the ministries take. In their own yearly accounts, they claim that 'overhead' is a pittance in terms of the funds they manage, ie 1.8%. This is not just almost nothing, it is completely unbelievable since it means they count their own activities as directly valuable.
In stead of taking the account numbers on their official overhead as useful, I prefer to simply look at how many people DEEWR\DEST employs. Using the administrative handbook, DEEWR\DEST appears to employ 6000 staff plus consultants and outside agencies. At the going wage of around 68,500 per standard civil servant, plus super, plus the usual 30% on-costs in terms of buildings and a 30% guess as what they pay in terms of non-employees, this means DEST 'costs' around a billion dollars. At a total budget of 12 billion going to universities in 2011, this means one should think of DEST overhead as 8%. This does not even count all the state education ministries so is probably an underestimate.
Then the issue of the percentage going to university administrators. As I explained in a previous post, universities cook the books by counting casuals and part-time academics in their academic staff numbers, as well as people who are streight administrators with fancy titles. Instead of using the fanciful figure of 45% that they themselves produce as their estimate for how much of the wage budget goes to administrators, I looked at random staff in the phone books of 5 Australian universities, counted the 50 employed on the basis of what they did, and concluded that at least 56% of university wages gets paid to administrators and not academics. That too was being very generous as it did not count the costs of the consultants and advisers who are off the phone books of universities but definitely belong to the administrators' camp. I thus take 56% as not just the percentage of the wage bill spent on admin but also as the most reasonable guess for how much of the costs of buildings and grounds is attributed to admin rather than academics.
Then the issue of how much time academics spend on administration. I took around 6 published studies on this issue, all based on time-use surveys. At best guess, around 30% of time of academics is spent on administrative tasks like sitting on committees, writing reports, training for the advent of cyclones, presenting in front of visitation committees, sitting on representative bodies, etc. Since it is usually the more highly paid who are doing administrative work, like being on Faculty Boards, the 30% is again an underestimate of the real percentage spent on administrative activities. By all accounts, this percentage is a lot higher than it used to be simply because of the increase in forms being sent out, compulsory training courses, etc.
What does this mean for the percentage ending up at the coalface? We can now calculate the coalface number as 100*(1-0.08)*(1-0.56)*(1-0.3)=28. So 28 cents in the dollar that comes in in DEEWR\DEST actually gets spent on direct costs of teaching and research, i.e. the people and the buildings doing the work. The other 72 cents is overhead.
I would of course advocate someone to be given the resources to do this more properly, though it must be said that one clearly has to ignore much of the statistics given out by both DEEWR\DEST and the universities themselves on the composition of their staff, the nature of their expenses, and the use of their time for they are not reasonable numbers. So whoever wants to do a better job than the back-of-the-envelope calculation I engaged in will need the resources to gather their own data.
All kudos to those who gave a try, many of whom gave numbers chillingly close to mine. DEEWR\DEST overhead statistics for the rest.
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If someone were to do a more serious investigation into this sort of thing, it would be interesting to see how Australia stacks up globally. It would also be useful to know what correlation there is between the percentage taken by overhead and research output.
I'm sorry Paul but you have just lost a great deal of my respect here with this sloppy diatribe. Firstly, DEST has not existed since 2008 when it merged into DEEWR. Secondly, while it is indeed a huge Department of over 6000 employees, a very large part of that goes to administering employment and workplace relations functions, to say nothing of important policy development functions. Thirdly, the finances are on the public record so you can easily work out exactly how much if you care the spend some time looking instead of blustering. Not saying there aren't things that can be improved, but I can't believe you let your normally high standards fall so low. Caveat: I work there, but in employment.
Glad someone wants to take up the challenge! I use the word DEST because its an acronym well known in Oz academia (DEST points), which is why I use DEST/DEEWR, so that is no real issue.
As to what people do there, you tell me what the proportion is working on the tertiary sector. I looked up the financial reports of 2 years ago and could not make heads or tails of where its employees and buildings were counted towards. Your financial statements makes no clear distinction between ministry expenses and the outward expenses. It includes all kinds of funds towards this or that group of which it is not clear what the overhead is.
But prey, give it a try yourself if you think your financial statements are readable: have a look at the linked queensland education budget for instance (which will include a form of overhead I did not even count!) and tell me where the ministry expenses involve in tertiary education are to be found (http://deta.qld.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/11-12/pdf/financial-statements.pdf). The equity statement on the buildings for instance will include not just the buildings in which the civil servants sit but also a lot of buildings in which teaching takes place. The 'personel costs seem to include way more an just thhr ministry personel'. And what to make of the 'for women' accounts, or 'grants towards minorities'. If you think these statements really tell you where the overhead is or even how many employees work for different purposes, go ahead and enlighten me. We can then redo that bit of the calculation. Given that I would want to include all the state civil servants, I doubt very much we are going to arrive at less than 6000 civil servants involved in higher ed, but we will see.
Paul: your "phone book" methodology confuses raw admin/academic head count with actual salary costs and benefits that result from HR position classification, the individual university's EBA, and individual contract negotiations. It may not be a representative sample. Academic Level salaries are often higher than HEW salaries and include access to research incentives and other institutional funding (such as School-based "soft funds"). This reality is missing from the public debate focus on senior administrators and consultants. One "continuing" Academic Level E professor can earn more than several "short-term contract" HEW administrators — the former may also have a defined benefit plan whereas the latter has a defined contribution plan for superannuation. Finally, there are administrators who publish academic research included in HERDC data collection — and they often don't get access to the same research incentives.
yep, certainly a possibility. Not really all that hard to find out: from the position title (which is in the phone book for some and by googling them you can find the position title of the others) you can pretty accurately work out the salaries (which are invariably on-line) except for the top brass whose salary is secret. Also, you wont know the loadings which are also secret. But you can get some idea. i haven't done it, but my guess would be that given the low wages for casual academics that the average salaries wont be all that different, though i agree that the salaries for the administrators will be more unequal than the salaries amongst academics.
DIISRTE is now the relevant department. According to its annual report, there is $34 million allocated to running the relevant bureaucracy – which covers higher ed, voc ed, international ed, student assistance and the loan scheme. Total spend is over $9 billion. Add a bit more to cover the central DIISRTE bureaucracy, but a low % of administered spending.
Hi Andrew,
yes, its that kind of estimate that is just unbelievable. If you take the on-costs cited by Matthew below, 34 million would buy you, what, 200 civil servants?
I am perfectly happy to concede there wont be 6000 in Canberra and that it might be closer to 1000 there, though over the country as a whole it is sure again in the order of several thousands, but 200? Even if we just focus on Canberra? It is exactly that kind of published figure that makes one very weary of the financial reports: they clearly have their own method of counting overhead that does not concord with how an outsider would think of it. Which means that to get a proper estimate you would need to give someone the resources to check actual activities and numbers of concerned civil servants.
Paul – I spoke to the higher education division's annual staff meeting earlier this year and wandered around their offices. There were a few on video link from the office of teaching and learning in Sydney, but DIISRTE is essentially a Canberra only operation for funding. I'd say that the 200 estimate was around right. There would be more in the ATO administering HELP, TEQSA staff, and a few in central agencies who have higher ed responsibilities. They are not like the schools people in DEEWR dealing with thousands of schools.
Hi Paul
Regarding your estimate of the cost of the department, the 30% for on-costs (you forgot overheads) seems fairly low. The rate that gets used in the analysis that I've seen carried out is closer to 80-90%
for ARC grants they use 28% on-costs so that is where my 30% guess came from, but i agree the real number is higher. However, the big question in terms of the Diisrte/Dest/Deewr side of things is just the number of civil servants employed in Canberra and the states involved in university and tertiary education affairs. Its a very hard number to get an estimate of because it will involve all the policy developers and might also include people from different departments (such as those involved in productivity perhaps). Really though, the department itself should calculate this number.
Andrew Norton,
you think 200 administrators in DIISRTE is about right? This is the sort of thing one can find out. At http://www.budget.gov.au/2012-13/content/bp1/html/bp1_bst6-10.htm you will find for DIISRTE the following numbers:
DIISRTE in 2012-2013 has 3256 employees. On top of that there are 90 in a standards agency (definitely overhead), 208 in the Australians Skills Quality Authority (would yuou count those as tertiary? Certainly overhead). A 1000 in IP Australia (surely a bit university-related, no?). Some 5600 in CSIRO (surely quite a few administrators in there. I am willing to bet well over 50%). 115 in the ARC (certainly overhead). 1150 in the Australian Nuclear Organisation (university-related?). And another 300 in smaller specific ones.
So, where are the 3256 employees of DIISRTE counted as overhead? Apparently no more than 200. And none of these extra ones seem to be counted as overhead for the tertiary sector either. It is really amazing, Andrew. God knows what they count, but it aint look right to me.
Indeed, seeing these numbers I am reverting back to my original assumption that 6000 employees employed in overhead is just about right. Indeed, it is starting to look like more than that if we would include all the state bureaucracy elements too…..


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but anyways IN LESS THAN THIRTY MINUTES THE GREATEST GAME EVAR WILL HIT STORES EVERYWHERE!!!!!!
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but anyways IN LESS THAN THIRTY MINUTES THE GREATEST GAME EVAR WILL HIT STORES EVERYWHERE!!!!!!
whats SSBB?
Super Smash Brother Brawl...I think is the correct title.
its gunna be more or less the same as melee. Its still not enough for me to drop money on the piece of junk nintendo Wii
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure i'll play it at one time or another.
The games I'm really excited for are Metal Gear4 and Starcraft 2
all the prepubescent teens must be ecstatic
Haha, I'd have to agree, no offense guys. Haha, Although, I never really got into the whole mario thing, sure I enjoy a little super smash brothers brawl....but I'm not gonna go get Super smash....new one, immediately, I'd probably go play it at a friends house or something, seeing as I don't own a Wii, and I don't plan on dropping 250 plus another 100 to get all the controls...and the game itself......
But, I will say it looks like fun, but I'm more excited for Battlefront 3, Kotor 3, and The Force Unleashed
My girlfriend said there was a huge group of kids staying in the mall overnight awaiting the release of this game.. It looks ok I guess, but am I missing something here?
Fun games, but you're not missing anything if you played it on N64 or gamecube.
smash bros for n64 is where it's at.
Anything on Super NES and N64 is where its at 8) Old schoolin
ell oh ell. I won the Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament last night at GameStop. Round 2 is on the 15th.
Heh, I'm too poor for a Wii
But I will play it at a friends house probably, lol.
I wouldn't waste money on video games these days, I can play em at friends houses...
Instead, I spend $$$ on costuming
Oh, and books...
The game sounds really awesome!!! Too bad I dont have a Wii yet.
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I'm a newbie when it comes to Subaru and the boxer engine. My parents owned an 2002 Outback, but I didn't know much about that car when we had it.
I just bought a 2008 WRX about a couple weeks ago. I have a lot to learn about the car, and I look forward to learning a lot from the forum.
Here's a couple quick snapshots.. Not the greatest pics, but I'm sure everyone knows what a stock 08 looks like
I do have a question, and I hope I don't get flamed for this.. I've heard from some people that a turbo timer isn't necessary? I've always been told and read that it's best to wait for the turbo to cool before shutting off the engine. I've just thought that turbo timers make that process more convenient, especially the auto ones that calculate how much idle time is necessary based on how you drove the car. Is there something special about the WRX that doesn't require the idle time?
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Sheriffs from East Baton Rouge and Jefferson Parishes, the two largest parishes in the state, testified to a House Committee on Criminal Justice at the Capitol about the resurgence of heroin.
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"Do we want to spend more money increasing our jails? I thought we were looking for alternatives to keep people out of jail," said Robert Toale, with the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
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This is Nietzsche. I got him about 6 weeks ago. He's a bearded dragon.


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Wayne, N.J. Toys "R" Us plans to hire approximately 45,000 seasonal employees to staff its Toys "R" Us and Toys "R" Us Express pop-up stores in the United States this holiday season, essentially doubling its domestic work force.
This number is greater than the total workforce the company hired during each of the last three holiday shopping seasons due to the addition of 600 new Toys "R" Us Express stores. In previous holiday seasons, the company has hired approximately 35,000 toy-trained employees to help gift-givers find the right toy for the children on their lists this Christmas.
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The house is brand new construction and a sour smell, almost like cat urine, was noticed as soon as the insulation and ducting was done, before the HVAC was even used. The ducting is located in the crawl space and is insulated with plastic wrapped insulation. The crawl space is free from moisture and has a vapor barrier. The smell comes through all vents, even when the HVAC unit isn't being used. Also, you can smell the odor emitting from the foundation vents. I have been told it is just the odor of the insulation used or maybe condensation in the ducting creating the smell?
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Even though it isn't unbearable yet, it is enough to drive you crazy!
Thanks in advance. :)
It could be urine odors from the concrete from before the house was closed in. Some people on construction sites have a strange fasination with urinating in the corners of basements/crawspaces, tubs, shower stalls, you name it.
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Up for sale is my 2004 Impreza WRX STi. I'm the 4th owner of the car, it has a clear title and no accidents, and it's also been a Florida car for 98% of its life except when it was in Huntington beach California for about 8 months. Currently the car has 80,000 miles on the odometer. She's a garage queen, but I do take her out occasionally to drive to school or car meets/shows so the mileage will go up slowly. Currently its located in South West Florida.
Car is paid off and title is on hand!
Now - $18,900
Here's some eye candy to enjoy before the yabbering begins:
When I got this car I started working on it to make it the ultimate combination daily driver/tuner car/show car. Despite the list of modifications, it is a docile daily driver that can be taken out rain or shine. Also the custom made front mount intercooler is pressure tested to hold a lot of boost without giving, I've never had an intercooler pipe pop off EVER.
Everything maintenance wise has been taken care of, and the modification list is solid to the point where you can just hop in and go with no issues. The car was also professionally repainted by the old owner and the paint has less than 25,000 miles on it. I also have a massive pile of receipts for the car, and just about everything is accounted for.
Why am I selling it? I just feel like I need a change in life. That and I have graduate school creeping up on me I'm finding less and less time to be able to go to events and meets with the car, and I don't track it so I feel almost as if it is a waste. I knew it was going to have to happen one day (hence previous listings for the car) but I wanted to enjoy it as much as I could and I feel like I have
Currently, I'm looking for $18,900. Which may seem like a lot, but I HIGHLY doubt you could pick up a 04 STi with low miles in very clean/mint condition, and then build it for cheaper than that price. I can also throw in the smoked set of tail lights and a MINT scoopless hood from an 04 RS in Aspen White Pearl.
I'm looking for straight cash (or loan), no trades. No paypal. Also no test drives unless you have CASH in hand, but I can give you a ride to show you what it can do. I'm pressed for time at the moment, so I can't drive to meet you, though I can have the car shipped at your expense.
9/27 tuning:
I met up with STiMikey to try to up the boost. But at 29psi on e85 the car was seeing 105% injector duty cycles in 2nd gear so we scrapped the tuning plan. The car will need an adjustable fuel pressure regulator to go any further power wise. Also Mikey said the car looks and felt good, timing is conservative (20 degrees up top), and it may be closer to 470awhp than 450awhp
4/12 tuning:
Fuel pressure regulator was installed, system was checked for leaks which were fixed. This 3rd map will be included sets the car at 30psi and a gut-wrenching 500awhp with 550ft-lbs of torque. It features more timing than previous e85 tune. Boost is turned down to around 24psi daily driving.
The fuel pump duty is at its maximum recommended level with the boost at 30psi, any future power increasing modifications will require bigger injectors and/or a secondary fuel pump
Comprehensive Modification List
Engine Work by Sean Gyles @ Vigilant Motorsports:
2011 STi Block
CP Pistons
CP Rings
OEM Forged Rod/Rod bolts
OEM Forged Crank
11mm Oil Pump
Restored/Resurfaced Heads
Supertech Oversized Valves (Flow Tested)
Brian Crower Titanium Springs and Retainers
Gates Racing Timing kit
Gates Racing Super Strong Timing Belt
Gates Racing Water Pump
ARP Headstuds
Oil Cooler Delete
Emissions System Delete (have all pieces on hand)
Open Source Tuned by Mikey "STiMikey" Botti
4??awhp/4??ft/lbs @ 23PSI on 93
47?+awhp/4??ft/lbs @ 26PSI on E85
500awhp/550ft/lbs @ 30PSI on E85
Last Dyno figures were 421awhp/396ft-lbs @ 21psi on a DynoJet w/o AVCS (different tune)
TinyWrex Launch Control
Ultimate Racing GT3076-R Kit
Garrett GT3076 Twin Ball Bearing Turbocharger
TiAL MV-R 44mm Waste Gate
Rotated Mount 3" Downpipe
Rotated Mount EWG Uppipe
Roated Mount EWG Dump Tube
All Lines, Fittings, Clamps etc.
Fabrication by LHT:
Custom Aluminum 2.75" Intercooler piping
Long Ram 3" Charge Pipe
Injen Intake with HydroShield
Precision Turbo 600hp Core
3" Catless Steel Exhaust with manual cutout
Magnaflow Muffler
MAF Rewire/Extension
Dump Tube Replumbed into DownPipe
Other Supporting Mods:
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Kevlar Backed Clutch
Fidanza Lightweight Flywheel
Deatschwerks 1100cc Side Feed Injectors
Walbro 400+lph Fuel Pump (E85 version)
Tomei Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
Aeromotive External Fuel Filter
Grimmspeed 160 Degree Thermostat
Grimmspeed PnP Tumble Generator Valve Deletes
Grimmspeed PnP/Coated Throttle Body
Hallman Pro RX Manual Boost controller
TiAL Q 50mm Blowoff Valve (Shimmed)
KoyoRAD Aluminum Radiator
Stop Tech Slotted Rotors
Hawk HPS Break Pads
Goodridge Stainless Break Lines
Motul Fluids
BC Racing BR Series Coil Overs (8000/6000)
BC Racing Camber plates
Torque Solutions Poly Solid Motor Mounts
Torque Solutions Billet Aluminum Pitch Stop
Odyssey PC680 Light Weight Battery
Aesthetic Mods:
Pioneeer DEH-P5200HD
Exterior Mods: 18" Konig Runaways
225/45ZR18 Nitto NT555
Enkei Lug Nuts
SIEBON Scoopless Carbon Fiber hood
VIS Racing Do-Luck Carbon Fiber trunk
Roof (professionally) painted Black
Blacked set of Tails rewired for the "jdm"/eye look
Cleared Headlights with flat black bezel
WC Lathe werks Titanium Shift Knob
FormulaOne Tint (Comfort Package)
Subtle Solutions License Plate Delete
Zero/Sports Push Button Start
Zero/Sports Gauge Pod
Zero/Sports Shift Boot
AEM UEGO Wideband
Defilink Imperial Boost
Defilink Imperial Oil Pressure
Defilink Imperial Oil Temp
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Many people are reading into this too much. The Marine Corps did not ban Social Media use, it just banned access on their network. These sites have been off limits for quite a while. It is like your company blocking Facebook on your work computer. 'Training' isn't the issue, Marines get plenty of OpSec and Information Security training. It's just a question of resources, and the Marine Corps is making it clear that it's network is to support the mission, not stream video or chat with friends...
Let's look at what the policy actually says: it applies only to Marine Corps systems. It means that the Marine can't access Facebook or MySpace from his/her work system, but it says nothing about what the Marine can do from home, from a personal computer on a public network, or from a MCCS provided kiosk. This has been the policy for the past two years. There is no restriction on what Marines can say on these sites from their personal systems, as long as it doesn't break security laws and doesn't bring discredit to the Marine Corps; and if you know Marines, they speak their mind. If the specific mission or job requires the access while on duty, the policy outlines a structured waiver process. Marines have no problem with this policy, and there have been comments in other forums where many in the other services agree. Let's also be honest, there are significant security risks that we all know about. I think this policy is moving in the right way...don't just jump in, move in smartly.
I work in HigherEd and we discussed this topic in my presentation today. What my main question - is how to actually implement the policy when soldiers are not on duty, on base or anyway utilizing DoD resources? My question isn't whether social media training SHOULD be done - my question is HAS it been done? This is a relevant topic to learn about whether you're a soldier, high school student or looking for a job. How do you put the cat back in the bag?
It's about time. You can't redact the hundreds of thousands of Facebook blogs owned by troops and their families. It isn't the blatant data that is the risk, it is the subtle things you want to share as a person that you oughtn't share as a soldier. Especially among younger troops, self-editing just isn't in their vocabulary - just look at all the stupid troubles they get themselves into posting bare bottomed pictures or that there will be a party at their house. There isn't ANY expectation of privacy on Facebook and this is something that is really difficult for the younger troops to grasp. We provide them with sites for communicating homme, which is better than what their fathers and grandfathers had. It should be enough.
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how much jet is a jet... recomendations??
how big of a difference does a number jet make on a holley carberator... say a jump between 72-73... or 73-84.... are there just little bit of a difference or is it a good bit of a difference... also can anyone recomend what goes next?? i have a 355 chevy, holley heads 2.02/1.94 valves i think theyre 190 intake runners.. .502/290 solid roller cam, roller rockers, holley dual plane intake, 650 double pumper with a 750+ proform center section... right now i have 73s in the front and 84 in the back... in park it revs pretty well with a slight hesitation on the back barrels... but under a load (in gear and moving) it stutters a good bit... plugs are very lightly tan... still clean (not too long running it though) any suggestions what would be a good jet combo to start messing around with (proform came with 72 and 84 jets, moved the front up to 73s that i had from the old carb) thanks
I don't think jets are your problem. Sounds like your plugs are reading fine so jets are likely proper. The double pumper is too big for that engine. Those carbs are intended for drag racing applications where the engine will be at WOT most of the time and acceleration from idle isn't necessary. When you punch it, the secondaries are opening too soon causing a stumble since the carb loses it's vacuum signal and jets quit flowing gas.
You would see a big improvement with a 650cfm vacuum secondary carb. They are intended for street use and the engine runs as a 2bbl the majority of the time, thus the vacuum signal is high and fuel flow is optimal from idle to max rpm. The vacuum secondaries only open on demand when the engine is drawing more vacuum than the primaries can supply, thus the carb efficiency is maximized over a very wide rpm range.
If you want to keep the double pumper, you will need to increase the size of your accelerator pump to compensate for the bog by flooding the carb with gas during the low signal period.
you have a descent cam and heads so a 750 should be about right. huh i ran a 850 dp on a 350 but what do i know....
anyways......vaccumm carbs suck arse imho....as for jets you need to run the car up and down the street,drive it around, ya know, then check the plugs. the hesitation is from the squirter,pump cam etcetc...buy a cam assortment and start changing them around .......you will be amazed...same with the squirters.......buy a kit and change them out....its very very easy to do and you will notice a huge differance in improvement one way and disappointment the other..you will quickly pickup on the way to set up the carb....you can set it up for great throttle response from idle or killer response from freeway cruzin rpm...its one of the best things i have learned in messing with cars ever..
you can make it perform killer and get squat for milage........or the other way.......great milage ya know........
hope this helps man,..... dont be affraid to mess around with it..you can always put it back to the way you started.
id have to agree that vaccum seconderies suck... i dont know anyone that uses them... i had a 650double pumper on from before and it had beautiful responce from idle right on up... and the heads and stuff came as a kit from holley that recomended a 750dp...its not a street car as much as a drag car thats streetable... id much rather have the motor and sacrifice a little gas and a little trouble... thanks for your help though
Depending on the type of transmission (and stall speed on automatics) it varys as to which type of carburetor mechincal secondary or vacuum will work better. Normally automatic transmission equipped vehicles with less than 3000 stall speed will get better overall performance with a properly tuned vacuum secondary carburetor.
You could be running into a few issues.
First a 750 may be a touch big on this combination.
Next When you put the 750 Center Section into your 650 carburetor did you change the idle feed restrictors in your metering blocks to the size of a 750 ? If not this will cause the carburetor to be lean in the amount of fuel going through the transfer slot which can cause a hesitation.
To help cover up for these problems you will most likely need to go larger on the accelerator pump squirter nozzle size.
(32-3500stall not sure how much of it i see yet though) like i said holley recomended the 750 for that combo so i dont think its too much... i didnt change idle feed restrictors though...
i went looking for a holley tuning book this morning but didnt find any at the stores.. anyone recomend a good one for ordering?? more so tuning than rebuilding oriented
To answer your question corona, there is if memory serves me a 3% difference in flow rates between jets that differ by one digit. IE: A #70 jet will flow 3% more fuel than a #69 jet. So if you swapped #70 jets for #75 jets you would be flowing approximately 15% more fuel through the carburetor.
Also, if they are not close limit series jets they are only guaranteed to flow within 3% of their number rating. That's why you should always go up or down by 2 numbers when experimenting with jetting. Holley jets for the most part are not rated in actual flow.
Close limit series jets were guaranteed to flow within 1-1/2% of their rating. These became popular when OEM's required stricter emissions requirements/tighter tolernaces when carbs were still offered on new vehicles. It is not unusual to find close limit jets in 2 barrel carbs off of mid 70's cars for that reason. A close limit jet is numbered with -x or -1 can't remember. For example a stock jet would be stamped 70, the close limit series would have been stamped 70-1 or 70-x or 70-xx, anything more than the flow number and it was a close limit jet anyway.
If close limit jets are still available they cost more and are usually harder to find, nothing wrong with the lower tolernance jets just keep in mind that a swap from a 69 to 70 jet may yield little difference if the 69 flow is on the fat side of 3% tolerance and the 70 is on the lean end of the limit, hence the reason to change jetting in increments of 2.
There are a few tuning books out there but the only one I recall is Super tuning and modifying Holley Carbs from SA. Wickedfab has a good point get the cam kit they vary the degree of opening and the amount of CC (fuel per shot). Also shooter size dictates amount of fuel delivery. Idea of the sec. pump is to cover up "bog" to much air when the trottle is "stabbed" to wide open. In drag racing we have been lauching at what the limiter is set at in first stage 5500rpm + (pedal to metal already) so the acc. pumps are used up and are "tuned for driviablity" in the pits.
went out and got me some jets today... put a 78 in the front and 87 in the back and it fixed the big hessitation... hestitation isnt as bad from a stand still but ive got a 91 im going to try in it to see if i can get it where i want it.... thanks for your help
Let me know where you live, i'd love to open up a gas station next to your house! LOL
gas?? who cares about gas when you can go fast?? accually ill tell you where you can open a staion... a few friends of mine drive 600+hp 110octane burning 3mile to the gallon cars... at 4.20$ a gallonyou could probly make a good living on just them
oh yeah and i was able to look at the plugs in good light and they were runing a little leaner than i mentioned... right now theyre pretty good from what ive seen but still a little on the lean side
Obviously you can get the double pumper to work on the street, many have including you. However, that method of tuning just masks the underlying problem and actually reduces the power potential of the engine. A double pumper was designed for a special circumstance and is a super carb in that application. Racers needed a carb that ran at WOT, period. Really wild cams and compression don't create a strong and stable enough vacuum signal to run a vacuum secondary properly. Just wouldn't work. Also they didn't need any off idle or mid range performance, so Holley came up w/ the DP. It is a monster on top end, isn't dependent on a non-existent vacuum signal, eliminates a lot of jewelery they didn't need and saves a little on weight and maintenance hassles. Common features on these carbs is lack of a choke mechanism, no power valve, holes in the primary throttle plates to make the idle work - a lot of non-streetable stuff. Unfortunately, to force this carb to perform on the bottom end, you must sacrifice optimal settings and power on the top end.
On the other hand, a vacuum secondary carb provides a much more universal carb that can be tuned to perform all through the speed range of all but the wildest engines. It will produce every bit as much top end power as a DP, yet provides bottom end drive-ability.
I would almost bet Jmarks' next 3 paychecks to a donut that a properly tuned 650 or 750 vacuum secondary carb would knock several hundredths if not several tenths off you quarter mile times compared with your compromised DP if you ran it thru the clocks.
All that being said, far be it from me to criticize someone for wanting a great looking carb on top of their engine. After all I run a 950cfm one on mine!!! Just wanted to put in my HO that vacs can be made every bit as powerful as a DP, with great advantages for the street/strip guy.
I had the similar problem running the Proform carb body.
If you do not have a 4 corner idle adjustment you need to change the secondary air bleeds to the smaller air bleeds in all 4 places, "34's are a good starting point, also the Proform does't have the passage drilled so you can not run vacuum advance unless you change the throttle plate to an aftermarket that has the vacuum port or you can do what i did and drill the Proform body for the vacuum path, just use your gaskets as a reference. After changing your air bleeds and straightening out the vacuum advance you should br able to run jets in the low 70's. THe guys at Quick Fuel are a good source for knowledge they use yje Proform bodies on their carbs. Good Luck
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It was my first car and even though I wanted a manual and was paying for it myself. I wanted to respect my parents, and buy the auto. They were worried about me having a manual, for various reasons. (i.e. first car, unnecessary trouble, faster driving in their minds). So that's what I did. I have always loved e46s so it was an auto or something else entirely. I compromised. Make sense?
You were paying for it yourself but you wanted to "respect your parents and buy the auto" for reasons that don't quite make any sense?
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Hello everyone, I posted a while back but I think as Einstein matured another picture to critique is appropriate.
Not for breeding purposes of course, just for fun. Feel free to give the good, bad, and ugly. I accept him for who he is anyway.
Anyway, the picture where he is facing left, on a grassy field is from roughly 1.5-2 years ago. Was taken by someone better than me at stacking
The picture where he is facing right, is a recent picture from this weekend. Is my weak attempt at stacking..
I'll appreciate any feedback :)
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Very nice male, a bit long. Good angulation in font though the upper arm is very short. VG angulation rear. OK withers. Good feet/pasterns. Good masculinity.
Thanks Lisa for the critique! :)
Is the upper arm what's throwing him off balance in the front and causing the break between the withers? or just part of it?
The short upper arm (elbow to point of shoulder, felt near the chest) usually causes a lack of reach. Falling on his forehand while moving is probably due to his flatter withers and because he has more angulation behind than in front.
Thanks for the explanation!
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He's very muscular, and very fast, dry I believe as well? but cannot trot for hours without feeling it. He's made for explosive speed not stamina :) At least that's my observation but please please everyone correct me if I'm wrong
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