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Yet there were more than enough junctures where a hit, a throw, a corrected call or just a recognized strike would have sent the series in another direction. The painful Diamond Dog problem was inability to equal opportunity.
Most obviously so where Mississippi State has struggled most of the season: at the plate. Bulldog batters were 2-of-8 Sunday with runners at second or third bases, and only once did such a hit score anyone anyway. That was C Wes Thigpen's bases-loaded single in the second inning which accounted for the only State run. Even this wasn't maximized as the next runner was ruled out short of the plate.
By contrast the Gators could afford to wait for their big chances. When it came they struck, broke the 1-1 tie, and went on to win despite what was one of the better Bulldog pitching days all season so far.
The hard-luck loser was first reliever Luis Pollorena (3-1) who deserved better after assuming responsibility from starter Nick Routt. For that matter Routt looked a lot like his excellent 2009 freshman season, putting in 5.0 innings plus one batter in his best start of this return-from-injury season. Routt allowed one run on six hits, struck out five and walked one.
"I thought he was really good, he threw it in the strike zone which is exactly what we needed after yesterday," said Cohen. The same was true for sophomore Pollorena as went the critical 1.2 innings with two runs on two hits, a walk and strikeout.
Also in contrast was the luck of Florida's bullpen, which saw more use as they mixed, matched, and won all situations down the stretch. Their initial reliever, Stephen Rodriguez (2-1) picked up the well-timed decision based on his—ironically—1.2 innings also, with no hits and three strikeouts. He took over from starter Karsten Whitson, still unbeaten though charged with the one MSU run on five hits, two walks and three strikeouts.
"He's pretty efficient and we swung at a lot of balls," Cohen said. "We swung at a lot of pitches outside the strike zone, and I'm not 100% sure he threw three-strikes to any given hitter the first two times through the order."
Three more men accounted for four outs before Austin Maddox entered in the ninth for his first save this season. And this was the most glaring missed opportunity of all for State. A leadoff single by LF Nick Vickerson came off Anthony DeScalafani, who an out later fielded a bounce-back from 2B Adam Frazier. But he threw it into centerfield, then gave up a single to LF Jaron Shepherd. That brought righthander Maddox to face the #9 Dog batter.
Thigpen chipped a short fly into right that Tucker somehow got a glove under as he dove forward. Even a bobbled throw-in wasn't enough to risk sending Vickerson, so freshman CF C.T. Bradford had the do-or-die chance. The Florida native fouled off both the first two pitches and the second stayed just inside the third-base netting for a game-ending catch.
He also had a lead after the second, albeit not as much as it should have been. With two outs, including a perfectly-timed leap and stab by second sacker Josh Adams, Whitson gave up a scratch single to SS Jonathan Ogden and a cleaner hit to Frazier. Shepherd drew a walk and on a 2-2 battle Thigpen took the ball into leftfield for one RBI.
It should have been another as Frazier tried to skirt catcher Mike Zunino who had the path blocked up the line. A shoulder check threw the runner off-stride long enough for a reach-around tag, or at least the umpire chose to think so. It merited at least a protest.
"There's no question to me, we had a really good view of it," Cohen said. "It's a difficult job back there and those things happen during a game." Routt, who said he hadn't seen the play anyway, left two on bases in the top of the third. The fourth frame was another matter as with one out Routt was hit for three-straight singles after getting ahead of all hitters. On 2-2 Maddox bounced a true seeing-eye single that evaded the gloves of both 3B Jarrod Parks and Ogden. Zunino came around for the tied tally.
Bradford ran down a drive towards the gap to prevent another run, or two, and Thigpen came up with a pop-foul to end the inning still tied 1-1. Routt took care of the fifth by retiring three lefthanders around a righty's single. State could have taken the lead in their half of the fifth. Leading off, Shepherd worked his second Whitson walk of the afternoon. A pop-out later Bradford hit behind the runner perfectly for Dogs on corners. But Freeman bounced right to the shortstop for an easy step-and-throw.
Routt returned to face the leadoff Gator and walked him on four pitches, Pollorena's cue. He picked Zunino off on the third try and added two quick outs. Parks gave Whitson's first offering of the sixth a ride, caught mid-track but enough to bring a change, a timely one so Rodriguez could go on the record.
It wasn't Pollorena's fault at all the game got away in the seventh, as he was two outs into the turn and surely caught the 1-2 corner to Zack Powers. On the record though it went down as a ball, and with new life Powers singled to bring up the order's top. A walk later Pollorena did his part with a roller to shortstop and Ogden fielded just fine. But he couldn't get the ball out cleanly. "It got underneath me and I couldn't get a good grip on it." The error left all safe, bases loaded, and the Gators a hit away from taking charge.
Tucker got it, a bouncer right through the box. Caleb Reed ended the inning with a strikeout and took care of the next five outings. Bradford needed one pitch to ground Tucker out in the ninth, not that this one mattered as much.
And the Dogs had more offensive opportunity than just the ninth. Two down into the eighth Jacob Tillotson walked Freeman and Parks punched a single up the middle. Nick Maronde was called for a left-on-left matchup with Collins, and State countered by pinch-batting righty Taylor Stark. On 2-2 he let one go by on the inside corner.
On a day the wind was blowing straight out and rather strongly at times, all 17 combined hits (nine for Florida, eight State) were singles. It was a credit to pitchers coping both with field conditions and a strike zone that neither dugout had a clue about. That made taking a loss all the more frustrating. "I thought Caleb Reed was a warrior, I thought Luis did a great job," Cohen said.
A job that went unrewarded because State lacked that one momentum-moving base hit. Or for that matter just one routine fielding play. Florida, after all, had a 3:00 'getaway' time for a 4:30 flight home, and a 1-1 tie through nine would have made things officially interesting indeed.
"I feel horrible for Oggie because if we make that play I really believe it changes everything," Cohen said. Even then there were other chances to redeem such gaffes with a single swing. In a large way this was a reprise of State's offensive issues last weekend at Georgia.
"Yeah, we didn't have a good day," Cohen said. "Our seniors had probably the roughest day of the whole season, collectively. I love them, they're great kids, they work hard for us, but they didn't have a very good day today. We did a lot of average things wrong. Dropped pop-ups, average ground balls." Upperclassmen were a combined 6-of-21 Sunday and did provide the lone RBI as well as run.
"But it's still early in the conference season and we believe they're going to make those plays for us. And we're going to do a better job with runners in scoring position."
Such an opportunity comes immediately Wednesday evening in Birmingham. That's when Mississippi State and UAB resume their March 9 game suspended in the sixth inning with the Blazers leading 4-3. But two Dogs, both seniors, will be on bases and two more coming up to bat. State had not picked a pitcher for the 6:00 resumption.
Cohen is getting comfortable with his underclassman rotation though, and expects for now to stick with junior Devin Jones, soph Chris Stratton, and Routt for the upcoming weekend at Arkansas. Though the way lefty Routt has worked lately the coaching staff will have some interesting decisions about order.
The Razorbacks, ranked #22 coming into the weekend, will be fresh off a sweep of LSU.


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The front kicks against a knife as demonstrated at 1:18, can also be used to buy time to draw.
He says he worked for years as a bouncer. I believe he could do the job, but has wasted his talents for bouncer pay!
I love it, but how do I do it from a wheelchair ?
Big sign on wheelchair " Don't screw with me I carry ".
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Bas Rutten seems to be a good guy. He is very funny. I have some of his CDs, DVDs. I have used his stuff to help me with bag work.
I already know how to kick someone in the groin, which seems to be a basis of his fighting style.
He does seem to know his stuff pretty well though.
Looks like he knows a good bit of taijutsu as well
In the first few seconds I thought it was a Joke Vid but, it turned out to be worthwhile and worth the watching.
He definately knows how to hurt people. Although I'd never hire him to bounce for me. I bounced for three years at a college bar and never spilled a drop of blood.
Like the old saying: "When your only tool is hammer, everything looks pretty much like a nail"
He definately holds your attention with the Bong Bong Bong and other antics.
Looks like he does pretty well for himself with the tools he has.
If you watch thoughtfully, there is some interesting use of small circle and other jujitsu which adds technique to the otherwise very physical approach which is basically pound the other dude. The move he showed for removing a choke to your throat by stepping under and attacking the wrist is more subtle than just flailing away with kicks to the privates, and it is somewhat joyful when you pull it off in the gym (easily learned) and are standing there with the ability to bring the opponent to his knees with just a minor effortless turn of your own wrists, while at the same time the opponent is open to some kicks.
As physical as this all looks, there is a lot of really interesting stuff going on. I play with it 3 hours a week and believe me I'm way too old for reliance on sheer strength and agility.
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Covenant Theology« Previous Entries
Puritanism 101Monday, August 15th, 2016
Covenant Theology and BaptismWednesday, October 10th, 2012
Last year, two of our senior students presented a paper on Covenant Theology and Baptism to an audience of about 50 students. It has been very well received and may be viewed here.
A Useful Tool for Reading John Owen on Hebrews 8Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Brandon Adams from Orange, CA has posted a very useful expandable outline of John Owen's commentary on Hebrews 8:6-13. You will find it here.
Report from New Zealand: School of Theology 2009Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
The School of Theology organized by the Grace Reformed Baptist Church was again held in Palmerston North on the North Island of New Zealand from 3-7 August 2009.
New Zealand School of Theology 2009Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
For the third consecutive year, Grace Reformed Baptist Church of Palmerston North, New Zealand, will be hosting the annual School of Theology from August 3-7.
A High and Proper View of the Pastoral MinistryWednesday, March 11th, 2009
We live in a day when the distinctions between pastors and people have largely broken down. Loud voices cry out, calling for a mobilization of every member of the church, as if all had the same call and responsibilities from the Lord. While this may be the dominant view today, it is really an historical […]
The Memorial Stones—God's Acts in History (Joshua 3&4)Thursday, January 1st, 2009
A Meditation for the New Year The Book of Joshua serves an important role in the story line of the Bible. It moves us forward from the judgment imposed on the covenant nation for their disobedience—40 years of wandering in a wilderness—to the conquest of the land promised 500 years before to Abraham. But more […]
Pactum Salutis, Historia Salutis, Ordo Salutis and the MinistryTuesday, November 25th, 2008
I would like to place the ministry within a theological context. I am convinced that we must view all of life theologically, and must seek to bring all of our thoughts captive to Christ and his word. Our tasks as ministers of the New Covenant are very specific, and come to us in a very […]
Counter-attacks against Historic Christianity: Old errors die hardWednesday, November 12th, 2008
Do you ever scratch your head and wonder what other professing believers are thinking? I do.
Unashamedly ConfessionalMonday, November 10th, 2008
Unashamedly Confessional:Confessional Subscription and Ministerial Education By Stefan T. Lindblad (WSC/IRBS 2001) The Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America (ARBCA) is a self-consciously confessional communion of churches. We subscribe fully The London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 (LBCF), but not because the Confession supplants the authority of Holy Scripture.« Previous Entries


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Tom Gammill, a known writer and funny man attempted to wow us with his street smarts this past month. While his particular brand of sass might fly when writing for such obviously sophomoric shows like Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live and the Simpsons; the Center for Cartoon Studies was having NONE of it. First, he tried to convince us that the Doozies is a good comic strip and then he attempted to give constructive criticism on current student work. Feel free to witness that horror that his destructive criticism wrought, some students still shake when they hear his name:
Honestly, we DO love Gammill but if he steps foot in this town again without his writing partner, Max Pross, he'll get a faceful of snow. That's a cartoonist promise.


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Early Music...Again??
The sonic possibilities of historic instruments are indeed immeasurable. Today's composers have recently realized this—and with this realization came an entire orchestra of new sound colors. How different is a cornetto than a trumpet!
What different sounds one can find on gut strings, rather than steel! On top of these discoveries comes the interest in composing music "on top" of other music. Is it sampling? Is it stealing? Or is it just sending the classics through the kaleidoscope? Today's Brothers Balliett episode tackles this frontier of composition.
Knussen, ever with his tongue in cheek, writes a fantasia on Purcell's Fantasia on One Note. He calls it "...upon one note...". Uri Caine's "Goldberg Variations" might be the most shocking reappropriation on this show. We wish that we could play all 70 of his variations; today we only had time for six. But even among these six, the orchestration runs the gamut from historic instruments to DJ Logic mixing Goldberg at the console.
Stay tuned for the centerpiece, Sciarrino's take on the music of Scarlatti, scored for string quartet. Then hear master lutenist Rolf Lislevand try his hand at diminutions on popular tunes from the 16th century. He stumbles into some unexpectedly groovy areas, which work shockingly well in his giant, historic continuo band.
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (Sacramento Bee) - Ancestry.com, the world's largest online family history resource, has teamed up with one of its high-profile celebrity customers to support a national non-profit organization that helps youth overcome what are too often generational cycles of adversity.
Actor Blair Underwood will appear in a commercial promoting Ancestry.com's support of Big Brothers Big Sisters, the nation's largest mentoring network, proven to help children overcome adversity to achieve in school and succeed in life.
In the commercial, scheduled to air February 24, Underwood says discovering his family history on Ancestry.com gave him a greater understanding of himself. He goes onto say that while it's incredible to know where you came from, it's also important to know where you are going.
"That's why I'm joining with Ancestry.com to support Big Brothers Big Sisters, an organization that helps kids reach their full potential," states Underwood.
Big Brothers Big Sisters provides one-to-one mentoring services to children of single, low-income or incarcerated parents as well as sons and daughters of military personnel or those who face other forms of adversity. The new TV commercial airs February 24 on the heels of the announcement of the Big Brothers Big Sisters 2011 Youth Outcomes Survey Report, which shows statistically significant improvements for youth throughout the first year of enrollment. The improvements are in three areas – educational success, avoidance of risky behaviors and socio-emotional competency, measures that researchers link to long-term outcomes, such as high school graduation, avoidance of juvenile delinquency, and college or job readiness.
Ancestry.com has worked with Underwood on a network TV show that airs on Friday nights. The company provided important family history research for the show, including tracing the roots of the featured celebrities including Underwood. Each episode takes one celebrity on an emotional, and often times soul-searching journey to discover the lives of family members who came before them.
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I have a GM 14 bolt full floater, or a 10.5".... and i am trying to find someone who sells a selectable locker for it... if there isn't any can someone please tell me the advantages/disadvantages of a full locker being an every day driver...?
full locker on the street isn`t a good idea for safety reasons. the result can be broken axle`s, sheared teeth off the gears and broken carriers.
So if i put a Detroit locker in my 14 bolt full floater, will i still be able to drive it on the street or will i need a selectable locker...which they don't make for my 14 bolt....
The Detriot locker was the only one available for the 10.5 inch 14-bolt for MANY years, and can be used on the street.
As with any locker or limited slip addition you will HAVE to get accustomed to the changes in the driveability of your truck.
My boss just installed lockers both front and rear in his 1996 Jeep Cherokee and says he needs four wheel drive more than he did before, as the rear will kick the back of the Jeep off to one side with very little throttle or warning.
With an axle that big I am thinking you aren't going to be hotrodding this on the street, I don't think you will have any problems.
Just remember the Detroit will give a loud clunk in the rear when it is working correctly, just get used to the noise.
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The data for September 2011 has just been released by comScore Video Metrix. It shows that 182 million U.S. Internet users watched 39.8 billion videos that month. This means 85.3 percent of the U.S. Internet audience watched online video content in September for an average of 19.5 hours per viewer.
As my mother used to say, "That's bigger than a breadbox."
Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube.com, ranked as the top online video content property in September with 161 million unique viewers. Even the most watched network television prime-time broadcasts – including multiple Super Bowls, mini-series, series finales, special events, and regular television shows – haven't reached that many Americans.
VEVO ranked second with 57.3 million unique viewers that month. Microsoft Sites climbed to the third position with 54 million viewers, followed by Viacom Digital with 53.4 million and Facebook.com with 49.9 million. Hulu, which is officially no longer for sale http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2118451/Is-Google-Still-Interested-In-Buying-Hulu, ranked 10th with 27.1 million viewers.
Although comScore reported that Americans viewed more than 6.8 billion video ads in September, this only includes streaming-video advertising and doesn't include other types of video monetization, such as overlays, branded players, and matching banner ads. So, these numbers are very conservative, if you want to be charitable, or comScore is grossly underestimating the ads served on YouTube, if you want to be provocative.
Finally, September marks the second month of official rankings for comScore YouTube Partner Reporting, which provides a comparison of viewership across thousands of YouTube partners and their channels. The latest data revealed that video music channels VEVO (57.3 million viewers) and Warner Music (28.8 million viewers) maintained the top two positions. Also holding on to their respective positions were gaming channel Machinima, which ranked third with 17 million viewers, followed by Maker Studios with 9 million, Demand Media with 6.8 million, and Revision3 with 5.4 million.
So, which videos were the most-watched during the past month?
Well, according to the YouTube charts as of this writing, several were music videos. This includes Jennifer Lopez – Papi, which has more than 17 million views.
But it also includes Nicki Minaj – Super Bass By Sophia Grace Brownlee, which has more than 15 million views.
However, other categories of video content were also going viral.
For example, Mountain Biker gets taken out by BUCK – CRAZY Footage – Only in Africa received more than 11 million views.
And PlayStation's "Michael" – PS3 Long Live Play – Full Length received more than 9.7 million views.
Finally, there's 29 years old and hearing myself for the first time! , which has more than 8 million views.
It's worth noting that there isn't a funny cat video in the top 40.
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The IAB UK spoke with Steve Filler, the commercial director at Unruly Media about the myths surrounding viral videos. Filler discussed how videos can become successful online and explained why certain examples such as Evian Roller Babies international version, The T-Mobile Dance and Charlie bit my finger – again! became such huge hits throughout the world.
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When Hunter Taylor celebrated his sixth birthday Nov. 3, he asked friends to donate food for the Yummie Tummies program at the Neighbour to Neighbour Centre food bank.

His mom Sarah Sunnucks had read about the new program, which is dedicated to food and supplies for babies and children and Hunter wanted to help.

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Venezuela to probe Chavez cancer 'poisoning' accusation
Millions have filed past his coffin to pay homage to a man adored by many
Venezuela will set up a formal inquiry into suspicions that the late President Hugo Chavez's cancer was the result of poisoning by his enemies abroad, the Government said.
The accusation has been derided by critics of the Government, who view it as a typical Chavez-style conspiracy theory intended to feed fears of "imperialist" threats to Venezuela's socialist system and distract people from daily problems.
Still, acting President Nicolas Maduro vowed to push through a serious investigation into the claim, which was first raised by Chavez himself after he was diagnosed with the disease in 2011.
"We will seek the truth," Maduro told regional TV network Telesur late on Monday.
"We have the intuition that our commander Chavez was poisoned by dark forces that wanted him out of the way."
Foreign scientists will be invited to join a government commission, the OPEC nation's acting leader said.
Maduro, 50, is Chavez's handpicked successor and is running as the Government's candidate in a snap presidential election on April 14 that was triggered by his boss's death last week.
He is trying to keep voters' attention firmly focused on Chavez to benefit from the outpouring of grief among his millions of supporters. The Opposition is centering its campaign on portraying Maduro, a former bus driver, as an incompetent who, they say, is morbidly exploiting Chavez's demise.
Running for the opposition's Democratic Unity coalition is a business-friendly state governor, Henrique Capriles, 40, who lost to Chavez in a presidential vote last year.
Yesterday was the last day of official mourning for Chavez, although ceremonies appear set to continue.
His embalmed body was to be taken in procession to a military museum on Friday.
Millions have filed past Chavez's coffin to pay homage to a man who was adored by many of the poor for his humble roots and welfare policies, but was also hated by many people for his authoritarian style and bullying of opponents.
Though Maduro has spoken about combating crime and extending development programmes in the slums, he has mostly used his frequent appearances on state TV to talk about Chavez.
The 58-year-old President was diagnosed with cancer in his pelvic region in June 2011 and underwent four surgeries before dying of what sources said was metastasis in the lungs.
Maduro said it was too early to specifically point a finger over Chavez's cancer, but noted that the US had laboratories with experience in producing diseases.
"He had a cancer that broke all norms," Maduro told Telesur.
"Everything seems to indicate that they affected his health using the most advanced techniques... he had that intuition from the beginning."
Maduro has compared his suspicions over Chavez's death with allegations that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died in 2004 from poisoning by Israeli agents.
The case echoes Chavez's long campaign to convince the world that his idol and Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar died of poisoning by his enemies in Colombia in 1830.
Though keeping a low profile out of respect for Chavez's supporters, opponents are furious at what they see as the use of his death by government officials to bolster their chances of staying in power.
Launching his candidacy on Monday, Maduro's speech began with a recording of Chavez singing the national anthem. Hearing his booming voice again, many supporters wept.
As well as the wave of sympathy over Chavez, the Opposition faces a well-financed state apparatus, institutions packed with government supporters, and problems within its own rank-and-file, still demoralised over October's presidential election defeat and a mauling at gubernatorial polls in December.
Capriles, an energetic lawyer and career politician, has tried to kick-start his campaign with accusations that Maduro and other senior officials lied about the details of Chavez' s illness, hiding the gravity of his condition from Venezuelans.
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Soul Train Awards 2012, held at Planet Hollywood Live in Las Vegas, was simulcast on BET and Centric on November 25th at 8PM ET/PT. The audience was treated to the best in music entertainment. Host Cedric the Entertainer, kept everyone laughing while stellar performances from artists including: Stevie Wonder, Charlie Wilson, New Edition, Ne-Yo, and 2 Chainz, encouraged people of all ages to dance and sing along to their memorable and popular songs.
Celebrities from music, film, sports and television such as Jamie Foxx, Stevie Wonder, Eddie Levert, Billy Crystal, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Melanie Fiona, Jody Watley, Doug E. Fresh, Tony Rock, Luke James, Estelle, Donny and Marie Osmond, Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham, and Tamar Braxton, joined Soul Train in celebrating some of the best musical contributions of 2012. This year's show honored New Edition with the Lifetime Achievement Award and paid tribute to late Soul Train founder, Don Cornelius.
The contributions Don Cornelius made to music changed the landscape of the industry. As a tribute, the Awards show featured video vignettes from old broadcasts, as well as moving words from his son, Tony Cornelius, and Soul Train standout, Jody Watley, who attributes much of her success to Cornelius and Soul Train.
New Edition, whose career has spanned 30 years, were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award and followed their moving acceptance speech with a performance of their hits: "Candy Girl," "Telephone Man," and "If It Isn't Love." Their performance reminded the audience why they fell in love with New Edition from the very beginning.
An always soul stirring performance by the "8th Wonder of the World," Stevie Wonder, turned into a massive celebration of President-Elect Barack Obama when his hit "Superstition" was followed by a performance of "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours," which was accompanied by projected photos of The President.
The competition was really tough this year with amazing artists and talent. The 2012 Soul Train Awards Winners are:
Best New Artist-- Elle Varner
Centric Award -- Leah Labelle
Best Gospel/ Inspirational Performance -- Whitney Houston & Jordin Sparks' "Celebrate"
Best Hip Hop Song of the Year – Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz "Mercy"
Best R&B/ Soul Female Artist – Beyonce
Best R&B/ Soul Male Artist -- Miguel
Album of the Year -- Frank Ocean's Channel Orange
Song of the Year -- Tyrese's "Stay"
The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award --"Tonight (Best You Ever Had)": John Legend feat. Ludacris
Best Dance Performance: Beyonce – "Love On Top"
CENTRICTV.com: Best Caribbean Performance -- Sean Paul's "Tomahawk Technique"??
CENTRICTV.com: Best International Performance --?Estelle's "Thank You"??
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Patrimonium een waar verhaal (original 1991; edition 2003)
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Patrimony: A True Story by Philip Roth (1991)
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good story @ term with father dying - life w/ a stubborn caring man -
pg 106 "Pride - safe reliant to the end - Independent to the end - The son perpetually protesting his autonomy - I don't need anything."
pg. 80-81 Hock - yiddish to hammer warnings + pleas. Why continue I care - for people in my own way.
Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father-- famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections-- battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.
My favorite Roth, and one of the least platitudinous books about dying I have ever read. I'll be returning to this.
Philip Roth's story of his relationship with his family. I am underwhelmed.
Come sempre, un libro importante di uno scrittore fondamentale, di una voce - e sopratutto di una visione - da cui non si può prescindere. I dialoghi, i sentimenti, i silenzi, diventano trama solida che scorre davanti ai nostri occhi. Qui R. è più intimista, quotidiano, emotivo dei libri scritti su storie inventate. Qui la fiction è di casa, invece. Un pezzo di vita della famiglia Roth, che a piacimento possiamo riprendere dai libri della nostra collezione per rinnovarne l'eccezionale ricordo.
Patrimony is about author Philip Roth dealing with his father's debilitating and rapidly growing brain tumor. It takes away his autonomy and eventually his life. Patrimony depicts about a three year period in the late 1980's at the first onset of the tumor, which was originally misdiagnosed as Bell's Palsy, that gave his father, Hermann, partial facial paralysis to splitting headaches and loss of equilibrium.
Patrimony has what I have always called the "Titanic Effect." I'm sure it actually has a proper name but I have never looked for it. The Titanic Effect is that the person is aware of the tragic event but getting there is still so heartbreaking even though you knew it was already going to happened.
I knew Hermann Roth was going to die. I knew how he was going to die. But it is so sad to read about. I felt badly for Philip because it was incredibly difficult to reconcile with the fact that this strong, obstinate, hard working man had become so frail and was not going to live much longer. It must have been hard for Hermann to feel the deterioration of his body; that he couldn't do the same things that he once did. Slowly, his independence was slipping from him.
I felt almost compelled to read this book as rapidly as I did because I'm in a parallel situation with my Grandmother. I'm thinking the way the novelist felt is how my mother must be starting to feel. It's startling to see that someone who was once so strong is now so weak. If my mother was any kind of reader, I would give her this one.
This was my first Roth book. What made me buy it was that when I read the New York Times article announcing his retirement, Patrimony and a brief synopsis was mentioned. It sounded interesting. Patrimony was a very realistic and visceral account of celebrating a life and realizing you'll have to let it go.
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It has been a very busy time since last I wrote with a visit by HRH Princess Anne to the charity Riding for the Disabled at Fulmer.
The young disabled who are familiarised with and ride horses as part of their therapy and development were thrilled by her visit and the time she spent with them all.
As we hurtle towards Christmas, on your behalf I have been attending a lot of carol concerts that have not only been jolly but have also given a message of being good neighbours to one another, and so it is my hope that we will all look out for those less fortunate than ourselves.
Looking ahead to 2012 we as a County have a lot to look forward to with the Diamond Jubilee, Olympics and Para Olympics. There will be flame beacons to celebrate the Jubilee and we hope that Parishes and voluntary groups will hold fetes or street parties.
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Diana Andreyko remained a leading outside hitter for the Panthers in 2006, recording 18 double-doubles throughout the season...an All-Big East first team selection...an AVCA All-Northeast Region selection and an All-America honorable mention...named to the all-tournament team at the Magnolia Invitational and Wildcat Classic...MVP of the Rhode Island Invitational...an All-Big East preseason unanimous selection and three-time Big East honor roll selection...set a career-high five assists against SE Missouri State (Aug. 25)...reached 1,000 career kills against Akron (Sept. 1)...led the team with 19 points and had 18 kills and 11 digs against No. 12 Tennessee (Sept. 8)...recorded 16 putaways and 14 digs against St. John's (Sept. 22)...led the team with 17 kills and had nine digs and three blocks against Villanova (Oct. 1)...had a career-high eight blocks against Cincinnati (Nov. 3)...contributed 16 kills and 15 digs in the win over Notre Dame (Nov. 11)...had 18 kills and 12 digs against Marquette in the Big East Tournament (Nov. 17)...led the team in kills (459), attacks (1,209) and points (527).
Andreyko enjoyed a stellar sophomore campaign with three all-tournament team honors to her credit...tied the then-Big East record and tied for the second-most kills in Pitt history...named to the OSU Buckeye Classic all-tournament team after posting at least 20 kills in both matches, a total of 43 putaways, 24 digs and two blocks...had eight 20-plus kill performances, including 23 versus American (Sept. 10), Duke (Sept. 17) and Notre Dame (Nov. 6)...tied the school record with eight services aces in the Panthers' win over Florida State (Sept. 3), adding 17 kills and 10 digs for one of her 12 double-doubles during the season...named to the Delaware Asics Invitational (Aug. 26-27) all-tournament team, with 55 kills and 20 digs...had a career-high 74 swings in the win over the Scarlet Knights (Sept. 25)...also added two assists, eight digs and five blocks, including three solo stuffs in the win...recorded a double-double with 22 kills and a season-high 14 digs in the four-set win over West Virginia (Oct. 14)...followed that up with double-doubles against No. 6 Louisville (Oct. 22) and Cincinnati (Oct. 23), registering 19 kills and 10 digs in each match...posted 23 kills and 11 digs for her fifth double-double in a span of six matches, and chipped in three blocks in the upset win over No. 5 Notre Dame (Nov. 6)...had her 10th double-double of the year in the loss to Connecticut (Nov. 11) with 15 kills and 10 digs...registered 14 putaways, nine digs and a block against Syracuse (Nov. 18) in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament...finished off the season with two more double-doubles with 14 kills and 11 digs against No. 24 Long Beach State (Nov. 25) and 14 kills and 12 digs plus five block assists against UC Irvine (Nov. 26)...had at least 10 kills in all but one match throughout the season...led the team in kills (516), attacks (1,352) and service aces (53).
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Teaching in a nutshell : navigating your teacher education program as a stdent teacher
Lampert, Jo A. (2012) Teaching in a nutshell : navigating your teacher education program as a stdent teacher. Teaching Education, 23(2), pp. 235-236.
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Teacher education programs bridge the interests of two worlds - the world of educational theory and the world of teaching practice. Despite teacher educators' best attempts to convince pre-service teachers that theory and practice are linked, it is often during their practicum placements when pre-service teachers claim that their 'real' learning takes place. It is also on practicum when students teachers face (and are surprised by) the 'extensive decision-making role of the teacher, the emotional aspects of teaching, and the sheer volume of work' (p.4). Kosnick and Beck's new book Teaching in a Nutshell utilises the authors' extensive research with beginning teachers to help students 'navigate' their way through their programs. Identifying what they have found in their research to be the seven key priorities for teachers, each chapter follows a helpful structure beginning with an overview of current thinking in the priority area, followed by a case study of a beginning teacher showing how s/he implements the strategy...
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Obama Leads Romney by 1 Point in CBS/New York Times Poll
President Barack Obama led Republican challenger Mitt Romney by one point in a poll released last night, the latest survey to show the race virtually tied in the week before Election Day.
The CBS News/New York Times poll taken before Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast put Obama ahead, 48 percent to 47 percent, among likely voters. Obama led Romney, 49 percent to 46 percent in the poll last month.
Obama was ahead among women, 52 percent to 44 percent, while Romney led among men, 51 percent to 44 percent.
Likely voters said Obama would do more to help the middle class than Romney, 52 percent to 43 percent, while the former Massachusetts governor, who dealt with a Democratic legislature, would work better with members of both parties in Congress than the president, 50 percent to 39 percent.
Romney held a 51 percent to 45 percent edge on which candidate would do a better job on the economy and jobs, and a 54 percent to 39 percent advantage on the budget deficit.
While the nation's unemployment rate slid to 7.8 percent in September, the lowest level since Obama took office in January 2009, it was the first time the rate had fallen below 8 percent in 44 months.
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Yes as it states I am a true virgin. but unfortunatley my recently purchased WRX was purchased w/ a busted tranny, 2nd gear to be specific.. & YES I am in the market for a good trans and from some of the things i hear of the 02" WRX, is that the drive train isn't the best/strongest...I'm not looking to Super MOD my car by far , just want it to be reliable/dependable for me the wife and kid..
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-also came w/ Tein springs also factory springs
-3" down pipe to unversal 3" cat to a Vibrant muffler(looks ricy in my opinion)
-egt in the upstream but no egt gauge,will more then likely replace it w/ a stock o2..any ideas?
-cold air intake which goes into the pass.fender...( is this safe?) will this lean the engine under boost? would i need to install a bypass for h2o?
-all upgrade couplers
- sti shift knob..lol is this a mod...j/k
-indash flip out tv..kind of ragedy (autobahn) and some other brand...also came w/ stock 6 disc.
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How a 306hp V6 Genesis Coupe became a 364hp V6 Genesis Coupe, with dyno graphs ...
Stock on regular fuel vs "Drag and drift limiter taken off" *
*no idea what that means (I'm guessing rev limiter?)
Stock regular fuel vs Intake + Exhaust + Regular Fuel
Stock regular fuel vs Intake + Exhaust + Premium fuel.
Don't know. It's been said that the US version will come with the ability to turn them off.
Previously, I kept on seeing these dyno's, and kept thinking it HAS to be a reflash. You can't just gain 25hp any other way that I know.
But, it may indeed be that the ECU limiters are working in such a way that they have the coils or injectors working in such a way that in order to allow an interval of cutting the fuel/spark they had to run them at a partial mode. This way they could get the ECU to come in and give the traction/stability control necessary. It would mean that Hyundai sort of cheaped out on the Traction/Stability Control systems... but, that would also mean that the engine has more power than the ratings are giving.
So, when the systems are engaged you have the factory rating... But, once off, you have full power, that was not rated, 25whp more!!!
So, essentially, the GenCoupe V6 has more power to the wheels stock than the 370Z. In more words, THE GENCOUPE V6 IS UNDERRATED, HURRAY!!!
So, when the systems are engaged you have the factory rating... But, once off, you have full power, that was not rated, 25whp more!!!
So, essentially, the GenCoupe V6 has more power to the wheels stock than the 370Z. In more words, THE GENCOUPE V6 IS UNDERRATED, HURRAY!!!
I'm getting very excited. Please comment.
I'm looking at what premium fuel did and what simply turning of the traction/stability control will do. Those two combined alone, may give it 35whp. That would translate to roughly 350hp. With that much power, and no mods done what-so-ever, the V6 may indeed be faster than the 370 right out of the box. Power to weight ratio puts the GenCoupe on par or better at that point. It will be a dead heat.
I'm psyched!
well I am just glad it will take the G37 out of the box...that was the main competition....370 is icing on the cake....now to see what mods we need to kill the new maro V8s
No, leave the V8 maros alone
I can actually hear the G37 owners grumbling that it's still a pos Hyundai.
Just like when my pos honda takes stock G37 Coupes all day long (from a roll, from a roll, please).
Ohh, I'm even more excited now to find out that the GenCoupe will actually be faster than my current car. With 350hp from the factory, that will do it. The 306 or whatever wasn't going to be enough.
well I am just glad it will take the G37 out of the box...that was the main competition....370 is icing on the cake....now to see what mods we need to kill the new maro V8s
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If you do a reverse calculation for loss, and say that 306hp at the flywheel equates to 250whp, then you can say that the dyno is reading at 18.4% lower than at the power at the flywheel is suppose to make. Or, in other words 18.4% loss, which is inline to what cars usually have a loss at on a dynojet. My current FWD car lost 17.5% as an example. So, if you increase the power at the wheels from 250whp to 297.5whp, then essential you went from a car that makes 306hp flywheel to 364hp flywheel.
So, we now have a 364hp car with intake+exhaust+premium fuel.
THAT'S AMAZING! Take that 370Z! Let me see you make another 30whp to compete! For less money, I don't think so!
so total whp on in the last graph with I/E premium fuel is 293.46 whp.
figuring a standard drivetrain loss seen on a dynojet(with stock drivetrain of course)....say 17.5% that would mean the car is making 344.82 crank hp with only I/E, premium, and the cars electronic safety controls turned off (which we get a switch for stock)
Note the car looks to have the rev limiter raised as well, however the peak power is being made below stock redline.
Ran some numbers...
with the switches off....the car is making 270.83 wheel hp (first graph)...if hyundais 306 were true that would mean that this RWD drivetrain had only an 11.49% loss between crank and tires...which is just not at all likely.
For those who don't know a stock tib V6 close to 20%. 17 somehting for the manuals and a little over 20 for the auto.
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Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - The Korean government launched a full-scale campaign on Friday to secure sufficient electricity reserves, estimating that the nation¿s electricity reserves would fall below an alarming level of 2 million kilowatts this winter.
¿The nation could face an electricity shortage as power demand is expected to soar in a colder winter this year,¿¿ Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik said in a statement to the public. He said the government will shift into emergency mode in case the country¿s power supply reserve drops below the designated safe level of 4 million kilowatts.
The Ministry of Knowledge Economy predicted that nation¿s electricity reserves are expected to fall below to 1.27 million kilowatts in January next year when demand for electricity during the wintertime usually peaks.
Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik (centre), flanked by Finance Minister Bahk Jae-wan (left) and Public Administration and Security Minister Maeng Hyung-kyu, speaks about an energy-saving campaign at his office in central Seoul on Friday. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)
The estimate was made under the condition that the two suspended reactors in the Yeonggwang nuclear plant complex in South Jeolla Province will resume power generation by year-end. The two reactors stopped operations early this month for their substandard parts to be replaced.
When electricity reserves fall below 2 million kilowatts, the government is empowered to force public organisations to cut their power consumption.
To stabilise electricity supply, the government announced a package of measures to cut electricity consumption by 3.2 million kilowatts and to secure additional power by 1.3 million kilowatts.
To cut electricity consumption, the government said it will introduce an extra-charging system from January next year, in particular, for energy consumption in peak daytime hours in winter by corporate power spenders. It will also encourage about 6,000 companies, which consume more than 3,000 kilowatts during January and February, to lower their energy consumption by up to 10 per cent. Households will also be a target of the energy-saving campaign.
To secure additional electricity, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said it will make all out efforts to complete exchanges of parts for the two 1-million-killowatt reactors in the Yeonggwang nuclear power complex within this year.
The ministry predicted that the electricity shortage will be relieved from 2014 when the nation secures an additional 7 million kilowatts with the construction of a couple of new power plants by the end of 2013.
¿I urge businesses, civic organisations and the general public to participate in this campaign,¿ Prime Minister Kim said.
Electricity shortage emerged as a national issue of contention as the nation¿s power demand has grown faster than expected over the past few years. Industry watchers attributed the hike in energy consumption to cheap electricity, in particular for industrial use.
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Since I have the equipment available, I thought I would go ahead and spray a coat of powder coating before reassembly. In keeping with all the firsts for me in this project, this is the first time I've powder coated anything for myself.
I went ahead and reassembled the air horn, float bowl and throttle body without any bolts. My thinking was that this would make the masking easier and I could run a single ground wire to the throttle body. I then plugged all holes and masked off the top of the air horn.
I cheaped out and used regular masking tape. After the parts were cured in the oven, the tape left sticky gunk behind. It was easy enough to remove using the Chep-Dip and cleaning brush. However, painter's masking tape may be better.
Lesson learned.
I really wanted to powder coat the smaller parts and linkages as well but due to time constraints, I chose to use high temperature metallic spray paint instead.
In retrospect, I would have really liked to paint the body a glossy black, and the logos and serials numbers red. Unfortunately, with the linkages in the way, it was too difficult, but still something worth trying the next time.
To be honest, the powder coating looks much better in the pictures for some reason. Had I done it all properly, I would've sprayed a second coat for the areas that were missed (minial). Overall, it looks good and does the job.
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I decided to do something about my basement since I need more space and lots was wasted. More specifically I needed to re-design the enclosed room where I had my organ blower installed, the relay boards and the air regulators which all took up about a 10' x 18' space.
So I removed the enclosure/partition walls from the half where the blower was, disconnected and removed what needed to be, and now I'm "dry fitting" to see if the new layout will work.
It looks like it will work out fine and I'll gain about a 10' x 12' area, the 10' x 8' space I originally poured the concrete floor for a few inches higher than all the rest as 15 years ago when I bought the house the basement was an all dirt floor and every spring there was a big problem with water coming in (solved 100% 3 years ago) so I wanted the critical components up higher.
The 10'x8' is what I wanted to work with now and everything will fit the space now that I've reconfigured it.
The first pic is looking into the area that was enclosed, the blower is turned 90 degrees in the pic to allow room to move one of the regulators into the corner past it
Now that I cut 7" off the support legs for the large regulator I placed it in the corner to test the fit, a rectangular hole has to be cut in the bottom of the wind trunk above it once it's in place.
Now with the blower turned back to the orientation it needs to be for it's outlet to be in the correct location- facing the foundation wall where the other regulator will go next
Another view, now the inlet under the large regulator will have to be removed and modified to exit 90 degrees out the other side. I would repaint the floor there now as it would be easier, but there's no room to move these pieces out of the way, and that blower weighs over 600#, I will probably repaint the floor once everything is in place and just work around the support legs.
The blower was built in 1927 and has a 2 hp Century repulsion-induction motor which has a mechanical method on the brush assembly to reverse it's direction, in this application it would never be reversed. It has a grease cup and two oil cups, I took it all apart 15 years ago, cleaned out all the old oil and grease, added new gaskets and repainted it
The regulator outlet near final position where it will need to attach to the main wind trunk above
It's probably going to take a few weeks to get this done as I need to replace some floor support posts which were part of the partition wall I put in long ago, figure out where to put the relay boards, rewire, also remount the starter somewhere accessable but out of the way etc etc.
I'm going to get some 4x6 lumber for under the joists, and four posts to replace the 2x4's the wall was made from.
Or I might go with four of those steel floor jacks so they can be adjusted easier. The house never had any supports under the floor, I added them years ago to enclose the space but also to stiffen things up. Going to use 4x6 since I don't want to use more than four posts across the space and that way it will be good and stiff with
the posts in a foot or so from the ends.
After figuring out where the two relay boards will have to go, I will have to cover the two walls first with a stud wall, insulation and sheetrock like most of the rest of the basement has. The basement is actually only about four feet below grade and about two feet above with the two feet being uninsulated concrete block. The walls will give me a finished surface and studs to screw the relay boards to as well as the motor starter box, disconnect and pneumatic switch box to.
One of the mechanical relay boards is shown in this older video, they operate on 12 VDC, unfortunately they are no longer manufatured by the one company who made them for decades, they replaced the mechanical model with a new electronic replacement and I've had to use a few of those to make up for the missing ones;
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How did you get that beast down into the basement?
Great hobby, but heavy thing to lug around!
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That was an adventure, every part of the organ had to go down the stairs, and I said I would remove everything right down to a broom clean floor and I did, completely by myself.
It was a hot as hell July about 95 degrees and high humidity, and that tower had large semi opaque plate glass windows facing West, it had to be 110 degrees in there and about 90% humidity too.
There was a funny incident when I was quietly working up there while the choir was practicing, I had all the screws out of a heavy enclosure wall except the last screw, the wall was up about 2 feet above the floor, so when it came loose I had to lower it down to the floor. It was made with 2 sides of 1/4" thick shiplap with an inch of sawdust between, and about 8 feet by 10 feet in size. As I got the last screw loose I suddenly got a lot more weight than I anticipated- probably about 100# and it was so unwieldy due to it's size and not a lot to grab hold of and I was trying real hard not to drop it on the floor, that's when I noticed the song the choir was singing at the moment: "He's got the whole world in his hand" and I almost cracked up because that's how I felt right about then, but I was quiet, and didn't drop it
With the motor, at first I wasn't able to get the fan disk off the shaft and that meant not being able to pull the motor out, but I worked at it and finally got the disk off. The motor weighs 290# by itself and I had it strapped to a hand truck and was just going to bump down one step at a time but the tires on the handtruck I borrowed were large and pneumatic, and the steps very narrow and the treads not very wide either, so when I braced myself and let it down the first step it proved to be far too difficult to control as the wheels bounced and went over the tread down to the next step and started picking up speed. I got it stopped 2 steps down but oil ran out, was a real mess.
Wound up sliding it down a few planks, the rest of the blower I lowered down with a rope in pieces.
here's the stairs I had to go down with this:
Getting it down in my basement was a lot easier on a plank, it's not coming back out of there!
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A little more progress and I had to move a post because a wire cable to the relay box was on the wrong side of it and needed to be routed around the other side, the post was easier to move than cutting and resoldering a 100 pr telco cable
I'm glad that telco cable when I installed it 15 years ago almost as an after thought I pulled through about ten more feet than I needed for the run, now with the modifications I needed that ten feet to reach the new location for the relay boxes.
I did the same on the blower's flexible conduit to the starter box, so it is plenty long now to reach the new mounting location for the box.
So what are we seeing here in the picture?
In the background on the left is one of the two relay boxes, the other will mount under it and the 100 pr telco cable feeds into one end of them and telco wires exit the other end and go up to the windchests for the organ. One relay for every key on the organ's keyboards and there are two 61 note keyboards.
In the rear are the two air regulators, they use a design that dates back 500 years at least- a divided box with an opening between the two halves inside, the upper section where there is white leather strips can rise up about 6-7" and it's held in check by four black coil springs in the corners, and iron weights on top. Inside, attached to the underside of the top of each is a threaded rod attached to a roller not unlike a window shade roller which has a length of rubber coated fabric wound onto it. As the top rises and falls, the roller moves up and down with it and closes off the opening between the two compartments in varying amounts.
The input pressure from the blower is about 12" WC and it's reduced to 5", the regulators also act as wind reservoirs to meet the varying demands.
The one in the foreground now needs support legs which it didn't use before the changes, the concrete blocks are there to test fit the regulators and get their alignment with one another and the outlet of the blower correct so I can take measurements for the supports, and a new plenum.
Right now I'm tied up with a client's job today so I don't have time right now to make the supports.
On the wall on the right are the 20 amp fused disconnect box (theres also a circuit breaker on the main panel) the Square D starter control box for the blower, and a pneumatically operated switch in the last box which when the wind pressure inflates a small wood and leather pneumatic bellows activates the switch which controls the a/c feeding the DC rectifier which is presently on the floor awaiting mounting in an appropriate location.
A small relay board which serves a different purpose but works similarly to the other two large ones, and an hour meter are mounted on the side of the windtrunk above.
Lots of re-connecting to do.
At least the walls behind all this are now insulated and sheetrocked, they won't get taped or painted though.
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I spent most of the whole afternoon today on making it so the blower and wind regulators could all be re-connected again, so I had to make two plywood covers to replace the two existing ones under the regulators because the inlet holes in them is now in a different location and angle than they were. So lots of measurements, and then lots of countersunk holes, gasketing, and cutting the new inlet holes in both.
I also needed to cut down the length of a plywood plenum, make a new outlet hole on the top, and an access plate on the rear to be able to reach inside it to mount it to the underside of the regulator, lots more countersunk holes and gasketing.
Then the first regulator needed a set of legs made, so I needed to make four legs and four cross-members, drill and countersink the mounting holes and install the legs, the cover plates, the plenum and close that all up, and then put the flexible boot from the blower to the plenum and it's clamp bands back on, and make a temporary repair cover for the hole in the main wind line where the inlet used to be.
I reconnected the starter switch back up temporarily so I could turn the blower on and blow out any sawduct and crumbs out the old inlet that the vacuum might have missed.
So after about 8 hours I called it a day, here's a video for those interested in old motors and stuff, there is a HEPA air cleaner upstairs that unfortunately the cam picks up amazingly well resonating through the floor even if I can't hear it, but the video shows the blower start up and shut down, and the two air regulators in operation.
As no wind is being used, the tops of the regulators rise up to their maximum extension and their internal mechanisms choke off most of the wind that otherwise would be going out into the wind trunk.
Despite the cam's sensitivity to the sounds and boosting it, the blower is actually very quiet and the motor itself is a slow speed motor which runs at 1165 rpm, but remeber- the fan disk inside is about 30" diameter so it's putting out a lot of wind.
As the motor starts up the centrifugal force takes the brushes off the commutator as they are no longer used while running, they audibly click back into position during shutdown when the declining centrifugal force is overcome by the springs on the brush assembly, so the only wear on the brushes is during start up and shutdown.
The blower and 2 hp motor were made in 1927, and besides the breakers, two 20 amp cartridge fuses easily handle it. I forget what the initial amp draw and running draw is, I measured both about 13 years ago, but it was actually very efficient.
I have lots more to do yet to reconnect the rectifier and the 12vdc circuits, a project probably for next weekend.
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I spent a couple of hours today re-connecting the 12 volt wiring to the rectifier, I'm unfortunately going to have to redo the telco wiring harness from the windchests upstairs to the relay board as the wires are not long enough, but that's okay and a project for later as I'm going to remake the chests anyway, so for now that wire harness has to just hang as it does, there will be more wiring coming down eventually anyway too.
With everything reconnected I turned it on and when everything showed it was connected right I set the camcorder on and went upstairs to play it a bit, I hadn't thought of making a video of the air regulators in operation before now, so I wanted to record their operation under running everything that is currently working and connected.
After I start playing at 0:26 one can see the top of the regulator in the background move up and down to regulate the wind pressure as needed, it doesn't need to move but an inch, it's internal workings were described in more detail in a previous post. If I had the whole organ working the regulator's top would move at least a few inches up and down, as it is in the video very little wind is actually being used so the regulators have most of the outgoing choked off.
Might want to turn the speaker volume down a little, the blower was only 3 feet away from the camcorder and it really amplifies it a lot more than it really is, it's actually quiet enough to have a conversation next to with someone.
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