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Monday, May 13, 2013
How to Do Your Chores in 12 Easy Steps
Step 1: Start a novel
Step 2: Write 50 pages in a month
Step 3: Write 5 pages in the next two months
Step 4: Stare at the screen
Step 5: Despair
Step 6: Open a closet
Step 7: Eye cleaning supplies longingly
Step 8: Clean every square inch of your apartment/house, marveling at how much more fun you're having than writing your novel
Step 9: Find a filing cabinet, organize it
Step 10: Find tiles, scrub them with a toothbrush
Step 11: Run out of things to clean, return to computer
Step 12: Stare at the screen in a freakishly clean living space
Art: Bridget Holmes, a Nonagenarian Housemaid by John Riley
35 comments:
- Chris Bailey said...
Done! Dog is shedding new chores as I write.
- May 13, 2013 at 12:10 PM
- T.J. said...
*giggle* *snort* Yup, that sums it up nicely.
Wait, maybe that's why the fam always asks what page I'm on...
- May 13, 2013 at 12:10 PM
- Shawn said...
Writing (as a hobby/pursuit) is a great litmus test to ordinate the rank of stuff you hate the most.
Any time you say "I'd rather be writing," there's a good chance you are doing something you really dislike.
- May 13, 2013 at 12:13 PM
- Annie Sisk said...
Oh my word. So much truth here.
- May 13, 2013 at 12:17 PM
- Dawn Malone said...
Somewhere in there should be 'Organize bookshelves by genre, then alphabetize by author' which I'm guilty of in the midst of such despair.
- May 13, 2013 at 12:18 PM
- Johanna Garth said...
I'm semi-moving at the end of the summer, leaving my house behind as a furnished rental which means I can't even be in it or else the list of things I need to do (take down personal photos, find someone to regrout the shower) becomes so loud it literally outshouts any potential words!
- May 13, 2013 at 12:20 PM
- Matthew MacNish said...
LOL. Never had this problem.
- May 13, 2013 at 12:24 PM
- Gretchen said...
So, I take it your house is freakishly clean at the moment, Nathan? Yeah, sorry about that. Don't worry - the writing will eventually flow again, and the house will get dirty (giving you plenty to clean next time). Good luck!
- May 13, 2013 at 12:42 PM
- Linda Moore Kurth said...
And don't forget the dandelions in the yard that need to be pulled. Summer brings on an entire new list of chores that "have" to get done.
- May 13, 2013 at 12:50 PM
- Richard Pieters said...
Oh, yeah, the yard. Edge the beds. Weed. Plant. Weed again. Water. Weed some more. Forget the house; commune with nature.
- May 13, 2013 at 1:06 PM
- Josin L. McQuein said...
You forgot "Get so sick it hurts to touch the keyboard."
- May 13, 2013 at 1:07 PM
- abc said...
It's funny cause it's true!
- May 13, 2013 at 1:13 PM
- The Advicist said...
Ha ha! My house / life / eyebrows were immaculate during my University finals! They haven't been since, sadly...
- May 13, 2013 at 1:15 PM
- Steve MC said...
When the filing cabinet's been cleaned through, I go outside. It's amazing how many sticks one can find in the woods.
- May 13, 2013 at 2:29 PM
- birdinabowler said...
This is why I go somewhere else to write.
- May 13, 2013 at 2:48 PM
- Deb Nam-Krane said...
Yeah, well, let me know when you've hit the sock drawer and organized the spice rack.
- May 13, 2013 at 3:19 PM
- Nancy Kelley said...
I usually write a first draft in a mad rush of inspiration. During the writing phase, my house is a wreck. Then I collapse in exhaustion and start editing... And that's when I clean my house.
- May 13, 2013 at 5:24 PM
- Wendy aka Quillfeather said...
You've hit the nail right on the head, Nathan!
May have to steal this post and put it on my blog ... if you don't object?
- May 13, 2013 at 5:27 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Thanks, but no stealing please! Fine to link to it, of course.
- May 13, 2013 at 5:39 PM
What a relief to know I'm not the only one.
- May 13, 2013 at 6:18 PM
- RayBear said...
That's why people recommend getting a writing buddy... ACCOUNTABILITY!
You have weekly chats/reconnoiters with your buddy where you detail progress, you have solid reachable goals weekly/daily, and you have someone to help you and be your go to for bouncing off ideas or getting editing help.
I myself am looking for a writing buddy. I want someone with similar goals in mind for their writing project i.e. sending out the manuscript to publishers. It would help if their project had similar aspects, such as length, type, and audience but I don't think that matters too much.
- May 13, 2013 at 6:41 PM
LOL!!! I fiendishly tried to get around this by hiring a cleaner to come and dust etc. once per week so there were no more excuses.
Instead I have now become quite the expert in the publishing industry, ways to get an agent, various royalty scenarios and networking approaches.
All really important for an unpublished author who (with this productivity level) will never get published!
- May 13, 2013 at 8:59 PM
- jan said...
I never seem to run out of things to clean. Oh! Look! There's a smudge on my screen...
- May 13, 2013 at 10:13 PM
- Deb Marshall said...
- May 13, 2013 at 11:21 PM
- Christina Hollis said...
That is so true!
- May 14, 2013 at 1:36 AM
- Regina Richards said...
Too Funny!
- May 14, 2013 at 7:51 AM
- Wendy said...
I am SO GOOD at this!
- May 14, 2013 at 12:52 PM
- Neurotic Workaholic said...
One reason I don't write at my desk (I prefer to write in cafes) is because my apartment is so messy. But on the other hand, it's even more difficult for me to motivate myself to clean, which is why I'd rather leave my apartment then clean it.
- May 14, 2013 at 4:40 PM
- Mira said...
This is really funny. And too true! :D
- May 15, 2013 at 12:53 AM
- Peter Dudley said...
If you don't feed the cat, you're gonna need stitches.
Trust me.
- May 15, 2013 at 11:32 PM
- John "Ol' Chumbucket" Baur said...
Was going to write. Instead I'll gto wash the dishes. See if that helps.
- May 17, 2013 at 5:48 PM
- inklings Anon said...
definitely work better in a chaotic mess so that would be worse than counter productive... besides the fact that I don't like to clean.... and I'd rather write than just about everything else. just about. that's how an amateur writer can write 4 novels in 4 years while either working full time or going to graduate school while taking a 6 month writing sabbatical.
- May 22, 2013 at 4:22 PM
- dianelashdecker said...
A clear desk (house, apartment, closet) is a clear mind!!! Now write!!!
- May 30, 2013 at 7:17 PM
- Linda Roy said...
Haha - excellent!
- May 30, 2013 at 10:03 PM
- Vinshire Sisters said...
The funniest thing- I've done it.
- July 5, 2013 at 2:17 AM


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Let me do some more digging. Both the upper and lower builds were done through G&Rs BCM choices (drop down menus). I presumed that there was a price break buying the package than piecing them together.
The H3 buffer was something that I picked up on over at the M4 forums that was an improvement over the stock buffer, and the Vltor extension tube I thought was what you recommend a few posts ago.
On the upper handguards, wouldn't the full length rail be sturdier than the 2 piece for the free float?

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From Clark Johnsen's Diaries - Try, Try Triode
Today we investigate a vital but seriously neglected subject in the annals of our craft—the sonic events put on record in the period 1925-1956: The Lost Era of High-End Audio.
The journey will not be easy, the resistance will be stiff, because false paradigms and a public conditioned against historic sound by bogus replicas have obscured this truth: With several musical instruments certain older records played over wide-range reproducers excel in bringing us into the presence of the performer.
This peculiar fact was known to me already when one day almost a decade ago the entire back catalog of Sound Practices arrived (the first three issues devoured in one sitting) and I had to laugh! Everyone's going wacko over triode amps, but what do they use for evaluation software? Why, evil tetrode-, pentode- and transistor-made LPs and CDs. Geez Luiz!
Honestly, how many people are aware of, or have heard, or even thought of hearing, gen-U-wine Triode Records?
I love those old TRs, as we may call them. Besides containing an historic musical treasure-trove, they can sound more like the real thing than any other source, bar none except live feed—an extravagant claim, perhaps, but consider what TRs have going for themselves, besides those great old tubes. They have: high velocity, wide grooves, inert material, ribbon microphones, direct-master pressings—in short, a medley of superior engineering attributes.
What's he talking about?
In case anyone hasn't surmised, TRs are better known as 78s. I don't mean those "scratchy old 78s" you see beaten up in print, but clean pressings that really strut their stuff over properly equipped high-end reproducers (and therein lies the trick). I must confess however to not employing triode amps yet in their reproduction, although my results so far are little short of miraculous. I can only imagine how the two streams will sound when finally recombined
Like every recording medium, Triode Records also display some inherent shortcomings. For instance, while individual voices sound utterly real—a Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald duet on a 10" Decca defies expectation—choral groups reproduce poorly, although the symphony orchestra can sound superb. At the other end of the loudness spectrum, harpsichords and solo violins often pale, but the piano... ah! the piano!... and the trombone! And then, the cello!
Dismayed readers must realize, you have never heard TRs directly, instead relying on the recording industry's own lame attempts to remarket these jewels by issuing them on some newfangled, relatively unrobust medium such as tinkly LPs or edgy CDs or anemic cassettes. Plus, because of this generation's rejection of noise on recordings—something of a joke given modern urban environments—not to mention those ubiquitous cell phones—none of them convey the muscle and blood of 78s owing to fierce noise-reduction routines that further etiolate the music. So from this tainted evidence you have drawn some very weird, fallacious conclusions. Well, shame! And do you ever have a surprise coming. Because 78s pack a wallop rarely heard otherwise.
How did this curious state of affairs arise? And what does it tell us about progress in audio over the long term? For one thing, while playback technology has steadily improved, revealing the riches of earlier eras, recording technology has leveled off, or rather gone in a separate direction. (Often I have said, if they had known how good they were making those old records, they never would have made them that good.) Moreover, were we granted easy access to state-of-the-art music reproducers that play all recorded forms, everyone by now would have heard God's own truth: No microgroove or digital transfer has adequately conveyed the 78s. Few come even close, so almost no one today can say how well those old records sound.
Come to think, who knows how well any record can sound?
The unnamed engineers who made those early electrical recordings did a far better job than the technology of their time allowed them to know and it has taken the better part of five decades for the home listener with a decent hi-fi system to really discover just how good original 78 sound is. I have never been satisfied with the transfer to long-playing disc of jazz recorded in the '20s and early '30s... [No dub] ever captured the true sound of the originals, and subsequent reissues in America, Europe and this country, have been progressively more disappointing.
Michael Bowen
University of Hull
(in Studio Sound)
Banish from your mind any thought of dim dynamics, restricted response, high peak distortion—or noise. Of that they do have some, but not nearly so much as alleged. The strategy is to locate clean pressings from the peak quality period—RCA Z-scrolls and Columbia Viva-Tonals, for instance. With mint and mint-minus copies the only audible background resembles the gentle whoosh of older tape. (That goes for American, German and Japanese pressings, anyway; the Brits were less successful in manufacturing, although British masters set the standard of the recording art.) With merely excellent copies, a rainstorm may drizzle lightly on the roof, but even that minor distraction disappears when you're engaged by Great Sound and Great Performance.
While one has to admire the advances that have been made in the world of electronics, many valueless devices are being marketed for pure profit. I still like to listen to recordings from the Thirties, which to me are often fresher and more satisfying than many of the recent releases.
Earl Wild
(in Reflections from the Keyboard)
The question ever arises, where does one prefer to be, when recorded music unfolds? Transported to the concert hall, or seated in your music room with the performers there before you? That's the quandary, the basic dichotomy in audio. Once recognized, however, all recording schemes fall into line, situating us in one or the other locale. In the 1920s and '30s, RCA, Columbia and Edison (!) were all touting artists-in-your-residence. Recordings from back then convey that concept like few others. Played on wide-range systems with all due high-end finesse, they bring an eerily convincing image of real musicians into the home. And in mono yet!
Maybe even outside the home. The first time I fully grasped this fact, some thirty years ago, was when playing a Koussevitzky Victor of the triumphant finale to Tchaikovsky's Fourth as loud as I could (less than the very loudest, having once already blown 12" drivers with 78s, the poor dears couldn't take it). Afterwards came a knock at the door and there stood Gail Luce, a frequent visitor. "Clark!" she said. "So often I have walked up to your house and heard the hi-fi playing from out here, but I have never heard anything sound so real before! What have you done to your system?"
I think that 78s often give a more accurate picture of what an orchestra sounds like than many of the recordings I hear that are brought out now. I like the clean, clear, honest sound of 78s.
Sir Simon Rattle
(in Fanfare)
And do not ever disregard that most salient feature of the phonograph: its unique ability to render a plausible representation of how performers of a previous era played and sounded. Audio systems be most fitly utilized to convey those musicians no longer among us; those still living should be heard in live venue.
And just think whom we can invite to join us in our parlors on élan-vital Triode Records (to name but a few): Pablo Casals, Artur Schnabel, Lauritz Melchior, the Lener Quartet and the late, great London Philharmonic; the Count and the Duke, the Dorsey Brothers, Hank Williams, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Fats Waller; even Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and The King (up through 1959), although one suspects some tetrode/pentode and mag-oxide intrusion into those later productions.
How now?
My own unique contribution to the audio craft has been to mate Triode Records to High-End Audio. While myriad details of fine tuning (a.k.a. tweaking) apply to TRs, loudspeakers with bass extension and mid-range power-handling capability are essential to achieving the ultimate sound. That's where so-called "transfer engineers" misstep: they have no concept of how much physical sonority resides in those old grooves. With their relatively lightweight reproducers, they miss the boat. Nor do they seem particularly aware of improvements in playback wrought by modern high-end practice; nor do they much avail themselves of the tube-type gear over which these records were originally fashioned—mostly they employ solid-state, and rather crude solid-state at that.
The signal once transferred to tape or hard drive falls next into the hands of so-called "restorationists", those gents who apply the parametric equalizer, the Packburn, the No Noise and the Sonic Solutions and the (who knows?) the MP3 and other compression. All such procedures that reduce noise and save bandwidth serve also to abort the sound of the music.
Technologically these men number among the most parochial and recalcitrant individuals in audio; while like myself totally smitten by the medium, their work betrays little of the power inherent in old grooves. How could it be otherwise, when most of them think that high-end audio, particularly the recent tube renaissance, is a crock? And that wire, and vibration isolation, and cleaned-up power make no sonic difference? Hence no one besides myself, it seems (and I read widely), has hit upon the winning combination of 78s and high-end playback methodology.
Why is it that using a simple equalizer I was able—from a slightly worn 78rpm set—to produce sound with far more richness and impact than RCA offers [on this disc]?
Mortimer Frank
(in Fanfare)
A story. I had learned that an assistant producer of the Boston Symphony radio broadcasts was undertaking a CD release of historic BSO recordings, 1917-1936. I wrote him and explained some of the above particulars, offering free access to my expertise, such as it be, also to my Mint++ copies of several early BSO discs. Perhaps I overstated my case, although I think not; but did I ever hear back from him? Even a short telephone call? Heck, he had Sonic Solutions.
He also had famed digital engineer Toby Mountain, a man who once visually compared about a million 1's and 0's printed-out, to prove that outlandish devices such as special cables or green ink on CDs make no possible sonic difference, QED. Interviewed in the June, 1995, New England Performer, Dr. Mountain elaborated, albeit somewhat equivocally, in response to the query, "Do you personally prefer the sound of analog or digital?" TM: "I don't have any preference. I think for sheer fidelity you've got to offer digital. There's no question that digital will capture what's there more accurately." Later, regarding the BSO project: "They just started a new label which is CDs of the very earliest BSO recordings, and I think we finished just a month ago the first one of those. Of course the sound quality is not terrific but we were involved in the mastering of that. We didn't actually do the transfers but I believe they were some sort of cylinder recording." Huh!
Recently a friend played me a 1930s HMV of Kipnis... The sheer sound of the voice—never mind Kipnis' artistry—was far more beautiful and natural than anything I've heard from a comparably pitched voice on a recent digital record. Can any reader offer an explanation of why this should be so?
Dr. William Youngren
(in Fanfare)
For nearly thirty years I have belonged to the Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), who put out a regular and excellent journal. I've published there and have attended several conventions, presented a paper once and met "leaders" in the field of transfer and restoration. My ideas, along with my name and number are known, although to date I have received no response or support. Not that any is needed, but it does seem odd that information from a free source such as myself remains unsought.
Although it must be conceded, listeners today do seem to want only a smoothly-segued, no-noise thing that goes on and on, no inconvenient jumping up from couches to change sides, no rocking the sonic envelope. Given the current media environment, how could it be otherwise? To most persons of contemporary temperament, my views must represent a comical amalgam of Neanderthalic Luddite and maniacal tweaker. So it goes.
Also, since 1967, with one significant boycott break, I have belonged to the Audio Engineering Society. You can imagine their views on my views.
The sound on many 78s is far better than many present listeners realize. Date of recording is not a reliable guide to the merits of what lies in the grooves... There are some 78s whose sonic quality is considerably superior to that of a great many LPs currently tagged "high fidelity."
High Fidelity
November, 1956
Then in 1988 my little red book The Wood Effect: Unaccounted Contributor to Error and Confusion in Acoustics and Audio appeared, a treatise on a basic but widely ignored principle of physics. One reviewer (John Atkinson) called it "fascinating reading... highly recommended''; another (John Cockroft) exclaimed, "I have become a disciple of Mr. Johnsen's dissertation." Three thousand copies were sold, but neither its many fans nor several detractors ever mentioned the piggybacked 16-page section on 78s and their miraculous monaural purity. And yes, absolute polarity applies to them as well.
Regrettably, no place exists in today's audio forums to discourse freely upon how to make 78s sound best—a great pity and a woeful lack, for the ancients were on to something wonderful. Thus a Golden Age of Recorded History has fallen through our fingers, although still preserved for posterity on what may be called the Grecian urns of audio.
There are those who feel, and I am one of them, that a mint, original 78rpm of any given music is the best way that that music is ever going to sound.
Jack "Stereo Jack" Woker
Boston Globe
II. NIGHT OF THE LIVING '78s
(With his kind permission I turned my space back in Positive Feedback, Vol. 6 #6, over to Andrew Quint, now music editor of The Absolute Sound, for an earwitness review originally submitted to the Philadelphia Audio Society but never published there.)
"Whaat? 78s?.' You must be joking!"
Believe me, I can understand anyone's skepticism here. I'd heard those old recordings before too, generally over the radio, sounding noisy, dim and compressed. The performance was there, all right, but, boy, was it hard work listening through the apparently insurmountable sonic limitations to get to the music. Those people making the transfers must know what they're doing, though, to present these ancient specimens in their best possible light, right?
Wrong. This well-kept secret of the audiophile world—that performances preserved on shellacs made 50 or 60 (or more) years ago can be made to sound remarkably good when carefully played on modern high-end gear—was one 1 learned just recently. I owe this discovery to one Clark Johnsen of Boston, Mass. I'd met Clark in Santa Fe when, as exalted winners of Stereophile's record review contest, we'd been weekend guests of the magazine. We shared a bungalow in their compound for two nights and afterwards kept up a friendly correspondence.
Clark, an optical physicist by training who worked for years in the space program, has been an avid audio enthusiast since the 1950s. He may be best known for his little red book The Wood Effect, an involving, eminently readable and far-ranging discussion of the importance of Absolute Polarity in sound reproduction. In the course of this treatise, Clark makes a number of tantalizing references to the wondrous sounds of old 78s. So when I spoke to him before our trip to New Mexico, he asked whether there was anything I thought we should ask of our hosts, I suggested a 78s demonstration.
"Nope," he replied, "they couldn't do them justice. You must come to Boston."
Finally I got my chance. I had a conference there with evenings free, so we arranged to meet at his place of business, The Listening Studio. This establishment sprawls through several rooms on the second floor of a warehouse on a... ah... not yet gentrified (but safe) section of downtown Boston, near the harbor and the Boston Tea Party Ship. The main space is an enormous room, 50' x 24' x 14'. The only audio components in sight are a pair of large VMPS towers, the FF-ls. About fifteen feet in front of them, in single file, begins a line of listening chairs. Further back are tables and shelves full of books, periodicals, propaganda, and an impressive reference collection of vintage stereo LPs—RCAs, Mercurys, Deccas, EMIs, etc.
The speaker cables lead through the wall back to another room behind, where the electronics and front ends reside. Here also is the largest collection of 78s I'd ever seen. Tens of thousands of them: Classical, jazz, pop, rock, Clark uses a "nothing special" Thorens/SME and home-modified Dynaco PAS-3 to play them. Everything else is strictly high-end and "tweaky."
It was 9:50 PM and very quiet in this semi-deserted neighborhood, excellent for listening. Clark sat me in the front chair, padded into the back room and began the audition. And perhaps the best indication of how remarkable an experience it was, was that I can still clearly recall all of the twenty or so sides he played. It was that good.
The first disc happened to be a bourée from a Bach solo cello suite, recorded by Pablo Casals in the 1930s. The sound of the instrument was astoundingly rich and palpable, with a sense of body I experience only occasionally with "modem" recordings. The intensity of Casals' playing was conveyed absolutely by the record. I was enthralled.
The medium proved nearly as convincing for larger musical forms as well: Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Tchaikovsky chamber music, concertos and symphonies were all well served. Those were monaural recordings, of course, but they had a sense of depth and space nonetheless. I'd heard this before on my own mono LPs, but with the 78s—at least on Clark's setup—there was something more: A richness and ease of reproduction that can only be described as totally natural.
Then we listened to vocals. With Wagner opera, the massive orchestra did overload the technology at times, but never to the detriment of the musical experience. The voices never screeched or screamed; Kirstin Flagstad's soulful, powerful declaiming in Götterdämmerung floated effortlessly across the decades, off those old shellacs.
Also surprising was how quiet most of the discs were, not so different, in terms of surface noise, from more recent non-audiophile LP pressings, and as on tapes the constant low-level "hiss" was quickly ignored or forgotten.
Another big surprise was the popular recordings. I'd not realized that throughout the Fifties, most pop singles were issued in both 78 and 45rpm. Evidently a lot of jukeboxes continued to use 78s. Clark played some Elvis Presley and Tennessee Ernie Ford ("Sixteen Tons") that turned my head around about the estate of pop music recording before stereo and multi-track. It was even better than I had imagined! Vocals, in particular, were detailed and characteristic. And I'll never, ever forget one Ella and Louis duet with a ringing trumpet sound unapproached in my experience on LP or CD.
So what's the point of all this? Am I going to start collecting 78s? No way! Although my listening still involves vinyl, I'm not much of a tweak with my record player; I can live happily ever after without ever changing VTA. I sense you have to be really capable in this regard to play 78s successfully. And I admit I'm not thrilled at the idea of jumping up every 3 or 4 minutes to change sides. Plus, you may have noticed they no longer carry 78s at Tower.
No, the point is that I hope some other people with an abiding interest in audio get to experience this unique phenomenon of very old records played with first-rate electronics and transducers. We read so much about what's being sacrificed with the shift from analog (meaning LP) to digital (meaning CD). Recently we've heard dire predictions of other significant compromises with yet newer delivery systems. But for all the obvious advances that the stereo LP represented, perhaps some magic of an even earlier era was lost.
I'd love to have contemporary "audio authorities'' and writers, of both the Stanley Lipshitz and Enid Lumley stripes, hear 78s played at Clark's and offer some explanations as to why they sound so great. Maybe something there can be retrofitted to current recording and playback technology.
Did they who made the 78s so many years ago have any idea just how well the musical event had been captured? I wonder... My experience anyway was enough to strike fear, or at least apprehension, into the hearts of CD and LP adherents alike.
I auditioned a number of 78rpm records to see whether, despite the absence of tone controls on my amplifier, they would provide an interesting musical experience. I played a wide range of discs... and was stunned by the quality obtained. There was a tremendous solidity and dynamism to some jazz records, which proved to have superb bass power... Voice was pure and tonally rich, though choral passages rapidly became muddled... The most startling thing I heard on these recordings was a clear sense of depth.
Paul Crook
HiFi News/Record Review
Why should anyone have to put up with poor sound, especially since long-playing transfers don't do anything near full justice to the vitality, the warmth, the spaciousness, the naturalness of the sound of the original 78rpm discs? Those old records were technologically far ahead of the equipment once used to play them, and the remarkably wide frequency range I can hear even when I play my most ancient records on good modern equipment is going to be diminished, cramped, squashed in the record manufacturers' misguided attempt to reduce the noise of the original shellac surfaces. My own comparisons have taught me that some of my favorite "historical" records on my windup Victrola actually sound more lifelike than any LP transfer of them heard on the best modem machines. No wonder the younger generation has such contempt for the musical past... the standards of comparison become lost and forgotten.
Dr. Lloyd Schwartz
(in Atlantic Monthly)
The Wood Effect is still available from the publisher, with the remaining few copies going for $21 post-paid. Please contact this writer through Positive Feedback Online email mail (go to http://www.positive-feedback.com/masthead.htm). Or, go to Amazon.com and pay $98.
"Try, Try Triode Records" Copyright Clark Johnsen, 2006


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My favorite wine bar, Wine Affairs, has just announced vie email blast that they are now carrying Russian River's Pliny the Elder (PtE) on tap. I've gotten some advanced warning of this from the local homebrew clubs but Wine Affairs owner Diane Chang-Laurent just made it official today. Here is the information taken straight from the email:
To All Russian River Fans:
After the long wait, Wine Affairs finally made it to Russian River's allocation list for Pliny the Elder on tap. Wine Affairs is the only one that has Pliny on tap in San Jose area starting Wed, 4/13.
Due to limited amount for the allocation (Wine Affairs get 2 kegs per month), we will serve Pliny as first come first serve bases. Once we run out, we will go back on serving bottles until our next shipment come in. Thank you for understanding.
Hope you enjoy the Pliny on tap!
Best Regards,
Diane Chang-Laurent
Kinda strange how a wine bar, of all places, is the first location in San Jose to get PtE on tap but you gotta give it to them for having tenacity to get this beer in and the sophistication to want it in the first place.
I just placed a call in with Diane as there is an error in the email blast. PtE will be tapped on Wednesday, 4/14, and not on 4/13 as it says above. She has the day correct but not the date. Despite having about half a dozen PtE bottles at home, I will be there tomorrow as there's nothing quite like PtE on tap. I hope to see some of you there!


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State of Rome (Roman State) refers to Ancient Rome as a nation-state, that is, a country. As a result, a free-born person in Syria could be considered a Roman by virtue of his citizenship although he was born nowhere near the city of Rome. Furthermore, the capital of the Roman state was not always the city of Rome. For example, the capital was moved to New Rome in the later stages of the Roman Empire, and after death of emperor Theodosius I, the capital of Western half was Mediolanum, but later Ravenna.
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MHS forensics team notches top spot at Horton tournament
March 25, 2009
The McLouth High School forensics squad took first place Feb. 28 at a meet in Horton.
The team has nine members.
Here are their results at the meet:
Medalists: Sixth place, Brittany Schumann (original oration), Chelsey Breshears (humorous solo acting); fifth place, Gelia Gardner (informative speaking & humorous solo acting), Kayla Harwood (serious solo acting); fourth place, Amanda Friesz (original oration), Leighann Morlan (informative speaking); third place, Amanda Friesz (extemporaneous speaking).
State Festival qualifiers: fourth place, Tori Davis and Emma DePriest (improvised duet acting); third place, Emma DePriest (oral interpretation of prose).
State Championships qualifiers: First place, Kayla Harwood (extemporaneous speaking) and Tori Davis (oral interpretation of poetry).
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Blue Grass Stakes winner Dance With Fate
suffered catastrophic injuries to his right rear leg when he crashed
into the outer rail during a morning gallop Thursday.
Trained by Peter Eurton and owned by Sharon
Alesia, Bran Jam Stable and Joe Ciaglia, Dance With Fate, a 3-year-old
son of Two Step Salsa, was being put through routine exercise just
before daybreak, around 5:30 a.m., for Saturday's Grade II, $200,000 San Diego Handicap when he bolted and crashed into the outer rail.
Dance With Fate was taken to Barn X, Eurton's
stable, and given immediate attention. Exercise rider Joe Durant
suffered undetermined injuries and was taken by ambulance to Scripps La
Jolla Hospital for examination and treatment.
At approximately 11:30 a.m., Eurton posted on his Twitter account:
"Words can't express what we're feeling right
now. With an extremely heavy heart we report Dance With Fate was unable
to survive his injuries. Thank you for all of the support during a
rough time like this. The joy he gave us will never be forgotten."
Soon after the incident, Eurton said: "I
don't know exactly how it happened or why. (Dance With Fate) was
galloping, and he ran into the outside fence. He tore some ligaments
pretty severely in the right (rear leg)."
Eurton continued with his morning duties long
after the accident. He immediately notified the owners before word
could get to them via Twitter or other sources. He oversaw the training
of the 24 other horses in his stable at Del Mar. He paused, however,
from time to time, to wipe away the tears when they welled up in his
Dance With Fate had been in training at Santa
Anita and Del Mar since an abortive attempt at running in the
$1.25-million Belmont Derby July 5 at Belmont Park in New York. The colt
suffered a bout of colic on the eve of that race and was scratched from
the mile and one-quarter. Subsequently, he registered a bullet
five-furlong drill at Del Mar July 19 in :58 2/5.
The striking, dark bay or brown colt had
scored his initial win at Del Mar last summer, then finished a
fast-closing second in the Grade I Del Mar Futurity. He was subsequently
stakes placed on two other occasions prior to capturing the Blue Grass
at Keeneland April 12.
He followed up that effort with a sixth-place finish in the Kentucky
Derby won by California Chrome, which was his most recent outing.
In nine starts, Dance With Fate shows three wins, three seconds and earnings of $680,050.
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Location: Arkansas Children's Nutrition CenterTitle: The role of ethanol metabolism in development of alcoholic steatohepatitis in the rat Author
|Ronis, Martin
|Korourian, Soheila
|Blackburn, Michael
|Badeaux, Jamie
|Badger, Thomas
Submitted to: Alcohol
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/5/2009
Publication Date: 3/1/2010
Citation: Ronis, M.J., Korourian, S., Blackburn, M., Badeaux, J., Badger, T.M. 2010. The role of ethanol metabolism in development of alcoholic steatohepatitis in the rat. Alcohol. 44(2):157-169. Interpretive Summary: Alcohol is a significant component of the diet of many Americans. Excessive alcohol consumption causes tissue damage; whereas, consumption of low levels of alcohol can have beneficial health effects. This study identified the relative importance of two enzymes that metabolize alcohol in the alcohol-induced cell damage. Our results suggest that a significant amount of liver injury after drinking alcohol is produced by: 1) ethanol itself; 2) alcohol metabolism by one enzyme (CYP2E1), which is linked in part to buildup of fat in the liver and to inflammation; and 2) alcohol metabolism by another enzyme (ADH) which is linked in part to liver stress and cell death.
Technical Abstract: The importance of ethanol metabolism in the development of alcoholic liver disease remains controversial. The present study examined the effects of selective inhibition of the cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP2E1, compared with the inhibition of overall ethanol metabolism on the development of alcoholic steatohepatitis. Adult male Sprague–Dawley rats were fed via total enteral nutrition for 45 days with or without 10–12 g/kg/d ethanol. Some groups were given 200 mg/kg/d of the CYP2E1 inhibitor diallyl sulfide (DAS). Other groups were treated with 164 mg/kg/d of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) inhibitor 4-methylpyrazole (4-MP), and dosed at 2–3 g/kg/d ethanol to maintain similar average urine ethanol concentrations. Liver pathology scores and levels of apoptosis were elevated by ethanol (P < .05), but did not differ significantly on co treatment with DAS or 4-MP. However, liver triglycerides were lower when ethanol-fed rats were treated with DAS or 4-MP (P < .05). Serum alanine aminotransferase values were significantly lower in ethanol-fed 4-MP–treated rats indicating reduced necrosis. Hepatic oxidative stress and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress marker tribbles-related protein 3 were increased after ethanol (P < .05); further increased by DAS, but partly attenuated by 4-MP. Both DAS and 4-MP reversed ethanol increases in the cytokine, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and the chemokine CXCL-2 (P < .05). However, neither inhibitor prevented ethanol suppression of interleukins IL-4 or IL-12. Moreover, neither inhibitor prevented ethanol increases in tumor growth factor-beta mRNA. Ethanol and DAS additively induced hepatic hyperplasia (P < .05). These data suggest that a significant proportion of hepatic injury after ethanol exposure is independent of alcohol metabolism. Ethanol metabolism by CYP2E1 may be linked in part to triglyceride accumulation, to induction of TNF-alpha, and to chemokine production. Ethanol metabolism by ADH may be linked in part to oxidative and ER stress and necrotic injury.


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|Khan, Amir
|Fiorotto, Marta
|Cummings, Kathleen
|Pope, Melissa
|Brown, Patricia
|Draghia-akli, Ruxandra
Submitted to: American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/29/2003
Publication Date: 4/1/2003
Citation: Khan, A.S., Fiorotto, M.L., Cummings, K.K., Pope, M.A., Brown, P.A., Draghia-Akli, R. 2003. Maternal GHRH plasmid administration changes pituitary cell lineage and improves progeny growth of pigs. American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism. 285(1):E224-E231. Interpretive Summary: We have developed a genetic approach to stimulate the growth of lean body mass in pigs. This involves injecting into muscle the gene that encodes a modified growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), which works by increasing the amount of its own, natural growth hormone that the animal makes. We administered to sows at 85 days of pregnancy one of 5 different doses of the modified GHRH gene. At birth, the piglets of the sows that received the highest dose were heavier, and reached 100 kg 9 days before the other piglets. We also showed that the pituitaries of these offspring had higher numbers of those cells that produce growth hormone and prolactin, even though the piglets themselves had not been treated. These findings suggest that maternal GHRH levels, whether artificially or naturally altered, can impact the long-term growth of the subsequent generation.
Technical Abstract: Previous studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that administration of a myogenic plasmid that encodes a protease-resistant growth hormone-releasing hormone (HV-GHRH) to pregnant rat dams augmented long-term growth in first-generation progeny. In the present study, gilts were injected intra-muscularly at "day 85" of gestation with 0, 0.1, 0.5, 1, or 5 mg of the HV-GHRH-expressing plasmid and were then electroporated. Piglets were weighed and bled periodically from birth to 100 kg. Piglets from gilts treated with 1 and 5 mg of HV-GHRH plasmid were larger at birth and weaning compared with controls. These two groups reached 100 kg 9 days earlier than the other groups. GHRH levels were increased at birth in piglets from treated gilts. IGF-I levels were significantly increased in the 5-mg group beginning at 21 days of age compared with controls. Pituitaries from the 5-mg group contained a significantly increased number of somatotrophs and lactotrophs from birth to 100 kg. This study confirms that enhanced maternal GHRH production results in intergenerational growth augmentation and that the magnitude of the response is dose dependent. The similarity of the response across species suggests that the effect is likely exerted as a fundamental component of gestational and developmental physiology.


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Floor Register & Boot Size
I am upgrading the ductwork on my home since we hope to install a smaller unit after finishing energy efficiency upgrades. Some of the details regarding the Manual D can be found on this thread.
My question has to do with the size of the boot, and ultimately the type of register. Specifically, we are upgrading 4 current 6" ducts to 7" ducts. According to Manual D, they will deliver approximately as follows:
7" Round Sheet Metal Ducts
#1-117 CFM - Cathedral Ceiling
#2-112 CFM - Cathedral Ceiling
#3-134 CFM - 9' ceiling
#4-134 CFM - 9' ceiling
My question is, what parameters should I use to determine the boot & register size? The grill we will most likely use are the Hart & Cooley #411, so I am not sure if I should install 4"x12" boots or 6"x10" boots.
According to the engineering data for the #411..
-the 4"x12" will have a face velocity of ~550-650FPM with 9'-11' throw.
-the 6"x10" will have a face velocity of ~450-550FPM with 5'-6' throw.
Am I looking at this correctly, and would one of these sizes be preferable to another? Would it be better to use a register other than the H&C #411? We live in the midwest (St. Louis area) so our heat pump gets more of a workout than the A/C, but we also use alternative heat sources (i.e. wood) in the winter to assist in very cold weather. Not sure if that makes a difference, thanks
If you also have central A/C, you want a long throw.
Yes, central A/C also. So the 4"x12" is the better way to go?
Once again, thanks for the help beenthere.
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Despite the advance in technology in recent years, the idea of controlling a slew of devices from one wireless keyboard seems a little far fetched. However Iogear have come to the table with a keyboard, which can wirelessly sync with and control six devices at the same time.
The Iogear Multi-Link Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad, or GKM611B, boasts of its ability to connect via Bluetooth with up to six devices including home theatre PCs, games consoles and even smartphones. The range of the keyboard's Bluetooth is pegged at 10 metres, which could allow for house wide connectivity and weighing in at just over 860 grams the GKM611B wouldn't be too heavy to tote around your home.
Switching between devices is done "easily" according to Iogear, and once a user switches to the desired Bluetooth-enabled device, custom hotkeys provide a high level of customization for TV, videos, pictures, music, Internet browser, volume control and more. An integrated touch pad with left and right mouse buttons means there is no need to keep a mouse on hand for such things as web browsing.
With the explosion of web-connected televisions at CES this year, connecting to them and controlling them will become a hot topic in 2011. We have seen already a number of different solutions from fancy remote controls to proprietary tablets, which do the job. Iogears GKM611B could however solve the problem, as long as the televisions are Bluetooth-enabled that is. The Iogear could also mean you only need one piece of kit to control a number of your devices, and as a result doing away with a lot of the clutter in your living room.
"Wireless keyboards are appealing because users aren't tethered to a machine while operating," said Bill Nguyen, senior marketing manager for Iogear. "Our new multi-link Bluetooth keyboard offers this same comfort for six separate devices, providing freedom to move around or stay seated while staying connected." The Iogear GKM611B is due to ship in Q1 of 2011 and will cost $79.95.


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Hearing set for wife accused of trying to cut off hubby's penis
Virginia Valdez, 70, faces July 6 court date
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A July 6 preliminary hearing date was confirmed today for a Palm Springs woman accused of trying to cut off her husband's penis with heavy-duty scissors.
The hearing at the Larson Justice Center in Indio will determine if there is enough evidence for 70-year-old Virginia Valdez to stand trial on charges of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse and assault with a deadly weapon.
A Riverside County Superior Court judge previously issued a protective order barring Valdez from having any contact with her husband, according to court records.
She posted $100,000 bail and was released from jail Dec. 5, two days after Palm Springs police went to the couple's residence in the 1700 block of Rochelle Road in response to a call from Valdez's 62-year-old husband.
Palm Springs police Detective Simon Min, in a declaration in support of an arrest warrant, alleged that Valdez and her husband were having oral sex when she announced said she had to brush her teeth, then "retrieved a pair of scissors and cut the victim's penis."
Her husband, identified as "John Doe" in the criminal complaint, "got up in a panic and screamed in pain," Min wrote. The victim drove himself to Desert Regional Medical Center, where he told police that his wife had tried to cut off his penis, according to the detective.
Police did not indicate if the man suffered permanent damage, but Min wrote that the husband required "advanced medical (attention)" that included four stitches. Riverside County District Attorney's Office spokesman John Hall said.
Valdez could get up to nine years in prison if convicted.
The case is reminiscent of that of Lorena Bobbitt, who gained notoriety in 1994 when she cut off her husband's penis while he slept. John Wayne Bobbitt came home drunk and forced sex on his wife, who was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.


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IT's FAIR TO SAY that Xbox 360 has enjoyed the lion's share of RPG titles on consoles this generation – but few could match Deep Silver's latest addition.
Third-person RPG Risen – a brand new IP – contains fighting, magic, puzzles, charachter development, traps and boss fights, all with striking detail.
The game is set on a volcanic island, which is populated with fantastic creatures and voiced human characters – featuring speech from the likes of Andy Serkis (Lord Of the Rings, King Kong) and John Rhys Davies (LOTR, Indiana Jones).
With a wealth of rival titles pushed to spring next year, October may prove the perfect time for Deep Silver to attract the niche audience they're aiming for.
"Risen is Deep Silvers' major launch of the year. Our expectations are that the game will be well received by both the specialist gaming press and consumers, which will enable us to create a major new RPG franchise," said Paul Nicholls, sales and marketing director at Deep Silver.
Risen is a product that should appeal to the hardcore audience and those looking for an exciting new game experience.
"The game features more than 60 hours of gameplay, so represents excellent value for money," adds Nicholls. "It will be supported with a far reaching marketing and PR campaign that will ensure no gamer will not have heard of Risen by the time the title launches on October 2nd."
In preparation for the game's launch, Deep Silver has a stacked marketing campaign lined up. Single page adverts will run in specialist magazines throughout September and October, as well as Deathray and Sci-Fi magazines. In total, Deep Silver estimates the game will be seen by more than 500,000 readers. Adds Nicholls:
"In terms of online we have booked homepage and channel takeovers alongside pre-roll videos across core gaming sites, as well as full page ads in PC Zine and 360 Zine running through September and October – achieving well over five million impressions.
"We also have community days in September giving fans of the genre a chance to get early hands on with the game.
"Risen is a beautifully told story that unfolds over four chapters. You enlist with one of three factions and play with them all the way through the game.
"The action takes place on a remote volcanic island in medieval times, and features unique enemies and interesting allies. Every action you make in game has a consequence. People will react to your style of play, as NPCs and monsters have their own daily routine. The triple-A voice over cast includes Andy Serkis, John Rhys Davies and Lena Headey. This is the hardcore RPG players' RPG."


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Well, let's see if anything notable happened in the world of Tar Heel basketball last night. Oh, right: Marcus Paige was a beast.
And if you only have time for one:
So, yes, Marcus Paige was pretty incredible, and here's the Adam Lucas postgame column, which is about--surprisingly--Marcus Paige...The Paige vs. T.J. Warren battle was one for the ages...Here's the Storify from the game, with the best reactions...Is there anything better than locker room celebration photos after a big win?
Meant to link this earlier this week. You don't often get to hear from officials, so it's interesting to hear referee Tony Greene's thoughts on Syracuse-Duke, when he ejected Jim Boeheim...Adam Lucas appeared on the Sporting News podcast (interview is in second segment) to talk about the Meredith Stapleton story...Desmond Hubert's contributions are increasing because he's playing to his role...
Signee Joel Berry went on a personal 11-0 run to help Lake Highland Prep to a second straight state title. There's video of Berry in that story that is pretty impressive.
Tar Heels in the NBA
Vince Carter had another big game for Dallas, scoring 17, and Wayne Ellington added 12...Eleven points for Harrison Barnes in a Golden State loss...Eight assists for Kendall Marshall...Eight points and three rebounds for Tyler Zeller...Danny Green scored eight points...
Vince Carter is laughing off J.R. Smith's latest antics, which were directed at Carter (who was 7-for-12 from three-point land in the game in question)...Harrison Barnes was motivated by recent trade rumors...Kendall Marshall is trying to get back on track with the Lakers...
Lee Pace with good insight on how Blue Dawn came about and the unique way Larry Fedora runs the program...
Olympic sports
Big game tonight for women's hoops, as they travel to unbeaten Notre Dame...Good to see the 2014 Diamond Heels poster getting some love:
Check out this awesome @DiamondHeels @GoHeels baseball poster for this season! Love it! #UNC pic.twitter.com/fjTh2NGPAC
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Carolina set a men's swimming school record at the ACC championships:
Carolina sets school record in 200 medley relay at ACC Championships in 1:25.80 - Graesser, Wohlrab, Lewis, Heck
— UNC Swimming/Diving (@uncswimdive) February 26, 2014
Today's games
Women's lacrosse hosts Notre Dame at 7 p.m. on ESPN3, and men's swimming and diving continues competition at the ACC championships in Greensboro. Women's basketball is at Notre Dame at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.
Today in Tar Heel history
Big day for Tar Heel birthdays: David Noel, the leader of the very memorable 2006 team, turns 30 (!), and James Worthy, the centerpiece of the 1982 national champions, turns 53.
Couple of video features on that duo. First, Noel dunking on Kentucky. Any play that makes Billy Packer sound that happy must have been spectacular:
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Ravens vs. Colts??
As of today, the Ravens would get a bye week and would face the highest seeded opponent to emerge from the wild card round.
As of right now, the toughest team that is scheduled for the wild card round will be the Colts, who are tentatively scheduled to face the Jets in round one of the playoffs. Barring a major upset (hello Steelers!), the Colts should advance to the 2nd round - in Baltimore - to face the Ravens.
I'm not sure about you guys, but that matchup does worry me some. Any team that can go vertical is a potential problem for the Ravens. However, we have put on a Sack-a-thon in recent weeks and I think we all know how good Manning is without absolutely perfect line protection. He's basically another Kurt Warner.
Re: Ravens vs. Colts??
The Colts struggle with big, physical offensive lines and running backs who can break tackles. We may not have the same brute force that we had in 2003, but we should be able to dominate their poor run defense. Add in McNair's ability to protect the ball and you have the potential for a lot of offense and clock control.
Of course the matchup scares me, because it's the playoffs and no one can be overlooked. A couple of mistakes can lead to a loss in a shootout. But they worry me less than several others in the playoff field. While I believe that we have a great chance of beating any team out there this year, I won't take any win for granted.
Starting with Buffalo. Let's not squander the gift the Texans gave us. That bye is HUGE.
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Re: Ravens vs. Colts??
1. I don't like the match up either, but it would be damn nice to have them in Baltimore in a game of great meaning, can you imagine the atmosphere?
2. The Jets played them very tough earlier this year.
3. Dont' EVER...EVER put Warner and Manning in the same sentence. You may hate the hype the guy gets, that's fine, but he is by far and away the best QB in the league right now. Sure, Brady "wins more superbowls" and Palmer might be a better "pure thrower" but NOBODY can read and react to a defense like Manning, on TOP of being crazily accurate.
I certianly don't love the guy either, or his family. But he's the best damn QB i've seen play the game...and it isn't his fault that they haven't won anything since he's been there, period. You'll hear it again if they lose in the playoffs this year...he's a choker...at the same time their D gives up 150 yards to RON DAYNE.
Kurt Warner?
Any Qb is worse with pressure...but Manning can exploit the blitz with the best of them.
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Love the matchup between the Colts and the Ravens -- we'll do just fine
If New England wins its wild card I have a good feeling it will beat San Diego -- and I would rather play the Colts in the first game than New England everytime
Teams that I think are the strongest (against us)
San Diego
New England
Re: Ravens vs. Colts??
I prefer the Colts as well. In our opener last year,
The Colts scored 3 first half points
Our defense kept Manning in check in the first half and confused him
Stover missed 3 FG's that had pivotal momentem swings
We had missed interceptions, one that would have gone 99yds for a TD (CMAC)
Boller was playing effectively (15 for 23) until he went down
Boller and Wright combined for 355 passing yards
This year they have no run defense and we can pound the ball at home with Jamal and Mugheli. I think their Offense would be shutdown at the VAULT by our defense, especially in the second half when we are at our strongest.
Bring on the COLTS!:hammer:
Re: Ravens vs. Colts??
I honestly don't care who we play. The offense is getting better each week, and the defense knows that tManning & Co is a task, and I believe we will step up to the challange. Pressure on the O and D lines are key, and if we can rattle the Colts up fron, we have a hiuge advantage
The time around, we can at least put points on the board
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The Colts don't scare me. Personally, I would love it. It would heal a lot of wounds that are 23 years old. I know a lot of older Raven fans feel the same way.
Bring it on!!
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The Colts match up better against us then just about anybody. I agree we *should* beat them but they have a quarterback who is well protected and does not make many mistakes. They could with 1 part luck to 1 part skill put up 24 points, which would mean we would have to score.
The question would be, can they stop Jamal Lewis before he looks like the great Ron Dayne. I personally think not, but it might be ugly.
We should beat them, I think there's not a team in either conference we don't match up very well against, but the Colts do make me more nervous than any other team out there.Festivus
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Pan under water heater is corroding?
The pan under our water heater seems to be corroding. There is a build up of metals or something (see pic 1 below). The heater is less than a year old. Seems an odd spot to corrode, there's no water or anything there, just the controls directly above the spot (pic 2). There also seems to be the starting of another reaction under one of the footings (pic 3). Any ideas? Thanks!
Brush that garbage away and take another picture and post it.
what the orange piece going into the pan?Is the elect ground on the gas line
Not sure what's causing the corroding but thought of an idea for a possible fix. This is a long post but I've tried to give you a lot of info in case you've never used fiberglass resin before.
Clean up the corroded areas. Mix up some fiberglass resin and pour it into the pan so it completely covers the bottom. Use a disposable brush to coat the sides. If the corrosion is bad, you could patch those spots with some fiberglass cloth first and then pour the resin into the pan.
There are different types of fiberglass resin like epoxy, polyester, etc. Epoxy resin has greater bonding and strength but polyester resin will work fine for your situation. I've only worked with polyester resin so that's what I'll discuss below.
There are two types of polyester resin. Laminating and finishing. Laminating does not cure fully so it allows additional layers/coats to be applied. It will remain tacky "forever". Finishing resin contains wax which floats to the surface and then allows all of the underlying resin to cure fully. If additional coats are to be applied over finishing resin, it has to be sanded to remove the wax coating.
You can just use finishing resin. If you apply some fiberglass cloth, mix up a small batch of resin and patch the spots. Let the resin cure completely and then sand the surface. Then mix up enough resin to completely cover the bottom of the pan and coat the sides of the pan.
The amount of hardener you mix with the resin will determine the cure time. Cure time depends on the resin/hardener used, and ambient temperature. Follow the directions for the resin and hardener you buy. Once the resin starts to harden, it goes very quickly so you will have to work fast when mixing and applying. If you've never worked with fiberglass before, suggest mixing about 1/4 cup of resin adding about 3 drops of hardener and mixing that up. See how fast it cures. Adjust your actual mix accordingly. I've always used empty milk cartons to mix resin. If you use a plastic container, test it first to be sure it won't melt.
Note that the resin will get hot as it cures. The thicker the resin, the hotter it gets. I've read that really thick resin, like casting objects, can get hot enough to start a fire. I've never seen it get that hot but just be aware of that characteristic.
Just replace it with a plastic one.
I can not think of one reason that orange thing should have been run through the pan instead of over the lip.
Thanks for the replies. I guess i should have mentioned I put an orange colored pencil into the corroded hole in the pan. I figured it would show up best in a photo. Plastic replacement and fiberglass patches are good ideas. I was concerned more with a possible reaction between something coming up through the basement floor and the pan, or if something was leaking from the tank that was creating a reaction. I did mention no sign of water, but something has to be causing it. Thanks again!
i think you should find the source of the problem if you say there is 0 leak on or near w/h, to me my first thought is some kind of electrolysis.
I hadn't cleared anything, because I wanted to post exactly as I found it.
If you don't have the skills, then fiber-glassing the existing pan extensively will probably last the life of the heater. In this case, use laminating resin and cover as much of the pan as you can with fiberglass cloth. Use about 3 layers of cloth around the sides for strength. Then using finishing resin, pour about a 1/4" thick bottom layer and coat the sides to cure everything. Since there aren't any structural requirements under the heater where you can't apply fiberglass cloth, the 1/4" thick resin will work fine.
I think i need to understand why electrolysis would be occurring. A quick search showed me nothing that applies to this situation.
Plastic pan and never have to deal with it agin.
Stray electricity, reacting with the surface it's sitting on, two differant metals it's in contact with causing the problum, you can patch, and play with it forever or just deal with it one time, your choice.
They can be in all silver metal cans, or be encased in plastic like the ones shown above. They are usually black or blue in color if encased in plastic.
Be sure to turn all power off to your water heater before you take the electronics above the corrosion apart. There will be lethal voltages/current involved. Also, it's possible for capacitors to hold a charge even after all power is removed, depending on how the circuit is designed. So you will need to be aware of that too and not touch exposed terminals of the capacitor. If you're not familiar with electronic/electrical work, it may be advisable to have someone who is take the electronics apart. If you do try it yourself, advise wearing rubber soled shoes or slippers and wear rubber gloves. I always wear rubber slippers when working on electrical stuff around the house, though I don't wear rubber gloves since I've worked on electronics & electrical stuff for my job for over 40 years.
there is no exposed compacitor nor is there any evidence of leakage from the housing. there is conduit directly above the spot which shows no corrosion. still baffled.
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