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Toyota: Tighter with Subaru, Daihatsu
When Toyota Motor (TM) bought into Fuji Heavy Industries, owner of the Subaru brand, in October, 2005 (BusinessWeek.com, 10/5/05), industry watchers speculated whether the Japanese auto giant could do better with the partnership than General Motors (GM). At the time, GM ended a six-year relationship with Fuji Heavy, selling its 20% stake for $740 million.
Developments on Apr. 10 suggest that Toyota is right on track. Speaking at a Tokyo press conference, Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe, flanked by counterparts from Fuji Heavy and Daihatsu Motor, Toyota's minicar maker, announced closer ties between the three companies.
Arguably most exciting for auto enthusiasts is confirmation that Toyota and Subaru are to produce a new, rear-wheel-drive sports car. The new compact sports car, which will be marketed by both companies, will be launched in 2011 and is to be powered by Subaru's horizontally opposed, or boxer, engines. Production will take place at a new factory in Gunma, Japan, with Toyota consigning production to Fuji Heavy. "We don't have a sports car in our product lineup," Watanabe told reporters. "A rear-wheel-drive sports car has a lot to offer."
Fuji to Eventually End Mini-Car Production
Watanabe and Fuji Heavy Chief Executive Ikuo Mori said they had driven an early test version of the car, although they declined to offer much detail beyond promising a fast, exciting drive. "I think we're going to come up with an outstanding car," Mori told reporters. Watanabe added that pricing would be "at a range which is not prohibitively high."
In return for Fuji Heavy building the sports car, Toyota will begin supplying Fuji Heavy with compact cars to sell under the Subaru brand in 2010. Daihatsu, 51% owned by Toyota, will begin supplying 660cc minicars to Fuji Heavy for sale in Japan from 2009 and a Subaru version of the Daihatsu Coo, a compact car, later this year. Eventually, Fuji Heavy will pull out of building its own minicars.
Toyota will also raise its stake in Fuji Heavy to 16.5%, subject to approval from Japan's regulatory authorities, at a cost of $300 million. Mori said the money would go toward building the new Gunma plant.
Filling the Sports Car Gap
While further details are scant, the moves look positive for all involved. For Toyota, the deal will provide a much needed sports model. That's something that has been lacking since it ended production of the Celica, Supra, and MR-2 sports models. The MR2 two-seater, known as the MR-S in Japan, was phased out in the U.S. in 2004, while the last Toyota Celica (BusinessWeek.com, 11/29/06) rolled off the production line in Japan in April, 2007.
What's more, by handing over production to Fuji Heavy, Toyota can develop the new model with less strain on its engineers. That's particularly important given recent concerns over quality at Toyota after its high-octane growth (BusinessWeek, 1/22/07) earlier this decade.
On Apr. 9, Toyota announced two recalls in one day. The automaker said it is recalling more than 500,000 Corolla and Matrix vehicles with defective power windows sold in the U.S. from 2003 to 2004. The company on Apr. 9 also announced it will recall over 630,000 minivans sold in Japan because of faults in their fuel tanks and computers.
Access to Toyota's Financial Muscle Helps
Toyota can also cozy up to Fuji Heavy with confidence after a successful start to their relationship. At the press conference, Watanabe went to great pains to praise Fuji Heavy unit Subaru Indiana Automotive in Lafayette, Ind., which is producing 100,000 Camrys a year for Toyota. Fuji Heavy and Toyota are also working on hybrid technologies.
For its part, Fuji Heavy can use the new capital to build the plant and, by relying on Daihatsu for minicar production, can focus on the kind of vehicles it makes best. That includes cars like the Impreza compact, Legacy sedan, and Forester station wagon. It also can't hurt to have access to Toyota's tech know-how and financial muscle. Daihatsu benefits from increased economies of scale in the narrow-margin minicar business.


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Every experienced photographer knows and fears lens flare. Most often, we associate it with those horribly distracting 'stars' of light we see through our viewfinder and in our images when shooting into the sun. But not everyone knows that lens flare doesn't only affect those shots—it is part of every image we capture. So knowing how to reduce its effect is a valuable tool in many shooting situations.
Lens flare doesn't only refer to the little reflections of the sun in your lens. It is a term for the light that all lenses—even the best ones—smear all over the sensor when photons don't go exactly where they are supposed to after bouncing around through all the optical elements. The amount of lens flare in an image is directly proportional to the total amount of light entering the lens. Of course, the better the lens optics and coatings, the lower the absolute effect.
We don't notice lens flare most of the time, because the total amount of light entering the lens is small enough and indirect enough that the only effect is a slight lowering of contrast, often looking like a haze over the image. It's easy to blame the sky for that, and gloss over the contribution of the lens itself. If the flare effect is large enough it will wash out the black levels in the image, due to the excessive amount of light hitting the sensor. For severe cases, a simple initial fix is to use the Levels command in Photoshop or Lightroom (or the Blacks slider in Camera Raw) to move the image's black point up to the darkest levels actually captured in the scene. Often you can quickly accomplish the same thing, and adjust the whites at the same time, by using Auto Level. While that adjustment makes a large difference in the overall look of the scene and will add back much of its native drama, elements of the scene still won't 'pop' the way they did when you looked at the scene with your eyes. That's where a custom filter comes in handy. My favorite tool for dealing with this situation is NIK's Pro Contrast filter from its Color Efex filter set. Unlike many other contrast tools, Pro Contrast can be set to be color-neutral—and subtle—enhancing just the distinctions between mid-tones obscured by the hazing effect of lens flare.
This image of the U Bein Bridge had the composition I wanted, and the sun was setting in a gorgeous sky, but of course, the lens flare was substantial. Pro Contrast helped deal with the issue in a heartbeat. I left its color cast correction slider at '0'—since the whole point of the image is the orange light—and moved the Contrast and Dynamic Contrast sliders to about 50%, where I thought they looked good without distracting from the image—and then I applied the filter. You can see the 'before' image on the left and the 'after' image on the right. It's a little subtle on the screen, but makes a big difference in the quality of the resulting prints.
At this point you may be asking what all the fuss is about since, after all, you dutifully use a lens hood—a product specifically designed to reduce the effects of flare. Unfortunately, if you are shooting in a direction anywhere near the sun, most hoods will have little effect. In particular, the hoods on zoom lenses need to be short enough that they don't cause vignetting when the lens is at its shortest focal length, meaning that they block very little light in most of the lens's range. If the sun itself is the culprit, you can sometimes hold up a hat or card to shield the front of your lens from the most direct rays, but that isn't always practical, and in some cases the sun's glare from the the surrounding clouds and sky create a messy situation all around. In those cases, your only options are post-processing, or some clever use of HDR and image compositing. (I've been known to shoot a scene with the sun blocked out to get a nice rendering of the shadow detail, and then again without it blocked, to fill in the sky.) The two resulting images can be combined into a single image which doesn't have the flare effects throughout. Filters on your lens also add to the total flare effect, so consider shooting without one when you're looking into the sun—or at least make sure you're using a multi-coated version which will help keep flare to a minimum.
If the light entering your lens is concentrated enough, either from the sun or another bright light source, the image will have visible artifacts. These are sometimes visible as long rays, as in this image of Angkor Wat at sunrise, or in bright areas which mimic the shape of your lens's aperture blades. Fortunately, these are common enough that nearly everyone recognizes them as the indicator of a bright sun or light. You can use that to your advantage by working to get them lined up in a pleasing way in the image frame, using them to help illustrate the conditions of the scene where you're shooting.
Often, avoiding lens flare is simply a matter of timing. If you can capture a sunrise early enough, like in this image of the sun rising through the statue of a bull on the top of the Bakong Temple, or late enough as the sun sets, then the sun can become a natural part of the scene. Of course, those images will still have high dynamic range, so they often require a minus exposure compensation adjustment to expose for the sky, which in turn makes the subject a silhouette. If you'd like to learn more about digital photography, or how to capture images like these, we encourage you to visit our site, Cardinal Photo, and its sister site, Nikon Digital, which are both full of tips and reviews, and forums where photographers compare notes and tips. Or you can follow us on Facebook or join us on one of our Photo Tours and Safaris for plenty of experience and instruction in the field—including our next trip to Southeast Asia including Cambodia and Myanmar in January 2013.
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Most people will have heard of XSS (Cross Site Scripting) attacks before. Many of you will understand the basics but may not have seen a real world aplication.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications which allow code injection by malicious web users into the web pages viewed by other users. Examples of such code include HTML code and client-side scripts. An exploited cross-site scripting vulnerability can be used by attackers to bypass access controls such as the same origin policy. Recently, vulnerabilities of this kind have been exploited to craft powerful phishing attacks and browser exploits.
Today Jurgen Schmidt of Heise Security talks about how some of these attacks work so that we can be more prepared to deal with the worst.
In the example Jurgen has two different links, both opening the same login form. The malicious link opens the form using some JavaScript code that attaches an onSubmit event to the form. Once you enter your password it can then be transmitted to the hacker.
Security isn't going to become a regular feature on BlogStorm but the ingenuity and simplicity of the script combined with the potential threat prompted me to post about it.


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Before the announcement of the new Pokemon games, the 3DS was already destined to become just as successful as the DS was. There have been numerous first party titles released only in the couple years the 3DS has been out. From a new 3D Mario, a new New Super Mario, to a new Mario Kart, a new Paper Mario, a new Kid Icarus, a new Pilotwings, a new Luigi's Mansion and Fire Emblem coming very soon, this system has some top notch games which have generated massive sales for the once struggling system.
But now, after only a couple years, two new POKEMON games have been announced and in a way so marketable and intelligent, the sales for 3DS are bound to shoot to a level thus far unseen. Making the launch in October, nearly 10 months away from its announcement, is going to percolate kids' excitement intensely during the wait. And, during that time 3DSs will be flying off the shelves. If a youngster doesn't have a 3DS now, he will by October.
The fact that nothing was said about this game until now was perfect marketing by Nintendo. We were already excited for the upcoming launch of Luigi's Mansion and Fire Emblem, and it seemed impossible that the announcement of another franchise would happen, in January no less. It's really amazing how many successful existing franchises Nintendo has at this point. They can use each and every one of those franchises to boost sales, and they do ingeniously.
Bare in mind, the 3DS's sales are incredible, topping 17 MILLION and this is without the release of a new Zelda title. Now, it still has a long way to go to reach the DS's feat of over 150 million sales. But as things are going now we could see another DS in the works. Once they release these Pokemon games, a new Zelda, and the new Smash Brothers I wouldn't be surprised if sales hit the 50 to 75 million mark. Those are just games we know about now, what about a new Metroid game, which is likely to happen as well!
Yes, Nintendo is working their beloved magic once again and gamers' hearts everywhere are beating a little faster with the announcement of Pokemon X and Y. Who knows what other mischief Miyamoto and the gang have up their sleeves. Here's to another successful year for the Nintendo 3DS!


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The 29er's path to mainstream mountain bike rider acceptance has been a tough one. Their lack of parts, overly long, truck-like wheelbases, and toe overlap were just a few negative aspects that hindered the original generation of 29er bikes. Luckily there were some early adopters that took some risk, and while enjoying the benefits of larger wheels, they enviously watched as bike designers ironed out the original drawbacks and came up with new, frame and fork enhancing standards. Now mountain bikes like the BMC Speedfox SF29 have nimbleness that rival 26in-wheeled brothers. The Speedfox SF29 will not only be able to gobble rough terrain, but it will do so with amazing composure.
BMC didn't rush into the 29er game; instead, it invested big into computer feedback and trail time to perfect the geometry and frame design. By using a computer technology called Finite Elements Method, every 6000-series aluminum tube has been formed to exact standards. The end result is a bike frame that reacts to inputs from the rider like steering, power application, and braking with precision. Not only does it have faultless performance, but the triple-butted, hydro formed tubing provides the Speedfox SF29 that sweet BMC silhouette.
While focused on optimizing strength and weight savings, the geometry is what allows these mountain bikes to shine bright on the trail. With a 70-degree head angle it offers quick turn-in without being too much at higher speeds. And the tapered headtube keeps the Speedfox pointed in the right direction by resisting front end flex. To build a modern, multi-link suspension system in the 29er application is difficult without ending up with a super-long wheelbase. So the designers have spec-ed a a direct mount front derailleur which allowed them to apply their lauded APS suspension as tightly as possible, giving the Speedfox 29ers a 445mm chainstay length to rail switchbacks.
They calculated the Advanced Pivot System pivot-point positions, so the Speedfox SF29 will give the efficient, plush ride BMC mountain bikes are known with. All your leg power is transferred into forward motion and not into compressing the 29ers rear shock. This design also promotes amazing traction when climbing on off-camber areas. The APS has 100mm of travel, which we feel is the perfect complement to the larger 29er wheels. Key to the design of the Speedfox's handling are the front and rear oversized axles and precision cartridge bearings on all the pivot points. These ingredients matched with the optimized frame tubes offer a very flex-resistant core that extracts the most performance from its suspension.
A Fox RP2 controls the 29ers suspension movement. The efficiency of the APS suspension system is so good there's no need for a complicated rear shock. The Float RP2 has rebound adjustment and the ProPedal switch for when you're hammering on the cranks up climbs. They equipped the Speedfox SF29 with its own initial load indicator to simplify the sag setting, ensuring the best mountain bike suspension performance. They complement the rear suspension by using a 100mm Fox Float RLC with the FIT damper front fork with all the Fox tunable features. By using a 15mm quick-release will ensure the Speedfox SF29 goes where its pointed, and a lockout keeps out-of-the-saddle climbing bob-free.
The full suspension bikes have a cockpit with highly adjustable SRAM XO 2X10 shifters and ergonomic Avid Elixir 7 levers with carbon blades mounted on a BMC Scor MKII stem and handlebar. The Elixir 7 have 180mm rotors for plenty of leverage, cooler operation. The gearing is handled by an XO rear derailleur and an X7 front derailleur. The X0 crank's 36/22 chain rings, offer perfect ratios for 29ers and trail riding without any excess. Light, stiff Easton EA70 XCT wheels are mounted with a 2.25in Schwalbe Rocket Ron at the front and Racing Ralph on the rear. A BMC Race seatpost with a Fizik Tundra saddle finishes off this performance-oriented build.
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Grandma's Charity Challenge
Calling all grandmas and others who want to encourage charitable giving by children they love. Find out how to create a challenge for your grandchildren here. Share what you do to get children in your life interested in being part of the solutions to problems of our world.
There are so many wonderful nonprofits that appeal to children's interests. Some help other children, like St. Jude's for children with cancer for a local organization, or UNICEF for international interests. Others are dedicated to wildlife or animals that need care – these are usually a winner with children. Heifer lets children buy a goat for a family in need. And still more are dedicated to research, education, and the arts. If you have an interest in these, you can convey that to your children or grandchildren by showing them the impact these organizations have.
Take a look through the blog posts to see what will appeal to the children in your life, and celebrate a birthday or other special occasion by helping them make a charitable gift.
Catherine, Proud grandma of Kenechi, Nkiru, Teya, Bruche and Ikem
I'm a little late in this conversation, but I enjoyed seeing everyone's comments about the Jennings Trail. I was also a bus leader when my son was in second grade (he's now 34!). A cousin who is coming to visit is interested in local history, and I thought following the Jennings Trail might be fun. I know I have a book/pamphlet somewhere in the attic, but I'm so glad to see (thanks, Katie!) that I might be able to pick one up at the Historical Society–much easier than doing an archaeological dig in my attic. The Trail should definitely be part of the curriculum–my son and his friends still remember that field trip.


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Singh and Patel Not the Only Reality Show Winners
Richardson signed with the Pirates after winning a Dominican reality show.
I was doing research today to finish the international prospects section of the 2011 Pirates Prospects handbook, and came across this bit of information about 18 year old Dominican left hander Cristopher Richardson:
Pittsburgh is also pursuing Cristopher Richardson, 17, a Dominican lefty and winner of that nation's reality show El Rookie. Pirates G.M. Neal Huntington downplays the connection. "We are not interested in signing winners of reality shows," he says. "Rather, we are interested in signing talented baseball players."
The Pirates did end up signing Richardson, a 6' 0", 184 pound left handed pitcher, spending $80 K to get the reality show winner. The talented baseball player description may be accurate,...
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Campus news: 'Spaceship Earth' opens at planetarium
|Date: Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Planetarium: 'Spaceship Earth' will be presented through June 23
We live on a world that just will not sit still. Join Hardin Planetarium's staff for Spaceship Earth, a new, multimedia full-dome presentation exploring the many ways that we humans are hurtling through our universe. Sing along to the music as you experience the spectacular planetarium simulations and full-dome video imagery showing our Spaceship Earth as it rotates on its axis, in orbit around our Sun, which is in orbit with hundreds of billions of other stars in our Milky Way galaxy, which is moving in our amazing and expanding universe.
The 45-minute show will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through June 23. The show is suitable for all ages; please note that the show will begin on time, with no late entrance permitted.
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Fox's Sidehack BMX Race Of Death at Fox Headquarters in Irvine, California
Two years ago on the inaugural Cali Rally, epic crashes, brutal slams, and face melting lap times made the Haro BMX Race one of the most memorable challenges the Cali Rally teams ever faced. This year, we doubled the danger factor by adding a sidecar to a standard BMX bike transforming them into a "Sidehack", and forced the racers to battle it out on a tight, fast, and evil miniature BMX track at Fox Racing headquarters. Teams raced and battled until only one team stood on the podium. Battered and bloody, but with a 1,000 Cali Rally points in their pocket and a trophy that will complete any man's mantle, team Rusty proved victorious.
What the hell is the Cali Rally? Click HERE to find get some background on this twisted scavenger hunt style race from San Diego to Santa Cruz…
The TransWorld SURF Cali Rally is an annual scavenger hunt style race from San Diego to Santa Cruz. Featuring four teams of four surfers, each team gets a list of "challenges" that they must complete to earn points that go towards their overall Cali Rally point total. Along the way, teams must compete in four "Checkpoint Challenges" that range from shirtless paintball wars to tandem BMX races. Checkpoint Challenges are worth 1,000 points each. Extra points are awarded at the discretion of TransWorld SURF and can be earned for various feats including broken bones, heroic acts of courage, and making out with old ladies. Previous winning teams include Analog (2009) and Billabong (2008).
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As much as eating watermelon is part of my summer ritual, so is picking one out. It's a hit and miss with whole ones because you can't see the flesh inside. For years, we bought cut wedges of watermelon, but that unfortunately meant eating it soon. A whole one can be left around for a week or so before I cut into it. I could eat it at my leisure. When I buy a watermelon at the farmer's market, I ask the vendor to select a good one. It's my insurance plan against a bland melon. The vendor doesn't want to disappoint me, right?!
A few weeks ago, I was left to pick the watermelon myself. They were on sale at Whole Foods in one of those large cardboard containers positioned outside the entrance to attract customers. As my husband and I picked through and tapped about a quarter of the melons. I was somewhat nervous about picking a good one.
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Just thinking about the winters there makes me freeze. But then, when I was going to school near there in the late 60's and early 70's, I was getting around in 6 volt VW's (with barely any heat at all).
Had one installed by a dealer vendor on my 09 MO. Works perfect, although the remote doesn't seem to have as much range as my other vehicles systems. One of your keys will have to be hidden in the car for it to work. Mine was made by Directed Electronics.
Philip, I agree with you re: limited range at times. Generally speaking, if my Murano is in sight I can start it, but also at times I can start it from the center of a large office building. My system is from Code Alarm.
My intent this winter was to use my 2nd car as a daily "work" vehicle and keep some miles off the Murano, but the remote start has beeen so sweet with the cold weather we've had that my 2nd has remained parked. A typical morning goes - 5:30, open garage door from kitchen window, remote start and make sure the taillights flash, dress and by the time I get to Murano it's warm. Also a bonus if I remember to turn on heated seats the night before! Nice!
I assume you have a second fob that operates the remote start on the vehicle? I had a dealer recently tell me there is an aftermarket remote start that now will work with the Nissan factory fob. Cost $500+.
That sounds nice, but I'd like to know more about the operating range of the factory fob vs the aftermarket fob. If you would still need to carry the aftermarket fob for distance anyway, then it's not so impressive.
I assume you have a second fob that operates the remote start on the vehicle? I had a dealer recently tell me there is an aftermarket remote start that now will work with the Nissan factory fob. Cost $500+.
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I had my ex-boss come over to have a look, and his opinion is that the cam lobes look OK.
As to the coolant/corrosion issue, his opinion was (as I had suspected) that it was due to left-over caustic soda from being hot-tanked. He said that a simple flush with fresh water should clear it up.
I had also performed a grade-school science expriment using vinegar and baking soda to test seperate samples of that "technicolor goo", and found no reaction with either. I repeated the tests with samples of the old antifreeze, and again saw no reaction.
I have now completely drained, rinsed, drained again, and refilled with 50/50 mixed antifreeze (about 2-1/2 jugs)
The engine oil and filter have been replaced with 10W30 NAPA (Valvoline) prior to startup. I dropped the dizzy back in, let the elecric fuel pump fill the float boals, pumped the accelerator a few times to get the fuel right there ... and she fired right up!
Next on the agenda is to fiddle with the pump and squirters to get rid of the lean stumble (especially before the engine is right up to operating temp)
And then ... getting that dist advance curve "just right".
Another cam BITES THE DUST!
I freaking knew it ...
This is camshaft failure #2 for this engine, and it hasn't turned a wheel yet. ZERO miles ... MAYBE 10 hours of total run time!
The first cam was a Clevite cam, this one is a Comp ... both flat tappet.
NOT the same lobe ...
last time it was #7 Exhaust, This time #7 Intake (2 lobes apart on camshaft)
Yes, as the original thread title implies ... I was worried looking in through the holes in the valley.
I had someone whose opinion I value have a quick look at it, and he thought everything looked good, so I proceeded with the replacement of the intake gaskets (leaking at china wall)
I was super suspicious when I tried to tune this thing ... vacuum guage was not steady ... and ran like a can of rocks.
Bought a different set of used closed-chambered heads AND another new (slightly milder version) camshaft. I HAD the XE284 already sold to another friend building a hot BBC.
So... tonight I made up a set of tags, and carefully labelled and tagged each lifter with the idea of him re-installing each lifter to it's matching lobe.
1,3,5 went along smoothly ... but when I got to the very last lifter on the driver's side (#7 Intake) ... the lifter could not be lifted up any further than the very bottom of the lifter bore, and my heart sunk. Standing on my head and peering in the valley window ... I could see and feel that the edge of the lifter was rough. I wiggled and jiggled, but no way ... it wasn't coming out without a fight.
Now I'm upset ... and yanked that lifter out with a set of needle-nosed vise-grips. Sure enough ... it's FUBAR'D! (and now, more than likely ... so is the lifter bore.)
I'm yanking that short-block tomorrow, and taking the entire engine back to the machine shop. I'm DONE with the DIY engine thing and DONE with flat-tappet cams!
I dunno ... it looks like this lifter wasn't spinning freely in the bore?
BUT ... I could understand that if it was the same lifter/lobe that failed last time ... but why this lobe this time? Yes, cam break-in was done to the letter of Comps instructions this time ... I don't think it would have been possible to be more careful.
More pics in my gallery. I'm going to mix a stiff one before bed.
Sorry to hear that your having so much trouble with this, you must be tearing your hair out !
I was like a neurotic wreck when I did mine, followed everything to the "T" also. I used that runny red cam lube from comp, (which scared me cause its so runny) and it got turned over many , many times by hand and sat for prolly eight or ten weeks before it finally got fired up.
I over filled the oil pan slightly , added extra ZDDP removed the inner springs and broke it in for 45 min between 2000 and 3/3200 rpm
Done 2000 miles ATM so far so good...
Mine is a sbc 355 with a comp cams 294S magnum cam.
A lot of guys here don't like the fast ramp cams like the XE series with a flat tappet as it puts a lot of stress on the lifter/lobe interface.
The magnum's slow ramps are more forgiving with flat tappet cams.
I had the same problem years ago with a 454. The engine flatten 3 cams during break-in then I went to a roller setup which also didn't run correctly (made too much noise).
Turns out my lifter bores were too tight. The bores had between 0.0005 and 0.001 clearance. You need 0.001 to 0.0015 for a flat tappet and 0.0015 to 0.002 for a roller.
I went back to a flat tappet and added more lifter to lifter bore clearance and it has being running great for 5 or 6 years now.
I added more clearance by spinning new lifters on my lathe and sanding them down -0.001" with 180 grit. I didn't feel like taking the block out again so I did it this way.
Since your cam went flat, you should take the engine apart and clean it. Then you can open up the lifter bores (if that is the problem).
To measure my bores, I machined 5 lifter blanks from 0.000 to -0.002 inches in 0.0005" increments and used them as G0- No Go gages.
I also installed a BC Engineering over-cam oiling system for $50.00.
Other options are to get a machine shop to realign the lifter bores and add bushings. Or you could also go custom and machine the block to use larger diameter dodge or ford lifters but that would require a custom cam grind.
If I use another BBC again (which I doubt), I will use a later model 8 liter with factory roller cam.
Good luck!
Here is the suggestion of the day for all threads...........................READ EACH POST VERY CAREFULLY AND TAKE THE TIME TO CONSIDER EACH ONE!!.
And yep ... you get a lot of different answers and suggestions from a whole lot of folks ... not to say that multiple views and opinions are not valuable. In fact, I think that is one of the greatest strengths of sites like this one, as they make you think.
I guess I'm no different than most folks ... most of us are hoping for the best, and are occasionally guilty of hearing only what we want to hear.
This all being said, though, there are times when you can do a better job doing it yourself ... and other times when you're in over your head ... and it's best to load it up and take it to a pro.
It's that time for me. I want him to tell me what caused the failure(s), and to correct that problem in the hopes that it doesn't reoccur.
I don't plan to go in there with guns blazing, and making accusations that they must have done something wrong ... let's just fix it, and move on.
My frustration lies in the fact that I'm expending a lot of time and money in "do-overs", and not able to move to the next step in the project.
What's the on the seat valve spring load? Coil bind checked by math and measurement or with a solid lifter installed? You're having more than your share of bad luck with cams. In the future if you have a lifter that doesn't want to come out raise the lifter as high as it will go easily, remove the cam, now drive the lifter down. You can either stick a shop magnet in the cam bore and fish it out or take it out the bottom of the block. The bottom end has been contaminated with metal anyway so you should be pulling the pan.
their selection, and noted that they seem to class their cams quite a bit differently than say Comps.
396286 is listed as 224° @ .050, .51 lift which (other than the 108° Lobe Center) would usually be considered pretty "tame" ... yet they are describing it as "lopey idle" and 2500 to 6500 RPM.
My first cam was 224/224 on a 114°, and it would idle quite smoothly at 600 RPM.
Is it the LSA that makes that much difference?
At this point, (if I was interested in a FT cam) ... I'd be more inclined to go with the #396271
Your lifter removal method makes perfect sense.
I wish I had thought of that!
Should i have the block decked?
OK, the short block is hanging on a chain right now, and I'm hoping to take it to a machine shop tomorrow.
I got to thinking about quench ... but I'm not sure if it's an issue at all, running forged flat-tops in 101cc heads.
By my figuring, using a couple of different compression calculators ... I end up right around 9.0:1 CR.
So let's talk quench. The way I understand and recall it, perfect quench is to have .038-.040" clearance in the area on the side of the cylinder opposite the spark plug. Correct?
The Felpro gaskets that I am using are supposed to have a compressed thickness of .039.
Sooooo ... zero-decking the block with those flat-tops should get me right where I want to be, correct? It will also bring my compression up to 9.3:1
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The springs that I have been using are a single spring with a damper, and are highlighted in the chart above (90 / 291 lb seat pressure), and the parts catalog said that they were good to .600 lift.
When I replaced that Clevite cam with the XE284 ... I noted that .578 lift figure was getting close to that .600 figure, but thought I'd still be OK.
Everyone keeps talking about how steep the ramps are on the XE cams, which has me wondering whether these springs are stiff enough to keep those valves on the cam?
The other thing that has me thinking (you mentioned it somewhere, actually) was incorrect lash adjustment.
Hmmm ... this was just one lobe that was damaged ...
I tried to be careful, but I'll be the first to admit that I don't do this kind of work on a daily basis, and that perhaps I have "just enough knowledge to be dangerous".
I have a friend that suggested using a brake cylinder hone to de-burr that lifter bore. Is that crazy? I'm thinking I don't want to take any MORE chances.
Then again ... I suppose the worst case scenario would be another $200 flat-tappet cam and lifter set ... and I DO have the XE274 (one step down from that XE284) sitting on my work bench.
The spring should have been tame enough to not to need any any special break in proceedure. But a couple of thing do stand out. In the video the engine was idling around 1000 rpm that's too slow for a new cam. This is a long shot but you have lost 2 cams for some strange reason. I understand cell phone or camera audio is horrid but it sounds like a thrashing machine to me. Were the lifters on the base circle for each and every valve when they were adjusted?
Relatively new cam.
It had been broken in using the 2500-ish varied speed for 45 mins method.
I just like to run it once in a while, and usually keep the RPM down until it warms up ... as it has forged pistons an a loose fit when cold.
The reason I started it up this particular day was to test larger squirters in order to deal with a lean bog. Going from 131's to 135's seemed to do the trick. I also installed a quick-change kit for the secondaries, but left the black spring in. (One thing at a time, right?)
I've been reviewing pics tonight, and I had posted pics of all lobes earlier in this thread. I hadn't removed ALL of the lifters to inspect them only 3 or 4 near the front of the engine ... and they all looked fine. In retrospect, I wish I had looked at the one that I now know is bad.
However ... zooming in on that last pic, the edges of the lifter looked OK, not rough like they do now. So I'm thinking that something has gone wrong in just the last session that this engine had been run.
Yes, I HAD removed all of the rocker arms, re-installed, and re-lashed them all. I had just replaced the intake gasket, and had laid a peice of shop towel down in the lifter valley, in order to catch the old gasket debris fron the die-grinder / blue roloc disc.
So 2 possibilities ... either I screwed up on the lash adjustment, or perhaps dropped some dirt in on that lobe?
I doubt the dirt theory ... as I poured 2 quarts of motor oil through the oil return openings in the heads to make sure everything was well-flooded with oil just before firing it up again.
I dunno.
Going to sleep on this decision to try ONE MORE TIME with a flat-tappet cam or not. Third time's the charm?
One more thing. One of those Harland Sharp Rocker arms (#1 Intake, I think), was rubbing on the valve cover at one of the dimples for the valve cover bolts, to the point that it rubbed a very small hole right through.
Yes the audio was horrible ... accoustics inside the garage, etc ... but yeah, it did seem to have a bit of a rythym when you listen to it.??? Right around the 55 second mark ... That is the side with the bad lobe AND the rubbing rocker.
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There still is the possiblility that you got a hold of 2 bad cams or lifter sets or 1 bad cam and 1 bad lifter set.
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How long do you leave the decorations up?
There are some who go with the one-day rule…meaning the day after Christmas it's time to take down the tree, wrap up the lights, and stuff it all into the basement until next year.
Then there are those who wait until New Year's, and others who don't even celebrate Christmas until around January 7.
Some people just procrastinate (I'm right there with ya)…and leave their lights up as long as possible.
They definitely need to be down by February…then you're into Valentine's territory…and if you're one of those all-year types, then we need to talk.
I think it's best to just not do it all in one fell swoop. Make it a gradual thing…take down the tree first…then the outside stuff…place mats and other random decorations can go back in the box last.
I'm thinking first week of January is the best bet. You don't want to be the last house on the block with lights still up on the house…it's like being the last one picked in dodgeball.
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The Cup Trust is a registered charity. It has a corporate trustee called Mountstar PVC which is resident in the British Virgin Islands. It borrowed money with which it purchased bonds. It sold the bonds to rich individuals at a price well below market value. The individuals sold the bonds at market value and donated the proceeds to the Cup Trust. Those individuals may be entitled to claim gift aid relief on their donations. Under the gift aid rules, the Cup Trust would, in the normal course, be entitled to claim back the basic rate tax paid by the donors on those gifts.
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The Charity Commission opened an inquiry into the Cup Trust but decided that it could not do anything about its activities because the Cup Trust Trust was established, on its face, for charitable purposes and had made some grants. The Commission did not think that it was in a position to take action to remove the charity from the register in those circumstances.
What could the Charity Commission have done?
Once the Commission became aware of how the Cup Trust operated, and after opening its inquiry, its powers are wide enough to permit the Commission to suspend or remove trustees and appoint new trustees. This is so even though it could not remove the Cup Trust from the Register of Charities. In this case, it would have involved removing the corporate trustee and replacing it with trustees who are resident in England and Wales who might have been more willing to expend the charity's funds on grants. Perhaps the Commission should have taken a more robust stance than it did. After all, a part of the scheme in which the Cup Trust was involved entailed disposing of assets for less than their market value to wealthy donors. Most people would consider that to be reprehensible in itself especially as the Cup Trust would, if it was to benefit from Gift Aid relief, be reliant upon the wealthy donors selling the bonds and donating the proceeds back to the charity. Accordingly the Cup Trust was taking a risk in selling assets below market value. That must be a breach of the duties of the trustee and that should have been sufficient to enable the Charity Commission to exercise its regulatory powers including the power to remove the trustee and appoint new trustees.
The Commission is, of course, in a financial straitjacket. Its budget and resources are insufficient to enable it to regulate effectively when a Cup Trust type scheme comes to their attention. The costs of doing so may not be proportionate having regard to the other 180,000 odd charities which it regulates. This is especially the case where tax avoidance or tax evasion may be involved and where HMRC can investigate and impose tax and penalties on a body which breaks the rules. That is the argument which was raised against taking action when the Commission appeared before the Public Accounts Committee.
Implications of the Cup Trust Incident
The Chair of the Public Accounts Committee was Margaret Hodge MP and she was in no mood to accept arguments from the Commission about lack of finance as a reason for not taking firm action against the Cup Trust. "Everyone bleats about cuts" she said. She also appeared to say that she didn't believe that the Charity Commission had done a thorough investigation! Other members of the Committee took the opportunity to point score by criticising the Charity Commission's refusal to register the Plymouth Brethren as a charity rather than clamping down on the Cup Trust. They were also critical of the Commission's "failure" to do due diligence on the corporate trustee before the Cup Trust was entered on the Register of Charities.
The National Audit Office has now been asked to examine whether the Commission is an effective regulator. Possible outcomes include:
- A new legal requirement for HMRC to vet bodies before they are accepted for registration with the Charity Commission to ensure that its trustees and "fit and proper persons". This leaves the discretion entirely to HMRC who, of course, are driven by the need to increase the revenue payable to the Exchequer.
- A new regulatory power for the Charity Commission to remove charities which appear, on balance, to be established for tax avoidance purposes rather than for charitable purposes
- A requirement for the directors of a corporate trustee to be resident in England and Wales.
Given Mrs Hodge's attitude to the Commission's financial plight, some creative thinking could help the Commission to raise a budget sufficient to pay for the costs of proper regulation. For example, if an MPs expense claim is not approved by the independent body set up for that purpose, how about reallocating that proportion of the funds set aside for MPs expenses to the Charity Commission? Surely Mrs Hodge would not object to this if it resulted in better regulation of bodies like the Cup Trust? Given the remit of the Public Accounts Committee, its failure to identify the correlation between cuts in the Charity Commission's funding and its reduced resources with the reduction in the formal inquiries which has resulted, is quite remarkable!
This is not to say that the Commission's day to day dealings with charities is always faultless. However, in order to discharge its statutory functions, the Charity Commission has been left with little choice but to prioritise its resources and to embrace proportionality. Whilst this has resulted, on occasion, in incompetence, an over-emphasis on regulation of far less serious misdemeanours by charities and an unacceptable fall in the quality of the service delivered by the Commission to charities on matters where their help is really needed, the Commission has also had little choice but to divert its dwindling resources into dealing with the political ramifications of the "public benefit" farce which dominated its activities for a long time - passed to it so neatly by Parliament, not to mention the growing number of referrals to the Charity Tribunal. It is little wonder that the Charity Commission is reluctant to exercise its powers to remove trustees or to institute legal proceedings for the restitution of funds. The Commission probably doesn't have the funds available to defend a legal challenge to the exercise of its powers. This is a reality faced by the Charity Commission which is no doubt as frustrated as Mrs Hodge is appalled at its inability to properly regulate the sector.


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Correlates of sitting time in working age Australian women : who should be targeted with interventions to decrease sitting time?
van Uffelen, Jannique, Heesch, Kristiann, & Brown, Wendy (2012) Correlates of sitting time in working age Australian women : who should be targeted with interventions to decrease sitting time? Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 9(2), pp. 270-287.
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Background: While there is emerging evidence that sedentary behavior is negatively associated with health risk, research on the correlates of sitting time in adults is scarce. Methods: Self-report data from 7,724 women born between 1973-1978 and 8,198 women born between 1946-1951 were collected as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Linear regression models were computed to examine whether demographic, family and caring duties, time use, health and health behavior variables were associated with weekday sitting time. Results: Mean sitting time (SD) was 6.60 (3.32) hours/day for the 1973-1978 cohort and 5.70 (3.04) hours/day for the 1946-1951 cohort. Indicators of socio-economic advantage, such as full11 time work and skilled occupations in both cohorts and university education in the mid-age cohort, were associated with high sitting time. A cluster of 'healthy behaviours' was associated with lower sitting time in the mid-aged women (moderate/high physical activity levels, non-smoking, non-drinking). For both cohorts, sitting time was highest in women in full-time work, in skilled occupations and in those who spent the most time in passive leisure. Conclusions: The results suggest that, in young and mid-aged women, interventions for reducing sitting time should focus on both occupational and leisure-time sitting.
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Effective January 1, 2004, Assembly Bill 490 (Steinberg) imposes new duties and rights related to the education of dependents and wards in foster care.
Everyone shares the duty to promote the educational progress of children in out of home placements.
Educators, school personnel, social workers, probation officers, caregivers, advocates and juvenile court officers must all work together to serve the educational needs of children in foster care.
Foster youth must have access to the same academic resources, services, extracurricular and enrichment activities available to all students. EC 48850(a)
When making out of home placements, the placing agency must consider both the placement's proximity to the child's present school and the impact the placement will have on the child's educational stability. WIC 16501.1(C)
Foster children must be enrolled in programs operated by the local education agency unless the child has an IEP requiring a different educational placement, or the person with education rights determines that it is in the child's best interest to attend a different educational program or to remain in the school of origin. EC 48853
The child has the right to be immediately enrolled in the new school without school records, immunization records, uniforms, etc. EC 48853(d)(4)(B)
The timely transfer of records is the responsibility of both the placing agency and the school district.EC 49069.5
When the case worker or probation officer becomes aware of the need to transfer a student to a new school, he or she must:
Case workers and probation officers may access the child's school records without parental consent or court order so that they may assist with school transfer or enrollment, compile the child's health and education summary, or fulfill educational case management duties. EC 49076
Within 2 business days, the old school must transfer the student out, and deliver the student's educational record to the next school. The record must include a determination of seat time, full or partial credits earned, classes, grades, immunizations and, if applicable, special education or 504 plans. EC 49069.5
The liaison for the new school shall, within 2 business days of the foster child's request for enrollment, contact the school last attended by the foster child to obtain all academic and other records. EC 48853.5(d)(4)(c)
A foster child's grades cannot be lowered due to absences caused by a change in placement, attendance at a court hearing, or a court ordered activity. EC 49069.5
Schools must award all students (not just foster youth) with credit for full or partial coursework satisfactorily completed at another public school, a juvenile court school, or a non-public, non-sectarian school. EC 48645.5


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THE Committee for Melbourne tonight celebrates 20 years of success in living up to its motto, "Ideas to Outcomes". So broad is its ambit that it defies simple definitions, but its influence should not be underestimated. Success, of course, has many fathers and an organisation that attracts tags such as Victoria's "other cabinet" is bound to inspire jealousies and suspicions. Former premier Jeff Kennett, for instance, has played down its part in the Docklands and CityLink developments (and other pet projects such as the Melbourne Museum and Exhibition Centre). But the committee helped bring such big ideas to fruition, particularly with its work on financing models, and was a driver of the Melbourne Airport privatisation and expansion of international links. It is now agitating for action on traffic congestion. It does not decide public policy and sometimes its hopes are dashed (the interstate fast train project was a notable example), but the committee can be a much needed catalyst for action witness its push to restore Flinders Street Station, for which neither the Government nor Connex has taken responsibility. The committee recently put itself offside with the Bracks Government with a plan to use public money to help kick-start investment in the biotechnology sector, but its overall record is one of constructive relationships with governments at all levels.
Those who are wary of such influence ought to recognise that this is not a secret, backdoor business lobby its members are drawn from the highest levels of all sectors. We know who they are and they declare what they want: they continually put up big ideas for public debate. This can serve as a healthy antidote to short-term political thinking. The public might, and should, take issue with some proposals, or wonder at some priorities 1999's $10 million plan for more city fountains comes to mind but this raising of issues is admirable. Other grassroots contributions range from the debt spiral prevention project, which helps people trapped in debt by utility bills, to Melbourne Cares, a widely adopted model for tackling social disadvantage. The committee showed its ability to put Melbourne on the map when the city was the first in the world to join the United Nations' Global Compact. To implement this set of principles of corporate citizenship, the committee developed the Melbourne Model, which has been adopted by more than a dozen cities worldwide. It now co-ordinates the UN's cities program. In giving this city a working model for corporate and social responsibility, the Committee for Melbourne has proved itself to be ahead of its time.


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PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has ramped up the rhetoric on Tony Abbott's parental leave scheme, calling it a "rolled gold scheme for millionaires".
He told a wholly sympathetic group of unionists Mr Abbott was on another planet with his claims that his parental leave scheme was comparable to the introduction of the aged pension, a century-old signature Labor social reform.
Buoyed by a solid performance in the leader's debate in Brisbane on Wednesday, a fired up Mr Rudd said he had been written off too many times to call it quits.
"This is the fight of our lives. People have written me off before. I have a habit of coming back. I have been written off more times than I can remember," he said.
In the rousing breakfast event at the Geelong Trades and Labour Council, the prime minister blasted opposition leader Tony Abbott, saying his parental leave scheme "stinks to high heaven".
He asked those present whether they thought it fair that Mr Abbott's scheme provided $75,000 for millionaires to have babies and its $5.5 billion annual cost exceeded federal spending on childcare.
"His rolled gold scheme for millionaires, his paid parental leave scheme, he values more than childcare payments to every Australian working family. Is that fair?" he said.
Mr Rudd was campaigning in the Victorian seat of Corangamite, held for Labor by Darren Cheeseman with a wafer-thin margin under half a per cent and in Corio, safely held by Richard Marles.
Mr Rudd denied he was playing the class war card. He said what he was on about Mr Abbott's priorities.
"Mr Abbott says he can find $5.5 billion for his paid parental leave scheme which provides benefits for millionaires but can't find $500 million to invest in the future of the Australian car industry," he said.
In another campaign event at Torquay, Mr Rudd announced a series of measures aimed at reducing administrative costs and red tape for small business.
Then it was off to the Williamstown dockyard to inspect the Australian navy's largest ever vessel, the first of two landing helicopter dock vessels which will be named HMAS Canberra.
Mr Rudd will if re-elected speed up construction of new navy vessels to provide ongoing work for the skilled workforce.
Mr Rudd's roll was marred by a solitary event - the makeup artist who did the leader's faces ahead of the debate on Wednesday wrote on Facebook that Mr Abbott was by far the nicer person.
Mr Rudd put it down to misunderstanding, he says he doesn't like having makeup applied at any time, let alone minutes before such an important event when he was firmly "in the zone".
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I am looking to put LED bulbs in my tail lights. Do the WK2 have a flasher relay or is the "flashing" controlled by the EVIC?
I was looking at these since they have the resistor built in.
3157 CAN Bus LED Bulb - Dual Intensity 26 SMD LED Tower | LED Brake Light, Turn Light and Tail Light Bulbs | LED Car Bulbs | Super Bright LEDs
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So far everyone that has used LED for the STOP/TURN position has added a resistor.
Go ahead and give those a shot there is plenty of room in the housing.
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Thanks for the response !
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It's a real bitch to get bulbs out of tail light housings when they fall out of the socket (Been There, Done That on my Subaru).
If you buy them, keep us posted on the results.
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Chris IAH, those bulbs are an interesting find and probably worth a try. I wonder if they not only function as advertised with CANBUS, but how well they dissipate the heat that typical resistors normally collect.
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I'll keep everybody posted
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I wanted to try these new resistors I saw. It's actually built into the relay apparently. S you just pop out your old one and put this one in.
Interesting bulbs
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I'm interested as well. I hated my old LEDs because I had to splice into the factory wiring.
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[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] D.C. United's efforts to rebuild its backline continued with the acquisition of 31-year-old Jeff Parke from Philadelphia. Parke, who grew up in the Philadelphia area and moved to the Union from Seattle in 2012, joins Bobby Boswell, taken in the Re-Entry Draft, to give D.C. two new veteran defenders in the middle of the backline. They have played 498 regular-season games between them.
D.C. United traded homegrown defender Ethan White and the top spot in the allocation ranking to the Union for Parke and the No. 6 spot in the allocation ranking. D.C. also finalized the transfer of Canadian defender Dejan Jakovic to J-League club Shimizu S-Pulse.
-- Retired Chris Albright has joined Philadelphia's
technical staff as assistant technical director. The Philadelphia native spent the last two years of his 15-year MLS career with the Union.
BERHALTER REUNITED. The Columbus Crew acquired midfielder Hector Jimenez to the LA Galaxy for allocation money and exchange of draft picks. He is
reunited with new Crew coach Gregg Berhalter, whom he played with at the Galaxy in 2011.
The Crew, which was without a first-round pick in
Thursday's SuperDraft after the trade with New England for the rights to Michael Parkhurst, get the Galaxy's first-round pick (14th overall) for its
second-round pick (23rd overall).
Jimenez, who played at Cal, spent the past three seasons with the Galaxy, appearing in 43 regular-season games and scoring four goals.
SCHULER LOTTERY. The San Jose Earthquakes was the winner in the weighted lottery for former University of North Carolina forward Billy Schuler, who spent his last two seasons in Sweden with Hammarby. The Quakes had a 95.7 percent chance of winning. Real Salt Lake was the only other team to enter the lottery.


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Teens 50s Hairstyles
Hairstyles for the 1950's Teenager
In many ways, the Fifties were the first time when teenagers were recognized as their own demographic. The period of prosperity that marked the Fifties allowed for more leisure time than ever, and for the first time, the idea of being a teenager, someone who was not a child, but definitely not an adult was coming into shape.
This was the first time when this particular age group could be idle and the result was fashion and hair that was easily distinguished from the era before and after it.
The most common Hair cut was called a Tony Curtis taken from the way he wore his hair.
The boys slicked back their hair with Brilliantine into a wavy Quiff style with long sideburns and because of the way the hair was finished to the back of the head, the style was brushed back to meet in the middle with the finishing touch of a comb run down the center back, thus giving the look of a DA (ducks arse).
During the Fifties, teenage girls wouldn't be caught dead with straight hair.
While they might use pin rollers and rag curls to set their hair up and night and try to get long curling Veronica Lake locks by morning, more and more teenage girls were resorting to the wildly popular home permanents that were seeing circulation.
Girls who didn't have naturally curly hair could fake it and there were many different ways that it could be worn.
Girls who were after a more modern look would cut it short into a poodle cut, while girls who were after something more flirty would pull it back into a high ponytail.
As in many eras, boys had less to choose from than girls did, but they still managed to express a fair amount of style.
For the most part, they decided against the slicked straight back look that their fathers favored and instead chose to either cut their hair quite short or to style it into a gentle wave or flat top with Brilliantine.
It also might be teased up slightly, though not overly much in a style known as a Tony Curtis.
The 1950s were a time for change, both in the country and in the minds of the people who were living in it, and one place that you might see this was in the hairstyles of the 1950's teenager!
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