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Instagram says it will revise a planned update to its service agreement after confusion about its intent led to widespread user complaints.
At issue is whether users' photos can be part of advertisements, on and off Instagram. The mobile photo-sharing company said in a blog post Tuesday that it has no plans to put users' photos in advertisements.
That said, Instagram maintains that it was created to become a business and would like to experiment with various forms of advertisements to make money.
The new policy will take effect Jan. 16.
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The popular photo sharing app Instagram is taking a lot of heat for recent changes to its user agreement.
The new terms give Instagram the right to sell user photos to advertisers.
The user will keep the ownership of the photo but will not see any money for the use in the ad.
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The law doesn't force anyone to allow carry in their establishment. It merely allows carry in restaurants (not bars) where alcohol is served and it's not posted otherwise by the owner. What this bozo is proposing is that allowing carry in restaurants with a permit where not posted is *unconstitutional.*
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Hey Everyone, I have been getting mixed answers. If i get the stock TM intercooler from an STI for real cheap will it fit my stock 20o4 wrx? Is there any advantage to putting this in if it fits? Thanks for any help with this - C
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If it's the STI from over here then I don't think it will help you any, But if it is the Japanese STI then yes it is a good intercoller
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It is larger but not a whole lot. Most consider it a bad choice. It's good for a little more cooling which is never a bad thing. It does not mount up if it's from a US STi. You need a bracket adapter. The STi Pass side mount is in a different location because of the electronic throttle.
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A court case in Los Angeles casts doubt over how safe thousands of labs at UCLA really are. A chemistry professor and the UC regents are facing felony charges in the death of Sheri Sangji, a young research associate who died after a chemical fire. The university had been cited for previous occupational health and safety violations, but it's the first time a professor in the U.S. has been charged with a felony for the death of a worker. This case will have consequences not only for UCLA, but for every campus lab in the country.
This story is a joint project with the Center for Public Integrity.
Reporter Adithya Sambamurthy: Sheri Sangji, a young research associate, died of severe burns from a chemical lab fire at UCLA nearly four years ago. She was only 23.
Naveen Sangji (Sheri Sangji's sister): Sheri was working in a laboratory in one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the world, and there should be no safer place for someone to go to work.
Reporter: Sangji was working for Patrick Harran, a highly recruited, hard-charging professor in the chemistry department.
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On Dec. 29, 2008, Sangji was here in Harran's lab. She was working with this bottle of t-Butyllithium, a highly volatile chemical that ignites when simply exposed to air. In a flash, she caught on fire. Sangji was transferring the chemical using a syringe and had accidentally pulled out the plunger.
Naveen Sangji: When I arrived at the hospital, almost 50 percent of her body was severely burned. Her hands were burned down all the way to tendon. Her abdominal wall had been burned off. She had third-degree burns to her neck.
Reporter: She died 18 days later.
Investigators from the state occupational health and safety agency, Cal/OSHA, questioned professor Harran in a deposition obtained exclusively for this report.
Investigator (in audio recording): When Sheri arrived, do you know if she received any general lab safety training from the university?
Harran (in audio recording): I don't believe she received generalized safety training. I believe my assistant was told that it was not offered for her category, per se.
Reporter: They determined that Sheri Sangji had not been taught how to work safely with the dangerous chemical.
Investigator (in audio recording): Did you ever discuss the characteristics of t-Butyllithium with Sheri?
Harran (in audio recording): No, not of t-Butyllithium specifically, no.
Investigator (in audio recording): Did you have any fire-resistant clothing available for employees to use when handling t-Butyllithium?
Harran (in audio recording): Not fire-resistant clothing. No.
Reporter: Based on Cal/OSHA findings, professor Harran is facing three felony counts. It's the first time a professor in the United States has been charged with a felony for the workplace death of an employee.
Ellen Widess: We're trying to send a clear message not only to the employers, but also to the industry generally that this behavior will not be tolerated.
Reporter: Ellen Widess oversees Cal/OSHA and its Bureau of Investigations, which is empowered to build criminal cases and recommend felony charges.
Widess: Making criminal referrals is absolutely important for those kinds of cases where there is such employer culpability and the injury is serious. In most states, penalties are so minimal that they do become a cost of doing business.
Reporter: Nationally, causing a workplace death or serious injury is at most a misdemeanor. California is taking a harder line.
Professor Harran did not respond to interview requests, but he defended himself in a 2009 letter to the Los Angeles Times.
Reporter (reading from Harran's letter): "Sheri was an experienced chemist and published researcher who exuded confidence and had performed this experiment before in my lab. … Sheri's death resulted from a tragic accident."
Reporter: UCLA and the UC regents are also named in the felony complaint. They, too, declined to comment. But in a written statement, the UCLA chancellor vowed to support professor Harran and fight what he called unwarranted criminal charges.
Jim Kaufman: I think this is a landmark case.
Reporter: Jim Kaufman is a leading lab safety expert.
Kaufman: This was a tsunami throughout academia that criminal charges were being filed against the university. I think that good things are going to come as a result of this and that Sheri Sangji's death will not be in vain.
Reporter: Since Sangji's death, UCLA has founded the Center for Laboratory Safety and says in this video that it will raise safety standards in academic labs.
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James Gibson (executive director of the UC Center for Laboratory Safety, in safety video): The chancellor has made it clear that he wants to see UCLA as best in class. And as a result of that, we're really putting a lot of energy and effort into sharing our experiences with other universities.
Reporter: The university has paid Cal/OSHA fines related to the Sangji accident and for other violations they uncovered. UCLA is contesting another fine for not reporting a previous lab accident that seriously burned a graduate student.
The Harran case is being closely watched by lab workers at other California campuses, which have experienced at least seven chemical accidents since Sheri Sangi's death. And it seems to be having an impact, according to the union that represents lab workers.
Nino Maida (chief steward for UPTE Lab Workers Union at UC San Francisco): Before this case, it took us months, and sometimes over a year, to get any safety grievance fixed. Now it's, "Don't bother filing a grievance, Nino, just give me a call." Of course, we want to do everything possible to ensure safety here at UCSF.
They're afraid, and rightly so, justly so.
Reporter: Meanwhile, Sheri's sister, Naveen Sangji, continues flying to Los Angeles from her home in Boston to attend every court hearing for Patrick Harran. She will be in court again tomorrow.
Naveen Sangji: Incidents like these don't just happen; they happen because several processes are very wrong. Sheri should not have suffered that way.
Outro: If professor Harran and the UC regents do not agree to a plea agreement tomorrow and the judge does not defer the case again, they will be going to trial. If found guilty, professor Harran could spend up to four and a half years in state prison and UCLA could be fined more than a million dollars.


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"My boat is the only one in the fleet that cant hear Herb Hilgenbergs Atlantic weather report on SSB. Even though I turn off my circuit breakers before I tune in, I still get noises that affect my reception. I had a technician come aboard, and when he disconnected my batteries from the circuit he could hear Herbs transmissions loud and clear on his portable SSB. But when he reattached the DC power he wasnt able to isolate the noise source. Any ideas?"
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Gordon West replies : Its not uncommon to have this noise, and it can have a significant effect on incoming traffic. Most likely the noise source is a connection to the batteries that comes before both the circuit breakers and the main-battery selector switch. Its the tap-off line for a microprocessor energy counter that monitors your systems volts and amps. Its always on, and, if it has LED readouts, they can add more noise because the LED chopper circuits illuminating each segment operate like tiny radio transmitters. Even though they are built within specs, these voltage monitors produce noise when they are operating.
To test whether this is your noise source, first tune your SSB to a WWV time signal at 10 MHz. Then remove the voltage-monitor wire running from your battery terminal. If the SSB noise goes away, youve located the noise source. Of course, disconnecting the line means that you no longer have any voltage calculations. To minimize that time period, I suggest that you install a switch in the monitoring-system line that you can turn off when youre trying to receive distant signals on your SSB.


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The former Table Mountain Animal Center site could soon be set ablaze or used for target practice in the months before it would be demolished. Jefferson County officials said they might invite local emergency-service agencies to use the vacant building for firefighting training and tactical police exercises.
In August, the shelter relocated to its new incarnation, Foothills Animal Shelter.
It's time to talk openly about suicide, and to get public officials to put suicide prevention on their radar so they help find the funding that will save lives, a group of suicide awareness advocates stressed at a town hall meeting recently.
"This is a topic that makes people uncomfortable," said Jarrod Hindman, program director at the Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention. However, keeping the topic of suicide in the shadows only allows the stigma to continue, he said.
The Columbine Library gained more than 175 books to add to its nearly quarter million titles last week through an $8,400 donation in new tomes from a variety of publishers.
Though the Colorado Independent Publishers Association has donated about $80,000 in books to libraries around the state since 2007, this was the first such donation to the Columbine Library.
Kids commandeered a massive, inflatable pirate ship, jumping and screaming, as the telltale scent of fresh kettle corn floated through the crisp fall air. Taking a break from humdrum Saturday errands, parents brought their families out Oct.
U.S. Senate hopeful and Highlands Ranch resident Charley Miller is mounting an improbable challenge to the reigning two-party system, and despite a lack of name recognition, he refuses to accept the long odds his campaign faces.
Miller, an unaffiliated candidate whose catch-phrase is "Stop the insanity," wants to make local voters aware of options outside the Republican and Democratic parties, both of which he draws from in his hybrid political views.
Jeffco officials last week praised several long-awaited rulings in the First Amendment lawsuit brought against the county by former radio host Mike Zinna, including a Sept. 24 decision upholding the county's dismissal from the case.
U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch awarded Zinna $8,000 in attorney fees and about $9,000 in court costs, a paltry sum compared to the half million dollars Zinna said he has spent on the suit.
Chatfield High seniors Dean Wright and Nik Treece have an appreciation for how precious life can be — both watched their moms live through the shock of a cancer diagnosis and the grueling treatments that followed.
On Sunday morning, Treece, Wright and Wright's mother, Colleen — along with the boys' friends and teammates from Chatfield — were among 60,000 participants in the 18th annual Komen Denver Race for the Cure.
The Foothills Park & Recreation District moved last week to update its guidelines for exterminating prairie dogs, minimally altering the document to reflect its current practices.
County Commissioner Kathy Hartman squared off against her election opponent, Republican Don Rosier, at a Plan Jeffco forum Sept. 21 in a civil albeit technologically impeded election debate.
Rosier, who was unable to attend the forum in person, appeared on a large projection screen behind Hartman in the county's Open Space meeting room, frequently cutting out as the Internet connection slowed.
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- A.E. Stallings
The daffodils peep from the grave
To see if it is spring.
All winter, no one thought them brave,
But now the King and Queen
Put up their pale green periscopes
And open jaundiced eyes:
It would not do to lift their hopes
When frost can still surprise.
If it is spring, the Queen will smile
And shake dirt from her hair,
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But like the crocuses and squills,
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chiefly British English spelling of generalization. For spelling, see -ize.
Beyle would have endorsed these sentiments; Mrime was kept from doing so by his antipathy to generalisation.
In other words the isolated facts are built up into a generalisation.
A lofty power of generalisation, both in speculative views and in his argumentative process.
We have, then, added a third term to our generalisation about art.
It thus leads to problems of abstraction and generalisation and to his whole theory of what he calls the 'intellectual states.'
He had neither 'sentiment, imagination, nor generalisation.'
A generalisation of this remark gives us the first axioms of all government.
My own experience, however, fails to support this generalisation.
A painfully acquired mistrust of generalisation prevents me from saying that this is the Mahometan point of view.
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Several streaking teams are poised to move into the Soccer America Men's Top 25 for the first time this season with the right results over the weekend. Here's a look at the standouts who have contributed to their recent surges:
GORDON KLJESTAN (Seton Hall). Younger brother Sacha turned pro and starts for MLS's Chivas USA. Gordon Kljestan stayed behind and has been solid on the Pirates' senior-laden defense. Seton Hall (6-2-0) posted a pair of Big East shutout wins on the road last weekend and is 4-0-0 in the Big East going into Saturday's match at No. 12 West Virginia. The Pirates have won six straight games after opening with a two losses.
BRAD KNIGHTON (UNC Wilmington). The Seahawks (5-1-1) knocked No. 4 Duke from the unbeaten ranks with a 1-0 win in Durham on Tuesday night. Knighton made five saves to lower his goals-against average to 0.57 and become the Seahawks' all-time shutout leader with 21. He will have his work cut out for him this weekend as UNCW, unbeaten since losing its opener to Campbell, plays at VCU on Friday and at James Madison on Sunday in CAA play.
KURT MORSINK (James Madison). The Dukes take a 5-1-0 record into their CAA clashes with Georgia State and UNC Wilmington. Last week, Morsink, who holds dual U.S. and Costa Rican citizenship, dished out four assists, one short of the school record, to lead James Madison past Howard, 5-0. Two of the assists were on goals scored by younger brother Kyle, who finished the game with a hat trick. Kurt Morsink is closing in the 30-30 club: He has scored 28 goals and 29 assists in his four seasons at JMU.
MATT MURPHY (UC Irvine). The Anteaters improved to 5-1-1 last weekend by winning the UNLV Rebel Classic. Murphy had the lone goal in the 1-0 win over UMBC and scored the first goal on a free kick from 25 yards in the 2-1 victory over St. Mary's. The sophomore from the Irvine Strikers leads UIC with six goals. The Anteaters open Big West play at home against UC Riverside on Saturday afternoon.
RILEY O'NEILL (Kentucky). Last year, nagging injuries limited the Canadian from Campbell River, B.C., to 15 games. This year, a healthy O'Neill has scored 11 goals in nine games. On Wednesday, he scored one goal and set up the other in a 2-0 win over Alabama A&M that improved UK's record to 7-1-1.
MIKE SAMBURSKY (South Carolina). Since losing to Clemson, 4-3, in their opener, the Gamecocks (7-1-0) have run off seven wins in a row, most recently a 3-2 midweek win over N.C. State. Sambursky, a senior forward from Katy, Texas, will look to improve on his team-high four goals and seven assists when South Carolina hosts Memphis on Sunday.
KEVIN WALSH (Memphis). The Tigers are also 7-1-0 with their only loss also coming to Clemson, 2-1, in their third game. Walsh, a transfer from nearby Christian Brothers University, had an immediate impact when he recorded a goal and two assists in his first game with Memphis, a 4-3 comeback win at Louisville in overtime. The Irishman leads the Tigers with five goals and seven assists.
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Question about replacing gaskets
Can anyone give me an estimate on how much it should cost to replace an oil filter housing gasket and a valve cover gasket?
I am out of warranty and I'm curious if I should leave it to the BMW dealership to fix/replace or find an independent mechanic to do the job.
Thanks in advance
Both jobs require some work. I did them on my 645. They were very time consuming. The dealer is going to rape you. Find an independent shop that knows BMWs to do the job! I believe BMW quoted me $1K for one valve cover. I'm sure the oil pan would be much more to change.
My guess is the 'oil filter housing gasket will be super easy, but the valve covers a PITA.
Find a good indy, get recommendations... it may take some work but in the long run worth finding a good shop for you car....
Ask your local BMWCCA chapter for recommended shops. (If you are NOT a BMWCCA member, you'd be crazy not to join. The parts discount alone will pay for yur membership many times over)
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Are you looking to move and ultimately retire to Australia? Do you want to get away from the vagaries of the European weather and retire in style, warmth and enjoy a barbeque?! To help you enjoy your well earned retirement have you thought about the benefits of transferring your pension into an UK Government approved QROPS, or Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme?
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You can also transfer your pension into a pension scheme in Australia which will help;
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There are almost 1000 different QROPS schemes which are approved by the UK's HMRC held in Australia. If you are looking to move, live or retire to Australia in the future and hold a UK pension there could be significant benefit in transferring your pension into a Australian QROPS scheme.
It is critical when you are looking at which QROPS scheme to join that you go with an authorized scheme – http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/PENSIONSCHEMES/qrops.pdf – and that you use a qualified financial adviser with experience in pension transfer, in particular to Australia.
There are many benefits involved with transferring your pension to Australia, including;
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We would recommend that before you decide to transfer your pension you discuss it with a qualified financial advisor as it may be advantageous to move it into another jurisdiction where you will pay even less tax.
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Cupich's record on abuse includes voluntary mediation, contribution to Dallas Charter
Chicago Archbishop-designate Blase Cupich spent time serving on USCCB committees on abuse, and he voluntarily sought mediation for abuse settlements.
Chicago Archbishop-designate Blase Cupich spent time serving on USCCB committees on abuse, and he voluntarily sought mediation for abuse settlements.
Fr. Patrick Rush said questions asked of him "were about Bishop Finn's leadership, about my reaction to Bishop Finn's leadership, and about my assessment of the people."
A Canadian archbishop visited the Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., diocese last week on behalf of the Vatican to investigate Bishop Robert Finn's leadership.
"There were serious problems with [Bishop Rogelio Livieres Plano's] management of the diocese, the education of clergy and relations with other bishops."
The Vatican formally criticized a U.N. committee's "grave misunderstanding" of state sovereignty and reiterated its concerns over "controversial new expressions" that threaten the unborn and religious freedom.
By insisting the Holy See should enforce the compliance of Catholics all over the world with international treaties signed by the Vatican, the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child "offers a controversial new approach to 'jurisdiction,' which clearly contradicts the general understanding of this concept of international law."
The removed bishop shot back, charging in an open letter that he was the victim of an ideological campaign by bishops in league with Vatican officials.
Pope Francis has removed a bishop from a Paraguay diocese after an apostolic visitation. The bishop had shielded a priest from accusations of sexual abuse.
The Vatican has placed former Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski under house arrest as he awaits a criminal trial for sexually abusing young boys.
The mediation between the Milwaukee archdiocese and its creditors, most of them survivors of sexual abuse, ended Tuesday without a resolution.
The bankruptcy proceedings were placed on hold pending a decision by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals related to nearly $60 million that was transferred to a trust fund shortly before the bankruptcy action was filed nearly four years ago.
Twelve professors at the St. Paul, Minn., university say "the pastoral state of the archdiocese is not sustainable."


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- Overnight Facial, Sarah Chapman $89
The antioxidant-rich honeydew, moisturizing coconut oil and calming chamomile relaxes skin while you sleep so you can wake up with dewy, rejuvenated skin.
- Chamomile Sleeping Mask, Freeman Beauty $2
The gel texture penetrates with a non-greasy formula to hydrate deeply while leaving skin more alive, radiant, and beautiful than ever.
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Getting back to pre-paganized Christian beliefs & practices
If you happen to be a believer who feels drawn to the faith tradition that was embraced and practiced by followers of Yeshua HaMashiach aka "Jesus the messiah" (before Constantine "paganized" everything, that is), then do I have a book for you! I refer to Dr. Robert Heidler's "The Messianic Church Arising".
Rather than reinvent the wheel in terms of writing a review, I will instead steer you to an excellent one at http://www.prophecytoday.uk/study/resources/item/364-review-the-messianic-church-arising.html
I, like this reviewer, have bought and given away many copies of this insightful tome. This link is to a retail source that offer's Dr. Heidler's book at the lowest price I could find on-line: http://www.deepershopping.com/item/heidler-robert/messianic-church-arising/4175247.html?utm_source=GoogleShopping&utm_medium=datafeed&utm_campaign=GoogleShopping&gclid=CKTu7JD3384CFQePaQod_QgDCA
Buy it, read it, then reread it. I would wager you'll wind up buying and giving away copies to your family, friends, associates and others.
Following Messiah and living the faith authentically is countercultural & radical. One way to do so is in community as a monk or nun (Married or single is OK)


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engineered to carpet transition
Have to make a engineered floor to carpet transition at three bedrrom doors. I purchased end caps to do this but am not completely clear how to do it. The salesman at Lumber Liquidators said I just glue the end cap down with Liquid Nail and tuck the carput under. First, I assume that the lip of the end cap goes over the wood floor - but how do I get the carpet to tuck under the end cap?
Thanks for advice!
it tucks TO end cap. Not under.
Dude was wrong.....
Thanks. How does it tuck to the cap? How do I keep the carpet from coming loose/fraying/etc?
Treat it just as you would a wall.
Put tack strip down 1/4 inch from the transition with the pins facing the end cap. Bump the carpet with a knee kicker to get it to hook on the pins and cut it about an 1/8 heavy abd tuck it
thanks all! mike, what does "abd" mean. also, where should the padding end? does it getted tucked as well? that what be some serious thickness to tuck.
I think abd was meant to me aNd. It looks like Mike types like I do, which ain't too good:whistling2:
no pad between the tack strip and the end cap.
carpet will just end at the end cap after stretched to it.
great, got it. thanks. can this be done without a kicker? (i don't have one and the combined cost of this remodel is killing me - conversely, i've spent so much already that i don't want a shoddy job just to save a few bucks)
Thats a fact, I type like crap.Lol.
Your right too the word was meant to be and. Good to know others are fluent in typo.
a kicker is best to get it on the tack strip.
otherwise your floor will not get hooked on the tackstrip and the carpet will eventually wrinkle.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly, the PM9 makes the most sense for a pocket gun. It is reliable and reasonably powerful for its size and gives the owner a sense of confidence that any defensive situation will have a favorable outcome.
This is a discussion on Kahr PM9... Mans best friend. within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I've owned my PM9 for a couple of years now and have had zero issues with it. It's like a trusty old friend. Comfortable to ...
I've owned my PM9 for a couple of years now and have had zero issues with it. It's like a trusty old friend. Comfortable to wear, easy to shoot and will work when needed. I own other fine pistols such as the HK P7M8 and Walther P5, but my little Kahr is almost always on my hip, or in my pocket. Nothing like a best friend that's always by your side and ready to assist if needed. Before my Kahr the Colt Mustang was a favorite got to when you dress light gun. Since owning and learning to trust the Kahr it's there 90% of the time in the warmer months.
Join the NRA.
I agree with you wholeheartedly, the PM9 makes the most sense for a pocket gun. It is reliable and reasonably powerful for its size and gives the owner a sense of confidence that any defensive situation will have a favorable outcome.
God bless our troops!
I chronically carry a PM9. It is my bug when I carry big and my primary when I carry small.
Considering yourself to be defenseless is the first administrative step to becoming a victim.
I agree...can't beat 7rds 9mm +p in the pocket.
A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.
-- Sigmund Freud
Great to hear guys! After planning to pick one up for too long, mine shipped two days ago. Ordered the Black Diamond finished slide and night sights. Can't wait for it to come next week (already have a Milt Sparks pocket holster for it, any other recommendations?).
Regards, T Bone.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety". Benjamin Franklin
I agree the Kahr is the best pistol I have ever carried. I prefer the all steel MK9 over the lighter models.
Why do I carry a Gun? Because I can't carry a Cop
I really like mine. I am planning on doing some work on mine in the near future. I am going to dehorn the slide and slide stop, add some night sights and duracoat the slide.
I am jealous. I have the HC model with night sights, but am kicking myself for not getting the DC Black finish. I am sure you will enjoy yours.
I just bought a Nemesis pocket holster for mine a couple days ago. That makes a handy little combo
Nothing Wrong With Shooting as Long as the Right People Get Shot.
Clint Eastwood, Magnum Force, 1973
All! First post here.
I too really like my PM9. It's so easy to carry, even with an extra mag. That's the main reason I bought it. Seems to be a lot of haters out there though. Guess I have a good one.
Just finished a polishing job on the barrel and slide release. They polished up real nice.
SA XD45 compact
Ruger LCP
There's not a better pocket gun anywhere on the planet.
Freedom of speech does not excuse those who are free from thought.
I love my PM9 as well for pocket carry and just carry in general. I'm always grabbing it when I go somewhere. This was one purchase that was a great move.
Boy, it sure does hurt to read threads like these .
Here's Danimal saying:Imagine not being able to get one, period. Here in MA, the only way in hell you will ever be able to purchase a gun like the PM9 is in the event that the following circumstances converge in your favor:I am jealous. I have the HC model with night sights, but am kicking myself for not getting the DC Black finish. I am sure you will enjoy yours.
1) Someone moves into the MA from another state.
2) S/he just happens to have been a gun owner in that other state.
3) Among the guns owned is one of the coveted ones, e.g., a PM9.
4) S/he decides to go through the hassle of getting licensed in MA.
5) S/he (foolishly?) decides to part with the now-ultra-rare firearm that can be sold in MA for much more than its fair market value in other, free states.
Or, you have to be close friends with a police officer. Either way, the odds aren't good at all for getting any of the current crop of very small, light, major-caliber pocket pistols in MA.
I know this wasn't really on topic and I'm sorry.
Enjoy your PM9s, everyone .
Of all my ccw pistols my PM is the least carried . I dont find it fun to either carry or to shoot . However when it comes down to the bad choices i carry the PM . Your much more likely to find me with a Kahr p9 , a hk p7 , a browning hp , heck even a gvt 1911 than my pm . However your are unlikely to find me with out at least my pm . nuff said ?? LOL .
Make sure you get full value out of today , Do something worthwhile, because what you do today will cost you one day off the rest of your life .
We only begin to understand folks after we stop and think .
Criminals are looking for victims, not opponents.
I love mine. You can actually stuff this thing in your blue jeans if you have to run to the store. Awesome!
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by Michele
The following is a synopsis from the book Herbal Antivirals by Stephen Harrod Buhner. In what follows, I highlight the main points of Buhner's excellent book, focusing on the practical aspects of treating influenza and cytokine storm without delving too deeply into the technical biological processes of influenza infection.
Legal Disclaimer: Please do not construe the following as medical advice. If you have a have a medical problem, I suggest you consult your physician or licensed holistic or allopathic healer.
Influenza: A Brief History
The year is 1918. World War 1 is over and solders return home carrying the influenza virus within their bodies The first wave of the flu was a typical flu – infecting many, but only killing the very old and the very young.
The second wave of the virus was deadly to those between the ages of 20 and 40. Why? Because it turned their own immune systems against them. It caused the immune system to go into hyper-drive, a cytokine storm, which filled the lungs with fluid, damaged the infected lung cells which burst open from the inflammation. Additionally, unlike most influenza viruses, which stay mostly confined to the respiratory system, this virus spread to every mucous membrane system in the body, including the brain, the nose, stomach and intestines. These infected cells, like the lung cells, inflamed due to the massive cytokines the body was producing to combat the virus and burst open, causing massive bleeding from the nose, stomach, intestines, skin and ears.
The infected were housed in hospitals at first but as the numbers rose they were housed in school gyms, auditoriums or any large buildings that could hold masses of people. The patients would bleed out, the floors awash their blood.
It is estimated that one third of the WORLD'S population fell ill – over 500 million – killing somewhere between 50-100 million of people, or three to five percent of the world's population. The estimates vary widely. This is because the system was so overwhelmed that people were buried in mass graves. Records, if they existed at all, were very often incomplete.
Possibly sometime in the near future
Most health experts warn that the next influenza pandemic is not a matter if "if" but a matter of "when". Strains most likely to cause a pandemic are H1N1, which caused the 1918 pandemic and 2009 swine flu pandemic, H2N2 which caused the Asian flu in 1957, H3N2 which caused the Hong Kong flu pandemic in 1968. Experts are also concerned about H5N1 and H7N9. These are all RNA type influenza viruses, which pass through both pigs and birds, overcrowded due to agri-business, 'mating' with other viruses, swapping genetic material and reworking its own.
When they emerge with a reassortment that can infect humans, they are so different, that previous year's vaccines are often ineffective. As such, new vaccines must be developed each year. Because vaccines take a minimum of three to six months to develop, produce and ship, health officials are forced to use old data to predict which strains will be prevalent in the next season's season flu. Sometimes their predictions are on the mark, and the flu vaccine is a good match for the dominant strains. Many times their predictions are wrong, and the flu shot offers little protection against infection. On average, the flu shot is 50-70 percent effective in any given year.
The Influenza Virus
Some years see a mild or moderate flu season. In other years the virus spreads around the world causing seasonal epidemics or even pandemics killing 250,000 to 500,000 people.
With seasonal flu, most of the deaths are in the very old and very young. One-third of people infected remain asymptomatic, and the rest get some degree of the 'flu', cold, achy, fever, chills, coughing, fatigue, headache, sometimes abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting.
The symptoms typically begin on the third day after infection, but the virus is already well established by that time. It sticks to cells with a kind of 'glue' softening the cell wall, gets into the cell itself where it is safe from the body's immune system. There it replicates.
This is where elderberry tincture and syrup help as both a preventative and to lessen the severity of an already establishing virus – elderberry keeps the virus from attaching to the cell walls so it is unable to enter the cell and replicate. By inhibiting replication of the virus, elderberry tincture and syrup lower the viral load and hence lessen the severity of the illness.
The Cytokine Storm
Cytokines and chemokines are part of our immune system. They respond to infections of viruses and bacteria. They are inflammatory molecules that create conditions difficult for the invaders to survive – these are the reason wounds get red, tender and swollen. (A good visual metaphor here is that cytokines are like puss.)
I'm going to explain the process, and in parenthesis I will list herbs that stop this particular action.
When the viruses are inhaled, they attach to the lining in the lungs (Chinese skull cap, fresh ginger). As soon as they attach to the cell, it makes the cell surface softer and 'tricks' the cell into allowing it inside (Chinese skullcap, elder, licorice, rhodiola, ginger, isatis, lespedeza bicolor, Angelica keiskei, Amorpha fruiticosa, quercetin, Alpina zerumbet, Erythrina addisoniae and Cleitocalyx operculatus). Once inside the cell, the virus stimulates the cell to create a sealed bubble called a vacuole. This is where the virus does its replication. It feeds itself and releases waste through the tiny portals in the cell walls (Lomatium is one of the most potent inhibitors of these actions – even stronger than the pharmaceutical amantadine- starving the virus). Once those portals are open, the virus disassembles itself and releases viral RNA and core proteins, which stimulates the cell into making copies of the viral RNA, each slightly different (Chinese skullcap). As the new viruses grow in numbers, the cells bulge, its components are depleted so that the cell dies, and the newly created viruses are released into the body to infect new cells and the process begins anew.
To the rescue comes the immune system in the form of cytokines. However, the viruses are wiley little things, and stimulate the cytokines in such a way that they actually make the surrounding cells more porous to the viruses. More and more inflammatory cytokines are released to fight the invaders. Further, the virus strongly stimulate type 1 interferon production, but the virus combats that too by using a protein, the NS1 protein, which blocks the interferon (licorice). The virus also inhibits response of T and B immune cells (licorice, elder, red root, and zinc). This all happens within the first 3-6 hours after infection.
Subsequently, more and more inflammatory cells dive into action. The consequence of this is that more and more white blood cell filled mucus fills the lungs. The lymph system attempts to drain the lungs, but due to the amount of cytokines being produced, cannot keep up, or are themselves attacked so that they close up and the lungs fill with fluid (red root for lymph enlargement and drainage, inmortal for optimizing lymph drainage and pleurisy root for reducing inflammation in the pleurae and lungs. They can be used interchangeably to some extent).
More alphabet soup, more alphabet soup and more alphabet soup (it goes on for pages and pages), as the virus plays the body against itself. Herbs to modify the body's response to keep it from killing itself are: Chinese senega root, Chinese skullcap, elder, ginger, houttuynia, licorice, boneset, cordyceps, Japanese knotweed, kudzu.
Each type of influenza sets off a slightly different cytokine cascade. For the avian flu, other medicinal plants are being added: Astragalus (the strongest), Magnolia offricinalis, Ginko Biloba, Folium syringae, Nigella sativa, Paeonia lactiflor and Lonicera japonica.
The bad news is that Tamiflu and Relenza are both excreted from the body in an activated metabolized form, flows unaffected through wastewater treatment plants and ends up in small amounts in waterways, where it comes into contact with waterfowl. Avian strains commingle with swine strains. As a result, resistance to these drugs is passed onto strains that can infect humans.
Treatment Options
Mild infection: At the first sign of the virus, tingling or soreness in your throat, take elderberry syrup or tincture. Alternatively, juice 1-2 pounds of fresh ginger root (dried will NOT work). Take 3-4 ounces of this. Add the juice of 1/4 of a lime, a large tablespoon of honey and 1/8 tsp of cayenne to 6 ounces of hot water. Drink 2-6 cups daily. Either of these will usually end the infection within a few days. If not, it will still be useful by thinning the mucus, and slowing the spread of the virus in the body and helping protect mucous membranes from damage.
Moderate to severe infection: There are three main formulations: (1) antiviral, (2) ginger juice tea and (3) immune complex. When combined, these formulations are most effective.
Anti-viral tincture formulation
Equal parts of Chinese skullcap, isatis, licorice, houttuynia, lomatium, red root, yerba santa elephant tree, osha and either inmortal or pleurisy root. In 80 – 100 proof vodka. It does not say this in the book, but because you have so many herbs in the formulation, I would use about half of the herbs to half of the vodka.
For moderate infections use 60 drops or 3 ml (a little over a half teaspoon) every hour
For severe infections use 1-2 teaspoons every hour
Ginger tea
Juice 1-2 pounds of fresh ginger root (dried will NOT work). Take 3-4 ounces, and add the juice of 1/4 of a lime, a large tablespoon of honey and 1/8 tsp of cayenne to 6 ounces of hot water. Drink 2-6 cups daily.
Immune Complex tincture formulation
Equal parts of astragalus, cordyceps and rhodiola. Same protocol as the anti-viral tincture formula.
- For moderate infections use ½ tsp 3x daily
- For severe infections use 1-2 teaspoons 6x daily
Cough syrup recipe
Any or as many of the herbs below as you like:
- 3 oz horehound
- 2 oz cherry bark
- 2 oz elderberry
- 2 oz elcampane
- 2 oz licorice
- 2 oz mallow (or marshmallow)
- 1 oz Russian or slippery elm bark
- 1 oz vervain
- 1 oz lomatium (or osha)
- 7 pints water
- 3 oz glycerin
- Wildflower honey
- 2 oz mullein tincture
- 1 oz yerba santa tincture
Combine the horehound, cherry bark, elderberries elcampane, licorice, mallow, elm bark, vervain and half the lomatium (or osha) in 7 pints of water in a large pot. Bring to boil, stirring frequently as it heats to prevent sticking. Once it boils, reduce heat and let simmer, stirring constantly until liquid is reduced by half. Remove from heat and let it cool. Strain the liquid, mashing the plant matter to remove as much of the liquid as you can.
Warm the liquid again, just enough to dissolve the honey (to taste) and glycerin. Grind the remaining lomatium (or osha) to a fine powder and add it to the liquid, then add the mullein and yerba santa tinctures.
Store in the refrigerator. This should keep for one year easily.
Take as needed.
There is MUCH more to this book than just the information I have summarized – pages and pages on influenza alone – not even counting other respiratory infections, encephalitis, cytomegalovirus, dengue, shingles, etc.
I highly recommend you add both this book and Herbal Antibiotics (both by the same author) to your survival library.


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I had originally intended to leave the floors of the Atomic Industry World HQ natural. The idea being that natural concrete works perfectly with our overall industrial look. However, the more I thought about it the more I didn't want to deal with keeping natural concrete clean. I wanted something I could mop.
After talking it over with my architect and wife, we all concluded that some type of clear sealer would be the best bet. So, I made a call to one of our sponsors – Legacy Industrial. In turn, the guys at Legacy turned me onto their Urethan Sealer. It's a single component product, so it's very easy to apply and it gives your concrete a "wet" look once cured. I was sold and called a good pal and one of Texas' premier concrete guys (Jimmy Mungle of the world famous Mungle Bros.) to help me apply the product.
Our concrete pad is fairly old and came complete with many oil stains, cracks, and other imperfections. None of this really bothered me as it all kind of worked with the industrial look we wanted. However, for the sealer to bond we really needed to clean the hell out of the space. Mungle put his machines to work and spent hours cleaning the joint. It was hard work, but when we were done we had a concrete pad that damned near looked new.
The new look wouldn't last long. We laid down the first coat of the sealer and the stains that were once on the concrete began to surface again – exactly as I had hoped. By the time the second coat was down and cured, we were left with an incredibly warm floor with tons of character. Even better, the surface feels bullet proof. The best way I can describe it with words is to say that it's as if the floor was shellacked with an inch of a impossibly hard ice. I'm quite taken with it.
That said, my endorsement doesn't mean much. I'm not a concrete guy. Jimmy Mungle is… What does he think? He's converted as well… He loved the ease at which the product went down and has every reason to believe that the floor will be durable in the long-term as well. Legacy Industrial has been added to his rolodex.
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406 rebuild questions...
Ive been lurking/reading here for a while now, but this is my first post. I recently bought a 73 Vette that Im going to restore that has a 406 small block. The previous owner said he mainly ran 1/8 mile with it. When I rebuild the motor, Id like to make it a little more mellow for street driving. The car does run great and the compression check ranged from 162-172. Can I get away with just a milder cam kit? I called Comp Cams. They suggested a 12-211-2 or maybe a 12-240-4 (to help with the vacuum). Maybe I should also be looking at swapping out the single plane intake? Ill never take it to the strip only around town weekend driving. I appreciate any help
Heres the current setup...
406 small block (1970 400 +.030)
9:1 compression (per previous owner)
Speed Pro 7066P pistons
Competition Cams 12-214-4 (http://www.compcams.com/Technical/Se...umber=12-214-4)
Rhoads Lifters
Victor Jr. 2975 Intake
Holley 800 CFM #4780-2
Open chamber (smog) heads 2.02/1.60
HEI dist, Accel Supercoil, MSD 6AL
Super T-10 trans.
3.70 rearend
Overall this sounds like a nice combo, I wouldn't rush in to make changes.
Thanks for the feedback. I couldn't find any info on the pistons either, but the po definitely says they're flat top. I really hadn't planned on swapping out the heads at this time at $1000-1500, so I'll probably just look at the cam and intake for now. And, if I was going to be doing much highway driving the 3.70s would have to go...but for around town they're ok.
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which is just a re-branded mainframe philosophy. With each new version we add features
or modify the infrastructure to do more. At the core, though, the premise is the same." Still,
districts need to know the facts before migrating everything to the
cloud. SchoolCIO spoke with some experts to get the scoop.
Assumption #1:
"Moving to the cloud can result in financial
savings, but it depends on what you are moving
from. With 11,000 devices and 21,000 students,
we have a lot invested in software. We're moving
to Google Apps for Education, but we're starting
from scratch. There will be less work in IT since
there's nothing to install on computers and no
servers, but it will take money and effort to get
there." —David Andrade, CIO of Bridgeport
(CT) Public Schools
"We moved our Exchange server to the MS
Outlook 365 platform and got rid of servers,
which saved us money and took an administrative
burden off our hands. Google Apps for Business
and Microsoft offer these products free for
educational purposes, which is great." —Ross
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"We saved on storage and servers because
most of the servers that run apps on the cloud are
hosted outside of the district. Since the cloud is
centralized and browser-based, it lets us save a
lot of time by doing things centrally. Also, we no
longer have to back up our servers every night
so we save on storage and staff time." —John
Alawneh, executive director of technology for
Austin (TX) Independent School District
Reality: Mostly truth. While your district
can save money in the long run by going to the
cloud, you may need to spend additional funds to
beef up your infrastructure.
Assumption #2:
Cloud environments have the potential to
transform business and operating models.
"You have to change your operating model
when you transition to the cloud. In the first
phase, you use your own servers, and you must
build, maintain, and support them. In phase two,
as you convert to the cloud, you need to think
about the security and connectivity. How are
accounts handled off site? You need to ensure
that the data you send to the cloud is secure
and accessible. You may also have to push back
on the cloud vendor if you don't want to send
all your data. Phase three is when you are fully
converted. At this phase, you have to plan for a
transition of staffing skills to take advantage of
that." —Thuan Nguyen
"Cloud storage helps business overcome
the traditional divide between network,
storage, and server provisioning by automating
all of these disciplines and offering entire
application environments and business services
in a self-service manner. This enables the
business or school to respond much faster to
new requirements. Eventually, application
environments will be entirely abstracted from
the underlying hardware and become disposable.
This will enable businesses and schools to stand
up and tear down applications and services
even faster." —Torsten Volk, senior analyst at
Enterprise Management Associates (www.enterprisemanagement.com), an IT and data
management research and consulting firm.
"Moving to the cloud has helped us stay
out of the server room, but we're also looking
for cloud-based solutions. When a new app
is presented that has a strong following from
our faculty and community, I don't want to
hear about CD-ROMs or deploying it to 1,000
computers. We're looking to hear that it is online.
For BYOD and mobile learning, it has to be
online and unbuckled." —Ross Ellicott
"It's a huge transformation. You go from a
device- and OS-centric environment into an
OS-agnostic environment. We support four
browsers now, which is a completely different
support model that's sustainable and allows us to
let people BYOD." —John Alawneh
Reality: Fact.
Assumption #3:
It's crazy to run your core IT services
using cloud technology.
"Most schools are running their financial
systems, assessments, survey tools, and emails
over the cloud already because it's where
you'll get the most value. They are the best
ones to leverage because they have a long
history of working in that environment. If
you run those core processes in the cloud, it
frees up your staff to focus on things that have
a larger impact in the classroom." —Thuan
"It depends on what you're doing, what
you've set up, how much data you have, and how
you manage your legacy software. If I were at a
smaller district, I'd use Google Apps and not host
any software. But don't forget about your SIS.
Can you move that to the cloud? If so, what will it
take?" —David Andrade
"If you define core IT services as email,
calendaring, and collaboration, I couldn't have
been happier to get that out of our server room.
But when it comes to security, I'd say no. I don't
think cloud offerings are mature enough to put
our budget information and bank accounts
there—yet." —Ross Ellicott
"It's crazy not to! I can't imagine any
vendor who wants to stay in the market that
would stay away from software-as-a-service.
It's proven to be cost-effective for both the
vendor and customer. I don't want to worry
about servers, backups, and upgrades." —John
Reality: Mostly fact, though with a few
Assumption #4:
The cloud is safer, more secure, and more
reliable than a traditional IT environment.
"A lot of people worry about access to
data when the Internet is down. We have a
huge data center with dedicated fiber lines to
every building. Our Internet comes through
the state and that goes down. The reliability
of your Internet connection can be an issue.
You need to have a lot of backups." —David
"Just because you're going to the cloud
doesn't mean you wash your hands of your
obligations of record retention and backups.
Those services are layered on top of the basic
cloud services, not offered, or you have to add
them yourself. Be clear about what you need
when you go into an agreement and review the
cloud provider's contracts. Don't assume it's
their job." —Thuan Nguyen
"Public cloud offerings are often better
managed than a small data center where staff
has to wear many hats. Generally, there can
be security breaches in any IT environment.
For a public cloud, it is essential to read the
service-level agreements and ensure the
terms and conditions are in line with the
school's legal obligations. From a reliability
perspective, public clouds are often better
managed and more redundant than private
clouds or traditional private data centers.
However, it is important to evaluate both
security and reliability on a per-case basis."
—Torsten Volk
"We are about to roll out a cloud-based
curriculum. For about a week in early February,
they had a DDoS (distributed denial of service)
attack, and we could not offer their program."
—Ross Ellicott
"Traditionally, when we needed to provide
access to our services, we had to add you to the
network as a node. Then you were inside my
firewall and on my network. You could bring in
bad stuff and intrude into other apps. With the
cloud, you are never on our network." —John
Reality: Some truth; some myth. It really
depends on the offering.
Assumption #5:
Private clouds* make more sense
for schools than public clouds.
"There could be a third solution, where
schools share a data center and install a multitenant,
semi-private cloud. This model could
offer the best of both worlds: adherence to
regulatory compliance and economies of scale.
Of course, this type of cloud, just like a private
cloud, could still benefit from public cloud
resources, such as Amazon EC2. For example,
a large multimedia library could be moved to
much cheaper Amazon storage." —Torsten Volk
"Depending on the service or app, some
things make sense to be in public and others
make sense for private uses. We have a large
virtual server farm and back up our data center
here and across town. But we also send hundreds
of gigs to an offsite company." —Ross Ellicott
"We incorporate Google and Live@edu as part
of our own private cloud. Some of our storage is
local; some is public. We consider each application
and choose the right option for us." —John Alawneh
Reality: Like #4, this one is both true and
false, depending on the situation.
*Private cloud: The applications, data, and
infrastructure are dedicated to a single party that
retains direct management oversight.
*Public cloud: The data and applications
of non-related parties may reside on the same
servers and are more likely to be primarily
managed by a third party.
CoSN Report on Cloud Security and Privacy
If your district is a member of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN),
check out "Security and Privacy of Cloud Computing," a report with information on
strengthening your networks and protecting against threats. Download the report at
EdTechNext Reports (www.cosn.org/EdTechNext).
Quick Tips
Thuan Nguyen, assistant superintendent and chief digital strategy officer for the
Kent (WA) School District, offers these suggestions for making the most of your
cloud experience:
■ If someone is trying to sell you on a cloud offering, ask for a list of districts that
currently use it. Their experience can inform you and help you come up with
questions you might not have thought to ask.
■ Don't assume that because it's in the cloud it will have a higher level of up time
than what you can provide internally. Before we consider a cloud offering, I
have the server added to Pingdom (www.pingdom.com), a service we use that
monitors up time for systems and Web sites.
■ Use Pingdom or a similar tool to collect data so you know when these services
are likely to go down. Does the company inform you of when it is doing
maintenance? Some cloud providers take services down at 11 am on a weekday
for 30 minutes.
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My Volvo MD2020 needs a touch up...to say the least... What is new in the world of engine paints? Any high temp epoxies? Primers?
Re: Engine paint.
This may be a little OCD, but I would only paint an engine with the Volvo paint that was on it when it was made. They sell it in spray cans. Looks more professional.
If you ever sell your boat, the more it looks like a DIYer worked on the motor, the more nervous buyers get.
Re: Engine paint.
Yes, good point...
But the Volvo paint didn't last that well... Could there be other issues, like galvanic corrosion?
I am not too worried about what the next owner thinks about the color, he can have it repainted. So.. nothing fancy out there?
Re: Engine paint.
Go to an automotive specialty shop that specializes in racing. You'll find literally hundreds of colors of high temp epoxy spray paints, also high temp epoxy chromate rich primers.
Re: Engine paint.
As always, its all about prep. I would never want to properly prepare an engine for a proper new paint job. That's a ton of work. Perhaps even impossible with the engine in the boat. I just touch up, paint new parts before installing, etc. The one thing I never repaint are rubber hoses or plastic piping. I can't for the life of me understand why Volvo painted a cooling hose green. It starts cracking in it first hour.
Re: Engine paint.
FWIW, I've been using a can of ordinary automotive black engine enamel (which doesn't look too bad against the green - really! - since the non-Volvo hoses are black anyway) for the many frequent touch-ups and plan to respray with the Volvo stuff when (if) the boat is on the market.
By that stage I imagine the engine will be more black than green, but at least it won't be rusty to boot and I'll have saved a few $$ along the way.
Re: Engine paint.
Hello there, as suggested above, a paint job is only as good as the preparation before it. It doesn't matter what kind of paint. If you want to properly paint your engine you must remove the alternator and tape all of your intake and other things you don't want painted. Prior to this you need to get some degreaser and a pressure washer that will remove any old flaking paint. Follow directions closely on the pressure washer and the degreaser.There are two types of high-temperature paint. 500° and above should not be necessary on anything except your direct exhaust. Considering the size of your engine it will not take very much paint, but the preparation is the most important factor. Also I agree that you should paint it with the original factory engine paint. Except for the exhaust that is not water cooled, that should be painted with BBQ paint 1200 to 1500°black. I hope I have been helpful to you and good luck.......CaptG
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All good thoughts to consider...
What about the bolts that get unscrewed/screwed in the course of regular maintenance? Could they be replaced with stainless equivalents? None of them have grade ratings, I assume.. Has anyone come up with a livable solution?
Re: Engine paint.
Re: Engine paint.
Say you degrease the engine, and remove loose rust, if you use the factory paint (or equal) do you prime first? If so, with what? I was planning on using the Moeller engine paint on my yanmar. Got some of the zinc Chromate primer and the top coat paint which I plan to use. Also have a can of the yanmar engine paint (dark silver).
If one were to only use the yanmar paint, do you just paint over bare metal and rust with it or do you need to prime? If I use the Moeller zinc chromate primer, is this ok to use on bare steel, iron, and the aluminum gear box?
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If it works for your dog, then fine - but there are a heck of a lot better kibbles out there that I would try first before recommending Purina
I feed 4Health Grain Free (diamond produces it),,my dogs love it, they do well on it , it has good ingredients and isn't overly costly
PURINA!!!! :eek: :sick: :eek: :sick: :eek: NO high quality there!
Orijen is a great food but if you go with it wean him on very very slowly. Orijen tends to give SOME dogs loose stools.
You could also try Origen's sister food Acana Regionals....no loose stools. Store Locator | Acana
Fromm's also makes a nice grain free "Four Star". USA based, no recalls: Four-Star Gourmet Recipes for dogs - Fromm Family Foods
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What ever food you choose, take at least 2 weeks to wean him on to it unless he has an iron clad gut! ;)
If I was looking at cutting costs Kirkland has a good dog food at Costco which is very reasonably priced. I have family members that use it and their dogs are healthy and happy and it doesn't kill the bank account.
Personally I feed Fromm's Four Star grain free and Wellness Core is my second choice
Anything purina is garbage, Gunner does awesome on orijen so did Niko,if you do go with orijen be sure not to over feed.
Purina One is probably the best supermarket brand, but not worth the price for the quality you're getting... I can buy a bag of Victor dog food for the same price and it's nutrition is far more superior! I've heard good things about the Costco brand too.
Orijen is a great choice...I just can't afford it! lol
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Sales of milk are booming across the Middle East as consumers turn to products that are natural, nutritious and offer good value
While relatively new categories such as energy drinks catch the attention of the FMCG community, food and drinks that are an established part of people's diets often seem to go unnoticed. Milk is perhaps one case in point. Yet despite its status as a staple part of most peoples diet, the milk sector is undergoing rapid transformation in the Middle East.
Indeed, sales of fresh milk and value-added products such as laban have experienced strong growth in recent years while other sub-sectors such as powdered milk and UHT milk have declined in some countries. These changes have been driven by a rapidly growing population and advances in technology, with far more stores having good quality refrigeration units.
Executives at Al Ain dairy, the UAE's largest producer of fresh pasteurised milk with a 33.5% share of the market, according to market research company MEMRB, is certainly no stranger to these trends. Shashi Kumar, sales and marketing manager at Al Ain estimates that liquid milk, as opposed to its powdered counterpart, is growing by about 9% a year. Long life UHT milk is growing even more rapidly in the UAE, at up to 17% a year. Kumar thinks this is mainly owing to a large number of single male expatriates from the Subcontinent who may prefer the convenience and slightly lower cost of UHT milk.
This however contrasts sharply with milk sales in KSA, where pasteurised milk is enjoying the strongest growth, at 33.5% a year and sales of UHT milk are declining at a rate of about 5% a year, according to MEMRB. Indeed, more than 138 million litres of pasteurised milk were sold in 2006 in KSA, according to MEMRB. But while UHT milk is in overall decline across the GCC, despite solid growth in the UAE, powdered milk is managing to compete effectively with its fresh counterparts. Indeed, powdered milk sales rose by 2.7% in 2006, to reach sales of the equivalent of more than 505 million litres.
Koren Tahan, of UAE-based dairy producer Milco, also points to some interesting trends in the region's milk sector. One is a gradual shift towards healthier, lower fat products. While regular full fat products remain the best seller, Tahan said that sales in the UAE seem to be following patterns in Europe, with more people demanding healthy products.
"Lower fat is coming up, mainly because people are becoming more health conscious," he said. "We have not done major efforts in milk as of yet but we have a lot of products coming up soon in 2007 that are milk related, health oriented niche products." He added that the company recently introduced a range of Captain Nemo flavoured milk products with added vitamins.
"We will try to increase sales by getting people to consume differently. It's a market that follows trends in Europe and the West. The Western population is growing in Dubai and the UAE, so they are bringing with them the habits. There is a move towards healthier products."
Dr Prakesh, a brand manager at Al Rawabi Dairy Company agrees that people in the UAE are starting to show more interest in low fat products. "People are just starting to understand the importance of consuming less fat," he said. But this trend is relatively tame compared with the company's overall growth rate, which Prakesh said stands at about 25% a year. He attributes this mainly to population growth and the overall development of the UAE.
George Abi Najem, country manager in the UAE for Al Safi Danone, points to the importance of advertising and marketing campaigns by dairy companies in the GCC. He estimates that the overall milk sector in the GCC is growing by an average of 8% to 9% a year, although this varies massively according to the category and the country products are being sold in.
"The GCC countries are developing rapidly. The purchasing power is high and the awareness is growing due to the marketing campaigns that have been done by dairy companies," he said. "The mix of cultures in the GCC and the increasing population is also having an effect. Plenty of expatriates are coming to the GCC countries and this is helping the industry in general."
Value added milk products, the company's speciality, are performing particularly well. Abi Najem said that products such as Activia are growing fast across the GCC.
Al Safi Danone will build further on its reputation for value-added products this year. "We have a leading brand in each category. New SKUs will come aboard and there are definitely plans for new launches. Will see some new products during 2007," he said.
Abi Najem also points out that rapid growth in the dairy sector is not only a Middle East phenomenon. The pattern is similar in many parts of the world. "World wide the dairy business is growing and the demand on milk is becoming higher and higher. Sometimes, what we feel in the Middle East is that the demand is growing faster than the capacity available. We see a positive trend in the coming few years."
But the industry is not without its challenges. For example, Al Ain's Shashi Kumar said that the modern trade has lowered producers' margins. "They [the modern trade] are more organised and because of the way they do business more efficiently they are in a better position to leverage more money out of manufacturers," he said.
Increases in rents are also putting pressure on dairy producers, and indeed other food companies. "One of the major driving factors that impacts on the business of FMCG in general, and not only on milk producers, is that the rentals and the real estate prices have gone up," Kumar said. But he admits that the modern trade does also bring benefits, such as giving producers an enormous outlet for their product that they would be unable to achieve as efficiently through smaller grocery stores.
"It is easier for us to deal with big retail groups because it is a single window approach.
"You sit and negotiate something with a purchase manager of a Carrefour or a LuLu or a Union Co-op and you are sure that you will be supplying a set amount of volume straight away. This is definitely a huge reduction on man power and distribution costs," he said.
Having a presence in modern retail outlets can also help strengthen brand awareness among consumers.
"If your products are on display in a Carrefour or a LuLu it is probably telling the consumer, 'Look I have passed the standard.' If the product was not doing well, then these companies would de-list the product after three months. It is another way of establishing your credibility."
While camel's milk has traditionally been a staple of local Arabs, the product is now gaining a wider audience owing to a greater awareness of its health benefits, as well as the appearance of new products on the market. And with the recent opening of Emirates Industry for Camel Milk & Products (EICMP), a UAE-based camel milk producer, the product is set to gain even greater popularity across the emirates.
EICMP recently launched a range of camel's milk products in the country, which are being rolled out under the 'Camelicious' brand. The company's main product is plain camel's milk, which is available in distinctive 250ml, 500ml, 1 litre and 2 litre bottles in the UAE. It is also producing flavoured milk, available in the same size bottles, except for 2 litre packs.
"Camel milk has always been a traditional staple of the Bedouins throughout the Middle East, and our research has now scientifically proven that it has incredible health benefits," said Hareb Juma Bin Subaih, general manager of EICMP. And the health benefits of Camalicious milk certainly look likely to help encourage sales.
Research by leading scientists at the Central Vetinary Research Laboratory, the world's leading camel milk research institute, have proven that Camelicious has less than half the fat of cow's milk, and drinking half a litre a day provides the recommended daily requirement of Vitamin C. It is rich in natural vitamins and minerals, and is known to boost the immune system.
Emirates Industry for Camel Milk & Products is a state-of-the-art milk production facility based in Dubai, operating to the most stringent EU health and hygiene regulations. Camelicious is ideal for people with allergies or lactose intolerance, aids cardio-vascular functioning and can help lower cholesterol. Camel milk has also traditionally been used by women for its anti-ageing and beauty benefits due to its natural healing properties.
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