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@cdrshm: A friend of mine has an E90 that his girlfriend almost ran dry and was misfiring and running horribly so helped reset adaptations for him and at the same time checked to see how things worked with his N56 (love how the turbos sounded when they spun up). It updates much quicker but runs similar, though some things didn't jump around as much so thinking there is still a small intake leak. However, I haven't had a chance to check things on mine today. If you can get readings from your brother, I'd appreciate it but don't want you to go out of your way or anything.
I came across this thread from here in fact where everyone was saying the cold start stalls was the VANOS but for the poster it was the fuel filter. I'm feeling a light rough idle but not sure where from so wondering about both those now (could just be paranoia).
From that thread I also found that you can take 8" of electrical tape, cut it in half, and rap both strips around the DISA's gasket area to build up the seal. I was out today so thinking of trying this tomorrow along with testing to see if the flap actually moves when activated (INPA can do it while the engine isn't running).
@one2si: These lean codes seem to be created by almost a dozen different things... an intake leak (from CCV or its pipes, manifold gasket, intake elbows, or so many other different places), fuel pump (bad regulator or just clogged), VANOS seals, dirty or bad injectors or gaskets, bad oil dipstick gasket (part of CCV), cam sensor, O2 sensors (pre- and post-cat can fail without throwing codes), and even a bad DME. I think there are a few more I'm forgetting, too. It's almost a crap-shoot.
For the codes being tripped twice, I can't figure that one out unless its the amount that sets the SES light; If there's a large leak into both banks then I could see both being tripped at the same time. Though, I'm thinking if the leak is before the individual banks then both are tripped, and if a leak is on/from something that is connected to an individual bank then one is tripped more than the other or solely. The pipe that went bad for me this time was connected indirectly to both banks but was closest to bank1 and I had more bank1 codes than bank2. This is really only a theory and haven't tested it so take it with a grain of salt. If you are hearing 'air' after doing all that work then double-check the connections for the CCV and make sure the pipes are snug in their ports. Also double-check your intake elbows are seated right, have no new cuts/holes, and their o-rings are snug. At least that is what I would start at.
As for the noise I heard, I haven't checked for it today though I will try tomorrow. Might also try more brake cleaner around the engine to see if anything changes, but I haven't had a code since replacing the pipe (well, minus that one that was right after).
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Checked for the 'air' sounds and is less. I'm thinking the intake manifold itself is somewhat noisy and can sound like something is letting air in. Now i'm wishing I was around more of these engines with leaking intakes lol
oh and still no SES light but need to check for codes with INPA still.
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I just wanted to add my story to this very helpful thread, to help keep the info together. My wife's '03 325i (123,000 miles) had a check engine light last week. I took it to a local guy to have the code read. The only code stored was P0174 (Lean on Bank 2). He cleared the code and suggested investigating the 2 boots between the MAF and intake, since it's a common problem. I couldn't find a thing wrong with them visually. I also sprayed starting fluid in all the suspect places looking for a leak and found nothing.
After finding this thread, and others like it, I decided to just go ahead and dig into it, in lieu of having it smoke tested. Here's what I ended up doing:
Let me tell you, I had a few choice words for the hose clamps on the lower boot, where it connects to the intake and ICV. I ended up going to town to get a flexible spinner handle and a flexible ¼" extension, after I struggled with it for a couple hours. Even with the flexible tools, it's still a pain. Anyway, I found a small slit on the backside of the branch of hose that goes to the ICV. It is probably 1/8" long and I'm not certain it pierces the hose entirely, but it probably does and was probably part of the problem.
The MAF looked clean, but I cleaned it anyway.
The DISA was fairly clean and intact. There is a small amount of play in the rotation of the flap, but none in the pin that holds it in. I had the CVV system replaced at the end of last summer, so the tech that did that probably cleaned the DISA then. The gasket looked fine and I didn't add to it with RTV, tape or anything when I put back in. Since it had some play in it, I'm going to replace it soon anyway, so I figured a leaking DISA seal would be an excuse to replace it now. But it doesn't appear to be leaking.
The ICV was gummed up pretty badly and not moving freely. I'm sure this was the first time it has been out. It cleaned up nicely though and is free now.
I read a few posts here that suggested the fuel filter, or injectors, could be the cause of these codes and since it had never been replaced, I decided to pick one up when I got the boots. While I don't really think the fuel filter was the culprit in my case, I'm glad I got it due to what I found below.
When I went to disconnect the F connector on the MAF boot, I noticed that the smaller bottom line was decayed, brittle, and cracked. It broke half into as I was pulling the F connector out of the boot. The other end of this line connects to the fuel filter regulator valve. It was almost in as bad of condition. The line is made of plastic with a short piece of rubber hose on both ends. So what I did was just remove the rotten rubber hose on both ends, lubed the plastic ends with a dab of petroleum jelly, and pushed a another short piece of 5/32" vacuum line up on it. Had I known this line was bad, I would have just picked up a new one when I got the other parts, but since I didn't I had to improvise, as the dealer is 175 miles away. If I had not of replaced the fuel filter, I doubt seriously if I would have thought to check that end. I think this was contributing at the very least.
BTW, after I had done all the repairs, I pulled the codes again and had both P0174 & P0171. I've driven it about 60 miles since the repairs and no codes pending or stored. Got a road trip tomorrow and have my fingers crossed that this issue is resolved. Thanks for the info guys.
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im not sure if this is relevent or not but when I had those first two codes P0171/P0174. the mechanic that fixed my car said that there was a vaccuum leak and it was, i think, connected to the dipstick hole (an L shape hose connecting to it was worn). he said something about the dipstick hole having some kind of suction. dont know if thats true but what he said fixed my problem. hope i helped
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Sorry for not posting in a bit. Since pounding away on this my grandmother passed and I had to drive to NY. Thankfully the pipe is still good and I was able to get the fuel filter on before needing to leave. It was a good test. Actually got 28.3 MPG (per avg on console) while going through VA. I hadn't had a chance to check for codes until today and there are three P0171 and one P0174 in the DME. No SES and they were at different mileages. I have to convert from km to miles to see where exactly they might've happened as right now it seems to be a very weak leak and only surfaces under heavy load (i think). Once I get back home I will probably try the tape around the DISA gasket to see if it changes anything but kinda doubting it'll help. I'll also check the gasket on the dipstick as i really never checked that (thanks for suggesting that HoTbEEmEr).
@DaHammer: how'd the road trip go? any codes?
oh and btw, is it normal to have sand come out of an old fuel filter? lol
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Forgot to mention that while checking the codes today I had the car idling and checked the exhaust in INPA and the post-cat sensors dropped all of sudden and then picked up again. This was the oxygen reading and not the heater reading. I'm starting to wonder about them, too.
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Road trip went fine. I put around 500 miles on her since the repairs and no SES light yet. When I was almost home yesterday afternoon I stopped to fuel up and put a container of Chevron fuel injector cleaner in along with 7 gallons of premium gas. Probably put about 50 miles on it since then. I haven't driven it today, but I did go out and pull the codes just now. There is 1 code pending, P0041, which is 02 Signals Swapped. Not sure what that is all about, since the 02 sensors have not been touched on this car, and there is no way the wires have been swapped. Prehaps the DME got confused or my scanner is one. Anyone have any ideas?
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Had same problem and it ended up being clogged fuel injectors.
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I recently had codes p0170 p0173 p1188 p1189 and it was a vacuum leak in the valve cover that caused them. They actually went away on their own and have yet to return 200 miles later.
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The idle was pretty steady. I did some searching around here and someone else mentioned the codes and how they went away after they changed the MAF and fixed a small leak in the VCG. I figured it's much cheaper to check out the VC than to replace the MAF and the next day my CEL shut off.
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I think I have finally fixed my leak. I've been reading more while buried in other things and found this thread showing the differences between the seals of an old DISA and a brand new one. Somewhere in there someone mentioned that once you remove an older DISA it can create a leak even if it wasn't prior. Mine (below) seems to be just a little too shrunken to seal properly so did the double-wrap of electrical tape to it. I wanted to take pics of it wrapped but totally forgot and was sort of in a rush to get the intake back together.
How I did this was to take the tape while on the roll and wrap it around the gasket area twice, making sure the edge of the tape was against the bigger part of the DISA housing. I made sure to cut it with a razor blade right before the overlap so not to create a small highpoint. Then I took the razor and trimmed the excess just above the gasket area, basically cutting it in half (though this wasted that part of the tape). When I mounted it in the manifold it was definitely tighter fitting and needed the screws to fully sit in the manifold.
So it seems that if you have an older DISA and you remove it from the intake manifold you probably need to tape the gasket or use RTV sealant to seal it up again.
Now, I need to fix my LR window regulator and someday find a window switch 'cap' (the black plastic thing you actually touch to move the window). And replace the rear bumper/fender clip. then something else probably.
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Yeah no light. Actually, never really had a light since changing that one CCV pipe but was getting the same codes stored in the DME (P0171,P0174). But I did clear the codes when I changed the pipe and have cleared them since putting the tape on the DISA. Not too many miles but no codes so far.
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hate to bump this but finally checked for codes with INPA and nothing at all since the tape went on. so it was definitely the DISA.
now to find time, money, and patience to attack that oil hose that really is leaking.
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Hello everyone, I am new and this forum has been a very good help. I did want to point out that a small hose from dip-stick tube up to my CCV was the culprit. There was a very small hole in the hose causing intermittent code events causing a lean codes.
This BMW hose will fail at about 80 to 120k miles depending on oil conditions around the engine. It appears the Germans haven't figured out how rubber hoses breakdown over time with oil. This is the first thing you you should look at .
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Not sure how you found a thread this old to bump as your first post??
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Solve your misfires, lean codes, rough idle - http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=897616
Fuel pump failures - http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=929501
Temp Info - http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=964491
Hidden OBC Menu - Check Voltage, Temp, Fuel Level - http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=239619
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Hey Klarcher, welcome to the forum.
JFOJ's threads are excellent resources to find/resolve the problems. That hose was a pain for me too. See picture attached. The hose was redesigned. The original had a 90 degree fitting which caused the problem/hole created from the bend right after the length of the fitting itself. The new fitting/hose has a 45 degree angled fitting which allows the hose to lay/flow more downward eliminating that bend/flaw in design. I just put mine in recently; hopefully it corrects the problem.
JFOJ--Thanks for the threads/they helped me(don't think I thanked you in previous post).
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Don't worry, Kevin is not too busy to answer your questions. I would just give him a call. Personally, I don't know the answer to your question.
This is a discussion on KD Holster options within the Defensive Carry Holsters & Carry Options forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I understand from other threads that he is super busy, so I thought I would try this approach. Does anyone know the different types of ...
I understand from other threads that he is super busy, so I thought I would try this approach.
Does anyone know the different types of Exotic Skin leather he can get? I know he can get shark, elephant and gator from other posts but I was wondering if there were more.
I sent him an email, but like I said I'm sure he is super busy and hasn't checked his email yet so I didn't want to bother him.
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Don't worry, Kevin is not too busy to answer your questions. I would just give him a call. Personally, I don't know the answer to your question.
Kevin is all about great holsters and excellent customer service, i'm sure your email will be replied to shortly. I also do not know the answer to your question.
I don't know every exotic that Kevin offers, but I know from contacting him when I made my order that he offers:
stingray, beavertail, elephant trunk (which is different in texture from regular elephant hide) and I've seen pictures of his holsters with ostrich and snake skin. All this in addition to the hides you already mentioned.
I'd be very interested in knowing what other exotics he offers, just out of curiosity at this point. Give us an update when you hear from him please.
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To my knowledge I did not receive your email, so let me try and answer your question here. We have on hand the following:
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I had a question and he emailed me back a very kind reply. Nice guy all around. I will be ordering a holster from him and will wait patiently.........
Now, just need to select a skin. lol
the wait is worth it beautifully made comfortable. easy to holster and fit well worth the money and wait it is the dakota defender and comes with a sweat shield etc
that is shark skin dyed brown and my xd 45
Kevin definitely does great work, my Eagle defender is my main carry rig now. Here it is, its black with mahogany ostrich. Can't remember if it is body or leg ostrich hide, can anybody tell?
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Boris, the Tory, is presently MP for Henley and so, until May at least, a neighbour of the Labour MP Martin Salter, whose seat is in Reading.
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Boris was preceded by the sitting mayor, Ken Livingstone. It was clear that there is little to choose between the candidates, on this issue at least. They want more police, and they want more police from ethnic minorities. They also want better behaviour on the buses. (I would settle for drivers with an idea of clutch control. Some buses pull away from the stop and three old ladies and their shopping crash on to the floor.)
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The last candidate was Brian Paddick, the Liberal Democrat, who is a former senior police officer and sat as straight as a ramrod. He was firm and rather impressive, pointing out the absurdity of police targets: "You get one point for a complex murder investigation lasting a year, and one point for a cannabis warning which lasts perhaps 20 minutes." And he wants the police to stop searching young men merely because they look Asian. The 7/7 bombs had been carried in rucksacks. "They should target large rucksacks rather than ethnic appearance!"
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--USC's Olympic Tradition: USC has a long tradition of nurturing successful Olympic athletes, producing more Olympians, Olympic medalists and Olympic gold medalists than any other U.S. university. Since 1904 (not including the upcoming 2012 London Olympics), 396 athletes who attended USC before, during or after their Olympic appearance have competed in the Games (they have won 587 places on Olympic teams), taking home 123 gold medals (with at least 1 gold in every summer Olympics from 1912), 78 silver and 61 bronze.
If USC competed as a country, its 262 total medals would be 17th among all countries (while its 123 gold medals would be 12th). In 6 different Olympics, USC's medal count would have placed it among the Top 10 nations.
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--The First: USC's first Olympian (and first medal winner) was Emil Breitkreutz, who won a bronze in the 800-meter run at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics. USC's first gold medalist was Fred Kelly in the 110-meter high hurdles in the 1912 Stockholm Games. High jumper Alma Richards also won a gold medal in those 1912 Games.
--London Redux: USC's oldest surviving Olympic medalists are a quartet of gold medal winners from the 1948 London Games (the Games return to London in 2012). They are diver Sammy Lee, sprinter Cliff Bourland and Mel Patton and shot putter Wilbur "Moose" Thompson.
--Big Medal Hauls: Five Trojans have won 4 gold medals: swimmers Janet Evans, Lenny Krayzelburg, John Naber and Murray Rose and basketballer Lisa Leslie. Only Naber won all of his gold medals at one Olympics (he also won a silver). Murray Rose has won the most medals of any Trojan, 6 (4 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze during two Olympics).
--Unusual Sports: Trojans have competed in 28 different Olympic sports over the years, some not usually associated with USC. These include club swinging (George Roth won a gold medal in that gymnastics-sponsored event in the 1932 Los Angeles Games), boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing (Helene Mayer won a gold medal in 1928 and Janice Lee York Romary participated in 6 Olympics between 1948 and 1968, the most of any Trojan), field hockey, modern pentathlon, rhythmic gymnastics, team handball, yachting and beach volleyball...and, in the Winter Olympics, figure skating, freestyle skiing, bobsled and biathlon.
--Related Trojans: A number of Trojan relatives have competed in the Olympics, including father/daughter, brother/sister and brother/brother. Track sprinters Lennox (silver and bronze for Jamaica) and daughter Inger (gold for U.S.) Miller. William Sr. and daughter Joyce Horton, yachting in 1952 Helsinki Games. Swimmers Klete (5 medals, 2 golds) and sister Kalyn Keller. Swimmers and brothers Dan (gold, silver) and Lars Jorgensen. Brothers Byron and Wayne Black in the 1996 Olympics for Zimbabwe in tennis singles and doubles. Swimmers and brothers Joe and Mike Bottom (Mike was part of the U.S. team that boycotted the 1980 Games). Swimmers and brothers Bruce (2 golds in 1976) and Steve (a bronze in 1972) Furniss. Canadian swimming brothers Allen and Sandy Gilchrist.
--Multiple Sports/Countries: Four Trojans appeared in the Olympics in 2 sports: Conn Findlay (yachting and rowing), Robert Hughes (water polo and swimming), Carlos Van der Maath (water polo and swimming) and Wallace Wolf (swimming and water polo). Findlay won 2 golds and a bronze in rowing and a bronze in yachting while appearing in 4 Olympics, Wolf won a gold in swimming in the 1948 London Games.
Two Trojans competed for 2 countries: volleyballer Terry Place Brandel (for the U.S. in 1980 and West Germany in 1984) and swimmer Bjorn Zikarsky (for West Germany in 1988 and Germany in 1996, winning a bronze).
--Keeping the Gold Streak Alive: Trojans have won a gold medal at every Summer Games from 1912, even at the U.S. boycotted 1980 Moscow Games, though barely as 28 Trojans from non-boycotting countries competed in Moscow, but only one won a gold medal (Australian swimmer Michelle Ford in the 800-meter freestyle).
--Women's Hoops Heritage: Some of the greatest U.S. women's basketball Olympians were Trojans, including gold medalists Lisa Leslie (4 golds), Tina Thompson (2 golds), Cheryl Miller and Cynthia Cooper.
--USC Women in the Olympics: USC female Olympians span from discus thrower Lillian Copeland (gold, silver) in the 1928 and 1932 Games and fencer Helene Mayer (gold for Germany) in 1928 to swimmer Rebecca Soni (gold and 2 silvers) and soccer player Amy Rodriguez (gold) in the 2008 Beijing Games, and many more in between.
--Trojan Olympic Sprinters: The list of USC sprinters in the Olympics includes such male gold medalists as Cliff Borah (1928), Cliff Bourland (1948), Roy Cochran (1948), Foy Draper (1936), Charles Paddock (1920 and 1924, "Chariots of Fire"), Mel Patton (1948), Frank Wykoff (1928-32-36) and Don Quarrie (1976, participated in 5 Games).
--USC Olympic Icons: Swimmer Buster Crabbe (later played Tarzan in movies), swimmers John Naber and Murrary Rose (4 golds each), thrower Bud Houser (3 golds in discus and shot), shot putter Parry O'Brien (2 golds), sprinters Charles Paddock and Mel Patton (2 golds), pole vaulter Bob Seagren, quarter miler Quincy Watts (2 golds), divers Michael Galitzen (4 medals), Sammy Lee and Paula Jean Myers Pope.
--Other storylines: Deaf swimmer Jeff Float (gold in 1984), high jumper Charles Dumas (first man over 7-feet), distance runner Louis Zamperini (subject of best-seller "Unbroken'), volleyballer Steve Timmons (red flattop haircut).
Some of USC's top Olympians:
Swimming--Lindsay Benko, Buster Crabbe, Jeff Float, Michelle Ford, Bruce Furniss, Jon Henricks, Katinka Housszu, Klete Keller, Lenny Krayzelburg, Ous Mellouli, John Naber, Murray Rose, Kaitlin Sandeno, Rebecca Soni
Track--Emil Breitkreutz, Ken Carpenter, Rex Cawley, Lillian Copeland, Charles Dumas, Bud Houser, Fred Kelly, Mike Larrabee, Lennox/Inger Miller, Parry O'Brien, Charles Paddock, Mel Patton, Don Quarrie, Alma Richards, Felix Sanchez, Bob Seagren, Moose Thompson, Quincy Watts, Frank Wykoff, Louis Zamperini
Basketball--Cynthia Cooper, Lisa Leslie, Cheryl Miller, Tina Thompson
Volleyball--Dusty Dvorak, Steve Timmons
Rowing/Yachting--Conn Findlay
Diving--Michael Galitzen, Sammy Lee, Paula Jean Myers Pope
Fencing-Helene Mayer, Janice Lee York Romary
Soccer--Amy Rodriguez
Water Polo--Miklos Martin
Club Swinging--George Roth


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THE Baillieu government will take on Victoria's building unions by moving to introduce tough Howard government-style rules in a bid to cut costs on taxpayer-funded projects.
Premier Ted Baillieu cited ''significant concern'' in the industry about the generous pay and conditions at the Wonthaggi desalination plant as he said the government would review - and change - rules to gain greater control over ''unlawful or undesirable'' workplace practices.
''The rates at the desal plant have migrated to other projects; that's been a concern in the industry … if this continues, we will price ourselves out of infrastructure,'' Mr Baillieu said.
The rules would apply to state-funded building projects and bidders would have to comply with them if they wanted to secure work. Rules would also be strengthened around the right to join or not join a union, Mr Baillieu said.
Electrical Trades Union state secretary Dean Mighell said the government should not engage in a union-bashing exercise but instead look at issues such as dishonest contractors who were exploiting workers.
Mr Mighell said he would welcome the opportunity to engage with the review but changes were unnecessary, with all the ETU's agreements already covered by federal law and an existing national code for federally funded projects.
Mr Baillieu said the state government rules would be based on the national code that was introduced by the Howard government and modified by the Rudd government. He said both versions would be considered and were much more extensive than current state rules.
The Howard government code forbade a range of ''unacceptable practices'' including ''no ticket, no start signs'' or even, in some cases, the display of union flags or stickers. It also imposed greater controls over the ability of unions to restrict the use of labour hire or how redundancy worked.
Mr Baillieu said industrial relations in Victoria were a significant impediment to affordable infrastructure. Draft principles will be released this year for public comment.
Victorian Trades Hall Council secretary Brian Boyd said he would treat the review at face value and ''vigorously defend'' the current arrangements.
''I'm hoping it's not some sort of provocation from [the Coalition in] Canberra that's been asked of the Victorian government.''
Master Builders Association of Victoria executive director Brian Welch said a new code was a ''matter of urgency'' and blamed unions for cost blowouts on big projects. H.R. Nicholls Society spokesman Ian Hanke said the government should have not bothered with a review when decisive action could be taken straight away.
The Baillieu government push came as the five-day strike at the desal plant ended yesterday, but builder Thiess Degremont confirmed it would continue with a damages claim against the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union.
It is believed that the sacking of safety representative Frank Brennan, a key reason for the strike, will be heard before Fair Work Australia, while there are still outstanding issues about the treatment of more than 100 sacked workers.


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I've spent quite a bit of time in the last few weeks - probably too much - thinking about the term 'regression' and its use in statistics, and why I find it so dislikeable. I sincerely doubt any campaign I try to start will have any real effect, so let me lay down the reasons why I feel we as scientists should refer to linear modelling as just such, and not as 'regression'.
One reason is that the word only has a tenuous connection to the actual algorithm - the other is that it far too often implies a causal relationship where none exists.
As the story goes, Francis Galton took a group of tall men and measured the height of their sons, and found that on average, the sons as a group were shorter than their fathers. Drawing on similar work he had done with pea plants, he described this phenomenon as "regression to the mean," recognizing that the sample of fathers was nonrandom. A "regression coefficient" then described the estimated parameter which, when multiplied by the predictor, would produce the mean value.
I can only surmise that "determining regression coefficients through minimizing the least squares difference" was too verbose for Galton and his buddies, and "regression analysis" stuck. Now we have lawyerese terms like "multiple regression analysis," which really should read "multiple parameter regression analysis" since we're only running one algorithm, but we appear stuck with it.
So what's the big deal? Nomenclature isn't an easy business, and two extra syllables in "linear model" might slow things down. But aside from my gripe with using "regress" as a transitive verb (the Latin student in me cringing), even the most generous interpretation of the word's root, and the experiments that revealed it, yield to trouble.
"Regression" literally means "the act of going back." If we accept this definition in this context, we have to have something to which we can return. Clearly, this implies discovering the mean - but chronologically, it can only mean discovering the cause, that which came before.
Linear modelling makes no explicit assumptions about cause and effect, a major source of headache in our discipline, but the word itself, consciously or otherwise, binds us to this fact.
The remedy to this is not simple; after all, I'm talking about trying to break the correlation-is-causation fallacy through words, which is both a difficult task and the sort of behaviour that will keep people from sitting with you at lunch. But we can improve things slowly and subtly in this fashion:
1) If you are confident that your analysis will unveil a causal relationship, say so. Call it "regression-to-cause", or "causal linear model", or something like that.
2) If you're not so sure, call it a (generalized) linear model, or a lin-mod, or a least-squares, or another term that does not necessarily imply causation. Resist the temptation to fall back to the word "regression" until a long time has passed.
This doesn't have to be a completely nerve-wracking exercise; just use a strike-through when necessary, to show that the term
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Anticipation of cell phone use may contribute to motor vehicle crashes
BOSTON - It's well-known that using a cell phone while driving can lead to motor vehicle crashes. New research - to be presented Sunday, April 29, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Boston - shows that even anticipating calls or messages may distract drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
Jennifer M. Whitehill, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Washington, and her colleagues sought to determine whether compulsive cell phone use is associated with motor vehicle crashes. They enlisted undergraduate students to complete the Cell Phone Overuse Scale (CPOS), a 24-item instrument that assesses four aspects of problematic cell phone use: 1) frequent anticipation of calls/messages, 2) interference with normal activities (e.g., impacting friends/family), 3) a strong emotional reaction to the cell phone and 4) recognizing problem use.
The 384 students also took an online anonymous survey that included questions about driving history, prior crashes while operating a vehicle, and items assessing risk behaviors and psychological profile.
"Young drivers continue to use cell phones in the car, despite the known risk of crash. We were interested to explore how cell phone use contributes to distracted driving and to begin to understand the relationship between the driver and the phone," said senior author Beth E. Ebel, MD, MSc, MPH, FAAP, director of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center and associate professor of pediatrics at University of Washington.
Results showed that for each 1 point increase on the CPOS, there was an approximately 1 percent increase in the number of previous motor vehicle crashes. Of the four dimensions of compulsive cell phone use, a higher level of call anticipation was significantly associated with prior crashes.
"We know it is important to prevent young drivers from taking their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road to use a cell phone," Dr. Whitehill said. "This study suggests that thinking about future cell phone calls and messages may be an additional source of distraction that could contribute to crashes."
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(((FIXED))) MY 3w 150 TOC woes,,,fuel or ignition or both??
Ok, so I had the engine in a 40%er it ran good, but didn't idle very well, and would stumble spit and sputter while idling, tried everything from the needles to the fuel, never got rid of the stumble. the top end was always good, and once the motor had heat in it, it ran fine..
I had an aileron lock up in the plane back in june, I was not high only 12 feet or so, I had it in a hover looking like a dying duck, ended up dropping it on its tail, no engine damage at all, plane was flawless from the middle of the turtle deck forward..
Now flash to present, I have another 3w 40% that I just finished, I figured I would freshen this engine up, so I put new plugs in it, and rebuild the carb, but I screwed the carb up, ended up pushing the high speed check valve out,,I said screw it the carb is old I will buy a new one.. But I started reading some post where a lot of guys said putting a da-150 carb on would make it run better since the original is calibrated for a 100cc engine from walbro. So I bought one and istalled it...
TODAY::: engine tune day, got the plane locked down, flipped the F---ing thing over about 200 times, tried needle settings everywhere.. what finally worked was 3/4 on the low and 1 3/4 on the high. Spinning a wood 32x10 prop I had it at 5600 rpm,, I had a decent Idle at about 1300 but the thing was still popping and stumbling like it did with the old carb.. I was tweaking a little more trying to get the needles dialed in, and then all the sudden the power drops off,, 5k then 4k, then about 3500. What the hell, So I check my fuel delivery system all looks good,, decide to pull the carb and clean it, since everything is new maybe something got in there,, NOPE,, inside carb looks brand new, cause it is,, put it back together, same crap, engine starts pretty easy, idles sloppy, try to give it some throttle and it just dies, move the needles around a little more same thing, no luck put the needles back where they were pull the plug clear the cylinder, put the plugs back in, choke flip, starts idles, stumbling and shaking still, give it some throttle dies.
SO I am thinking maybe its the ignition, Hey the guy I bought the engine from had given me a spare when I bought it, I grab it and install it, now the engine wont start at all, 100 flips later, screw it, put the old ignition back on, engine starts, still idling like crap, give it some throttle and it dies..
I don't know what the hell is going on..
ADVICE PLEASE,,, I don't think its the carb, the inlet screen on the carb looked perfect when I opened it up. all passages clear, etc,,,
I am wondering if the ignition can cause this kind of problem,????
I am kind of left a few options, I am a competent mechanic, I do it for a living, but this damn thing has gotten me to the end of my rope...
1. put a new factory carb back on (wga-9),, I don't think this is going to solve anything,!! But I am willing to give it a try
2.pull the engine and send it to someone, I like gerard but hes gonna want to put OE stuff back on it, and that's $$$ and I am not willing to invest that much more in this engine..
3. convert the ignition over to a da unit,, or rexcel???
any help here will be appreciated as I am at my wits END...
Sounds like you might have an vacuum leak. I would replace all the gaskets in between the carb and the crankcase. Check that the reed cage is flat along with the carb mounting block. If not flat make it as flat as possible using a sheet of glass and fine sandpaper. Use some Yamabond or equivilent to seal it back up. Along with new gaskets. I usually make my own with bulk material I buy from the auto parts store. Good luck!
Yes, I got the carb brand new from DA this week....
Back when I first got the engine, in march, I got with Gerard. I bought a complete gasket kit, new reed cage, and updated aluminum carb mounting block,, I put it all together with hondabond.. Like I said the engine ran fine but always had a stumble and miss on idle, was always a little better when the engine was warm. The assembly below the carb mounting block has not been disassembled replacing the carb does not affect below the carb.
correction,,, match the alignment marks on the prop hub to the case. Note the postion of the magnet relative to the sensor. Is the magnet under the sensor like it should be?
I made a little example on Ms paint to kinda show it,, Im at work Or I would take a pic,
I would wonder why the seller had a spare ignition. Perhaps you have 2 bad ignitions.
I agree with Rickster. The earlier 3W ignitions were not exactly the most reliable units on the planet. Milton at RCExtremepower sells a "conversion kit" that will suit your engine (as does Adrian at CH)
Is your reed in good condition?
Have you tried the "WD 40" trick to find airleaks? spray it around the various joints while the engine is running (use the "straw" and don't forget to aim some at the front bearing area - watch out for the spinning prop though - if there is a leak, the engine will tell you immediately you spray the leak.
And - have you checked that your ignition battery is in good condition and there isn't anything screwy going on in the power supply to the ignition?
Yes the Reed Is in good shape, it is less thatn 6 months old... the engine ran before this fiasco,, it actually ran pretty good earlier today,, then it just took a crap. I can go out to it right now and choke it flip it about 5-6 times it will pop, choke off flip 5-6 times and it will start, and half-ass Idle, but goose it and it will just die,,,
I will try the WD-40 trick,, never did that,, I always used starting fluid and listen for an RPM increase..
I was able to talk with Gerard earlier, I mentioned the problem of the engine stumbling and kinda missing at Idle. He told me that he believed the cause of that was the spark plug caps on the end of the wires,, says there is some kind of resistor in there? Said I could get two new caps for 44.00$ thats not too bad,, however Since this is an old engine and I suspect it is causing some problems, I think my best bet is to just replace the entire ignition.
I see that there are a couple options,, some are saying swap to the CH igniton,, others saying Rexcel,,, is one better than the other??I dont want to have any problems with this swap, I am plenty capable of swapping the components and setting the timing.
Your problem is the ignition. The guy that sold you the engine said he gave you a spare ignition, he didn't. He gave you the bad one that he replaced, with the one that ran when you bought it, yeah I'm psychic.
Don't bother with another 3W ignition. Get the Rcexel from Milton. Call him and tell him if you have two magnets or one and he'll set you up. His # is 678 372 7697. Or go to his website and figure it out, he has easy to understand links.
Also, if the reed spacer and carb mount are the old black plastic ones, pitch em. Call Gerhard and get the aluminum versions, much fewer problems with leaks from heat expansion and warping.
The reed assembly was bought this march, I also bought the updated aluminum spacer, and Yes I have the black gaskets, not the green ones,, AND yes,, I am a mechanic,, Not a small engine mechanic but an industrial maintenance mechanic/electrician
Thanks fellas,
Right now my plan is this,, I am going to buy a new ignition,, I believe I am going to the CH route, they seem to have a really good setup with a bracket made to locate the sensor just for this engine.
If I still have problems, I am going to remove the reed assembly and check for anything out of the normal, and if it all looks good, I will buy a brand new wga9 that's what Gerard says should be on this engine..even though others are running the wb-27 from Da with no problems... that's the plan
I bought a CH, but like the RCexl unit better. The Ch locks you into a specific ignition battery voltage which you pick when ordering. If you ever change battery voltage it will not work. The RCexl is just plug and play in that regard. And it comes with multiple mounts and a Hall sensor. CH is extra for these. Good luck!
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We consider the problem of binary classification where the classifier can, for a particular cost, choose not to classify an observation. Just as in the conventional classification problem, minimization of the sample average of the cost is a difficult optimization problem. As an alternative, we propose the optimization of a certain convex loss function φ, analogous to the hinge loss used in support vector machines (SVMs). Its convexity ensures that the sample average of this surrogate loss can be efficiently minimized. We study its statistical properties. We show that minimizing the expected surrogate loss—the φ-risk—also minimizes the risk. We also study the rate at which the φ-risk approaches its minimum value. We show that fast rates are possible when the conditional probability P(Y=1|X) is unlikely to be close to certain critical values.
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Monday, January 01, 2007
Grieving Right
Thought I'd bring in the new year with a few words about renewal.
Many of you have been to the movies this past week so undoubtedly you've seen that preview for the movie Freedom Writers about the kids in So-Cal who are in school and have a new teacher who makes them face their feelings about losing friends to gang warfare.
She asks, "Step up to the line if you've lost one friend to gang violence."
They all step up to the line.
"How many have lost two?"
Nobody moves.
Nobody moves.
This is a subject that touches most of us because these are young people we're talking about who shoot one another, mainly out of stupidity.
It affects yours truly who hears only a couple of stories like that a year, but they're a couple of stories too many. What I see is that it's very hard for kids to grieve. They don't like it and they don't know how to do it right.
And since so many of them are already using drugs and alcohol, they're able to avoid the whole nasty business.
But it's NOT a nasty business, really.
Grieving even has it's own diagnostic classification. Sure, it's one of the various "depressions" (I've talked about the fact that depression varies.) But it has its own name, Grief Reaction.
I'll say. Most docs and clinicians treat it altogether differently than we treat other depressions.
Although docs like me prefer to treat the other depressions using a cognitive-behavioral therapy, meaning we LOOK FORWARD, attack irrational thoughts, and encourage behaviors that shake up the seratonin in the brain,
grief reactions require that patients to LOOK BACK. We exacerbate, exaggerate the grieving. We INCREASE the feel bad.
INCREASE the FEEL BAD?
Well, yeah. We kick it up.
See, you CAN'T kick it down. No matter what you do, outside of numbing yourself with drugs and alcohol which will retard both you and this sublime process.
Barring that, you can't avoid feeling badly when you lose someone you love. It's why many of us avoid recommending anti-depressants, too, during the first year following a loss.
You can't avoid feeling badly because you have too many memories. This is how we're wired, by the way. It means
(1) We have too many neurons attached to visuals and other senses associated with that person, senses like touch. Being alone means not FEELING that person anymore.
(2) We have too many sad thoughts to avoid feeling bad, including memories of events, guilt about things we did and didn't do.
(3) We have other emotions that squeeze into our psyche, like anger and anxiety for having been abandoned.
All of that gray matter, the sensory memories, the thoughts, the memories of events, the onslaught of emotion add up to an intellectual conclusion of LOSS.
You're going to feel bad.
So you can't avoid it. What else can you do but surrender?
Family therapists have always encouraged family members to get together to REMEMBER.
We tell folks to talk about those who are no longer with them and to establish rituals to that will help, like calling one another near the birthdays and anniversaries of the deceased, calling each other on their own birthdays and anniversaries, writing virtual letters to the person who passes away and reading them to each other, visiting the cemetary, giving charity or establishing other remembrances.
Most cultures already have such rituals in place.
It's particularly healing to work on relationships within the family, to renew or to establish, sometimes for the first time, some family intimacy. I tell the children of a widow, for example, to call their mother more often, and to call one another more often. Just check in. It'll feel good.
Ironically, many things can interfere with the grieving process. Things happen that take us away from our grief, like work and school. And psychologically, people can't focus on remembering the deceased all day and all night.
Sometimes they even find themselves happy.
This really messes with their minds.
They feel guilty. "How can I be happy? We just buried him last month? How can I be laughing?" Then they'll make themselves feel badly about feeling good, which is pretty easy to do, face it.
TherapyDoc's philosophy here may seem a little on the edge, but hear me out.
Like I said, you can't avoid grieving. You can't avoid feeling badly. You're going to grieve for the rest of your life, on and off, for those who have departed.
It's okay to feel good.
It's MORE than okay to feel good. It's GOOD to feel good if you feel good.
Don't worry. You'll feel bad. There's time.
You want to feel good (when it happens you know it) because when you're depressed, really depressed, it's hard to do anything productive. It's hard to live decently. That's okay for awhile. I mean we can all go a few days without bathing, and we can all stand to lose a little weight, and it's no big deal if we blow off school or work for a little while. Some of this is inevitable.
But grief work, which is somehow keeping memories alive and using those memories in a positive way, requires social interaction. You can't start a foundation if you're in bed.
So really grieving right requires a little effort and energy, and it's hard to have both when you're depressed every waking minute.
Grieving right implies remembering, making phone calls, talking to others about the deceased, reviving a person's life so that it has meaning and can be remembered by others with honor.
Grieving right is continuing as a positive force in the social universe when someone else is unable to do so. Because where there is life, there's hope.
And maybe it's good to communicate that to others, ultimately help others who suffer in one way or another. We're still here. What are we doing with our lives?
So I don't know what Freedom Writers is going to be about, but I'm hoping it's that. If you're still here, if you're the survivor, it's an awesome responsibility.
And no, being that positive force in the universe won't happen over night, but it will if you have it in mind that that is what you want to be.
The P.S. I forgot this part. I've been wanting to write this stuff for a long time and indeed, Freedom Writers gets the credit for pushing me to do it. But there's something else about grieving that people often get wrong.
They attach too much meaning and time to WHAT HAPPENED, the how's and wherefores of a death. Especially if it was tragic or violent. Tragic, violent deaths make GREAT copy. Folks can talk about the event for years and years, never once mentioning the life.
Death is horrific enough, rarely dignified and certainly not glorious. We can analyze the last hours and days an elderly person suffered in a hospital ad nauseum at a wake or a house of shiva. It's amazing how many times survivors tell the story, and it helps them, I'm sure, to integrate the loss in the psyche.
It helps distract everyone, really, from describing who that person was which is harder, much more difficult.
Distraction is good to a point. We don't take away the umbrella until it stops raining.
But it's a person's life that matters, not the endpoint. It's everything up until the end that is worth remembering. That's what I like to think about.
Copyright 2006, TherapyDoc
3 comments:
- Becky said...
thanks for this great post, especially for New Year's day when people might be "resolving" to "get over it."
On that note...what about ambivelent grief like divorce and the other assorted broken friendships that result from that? Does it work the same way with the remembering part?
Just wondering...
- January 1, 2007 at 9:19 AM
- Therapy Doc said...
Broken friendships. Divorce. Another subject entirely and I'll post on it this month, okay?
But in a couple of words, Yes and No. The treatment is very different but the attachment is the same, sometimes worse because those people are still alive and yet they're still not available (I'm assuming that's what you mean).
- January 1, 2007 at 9:23 AM
- Mark said...
I believe we all grieve in our own way and that sometimes our grieving process may be different then our cultures expectations of the grieving process and this creates unnessecary conflict.
If we could come to understand that we should celebrate the deceased's life and be thankful for how that person touched us and others then our grieving process would have a more positve impact on our life.
I agree the loss of someone can leave a massive hole in our life, a space which can never be filled. The key is to remember and celebrate the life that is lost and by doing so enhance your own life and all whom you touch.
- January 2, 2007 at 2:24 PM


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By Caren Bohan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama attacked White House contender Mitt Romney on Tuesday over his opposition to the 2009 bailout of the auto industry, seizing on a vulnerability for the Republican candidate on a crucial voting day.
Speaking to auto union workers in Washington on the same day Romney faces a potentially pivotal primary vote in Michigan, home to General Motors and Chrysler, Obama trumpeted his rescue of the two major auto companies and accused Romney of wanting to abandon American workers.
Though he did not mention the former Massachusetts governor by name, Obama cited the title of a 2008 opinion piece Romney wrote called "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" in which the Republican argued against a government-funded bailout.
Obama said if he had followed that approach, the workers who built the companies would have been "hung out to dry."
He also referred to comments Romney made on Fox News Sunday this week in which said he favored a "managed bankruptcy" and criticized the amount of money that went to the United Auto Workers in the Obama administration's intervention.
"You've got folks saying. `Well, the real problem is, what we really disagreed with was the workers, they all made out like bandits; that saving the American auto industry was just about paying back unions,"' he added. "Really? Even by the standards of this town, that's a load of you-know-what."
Romney's 2008 opinion piece is a potential albatross for him in Michigan, where he was born and raised. Romney's father was a popular governor there and before that ran an auto company.
Michigan, which along with Arizona holds a Republican primary on Tuesday, is seen as an important test for Romney, who is running neck-and-neck in the state with former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.
Although Santorum also opposed the auto bailout, Romney may be more vulnerable on the issue. Santorum, who has stressed his roots as the grandson of a coal miner, has had success courting blue collar voters in the state. Romney, a wealthy former private equity executive, has struggled with those voters.
Playing to an enthusiastic crowd at the United Auto Workers convention, Obama emphasized populist themes that his campaign hopes will resonate with middle-class workers in states likely to become battlegrounds in the general election.
"Don't forget I got my start standing with working folks who'd lost jobs and hope when nearby steel plants closed down, because I didn't like the idea that they didn't have anybody to fight for them," Obama said, reminding the workers of his background as a community organizer.
The 1,700 workers and other supporters gave Obama several standing ovations and chanted "Four more years!"
Since the $80 billion U.S. bailout of the auto industry, Detroit's big automakers have moved from crisis to renewed profit. In 2009, GM and Chrysler were put through government-funded bankruptcies that slashed costs and debt.
GM, which returned to the stock market as a traded company in 2010, posted a 2011 profit of $7.6 billion. Its share price $26.37 is below its $33 initial public offering price of November 2010. The U.S. Treasury still owns about a quarter of the top U.S. automaker.
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Ford avoided bankruptcy by borrowing heavily in 2006 before the credit markets froze. It was helped in its turnaround by low-interest loans from the Department of Energy.
Whether Romney or Santorum is the nominee, the Obama campaign is increasingly confident of its support in Michigan, in part because of the auto bailout issue.
But Obama's advisers hope that the message about fighting for the working class will also play well in other Midwestern states with large numbers of blue-collar workers such as Ohio and Pennsylvania.
(Additional reporting by Alister Bull, Samson Reiny and John Crawley in Washington and Bernie Woodall in Detroit; Editing by Vicki Allen and Cynthia Osterman)


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By Chris Cottrell
DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's neo-Nazis are hanging up their bomber jackets, unlacing their black leather boots and even grabbing a bite to eat at their local Turkish kebab shop.
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"Today a neo-Nazi can eat Turkish kebabs and still go out and beat up immigrants," said journalist Johannes Radke, who has reported on the German far-right for more than a decade.
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Headquartered in the down-at-heel western industrial city of Dortmund, a new group known as the Autonomous Nationalists (AN) is at the forefront of this transformation.
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"They see themselves as the avant-garde of the Nazi scene," Radke said. "They're much more professional than some drunk, dim-witted skinhead - and more dangerous." Continued...


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Victorian cottage - are exposed oak beams true to period?
Hi - I have some steel tie rods, approx 1" in diameter, installed from front to back of my Victorian terraced cottage, which are not concealed in any way and are quite unsightly. I accept that I cannot remove them without putting the exterior walls at risk of collapse, so I am considering using hollowed out (relatively small) oak beams to cover them up. I am not sure if this would be being 'true' to the victorian period - although I have some experience at renovating, I am not too familiar with what woud be in keeping with a workers cottage, as opposed to a grand victorian house. There are a few exposed (original) beams in the lounge, so I am thinking it might be OK to do this, but would appreciate any advice on whether this would be a mistake? Many thanks!
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Not sure how much you're willing to put into it but it could be the beginning of a coffered ceiling. https://www.google.com/search?q=vict...iw=907&bih=504
Without some pictures it's hard to know how to cover them up.
Do you have a historical society where you are? Restriction on what you can and can not do?
A few pictures may be of help, it is hard to know what the inside of your home looks like.
Thanks - unfortunately, my house is not the grand proportioned rooms that most people associate with the period. It is a 'bijou' cottage, so the coffered ceiling theme would not really work, lovely, though they are!
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Thanks to all who replied. Although I live in a conservation area, my house is not a listed building, so I have a relatively free licence to make interior changes, it's just the exterior that I cannot change.
I have attached a couple of pictures of the offending rods!
If you could find some old hand hewn, aged beams and hollow them out on the back, would look good. I don't understand the one cable that isn't against the ceiling though.
There must by an hysterical/historical society or even library archivist near you. With a little schmoozing in the latter case I have been able to find a surprising number of original drawings for places I worked on or almost exact to them.
If faux beams make you happy? Go for it. My guess they would not have been included. I certainly would not hollow out nice oak though. Frame the rods and use veneered plywood and trim. Don't overscale this faux beams or things will most certainly not look Victorian and will look out of scale.
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Feb. 22, 2013
Michigan Head Coach Erik Bakich
On the offensive production in today's win ... "Every guy in the starting lineup either had a run scored or a run batted in, whether they got hits or not, and you don't see that very often. We had a lot of contributions from the top to bottom and had a very balanced attack. We had a lot of quality at-bats today, and the guys did a good job of executing. We separated when we needed to."
On getting out of jams on the mound ... "We got ourselves into and out of a lot of jams. I think we allowed the leadoff hitter to get on base more than half the time. There was one stretch where we walked the leadoff hitter and had a pair of two-out walks to load the bases, but we got out of it. We also had some nice team plays with a pick at third base and a 31 move to cut off a runner at the plate. There were some nice defensive plays and big strikeouts by (James) Bourque, (Logan) McAnallen and (Alex) Lakatos to not allow the other team to get the big hit. That was huge. It was a very balanced attack today and a great team win."
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by Stephanie Zonis
2 servings
This is an ideal drink for a cold winter night. It can be made quickly and easily, and it's a nice way to show someone you think they're special. You'll need smooth, good-quality chocolate ice cream or sorbet; either will work here, though I think the whipped cream garnish is a necessity if you choose sorbet. Not for the kids, as it contains alcohol.
To soften the ice cream or sorbet, remove lid and plastic liner (if any) from a one pint carton. Microwave at medium (50%) power for about 10 to 20 seconds, or just until your product begins to soften.
1-1/2 cups cold water
3 Tbsp. good-quality chocolate syrup, divided
2 large scoops good-quality
chocolate ice cream OR sorbet, softened
2 Tbsp. orange OR chocolate liqueur
2 tsp. instant coffee granules
For Serving:
Lightly sweetened whipped cream
In small pot, heat water to boiling. While water heats, place 1-1/2 Tbsp. Of chocolate syrup in each of two mugs of about 12 ounce capacity. Place 1 scoop of the softened ice cream or sorbet on top of the syrup in each mug, then pour 1 Tbsp. Of liqueur on top of each scoop. Do not stir.
As soon as water comes to a full boil, remove from heat. Quickly add instant coffee and stir to dissolve. Pour half the hot coffee carefully into each mug. Stir briskly to dissolve chocolate syrup. Garnish, if desired, with lightly sweetened whipped cream. Serve immediately!
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Caretaker Overdoses Patient, Charged with Murder
SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) - The caretaker and boyfriend of a quadriplegic woman has been charged in connection with her death.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to a 911 call in Seffner in January and discovered Mary Baker lying on her back.
She was pronounced dead shortly after their arrival.
Authorities interviewed Timothy Harrison of Tampa at the scene. He told them he responsible for taking care of Baker and dispensing her medication.
Investigators say toxicology tests indicate Baker had extremely high levels of the drugs Fluoxetine and Bupropion in her system and that she died from prescription medication toxicity.
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text: Not just yet. But I'd be lying if I didn't say that I am thinking about climbing to the top of that fence and sitting on it through this and the next series. I still think this guy can get outcoached at the elite level. But that doesn't mean we can't win. If we win, I'll forgive him for running Ben off in the interest of his "add offense to the Pistons game plan" strategy. I think Chicago will have some nice moments and shine a little in this 3rd game. But I don't think they can take a game from us unless we have a real regression in our focus. Now we don't have a great record with Game 3s, but I still think this team won't beat us. I like the Bulls. I watched a ton of their games this year. But I don't see us melting down enough for it to happen. They're young, they'll get over it and go back to work. One thing I don't get. "Ben Gordon can't guard anyone" from Skiles? (paraphrase of course, but you know what I mean) Really? I thought the Bulls were defense focused across the board. Is he just a shooter then? Kind of a 4 on 5 situation defensively? Is Ben Gordon really a defensive liability or just against Chauncey and Rip? So is Ben Gordon like a Ray Allen type player then? Anyone got an idea about this or Skiles just trying to motivate him? Thanks.


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Mumbai: The highly awaited film "Dum Maro Dum" has appeared in the media ever since it was still a project. The reasons may not have been the right ones, but it was still publicity and it did work. As the film was finally released, it managed to bring in an income of no less than Rs 6.2 crore only from India. And this was only in the opening day.
Rohan Sippy is overjoyed with this response from the public. He was quite nervous since the release of the film was facing competition from the Indian Premier League, going on at the same time. The start is perfect, and the response was particularly strong from Hyderabad, as well as from other cities like Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata.
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