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PALM DESERT, Calif. - Living in the desert we know many times with sudden heavy downpours, streets tend to flood. The cleanup can be a headache, and that seems to be the case for one Palm Desert man.
As we experience one of the worst state droughts in history, homeowner David Garfield believes its only a matter of time before mother nature will give us some relief.
"I've lived in the Coachella Valley, in Palm Springs and now in Palm Desert for 44 years, and so I know that this drought isn't going to last forever," Garfield said.
And, to a certain extent, he's not looking forward to it. That's because his home at the end of the cul-de-sac on Chicory Street floods. His home already sits below street level, and to make matters worse he claims the street was not designed and or built correctly.
"It's below the storm drain and when water comes down the street any kind of volume, it goes down my driveway and floods my house," Garfield said.
He also said he called the city of Palm Desert several times, before they eventually sent an employee to check out the street. Garfield claims the city's rep admitted the problem appeared pretty severe, and in addition the street's storm drain appeared clogged.
"I said.. "Fine, well you want to get it going?" and he says, "Well, I'll turn it in to the people who should know," then nothings happened for another month and a half," Garfield said.
"I'm just afraid next time when we have one of these ten day rains, which we have through the years, that my beautiful little house will be shot," he added.
CBS Local 2/News Channel talked with the city Wednesday afternoon. David Hermann, Palm Desert's Public Information Officer, said they've only received one formal complaint from Garfield about the poor drainage on his street.
They immediately responded and as of July 18th, they had that storm drain completely cleared out.
In an email, Hermann stated,
"We have not received any further complaints or requests from Mr. Garfield since that time. One of our Public Works inspectors visited the Chicory site today (Tuesday) and noted that the drain is dry and appears to be functioning properly.
Our Public Works Department has placed the Chicory cul-de-sac drain on its regular drain maintenance schedule. Inspectors will regularly check it to ensure that it is clear and performing properly."
And as for the street's level? The city's engineer says it's appropiately built.
"With regard to Chicory Street and why Mr. Garfield's lot is lower than the street, the street plan for that neighborhood was recorded by Riverside County in 1948.
The neighborhood was developed long before Palm Desert incorporated as a City in 1973 and the configuration of Mr. Garfield's house and the street has been that way for decades," Hermann added.


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Melling M55 done after 5000rpm?
I've read lot of things on the forum about the causes of oil pressure drop, oil level, windage tray, oil pick up height and its related brazing to the pumo body can afflict pressure.
Mine is very good, about 70 when cold and over 35 at idle at operating temperature, the problem pop out when engine turns close to 5000 rpm, the gauge pointer has a superfast vibration from around 5 to 35 PSI.
Looking for the cause on the web i've seen that some oil pump has problem over 5000rpm or so, any experience with them?
i'll tear down oil pan to check pick up height first (honestly i want to see bearings too) then braze the pick up or make a bracket for it.
what is your cruising oil pressure at say 3000 rpm? do you obtain 10 psi for every thousand rpm, for example 3000 rpm gauge reads 30+ psi
car isn't running yet, driveshafts are missing, PSI at 3000 rpm are surely more than 30, i guess something around 55, but i will check them out for sure, idle pressure is way more from 10 PSI.
if me i wouldnt get excited until you actually get her on the road and driving, one thing is if your just sitting and revving theres no load and no real world effects on the engine. get it on the road drive it easily for a bit till your comfortable with how it runs and start getting into the throttle little bit at a time and closely monitor your pressure and temperature.. every engine i build gets the pickup tack welded. (be sure to remove the cotter pin and spring from pump the heat from welding has been known to distort the spring).how many rpm is the motor intended to run? and what are your driving habits? for sb's i like to use the m55hv pump with purple spring(70psi),is that what you have?also if the problem persists after you have it on the road,try another(mechanical) gauge.i hope that helps ease your mind, i know how it can be time/money= edgy.. for the most part sb's are very reliable and forgiving if well maintained and not abused...
thank you for the reply, i'm with you about real life so i have to put my junk on the road before, but... what will happen if engine will run approx 5000 for seconds? i'm concern about that, revving it up is relatively safe, i guess it wouldn't the same thing when the load is on it.
Pump M55 is supposed to be the stock replacement for the SB chevy and i would stay far away from any high volume or pressure pump with stock clearance engine like mine, i think it's gonna be just too much load on cam and distributor gears.
My pump works pretty good until 5000 rpm and i can't understand the why, befoe to get crazy with this and that i want to know if anybody has experienced issue like mine, i wan't to make sure if is just a Melling pump problem before.
Have you tried changing oil? If it is a cavitation problem a thinner oil may eliminate it.
no, there's 5w40 now with comp cams additive for the flat tappets, do you this can cause cavitation?
i understand your concern, so for now go find yourself a mechanical gauge and see what you get. as far as the hv thing goes, you'll always get a mixed bag of people and suggestions when it comes to hv pumps, but as long as clearances are within tolerance then i will always use a hv pump on a street motor.if you did the cam breakin you should change your oil, i would use a straight viscosity unless its real cold where you are, try 30 wt.
The first thing I always look on ANY gauge when I get an abnormal, 'screwy' reading is the sender and the gauge. Check the pressure using another gauge, and check the connections, especially if you're using plastic tubing.
Cavitation IS what comes to mind, though. This is most often caused by the pickup being too close to the bottom of the pan rather than the PU being too high. And as you've suspected, the pump can pull air past a pressed on tube, although this isn't common especially if a new PU was pressed on correctly. But if the old PU was reused, or the job wasn't done just so, you can still pull air.
Use a good oil filter, too. The Fram filters have been reported to have problems associated w/pressure loss.
Not at all likely to be the problem, but still worth mentioning is the filter mount bypass. I like to block it off so the filter receives all the oil, but caution must be used when the oil is cold, and to keep an eye on the pressure- it will continue to drop as the filter becomes more and more restricted.
I'd expect that this is either the bypass valve chattering or the pump gears doing the same, or the inlet pipe is shaking and drawing air on and off. This also could be too much or too little clearance of the pick-up to the bottom of the pan.
Chevy pump gear chatter is a common problem often fixed by milling a groove in the cover plate from the discharge side to the opposite side of the gear. The cause of this is the 7 tooth gear of the pump is just too close to a harmonic of the engine's firing order; plus the bypass returns to the inlet side of the pump so the pumps operating frequency which is imprinted on the oil outflow is fed back in to the inlet when the pressure bypass is operating. This can really shake the daylights out of the gears.
The Chevy inlet being pressed into the pump cover leaves a lot to be desired, I don't like friction fits, I've never seen them last. If this is leaking air the pump input will become unstable a condition that will worsen with RPM. The usual solutions are to braze the inlet to the cover, another thing I love is getting cast iron that hot, and using a brace to carry the structural loads of the pick up off the connection point.
Other things about the pickup is that it needs to have the anti-vortex cover with screen at the intake side. The needs to be from 3/16ths to 3/8ths inch off the bottom of the pan or 4.8 to 9.5 mm.
great responses guys, they're so much apprecciated.
i'd love to do the grove on the pump cover and try to avoid cavitation, i have to braze the pick up wich was new but i want to make sure no air will pass through the pipe.
This link shows the Pump Mods>> http://www.chevytech.info/2c63.html
Many Builders recommend just changing the oil Filter after Cam breakin to retain the ZDDP additives in the oil for a longer period.
thank you.
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- Yield: Makes enough porchetta for 20 sandwiches. Salsa verde and sandwiches make enough for 4 sandwiches.
For the Porchetta
- 1 bunch fresh sage, leaves removed and finely chopped
- 1 bunch fresh rosemary, leaves removed and finely chopped
- 1 bunch fresh oregano, leaves removed and finely chopped
- 12 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 6 tablespoons fennel pollen
- Coarse salt and pepper
- 3 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 (5- to 8-pound) pork belly, skin-on
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 (3- to 4-pound) pork loin
For the Salsa Verde
- 1 shallot, very finely chopped
- 6 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leafed parsley
- 2 tablespoons minced chives
- 3 tablespoons Chardonnay vinegar
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- Juice of 1 lemon
For the Sandwich
- 4 filone rolls, split
- 12 (1/4-inch thick) slices porchetta
- 1 cup baby arugula
In a medium bowl, mix together sage, rosemary, oregano, garlic, fennel pollen, salt, pepper, and lemon zest; set aside.
Place pork belly skin side up on a clean work surface. Using a very sharp knife, score skin in a diamond-shape fashion. Turn pork belly over so that it is skin-side down. Season flesh side of belly with salt and pepper and half of the herb mixture.
Place pork loin on a cutting board. Holding the blade of the knife parallel to board, cut along the length of the pork loin, but not all the way through. Unfold so that it opens like a book. Place butterflied loin on top of pork belly. Season with salt and pepper and spread with remaining herb mixture.
Roll pork away from you into a cylindrical shape; tie with kitchen twine at 1-inch intervals to make snug.
Season skin with salt and pepper. Transfer to refrigerator, uncovered, so that it air-dries for 3 days.
Fit a rimmed baking sheet with a rack and transfer pork to rack. Preheat oven to 500 degrees with a rack set in the lower third of the oven.
Transfer pork, skin side up, to oven and cook until skin begins to crackle, 20 to 25 minutes. Reduce temperature to 325 degrees and continue roasting until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of roast reaches 135 degrees, about 2 1/2 hours, tenting with foil if necessary. Let stand 30 minutes before slicing.
For the Sandwich
Make the salsa verde: In a medium bowl, mix together shallot, parsley, chives, vinegar, oregano, and salt; whisk in olive oil until emulsified. Stir in mustard and lemon juice, set aside.
Make the sandwich: Cover split sides of rolls with salsa verde. Place 3 porchetta slices and some of the crackling on one half of each of the rolls; top with arugula; and sandwich together with remaining half.


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January 14, 2010Amid the increasingly fierce debates over health care reform, one issue that seemed nearly resolved was discrimination provisions and preventing the abuse of "pre-existing condition" designations. But as Adele M. Stan astutely points out at AlterNet, a provision in the Senate bill would disproportionately affect women – effectively neutralizing efforts to level the playing field of health care coverage. Flying dangerously under the radar, the provision allows insurers to expand so-called "wellness programs." As Stan explains, if subscribers do not meet designated "wellness targets," such as a particular cholesterol number, blood sugar measurement or body-weight target, insurers are allowed to penalize them by hundreds or even thousands of dollars. People with chronic conditions, and people who have no time for exercise because of care-giving responsibilities, are clearly the most susceptible to penalties under the Senate bill – and of course, most of the people in these categories are women. The National Partnership for Women and Families has also compiled an issue brief on the provision, detailing how it penalizes especially those women caring for children or elders or both. The American Heart Association, along with the American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association, has written a letter to congressional leaders asking that the Senate's wellness program provision be dropped in favor of the House's language that does not penalize subscribers for failure to meet so-called wellness targets. As Stan reports, some 200 advocacy organizations have signed the AHA letter so far.


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outfit post // Princess of Prints
I've been dying to wear this skirt since my mom bought it for me a little while back. Do you ever refuse to wear a certain item until "the perfect occasion" comes up? I can't be the only one, lol. I wore it for the first time this Sunday on the last day of my staycation. Like most maxi skirts and dresses, it's super long for me since I'm only 4'11. Normally I'd have to get it hemmed, but having to pull it up over my baby bump allowed me to skip that step (for now). I'm even looking forward to wearing it as a dress.
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Here is my mom making a special appearance today! If you've been reading my blog over the years, you know I'm notorious for stealing items out of her closet - most of which I've recently returned. I have to say that my mom was the first person to make me fall in love with fashion. When I was a kid, I thought she was the most glamorous woman on Earth, lol. While I was growing up in Jamaica, she was known for throwing parties, and I would just sit and watch her get ready in the most amazing outfits. She's kept a few of her expensive sequin dresses, but she was so tiny back then - neither of us can squeeze into them now, lol. I promise those dresses are motivation for me to get in shape - I will wear them one day :)


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by Nancy Campbell from Above Rubies - The War Against The Womb I am meditating on the awesomeness of Christ coming into this world. Bible commentators agree that Jesus was not born at this Christmas time when the world remembers His birth. He would most probably have been born about the month of September during the Feast of Tabernacles. However, this is most probably that time that He was divinely conceived by the Holy Ghost. Amazing. God coming to the earth as a "seed" from the Father. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: War on Wombs?
True Love Doesn't Wait
by Rosie Franklin cross posted from her blog Disrupting Dinner PartiesTrigger warning- Christian virginity/purity culture throughout (which is absolutely not sarcasm as a trigger warning). __________________Also, I told you not to read this, Mom._______________ I talked a bit Tuesday about how I lost my virginity, in my post on rape culture. I sort of mentioned but didn't go into detail about the fact that the loss of my virginity was somewhat emotionally unmooring for me, in addition to the manner in which I "lost" it being awful. So today I'm going to talk about what I was taught about sex and virginity. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Women All Want Strings Attached?
by Ross Douthat posted at Ladies Against Feminism and The National Review - Feminist Pioneers Out to Destroy Your Daughters [R]ecent generations of women have been ill served by feminism's embrace of the sexual revolution. Feminists posited that women and men were identical in their sexuality, and that only an absurd double standard had required men to treat women respectfully. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: A Christmas Word?
by Doug Wilson of Blog and Mablog - A Huge White Snarl Flapping Behind YouTrigger-warning! Doug is being very judgmental and hateful in his Christmas cyber altar call. So here it comes — a Christmas word to the faithless. I am using the word faithless in both senses. I am speaking to those who do not believe, and I am speaking to those who are being disobedient to what they actually do know (Rom. 1:19-20). Ultimately the two categories are only one, but I am speaking to those who are without faith and those trying to throw it away, wanting to pretend they never had it. … [Read more...]
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Quoting Quiverfull: Created to be Joyfully Submissive?
by Becky Stelzer from Ladies Against Feminism and Answers in Genesis - Inferior or Equal? Modern extreme feminism places women in authority over men, while traditional Darwinian evolution places women far below men. And since the Bible directs that a wife be in submission to her husband, even Christians may wonder, "Is the woman inferior or equal?" … [Read more...]
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by R. J. Rushdooney from CRI - Christian Families on the Edge "All the basic governmental powers in society, save one, the death penalty, have been given [by God] to the family, not to the state nor to the church.…A mark of anti-Christianity is the move to strip the family of these powers." … [Read more...]
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Quoting Quiverfull: God Not Welcome in Public School?
by Nancy Campbell of Above Rubies - The Key of Knowledge God is the God of knowledge (1 Samuel 2:3; Proverbs 9:10; Isaiah 11:2; Colossians 2:3). Are our children taught knowledge from God's point of view in our public schools? No.God has the key of knowledge (Luke 11:52). Do our public school teachers use the key of God's knowledge to lead the students into His ways? No. They take away the key of knowledge and instead teach man's ways and ideas. … [Read more...]


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2007 M3 to get unique body design
From Left Lane News:
Unlike past generations of the iconic sports car, the 2007 BMW M3 coupe will receive an entirely unique body design, according to a report in Germanys AutoBild magazine. In recent months, the magazine has stood by its computer rendering of the car (shown right - click to zoom), despite consistent indications that the new 3-Series coupe would feature a less radical design. It now appears that while the 3-Series coupe and convertible will not stray too far from their sedan and wagon counterparts, the M3 will take on a much more aggressive and upscale appearance. Traditionally, the M3 has simply used a lowered 3-Series body with added cladding and other minor visual upgrades. The new M3, expected as either a 2007 or 2008 model, will feature an new V8 engine derived directly from the companys new V10 engine from the M5 and M6 performance cars. Output is expected as high as 425 horsepower. Meanwhile, Audi is said to be readying its own answer to the M3 the RS5 coupe. The car will likely use the same engine as the RS4, with output boosted to around 450 horsepower. AutoBild has posted a new RS5 computer rendering, which is clearly a derivative of the forthcoming Nuvolari-inspired A5 coupe.
I like what is shown.
Body woon't stray too much from the 3 IMHO.
I am not sure the E90 4 door can be "M'd", the E46 4 door could not.
Well look at tradition.
E30 M shared something like 2 -3 body panels from non-M version.
E36 M3 used virtually all the same parts except for slight cosmetic things (rockers, mirrors).
E46 M3 uses doors, roof, trunk from non-M version, all other body parts are unique.
So it would be LIKELY that the E90 M3 uses mainly different body parts than the non-M coupes.
I'm not a fan of Audi, but that RS5 looks pretty good.
425HP isn't too far off from the 760i's V12......geez.
And the E46 while almost totally different is different in a subtle way. The E30 M3 was much more in your face about the differences. But that was nice.
There won't be an M4...that would be marketing suicide.
This car will out perform any M5 or M6, or Z8.
So why would folks by the M5/M6?. 100K is a lot of money for a car that won't out perform something costing $40K less.
The marketing department at BMW is like the one at Porsche, so my guess is that either they will dumb the car down so that it's outpaced by its more expensive siblings, or they'll just generate their own weaker performance numbers like they did with the S54 M Coupe/Roadster. Hopefully it's the latter.
The M3 should be 'just right' in size for a coupe (but the E92 looks like it's going to be too big). I don't see why they keep making it bigger... the E46 was too big as it was, and now it looks as though it will be growing once again. It would be awesome if they were actually going to make the M3 entirely different, but I would imagine that would be far too expensive to justify.
I think the E46 is a tad on the small side. It felt cramped when I had mine. The 645 is a little more roomy on the inside. I guess it depends how you drive. Short drives the E46 is fine, but long road trips, more room is in order.
I never have bought that arguement.
The M6 is a grand touring car. Good performance, designed for long high speed trips.
The M3 is the cut and thrust more sporty car, with compromizes on room for smaller size and better performance.
The M3 has typically outperformed the M5, but it didn't seem to hurt M5 sales.
I supposed the fact the 3 series interior, options, etc. wll be scaled down a bit.
I suppose I can look at it the other way. A loaded M3 is going to be close to 60k. Some M3 buyers will opt for the 6 and vice versa.
I just hope that the new M3 has more torque then the last one, doesn't weigh any more, and doesn't have to have the valves adjusted every so often.
I will go with you on this one.
Welcome to high performance cars. You want low maintennace, get a standard 3 series or any of the Japanese clones. Real motors have solid lifters and have to have the vlaves adjusted. And every 30 - 60K is NOT often. Often is having them adjusted every 3-5K miles.
Have you looked at the S54 torque curve?
At 2000 RPM you have 244 pounds feet of torque. At 4000 RPM you have 265 pounds feet (less than 10% more). Peak torque is 4500 at 270. At 6000 you have 257. At 7000 you still have 236 (Hmm, less than you have at 2000). And at 8000 you have 218.
This is what is called a flat torque curve. And the reason the M3 doesn't feel as quick as it is, you don't get that rush as the torque builds as the revs climb, it just keeps on accelerating.
If you want a Honda, buy a Honda. BMW caved to the masses going to hydraulic lifters. They saw the light again and went back to solid ones for performance. And in a high performance engien with hydraulic lifter you can run into the dreaded hard running ticking, like E36 M3s after a hard autocross or track run. Imagine all the people bringing cars back thinking they were defective because of that.
Oh, you do NOT have an E90 M3 on order. At best you are on a waiting list to order one once allocations are available. On order says you have placed an order for a specific car (produciton number) with specific options.
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Here's some more E90 M3 pics you guys should like. :thumbup:
Also check out www.germancarfans.com for all the info. and pics on other upcoming BMWs. :D
What's the deal with fogs? :dunno:
All new M's (3/5/6) lost their fog lights for air intakes.
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I only hope that when the apocalypse comes, the hearty band of rouges I'm stuck with to repopulate the planet will be as pretty as these.
Count me out then. I like sci-fi mysteries in movies or books, where the writer has an opportunity to complete the entire story before offering it up to the world. I don't like them on TV, where they almost never come together cleanly.
There's no reason a post-apocalyptic story has to revolve around a mystery though. It could easily be written as a straightforward science-fiction drama/adventure where there is no "great unknown" hocus pocus going on.
People who just like to watch TV learn that the sf fans hate the show, figure it must not be very good, and don't watch it. Torpedo delivered.
My reaction to all this negativity is to reverse my position on hating the show because it's such a blatant ripoff of the Emberverse series. I will watch it, and I will encourage everyone I know to watch it, and also encourage them to read Stirling's books, and to engage in spirited group discussions about what they'd do if electricity stopped working, and what skills they would bring to a quasi-18th Century civilization.
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I disagree with this. Good scifi, gritty scifi, tongue in cheek scifi is appreciated. I've enjoyed Star Trek, Lost, Farscape, BSG, Dr. Who. Heck I enjoyed Buffy and Angel. All varied greatly in concept and how far a stretch the premise was, but something clicked that made them watchable. Technical flaws will be ignored if the writers/producers put good characters, dialogue and actors on screen. Sometimes it takes time and I see a lot of geeks here willing to keep tuning into shows hoping that the shows do improve. I agree that its harsh to totally blow this show off due to the founding premise. Heck a lot of folks believed that there were surviviors on a plane crash on the preimier of Lost. How credible was that??? Good writing, story arcs and character development will overcome shortcomings on the tech side.
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^And adding to that, genre fans have simply been burned soooo many times. All we want is a good, solid show. Interesting characters, premises that make sense-within the confines of the story. Yet, time and time again,we're given drek compared to the quality found on non genre series. ABC's V should have been watchable. Lizards from space that want us for dinner. But we got a very boring hour, that became a muddled mess. I mean, they even messed up Knight Rider. C'mon. How do you make a reboot show about a guy with a talking supercar bad? See NBC's version from a couple of seasons back.
The reaction-pre show snap judgments, is an unfortunate, but understandable result of seeing shows with genuine promise devolve into convoluted messes, over and over.
Dazed and confused over high tech.
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They're not com-tastic!
They had characters and dialog and stories and were compelling, that touched on bigger issues, that resonated with our own lives.
Revolution could have all that too. But we've already lit the tinder, and we're just waiting for the witch to catch fire.
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Instead of burning a witch, can we burn one of the writers? I have nothing against the writers of this particular show (not yet anyway), but I doubt we're going to be able to catch Damon Lindelof or Chris Carter.
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Re lucifer's hammer, I haven't read that but I'd love to see a movie or miniseries made from Forge of God by Greg Bear. That'd be pretty epic.
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What I didn't like was that damn annoying snipe after every break and the constant premiere bug. We get it, it premiers on the 17th. We aren't stupid.
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Advertising the episode you're watching no less. One really has to wonder at the logic. I mean, wouldn't anyone making the effort to watch ondemand or on line also make the effort to find out the broadcast time?
I don't.
All it takes is another one of those, and we could be without power for months if not years because the big transformers that handle the grid cannot easily be replaced.
Why would all these transformers need to be replaced?
I do understand electricity, (for the most part) but, I don't understand your statement.
While sunspot activity can, and at some point undoubtedly will, disrupt communications temporarily, I see no reason for widespread, massive damage.
One thing I was thinking- older mechanical injection diesel engines would still work (electric glow plugs can be replaced with a manually heated equivalent device) without electricity....
All that aside... I enjoyed the pilot episode too.
"You cannot play God and then wash your hands of the things you created."
– Commander Bill Adama
S.M. Stirling's .. "Dies the Fire" books
"One Second After" .. William R. Forstchen
et al
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Oddball: Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
Loss of medication. No way to produce any more or get your supply. Nursing homes would be full of dead, a huge portion of the population would die without their medications. A lot of medications, some you think of as minor, would cause people ot die without it. There are milltions and millions on blood perssure medicine alone.
Then add to that starvation from no food, unsanitary conditions, infections/accidents, natural deaths, suicides/accidents, fighting/war breaks out, etc. etc.
Read One Second After. The author did a lot of research and explains it in detail, it is really a sobering momment when you realize what would happen.
Loss of medication. No way to produce any more or get your supply. Nursing homes would be full of dead, a huge portion of the population would die without their medications. A lot of medications, some you think of as minor, would cause people ot die without it. There are milltions and millions on blood perssure medicine alone.
Actually, if people went back to a healthy, sustainable, agricultural based diet with a heavy reliance on manual labor they would no longer need a lot of those medications. Funny how that works.
Now if you kill off 80-90% of the population it would probably be possible- like in the early days (pre 1800's) of the USA..
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To me, this is more like The Event/Jericho than Lost/ Flash Forward
My expectations are low but we will see how this holds up.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Richmond freshman De'Monte Buckingham capped off an extraordinary week with an honor from the Atlantic 10 as he was named A-10 Rookie of the Week on Monday.
Buckingham has led the Spiders to a 3-0 start in conference play and had two outstanding performances in a home win over Fordham and road victory at George Washington.
Last Wednesday, Buckingham scored a career-high 22 points with four three-pointers against Fordham. He also added four rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals.
He followed up that effort with a perfect 7-of-7 shooting performance at George Washington, scoring 16 points and dishing four assists. He stuffed the stat sheet yet again with three steals, two blocks and a rebound.
Buckingham is now shooting 72.4 percent from the field in A-10 play, which is second in the league through three games. He has tallied six-straight double-digit scoring performances.
The award marks Buckingham's first Atlantic 10 weekly honor. The Spiders have now won four weekly honors this season.


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NBC, Fox didn't challenge McCain's false claim that Obama was community organizer when Palin was in office
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During separate interviews on NBC's Nightly News and Fox News Sunday, Sen. John McCain falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama was a community organizer when Gov. Sarah Palin was in elected office. Neither NBC's Brian Williams nor Fox's Chris Wallace noted that McCain's claim is false. In fact, Palin was an undergraduate at the University of Idaho when Obama was a community organizer.
During an interview on the August 31 edition of NBC's Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams did not challenge Sen. John McCain's false claim that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin "was in elected office when Senator [Barack] Obama was still a, quote, 'community organizer.' " Similarly, during the August 31 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace did not challenge McCain's false claim that "when she [Palin] was in government, he [Obama] was a community organizer." Neither Williams nor Wallace noted that McCain's claim that Palin was in government while Obama was a community organizer is false, as the website Politifact.com has noted.
In fact, when Obama was a community organizer, from 1985-1988, Palin was an undergraduate at the University of Idaho (until 1987) and then -- according to National Journal's Almanac of American Politics -- was a television sports reporter. Palin joined the Wasilla city council -- her first elected office -- in 1992, the year Obama served as director of Chicago's Project Vote! -- the local chapter of a national voter registration organization -- and began teaching at the University of Chicago Law School.
From the August 31 edition of NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams:
WILLIAMS: You've heard the commentators, I know, and by repeating it, I mean no disrespect: A 72-year-old cancer survivor picks a not-yet one full term governor of Alaska. Is she the best person to be, literally, a heartbeat away from the presidency, Senator?
McCAIN: Well, let me just point out, facts are funny things. She's been in elected office longer than Senator Obama. She's been the chief executive of the state that supplies 20 percent of America's energy. She has balanced budgets. She's had executive experience as governor, as mayor, as a city council member, and PTA. So, she was in elected office when Senator Obama was still a, quote, "community organizer." He's never had one day of executive experience. I think it's almost ludicrous to compare her experience in elected office, and as a leader of one of the most important states in America -- certainly the largest -- and compare her experience with his. It's no contest.
WILLIAMS: But you know the question, Senator. Given the field, given all that we know, is she the best person to be a heartbeat away from the president?
McCAIN: Oh sure, in every way. In every way that I know of.
From the August 31 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday:
WALLACE: But, Senator, you talk about her years of experience. Ten of those years were as a city councilwoman and mayor of a town of 9,800 people. And in terms of foreign policy, in March of 2007, after -- two months after the surge had started, she was asked about it, and she said: "I've been focused on state government. I haven't focused on the war in Iraq" -- understandable for a governor; not understandable for a vice president.
McCAIN: Well, by the way, also she was a member of the PTA. I think it's wonderful. But the point is she's been to Kuwait. She's been over there. She's been with her troops, the National Guard that she commands, who had been over there and had the experience. I'm proud of her knowledge of these challenges and issues.
And of course as governor, she has had enormous responsibilities, none of which Senator Obama had. He -- when she was in government, he was a community organizer. When she was taking tough positions against her own party, Senator Obama was voting "present" 130 times in the state legislature, on every tough issue -- whatever it was -- while she was taking them on. That's the kind of judgment that I'm confident that we need in Washington.
WALLACE: For people who aren't persuaded, at least, initially, in the first 24 hours, about her experience, especially on foreign policy, doesn't this raise even more concerns about your age?
McCAIN: I don't know. Look, it was an issue in the primary, as you know. I've got to show them the vigor. I've got to show them the energy. I've got to show them the judgment. I've got to show them that my experience and knowledge qualifies me to lead.
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"I do like the fact that we had no turnovers against Mississippi," head coach Phillip Fulmer said.
Georgia, 4-0 and 2-0, has been even more opportunistic. The Bulldogs lead the SEC with 37.9 percent of their points off turnovers (50 of 132) -- just ahead of Tennessee's 34.6-percent rate.
Conversely, 27 of Tennessee's 63 points allowed this season are the direct result of eight Volunteer turnovers -- a 42.8-percent rate that stands last in the conference. Georgia has allowed only six of its 45 points off turnovers (13.3 percent) to rank fourth in the SEC.
Tennessee's even turnover margin is tied for fifth in the league, while Georgia paces the conference and ranks third nationally with a +2.0 turnover rate. The Bulldogs have gained 14 turnovers while committing only six.
"The exciting part is our team still realizes that as well as we've played, there's a considerable amount of room for improvement," Fulmer said. "Obviously we will have a huge challenge this week to get those things done versus an outstanding Georgia football team."
This week's Vol Scholar of the Week for the Georgia game is quarterback Rick Clausen from Thousand Oaks, Calif., as selected by the staff of the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center.
Clausen graduated in December 2004 with a bachelor's degree in speech communications and currently is toward a master's degree in recreation and leisure studies. The 2005 team captain also is a camp counselor for TEAM FOCUS, working with youth without fathers.
Clausen also is one of six Vols sporting a mortarboard sticker on the back of their Tennessee football helmets, denoting the owners of undergraduate degrees. Other graduates on the 2005 squad are Jason Allen, C.J. Fayton, Richie Gandy, Jason Mitchell and Sam Wantland.
McNEIL UNDERGOES SURGERY
Tennessee freshman center Josh McNeil underwent arthroscopic left shoulder surgery Wednesday in Asheville, N.C., to repair a labral injury, head athletic trainer Keith Clements reported.
McNeil, a 6-4, 283-pounder from Collins, Miss., did not appear in any games during his first season on campus and should receive a medical redshirt. Clements expects McNeil to be ready for the 2006 season.
"Josh will not be allowed full contact collision activity in spring practice but he will have limited participation," Clements said. "The surgery went as expected."
INJURY UPDATE: Probable -- WR C.J. Fayton (ankle), LB Jerod Mayo (knee), DT Turk McBride (ankle); Questionable -- DB Jarod Parrish (knee); Out -- DE Jared Hostetter (knee); Out for Season -- TB Montario Hardesty (knee), C Josh McNeil (shoulder).


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HONG KONG (AP) — An angry crowd opposed to pro-democracy protests that have paralyzed parts of Hong Kong for more than two weeks charged barricades used by the demonstrators on Monday, clashing with police as they attempted to storm the protest zone.
Scuffles broke out as about two dozen men wearing surgical masks to hide their faces tried to forcefully remove the metal barricades that protesters have set up to block off main roads near the heart of Hong Kong s financial district. Some were seen using box cutters to snap cables connecting the barricades.
Several hundred of the protesters rivals rushed up to the barricades, punching their fists in the air and chanting Open the road! They also shouted Occupy Central is illegal, referring to one of the names of the pro-democracy movement that has swept Hong Kong.
Taxi drivers joined in, some driving their cabs up to the barricades and leaning on their horns to express their anger about the traffic disruptions.
A line of police officers held the crowd back, keeping them separated from the protesters on the other side of the barriers.
Protester Alex Kwok said he received a scratch on his arm after he was attacked by several men whom he accused of being members of triads, or organized crime gangs.
The tension later eased as the most of the crowd dispersed. Police took away some masked men inside the protest zone who tried to pick fights with the protesters, and later said they arrested three men, aged 18 to 47, at the clashes on suspicion of assault and carrying weapons.
It was not immediately clear who convened the anti-protest crowd.
Before the police came, young men wearing masks and dark clothing came to pick fights with people and we heard that some of them had weapons, said Kevin Ng, a college student who was at the scene and saw the scuffles. I don t know who the young men wearing masks were. We suspect they re triad members, but it s hard to say. What other kind of group would organize themselves to come attack us?
Allegations have surfaced in the past few weeks that some people were paid to disrupt the protests. A local radio station broadcast an audio clip Monday in which a man, said to be a taxi driver, discussed a payment of 2,000 Hong Kong dollars (8) to take part in the ruckus.
The clip cannot be independently verified and it was not clear where the alleged payment was coming from.
Demonstrators have flooded Hong Kong s streets since Sept. 28 in a civil disobedience movement opposing restrictions on the first-ever direct election for the semiautonomous Chinese city s leader, promised by Beijing for 2017. They want authorities to drop a plan to use a pro-Beijing committee to screen candidates in the election.
They also want Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, the city s Beijing-backed leader, to resign.
Speaking to reporters at an event in Guangzhou, a city in southern China, Leung stressed that the authorities have handled the protests with a huge degree of tolerance. He dodged a question about when officers will move in to clear the protests, saying only, We cannot let this situation continue in the long term.
Leung also said, I will not resign, and I don t have to resign.
Earlier Monday, police removed some barricades on the edges of the protest zone to allow some traffic through the area.
Police stressed that the operation — carried out at dawn, when the number of protesters at the site is typically at its lowest — was not meant to clear the area, and said it was only to relieve traffic congestion for commuters heading to work.
Police spokesman Steve Hui said later Monday that officers would continue to trim the protest zone, and warned that anyone challenging them could be arrested.
Tens of thousands of protesters have occupied busy roads outside the city government headquarters as well as in two busy shopping districts elsewhere in Hong Kong to press their demands, but their numbers have since dwindled.
Associated Press writer Joanna Chiu contributed to this report.
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Returns the current server time in hours and minutes
hours,minutes = GetGameTime();
- hours
- Number - The current hour (0-23).
- minutes
- Number - The minutes passed in the current hour (0-59).
local hour,minute = GetGameTime(); message(hour .. ":" .. minute);
A message with the current server time appears.
This function can unexpectedly return results inconsistant with actual realm sever time. The value returned is from the physical instance server you are actually playing on, and not that of the world instance server (realm server) you log into. Servers for instances such as for raids and pvp are often shared between login world servers. And instance servers are not always running using the same timezone as the login realm server. This is particualry noticable for Oceanic and other low population world servers. See below for more...
To use this in a macro:
/script local hour,minute = GetGameTime(); DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(hour .. ":" .. minute);
More notesEdit
So for example you log into US Ysera EST at 18:00, and enter Ulduar runing on an instance server that is PST. Suddenly the time returned will be 3 hours behind the time you were getting. Confusing but important :) Please keep this in mind if using this time for anything important functionally, such as diffing times or using as part of functional historical data.
For getting consistant times you have two basic choices use server or use local client time. Server time is good because all players in a realm will have the same time within more or less a mintue accuracy. Client time is good because you have second precision, but everyones times are different, as not only do people log into realm servers from other timezones, but you also have no idea how correct their local time is, from unset clocks to bad user timezone, and lots of variance. The "instance server not same time as login server" problem suddenly makes the server time much less valuable for consistancy. Two reasons: even if the server is in the same timezone as the login server, you might have variance between the two server like 5-10 mintues, though not typicaly the case. Using local time for most apps where a univeral time isnt important is the way to go.
A third choice for consistant times is to mix the two and run a timer correction update event in the background, where you get a base time difference between local and server time as to correct local time to server time, and base seconds (plus diff) purely off of local time. So: seed base -> use local time + base as time value in addon (server time with second precision) -> continue every fraction of second or so to see if server time has rolled over to next minute -> reconcile and update base -> and on and on... The update event basically corrects the base difference over time to keep it acruate with server time. The base correction update is necessary because users computers can drift dramatically depending on the computer, and because users can choose to change their timezone or clock at any time. Also doing time diffs and adds is not as simple as it sounds; its a bit contrived to get it right. What you end up with however is as near second accruacy universal server time across all clients. This depends on how accurate minute rollovers form server time are and using the cients seconds counter should not drift any perceptable amount inside a mintute. I'm guessing the wow client itself is basing the server time minute rollovers on local client time as well, just not shared with us through this function, and i dont know how often or what triggers actual server time updates to the client. But in practice ive observed this working very very well. However... with the newer problem (the original reason for the note) you will need to basically shut off the base correction when a player enters an instance and save the difference value to your saved vars, in case the player restarts or logs into an instance instead of the realm world server. This leaves the problem of a user installing the addon and loging on to an instance server first rather than the realm world server (and people who raid know that can really happen a lot, ala "oh let me go enable or install that addon i need, brb"). In this case you will need to seed the base with the difference of the instance server just once and then follow the rule of shutting it off in an instance, where it will natuarally be corrected within a minute or so of entering realm world server.
This is alot of trouble to get simple consistant server time, adn ... may seem crazy to worry about. For some apps is more than nice to have, ala player joins and leaves for say raid tracker for example and dealing wiht non-trival things for users to fix after the fact like wtf dkp upload results, its worth it. The core issue isnt having accruacy like an atomic clock, but not haivng time values jump in a way that makes the data absurd or inconsistant or impossible to process like dkp uploads, and a close second is all users having the basic same time of the day in a consistant format and time zone, which is really the same thing for multi user uploads in my example. All blizz cound do to fix this would be to make a hole where to continue to get server time from the realm server for addons and possibly share the seconds counter as a third return value in this API function if ther is such a thing, and is all probably not a trivial thing to change.
And.. while im on such a roll.. I suspect the server time updates are one of two things. They are taken directly from other data for other purposes like timings from one of the standard server game clocks out of packets intended for avatar updates and the like with the seconds clipped off. Or its an out of band update to the clients every so often where there would be no real seconds value to begin with. A third possiblity would be what I originally suspected, is that is a very occasional update from the server out of band, and updated by the client based on local time anyway. If is out of band and special the last example would be the least bandwidth by far. Dun make me re-synthesize what would need extra return value pls pls. :)


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3 Weeks Post-op + Body Lift Q&A
Lower Body Lift and Buttock Auto Augmentation Questions? (photo)
I had an lower body lift with auto buttock augmentation 3 weeks ago. I ve already asked a question about the swelling but now i want to know if the... READ MORE
Not all skin removed during posterior body lift? (photos)
I am 3wks post op of a posterior body lift, and though my flanks have gone away, I do not feel my butt is lifted to it's fullest. When I stand up, it... READ MORE
Is Incision Beginning to Open? Hematoma at Drain Site? (photo)
20 days post op body lift. Iooks like incision has hole and might start to open? Droplets of fliud came out, right above monis pubis. Still very... READ MORE
What Would Make Buttocks "Fall" Almost Immediately After a Lower Body Lift?
3 weeks ago I had a circumfrential body left. I was told post surgery, my buttocks was pert and round. Shortly after surgery, my buttucks completely... READ MORE
Can I use Mederma and ScarGuard MD together?
I am 3 weeks out from a LBL & BL/BA. My PS suggested mederma once all incisions are healed up. In researching I am reading that Scargaurd MD is highly... READ MORE
17 Days Post Op Lower Body Lift - Drain Site Still Open 4 Days After Removal of Drain?
I am 17 days post op of lower body lift. I had my last set of drains removed 4 days ago and one drain site closed up immediately. The other drain site... READ MORE
Upper body life and brachioplasty scars review: are steri-strips better than glue? (photo)
I had brachio pasty and upper body lift on December 10. Do you find that steri-strips are better than glue? My glue is coming undone, should I have my... READ MORE
Is it normal to have clear reddish liquid coming out of my incision in the mid section of my buttocks?
I am 3 weeks post op from my LBL, Butt Lift using the Fat Flap technique and Breast Augmentation. Yesterday I started having this clear reddish liquid... READ MORE
Buttocks flatten more after 3 wks LBL. Will it go back to pre surgery shape? Will increasing calories and training help? (Photo)
On Dec 14 I had a tummy tuck + LBL procedure. For the past 3 yrs. I've been training hard and lost 100 lb. which left me with excess skin on abdomen +... READ MORE
I'm 3 weeks post upper body lift and my drainage is around 80ml. Should I be concerned?
I am 42 5.1ft , I lost 130lbs 5 years ago The drainage levels are 100+ in week 1, 90+ in week 2 and 80+ this week . In addition I have been under the... READ MORE
Is this bulging normal 21 days post lower body lift?
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Increased appetite following body lift surgery. Any suggestions?
I had full body lift surgery 3 weeks ago. Since i got home i have been very hungry; eating all the junk food in the house plus my main meals. Will... READ MORE
Will exercising improve my results?
I am 24 days post op from a lower body lift with lipo. Loving the results so far even tho I still have some swelling. Will exercising improve results? READ MORE
3 weeks post up, but hating my results. Do you think I deserve a free/minimal cost revision? Bra line lift (Photo)
Post bra line back lift, butt kift w/analogous flap, and thigh lift. was going to have a BBL with liposculpture, but not enough fat for it and was... READ MORE
Is my belly button healing normally? (Photo)
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Concerned with new darkened area underneath incision line. (photo)
I'm 3.5 weeks post op from back bra lift....noticed darkened area this morning. Overall it's not painful unless pressed upon. Wondering if it's a... READ MORE
23 days post-op. What could this red, hard spot be? (Photo)
I'm here for a second opinion. I've had the small red, warm area above my body lift incision since Monday or Tuesday. I'm 23 days post op. I saw my Dr... READ MORE
Drain sites seem like they're open; is this normal? (Photo)
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Skiers Descend On Stowe For Tour de Snow
01/16/12 4:04PM By Amy Kolb Noyes
(Host) Cross-country skiers of all ages and abilities descended upon Stowe over the weekend. Sunday was the second annual Stowe Tour de Snow. It's a family oriented cross-country ski event, with activity stations along five miles of Stowe's Recreation Path.
This year, event organizers set out to make the Tour truly accessible to everyone. They partnered with groups such as the Northeast Disabled Athletic Association to introduce Nordic sit-skis for wheelchair-bound athletes to try out.
Patrick Standen is president of the association:
(Standen) "The Nordic sit-ski is a relatively new adaptive program, certainly here in Vermont. The Northeast Disabled Athletic Association purchased a number of adaptive sit-ski buckets for Nordic about five years ago and we now have an ongoing presence throughout Vermont."
(Host) The adaptive equipment includes a bucket-style seat that clips into a pair of skis. Skiers use a short set of poles to power over the snow, as Standen explains:
(Standen) "As you can imagine, sitting down and propelling yourself without your legs/// can be very strenuous. But if you hit the wax correctly and you've got a nice groomed trail, it's amazing the glide that you can get because you're just going to be double polling the entire time."
(Host) Event organizer Pascale Savard says she's happy to make the Tour de Snow even more inclusive.
(Savard) "My favorite part of it is it regroups every segment of our community, including the businesses, the locals, our neighbors, our visitors. And we all get together and we play games on the Rec Path, which is really fun."
(Host) Proceeds from this year's event will provide Nordic equipment and instruction to students at Stowe's public schools.


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Northstar Engines and System Technical Discussion Discussion, 2001 Northstar 4.6 in 99 sts body?? in Cadillac Engine Discussion; Hey guys, I came across an engine today to replace the cracked block in my car. The only problem is ...
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2001 Northstar 4.6 in 99 sts body??
Hey guys, I came across an engine today to replace the cracked block in my car. The only problem is that it came out of a 2001 sts, and my car is a 99. What is involved in converting it to work? It looks to be very close, however there is an air pump and lines and the coils are inside of the valve covers instead of the back. Can i use the old distributer/coils and what not, so that all wiring is the same or are there differences? Has anyone successfully done this job?
Re: 2001 Northstar 4.6 in 99 sts body??
Hmmm...nobodies done this? Basically this guy has the whole assembly-transmission, subframe, motor, electrical etc. I was thinking I could change over the electrical components from the old motor onto the new one, and also use the old exaust manifolds to get rid of the air pump. It looks very similar, would cadillac have changed it enough that they are non transferable?
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Re: 2001 Northstar 4.6 in 99 sts body??
This question is a little different than the other one you posted.
Even with the whole subframe assembly I don't know if the harness would swap pver. You would have to use the computer that matches the engine.
Again, it's probably easier to get the right block.
Re: 2001 Northstar 4.6 in 99 sts body??
As stated in the other thread, too many differences... I forgot about the ignition system, they are totally different.
Go find the right engine.
Re: 2001 Northstar 4.6 in 99 sts body??
This is an info about the differences and hope it is suitable for you
The list of new Northstar V8 features includes:
Roller-follower valvetrain design
Improved combustion chamber configuration
Center-feed intake manifold
New pistons
Coil-on-plug cassette ignition system
Siemens powertrain control module (engine/transmission control computer)
Exhaust manifolds with integral air-injection passages
Flex pipe between the exhaust Y-pipe and the catalytic converter
Twin electrically driven, two-stage air pumps (LEV applications only)
Direct mounting of all engine-driven accessories (power steering pump, AC compressor, electrical generator)
Integrated coolant crossover and throttle-body support
The Northstar's fuel recommendation changes from premium (93 octane, lead-free) to regular, resulting in a major reduction in operating expense. To facilitate this gain, the Northstar's compression ratio was lowered from 10.3:1 to 10.0:1.
One result of these improvements is that the 2000 Seville will be certified for sale in California and certain Northeast states as a low emissions vehicle (LEV). This was achieved by means of a reaction-heated catalyst, pistons with reduced crevice volume and a new combustion chamber design.
Engine Design Changes
Revised combustion chambers are superior to previous designs in terms of both tumble motion of the incoming fuel-air mixture and burn rate. The intake and exhaust valves have been resized. Larger intake valves improve the engine's breathing ability, while smaller exhaust valves increase flow velocity, an aid to catalyst light off.
While the new combustion chamber design helps maximize fuel efficiency, even larger gains are made by the addition of roller-follower devices between each cam lobe and valve stem. Compared to the previous Northstar's direct valve actuation, the result is a substantial reduction in friction. During moderate driving conditions, the torque necessary to turn Northstar's four camshafts is reduced by 50 percent or more.
The Northstar also benefits from a new ignition system that delivers power to the spark plugs directly instead of through wiring. A cassette containing four ignition coils linked by short secondary leads to adjoining spark plugs now attaches atop each cylinder head cover.
In addition to improved reliability, the new ignition system permits scheduling the magnitude of the voltage sent to the spark plugs. High voltage is used during full-load, high rpm and heavy EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) conditions to guarantee complete combustion. The energy level is reduced to minimize electrical loads and radio frequency interference during light-load conditions, such as medium speed cruising. The result is extended spark-plug life and a peak energy capacity that is 130 percent higher than the system it replaced.
Northstar's new powertrain control module is a single circuit board device housed within a sealed aluminum case engineered to withstand the harsh underhood environment. The module contains dual microprocessors to monitor and direct engine and transmission operations.
Noise and vibration improvements are the result of adopting a center-feed design for the composite-plastic intake manifold, as opposed to the previous end-feed design. The new design facilitates a near equal-length induction path for all eight cylinders. In contrast, the previous design provided a long path to the front cylinders and shorter paths to rearward cylinders. With the reduction or elimination of many harmonic tones, the resulting induction sound is more of a hum.
A molded-plastic cover backed with acoustical foam rests above the intake manifold to reduce induction, fuel-injector and other noises radiated by the engine. Direct mounting of accessories eliminates flex and vibration inherent with extra brackets. A flexible connection in the exhaust system en route to the catalyst helps quell another source of noise and harshness.


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Pat Mora
Elena - Poem by Pat Mora
My Spanish isn`t good enough
I remember how I`d smile
Listening my little ones
Understanding every word they´d say,
Their jokes, their songs, their plots
Vamos a pedirle dulces a mama. Vamos.
But that was in Mexico.
Now my children go to American High Schools.
They speak English. At night they sit around the
Kitchen table, laugh with one another.
I stand at the stove and feel dumb, alone.
I bought a book to learn English.
My husband frowned, drank more beer.
My oldest said, 'Mama, he doesn´t want you to
Be smarter than he is' I´m forty,
Embarrased at mispronouncing words,
Embarrased at the laughter of my children,
The grocery, the mailman. Sometimes I take
my English book and lock myself in the bathroom,
say the thick words softly, for if I stop trying, I will be deaf
when my children need my help.
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Businesses in La Quinta Village struggling after Ralph's closure
LA QUINTA, Calif. - A lone shopping cart is about the only thing parked at the La Quinta Village shopping center. Now that its anchor store, Ralph's, is officially closed, the once buzzing plaza feels more like a ghost town.
"We've seen a little bit of a decline," said business owner John Reynolds of his long-standing restaurant in the Village, Chapelli's.
"We have no walk-ins anymore and we're hoping they bring a grocery store in soon," said Sammie Freitag, who opened La Quinta Salon & Day Spa.
For the first time since Freitag opened her business five years ago, she's worried she won't make rent.
"I don't know if we don't get an anchor store here soon that any of the stores will survive, Freitag said.
To stay afloat businesses are cutting prices and offering specials wherever they can. Chapelli's has a $19.95 dinner special, and Great Clips is offering $7.99 hair cuts.
But what the owners find most troubling: this closure adds to a long list of La Quinta businesses that now look abandoned.
"Everyone's worried about the decline of business in La Quinta," Reynolds said.
The city says many of those vacant buildings will soon have new tenants, but the names are still to be disclosed.
"A new restaurant that I can't announce yet will go into the former Champions Motors site," said Les Johnson, Community Development Director for the city of La Quinta. "We do have a few prominent restaurants looking at our community."
The city says other development is also on the way, with heavy interest in the Highway 111 corridor.
"We have Hobby Lobby under construction right now," Johnson said. "We have a Cinemark Theater in process. We do expect a much stronger interest in new businesses."
As for the Ralph's building, it's still eagerly searching for another business to fill its walls.
"Unfortunately at this time we don't know who that might be," Johnson said.
"We're just hoping and praying it'll come soon," Freitag said.


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Friday, March 01, 2013
Five Minute Friday: Ordinary
Linking up with Lisa-Jo for five minutes of loveliness in the chaos of the day....
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..
This week's prompt is: Ordinary.
My ordinary is early alarms, stumbly mornings, eyes rubbed and showers jumped into.
My ordinary is "Please may can I....", "Miss Thornley you said....", "Can I move my peg up?", "May we have a joke, please?"
My ordinary is the scent of coffee tickling my nose, the sugary icing on a birthday cupcake, the clink of a wine glass.
My ordinary is kitty-cats, sneaking through doors, fur on my clothes.
My ordinary is the punch of the keys, the metre of the words, the flicker of the screen.
My ordinary is spreadsheets and numbers, patterns and graphs, the joy of order.
My ordinary is tube train madness, elbows and Blackberries, the joy of a seat.
My ordinary is the steam of the iron, the squish and splash of the bubbles, the smell of the simmering sauce.
My ordinary is the hum and strum and music of the city, restlessness and calm and the smell of fried food and damp pavements.
My ordinary is in the words I devour, the books I leave half-done, part-done, almost-done, finished, hither and thither.
My ordinary is the ping of emails, the flash of text, the letter on the doormat.
My ordinary is untameable hair, rosy cheeks, large hands, mad feet.
My ordinary is boy-chaos, papers and pens and treasures secreted behind doors, under shelves, in any available nook.
My ordinary is the sofa dates, the one day dreams, the snuggled up cosy.
My ordinary is tick-tick-comment-tick-cross-stamp, the rhythm of marking, the beat of the day.
My ordinary is not so ordinary at all.
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I love this insight into your life! I love your blog! I am so glad you were in front of me this Friday! I can't wait to read more and I already feel we are kindred spirits :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Karrie, what sweet words! Absolutely delighted to meet you :)Delete
It sounds pretty good to me! Tube train madness aside.ReplyDeleteReplies
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I like this end of this. Very nicely put.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, sweetie! Walk and talk soon?Delete
Thank you for your comment - I do read them all but it may take me a little while (a couple of days) to respond during busy times. I love reading what you have to say!
Have a wonderful day!
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Having started out baking for the New Braunfels Farmer's Market out of a rented kitchen, we are thrilled to announce the opening of our very own bakery in San Antonio!
We are very proud of our new space. Because we value honesty in our business, the bakery features a completely open kitchen that allows you to see how our breads are prepared. And because we value community, we made sure that there is space for local artisan and farmer's market products like handmade pastas, jellies, salsas, olive oils and more!
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Exercise 3: Reclassifying the New York State Geologic Map
Barbara and David Tewksbury, Hamilton College
SummaryStudents download and merge the multiple sheets of the New York State Geologic Map together and reclassify units to create an attractive and legible version of the state geologic map at postcard scale. The class votes on the winning layout, and we have postcards printed at OvernightPrints.com *Special thanks to Brian Hynek, University of Colorado, for the basic idea for this exercise.* You might also be interested in our Full GIS course with links to all assignments.
Type and level of course
Entry level GIS course for geoscience students.
Geoscience background assumed in this assignment
Geologic time scale; conventions for naming geologic units; basics of rock types.
GIS/remote sensing skills/background assumed in this assignment
Using metadata to determine spatial reference of a data set; defining a projection; projecting a data set; creating a hillshade of a DEM; symbology and display properties; map layout.
Software required for this assignment/activity:
ArcGIS 10 (ArcView license level) with Spatial Analyst extension (required for hillshading, but that could be left out). The older ArcGIS 9.3 version is also available in the downloads below.
Time required for students to complete the assignment:
2 homework assignments plus 1 lab session.
GIS/remote sensing techniques students learn in this assignment
Merging shapefiles; selecting data by four different methods (selecting by attribute, wild card selection, query language selection, and select-and-sort); reclassifying data in an attribute table; dissolving boundaries to generalize a data set in map view; clip a raster; clip a shapefile.
Other content/concepts goals for this activity
Exploring new online data sites and dealing with metadata and prep for new types of data; applying what they have learned about coordinate systems to trouble-shoot coordinate system problems with a data set.
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
Creation of an effective and attractive map for the data set.
Description of the activity/assignmentThis is Exercise 3 in a semester-long GIS for Geoscientists course. Y You can find the other exercises in this series on the course summary page or by typing Tewksbury GIS Exercise into the Cutting Edge search engine.
The New York State Geologic Map, published in the last 1960s, has been digitized and is available for download, along with a shapefile of New York State faults. Students download their own data and use what they learned in the previous exercise on coordinate systems and projections to put all data sets into the same coordinate system. This is complicated by the fact that the NYS Geologic Map files were never assigned a coordinate system by the person who digitized the sheets, and a default coordinate system of "Clarke 1866 UTM 18N" appears in the metadata. This gives us an opportunity to work out where one could go (e.g., the printed map sheets) to find the original coordinate system for the maps and to talk about the usefulness of GIS help desks, in this case to sort out what is meant by the oddball spatial reference "Clarke 1866 UTM 18N" (Clarke 1866 being an ellipsoid, not a datum).
The New York State map sheets are hugely complicated, with hundreds of units and formation names that vary from map sheet to map sheet. This is an ideal data set to simplify by reclassification, and, after merging the sheets, students group formations by age to create maps that are legible at 5.5" x 8.5". They try out several different techniques to select data by attributes (in this case age) in order to explore how each works and to learn why it's useful to know a variety of techniques.
After reclassifying, they symbolize their maps by age, generalize the age units by dissolving internal boundaries, and add a hillshade base (from SRTM DEMs that they downloaded, mosaicked, and projected). They need to clip both the hillshade raster and the faults file to the outline of the geologic map and then create a map layout for their postcards.
Exercise 3a is a homework assignment in which students download and prep their own data. The assignment also requires some of the data that was downloaded for Exercise 2.
Exercise 3b is a combination in-class and homework assignment.
Determining whether students have met the goalsStudents are evaluated on the quality and accuracy of their postcard layout plus their answers to the questions on the assignment handout.
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URLs and References
All online data sources are listed in the exercise itself or in the assignment for Exercise 2. We order printed versions of the winning postcard from OvernightPrints.com
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- 2011 version for ArcGIS 10 (Zip Archive 1.9MB Feb3 11)
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