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Opinions on which of these two you would prefer and why for CCW?
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Opinions on which of these two you would prefer and why for CCW?
You should really test both of them at a range if possible. They're both quality guns. I like the PM9 better because it is smaller and weighs a lot less. It also has a Crimson Trace LaserGuard available for it.
They are both very comparable. It is all going to come down to personal preference. You can't go wrong with either.
Unfortunately, NY has a a no rental law.
Having owned both of them, I can tell you that the PPS will shoot tighter groups than the PM9, because the trigger is a lot better, but I don't like the fact that the backstrap disables the PPS. Some guys don't mind, but to me, it's one more thing to go wrong. I had mine come loose, so I sold the gun. I ended up buying a Taurus PT709 about six months ago and so far I can't find one thing wrong with it, except nobody makes a laser for it. It shoots the tightest groups of any carry gun I've ever had, probably because the trigger is single action when loaded.
Everyone replied to this post assuming the OP meant "PM9." The title of his post says "P9." Since he's comparing it to a PPS, I guess it is safe to assume he does not really mean a Kahr P9.
I can tell you the PPS is a great shooter. Thin enough to conceal very easy. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good conceal gun.
This is ironic. I'm looking at getting my FL non-resident permit, and have been debating between Kahr and PPS. No particular Kahr, but most likely 9mm in 3" barrel.
So what's the deal with the backstrap on the PPS?
Here is an animation.
Walther PPS - Entspannfunktion
Here is the Back Strap Fully Seated
Here is the backstrap not snapped in place.
Now... Notice how when I insert the mag. The back strap gets pushed up. The Backstrap is not snapped in but it is held in place by the magazine baseplate.
Ok.... So here is the backstrap in place but not snapped. You will notice the gap at the top of the strap.
I racked the slide with the backstrap not snapped in but the mag is holding it. Notice how the Red Striker Indicator is visible. The gun is useable with the backstrap not seated.
For reference, here is a picture with the backstrap snapped in. Notice the smaller gap.
Now when I release the magazine, it can no longer support the backstrap and it unseats and decocks the striker. Notice how the Red Dot is no longer visible.
Also... Notice the teeth in the baseplate. These teeth mate into the backstrap to prevent such a failure. The base plate also covers the button that you must depress to remove the backstrap.
So if all the planets align and your backstrap decides to pop off. As long as your magazine is in place it will still fire. If you have to do a mag swap then it will decock the gun. As long as you don't let go of the gun when you insert the new mag into place it will support the backstrap and the gun is once again operational.
Tried both and really prefer the Kahr P9, mine shoots great.
My CW9, which is the P9 in plain clothes, has been great so far and cost a lot less. Accuracy, for a defense gun, is very acceptable.
I haven't actually shot a PPS but handling one in the shop,I just didn't care for the looks of it. It didn't fit my hand like I wanted.
Have both the Kahr CW9 and Walther PPS. Both are great guns and have had no failures of any kind for the wife and I with at least 900 rounds through each. I think it's gonna come down to personal preference on a few small differences.
Kahr: Traditional mag release, very smooth trigger pull but a little longer pull than the PPS
PPS: mag release on the trigger guard.... May be a deal breaker for some, I got used to it fairly quickly and haven't had a problem with it. Trigger is more "glock-like" in my opinion. Again, some have an issue with the backstrap, it's never caused me a problem. I just put on the size I liked and have never taken it off. Personally the PPS feels a little better in my hands and points more naturally for me so it'll probably be helpful to at least hold/handle these two together.
Well, I currently own 2 CW-9 (pretty much same as P9) and a PPS all three in 9mm---both shot very well with the Kahrs taking more practice because of its longer DA only trigger---still, they both shoot right to point of aim with most FMJ and JHP (and +P) and have a stainless slide for rust prevention next to the body. The PPS has a trigger action very much like a Glock---loooong take-up followed by approx 6 lb. release. My PPS shot a little low and to the left---drifted rear sight a touch to the right and now it shoots a little low (no big deal for a self-defense pistol---also noticed several tests in gun magazines that also shot a tad low). Don't care for detachable backstrap, I just leave the small one on all the time. Both guns run 100% and both pistols are quite slim with the Kahrs being a few ozs lighter and having a slide just a little shorter, but not by much. Both guns will do the job---the trigger system might make the difference to the shooter.


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WATCH: melodious track from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
After claiming three chartbusters with peppy numbers, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani released its melodious song Kabira on Saturday. Do you like the new song? VOTE NOWbollywood Updated: May 04, 2013 19:11 IST
After claiming three chartbusters with peppy numbers like Dilliwali Girlfriend and Badtameez Dil, Dharma Productions released a melodious song Kabira from their upcoming movie Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani on Saturday.
The song is slow in tempo and visuals aptly match the lyrics. Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor starrer Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is set for release on May 31.
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After the rocking Balam Pichkaari and Badtameez Dil, here's another sizzling number from Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone starrer Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. The song is called Dilliwali Girlfriend and it brings in true Delhi flavour.
Ranbir Kapoor is proving to be an awesome dancer with two back-to-back fast numbers from the upcoming romantic film. Whereas Deepika is looking glamorous as ever. DILLIWALI GIRLFRIEND
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Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone have been making headlines for their superb on-screen chemistry in their next, Ayan Mukerji's Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (YJHD). Last week, we reported how the two bonded over instant noodles and eggs while stuck during a shoot in a high altitude region in Kashmir.
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Chrissie Swan: "I feel like my role is to protect my children and I failed them"
Chrissie Swan has opened up about her weight, her family and the pressures of life in the public eye in her most revealing interview yet.
This content originally appeared on News.com.au.
Speaking to Tracy Grimshaw on A Current Affair last night, the 40-year-old Logie winner wept as she spoke about the ups and downs of her career to date.
Here are some of her most revealing remarks, as Swan looked back on 11 years in the public eye that have seen her go from Big Brother contestant to much-loved TV and radio presenter:
Her size
"Obviously I'm a bigger person but I spend approximately zero minutes a day thinking about it … people are fascinated by a fat woman on television! I don't know why it's interesting.
"I think it's really sad that a lot of larger women believe the messages that they're not good enough or they're not beautiful or they don't have a right to inhabit the world like a normal person.
"And it is that dramatic: women that are larger than a size 12 are consumed with a terrible degree of self-hatred. I just dont feel it: I dont think I'm ugly, I dont think I have no right to be in the world or on a magazine or I just don't think its relevant, the size of my arse."
The heartache
In 2012 Swan posed with her two children for the The Australian Women's Weekly. For the first time, critics weren't just sniping about her weight — they were judging her young kids' weight too.
"It was awful because it involved my children. I was like 'Wow, it's the cover of the Women's Weekly, it's my favourite magazine!' The last thing I expected [was] that people would be cruel to a three-year-old and a one year old."
The Australian Women's Weekly Cover. Source: News Limited
Swan admits she blamed herself for the criticism that was levelled at her kids.
"I felt stupid 'cause I put them in that situation. I feel like my role is to protect my children and I failed them on that. I failed them cause I should have known there were assholes in the world, I should have known people could be awful, but I didn't know."
The smoking scandal
She faced further criticism when paparazzi pictures emerged of her smoking while pregnant with her third child. Swan had even tried to buy up the pictures herself to stop the public seeing them.
"I didn't want the [pictures] on the internet. You spend your whole life as a parent bloody making out like you're Mother Mary: they never see you eat ice-cream, they never see you have a drink, you dont swear around them, you certainly don't smoke.
"I just didn't want it to be on public record forever … every time I see the cover of that magazine it's like a kick in the guts."
Leaving The Circle
She quit her Logie award-winning stint on talk show The Circle in 2011 to return to radio, but never looked at it as a demotion.
It wasn't how I saw it … I'm not a very ambitious person and all I can do is sort of make decisions based on how I'm ending each day and I just felt exhausted. I've never wanted to win, I am driven by fun really and the most fun I can have is where I'm interested."
Swan was a popular co-host on The Circle — many in the industry were shocked she decided to leave the show in its second year. Source: Supplied news.com.au
Her partner Chris, a chippie, has had to adjust to having a well-known partner.
"I completely ruined his life, so quickly. He was such a lovely quiet guy, he was busy saving for a deposit for a house, living with his parents and then he met me.
"I remember I had to tell him about the smoking [pictures] 'cause he didn't know I was having that one cigarette a day, it was a secret from everyone including him.
"[He] never said anything mean ever which was really nice cause I certainly said a lot of mean things about myself over that time."
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I am planning on making a giant At-At. I was wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to bond the Sintra together. Say the best way to make a solid box for instance.
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I am planning on making a giant At-At. I was wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to bond the Sintra together. Say the best way to make a solid box for instance.
Thanks Guys
Super Glue. Period.
CA glue and accelerator. period.
What is CA Glue.
PVC glue from home depot worked great for me (for pipes). After all, is'ent it expanded PVC?
You need to spend some quality time with sintra if you want to bond with it. You can't expect a relationship to bloom overnight, and I right guys? Come on!
Thanks for your help guys.
Sorry for my previous pointless post everyone, especially to Munkrawk to approached me in private about it. Some people need to learn to take a joke. Catch you all later.
The reason I approached you in private was to not make you pissy. I guess your public post defeats the purpose. I asked him to politely refrain from cluttering up a thread with pointless posts. It starts up new convesation that gets away from my question. This board is for questions about prop building. This kind of thing happens all the time and then people don't get an answer to their question.
Here's an answer to your question, don't say I never helped you out. For bonding Sintra to itself, the same solvent type adhesives that are used for rigid PVC's give excellent results. Oh and MUNKRAWK please do not approach me in private again.
Hey Donnie, I allready got my answer. I thought it would be more sensible to talk to you on the side. what is wrong with that? How's about you just don't post on my threads anymore and we won't have this problem.
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Many Minnesota duck hunters claimed last season was a dud.
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Minnesota waterfowlers killed 683,600 ducks last fall, a decline of nearly 201,000 or about 23 percent from the 884,500 shot in 2003, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service harvest survey.
The biggest decline was in the harvest of mallards, still the No. 1 duck in the bag. Hunters killed about 179,000, down a whopping 41 percent from the 304,000 mallards shot in 2003.
In fact, for only the second time in history, Minnesota hunters shot more Canada geese (234,000) than mallards.
Hunters averaged 7.6 ducks for the season, down from 10.1 ducks per season the previous year.
"That's a big drop," said Steve Cordts, state Department of Natural Resources waterfowl specialist. "For a lot of hunters, it was a very poor season."
The lower harvest occurred despite greater effort by hunters.
Hunter numbers increased by about 2,000 -- from 87,900 in 2003 to 89,600 last year. And those hunters spent nearly 596,000 days afield, compared to 548,000 days the year before.
There were some bright spots: Hunters shot about 128,000 wood ducks, the No. 2 duck in the bag, which was similar to the 2003 harvest. And they killed 106,000 blue-winged teal, a 13 percent increase.
But the green-winged teal harvest fell by 55 percent -- from 101,000 to 45,000. And the scaup (bluebill) harvest fell nearly 56 percent to just 15,000 -- an all-time low -- underscoring a continuing continentwide population decline.
Federal spring breeding counts for scaup estimated their numbers at 3.4 million -- a record low and 35 percent below their long-term average. Wildlife biologists still are trying to determine the cause of the decline.
The federal harvest numbers come from a national survey of waterfowl hunters under the Harvest Information Program (HIP.) About 70,000 hunters were surveyed, including about 2,000 in Minnesota. The Minnesota DNR also surveys hunters, but those figures haven't been released yet. Cordts said he expects they will mirror the national figures.
Steve Wilds, regional migratory bird chief for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the federal numbers appear to support the bleak reports from many duck hunters last season.
In Louisiana, where hunters also claimed a poor season, harvest fell from 1.3 million ducks in 2003 to 822,000 last year - a drop of 478,000. (Louisiana hunters have disputed the 1.3 million duck harvest estimate, saying it was too high.)
"It seems to say we didn't have the ducks," Wilds said. "Maybe it's not as bad as some people said, but there were pretty significant drops in both states."
Added Wilds: "We didn't expect to have a great season, but it was maybe a little worse than we expected."
Duck harvest in the entire Mississippi Flyway fell from 6.5 million in 2003 to 5.5 million last year.
Cordts said a lack of good duck hunting weather, including cold fronts to push migrating birds into the state from Canada, likely hurt Minnesota hunters.
Though Wilds acknowledged duck hunting probably wasn't great in Minnesota and some other states, part of the problem for hunters is one of expectations. Under the Adaptive Harvest Management utilized by the agency to manage ducks, liberal six-bird and 60-day seasons have been offered since 1997.
"The perception is that because we have liberal regulations, we have lots of ducks," Wilds said. "The reality is just because you have liberal regulations, it doesn't mean you're going to have a great season, but it also doesn't mean you're going to devastate the duck population either."
Some hunters believe that by reducing the bag limits or length of the season, it will boost duck numbers, and both Wilds and Cordts said that's not the case. Fluctuating habitat conditions affect duck populations far more than hunting regulations, Cordts said.
As for this fall's regulations, the Mississippi Flyway Council meets this week in Mississippi, and the Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to announce its waterfowl regulation framework later this month.
Fall outlook
With Minnesota breeding duck numbers down 37 percent from last year -- and state mallard numbers down 36 percent -- Cordts said hunters may see a duck season similar to last year's. But the state's mallard population remains near long-term averages, so Cordts said he's not worried about the health of the population.
Poor weather during this year's spring aerial duck survey meant that many flights occurred after some birds migrated through the state, resulting in fewer ducks showing up in the survey, Cordts said.
Rains have filled up many wetlands in Canada and parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota since the federal and state spring breeding surveys were conducted, so duck production also could be better than had been anticipated.
"I don't expect it to be a super year, but if we have pretty good production, it should be somewhere near an average duck season," Cordts said. He expects a duck harvest similar to last year's.
Meanwhile, Minnesota's Canada goose harvest declined by about 17 percent, from 282,000 in 2003 to 234,000 last year -- still No. 1 in the nation. Slightly more restrictive goose hunting regulations may be at least partially responsible for the decline, Cordts said.


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The big comebacks of 2013: David Bowie, Justin Timberlake and more
The year of reinvention! Who's back for 2013?
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The best part, so far, is that it's not all talk. These musicians aren't just sitting around talking about a comeback; we've already got new songs to make playlists with on our iTunes while we anticipate the forthcoming albums and tours, and whatever else they deign fit to share with us.
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3.8 liter ford mystery motor
hi again i have a question on a engine that i have for sale it is a 3.8 liter ford engine that i took out of a 1994 ford thunderbird the question i have is the heads on this have huge exhaust ports it had factory shorty headers and instead of a distributor it has a coil pack i was wandering if this was possibly the supercoupe engine that some one just switched the intake on also i found a recyclable energey sticker on the valve covers is this a e85 burning engine or something else im confused at this point lol
Many grocery-getter sedans had coil packs and tubular exhaust manifolds - stock - at least a half a decade before your car was built. Yours was probably built that way and not worth getting excited about.
not getting excited at all im just trying to figure it out lookin for engine code or something my ford dealership said they cant help i just want to be able to post my add honestly for when i sell it
From the wikipedia on the Essix V6:
A nine-digit serial number appears on a label on the right side (front) valve cover. It also appears on a barcode label on the transmission side of the right side head.
1982 Ford Granada
19821983 Ford F-series
19821997 Ford Thunderbird
19821997 Mercury Cougar
19821986, 19942004 Ford Mustang
19821986 Mercury Capri
19831986 Ford LTD and Mercury Marquis
19881995 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable
19881994 Lincoln Continental
19952003 Ford Windstar
There's not some bit of info that you're going to find that'll suddenly make it more desirable. It's a 15+ year old V6, that you're trying to sell in a market that is limited by the number of people who are trying to keep vehicles running that might still use that motor. It's going to be worth a couple hundred bucks, tops, no matter how you slice it. Sorry dude. Best to limit the amount of time that you spend on it between now and the time that someone else hauls it away - time is money, after all.
Cobalt's link just happened to have a pic of a 1994 Thunderbird installation:
Is that what yours looks like? Yes? Then it's stock.
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Spare parts and accessories for the Dyson DC07 range of upright vacuum cleaners.
There were fifteen UK model variants, and more still in overseas markets. The DC07 is one of Dysons all-time best sellers. The DC07 is also one of the few models that you can get a workshop manual for (we sell it cheaper than anywhere else, by the way).
Despite being discontinued some time ago, you can still get every single part for the DC07. If you need something you dont see on this page, get in touch with us and we'll list it here for you. Remember, UK delivery is free (and usually by courier) with all UK orders over £25.
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DC07 DC14 DC33 Motor Retaining Ring
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Flat Floor Tool
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DC07 Wand Release Catch
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Recycled Dyson Original Mini Turbine Head
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China's Trade Surplus Gets Dangerous
Think you've already seen the biggest surpluses out of China? Are you sitting down? We believe China's current account surplus will balloon to $400 billion this year, or 12.8% of gross domestic product, up from $256 billion in 2006. This is a massive number, the biggest surplus—in dollar terms—the world has ever seen. Our forecast is also significantly bigger than that of the World Bank (8.3% of GDP), the International Monetary Fund (10% of GDP), and as far as we can tell, the rest of the street, too.
The general assumption out there seems to be that the surplus will grow this year by roughly the same pace as last year. In contrast, we believe that China's overall surplus is accelerating, and that Beijing's administrative efforts to control it are having a marginal effect at best. This forecast is so large, and so sudden, that it almost seems unbelievable. We do not make it lightly. Here is our thinking.
First, the processing export boom is continuing. The largest part of China's surplus comes from processing: Import $100 worth of goods, add labor and other costs, plus a margin, and export $130 worth of goods. That $30 value-add becomes a surplus on a huge scale, since half of all China's trade is processing. Add more processing investment via foreign direct investment and domestic firms, and you get more processing, as well as a bigger processing surplus.
Increase in Value-Add
The key here is that this bit of the surplus only gets smaller if processing trade growth goes to zero and then reverses. Any growth whatsoever in processing trade delivers a bigger processing surplus. Processing trade growth is clearly decelerating, as global growth calms. However, it is still growing at a significant pace.
In the first quarter, processing imports grew 11% year-on-year, compared to exports' growth of 25% year-on-year. As a result, the processing surplus in the January through March period alone was $54 billion, a full 70% larger than in the first quarter of 2006. In addition to the simple mechanics of more investment, the key here is increasing amounts of domestic value added. Think onshore-produced chemicals going into plastics; think onshore-manufactured steel going into white goods; think onshore firms moving up the value chain and producing auto parts; and so on.
But the processing story is an old one. And while processing creates the country's natural disposition to large surplus, if China is importing vast volumes of raw materials and capital goods for its own industry, as it did before 2005, then the trade account will be in rough balance. The big change in the dynamics of the past two years has been the unexpected recovery in the 'real' trade deficit. China's hardly exists.
Getting the Goods
Why? The initial stimulus was the collapse in 'real' import growth in 2005. This was partly an inventory adjustment, particularly as raw material importers attempted to wait out high global prices, and partly the result of administrative measures which hit investment. Then import growth recovered after inventories had been emptied and controls relaxed.
But at the same time, real export growth accelerated. Why? Because thanks to all the investment in the steel, aluminum, chemicals, auto parts, etc. sectors, China was ready to become a major capital-intensive goods manufacturer. By our very rough calculations, 10 years ago some 40% of China's exports were capital-intensive. Now that figure is approaching 60%.
We have to ask if this is going to change. One school of thought says it will, meaning the surplus will stop growing soon. It argues that the massive 2003-05 investment wave unwittingly resulted in excess capacity, and as a result there was diversion of production into overseas markets.
So—this line of thought goes—in 2007, the combination of slowing investment (and thus capacity) growth plus a revival in domestic demand will mean that this production will be diverted back into the home market. Cue a reversal in real export growth.
Widespread Corporate Ambition
We have two problems with this scenario. First, we doubt there is any significant investment slowdown. Year-on-year growth rates in investment in both heavy and light industry are falling, but absolute amounts of fixed asset investment (FAI), at least according to the official figures (and if there is any bias in the numbers, it is downwards), are holding up. According to official numbers, there was more investment in Q1 2007 than in Q1 2006 in just about every bit of manufacturing you would care to name.
If we consider also China's low real interest rates, widespread corporate ambition to gain market share abroad, and the implicit subsidies which are locked into much of this production, then it seems to us that continued investment is an entirely reasonable choice. "If you build it, they will buy it," seems to be current maxim of PRC industry. So, in terms of overall capacity growth we see no significant room for a new view. We also note that it takes about six to 12 months for investment to come on stream, so given today's numbers, we will still be seeing new capacity coming on stream next year. That's the supply side.
On the demand side, we have our doubts about the "revival in domestic demand" scenario. This is partly because we always doubted there was any substantial slowdown during the second half of 2006. Certainly the proxies we use to measure domestic demand have remained strong throughout.
Smaller-Scale Swaps
So that gets us to the forecast. In short, we believe the current pace of trade surplus accumulation will continue to the end of the year, and into next. That means a total-goods trade surplus of $370 billion, as measured by China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), and $308 billion as measured by the Customs Bureau. Add in the other parts of the current account, and we easily reach our total of $400 billion for the world-beating current account surplus.
What about other types of flows? We see the financial account (known to many as the capital account) moving back to its usual surplus. In 2006, there was some funny business going on with the central bank swapping its foreign exchange reserves with the large domestic banks, which meant an outflow from the FX reserves, but in 2007 we believe the banks will resist this more strongly and the scale of the swaps will be much smaller.
Adding up the foreign direct investment flows in and out, we see the financial account at a $60 billion surplus. Add the current and financial accounts together, and the result is an increase in the FX reserves of some $540 billion. That takes us to $1.6 trillion in FX reserves by yearend, or $1.4 trillion if $200 billion is taken by the new FX fund that China is setting up. Two trillion dollars in FX reserves is likely next year.
A Trillion-Dollar Fund?
Such big numbers have implications. If we are right, several things are going to happen this year. One, China's liquidity challenge is going to get even greater, with interest rates being pushed even lower, asset prices continuing to inflate, and the People's Bank coming under even more pressure to sterilize FX inflows. Expect global markets to speculate again that another big one-off currency appreciation is in the works.
Two, the ever-more-massive FX reserves are going to mean that China will not only become an even greater buyer of U.S. Treasuries, but also will have money to spare to buy more. The new FX fund could very quickly expand from its "seed" capital of $200 billion. A $1 trillion China fund is not unimaginable at this point.
Three, Beijing is going to have to become much more aggressive on its readjustment policies. However, the action that is needed demands serious coordination across government. There is no silver bullet, including the Chinese currency, to solve this imbalance problem since it goes down deep into the structure of the PRC economy. It requires fiscal change, land management change, changes in the way banks allocate capital, changes in the pricing of energy, changes in the way local official performance is judged. And all that is difficult to forge—really difficult.
Fourth, of course, such a huge surplus number is only going to sharpen criticism in Washington, particularly as exports enter U.S. markets that other exporters do not reach (think chemicals). And it is going to increase political pressure for the Chinese currency appreciation, even if the yuan can only ever be a small part of the rebalancing agenda. Given that Beijing is not willing to move on the yuan fast enough to salve Washington's demands, it is now difficult to be optimistic about the prospects of avoiding substantial trade protection in 2008. This is all getting a little dangerous.


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how do you predict the products of:
(NH4)3PO4+ MgSO4->
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Some elementary rules follow:
A reaction will occur if ONE of th following can take place.
a. a gas is formed.
b. a precipitate (insoluble solid) is formed.
c. H2O or another slightly ionized material is formed.
d. redox reactions.
For a you need to know some of the gases. Elements are H2, N2, O2, F2, Cl2 and some common compounds such as CO2, SO2, SO3, NO2, NO, etc..
For b you the solubility rules.
For c, H2O is the most common one; e.g., acid + base ==> salt + water.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa Faculty Senate, April 12, 2000
Law School Classroom 2
55 Senators were present:
Belinda Aquino, Barry Baker, Horst Brandes, John Cox, Thomas Craven, MarilynDunlap, Ernestine Enomoto, Andrea Feeser, David Flynn, Agnes Fok, Patricia Fryer, Carolyn Gotay, John Haig, Emily Hawkins, Manfred Henningsen, Lenard Huff, Dianne Ishida, Robert Joseph, Nanette Judd, Karl Kim, Peter Kim, Irvin King, Laurence Kolonel, Takeo Kudo, William Lampe, Edward Laws, Bruce Liebert, Glenn Man, Joy Marsella, Matthew McGranaghan, Chris Measures, Linda Menton, Ralph Moberly, Jane Moulin, Charles Mueller, Joseph O'Mealy, Mary Pateman, Robert Paull, Teresita Ramos, John Rieder, Thomas Schroeder, Brent Sipes, Martha Staff, Virginia Tanji, Mary Tiles, Jane Tribble, Janice Uchida, Robert Valliant, Richard Varley, Frank Walton, Charles Weems, Joel Weiner, John Wendell, David Yount, Ming-Bao Yue, Sylvia Yuen.
9 Senators were excused:
Iqbal Ahmed, Robert Cooney, James Dator, Donna Fukuda, Casey Jarman, Susan Miyasaka, John Mount, Karen Peacock.
5 Senators were absent:
Robert Bart, William Haning, Joel Hanna, John Melish, Stanley Saiki.
7 administrators were present:
Dean Smith, David Robb, Ken Tokuno, Judy Hughes, Judith Inazu, Jim Manke, Alan Yang.
19 others signed in:
Ronna Bolante, Jody Moore, S.R. Haley, Wanita Willinger, Michelle Vicari, Rosemarie Woodruff, Peter Manicas, Emanuel Dreschel, Jean Toyama, D Hiple, Sandy Davis, Amy Agbayani, Karen Sakamoto, Rick Jacobs, Kathrynn Hoffman, Jim Tiles, Russ Henrie, Tang Zhryn, plus one undecpherable name
Chair Mary Tiles opened the meeting at 3:11.
1. The minutes of the Faculty Senate's March 8th, 2000 meeting were approved without amendment unanimously by voice vote.
2. Chair Tiles reported about the presence of police on Campus during the last Board of Regent's (BOR) meeting. SEC members John Cox and Barry Baker had met with President Mortimer to discuss the issue and stress that the communication issues involved here required a conversation of all the parties concerned.
A working group is preparing documents to bring before the BOR's June meeting concerning the implementation of the newly approved core. Draft documents will be posted on the Senate web page and the working group hopes to present the final material to the FS May meeting. In particular the action memo to the Board is less specific than the FS resolution and will only specify what needs to be added to Board policy. However the BOR will be presented, for information purposes, with all the documents that were part of the resolution passed by the FS. Any comments on the draft materials should be passed to Chair Tiles.
There will be a rally of all public sector Unions on April 19th in front of the Capitol building. All Faculty are encouraged to attend, and buses will be provided although details of the arrangements are not currently available. The issues involve the collective bargaining rights of all Civil Service employees, not just Faculty.
3. Committee reports
Karl Kim, co-chair of CAB, reported that CAB would meet jointly with CAPP during the summer to develop a governance structure for the implementation of the new core and any interested Faculty were invited to participate.
CAB had responded to a request regarding reporting of transactions involving funds connected to the UH foundation by drafting a resolution to require sharing of such information with the appropriate unit's Faculty. This memo had been circulated widely and the Administration had responded that they were generally in favour of the request and would draft a policy to respond to the request. With this in mind CAB had temporarily withdrawn its resolution while the Administration formulated this policy.
Co-chair Kim then presented a second reading of a resolution to amend the FS by-laws. It was pointed out that the resolution embodied three kinds of change: firstly to make FS by-laws consistent with BOR policies', second, to give the FS more explicit authority to act for the Faculty by adding the word "acts " to that of resolutions wherever it occurred; third to improve the appointment process of faculty to task forces and committees.
In response to a question as to whether reference to the University of Hawaii should be to UH Manoa, Mary Tiles pointed out that in some cases there was ambiguity about the designation of administrators so it was appropriate to retain a corresponding ambiguity in our By-laws.
Adoption of the changes was made by voice vote with 2 abstentions
4. Joy Marsella presented a report from the CAPP sub-committee that was looking at mechanisms to implement an earlier FS resolution calling for a single senior administrator (Dean/Vice Chancellor) to be responsible for lower division undergraduate education. It was pointed out that this sub-committee was part of a larger committee that was chaired by Joy Marsella and was composed of seven administrators and seven faculty. It was further pointed out that this was the final report of the committee and that its report would be presented to the Administration.
The committee had held 17-2 hour meetings, its charge had been to analyse the need to oversee undergraduate education and it incorporated the recommendations of the enrollment management committee into its final recommendations. The committee had been guided by previous FS resolutions as well as previous reports on related matters. Marsella explained that in coming to its recommended structure, which was part of the material presented to Senators, the committee had rejected several other options for a variety of reasons. The proposed organisational chart showed that many existing programs would be moved into the proposed office. The responsibilities of the new Dean were outlined and it was also stated that accomplishing this would require the internal reallocation of funds from existing college budgets or from the next campus-wide 4/4/4 cut. Estimates for the total costs for the new office ranged widely up to 1.5-2.0$M. The estimates included salary for a new Dean, a director of enrolment management and secretarial support. Included in this total was money to allow the new Dean to offer incentives for the development of undergraduate courses as well as money for recruiting. It was expected that while the successful implementation of this office would increase recruitment of students from the mainland and overseas, the major beneficiary would be local students from Hawaii. It was also pointed out that while there had been some criticism that the new organisational chart appeared to proliferate the Administration, the committee's charge did not permit it to propose a wholesale reconfiguration of the upper levels of the Administration.
In response to a question concerning whether the learning assistance centre that is currently used a lot by graduate students in the Medical School would still be available to them after its incorporation into the new undergraduate office, Alan Yang, Dean of Student Services, responded that moving this office into the new Undergraduate Dean's office was not intended to disenfranchise other students, but it was being moved because it was a service that was heavily used by Freshmen and thus it would make more sense to incorporate it into the new office. The services, though, would continue to be available to all students, including unclassified graduate students.
Rosie Woodruff read a statement expressing several concerns about the proposed reorganisation and asked that the Senate not vote on this report until the answers to several of these questions had been provided and the FS had been given time to digest them. In particular she raised the concern that the while learning assistance centre (LAC) was being moved into the new structure, undergraduate counselling was not. Alan Yang responded that the LAC was being moved because it worked closely with Ron Cambra's office and needed to be part of the new structure; further the committee did not believe that LAC and counselling had to remain together. He also pointed out that the University needed to respond to changing times and student needs and that changes inevitably meant that groups would have to give things up.
Karl Kim asked if these were one time or continuing costs. Tom Schroeder explained that he had charts to show a breakdown of the costs. Joy Marsella responded that salaries were needed for the new Dean and the Director of enrollment management and would be recurrent. Tom Schroeder pointed out that the increasing undergraduate numbers would increase revenue but that the FS needed to look at the projected costs of 0.5 to 1.8$M. Emily Hawkins said that the enrollment committee was not from the FS so we should not consider its recommendations. Bill Lampe pointed out that what was being presented was an informational report, not a motion; however the Senate could choose to make a resolution under new business if it cared. Mary Tiles pointed out that the FS had in fact called for the appointment of an office of enrollment management. John Cox asked what would the Vice-president for student affairs do under his new system. He stated that this was an opportunity for rearrangement of Administrative structure but that this would require leadership from the top. Peter Manicas noted that this was not adding a new layer of administration but a new player involved in undergraduate affairs; it was further pointed out that in the 15 Colleges and Schools with their deans and associate deans there were already in excess of 65 Administrators none of whom specifically had undergraduate education as their sole concern. Rick Jacobs, interim Dean of LLL, pointed out that as one of those deans just mentioned, he was interested in undergraduate education. John Wendell explained that in theory this was not a zero sum game since expending this money would result in growth at Manoa. Several other questions were then asked, which included whether the Manoa Writing Program would move under the new Dean, whether the new Dean would be able to solve problems like class size, whether teaching will be rewarded in different ways, and would the new Dean have authority in tenure and promotion cases and whether the money to fund the program would come from our units. Another speaker explained that the new Dean would need power to accomplish his goals and that means money. Joy Marsella said that current Deans could have solved many of these undergraduate problems but the current UH structure does not encourage them to do it. Students get lost in this process, she said, and we need to rely on Dean Smith to negotiate a new structure. Peter Manicas pointed out that we needed to give the Dean money to buy and encourage small classes, etc. Dave Robb (Director of Admissions and Records) pointed out that the recruitment budget at UH was very low compared to its peers. Kathryn Hoffman asked if the money would come out of existing unit budgets; Robb replied that the new unit must have larger resources. Andrea Feeser asked if there was money for scholarships for graduate students; Robb replied that this was just for undergraduates. Joel Weiner said that some of this money would be spent anyway, regardless of the form of the administrative structure.
Dean Smith thanked the committee and stated that we must do something about undergraduate education. It was important to improve the quality of undergraduate offerings at Manoa but he was mindful that we needed to balance this against other campus needs. He was sensitive to the point about keeping the number of administrators in check and would welcome comments which he urged Faculty to email to him. He noted, though, that it is important to do something this summer; he does not want to see another year go by without some action.
5. Robert Paull, interim chair of the Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, CTAHR, introduced a motion to amend the Hawaiian/Second waiver language requirement. The purpose of the amendment was to allow the Faculty of the various Colleges and Schools to determine for themselves whether an Hawaiian/Second language requirement should be imposed on the student taking their majors. He pointed out that the UH Manoa has approximately 90 majors within 15 different Colleges each of which have different goals. A single language requirement for all schools simply did not work and needed revising. The FS needed to reach consensus on this issue; it should not be left to the BOR. The Faculty need to determine when waivers should be granted.
He pointed out that the real justification of the second language requirement was humanistic, not fluency, since the latter could not be achieved in the currently required 0-16 credits. He showed the FS a table indicating that under the new core and language requirement, 66% of the credits were already in the Humanities with only 13% in social sciences and 21% in natural sciences; this contrasted sharply to a WASC accreditation standard that called for a balance of required courses amongst these three disciplines. He also pointed out that when the FS debated the language requirement in December, Senators were told by Faculty from LLL that 88% of Carnegie I universities required a second language for graduation. However, he had looked at the raw data from which this figure was produced and found that this number was very misleading. The 88% figure was only true if you counted a language requirement in any single program within that university as determining that the university was requiring a language of its students, but that did not mean that all students at 88% of Carnegie I universities were required to take a second language. Looking at the numbers closely he found that within Arts and Sciences departments 83% of students getting BAs and 62% of those getting BSs had to conform to a language requirement but that outside A&S Colleges only 16% were required to take a second language. Manoa is a land grant college and of the 16%, besides Manoa, only three are land grant colleges. In checking the Modern Language Association survey, two of these Universities require a second language for international agriculture majors and the other has one year requirement (Virginia Polytechnic and State University). He further stated that the humanistic goals of a second language could be obtained by a variety of other cultural classes that would ensure cultural diversity; the purpose of this motion was not to drop diversity goals but to allow students to achieve them in a manner consistent with timely graduation. Paull then presented a table indicating that the passage of this amendment would probably not lead to the major decline in students taking a second language that some feared. He expected that since 70% of UHM students graduate from A&S none of these students would be affected. For other Colleges while some might decide to waive the requirement, many would keep it as would CTAHR for some of their majors.
The motion was then seconded by John Cox.
John Wendell asked if any other land-grant college required 16 credits of a second language; Paull replied that only one, Virginia Tech, did. Joseph O'Mealy, acting associate Dean for LLL said that there was something procedurally wrong with a motion that allowed College Faculty to be both judge and jury on an issue like this it was also inappropriate for a University-wide requirement to be decided by a single college. Paull replied that this was not so unusual; in fact the language departments were both judge and jury on language placement exams that students could take to mitigate their language obligations.
Ralph Moberly pointed out that a very serious issue here was that some of the information that had been presented to Senators in December upon which they had based their votes the last time the language issue was debated, appears to have been flawed. A speaker pointed out that not all languages required 16 credits, some required fewer. Bill Lampe suggested that there was a procedure for objecting to the University requirement. Paull pointed out that this procedure does not work because of interference from a variety of sources. John Wendell pointed out that under current policy, the waiver decision goes to Dean Smith. The proposed policy would be an improvement because it would put decision making in the hands of the Faculty.
Karl Kim asked if this new policy had been given much exposure in the UH Community, and also what was CAPP's opinion. Paull replied that there was actually no Faculty involvement in the current policy. Kathryn Hoffman said that if this motion was passed, the FS could open up all core and graduation requirements. John Wendell replied that since there already was a waiver policy for languages, this was not opening up anything, it was merely changing the way a waiver was obtained. Paull pointed out that the language was also not a general education requirement but a graduation requirement. Emily Hawkins said that this was splitting hairs.
Bill Lampe pointed out that although the BOR incorporated language into the core in practice, it is separate. Chris Measures pointed out that he was sure that the language requirement would not be counted as a general education requirement when the new core was sent to the BOR. For if it was counted that way the BOR would soon realise that the new core had only marginally reduced the credit load on undergraduates and since the proposal called for the expenditure of significant amounts of new money, they would be unlikely to pass it. More importantly, though, it was important for the FS to realise that the second language requirement was a major barrier to undergraduate recruitment at UH Manoa. Faculty could not continually blame the administration for the continuing decline in enrollment at UHM if the Faculty failed to take action to remedy barriers to recruitment of its own making, simply because it impacted the self-interest of some groups of faculty.
Another speaker pointed out that UHM does not have language admission requirements because some high schools do not teach certain languages. Charlie Weems pointed out that although the BOR claims that the University of Hawaii is one seamless system, only UHM has a language requirement; neither UH Hilo nor the community colleges require it.
Joseph O' Mealy moved that the motion should be referred to an appropriate committee such as CAPP for further study. After seconding by Emily Hawkins and some debate, Bill Lampe pointed out that, under Robert's Rules, O'Mealy's motion could be debated and voted on while the original motion was still on the floor.
A vote, by show of hands, with 20 votes in favour, 26 against, and 1 abstention, defeated the motion to refer.
A call for the vote on the original motion was then made. The vote to decide whether to call the question was agreed to by a show of hands that indicated 32 in favour, 8 against and 5 abstentions.
The motion to approve a new waiver policy approval process was then approved by a show of hands indicating 28 in favour and 20 against, 0 abstentions.
There being no other business, the FS adjourned at 5:02pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Measures


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Make An Alligator and Learn About the Letter A
Sure, Apple starts with A... but so do big, green Alligators! Kindergarten is an important time when kids are learning about letters and sounds. In this activity, your child will have fun crafting an alligator out of household items while developing "letter-sound correspondence," a skill that will prepare him for reading by connecting specific sounds to letters and will eventually help him link those sounds into words.
What You Need:
- Cardboard tube from a paper towel roll
- Green paint
- Scissors
- Green construction paper
- 2 googly eyes from an arts and crafts store
- Black permanent marker
- 1 piece of plain white paper
What You Do:
- Help your child paint the cardboard tube with green paint, and set it aside to dry.
- While you're waiting, cut the plain white paper into strips lengthwise, 1"x11". Tape three of them end to end to make one strip that's 33" inches long.
- Then, ask your child how many words he can come up with that start with the letter A. Let him dictate as you write the words in clear block letters onto the 33" strip. If your child knows how to write a word, let him write it down for you. See if you can fill the whole long sheet. When you've filled the paper with all the "A" words you can think of, roll up the strip tightly.
- By now, the paint on the tube should be dry. Help your child use the scissors to cut a v-shaped opening in the front of the cardboard tube for a mouth. Use the sharpie to draw teeth. Then help him use the sharpie marker to draw on scales for the alligator. Cut four legs from the green construction paper, two stand-up "eyes," and a pointy tail.
- Glue the legs onto the bottom of the alligator, the tail onto the back, and the eyes on top of the construction paper.
- Glue the end of your rolled up "word" strip inside the alligator's mouth. A is for alligator…but when you and your child unroll the words, it's for dozens of other stuff too which your child will be reading before you know it.