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I have searched the internet for help with this problem , but have not been able to find any information at all.I hope someone out there can help.
I have a seaside cottage with 15 foot high bank down to the beach. I would like to build a set of steps down to the beach. Because it is on the ocean I will need to remove them in the winter.
With such a high rise I can't use stock lumber for my stringers. My stringer will need to be about 24 ft. I have been thinking about laminating plywood but I don't know how well this will hold up.
I need to either build a set of stairs light eough to take them up in the fall and put them back down in the spring, or find some way to raise and lower them using some kind of winch or pulley system.
If anyone has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated.
Just make the treads and no stringers. Form and compact the ground to create the steps. Now attach the treads with a rope system to create the stringers. For removal just pull up the rope and stack the treads.
The Footings for the stairs may have to be drilled quite a depth, so that the footings do not shift if high water tides. Something like this, really needs an engineer to give you direction. Not something a homeowner can do on their own.
what do your new neighbors have?
Usually you aren't allowed to dig footers on the beach, even if you own the property. Make 2 pieces of stringers, each 12' long
Then bolt a 16' reinforcement & a 8" reinforcement on each side
Some friends of mine live near a beach & the neighborhood builds stairs. The top end has wheels, stairs are lifted & wheeled back from the ocean. Takes a few people to do this. Another option is electric winch to pull them up
Why don't you just carve the stairs into the side of the hill?
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From what I have read on vortex it is the upper guides that go first. I'm wondering if the issue was engineered out with newer parts.
From what I have read on vortex it is the upper guides that go first. I'm wondering if the issue was engineered out with newer parts.
Is this only a 05.5 - 06 Jetta issue? What about the 2006 Rabbit? Has anyone had problems with this model? Just wondering because I have an aging 2006 Rabbit and would like to avoid something like this. Thanks!
I am not to sure, I hope a 2.5l guru will find this post.
vortex member VW Redux had a DSG transmission fail at just over 600 miles. Search for his posts to read about what he did. His reporting to NHSTA resulted in a government campaign as well as one by VW resulting in hundreds of people (if not more) getting repair reimbursements and causing VW warranty the DSG to 100k miles.
I have gotten the famous problem with my 2.5-05 engine at 93K. However, when the CEL came on, I was already too late.
The transmission needs to come off to replace everything, so that is something you need to consider paying for. In most cases, if not all, the engine needs to come out to replace the chains. I ended up buying a new motor and replace it myself due to the cost involved.
I agree that the timing problem should have been a warranty issue, but VW knows it cost a lot of money to replace that.
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Is there something I can do before its too late??? Will replacing both tensioners, guides, and chain solve the issue? Should I replace the gears too?
Hopefully this doesn't happen to me. But I will be changing out my clutch, so while i'm doing that I may spend the extra afternoon changing that stuff out.
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From what I have heard and read, the gears or sprockets are not set at the right torque, which eventually creates the jump of the chain. A dealership as well as those like myself had to take the engine out to either replace the parts so yes, it is a big job.
Find out from your mechanic how far he has to go to replace the waterpump and go from there.
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Yeah, if this ever happens to me I would just swap an 08+ engine.
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http://www.reesphotos.com/VW/ This is the story of another guy...
Lot of good info.
"Since the only real problem was that the worn timing chain sprocket allowed the timing chain to "slip 3 teeth", replacement of the worn sprocket, timing chain, and timing chain tensioner and guide components should have been all that was required."
Thank you to Ecs Tuning,
You will need a timing chain kit, ES285903 (adjuster), ES285925 (gear) in order to correct the issue BEFORE it beomes a major problem.
Just wondering if anyone actually had their timing chains, guides, tensioner pre-emptively replaced! If so how much did it cost you? I'm also thinking of replacing my timing chain etc before i fall victim to this manufacturer defect. Another difficult thing i've encountered is finding someone who is willing todo the work. Any reputable vw mechanic i go to tell me that i shouldn't worry about the timing chain til i get closer to 200,000kms which i think is about 160-180 miles but in my opinion i think they're guaging this based on their experiences with MKV VR6 dual chain set up. Anyways if you've gotten the work done pre-emptively then please post how much you paid all in all for us who are interested in going that route as well.
$700 in new parts eh? I got my 17K '08 engine for $1,000. I guess it depends a lot on how long you want to drive your car or trade it in when that happens.
VW of America is aware of this problem (although they don't claim that), and will give you a $1,500 voucher towards a new Jetta.
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I was on the phone with vwoa for 45 mins, got absolutely nowhere, not even a voucher. I talked to the supervisor who informed me that there is no known issue and there was nothing they could do.
This guys situation in very similar to the 2.5l issue, good catch on the picture.
I'm just going to drive my 2.5 till it goes, then put a newer 2.5 in it, cheaper than buying a new car or buying a used one, I like the mk5 jetta over the mk6, although I havent driven or been inside one. By that time I may have extra money and possibly put a turbo kit on
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I'm not going to argue with you over some article that I posted to inform others with this issue. You are right... I'm going for a long walk over a tall cliff.
based on what we have seen, the issue only affects the early engines (05.5 and 06s)


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Truthfully? Laurence Fox had me at pork scratchings. And a pint of Stella. Not that I joined him in his early evening pick-me-up (I was working, after all), but because it makes a nice change when an actor doesn't insist on meeting you in a dropped-pin private members' club over herbal tea and crudités. Instead, we sit in the kind of boozer that you imagine is rapidly approaching extinction for want of roasted sea bass served on a bed of panda's ears. 'I like this pub,' says Fox, looking around appreciatively. 'Rows of people not speaking to each other.'
He speaks, mind you. By which I don't mean that he rambles on, or goes off on a tangent, or is in any way overbearing; throughout our conversation he's engaged, interested and seemingly willing to answer questions about anything. Earlier that afternoon, he'd tweeted: 'Right. I'm off to put my foot in it.' Again, not what you get from the herbal-tea brigade.
We're here to talk, among other things, about Our Boys, the 1993 play by Jonathan Lewis that will come to the West End for the first time at the end of this month. Usually, he skips post-rehearsal drinks with the lads (as the title suggests, it's an all-male cast, which also features Doctor Who's Arthur Darvill) in order to rush home to the Sussex countryside, wife Billie Piper and sons Winston, three and three-quarters — 'it's an important distinction' — and Eugene, who, at five months, 'seems to wobble along, have a great time, doesn't get fazed by very much. Whereas Winston was busy going outside and getting stung by bees.' Tonight, however, the kids are being looked after and he and Billie are having one of their 'rare treats' of a night in town: dinner, hotel, lie-in, the works. A fancy dinner? Who knows, he says, they might just have McDonald's.
When Fox was a new dad, he made a bit of a rookie error: he talked perhaps more candidly than he should have about the challenges of having your life turned upside down forever and subsequently saw himself portrayed in print as someone who found it hard to bond with his son. He remembers that he was simply trying to describe the experience of going from 'having all of your time to do what you want with, to having someone dependent on you. And you don't want to do a bad job of it, and you always feel you are doing a bad job of it, which is the nature of being a parent. You never go: "I've f***ing nailed that!" '
No one listening to him now could accuse him of being anything less than superglued to his sons or his wife — variously described as 'the missus', 'Bill' or 'Mrs Fox'. Having taken time off after Eugene's birth, Billie is also returning to work, appearing at the National Theatre in The Effect by Lucy Prebble, the author of the West End sell-out Enron. Whenever Fox mentions his wife, it's either with unshowy affection or a sort of fierce admiration: she is, he says, 'a super-devoted mum'; 'her love of music is unbounded' and she would have made 'an epic music producer'. When I ask him about the couple's social life in rural Sussex, he replies: 'Bill's oddly more shy than I am, but I suppose because she's quite famous, you're always a bit more reticent. I just barge in.'
Our attention turns to work. Our Boys is a contemporary story about a group of soldiers recovering from injury who have their equilibrium upset by the arrival of a young officer from Sandhurst. Perhaps influenced by the fact that Fox is an Old Harrovian who's played stiff-upper-lip army types before, I assumed that the officer's role is his. 'That's what I thought!' he cries. 'Don't apologise. I've made good money out of being the guy from Sandhurst.'
Two weeks into rehearsal, he's nervous as hell, though that, he says, is normal for actors in the run-up to first night: 'I've never done a play where I haven't thought: "It's over. I'm screwed." ' And it's his first stage role since he appeared in Christopher Hampton's Treats six years ago. During that production something magical happened; he met Billie, whom he married on New Year's Eve the following year.
Alongside the peace and quiet, what Fox loves about the countryside is the ability to live an extremely pleasant life — nice house on what he describes as 'the nicest street in the world', huge garden — without being a 'slave' to the mortgage. This meant he was in a position to take a pretty momentous career decision: leaving the popular television detective series Lewis, in which he has played Detective Sergeant James Hathaway to Kevin Whately's Lewis since 2006. In fact, as he explains, the series that will air in January is only the last 'for now'; both he and Whately, whom he loves 'with all my heart', simply need a bit of a chance to test pastures new. So the complicated, brainy, cigarette-smoking Hathaway won't be killed off? He feigns not having read the final scripts, but I suspect that the answer is no.
Is Lewis the kind of thing he likes watching himself? Not really, he confesses; he's more into Deadliest Catch or Whale Wars or Fishing Adventurer; proper man vs nature stuff. 'The stupid part of you thinks: "Maybe that would be good for me to do." ' He's a keen pike fisherman, and had, until recently, charge of a 'crazy horse' called Chutney, who was sent back partly because Fox realised that unpredictable horses were not the ideal companions for a responsible family man and partly out of fiscal prudence. 'My parents always taught me to live within my means and as an actor, your means change all the time, especially stopping doing something like Lewis,' he explains. 'That was my means. So it's not really time to be taking on a horse.' He pauses. 'Also, I think the missus would have something to say about it.'
Mention of Fox's family inevitably leads to a conversation about what is usually referred to as the acting 'dynasty': his father is James Fox and his uncle Edward Fox; Emilia and Freddie Fox are cousins; Jack and Lydia, two of his four siblings, also act. Despite that, the idea that he grew up with acting hardwired into his DNA bemuses him: 'I didn't even know Dad was an actor for a very long time, and he doesn't have a lot of actor friends.' Far more central to his identity, he says, is his parents' Christianity; his father famously took a lengthy break from acting to explore his faith. Fox clearly has immense respect for his parents' views. 'They apply their Christian values to the way they live their life,' he says. 'They're not religious per se, they just strive to live well. And I think they've done amazingly, because their children are relatively well-balanced. I mean, I'm a bit unhinged...'
He doesn't seem remotely unhinged, though you can sense a restless energy in his bearing and the way he talks. His interests, I remark, are solitary, contemplative; as well as fishing and riding, he loves to write songs and record them in his attic studio. 'I've got a manic brain,' he replies. 'I've got two fighting personalities: the one that criticises me and the one that says f*** off.'
Once he and Billie have finished their spells on stage, they plan to head to the States for a bit; 'no preconceptions', he says, just a change of scene and a speculative gander at what LA might have to offer. They'll rent a house, do auditions and take advantage of the weather — Winston, in particular, loves the beach. Fox is disarmingly phlegmatic about the possibility of their American adventure coming to naught: 'We could go there and not get a job and they could say, "You suck," and we come home. Who knows what's going to actually happen?'
That, however, is for the future; tonight, he's heading up west for a date with the missus.
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I have a Cisco IOS image named "c3660-ik9o3s-mz.124-18" installed. I've tried to configure IPv6 NAT-PT feature but the commands are not available. I disabled CEF as per one of the Cisco's articles but it doesn't help. I assume that NAT-PT is not supported since it is not mentioned in the CCIE's blueprint.
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Vinyl Siding Question
I hired a fellow to replace some vinyl siding that showed premature weathering (discoloration). on a two story house The company replaced the siding (10 square) and allowed $100/sq labor for replacement. The contractor agreed the $100/sq. would be acceptable. I disposed of the old siding.
After removing the old siding, I noticed that the J channel was OK but 6 inside and 6 outside corners looked bad and needed also to be replaced. Being that all the siding was off, no additional effort was required other than removing and replacing the dozen corners.I purchased the corners myself.
What the contractor added to the bill was excessive I thought but I want to be fair. What would be a reasonable amount of labor/hrs to add to the bill to replace these dozen corners
did you purchased all pieces cut to proper length ? and did they level them self? IMO that is additional effort.
Good point. I would make an educated guess that 4, maybe 5 of the corners needed to be cut to length.
I don't know how this guy bases his rates, but we charge by the square and this includes all trim. I suppose if he had some trouble fitting the corners, maybe time by the hour would be fair.
No trouble with the corners, pretty straightforward as I watched him do them. I am trying to determine what would be a reasonable number of man hrs for 6 lenghth of inside and 6 length of outside corner peices.
You could call a few installers for a general price per square, including trim, and then ask your installer if these guys are right, or is he? It really sounds like he was pumping the job for more bucks. You never said total time on the job?
"It really sounds like he was pumping the job for more bucks"
That's kindof the impression I was getting. If it were you ,how many man hrs would you have charged for this scenario?
To be honest I wasn't paying that close of attention to the time involved per corner. I probably should have.
Were all the corners going up two stories or just one story?
(5) went on the second story.
Well, I just cut him a check for 10/man hrs worth of labor for installing the 7 outsides and 5 inside corners. That stikes me as more than fair........ comments
So you basically are saying it took him 2 days, 1 day for siding, 1 day from the corners? Of course, I can't see your job, but a comparable job here would have been 1 day for 10 sq + trim...$1000 would have been more then fair, IMO.
Actually it took him 2.5 days, he wasn't trying to bust any speed records though.
Was a two story w/fireplace chase so it was a bit more complicated that a straight 1 story side.
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Description: The SparkFun SerIO is a serial interface platform for creating physical computing projects controlled from a computer. The board gives access to 14 digital input and output pins, six analog output pins and eight analog input pins through a serial interface. This allows the creation of physical computing projects without having to modify and code on the hardware platform. Projects that involve the use of analog sensors, buttons, LEDs, buzzers, motors and many more electronic components can be controlled from any environment that has access to a serial port; some examples of controlling environments are Visual Basic, Python, LabView and Processing, but it's certainly not limited to those languages!
So where is the Ehternet version??????
Does it come with the enclosure or do I need to buy that separately because it has pictures of it without the case and with labels on the PCB and I want to be sure of what I am buying.
What's the purpose of Q2 in the schematic?
Is this still a valid product? I am the maintainer for COMEDI in the Linux tree If the product is still real I would be interested in writing a driver for it. Currently there is only 1 serial connected driver and it's for a very old academic board. Any chance of getting a donated unit?
From the schematic, i fail to see the necessary RC circuit to create a voltage from the pwm channels (which you so wrongly call analogue outputs). You should definitely clear this up in the User Guide.
Also D0 and D1 don't appear to be accessible as they are shared with RXD/TXD which go to the FT232.
Can someone from Sparkfun clear this up?
This thing is great. I was using it, in conjunction with my laptop as a datalogger/controller … but I may have fried it. When I plug it in, I get the "power" LED on steady/continuous, I get a couple flashes of the "comm" LED, but nothing on the "stat" LED. And, it won't respond to commands. I'm wondering what the "reset" button will do for me. Any advice on how/when to use it? Looks like I've got nothing to lose at this point.
I was looking through the source and think I found a problem with it, hoping someone can clarify.
line 167 - if(command_buffer_count == (2*MAX_COMMAND_LENGTH))return 0; //If the command is too long, exit the function
Why 2*MAX_COMMAND_LENGTH? Are you not going to write passed the end of command_buffer and possibly overwrite something, if a command longer than MAX_COMMAND_LENGTH is accidentally sent
should it not be
line 167 - if(command_buffer_count == (MAX_COMMAND_LENGTH))return 0; //If the command is too long, exit the function
I was trying to find the resolution (in bits) and speed of the Analog In ports. The manual's discussion of resolution is awfully confusing in that it seems to contradict itself. It says the voltage between 0 and 3.3V is given in 255 steps, or 8-bit resolution. It then shows how to calculate voltage from the digital reading. When it does, it divides the reading by 1024, not 254 prior to multiplying by 3.3 V. This gives an answer in 10-bits, doesn't it? Which is the right resolution, 8 or 10 bits? I couldn't find the conversion rate anywhere. What is it, please?
Can these be used with Labview instead of the NI CompactDAQ modules, or the USB-1208 from Measurement computing?
If anyone is willing to donate one of these, I'd be willing to write up a nice C# windows GUI for this as well as a command line version .exe and open source them both and let you link them here. Alternately I could do the same in Labview as well.
Ive got to say, this is a nice product. All I would want is a option to disable all of the words in the responce. I wish to implement this into C#, and all of the chars like"Pin:" are not necessary for it. Its small and could be worked around, but otherwise nice product.
Actually, such boards are just named Sparkfun and then the model, just like Arduino does it.
From what i can tell, D0 and D1 will never work. As they are shared with the UART which goes to the FT232R.
Both the features page and the User Guide state that there are 6 Analog Outputs. However the User Guide only lists D3, D5, D6, D10 & D11 as Analog Outputs. I am assuming from the images provided that D9 is also an Analog Output.
I wrote a simple software in Visual Basic to interface with this device, if you're interested: http://teckst.com/js/SerIO_Interface_v1.2.zip
It includes source files with SerIO Class so feel free to modify it for your own project!
I am a half-noob. I ordered this SerIO piece for a project where im going to be using it to interface a little device to my PC so that i may computer control it.
Are there any tutorials or libraries on the VB code to use and/or how to do it?
Please help? it would be much appreciated!!!!
Long live the sparkfun!
How about in the description telling us the CPU is an Arduino Mega328 ! I had to look at the schematic to find that info.
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I like it :) I may end up writing a Java library to interface with it, so that you don't have to do any low-level communication - basically emulating Arduino's own pinMode(), digitalRead(), digitalWrite, analogRead() and analogWrite()… Would be nice to be able to develop for my Arduino using Eclipse :)
Anyone out there would be interested in this?
I've ordered one of these for work and plan on interfacing with labview. In anticipation of it's arrival, I've written the necessary subVI's to get the data out of it but I still don't know what the serial port settings will be? This isn't entirely necessary to know ahead of time but it might have been something nice to put into the user guide. Also the ADC formulas in the guide are a bit tough to read. Thanks to Sprakfun for putting something like this together.
The settings are 57600, 8, N and 1. Good luck with your Labview Application, please feel free to share it when it's completed.
I'm quite curious about this product, I can think of a number of things I might use for it. But I'm unclear what kind of baud rate this is capable of, when you're trying to sample analog ports, digital ports and maybe output some data as well. Seems like you might be dealing with fairly modest values.
The baud rate is 57600bps; you should be able to determine if this supports the amount of commands you want to send.
Why would you buy a board specifically for serial I/O that uses FTDI? If you want a serial I/O board, get a Teensy. It's smaller, cheaper, has 12 analog inputs, and has native USB support for full-bandwidth I/O. Google for Adrian Freed's micro-OSC code for the Teensy.
These are completely different products. The Teensy has its uses, but is harder to use without headers and such. Both have their merits.
I've been looking through the source code they posted… it's not quite a Duemilanove. The comments say it's equivalent to an Arduino pro @ 3.3v/8MHz. Either way, I just flashed the code on to my Duemilanove and it works great.
I will say, I'm going to try out some robotics stuff with this firmware tomorrow and the layout of SerIO would make connecting the PWM devices way easier. I may have to get one for that project rather than proto-boarding it.
This looks interesting as a platform to plug Vex accessories into:
Most Vex products should plug right in and work., though you'll have to take care what you plug in where, since half the ports are 3.3V and the other half are 5V.
You should be able to plug Vex Limit Switches and Bumpers into any port. Vex LEDs and Potentiometers should be used in the 3.3V ports. The Vex light and sonar sensors may work in a 3.3V port, but I'm not sure.
It would be great if servo-style PWM were added to the command set, since the 3-pin ports are arranged correctly for servos.
Anyway, just thought I'd point this out as an interesting product intersection.
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I am interested in this idea Dean, but I am a beginner. So I am hoping for a clarification.
Would I be able to simply plug this into a USB (only for power), plug a Vex sensor into an input, then plug a Vex Motor the the corresponding output, and expect them to be fully operational?
If so, could I even plug the USB into a wall for power using something like this?: http://www.jr.com/cables-unlimited/pe/CBU_ZIP_hy_PWR_hy_AC/
I don't have the experience to write any type of code, so this is why I'm wondering if the serIO can be used standalone.
It's a mega-buspirate or a mini wiring ( http://wiring.org.co/hardware/ ). I do hope it has a higher baudrate than the Arduino. Wouldn't it be cheaper to get rid of the FTDI and use an AVR or PIC with native USB ?
AFAIK the FTDI chips are the most reliable way to get USB-serial working on non-Windows platforms.
So basically it's an arduino with a bitlash alternative isn't it?
328 pre-loaded up with a command interpreter…
so basically its the arduino duemilanova rebuilt to include a power and ground bus for all i/o pins, and already in a project case?
This box doesnt require any MCU programming so it's a lot easier to use. I would have loved this before I even knew what MCU was.
show me where it requires no MCU programming. it has an arduino based sketch loaded, and they have 2 other user loadable sketches linked. the only major difference i see between this and a duemilanova with the SerIO sketch, other than an extra $15 for the case, is the A6 and A7 pins are broken out for use. If this were sold as board only, i would gladly buy it.
If you want I can write you one in Visual Basic for free.
yes please!
I would actually love one in C++, but anything in a .exe would be useable
Those two programs are Processing sketches, not Arduino Sketches. You run them on your PC to interface with the SerIO; no firmware needs to be uploaded to the SerIO.
If you've never used processing you should check it out; the Arduino IDE was based on it (or built on top of it, I'm not sure), and it's a great way to add some data visualization to your project:
thanks! and from what im seeing, the arduino platform IS the prodessing platform, just specially designed for the arduino
to be honest, if it came with a pc side app for interfacing and controlling it, other than the serial monitor in the arduino sketchpad IDE, i would definately buy it for that and the two extra analog pins
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I have an old box of Winchester marked "Super Police" or some such. I'd rather have any brand of expanding bullet than one of these, I think they were like 700 or 800 FPS. Not much energy.
This is a discussion on .38 Spcl. Question. within the Defensive Ammunition & Ballistics forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Anyone here remember the 200gr. / .38 Special factory load....what ever happened to that ? Was a real hefty slug. A LEO I knew carried ...
Anyone here remember the 200gr. / .38 Special factory load....what ever happened to that ? Was a real hefty slug. A LEO I knew carried off duty in his Mod.36.
I have an old box of Winchester marked "Super Police" or some such. I'd rather have any brand of expanding bullet than one of these, I think they were like 700 or 800 FPS. Not much energy.
I remember them. Fired a few but never over the chronograph. They seemed very mild to shoot.
I once bought a quantity of Remington 200 grain lead round nose component bullets and played with them, hand loading in both the .38 Special and the .38 S&W cartridges. I used the maximum charge weight of 2400 as listed in the Lyman 46th manual and one of the 200 grain bullets to effectively take a white tail buck at about 15 yards. Gun used was a Smith & Wesson Model 14 .38 Special revolver with a long 8 3/8-inch barrel to achieve 925 fps from the heavy bullet.
I think the concept still has some merit with a more square nosed bullet shape, especially in a snub revolver.
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I did some calculations comparing the recoil. Original specs for a snub show 600fps with a 200gr bullet. If we guess at the powder charge a little, and use the original model 36 at 1.25 pounds:
The 200gr load has 9.2 ft/lbs of recoil energy at .8lb/sec
The 158gr LRN has 8.3 ft/lbs at .8lb/sec
The old/new 125gr Nyclad is 7.7 ft/lbs at .8lb/sec
The 158gr LSWCHP+P is 10.6ft/lbs at .9lb/sec
I can see how it fell out of favor as a self defense load.
I got about 500 rounds of that 200gr. ammo when my dad passed. He had them for target shooting in his Model 10 4 inch. I used them up in my Taurus or S&W 649 snubby....can't remember which, but they were nothing special. I prefer to stick with 158gr. FMJ or LRN for targets.
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I remember an article many years ago where a police department was testing a 200gr 38spl load, they were using old car bodies, none of the rounds penetrated. One officers comment was "Stop or I'll dent your door".
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Federal has reintroduced the .38 spcl nyclad.....
I just received the NRA mag. American Rifleman. On pg. 36 & 37 they have a small write up on S&W Victory & Colt Commando Revolvers that shot the .38/200 cartridge.
While people are saying "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, ... and they will not escape. 1Th 5:3
"...a police department was testing a 200gr 38spl load, they were using old car bodies..."
I did some tests on a '54 Buick once and that was a whole different world as far as handgun penetration goes. That thing was tough. A factory 255 grain lead .45 Colt would only penetrate one side of the rudimentary "fins" that the car's styling featured just behind the tail lights. One the other hand, the .38 Special 158 grain lead round nose sailed right through the windshield which was of the "sandwich" type safety glass.
I'd take notice if a manufacturer would provide a heavy-bullet load featuring a properly shaped 200 grain bullet at 850-900 fps from two to four-inch .38 Special revolvers. The recoil wouldn't be prohibitively heavy and one would in effect have a modernized version of the .41 Long Colt, a round that had a pretty good reputation.
Oh, and don't hide in the passenger compartment of a '49 Studebaker to avoid being shot with a .410 slug. It'll zip right in there with you and some even exit the opposite side.
In Junior High a friend and I shot his grandfather's then 20 year old '49 Studebaker Starlight Coupe, which was sitting out in the pasture, with a quantity of .410 slugs from a tree house situated about 100 yards from the car. His grandfather wasn't much pleased about it though it'd long sat there as rusted junk with the tires and wheels off of it. I think that David got creamed over the incident.
Now I think about puncturing that uniquely curved rear window glass with the slugs and have to wonder what an original rear glass would be worth now.
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I'm new to this forum, but was excited to see this thread about 200g .38 Special loads. I'm a long-time shooter, and these are my new "favorite"!
I am just about to load up some 195g LRN .38s for the first time, which is close to the original poster's question. Bottom line: I've read lots of info that corroborates concerns with this round destabilizing after impact, although some feel this is good (larger wound channel, less fear of overpenetration) and some bad (reduced likelihood of boring though into the vitals).
I have fired several hundred 200g LSWC-K bullets, however, and these strike me as very effective within the lead bullet "envelope." In other words, hardcast lead bullets don't expand, but they DO penetrate--certainly in flat point form, and especially in FP semi-wadcutter form!
From a 2" Colt Detective Special at 10 feet, with an average muzzle velocity of 718 fps over my chronograph, this LSWC-K bullet (from Mt. Baldy Bullets; also avail. from Colorado Cast Bullets) bored straight through six water-filled milk jugs, then penetrated up to the front shoulder in the 2x12 board, knocking the 16" board down and then falling out in the process.
Granted, I can't prove what that "means," but penetration through 3 feet of water is encouraging. . .and the bullet track did not veer at all. In other words, that shoulder "bit in" and bored straight through. Also granted, different opinions exist on the threat of overpenetration, but I offer this info here as a possible alternative to the less-than-impressive factory loads you all have experienced.
I would love to get my hands on a box of the old factory loads so I could chronograph it and compare it to my handloads. I don't seek "hot" loads; indeed, I loaded "my" round specifically to approximate velocities (and therefore pressures) associated with the old factory rounds.
Final notes:
.38 S&W standard load = 146g bullet. The 1920s-era "Super Police" was a 200grain LRN slug, and this was the basis for the British .380/200 service round (an FP bullet). The 200g load MV was in the 625-650 fps range.
.38 S&W Special, a different cartridge, standard load was typically 158g LRN in the early days, and a "Super Police" load existed for it, too, in 200g LRN bullet, I *think*. A more powerful "Highway Patrol" 200g bullet existed, or perhaps this was simply the most common name for the .38 SPL 200g load. . .anyway, I've seen the figure 730 fps (6" barrel MV) quoted, as well as 770 fps. I'm not sure if the former was the "Super Police" and the latter the "Highway Patrol"? Would love to learn more!
Final comment: my purely subjective "feel" is that "my" load is standard pressure, but nonetheless powerful--the felt recoil was NOT wimpy. When I loaded it to 761 fps, the torque was pretty powerful! Until I can pay to pressure-test that heavier load, however, I will shoot it only in my Ruger Service-Six or in a .357.
I think the LRN configuration is marginal for CC/SD, but I believe the LSWC-K is a far more effective bullet profile.
I know the original question related to factory ammo, so I hope my post isn't off-topic. I am also aware of the "factory vs. reload" argument, so don't mean to ruffle feathers or start that discussion!
Happy shooting, and stay safe.
Just posted the info below on a similar thread about the 200g .38, so please excuse putting up with it again. By the way, I will do a penetration test on this or a similar load this coming weekend, and/or on a few of the original factory loads, and let you know.
"I just loaded 10 rounds with 200g LRN (I think they're 358430) and 3.5g Unique, measuring each charge. Velocity from my Ruger Police Service-Six 4" barrel .38SPL was 710.5fps at 5' from muzzle. Standard deviation was 9+, i.e. single digits. I haven't measured barrel-cylinder gap in that gun yet. OAL was 1.540, bullet crimped into top lube groove just beneath the shoulder of the bullet. I won't quote group size, but will simply state it was tighter than I usually shoot! :-) Temps were mid-90s, humidity. . .YES!
Per the Lee 2nd Ed. reloading manual, standard pressure .38SPL is 3.4g - 3.6g; +P is 3.5g to 3.7g. I'm not sure why the overlap. I forget the exact velocity the book stated, but for 3.5g it's about 760-ish. Bbl. length unknown, but I'd guess 6" from the numbers he gives.
Will soon modify this load and do a penetration test and post results."
See the other thread for the full penetration test results with the 200g bullet over 3.8g Win 231, which was apparently a Winchester factory load at one time. Bottom line: a 663fps slug from a 2" bbl. Colt D.S. penetrated 5 jugs of water (30") at 1- feet.
This load from my 4" Service-Six chrono'ed 725fps.
By the way, the velocity from the D.S. makes this round almost a duplicate of the old British .38/200 load of WWII, from a 5" barrel.


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Custom cams of this nature are not cheap as the grinder has 2 set ups. On the plus side on OEM heads and engines needed every ounce of power they are killer.
Custom cams of this nature are not cheap as the grinder has 2 set ups. On the plus side on OEM heads and engines needed every ounce of power they are killer.
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Wouldnt a cam profile for every cylinder respective to its own unique flow data yeild a engine thats unpredictible ? In essence confuse the engine ?
Ideally you want all the ports to flow the same, and the same cam profile for all the cylinders. But with the OEM BBC heads, that not the case. Even with the newest CNC heads, their is a good port and a bad port. The main reason behind the symetrical port heads.
In a couple of PM's with bowtiebro, I was pointing out that in the BIG BOY ranks, they have the port flow equalizing down pretty good now, and have moved on to controlled, seperate equalized water flow over the combustion chambers, and the oil pans are compartmentized into paired left-right cylinders with the oil pan acting like 4 oil pans and the windage down to 2 cylinders per compartment.
The closer they can get the engine to behave like 8 individual, tunable cylinders, the more power they make.
The output of an engine is the sum of all the cylinders working together. One cylinder making less power than the rest is not "holding the engine back". They all contribute. Obviously, getting them to all make the same power as the best cylinder is ideal, but that seldom happens. The conventional headed BB Chevy is a perfect example with it's asymmetrical port layout. The left turn ports are inferior to the rigtht turn ports. Even the spread port heads are similar, but not quite as bad. If the difference between the two ports isn't that bad, (as with most aftermarket heads) you usually find an average between the good and bad, and cam accordingly. The lobe won't be "perfect" for either port. -or- depending on how close the ports are, you can maximize either port and let the other fall where it may. A lot of times the cam designer only has "good port" info to work with. However, on OEM heads, the difference between the good port and bad port can be as much as 30cfm in some ranges of valve lift...usually the worst at .500" which can be a very critical lift on some engines. I'll do the very best I can with both ports, not trying to balance them, just trying to get the most I can out of either port. In the end it is what it is and if it's bad enough, as this thread is about, we can put more lobe on the bad port to help make it "work" like the better port. The lobe for the good port is dictated by the parameters of the build.
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Acts 2:38, the perfect answer to the perfect question.
Agreed, any power from any cylinder is power added, as opposed to a dead hole. Ideally they would all make the same power, but not at the expense of dragging good cylinders down to the level of bad ones. That would be a "socialitic" approach.
Its one of the reasons for the thinking behind individual timing as well. Don't time the engine to the limits of the detonation prone cylinders, time each one to its maximum output.


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was marriage publicized like that though in those days?
I can agree with the "if he had kids" thought. I think though is that he didn't know mary was pregnant at the time of the crucifixion and thus she went into hiding perhaps. If you hide the truth from the children in order to protect them you also don't have the struggle for power within the family as it were. It's an interesting question regardless.
Marriage was HUGE in those days. The Jews partied literally for days for the celebration of wedding. As a matter of fact, Jesus' first plublic miracle was at a wedding feast in Cana of Galilee, I am sure you remember the water into wine story. The party for this wedding had been going so long that they ran out of wine. I am sure you have been to a long reception before, and stayed to the end when everyone is toasted. Well Jesus busts out the extra wine right at the right time. His Mother Mary was there, and so were Jesus's disciples, the wedding miracle was his gateway into his three year mission. Also, Jesus told a parable based on the culture of weddings. So again, it was a BIG deal, and it was publically known enough where he used marriage to illustrate a truth he came to teach. (See John 2 and Matthew 22 if interested in reading either text I mentioned).
That movie sounds like nothing more than hype, the same way that the tomb of Jesus tv documentary was crap, the same way that the divinci code was crap. This is just playing off of the last big money maker.
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The November 17 nightly news broadcasts and the November 18 morning news broadcasts of the three major television networks failed to cover the defeat of budget legislation pushed by the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives that would have cut spending on health and education programs. On November 17, the House voted down the measure, which contained $142.5 billion in discretionary spending, by a margin of 224 to 209, with 22 Republicans joining all Democrats in opposition. Two of the three network morning news programs covered two other Republican-backed measures that passed early on November 18 -- a House budget-cutting bill and a Senate tax-cutting bill -- while ignoring the defeat of the earlier House bill.
The networks' lack of coverage is significant because, as The New York Times noted, the bill's defeat marked "the first time since the early days of the Republican takeover of the House a decade ago that the majority had come out on the losing end of such a vote." The Los Angeles Times also noted that "[t]he GOP leadership's struggles came on some of the first major actions the House has taken since Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), known for controlling his party's members and moving controversial measures to passage, was forced to give up his post as majority leader after being indicted in Texas on money-laundering charges."
The defeated measure would have cut current spending by $164 million, The New York Times reported. Early November 18, House Republicans succeeded in passing legislation "cutting benefit programs, such as Medicaid and food stamps, by about $50 billion over the next five years," according to the Los Angeles Times. The bill passed 217-215, with no Democrats voting in support, after Republicans leaders reduced the extent of some cuts to attract the support of moderates in their party, the Los Angeles Times reported.
On the respective November 18 broadcasts of NBC's Today and CBS' The Early Show, NBC's Ann Curry and CBS's René Syler each mentioned the $50 billion spending cut approved by the House, as well as a bill approved by the Senate containing $60 billion in tax cuts -- bills that passed early on November 18 -- but neither mentioned House Republicans' failure to pass the earlier spending bill. ABC's Good Morning America made no mention of either House bill or the Senate bill.
The failure to cover the defeat the budget bill is especially striking in the case of NBC's Nightly News, given that a November 17 post by NBC News producer Mike Viqueira on the Nightly News' Daily Nightly weblog -- posted shortly before that evening's Nightly News broadcast -- cited the "completely unexpected defeat" of the bill as "evidence that the congressional GOP has some serious problems." Viqueira remarked that the House Republican leadership was "blindsided by an unusual coalition of conservatives and moderates," an event "[t]hat does not reflect well on the man running the floor in the absence of Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo."
From the November 18 broadcast of NBC's Today:
CURRY: During the night, the House passed $50 billion in budget cuts by two votes. Opponents say the cuts will hurt the poor. The Senate, meantime, passed a tax cut bill that will prevent about 14 million families from paying higher taxes through the alternative minimum tax.
From the November 18 broadcast of CBS' The Early Show:
SYLER: On Capitol Hill, the House approved a budget cut package early this morning by a two-vote margin. It would cut $50 billion from a group of welfare programs over several years. It still needs an OK from the Senate. Just before the House vote, the Senate approved $60 billion in tax cuts.
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Keith: Up In The Clouds
Manchester's best kept secret are back, and as willfully wonderful as ever. Up In The Clouds is the new single from Keith, and the first taste of Vice & Virtue, their astonishing new album. Vice & Virtue sees Keith working with white-hot producer Dan Carey, whose varied credits include Hot Chip, Kylie, Kelis, Sly & Robbie and the forthcoming Franz Ferdinand album.
Built on a rumbling bass groove, Up In The Clouds bursts with attitude and swagger, a squall of scattergun riffs and double-quick drums ; then surprisingly a jazz break is the eye of the storm. Singer Oli Bayston says the studio jam from which the song came "hit on something heavier and more intense than ever before." With lyrics consciously adding contrasting dreams of love's escapism, the whole is coupled with the touch of 'otherness' that typifies Keith's work.
On the B-side, another belter: Welcome To My Fairground intertwines acoustic and electric guitars with Bayston's athletic half sung, half-spat vocal ; driving rhythms and melodies stubbornly refusing to follow the conventions of pop songwriting. In other words, no less than we'd expect from one of Britain's most inventive young bands.
Two years ago, Keith's debut album Red Thread was hailed a cult treasure – adored by many, ignored by more, and embraced by thousands of pre-emptive Japanese teens. Since then, ideas that flickered in their debut have become mainstream absorbed, but Keith, ever on the fringes, are still producing music that defies easy categorisation.
As a band, Keith's skill is in blending their many strands of influence together, be it indie, African, krautrock, jazz or techno. Their magic, meanwhile, is in their searching song-writing and musicianship. These guys can really play, which is why they've been able to recreate the feel of Tony Allen's afrobeats on 'La Ritournelle' whilst backing French superstar Sebastien Tellier on early London dates, and performed with former Can frontman Damo Suzuki. They even appeared (uncredited) on Lily Allen's Alright, Still.
Musical scholarship brought these four together in the first place: vocalist/keys player Oli Bayston, guitarist Mark Nicholls, bassist John Waddington (also the band's graphic artist) and drummer Johnny Winbolt-Lewis met at university in Warrington, a satellite of The University of Manchester. Relocating to Manchester proper on graduation, they brought a new flavour to the local live scene, music with links to Manchester greats The Smiths and Joy Division, but with a depth, weight and groove stretching beyond.
Having delivered a debut album of broad strokes and varied styles, Vice & Virtue finds them focused on producing an ambitiously accomplished follow-up, with texture, tone and – importantly – tunes.
"We've taken a turn for the psychedelic on Vice And Virtue," says Oli. "Up In The Clouds is our mission statement."


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So, about curly hair. I'm not sure how much you know about it, so I'll start from the basics.
1) Only shampoo about once a week. Shampoos with the igredients such as "soduim laureth sulfate" and "sodium lauryl sulfate" can be drying to hair, especially curly hair which is dry naturally. A lot of curlys use a sulfate-free condtioner a few times a week, and clarify with sulfate shampoos once a month.
2) You may want to avoid products with silicones. Um...there's an article here somewhere about 'cones, but I can't find it right now. Anyways, silicones give you short term shine, but they will coat your hair and make it crappy after a while. Many curlies avoid some or all cones because they don't shampoo often because it dries hair out (see above), and you *have* to use a sulfate shampoo if you use cones.
3) Find a good condioner. I use 2: A conditioner-only wash and an actual conditioner. I use a cheap Suave or V05 to CO wash, that is, use a conditioner like you would a shampoo. Massage your scalp with it, etc. After that, use a heavier, more moistureising conditioner.
4) Don't use a towel to dry your hair. It will most likely cause frizz. I use a t-**** to dry my hair, which cuts way down on the frizz. I actually mostly just squeeze the water out, and sorta blot with the t-shirt. Some curlies also use microfiber towles or turbans, but I find an old t-shirt works fine for me.
There's a *lot* more, but you can surf around the forums. I'm sure you'll find lots of advice.
Oh, one warning: If you aren't used to buying curly-specific products and you buy drugstore stuff, be prepared to spend some moolah. Your conditioner most likely isn't going to be from Long's. It will cost at least $10 for a tiny bottle. Most styling products that curlies here use are WAY more expensive than durgstore brands. When I first saw the prices of these products, my brain nearly imploded. I'm still not quite used to it. But I suppose you pay for a good quality product.
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text: Madison anti-war protestors circled the Capitol Square on January 6, 2009, to the sound of drumbeats. (PHOTOS: Bob Hague) Madison's Capitol Square was the scene of protest against the continued wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the violence against Gaza. Demonstrators on the Square Many protestors wore white death masks and carried the names of U.S. and cilivilian victims in Iraq and Afghanistan. This marcher bore the name of a U.S. Army soldier killed in Iraq. Many participants wore black, white death masks, and carried the names of Iraq/Afghanistan casualties. Demonstrators head toward the offices of Senator Herb Kohl. Many people took the opportunity to sign a letter to Senator Herb Kohl, asking him to supprt an end to U.S. presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many protestors remained outside as other delivered a letter to Senator Herb Kohl's Madison office. Marchers also stopped at the local office of Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin. Photo 1 of 1 Continue Gallery


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Yesterday I had no inspiration for dinner….none at all. I went through the fridge, the freezer, the pantry….still nothing. I went through the grocery store flyers, to see if anything on sale would jump out at me…nothing. So I started in on my cookbooks and magazines…FINALLY…Cooking Light came to the rescue for me! Not only did I have inspiration for last night, I actually had inspiration for several meals!
So off to the grocery store I went, armed with coupons, to get the groceries I was missing for last night's, tonight's and tomorrow night's dinners. At the checkout I was very pleased with myself, my coupons saved me over $30, which was 23% of my bill. I'm no extreme couponer, but hey, 30 bucks is still 30 bucks!
Anyways, back to dinner. The recipe that I decided on was Country Captain Chicken. According to Cooking Light, it is a southern classic that both South Carolina and Georgia lay claim to. Since I'm from Minnesota, I have no idea (if you're from the south and you've heard of this dish, I'd love to hear from you).
I've made this dish several times and what I really love is the curry that's in it. The curry makes it fairly spicy and the raisins give it a little bit of sweetness. I also really love that it's quick to make, so it really is perfect for a weeknight.
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 3/4 inch pieces
- 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium onion, sliced vertically
- 1 medium green pepper, slice vertically
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2/3 cups chicken stock
- 1/4 cup raisins (I didn't realize I was out of raisins, so I used dried cherries, which were actually pretty good)
- 2 tbsp fresh thyme, chopped and divided
- 1 14 oz can Rotel with green chilies (I could only find 10oz cans, so I used 1 1/2 cans)
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
- hot, cooked rice (I used brown rice)
Chop your veggies.
Cut up your chicken and sprinkle with all of the spice mixture.
Add chicken stock, raisins, 1 tbsp thyme and tomatoes.
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Only two Florida Gator football players were chosen in the 2012 NFL Draft: defensive tackle Jaye Howard in the fourth round to Seattle, and running back Chris Rainey in the fifth round to Pittsburgh. But a couple of their teammates got their chance after the draft had concluded, signing as undrafted rookie free agents. Former Gator quarterback John Brantley as well as receiver Deonte Thompson landed with the Baltimore Ravens. Defensive end William Green will head to Cleveland as the newest member of the Browns organization. Former offensive lineman Dan Wenger is getting his opportunity with the New York Jets.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 08:52PM
I have never diffused my hair before, but hopefully I can be of some help.
However, IMO I don't think you'll get too much heat damage from using a low/medium heat setting..I wouldn't use high.
Also, maybe you should think about using a heat protectant w/o cones? If that isn't possible, use a low poo w/ coco bentaine as the surfractant to remove whatever cone buildup .
Honestly, I think you should be fine. Just keep taking extra good care of your hair.
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The Aero-Delta is the junior bike pack in the Aero range but it is one of our most popular bags for good reason, it is versatile, expanding to over double its size when required.
For general commuting you can have the bag at a mere 15 liters which is perfect for lunch and a few items to go to work. But on the longer trips, zip the bag open and you have a 35 liter capacity to take a large range of gear in this handy motorcycle luggage option.
The Aero-Delta can be zipped together with all of the products in the Aero range, including the Aero-Spada, to increase luggage capacity.
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text: We watched the entire Met HD film of its production of the François Girard staging of Wagner's Parsifal the other night courtesy of a YouTube bandit — Blessed be he or her! — who posted a digital copy of the Met's HD film to YouTube spread across three HD videos, one for each act (all of which have now been taken down on a just and justified copyright infringement complaint by the Met) and were both surprised and hugely disappointed by the staging. From the very brief snippets we'd seen of that staging previously, all of which gave promise of its being truly splendid, and from all the enthusiastic talk about it on online opera forums, opera blogs, and in much if not all the mainstream media, we suppose we expected far too much. The very best we can say about the staging is that it's not Eurotrash as monsieur Girard at least recognized his responsibility and obligation to Wagner and Parsifal by trying, to the extent of his gift, to realize the full spirit and sense of Wagner's vision and concept rather than impose a vision and concept of his own devising. The resulting staging, however, is, in our not so humble opinion, seriously flawed and in places just out-and-out off the rails, and while not Eurotrash, is badly misguided and largely ineffective. What rescues the production are the sterling music-making and gripping onstage dramatic performances by all involved which music-making and dramatic performances are so strong as to almost convince one the staging is on an equal par — or so we imagine is the reason of this staging's widespread acclaim. Too bad (for us). We were really looking forward to and had high hopes for this.


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Seattle-based Mithun always considered itself a regional firm with a strong focus on residential planning and design work, but in 2008 the collective opened a San Francisco office in a move forward as a more diverse and, it hopes, recession-proof company.
"Residential work has always been a core part of our office, but it's now balanced with civic projects for cities, governments, institutions, nonprofit groups, and universities," says David Goldberg, AIA, the firm's managing principal. "When there's a downturn in one market or the other, we do feel it, but the other sides pick up."
Still, the firm isn't immune to the ups and downs of the economy and has reduced staff. "The workload has dropped as clients are unable to get financing due to the credit crisis," Goldberg says. "We strategically adjusted staff size to keep it in balance with the projected workflow."
During the housing boom, the 60-year-old Mithun became selective, favoring only the best projects, says principal Jay Janette, AIA. "We kept condo work to 30 percent, just to minimize our exposure to market fluctuations," he explains. It also hired people capable of handling different project types if the market shifts and integrated landscape architecture and urban design to tackle more geographically diverse work. In recent years, Mithun has strengthened its commitment to sustainable design. "A number of years ago, we instituted a policy to accept only residential planning and design work that had a density of eight units per acre," Goldberg says. But in 2007, "we moved it up to 14 units per acre. That was about positioning ourselves for the wave of urbanization and transit-oriented development that's happening around the world."
The strategy may be paying off. "As we have begun to focus on more urban development—specifically transit-oriented ones—what we're starting to see is a surge in public/private partnerships," Janette says. "That has created an opportunity to stabilize during a downturn."
age of firm: 60 years
firm specialty: Multifamily residential, mixed-use, and community master planning
staff: 149 (2005); 212 (prior to layoffs in early 2008), 189 (end of 2008); 189 (2009, projected)
total revenue: $29 million (2005); $32 million (2008); Unknown (2009)
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Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 100–82 Ma
|Tooth of a Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from New Jersey, USA; in the Naturhistorisches Museum (Vienna)
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|Cretoxyrhina mantelli
Cretoxyrhina mantelli was a large shark that lived about 100 to 82 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period. It is nicknamed the Ginsu shark in reference to the Ginsu knife,[1] since it fed by slicing into its victims with its knife-sharp teeth.[2] It had no common name in the early literature, although over 30 synonyms were assigned to it.[3] Its genus name is creto- (for "Cretaceous") prefixed to Oxyrhina ("sharp-nosed"), its original name.
Cretoxyrhina is among the most well-understood fossil sharks to date. Several preserved specimens have revealed a great deal of insight about the physical features and lifestyle of this ancient predatory shark.
The fossil teeth of C. mantelli are up to 7 centimetres (3 in) long,[4] curved, and smooth-edged, with a thick enamel coating.
The jaws of Cretoxyrhina contained up to seven rows of teeth, with 34 teeth in each row of its upper jaw and 36 in each row of its lower jaw.[3]
Cretoxyrhina mantelli grew up to 7 metres (23 ft) long,[1] and exceeded the extant great white shark, Carcharodon carharias, in size.
This shark was first identified by the famous Swiss Naturalist Louis Agassiz, in 1843, as Cretoxyhrina mantelli. However, the most complete specimen of this shark was discovered in 1890, by the fossil hunter Charles H. Sternberg, who published his findings in 1907. The specimen comprised a nearly complete associated vertebral column and over 250 associated teeth. This kind of exceptional preservation of fossil sharks is rare, because a shark's skeleton is made of cartilage, which is not prone to fossilization. Charles dubbed the specimen Oxyrhina mantelli. This specimen represented a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) shark. It was excavated from Hackberry Creek, Gove County, Kansas.[3]
In later years, several other specimens have also been found. One such specimen was discovered in 1891 by George Sternberg, and was stored in a Munich museum. This specimen was also reported to be 20 feet (6.1 m) long, but was destroyed during a bombing raid on Munich in World War II.[3]
Cretoxyrhina was the largest shark in its time and was among the chief predators of the seas. Fossil records revealed that it preyed on a variety of marine animals, such as mosasaurs like Tylosaurus,[5] plesiosaurs like Elasmosaurus,[6] bony fish like Xiphactinus,[7] and protostegid turtles like Archelon.[8]
This shark lived in Cenomanian–Campanian seas worldwide, including in the Western Interior Seaway of North America.[9]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "Cretoxyrhina mantelli". National Geographic.
- ^ Everhart, Mike (2009). "Cretoxyrhina mantelli, the Ginsu Shark".
Since the shark had no common name in the literature, and since it fed by 'slicing' up its victim into bite-size pieces, we [paleontologists K. Shimada and M. J. Everhart] decided that the title "Ginsu Shark", was an appropriate, descriptive (and somewhat humorous) name for this awesome creature.
- ^ a b c d Everhart, Mike. "A giant Ginsu shark (Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz) From Late Cretaceous Chalk of Kansas".
- ^ Everhart, Mike. "Large Sharks in the Western Interior Sea".
- ^ Rothschild, B. M. (2005). "Sharks eating mosasaurs, dead or alive?" (PDF). Netherlands Journal of Geosciencesvolume 21 (4): 335–340. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ Everhart, M. J. (2005). "Bite marks on an elasmosaur (Sauropterygia; Plesiosauria) paddle from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) as probable evidence of feeding by the lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli" (PDF). PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ Shimada, Kenshu (1997). "Paleoecological relationships of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz)". Journal of Paleontology. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ Shimada, Kenshu; Hooks, G. E. (2004). "SHARK-BITTEN PROTOSTEGID TURTLES from the UPPER CRETACEOUS MOOREVILLE CHALK, ALABAMA". Journal of Paleontology. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ Shimada, Kenshu; Cumbaa, S. L.; Rooyen, D. V. (2006). "Caudal Fin Skeleton of the LATE CRETACEOUS LAMNIFORM SHARK, CRETOXYRHINA MANTELLI, from the NIOBRARA CHALK OF KANSAS" (PDF). New Mexico Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2009-10-02.[dead link]
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Another Taste of Country BBQ Food Sampling From Famous Dave's
It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. With our Taste of Country Barbeque coming up on Saturday, we thought it would be appropriate to taste-test some of the items we'll have available. Famous Dave's joined us this morning on the Breakfast Club with brisket, ribs, sausage, beans, cole slaw, mac and cheese, even dessert.
Famous Dave's is located on Walden Avenue in Cheektowaga, across from Target. Check out the video and I dare you to tell me it doesn't look great.
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Berlin (Deutschland): naivsuper, 2006
(CD, DVD) 13x13 cm,
Techn. Angaben: naivsuper Nr 008, Musik-CD in gefalteter Papphülle mit Beiblatt in transparenter Kunststoffhülle, cover art: Claudio Pfeifer
ZusatzInformation: music by Christophe Bailleau and friends.
La Lude / La Sonde was composed for the performance ´La Sonde´ by Christophe Bailleau and Martine Viale. The performance was held at the city sonics festival 2006 (Mons, Belgium) and at Le festival d'avignon from July 10th to 20th 2006.
Martine Viale lives and works in Montreal, Canada. His work is mainly inspired by traditional Butoh dance. Mixed with his very own style his shows are a new and fresh vision in contemporary dance.
Each performance is a unique improvisation, since the body perceives it´s surrounding differently every time
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Re: Precision of output
On 17 May 2004, at 16:22, Per Rønne wrote:
> If I write:
> N[4209/0.14,100] I get:
> 30064.3
> But if I write N[420900/14,100] I get:
> 30064.28571428571428571428571428571428571428571428571428571428571428571
> 4
> 285714\
> 28571428571428571428571
> Why the difference? I thought N determined the number of digitals shown
> - but I seem to have some problems with this function. And it is not in
> this example only.
> TeachersEdition 1.1 with Mathematica 4.2 kernel.
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> Per Erik Rønne
The number 0.14 is a MachinePrecision number and hence automatically so
is 4209/0.14 and so is any expression contianing at least one
MachiePrecision quantity. N has no effect on MachinePrecision numbers.
You can see more digits if you just evaluate:
but these are all the digits you get with MachinePrecision numbers.
If you want to use use exact numbers in input and then specify to how
many digits you want the computation to be made (as you did in your
other example). You can also use N with "extended precision numbers" it
it makes know sense to ask it to return more precision than you have in
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Location: Wheat, Peanut, and Other Field Crops Research2008 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416)
The long-term objective of this project is to improve the genetics of peanut for disease resistance and the oleic acid content of oil. Objective 1. Develop peanut germplasm that is high-oleic in nature with improved resistance to Sclerotinia blight and southern blight. Objective 2. Develop molecular markers for peanut associated with resistance to Sclerotinia blight and southern blight. Objective 3. Develop improved methodology to characterize the reaction of Sclerotinia minor and Sclerotium rolfsii on inoculated peanut germplasm and breeding lines under greenhouse conditions.
1b. Approach (from AD-416)
Advanced peanut breeding lines will be tested for their reaction to important pathogens in small plots under field conditions, and in the greenhouse by using improved methodology under controlled environmental conditions to select for resistance. These peanut lines will also be tested for the presence or absence of the "hard kernel trait" via near infrared spectra and biochemical analysis. Peanut lines known to possess desirable traits will be used in crossing experiments to produce progeny peanut lines (Spanish and other types) that are suitable for production in the Southwest and are resistant to known pathogens, such as Sclerotinia minor, but do not produce hard kernels. Pathogenic and genetic variability of peanut pathogens will be tested using plant pathological and DNA procedures. Peanut pods with normal and enhanced calcium content will be challenged with cell wall degrading pathogens and disease reaction will be evaluated. Weeds, common in peanut fields, will be tested for their hostability to peanut pathogens, and the consequential effect on pathogen population in soil. Molecular markers to assist in resistance selection will be developed using various genomic methods.
3. Progress Report
This is a new CRIS that started on Feb 9, 2008. Progress will be fully documented in 2009.
4. Accomplishments