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Ever wish there was a way you could speed up the link building process?
I mean, wouldn't it be nice if you could hunt down hundreds of possible links, evaluate them, and then ask for those links automatically?
Unfortunately, it's a process that really needs a human at the steering wheel. And that's something you can't automate.
Trust me…I've spent years and over a hundred thousand dollars trying to figure out ways to make the process more efficient. Whether it was through programming an automation tool or hiring someone else to do the work for me, I tried just about everything I could think of.
There really is just no easy way.
But over the years, I've learned quite a bit by trial and error. I also learned from other SEO experts in the space how to make the process more efficient without compromising quality.
Download this cheat sheet to learn about the 3-step secret to more quality links in less time.
Here are the 3 steps you can take to get more quality links in less time:
Step #1: Use tools to speed up link prospecting
When it comes to getting things done and being more efficient, you should always focus on automating things as much as possible.
Let me give you an example of what I mean.
A long time ago, many of us used to drop hundreds of links into a program that would retrieve PageRank scores for every link. From there, we would drop those results into a spreadsheet and delete any links without a PageRank score of at least 3.
That process in itself would take a minute or two, which is so much faster than doing it manually.
But luckily enough, there are now tools like Majestic SEO and OpenSite Explorer that can compute huge amounts of data like scoring back link data and giving you anchor text information within seconds. So, if you want to speed up your efficiency, you should use these tools.
- SEOBook Toolbar – use this tool to collect information on search engine rankings. Set your results count at 100 and then carry over the results into a spread sheet.
- Ontolo Campaign Manager – find relevant competitor back links by topic or type. You can also brainstorm for content marketing ideas and monitor competitor back links.
- Blogscape – Monitor the popularity of any brand, URL or keyword on a daily basis.
Another great tool to use is the Link Building Tool by Ontolo. Once you've defined your keywords, asset type, opportunity type and campaign type, do this:
The tool will then generate a list of "link building queries":
Click on one of those queries, and you'll get a search engine results page with link possibilities:
Of course, you'll have to hand-select the right results, which is hard to automate at the moment, but it is still a great start.
Step #2: Identify the critical components of qualifying links
This part is a lot harder to automate because a human needs to be involved in a lot of the qualifying. From a broad standpoint, you know so much more about your product, market, and the content landscape than a tool will. A tool can't tell you that links from a sports site will not work for you if you are in the airline industry. Hopefully, it will one day, but as of now, such a tool just doesn't exist.
And, as you already know, qualifying individual websites isn't something you can systematize either. Just because you have a client in one category, like mobile operating systems, doesn't mean you can treat a site dedicated to Android apps like you treat a site dedicated to Symbian OS.
Is there any way to automate this process? Well, there are about three places that you can do this:
- Prospect requirements – your first step to develop some requirements on prospect links based on scores from PageRank, backlink counts, mozRank or mozTrust. For example, you could develop requirements that a page that is a potential link prospect has to have a homepage PageRank of 5 and URL PageRank of 3. This way you can set a baseline level of value so you know that you are going after established websites. In most cases, you will have to do this by hand, but you can also delegate it to a college kid.
- Link relevancy – what makes a link relevant? Topical relevance. Topical relevance is all about finding sites that have relevance to your topic. Using the example above with the mobile OS market, a site on Symbian OS won't be helpful if you are hunting down sites related to Androids…or vice versa. This is another task you can delegate to an intern or college student.
- Human-review – this process will take hours to go through because you are taking each link and opening them up on the web. You can speed things up with the URL reviewer tool that allows you to go through hundreds in an hour.
In the end, link qualification needs the eyes and mind of an expert for it to work effectively. There is just not very much you can automate here.
If you are wondering what I look for when going through a site:
- Relevant external links – I only ask sites for links when they only link out to relevant sites. I wouldn't request a link from a mobile site that links out to dog websites.
- High rankings – most people look to get links from sites that are indexed. I look for links from sites that rank high for terms in their title tags. Because if a site doesn't rank well, the link probably won't carry much weight.
- Good design – if a site looks spammy, it probably is. I like links from nice looking sites.
- Fresh sites – getting links from websites that don't update their content isn't as effective as getting links from sites that are constantly adding new content. Plus, if someone isn't updating his or her site, that person probably won't add a link to you. 😉
- Geographically relevant sites – if you are based in the US and you want to rank on Google.com, then you should get links from sites that are hosted in the US. You can find out where a site is based by using Whois.sc.
- Good sites – by "good sites" I mean sites that don't talk about porn-, pills- or casino-related topics. I know most website owners don't talk about that kind of stuff, but a lot of websites have user-generated content these days. So, even if the website owner doesn't talk about that stuff, you should do a "site:domain.com bad keyword" search on Google to double-check.
- Content links – sites that like adding links within their content are better than sites that like adding links to external sites in their footer or sidebar.
- Authority sites – sites that are old, have a ton of backlinks, and are well-known in a space are authoritative. I love links from those sites.
Now that you know what I look for, let's move onto step 3.
Step #3: Build a template to speed up link acquisition
So, once you've used some of the techniques above to find great links to prospect, what's your next step? Send out an email to see if the site is interested in linking with you.
As you know, this takes forever. There really is no easy way to automate this. Well, sure, you could automate this (it's called spam), but you'll fail because people will think you are just mass mailing and ignore your email.
Email link acquisition needs a carefully crafted human element. That doesn't mean you have to write every single email from scratch.
In fact, you can create a template, where you personalize just a portion of the email…leaving the rest alone for every email you send.
- Always personalize the email – do your homework and get the webmaster's name and email address.
- Introduction paragraph – your first paragraph should demonstrate that you understand their audience and what they are trying to do on their website.
- Second paragraph – explain how your website is related to theirs and the benefit their audience will get if they linked to you.
- Closing paragraph – tell them you know they are extremely busy, so you appreciate their time and attention and you look forward to hearing from them. Unless it's an outstanding site that you have to have a link from, send the email without saying you'll follow up. You are simply too busy to do such a thing.
Here are some tips for writing an effective email:
- Go heavy on the benefits – do your homework so you understand their audience and then tell them how their audience will get better, stronger or faster from being introduced to your site.
- Delegate follow-ups – if you insist on following up on every single email you send, I suggest you outsource to someone else for really cheap.
If you are wondering what one of these link request emails looks like, here is an example:
Hey Bob, it's Neil here from KISSmetrics, and I wanted to drop you a line and just compliment your site. Nice layout, good info, and I love your detailed guides. Especially the one on "Getting the most out of your Google Analytics". I've been in the web analytics space for over 6 years now, and I have to say, you write some of the best content in the industry.
That being said, I also noticed you guys link out to recommended analytics providers. I am the co-founder of an analytics company, KISSmetrics, that provides actionable insights to companies like Amazon, Ebay and Etsy. We are trusted by over 100 Fortune 500 companies, and I wanted to see if you would be open to including KISSmetrics in your recommended analytics list.
On a side note, I would love to hook you up with a FREE account that you can mess around with and even use on your blog. I've actually taken the liberty of registering you…You can go to KISSmetrics.com to login:
USER: email@example.com
PASSWORD: QuickSprout
Let me know if you have any questions or need any help with KISSmetrics.
Thanks for reading this email… I know you are busy.
P.S. I hope it's sunny in San Diego, it's rainy like crazy here in Seattle. 🙁
I truly believe that if you take these ideas and use them in your own link building practices, you'll see a better return on your time, a higher quality of relevant links you generate and an improvement on your search engine rankings.
I know my process isn't fully automated… but it works. Just try it out. 😉
Do you know of any parts of the link building process that can be automated?
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Hollywood: where's the tinsel gone?
13 March 2012
I nearly crashed the car the other day and ironically it happened at the same time I heard the news that Fast & Furious had been given the nod to produce a sixth instalment. Yes, six. Read it carefully, because not only has this ridiculous franchise been given more money and oxygen to exist, but this tilts at a broader trend - Hollywood's creative well is drying up and doing so at an alarming rate.
Right now, Hollywood seems to be in a creative vacuum. You only have to look at the number of remakes, franchise extensions, adaptations and vehicles to know that the industry is in urgent need of a rethink (not a remake). To highlight the current problem here is a short selection of remakes currently on the path to distribution: The Crow, Robocop, Short Circuit, Superman, Spiderman (again!), Judge Dredd and Oldboy.
With this little selection in mind, it's clear that the appetite for remaking movies is alive and well, but the reaction from most critics and pedants is the same every time - why? Yes there is an argument that great characters and plots should be rediscovered by new audiences, but, by and large, the reworks are lazy, gratuitous and damaging to the brand - unless Christopher Nolan is involved. Being a child of the 80s, it's perhaps fair to suggest that I'm nostalgic and therefore protectionist about certain movies being remade - proof found in my joy upon hearing the legendary (now golfing) Bill Murray turn down the chance to reboot Ghostbusters for a third instalment. Nobody wants to see four aging men sweating it out in overalls, chasing Slimer amidst in-jokes and platforms to show off the latest in CGI technology. If you need your fix, go back and watch the originals - they are timeless and excellent.
The problem with Hollywood, however, is money and how best to maximise returns. It is far easier to remake a brand that already carries weight - casting the big boys and girls becomes easier and provides a certain guarantee that even if the film is pants we can still look at those gorgeous slabs of human mediocrity. The marketing requirement is reduced too because much of the hype is self-generated. Combine these factors with the lack of need for demanding development and you have a very sound (financial) case for a movie, usually devoid of any integrity and enjoyment.
More frustratingly, it is difficult for the average moviegoer to break a rather clever and convenient cycle. Those who control the distribution largely control the tastes of the market, albeit falsely. You cannot dictate the choice of movies made available to you at the cinema, so you go to watch a film, come out feeling cheated and then lie awake for hours realising that you have just unintentionally justified its existence by paying to see it - thus providing all the clout the distributors need to keep the cycle going.
Above all though, my biggest gripe about remakes concerns world cinema. Foreign movies provide a huge source of raw, underrated brilliance that is painfully missed by a significant section of the movie going public - again, why? Well it's simple, many people just will not read subtitles and it's this very refusal that opens the door to Hollywood - see Let The Right One In (2009) or Infernal Affairs (2004), albeit chosen here for their excellence as examples of when it is done right. Let's just hope that Will Smith and Steven Spielberg talks prove abortive when attempting to remake the magnificently dark and thrilling Oldboy (2004). Perhaps they should try The Human Centipede.

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A mother and father are incredibly grief-stricken following the abduction of their five-month-old son by police officers after merely requesting the child receive a second medical opinion.
Anna Nikolayev and her husband Alex took their son Sammy to the Sutter Memorial hospital in Sacramento to have his flu symptoms examined, but Anna became concerned with the care Sammy was receiving after a nurse failed to properly address why he was being given antibiotics.
"I asked her, for what is that? And she's like, 'I don't know.' I'm like, 'you're working as a nurse, and you don't even know what to give to my baby for what,'" Anna told ABC affiliate News10. Anna later confirmed with a doctor that Sammy should not have been given antibiotics.
Since Sammy was born, he's suffered from a heart murmur for which he had seen a specialist at the same hospital. Once Sammy underwent treatment for his flu symptoms, he was kept in the hospital's pediatric ICU for monitoring, and after a few days doctors began recommending the couple allow them to perform heart surgery, which the couple refused.
"If we got the one mistake after another, I don't want to have my baby have surgery in the hospital where I don't feel safe," Anna said.
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The Heritage of the Americas Museum is having a "Museum Roadshow" at its building on the campus of Cuyamaca College, an event similar to KPBS-TV's popular "Antiques Roadshow."
Craig P. Helm Sr., a certified appraiser and authenticator who specializes in Native American, pre-Columbian and Asian artifacts and Western memorabilia, will visit the museum from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Oct. 29 to appraise items.
The public is invited with a requested donation of $5 per item to be considered. Items that Helm, who has been working in the appraisal field for more than 50 years, will not be able to appraise include gems, minerals, coins and stamps. No guns will be allowed on the college campus.
Proceeds from the event will go to support the nonprofit museum's educational programs that benefit more than 5,000 schoolchildren from around San Diego County every year.
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Margo Seibert, currently making her Broadway debut as Adrian in the musical "Rocky" opposite Andy Karl, thought two things when she first heard her character's songs: "That's a gorgeous song, and boy is that hard to sing!"
On auditioning for "Rocky."
"My agent called me and said, 'Hey, do you want to go in for Adrian in "Rocky"?' and we all kind of laughed. ' "Rocky" as a musical, how funny. But sure, we'll try it.' I was given portions of two of the songs; I had nine auditions altogether! It's a great confidence builder when you're called in again and again; there's obviously something they're enjoying."
On not knowing the film.
"I also hadn't seen the movie. So I didn't know a lot about 'Rocky.' I knew it was iconic but I was so surprised by how simply beautiful it was, these scenes between Rocky and Adrian. By callback No. 5 or 6 I watched the movie and went, 'Oh, it's lovely!' And I was happy that I didn't want to copy and have that in my mind and re-create what the film was. This is its own thing."
On making her Broadway debut.
"There are many days when I'm on my way home and I call my boyfriend and say, 'I just finished my show on Broadway!' because it's still surreal! But the first day in tech at the Winter Garden, I was being rolled onstage for my first entrance sitting on the floor and I looked out at the audience filled with our creative team and I couldn't stop smiling. And I'm not necessarily supposed to be smiling at the start but I think I yelled, 'This is the coolest job!' "
On working with Andy Karl.
"We met each other in an audition room, which isn't the loveliest place to meet. 'Hello, my name is Margo. Is it OK if I kiss you in this scene?' [Laughs] Once he heard I was cast he contacted me and we got together. We both realized we needed to be such strong teammates in this experience. We just wanted to be a really strong unit together and a good example for our cast. We're both from Maryland; we both worked at the same dinner theater growing up; we never formally studied theater, just worked our way up. I always have his back and he always has mine. It's wonderful to go out onstage and see that in your acting partner. It's not hard to fall in love with his character because he works so hard. The audience has no choice but to love him. He's just giving everything."
On her singular sound.
"I am so fortunate that [the creative team] just let me sound like me. Truly, that is the way my voice is and I have had other experiences or auditions where I'm asked to change. All in all, they celebrated the way that I sounded. And I've never recorded a cast album before, so the chance with those songs to give my spin on it, what I have to offer, and how that is what young ladies and men will be listening to... I was obsessed with "Once on This Island." Obsessed! And "Ragtime." To be working with [songwriters Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty], come on!
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Even the accounting world seems sexy in this raunchy tale of urban obsession. While Baldwin's debut (Balling the Jack) dealt with obsessive gambling, in this follow-up the compulsion is sex. Mimi Lessing is six weeks away from saying "I do" to her longtime boyfriend, Mark, when temptation strikes in the form of brawny and swaggering Jake Teller, a new hire at the New York accounting firm where Mimi and Mark both work. Though Mimi sees cruelty in Jake's eyes, she is captivated by the erotic magnetism and self-assured mystique that the sophisticated roué exudes in his cryptic conversations. Baldwin allocates plenty of space to Jake's machismo and sexual conquests, doling out pages and pages of graphic s&m, including bondage, torture, blindfolds, ice and hot wax—all to the squirming delight of his female prey, and all a testament to Jake's implausible fortitude. When Jake invites Mimi to watch as he dominates and pleasures his women (all of whom conveniently happen to have four-poster beds), she is wary at first, but once she begins her secret escapades as a voyeur, she can't stop. Meanwhile, throughout the tedium of repetitious scenes of seduction, the point of view shifts to that of a mysterious man who is stalking Mimi. Enraged by Mimi's new activities, the once-passive stalker vents his anger on Jake's recent lovers, until he can no longer hold back from Mimi herself. More cheap porn than literary erotic, the novel also fails to register credibly as a thriller. The redemptive ending is a belated attempt to add dimension to otherwise hollow characters. Rights sold in Germany and the U.K. (Jan. 4)
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Seventy percent of cards will have chips by year-end; Chase ATMs will also be upgraded.
The $238 million AEA Federal Credit Union in Yuma, Ariz., reported net income of $3.8 million for 2014, while operating under a conservatorship.
The once financially-troubled credit union in Yuma, Ariz., sees growth in loans and net worth ratio.
Two tech execs caught traveling during a card breach create tokenization product, eye credit unions for issuing partners.
The $416 million Vermont Federal Credit Union in Burlington, Vt., promoted Kevin Parish to branch manager of the Burlington Branch. He joined Vermont Federal in 2013 and has more than 12 years of financial services and lending experience.
Read about the latest new hires, promotions, retirement announcements and other career milestones in this week's edition of People.
Baby boomers change course on retirement as the world around them shifts and new worries emerge.
Community bank lobby says report shows strengths as well as impacts of economic and regulatory headwinds.
New owner claims added strategic bill pay capabilities, broadened online banking portfolio; promises continued support and R&D.
First Tech Federal Credit Union announced the appointment of Gregory Mitchell as its new president/CEO, effective immediately. Mitchell previously served as CEO of Irvine, Calif.-based First PacTrust Bancorp and PacTrust Bank.


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Universal Pictures got a lot of mileage out of the property known as Sergeant Ryker. The script was originally filmed as part of a two-part installment of Kraft Suspense Theatre on NBC in October of 1963, entitled "The Case Against Paul Ryker," and it also served, in that form, as the pilot for the series Court Martial (aka Counsellors-at-War), a short-lived Anglo-American co-production starring Peter Graves, Bradford Dillman, and Angela Browne, that ran from 1965 through 1966. Two years later, in the wake of Lee Marvin's Oscar win for Cat Ballou and his sudden box-office stardom coming off of The Dirty Dozen, Universal retrieved the television show and recut it while adding new footage, intending to show it as a TV movie. But the resulting movie, Sergeant Ryker, was so good that it was actually released to theaters domestically, with a heavy advertising campaign. The movie is filled with first-rate performances by everyone, most especially Marvin -- who, if he'd done this in a theatrical film, might have earned an Oscar nomination -- and Murray Hamilton, playing Dillman's cynically pragmatic fellow officer. Director Buzz Kulik, working within the confines of a television script, managed to make this movie into something so much better than Universal expected that it sent it out theatrically. This was no ordinary script, either -- contained in the midst of its examination of the limits of a soldier's dedication to duty and obedience to orders (and a brilliant study by Marvin of a man who admits that, hero though he may be, he's no mental acrobat) are echoes and resonances that recall the reality of the early '50s and the Red Scare, and even echoes of the blacklist (and the red-baiting that took place during that era) in the questioning to which Ryker is subjected. No ordinary Hollywood film of 1968 would broach such subjects in a wartime context, but this movie does it, precisely because it is a hybrid, combining the best elements of the finest television courtroom dramas (co-author Seeleg Lester was a veteran writer/producer from Perry Mason) and the best cinematic trial dramas, including Anatomy of a Murder and Twelve Angry Men. The film even offered just enough expansiveness in its plot and setting to make movie audiences feel they were getting their money's worth, as well, and not simply looking at some canned TV entertainment. Additionally, Sergeant Ryker was released just as public opinion was starting to swing against the Vietnam War, and the script questioned enough about the military and its sense of right and wrong, and commitment to truth, to find an audience among younger filmgoers as well as older viewers in search of good drama and an engrossing war film.
Sergeant Ryker (1968)
Directed by Buzz KulikGenres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature] | Run Time - 85 min. | Countries - USA |
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lol@ reefer addicts.
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Konami's Hideo Kojima dropped a big revelation at this year's E3 press conference for Sony Computer Entertainment. Live, on stage, he walked out and briskly announced (right after the PSP Go! unveiling) that a new Metal Gear Solid was coming. This time, however, the game is being designed for the PSP and it features multiple Solid Snakes.
Multiple Solid Snakes is something that probably just flew right over your head. Don't worry, the Solid Snake clones and the connecting story is all explained in a story that takes place 10 years after Metal Gear Solid 3. One thing that the four Solid Snakes also represent is that it's a possible hint at a multiplayer wi-fi mode that will feature cooperative functionality for the game. That would be cool.
One thing to note, however, is that during the live demonstration it appeared one of the Snake's was missing his pants?! Yeah, well, I guess that's not all that surprising. Anyway, the game features all the same kinds of features that made the series popular for in the past. It features the same hiding-under-the-box routine, scaling, sneaking and cover mechanics.
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A Markov Decision Model for Selecting Optimal Credit Control Policies
The rapid growth of consumer credit has created a need for improved credit control policies which result in lower total credit costs. This paper investigates one approach for achieving that objective. The credit control problem is formulated as one of developing optimal policies for an infinite horizon Markov decision model. The model utilizes standard financial data; it also requires the measurement of the costs and returns from alternative credit control policies. The Markov model is transformed into an equivalent linear program. A sample problem is solved and the resulting policies analyzed.
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Day 23: Last Field Day
Posted on June 25, 2013
Today started bright and early, some of the hydro group walked over to Dr. Becker's house to talk about what we would be doing for the day. After having a small pow wow I headed off into the valley, I would begin collecting data near Atlantis. My idea was to recollect some points along the stream channel in order to correct my stream profile. Both fortunately and unfortunately it began to rain! My trimble wasn't picking up enough satellites to produce a better stream profile so I gave up on that idea. Instead I walked the channel and took notes and pictures of what was happening since the water had actually risen. The closer I got to the area where the water 'disappears' the more nervous I got. One of the possible answers to my question is simply that there isn't enough water flowing through the stream channel to keep a consistent amount of water above ground.
To a great surprise I walked into the disappearing area and found a flowing stream vanish! This is great news because it solidifies the idea that there is some other phenomenon working around the area that is causing the water to go underground. But the question remains, why!? I walked back to base camp and found Kerry and James. James was about to collect some data for his project so I accompanied him, as it is hard to collect and record data.
Dr. Becker was back in the valley and it was finally my turn to use the GPR! After walking around the area near the geologic contact point we soon realized the GPR wasn't going to work. The ground penetration wasn't picking up things clearly enough for what we were looking for. So we decided that the visible contact point was enough for the purposes of my research.
I ended the field day by Narnia, making sure the water was still reappearing in the same general area, and it was. The only peculiarity was that the amount of water wasn't as different as it was deeper into the valley.
Tomorrow will be the day I put together all of my data. Hopefully I can come up with some kind of conclusion!


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Another milder-than-normal season takes shape
During the active 2005 hurricane season, the usual doom-and-gloom prophets blamed the storms on global warming. "Nature's wrath," we were told, "hath been unleashed". Aided by a complaisant media, we were told this was our wakeup call, come to punish us for our SUV-driving ways.
Then disaster struck. The
2006 season
not only didn't live up to predictions, it wound up being one of the quietest seasons of the past century. No matter. We were told to ignore this year-long blip, told that 2007 would come roaring back with a vengeance.
And yet, here we are, two full months into the season, and not a single hurricane has formed. Not one. Just two mild tropical storms, one of which didn't even strike land, and a third storm which never went above subtropical status. Hurricane forecasters are
busily downgrading
their predictions for the rest of the season.
And so it goes. The sky isn't falling yet. But what about the future? Will global warming wreck all our beach-going vacations?
There are two schools of thought regarding the effects of climate change on hurricane science. The first begins with the fact that hurricanes require warm water to form. Global warming means warmer water, leading to the naive conclusion is that more hurricanes will form. The second school realizes that hurricanes are heat engines -- driven not by raw temperature, but by temperature differentials between regions. Global warming warms the arctic and temperate belts, but not the tropics. This reduces the total energy available for major storm formation. It also increases upper-level wind shear, which tends to tear apart storms before they grow too strong. This school believes the long term effects of global warming will be fewer, milder storms.
Climate change aside, hurricanes come and go in cycles. Professor William Gray, one of the nation's most respected hurricane forecasters, believes storm activity will remain high for the next several years, due
simply to a long-term cycle
of changing Atlantic currents. A team of researchers led by Dr. Chris Landsea of the National Hurricane Center goes further. In a
paper published last year
, they claim storm rates have not risen over the past 100 years, but only that improved monitoring technology results in registering storms which would have previously been missed. And professors Vecchi and Soden's
research on wind shear
suggests no long-term storm activity increase should be expected.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm not selling my ocean-front condo just yet.
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Finnish melodic death metallers AMORAL have posted the following message on their official web site:"OK, this [video] was too hilarious not to put up for you guys to see. It's Sunday night of the Tuska weekend, we're the last band on the afterparty bill and we're about to play the last song of the set. Why not play a STRYPER cover? Even better, let's invite ex-CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker and one ridiculously talented singer Christian Palin (RANDOM EYES) to join us! Check the madness here." AMORAL's second album, "Decrowning", was released in the U.S. in March via Candlelight Records USA. The CD is available in Europe on Spikefarm Records. AMORAL signed a deal with Spikefarm in July 2004 following their split with the U.K.'s Rage of Achilles. The group's debut album, "Wound Creations", was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios and was mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox studios in Helsinki.
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Legal Question in Construction Law in California
I have recently hired a company to refinish the floors in my house. In the process, the put a hole in my brand new walls. They want full payment immediately, however, I want to pay them half until the wall is fixed (which they agree is their fault and will pay to have fixed). I signed a contract stating that I would pay in full when services were completed (otherwise I would pay late fees), however, I feel that the damage to my house changed the original contract. Is this true? Can I pay half now and half upon completion of fixing the damage they caused without paying late penalties to the company?
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Technically, you are only entitled to withhold 150% of the amount in dispute. So if the repairs caused by their negligence REASONABLY amount to $500, you could withhold $750.00 until the problem is resolved. Otherwise, if you wrongfully withhold any amount more than the 150% reasonably in dispute, you could be liable for a 2% per month penalty (plus court costs and attorneys' fees) on the improperly withheld balance. See, Civil Code section 3260.
My copy (2013) of the Civil Code doesn't show any section 3260.
I'd suggest getting a simple written agreement that if you pay the bill 100%, that they'll pay for the damages. The original contract isn't changed in any respect by the harm done to your property. Your claim for the damage done is independent of the contract.
Wow, not often I see two wrong answers from my colleagues. Mr. Campbell is not only wrong in his code citiation (the prompt payment statutes have been revised and moved to the sections in the 8800 series of the Civil Code), but also because they do not apply to floor refinishing, because it is not considered a work of improvement (no contractors license required). Mr. Whipple is wrong that you are not entitled to set off negligence damages against contract payments owed. You must, however, only withhold enough to pay for the damage if the company does not. If that is less than half the contract price you cannot withhold half the contract price. If it is more, then you can actually withhold more. Personally, I would not allow a floor refinisher to repair a hole in my wall. I would hire a licensed drywall, plaster and painting company to do the work right and deduct the cost from the contract payment to the flooring company.
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Analyzing the Tax Benefits from Employee Stock Options
Employees tend to exercise stock options when corporate taxable income is high, shifting corporate tax deductions to years with higher tax rates. If firms paid employees the same dollar value in wages instead of stock options, the average annual tax bill for large U.S. companies would increase by $12.6 million, or 9.8%. These direct tax benefits of options increase in the convexity of the tax function. In addition, profitable firms can realize indirect tax benefits because stock options increase debt capacity. Although tax minimization is probably not the main motive for option grants, firms with larger potential tax benefits grant more options. Copyright (c) 2009 the American Finance Association.
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AMD tells Intel to 'get aboard' the 32/64-bit bandwagon
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today announced it is collaborating with Microsoft to incorporate 64-bit support for the future 8th-generation processors into the Windows operating system.
Dirk Meyer, group vice president of AMD Computation Products group, said AMD "would encourage Intel to get aboard" the combined x86 and 64-bit processor market. "We would welcome Intel's support to make this an industry standard," he added.
The Microsoft support for the AMD Hammer series was essential since AMD has no OS of its own for launching the 32-bit/64-bit processors late this year.
A Microsoft x86 64-bit operating system is also expected to accelerate Intel Corp.'s own development of the reported but unannounced Yamhill processor. Like the Hammer series, Yamhill is widely reported as running existing 32-bit x86 code as well as 64-bit code in native mode. Intel's current 64-bit Itanium and McKinley processors run the firm's own special Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) operating system, although they can emulate 32-bit code at slower throughput.
However, the AMD executive declined to discuss the abundant reports of Intel's Yamhill x86 64-bit development.
He said Opteron will be a multiprocessor version of the 32-bit/64-bit Hammer family for enterprise servers and workstations. A single processor client desktop and notebook PC chip, code named Claw Hammer to be introduced in Q4 '02, will be given an Athlon name.
He expected the Athlon client version initially will run existing 32-bit x86 programs, but with higher performance due to architectural and feature improvements of the chip. Applications developers will migrate to new 64-bit code at their own schedule, which would offer even greater improvements.
The Opteron server version run both 32-bit and 64-bit code interchangeably. A yet-to-be-announced Microsoft product in the market will support the x86 32-bit and new 64-bit operating system, he said.
Until now AMD and Intel have followed widely divergent paths to the 64-bit MPU. Intel developed a new Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) architecture for its 64-bit Itanium and upcoming McKinley processors that use Intel's own operating system and don't run existing 32-bit x86 code in native mode.
Intel can emulate x86 programs, but at the cost of slower throughput.
By contrrast, AMD from the beginning developed its 64-bit Hammer series to run x86 programs interchangeably with new 64-bit code. AMD officials long claimed Intel's 64-bit processors required entirely new programs to be written, while their Hammer chips could run existing 32-bit programs, while developers wrote new 64-bit software at their own pace.
Early this year a raft of reports surfaced that Intel was beginning to get concerned about AMD's Hammer approach and was developing its own combined x86/64-bit processor, code named Yamhill. Intel has never acknowldged the existence of Yamhill.
AMD's welcome mat for any Intel Yamhill chip could sound disingenuous. But some analysts said that might be the quickest way AMD could have to break into the enterprise server market, if Intel were marketing the same type 32-bit/64-bit processor.
AMD Chairman W. J. (Jerry) Sanders III last week disclosed that Microsoft had been working with engineering samples of Hammer chips and instruction set code for a possible 64-bit extension of its Windows OS. The formal announcement of the 64-bit OS came on the last day of Sanders' CEO duties before the title passes to President Hector Ruiz on Thursday.
AMD will offer reference platforms for both Opteron and the Athlon client versions to customers, hoping to crack the enterprise server market that so far has remained illusive for the firm.
AMD plans to begin shipping its 8th-generation AMD Athlon processors in the fourth quarter. Shipments of the AMD Opteron processor are slated to commence in the first half of 2003.


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SAN FRANCISCO — A manhunt was underway Saturday after a police officer was shot while responding to a call in San Francisco's Mission District, according to the San Francisco Police Department.
The shooting occurred at about 2:45 p.m. in the 1400 block of Florida Street, according to Albie Esparza, a San Francisco police spokeswoman.
The 28-year-old officer and his partner had pulled over a vehicle wanted in connection to a report of malicious mischief when the suspect's car began to back up. Fearing for his and his partner's life, the officer in the passenger side of the car fired at the car. The suspects sped off, after which the officer driving realized he had been struck, authorities said.
He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and underwent surgery, Esparza said. His condition is listed as serious but stable.
The suspects' car was later recovered in Daly City, but no one had been arrested as of Saturday evening.
The wounded officer is a six-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department.
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Atkins was named the National League Player of the Week after posting a league-leading 20 bases in six games. He had just one homer, but six extra-base hits.
"Usually, when I see guys win NL Player of the Week, they're hitting .500 with, like, five home runs," said Atkins, who batted .462, drove in seven runs and had a .769 slugging percentage. "I just hit one home run. I guess I had a lot of doubles, but I was surprised anyway."
Piedra moving forward: Outfielder Jorge Piedra rejoined the team to continue his comeback from a bone spur in his left heel. Piedra said he has been sprinting and taking fly balls at the club's training facility in Tucson, Ariz., for several days. He'll be with the club while it is in Arizona, then return to Tucson to play in extended Spring Training games before joining Triple-A Colorado Springs for his injury rehab assignment.The injury is a recurring condition that worsened during Spring Training. "Stay on top of it, obviously ... and that is to make sure I stay on the same treatments, even if it's not hurting me," said Piedra, who led all Major League pinch-hitters in batting average (.455) last season. "I wear a night sling that keeps my foot in position, and other things that I've been staying on top of. I'm still going to feel it, but I'm going to be able to tolerate it. "It feels better than it did before I got hurt. Before, it was just this lingering pain, then it kind of snapped, and I got a little tear in there." On the farm: Right-hander Jose Acevedo is on the Triple-A Colorado Springs disabled list with an abdominal strain. Acevedo suffered the injury during his first start, when he gave up three runs and four hits in 3 1/3 innings of a 10-2 loss at Tacoma on Friday night. "Those type of injuries always seem to last longer than you would think," assistant general manager Bill Geivett said. "We're just proceeding very cautiously right now." Colorado also signed a pair of infielders who are former high draft picks -- Derek Wathan (Florida, second round, 1998) and Tommy Whiteman (Houston, sixth round, 2000). Wathan is son of former Major Leaguer and current Kansas City Royals roving instructor John Wathan. Whiteman, an Edmond, Okla., native, is the first pro athlete from the Native American Crow Nation. Up next: Colorado left-hander Jeff Francis, the only Rockies starter not to post a quality start (six or more innings, three or fewer earned runs) the first time through the rotation, will meet Arizona right-hander Miguel Batista on Wednesday night at 7:40 p.m. MT.
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Q&A: An early look at the final ACO regs
CMS issued the final rules for accountable care organizations (ACO) on Thursday and, in so doing, sparked excitement throughout healthcare with what initially appears to be a more achievable set of qualifying parameters. But it will take some time for the healthcare industry to absorb and understand the changes.
George Roman, senior director of health policy at American Medical Group Association (AMGA), spoke with Government Health IT Editor Tom Sullivan Thursday afternoon, following the CMS conference call announcing the new rules.
Stipulating that he'd read just the first 60 pages of the 696-page document, and clear that his answers are based on that, Roman shared his first impressions of the final ACO rules.
Q: What was the biggest surprise in the final rules?
A: The biggest surprise at first blush is the fact that CMS seems to have listened more than it typically does to the commenters and it appears to have made changes of some consequence. That's a pleasant surprise. Now, I cannot say that applies to everything because I have not read everything yet, but on several matters there are clear improvements. Whether that's enough to make the program attractive remains to be seen. The devil is in the details.
I can give you some examples. In the proposed framework there was a two-sided model that involved shared savings and shared losses. We and many others commented that this was a methodology that didn't render the ACO model as very attractive. Why should people engage in risk if they can be guaranteed Medicare payment if they don't participate? This is still fee-for-service, after all. CMS heeded that and has offered one of the participation tracks to be one-sided where there is just shared savings risk and no downside.
[Reporter's notebook: Biggest surprises within the final ACO regs.]
Another thing I read that I liked was the reduction of the required quality measures from 65 to 33. We commented that 65 is way too much – it's onerous, it's burdensome, doesn't necessarily advance anything and it may not be possible to attain. So it's a serious disincentive. Now, I don't know what the new measures are yet, but having said that the fact they reduced the number and the burden is a very favorable sign.
Q: During the comments period, a lot of health experts said there was a chasm between the regs and reality. Has CMS successfully addressed that with the final rules?
A: I hate to be trite, but let me characterize the final rule as a mosaic, and each component is a tile of that mosaic. The full assessment and value of participation is going to have to be taken into account by individual entities evaluating them within their own context. So, even though some of the various tiles have changed for the better, the full picture is what counts. In addition to that, there are various external documents which will play a very significant role in whether or not, methodology aside, this will be attractive. Those come from HHS OIG, IRS, FTC, DOJ, etc. And I believe the documents were almost concomitantly released with this rule.
The rule itself as a methodological document is critical but without some greater assurance that they're not going to put the handcuffs on me as an executive of a large entity seeking to form such an ACO, that would dampen my interest considerably. The assurances offered in the preliminary documents were not enough.
Q: AMGA this summer cited a member survey that found 93 percent of respondents "indicated that they would not participate in the ACO program unless the requirements in the final rule reflect major modifications to the proposals." What would you put that percentage at now that the final rules are out?
A: I wouldn't venture into that realm now – not because I wouldn't want to give you an assessment, but because I am not able to, and I'll you why. Go back to my rather trite but reasonably illustrative mosaic example. It depends what all the pieces are together and how they're viewed by individual participants. And it has to be viewed in the context of these other documents I mentioned a moment ago. So I don't know, but based on a preliminary reading, if the improvements and changes and changes as reflected in the limited thing I've talked about are carried forward through the entire rule and the attendant anti-trust anti-kick back documents then it certainly will produce something more attractive, but the devil remains in the details. I haven't read the whole document yet; I'd be foolish to opine beyond what I've said.
Q: During the public comments period there were these two sort of opposing forces, one being patient-centric organizations, notably the Campaign for Better Care, which maintained the ACO bar had to be high enough to effect change, and the other being associations such as AMGA, AHA, CHIME, which said the rules and associated expenses were prohibitively stringent. Do the final rules close that gap?
A: I'm hoping. We believe that the bar should be set right, so that it is not attainable by anyone who wants to participate without doing something, but not so high as to discourage participation by those who might be able to contribute something. The main promise of the ACO model over time is to turn the very fragmented system into one that is more integrated. And that will produce not only benefits for the Medicare program but I'm hoping for greater care quality delivered and for societal benefits. I have to take my white hat off now, but it's true. We really do believe and that's why we were so enthusiastic when this thing was put into law and so deeply disappointed when the proposed framework was issued. This appears, at first blush, to be better.
Q: The final rule is more realistically achievable, so it's not a huge leap to think that more ACOs will emerge because of that.
A: I don't know enough to characterize that, but I hope it's the case.
Q: CMS administrator Donald Berwick said during the announcement that the final rule makes a stronger ACO framework. But does making it easier to qualify as an ACO really strengthen that framework?
A: I'm not sure that qualifying is all that much easier. Look, we've got to do something. Many healthcare policy folks agree the current system is unsustainable. Fragmented, un-coordinated care is a large contributor to the state of affairs now. There are many others, as well. This thing has great promise; we want that promise to be realized.
Q: What did CMS not change that you would have liked them to?
A: We characterized early on 10 or 12 deal breakers. There are a bunch of them but I'll give you 5 or 6 of the key ones.
1. The way patients are assigned or aligned. We believe it should be prospective and there should be data sharing with identified patient information available. You can't manage a population if you don't know who's in it.
2. Risk adjustment. We think there should be a commonly used methodology designed to take into account the disease severity of the population being served. Healthier patients cost less than sicker patients cost. And this is an adjustment for purposes of recognizing costs, computing savings, costs, etc. And so CMS proposed a method by which risk- adjustment would be done. It would be a look-back three years and a number would be arrived at based on a complex methodology and that the same number would be applied each and every year of the performance period without change. That's fundamentally flawed and unfair. Because people can choose the doctor they seek care from, they can wander. And as much as 25 percent of the people go elsewhere. So we called for dynamic risk-adjustment. Doing exactly what has been suggested but doing over each year to reflect the population more accurately. That makes a big difference in terms of dollars and sense.
3. The two-sided model. They have changed that, it's great.
4 . Minimum savings rate. This is a mechanism designed to ensure that whatever savings are realized from operations are the result of clinical intervention and quality care, not random fluctuations of statistical results based on the population size. Let's say you save $100 and the minimum savings rate is 2 percent. Two percent comes off the top in the NPRM and goes to CMS, the program keeps it. And your potential shared savings are then calculated on the remaining 98 dollars. There are a lot of other machinations but that's the essence. If you demonstrate that it's not through fluctuations then you get first-dollar savings, meaning your shared savings split is based on the full $100. That's huge.
5. Data reporting.
6. Too many measures; they changed that, too.
7. Anti-trust, anti-kickback, civil money penalty issues. I haven't read that yet, but that's easily a deal-breaker.
There's a whole bunch of others, but those are the key ones we'll be reading for. Some of those I mentioned may be changed, too. I haven't read the whole document yet, I'd be foolish to opine beyond what I've said.
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Carly Bettencourt scored a game-high 20 points and Dakota McLarnan added 15 Friday as Oak Ridge High stopped a five-game losing streak by upending visiting Folsom 74-30 Friday night.
The victory gave the Trojans their first win of 2011 and squared their Delta River League record at 1-1 as they prepare to take on Bella Vista, Ponderosa and Hanford this week.
Having lost five straight — the last three at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, a nonleague encounter at Del Oro and Tuesday's league opener at St. Francis — Oak Ridge came in desperately needing a win.
"We played some good teams (in Arizona) and right now we're struggling with our chemistry offensively. It's been one of those years where injuries have forced us to use different lineups because we've missed players," Trojan coach Steve White said.
"There's always that feeling out period early in games but once tonight flowed it went the way it (outcome) was supposed to play out on paper. We're 1-1 now and it feels good to get back in the win column — I think the girls felt good and are relieved."
Friday, Oak Ridge started four guards (Bettencourt, McLarnan, Natalie Stone and Kaitlyn Lendrum) along with forward Haley Anderson and had two post players, senior Stefanie Walberg and junior Jacki Bateman, see minutes for the first time this season. Lauren Sende spelled Anderson who got into early foul trouble and the team still awaits the return of forward Katie Hoisington from injury.
The Trojans led 18-9 after Stone went straight down the middle to cap the first quarter scoring. Stone, who had a particularly strong floor game with seven assists, six rebounds and five steals, gave Oak Ridge the lead for good moments into the game when she drew the defense and dished to Anderson for a layup.
In the second, Bettencourt dropped in three, three-pointers to score 12 points and McLarnan and Jenna Klein (10 points) had five apiece as Troy took a 42-22 halftime lead.
The Trojans held the Bulldogs to just four third-quarter points — two less than McLarnan scored on two treys — and Oak Ridge went to the fourth ahead by 25.
"We've been practicing our shots and tonight we moved the ball around well and found the open shooters," McLarnan said. "We've had a hard time clicking as a team but it feels great to get this win and I hope it continues."
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In the fourth instalment, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire -- opening Friday-- Harry does battle with a fire-breathing dragon, razor-toothed water demons known as Grindylows, a living maze, the menacing Death Eaters and, once again, that incarnation of evil himself, Lord Voldemort.
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In The Goblet Of Fire, Harry is noticing girls, in particular classmate Cho Chang (Katie Leung).
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Instead, Harry and his pal Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) double date with sisters Padma (Afshan Azad) and Parvati Patil (Shefali Chowdhury).
All of this teenage angst is well-known to Radcliffe.
"In real life, and not just in stories, people sort of grow extra emotions. That's partly to do with hormones and all the trouble they cause," says the actor, who turned 16 in July. "It was fun playing Harry's awkwardness around girls because both Harry and me are not very good with women.
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Radcliffe insists he's not alone when it comes to not understanding the opposite sex.
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Why does fuel spit out the carb at full throttle?
I have read and repeated Clarence Lee's explanation; that it is caused by to much
intake timing. But what if it isn't directly caused by the intake timing, perhaps it was
Clarence Lee's or a manufacture that found by trial and error, that reducing intake
timing eliminates the problem.
I have had problems in the past understanding Blair's and SAE terminology at times,
It all seems like it says the same thing. In this case, I think there should be a term for
how well an engine evacuates the exhaust. (Besides Blow Down Time (bdt) the period
from exhaust open to transfer port open, some people will call this dwell time.) Please
mention it if there is a definition.
For spitting fuel out the carb, I was thinking it was actually the scavenging efficiency
decreases at a faster rate than the delivery ratio. The scavenging ratio is going to
decrease with rpm, but I believe the scavenging efficiency is also effected by the
cylinders ability to empty itself after each power cycle.
What is your opinion?
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Basically because the air going into the engine doesn't flow smoothly but instead pulses. The air and fuel is sucked in when the port is open and has a certain amount of inertia, and pulls the air along that's behind it. Then the port closes and that air "bounces" against the closed port, as well as there is a certain amount of air puffed out by the closing of the port. This is also mixed with a small amount of fuel because of the inertia of the fuel flowing into the engine. Since the path to the engine is closed the only direction that this charge can move is out, it does.
It's very difficult to say exactly why fuel sometimes spits back because there are so many different things all happening at the same time. Some of the problem could be that an engine is running much slower than it's peak HP revs (almost no one runs them at peak HP revs) so crankcase compression is building up before the port closes causing a flow reversal. However the area of the port that's still open at this time is very small which would limit any reversal. Add to this that crank timings vary wildly between engines designed for the same (and even different) applications.
As a for instance, one of my CL engines has quite a late (55 ATDC) port closing time and it's only running at 7900 revs but spits no fuel at all. The only difference between it and an RC engine is that the venturi area is much smaller giving a higher velocity at the spray bar and the distance between the spray bar to the top of the inlet is longer than for an RC carb. The longer inlet may be just long enough to trap any spit back when the port next opens. A simple way to test this out would be to add a slight extension on a carb with an engine that spits back fuel.
As for terminology, dwell is the wrong term to use for the difference in exhaust/transfer port timings. It's almost universally called blow down time (or period) which effectively is the period when the engine evacuates the exhaust to a level where the remaining pressure is low enough for the incoming compressed charge to start flowing into the cylinder. An engine designed for moderately low revs will have less blow down time (degrees difference) because there's more actual time for the exhaust to escape. A high revving engine conversely needs a longer period (degrees difference) because of less time for the exhaust to escape. On average most engines have the transfer ports opening at ~60 degrees BBDC while the blow down is set by the exhaust timing which, on average, is ~70 degrees BBDC for slow revving engines and ~75 for high revving.
Dwell is really only used for the time a piston remains almost stationary around TDC for combustion to begin. The longer the dwell the more ignition can be retarded and allow for pressure to rise while the rod is increasing its angle to get more leverage on the crankshaft. The larger the rod length/stroke ratio the longer the dwell.
A large carb hole will spit out the carb because it just can't take all the fuel getting pushed in. Also muffler pressure can still be pushing fuel through. It will maybe be less spitting if it is not run on pressure no matter what type.(muffler, bladder or backplate.) If the carb hole is too big, then it likely will not run well without muffler pressure. Most motors now have a fairly big carb to get more performance.
Cap. take a look at the exhaust port and when the piston is at TDC note the intake port position, now rotate the crankshaft and if the intake is still open as the piston comes down that is the cause of the blowback/reversion. This is part of the overlap when the intake and exhaust ports are both open allowing the exhaust momentum to create a partial vacuum in the cylinder aiding cylinder filling. This stuff has an optimum rpm at which it all works in harmony, for example running too large a prop can make the reversion worse and running the engine faster reduces it. This is not as critical in a fourstroke.
Fuel spitting of frothing at the entrence of the carb has more to do with fuel volume/weight than anything.
The air is being pulsed at a high frequency, the fuel has weight and doesn't start and stop so easily, so what we see as a result is the fuel being forced back out into the open. It has weight and momentum so it has to go somewhere. The next pulse of intake air will have a head start on a fresh supply of fuel rich air mixture.
The engine is usually tuned for maximum power, so this effect normaly isn't an issue. Unless of course we are looking for fuel economy.
I had the understanding it was called "reversion" where the engine tended to spit fuel out of the carb, normally there is a vapor cloud "standoff" occuring just at the mouth of the carb too. But with model airplane engines the vaport cloud gets blown away causing the spitting to appear. The carbs do not care which way the air is flowing, so the jets will flow fuel in either direction.
Two stroke engines tend to behave similar to the 4 stroke engines in that the valve overlap where both valves are open is similar to the ports all being open at the same time. The pressure pulse and or shockwave affect it in the same manner. Also as mentioned already the air/fuel mixture tends to bounce when the valve closes stopping the intake flow. That bounce is quite similar to the water hammer effect in the plumbing of large buildings and large water mains pipes too. The air/fuel mixture doesn't want to stop, but it has no choice, but in the process it tends to bounce back out due to inertia.
There is a good explanation of it here http://www.circletrack.com/enginetec...ake_reversion/
and here too
My Harley Davidson can really show a pronounced reversion effect from the odd firing arrangement of the V-Twin engine. When I go cruising up a long mountain road at slow speed, the carb can actually start dripping raw fuel out of the bottom of the air filter, from all the gas vapor condensing and collecting there in the standoff vapor cloud just outside the mouth of the carb.
Earl, there is a slightly different reason for your Harley doing this, I'm sure yours is carbed. When the rear cylinder is filling, the air/fuel mixture has to make a sharp left turn to enter the rear intak valve. Then as the rear intake valve closes and the front intake valve opens the fuel/air mix must come ot an abrupt stop and turn right to enter the front intake valve. This is the main cause of the famous Harley shake at idle. The early fuel injected ones did not do this, so after early test riders complained, the skake is programmed in to the ECM. The fuel injected bikes don't have that shake because the injector only injects fuel while the intake valve is open.
Yeah, like I said HD has a rather odd firing arrangement for that. But the air/fuel winds up having to jump through hoops to get into the combustion chamber. HD did have to program in a shake at idle so the bikes "look good" at stop lights, etc. HD also put in counter balancers and they had to unbalance the engine slightly so it shook better too.
I remember one time going up a long hill and the guy in front of me was smoking a cigarette and holding it in his right hand on his knee, right next to the air cleaner. I was thinking this is going to go bad. Sure enough, the raw gas ignited and he stopped, jumped off the bike and it fell over and we all watched it burn. Of course way out in the middle of nowhere, there is no water, no fire extinquishers, etc. It did garner a good crowd of spectators though.
Did anybody give consideration to the pressure feed to the fuel tank pushing fuel to the carb (and the carb spray bar). Yes, we know that the pressure drop pulls some of the air fuel mixture down the intake throat, but could not the pressure feed also contribute to fuel spit back? I mean the flow is generally unregulated (exception to Iron Bay and Cline systems) and rises with the increased pressure input to the tank. So that the worst of conditions are at max revolutions - max flows, max pressure into the cart needle valve, etc.
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