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Little Italy Festa
When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
Where: Throughout Little Italy
Admission: Free
Phone: (619) 233-3898
Online: littleitalysd.com
San Diego's Little Italy showcases its traditions on a daily basis thanks to its many art galleries, restaurants and cafes.
But once a year, the Little Italy Association throws a giant Festa, a free street celebration that invites the rest of the city to experience those customs.
The 17th annual Festa, which is expected to attract more than 120,000 people on Sunday, will spotlight everything from pizza to Pantera cars. But it's the works of chalk artists at the Gesso Italiano competition that make the event a local standout.
This year, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification, chalk artists will re-create Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel in addition to the traditional chalk art contest.
The reproduction is expected to measure 18 feet by 46 feet and take up an entire city block, with dozens of people working as a team on Saturday and Sunday to put it together.
Cecelia Linayo, a local artist in charge of the project, said it's not just going to be famous images like "Original Sin and the Banishment From the Garden of Eden" out on the street, but famous figures and architectural details will be included as well. It really will look like a ceiling.
"I'm so excited," she said. "This has never been done in San Diego before."
Nine artists will be given a different scene to reproduce, which will highlight their individual talent. Other participating teams will be in charge of drawing the chapel's various statues.
Of course, the public can watch it all unfold when the artists get started on Saturday morning and finish on Sunday afternoon.
"Street painting is very much a performance art," Linayo said. "You have the opportunity to talk and interact with the artist and ask about their method. People will also realize how low-tech street painting is: You're only using your hands, no electronics. It really does feel like a throwback to the Renaissance; it's a great lesson in history."
Along with art, there are many other elements to the festival, most of which embrace Italian heritage. Here's a rundown of what you'll find over the weekend:
Vintage Italian posters
Meyer Fine Art (2400 Kettner Blvd.) presents its annual exhibit of vintage Italian posters — think classic Chianti Campani ads. And if you can't make it to the Festa, you'll be able to catch the display through Oct. 29.
Serata al Cinema (Night at the Movie)
Warm up for the Festa with an outdoor film screening in the streets of Little Italy on Saturday night. The San Diego Italian Film Festival will screen "Focaccia Blues," about a local bakery forced to compete with a new McDonald's a few doors away. The movie will be shown at 6:30 p.m. at Amici Park on the corner of Date and State streets. A $5 donation is suggested, and it's outdoor seating, so remember to bring your warm things.
Bocce ball tournament
Head to the festival early for an authentic game of bocce ball. The games begin at 9 a.m. at the Amici Park courts.
Music, music, music
You'll find three stages at the event featuring traditional Italian singers and bands, including Louis Prima Jr. & the Witness featuring Sarah Speigel. Prima will pay tribute to the swing music of his father, Louis Prima. Other bands include NovaMenco and David Patrone. Stage locations and performers are posted online.
Italian motor sport show
To some people, Italy is synonymous with good food, but for others, it means fast cars. And some of Italy's best vehicles, including Lamborghinis, Fiats, Ducatis, Panteras and Alfa Romeos, will be on display during the event. Cameras are allowed, but fingerprints are most definitely not.
Pizza-tossing contest
Filippi's Pizza Grotto hosts this pizza-tossing competition at the City National Bank Stage at 3:45 p.m. Watch amateurs attempt flips and twirls with pieces of dough. Think you can do it? The entrance fee is $10 and space is limited, so apply before the actual event. Call (619) 615-1092.
Gesso Italiano (Italian chalk)
The chalk art is undoubtedly the star of this festival, with teams creating masterpieces on the sidewalk. Along with the beloved art squares located on Date Street between India and Union streets, some artists will be re-creating Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco. You'll find that between Columbia and State streets.
Stickball exhibition game
Even though stickball sounds like an antiquated game played by street kids, there are about a dozen active teams in San Diego. See the top five battle for the title of Festa Stickball Champion. Players will be on hand to answer questions and even let budding stickball enthusiasts take a hack at the ball with an official stickball bat.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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This posting is for a Traxxas Nitro 2.5 Revo Monster Truck...in EXCELLENT "RUNNING" CONDTION! I realize that some will not buy a used nitro car or truck for fear of damages unseen; however I am selling this for my brother-in-law and can personally vouch for its condition. My trading rating here and on Ebay speak for themself. Also, if you wish, you are more than welcome to PM me and I can shoot you my brother-in-law's cell phone number.
The information below was taken from my brother-in-law's Craigslist Ad:
I bought it last spring brand new, as it was left over at the local hobby shop when the 3.3 came out. It is in very good condition, with no broken parts. Actually, I have never broken a part on it. It has been adult owned and driven responsibly. (I keep my wife away - she is one crazy driver!) The body has the usual and customary scuffs. The motor was broken in to the letter of the Traxxas manual and since that time I have yet to burn through a gallon of fuel. The truck will come with everything that was shipped in the original box, and I will throw in; a battery for the starter wand, an extra glow plug (I changed the plug after the initial break in and have never needed to change it again), and anything else I have laying around that is Nitro Truck related. It will also come with the extra pieces/parts that were originally contained in its shipping package. All you will need to do is get some fuel...and you are ready to run.
I love this truck, but I really need to sell it or trade for a 1/16th scale Revo VXL. I have a 7 year old son who I bought an electric truggy for and we love to run together, however he becomes impatient when I have to "hit the pits" for tuning, refueling etc. (He doesn't like to drive alone). I am ready to go back to the low-maintenance world of electric R/C.
Brian's asking price is $299 which includes shipping and insurance via Fed Ex anywhere in the U.S. We would be willing to ship it internaitnally, with the new owner paying for any associated shipping costs.
As my rating here clearly shows, I am an honest trader who cares about what I sell. PURCHASE WITH CONFIDIENCE! Thanks for looking! Hank
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Calvin Armstrong is about to meet the Kissing Bandit.
Adriano Belli - a.k.a. the Kissing Bandit for his desire to kiss men on the cheek - will be the starting defensive tackle for the Toronto Argos tonight when they battle the Edmonton Eskimos at Commonwealth Stadium.
With Armstrong being a rookie left guard for the Green and Gold, it will mark the first meeting between the pair.
If Belli tries to kiss Armstrong on the field - like he does to reporters after practice - the Esks' towering offensive lineman has a plan.
"I'll kiss him back," cracked Armstrong.
In a more realistic scenario, Belli will be worth watching because he was tossed from last week's game against Hamilton for jamming an arm in the face of an offensive lineman.
QUICK HIT: Edmonton head coach Danny Maciocia is still refusing to say who will be the starting running back tonight.
Damien Anderson is expected to get the assignment - but even he admitted yesterday to not knowing if he or AJ Harris is starting.
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FINISH LINES: In the strange but true category, the Eskimos moved their walk-through practice inside to the west-side food concession area in Commonwealth Stadium yesterday to avoid the rain.
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Dairy trading experts offer strategies and practical perspectives to optimize market performance.
By Katie Krupa, Rice Dairy
Recently I was talking with a dairy producer who had used risk management in the past but was displeased with his results. With some further discussion of his past hedge strategy, I realized that he wasn't sure what exactly he had done and, more importantly, he had no idea what type of protection he had for his dairy business. He had essentially put money into risk management program with no understanding of the level of protection he was receiving. He, like many producers, had a hard time understanding the tangible benefit of the risk management strategy he utilized.
This is something that should be addressed to every producer when he or she is establishing a risk management program. Whenever you invest time and money into something, you should know what you are getting.
With dairy risk management, that becomes more difficult since there are many moving pieces to the puzzle. The general idea is that producers should be able to easily see what they're investing into a risk management strategy and what they are getting in return. For example, a $0.25 premium cost for an options strategy may protect your Class III milk price at $17.00 on the downside. This is a very important start to understanding your strategy.
But it's only a start. It's good to take this to the next level to understand what a $17.00 Class III price means for your business's income. Adding in your production costs and your potentially hedged feed ingredients will enable you to see your potential profit per cwt. Therefore, the $0.25 per cwt. investment that's protecting Class III at $17.00 may be protecting an anticipated profit of $1.00 per cwt.
The concept may sound simple: Understand the per-cwt. projected profit margin (or even limited loss) you are protecting with your risk management plan. But unfortunately this is rarely done. Most producers do not utilize a risk management program that allows them to see what they are protecting (profit/loss potential), and then the ability to go back and historically review their results.
Many producers would benefit from using a program/broker/consultant that provides an easy-to-read, risk-management plan analysis. What I mean by this is that many producers don't have the ability to do a sensitivity analysis on their risk management plan. That includes the ability to review your risk management plan and ask, "What if milk price drops to $14, or increases to $22? How will that impact my bottom line?"
Having a model on paper will ideally make your risk management decisions easier to make because you can easily see the financial impact of the strategies you are reviewing. Additionally, many producers tend to get caught up in the amount of money they "spent" on their risk management program rather than the amount of coverage they received. Having a program that will show you how much money you invested into your risk management plan and how much coverage you had in return will theoretically make your decisions easier, and make you feel better about your decisions after the fact.
While not all producers need a detailed program to understand the long-term benefit of the risk management programs they are using, many producers find an easy-to-read analysis helpful to their understanding of their risk management program. I recommend finding a broker and/or program that can provide you with detailed enough information for you to comfortably make your risk management decisions. Also, I would periodically suggest going back and reviewing how your employed risk management plan performed. Did you get enough downside protection? Did you get enough of the upside potential of market? Was your actual milk price received what you expected and did it satisfy the financial needs of your business?
When working with risk management, it's not about more information. It's about more useful information. Understanding how your risk management plan impacts the financial strength of the business is crucial for your business and your future success using risk management programs.
Katie Krupa is a broker with Chicago-based Rice Dairy, a boutique brokerage firm offering guidance, analysis, and execution services on futures, options, spot and forward markets. You can reach Katie at firstname.lastname@example.com www.ricedairy.com. There is risk of loss trading commodity futures and options. Past results are not indicative of future results.
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July 4th, 2013 04:34 PM #1Senior Member
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What would YOU name my kids? (sort of a game, if you guys join in)
I had this conversation a while ago with my siblings, of what we would name each others' kids based on our personalities and stuff like that. We never really got to my turn before the conversation went a different direction, and I've been wondering since then: what would people name my kids if they were me?
So I thought this might be a fun game. Knowing some basic information about me, what would you name my kids? (Obviously anyone who likes the idea is free to join in as well!)
A brief overview of me: I'm a 25 year old girl with super curly brown hair, brown eyes, sort of a peaches-and-cream skin tone. I have a BS in a social science and am working towards getting a higher degree; ultimately I want a Ph.D. The first love of my life was literature, and I am a big collector of books. My dream home is one where every wall is also a built-in bookshelf, especially hallways. I enjoy cooking. I love Indian and Mexican foods. Indie, folk, and alternative rock music (think Mumford & Sons, Meaghan Smith, Seabird, Punch Brothers, etc.) are my favorites, but I like all music. I'm the middle child in a family of all girls. My favorite colors are blue and grey; I hate the color red. Politically I'm moderate. I'm an introvert. My favorite tv shows are Doctor Who, Warehouse 13, Gilmore Girls, and The Mindy Project. I love doing research. I love museums. My favorite artist is Van Gogh and sometimes I cry when I think about him. I have a mild obsession with all things British (more England/Scotland, less Wales/Northern Ireland). My favorite quality is my ability to laugh at myself/not take things too seriously.
Is this enough to give you an idea of me? What would you name my kids?
And if you like the idea, join in! I'd love to tell you what I'd name your kids!!I hope to be a mom one day. For now I enjoy being a name lover.
My apologies for any typos; i post from my mobile phone.
July 4th, 2013 11:13 PM #3fiammetta Guest
Hmm, this sounds interesting!
Audrey Seraphina
Miranda Esme
Rosalind Emma
Olivia Daisy
Sebastian Lysander
Edward Balthasar
I can also picture you using these names:
Alasdair, Sholto, Hamish Eilidh, Isla, Annabel, Cordelia, Octavia, Valentine, Balthasar, Fitzwilliam, Oskar, Atticus, Barnaby, Gulliver, Huckleberry, Jasper, Marius, Silas, Calliope, Evangeline, Bryony, Aurora and Isadora.
My turn: I'm 17, but mature for my age (apparently). I have red hair, blue eyes and am covered in freckles. I have very pale skin. I wear glasses for reading. Next year I hope to start my Bachelor Degree of Art/Science at university. I love literature and history and I also love to bake. I read as much as possible and I sometimes think I was born in the wrong era. I hope to end up working in Forensics and living in England. I love Europe, especially Britain and Italy. I am pretty much fluent in Italian. I like older music, from the 50's-90's. I do like some new music such as Florence + the Machine, Evanescence, Matt Corby, Birdy, Adele and etc. My favourite colours are red and purple. My favourite shade is black. I prefer silver to gold and I don't like the colours yellow and brown. My favourite TV shows are Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dexter, Gossip Girl, Law and Order: SVU, That 70's Show...I love to laugh and I love two middle names.
July 4th, 2013 11:52 PM #5sunshine kid Guest
I agree with fiammetta's choices for you!
My choices for Fiammetta (that are not listed in her favorites):
Fiora Endellion Maeve
Romola Merewen Lark
Thalia Ariadne
Marius Hawthorne
Hugh Ferdinand
Ciro Raphael
Apologies about the two middle names, I'm not very good with combos
My turn:
I'm 20, and currently studying a BA in International Studies. I have long, wavy light brown hair and blue eyes. I read books like all the time, although I wouldn't say I read many of the classics but I do love historical fiction. I write stories, and play video games 'a lot.' I'm also sort of proficient speaking and writing Mandarin. My favorite kind of music tends to be labeled as Indie Folk/Pop. I love my home country Australia, and I would say I'm a little patriotic...But not too much to bet on the cricket. My favorite TV shows are Veronica Mars, Chuck and Red Dwarf but nothing beats the 'North and South' mini series with Richard Armitage. Swoon!
July 5th, 2013 12:02 AM #7
I picture you using names like Sophie, Eleanor, Tristan, and Ash, Sunshine.
My turn: I have curly brown hair, hazel eyes, and a few freckles. I like music. Mainly The Beatles, though I do like some newer stuff like P!nk, and 1D. But mainly The Beatles. My favorite colors are blue and green and pink. I'm an aspiring singer/songwriter and I'm learning bass guitar. I want to learn drums and normal guitar, too. My favorite TV show is Doctor Who. I love laughing and making people laugh. I get embarrassed about anything I'm interested in. At the current moment, I'm embarrassed to show I like the Beatles in my family. I don't know why. My favorite quality of me is that I can bounce back from things easily. Bullies don't affect me at all.
Last edited by mge28; July 5th, 2013 at 12:06 AM.Madison, 14-year-old name nerd! My style is all over the place, my favorites change all the time.
Boys: David, Eric, Finlay, George, James, Jude, Lee, Michael, Paul, Richard, Rory.
Girls: Emmanuelle, Frederica, Jayne, Juliet, Lauren, Mary, Molly, Nora, Raffaela, Stella.
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Finally most wanted CCL 2017 schedule (Celebrity Cricket League season 7 time table) has been officially announced and the wait is finally over as according to CCL schedule 2017, the event full of glamour is going to be started on 23rd January 2017, consisting of 20 days of continuous clashes and the final match of the league will be played on 1st February. CCL 2017 Tickets Schedule will be available on venues pages. Click on venue/ground link below to buy tickets online.
We have not heard any news from CCL authorities so the schedule of Celebrity Cricket League 2017 is not yet confirmed. Bookmark this page for any news and updates of CCL.
CCL 2017 Groups
- Telugu Warriors
- Chennai Rhinos
- Karnataka Bulldozers
- Kerala Strikers
- Bhojpuri Dabanggs
- Bengal Tigers
- Mumbai Heroes
- Punjab Da Sher
CCL 2017 Schedule [NOT CONFIRMED]
|Time & Date
14:00 local time | 08:30 GMT
|1st T20: Mumbai Heroes vs Punjab De Sher
18:30 local time | 13:30 GMT
|2nd T20: Telugu Warriors vs Kerala Strikers
14:00 local time | 08:30 GMT
|3rd T20: Karnataka Bulldozers vs Chennai Rhinos
18:30 local time | 13:30 GMT
|4th T20: Bengal Tigers vs Bhojpuri Dabanggs
14:00 local time | 08:30 GMT
|5th T20: Mumbai Heroes vs Bengal Tigers
18:30 local time | 13:30 GMT
|6th T20: Punjab De Sher vs Bhojpuri Dabanggs
14:00 local time | 08:30 GMT
|7th T20: Telugu Warriors vs Chennai Rhinos
18:30 local time | 13:30 GMT
|8th T20: Kerala Strikers vs Karnataka Bulldozers
14:00 local time | 08:30 GMT
|9th T20: Mumbai Heroes vs Bhojpuri Dabanggs
18:30 local time | 13:30 GMT
|10th T20: Punjab De Sher vs Bengal Tigers
14:00 local time | 08:30 GMT
|11th T20: Chennai Rhinos vs Kerala Strikers
18:30 local time | 13:30 GMT
|12th T20: Telugu Warriors vs Karnataka Bulldozers
14:00 local time | 08:30 GMT
|1st Semi Final: Mumbai Heroes vs Telugu Warriors
18:30 local time | 13:30 GMT
|2nd Semi Final: Karnataka Bulldozers vs Bhojpuri Dabanggs
18:30 local time | 13:30 GMT
CCL 2017 Format
The big tournament is divided into different sections to make more glamorous and easier, there are total 8 teams and these teams are divided into two groups, "Pool A" and "Pool B" (click to know teams in groups)
Total two matches will be played a day, 1st match is scheduled to play at 02:30 local time and other to be played at 07:00 Local Time. Every team will play 3 total matches before semi final and have to win at least to win 2 matches to get the place for semi final.
Celebrity Cricket League T20 2017:
Celebrity Cricket League is the most successful cricket league in India, the tournament has all the glitz and glamour of a film industry where the high profiled celebrities wear kits and play cricket in front of thousands of fans.
Celebrity League started with 4 teams and now they comprise total 8 teams and become the wider tournament in short time. This league which is full of glamour and the Bollywood following South Indian film industry is all set to make a comeback as 7th season.
The glamorous tournament is expected to start on January 10, 2017. There are total 8 teams who will participate in the event and all of them are ready to fight for the title in this 7th edition of CCL. The management of the event is looking forward to the busy schedule of busy stars to make their availability confirmed.
The complete detail of Celebrity Cricket League edition 7 is mentioned below, all the details related to venues, time, stadiums and teams matches.
Celebrity Cricket League 2017 Venues:
There are total 7 cities are responsible to host the matches of celebrity cricket league. List of cities that will host the matches of celebrity cricket league is given below.
- CCI Mumbai
- Nehru Stadium Kochi
- Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad
- Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore
- Lal Bahadur Stadium Hyderabad
- Feroz Shah Stadium Delhi
Number of Matches to Be Hosted By A Single Venue:
Cricket Club of India (Mumbai) will host will host two matches whereas the opening ceremony could hold on same Venue. The 1st and opening match of the league will be played here on Saturday 23rd January, 2017 between Mumbai Heroes and Veer Marathi at 2:30 PM Local Time.
Mumbai will host the 2nd match of CCL edition 7 on 23 January which will be played between Bengal Tigers and Bhojpuri Dabanggs at 07:00 local time.
Nehru stadium will also host the two matches, 1 will be played between Chennai Rhinos and Kerala Strikers while the other match will be held between Karnataka Bulldozers and Telugu Warriors. Sardar Patel, like others will also host the two games 1 between Mumbai Heroes and Kerala Strikers and the 2nd one will be played between Bhojpuri Dabanggs and Telugu Warriors.
Chinnaswammy Cricket Stadium Bangalore will host two matches, one will be played between Chennai Rhinos and Veer Marathi and the other will be played Karnataka Bulldozers and Bengal Tigers.
Hyderabad is the centre of important matches and there are semi finals including final matches to be played here at Lal Bahadur Stadium. On 24th January, there will be two matches played between Bengal Tigers, Telugu Warriors, Kerala Strikers and Veer Marathi.
Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium Delhi will also host the two matches to be played between Mumbai Heroes, Chennai Rhinos, Bhojpuri Dabanngs and Karnataka Bulldozers.
Semi Finals and Final Matches Venues, Details, Time, Date:
Lal Bahadur Cricket Stadium Hyderabad will host the semi-final and final match of Celebrity Cricket League on Saturday 31st January and 1st February.
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The U.S. Postal Service, facing a deficit that will reach $9.2 billion this fiscal year, could be forced to close this winter, officials say.
"Our situation is extremely serious," Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe said in a New York Times article published Monday.
Donahoe has been advocating spending cutbacks recently that would eliminate Saturday mail delivery, close as many as 3,700 postal locations and result in layoffs of 120,000 employees, nearly 20 percent of the Postal Service's workforce.
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A few not-so-shocking giveaways about this week's new movie releases, including Justice League and Frank Serpico
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The five men debated but couldn't agree on a plan. Early in 1867, Frank went to California, where land was free. Drew urged the others to follow. When none did, Drew packed up and headed to New York. From there he'd sail to the isthmus of Panama, then to San Francisco.
"Drury was the smallest one and only a private for the Confederacy," says his grandson, Richard Bailey, "but for some reason they all did what he said."
After Drew left, brother James and the Julians agreed to meet him in New York and sail together. Though he had a head start, Drew arrived a day late. The others had gone — but not by sea — so he went west, following opportunities for work. He rode a steamer up the Missouri River to Montana, where he may have done placer mining, wielding a pick and shovel for little more than a cotton-picker's wage. "But oh," he recalled decades later, "what a winter!" "How I suffered with the cold! That would do me. I felt I must find a warmer climate."
In the spring, with only two dollars in his pocket, he traveled to a new silver find in southern Utah. He got a job on a crew building a 25-mile toll road over a mountain. He needed horses for the task. One morning after breakfast, as he stood on a sidewalk, a wagon approached. The four horses looked healthy, so Drew stepped into the street to wave it down. The man seated next to the driver looked vaguely familiar. Drew squinted. Then very familiar.
Brother James!
James, Frank, and the Julians had been working in the area for months. They wanted to make enough money to return home to Georgia. A teamster for one of the mines, James even invested $150 in a lot, which the others swore was a waste of grubstake money.
When they completed the road, the quintet couldn't agree where to go next. Some said Arizona. James said California. Eventually they sided with him. He sold his boomtown lot for $900 and became the group's banker. His first purchases: supplies and a three-mule pack train.
They worked their way to Fort Yuma, where all the talk was about Tom Scott. "The Railroad Prince" wanted to build a line from El Paso to San Diego. Until then, to Drew and the others "California" meant where Frank had gone: San Francisco and the gold country east. But a railroad promised good jobs, growth, and a new start.
"For the Baileys and Julians," says Richard Bailey, "the West was a place on the map, not a way of life; they wanted to settle down and forget the war."
Most likely, they didn't know much about San Diego (they may have even asked where it was). Nonetheless, they declared it would be their future home. Drew vowed they "would help build a great city."
They worked odd jobs and prospected on their way across the desert and into the mountains. At San Bernardino, they heard more excited talk about the railroad. When they ran low on supplies at Temecula, James volunteered to ride to San Diego and reprovision.
No one recorded his first view of the Pacific Ocean or of "new" San Diego sprouting by the bay. But amid bustling wagons loaded with lumber and the cacophony of hammers pounding nails, James got the word: Horton wasn't hiring ex-Confederates.
On his return trip, James met John Wesley Horrell. He lived way up in the mountains, he said, in Volcan Valley (north of today's Julian). He and his wife ran a store in their large adobe house and had ten children. Horrell shot wild hogs, which grew fat on acorns, and traded the pork for supplies in town. Forget San Diego, he told James, and come to the mountains, not just for the "ample game and good land to be had" but because only three or four families lived there.
When James returned to Temecula, the others still wanted to try Horton's "addition." If they couldn't find work, they'd inspect the mountains on their way to Arizona and return to San Diego when construction began at the railroad terminus.
"While it is certain that gold would have been discovered in the Cuyamacas," writes historian David Lewis, "it is not certain that any city named Julian [would exist] were it not for James and John's chance meeting on the trail."
Horrell's caution about jobs proved accurate. Drew, James, Frank, and the Julians arrived at the mountain valley in November 1869.
"This is the most beautiful place I ever seen since I left home," Drew told the others. "Let's each one locate a home in this beautiful warm country." He would plant barley and fruit and raise cattle.
His comrades revolted. Sure, the mountains were majestic, the soil choice, but they found only "color" (fool's gold) in the creek, and the real item was just placer flakes. And farming?
Drew refused to budge. He staked a "squatter's rights," a homestead claim of 160 (some say 154) acres encompassing today's Julian. He talked the others into helping him build a log cabin, with a large rock fireplace, at the southeastern end of a long valley.
David Lewis: "He must not have experienced the destructive fury of the East Wind mentioned in old pioneer diaries and dreaded by today's residents as the Santa Ana winds, or he would never have picked" the site for a home. "The winds come up from the desert and blast through there like a funnel."
When weather permitted, Drew and Mike Julian bundled up and searched the mountains for signs of gold. They'd never heard of Father Ascension but knew that flakes in streams meant larger quartz veins higher up. That winter was a dry one, but when snowbanks left them cabin-bound, Drew envisioned a city on his newfound land. ■
— Jeff Smith
Bailey, Richard, "The History of Julian: Featuring the Histories of the Bailey and Redman Families," interview, June 2005, privately distributed.
Birkett, Charles V., "The Ready Relief Mine," Journal of San Diego History, October 1963, vol. 9, no. 4.
Ellsberg, Helen, Mines of Julian, Glendale, 1972.
Fetzer, Leland, A Good Camp: Gold Mines of Julian and the Cuyamacas, San Diego, 2002.
Lewis, David, "Last Known Address: The History of the Julian Cemetery: True Stories of the Pioneers," interview, San Diego, 2008.
McCutchen, Ora Bailey, "Early Days in Julian and Banner," ms. in Bailey's History of Julian.
Taylor, Dan Forrest, "Julian Gold," ms. at San Diego History Center.
Thank you,
Thank you for this story on Drury, James and Frank Bailey and the Julians. I am in the process of compiling my family tree on the Baileys and found this story informative and exciting. Dru's father, Dr. Samuel S. Bailey and my great grandfather, John Bailey, were brothers. I live in N.E. GA, where the Baileys settled when they moved from North Carolina. I look forward to finding more great stories like this on my California cousins.
Thank you again,
Vicky Bailey Milum
Would be happy to share our histories with you Vicky Bailey Milum.
Richard Bailey, Youngest grandchild of Drury Dobbins Bailey [email protected] (06/07/2012)
I'm sorry it took me so long to reply, Richard. I haven't been doing much on the family tree as of late. I am very thankful for your reply and wonder how I could obtain a copy of the book you wrote on the Baileys and Julians. Also, I would like to use the photos and some excerpts from your publications in the family tree, with your permission, of course. I won't be using this info for financial gain - just for my family's further knowledge of our "roots". Merry Christmas, Vicky - [email protected]


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Aperitif rouses appetites. It's the latest in bistromania, the ongoing French revolution in Long Island restaurants.
Most formal French establishments have been overthrown in these provinces, succeeded by dining rooms with broader choices and lower prices. New theme: Let them eat onion soup - and throw in some sliders, too.
This newcomer is subtitled bistro, lounge and wine bar. Aperitif, which takes over the ex-address of Aqua, is run by the Sage Bistro group, which includes Sage Bistro in Bellmore, Brasserie Persil in Oceanside and Sage Bistro Moderne in Woodbury.
Plenty of dark wood, an artful tile floor and globe lights give you the idea, along with oversize images of the Eiffel Tower and the Alexandre III bridge that could have been sprung from the hallucinatory imaginations of
Cocteau and Rimbaud.
Creative liberties also apply to chef Ismet Saz's cuisine, which drifts beyond Paris into New American and Asian foodscapes. And, for more variety, late on weekend nights, the bistro segues to lounge, DJ included.
Yes, there's satisfying onion soup; fresh oysters, steak frites and tarte Tatin, too. Then: snappy flatbread with caramelized onion, prosciutto and Gruyère cheese; and a skyline of crisp, duck rolls with hoisin sauce. Tasty shrimp beignets arrive with walnuts and tomato salad. Fingerling-potato salad supports a turret of smoky, lardon-wrapped shrimp. And the filet mignon sliders, with sauteed onions and Gruyère, rival the excellent grilled hanger steak with fries and a light sauce Béarnaise. Creamy potato puree and more Gruyère seal a mild beef stew. Grilled artichoke, tomatoes and arugula salad complement the ultrathin, tender, cross-hatched chicken paillard. And you may dive into mussels, either Provençale or marinière. Satisfying selection of wines and brews, too.
Overorchestrated crab rolls; and bland, oily zucchini pancakes. Sweet meatballs slip on coconut-curry sauce. Crunch-free fish-and-chips.
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Adjusting Hinckley Triumph Valves
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Adjusting the valves on a Triumph Thunderbird Sport, Trophy, Daytona, Trident, Sprint, Tiger, Speed Triple, Legend or Adventurer Motorcycle.
My Triumph Thunderbird Sport had about 9,000 miles on it when I purchased it. The motorcycle was in beautiful condition, and the previous owner said that he had brought it in for a valve adjustment at some point.
Now you may call me weird, but I get as much of a kick out of wrenching on motorcycles as I do riding them. And I like to go through absolutely everything when I buy a used bike to make sure all of the components are properly torqued, greased, oiled, etc.
I've never owned a new bike, but I'd probably do the same with it too. So I wanted to check the TBird's valves for myself to see if everything was ok.
I was also curious to see what a shim-over-bucket valve adjustment system looked like. My other bike, a 1986 BMW R65 "Airhead", has an easy-to-access valve train with screw adjusters. I can get the job done on that bike in about 20 minutes.
It's not that I don't trust anyone, but I feel a great sense of accomplishment when I can successfully complete a maintenance or repair task. And I also know it's done right -- or at least to the best of my ability.
Nothing against shop mechanics, but I just don't trust anyone working on my bike. This valve adjustment job is a good example -- it's really not that hard of a job, but you need patience, time and you have to be fussy and detail-oriented. I just don't think that a shop mechanic, under time and profit pressures, would take the time that is really necessary to do this job to my satisfaction.
Anyway, the good news is that adjusting the valves on a TBS really isn't that hard of a job. If you have some better-than-basic shop skills, a few special tools (described below), and the knowledge of how to work a feeler gauge, you can do this job. In fact, the hardest and most frustrating task was re-installing the valve cover and gasket, believe it or not. That was a real pain, but I have a couple of tips that I think can help.
About those tools -- you'll need the Triumph Valve Shim Removal tool, part number 3880012. I called four Triumph dealers within a 50-mile radius, and no one had one in stock.
One told me "we don't sell those tools to customers". Nice, huh? I finally found one for $85.00 at Hermy's BMW/Triumph in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania.
I called on a Saturday to check if it was indeed in stock, I ordered it, it was shipped on Monday and I had it on Tuesday. Thanks, Hermy's!
You'll also need a Triumph Service Manual. You should own one anyway, because there are a few things in there that aren't covered in the otherwise excellent Haynes manual.
Haynes uses photographs; Triumph uses line drawings. There are benefits and drawbacks to each, but the main issue here is that Haynes advises to remove the cams to check and replace the shims, and doesn't provide any details on using the Triumph tool.
I was too scared to remove the cams, to be honest! But, I've since been told by the folks over on the Triumph Trophy group that removing the cams isn't too difficult, and if you have several valves to adjust, it may be easier than using the Triumph tool.
Maybe I'll try it next time and report back... In any case, the Triumph manual clearly describes the procedure for using the shim removal tool, and I found it to be relatively easy to use both the tool and the described process.
You'll also need some basic hand tools, and you should really have a swingarm stand to hold the bike up (here's a wBW review of the Steel Horse stand), because you'll have to move the rear wheel to turn the engine over. The 10mm box end Gearwrench came in especially handy for installing the shim removal tool.
You'll need some kind of strong "pick" (see photo below) to lift the shim out of its bucket; one of those cheap, telescoping magnets; and a telescoping small "dentist" type mirror may come in handy if you have to remove a shim where it may be hard to see.
A metric micrometer comes helps also, but I really don't think it's necessary (see below).
wBW Visitor "J.B." also sent in some tips on adjusting the Triumph's valves and how to improve performance.
The first task is to remove the fuel tank. This is very easy to do on a TBS; see the wBW Technical Article "Changing the Coolant on a Triumph Thunderbird Sport" for instructions.
Before you go any farther, here's an important tip: clean up the valve cover and everything else from the frame's spine on down as best you can.
This will help prevent any dirt from falling into the top end when the valve cover is off.
The engine cylinders are numbered 1, 2 and 3, from the left hand side of the bike to the right as you're sitting on the bike.
Check to make sure your spark plug wires are numbered first; they should have little yellow bands with numbers on them from the factory. If not, make sure you number them to correspond with the correct cylinder with a piece of masking tape or something before you take them off.
Next, remove or loosen the spark plugs. I loosened them all the way, but left them down in their holes to prevent anything from falling into the cylinders in case I dropped anything.
The Triumph spark plug tool from the tool kit works best for removing the plugs on a TBS, as it has a little rubber doughnut inside that grabs the top of the plug and helps to pull it out.
Otherwise, you can try an 18mm deep socket. I found it easiest to place the Triumph tool on the plug, then put a 16mm deep socket over that, and use a ratchet.
The number 1 and 3 plugs are easy to remove. Number 2 (middle cylinder) is a tight fit, but not that difficult to get to if you use the Triumph tool, the 16mm deep socket over it, and a ratchet wrench without extension.
There's not that much of a mystery in removing the valve cover. It really doesn't hold in any pressure; it's just there with a gasket under it to hold in the oil that splashes around on the cams.
The 6mm bolts that hold it down only use 10 Nm of torque, which is about the lightest you'll find on the bike. 10 Nm is something like "a little bit snug" if you used a 6 mm L-shaped hex key (Allen wrench) and tightened it by hand.
A "ball end" hex key works great to help loosen the bolts, because it's a bit hard to get to some of the bolts directly. Once you loosen the bolts a little bit, they should be easy to remove the rest of the way by hand.
Triumph recommends removing and tightening the bolts in a certain sequence (Photo left). Tip: The bolts are all the same except for numbers 7 and 8 in photo 4, which are a bit longer.
I was kind of disappointed that the chrome plating flaked off in spots on a couple of the bolts just from the action of removing them. C'mon Triumph, you can do better!
After all the bolts are off, it's time to remove the valve cover. Tip: the throttle line and a couple of other bits hang down from the frame's spine over the valve cover.
Tie these up snug to the bike's frame with a piece of string or something to get them out of your way. This helps keep them from snagging on the valve cover and when you're removing and replacing it.
You'll probably need a rubber mallet to loosen the valve cover. I took a small piece of wood and found a couple of spots on each side of the valve cover and gently tapped it up.
It should come off rather easily, after you get past the initial friction of the gasket sticking to the engine.
Be careful to lift the whole valve cover gasket off with the valve cover. It's actually a pretty thick, rubber/plastic gasket that would be hard to destroy. You know those two "half moon" looking things on each side of the valve cover?
They're actually part of the gasket. They may stick to the engine casing a little bit, so carefully pull them up with the gasket and the valve cover.
The valve cover must be removed from the right side of the bike only, as there is a hose for coolant on the left that prevents sliding it out in that direction.
Gently work the valve cover and gasket up and towards the right. It takes some work and some fussing to get it out; you kind of have to shuffle the right side of the valve cover towards the back of the bike as you pull it out.
The gasket and/or cover will tend to get hung up on the camshaft's bearing towers. Be careful not to drop the gaskets that sit under each valve cover bolt also.
Once the valve cover and gasket are removed, check the gasket to make sure there are no tears or chunks missing.
As I mentioned, it's a pretty sturdy gasket, so chances are you won't have to replace it. The gasket fits into a groove machined into the valve cover. This photo shows the gasket on the cover. By the way, when you turn the cover over, make sure the bolt gaskets don't fall out!
The engine will have a lot of oil collected towards the front of the bike because the engine tilts towards the front.
The level of oil on mine was just below the top of the engine casing, preventing all but a few drops from leaking out (Photo left). Triumph recommends suctioning all the oil out before you go any further, but I left mine as is.
Right -- next task is to check all the clearances. Get a nice, big piece of paper handy to record the clearances.
The Service Manual has a good description of how to run through this procedure, either by putting the bike in gear and turning the rear wheel to turn the engine, or removing the engine's side cover and turning the crankshaft with a wrench.
I chose to turn the engine over using the wheel method; you do this by engaging the transmission in a high gear and muscling the rear wheel around. Put the bike into high gear by turning the rear wheel slightly as you click the shifter up until you're in 6th gear.
Then slowly spin the rear wheel and watch until one set of cam lobes is pointing straight up. When they're straight up, the valve is closed, and that's when you check the clearance. Next time, I'm going to remove the side cover and use a wrench on the crankshaft end, as I think it will be a lot easier.
Note: The Trophy folks advise removing the crank cover to spin the engine. They wrote: "The really good thing about removing the crank cover is that you get to check the condition of the cam chain tensioner blade, and if you want you can check the tensioner itself. Pulling the cams is a no-brainer. Just have to be careful with torquing everything back".
You'll eventually need to clean up the high-temperature RTV silicone sealant from the corners of the engine casing.
This can be removed with a single-edge razor blade or some type of scraping tool.
Be careful not to get any of the RTV crumbs in the engine or oil. I'll have more thoughts on the use of RTV later...
I used a K-D tools feeler gauge set to check the clearances. This is a nice set, I got it at the local auto parts store.
It has many, many feeler gauges in it; flat blades that you can take out of the fan-fold set. The ones that are most useful for this job are the ones marked 0.102mm, 0.127mm, 0.152mm, 0.178mm and 0.203mm.
This corresponds to 0.004", 0.005", 0.006", 0.007" and 0.008". How anyone can label a feeler gauge out to 0.0007mm, which is 0.000027 inches, is beyond me, but that's how they're labeled!
Tip: before you spin the cams around, it might be a good idea to get an oil can or whatever oil you have left over from your last oil change and squirt some on all the cam lobes, just to make sure they have some lubrication before you start moving the cams.
This is probably unnecessary, as my bike had sat for a week or so before I pulled the valve cover, and there was still a nice film of oil over the cams, but it can't hurt either, and it's better to be on the safe side.
Since the valves in the Triumph Thunderbird Sport should be between 0.10 to 0.15mm for the intakes and between 0.15 to 0.20 for the exhausts, I removed the five appropriate blades from the set as illustrated above. The feeler gauge should slide through with a nice, firm feel ("not too loose, not too tight"), and if the next biggest blade doesn't fit, that means the tolerance is pretty close to the first.
As it turns out, whenever one set of intake valves are closed, another set of exhausts are closed also. I found that when the exhaust valves for cylinder #3 are closed, so are the intakes for #2; #2 exhausts close with #1 intakes; and #1 exhausts close with #3's intakes.
This means that you can check the clearances of the two sets of valves at once, because there's always one pair of intakes and one pair of exhausts closed at the same time (this is due to the unique timing of the 3 cylinder engine). Check each valve (remember there are 2 valves on each side for each cylinder = 4 valves per cylinder!) and record the clearances.
I was kind of lucky, I guess; all of my valves were within tolerance, with the exception of the pair of #3 exhaust valves, both of which allowed the 0.127mm blade to slide through, but not the 0.152mm blade. So there was not enough clearance by about 0.03mm, or about 0.001".
The clearance on the other valves varied; for example, the pair of #2 intake valves measured 0.15mm for one and 0.18mm for the other. After some discussion with list members and others, the recommendation is that if they're in tolerance, leave 'em alone, rather than try to fuss with them to get everything exactly even.
The next step is to pull the shim or shims to check their sizes. My suggestion is that if you have more than one valve that is out of tolerance, pull only one set of shims at a time, check their thickness, then replace them before you do the same with the other out-of-tolerance valve.
This will help prevent them from getting mixed up, and I think it's also important to leave the shim over the bucket when the cams are turned.
This photo illustrates how the TBird's valve clearance system works. The pink arrow points to the shim sitting in the "bucket".
You can just see the edge of the bucket and the edge of the shim. The bucket sits over the valve, and the end of the bucket opposite the shim end rides up and down on the end of the valve stem and spring.
The shim simply sits in the cutout in the bucket, and is held there because the spring's tension doesn't allow enough clearance for the shim to slip out when the engine is running.
Each bucket has a little notch cut out along the top in one location. Before you remove the shim, you'll need to spin the buckets so that the notches for both valves face outwards, either towards the front of the engine for the exhaust valves, or the rear of the engine for the intakes.
The notch allows you to slip a "pick" or wedge under the shim to remove it. The buckets turn pretty easily -- I was able to move them around with my fingers.
To remove the shim, you'll need to use the Triumph valve shim removal tool (Photo left).
This tool is pretty simple; a rectangular piece of metal with threaded holes along the outer edge and two holes in the middle.
First, you have to spin the camshaft so that the cam lobes (over the valves that you want to remove the shims from) are pointing straight down, i.e., the valve is all the way open.
You then bolt the removal tool onto the top of the camshaft bearing towers -- Triumph has conveniently provided some threaded holes there for just this purpose (White arrow, photo above).
You don't need much torque at all on the tool's hold down bolts; only 7Nm will do it, which is just barely hand snug. Then you bolt the two "L" shaped arms so that they project down over the edge of the bucket (See yellow arrow, photo below).
You spin the cam back the other way so that the lobes are now pointing straight up again, and you'll have enough clearance to remove the shim.
Be careful when turning the cams with the tool attached -- there is only limited clearance and you can only turn them in one direction!
It's pretty hard to turn the rear wheel and get the cams to rotate.
You may have to get an assistant to help, at least to watch the cams as you turn the wheel. You sort of have to get behind the bike and pull on the rear wheel to get the leverage necessary to overcome the resistance in the engine.
Be careful -- after a piston hits top dead center on its compression stroke, all of a sudden the resistance can lessen dramatically, and you may have some momentum built up. You don't want the cam lobe to smash against the arms of the adjusting tool!
Once you have the cam lobes pointing straight up (the valve is now closed) over the valve shim you want to remove, take your "pick" or other device and slip it under the shim at the notch.
It takes a few tries, but the shim should come out pretty easily -- it's only held in by the surface tension of the oil underneath.
This is where those weird, cheap tools you buy at swap meets come into their own.
I found a set of strange shaped metal picks that look like dental tools some time ago and figured they'd come in handy some day.
This is the day! I also have one of those telescoping magnets and a telescoping dental mirror, and they both came in handy also. The magnet works great for grabbing the shim after you lift it with the pick.
I ended up having to loosen the radiator to push it out of the way to allow my hand to access the inside #3 exhaust valve -- the one that is nearest the middle of the bike (Photo left).
This is easy to do; take off the radiator side covers, which have two bolts each and come right off.
Then take off the single lower radiator bolt (unfortunately, a size T30 Torx bolt, so you'll need a T30 Torx bit or tool).
Take off the upper two radiator hex bolts, and you can push the radiator out of the way easy enough.
Both of the #3 exhaust valve shims that I removed were labeled "2.675" underneath and were in like-new shape. I measured them with my metric micrometer, and sure enough, they were 2.675mm.
Both the Haynes and the Triumph manuals have a chart to look up the required shim thickness. You read across the top of the chart (curiously in 0.05mm increments only) to find the thickness of the shim you just took out.
Read down along the left column to see the measured valve clearance. The point of intersection of these two columns indicates the size of the shim you need to get to replace the one you took out to give you the correct clearance.
You can, and should, check this manually also. In this case, I measured a 0.127mm valve clearance (really about 0.13mm, but the feeler gauge reads "0.127, so who am I to argue?). Triumph calls for somewhere between 0.15mm and 0.20mm clearance for an exhaust valve. I figured I'd try to land it right in the middle of the tolerance, at around 0.17mm.
Subtracting 0.127 (what I have) from 0.17 (what I want) gives 0.043mm (about 0.0015"), which is what I needed to increase the clearance.
Since the shim that came out was 2.675mm, subtract 0.043mm from that and you get 2.632. I'm subtracting in this case because the 2.675mm shim was too thick, resulting in less than required clearance between the shim and the cam lobe. A thinner shim would give me more clearance. If the valves had too much clearance, I would need a thicker shim.
I called the local Triumph dealer (Fredericktowne Yamaha/Triumph in Frederick, Maryland) and crossed my fingers, hoping they'd have a 2.625mm or 2.500mm shim.
The parts guy connected me with the service department, and he rummaged around in a box and said he had two 2.625 shims -- outstanding! It must have been my lucky day, because he also said to bring in the old shims and he'd swap me for them. Fantastic!
In any case, new shims run around $5.25 each. My feeling is you don't want to buy a bunch of these before you measure what you have, or for sure you'll end up with a bunch of 5 buck shims that you don't need and won't use for years to come, if ever. It just isn't worth it.
Any Triumph dealer that does valve adjustments HAS to have a selection of shims, or they aren't worth a darn.
After that, it's a simple matter of replacing the new shim in reverse order. Since I only had the one pair of valves that needed shim replacement, I left the valve shim removal tool on while I went to the shop and back. To replace the shims, first put a few drops of oil on them, then slide them back into the bucket.
Be careful and very sure that the shims are indeed in their cutouts on top of the buckets! The tolerances are very tight, so it's easy to get the shim slightly cocked. You should be able to easily spin the shim around with your finger once it's correctly situated in the bucket. Use a strong flashlight and the dental mirror to check.
It's a good idea to re-check the valve clearance again after you put in the new shim. Mine measured about 0.175mm, exactly what I was looking for.
OK -- ready to button everything back up. First, remember to take out the valve shim removal tool. Then you'll have to scrape away any remaining RTV silicone sealant from the top of the engine on the gasket face. This is nasty stuff, so make sure you don't drop any into the engine.
This is where a lot of patience comes in handy -- scrape it off a bit at a time and use your fingers or a paper towel sprayed with brake cleaner or contact cleaner to remove the bits. When you get the gasket face as clean as you can, take a clean paper towel, spray the degreaser or contact cleaner on it and clean up the entire gasket face and let it dry.
Now comes the truly hard part! You should clean up the inside of the valve cover; there will probably be bits of old RTV everywhere. The valve cover gasket should fit tightly in its groove in the cover. If it isn't, you'll have problems getting the cover back on without the gasket hanging up.
It took me 3 tries of putting everything together, re-cleaning and scraping the RTV and trying to fit the cover back on (it's a tight fit under the bike's frame tube), and I was ready to scream.
Tip: I finally realized that if I used some Permatex "Form-a-Gasket" #2 to "glue" the gasket on to the valve cover in the spots where it was coming loose, that would hold the gasket to the cover and allow me to get the whole unit situated correctly on the engine.
The Triumph manual calls for high-temperature RTV silicone sealant to be placed at the corners of the engine's gasket face and in the half-moon cutouts at the end of either camshaft to help prevent leakage.
My personal feeling on the use of RTV for valve cover gaskets is that it's a cop-out and a cover-up for poor engineering.
The stuff is absolutely miserable to use -- it gets over everything, it squeezes into the engine after you replace the valve cover, bits of it can get stuck in tiny oil passages in the engine and have the potential for causing all sorts of problems.
As I said, it took me 3 tries, and hopefully if you follow these tips you can do it right the first time. But each time, I got the RTV all over my hands and everywhere else. It's a real mess.
And as it turns out, I really don't think you need it. I figured it would take a miracle for the gasket not to leak after I manhandled it on and off so many times.
But it hasn't leaked a drop. I interpret this to mean that the gasket itself does a good job of sealing out the oil.
There's no pressure in there, and the oil level never gets above the gasket line anyway, and the valve cover bolts only take 10Nm of torque, so this tells me that it doesn't take much to keep the oil in.
Next time I'm going to try it without the RTV for sure. Even if it does leak, it's not that hard to take the cover off, put on some RTV and put it back on -- but I'm betting that it won't leak even without the RTV.
If you do use the RTV, use your fingers [rubber doctor's "inspection" gloves work great for this -- don't ask me why I have a box of them laying around! ;-) ] and put a very thin coat distributed only half the width of the engine's gasket face, from the outside in.
The stuff will squeeze in towards the valve side of the gasket face, and the farther away you keep it from getting in the engine, the less the chance of having some of it get squeezed into the valve area and finding its way into an oil passageway somewhere.
I did order a new gasket to have on hand for next time. My feeling is that it's worth the $26.00 for a new gasket if a new one will seal it up without having to use RTV Silicone sealant.
You'll have to really work at getting the valve cover with the gasket back in over the engine and in place.
The problem is that there's not much room above the valve cover, so it tends to get hung up on the camshaft bearing towers.
Just have patience, and make sure the gasket is in place not only over the engine gasket face, but also over the spark plug holes.
Replace the valve cover bolts, tightening in the same order as indicated in the book and photo 4.
Replace the radiator and clean up anything else. I used some degreaser to get the RTV mess off the top of the valve cover and sprayed it with S100 Engine Brightener (review), which works great on the TBird's black engine casings. I cleaned up the bit of RTV that squeezed out from under the gasket, and everything looks like new.
I started up the bike and watched for leaks as it warmed up...perfect! I then took it out for about a 5 mile loop and came back in the garage and checked again...still perfect!
Went out on a 50 mile ride and came back and checked it once more...no problems!
This may sound like a complex job, but it sounds harder than it really is. I feel really good now, knowing that my valve clearances are all in good shape and knowing that next time, the job will be much easier. Have fun!
From "W.N." (October 2011): "Just to say a massive thanks for this article - it is so detailed and so useful, has given me the right direction to work on my Triumph. I am eternally grateful to people like this who fill the internet with so much useful information..........I'd be lost without it."


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SD's political party leaders say it's their job to be highly partisan
Tony Post and Ben Nesselhuf spend most of their time in combat with each other.
That doesn't mean they can't get along and have a reasonable, calm discussion on politics, although they said it's their job to be highly partisan.
Post, the executive director of the South Dakota Republican Party, and Nesselhuf, chairman and executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party, spoke during the annual McGovern Conference on the Dakota Wesleyan University campus.
Nesselhuf said it's interesting to be asked to discuss bipartisanship when their role is to be "crass political operatives."
"We are possibly the two most partisan people in the state," he said.
Nesselhuf, a Rapid City native who now lives in Vermillion, served four terms in the Legislature. He ran for secretary of state in 2010, and, after losing that race, took the reins of the state party.
Post, a Minnesota native, has been involved with politics since he was a boy. He came to South Dakota in June 2011 to run the state GOP.
Nesselhuf said he worked with members of both parties as a legislator, but is now a "complete and utter partisan."
"My Democrat nominees are my 'peeps,' and that's who I work for," Nesselhuf said. "For the good of my state, I am going to work hard to make sure they are elected."
Post said he gets out of bed in the morning with a drive to elect Republicans to office, "which will make the state better."
DWU professor David Mitchell, the chairman of the Davison County Democratic form of communication can escalate quickly, he said, and he learned a lesson this year.
Nesselhuf said there is greater partisan animosity in Washington, D.C., than here, and the current process is designed to encourage increased polarization.
"You have to appeal to your radical right or radical left base to get the nomination," Nesselhuf said.
He said he looks to California as a state that is trying to solve this dilemma by carving out new districts and changing how the election process works.
In that state, a bipartisan redistricting commission aims to draw fair district lines to give both parties a chance in elections.
He also likes the so-called "jungle primary," which takes the top two vote-getters out of a primary and puts them in the general election, regardless of their party identification. campaign contributions from outside groups.
Dusty Johnson, who serves as Gov. Daugaard's chief of staff, asked if party officials hold back at times.
"Is there any humanity to their deep, dark souls?" he asked, which drew laughter.
Nesselhuf pointed to the state Democratic Party's decision to send out a flood of direct mail this fall, which in one case accused a Republican legislator of voting for a bill that he had, in fact, opposed.
Nesselhuf said he called the Republican to apologize, and then held back on another piece of mail that would have attacked that GOP lawmaker.
"I've got an office full of mail if he wants to come by and see what we were going to send out," he said.
Post said he suffered "Lutheran guilt" after a tweet exchange with a reporter that he quickly regretted. Debates and squabbles on that instant Party, and a four-time failed candidate for the Legislature, bemoaned the "soundbite culture" in politics, but both Post and Nesselhuf said it wasn't their job to alter that.
"Our function as party members to adapt to the culture as it is rather than trying to change it," Nesselhuf said, referring to a "world of Twitter," where people don't have a great deal of interest.
"I wish it was different. I wish we could get into strong policy arguments," he said. "I think we would win more elections. ... We adapt to the world we live in."
Post agreed, saying his job was to turn out voters and win elections, not to engage in policy debates.
"Parties are not the right vehicle for this," he said. "Especially in a post-Citizens United world."
That was a reference to a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow virtually unlimited


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In the context of religion versus atheism. Dear Reader Jason has expressed a need for moral absolutes that is quite common among conservatives. Wrote he,
"The bane of atheistic thought based on naturalism is that it cannot account for objective moral absolutes. All that is left is societal ideals and individual preference."
"There are two tribes, A and B. Tribe A is composed of hunters and warriors; however, within the community itself they are loving and caring to one another. Tribe is B is composed of farmers and gatherers; they are peaceful and loving to one another. Tribe A decides that Tribe B has some things it wants, so it attacks. Tribe B is decimated; men killed, women raped, children either killed or brought in as slaves.
Is Tribe A wrong? If they have no remorse, or no feelings of guilt toward the brutality, perhaps it's because they didn't know them and were more concerned about their own needs. What do you do with these types of situations?"
My view is that morals are collectively negotiated and enforced constructs. It works fine since mentally healthy people are basically decent by nature and have a strong innate capacity for empathy and solidarity.
Jason rightly points out above that with my approach to morals, it is impossible to judge tribe A's behaviour as essentially evil by any independent universal standard. But I don't see the need for such a universal moral standard. I don't claim the right to judge tribes A and B from any other perspective than that negotiated in my own tribe.
As for his question, "What do you do with these types of situations?", it's a separate issue. My reply is "If I have enough resources, I send peace-keeping troops and educators to teach tribe A my own tribe's opinion that we are all brothers".
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Another wordy comic! (Don't worry... I learned to trim the fat with time! Wordiness has been the biggest complaint I've received about the earlier comics.)
I just want to mention that I did have that dang penguin in my psyche for a long time. At first it was funny because I loved Wallace and Gromit's 'The Wrong Trousers' by Nick Park, but it was as though it was burned into my mind, and by the 4th week of seeing it and little else within my psyche, I began to panic. Four months later, it finally left, but I won't go into the details right now, because I'm still working on this character's story and I might spoil it if I reveal too much of my own.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavaliers signed Youngstown native and former Cleveland State guard D'Aundray Brown to a contract on Thursday. Terms of the contract were not announced.
"You guys know D'Aundray," Cavs coach Byron Scott said. "We've had him in our gym a bunch of times. We love the way he plays. He's a hard, good defensive player. And obviously, if he's not here with us, we probably have the opportunity to put him on our Canton D-League team and watch him grow. Just a kid we've been interested in, just watch him for the last six or seven months playing against our guys in the summer. We really kind of like him."
Asked what he liked about Brown, Scott said, "Defends, tough, makes shots. I think that's enough."
Brown, 24, played in 115 games (91 starts) at Cleveland State, averaging 7.8 points on .487 shooting, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals in 28.4 minutes per game. As a senior last season, the 6-foot-4, 195-pounder played in 26 games (25 starts) and averaged 10.8 points on .457 shooting to go along with 4.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.5 steals in 29.7 minutes per game.
Brown was not available for comment Thursday.
Here to stay: Scott said he was a bit surprised, and very happy, that the Cavs picked up the fourth year of his contract.
"I think I let you guys know how much I enjoy this organization and the direction we're headed," Scott told reporters on Thursday. "We have an unbelievable owner in Dan Gilbert, who I have a great relationship with, a great general manager, and we're on the same page as far as how this thing needs to develop. Like I've stated before, I'm extremely happy here in Cleveland."
Scott said being on the same page as Gilbert and general manager Chris Grant is key.
"It's very important," Scott said. "I've been through the other end of it, too. It's a blessing to be in a situation like this where you have the backing of your owner and general manager. Even the way I see things playing out, they see it the same way."
He also appreciates the patience of Cavs fans.
"I think we're all patient because I think we all understand it is a process and it's going to take some time," Scott said. "What we're trying to build here, we're trying to build something special and we're trying to build it for the long haul, not a quick fix. With the draft picks that we have and some of the young players that we have in here and their work ethics, we think we're headed in the right direction."
Injury updates: Kyrie Irving underwent oral surgery to remove his four wisdom teeth Wednesday. He will be re-evaluated daily, and his status will be updated as appropriate.
Daniel Gibson (concussion) was cleared to resume practice on Thursday, and Luke Harangody (sprained right knee) took part in part of practice on Thursday. His status also will be updated as appropriate.
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Quidel Reports Third Quarter EPS of ($.21)
Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) announced today financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010.
Third Quarter 2010 Results
For the third quarter of 2010, total revenues were $28.2 million, compared to $56.2 million for the third quarter of 2009, a decrease of 50%. The comparison to the prior year is affected by higher than normal revenues in 2009 due to the H1N1 pandemic.
Net loss for the third quarter of 2010 was $5.9 million, or $0.21 per share, compared to net income of $14.9 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2009. Included in the third quarter results is $3.2 million of income tax expense to adjust the previously recorded tax benefit to the third quarter year-to-date effective tax rate. On a non-GAAP basis, excluding non-recurring items and amortization of acquired intangibles, net loss for the third quarter of 2010 was $1.6 million, or $0.06 per share.
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