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This has given us banner ads with tiny fonts and over 20 words of text; tired, old press releases labelled ‘sponsored content’; 30-second long online video ads that are copy-pasted TV commercials; absurd tenancy requests for ad space; far more absurd requests for permanent access to a publisher’s real-time analytics; paid content published on the worst possible day of the week because offline deadlines matter more than traction; social media posts that require $2,000 of boosting to secure 200 comments because that is the KPI; laughably bad Facebook videos/Insta stories/Snapchat updates posing as content, with the brand integrated with the subtlety of a sledgehammer; requests to run full TVCs on Facebook pages, buying bloggers (and journalists) to shamelessly plug products/services and my personal favourite – paying double to publish a press release because it’s the end of the year and budgets must be spent.

SO, WHY ARE WE DOING A 2018 MXA 350 SHOOTOUT IF THE HUSQVARNA FC350 AND KTM 350SXF ARE IDENTICAL TO EACH OTHER? Two reasons. (1) Racers, who are interested in switching to a 350cc four-stroke, keep coming up to us at the races and asking us which one they should buy. The obvious answer is, “It doesn’t really matter, because they are virtually the same.” But, that obvious answer misses the fact that the Husky FC350 and KTM 350SXF are quite a bit different on the track. This leads us into a long explanation of how the “three-point-fives” work for specific riding styles. (2) The two Austrian-made bikes are not identical. Oh, don’t get us wrong; they share the same engines, chromoly frames, triple clamps, transmissions, forks, shocks, throttle bodies, radiators, tires, spokes, hubs and Austrian assembly line. However, they are different in many more ways than you’ve ever heard about. We will expound on this for you.While the KTM 350SXF is two pounds lighter than the FC350, it is surprisingly only one pound lighter than the 450SXF.

Some of the best advertising from the sixties through to the eighties was for PIA. And in the early days at IAL, the copy was written by Mr Jabbar, when it was an airline that competed with the best in the West and the Middle East carriers were a mere twinkle in the eyes of the Arab Sheikhs.

On the other hand, KTM was either braver or stupider, but they stuck with bad WP coil-spring forks. The WP-built 4CS fork was just a place-saver at KTM. KTM was willing to suffer the slings and arrows of critics while waiting for the AER air fork to come online. It took a year longer than they hoped, but when it came out, it reinvigorated the air fork’s reputation. The AER fork proved that an air fork could be 3 pounds lighter, uncomplicated to live with and excellent for a wide range of riders.

In 1978, my wife and I toured the “Treasures of Tutankhamun” exhibit at the LA County Art Museum. One of the glass cases contained examples of wooden artifacts taken from the tomb. To my amazement there were some hand made wood screws looking exactly like modern day wood screws. No, they weren’t accidentally dropped by workers unpacking the exhibit.

Measuring how tight a fastener is literally calculating how much that same fastener is being stretched based on its resistance to turning. It’s a very critical dimension, since having all the fasteners delivering identical pressure and clamping force on a given component (like a cylinder head or connecting rod cap) means the load is equally distributed. Any variance between torque figures means one fastener will be carrying a greater percentage of the load than any other, and this can become hazardous to the component being held (like a cylinder head, which can warp or leak under such conditions) or the fastener itself (like the connecting rod bolt).

Aware of the increased use of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, EJOT has developed the FLOWpoint Delta PT thread-forming screw that requires no preformed hole. The screw’s thread features 30-degree flanks that produce high tensile strength, torsional strength and clamp loads, but little radial force, ensuring boss integrity. Available in steel, stainless steel, aluminum and titanium, the screw performs well under high-stress vibration conditions in plastic assemblies and allows for easy disassembly and reassembly.

Green Frame allows for the mixing and matching of more than 350 parts. There are three series of pipe, all of which have an external mounting feature at 90-degree increments. GF pipe comes 19, 28 or 43 millimeters in diameter and various shapes, depending on the application. These include versions with functional T-slots, reinforced walls, the ability to telescope with each other, as well as double pipes for high-strength applications.

Better than using traditional slide nuts, if your design allows it, you can use rectangular holes along with the minimized nuts that cam in once you tighten them. This video does a decent job of showing the construction:

From elegance to sleaze, Leon Menezes evokes a time of night time adventures when newspapers could publish daring ads without fear of reprisal.

After the purchase, The Banyan Foundation began accepting HUD funding to cover operating expenses — everything from insurance and debt to tenant utilities and maintenance. That same year, the foundation’s president, Rob Coats, received a 63 percent raise, up from $175,000 to $278,000.

General Motors recently introduced a new thermal-forming process and corrosion resistance treatment that will enable the automaker to use magnesium sheet metal for rear deck lids, body panels and other parts. Photo courtesy General Motors Co.