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Mignolet, Vermaelen, Kompany, Lukaku, Felliani, Hazard, Witsel, Vertonghen - what a team Belgium could potentially be.
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Date: 02 June, 2012 17:40
Ashley Young has been to the ground at least 4 times and the ref isn't having any of it...think they've been warned about him
don't think he can get a legitimate foul called
just because OX didn't play that much for us doesn't mean other managers don't rate him or think that he should ave been playing...it only means he couldn't get ahead of Wenger's hierarchy system
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Date: 02 June, 2012 17:49
horrible football by the hosts I must say...playing like Brazil..bloody boring
Quote:Lol Hazard looks no better than Ramsey so far.
well taken goal by Welbeck although that haircut he insists on staying with drives me bonkers
Quote:Re: Hazard vs The Ox, let's see whats up now new
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Date: 02 June, 2012 19:07
This game proves nothing. PLayers often look rubbish for their countries but still play well for their clubs.
Err Billy, i thought you were one of the big Hazard camp guy!
People say stupid things all the time, especially when they are on a forum rampage for no reason other than boredom.
Quote:outshone by who? ox boy looked out of his depth and I felt sorry for him. Hazard was the best player on the pitch. i know some of you are bitter he went to chelsea, but stop deluding yourself. its embarrassingRockstaar
funny thing is that if no one knew who Hazard was before that match you sure as hell wouldn't know who he was after...did absolutely nothing...not even a glimpse
he may turn out to be the best thing since myself...but talking about yesterdays performance and only that...he was out-shined
allright....we will see next eason after chelsea is far ahead of us and hazard one of the best in the league
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For over a decade, Wayne Shorter's acoustic quartet has been the most exciting working band in jazz. Unfortunately, there's been too little recorded evidence of their telepathic ability to erase the line between improvisation and composition and create spellbinding drama from utter abstraction. This band—with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade—equals the classic Miles Davis quintet that featured Shorter and extends its musical language. The live Without A Net doesn't take the full measure of a group known to create mesmerizing 80-minute suite-like sets, but it does capture their ability to generate unexpected fireworks and extreme lyricism. Old chestnuts like "Orbits" are radically transformed, alongside the showtune "Flying Down to Rio." There are a couple of new compositions, but the centerpiece is the 23-minute "Pegasus," recorded with a wind ensemble and showcasing both Shorter's compositional skills and his band's dazzling interplay.
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The promo material about Hospital Ships, which began as the basement recording project of Lawrence, Kansas' Jordan Geiger, is hyperbolic. It says this full-band version of Geiger's project is "peppered with the dark visions of Townes Van Zandt, the biting lyricism of Damien Jurado, the apocalyptic dread of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and the guitar antics of Ty Segall." The truth is more modest. A lightweight airiness pervades the album, not least because Geiger's voice is high, thin and young. Beneath those vocals, you'll often find a quiet folk sensibility that sometimes—and these are the album's high points—gives way to big, grinding slabs of sound. His folk earnestness is fairly standard; his explosive soundmaking is the real show. Unfortunately, those airy vocals get lost amid such big sounds. A very cool sense of adventurousness is at play, and, though it's not always a cohesive formula just yet, it makes the question of where Geiger goes next particularly intriguing.
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Well I just got my pg today and i installed them in my honda civic. I bought these due to the "hype" and all the good reveiws they have gotten. My previous componets were the rainbow 6.5 slc. Both were in stock locations and not sealed and doors do not have any sound deadener.
First impresion they look nice and the tweets have a lot of different ways to mount. which is good because I put them in the stock locations crossovers seem heavier then the slcs but not as well put together.
And now for the sound.... they do have more midbass then the rainbows even not being sealed but the dont even come close in the clarity section I had to change all my settings and it still doesnt sound clear. everything sounds harsh to me. but was it worth 100? probably but would i get the rainbows if i had the cash yes i would. I hope in a couple days it clears up ail


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Nabucco : Work information
- Composers
- Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi ( Music, Images,)
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- Choeur National Bulgare, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Georgi Robev (Conductor)
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- Work name
- Nabucco
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- 1842-01-01 02:01:00
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- 1992-01-01 00:00:00
The failure of Verdi's second opera, Un giorno di regno, had hit the composer particularly hard, sending him into paroxysms of despair. Vowing he would never write again, he was coaxed back into composition by Bartolomeo Merelli, the director of La Scala, Milan.
Merelli thrust upon him the libretto for Nabucodonosor (Nebuchadnezzar), soon shortened to Nabucco, and confidence began to return. According to Verdi's own account, his eyes first fell on what was to become his most popular chorus, Va pensiero, sullali dorate (the chorus of the hebrew slaves). In the next few months, Nabucco was written: 'one day one line, another day another....little by little the opera was composed'.
Verdi's confidence had returned, and he pushed hard to get the opera staged in the spring of 1842. Nor was his optimism misplaced for, when Nabucco was first performed on 9 March 1842, it was an enormous success; its autumn revival alone lasted 57 performances, a record for La Scala! The work then travelled all round the world, taking Verdi's name with it and establishing an international reputation.
Aside from the popular Va pensiero, highlights include the tense overture; Abigaille's tirade Prode guerrier (Bold warrior!); Zaccaria's Separate, o figli (Hope, my sons); and the chorus in Gli arredi festavi (The festive vessels now fall).
The Composers
Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi
Verdi was born into a humble family of small landowners and taverners. At the age of seven he was helping the local church organist, with whom he later studied in nearby Busseto. He became the organist's assistant in 1829. He already had several compositions under his belt when, in 1832, he was sent to Milan. Unfortunately, Verdi was refused a place at the Conservatory and instead studied with Vincenzo Lavigna, a composer and former La Scala musician. In 1835 Verdi returned to Busseto where he was passed over as maestro di cappella but became town music master in 1836. There he married Margherita Barezzi, his patron's daughter.
Verdi had trouble getting his works performed or published, but he decided to settle in Milan in 1839 where the opera Oberto was finally performed at La Scala and further operas commissioned. It went well, but his next opera, Un Giorno di Regno, failed totally, and his wife died during its composition. Their two children had died as babies, and the combined effect brought Verdi's composition to a halt. However, he read the libretto for Nabucco and decided to write an opera on it. It was performed in 1842 and over the next five years his fame spread across Europe and America.
Following more successes, the period Verdi later called his "years in the galleys" now began. His success meant a lot of work, with a long and demanding series of commissioned operas to compose and usually direct. Between 1844 and 1850 Verdi wrote 11 operas which were performed in Paris, London, Rome, Milan, Naples, Venice, Florence and Trieste, with a break in 1846 when he became ill. Between 1851 and 1853, Verdi produced his most popular operas, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, the most personal and intimate of Verdi's operas. The first two were well received, but La Traviata was a failure in Venice.
Verdi had been living with the soprano Giuseppina Strepponi for several years, and they moved to Paris, where another opera, Les Vêpres Siciliennes was performed. Verdi and Giuseppina married in 1859.
Back in Italy, Verdi was involved in politics (The movement for Italian unity) as representative of Busseto (where he now lived). He was later elected to the National Parliament, and ultimately he became a Senator. In 1862 La Forza del Destino had its premiere at St. Petersburg. A revised Macbeth was performed in Paris in 1865, and after Don Carlos in Paris in 1867, Verdi returned to Italy, to live at Genoa.
In his last years, Verdi composed less and less opera, preferring to write works such as his 1873 string quartet and the Requiem , though he did write Aida, performed in 1871, and Otello , completed in 1886. He spent his last years in Milan, rich and happy. When he died in 1901, 28,000 people lined the streets for his funeral. Altogether he composed 32 operas, many of which hold high positions in the world of opera today. Verdi founded the Rest Home for Musicians in Milan which he opened a few weeks before his death.
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How do I form an equation based on numerical comparison in a system of equations problem? This particular problem gives the first equation in standard form, but I don't know how to make the other equation. Here's the problem:
"During the 2008-2009 basketball season the UConn women's team had an incredible undefeated season (39-0) and won the NCAA championship. Maya Moore and Renee Montgomery were the top scorers during the year and together they scored 1,398 points. If Maya scored 110 more than Renee, how many points did each player score during the season?"
I assumed that an inequality would be part of it, but now I don't know. Can somebody explain how I solve this kind of problem without giving away the answer? I want to know how to solve these in the future.


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I've got a couple slash mt's, I did a wide wheelbase build recently and the outcome is awesome. Bald's 3.2 mod + a set of wheels I've been sitting on come together like magic. For a couple of days I've been stomping the life out of this thing lol. It feels like my old H-Bomb back in action again. It now longer has the straight shot control of a race bred slash but still easy on the wheel cause of its stance. In the air I get lots of attitude control because of the heavy wheel/tired and tons of power. This sucker just screams pede to me lol. Wheelies as far as you can hold it from wobbling and cartwheels as like a gymnast lol
So my question to the p2de forum and community is do I have a pede xl or a monster slash? My wheelbase is 13¼" front to rear axles and 11¾" wide from hub to hub. This would be outside of a race platform and falls in the ratio of monster truck if you look at summit, revo, maxx as an example of mt wheelbase.
basically, I get no luv from the slash forum, rare that a racer would appreciate this truck, even at my track they think im a wacko to spend $ on this sort of slash project. You guys love mt's like me but are loyal to the short and squirrely machine you love as is. Few of us go big and wide like I always do with my H-Bomb and Ballistic builds. Can I jump in with you guys, call it a p2de xl? Its about the same as my other 2 trucks that were ¾" shorter and not as wide.
I would love to post pix and go forward with some talk and laughs but first need yours and the mods approval.
I run a blacked out slash chassis with slash bumpers from RPM and Proline. Knave a CC 2400/pro combo on 3s-4s, protrac, pede toe links all around, thedreadedend's wheelie bar, 2.8 trenchers, raptor body for slash that makes it a monster lol.
So what do you and the mods think about a p2de xl thread? Stock slash to my slash comparison ....
Baldy, you got my back? I may need help here lol....
and my truck
Last edited by thedreadedend; 01-08-2012 at 10:49 AM.
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You know I got ur back man! Plus i jump at the chance to show off my favorite Pede.
My Hot Racing Pede sports a 13 inch wheelbase by way of a custom made 1/4" thick aluminum 2.35" extended chassis that is based on all other dimensions of the stock chassis, except for the length. It has protrac front and rear arms and uses the protrac links with Trx long rod ends, emaxx steering drag links and boasts an adjustable track width of 13-14.36 inches by way of Hot Racing aluminum Wheel extensions with 12mm to 14mm adapters. Has HR aluminum front and rear shock towers, HR 1st gen alum transmission, HR alum servo mounts, HR alum c-blocks, HR alum shock caps on full aluminum teambluestar threaded body shocks front and rear, HR alum shock mounting hardware, HR alum gear cover, HR alum diff locking spool, Trx alum front and rear carriers equipped with boca ceramic bearings, HR alum rear body mounts, full brace edition swami-bar wheelie bar with Trx alum wheels, Tonys screws full hex hardware conversion kit, slash 4x4 front half shafts fitted with my custom made extended 5mm stub axles. Rpm slash front bumper and trx black front skid plate. I use several different sets of 2.8" tires trimmed and mounted on 3.2" wheels. The power comes by way of the castle/dtx Element esc paired with the vxl 3500kv motor and is powered on only 3s or 4s lipos all using trx connectors. For control I use the flysky gt3b tx and rx in the Trx sealed rx box. For effortless steering I use the HS-7950TH Ultra Torque HV Coreless Titanium Gear programmable Servo and the Hot Racing aluminum HD servo saver.
This HR Pede is a 7.3lb monster, and that is without batteries installed.
I have no doubt in my mind, and noone could ever convince me otherwise, that this truck was and still is a Stampede!
Some pics:
As "Project Purple"
Hot Racing Upgrades
Street mode
This one is using stock chassis with a variation of the rag6 extension
Next to my sons emaxx
Chassis pics with skis installed
I like the idea of a P2de xl thread or even just a sticky of a pics gallery, but it would be very hard to classify which trucks do and don't belong in it. Seeing as my p2de is so heavily modified, far be it from me to tell anyone that their p2de based build doesn't belong in a certain category.
In regards to your build, it too is a giant among stock salas's or p2des. Since parts are so compatible between the 2wd slash and p2de, your truck could fall under either category. The one thing I would have to say that would be the deciding factor would have to be the chassis. The chassis is one of the most drastic differences between the two, but like I said before, far be it from me to say which category it belongs under. My HR p2de has the slash protrac arms the slash HR towers, slash HR trans, slash 4x4 shafts etc, but has the pede based chassis. Some would consider it more slash than pede, but could never sway my feeling about it. Lol. Either way, it's an xl in any of the two classes!
One thing I have realized about my HR P2de in the last few days, is how much easier and more controllable it is compared to stock. Also impressive is the massive beating my HR takes with all these upgrades on it compared to a mildly rpm upgraded stock vxl. I recently purchased an nearly stock vxl p2de that came with rpm towers, c blocks and front arms. I then put rpm front and rear carriers on it. I have been so used to running the HR pede, that this stock setup is just wild and unpredictable to control in comparison. This was causing the truck to cartwheel quite a few times, and in three 3s packs, I've broken a rpm front c block, front steering knuckle close to steering link mount and a rear carrier about 1/2" from where the link mounts. It was pretty cold outside (-15-20C) when I was running it, so I'm sure this was a big factor, but I thought rpm parts would fair a little better from all the good reviews ive read about them. I've only used an rpm slash bumper on my HR pede with good results, but being the first rpm upgrades I've ever used other than the bumper, I am far from impressed in their durability, especially considering I didn't hit any jumps whatsoever with the truck and drove it on-road and what I would consider extremely mild in comparison to the way I punish the HR pede. Apparently bigger is better!
Man you gotta slow down with the cool threads! I'm still working on my reply to the cool pede thread, then I saw this one. Hard to keep up. Lol
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Hehe Nice. Dread i gotta say this. Maybe, just maybe if u were a new guy we would have some more debate. But u have far paid ur dues here. So i say, ur home!! . It looks like a pede, just with a Slash chassis, so an alternate ext chassis pede, hehe, and since they are all about their realistic lookin short courses, and we boys love our monster trucks, than definatly at ur home!
I cant speak for everyone, but I have a feeling that this will be the common. . Not to mention that since this is my home, i am close to calling my "rustler chassis'd Street Stampede a Studler, cuz im a Pede guy all the way, than I better do all the lobbying i can before then lol jk.
But one thing though, u got my positive vote and i say thats a alternate'd chassis extenda Pede! Not to mention most of us have Protrac Arms, so thats nothing outa the norm and didnt ya already post ur ride in, now thats a cool "pede" i say ur home !
I got love for you and your trucks in the slash forum. You got a slash mt there, and baldy has the pede xl. Just the way I see it though... but you can call your truck whatever you want and its valid. (.)
Ill get pics up of my slash mt carpet racer here soon.
Last edited by rag6; 01-09-2012 at 07:55 PM.
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I like the Raptor Body
I call it one awesome Pede if you ask me. Maybe a Slede??? LOL but since you gave us the preferred names I'd call it a P2de XL
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Rag6, always look forward to you getting online cause ya, you always have great input. I come back over here because im riding the line on slash/monster and man, its lonely in the slash forum going this route lol. I absolutely understand the love they have for the racers and just like at my track, most just don't get it or even entertain the idea of a sl2sh mt. To most of the racing guys, I just screwed up a perfectly good truck lol. My threads quickly fall back page after page in the other forum. Unless it can be applied to a track ready slash, its on page 2 by morning lol. Guess I just want the fun chit chat we have, about our mods and finds. Its what keeps it coming for me. And most of my work will apply to your trucks too, but not theirs. Most of what I add or mod will be direct fit for pede or I'll give you an alternative part # to get it done. Thanks guys, we all can get a bit lonely from time to time lol.
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I took this yesterday just before crushing the internals of my diff. Notice it lacks landing marks lol, I clear the whole thing. I have a landing ramp stomped out just after the bush at the end. On a fresh battery, it goes all the way to the street.
I'll try to get some help for a vid today lol
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Whew thanks for the fix on the link. I was fixing to PM you! LOL That's a good spot to have some fun. Wish I wasnt at work, i'd be out bashing too! Now I can't wait to see the video you post. I purchased a GoPro Hero about 6 months ago and a couple weeks ago I bout the headband for it. So hopefully I can get some good video up.
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First 6 second got me laughing
Hay fellas I've got some editing to do before I post the vids but till then here's a clip I made today. The first few second made me rotflol, my euro p2de XL exhaust kit lol I'll get more up, lil lady said she will do some vids with me too so that makes it lots easier!
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LOL now that's funny. Great sounding exhaust you got there.
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For a second there I thought you crossed over to nitro! Lol. You're pretty brave with all that traffic right beside the ramp, one bad cartwheel and...CRUNCH! Where I live, there's about 2-3 cars passing by per hour, and they'll stop to let my truck cross.
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Dread, your just looking for attention... LOL just kidding. I like it. I have been contemplating something like this since i am some what bored with the rusty.. Do you think a MMP and 3800 would push something like your truck or is it getting to the max of the motor with weight and tire size?
I live "in town", like out my door and turn left, you get shot. Turn right and you cross some beautiful italian then asian community with fine architecture and clean living. I just do the best with what I have. That spot at subway in the video has been my favorite for over a year now. My last residents had a yard I carved up as seen in the other vids with my H-Bomb. As far as traffic, I've never even gone over the curb, I stay clear of traffic and subway lets me use their broom so I can clean the chips I kick up. I do watch for subways incoming traffic and I also give the gas station a look for their out traffic. Last thing I want is a slash skateboard.
I had a 3800 in this truck but I couldn't find a sweet spot for 3s and 2s with it. I use a MMP for esc and the thing flies. You can go with it, it'll be within its range just fine. My merv was looking for some power so the sl2sh donated. I put the 2400 in just for the heck of it. In my case, I through in the towel without getting in dialed in but I'm more than sure a day outside with a bunch of pinion gears, 3s, and 2s batts, I could have been done and happy. But again, my merv wanted the guts ripped out so I installed the 3800 like it wanted. Go for it buddy, weather you go slash mt, p2de, or slash sc, I bet you'll be asking "what's a rustler" in a week lol.
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Here is my carpet eater:
bent my swami plate:
I have not figured out how I will mount the rear sway bar yet. I dont like the way that it is supposed to mount(shock tower). Think I will mount it on the chassis under the rear skid.
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darn double posting....
Mine just doubled also, something weird is going on when I am on this site.
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glad to know it is not just me.. Seems if i have a pop up about leaving the page, it still took my post and i just need to close that tab... might help if that is what your getting too.... but on a positive note, i change my email and i am now getting my notifications again! sorry for the hijack
So what's the term I learned this week... oh yeah, it's called inspired ... That is me... again.... I guess I'm gonna have to try one of these.
Funny thing is , I just picked this up on ebay last night, was gonna take some parts and resell, I guess I might have to go for a Slampede of my own...
Thanks guys, the wifey will appreciate this one....
hmm.. i'd look at welding plates and make a sand rail out of that cage WOW!
Oh ya buddy, you got most of what you need right there, if not all of it. Those tires, badlands, the best tire on the planet in my opinion. I've got a tire dump started filled with badlands, well they're bologna skins now lol. Tell ya what, you sell that thing (depending on the look on your enforcers face when you tell her your keeping it) I would be interested. You could make a crazy beast out of that, I could hint, hint.
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actually, what you're thinking is brown, is actually red, I assumed the rit dye... The tranny on the left and the chassis are both dyed dark chocolate brown.... things that make you go hmmmmm....
Looks like you are going to have some fun there!!! Wooo Hooo!! I've always liked those HR Tranny Cases, ever since I seen Baldy's I fell in lovel LOL Great set of parts for a fun build. Cudos.
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i'd buy it too~! LOL
Hey Dread. Sorry to bring up an old thread but your build inspired me to start a similar build. I have wide pede and a slash that and I need to get rid of one of them, but I really liked the good out of each. This is great for me. Anyways, did you just use protrac and hex extenders to widen it?
BTW great looking and performing truck.
I'll put some pix in here to help but its very simple, yes I run the protrac on a sl2sh chassis. Nothing special lot extra to make that happen lol. Most of the magic is outside the wheels. Be informed that a truck like this will take some suspension parts, chew then up, and spit them out in your face. Axles carriers, and bearings will be some of the things you may find as week points. You can address these issues with upgraded bearings or different alloy like FLM carriers, strc is what I just picked up. I've twisted 2 sets of trx c-hubs in 2 months, some small parts that are in our suspension are being stressed beyond its purpose and intended use. It really hasn't cost me much to run the truck these last few weeks. After getting all slop worked out, its become much more reliable.
ok so, this first pic shows it all, just a simple slash between the wheels with protrac kit components giving me a bit of extra reach.
In the second pic, you can see the depth of the wheels a, you can also see the backside of the wheels. They are a full offset
The combination of 17mm hubs and huge offset wheels are what makes this truck so nice and so wide. It brings the wheelbase out to give the "monster truck" feel and behavior.
I run a truck like this because I don't want to go 6-8 bills deep just to open a box on a big truck. I don't want to deal with dual battery powered motors. But I do love the size and feel of a big truck. Just scaling up lol.
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Hey dreaded long time no see. Whats the wheels on that last rig?
Man i need more than 50 characters.
Hay buddy, ya, its been a while. These wheels are 3.2 Ofna mt3 splits. I wrote a thread about mounting 2.8 tires on them, making it about 1/8 larger than if mounted on the proper 2.8 wheel. I did this set so I could have the large trenchers with a low pro look and less sidewall flex and traction rolling. And you also get a monster sized wheel kinda like rc dubs.
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Seeking advice on powerchipping my 2002 wrx
Posted 11 December 2003 - 02:25 AM
Posted 11 December 2003 - 02:28 PM
Chip tuning won't give you very much extra power. If it does, your reliability is going to suffer. Most chips tend to allow higher boost, which means more petrol and therefore more power. Disregarding the added stress of extra boost, consider the need for extra fuel. Chips often just prolong the injector pulse, moving it forward in time and spraying before the intake valve is opening, which negates one of the main advantages of fuel injection.
To do it right you need to replace the injector nozzles and usually the injector itself and the pump. Why? Because the nozzles in the engine are designed to deliver fuel at the "normal" rate.
I do condone getting someone to customize a chip for your exact engine. The OE chip is programmed for an average engine of that particular type. Specific programming will enhance throttle response and give much smoother running. Power and economy gains will be part of that package, but don't expect more than a few horses.
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Posted 11 December 2003 - 08:58 PM
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[B]Well, it may just be my opinion but:
Chip tuning won't give you very much extra power. If it does, your reliability is going to suffer. Most chips tend to allow higher boost, which means more petrol and therefore more power.
Running more boost is really the only way to gain a substaintial amount of power, if you get a better flowing exhust, Down pipe, up pipe, and the rest you would gain some power, and you should have less turbo lag, and a better throtel response, but it would void your warenty like almost all performace upgraes.
The stock WRX should be able to handle a couple more pounds of boost shouldent it?
Posted 11 December 2003 - 09:03 PM
If you want to take that WRX and make it fast, get ahold of a STi transmission.. They are the bulletproof ones.
Then get do a ECM/Fuel delivery system upgrade, 2 stage turbo,
new pipes and hook a cheap NOS setup to it..
Posted 11 December 2003 - 10:32 PM
Your best bang for the buck solution is to simply get the turbo spooling up quicker. Just getting the turbo to spool up quicker will make the car feel like it has a lot more power even though it does not.
MRT Performance of Australia has some really good exhaust products. Their front pipe with their redesigned turbo inlet is superb at improving spool up! Go to their site, register and get their catalog (as a PDF). MRT parts are available at many dealers in North America, and most will stock the turbo inlet for your WRX.
After the exhaust system, I would also consider a larger and more freely flowing intercooler, and perhaps an intake.
Only once the exhaust and intercooler have been taken car off would I move on to change things like the blow off valve, waste gate, fuel controller, etc.
As torxxx mentioned, if you want to get better than 250hp you will need to change the transmission, the stock WRX transmission is just barely strong enough for 227hp, and leaves little headroom for power enhancements.
By reducing the turbo spool up time you will get much better performance without additional power, so no other modifications such as fuel controller and transmission will be required.
Posted 11 December 2003 - 11:14 PM
You could investigate real dyno tuning and maybe some (toluene) higher octane gas/more boost.
Advice about the tranny crops up all over - do not try any stunts/'launch techniques'.
search around over at www.nasioc.com and www.i-club.com
Posted 12 December 2003 - 03:45 AM
If you want more power but do not want to get hog wild, I feel that Vishnu's Stage Zero is the best bet. It will give you about 40 hp at the wheels which is huge. The kit includes a piggy-back ecu chip (I believe it is a Unichip, but Vishnu tunes it), catless up-pipe, new crank pully, belts and plugs. At about $1200, or last I checked, that is a bargain.
I also have to disagree about the transmission. Many people have no problems running 250 hp at the wheels with the transmission. It is all in how you drive it. Dropping the clutch at five grand at the drag strip is definatley misuse of the car. With the traction of four wheels, it is rediculous to expect any transmission to hold up to that abuse. Many people whine about it becasue that is what they are doing to their machines and breaking gears. This just is not an issue in two wheel drive cars. A dealor can only deny you warranty on the tranny if its failure is a direct result of your modifications or misuse. Otherwise it is unlawful for them to do so. Same goes for the rest of your modifications.
About ten hp can be gained from the exhaust, depending if you want to go catless and how much noise you can stand.
Sport Compact Car had just under 250 hp at the wheels with the stock intercooler. They upgraded to an APS TMIC and found little or no gains in real world testing.
Just going off of what I read.
Posted 13 December 2003 - 04:59 PM
From what I said about the tranny's is coming straight from the dealer who's had about a dozen WRx's brought back with blown tranny's.
I realize the Jap version of the WRX has more power, but its most likely they are using diffferent kinds if hardened metals in the tranny.
About dealers not covering the warrenty, yeah well it doesnt neccesarily work that way.. They can void warrenty on anything they want to. Have you ever power shifted a WRX? The tires DO NOT break loose. all they do is grip.
Misuse would be getting the tires to spin (breakloose) This is damn near impossible in a stock WRX.
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The objective of the journey is to produce (as a freelancer) inspiring and creative feature stories (print and video) for different publications/programs of Globo Network, a Brazilian media giant. The key element of the project, called LIGHTS OF AFRICA, is to uncover the many faces of hope that shine in this part of Africa. We will NOT focus on the negative side of the continent; we want to rework the mindset of the Brazilian public opinion, highlighting the positives changes that are already happening and showing examples of success. Four major themes will drive the media stories sought out in the region:
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Blueberry season this year (so I am told) is supposed to be a very good one. Apparently the never-ending winter and the absence of spring is what is needed to produce a bumper crop, but I have no idea about such things even though I grew up in prime blueberry country.
People would come from all over the place to pick blueberries that grew abundantly in the sand among the pines of my childhood home. So plentiful were the blueberries that my mother could pick for hours in our backyard alone.
My summers were filled with the aroma of blueberry pies and blueberry buckle and the idea of such a thing may make the reader think how wonderful that may have been. I suppose it would be wonderful to me too if not for one thing …
… I hate blueberries.
Okay, I don't mind eating blueberries, they do taste good. Okay, the blueberries in the stores don't taste good, but wild blueberries taste good. The storebought blueberries don't have much flavor at all.
I'm getting sidetracked.
Anyway, wild blueberries taste good, but if I never have a slice of blueberry pie again, it will be too soon. The curse that comes with growing up in the heart of blueberry country is that parents look upon children as free berrypicking laborers. From the time we were able to crawl Ma Braver would send us out to the fields to slave from sunup to sundown picking berries.
Okay, we weren't that young and we didn't have to pick that long, but we had to pick long enough for me to develop a strong disliking for blueberries. I didn't have the patience to sit among the blueberry bushes and s-l-o-w-l-y try to fill an ice cream pail. Invariably I would end up eating more berries than would find their way to the pail.
Thinking about it now, I feel the same way about strawberries as I do about blueberries. When I was young my grandparents owned a farm where they grew strawberries, among other things. Similar berry picking orders were given to us whenever we visited the farm.
I can remember sitting in the strawberry patch eating my fill of strawberries and returning with an empty wooden basket (strawberries were a cash crop so a more dignified container than an ice cream pail was justified).
I remember Ma Braver telling me that if I didn't pick a quart of strawberries that I wouldn't get any strawberry pie. Fine by me. My disdain for picking strawberries significantly outweighed my desire for strawberry pie. Not eating pie in exchange for not picking berries was a better than fair trade from where I was standing.
Around the same time a similar ultimatum was issued regarding blueberry picking and with similar results. Goodbye blueberry pie. I'll bet that I haven't had blueberry pie in over thirty years and I haven't missed it one bit.
Prior to writing this I was talking with my big sister, Sorta. I asked her if she ever had to pick strawberries on the farm. She told me that she didn't but she did pick cucumbers and she was paid cash money to pick them. Now getting paid in greenbacks as opposed to pie is a horse of a different color. If I had been offered money for picking you probably wouldn't have gotten me out of the field until the last berry was picked. With money I could have bought pie and I could have bought anything else I wanted at the time, like comic books, Mad magazines, or model airplanes. Cash is an amazing motivational tool.
Sure, I could have picked blueberries and/or strawberries and tried to sell them but that would involve trying to market them to people surrounded by blueberries and/or strawberries. It would have been like trying to sell the proverbial refrigerators to Eskimos.
It would seem that the only payment I could muster out of a berry was the instant gratification of eating the thing.
It reminds me of the last time I ever picked a berry. Ten years ago or so when I worked for my good friend Wayne Ghengis, the yard of his business was loaded with blackberries. You couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a blackberry bush that was so loaded with berries that the plant could barely support the weight. So plentiful were the blackberries that there was almost no need to bring a lunch. A couple of minutes of picking produced enough berries for a meal. The best part was that blackberries don't grow close to the ground like blueberries and strawberries.
I still like blackberries. I'm glad Wayne never issued an ultimatum to pick the things.
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Test results released Friday in a teleconference from Jet Propulsion Laboratory are not conclusive but are in line with past studies that found no regular methane on Mars.
The results do stand in contrast to other research such as observations by Earth-based telescopes that indicated Mars belched thousands of tons of methane in 2003.
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Jacob was Bella's sun. He brightened her day and balanced out the clouds nicely.
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He couldn't.
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I pushed my legs faster, letting Jacob Black disappear behind me.
And so that is how I am here now, in the middle of the forest, acting off of purely instincts. I've gotten so good at it, that I, at some times, forgot who the face was that swam in front of my eyes, a permanent blindness. I blindness that held back, love at first sight. But I would always remember. And what I remembered always hurt, but my wolf emotions usually could keep it under control. Usually.
There was the occasional time when the love would overpower me and I would fall to the soft, mossy ground, panting, but a human. And then I would phase, but not before the emotion slashed through me. As a wolf, it was reduced to a dull throbbing, that kept time with my heartbeat. But as a human it slashed through me, fierce and white hot, till I could feel my heartbeat throb through every part of my body. Heartbeat. Something Bella took for granted these days.
'You hear that Kyle?'
I froze. Because they weren't voices. They were thoughts.
'Yeah, I hear it.'
'Me too.'
'Hey! We know you can hear us! Where are you?'
I closed my eyes and just thought of Bella's face. It was the only thing I could totally concentrate on and block my thoughts with.
I snarled and they quieted.
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'You're not my Alpha,' I thought and the rest of the pack growled in their thoughts.
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Perfect silence.
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Louisiana Credit Union League Welcomes Russian Training Group to New Orleans
June 27, 2007
Madison, WI—In response to the Russian credit union system's request for short-term training opportunities, World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), the Russian Credit Union League (RCUL) and the Louisiana Credit Union League (LCUL) began a 10-day training program in New Orleans' French Quarter on Monday for eight credit union executives and board members from across Russia.
LCUL staff, in conjunction with the league's education department, are presenting topics this week that include credit union regulation, board governance, corporate credit union structure, marketing, strategic planning, security, member services and internal audit training. As part of the workshop's unifying theme on the types of services leagues provide, the Russian visitors also had the opportunity to join 100 other credit union professionals at the East/West Orleans Chapter Meeting on Tuesday. They will be attending a function Thursday evening in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, as part of a joint Louisiana/Mississippi Supervisory Committee Training program.
Anne Cochran, LCUL President and CEO and lead organizer of the training, set the tone on Monday by sharing her insight and experience in providing league services.
"We are honored to have this group in Louisiana to share our expertise with them as they continue growing the credit union movement in their country," Cochran said. "Establishing consistent, accurate policies and procedures lays the foundation for a strong movement in Russia and Eastern Europe over the long term. We've shared LCUL's vision with them and have worked hard to develop a curriculum that will provide valuable information they can implement in Russia to make their credit unions successful for many years to come."
John Kalfayan, WOCCU Senior Manager of Technical Services who has been working closely with RCUL to develop a long-term training program in Russia, will be leading sessions on financial management and the PEARLS financial monitoring system together with Peteris Zeltins, WOCCU MIS Officer.
Credit unions in Russia use basic accounting software but lack cohesive financial management tools. WOCCU and RCUL have collaborated on translating the PEARLS system into Russian and incorporating Eastern European accounting methods. The short-term training in Louisiana provides a testing ground for expanding PEARLS throughout Russia. "The training not only serves to meet the immediate needs of a diverse group of RCUL members, but it will also help the league better tailor its training curriculum for credit union managers and board members throughout Russia," Kalfayan pointed out. "LCUL's hospitality and expertise bring RCUL a great step forward along its roadmap to strengthen and unify the Russian credit union system."
Kalfayan noted that the LCUL workshops expand on training that the California Credit Union League offered to a group of credit union executives from Siberia last November.
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Well then you must not like a lot of the other characters, because many, many characters in Nanoha underwent similar personality changes on account of having a better standard of living and proper care after their personal conflicts. Among them being Fate, Vita, Otto, and Deed.
|2013-01-29, 19:26
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Manus ad Ferrum
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Costa Rica
Age: 27
There is a difference with those characters and Lutecia: they are not annoyingly loud as hell. And I know I can't "hear" them but really I just can't stand Lutecia as this crazy hyperactive girl. She looks like a hamster on caffeine the first time she appear talking to herself. But I like Vita and Fate. Otto and Deed… I couldn't even see how they were before of this "change" so there is no point on talking about their development.
Even Vita and Fate didn't change to a complete opposite personality when they get close to Nanoha and their stories were a little more focus than Lutecia's.
|2013-01-29, 20:03
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Sansker, you... Didn't pay much attention to any of the characters when they were introduced and how they changed, huh?
Let's break it down, shall we?
Been awhile since I thought about it, but anyway, no, Lutecia's change of personality is neither sudden nor unusual for this series.
Nove was once called cold hearted by people who watched StrikerS, however, they seemed to miss the part of Nove being ticked off about Subaru nearly killing Cinque, or the fact that she got flustered at the thought of Otto being a boy in the baths (she didn't know Otto was a girl). Not to mention that Nove was scared that Cinque was going to die and then got pissed when she saw Cinque again. Or in SSX, Nove belted Subaru and yelled at her for scaring her when she found Ixpellia.
Anyway, Lutecia's change of personality?
Let's go over the characters of the series.
In fact, I'll let Lutecia tell it from that snippet I wrote awhile back.
|2013-01-29, 20:10
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Well, the difference here is we see how Nove changed after 3 years (and then another one). We don't really get the inbetween so that she's changed so much after such a long time is easy enough to believe.
However Lutecia was still pretty reserved in SSX, and a year later in Vivid she's all super genki. That big a change in such a short time is not so easy to swallow.
|2013-01-29, 20:27
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So, no, I don't find it hard to swallow at all when you take a look at the characters in the series and you see that all of them had major changes in their lives and it didn't take them long to adjust.
I mean, Fate went from 'sad eyes' and barely able to crack a smile to smiling at Nanoha in season 1. Then point to A's and Fate's smiling and blushing easily.
That's six months, Raiser, six months.
Lutecia had four years to recover herself.
If anything, Lutecia's only out of place because she took too long.
|2013-01-29, 20:37
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Those others had improvements to their personalities in a short time, yeah, but their base personalities were still the same. Fate was still (and is still) fairly shy and reserved for example. All the others you can clearly see they're still the same people, only better.
In Lutecia's case she went from very withdrawn to super outgoing between appearences to the extreme that it was like she was a completely different character.
|2013-01-29, 20:53
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Let's be honest, how many times did Fate hug someone in Season 1 or A's to show her support?
Once, at the end of Season 1.
by StrikerS, she was hugging Caro, Erio, Nanoha and even got into friendly verbal sparring with Signum, which leads Fate to getting her hair all mussed up.
So, no, it's not really a major nor drastic change. It only seems like that because, as I said, all the others were seen through flashbacks.
|2013-01-29, 20:58
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Manus ad Ferrum
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Costa Rica
Age: 27
Actually Nanya, yes, I have been paying attention to the characters and how they change. But you miss my point, is not just a matter of is weird or rare for the series: Lutecia's change of personality is horrible just by concept alone to me. Her new self is annoying, loud and so ridicules that I just prefer her former self which was more reserve and calm. That is it. Now I didn't get those parts about Nove. What she has to do with anything?
... What the hell, I like to debate, let's check Lutecia's points. First of all she is not consistent; actually that is the whole point: she change too much. Or is she meaning her character change on a constant base when she only changes once? Either way I don't agree. Then she mentions some stuff that I don't know why will matter but let's get to that later.
1 – I think the point was Nanoha realize she was powerless to do anything to help, not to get out of people's way. She was sad and feeling she didn't belong to the same world as her family and she wanted to discover her place in life what she did thanks to magic. So… I don't get why Lutecia is bringing that up as inconsistent.
2 – No. Fate was more emotional than Lutecia. She smile, she suffer, she was kind to Arf and Precia, she show fear, anger, surprise and in the past she laugh, play and cry. She did all of that before and after she have Nanoha. The difference is that when she was in the first season was in a point in her life when she lost Linith and Precia was getting more and more desperate, putting a lot of stress under Fate.
3 – Again, no. The Wolkenritter did have heart and feelings but they just were following orders, Hayate give them the first chance to live instead of just existing, that is why they like it too much.
4 – No. We never see Subaru until years after the accident, so the change did have the time to happen. Besides at that point Subaru was not a character.
5 – Point taken. That was the worst part of StrikerS.
6 – Caro was nervous when Fate found her because everyone just think she was a time bomb and a killer. That can scar a little kid and then again we never see her until years after.
7 – Erio didn't have a character that is worth talking about.
All her points come down to this: it doesn't matter. None of that is a proof the character change several times in an inconstant base, actually some are proof of good character development and lazy writing that I always found ridiculous about the series. Is stronger with StrikerS characters actually.
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|2013-01-29, 21:06
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The bulk of my issue (which is a non-issue now) with Lutecia is that there was ONE year between SSX and Vivid. That's too short for a drastic change to happen. At least not one where everyone around her acts like she was always like that. If some one commented "Wow Lutecia sure has changed in only a year!" at least there's some acknowledgement.
If SSX didn't exist, then I'd have no problem accepting that Lutecia became like that in the 4 years after StrikerS.
|2013-01-29, 21:07
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|2013-01-29, 21:13
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The Flame Crussader
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Fate is more disciplined and composed because her life was more exigent xD
|2013-01-29, 21:14
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Lutecia changed in one year, yeah, that's not too surprising at all...
Look at Otto and Deed. In strikerS, they were quiet and people had a hard time remembering them.
Right after they got captured, Subaru commented that the two were chatterboxes that never shut up.
And the Wolkenritter.
Six months to go from emotionless, though curious, into a loving family.
Six months.
|2013-01-29, 21:17
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Manus ad Ferrum
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Costa Rica
Age: 27
Wait, Nanoha was 5 or 4 when she decide that?
Then again we never see Deed or Otto talk, so really just because they mention them we can't just asume they change. As for the rest I already say what I think.
Lutecia's change stills seems weak and idiot to me.
|2013-01-29, 21:22
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And, that's the point of Otto and Deed, they just never talked much in StrikerS, but in the sound stages they do talk a little more and Subaru mentioned that, when in rehab, they never shut up.
So, no, while you can say that it's weird or Raiser can say that it seems too fast, if you look at all the characters throughout the series, it fits in perfectly.
So, it might not make a lot of sense, but it's consistent.
|2013-01-29, 21:25
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Manus ad Ferrum
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Costa Rica
Age: 27
Maybe you are right after all.
I just can't end liking something that, to me, ruin something I like. Lutecia was nothing memorable but like I say, she was nice before and now she just sucks. But I will say that the poor writting is more of an issue in StrikerS than in the past. Some of your points don't hold up to this theory at least not as radical as Lutecia's change was. Some of them, the others are good examples. But at all this you never say what you think about it Nanya.
|2013-01-29, 21:29
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Me personally?
I have no problems with it.
Sure, it was shocking to see her like that, and it's hilarious to see her standing on the house laughing, but, all-in-all, I have no real problems with her acting like that.
As I've said, it might not make much sense, but it's consistent with the other characters who changed who they were in a really short amount of time.
Heck, look at Erio in the first Manga chapter he shows up in, he's pretty happy and perky.
It wasn't even 2 years prior to that when Fate found him at that research facility, and he was quite willing and able to lash out at everyone around him. Hell, he blasted Fate the moment she got close to him.
So, no, I have no problem with it, at all.
|2013-01-29, 21:49
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Manus ad Ferrum
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Costa Rica
Age: 27
I see, me is just I never like character that go all out in the first place and worse when I knew Lutecia as the more calm self. So that really shock me. Is like someone grab something you like, twisted and then just throw it a you without even a "look out" warning.
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Now that Josh Gordon knows he will be with the Browns through at least the end of the season, he can get on with what he does best — catching the football.
The NFL trading deadline passed Tuesday without Gordon or anyone from the Browns being dealt. Gordon was at ease Wednesday as he met with reporters in the locker room.
"I'm definitely relieved," Gordon said. "I wanted to stay here. I didn't feel like uprooting myself and moving and starting all over again. I feel as though we have a lot to prove out here and a lot to build on in this offensive program and I want to say I can at least be one of the guys that helps get it started."
Gordon admitted the trade rumors became a distraction. All along, Coach Rob Chudzinski told reporters Gordon would not be traded. Gordon knew that, but he wanted to hear it himself.
"Coach Chud was the only guy I talked to about it," Gordon said. "He just reassured me about it saying that nothing was going to happen."
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Gordon caught five passes for 132 yards and a touchdown from Jason Campbell in Kansas City. It was the third time in six games this season he had at least 100 receiving yards. He caught seven passes for 126 yards against the Lions and 10 for 146 yards and a touchdown in Minnesota.
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"I still have a long way to go in my career, just learning different things," Gordon said. "Even still the perspective of just attacking a game differently more, even mentally more like a pro if I can. You can always get better at that.
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Gordon said he has learned to keep to himself and says he is not tempted by others to go down the wrong path.
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"I disagreed with them," Thomas said Wednesday. "And after watching the film, I still disagree with them, but that's all I can say. I think you have to be Peyton (Manning) to get the benefit of the doubt on calls. It's not like the NBA where they don't call any fouls on LeBron."
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