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Thanks for the heads up Sprat!!
i was reading a thread on ar-15 last night when I came upon a thread on barrel availability
as you know these have been hard to find in the past 6 months plus several distributors are saying they are are going to be available in august
this firm has barrrels but the front sights are not mounted and have m-4 ramps otherwise these are the coorecr barrels for the M-16 retro build
for $169.00 total $186 with shipping
some folks seemed concerned about front sight indexing, so if this concerns you, wait for the others to offer then with the front sights installed. also they may not be chrome lined
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
Thanks for the heads up Sprat!!
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
looks like the 20" pencil barrels for $89 shipped are still AWOL--
a cheat way to do the index is drill and tap the FSB/GB! then you can adjust out any tilt in the gas block -- i also drill a tiny indent in the barrel to center up the screws then lock tight them in.
their pretty solid then.
you all know how i am though --i go back a few months later and strip the thing down then flat top it and scope it!--LOL!
all ready out of stock, why no one wants to make them is a good one seeing everyone buys them out as soon as you know it. i rather like it and prefer it over a a2 barrel.
my guess is somebody sold a lot of a1 kits during the panic--
yes and there are more better kits coming I saw some in centerfires catalog that claim to be better and the price seemed better
I am not keen on your indexing method J427x not because it is not doable or even proper I just don't want to drill into the front sight and or the dimple on the barrel its me. in a pinch your method is valid
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
those front sights are soft--
ain't you got a sharp bit sprat?--LOL
hell i just milled mine off so it would not stick up in my 1-4x scope-- LOL!
I just read on ar-15
guy said pencil inline with barrel throught middle of gas vent, another pencil line the middle of front site makes sense to me
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
also i am on a waiting list here http://shop.ar15sport.ihoststores.co...ARREL-20LWTMEL
and i understand Green Mountain just sold out of their second batch with more coming
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The Conservancy is pleased to join the Australian Committee for IUCN and the South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources in announcing a new publication – Innovation for 21st Century Conservation. This book expresses the profound belief that retaining Australia's unique and rich terrestrial and marine species and varied ecosystems is an urgent challenge that requires, perhaps more than anything else, innovative partnerships across sectors.
Despite the substantial efforts of many sectors to address these challenges, most indicators of species and ecological health suggest that our current progress is inadequate to stem serious species losses, especially in the face of increasing threats like climate change. This has driven a commitment to seek integrated conservation management across many tenures to support our protected areas. To make this happen, we need a willingness to explore more effective means of achieving conservation at scale with many different land managers and Indigenous and local communities.
This publication—which was co-edited by Dr. James Fitzsimons, Director of Conservation for the Conservancy's Australia Program—illustrates a richness of examples of such innovation. There are many new partnerships and models for the establishment of protected areas; examples include the groundbreaking acquisition of Fish River Station in the Northern Territory and the development of the Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) Program, which led to the recent declaration of Australia's largest land reserve—the Southern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area. Its key purpose is to demonstrate the feasibility of new approaches and encourage their adoption. The book also outlines the challenges to these new directions in an attempt to understand the best way forward.
Not all innovative approaches to conservation become mainstream; however, the need for an array of landscape approaches is clear. The international strategic direction is fully endorsed in the Aichi Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the full range of national bipartisan documents has endorsed this direction. We hope readers, from decision-makers to students, will be inspired and renew their efforts to ensure that Australia's conservation efforts in this critical 21st century lead to real innovation for real outcomes.
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Chapter 11. Innovative approaches to land acquisition and conservation management: the case of Fish River Station, Northern Territory, by James Fitzsimons and Michael Looker (PDF)
Chapter 12. Arkaroola – creating a new type of protected area, by Jason Irving (PDF)
Chapter 13. Opportunities for enhancing conservation management and resilience through tenure resolution in Cape York Peninsula, by Andrea Leverington (PDF)
Chapter 14. Gondwana Link: process or plan, movement or organisation, by Keith Bradby (PDF)
Chapter 15. Great Eastern Ranges Initiative: mobilising the community and sustaining the momentum for continental-scale conservation, by Rob Dunn, Gary Howling and Alison Totterdell (PDF)
Chapter 16. Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Plan, by Heather Moorcroft (PDF)
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Chapter 19. Shoalwater Bay Training Area: capability, conservation and collaboration, by Julia Bowett, Alan Davidson and Tennille Danvers (PDF)
Chapter 20. Innovation in Victoria's parks, by Ian Walker (PDF)
Chapter 21. Mapping our priorities – innovation in spatial decision support, by Rob Lesslie (PDF)
Chapter 22. Farmland investment and markets for ecoservices – attracting finance sector investment in ecosystem protection, by Shawn Butters, Malory Weston and Cullen Gunn (PDF)
Chapter 23. 'Henbury Station' – an industry perspective on financing conservation for carbon and biodiversity markets, by Rebecca Pearse (PDF)
Chapter 24. Midlands Conservation Fund – an innovative conservation tool developed in response to the social, economic, and ecological conditions of the Tasmanian Midlands, by Nathan Males (PDF)
Chapter 25. Ngarrindjeri futures: negotiating a future through Caring for Ruwe/Ruwar (lands, waters and all living things), by Steve Hemming and Daryle Rigney (PDF)
Chapter 26. Brookfield – a new approach to the management of public land, by Tricia Curtis and Joanne Davies (PDF)
Chapter 27. Protecting Queensland's Channel Country and the flows to Lake Eyre, by Rupert Quinlan and Barry Traill (PDF)
Chapter 28. Innovative measures for establishing protected areas on private lands in South Australia, by Greg Leaman and Clare Nicolson (PDF)

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Whatever happens between Ken Whisenhunt and the Arizona Cardinals in the future, don't tell me he lost the locker room or that players quit on him. I hate these words and they invoke bad memories of playing 10 years in the league on losing teams. I have observed many professional football players, none that were great but some that were good, that pulled up their stakes and didn't play with the passion and intensity needed to win football games. I have seen it with my own eyes. But don't tell me they quit on the coach.
Players don't quit on coaches; they quit on themselves.
When I use the word "quit," I mean it emotionally. Quitting or the word quit doesn't involve a conscious act of cognition where a player refuses to play or honor his responsibilities, quitting happens within the soul where emotion, passion and intensity resides. Quitting, as it pertains to football, is about refusing to engage the spirit and essence of the game. There is desperation and there is DESPERATION; there is intensity and then there is intensity that makes you shoot your hands under a man's chin, hoping his head might come off and roll on the ground. That was too much, but you get my point.
This is the kind of intensity and desperation football players at the highest level our species can generate should play with in order to play the game properly. In fact, the game demands you play it this way. Or you might get what you had in Seattle.
I think there were guys that pulled up their stakes and quit against the Seahawks. Not everybody, but enough. How else can one explain what we all witnessed?
But don't tell me they quit on Ken Whisenhunt. You, as an individual, are either predisposed to quitting or you're not. Guys didn't quit on the coach, they quit on the situation of losing nine in a row and not having a quarterback. They quit because that's what they've always done in the past when things got tough. They quit because that's who they are.
And there were many players that didn't quit against Seattle — and they know who they are! There are many players on the Cardinals roster that would never quit because the world would personally explode before their very eyes before they ever allowed themselves to curl up in the fetal.
These players have mastered the art of taking their profession personally. These players understand their name is their number and their number is their name; they play for no one nor nothing but the standard they have set for themselves. They have internalized their pride in purpose and are accountable and dependable to themselves first and then their teammates/coaches. They know nothing else.
In high school you would run through a landslide in flip-flops to be acknowledged by your coach. In college you played for your school, played for pride and, yes, even played for your coach. But in the NFL, you don't play for a coach. You may be on the roster and his name is above yours but you don't play FOR a coach. You play as a sole-proprietor, you play for the money (because to do anything else is masochistic), you play for the Clan, you play for kith & kin, you play to pay your wife's Gucci Card. You are a mercenary…and you know it.
This is why I can say with certitude that players don't quit on coaches because they never play for coaches to begin with. Players quit on themselves. And that's an indictment of them not their coach, their teammates or Ken Whisenhunt.
Then again, we do live in a culture where we blame others for our problems.
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Patience was a virtue for Mississippi duck hunting groups over the last two weeks. Ducks have been flying later resulting in more success at late morning Delta duck hunts. The staff duck hunting guides all emphasized in their weekly reports that diligence was the trait common to the groups with the best numbers on the game-haulers. Tyler, an Alabama hunter in the Waterfowl Widowmakers Hunt Group, bagged the first greenhead of his career. Senior staff hunting guide, Garrett Holland, was there to cheer him on. The Widowmakers followed up with a fun flooded timber duck hunt the next morning on one of the shared duck hunting leases in Hawkins Brake. Another of the hunters new to MS Delta Ducks for the 2012-2013 duck season harvested a canvasback on Friday.
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Cook is still a huge steal in drafts, going after Antonio Gates and Greg Olsen on average. I want to believe that people will smarten up and cause his ADP to ascend, but if I can select Cook in the ninth round, I will take him every day. I'll restate my philosophy on tight end this year. If I miss out on Jimmy Graham and Vernon Davis -- and I most likely will, because I don't like paying a premium on tight end -- I will wait until the middle rounds to target Cook.


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In the spirit of last week's Thanksgiving feast, I continued the feasting with sweet potatoes. Restaurants now are offering sweet potato side dish options all year long, so it's OK to continue the recipe options for this vegetable beyond Thanksgiving.
Paula Deen's Facebook page promoted a Sweet Potato Balls recipe so I decided to give it a try.
Warning No. 1, this recipe is very messy. Forming mashed sweet potatoes around marshmallows gets sweet potato goop everywhere.
Warning No. 2, Paula Deen recipes don't always turn out as advertised. Maybe you've had better luck but many times when I try to fix some of her recipes it feels like a step is left out in the directions. It could just be me but most of the time the result doesn't match up with what she describes in the recipe.
It's like Deen was all hopped up on butter or something when she wrote it.
While these potato balls were tasty, the consistency and appearance didn't turn out the way I had envisioned from the description of the dish. My vision was of a sweet potato appetizer. The result is more fitting for a side dish. And it's sweet enough to also double as a dessert. It was almost too sweet but still had a good taste.
Another tip, take the marshmallows out of the bag before forming the balls. At this point, your hands are going to be covered in sweet potatoes and your marshmallow bag could get covered in the aforementioned sweet potato goop.
Warning No. 3, the baking can get a bit tricky. The marshmallows expand in the middle of the ball while exposed to the heat in the oven. A few of them burst through the sweet potato covering, causing sweet potato mush instead of sweet potato balls.
It also might be better to let the potato mixture cool before forming around the marshmallow. The marshmallow can start to melt if the potato mixture is too hot.
Final warning, you have to bake the sweet potatoes before using them in the recipe which adds about an hour to your prep time.
I almost missed this part when glancing over the recipe and wouldn't have had time to prepare it if I hadn't looked over the recipe again to double-check my ingredients.
Taking all these warnings into consideration, this does make a sweet side to any meal. I hope you have better luck getting it all worked out.
Mine were messy looking, but the taste, which is really the more important thing, was fine.
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Sweet Potato Balls
4 large sweet potatoes
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon orange zest
½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
2 cups shredded coconut, sweetened
½ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 large marshmallow per potato ball
Bake the potatoes until tender.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Peel and mash the sweet potatoes. Stir in brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg.
In a separate bowl, toss the coconut with the sugar and cinnamon.
Press mashed potatoes around each marshmallow, creating a 2- to 3-inch diameter ball. Roll the balls in the coconut mixture.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Watch carefully for the last few minutes of cooking; the expanding marshmallows can cause the potato balls to burst open.
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alot of dogs will respect a fence, no matter the height
Mine is 5 feet, a couple of my gsd's could have cleared it with no problems, and would at times when I was in the front yard and they weren't.
But then, my other dogs respect the fence and have no issue with even thinking about jumping it..
Mainly I just don't let them figure out that they can I guess...and I don't encourage it.
|we have 6 feet on the back wall and on one side of the front part of the backyard wall. We don't have a fence in the front. The side neighbors did not want us increasing the fence height with more cinder blocks. So, one one side we added grape vines that grow on supports adding another 12 inches. on the other side we will be adding sections of trellis type fencing to increase at least another 12 or more inches. These are 5 feet walls. so we are trying to make them taller in a way that the neighbors will be ok with.
|5' even 4' should work. IMO if a dog is a climber or jumper, 4' or 6' makes no difference (I'd still not trust the dog at 6'). Same thing with diggers. I have a digger and have to always be diligent, even now that I have the top spec fencing with a thick bottom rail below the level of the grass. If he REALLY wants out, he's out.
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Our dogs are left out alone, no stupid people around us, surrounded by 400 acres of family farmland...only concern would be a deer jumping the fence but it's rare to have one that close to the house when they have large fields they can feel safe in behind us. And we'll train them to respect the fence.
I do want the 6' pvc privacy panels at the front because we are so close to the road. Might plan shrubs around the remaining fence.
When we rented, our duplex had a HUGE yard, it went way back. In the back was a wooded area and then beyond that was a mall, so there was already a 6' chainlink behind those trees. Our property had no fence however. The landlord allowed me to put up a "non permanent" fence using steel T-posts and 4' agricultural type mesh. Any GSD could be over, under, or through that fence in seconds but my GSDs have always been respectful of visual barriers and boundaries. They were actually fine with no fence, but we had issues with other loose dogs coming in our yard and the kids next door trying to provoke my dogs. The only time Nikon EVER got out or left was when I forgot to close my make-shift gate, went outside, and he was standing by the trash can. I called him and he came back in. In fact, my make-shift "gates" were made of 3' expen panels. That's shorter than my dogs are trained to jump for a SchH retrieve. Sometimes I did some training outside the fenced portion of the yard and would call Nikon to just jump the 3' gate. That said, he never escaped. The fence was more to keep other people/dogs OUT.
When we bought our house it came with 6' wooden privacy fencing (shadowbox style) around the back and sides. Then the owners had put 4' chainlink gate across the driveway. I had this removed and installed 6' chainlink instead.
In both our rental and our home, with the 4' fence we still had issues with people/kids walking up and reaching over. Yeah, dumb as all get out but people never cease to amaze me. If you live in the suburbs or country this probably isn't an issue, but for me being in the city if I'm paying to install fencing, from now on it will ALL be 6' even if the dogs are very respectful of a visual barrier.
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I am not sure why you are asking this question.
oh wait...It was because I was interested in other peoples experiences with varying fence heights. Yeah..that's why.
Thank you to everyone for sharing your experiences. I think a 5' in the back would be good for our home and surroundings.
My yard had an existing 4 foot chain link. My dogs do not try to jump it. My boy will put his front paws on the top of it, but he won't jump it. Most dogs do respect any fence higher than 3 feet (3 feet a bit too easy to jump), and won't jump a fence unless they're shown they can do it.
If you do have jumping dogs, a 5 foot fence is not going to stop them as they would still be able to jump and probably get their front paws on top of the fence to pull themselves up and over. With a 6 foot fence, it generally takes more of a climbing action to just get to the top.
I've always had a 4 foot fence and have not had a problem.
I did have a dog before who I *know* could jump 4 feet because she did it in high jump competition, but she never attempted to jump the fence and had no interest in escaping the yard so it wasn't a problem.
However, if I was going to be building a new fence I'd probably go with 6 feet.
|i went with six feet. jax, you also want to keep other animals out, 5 feet might not do it. we are getting some critters by me that would have no problems getting a 5 foot fence.
|There was an existing 4' fence on my property line. I used it as one side and tied into it using the foundation wall and 5' fencing that we bought. It worries me that mine might figure out how easily he can jump that 4' fence but so far he hasn't attempted it. They are never out there if I am not home. There is an old wisteria vine growing on about 20 feet of the old 4' fence and it adds a good 2 feet to the height. I am planting it all along the rest of the fence and encouraging it to spread to cover the whole thing. It's pretty as well as functional!
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The dog should be about two yrs before you go for the IPO1, no? Of course they can be ready for it just after a BH.
I wouldn't want to rush a dog just to get titles...rather put a good foundation on the dog and let the dog mature some. Some people think this is a 6 week or 6 month 'course' when in fact it is really a journey and does take some time.
Though, some people train full time, and of course the results are faster. I wish I had that luxury!
And, IMO, yes it does cost to train as a newbie. I don't know of many that train on their own with no instruction and then just enter trials, they usually belong to a club or pay for instruction. The entry fee is minimal in the big picture. The cost of a scorebook also includes membership in the organization.
I'd rather help the OP understand more, than create more questions.
Why does a title take years? What does it mean to do it "right"? Is there a wrong way to title?
You are asking the wrong question. It really doesn't cost anything to title your dog except the trial fee ($40-$85 depending on the club) and the cost of a scorebook.
What you are asking is what is the cost of access? Access to a helper, to equipment, to knowledge. This will vary widely depending on numerous factors.
As far as whether the dog will be more successful being sent to a trainer or trained by yourself, that largely depends on the who the trainer is and what your skills are.
As Jane pointed out where you are located can have a huge effect on costs. Clubs can run from $200/year up to $1000 or more (if you include the helper fees). Those are just the club dues.
Title the dog yourself. You will get far more satisfaction even if it takes longer. One of my club members just finally got the SchH1 on his 7.5 year old dog. That title meant far more to him than to just own a SchH3 dog.
Training to the goal of titles takes years if you do it right.
Best to do it with a good club and never send a dog away.
What's the point of having a dog if you aren't the one involved in the training. The bond is very important.
As far as cost? Depends on where you're located. I paid $100 per month for training with one group and then paid another trainer the same monthly fee for private lessons(mid week).
Not including, seminars, workshops, fuel for travel or equipment.
Where I live, it is fairly inexpensive to train in the sport. Some clubs just have an annual membership due's and possibly quarterly. Others, you pay to train every session + yearly dues.
I don't even want to think about the costs I've incurred in one dog....but every cent is worth it, or I wouldn't do it!
Have you visited any clubs? Thats where I'd start in my search for a breeder and then you can see the great bond the different teams have. Get with a club(visit a few if you can to see where you fit best) as soon as you can, even without a dog, you'll learn so much!
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Roughly how much does it cost to Schutzhund train your own dog. Is it more successful to have ones GSD trained by a trainer or trained by oneself? I am interested in training my own dog, but since I am only at the finding the breeder stage I have very little clue of what it takes, any thoughts?
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The Wonderful 101 was supposed to have players' Miis in-game as heroes, and if a sequel is developer, Platinum Games hopes this missing feature makes the cut.
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Nintendo downloads North America - The Wonderful 101, Toki Tori 2+, Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
Nintendo has updated its eShop offerings for North America with The Wonderful 101, Toki Tori 2+, Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link and a demo for Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl which will be made available on September 16. There's also a video showing off the update to Toki Tori 2 available below courtesy […]
Kamiya keen on Wonderful 101 sequel, original Bayonetta on Wii U
Platinum Games' Hideki Kamiya has expressed interest in creating a sequel to The Wonderful 101 and in bringing the original Bayonetta to Wii U.
Nintendo PAX prime line-up includes Pokemon X & Y, Bayonetta 2, Zelda & more
Nintendo has announced its PAX Prime line-up, which includes a speaker session from The Wonderful 101's Hideki Kamiya, hands-on opportunities with Pokemon X & Y, and more.
The Wonderful 101 nearly had an 'all-star' Nintendo cast
Platinum Games' Hideki Kamiya has revealed that The Wonderful 101, an exclusive Wii U title, was almost filled to the brim with Nintendo favourites.
The Wonderful 101 initial Japanese shipment just 30,000 - rumour
According to a Japanese retail report, Nintendo has released just 30,000 copies of The Wonderful 101 in Japan.
Is The Wonderful 101 a pretty waste on Wii U?
The Wonderful 101 is a a cleverly-produced game exclusive to Wii U. VG247's Dave Cook plays Platinum's final code and ponders if it deserves to go beyond Nintendo's borders.
The Wonderful 101 reviews begin: get all the scores here
Platinum Games' latest is a genre-blending Wii U exclusive which has drawn fairly warm praise from critics so far; here's our round up of the first crop of reviews.
The Wonderful 101 European launch trailer shows giant mech battles, unite powers
The Wonderful 101 has received a European launch trailer ahead of its August 23 launch. It hits North America on September 15. The clip shows Earth's heroes pummelling giant mecha dragons and tanks with their Unite Morph abilities. It's quite epic.
The Wonderful 101 demo now available through eShop in North America
Good news everyone! It looks as though the demo for The Wonderful 101 which was released yesterday in Europe and Japan is now available through the North American eShop. No need to wait any longer. Log into the eShop and get to downloading. Thanks, Game Informer.
The Wonderful 101 demo now available though eShop in Europe and Japan
During the Nintendo Direct session today focused entirely on Platinum Games' The Wonderful 101, the game' combat system was explained along with the announcement that demo is now available through the eShop in Europe and Japan. No word on when it will be coming stateside just yet, but the game is out in North America […]
Platinum Games to make announcement after today's Wonderful 101 Nintendo Direct
The Wonderful 101 developer Platinum Games is to make some kind of announcement following its Nintendo Direct web-cast today. As you'd suspect, the rumour mill is in full tilt.
Nintendo announces gamescom line-up
Nintendo has announced the games it will be bringing to gamescom later this month, and those attending will be able to get there hands on titles such as Mario Kart 8 for Wii U and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds for 3DS.
The Wonderful 101 gameplay video shows a fun looking title from Platinum Games
The Wonderful 101 looks rather fantastic, if the gameplay trailer posted below is anything to go by. Makes us want a Wii U, actually. Check it out or miss out. The Wonderful 101 hits the console in Europe in late August and in North America in early September.
The Wonderful 101 trademark blocked in the US
Nintendo of America has encountered difficulties securing a US trademark for The Wonderful 101. The Platinum Games title apparently sounds too similar to "The 101", a previously filed trademark, although Nintendo has argued that its own mark is unlikely to cause confusion as the "wonderful" bit is the most memorable of the three components. You […]
The Wonderful 101 intro trailer hypes for launch
In just over a month Wii U fans can get their hands on Platinum Games' long-awaited exclusive The Wonderful 101. To increase your anticipation to fever pitch, here is the introductory cinematic.
The Wonderful 101 has Platinum's "all", so no DLC
The Wonderful 101 won't need DLC because Platinum Games has already put everything it can into it, according to project lead Hideki Kamiya. "We put all we want to do in 101 so you don't need DLC, I think," the outspoken developer said on Twitter. The Wonderful 101 is coming exclusively to Wii U in […]
The Wonderful 101 is about 20 hours long
After much controversial discusson on just how long The Wonderful 101 will last, director Hideki Kamiya has said an average first play session could be about 20 hours.
The Wonderful 101 hits Wii U August 23rd, E3 trailer & screens inside
Nintendo has confirmed that Platinum Games' madcap title The Wonderful 11 will hit Wii U on August 23rd 2013. We've got a trailer here.
Nintendo Direct - Sonic: Lost World exclusive to Wii U, 3DS
Nintendo Direct sessions for North America and Europe contained quite a bit of interesting information on the firm's upcoming Wii U and 3DS titles for summer. During the event, the biggest take away was when Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced that the next three Sonic titles to be released from SEGA will be exclusive to […]
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Kamiya keen on Wonderful 101 sequel, original Bayonetta on Wii U
Nintendo PAX prime line-up includes Pokemon X & Y, Bayonetta 2, Zelda & more
The Wonderful 101 initial Japanese shipment just 30,000 – rumour
The Wonderful 101 European launch trailer shows giant mech battles, unite powers
The Wonderful 101 demo now available through eShop in North America
The Wonderful 101 demo now available though eShop in Europe and Japan
Platinum Games to make announcement after today's Wonderful 101 Nintendo Direct
The Wonderful 101 gameplay video shows a fun looking title from Platinum Games
The Wonderful 101 hits Wii U August 23rd, E3 trailer & screens inside
Platinum Games head laments studio's weak sales, wants renewed focus going forward
Bayonetta 2, Metal Gear Rising & The Wonderful 101 lead Platinum Games 2013 showreel
Wii U – first and third-party US launch titles announced, trailers galore


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Pure poetry recital is the best of both worlds
November 08, 2013 , 4:09 PM by Dominic Brine
Maybe you've been to a poetry reading or a classical music recital but if you come to the Art Gallery of Ballarat at 7pm on Saturday 9th November you can experience both at the same time.
The pure poetry project is a special recital of new poetry set in original compositions for soprano, cello, piano and clarinet.
Bronwyn Blaiklock has been working on this project for 10 years and says this year's recital is the biggest yet.
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EDIT Dec. 2012: Topic changed again to reflect the general vest discussion.
EDIT: Topic changed. Does anyone have any reference photos of a screen used Boba flak vest without the back armor? Particularly interested to see the slots for the jetpack hooks.
I need to upgrade my flak vest and have been looking at Bobamaker's. Fett experts, who makes the most accurate one hands down? :)


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Yes there is some even worst than NY. Welcome from down in the swamp and enjoy.
Hello all. Glad to join you all in the forum. Hoping I learn a thing or 2 or 50. Good to be around people who have been doing this so long. By the way is there any state out there that sucks worse than NY in terms of keeping handguns?
Yes there is some even worst than NY. Welcome from down in the swamp and enjoy.
Glad you are here! I think California is pretty tuff on gun laws. I know in Wisconsin you can't even get a concealed weapon permit.
Welcome to the forum, glad you're here! New guy buys cigars.
Anybody from somewhere thats worse than NY i feel for you. I can do the cigars too. I actually got some coming tomorrow with a coworker that just got back from the Dominican Republic. They're not Cubans, but I ain't rich.
Welcome !!!
Not all of NY is bad. Just the city and the county I live in. Getting a concealed carry permit here is just about impossible. You have to show real need. As it is just to get a permit to own a gun takes about 6 months to get.
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Crawfish Boil from Chef Axel Stromboe
In New Orleans, indeed throughout Louisiana, the principal outdoor cooking incident uses what most of the country regards as bait, and boils them as an entree. A crawfish boil is to Louisiana what a clambake is to New England. This one, at a local golf tournament, is organized on a gargantuan scale by caterer Axel Stromboe. Butane jets generating some three hundred thousand BTU's, bring a hundred gallons of water to boil in twenty minutes. Chef Stromboe does a little heating himself with spices measured by the handful.
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Has anyone out there used Aero Outdoors EZ Fab Blind Material.
looks like a poly chicken wire alternative. If you have how self supporting it it. Looking to make some temporary blinds this fall usually using t-posts and welded wire fencing but was thinking about this stuff as an alternative.


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"Holy Cross played very well and very hard today," said Canisius head coach Dave Smith. "We weren't able to get that second goal in the second period when the game was tied and we were playing our best hockey. Points every night and every weekend are huge with the standings so tight so we just need to regroup and come back strong next weekend."
Junior Kyle Gibbons scored the lone goal for the Griffs - his third-straight game with a tally to extending his career-best point streak to nine contests.
The Crusaders netted the game's opening tally, scoring 11:57 into the contest. Evan Zych fired a shot toward goal for Holy Cross and the puck deflected off a Canisius defender. Canisius' Tony Capobianco stopped the bouncing puck but couldn't control the rebound and Shayne Stockton knocked it in for the 1-0 lead.
The Griffs fought back and eventually knotted the game at one. From the point on the power play, Gibbons sent the puck into the back of the net for his team-leading 14th goal of the season and seventh with the extra-man advantage. Junior Ben Danford and sophomore Mitch McCrank both recorded assists on the game-tying goal at the 5:07 mark of the second period.
The Griffs continued their strong play after Gibbons' tally but couldn't find the go-ahead goal and the momentum slowly turned back toward Holy Cross' way. The Crusaders took advantage by netting two goals in the final three minutes of the second stanza. Tim Driscoll knocked in a rebound with 2:44 remaining in the period and Stockton netted his second of the day with 1:28 left, sneaking the puck around Capobianco on a rush.
Holy Cross then added two final tallies in the final five minutes of regulation. Karl Beckman scored an unassisted goal on the power play, taking advantage of a Canisius turnover, and Rob Linsmayer then sealed the victory with his sixth of the season.
Overall, the Crusaders finished the game with a 33-29 advantage in shots. Holy Cross was 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Griffs converted 1-of-5 extra-man chances.
Both Capobianco and Holy Cross' Matt Ginn recorded 28 saves in goal.
Canisius now prepares for a rivalry series with Niagara in the upcoming week. The two schools open the series on Thursday at the Buffalo State Sports Arena with game time slated for 7:05 p.m.
Game Notes: Gibbons' nine-game point streak is the longest by a Griff since the 2009-10 campaign ... Gibbons has 14 points, nine goals and five assists during the run ... Gibbons leads all Atlantic Hockey players with 13 goals in league play ... Gibbons now ranks second nationally with seven power-play tallies ... The junior has the third-most goals in the country since Nov. 10 (14) ... Canisius has scored a power-play goal in four-straight games for the first time since Jan. 23 to Jan. 29, 2011 ... The Griffs are 0-13-4 this season when failing to score three goals.


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I've decided to buy a Buck Mark, probably the Camper model ($380), to use just for fun mostly. Keeping my shooting accuracy skills current with 9MM & .45 ammo can get pricey & I don't want that to deter me from going to the range.
So, I think I'm going to a 5" barrel and then add a rail, I found one at Tactical Solutions for $35 + shipping but that sounds a bit too high to me. The other addition I'd like to make is an inexpensive scope or red dot, my old eyes just won't do the trick anymore.
Now that you've read my plan I'd like to ask if there's any thing else I need to know? Or, do you have any other suggestions?


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Developing an Innovative Culture Through Relationship-based Procurement Strategies
Walker, Derek H.T., Hampson, Keith D., & Ashton, S. (2003) Developing an Innovative Culture Through Relationship-based Procurement Strategies. In Walker, Derek H.T. & Hampson, Keith D. (Eds.) Procurement Strategies - A Relationship-Based Approach. Blackwell Science, Oxford, pp. 236-257.
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European Welding Asociation
The European Welding Association (EWA) is a industrial association, which joins together manufacturers of welding equipment and welding consumables from across Europe and associations from the welding industry. The EWA was founded in 1987, and its official headquarters are located in Paris.
American Welding Society
The American Welding Society Institut (AWS) is the American equivalent to the DVS in Europe.
Asociación de Espanola de Soldadura y Tecnologías de Unión
Spanish welding institute – Spanish only
Belgian Welding Institute
Belgian welding technology institute.
China Weldnet
Chinese welding union. Homepage in englisch.
DVS, a technology and science-oriented non-profit organization based in Düsseldorf, Germany; the definitive authority on joining, cutting, and coating metalic and non-metalic materials and material combinations (the US counterpart would be the American Welding Society).
European Federation of Welding
European welding institute with English language site.
The Edison Welding Insitute is the biggest welding and joining technology consultancy in Northern America.
Force Instituttet
Danish welding institute.
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
The Hobart Insitute emphasizes its focus on training and certification services. English language homepage.
Institut für Schweißtechnik Dr. Möll GmbH
German institute for welding technology offering EWE and EWS courses.
International Institute of Welding
International welding institute, based in France.
Italian Institute of Welding
Italian welding institute with Italian homepage and links to English pages.
Japan Welding Society
Japanisches welding institute – homepage in Japanese.
JoinIT / TWI
TWI = World Centre for Materials Joining Technology.
Nickel Development Institute
Nickel Development Institute – over 6000 pages on metallurgy and over 150 pages on stainless steel.
Resistance Welder Manufacturer Association
Resistance welding homepage
SLV Halle
Society of the Welding Technology Institute Halle, Germany.
Technische Universität Graz, Schweißfachinstitut
Austrian welding institute at the TU Graz, Austria
Thai Welding Institute
Thai welding institute.
University of Waterloo
Canadian Welding Institute Mechanical Engineering department.
Welding Institute
World Center for joining technology.
Welding Technology Institute of Australia
Australian welding institute called "Welding Technology Institut of Australia"
Canadian Metal Working
Canadian magazine for metal fabrication.
Schweißen & Schneiden
German language trade journal for welding, cutting, and soldering technologies, including a variety of related subjects.
Arc-Zone.com delivers high-performance MIG, TIG and Plasma welding and cutting products, services and solutions for professional fabricators, welding engineers, manufacturing engineers and consumers worldwide.
European Aluminium Organisation
EAA represents the aluminium industry in Europe. It represents particularly aluminium producers with interesting statistics, products, markets, innovations and lots of alu-links. English
Indian Welding Society (IWS)
The Indian Welding Society (IWS) was founded in 2002 by leading production operations, welding materials suppliers and manufacturers with a focus on integrating educational and research facilities. Within the framework of this association, members can develop new insights and establish networks within the welding industry.
Welding portal / welding-oriented search engine by DVS Verlag – German
Science Online
Science Magazine - platform for science
The Materials Information Society
The Materials Information Society offers a full range of information on metallurgy.
Titanium Information Groupe
The Titanium Information Group offers a list of of UK design engineers and producers of titanium.
ECV Project
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so did the circuit boards come pre-soldered and you just had to connect the jumper wires, or did you need to also solder in every resistor, diode, capacitor, ect?
It's a bare circuit board and you have to solder in every resistor, etc. They include every part in clearly labeled baggies for you to build a fully featured board. You can choose not to populate every single circuit on the board if you know your vehicle won't need it (I believe there was only one circuit that I didn't bother with because I knew it didn't apply to my car, but I built everything else just in case I make future modifications).
The circuit board is clearly labeled with the resistor/capacitor numbers and all you have to do is bend the legs and solder them in.
There are two circuit boards, the main board and a second board with the vehicle ECU connector on it which is then soldered to the main board by the jumper wires. There are instructions online for all of the vehicles they support which tell you where to solder the jumper wires so that your car's existing wiring will be properly connected to the circuit board.
All in all it took me a solid weekend before I was ready to fire the car for the first time. But with the base map loaded it fired up on the first crank
Thats something I've always wanted to do. One of my large goals I had for the Focus was ITBs, which would require a conversion to speed-density, and Megasquirt was looking like the best option for that. Shame too, since the Focus ECU with SCT was pretty awesome in itself.
I had my Paypal account primed and ready to buy a set of Jenvey ITBs through a group buy but chickened out at the last minute.
At the time the Miata was my only vehicle (I have a Jeep doing daily duty now) and the thought of not having any vehicle at all for an extended period of time while I tried to figure out the ITB setup, and losing the supercharger power, made me decide against it. I live in Puerto Rico and don't speak enough spanish to take advantage of the tuning culture down here so getting parts and assistance is difficult.
Keep Calm & Chive On
FKA gti_r_done
i spoke with B&G when they were in seattle about this, and last i heard it was still only running with wall-power. the trick in controlling diesel injectors is the power required to make the things pop, and i have my doubts that thatll get sorted anytime soon. theres also a few things you need to know flow-wise about each injector in order to make things work properly/smoothly.
the circuit design required is also pretty intense, and a lot of care has to be taken to avoid noise... but who knows, maybe theyll surprise us. it would be fantastic if they did come out with something though
/ms fanboi, since the "early" days
Yep, it would have been my first time tuning standalone and my first time working with ITBs. I figured it was going to be a MASSIVE headache and wisely decided to stay away... for now.
I would still like to build an ITB car in the future now that I have some experience
I'll be building myself a MS system once I get going on my mk3 build, and I cant wait to get into it, but it's a ways out still
One thing to note with assembling boards like this is that you need a decent soldering iron / station. You don't want to attempt this with a $5 soldering iron with a tip the size of a pencil eraser. You need something that can maintain a set temp, and that has a small tip for working with small components
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I soooo want to give the Fiat 126 the MSnS treatment. And at the same time I'd love to go the Big Carb route. I guess at the end both will cost me the same, but a small two-cylinder 80ies Fiat from Poland with electronic injection would be amazing
Fiat 126 bis build thread here. Error 404: 0-60 not found.
Fiat 128, the stroppy cow.
most of the problems i see with boards themselves are due to sloppy assembly, or improper installation.
its also important to note that if you dont know where i wire goes... check the manual before connecting it!
I tried to word what I typed in objective way, as I figured someone would disagree with me, and really at the end of the day they will both get the job done... I went vems mostly because one of the owners lives about a hour from me, and has been nothing but helpful and does dyno tuning in house. kinda nice to have the guy that designed the system's phone number.
I'm a certified vw/mazda dealer tech and I run a modification shop on the side.
02 beetle tdi,00 jetta 2x4, 92 miata,,30 pontiac.
I only used megasquirt once for a VW about 10 years ago. I built an old school bread board supporting 8 x 8 windows of resolution for the fueling, and an MSD box for the ignition.
A lot of fun, but I'm OCD when it comes to 'optimizing', so I found myself saving files for different mods, elevations, weather, octane of gas, etc.
It got silly after awhile...
Nowadays MS3 has full VVT and knock support. I've built one for my vr swap mk2, I just have to get the damn thing back together.


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West Nile virus entered the United States in 1999 and is now considered a seasonal epidemic that starts in the summer and continues into the fall. First isolated in Uganda in 1937, the virus can cause severe human meningitis or encephalitis in 1% of those infected. In 2007 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported 124 fatalities. The rapid spread of West Nile virus has put local and state mosquito surveillance programs on the front line of public health and disease preparedness.
In this episode, MicrobeWorld Video interviews Dr. Jorge Arias, an expert in vector-borne diseases of the Americas. Arias currently serves as the Environmental Health Supervisor of the Fairfax County Health Department in Northern Virginia. In this role, he is responsible for directing the Disease-Carrying Insects Program which focuses on West Nile virus and Lyme disease.
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Registry Guide for Windows
The Registry Guide for Windows®, formerly RegEdit.com, provides an extensive range of registry tweaks, tricks & hacks for optimizing, enhancing and securing the Windows® XP, 2000, NT, 98, 95, Me and Vista operating systems. Get started by exploring the categorized tweaks below:
Stop the system automatically rebooting after Windows Updates (Windows XP/Vista)
Normally Windows Update will automatically reboot the system when you have your system configured to "Automatically download recommended updates for my computer and install them" and one or more of those updates requires a reboot. This settings changes the behavior so when users are logged in the system will not automatically reboot.
Skip the Open With web service prompt (Windows XP)
Normally when you attempt to open an unknown file type a popup message is shown asking whether you would like to use the online web service to find the appropriate program to open the file. This setting allows you to disable this prompt, causing the Open With dialog to display immediately.
Open Favorites in a new window (All Windows)
This tweak adds an additional right-click menu item to your Favorites entries which allows you to choose to open the Favorite in a new window.
Changing the Default Location for .OST and .PST Files (All Windows)
By default, Outlook places each Offline Folders (.ost) file and Personal Folders (.pst) file that it creates in the %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder. This setting allows you to change the default behavior and store the files in any folder.
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By default when opening network drives (UNC) the Explorer window opens with a single-pane which does not show the Folders section on the left-hand side. This tweak changes the default behavior to open network drives with a double-pane view.
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Brit Hume falsely suggested there is no evidence that the United States' use of torture has served as a "recruiting tool" for terrorist groups. In fact, military and FBI interrogators have stated that terrorists have employed the United States' use of torture and harsh interrogation techniques as a recruiting device.
During the April 19 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume falsely suggested there is no evidence that the United States' use of torture has served as a "recruiting tool" for terrorist groups. Responding to the suggestion from NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson that terrorist groups will no longer be able to point to U.S. interrogation techniques to boost recruitment, Hume stated: "Oh, as a recruiting tool? Where's the evidence of that?" In fact, military and FBI interrogators have stated that terrorists have employed the United States' use of torture and harsh interrogation techniques as a recruiting device. For instance, using the pseudonym Matthew Alexander, an Air Force senior interrogator who was in Iraq in 2006 wrote [1]: "I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq."
Alexander further wrote in his November 30, 2008, Washington Post op-ed that "[i]t's no exaggeration to say that at least half of our losses and casualties in that country have come at the hands of foreigners who joined the fray because of our program of detainee abuse." From Alexander's op-ed:
I know the counter-argument well -- that we need the rough stuff for the truly hard cases, such as battle-hardened core leaders of al-Qaeda, not just run-of-the-mill Iraqi insurgents. But that's not always true: We turned several hard cases, including some foreign fighters, by using our new techniques. A few of them never abandoned the jihadist cause but still gave up critical information. One actually told me, "I thought you would torture me, and when you didn't, I decided that everything I was told about Americans was wrong. That's why I decided to cooperate."
Torture and abuse are against my moral fabric. The cliche still bears repeating: Such outrages are inconsistent with American principles. And then there's the pragmatic side: Torture and abuse cost American lives.
I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq. The large majority of suicide bombings in Iraq are still carried out by these foreigners. They are also involved in most of the attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. It's no exaggeration to say that at least half of our losses and casualties in that country have come at the hands of foreigners who joined the fray because of our program of detainee abuse. The number of U.S. soldiers who have died because of our torture policy will never be definitively known, but it is fair to say that it is close to the number of lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. How anyone can say that torture keeps Americans safe is beyond me -- unless you don't count American soldiers as Americans.
Alexander, along with Air Force interrogator Steven Kleinman, also wrote in a March 10 New York Times op-ed [2] that President Obama's ban on torture "will enhance the country's security by undermining Al Qaeda's most effective recruiting theme."
Moreover, in prepared testimony for a June 10, 2008, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing [3] on "coercive interrogation techniques," retired FBI special agent John Cloonan -- who stated that he has interrogated members of Al Qaeda -- asserted [4] that such techniques have "helped to recruit a new generation of jihadist martyrs":
Senator Leahy and distinguished members of the Committee. Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to testify about coercive interrogation techniques, their effectiveness, the reliability of the information obtained in this way and the FBI's knowledge of these matters. It is my belief, based on a 27 year career as a Special Agent and interviews with hundreds of subjects in custodial settings, including members of al Qaeda, that the use of coercive interrogation techniques is not effective.
There are 3 questions I would like this committee to ponder. Has the use of coercive interrogation techniques lessened Al Qaeda's thirst for revenge against the US? Have these methods helped to recruit a new generation of jihadist martyrs? Has the use of coercive interrogation produced the reliable information its proponents claim for it? I would suggest that the answers are "no", "yes" and "no". Based on my experience in talking to al Qaeda members, I am persuaded that revenge, in the form of a catastrophic attack on the homeland, is coming, that a new generation of jihadist martyrs, motivated in part by the images from Abu Ghraib, is, as we speak, planning to kill American and that nothing gleaned from the use of coercive interrogation techniques will be of any significant use in the forestalling this calamitous eventuality.
Torture degrades our image abroad and complicates our working relationships with foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies. If I were the director of marketing for al Qaeda and intent on replenishing the ranks of jihadists. I know what my first piece of marketing collateral would be. It would be a blast e-mail with an attachment. The attachment would contain a picture of Private England (sp) pointing at the stacked, naked bodies of the detainees at Abu Ghraib. The picture screams out for revenge and the day of reckoning will come. The consequences of coercive intelligence gathering will not evaporate with time.
From the April 19 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace:
JUAN WILLIAMS (Fox News political contributor): Don't you think it speaks, first of all, to the very nature of the terrorist, who think the worst of us and think that we are monsters, to say no we don't engage in these activities -- and to protect our military men and women from that kind of treatment.
HUME: Do you seriously think that some Al Qaeda terrorist, having captured an American, will be more merciful in the treatment of that American because of this?
WILLIAMS: No, I'm saying to you, those -- listen, those people will chop your head off in a second, Brit.
HUME: There you go.
WILLIAMS: But what I'm saying to you is they will also know that we don't operate by their rules and they don't set the terms of engagement for us as Americans, that we don't live by standards of torture. And that because of that guy --
HUME: Wait a minute. Hold on a second. What are the positive benefits of that, as it were?
WILLIAMS: What are the positive benefits --
HUME: -- of their knowing that. How does that benefit us?
WILLIAMS: Listen, it's not a matter of their knowing. They know that we are decent and we are law-abiding --
HUME: And how does that help to have them -- have them --
WILLIAMS: How does that help?
HUME: How does that -- how does it help for terrorists to think that?
WILLIAMS: Because I think that -- I think that they --
HUME: Doesn't it just simply make it --
LIASSON: As a recruiting tool. The argument is that they can't --
HUME: Oh, as a recruiting tool?
LIASSON: -- that they -- yeah. Well, look, that --
HUME: Where's the evidence of that?
LIASSON: Look, the image of the world -- of the U.S. in the world does count. On a practical level, the question is: Can now terrorists kind of train themselves to resist everything that they know we're going to use or not?
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Faye White has paid tribute to the Arsenal Ladies supporters after Laura Harvey's side opened their inaugural Women's Super League campaign with two bumper home gates.
The Gunners attracted a crowd of 655 for the visit of Bristol Academy last month and 789 turned up to see last week's clash with Birmingham City at Meadow Park - a significant increase on last season's home attendances.
Meanwhile Arsenal's trip to Chelsea on the opening night of the season - a game screened live on ESPN - pulled in a gate of 2,510.
"It has been brilliant to see such an increase in the number of fans that have come to watch our first two FA WSL home games," White told Arsenal.com.
"It really makes a massive difference to the girls knowing that people are coming out to support us and the new league.
"Arsenal fans are used to seeing good football and have always been great to us, showing they are proud of the Ladies team. So I'm sure more will come to our future matches over the summer."
The Ladies are back in action on Wednesday evening when they travel to Lincoln for their next WSL match. Click here for the Ladies' fixture list.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Currently over 35 pages, and 13.000 views, he's started an avalanche. I first saw it 11-7-07 and immediately knew I had to try one. It's on page 9 of his thread
So as not to hijack SharpShooter's original MG47 thread, I've started this one for a 'hopeful' project I'm working on. Basically the same as his MG47, but scaled down to a BF pistol, using an RPD topcover & tray. It's coming along, but slowly
Using a TEMPORARY AK recoil spring, anchored to the bottom, to test bolt/trunnion centering & lock-up in a 1/16" wall rcvr tube. Shorty gas tube has me concerned, whether it will harness enough pressure to cycle.
What was done before the above pics were taken, can be found in post 303: http://www.gunco.net/forums/showthre...=34001&page=31
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The Ecologist, Vol. 29, No 7, November 1999 Ending The Nuclear Century
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The nuclear issue is one that has all but disappeared from the public consciousness. The majority of people could not name the nearest nuclear reactor to their own home. Fewer people understand how these reactors work, and even fewer are aware of the terrible dangers. During the preparation of this special issue of The Ecologist, a number of people asked us why we should want to revive an issue that was dead and done with. The answer, of course, is that nuclear power is no more dead than is biotechnology. The accident that occurred on the 30th Sep tember of this year at the uranium fuel production plant in Japan should make this clear. Nuclear radiation is still killing large numbers of people with leukaemia and other forms of cancer and will kil l very many more i f we allow the industry to proceed with its present plans.
Nuclear power, we were told decades ago, would provide electricity that was 'safe, clean, and too cheap to meter'. We now know that it is, on the contrary, totally unsafe, highly pol luting, and very expensive indeed. Of course, since the nuclear power project was linked very closely with its military coun terpart - of which it was but an offshoot - there was very little room for argument at the time. Our small island and neigh bouring countries were, like it or not, to be crammed with nuclear power stations of all types, and people would be made dependent on an energy source whose consequences the nuclear establishment had either not bothered to find out or were willing to lie about, and which could not be further from our government's main preoccupations.
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As a result, our lives today are largely in the hands of tech nocrats and engineers - often minor, plodding ones at that, and a small mistake like pressing the wrong button - as has already happened - could spell disaster for millions.
When most of us reflect on the fate of those affected by Chernobyl, of the victims of Three Mile Island, and of the highly covered-up Windscale fire of 1957, we still believe that these were but isolated accidents, and that such disasters are very unlikely to recur - let alone in the sophisticated West. But we now know that Britain, for example, came, just a few years ago, within seconds of a nuclear meltdown - the consequences of which could have been disastrous for us all. We know that the United States has similarly only narrowly avoided such a catastrophe. In fact, as we clearly demonstrate in this issue of The Ecologist, the majority of us in Western Europe and many in the United States and Japan and elsewhere, have been living on a razor's edge for decades.
Beyond these horrifying scenarios, a large number of people are at present exposed to routine emissions from nuclear instal lations of different sorts - that contaminate the air we breathe, the food we eat and even consumer products in our homes and all this in order to assure the survival of an industry whose very raison d'etre is unjustifiable on environmental, social and
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In our opening article by Peter Bunyard and Pete Roche we try to answer these questions by closely examining the history of lies, cover-ups, scandals and corruption surrounding the nuclear industry. Chris Busby, in his expose of the dangers to our health of radioactive emissions, uncovers mountains of evidence that there is not only no such thing as a 'safe dose', but that repeated low levels of exposure are proportionately more dangerous than exposure to a single massive dose.
Other articles reveal that independent regulatory agencies are not as independent as we are led to believe, and that eminent scientists are willing to put their own careers before the health of the general public. The history of the nuclear industry and those who support it, is shown to provide a perfect illustration of the utter recklessness with which industrialisation-at-anycost has been foisted on the world, and of the gulf that separates the agenda of our political leaders and that which they should have set themselves were they in any way concerned with the true interests of those who elected them to power. •
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Portland, Ore. • At the end of the first half, it sure seemed like the Utah Jazz were headed for a familiar result. Down 52-42, the team lacked fire. It lacked a lot of things.
Tyrone Corbin made two key decisions in the Jazz's surprising 105-95 win over the Portland Trail Blazers that merit further discussion. Both involved benching starters. And both had the potential to backfire if they didn't work.
In the second quarter, Corbin didn't play Mo Williams. Not one second. The Jazz point guard had a quiet to say the least first quarter, which he finished with 2 points, an assist and a turnover in 10 minutes. In Corbin's words, Williams "didn't play his best in the first half."
Williams took it personally. He scored 14 of his game-high 28 points in the fourth quarter, and can safely be given the majority of the credit for the Jazz's first road win since Feb. 13. This is something sports writer's often do. We find something that can be seen as a slight and extrapolate it into something bigger. But when asked if his benching was related to his outstanding fourth-quarter play, Williams said, "Yeah, you know, yeah. You get pissed off. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself you come out and be aggressive."
On to No. 2.
Corbin sat Paul Millsap at the start of the third quarter. It seemed suspicious. Millsap had 11 first-half points, 4 boards. Three fouls is approaching danger zone, but not quite there. So why start Derrick Favors in the second half?
Corbin's explanation stands up, and was validated by a second half in which Millsap scored 14 points and 6 boards (25 points, 10 rebounds) and Favors scored 4 points and added 5 rebounds. He also used up all of his fouls.
Here's Corbin:
"Paul had three fouls and Derrick had only one at that time, so we wanted to buy some minutes for Paul. We wanted to stay aggressive. So sometimes guys have a couple fouls early they won't be as aggressive. So I wanted to make sure that we came out with aggressiveness on the defensive end."
If you watched the game, you know Favors was the difference maker in the third quarter.
The quote of the night didn't make it into the dead-tree version of The Tribune, in part because there wasn't a ton of room and, in part, because when you're writing like a mad-man on a Pacific Time Zone deadline you sometimes, in the words of a former Jazz man, "do dumb [stuff]." In this case, I neglected to utilize this hum-dinger of a quote from Jazz oracle Jamaal Tinsley.
Asked about the vibe in the Jazz locker room, which was electric, Tinsley said, " I guess everybody understands the magnitude of winning ballgames. The last couple of months, month and a half, it hasn't been our month."
*** Jazz get Deron Williams and the Nets Saturday night at ESA. The Jazz are back in eighth in the West, but a loss to the Nets and they're right back to chasing. As our Steve Luhm said Friday night on Twitter, "Suddenly, Deron Williams can really, really, really hurt the team that traded him two years ago."
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Just wanted to wish Steve all the best for his fight on Saturday up in Liverpool from everyone at the gym.
Will update all you guys on the result at soon as possible with the results. Steve has worked hard for this fight and is looking strong so lookign forwards to cornering him.