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Very interesting stuff, thanks for posting it.
|BTW, this is also relative to the upright and location of the attachment of the ball on the upright. No one will be able to diagnose what your problem is from photos.
The amount of Ackerman is very different for a street car or a track car. The track itself can dictate what is the best Aackerman. Ackerman originated form horse and buggies. When buggy made a turn they made the inside wheel turn more which actually matched the center of the turn. If they didn't, the horse would pull the wheels sideways.
In my 1976 Cutlass, it is a boat. They were making these cars both sporty and so Grandma could drive. If you look at any large mid 70's boat like these the inside wheel turns more making it easy to get around in a grocery parking lot. It does however make it interesting if you jerk the wheel at speed (ask me how I know).
In a race car you want the toe to be correct for the straight away and correct for the turn which depends on speed and the arc of the turn. Often racers find themselves wanting more toe out in a turn which means they have too much toe out in the straight away making the straight always dicey. To counter this ackerman is changed by moving the rack forward or aft so you get the desired toe in for the straight away.
For most street driven cars, we deal with what ever we have, how ever it is for what ever reason. To change the Ackerman more often is done in the design of the car.
Bump Steer
I spent a lot of time getting bump steer out of a Pantera. The stock rack is wrong and is an inherent problem in the Pantera. There is a bump steer fix which changes the height of the rack but ultimatly does not fix bump steer...it does however change the impact location. It makes bump not too much of a problem but it makes droop 2x as bad. The arc is just shifted.
I first needed to measure everything. I cut tubing and bolted them in each suspension point. Then I built and welded a frame to tie them all together. I removed the frame and used it to locate all suspension points. Put this info in a program; suspensionprog.
From the program I determined the appropriate height and width of the rack. Reality is often different then the accumulated errors from this kind of excessive; which meant the need to fine tune.
I converted to power steering which an entirely different rack. My a-arms are built from scratch and I modified the distance between the pivot points on the rack to match the information form the software program. I cut one end to not only to adjust the length but I made a threaded shaft so I could adjust it. When the apropriat spot was found, I welded it in place.
Using a HF laser mounted to the rim (not the tire whcih is not always uniform) I was able to achieve ZERO bump steer:
Now this is really the short version of everything done; the very short version. In fine tuning the rack I made a chart and was able to decipher the problem for tuning. The problem is not always as simple as this chart but this chart generally can lead you in the right direction. This chart is for the right wheel. If your bump does what is shown, it shows you what needs to be changed in your ride height or your pivot distance to fine tune the problem:
NOW, if your only problem is rack width, you can measure how much you are off by turning your rack to change the pivot location and finding the zero spot, doing the same with the other side then measuring how far you had to turn your rack to get the result. I can re-explain that if it did not make sense. (words are hard to understand some times).
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There is an article here on hotrodders on upgrading 37-57 pontiac, buick and olds suspensions and they used a center pivot rack. (We have a 37 pontiac in the collection) , Chevy caviliar and other same sized cars used it, rear steer and made a new center bar to relocate pivot points. I saw a similar systems on a road race 65 mustang , the pivot point holes could be taper drilled to put the pivots in the right position. I don't know if there is a front steer center pivot that will work , making a new center bar like on the Wiki to get yours right.
Yep the body of the rack is too long, that is all there is to it.
here are some pictures of what i am up against. They are not the best angles to see exactly what i am talking about, but you can get the point
suspension design
I have some Jag stuff I plan on using on my next roadster build. I am going south next week and the College there has a street rod program, I last time got to Audit For $ 200, the senior discount, Regular students have to pay over $ 1100 per semester, I plan on building my own crosmember for the later jag pieces and will have to sort thru the Rack placement and geometry.
|thanks everyone for the wealth of knowledge. I will look into the heidts catalogue and see if i can find something that will work for me. I wanted to build a tubular front crossmember to fit my whole tube chassis, that is why i went with a custom front IFS. I may have to redo my rack mounting points as it may be out a little from what most MII kits come as. The rack is relatively close to the same "arch" angle as the lower control arms, but the pivot points are not the same. And yes my wheels toe in and out when my air ride suspension goes through its cycle.
more geometry
Moving the rack fore aft will change more angles, arc swing and change the effective akerman angles inducing more toe- in or toe- out during turns than ideal akerman angles. Racing geometry gets more complicated hard cornering suspension squat changes effective camber and that affects where the tire wants to roll. My old friend Bruce Cambern, retired head of Ford SVO designed the last suspension on his 427 Cobra on his home computer, And his theories worked.
(I see just prior to my posting this, there is a pretty good explanation just put up...but I'll hit "post" anyway in case saying things over again helps.)
I'm not sure if Ackerman geometry is quite what you're dealing with here, that is about steered-wheel angles and generally pictured "from above"...for anything having to do with bump steer you're going to be picturing it from ahead or behind.
Whatever the actual suspension or steering member/pivot-to-pivot lengths may be, you can get close to a bump-steer-free deal by having the steering tie rod be the same length as the lower control arm, and at the same angle as the lower control arm (as seen from directly in front or from the rear and going by the pivot locations), if it's at the same level above the ground as said member....or...if the tie rod were at the level of the upper control arm, then you'd want it at that same length and angle of that upper arm then. If the tie rod height falls somewhere between the two like with a Mustang II spindle, split things up proportionately. This is a bit of an over-simplification and skips a couple considerations but like I said, will have you in the ball park.
Anti-dive geometry where the upper control arm pivot is angled back (as seen from the side) causes the spindle to "rotate" slightly as it goes through it's travel and makes zero bumpsteer theoretically not possible, but that's splitting hairs a bit.
So with your front suspension sitting level (hopefully the lower a-arms will be near level, with the uppers angled down toward the middle slightly), kneel down and have a look, imagining lines created through the pivot points and not being fooled by some shape of the a-arms. The angle and lenth of the tie rod needs to be working with that of the a-arms.
You are so right Tim, why redesign what they have provided? Moving the rack or changing it's body length (distance between the inner tie rod end pivots) is moving it out of the arch and pivot points of the control arm and will provide bump steer.
Moving the rack doesn't effect ackermann at all. The only thing that effects it is the location of the tie rod end pivot point in relation to the knuckle or spindle pivot point in relation to the center of the rear axle.
This is a good example of how moving the rack or puttinging the wrong one in effects things.
If the racks tie rods are not matching the control arm they make a different arch. This different arch in effect "lengthens" and "shortens" the rod. Look at the drawing, when the wheel goes up the arch of the end of the tie rod goes in, turning that wheel in! When the wheel goes down, it's pivot is out further, effectively "lengthening" it turning the wheel out!
The control arm pivots and thus arch has to match.
The first question is why are you not using the rack Heidt's recomends for your application. ? ? If you go to Heidt's web page and down load their catalog, Near the back of the book they have several pages of Engineering info about the Mustang II design. moving the rack up-down fore and Aft will affect bump steer and ackerman angles. Other ford pieces can be used when the width is changed . another source for info is Welder Series. They build weld it yourself hot rod components and their catalog has a lot of good installation information.
Undestanding Ackerman/suspension geometry
I have been trying to wrap my head around the whole understanding of steering ackerman and suspension geometry. I am currently using a MII custom front suspension on my chevy colorado pickup truck. It is a tubular crossmember, with heidts upper and lower control arms. Also im using heidts 2" drop spindles. I am currently trying to use a ford ranger power rack and pinion. My issue i am running into is the bumpsteer. The upper control arm width is 25", the lower width is 18". This setup puts my steering arms on my spindles at 44" apart. My ford ranger rack is roughly 24" pivot points. My question about the whole ackerman issue is the rack pivot points vs. the placement of the rack. If the pivot points do not fall in the ideal location of the LCA pivot points, or the point of intersection of the two control arms, will this affect my bumpsteer. Or can this be fixed with the proper location of the rack. If it is moved up or down relevant to the LCA's, will this eliminate any bumpsteer. If the tie rods line up with the LCA's, will this do anything, or does the pivot points along with the rack location make everything work properly.
I am considering biting the bullet and eliminating my power steering, and going with a unisteer custom manual steering rack. It does cost a bit, but I can make my pivot points work with my current suspension setup, and eliminate most of my bumpsteer.
Also does anyone have any links to MII IFS suspension geometry. I would like to know if my rack is properly placed relative to my control arms.
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A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility edited by Allie Esiri & Rachel Kelly, which British actress Helena Bonham Carter 'chocolate for the soul'. Sarah reckons the beauty of this collection (by UK authors) is that you can just dip in and out of it, read a little, or a lot. We should encourage children to read Australian poetry wherever possible and to know it as well as British or American poetry, but Sarah agrees with Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's suggestion on the book's cover that 'this gorgeous and electrifying anthology should be on the shelf of every child'.
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The game will take place following the women's conference match against Cleveland State at noon, and features two of the top goal scorers in the Horizon League this season in Green Bay's Sam Krenzien (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Detroit's Adam Bedell.
Saturday's contest will be the 23rd all-time between the two squads, with the Titans leading the all-time series 11-7-4. The Phoenix had an eight-match unbeaten streak against the Titans dating back to 2006 before dropping a 2-1 decision on the road last season. During the streak, Green Bay outscored Detroit by a margin of 21-5. Detroit's last win in Green Bay came during the 2005 season in a close 1-0 battle.
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Conservation of the earth's biological diversity is critical in the reduction and eradication of poverty due to the goods and services that the ecosystem provides. A healthy ecosystem is the primary source of food, clean water, soil formation, fibers, housing, medicine, climate regulation, pollution breakdown, and unquantifiable cultural, aesthetic, and educational value. In addition to these basic services, a vibrant environment contributes immense economic value by means of agriculture, fishing, forestry, livestock, and tourism. A decline in biological diversity means that the environment is no longer able to support the needs of the people who depend on it.
How Much Biodiversity Are We Losing?
How Does This Affect Humankind?
What is Biodiversity?
Simply put, biodiversity is all life on the planet. How much life is out there, however, is still somewhat unclear. Estimates range from 2 million to 100 million species, with only around 1.4 million currently named. The possible diversity of uncharacterized species is staggering: in 1980, in the tropical rainforests of Panama, scientists discovered 1,200 species of beetles living in an area of just 19 trees… and fully 80% of these species were previously unknown to science. However, relatively recently, species have begun to disappear at an alarming rate. When species disappear, integral components to our web of life disappear as well, often in ways not well understood.
How Much Biodiversity Are We Losing?
Scientists estimate that the loss of species is occurring at a rate of around 0.01%-0.1% of all species per year, or between 1,000 and 10,000 times the natural or background rate of extinction (the rate of species loss that would occur without human influence). This means that if there are 2 million species on earth, roughly 200-2,000 of them disappear each year. However, if there are 100 million species currently in existence, we are losing between 10,000 and 100,000 every year. No matter which numbers are correct, loss of biological diversity is a very serious problem - and it looks to only get worse. Unfortunately, an overwhelming amount of the earth's biological diversity is located in the equator region, an area beset by extreme poverty and thus under serious threat of species loss (See Fig. 1.0 Gaston 2000). Conservation International has designated 34 distinct regions as "biodiversity hotspots," areas that hold at least 1,500 species of vascular plants (> 0.5 percent of the world's total) as endemics, and have lost at least 70 percent of the original habitat. These 34 hotspots cover only 2.3 percent of the Earth's land surface, and yet host over 50 percent of the world's plant species and 42 percent of all terrestrial vertebrate species as endemics. 21 of these hotspots are within the Equator region.
Based on population projections alone, 50% more food than is currently produced will be required to feed the global population by 2050. Irrigated crop production will need to increase by 80% by 2030 to match demand. Already, 35% of the Earth's surface has been converted for agriculture, which indicates a frightening limit on future productivity. The livestock sector already represents the world's single largest human use of land. Grazing land covers 26% of the Earth's surface, while animal feed crops account for about a third of arable land. 70% of land in the Amazon that was previously forested is now used as pasture, and livestock feed crops cover a large part of the remainder.
How Does This Affect Humankind?
Though often taken for granted, human well-being is seriously dependent on goods and services provided by a healthy environment. Unfortunately, these are predominantly public goods with no real markets or discernible prices, and so are rarely taken into account by our current "economic compass." Because of this, we are losing biodiversity at an alarming rate, our ecosystems are being continuously degraded and we, in turn, are suffering the consequences.
The biological diversity of the planet provides people with the basic goods and services needed to survive. Known as "ecosystem services," they include:
In addition, the living environment provides economic benefits and livelihoods that are lost as species disappear. Unfortunately, the effects of biodiversity loss are felt most strongly by those people that are most directly dependant on the environment: the poor. According to World Resources 2008: Roots of Resilience, as of 2004, around 986 million people are existing on less than $1 per day, and over 760 million of these people live in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia alone. Additionally, 76% of global poverty is found in rural areas - where the concentration of biological diversity is greatest. Over 3 billion people rely on coastal and marine biodiversity, and around 1.6 billion people are dependent on forests and non-timber forest products for their livelihoods. Coral reefs provide a wide range of services to around 500 million people. Some 9-12% of the world's fisheries are based directly on reefs, while a large number of offshore fisheries also rely on them as breeding, nursery or feeding grounds.
Human health and medicine are also inextricably linked to the health and diversity of the environment:
Clearly, to achieve meaningful poverty reduction and to create sustainable development mechanisms, it is imperative that there be global cooperation in reducing biodiversity loss.
What Are We Doing About It?
Many governments have, through the Convention on Biological Diversity, agreed to "achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national level, as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on Earth." In addition, many of the people who are so directly affected by the loss of biodiversity are helping to shape their own futures: local and indigenous communities and grassroots organizations in the poorest parts of the world are finding ways to help their economies develop, while at the same time conserving the species upon which they so depend.
Through the use of traditional knowledge and sustainable practices, local people are developing initiatives that are proving that it is not only possible to generate income through biological conservation, but that maintaining biodiversity can actually provide greater income generation over a greater period of time than unsustainable practices.
World Resources 2005: The Wealth of the Poor elucidates certain critical conditions that enable successful community initiatives, namely:
The sharing, dispersal, and scaling-up of indigenous and traditional knowledge will not only benefit the poor that depend directly on the environment for their livelihoods, but will improve the outlook for humanity as a whole. It is difficult to determine with any certainty what effect the thousands of species disappearing each year will have on us personally, but it is clear that this is a problem that cannot be ignored.
Establishing protected areas is one important method of biological conservation. Protected areas in developing countries are considerably cheaper per hectare to establish and manage than in developed countries. Thus, although developing countries account for 60% of the total area of biodiversity reserve sites, their actual conservation budget needs come to just 10% of the global budget. Already, more than 11% of the Earth's land surface is legally protected thanks to a loose network of more than 100,000 protected areas, which together contain most types of terrestrial biodiversity. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to secure the land necessary to create a suitable protected area. So what do we do then?
"Payments for Ecosystem Services," or "PES" are payments for a biologically-provided service or the land use likely to secure that service. Governments are increasingly creating incentive programmes that support landowners who protect ecosystem services by compensating for lost revenues. Payments are particularly valuable when land cannot be purchased and set aside for conservation, or where protected areas cannot be established.
Acting to conserve biological diversity before being forced to do so is far preferable to the alternative. If humans are able to plan for the future ahead by cutting demand for ecological resources, this need not necessarily entail hardship, and may likely promote development opportunities and improve quality of life. On the other hand, when societies that operate with an ecological deficit experience unplanned reductions in resource use and are forced to rely on their own "biocapacity", a decline in quality of life, often severe, generally follows.
What's Next?
You are an integral part of nature; your fate is tightly linked with biodiversity, the huge variety of other animals and plants, the places they live and their surrounding environments, all over the world.
You rely on this diversity of life to provide you with the food, fuel, medicine and other essentials you simply cannot live without. Yet this rich diversity is being lost at a greatly accelerated rate because of human activities. This impoverishes us all and weakens the ability of the living systems, on which we depend, to resist growing threats such as climate change
2011-2010 is the United Nations Decade of Biodiversity, and people all over the world continue to work to safeguard this irreplaceable natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss. This is vital for current and future human wellbeing. We need to do more. Now is the time to act.
Sources: World Resources Institute, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Millennium Ecosystem Report, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) Report, BiodiversityHotspots.org, and Global Patterns in Biodiversity, by Kevin J. Gaston, 2000.


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White House Aide: Gosh Darn These Republicans Are Racist
posted at 2:34 pm on December 3, 2012 by Duane Patterson
NBC News chief White House correspondent, Chuck Todd, appeared on Morning Joe to drop a little 'here's what someone high up said to me' nugget.
So a policy decision over the impact of tax rates cannot be dissented against in this country anymore, because it's morally equivalent to owning slaves. The American left has thrown around the racism charge so freely that the boy hasn't just cried wolf, he's run full page ads, recorded infomercials, embedded blogads, and personally visited the residence of every American in the republic to make sure everyone knows there's a wolf, that the wolf is a Republican, and that he's racist.
Never mind the fact that the tax rate increases the left, elected Democrats and MSM, want will only raise around eight days of revenue out of a projected trillion and a half dollar deficit, and it will have a smothering effect on the private sector going into the new year. Forget about the fact that the President's proposal last Thursday actually takes our deficit and makes it worse by increasing federal spending by an additional quarter of a trillion dollars. Having concerns about the executive branch having unilateral control over when and how much money this country can borrow, with no Congressional ability to check it? You're dreaming. And you might as well submit yourself to thought police reprogramming if you hold the opinion that it's a moral evil to take from those who have earned it in order to give it away to those who have not.
To this "very smart" unnamed White House aide, however, none of these reasons for opposition to the President's plan are to be taken into account. A normal, rational person cannot look at the President's plan and say anything but pass it unanimously. The only explantion for dissent has to be because of the color of the President's skin or something.
Language continues to be the biggest victim of the culture war being waged in America 2012. If a Republican is in the White House, dissent is defined as patriotic. If a Democratic president is in office, and he happens to have a different skin color than all of his predecessors, dissent is redefined to mean racist. If a woman becomes president at some point in the future, and she is a Democrat, dissent will morph yet again into meaning sexist or misogynistic. Let's hope that some day soon, we can go back to dissent being defined as patriotic again. That will mean that the country finally figured out there's no wolf.


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No I doubt it. It's a VERY complex book and I am someone who listens to my ABs while jogging, lifting, doing housework, driving etc. There are so many..Show More »
Deadhouse Gates is the second book in the dark military epic fantasy known as the Malazan Tale of the Fallen.
Finishing this massive tome f..Show More »
This may go down as one of the great epic fantasies of our time.
Truly, this series redefines the word "epic" in fantasy. Compared to ..Show More »
Yes, but only in the sense that I want to continue with the Malazan series but do not have the time to read traditionally (I listen while commuting et..Show More »
Another amazing epic fantasy saga all contained in one book, with a climax as epic as that in Memories of Ice and House of Chains.
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INCONSISTENT VOICES!!! Seriously, this is getting ridiculous! But more on the performance in a moment...
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One of my favorites of the series so far. I won't give any spoilers, but many of the disparate and far flung characters are starting to converge. I a..Show More »
The Narrator is very good and by book 8, I have gotten comfortable with his style and delivery. The pace and tone are good and the book itself has a d..Show More »
Book 10 is a truly worthy ending for what is arguably the best series in the epic fantasy genre. Erikson actually did a good job of wrapping up the n..Show More »


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There is a big beekeeper in Moorooduc, Vic (use yellow pages) and he was quoted in the local rag about how there was no local workers and he was importing them from Europe.
Dang..... That's pretty good.
Have you not contacted him yet? If you really want a job i'd suggest just drop him an email and see what he has to say! no one on here is going to be able to give you better help than you dropping him a line and asking him all the questions you need


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text: I'm scratchbuilding my own armor from sintra and have gotten up to the forming stage. My shoulder bells were identical before I started heating (with heat gun) and molding them but now there is a half inch difference on either side. One bell is an inch taller than the other and the other one is an inch wider than the first. Has anyone else had issues like this and what is there to be done?


text: I have a Sig 229 in 40 cal and very much like the feel and action of the gun and their reputation for quality seems unsurpassed. If you go to the Sig forum on this site you will see i have a accuracy issue with the gun. It is currently at the gunsmith being looked over. I am a new shooter so it could be just my expectations of the accuracy of a compact with a 3 inch barrel. I am currently looking at a Sig 226 in a 9mm. This would hopefully allow me to improve my accuracy with the 229 as well seeing as how both guns are very similar in terms of weight feel and trigger pull. Not to mention the 9mm is cheaper at the range than the 40 S&W


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Salem: Oregon's Capital
Also see the Capitol Tour and the Salem city government description.
Salem, with a population of 162,060, is Oregon's state capital and the third largest city. Salem is also the county seat of Marion County, but a small
portion contained within its corporate limits of 44 square miles lies across the Willamette River in Polk County. Salem is situated on the 45th geographic parallel in the center of the Willamette Valley—one of the most fertile and agriculturally productive regions in the world—47 miles south of Portland and 64 miles north of Eugene.
Salem serves as the hub of both state government and the surrounding farming communities. State government is the largest employer, with approximately 17,958 state employees and offices for 69 state agencies located in Salem. Salem is also one of the largest food-processing centers in the United States.
In addition, Salem is one of Oregon's oldest cities. The tribal name for the locality was Chemeketa, said to mean "meeting or resting place." It may also have been the name of one of the bands of the Kalapuya Tribe. In 1840–1841, the Jason Lee Mission was moved from the banks of the Willamette River upstream to a site on Mill Creek. In 1842, the missionaries established the Oregon Institute. When the mission was dissolved in 1844, it was decided to lay out a townsite on the Oregon Institute lands. Either David Leslie, one of the trustees who came to Oregon from Salem, Massachusetts, or W. H. Willson, who filed plats in 1850–1851 for what is now the main part of the city, selected the name "Salem." Salem is the Anglicized form of the Hebrew word shalom, meaning peace.*
The location of the Oregon capital caused a spirited contest that lasted nearly 15 years. By a legislative act in 1851, the territorial government moved the capital to Salem from Oregon City. In 1855, it was moved to Corvallis, only to move back to Salem the same year. Destruction of the Capitol Building at Salem on December 31, 1855, was considered an incendiary part of this controversy.
The close proximity of government provides Salem citizens with a distinct opportunity to be involved in the decision-making processes of the state. The citizens of Salem also have a long history of commitment to community improvement, a committment recognized nationally through the presentation of two All-America City Awards in 1960–1961 and 1982–1983.
*Early Salem history from Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis A. McArthur.


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So this is what happens when you use a save editor and forget just how bright 200+ red will be. In the words of my lovely friend Zealon "If those are Shep's drapes... I wonder what her carpet looks like."
"When it comes to the past, EVERYONE writes fiction." -Stephen King
My 2 chars 1 level 45 and 1 level 20.
Always when I'm downloading this game
- 90 Warlock
- 85 Paladin
Going to be my new main.
Episode 5 for Parasite Eve: The 3rd Birthday.
I had a lot of trouble with this mission because I wanted to get all the feats.
Some of the feats required no soldiers to die.....which is hard when the A.I. decides to be stupid.
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Normally this is a 280R-atk gun, but once you craft it and you're lucky you'll end up with the highest craft you can get on it...
So when the game arrives ... which it didnt and its been 3 days =_= , il buy the white one and maybe buy a makeover kit .
They are both the same , just reskined textures .
When you kill 6 people in Unreal Tournament it's "Monster Kill",
In Quake3 it's "Excellent", in Counter-Strike it's "Kicked by console"


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Got a chance to do a real quick shoot with Scott this afternoon. It was a bit rushed, cramped, and I wasn't super happy with the lighting, but I still think we managed to eek out a couple of good shots. The purpose of the shoot was to get an even better photo of Scott's HS Fett for the Insider Ad. After that, we were just playing around. The certainly isn't my best work, but we did get the shot we wanted for the Insider and that is what counts. Thanks to Scott for being a really good sport as it was blazing hot here in the desert, even indoors.
I really like the last two shots because they are virtually the same pose, but with minor variations in position you get two totally different looks.


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Symposium on Terror Receives High Marks
Over two-hundred attendees were present on November 16 for the 2006 Wayne State University Law School's Law Review symposium, Issues in the War on Terror: Investigations, the Media and Article III Courts.
Sponsored by The Wayne Law Review, and with the help of the Honorable Gerald Rosen, the day-long symposium drew experts from across the nation to the Law School. Three panels highlighted issues including the complex interplay between the intelligence community and the media, and how terrorism trials play out in the courts, with the perspectives of federal judges, government prosecutors, and defense attorneys receiving consideration. Among the speakers were Washington Post reporter Dana Priest; Adam Liptak from The New York Times; the acting general Counsel for the CIA, John Rizzo; Ann Beeson, the associate legal director of the ACLU, and two U.S. District judges, Gerald Rosen and George Steeh.
Students attending the symposium commented on how much they enjoyed the speakers, and the lively, yet respectful debate from all sides of an important issue that will shape our world in the years to come. Law Review editor in chief Gregory Nowakowski commented, "It was important to see people with clearly differing viewpoints speak to each other civilly. Their responses made me proud to know that conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat, people working in government, the newspapers and on the federal bench have the future of our country in thoughtful and intelligent hands."
While all three panels were well attended, one panel was off the record; The Law Review will transcribe the other two panels, and there will also be a video version on the Law School's webpage.


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Ok guys here is a little review from me on my A5. I am not a professional, just a guy that shoots a lot and kills ducks.
Bought 3 months ago
Gun: Browning A5 3" 28" barrel blades camo
Ok I was hesitant at first to buy this gun because just like everything else that comes out new there will be some problems. Mostly was hearing it would not cycle lighter loads particularly 1oz. I have put it to the test, the ultimate test will be duck season. I have shot over 1000 rounds through my a5 so far. Not one hiccup as far as cycling goes, most has been 1oz 2 3/4 shells for skeet, and dove. I have never shot an A5 before so it was a little different. First 100 round course I shot with it I shot terrible, first time to shoot it I shot a 56 on a 100 round course. Thought about getting rid of it because I have never shot that bad, started shooting more and getting more comfortable with it. Next 100 round course I shot 81 out of 100 on a legit course. By passing the other 4 guys there. Started getting comfortable with it and feeling how it shoots. I am coming from an 870 express from the past 7 years just for perspective. This past weekend went teal hunting with 3" high brass, only shells our local stores had. Worked flawless and dropped them like it supposed to do.
I have shot other guns next to it browning maxus, and extrema 2. Only thing these guns have on the A5 is that they are gas of course, I am an inertia gun guy, I torcher my guns and make them work having seen the extrema 2 jam multiple times while hunting in some hard conditions and if not cleaned on the regular. Not saying mine wont. So I felt that inertia is what suits me best. It is to me one of the softest shooting inertia guns, having shot multiple inertia gun. It is awesome feeling, being slim and lightweight. I am stoked about my purchase and will have this gun for a long time.
Thanks and any questions be glad to talk about. Not bashing any guns, just stating my opinion and what I have seen thanks.


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Washington Post Warming to Climategate…
posted at 5:45 pm on December 5, 2009 by Dafydd ab Hugh
…But it still can't bring itself to admit there are reputable scientists who dispute the core theory of anthropogenic global climate change (AGCC).
In its article today, the WaPo finally raises the issue of Climategate — gingerly, and with great sensitivity to the feelings of the climate hystericos:
Except now, much of that attention is focused on the science's flaws. Leaked just before international climate talks begin in Copenhagen — the culmination of years of work by scientists to raise alarms about greenhouse-gas emissions — the e-mails have cast those scientists in a political light and given new energy to others who think the issue of climate change is all overblown.
The e-mails don't say that: They don't provide proof that human-caused climate change is a lie or a swindle.
But they do raise hard questions. In an effort to control what the public hears, did prominent scientists who link climate change to human behavior try to squelch a back-and-forth that is central to the scientific method? Is the science of global warming messier than they have admitted?
That's about as harsh as the Post is willing to go. They write not a single word about such fundamental questions as:
- If human technology spurred AGCC in the last century, what caused the Mediaeval Warm Period from A.D. 800 to 1300? And what caused the Little Ice Age that followed?
- Can other, completely natural factors explain the warming we have seen — such as a change in the sun's output, or volcanic activity spewing "greenhouse" gases into the atmosphere?
- Is a warming Earth truly catastrophic, as alarmists insist? Or does higher CO2 and warmer weather bring benefits as well as risks?
- Will any of the suggested reparations actually make a significant difference? Or is it just feel-good politics that will push us towards the even greater catastrophe of energy starvation?
- And why is it that, no matter whether the Earth is freezing into a gigantic, spherical glacier or turning into the hellish inferno of Venus, the solution is always the same: Smash the looms!
- Most basic, why cannot the general-circulation computer models — on which the entire theory is based — even accurately "predict" the warming from 1900 to 2000, or the lack of warming occurring right now? Do they need minor tweaks… or are they utterly wrong from the beginning?
The Post does at least touch on the question of climate models, but so gently even an alert reader could be excused for missing it:
These are the facts: After an increase in 1998, the world has been historically warm, but its average temperatures have not climbed steadily. Does that mean climate change has stopped?
Many mainstream scientists say no: This is just a tic of nature, as cycles of currents in the Pacific Ocean and a decrease in heat coming off the sun have temporarily dampened warming. Some researchers, though, have said the models — and, by extension, the human researchers that built them — could be missing something about how the climate works. That point was made in one stolen e-mail, in which climate researcher Kevin Trenberth wrote it was a "travesty" that models could not explain why the Earth hadn't warmed more.
"We're simply not tracking where the heat is going," said Trenberth, who heads the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
The paper quotes no scientist opining that they're not "tracking where the heat is going" because the Earth may not be warming at the moment; the reporters assume all along that it's there… it's just hidden somehow. Yet if warming did abruptly stop, that causes a serious problem in the reliability of the general-circulation models — since none of them predict such a thing. (At the very least it implies there are forces unaccounted for in current theory that operate counter to the supposedly warming effects of greenhouse gases.)
The Post does note one anomaly that should sound a Klaxon about the integrity of AGCC researchers:
The diversity of opinion on this topic, however, wasn't evident late last month, when a group of 26 climate researchers issued a report called "The Copenhagen Diagnosis," summarizing scientific advances since the last major U.N. climate report in 2007.
"Has global warming recently slowed down or paused?" the report said. "No."
Yet privately, researchers admit that global warming has "recently slowed down or paused." They just don't want to admit that in public; if people and politicians saw all the facts, including the messy ones that current AGCC theory cannot explain, they might get the wrong impression, you see.
And here's another chilling quote that cuts right to the heart of the debate, rather, it's lack:
Mainstream climate scientists say they have kept an open mind but have rejected papers that lack proper evidence. In Pielke's case, "the literature doesn't show" his ideas about the importance of land use are correct, said Tom Karl, head of the NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.
Top climate scientists say that in recent years most of the new, worthy research has only made the threat of climate change seem bigger and faster.
But of course, research that draws the wrong conclusion can hardly be called "worthy."
It's certainly true that peer-reviewed scientific journals cannot willy-nilly accept just any paper that's submitted; but the charge — and it's one of the most serious in science — is that papers are rejected not for lack of evidence but rather because they draw the "wrong" conclusions. If the globalista establishment pushes climate journals to reject any paper that invalidates or even questions a key element of AGCC, which some e-mails show the researchers at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia doing, then it's hardly a surprise that the scientific literature doesn't support the skeptics. It becomes, as I said, artifactual: Scientists get the literature they enforce.
So on the one hand, we have a pure, linear, public face of science; and on the other, we see a messy, muddied private face. On the third hand, in the hacked CRU e-mails, we're shown the intersection of the two faces in a raging, secretive conversation about which facts can safely be released… and which are so explosive they must, at any cost, be suppressed. While this is the norm for politics, it makes for absolutely dreadful science.
On the plus side, the leftstream media is finally starting to nibble around the edges of the Climategate scandal; but they're still not willing to admit that, far from merely presenting establishment climate researchers in an unflattering light, Climategate reveals them compromising the very data and scientific integrity they need to prove their theory… and one cannot help but conclude that if the facts really supported AGCC — they wouldn't need to fudge them.
Cross-posted on Big Lizards…


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Hey, i'm not sure what happened to the request section. Are there any empire builders where you can build your medievil castle up. Upgrade buildings like blacksmiths, fletchers, armoury, stables. Then travel a world map and attack roaming bands of soldiers, take prisoners, attack castles, siege them.
Kind of like how mount and blade works but with focus on building up your own castles which you can walk around. I'll settle for a more strategy based game if need be.
Suggestions? Thanks


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Were you one of the lucky 450 Junior Gunners who received an invite to our spooky Halloween and Bonfire Night event on Saturday, November 3?
Well if you were, you can relive all the best bits from the fun-filled day at Emirates Stadium by watching the above video.
And if you didn't get invited this time, don't worry - because we will be launching another competition to attend our next event soon!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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Jamie Bell Gossip
Jamie Bell gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Kate & Rooney: Mara love updates
Sharky/ Polite Paparazzi/ Splash News, AKM-GSI
Kate and Rooney Mara were both papped yesterday. Let's start with Kate: her reps confirmed yesterday Full Story
Smutty Social Media, April 20, 2016
This photo is from 3 days ago but it's worth posting because 1. Abbi from Broad City and 2. I'm loving this "Kelly Ripa is not to be f-cked with" vibe this week. Gettin ready to talk to dis Broad and da udder one. #tribecatunein #broadcity 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 YAAASSSS KWEEEENS Full Story
Fantastic Four is an unmitigated disaster
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The writing was on the wall, but even amid downgraded expectations, Fantastic Four managed a spectacular belly-flop over the weekend. Dismal reviews and bad word of mouth—the movie got a C- from CinemaScore—led to a dismal $26.1 million opening weekend Full Story
More like Un-Fantastic Four
Well, Fantastic Four really sh*t the bed this weekend. All the problems plaguing the movie behind the scenes and dogging its disastrous release will be dealt with in a separate post, so that here we can simply focus on the final product, which is just the worst. It's wrong-headed from the get, a giant f*ck you to both the idea of narrative consistency and the audience for having the temerity to expect a superhero movie—a genre about people with fantastical powers flying around and saving the world—to be any fun at all. Full Story
Fantastic Four may not be a total loss
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And solely because of Michael B. Jordan. The final trailer for the gritty reboot of Fantastic Four is out and it looks like all your least favorite parts of comic book movies—destruction on a massive scale, blue beams of light pointing at the sky, overly serious dialogue, overreliance on CGI, the Very Special Boy trope—mashed into one movie. Full Story
Fantastic Four is all about Michael B. Jordan
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Fox's Fantastic Four reboot is flying under the radar, as far as superhero movies go. This one has the least amount of hype and pre-release attention focused on it, and I can't help but think that's a good thing: With expectations low, even a mediocre result will feel like a win. Full Story
Shia's smoking O face
Several character posters for Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac were released yesterday featuring all the actors' orgasm faces. Some of them, I think, are coming while stimulating themselves. Some of them are coming while being stimulated. Shia is … I don't know what Shia LaBeouf is. Full Story
Evan Rachel Wood's Days Of Being Wild
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Totally forgot Evan Rachel Wood is pregnant. Here she is, pregnant, with husband Jamie Bell out for a walk in LA on Saturday. I only just remembered because she hasn't been documenting her pregnancy for us via the paps the way so many of them normally do. And…that's all I really have to say about it which would have been too short of an article so I just checked her Twitter Full Story
Milou on the carpet
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I'm assuming this is Milou? On the carpet in Rome for the premiere of The Adventures of TinTin with Jamie Bell? TinTin doesn't open until close to Christmas but this press tour has been a couple of weeks long already and I feel like we're only halfway through Europe. Not sure if Milou is along for the ride the entire time. Full Story
Curb is back!
There are times when Jacek is watching Curb Your Enthusiasm and he starts choking from laughing so hard. This may be blasphemy but Curb has made Seinfeld LESS funny to me. Remember the time he chicken meangirled that poor guy about his failed kamikaze father? Remember the car wash with the developmentally challenged? If you watch Curb, you know. Full Story
Buff Billy Elliott
Well hello Jamie Bell. I like your V. Billy Elliott is 22. And he's in a new film called The Eagle of the Ninth starring Channing Tatum and Donald Sutherland. It's 140AD. Jamie is a slave in a Britain run by Romans serving Tatum's character who, naturally, is the hero. Ummm… Does this mean Channing Tatum will be doing an accent? Because… Please. Full Story


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So I was thinking of building my own gun (plastic Boba Fett blaster for any government people reading this). I have two plastic video game accessory guns for the Wii that I have and I was thinking there has to be some way to combine them together with a few extra parts to make a half decent replica. Any suggestions would be really appreciated on what parts you think might work well.
At the moment I was thinking of cutting off the butt stock of the orange gun and attaching the white butt stock. Or getting a plastic 6 gun since it is basically the space version of a 1873 revolver carbine http://www.uberti.com/firearms/image...carbine_lg.jpg
Or I could just buy the hasbro one and repaint it. Just throwing out some ideas to the forum.


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So, I have technically been working on this Jango for 6 years and all my hard work has finally paid off. I debuted this at SDCC this year. I actually wore it for the first time ever at the con...not even a test fit previously. Thanks to all those who have helped me over the years! Here's a breakdown of the parts.
Helmet - Fettpride Screencast...scratch and dent sale so it's RnB. Asok aluminum RF stalk.
Chest armor, Shoulders, Thigh Armor, Foot armor - BKBT gelcoat w/ RnB
Knees - BKBT/Cruzer CC (the brand new ones) with aluminum Dark-Side darts
Shins - Cruzer CC
Backplate - Cruzer gelcoat w/ RnB
Jetpack - MOW w/ Serenity beacon and stabilizer
Flight Suit - made by my wife with very accurate material from LA fashion district.
Vest - Leather, made by Ladysewforus
Gauntlets - Fettpride Cold Cast with Dark-Side aluminum parts
Ammo belt - Me
Girth Belt - Cruzer's Bolo, assembled by me
Holsters - Cruzer, dyed by me
Gloves - Nordstrom Rack
Blasters - MR
Shoes - GBX, accurate sole
Special, special, uber thanks goes out to Cruzer for bailing me out at the last minute and going above and beyond to provide me with holsters, shins and knees in time for comic-con!


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Paul, I enjoy watching your videos. You asked for input, so here's mine. I have been using CLP silicone spray for about 20 years. Like Ballistol, I just spray it on and watch it foam. Then I scrub and wipe away everything that is not gun.
I have a ton of white T-shirts that I used to wear at my old job. I seem to get a lot of pleasure out of shredding them into cleaning patchs and rags. Instead of Q tips I use a jewelers screwdriver or small allen wrench to push the patchs into channels, grooves, etc. After cleaning I leave a light residue of CLP that drys to a silicone film. I also hit the obvious wear points with gun oil from a medical syringe.
That's about. it.


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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger has a novel idea to keep referees out of pre-match discussions - keep their identity a secret until the day of the game.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association after making comments about Howard Webb ahead of his team's 2-1 win over Chelsea last weekend.
Ferguson was complimentary about the World Cup referee but he broke FA rules which state that no manager can speak about an official prior to a match.
The irony of the situation made Wenger chuckle at his pre-match press conference on Friday. "They are not used to him [Ferguson] being complimentary - it was a shock to the FA!" he remarked, adding that the charge was misjudged. But the Frenchman went on to propose a radical overhaul of the way referees are selected.
"I personally believe that you should not know the name of the referee before the game anyway," said Wenger. "It should be a draw 48 hours before the game for anybody and nobody should know who is refereeing what game.
"That would keep everybody out of any problems before the game. In the professional game it should be systematically a draw two days before the game.
"Before the game I don't like comments about the referee, personally. You have never heard me saying anything about a referee before the game.
"After, I can understand that a manager should have a bit of freedom to express his opinions because the frustration is sometimes so big. But before the game you have to give the referee every chance to go with clear ideas and without any pressure to any game."
It was put to Wenger that his proposal would be difficult to adopt for geographical reasons and because some officials might support certain clubs. But the Frenchman had an answer to that.
"England is not a massive country where you have a problem to move," he said.
"If the referees are identified to support a certain club you can keep them out of the draw but I believe it would be the best way to take any suspicion away and to give some power to people who name the referees for each game.
"It should be exactly the same in Europe because there were problems before Barcelona played Real Madrid with the nomination of the referee.
"If it was a draw, you rule out maybe some referees, and then they appear on the day of the game and you don't know who they are. Because history is full of controversial situations, especially in Europe."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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Discussion in 'February 2012' started by roscoe36, Jan 29, 2012.
7:30 PM EST TV: FS Detroit / NBA league Pass Radio: 97.1 The Ticket
This thread may fit more naturally into the February 2012 group....
Don't we still gotta play Milwaukee Monday night?
Game cancelled due to lack of interest.
I just saw on ESPN that they are going to do a computer simulation of the game just to preserve the player stats, bonus incentives, etc.
Leecap for the game: Another coaching loss. This coach can't learn. Why? Because, he keeps Ben in the game past the 6 minute mark. And then when he finally subs him out, he puts JJ in who has no business playing PF in the NBA. Meanwhile JMAX....
Pistons playing a 7-15 team tonight. The Nets signed Kris Humphries this off-season.....a decent "big"..... Pistons stand at 4-19.......The Pistons signed Stuckey and Tay for 15 million per season......seaweed with legs. Nets win by 9.........as Humphries collects 16 rebounds.............
Someone in PS&E marketing HAS to make that the new team slogan.
Yuge matchup coming up between Knight & D-Will.
BK might file a request to change his number to 52 when the smoke clears - the number of players drafted after him.
I'm really looking forward to this matchup. I really hope that BK has more assists than Deron's turnovers.
Maxiell getting the start over Wallace today.
Look, at least we are still in this game. I half expected a blowout end 1st quarter and Prince to 0-15 off his palm ball random turnaround jumpshot isolation. What a move. Diops free throws ain't got anything on a ping pong collection like Taysolation.
And here comes the blowout march. Williams already has 6 offensive boards. Is stuckey and knight holding up the key? Lawrence, if you are there, you want your team to get the ball.
Neither of them were in the game during that run.
Haha that is true.
NJ has 4 Williams's on the court at the same time.
It is really confusing watching the play by play 04:27 Williams Turnover : Traveling (1 TO) Prince Driving Layup Shot: Made (12 PTS) 04:12 [DET 57-64] 03:56 Williams Turnover : Bad Pass (3 TO)
6 points, just over a minute to go. Don't think our shooting is high enough to get this one but always got faith
Watched Frank's post game. Tough choice, but I prefer my own wet farts
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Israel spies on the United States more than any other ally does and these activities have reached an alarming level, Newsweek magazine reported Tuesday.
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Lieberman claimed that Israel had "learned its lesson" from the case of Jonathan Pollard, a US naval analyst who was arrested in Washington in 1985 and sentenced to life in jail for spying on the United States for Israel.
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Stewart went seven shutout innings in a 5-0 victory over Fairfield in the regular-season finale. The sophomore allowed four hits and walked two while striking out six to win his fourth game of the season. Stewart allowed the leadoff batter to reach one time in his seven innings and didn't allow a Fairfield batter to reach third base in the start.
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Hope you can help, I've read Alex's blog on Copyright - http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teaching/t ... l-teacher/ - and was a little shocked! I remember doing my CELTA and was informed that generally, to make sure that I did reference any material I used from books, internet, music, artists, CDs, etc, etc.
My main question is, if I use any material out there in the world, if I reference where I got it from, is that ok?
The reason I am asking this is because I have been told to teach Kindergarten (3-5 year olds) english, and one of the best methods I was thinking about was using music. I could use music to teach them how to say hello, how are you, etc etc.
Now, there are many materials on the web which have what they call "free songs" to download and use, but one website - http://www.dreamenglish.com/freedownload - has said that if their music is used for more than 10 classroom (lessons) then there is a copyright fee involved.
So...my point is, if I were to bring my guitar into the class and start playing it and using the songs lyrics (or altering it slightly, changing the music slightly), would this still infringe on copyright?
For the intermediate - advance students, they've complained that their text books are boring, so I've offered use the same topics found in the text book, but to get some pictures and names that Hong Kong people are more familiar with than those found in the text book....
for example, the topic is on hobbies, and the text book uses fossil collecting. I've decided to change this to a collection of Gundam figures (not that the whole class likes Gundam) but I'm sure that they would be able to understand this a bit more.
Again....is this against the copyright too? Even if I re-word the questions et al?
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We (originally my fathers) used to have a beautiful Colt Python, .357magnum. I think it had a 6in barrel, honed trigger (2lbs). Was absolutely beautiful.
I rarely ever shot the thing and when I did it spit a lot of gun powder out of the cylinders. I traded it in for a Sig Trailside thinking it would see a lot more use and I would become a much better shooter w/ the extra range time. Trailside sucked.
Now I don't have a Trailside or a Python.
Just venting.
I have always wanted a Colt Phthon.
Never had one - just didn't seem to come around when I was buying - I've got lots of guns, but sure always wanted a Python ...
Me too. I sold it to a Tucson cop back in the 60s. Wish I'd never let it go.
I had a 6" Colt Python many years ago, traded it off for a customized Colt SAA. Bought a Smith & Wesson Model 586 Distinguished Combat Magnum with 4" barrel, later added a 6" barrel. Never pined for the Python since.
It is my opinion the 586 is the finest DA .357 Magnum to come along.
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Wrong Bob it's the Python and you know it. ( just kidding Bob)
1978 Colt Python 6"barrel, .357 mag.
I carried a 6" Python in the early days of my LE career (in that department you weren't cool unless you packed a Snake...I was young and impressionable). It was smooth and extremely accurate. I sold it when I left that department because I needed the $$$; I regret it to this day
I miss mine too! I traded it for 3 S&Ws and still regret it.


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