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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Mark V, Nov 5, 2013.
Joe Dumars does not let assets walk.
When you do that (let Moose and Stuckey walk - and not resign CV ), what are we looking at? Who do we target? Probably a stud SF since that's huge gaping hole we have in our lineup. Here's the list of FAs this summer: 2014 NBA Free Agents | HOOPSWORLD | Basketball News & NBA Rumors Now looking at this list, the player we target should give us more than what we get from Moose+Stuckey combination. Only the following SFs stand out from that list: Luol Deng LeBron James Carmelo Anthony LeBron's not coming here for sure. Melo and Deng are potential targets. It might be possible to add Deng and keep Moose. It would be a tough sell though as Moose would need to settle for less money and a bench role. Now here are some SFs that we can go after and would certainly be able to keep Moose: Khris Middleton Chandler Parsons Danny Granger (big question mark) Trevor Ariza But, do any of these do us any good? Does it even make sense to go after these smaller targets and keep Moose before we figure out how we will handle the Moose-Dre-Smith rotation? Probably not. Here are some of the other standouts from that list (again, those players that would give us more than Moose+Stuckey) Evan Turner (which is a stretch) Zach Randolph (a wash with Moose IMO) Pau Gasol (too old) Chris Bosh 3 out of that 4 will give us the same problems we currently have. Oddly enough, the problem we have with Moose is Josh Smith's inability to play the 3.
Thinking about this a little more. If Moose stays and accepts a bench role, multiple options open up for us (but that's a big if). Option 1: Chandler Parsons & Moose Parsons would be a good logical target for us. If we were to swap Moose with Parsons in our current lineup we'd have: Jennings-Pope-Parsons-Smith-Drummond. The problem with Parsons is that he's not that good defensively, but he's a terrific offensive player. Same thing as Moose, but this guy has range. If we had Smith working the post instead of Moose and Parsons jacking up threes instead of Smith, we'd be in better shape. Our bench would be Teen Wolf, Singler, JJ/Gigi, Jorts/Mitchell, Moose. Option 2: Carmelo Anthony If we go all out for Melo, then we'd have Jennings-Pope-Melo-Smith-Drummond. That's an all-star front line with slightly above average guards. Our bench become then is a little thin though with: Teen Wolf, Kyle Singler, JJ/Gigi, Jorts/Mitchell. Still a better team than option 1. The problem is, Melo. He's everything we don't like about Moose: a good scorer who gets his/a lazy defender that doesn't help his team win games. Option 3: Luol Deng & Moose Let's say we somehow signed Deng and were able to keep Moose. Then you have Jennings-Pope-Deng-Smith-Drummond as your starters, and essentially the same bench as Option 1. This might be a more desirable option though due to the better defense Deng provides. His age is a concern though. BTW, I didn't include any scenarios where we kept Stuckey. He's been playing great so far, but I can't help but think it's a contract year thing. I just don't trust that kid.
Jennings/Melo would be great if we were allowed to have 2 basketballs.
Trevor Ariza on our team would be really intriguing. I think he's an underrated defender and he can really shoot. Defense and shooting is what we're sorely lacking and Ariza can give us both for a relatively cheap contract. I would even suggest perhaps trading one of our expiring contracts for him as it looks like the Wizards are making him available.
Who are some SF's on poor defensive teams that might be hidden gems on the defensive end?
In an ideal world, you S&T him. Ok, I know KGREG loves Melo and has been trying to get him here, but its not happening. 1. NY can offer him more money 2. Its New York 3. Its not Detroit 4. He gets to live in New York 5. Something something, crowds at MSG
If be ok with melo if jennings was chris paul. Paul Pope Melo Smith Drum That would bee a nice mix of d and o.
Sorry, I meant to say, the guy we go after has to be Luol Deng. After this offseason, he will be 29 years old. I would be very happy to offer him a 4 year contract at $10m/yr. He can shoot 3's. He is a good defender. He can rebound, he can pass. His turnovers are up this year, but he has taken on much more offensive load. The only worry I have is that he seems just a little injury prone, but I think that is a largely because of Thibs way overplaying him. Also, the Bulls won't resign him while they still have Boozers contract....
29-33 isn't terrible. Need some vets on the court. Does seem like the obvious target. Easy geographical move for him too.
The best option, IMHO, is to trade Moose. He's a 15/10 guy at a premium position, but he's a defensive liability and highly unlikely to be happy coming off the bench. I don't think you're going to get more value on the court than you would from a trade, and when that's the case, you have to jump on it. I think Denver would consider a swap of him for Jordan Hamilton, Timofey Mozgov (for the cap) and their 1st. They're competing for a playoff spot, need rebounding, and have Chandler starting above Hamilton. Hamilton, meanwhile, is a dangerous three-point shooter, solid defender, and would fit the Pistons' starting 5 needs much better than Moose.
I like him but if we're gonna give up Monroe, I'd rather they do it for Avery Bradley from the Celtics. He's an amazing defender, Pope and him guarding the wing would be so fun to watch.
Just a thought here, but is Josh Smith untradeable with his current contract (and state of play)? At this point, I'd MUCH rather have Deng than Smith. Better defender, needs the ball less on offensive, etc, etc.
This is why there's no real point in hoping to trade him. Better to try and move pieces so that he's down low rather than out high (where he clearly is not as effective).
Bradley is a 2 (and a small one at that), and Pope isn't strong enough to guard guys like Lebron. Additionally, all Bradley can really do is play defense; he's almost as inefficient a shooter as Jennings, and the last thing the Pistons need is another crappy shooter on a team full of crappy shooters. No, the Pistons' clear deficiency is at SF. They need to target a team with a need for a productive scoring big man, a glut of small forwards, and a willingness to compete this year (that number is actually quite small). Trade someone overrated (Monroe) to get someone underrated (like Hamilton) and a pick in a deep draft. This team is not going to compete against the better teams in the Eastern Conference, much less the Western one.
The NO announcers contrasted Dumard's strong drafting record versus his weak FA signings last night. It does make you wonder where the Pistons could be if they signed a couple cheaper 3 and D guys who could actually play the 3 spot effectively.
It's weird, because he got Billups in free agency, Prince in the draft, traded for Sheed, Hamilton, and Wallace, and rode those guys to title contention based on them being a balanced, cohesive squad where each player's individual strengths complemented the team as a whole. Now, though, he has a butt-load of talent that is the exact opposite of a cohesive whole. I'm still waiting for him to make a Sheed-like trade where he fills in that last remaining gap and make them a complete team. He could have done that by resigning Jose Calderon and signing Kyle Korver, who - with KCP, Monroe, and Drummond - would have given them a REALLY good offensive team, but instead he went with Jennings and Smith, who don't complement what they have AT ALL, and he could have had them BOTH for the price of Josh Smith. I really think he misses John Hammond.
I don't think he can be had for $10M/yr. especially when you look at the money that Iggy and Tyreke Evans got over the summer.
It looks like people think he will go for around 3/35m. Throwing in an extra year may be attractive for him. Maybe we go 4/44m. Its still a good contract for a good player.
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Don't have anything for you on the brakes but a cool story about a late 70's Versailles I do have. I was working at a body shop and next door was a big machine shop. The owners had a Versailles and the Granada (husband and wife) both bought new that year. The wife drove the Versailles of course. She wanted wire wheels so he bought some for her and put the Versailles aluminum wheels on the Granada two door he drove. He liked it so much he had us at the shop put a Versailles front and rear ands on the Granada! Everything bolted right on but the decklid, that needed a corner welded on each side where it met the rear window differently than the Versailles with it's formal roof line. We put the Versailles emblems on it and all of course. Now mind you, this car was a year old at best and it was a two door Versailles which of course Lincoln/Ford never made! He had people asking him all the time where he got it and he gave the salesman's name at the Lincoln dealer that he knew to them. That poor salesman had to put up with people coming in all the time to buy a two door Versailles.
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All the small block engine improvements, will work. , I 've had a couple , stock and parts cars. Some came with 351's and c 5's, and the last one had a factory sub frame kit installed. and you can't beat the 9 in disc brake rear. The bad, they are heavy, have a longer wheelbase. power steering ram hangs low, speed bumps take out the hoses and fittings, even on a stock height car, Brake- suspension pieces are popular swap parts to the earlier fomoco cars, possible brake upgrades, later larger rotors might fit, and Mustang Cobra multi piston brake calipers are popular swap to the granada, monarch versaille spindle swaps. a lot of the info on the falcoln fairlane mustang forums would apply since major components are shared. they have a lot more heavy sound deadening installed.... interior door handles are weak. don.t close the door with them,
Lincoln Versailles steering and suapension upgrades
I have a 77 Licoln Versailles that I think will make an unusual hot rod. I have done a lot of research on engine upgrades and found tons of stuff on the internet so I am satisfied that I have that end taken care of. However I can seem to find much if anything on steering and suspension upgrades. I assume that since the Versailles/Granada/Monarch shared the same chasis with Falcon/Mustang and other unibodied Ford vehicles of the 60s and 70s that any high performance parts made for those cars will fit the Versailles. About the only thing that I think will swap over are the wheels from the SN95 Mustang.
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DETROIT (Oct. 1, 2007) – Wayne State University Law School is strengthening its leadership by naming Mary L. Hollens, former Director of Development for the Wayne State University Nursing School, as the new Senior Director of Development and Alumni Relations starting Oct. 1, 2007. As Director of Development in the College of Nursing for more than five years, Hollens increased revenue dramatically by acting as advisor, strategist, project manager, researcher and chief development officer.
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In her new role, Hollens will be responsible for all facets of the Law School's fund development initiatives. She will support faculty and scholarship programs, as well as lead the development staff in raising the remaining $14 million (out of a $30 million goal) for the new Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights.
Named for our LL.M. alumnus, the Honorable Damon J. Keith, a jurist and civic leader of outstanding reputation both in Detroit and throughout the nation, the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights will be one of only a handful of such programs in the United States. Wayne State University students, along with the bench and the bar and the community at large, will benefit from the substantive programming offered by the Center.
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Seven-Year Campaign by Equality Now Leads to Criminal Indictment of Big Apple Oriental Tour Operators
March 22, 2004
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New York, March 22, 2004--Equality Now welcomes the first criminal indictment of US-based sex tour company owner/operators. After a year-long investigation, on February 27, 2004, the New York State Attorney General secured a criminal indictment of Norman Barabash and his partner Douglas Allen, the owner/operators of Big Apple Oriental Tours, for violating a state law prohibiting the promotion of prostitution.
In 1996, Equality Now launched a Women's Action campaign calling for the prosecution of Big Apple Oriental Tours, a company in New York operating sex tours to the Philippines and Thailand. Big Apple Oriental Tours advertised a twelve-day trip to the Philippines for $2,495, which included transportation, airfare, hotel room and the ability to select a "companion" upon arrival at Angeles City. The company operated its business from the homes of Norman Barabash of Bellerose, NY, and Douglas Allen of Poughkeepsie, NY.
Equality Now's campaign initially urged the Queens District Attorney to take action against Big Apple Oriental Tours. Despite ample evidence showing that the company was promoting prostitution contrary to NY Penal Law Section 230.25, as well as protests by members of Equality Now's Women's Action Network from around the world, it was only after Equality Now brought the issue to the attention of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in 2002, with support from Gloria Steinem, US Representative Carolyn Maloney and the New York Women's Agenda, a coalition of which Equality Now is a member, that a thorough official investigation was launched. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office examined the case and obtained a temporary restraining order against Big Apple Oriental Tours in July 2003, which severely restricted the company from organizing or advertising any future tours and effectively disabled their website.
Big Apple Oriental Tours is not the only operator of sex tours in the US; Equality Now is aware of several other US-based sex tour companies still offering such tours to countries such as Thailand and the Philippines. This criminal indictment by the New York State Attorney General, prompted by Equality Now's campaign, sends a strong message to other sex tour operators that promoting prostitution can and will be considered a serious criminal offense.
Welcoming the indictment, Equality Now's Executive Director Taina Bien-Aimé said, "Sex tourism contributes to the demand for trafficking of women and is a human rights violation. Holding the owners of Big Apple Oriental Tours criminally accountable, the first case of its kind in the country, will bring us closer to recognizing the illegal activities of sex tour companies and addressing the severe impact they have in promoting violence and discrimination against women around the world."
Equality Now is an international human rights organization that works to protect and promote the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women. Issues of concern to Equality Now include rape, domestic violence, female genital mutilation, denial of reproductive rights, sex trafficking and other forms of violence and discrimination against women. Equality Now's Women's Action Network comprises 25,000 groups and individual members in over 160 countries. For more information please refer to Women's Action 12.2.


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I enrolled and then completed on July 20th the Business Course online through World Tesol College, which promises a high paid job in the country of my choice (in my case, France). I am waiting to hear from them regarding my teaching contract with a school in Paris, as well as the starting date.
Following are excerpts from our correspondence: "Yes we have plenty of well paid openings available in Paris for this season. It is a bonus that you speak French and will make it easy to place you in any of our associated schools in Paris. Every school we are working with is offering free furnished accommodation within walking distance from school, competitive salary, and free upfront airfare. Two of the schools (in the Montmartre area of Paris) need three teachers to start either August 15th or October 15th – one year contract. The salary is 2400 Euro per month / Net. We will start working on your teaching contract the moment you enroll online. The school will start the upcoming visa process as soon as you agreed on all terms and conditions mentioned in the teaching contract. All terms and conditions are written in English for your understanding. It will take the host school approximately two weeks to get your work visa done, which is valid for one year of time. However, the work visa can be extended after that. All costs and fees for the visa are covered by the school."
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Bush changed position on same-sex marriage, but NY Times suggested it was an example of Kerry flip-flopping
On July 15, The New York Times reported [1] that President George W. Bush has tried to "finesse" the same-sex marriage issue, endorsing a constitutional ban under "election-year pressure from his social conservative base," while being "careful to modulate his message to avoid alienating moderate voters." But the Times suggested that the issue gave the Bush campaign an opportunity to portray Senator John Kerry (D-MA) as "taking both sides of an issue."
During a 2000 Republican primary debate [2], Bush responded to a question about same-sex marriage as follows: "The state can do what they want to do. Don't try to trap me in this state's issue." But earlier this year, under "election-year pressure," Bush took the opposite position, endorsing a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The Times didn't note this flip-flop but did suggest that Bush's 2004 maneuvering on the issue -- supporting the amendment but moderating his message to avoid alienating voters -- "may have insulated" him from political harm:
By hedging his position, if only a bit, Mr. Bush may have insulated himself somewhat from the sting of the defeat the proposed amendment suffered in the Senate on Wednesday.
While the Times didn't point out Bush's clear flip-flop on the issue between 2000 and 2004, and even suggested that his "maneuvering" in 2004 was an effective political tactic, the Times wasn't so kind to Kerry, saying the following about the issue:
[It] provided an opportunity for the White House to maneuver Senator John Kerry into a position where it could again accuse him of taking both sides of an issue, the central theme in its effort to portray Mr. Kerry as so lacking in conviction that he would be an unreliable leader. Mr. Kerry has said he opposes gay marriage, but he also opposed the amendment, largely on the grounds that the issue was one for states to decide.
The Times provided no evidence of Kerry "lacking conviction" on this matter, nor did it provide evidence of Kerry "taking both sides" of the issue. There is nothing inconsistent in Kerry's position; he personally opposes same-sex marriage but thinks the issue should be up to the states. Indeed, that was precisely Bush's -- and then-vice-presidential candidate Dick Cheney's -- position in 2000. Instead, there is ample evidence that Bush has flip-flopped, that Bush lacks conviction, and that Bush is trying to take both sides of the issue.
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Liberal blogger Spencer Ackerman ripped into Joe Lieberman for warning against the terrorist threat in Yemen. But as Instapundit points out, Lieberman was actually quoting an administration official:
Yemen now becomes one of the centers of that fight. I was in Yemen in August. And we have a growing presence there, and we have to, of Special Operations, Green Berets, intelligence. We're working well with the government of President Saleh there.
I leave you with this thought that somebody in our government said to me in the Sana'a, the capital of Yemen. Iraq was yesterday's war. Afghanistan is today's war. If we don't act preemptively, Yemen will be tomorrow's war. That's the danger we face. (Emphasis added.)
Ann Althouse calls attention to a New York Times article outlining U.S. anti-terror efforts in Yemen — the exact sort of preemptive action that Lieberman was advocating, but which Ackerman denounces as warmongering.
What's the problem here? I try to explain in my latest American Spectator column:
When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to detonate an explosive aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day, liberals were quick to warn against the clear and present danger.
It wasn't the threat of al Qaeda-trained bombers blowing up Detroit-bound planes that concerned them. Rather, liberals feared that Americans might blame the Obama administration for failing to protect them from terrorists or — perhaps even worse — demand action against the violent extremists who want to kill us all . . .


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|And you can get a brand new set from Pace performance with sealant allready applied to the bolts for under $30.00.
|i'm far from being as knowledgable as F-BIRD, but like the OP said, first time for me to hear that head bolts are not TTY (be it GenI or not)
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|awesome information! This is the reason the Hotrodders bulletin board Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again, I love the L98 heads for the: cheap cost- per bang for the buck I can provide for my customers! I normally can score a pair of serviceable L98 heads for $2-300.00, and put another $200.00 into them, making them a cheap, fresh, aluminum, angle plug head that can handle 525 lift camshaft,and 10:1+ compression ratio on pump gas- using readily available parts from Pace Performance Products (in my back yard) with quality, low cost, G.M. gaskets, LT4 valvetrain and Torque to yield headbolts! I look for what my average customer wants, I'm not catering to the drag racer! Thanks for all the knowledge!!!!!!!!
|Thanks! nice narrative on heads! I have 4 engines with L98 aluminum heads, on the street, they work great for me! Again, I'm looking for a nice powerplant with strong, reliable street manners, and these fit the bill! 90% of my customers that are not into "potatoe-potatoe" idle manners,loading up, and running on premium fuel, the L98 heads are affordable, allow increased compression on regular fuel, and are cheaply upgraded to LT4 valvetrain over the counter!
For 375 horses (on the dyno) you need Vortec style heads, at least a Comp XE268H or equivalent cam, Edlebrock Performer RPM intake or equivalent, a Holley 750, long 1-5/8ths tube headers.
I don't recommend spending money on reconditioning old rods when you're done you have an old rod somewhere in its fatigue life cycle with restored dimensions and new bolts. A shiny, polished bomb but a bomb none-the-less. The connecting rods are the hardest working part in the engine, if anything is likely to let go, it's the rods. I don't use rebuilt rods in anything but grocery getters with the cheapest of rebulds.
Don't get me wrong I've built a lot of L98 headed engines, they're pretty decent, but they're pretty much done even when ported by 340 horses unless you run a really long duration and fast lifting cam which the ZZ4 isn't it uses some pretty long ramps and long ramps on the intake side cost power by bleeding off your hard won compression.
The problem in not using a head with the complete features of the Vortec style head is that because of its combustion characteristics you leave 20 to 40 horses on the table that then don't have to be made up with a super radical cam and tons of excessive compression. They're like a freebe source of power. The improved porting not withstanding the key that unlocks the power is the efficiency of the combustion chamber. The changes are small and will go un-noticed by the untrained eye but they are significant.
- The spark plug is pushed toward the center of the bore, this reduces burn time which makes it easier to place max cylinder pressure on the piston after it passed TDC but isn't lost down the bore. rod angle on the crank is everything, the best power transfer from the piston to the crank is in the first 110-120 degrees of rotation from TDC peaking just before and after the 90 degree point.
- The squish/quench deck has a beak between the valves this helps keep mixture from flowing out the exhaust unused during overlap.
- There is a relief between the intake valve and spark plug with sharp edges, this allows easier flow of the incoming mixture and the sharp edged features promote the mixing of fuel and air. Keep in mind that port fuel injection puddles fuel on the backside of the valve so this shape of the chamber insures it gets mixed. This is also a problem of carbureted and TBI engines so this head really wakes them up. This is really good if you're running a carb on an unheated intake as much of the fuel is flowing as liquid and needs to be remixed with the air. The other nice thing about keeping the fuel in a liquid state within the manifold is that it occupies much less space than when evaporated so there's more space for air to be injested thus more power at the crankshaft if you can get the fuel and air mixed in the combustion space. But you can't do that with any old head and get horsepower from this trick, the head has to have the features that remix the wet flow with the air flow to get at the power in the fuel into the crankshaft.
You'll see that the L98 head has some of these features but not all. So while they're an improvement over what came before in large open chambered smog heads, they just isn't quite up to what the heart/kidney shaped chambers of the Vortec will do for power and efficiency.
|Also, the reason I bought the engine, was I had a lot of parts for the L98 style heads, and the heads and intake are polished like chrome, I figured I could not go wrong with this combo, and it would sell easier to my customers. I will post pics when I get the block and piston/rods back from the machine shop.
|I have the aluminum 113 heads, they have bowl work done, and the valves were replaced with 21-2n stainless, undercut,swirl polished valves. I really am not all about absolute horsepower as the engine will most likely do duty in a streetrod, and I have really loved the power and street manners from my zz4 engines. When I bought the engine, it was using oil like crazy. On teardown, I discovered that there was no noticeable ridgeat the top of the cylinder,and no scratches in the piston bores, but later discovered a ridge at the bottom of the bore. Upon dissassembly, the pistons just about fell out of the cylinders! I had not seen tiny oil rings like this before. I upgraded to the Speed pro pistons to get rid of the metric low tension oil rings. I had the calculator to determine compression ratio increase, but lost it. I know with the stock bore and the 58cc chamber I would be at 10:1, what does a .030 overbore and .005 resurfacing gain in compression?
|was hoping for a little more, since i have 5 c.i.d. more and a better intake manifold.
Why not. Sounds like a nice package.
Good choice on the shot peening. Fewer and fewer places do that. It was mandatory for my projects rods.
L 98 350 engine horsepower.
Putting together a mild street small block Chevy. I started with a 1991 L98 350. I overbored the block .030. had the block professionally baked and shotpeened, new cam bearings and brass soft plugs installed. I bought new weight matched hypereutectic speed pro flat top pistons/rings, had the connecting rods reconditioned, and the crankshaft polished (std/std). I'm using a ZZ4 camshaft-Hydraulic roller, and had the heads upgraded with all Lt4 springs,retainers,locks, and shims, and installed new swirl polished stainless valves with positive seals. The heads were resurfaced and treated to a 3 angle valve job. I'm running a Weiand dual plane intake with an Edelbrock performer carb. I'm thinking it will be @ 365-375 Hp. what do you think??
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BSII file of the code with less of the comments in the copy below
Parts List
Info Sources: BasicStamps egroup StampsInClass egroup Parallax Inc(basic stamp)
The user turns it on using a slide switch which turns on a red LED and traffic light, sounds 3 warning beeps, and displays a message on the 2x16 character LCD about waiting. User first picks whether there are one or two lines of archers then picks one of two distances for the round by pushing the corresponding button. A timer countdown starts displaying on the LCD, a speaker beeps according to the stage of the countdown. Green, yellow, and red LEDs AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS turn on and off to indicate what color of traffic light should be lit to cue the archers.
This controller box interfaces with a 12 volt DC system that powers four sets of traffic lights, and could drive several more sets of lights easily. The controller is connected to a central tower containing two sets of 12v 25w traffic lights (6 lights total) by 150 feet of category 5, 4-pair, conductor wire using RJ11 plugs.
There is also a car horn mounted in the central tower, that is controlled manually by a push button on the timer box and powered using a 12v relay..
A bright white LED on the timer box flashes once as a visual cue to the operator each time the horn should be sounded. After the horn has been in use for awhile, I may elect to automate it, but initially I want the user to control it. Of course, when I do automate it I will leave the manual method operational.
CHAPTER 7 - OUTDOOR TARGET ARCHERY January 1 st , 2000
7.5.7 When the shooting is controlled by Lights:
RED The Director of Shooting will give two sound signals for the designated competitors (A, B, C or AB, CD, as applicable) to occupy the shooting line all together.
GREEN On the lights changing color 20 seconds later (10 seconds in all match competitions), the Director of Shooting will give one sound signal for shooting to begin.
YELLOW This light will go on when only thirty (30) seconds are left.
RED This means the Time Limit (see Article 7.5.4) is up and two sound signals will be given to indicate that shooting is to stop, even if all arrows have not been shot. Any competitor still on the shooting line is to retire behind the waiting line. The designated competitors will move up and occupy the shooting line and wait for the Green light as above for the shooting to begin: the whole procedure will be repeated as above, and so on until all have shot. When six (6) arrows are shot in two ends of three arrows, the above will be repeated before scoring. When the Red light comes on after one end of three, six (or two ends of three arrows) or nine arrows (3x3 arrows in the Team Event) according to the distances or rounds being shot three sound signals will be given for the scoring to begin.
7.5.8 Whenever the shooting line is vacated by all competitors having finished the shooting of their arrows before the end of the Time Limit, the appropriate signal for change or scoring shall be given immediately.
7.5.9 Twenty (20) seconds will be allowed for
the competitors to vacate and the next designated competitors
to occupy the shooting line at the beginning of each end and will, as seen
under Article 7.5.7 above, be indicated by two sound signals.
No competitor will occupy the shooting line except on the appropriate signal
given when lights are operated.
To accomplish this, I set out to create a timer box based on a BASIC STAMP II.
It has to provide a way to time short distances and long distances, provide a countdown display, display colored LED lights and control corresponding color traffic lights that the archers use for shooting. Stephen Swanson at Parallax Inc provided several schematic drawings and invaluable information on how to compose the hardware for this project.
Numerous people on the StampsInClass and BasicStamp newsgroup lists offered help that enabled me to succeed on this.
Specific Thanks go to:
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Without the immense patience and help of these two individuals I could never have wired up the stamp as needed. Part of the problem was that the 3 pairs of traffic light-style light bulbs were already wired up in a wooden tower 4.5 feet tall, with 3 relays encased in goop and a 12v power source, so I had to decipher how the hardware was designed before I could automate it with a basic stamp II. The lights were controlled by a simple rotary dial switch with about 10 positions - 3 red positions, 3 green positions, 3 yellow positions, and 4 off positions.
Schematic of the design:
Basic II Code - I opted to not worry about the size of the code and eliminated the space-saving loops of code. This makes it easier to control what gets displayed on the LCD panel and to follow when evaluating what is happening. BUT, I ran out of capacity on the Stamp, so I edited and cooked it down to about 54%, from 99%. :)
In short:
There is an off/on switch for the 9 volt battery that normally supplies the stamp circuit. This is a simple slider switch linked to a pair of the standard battery clips that usually attach to the clips on a 9v battery. The leads have to be crossed on one of the two such clips used to keep the polarity straight as it connects to the battery and to the outlet of the stamp carrier board.
The basic stamp II (BSII) Super Carrier board also allows the use of a wall wart power supply (12 volts DC, 500 mA output).
There are a total of FOUR push buttons SPST, NO, on the controller box. One is labeled "SHORT" (distance) , one "LONG" (distance), one "HORN", and one is "RESET".
The reset button is linked to the RES pin of the carrier and to the ground, and when pushed resets the stamp, terminating the program and sending it to start over. The code insures that upon reset (and when first turned on) the red light will always be displayed for archer safety.
The SHORT button is for distances of 20 and 30 meters (FITA) and starts a loop that includes a 20 second-walk-while-red period, a 1.5 minute shoot while green period, and a 30 second shoot while yellow period. When it starts there are two beeps on speaker and two flashes of the bright white LED to indicate ok to walk to the line, one beep/LED flash to begin the green shooting session, and finally, either 2 or 3 beeps/flashes when the yellow expires and the lights go to red.
The LONG button does the same except instead of a 1.5 minute green period there is a 3.5 minute green period.
There is a slide switch labeled "1 line 2" to indicate whether there is one line of archers, or two lines alternating. The code beeps twice between the first and second lines, or three beeps at the end of the single & second line. A yellow LED beside the switch lights if you choose 2 lines, and remains dark for 1 line.
The control box has 6 leds. There are separate green leds beside the short & long button switches to indicate whether the short or long session has been chosen. One of these two remain lit the entire time shooting is permitted. During the red, yellow, and green timing periods there are corresponding LEDs to display the same color.
There is a set of connections to 12 volt DC relays, which control traffic lights that the archers will refer to for timing. Only one color of traffic light (and one corresponding color LED indicator light) can be lit at any time.
In addition to the lights, archers are conditioned to listen for audible cues as to the stage of the timing at hand. The timer box uses a pin out from the stamp to drive a small speaker, and the speaker issues beeps and a brigh white LED flashes on and off, at the appropriate times as audible cues to the operator of the timer. The operator can then press a large red button to close the circuit on a 12-volt car horn mounted in the central light tower to provide the audible clue.
In addition to the LEDs and the buzzer/horn, there is a 2x16 supertwist LCD display which provides messages throughout the execution of the BSII Code. (serout commands below)
BSII code:
all text prefaced with a ' is handled by the program as comments. I have added excessive comments to assist you in following through the flow of code.
'Basic Stamp II program Archeryff
'this program is copyright A.Ron Carmichael, 2000. It may be used and reproduced
'noncommercially but may not be sold.
' 5432109876543210 this is useful to insure which pin is set how
dirs = %1111111111110000 'Define output (1) ports
outs = %0000000000000000 'Set the States of the ports (all off)
'pin 00 is a pushbutton to 5V+ with branch 10K resistor to ground (short distance)
'pin 01 is a pushbutton to 5V+ with branch 10K resistor to ground (long distance)
'pin 02 is slide switch to indicate one or two lines of archers
'pin 03 is not used
'pin 04 is not used
'pin 07 is 10 microfarad cap, 33 Ohm Resistor, and 8 Ohm speaker to ground
08 is 470 ohm resistor, green LED, to ground (short distance indicator)
'pin 09 is 470 ohm resistor, green LED, to ground (long distance indicator)
'pin 10 is output to the serial in of the LCD display, which in turn ties to both 5V+ and 5V-
'pin 11 is branched to 470 ohm to red LED to ground AND to pin 01 of a NTE2014 Darlington switch
'(aka ULN2003). there is a branch between pins 11 and 01 to a 10k ohm resistor to ground for this.
'pin 12 is branched to 470 ohm to yellow LED to ground AND to pin 02 of a NTE2014 Darlington switch
'(aka ULN2003). there is a branch between pins 12 and 02 to a 10k ohm resistor to ground for this.
'pin 13 is branched to 470 ohm to green LED to ground AND to pin 03 of a NTE2014 Darlington switch
'(aka ULN2003). there is a branch between pins 13 and 03 to a 10k ohm resistor to ground for this.
'pin 14 is 470 ohm resistor, bright white LED, to ground (Switch for # Lines of Archers Indicator)
'pin 15 is unused but may be used for automating the horn similarly to pin 11-13.
'RESET pin on the basic stamp is push-button switch, NO, SPST.
'Power in (Vin) uses two 9v battery adapter plugs to allow a battery to be placed in proximity to board without 'inserting onto the board's 9v sockets directly. This makes it easier to fit into timer box and to change batteries.
'NTE 2014 - This is a ULN2003 Darlington chip, rated to accommodate
up to 15v, with 16 pins.
'Pin 01 (input) drives pin 16 output, which is a positive lead to the relay for the RED traffic light.
'Pin 02 (input) drives pin 15 output, which is a positive lead to the relay for the YELLOW traffic light.
'Pin 03 (input) drives pin 14 output, which is a positive lead to the relay for the GREEN traffic light.
'Pin 08 is connected to ground AND to pin 09 through a 15v 1W zener diode (1N4744), banded end at 09. (or you
'can use a combination of a 10k ohm resistor and a 10 microfarad capacitor in parallel between 08 and 09)
'declare variables
swtch var byte 'indicates position of slide switch, either a 0 or a 1
Walk var byte '20 second delay for archers to get to shooting position
shooting var byte 'displays the current seconds left to shoot prior to yellow zone
alert var byte 'yellow zone countdown value
lupe var byte 'tracks the looping for either one or two iterations/lines of archers
setswitch var byte 'allows a 5 second countdown for user to choose the # of lines
main_loop var byte 'number of seconds for the green interval during shooting, either 120 or 240
countdown var byte ' used for counting down seconds during shooting, either 120 or 240
tempbutton var byte 'var to hold choice from button in separate memory location
SHORTLONG var byte(10) ' An array to hold the string of either short or long for the LCD to display
LETTERS var byte (2) 'array for the letter s for plural lines
' default values
main_loop = 0 'minute for main cycle
countdown = 0 'count down from
swtch = 0 'if 1 then two lines of archers controlled by switch on pin 02
endit = 0 'if > 1 then stop processing lupe
out15=1 'turn white LED on
out11=1 'turn red LED and red traffic light on
pause 500
GOSUB BEEP '1 beep when powered up or reset
serout 10,16468,[254,128,"Set Switch For "]
serout 10,16468,[254,192,"# Archer Lines "]
pause 2000
gosub clearscreen
for setswitch = 4 to 1 'provide 5 seconds for user to set the switch for the number of lines of shooters
serout 10,16468,[254,128,"Switch Polled In"]
serout 10,16468,[254,192,dec setswitch , " seconds......."]
setswitch = setswitch - 1 'decrement variable
next 'goback to the last "for" and do again if true
gosub clearscreen
IF IN2 = 0 then TWOLINES 'check slide switch and go to label for Two Lines if True otherwise next line
Swtch = 1 'set value of variable
serout 10,16468,[254,128,"1 line selected"] 'indicate on LCD
pause 1000
goto CHOOSEDISTANCE
TWOLINES: 'set variable to different value due to slide switch
Swtch = 2
serout 10,16468,[254,128,"2 lines selected"]
LETTERS(0) = "s":Letters(1)=1 'make LCD display plural value of "lines" rather than "line"
pause 1000
goto CHOOSEDISTANCE
'outs = %0000100000000000 'turn red led & light on
out15=0 'white LED off
out11=1 'red remains
gosub clearscreen
serout 10,16468,[254,128,"Choose Distance!"]
serout 10,16468,[254,192," LONG or SHORT"]
WaitFerButton: 'wait-for-a-button-push section, then goto label shortdist or longdist
button 0,0,200,255,tempbutton,1,shortdist' wait for input on button
'when pressed start a short distance timing loop
button 1,0,200,255,tempbutton,1,longdist
'if pressed then this should be the long minute timing loop
goto WaitFerButton 'repeat this wait-for-button indefinitely
SHORTDIST: '2 minute timer
gosub clearscreen
ShortLong(0) = "S":ShortLong(1) = "h" ' Store "Short" in first 5 memory cells of variable byte
ShortLong(2) = "o":ShortLong(3) = "r"
ShortLong(4) = "t":ShortLong(9) = 5 'Put length (5) in last cell
'debug str ShortLong\ShortLong(9) ' Show "SHORT" on the PC screen.
'serout 10,16468,[254,128, str shortlong]
'pause 1000
main_loop = 120
countdown = 120
'outs = %0000101000000000
'Set pin 9 to turn on the 1.5 LED indicator
out9=1 'and pin 11 to turn on the RED LED indicator
out11=1 '1.5 minute cycle green LED indicator
'red LED indicator while 20 seconds elapse
'out8 = 3.5 minute LED
goto MAIN
LONGDIST: '3.5 minute timer
ShortLong(0) = "L":ShortLong(1) = "o" ' Store "HELLO" in first 5 cells...
ShortLong(2) = "n":ShortLong(3) = "g"
ShortLong(4) = " ":ShortLong(9) = 5 'Put length (5) in last cell
'debug str ShortLong\ShortLong(9) ' Show "LONG " on the PC screen.
'serout 10,16468,[254,128, str shortlong]
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'outs = %0000100100000000
goto MAIN
FOR lupe = SWTCH to 1 'if 2 lines of archers will repeat once
gosub clearscreen
'serout 10,16468,[254,128,"Mswitch = ",dec swtch ]
'serout 10,16468,[254,192,"Mlupe = " , dec lupe ]
'pause 1000
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'outs = %0000100000000000
'Set pin 9 to turn on the 1.5 LED indicator
'and pin 11 to turn on the RED LED indicator
'1.5 minute cycle green LED indicator
out11=1 'red LED indicator while 20 seconds elapse
out15=1 'put a beep here to walk to line during 20 secs
GOSUB BEEP 'two beeps to start walking to line prior to shooting
gosub clearscreen
for walk = 19 to 1 'pause 20 secs counting 2 secs for beeps to air
pause 930 'each second of realtime takes about 930 milliseconds for the stamp, counting display efforts
'debug dec ? walk
serout 10,16468,[254,128,"Shooting ",dec swtch," Line",str LETTERS]
serout 10,16468,[254,192,"Shoot in ",dec walk," secs"," "] 'go to line two
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'outs = %1010000000000000
out15=1 'flash the white LED to remind user to push horn
out11=0 'red out
out13=1 'green on
pause 700
out15=0 'turn white LED off
GOSUB BEEP 'one beep = start shooting
pause 700
'outs = %0010000000000000
gosub clearscreen
for shooting = countdown to 29
'debug dec ? shooting
pause 930
serout 10,16468,[254,128,"Shooting ", str SHORTLONG]
serout 10,16468,[254,192,dec shooting, " seconds left "]
next 'go back to for until var shooting = 1
YELLOW: 'yellow alert zone, not much shooting time left, archers must finish up!
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'outs = %0001000000000000 'Set pin 9 for 1.5 indicator and 12 for YELLOW
out13=0 'pin 13 goes OFF (GREEN)
out12=1 'don't change whichever pin is on for cycle(9 or 8) but turn yellow ON
gosub clearscreen
serout 10,16468,[254,128," YELLOW ALERT!! "]
for alert = 29 to 1 'pause 30 secs
'debug dec ? alert
serout 10,16468,[254,192," ",dec alert, " seconds left "]
pause 930
if lupe = 2 then AGAIN 'label again has two beeps then back to main
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out12=0 'turn yellow led/light off
out11=1 'turn red led/light on
out15=1 'turn red led & red light and HORN lights on
gosub BEEP
out15=0 'horn light off
out15=1 'horn light on
out15=0 'horn light off
out15=1 'horn light on
out15=0 'horn light off
gosub clearscreen
serout 10,16468,["Shooting Done "]
pause 2000
goto CHOOSEDISTANCE
AGAIN: 'go again for next line of archers
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'outs = %1000100000000000 'turn red led & light on
gosub clearscreen
serout 10,16468,[254,128," Line Done "]
pause 100
gosub clearscreen
NEXT 'first shooting line is done, shoot second by returning to MAIN
'these are subroutines which save lots of space in code
serout 10,16468,[254,1] ' clear screen
Freqout 7,700,2500,3500
Freqout 7,200,0
The category 5 wire used to connect the controller box to the light tower is about 150 feet long, wound onto a wire spool keeper, with RJ11 jacks at each end. One jack fits into the socket on the controller, and the other fits onto a socket at the tower. Each end must be staked down securely during tournaments to insure that an archer doesn't trip over the wire and rip the wire out of the jack. The jack uses 3 pair of the 4 pair currently, with the final pair reserved for a future enhancement (lighted indicator for which line of archers is up next, either AB or CD).
The inner four wires are used for the lights, and the outer wire on each side is used in the loop for the horn. The four inner wires must reverse. If one jack is viewed from above, and the wires are Green/Blue/BluWhi/Orange/OrWhi/GreeWhi , then the other clip, viewed in the same perspective, must be
Green/OrWhi/Orange/BluWhi/Blue/GreeWhi .
In the controller box, the socket is wired using the same color scheme as the light tower, and the four primary color wires conform to the color of the lights - red, green, yellow, and black to ground. The two other wires on the jack are blue and white. In the controller box these two wires link directly to a SPST, NO, push button labelled HORN. In the future, I may wire those same two wires ALSO or INSTEAD to another pin on the NTE2014 Darlington, and control it via the stamp. I foresee that the operator will need to be able to sound the horn at will to interrupt shooting if necessary. If I don't isolate the surge properly, though, the horn might cause the stamp to reboot.
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text: I can't understand the reluctance to play the front line together more given this teams inability to shoot 3's. It's not like one of those guys sits and they start knocking down shots. Jimmy "The King" Loyer did better last night than Cheeks, but he still seemed hesitant to embrace this. This is who the Pistons are. Make the other teams have to battle those 3 for the entire game and wear them down even if it isn't always pretty. The alternative isn't either. Don't abandon the running game just because of a couple 1 yard runs. Drummond has to get those last 2 defensive boards or all the offensive ones are meaningless. If he got one of them they probably would have won.


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There are several ignored sectors of Israeli society whose voices are now generally ignored when such ventures as the Annapolis conference emerge — the peace movement and Israeli Arab citizens. Left wing groups such as Labor, Meretz or the Arab political parties in Israel apparently are not able to come together and constitute a voice for peace and reconciliation with the Palestinian Authority. Labor MP Ophir Paz-Pines, noted that "instead of being a real step forward for the peace process, Annapolis has become a conference on the status quo." Ophir-Pez took part in the Clinton Camp David summit which included Arafat and Barak and whose breakdown resulted in institution of the second intifada. One outcome of Arafat's terrible mistake in walking away from peace and instituting violence has been to take the wind out of the Israel peace movement which has remained dormant these past seven years. MP Zehava Gal-On of Meretz says, "The Left is divided over how to treat Annapolis. Some want to ignore it by not going, others are simply scowling from afar."
One of the sad commentaries on the Annapolis meeting is the failure of the Omert government to actively involve members of the Israel-Arab community as active participants. In fact, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni even suggested to Israel-Arabs they might feel m ore at home in a Palestinian state than in their current homes. Arab leaders have to become sensitive about their capacity to aid the process of peace by reaching out to Israel peace activists and ceasing actions which only hurt the power and influence of these factors in Israel society. The second intifada was a disaster for Israel peace groups and the actions of Arafat must not be repeated.


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I had the gasket changed when I was getting water in the lube oil. It's a pretty big job unless you are an experienced mechanic. Labor to have it done ran about $500 I think. You can buy thermostats from Torrensen(DieselDirect) online, though prices seem to have gone way up. I think the one sold for the Atomic 4 is the same and I have seen better prices on the sites that support those engines.
Thanks Jim...very helpful.. How did you know your head gasket had to be changed and how big of an undertaking was it? Based on what you're saying, it seems that I should be purchasing and installing a new thermostat. I think I saw one on Catalina Direct...is that where I should get it or do you have a better suggestion?
By the way, sorry to everyone for the very OT topic on the Block Island Thread...It is loosely related in that I can't go if my engine is overheating :-)
I lived with a 5411 for 20 years. Some comments. It should run at 140F or so - 180 is too high and will cause rapid scale formation. The thermostat is required to force water out of the recirculation loop. Without one the engine will overheat (unless something else is wrong and restricting the recirculation). When I had my head gasket changed, I found 3 of the 8 coolant passages in the head completely plugged. Something to consider this if acid flushing doesn't open up things. And use oxalic acid - much safer than muriatic.
Thanks Hugo..all great ideas and I would like to borrow your gauge to see where the problem might be.. I just left a message for the PO to ask what troubleshooting he had done. Because he was on the south shore, I truly believe that he didn't motor around for extended periods of time; he never kept the overheating from me I just don't think he used the boat nearly as often as I do. I'll let you know what he says when he calls me back.
As of this writing, the flow is still excellent but I've only kept it at 2k rpms. Under most circumstances, that keeps me at around hull speed, so anything more would just be a waste. I motored the whole way back at 2k rpms from Port Washington after visiting Nick and his wife on their boat yesterday without a problem.
I'm going to email you back in a little while regarding upcoming trips.
Hi Michael, Sorry to hear you still have overheating issues...just a few thoughts...
do you have a manual and/or know what your max rpm's/cruisingrpm's should be?
did you or the po change the prop recently?
check flow of cooling water with laser temp gauge
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and get a good idea where things are heating up!
do you know anyone with the same motor, you could do same check and get a good idea what is normal.
not familiar with your motor but raw water should run
not more than140-150 degrees.
check mixing elbow for clog/constriction.
check for bad head gasket.
can you contact po, he removed thermostat
because of overheating then sold the boat,
just a guess but he or his mech may have
an idea of what may be the problem.
Good luck, Hugo
Just back from Mt Sinai...thanks all for help and advise.
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|The thermostat is the only unknown because after the acid flush, the engine has been expelling water beautifully unless I keep above 2000 rpms for a long time. The former owner told me he removed the thermostat because of the overheating issue but I don't think he ever did any sort of a flush to make the water expel properly. I'm going to try to contact him but for now, there is no thermostat.
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Sorry, I didn't realize your engine was raw water cooled. So your engine is much simpler - only 1 pump and no heat exchanger. So you don' have to worry about removing the cap and cleaning it out.
I believe that your engine has a thermostat. Perhaps that is bad? If not, I wonder if your cooling passages are plugged with salt? That's about all I can think of.
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Have you checked the heat exchanger? There are two end caps that you can remove (don't worry, no coolant will leak out). Take the caps off and see if there is debris in there. If the heat exchanger is full of scale, salt, etc. I would remove it from the boat and take it to a radiator shop where they can properly clean it. It's not hard to do that, let me know if you need instructions.
Hi Barry, It looks like I need those instructions on how to remove the heat exchanger. My engine stays cool until I push it over 2100 rpms for extended periods. Logic says, "well, then don't do that" but I would like to see if there is a way for it to work properly, at all rpms, without having issues.
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Hi Barry,
The engine is a Universal 5411 and it is raw water cooled. There is no radiator (or place to house coolant) that I know about and the thermostat was removed by the former owner.
I went down today after performing the muriatic acid flush and leaving it in the engine overnight. I flushed it this afternoon with sea water, fresh water from the hose and then sea water again. Water is rushing out better than ever but I'm still skeptical because I've been here before. I have a feeling that the hose from the sea **** to the pump is less than perfect. I think that when the engine in drawing so much water at high rpms, combined with the heat of the engine (because of its proximity) it is causing a portion of the hose to constrict. I'm not positive but I did go the hardware store (the closest place at the time) and got another hose that I knew wasn't right. I then went to a marine store to get what I think will be the right hose. It is much thicker than the current hose so I think it should hold up.
Last season I had a mechanic come by and clean out the exhaust but I am more than willing to do it again or remove it to bring it to a radiator shop if the problem comes back. I appreciate your offer and will definitely call upon your expertise if and when that happens.
At this point, I tested it for a while at the dock, both under load and in neutral but it was raining and I was getting soaked so this only lasted about an hour. I have to take it out to really see if its working properly at high rpms for extended periods of time (2-3 hours) before I'll believe that it is truly working. I hope there's no wind when I do this, otherwise the other sailors will laugh that I'm buzzing around the harbor at 6 knots for hours on end during a perfectly good day. :-)
Good luck with your engine. Please let us know how it goes.
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I still think it's going to be very, very difficult for Christine O'Donnell, the GOP nominee for U.S. senator from Delaware, to win the general election there. Not impossible, but a lot less likely than, say, Joe Miller's chances in Alaska (which are excellent).
It's not just the 10-point deficit — which will probably instantly drop to about a 5-point deficit, now that she's the nominee. The problem is the problematical nature of the problem-child herself: Christine O'Donnell is simply a lousy candidate; she only won in the primary because Tea Partiers wanted another scalp, and they didn't care about the long term consequences (where "long term" in this case means "49 days from yesterday").
She can't answer simple policy questions, she has a history of financial flakiness, she has no experience in office, and she seems a bit, well, loopy. As we get closer to November 2nd, I believe her manifest unfitness for the job will cause the gap against her to widen, not shrink, as her primary-victory bump recedes; she'll end up losing to Democrat Chris Coons by about 7 or 8 points.
But honestly, I don't see what all the hysterics are about. Until recently, I didn't believe Republicans had a chance in a million of picking up ten Senate seats this year — which is what it takes for the GOP to seize the majority. But now, I think we have an excellent chance — with or without Delaware.
Here are the 19 Democratic seats up for election this year::
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|Barbara Boxer (incumbent)
|Michael Bennet (incumbent)
|Richard Blumenthal
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|Chris Coons
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|Daniel Inouye (incumbent)
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|Barbara Mikulski (incumbent)
|Safe Democrat
|Harry Reid (incumbent)
|New York
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|Safe Democrat
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|North Dakota
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|Joe Sestak
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|Pat Leahy (incumbent)
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|West Virginia
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|Russell Feingold (incumbent)
We assume Republicans will pick up all seats labeled Safe Republican, Likely Republican, Lean Republican, and Toss-up. There are no seats currently held by the GOP that fall in the categories of Toss-up, Lean Democrat, Likely Democrat, or Safe Democrat; thus, we assume Republicans will hold all their current Senate seates. Thus, we should have a net pickup of ten from the low-hanging fruit alone… and note that does not include a pickup in Delaware, which RCP now rates as "Likely Democrat."
But in a strong GOP year like this one, we should pick up at least half of the "Lean Democrat" seats; that gives us an additional seat from either West Virginia or Connecticut, for a net pickup of 11 for Republicans.
Finally, there are three "Likely Democrat" seats; I'd bet that with a Cat-5 Republican hurricane, we can even pick up one of those, choosing from Delaware, Oregon, or the New York special election (to fill the seat currently occupied by Kirsten Gillibrand, appointed to Hillary Clinton's seat after the latter became Secretary of State). That means a net pickup of 12 seats for the GOP… just based on current polling. (And I expect the polling to get even better for the Republicans by election time, since Democrats seem intent upon alienating as many voters as humanly possible.)
I allocate all the "Safe Democrat" seats to the Democrats.
That means, when the smoke clears, I predict the GOP will hold 53 seats in the U.S. Senate, while Democrats (and third-party groupies) will hold but 47. On a good day, we hold the other "Lean Democrat" and maybe a couple of the "Likely Democrat" seats for a majority of 55 Repubs to 45 Dems. If the day breaks badly for the GOP, we capture only the Republican-leaning and toss-up seats for a scant majority of 51 Repubs to 49 Dems.
But were we to fail even to achieve a majority, that almost certainly means we lose several of the toss-ups, as well as all the Democrat-leaning races. Under those distressing conditions, we'll probably lose half the toss-ups, thus ending up with a net pickup of only seven, for a total of 48 Repubs to 52 Dems… still enough to sustain a filibuster but not enough to hail Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY, 96%).
The odds that we would pick up exactly nine Democratic Senate seats, such that Christine O'Donnell's victory yesterday would actually cost us the majority, seem remote to say the least: Either we'll easily surpass 10, or else we'll fall significantly short of that mark.
So let's all buck up, support O'Donnell (as the National Republican Senatorial Committee is now doing, with the maximum contribution allowed by law), and understand that a GOP majority in the Senate is not going to hinge on Delaware, come what may.
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What a terrible lineup. The only scorers are in the backcourt, both of whom are undersized two guards in Ben Gordon and Will Bynum, and both of them are idiots who turn it over like there's no tomorrow. It was a two point game when they came in; Philly's up 13 now. Stupid.
Can Prince PLEASE Stop Shooting??? PLEASE?
6 assists versus 14 for Philly.........at halftime.......uuugggggghhhhh.
6 assists...and 15 turnovers. AT THE HALF.
Pistons are getting hammered by a mediocre team in their own building. Lots of very ugly basketball being played by all.
Remember guys, we are tankyng
There is nothing intentional about how crappy they are playing. They already have 17 turnovers and are shooting 32% FG.
19. The Sixers were struggling to score coming in. That early second quarter lineup from hell was just the tonic they needed. Turnovers, contested shots early in the shot clock, zero ball movement, no defense...you get the picture. Terrible game. Stupid sixes are chest bumping each other in front of their bench on the Pistons' home floor. Have some pride, dammit.
I know that Bill, the tankyng thing is what I have to said to me to not lose my mind watching this ugly team.
I agree. I am fine with the loss. The way they are losing, though, is embarrassing.
Stop calling timeout, Larry. This game is over. And wtf is with that lineup AGAIN? Get JJ and Big Ben off the floor and let the idiots shoot to their little ball hogging hearts' content. 9 turnovers out of 12 possessions in the second? Who do you think was on the floor when that happened?
8 blocks to 0 so far. They are crrrrrushing us. Gordon 0-8 shooting. Prince 2-10. We only have 2 players with more than 2 baskets and it is almost over. Monroe has been blocked 5 times (luckily they called 3 of them fouls). I saw Hollinger's model has us at 1% to make the playoffs and 8% at winning the lottery. We're still in no man's land, but getting closer to the border.
Hey look, we didn't lose by 30! We only lost by 29! Worst game I've seen them play since OKC, and this one was at home. Horrible. Will Bynum and Ben Gordon must never be on the floor together. Them with that no offense front line in the game started the landslide. Awful. BG shot 10% for crying out loud. Trade them for popcorn or a taco, I don't care. I know Bynum's some sort of practice time warrior (practice MVP eh, Frank?) but he's a godawful excuse for a PG who kills ball movement. No one but Monroe was hitting shots, and by the second half, he was missing too. The one good thing the Pistons got out of this was that the starters all played under 30 minutes. That's it.
I guess I won't bother watching the replay on league pass...
5 people picked em to win...versus 4 picking Philly. Based on Alexa's 5 posts......they shoulda played better.
30 point blow-out was averted on a last minute fast break un constested layup by Damien "Don't call me Dominique" Wilkens. The Pistons were just what the doctor ordered for the Sixers to stop a five game losing slide and win 97-68. The game was close to open the second quarter, with the Pistons down only 2. But Philly went on 13-0 runwith the likes of BenG, JJ., Wilkens, Big Ben and Will Bynum stinking up the Palace. Gordon was the only Piston shooting and missing, but Bynum was the catalyst with turnovers and was quickly yanked after three minutes of allowing the game to litteraly get out of hand....and believe me it was over before halftime. Philly supposedly leads the league in fast breaks and they fast broke the Pistons to death in the second qtr and the beginning of the 4th when they put together a 9-0 run to send the few hundred fans who left over to flee to the exits and missing a rare chance to see Macklin and Daye playing in extended garbage time with Bynum and Wilkens. The Pistons were beaten in every quarter with just horrible shooting with Gordon going 1-10, Tay> 2-10, Knight >2-8 and JJ> 1-5.
well they were close as its been said going into 2nd. At which point the all dumbass backcourt of gordon and bynum proceeded to miss every shot and make every turnover look effortless. I havent seen that kinda futility since the trotters whooped the generals. Am I the only person that thinks BG should be next to Daye and cv on the pine? This idiot is worse than Stuckey on his worst day. Also why does Richie wait so long before subbing when **** is obviously goin sideways? Monroe comes out to end the first and doesnt go back til we're down double digits and theres 6 minutes left in the half? seriously? he was the ONLY offense that worked in the first quarter. And our super sub backcourt didnt turn on the jets when they entered the game. I must be tired cause while I was watching that, I wanted more than anything else to be at the game so I could stroill down courtside and punch Richie right in the throat. and while he gasped for air I could call sub and get the crap off the floor. and before anyone says it " YES, I have anger issues"
Well, on the bright side, Charlie Villenueva practiced with the team yesterday.
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finally got a 1919 kit. it should be here monday. im planning on posting progress pics and whatnot but it will probably be slow going at first because im in the middle of redoing my kitchen right now.
cabinets just came in so i got some work ahead.
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Until you get the ammo bill....
Someone makes a 7.62X54R conversion for these, might be worth a look?
Converted mine back from .308 to .30-06 as it was a bit cheaper. You can also set them up for 8mm, although that ammo isn't as available as it was. The 7.62X54R kit isn't currently in production but can still be found.
The M1919 is one of the easier kits to build and a blast to shoot. The only drawback is that you need a chain drive wallet to feed a belt fed gun.
finally took it out and shot it. a couple pics.
Shootin' a beltfed is the most fun that can be had, with all your clothes on.
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DETROIT -- Batting leadoff because of an injury to Austin Jackson, Detroit's Andy Dirks hit a drive to center field for a double in his first at-bat.
Three innings later, the 27-year-old outfielder made an even better impression.
Dirks hit his first career grand slam, part of a six-run fourth for the Tigers in their 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night. He was at the top of the lineup because Jackson went on the disabled list earlier in the day with a pulled left hamstring.
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"I've hit leadoff in college and I've hit leadoff in the big leagues and in the minor leagues," Dirks said. "It's really nothing different. The way I approach it, I just try to get on base for the big guys."
In the fourth, Dirks came to the plate in a good RBI situation -- bases loaded and one out. He drove an 0-2 pitch to right field for his fourth homer of the year.
Houston starter Bud Norris said it was a hanging slider.
"It was the worst 0-2 pitch of my career," he lamented.
The pitch looked just fine to Dirks.
"I liked it," he said. "It's just one of those things in baseball. He didn't mean to leave a pitch over the plate like that, and I was fortunate enough to be on time with it and hit it."
Victor Martinez also homered for the Tigers, who swept four straight from the Astros in Houston earlier this month and opened this three-game series at Comerica Park with another convincing victory.
Anibal Sanchez (4-3) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings for Detroit. He struck out eight with one walk.
"I feel good," Sanchez said. "My pitches were working good today. I just had a bad inning. That's part of the game."
Houston scored two runs off Sanchez in the third, shortly after Astros second baseman Jose Altuve left the game with a jaw injury following a collision with right fielder Jimmy Paredes on a popup. Norris (4-4) left with lower back spasms after allowing seven runs and nine hits in five innings.
"Altuve came out for precautionary reasons, and he's already told me that he's playing tomorrow," Houston manager Bo Porter said. "Norris wanted to stay out there, but we'll see how he feels in the next day or two. That's always the question when it comes to back injuries."
Houston has lost five straight and 15 of 18.
Detroit trailed 2-1 when Martinez hit a two-run homer in the fourth to give the Tigers the lead. They weren't done. Jhonny Peralta and Don Kelly both singled with one out, and after a walk to Omar Infante, Dirks hit his home run.
Dirks finished with three hits.
Torii Hunter's double in the first scored Dirks to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. Altuve left the game after colliding with Paredes, but Houston scored a couple of runs in the third to take the lead. Marwin Gonzalez singled and stole second, then scored on a single by Robbie Grossman.
Ronny Cedeno, who came into the game when Altuve left, added an RBI groundout.
But Norris, who has pitched well so far amid Houston's struggles, couldn't hold onto the lead, and his start was cut short by back problems. He left the game after a conference at the mound at the start of the Detroit sixth.
Martinez's homer was his second of the year after he missed all of 2012 with a knee injury.
The Tigers have outscored Houston 44-10 in five games this year.
- Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera had his hitting streak snapped at 11 games.
- Tigers RHP Doug Fister (4-1) takes the mound Tuesday night against Houston RHP Lucas Harrell (3-3).


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By Nik Brumsack
Arsène Wenger says it was vital to get back to winning ways in Saturday's London derby against West Ham.
After falling behind to Mohamed Diame's strike, Wenger's team rallied and ran out 3-1 winners at the Boleyn Ground.
The Arsenal boss insists victory was crucial in the wake of last week's home defeat to Chelsea.
"It was essential for us to win the game after our defeat last Saturday," said Wenger. "To respond in the way we did is absolutely fantastic. I felt we had a good game.
"We were mentally strong because we were 1-0 down with their first shot on goal, and to come back and win the game in a convincing way, I'm very proud of my team and it's good for the future to win here.
"The team is mature and mentally strong and focused," added Wenger.
"Without that here [against West Ham], you have no chance - they are so strong in the air and they are so strong in the box.
"I'm very happy to come back with the three points because one point was not enough for us today and we had to win it. We did it in a convincing way."
Watch the full interview with Wenger on Arsenal Player.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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