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The board you need to get is the Rossi experience. It's the flagship done right. Actually, it's the OG flagship. I've ridden both and the experience is so much better
I had a flag-- put up about 6 days on it all over Colorado and sold to pick up the experience.
Night and day.
the flag is about as damp as a piece of balsa wood.
HUGE disappointment to say the least. OP's review is right on.
^ With full camber right? On the Aviator? That would be fun!
I love the Mtn Twin! Gonna add a new one here shortly.
Different people with different styles I guess. I hate mine in the trees. What size is he riding? I find that it just does not heel/toe steer very well with the front foot making the initiation.
Review sounds right- I liked pretty much everything about my Flagship except the lack of dampening. It was very harsh which caused me to sell the board.
The nose is great for powder riding though.
The set-up,
Flagship 161 11/12 year
As a big mountain quiver piece its great, and I have heard the new one is getting better. Quality and ride. Worth an upgrade? Hmmmm maybe. Too many rides, too little time. Hope this helps someone, if not, sorry!
I ride the 12/13 Flagship 158 (I'm 123lbs). Found it to be very forgiving, easy to turn and insanely fast edge to edge. Before I bought it I was very intimidated by all the "oh, its so stiff", but immediately fell in love with it. Yes, in moguls it's no fun, but in my resort, all slopes are groomed every night so they are not a big issue.
All the positive points you highlited (stability, speed, stability, edge hold, stability, pow float, oh yes... and stability ) make it the one for me. I wanted to have a board that is perfect for the "king of the world" days (of which we had quite a lot the last two years). The crap days are crap anyway On normal groomer days it's big fun to carve too. But I admit that I havn't riden other similar boards so I can't compare it. Maybe the Raptor or Mothership would also have been good options too. I'll try some at the test day in March, maybe to get an option for the crap days.
|The board you need to get is the Rossi experience. It's the flagship done right. Actually, it's the OG flagship. I've ridden both and the experience is so much better
|I am going to do a review of the Krypto next!!~
|Or maybe checkout the Rossi Experience or the new XV magtek for next year (Xavier's board)?
Hey all, thought I would write up my take on the Jones, having ridden it enough to know that its not the deck I had hoped it would be!
The set-up,
Flagship 161 11/12 year, Ride Capo bindings, +15f and 0 rear goofy. 22" stance. Driver X boots, 8.5. Height 5'7" 168lbs. 180+ in riding gear.
Riding since the dawn of the sport, really! I was around when Jake was going shop to shop showing off his backhill! Pushing 40 now. First deck was a Performer Elite, chased the pow, did the carving thing, stayed out of the park, and now am back to mostly freeriding when I am not teaching the kiddies to ride!
What it does......and does not.
It rides very fast and very solid, when its in its element. Which is to say that it is no fun at all when you take it places it does not really want to go(like your girlfriend) For me, this meant it was not great in tight trees or loping along on the blues, sometimes it even felt unsure in the steeps. Tight techy stuff, with little forward speed makes it feel a little vague. Now I am sure you have all heard how crazy stiff this thing is, and yes its true its stiff, but when you compare it to other boards that are designed to do what this one does, its not out of the park at all. I used to ride A Head I.ct 162 and that thing was WAY stiffer, but easier to turn also. However, the stiffness balanced with the mellow mag, can and will give you a bit of confidence when things get dicey. The cool part is, you probably won't even notice it until you hear from your friends how bad they suffered in the same areas of ice and crust. Carving is amazing, it holds no matter what and the faster the better, but really, do you buy a Flagship to ride the corduroy?
I found that it excels at what it is designed to do, and that means go very fast in very steep wide open terrrain with good to great snow. To me it seems that they designed it for a limited set of conditions! I know I dream of those days, but in reality, I get about 4-5 of them a season......you know, the super hero days!!! Its not enough for me to endure the Flag the rest of the year.
Conditions I have ridden in were super varied, from groomer to powder days, and even a day on the cats in Squamish! Most of my time has been at Bridger Bowl, ridge days and play days. Even took it to Whistler for a few days. In the steeps, with nice powder, I can't really think of a board I would rather ride! Float is amazing, speed is great, stability is not even a thought you can go as fast as you want. Most of the time you will not even realize you are hauling!! Brings me back to the roots of snowboarding. Then the powder runs out, and the groomer and bumps hit, and the bumps make you want to cry. Damping is no where to be found on this deck. You will feel everything. So you run into the trees for safety, no luck, it makes you realize that unless you have powder under you to surf, turns are not very fluid when you try and link 'em through the forest. Chunder and bumps will beat you up, not much else to say, true of almost all snowboards, but this one is rough!
Now, I have to validate that last statemant, and here is how I can do it! I rode the new Never summer Premier F1 on the same days, same size, same conditions. My first thought was(and I was shocked) this thing is SO quiet!! I never realized when riding the Jones how physically and emotionally LOUD it was! Sounds strange I know. Then I realized I was making the same types of turns and riding the same trees but with much less effort and abuse. Pretty cool. Powder and steeps were a bit of another story, camber shapes aside, I did not have the confidence on the F1, I found I needed the feedback from the Jones to really know what was going on, Jones gives great feedback. I think its a by product of the less than ideal damping. The F1 needed a different riding position and style to achieve the same things......apples and oranges to each his own. Would I own the F1? Proably not. Cross the two(new Raptor maybe) and I would snatch up two or three of 'em!
If Jones could make this thing a bit more damp, smooth out the roughness, and make it a bit more nimble for normal humans it would be ideal for me! But then it would take away most of the mystique and aura of what this deck is supposed to be. So when you consider this one, ask yourself, is this who I am? or is this who I THINK I am?
As a big mountain quiver piece its great, and I have heard the new one is getting better. Quality and ride. Worth an upgrade? Hmmmm maybe. Too many rides, too little time. Hope this helps someone, if not, sorry!
Nice write up, I haven't ridden one but always wanted to... Guess I'll just be content with my Raptor
^ With full camber right? On the Aviator? That would be fun!
I love the Mtn Twin! Gonna add a new one here shortly.
Different people with different styles I guess. I hate mine in the trees. What size is he riding? I find that it just does not heel/toe steer very well with the front foot making the initiation.
sounds about right. I haven't ridden it but we have one at the shop. It feels and looks like a pow-slayer. a guy i know who rides up at Jay has one says it's awesome in the trees though. i thought the Mt Twin nailed it this year.
Jones stiffened up nearly the entire line for next year and did some tweaking with the rocker profiles. They also added the Aviator which is supposed to be damper ride than the Flagship.
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MY 2013 Audi S4 Order Guide Surfaces Online
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Interested in a facelifted A4? So are a lot of Audi fans, so we've no doubt the document linked below, the MY2013 Audi S4 order guide sans prices, has been closely scanned by members of that group. Our pal Zerin Dube from http://www.speedsportlife.com brought the PDF document hosted over on dropbox to our attention and we thought you'd want to know. See it via the link below. Hat tip to Zerin.
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carrieob wrote:I saw on an Amazon review that "Audio functionality does not work with Macs, see owners manual"
Wow. That gets lemon juice in the eye. :-(
I want one... but the reviews on Amazon aren't so great. Although it sounds like the firmware updates help. This one does seem better than that other wifi robot they've had - the Erector Spykee one. I think I might just hold out for better/cheaper technology, though...
Will this work with an 802.11g wireless network that doesn't accept connections from 802.11b devices, or does it require a slower 802.11b connection?
ckeilah wrote:Wow. That gets lemon juice in the eye. :-(
lol, I just discovered that if you reply to a message with replacement words, you can see what the user originally typed in the quote.
I dunno, maybe check into the Mac thing, though - maybe they did a firmware update since then or something.
It looks like some (several) people have problems with Rovio not docking correctly.
Check these links:
SSchwartz wrote:I wonder if I dress this up in a little green dog suit if it'll help me take over the world... unless, of course, it dumps it's fuel to make room for cupcakes or endlessly makes waffles.
Heh, nice Zim reference.
Ooooooooohhhh, what a cool useless novelty. If I had 100 bucks to flush down the toilet, this is where it would go. Dammit.
Dissonance wrote:It looks like some (several) people have problems with Rovio not docking correctly.
Interesting. That seems like the kind of thing that could perhaps be fixed with a little tweaking of the charging contacts.
I'd rather have [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUMGpDTm59w&feature=player_embedded].
In for one - I could never get my web cam working at home, but this MOBILE unit has MANY possibilities; check the kitties out whenever the wife needs her see her 'babies', monitor the house when the alarm goes off (and dials my cell phone). I am sure there are many other possibilities.
equazcion wrote:Ooooooooohhhh, what a cool useless novelty. If I had 100 bucks to flush down the toilet, this is where it would go. Dammit.
Not necessarily just a useless toy. I'm seriously considering one for the summer home that is left unattended for up to eight months at a time. Maybe even a second one for the upstairs rooms. I'm still worried by the docking problems though, because if it refuses to dock and charge, it would sit useless for months (unless I got all NASA on it and figured out a way to remotely give it some juice).
I'm just here to post the Hack A Day permalink so we can all find it in the future...
Does anybody know the voltage that the base supplies to it while charging? I want to use it in a location where the power is turned off by hooking the base up to a solar-charged battery. I'm hoping it's 12V. That's what powers the wireless router and cable modem there.
I have so many questions on this woot.
a problem i foresee is that it has no defensive capabilities. what if someone comes along and picks your little rovio up off the ground, derailing your mission? what can you do?
i say it should be able to give 'em a little electric shock, which of course means that when the perp drops it (in a position other than squarely on its wheels, of course), it would need to be able to right itself.
Huh. Kewl. Can it be programmed to drive around the house in random patterns vacuuming up dust? 'Cause that would be a really useful thing for a robot to do. If only someone would invent . . .
A very important note from the Rovio's product page (http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/tech/telepresence/rovio/rovio) that many of the Amazon reviewers seem to have missed:
Rovio requires additional TrueTrack Room Beacons (each sold separately) to navigate or self-dock across multiple rooms.
im in for 1.. at 99 you cant beat this price! everywhere else its 250 - 400
btw, woot, you got a typo in the middle of the write-up. the battery is NiMH, not "NiHM".
This video answered a lot of my questions:
But it created a new one. How does the "indoor GPS" feature work? What's that all about?
DJ Roomba?
rawfish wrote:A very important note from the Rovio's product page (http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/tech/telepresence/rovio/rovio) that many of the Amazon reviewers seem to have missed:
Rovio requires additional TrueTrack Room Beacons (each sold separately) to navigate or self-dock across multiple rooms.
but without that, could you not still navigate multiple rooms manually (without the abilities of self-docking and waypoints)? (going on the description given on this page)
Is that you Spykee?
Instead of "suggesting" that the link not remove users from your page, why don't you take advantage of the old school target="_blank" and force them to open a new tab :P
Ok, so you can drive it around and see your cat. If you have time to watch this gristle remotely, then whatever you're out doing probably isn't that pressing. Ok, maybe that's a little harsh but seriously, what are you going to do with this thing?
hack-a-day from the waffleiron! saw it on there and had to come here to buy one.
Can you set up the web page so that friends and family can operate this when they want?
I'm in.
I purchased the Spykee one on here as well and it's awesome so I'm hoping this one does well and the bad review are just from people that dont know how to work tv remote. Great to use in office.
Let me speak on behalf of us who live in Hawaii...
Toys "R" Us Review
Irobot had an item like this that went belly up.
irobot Connect
This thing is a wowwee compared to the Irobot item. about 20% of the price and looks cooler
dmosher42 wrote:Let me speak on behalf of us who live in Hawaii...
Now there's an idea. You buy a gross of them and put them on the beach or up on the caldera. charge .50 cents a min to us main landers to pretend we are there.
From what I see this is not something I want to deal with...
Programmers can have a lot more fun with the Rovio than many of WowWee's other products. I was in a team of 5 students in a class that spent a whole semester working with one.
Right out of the box, the rovio isn't "programmable" in the sense of being able to write something in C or Java or whatever and save it onto the rovio itself. But since the api at http://www.wowwee.com/static/support/rovio/manuals/Rovio_API_Specifications_v1.2.pdf shows how to send commands over HTTP to get it to do stuff, you CAN write a program that instead runs on your computer, and have the computer send/receive wirelessly to the rovio.
So if the phrase Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping mean anything to you, then you'll love hearing that yes, it's possible. We did it. The rovio would take webcam shots, send them back to the computer, the computer would analyze the view and decide what to do next, then send the next movement/camera commands to the rovio.
The biggest issue we had with it was that with our team's Java program, the wheel encoders didn't seem to work as the api described (hopefully fixed in an update by now) so we used dead reckoning back then. A competing team writing in C instead claims their wheel encoders worked fine.
ckeilah wrote:Will it switch from AP to AP as it travels around, or is it tied to one single wi-fi Access Point?
How big are the rooms in your house? Are you planning to drive it down the street?
I'm sure it's tied to a single access point, since you have to set up WiFi security related to once specific wireless connection.
an addendum to my previous post to explain why we used dead reckoning: at no point in our school project were we even allowed to use TrueTrack. Given a good enough program, you might be impressed with how well you can get this thing to navigate without TrueTrack beacons (especially if, like that competing team instead of my team like I mentioned, you can get the wheel encoders to work).
It is some sort of cross-over toy placed on Earth by the Geth! (See Mass Effect 1 or 2)
I know I may be a little late to the party, but am I the only one who gets the reference to the greatest mother f'n band in the land????
Does anyone know if you can record video with this thing? If so, what's the quality?
How about battery life before having to recharge?
Horrible reviews on Amazon.
Neat and useful idea though. Maybe waiting for next generation is a better way to go.
I want one. Just wish I knew why. Not enuf Woot Wine in me to pull the trigger on this one.
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Missing Great Barrington woman found dead
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — An 82-year-old Great Barrington woman reported missing Tuesday has been found dead.
Police say the body of Arlene Elliott was found Thursday morning in a wooded area behind Fairview Hospital.
Her car had been found about a mile away in the parking lot of a pharmacy.
Chief William Walsh says Elliott was not a patient at the hospital. She had been described during the search as in failing health.
Police tell The Berkshire Eagle (http://bit.ly/YI10Gl [1] ) they do not suspect foul play. The cause of death has not been disclosed.


text: I thought I was doing good till I read these posts. I was planing on going to 10 hives this year, but after much sawing, gluing, nailing and visiting home depot I wasnt getting the job done. I build 10 hive stands, ten telescoping lids, 8 hive bodies, and 3 bottom boards. I gave up and ordered precut boxes, bottom boards, and inner covers( I struggled with these). I was painting, nailing and gluing and making progress, till the ice hit and its been 30 and will be in evenings for the next 10 days. I know it will April/ May when my bees are here, but its a struggle to get things done with job, family and normal honey-do issues. How do you do these things? are you buying and assembling, or starting everything from scratch?


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In only its second year of varsity competition, the Canisius College rowing team earned a pair of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) honors on Friday evening at the conference's annual awards banquet in West Windsor, N.J. The Golden Griffins' Varsity Eight was chosen as the 2013 MAAC Crew of the Year with head coach Joel Furtek receiving this year's Women's Coach of the Year honor, as voted by the league's head coaches.
In four spring races, the Griffs' Varsity Eight claimed conference crew of the week honors following each performance. The Griffs went undefeated against MAAC opponents this year, capturing victories over nine-time conference champion Marist, Loyola, and Jacksonville, while collecting a pair of victories against both Fairfield and Robert Morris.
The Varsity Eight included sophomore Liz Reinwald, senior Monica Klenk, freshman Nora Kennon, senior Bridget Laszewski, junior Liz McKinney, junior Nancy Kennish, senior Stephanie SanFilipo, junior Lynna Paradiso and freshman coxswain Hannah Blum.
The Griffs boat is comprised of five members, who were part of the Griffs since the inception of the program last year, including Reinwald, Klenk, Laszewski, Kennish, and SanFilipo. Joining the original five are a pair of junior transfers in McKinney and Paradiso, as well as freshmen Kennon and Blum.
Earning this year's MAAC Coach of the Year honor, Furtek has transformed the Griffs into a force in the MAAC. Undertaking the responsibilities of an upstart program, Furtek has directed the Griffs to success in only their second year of varsity competition. In the team's first appearance at the MAAC Rowing Championships last season, the Griffs finished their run by sharing fifth-place with Robert Morris. This season, the Griffs' Varsity Eight finished its spring schedule undefeated against MAAC opponents, while capturing conference honors after each of their perfromances. The Varsity Eight enters this year's conference championships as the top seed with the Second Varsity Eight pulling to the line as the third seed.
Prior to arriving at Canisius, Furtek served as an assistant coach at the University of Central Florida for two seasons. Furtek directed the Novice Eight, including current Griff Lynna Paradiso, to a second-place finish in the petite final at the 2010 NCAA South-Central Regionals with the crew recording the top performance among Conference USA's boats.
Beyond Canisius, Furtek has experience in directing an upstart rowing program from his experience at the University at North Carolina. Serving the Tar Heels for five years, Furtek helped establish the program in the Division I rowing community. In his only second year at UNC, Furtek guided the Varsity Four to a bronze medal at the NCAA Rowing Championships in 1998.
In addition, three rowers were selected to the MAAC All-Academic Team for their excellence in the classroom. Earning league academic honors were senior Katie Riley, Kennish, and Reinwald.
The Blue and Gold will compete in the MAAC Rowing Championships on April 27 on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. The top-seed Varsity Eight boat will compete at 9:30 a.m. followed by the third-seed Second Varsity Eight at 10:15 a.m. and the eighth-seed Varsity Four at 11 a.m.


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Learning Haskell with Chess
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This page is about learning Haskell using the board game Chess as a running example. The complete code can be found at http://www.steffen-mazanek.de/dateien/projekte/hsChess.zip.
1 Exercise 1 - data types
1.1 Learning targets
- recapitulate Haskell types (keywords type and data, product and sum types)
- Helium: define equality functions (pattern matching)
- pretty printing
1.2 Tasks
- Define data types that represent boards (), squares (Board), positions (Square), pieces (Pos) and game states (Piece).State
- Helium: Implement suited eq-functions.
- Implement a function , that transforms a board into a clearly arranged string representation (human readable :-)). Support this function with auxiliary functions that pretty print pieces, squares, ...prettyBoard::Board->String
- Define the initial board (), test prettyBoard with initialBoard.initialBoard::Board
- Implement a simple evaluation function as the difference of material on board (values: Pawn->1, Knight and Bishop->3, Queen->9, Rook->6, King->"infinity"=1000).evalBoard::Board->Int
2 Exercise 2 - move generator
2.1 Learning targets
- list comprehension
- stepwise refinement
2.2 Tasks
3 Exercise 3 - gametree generation and minimax algorithm
3.1 Learning targets
- break code in modules
- complexity
- recursive data structures -> recursive algorithms
3.2 Tasks
- Define a data type that represents a game tree ().GameTree
- Roughly estimate the number of nodes of the gametree with depth 4.
- Define a function , that computes the value of a given game tree using the minimax Algorithm.play::Gametree->Int
- Implement the function , that choses the (best) next state.doMove::State->State


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Phoenix Men's Basketball to Host Coaches Clinic on Oct. 18
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Head coach Brian Wardle and the Green Bay men's basketball program will host its annual coaches clinic at the Kress Events Center on Thursday, Oct. 18 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. With Wardle serving as the emcee and speaking between each speaker, the clinic will feature three other college coaches, with Phoenix assistant Brian Barone and UW-Oshkosh head coach Pat Juckem speaking and South Suburban College head coach John Pigatti doing skill instruction.
Wardle is in his third season with the Phoenix, and his team will begin official practice for the 2012-13 season on Friday, Oct. 12. The head coach welcomes back all five starters to a team which won eight of its last 11 games in 2011-12, including 7-foot-1 junior Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.). Wardle's roster includes four freshmen hailing from the state of Wisconsin - Jordan Fouse (Racine), Carrington Love (Milwaukee), Nick Arenz (Onalaska) and Ryan Bross (Menomonee Falls).
Barone is in his third season on the Green Bay coaching staff after previously serving on coaching staffs at Marquette, Illinois State and Indiana. A former teammate of Wardle's at Marquette, Barone has played for and coached under Indiana head coach Tom Crean. On Green Bay's staff, Barone works with the team's guards while also focusing on the team's offensive philosophy and recruiting. Barone hails from a basketball family, and his father and brother currently working for the Memphis Grizzlies.
Juckem is beginning his first season as the head coach at UW-Oshkosh after working in the same role at Coe College for the past seven seasons. At Coe, Juckem guided his teams to 105 wins and two conference championships while being named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year on two occasions. A Wisconsin native, Juckem is a 1995 graduate of Lawrence Univiersity, where he also served as an assistant coach from 1999-2005.
Pigatti begins his seventh season in 2012-13 as the head coach of South Suburban College in South Holland, Ill. In 2011-12, Pigatti guided a team which included current Phoenix junior Sultan Muhammad (Grand Rapids, Mich.) to a school-record 33 wins and a third-place finish at the NJCAA National Championships. In his six seasons at SSC, Pigatti has compiled an impressive record of 173-36. In his coaching career, Pigatti has served as an assistant coach for six Division I schools, including St. Francis, Chicago State, Akron, Western Michigan, Texas A&M and Creighton.
All coaches in attendance will also be invited to attend a social at Hagemeister Park following the clinic for five dollars.To RSVP, please contact either assistant coach Jimmie Foster (firstname.lastname@example.com) or director of basketball operations Colin Schneider (email@example.com).
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Elysium: Crafting the Future of DI
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (PDT)
Elysium: Crafting the Future in DI
DI, VFX and ACES color management, seamlessly integrated for Elysium's 4K finish
Discover how District 9 Director, Neill Blomkamp, worked with Central on the visionary look and innovative finishing process of Elysium.
Join lead colorist, Andrea Chlebak, live at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater to step through the process of pre-visualizing Elysium's two worlds, pre-grading VFX plates, and realizing the final aesthetic that was delivered to theaters worldwide – all with FilmLight's Baselight.
Using interactive scenes from the movie, Chris Davies, Director of Operations at Central and Peter Postma, Managing Director of FilmLight Americas, will provide insight into the use of the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES), its challenges and advantages, as well as how it influenced the creative process with the Director.
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has any one heard of a ebay store called the star fortress if so what are your thoughts are they good? cause i found a bucket and was wondering if it was worth it
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has any one heard of a ebay store called the star fortress if so what are your thoughts are they good? cause i found a bucket and was wondering if it was worth it
I'd stay clear of them, from what I've heard from other members when I was browsing, they're recasters and I've also heard a lot of the time it's a pain in the neck to even get what you paid for.
cool thank you any idea were i can get my first bucket
avoid SFP.
bad after sales.
fugitive from US justice with allegations of paedophilia
what really is that last one true
many SFP parts are verified recasts.
just the facts, no comments - as its all alleged http://www.geocities.com/universalar...er_wanted.html
ok good to know
man i just love these airborne trooper helmets anybody still selling raw casts?
Now that was an awsome helmet!
Look s very tough too..
does anyone know where to get a pepakura link of the airborne helmet?
can i ask if anyone actually sells these lids?, or are they all scratch one off's, you guys made for yourselves?
Mikes can, look up skygunbro on Facebook. He's on some of the forums too, I think maybe clonetroopers.net and maybe here. He's got good photo galleries of his helmets info.
cool thanks i will take a look.
Last I heard, skygunbro dropped off the map. Something with personal issues, I believe he still owed people helmets that they have been waiting a year for. But again check on him.
Could I get a pep file for the beehive helmet or could some one point me in the right way to one.


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Democrats, Joe Wilson, Maureen Dowd, and the "R" Word
posted at 3:23 pm on September 15, 2009 by Dafydd ab Hugh
On Dennis Prager's radio show today, he expressed utter befuddlement about the Democratic attack on Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC, 92%), who shouted "You lie!" at President Barack H. Obama during the ObamaCare speech to a joint session of Congress; Prager couldn't understand why the Left would call Wilson racist, and claim his outburst was an act of racism. In particular, Prager was at a loss whether Maureen Dowd, who jumped in front of the parade with her column Saturday, actually believed what she wrote — that when Wilson yelled "You lie," he really meant "You lie, boy!"
I've been loath to admit that the shrieking lunacy of the summer — the frantic efforts to paint our first black president as the Other, a foreigner, socialist, fascist, Marxist, racist, Commie, Nazi; a cad who would snuff old people; a snake who would indoctrinate kids — had much to do with race.
I tended to agree with some Obama advisers that Democratic presidents typically have provoked a frothing response from paranoids — from Father Coughlin against F.D.R. to Joe McCarthy against Truman to the John Birchers against J.F.K. and the vast right-wing conspiracy against Bill Clinton.
But Wilson's shocking disrespect for the office of the president — no Democrat ever shouted "liar" at W. when he was hawking a fake case for war in Iraq — convinced me: Some people just can't believe a black man is president and will never accept it.
("No Democrat ever shouted 'liar' at W.?" Ye flipping gods! What planet does Ms. Dowd hail from?)
Indeed, Prager is not alone: I would say 95% of the Republican Party either cannot fathom how Dowd, et al, could possibly think that opposition to the Obamacle stems entirely from racism, or else flatly believes that Democrats don't believe it but are merely using it as a convenient and effective, if vile, rhetorical device. But conservatives are really being unfair to Democrats: They do, in fact, believe what they say; it's not just a handy stick to bash conservatives… and it's fully consonant with well-articulated liberal orthodoxy going back many decades, to the very cusp of the civil-rights movement itself in 1909.
I'm stunned that conservatives and Republicans fail to grasp, even today, what "affirmative action" actually implies. Haven't we been paying attention?
Left-liberal "affirmative action" was first brought to federal public policy by President John F. Kennedy (which many Republicans, especially neoconservatives, still revere) and perpetuated by Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon (which everybody on both sides the aisle hates). It has always meant going the extra mile (or thousand miles) to establish, encourage, or solidify "diversity"… where diversity means "an increase in the number of non-whites, non-males, and non-heterosexuals in any field of endeavor."
Kennedy seems to have first used the word in Executive Order 10925:
The President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity established by this order is directed immediately to scrutinize and study employment practices of the Government of the United States, and to consider and recommend additional affirmative steps which should be taken by executive departments and agencies to realize more fully the national policy of nondiscrimination within the exeoutive branch of the Government….
The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, or national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin….
The Committee may direct that any bidder or prospective contractor or subcontractor shall submit, as part of his Compliance Report, a statement in writing, signed by an authorized officer or agent of any labor union or other workers' representative with which the bidder or prospective contractor deals, together with supporting information, to the effect that the said labor union's or representative's practices and policies do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, creed, or national origin, and that the labor union or representative either will affirmatively cooperate, within the limits of his legal and contractual authority, in the implementation of the policy and provisions of this order or that it consents and agrees that recruitment, employment, and the terms and conditions of employment under the proposed contract shall be in accordance with the purposes and provisions of the order.
Kennedy thus distinguished "affirmative action" from passive non-discrimination: It's not enough, he ordered, that public and private employers and contractors not discriminate against blacks; rather, they must go out of their way to remedy such de facto discrimination, even if unintentional.
As it turns out (and was clear to many from the outset), there is only one way to remedy "racial discrimination" that is neither intentional nor deliberate, but arises from actual differences and personal preferences of individual blacks and whites, men and women; and that is, in fact, to racially and sexually discriminate — but this time, in favor of anyone who is not a heterosexual white male.
Worse, pesons of all races, both genders, and all sexual preferences must be told they cannot do what they want but must instead do what is best for "diversity." Individual blacks must attend Harvard, even if they would feel much more comfortable at UCLA; every individual woman must become a career politcian, lawyer, or aerospace engineer, even if what she really wants is to marry, keep house, and raise children. And individual gays and lesbians are pressured to marry, even if they reject the monogamous gay lifestyle as too much like heterosexuality.
Thus even from the outset, affirmative action lurched along in opposition to its false-flag, equalitarian rhetoric of treating people as individuals, not representatives of racial, ethinic, sexual, or sexual-preference groups, "without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin." Affirmative action has always demanded racial and sexual preferences.
The rhetorical devotion to Martin Luther King, jr.'s "dream" of a time when people "will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" — has always been in tension against the actual political combat fought to institute programs that intentionally discriminate on the basis of race… but for "the other side" in the putative race wars. Even King himself, for all his lofty, equalitarian rhetoric, advocated programs that today would unquestionably be called "affirmative action," such as Operation Breadbasket ("King staffers gathered data on the hiring patterns of corporations doing business in black communities, and called on companies to rectify disparities").
Even King's words often advocated explicit racial preferences:
- "Whenever the issue of compensatory treatment for the Negro is raised, some of our friends recoil in horror. The Negro should be granted equality, they agree; but he should ask nothing more. On the surface, this appears reasonable, but it is not realistic."
- "A society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for the Negro."
- "Within common law we have ample precedents for special compensatory programs…. And you will remember that America adopted a policy of special treatment for her millions of veterans after the war."
Politically, Ronald Reagan was right when he said that King was a "near-Communist." It's inarguable that dream or no dream, King was a collectivist, no matter what he said on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.
Conservatives and Republicans claim to understand this, but I don't think they've really internalized it… else they would have no difficulty grokking Maureen Dowd's attack on Joe Wilson.
Brilliant feminist writer Christina Hoff Sommers (author of Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women; The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men; and other excellent reads) distinguishes between what she calls "equity feminism" — the belief that men and women should be given equal opportunity to achieve their goals as their individual talents and perseverence allow — and "gender feminism," the belief that we should always support women over men. The former is the feminism she grew up believing; the latter is what the feminist movement has degenerated into, she argues. You will be unshocked to learn that Sommers is the bête noire of NOW, NARAL, and other movement organizations.
For clarity, let's adapt those terms to affirmative action in general. We'll speak of equity individualism on the one hand and diversity discrimination on the other… and now at last we can resolve Dennis Prager's dilemma.
Prager kept demanding to know how yelling "You lie!" at the president was a comment on race when it doesn't even mention race; he couldn't understand why Dowd attributed opposition to Obamunism — including something as innocuous as trying to refuse stimulus money — to racism, but didn't attribute opposition to George W. Bush (even by blacktivists) to racism. But Prager's confusion comes directly from trying to apply the principles of equity individualism to Maureen Dowd's column… when in fact it stems directly from her real principle, shared by nearly all liberals and Democrats, of diversity discrimination.
Once we understand that, then like a spider's web, the pieces of the "Wilson attack" fit neatly into place: Liberals consider it an act of racism or sexism to treat America's first black president just like any old, previous, white male president… just as they consider it racist to do nothing in the face of de facto racial segregation, even when self selected (e.g., fewer blacks than whites are interested in taking up golf; fewer women than men are interested in becoming physicists and engineers).
Democrats cry racism when Republicans don't extend affirmative action to Barack Obama; when we don't treat him as different and special — when we don't give him extra deference not extended to George W. Bush (or even to Bill Clinton) — when we don't cut Obama more slack. That is, when we don't devote our political capital to helping Obama succeed in all his leftist policies, regardless of whether we as individuals support them (unimportant), that itself constitutes racism.
And this is not dishonest partisanship or an ad-hoc position they just now made up; this definition of racism traces directly from a long line of ideology that leads all the way back to the great philosophical war between Booker T. Washington, who championed nondiscrimination and individual black achievement, and W. E. B. Du Bois, who championed collectivist political action. Alas, Du Bois long ago won that argument within the black community, and the larger community of civil-rights advocates, when he co-founded the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People — rather than the "National Association for the Equal Treatment of All Individuals."
Only recently have significant voices risen within these groups, blacks, women, and civil-rights advocates, to directly challenge the groupthink ideology of diversity discrimination and call for equity individualism instead: Ward Connerly, Thomas Sowell, Justice Clarence Thomas, Larry Elder, Christina Hoff Sommers, Phyllis Schlafly, David Horowitz, the late Charleton Heston, and many others. The trail was blazed by the late and very great Sen. Barry Goldwater, who fought for the 1964 Civil Rights Act when it was nothing but a ban on racial discrimination in government employment and contracting… but then withdrew his support and courageously voted against it when it morphed into a collectivist affirmative-action plan that constrained private individuals' control of their own private property, even for ugly and nefarious ends.
So put the attacks into perspective, please. Dowd, et al, are not claiming that Wilson is actively engaging in segregation, white supremacy, or racism by shouting at the president; they don't think he would be perfectly happy with Obamunism if Obama were white.
Rather, they attack Wilson, et al, for engaging in passive discrimination by not treating Obama with greater deference than they would treat a white liberal president: They're not accusing us of not treating a black president as equal to a white president… they're accusing us of not treating him as "more equal" than a white president. The accusation makes perfect sense — given the premises of the accusers.
As usual, it all comes down to axioms. Therein lies the great gulf between individualism and collectivism.
Cross-posted to Big Lizards…
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If the amendment is adopted, Berlin would join several municipalities, among them Colebrook, Errol, West Stewartstown, Pittsburg and Gorham, that have joined the state of New Hampshire in allowing ATVs on public roads in Coos County.
"We're not a mill community anymore, and one of the big things that happened to Berlin is the OHRV system," Morency said. "We've taken it very slowly and we built a through-way system so they (ATVers) can access 100 miles of trails and we're finding quite a demand for that. And we're finding people are actually buying houses" along the connector, he said.
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Research is at the heart of the mission of the Department of Surgery. Projects in basic science and clinical research have included establishing ECMO capabilities to support critically ill neonates, developing hepatic resection and transplantation techniques, understanding the molecular aspects of pancreatic, breast, and ovarian cancers, and examining endothelial-cell, prosthetic-graft interactions.
The diverse interests of Jefferson's faculty allow for a multitude of cross-specialty protocols. The connections between clinically-based faculty and research-based faculty help facilitate a translational and collaborative approach to research.
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Master Sergeant Michael A. Baker, of Louisville, Kentucky, has 21 years of military service. Baker has had an exemplary military career, with numerous accomplishments and awards. He has been named the top producing recruiter in the state of Kentucky, Strength Maintenance Training Center Instructor of the Year, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Instructor of the Year, and Professional Education Center Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year. He has also been recognized by the Jefferson County Commissioner's Office for his work with veterans and has been awarded the Bronze Star for significant contributions to Multi-National Forces in Iraq.
Balancing family and military duties to earn his degree, Baker, at one point, completed 12 semester hours of courses while serving in a combat zone. But his commitment to education extends beyond himself. As an Army instructor for 3½ years, he was awarded the title of Professional Education Center Master Instructor. He also worked at the Army National Guard GED Plus Program, which helps young high school dropouts earn their General Education Diplomas. He was placed on the Commandant's List for this program in 2006. As a recruiter, Baker's emphasis has been on the National Guard's college program, and he has seen many of his recruits earn their college degrees.
Baker understands the value of his degree, both for advancement in the military as well as after retirement, and he continues to promote education. He says he sees himself as "a great example of how anyone can receive their degree with a little hard work and determination. It has lifted my self-esteem and given me more confidence than one can imagine. I continue to share my story with others."


text: Support Walmart employees on Black Friday Please join other labor, student, community and religious groups in supporting Walmart employees on Black Friday (November 23) and throughout the holiday shopping season. Details about actions in specific states, including at Walmart stores in Massachusetts, can be found at http://www.corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/black-friday. This site includes a petition members can sign electronically and other information about ways you can help. Supporters will be gathering in front of some Walmart stores to spread the word about Walmart's retaliation against employees who are seeking better treatment by the retail giant. Wear your MTA Activist T-shirt if you have one! Massachusetts Jobs With Justice is the lead group organizing actions in support of Walmart employees in Massachusetts. You can learn more at http://www.massjwj.net/news/where-will-you-be-black-friday. Here is an article in the Boston Herald summarizing what is going on locally as of November 19: http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1061175715 Below is a summary of what is going on nationally from OUR Walmart, an employee organization that has received financial support and guidance from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. A Community Call to ActionAcross the country, Walmart employs 1.4 million people. We are not just the Associates you see in stores, we are moms and dads, sons and daughters, husbands and wives working hard to support our families. We have been speaking out for good jobs with decent pay, regular hours, affordable health care and respect, but instead of working with us to make changes, Walmart has attempted to silence and retaliate against us for speaking out. Our jobs have been threatened, our hours cut, our schedules changed. Some of us have even been fired. We will not be silenced. Throughout the holiday season, including Black Friday, we will be standing up for an end to the retaliation against workers who speak out for what's right for our families, our communities and our country, and we hope that you will stand with us. Your Support Is Critical It is not an easy decision, but without an end to the retaliation, Walmart workers across the country will be walking off the job in protest, and we hope you will join us in creative, non-violent action in solidarity with our strike. We ask that supporters take action that spreads the word about our strikes and demonstrates to Walmart a wave of support for workers who are speaking out. We will not be silenced until we see real change at Walmart. OUR Walmart: http://forrespect.org/


text: Parties and Wall Rentals Climbing Wall rentals are a great for social events and birthday parties. Climbing parties provide privacy while the participants climb to their hearts desire! Drexel Recreation Center membership is not required for climbing wall rentals. No experience is necessary and equipment is provided. Rental Details No experience necessary. Instructors will guide participants through the experience. Each event is two hours and includes all equipment. A $50 non-refundable deposit is required to schedule a program. Two weeks advanced notice requested to book an event. To schedule an event, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 215-571-3778. Note: Advance booking with deposit is required. To assure the correct staffing levels for climbing parties and wall rentals, the final group size (see below) and payment of balance due is required approximately two weeks prior to the event date. For pricing options, contact Andrew Deming, Assistant Director of Recreation Programming and Student Staff, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 215.571.3778. * Requires prior approval. Cancellation Policy Classes are non-refundable. For more information, contact Climbing Wall and Experiential Learning Program at firstname.lastname@example.com or 215.571.3778.


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Learn to play the Arsenal way during the next half term!
- Southbury Leisure Centre, Enfield, Middlesex
- Martin Junior School, East Finchley, London N2
- Haverstock School, Chalk Farm, London NW3
- Aldenham School, Elstree, Borehamwood, Herts
Soccer Schools run from 10am - 3pm on Tuesday 27 - Friday, May 30 and are for boys and girls aged 7-12. The cost is £48. There will also be Soccer Schools throughout July and August at all the above venues as well as at Parmiters School in Watford. You can also learn to play the Arsenal way even if you don't live near north London -Arsenal Soccer Schools also have partners all over the UK which we have listed below.
Grassroots - Surrey, Kent, East Essex
Back of the Net - Northants, Milton Keynes
Premier SC - Gloucs, Somerset, S Wales
Premier SC South - Sussex
World Soccer - North Herts, South Cambs
Steve Morrow -N Ireland
Football For All -West Essex
DNF Coaching - Notts & Leics
Atlas Soccer Coaching - Hereford & Worcs
Elite Sports Coaching - North Cambs & Lincs
Simply Soccer - Warwickshire
Players Soccer Schools - Wiltshire
Drills n Skills Soccer Coaching - Dublin and
Luton & Beds Community Schools Football programme
Jaguar Sports Coaching - Oxfordshire
Visit www.arsenal.com/soccerschools to book or call 020 7704 4140 for more information.
There are three separate weeks to choose from this summer:
Shuttleworth College, Bedfordshire:
Sunday, July 20 - Friday, July 25
Sparsholt College, Hampshire:
Sunday, August 10 - Friday, August 15 and Sunday, August 17 - Friday, August 22
Residential Soccer Schools are the ideal environment to provide children with the opportunity to improve their football in a relaxed atmosphere while making new friends and developing their team work. A qualified nurse is on hand 24 hours a day as well as FA qualified and CRB checked Arsenal Soccer School staff. All summer residential courses cost £270. Registration is 4pm on Sunday and the course finishes with a presentation ceremony on Friday at 2pm which parents are welcome to attend.
The Arsenal Positive Futures advanced group from Islington and Camden took part in the Hasbro Tournament at Brunel University last month. They were the youngest team there (under 17s) among men from 18 to 30! Our local boys won two, drew one, and lost one to get through the first round. This was followed by emphatic victories right through to the final. Well done to the team! The organisers also raffled a signed Arsenal ball which raised £105.
The Arsenal Double Club Cookery and Healthy Living Module has been developed in stages over the past few years. It all began when the Community Department was fortunate enough to have a University nutrition student, Sophie Husband, for a six month placement. Sophie worked with the players' Chef, Rob Fagg (pictured above and who also writes in the Arsenal monthly magazine) and developed activities based on the diets of the Arsenal squad. CEA@Islington became involved and a dietician and teacher developed the work before an initial pilot at Highbury Grove School.
The most recent pilot study at Elizabeth Garratt Anderson School saw 18 girls participate in the project, produced in collaboration with CEA@Islington's cooking consultant, Angela Moody. Since her appointment, Angela has furthered the link with Rob the Chef and run a pilot of one of the modules at Islington Arts and Media School in 2007. During the EGA pilot, the girls participated in 'football-related-fitness' sessions in the first half followed by making healthy meals including hummus, porridge, sports drinks and healthy home-made pizza. Some of the students' evaluations included: "I enjoyed the cooking as we learnt to cook different foods. The football sessions were fun and different" and, "the football was fun and we learnt about teamwork". Owing to the success of the pilot, a three module curriculum is now being developed ready for the launch in Islington secondary schools in September. For more information on the Double Club's Cookery and Healthy Living module, contact Ross McKinley at firstname.lastname@example.com.
In August 2007, at Arsenal's International Festival of Football, Shalom from Israel met Ken from Spain and a friendship was formed.
Shalom Liav was there as the leader of two Galilee United teams from Northern Israel. Ken Jones is the Joint-Head, with Ian McKay of the recently formed Arsenal Soccer School in Spain's Costa del Sol.
Galilee United is an Arsenal-backed co existence project in Northern Israel that brings together Jewish and Arab youngsters to play together in the same football teams.
This is one of the few ways in which young people from across an often hostile ethnic divide can mix and meet each other on equal terms taking part in an activity they both love. Sport can provide a framework for friendship like nothing else.
Ken was greatly impressed with Galilee United, also known as Arsenal in the Galilee, and while at the Festival was already hatching a plan to organise a tournament in Spain in which he would invite the team from Israel to take part.
On his return to Spain, Ken secured the agreement of the municipality of San Roque to host the tournament and the international law firm Marrache & Co to act as sponsors.
In April 2008, Ken's vision became reality when Galilee United, Arsenal Soccer School in the Costa del Sol, Arsenal Soccer School in Portugal led by Jose Taira and our Soccer School in Toulouse, France under Neil Harvey came together to play in the Iberian Tournament for Peace.
and, "the football was fun and we learnt about Israel and Spain were convincing winners in the opening matches.
Israel beat Portugal 5-0 and Spain beat France 8-1. As anticipated the match for third place was close with France just edging it 2-1.
We thought that the final would also be difficult to call. We were wrong.
The host team played even better than in their semi-final and at no time gave their visitors from Israel the prospect of victory finishing as superb 4-0 winners.
Two players from each team received a Player of the Tournament Award.
One award was shared by the two goalkeepers MIGUEL SOBRAL and ALEXANDRE GRACA for their semi- final performances against Israel and the other went to number 10, AYRTON CARNEIROwho impressed with his courage, spirit and pace.game.
ADIL KHAN was outstanding in midfield in both his team's games. Centre-back, ETHAN JONES had a superb game in the third place play- off, marshalling the defence, scoring one of his team's goals and hitting the crossbar with a massive long shot which lead to his team's winning goal.
Although Israel disappointed in the final, RIYAD JABOR and LOAI HORANI excelled in their semi-final. Riyad caught the eye with his pace and power scoring an impressive hat-trick. Loai cutting in from the wing contributed with a brace.
Skipper PEDRO CASTANO OCANA earned his award through his leadership and striking skills while the diminutive THOMAS ISOLA-so cool, courageous and aware under pressure -was magnificent in the build-up and also scored two goals in the final.
"Sport has the power to change the world" -Nelson Mandela
'Peace' is a lofty political process that we unfortunately have to leave to the adults -our so called leaders. A football tournament is more about 'friendship'. As far as friendship is concerned, the young can lead and set a marvellous example. A football tournament brings people together to play the game they love so much - people of different views, colour, race, religion, nationality, abilities and so on. A tournament for peace and friendship also defines the way we play.
There must be respect. Respect for ourselves and our team mates. Respect for opponents. Respect for the referee. Respect for the laws and spirit of the game. One 'respect' we too often forget is the behaviour of supporters. The behaviour of parents on the touch-line is often far from peaceful or friendly.
There should be no cheating: every player knows when the ball is out of play; when it goes over the line; when a goal is scored. Play acting is also not acceptable. When players are knocked down or fall over, they should get up quickly and carry on with the game: no rolling all over the floor; never trying to get an opponent sent off.
Celebrations should not be over- cooked. When you win, you are rightly happy; but remember your opponent who is your friend in sport is upset and disappointed. Today you are the winner; tomorrow you will lose. "I was proud to have been associated with this tournament. It was a superb example of the way the game should be played and enjoyed," said one participant.
- Young people holidaying on the Costa del Sol this summer will be able to take part in an Arsenal Soccer School organised by our partners in southern Spain. Contact www.arsenalcostadelcol.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
- The Arsenal Festival of Football takes place at Royal Holloway College from July 26 to August 3 for boys and girls teams. Visit www.arsenalinternationalsoccerfestival .com for details of all ages
- Arsenal's amazing Peace Project in northern Israel needs your help to grow.
Contact Alan Sefton at email@example.com for more information.
Ex-players this season have included Eddie Kelly, Peter Marinello, Brian Hornsby, Ian Allinson, Perry Groves, Danny O'Shea, Nicky Sullivan and Tony Murtagh. Celebrities showing off their football skills include Tony Hadley, Mark Adams, Bobby Armitt, Marvin Berglas, Ian Ferguson, Johnny Harrison, Ralf Little, Terry Marsh, Matt Mansfield, Peter McGillicuddy, Alan Paris, Patrick Robinson, Robbie Gee, Tommy Walsh and Phil Daniels.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Kick-off: 3pm
Kenilworth Road
1 Maple Road, Luton, Beds LU4 8AW
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Kick-off: 3pm
Abrahams Stadium
Summers Lane, Finchley, London N12 0PD
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Kick-off: 3pm
Pirelli Stadium
Princess Way, Burton upon Trent, DE13 0AR
The game at Luton Town is a celebration of the Club's 20th anniversary of winning the Littlewoods Cup (as it was then known).
All gate receipts will be divided equally amongst the four charities that represent four players/managers from that day who have sadly passed away -David Preece, Ray Harford, Les Sealey and David Rocastle. Tickets for this game are £10 for adults and £5 for children. Visit www.lutontown.co.uk.
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By self defense do you mean conceal carry? Beretta PX4sc 9, Kahr PM9, Springfield Armory XD9sc, Walther P99c, just to name a few.
There are a lot of options for your question though.
If you could have one and only one gun for home and self defence not conceal carry what would it be and what caliber and why? Also guns for $600 or less. Thanks I'm a male 6'00" 200#'s
By self defense do you mean conceal carry? Beretta PX4sc 9, Kahr PM9, Springfield Armory XD9sc, Walther P99c, just to name a few.
There are a lot of options for your question though.
I have to go with a Mossberg 500 12 gauge pump. Mine at home is staggered with 00 Buck and Slug shot. In a home defense situation, just the racking of that first round in the chamber will make any intruder back out quickly. Also in a panic situation unless you are trained aiming is hard to do. Your heart will be racing and your adrenaline will be flowing. So with a shotty you are less likely to miss.
I also have a Remington 12 gauge that I keep 3 bird shots and 2 double 00 buck shot in for the wifey. The kick of the buck shot is a lot for the little lady so I put the bird shot in first to help with the recoil.
I meant handguns
For me a home defense gun would be a .45, regardless of make or model. My only concern and requirement would be that when I squeezed the trigger the gun went bang!!!!!
I like the 40 cal for both, cost a bit more to go to the range. I carry a M&P 40 with a finger safety, got the wife a 9C both work great.
"A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten" JFK
Rather than recommend particular firearms, I will go through what I would consider to be the best qualities of a home defense handgun.
- First, the handgun would have night-sights installed.
- IMO, caliber choice is totally dependent on the shooter. Whatever you are the most comfortable with and shoot the best would be the caliber of choice. Also, if cost of practice is concerned, that should play into choice of caliber as well. As an example, 45ACP practice ammo is about 1.5 times the cost of 9mm practice ammo.
- Although being able to handle recoil has some to do with the shooter, the firearm plays a role in it as well. Usually heavier firearms (usually metal framed) handle recoil better, making it easier to re-acquire your target at a faster rate. I would choose a somewhat heavy firearm, although not uncomfortably heavy.
- Since concealment is not an issue, I would choose a firearm with a longer barrel (4"-5") as well as a high magazine capacity (depends on the caliber).
- Personally, I don't prefer manual safeties on my firearms dedicated to defense purposes, but that is a preference that is independent to the shooter. This should be based on what you as a shooter are comfortable with.
- Lastly, I would have a small flashlight in the same location as the firearm since identification of your target (or non-target) could be difficult in the home at night.
I'm sure I've left some things out and others will add to this, but these are the basics that I would personally follow for the ideal HD handgun.
Welcome to the forum.
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As far as a handgun for $600 or less, I'll stick with my CZ P-01, its a 9mm, I shoot it well and I'm confident that it will function sufficiently.
If you are not going to carry the weapon concealed and only use it for home defense why would you not choose a shotgun? Just curious.
I agree with previous posts. My Rem 870 12 gauge loaded with buckshot would my primary home defense weapon.
But handgun? I can only speak with limited experience, since it's the only one I own, but I like my Glock 19 9mm. I'm comfortable with it, and loaded with JHPs, it'll do the job in a pinch.
I'd be torn..
For home/property: 590 mossberg tactical setup.. 590 military grade, or 500 marinecote would be cool.
Or an AR-15 carbine (if for no other reason I just want one).
But I'd put more stock in the 12g mossberg and one could substitute Remington 870 as well I suppose.. Harley.. Honda.. Potay to.. Potah to.
Shotgun for home defense. No doubt about it.
If it's got to be a handgun, a .45 with tactical light and laser sight mounted.
And, BTW, even more important than the choice of weapon is the ability to use it correctly and proficiently. A good gun won't make up for a lack of training or practice.
First of all, I do not understand why people can't seem to read. The OP clearly stated - at least twice - that he wanted a recommendation from home/ self defense; not concealed carry. He/she also said that it was to be a handgun. Too bad people refuse to offer the input that the OP requested.
Secondly, I believe that I have had too much coffee tonight.
Thirdly, my choice would be a Glock 21SF because 1.) It's a Glock 2.) It's .45acp, 3.) 13 rounds of self-defense protection 4.) It's a Glock [I like Glocks!]
Also wibowhunt seems to have very little experience with firearms for defensive purposes. I am just trying to help wibowhunt make a sound decision. What if wibow lives in an apartment complex and chooses the .45 cal Glock you recommend for home self defense. An intruder enters his unit and he fires. He misses and kills his neighbor through the dry wall, would you think your advice was sound? I am just trying to get a feel for his situation.
In closing wibowhunt states that he is a "male 6'00" 200#'s", not a possible he/she. Which leads me to believe that you have had too much coffee and the caffeine is talking because you did not read his original post. Which also makes me wonder how you can comment after half a$$ reading the post. I digress.
I have a shotgun. We have no concealed carry in WI. And i want a handgun.
If you could have one and only one gun for home and self defence not conceal carry what would it be and what caliber and why? Also guns for $600 or less. Thanks I'm a male 6'00" 200#'s
I am assuming you want a semi-auto handgun since it was posted in that part of the forum..Since your post said one and only one gun for home and self defense, not for concealed carry..People would steer you towards a shotgun...
Now that you have stated you have a shotgun and wish to purchase a hand gun, I still assume you wnat semi-auto since it is in the semi-auto section?
Now with that all cleared up, people are correct in the sense that the caliber should be what you are most comfortable with..I personally have 4 handguns....
38 airlite snubby...Not recommended for home defense. it is lightweight and short...this makes it harder to aim (short site radius) and the lightweightness of it makes recoil harder to control for more than one shot. it has 5 shots and the sites don't lend well to darkness shooting..I bought it to carry because it is easy to conceal and chances are it would be used in very close quarters where hopefully it would stop the attack and allow me to clear myself of danger..
.357 revolver...this would be ok, but not as well recommended as others..why? .357 is high velocity (I have to worry about walls as I rent a townhouse) six shots only...recoil harder to control (unless I load with .38). Sites on it don't lend well to dark shooting..
XD9 service....This is a good choice..it holds 16 and I could have night sites put on it..It has a rail that you can mount a light on it. This allows you to see what you are aiming at and keep both hands on the gun. Recoil is low and I shoot it well...Cost of ammo is cheap and that = practice
XD45 service...another good choice..13 rounds, could have night sites, can mount a light on the rail...recoil is not bad and I shoot it probably better than the 9mm
So in my scenario, the .45 wins out...probably simply because I have shot it more than any of the others and that means better shot placement. Even though the ammo cost is higher, I still shoot it regularly...It is rock solid reliable (as would a glock or many others) and I am comfortable and confident with it...Under the bed, full mag in it, one in the pipe..flashlight and another mag next to the bed...I pull it out and it is ready to go "boom"
just to add....
I went in and looked around here and found a post where people were talking about the accessory rail and how it is not really needed...after reading those, I agree...I never mounted a light on either of my XD's. I have a small LED rechargable flashlight on the night stand and a 3 C cell maglight as well...
If I was a new shooter (handgun) I would say that I would lean more towards the 9mm than the .45...For a couple reasons..cheaper ammo which equals more practice and it is easier to control the recoil on it. I shoot better with my .45 and that is probably because I have more than twice the rounds through it...


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P.S. Speaking of tools. Why don't you take Ed's out of your mouth for a while? Maybe share with DMM?!
By the way - Are you the (Luna) carpet guy? If so, can I get a discount? I got 5 rooms and three stair cases total.
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Ok. I have given you ladies enough time to bitch and moan and complain and disagree. Hopefully you're all done PMS-ing by now! Here is an email I received from someone that trusted Ed Hutchings - This is verbatim, with the exception of some spelling that I corrected -
"Guess we're I am from? Maryland. Guess who's brand new zl1 he blew up with less then a 1000 miles on it? Yes he helped put it back together but I forked out most of the money for what he called upgrades. Now after getting it back together the transmission is acting funny I to have over $25k in a car that I wish I would have left stock and he did just what you said. Ed pointed his finger at the yanks converter and he didnt listen to me at the track. The car laid over at the 330 mark I kept telling him over and over something was wrong and he didn't listen and kept turning down the knock sensors and added more timing and melted the engine down so bad that the block had to be sleeved. He said he would pay for the two sleeves but I had to pay for others. I am so pissed right now a can't see straight. He told me he never burn one up. I was going to have KDI do it first and after talking to him I knew he was an a-hole. So here I am getting stuck by another one . It nice to talk to someone in my same situation. I get a straight answer. Thank you for email me back"
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I guess this guy is an idiot too, right? I guess he shouldn't have trusted someone who is suppose to be a professional tuner, right?
I don't think this guy wants to get involved but if anybody wants to talk with him about his experience let me know and I'll try to set up a call or give him your contact info.
I have received several emails from other guys with similar experiences with Ed Hutchings (maybe not melted pistons, but there was damage, some more serious than others). Now you girls can bitch about this one too. I honestly don't care. I know for a fact that I have saved a LOT of guys from possibly having their motors and/or trannys busted by Eddie. Period. If you want to work with him and roll the dice, like I said before, more power to you. If you just want to be a prick because you don't like me, or don't like the fact that I have the gonads to post my terrible experience with Ed, or don't like me because my car is or will be faster than yours, then go pound sand or jump in the lake (like BuddyG did, just don't break your ankle like he did).
Cheers! CAD
damn that sucks where is ED located Im in maryland and and will be picking up a cts-v coupe and want to add some stuff where is a good shop to trust for tunning as I will be doing the labor or the mods.
I feel the pain of both sides of this conversation. Cad... it sounds like you may have a legitimate complaint to a degree yet the tone of your posts comes off wrong. Mods come with risk that are the responsibility of the owner. However, the buyer should expect some sort of play time with it before the toy breaks otherwise its like who the F made this... Taiwan! So I get it. And to the tuner Ed... yes someone came into your shop with a car that had mods and wanted more. But hey, we all have the go fast sickness to some degree or another yet we can't all make a living at the hobby can we. And we need experts to help us go faster and help us to not break our toys cause then the result is the opposite of what we wanted which is slow. 0 mph...! Broken! Sad and failure. No one on both sides should be happy about that and should work to prevent it with some sort of saftey margin. So we rely on others to make the sound decisions to make a fun toy that will last with American pride not Chinese horse sh! T. So a bit of pride in your work from the tuner and expected failure in modifications from the ownershould be expected.
Looks to me that some responsibility should have been taken on both sides here. But should not be immediately expected to be all on one side or the other.
Therefore when something like this happens... which occasionally they do... from the owners posts and the tuners occasional over zealous mistakes...
I wouldn't want to be in a project with either of you! Buyer and tuner beware!
Sad story for both of you morons!
Sorry about the moron part. It just came out of my fingers before I could keep from hitting send.
Just both of you slap yourselves and move on.
Take care all and god bless.
Let's knock some skulls!
I personally do not have a dog in this fight so I really do not care the outcome...it doesn't affect me. But some advice for the OP...
Forums are not treasure troves of facts and saying things like 'these are facts not opinions' does not mean anything to anyone reading this online. There is no way for 99% of us to personally investigate your statements in an unbiased manner so while they are 'facts' to you, to everyone else they are just words on a computer screen that carry very little weight. I could have written every single thing you posted on here and said it happened to me without me even knowing Ed and it would still come down to a he-said-this, no-he-said-that, argument.
Forums, in my opinion, are more closely related to courtrooms when discussions like this come up and arguing a case without material evidence comes down to how the argument is presented. Your tone, comments (inappropriate ones involving other members and their members), overall argumentative display, inability to accept responsibility, and undeserved arrogance in a dozen posts on this thread have completely destroyed your reputation. It appears this is the case on numerous other forums too which is why you have been banned in the past. When these debates/discussions come up and all that anyone on here can use to distiguish facts from fiction is the reputation and character of the OP then you have completely ruined your ability to be believeable in the future. My advice to you is to move on...with life, with a different forum...whatever the case may be. I do not see you having the maturity to apologize for your unacceptable attitude so I don't think you will get any respect back from the people on here you have insulted for no reason.
Again, just some advice. Take it or leave it and I honestly do not care. Best of luck with the car and every experience is a lesson so just don't repeat this one and you will be ahead of the game.
Forums are for bullshitting and sharing ideas. Unfortunately there are a few who want to turn them into courtrooms. And they seem to expect us (the site staff) to do something about it. Even though we have neither the power or obligation to do so.
In the end, this isn't Cadzla's forum. It isn't Ed's forum. It certainly isn't my forum. It's YOUR forum. You guys need to tell these people to knock this shit off.
Knock the p00p off!
Say what? Now your just making shit up.Quote:
From my understanding Translux has had nothing but problems since Ed touched his car.
And I love the name calling. Just gotta love the internet-tough-guy routine. You have no idea who might be on the other end of the screen...
Isn't this jackass (OP) an insurance agent in the Chicago area? If so, I wonder how his customers would respond to seeing his comments. Can you imagine CADZLA having to represent or assist you through an insurance claim? Hmm....


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Dear Lucy,
I intend to improve my students' listening skill by asking them to log on to VOA news website and listen to the news stories but there is one problem. All the news stories are accompanied with transcripts. I don't say that it is not good but I don't know what activities I can design for my students once the students has access to both the listening and the transcript. Also, I'm very concerned about developing students' extensive listening. Do you have any suggestion on the activities used with extensive listening? Look forward to your reply.