text: At this juncture, I think the favourites for the Olympic Ladies competition have to be Kostner, Wagner, and Suzuki. I don't believe that Kim Yu-Na or Miki Ando will be coming back. I also think it unlikely that Mao Asada will ever get back to her best - if anything her technical problems are getting worse, not better (hope she proves me wrong). As for Sotnikova, Tuktamysheva, Lipnitskaya, Gold, Osmond, and the various other newbies, they need time to get through their various growth issues and to get there PCS levels up. I think the 2014 Olympics will come too soon for them, and that their time will come in the next quad leading up to the 2018 Olympics. Of course, doing a Lipinski/Hughes is by no means out of the question - but, realistically, I think it unlikely. That leaves Kostner, Wagner, and Suzuki as the leading contenders. Czisny, Leonova, and maybe one or two others are also possibilities, but only as outsiders due to their lack of consistency. Hence, hypothetically, if it does come down to a contest between Kostner, Wagner, and Suzuki for the Gold in Sochi, who would win?


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I've just got a nice metal stock connector and need some help with finding a stock for a ROTJ rifle.
Anyone know anywhere?
I've just got a nice metal stock connector and need some help with finding a stock for a ROTJ rifle.
Anyone know anywhere?
I do, but it's not cheap....mahogany is /\ like $9 a board/foot. So you're looking @ about $20 on material alone...pm me if you're interested.
cheapo fire wood brick, lay a temp on it and start sawing, then rasp it.. alot, then sand it... alot, then cut out the part where the grip needs to be attached and well... there ya have your own stock for the some of... free?? My wood was a scrap piece... so my stock cost no nothing nulla... and is actually the only part, together with the alu grip that lasts
There are actually replacement reproduction Webley stocks that are made..I think POSW has a link. Pricey though....
Keep the info coming guys!
POSW? Whats that?
Here is what I made:
Might have some luck there.
I used a piece of popular on my ESB stock. Turned out nice. Popular is one of the softest hardwoods you can find. It doesn't look like an old piece of pine if finished correctly. And by it being soft...I cut mine in the general shape and then used a belt sander to finish roughing out the curves and whatnot.
Is the stock routered out where it attaches to the metal? I have made a stock and I am trying to get it as accurate as possible.
Yes, it is routed out.
I didn't have a good way of routing this material, so what I did was make mine from two pieces of wood. The one side was the poplular board, the other side where the stock connector goes was 3/8" plywood. This way all I had to do was cut the shape of the stock and the hole out of the 3/8" piece. When that was done, I glued the 2 pieces together. I used some wood filler to fill any gaps and sanded the pieces until they were smooth together.
When I was putting the finish on my stock, I used a varnish with stain already in it - Dark walnut I believe. After each coat of varnish, I dusted it with flat black spray paint along the edges. I did this about 3 times and finished with a last coast of varnish. It really gave it an aged, weathered look and helped hide the seam between the 2 pcs, because you can't see the grain change due to the dark color.
Sweet. I made this stock last night (between leather dying). The stock I have is painted very well (thanks to Gilmore), but the shape is way off.


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text: I was wondering if anybody on this board was involved in healthcare in a way to be able to understand and explain the benefits/disadvantages of becoming a physician assistant as opposed to a nurse practitioner. I am finishing up my Chemistry degree, but it appears that in order to get a decent job in Chemistry, I will have to attend more school for it, which I'm not sure I would like to do. I was told by my aunt, that is a Doctor, that Physician's assistant is the way to go. But speaking to a Nurse practitioner, she made it sound like Nurse practitioners can make just as much but have a little more autonomy from doctors. I understand they are both mid-level healthcare providers, but the more people I ask, the more I realize that the answer details tend to depend a lot on bias. I had no idea it would be so political! Does anyone on FSU have any insight?


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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 15, December 16, 1994
Upgrade on ARSC T3D Software
ARSC upgraded the T3D software to CrayLib_M 22.214.171.124, MAX 188.8.131.52 and SCC_M 184.108.40.206 on December 11th. There have been no problems detected by ARSC testing or reported by users.
PE LimitsYesterday, notices were sent out to users having more than the default configuration of
- 8 PEs for a maximum of 1 hour in interactive mode
- 32 PEs for a maximum of 24 hours in batch mode
Linda on the T3DFrom CRI, I received a promotional announcement about the programming language Linda. I can e-mail this on to anyone interested. Is there anyone out there interested in Linda on ARSC's T3D?
New SHMEM PaperFrom a user, I received a copy of "SHMEM User's Guide for C" by Ray Barriuso and Allan Knies, Revision 2.2. It seems to be a replacement for the "SHMEM Users' Guide" by the same authors, Revision 2.0. I can e-mail this to anyone who is interested.
Phase II I/O on the T3DARSC is evaluating the effort of moving from the current Phase I I/O to Phase II I/O on the T3D. In future newsletters I can summarize the differences, but for now I would like to ask if any ARSC users are interested in this upgrade or would want to be part of the evaluation?
In C, the Timing Routine rtclock()By accident I found a new timing routine for the T3D, rtclock(). I hesitate to add a new line to the table produced in Newsletter #12, but for the C programmer I think this function adds real functionality. There is a man page on denali for rtclock, but briefly, it is callable from all CRI platforms and returns the value of the real-time clock (RTC). In this way it is similar to the Fortran routines RTC and IRTC. Because there is no multiprogramming on the T3D PE we have:
CPU time = Wallclock timeand so we can use rtclock to accurately measure CPU time on the T3D. The Fortran wrapper to access RTC or IRTC from C is no longer necessary and that overhead is gone too. It can be used as:
long t1, t2, rtclock(); t1 = rtclock(); /* event to measure */ t2 = rtclock(); cputime = (t2 - t1) / 150000000.0; /* time = clockticks/clockrate */The updated table (with corrected granularites for RTC and IRTC) is now:
Table of timers available on the T3D and Y-MP (um = microseconds) timer Wallclock Fortran T3D or Granularity Resolution or CPU timer or C Y-MP T3D Y-MP T3D Y-MP irtc wallclock Fortran both ~.187um ~.133um rtc wallclock Fortran both ~.867um ~.133um tsecnd CPU Fortran both 10000um 3um gettimeofday wallclock C both ~2500um ~30um second CPU Fortran Y-MP 1um 5um rtclock() wallclock C both ~1 um ~.2um CPU (on T3D)
Communication Between the T3D and the Y-MPIn newsletter #7, I described the reason that communication between the T3D incurred a large system overhead and therefore should be avoided. One of the reasons for avoiding communication with the Y-MP was that it was slow and the timings from the example below shows this. Once we understand the basic problems then we can go on to the more exotic solutions in future newsletters.
As part of the general distribution of PVM from Oak Ridge National Labs there is a collection of example programs. One of these examples does basic timings of PVM sends and receives from one master processor to one slave processor. I have modified that source to time PVM calls between Denali and the T3D.
There is one C program, timing.c, that runs on Denali initiating the sends. On a single PE of the T3D is another program timing_slave.c receiving the send and passing an acknowledgment back to the program running on denali.
A makefile that makes the two programs and runs them is shown below. (All the source for this example is in /usr/local/examples/mpp/timers on denali.)
ARCH = CRAY CCY-MP=cc -Tcray-ymp LDY-MP=segldr CCT3D=cc -X 1 -Tcray-t3d LDT3D=/mpp/bin/mppldr CFLAGS=-O -c PVMDIR=/u1/uaf/ess/pvm3 #NNN = user's uid NNN = all: timing timing_slave run timing: timing.c $(CCY-MP) $(CFLAGS) -I/usr/include/mpp timing.c $(LDY-MP) -o timing timing.o -L/usr/lib -lpvm3 timing_slave: timing_slave.c $(CCT3D) $(CFLAGS) -I/usr/include/mpp timing_slave.c $(LDT3D) -o timing_slave timing_slave.o -lpvm3 cp timing_slave $(PVMDIR)/bin/$(ARCH) run: -rm /tmp/pvmd.$(NNN) /tmp/pvml.$(NNN) pvmd3 & sleep 1 /bin/time timing > results echo halt pvm clean: -rm -f *.o timing timing_slave coreWhen run with the environmental variable TARGET set to cray-ymp, the makefile will:
create the programs
- make the Y-MP executable timing
- make the T3D executable timing_slave
- move timing_slave to the directory from which timing will spawn it
run the programs
- remove the pvm log files from previous runs (users must change the NNN to their own uid number)
- initiate the pvm daemon in the background
- sleep for 1 second to allow the pvm daemon to establish
- execute the master program with results being saved to a file
- finally, initiate the pvm console and kill the pvm daemon with a halt command
ResultsThe timing programs measure two quantities, the time for the minimal message to make the round trip from Y-MP to T3D and then back to the Y-MP. And also a series of sends and receives of messages of increasing size. From this series of timings we can derive a speed measurement in megabytes per second. For comparison we have added the times for two other PVM configurations in the following table:
Y-MP to T3D T3D to T3D Indy to Indy (PE0 to PE1) (Ethernet) time for round trip (in microseconds) 13918 2289 2486 speed for message size (MB/s) 100 bytes .014 .044 .071 1000 bytes .125 .451 .558 10000 bytes .735 4.444 1.641 100000 bytes 1.192 33.829 1.910 1000000 bytes 2.000 89.783 2.000The timings between PE0 and PE1 are special because for all PEs, PE(N) and PE(N+1) for N even are on the same node and share much of the same hardware. In the next newsletter we'll measure more of these PVM timings between PEs.
RemindersList of Differences Between T3D and Y-MP:
The current list of differences between the T3D and the Y-MP is:
- Data type sizes are not the same (Newsletter #5)
- Uninitialized variables are different (Newsletter #6)
- The effect of the -a static compiler switch (Newsletter #7)
- There is no GETENV on the T3D (Newsletter #8)
- Missing routine SMACH on T3D (Newsletter #9)
- Different Arithmetics (Newsletter #9)
- Different clock granularities for gettimeofday (Newsletter #11)
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text: It has been so weird. 'Drink-buying guy' and I have actually been talking. We've met a couple of times and texted a lot. He goes to the same type of church I do. And we met in a bar! In fact, he goes to the church my STBX's aunt goes to, as well as my first husband's grandparents!! How crazy is that? Anyway, I guess you could say we'll be dating. Or maybe we're just 'talking.' I don't know what the classification is, but I think we'll be having fun in the future. I think maybe I've just gone completely insane. Anyone else ever have this happen- go somewhere you'd normally never go and end up meeting someone else you wouldn't have expected to meet there and it turned into either a lasting relationship or a fun time for a while?


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It's been a year of ups and downs at Arsenal and our Club photographers have been with the squad every step of the way.
Now 2012 is drawing to a close they have revealed their 10 most memorable pictures from the past 12 months.
Scroll down this page for the final five images with comments from Stuart Macfarlane and David Price.
1. North London derby delight
Stuart says: "This was shot on a remote camera that I set up in front of the bench before the match. It captures the moment Robin van Persie scores our second goal to get us back into the match. There are so many different expressions and reactions in this picture and shows how much the derby match means to the players and staff."
The bench celebrate our equaliser against Tottenham
2. Jack Wilshere's first goal back
David says: "I've chosen this picture because of the expression of sheer joy on Jack's face. He's clearly very happy to have scored his first goal after coming back from injury. I guess there might have been times when he couldn't imagine he'd have the chance to do this again, but all his hard work in the gym and with the physio paid off and his past frustration is being let out in this moment. Either that or he just likes scoring goals!"
Jack Wilshere celebrates his first goal back
3. Thierry Henry's fairytale return
Stuart says: "I love this picture of Thierry, his face just shows how much the goal ment to him. He told me afterwards that he didn't know what to do after he scored so he just went crazy like any other fan would."
Thierry Henry celebrates his goal against Leeds
4. Per Mertesacker celebrates his goal against Tottenham
David says: "I just like the way Per is really enjoying this moment. As well as being the goal that got us back on track, he also knows how much it means for the fans. You can see how pumped up he is and that feeling clearly carried through the team because they blew Tottenham away for the rest of the half. In a way it was a shame when the referee blew for half time. I think we could have scored even more if we had another five minutes to play in the first half."
Per Mertesacker celebrates his goal against Tottenham
5. Pre-Charity Ball photoshoot
Stuart says: "Sometimes it's great to take the players out of their football environment and shoot them somewhere a little bit different. This was taken in a residential street very close to the stadium on the day of the end of season charity ball, the contrast between the players in their suits and the urban backdrop really make this picture work."
Pre-Charity Ball photo shoot
Click here to see part one of our Pictures of the Year
Fans leave the stadium after Olympiacos match
Players celebrate Koscielny goal v Man City
Thierry Henry scores winner against Leeds
View of the Emirates from the Goodyear Airship
Mikel Arteta competes for the ball v Newcastle
North London derby delight
Jack Wilshere's first goal back
Thierry Henry's fairytale return
Per Mertesacker celebrates his goal against Tottenham
Pre-Charity Ball photoshoot


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The Valmet was available in .30-'06 with a standard-length receiver. So was the Saiga.
The only detailed description I've encountered was of the Saiga, done by "BattleRifleG3" on forum.saiga-12.com, Feb 2007.
Pictorial Writeup: Saiga-100 in 30-06 - forum.Saiga-12.com
* the magazine well is moved back from the standard position
* the center support is moved back
* the hammer is notched to clear the relocated center support
* the barrel is moved forward in the trunnion
* the bolt face is moved forward in relation to the locking lugs
* the .30-'06 bolt appears to be the same as the .308 Saiga bolt
* the picture in his post is small, but the bolt appears to have the third lug like later .308s
A Saiga magazine isn't much use in a standard AK. Valmet '06 magazines appear to go for $100-ish. One of the magazines below might be adapted, perhaps with a magwell extension attached to the bottom of the receiver:
Johnson LMG 20 rd ($62 on GB)
Browning BAR 20 rd ($40 on GB)
FN-49 10 rd ($50 on GB)
The snag is "first you get a .308 Saiga bolt". Since they're basically unobtainium, the simplest solution is to adapt a standard bolt. The main difference is the Saiga bolt is longer from the locking lugs to the bolt face. This could be easily handled by cutting off a spare bolt, turning it to spigot into the original bolt. Braze or silver solder as needed. By cutting an extra bolt you would avoid having to make all the cuts for the extractor. You'd need a longer firing pin; cut and weld, or perhaps a PSL pin.
The ejector would have to be moved back. I've seen blank rails, or you could cut and weld a left rail to move the prong back.
The bolt carrier travel is more than adequate to handle all this.
The front of the trigger guard and the mag latch would need to be moved back, or just bend up a new one from scratch. The latch would depend on which magazine you picked, and whether you used a magwell extension.
reference for pressures: (Wikipedia, in CUP)
.308 Win 62,000
7.62x51 60,200
.30-06 58,700
7.62x54R 57,000
8mm Mauser 57,000
The .30-'06 should be safe with a standard AK trunnion.


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Charlotte writes:
At the beginning of Twim #28 Michael articulated his love for math and around minute 12 his desire for "ground truthing" the number of times one touches their face. In response I offer the attached article from a colleague at UCB.
I really admired the candid and humble discussion at the end of the podcast about proper attribution of ideas.
With warm regards (-65 C in Berkeley),
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I don't know how I dare to email you as you must be really busy but here goes.
My name is Carol and at 51 have just embarked on a teaching course, my brain cells, I possess a few, are overloaded.
My tutor wants me to use innovative (new) technology in my lesson and write a 4,000 word assignment plus portfolio on the use of such technologies.
In the real world, when I teach, often even basic computers or powered points are in short supply; anything fancier than that is NEVER available but as this is for an assignment we must pretend that we do have it.
I teach food safety and thought that a good way of introducing some tech would be to have a microscope in class but really he is talking does vigrx really work of interaction, podcasts, phone apps, live chat and possibly video clips.
I don't need anything too techy as this is not biology A level, just food hygiene, therefore something to do with salmonella would be fantastic.
Are you aware of any links, materials, videos on this subject or any ideas on how I could use a microscope that would immediately be able to send what it sees to a computer?
Think of this as your charity work, helping someone less fortunate than yourself (me)
Many thanks and apologies for my forwardness
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I'm an undergraduate student and am currently working in Montreal on a co-op where we manipulate yeast to create either the best bread strains, booze strains, or biofuel strains. Because of this, I'm always reading up on new articles about biofuel. I was wondering if you had heard about this: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6066/308.short
and what your opinions might be.
Thanks for making the hours fly by on the train and in the lab.
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Would just like to thank Dave & Sunil and all the guys at KAYO MMA for putting on another excellent and well run show at the weekend. Also a huge thanks to all our guys supporting from the crowd.
Looking forwards to watching Chris 'Pikey' Bucksey fighting this weekend on AMMA and James and Mike in a few more weeks on Shock N Awe all hopefully gaining a few more wins for the gym before Easter.


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The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected a plea to re-examine its decision upholding the withdrawal of dozens of federal oil and gas leases sold during the waning days of the George W. Bush administration.
Two Utah counties and energy developers asked the Denver-based court for an en banc or full-court hearing to air their arguments that the Bureau of Land Management should re-issue the 77 Utah leases that were reeled back in by the Obama administration.
Four years ago, freshly installed Interior Secretary Ken Salazar decided these parcels, some just outside national parks, were approved for potential drilling without an adequate environmental review. A few have since been released for leasing. Others were among those jailed activist Tim DeChristopher bought at auction with phony bids.
"It should be the end of the line," said attorney Robin Cooley of Earthjustice, the law firm than has been helping Utah environmentalists fight the leases since they were first proposed. "It's great to stop these leases, but [the Obama] administration needs to revisit these land-use plans and fix their problems in terms of the amount of wild public lands they open to oil and gas drilling."
Uintah and Duchesne counties joined Impact Energy Resources, Peak Royalty Holdings and Questar Exploration and Production in a suit filed in federal court, challenging Salazar's decision to scrap the leases. Last September, a three-judge panel upheld U.S. District Judge Dee Benson's decision to dismiss the suit on the grounds that the plaintiffs blew a 90-day filing deadline.
Benson is the same judge who ordered DeChristopher to prison for disrupting the Dec. 19, 2008, sale.