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My helmet is officially finished (well, needs back circuit board and padding) and I will have access to an awesome digital cam tonight. I'll post pics of my ROTJ SgtFang helmet tonight. It's by far my favorite helmet sculpt that I've owned
My helmet is officially finished (well, needs back circuit board and padding) and I will have access to an awesome digital cam tonight. I'll post pics of my ROTJ SgtFang helmet tonight. It's by far my favorite helmet sculpt that I've owned
I just felt the need to add a Sarge endorsement. I got my helmet from him a couple of weeks ago and it's a beaut! There will be way less prep that needs to be done before painting than with fiberglass helmets I've done in the past. Problem is I do all of my work in my garage, and at's been a tad cold in there lately. Painting will have to wait until a spring thaw. Now, if I could only get my hands on an aluminum rangefinder, I'll be set!
I just got my helmet today, and I gotta say it is awesome. I am SOOO glad I was able to get one. If anyone is on the fence about getting one, I say just do it. I can't wait to get started on the painting! Thanks Sarge!
Hey, thanks for the kudos guys! I don't think I would have made it through the Winter without your help!
Right now, I'm one helmet kit away from being caught up with everyone and I should be able to do a couple more next week.
Also, here's FINALLY a shot of my personal ESB Helmet-
It still needs it's RF installed, and the kill stripes put on the side, but I'm pretty happy with it so far!
Oh- one more thing, does anyone know the name of the Cantina alien in the background? Thanks!
Looks great so far, Sarge!
According to Chronicles, that alien was one of the new ones created for the Holiday Special. They do not have him listed as one of the regular Cantina Aliens. There's a shot of him on pg. 127 in Chronicles.
That ESB helmet looks awesome Sarge. Do you sculpt everything, man thats a nice collection of busts you've got there.
Thanks man, I sculpt a few things, but the little, grinning bigfoot bust behind the right shoulder, is the only one of mine in the pic- all the other stuff is my partner Phil's work.
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That ESB helmet looks awesome Sarge. Do you sculpt everything, man thats a nice collection of busts you've got there.
Is mine the kit you have left?
Sorry for taking so long to get back, I was glued to the TV most of the night. Yeah, it's the only one left and I'll be doing it tonight if I can find a cheap babysitter.
DARTH WOLFE wrote:
Is mine the kit you have left?
That's a pretty sweet helmet to get, Scott!
I'm still poor and using my DP '95.
Thats why i love Ebay! Sell, sell, sell, buy, buy, buy. I have so much stuff sitting around i'll never be able to get rid of it all. In fact i bought a special edition Star Wars pinball machine by selling stuff. I can't wait to get the helmet. I just finished painting my other one and will sell it when i finish the one i get from sarge. I also almost finished my manikin by using DCB's tutorial. I just have to make the hands. I would post pics on here but they are too big for the link to put on here and i don't know how to compress them or make them smaller.
I have a pvc mannequin as well, but I changed some angles of the pipes in DCB's tutorial, so now he's leaning forward a bit, more in a "low ready" stance.
Hey guys, I just want to announce that I'll be out of the loop for a couple days- my modem got blasted in a storm about an hour after I made the last post.
I'm here at the shop now, so I'm trying to get e-mails and stuff squared away and get a couple addresses from my paypal account.
With luck, everything will be going out Monday.
Nice bucket Sarge, hope you got my PM's
I sent a couple of PM's too Sarge. Let me know if you recieved them or not. Thanks.
Ok, got my new modem installed, I think I'm caught up on all my communications, and will be starting a few more helmets tomorrow. I have visors here for two kits right now, and will be ordering more as soon as one kit sells.
Wow! That's one hell of a bucket. I want one
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Photo: Jennifer Weems Photography
Tis the season for rising temperatures! While you may think it's ideal weather to have a summer wedding in, the heat can often make family and friends uncomfortable. To help keep them cool (and refreshed), here are 6 ways to ensure they won't have a meltdown:
1. Chilled Beverages
Before the ceremony, have a water stand with beverage tappers filled with your choice of limes, lemons, strawberries, blueberries or raspberries.
2. Iced Treats
During cocktail hour, pass out popsicles or freeze pops.
3. Oversized Umbrellas
Instead of having guests hold an umbrella to stay in the shade, place oversized umbrellas over the ceremony space. That way no one's view is blocked.
4. Double-Duty Programs
Turn your ceremony programs into personal fans.
5. Dancing Shoes
Let guests kick off their shoes and have happy feet on the dance floor with flip flops.
6. Sunglasses
Provide sunglasses to those guests who forgot theirs. You don't want them squinting as you walk down the aisle!

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Trojans Play Two Midweek Contests at No. 4 Louisville
March 18, 2013
Upcoming Games Schedule
Tuesday, March 19
Wednesday, March 20
LOS ANGELES -- The Trojans take a break from Pac-12 play to go on a spring break trip to Louisville, to play two with the Cardinals on Tuesday and Wednesday. The team will then stay on the road as they travel to Washington for a Pac-12 series beginning Friday.
The Trojans hit the road fresh off Pac-12 opening weekend, as the team hosted then-No. 16 Oregon. After dropping the first two games, the Trojans were able to salvage the series and avoid the season sweep with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Ducks on Sunday afternoon. The Trojans were close in all three games, holding the lead in the other two games, including up until the top of the eighth on Saturday. All three USC starters, Bob Wheatley (Villa Park, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) , Wyatt Strahan (Villa Park, Calif./Villa Park HS) and Kyle Twomey (Placentia, Calif./El Dorado HS) had strong outings, with Strahan finishing with a no-decision and Twomey getting back on track and picking up the win on Sunday. Defense is something the Trojans will look to improve this week, as they collected 10 errors over the three-game series, including four in what resulted as a big inning for the Ducks in Saturday's loss. The Trojan bats came to life on Saturday and Sunday, getting a lift from redshirt freshman Bobby Stahel (Needles, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) who went 3-for-4 with a run scored in his first collegiate start on Saturday. Jake Hernandez(Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Los Osos HS), who had been struggling at the plate as of late had a big bases clearing double to break open the game on Sunday.
The Trojans held tight with Pepperdine on Tuesday, but two home runs from Waves' catcher Kolten Yamaguchi, who tallied proved to be too much, as the team fell 9-4 at home.
LOUISVILLE NOTES-- The Cardinals are off to a strong start, as they boast a 16-2 record overall and are 14-1 at home. The team is led at the plate by Sutton Whiting, who is batting .424 with 16 RBIs through 18 games. Cole Sturgeon is also batting in the .400's, as .417 through 14 games played. As a team they are batting .316. The Cardinals are a running team, and have stolen 66-of-83 bases attempted. Three players already are i n double-figures in stolen bases, including Adam Engel, who has stolen an impressive 22-of-23 bases. On the hill, the team has a 1.77 ERA, and has struck out 177 batters through 168.0 games.
TROJANS ON THE NET -- USC baseball games this season will be broadcast live on usctrojans.com with video webcasts for majority of home games. This week's midweek contests with Louisville will feature a free, live radio broadcast on usctrojans.com.
BALLPARK FUN -- For all Friday games, there will be free hot dogs for all USC students. On Sundays this season, there will be an autograph session available to all fans, starting 15 minutes after the game has been completed.
IN THE TWEETS -- Follow the Trojan baseball all year long on twitter, with the baseball specific twitter handle, USC_Baseball.
IN THE STATS -- The Trojans have climbed to fourth in the conference in batting average (.278), as well as seventh in slugging percentage (.356) and rank third in hits (176). The team has held opponents to a .267 batting average and is fourth with 135 strikeouts, and is third in the conference with batters struck out looking (41).
HAVING TO GO YOUNG -- With a young roster to begin with, the Trojans had to go especially young as of late due to injuries. Dante Flores (wrist) will be out six weeks with a broken hamate. Omar Cotto Lozadais also recovering from the same injury.
BIG TIME KNOCKS -- Two Trojans have hit home runs to open up the 2013 season, as junior shortstop James Roberts tagged one on opening day at Cal State Fullerton, to give the Trojans at 2-1 lead at the time. Roberts also tallied a solo shot in a 6-5 extra inning victory at Cal State Northridge on Feb. 23. Likewise, redshirt senior transfer Greg Zebrack tallied his first career home run on Saturday at CSU Bakersfield. His home run went to dead-center and then gave the team a 3-0 lead in the top of the third. Dante Flores connected on his first bomb of the year at the first of the season at home, a solo shot to right field vs. Long Beach State Feb. 26. Vahn Bozoianknocked in his first collegiate home run, a solo shot, at UCLA.
SENIOR CLASS-- Redshirt senior Greg Zebrackwas recently named one of thirty candidates for the Senior CLASS Award. The award recognizes student athletes who excel both on and off the field, and are NCAA Division I seniors with notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition. Zebrack holds an undergraduate degree in commerce and communication from UPenn, and is working on his Master's in Business Administration at USC. He had a 3.4 GPA in his undergraduate work, and currently holds the same in his master's courses.
FROM THE PEN -- The Trojans have used nine different arms out of the pen this year, with RHP Kyle Davis leading the way with eight appearances. LHP Sean Adler and RHP Nigel Nootbaar are next with seven appearances. The team as a whole boasts an ERA of 4.31 with a collective 120 strikeouts. Six of the arms out of the pen this season are newcomers, with five being true freshmen. The only upperclassmen out of the pen are Matt Munson and Nick Berhel.
YOUTH MOVEMENT -- The Trojans have 16 true freshmen, one redshirt freshman and five sophomores on their roster of 34. Of those, nine are expected to play big, everyday roles for the Trojans, and 16 underclassmen have already seen action in the young season. Those with everyday starting roles include left fielder Timmy Robinson, freshman right fielder Vahn Bozoian, sophomore first baseman Dante Flores and sophomore catcher Garrett Stubbs. On the hill, the Trojans have in the starting rotation sophomore righty Wyatt Strahan, freshman lefty Kyle Twomey and freshman righthander Brent Wheatley. Others out of the pen expected to contribute include freshman righty Kyle Davis, freshman lefty Sean Adler and sophomore righthander Nigel Nootbaar. In the field, freshman outfielder Turner Clousestarted the first two games of the season at center field.
TROJANS PICKED EIGHTH IN PAC-12 -- USC was picked to finish tied for eighth along with Washington State by a vote of the Pac-12 coaches in the preseason poll. The Trojans were picked to finish higher than Washington and Utah. Stanford was picked to win the Pac-12, followed by UCLA, Oregon State, Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State and California.
TROJANS IN THE MAJORS -- In the history of the USC baseball program, a total of 106 players had made it to the major leagues. Current major leaguers include pitchers Ryan Cook and Tommy Milone (Oakland A's); Brad Boxberger (San Diego Padres); Barry Zito (San Francisco Giants); Lucas Duda (New York Mets); Ian Kennedy(Arizona Diamondbacks).
NO EASY WAY OUT -- According to Boyd's World, USC is beginning the 2012 season with the No. 1 toughest schedule in the nation and face 10 teams that are ranked in the top-25 preseason polls, while a total of 27 of 55 games coming against these ranked opponents. As of right now, the Trojans have 18 games left against ranked opponents.
BRINGING HIS SKILLS BACK -- Former USC shortstop Gabe Alvarezenters his third season as assistant coach for the Trojans. Alvarez played at USC as a shortstop from 1993-95 and had a career .338 batting average for the Trojans with 28 home runs and 163 RBI. In 1994, he was a first team All-America pick by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association after batting .326 with seven home runs and 51 RBI. He was a second-round selection in the 1995 major league baseball draft by the San Diego Padres and played three seasons in the major leagues (1998-2000).
PUTTING BACK ON THE UNIFORM -- Head coach Dan Hubbs added Randy Floresto the USC baseball coaching staff on Friday, March 1. Flores, a left-handed pitcher, is a former major leaguer with an eight-year career in the big leagues. He was also on the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals team that won the World Series. Flores was an All-American during his time at USC and his experience will be an invaluable addition to the team.
ALL IN THE FAMILY -- The name may sound familiar, as the grandson of the namesake for the Trojans' ballpark, Adam Dedeauxjoined the Trojan coaching staff this fall as a volunteer assistant coach. Dedeaux is the grandson of the legendary former USC baseball coach Rod Dedeaux, was a Trojan baseball letterman from 2006-2010 and played professionally in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization for two seasons. Dedeaux played two seasons in the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league system from 2010-11. He competed for the AZL Dodgers in rookie ball in 2010 and 2011, before heading to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes of the Pacific Coast League. Overall he finished his time in the Dodgers organization with 26 appearances and 36 strikeouts in 38.1 total innings.
BLOCKING THE PLATE -- The Trojans boast two very qualified catchers behind the dish in junior Jake Hernandez (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Los Osos HS) and sophomore Garrett Stubbs(Del Mar, Calif./Torrey Pines HS). The two will be splitting time behind the dish, with Hernandez boasting a plus bat and will step in to DH as well. Last season Hernandez hit .286 and drove in 15 runs. He played for the Orleans Firebirds in the Cape Cod League last summer, earning an All-Star nod and winning the Manny Robello 10th Player Award, given to the player who performs above and beyond expectations. Stubbs has been swinging the bat well from the left side as of late. After playing in the Alaska League last summer, Stubbs was named the 23rd best prospect in the highly competitive league by Perfect Game USA.
TAKING THE BALL-- The Trojans have a young starting pitching core, and heading into opening weekend, the three projected starters have a combined two collegiate starts. All of those starts belong to Friday starter Bob Wheatley(Villa Park, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS), which came in 2012. His first start came on April 12 vs. Pepperdine, where he went 3.0 innings, allowing no hits and striking out three. His second start came vs. Washington on May 6, where he went 5.0 innings, allowing five hits, but no runs, while striking out just one. So far on the season, Wheatley is 1-1 with a 1.47 ERA. He has looked strong through 18.1 innings and three starts, striking out 10 and only allowing three earned runs.
Wyatt Strahan (Villa Park, Calif./Villa Park HS), Saturday's projected starter boasted 22 appearances as a freshman last season , second-most on the squad behind the left-handed specialist who had 29. He finished 3-3 with two saves and a 1.37 ERA through 26.1 innings pitched. So far this season, Strahan has impressed in his new starting role. He has two no-decisions, but leads the team with 11 strikeouts through 11.1 innings. He boasts a 1.59 ERA. Last week he no-hit Cal State Northridge through the first 4.2 innings on the road. Freshman LHP Kyle Twomey(Placentia, Calif./El Dorado HS) enters the season as the Sunday starter after an impressive fall camp with the Trojans. He was selected in the 3rd round of the 2012 Major League Draft by the Oakland A's. He is now 1-1 on the year and tallied a complete game in just his second career start. He has a 5.62 ERA and is second on the team with 11 strikeouts.
FRESHMAN STEPPING UP -- The Trojans will be looking towards a strong crop of freshman in 2013 to really play key roles this season. The class, featuring Twomey and Timmy Robinson (Huntington Beach, Calif./Ocean View HS), both MLB draft picks out of high school, was ranked No. 19 nationally by Baseball America. Blake Lacey (Fresno, Calif./Clovis West HS) and Reggie Southall (Gardena, Calif./Junipero Serra HS) are up-and-coming middle infielders for the Trojans, while Vahn Bozoian (Chino Hills, Calif./Ayala HS) and Turner Clouse (Fountain Valley, Calif./Fountain Valley HS) will look to contribute in the outfield. On the mound, the Trojans have junior college transfer LHP Sean Silva (Clovis, Calif./Clovis HS) and true freshman lefties Marc Huberman(Los Angeles/Hamilton HS) and Sean Alder (Chatsworth, Calif./Sierra Canyon).
MAKING THE RETURN -- Redshirt senior outfielder Greg Zebrack(Northridge, Calif./Campbell Hall/UPenn) returns to USC after playing for the Trojans as a true freshman in 2008-09. As a true freshman he appeared in 21 games, making five starts. He then transferred to UPenn, and after sitting out the 2009-10 season due to transfer rules, Zebrack appeared in 78 games, earning All-Ivy League and All-Big Five honors as a redshirt sophomore in 2010-11 and a redshirt junior in 2011-12. During his time as a Quaker, Zebrack led the team in many offensive categories. Last season he batted .343 and led the team in on-base percentage (.448), slugging percentage (.657), RBI (28), runs (34), stolen bases (10), doubles (18) and home runs (7).
BROTHERLY LOVE -- The Trojans boast two sets of brothers on their roster, with the Aguirre brothers, senior J.R. Aguirre (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) and freshman Carl Aguirre (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) and the Wheatley brothers junior Bob Wheatley (Villa Park, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) and Brent Wheatley(Villa Park, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS). Both Aguirre brothers favor play in the outfield, although Carl is a versatile utility player, while the Wheatleys prefer the mound. Bob is a lefty, however, while Brent is a righty.
SUMMER FUN -- The Trojans spread across the country to play summer baseball, and brought home many accolades to Troy. Competing in the Alaska League for the Peninsula Oilers was sophomore pitcher Nigel Nootbaar (El Segundo, Calif./El Segundo HS). He appeared in 13 games, compiling a 3-3 record with a 3.41 ERA in 31.2 innings pitched. He tallied 35 strikeouts, good for second on the team. Touted as potentially the most athletic player in the league, the switch-hitting Nootbaar also played 17 games at third base, collecting 10 hits and driving in two runs. Both Baseball America and Perfect Game ranked Nootbaar was the third-best prospect in the Alaska League, and he also competed in the Alaska League All-Star Team. Junior catcher Jake Hernandez (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Los Osos HS) made his mark in the Cape Cod League, suiting up for the Orleans Firebirds. Hernandez was named a Cape League All-Star, starting for the East squad and earned the league's Manny Robello 10th Player Award, given to the player who performs above and beyond expectations. Named after long-time volunteer Manny Robello, who served as the director of both the Cape League and the Cotuit Athletic Association, the award recognizes a player in the league who shows the highest level of continuous leadership and dedication throughout the length of the season. Hernandez played in 33 games, hitting .239 and driving in 19 runs, while showing some pop with five home runs and five doubles. He was joined by James Roberts (Cupertino, Calif./Archbishop Mitty), who suited up for the Cotuit Kettleers and batted .306 with 25 RBIs , and Dante Flores(Norwalk, Calif./St. John Bosco HS) of the Chatham Anglers, where he appeared in 20 games and drove in three runs.
MAKING THE GRADES -- Academics is highly important at USC, and five Trojans last season earned All-Academic Pac-12 honors. The only returner of the five is junior third baseman Kevin Swick (La Canda, Calif./Loyola HS), who boasts a 3.77 GPA as a business administration major. Interested in finance, Swick held an internship in Alaska while he played summer ball for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots. The other four Trojans all graduated and earned their degrees last season. Redshirt senior transfer Greg Zebrack(Northridge, Calif./Campbell Hall/UPenn) comes back to Troy with a B.A. in communication and commerce, and is currently a graduate student working on his MBA at USC. While at UPenn he earned All-Academic Big Five and Ivy League honors. He had a 3.4 GPA as a undegrad, and also earned that in his MBA program so far.
DEDEAUX FIELD DEDICATIONS -- Prior to the start of the 2011 season, the scoreboard at Dedeaux Field was renamed the Mike Gillespie Scoreboard in honor of former USC player and head coach Mike Gillespie (now the head coach at UC Irvine). Gillespie, who was a player on USC's 1961 national championship, spent 20 seasons as USC's head coach (1987-2006). He led USC as head coach to the 1998 national championship, as well as four trips to the College World Series during his tenure. The batting cages were renamed for the Boone Family, in honor of the Boone family that included former USC players Aaron and Bret Boone. The Boone family became the first family in baseball history to send three generations to the major league All-Star Game (grandfather, Ray, and father, Bob). Bret Boone played at USC from 1988-90 while his brother Aaron played at USC from 1992-94. Both played in the 2003 All-Star Game as a total of five former Trojans (Geoff Jenkins, Barry Zito and Mark Prior) participated in the game.
OPERATION: OMAHA -- From 1948 to 1978, USC dominated the world of college baseball with 11 national championships in 17 appearances at the College World Series (the 1948 CWS was held in Kalamazoo, Mich., with the CWS moving to Omaha, Neb., in 1949). After the 1978 season, the Trojans went through a drought and did not return to Omaha until 1995, when Troy reached the national championship game. Since 1995, the Trojans have made four trips to Omaha (1995-1998-2000-2001), winning their 12th CWS title in 1998. USC has the second-most wins (74) at the CWS and is tied for third for most appearances (21).
THE "OTHER" HALLS OF FAME -- Former USC pitcher Tom Seaver was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992 with a 98.8% vote, which remains the highest percentage ever for an inducted member. In the summer of 2006, legendary coach Rod Dedeaux (who passed away on January 5, 2006) was a member of the inaugural class for the College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas. Another USC addition was made in 2007 when former outfielder Fred Lynn is inducted. He appeared on three consecutive USC national championship squads (1971, 1972 and 1973) and had a career .320 average with 28 home runs and 111 RBI. He also earned 1971 All-College World Series honors for the Trojans.
TROJAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME -- On Feb. 1, 2003, the USC Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public for the first time. The Hall of Fame was the final part of a $4 million Dedeaux Field renovation project that included a new locker room, seating pavilion on the first base side and stadium seating. All 12 national championship trophies are permanently displayed as well as the awards won by former Trojan pitcher Mark Priorduring his 2001 national player of the year season. Prior made a sizable donation to help complete the project. The major league uniforms of former Trojans are also on display.
CHANGES --At the helm for the Trojans will be first-year head coach Dan Hubbs, who was named to the position on Wednesday, Feb. 13, by athletic director Pat Haden after two-year head coach Frank Cruz was terminated for knowingly violating NCAA Countable Athletically-Related Activities limitations within the program. Those CARA rules restrict the number of hours student-athletes can spend in activities directed by or supervised by the coaching staff. In addition, the University has self-imposed a reduction in the number of practice session hours for the USC baseball team this season and next year. USC has alerted the NCAA and Pac-12 of the infraction and the University-imposed actions.


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I tend to markup the books I read. After a while, it just became easier to use those little 3M strip stickers and highlighters to index a book my way. I used to use different colored strips for different ideas: "hot idea", "case study", "problem point", etc. But eventually, I realized that it'd be easier to actually write specific words onto the strips. Guess what, I'm just doing something exactly the way I do online, but in a more primitive, and less easy-to-search way. I loose a lot of knowledge this way, or at least track of it.
So my wish here is that there would be some way how I could tag the content in any book I find into an online, searchable way, and perhaps share it with others. My thought is that there are several possibilities:
- Really lame way: copy the text, page, etc. and in the tagging/bookmarking software, create an entry with that description pointing to the place in the book. Cons: Is there any point to even talk about this?
- Magical semi-scanner tool: Some pen-like device that can scan text in a book and the position in the book, and then let me enter the tag for the text. There are some smart pens out there that digitize writing but this would also add in the requirement to be able to create a tag, and then publish that online. Cons: I don't know it such a device exists but its not impossible to build on top of something like Logitech's oi2 Digital Pen
- Ebooks with tagging support. I find some sort of ebook reading device that allows bookmarking/tagging to a general online tagging service, rather than "saved with a book". Cons: Not all books are available in e-books format, however, publishers are getting better about it. Still ebook reader devices need to be extended to allow the online tagging.
- Use online web-based books and find a way to tag. Similar to the ebooks approach but no special device, just a laptop or web-phone. Cons: Requires a browser device, and may need a live connection.
For 3 & 4, a side note: Safari is still hanging on but it is has a good approach to online books. You pay a service fee to be able to "borrow" books from their online library and can swap out your bookshelf over time; just requires a regular fee.
I think the idea of ebooks is great in terms of technology like digital ink that requires really low power consumption and can run for many hours at a time, but I think the need to be able to correlate or search related information, tagging, color images, etc. all require a net conneciton and better graphics support. In other words, the device just becomes a browser anyway, and the worst you have to do is keep recharging the device.
Take the iPod Touch or iPhone example as a browser people actually want to use and has some degree of a readable screen (compared to other phones). I don't have one, but I think you'd be able to access books from Safari and have a way to tag information. Ebooks (e.g., Sony Portable Reader System) have more screen real-estate, typically about the size of a paperback book. I think visually the iPod Touch
/iPhone is still a little small to read and chews power like candy, but it's much more capable in terms of enabling the reader or researcher.
Any ideas for other possible solutions?
- rawn
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Comparative Bioavailability Study of Two Test Products of Fixed Dose Combination Capsule of Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) and Pantoprazole (Each Capsule Contains ASA 100 mg and Pantoprazole 20 mg) Under Fed Conditions
This study has been completed.
Piramal Clinical Research (Hyderabad, India)
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First received: May 2, 2013
Last updated: June 6, 2017
Last verified: June 2017
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An open label, balanced, randomized, three-treatment, three-period, six-sequence, cross-over, single dose, comparative bioavailability pilot study under fed conditions. For fed condition, after check-in, subjects will receive a standard dinner consisting (1000 - 1200 calories) after which they will be required to fast overnight (for at least 10 hours). Thereafter they will receive a non-vegetarian high calorie, high-fat breakfast (800-1000 calories) before dosing, and a standard meal (1700 - 1900 calories) for lunch, snacks and dinner.
|Ulcers, Duodenal and Gastric
|Drug: Test 1= ASA 100 mg and pantoprazole 20 mg capsule formulation one Drug: Test 2= ASA 100 mg and pantoprazole 20 mg capsule formulation two Drug: ASA 100 mg tablet Drug: Pantoprazole 20 mg gastro-resistant tablet
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: No masking
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An Open Label, Balanced, Randomized, Three-treatment, Three-period, Six-sequence, Cross-over, Single Dose, Comparative Bioavailability Pilot Study of Two Test Formulations of Fixed Dose Combination Capsules of Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) and Pantoprazole (Each Capsule Contains ASA 100 mg and Pantoprazole 20 mg) Manufactured by Piramal Healthcare Limited, India for GSK Comparing With Aspirin® Protect 100 mg Tablets by Bayer Vital GmbH, and Protium® 20 mg Gastro-resistant Tablets by Nycomed GmbH, in Healthy, Adult, Human Subjects, Under Fed Conditions
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MedlinePlus related topics: Malnutrition
Drug Information available for: Aspirin Pantoprazole Pantoprazole sodiumU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Composite of pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters [ Time Frame: During each period at pre-dose, 0.167, 0.333, 0.5, 0.667, 0.833, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 24 hrs post dose ]The bioavailability of two test products was compared with the reference products after determining the plasma PK parameters: Cmax (maximum measured plasma concentration), Tmax (time of Cmax), AUC0-t (area under the plasma concentration versus time curve from time zero to the last measurable concentration), AUC0-infinity (AUC from zero to infinity), t1/2 (time required for the plasma drug concentration to decrease by one half), Kel (terminal rate constant) and AUC_% Extrap_Obs (residual area in percentage determined by formula) for ASA and pantoprazole in relevant treatments
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Tolerability of combined ASA and pantoprazole in subjects during the study [ Time Frame: Up to 16 days ]Tolerability of combined ASA and pantoprazole in subjects during the study assessed by adverse events, laboratory tests, vital signs and ECG
|Actual Study Start Date:
|May 16, 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|July 1, 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 1, 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Overall Study Arm
All the subjects in this study will take part in 3 treatment periods with one of the following treatments in each period. Subjects will receive all three treatments (one per period) in a random order in fed condition.
Test 1= Fixed dose combination (FDC) formulation one of a capsule containing ASA 100 mg and pantoprazole 20 mg. Test 2= FDC formulation two of a capsule containing ASA 100 mg and pantoprazole 20 mg. Reference= ASA 100 mg tablet + pantoprazole 20 mg gastro-resistant tablet
Drug: Test 1= ASA 100 mg and pantoprazole 20 mg capsule formulation one
Formulation Test 1 of a fixed dose combination capsule of ASA and pantoprazole (Each capsule contains ASA 100 mg and pantoprazole 20 mg) manufactured by Piramal Healthcare Limited, India for GSKDrug: Test 2= ASA 100 mg and pantoprazole 20 mg capsule formulation two
Formulation Test 2 of a fixed dose combination capsule of ASA and pantoprazole (Each capsule contains ASA 100 mg and pantoprazole 20 mg) manufactured by Piramal Healthcare Limited, India for GSKDrug: ASA 100 mg tablet
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- Healthy human subjects within the age range of 18 to 45 years (both inclusive)
- Non-smokers since at least six months
- Willingness to provide written informed consent to participate in the study
- Body-mass index (BMI) of >=18.5 kilogram per meter square (kg/m^2) and <=24.9 kg/m^2, with body weight not less than 50 kg
- Absence of significant disease or clinically significant abnormal laboratory values on laboratory evaluations, medical history or physical examination during the screening
- Normal 12-lead ECG or one with abnormality considered to be clinically insignificant
- Normal chest X-ray Posterior Anterior (PA) view
- Comprehension of the nature and purpose of the study and compliance with the requirement of the protocol.
- Willing to consume non-vegetarian, high fat breakfast prior to dosing.
- Female Subject is eligible to participate if she is of non-childbearing potential (surgically sterile or post-menopausal for at least 1 year); or of child bearing potential practicing an acceptable method of birth control while in the study and for 14 days after the end of the study, as judged by the investigator(s), such as condoms, foams, jellies, diaphragm, intrauterine device (IUD), or abstinence)
- Male Subjects willing to use an approved form of birth control (a double barrier method like condom with spermicide or condom with diaphragm) while in the study and for 14 days after the end of the study, and agree not to donate sperm during this period.
Exclusion criteria:
- Personal / family history/ past history of allergy or hypersensitivity to ASA or pantoprazole or related drugs
- Any contraindication to anticoagulant therapy
- History of sensitivity to heparin or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
- Past history of active gastric or duodenal ulcer or esophagitis
- A history of cholecystectomy or biliary tract disease including increased liver function tests of known or unknown etiology
- Subjects who have been diagnosed with Gilbert's syndrome (Elevated Liver Function Test (LFT)'s Serum Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase/ Serum Glutamate Pyruvate Transaminase (SGOT/SGPT) + Bilirubin (total and direct))
- Past history of anaphylaxis or angioedema
- Any history of myopathy
- Female subject not willing to use acceptable method of contraception from the date of screening until 14 days after the end of the study
- Male subject not willing to use acceptable method of contraception from the date of screening until 14 days after the end of the study
- Any major illness in the past three months or any clinically significant ongoing chronic medical illness e.g.congestive heart failure, hepatitis, pancreatitis etc.
- Presence of any clinically significant abnormal values during screening e.g. significant abnormality of LFT, Renal (kidney) Function Test (RFT) etc.
- Any cardiac, renal or liver impairment, any other organ or system impairment
- History of seizure or psychiatric disorders
- Presence of disease markers of human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) 1 and 2, and hepatitis B and C virus
- History of significant alcohol consumption for more than two years, or consumption of more than three alcoholic drinks per day or consumption of alcohol within 48 hours prior to check-in in each period and during the study [one drink is equal to one unit of alcohol [one glass wine, half pint beer, and one measure (one ounce) of spirit].
- Presence of painful erythema, oedema, or ulceration in the oral cavity
- Consumption of xanthine containing derivatives (coffee, tea, cola drinks, chocolate) within 48 hours before check-in of each period
- Use of any recreational drug or a history of drug addiction
- Participation in any clinical trial within the past 3 months
- Inaccessibility of veins in left and right arm
- Donation of blood [one unit or 330 millilitre (mL)] within 3 months prior to study check-in
- History of use of any prescription drug therapy within four weeks or over-the-counter (OTC) drugs within two weeks prior to study check-in or repeated use of drugs within the last four weeks
- History of unusual diet, for whatever reason, e.g. low sodium diet, for 7 days prior to check-in for all the three periods
- History of consumption of grapefruit-containing food or drinks within 7 days prior to the study check-in for all the three periods
- Recent history of dehydration from diarrhoea, vomiting or any other reason within a period of 7 days prior to the study check-in for all the three periods
- Difficulty in swallowing solids like tablets/capsules
- Systolic blood pressure below 100 millimetres of mercury (mm Hg) and above 138 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure below 60 mm Hg and above 90 mmHg
- Heart rate below 60 beats/minute and above 100 beats/minute
- Temperature below 96.0 degree Fahrenheit (F) and above 98.6 degree F
- Female volunteers demonstrating a positive test for pregnancy during screening or currently breastfeeding
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|June 6, 2017
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Duodenal Ulcer
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Duodenal Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
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Digestive System Diseases
Stomach Diseases
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
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Peripheral Nervous System Agents
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Fibrinolytic Agents
Fibrin Modulating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Anti-Ulcer Agents
Gastrointestinal Agents
Proton Pump Inhibitors
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Dominic Morales is Professor and Dean of the Applied Sciences & Recreation Division at Delhi College. The programs within this Division are Golf/Plant Sciences, Natural Resources, Recreation and Sports, and Veterinary Science Technology. He teaches and coordinates the internship program for Golf Course and Turf management. He was instrumental in developing the Golf Course Operations program, and the Bachelors in Golf and Sports Turf Management program at Delhi. He also coordinated the development and funding for the new Turf Education Center, and the additional nine holes at the Delhi College Golf Course. Dean Morales received an Associate in Applied Science degree in Horticulture from SUNY Farmingdale, a Bachelor in Science in Plant Science from the University of New Hampshire, and a Master of Science in Horticulture from the University of Connecticut. He is a past recipient of the New York State Turfgrass Association Citation of Merit Award, and the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Birgitta Brophy, RLA
Birgitta Brophy, Associate Professor, is a registered landscape architect. She has been teaching at Delhi since 1997. Ms. Brophy typically instructs in the areas of graphics, landscape design and site engineering although she has been a part of the horticulture and site development classes. In addition, she is a faculty advisor to the Horticulture Club which is also a student chapter of the Professional Landcare Network. Ms. Brophy is on the Education Committee of the Empire State Green Industry Show, the Delhi College Beautification Committee, a member of the American Horticultural Society and New York Botanical Garden. Ms. Brophy received an A.A.S. degree in Landscape Management from SUNY Cobleskill and a Bachelor in Landscape Architecture from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Ben McGraw, PhD.
Dr. Ben McGraw joined the State University of New York College at Delhi in the spring of 2009 as an assistant professor. He is responsible for teaching Introductory and Advanced Turfgrass Management, Irrigation Design, Irrigation Installation and Maintenance, Horticultural Entomology, Golf Course Planning & Design, and Golf Course Financial Management and Budgeting. Dr. McGraw holds a Master's degree in Entomology from University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Ph.D. in Entomology from Rutgers University, where he was a USGA Green Section intern. Dr. McGraw maintains an active research program at Delhi, focusing on reducing chemical inputs in turf through biological and cultural tactics. Currently, Dr. McGraw serves as Delhi's liaison on the New York State Turfgrass Association.
Kathleen Gillooley
Kathleen Gillooley is currently an instructor in the Applied Sciences division. She joined the Delhi College Community as an Instructional Support Associate in 1989. She teaches courses in woody plant identification, maintenance, and installation as well as landscape construction. During this time she has served as the advisor to both the Turf and Horticulture Clubs, was awarded the Student Life Leadership Award. Ms Gillooley is a graduate of the State University of New York College at Delhi having received her Associate in Applied Science degree and has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Cornell University both in Plant Science-Landscape Horticulture. She is currently a member of the Professional Landcare Network, Golf Course Superintendent Association of America, the International Society of Arboriculture, the New York State Turfgrass Association, the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association, State University of New York Horticulture Education Committee and is a New York State Licensed Pesticide Applicator.
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Assistant Professor Tait comes to the Golf and Plant Science Programs with a diverse background that allows him to teach facility and equipment management courses. Mr. Tait is responsible for: Grounds Equipment and Fleet Management; Sharpening and Grinding; and Maintenance Facility Management courses. He has been a guest speaker at numerous industry conferences. On campus Mr. Tait is the faculty advisor to the Victory and Praise Choir (student club). Mr. Tait received his Master of Arts degree in Educational Technology and Curriculum Development from the University of Phoenix and his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology from Southern Illinois University. Mr. Tait is a certified ASE Master Automotive Technician, member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and the New York State Turfgrass Association.
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Dr. Charles Tarrants, is a Professor in the Golf and Plant Science Program. A veteran of 20 plus years teaching such horticultural subjects as Soils, Weeds, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Herbaceous Ornamentals, Woody Plants and Pesticides. Dr. Tarrants is an occasional speaker for Trade Shows, Garden Clubs and similar venues. Dr. Tarrants received a Bachelor of Science from Western Kentucky University, a Master of Science from the University of Denver, and his doctorate from Syracuse University.
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The core of Yo La Tengo (Spanish for the outfielder's cry of "I've got it!") is comprised of singer/guitarist Kaplan and his wife, drummer/vocalist Georgia Hubley. After forming the band in 1984, they placed an advertisement seeking other musicians to round out the lineup, requesting applicants who shared their fondness for the Soft Boys, Mission of Burma, and Arthur Lee's Love. A number of bassists and lead guitarists passed through the band's roster during its formative years, but after bowing in late 1985 with the single "The River of Water," backed by a cover of Love's "A House Is Not a Motel," Yo La Tengo's membership appeared to stabilize with the additions of guitarist Dave Schramm and bassist Mike Lewis prior to the sessions for 1986's full-length roots pop debut, Ride the Tiger, produced by former Mission of Burma bassist Clint Conley.
However, both Schramm and Lewis exited in the wake of the record's release, leaving Kaplan to assume lead guitar duties. Bassist Stephan Wichnewski signed on for 1987's New Wave Hot Dogs, a more assured outing that brought the group's Velvet Underground obsession to the fore via a cover of the early VU composition "It's Alright (The Way That You Live)." Not only did Kaplan's introverted, half-spoken vocals and buzzing guitar work closely recall Lou Reed, but Hubley's rock-steady drumming and breathy backing turns simultaneously conjured memories of vintage Maureen Tucker. Even better was 1989's President Yo La Tengo, recorded with producer and guest bassist Gene Holder; opening with the droning squalls of the stunning "Barnaby, Hardly Working," the record spotlighted the group's sonic schizophrenia by including two Jekyll-and-Hyde versions of the track "The Evil That Men Do" -- one a gorgeous instrumental, the other a blistering feedback freakout.
Schramm returned to the fold for 1990's Fakebook, a remarkable acoustic folk-pop journey through Kaplan's record collection and a virtual family tree of Yo La Tengo reference points. A wonderfully low-key collection of covers ranging from forgotten nuggets (the Kinks' "Oklahoma U.S.A.," the Flamin' Groovies' "You Tore Me Down," Gene Clark's "Tried So Hard") to absolute obscurities (Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers' "Emulsified," the Escorts' "The One to Cry," the Scene Is Now's "Yellow Sarong"), Fakebook also included a handful of outstanding new originals as well as luminous retakes of the previous record's "Barnaby, Hardly Working" and New Wave Hot Dogs' "Did I Tell You?" The superb That Is Yo La Tengo EP previewed 1992's May I Sing with Me, the first effort to feature permanent bassist James McNew (formerly of Christmas). A return to noise typified by the hot-wired nine-minute feedback saga "Mushroom Cloud of Hiss," the record balanced out its extremist tendencies with the occasional sidestep into melodic beauty ("Detouring America with Horns") and infectious indie pop ("Upside-Down").
A move to the Matador label predated the release of 1993's Painful, another winner informed by the atmospherics of shoegazer drones and dream pop. Bookended by radically opposed renditions of the track "Big Day Coming" -- the first an organ-driven mood piece, the other an edgy guitar outing -- the record pushed Yo La Tengo in a multitude of new directions, significantly expanding the trio's palette of sounds and textures. Released in 1995, Electr-O-Pura continued the progression, zigzagging from dead-on British Invasion re-creations (the sparkling "Tom Courtenay") to shimmering folk (the Hubley-sung "Pablo and Andrea") to bracing sonic experimentation ("Decora"). After 1996's Genius + Love Equals Yo La Tengo, a two-disc compendium of B-sides, compilation tracks, rare singles, and unreleased material, the trio resurfaced in the spring of 1997 with I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One; And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out followed in early 2000.
The group also performed a three-night stint as the backing band for Ray Davies on his 2000 U.S. tour, and in 2002 released The Sounds of the Sounds of Science, a soundtrack to the undersea documentaries of French filmmaker Jean Painlevé. That fall, they released the Nuclear War single, which featured several versions of Sun Ra's epic, and that winter performed their second annual Hanukkahpalooza, an eight-night musical festival at Hoboken, New Jersey's Maxwell's, which also led to a special limited-edition EP of Christmas songs. Yo La Tengo released Summer Sun in spring 2003, and that year Georgia Hubley performed in Mirror Man, an avant-garde rock opera by Pere Ubu's David Thomas.
In 2005, Matador Records paid homage to Yo La Tengo's 20th year as recording artists with the career-spanning compilations Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985-2003 and A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities 1986-2002. The band returned the following year with the strong all-new album I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your A**. Fuckbook, a covers album that the band released under the alias Condo F**ks, arrived in 2009, followed several months later by the full-length Popular Songs. The following year, the Here to Fall EP, which featured remixes by De La Soul, Rjd2, and Pete Rock, arrived. The group's 13th album, Fade, was released in 2013. This album marked a departure for the band, as it was the first record since their 1993 breakthrough, Painful, not recorded with producer Roger Moutenot, but instead tracked with Chicago scene veteran and Tortoise member John McEntire.
In 2014, the band looked to its past with an "Extra Painful" special-edition reissue of Painful, which included a wealth of live tracks, outtakes, and demo recordings. Yo La Tengo pointed to their history in a different way with 2015's Stuff Like That There, a semi-acoustic set in the style of Fakebook that found them playing covers and re-interpreting material from their back catalog, as well as delivering a few new tunes. ~ Jason Ankeny
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Track List: Stuff Like That There
Track List: Fade
Track List: Fade (Deluxe Edition)
Track List: Stupid Things (Single)
Track List: The Sounds Of The Sounds Of Science
Track List: Here To Fall Remixes
Track List: Popular Songs
Track List: I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your A**
Track List: Yo La Tengo Is Murdering The Classics
Track List: Prisoners Of Love: A Smattering Of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985-2003 Plus A Smattering Of Outtakes And Rarities Disc 3
Track List: Prisoners of Love
Track List: Today Is The Day
Track List: Summer Sun
Track List: Nuclear War
Track List: And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Track List: Sampler 1993-1997
Track List: Camp Yo La Tengo
Track List: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Track List: Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo
Track List: President Yo La Tengo/New Wave Hot Dogs
Track List: Electr-O-Pura
Track List: Tom Courtenay
Track List: From A Motel 6
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Track List: Painful
Track List: May I Sing With Me
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05 July 2014 , 5:47 AM by Rob Minshull
In these days of keyboards and computers is handwriting on the way out? Is the use of pencil or pen on paper destined to become a cultural relic?
Some people argue that good handwriting is still crucial; it is a matter of heritage and art. Others suggest that teaching clean, precise handwriting is mere nostalgia.
So are children still being taught the importance of good handwriting or is there no need for it anymore? Miriam Hall from 612 ABC Brisbane's Breakfast show went back to school to find out.
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Clean and precise handwriting has never been just about clean and precise handwriting. It also greatly assists mental development and fine motor skills. If we take away the copy book (or have I just given away my age here?) an alternative developmental tool will be required. I don't see keyboard skills in the same category as writing skills for this development.
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|I did take it to ford dealer. that is who their preferred shop was. their estimate was only $300 more than the insurance adjuster and I got half of that once I explained i was doing the project myself. Took a gamble, but figured they couldnt do anything about it here in Missouri. Once I got the rental money, I was sitting good. There isnt structural damage that is noticeable. but once I get it all put together, i will get the body alignment checked, as both estimates said that was something I'd want done. Just wish I knew how to take off and put on that rear bumper!
Seeing as how you were rear ended and more than likely not at fault in this accident. I would definitely recommend taking it to Ford dealerships that have body shops. They tend to give higher estimates than local body shops. As others have said, never let their appraiser near your car until you have had estimates on it.
As for the damage, as long as it was superficial I see no wrong in you doing the work yourself as most of it is pretty much straight forward and easy to follow. But I would at least make sure there was no structural damage before going forward with that plan.
Thanks for the info and time to reply! I have pretty much done what most of you said. She admitted fault to her insurance and it was easy getting them to cut the check, and to the amount I expected as I took it to one of their preferred shops for a quote. I got a lot since she went under my rear end and dented up the spare tire pan. I have bought all the parts, new and with paint job, it should be about $800 for me to do this, plus a weekend day or two under the car, should be fun.
Only question I still have is this, how do I go about removing the old bumper cover and reattaching the new one? There is some sort of 'snap' on attachment on the left and right side that hold it on. Just not sure if its a special tool or just a 'lift and snap off' kind of thing.
thanks again..
if you were rear-ended it's likely going to be ruled not your fault and so it's the other party's insurance that will pay. Unless you live in a no-fault state.
If you have comprehensive insurance than by all means file a claim against your OWN insurance if you do NOT live in a no-fault state. The reason is that your own insurance company will simply claim it against the other drivers insurance company and so they will not lose any money, thus they have no incentive to fight down the cost of repair. And your rates will not go up because blame will be assigned to the other driver.
If you have collision only then you can't claim against your own insurance they won't allow it. So instead you have to file a claim with the other company and this is where it can get ugly. They have a big incentive to not pay out. So they will argue over everything.
What you want to do in those cases is the following:
1) DON'T allow their insurance adjuster anywhere near your car until AFTER you have obtained estimates and given the high-bid ones to the insurance company. He will just write a rediculously low estimate and then they will stonewall and refuse to pay you anything higher. If you get the estimates first and then he writes a lowball estimate then it looks like they are trying to cheat you so you have a basis to argue from. if you can, don't let an insurance company adjuster near your car.
2) Go to the most expensive body shop in the city, the one that fixes the rich people's cars. There are likely 2-3 of those places. Get estimates from 3 of them. And also, make absolutely sure that they include parts scavenging labor. In some of these cases the parts are no longer available from the dealership or the aftermarket because the car is older, they are only available from a wrecker. I've had body shops give me book estimates for parts costs, then I make them call the place they would get the bumper or whatever from and they find out it's discontinued. So I then say "well WTF are you going to do if I tell you to repair the car" and get a bunch of mealymouth rubbish about how they will have to call around to wreckers and so on. In other words, they will have to spend hours of time sourcing a part from halfway across the country and of course they are going to charge a lot of extra for that. Make them put that extra time on the estimate.
3) Ask what body shop the other insurance company suggests and make a point of not going within a mile of it.
4) Make sure all police reports are filled out and filed immediately. List every possible bit of damage on the report. Also if you got ANY kind of medical injury - even a minor bruise, head got banged, whatever - put it in the report, even if you didn't go to the hospital.
5) Refuse to allow them to pay the body shop directly. If you are collission only and are filing a claim against the other drivers insurance, that insurance company cannot force you to accept a payment to a body shop.
6) DON'T allow them to total out the car. Find out the blue book of the car and take a payment at least $50 to $100 UNDER the blue book in order to prevent the car from being totaled. If they total it then your title is branded salvage and then the car becomes worthless even if you fix everything.
Insurance co's greatly prefer to total out cars because they know that once they total a car the driver will never be able to file a claim against them for further damage to the car again.
Insurance companies also have sweetheart deals with certain body shops in the city. There are body shops that are experts at cutting corners and just getting the car to LOOK ok but the damage isn't actually fixed, they do stuff like not hammering the dent out completely so you get inch thick layers of bondo, sanding and painting over rust instead of burning it out, buying very cheap aftermarket body parts that don't fit so well, and so on. If an insurance company that is liable for a claim is able to they will "steer" you to one of those shops for an estimate.
Also keep in mind the Insurance company's primary goal is to close the claim. Many will issue you a check only on condition that the check closes the claim. Once the claim has closed then you cannot add to it. So if in fact there IS any medical issues, you may need to pay the medical bills yourself and keep the claim open as long as your state allows it. In some states were people buy collision only they still have to buy personal injury protection and so you always claim medical against your own insurance regardless of who is at fault.
Anytime you get hit in a car, even if you feel fine, you should always complain loudly to witnesses and the other driver that your hurt or feeling sore. Of course don't overdo it because the last thing you want is some do-gooder calling an ambulance. But none of those witnesses will be helping you to argue against the insurance company weeks later and it's really none of their business whether you got injured in the accident or not, so you do not want them saying "he looked fine to me" if they get asked. And if a medical claim is ever involved believe me they will be asked.
Lastly, you gain an advantage to sound as stupid and dumb as possible. Insist on getting the check cut to you directly and when they ask, instead of telling them something reasonable, tell them that your aunt matildia got screwed over once when she got in an accident and the insurance company told her they were paying the body shop directly but didn't. In other words you want them believing that they will be arguing with a body shop over the price of the repair, and your just the proxy. If they think for a minute that your educated enough to do your own repair then they know that the entire thing is a giant game and all you want to do is profit from the repair and then they will have no qualms about fighting the price down.
Your time is worth something. You have had a lot of it wasted already, you wasted it when you had to stop and exchange info after the accident, your going to waste more by hauling your car around for estimates, etc. No matter how you slice it this is a financial loss to you that morally, the other driver (and by proxy his insurance company) owes you. Thus, do not feel the slighest qualm about pulling every trick in the book to jack the estimate for repair up as high as possible, no matter how high you get it, it won't make up for the total financial loss you take.
Absolutely don't mention you're doing the work. And casually ask if the ins.co. will be checking out the quality themselves. They may want verification a shop did the work, depending on what you still owe on car. Some will not cut a check except in a body shop's name unless you own car clear and free of banker. Some are very antsy about owner doing repairs if they think you could let car later be repoed and they then suffer a loss later because car didn't sell as high as they thought it should. Get several estimates and toss the lower ones. Ask who they cut the check to.
Lots of time what's under cover is a styrofoam form insert and simple metal or plastic bumper that insert fits in, The styrofoam is way overpriced but if dent is simple then sometimes no need to even touch it, the cover covers any slighter damage. I've glued back together styrofoam cleanly broken in half to continue using it. As long as not crushed greatly. The bumper itself if metal sometimes easily pulled back into good enough shape that you can't tell at all once cover installed. Depending on forces involved and directions, the snap fasteners can shear or enlarge holes to not work again, I've drilled new holes to use hardware that positively screws down part solid to bypass buying a two or three hundred dollar part, who cares what holds part on if you can't see the backside, even use rivets, whatever needed. All that matters is does car look good once back together..............
I have an '00 that I stupidly ran into someone else with, $5K estimates in damage to front, I had just dropped insurance because car older. I fixed it for $600 (didn't fix airbags, not needed here in Texas for inspect), that was 2008, car still runs and drives perfectly now. I almost junked it, but once I realized the main box frame in front was still dead square then it became a challenge to see if I could recover the car. So, you could easily make that $1K back...............
|Thanks for the info.. sounds like good advice.. so ,, if they body shops are higher than the appraiser,, should I try to convince them for more money upfront? if so, will they oblige and how long does that take? not worried, car is fine and driveable and I have 2 other modes of transportation!
|go to some body shops and get a couple appraisals first before talking to your insurance guy. And say nothing that you will be doing the work.
Rear end Damage
My 2009 Focus SE coupe was rear ended. I am interested in doing this myself. I found a guy who can paint a new cover but I am unsure about what may lie underneath the cover at this point, it just happened today. The car is driveable, but the civic that went under my rear end is messed up pretty bad!
I figured there is a bumper absorption piece, license plate light and another flat black trim piece that was broke that goes under the bumper and around the exhaust tip. These parts are about$400 at partsgeek.com. I bought a wheelwell from them for $25 and it was great. worked perfect. I have many tools, and buying more. rebuilt my harley motor last year and have done all kinds of work to cars over the years, but never body work. but this is mostly snap on pieces with a few screws. Can anyone tell me if its that hard to replace? Am I correct, just a bunch of snaps and a few screws? Appraiser is coming and I am going to use his parts/price list to figure out the best way to do this. Hell, I might make a $1000 for my pocket and have fun doing it.
thanks for your help.
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DURING the Depression, we made do with what we had. Mother always looked for ways to add variety to our meals, and these corn fritters were her special treat. She served them as a bread or a vegetable. No matter how they were presented, their hearty taste complemented any meal. —Auton Miller Piney Flats, Tennessee
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- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1 egg, separated
- 3/4 cup frozen corn, thawed
- Oil for deep-fat frying
- In a bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder and paprika. In another bowl, beat egg yolk; stir in corn. Add to flour mixture and mix well. Beat egg white until soft peaks form; fold into flour mixture.
- In a deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Drop batter by heaping tablespoonfuls into oil; fry for 3-4 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Yield: 2-4 servings.
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By Nik Brumsack
Arsène Wenger says Jack Wilshere should be left to concentrate on regaining his fitness and playing for Arsenal before he can be considered for international football.
The midfielder is on his way back to the first-team squad after 14 months on the sidelines and England Under-21 coach Stuart Pearce has mentioned the possibility of taking Wilshere to next summer's European Championships in Israel.
Wenger isn't sure that's a good idea, and feels Wilshere should be given time to play for his club first.
"Let's wait until Jack comes back. He has not played in the first team for 14 months," said Wenger. "Do you know what that is like, 14 months out of competition? He works very hard. He is doing well but let's not go too far.
"I never believe that a player, once he has gone up to the top team, plays well with the Under 21s," Wenger added. "It does not exist - I have not got one example.
"That's why I believe England has to make a decision - is Jack in the first team and not in the Under-21s?"
Wilshere has featured in two Arsenal Under-21 games in recent weeks and completed his first 90 minutes since his long-term injury in a training ground friendly on Wednesday.
Wenger revealed at his pre-match press conference on Friday that the Capital One Cup tie at Reading on October 30 is a realistic target for Wilshere - but he insists caution must prevail.
"There are two aspects [to the recovery]," Wenger said. "One is the apprehension to go into challenges when you have too many injuries. On that front we are at 100 per cent. We even have to calm him down. He goes for every challenge and has no apprehension.
"Then you have the physical front - he is OK there. Then you have the match fitness - that is 80 per cent. He needs one more game, maybe Monday night with the reserves [against Everton], I don't know. Then he should be back."
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By Richard Clarke
Arsenal make their 14th successive appearance in the Champions League Group Stages on Tuesday evening and, according to their manager, the competition is getting harder and harder to win.
For the past two seasons, the Frenchman has seen his route blocked by Barcelona in the knockout stages. The Spanish champions also scored twice in the last 13 minutes of the 2006 Final to jolt awake a ten-man Arsenal side just as they began dreaming of an improbable victory.
For Wenger, it is still Barca, and their greatest rivals, who pose the biggest threat to an English winner this year. And, as ever, footballing potential is closely linked to monetary muscle.
"I believe [in the last 14 seasons] the competition with the top teams inside England has become bigger," said Wenger just before he boarded a plane to Germany to take on Borussia Dortmund.
"It is as difficult to win the Premier League as it is to win the Champions League because a team that wins a title is in the Champions League Final almost every year.
"And, if you look outside this country, then Barca and Real Madrid have much more financial power than they had 14 years ago because they have individualised their TV rights. So at the moment they, along with teams like Man City and Chelsea, can take who they want."
Barcelona dominated the competition last season – and indeed Premier League champions Manchester United in a one-sided Final at Wembley. In fact the only defeat suffered by Pep Guardiola's side in Europe last year came at Emirates Stadium and, although overrun at the Nou Camp at times, Arsenal had a chance to eliminate the hosts in the dying minutes of the second leg.
"I felt that we had a good chance to knock them out last season and they know that too," said Wenger.
"I saw Guardiola two weeks ago when we had our managers' meeting and they knew they were lucky on the day. We had Van Persie sent off and Fabregas wasn't 100 per cent.
"This season, I see two teams that are above the rest - Real Madrid and Barcelona - and the others have to catch up during the campaign.
"For us, it's a new start because we are a new squad. What is at stake during the Group Stages is for us to show that we can go through. [Barcelona] have shown they can win it so, at the moment, it's too early to compare us to them."
But Wenger was then asked if his best 11 could stand up to Guardiola's and others at the top of the European game.
"I feel so," he replied. "Let's get Wilshere back because he has played a big part in the quality of our game. His qualities are very difficult to find.
"Let's get Diaby back and everyone available and hope we can get some positive results together.
"I believe that we can be competitive. But the next two months will tell."
Team news:
Dortmund: Barrios (thigh), Bakalorz (Achilles), Owomoyela (hip), Kock (knee).
Arsenal: Wilshere (ankle), Diaby (ankle), Rosicky (knee), Squillaci (calf), Vermaelen (ankle), Ramsey (knee).
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As some of you know I just picked up a Z06 as a track toy so naturally I'm checking out track/autox videos on youtube and came across this vette fail compilation. Not exactly what I wanted to see but figured it would be good to watch so I can see how a vette looses it and perhaps learn from it. I have to say, coming from the Subaru camp I'm amazed at how fast these things seem to spin out of control. I know its a whole different world going from 250-350hp through AWD to 400+ RWD but I have a hard time believing what I'm seeing with some of these clips. Obvioulsy the car isn't that hard to drive or else they'd all be wrecks by now. Think most of this is a result of driving on cold/cheap/worn tires, traction control being turned off / completely inexperienced drivers mashing the loud pedal instead of easing into it ?
The first video with the white C6 really gets me, he's driving clean overall, looks calm and collected then gets into the slalom and the car just slides out like its on snow. Wow ! And some of the street hooliganism vids, even at highway speeds some of the cars fishtail the just loose it. I'm not worried as I don't plan on driving like an idiot but I"m curious since I have little seat time, can they be that tricky to drive ?


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This is more of a placesetting forum. I'm going to start on a custom mando soon hopefully.
This is more of a placesetting forum. I'm going to start on a custom mando soon hopefully.
Oh, and how do I manage to post in the 'cargo hold' thread? there have been some nice pieces I want to buy.
you need like 10 15 post can't remember the post count but don't go around making silly post just to get your post count up
This information is listed in FAQ under New Member Restrictions
When does a new member get full access?
In short, after being a member for MORE than 5 days and making more than 5 posts.
A member with less and 5 days of membership and less than 5 posts is considered a "new member" and is restricted from posting in the Cargo Hold and Sarlacc Pit. Once a new member has 5 or more posts AND has been here MORE than 5 days, they will be automatically promoted from a new member to âfull memberâ and will have full access to the board.
Ahhh, I see. Thank you. Sorry, a bit new and ...clumsy to all this.
Perhaps you could share some of your ideas or goals.
Are you building the armour for yourself, or are you aiming to have your armour approved by the Mandalorian Mercs?
Is it based on book canon or is it a character you have invented?
The more you plan, the quicker, easier and better making your mando becomes
I can only say one thing........ Listen too Saz...... and if you can buy one of his helmets.. do........ I wish i didn't decide on making my bucket like demagol.. so I could duke some funds over too saz for him too make a bucket..............
Well, My main reason for doing this is a fanfilm going on in my area soon that I wish to participate in. The director won some awards at the last Celebration or something like that and...yeah, long story short.
But I've wanted to do a custom Mando for a while. There is a growing presence of mando mercs in my area, so in time I'll likely join them. But for now, I'd just like to get something ready for the film, then work on it and improve it over time.
So, Saz, ARE you the guy to talk to about helmets?
I'm one of the guys to talk about helmets, what is important is that you get one that is the right size for your frame, though I am making a smaller size, if you get a 1:1 and it's too big, you've spent a whole load of money on something that makes you look like a bobblehead. The other option is a 2 piece Jango helmet, which is smaller than the 1:1 and not as good quality as a fiberglass bucket, but it might be good enough for you.
If the outfit is just for you then fine, but I would take a look at the mandalorian mercs CRLs just to give you an idea of what you need to sort out an outfit, especially if you are doing it for film.
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And once I figure it out, how do I get in contact with you and figure that all out?
And thanks again.
You just click on my name and select private messaging, then send me a message. I'm more than happy to help you.
Much appreciated. I found some threads on mando mercs to do with sizing and whatnot so Ill look at those and see what I need. Thanks again


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New civility: Obama supporters threaten to riot if Romney wins; Update: Deleted tweets
Posted at 12:15 am on October 9, 2012 by Twitchy Staff
If Romney wins I'm Starting a Riot....Who's WIT ME???
8 Oct 12
Is this what Obama meant when he called for a more civil tone in U.S. politics?
John Kramer@YoungCal626
I Hope The USA Is Well Aware That If In The Event This Character Romney Wins The Election, The People Will Start A Country Wide Riot! #Power
8 Oct 12 Reply
Tommy Pickles@ThugPickles
I Heard Mitt Romney , Tryna Take Away Food Stamps , If He Do ."IMA START A RIOT , IMA START A RIOT"
4 Oct 12
If Romney win Imma start riot!
IG: Mocha_21 (@SpoilMe24_7) October 04, 2012
3 Oct 12
Scorpio King @Kan_Kan69
If Romney wins ima start a riot ima start a riot
3 Oct 12
Phillie B. [.☆_☆.]@PhillyB_2Insane
If Romney is elected president, its gon be a riot its gon be a riot.
3 Oct 12
If Romney win niggas goin riot
Rahmir Harrison (@GottaLoveRahRah) October 04, 2012
3 Oct 12
on b if romney become president im a start a riot on 11th in front of heb and subway. oh im a make the damn news. espn, kbtv, and kfdm.
You askin too much!! (@MyCup_OILY) October 09, 2012
8 Oct 12
If romney become president..we should start a riot
Aries ツ (@_March17th) October 04, 2012
3 Oct 12
°·..·° SpaceStar @J_freakyArtemis
If ROMNEY GETS IN THE WHITE HOUSE ...U MIGHT AS WELL KILL ME NOW .....CAUSE ITS GONNA BE A MOTHERFUCKIN RIOT !!!
1 Oct 12
Juiced-Up @LyLyWurk_Or_Die
If Romney Is Elected President.....Niggas Will Riot. I Promise.
3 Oct 12
djais @djaissy92
If Romney wins.... We gon start a riot !!!
3 Oct 12
If Romney win imma start a riot !!! ✂
3 Oct 12
Sierra❤ @Lil_Hill_
If Romney became President and took away welfare Downtown Cincinnati would become a riot
3 Oct 12
Quis Quis@Cloud_Quis
If Romney takes away food stamps 2 Chainzz in this bit IMMA START A RIOT
3 Oct 12
Update: Several of the Obama supporters identified above have deleted their tweets (see here, here, here, and here). Guess they dont know Twitchy is forever.
To his credit, one young man apologized:
Ok,I apologize for that tweet about Romney,It was a joke,I would never start a riot -___- its twitter
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Jackrabbit Invitational Next for Green Bay Volleyball
By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay volleyball team (3-4) is set for its third tournament in as many weekends, heading to Brookings, S.D., for the South Dakota State Jackrabbit Invitational at Frost Arena. The Phoenix will take on the host Jackrabbits on Friday at 7 p.m. before wrapping up the three-team tourney against Bradley on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Fans can follow the Jackrabbit Invitational with live stats and live video on GreenBayPhoenix.com. Phoenix Access subscribers (12-month, 4-month, 1-month) can watch Green Bay's matches for no additional charge, and stats will be available at the start of each contest. Non-Phoenix Access subscribers can purchase both Green Bay matches for one price ($4.99). The official Green Bay volleyball Twitter (@GBPhoenixVB) and Facebook (Green Bay Phoenix Volleyball) accounts will also be posting live updates throughout the tournament.
Friday, September 7
7 p.m. - Green Bay vs. South Dakota State [Live Stats | Live Video]
Saturday, September 8
1 p.m. - Green Bay vs. Bradley [Live Stats | Live Video]
7 p.m. - South Dakota State vs. Bradley [Live Stats | Live Video]
South Dakota State (6-2) has won four straight matches, sweeping its three contests at the Gonzaga Tournament last weekend in Spokane, Wash., before knocking off North Dakota 3-0 in its home opener on Tuesday. SDSU middle Kelli Fiegen recently picked up Summit League Defensive Player of the Week honors after a strong weekend out west in which she recorded 23 total blocks and earned tournament MVP. Friday will mark the fourth meeting between the Phoenix and the Jackrabbits, with Green Bay holding a 2-1 edge in the all-time series. The last meeting came on Sept. 5, 2010 when the Phoenix picked up a 3-2 victory on a neutral court in Ames, Iowa.
Bradley (5-2) started the season with five consecutive wins, but has since dropped two straight. The Braves picked up the tournament title at the season-opening North Carolina Central Invitational in Durham, N.C., before posting a 2-1 record at the Milwaukee Panther Invite last weekend. The Braves most recently fell to Saint Louis 3-1 in their home opener on Tuesday. Green Bay and Bradley have not met since 2000 when the Braves swept the Phoenix 3-0. Bradley has controlled the all-time series with the Phoenix, owning a 5-0 record.
Green Bay is coming off a strong showing at the UND Classic last weekend, posting a 2-1 record with wins over Stephen F. Austin and South Dakota. Senior Brittany Groth (Oak Creek, Wis.) earned all-tournament honors after corralling 61 digs, while junior Lyndsay Zabkowicz (Oak Creek, Wis.) had a career weekend on the outside that included a 22-kill effort against SFA.
Phoenix head coach Debbie Kirch joined host Ryan Hartwig on Wednesday for this week's episode of Match Point. The two recapped Green Bay's successful trip to North Dakota, talked about some standout individual performances and previewed the upcoming Jackrabbit Invitational. To watch this week's show, click here.
The Phoenix has demonstrated strong defensive play to start the 2012 campaign, leading the Horizon League in two of the major statistical categories. Green Bay is tops in blocks (2.12) and digs (18.54) per set, registering 51 total blocks and 445 digs in 24 sets played.
Groth currently leads all Horizon League players with 5.96 per set. Her league-best 143 digs in 24 sets played is 14 ahead of Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Taylor Root from Valpo, who has 129 in 27 sets (4.78). The senior registered 61 digs in the UND Classic over the weekend and was named to the all-tournament team, and earlier this year broke Green Bay's record for digs in a three-set match (29, Aug. 25 vs. Auburn). For her efforts, she was named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week for the fourth time in her career on Aug. 27.
Groth now has 1,314 career digs, good for fifth on Green Bay's all-time list, and will need 476 more to pass Megan Elfering (2005-08) as the school's career leader. As a junior in 2011 she set the school record for digs in a season with 659 - 82 more than Elfering's 577 in 2008 - and her 5.78 digs per set average ranked ninth among all NCAA Division I players.
Zabkowicz knocked home a career-high 22 kills in Green Bay's 3-2 win over Stephen F. Austin in the opening match of the UND Classic last Friday. The total broke her previous career-best of 18, which she achieved her freshman season in a contest at Milwaukee. The junior leads the Phoenix with 78 kills - a figure that ranks fifth among Horizon League players.
Senior Carmen Leitermann (Schofield, Wis.) is in the top 10 in the Horizon League in two categories, ranking fifth (.324) in hitting percentage and eighth (0.79) in blocks per set. She recorded the league's top individual hitting percentage effort against Auburn (Aug. 25) when she hit .545, registering 13 kills on 22 swings. With nine so far in 2012, Leitermann has moved into second on Green Bay's all-time solo blocks list with 85 (97, Marie Kaland, 1992-95), and also ranks eighth on the school's total blocks list (292).
Leah Poel (Jenison, Mich.) has recorded five straight double-doubles (assists and digs), averaging nearly 10 assists per set and 3.67 digs per set in the last five matches. She notched season highs in both categories in Friday's win over Stephen F. Austin, totaling 51 assists and 18 digs. She then celebrated her 20th birthday on Saturday by totaling 64 assists and 26 digs in the final two contests (six sets) of the UND Classic.
The Phoenix is in the midst of its longest road stretch of the season, playing nine straight away from home after opening the season with the Green Bay/Country Inn & Suites Tournament at the Kress Center Aug. 24-25. The team's next home match is set for Sept. 21 when it hosts Cleveland State to open Horizon League competition.
Following the Jackrabbit Invitational the Phoenix will head to its fourth and final tournament of the regular season, the Davidson Wildcat Classic on Sept. 14-15 in Davidson, N.C. Green Bay will face a trio of unfamiliar foes from the state of North Carolina, meeting North Carolina Central, High Point and Davidson for the first times in school history.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by RipBillupsRJC, Jul 2, 2009.
I'll take that bet.
you're on
I'll hold the money. I think you'll owe our new friend Harry 30 bucks.
WARNING!!!!! I will be wearing this thread out with about 2000 trade scenario's for Tayshaun Prince. I like Tay, I really do, I sincerely appreciate EVERYTHING he brings to the team, noticed and unnoticed, but Tay is what Tay is. Every year we watch Tay bring it in the 1st&2nd rd of the PO's, but then in the ECF's he dissappears, or does he, what it boils down too is that Tay can not deliver at a high level against the best. When Bos and Clev played in '08, LeBron handed it to Paul Pierce, but you know what, Paul handed it right back. Tay can't hand it back and he damn sho' can't stop the better wing players in the league. Rip on the other hand will still get you 18ppg against the best of the best compared to Tay's 4pts on 1-8 shooting. I'd rather take my chances of Rip at the three than Tay from here on out.
Could the fact that Tay has not had a backup in the last five years have anything to do with his effectiveness after 92 games?? If he were able to play NBA minutes instead of Ironman minutes would it make a difference?? Is it worth finding out?
Tay has had backups. He had Delfino, Hermann and Jarvis Hayes. He's simply not built to go 12 rounds.
It may come down to which player (Rip or Tay) garners more interest around the league.... one thing we know for certain, Tay is not going to slow down Lebron or Pierce at SF (not excluding the idea of Tay at SG). Joe needs to be careful to build a cohesive unit... a team full of scorers does not necessairly translate into W's... we'll still need facilitators and defenders... possibly role specialists (in the mold of Afflalo and Tay). We can find a Chandler type for cheap (a young Ben Wallace with no offensive skills does exist)... Hopefully Summers fits the role of a physical defensive SF that we've been lacking (in time).
Hey Merc. Just an observation. Maybe it's me but with Sheed signing the Bigs are vanishing pretty quick. I'm thinking the idea of having Tay's wingspan and playoff experience on board might be causing some GM's to start thinking 3 way deals..Dumars might find himself in an interesting and enviable position sooner than anyone thought.
Hey, G, you actually may be onto something. It would be interesting if Tay could bring something significant in a trade.
That's something that needs to be addressed if we keep him. If he is hurt then getting healthy for the playoffs has to be more important than that streak.
That's such CRAP!!! (Not to you personally, but to that BS that they (the Org) keeps tryingto sell). Tay is good, but when the stakes get high his peers turn him into their little personal U-No-Whut!!!! He can't compete with or against the best; and once you get to the Conf Finals or Finals, you're going to be playing against the best. My Main Man Merc, I don't expect ANYBODY to slow them dudes down, hell they can't slow each other down. It's why I have so much respect for Paul Pierce, NOBODY can check him and he knows it, Bron and Kobe may go off, but with Pierce- You Gon Take back what'chu brought!!! Is it unreasonable to expect a player to get theirs against their opponent, not buckle, and get they U-No-Whut handed to them. I'm picking up what you laying down on that one buddy. I'm starting to think that Kwame, if surrounded by a really good cast can do that. Looking at Tyson's #'s, I don't think he's really that much better than Kwame in the absence of CP3.
The only way to defend an elite player is double teams (and hope their teammates can't get off) or make them work at the defensive end by bringing your own offensive game. Tay rarely takes his offensive game to anyone, and thus is constantly having to play catch up on defense. I can't remember the last time he won his matchup against a 1st tier NBA player. And that is why he will not be an All-Star. You can't consistently score B+es and expect to make the list of A students.
And that's why he should go somewhere else, we need 1 more scorer, because I'm not betting the team on Stuckey "Taking" the next step. I more front court scorer would do us some good. WHICH IS WHY I'M PROPOSING THIS: 3 Team deal (Detroit / Portland / Utah) Detroit Sends Tay to Portland and Maxiel & Daye (deal sweetner) to Utah. Detroit gets back Travis Outlaw & Carlos Boozer, and we're still under the cap by $4M, enough to sign somebody like Gooden/Dyess/Frye/Baby/Powe etc etc. Por gets their Vet SF and still has about $6M to go after a PG, Utah saves $6M (to sign Millsap), gets a backup PF, and a young SF. And every contract we aquired in the trade is an expiring one.
especially when you're actually getting straight B-minuses. i always thought the tayshaun prince all-star chatter was never warranted. he's always been a slightly above average glue guy type. it's not glamorous, but you need guys like that on a team. for $10 mil a year, not so much. it's funny though how every year the analysts talk about tayshaun prince being an underrated, below the radar, good defense type about to break out into an all-star. somebody please tell the teleprompter guy to delete that this year... it's a weird phenomenon, you call a guy underrated enough times and soon enough he's overrated.
NOW THAT! Will earn you some forum street cred!!!!
KG, there ya go makin' sense again. Surely Bron and P.P. will make N.E.1 in the association look inferior... it's still Joe's obligation to impeed their progress... Tay has been... uh... like tossing tissue at a Bull. I still really like Tay's value to the team from an intellegence and length standpoint... I just want to see him for a stretch at SG... if it doesn't work then shut my mouf and move on. I'm with you on the Kwame vs Chandler thing... sometime shot blocking can be overrated... how well does Chandler hold back the power guys? If you tuned in to League pass at the end of the year you would have seen a less than mobile T.C.... if he ain't mobile then he's a lump of wasted cap space.... if T.C. is plan C and this is what we have to do then so beit.
Those are my thoughts, literally word for word. lol
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