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Del-Ton, Inc. AR-15 16" Pre-Ban Flat Top Barrel Assembly
I have everything to build an m4 except for a barreled upper.
The BCG is a chromed RRA kit.
What kind of deals are out there for an upper assembly that won't break my wallet?
Del-Ton, Inc. AR-15 16" Pre-Ban Flat Top Barrel Assembly
ds arms has a very nice 16" m4 upper and barrel that is nitrite treated.
the barrel is $159 and the upper is $275
a chrome lined 1-7" twist 4150CV steel m4 upper from DSA is $325. AR15 Lowers & Uppers-D S Arms
gunnys has the a2 surplus upper for $325 might be a deal--if it ain't been worn down to the bone by a bunch of careless boots--
ALPHA SHOOTING SPORTS these guys have barrels and uppers --they sometimes have complete m4 uppers on sale.
JSE and delton also have good prices on uppers and barrels.
the best deal on a m4 upper without a bolt-carrier and charging handle is the DS arms nitride m4 for $275 IMHO that 1-9" nitride barrel should last virtually forever being super hard and be considerably rust-proofed. it is a hell of a piece of kit for the $$
all of these outfits sell/make good gear so it is a really just a matter of what you want.
Daniel Defense 16" 5.56 1:7 Carbine Barrel
this is a very good barrel if you want all the mall-ninja chart goodies and don't want to pay full-mall ninja prices and can roll your own. thick hard chrome lining in the bore 1-7" twist, 4150CV steel and the big defense contractor name!
they also have the excellent daniel defense bolt carrier group for $139 and that is the cheapest any were on that.
i have used a few of these barrels and bolts and their first class. the barrels though might need a port enlargement to run with wolf or other soft ammo.
Wow thanks a lot guys much appreciated.
I am a little leery of buying del ton. They seem to be like a tapco sort of company; mass produced and of "just good enough to go" quality.
so del-ton hardly a 'tapco".
the only thing i don't care much for is their bolt carrier groups. and even then they may be fine and the same as everybody else mill spec and so on. if i had one i would check the stake on the key and run the snot out of it!
i would think a del-ton upper would run and shoot as well as any bodys. i built a middy with one of their barrels and it runs great and very accurate.
if i was going to run a del-ton made upper i would get it with no bolt carrier group. then put in a LMT, DD or cmt made rock river/stag bolt carrier group--besides they only cost a little more and are a devil i know--LOL!
so del-ton is pretty darn good it is just the DS A's are better for the money right now.
the only thing about DS arms is your dealing directly with the factory sometimes they ship in a few days and sometimes it takes longer. two weeks+ it is worth it though just to get the n2 treated barrel.
you might ought to look at DS a" middy length upper it is n2 treated and is fluted for $300 there are some advantages to a middy gas set up. and it is worth the extra $25 unless your dead set on a m4--
Plus if you call Del-Ton you get to talk to the babes on the phone- I love that Carolina accent. Ha Ha
Once again thanks for the great information. I've really looked into the JSE surplus carbines and they look like a good buy. Though I'm definitely going to try out a del ton sooner or later.
it really just depends on what your budget is and how much you going to build yourself.
if you want the closest to the mall ninja god-chart you could build the daniel defense barrel. it will cost a little more. but is a very good piece of kit.
i think the big thing is if you want a 1-9" twist rate of a 1-7"
personally i think with wolf putting out 75gr ammo it would be worth the few extra bucks to get an upper with 1-7" twist rate.
of course i say that and i have several 1-9" barrels and they shoot perfectly fine and some 1-9" twist barrels will stabilize 75gp slugs perfectly well.
so there is a decent chance that the 16" will do OK with the longer 75 bullets.
i will say though that the few 1-9" barrels that shot the 75gr slugs well were 20" length.
i haven't tried the 75s in 16",14'5, or 11.5 1-9" barrels yet.
so consider the ammo your thinking of running and get the set up that best matches it.


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After applying for a position or two on learn4good, I was contacted by a Chinese woman with the name of Yolanda Wang. Her email address is from hotmail and I'm only including all details for relevancies sale.
We discussed a bit through email before arranging a Skype interview and we were able to do so with no major issues.
The company website that she gave me is:
After browsing the site in Chinese the English site appears to be the below:
After the successful Skype interview, it was said that the next step included sending a copy of my passport and some daily photos of myself.
Before sending this information (and I still haven't) I emailed her and asked for a photocopy of her China identification card and office address. She promptly sent both the front and back of her card, have me an office address for a location in Beijing and a phone number.
So my question is, does anyone know anything about the person or company (Beijing Zhirui Hudong International Culture Exchange) I'm talking with? I'd really like any help that anyone has on the matter. Just for the record I'm not calling her a fraud, I just want to be safe and verify.
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The dates for the 2013 Carolina Tennis Camps have been announced. Head coaches Sam Paul and Brian Kalbas will serve as camp directors.
Dates for 2013 are as follows:
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|The thing to invest in is the fuel cells that we will soon be using to power our elctric boat motors.
Originally Posted by lporcano View Post
.........Commercial ships are now using wind power through kites.............
Does sort of explain what has happened to that expensive imported lamp I ordered for my wife:
Gee, Mr. Selkirk, we're real sorry, but the kite pulling the ship your lamp was on pulled it a little off course and it went aground on Christmas Island. Oh, no, sir, your lamp's just fine! It's just, well, it's just on Christmas island, that's all. Soon as the next monsoon hits we'll get 'er pulled off and try again.......
I think of it like this: Electric motors run on coal. IMHO, more specifically, electric cars (or boats) get charged somewhere and it costs money to do that charging. If we start plugging our electric drives into shore power, for sure we'll start seeing marinas charge extra for sailboats with electric drives.
Hybrid cars make sense because of all the breaking that they do. Recapturing that energy makes sense. For boats, I think the equivalent is the extra sail power you have up once you reach hull speed. So, for "old shoe" designs that don't really plane, the extra energy is there to recharge batteries from the prop moving through the water. Owners of sailboats with more modern designs, which get extra speed from planing or partially planing, would be less inclined to want hybid drives since it would slow them down. Also remove from this group those "old shoe" designs that are used for living aboard, since they have their own power needs and are less inclined to have the ability to charge engine batteries, especially when (mostly) sitting on the hook.
The other category would be infrequently used sailboat engines that have solar panels to make a dent in the needed charging, and don't go far from home. I picture these as "non-docked solar day sailors", since it's far easier to store energy (motoring distance) as gas or diesel than as batterines -- I'musing 10 miles as the range, pick another number if you want. Since day sailors seem to be the most likely to incorporate modern hull designs that can exceed theoretical hull speed, they are stuck with solar or extension cord charging. If you are at a dock, it's far easier (lighter weight, cheaper) to charge from the power grid (coal) that solar.
So in terms of investment, where it makes sense is with electric drives on sailboats are:
1) old shoe designs that are not at a dock and not live-aboards, capturing prop charging (hybrid drives)
2) any sailboat that doesn't go far from home and is either
2a) infrequently used (solar charging) or
2b) at a dock (coal-based charging) (using edison batteries, see below)
and let's add in this one too...
3) any sailboat that does go far (>10 miles) from home, which has a generator
So I'd invest in making those options viable for people. For #1 that means businesses that retrofit older boats with hybrid systems. For #2 and #3 that means simple, inexpensive, lightweight electric engines and battery systems.
While I'm taking up space on your screen, I'm actually thinking 1) that hybrid sailboats need to use the weight of lead-acid batteries to their advantage with a battery keel. If you are really revamping sailboat designs, use that 8,000 pounds I have as a place to energy storage. That would change the equation a lot by giving you tons of motoring distance.
And 2) that edison battery technology be used along with lead-acid batteries(or any other type of battery that doesn't have many charge-dischage cycles). The edison battery would be used for the first part of discharge and the lead-acid is used for the infrequent final part of discharge. This utilizes the best characteristics of both:
Edison battery: near-infinite charge/discharge cycles, 2% power loss per day, short term overcharging possible in more sophisticated designs.
Lead Acid: very few charge/discharge cycles, 0% power loss per day, no overcharging possible.
All this is IMHO, of course. Hope this helps.
I'd be moe interested about using these "hybrid" lithium batteries for my house bank. There was a thread some time ago about this but I can't be bothered going searching for it.
I was at that time led to understand that these batteries could seriously revolutionise electricity (other than electric drives) on boats. What has anyone to conribute to that aspect (or does that constitute thread hijacking?)
Originally Posted by casioqv View Post
I disagree- I use an electric drive system on my C22 and it works awesome. Total cost was about $500 for an 82lb thrust saltwater trolling motor, 2 large deep cycle batteries, and a promariner 3 channel shore charger. Total weight is about as much as a motor and fuel tank, but the batteries are near the keel instead of the transom. I don't know the full battery life (never ran them dead), but it move the boat at 3-4 knots for many hours. I use it only for docking and for pointing windward when raising and lowering the sails.
What boat do you have exactly. Catalina 22, what is the displacement?
What motor do you have?
What batteries do you have?
What is the longest you have run on battery?
What water are you in? lake, current, tides how much?
Sorry about all the questions. Inquiring minds want to know?
Did this really work out cheaper than an outboard?
Sounds like everything should work out ok.
ArgleBargle is going to put his money where his mouth is.
If he is right and makes a ton of money he can buy his new battery powered 35 footer even if it cost more.
Sounds fair to me.
Good luck ArgleBargle and if we are racing don't even think of spinning that prop even if it too quiet to hear.
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I have stated this so many times. The watt is a power unit, not an energy unit. Watts per hour is a nonsense unit.
|Watts/Schmatts.....................Yanmar/Battery............Ya know what kills electric powered sailboats? Marketing. They have to market to the lowest common denominator and that's the person who asks, "Yeah, but how to we get home if the wind quits and we're 20 miles from home? Who's going to feed the dogs at home?.................I think we should get one with an engine."
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Oregon Focus: State Symbols: Animal
About the beaver
The legislature in 1969 officially named the beaver as Oregon's state animal.
The beaver is found in most of the larger streams and rivers in Oregon and in high mountain lakes. Laws protected the beaver after overtrapping in Oregon's early days took a tremendous toll on the then abundant population. Trappers were supplying a booming trade in beaver skins for markets in Europe and the eastern United States seeking stylish top hats and similar products. Beavers in the Northwest were large -- averaging 60 inches from tip to tip and had a fine-haired pelt. The skins were valued at $2.50 to $4 each in 1834, and the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver alone received 98,288 skins that year. Beaver pelt served as currency among Native Americans, trappers, and traders at the time.
The beaver is the largest of the North American rodents. It has a broad, flat tail, and large, fully webbed hind feet. The toes are strong with long nails, one notched to serve as a combing claw. The front feet are handlike, unwebbed with claws adapted for digging. The beaver's short powerful legs make it a graceful swimmer, but on land it is slow and awkward. It has small beady eyes that are protected from injury by a transparent membrane. Its hearing is very keen even though its ears are small. Valves in its ears can be closed to keep out water. The beaver's front teeth, which grow continually, are long and sharp. Constant use keeps them from becoming too long. Its lips can be closed behind the teeth so it can gnaw underwater.
Beaver dams create ponds that retain water during the hot, dry summer and provide habitat for many species of wildlife.
Suggestions for teachers
Ask students to:
Discuss why the beaver was chosen as the state animal. Write stories and draw pictures.
Listen to stories about the beaver's habitat and the way it lives.
Draw pictures of beaver dams and houses.
View the state flag with a beaver on the reverse.
Discuss why beavers were in great demand in the 1800s, how they almost went extinct, and why they were later protected.
Visit a beaver pond if one is nearby. Look for wood that is gnawed by a beaver and shows tooth marks.
Invite a naturalist to talk to the class about beavers.
Learn more about beavers on the Web. Assign topics to research, such as habitat, dam building, benefits and disruption by dams, lodges, and commercial use.


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Well, I wouldn't've bought a Fobus in the first place.
Why put a $300.00 gun into a $30.00 holster? Worse, some people put $600.00 guns into $30.00 holsters.
If you know the (very simple) trick, you can snatch somebody's Fobus-carried pistol, holster and all, right off of his body with one quick movement. Those rivets don't work very well.


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as a Sophomore (2012): All-MAC Second Team honoree ... rated the No. 89 upperclassman in the nation, accoring to Top Drawer Soccer ... started all 22 matches at center back ... flicked home his first career goal and game-winner against SIU-Edwardsville (Aug. 31) at the Creighton Tournament ... also recorded his first assist in a 2-1 win against West Virginia (Oct. 20) ... helped the Zips generate 16 shutouts, including eight straight from Sept. 14 to Oct. 16 ... it was the second-highest total in school history and tied for the 13th-highest total in NCAA history ... Zips, who allowed one of fewer goals in 21 of 22 matches overall, also recorded a consecutive shutout streak of six matches from Oct. 23 to Nov. 11.
as a Freshman (2011): College Soccer News Freshman All-American ... rated the No. 6 freshman in the country by Top Drawer Soccer ... All-MAC Second Team selection ... named to All-Ohio team ... started all 22 games his appeared in ... began the season at center back ... move to defensive midfield in the regular-season finale at Florida Atlantic (Nov. 6) solidified the starting lineup for UA's postseason run ... named to Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week (Oct. 17).
Prior to Akron: 10th-ranked recruit in the nation and a five-star prospect, according to Top Drawer Soccer ... captain of the U.S. U-18 Youth National Team ... also a member of the U-20s ... Parade All-American ... four-time all-state honoree ... three-time team captain at the N.Y. Red Bulls Academy (U-16, U-17 and U-18) ... won three state cup championships, one regional championship and a national title ... also won three straight high school state championships at Kinnelon HS.
Personal: Born March 10, 1993 ... parents are Luis and Sandra Gallego ... has an older sister, Andrea ... is fluent in Spanish ... majoring in sports management.


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Spinach Sole Roll-Ups RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
"This is an unusual but delicious combination of ingredients," says Dixie Terry of Goreville, Illinois. "For a great company meal, I serve it with a chilled green bean salad and sliced French bread that's been spread with butter and dried basil, then baked. A strawberry ice cream pie makes a delicious dessert."
Recommended: 42 Recipes to Boost Your Vitamin D
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen leaf spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1/2 cup sliced green onions
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1-1/4 pounds sole fillets
- Lemon-pepper seasoning
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) stewed tomatoes, undrained
- In a small bowl, combine the spinach, onions and sour cream. Spread into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.
- Cut sole fillets into 6-in. x 2-in. strips; carefully roll up and secure with toothpicks. Place over spinach mixture. Sprinkle with lemon-pepper. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- In a saucepan, combine cornstarch and water until smooth. Gradually add tomatoes. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Discard toothpicks from roll-ups. Spoon tomato sauce over roll-ups and spinach mixture. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Spinach Sole Roll-Ups in Quick Cooking September/October 2005, p20
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By Nik Brumsack
Arsène Wenger believes his strikers' versatility gives him plenty of options in the centre forward role.
Summer signings Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski have both enjoyed success up front, while Wenger has also deployed Gervinho, Marouane Chamakh and Theo Walcott in the position this season.
And Wenger says he will pick players in positions where they are of most use to the team.
"I believe it's important to have potential central strikers," he said.
"We have Walcott, Podolski, of course Gervinho can play through the middle. We still have Giroud and Chamakh so it's good to have plenty of players who want to play there and [can] be capable to play there."
- Wenger was speaking at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where the Club opened a Lung Function Unit - a legacy from Arsenal's partnership with GOSH during the 2009/10 season


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Posted by Richard Fichera on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on August 12, 2010
I've been getting a number of inquiries recently regarding benchmarking potential savings from consolidating multiple physical servers onto a smaller number of servers using VMs, usually VMware. The variations in the complexity of the existing versus new infrastructures, operating environments, and applications under consideration make it impossible to come up with consistent rules of thumb, and in most cases, also make it very difficult to predict with any accuracy what the final outcome will be absent a very tedious modeling exercise.
However, the major variables that influence the puzzle remain relatively constant, giving us the ability to at least set out a framework to help analyze potential consolidation projects. This list usually includes:


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Three teams of youngsters from Arsenal in the Community's Premier League 4 Sport volleyball programme enjoyed success last week during the annual PL4S London Volleyball Invitational Cup.
Hosted at Brentwood County High School in Essex, in partnership with Volleyball England and the Chelsea FC Foundation, the tournament brought together fellow London clubs Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United for the half-term boys and girls tournament.
Each club brought up to three teams to the tournament – all of Arsenal's teams did the Club proud with the older group of girls winning their competition outright and the younger group performing admirably to finish in a respectable fifth place.
The boys group, meanwhile, finished in third place in their competition – a great effort considering they were competing against two far more experienced teams. The event, which combined participants from both the Camden and Clapton clubs, will act as a useful warm-up ahead of the PL4S National Volleyball Tournament in July.
Alesandra, who was playing in her first Arsenal volleyball tournament, commented: "It was really good fun playing volleyball. Representing Arsenal was great and it was nice to play against our other local rivals. We played with a new team and I think we did well and got better as the day went on. It was obviously really nice to win as well!"
Zak Wooster, Chelsea Foundation PL4S Coordinator and host added: "A tournament involving different Premier League teams always has a special feel about it as the young people want to win and play well to show they are proud representing their teams.
"This event was extra special as it was the first time that all four Clubs had competed together and the standard of play was fantastic to watch. Rees Warren [of the Chelsea Foundation] did a brilliant job organising the day which saw over 56 girls and boys play in a friendly yet competitive way. Congratulations to Arsenal Girls for winning their event as well."
Arsenal PL4S Volleyball currently runs sessions out of three schools of which anyone can attend:
Tuesdays - Holloway School, Islington - 3.30-5.30pm
Wednesdays - Camden School for Girls - 4.30-6.00pm
Saturdays – Clapton School, Hackney – 1.30-3.30pm
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Deluxe Ham Balls RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
Whenever I serve these saucy baked ham balls to guests, they ask me for the recipe. It's one I've had for many years and is a great use for leftover ham. I love to entertain, and know I can count on these ham balls to be a hit.
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3/4 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 pound ground fully cooked ham
- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup white vinegar
- 1/3 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- Hot cooked rice
- In a bowl, combine the eggs, milk, bread crumbs and onion. Crumble ham and pork over mixture; mix well. Shape into 1-1/4-in. balls. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.
- In a saucepan, combine the pineapple, brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce and ginger. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour over ham balls.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 160°. Serve over rice. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Deluxe Ham Balls in Country Woman March/April 2000, p29
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As a general rule, I don't use anything to clean or lube my guns which isn't sold as a gun cleaner/lubricant. It's usually not a problem for the guns as much as it might be for the ammo. If a cleaner/lube is highly penetrative, it might have a negative affect on your ammo in the long-term.
[rant] I honestly don't understand the endless search some folks perpetuate to find the "best" cleaner or "best" lube. We have 20 different products of each that work just fine, but these people gotta try this "green" cleaner, and that "orange" cleaner, and the latest high-speed/low-drag use-only-a-dab-for-20-years synthetic lube. So what if you find something "better"; what's it gonna save you, 10, 20 seconds per cleaning, at the most? I've also seen some plastic or aluminum gun parts ruined or permanently stained/marked by folks using brake cleaner or similar crap. I swear... [rant off]
Where was I?
Oh yes, cleaning solvent/lube choices. Go to your favorite gunshop, or even WalMart. Find the aisle with gun cleaning kits. Buy one. Alternative: buy whatever the military is using, or it's commercial equivalent. I use Break Free CLP on all my guns. Started using it in when I was in the service. It works fine. Not the fastest, not the bestest, not the slickest, just slightly better than average. But it also works well in extreme cold, which is important to me because of where I live.
In most cases, any light non-detergent machine oil can be used to prevent rust and lubricate a gun. My dad used sewing-machine oil for decades; never had a problem. Don't goop it up; a light coating is best, and wipe-off/reclean/relube as needed. In a damp environment, regular cleaning/relubing will be needed more often with ANY product, so it really doesn't matter WHAT you use, in my opinion.
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hehe, so excited. but i dunt wanna start from scratch ..
had a level 61 priest, but dlted acc after it went p2p >< ARGHS! but oh well,
i think pristontale will be good again because you won't have to pay^^
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Kentucky Registers 15 Blocks in 3-1 Win over Alabama
Oct. 27, 2013
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – A comeback victory in the fourth set capped by two of 15th-ranked Kentucky's season-high 15 blocks propelled the Wildcats to a 3-1 (25-17, 25-23, 18-25, 25-20) victory over Alabama Sunday afternoon at Memorial Coliseum. Three players registered six or more block assists in the victory including a career-high eight from senior Whitney Billings. Sophomore Sara Schwarzwalder matched her with eight, and senior Alexandra Morgan totaled six.
The Wildcats (15-5, 7-2 Southeastern Conference) were down 16-15 in the fourth set to the Crimson Tide (17-6, 5-4 SEC) before coming back to score the next three points and four of the final five points to seal the win.
"I'm real proud of our kids," UK head coach Craig Skinner said. "I thought we went soft in set three and Alabama played well. To completely reverse that and play as tough as we did at the end says something about the character of this group. So, proud of them."
UK outhit Alabama in three of the four frames and recorded a 15-5 advantage in blocks, including 5-0 scores in the first and fourth sets. In the match, the Blue and White hit .330 with 55 kills, while the Tide hit .195 with 54 kills. Kentucky will hit the road for a pair of tough conference road tests next. UK will take on Arkansas on Friday, Nov. 1 and visit 11th-ranked and undefeated Missouri on Sunday.
"Alabama's a good team and they're tough and they keep coming at you," Skinner added. "They got us on our heels set three and at the beginning of set four, so we needed to dig down and produce. When you're able to do that and able to execute and get kills when you needed it, it is an emotional sport."
Morgan led the Wildcats with 14 kills with a match high .619 hitting clip. Billings had 12 kills in addition to her eight blocks. Schwarzwalder had 10 kills on .600 hitting reaching double-figure kills for the second time in three matches. Junior Lauren O'Conner posted 11 kills and added four blocks.
"I saw a little extra in her today," Skinner said of Morgan. "With her aggressiveness in attacking and aggressiveness blocking, that's the Zan we need to see day in and day out. But she's such a presence, such a factor over there every team has to pay attention to her. When she produces like that, it makes us all better."
Freshman Anni Thomasson had 10 digs to go along with six kills, while redshirt freshman Kelsey Wolf made her first career start and registered two digs. Sophomore setter Morgan Bergren led the match with 47 assists in addition to contributing four digs, two blocks and two kills. Junior libero Jackie Napper posted a match-high 12 digs in the win.
UK tallied a 25-17 win in the first set on the strengths of a .520 hitting percentage and five blocks. The Wildcats had 15 kills in the frame and held the Crimson Tide to zero blocks, while the Tide hit .200 with 14 kills. Kentucky was led by Morgan's five kills on just five attempts and four blocks. O'Conner added four kills, while Schwarzwalder contributed three. UK had an early 4-2 lead in the set, but Alabama rallied to take a 7-4 lead. Kentucky responded by scoring seven of the next eight points for an 11-8 advantage. The Tide got within two at 13-11, but the Blue and White would not let it get any closer and scored seven of the last 10 points to secure the win.
Billings posted a set-high-tying five kills in the second set with a set-high .556 hitting clip to lead Kentucky to a 25-23 victory in the second frame. Schwarzwalder added three kills and three blocks. The Wildcats, who had 13 kills and hit .250, held the Crimson Tide to a .100 hitting percentage with 13 kills. The frame featured four lead changes and eight ties, with the last even score coming at 19-19. That's when UK registered three straight blocks – with Schwarzwalder assisting on all three and Billings on two – to take a 22-19 lead. Alabama fought back to get it within one three times, but with a 24-23 lead, a kill from Morgan was the set winner.
The 25-20 win for the Wildcats in the fourth set came in comeback fashion. UK trailed 16-15, but rallied to score the next three points to take an 18-16 lead. Kentucky and Alabama traded points until, at 21-19, the Blue and White notched four of the final five points to claim the match. Billings posted four kills in the frame as UK hit .355 with 14 kills, compared to Alabama's .189 hitting clip and 15 kills. For the third set in the match, the Wildcats outblocked the Crimson Tide, with a 5-0 advantage in the final stanza. Billings and Schwarzwalder each accounted for three block assists.
The Wildcats suffered a 25-18 defeat in the third set, in which the Crimson Tide out-hit them .381-.222 and registered three blocks to UK's two. While Kentucky had 13 kills to Alabama's 12, UA had four service aces, while UK had none. Morgan's four kills led UK and O'Conner had two blocks. The Wildcats were down 4-2, but responded with four of the next five points to take a 6-5 lead. Alabama scored the next three points to take an 8-6 lead they would never yield.
Kentucky's Memorial Coliseum will play host to the NCAA Regionals Dec. 13-14. UK is one of four sites selected for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight matchups with one team advancing to the Final Four in Seattle, Wash., from the Lexington Region. This marks the second time in three seasons Memorial Coliseum will host this premier volleyball event.
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Mircea Dan Geoana, the former President of the Romanian Senate will reflect on new, global connections in his public address as part of the Future of Diplomacy Project's International Speaker Series.He is the President of the Aspen Institute Romania since 2006, and member of the board of Aspen Institute US, Aspen Italia and Aspen Germany. He remains a Romanian Senator and served as Chairman of the Romanian Social-Democrat Party (PSD) between 2005 and 2010 and the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Romanian Senate and member in the European Integration Joint Committee of the Romanian Parliament. In January 2006, he was elected Chairman of the Socialist International Committee for South-Eastern Europe.
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In response to numerous mainstream journos and the lack of critique I am forwarding my own thesis on this matter.
The conclusion of the conclusions is this,
Now let us move on,I am calling most F2P advocates as hypocrites and cheap ass gamers that pay for low quality MMOs or don't pay at all and then feel entitled about the "current state of MMOs".
Can you stop being cheap?
Societies deserve to have what they have - you deserve the police you have, you deserve the government you have, you deserve the politicians you have. Same thing with games.
Let us now have a closer look at the F2P market since it is the dominant force right now. The F2P supporters have always claimed that most people that play F2P are unemployed or low on income. That has been their thesis since the first day to draw more crowd away from the subscription model. "10-15 dollars a month is too much and most people given these circumstances cannot afford it", "You don't have to pay 10-15 dollars per month anymore to access the full game", "Forget subscription. It is dead" were positions widely accepted and commonly shared.
Considering how attractive and profitable the F2P model has become, if their positions were true or bared any truth that mean that since most are not unable to pay a sub on that amount then that meant most would not be able to pay any money on a F2P MMO. If we follow now the chain on this logic and translate it to numbers and thus percentages, it would mean that a 10% percent of the market, the "whale culture" as the industry calls them, would be enough to fund each F2P MMO.
However that whale culture would have to spend enough to cover monthly costs (all employees wages and payrolls, maintenance, technicians, cust**** support assistant, developers, servers, ect) which is not true. And it is not true because we do already know that every 1 out of 2 players gives a X amount of dollars per month and interesting enough (who would have thought eh?) that same player will definitely spend more money on a F2P game yearly than he would have spend on a subscription MMO.
It is also a given fact that mainly in Europe and NA, F2P MMOrpgs have got extremely low population. "Dead servers", "Ghost towns", "Full of hackers, bots and goldsellers" is indeed not only a very common perception but it has started to become an expectation of the free-to-play industry. Regardless of that and taken into account the revenues of the F2P sphere of influence, it is a logical fallacy to believe that a few "whales" in all F2P MMOrpgs are not only millionaires and billionaires but the primarily force for covering every single's F2P MMOrpg daily, monthly and yearly costs and hence the multi-million/billion empire.
As far as the demographics of this F2P playerbase, the information is simple and clear; the majority is not unemployed or on low income; the majority or alternatively "casuals" are usually family-oriented or workaholic individuals who do not have enough time to invest on a hardcore content driver MMO, and prefer to spend a few hours here and there on a standard F2P game.
In addition, I personally do not know millions or billions of unemployed or low-on-income players who can afford to maintain a medium-gaming ring including hidden costs (electricity, ect) but not afford a 10-15 payment per month on a sub-MMO.
So who the hell is this apparent vocal minority of not being able to afford a monthly sub?
They are freeriders and freeloaders, the jumping-wagon crowd that jumps from one MMO to another MMO within the first month hence the massive exodus that is apparent these days; they are the so called "jumpers". As it stands, this vocal minority is nothing more than a plague of constant leeches who expect others to sacrifice their own income so they can play anything for free without ever giving a dime back. Until they leave and go to the next F2P game and repeat.
More than usual you find this very verbal and vocal minority when a large amount legitimate paying cust****s or MMO veterans complain about the design of an apparently "Free to play" model which is 9 out of 10 not free, and more specifically freemium or Pay to win in hardcore gamers term. What is an irony though, is that these non-paying gamers always make an effort to stigmatize the paying gamers are "gamers that do not want to pay anything and expect everything for free and expect Developers to work for free".
Next time you meet them ask them this question - "Why don't you start paying that much for once and support your beloved Developer that works extremely hard as well as its staff?" Since their position is that games are not free, then they should start putting money where their mouth is and in fact be the first ones to do so.
F2P culture apart from the evidently ridiculous community of rude kids, full-mouth brats and teenagers, it has got also negative side effects to the MMO scene as a whole. And here I explain it clearly,
Short version - If you do not support models of business that respect cust****s and give you full access of the game, you know FULL game, instead of hiding it behind paypals and paywalls; unlike great business models such as the one in League of Legends and Guild Wars 2 or any other MMO where cash shop only sells cosmetics, stop *****ing and moaning about the state of MMOs because you are the exact reason about that state.Calling ALL Developers - Your games are Sub-par
I have been playing MMOrpgs for 17 years now. I have invested in many time, effort, money, endless grind, top PVP or PVE player, hardcore or casual, Subscription/F2P/Freemium/B2P and you name it. I am a complete veteran of this genre.
This year and the previous one has been the worst year for this genre. Definitely the worse because instead of having MMOs trying to compete with the big players on the market such as World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy: A realm reborn, WildStar, Destiny, Blade & Soul, Phantasy Star Online 2 and Star Citizen and Kingdom Under Fire II we have games trying to compete with who is the more niche and how fast they can gain revenue by exploiting that niche market.
Let us have a look - Age of Wushu, Archlord 2, C9, Dragon Nest , Guild Wars 2, Firefall, Lord of the Rings, NeverWinter, Rift, Star Wars: The old republic, Swordsman Online, Tera Rising, The Secret World, Warframe and the list never drops. In fact, there are tons of F2P MMOrpgs and the problem is not that F2P exists as a business model, an alternative one to a subscription but the culture itself.
Cheap or Free does not guarantee quality. Anything good needs cash or some type of a strong long run investment. Period.
We all knew what would happen when Free 2 Play came around and mostly MMOers from the new age, were so passionate about the idea of FREE as if it meant FREEDOM and the whole mainstream press was embracing something in the same lines. What is ironical though is that the same press and new MMoers alike are steadily reaching the same conclusion - they are all reaching the same wall that old MMOers reached when the MMO market was stuck in the World of Warcraft era.
"We are bored. We need more. We want more".
And the consequences?
Reverse engineering - Instead of progressing forward to a more complete and unified MMOrpg genre it has dissected that genre into snacks and bites with incomplete PVE & PVP and hidden content through paywalls and paypals. Every single Free 2 Play MMOrpg right now is incomplete and lacks usually basic tools such as a good group finder. Progression has been backwards and that is exactly why we have got so many with disgusting graphics, generic character customization, unpolished combat and animations and bad level designs and environments. In all fronts, from story to gameplay, the F2P market will make sure that there is always going to be a core expectation missing in order to build up hype for the next generation of gamers.
Short life span - In every crisis or stale period, there are opportunities that whoever is the fastest and the smarter hits gold. Some MMOrpgs are good at doing that - filling up a hole through that particular period of stagnation; by taking advantage of the thirst of a niche MMO crowd such as the Lineage crowd with ArcheAge. Companies right now will not allow for complete MMOs to appear because there is no need to because the market is not at a good state nor competitive and there are way too many gaps.
Pipe dream – Option is good but it is not always good; when the minority dominates the majority that is unhealthy by default. Once one good subscription MMOrpg fulfils the gap in the market, the rest will get wiped, studios will close downs, jobs will be lost and so on and so forth. And there are two huge gaps - making a more refined MMOrpg of the past and making a more refined MMOrpg of that specific theme. If right now someone released the closest thing to a Skyrim multiplayer, ESO Online would go bankrupt.
Hideous purpose – F2P is all about money. Not just about money or some money. And the evidence comes from the very nature of the model ; you are just a free to play player from them; someone that plays their game for free; they do not have to listen to you, take your constructive criticism seriously; you have no authority or influence whatsoever; you are not entitled to anything. Pay2Win elements are often and if you dare to raise a voice you should not because you are not entitled to since you don't pay money to the game. Hence you should be thankful to the "whales" to spend allot of money so you can play still play that game and still play it for free. And most importantly, regardless of how much money they make, they will never rival with the quality of a sub-based MMOrpg and it is pretty self-explanatory on why that is happening.
No expectations – That is right. Since you do not pay for anything you cannot expect anything. Standards can be as low as possible, the game can be as average as possible, cust**** service can be as non-existent as possible, floods of bots, goldsellers, spammers and hackers can be as big as possible, technical mess with high lag and spikes can be as often as possible and servers can be as ghost towns as possible. As long as the "whales" spend more money, have a reason to, everything else is irrelevant.
Forceful Adaptation – When you have no options because there is a lack of competition, you are forced to adapt. If you think Star Wars is the worst Star Wars, you will still play it because there is no other Star Wars to play. That creates a culture of taking breaks and painfully playing an MMO for the sake of being an MMO or due to boredom.
This has been one of the most ludicrous (for the business), subpar (for the genre) and ridiculous state of gaming where manipulative products of P2W dominate. This is like Steam flooded with indie games to justify that PC gaming is doing good and it still has the most exclusive titles when in reality most of them are byproducts of easy, cheap and intentionally lazy development. And in that respect, MMOs have become moneycash grabbing scheme like a bad Kickstarter project.
They will never attract millions of players because they don't deserve to attract millions of players. They are not that good and they do not want to be that good either. The intention of F2P MMOrpgs is not to make a great and complete MMOrpg experience but to cater to a niche and identify the whales which in turns become a money-grabbing marathon. That is why there is no loyalty from the playerbase. That is why they are not sub-based because they can never have many subs. There not again not that good and they can flood the market just like that.
We need competition because competition drives quality.
That is my argument and right now quality is secondary. Without competition, there are no standards, everything goes, there are no expectations. The culture behind F2P is a backward step.
No one else apart from you is responsible for this sub-par quantity and quality.


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I have a S&W Walther PPK/S .380 and when I bought it it came with 2 Walther magazines and since I'm obsessive/compulsive 2 mags just weren't enough so, I HAD to buy 2 more because I have 4 mags for all my guns. The gun shop had two more so I bought them. They were made by MECGAR and are nickel plated with 7 round capacity. I thought they were identical to the Walther mags
My problem is that every time I take it to the range and install the MECGAR mags I get a failure to chamber about every other round. I have compared the 2 types closely and I can see there is a very slight difference between them. I don't have a pair of calipers to measure them but, I can see that the flanges at the top of the magazine are creating a different sized opening for the round to chamber. I wish I had a camera so you could see what I'm talking about, but I'm wondering if anyone else has also experienced this issue?


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Rapidly emerging as a transformative technology framework for storing and processing massive amounts of structured and unstructured data, Apache Hadoop plays a central role in Big Data. However, most Big Data strategies stall with IT challenges. In order to harness Big Data for competitive advantage, organizations must enable more than a handful of scarce IT specialists and expensive data scientists to access the information.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 226, August 17, 2001
- Chilkoot Programming Environment Upgrade to PE 126.96.36.199
- Meet ARSC Oceanographic Specialist, Kate Hedstrom, PhD
- Perfview Back on SV1
- Quick Tip
Chilkoot Programming Environment Upgrade to PE 22.214.171.124
On August 29, we will switch the default programming environment on chilkoot to PE22.214.171.124.
This environment is available now as PrgEnv.new, and we encourage chilkoot users to test their codes with it prior to the upgrade. Please let us know if you see any changes in performance, or detect any problems.
To compile with PE22.214.171.124, execute this command:
module switch PrgEnv PrgEnv.new
Note that the PE3.5 compilers make the best use of the SV1e processors when you set your "TARGET" environment variable to "cray-sv1". To do so, execute the following:
# csh users: setenv TARGET cray-sv1 # ksh users: export TARGET=cray-sv1
(You might put the appropriate command in your .cshrc or .profile file.)
The current default programming environment, PE 3.4, will remain available after this upgrade.
Meet ARSC Oceanographic Specialist, Kate Hedstrom, PhD
[ We're happy to welcome Kate Hedstrom to ARSC User Services. She's been in Fairbanks for about a month now, and will help ARSC provide a new level of support and collaboration to our users running ocean models.
Thanks to Kate for the following bio... ]
I have been working with Dale Haidvogel since 1988, first while working at the Institute for Naval Oceanography in Mississippi and later while at Rutgers. In that time, I worked with various ocean and sea ice models, wrote the SPEM and SCRUM user manuals, and became the local expert on grid generation, both for the finite difference and finite element ocean models. I first used the ARSC computers to run a coupled ice-ocean model of the Arctic on the Y-MP (denali) when it was new.
In the early days, we ran the model on everything from Cray COS to VMS. Since then, we have narrowed our focus to Unix. Although we had a CM-Fortran version of the model, the current version (ROMS) has been finely tuned to run well on an SGI Origin and other shared memory systems.
There are two current efforts to port ROMS to MPI, one of which is based on the NOAA Scalable Modeling System, or SMS, library. (See Newsletter #219, /arsc/support/news/hpcnews/hpcnews219/index.xml for more on SMS.) The SMS effort is being done by the FSL NOAA lab in support of Al Hermann's work. I have recently obtained that version of ROMS to run on the ARSC computers.
My current project is called SALMON I and is an ocean circulation model of Prince William Sound and some of the surrounding ocean. The work is being done in collaboration with Dave Musgrave and others over in the Institute of Marine Science at UAF. We hope to have an initial configuration running fairly soon, with plans to add higher-resolution nested grids, biology, real-time atmospheric forcing, and data assimilation in the future. SALMON II will cover Cook Inlet where things can freeze up in the winter, requiring yet another sea ice model.
Perfview Back on SV1
Profiling tools are critical for determining the most heavily used routines or loops in your code, and thus focusing your optimization efforts.
For a while now, profview has been the only tool available on the SV1, but in a new release of craytools, our old favorites are back...
To use perfview on chilkoot you need to compile with the PE 126.96.36.199 compilers, and use perftrace from craytools.188.8.131.52. Assuming you're using the default PrgEnv, here are the steps:
Load PE 188.8.131.52
module switch PrgEnv PrgEnv.new
Compile your program for perftracing
Fortran: f90 -ef -lperf -o prog prog.f C: cc -F -lperf -o prog prog.f
Run the executable (which will produce a perf.data file)
Load craytools.22.214.171.124
module unload craytools_archive module switch craytools.18.104.22.168 craytools.126.96.36.199
Examine output
Following the programming environment upgrade noted earlier, you will be able to skip step 1.
If you haven't used it, perfview is a nice tool. Among the things it will do for you:
For every subroutine, present the same statistics that "hpm" presents when run against your entire program.
Thus, for instance, you can compare the MFLOPS and Cache Hit rates for different subroutines (or use the data to test different versions of a subroutine).
Show the percentage of total CPU time consumed by each subroutine, so you can identify hot-spots and bottlenecks.
Tell you how many times each subroutine was called, the average time per call, and provide advice concerning inlining.
Let you instrument your code to obtain statistics for any code segment... for instance, for a particular loop within a subroutine.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I am rather upset, so please be nice. [[ [[ My Fortran program has variable called "sec", and I need to find [[ wherever I subtract it. The coding is not always consistent, so [[ these statements can take various forms, like: [[ [[ dtime=tstart-sec [[ dtime = tstart - sec [[ [[ I figured I'd be clever, so I tried egrep, but it didn't work. So [[ I tried grep, and got the same weird output! It's a total miss: [[ [[ morty$ egrep "-sec - sec - sec" littleprog.F tail [[ count(4) = 1 [[ write(*,*) 'parameters for ncvgtg call' [[ write(*,*) 'ncid ',ncid [[ write(*,*) 'sec: ',sec [[ write(*,*) 'Calling ncvgtg' [[ call ncvgt(ncid,dataid,start,count,data,error) [[ write(*,*) 'Finished calling ncvgtg' [[ call ncclos(ncid,error) [[ close(1) [[ close(7) [[ morty$ grep "-sec" littleprog.F tail [[ count(4) = 1 [[ write(*,*) 'parameters for ncvgtg call' [[ write(*,*) 'ncid ',ncid [[ write(*,*) 'sec: ',sec [[ write(*,*) 'Calling ncvgtg' [[ call ncvgt(ncid,dataid,start,count,data,error) [[ write(*,*) 'Finished calling ncvgtg' [[ call ncclos(ncid,error) [[ close(1) [[ close(7) [[ [[ So my question is: WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED ON YOUR SYSTEM! (or... [[ ahem, am I doing something wrong?) Guess I stumped everyone with this one: Though quoted, "-sec", appears to grep and egrep as a command line option, as if you had typed: morty$ grep -sec littleprog.F tail And, by coincidence, "-sec" forms a legal set of options, so grep doesn't report an error. From "man grep": -s Suppress the error messages ordinarily written for non-existent or unreadable files. Other error messages will not be suppressed. -e pattern_list Specify one or more patterns to be used during the search for input. [...cut...] The command is searching for the pattern "c" in littleprog.F. Examining the above grep output, you'll indeed find a "c" on every line. Here's the real question: ------------------------- When the argument to a Unix command begins with a hyphen, how can you pass it to the command? One answer is that most Unix commands have the undocumented option, "--", which signifies the end of all the options. Thus, here's one solution: morty$ egrep -- "-sec - sec - sec" littleprog.F morty$ grep -- "-sec" littleprog.F A second solution is to escape the hyphen: morty$ egrep "\-sec - sec - sec" littleprog.F morty$ grep "\-sec" littleprog.F This was similar to our very first Quick-Tip, "How do you remove a file named -i"? See: /arsc/support/news/t3dnews/t3dnews102/index.xml Q: My favorite web site uses html frames. Can I capture the URL of a frame, so I can send it to someone? Or do I have to recite every link I follow?
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Secetary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Iraq's foreign minister to share what they regard as the good news of the military surge which she insists has reduced violence in Iraq. Rice believes reducing violence has set the stage for long term economic and social ties between the United States and Iraq. Despite a drop in US deaths, Rice admitted there has yet to be sufficient progress in establishing political and economic institutions which can bring stability to the Iraqi people.
The entire issue of "lasting Iraqi ties" is complex. In reality, outside of oil, what exactly would the US seek in economic terms from an independent Iraq? The future of Iraq, for the immediate time period, rests in establishing relations with other nations of their region. In light of strong religious linkages between Iraq's Shiites and Iran's Shiites, the economic and social ties will probably be Iran and Iraq. Sorry, Secretary Rice, we Americans have done yeomen work to help Iran gain power in Iraq.


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Green Bay in Contention After 36 Holes at Dallio Memorial
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
LEMONT, Ill. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Playing in windy conditions outside of Chicago, the Green Bay men's golf team fought for 36 holes at Ruffled Feathers Golf Club and will enter Sunday's final 18 holes in third place at the Dallio Memorial hosted by DePaul. The Phoenix is searching for its fourth victory in five events this season.
Ruffled Feathers Golf Club is a Pete Dye designed golf course 30 minutes outside of downtown Chicago. The 11-team field is playing the course as a 6,898-yard par-72.
It was a tale of two rounds for most of the Phoenix players, and it added up to a 36-hole score of 32-over par 608. Missouri State shot a 1-under par 287 in the opening round and leads at 21-over 597 despite struggling in round two. IUPUI (+24, 600) sits in second while Green Bay, DePaul (+33, 609) and Northern Iowa (+36, 612) round out the top-five.
Senior Dan Ozga (Edgerton, Wis.) played magnificently in the opening 18 holes to lead the tournament. The senior made two birdies and seven pars during a perfect opening nine hones, and made three birdies and a bogey coming in for a 4-under par 68. Unfortunately, Ozga struggled to an 80 in round two, but still sits just two strokes off the lead in a tie for seventh.
Redshirt freshman Joe Du Chateau (Fond du Lac, Wis.) posted an 8-over par 80 in the morning but responded well, carding three birdies in the afternoon during a 2-over par 74. Du Chateau is tied for 20th entering Sunday.
Junior Joseph Collard (Marinette, Wis.) was another Phoenix player whose rounds did not mirror each other. After an 83 in the opening round, Collard made five birdies in round two and carded the best Green Bay round in the afternoon with a 1-over par 73. With the field average at 80.0, Collard tied for the second best round of the second round and is tied for 26th.
Sophomore Gene Kiela (Plymouth, Wis.) is also tied for 26th but got their in a different way than Collard with back-to-back rounds of 78. Junior Tom Boockmeier (Green Bay, Wis.) is tied for 30th place after rounds of 77 and 80.
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I have made a jet pack out of foam and cardboard and was wondering if there is a way I can use it as a mold to make one out of fiberglass?
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I have made a jet pack out of foam and cardboard and was wondering if there is a way I can use it as a mold to make one out of fiberglass?
Something that size would be a nightmare, why not layer straight over it.
Is there something else I could use?
Fiberglass isn't kind to foam. The acetone in the resin usually eats foam, plus, it would make the cardboard soft and warp it.... You could try to make it entirely out of foam and seal the whole thing with a layer of bondo.
You could also seal it with with "podgy"? It is a thick white glue that dries clear. It is used for sealing in collages or those 3 D pictures that crafters like to make. I'm pretty sure you can paint acrylic paint over top of it.
The other name for that stuff is HOdge Podge I believe.. sealing paper to wood etc..
You can try this stuff instead
styrospray you can get it from : http://www.industrialpolymers.com/
I have used it before, it will create a hard shell over your model, it will not eat foam, or cardboard, and is less toxic to work with then fiberglass, although pretty sticky stuff. I don't think it is not as strong as fiberglass (no fibers in it), although people use it for outdoor sculptures so it is pretty tuff.
you can spray or brush it on. It is self leveling so you get a pretty smooth surface. I had better luck after brushing it on the rotating the object to ensure a smooth, drip free surface. If you get drips, that is what sand paper is for.


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|Redshirt Junior
|Los Angeles, Calif.
|High School:
|Findlay Prep (Nev.)
|Other College:
|Arizona State
2013-14: Finished his career ranked No. 10 in career scoring with 1,216 pointsLed the Bulls and ranked seventh in the conference with 16.1 points per game ... Led the Bulls and ranked eighth in the conference with 6.8 points per game ... Was on the Preseason American Athletic Conference Second Team ... Named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll five times ... Had the No. 1 play in successive weeks on SportsCenter's Top 10 (Feb. 8 and 15) ... Scored at least 10 points 24 times and at least 20 points nine times ... Scored a season-best 27 points along with 10 rebounds at Louisville (2/24/14), one of six double-doubles on the season ... He had three consecutive double-doubles; 23 pts, 14 rebs vs. FGCU (12/17/13), 19 pts, 10 rebs vs FAMU (12/19/13), 17 pts, 11 rebs vs. Mississippi State (12/22/13) ... The only USF player to start all 32 games ... Scored eight of the Bulls' nine points in overtime during a 79-78 win at UCF.
2012-13: Rudd finished the season as the team's leading scoring, averaging 12.3 points per game ... also led the Bulls this season with an average of 6.9 rebounds per game ... Scored a game-high 22 points and added six rebounds at Cincinnati (March 9) ... Registered double digit scoring for the fourth-straight game along with posting his seventh double-double of the season against UConn (March 6) ... tallied 17 points and added team-high 11 rebounds ... Posted double-figures for the third-straight game with 16 points against DePaul (March 3) ... also went a perfect 6-of-6 from the FT line ... Led the team in scoring for the second-straight game with 16 points at No. 23/RV Pittsburgh (Feb. 27) ... also led the team in rebounding (seven) for the fourth-straight game ... Notched his sixth double-double of the year and second in the last three games with 18 points and nine rebounds at St. John's (Feb. 20) ... Posted his fifth double-double of the season with 26 points (10-of-18, 3-of-5 3FG, 3-of-4 FT) and added 12 rebounds against Providence (Feb. 9) ... Registered double-figures for the second-straight game with 12 points at UConn (Feb. 3) ... Led the team in scoring and rebounding fot the second time in three games with 10 points and eight rebounds at No. 3/4 Louisville (Jan. 12) ... Recorded his third-straight double-digit scoring effort with a team-high 12 points against Villanova (Jan. 9) ... Posted his second-straight double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds against No. 7 Syracuse (Jan. 6)... had three dunks, one block and one three-pointer in the first seven minutes of the game ... Notched his third double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds at UCF ... Was named the USBWA National Player of the Week and the BIG EAST Player of the Week on Dec. 23 ... Registered his fourth-straight double-digit scoring effort with a season-high 29 points (12-of-26 FG, 2-of-7 3FG, 3-of-3 FT) and added seven rebounds against Bowling Green (Dec. 21) ... knocked down two game-tying three's and hit the go-ahead basket in triple overtime to give the Bulls the win ... Posted his third-straight double-digit scoring effort with a team-high 16 points (6-of-15 FG, 1-of-2 3FG, 3-of-4 FT) and added a career-best 16 rebounds for his second double-double of the season vs. Youngstown State (Dec. 18) ... was his second double-digit rebounding effort of the season and sixth of his career ... Led the team in scoring for the first time of the season with 14 points (5-of-12 FG, 1-of-5 3FG, 3-of-4 FT) at No. 22/23 Oklahoma State (Dec. 5) ... also added six rebounds and three assists ... Led the team with eight rebounds and added 12 points (3-of-5 FG, 2-of-4 3FG, 4-of-6 FT) against Georgia (Nov. 30) ... Posted his second career double-double with 15 points (4-of-10 FG, 1-of-3 3FG, 6-of-6 FT) vs. Bradley (Nov. 20) ... Just missed a double-double with 10 points (4-of-7 FG, 2-of-3 3FG) and nine rebounds vs. Loyola (Nov. 17).
2011-12: Averaged 14.8 points and seven rebounds during the Bulls' five postseason game ... recorded his second double-double of the season with team-high 13 points and career-high tying 10 rebounds in the NCAA Third Round against Ohio ... led USF with 17 points (4-of-9 FG, 4-of-6 3FG, 5-of-6 FT) and seven rebounds in the NCAA Second Round win over Temple ... notched 15 points (7-of-10 FG, 1-of-3 3FG) and five rebounds in the NCAA First Round vs. California ... scored 16 points (6-of-13 FG, 4-of-7 3FG) in the BIG EAST Championship quarterfinals vs. Notre Dame and added seven rebounds ... went 4-for-9 for 13 points and added six rebounds in the BIG EAST Second Round vs. Villanova ... posted his first career double-double with 11 points (3-of-8 FG, 1-of-5 3FG, 4-of-6 FT) and career-high tying 10 rebounds at Providence ... scored all of his team-high 24 points (8-of-15 FG, 5-of-7 3FG, 3-of-4 FT) against St. John's in the second half including a career-high five from long distance, also added seven rebounds .... led USF with a career-high 10 rebounds at Villanova (Jan. 5) ... just missed a double-double as he also added eight points (2-of-7 FG, 0-of-2 3FG, 4-of- 5 FT) ... notched 16 points (5-of-13 FG, 4-of-9 3FG, 2-of-2 FT) while pulling down a career-high seven rebounds against Old Dominion (Nov. 19) ... poured in a career-high 30 points (11-of-21 FG, 3-of-8 3FG, 5-of-5 FT) against Marist (Nov. 14), marking his second-straight game in double figures.
2010-11: Must sit out due to transfer rules … Will have three years of eligibility remaining when he becomes eligible in Nov. 2011.
Arizona State (2009-10): Played 15 games, averaging 2.5 points and 1.1 rebounds in 6.2 minutes … Also had three assists, three blocks and a pair of steals … Hit 13-of-36 (36.1 percent) from the floor as a freshman, including 6-of-28 (21.4 percent) from beyond the arc for the Sun Devils, who went 22-11 and advanced to the National Invitation Tournament during Rudd's rookie year … Best game came Dec. 12 against Delaware State, when Rudd shot 6-of-7 from the floor for 15 points along with four rebounds and two blocks in 13 minutes.
Findlay Prep (Las Vegas): Three-star prospect according to both Rivals.com and Scout.com coming out of high school.
Personal: Born March 18, 1991 ... Son of Teresa Carter ... Brother to Anthony Miller and Venisha Rudd ... Goes by "Vic" ... Native of Los Angeles ... Chose USF over offers from Marquette, St. John's, Miami and San Diego State.