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|I replaced that on my C22 2 years ago. Although my problem started with the fixed assembly being rotted and you couldn't fix the wires with the set screw so I never got a good connection. I remember replacing the unit with a 4 pole but just using the existing wire ends. I did rewire the mast using the diagram in the users group list which showed mounting a two way switch on the mast with up lighting one and down lighting the other. Simple and easy to reach with the pop top up or down.
Thank you especially Pat.
Thank you very much it will be a while before I complete this task but I will let you know, Andy
Andy, it just occurred to me that there might be a set screw or 2 on the housing of the deck connector. If there are, unscrew them with a small screw driver. That might allow the housing to lift off the deck easily. Also, since you have only the one connector to port of the maststep, you can use the 4-conductor setup you suggested earlier to replace the 2-conductor setup you have now.
Once you have removed the deck connector, drill thru the headliner from above and pull the 2 existing wires down into the cabin. You can then hook up a couple switches at or near the compression post to operate masthead, steaming and deck lights. You will feed 4 wires (1 ground and 3 hot) up thru the hole and into the female deck connector.
Catalina Direct offers a wiring harness for the lights, if you don't want to do the wiring yourself. Check out their website or consult the handbook that they provide. Let me know how it goes.
p.s. If your existing wires are corroded, don't use them. Just run wire back to the power panel as we discussed above.
There was no flange below the surface of the deck on my boat. I doubt if there is on yours. You might have to slip a hacksaw blade or coping saw blade under your connector to cut thru the wires. Once that is done, you can drill thru the deck as I described above.
(Justine, Your suggestion is similar to what I did when I initially added the deck light to the steaming light assembly. I later changed it to the way I described above when I found the wires leading from below into the deck connector were corroded.)
Good luck, Andy. Let us know if you have any other problems. Follow-up with a post when you have finished the job. I'll be curious to know how it turns out.
|I removed the three screws but it did not pull up. It acted like a flange was under the deck thus having to remove it from the bottom. I will trust your memory and try to look at it more closely and pull up on it with a bit more force. Thank you for the help, Andy
As I recall, the existing connector had three small screws that secured it to the deck. I unscrewed it and pulled it up to expose the wires below. I cut the wires, thus removing the connector completely. Then I drilled down thru the deck and the liner. Your suggestion might also work, but you would destroy the insulating rubber and the brass female receptacles inside the connector, so you would have to replace the connector anyway.
Whether you use the existing site or a new site, you will probably want to drill a small hole for the wires, ream out the plywood that is sandwiched between the deck and the liner, fill the hole with epoxy and then after it has cured, drill the hole for the wires again. This will help protect the wood below the deck from moisture.
After all that, and you have run your new wires up from below, connect the wires to the female connector, anchor the connector with the bedding compound (such as 3M 5200 or 4200 for a permanent solution or a different caulk for a mounting that you can more easily remove in the future), and screw it in place with the mounting screws.
Do you need four conductors?
Hold on.
You may not need any additional wire up the mast.
In his book, 100 Fast & Easy Boat Improvements, Don Casey describes a way to set up two differents lights with only two wires, using a couple diodes and a double pole double throw switch. That should save you money, time, and a little weight aloft. Even if you are not a racer, every additional ounce up there only adds unproductive rolling and heeling.
I have not tried it myself yet, but Don Casey is a serious writer, so that might be a much easier way to achieve what you want.
PS: If anyone has tried this trick, please let us know. I'd like to use it to add a windex light to my rig.
|Pat(saildork) yes this does help. Tell me exactly how you removed the old connector. Did you drill from inside the cabin till you hit it then pulled it down through (how would you know exactly were it is being inside)or did you hack it out the top somehow? I am thinking I should drill a very small hole down through the top(through the existing connector) in order to get a exact location then drill up through the bottom from the cabin ceiling with the correct size bit.(width of the connector body) Insert the new connector and fill with waterver someone suggests.(3m 5200?) Or should I just abort the existing and move to the other side of the mast with a new hole like Capn blue suggested. I would rather stay on the existing side because that is were the wire exits the mast. I could change that. Thanks Andy
My '83 C22 had a 2-conductor setup forward of the maststep for the steaming light, which I changed to a 3-conductor setup. I could have used a 4-conductor, as you propose, but I chose to use the same ground wire for the two lights.
Because I added the decklight to the steaming light, I had to remove the 2-conductor connector at the deck, drill thru the deck and the headliner inside the cabin and run new wire for the lights back to the panel and battery. I bedded the connectors above and below decks with 3M 5200 and ran the wires behind the teak trim on the port side of the cabin. I did this job in 1998 and haven't had a problem electrically or with leaks ever since.
Does this help?
s/v Stargazer
|You will need to drill for the new female deck fiting, and bed it in. you will have to run your wiring to this location. the easiest route will be under the settee and come up beside the compression post. If your mas is down, it would be easy to remove your compression post and have a hole bored through the center and hide your wiring that way. Make sure to disconnect and remove as much of the wiring from the old setup. I would remove the old deck fitting and fill and seal off against leaks. Home improvement stores have long drill bits in their electrical departments which you could use to bore the hole through the teak compression post. I would come out on the opposite side of the deck that the original was placed, it is easier drilling a NEW hole than trying to mix match and repair the original location IMHO.
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Also makes me wonder why bother w/any small displacement engine to build, boosted or not unless that's absolutely all there was available, or if it was original equipment in a car, like the 5.0 Fords.
I guess some do it because they think it'll be cheaper starting w/an engine they may already own. But buying a suitable core is the cheapest part of the build- even throwing out an ill-suited engine and starting fresh would be a better choice in many cases than building up an engine that was short on displacement.
I do not subscribe to the whole "bolt a blower on a cammed-up stock short/long block and when it blows, go get another one to blow up the same way, repeat as needed" theory. Nor does it always have to be a top-shelf build in every regard although it would be nice to be able to do that, budget be damned.
If a guy chooses his parts carefully, looks for deals, and doesn't hurry into too many mistakes or follow poor advice, a decent engine can still be assembled using good parts that'll perform great and not break the bank.
And I draw the line at 305 heads. For me installing 1.94" valves is the deal killer. In a tight budget situation I'll still port the old fuelie heads, but only because I have all the templates and valves I made to use as tools to get a semblance of uniformity between the ports. The labor to port a cast iron head is much the same regardless of what head it is. I'd rather have a stock L31 Vortec head than any of the others, anyway. They have no shortcomings for use on a performance 350 that cannot be dealt with cheaply. That said, there are guys who won't even mess w/fuelies OR Vortecs. And that's OK by me.
On a final note, I'd like to say that oversimplification and 'one size fits all' "advice" helps VERY little and may well cost a lot more in the long run. And unfortunately it's always the new inexperienced guys who buy into this type of short-cut advice, because it makes it sound so damned easy. It's what they want to hear, not what they NEED to hear.
The net result of this is often going to be disappointment when it's found that it takes some actual thought and understanding of the fundamentals- and beyond- to get as good of a result as the oversimplified short-cut answers promise. In other words, building a street/strip engine correctly for the application might not be rocket science, but it sure as hell isn't THAT simple, either.
"All I know is what I learn from talking to the engineers and racers who run this stuff. Blower Drive Service says that they have consistently had better results on gasoline with a 110 LSA, so that's the info I pass on to others who ask. They say that you may want to open up the LSA for alcohol, but tighten up to 110 on gasoline."
You posted my quote, but erased my screen name from the top of it. What kind of nutball does that?
All I'm asking is that you LEAVE ME ALONE. Post what you think to be the truth and I'll do the same. I have never jumped into the middle of your stuff, unless it was to defend myself from one of your scathing attacks.
You're a freakin' ding-dong. Nobody has done everything themselves, not even the premier engine builders and certainly not you or me.
I'm asking only one thing. LEAVE ME ALONE. It's no fun to have to answer your attacks instead of helping the younguns on here who ask for help.
I dont understand why someone would use a blower for a 4-500 HP engine? I would use almost any LS engine with a hot cam,or any 350 gen 1 with a good blue print and well chosen parts.
Tech,one thing about your choice of parts is the meticulous detail and parts matching.I think that is money/time well spent.
I do prefer to use slightly bigger cams than you recommend. I also prefer solid cams over hydraulic.( Ive never purchased a roller hydraulic)
First me then Richard.You are very argumentative and defensive. Just the facts.When I find overall a member on a forum doing that,it is surely due to the fact of having no real world experience.
When you post a last picture to boost your position and it doesn't have any connection to you.If I see that,don't you think everyone else does??. That's playing a kid's game.
When you have danced around turn key costs,if your so knowledgeable,I would think you would know what that current cost would be. You change in another post to three different model blowers to fit you "ballpark" pricing.Here again your info was flawed and again I caught it and so did everyone else.
Guys that have done things before,you see that in their posts.Both Richard and me have been exposed to that kind of knowledgeable forum member and you don't see all this defensive posts.
Then you portray this mystery tune up which has to be right so you can do anything you want,well no details makes a bigger case of you not having any experience at all.
You got to know your playing around with other people's money.Right??.
Then a case of you NEVER BEING WRONG just caps it off.I mean really??. NEVER??.
So this real world experience,I doubt that.
Your creditability has been more damaged by your own posts than anything any of us have said.
I wanted to stay put of this thread because I knew you would ruin it for the O/P as you have.
BDS does not differentiate between the source of the compressed air, whether it be from a 6-71, 8V-71, 4-41, 3-71, 144, 177, Latham Axial Flow, air bottles (per Mickey Thompson) or whatever. And the camshaft has no idea who or what compressed the air and it does not care. All it knows is how to tell the tappet what to do based on the lobe profile.
So don't come here with more of your half-baked opinions, telling me that I took something out of context just because it seems that you will go to any lengths to disagree with me. Even when I try to agree with you and use some of your suggestions, you go the other way. Case in point was the blower on a BBC a few days ago. I suggested that the OP might take a page from your playbook and bolt a blower on the motor. You came right in behind me and said that the motor was fine as it was, naturally-aspirated. I guess what I'm seeing is that emotionally, you're a tiny little person.
You are transparent and predictable and if you want to start calling me on stuff again, remember, I can play the same game. I though that after I blew up on you the last time, that you would play nice and leave me alone. Do I have to start in on you again??????
from BDS....
"Choosing the proper camshaft would be the most important requirement for a blower motor. An improper cam will cause a variety of problems that can easily be avoided by following a few simple guidelines. Hydraulic cams are recommended if you intend to drive the vehicle frequently, requiring little or no maintenance, and the maximum engine RPM's are kept around 6500 or lower. Roller rocker arms are recommended. Flat tappet and roller cams are recommended for high performance applications especially where the engine will see high RPM's. Exact camshaft specifications vary depending on the performance level you wish to attain. BDS offers different types or stages of cam grinds specifically made for blower motors. Refer to camshaft specs listed in tech info for BDS' individual engine camshaft specifications and their intended uses.
If you wish to purchase your cam from one of the many fine camshaft manufacturers, we suggest using our camshaft specs as a guidline. Extremely high lift and long duration cams are recommended for high RPM, high performance racing only.
The lobe center of the cam will play an important role in determining the performance characteristics of an engine. Wide lobe centers (112 to 114 degrees etc.) will create higher cylinder pressure providing more horsepower with cooler burning fuel such as alcohol and methanol. We have found 110° lobe centers to produce the best overall power on gasoline.
Whatever cam you choose, make sure that it will operate and perform properly in the RPM range required for your application."
I wouldn't hesitate to use a 300hp cam with a small blower. Now, if you were to get serious with a 6-71 or 8V-71, then yeah, I'd want to stab another cam in there and re-piston the motor for forged and 8.00:1 or lower SCR.
12-670-4 - NOSTALGIA PLUS Hydraulic Flat Tappet Camshafts
300 times 1.25 = 375
300 times 1.4 = 420
To use 8 lbs on pump gas, you'll need a 8.0:1 or less static compression ratio.
To use 7 lbs on pump gas, you'll need a 8.5:1 or less static compression ratio.
To use 6 lbs on pump gas, you'll need a 9.0:1 or less static compression ratio.
To use 5 lbs on pump gas, you'll need a 9.5:1 or less static compression ratio
To use 4 lbs on pump gas, you'll need a 10.0:1 or less static compression ratio.
I would make a phone call to Weiand and find out what their recommendation is for ring end gap and piston to wall clearance.
Look into some kind of ignition retard that changes with boost changes.
|probably 80 or 90 plus HP with no other changes. round it off to 100 if it sounds cool
144 blower on 350
I have a 350 crate engine 290hp with a 327 300 cam making
300 HP and wanting to add a b&m 144 blower and was wondering how much of a HP gain will I have and make on my set up...and how much is a used 144 worth (Xmas) present
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In case you need it you can find a Replacement Power Supply here. The general consensus on this machine is that it is great for basic functionality (school, basic games, movies etc)
jpbay wrote:A similar new system at Costco for less: http://m.costco.com/Dell-Inspiron-15-Laptop-Intel%C2%AE-Pentium-2117U-1.8GHz.product.100037493.html
That is nothing like the one for sale. Its a dell and it has a crappy processor.
DarkZrobe wrote:That is nothing like the one for sale. Its a dell and it has a crappy processor.
It's also $30 to ship, making it more expensive. That dude either works for Costco or s/he doesn't know what they are talking about.
Probably not a bad price, but if you want a warranty, looks like a similar laptop at bestbuy for about $60-70 more (once you include tax).
4 (even 8) GBs of memory isn't enough.
i5 isn't enough.
Hold out for an i7, else you'll be replacing this little toy in 2 years.
Link to Asus for features and specs http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/K55A/#specifications
The specs say it's powered by the latest Intel 3rd generation Core i5 processor.
The best, however, is the 3rd Generation Intel Core i7 Processor. I'm waiting patiently for a Woot offer to come with that and a graphics card to match it. Used or new, PC or laptop.....it doesn't matter. I just want a nice deal on a computer with modern specs.
Can UEFI be disabled, so a different OS can be installed? (some may want Windows 7, others may want Linux)
As others have posted, that one isn't even in the same performance category. Maybe this one Costco carried last year http://reviews.costco.com/2070/11758865/dell-dell-inspiron-15r-laptop-with-intel-core-i5-3210m-2-5ghz-processor-microsoft-office-home-student-reviews/reviews.htm
LinuxRandal wrote:Can UEFI be disabled, so a different OS can be installed? (some may want Windows 7, others may want Linux)
This model group originally came with Win7 options but was "upgraded" to Win8.
Win8 without touchscreen still worth the upgrade from Win7?
Not even Nvidia Optimus graphics? Bah, not worth it. Pass.
I bought a new one from Amazon about last Thanksgiving for $399 and also upgraded the memory to 8gb. Choose the 1.4 quad core. Win7 ran fine and any usual task was almost up to par with my desktop. Upgraded to Win8 and it's mostly eyecandy though my next phone upgrade might be a windows phone that might make it somewhat useful.
I'm dual booting Linux and there are step by step how to's on YouTube.
It is a little heavy by today's standards and battery life is limited to about 4-6 hrs depending on usage, but for the cash I do not regret getting it and would recommend it for the normal user that doesn't need to have the latest and greatest.
I bought this back in February when woot sold it for $399. Mine came with 4gb RAM in 1 slot and an open slot. I still switched out the RAM for a matched pair of 4gb lower voltage, lower latency modules. Unfortunately Newegg doesn't carry these anymore.
I also changed out the HD and used this Samsung 840 SSD 250 gb
Between shellshocker deal and promotions, the 2 items cost me a total of about $200. Basically for a total of $600 I have a really fast laptop. The only thing that would have made this better would be better screen resolution instead of the crappy 1366x768 that's been the standard 15 inch laptop resolution for like the last 10 years. Oh yeah- 1 more significant upgrade I did was to install windows 7 on my SSD instead of Windows 8.
wharper wrote:4 (even 8) GBs of memory isn't enough.
i5 isn't enough.
Hold out for an i7, else you'll be replacing this little toy in 2 years.
You should realize this processor outperforms some I7, and the architecture designation does not tell you performance-you need to compare benchmarks. This I5 has a passmark of close to 4000 which is pretty respectable for a laptop. Increasing the ram to 8gb is cheap, anything beyond 4gb usually goes unused- if you don't believe me download a widget yourself and monitor it- I still recommend going to 8gb, but anything beyond that is wasted. As far as replacing it in 2-3 years, maybe but who knows. At $400 you can afford to replace it in 2-3 years, but most people won't need to. In tech it's better to have leading edge technology and switch it out more often vs bleeding edge tech switched out less often-the performance margin difference is usually not justified by the cost difference between the two.
I want to get a Win8 machine but I don't do it unless it is touch screen. I've tried the touch screen machines with 8 and I like what I've seen
I've got a similar model to this, just a couple of steps up. I've always owned ASUS laptops and they've always run fairly well. As for Windows 8, its taken a little getting used to, but its easy to use in my humble opinion. This ASUS looks like it would be good for a student or around-the-house use. I would recommend ASUS to anyone looking for a good mid-range laptop at a decent price.
I was all set to click "buy" on this, until I realized that the card reader is only a 2-in-1. One of my must-haves is the ability to get photos off the XD card on my Fuji camera. Sigh. Anyone have any recommendations for a similar level of laptop with an SD-XD card reader?
SperkMik wrote:I was all set to click "buy" on this, until I realized that the card reader is only a 2-in-1. One of my must-haves is the ability to get photos off the XD card on my Fuji camera. Sigh. Anyone have any recommendations for a similar level of laptop with an SD-XD card reader?
I think using a $10 device like this would be easier than worrying about a laptop that can read xD:
It was a good deal and for someone looking for a work computer ONLY this may have worked. That said, I Think if you are looking for a multimedia device (Not necessarily a gaming laptop) for about $50 more there will likely be better deals in the future that include dedicated graphics.


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Ann has made 15 documentary films, many with International Film Festival Awards, Berlin, London, Madrid, Portugal, Leipzig and the jury prize at Moscow Film Festival.
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Yes we know the CO2 variable has increased. Yes we know that will trap more heat. Yes we know that will increase the temps if all other variables are constant. What we don't know is the output of the Sun. Surely it has some variability over time (there is a cycle of sun spots); most everything is cyclical. The Sun is the main driver in the whole system, the source on the input energy. The temperature inside a greenhouse get's pretty darn cold without the Sun's energy coming in. The Sun is a first order variable, CO2 is maybe a 10th order variable.
Frameshift, thanks for the reply.Just to reply to some of your comments...(sorry, I have't figured out how to excerpt quotes correctly, so highlighted your comments in blue)
Do you think that climatologists just forgot to consider natural change as a component? Of course not.The problem is the MM aspect never seems to be presented as just a component of climate change. It is presented by proponents as THE reason for current climate change. Definitively. No more discussion needed.
There are multiple agendas in play here - environmentalists, Politicians, Scientists, Academics, industry, all have their potential gains and agendas. The issue has become highly politicized. Why? Because there is so much to be gained.
So Frameshift, what would you have us do? How would you solve the problem?I believe we are making progress in the USA. Slowly, but going in the right direction with more emphasis on energy efficiency across the board. How much further would you go?
Only a small number of scientists (usually the old ones or those who were not very good to start with) have jumped for the money offered by the Koch brothers.
Opps, my bad; you did say we should start doing large scale solar and wind NOW. OK, but is it really wise to spend a bunch of money (tax dollars we don't have) implementing something based on an inferior technology or is it better to spend all that implementation $$$ on pure research to find a superior solution? This idea of using existing solar technology on a large scale seems analogous to trying to build a Intel Core i7 microprocessor out of vacuum tubes.
So I would say something like.... increase the price of gasoline by 50 cents per year every year. And that should be made clear in the law so that auto manufacturers can plan their cars for a high gasoline price.
How many tons of pollutants does one volcano spew compared to what man creates?...
... There are two ways to fund the move to solar and wind. The government can spend lots of money to create a market. The government could buy the wind and solar energy for it's own use regardless of price. That would jumpstart the production of current tech wind and solar...
Did you guys and gals know that it is a Federal crime for a gas station to post the various Federal, state, county, and city taxes that are included in the price of a gallon of gasoline?


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Happy Mani Friday! Today's mani is special, because it was inspired by our very own BT'ers kimmi1115 and Spyski! See, kimmi1115 posted this photo of her adorable watermelon nails, and then Spyski posted a photo in the same thread of a cartoon mani, asking if anyone had tried it. Since I'm always on the hunt for mani inspiration, I thought I'd give it a go, and cartoon nails were born.
Related: Tomorrow is "Celebrate your Geekness Day" (real thing, people), and I'm a HUGE cartoon geek, so this is perfect timing! I love it when a plan comes together.
So besides wanting to know (and see!) what's on your nails this weekend, I also want to hear: What do you love to geek out to? Show & Tell!
I did a textured fire gradient this weekend!
Not the best shot, but...
I'm also a giant geek over way too many things to even start listing here!
They came out great Candace! I like how you did different colors for an even more cartoony look, and the Lancome art goes well with the pic
Oh, I like that gradient starletta8! It screams HOT for the summer and boy is it hot outside!
@candacebt- Thanks! I work in a very conservative office, so I could never do this on a regular basis. Hence my baby skills...
@Spyski-Thanks! They're the one bit of sun here today...
@starletta8 - I have no idea what I would do if I worked in an office that didn't approve of nail art...I shudder at the thought! Glad you got the chance to go a little crazy!
@Spyski - Thanks for the inspiration!
omg that cartoon mani is the coolest thing ever! @candace you must seriously have a rock steady hand.... if I tried that it'd be a mess!
I had no idea 'celebrate your geekness' day existed! I'll have to celebrate that by wearing a Star Wars shirt or something! Very cute nails everyone.
@Candace/sephoraadmin2 ( )- I push the boundaries at work all the time by wearing nontraditional colors (Tiffany blue, etc), but actual nail art is a little too far.
@candace I love the cartoon nails! The shades you used really fit the cartoon effect, especially since they're not shimmery or anything like that.
@starletta8 Love your fiery gradient! It's awesome how you used textured polishes. Which ones are they? I've only tried one by OPI. I almost bought one of the China Glaze ones at Sally's, but then I decided against it for now.
@Kimmi- OPI Liquid Sand The Impossible (red; Mariah Carey collection from January 2013), Zoya Pixie Dust Beatrix (orange; Summer 2013 collection), Zoya Pixie Dust Solange (yellow; Summer 2013 collection)
I've tried textured polishes from OPI, Zoya, and Julep. Zoya Pixie Dusts are my favorites by oh so very much.
For all comic book geek goodness, here are my nails!
It's Emotion from China Glaze, a really pretty pink chrome shade:
Here's where the geekiness comes in, the color is a dead ringer for the color used in DC Comics for the Star Sapphires or the Violet Lantern Corps in the Green Lantern series.
Every time I look down on my nails all I can think is DC!
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Arsène Wenger believes Alex Song can fill his 'problem position' in central midfield on a permanent basis.
For most of this season, Denilson has occupied the defensive role in the middle of the park and the Brazilian has certainly done a competent job. However, after Mathieu Flamini and Gilberto left in the summer, the manager had suggested he may bring in an experienced name from outside to act a shield for his centre backs.
The other option is Song, who had a difficult start to his Arsenal career but, in the last 12 months, he has blossomed into a confident and versatile squad player.
The 21-year-old made his first start of the season in the 1-1 draw in Kiev as Wenger switched from his usual 4-4-2 to 4-5-1. The Frenchman argues his Cameroonian star may be set to stay whatever formation he employs.
"Alex is capable of doing it," said Wenger. "[When I signed him I liked] his personality, his technical quality, his composure, his strength in the one against one, the way he uses his body in the fight and, overall, his intelligence.
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Why do people insist on being terrible human beings? I can't comprehend.
Why do people insist on being terrible human beings? I can't comprehend.
Tldr but if this is asking why people are racist, It's because they've been taught that their whole lives and are too ignorant to overcome it themselves.
In all honesty, instead of feeling angry at them, feel sorry for them. It's a shame they live their lives with so much hate.
This happens so often.
Aren't we to the point that shooting unarmed black kids is kinda normal and we just ignore it?
They need to stop with this entirely. The media is trying hard to get people riled up every time something goes down involving someone black and/or the police. That above all else is ridiculous.
Be careful of what you say, tomorrow or today, for the words you now speak, may become the poison your enemies later seek; truth.
"Rules do not exist to bind you, they exist so you may know your freedoms"
Peop... White guys have a right to defend themselves.
Who's to say that those tight dreads aren't actually a nest of deadly black mambas just waiting to strike...
I know... I'm kinda scared just thinking about it.
I know racism exists. Stupid people prove it daily. Those comments are proof.
But the media focuses on the White/Black crime so much people are forgetting that all races are killing each other for stupid reasons.
Under 3 miles from my house a guy(white, unarmed) was shot to death in his front yard. Didn't hit anything above the local paper.
Right outside town a teen(white, unarmed, no priors) was shot to death by a cop for running. Again, nothing beyond the local paper.
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What I thought about this, when I read about it was, that I do damn sur not give some twohundred or so guys the right to startle me. This amount of people is so small that I say wow, the world is actually a better place than I thought it was.
The second thought was that the idea of nonviolent protest is pretty much dead. Modern mass-movements are sad and uninspiring.
The last thing: As a foreigner, police in the US will treat you like subhuman, even as a tourist. This stuff comes up regularly when you talk about going to the US: Stay the **** away from law enforcement.
Its a horror to try imagine living there, being black and having to live your life with an even worse latent threat lingering.
I don't want to be argumentative on this issue, because it makes me friggin sad. I hope peace comes back to those towns, or better finally arrives. I hope progress is made to control the police and make it into a servant of the people not modern day praetorians...
There is another comparison that comes to mind too...
When will we have news to read, that are good again...
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There's tons of good news. Magic happens every day. It just doesn't get the same ratings as bad news.
Well, you can call me jaded, I won't object to heavily. It's just disheartening. As if people lost the ability to communicate about the big picture. Probably there is a level of injustice that needs to be reached before people aggl****ate into a force to counter it that is strong enough to make an impact. I always found the story of MLK inspired me. Ghandi, Mandela, King, names of people that made the world a better place. But the news is all bad, because instead of building on this fundament, we let it crumble. This crumbling is the bad news I talk about. There is no good news in respect to that.
I watch the Colbert Report and Daily Show quite a bit, the vast majority of what they do is sarcastic, satire, or whatever. However, the do occasionally have guests that have things to say that I would consider good news.
I really thought LGBT movement and the work Pussy Riot was doing in RU was good news.
Ok I'll try to reply as to why I don't really think anything pussy riot is doing is great, even though I still think that it's an outrage and a crime to treat them as hard criminals. By this I'll try to make a point that's relevant to the topic too I think.
They tried to get the attention they are getting now (were getting at the time of their arrest) for years. No one gives a shit about the punk band art project thing. They tried to make their performance as illegal as possible and later on they say, everything happened, because of their message. That's, simply put, not true. It's because, if your trademark is (and significant amount of punk is like that) to make art by trying to hurt people emotionally and that's the only common denominator of their cooperative efforts, you are not going to find many people cheer for you.
Oh, but you will, if you manage to anger some force that's stronger than you and it puts you in your place. People root for obvious villains that way. It's a standard Hollywood plot device. If you want the audience to like an *******, just bring someone in that knocks him down a little. So that people cheer for pussy riot is some basic psychological exploit. They shouldn't be in jail, but they never did anything to better the situation of anyone. Anarchism isn't new to the world and certainly not to Russia. Anarchism's main produce are just Putin type characters btw.
Now how does that relate to the thread:
I brought up nonviolence in my prior post. However the US has something of a great guide to draw on that came to be from it's own Henry David Thoreau in his (short, everyone can and should read it) essay about the duty to Civil Disobedience. The thing is, he argues that everyone should be disobedient towards the state, because the state needs to be tested, to evolve. If the state passes an unjust law, break it, go to jail. A just society will develop naturally, because if people follow their sense of justice, the law needs to cater them. If they follow the law, it will follow it's own justice.
The thing is what is the point? Can this be used as an argument for rioting? Was Osama Bin Laden doing the US a favor by his violent "protest"? Is Pussy Riot creating art?
Civil disobedience needs the goal of justice to it and it can not stray. It doesn't excuse vengeance. It's vigilantism is a last resort, that is out of bounds in any situation where justice can be reached without it. If it's the default action, well, as it is destructive, the default result is destruction.
That's why I don't support Pussy Riot and I couldn't care less about them. I support the notion, that Russia should not imprison people, because they are dissidents. I also believe multi year sentences are unnecessary in their case. I also believe that Art shouldn't go free on the basis of being art and if you try to steal food from a supermarket (just an example, but members of the pussy riot have been doing that as "performances", in ways they understand as art) you are still stealing food.
If you riot, you riot. If you attack a policeman or throw stones, you throw stones. Context can ease the severity of a crime, but here what is happening in the surrounding is only context.
What counts for Pussy Riot's breaking of the law counts for looting and rioting everywhere.
So that's to civil disobedience and protest; Both are good, but breaking the law, to get even is giving rightful justification to the state to knock you down. We have seen it with occupy: No formulated goal and no commitment to non-violence gets you nowhere. It gets you legislation that makes protesting harder, it gives more power to the police in short, it makes everything worse.
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Stay frosty.
There's no news like bad news. No matter what people say, on a deep primal level people are attracted to drama and the suffering of others. Work the door long enough, and you see how humans are really just apes. They engage in silly tribal behaviors, pecking-games, gravitate towards drama they really have no business with, and facilitate the suffering of others based on visceral dislikes brought on by deep-set biases they have no awareness nor control of.
At the end of the day, humans are not rational beings - they are rationalizing beings. There's a big difference.
It's extremely easy to make moral judgements, because that's what we do in order to influence the group to act in a way conducive to our own interests and well-being, but when we're faced with a situation where we have to evaluate our own comfort versus that of "the other", and pick one of them, we usually just end up picking ourselves and then rationalizing, after the fact, why it is that we did so, and why it was right for us to do so.
The world would be better without racism, and it's good to try our best to minimize it - but it will never go away with the current state of human biology. We're a tribal species, and racism is just another expression of our tribalism. Even if it was conceivable to make a society completely without racism, we would just shift our tribal tendencies to another group, and start "othering" them instead.
Just look at how even staunch opponents of things like racism, often find themselves essentially engaging in "us versus them" rhetoric when debating the issues, and thus playing straight back into the hands of our tribal instincts.
Humans need to god damn evolve. I just hope that with a combination of neuroscience and genetic altering, that we can facilitate this change ourselves, and make a new species of humans that aren't bugged down with evolutionary baggage effecting behavior that hasn't been constructive for human well-being the last 2000-4000 years or so.
It seems easier and more constructive to just realize that humankind is fundamentally broken, and work to fix it, than to try to teach a bunch of tribal apes to learn to live their lives in a civilized and peaceful manner.
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What you say hian, about being rational: That's just giving up before the fight.
Impulses are not more important and meaningful than the decisions that people make and the actions they take. It might be impossible to eradicate the impulse that comes with a prejudicial thought. It's possible to eliminate Racism as the world knows it today.
Who knows if those impulses are even validly results of our natural disposition. I for my part don't believe that such a thing exists. Sounds like a "god made it so" cop out. I wouldn't use it, because the times it failed in the past (every time) is well, burdensome to it's credibility.
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Stay frosty.
Don't people see that making this about race further ****ing divides us? Yes, there is a definite problem in America, but they're just focusing on this stuff so that we don't see the real damn problem. "WHITEY SHOT ANOTHER BLACK KID" coming from either side is exactly what those who are causing these problems want. They want us to hate each other, continuing to ignore that the true divide is the money situation. They had it right when they were occupying stuff. Too bad that fizzled out.
You can't just not talk about something because it makes you uncomfortable. That's not how problems are solved. It is about race. You can't tip toe around it. We need to face the reality that America is racist, even in the minds of the progressive.
I could sit here, elaborate and debate what I think, but that's not really what I want to do and what I posted this for.
I posted this to hopefully attain some humanity from this forum. I wanted some encouragement along the lines of "that's just a minority" speech or "here's some really great humanitarian videos to negate what you just linked." I dunno. I don't even know exactly what I was looking for. I kinda already knew what I would get, but I was hopeful. /shrug
Maybe I'll search for a super positive forum where people lift others rather than state "humans are irrational lumps of turd with brains made of jello, programmed to hate." I refuse to allow myself to think this way. I think humans are tremendously advanced, but we just happen to be born in the stage of life that is still socially developing to overcome discrimination. My mind is year 3000, but my lifetime is pre-2100.
So because you're intellectually superior to others you're allowed to completely disregard their entire existence? I'm in no way justifying racism, but it's the same as people who've grown up in homes that are uber religious...it's all they know. Sure some people change their minds and form their own opinions on things, but its much simpler not to, and most of the people who are racist aren't racist because they're smart.
You can type on forums "HEY THIS ISN'T RIGHT" all you want, but the reality of it is that all you can do is learn to live with it, and do your best not to be a part of it. Yes it's a damn shame, but unless you cryogenically freeze yourself I don't see any way to progress humanity by 1000 years.
Become a pizza delivery person, and make sure you go to any calls for "I.C. Wiener". Especially at cryogenic labs. Can confirm, I love Futurama.
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I often had this song going through my mind, when I was reading threads and replying to threads with this topic or similar ones.
The line "We are not afraid"...
People still are. Time to gather hope again?
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Stay frosty.
Truth is, most of us get along just fine. There's just more people in the media making it seem like we don't at every chance they can get.
Be careful of what you say, tomorrow or today, for the words you now speak, may become the poison your enemies later seek; truth.
"Rules do not exist to bind you, they exist so you may know your freedoms"
I'd rather attempt to use science to reform human nature, than try to keep human nature in check with warning signs and sales pitches - especially when those warning signs and sale pitches usually only redirect the negative primal urges to a different place, and thus victimize or bother a new demographic.
You aren't solving things, just re-distributing social ills.
Besides, I wasn't talking about impulses alone. That word, and the way you set up the argument isn't constructive knowing what we do about the human brain, human biology, and psychology.
After all, decisions aren't made in a vacuum.
They too are subject to our nature, and our experiences. And, as I said, most humans aren't really making decisions in the classical philosophical conception of the term "decisions". We act, and then we rationalize it to make it feel like we made a decision. In most cases, the basis for the decision was already made on an unconscious level, shaped and predetermined by our nature, our biases, our previous experiences, and external influence.
The idea of decision-making is several flawed the way it's generally used by the man and woman in the street, as is the concept of free-will. As if we could ever do anything completely freely in a vacuum.
So my questions is this - if you know that people do what they do, as a product of everything they are, how are they really making choices? They didn't choose to become who they are, and so any choice they make as an extension is no more a choice than becoming what they are.
Also, I said that I still think activism is something worth investing in despite this, because before we have the technology to do something proactively about human nature (and since we cannot account for everything, nor predict the future), we still need to do what we can in the moment as if we were free agents, even if that is far from optimal.
So it's not like I'm all in, all out. I'm saying we should do what we can with what we have, but be realistic about what to expect. Considering the question of this thread, I am not going to just run into saying "It will all be alright in the end, if we just speak out about it a bit more", because that would be a lie.
Of course, at the end of the day, it would be stupid to discount the power of social reform, since most of us quite clearly live in better societies than we did a couple of hundred years ago(might even say that we live better now than just 50 or so years ago).
Social pressure is a form of external influence that impacts behavior. I'm simple saying that I don't think social pressure is strong enough to truly eradicate our most stubborn anti-social behavioral issues - point in case, despite drastic improvement global in almost every way imaginable, we still have murderers, rapists, people who torture, steal, bully and lie for kicks, and so forth.
It's ironic that you bring up religion though, because I was just thinking about that writing my last post, and despite being an atheist, the idea of "original sin" is one I find to be profound in a sense.
It means that even humans living thousands of years before us recognized how prone humans are to engage in destructive and anti-social behavior despite knowing very well how detrimental it is to our well-being, and despite many people setting out to lead their lives with the best of intentions.
They tried to explain that by appealing to god. The explanation is obviously wrong, but I think the observation is astute in a sense.
We literally can't help it. After all, the golden rule has existed for a very long time, and despite most people recognizing the usefulness of it, hardly anyone manages to apply it to their lives consistently.
It really just is the way we are.
I find the idea that "if we just become more aware, we wouldn't do X" to be extremely problematic. It simply serves as another means of "othering" and just playing straight back into our tribal nature. By holding people accountable in this childishly simple way, we're simply marking certain individuals as broken - as evil - because they made a choice to be so, and so naturally they must face some sort of consequence above and beyond, say, rehabilitation.
It's also makes it a sin to have compassion and understanding for them, which is problematic if the stated goal of our nations is truly to rehabilitate criminals.
At the end of the day, our reality is far too complex, too influenced by external factors we cannot control, and too mired in misery caused by anything and everything from natural disasters, disease and inter-personal conflict, for it to truly put all the responsibility for any action at all, at the feet of the individual doing it.
I see human beings as ultimately reactionary in nature, just like all other animals. Better we recognize this and prioritize advances in neuroscience, psychiatry, and gene-therapy to remove our more fundamental flaws, than to cast blame, lock up and kill people who do things that are detrimental to our ability to live in a stable society that allows for both personal freedom and well-being.
If this kind of thinking failed in the past, it is because we didn't know why we are the way we are, and we didn't have any way of knowing, nor any way of changing it.
Now we do, and we're getting better at it all the time.
Trying to solve human issues by using an outdated method that has no set, consistently functioning methodology, when we're capable of simply removing the issue altogether by changing us as human being beings on a more fundamental level, seems facile and counter-productive to me.
No human, no problem. So let's just stop being humans, and start being something else. It's high time.
That's my proposed solution. I'm not much concerned either way though. It probably won't happen in my time, and granted how vindictive and spiteful humans are in general, I don't really think a majority necessary for making this future come true, will ever manifest, because we'd rather pretend there is a such a thing as evil, un-redeemable humans that need to be punished for the sake of our personal satisfaction, rather than view human anti-social behavior as a symptom of a disease (namely the human condition).
Still(@Oister), if we don't talk about it all, you will get "colorblind racism", that doesn't take into account racial disadvantages that minorities might face in their given country as a matter of fact.
While I am not usually a proponent of shortlists, in terms of education, knowing that many blacks will grow up in a ghetto with much less money, and less academical opportunity, not providing shortlists will ruin many potentially valuable black children's future. Children should never be punished for having bad luck of birth. Equality of opportunity is a real issue - so telling people no to talk about racism, when equality of opportunity doesn't exist yet, is problematic to say the least.
I grew up on country that, by the time of writing, has had two female prime-ministers (from both sides of the political spectrum), where the majority of women work full-time and have children just fine, single or married not withstanding, where all education is free and with all kinds of social support structures for minorities and the disabled. Where men have paternity leave (with talk of making it mandatory) to balance out maternity leave, where being openly gay in the media is no longer problematic, and where PoC are routinely given representation in media despite making up a relatively small minority of the total population.
Is racism still an issue? Sure. No place is perfect. It is, as far as I know, based on research/education, and state-side friends, much better than the U.S.
Good public schooling, and a mixed economic approach, has made that happen. The same could be true for the states once in the future, if people like you don't give up half-way because a person like me doesn't send you roses and candy every Saturday for you efforts.
So, cheer up!
But, consider this - what's the best way to solve a problem? To tuck your head under a pillow of feel-goods, or to accurately gain a picture of its true extent regardless of how shitty it might feel, and then go out on a limb to make a difference?
If I was the more social-justice advocate kind of person, I wouldn't let shit like this get me down. Just keep on crusading. Somebody has to, and since people who don't care aren't going to, then you, if you want to, should just tank on.
Meanwhile, I'll sit here waiting for genetic corrective surgery.
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your threads give me the impression you don't get out much.
@hian: My take away from your long post is that man is a savage brute and a beast. Governing people amounts to "people herding". I am of the opinion that neuroscience is the cranial measurement of our times and "hormones made me do it" just amounts to a twinkie defense.
I am loosing you on the locking people up part. If you don't believe in choice, justice becomes irrelevant. Nothing matters anymore and everything is arbitrary.
I believe in choice. I believe in flaws and in doubt and in struggle. Martin Luther King Jr. did struggle too and lived a live of doubt.
Hunger does not make you steal. It makes you benefit from it. Desire makes you no rapist. Fear makes you no racist, just scared. All of those acts are human inventions. Racism requires premeditation. There is no aggravated racism. Context is limited to context.
You know neuroscience can't explain emotions and it can't explain creativity and it can't explain why it can't predict human behavior and it can't explain anything but how neurons work and it can't do that well. We face the same questions the ancient greek did. Don't run to the latest form of quackery.
Stay frosty.
You'll either listen or you won't, but you shouldn't decide that based on what you personally think of me before I've even given a reason for you not to. The reason I said that though is probably far different than what you are imagining.
Be careful of what you say, tomorrow or today, for the words you now speak, may become the poison your enemies later seek; truth.
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I allready have every part need for Jango's costume, but I still looking for 501st acceptable belt, girth belt and blaster holsters. Can you give me some tips or contacts for someone who is able to create them?
I found something in evolution props, but I don't know if its allright.
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I've been reading for a while, and going over the reviews section of this site for some time.
I have always been interested in photography but never really had the means (apart from the old $99 sanyo camera from years ago).
I have recently decided I'd like to turn this into more of an active hobby, working at skill over a period of time.
Trying to decide now though, is something like the Canon Powershot SX240HS ok as a starter camera? Whilst I learn all of the basics that is?
Or should I be looking at a more advanced camera?
I don't want to be buying AA batteries all the time, so would prefer a camera with inbuilt battery hence why the above appeals.
I'd appreciate any and all advice re camera selection - brands to avoid or to follow, features that are/aren't important etc.
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Lunch / Dinner was takeout Chinese food, but the camera lens was foggy, so only one picture.
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Ive searched quite a bit and I cant seem to find any answers regarding some specifics on Zam's Mabari cape seal.
Basically, Id love to know:
1. What the outside dimensions are.
2. Its approximate thickness.
3. And if anyone has any idea what the back should look like (what kind of fastener or fasteners).
Im interested in trying a scratchbuild of the piece out of metal. I have the Visual Dictionary (the image looks a bit skewed to me) and I found a couple of shots from the FIDM exhibition. I could probably extrapolate dimensions that are close. However, Id like to be as accurate as possible.
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She had him close to a corner and was starting to peck at his head. Eeeks…….I intervened. Don't know if I should have, but I was very worried. She left the sawdust paddock and he left too. Next Whoppo chased her into the chicken house. Something went on in there and she came out with him still hot on her tail. He grabbed some of her down feathers and had a mouthful. I got Whoppo to buzz off and Abigail and Madeline just carried on with their merry business.
No it is impossable to get 6 eggs a day from 2 birds. Each egg takes about 23hrs to produce. Somtimes they can take as long as 36 hrs to produce. Look at those eggs closely they could have been laying longer then you thought as they love to hide the eggs under bedding. And you might also have more hens then you thought.Angi


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I am considering the 4 week CELTA course in Bogota, Colombia and would like to know if anyone has done their training there? What should I expect during the four week course?
From what I have read on this forum, it seems that the CELTA is quite intensive, even if you have prior experience teaching. Having taught elementary and special education for over six years in the states, I hoping that my prior teaching experience will be of some assistance. Your thoughts and comments are appreciated.


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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Scoring runs of six straight to open the game and five out of six to close it out were enough to propel top-ranked Northwestern past No. 19 Johns Hopkins, 16-12, in an exciting American Lacrosse Conference tilt Sunday at Lakeside Field. The Blue Jays staged an impressive comeback to tie the game at 11 with 20:39 to play, but freshman Casey Bocklet had a hand in NU's next three goals over a nine-minute span to help the hosts avoid defeat.
Bocklet finished with a career-high tying four points while senior Shannon Smith collected seven on three goals and four assists. Junior Erin Fitzgerald secured a hat trick in the first eight minutes of the game and finished with four goals on the day, while sophomore Kara Mupo also netted three goals in the win.
Led by their success on the draw control, the Blue Jays scored 11 of their 12 goals in a span of 19:34 covering both sides of halftime. The run included two tallies in the final 23 seconds of the opening half, as well as a third just 10 seconds out of intermission.
"Our team is really a group of fighters and when we get down or the other team gets momentum we're going to do everything we can to get it back," Bocklet said. "Johns Hopkins played really hard on loose balls and draw controls but I thought we executed when we needed to and we're excited to come away with the win."
It was the third time in Johns Hopkins' last three trips to Evanston in which the outcome has been decided by four goals or fewer.
Facing a Blue Jays squad that had handed NU one of only two losses suffered during the 2011 season, Northwestern looked poised to win going away early on, with Smith setting up goals by Fitzgerald and Mupo sandwiched around a Fitzgerald 8-meter score to put the Wildcats ahead 3-0.
Fitzgerald then scored her 36th of the season on an unassisted goal just under eight minutes into the game, and Smith followed that with her own solo effort only 35 seconds later. With 13:03 to go before half, sophomore Kelly Rich made a great running feed from the top of the fan to a wide-open Smith on the doorstep, giving the Wildcats a 6-0 advantage.
By the time the Jays scored their first of the game on a free position goal, the Northwestern defense had completed a stretch of 49 minutes in which it allowed just one goal dating to the first half against North Carolina on Friday.
Rich then set the score at 7-1 when she went upstairs to snare a high feed from Amanda Macaluso and finished in front of the net for her seventh goal of the year. Johns Hopkins answered with two quick goals, but consecutive free position scores by Smith and Ali Cassera -- the second of which came with 33 seconds before halftime - restored a six-goal Wildcats advantage.
But the Blue Jays went on a tear from there, winning three straight draw controls and scoring fast-break goals on all three. Northwestern was able to execute its offense and set up consecutive goals by Mupo on its next two possessions, but Colleen McCaffrey scored two in a row to bring the NU lead back to three.
Hopkins continued to push the tempo and win draw controls, completing its 5-0 run to knot the score at 11 less than 10 minutes into the second half. Fitzgerald restored an NU lead 1:19 later off a feed from Bocklet, and Bocklet then got on the receiving end of a Smith pass from behind the net for her first goal of the game.
After Bocklet scored with a bouncing shot on the crease to make it 14-11, Kat DeRonda completed a remarkable solo effort, battling traffic in the fan and losing the ball momentarily before regaining possession and burying her shot to make it 15-11 with 7:46 to play.
Junior Beatrice Conley added an 8-meter goal to round out NU's scoring and, on the ensuing draw control, Taylor Thornton fought tenaciously to regain possession among several Blue Jay defenders and return control of the ball to the Wildcats.
Northwestern surrendered only one goal in the final 20 minutes of the game, holding on to improve to 78-1 at home since the start of 2005. Senior goalkeeper Brianne LoManto stopped five shots and now stands two shy of 400 saves for her career.
Sophomore Alyssa Leonard won five draw controls for the second straight outing and junior Gabriella Flibotte set a career high with four as NU and JHU finished tied at 15 apiece off the circle for the game. Senior Alex Frank recorded a trio of caused turnovers and now has 95 for her career.


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GoonZu Election is near, as the title says it, who will be the candidates per server? who will you choose and why?
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Hello Apollo, I'll be voting for TheBudsta for season11
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This will be my first attempt at any type of armor. I am usually more of a soft-goods costumer, since I mainly do Jedi.
Does anyone else here have Jedi? Gotta love the lightsaber! I just got my "own" design from Vader's Vault back in July and I am so psyched about it. It got a lot of good reviews at C5.


text: Yo what's up everyone? I'm Lauren, just stumbled on this site while I was lookin' up info for making some armor. I've got some Cons I'm looking to go to, and am planning on making an Iron Man suit. The biggest prop I've made was a gunblade, which came out quite well, but isn't anything close to a suit of armor. Anywho, I'm hopin' I'll be able to get some advice from y'all. I've seen some amazing stuff on here, and I'd be happy to pick up a few tips.


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I got some ino from my 501st advisor about someone that makes an entire painted boba set for around $500. Here is the link ARMOR PRICES - WICKEDARMOR. Has anyone dealt with him and how does the armor look? Good to troop in?
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I got some ino from my 501st advisor about someone that makes an entire painted boba set for around $500. Here is the link ARMOR PRICES - WICKEDARMOR. Has anyone dealt with him and how does the armor look? Good to troop in?
Take a look at BooBoo Fetts setup I believe that his armor was made by Wickedbeard.
Judging on the chest pieces and the paint job on his stuff like the ESB jetpack and his helmet just doesn't look right. I'd give RKD a try for budget armor especially if you're a bigger guy. what do you think is best though?
I'm not a big fan of waiting 14-16 weeks for something like some thin armor pieces. It isn't clone armor so not much building for it to take that long.
Hi. I have a set of Wickedbeard's ESB Fett armor. Jeff makes a quality product, have no doubt of that. Each piece of armor is made from two layers of thin steel with a thin layer if foam sandwiched in between. It is definitely not aluminum because magnets stick to it. The paint job is good and seems to track with the screen captures pretty well. It was good enough to be authorized for use in a Spike TV commercial too.
The back piece is made for a bigger person than the FettPride V3 armor (another excellent set of armor...I have both). The FettPride V3 in modelled after the screen used armor; Keep in mind that Jeremy Bulloch had a slender build during filming.
For my frame, the FettPride fits better. However, I would fully endorse Wickedbeard's armor to anyone considering it. The wait was long, but Jeff delivered within the time frame promised, kept in touch, and sent me progress photos.
I think that I will go with his armor. I've sent emails and pms to fettpride and boba maker and got no responses from either. It's been over a week, so I guess that they are too busy. Anyway I'm ordering Asoks cc bucket this weekend, so the adventure begins.
I'll have my Wickedbeard armor (chest, back, collar, cod, kidney plate and studs) up for sale around the end of the month. I'm just finishing the painting on my FettPride set. Once I'm finished, I'll let the Wickedbeard set go.
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I've asked this before and was refered to the rules and regulations. I looked and found nothing against posting blog links. I'm wondering if their can or should be a sub forum for those of us on here that are paintball bloggers. It can serve as a way of networking for everyone in my opinion and was wondering if it would be okay with the admin.
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text: Hey guys its been awhile since ive been on the forum. anyway i got to thinking about what i could use as a side plate on my knee armor, the one that the knee darts mount to. the idea i had was to use a deoderant cap. i think with a little shaping it would work well. What do you guys think. ? anyone ever tried this?


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Hey all, I've been lurking on here for a while and posting a couple of times, but I thought I should probably introduce myself all proper like. I've not done much in the way of props or anything, but being the guy that I am, I figured the best place to start would be Boba Fett. Not the easiest, but the best.
Here's to all the talent I've seen on here, I'm just going to go ahead and dive in head first.