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By Kevin Mooney
The 'road trip' has become a prototypical activity for U.S. sports fans. Whether it's to the Final Four, Super Bowl, or a pilgrimage to see one of the great cathedrals of American sport, for many fans, it's simply an opportunity to show their devotion and follow their team to faraway places.
For Arsenal fans in America, however, road-tripping to London presents some obvious difficulties. Thousands of miles, a really big body of water and the difficulty of securing tickets and can be daunting barriers to a weekend trip. Fortunately, Arsenal America, the official Arsenal Supporters' Group in the United States is there to help.
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Twice a year, the group organizes a trip to England for its members. Working with the Club, Arsenal America reserves a block of tickets so the group can enjoy match-day as a group. On their last visit, Arsenal Media followed the group as they experienced a quintessentially Arsenal day of heading to the pub, walking past Highbury and Arsenal station and watching the Gunners take three points.
The last road trip also provided members with a truly unique experience – the opportunity to attend Arsenal's Champions League match at Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. That match planted the seed for the focus of the spring trip – an away match at Bolton on April 23rd.
Arsenal America President Josh Templeton explained why. "Many of our supporters have asked 'what is it like to be at an away match?'" he said. "Our supporters asked, and we answered with this amazing trip. The atmosphere, the excitement, and the experience of being at an away match is truly something special. And the Club is providing us access to tickets that are very difficult to obtain."
In addition to reserving tickets for a game, Arsenal America sets up a variety of activities with the Club, including a Legends Tour of Emirates Stadium. "Legends Tours provide a truly unique experience for Arsenal Supporters," Templeton said. "You get to experience Arsenal from the players' perspective. In the past we have had the pleasure of meeting with Charlie George and Perry Groves. The stories and insight they share bring Arsenal to life in real time. This is an event that you do not want to miss."
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Another popular event is the Arsenal America Supporters match. It's a chance to stretch those travel-weary legs and to meet the locals. In previous years it has been played at the Arsenal Academy at Shenley and Hyde Park. "We have played other supporters, Arsenal America supporters, and even Arsenal staff," Templeton said. "It is considered by many to be the highlight of the trip – other than three points!"
"It's exciting. I think it's such a different experience. I think for any true Arsenal supporter, if they can make that pilgrimage, it's something that you can never take away."
And it's also exactly the kind of thing that Arsenal America plans to continue doing for a long time.
"We're planning even more trips and more events," Templeton said. "I think there is going to be a lot more opportunity for Americans to come over, so hopefully everyone is excited by that."
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A ballerina, a doctor and someone who admits he's never been "formally employed" are among the wannabe entrepreneurs who will battle it out in the new series of The Apprentice.
The reality show is returning for a ninth season next week with Lord Sugar presiding over the boardroom, alongside regular sidekicks Karren Brady and Nick Hewer.
But producers have promised new twists and a beefed-up format in which the contestants will have to reveal their business ideas at the start of the show, rather than towards the end as has happened previously.
Instead of being given a job by Lord Sugar, the winner will receive a £250,000 investment from the multi-millionaire businessman and partnership with him in developing their idea.
Ratings for the show fell during the last season and last month Lord Sugar was sued by former winner Stella English, who claimed at an employment tribunal that she had simply been an "overpaid lackey" with no proper job.
She lost her case, with Lord Sugar claiming the ruling was a victory over the "claim culture" in the workplace.
Lord Sugar said of the new series: "This process is not about a job, it's about me ploughing £250,000 into a business.
"This is an unbelievable opportunity - for me to choose you, you've got to be brilliant."
This season's 16 contestants include 32-year-old Francesca MacDuff-Varley, a classically-trained dancer who runs a ballet studio and said: "I'm prepared to fight to the death to become Lord Sugar's business partner."
She will compete with Londoner Jason Leech, 29, who describes himself as a "historian and property entrepreneur" and who admits he has never had a formal job.
The youngest contestant is 22-year-old Sophie Lau, who began running her own restaurant at the age of 19, while the oldest is Jaz Ampaw-Farr, 41, a mother-of-three who owns a literacy and education company.
All the contestants will live in a luxury house in central London for the duration of their time in the show.
Their first challenge will kick off at midnight, when they will be split into teams and given a shipping container of goods to sell in the capital within 24 hours.
Once the crown in the BBC's spring programming schedule. last year's premiere of The Apprentice pulled in 6.4 million viewers, a drop of 1.4 million on the 2011 series.
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I had been searching for a Belgian Browning .22 takedown for YEARS. I had come across a couple that were in bad shape and kept looking. When the fam and I were out on a trip out west we stopped at I don't know how many different gun shops and I saw even more take down .22s, no Belgians and a couple of Remingtons in .22 Short.
We stopped at the Cody Firearms Museum and there they had a beautiful Belgian Browning like what is been looking for, I pointed it out to the wife and stood there oggleing the rifle for some time before we moved on...
A couple weeks later the wife called me up at work and started asking me questions about that .22 I was looking at.
You wanted a Browning, right?
Yes, preferably a Belgian...
In .22LR?
Yes, .22LR.
It loads through the stock??
Yes, that's the one.
Oh, ok some guy just brought one in (she worked at the local gunshop at the time) when can you get here?
Needless to say I beat feet over pretty quick and got my Belgian made Browning takedown locally for LESS than some the lesser condition guns I had seen abroad.
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Here's the 2012-13 South Whidbey girls basketball team's schedule.
Tuesday, Dec. 11,
Cedarcrest, 6:45 p.m.*
Friday, Dec. 14,
Coupeville, 7 p.m. *
Saturday, Dec. 15,
Overlake, 2 p.m.*
Tuesday, Dec. 18,
Lakewood, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 2,
Sultan, 6:45 p.m.*
Friday, Jan. 4,
AMHS, 7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 7,
Penrith, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 8,
Granite Falls, 6:45 p.m.*
Friday, Jan. 11,
King's, 6:45 p.m.*
Tuesday, Jan. 15,
Cedarcrest, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 18,
Coupeville, 5:15 p.m.*
Saturday, Jan. 19,
La Conner, 4 p.m.*
Tuesday, Jan. 22,
Lakewood, 6:45 p.m.*
Friday, Jan. 25,
Sultan, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 29,
AMHS, 6:45 p.m.*
Friday, Feb. 1,
Granite Falls, 7 p.m.
* home games
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|For yrs I was convinced that the trans output had to be in a straight line with the rear end pinon.Some off road guys convinced me that isn't necessary true.That as long as the trans output and the pinion was in the same plane it didn't matter if there was "some" offset of the rear-end.
drive line info
Spicer technical information is a good reference to read and has a chart to calculate when engine centerline and rear pinion are off set both up and down and left to right, check them out " spicer drive shaft installation"
engine mounting
I just read on this website that you would want the front shaft to sit level with the transmission then then install the rear shaft as a one piece shaft. http://www.iedls.com/asp/admin/getFi...&TID=28&FN=PDF
Thanks again for all the advice, if anyone has any advice on how to set-up the driveshafts than that would be a big help, I find very little on-line that pertains to having two shafts.
At this point I am setting the engine in place with a level carb which has given me an approx 3-4 degree downward pitch at my tailshaft.
From the little bit I have been able to find and unless I am mistaken you never want the driveshaft to sit level with the carrier bearing ( which is mounted in between the two shafts and hangs off the frame ) If it is level than the bearings within the u-joint never actually get to work and the joint will somehow wear out quicker.
So ( again unless I am mistaken ) you want the two pitches to cancel out one another which sounds to me as if you would want to make sure that the carrier bearing is a bit higher than the tailshaft end of the U-joint so that there is a 3-4 degree pitch upward in other words.
I am still confused though ( maybe on it all ) on how this is all going to affect the rear end driveshaft or secondary shaft pitch.
This is a multi-ton truck and the rear end in it is enormous and I cant imagine trying to fool with adjusting that pitch with shims ect.
I have call Dana, ( or I guess it may have been Spicer ) they have a tech line and they are pretty knowledgeable but they tell me they cant tell me where to even start. The best they can do is tell me how to fix it once it is set-up.
In other words they are telling me to get everything in place, get my driveshafts cut balanced and hung and then measure the different degrees they require and they will tell me where I need to adjust to get the most balance out of the deal.
Dosent make alot of sense to me but at this point it is the most help I have had offered from anyone.
Trucks gonna go down the road at slow speeds, maybe it will see the highway, maybe 60 or 65 MPH tops though I would imagine but I would like it to run as vibration free as possible.
I know this sort of stuff is prob. out of alot of you guys interest but I may as well throw it out there and see what anyone has to suggest.
Wouldn't you want it square with the frame and if the your rear end is off that far, fix it?
Tech, what would be the difference if it was measured from the center of the differential or the frame?
Measure the center line of the car off the differential, not the frame. Use a plumb bob dropped off the center of the axle on each side right up next to the backing plate at EXACTLY the same place on each side of the differential.
Tie a piece of line (a piece of chalk line will work fine) around the diff tube on each side at exactly the same distance from the brake backing plate on each side, as close toward the backing plate as you can get. This line will be larger in diameter than the diff tube. For instance, if the diff tube is 3" in diameter, make your line maybe 5 or 6 inches in diameter. The idea here is to have a piece of line tied around the diff tube that is larger than the diff tube and will hang down around the tube. Now, when you run a piece of line through that hoop, with a plumb bob on the line, the plumb bob will hang down toward the floor at exactly the center of the diff tube. The circle of line around the diff tube will look like the lobe of a cam once the weight of the plumb bob is on it. Make a mark with a Sharpie where the plumb bob touches the floor. You will have two marks on the floor, each indicating the center of the diff tube and exactly the same distance from the backing plates on each side.
Have a buddy hold one end of another line down on the Sharpie mark. It will be helpful if you tie a knot in the line and keep the knot on the Sharpie mark. You will be on the other end of the line, with the Sharpie tied on the line. Holding the Sharpie exactly straight up and down and keeping the line taught, scribe an arc on the floor, approximately at the front wheel, fore to aft. Now, have your buddy move to the other Sharpie mark at the diff and hold the knot on that mark while you swing another arc. Where these two arcs cross is the exact center of the car, as referrenced off the differential. Now have your buddy shorten the line by tying another knot in the line, maybe two feet shorter than it was the first time. Same exercise over again. Your buddy holds the knot on one of the Sharpie marks at the diff while you swing an arc with the other end of the line. Now, your buddy moves to the other side, holds the knot on the other Sharpie mark and you swing another arc at the front. The centers of these arcs will be the centerline of the car and you can snap a line, front to rear, off the centerpoints of the two sets of arcs. Then use a 90 degree square to determine another line, either to the driver's or passenger's side of the car. Lay the square on the centerline at one of the arc centerlines and measure how far you want to move the engine/trans. Make a mark. Now move to the other crosspoint at the center of the car and measure the same distance. Now snap a chalk line fore and aft on those two marks and you have the center of where you want the engine/trans. This method will place the engine/trans exactly perpendicular to the differential.
You can swing as many arcs as you want to. Just keep shortening the line each time and tying a new knot in it for your buddy to hold on the rear Sharpie marks.
|Thanks for the help, I am a bodyman so I pretty familiar with the tram. I guess I am or was overthinking it. I just wanted to be sure when I do this again that I have done it with a little more know-how.
If you aren't clear on the cross measuring, measure from 2 to 3 and 1 to 4 in the first one, if they are the same, those points are "square". If you are confused on where exactly the point is on the frame you can measure from 2 to 4 or from 1 to 3 or 5 to be sure you are using the same ones.
But honestly, you see very quickly if you are wrong because the numbers are off a mile. These cross measurements on a frame like your truck should be within about a quarter inch difference from one to another.
You measure one, then cross to the other, when you find it's good, simply go to another point near by to confirm you are using a good point, once you have a few you KNOW you are good to go.
The frame is symmetrical if that is what you are saying, it is the same from side to side.
If you have any doubt, cross measure it like this.
If you are using the same points side to side and you cross measure and the distance comes up the same, you are good to go.
Then using those control points that you have confirmed to be the same on both sides by your cross measuring.
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Kovacevic: Life without Ben? Cold reality
A relentless rain whipped horizontally into the Heinz Field wind tunnel to greet the Steelers' faithful head-on Monday night, making it so cold, so uncomfortable that the concourses often had more occupants than the seats, that mothers wrapped children in multiple parkas, that men … actually kept their beer bellies under wraps.
That cold.
And yet, none of it approached the chill sent through the 57,644 on hand by the third play of the third quarter of this comparatively hollow 16-13 overtime win over the completely horrible Kansas City Chiefs.
That's when Ben Roethlisberger went down.
And out.
The Steelers' quarterback, their franchise, their most valuable player by such a wide margin that there isn't a viable No. 2, was slammed into the grass by Kansas City linebacker Justin Houston — clean sack — then rose slowly and clutched his right shoulder, cringing with each step to the sideline.
First thought: No way. Not him. Not now, with things just getting good.
"When Ben first went down, I didn't really think too much of it," left tackle Max Starks recalled later in a mostly reserved locker room. "Usually, if he's hurt bad, he'll stay down. But he asked to be picked up right away."
Second thought …
"The way he was moving when he went off, yeah, you could see something was wrong."
Third thought: Uh-oh.
There was word early Tuesday morning that Roethlisberger's shoulder was sprained rather than separated, which would be better, but nothing was firm. In the immediate aftermath, Mike Tomlin would say only that the shoulder was "being evaluated" and that Roethlisberger had been taken to a hospital for an MRI. No prognosis was given, nor a timetable.
But neither did it sound like anyone was solidly counting on having Roethlisberger for either of the two ridiculously essential games against the despised Ravens over the next three weeks.
As Mike Wallace put it, "When Ben doesn't come back in the game, you know it's pretty serious."
If so, that means one of Byron Leftwich or Charlie Batch will have to take this team through its toughest stretch.
Maybe longer.
Oh, yeah.
In this game, Leftwich looked every bit like a man who'd stepped on the field in anger exactly once since 2009, completing 7 of 14 passes for 73 yards and misfiring terribly on most of the half.
"I haven't done it in a while," he said, "but I'm sure if I have to do it, it'll be like riding a bike."
We'll see.
Batch, in turn, hasn't even suited up for any games this season, and he functions in practice only as the opponents' quarterback. But Tomlin declined to name a possible starter if Roethlisberger is out, and it can't be ruled out that he'd go with the 37-year-old patriarch, if only because Batch started last Christmas Eve against the Rams and went 15 of 22 for 208 yards.
But let's not kid anyone: There's no QB controversy here. Only QB concerns.
And more than a few concerns beyond that, as well. The injury to Roethlisberger will overshadow all else Monday, but it probably shouldn't.
Not when the Chiefs' Jamaal Charles bulldozed relentlessly through the right side of the Steelers' line for most of his 100 yards, the same way the Bengals did a month ago before Dick LeBeau had to redraw schemes.
Not when the Steelers' rushing game didn't come close to matching that, Jonathan Dwyer struggling for 56 yards on 19 carries and Isaac Redman held to 21 after a brief benching for a careless fumble.
Not when the passing game — even with Roethlisberger — glaringly exposed how much Antonio Brown is missed. Mike Wallace used all his limbs for a circus catch on the lone touchdown, but he'd have only two other receptions. In general, the receivers put precious little daylight between themselves and a sticky Kansas City secondary.
Ben or no Ben, if the Steelers perform against Baltimore the way they did Monday, they'll get bombed by 30 or 40.
As it is, they're 6-3, the winning streak grew to a frail four, and the standings still look promising.
I asked James Harrison if this team, which has replaced so many parts effectively at so many times, thinks that way about the quarterback position.
"I tend to think so. I hope so," he replied. "We'll see if we have to go without Ben. If that's the case, we'll move ahead."
Good idea.
By the time Lawrence Timmons' elegant interception set up Shaun Suisham's winning kick, less than half the crowd remained, either too soaked or too stunned to stick around.
A bit fittingly on this night, right as Timmons celebrated, the press box announcer informed us all that Ryan Clark, the Steelers' best defensive player, was being checked for a possible second concussion in the past month. If that's the case — and he insisted again that he's "fine" — his chance of facing the Ravens should be about the same as Roethlisberger's.
That's some cold reality.
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Hey fellow brothers from the US,
I would like to buy this here:
I don´t have a credit card :( as I am from germany and I don´t need any here. I want to ask if here´s someone who will buy this for me?
I will paypal the money plus shipping via paypal then.
Woudl be very nice if some brother will help me out! ;)
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Going to the 'Ship! Green Bay Defeats Detroit in Semifinal Round
By Justin Grones (@JustinGrones)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - In a physical, gutsy effort from both sides, the No. 20/20 and top-seeded Green Bay women's basketball team (28-2, 16-0 HL) pulled away in the second half to end Detroit's season with a 71-54 win in the Horizon League Championship semifinal round. The Titans finish the year at 17-13, while Green Bay advances to host Loyola in Sunday's Championship Game at noon on ESPNU.
"Detroit fought-they fought for 40 minutes, right to the bitter end and made us work for everything we got," head coach Kevin Borseth said. "We had to make sure we contained Shareeta Brown, because her shot is almost always a guaranteed basket. Our plan was to stop her."
In the effort, redshirt sophomore Megan Lukan (Barrie, Ontario) led the way with a game-high 19 points. With tonight's game, she's averaged 16.7 points per game in three meetings against the Titans this season. The Canadian cager also continued her red-hot shooting from downtown, connecting on three of five attempts.
"Detroit's game plan is usually to double-up in the post, so sometimes against them I end up being unguarded," Lukan said. "Some nights I get lucky, but it's great when those shots fall."
Senior standout Adrian Ritchie (De Pere, Wis.) also had an impressive night with 17 points, seven rebounds and four steals. In the effort, she hit 2-6 from behind the arc, finishing with 192 triples for her career-tied for the most 3-pointers in a career in program history. She also added four steals, and now has 231 in four seasons, the ninth most on the career record list.
The Phoenix opened the game on an 8-2 run with four early points from redshirt senior Stephanie Sension (Hopkins, Minn.). However, Detroit would cut the lead to 11-10 with 14:04 remaining.
Just two minutes later, the Titans would tie the game at 13-13 and eventually take a 16-13 lead. Green Bay found itself down, but not out as Ritchie hit a layup to start a 7-2 run. The Titans had the answer though, as they tied things up at 20-20.
From there another 7-2 run to head into the half left the momentum fully on the home team's side as senior Lydia Bauer (Lake Zurich, Ill.) drained a three with 39 seconds remaining to bring the crowd to its feet. With the help of seven steals, the Phoenix forced 12 Detroit turnovers in the first half alone.
The Titans cut Green Bay's lead to 27-25 off a triple to open the half, but less than two minutes later the Phoenix used a 9-2 run to open up a 40-30 advantage. Lukan found senior Sarah Eichler (Grafton, Wis.) for three at the 16:37 mark, forcing Detroit to burn a timeout.
Out of the timeout Detroit scored four unanswered points and cut the lead to just seven with 12:54 remaining. But yet again, a 9-2 run blew the game wide-open as the Phoenix took a 54-40 advantage into the under-eight minute media timeout.
The Titans came within 10 at 56-46 after three free throws from Senee Shearer, but it was as close as the Motor City team would get the rest of the way. With a crowd of more than 2,200 fans on its feet, the Phoenix used a 15-6 run to hold its largest lead at 69-51 with 30 seconds left on the clock. Detroit hit a late three from Shearer, but senior Jenny Gilbertson (Wabasha, Minn.) put the contest on ice with two late free throws.
Green Bay shot 47.7 percent from the field and 45.5 percent from downtown while holding the Titans to just 28.6 percent from long range. The Phoenix forced a remarkable 20 turnovers and capitalized with 24 points off Detroit's mistakes.
Behind Lukan's 19 points and Ritchie's 17, Bauer added 13 points on 3-4 shooting from downtown and now stands 29 points away from 1,000 for her career. Should she accomplish this feat, it would be the first time in program history three players entered the storied club in one season.
Eichler added 12 points and four assists, while Sension had six points on a perfect 3-3 from the field. Gilbertson was the lone other player to score, chipping in four points.
The Titans were led by Shearer's 17 points, while Demeisha Fambro was the only other Titan to score in double figures with 13 points.
The win improves Borseth to 25-1 all-time against Detroit, and sets the Phoenix up with a date against third-seeded Loyola in Sunday's Horizon League Championship game. The game will tip at 12:05 p.m., televised live on ESPNU. Green Bay is 4-0 in televised contests this season.
With a win on Sunday, Green Bay will receive an automatic berth into the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Barring a loss to the Ramblers, a special selection show event will be held Monday at 6 p.m. at the Kress Center.
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Just wanted to share a work in progress on the Boba Fett Pre-pro Sling Pistol. This is a collaboration from a local group of guys that alwasy wanted this pistol. You know who you are. Since the knowdlege of the Kaiser and a few other small things that have come across, we were finally able to get pretty close to what appears on the Pre-pro Fett. There are a few things are still missing. Hopefully we'll be able to find out what they are before it's completed by the end of June. At first, these were being made only for the group, but since there was alot of talk about people doing and working on the all white Supertrooper fett and the pre-pro Fett, we decided to sell a few.
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I have a PGCE and two years teaching Geography in secondary school under my belt. I am going to Prague for 2 years and will be teaching EFL for that duration. I have been offered a job with a Primary School which I am extremely keen on as I wanted to work with children and in a school environment. However, it will mean that I will be unable to take the CELTA course as the term start date clashes with the CELTA Course. I'm not sure what to do. I really want to take the CELTA course as I believe ELT teaching is different to my experience of teaching and teaching grammar and language needs a slightly different set of tools. Advice will be most appreciated


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Rock-bottom Sale were beaten at Adams Park by London Wasps despite a battling display which earned them a bonus point.
The Sharks, who suffered a record Heineken Cup defeat in losing 62-0 at Toulon last weekend, outscored Wasps two tries to one through efforts from Richie Vernon and Johnny Leota.
However, it was Wasps who took the spoils thanks to a try from T Rhys Thomas, 14 points from the boot of Stephen Jones and further penalties from Elliot Daly and Nicky Robinson.
Wasps number eight Billy Vunipola was the star performer, impressing with his powerful running and his ball handling skills, and it was he who set up the crucial try for Thomas with an outstanding piece of play.
After last weekend's mauling by Toulon, Danny Cipriani was omitted from the Sale line-up with Tom Varndell absent for Wasps with a foot injury.
After an error-ridden opening 10 minutes, Wasps had the first chance for points with Jones making no mistake with a simple penalty.
Moments later, Sale had their first opportunity which Nick MacLoed failed to take as he was narrowly wide with his penalty attempt.
The first 20 minutes saw Wasps have the better of possession and territory, with bursts from back rowers Vunipola and Ashley Johnson testing the visitors' defence but it held firm and the score remained at 3-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Sale were under pressure in the scrum area and after 22 minutes they conceded a penalty allowing Jones to make it 6-0.
When Wasps were penalised on halfway, Rob Miller stepped up to take the kick instead of MacLoed and it proved a wise choice as the full back fired it over to halve the deficit.
Then, from nowhere, Sale produced a moment of real quality to score the opening try.
Richie Vernon's clever pass sent powerful centre Sam Tuituopou away on a 40-metre break, beating off two defenders in the process. The ball was quickly recycled for Vernon to outflank the cover for the try.
Although MacLoed missed the conversion that try gave Sale increased confidence and they were the better side for the remainder of the half.
They nearly scored a second try but Joe Simpson saved the day for Wasps by getting back to haul down Mark Jennings after Hugo Southwell's kick went straight into wing's hands.
Despite Sale looking on top, Wasps reclaimed the lead in the 36th minute when Daly hammered over a penalty from five metres inside his own half, although that should have been quickly nullified by Miller but he made a hash of his penalty attempt to allow the home side a 9-8 interval lead.
Early in the second half, Jones kicked two penalties to one from Miller to extend Wasps' advantage before the hosts scored a splendid try.
Vunipola burst away from a scrum on halfway to elude two defenders on a 50-metre run before being hauled down just short of the line.
Wasps secured possession for Thomas to crash over for the try which Jones converted to give the home side a healthy 22-11 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Sale showed considerable spirit to have their best passage of play which ended with Wasps wing Christian Wade managing to deprive replacement prop Tony Buckley of a try by forcing him into the corner flag.
Miller had a further penalty chance but surprisingly missed from 25 metres before Robinson's late effort gave Wasps some leeway.
Sale had the final say when Leota crashed over for a try which Miller converted with the last kick of the game to secure a bonus point for the visitors, although they remain adrift at the bottom of the table.


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Gutsy Effort Sends Green Bay Past Loyola, 73-65
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CHICAGO, Ill. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Its point guard and leading scorer was on the bench with an injury, and visiting Green Bay (12-11, 6-4 HL) had seen its 11-point lead turn into a five-point deficit with 6:40 to play at Loyola (13-9, 3-6 HL) on Saturday afternoon. With a lineup on the court together for the first time, the Phoenix ended the game on a 23-10 run and gutted out a 73-65 win in Horizon League action.
Junior Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) scored a career-high 25 points on 10-of-14 shooting, but it was a scoreless afternoon from sophomore Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) and impressive efforts from Sultan Muhammad (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Cole Stefan (Minnetonka, Minn.) that stole the headlines.
Sykes, who came in averaging 19.3 points per game playing in his hometown, was limited to just 16 minutes because of an ankle injury. Trying to play through pain, he started the second half but left after just two minutes. The team's leading scorer who averaged 15.3 points and 34.7 minutes per game would not return.
After leading 34-28 at the break, Green Bay's lead hit 11 (43-32) after seven-straight points from Brown, but a 15-3 run by the Ramblers midway through the half gave the hosts a 55-50 lead with 6:40 to play. The Phoenix had turned it over on three of its last four possessions, and visibly missed their floor general.
Head coach Brian Wardle decided to go to without a point guard, moving Muhammad to the position in the backcourt with Stefan. The move saved the game for the Phoenix, as the duo stepped up in a huge way.
Muhammad drained a three-pointer on the next possession, and three minutes later Stefan capped a 10-0 Green Bay run with his third triple of the game to give the Phoenix a 60-55 lead with 3:33 to play. After a Loyola bucket, senior Brennan Cougill (Sioux City, Iowa) made a three-pointer from the top of the key for a six-point lead (63-57), and the Phoenix led by at least four the rest of the way. The Cougill three snapped a personal streak of 13-straight misses from long range.
In the final 6:40, Green Bay went 6-of-6 from the field, including 3-of-3 from beyond the arc, and did not commit a turnover. Muhammad scored 11 of his 14 points after halftime, and Stefan finished with 13 points. The transfer entered Saturday having scored 12 points all season. The two guards combined to go 8-of-13 from the field, 4-of-7 from long range. Muhammad had three assists and zero turnovers while Stefan grabbed five rebounds.
Led by freshman Jordan Fouse (Racine, Wis.), Green Bay held a 32-20 advantage on the glass. Playing a career-high 38 minutes, Fouse grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds while adding eight points, four assists, three steals and a block.
With Brown going 10-of-14 from the field, including nine-straight makes at one point, Green Bay shot 26-of-45 from the field (57.8%) and 6-of-13 from long range.
With its four-game road trip in the books, Green Bay returns home this week for games against Wright State (Thursday, 7 p.m.) and Detroit (Saturday, 1 p.m.).
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I just bought my Supreme Boba Fett costume. I like it ...except for its shiny plastic looks and the very roughly painted colors (did the complete costume had to be painted in five minutes???).
I consider to repaint the armour and helmet according to a figurine i have of Boba Fett. It is a very detailed figurine of large size. The colors make me believe it is a Special edition color scheme. That is the one i like to imitate.
My work might help others. I plan to give a overview of the needed RAL colors to do the job and i will explain how i added them in the parts in youtube videos (like i do for my airplane, car, whatever stuff). I hope to help this way.
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Just keep in mind that the computer will assume the base timing is set at whatever the chip sees and wont limit the extra advance through the RPM range (as well as max advance limit). So by giving it another 2 or 4 initial, your actually giving it 2 or 4 more throughout its entire RPM band. I imagine you already know this but I thought I'd mention it just incase . . .
Glad to hear all is well.
Yep, all is well now except I am going to play with the base timing a bit today. We set it at 10 degrees when first installed, but reset to 6 after digging into the books for the base timing for the 92 5.7 smog hog. Since there is no smog junk on the motor, 30 over on the bore, big valves and mild cam, I think we can handle a bit more timing advance. We will begin with 8 degrees and use the old stop watch for some 1/8 mile accelerations to see where the best setting is located.
|So I take it all is well and good now? I was having some TPI gremlins of my own recently that for the life of me I couldn't figure it. I think I finally chased it down to the remote starter unit in the truck. One day while working on it, the starter magically started engaging by itself. Talk about ghosts and gremlins .
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Some of you may know I converted my Bud's 72 Chevy PU to TPI. I used the hardware from an 88 Camaro, blocked off the "9th" injector, used a MAP controller and 92 5.7 computer and Painless Wiring harness. It ran like a champ with power and torque gains as well as increased fuel milage until my Bud did the unforgivable. The battery went down so he decided to recharge the battery. He has the old timers disease of CRS and did not disconnect the battery (I was not there to hold his hand) and on top of this, he cross wired the charger leads. Well, he finally got the battery charged and cranked it up to take it for a spin. During this trip it started running like crap and he limped home and gave me a call. After some trouble shooting, I determined the battery was low because the alternator was bad. He picked up a rebuilt alternator and decided he wanted to go with the internal regulator. I left him to this task. Later, another distress call: want rev past 2000 RPM. My first inclination was he fried the chip or computor when he cross wired the charger so I started trouble shooting by taking the computor and chip to the guy that burned it. After he had it for a couple of weeks, he determined it was fine and even ran it in his Monte Carlo to make sure. I then checked all the sensors and the distributor, ignition module, coil and rechecked all the values of the TPS, MAP, IAC, oil pressure and coolant temp sensors, and the operation of the knock sensor. Everthing checked good. We then took it to a guy that was very knowledgable and had the state of the art test equipment and he also was pulling his hair out. He spent a lot of time on the phone with the Painless tech support. On his own, he discovered the problem that will sound simple to a lot of you, but maybe some one will learn something. We had converted the truck to HEI about 3 years before doing the TPI and it ran great. It ran great after the conversion until the low battery/cross wiring charger/internal regulator conversion. Well, it seems that my bud put in a new wire to the ignition switch when he deleted the external regulator and the wire he put in was a resistance wire!!! The ECM was only getting 9 Volts!!! AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGG!
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The Champions League Group Stage draw pitted Arsenal with Montpellier, Olympiacos and Schalke.
In Euro Watch, we take a weekly check on the progress of Arsenal's European opponents in their domestic leagues.
Schalke 3-0 Wolfsburg
Saturday, October 6
Schalke got back to winning ways by easing to victory over Wolfsburg. Jefferson Farfan gave the home side the advantage after 33 minutes, before Ibrahim Affelay doubled the lead at the start of the second half. Roman Neustadter sealed the win just before the hour. The result moves Schalke back above Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga table.
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Saturday, October 6
Montpellier threw away a 2-1 lead as they lost at home to Evian. Saber Khelifa was the home side's chief tormentor, scoring a hat-trick. He gave the visitors the lead, before strikes from Marco Estrada and Souleymane Camara gave Montpellier the advantage at half time. Khelifa equalised just after the hour, and struck again one minute from time to condemn Rene Girard's team to defeat.
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Close to several academic buildings, Bracken Library, and Emens Auditorium, Woodworth is the only all-women's complex on the Ball State campus and features double rooms for students. Its features include the great services available at our residence halls, such as free Internet access, free cable TV, advanced laundry facilities, and more.
One big plus to living in Woodworth Complex is that the recently remodeled Woodworth Commons food court is just downstairs from your room. With beautiful stone, tile, and woodwork throughout, Woodworth Commons offers a variety of dining choices to fit almost any appetite—anything from a grab-and-go sandwich to a meal cooked on a Mongolian grill. You can dine in a two-story atrium or one of the more cozy dining areas with couches and TVs.
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When I was a kid, Choose Your Own Adventure books were all the rage. Typically, you could spend hours trying to figure out which way to take the adventure — and pondering the possibilities that were left unexplored.
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The series is still going strong. However, the idea has also spun off into something called Choose Your Own Path. While there's no connection between the two offerings, it's basically the same concept. It's also just as much fun as I remember.
Recently, I downloaded a new, pirate-themed Choose Your Own Path book titled, Quest for the Lost Treasure.
Writer Gerry Gaston has geared his adventure towards buccaneers ages 3 to 8. Currently, the book is available in both paperback and Kindle formats. I chose the Kindle version, since it was quick to download and only 99 cents at the time. Typically, it sells for $1.99. However, Gaston will be offering the book as free download all weekend long (February 9-10 only).
Also, I'm always looking for new Kindle titles to share with my 6-year-old, and he was completely thrilled at the concept of choosing the path for the young on-screen pirate.
The book is written in the first-person, with the reader trying to track down the treasure that got pilfered by a bunch of thieving pirates. Isn't that always the way with pirates? From there, you'll have to decide whether you want to go behind closed doors, up ropes, down stairs, into a hatch, and much more. Because it's a Choose Your Own Path book, there are a lot of different options.
For my 6-year-old, this book was perfect. Not only does it involve pirates, but the imagery is bright and well done. Also, it was easy to read and operate. Occasionally, he would get stuck and needed my help to find the alternate path. However, that didn't keep him from opening the app on his own and going for another round later.
Quest for the Lost Treasure is a great little eBook worth checking out. (Don't forget, it's free all weekend!) The eBook is formatted in color and you're going to need a touchscreen to navigate through it.
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Robin van Persie admits that Fabrice Muamba's plight has put the game of football into perspective.
The former Arsenal midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest during Bolton's FA Cup tie at Tottenham on Saturday and has been in intensive care ever since.
Van Persie is delighted that Muamba's condition has improved after the shock of last weekend.
"I think the whole of football has had a bit of a reality check," he told the Official Matchday Programme.
"We're all very passionate about this game, and sometimes we are over passionate about winning a game - me as well - but when something like this happens, we realise what's really important in life, and that's being healthy. When something like this happens, it puts everything in its place.
"This has had a big impact on the whole football world because you know it could happen to anyone. He had heart tests with Arsenal, Birmingham and Bolton - but this came out of the blue. He's a 23 year-old midfielder in the Premier League - that makes him fitter than most.
"It's so shocking, but the good thing is it's made everyone come together, everyone realises 'that could have been me' and the support he is getting is great to see. I hear Bolton have been fantastic too, and my dream is that he can play again for them. He deserves it.
"You saw us all wearing T-shirts for Fabrice Muamba on Saturday, and we're all thinking of him every day here. We care about him and everyone is hoping he can recover."
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In this home renovation, a new island increased counter space and allows for a prep sink beyond the main farmhouse sink.
The kitchen cabinet doors were removed: "If a door's closed," says homeowner Jamie, "I have a tendency to forget things are there."
To maintain the integrity of the house, the owners had the walls repaired with plaster, not drywall.
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Posted by Frank Gillett on May 13, 2010
Every spring I'm faced with the wonderful opportunity – and challenge – of choosing the best questions for Forrester's annual 20 minute Web survey of commercial buyers of IT infrastructure and hardware across North America and Europe.
Clients can see the 2009 survey instrument here. In that survey, we learned that only 3% of firms were using cloud-hosted servers and that 79% of firms prioritized IT consolidation and virtualization but only 23% prioritized internal/private cloud efforts.
As technology industry strategists, what themes or hypotheses in IT infrastructure do you think we should focus on? What are the emerging topics with the potential for large, long term consequences, such as cloud computing, that you'd like to see survey data on? Please offer your suggestions in the comments below by May 21!
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In a commitment to offering inspiring training venues, Thistle Hotels have launched a new 'Power Nap' training package at its Hotel in Brand Hatch. The delegate package, which includes the option for an afternoon nap, to help attendees perform better by clearing the brain's short term memory.
The package follows independent research which revealed that curling up for an afternoon snooze can improve the brain's ability to learn by clearing out cluttered memory space and making room for new facts to be remembered*.
Thistle recently completed a £50,000, self-contained training floor at its Brands Hatch Hotel. Designed, in part, with power napping in mind, it boasts a series of contemporary, stylish 'sleep rooms' containing comfy single beds, soft sheets, plump pillows and blackout blinds, perfect for the hour's nap that is needed to help boost brain power.
Sarah Davidson, general manager at Thistle Brands Hatch, said: "This new facility has been designed to ensure that employers get the very best out of their employees. We've already received lots of interest from meetings and events organisers."
The 'Power Nap' package forms part of the Training Centre re-launch which see the Hotel pledge to offer businesses a truly flexible approach to planning their training. Delegates can benefit from the hotel's spectacular views of the world famous Brands Hatch Grand Prix track, providing an inspirational learning and training location for any company looking for a high-octane training venue.
In addition, the unique training floor boasts the largest conference room in North East Kent and has been specially designed as a self-contained training suite.. It can be booked for timeslots ranging from as little as one hour up to 52 weeks and can be branded, adapted, resized or even repainted to suit a particular business need.
Comprising six well-equipped conference rooms, two of which can be split into sections, the training floor is designed to suit a wide variety of activities and different sized groups. The largest room can hold 65 delegates theatre style, while the smallest is more intimate, with room for 15 delegates. The floor also has its own restrooms and a dedicated breakout lounge.
The hotel offers flexible pricing and special accommodation rates for delegates who wish to make longer-term bookings subject to availability, to ensure the best value. As an extra incentive, the conference booker will also receive a complimentary accommodation upgrade to a deluxe room.
Thistle is currently undergoing a £100million refurbishment of its hotels, including the roll out of a new corporate identity. In addition to developing the individual hotels which includes enhancements to the exteriors, new contemporary furnishings and state of the art technology, Thistle continues to place a strong focus on its staff as it believes that they are at the very heart of the guest experience.
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I've been using survivor and feral queens for a few years now and have had great success. No more hybrids for me.
Glad to hear you also raise your own queens, as its suprising how many beeks do not raise their own queens, I suppose ts easier to buy in and less work, but not the feeling of a good job done.
Robo I find this statement refreshing as no matter what I do I still end up with hybrids as I have no control over the drones the virgin queens mate with.Do you have an isolated breeding station?
Hi Guys,Its me from over pond. ;)I am a hobbyist beekeeper with 18-20 hives. I raise my own queens but only a quantity that I will require for the new queens to be effective. The system I use is the Jenter system as all one has to do is find the best colony (beekeepers choice) best queen, pop her in the kit and 24/36 hrs come back and the darling will have filled the majority of the small brown cups.These are transfered on the queen cell building frames which have been in with the colony for 24 hrs just to get their smell on the frames.Then leave alone for 10 days, then check the frames to see how many queen cells are capped. Then transfer to mini Nuc's for queen mating and further use by the beekeeper.Do any of you hobbyist beeks use this system? :?Regards Bcrazy.
RoboCare to share the changes? :-D
When you trap the queen in the cell box, do you trap some workers with her? I didn't, because it was hard enough getting the front back on before the queen scrambled out of it.
I'm speaking for the Nicot system, I don't know if Jenter works the same way.
Was it in the middle of the brood nest? Preferably next to open brood?Next year is a long time. Why not now?


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Posted by Adele Sage on January 25, 2013
By Maxie Schmidt-Subramanian and Adele Sage
Allow us to paint a vision of the future for you: After interactions with your favorite companies, no one asks you how you liked those interactions. Your email inbox contains no requests for a few minutes of your time. No one asks you to wait on the phone line to answer a few questions. The word "survey" has vanished from your vocabulary.


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- A U.S. bachelor's degree or its equivalent from an accredited college or university
- Completed application
- GMAT or GRE exam
- Recommended minimum GMAT score is 500.The 2016 entering class average was 633.
- For those with GRE scores you can convert them to GMAT through the website http://www.ets.org/gre/institutions/about/mba/comparison_tool
- Program code for GMAT is NG0-SB-35
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Imagine that you get up in the morning, start your computer and nothing happens. Your trusty laptop has died during the night and taken the past five years' worth of your family photographs with it. Is your camera phone full of photos and videos? If you lose your phone or it gets stolen, they're all gone. If you happened to have recorded video of baby's first steps, you are out of luck.
Take a little time and back up your photos and videos. Depending on how many photos you have, you can buy a flash drive or external hard drive. You can also choose cloud storage, where a company stores your information on a server at another location. You can find out more about how it works here [1].
Most cell phone manufacturers have instructions for transferring photos and videos in the customer support section of their websites.
Once you have backed up your photos, be extra-careful with the drive you've stored the photos on. Consider putting it in a fire safe with the rest of your important documents or sticking it in a safe deposit box. If you want to be extra-cautious, make a physical copy and store additional copies of your photos in a cloud.
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- Run VIN thru carfax
- Check to see if the vehicle model/year is admissible (check riv.ca website)
- If it requires heavy modification, call locally to find out costs
- Call seller to find out if they'll sell to Canadian customer
- Find third party to take photos of the vehicle, document scratches, visible problems, etc
- If still under warranty, call manufacturer to see if warranty is transferable.
- Call insurance company to arrange for insurance on the car (*** see bottom)
- Get dealership to fax title (both sides) to you, so that you can fax it to the U.S. border crossing at least 72h in advance of coming back. (Port Huron/Sarnia was only port offering 24/7 crossing for vehicle importation, most are mon-fri 8-4)
- If dealership is a manufacturer dealership, get them to provide a recall clearance letter (on company letterhead) stating that there are no open recalls on the vehicle.
- If they are a private dealership, then you'll have to call the manufacturer's headquarters to provide this information.
- Keep the fax confirmation sheet (hopefully includes the cover page which you've written the VIN on somewhere)
- Call the customs office to see if they've received the fax (mine wouldn't confirm this, but I've read that some will - guess it depends on the officer you reach)
- While on the phone, ask if the customs office will process automobile imports 24/7 or only 9-5.
During Sale (while on-site)
- Do visual/driving inspection
- Get dealership to fill out "assignment" section of title (on the back)
- Make sure the dealership name matches everywhere (my dealership did business under 3 different names, so I had to get them to sign an affidavit later, stating that they were one and the same)
- Get dealership to fill out papers for manufacturers warranty transfer (if applicable)
- Get temporary plates for the long haul home (get dealership to provide them if possible, otherwise, go to closest DMV)
- Get photocopies of the bill of sale, title (both sides), other pertinent paperwork (just in case!)
Crossing the Border
- Make sure that you've provided U.S. customs 72h to process the title before crossing
- Double check to make sure you have all your paperwork (bill of sale, title, fax confirmation sheet, recall clearance letter)
- Go to US customs office, provide title, bill of sale
- US customs will stamp it, send you to Canada customs
- At Canada customs, provide stamped title, bill of sale, recall clearance letter.
- Fill out 'Form 1'
- Pay RIV fee, GST, duty (if applicable)
- Keep Form 1 in your glovebox. This is your "license" for up to 45 days after the import.
- Form 2 should arrive in the mail within 15 days. If it doesn't, call the RIV office and quote the case number from Form 1 to find out why Form 2 wasn't released. In my case, I needed to fax the recall clearance letter to RIV before they would release Form 2.
- Take vehicle to dealership (or if inclined, DIY) to get DRL's enabled.
- Once you have Form 2, go to Crappy Tire and get them to do e-test, safety, federal inspection.
- They will fax the completed inspection to RIV, but ask for a copy for your records.
- Go to MTO office with safety cert, fed. inspection copy, title, to pay PST and get plated/licensed.
That should be it!
*** my insurance company gave me a bit of a runaround. Yes, legally they can insure an out of province vehicle. My company (state farm) needed several phone calls before finally looking into it. But of the 7 companies i spoke to, all was able to do it.
Check out http://ebaymotors.aacb.com/
They have an import calculator that will provide you a (fairly accurate) estimate for the duty (if applicable), excise tax (for A/C), GST and RIV fee based on your vehicle.
PPS: Make sure you call border to clarify what they want on the cover letter. Each crossing wants the attention: made to different things (make sure to also include the VIN on ALL documents)
PPSS: crossing in port huron was easy, 20 mins on usa side, 20 mins on canada side at noon on a saturday. The directions they gave me were a little vague. When you fax your stuff to your desired border crossing, ask for directions and where to park on the USA side.
Hope this helps! These directions were from a friend who bought an Avant back in the fall. I followed only these directions, made couple adjustments as i went, and posted the updated info.
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Galco holsters; Holsters; Gun holster, pistol holsters, western holsters, shoulder holsters, leather holster and Glock holsters
Yes they are made differently.
So what is considered a good gun belt? Are they made differently? or just a normal everyday well constructed belt??
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Yes they are made differently.
Gun Belts & Apparel - products new home - Kydex Reinforced Contour Belts
Bruises my foot when I step on it. Must be good, right?
So your saying its probably not something i can go to my local walmart and buy??
are they really necessary to carry??
Many people believe, with good reason, that the belt is even more important than the holster!
In any case, your pistol belt has to be thick and stiff, so your gun-and-holster doesn't sag or move around.
You have to wear it tightly cinched, too, for the same reasons.
Many of the best pistol belts are made of two layers of very thick, very stiff cowhide. Some, as Holly and ponzer pointed out, are even interlined with stiff Kydex plastic.
There are belts made of a single layer of extra-thick (12-ounce or "skirting") cow/"bull"-hide which will be satisfactory, at least for a while. Nevertheless, my experience dictates a belt made of two layers of oak-tanned cowhide (or "bullhide"—the same thing, really) that is at least 1/4" thick.
A good belt of this kind should cost between $60.00 and $120.00, complete with a strong buckle.
I just find it hard to spend that much on a belt...Come to think of it, this type of belt would only be needed if using a holster that has belt loops right??
A paddle holster that goes into your jeans can be used with a normal belt, no?
Correct me if I am wrong..
Beltman makes a good gun belt. beltman.com They are costly but they don't sag with the weight of the gun. Got mine for Xmas, it is starting to show a little fray on he top, but the stitching is good and tight. If I have my pants on I've got a gun on my belt.
If this has already been covered, my apologies. I didn't read all the posts.
The holster-and-gun combination needs the same support, no matter how it is carried.
Your "normal belt" will fold over and sag, under the pressure of the weight of the gun-and-holster combination.
The gun will press down upon your hips, and you will begin to ache long before the day is half over.
Do you like being uncomfortable?
Correct me, if I'm wrong: You're going to carry your pistol in a Fobus holster. Right?
Why anyone would spend as much as $600.00 on a pistol, and then carry it in a $25.00 holster on a $5.00 belt mystifies me.
And then this hypothetical person is going to stake his life on this holster-and-belt combination? Foolish at best.
If you are contemplating carrying your pistol in a Fobus holster, keep away from me.
I can relieve you of both the gun and its holster in less than a second, from behind, long before you realize what's happening and long before you have any chance of stopping me.
I never get the quotes to work out over one so I won't try.
YES,you need a real belt,no Wally or fleamarket crap.Yea,it'll work doing the "Wally Walk",but don't.If you have a pancake with a 2lb+/- gun and cinch up a notch,you're good for an hour maybe and you wish you didn't.
I'm oldshool with leather,a good double thickness belt is it.Beltman builds them that way but his belts are a touch wider than most,which comes from the base leather thickness that's laminated.Unless he's changed,a Milt Spark's rig may or may not go on depending on the loop style on the holster.I got one from Al at A&G Leather for $70,right there with beltman.
Normal jeans and the like run 1 1/2 loops,you can cram a 1 3/4 through but don't.A good 1.5 and holster with the same loops doesn't move with over 3lbs of a holsterd steel Commander and holster.When you go to Safariland and a few others,their standard belt cut is 1 3/4,there are some good designs but you aren't going to be wearing Levi's and it not move around on you.
Physically try it if you can,buying on speculation is why you will end up with a pile of holsters like a few,or alot of us.
Fobus holsters are junk and can easily be defeated. do yourself a favor and invest in your safety. Get a good gun belt and a good leather holster designed specifically for your gun.
Here are some links:
(Sonny never wrote that he was using a Fobusit was purely my assumption, based on one small piece of information.)
Thanks for the info guys.
out of curiousity, why so much hate towards Fobus? are they proven to be that bad? Wish I would have know before ordering lol
I will look into all those belt options...thanks for the input guys
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It's not "hate." Maybe it's more like "disgust."
Rigid Fobus holsters are held together with the minimum number of small rivets. The ones at the holster's top edge, that hold the pouch to the paddle or belt-loop, are very easily defeated by means of a sharp upwards twist. Someone can come upon you from behind and snatch your gun, holster and all, before you have time to react.
Swivelling Fobus holsters add a screw that easily loosens. When the screw loosens, the holster rotates, and flops out of position. This makes both carry and presentation quite difficult, and it's something you shouldn't have to deal with, when you're trying to save your life.
All Fobus holsters are noisy. When you draw a pistol from a Fobus holster, there is a significant "clack." If you wish to access your gun stealthily, you can't.
And, of course, there's the "economics" question: Why would anyone carry a $600.00 gun in a $25.00 holster? Such a holster will not properly protect the gun, nor will it deliver the weapon to your hand in a consistent, dependable way. It's like trying to use a $5.00 belt from Target or Walmart to support your pistol: It just isn't up to the job.
I see what you mean now. In a way I guess its a good thing my gun isnt $600 , more like a xmas gift, and even that not a very expensive one. But being its my first handgun I wont complain
Though I am in the market for a new one and will be sure to get a quality holster for it..
I have a bull hide belt from Bullhidebelts.com. It is two layers thick. Each layer is of bull hide (which is tougher than cow hide), and it measures a full 1/4 inch in thickness. It is 1-3/4" wide.
But despite the toughness of the belt and the width and thickness after just a few weeks it was no longer straight but had curved to fit my body. I wonder about the kevlar belts. The curve has to be "universal" and cannot be correct for all bodies. I would choose a leather only belt. They cost about $50.00 and will last for years.
And unlike holsters, you won't be wondering if the next one will be better (just watch your weight).
That eventual curve is natural with a leather belt that Packard mentioned,personal built in comfort.Belts and holsters need a break-in period to your body shape,if you get something super rigid it will screw with you forever.I bought a Sparks quality holster from Tim at TT gunleather,I inserted the gun and had to place it between my feet to snatch it back out.The gun litterally clicked into place,and after a good hundred insertions watching tv I still couldn't draw out of it on the belt.I wrapped it in a baggie(the gun inserted) for a day and still tight,put a double wrap of wax paper and 12 or so hours later it was close enough to throw back on the belt and do some real draws.I can stand on my hands if I could and the gun is going nowhere,but I can snatch it right out-no snaps,thumb breaks,just pure boning of the leather.Best holster I have and I've never spent a buck 40 for leather in my life,a belt 1/2 that price is worth it's weight in gold.You may sell the gun and holster,but the belt is forever.A good one almost works as a backbrace if you're getting to that age too.Plastic is fantastic,but quality still costs,there's no cheap way out in the general sense.
It does my heart good to see people advocate for buying good holsters and good belts. Someone said why spend good money on a gun and carry it in a $20 holster on a $5 belt? I believe and am a firm beleiver that you should get quality items to hold and to carry your weapon. It is a matter of saftey, function and comfort. Sure spending less is "cool" but in the long haul it is never the best idea when your weapon is involved. My best buddy will not spend 10 bucks if he find something that looks like "it" for 8 bucks even if it is made in Vietnam and from artifical what ever. It makes me crazy.
He is always comparing his less expensive what ever to my whatever and telling me what a great deal he got. Then it breaks or tears or falls a part and he tells me what a great deal he got on his new what ever. And his is new and mine is old. Wash rinse repeat .
Thank you to all who said get a good belt and spend the money on the quality! Wise words from wise folks.
When I get my next handgun, which will probably be a ruger sr9c, i will invest in a better quality holster and maybe even a belt, for right now what I have seems to be working fine.
But i do understand that you sometimes do need to pay more for better stuff, especially when it comes to something as important as this.. Thanks for all the input guys
Would a military issue LCE be a good gun belt?


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