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This is an article I did on another site, just to give some Broncos fans some of my perspective going into the off-season. It's really long, hope you guys enjoy.
Denver Broncos Outlook -- The Big Picture
Chris Hart
The Denver Broncos are 11-3 and they're one win away or a San Diego loss from clinching the AFC West Division. The effort this team has put out this year has surprised the fans and a lot of people around the NFL. Most of all, this team has impressed me. However, there are still a lot of questions we can ask about in regards to the future of this team. I'll start off with some burning questions that deal with the remainder of the season, then I'll move into questions concerning players, the draft and free agency. It'll be a long read, but I hope you guys will enjoy it.
Can the Denver Broncos clinch a first-round bye in the AFC?
Absolutely. The Broncos may have lost a heart-breaker to Oakland last year at Mile High, however I do not believe it will happen again this year. Shanahan knows how serious this game is. If we win this game, we win the division and we're one step closer to getting that first-round bye for the playoffs. It's been a long time since the Broncos have won the division and I think it'd be a big boost to us going into the playoffs.
I think it's pertinent that we get this first-round bye. I'm fearful that our great season could come to a screeching hault right away if we have to play in the first-round. I'm worried about the matchups, and personally I wouldn't want to play the Steelers, Chargers or Chiefs with our #3 seed (assuming we don't get the bye). Just having our team rested, hopefully having D-Weezy back healthy, and the fact we'll get to play a worn out team would make all of us a little more comfortable as we head into the playoffs.
Can the Broncos make it to the Super Bowl, and most of all, win it?
Yeah. Dream scenario would be for the Chargers to get the #6 seed, knock off Cincinatti and stick it to Peyton and the Colts yet again. I'd like our chances at home against the Chargers with them playing that many games straight. There aren't many teams I'd be worried about in the NFC, in my honest opinion, we could beat all of them. I know we lost to the Giants, but if anyone watch that game, you know darn well that we had that game dominated until the final seven minutes. I personally like our chances this year moreso than next year, but certainly the next two years would be our best shot to get it done.
How much longer will the "Old Man" Play?
Rod "Old Man" Smith has the ability to play out the end of his contract. According to the NFLPA, Smith's contract is void in 2008, however it is unlikely he'll play that long. I have faith that Rod Smith has atleast another year or so left in him, and with us lacking a true #1 wide receiver, I hope we'll be able to find one before he hangs them up. In my personal opinion, the implications of Smith hanging them up will be just as bad as the implications when Elway retired. Period.
The Future of Ashley Lelie in Denver.
Ashley Lelie is under contract with the Broncos until 2007 and I believe the Broncos will indeed keep him here until that time is done. His cap number is very small, (600,000 and 725,000) the next few years. I recently found an article in the Yahoo that had this to say about Lelie:
Despite his 18-yards-per-catch average, word is circulating that the Denver Broncos have lost faith in the idea that Ashley Lelie can eventually shoulder the load as a No. 1 wide receiver.
The hope was that Lelie who was still viewed as being unpolished in his route-running when plucked from Hawaii in the first round of the 2002 draft would eventually take over for Rod Smith. But even with last season's 1,084-yard effort, Lelie hasn't come close to Smith's competitive nature, and coaches have been disappointed that Lelie is often bullied by physical cornerbacks. Thus, Denver is expected to look for another marquee receiver in free agency or the draft.
I think this is half true and half false. All I have heard is good things about Ashley, besides the fact that he lacks that competitive nature like Rod Smith. There are no questions in regards to Ashley's size, hands, speed and blocking ability. He's superb in those categories. Where he still needs work is in route-running and he needs to get a little tougher. Those things can be worked on, in time I think it'll get better.
Like I've said many times, it usually takes three years for a receiver to develop, and I think Ashley has done that. It's just too bad that the play-calling and the coaching staff limiting Plummer's abilities have also hurt Ashley as well. You don't see many calls going Ashley's way. We haven't been throwing the ball deep often and we've certainly taken away from Plummer's gunslinger mentality. Also, Plummer has overthrown Ashley atleast ten times this season. Had he actually made those throws, nobody would be complaining about Ashley now and he'd probably have similar statistics to last year. Ashley has improved a lot since the first few games of the season and I see nothing but improvement from him in the future.
Even though I don't think he's in the mold of the typical Bronco receiver, I think Ashley will more than likely be re-signed or given a contract extension sometime before his true contract runs out. When you look at the receivers behind Ashley, we have some good developmental receivers, but I do not believe we have any true #1 project behind him.
Living up to the hype as a #1 receiver is tough. At the worst case scenario Ashley Lelie is a fantastic #2 receiver. He's ability to stretch our passing game has helped our running game substantially. Just look at the cushion receivers are giving Ashley when he's on the field, and look what we'd lose if he were to vacate any time in the near future.
In conclusion, Ashley is a fantastic physical specimen, but he lacks the aggressiveness and all-out mentality ala Rod Smith. That's where his biggest deficiencies are. I do believe he can be a number one receiver on this team, but at worst, he's a great #2 option. If Plummer looked his way more often, I'm sure his statistics would look a lot better.
Just give Ashley more touches and you'd be surprised at what he can do. Right now he's at 35 catches and 700 yards, also add in four key first downs and 77 yards rushing and you're pushing 800 total yards and about 25+ first downs with him as a receiver. He brings a lot of talent to the table, I think our coaches have done a poor job utilizing his talents. Limiting Plummer has affected Ashley, and I don't think he should be downed because of that.
Devoe, Adams and Company are not the solution!
Where Devoe and Adams may be decent #3 and #4 wide receivers, they are not the kind of receivers I would want to see to become two of our top three receivers on our squad once Rod retires. They're still very raw and have a lot to learn. By the looks of Adams numbers, he's doing well as a #3 option, but I think he needs to concentrate more and needs to stop dropping catchable balls. Where Plummer isn't the best passer, (although he's fairly good in my opinion) he has hit Adams in the hands several times, for him to only drop those passes. Some of those passes have been on third downs. I'm not sure whether or not Adams prefers to catch with his body or with his hands, but dropping the ball is unacceptable. Face it, Devoe had one good play that opened us up the win against Philadelphia but has virtually been out of commission since.
Watts has been a huge bust, (can't believe we drafted him that high just because he broke Moss' records at Marshall) and more than likely will not have the opportunity to turn it around. He's went from our #3 to currently being inactive for almost all of our games. That's a huge fall from grace. He's only under contract for two more years. I don't think we'll cut him, but since his cap number is so low, I wouldn't be surprised if we did.
So what's the solution?
Personally, I'm not all that impressed with the wide receiver class this far, especially as far as top end prospects go. Where there are no Calvin Johnson's or Dwayne Jarrett's in this draft, the top guys aren't anyone to frown about. Would I be upset if we took a guy really high? Possibly, depending on who else is on the board but there is no doubt that it's a question in the minds of Broncos fans and personell. I've heard from Scott and other sources that the Broncos are looking to draft a wide receiver early on day one. The need is clearly there, but I've also heard that the Broncos are seriously looking to upgrade the defensive line and the offensive line as well, so if they can get that done, I probably wouldn't have a problem with adding a first day receiver.
I believe I posted a quote from Sundquist expressing interest in the Patriot FA receivers. (I think Branch and Givens both are, and I think both would be awesome pick ups!) So it'll be interesting to see if we end up targeting them (I know Givens is a FA for sure) come free agency. Could we go after a guy like Reggie Wayne? I doubt it, unless we can get in decent salary cap shape.
In conclusion on this topic, wide receiver is a big need. I'd prefer to get a guy in FA, a guy like Wayne or Givens (preferably Givens!) that have shown they are legit targets in the NFL. Where these guys aren't perfect, they'd still be good additions to our squad. If push comes to shove, if we can get a receiver in the draft, (perhaps in a situation where we trade down or trade away a first rounder) I'd be accepting to it. As long as it's not a guy like Demetrius Williams who is an Ashley Lelie clone.
"Browncos" have been solid, but an upgrade(s) needed!
I'll be the first to say I'm pretty pleased with the way these guys have played, however I'm not sure if these guys are the long-term solutions at our defensive line, nor do I believe they're worth the money and incentives that it'd cost to keep them on our squad.
With bonuses and the base salary, Gerrard Warren is going to cost us a lot next year towards the cap. I know his base salary is 6.6 million dollars, but I also believe he's due a bonus that could cost us around ten million. Where I like Warren, I think he's well, but he's certainly not worth that. The same goes for Ekuban, who can be replaced and if cut will save us about three million dollars. Myers will be kept, but an UT replacement for him is needed, for how well he's done and how low his cap number is (even though he's out of contract after 06) he'll be on the team.
Courtney Brown should be kept on the team, his cap number isn't heavy at all next year and is decent for the next several years. (Under contract until 2009, next year he'll be making 1.4 million and it will increase 500,000 each year after that) I've been impressed by his play. To me, he serves better as a rush end, instead of playing the left end which is heavy against the run. If he and Pryce switched spots, I think our line would be more effective. Too bad Coyer has stopped his aggressive schemes for the past what, five games. They were really working before.
Trevor Pryce is the joker of this group. When I say joker, I couldn't care less if he's traded or cut. Personally, I'd like to see him restructure. It's been noted that Denver was trying to trade him during this past off-season, but couldn't get anything decent in return because of his injury. With his salary, I doubt he's traded so I think he will either be cut (don't think he has anything in his contract which would hurt us against the cap) or re-structured. Here's what he's due to make the next few years.
2006 6530000.00
2007 7970000.00
2008 9000000.00
No way is he worth that. With that money, we could signed Wayne, Givens, afford all of our picks and then some. We'd be silly not to do something about this.
I'm all for loading up two to three players on the defensive line in the draft. You guys know how much I like Claude Wroten as a future UT prospect on this team and probably could play end in a 3-4 if we do go that way. Also, Rod Wright is slipping down draft boards and could be a potential pick for us in the second round, if we trade down or something of the sort. There's a lot we could do and there are a lot of solid prospects at DT this year and we'd be fools not to take one.
I'm not too thrilled with the DL FA's, but there are some names that strike me. Most of them would be ideal if we went to the 3-4, but there are also some good 4-3 prospects as well. Personally, I'd rather add youth to our team than bring in a 6-7 year veteran who would demand quite a bit of money. Truth be told, we could probably get two big name DT/DE's in this draft in the first and second rounds, plus a decent FA for the cost of guys like Warren, Ekuban and Pryce on our roster. For the most part, young defensive lineman are dirt cheap, although teams are coveting the position more and more.
Best case scenario for us in my opinion is draft two defensive lineman on day one and look at some of the better DL FA's and add some versatility to our squad.
Offensive Line is a concern, but not that big of a concern.
Lepsis is under contract until 2009, but I believe he has the option to end his contract with the Broncos and test the free agent market this off-season. He's scheduled to make a million next year and in my opinion, he's worth about three more. Although he'd probably get big money if he left Denver in the off-season, I'm almost positive he'll stay here on this squad. In the next several years, his salary does increase and I think it'd be the equivalent to what he'd probably get if he tested the market.
2006 1000000.00
2007 3100000.00
2008 4800000.00
2009 4000000.00
Matt Lepsis is a top five LT in the NFL and he deserves to be payed for one. Hopefully he doesn't bail on us, and if he does, I most certainly know that he'd be on his way to Atlanta.
Tom Nalen right now is probably going to retire. If he did, I think it'd save us a lot of money. He's scheduled to make six, seven and eight million dollars three years in a row after this and although he's one of the best lineman we've ever had and my opinion a future HOF, I do not think he's THAT important to our line. Sure, I'd love to see him play for a few more years, maybe he could re-structure, but I'm doubting that will happen. We'd save a lot of money towards the cap if Nalen re-structured or retired, I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Carlisle has played well lately, but I don't doubt that we could find an upgrade over him. First guy(s) in the draft that comes to mind is Eslinger or Settersom, who would be good picks with our 2nd and 3rd respectively. Carlisle is under contract until 2006 and with us signing him so late, I feel that it was only urgency and that our plans right now are definitely to upgrade the interior of our line this upcoming draft.
If Nalen does retire, Hamilton will probably move to center, and Hamilton is under contract for quite some time. We're set with Foster at RT, who is coming along very well. I questioned the pick at first, but the kid is almost up to pro-bowl caliber material. If he stops making the little mental mistakes now and then, I think he can become one of the best linemen in the league.
Before PJ Alexander was injured and placed on Non-football IR, the coaches were extremely pleased with his progression. Other things I'm hearing are that the Denver coaches love OL Chris Myers and he could possibly be on the pace to have a starting position on the line next year. Taylor Whitley, currently our back-up at both guard positions could be a possibility as well. Personally, adding another guy in there for "safety" would be great. I don't see any of those guys transforming into top prospects on the interior, but with the scheme we have, they'd probably look pretty good.
So if we are looking towards the draft, Eslinger would be a solid pick in round two, Settersom in round three. If we're looking for a LT if Lepsis ops out of his contract, there should be two guys I'm high on, Scott and Colledge at the end of round one. Colledge could probably play any spot on our line if needed and heck, he'd be a Bronco for life!
If I didn't mention it earlier, Scott said that Denver has plans to upgrade the OL in the draft as well. (DL, OL, WR is what he told me) I'm not sure about FA OL, sorry about that. Anyways, I doubt we go that route in the first place.
Miscellaneous Thoughts and Information.
Like I stated above, Denver as of right now is looking to upgrade the DL, OL and WR on the first day of the draft. Scott didn't have much more to say because he stated you rarely hear any aspirations about teams who are in contention in regards to the draft. I'll be sure to keep you guys updated on anything else I hear as the season goes on.
If you didn't pick it up from the earlier reads, or forgot, Sundquist has interest in the Patriot WR's, probably David Givens, who could be a legit #1 guy for us, or atleast a solid addition for next year and the future.
Among the FA's we have, Veal, Brandon and Chucky should be re-signed.
Regardless of how Ferguson has played of late (a little better) and that Lynch was voted into the Pro-Bowl again, we need to upgrade the safety position.
Denver can clinch a first round bye with a win against the Raiders and a Bengals loss this weekend.
Alright guys, that's all I have. Hope you enjoy.
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Great post. Good to see something in depth about the Broncos. With the way Rod Smith is playing, I definetly think he should be able to stick aroudn one more year and the Broncos could hopefully hold out to get a top WR prospect next year as this years crop is less then steller.
I would really like to see the Broncos get a safety with one of the first round picks at the draft. There are three solid picks who would look great playing along side Lynch. But DL and OL is a need. Either Warren or Pryce looks to be gone next year or possibly both because of the cap and help could be found in the draft. And who knows who is going to be here next year on the O-line.
Again great post.
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Great post.
Question: Do you honestly believe that when the pressure is on in a playoff game and Jake Plummer has to make plays where hes not playing from ahead, the Broncos actually have a chance? The Broncos have the defense and the running game to dominate all the way to a SB ring, but Plummer is still the weakest link. If a team like Cincy or Indy (like they have done before) put the game where the Broncos cant be unpredictable with their playcalling, and just limit them to Plummer dropping back and passing, they dont have a chance IMO.
You have the Steelers and Jags who can take away the run. You have the Bengals and Colts who can run up the score and make it hard to run the ball later in the game. You have the Pats who can do it all and more. I dont see the Broncos winning anything with Jake Pummer at QB. ANytime hes not in "managing" duties, the Broncos are in trouble.
Thats just the way I see it, I'm wondering what you think?
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In the past several games, Jake Plummer has been a great pocket-passer. He realizes that he can't just rely on the bootleg and has transformed himself into a pretty good pocket passer as of late. As long as our defense keeps working and our running game works, I think that we'll be fine.
We went undefeated at home this season, so I'm willing to bet the bank that we can win atleast one game in the playoffs.
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Things look great for Denver now. If they can play as well as they did most of the regular season they can beat the remaining teams.
They did not play anywhere near their best vs New England and still won.
I am still not sold on Jake Plummer not falling back into his bad old habits
under the pressure of a crucial game though.
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The set up is that there are a number of different races: orcs, merfolk, minotaurs, knights, etc. that each have their own religion. The units are very different and there are many more upgrades/enhancements that each character can get. Thus most people start with Warriors that can actually last quite a while gaining new skills. The city buildings are completely different with lots of added benefits: with wine, your brewery raises revenue and food; hunting lodges to improve your scouts to hunters and assassins. You can tame wild animals, etc. The tech tree is very different, and so are many of the Wonders.
While the map style looks the same and some of the units are still around, the gameplay is quite original. This took a lot of work to put together. This is what I call a player mod done right. Most other mods are simply changes to the units, or smaller fixes here and there. I'm surprised Firaxis doesn't consider licensing and selling this commercially. I'd put this comparable to the Rise of Nations commercial add-on, Rise of Legends, but instead of three new nations, this one has about eight. It's obviously more well known because of the big marketing engine of Microsoft Games behind it.
It's these kinds of player mods that I really enjoy. From over a decade ago, the MMORPG text-only games like MUDs had a programming aspect to it so users could add more areas to the game. Most MMORPGs don't allow that any more because of uncontrolled growth and often poor execution on most users parts. Secondlife, while not really a game, is gaining a lot of success (see Wired article) because it goes the very opposite direction: build all you like. It can be chaotic, but this is really pure capitalism at work: the successful ones should get the most attention and reward. To make a success, you need good planning and execution, as well as all the other things: marketing, delivery, customer satisfaction, etc., but it still starts with having a good idea that people will want.
I was about to go pay $50 to buy a new game like Caeser IV, but I thinkthese guys should get my money instead, if I can figure out how.They're off working on the next version, Fall from Heaven 2.
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I was discussing this topic with several other friends today: when it's your turn to watch the baby, what computer game do you play?
I have a night shift from 8 to about 12 to watch the baby and the best game I can play is Civilization IV. It's a little older now but it's still a good game and the turn-by-turn basis gives me a lot of time in case I need to stop and attend to him. Also Civ IV is can be played almost as well whether you have just a keyboard or just a mouse, which is an important factor when you have to do your turn one-handed (while bouncing on a big rubber ball holding the baby). Also, the game takes many hours to finish and that is just what I need.
My friend Eric is/was quite into World of Warcraft, but when the baby cries, he put his priest character into "follow" mode. Unfortunately, that doesn't always work so well, when the others need your help. E.g., they're off fighting a creature and you're just standing there while others are begging you to heal them. So, I won't mention what his character's name is...
Another friend plays a version of Half-Life--I think it's Team Fortress--where you can turn your character to Observor mode, thus essentially making your character invulnerable but ineffective in the game. Your teammates still probably won't appreciate you taking yourself out.
Anyway, I've played Civ IV to death and new I'm looking for another building/management strategy game. I hear good things about Caesar IV, so its next on my list.
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I've certainly been slow blogging this month, and I'm using the "new baby" excuse :) Not entirely true, but I'm catching up with things at work and the on-going projects we have.
The UofArizona MIS 300 course is going well. We're about a month into the semester and the enrollment has been at 37 students. It's larger than we expected but not unmanageable. Per my previous post, this course is on preparing students for roles in community management. We certainly have hands-on work with social software tools, but the overall goal is more around designing and planning your community, how to keep it growing, how to market and measure it.
The course is also about cooperation, communication, and leadership, so there are other in-class exercises when the Junior level undergrads have to do activities like presentations, pair tasks, group tasks and of course the final project of building a community of other real students and helping to train their community. It helps also to make it fun.
The hopeful outcome is a base level of understanding where they can go into a new entry level position as community manager for a company. Since these roles are still quite varied and evolving, there would be a lot of learning on the job that still needs to happen, but at least they will understand the basics and the personality aspects required of them.
My other hope is that we can reach out to other companies who are looking for such people for coops or internships with these skills.
This week we've started everyone on blogging. They each have to post several times a week on Wordpress accounts and connect with other bloggers, and continue doing so for the rest of the semester. This will likely be trivial for some but not for others. It takes a bit of motivation to blog on such regular frequency and that depends upon the people. Hopefully later this year, I'll demo some of this. This is so they understand what they are asking of a potential blogging community, learn the components of blogs, and experience the issues themselves.
They will also go through assignments to collaborate on a wiki, create their own podcast or videocast, and so on, all the let them become familiar with these from a users perspective.
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I'm back from family leave. The baby and mom and doing great, and we have no end of pictures. We've even started a site on Kodakgallery.com just for the family and friends. It's a much simpler way of selectively sharing a large number of photos with a group of people, although not quite an open social site. It's more of a private portal per owner. I think this used to be Ofoto before Kodak reopened it under their brand name. Unlike Flickr, it doesn't openly share pictures with everyone, but each site has its use. In fact, the better way would be to have both visibilities (public and private) through proper access control mechanisms, and let the owner figure out what they'd like to share.
Anyway, I found this article on Tom's Networking on building a Bluetooth sniper rifle, where you can scan open bluetooth devices from hundreds even thousands of feet away, all built from common parts for a few hundred dollars. So, if you have bluetooth cell or laptop, please make sure you try to keep it secure.
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94 lifted xj fs/ft price drop and more pics 1800 sold
1994 4 door jeep cherokee, 4.0l, 5 speed, 6" lift front 5" coil with 1" spacer rubicon express lower control arms and rustys uppers, 6.5" rear lift 4.5" leafs with 2" shackles, 120,000+ miles on jeep 80,000 on jasper rebuild, 33" , tj front fender flares. this has been a trail jeep most of its life, the guy i got it from did rock crawling events and trail events all over, from Moab to the bad lands, it was in JP magazine, all before i got it.
she is dd worthy i drive it to work once in a while and it runs great and goes down the road alright takes off in 2nd just fine.
good tires just put on
warn front winch bumper
tomkin rear bumper
olympic rock sliders
carpet taken out
floors were patched
tuffy tool box that locks the kind that goes in the yj's and tj's full of parts
huskey floor mats front and rear
welded rear diff 8.25 4.11 gears
lock right locker in front
30 gal all steel gas tank (skid plate design)
231 with SYE kit
custom front and rear drive shafts (tom woods)
heavy duty drag link and tie rod with rod ends
track arm drop bracket
cross brace for track arm drop bracket
front diff cover gaurd
lower control arm skid plates welded on
rusty's t-case skid plate
new fuel pump and fuel filter
will not stay in 1st gear, needs syncro?
rod ends on steering should be replaced soon, no death wabble.
front axle still has stock gears from before the axle swap, 3.27's
missing driver side rear door handle from trail incident
dings and dents as is mostly used on the trails
i have a set of 4.56 gears for the front dana 30 that go with it, plus lots of extra body parts, hood, 2 front grill clips, lots of tail lights, clear front corner marker lights, front fenders, rear doors pass and driver side,water pump u joints and a whole parts jeep to go with it is mostly complete
picked up a good ax15 with a 231 on it ready to drop in
the parts alone are worth at least 1000 not including the parts jeep
all in all this jeep just needs a little love and shes ready to tackle anything
even if you need a dd it will do just fine, stong running jeep
going down to 1800 i need this gone asap im buying a house and need the extra money this is a steal for what your getting 2 jeeps and all the parts need to make this almost mint.... i will take partial trades with a min of 1000 cash with what you have must be a 4 wheel thing i dont mind projects just not total junk lol
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almost forgot i have a set of 33s to go with it about 35 percent on 3 and the other was a spare has like 95 percent on it
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|December 2nd, 2012, 12:13 AM
like a rock
Not really looking for thunderbird unless you have 1000. To drop with it ...
update, put new fuel pump and filter in the jeep runs a ton better still takes a min for the fuel
pump to kick on when cold, allways starts and runs great....
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Delfino Delivers, Jun 3, 2008.
I get a really nice feeling every time I see this thread appear. Keep reviving it please.
I'd like to take this time to say atleast Flip won't have to spend a great deal of time packing up his household to move.... since he never bothered to move his family here.See how great a person he is, he didn't want to have to make his wife move twice in 3 years... what a long range thinking man.
Oh, you little devil you!!:girl_devil:
Well, after the death of a PC and an acquisition of a new Mac, I can barely contain my joy. I'm not sure I'm sold on Curry. But, for now he's saying all the right things and I'm really really hoping he follows through. If he's half as tough as he's talking, then Sheed will respect him and won't be ticked that he has to go out and perform a faulty game plan. I have consumed many alcoholic beverages to celebrate this momentous occasion. Excelsior!!! :p_welldone:
I was wondering why you hadn't posted.
How did you kill your PC ? Typed it to death ?
Welcome back Low...I thought maybe you had flown to Detroit to personally help Flip pack his bags and he had you tied up in his basement for orchestrating his exodus!!
Most likely. Also running it 24/7 didn't help either. HP has had it since the 9th and I'm probably not getting it back until the 25th or later. Hello Apple!
Frankly, my PC dying happened at the right time. I needed to refocus my priorities, let the dust (and my disgust) settle, and re-evaluate my thoughts. Honestly, not being able to do any work (outside of work) and/or obsess about the P's did me some good. I feel pretty refreshed. But, if I had flown to DET (which I will now NEVER be doing with the inception of full body (read: nude) scanners at the Vegas airport), it would have been to fill a bag with excrement, place it on Bill Davidson's doorstep, light it on fire, and tape a note on the door short, but sweet reading: Just so it would be clear that perhaps he is not a good person and would not be eligible for re-hire....
Welcome to the cult (mac users) Low!
Why thank you. I've always admired the stability and efficient memory allocation of Macs, but have been really chained to the applications that required windows. However, I'm not a full convert just yet. I'm still running BootCamp with Vista because my newly repaired laptop (just been dropped off by FedEx a full week ahead of schedule) is my second install of Adobe CS3. I can't exchange it for a Mac version just yet. Otherwise, I'd be limited to only having it on the desktop machine and not being able to have a mobile copy (which I use more often than not). But, as soon as I can pony up for a mac laptop, I'll be there! ....besides, going 2 full weeks or so with no access to half my email accounts and other necessary items was no fun...the only thing I was able to do in the meantime was get really familiar with my XBOX360 and GTAIV.
Brezec interview (in Slovenian) delo.si A rough translation of the part of interest;
G26, it's a tough line-up to break.
I haven't heard of any team scooping up Flip. Anyone heard differently?
I'd be surprised if he gets a job with a team that isn't bad (if he gets one)
He won't have a job by the end of this summer. Avery probably won't either.
I'm so sorry to hear you feel that way. I, on the other hand, will be swaggering through the Vegas scanners with PRIDE. :winner_first_h4h: I only hope the hordes of autograph-seekers don't make me miss my flight.
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He won't get one this time around, but he'll almost certainly have some offers after next season when one of any number of bad-to-mediocre teams make a coaching change.
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Records: North Carolina 9-1 (0-0 ACC), Coastal Carolina 6-2 (1-0 Big South)
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• North Carolina is 14-0 all-time against Coastal Carolina.
• UNC is 4-0 all-time against the Chanticleers in the Myrtle Beach/Conway area, with the last road game coming in Conway in 2007. Carolina won that game, 82-58.
• Sunday's game marks the eighth time in nine seasons the two teams have met. The last meeting came in Chapel Hill in 2010, a 93-37 Tar Heel victory.
• Carolina has played at least one game in the Myrtle Beach area every year since 1994.
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I'll give another endorsement. Did all my decks and it worked great. Used the boat heavily this summer and the Kiwi showed no ill effects. Having tried or used other products so they may be great also, but I can say for sure that Kiwi grip did the job I wanted.
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Second all the positive reports here. We got our decks a bit too stippled (hot day, working too-large sections), but it sure is grippy! For the cockpit seats and coaming tops, we spread a thinner layer and rolled it with a cheap foam roller cover; result is a lightly suede texture that is easy on clothes and skin but MUCH safer than the molded non-skid was. It does show dirt. Good product, good customer service from the West Coast distributor. When the time comes, our 30'er will be getting KG. Not even considering anything else.
To prevent unused KG from hardening in the can, decant into smaller jars & top with Bloxygen or propane. It's super-easy to touch up any gouges.
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I did my decks and cabin top in the spring with Kiwigrip mad it came out great. As with everything tomdomwith painting, the results are all in the prep. I washed, abraded, washed again, then solvent washed to get the best adhesion. Now that I see how tenacious a bit of spray is on non-prepped areas, maybe I needn't have bothered being so thorough.
Careful masking is crucial to good results. A helper is pretty well necessary. Slop it on with a small notched trowel and float it out before rolling. Different textures/grippiness can be achieved by varying the a punt of product and roller pressure.. Pull the masking tape right away. Kiwigrip has a chart for heat and humidity, well worth looking at.
I was lucky to have had one perfect day this spring, warm, not hot, medium humidity, we just roared through the application on my 32 footer.
I also did a custom sort of sandy tan color at the local paint shop. The contrast with my freshly painted cabin top and cockpit is fantastic.
It will cover roughly what the can says, I think it's 80 sq ft per gal?
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Wow! Thank you so much for all the helpful and money saving tips! I can't wait to get started on my project. I won't be heading down to the boat until mid October but at least now I will have everything ready to go when I get there. Everyone has been most helpful. I have a feeling I will be seeking advice on SailNet again and again!:
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I'm applying it to my boat now and am really happy with it. Once you start rolling it, it will set up quickly and if it's hot, you should work fast. As soon as it is to the point where you like the way it looks, pull the tape off.
I bought white, but decided it would be to bright so had it tinted at a local paint store to a light tan, came out really nice. Since it isn't their standard base, they won't guarantee it comes out exactly like the sample but it will be really close.
I bought a couple of their rollers, but at $25 they are expensive. Went to Home Depot/Lowes and got orange texture rollers with "loopy-goopy" loops, work just as well at $6. Sometimes the rollers are in the paint section, sometimes in the drywall section.
It is the consistency of mayonase, I scoop globs on an area and spread it with a notched trowel from the home improvement store, something like 3/16 notches, it was the finest I could find there. How thick you spread it contributes to how agressive the tread will be. If it is too agressive just keep rolling it pick up excess and then roll it on the next adjacent area you plan to apply it to. If it isn't as agressive as you like I've put some in a paint tray to get it on the roller and then gone back over an area after it was dry and built it up more.
Keep a bucket of water to put your tools in while you aren't using them, it will set up on them quickly.
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Thank you for the info. How big an area did you cover approximately and how much did you use. I'm thinking maybe I need to buy over and above what they recommend?
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I just did my decks, I think I skimped too much with it, but I'm satisfied. It goes on real nice, but watch the temperatures outside, if its too hot it'll start to clump on the roller.
I do find it a bit slippery barefoot when the deck is real wet but like I said, I don't think i applied it thick enough.
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Thanks everyone for the input and tips. I will go with Kiwigrip!
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There was a thread sometime back re KiwiGrip and from memory pretty much all the feedback was positive.
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I redid my nonskid 5 years ago with Kiwigrip (light gray) on my 1977 Bristol 29.9, I'm very happy with the product. It was easy to use and has held up realy great. I've used other nonskid paints, and non of them last or look as good. I would use it again if I was to do it over.
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The Ballard Bridge Approaches project is the 2010 site in SDOT's Annual Bridge Painting Program, an ongoing asset preservation effort that provides for the periodic painting of each of the City's 20 structural steel bridges. The painting will provide for enhanced aesthetic appeal as well as protect the steel bridge elements for an additional 15 years against corrosion and other weather deterioration.
The 2010 bridge painting project is only for the north and south approaches.
It does not include the main portion of the bridge where the roadway can be raised to allow passage for boats and ships. This is called the bascule section and is scheduled for 2011 under another contract.
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(Reuters) Kids whose mothers had the flu while pregnant were slightly more likely to be diagnosed with "infantile autism" before age three in a new Danish study. But the children's overall risk for the developmental disorder was not higher than that of other kids.
Researchers said it's possible that activation of a mother's immune system such as by infection with the influenza virus could affect a fetus's developing brain. But they urged caution with the new findings, especially because of statistical limitations in their number-crunching.
"I really want to emphasize that this is not something you should worry about," said lead author Dr. Hjordis Osk Atladottir, from the University of Aarhus.
"Ninety-nine percent of women with influenza do not have a child with autism," she told Reuters Health. "If it were me that was pregnant, I wouldn't do anything different from before, because our research is so early and exploratory."
Her team's data came from a study that originally recruited more than 100,000 pregnant women in Denmark between 1996 and 2002. The women were called multiple times during their pregnancies, and once afterward, to ask about any new infections they had or medications they had taken.
The study includes 96,736 kids born from that initial cohort who were between 8 and 14 years old at the time of the analysis.
Physician William McMahon, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Utah, agreed the study should not make "pregnant women feel like they need to do anything, anything different than they've already done."
McMahon, who has been involved in autism research for decades, said, "Probably the bottom line here is influenza in a mom is a potential risk factor for autism, but it's probably only one of many, and its net affect we don't understand yet."
Self-reporting of flu symptoms is not as precise as blood studies to confirm a viral infection, he noted. "To blame it on influenza, it's a little premature."
But there are many good reasons to get vaccinated, he said. "Unless someone has a special condition, [that prohibits getting vaccinated] everybody should have a flu shot," he said.
Using a country-wide register of psychiatric diagnoses, Atladottir and her colleagues found that 1 percent of all kids were diagnosed with autism, including 0.4 percent with infantile autism in which the main symptoms all show up before age three.
There was no link between a range of infections in pregnancy including herpes, coughs and colds and cystitis- and the chance a baby would develop autism or infantile autism, according to the report published Monday in Pediatrics.
And among 808 women who reported having the flu while pregnant, there was no increased risk of autism in their children. However, seven of those babies, or 0.87 percent, were diagnosed with infantile autism, compared to the rate of 0.4 percent among kids in general.
There was also an increased albeit sometimes borderline risk of both autism and infantile autism in babies of women who had fevers for a week or more during pregnancy, as well as mothers who took some types of antibiotics.
Atladottir said there is some research in rodents suggesting women's activated immune cells can cross the placenta and affect chemicals in a fetus's brain. But how those findings apply to humans is still a question mark.
"It's all very unsure now we don't really know anything," she said.
In the United States, about one in 88 children is now diagnosed with autism or a related disorder.
One limitation of the new study, the researchers noted, is that they did 106 statistical tests comparing the risk of autism or infantile autism with various infections and drugs.
In medical research, a significant finding is typically considered one where there is less than a five percent likelihood the result would have occurred by chance.
But when so many calculations are done, scientists would expect that at least some would pass this test of significance, even if there is no real link between the pregnancy variables and autism.
In addition, women's flu reports weren't confirmed by doctors - and the frequency of mistaking the flu for another infection, or vice versa, is "likely to be considerable," the researchers noted.
Because of those limitations, Atladottir said the findings could encourage future research, but shouldn't be at the front of pregnant women's minds.
"We don't want to create panic," she said.
Still, one expert who wasn't involved in the new study thought the researchers were "soft peddling" their conclusions.
"It is highly recommended that women avoid infection during pregnancy, and there are a variety of very practical ways to decrease the likelihood of this," Paul Patterson, who studies the immune system and brain development at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, told Reuters Health by email.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend all women get a flu vaccine during pregnancy - in part because serious flu complications are more common in pregnant women.
But, said Patterson, "It is also worth emphasizing that even though the risk (of infantile autism) is significantly increased, the risk is still quite low."


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Ive done a search on this and well i couldnt find what i was after.
Ive been looking at various battle damage methods for the armour.
i was wondering how everyone goes about painting the yellow damage on their armour is it via painting it via hand or via layered method ie using the masking fluid etc????
If there is another way id love to see ppls methods!!! Thanks again for your help ! This would have to be the best Star wars costuming site by far!!!!


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by armygirl, Dec 28, 2006.
Aiight. I like it. Seems much less risky than trading Sheed, too.
Do the contracts match? If they do go for it. All though I would want Dice to win a championship, and as a Pistons. Flip M. just hasn't done the job well.
The Clippers would probably take that trade. Not sure Maggette would be happy with the minutes or lack of starting job (behind "Captain" Prince) he'd get here, though. Or that Dice would approve it - he has a trade kicker, no? I haven't really seen any proposals that would actually make the Pistons a better team - now or in the future - since the thread got off the topic of trading Chauncey (not that most of those would have either). Making Jason Maxiell or Amir Johnson a 20+ MPG rotation player is a romantic idea, but not one I believe would make the Pistons more likely to win the title: Maxiell is far too inconsistent a rebounder and Johnson is at this point basically a second-round Darko. Maybe Amir could play as well as Hakim Warrick, but then again maybe he can't, and the Pistons' front line is too complete to give them the opportunity without shelving Nazr Mohammed, shelving/trading Antonio McDyess or (I hate to repeat myself, but I'm going to anyway) throwing away our best player. There are no great teams in the NBA this season; nor any that are even one or two notches below great. Dallas, San Antonio, Utah, Phoenix, the Lakers, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Miami - those are all pretty good teams, but none stands above the rest as unbeatable or a prohibitive favorite or even a team that opponents fear. Nobody would be very surprised if a mediocre team like Orlando or Indiana, or even a bad team like Cleveland, were to upset one of those teams in the playoffs. All of this comes together to produce a climate in which the Pistons' window of opportunity to win a championship remains open, because while the Pistons may only be a decent to good NBA team, there is no team in the NBA which they don't match up with well enough to have a good shot at beating in a 7-game series. Rasheed Wallace is a major reason why. Does Sheed take bad shots? Yes. Has he abandoned his game going toward the basket? Almost. Does he slack off on defense? Occasionally. Does he rebound as well as he should? Definitely not. But, when he is healthy, more nights than not he is a positive force on the floor for the Pistons, and every night he is capable of doing something to help the Pistons win, capable of making the game easier for his teammates. Because of Rasheed Wallace, the Pistons are a good team rather than a mediocre one. Because of Rasheed Wallace, the Pistons are versatile enough to match up favorably with every team in the NBA - and you could not say the same if our starting power forward were a defenseless old gimp like McDyess or a dime-a-dozen one-move dunker like Maxiell or Chris Wilcox. Because of Rasheed Wallace, the Pistons' championship window remains open, and the front office should not say 'the hell with it' just because Amir's a seven footer who moves like a gazelle with a [strike]great[/strike]ugly but effective stroke from the perimeter. Earl Watson would be a great pickup for the Pistons - but we wouldn't have to give up Rasheed to get him. With Wilks playing well, the team going nowhere, and Watson's contract significantly longer and bigger than he really deserves, he's probably available for just matching value in expiring contracts. - A. Sheed Homer
"Because of Rasheed Wallace the Pistons are a good team, rather than a mediocore one" I remember when Sheed came here and he made this team a great team, rather than a good one. Have those days ended? I wouldn't call this team great anymore, but they are better than good.
Those were the days when we had an all-star center.
If guys like Maxiell, Blalock, Dice, Dale, and Flip M. make a difference off the bench than will it prevent greatness? We will see late in the season. If this team has that surge, it's hard not to see.
There are lots of Sheed deals which *could* improve the team. It may not improve the PF spot, but there are moves with can assist us in the draft, by getting younger, adding depth or just plain cleaning up our salary condition. It's a challenge to find some and then take the criticism for your moves. Less about Sheed and more about playing GM.
Kgreg has a good deal... unfortunately neither Mags or Delfino would be happy with their PT backing up Tay & Rip. As for Amir & Brahma doing well taking over Sheeds minutes... I'd rather see a motivated Elmer Fudd in there over lazy assed Sheed lately.
According to an article on Realgm, the Nets are willing to trade Jason Kidd "if the right deal comes along". They also, obviously, need size. CBA-wise, Chauncey Billups+Flip Murray+Nazr Mohammed should be tradable for Kidd's contract, which provides the "Aguirre/Dantley" type trade as well as opening up minutes for the Goon Squad.
CB/Flip/NM don't get it done salary wise. Toss in JMax and Dupree and NJ might bite. Or not.
Damn, you're right. Dupree and Blalock checks out, actually, although that would leave us extremely thin at guard. Where's Horace Jenkins?
Chauncey has a trade kicker. It's a bonus that must be paid out if he is traded. It makes any deals with CB very difficult to make. While I think Kidd is a far superior pure PG, his age and injury history make this at best a lateral move.
Exactly right
plus kid doesn't make shots at the end of games, nor does he even attempt them for fear of missing and being the fall guy
What Kidd does is find someone else to make shots late. Mr. Big Shot is a good name for a shooting guard, not the team leader. I know some fans don't like Kidd, but if you've followed his career, the guy is one of the better defensive points, is probably one of the best fast break PGs of the last 10 years and an incredible floor leader. We might not have beaten the Nets in 2004 if he was healthy. Respect for an opponent is some of the humble pie Pistons fans might need to learn.
Not true. See tripple overtime game in the playoffs a few years ago Pistons vs Nets.
I've just been seeing too much Sheed bashing lately. People seem to think that Rasheed ,at this stage of his career, should be able to run around like Michael Currey for 82 games and still be able to bring it come playoff time. The guy is a professional and he steps it up for the big games and most times comes through. Yeah, I remember that he left Horry but I also remember how he played in the Indiana series that got us into the finals. And yes, I did mean at the power forward position.
Dude that was 2 years ago. If you think that we get enough consistent production from our PF then you may be a bit delusional. Personally I'm really pissed at Sheeds laziness. He NEVER comes into camp in shape, he doesn't work out and he doesn't work on his game!!!!! At his age it is critical that Sheed increase the strength and conditioning aspect of his game to remain competitive but unfortunately that his something that he flat out refuses to do. If Sheed worked as hard as Lindsey Hunter this conversation would not be neccessary, it's a damn shame that a 37 year old Dale Davis is looking superior to Sheed.
Sheed+Dale+Flip Jr+1st rdr= KG Flip and Dale fall off books, Sheed is alot cheaper than KG which can help them cap wise and they get an extra pick in a the "Dream Draft". We get a PF that can deliver 20/20 on any given night that already knows the playbook and who works hard everynight.
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Srinivas was very talkative but highly knowledgeable driver we got at Mysore. He was manning the second car we'd rented, during our visit to Jungle Lodges K Gudi.
Srinivas has been driving cars for more than 15 years now but says "I'm still learning". "Customers are like gods for us and this car is the temple. When a customer sits in our car, our responsibility is to ensure his complete satisfaction" he added. Before taking up his current job at a Mysore based travel agency Travel Parkz, he was working as jeep driver to some forest officer, hence he was fairly familiar with some of the JLR staff, as well as various protocols to be followed in jungle. When we invited him to jeep safari inside BR hills forest, he promptly put on a greyish sweater on his white shirt, saying "elephants do not like white colour".
Elephants are very friendly animals, but their habitat is increasingly being occupied by humans, resulting in human-animal conflict. Srinivasan also told us how to protect ourselves from an elephant attack: "Elephants might look big and slow moving, but they can run really fast. Best way to escape is to run in a zig zag manner, elephant will find difficult to run zigzag." "Also do not climb uphill, elephant can easily catch up. Run downhill, elephant will abandon pursuit, as it can't maintain balance and fears toppling over", he added.
"If attacked by a lion or tiger, lie down on your belly, fold your arms against your neck and stay calm. If you're lying on your back, its very easy for the cat to cut open your stomach, but when one lies on his belly, backbone makes it difficult for the cat to kill instantly. There'll be injuries and blood loss, but there'll be high chance of survival" was his advise.
He also told lots of stories about Sir M Vishveshwarayya…That will be covered in a separate post.
Srinivas is a nice person to engage for your cab requirements if you're into writing/research etc. He's fairly knowledgeable about the places around Mysore and their history and unlike other drivers who prefer to sleep in the car, Srinivas can accompany you inside the places and double up as a guide. But if you just want to sleep in the car and want him to just drive and nothing else, you may better clear that in the beginning.
Below is a youtube video on how a jeep driver scared off an attacking elephant.
Related: Mysore airport launch * Wayanad * Elephant bathing in K Gudi * Coorg * Life Saving skills from movies *
Monday, October 04, 2010
How to Survive if an elephant, lion and tiger attacks?
Srinivas was very talkative but highly knowledgeable driver we got at Mysore. He was manning the second car we'd rented, during our visit to Jungle Lodges K Gudi.
21 comments :
- Mridula said...
Wish I never have to follow his advise in this life or next :D
- Monday, October 04, 2010 9:55:00 PM
- Loggy : லோகி said...
govt says NO to pipe horns! but tht saves life...??!!??
- Monday, October 04, 2010 10:18:00 PM
- Indrani said...
Will I ever remember the tips if I face a cat?
Great post. :)
- Monday, October 04, 2010 10:26:00 PM
- Sankara Subramanian C said...
Good advice. To add to the list, if a tiger or any similar size predator, threatens you, you can stretch your hands out wide (trying to reach an imposing figure) create as much noise and disturbance as possible. The tiger will either think you are bigger than him or will get threatened by all the noise. This is a much fool proof method than lying on the stomach, which is a last resort.
- Monday, October 04, 2010 11:40:00 PM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
but I want to try once...(and survive) ;)
Loggy: Yes it does. Banning pipe horns is because of completely different reason as they add to noise pollution
Indrani, the point is, will the cat ever read this post and device counter strategies?
Sankara, thanks for additional info. Yes, lying on stomach would result in severe injuries and bleeding, so obviously should be last option
- Tuesday, October 05, 2010 12:03:00 AM
- Trails of a Traveler said...
This one is nice to know.
Do you know of any places to stay in K Gudi?
- Tuesday, October 05, 2010 7:07:00 AM
- Anu said...
conversations with drivers are very interesting...hubby enjoys them a lot, and starts the conversation asking about where he hails from and what his ancestors did :).. esp interesting are tips like these which we will surely not remember if we ever need to use them....
- Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:50:00 AM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
JLR is the only place to stay in BR Hills are as far as I know. The other option will be to stay in Charmarajanagara, but JLR K Gudi doesn't have a day visit package.
Why do you think you'll not remember the tips when there's a need to use them? Due to panic ?
- Tuesday, October 05, 2010 10:28:00 AM
- magiceye said...
wonderful post!
good to see a person who loves his job too!
- Tuesday, October 05, 2010 11:43:00 AM
- satya_eee1 said...
Very informative post.. and the comments indeed.
There are really few people who love what they do. Nice to read about one of such persons...
- Tuesday, October 05, 2010 12:39:00 PM
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- Tuesday, October 05, 2010 4:04:00 PM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
Thanks Deepak and Satya
- Tuesday, October 05, 2010 4:34:00 PM
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- Wednesday, October 06, 2010 5:17:00 PM
- Magali said...
This post makes me shudder. Yet it is always great to know things like this. Thanks.
- Wednesday, October 06, 2010 6:17:00 PM
- Mohan said...
Life saving tips for sure! Will keep these in mind. Nothing like the experience speaking :)
- Thursday, October 07, 2010 6:35:00 AM
- Rajesh said...
Very informative. The ways of escaping the attack from wildlife is really useful.
- Thursday, October 07, 2010 6:49:00 AM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
Thanks Magali, Mohan and Rajesh
- Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:10:00 PM
- umapoems said...
yes,it was very useful advice to the world.Thanks for sharing!
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- Thursday, October 07, 2010 4:03:00 PM
- Lakshmi Rajan said...
Those are very informative but interesting advices. Man the time those people were inside the Jeep must be quiet scary !!!
- Thursday, October 07, 2010 6:40:00 PM
- Aaarti said...
Cool post and very informative indeed..
but will we remember at the time of attack ion how to save ourselves or will our fear take over?
This time at Daroji, sitting in the jeep, few feet from the bears, i kept wondering "what if one of them decides to surprise attack us?"
- Thursday, October 07, 2010 8:56:00 PM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
Thanks Aarti,
I'm sure one will remember the trick unless he/she panics
There's a monk temple in Bankok where they rear tigers as pets.. what if all of them strike one day?
LR, yes, wondering what I'd have done if I happened to be driving it
- Friday, October 08, 2010 2:51:00 PM


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On the trigger setup I guess pulling a bar would be less squishy than pushing it, I'll have to add that to the considerations in my conversion, if it ever goes together.
Thanks again for sharing your build.
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On the trigger setup I guess pulling a bar would be less squishy than pushing it, I'll have to add that to the considerations in my conversion, if it ever goes together.
Thanks again for sharing your build.
The gas operated conversions previously posted have either reduced the hammer spring or the radial degrees of lockup.
I'm trying to find the source of the energy, or the efficiencies in your design allowing the avoidance of the above.
I see how the rear throw only has to be far enough for the hammer to catch the disconnector. The lightened carrier will move quickly. Is the gas tube round without ribs -- it looks like more than the length is different in the piston?
What really looks good, with the trunnion in the same place and gas operated, is the fit at the trunnion. It appears the geometry for the rear fcg is unchanged and you've avoided the chopped bolt and carrier -- reassuring concerning out of battery and slamfires.
I'm playing with one that is not yet operational. Thank you, this is very helpful.
Lock up is unmodfied-identical to the AK 74, and hammer spring is unmodified.
When I tell you about the gas tube Winn, you're going to think I'm full of s__t.
There is no gas tube...
The gas produced at about 5" ( I'll post the exact distance) from the breach is plenty to run the full strength recoil system through a .156 port, without any sort of gas tube, and with an unmodified 90 deg gas block. The piston obviously has to fit fairly precisely, while still allowing some tolerance for fouling.
My experience with this particular weapon is that a number of points in the AK operating system can create resistance which can cumulatively create (sometimes inconsistant) malfunctions. The points which needed special attention were:
Feed lug of the bolt head. I noticed that, since the PPS 43 Magazine likes to be high in the receiver (touching the lower rails), with feed lips tilted upward to feed the round more directly into the chamber, the lower lug of the bolt dragged across the retained rounds within the magazine, sometimes catching on the rim up the uppermost round. I relieved the sharp edge at the rear of the feed lug, and polished the contact surfaces.
The angled surface of the bolt carrier that forces the hammer back into engagement with the trigger carriage hook. Different AK fire control parts often have geometries that don't work well together-this is especially true (as you know, I'm sure) of the hammer and bolt carrier. You can have a combination that is hard to "cock" because of an excessively steep angle on the hammer. Similarly, many have experienced a hammer that tends to
catch a bolt back, or even lock a bolt rearward. I relieved the hammer of enough material that it would reliably engage the disconnector without offering any extra resistance to the bolt carriers rearward travel.
The angled engagement surface of the trigger carriage hook. This can offer considerable resistance to the bolt carrier. When the hammer hits this surface and rocks the trigger carriage forward, too shallow of an angle can virtually stop the hammer, thus stopping the rearward travel of the bolt carrier. I re-ground this angle to leave ample sear surface for safety and reliability, while minimizing resistance to the hammer displacing the hook forward. Again, all surfaces were well polished after modification.
I will try to post some pics of these mods when I pull the fire control parts.
BTW Winn, I read your thread concerning use of PPSH barrels and the amount of the case left unsupported, and I completely agree with yor assessments. You will see that this design allows the 7.62x25 cartridge to fit into the chamber and boltface exactly as does a 5.45x39- virtually completely supported by with an extractor cut in the breachface. This does feel quite safe- fully supported and locked- when the round goes off. It just seemed to me that it was easier in the end to solve the gas-power problem than to try to overcome the numerous difficulties presented by a blowback... especially a bullpup blowback that has a chamber so close to my right molars-hhmmmm.
The gas system you're describing sounds suspiciously like the AR piston conversions, with the exception that they use a short-stroke system. I can't see your system being a problem, with the only exception that I wonder how it will behave in cold weather. That may be the only time it causes a problem, but it will easily corrected ;)
hcpookie- Yea, the reason that I pulled this back out and completed it was becasue of the work that some have been doing on AR gas systems, both DI and short stroke types. Williams and others made DI ARs run with this cartridge, so I knew it would eventually work for my design, although the AR has some advantages in terms of buffer choice, etc.
This thing really runs, and I don't see my version of cold weather (South Texas) ever being an issue... Here is some video (assuming I can figure out how to link it) of the weapon running through a couple of mags (BTW, temp was about 40 deg F- not real cold):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDVV_...llpup Dump.AVI
I do believe, however, that wimpy ammo would be a no-go here. It runs like a swiss watch with Romanian, Polish, and Bulgarian surplus, and all of this clocks in about the 1850 fps range. If milder pistol type ammo were used, I'm sure reliabilty would suffer.
Excellent, I am looking forward to better pictures of the trigger and gas systems.
Here are some pics of the rear fire control group. To can see that it is pretty much standard AK, but notice several modifications:
The fist pic (somewhat blurry, but I think it will suffice) shows the trigger carriage and disconnector. Notice that I have reground the angle on to of the hook to smooth the forward movement of the carriage as it is being pushed by the hammer/carrier. This reduces drag on the bolt carrier as it moves rearward. also note that I added an extension to attatch the cable, so it won't interfere with the hammer, or drag on the hammer spring. The trigger is, of course, removed.
The second pic also shows the standard AK hammer and spring.
The third pic shows the cable attatched to the trigger carriage.
Here are some pics of the front fire control parts.
The Trigger itself is a rotational type trigger- the plate with 2 screws to the left of the lower retains the trigger axis pin, to which the trigger and cable cam (to the right of the lower is attatched. The cable pulls the cable forward as the trigger is depressed. Note that the cable is under constant tension, being pulled rearward bt the hammer spring in the rear FCG, and is pulled forward by pressure on the trigger. Thus there is never any slack in the cable- a pull/pull system. The screw to the rear of the cable cam limits the distance that the cam can be pulled rearward by the hammer spring and rear FCG, and also allows me to set the amount of sear engagement between the rear trigger carriage hook and the hammer. In this way I can shorten trigger pull. To the front of the cable cam is a stop bar that contacts the safety assembly (that rotating device forward of the trigger). If the safety is moved to the fire position, the cam can move downward as the trigger is depressed which pulls cable and moves the rear FCG hook forward, releasing the hammer. If the safety is engaged, it blocks movement of the cam, and thus the cable.
The last picture shows a nylon roller that I installed in the receiver, on the left side between the magwell and receiver wall. This gides the cable and allows it to move smoothly, and also keep it clear of the various interior parts of the receiver. One importan consideration here is the length of the cable. This is naturally determined by the distance between the trigger and the rear FCG- you don't want it too long (sloppy, poor trigger function and reliability) or too short (won't work, or may cause safety problems). I allowed for adjustment by using an RC aircraft type connection for the front of the cable- you can see it in the third picture. The cable end is soldered to an appropriate threaded rod, and the aircraft connector simple screws onto this, and so is adjustable. The rear of the cable connects to the Rear FCG trigger carriage, and is simply a short length of music wire stock soldered to the cable and bent as shown in the third picture of my last post.
John -- That thing runs like a scalded cat -- oh excuse me, I should say scalded dog.
And I'm sure you've found the claims that this caliber inevitably splits cases not to be true provided the chamber bears some resemblance to the cartridge and the case is supported.
I'm happy to hear of the gas tube - that saves all the work of getting the L1A1 tube and piston fit. The carrier must be fit well on yours not to need the help of the tube to get the piston in the block.
Not much to show here. I really just shortened the carrier, soldered in a stubby gas piston, and moved the gas block back to very close to the rear sight base. As I posted earlier, the port is .156, and the gas block is a 90 degree type without modifications. There is no gas tube.


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Way harder than the rest ^^ AMS *****!!! we catch reck
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ha wow reading everything on the thread just wow everyone bitches about everyone y dont yall shut up an do u...if u wanna see the scene change to your liking so dam bad go out there an get shit done the way u like it dont fucking bitch..do sumthin an if u dont see wat u dont like go the fuck over it an dont bitch an deal wit the beef if your the the tough ass you are
to alone, keep cap or frank off the streets and in a book ,teach him some knowledge. cuz he prob won't quit. once a graffiti fiend always a paint sniffin finger lickin chip eating graffiti fiend
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...no color on mine tho
whats good wit the people that got my name in they mouth.. let my paint talk
everybody needs to chill i got respect for older writers and if i see ur shit in the street/street flicks i give u respect for getting up AND IF U THINK UR BETTER THAN SOMEONE TEACH THEM DONT TALK SHIT ON THEM that how are scene got the way it is BUMP HK, DRUNK ,SOBER AND HECT HITTING HARD BUMP AMS LIKEING THEM WHOLE CARS BUMP THE OLD HEADS BUMP Mr FULL TYMER SAW THAT SKY BLUE HOLLOW DOWNTOWN ALSO BUMP OKAE GETTING BACK ON HIS SHIT FINIALLY LOL AND BUMP ME LOL if u dont like my shit offer your controctive critizism or shut the fuck up saying "that shits wack" isnt gonna make it get better
last flick are kinda hard to see easyer in person
on a lighter note flicks for the rant
nice shit
stock caps and shitty paint,WOOT WOOT!!!!
whats up with all the suburban white kids talking like they are from the hood of Detroit.... You live in ERIE. If you want to write thats great, get up! But relax on the flexing cause I'm sure someone could snap your neck like a pencil. Being a hoodrat is not cool...ever.
seek...everything u say pisses me off dude.....n fokes...eat dick...keep my name out ur mouth......unlike most of yall lil fucks...u got somethin ta say to me,fuck a "PM"...save it, n say that shit to my face when u see me.....n if anybody got beef ,my ams boys got my back...so stfu...
and here we go another page of hate an shit talkin
erie cats for you^^^
lookin fresh