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Lots of good reviews (4.2 out of 5.0) over at amazon
The reviewers at diapers.com says "thats good stuff"
People aren't Bouncing Over This at ToysRUs, with 3 star reviews
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So I've had two of these now; the legs? Yeah, the welds do not hold. The first time, the one of the leg welds popped and sheared right off while one of my kids was jumping on it - we'd had it for about 4 months. The customer service from the company was terrific, and they sent me a replacement. I emailed them about the second one and I have yet to hear back from them on it. This time it's been about 6 months. My kids love the thing, but I wouldn't buy it again or recommend it to anyone else.
Absolute crap. I bought this from woot last time and my kids broke it 3 months ago. It broke at a weld point and exposed a nice sharp edge for them to cut themselves on. Fortunately no one was hurt, but this is a really poorly designed trampoline.
I was assured before my purchase last time from woot that it was not affected my the recall, but I'm not so sure anymore.
The base of the trampoline is not nearly wide enough. My 3 yr old was able to actually tilt the trampoline up on two legs while jumping and holding the bar.
I keep mine in the garage & bring it in only when in use. My daughter is almost 4 & still uses it probably weekly. I think I have had it for about a year. She never wants to use the handle, so I always worry she is going to bang into it instead. I think I would rather have a small one outside, with a net around, but the dogs take up the yard so we cannot keep anything outside because one of the dogs destroys everything.
I think it has been worth the price though, small, fairly portable, fun for kids, and no real problems so far.
would rather spend the extra 10$ on this
Save your money and just get a small exercise trampoline for the kiddos. My 5 yr old uses ours all.the.time and has since she had just turned 4. She never needed a handle and probably would have done a flip over the thing if she had (she's a high jumper).
My grandson has had this trampoline for seven months and uses it every single day. It's small enough to fit in his bedroom, next to his bed so he uses it all the time. He is 3 and weighs 42 pounds. We've not had any problem with it at all. It is holding up fine, even after being used by bigger kids at his birthday party. I would buy it again. In fact, I'm thinking I may get it so he'll have one at home and one at his nana's house! Excellent item and very good price!
This is SO dangerous!!! My son jumped over the top of the bar at age 2 and hit his head. I am so thankful that he didn't have a head injury. SO many people have had the same issue. Why are they still selling these?
We use a regular adult version from Academy. My kids would have used the handle to jump dangerously high or climb on or something. That said, we got it when they were two and they're now nine and still use it occasionally. Definitely a good investment.
We've had one for a couple of years. No problems with the welds. The rugrat uses it periodically and it's held up.
Assembly isn't hard. Takes 15 - 20 minutes, maybe, most of which is spent threading the bungee through the eyeholes in the tarp.
Only problem I noticed is that the yellow plastic coating on the legs has started to flake off, exposing the metal underneath. Not a safety hazard, just an aesthetic issue.
Would recommend for kids age 3-5, as it provides quite a bit of mindless fun, and tires the kids out at the same time!
yikes. Thanks to all for posting about broken welds.
Assembly is a pain...threading that bungee cord through and tightening it just right...UGH! But I did it by myself on Christmas Eve! Bought one (I think from here) last summer and we gave it to my daughter for Christmas. She does love it! I do worry when the back legs lift off the ground a couple of inches as she bounces and I keep threatening to put weights on there. I know she can't get it off the ground high enough to actually flip it over, but I'm still paranoid. Also, the cover does not stay on properly. It is slightly too small and at least one of the corners is always coming undone. The velcro strap just BARELY reaches to secure it. I gave up on that staying in place a long time ago. And you do have to keep an eye on kids using it. My 3 year old daughter likes to try to do flips on that bar and we have to keep reminding her that is NOT what it is for.
All said and done, it is still a good buy. It gets used a lot and my daughter enjoys it.
Does anyone who has this trampoline leave it outside (i.e. like with an outdoor playground) or is this strickly an indoor toy? I'm wondering if the springs might rust out or something...
jeniandmatty wrote:Does anyone who has this trampoline leave it outside (i.e. like with an outdoor playground) or is this strickly an indoor toy? I'm wondering if the springs might rust out or something...
There isn't any springs on it, they use bungie cord (one really long one) so it won't rust. I have left bungie cords outside for extended periods of time and the weather breaks down the exterior of cords and then can expose the rubber and allow it to break down as well.
I bought this for my kid and she loves it. having it on a hard floor isn't good because it tends to "walk" as you jump on it. I put it in the corner so she had less ways to fall off and after 1 min of jumping the trampoline was in the middle of the room.
Assembly was a little tricky but wasn't too bad. We had no problems with the legs breaking, I would say to make sure you follow the weight limits. we had 2 3 year olds jumping at the same time on it and it held them.
My parents bought one of these for my nephew. He loves it. And so does his mom! (It really burns up some of his energy!)
My kids used a little adult jogging-type trampoline around that age for the same purpose, until they got older and started using it to jump from a bed to the tramp to the couch. Then it was given away.
Knowing these were recalled and that the the product improvement between this version 786W and the 786X recalled version was a handle bar fix, but the issue in reviews was more that kids were flipping over the bar vs bar breakage - I think I'm out - I have no doubt my reckless abandon 2 year old would find a way to injure herself.
I bought this from Woot in December, I believe, for my 4 and 1.5-year-old kids. They loved it--while it lasted (more on that in a moment). Good bounce to it, nice size. The bar is a really nice feature.
But, the bar doesn't fold down or detach, which means you can't tuck the trampoline away somewhere when not in use. It takes up a ton of space, and we didn't have a dedicated spot for it. So what we did was lean it against the wall at an angle, bar out. The problem was that the kids thought it was great fun to throw their bodies against the now-vertical-ish trampoline. We told them not to, but they're kids... Anyway, I think this put too much stress on the diagonally leaning legs, because after only having the trampoline for a few months one of the metal legs developed a huge gash in it. Fortunately, Alex Toys refunded what we paid and even let us pick out new toys totaling to the same amount.
In summary: I think this is a good product if you have a big playroom and can give it a dedicated spot to always sit out.
zomigi wrote:But, the bar doesn't fold down or detach, which means you can't tuck the trampoline away somewhere when not in use.
Actually the handle bar does detach, but it's not quick and easy. I bought one last summer and just noticed that the welds at the base of our handle bar were failing. (Possibly because my 2 and 4 year-olds kept using it like a gymnastics bar no matter how many times they were told not to.) I e-mailed pics to Alex and they offered me a refund or replacement. My kids liked it enough that I took the replacement. Alex has great customer service.
Even with the weld failure I still don't think this toy is a safety hazard, just inspect it closely every once in a while. (Something that's a good idea with any large toy.)
slylynn wrote:Actually the handle bar does detach, but it's not quick and easy.
Well of course, you can *disassemble* the bar from the trampoline, but that's not what I mean by detach. I mean there's no release to pop it on and off. If you disassemble the bar, you are left with hard-edged metal stumps sticking up on the front of the trampoline. Dangerous. Thus, the bar is not optional.
zomigi wrote:Well of course, you can *disassemble* the bar from the trampoline, but that's not what I mean by detach. I mean there's no release to pop it on and off. If you disassemble the bar, you are left with hard-edged metal stumps sticking up on the front of the trampoline. Dangerous. Thus, the bar is not optional.
Yeah, you it's not safe to use without the handle bar. But with just the spring loaded pins it can be removed without tools for easier storage. If it weren't for the metal stumps I'd probably just leave the handlebar off.


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I have three newer SIG's and they are very fine guns.
I am happy and I have had NO problems.
I have not had any contact with CS, other then registering them.
10 +
German made & American made.
Haven't had any experience with the American-made ones beyond what they had for rental at the range, but I've only ever had one failure of any kind, and I don't think that was the fault of the gun (bad commercial reloads from the range), but my carry gun is my German-made P226, and I love it.
That gun is never leaving my possession by my choice. 10+.
If you are talking reliability and accuracy, which are the two functional categories that most folks will agree are most important, there are several other manufacturers who make guns that are equal to the Sig, if not surpassing it. Glocks and Springfield XDs, while not as pretty, or as expensive, are two examples, and the CZ is another example in an all steel DA/SA type gun, like the Sig.
Sigs do combine good looks with good function, though, so I won't argue that they are one of the most desirable off-the-shelf handguns.
Customer Service: 1
The low customer service rating is based on a single experience. I have a P230 that used to have trouble feeding some types of HP ammo. I called SIG customer service to see if there might be a remedy. The CS rep told me that the P230 was never meant to shoot hollow points. In the manual, of course, there's no mention of this. In fact, it states that the P230 should be good to go with any SAAMI spec ammo. I was hugely disappointed in SIG for the blatant lie.
I've owned a number of Sigs, both German and US, and have never owned a bad one. I currently have a P238, P228, P229, P239, and P220 ST and they are all top quality. I agree that there really is no "best" handgun as it's a very subjective topic - but I like Sigs...
easily a 10. IMHO they are the best out there when it comes to semi auto handguns. great quality, great ergonomics, great out of the box performance. Hard to beat.
First it should be said that the only HK's I own are P7's. I can't speak to subsequent of HK's offerings.
I have several types of pistols. I will rank them in terms of sloppiness from most to least:
Ruger P89. Really sloppy. When the barrel isn't locked everything is moving around. When I take it to the range I'm always a little surprised that it actually fires. The bullet usually goes where I want it, but the amount of jingling and jangling that goes on when the pistol is cycling isn't very confidence-inspiring.
Colt 1911 - an old lady that dates back at least as far as the '50's and maybe even further. This is a mass produced gun made during war time and it has seen a lot of rounds. It's a little loosey goosey.
My SIGs. Great guns. I love them dearly. Wouldn't think of parting with them. They are the BMW of guns. My circa-1993 P226 and P229 pistols have always been 100% reliable, and are built to tight tolerances which they still hold after thousands of rounds.
I have a Beretta 92F that I inherited with the 1911. It's tighter than my SIGs. It hasn't seen many rounds through it, which may explain why it feels tighter. It doesn't fit my hands very well, so I don't shoot it much.
Then there are the P7's. They are a work of art. The tolerances they are built to are tighter than my SIGs. The way the slide mates to the frame is incredible. Relentlessly reliable. Super accurate. Most intelligent manual of arms of any handgun, IMHO. I could go on waxing poetic, but I won't. Let's just leave it at the P7's are tighter than my SIGs.
Regarding Sig's I think the best opinion I can give is that the Geman models are excellent and the present day US made ones are on average just good. Good is good and Sig still makes a fine arm but the line does have more issues now than in previous years. New models, cost cutting initiatives and sheer volume all play a role. I don't have a clue how to build a gun but I am in manufacturing. The trick isn't building one sample perfectly the trick is repeating said perfection across 100,000+ samples if volume fabrication versus custom one offs is your game. To me this seems to be the litmus test of what seperates the men from the boys in the gun fabrication world, the automotive world, etc.
To the Op if your question is intended to determine if Sig in general is a good gun you can purchase with confidence I would say a tenative yes. If you have the dough and this is what you want they are still a very viable option. If your question is to figure out what is the absolute best and is Sig it with durability, consistancy and reliability being the critical factors I would say in my humble opinion no they are not. I think there A-game is behind them. The race towards higher prices and cheaper parts is a lose lose proposition and has put them on a road I don't think they really want to travel. Just ask Kimber.
Sig Is a Swiss based company that grew from the German JP Sauer and Company and eventually ended up being Sig Sauer and the Germans made the guns on a "we will let you basis" from the Swiss who still own it. My rating is 9 simply because nothing is perfect! If you ask me how I rate them against other gun companies it is a absolute 10+. My P238 has had many problems and now it is perfection to say the least......new springs, new mags, gunsmith help and walla best .380 I have ever used.
+10 best out of the box money can buy. I am comparing to guns that I own or have owned: Walther, Glock, Beretta, Browning, Smith, Colt, Ruger, Keltech ETC.
10 That being said I was recently having a hard time choosing between the p239 in 40 cal and the Kahr K40 And I chose the Kahr because of the size. It should be here in a few days I just hope I made the right decision. There is still a p239 in the near future though. My P226 stainless elite is by far my best shooting gun

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Bench and Bar Pre-Law Society offers students support, encouragement
Release Date: 10/21/2011
With its solid pre-law coursework and events like summer internships and classes in Washington D.C., University of the Ozarks offers its students many opportunities to prepare themselves for law school and careers in law. And now, several pre-law students have formed a club to help themselves and others in their career track prepare for the future.
The Bench and Bar Pre-Law Society is the new pre-law club on campus. "I think a lot of people associate pre-law only with political science majors, and that just isn't the case," says Mark Pearson, a senior political science major from Clarksville. "Pre-law is a track, like pre-med, so it extends through all majors on campus. We have history majors, we have English majors, we have philosophy majors, we have poli-sci majors. My goal for this club is just to create a guide/community we as pre-law students can fall back on for help and support and advice."
Pearson, who helped organize the club, says the group is working on several projects at the moment. "One main focus for the club is to help advertise the presence of the pre-law track on campus," he said. "I know we have a ton of pre-med majors, and I think that's partly because they market themselves very well. A lot of people come in here and start out pre-med. I started out pre-med. Turned out it wasn't the right thing for me, and that's fine, but we'd like to reach out to more pre-law majors. I think a lot of students are curious but don't know exactly what the pre-law track offers and can do for them, and that's one of the things we want to do better."
One upcoming event the group is organizing is a trip to Houston to attend a Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) forum on November 19. "The LSAC hosts about 170 law schools," Pearson said. "It's a great opportunity for us to go there to talk to them about admissions, resumes, stuff like that."
He said the Bench and Bar is also setting up opportunities for students to study for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). "One major goal we have is to set up an LSAT library," Pearson said. "That way, students who have taken the LSAT and don't need their strategy books anymore can hopefully pass those down to future students who can then use them over time."
Pearson added one other project is bringing a speaker to campus in the spring. "Ashley Teague, who's in the group, is spearheading this. We'd like to get the former president of the Arkansas Bar Association to come speak. She specializes in bankruptcy law and would have a lot of interesting things to say."
They are also planning to organize an alumni panel of former pre-law track students for the spring semester. "The point, again, is to help build our connections with future pre-law track students," Pearson emphasized.
The club will also have an information booth at Fall Preview Day on November 12.
Right now Pearson says there are about 15 students involved in the club, although busy schedules keep members hopping. "Kirk Ross is also involved with Ozarks Outdoors; Morgan O'Neil does stuff with the SGA, Oxfam, and the Planet club; and Emily Towe is SGA president. Everybody's got something going on. Actually we get a lot of business done in the classroom. We're all in a lot of the same classes together and so we talk there before and after."
Ultimately, Pearson says, he hopes the club will attract more pre-law students. "Bench and Bar is a really great organization," he says, "and I'd like to extend our presence here, show what Ozarks has to offer in pre-law. I personally feel pre-law is a great track for prospective students, and having a club like this I think will help attract students. We've been meeting every couple of weeks. If anybody is interested, they should email me and we'll get 'em involved."
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Tuesday August 6th, 2013 12:51am
Major League Lacrosse announced Tuesday a trade between the Rochester Rattlers and the Ohio Machine for the 2012 MLL season that sends Greg Bice and Anthony Kelly home to Ohio and deals the No. 1 pick in the Expansion Draft to Rochester.
Four players and a draft pick are to be traded from Rochester to Ohio, in return for two draft picks in the MLL Expansion Draft and two draft picks in the MLL Collegiate Draft. This trade marks the first player moves for the Machine's inaugural 2012 season.
Through the trade, the Ohio Machine will acquire three Ohio State University (OSU) alumni, Greg Brice, Anthony Kelly and Stefan Schroder. Ohio has also acquired MLL veteran Brett Garber, son of Ohio Head Coach Ted Garber. The Machine will receive the Rattlers' second round (15th overall) MLL Collegiate Draft pick.
In exchange, Rochester has obtained four new draft picks for the 2012 season. For the MLL Expansion Draft, Rochester has gained the first round (1st overall) and the 13th round (25th overall) draft picks. For the MLL Collegiate Draft, Rochester has gained the second round (10th overall) and the third round (18th overall) draft picks. Rochester now has a total of ten picks in the 2012 MLL Collegiate Draft. Five of the ten picks will be in the first three rounds of the draft.
"This deal really works well for both teams. We're sending Greg, Anthony, Stefan and Brett home to play in Columbus. We're receiving draft picks that we are looking to use in a couple of different ways," said Rob Clark, Owner and General Manager of the Rochester Rattlers. "Not only can we build on the great base of young talent that we have here in Rochester, but now we can also use these picks to go out and acquire veteran players to fill some of our immediate needs."
Rochester now has nineteen players on its protected roster, which will be narrowed down next Wednesday in the 10 to 12 Man Protected List.
"Greg and Anthony are two veteran All-Stars and outstanding players. Brett has proven to be a consistent scorer in MLL and Stefan is one of the up and coming young goalies in the League," said Machine Head Coach Ted Garber. "With this core group of talented players, we are off to a great start to putting our team together for next season."
Greg Bice was named the 2011 New Balance Sportsmen of the Year and was named the Rattlers 2011 Defender of the Year after playing in 11 of Rochester's 12 games. Bice is also a three-time MLL All-Star.
Face-off specialist, Anthony Kelly has played in the MLL for six years and is a three-time MLL All-Star player. Kelly is currently fifth all time in the MLL for career faceoff wins, with 881.
Goalie Stefan Schroder played his first year in the MLL for Rochester in 2011 after being drafted in the 2011 MLL Supplemental Draft. Schroder played for the Buckeyes for two years after transferring from Onondaga Community College. Schroder finished the 2007 OSU season ranked in the top 20 nationally for goals against average and save percentage.
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"We're very pleased that we were able to make this trade with Rochester," said Machine President and GM John Algie. "These four players will be the nucleus of our team and we look forward to seeing them on the field for our inaugural season."
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Just a brief entry to share with you a very interesting initiative by Canonical. The company recently released a list of supported hardware, or as they put it, a list of components which Canonical and hardware providers certify for Ubuntu.
In my opinion, this is a much needed reference for anybody interested in Ubuntu, from manufacturers to home users. Anybody can now review the list and find components that should ensure smooth performance, even without trying Ubuntu first (I still recommend using the LiveCD/LiveUSB features before installing in order to confirm that all hardware is supported and working correctly, though).
So there you go, make sure you bookmark this COMPONENT CATALOG so you can take a quick look before you buy your next computer or peripheral.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Canonical provides Ubuntu-supported hardware list
Publicado por Chema Martín en 12:11 AM
Etiquetas: Canonical, hardware list, Linux, Ubuntu
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HI Chema sounds good any chance at some point looking in to graphics card display in linux as a whole.to me this very important area lets linux down and its not a linux problem.you need proper graphics display for livestream video feed not the amerterish graphics driver support some card manufacturers give.ReplyDelete
@sunrise54321: I think there are lots of initiatives to help with that area, but unfortunately they are user supported for the most part. In other words, inconsistent and all too often obsolete.ReplyDelete
I think this site is a good place to start from, lots of useful links.
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By Rob Kelly
Bacary Sagna says it is "amazing" to be playing once again after making his comeback for Arsenal Under-21s on Monday night.
The France international fractured his fibula for the second time in 12 months against Norwich in May, and had been out of action ever since.
The right back returned with an accomplished performance against Reading at Underhill, and cherished every moment of his 61 minutes on the pitch.
"It is amazing to be back, I have been waiting for this moment for five months," Sagna told Arsenal Player. "This was my target: to come back and play, firstly for the under-21 team. Everything went well and we won, so I am very happy.
"I have been working really hard. I spent some time in the rehab centre, then I came back and worked really hard with the fitness coach and the physios to be ready to play - and finally I have.
"When you have such a big injury once, you take it, but twice is hard. In my mind I was a bit sad, but the next day I was ready for the challenge, which was to come back stronger and I am in a good way today."
Sagna has not set any date for a potential return to first-team action, but he hopes to come back better than ever.
"I don't have any target - my only aim is to be ready and bring what I can to my team, to give 100 per cent like always," he said.
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Bright Messengers
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Set just before the time of Rama II, Bright Messengers begins with humanity in the midst of a massive economic depression called the Great Chaos. Yet even as civilization seems on the verge of collapse, a strange vision appears to two people of vastly different backgrounds, holding out the promise of hope - and the threat of danger.
To Sister Beatrice, a priestess of the global Order of St. Michael, the cloud of tiny white particles is a message from God, the answer to the prayers of a suffering world. To Johann Eberhardt, a German systems engineer, it is an anomaly of physics, a puzzle just beyond the reach of his rational mind. But to the Rama Society, a group committed to the study of unexplained phenomena, it may be proof of the nonhuman intelligence they've been seeking ever since the brief and enigmatic appearance of a cylindrical spaceship of unknown origin ten years earlier.
On Mars, these two will meet: the priestess called by faith and devotion, the engineer drawn by the scientific challenge of terraforming the red planet. What brings them together is the apparent disappearance of an Inter-Asian polar expedition leaving behind nothing but a fabulous account of a vast city beneath the Martian landscape. Soon Beatrice and Johann - mystic and skeptic, woman of spirit and man of science - will embark on a courageous journey into the heart of the unknown.
Are the particles angels, as Sister Beatrice believes? Some rational - if unprecedented - natural phenomenon, as Johann argues? Or the harbingers of extraterrestrial life, as the Rama Society contends? Joined by nine Martian colonists, Beatrice and Johann will be chosen to board a strange craft that will hurtle them toward a startling revelation of humanity's ultimate place among the stars.
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By Matt Fortune
Blackburn Rovers are a side steadily on the rise.
Under the guidance of the pragmatic Mark Hughes, the Lancashire outfit have, in recent years, secured the rights to be mentioned among the 'chasing pack'. This season they have every chance of leaving that behind and joining the front-runners. Rovers are delicately poised just five points adrift of fourth spot and with one defeat in the League since mid-December, they come into Monday's match in high spirits.
We asked Andy Neild of the Lancashire Evening News for a Rovers
perspective ahead of Monday's big game. Read on for his verdict
on the prospect of European football, the Hughes effect, a quiet
January and the emergence of some key players.
"I think that they have done very well this season and in fact are probably overachieving so far in terms of the resources compared with the other clubs around them. Hughes hasn't spend a great deal of money in the summer or in January so to be where they are in the league is a phenomenal achievement.
"Europe is still very much on the agenda. I don't think the players or staff have ruled out creeping into fourth spot, although that will be a tall order. Speaking to one of the players earlier in the week, he said that anything less than sixth would be a disappointment - so they are certainly focused on Europe and if they could do it that would be a third successive year qualifying for the Uefa Cup - a massive achievement.
"We are seven unbeaten in the league at the moment, which is no mean feat. It is a very difficult league to string results together so to do that is a great effort. I think the manager will admit they perhaps haven't played at their peak during that run, so to be picking up results without necessarily playing to your best is a good sign."
"It was hugely important that Mark Hughes stayed with Blackburn. He has been a massive part of the success here since he arrived. When he got here the club were headed for the Championship and relegation was on the cards. He steadied the ship pretty quickly and has built on strong foundations and now they are pushing for Europe. It was vital he stayed. Signing a new contract at the end of November was good so the fans are positive about the future."
"It was quiet in January but going back to the summer, Roque Santa Cruz came in and he has probably been the player of the season so far. To come into this country and score 15 goals in all competitions is a great return. The one big question mark was his goals record when he arrived - I don't think he had been too prolific for Bayern - so one or two fans were worried but he has come in and proved the doubters wrong by reaching 15 and now he has his eyes on 20 plus."
"David Bentley I think has benefited from having a manager that believes in him and has had the chance to play regularly in the Premier League. As a result he has grown in confidence and his performances have improved greatly over the last 18 months or so. He has an air about him that excites the fans and he is making things happen on the pitch. He has got five assists this season and chipped in with seven or eight goals too. He is looking the real deal."
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"We have a bit of a selection problem ahead of the match on Monday. Chris Samba, David Dunn and Pederson are all suspended, while the skipper Ryan Nelson is struggling with injury. Andre Ooijer and Steven Reid were both pulled out of internationals so there is a doubt about them. Finally Matt Derbyshire is about to become a father any day so he could well get the call as well. We could be missing seven players. Hughes will go with a cautious game plan and I would be surprised to see a five-man midfield keeping it as tight as possible. Hopefully we can grab something on the break."
"The title could go either way. I have been surprised by Arsenal and I have to admit after the departure of Henry I thought it might take a while to get over that and re-adjust but they have done it very well. Adebayor has filled the Frenchman's boots very well, and brings a different threat."


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MADISON, Wis. — U.S. Rep. Mark Green wants the state Department of Natural Resources to pull what he says is support for a final draft of federal management plans for a national wildlife refuge on the Mississippi River.
Green, a Republican from Green Bay who is running for governor in Wisconsin, sent a letter to DNR Secretary Scott Hassett Friday warning the new regulations would mean less hunting in the Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge and infringe upon Wisconsin's right to govern its waters.
"I strongly believe that the DNR should be fighting to protect Wisconsin's rights and those of our sportsmen," Green said in the letter.
Hassett said in a March 6 letter to refuge manager Don Hultman the DNR supported the final draft of the regulations but had concerns over several parts of the package, ranging from habitat restoration projects to boundaries for closed refuge areas.
"We support (the plan) with the understanding that discussion of issues of concern to the Department ... will continue until resolution," Hassett wrote.
"We haven't signed off on anything and there's a substantial list of issues there," DNR spokeswoman Laurel Steffes said.
But Fish and Wildlife Director H. Dale Hall wrote in a July letter to Green that Hassett's letter amounted to support.
"The Wisconsin DNR has concurred with (the plan) in their comment letter of March 6, 2006," Hall wrote.
But Hassett, who was appointed by Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, Green's opponent in November, said the DNR's final stance isn't due until Aug. 12.
The refuge, a collection of islands, channels, forests, marshes and prairies, stretches from southern Minnesota to northern Illinois. More than 3 million people visit it every year.
A federal law enacted in 1997 calls for every national refuge to have a new conservation plan in place by 2012. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been working for months on regulations for the refuge. The drafts have been a sore spot with some river lovers, who fear the regulations could curtail their hobbies.
The Fish and Wildlife department released its final draft in July. The plan includes zones where people could use only non-motorized watercrafts or boats with electric motors; allows managers to remove rowdy campers; and sets up no-wake and no-hunting zones.
Hultman said the new plan will result in an additional 5,000 acres closed to hunting. But he stressed that not all the acreage will be closed at once all year long and that seasons in those areas will fluctuate.
He also stressed Fish and Wildlife hopes to eventually expand the refuge by 15,000 acres that officials hope to open for hunting.
Fish and Wildlife's Midwest regional director in Fort Snelling, Minn., still must sign off on the plan after a final comment period. Approval is expected by late August.
Green's letter to Hassett echoes a stance by a group of state lawmakers from western Wisconsin. The group, including eight Republicans and two Democrats, believe the state constitution sets up the Legislature as the only body that can govern the state's navigable waters, including the portion of the refuge that falls within the state.
Hultman said Fish and Wildlife believes it has ultimate control over national parks and refuges, a position Hall reiterated in his letter to Green. Hall was responding to Green's request that the state be given the chance to approve parts of the plan affecting Wisconsin.
Hall said Fish and Wildlife would help draft state rules codifying the plan's regulations to match the state's regulations, but the regulations will be implemented regardless.
"From a practical standpoint, I hope you can appreciate the chaos that would result from different refuge regulations on a refuge located in four states," Hall wrote.


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|April 21st, 2012, 11:11 PM
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equality is a strange word.. it's perception is of the person assessing the situation most times.. i find it very wierd that a race that recieves the amount of government aid and special treatment that the black do could ever claim they are being treated unfairly.. if i remember the history lesson correctly didn't MLK want EQUALITY.. lets see what unfair treatment white people endure. i'm 29 years old. why am i being punished for what happened most recently in 1865? why do i have to watch my mouth around someone who really deserves no respect? i respect any man that works to support himself and his family, does right onto others that do right onto him, and abides by most basic laws. these are things that the majority of white men do, but we are expected to respect someone who doesn't work, doesn;t support himself or his family, and if he does alot of the time it's becuase of illegal activity. activities that often hurt other people. i don't recieve government aid... i don't have W.E.T. theres no NAAWP... theres no "miss white america" yet if i had a bumper sticker that said proud to be white... i'd get flipped off by blacks and fellow caucasions... where is the sense in any of that? EQUALITY.. if you ask the perception of this white man. i'll tell you that white people are the ones who are treated unfairly. i'm being shit on for something my grandfathers grandfathers father did? and what did he do exactly? buy something that was for sale? what 99% of blacks don't realise is that the slaves that came here were already slaves in africa for whatever reason they were cast into that life. i'm not condoning slavery by any means.. but the chinese were slaves here, the american indian may as well have been a slave, the irish weren't treated very well for quite some time, the japanese were gathered up corraled into a fence and lived in a makeshift prison for the duration of WWII, the jewish people have been mistreated for a few thousand years. but who do we cater too? which brings me to another point. why are white people so scared of being tagged "a racist" i know people that go out of thier way to show they aren't "racist". WHY?
i've spent my fair share of time in gary, in... thats 35 mins from my house.
strange how things work... gary averages over a homicide a week.. yet my town and any town withing a 10 mile radius may have a homicide every... ohhhh....... well a couple years ago a dude shot his wife when he caught her with another dude... so 1 in a VERY long time.. news around here is a cow got outta the fence. gary is prodominatly black. kouts is prodominatly white. is there white trash in this little town? YOU BET! and i'm sure there are good people in gary somewhere..
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and don't even get me started on 1/2 blacks.... or the treyvon martin bullshit.. obama is half black.. halle berry is half black but the black community says they are black... zimmerman shoots a black kid.. zimmerman is half hispanic and half white.. which qualifies him to consider himself hispanic in any poll taken across this country.. in fact 1/8 is good enough to claim a minority.. but since a black kid was shot and killed.. that half hispanic man is now "that WHITE GUY that killed the BLACK kid"
|April 22nd, 2012, 06:07 AM
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I don't know what the issue is. Your post could obviously be called racist as hell, but unfortunately i think i might say that you are just pointing out the obvious. Sad to say.
Even my black buddies pull some niggery shit. Just a different way of life i guess.
I'm quite often the white guy in the room. I work in Detroit constantly. Not in an office building either. Ghetto strip clubs, bars, commercial/industrial projects, and houses in the worst parts of Detroit.
I see 90 percent lazy. Disgusting living conditions, houses full of people sleeping all day. Anything new is destroyed for what almost seems out of spite.
The inner city mindset is so far from the rest of civilization that it will never be even close to fixed.
|April 22nd, 2012, 06:14 AM
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Every new construction project in Detroit is destroyed in no time. I see strip malls going up and the buildings are tagged with spray paint and parking lots full of garbage before the stores even open. People from the suburbs aren't doing that crap. They do it to themselves and bitch for another hand out.
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I still want to hear about the nice African-American area. I need proof that my racist conclusions are not true. I really don't want to be racist but the culture keeps reinforcing the stereotypes.
|April 22nd, 2012, 10:01 AM
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Just a thought- you can only afford to live in the ghetto or the white trashiest trailer park.
Which one would you be able to sleep at night?
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A white person and a black person will act just as desperate as a red person when they need to get that money and get that fix or just food.
It is not a matter of white black or whatever. Having pride in your background is a good thing. You flaunt what you have and are good at.
If you are the best mofo in the getto and know what you would be in upper class stay your azz where you are happy or excel to something better.
It is a culture thing. Not a black or white or whatever culture thing a rich and pour culture thing. There has and will always be a gap between the rich and the poor. Between old money and new money and the people dragging at there heels.
Think about it this way. In a earlier post it said something about 5 black people walking down the street.
If those 5 black people were in respectable suits and dress shoes would you view of them would be totally different.
Well what would they be doing in that part of town if they were yada yada.
It is a money thing not a race thing. I am more cautious and annoyed around someone that is desperate and poor them I am around someone that is well off. It is not anything new people been doing it since the beginning of trading.
I know that people have issues. But, I have been there seen it. I am not talking about a couple weeks BS either. People get desperate when stuff gets thin and they realize it is not getting better. Embracing that life gives some comfort and respect in there own mind.
That same person that moves out of that community and into a "better" community is still going to be treated as less and looked down upon despite there race. There is a degree of racism yes. But there is a greater degree of separation of wealthy and poor then there will ever be of race.
The thing is that separation is not a bad thing. People that work and are intelligent excel while those that are lazy are held back. Mind you it is a lot harder if you start at the bottom then the top. And people will ask for "equality" along the way which will only make it harder. There are exceptions where someone will get a butt load of cash somehow. With a intelligent hard working person that could be a life changer. With a lazy showboat they will end up back where they started soon enough.
The simple fact is that the only thing holding you back is you. Everything else is a excuse of someone or something that is holding you back. Once you look past the excuses and to what needs to be done it is a matter of effort not race.
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By Kalverstraat
In the center of Amsterdam, this contemporary hotel is located 100 meters from Rembrandt Square's night life, and 300 meters from Kalverstraat (Shopping Street), and the Flower Market.
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The hotel offers complimentary WiFi in the lobby plus multilingual concierge service; Brasserie Flo is an onsite Parisian-style restaurant, in addition to Bar Pipa's lounge and live music nightly at Sopranos Piano Bar.
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The Hampshire Hotel - Rembrandt Square opens to a bright, contemporary lobby area with complimentary wireless Internet access. The hotel's concierge is on hand to offer sightseeing and reservation assistance and currency exchange, and room service is available during restaurant opening hours.
- 24-hour front desk
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- Total number of rooms - 166
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Brasserie FLO - Chic, modern Parisian-style restaurant with white linen-topped tables. Serves a range of French and international dishes including a daily changing selection of seafood from fresh oysters to lobster and crab. Lunches are offered weekdays.
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Sopranos Piano Bar - Offers a wide range of drinks and live entertainment weeknights from 5 PM until 3 AM; Thursday to Saturday until 4 AM.
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good grief!!!
you wait till post #30 to tell us you run nitrous!!!!!
pull the plugs and carefully inspect them that all 8 are indeed equally yuch with oil deposits indicating the pcv source....
if some are clean(er), do a compression test now.....
once the pcv oil supply is cut off the chambers and plugs tips electrodes will clean themselves given enough miles....
I plan on changing plugs when I do the compression & leakdown tests. Can't find the plugs I use locally (Autolite 3923 race plug) have to order.
Kind of off the subject but should I use race plugs on the street? I run a colder plug for nitrous.
Anyway, I'll definetly post the results asap.
- Look for missing or defective stem seal.
- Guide to stem clearance excessive.
(for everybody who posted and helped)
thanks for saying thanks,,,,way to many people on this board never do,,,,they just disappear.....
nah, I don't "bleed Blue", there's good and bad in any brand.....
(the 65' fastback is kind of a "heirloom" project, I got my first license in my dad's new 65' fastback and it will be handed down to my grandson,,,,plus my dad got to enjoy this one some before he passed away)
(agreeing with CNC)
after about 500 break in miles on a new motor...
it is a smart move to do a leak down and/or compression test and WRITE DOWN the results.....
for future testing reference data!!!!
(even if there are no problems)
post a method and results update later on????
"crummy covers" comes up on this board pretty often.....
may just help someone else
I must definetly be hotrodding because I seem to be customizing everything. I spend more time trying to find the stuff that Will bolt on than it would take to alter something to fit (probably just lack of experience). The windage tray I had required longer main studs than I already bought and would be as much as 3 more months before anyone would have them (I know, lame excuse). And the valve covers are some cheap chrome ones that are starting to spot rust and may be warped ("torque spec, whats that?" jk). Probably good for test subjects on trying out my baffle making skills.
Trying not to jinx myself but I think fixing the pcv deal will solve my current problem. I'll try out some baffles and drive some more this wknd.
Seriously thanks everyone but especially red65mustang (I guess ford guys aren't all that bad, lol jk).
|If you thinks its the rings try a leak down test at TDC and if they are over 7% on a new engine some thing is wrong.
your checking to see that the top edge of the dipstick "tube" length to the top of the oil in the pan is a match for the total length to the dipstick itself marks....
if there is to much oil in the pan the crankshaft throws will dip into the oil (accelerating/decelerating slosh) and throw a hurricane's worth of oil onto the cylinder walls in just an instant....which the oil rings aren't designed to handle....
just comments:
buyin' stuff and just boltin' it on a car isn't "Hot
Rodding" to me....
if those covers aren't warped, they do seal good,,,,give making a baffle atleast a shot.....
so you have money in your pocket to add a windage tray for better oil control or some other power adder that is a bit of a PITA to make yourself....
(as long as you use a peanut butter jar and remember to empty it {LOL, I would forget to!} all is fine while you work out the baffle)
I do like the rubber/steel reinforced cover gaskets,,,with just normal care, you can take the covers off a dozen times and they still will seal good without any help on non-warped covers...
a definite plus while working out the baffle shape...
(they do conduct a bit more head heat into the covers to help cool the chambers versus "excellent heat insulator" cork gaskets)
the baffle design included in many of the aftermkt covers is almost worthless crap (a too small flat piece of sheet with a big gap on both sides)
so shop carefully....
clears the rockers is #1 priority,
the pcv hole "NOT" aligned with the rockers is my #2 (why they do that is beyond stupid!)
do a gooogle search like: "best chevy pcv oil control baffle covers"
have a oil pan custom made for your specific motor for $$$ would be a bolt on,,,the cheaper off the shelf stuff has to "be able to" work for to many different applications...
drive safe, have fun....
|Chevy used several dip sticks over the years, so................. but 6 1/2 quarts for a 7 quart pan sounds right. You only need one breather. The valve covers are interchangabe, left and right.
|I'm sure the last time I changed oil it took 6 1/2 to fill after starting and filling the filter (actually I fill my filter before I put it on). What are the chances of my dipstick or tube being wrong? I plan on tall covers, I really want holes for 2 breathers on the left side (to avoid any customizing) and a hole for pcv on the right. Moroso has the only I've seen but I'm not sure there are any holes in the right side valve cover.
I've got an oil pan that's advertised as 10 quarts and it holds 8. The next time you change oil, put in 6 quarts, start the engine to fill the oil filter, shut the engine down, then check the oil. Keep adding 1 quart until you reach the full mark.
You'll need tall valve covers to clear the roller rockers.
|Yea Miloden 7qt deep sump oil pan. Although it seems I have to fabricate EVERYTHING (I've heard of bolt on but never seen it) I think its time for some new valve covers anyway, this time w/ bafffles. Will any of the popular valve covers w/ baffles clear my rocker arms. They are Comp. alum. roller 1.6 and the cam has .540/.562 lift. Oh and my instruction following skills are not very good
"follow the instructions" (please!)
with the filter removed,,,there's nothing to stop the oil from "wicking" big time across from the inlet to outlet openings on the compressor dryer and going into the intake at high Hg and velocity....
(the jar is acting as a "vacuum accumulator" not a oil accumulator)
that's why I said to use a "longer and shorter" fitting into a peanut butter jar....
(grrrr.....after 30 minutes plus to find the one I made...grrrrr....then 20 minutes sorting out a software conflict to download this pic....grrrrr)
here's a pic showing that I cut off about half of the filter so any incoming oil from the pcv is directed at and trapped in the bottem of jar....
with no tube to direct the oil in the jar, no surprise at all that it puffed a bit after 10 miles due to the "wicking" since you did manage to trap 2oz in just 10 miles!!!!
yes,,,it will take some miles for the gas to clean and flush the accumulated oil out of the intake and chambers....
LOL (but serious), 2oz in 10 miles!!!! = make a accumulator out of a "32oz mayonaise jar",,,, even a 8oz jar peanut butter jar would fill up too quick!!!!
the "tiny" compressor based accumulator jar worked OK for me because I was only sorting out a slight WOT full rich mix smoke puff, which did turn out to be a pcv baffle problem, oil accumulated in the intake, the rich WOT mix flushed it out....
even done wrong with no tube, the first test does indicate the pcv is very very likely the main oiling source....
the good news!!!!:
that's just a time and patience and no bucks fix to make some baffles out of scrap sheet steel or aluminum and mess with the shape till it works based on where the pcv sits on the cover and the rockers clearance...
the baffle added to those Edelbrock Elite covers in the pic' is approx 3x3", it's tight to the intake side curve on the cover (so oil can't run onto the baffle) and has less than a 1/8" gap along the 3" width at the headers side cover curve with a approx 3/8" lip facing down the curve just for more insurance.....
the sides extend well past the mount screw boss so I could bend them tight to the cover by hand once it was mounted so the only air is from the small gap at the lowest point...
the opening in the pcv valve is small so the open gap can be pretty small and not restict the cfm....
it took me 3 tries to get it right,,,, I stuck the "pretty good" second try under the breather filter because it does sit on a roughly 3" piece of heater hose to catch cool air from the hood opening (FL heat!) so oiling is no problem at all....
dang CRS=there is a way to mount the pcv on the chevy block and get it away from that rocker oil completely but I can't recall how!!!!
it's on this board many times on many threads,,,try using the "search" link
|Ok so I went out and bought an air compressor air/water seperator, took out the 40 micro filter and put it in line between my pcv and carb. I then drove about 10 mi. lots of stop and go. At first it still smoked quite a bit but then after just a few miles I didn't see any more smoke. The last time I started it just before going to put it up I didn't even notice any smoke on start up. It was kind of windy so hard to be 100% sure. Just before I got to the garage I was cruisn about 30mph, maybe 1/4 throttle, I then "goosed" it (from 1/4 to about 1/2 and then completely off throttle), rpms went from about 2g to 4g and then right to 1500 (still in gear) and then I finally seen some smoke again. Maybe some still inside the intake runners? I would say 6 of the 10 mi. I didn't see any smoke at all. Oh yea, that seperator had almost a shot glass of oil in it, I think that is about 2oz. I'm going to drive some more before making any more changes.
more opinion than tested fact:
I don't like or use those roughly 80 durameter rubber baffles because soaked with oil and hot they "can possibly" collapse and restrict the breath....
(the small opening "lip" is limper than a "you know what" if you poured 200* oil on it!)
if that does happen the pcv will suck unfiltered air and dirt in thru the dipstick tube or where ever....
"if" a $.02 cost rubber baffle could work,,,the oems wouldn't spend $2 on (pretty sophisticated design) metal baffles....
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The Canisius College women's lacrosse team (10-6, 6-2 MAAC) dropped the regular season finale to Fairfield (12-4, 7-1 MAAC) on Saturday 11-9.
The teams will meet again in six days in the second semifinal of the MAAC Championships. The loss drops the Griffs to the No. 3 seed in the MAAC Championships, while Fairfield will occupy the No. 2 seed. Marist (No.1) and Monmouth (No. 4) will play in the other semifinal.
The teams went back and forth for much of the first half, but the Stags opening the second-half by scoring six-unanswered goals was too much for Canisius to overcome.
"I think we made too many unforced errors today," said head coach Scott Teeter. "I don't think we played with our heads today, the effort was there, but the unforced errors and missed opportunities cost us the game today. We've got five days to get focused before we play Fairfield again."
The Griffs got on the board first, with sophomore midfielder Ashley Bull finding the back of the net on a free position opportunity. The Stags would net three unanswered, including two of Jenna Slowey's game-high four goals to take a 3-1 lead.
Junior attacker Whitley Perry and senior midfielder Maria Kotas then scored back-to-back goals to pull the Griffs back to even at 3-3, but the Blue and Gold would fall behind again when Riley Hellstein netted a pair to open another two-goal lead for Fairfield.
Canisius used a 3-0 run to close the half, with goals by junior attacker Tori Quinn, junior midfielder Tori Greco (who finished with a career-high three goals) and Bull, to head into a locker room with a 6-5 lead.
It would be the final time the Griffs led however, as Fairfield stormed out of the locker room netting six-straight goals to open up its largest lead at 11-6.
Kotas scored with just over 11 minutes left in the game to break a 22-minute drought, and Greco would tack on two more, but Canisius couldn't complete the comeback
Junior goalkeeper Kayla Scully made nine saves in the loss.
Canisius will next play in the MAAC Semifinals on Friday, May 2, in a repeat of today's game. First draw is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Demske Sports Complex.
GAME NOTES: Greco's three goals were a career-high. The junior recorded her first multi-goal game at North Carolina on Feb. 19 this season… The loss snapped a five-game win streak for the Griffs… It's just the second time Canisius has been held under-16 goals in MAAC play this season. Both games (today and Apr. 2 vs. Marist), Canisius was held to nine goals. They lost both games.


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The lowest level of government in sub-Saharan Africa is often a cadre of chiefs who raise taxes, control the judicial system and allocate the most important scarce resource—land. Chiefs, empowered by colonial indirect rule, are often accused of using their power despotically and inhibiting rural development. Yet others view them as diligent representatives of rural people, and survey evidence suggests that they maintain widespread support. We exploit the colonial history of Sierra Leone to investigate the impact of chiefs' power on economic development, peoples' attitudes and social capital. At the end of the 19th century the British colonial government in Sierra Leone created an aristocracy, the ruling families, whose number was idiosyncratic across chieftaincies. Because a chief must come from one of these ruling families, chiefs face less competition and are more powerful in places with fewer ruling families. We show that, consistent with the chiefs as despots view, places with fewer ruling families have significantly worse development outcomes today—in particular, lower rates of educational attainment, child health, and non-agricultural employment. But, consistent with the chiefs as representatives view, these powerful chiefs' authority is highly respected among villagers, and their villages have higher levels of "social capital," for example, greater popular participation in a variety of "civil society" organizations and forums that might potentially be used for keeping chiefs accountable. We argue that these seemingly paradoxical results reflect the capture of civil society organizations by chiefs. Instead of acting as a vehicle for disciplining chiefs, chiefs have structured these organizations to control society. Our results present a challenge to the standard principal-agent approach to governance dominant in political science and economics.


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