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Bit more than I wanted to spend, but done a really good job at fixing the damage on my car. Better than expected.
Took in my s type jag to change the gearbox sump,filter and oil.i supplied the parts.i bought them from eBay.got a call from garage to say I got wrong sump pan.they cleaned up the original and put my new oil in.car runs and gear change is smooth and spot on. Thank you and I will recommend you to my friends and use you again.i also got a call to say I forgot my sump pan that I supplied.went back and got it and now its going back to suppliers.thanks again.great customer care.friendly staff
He did a good job, as good as anyone could have done. It turned out to be a much bigger problem that would have been over £3000 to fix which wasn't worth doing. Good service!
Shahid went out of his way to assist me . I would highly recommend his establishment to anyone.
I had a big dent on the RHS side back wheel arc of my car. A good professional job that was done at a reasonable price. Definitely recommend Shahid and his team.
Robert contacted me for the work and explained to me exactly what was needed and time required. He also helped me book the appointment for Saturday. He answered all my queries clearly. On the day as agreed, they started work as soon as I reached the garage and the work was completed on time as previously mentioned. Read brake pads and sensor were changed. Brake fluid was replaced. They also inspected the front brakes and discs and even suggested when I would need to change it and did not scare or persuade me to change it right away like some other garage had quoted me. Overall it has been a pleasant experience and I would definitely recommend C&R Motors and their team. Thanks guys
Very quick, polite and efficient
Really easy to book. I took the car in and was completed within the time agreed. This was fantastic cos I had other appointments booked. I was able to be on time . I would definitely recommend C & R Moters Ltd. Great job.
Thoroughly satisfied with the work carried out at this garage. Job was completed quickly and properly. Customer service was excellent also. Highly recommended.
The VERY best home delivery and service you could ever want! Thank you for the wonderful service, I shall definitely be back! its not often you find a garage that is honest and reliable.
Really good service friendly and helpful will defo return when needed don't get service like this verry often thanks
Great service..very friendly...
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Highly recommended. Serviced my Range Rover. Picked it up and dropped it back. Would come back again.
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You cannot trust them either..they didn't make oil change and they charge me 30£ for that job, what didn't do, some unreliable..i'm sitting customer room and i cannot see, what they do..watch out this garage..i cannot recommended them ! They try to charge brake discs too, discs not always need to change same time, when pads..
Job could have been done a little bit quicker but very good service overall!
Happy with the service provided. Job done well.
This is an excellent local garage that I wish was more local to me - but worth the journey. Joe, who runs the office side of the business, is brilliant and reassuring (my car is extremely old). There were clear explanations at every stage and all the work was fast and efficient. I highly recommend this garage
Efficient service, repair as requested, competitive price, car left clean etc. Recommended
Efficient service, repair as requested, competitive price, car left clean etc. Recommended
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Wasn't really sure where to post this since I am new to these boards, but I just finshed up a Prototype Boba build for my son and wanted to share a few photos.
The body armor is from KidsCloneArmor.com, Helmet is a moded Hasbro.
Most of the details on the gauntlets and knees are custom by me. Gray flightsuit and custom made flak jak by me. Moded Hasbro Fett Blaster.
Since this is a kids costume, I took a few liberties here and there.
No Jet Pack yet, but I am working with MOW possibly for a mini pack. Also will be upgrading to more accurate Boba Boots at some point (if anyone knows who might be interested in making a kids size pair, let me know).
Anyway, he suited up for the 1st time today. Here are a few pics.


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Arsène Wenger still thinks the next England manager should be English.
Fabio Capello is due to step down after Euro 2012 and the identity of his successor is a hot topic with Wenger reportedly in the frame.
But the Arsenal boss has ruled himself out of the running and expects one of his Premier League rivals to be appointed.
"Harry Redknapp is a candidate, he is English, he is ready, he is happy to do it and you [the media] have already chosen him, so don't doubt it too much!" he joked at his pre-match press conference.
"I always told you that for me the national team needs an English manager and I will never change that view for one minute.
"I will keep my exact principle and I think it is important for you [English people] as well because if a foreign manager wins a European Championship you will say somewhere that it is not completely an English triumph."
Capello is the second foreign appointment to the England manager's job after Sven Goran Eriksson but one school of thought suggests that an English boss can get more out of his compatriots. Does Wenger agree?
"I don't know, it is very difficult to predict," he replied.
"For me England are outsiders [for Euro 2012]. They can maybe win it if they click just right at the time of the competition and their main players – Gerrard, Rooney – are in fantastic form.
"For example Steven Gerrard has not played for a long time now but if he comes back after a good rest in top form, then why not? And Capello has the quality too get the best out of the team, you cannot deny that."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Those who are not Muslim wonder how people claiming to have a deep Islamic faith can kill their own children in the name of the Koran or God or whoever. There have been suicide bombers and terrorists throughout human history, but, ordinarily they were guided by love of their country and its people. The most surprising aspect of Muslim terrorism is that those doing the killing appear to prefer killing Muslims than non-Muslims. It is a rather unusual approach to terrorism in human history.


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I'm new here and this is my first project like this so helpful suggestions and tips would be highly valued. When I say "custom" I mean completely reworking the helmet and armor to my designs and not just slight tweaks.
I'm new here and this is my first project like this so helpful suggestions and tips would be highly valued. When I say "custom" I mean completely reworking the helmet and armor to my designs and not just slight tweaks.
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Currently I am in the design process and I have made concept art (one picture ) and I have started on my slightly detailed final render. Unfortunatly, I cannot seem to hit the, semi detailed final render, right on the nose (figure of speech). Does anyone have a suggestion for an allteraion to the render for it to look like my better looking concept art?
This is my concept art
Please excuse the armor. I was thinking about lord of the rings at the time
This is render
looks great, man! The only thing is that the helmet looks alittle thin. If you made the helmet accordingly to your drawings, you might not be able to get your head in it. Likewise, if you made a helmet that fit you properly, but still kept the elongated design, the helmet might be too big overall for your likings. This is just my opinion.
However, it's a really cool and creative design, and I can't wait to see how it turns out
Hmmm... It appears that your right. Guess I missed that one. However, I was planning on having the helmet a little longer in terms of below the chin (sorry, in the concept art, the helmet is too high on the head) alomst a little like the imperial gaurd, but not have the plastic swoop down around the shoulders.
Oh... I just relized I forgot to tell everyone how I was making the helmet. I was first going to make my initial master out of oil based clay, do a quick mold of it, cast it, bondo it, make a mold of it, cast it, paint it, cast more, sell them to all you guys Speaking of which, would anybody buy one of these If I were to make them goog quality?
Quick update: I tried fitting my "imaginary" head into the helmet. It looks like I'll be rethinking the design a bit. So for the render, does anyone have a suggestion to make it Not look like an old bucket (maybe less lines going strait uo and down. Thoughts?)
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Okay so no work in progress just yet.
I just got back from the post office and picked up and opened my FettPride ESB armor! Loving it already! So much work ahead of me.
Super awesome, thanks Chris!!!:)
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Okay so no work in progress just yet.
I just got back from the post office and picked up and opened my FettPride ESB armor! Loving it already! So much work ahead of me.
Super awesome, thanks Chris!!!:)
Congrats! Can't wait to see the paintup!
Yup starting to do the trimming this afternoon, plan on starting with the knees and working my way up. :)
Lets get some pics bro! lol
Okay I started work on the shoulders and the knees....started with sanding and a coating of automotive primer. Added a layer of Krylon Silver and will now start marking off areas with pencil for masking fluid. :)
Oh I cant wait to get mine! Cant wait to see more pics either
Added a zinc chromate boarder around the siver spots I'd like to keep....once dry I'll mask with liquid masker and airbrush the main yellow. :)
Looking good. Keep up the updates!
Masked everything I wanted and then sprayed a coat of UP Armor Yellow. Let it dry overnight and then pulled the masking and added a little bit of weathering to it. Will weather a bit more after I apply the shoulder decal. The other shoulder just got sprayed with the orange and is drying...will update that as well here soon. :)
Looking really awesome man.
Thanks, the shoulders and knees are finished...they are drying with a coat of sealer and dullcoat right now and I'll take pics later. :)
Looks good so far man!
Here are the finshed shoulders and knees....pics don't really do them justice with the flash. Next I'll start work on the cod I think. :)
whoa!... is this your first time painting? Those look great!
Did they come with the knee darts or did you get them elsewhere? Im waiting on my FP armor too
They come with resin darts but most replace with the machined ones.
Yeah the knee darts are machined, the ones Chris provide are great resin ones but I went with the full metal look. As for my first time painting...armor yes..lol.
Cool I guess Ill take a look at them when i get em can always upgrade, did you go with evolutions?
Oh forgot to say that, yes...those are from EVO. :)
Oh cool i ordered his gauntlet darts the other day and boots...Is there a big difference? Worth the what 25 bucks right?
wow, looks great, especially for a first timer... you ARE referring to first time painting ARMOR and not first time painting right? Either way, great job.:thumbsup
Fett 4 Real, not sure about his boots but the guantlet darts are pretty cool, I have those as well....make a nice touch. :)
And yes Bacta, first time painting armor...not painting period. I have been building models since I was 4. :)
I just got finished in the garage sanding down the cod and kidney plate so those should get a coat of primer this afternoon.
Thanks all!
Great job so far! I to have been painting models for quite a long time, so I hope my first paint job comes out as good as your did!
Keep it up!
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By Joe Brewin
Laurent Koscielny says Steve Bould will have no problems motivating Arsenal for their Champions League opener in Montpellier.
Bould will take charge of the side tonight with Arsène Wenger serving the first of a three-match European touchline ban - although the manager will set out Arsenal's gameplan at a pre-match meeting.
In the stadium Bould will be at the helm and Koscielny is confident the former Gunner has what it takes to guide Arsenal to victory against the Ligue 1 champions.
"Steve does a good job with the team," the defender told Arsenal Player. "For me it is good to have a coach like that because he knows my position.
"For the team it is a help for us - for set-pieces, motivation. He finds the words to help the guys so it is good for the team. He knows the Premier League and he knows the Champions League. I think it will be OK with him in the dressing room. He talks with everybody and he knows what we want."
Koscielny joined Arsenal from Lorient in the summer of 2010 and the centre back says the Gunners are revered in his home nation.
"For the French, Arsenal is a French team!" he said. "A lot of French players come here and we have a lot of examples like Titi [Henry], Patrick Vieira, Emmanuel Petit.
"The people like to see Arsenal because we have some French players and we play football so other people like to see our game. We haven't won a trophy [recently] but for 15 years we qualify in the Champions League. There are just two clubs who can also say that - Manchester United and Real Madrid."
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Discussion in 'December 2012' started by roscoe36, Oct 29, 2012.
I think the tickets he got for the Magic game was provided by the Pistons.
Great comeback, but let's keep in mind, they gave Atlanta a lead with some of the most horrendous defense I have ever seen played in the 3rd Q. Daye is still a horrible basketball player, he plays small, he is brutally slow, he struggles to move laterally, and he lacks any sort of direction when on the court. Sure, he grabbed some rebounds last night, some of the defensive rebounds in the 4th were uncontested, sometimes two Pistons fighting for who comes down with the ball. Let's not forget that the guy spots up in never never land and then someone else makes a brilliant 3 like Chaz or Will.I.Am and this contributes to his +/- Frank could have put a 53 year old Chuck Nevitt in there and got similar results.
The defense respects his shooting ability and hangs out with him in never land. Even when they are in his grill and the game is on the line, as he's known to toss daggers. Most teams have a Daye impersonator that they use in practice to prepare to face us. Monroe played the entire 3rd quarter last night and Daye played 34 seconds. In the 1st and 3rd quarters, we turned the ball over repeatedly and were outscored 30 to 59. In the 2nd and 4th quarters, we turned it over 4 times and outscored them 71 to 42 (on pace to win the game 142 to 84 instead of lose 60 to 118). In the game against Washington where the Pistons held them to the lowest score by an opponent in 5 years, Daye played the entire 4th quarter, when the Wiz had exactly 10 points from the field. Drummond and company played the last 26 straight minutes of the game with no rest, which is kind of ridiculous. I would have liked to have seen an all defensive unit on the floor to defend the last play in regulation. Knight/Stuckey/Prince/Drummond/Kraktsov. If Charlie V was a shotblocker, he could have provided help defense instead of lowering his shoulder and intentionally fouling on a potential game winner.
The bench played to many mins.... but, the starters failed miserably twice.... the bench got us back into it, if we had a superstar starter sitting on the bench I'd been up in arms to have him back, but the bench deserved the chance to win the game IMO.
One starter could have been thrown back in there...maybe Monroe to relieve Daye and given us that extra defensive presence as well as the extra go to man, when Bynum and Stuckey were trying to do it all.. come on coach...think!!
Perhaps Frank was sending the starters a message.
You talking about an agenda other than winning?
Last night's game was a watershed moment as a Pistons' fan for me. It was exciting, crazy, frustrating, joyous, maddening, and wonderful all at the same time, and changed my perspective on a lot of things. I know, it's one game, but some strange things happened in this game that altered how I look at the game of professional basketball. As we all know, the Pistons' bench scored 85 points yesterday; according to the ESPN write-up, 85 bench points is the most this millennium (Boston's bench had 85 back in 1999). To be fair, I'm not sure how much of the comeback was Detroit and how much of it was Atlanta's reputation to put it in cruise control when they're way ahead, but the Pistons were a missed goaltending call away from winning by erasing a 22 point deficit in the fourth quarter by going almost purely with an offensive unit that got exhausted by the time the second overtime rolled around. That fourth quarter was actual basketball. I watched a team that seemed to enjoy playing their style completely manhandle a team that was playing scared. I watched a unit that was playing with a chip on their shoulder effortlessly dismantle a very good Atlanta team that had, for the first 40 minutes of the game or so, been effortlessly coasting against an outcoached and poorly constructed Pistons squad. Before I continue with my epiphany, a note about a couple individuals. Bynum has these types of games every so often where he just goes at it and puts up a bunch of points, but he's maddening because he's so inconsistent and makes boneheaded plays that keep them from winning. And Drummond was the same way - 12 and 16, with some offensive game, but he had that "learning experience" against Horford at the end of regulation that almost cost them the game right then and there. These guys are talented, and when they're unleashed they can do these great things, but then they screw up and the coaches reel them too far back in. Yes, Atlanta, seemed to figure him out, but that's when the coaches have to step in and, you know... actually coach. They need to point out to Will that the other team is starting to collapse, and that he needs to start watching for the kick-out. I didn't see him change his game at all, and in fact, I saw Stuckey go back into Super Collider mode almost in response to Bynum's success. (Major props to Stuckey, though, who came back into the game after what looked like a very painful injury that had him rolling on the ground in agony for several minutes. That's the kind of mental toughness I want on the team, and I hadn't seen it out of him before.) As for the fallout... It has to be really frustrating to Frank to watch the team play terrible defense like that and still perform better than the starters did. It has to be frustrating to preach these defensive fundamentals, watch Daye and Drummond fail to execute them, and still watch them make extraordinarily important overall contributions to the team effort. It has to be frustrating to watch Bynum play so damn well and then fail at the most inopportune times, validating what you think about him but still proving that his positives outweigh his negatives. It has to be frustrating to know that Knight and Monroe and Maxiell probably do everything that Frank wants them to do, but then go out and still get blown out in spite of it. And it's frustrating as a fan to watch all of this happen because I know that Frank is not going to change anything, because his whole coaching philosophy is based on flawed principles. He believes that he is capable of getting offensively limited players - who understand and more efficiently execute the defensive fundamentals he's trying to teach - to be a better squad than the rest of the defensively limited players - who understand and more efficiently execute offensive principles that he's not trying to teach. I'm not a drill sergeant as a coach or teacher. My school's philosophy is to take each kid and get them to perform at their best. We aren't bound by state standards, so we have a lot of leeway in how we approach education, and we do a better job getting students to learn than any of the other schools they'd ever come from. Frank is like one of those public schools that preach a single best approach. In the schools' defense, they don't have a choice because they're bound by state law and have a large amount of students. But Frank can change; he just chooses not to. This team is not going to win with defense, because their fundamental defensive players are not good offensively. This team is built to light it up, and now they have a guy (Drummond) that can anchor the paint and alter the equation. But I doubt Frank sees this; the truth is Frank is not an ineffective coach, he's a stubborn and narrow-minded one. He gets players to play in his system, but he's using the wrong system, and it's to the detriment of this team. Last night's game was the final straw that convinced me that Frank does not know how to win. It was obvious to the rest of us that he should have altered his squad for that last four seconds, but he didn't do it. It was obvious to the rest of us that he should have worked other guys into the rotation in overtime, but he didn't. It is obvious to the rest of us that Drummond is a vital piece of this puzzle going forward, is already the most talented player on the team, improves everyone else's game except Monroe's, and should be playing more minutes than he is, but Frank doesn't give him that. Frank sits on his defensive principles like they are going to make this team great, but he doesn't recognize that the improvement in defensive consistency that comes from playing guys that play in the system like Singler and Max does not offset the reduced offensive capability that comes with it. This is a player's league, and that's never been more evident to me than with this team. Villa Nueva is not known for his defense, but it's really not as bad as advertised and he's one of the few guys on this team that is creative enough offensively to get his own shot without ramming himself into the paint. It's clear that Frank underestimates how important that is, because he's got some sort of Napoleon complex and is fighting really hard to stay in control of the team. Games like last night are going to lose the respect of the players because they see how well the team plays when the guys on the bench go out and play their game, free of having to worry about losing their starting job. Game like last night show how important it is for players to love and care about the game. If Frank were a great coach, he would look hard at himself, his team, and admit that things have to change. He would look objectively at the information in front of him and see that if the team plays better with CV and Drummond, then you let them play their game and coach up their mistakes. If Knight can't run the point, then Jesus Christ on a Stick, stop making him play the point. If Bynum and Stuckey can get success by playing American Gladiators with the basketball, then you let them do it and teach him how to look for when that is and isn't going to work. You don't force players into your system, you have to adapt your system to the players. You make-do with what you got, and right now, that's a team with a bunch of defensively awkward players that can still score more than the opponent. Frank is not taking advantage of that, and that's the team's biggest problem right now.
The Chuckles G's and Daye's of the world take great comfort in being down 20 points. Those are no pressure shots. Daye drove for a layup at the end of either the 4th or one of the OT's and had the ball bounce over his head and roll down his back for a turnover. Daye has always been a pretty good defensive rebounder. He plays with his hands down a lot on his perimeter D. I actually want the Pistons to play CCG, Daye et al with Drummond and Monroe on the floor.
I agree Laimbrane, its almost like Frank uses a college style system where the players must fit the scheme..any good coach takes what he has and makes it work. Daddy Rich was great at this. Even Larry Brown bent the rules of his own system to get the most out of each player. You can have the greatest system in the world...but without the right pieces? you need to tailor the system to the players
So you give Daye no credit for hitting that 3 with 4 seconds to go?
If he missed it what's the worst they'd say? They were supposed to lose.
Even the sun shines on a dogs ass some days
so the nets fired avery johnson and we still have opie huh? 1 franchise expects nothing but results....and another expects nothing
At least we know who the next Pistons coach will be.
He's just got Happy Hands Feet
This is now all about Dumars. If he fires his hand picked coach...he's a failure. If he cuts his recent contracts...he's a failure. Time for JD to go fishin.............
I don't really buy into the conclusion that our bench players are mistake prone. They turn the ball over way less than our starters and they shoot at higher rates. It's not a game of perfection, so you can't just focus on a mistake here or there and say that it cost us the game. Our starters were as mistake prone as it gets last night. The ATL announcers declared that we were putting on a turnover clinic in the first quarter. Stuckey and Bynum have an assist to tov ratio of 2.3 to 1 and they also have the highest 2 assist rates on the team. These super colliders are more careful with the ball than our starting guards. Singler's assist rate is horrific... he's about half of what Daye and Villanueva's are and he's down in the basement with the big men like Drummond. Daye has only 4 turnovers total for the entire season, which is not very mistake prone. And speaking of offensive fouls, Stuckey commits 0.19 charges per game and attempts about 4 FTA's per game in limited minutes. That is a 10 to 1 ratio in terms of drawing shooting fouls compared to committing a charge. And usually a charge doesn't even give the other team FT's, it is just a loss of possession. The refs favor aggression on offense and he takes advantage of it. Bynum has only 2 offensive fouls this year and has driven to the rim between 64 and 114 times (64 if none of his assists were the result of driving and 114 if they all were). Pretty great ratio IMO. Offensive fouls committed this year- a sampling to put it in perspective: Greg Monroe- 13 Singler- 5 Stuckey- 5 Knight- 4 Bynum- 2 So with a usage at nearly the bottom of the league, Kyle Singler has committed as many charges as Rodney Super Collider Stuckey? And he's attempted 64 fewer free throws? Did you see the game that Monroe was having? If he were a 19 year old rookie, his play would have been summed up as a clueless kid making rookie mistakes. In 26 minutes of playing time (way more than Drummond's average), Monroe shot 36%, had 4 rebounds, had more turnovers than assists, and no shot blocks. Monroe has shot less than .470 in over half his games this year. His turnovers have equaled or exceeded his assists in 2/3rds of the games. He has had 0 blocked shots in 18 out of 31 games and only 4 games with more than 1 block. And he's our best starter by a long shot.
nice informative posts TS
The starters are not as mistake-prone on defense, and that's the point and the problem. If you watched the game, you saw Daye get blown by guys on several occasions. The same thing happened to Drummond at the end of regulation. The problem is that because the Pistons are a defense-first team, Frank focuses on these occasional miscues and misses all of the good things that these guys did to get them there. He seems to ignore the problems that Monroe, Singler, and Knight have on offense because the defense is the most important thing to him.
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Excelent ! check out the brown. :love
Nice Googeling Foxbat ! :thumbsup
I think the "red brown" is the right color...
Way to go FBK! Nice find!
Originally I would've gone with natural then dyed it myself but now that I take another look, the red-brown does look pretty good.
Thanks to JD who helped me on my googling by sending me a link to something that gave me a lead on what to search for.
...and all the people who hand-braided their belts go.... "OH CRAP!"
NICE FIND MAN!!! I dont think it gets ANY better or more accurate than that! I think perhaps this thread should be stickied or merged into the already stickied belt thread.
The real deal.
The braided rope.
Any difference? I cant see much of a difference, besides maybe the lighting, they are pretty much exactly the same. Nice find!
Major find! Chalk one up for the Jango!
I just bookmarked the site...Thanks!
That's fantastic. Great find.:jango:thumbsup
So, 6MM or 3MM?
Awesome find, Foxbatkllr.
What do you all think of Antique Dark Brown? That one looks
more accurate to me than the Red Brown? Any thoughts?
Three cheers for Foxbatkllr
Definitely antique dark brown. Awesome find there!!! KUDOS!
Thanks...but the Antique Dark Brown isn't available in 6mm...so its worthless...
The only two colors available in 6mm (1/4") is the Natural and Red-Brown.
Sweet!! good find.
Now, how much do we need?
Well your average Jango will probably need a yard per braid so 19 yards?
I emailed them to see if it would be possible to get it in 6MM. So lets keep our fingers crossed.:D
I wonder if we could redye it too.
Well if you get it "natural" you can dye it whatever color you want.
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I wonder if we could redye it too.
Oh yeah, but I am wondering if they are coated or sealed or anything to interfere with the dye uptake.
or, you could just buy some leather "binding" and plait it yourself. It looks like a standard "4 plait". It's dead easy to do.
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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by deltask8er, Dec 8, 2010.
Oh, poor lady. So that's what was wrong. Pancreatic is an especially nasty kind, isn't it?
Isn't that what Patrick Swayze had? I believe it grows without symptoms for a quite a long time so by the time they find it, it is very hard to treat. An acquaintance of mine recently died of it just about 4-5 months after her diagnosis.
My Grandpa was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died not long after about 5 years ago. He was in his 90's, but had the healthiest lifestyle of any of us lol. It was quite a shock to say the least.
It is a nasty disease.. I wish her well..
Oh, poor lady. Best wishes to her.
I have heard that that form is indeed particularly nasty. I knew someone who died 6 weeks after getting the diagnosis.
The most common form is indeed very nasty.
There is a rare form, the sort that Steve Jobs of Apple had, that is more treatable.
I'm devastated. Poor Aretha...
Both Swayze and Pavoratti had this. My grandmother died about 6 weeks after being diagnosed. It's a tricky one because usually by the times you show symptoms it is much too late to do anything.
I wish her the best; I hope the surgery works!
Not good.
I had read about Aretha earlier today but didn't post since at that time the quotes were still coming only from a story in the Enquirer. I was hoping it wasn't true.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Like everyone's said it's not good at all.
I hate to hear this type of diagnosis for anyone. But it is very hard to take when someone seems larger than life as Aretha Franklin seems. I hope for the best for her.
This is one of those celebrity situations that's really hit me hard.
I cannot begin to tell you how much I adore her. I have some Aretha stories, vague encounters/ near encounters here in Detroit. I like her so much I even named a main character in one of my current scripts "Re" (Aretha) in her honor.
Wow. It sounds like you've met her. I'd like to hear more.
I've always been concerned for her mainly b/c of her weight. And now this.
She is definitely an American icon. And in my prayers tonight.
OK, I thought I'd look up risk factors for this cancer and so far I see pancreatitis, alcohol and smoking. Of course you don't HAVE to drink or smoke to get it. Also, diabetes (not sure which one but am guessing type 2) and I think Aretha has diabetes.
Eating lots of fruits and veggies may protect against it, specifically cruciferous veggies. Eat your Brussel sprouts, people!
Dear Aretha, I will pray for you. May your faith keep you strong at this difficult time. God is with you.
Such sad news.
My grandmother died of pancreatic cancer at age 98. She wasn't diagnosed until 3 weeks before she died.
OMG, this is such shocking news! My thought and prayers are with her.
Speaking of Jobs, I wouldn't be surprised if he's still suffering from something considering how gaunt and sickly he's been looking these days.
I really hope that Aretha's case isn't so serious and that she pulls through it. Celebrity deaths have been happening in threes recently, and what with Leslie Nielsen and Elizabeth Edwards' passings, please let it not be that Aretha is next.
My grandmother had none of the risk factors, fwiw.
Obesity is also a risk factor. She's had weight problems most of her adult life.
IIRC she talked about quitting smoking a while back, but I could be wrong. I have no idea how much she drinks.
horrible diagnosis. not good. not good at all.
Get well ............ somehow ............. Lady Soul
My father had the less common form; and responded well to what was then, experimental chemotherapy.
He had several years in remission; but., when that ended there was nothing to be done, and he died soon after.
I wish Aretha the very best; and hope that more effective treatments are found for this, soon,.
I met Aretha Franklin once in 2003, when I was working at the Detroit federal courthouse. One of the federal judges held an event in her honor, and I was very excited to come face-to-face with a legend, even though there really was nothing I could say to her that she hadn't already heard a million times, lol.
Hope she's able to recover, but pancreatic cancer is just such a nasty disease. My great-aunt had it, and she died about 6-8 weeks after diagnosis.
And ask your doctor if you can or should take low-dose aspirin regularly
Though previous studies linked daily aspirin use to pancreatic cancer.
She may be larger than life, but I know a lot of people who say she never paid them for work done. She almost lost her house I believe. She just wouldn't pay people.
My nephew had pancreatic cancer and died at age 40. He was thin, didn't drink, a good man. I believe he did smoke, however.
This really is one of the worst diagnosis you can get. A friend who is a Surgeon says it's a bad day for her when she discovers that in the OR, because she knows there's very little that can be done.
Always loved that lady's voice. Will be keeping Aretha in my thoughts and prayers.
One of the women from our church died of pancreatic cancer. Horrible to hear that Aretha has this diagnosis.
I love Aretha and have since she was a teenager. DH, who is not a fan, gave me a boxed set of her recordings one year for Christmas. Everything from her early soul and R&B recordings in the late 60's to her duets with George Michael and Annie Lennox in the 90's.
Her voice gives me chills.
I heard that she owned a really nice house outside of Detroit that she didn't take care of and it was condemned by the city, but I don't remember the particulars. Most people I know who have met her (my mom included) said she is a sweet as pie. But don't cross her...


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Speaking out on White Balloon Day: Mark Lawrence
06 September 2013 , 6:10 PM by nicole gundi
Today is like 'Christmas' for Mark Lawrence.
His days used to be black and white, but now he sees colour.
Mark was sexually abused by his boss when he started working at a picture theatre in Sydney, as a 14 year-old boy.
But he kept silent for 20 years while he self destructed away.
"I hated myself, I hated the world, I hated authority because an authoritarian, my boss...stole that all away from me".
"I took drugs and I drank alcohol from a very young age, not to escape but to destroy myself".
That's when Mark knew it was time to take back control.
"In 1999, I really had to either speak up or I was going to die. So many times I honestly astonished myself, that a lot of morning I would wake up and actually open my eyes and think, 'my God, I'm still alive', because the things I did to myself the night before, I thought that was going to be it".
Mark had a 'hell of a fight' through the courts but he's now a changed man because of it.
"When the guilty plea went down, like my life changed. He got minimal time which I could have been upset about but from the onset, we walked out of the court room...and I just thought I want to make a difference".
Mark is making a significant difference and on White Balloon Day he's the Gold Coast ambassador encouraging others to share what happened to them.
Scott Lamond ask Mark what White Balloon Day means to him.
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If I am running dsniff on the same machine through which I connect to a sniffable service (smtp, web page login, ftp, etc.) and run it with:
dsniff -i eth0
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dsniff listening on eth0
shouldn't it pull out sniffable data without the need for MITM or Arp poisoning (I know this is not the standard method of using it, but I'm just testing).
But it doesn't pull out anything.
Must it always be run as a MITM or arp poisoning scenario? Can't seem to find an answer to that question.


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My Sunday project, Troy free float rail, Troy flip front, Vortex flash hider and Magpul triggerguard added to the Bushy:
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Boy AJ that is one bad looking gun you got there. I sure would like to shoot one of them one time. Good luck with it.
Nice looking shooter you have there.
I like that full quad rail :)
Triggerguard took all of 5 minutes, you just have to be sure to back up the reciever with a wood block so you don't break off the tab on the reciever.
The quad rail is a two piece free float, 13" - so in this case you don't have to remove the front sight block, just dremel off the delta ring. But since it's 13" on a carbine gas system, I still modified the front sight block by dremeling off the sight tower and reshaping, then re-blueing.
The original flash hider was a b$%% to get off - I finally ended up dremeling away the crush washer to loosen it's grip. God bless the Dremel.
And in case anyone is interested, the vertical foregrip has a rather lo-tech mod, a bicycle grip slipped over it..
Hopefully I'll get to take her out sometime this week :smt067
AJ how could you? Now some poor kid in the neighborhood has only one handle bar grip. Ha! Ha! Just kidding. That is a AWESOME looking gun you built there.
Good luck with it and let us know how it shoots.
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Everyone knows that Google lets you search billions of web pages. But few people realize that Google also gives you hundreds of cool ways to organize and play with information.
Since we released the last edition of this bestselling book, Google has added many new features and services to its expanding universe: Google Earth, Google Talk, Google Maps, Google Blog Search, Video Search, Music Search, Google Base, Google Reader, and Google Desktop among them. We've found ways to get these new services to do even more.
The expanded third edition of Google Hacks is a brand-new and infinitely more useful book for this powerful search engine. You'll not only find dozens of hacks for the new Google services, but plenty of updated tips, tricks and scripts for hacking the old ones. Now you can make a Google Earth movie, visualize your web site traffic with Google Analytics, post pictures to your blog with Picasa, or access Gmail in your favorite email client. Industrial strength and real-world tested, this new collection enables you to mine a ton of information within Google's reach. And have a lot of fun while doing it:
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We measured it on racelogic gps so measurements are accurate. from 100-200kmh goes 6.46sec, top speed by now was 295.90km/h. Ill post up some more informations when we'll measure it again with race mode setup.
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I'd seen the Skippy list a while back, but some of the stuff on that list is just unbelievably hilarious to someone in the military.
I actually know a guy that did #146, oddly enough.
the "friends of skippy" is good, too:
that is great. However as a serving British squaddie, I try to at every opportunity antagonise the SAS by the way did i tell you i am a very fast runner
As for the Paras, we just never speak to them anyway, they are too busy perfecting their swagger walk
People antagonize SAS and live? News to me.
I'm more concerned about questioning a Green Beret's orders and surviving..... that's almost impossible, ain't it?
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Jamie Anderson locks down a spot on the US Olympic slopestyle team at 2014 Mammoth Grand Prix
Part of the Five Stops To Sochi series presented by Mammoth
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When Jamie Anderson qualified first at the Breckenridge Grand Prix last week, she hoped she was about to clinch a spot on the US Olympic slopestyle team. But after the Breck Grand Prix finals were cancelled due to weather and it was announced none of the qualifying scores would count, Jamie shifted her focus to the next Grand Prix stop at Mammoth.
To make up for the cancelled Breckenridge event, the US Ski and Snowboard Association added an extra slopestyle finals to the schedule. This created two back-to-back contests today, but ensured that there were still five events to help pick the best possible US Olympic team. The stakes are especially high for riders trying to make the women's US slopestyle team because there are currently only two spots available. More spots may open up depending on results from the Stoneham, Quebec World Cup, which also in progress.
At the morning event, Karly Shorr and Jordie Karlinsky both rode away from solid first runs that put them in first and second respectively, for the time being. Riders dropped in order of their US team qualification standings so far and as Jamie was in the top spot with 1,800 points, she went last. On her first run she set the bar through the rail section with a backside 50-50, gap to backside lipslide, and boardslide 270 out on the shotgun rail. Moving into the jumps she styled-out a no-grab frontside 360 shifty, to backside 540, and Cab 720 tail grab. That run would hold her for the rest of the contest and secured her spot on the US Olympic team. To select the team coaches look at a rider's two highest results out of the five event qualifying series, and a double win almost always means a rider will get a spot on the team.
"It feels so good to get a result and qualify for the Olympic team," Jamie said of her win. "This is all new to me so it's been a really fun season learning a lot and trying not to let all the stress and pressure overwhelm me."
Even though she knew she had made the team Jamie said that she'd continue to ride in the next event because she wanted to switch up her runs to see what else she could do.
When Karly Shorr dropped in for he second run, she stuck a switch backside 540, frontside 360, and backside 360 japan, which landed her in second. Then Ty Walker made a huge comeback on her second run, which put her in third place after a clean jump line that included a Cab five tail grab, frontside 360, and a backside 720.
Mammoth Grand Prix #4 women's slopestyle qualifier
By the afternoon the course was slowing down and some of the ladies where having trouble clearing the jumps. It was either stomp your landing clean and point it into the next jump or you wouldn't clear the deck. Jamie was back again, mixing up her runs as promised. She added a backside 5-0 on the down bar and changed up her jump line with a combo of backside 540s, switch backside 180s, and switch backside 540s before finishing her runs with a Cab 720 tail grab. With that, she took another win.
"Two events in one day—this is definitely a first for me," Jamie said of her second victory. "The course was really good and all the girls were riding well." As for what's next before the Sochi Olympics, Jamie says she's been thinking about some new tricks, but she hasn't had much time until now to try anything really new.
For the rest of the field a lot was riding on second and third place. Those spots were scooped up by Jordie Karlinski in second and Jessika Jenson in third. Going into the event Jessika was in the third spot on the US team rankings and ahead of Jordie by 400 points but Jordie's second place finish today tied her with Jessika for third. As no one was able to take the top spot away from Jamie, Ty Walker remained qualified second for the US team, even though she finished fourth in the last event today.
"I'm really happy to have landed a run in the second qualifiers," Jordie said. "I've been working hard on some tricks and I want to link them together for Saturday—a little harder run." Jessika said that today's result was a big placement for her. "I'm definitely going to have to work hard at the last qualifying event," she said of trying to make the team still. "I'm kind of on the borderline. I'm going to have to give it my all."
The battle for the remaining spot on the US women's slopestyle team spot continues on Saturday.
See who won the first men's slopestyle at Mammoth here
Top Six US Olympic Team Women's Slopestyle Qualification Standings
Combined points from two best scores after third and fourth Grand Prix slopestyle stops
1. Jamie Anderson: 2,ooo
2. Ty Walker: 1,600
3. Jessika Jenson: 1,400
3. Jordie Karlinski: 1,400
5. Karly Shorr: 1,300
6. Phoebe Novello: 900
2014 Mammoth Grand Prix Finals #3 Results
1. Jamie Anderson
2. Karly Shorr
3. Ty Walker
4. Jordie Karlinski
5. Jessika Jenson
6. Serena Shaw
7. Julian Brackett
8. Phoebe Novello
9. Kirra Kotsenburg
2014 Mammoth Grand Prix Finals #4 Results
1. Jamie Anderson
2. Jordie Karlinski
3. Jessika Jenson
4. Ty Walker
5. Phoebe Novello
6. Kirra Kotsenburg
7. Karly Shorr
8. Julian Brackett


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Hello everybody,
Just a quick note, being my first post. I have ordered a ESB helmet from Bobamaker/Daz and now have to wait 8-12 weeks for that piece of loveliness to arrive.
I did buy a bunch of fett costumery from Trademe (an NZ auction site). It looked good in the photos but is all the wrong shapes. Fiberglass chest armour that is reasonably ok but the belly part is way too flat and I suspect I will end up replacing it all with 2mm alloy stuff. The fiberglass shoulder pad armour is also totally the wrong shape and is only suitable for chucking out. I also got some sintra shoulder pads (good shape) a sintra back armour (basic, needs finishing) and sintra knee pads (rough, need finishing).
I purchased the Kwiksew coverall pattern with the intention of converting it to make the flightsuit but may end up buying two pairs of cheap overalls. One size small (to closely fit my body) one size large (to make oversleeves and pouches out of) then dye the lot.
I have printed up the medium size armour templates from Wizard of light as well as his helmet templates.
and that lot is just the start of my ESB journey.


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|Topic Review (Newest First)
I ran across this thread a few years ago.
The guy goes into pretty good detail on reproducing all the body panels of his Mustang in carbon fiber.
|Being in florida, Ive seen the patterntek stuff up close. Awesome stuff. A little pricey but really what do you compare it to.
|Thank You for finding it Dan.
|Here you go: CLICK HERE
|patterntek.com is the website i believe... they actually dip whatever u have in CF. It looks great and I am actually wanting them to do my car.
Actually it will take 2 molds..one for the hood itself and a mold for the underside structure..then the two are mated and bonded..the attachment points are reinforced and in the underside structure to provide points to attach the hinges and hood latch mechanism..
At least that is the way I would go about it..
Hi there,
I know this is a buried thread but wanted to ask a relevant question.
If you manufacture a carbon fiber hood with bagging process using a mold from the current hood, first how are you supposed to form the bottom side of the hood since the mold only takes care of the upper side and secondly how can you attach hinges and supporting frame to the molded hood?
Also how many layers do you think are needed?
question from hotrodders member... posted here because it has useful info on wet layp composite work.
100% wet layup. No vacuum bags here. I sanded the tank down with 150 grit, sprayed it black with rustoleum rattle can paint, roughed up the surface just a little bit more, then layed down a thin layer of thin epoxy resin, let the resin set up (until it reached the latter end of its pot life) then just layed the fiber sheet on top, and the epoxy below will act like a glue. You can basically let this fiber dry for up to an hour or more, getting the epoxy "glue" underneath to set up real good. At that point, you can laminate the outer surface with more THIN epoxy resin. On my gas tank, since I had blending patterns of carbon fiber and carbon/kevlar, it took me over five or six laminates to get the surface smooth. I would recommend keeping it to one type of fiber though, and absolutely no more than three laminates on top.
The reason behind using thin epoxy resin is because of what I mentioned with the bubbles on the firewall. I used thick epoxy resin here, and when this stuff is in the pot mixed up it has the consistency of molasses. This is why bubbles get trapped in it so easily. The thin epoxy resin you have to let set up a little bit more in the pot before you apply it so it doesn't get all runny, but it allows bubbles to work their way out while its drying up.
A simple way of manipulating wet epoxy on the surface of the part is to use a clean, unused bondo scraper as sold at auto parts stores, the flexible plastic kind. You can use this like a spatula to manipulate the wet epoxy, and it shouldn't get caught on the fiber underneath.
You should get a feel for how much you can stretch a single piece of fabric before it begins to distort the pattern. I learned it through trial and error. The gas tank and body panels I did are relatively simple patterns, topologically. The firewall in my vette was much more complicated. I used four pieces of fabric to do this, namely, I split the entire project in half (bisected it) down the middle, and on both the left and right sides I first layed up a piece on the top half, making sure to cover the convolutions and indentations in the firewall upper half. Then I used a second piece on both the left and right sides to cover the large flat areas, making sure to keep the pattern clean because this is the most noticable aesthetic part of the firewall. Then, after cleaning up the ragged edges (some of this was done before the bottom pieces of fabric were layed up), using a dremel tool and sanding drums, also a structured tungsten carbide cutting bit (these things are worth the $15, they cut through dried carbon fiber like a hot knife through butter), I cut out excess material and did the final lamination.
In my case, I used thick epoxy resin on the firewall because I wanted as little seepage and running as possible. I think in hindsight this was a mistake, because when I went to polish this surface, tiny air bubbles existed right below the surface. Thin epoxy resin is harder to work with, produces thinner layers of laminate, but overall retains a more appealing look when it's said and done.
Good luck and let me know if you have any more questions.
Other info... Only sand between laminate layers if you've waited more than 2 hours since the last layer, or if you notice "clouding" in the resin (a result of moisture condensing on the surface of the drying epoxy)
Polish with increasing fineties of sandpaper, all the way up to 1500 or even 2000 grit, then polish with 3M rubbing compound, and finish with 3M finishing compound.
Apply UV sealant if you wish, but I prefer the raw epoxy surface. If you scratch it or leave a mark, just polish it again! Besides I'm not sure how well paint / clearcoat will apply to a polished epoxy surface.
I'm going to post this to hotrodders to hopefully avoid answering the same sorts of questions multiple times...
The blonde weasel
For flat and simple curve parts you can just get a carbon overlay and bond it on. Look at http://www.cstsales.com/CCAccentPanels.htm It's not cheap but a lot less work and will save a lot of "practice parts".
I get my carbon from http://www.carb.com/ , best prices I found. I bought about 12 yards.
I'm doing carbon/wood/carbon interior panels for my Corvette. http://corvetteforum.net/classics/gr...corvette15.htm I'm not nearly as good at it as the guys in our shop but have found it is much easier to get a good finish with vacuum bagging than without, as the wet layups have lots of pin-holes in the corners of the fabric weave. It helps if you put a layer of resin with cavasil mixed in to thicken it into the mold first.
You can also put a top layer of very fine weave fiberglass cloth on, as it will disapear when wetted out. You can do this either in the original laminate or as a second bond if you use a peal ply. If you sand the surface for the second bond you will never get all the white resin dust out of the pinholes, and this in turn helps propogate new pin holes in the next layer.
|another good site is rcuniverse.com go to the airplane section of the forum buttons... and scroll down till you find composite fabrication and repair... whole bunch of good info there and most of those people like to save their pennies so they have insight on making ovens, vacuum bagging tools out of old fridges, and different fabrication techniques for making light pieces.. tons of free info there
I've never laid any composites, but plan on doing something soon. I have found this project aircraft place that sells a "composites practice kit" which might be good for picking up some technique before ruining your precious carbon fiber:
sorry this took me so long to post...
I finished uploading some fiber pics to my gallery. these are wet-layup ontop of fiberglass and painted metal. the epoxy resin will bond to just about any gripping surface, such as lightly sanded painted metal (in the case of the gas tank). It takes a ridiculous amount of wet sanding to get the final product to look good, and my process does not account for UV-protection on the pieces (epoxy resin will yellow over time with exposure to UV). Nonetheless, I get many compliments on my bike, which was my "experimental" phase of carbon / composite wet layup study. Overall I'm happy with the outcome, even before polishing the engine bay the results are spectacular. I can't wait to set all my polished aluminum parts against that backdrop when the motor goes in. If you have any questions feel free to email me.
the blonde weasel
i'll just attach one photo for those unfortunate souls still using dialup. high-res versions available in my gallery.
Re: How can I make carbon fiber
How can I make carbon fiber
Is there a school one can attend to learn how to make carbon fiber components?
|select products is where to go if you have a problem like too much money to blow , or cant do a little searching for info on the net. you can purchase th esame exact items at half the cost at shopmaninc.com, as for speaker rings and such , if you cant rout out a set yourself , you probably shoulnt be attempting this kind of stuff anyway, you'll probably end up bonded to your project for life . as for the autoclave and such , unless you are building structural parts and such all this is just appearance stuff which doesnt need the bagging and autoclave.use senseand you will do fine
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Nuts-and-bolts information to plan your trip, plus a checklist of essentials to include when you pack and a list of links to local media
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Security: While Dallas is generally considered a safe city, visitors should avoid South Dallas at night. As with any big city, don't walk alone after dark and keep purses, wallets, and other valuables secure.
Time: Dallas is one hour behind U.S. eastern standard time.
Money: The currency of Dallas is the U.S. dollar. For current conversion rates go to OANDA Currency Converter: www.oanda.com/convert/classic.
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When to Go: January tends to be a slower month, but you'll hardly be able to tell that, as convention business is steady all year. Summer is especially warm but quite busy. Spring and fall offer milder weather.
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Hat: Most days, a baseball cap or other sun hat is a good idea. You could even buy a cowboy hat here, if you like.
Sturdy Footwear: Bring your favorite walking shoes, although other than downtown, Fair Park and White Rock Lake, you may not walk much.
Water Bottle: You'll want to stay hydrated, so bring a good refillable bottle. Dallas's tap water is fine and water fountains are plentiful in most buildings.
Toiletries: Most hotels will have all the shampoo and hand lotion you need. If you find yourself short on tissues or over-the-counter allergy medicine, there are CVS and Walgreens pharmacies and any assortment of convenience stores on nearly every corner.
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Three more Utah State seniors are headed to postseason exhibition as they look to further their football careers.
Wideout Matt Austin, linebacker Bojay Filimoeatu and defensive lineman Al Lapuaho will play in the Jan. 11 Casino Del Sol College All-Star Game in Tuscon, Ariz. The game will be on ESPN3, scheduled for a 7 p.m., according to a school news release.
It's a continuation of a positive trend for Utah State football players: They're getting invites to these exhibitions. Corner Will Davis will be in the Senior Bowl on Jan. 26, and running back Kerwynn Williams will be in the East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 19. Both of them have been invited to the NFL Combine.
While Austin, Filimoeatu and Lapuaho have less robust pro profiles, each still harbors NFL dreams. Senior games represent a chance for the trio to show they can stand out among their peers, and possibly sneak onto an NFL roster this summer.
This year, having Robert Turbin and Bobby Wagner playing in the NFL was a huge affirmation for the Aggies football program and provides a recruiting draw. If Utah State can keep producing NFL-caliber prospects, it helps build a self-sustaining pipeline of talent.
You can bet that's one tradition that new coach Matt Wells wants to keep going.
A few links:
• Brian Murphy of the Idaho Statesman obtained a copy of Boise State's deal with the Mountain West. It appears the conference will pay up to $3 million of the school's $10 million exit fee from the Big East, the conference it never actually entered (sigh): http://bit.ly/UGNFhY
• CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd points out that Boise State's contract is the surest sign yet that San Diego State will be first in line to join the Mountain West, that is, if the Aztecs want to come back. Part of the deal is that SDSU gets the first option to join the league: http://cbsprt.co/VwadCK
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- Princess-seamed fit.
- Notched collar, double bias piping on lapel. One-button close. Welt flap pockets. Bias-piped back belt. Four working buttons on sleeve allow styling options. Rhodium-finish buttons.
- Dotted satin lining with grosgrain binding. Lightly padded shoulder. Signature coat chain.
- Hits at the upper hip (front 23" from shoulder; back 21").


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Re: Mine is Scarier
I like the art, and it's a fun concept, but that back hand on Jason is mos-def upside down. Also, I think if the machete was in his hand, it'd be a little more clear that the tiki-god was chasing off someone with a big knife... it sits a bit weird just placed there between them. And while I'm picking you apart, if you could get a little more fear in Jason's eyes, it'd be great... that smiley mask makes the "ohmigod I'm being chased" look more difficult to pick up.
Otherwise good stuff... definitely get the hand fixed up and you could possibly see a spark up the charts with it when you resub.
brydesign wrote:Well done! I love all of the improvements you made and his fiery eyes are perfect.
agreed... looks great the way it is.
ChrisRisse wrote:i disagree, it looks good to me. I like the wood grain.
Thanks ChrisRisse, it was one of those times where I just let my hand draw what it wants. It likes to make little details like that for some reason. Tot
Re: Three TIkis
3 Stooges FTW!!! BRILLIANT! :D :D :D
noblechic21 wrote:Oh edgar, you know how to make these terrible topics fun.
I thought this was a fabulous topic. I knew we would see some great entries come out of it. But yes... he does make any topic fun. Good job edgar
brydesign wrote:Congrats - it was awesome to see this start from a sketch and end up here! Nice Work.
Thanks! Yeah, it went through countless iterations and took several, uhm, beverages, but I think it worked out. Thanks for the props!
Re: Fire Dancer
Nice, very accurate looking flames.
Re: Polly Want A Cracker?
Birds are always a thing. Love the shirt
alftuba wrote:really? it seems very generic too me. If I wanted something like this I'm sure I could get it from Ocean Pacific. And I stopped wearing OP back in high school - 10 years ago
Actually, people still make this type of design- check out Crazy Shirts. My favorite island t-shirt source. But this design is very wearable, which is why it's getting votes.
Re: Tiki Gods Bless This Limbo Pole
It was our honeymoon. Watching flexible men.. sooo romantic.
dekonstruct wrote:hahaha, I was literally seconds away from doing this type of design, but then I couldn't live with myself afterward. That's just me though.
Total falsehood. There is no way you would have done this type of thing. You would have at least drawn more than 1 flower.
AdderXYU wrote:I like the art, and it's a fun concept, but that back hand on Jason is mos-def upside down. Also, I think if the machete was in his hand, it'd be a little more clear that the tiki-god was chasing off someone with a big knife... it sits a bit weird just placed there between them. And while I'm picking you apart, if you could get a little more fear in Jason's eyes, it'd be great... that smiley mask makes the "ohmigod I'm being chased" look more difficult to pick up.
Otherwise good stuff... definitely get the hand fixed up and you could possibly see a spark up the charts with it when you resub.
I thought everyone hand two left hands.
Re: Polynesian Mermaid
I agree this is very nicely drawn, great line quality, nice pose. Unfortunately I'm not man enough to wear this but good luck to you.
sokowa wrote:Enjoy the breeze
And the dancing fire
Just another new style for me to play with
you always have some fantastically unique designs ... great as always
Thanks for all the comments!
@anneandkita - Thanks for the good points. I see what you mean. normally I'd catch that, I was up until 3am on this one :/
Zelda and Monkey Island were my inspirations :D. I always wanted to try their styles. I won't lie, it made me want to dig up my monkey island collection as I was drawing this. Ah the memories.
tgentry wrote:I see someone's already out googling for Tiki squids and octopi. Maybe you can get my entry rejected since it's so obviously a ripoff of that obscure ad... <sigh>
EDIT: Sorry to sound bitter. Just been a while seen I've been googled for like-images I guess. Forgot what it was like.
looks great tgent .... as always
uhhuhhuhhuh wrote:I like this on a lot too, you're just on fire this week huh? :P By the way, is that quote from a Far Side cartoon? Ha-ha! I love Gary Larson.
klswoot wrote:Thanks Molli. I have to say Toe had 100% control over the coloring of the design and he did a fabulous job. I think he was able to get a retro-Hawaii feel with the colors. I was blown away when he sent the picture to me late last night.
In case it's not totally apparent, the Luau girl is resting on blades of grass like a grass skirt. She's wrapped in a Hawaiian dress and the backdrop is supposed to represent a large clamshell. Hibscus-esque petals were placed behind here almost to make her look like a fairy. There are other details as well, but probably don't need explanation.
Thanks again for the vote. I'm excited to see what Toe does with the other sketch. Can hardly wait!
Very unique. I knew right away that you had something to do with it KLS .. as soon as i saw the thumbnail. Good job both of you.
Re: EASTER-CREST
I posted this earlier, but somehow ended up somewhere else. I think is an awesome design too. My only suggestion would be to remove the beach chairs. It keeps it from having that epic, iconic feel. But it got my vote!
great job! i love the design.
Wonderbunny wrote:Is there an example from past printing on how something this dark with very little contrast does on a shirt? I worried that if this prints it will look like a black shirt unless you are two feet from it.
i also am very worried at how this one would turn out. It does look cool though, if it printed right.
Re: He's Watching
I don't think they would use an ink that is darker than a black shirt. This would print just fine.
Re: Welcome to Our Fire
I love how the smoke looks
Re: Beautiful Disaster
any guesses as to what song is stuck in my head now?
srowens wrote:It is cool, kind of reminds me of this laughing squid ad, but if the squid was underwater.
The idea about a tiki squid is about as close as these images get.
It would be great if woot had a gloss ink for just such a design. I like the subtlety of it at any rate. GMV.
Re: Hula Time
A green anole doing the hula while a coqui frog plays ukulele.
Hope you enjoy, lemme know what you think.
Thank you!
Re: Luau Girl
Wow, those colors are insane, and they go really well with the theme.
Re: Luau Fire
I like the new style a lot. I love the colors. I wouldn't wear it though.
Holy Manos, the Hands of Fate! I need!!!
Beefcoat wrote:Tried a different style this week. Enjoy!
and I will, nice illustration.
the parrots are quite well done, but the silhouettes are lacking, especially in the heads. Overall it just doesn't work as a shirt to me, and I'm not sure it's very luau-y either way
Re: Tropic Unplugged
Hmmmm, with a good contact microphone you might be able to get some good sounds from a pinneaple... Your shirt fills me with ideas.
Re: Houndstiki Pattern
wow, what is it about houndstooth that keeps it coming back?
Re: Coconut Bank 2
I had one too! This brings back memories of smashing the hell out of it trying to get my change back.
Re: Tiki Beast from 50 Fathoms
This is positively awesome. The first thing that came to mind when I looked at your design, was that it reminded me of the artist Shag. He does retro artwork as well and has become huge...especially in the Los Angeles area, doing work for Disney (lately it was retro Disneyland Tiki Room stuff). I'll have to look into Kevin Dart though.
Very cool and you've gmv for sure.
Re: Sunset Lily
In case you want to see it a little bigger...
Re: Taniwha
Re: The Pig Fights Back
You did a GREAT job with this. I am amazed at how well this turned out.
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Extension > Community > Civic Engagement > Understanding and growing social capital>Social capital videos
Social capital videos
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- What's good for the community is good for business too
- What you do for others comes back ten fold
- Networks help create a community where everyone can get involved
What's good for the community is good for business too
What you do for others comes back ten fold
Networks help create a community where everyone can get involved
The Glue that Holds Communities TogetherJody Horntvedt, Extension Educator, is interviewed on Lakeland Currents (Lakeland Public Television
A radio discussion of a social capital study in Cook County, MN
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About This Program
Extension conducted a study of social capital in Cook County in 2008, asking over 500 residents about the ties and networks that they know and trust in the county.
In this community service radio program, community members and Extension staff discuss the findings of the survey, and implications for Cook County. Barbara Radke, University of Minnesota Extension educator, put together the Cook County Social Capital survey. She was joined on the program by volunteer committee member Judie Johnson, Cook County Extension Director Diane Booth and Commissioner Jim Johnson.
About This Series
WTIP North Shore Community Radio is an independent public radio station located on the North Shore of Lake Superior. WTIP has conducted a Community Engagement Initiative for the last two years, reaching out to encourage the community to identify and solve issues. Inspired by the Initiative and its mission to improve the lives of those they serve, WTIP's on-air forum creates a safe space for community dialog.
The First Thursday Community Conversations Program addresses a variety of issues and topics that affect the lives of our listeners. In January, 2009, this program discussed the results of the Social Capital Assessment Survey, which took place in Cook County in December 2007. For more information about WTIP North Shore Community Radio and our community engagement and outreach effort, visit the WTIP website.


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By Rob Kelly
Theo Walcott is delighted to see Bacary Sagna back in training after the French defender returned to action this week.
The experienced right back fractured his fibula against Tottenham in October and has been sidelined for the past four months.
Sagna could make the squad for Sunday's FA Cup tie against Aston Villa and Walcott cannot wait to resume their partnership.
"Bac shows good qualities at right back," he told Arsenal.com.
"We have had players come in and do fairly well considering they are not full backs but Bac is a player I bond very well with on the pitch.
"We work very well together and get on great. It's nice to see him back, because that memory of Tottenham when he broke is leg is not nice.
"It's good to see him smiling again and enjoying training. He is a player that I think we have missed."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Well, I spent some quality time at the range Saturday afternoon. I shot about 100 rds... Out of those hundred rounds, about half of the ejected spent casings hit me in the forhead... It got to be pretty annoying, so I stopped shooting and packed everything up. One of the guys who works at the range even said something... He noticed little marks on my forhead, which I saw for myself after looking in the mirror. My Kimber has the external extractor, which I've read on a few forums about owners having problems with. I'm going to go again today to see if it happens again, if so then I'll be calling Kimber first thing Monday morning.
It hasn't been a very good "gun" weekend for me... first was an issue with my new AR (long story) now the Kimber acting up... :smt011