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When they met Tuesday, Leavenworth city commissioners discussed how wide they want to make a planned commercial zone on North Fourth Street.
When they met Tuesday, Leavenworth city commissioners discussed how wide they want to make a planned commercial zone on North Fourth Street.
City officials are looking to rezone the mostly residential area of Fourth Street between Seneca Street and Metropolitan Avenue to a commercial zone. Exploring rezoning and recruitment options to encourage commercial retail development along North Fourth Street was a goal set by commissioners earlier this year.
Commissioners were asked Tuesday how far they wanted to extend the commercial zone on each side of Fourth Street. City Planner Berrin Nejad presented maps with five proposed buffer zones ranging from a distance 100 feet from the center of Fourth Street to 300 feet.
"So essentially you're looking for how deep to go," Mayor Larry Dedeke said.
Commissioners reached a consensus in support of the 300-foot buffer zone. No formal action was taken during what was a study session.
Commissioner Phil Urban said he thought the commercial zone should extend for a half block each side of Fourth Street.
Dedeke said the commercial zone needs to extend a minimum of a half block.
According to Nejad, the 300-foot buffer would affect 165 buildings and 182 parcels.
Nejad said in some cases an entire block may need to be zoned commercial because there already are areas along Fifth Street, which is to the west of Fourth Street, that are zoned for commercial use.
Commissioner Mark Preisinger asked how the rezoning would affect current residents in the area.
"They would be grandfathered in residential wise," City Manager Scott Miller.
Residents wouldn't be allowed to add onto their existing houses once the area has been rezoned for commercial use but they could make improvements within the existing space of their homes.
Urban asked city officials to look into making it possible for property owners to do something such as adding on a garage without having to go through a lot of hoops.
Miller expressed concern that what is allowed through grandfathering for one area of the city would have to permitted for the entire city.
The rezoning will not come automatically. According to Nejad, the process will include changing a city future land use map as will as public hearings before the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Commission.
Miller said the city will be the applicant for the rezoning process.


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Weinstein Advances To Quarterfinals in Tulsa
Tulsa, Okla. -- Stefanie Weinstein advances to the quarterfinals of the singles main draw at the ITA/USTA Women's Central Region Tennis Championships.
The third round of the singles main draw showed mixed results for the Huskers. Stefanie Weinstein, seeded No. 16 going into the bracket, progressed to the quarterfinals sweeping past Oklahoma State's C.C. Sardinha 6-3, 6-3.
Fellow seniors No. 4 seed Patricia Veresova and No. 5 seed Janine Weinreich fought hard but missed the quarterfinals by a narrow margin. Veresova fell to Oklahoma's Hermon Brhane 5-7, 1-6 while Weinreich was defeated by Arkansas' Yang Pang 2-6, 6-3, 4-6.
Weinstein is slated to face No. 2 seeded Tulsa's Sam Vickers in her quarterfinal match.
Izabella Zgierska concluded her play in the consolation bracket. Zgierska rolled over Wichita State's Carla Venticinque 6-4, 6-4 in her second roung match. Advancing to the third round, Zgierska ender her tournament when she was ousted by Kansas State's Ivana Kubickova 6-2, 1-6, 0-1 (1-10).
Quarterfinals and semifinals of the singles main draw will be played today with the final match scheduled for tomorrow morning.
Results from today's matches will be posted online at Huskers.com concluding play. Full statistics, brackets, and match coverage is available online at the University of Tulsa's athletics website.

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A group led by current and former Missouri officials called Monday for a bipartisan effort to address the national debt.
A group led by current and former Missouri officials called Monday for a bipartisan effort to address the national debt.
Former Republican U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, Democratic former Gov. Bob Holden, Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and Democratic state Treasurer Clint Zweifel kicked off the state's version of Campaign to Fix the Debt at the state Capitol and said elected leaders in Washington need to find practical solutions to address the budget and national debt.
"We've kicked the can down the road for far too long at the federal level. We need to get serious about finding a solution," said Holden, who served one term as governor.
Bond, who spent four terms in the U.S. Senate and two terms as governor, said there are problems on both the spending and revenue sides of the equation. He said everything should be on the table for discussion and called the current national debt a crisis.
"It's in the best interest of our children today, who will be faced with crushing debt, to workers who can't find a job and for the country we will leave for our grandchildren if we get together today and solve the national debt problem," Bond said.
The national debt now stands at more than $16 trillion. In addition, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders face a Jan. 1 deadline to avoid a series of tax increases and spending cuts that have been tagged as the "fiscal cliff" and could hamper the economy if enacted.
Zweifel estimated the increases and cuts could cost 40,000 jobs in Missouri. He said Missouri fifth-graders can complete the math needed to fix the budget problem but that the politics to enact a resolution can be hard.
Kinder said federal officials could learn from Missouri officials about how to work together and make difficult budget decisions.
The Missouri organization is part of the national Campaign to Fix the Debt that counts a membership of more than 300,000 business leaders, current and former elected officials and others. It was founded by Democrat Erskine Bowles and former Republican Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, who were the co-chairmen of a deficit commission.


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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
It's OK to get emotional about this
I don't know what I'll do if the Jays trade Doc.
Forgive me if it sounds like I'm repeating myself (because I am), but we aren't talking about just trading away the team's ace and best player. That shit happens all the time. The Twins know it. The Indians know it. Oakland fans live through it year after year.
We are talking about trading away the face of the franchise, maybe the best player the organization has ever seen, and more importantly, a man (cyborg) who wants nothing more than to make it work with the only big league team that he's ever known.
This shit is heartbreaking. Potentially.
Let's lower the alarmist flag (thanks, Stoeten) and try to be reasonable here. Ricciardi hasn't said that Doc is on the block. He has only indicated that he wouldn't be doing his job if he didn't listen to offers. But why even make that statement, then? Other than to drive a media firestorm and ratchet up interest, of course. But where does that road lead?
Then comes Buster Olney's article which reveals that Ricciardi has prepped Doc for the possibility of approaching him with potential destinations. That sounds, to me, a lot more strategic than "hey, if people want to call, we'll listen."
The question I have is: why now? How does any trade involving Halladay make any sense right now? Will the heist be that much bigger at the July deadline than it would be at the Winter Meetings when the hotstove is in full blaze? What happened to the Beeston/Ricciardi/Gaston proclamation that 2010 is The Year? What happened to "waiting until the offseason to approach Doc about an extension." Fuck the fuck, fellas?
Again, those who know me, know that I'm typically a prepare for the worst/hope for the best kind of guy. I know that's how I'm coming across here. But the timing of all this reeks of something more than Jays management taking a "just doing our job by listening" approach.
Rip away, blogosphere and commenters. Tell me that I'm reading too much into things. Believe me, I want to be wrong on this.
I don't know what I'll do if the Jays trade Doc.
66 comments:
- The Ack said...
On the bright side, my boy Rzepczynski had a nails debut.
Oh wait. Jays lost in extras.
- July 8, 2009 at 12:38 AM
- Nik said...
Nothing wrong with being emotional, at least when it comes to Halladay. I frickin' love the guy, so much so that I didn't want to know the outcome of his quest of win number 20 last season until AFTER the game. Why? Because I would have been way too pissed if I found out the Jays were losing while the game was going on. Does that make any sense at all? No. Then again, I still occasionally think about "that game" in Baltimore in May and how Doc should have 11 wins right now. I secretly want him to start the All-Star game even though I barely pay attention to it anymore. Does that make any sense? No. In fact, I can't even explain why I like the guy so much. Perhaps it's his Cyborg-like workout methods or the lack of controversy or he's humble... who knows? My (eventual) point is... I get it. Halladay IS the Blue Jays, and to trade him away even for an eventual, theoretical championship seems criminal.
- July 8, 2009 at 12:48 AM
- The Ack said...
Hey Nik - you just blew my mind. I'm down, man.
- July 8, 2009 at 12:53 AM
- eyebleaf said...
The day of reckoning is upon us.
Love Roy Halladay with all my being, but if he doesn't want to sign an extension, and I don't blame him if he doesn't, the Jays have to explore the trade route.
And I get it. I get that he wants to win. His new team (*shudder*) will become my new team, and I will wholeheartedly support his quest for a ring.
If it's not going to happen here, that doesn't mean it shouldn't happen at all for Doc. He deserves it. He deserves it way too fucking much.
Fuck. I'm going to pour a drink.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:12 AM
I HOPE they trade HALLADAY !! Then maybe baseball fans in Sportsnet WEST regions might get a chance to see him pitch !!
- July 8, 2009 at 1:29 AM
- eyebleaf said...
You're so fucking selfish, Andy MC!
- July 8, 2009 at 2:12 AM
The Rogers are so shortsighted. Do they want to destroy this franchise.What terrible owners. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Halladay is not only the face of the franchise, he is the heart and soul of it. Who will actually attend the games now? To see wells and Rios flop again and again? If Halladay is traded, the franchise is rebuilding. With the Os rebuilding and the Yanks, REd Sox and Rays there already when will Toronto compete in 2015? I mean 2010 was a lie, they have no catcher OR SS signed for that year. Wilner's ideal about them being awfully good in 2010 was wrong....he should have said they will be goodly awful instead! and Stoeten? Tao why give him any bloody props? He doesn't know what he's talking about AND he's drunk half the time! He's calm? SCrew him then! They get rid of Roy why even bother with this team........
- July 8, 2009 at 6:49 AM
All right guys it's time to come back in from the window ledge and all take a deep breath. Halladay isn't going anywhere soon. What team right now has a package that is going to be worthy of the best pitcher in baseball right now. Nobody! JP wouldn't be doing his job if he didn't listen to offers. Halladay will sign an extension in the off-season. Mark my words on that. Think how good this team is going to be in 2010 and in the future. JP is doing a great job stocking the farm system with good unknown talent. The evidence was there last night and has been shown a few more times with all these young guys coming up. I for one am excited with the prospects coming up for this team and won't leave these guys if Doc is dealt. However, the Doc isn't going anywhere.
- July 8, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- Stedron said...
Brodie: There is something out there that can help us ease our simultanious double loss.
T.S. Quint: What? Ritual suicide?
Brodie: No, you idiot, the fucking mall!
T.S. Quint: I'd prefer ritual suicide.
Brodie: Oh come on man it'll be great. They have these new cookies at the cookie stand, you have to try 'em. They're awesome.
- July 8, 2009 at 8:37 AM
- QJays said...
First off, I don't want to see Halladay leave, period. But I can't justify saying that either side is short-sighted in this whole thing. There is a strong possibility that the Jays do better with a combination of existing (and currently on DL) pitching. '10 and '11 should be solid rotation years even without Halladay. Watching Halladay pitch is amazing (maybe even mind-altering), but I think it's possible he isn't the only, or even the best, pathway to the playoffs.
- July 8, 2009 at 9:01 AM
@Q-Jays, no way they compete '10 and '11 without Halladay in the mix AND the way the pitchers drop like flies. C'mon lets drop that '10 and 11 BS already, why do you think Doc say he wants to win? He really doesn't have a chance with the Jays otherwise he wouldn't talk like that. BUT if Beeston and the Rogers are smart, spend some money get a bonafide no 2 sign Bay, get rid if Vernon and pay some of the contract and dump Rios on some team. They are a drag on this team, production AND payrollwise!If they spend at least 100 million, they at least can retain Halladay beyond 2010 and have LInd play first or a kid play 3 in 11.
- July 8, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- The Ack said...
Layth, I think we all hope you're right....but yesterday, Ricciardi wasn't exactly sounding like a guy who'd have the payroll flexibility to do it, and Doc wasn't exactly sounding like a guy anxious to re-up with the club.
I do think you're right, though...I don't know a lot of clubs would be willing to part with the package JP is sure to be looking for. Fuck, flipping through Sox/Yanks blogs, those douchebags seem to think packages like Ian Kennedy and Francisco Cervelli, or Clay Bucholz/Jed Lowrie would do it.
Fuck. Right. Off.
- July 8, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- DoubleA said...
What happens if the offense acts in 2010 like it did in 2008? What are our chances then?
If JP trades Doc to a team in the AL East, he is officially the worst GM ever.
- July 8, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- eyebleaf said...
There's no way JP trades him to either Evil Empire. If Doc wants to pitch in New York or Boston, he goes there via free agency.
If you're Halladay, how do you NOT test the market?
J.P.'s left with no choice but to explore a trade.
- July 8, 2009 at 10:49 AM
I've decided that I'm equal parts Jays fan, Halladay fan, and baseball fan. If Halladay gets traded, then so do a good chunk of my loyalties. This morning I came to terms with the possibility of become a Red Sox fan. And I would drink that koolaid so fucking fast. Why? Because on MLBTradeRumors[sic] there was mention of one person suggesting that in the NL Halladay could conceivably win 27 games. And that made me excited. Very excited.
Heart always,
- July 8, 2009 at 10:53 AM
If it comes out that this is a result of Halladay asking for a trade or hinting he may not sign an extension (unlikely in both cases, I think) then J.P. has got to go. I've defended him enough over the years. This is just bullshit.
- July 8, 2009 at 10:55 AM
If Halladay gets traded for any other reason than he asked for it, or made it clear he wasn't going to resign, I will burn down the Rogers Centre. And I won't watch the Jays.
- Mabel
- July 8, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- QJays said...
WIWG - Yes, they should simply sign Halladay to a new contract, and get a solid #2, and get Jason Bay, and dump VW and AR (assuming Snider is full time next year and they find a solid DH or CF too), while paying most of their salaries. I don't disagree that this would be quite awesome ... but, I hardly feel this fits with your suggestion of dropping the BS.
- July 8, 2009 at 11:19 AM
- eyebleaf said...
Put a 4 year, $80 million dollar extension on the table.
If he doesn't sign, the team is left with no choice but to trade him, whether that means your fandom with the Jays is over, or not.
- July 8, 2009 at 11:46 AM
- The Ack said...
That's the rub though, isn't it? Would we even be having this conversation if JP had the capacity to do it? Or has Rogers already closed the door on the possibility of committing that $80 million?
- July 8, 2009 at 11:58 AM
HALLADAY!! Go to the DODGERS, and you are guaranteed a pennant!!
- July 8, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- eyebleaf said...
They can't be that stupid, to have already shut that door, right?
Although I'm sure the folks up top are sitting back thinking that the Vernon Wells extension worked out really fucking well.
- July 8, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- Darren Priest said...
I think JP's hands are tied on most of this stuff. I'd like to see how successful Theo Epstein would be without the blank check.
There's probably a management team from Rogers blocking most of the expenditures while they sit around wondering why Ted wanted a baseball team and wishing they owned the Leafs.
As much as I hate to say it, they might as well try to maximize the return on Halladay. I can't see why he would sign an extension with the Jays.
- July 8, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- QJays said...
Well, I think that's it -- the total cost of keeping Halladay isn't simply the cost of the contract, but the cost to get him interested in signing one with this team. Can the Jays do better by not going that road -- lots of "ifs", but if you base it on a reasonable projection of what you already have, maybe so. Again, I'm not saying I favour losing Halladay, but I'm simply trying not to get choked if that's the decision. It might work.
- July 8, 2009 at 12:33 PM
This whole situation just makes me nauseous...if I truly believed that JP and Rogers were capable of making the SANE decision, I would feel fine right now...the SANE decision is to do whatever is necessary financially and otherwise to keep Halladay - offer him $20+ million over the next 4-5 years, and assure him that payroll will not be cut...take steps to embarass Wells into offering an "only if the $ goes to keeping Doc" restructuring of his contract (as was suggested on one of the Jays blogs)...
Or if wells is a dick about it, deal him for ANYTHING, offer to pay $10MM of his salary to do it, and use the $11-13 million you save each year to keep Doc...Rios, Snider, Lind, and OF/DH acquisition X (cheap: a Jack Cust type...a little more money: A PAt Burrell type) become your 3 OF's and DH...We are likely stuck with Ryan, but if some team will give us anything and we pay $5-6MM of his salary, there's another $4MM (unlikely, but have to try)...
The Jays WILL NOT get a Bartolo Colon-type return (Lee, Sizemore, Phillips) from a trade, and even if they did, it will not have an impact for years...
I have been with this team for my whole life, and although I'm not wealthy, I have found the $ to split on season tickets...but if they deal Halladay for ANY reason other than "Roy Halladay has asked to be traded" then I am DONE with this team...
- July 8, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Anon: if Halladay refuses to sign an extension, what else is the team supposed to do?
- July 8, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- brainiac said...
Well, I hate to be pessimistic but if I were you I would lock up taoofdoc.com
- July 8, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- eyebleaf said...
- July 8, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- The Ack said...
Sportsnet has it ass backwards there. Reading Jon Heyman (the "online report" in question - worth the read) just reiterates that Halladay gave the go-ahead after being approached by JP - not initiating it, as Sportsnet would have you believe. Dicks.
Still, not sure if that makes it better or worse....
- July 8, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Inside sources can suck my balls.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:20 PM
- Ian H. said...
Ack, if the Jays trade Halladay I'm afraid I would also sprial downward into a deep depression which way or may not involve eating gallons and gallons of Haagen Dazs Ice Cream followed by gallons and gallons of homemade wine.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:24 PM
- eyebleaf said...
This is the problem - who the fuck are we supposed to believe?
I'm going to start drinking. It seems like the right thing to do.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:24 PM
@eyebleaf: If Halladay refuses to sign the extension, then obviously the Jays have no choice but to trade him...but I think that if the Jays show some balls and admit to making mistakes when it comes to Wells and Ryan, they can get rid of at least SOME of the financial restraints that would keep them from getting better around Doc...
A restructured Wells contract (as suggested over at The Southpaw) could allow them to pay Doc market value and keep Wells (if Doc sees that as a good thing)...at this point, I personally prefer trading Wells for ANYTHING at all and eating $10-11MM of his salary each year...take $5-6 million of the savings on Wells and bump Halladay up to $22MM...use the other $6-7MM (along with a possible Ryan-related and other savings) to replace his bat...if the Jays were at all serious about 2010, then bite the bullet for the one year and bump the salary up to acquire one big bat...then in 2011 you decide who of Rolen, Overbay, etc. stays...
IF this team is willing to admit it's mistakes and adjust, they can pay Halladay well AND improve the team...my fear is that they will be short-sighted and refuse to "eat" part of Wells' deal, even though it's for the best...
the Jays with Rios, Lind, Snider, and $10MM DH/OF X and Doc is 1000X more appealing than Rios/Lind/Snider/Wells and no Doc...
I know it's never as easy as it sounds, but there are creative options that can be explored...
- July 8, 2009 at 1:24 PM
- The Ack said...
True story - I put my wife on notice last night that if Doc gets traded, I won't be right for a week (at minimum, likely much longer).
She nodded her head sympathetically.
She knows. Oh, she knows.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- eyebleaf said...
@ Anon: I don't see Wells restructuring his contract. But I feel you. There are creative things that can be done, and I hope to God they're being looked at. Creativity aside, I think it all comes down to, like you said, Rogers biting the bullet. We have to increase payroll; period. Fuck. Fucking Rogers.
@ The Ack: She knows. Oh, she knows.
You clearly made the right choice.
If Doc's traded, there's going to be a memorial concert at the Dome that will put MJ's to shame.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:31 PM
- QJays said...
I think the difference in like/hate for Rogers and/or Ricciardi varies based on who initiated, but I can't see it affecting how much I like Halladay.
Anon @ 1:14 -- your scenario of no Doc assumes no value is taken in return for losing him. If it's true that there is interest on either his part, or ownership's part, in moving him, I'd at least like to see what that value is.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Torgen said...
I don't know why Ricciardi is talking about difficult moves to improve the club--like trading Doc--when he hasn't made easy moves to improve the club--like replacing Millar and Dellucci.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Fuck Dellucci, seriously. What a scrub. And Millar too. Send his ass back down to Boston.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:41 PM
@eyebleaf: I realize there is some hopeless optimism to thinking Wells might restructure, but The Southpaw does a good job of spelling out how a deferred-annuity-type thing (Wells gets paid several million a year for many years after he is retired), as well as being the guy who kept Doc in Toronto rather than being hated as they guy who made Doc leave, AND the chance to have not-sh*tty team for the remainder of his time in Toronto, could at least make it possible...
- July 8, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- The Ack said...
What a time for the Tao to be on vacation. He'll probably come back and chastise us all for being a bunch of alarmist babies, and boot me from the site for contributing to the hysteria.
All well and good, I'll likely have lost my mind by then anyway.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:49 PM
- eyebleaf said...
I read that piece over at The Southpaw; shit was fucking nails. If Wells does that, I'm getting rid of the Vernon Wells Hatred Advisory System altogether, and singlehandedly making it my goal in life to have Wells' name added to the LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE. Do it Vernon. Fucking do it.
And I was just thinking about our good friend, Tao. Imagine he comes back to a Doc-less Jays team? Oh, the humanity.
- July 8, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Interesting tweet from the Beyond the Boxscore boys: "Or, the Jays should package Vernon Wells in any Halladay deal. (Of course, I think Wells can rebound (eyebleaf: me too, believe!!!1), but what do I know?)
I think that's interesting. You want Doc? The only way you get him is if you take fucking Vernon with him.
- July 8, 2009 at 2:05 PM
- The Ack said...
The hits keep a comin':
money quote:
"We have kept him from free agency twice and I don't think we have the resources to keep him from free agency a third time, so I have to investigate what is out there," Ricciardi said.
- July 8, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Halladay did not ask the Jays to move him.
Not that I thought he did, but, it's reassuring to know.
- July 8, 2009 at 2:28 PM
"We have kept him from free agency twice and I don't think we have the resources to keep him from free agency a third time, so I have to investigate what is out there," Ricciardi said.
- If they actually lose him based purely on money, I am done with this team...there is no way I could watch Wells shit the bed for the next 5 years knowing he's the reason Doc is somewhere else...
- July 8, 2009 at 2:38 PM
- Timmy D said...
Breaking: Jays activate Downs, unconditionally release B.J. Ryan.
- July 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Holy sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit
- July 8, 2009 at 3:50 PM
- Darren Priest said...
The comments are truly alive with Tao bringing the wet blanket out.
Well done, Ack. Maybe you should go solo.
- July 8, 2009 at 4:00 PM
- Darren Priest said...
And by "with" I mean "without."
- July 8, 2009 at 4:01 PM
My level of Jays fandom is independent of Doc's uniform. I was a big jays fan in the eighties and nineties and will be a big jays fan after Doc is no longer with us. I became a fan of Doc's because he became a blue jay.
I'd prefer him in our lineup for another ten years, but it's about the shirt, not who wears it for me.
- July 8, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- The Ack said...
What a truly crazy 24 hours it has been. It seems the pendulum has swung from "non-story" to "not if but when". Can we stop this somehow?
And Bart Given's latest on sportsnet.ca is a must-read, by the way:
And 435 Anon, I'm with you. I'll still love the Jays - they're my team, yo - but a little (big?) piece of me will die seeing Harry Leroy toss the ball in another uniform.
An addendum I'd make on your comment, though, is that yes, I became a fan of Doc's because he became a Blue Jay, but I dare say that I became a bigger fan of the Blue Jays because of Doc.
I feel nauseous again.
- July 8, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- Voodoo Matt said...
Well at least the Yankees aren't making a move on him. I get really disgusted seeing Jays players in New York. (AJ)
The news on the Beej is sad, but I suppose inevitable. I guess Dirk Hayhurst now gets to keep that spot. Can we call him DJ now? We've completely run out of _J pitchers.
- July 8, 2009 at 5:42 PM
I can't say I'm any bigger a fan now than I was in '93 or '85. Except I'm bigger....and have internet.
- July 8, 2009 at 5:44 PM
- Clint said...
Rosenthal says rios and rolen on the block as well. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a rebuild.
- July 8, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Fuck everything. Except booze.
- July 8, 2009 at 7:31 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Oh and especially fuck Rosenthal. I don't believe a word from that little man.
- July 8, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Except what Rosenthal is saying is a pile of bull. "... when this process is started, it can't be stopped". After all the speculation this winter, where is Jake Peavy pitching right now?
- July 8, 2009 at 8:24 PM
- July 9, 2009 at 1:58 AM
I was born in Brooklyn and am a lifelong Yankees fan. No apologies necessary in New York, but I feel I must preface comments on other team blogs so that I don't come across as a bandwagon hopping, arrogant jerk. I'd be a Yankees fan if they lost 100 games a year.
That said, I feel for the Blue Jays, and after reading these comments, hope that they do retain Doc, even at the expense of my Yanks. Baseball is a traditional game, with local traditions even more important than national traditions in developing the mystic bonds that fans feel for the game. I think of Halladay as the face of the same way I think of Rivera or Jeter as my favorite Yankees. These players are not interchangeable. I want to go to a Jays game excited to see the Yankees try to beat Halladay. In a perfect universe, Jeter will always be a Yankee, Nomar will always be on the evil Red Sox, and Doc will always be a Blue Jay. Let's hope the Jays come to their senses.
- July 9, 2009 at 8:38 PM
- Eric Rosenhek said...
I'm with you Ack. If Doc gets traded, I'm going to burst into tears :-(
- July 9, 2009 at 8:44 PM
From an outsider's perspective, I'd brace yourselves. The Red Sox, Yankees, and Tampa Bay are three of the best teams in the majors at the moment and for the near future. If the Jays played in the AL Central or the AL West, a couple good moves could jump you into the playoffs, if not to the top of the division. But Halladay is 32. Even if he stayed an ace for another 4 years and you had a Steinbrenner checkbook, it would be tough to build a winner in this division. I understand the emotional attachment of trading the face of the franchise, but you'd feel even worse if he walks away in free agency and you get a couple draft picks. Trade him now IF an offer with high quality major league/AAA talent presents itself. The good news is that it's almost impossible he'd go within the division.
- Anonymous Red Sox Fan
- July 9, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Anonymous Red Sox Fan is right. The despair I feel is about the hopelessness our average farm system and shrinking payroll instills in me.
I'm depressed not at the thought of trading Doc, but the prospects of ever getting out of the division.
- July 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
True story - I put my wife on notice last night that if Doc gets traded, I won't be right for a week (at minimum, likely much longer).
I put mine on my pole! There'll be lots of angry sex if Doc gets traded!
- July 9, 2009 at 10:28 PM
- rbnlaw said...
Hey, we'd love to have Doc on the Dodgers, but we're not giving up Kershaw or Billingsley.
Think your GM, what's his name, Ricardo, Licardo, whatever, would be interested in Blake Dewitt and James Mc Donald? In return, we promise whack the Yankees or the Sox in the series.
- July 9, 2009 at 11:26 PM
- The Ack said...
Miscellaneous fans of other teams - thanks for the (kinda) moral support.
At least now we know that you know how this is tearing us up.
- July 10, 2009 at 12:29 AM
Roy has been my fantasy league ace for 4 years now. It's made me cheer for the Jays (except when they play the Redsox) and I have the utmost respect him. Sucks for you guys north of the border, but you are in the toughest Div in baseball and I'm sure as much as he would prefer to stay put, he wants a chance at a ring. I wish him the best and hope you get some great young talent and can build up a team like the Rays.
Sad days for the Jays...
- July 11, 2009 at 6:57 PM


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Hundreds of vehicles packed the large parking lot Saturday night for the final flight of the 356th Fighter Group as the 27-year-old World War II-themed restaurant's longtime customers converged there for a last takeoff with memories.
Hundreds of vehicles packed the large parking lot Saturday night for the final flight of the 356th Fighter Group as the 27-year-old World War II-themed restaurant's longtime customers converged there for a last takeoff with memories.
Ron and Kristine Cottle of Lawrence Township, who were married in the 356th's gazebo in 2009, were stunned Tuesday to hear that the restaurant was closing Saturday after years of slumping sales.
The owner, Bob Scofield, decided to end the 356th's long run after the establishment took a further hit with a power outage last month and burst pipes this month that hurt business.
Kristine Cottle immediately called Tuesday morning to make Saturday dinner reservations.
"It's really sad," said Ron Cottle, as he and his wife waited for the server to take their dinner orders. "It was a part of our family, our extended family."
Kristine Cottle said, "So we have to find another place to celebrate, but it's not going to be the same. ... we know every table we ate at here and who we were with."
In the crowded reception area, Sarah and Eddie Ziss of Jackson Township were hoping to get the booth where more than 10 years ago, he proposed to her.
She recalled that when she returned from the ladies' room, she was surprised to find creme brulee on their table. The words on the plate asked, "Will you marry me?" Then he got on his knee and popped the question. They were married several months later, and now have two boys and a girl, who have all visited the 356th.
Now the couple hoped to get that last taste of the 356th's classic beer cheese soup along with some prime rib and steak.
"It's a pretty awesome place," said Eddie Ziss.
Scofield, who was dressed in a suit, chatted with customers among the predominately middle-aged crowd throughout the evening. He expected the emotions would really hit when he closed the restaurant at 4 a.m.
"I'll probably get a good cry in," he said, his eyes tearing up.
Scofield said dozens of former employees came to the restaurant in its final week and volunteered to help him deal with the expected last crush of customers. He said he had 70 people working, when he normally had a staff of about 45. On Thursday night when it got busy, two longtime customers got up and bussed tables and washed dishes. He said the restaurant served about 900 dinners Friday night, more than nine times the usual number. On Saturday, they made an extra 25 gallons of beer cheese soup.
Scofield said he's still finalizing the details for other area restaurants to honor the 356th gift cards. He also has arranged for the nearby MAPS Air Museum to take possession of the restaurant's collection of World War II memorabilia. He said he anticipates that a chain restaurant will buy the building.
"It's very, very bittersweet, but I'm very humbled by everybody coming out to support us," Scofield said. "We were part of people's lives. ... it's an end of an era, and we had a great run."
Kory Nichol, the restaurant's DJ who started out as a busser about five years ago, recalled the Christmas parties Scofield would have for his employees.
"He had a big heart," Nichol said.
John Deagan, a former Libertarian candidate for state representative, and his wife Sharon were waiting for their dinner. The Jackson Township man recalled how Scofield would allow groups such as Stark 912 Patriots to meet for free in the restaurant.
Deagan said when his brother's best friend came home after a deployment to Iraq, they dined at the 356th. Scofield gave them a free dessert and lauded to all the customers the soldier's Army service.
At the next table, Ron Cottle said his father first took him to the 356th when he was in high school in 1986, shortly after it was opened by a previous owner.
Because he and Kristine were World War II buffs and loved the family atmosphere and view of the Akron-Canton Airport, they decided to get married at the 356th and hold their reception there four years ago. They recalled when Ron bumped his head against a torpedo attached to the ceiling while they were dancing during the reception, resulting in dust falling from the ceiling. When it was clear he wasn't hurt, everyone laughed.
The couple has since had all of their anniversary and Valentine's dinners at the restaurant.
"We're going to be here as long as we can, until they kick us out," Kristine Cottle laughed. "It was just the best place ever. It was just fabulous."
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I don't know if everyone knows the expression "like a red-headed stepchild." Since I actually have two red headed stepchildren, I probably shouldn't use the phrase, which is a tricky way of saying something is not as favored as something else. I ported lwos (the lightweight OS I've been writing) to an NXP ARM chip and I couldn't help but think that Linux is the red-headed stepchild in this equation.
I really enjoy programming ARM chips, and NXP generally makes getting started painless when compared to some other ARM suppliers. But I can't help but think that it would have been easier if I were using Windows.
I picked up an NXP LPCXpresso board for the upcoming LPC812 chip. The LPCXpresso boards are nice. For a very reasonable price you get a long skinny board with an NXP processor and some small amount of I/O (this one has a 3-color LED and a potentiometer on board). You also get an LPC-Link USB debugging interface. The board is made to snap in two so you can use the debugging interface with your own target boards. Or, I suppose, you could detach the target and use it somewhere without the debugging interface.
The LPCXpresso software is a version of Code Red which is based on Eclipse. I have mixed feelings about Eclipse that I mentioned last time, but it is certainly feature-packed and well-supported. There is a "quick start panel" that allows you do certain common operations (see the figure below; more on that in a bit).
Getting started is fairly easy. You download the LPCXpresso software and then ask it to download the example code from the Internet. You'd think the "quick access panel" would be a shortcut for things you can do through the normal Eclipse interface. Apparently, though, some NXP-specific features are better handled from the quick panel. Trying to download the examples and use the standard
Import command won't do what you need it to do unless you know how to manually set up the projects. The quick panel knows how to download from NXP and sets things up correctly.
This is important because the examples contain the CMSIS and driver libraries to interact with the chip. Of course, you don't actually need these, but it sure makes life easier if you want to interact with the chip's clock, I/O, and other features. This constitutes what amounts to a board support package for the LPCXpresso.
The prototypical example is Blinky, the NXP program that blinks whatever LEDs are on the board. I was surprised to find out I couldn't build Blinky! A little troubleshooting found that the example code named header files in uppercase (LPC8xx.h and LPC8xx_gpio.h). On Windows this would be a non-event but on Linux, LPC8xx.h and lpc8xx.h are two different files! Easy enough to fix, of course, but red-headed stepchild, indeed. I also found that the debug version of Blinky referred to the release version of CMSIS_CORE and that version was not built, so I had to fix that as well to get Blinky to work.
Once I had the kinks out of the toolchain, I didn't expect it to be very hard to port lwos over. In fact, I didn't need to make any changes to get it to compile. I did tell the compiler to not build the default
LWOS main (using
However, there was one glitch. By default the quick start new project wizard let me set the CMSIS and driver library to use. It also included the "none" flavor of the Redlib C runtime library. This is an efficient library that is not totally up to the C standard. You can substitute the standard newlib, if you prefer, but that wasn't my problem. The real problem was the "none" flavor.
Both libraries come in three flavors: none, nohost, and semihost. The semihost library allows you to do file I/O through the debugging interface on your host computer. So, for example,
printf will write to the debugging console. The nohost library allows you to make file I/O calls, but they don't do anything. The none library has no file I/O at all, which makes sense for a little embedded system like this. However, what I didn't realize was that
malloc and its associated calls are only included with the nohost and semihost libraries. Luckily, it was easy to just flip the setting on the quick start panel.
I didn't want to wire up any extra hardware, so I decided to just make a few tasks that blink the multi-colored LED at different rates. The LED is connected to port 0's pins 7, 16, and 17. There is a multi-rate timer that the Blinky code appears to set up for 1mS, so I decided to use it as the basis of a 100mS LWOS tick timer in task 0:
extern uint32_t mrt_counter; int task0(Task *tcb) { if (mrt_counter>=100) { task_add_tick(mrt_counter/100); mrt_counter%=100; } task_yield_next(); }
Although NXP has a nice user's guide for the chip features itself, I couldn't find anything directly about the driver library, so I had to go crack into the source code to find out about things like
mrt_counter (that their Blinky example uses, but isn't in the driver's header files).
The two tasks are identical except for which output line they pulse and the length of time they sleep. Here's the first task:
int task1(Task *tcb) { int *p=task_storage(int); int v=*p; GPIOSetBitValue( 0, 7, v ); *p=v?0:1; task_sleep(10); }
Things worked perfectly at a casual glance. The problem arose when I put an oscilloscope on the LED pin. I would expect the
task_sleep call to wait at least one second (10 times 100 mS). A little more wouldn't surprise me since LWOS is cooperative in nature, but I wouldn't expect less. But that's just what I got — consistently somewhere around 900mS.
Digging more into the NXP driver code, I discovered that although the timer offers to do millisecond delays for you, it is entirely dependent on you setting the right initial counter value. Blinky used 0x8000 and so did I. That number is wrong for the default clock, which both examples use.
More digging in the code showed a variable called
SystemCoreClock. That told me the frequency was 36MHz. The Blinky code had a part of its initialization that routed the external clock out for debugging. I put that back in and a scope on pin 7 of the board showed a clock at 35.97MHz so that was close enough to agreeing with the variable that I believed it.
Blinky's timer number, 32768 or 0x8000 multiplied by the period time of 36 MHz (the reciprocal of 36,000,000) results in about 910uS — 90uS too low and that explained the result I was seeing on the scope. Instead of computing a new number, I elected to change the call to
init_mrt to
SystemCoreClock/1000 so that the program will adapt to a different clock speed. This gives me an LWOS tick at 100mS and the scope started showing what I expected (see figure below). You can find all of the code in the online listings.
Although I didn't have to make any changes to LWOS, I did anyway (in the git repo). It occurred to me that if I really wanted things to be lightweight, you might not appreciate me forcing you to link in
malloc. So I added an
LWOS_NOMALLOC define and an alternate way to define task table entries. Using
TASK_DEF_MEM you can provide statically allocated memory for each task. Be aware, however, that if you turn off
malloc you are responsible for filling in the task memory either with
TASK_DEF_MEM or some other mechanism or you will get a null pointer back from the
task_storage call.
Next time I'll talk more about the LPC812 and why I'm interested in it. I'm glad NXP offers Linux tools, but it would be nicer if I didn't have to clean up file name cases and things like that. I am also hoping I just missed the lpc800_driver_lib documentation. I don't mind reading the code to see how things work, but it would have been nicer to have clean documentation to explain all the calls in detail, maybe linked with the corresponding feature in the user's guide.


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im using an emag with an x-valve and it leaks out of the rear hole on the top of the xvalve and leaks terribly, but stops when i hold down the trigger. any help would be greatly appreciated.
im using an emag with an x-valve and it leaks out of the rear hole on the top of the xvalve and leaks terribly, but stops when i hold down the trigger. any help would be greatly appreciated.
That is usually an indication of a bad regulator piston oring. Part# 113. The oring may not be bad. It could just be a piece of dirt in the back of the valve. Clean out the velocity adjuster area and see if it helps.Originally Posted by sMaLlz
Except for the Automag in front, its usually the man behind the equipment that counts.
I hope that some helpful folks still check this thread, anyway need some help with a lvl10 in my classic. Well I guess it just more of a few questions.
The smallest carrier I have is a 1.5, and i seems to work fine, should I be worried about not having any bigger ones to test or just count it as lucky?
Next, At first I had no shims and it stuck occasionally so i added 2 and now it doesn't stick, but it seems to skip when I try to dryfire a long string as fast as I can , is it just eh classic valve n being able to keep up, or should I play with shims some more?
Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read and tries to help .
I just bought a Lvl 10 kit to install in my Minimag. Will I also need to get a new reg piston assembly?Originally Posted by Posey
The sticking won't be helped by adding shims. That is why it happens when you dry fire. The classic valve is more than capable of keeping up and can outperform any user.Originally Posted by pinkanese
You need to get a couple of carrier sizes, because even if it works now, the next oring you use may not work. And, apparently the size you are using is not the correct one for the oring you are using. It sounds like you need to use the next larger carrier. you may want to try another oring. It may work better with the oring your have now. Or, use the shortest bolt spring and operate the one you have and it will probably be ok once the oring gets broken in.
You may get lucky and it will work. However, it is often the case that it will eventually leak, even if it works at the start, especially if it is an older minimag.Originally Posted by Lancer X
Try it. Use the short bolt spring if it leaks out the back. This will still give you great level 10 performance and will buy time until you get a new piston assembly. Heck , it may work for you anyway.
Is this the HP piston part you're referring to, athomas? Or do I need a whole HP piston "kit"?Originally Posted by athomas
sorry I was late replying. I was away for a couple of days.Originally Posted by Lancer X
That is the correct piston assembly.
I have had my RT pro for a few years now. It worked well in Connecticut, where I first used it, but then I moved to Michigan, and it never really worked right, until I moved to Illinois. The problem I had was that when firing fast strings, the bolt would stick forward, requiring me to reset it by pushing a cleaning rod down the barrel and push the bolt back. Using advice on this forum, I added/removed about every user adjustable part in the bolt and ULT, and was unable to get it resolved. The 'mag got put away in a closet, and I spent three years using my A-5, instead. Then, after moving to a new state, I decided to pull the 'mag out one last time to try and get it right. To my amazement, I went to the bench, got my air tank filled from their N2 cylinder, and the gun worked beautifully the rest of the day.
There are a few possible reasons I can think of for this that I'd like to bounce off everyone's brains, to try and make sure my gun -continues- to work properly:
A) In Michigan (Hellsurvivors, Pinckney), I used HPA from a large-capacity compressor system, which may have too much moisture/dirt in it, and causes the bolt not to reseat properly for some reason. Here in Illinois, the local field uses pre-bottled N2 only.
B) The various O-rings and seals have aged and either stiffened or swelled and now fit properly.
C) My preset crossfire tank was not flowing well enough to properly cycle everything during fast strings. But, now that it's 5 yrs old, the regulator spring has worn in a bit, and is allowing higher pressure output than was originally set. (seems counter-intuitive, since bolt return is accomplished by a spring, not air) Do crossfires flow enough for the RT pro?
D) The internal springs on the gun, either inside the level 10, or the bolt spring itself, have weakened, with similar effects to C, above.
Mostly, I would like to eliminate A above, since I'm planning on bringing the gun back to Michigan for this year's Global Conquest, and possibly, Monster Game. If it's possible that entrained dirt/moisture could cause my problem, are there air filters available that might help? Would attaching a regulator or a simple expansion chamber help reduce entrained dirt or moisture, by changing airflow direction repeatedly?
I don't recall exactly which shims/spacers, springs I have installed, though I know I returned it to the same settings as what it came from the factory with. In the past, I even replaced the ULT with a standard trigger, with no effect, though the 10 or 20 shots it fired when I sweet-spotted it, before it stuck, were a whole lot of fun, and alot faster than I can shoot with the ULT. (seems to tell me that the airflow from the tank is perfectly fine)
Another annoyance, which has plagued the gun for some time: it occasionally fires when I screw the tank into the ASA adaptor. Once again, this issue hasn't occured recently, but it has only been gassed up 4 or 5 times since I started using it again, so I do not have the warm fuzzies just yet.
Also, my trigger is not swinging as freely as used to, what is the best way to lube the trigger on a ULT? I honestly don't recall if things come flying out when the grip is removed.
Crossfires do flow enough.Originally Posted by dreadpirate
Sticks are most likely a carrier that is too tight. Environmental conditions could affect the orings over time.
If the bolt is sticking, use a larger size carrier. Remove all shims when adjusting carrier sizes. The gun should function fine without any shims installed.
If you have a problem with the gun firing when you gas up hold the trigger when you attach the bottle.
The trigger should swing free. If it doesn't you need to find out why and fix it.
Originally Posted by athomas
Agh, this is where I need to go study up on the gun design again. By shims, you mean shims behind the bolt, right? not the shims on the ULT?
By holding the trigger, do you mean, hold it out, so it doesn't swing back, or hold it in, as in, the firing position?
I suspect the trigger needs oiling... it was fine when I put the gun in sotrage, now it feels like there's extra friction when the gun is depressurized. I seemed to recall the trigger was really loose and would flop back and forth without air pressure. Now it sticks in place wherever I position it. Will standard paintgun oil work for this, or should I be looking for a certain type of grease?
Use any light lubricant to oil the trigger.Originally Posted by dreadpirate
The shims referred to are the level 10 shims in the powertube. They alter how far the bolt has to travel before it can vent. the amount of travel is so small it is neglegible anyway, but it can cause the vent hole to be too close to the oring resulting in leakage which in turn causes you to compensate by using a carrier that is too tight. A carrier that is too tight will cause bolt stick. That is why we remove the shims for tuning. The ULT shims may be a factor as well, but since the problem persisted even when you had the standard on-off assembly installed, I don't think the ULT is your problem.
By holding the trigger, I mean hold it tight as if you had just fired the gun. This shuts off the air from getting to the front chamber so the gun can't accidentally fire when you add air.
I am using an E-MAG with Lvl 10. The Lvl 10 works fine when pulling the trigger normally. However, when I have tried to walk the trigger--the bolt seems to move forward just a tad and then get stuck. I have then had to push the bolt back into position to be able to fire again. Can anyone help me?
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I'll try and answer your problem with my best understanding of mine with my RT ULE.Originally Posted by Gotcha3
Like yours, my gun shoots fine on individual shots, but when I try to walk it, it stops and sticks, occasionally managing to reset itself slowly.
I think what is happening is that my Reloader B, which is usually set on slow to try and save paint, only feeds fast enough for the first 10 shots of the string, since the drive cone spring pretensions about 10 shots.
When I shoot normally, the bolt spring is completely compressed, and is strong enough to force the bolt back after the shot, against the excessive friction from the carrier o-ring. When a ball gets caught in the breach though, the anti-chop design prevents the bolt from traveling all the way forward, as it should, which does not compress the spring enough to provide the force required to overcome the carrier o-ring friction around the power tube.
The most likely cause of bolt stick according to AGD, then is an o-ring carrier that is too small. Another possibility is a too-weak bolt spring. The tuning instructions for the lvl 10 say to start with the medium sized bolt spring for initial tuning of the o-ring carrier, and then move to the longest bolt spring, unless velocity cannot be maintained, in which case, stick with the shorter bolt spring.
Also, as athomas was saying, remove all the carrier shims. The gun should work fine without them, they are just there for fine tuning.
I'm planning on testing this as soon as I can get back out on a field.
Sounds like bolt stick. Any time the bolt sticks forward, even with a weak bolt spring, the main problem is a carrier that is too tight. Remove all shims and install the next larger carrier oring. Always use the same white carrier oring when changing carriers.Originally Posted by Gotcha3
Depending on how old your bolt spring is, you may need to change that too. The bolt spring is durable, but it is a consumable item that does need to be changed from time to time.
I will try changing the carrier then. I appreciate the feedback guys. Thanks!
More of a question. as my lvl 10 seems to be working great.
But I am using in the very smallest Carrier in my gun and if I go up even just one dot it starts to leak down the barrel... If this is normal then why have the bigger carrier's?
Once you start leaking with your smallest carrier you will need to replace your oring and then move up in carrier size.Originally Posted by kcombs9
I am currently using a New carrier O ring from AGD, Just got it from the x vavle parts kit this week. It worked with the 1 dot carrier then near the end of the day It started leaking so I put in the smallest one.Originally Posted by Looper
So I guess as long as it don't start leaking again for a long time I'm all set huh?
Edit: I tried using the one line carrier and it leaked right away then I used the one dot carrier tell it leaked again.
It should be fine. did you set the gun up with no shims installed. If not, remove all shims and try again.Originally Posted by kcombs9
Originally Posted by athomas
I think I have 2 shims in it atm Ill have to check... Not totally clear on what the shims do. Care to enlighten me
The shims should only be used if your bolt does not reset after a Anti-Chop event. If your bolt always reset then there is no need for the shims. The shims are basically used to move the timing of when the lvl10 vents.Originally Posted by kcombs9
The shims can introduce a leak during the process of finding the proper carrier size.
So if I have shims in with the smallest carrier I should try couple sizes up with no shims and it might not leak? I've yet to chop a ball but as soon as I get the battery charger for my e-mag... my revie wont be able to keep up.Originally Posted by Looper
what If i leave it how it is? will that prevent any chance of it not re cocking if I do get a anti-chop event?
As mentioned, shims change how far the bolt has to move before it can vent air and reset. Too many shims installed can move the carrier oring too close to the vent hole and may cause a false leak. This leads to the use of a carrier size that is too tight to prevent that leak. If you are not getting any bolt stick, this is probably not the case, but the next time you check your setup it wouldn't hurt to try without any shims installed to see if it makes a difference in how large a carrier size you can achieve before it leaks.Originally Posted by kcombs9
Sorry I am switching topics here, but would THIS also work, I only ask because it is not marked for high pressure as the other one is.Originally Posted by athomas
Yes. This is the same high pressure assembly. All new assemblies are high pressure. Tunaman has the latest parts available for sale.Originally Posted by pinkanese
When and how do I replace the black foam thing (sorry do not know the techniqual term)? Also for what reason would I replace it?
Replace it when you no longer see it there... Clean well, use super glue... or do like alot do and don't bother to replace it.Originally Posted by Deen
Originally Posted by Looper
Thank you much. I was having a heck of a time trying to get my mag to shoot but through reading the postes to this thread and others on AO I got it shooting. I thought the foam had something to do with it but then realized it doesn't but that info will be helpful when it falls off. Otherwise I would have tried to rip it off or some other stupid idea.
Where can I buy a new oring for the powertube on a level 10? I recently just bought a RT valve with a level 10 installed and it leaks down the barrel. The guy I bought it from did say that it sat for a while, so it probably needs to be oiled and have the ring replaced.


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IMO Todd Haley isn't all what he's cracked up to be. I'm sure a lot have people have realised that he's not calling the right plays at the right times enough to make the Chiefs win a game! Before the pre-season started I had a lot of hope for the Pioli-Haley franchise but now I'm not so sure!
I mean Todd Haley is choosing to run the ball even when it's obvious he should throw the ball to try and gain a first down. He's choosing to run the ball when the chiefs are 3rd and 25 on their own 10 yard line when they were losing 7 - 24! So I don't think it's just me that realises that Todd Haley isn't as good of a Head Coach that we had hoped for him to be.
I mean maybe we should give him a few more chances or until the end of the year to judge his coaching ability but I would have thought that he would have won atleast 1 game this year! HE HASN'T! 7 games this year (including preseason game) and 7 losses with all the same frustration to it! We even lost to the raiders, 10 - 13, when in the 4th quarter the CB could have made an interception TD return easily if he had only caught the interception instead of dropping it. The outcome of the raiders game would have been 17 - 13 with the chiefs the winners! And the raiders aren't exactly having the best season either, they were actually probably playing worse than the chiefs but the chiefs caused so many more penalties, whioch added upto a total of 7 penalties for 50 yards penlised against the chiefs. And in those 50 yards somehwere quite possibly could have been a touchdown or atleast a field goal!
That win would not only have given us a record of 1-1 but after the loss to Philadelphia, which was a pretty disappointing game, the record would have still given the chiefs a record of 1 - 2 which doesn't actually look that bad, I mean even the lions have a better record than us, 1 - 2!
So you have to ask yourself;
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NewMark Merrill Mountain States, the mall's owner that is spearheading the redevelopment, has released a leasing flier with a headline announcing, "It may be the hottest redevelopment in Colorado in over 5 years (but we still have space for you)."
The flier calls Village at the Peaks a "super-regional destination for shopping, great restaurants and state-of-the-art entertainment."
In its most recent quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, Whole Foods announced it recently had signed 10 new leases for stores averaging 37,500 square feet, and it listed Longmont as one of the communities it would be opening in.
A natural grocery store always has been part of his company's plans, according to Allen Ginsborg, NewMark Merrill's managing director and principal, and he said Whole Foods was his company's first choice. The deal took about six months to finalize.
"All the polling we did (of what Longmont wanted) ... the top priority was a new movie theater and right after that was a natural grocer," Ginsborg said Tuesday.
The leasing flier highlights Regal Entertainment Group's planned movie theater, with 12 screens and more than 2,500 seats. And the flier notes plans for a "membership club warehouse," which NewMark Merrill has said it has signed but has agreed to not name publicly.
"We call them the 'big three' of the redevelopment agreement and those are now well on down the road," said Brad Power, the city's economic development director. "It is a major hurdle that has been completed."
The city's agreement with the developer called for signing those three main types of anchors, and then a specified number of smaller retailers and restaurants that will be located within the "village" portion of the redevelopment, Power said.
Regarding the new Village at the Peaks name, Ginsborg said settling in on that was "a pretty lengthy process."
He said it was important to him and his team that the new name reflect the outstanding views of Longs Peak and Mount Meeker from the 75-acre mall property, something he said "is such a rare feature to have at any (retail) location."
"We didn't want to completely discard (the old name), but at the same time we didn't want to call it a mall any more because that connotation doesn't fit any more," Ginsborg said.
The city's agreement with the developer calls for it to contribute up to $27.5 million of the $80 million price tag for the redevelopment if certain conditions are met. The city will issue bonds that will be repaid over 25 years by the additional sales and property tax generated by the mall -- known as tax increment financing, or TIF -- and by a mill levy the mall will place on itself.
Along with it landing certain types of retailers, NewMark Merrill's agreement with Longmont requires demolition of the existing mall to be completed and construction to have begun by the end of this year, and at least 75 percent of the mall must be finished and open for business by the holiday season of 2014.
What's yet to be decided is the fate of Dillard's, which owns its own building and property inside of the 75-acre NewMark Merrill land.
Months of talks between NewMark Merrill and the retailer failed to produce an agreement for the Little Rock, Ark.-based company to be a part of the redeveloped mall. The developer had claimed its hands were tied because Dillard's existing agreements give it veto power over any redevelopment on the property, and Dillard's has not commented on why no deal could be worked out.
In April, the Longmont City Council -- acting as the Longmont Urban Renewal Authority -- voted 6-1 to initiate eminent domain proceedings against the retailer. The two sides are in a silent negotiating period, and ultimately the outcome will be decided between the city and Dillard's, or by the courts.
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Even when baptism of Roman Catholics was the common practice among the EO, I don't think OO were ever received by anything more than annointing.
I suppose Serbians and Athonites do not have many OO converts.
A related question: Has there ever been the practice of any OO church to receive Chalcedonians by baptism?
It was always the practice to receive those coming from the Byzantine Church by confession and never by baptism. This was the instruction of St Timothy Aleurus and was followed by St Severus. It was a great scandal when the Byzantines forced hierarchs to be baptised and ordained a second time. Indeed it was such a scandal on both sides that the Emperor intervened to prevent extremist bishops on the Byzantine side doing such things.Even until recent times, as far as I can see from the services of reception, Byzantines would not be baptised.
I should also add that until after the time of St Severus it was still considered that the controversy which was dividing Christians was one which was taking place WITHIN the Church, and the Byzantines, though considered in error, were not considered to be some other Church.
Rather they were in error within the Imperial Church.
No, I don't think that's the case. Dr Youhanna Youssef has written an academic paper about the form of prayer used for reception of Byzantines in the 19th century and there was no rebaptism. Indeed it seems to me that it would be against our Orthodox tradition to rebaptise. The patristic position is clearly that the baptism of a great many heterodox groups was accepted as adequate. It required a very major defect for the baptism of such groups to be rejected.In the time of St Severus those coming from the Byzantine communion were only received by confession. I have the prayer somewhere that St Timothy Aelurus composed to be used and will post it when I find it.Father Peter
Deusveritasest, these are your opinions, and I don't mean that critically, but they are not the opinions of the Fathers of the Church.Those who rejected Chalcedon were clearly still part of the Imperial Church after 451 because they did not consider that there was any other Church. And indeed on a number of occasions the Imperial position was that of either a rejection of Chalcedon, or a studied neutrality about it. It was not until the 560s that it became clear that the future of the Orthodox Church required a hierarchy in resistance. But it was still a hierarchy in resistance, and not a necessarily separate one, and still spoke and prayed as if all was required was an Orthodox emperor to put things right.Father Peter
Quote from: peterfarrington on June 14, 2010, 12:48:29 PMI should also add that until after the time of St Severus it was still considered that the controversy which was dividing Christians was one which was taking place WITHIN the Church, and the Byzantines, though considered in error, were not considered to be some other Church.I don't understand how a group with a Christology that is condemned as heretical can be viewed as really being within the Church.Quote from: peterfarrington on June 14, 2010, 12:48:29 PMRather they were in error within the Imperial Church.The irregularity of the Encyclical of Basiliscus and the Henotikon aside, I don't see how it is reasonable to view the OO as having been part of the Imperial Church after 451, given that they had rejected the faith established by the Emperor as the official faith of the Empire.
When seeking an analogy for the condition between the Chalcedonians and OO's in the centuries immediately following Chalcedon, I often point to the current situation between the Old Calendarist and World Orthodox EO's. They're not really in communion with each other, but I think on a certain level they still think of themselves as the same Church. In any event, they still consider each other Eastern Orthodox. The events that divided them are recent enough in time that they don't think of each other as entirely different Churches. I think that is kind of how things were between the Chalcedonians and OO's in the first few centuries after Chalcedon. You can see this in the relationship between Justinian and St. Theodora. One was Chalcedonian and the other OO, but I think they went to church together on Sundays.
The two seem very different in my mind. I don't see how the World EO and the Old Calendarists have really diverged from each other on any point that is fundamental to salvation.
I guess they just saw it differently from how you see it. True, it's an important matter, but somehow it was seen as a disagreement within the Church, rather than two completely different Churches.
This was discussed a couple of years ago in a thread about post-Chalcedon saints who are common between the EO's and OO's. There are a handful of them, and all lived within a couple of centuries after Chalcedon. Sts. Theodora and Simeon Stylites are two of them. The fact that we have these saints in common points to a mindset at the time that we were still somehow the same Church then.
But you are clearly wrong because that is not what the Fathers of the Church taught or how they acted.With respect, you need to understand their position and submit to it, rather than always insist that your view is correct and others are inconsistent or illogical.
St Severus considered himself part of the Imperial Church. St Timothy Aelurus considered himself part of the Imperial Church.
I would suggest that it is an error to speak as though the Imperial Church was monolithic at any time during this period.
There were plenty of bishops who signed any document that was put in front of them.
Also, neither of those saints were understood to be Chalcedonian. Simeon Stylites was accepted on the basis of a supposed document which rejected Chalcedon.
Quote from: deusveritasest on June 14, 2010, 04:55:17 PMAlso, neither of those saints were understood to be Chalcedonian. Simeon Stylites was accepted on the basis of a supposed document which rejected Chalcedon.St. Symeon has been claimed by both the OO's and EO's to have advocated their position. There are letters from both sides which are attributed to him. I don't think, however, that scholars really give much credence to those. It's my impression, though, that he was probably Chalcedonian, given his friendship with Theodoret.I think St. John of the Ladder is a saint on both sides, and he was clearly with the Chalcedonians. Also, St. Daniel the Stylite is a saint in the Armenian Church and he was very Chalcedonian, and very anti-OO. I guess his asceticism was admired by the Armenians and they were able to overlook his Christological position.
But there is no assurance of salvation outside of the Church. I don't see how it could be reasonable to affirm the Sainthood of someone who did not take of the Sacred Mysteries of the Church, the only means through which we know salvation is occurring.
I will start quoting pre-Chalcedonian Patristic sources which deny the legitimacy of heterodox baptisms if that is really necessary.
No, I thought the issue was baptism. I think the point Fr. Peter made is that the Second Council doesn't require re-baptism even for people whose heresy is greater than the sort of thing we sometimes accuse the Chalcedonians of.
I think it is important to point out that the Quarto-Decimans were most certainly not guilty of an error that was as grave as the Chalcedonians, and probably the same could be said about the Novatians. Also that the Apollinarians were guilty of an error that was essentially on par with the errors that Chalcedon was alleged to have taught.
Quote from: deusveritasest on June 14, 2010, 06:10:33 PMI think it is important to point out that the Quarto-Decimans were most certainly not guilty of an error that was as grave as the Chalcedonians, and probably the same could be said about the Novatians. Also that the Apollinarians were guilty of an error that was essentially on par with the errors that Chalcedon was alleged to have taught. Yeah, but the heresy of the Arians was pretty horrific and the Second Council even let them back in without re-baptism. Again, I wonder if this has to do with the recentness of the schism. Back then it was pretty recent in time and there may still have been a feeling that it was an inner-Church dispute. Now that centuries have passed, Jehovah's Witnesses require baptism, no matter what Church is taking them in.
You have been talking about baptism.
Indeed you were about to go and find quotes that show that the heterodox were received by baptism.
Clearly the Fathers of the Second Council did not require the baptism of Arians. I rather think that your opinion is that this is wrong.
It seems to me that it is also wrong to link chrismation absolutely with baptism.
Clearly St Severus and St Timothy did not believe that the Byzantines even needed to be chrismated,
I don't see how it could be reasonable to affirm the Sainthood of someone who did not take of the Sacred Mysteries of the Church, the only means through which we know salvation is occurring.
Chris, you seem to think this might have been the case in the Coptic Church,
Even though Armenian priests will commune EO's without any conversion process, I do know one former EO at another Armenian parish who wanted to make a formal conversion to the Armenian Church. He was received through Chrismation.
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First, youngsters should learn to swim. Even 6- and 7-year-olds with proper instruction can swim comfortably in deep water. There are classes at your local Y, at school pools and at a wide variety of county facilities. And parents who can't swim don't exactly set the best example. The basics of swimming aren't difficult to master, so it's never too late to learn.
If you have a pool, it should be surrounded by a fence at least five feet high and have gates with childproof latches, to help enforce the first and most important rule at any body of water: Never swim alone. Even expert swimmers, left alone, can cramp up or, worse, stumble, knock themselves out, fall into a pool and drown.
Don't allow preschoolers to use inflatable flotation devices, which can deflate quickly if they're punctured, and often seem to give parents an excuse not to watch children as closely as they should. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends "touch supervision" with small children, which is just what it sounds like: making sure they stay within reach.
For situations when arms aren't long enough to help a struggling swimmer, keep some kind of reaching device at poolside. Even the lowly leaf skimmer can work, though a metal shepherd's crook is best. And if you plan to throw a pool party or two this summer, you shouldn't leave the safety of a group of swimmers of wide-ranging health and athletic abilities to chance: Take a basic, three-hour class in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, and buy and learn to use an automated external defibrillator, or AED. The vast majority of the 3,500-plus drownings in the nation's pools, lakes and oceans each year are attributable to breathing- and heart-related emergencies.