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Joined: 8/14/10
All of history is a lie. The truth depends on who does the listening, and who does the telling...
Originally posted by adam_nox
SO if I used this logic, as soon as I got to a level that was higher than the zone, it isn't my choice to complete the map and maybe climb that mountain that has no annotation that there is anything up there? I guess we can agree that we disagree on what we define exploration as.
noun Exploration
1. an act or instance of exploring or investigating;examination.
2. the investigation of unknown regions.
If I have never been there, then it is an unknown region to me. Finding hidden caves IS exploration if you have the choice to look for them and aren't forced to go to them. Your example of character progression is another form of exploration, but not the only one. It's not a joke to think otherwise. It is a joke, however, to think your way of understanding is the only way. As you get higher in level it is very much a choice where to explore because there are many zones that are level appropriate.
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Joined: 3/26/12
Originally posted by SteeJanz
That comment regarding leveling is wrong though. If you can keep doing a certain form of content and that form is more efficient than other forms, then you can skip content and still level faster than those who do not skip it.
Originally posted by adam_nox
There's no exploration in any sandbox game then. You can't go where the mobs are stronger than you before you get your skills and equipment up properly either. Try take your freshly rolled character in UO to kill a dragon, or even just a lich... and enjoy your naked ghost trip.
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Joined: 7/21/12
Originally posted by The_Korrigan
Either you're locked out of areas by being one shotted by everything, or the area is simply closed because you have not completed a certain story element or chapter, checkpoint whatever.
It's standard practice in almost any game.
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Joined: 3/31/07
Originally posted by Zekiah
i am an explorer and i absolutely loved skyrim and the witcher. with that said I love gw2 because it does have explorer elements in it. There are surprises and things to be found if you poke around and look for them. hidden caves, hidden treasure chests, hidden bosses, hidden DE's. In order to find them you need to make it a habit to talk to npcs and to inspect things, not just aim for zone completion.
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Originally posted by gessekai332
This made me think of that cave in Harathi Hinterlands where you feel like you are one of the Goonies finding One Eyed Willies ship. Man that was a lot of fun. If that's not adventuing I don't know what to say. No alert sending you to the cave, a puzzle to open the door, traps and hoops to jump through to find the area, and more puzzles to get to the chest. This little adventure kept me up an extra hour after I expected to log off at the waypoint near there. Good times....
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Hype (noun)
Originally posted by gessekai332
Interesting. I find moving from heart to heart, instance to instance, level zone to level zone a bit on the boring side. Ok, a lot. And trying to figure out how to jump your way to hidden overlooks for completion tasks doesn't interest me either.
Just more of the same: Collect X, Return Y, Find Z
That's not adventure, it' quest-grinding, just like the rest of the themeparks. These games are boring and the more people play them the more they'll get bored too.
It's time to think outside the Skinner Box IMO.
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Originally posted by FlawSGI
That puzzle is a favorite - that's where I take guildies who weren't aware there was that kind content in the game :)
Originally posted by TwoThreeFour
I can see your point. I guess what I should have said is that if you cut out half the ways to gain xp, you are limiting yourself to ways to gain xp. For example, if I do a DE within a heart quest, chances are high that I will gain xp from the DE and the heart quest. If I avoid heart quests and stay away from them, I will miss out on that opportunity.
There are single ways to gain xp and I am sure one of those ways provides the most xp gain over the others, however combining multiple ways tend to provide the highest xp return.
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Joined: 10/01/09
Originally posted by WhiteLantern
First thing's first. As you admitted, you are intentionally ignoring a good portion of content. As such, you have to expect this will have consequences. Namely, experience, gear, and gold will be more difficult to come by. The starting zones are designed in such a way that if you complete the entire map, including heart quests and your personal story, while doing all the events you naturally come across on your journey, you will reach the appropriate level to enter the next zone. Heart quests, unfortunately, are also your best source of early level money. They also unlock the only karma vendors available to you at early levels, which offer you good gear upgrades. If you ignore them, you will miss out on this stuff.
That said, I do have a couple suggestions that could help. The first is that many events often occur near heart NPCs. Completing the event from start to finish will usually naturally complete the heart quest as well. This will effectively double the exp reward of the event, gives you bonus gold, and opens up a karma vendor for gear. I'm sure you must have already completed some hearts in this way. It's almost impossible not to. My second suggestion, especially as an explorer, is to explore your way to another starting zone and do extra events there to add some flavor. Because if you do just sit in one starting zone to grind events, that's exactly what it will become: a grind. You will have to repeat many events to get the necessary experience. The Sylvari and Asura starting zones are adjacent to each other. The Norn and Charr are also close. The journey from a human zone to another starting zone would be perilous for sure, but an explorer should be up for a challenge. I've done it myself in the betas.
Since you said you like crafting, I'll add that crafting provides really good exp. Less so at the earliest levels, but it increases big time as you get higher up in the profession. If you keep up with your craft to make new gear for yourself evertime you reach a level that is a multiple of 5, you'll start to get a full extra level each time.
That's the thing, there is a reason to venture to the far off corners of the maps because there are usually several hidden things that are not marked on the maps at all. These range from jumping puzzles, to hidden bosses that guard chests, to lore based monuments and NPC interactions. Sometimes I get so caught up in running for map objectives that I actually stop paying close attention to my surroundings. I know I've missed many hidden things on maps that i've 100% completed before that I've caught the 2nd time around.
Once you get past the starting zones, there are several zones available to level in. Between the personal story, crafting and running through zones, I usually find that I quickly outlevel the zones I wanted to complete. But, of course, that's with doing hearts as well and getting map completion rewards.
Also, in the very high levels, there are no hearts. It's all events all the time.
Originally posted by WhiteLantern
That is where you are wrong. Its not only in the corners of the map but often times they are hidden in plain site with jsut a small bit of jumping or exploring involved. Hidden Caves and other places where you might find a chest being guarded by a champion or vetern mob. The places are there and they are not part of the achievement system either.
Originally posted by The_Korrigan
It's like Lions Arch, most people don't know there are 3 jumping puzzles in LA. Everyone sees the one because of the vista. The other two require more exploration. Each of them are hinted at by NPC's. One would be very hard to stumble on. and it is near the mystic forge where alot of people go. :)
If you look at the achievements for exploring there are 39 puzzle achievements. They are not marked an any map. I would suggest those interested in exploring, to work on those. Supposeldy one takes you to the floating castle.
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Joined: 11/28/09
Originally posted by SteeJanz
Well, there goes my weekend
Originally posted by Stx11
It is pure hearsay. So I hope I didnt get your hopes up. There isn't anything official about. Just alot of interesting stuff the town folk say.
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Joined: 11/28/09
Originally posted by SteeJanz
Good to know... yeah I already spent a good hour or so running around that Village.
One day... one day I will make it up there /shakes fist at ANet
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Joined: 7/04/04
Originally posted by WhiteLantern
Yes and no... If you want to level solely through exploring, then you need to cycle through the zones...
So if I were you I would do my exploration for each of the 5 cities, that will give you a bit of starting cash and should get you some levels(not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if you started at lvl 2 and finished it around lvl 7 or 8 from exploring the cities, maybe higher). Then you go outside. For level 1-15, you have queensdale, ashford plains, metrica province, caledon forest, and the area outside hoelbraak(don't remember the name). Just doing the exploration and DEs from those 5 zones will probably get you over lvl 15... If you can stomach the heart quests as well, you should be able to do it easily(because you get a huge xp boost, some coin, and some items from getting 100% of hearts, POIs, waypoints, and skill challenges in a zone).
Regarding the heart quests, You say you want to know WHY you are doing it.
If you go and talk to the heart NPC, they will explain what they are doing and why they want you to do X, Y, and Z. There usually is a reason for it. Personally I do some and don't do others... Until I hit max level, and now I've been going back, reading what the NPCs have to say, and banging out the hearts because I want my 100% completion.
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Joined: 8/21/04
Logic be damned!
Originally posted by Zekiah
You are your own worst enemy. Turn off the map hints and just wander... never hit the "M" key and you might be much happier. You are not "playing it wrong" but you are getting out exactly what you put in friend.
I've probably been lurking for way, way too long.
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Joined: 1/05/10
Why are people still referring to "dynamic" events? Something that occurs in the same spot at set time intervals is anything but "dynamic".
Do you mean this one? I only saw it. Couldn't get to it :)
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Joined: 1/06/07
Hype (noun)
Originally posted by BadSpock
Playing a game the way it's not supposed to be played? That doesn't interest me either. There's very little incentive to fight your way through areas. Exp sucks from basic kills, monsters spawn too fast, it's just boring. It's easier and more palatable to avoid areas completely.
It's not me that's the problem, it's the game. You obviously like the same Themepark-ish grind but I've played this same game over and over for years. It might be a "better" themepark of recent but it's still the same old boring themepark content.
I just started playing Borderlands 2 and found "exploring" much more fun in that game. At least there's a chance I could find a nice chest loaded with rare guns vs. a "rich" mineral vein or a silly jump quest.
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Topic: Germany 2. Bundesliga picks 26-29/11
Bielefeld vs Dusseldorf
Dusseldorf are much better at home than away and I believe Bielefeld could manage to get something from this one.
Over 2.5 goals.
Bochum vs Paderborn
Bochum have 1-1-1 on their last three home games while Paderborn have 1-0-2 on their last three away games.
Frankfurt vs Osnabruck
Frankfurt are very strong at home and should be able to take all three points against Osnabruck.
Frankfurt win.
Aachen vs Augsburg
Augsburg have superb home form but they have struggled a bit in recent away games. Aachen have disappointed me recently.
Over 2.5 goals.
Hertha vs Duisburg
Hertha have superb home form and I expect them to take all three points from this one against Duisburg.
Hertha win.
Cottbus vs Aue
Aue are at the top of the form table and they should have a chance of getting something from this one.
Ingolstadt vs Union Berlin
Ingolstadt have 0-0-3 on their last three home games while Union Berlin have 1-0-2 on their last three away games.
Over 2.5 goals.
Karlsruher vs Oberhausen
Karlsruher are at the bottom of the form table but Oberhausen have failed to impress me in recent games.
Over 2.5 goals.
Furth vs Munich 1860
Munich 1860 have been pritty average recently, but I believe they could manage to get something from this one.

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LOGAN - A trick play not only put away the Mingo Central Miners on Friday it did a whole lot more for the Logan High School football team.
The Wildcats, ranked No. 18 in the state in this week's Class 3A computer ratings, downed the Class 2A No. 13 Mingo Central 28-16 at Logan Stadium.
However, the final score was not indicative of the closeness of the game.
In the final quarter, Mingo Central had pulled to within 21-16.
Things might have been different on Friday night had it not been for a bit of trickery.
With the Wildcats leading only 21-16 following Mingo Central's 1-yard touchdown sneak by quarterback Matt Lester with 9:52 left the game was still in doubt.
Then it had appeared the Miners had stopped the Wildcats at midfield and would have one last chance to drive down for the possible game winning score.
Logan faced a 4th-and-eight at the Mingo Central 45-yard line and went into punt formation. The Miners were about to get the ball back. One more drive and one more score and Mingo Central could head out of Logan with a win.
The Wildcats, however, had other ideas.
While in punt formation and punter Brian Craft back deep, Logan instead snapped it to the up blocker Chris Marcum, who pumped and fired a strike over the middle to his brother, Clayton Marcum and a nice slant pattern around the 20-yard line. After making the catch, Marcum then kicked it into gear and raced 45 yards for a touchdown. Craft booted the extra point kick and Logan went ahead 28-16 with 6:07 left in the game.
It appeared to be the game capper but more drama was yet to come.
The pesky Miners took over on their own 33 and on the fourth play of their next drive appeared to have gotten back into the game with Joe May's 46-yard touchdown run with 4:04 left. The score, however, was nullified due to a holding penalty by the Miners.
Mingo Central eventually turned the ball over on downs at the Miners' 46.
Logan was able to convert a fourth-and-10 at the Logan 34 on Chris Marcum's 12-yard keeper.
Marcum then took two knees to run out the clock. The game was over.
The Wildcat bounced back from last week's 37-18 homecoming loss to the Huntington Highlanders. It was the second straight loss for MCHS. They had lost to Wheeling Central at home last Saturday. The Miners are now 4-4 and need to win their last two games – at Nicholas County – and at home with Herbert Hoover to have a shot at the playoffs.
Logan jumped ahead of Mingo Central 7-0 on the second play from scrimmage as Marcum fired an 84-yard bomb to senior wideout Khaleel Reynolds. Craft's PAT split the uprights and Logan led 7-0 over the Miners.
Mingo Central answered with 1:14 to go in the first quarter as May scored on a 9-yard touchdown run. Lester then fired to May on the two-point conversion and the Miners led 8-7.
It proved to be the first and only lead of the game for Mingo Central.
Just three players later, Logan answered with a 50-yard touchdown run by Brant Williams. Craft was again good on the extra point kick as the Wildcats led 14-8 with 19 ticks to go in the first quarter. The score was set up by Brynden "Worm" Street's 35-yard run on first down to midfield.
Late in the first half, Logan and Mingo Central traded fumbles.
The latter was with 3:24 left when the Miners' Joseph Hall put the ball down on the grass at the Logan 44.
The Wildcats eventually capitalized, driving 56 yards in six plays, capped off by Marcum's 13-yard keeper for a touchdown with 59 ticks to go. Craft's PAT was good and Logan led 21-8 over Mingo Central at the half.
The Miners looked to get back into the game early in the third quarter but had another fumble and Logan's as Street recovered at the 30 and ran all the way down to the Mingo Central 10-yard line.
After three straight runs of three yards by Reynolds, Logan had a fourth-and-goal at the 1-yard line. An illegal procedure penalty by the Wildcats moved it back to 6.
Logan passed on the 23-yard field goal attempt and went for it instead.
It didn't turn out well for the Wildcats, however, as Reynolds, taking a handoff from Marcum, then scrambled back to the 20 and fired incomplete in the end zone to C.J. Williams.
The Miners went three-and-out on their next drive and Logan turned it over on downs at the MC 40.
Mingo Central then went on a 13-play, 60-yard drive, capped by Lester's 1-yard TD run and May's conversion grab, to trim Logan's lead to just 21-16.
It was the second straight win over Logan over Mingo Central. Last year, the Wildcats went to Newtown and defeated the Miners 22-6 at Mingo Central's Buck Harless Stadium.
Coach Mullins said he's happy his team got to six wins and secured a third straight winning season.
Marcum was 5-for-16 passing for 156 yards and the two touchdowns. Reynolds was 1-for-2 passing for 12 yards.
C.J. Williams had three catches for 31 yards. Brett Musick also added a grab for nine yards.
Logan rushed 26 times for 231 yards. Brant Williams led the way with five rushes for 71 yards and a score. Marcum had 10 carries for 68 yards and a score. Street added 59 more yards on six attempts, while Reynolds had five totes for 33 yards.
The Wildcats outgained Mingo Central 399-260 in total yards.
Street led Logan's defense with eight tackles. Thomas Hunter, Chris Marcum and Not only did it put the Wildcats (6-2) back into the Class 3A playoff picture with two games left to play, it also secured Logan's third straight winning season.
Mingo's May finished the game with 16 rushes for 106 yards for the game. Chance Lester had 15 carries for 75 yards. Joseph Hall had nine carries for 20 yards and three catches for 19 net yards.
The Miners finished with 260 yards of total offense with 45 rushes for 216 yards. Quarterback Matt Lester was 7-for-13 passing for 44 yards. He also fired a complete pass on one of the two successful two-point conversions.
(Logan Banner Sports Editor Paul Adkins contributed to this article.)


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Michael S. Miller will guest host the Feb. 14 broadcast of "Eye on Toledo" at 6 p.m. on WSPD 1370 AM, on the topic of the Forbes "Most Miserable Cities" list. Call the show at (419) 240-1370 and share your opinion.
While channel surfing a few nights ago, I found a "M*A*S*H" episode that featured Jamie Farr in one of his more interesting subplots. Farr's character, Cpl. Max Klinger, cleared a circle in the 4077th compound and doused himself with what he said was gasoline, preparing to immolate himself unless Col. Potter agreed to send him home with a Section 8 discharge.
It's easy to take Farr for granted; he has been consistently gracious to Toledo as the decades have flown by, and his comfortable celebrity status overshadows the amazing impact he had through cameos and minor subplots on "M*A*S*H," working in the shadows of some of the greatest talents in television history.
Farr's story parallels Toledo's history. Competing against bigger, richer cities, Toledo has done well but is often relegated to the background and is under-appreciated despite its consistent contributions.
In the "M*A*S*H" episode, Klinger, soaking in "gasoline" and holding a match, offered these final words: "Scatter my ashes over Toledo."
Apparently, Forbes Magazine is ready to spread Toledo's ashes over the Midwest.
Forbes named Toledo No. 12 of 20 U.S. cities on its recent "America's Most Miserable Cities" list. The magazine said, "A recent economic analysis of the Toledo metro forecast that employment would not return to pre-recession levels until after 2025. Unemployment has averaged 10.6% during the past three years."
Other Ohio cities cited were Cleveland, No. 10, and Youngstown, No. 14. Detroit charted below Toledo at No. 15.
Last year, the business publication ranked Toledo No. 15. Forbes looked at the 200 largest metro areas in the country, with a minimum population of 249,000. It ranked the cities based on qualifiers such as unemployment, taxes, commute times, violent crimes, weather and how professional sports teams played. Housing prices, foreclosures and convictions of elected officials were other factors.
The first response from a classy Toledo guy like me is to open a window facing the Forbes offices in New York City, thrust a middle finger high in the air and bellow, "#&@% you, Forbes!" with pride and road-rage level anger. But that's not conducive to an intelligent discussion.
Are we miserable? Certainly our city faces elements of misery, but that's not the same thing as being miserable as a way of life. Unquestionably, there are major crisis-level problems in Toledo. A declining population. Unemployment. City budget issues. Public school system troubles. A crumbling infrastructure. A dearth of business leaders willing and able to step up. Mediocre leadership at the daily newspaper, the University of Toledo and nearly every facet of political leadership on the state, county, city and school board levels.
But those problems are not unique to Toledo, nor are they as bad here as they are in some areas.
There are undoubtedly many miserable people in Toledo, but it would take a lot of research to determine how much of their state of mind is attributable to Toledo and how much would be part of their life no matter where they live.
I have lived and worked in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, San Jose, Calif., South Florida and Southeast Michigan. Each of those cities offers exciting things, but each of them also offers more than a few challenges that could be described as miserable.
Forbes can crunch its subjective factors and declare Toledo a miserable place to live, but having lived and worked here for more than three decades, I strongly refute that designation. Toledoans are far too varied and interesting a group of people to be labeled as sharing any one characteristic. There may be a tendency toward apathy and there is definitely a deficiency of self-esteem, but that has its roots in Midwestern humility, spiked with an inordinate amount of bad-mouthing and negativity from daily media and a series of egomaniacal politicians.
I could assemble an army of people who love this city and spend their days working to make it a better place. I would need two more pages to list all of them and their respective affiliations, but many of them spread their Glass City Gospel in these pages, through stories about their work or through their own words. Rachel Richardson, Robert Russ, Kc Saint John, Jules Webster, Lisa Renee Ward, Michael Drew Shaw, Alan Cohen, Jennifer and John Rockwood, Tom Waniewski, Bill Kitson, Marc Folk, Martini Rox, Sammy Spann, Doni Miller, Tim Yenrick, Tom Pounds, Ed Beczynski, Eric Slough, Warren Woodberry, Chris Kozak, Stacy Jurich, Contessa Porter, Dustin Hostetler, Justin Moor, Ellen Critchley, Jerry Gray … and there are many more.
We could ignore the Forbes report and pretend it has no impact, but I prefer we stand and fight for our reputation and show the nation that while we are not perfect, we certainly are not miserable, and we are not ready to have our ashes scattered to the wind.
Oh, and by the way: "#&@% you, Forbes!"
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The Chaophya Park Hotel offers two lobbies on separate floors. This allows easy handling of FIT guests as well as groups.
With over 2,100 m2 function and pre-function room space, our banquet, meeting and convention facilities are amongst the largest in Bangkok. The Chaophya Park Hotel combined with the convention center offers 11 function venues. Each meeting area is serviced by state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment, qualified professional technicians, individually controlled air conditioning and well appointed bathrooms and pre-function room rest areas.
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Each room has a minimum size of 37 m2 and features IDD telephones, satellite
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Our executive floors offer a breathtaking view and cater for the needs of our most discerning guests. Additional privileges are a private lounge, butler service and many other executive benefits.
Superior RoomAll rooms are fully equipped and tactfully and refined with Thai artifacts.
Room View : view to the city | Room Size : 37 sq.m
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Executive Room / Executive Suite RoomAll rooms are fully equipped and tastefully appointed and refined with Thai artifacts.
Room View : View to the city | Room Size : 37 sq.m
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Mori Grill - Traditional Japanese
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Open daily: Dinner 18.00 - 02.00 hrs.
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I see that you have your charging handle in two pieces I was just wondering are you planing on making it permanently attached, or is that the only way you will be able to remove your bolt?
I see that you have your charging handle in two pieces I was just wondering are you planing on making it permanently attached, or is that the only way you will be able to remove your bolt?
The bolt handle is just like the sgn-9 article which is copied straight from a sten design. The sgn-9 bolt handle is removable, but is held captive except for a spot at the end of the cocking slot where the bolt would not normally extend to in recoil. The bolt handle acts as a bolt guide, and after the recoil spring is removed the bolt is alowed to go further back than it normally would in recoil to a spot where the charging handle slot is opened up from the skinner area between the two bumps about in the middle of the handle. You really don't need the outer bump, but it can keep your finger off of the cocking slot and avoid cutting it on the sharp edge.
I got a little more work done on suomi #2. I extended the barrel to 16-1/4" by turning down the last inch to a thousands over the .584" hole I drilled in the 3/4" diameter extension with a 37/64" drill bit. I welded the extension on and turned down the welds in the lathe. Then I cut down the barrel stub to .750 and inlarged the index slot on the barrel collar to 1/4". I ended up cutting the index pin on the barrel bushing on the milling machine. I made a tight fitting collar for the barrel bushing that had a cut through one side so it would tighten up on the bushing in the vise and milled two flats on the collar. I then tightened the barrel bushing up loosely in the mill vise and hooked a dial indicator to the mill head and ran it around the top of the barrel bushing. I adjusted it until there was less than a thousands movement on the dial indicator. I had previously scribed a 1/4" "pin" location centered above a lug. With a 1/4" 4 flute end mill I cut off 20 thousands at a time until I was a few thousands over the measurement from the back of a lug to the front of the barrel bushing on a demilled suomi stub. Then I would move the table all the way to one side and test fit the barrel and shroud on the barrel bushing without removing it from the vise. When it would fit I was done. I had previously opened up the end of the barrel shroud for the barrel to fit through by cutting off the barrel looking nub at the end, and drilled/bored it out until it was a few thousands over the barrel extension diameter. Heres some pic of the work.
you do some nice work. muttman
Thanks, This one has been a much more enjoyable build with the experience of the first one and a new milling machine. I wasn't sure how well I would do at cutting the barrel jacket lugs into the barrel bushing, but its wasn't as bad as what I thought.
new mill, you lucky mole. Im hopeing to get a old brigeport from work when it gets retird to go with my cnc lathe that I aquired from same work. muttman
Muttman, I would love to have room for a bridgeport, but I ended up with the harbor freight mill/drill and it seems to be a great machine so far. It sure beats drilling/filing/dremmel for hours to make one slot. The only other milling machine I've used was an old bridgport years ago. You've got a cnc lathe and you're calling me lucky? I'm jealous, but I'd have no clue how to run it.
I shot my first suomi again yesterday. I actually shot it enough to get the barrel jacket hot near the receiver! It works great with the stick mags, but I tried a 72rnd drum mag with it and was getting some failure to eject. I don't know if I need to clean the drum or what. The gun ejects fine with the stick mags, but the first time I ran a drum through it I was getting a failure to eject about every 15 rounds. On the second time I tried the same drum I only got 3 failures to eject, but to me thats still 3 too many. The gun is cocked and it strips a new round from the drum, but the fired case ends up backwards jammed between the extractor and the front of the ejection port. I have near 1000 rounds through it so far and I've noticed the large recoil spring I'm using is getting weaker. I think I'll redesign the recoil guide to keep the large recoil spring from ever being fully compressed. I think thats why the spring in there is getting weaker. I'll try to locate a stronger and longer spring. Its not an issue with my cast plinking loads, but with the hotter fmj ammo the bolt does go back far enought to impact the rubber buffer and fully compress the larger recoil spring. Its still a very fun gun to shoot.
i have a cnc but like you Idont know how to work it. I only worked on it, got it from work and it needs 3 phase that I dont have at the house. some day I will have the gogo juce for it.
that is strange that you only get the eject problem with drums. do the drum lips sit up higher? muttman
I don't get it either. I do get an occasional failure to eject with the stick mags, but maybe one or so out of 4-5 mags. I have 3 drums and this was the most beat up one. The other two look excellent, this one looks good. It also fits much looser in the gun which may be the problem. I cleaned out some very coarse sand out of the drum when I got it. I found that a few more pieces worked their way out while I was shooting it over the weekend. I'll try the other two mags to see if its all of them or what. This was happening with the stick mags early on and I found that the cases were hitting a couple high spots on the "rail" part of the extractor forward of the step that kicks out the case. I ground them down and fixed the problem or so I thought. I'll be dammed if I wasn't just looking at it and saw two shiney spots on the forward section of the ejector where the soot from the alox lube is gone! perhaps I have a couple more high spots to hit with the dremmel!!!
If you look you can see the two high spots that are causing the problem (I think) just forward of the extractor. I still need to dress the welds a bit and put a finish on it and a barrel takedown lever so it looks better, but its functionally complete. Sorry about the dirty gun pic.


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Steven Zipperstein, Stanford University; Inaugural YIVO Jacob Kronhill Visiting Scholar in History
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This program was part of the YIVO-Bard Winter Program on Ashkenazi Civilization, January 6-23, 2014.
Kishinev's 1903 pogrom was the first event in Russian Jewish life to receive international attention. The riot, leaving 49 dead in an obscure border town, dominated the headlines of the western press for weeks, intruded on US-Russian relations, and impacted an astonishing array of institutions: the nascent Jewish army in Palestine, the NAACP, and most likely the first version of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Why did it have such impact, and why did it become a prism through which Russian Jewish history has
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Steven Zipperstein, Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford University, is the author of several acclaimed books, including The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History, 1794-1881 (Stanford University Press, 1985), Imagining Russian Jewry: Memory, History, Identity (University of Washington Press, 1999) and Elusive Prophet: Ahad Ha'am and the Origins of Zionism (University of California, 1993). For sixteen years, between 1991-2007, Dr. Zipperstein was Director of the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford which emerged as one of the leading programs in the field under his leadership. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Koret Award for contributions to American Jewish life.
Dr. Steven Zipperstein is the inaugural Jacob Kronhill Visiting Scholar in History at YIVO for the Spring 2014 semester. During this time, Dr. Zipperstein will lead a graduate seminar on Jewish historiography, and will teach a public evening course, Jews and the Russian Revolution, which meets for six Mondays, beginning April 28, from 7:00-8:30pm. For more information, contact YIVO's Director of Education, Jennifer Young, email@example.com, or 917-606-8290.
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Image: Emil Flohri, Stop Your Cruel Oppression of the Jews, 1904. Library of Congress.
This political cartoon appeared after the 1903 pogrom in Kishinev. In it, a "Russian Jew" carries a large bundle labeled "Oppression." Hanging from the bundle are weights labeled "Autocracy," "Robbery," "Cruelty," "Assassination," "Deception," and "Murder." In the background a Jewish community burns, while in the upper left corner, President Theodore Roosevelt asks the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, "Now that you have peace without, why not remove his burden and have peace within your borders?"


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After 14 years of playing wherever,
A ribbon cutting was held next to Bud & Alley's Pizza Bar for the new petanque courts and celebrated with pizza and champagne.
The use of the site was donated by homeowners Calvin and Frances Fayard and William Sasser.
Seaside Town Founders Robert and Daryl Davis donated the landscaping for the three courts which are 13 feet wide by 50 feet long.
Architectural design of the area was by Curtis and Wyndham Architects of Houston.
Pétanque is a form of boules where the goal is to throw hollow metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet (literally "piglet") or jack. It is also sometimes called a bouchon (literally "cork") or le petit ("the small one"). The game is normally played on hard dirt or gravel, but can also be played on grass, sand or other surfaces. It is similar to bocce.
The game of petanque was introduced at
A few years back,
When Braconnier introduced the game to
The newly dedicated courts located next to Bud & Alley's Pizza Bar will be much better, said Rauschkolb.
"There is bike parking and park benches, and there is easy access to food, drink, and bathroom facilities nearby," he said.
The idea for the petanque park came from
Two of the three courts have a lime rock screening surface and one touts a
Central Square Records in the town's circle sells petanque equipment of boules and kits.
About a dozen of the game's regulars came out for the ribbon cutting and to watch Rauschkolb throw out the first ball. Rauschkolb provided the free pizza and champagne to celebrate.
"It's a wonderful addition to
The courts are free to use and open to anyone. And if you don't know how to play the game, Rauschkolb said players who are out there will teach you.


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Bismarck, ND 58501
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Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Payment Options
Medicaid, Medicare, Visa, MasterCard, Patient Financing, Cash, Personal Checks