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I was working on a T speedometer and discovered the problem was a missing part. I emailed Russ Furstnow and he sent me the missing part at no charge. Thanks Russ, I really appreciate the effort, thanks for your help. Kim
You're right about the people in the hobby, Kim; and you also have helped one or two of us along the way ;<)
I have had people from this and the other forum help me and I have never even met them. It used to shock me because I wasn't used to that kind of generosity. My bucket list contains the names of those people that I would like to meet in person someday to say thanks properly. Until then, Thank You again, you know who you are.
So true. I won't embarrass the man by mentioning his name, but I have a pal on this forum who (among other major favors) came over to my house and reamed, rebushed and installed new kingpins in both my spindles for me — a huge, all-day job. Can't thank you enough for all your help, Bro.
Yep, great folks!
Well,you know I was thinking this same thing thursday night when I was useing the valve seat refaceing tools that Jack Daron sent me in the mail a couple years back.
I have used those tools on at least 10 small engines in the last 2 months alone.Tools that I normaly could not have afforded,he found at a yard sale and thought enough of me to send them to me.
That is 1 example of several that folks here have been good to me that on this forum.
This bunch may not aggree on politics and waterpumps but there is no disagreement that there is some good folks here.
Couldn't have said it better (and you are one of those helpful people). And those responding to this thread are more of the same.
Thanks for all your help fellas,
I agree, and ditto for Russ Furstnow, who has helped me numerous times on parts I have needed. Dan Killecuts wife Ellen, even taught me how to resize photos, so I could send them on the internet! The BEST people.
As long as we are thanking people, I owe a great deal of appreciation to you guys collectively and Jim Golden personally. Besides e-mail answers, Jim has come over to the house to troubleshoot my T's dysfunction.
The first T man to help me was the late Howard Snyder. I think he had a bright yellow speedster.
I'll second that. Have had some wonderful tech help and help finding parts from great guys on this forum. Thanks!
Thanks for providing me with carburetor parts, Kim. The people that spend time helping other members are what makes this an enjoyable hobby.
While reading these post of all who has helped one another, I would feel ashamed not to include Mr. Lynn Cook for all the work he has put into rebuilding my 26 engine and transmission, carb. and etc. to include the mentoring he has done for a newbie like myself. I know he has to get tired of all my questions when I go to his garage to watch him and try to help with what little I can. I feel like one of my grandkids when they ask me hundreds of questions anytime I try to do something. Mr. Cook has all the patience in the world and I would like to thank him. If any of you see or speak with him let him know I really appreciate all of his help and what a friend he has become. I look forward meeting many of you in the near future...
My thanks goes out to you, Kim, you have been a great help to me. I appreciate it more than i can say. Russ, my thanks to you also as well as countless others.
Thanks to everyone who makes this site so enjoyable, interesting and helpful.
One of the grease cups on the Fordor's hasslers came off during a ride. I contacted Jack Daron to see if he had any to sell and he sent me one free. Thanks again Jack.
I am blessed to be a small part of such a wonderful group of people. So many of you and those that have gone before you have helped me and set an example for us to follow. Thank you for making our hobby such a better place. Somewhere in an old copy of the "Vintage Ford" I read about how Walter Rosenthal helped out lots and lots of folks in the hobby. Many of new folks needed some encouragement and most had lots still to learn. If I recall correctly, one of those new guys he helped was Bruce McCalley, and many of us were impacted by Bruce and others. And I'm sure that as other new folks join the hobby – many of them will continue that legacy of helping others.
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It's nice to have wonderful friends that are there when things come apart. There's also the folks that are there just to show comaraderie and friendship without having to react to an emergency. Since joining our local chapter of MTFCA I've gone through a lot of changes in my personal life and have been over some rough bumps. But I've always been able to recognize one constant and that's my Model T club and my Model T friends. Of all the clubs I could have joined after buying my Model T, The Great Northern Model T Club has been the best I could ever have picked. The knowledge that I've gained has been extensive. The friendship seems never-ending and the help from the club members has been a blessing.
I joined specifically because of the people. I watched this forum for a few months and decided to pull the trigger on joining MTFCA. I was surprised how many people knew my grandpa, Roger Hull, and could relate their stories of him. Folks are happy to share experiences, offer suggestions, answer questions (even questions that have been asked multiple times before), and continue to debate the same topics over and over (ethanol gas, best brass polish, etc).
This hobby is kinda like a small family and has been very welcoming.
It is the 1 year anniversary of jumping into the Model T world and becoming a member of this forum. I have received a lot of support and information from forum members and from people I have met that own T's, read this forum but seldom post.
I am a member of MTFCA, AACA and MARC though I have not yet gotten on the "A" train.
A special thanks to Ron Patterson for his help with my ignition and rebuilding my coils, Mike Walker for sending me a replacement spindle and all those members that provide advice as I began a new hobby.
You guys and gals are great. Thanks for putting up with me.
Sam, SUPPORT AND THANK AMERICA'S TROOPS. They have sacrificed so we can enjoy this great adventure into the past.
I joined this group a few years ago when I bought my first complete T to play with while I was looking for parts to restore my old non-T truck. Someone on here saw my pictures and decided he had a better speedometer than I had for the truck and sent it to me. I still do not know who it was or even where it came from but I did end up needing it for parts to make one good one from the two I ended up with. I have no way to thank who ever you are but I hope you know how much it meant to me. I now know this kind of thing happens more than any of us will ever know and I am happy to be a part of this group. Thanks to all of you for putting up with me when I posted about the truck. Since I don't fit in with any group, I feel like an outsider. At least here, I do sometimes have a T related post from time to time. Now my wife is the one working on a T so I let her join the MTFCA and we hope to someday meet more of you on a tour when the car is done. I only wish I could drive the truck on the tours while she drives her T. Now that would be fun!


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Glover Community School's basketball team won the junior high tournament in Troy December 15. Nine schools played, and Glover had to win four games to win the trophy. The Glover team's first game was against Richford, which had not lost in over a year. In front, left to right, are Matt Menard, Parker Brown, and Kaleb Rogers. In back are Coach Brad Urie, Isaiah Braithwaite, Riley Urie, Liam Kennedy, Rian Hayman-Jones, and Chris Nelson. Photo submitted by Jethro Hayman

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The sides in a federal lawsuit challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel say progress is being made toward reaching a settlement.
Environmental groups in both South Carolina and Georgia have sued, saying that deepening the shipping channel will dredge toxic cadmium from the river floor and dump it on the South Carolina side of the river. The groups contend the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs a South Carolina pollution permit for the work.
The Georgia ports want the channel deepened to handle the larger container ships that will be calling when the Panama Canal expansion is open to shipping traffic in 2015. The project would deepen the river separating the two states and its harbor entrance channel from its current 42 feet to 47 feet.
Attorneys met behind closed doors in Charleston for two days in November to try to reach a settlement. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel has ordered that attorneys not discuss the specifics of the talks.
But a news release Friday gave an update on the status of the talks. It was issued by: the Georgia Ports Authority; the corps; the Southeastern Environmental Law Center; and the South Carolina Savannah River Maritime Commission, a South Carolina agency that regulates activity in the river.
"The parties are authorized to make public the fact that progress has been made and settlement discussions are ongoing. Another mediation session is scheduled later this month," the groups said.
Former South Carolina U.S. Rep. John Spratt is overseeing the court-ordered mediation. In an earlier order, Gergel asked all the parties in the lawsuit "to participate fully and in good faith in court-ordered mediation."
The corps last year notified Congress it wants an exemption from the requirement that South Carolina issue a water quality permit for the dredging work to prevent what it called "inappropriate delays" in the project.


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On 25 January 1996, the day of the first preview of RENT Off-Broadway, its composer Jonathan Larson died unexpectedly at the age of 35. Tragically he would never live to see the impact his work would have, not only on the face of musical theatre but also on a generation of young artists and performers. Nor would he get to hold the numerous awards he posthumously received. 20 years to the day, Seasons Of Larson will explore how Larson becomes a voice for a new generation on the stage, and celebrate his musical legacy that continues to resonate with people all over the world.
Jonathan Larson is best known for his rock musical RENT, for which he posthumously received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical. RENT played on Broadway for 12 years, making it the 10th longest running show in Broadway history, and has since received productions all over the world. His earlier works include Superbia and tick, tick... BOOM!
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Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola came up against his former team Barcelona for the first time earlier today in the pre-season fixture at the Allianz Arena.
The German treble-winning team are unbeaten in eight games this pre-season, and had a strong starting XI on the field with the likes of Arjen Robben, Frack Ribery, and Thomas Muller.
It was basically the same starting line-up you will see throughout the whole of next season. There was also a starting spot for Thiago Alcantara, the man that left Barcelona for the newly-crowned champions of Europe.
However, this was a different story for Barcelona - although they were captained by Lionel Messi, the rest of the team consisted mainly of youngsters from Barcelona B, hoping to impress against the big boys.
The likes of Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Pedro did not make it to Germany for the game as they are still on holiday after the Confederations Cup.
We all remember what happened last time these two team met right?
Bayern Munich ended up 7-0 winners against Barcelona over two legs in the Champions League semi-final, beating them 4-0 at the Allianz Arena, then dominating the Spanish giants 3-0 at Camp Nou.
It looked like there could have been a repeat from those two memorable nights when Bayern Munich took the lead after just 14 minutes. Some poor defending from the former Liverpool man Javier Mascherano gave Philipp Lahm the chance to make it 1-0, and he did just that when his head met Franck Ribery's sublime cross in the danger area.
It took until the 87th minute until we saw another goal, and it went to Bayern Munich. The goal was scored by Mario Mandzukic who side-footed a comfortable finish home from close range.
The game finished 2-0 to Munich, with few chances for either side and not a lot to be excited about.
If Barcelona had their star players on display then it could have been a different story, but the club's stars of tomorrow gave a good account of themselves against the champions of Europe.
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Taking the fight to lung cancer
Researchers create test to help detect disease early in patients
Detecting lung cancer
Oncimmune, a biotechnology company based in Nottingham, England, with U.S. headquarters in De Soto, has begun marketing a blood test called EarlyCDT-Lung that aids physicians in early detection of lung cancer.
The test is recommended for people who are smokers, former smokers or have been exposed to secondhand smoke for extended periods of time. It also is recommended for people who have been subjected to environmental factors such as asbestos, radon or radioactive substances.
To learn more about the test, call the Client Services Department in De Soto at (888) 583-9030 or visit oncimmune.com.
De Soto ? There are 25 people, including 16 scientists, working inside a building just north of Kansas Highway 10 in this town of about 6,000 people.
It may be a small group in a small town, but their plans are big and could potentially save millions of lives.
They are researching, developing and conducting tests that detect cancer in its earliest stages.
"It's such a motivating cause to work for. In fact, it's sometimes hard not to work," said Laura Peek, principal scientist and quality assurance manager.
She works for Oncimmune, a biotechnology company that was founded by Dr. John Robertson at the University of Nottingham in England.
The company opened its U.S. headquarters in 2006 in a temporary location in Lenexa and then moved to De Soto in 2008.
This summer, the company began offering a blood test called EarlyCDT-Lung to help detect lung cancer in asymptomatic patients.
The test is offered at 20 sites, and involves about 100 physicians, in the Midwest and Southeast. Five of the sites are in Kansas — three are in the Kansas City area, one is in Hutchinson and one is in Clay Center.
"The nice thing about this test is that you can detect lung cancer three to five years quicker than finding symptoms from a patient," said Dr. Chris Ottinger, of Encompass Medical Group in Lenexa, who has been offering the test to his patients. "If you detect it early, you can have it removed surgically and possibly have a cure. You increase your cure rate greatly if you can find it early."
Here's how the test works:
• A tumor produces proteins known as antigens.
• Tumor antigens are distinct from antigens produced by normal cells.
• The body's immune system reacts to selected antigens created by tumors by producing an abundance of antibodies, known as autoantibodies, that freely circulate in the bloodstream.
• EarlyCDT-Lung measures a panel of these autoantibodies from a blood sample. These autoantibodies are the markers that potentially indicate the presence of tumor protein or antigens.
• The presence of one or more of these autoantibodies in the blood sample can provide an earlier indication that a tumor exists.
If a test comes back positive, further testing generally is the next step.
Personal approach
Oncimmune's U.S. medical director is Dr. William Jewell, who was the first director of the cancer center at Kansas University and has more than 45 years of experience in the cancer field. He calls every doctor who has a patient who gets a positive result using the EarlyCDT-Lung test and works with them on that next step.
"We are very, very personal in how we approach this," said Greg Stanley, vice president of commercial operations.
So far, the company has done a "few hundred tests" and about 40 tests have been positive.
"We are still working on the outcomes to see the results of those 40 initial positives," Stanley said.
Ottinger said two of his patients had positive results and they were thankful to know that they needed to take a closer look.
For patients who get a negative result, the test can provide a sense of relief or even an incentive to quit smoking. Early clinical tests indicate that 99 percent of patients with a negative result do not have lung cancer at the time of testing.
The test costs $200 and insurance providers don't cover it; company leaders are working to change that. The test is covered under some companies' health-care spending or flex spending accounts.
Ottinger said many patients have been interested in getting the test, but have opted out because of the cost.
"The problem is the economy," he said. "To be honest, it's just the cost of paying for anything right now. We would love to have insurance cover it."
That's because he thinks it has the potential to save many lives.
Big market
According to the American Cancer Society, about 161,000 people die of lung cancer each year and about 215,000 new cases are diagnosed.
When lung cancer is diagnosed early, survival rate increases about 50 percent, but currently only 16 percent of lung cancer cases are diagnosed early.
The test is recommended for individuals who are smokers, former smokers or have been exposed to secondhand smoke for extended periods of time.
According to ACS, smokers account for nearly 80 percent of lung cancer deaths.
The test also is recommended for people who have been subjected to environmental factors such as asbestos, radon or radioactive substances.
The company has a risk calculator on its Web site — oncimmune.com — that was developed from risk tables created by clinicians at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
During the next six months, Oncimmune will be adding another 75 to 100 sites, and then the hope is to go nationwide.
"We wanted to make sure we took manageable bites as we kicked off the test and we kicked off the company on a commercial basis," Stanley said.
Such an approach is what hooked Ottinger, and last week he became a medical consultant for the company.
"The more I learned about them, the more I was impressed by the high quality and careful steps that they are taking to produce a high-quality test," he said. "It's not a fly-by-night.com-type company. They really are taking an intelligent approach to launching a fantastic idea."
Lots of work
During the past 15 years, $25 million has been invested into the lung cancer detection test. Samples from more than 80,000 individuals, both with and without cancer, were used in the development and research phase.
"You wait and you wait and you wait and you start seeing the light at the end of tunnel, and finally the light is there," said Peek, the principal scientist. "It's just a huge sense of accomplishment."
The company doesn't plan to stop at lung cancer. It aims to develop early detection tests for other cancers.
"We are funded by a variety of private institutional and family investors, I would call them angel investors and most of them are out of the U.K.," Stanley said. "Their drive is they have all been touched by cancer in their life, so there's a real sense of mission."


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All In The Family... Life in Christian County, Kentucky... The Rural Life...
Isaac's been working on the service project that's required for the rank of Eagle Scout. We've been meditating on it for about six months, and now he's finally getting everything pulled together so he can finish it up. It has to be done before his 18th birthday, so it's now (this school year) or never!
The requirement is to "plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or your community." To fulfill this, Isaac's going to restore an old cemetery in our neighborhood. The community groups that will benefit are the elderly neighbors who have ancestors buried there and the Christian County Genealogical Society.
The gentleman who used to oversee an annual cleaning of the cemetery has passed away. Other folks whose ancestors are buried there are elderly themselves. In fact, Isaac chose this project because our 80-year-old neighbor lady is distressed about the condition of this cemetery. Her grandparents were buried there in 1929.
Tomorrow night, Isaac's going to describe the project to the Christian County Genealogical Society. After the cemetery is cleaned, he'll report all the data from the gravestones to them. Maybe this will be a "new" cemetery to them -- but probably not.
This cemetery is located about 1/4 mile off a backroad in a neighbor's pasture. No one has been buried there for about 35 years, and there are about 40 graves there in all (we think). Most of the graves are from 1850 to 1930 and have one of three family names. Our elderly neighbor lady remembers that when she was a little girl, she and her mother walked several miles on a little path through the woods to bring flowers for her grandparents' graves.
Last spring we counted seventeen tombstones that have fallen over and four more that have fallen and broken. A few more may be hidden in the tangle of grass. Isaac's plans include clearing the overgrowth, standing up the fallen stones, and repairing and standing up the broken stones (if possible). A couple of dead trees will be removed, minor repairs will be made to the fence, and the gate will be painted.
One part of the project's requirements is that the Scout has to raise the money needed. Fortunately we don't think that will be a problem. Several of the neighbors have already offered donations, and the elderly lady I mentioned above has offered to take up a collection from family members.
It shouldn't cost much money, anyway. Most of what is needed is work, and that will be provided by the Scouts in Isaac's troop and other volunteers. The biggest expense will probably be feeding the boys on their three workdays.
After Isaac gets an OK from the Genealogical Society (hopefully, tomorrow night), he has to present his project to the Eagle Scout Board of Review at the end of October and get their seal of approval. Then, the Scouts can begin the work. It will be a good time of year for it, because the snakes should be hibernating (or at least feeling sluggish) in November's cooler weather!
After the work is done, Isaac has to report back to the Genealogical Society and ask for a statement that he has successfully completed his plan. Then he goes back to the Board of Review and presents his application for Eagle Scout rank. We'll be proud when he gets it all done. Well, we're proud of him already, but you know what I mean.
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This page documents common bugs in Fedora 17 and, if available, fixes or workarounds for these problems. If you find your problem in this page, do not file a bug for it, unless otherwise instructed. Where appropriate, a reference to the current bug(s) in Bugzilla is included.
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- 3.1 Installation crashes if another Linux distribution or other Unix-style operating system is present
- 3.2 Installation crashes if btrfs chosen as format for any target partition, or any btrfs-formatted partition is already present on a target disk
- 3.3 PXE install can have problems with RAID arrays or encrypted devices
- 3.4 DVD or network install image written to USB stick with livecd-iso-to-disk does not boot via UEFI
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To see if your bug has already been reported, you can search Bugzilla. If it has not yet been reported, we encourage you to do so to help improve Fedora for yourself and others. A guide to Bugs and feature requests has been prepared to assist you.
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Installation crashes if another Linux distribution or other Unix-style operating system is present
link to this item - Bugzilla: #791317
Due to a bug in the Fedora installer, installation will fail (and the installer will crash) if you attempt to install to a system which has another operating system installed, if that operating system contains a
/etc/fstab file but no
/etc/redhat-release file. The traceback will include the error TypeError: float() argument must be a string or a number, and if you report the crash, it will be found to be a duplicate of Bugzilla: #791317.
As the bug is in the installer we cannot provide a regular update to resolve it, but there is an installer update image you can use together with a Fedora 17 Alpha image. Full instructions on using an update image are available here: in short, pass the kernel parameter updates=http://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=565351 to the installer.
Alternatively, as a workaround, you can create a
/etc/redhat-release file for each operating system with a
/etc/fstab, of the general format the installer is looking for: Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle).
Installation crashes if btrfs chosen as format for any target partition, or any btrfs-formatted partition is already present on a target disk
link to this item - Bugzilla: #787341
Due to a bug in the Fedora installer, if you choose btrfs as the format for any target partition as part of a Fedora 17 Alpha installation, or if any btrfs partition is present on a disk on the system to which you are attempting to install, the installer will crash with an error IndexError: list index out of range.
At present, there is no known workaround for this issue.
PXE install can have problems with RAID arrays or encrypted devices
link to this item - Bugzilla: #787744
When installing Fedora 17 Alpha via PXE, some kernel parameters are not passed which are passed with other installation methods and, with previous releases, were automatically passed on PXE installations as well. These parameters prevent RAID arrays and encrypted partitions from being activated at initramfs initialization time, which interferes with their analysis and/or use by the installer.
If you are performing a PXE install to a system with RAID devices or LUKS-encrypted partitions, you should add the following kernel parameters to ensure the installer does not encounter problems: rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0. If you do not, you may encounter an installer crash with an error RuntimeError: device is already mapped, or similar problems.
DVD or network install image written to USB stick with livecd-iso-to-disk does not boot via UEFI
link to this item - Bugzilla: #796419
If you write the Fedora 17 Alpha DVD or network install image to a USB drive using the
livecd-iso-to-disk tool provided in the
livecd-tools package (whatever version of Fedora you write the image from), using the --efi parameter which should result in a drive that can be booted via UEFI, it will not in fact succeed in booting the installer if booted via UEFI. After the bootloader menu is displayed, you will see a Error 15: File not found message.
An updated livecd-tools package has been submitted to the updates-testing repository for testing. Users experiencing this problem are encouraged to test this update and report whether it solves the problem. To test the update, run this command:
su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update livecd-tools'
The update is currently available only for Fedora 17, but if testing is successful it will be made available for Fedora 15 and Fedora 16. The drive will boot correctly to the installer if booted via BIOS or UEFI BIOS emulation, and if you specifically need to boot via UEFI, an image written via dd or a live image written via
livecd-iso-to-disk --efi should work.
Software issues
Sound does not work due to missing ConsoleKit
link to this item - Bugzilla: #794690
Sound will not work out of the box with Fedora 17 Alpha on all systems. This is due to PulseAudio's default configuration expecting ConsoleKit to be present, whereas it has in fact been removed from the default installation as part of the ConsoleKit removal feature. We had planned to implement a quick fix for this as part of the Alpha release, but PulseAudio's assembler code does not compile with GCC 4.7, and fixing this is a substantial undertaking that could not be completed in time, so we could not perform a new build of PulseAudio.
Fortunately, working around the issue is simple. Just comment out, or entirely remove, the following lines from
.ifexists module-console-kit.so load-module module-console-kit .endif
Alternatively, you can install the
ConsoleKit package, but ideally we would prefer if Alpha users run without ConsoleKit in order to help catch any other bugs caused by its removal.
Poor performance issues
link to this item - Bugzilla: #735268 - Bugzilla: #795050
A bug was identified in the kernel included in Fedora 17 Alpha which seems to cause very poor performance on certain systems. Not all systems are affected, but on those that are, almost all operations seem to be affected.
An updated kernel package has been submitted to the updates-testing repository for testing. Users experiencing this problem are encouraged to test this update and report whether it solves the problem. To test the update, run this command:
su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel'
Please note also that, up until Beta, Fedora kernels are usually built with debugging options enabled. Some testers have noticed that debugging options appear to cause a higher performance overhead with more recent kernel versions (since approximately 2.6.39 or 3.0). You may notice a visible impact on performance with any Fedora kernel with debugging options enabled, but this is not really a bug. At Beta release time, we will switch to building kernels with debugging options disabled, and performance will improve.


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Openstack:Getting Started with COE development
From DocWiki
Cisco's Edition of Openstack (COE) is almost entirely composed of Puppet modules with a small number of bash scripts. At its core, puppet is a system that enables users to describe the state of the system they are managing, and the puppet runtime will ensure that the system matches that state. Do do this, puppet manages a number of what are termed "Resources". For example, puppet can ensure that a package is installed, that a file has certain contents, or that a service is running. In fact, for many simple deployments, these three resources will cover all of what is required. These resources can be grouped into classes and modules, to allow developers to separate concerns.
Before attempting to modify COE, it is recommended that developers are comfortable writing their own puppet modules. There is a wealth of information on the Puppetlabs site including a tutorial on how to work with Puppet.
COE Structure
COE currently uses 33 Puppet modules, each managing a particular part of the deployment, plus a "manifests" package that ties together the modules. For example, the naginator module is used to install the nagios monitoring system on all nodes, so in the manifests package there are lines of puppet that enable this module for each node. There are also two classes called control and compute within the manifests, which can be used to configure what is on openstack compute nodes and what is on the control nodes, like so:
class control() { #the things we want on each openstack controller } class compute() { #the things we want on each openstack compute node }
So to have a compute node, in site.pp we could have a line such as:
node my_compute_node { class { compute: } }
This allows us to easily configure the compute and control nodes separately. To have something on every node, such as nagios, we create a node type and inherit our nodes from that, like so:
node base { class { "naginator::base_target": } }
node my_compute_node inherits base { class { compute: } }
These are the two main mechanisms in place for controlling what is installed on the nodes managed by puppet. If you look through the folsom-manifests repository, you'll see that there are a number of differences to what is shown above:
- There are a large number of arguments to each of the classes. This allows customisation without having to edit anything more than site.pp.
- There is more than one base class. Because the build node sits outside the openstack cluster but is still managed by puppet, there is a
basenode type, then inheriting from that that there is
os_basefor openstack nodes and
build-nodefor the build node.
- Nodes seem to be defined twice in site.pp. This is because they are defined once for the build node via their out of band address so that it can PXE boot and install ubuntu, and once so that puppet can manage them.


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Paul Francis Ryan, retired manager of cost accounting at the University,
died Sept. 5 after a short illness. He was 84.
Ryan was born in Detroit on Jan. 29, 1918. He was one of seven
children born to Andrew and Edna Burns Ryan. He graduated from the
University of Detroit, where he majored in accounting, and subsequently
earned his C.P.A. He began work with U-M in April 1959 and retired
in Oct. 1985 as the manager of cost reimbursement.
A long-time resident of Ann Arbor, Ryan enjoyed golf, Gilbert and
Sullivan musicals at the Mendelssohn Theater, lunches at the North
Campus Commons with friends, walks in his Old West Side neighborhood,
dinners at the Gandy Dancer and the University community in general.
He moved to Phoenix in 1994 where he honed his skills in Scrabble
through many games with his sister and nephew.
He is survived by two sisters, Mary of Phoenix and Martha of Boston,
and 11 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents,
his brothers Joseph, Robert and James, and his sister Jane Marshall.
He served in the Navy during World War II.
A memorial service was held at the Thunderbird Retirement Resort
on Friday, Sept. 13. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to
the Thunderbird Samaritan Hospice House, 5555 W. Thunderbird, Glendale,
Ariz. 85306.
- Submitted by Mary Anne Ryan and Martha Marshall, nieces


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KOEI, recognized worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and action games, today announced that Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends has reached gold status and will be available throughout North America beginning the week of March 18, 2008 for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.
The Samurai Warriors are back with a vengeance! This latest installment features six legendary samurai- each with their own storyline and powerful new weapons. With the introduction of Mercenary mode, the redesigned battlefields of "Okehazama" and "Shikoku", and new charge attacks, fans now have even more reasons to come back and join the fight.
About Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends
Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends (SW2XL) introduces six new playable characters to the series, including Toshiie Maeda, Gracia, Motochika Chosokabe, Katsuie Shibata, Kojiro Sasaki, and Yoshimoto Imagawa.
In the new Mercenary mode, players will get the chance to hire other samurai to fight alongside them.
SW2XL can be "remixed" with Samurai Warriors 2 (SW2) to add new Xtreme Legends features to SW2 (sold separately). With the Remix feature, players can use the characters from SW2 in SW2XL. Players can also play SW2's Story mode, Survival mode and Sugoroku modes using SW2XL's new characters. The Remix feature also increases character growth level maximums from 50 to 70, adds new charge attacks and adds a 5th weapon level to each of the original Samurai Warriors 2 characters.
SW2XL for Xbox 360 requires the original Samurai Warriors 2 game disc (sold separately), and will be available exclusively on Xbox Live Marketplace for 2400 Microsoft Points.
SW2XL for the PlayStation 2 can be played with or without the original Samurai Warriors 2 game disc. Consumers can find SW2XL for PlayStation 2 at the following retailers: Amazon.com, Best Buy, Game Crazy, GameStop, Gamefly, EB Games, and Wal-Mart.
Developed by Omega Force, KOEI's award-winning internal team, SW2XL is a 1-2 player game, with 2-player Co-op in Story and Free modes. SW2XL is rated "T" (Teen- Mild Language, Violence), by the ESRB. Media can find assets at www.gamespress.com.
About KOEI Corporation
Based in Burlingame, California, KOEI Corporation established operations in 1988 as the North American subsidiary of KOEI Co., Ltd. of Japan. KOEI is respected worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and simulation games, and is the innovator of the Tactical Action genre. The company's Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series of games have generated a combined 15 million units in global sales.
KOEI develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software for video game systems and personal computers. For fiscal 2006, KOEI posted worldwide revenues of $206 million. KOEI maintains operations in Japan, the U.S., the UK, France, Canada, China, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Lithuania. More information about KOEI and its products can be found at www.koei.com.


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Treats For All! 10 Vegan Baking Recipes from The Kitchn
Avoiding animal products doesn't mean missing out on the holiday baking fun. Here are 10 favorite recipes for vegan cakes, breads, cookies and more, including no-knead cranberry-walnut pumpkin bread and simple vanilla almond sandies.
• Sticky Orange Cake with Marmalade Glaze
• Vegan Chocolate Ginger Orange Cupcakes
• Vegan & Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Coconut Icing
• No-Knead Cran-Walnut Pumpkin Toasting Bread
• Peanut Butter Ginger Muffins
• Apple-Cinnamon Toastie
• Life-Changing Vegan Thumbprint Cookies
• Hazelnut and Olive Oil Shortbread
• The Raw Brownie from My New Roots
• Vegan Vanilla Almond Sandies
The recipes above are vegan as written (a few are gluten-free as well), but many bakers also have good luck adapting non-vegan baking recipes with vegan ingredients. Check out this post for some helpful tips on vegan baking substitutions:
→ Banana For an Egg: Vegan Substitutions for 8 Common Baking Ingredients
Do you have any favorite vegan baking recipes?
Related: Best for Last: 10 Gooey, Crunchy, & Creamy Vegan Desserts
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Ian Laperierre, the gritty right winger who helped the Flyers advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, will probably miss the remainder of the playoffs, GM Paul Holmgren said on Tuesday.
Injured blocking a shot above his right eye in Thursday's series-clinching 3-0 win in New Jersey, Laperriere has a contusion of the brain and a mild concussion, Holmgren said. His eyesight has returned to normal, the GM said.
Below is a transcript of the conference call with Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren regarding an injury update of Laperriere:
Q: Paul, any update on Ian Laperriere?
"After seeing a couple different doctors both in Philadelphia yesterday and a specialist in Pittsburgh today, we've come to the understanding that Ian has a contusion of the brain, mild concussion and right now we're going to list him as being out indefinitely."
Q: Did the doctor say it's dangerous to play the rest of the year?
"I think this is significant. They saw a little spot there initially and I think they were hoping, like we all were, that it would dissipate a little bit, but after seeing the doctor yesterday and validating it again today – it kind of erased any optimism we had. Right now it's not safe for Ian to play."
Q: Paul is his vision still blurry today as you indicated yesterday?
"No. I think that cleared up even more today. I don't think that was a factor at all. This is just a brain injury obviously and I think we all need to take a step back here."
Q: Can you clarify out indefinitely. Is he out for the rest of this playoff run?
"They'll be a point in time, probably in four weeks, where we will give him another CAT scan and see what's going on. At that time maybe we can re-adjust, but that's a long ways off. That's four weeks and probably not doing a whole lot… and what's it take for him to get back into shape and that type of thing, so its' pretty safe to say that he's out indefinitely is probably for the remainder of the season."
Q: Was there any other sign that he experienced, any other symptoms that led you to think this might be…
"No. Nothing really. I even asked the doctor today, [Because I knew this was going to come up from one of you guys about a concussion]. First he said no, he didn't have a concussion but then he kind of back tracked and said 'Well its safe to say that he's got a mild concussion' so Ian felt… obviously the blurred vision scared him. The no vision scared him right away and then over the next day or so I think his eye started to clear up. I don't think that was an issue. When I talked to him on Saturday he kind of said 'You know, I just don't feel right' and that led me to believe that there's something else going on, but it was really just the one spot that showed up on a CAT scan that I think the doctors and all of us were hoping that it would go away and its just at the point now, where it's not and we just need to shut him down."
Q: Where did the spot show up on the CAT scan?
"Right there on the frontal part… probably right at the point of the injury."
Q: Is surgery a possibility at all?
"No… They think over time it will dissipate."
Q: Do you have someone on the roster you'll use in his place?
"Well, we tried a couple different guys in practice. It's hard to replace Ian and what he does, particularly on the penalty kill. He's a heart-and-soul guy on our hockey team and it's hard to replace that. I would think the penalty kill role that Darroll Powe and Claude Giroux and perhaps even Scott Hartnell will get more involved now. Some of the young guys who have killed penalties in the minor leagues like Kalinski and Nodl and players like that are certainly guys we can look at too. But from a fourth-line checking role to a penalty kill role, those are big shoes to fill."
Q: Is it even more painful to see him going out knowing what he's given this team?
"Those are hard shoes to fill because of what he does. He's a leader in our locker room and he knows what it takes this time of year. He's respected by everybody in our organization. You take a guy like that out of your lineup, it's a problem. So we're going to have to rally around it now and guys are going to have to step up big time."
Q: What was Ian's reaction?
"I didn't get a chance to talk to Ian when he left, they were just leaving the doctor in Pittsburgh when I found out about an hour ago. But I'm sure it was similar to mine, something you can't print."
Q: Who was the doctor?
"Joseph Maroon. He's the chief neurosurgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Hospital." (www.josephmaroon.com)


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With more than 30,000 square feet, the UIC Forum is the ideal space for a variety of events including but not limited to conventions and trade shows' speaking engagements and lectures' concerts and other performances' banquets and galas' seminars and meetings and commencements.
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42 U.S. Code § 4370d - Percentage of Federal funding for organizations owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, on and after October 6, 1992, to the fullest extent possible, ensure that at least 8 per centum of Federal funding for prime and subcontracts awarded in support of authorized programs, including grants, loans, and contracts for wastewater treatment and leaking underground storage tanks grants, be made available to business concerns or other organizations owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (within the meaning of section 637(a)(5) and (6) of title 15), including historically black colleges and universities. For purposes of this section, economically and socially disadvantaged individuals shall be deemed to include women.
Section was enacted as part of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
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I'm going to be keynoting two conferences in the next month or so with extended remixes of the talk I gave at OSCON about women in open source, Standing Out in the Crowd. I'm very pleased to be have the opportunity to expand on some of the subjects I had to rush past in the fifteen minute version.
The first event is this coming Saturday the 19th of September. Atlanta Linux Fest is a free, grassroots event for the Linux and Open Source community and will feature lots of other great speakers including Ellen Ko, Rikki Kite, Michelle Hall, and more. If you're in the Atlanta area you should come on by! Register here!
The second is ZendCon, a PHP conference in San Jose on October 19-22. My keynote's on the 21st. Other women speaking include Sara Golemon and Elizabeth Marie Smith. If you'd like to attend, I've got a discount code for readers of this blog: enter "YDSK9" at registration time and you will get 5% off whatever package you choose.
If you're at either event, please come and say hi!


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We regret any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have questions or concerns, please contact the ICS Service Desk at 514-398-3398 or itsupport [at] mcgill.ca. You can also view the 2013 monthly maintenance schedule in the IT Knowledge Base.


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Magic: The Gathering
WEST HARTFORD--1/2/13--From left, Erik Glidden, of Farmington, teen services librarian Kari Karp of the West Hartford Public Library, and Braedon Murray, of West Hartford play Magic: The Gathering in the teen room Wednesday afternoon at the Noah Webster branch of the library. The next gathering of the club will be Feb. 20 at 3 p.m. According to Wikipedia, the game can be played by two or more players each using a deck of printed cards or a deck of virtual cards. Each game represents a battle between wizards who employ spells, and other things depicted on Magic cards to defeat their opponents. (RICK email@example.com)
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Key dates in complex CIA-Senate dispute.
WASHINGTON -- Senators accuse the CIA of spying on their work. The CIA accuses a Senate panel of stealing its documents. It's ''a defining moment'' that will determine whether Congress can fulfill its duty to watch over the nation's spy agencies, says Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein.
Here's a chronology of events leading up to the Senate vs. CIA showdown, based on Feinstein's description Tuesday:
2002: In response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the CIA begins its secret detention and interrogation program. Waterboarding, prolonged sleep deprivation, confinement in a dark, cramped box and other harsh techniques are used on high-level al-Qaida suspects at secret overseas prisons.
2005: Reports of inhumane treatment of detainees, labeled torture by many critics, are widely circulated. Congress reacts by passing the Detainee Treatment Act to prohibit cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of any prisoner.
September 2006: Then-CIA Director Michael Hayden briefs the full Senate Intelligence Committee on the still officially secret detention interrogation programs for the first time, just hours before President George W. Bush publicly discloses their existence.
December 2007: The New York Times reveals that the CIA has destroyed dozens of videotapes of some of the CIA's earliest interrogations that used waterboarding and other ''enhanced interrogation techniques'' on al-Qaida detainees. Hayden tells the Senate committee that detailed records of the interrogations still exist on paper. Two committee staffers spend months reviewing thousands of documents.
March 2009: Senators on the committee find the staffers' finished report ''chilling,'' according to Feinstein, D-Calif., who says the methods ''were far different and far more harsh'' than the CIA had described. The committee, now under Feinstein's leadership, launches a comprehensive study and asks the CIA to turn over documents about the secret prisons.
2009: The CIA objects to bringing the classified documents to Capitol Hill. Then-CIA Director Leon Panetta and Feinstein agree that Senate committee staff will review the documents at a secure facility leased by the CIA in Virginia. The Senate staffers are to use a ''stand-alone computer system'' that would be segregated from CIA computers and protected from access by CIA personnel. The senators agree to let the CIA vet each document beforehand -- a time-consuming process because the release eventually will grow to 6.2 million pages.
Mid-2009: The CIA begins making thousands and thousands of documents available via computer to the Intelligence Committee staff. With no index or organization, Feinstein says, it was ''a true document dump.'' The committee asks for a search tool to help sort through the information, and the CIA provides it.
February 2010: CIA personnel secretly remove roughly 870 pages from the electronic document dump that had previously been available to the committee staff.
Mid-May 2010: Another 50 or so pages are secretly removed from the secure computer system by the CIA.
Later in May 2010: Committee investigators notice that some documents are missing. The committee complains to the CIA, which first denies that anything was taken from the system and later contends that removal of the documents was ordered by the White House. Officials at the White House deny in such order. Feinstein complains to the White House and gets an apology from the CIA and assurances that it won't happen again.
At some point in 2010: Committee staff searching the computerized documents find an internal review conducted in 2009 and 2010 by CIA personnel summarizing and analyzing the materials that had been provided to the Senate panel. Those documents, now referred to as the ''internal Panetta review,'' acknowledge ''significant CIA wrongdoing,'' according to Feinstein. It's not clear why they were among the documents turned over to the committee.
Committee staffers print copies of the internal Panetta review and make electronic copies on their CIA-provided computer system for future reference.
Probably sometime in 2010: Most of the internal Panetta review documents are deleted from the CIA's computerized document dump. Senate staffers, busy with a flood of incoming documents, don't notice when the report disappears. They still have the copies they made.
December 2012: The Senate Intelligence Committee approves its classified 6,300-page study of the detention and interrogation program and sends its findings to the executive branch.
June 2013: The CIA responds. The agency agrees with some of the Senate's work, but disagrees with important parts. The Senate panel is surprised to see that the CIA is disputing some findings that were clearly acknowledged in the agency's earlier internal review.
Later in 2013: Concerned about the disparity between the CIA's official response and its earlier internal review, Senate staffers spirit away a printed portion of the Panetta review and bring it to the committee's secure space in a Capitol Hill office building. Feinstein says it was the right thing to do because the documents are ''significant and important to protect.'' They corroborate critical elements of the Senate committee's findings ''that the CIA's official response either objects to, denies, minimizes or ignores,'' she says.
Late 2013: Feinstein asks the CIA to turn over its full, final version of the internal Panetta review, because the committee has only a partial document.
Jan. 15, 2014: In a secret emergency meeting, CIA Director John Brennan discloses that the CIA has conducted a search of the Senate committee's computers at the secure CIA-leased facility. According to Feinstein,
Brennan told her and the committee vice chairman, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., that the search included the walled-off network driving containing the Senate committee's work and its internal communications.
The CIA accuses committee staffers of obtaining the agency's internal Panetta review through unauthorized means and says its investigation will continue.
Jan. 17: Feinstein writes to Brennan objecting to any further CIA investigation of the Senate committee.
Feinstein says the CIA may have violated the constitutional separation of powers and the Fourth Amendment.
Also in January: The CIA's inspector general, David Buckley, begins an investigation into the CIA's activities regarding the Senate. Feinstein says that Buckley has referred information about the CIA's conduct to the Justice Department for a possible criminal investigation.
Later in January: The CIA's acting counsel general parries with his own referral to the Justice Department, suggesting that Senate staffers might have committed a crime in accessing and transporting the internal Panetta review.
Feinstein says she views this ''as a potential effort to intimidate this staff, and I am not taking this lightly.''
She notes that the CIA acting general counsel who made allegations against Senate staffers was previously the chief lawyer for the detention and interrogation program and is mentioned frequently in the Senate report.
March 11: Feinstein rises on the Senate floor to condemn the CIA's conduct and calls for public release of her committee's classified report.
''If the Senate can declassify this report,'' she says, ''we will be able to ensure that an un-American, brutal program of detention and interrogation will never again be considered or permitted.''
She also says that how the allegations between the CIA and the Senate are resolved will be a defining moment that determines whether the committee can effectively monitor the nation's intelligence activities, ''or whether our work can be thwarted by those we oversee.''
Brennan denies that the CIA spied on the Senate panel or made any attempt to thwart the Senate investigation.
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|September 13, 2011, 01:48 PM
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590 has an easier to change the mag spring.
|September 14, 2011, 04:32 PM
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I love my 590 Special Purpose! I love the 870 too but sometimes I'd get shells stuck between the shell lifter and mag tube so that's the main reason I switched to a Mossberg 590 for home defense because the lifter sits flush with the bolt and I can just drop shells into the mag tube. I know a bayonet isn't really practical for anything but I got one anyway!
|September 14, 2011, 10:32 PM
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That's an awesome bayonet.
|September 15, 2011, 11:12 AM
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Is that the 590A1 SPX??
I got the 930 SPX but i am seriously pondering the 590A1SPX... I want a 590A1 real bad but also want a Benelli Supernova Tactical real bad too, cant do both.
|September 15, 2011, 05:09 PM
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It's a Mossberg 590 Special Purpose, it doesn't have the thick barrel like the 590A1. That doesn't matter to me though because it's still a great shotgun. I think the bayonet makes the gun look very intimidating!
|September 15, 2011, 07:50 PM
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+1 for the 590A1. I would not go with any other for HD. I chose model 51660.
|September 19, 2011, 06:55 PM
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I think that for most people the 590, which is the souped up 500 and not the mil-spec 590A1, is the best bet for most shooters.
It has the heat shield, which is a practical addition to a 500, and the bayonet lug, which is not really practical at all but provides some fun if one wants. Putting a heat shield on a 590A1 means going aftermarket and DIY.
The 590A1 is HEAVY. The thick walled barrel offers no particular advantage to the civilian shooter. As noted, it was to make the barrel more resistant to accidental shipboard dinging, where one might KERRANG!!! the thing off of a watertight door or its opening whilst running full speed. The 590 can use any barrel that fits a 500. It remains lighter and handier than the 590A1 when fitted with a sidesaddle, a lighted forearm, or other added weight.
The 590 is blued rather than parkerized. Whether that is an advantage is a matter of taste.
To my mind, the only reason to get a 590A1 are to get the 8+1 capacity of the 20" gun or to get the ghost rings for an affordable amount. The sights alone are a good deal of the markup difference if the price to acquire them separately is a reliable indicator. I only see a GRS setup as desirable for a longer range slug shot capability, again something that a sailor or a Marine might have more call for than any civilian buyer.
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|September 19, 2011, 10:04 PM
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spyderdude.......very nice "590"!
I have to axe, where'd you get the bayonet and how much?
Are there any other guns that have the BAYONET MOUNT?
Or if not, does somebody make a bayonet mount to put on a shotgun?
(YES.....I WANT a bayonet......so what!?!)
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|September 19, 2011, 10:39 PM
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Can't speak to your other question, but an AUTHENTIC M-9 like the one pictured, or Marine Corps bayonet, (the USMC uses one that is very much like a Ka-Bar knife these days), are pick your poison for about $100.00+ shipping from an internet retailer like Knife Center of the Internet.
You can get knock off M-9 bayos for about half that if you don't mind using/relying upon Chinese mystery blade steel. The real deals are not made out of cheap stainless steel.
M-9 Bayonet by Ontario Knife Co.
USMC Bayonet by Ontario Knife Co.
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|September 19, 2011, 10:45 PM
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Thanks Gats!
I was in the ARMY 45 years ago and haven't handled a bayonet since, but the USMC bayonet by ONTARIO KNIFE will fit the Mossberg?
Are bayonet "mounts" the same, so all bayonets have the same "mount"?......
or am I delusional?
|September 20, 2011, 02:17 AM
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The Mossberg bayo mount is identical to the current M-16 family's mount, (M-7, M-9, the USMC model). They can mount any bayonet that the service rifle with a mount can. I haven't tried it personally, but the USMC bayo should work just fine.
Leave the gun, take the cannoli.
|September 20, 2011, 09:44 AM
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Bayonets look cool on shotguns,but....
Check your Zero.
Mount bayonet.
Pitchfork something like a hay bale.
You have had bayonet training,right?
Recheck Zero.
The barrel metal on shotguns is too thin to withstand the forces generated by using a bayonet as it is intended to be used. Same thing happened in Nam with the early M-16s with much thicker barrel walls.
If it's strictly for looks, have at it. But utility's very limited....
|September 20, 2011, 06:18 PM
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The OKC S3 Marine Fighting Bayonet grip is about 1/16" longer than the M-9. So is the Army's Tanto bladed version. They will fit rifles. They may NOT fit shotguns quite as well -- you are warned.
The M-9 is, in fact, cheap 420 stainless steel and won't hold an edge. It is meant more as a corrosion-resistant sharp pry bar only without a full tang. If you want decent steel, as in a knife, just like it get the 1095 carbon steel bladed M-10 -- it'll be at least moderately useful as a knife but you'll have to maintain it a bit more.
Good luck.
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|September 20, 2011, 06:53 PM
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This is my standard load out for HD, currently, I need and am saving for an Optic, EoTech. It covers everything I need.
8- 2-3/4 #8s in the tube
4- 2-3/4 4 Bucks
1- Door Breacher
1- OKC "Issued" Bayonet
1- Knoxx Recoil Reducing stock
I have owned a Win 1300 Defender, Mav 88, no problems at all and fired many a 870 and 500 without any gripes but the 590A1 is a beast and will take more abuse. I will never bash any of the other good pump scatter guns but the 590A1... is another level of durable.
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|September 20, 2011, 07:16 PM
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Dave, to answer your question, yes, I had Bayonet Training at Sand Hill, Ft Benning, Georgia, and Advanced Infantry Training (AIT) in Germany, as well as
"engagement" in SE Asia in '66-'67 with both the M14 and M16.
There's no doubt in my mind that I could still use a bayonet more physically proficient than most (even at my age), as well as being "mentally" prepared for such contact.
Didn't mean to get off topic, I'm just answering your question.
If somebody wants a bayonet on their HD weapon, I say go for it.
Staring at a barrel is intimidating, but not as scary as staring at a 10" blade in your face!
|September 20, 2011, 08:14 PM
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I have tested your theory regarding the bayonet on the 590a1 with the heavy barrel and its zero never changed. Have you actually ever handled a 590a1 heavy barrel, I am almost positive that if the knife was not there you could use the barrel as a bludgeoning tool to beat an enemy to death with, it must weaigh the thick end of 3 pounds.
|September 20, 2011, 10:48 PM
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I think the bayonette is more of a confidence builder, based on my time in Nam during 65 to 66 as a Marine, but then I wasn't a grunt and I wasn't in the front line. It also has psych advantages when it comes to crowd control. My concern isn't so much for the barrel of the heavy Mossberg military model, but the walls of the magazine since that is what the bayonette attaches to on a Mossberg.
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|September 20, 2011, 11:25 PM
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I haven't shot a 590, but have had some bayonet training. Not in the USAF,66-70, but later.
If someone wants a bayonet,fine. They should know the drawbacks.....
|September 21, 2011, 07:06 PM
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I found the 590A1 20" 8+1 too long/front heavy to wield properly and so when I bought my own A1 went with an extended 5+1 (so 6 or 7 + 1) 18-1/2". Much more handy I feel. The standard 590 may be perfection out of the box (both with a +4 SpeedFeed stock).
Kaylorinhi, thanks for the pic. It is of a Mossberg with a great Marine S3 bayonet -- basically an elongated Kabar for the M-16. An excellent tool (one of, if not the, best overall bayonet today). So, look at the distance of the guard from the back of the magazine tube nut extension where it should be resting. That is NOT a very secure mount and probably should not be trusted regardless of barrel or mag tube weight. Compare this to the earlier pic of the Mossberg with an M-9 and you'll see how much further back it sits on the mount.
Sorry, but the shotgun is practically limited to the earlier AR bayonets that are quite available. And their size, shape, and weight are probably better for that shotgun as well, including being shorter. By the way, NONE of these blades are anywhere near 10 inches -- that was WW II. In fact, the longest , the S3, is 8".
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|September 28, 2011, 12:21 AM
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I have owned both the 590SP and the 590A1, and I will never get rid of the latter (traded in the SP for it). It's the 18.5" barrel as well, and it's awesome.
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|September 28, 2011, 08:21 PM
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Just bought the 590, model 50660. I'll post pics and a range report when I get the gun (thanks California and your tough laws).
Thanks again for all the help guys!
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|October 6, 2012, 09:19 PM
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Just throwing this out there but I have an H&R Pardner pump which is an all steel, 870 knock-off. The adjustable stock and pistol grip is for an 870 and it was a perfect fit. Gun was ordered from CTD and the stock came from Amazon. Cost was around $250 total for the budget minded.
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