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Officials attend NASCO conference
City of Kansas City, Mo., officials attended the North America SuperCorridor Coalition conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from May 31 to June 2.
This conference brought together senior government and business leaders from Canada, the United States and Mexico. The conference focused on building a sustainable and secure trade and transportation corridor for North America. The City's delegation met with Manitoba Premier Gary Doer, Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz, Winnipeg Councillor Franco Magnifico, the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, and Manitoba trade representatives.
"Kansas City was recognized everywhere. During his presentation, even Premier Doer spoke of Kansas City's active work in developing business along the corridor," City Manager Wayne A. Cauthen said.
Councilman George Blackwood Jr., 4th District, who also serves as president of the North America SuperCorridor Coalition, was the master of ceremonies of the three-day conference. Ron Lemieux, Minister, Manitoba Transportation and Government Services served as conference chair.
Long-term benefits of building relationships at conferences like these are more jobs in Kansas City and with partners in Canada and in Mexico. Immediate results of the conference include a session that is slated to take place in Manzanillo, Mexico, in June. Leaders from Kansas City, Mexico and Canada will be a part of the gathering slated to take action on trade and transportation issues affecting all three areas. Kansas City established a trade agreement with officials at Manzanillo's deepwater port in 2005.
"I started working on our North American relationships and partnerships when I was mayor pro tem, and Mayor Barnes has continued supporting me in that work. Councilwoman Bonnie Sue Cooper and I have worked on this issue together. Now it's paying off," Blackwood said.
Councilwoman Bonnie Sue Cooper, 2nd District at large, was the keynote presenter at the tri-lateral luncheon and her topic was the role of cities in enhancing trade and transportation along the mid-continent corridor.
"Without a doubt, the response was wonderful when I told the story of how Kansas City established its trade and transportation routes and took a lead role in becoming an inland port," Cooper said.
Cooper took the lead with the City in establishing the Mexiplex, which currently houses the Kansas City-Mexico Business Development Office, the Hispanic Chamber, the Mexican Consulate and other offices related to Latino trade. Canada has been invited to join the City and Mexico in that center and establish a trade office.
As a result, Kansas City companies seeking local market exposure, agents, distributors or strategic alliance partners in central Canada will have an opportunity to take part in a trade mission to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in September.
Companies that participate in the mission will have one-on-one prescheduled appointments with Canadian businesses in the greater Winnipeg area and the Province of Manitoba.
For more information about this trade mission to Canada, contact Stephan Bras, Office of International Affairs and Trade, (816) 513-3521, or email@example.com.


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Salute to Elvis at Huber farm
On Sunday, Dec. 9, Joe Huber's Family Farm and Restaurant will host a holiday salute to Elvis in a production by Robert Shaw and the Lonely Street Band.
The event features lunch at 1 p.m. and the show starting at 2:30. Call 812-923-5255 for tickets or information.
Meeting set for new residents
New Friends and Neighbors of Southern Indiana will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11.
Newcomers to the area are welcome. Call Carolyn Ledford 812-949-6021 for meeting program and location.
NAACP banquet scheduled next week
The annual New Albany/Floyd County NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at The Grand, 138 E. Market St., New Albany.
The speaker will be the Rev. Eric A. Johnson, pastor at Greater Galilee Church in Louisville with music by The Spiritual Wonders. Tickets are $40.
Email email@example.com or call 812-987-6266 for more information or tickets.
Indiana Room offering tours
There have been many changes taking place at the Stuart B. Wrege Indiana Room at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library over the past four months. During the week of Dec. 10-15 Matt Eidem, Indiana Room archivist, will be giving tours of areas of the Indiana Room that patrons will not have access to throughout the rest of the year.
The tour will consist of the Indiana Room, its two collection storage areas, and a demonstration of the library's new overhead scanner which will be used to digitize fragile materials. Tours will last 20 to 30 minutes.
Tours are available at the following date and time: Dec. 10-12, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m.; Dec. 13, 1 to 3:30 p.m. and 5 to 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 15, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m.
JHS choir holding Christmas Concert
The Jeffersonville High School choir, under the direction of Leslie Rajchel, will present a Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9 at First Presbyterian Church in Jeffersonville.
The church is located at 222 Walnut St. and the concert is free and open to the public.
Bazaar coming to Cook church
Cook Memorial United Methodist Church, 1025 Allison Lane, Jeffersonville, will sponsor a Christmas bazaar and cookie walk from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, in the church fellowship hall.
Homemade cookies will be $5 a pound.
Bridgepoint hosting holiday bazaar
Bridgepoint Elementary School will host a Holiday Bazaar for students, parents and the community from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8.
Breakfast will be served from 9 to 11 along with the opportunity for children to have their picture taken with Santa Claus. Make-and-take craft stations will also be available for children, with the help of the Jeffersonville High School Anchor Club.
An array of vendors will be present with a variety of crafts and gift items to help cross things off the holiday shopping list. Doughnuts and hot chocolate will be available until 11 a.m., with the Jeffersonville Zaxby's providing appetizers until 2 p.m.
Bridgepoint is located at 420 Ewing Lane in Jeffersonville.
NARFE Christmas party coming up
The National Association of Retired Federal Employees Jeffersonville Chapter 381 will hold its Christmas party at noon Tuesday, Dec. 11, at Logan's Roadhouse in Clarksville.
Members and guests will order from the menu. Members are asked to consider bringing a table centerpiece for a door prize or a dessert to share. Special musical entertainment will be provided by Sarah Jones. No reservations are required.
Ag outlook on the way
The Purdue Extension Service of Clark County will present a program titled Agricultural Outlook 2013 at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 18 at the Clark County 4-H Fairgrounds, 9608 Ind. 62, Charlestown.
The program is free to the public and is designed to help farmers, land owners, input suppliers, and those interested in agriculture make better business decisions in the coming year. The program will be presented by Dr. Chris Hurt, an Agricultural Economist from the Purdue campus. Breakfast is provided, and reservations should be made by calling 812-256-4591 by Dec. 14.


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A Duluth Middle School student was injured during a bathroom altercation with another student in the boy's bathroom during a classroom break Thursday (Dec. 6).
Sloan Roach, executive director of communications and media relations for Gwinnett County Public Schools, confirmed Friday morning that the incident had occurred, that the student had been cut during the altercation and required medical attention. His injury reportedly was not life-threatening.
"A sharp instrument was involved, but it wasn't a knife," Roach said.
Parents of the two sixth grade male students were contacted. The injured student's parents transported him to obtain medical treatment, Roach said. A letter was sent home by the principal Thursday afternoon informing school parents of the incident, she said.
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In 2012, Google may have received 500 National Security Letters, requests from the FBI for identifying data -- such as name or address -- about one or more Google users. The number of NSLs may have actually been 200, though. Or possibly 950. Or perhaps (but almost certainly not) zero. In fact, all we know is that Google received between zero and 999 NSLs in 2009, as well as 2010, 2011, and 2012. That's not a lot of useful data, but it's more than we knew even one day ago.
Google today announced it's attempting to shed light on how the FBI is using controversial NSLs to obtain information about Google users. In a nutshell, an NSL is a request from the FBI or other federal agencies conducting national security investigations. Agencies can play the NSL card to obtain a communication-service customer's name, address, length of services, or local and long-distance toll billing records through NSLs.
The FBI is not required to get court approval to issue an NSL. According to Google, an NSL can't be used in ordinary criminal, civil, or administrative matters. Additionally, FBI can't use NSLs to obtain anything else from Google, such as Gmail content, search queries, YouTube videos, or user IP addresses, according to the company.
"The FBI has the authority to prohibit companies from talking about these requests. But we've been trying to find a way to provide more information about the NSLs we get -- particularly as people have voiced concerns about the increase in their use since 9/11," wrote Richard Salgado, legal director of law enforcement and information security at Google.
To that end, Google has secured the feds' blessing to share strikingly vague data on the NSL requests it has received from the FBI since 2009. "You'll notice that we're reporting numerical ranges rather than exact numbers. This is to address concerns raised by the FBI, Justice Department and other agencies that releasing exact numbers might reveal information about investigations," Salgado explained.


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Michael A. Sawyers
Cumberland Times-News
Let's do something we haven't done for a while.
Let's reach into the Bad-Idea File and see what we come up with.
Reaching now. Feeling around. There's one. Got it.
Well, look at this. The Frederick News-Post is reporting that the Maryland State Police wants to help farmers get rid of crop-eating deer.
In essence, the program would link a willing trooper with a landowner who wants deer killed.
The News-Post article said MSP representative Michael J. Brady is coordinating the effort and attributes this to Brady:
The farmer benefits by reducing deer population on their land; the police officers enjoy a recreational activity and provide venison for their familes, the farmer or the Hunters Feeding the Hungry program, and the public gains by reduction in the number of deer accidents.
In addition, Frederick County Farm Bureau President Charles Brault is quoted as saying:
If you have, or know of someone who has concerns about letting inexperienced shooters or people you don't know, hunt your farm, Maryland State Police has proposed a solution.
I have two concerns about this idea. I don't think it draws from a large enough hunter pool to get the job done and it eliminates license buying hunters.
Four percent of Marylanders hunt. I would think that means that 4 percent of troopers hunt. How many troopers are in or near Frederick County who would be the pool for this effort?
If it is 100 troopers, that means four are hunters. If it is 200 troopers, that means eight are hunters. If it is 400 troopers, that means that 16 are hunters.
That doesn't seem like many hunters to take on the task of removing the number of cuds needed to make a dent in the problem.
Anyway, the Maryland Wildlife & Heritage Service already has a system in place that allocates deer killing authority to farmers and allows them or those they designate to remove a certain number of deer after crop damage has been proven.
If you really want deer removed from your corn or soybean fields, here is an idea.
Maryland has in place a system of managed deer hunts. To participate, hunters must show that they have a certain level of skill using the bow or muzzleloader or shotgun or rifle. Use that same qualification system to certify hunters and make a list of them to be perused by farmers with crop damage.
If some of those people happen to be state troopers, that's fine. In any event, it will put more qualified hunters a phone call away than just relying on police officers.
The wildlife agency has also addressed the deer/crop problem in that part of the state by allowing bowhunters to take an unlimited number of antlerless deer.
Killing deer and caring for the carcass is not an effortless task, especially if you do the processing yourself. It can get old after a while and, really, how many deer can one family eat, whether it is a trooper's family or not.
The MSP idea is on the right track, it just needs to have a wider vision.
I can envision Allegany County families taking advantage of such a program, even in Frederick County.
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In "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo," Phineas and Ferb travel to the future to find a tool that hasn't been invented yet, and run into future Candace. Seeing an opportunity to finally bust her brothers, she follows them back through time to catch them building their rollercoaster, and exposes their antics to her mom. In the process, she accidentally foils Agent P's defeat of Dr. Doofenshmirtz, starting a chain reaction that turns the future into a dystopian society.
Guest starring is Jennifer Stone ("Wizards of Waverly Place") as Amanda, Moises Arias ("Hannah Montana") as Fred and Jennifer Grey ("Dirty Dancing") as the Librarian.This episode of "Phineas and Ferb" airs MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 (8:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD.


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Several local residents have been nominated for the honorary State FFA Degree, Oklahoma FFA's highest award to recognize outstanding adult support.
The degree recognizes those who have greatly contributed to the advancement of agricultural education and provided outstanding service to their local program, school and community. Recipients will receive the award April 30 during the 87th State FFA Convention at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
• Tahlequah — Randy Davis, Greenleaf Nursery president.
• Wagoner — Rick Bryant, retired teacher.
• Webbers Falls — Bill Shelby, Shelby-Ross Produce farm manager; Steve Shelby, SRS Feed owner.


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Animal movement has been a subject of research for a long period of time. Both qualitative and quantitative gait analyses
have been used to analyze horse and horse movement. Veterinarians, breeders, owners, and trainers all can potentially benefit
from the recent advances in gait analysis. Improved capabilities for data collection, storage, and analysis in combination
with the advancements in personal computer technology have provided an opportunity for these analytical techniques to be utilized
in the respective areas of interest. Currently these capabilities are only accessible at the institutional level, or they
are so highly technical that its use is limited. New methodologies are being developed to provide these tools to the professionals
who can utilize them.
Motion is the one common feature of all animals. Motion is a result of a combination of nerves stimulating muscle to move
bone. Abnormal motion occurs when this chain of events is disrupted. Locomotion of an animal is described as its gait. The
walk, trot, and gallop are three forms of gait. The walk and trot are symmetrical gaits. In this type of gait the movements
of the right side mirror the movements of the left side. The gallop is an example of an asymmetrical gait, whereby the limbs
of one side move in a different pattern then limbs on the other side.
It is important to understand normal and abnormal. Lameness is defined as a variance from normal gait. Soundness is a healthy
musculoskeletal system. Unsoundness is an unhealthy musculoskeletal system. If the level of unsoundness is not great enough
to alter the gait then an unsound horse may not exhibit lameness. It will alter how the forces are distributed throughout
the body. This can result in a primary problem that goes unnoticed that leads to a secondary problem that exhibits as lameness.
By not identifying the primary problem, a lameness can be treated, get better and then return. Gait analysis is a diagnostic
tool that can be used to assess lameness.
Subjective gait analysis is the most common diagnostic tool to assess lameness. This should be done prior to any physical
palpation. It starts by observing the animal while it is calm and resting, looking for conformational abnormalities or abnormal
stances. For example, does the horse seem to hold one leg up or put most of its body weight on a particular leg. After these
observations are noted the animal is analyzed while moving. The gait is a description of a particular series of leg and body
movements used for locomotion. In the trot, one front leg and the contralateral rear leg are in support and that is followed
by the other front leg and its' contralateral rear leg in support. This is the gait pattern that can give the best picture
of abnormal gait. If one of the segments is impaired the gait will be out of balance.
The patient is observed moving in a straight line toward and then moving away from the clinician. Next it should be assessed
moving in a straight line from the right side and then the left side. Then it should be observed moving in a circle, once
clockwise then counter-clockwise.
Most gait abnormalities can be detected with subjective gait analysis. A horse with a lesion causing severe sharp constant
pain will carry the limb and keep the weight off it. A dull aching pain will produce a limp during the gait analysis. A lesion
that produces a small pain that occurs in certain phases of locomotion allows the horse to adjust their gait for relief. This
altered gait can lead to subsequent orthopedic problems.
Quantitative gait analysis assigns numerical values to motion and includes the application of kinetics and kinematics. The
force plate is an example of kinetic analysis being used to assess lameness. The numerical values of the ground reaction forces
are used to determine variances of gait. Video analysis is used to assess the kinematic parameters of locomotion. With kinematic
analysis, linear parameters of movement can be measured to assess horizontal and vertical motion. Also, angular parameters
can measure the degrees of movement of the joints to analyze specific joint motion.
Veterinarians, trainers, and owners should be educated on the use of computer-assisted video gait analysis. The more information
that is distributed the greater the potential to benefit from the knowledge gained about animal locomotion.


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Mrs. Loretta Jane Goodyear, 66, of Unionville, Mo., passed away Friday, July 12, 2013 at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, Mo.
Per her wishes, her body will be cremated and a memorial graveside service will be held in Wisconsin at a later date.
Playle and Jones Family Funeral Home in Unionville, Mo. is in charge of arrangements.


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By RONNIE ELLIS
CNHI News Service
FRANKFORT — She's in. Alison Lundergan Grimes is going to challenge Mitch McConnell.
What must she do to win and what will her party do to help her? We know what McConnell plans to do. He's told us.
He said Wednesday in Louisville the race will come down to two things: the issues and his influence in Washington. Then he told us what the "issues" are: Grimes is a Democrat in a Republican-trending state which doesn't at all like Democratic President Barack Obama. That's not quite the same as debating federal spending, the rising income gap between the rich and the rest of us, health care or foreign policy.
Despite the awkward, poorly planned press conference Grimes held Monday to announce her candidacy, she was prepared for that one. When WHAS-TV's Joe Arnold asked where she stood on Obamacare, Grimes didn't hesitate.
"Regardless of the vote issued in this race, we cannot change who our president is," Grimes said. "But we can change who we have in Washington representing Kentucky."
Grimes will almost certainly make some announcement distancing herself from Obama's intention to deal with climate change and air pollution, what his Kentucky critics and coal interests term "Obama's war on coal."
But will Democratic coal field legislators like Speaker Greg Stumbo, House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins and others go to war for Grimes? Stumbo actually offered a strategy Grimes may want to think about. He pointed out that "an effective Senator" would have lobbied the president to adjust his policy to lessen the impact on Kentucky. That also implicitly undercuts McConnell's claim that his influence benefits Kentucky.
But another coal field Democrat said it will be tough for Grimes among his constituents. "They don't like McConnell," he said, "but they like Obama even less."
That's the core of McConnell's strategy. He knows he's not loved and can't win on voters' affection or approval. He has to raise his opponent's negatives higher than his own. He – and outside groups supporting him – will flood the airwaves with negative ads. He'll run as much against Obama as against Grimes.
Grimes needs her party's help to fight back. She'll receive financial help from outside Kentucky. But will Kentucky Democrats raise money for Grimes and will they put their own prestige on the line by publicly campaigning for her?
Will Gov. Steve Beshear go all out for Grimes, the daughter of his longtime nemesis Jerry Lundergan? It's hard to think of any Democrat who should want more to take out McConnell than Beshear, who was "be-sheared" by McConnell in the 1996 U.S. Senate race. Helping Democrats hold onto the state House and beat McConnell would burnish his party legacy.
Beshear's campaigns relied on contributions from the coal industry which has received most favored status treatment from his Energy and Environment Cabinet.
Will he now lobby the industry for Grimes now that she is running for Senate and not preparing for a 2015 race for Attorney General, a job Beshear's son, Andy, apparently wants? There was a time when Kentucky's Democratic governors would go all out to defeat a powerful Republican who has rubbed Democrats' noses in their own ineffectiveness. But I'm not sure those kinds of Democrats are still around.
Those Democrats were economic populists, friends of the little man as they would've put it. That would also seem a promising strategy for Grimes to employ against McConnell's influence argument. She might want to ask average Kentuckians just what his influence has done to make their lives better.
Grimes answered Democrats' pleas. Now we'll find out how badly those Democrats want her to win.
RONNIE ELLIS writes for CNHI News Service and is based in Frankfort. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow CNHI News Service stories on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cnhifrankfort.


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Springfield/Wellesley Box Score
Springfield, Mass. -- April 27, 2013 -- Behind the sterling pitching of Jen Joseph, the #1-seeded Springfield College softball team defeated Wellesley College, 5-0, this afternoon in its first game of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference post-season tournament at Potter Field. In the first game of the afternoon, #4-seeded Wellesley defeated #5-seeded MIT, 2-0.
Game #1 -- Wellesley 2, MIT 0
In the opening round of the 2013 NEWMAC softball tournament, #4-seeded Wellesley needed just two hits to get by #5-seeded MIT. Wellesley used timely hitting to score runs in the first and fifth innings, while solid pitching from starter Sarah Schwartzmeyer and reliever Lauren Goldfarb kept MIT off the scoreboard. Schwartzmeyer got the win for the Blue, moving to 10-3 on the season. She threw three and a third innings, allowing four hits with a walk and two strikeouts. Goldfarb picked up the save, tossing three and two-thirds, allowing two hits with a walk and four strikeouts.
MIT's Ellie Fodor earned the hard-luck loss, throwing six innings allowing just two hits and one earned run (two total). She walked a pair and struck out three, moving to 10-6 on the season.
Wellesley struck for a run in the bottom of the first inning, off of an RBI single from Jayne Ellis. Goldfarb reached on a fielder's choice and stole second, scoring on Ellis' base knock to right field.
MIT threatened in the top of the fourth, as singles from Karly McLaughlin and Kelly Wang put runners on first and second with just one out. The Blue's Goldfarb came in in relief, however, shutting down the Engineers by striking out two straight batters to get out of the inning.
Wellesley added an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth inning, as a leadoff walk to Mara Blesoff came around to score. After the walk, a sacrifice bunt put pinch runner Jennifer Migliore on second and a bunt single from Mariah Philips advanced her to third. An MIT throwing error on a grounder by Carly Bresee then allowed Migliore to score, making it 2-0.
MIT rallied in the top of the seventh, as a double from Sarah Van Belleghem and an infield single from Alexandra Marshall put runners on the corners with two down. Goldfarb then induced a ground ball to second to end the game and preserve the shut out for Wellesley.
Wellesley's offense was limited to an RBI single from Ellis and an infield basehit from Philips. MIT's Van Belleghem and Marshall collected two hits each, with Bellenghem recording the only extra base hit of the game.
Wellesley then moved on to play Springfield in game two.
Game #2 -- Springfield 5, Wellesley 0
Behind a two-run, two-RBI performance from Christina Leader and a scoreless five innings from pitcher Jen Joseph, Springfield College defeated Wellesley College, 5-0, in the second game of Day One of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Softball Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Potter Field.
Wellesley earned the right to play top-seeded Springfield in the double elimination tournament by defeating MIT 2-0 in the first game of the day. But Springfield's Joseph, who finished the regular season with a 1.76 ERA, allowed only two hits en route to the victory.
The Pride wasted no time jumping on Wellesley pitcher Lindsay Johnson. Kelly Blake reached base on an error to begin the bottom of the first inning. That was followed by a walk to Leader. With runners on second and third base, freshman Jenna Webb singled, driving in a run. The next batter, senior Breann Joyce, collected an RBI on a fielder's choice.
In the bottom of the second inning, the Springfield offense continued to click. Catcher Elizabeth Joseph looped a single to shallow left field, and advanced to third base on a Blake double to deep center field. Leader, who was the offensive catalyst all day for the Pride, collected two RBI on a ground ball up the middle, extending the Springfield lead to 4-0. The inning ended when she was thrown out trying to advance to second base.
The fifth and final Springfield run came in the bottom of the fifth inning. Leader started it off with a bunt single down the third baseline, advanced to second on a ground out by Webb, and scored on a line drive single to left field by Joyce.
Caisie Cadorette went the final two frames in relief of Joseph, who pitched five innings of two-hit ball, striking out five and walking one. The sophomore Cadorette surrendered one hit each in the sixth and seventh innings, but did not allow any Wellesley runners to cross home plate.
For the Pride, Leader submitted a brilliant performance, going 2-2 at the plate, driving in two runs and scoring two more. Webb drove in the game's first run, and Joyce collected two RBI.
The Pride will host the remaining games of the NEWMAC Softball Championship next weekend (May 4-5). Springfield will play Coast Guard in the first game on Saturday, May 4th at 10 am, after the Bears defeated Babson (1-0) and Wheaton (3-2) at Wheaton on Saturday afternoon.


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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — They're called "leathernecks" or "Devil Dogs," but some of the Marines killed in a desert training accident this week were just a year or so out of high school, their boyish faces not yet weathered by life's hardships.
Just 19, Pfc. Josh Martino of Dubois, Pa., had already spent nearly half his young life dreaming of becoming one of "the few, the proud." He had joined in July and was hoping to marry his fiancee later this year before being deployed to Afghanistan, his mother said.
"Since he was probably 8 years old he wanted to be a Marine," Karen Perry said Wednesday after meeting with military officials to start planning her son's funeral. "That's all he wanted to do."
Lance Cpl. Josh Taylor, 21, also seemed to have been born for the Corps. The Marietta, Ohio, native had talked about being a Marine since he was about 5, said his grandfather, Larry Stephens. Josh, too, was planning for a wedding, scheduled for May.
Both young men were among seven members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force killed late Monday when a mortar shell exploded in its firing tube during an exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada. Eight men were injured, some severely.
A decade after the invasion of Iraq and nearly 12 years since the United States launched the global war on terror, Americans have become wearily accustomed to the sight of flag-draped coffins being solemnly offloaded at Dover Air Force Base. But news of such loss on American soil, far from any foreign battlefield, has the power to shock.


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PGA Tour golfer James Driscoll will pitch in to help Boston Marathon bombing victims by donating $1,000 for every birdie he makes at the RBC Heritage this week in Hilton Head Island, S.C., and the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, he said in a social-media post Wednesday.
"I am donating 1k per birdie this week and next. All money going directly to #theonefundboston. #birdiesforboston" he posted on his Twitter account, @jdriscollpga, with a link to a PGATour.com page that further explains his effort and allows people to donate directly.
Driscoll, who hails from Boston, will donate proceeds to The One Fund Boston, launched by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino the day after the attacks.
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Niagara Gazette — CLARENCE – McKinley threw up a few barriers but the road to the Section VI Class A basketball championship still goes through Grand Island.
Cassie Oursler poured in 34 points, 15 in a runaway fourth quarter, to lead the four-time defending champion Vikings past the once-beaten Buffalo city champs by a deceptively wide 65-42 margin in the A-1 semifinals Tuesday night.
Oursler also seized 13 rebounds and blocked five shots, at least by the Gazette's count, but for the Vikings, the game's most perilous stats were the two fouls she picked up in the first half and another in the third quarter. She played barely 22 of the game's 32 minutes.
What held the Vikings in it, then, was the play of the shorter survivors – Megan O'Leary, Leoner Guardo, Grace Olszewski, Stephanie Knight, Lexi Kalinowski, Dakayla Winfield – when both Oursler and her "tower twin," Kassie Bennett, went to the bench with the score tied three minutes before halftime.
Winfield whipped a pass to Knight for two, then hit a falling-away 10-footer. Kalinowski popped in a short jumper; even without its length, Island still had strength and a four-point lead at the break.
"It included everybody," said GI coach Jen Banker. "We tried little things and they worked."
Oursler returned as play resumed, then sat with a third foul. The Macks closed to 38-34 with 1:57 in the third when Guardo led a fast break, accepted what was ruled as a flagrant foul and dropped a free throw for a five-point margin.
After the Macks' Shemecca Minor scored to start the fourth, Isle went on a 12-point run, boosted by Olszewski's timely steal, and at 51-36, little was left to determine except the margin and when fouling time came, Olszewski, Winfield and Oursler took turn filling the nets.
"We seem to play better when we have our starters in the game," Banker dead-panned.
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Dear Ms, Carbonell, Well Done with reguard to your Ted Nugent artical. You managed well to sideline Ted's main message and went right to the subliminal underpinnings of the true message.
I feel inspired. While I do not take the "cut their heads off" comment seriously, I do find it somewhat wonderous,.. How does one learn to to overlook the body of a message and go straight to the agenda?
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First just wanna say thank you to the compliments, it is always nice to hear. Secondly I wanted to explain the drawing a little. Nope, not a toof. Supposed to be spit, but combined with bad art and the image being resized to fit the page it really does kinda look like it doesn't it? Cloudbreaker, that is a interesting point. It is something that I never really thought of...who knows? I really expected Parson to have move...so who knows what else effects him. Hopefully we don't have to see our favorite protaganist stabbed to find out
The picture is guest art, and in no way can I speak for Rob Balder or Jamie Noguchi. Just a fan who got a very cool oppurtunity. I look foward to seeing the other artist that Rob picks, and what they do with their interpertations. That is a good word too...interpertations, I read what ya'll read, so I had no inside info. The troops thing kinda bothered me too, but I just drew what was read. They might be marching back in forth between the internal and external gates, or maybe they are protecting the courtyard from tunnel attacks while the sourmanders are on look out? That or 32 troops wanted a place to hideout from their officers and are the look out for a rear sneak attack. I would be doing the latter
I chose to draw Parsons reaction to the boundry that way, 'cause it is silly. Same for the basket. Also he took determined strides towards it, bravado in the face of certain embarrasement. Rob didn't descirbe Parson as moving slowly and cautiously. I'm a klutz and I walk into stuff all the time, and even if the obstacle isn't exactly hard I'm sure I have a redunculus expression on my face, even though I'm not hurt.
This was fun. I am very happy that I was asked to do a piece. I've been following webcomics for awhile now, and very few and far between does the creator let the fan base participate. How awesome is this? Welp, I will get off my soap box, I hope I helped the titans and entertained ya'll for a bit. Thanks for being open minded and not blasting the fragile ego of an artist.


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Laverry Kumar carded a one-over-par 73 Tuesday to lead UNCW in the final round
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Kumar's one-over-par finish to the 54-hole event catapulted
the New Delhi, India product up 16 spots on the final individual leaderboard as
she finished the tournament in a four-way tie for 30th with a 226 (78-75-73) result.
Freshman Johanna Bjoerk carded a 77 over the final 18 holes
to end up one stroke back of Kumar in a tie for 34th at 11-over-par (74-76-77=227).
Junior Lori Beth Adams finished tied for 43rd with a 230 (73-77-80) tournament
scorecard while junior Jeanne Metivier (84-80-82=246/T-75th) and sophomore
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"Laverry's round today was outstanding under difficult conditions,"
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214 (73-72-69). Notre Dame's Lindsey Weaver (70-71-74=215), a second-round
co-leader, and UC Davis' Demi Runas (72-73-70) finished one shot back of McCoy
in a tie for second. Three players - Iowa State's Punpaka Phuntumabamrung, UC
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tie for fourth at even par.
The Seahawks combined for a team total 312 Tuesday to finish
the 54-hole event in 14th place with a tournament scorecard of 929 (309-308-312),
two strokes ahead of 15th-place Colorado (308-303-320=931).
"I thought we got off to a good start today," said Ho. "We played
our first nine holes very well under tough conditions. Over our last nine
holes, however, we got into trouble with some of the tougher holes on the
course and we started to press, which made things difficult for us."
No. 6 Arizona took home team medalist honors with a
three-round total of 879 (293-289-297), rallying from a two-stroke deficit to
claim a four-shot victory over 36-hole leader No. 2 Washington (287-283-303=883).
Host Northwestern (298-294-292=884) finished one stroke back of the Huskies in
UNCW returns to action Oct. 8-9 in the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate,
hosted by East Carolina at the Greenville Golf Club in Greenville, N.C.
"I saw a lot of good things from our entire lineup," said
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I just watched some unseen footage on the Amazing Race Facebook page. I guess Mark/Bopper ran out of gas on the way to the checkpoint. To make matters worse he got sick again. They still had a positive attitude which made me love this team even more.
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Ninth Street has eclipsed downtown as the hot topic in the city's parking plans, but the days of free parking are probably numbered in both areas.
Charging for parking in both areas has generated public objection, but for different reasons and from different groups.
"Downtown and Ninth Street are apples and oranges," said Tom Campbell, co-owner of the Regulator Bookshop on Ninth Street and a former city councilman. Campbell was one of several residents who raised issues with a consultant's recommendations during a two-hour discussion at last week's City Council work session.
Council members deferred any decisions, but City Manager Tom Bonfield said, "We can't kick the can down the road" indefinitely.
A consultant's study of parking downtown ( bit.ly/1dzS6WF) and Ninth Street ( bit.ly/19KeVCR) found the city's designated parking fund is running a $2 million annual deficit, which is being covered with money meant for other purposes.
It also found that some public parking areas downtown and most around Ninth Street are already over capacity, and that the city center alone will need more than 2,000 additional spaces for new development. Among other measures, the consultants recommended charging for on-street parking at 750 spaces downtown and 150 in the Ninth Street area where parking is currently free for one to three hours
"Good urban policy is having people pay for parking in situations like this," said Councilman Steve Schewel. "I don't think we ought to be asking taxpayers at large to be subsidizing downtown parking."
The report also recommends raising rates at downtown surface lots and decks. After a draft report was circulated last spring, the city put off on-street charges until it evaluates parking-meter technologies, but raised parking charges at garages and surface lots downtown with the current year's budget.
Most downtown residents didn't know about the charges until they began getting notices in August. Many have received free parking permits for years, and began protesting to the city in August.
Lease uncertain
More recently, Ninth Street merchants grew alarmed at the prospect of losing the free parking that has helped support the district that has become a popular commercial destination during the past 40 years. Fans of the local businesses and casual ambiance have flooded council members with requests to keep parking free.
Campbell said he and other merchants are particularly worried that they may lose a now-free parking lot on the west side of the street.
The city has leased the lot to provide free parking for years, but its future came into question when its ownership changed and new development began on the west side of Ninth Street. The city and the current owner, CPGPI Regency Erwin LLC, are negotiating to continue the lease, but the deal is not final.
If the lease falls through, CPGPI manager Jack Dunn said the land "will probably turn into a building."
"If that parking (lot) goes away, the businesses on our side of the street crater," Campbell said, pointing out that the businesses going in on the west side will have parking lots of their own.
Downtown pioneers
While Ninth Street interests feel threatened, residential pioneers downtown say the city is going back on its commitment to them.
In 1992, the City Council adopted a free-parking policy to encourage people to live downtown.
"The current owner-residents bought and invested … based on what we regarded to be a legally binding agreement," said Coke Ariail, who bought a building near Five Points and moved in 1983.
A $10 per month charge was approved later, but never enforced, according to city Transportation Director Mark Ahrendsen. That rate is now in effect, and residents still face charges as high as $90 a month come January.
However, downtown homeowner Marcia McNally said Ahrendsen and other city staffers have worked with residents to reach some kind of accommodation.
"I trust this council to make a fair compromise that recognizes our role" in downtown's revival, she said.
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May 22, 2006
Valparaiso University head swimming and diving coach Bryan Morrison has announced the addition of 26 new student-athletes that have signed National Letters of Intent to joint the Crusader program.
March 29, 2006
The College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has awarded Academic All-America honors to both the Crusader men's swimming and diving team and the Crusader women's swimming and diving team.
February 18, 2006
Valparaiso closed out its 2005-2006 campaign Saturday on the final day of competition at the Mid-Continent Conference Championships.
February 17, 2006
Valparaiso moved up into sixth place Friday at the Mid-Continent Conference Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., with one day left in the meet.
February 16, 2006
Valparaiso sits in seventh place after the first day of competition Thursday at the Mid-Continent Conference Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. Amanda Gregory (Carmel, Ind./Carmel H.S.) posted an eighth-place finish in the 500 free to lead the Crusaders.
January 21, 2006
Valparaiso took to the pool for its final home meet of the season Saturday afternoon, but could not defeat Eastern Illinois, as the Panthers captured a 145-68 decision at the Athletics-Recreation Center pool.
January 20, 2006
Despite a victory from Amanda Gregory (Carmel, Ind./Carmel H.S.), Valparaiso could not overcome Cleveland State, falling to the Vikings 140-55 Friday evening at the Athletics-Recreation Center pool.
January 06, 2006
Valparaiso went on the road for the first time since the holiday break on Friday evening and dropped a 124-69 decision to Illinois-Chicago in the Windy City.
December 20, 2005
Valparaiso University's Katie Jajtner (Port Washington, Wis./Port Washington H.S.) has been named the Mid-Continent Conference Athlete of the Week after posting a strong showing against Florida Southern on Friday.
December 16, 2005
Three Crusaders took home first place finishes, but Florida Southern's balanced group outscored Valpo, taking home a 129-70 win at Friday's dual meet in Lakeland, Fla.
December 03, 2005
Led by two top-five finishes from Tina Vande Vusse (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West H.S.), Valparaiso took home a sixth-place finish at this weekend's House of Champions Invitational in Indianapolis, Ind.
November 19, 2005
The Crusaders scored 141 points, good for a fifth-place finish, as Valpo swam at the Ball State Invitational Friday and Saturday in Muncie, Ind.
November 13, 2005
Valparaiso traveled to Milwaukee to take on two opponents Sunday, but could not come out with a win, falling to Wisconsin-Milwaukee 153-64 and dropping a 136-72 decision to South Dakota State.
November 12, 2005
Valparaiso dropped a pair of contests on Saturday afternoon in Green Bay, Wis. as the Crusaders fell 127-68 against South Dakota State and 125-63 versus Wisconsin-Green Bay in a double-dual meet.
November 05, 2005
Valparaiso earned a fourth place finish on Friday and Saturday at the Eastern Illinois Invitational with 203 points.
October 23, 2005
Valparaiso defeated one of its three opponents on Sunday afternoon as the Crusaders downed Butler in a quadrangular meet in Carmel, Ind.
October 21, 2005
Valpo ventured to Cincinnati, Ohio for their first dual meet of the season, but fell to Xavier 71-46.
October 14, 2005
Valparaiso University's women's swimming and diving team has been selected to finish in fourth place at the Mid-Continent Conference Championships as the conference released the preseason poll late Thursday evening.
October 08, 2005
Valparaiso opened its swim season on Friday evening with a 6th place finish at the Dennis Stark Relays in Notre Dame, Ind.
October 05, 2005
Valpo returns for the 2005-2006 swimming and diving season looking to improve upon a third-place finish in the Mid-Continent Conference and to continue breaking school records.
July 08, 2005
Valparaiso University head swimming and diving coach Bryan Morrison has announced the addition of 18 new student-athletes that will join the Crusaders program this fall.
July 06, 2005
Valparaiso University head coach Bryan Morrison has announced that Eric Skelly has joined the Crusaders' swimming and diving staff as a graduate assistant.
July 01, 2005
Valparaiso University swim coach Bryan Morrison has announced his 2005-2006 schedule and has put together a line-up that will have his Crusaders competing in a variety of meets, including several invitationals, a couple of dual meets, and several double-dual competitions.


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By BILL ARCHER
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Since the steroid cat is out of the bag, so to speak, many true baseball fans are applauding the national fraternity of sports writers for asserting their moral stance against cheating by voting no on their Hall of Fame ballots. The question: "Who should and should not be enshrined in professional baseball's Hall of Fame?" is popping up more frequently among fans these days. Ken Burns might need to add another extra inning to his critically acclaimed PBS documentary, "Baseball."
I hadn't thought about Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito Jr. in years until Heber Stafford mentioned his name during a conversation we were having last week. When I asked Heber if he thought some of the star players whose names have been linked to steroid use should be reconsidered for the Hall of Fame, he sharply answered, "No." When I mentioned that the slender Bobby Bonds was putting up Hall of Fame numbers when he played for the Pirates, Heber replied that most great baseball players start losing their skills in their early 30s and steroid use altered that decline.
Then he changed the subject and mentioned that he met Rocky Colavito and his wife a few years ago when their son was playing for the (then) Bluefield Baby Birds. He said that the Colavitos spent the entire season living at a local motel so they could provide moral support for their son. Heber said he brought his copy of Colavito's book, "Don't Knock the Rock," (1966) to Bowen Field and asked the great Cleveland Indian right fielder to autograph it.
"He offered to personalize the autograph, but I told him his autograph was all I wanted," Stafford said. "He signed autographs for a lot of people, I thought he was a nice guy."
I had a small baseball card collection as a kid growing up and I considered my Rocky Colavito card as one of my prize possessions. I started my collection in the mid-1950s and at that time, Rocky started every game for me in right field. I liked Ted Kluszewski for his short-sleeved shirts, but in the statistical way I played baseball on my bedroom floor, I could count on the Rock to deliver a home run when I needed it. He was one of the stars among the precious few baseball cards I could afford.
After my dad took me to a Pirates game at Forbes Field in the early summer of 1960, I only had eyes for the Pirates after that and I lost track of my baseball card collection and accepted Roberto Clemente as my eternal right fielder and my baseball hero. Rocky Colavito's play remained consistent after Cleveland traded him to Detroit, but began to unravel when he was in his early 30s. He finished his career with the Yankees in 1968, but his highlight came on June 10, 1959 when he hit four home runs in the same game.
After refreshing my memory about Colavito I had a better appreciation for how Heber had answered my question with respect to whether or not the statistics of a player suspected of steroid use should be considered as part of consideration for Baseball's Hall of Fame. During 10 years of his big league career, Rocky Colavito compiled Hall of Fame worthy statistics, but his name has only been on the ballot for Cooperstown twice and he didn't attract much interest among sports writers either time.
There may be more deserving ball players who are not in the hall of fame, but surely a guy who gave his all, did it straight and continues to represent the game in a positive light deserves to be considered on the ballot instead of continuously lacing the ballots with names of folks who skewed the statistics and tainted the game.
I played baseball as hard as I could for as long as I could, but the motor scooter wreck I had on Dec. 16, 1966, ended what might have been a promising career for me. I had an accurate arm from right field, and I started making good contact on breaking balls, getting around on fast balls and consistently pulling them for line drives into left field. I had the tools and the desire, but the wreck took away my wheels when my right kneecap was split in half.
Seventeen years later in 1983, I tried playing softball on the (then) Bluefield Community Hospital team. I soon found out that all of my skills had disappeared and one time when I hit a ground ball to the shortstop, I fell flat on my face as I tried to run up the first base line. My brain sent my body into motion long before my feet got the message. Perhaps steroids might have helped me leg out a grounder back then, but I'll never know for sure. I did learn something from the fall. I learned that my competitive playing days were over. That's OK though. There are always plenty more halls of fame left to conquer.
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ENID, Okla. —
Graveside service for LaRoy Bailey, 74, of Fargo, Okla., was held Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Fargo Cemetery. Arrangements by Shaw Funeral Home, Shattuck.
LaRoy was born March 26, 1939, in Shattuck, Okla., to Loys and Margretha (Toellner) Bailey and died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at his home.
LaRoy married Marilyn Janet Steinert June 20, 1959, in Shattuck.
Preceded by wife, Janet, two sisters and one brother, Lee.
Surviving are daughter, Melodie Dawn Price and husband Justin of Fargo; brothers, Victor Edwin of Fairview and Fred DeJuan of Columbus, Ohio; two grandchildren, Bailey and Lane; and great-grandchild, Tinley.
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By Tim Graham
Can the Buffalo Bills field a top-five defense?
The question was posed to NFL Network analysts Warren Sapp and Willie McGinest, retired defenders with nine Pro Bowls and four Super Bowl rings between them.
They each declined to put the Bills in such elite class, although McGinest was more diplomatic than Sapp was.
"Wow, that's tough," McGinest said. "I've got my list right here. When I look at the top-five defenses: Pittsburgh, Houston, Baltimore, San Francisco, the Jets surprisingly was in there.
"I think some teams lower down, I think the Philadelphia Eagles will move up. I think the Dallas Cowboys, the Chicago Bears will do a better job.
"I don't think [the Bills] will jump in the top five unless that offense is just on fire."
Before McGinest could finish those last few words, Sapp blurted "No. No is the answer you're looking for."
I happen to agree, and that shouldn't be viewed as an insult. The Bills' defense has been a customary walkover. Upper third in the NFL would be a dramatic improvement.
Starting with last season and moving backward, the Bills have ranked 26th, 24th, 19th, 14th, 31st, 18th and 29th in total defense and 30th, 28th, 16th, 14th, 18th, 10th and 24th in points allowed.
The last time the Bills had a top-five defense was under Mike Mularkey in 2004, when they finished second in yards and eighth in points. The season before under Gregg Williams, the Bills finished second in yards and fifth in points.


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If you read the fine print, I will bet you find that only applies to commercial vehicles...I drove all over Oregon in the winter, and never once was stopped for, let alone asked, if I had tire chains. Besides the portion you quote: "on any single drive axle vehicle" means a 2wd, not a 4wd. I was also all over the Rocky's with nothing more than either a set of Revo II ATs or a set studded Cooper M&S, I never found a single place I wasn't comfortable going.
OP, I would look at a true set of winter tires, with the severe weather rating symbol (the snowflake and mountain)...if you're out on winter roads, the highway patrol WILL look for that if you are stopped...they asked me about this little symbol, but not about tire chains. The Cooper Discoverer M&S is a true studdable snow tire that works very good (I had a set of these in the 265 flavor)...they can be had in Load Range E. When studded, they are a formidable tire on winter roads. If you are looking for something to run year round, I would take a set of Bridgestone Revo IIs over a set of BFG A/Ts (based on my experience for both).
Here is a link for the (wrong size) Cooper M&S: http://www.bigotires.com/Tire-Detail...ERER-M&S/13123
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First, Once you install chains, your wheel is no longer anywhere NEAR balanced - you cannot drive the vehicle at highway speeds with chains. The max safe speed is about 30mph, so this isn't something you can put on when there is a chill in the air and take off when you see new grass starting to grow.
Second, Chains do not last long. They will wear out really quickly and will become projectiles if left on too long. Driving over dry pavement kills them fast! Having a chain break will absolutely rip your fenders apart before flying off to destroy someone else's windshield. Bear in mind that YOU are responsible for any damages that are done by your chains. Most insurance companies will NOT cover damages to your vehicle or others by use of chains. Make sure you are covered!
I lived in the NC mountains for several years. You really don't NEED chains to get around. In some cases, a 4x4 is a must, but most of the time a 2 wheel drive is fine. If the weather is too treacherous for a 2 wheel drive, you might consider staying home! Chains are a pain in the ASS!
You MIGHT get some benefit by using chains in the ice. Whatever gains you see, it won't be much.
Just be careful regardless of what you decide to do.
Well said.Ray
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This depends on the chain...a set of "V" groove chains are pretty impressive on ice. I've driven 4wd pickups with "V" type chains out plowing, on solid ice its pretty much normal driving, but they eat up asphalt driveways.
I rarely see anyone around here with chains, most people have 4wd/AWD vehicles, install snow tires, or both (I'm the latter).
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Just an update on my winter driving issue. I drove over Mount Hood (Highway 26) on Dec. 20th. Hard packed snow for about 20 miles. 4-wheel drive handled it nicely. Signs indicated chains or traction tires were required. I did buy a set of chains just to carry in the toolbox and meet the carry chains requirement by ODOT. Otherwise I understand they can turn you around if you otherwise get stopped for another matter. So will go with this and only use the chains if absolutely necessary. Happy New Year everyone and thanks for all the good replies.Bob Dolan
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I used to live in Oregon, I carried chains and never used them and never had Odot question me even going over Hood to Bend or from LaGrande to Pendleton. My tires had the little mountain symbols on the sides of the tires so that they were Odot approved. They don't have to have studs to be approved. If you get stuck is when you will get in trouble and then it is a hefty fine.Ford has a better idea! Drive a GM!
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God help you if you try using a set of cables in place of chains in real ice and snow, over any normal road. Have you never noticed how many cable sets are strewn on the highway after a major snowfall??? they are crap, meant for absolute minimum use.
GM is protecting themselves from litigation by not recommending chains. Chains will damage any vehicle if they are improperly installed, or if they break (very uncommon). Living 12 years at Lake Tahoe, and driving over the passes every week for the entire time I was there, never once was I required to install chains (operated various 4x4 pickups). However, I was often required to show that I had them. If I had not had them, I would not have been allowed over the pass. Carry the chains, use them if needed, practice installing and removing them several times before first time of potential use. Be sure your rubber snubbers are in good condition, and do not be stupid and use light-duty shock cords, like I see a lot of idiots doing. Good luck. Oh...as for spider spikes...they work well for one season on a light vehicle (3000 pounds), and if going short trips on smooth roads. Don't even think of using them on a heavier vehicle to cross over long passes that may have ruts, potholes, etc.
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FORT WORTH — Oklahoma took a 25-minute nap at TCU on Saturday and wound up missing its chance to enter the Big 12 tournament with momentum.
Instead, it will go to Kansas City, Mo., next week staggered after Saturday's stunning 70-67 loss to TCU at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
The loss dropped OU to 20-10 overall and 11-7 in the Big 12 Conference. The conference record is still good enough to get OU the No. 4 seed and it will meet No. 5 seed Iowa State on Thursday at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.
OU's NCAA Tournament hopes are still solid, but its ambition for getting anything better than a double-digit seed took a huge hit.
"This certainly is going to hurt our seed if nothing else, perhaps," OU coach Lon Kruger said. "There's a lot of basketball left to be played, or at least the opportunity. We'll try to make the most of that."
The Horned Frogs (11-20, 2-16) were No. 239 in the Ratings Percentage Index at the start of the day. OU was No. 28.
That will change after the Sooners shot just 36.4 percent (24 for 66) from the field and went 0 for 16 from 3-point range. The last miss was Sam Grooms' open attempt from the corner that would've sent the game to overtime if it had fallen. But it was a jump shot and the Sooners couldn't make one of those to save their lives. They only scored four of their points outside of the paint and the free-throw line.
Romero Osby led the Sooners with 19 points and Andrew Fitzgerald added 13. Buddy Hield added 10. They, along with Je'lon Hornbeak and Grooms, were OU's only sources of offense. They were able to drive to the basket or get to the free-throw line.
Then again, what created the massive deficit was a lethargic defensive effort in the first half. The Horned Frogs, who had lost eight straight prior to Saturday, torched OU from the opening tip.


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I'm looking for a shrug bar that doesn't have raised handles. All the ones I'm seeing on the web have raised handles. Anyone wanna recommend a good retailer, online or a store, that carries them?
are you talking about the kind that you stand in the middle of? They are probably more comfortable but if you have an oly straight bar I would just save my money and use that in front and behind. Although they do look fun
That's it......thanks bro. I wanted to use it for shrugs, but it might be useful for pressing too. I've always been curious about pressing (bench and OH) with one of these bars and the rotated grip. One would think it'd work the muscles differently by alternating the grip when pressing?......I dunno
np man...but a warning I never used this site and know nothing about it as far as security. I would give them a call to get a feel for it before you volunteer your CC# and personal info. I dunno, I'm just over cautious with random sites.
I was searching for 'shrug bars', but 'trap bar' yields more results. Looks like elitefts has one. I'm going into town Monday and I'll check at a couple of the sports stores (Dick's, et al) to see if they stock them. Or I may just have the local steel fabricator make me one.
if you are looking at pressing with one, i would go for the swiss bar or football bar as it is sometimes called. be easier to rack and a little easier to work with as far as pressing goes.
Yea, but those don't look big enough in the middle to do shrugs and what-not. I'd probably be happiest if I sketched up what I wanted and had the local shop make it.


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okay, i have exerience w/ electronics and wiring, but absolutely none when it comes to car audio installation. i wanna replace the head unit in my car and have no clue how to hook up an amp or sub. also, my left side speaker channels is messed up (when i hook up a speaker to it, i only get static) and my right ones gives me mild static, but i can still hear the music clearly. i wanna know if it's alright to just run a new speaker wire under the carpeting from the head unit, or do i have to hook it up to power. would i have to get andy specific kind of wire? also, i have an old head unit that i never installed, but it doesn't seem to work now, even when i apply the 12 volts to it. is there any way to test it, or should i just throw it away. one more thing. when i buy a new head, do i just hook up power and speakers to it, or is there more to it than that?
thanx for the help guys.